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Mindy McCready

Malinda Gayle McCready (November 30, 1975 – February 17, 2013) was an American country music singer. Active from 1995 until her death in 2013, she recorded a total of five studio albums. Her debut album, 1996's Ten Thousand Angels, was released on BNA Records and was certified 2× Platinum by the RIAA, while 1997's If I Don't Stay the Night was certified Gold. 1999's I'm Not So Tough, her final album for BNA, was less successful, and she left the label. A self-titled fourth album followed in 2002 on Capitol Records. McCready's fifth and final studio album, I'm Still Here, was released in March 2010 on Iconic Records.

McCready's first four studio albums yielded twelve singles on the Billboard country singles charts. This figure includes the No. 1 hit "Guys Do It All the Time", as well as the Top 10 hits "Ten Thousand Angels" and "A Girl's Gotta Do (What a Girl's Gotta Do)".

Although she had not charted a single since 2002, McCready received significant media coverage regarding her troubled personal life and suicide attempts and her eventual death by suicide.

Music
Born Malinda Gayle McCready in Fort Myers, Florida, McCready began singing in her local Pentecostal church at age 3 and graduated from high school at the age of 16 to begin her music career early.

When she was 18, McCready moved to Nashville, where she was signed by BNA Records. Her debut album, Ten Thousand Angels, was released in 1996 and sold two million copies. The album produced four chart singles on the country charts: the title track at No. 6, followed by her first and only Number One hit, "Guys Do It All the Time". This song, in turn, was succeeded by "Maybe He'll Notice Her Now", a duet with Richie McDonald, then the lead vocalist of Lonestar. The fourth and final single, "A Girl's Gotta Do (What a Girl's Gotta Do)", peaked at No. 4.

In 1997, she was nominated for Top New Female Vocalist at the Academy of Country Music Awards, but lost to LeAnn Rimes.

The next year, McCready released the album If I Don't Stay the Night. The album spawned three singles, "What If I Do", "The Other Side of This Kiss", and "You'll Never Know". The album sold 825,000 copies.

In 1999, McCready released I'm Not So Tough. The first single, "All I Want Is Everything", failed to break the top 50. The album was a commercial failure, selling 144,000 copies. Soon after, McCready's record company dropped her. McCready was then signed by Capitol Records. She released her self-titled album with Capitol in 2002 to disappointing sales and was dropped by Capitol later that year.

In May 2008, McCready released the single "I'm Still Here" via her official website. She also announced that she had been working on a documentary, a new album, and a reality show. McCready's critically acclaimed fifth album, I'm Still Here, was released in March 2010.

On February 18, 2013, the day after McCready's death, her final song, "I'll See You Yesterday" was released.

Reality television
In June 2009, McCready signed on to appear on the reality series Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew. The series aired and depicted her struggle with substance addiction. She later discussed her recovery and possible studio work with Todd Gaither on a March 2010 episode of The View.

In mid-2011, McCready appeared on an episode of each of Celebrity Close Calls and Celebrity Ghost Stories. She also appeared on the December 9, 2011 episode of 20/20, where she discussed her son Zander, her producer boyfriend David Wilson, and new music.

Personal life
In 1997, McCready became engaged to actor Dean Cain; the couple ended their engagement and separated the following year. McCready also dated then-NHL hockey player Drake Berehowsky.

In December 2003, she began dating aspiring singer William Patrick "Billy" McKnight. On May 8, 2005, McKnight was arrested and charged with attempted murder after beating and choking her. After reporting to People magazine that she had cut ties with McKnight, McCready was found unconscious in a hotel lobby in Indian Rocks Beach, Florida, after attempting suicide in July 2005. She was hospitalized for a drug overdose after consuming a large amount of undisclosed drugs with alcohol. The couple soon got back together and McCready became pregnant. In September 2005, while she was pregnant with McKnight's child, she attempted suicide again by overdosing on antidepressants. In March 2006, McCready gave birth to a son, Zander Ryan McCready.

On December 17, 2008, paramedics were called to McCready's Nashville home after an apparent suicide attempt; they transported her to a hospital after finding wounds on her wrists.

In 2009, she joined the cast of Celebrity Rehab 3 with Dr. Drew Pinsky.

On May 25, 2010, McCready was hospitalized in Cape Coral, Florida, for a possible drug overdose; she may have had a reaction to Darvocet her mother had given her. She was released later that day and returned home.

A pornographic videotape of McCready and an ex-boyfriend referred to as "Peter" went on sale by Vivid Entertainment in 2010.

In April 2012, McCready gave birth to her second child, a son named Zayne. The child's father, record producer David Wilson, was found dead on January 13, 2013, at McCready's home, of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. The Cleburne County, Arkansas, sheriff's department opened an investigation into Wilson's death. Following Wilson's death, McCready released a statement in which she referred to him as her "soulmate" and "life partner".

Roger Clemens affair
In April 2008, the New York Daily News reported a possible long-term relationship between McCready and baseball star Roger Clemens that began when she was 15. Clemens's attorney admitted that a relationship existed but described McCready as a "close family friend." He also stated that McCready had traveled on Clemens's plane and that Clemens's wife knew McCready. Clemens issued a statement saying, "I have made mistakes in my personal life for which I am sorry."

In November 2008, McCready spoke in more detail to Inside Edition about her affair with Clemens. She stated that their relationship lasted for a decade, ending when Clemens refused to marry her. Additionally, McCready said that she was 16 when they first met and that the relationship didn't become sexual until several years later.

Legal issues
In August 2004, McCready was arrested in Tennessee for using a fake prescription to buy the painkiller OxyContin. Although she initially denied the charge, she pleaded guilty and was fined US$4000, sentenced to three years of probation, and ordered to perform 200 hours of community service.

In May 2005, McCready was stopped by Nashville police for speeding, then arrested and charged with driving under the influence and driving with a suspended license. A jury later found her not guilty on the charges of DUI but guilty of driving with a suspended license. That July, she was charged in Arizona with identity theft, unlawful use of transportation, unlawful imprisonment, and hindering prosecution. An arrest warrant was issued for her the following month for violation of her probation when she left Tennessee without her probation officer's permission. She was also charged with not reporting to her probation officer during July. She was finally arrested in Florida and returned to Tennessee. She faced a hearing later that year on charges of violating her probation on a drug charge by failing to check in with her probation officer and leaving the state without permission to go to Florida.

In July 2007, McCready was arrested in her hometown of Fort Myers, Florida, and charged with battery and resisting arrest for an apparent scuffle with her mother. The following week, she was taken into custody at the Nashville International Airport for violating probation. In September, McCready was sentenced to a year in jail for violating probation. In addition to the jail time, she was ordered to serve two more years of probation and perform 200 additional hours of community service. She was released from jail in December.

In June 2008, McCready was arrested in Tennessee for violating the terms of her probation set in September 2007. Sentenced to 60 days in jail, McCready turned herself in on September 30, 2008. After serving half of her sentence, she was released early for good behavior on October 30, 2008.

McCready was associated with and allegedly victimized by con man Jonathan Roda. The case was featured on the 2012 episode "Got to Make You a Superstar" of the series I (Almost) Got Away with It.

Death
On February 17, 2013, McCready's neighbors called the Sheriff's Office of Cleburne County, Arkansas, reporting gunshots. McCready was found dead on her front porch from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, the same place where David Wilson, her former boyfriend and the father of her younger son, had fatally shot himself one month prior. She was 37 years old. She also shot and killed Wilson's pet dog before her suicide. McCready is interred at Alva Cemetery in Alva, Florida.

Discography

 * Studio albums
 * Ten Thousand Angels (1996)
 * If I Don't Stay the Night (1997)
 * I'm Not So Tough (1999)
 * Mindy McCready (2002)
 * I'm Still Here (2010)

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Perhaps you should read the papers! There are a few more disturbing things in the world to be upset about. Although I value your strive to improve wikipedia by correcting spelling errors, try to do so in a collaborative manner, and not offending other users. The JPS 22:51, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
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Your edit warring on Urban75 goes far beyond what is acceptable on Wikipedia. If there is any sign of resumption I will block you. --Tony Sidaway|Talk 20:55, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * I'll take it as read, then, that WP doesn't want my edits. Smileyrepublic 21:26, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * That's not what I'm saying. WP doesn't want you edit warring. --Tony Sidaway|Talk 21:28, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * Then why not warn the half-witted anon who's come from U75's bulletin boards to do little other than engage in revert wars on Urban75 and add linkspam to articles on Nick Wrack, Lindsey German and George Galloway and has a penchant for adding obscenities to my user page? Smileyrepublic 21:30, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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Hi, just to let you know that the list of UK participants at the UK notice board was getting rather long, so I have replaced it with the above category which I have added to your user page. -- Francs2000 | Talk 30 June 2005 20:51 (UTC)

Hello?
Thought it seemed quiet on here. Where have you gone? I hope you're just taking a break and aren't too pissed off by the edit war stuff. It seems to happen to everyone on here sooner or later, but it'd be a shame to lose another contributor. Anything I can do to help, give me a shout. CTOAGN 8 July 2005 20:56 (UTC)

Please don't use that sort of language on my talk page again...
...I find the word "sc***ser" highly offensive :-D

Good to see you're back. How are things? CTOAGN 19:54, 16 October 2005 (UTC)

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I have read your comments at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Radio Stations and have written a reply. Hopefully the problems you mention will have been solved now (unless someone decides to remove the field-hiding code in the infobox again). --Marknew 07:21, 17 October 2005 (UTC)

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Davood Firoozian
Apparently this is a 22- or 23-year old part-time computer programmer, who wanted to establish a computer firm but never got round to it. I fail to see what makes this man notable enough to have a Wikipedia entry. Aecis 11:43, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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Masurian Lake District

The Masurian Lake District or Masurian Lake Land (Pojezierze Mazurskie) is a lake district in northeastern Poland within the geographical region of Masuria, in the past inhabited by Masurians who spoke the Masurian dialects. It contains more than 2,000 lakes. The district had been elected as one of the 28 finalists of the New 7 Wonders of Nature.

The Lakeland extends roughly 290 km (180 mi) eastwards from the lower Vistula to the Poland–Russia border, and occupies an area of roughly 52,000 km2. Administratively, the Lake District lies within the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship. Small parts of the district lie within the Masovian and Podlaskie Voivodeships.

The lakes are well connected by rivers and canals, forming an extensive system of waterways. The 18th-century Masurian Canal links this system to the Baltic Sea. The whole area is a prime tourist destination, frequented by boating enthusiasts, canoeists, anglers, hikers, bikers and nature-lovers. It is one of the most famous lake districts in Central Europe and a popular vacation spot, with a high number of visitors every year.

Geology
The lake district was shaped by glaciers during the Pleistocene ice age. Many of its hills are parts of moraines and many of its lakes are moraine-dammed lakes.

History
From the 13th century on, the Lakeland was successively part of the monastic state of the Teutonic Knights, the Duchy of Prussia, and the Prussian province of East Prussia. In modern times, while part of the German Empire, it was the location of the First Battle of the Masurian Lakes (1914) and the Second Battle of the Masurian Lakes (1915) during World War I. At the end of World War II (1945), following the decision taken at the Potsdam Agreement, all national borders were redrawn, the area annexed by Communist Poland and its German residents expelled.

Historical population
Mother tongue of the inhabitants of Masuria, by county, during the first half of the 19th century:

Tourism

The Masurian Lakeland can be reached by train, bus or car. The nearest international airports are in Szymany, Warsaw, Gdańsk and Vilnius. The main transport hubs in the region are the towns of Olsztyn and Ełk. There are trains to Masuria from Warsaw, Gdańsk and Vilnius, and buses from many Polish cities. A boat service connects some central towns in the region. Biking and boating are popular ways to get around.

Hotels can be found in close proximity to the Great Masurian Lakes, in the towns of Giżycko, Mikołajki and Ełk among others. There are also guesthouses and campsites in surrounding villages. The Masuren Waterway starts in Węgorzewo in the north and finishes in Pisz. This Waterway is new for pleasure boats. Only boats with a low waterdraft can go as far as Pisz on the Pisa.

Sights and activities
Masuria is famous for its lakes and forests, offering a wide range of outdoor activities from sailing to kayaking and swimming. The region includes the largest lake in Poland, called Śniardwy. The resort towns include the most popular, Giżycko and Mikołajki, Węgorzewo, Ryn, Pisz and Iława. Giżycko is located on the shore of Lake Niegocin. It has an ancient fortress, historic church, bridges, and passenger boats to the towns of Węgorzewo, Mikołajki and Ruciane-Nida. The town of Mikołajki is a popular tourism center.

In addition to lakes, the Masurian region also has many rivers used for fly fishing, and forest areas that offer many trails for trekking and biking. There is also a variety of wildlife, edible berries and mushrooms, and large protected areas, including the Masurian Landscape Park that includes eleven nature reserves such as the Łuknajno Lake that is a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, or the Białowieża Forest, with a breeding station for European Bison.

There are four separate boating trails set up along connecting lakes: from Giżycko to Węgorzewo and Ruciane-Nida, and from Mikołajki to Pisz and Ryn. There are also two kayaking trails along rivers, the most popular being the Krutynia River Trail. On top of that, there are several color-marked walking trails with numerous points of interest for qualified tourism. They include:
 * 1) POL Szlak niebieski.svg The blue trail of K. I. Gałczyński,
 * 2) POL Szlak żółty.svg The yellow trail of K. Małłek,
 * 3) POL Szlak zielony.svg The green round trail (okrężny)
 * 4) Grand Trail of Mazury Garbate (Hunchbacked Mazury trail, to the north of the region)
 * 5) POL Szlak niebieski.svg The blue trail of M. Kajek

Historical sights include the ruins of Hitler's fortified World War II headquarters, the Wolf's Lair, near Kętrzyn (former German name: Rastenburg), which has become a major tourist destination.

Climate
Masuria has a temperate climate with cold winters and warm summers. The weather here is generally a bit cooler than in most parts of Poland, and the area usually experiences several snowfalls during the winter. The Masurian lakes are oftentimes frozen from December until the end of February. Springtime can be wet, while summers are generally drier.

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M. P. Pandit

M. P. Pandit (14 June 1918 – 14 March 1993) was a spiritual author, teacher and Sanskrit scholar. For several decades, he was a secretary of the Mother (Mirra Alfassa) of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram. He wrote numerous books and articles on the yoga of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, on social and political thought, science, philosophy, religion, mysticism, and the classical texts and spiritual traditions of India.

Birth and origin
Madhav P. Pandit was born in Sirsi, a small town in Karnataka. His family belonged to the community of the Gowd Saraswats which had migrated from Kashmir to various parts of India. His father was a wealthy and reputed lawyer who engaged himself in manifold social activities.

Childhood and education
Pandit grew up in a deeply religious Hindu family. When he was still a small child, his mother started taking him every day in the early morning to a temple where he spent his time in devotion and contemplation, which prepared and influenced his later spiritual path. All his life he was to keep some traditional customs such as Pranām.

His father wanted him to become a lawyer, following the family tradition. Therefore, he sent him to the best schools and additionally arranged for private tutoring in English, Sanskrit, mathematics and sciences. After his immatriculation Pandit continued his studies at Karnatak College in Dharwar.

Spiritual contacts
Sundarrao, one of Pandit's brothers, was in close touch with Ganapati Muni, a well-known disciple of Ramana Maharshi, who was an eminent Sanskrit scholar and poet. Even at young age Pandit came to know him as well as his student Kapali Sastry, who was to become Pandit's tutor over time. Sastry was a great scholar of the Vedas and Tantras and taught Sanskrit at a school in Madras. Later on he became a disciple of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, joining the Sri Aurobindo Ashram where he translated some important texts of Sri Aurobindo into Sanskrit as well as into the South Indian languages Tamil and Telugu. He passed on his manifold knowledge to Pandit, giving him advice and support during his education and on his spiritual path.

Joining the Sri Aurobindo Ashram
One day, while spending some time in the library of his brother, Pandit by chance discovered an article on Sri Aurobindo and felt spontaneously attracted towards the name and the photo of the freedom fighter and yogi. Subsequently, he started a regular correspondence with Kapali Sastry in Pondicherry and developed increasing interest in spiritual literature. He studied works on Ramakrishna and read the Collected Works of Swami Vivekananda, but eventually turned more and more to Sri Aurobindo and his writings.

In April 1937 for the first time he travelled to Pondicherry where Kapali Sastry arranged for his meeting with the Mother, which touched him deeply. However, following the advice of his brother, and encouraged by the Mother, he first went to Bombay in order to complete his academic studies with a bachelor's degree in economics. Thereafter, he was free to move to Pondicherry and became a member of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram in 1939, at the age of 21.

Life in the Ashram and lecture tours
Having joined the Ashram, Pandit concentrated intensively on integral yoga and the work given to him. Over time, he developed his literary capacities, translating works of Kapali Sastry from Sanskrit and writing many books on philosophy, yoga, the teachings of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother or on Mantra, Tantra, Veda and the Upanishads. He always tried to use a clear, simple language in order to reach many readers. In his title Mother and I he later on reported on his frequent personal meetings with the Mother as her secretary and on the numerous topics he discussed with her. In his small books How do I begin and How do I proceed he presented some concrete hints for the practice of integral yoga.

After the Mother had left her body on 17 November 1973, he continued his activities as before, writing his correspondents that her presence and love persisted. In 1976, he started undertaking foreign travel in order to spread Sri Aurobindo's message abroad. Several times he went to the U.S. and to Europe, gave lectures and interviews or organized seminars and conferences. He regularly informed his readers about his manifold experiences in his Service Letter. However, he declined to be regarded as a "Guru" and once said in an interview in Florida that this whole ideal was old fashioned now and not any more appropriate. The knowledge that was kept secret formerly, was today freely available, he said, and everyone would be in a position to run his own life and think for himself.

After a serious illness, Pandit departed on 14 March 1993 in a clinic in Madras. When the next day his body was kept for public's view at his residence, many friends and admirers came to pay homage to him.

Literature

 * P. Raja (1993), M. P. Pandit. A Peep into his Past. Pondicherry, Dipti Publications
 * S. Ranade (1997), Madhav Panditji. Pondicherry, Dipti Publications

Bibliography of M.P. Pandit
Unless otherwise mentioned, all titles given below are from DIPTI Publications, Sri Aurobindo Ashram. Pondicherry-605 002, India. The year of publication is included under the main entry for each book. Entries in brackets are of later editions.

1950. Grace of the Great and Other Essays (1963; 1989) 1952. Mystic Approach to the Veda and the Upanishad (1966; 1974) 1957. Sri Aurobindo: Studies in the Light of His Thought 1958. Aditi and Other Deities in the Veda (1970) 1959. Japa (1961; 1971; 1977; 1986; 1991) 1959. Kundalini Yoga (1962; 1968; 1979; 1993) 1959. The Teachings of Sri Aurobindo (1964; 1978; 1990) 1960. Dhyana (1967; 1972; 1976; 1986; 1990) 1960. Highways of God 1961. Burning Brazin (1974) 1961. Where the Wings of Glory Brood (1976) 1962. Sadhana in Sri Aurobindo’s Yoga (1964) 1962. Voice of the Self 1963. Lamps of Light (1975) 1963. The Mother on India 1964. Current Problems 1965. Gems from Sri Aurobindo—First Series (1968) 1965. Kularnava Tantra (1973) 1965. The Mother of Love—Vol.I (1972; 1989) 1965. The Mother of Love—Vol.II (1972; 1990) 1966. Dictionary of Sri Aurobindo’s Yoga (1973; 1992) 1966. Gems from Sri Aurobindo—Second Series 1966. Gems from Sri Aurobindo—Third Series 1966. Glossary of Sanskrit Terms in Sri Aurobindo’s Works (1973) 1966. Light from Sri Aurobindo (1970; 1989; 1990) 1966. The Mother of Love—Vol.Ill (1972; 1990) 1966. Reminiscences and Anecdotes of Sri Aurobindo (1990) 1966. Shining Harvest 1966. Studies in the Tantra and the Veda (1967) 1967. Sri Aurobindo on the Tantra (1970; 1972) 1967. God 1967. Guide to Upanishads 1967. Key to Vedic Symbolism (1973) 1967. Light from the Gita 1967. The Mother of Love—Vol.IV 1969. The Call and the Grace (1975) 1969. Culture in Yoga 1969. Demands of Sadhana 1969. Essence of the Upanishads (1976) 1969. Gems from Sri Aurobindo—Fourth Series (1976) 1969. Gems from the Tantras—First Series 1969. Gleanings from the Upanishads (1976) 1969. Readings in Savitri—Vol.I (1988) 1970. Gems from the Tantras—Second Series (1976) 1970. Readings in Savitri—Vol.II (1989) 1970. Readings in Savitri—Vol.III 1971. Epigrams from Savitri 1971. Readings in Savitri—Vol.IV 1971. Readings in Savitri—Vol.V 1972. Sri Aurobindo: A Survey (1974) 1972. Bases of Tantra Sadhana (1977; 1991) 1973. Adoration of the Divine Mother 1973. Breath of Grace 1973. Readings in Savitri—Vol.VI 1973. Readings in Savitri—Vol.VII 1973. What Life Has Taught Me 1974. An Homage and a Pledge 1974. Meditations 1974. Project Universal Man 1974. Readings in Savitri—Vol.VIII 1975. All Life is Yoga 1975. Sri Aurobindo and the Mother: An Introduction 1975. Champaklal Speaks (1976) 1975. Dialogties and Perspectives 1975. Memorable Moments with the Mother 1975. Readings in Savitri—Vol.IX 1975. Sidelights on the Mother (1976; 1988; 1990) 1975. Something Else, Something More 1975. Under the Mother’s Banner 1976. Champaklal’s Treasures 1976. Dynamics of Yoga—Part I 1976. Singapore Chapter 1976. Yoga in Savitri 1976. The Yoga of Works 1977. Dynamics of Yoga—Part II 1977. Lights on the Tantra 1977. Readings in Savitri—Vol.X (with Index) 1977. Thoughts of a Shakta 1977. Yoga for Modern Man 1978. Dynamics of Yoga—Part III 1979. Occult Lines Behind Life (USA: Auromere) 1979. Sat-Sang—Vol.I 1980. How do I Begin? (1984; 1985; 1986; 1988; 1992) 1981. Talks on the Life Divine 1981. Yoga of Love (USA: Lotus Light Publications; 1982) 1982. Deathless Rose (1990) 1982. Heart of Sadhana (1992) 1982. How do I Proceed (1987, 1990) 1982. Introducing Savitri (1992) 1982. Sat-Sang—Vol.II 1983. Sri Aurobindo: A Biography (Delhi: Publications Division) 1983. Bases of Sadhana 1983. Book of Beginnings 1983. Call to America 1983. Commentaries on the Mother’s Ministry—Vol.I 1983. Commentaries. on. the. Mother’s. Ministry—Vol.II 1983. Integral Perfection: Talks in Sri Lanka (Sri Lanka: V. Murugesu) 1983. Spiritual Life: Philosophy and Practice 1983. Yoga of Self-Perfection 1984. Mother and I 1984. A Savitri Dictionary 1985. Commentaries. on. the. Mother’s. Ministry—Vol.III 1985. Legends in the Life Divine 1985 Life Beautiful (1987; 1989; 1992) 1985. More on Tantras (Delhi: Sterling Publishers) 1986. Book of the Divine Mother 1986 Sat-Sang—Vol.III 1986. Sat-Sang—Vol.IV 1986. Spiritual Communion 1986. Versatile Genius: Sri T.V. Kapali Sastriar 1986. The Yoga of Knowledge (USA: Lotus Light Publications) 1987. Sri Aurobindo and His Yoga (USA: Lotus Light Publications) 1987. Concept of Man in Sri Aurobindo 1987. Master and Disciple: S. Duraisamy Aiyar 1987. Pitfalls in Sadhana 1987. Sat-Sang—Vol.V 1987. Savitri: Talks in Germany 1987. Sidelights on Sri Aurobindo 1987. Traditions in Mysticism (Delhi: Sterling Publishers) 1987. Traditions in Occultism (Delhi: Sterling Publishers) 1988. Commentaries on Sri Aurobindo’s Thought— Vol.I 1988. Commentaries on Sri Aurobindo’s Thought— Vol.II 1988. Commentaries on the Mother’s Ministry— Vol.IV 1988. Guide to the Life Divine 1988. Introducing the Life Divine 1988. Mighty Impersonality (1992) 1988. Talks on Life Divine—Vol.II 1988. Tell us of the Mother 1988. Traditions in Sadhana (Delhi: Sterling Publishers) 1988. Upanishads: Gateways of Knowledge (USA: Lotus Light Publications) 1988. Vedic Symbolism 1988. Wisdom of the Upanishads 1989. Art of Living (1990) 1989. Commentaries on Sri Aurobindo’s Thought— Vol.III 1989. Education: Some Thoughts 1989. The Indian Spirit 1989. Meditations on the Divine Mother 1989. Sat-Sang—Vol.VI 1989. Vedic Deities (USA: Lotus Light Publications) 1989. Yoga of Transformation 1990. The Mother and Her Mission 1990. Thoughts on the Gita 1990. Vedic Wisdom 1990. Wisdom of the Veda (USA: Lotus Light Publications) 1991. Sat-Sang—Vol.VlI 1991. Towards Universal Man 1992. Commentaries on Sri Aurobindo’s Thought— Vol.IV 1992. An Early Chapter in the Mother’s Life 1992. Wisdom of the Gita—Vol.I 1992. Wisdom of the Gita—Vol.II

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I've corrected the translation of "A niechaj narodowie...", but I do not know english enough to be sure it is correct. Old translation assumed that "Poles are not geese", what would be good translation if quote has been written nowadays. In fact, quote was written some centuries ago, when polish language was a bit differen. In this case it should be understood, that poles have not language of geese (i.e. latin, which was used widely instead of polish). They have their own one - polish language. JaBoJa, 13:21, 20 October 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 150.254.139.112 (talk)

 * I think I see now what you're saying, which could be rendered as:

 * Let it by all and sundry foreign nations be known
 * that Poles speak not a goose's but a tongue of their own.

 * or perhaps:
 * Let it by all and sundry foreign nations be known
 * that Poles speak not Anserine but a tongue of their own.

 * Do you feel certain that that better renders the poet's thought than the following?

 * Let it by all and sundry foreign nations be known
 * that Poles are no geese—they have a language of their own.

 * How can one be sure? And quite apart from which is the more accurate version—which is the one more worth keeping in English?
 * Nihil novi (talk) 04:24, 21 October 2008 (UTC)

Do tego co czytał" ("To What He Read," 1562).
i think "do tego co czytał" means "to that (man) who was reading (have read) [that book] "

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George Tickner

George Tyndall Tickner (September 8, 1946 – July 5, 2023) was an American rock musician who played rhythm guitar and co-wrote songs as a founding member of Journey.

Prior to joining Journey, Tickner was a member of the San Francisco psychedelic rock band Frumious Bandersnatch, along with fellow Journey founder Ross Valory.

In 1973, Tickner was in the lineup for a number of performances by Jerry Garcia and Merl Saunders' band.

After the release of Journey's debut album, he left the band to attend Stanford Medical School on a full scholarship. Upon Tickner's departure, Journey lead guitarist Neal Schon took over all of the band's guitar duties, until Jonathan Cain (keyboards/rhythm guitar) joined in 1981.

After leaving Journey, Tickner maintained an active interest in music, as well as contacts with his former bandmates. He and Ross Valory created The Hive, a recording studio where he continued to write and compose music. Tickner, Valory and keyboardist Stevie 'Keys' Roseman came together to form the band VTR, releasing an album called Cinema, which featured other present and former members of Journey, such as Schon, Steve Smith, and Prairie Prince.

In January 2005, Tickner appeared with past and present members of the band Journey to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Tickner died on July 5, 2023, at the age of 76.

With Frumious Bandersnatch

 * A Young Man's Song (1996)

With Faun

 * Faun (1972)

With Journey

 * Journey (1975) (performer and co-writer of three songs)
 * Look into the Future (1976) (co-writer of two songs)
 * Next (1977) (co-writer of one song)

Solo/collaborative works

 * VTR – Cinema (2005)

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Marek Hłasko

Marek Hłasko (14 January 1934 – 14 June 1969) was a Polish author and screenwriter.

Life
Hłasko's biography is highly mythologized, and many of the legends about his life he spread himself. Marek was born in Warsaw, as the only son of Maciej Hłasko and Maria Łucja, née Rosiak. At first he lived with his parents in Złotokłos; later they moved to Warsaw. In the Hłasko family, children were baptised relatively late, hence the writer-to-be was baptized on 26 December 1935 in the Church of the Holy Redeemer in Warsaw. It is said that during the baptism ceremony when asked if he renounces the evil spirits Marek answered "No". Later, these words were reported as the evidence of Marek's strong character.

Hłasko was three years old when his parents divorced in 1937. Maciej remarried a year later. He died on 13 September 1939, when his only son was five. The war left its stamp on Marek's psyche: later he wrote "it is obvious to me that I am a product of war times, starvation and terror; it is the reason for the intellectual poverty of my short stories. Simply, I cannot think up a story that does not end in death, catastrophe, suicide or imprisonment. Some people accuse me of pretending to be a strong man. They are wrong." At the outbreak of World War II, Hłasko's mother was working in the management secretariat of the City Power Station in Warsaw. During the occupation, she was fired and ran a food stall till the beginning of the Warsaw uprising. As a result, the family's financial situation worsened. At this time Marek started his education; however, all documents that might provide information about his education were destroyed during the Warsaw Uprising. Among the schools that he attended was one near the St. Kazimierz Factory on Tamka Street. During the Warsaw Uprising, Marek stayed with his mother in Warsaw, and when it ended they moved to Częstochowa to the house of a friend. In March 1945, Maria and her son moved to Chorzów and two months later to Białystok, where she settled with Kazimierz Gryczkiewicz. In early 1946, Gryczkiewicz, Maria Hłasko and Marek moved to Wrocław.

In the summer of 1946, Marek Hłasko joined the Bolesław Chrobry First Wrocław Scout Troops. In order to become a member of the troop, Marek with his family's consent, gave 1933 as the year of his birth. Later he was dismissed from the scouts because of the poor attendance at the meetings. Marek worked as a messenger at the World Congress of Intellectuals for Peace, held in August 1948 in Wrocław.

The problems connected with Marek's education also cropped up. In his biography of Hłasko, Andrzej Czyżewski writes: "(Marek) began his education at the age of six and a half. During his school, years he was always one of the youngest pupils in the class. To make matters worse, he had a childish appearance. Hence, he could not show off with what a boy in the primary school wants to impress others: strength, dexterity and maturity. He made up for it with boldness, audacity and aggression, even towards his teachers. As a consequence, he had very few school mates and was always an outsider. He walked away before he managed to make friends and get accustomed to them.". In June 1948 he graduated from the Maria Konopnicka Elementary School in Wrocław.

From September to November 1948, he studied at the Chamber of Commerce’ of the Secondary School of Business and Administration in Wrocław, and from March until June 1949 in the Labour Association of Children Friends’ School in Legnica (at that time he lived in a dormitory). Later, from December 1949 to January 1950, he attended the Technical and Drama High School in Warsaw, yet, in the end of December 1949 and early January 1950, he was expelled for "a notorious disrespect to school regulations, criminal violations, and wielding a corrupting influence on his colleagues".

At the age of 16, he obtained his driving licence and started working as a van driver. On 28 September 1950 he was sentenced by the Magistrates' Court to two months of work with a 10% deduction from his salary (as he violated Article 7, point 2 of the Act on Securing Socialist Discipline of Work). After working off his sentence, he changed his employer.

From 15 November 1950 to 1 January 1951, he worked in the Transport Depot in Bystrzyca Kłodzka. Experiences gained there later inspired him to write a novel Następny do raju (Next Stop–Paradise). In January 1951 he moved to Warsaw with his mother and step-father. Hłasko often changed his occupation but it was always his own choice. Successively, he worked from 26 February to 15 April 1951 in an Equipment Base of the City's Construction Union, from 27 April 1951 to 16 June 1952 in a subway construction company "Metrobudowa", from 4 August to 1 December 1952 in a Transport Association of Warsaw Associations of Consumers, and till 30 March 1953 in a Warsaw Transport Enterprise of the City Retail Sale.

Writing became a chance to get out of this mind-numbing activity. His literary career started in 1951 when he wrote Baza Sokołowska, his first set of short stories. Hłasko became a correspondent for Trybuna Ludowa (a popular Polish daily) when he was working for "Metrobudowa". At the end of 1952 he decided to show extracts of his book to Bohdan Czeszko. His reply letter written on 3 December of the same year included a criticism of Hłasko's literary attempts, but also drew attention to the young author's talent. Moreover, also in 1952, Hłasko followed Stefan Łoś's advice and established contact with the Polish Literary Association and Igor Newerly, who was the protector of young writers. Hłasko introduced himself, to both Czeszko and Newerly, as "an uneducated driver who tries to describe his life in his free time after work".

In April 1953, he received a three-month artistic scholarship from the Polish Literary Association. He gave up his driver's job for good, and went to Wrocław to work on his debut. Moreover, following Bohdan Czeszko's advice, he wrote a story based on his sketches (a final version of Baza Sokołowska) and finished a novel Sonata marymoncka.

He made his debut with Baza Sokołowska in Sztandar Młodych (a daily paper published in Poland in 1950–1997) in 1954. He became quickly known as the most talented writer of the young generation. However, the entering to the literary circle resulted in his alcoholism, which was becoming more and more pronounced. In 1955–1957, he edited a prose section in Po Prostu (a Polish socio-political magazine published in 1947–57), but he was not a good publicist. In 1956 he finally got his own flat in Warsaw.

He gained publicity and popularity thanks to his original working style as well as his unconventional behaviour and clothing. He was a legendary figure of the young generation, a symbol of non-conformism. He was well-built; however, the physical appearance concealed over-sensitivity and uncertainty. He was prone to depression and could not adapt to everyday reality. Marek's inclination to quarrel contrasted with his friends' positive opinions of him.

In 1958, he went to Paris. The press there called him an Eastern European James Dean, as Hłasko strikingly resembled him. Hłasko really identified himself with this role: he vandalized pubs and restaurants. At this time, he gained worldwide publicity. Nonetheless, he liked the life of a vagrant, so he left Paris and went to Germany and then to Italy.

The publication of Cmentarze [The Graveyard], a novel critical of state socialism, in the émigré Polish-language Parisian monthly Kultura, caused a negative press campaign to be launched against him back in Poland. When his request for renewal of his passport was rejected, Hłasko requested political asylum in West Germany. After three months, he changed his mind and tried to return to Poland. However, while waiting for a response from the Polish government, he decided to visit Israel in 1959. He could not live without Poland but at the same time he could not return to his homeland. As he did not have a talent for languages, he found it difficult to adjust to the reality of life abroad. He led a life of a vagrant, but he did not have to work while his publications provided him with a steady income. He performed manual labour, but he did so out of curiosity rather than need. Since 1960, he had lived in Germany with his wife, German actress Sonja Ziemann. In 1963, he spent a month in prison because, being drunk, he got into quarrels with the police. In 1964 he twice attempted suicide. Between 1963 and 1965, he spent a total of 242 days in psychiatric clinics. In 1965, he divorced his wife, and in 1966, with Roman Polanski's help, he went to Los Angeles. He was supposed to write screenplays, but it did not work out. He had an affair with Betty Utey, the wife of Rebel Without a Cause director Nicholas Ray, ending his career as a screenwriter. He got a pilot's licence instead.

In December 1968, during one of his parties, he playfully pushed Krzysztof Komeda off an escarpment. As a result of this accident, Komeda got a brain hematoma and died four months later. Hłasko was to say: "If Krzysztof dies, I'll go along" (Jeśli Krzysio umrze, to i ja pójdę). In 1969, he came back to Germany.

He died in Wiesbaden at the age of 35. The circumstances of his death remain unknown. One hypothesis is that he mixed alcohol with sedative drugs. However, those who knew him maintain that suicide was out of the question in his case.

In 1975, his ashes were taken to Poland, and buried at the Powązki Cemetery in Warsaw. Jan Himilsbach, a writer, actor and stonecutter who worked at the cemetery, was one of the initiators for taking Hłasko's remains back to Poland. Himilsbach carved the inscriptions on Hłasko's grave. The notice was suggested by Hłasko's mother and it says: "His life was short, and everybody turned their backs on him".

Artistic work
Marek's private life resembled the life of characters of his works – romantic, tough outsiders, who became symbols of disappointment with realities of the 1950s. Humphrey Bogart and Fyodor Dostoevsky were his idols.

His prose works voiced his objections to conformity and the hypocrisy of socialist realist literature. He wrote about protest of a moral nature.

In his works he depicted the lives of the lower classes as dominated by hopelessness and cynicism. His characters dream about changes which come out to be vain.

Publishing of his works had been forbidden in Poland for 20 years.

He was a co-screenwriter of films such as Koniec nocy (1957), Pętla (1957), Spotkania (1957), Ósmy dzień tygodnia (1958) and Baza ludzi umarłych.

Novels

 * Ósmy dzień tygodnia (The Eighth Day of the Week, 1957)
 * Następny do raju (Next to Heaven/Next Stop–Paradise, 1958 - translation into English by Norbet Guterman published by Heinemann, 1959)
 * Cmentarze (The Graveyard, 1958 - translation into English by Norbet Guterman published by Heinemann, 1959)
 * Wszyscy byli odwróceni (All Backs Were Turned, 1964)
 * Brudne czyny (Dirty Deeds, 1964)
 * Drugie zabicie psa (Killing the Second Dog, 1965; translation into English by Tomasz Mirkowicz published by New Vessel Press, 2014)
 * Nawrócony w Jaffie (Converted in Jaffa, 1966)
 * Sowa córka piekarza (Owl, the Baker's Daughter, 1967)
 * Sonata marymoncka (published posthumously 1982)
 * Palcie ryż każdego dnia (Chew Your Nails Every Day, published posthumously 1985)

Short stories

 * Wilk (novel fragment) (1954)
 * Szkoła (novel fragment) (1954)
 * Złota jesień (novel fragment) (1954)
 * Noc nad piękną rzeką (novel fragment) (1954)
 * Głód (novel fragment) (1956)
 * Pierwszy krok w chmurach (1956) – a collection of short stories
 * Dom mojej matki
 * Robotnicy
 * Okno
 * List
 * Finis perfectus
 * Dwaj mężczyźni na drodze
 * Baza Sokołowska
 * Żołnierz
 * Kancik, czyli wszystko się zmieniło
 * Pijany o dwunastej w południe
 * Odlatujemy w niebo
 * Pierwszy krok w chmurach, Śliczna dziewczyna
 * Najświętsze słowa naszego życia
 * Lombard złudzeń
 * Pętla (short story)
 * Stacja (1962)
 * Opowiadania (1963)
 * Amor nie przyszedł dziś wieczorem
 * Namiętności
 * Port pragnień
 * Zbieg
 * Krzyż
 * Miesiąc Matki Boskiej
 * Szukając gwiazd
 * Powiedz im, kim byłem
 * W dzień śmierci Jego
 * Umarli są wśród nas (published posthumously, 1986)
 * Pamiętasz, Wanda? (published posthumously, 1986)
 * Trudna wiosna (published posthumously, 1986)
 * Brat czeka na końcu drogi (published posthumously, 1986)

Memoirs

 * Piękni dwudziestoletni (Pretty Twenty-Year Olds, 1966)
 * Beautiful Twentysomethings (translation, from Northern Illinois University Press, by Ross Ufberg, 2013)

A collection of essays

 * Listy z Ameryki (1967)

Film adaptations of writings

 * Koniec nocy (1956, Director: Julian Dziedzina, Paweł Komorowski, Walentyna Uszycka)
 * Spotkania (1957, Director: Stanisław Lenartowicz)
 * Ósmy dzień tygodnia (1957, Director: Aleksander Ford)
 * Pętla (1958, Director: Wojciech Jerzy Has)
 * Baza ludzi umarłych (1958, Director: C. Petelski)
 * Wszyscy byli odwróceni (1969)
 * Suburbs (OF IBIS) (1972, Director: Lordan Zafranović)
 * Sonata marymoncka (1987, Director: Jerzy Ridan)
 * Isprani (1995, Director: Zrinko Ogresta)

title: Marek Hłasko


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Fitchburg Line

The Fitchburg Line is a branch of the MBTA Commuter Rail system which runs from Boston's North Station to Wachusett station in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. The line is along the tracks of the former Fitchburg Railroad, which was built across northern Massachusetts, United States, in the 1840s. Winter weekend service includes a specially equipped seasonal "ski train" to Wachusett Mountain.

At 54 miles long, the Fitchburg Line is the second-longest line in the system (and was the longest until the Providence/Stoughton Line's 2010 extension to T. F. Green Airport and later to Wickford Junction), and ranked as one of the worst lines in terms of on-time performance. The Fitchburg Line had the oldest infrastructure in the system, and commuter trains must share trackage with freight trains on the outer segment of the line. A $150 million project completed in 2017 included adding nine miles of double track, an extension to Wachusett, rebuilding two stations, and building a new layover yard. Only ten of the line's nineteen stations, including both terminals, are fully handicapped accessible – the lowest proportion of any MBTA Commuter Rail line.

Boston & Maine
The Fitchburg Railroad was founded in 1842, and completed from Boston to Fitchburg in 1845. In 1854, Henry David Thoreau wrote about his skepticism of the Fitchburg Railroad near Walden Pond in his book Walden. The Boston and Maine Railroad leased the Fitchburg Railroad in 1900 and bought it outright in 1919.

In 1948, The Master Highway Plan for the Boston Metropolitan Area proposed the construction of eight radial expressways around Boston connecting to the Inner Belt, Interstate 695. A section of the Northwest Expressway, carrying a concurrency of Route 2 and Route 3, was to run along the Fitchburg right-of-way from Union Square in Somerville to Sherman Street in North Cambridge. This expressway would have taken up some or all of the trackbed, which was then four tracks wide in that section. After successful highway revolts, Governor Francis W. Sargent placed a hold on all highway construction inside Route 128 in 1970. Following a study, Sargent permanently canceled the 1948 plans in 1972, thus also securing the corridor's future for railroad use.

In January 1958, passenger service on the Fitchburg Division was cut back from the B&M's western terminal in Troy, New York to Williamstown; branch line service to Bellows Falls, Vermont, (with connections for Montreal) and Maynard was discontinued that May, while Main Line service was further truncated to Greenfield in December. All service west of Fitchburg was dropped on 23 April 1960.

MBTA era
When the newly formed MBTA began subsidizing the Boston & Maine Railroad's intrastate service on January 18, 1965, service was only kept to communities in the MBTA's limited funding district. All service on the Fitchburg Line west of West Concord was cut, as was the low-ridership stop at Riverview; several other northside lines were cut or run at reduced service levels as well. The MBTA scrambled to find funding; subsidy agreements were soon reached with towns along the lines. Service was restored as far as Ayer on June 28, 1965, along with the outer Rockport Branch and full schedules on the Lowell and Ipswich routes. Although some gains were made, including the reopening of Belmont Center and Waverley stations on March 4, 1974, the system continued to hang on by thin margins. The Central Mass Branch, which shared trackage with the Fitchburg, was cut on November 26, 1971. In December 1973, state subsidies for towns outside the MBTA funding district were halved, resulting in the MBTA needing to renegotiate subsidies from 14 municipalities. Ultimately Ayer, with just 14 daily commuters, refused to pay its $8,200 bill in 1974; Littleton also refused $12,300 for its 21 riders. On March 1, 1975, the line was cut back to South Acton, dropping stops at Ayer, Littleton, and West Acton. Two lightly used stops in Waltham – Clematis Brook and Beaver Brook – closed in June 1978.

On December 27, 1976, the MBTA bought the Boston and Maine Railroad's northside commuter rail assets, including the entire length of the Fitchburg Line. The closure of the Lexington Branch the next month represented the limit of the contraction of the northside lines; as a result of the 1970s energy crisis and especially the 1979 energy crisis, a period of rapid expansion began in the end of the 1970s. Service was restored to Fitchburg and beyond to Gardner on January 13, 1980. Potential infill stations in Westminster and South Ashburnham were included in a 1981 fare tariff, but never added. Gardner service was ended on January 1, 1987, when Amtrak took over the MBTA contract, due to a dispute between Amtrak and Guilford; the MBTA only owned the trackage to Fitchburg.

In December 2006, the MBTA began branding certain winter weekend round trips as "ski trains". The train used includes a car equipped with ski racks; a shuttle bus to Wachusett Mountain connects at Wachusett station. (Until the 2016–2017 ski season, the bus ran to Fitchburg station instead.)

Improvement project
Due to the cyclic expansion and contraction for the first three decades of the MBTA's existence, the Fitchburg Line was largely neglected and its infrastructure began to decline. The Fitchburg route was once fully double tracked from Boston to Troy, New York; however, the second main was removed in many sections as passenger service declined. By 2000, there was a 9 mile section of single track between South Acton and Ayer, and a shorter section in Waltham. This limited the number of trains which could continue past South Acton to Fitchburg.

Until the extension of the Providence leg of the Providence/Stoughton Line to T.F. Green Airport in 2010, the Fitchburg Line was the longest line on the MBTA system; it is now the second longest, and still the longest without full double track.

Studies
In 2000, the Massachusetts State Legislature passed a bill that directed the MBTA to "conduct a feasibility study regarding the reestablishment of the commuter rail line to the cities of Gardner and Athol on the existing Fitchburg/Gardner/Athol spur line" as one of many expansion and improvement projects. In 2001, the MBTA began taking public comment for the decadal update to its Program for Mass Transportation. Following response from legislators from communities along the line, the MBTA initiated a study of potential improvements to the line, including not only westward extension but also station improvements and travel time reductions.

The 2004 edition of the Program for Mass Transportation found that restoration of service all the way to Gardner, much less Athol, was deemed impractical for several reasons. Gardner is 64 mi and Athol 81 mi by rail from North Station – outside normal commuting distances. The line between Fitchburg and Gardner would cost $104.2 million to double track, and speeds are limited due to the grades going through the Wachusett Mountain range. Because the Route 2 expressway is faster along the corridor than rail service would be, the station at Gardner would have attracted just 50 riders per day. Instead, a 4-mile extension to a previously considered station in West Fitchburg was recommended.

The Fitchburg Commuter Rail Line Service Expansion Study was released in February 2005, drawing off the PMT conclusions. Recommended short-range improvements included station consolidation, track upgrades, and station improvements; longer-term projects included double-tracking, increased service frequency, and an extension to Wachusett or Gardner. The report priced out $55 million in infrastructure upgrades including double tracking through downtown Waltham and from South Acton to Willows, signal improvements, rebuilding Littleton/Route 495 station, and grade crossing modifications. An extension to Wachusett was to cost $39 million, with Gardner costing an additional $50 million. As an immediate change, the MBTA began running express trains on the line.

The Fitchburg Commuter Rail Line Improvement Implementation Plan, released in September 2005, included a longer list of possible improvements, and outlined a goal of reducing travel time between Porter Square and Fitchburg to one hour. The $300 million list included high-level platforms at all stops from Porter to Littleton, grade crossing eliminations, a flyover at Willows, and stop consolidations. The three Weston stops were to be combined, Ayer and Shirley combined into a Devens station, and Waverley and Belmont stations combined. Few of these expanded alternatives were ultimately pursued.

The MBTA applied for a federal Small Starts grant in September 2005, and the Montachusett Regional Transit Authority filed a scoping package in April 2007 that began the analysis of construction alternatives. The Fitchburg Commuter Rail Line Improvements Project Alternatives Analysis was released in September 2007 and outlined six options: no build with the addition of some continuously welded rail to the line, a $30 million baseline with a new layover facility, and three build options ranging from $150 million to $239 million. Build Alternative 1, costing $150 million, was chosen.

A proposal known as Northern Tier Passenger Rail is in the early stages of planning, and would extend the Fitchburg Line westward through Greenfield and terminate at North Adams, following the existing CSX (formerly Pan Am) rail corridor. The first official study meeting was scheduled to take place in Fall 2021. In January 2023, MassDOT announced that the total price for corridor track upgrades would cost between $1.044 billion to $2.187 billion and would take three years to construct. The line is currently planned for diesel service provided by either Amtrak or MassDOT with five round trips per day; there is currently no timeline for service implementation.

Funding and construction
In November 2007, following the completion of five years of conceptual studies, the MBTA announced $150 million in projects to significantly upgrade the Fitchburg Line. The project focuses on reducing travel times, increasing service frequency, and improving on-time performance. With the addition of several smaller funding sources, the improvements ultimately became a $306 million project with five major components:

CPF-43 interlocking
The first work completed was the addition of CPF-43, a new interlocking located at Derby Curve in Leominster. Financed by $10.2 million in ARRA funds, the work was intended to "provide commuter rail operational flexibility and to minimize conflicts with freight". CPF-43 includes a universal crossover between the two mainline tracks, plus a new connection to a siding with 1000 feet of space for maintenance-of-way equipment storage and 1000 feet to connect to existing freight customers. Construction work began in October 2009 and finished by the end of 2011.

North Leominster garage
Located just off Route 2, the North Leominster station was often crowded for commuter parking spaces. After 5 years of planning, construction began in March 2012 on a three-story garage which provides 340 parking spaces. The $7.7 million project, which was funded by the FTA through earmarks and formula funding, includes a covered busway and charging stations for electric cars. Originally to be completed in August 2013, the garage was delayed due to high summer heat which prevented pouring concrete as well as contractor's financial problems. The garage opened on May 20, 2014.

Construction of full-length high-level accessible platforms was considered as part of the project, but the platforms would have cost an additional $18 million and created clearance issues with passing Pan Am freight trains. The freight trains, which are slightly wider than standard passenger cars, frequently impact the mini-high platforms and would cause severe damage to full-length platforms.

Double tracking
$43 million ($40 million in ARRA funds and $3 million from the state Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development) provided for the restoration of 8 miles of double track from Central Street in West Acton to Willows Junction in Ayer. This leaves a short section in Waltham as the only single-track section of the line. Like many of the outer stations on the line, Littleton/Route 495 was built in 1980 with a bare low-level concrete platform (not accessible for handicapped riders) serving a single track. Beginning in early 2012, it was rebuilt with a full-length island platform serving the original track and a new second track.

The new station opened in June 2013. In August 2014, with the double tracking nearly complete, all South Acton short turns were extended to Littleton. The double tracking work, including 8 grade crossing replacements and a new interlocking just east of Littleton station, was completed in November 2014.

Small Starts funding
The largest piece of the project, funded by a total of $172 million in state money and Federal Transit Administration "Small Starts" funding, involved incremental improvements to existing infrastructure. Work started in 2012 and was largely completed by the end of 2015.

South Acton station is the busiest station on the line, with 902 daily riders by a 2013 count. Like Littleton, it formerly had a single low-level platform. After significant design changes based on community input, construction started on a new station with two full-length high-level side platforms in September 2012. The new station opened on December 21, 2015, with some minor work lasting into June 2016. An additional 1.7 miles of double track was installed through the station, filling the gap between the separately funded double tracking to the west and previously existing double track to the east.

Previously, the section of the line east of Acton had an older signalling system which permitted operations in one direction on each track, which prevented express trains from passing locals and limited schedule density. Fiber optic cable was installed over this segment and new signals installed to permit full bidirectional operation. The double-tracked section west of Willows, which already had bidirectional signalling to permit passenger and slower freight trains to mix, received incremental upgrades. The new signals, along with concurrent track work, allowed maximum speeds on the line to increase from 60 mph to 80 mph, with a faster schedule implemented on May 23, 2016.

Seven bridges were replaced or significantly repaired, including one over Route 62 in Concord which was a late addition to the project. Thirteen grade crossings were replaced, nine interlockings built new or improved, and dispatching of some segments transferred from the outdated tower at Waltham to the MBTA's control center. A new freight crossover was added at Ayer, with the East Main Street bridge undercut to increase clearances.

Wachusett extension
Per the recommendations of the mid-2000s studies, the line was extended 4.5 miles west of Fitchburg to a new Wachusett park-and-ride station. The work was funded by a $55 million federal TIGER grant awarded in 2010, plus $19 million in state money. Construction started in mid-2013, and the station opened for limited service on September 30, 2016, to satisfy the terms of the federal grant.

Funded by the same grant was a new layover yard in Westminster, just west of the new station, which replaced a smaller yard in East Fitchburg. The town of Westminster opposed the project due to noise pollution issues, and filed complaints about the MBTA alleging that proper permits had not been obtained and that the agency had misled the town about construction delays. Construction was eventually allowed to proceed; the layover yard opened on November 21, 2016, along with full service to Wachusett station.

Weekend service curtailments
Work like laying track, connecting switches, and testing new signals was difficult or impossible to perform during regular daily service. In order to accommodate this work, during 2013 through 2015 service was curtailed on weekends when ridership is significantly lower. Full service was operated during winter months, when snowy weather may make driving a less palatable alternative. In 2013, weekend service was cut back to South Acton from June through August and to Brandeis/Roberts from September to November. In 2014, it was cut back to Brandeis/Roberts from late April to July, and discontinued entirely until November. In 2015, weekend service was discontinued from April 25 to November 22 except on holiday weekends.

COVID-19 pandemic
Substantially reduced schedules were in effect from March 16 to June 23, 2020. In November 2020, as part of service cuts during the pandemic, the MBTA proposed to close Hastings, Silver Hill, and four other low-ridership stations on other lines. On December 14, reduced schedules went into effect due to limited employee availability. Again based on the existing Saturday service, these temporary schedules did not include service to Hastings and four other stations. That day, the MBTA Board voted to enact a more limited set of cuts, including indefinitely closing Hastings, Silver Hill, and three of the other four stations.

On January 23, 2021, reduced schedules went into place with no weekend service on seven lines, including the Fitchburg Line. All service east of Littleton/Route 495 was replaced by Littleton–Alewife shuttle buses from March 1 to May 2, 2021, during positive train control installation. Upon resumption on May 3, weekday service on the line was changed to a regional rail model with hourly service all day. Weekend service on the Fitchburg Line and the six other lines resumed on July 3, 2021. , the line has 15 Boston–Wachusett round trips and two Boston–Littleton round trips on weekdays, with eight Boston–Wachusett round trips on weekends. By October 2022, the line had 4,829 daily riders – 52% of pre-COVID ridership.

Weekend ski train service resumed on December 17, 2022, after not operating for the 2021–22 season; a Wednesday evening ski train for night skiing began operating on January 4, 2023. On September 11, 2023, flash floods in Leominster washed out an embankment near North Leominster station. Service between Shirley and Wachusett was replaced with buses until September 19.

In June 2022, the MBTA indicated plans to begin short turn service on 30-minute headways between Boston and Brandeis/Roberts or Lincoln by 2024. A tail track to support this service, estimated to cost $6–7 million, was in planning. Additional weekday short turn service operated between Porter and North Station from July 15–26, 2024, providing half-hour headways between those points while the Red Line  closed for maintenance work.

Future development
The MBTA has unsuccessfully attempted to sell air rights for development over the tracks along Somerville Ave, near Porter station. Air rights development has also been proposed along with a new commuter rail station for the tracks near Alewife station. The city of Cambridge wants to put a pedestrian and bicycle bridge over the tracks in this area to connect the two relatively isolated areas on either side, known as the Alewife Triangle part of North Cambridge and the Quadrangle in Cambridge Highlands.

Trackage
The MBTA owns all track between Boston and Fitchburg. Pan Am Railways owns the track between Fitchburg and Wachusett, and the rest of the former Fitchburg Railroad all the way to Rotterdam, New York as part of their main line between Rotterdam and Mattawamkeag, Maine. From Fitchburg to the old Stony Brook Railroad (which joins at Willows, east of Ayer), Pan Am runs both through freights to Lowell and beyond and Fitchburg-based locals; there is no regular freight service on the line east of Willows.

The Walden Street Cattle Pass crosses beneath the Walden Street bridge in Cambridge, adjacent to the tracks; it was last used in the 1920s.

The Union Square Branch of the Green Line Extension shares the right-of-way of the Fitchburg Line from the Inner Belt area to Union Square station. The station opened on March 21, 2022.

A portion of the Mass Central Rail Trail is planned to parallel the Fitchburg Line from Linden Street in Waltham to Brighton Street in Belmont, using the abandoned Central Massachusetts Railroad right-of-way.

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Lipstick Jungle (novel)

Lipstick Jungle is a novel written by New York writer and socialite Candace Bushnell, that weaves the stories of Nico Reilly, Wendy Healy, and Victory Ford, who are numbers 8, 12, and 17 on the New York Post's list of New York's 50 Most Powerful Women. The premise appears to tread similar ground to Bushnell's famed Sex and the City, following the lives of three New York career women; however, in this book the women are a little older, richer, and more powerful.

Characters

 * Wendy Healy: Movie industry president of Parador Pictures (pun on Paramount Pictures) with marriage difficulties and a tough competitor.
 * Nico Reilly: The glamorous editor-in-chief of Bonfire Magazine, a pop-culture bible for show-biz, fashion, and politics (loosely based on Entertainment Weekly).
 * Victory Ford: Fashion designer.

TV Adaptation
A television series was created based on the book, starring Brooke Shields as Wendy Healy, Lindsay Price as Victory Ford, and Kim Raver as Nico Reilly. A total of twenty episodes aired on NBC from February 7, 2008 through January 9, 2009.

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Talk:International Federation of Liberal & Radical Youth

See the new article I wrote on International Federation of Liberal & Radical Youth/temp Electionworld 11:53, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

If the name of the organisation is "International Federation of Liberal Youth", why is the name of the article about it "International Federation of Liberal & Radical Youth"?


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File:Stranglers - Live (X Cert) CD album cover.jpg

Summary
The Stranglers - Live (X Cert). Original UK release CD album cover

Licensing
Original UK release album cover - album covers are fair use. Picture scanned by me Ian Dunster from original UK CD album.


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Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Disambiguation pages

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Red links in English, but blue links in Wikipedias in other languages
The guidelines in MOS:DABRED is currently silent on whether it would be OK to add entries to disambiguation pages if the article exists in a foreign language wikipedia using the Template:Interlanguage link. Wouldn't it be a good idea to add something about it? I'd like to add something about it, but I'm not sure what to add. If the article exists in a foreign language Wikipedia, would it count as a blue link? or would all the rules for red links still apply? The Mountain of Eden (talk) 05:18, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

The reason I am asking is that I recently created a new disambiguation page, and there are tons of articles that could be added to it if it's allowed to add articles in foreign language Wikipedias. But I'm not sure whether this would be permissible. The Mountain of Eden (talk) 05:22, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

 * DABRED contains the information you're looking for: "Do not create red links to articles that are unlikely ever to be written, or are likely to be removed as insufficiently notable topics." Bearing in mind that other language editions of Wikipedia have differing standards of notability, and differing levels of willingness / ability to enforce their standards...  in general, a foreign language article is a good clue that the topic is notable, so a red link is probably fine.  As an extreme example of the bad case, there are some articles that used to be on English Wikipedia but were since deleted at AFD/PROD, but the old articles were already translated to other language editions, resulting in an apparent "gap" that won't be filled.  But yeah, go read the other language's article, and take a decent guess as to whether it'd pass notability here.
 * That being said, disambiguation pages are the wild west, and I was put off from editing them for some time after another editor rather rudely reverted me several times when I added some red links, when I had even been planning on translating the added articles over to en-wiki. (In the realm of saltily fighting ancient battles, I will note that all of the links I added except one do indeed have articles now.)  So there are clearly editors who disagree out there, and you might yet run into one; I just think they're wrong and not in compliance with the guideline.  SnowFire (talk) 06:06, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
 * But the previous sentence of WP:DABRED is A link to a non-existent article (a "red link") should be included on a disambiguation page only when a linked article (not just other disambiguation pages) also includes that red link., which puts the above quote into context. I understand "liked article" to mean "linked article in en.wiki", and perhaps we need to insert that term to avoid ambiguity. I don't think a link to another language Wikipedia is enough for a dab page entry: the reader should be able to find out more in English about the topic, so we need a blue link to complement the ill red link. If we allow entries which are only linked to a non-English wikipedia article, our dab pages could expand to include every biography on any other wikipedia, every hamlet in the world even where there is no WP:RS, and so on.  Pam  D  07:33, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
 * To be clear, I'm definitely not advocating for mass inclusion of anything in any other language wiki. As I wrote above, a foreign language article is a good clue that the topic is notable, but a clue != inclusion for sure.  That said, I'm not sure the number of incoming links is really that useful a measure.  I've found articles on plainly 100% notable people who, when I searched for them, had mentions all over the place on English Wikipedia, but that were in plain text and not already linked.  (Mostly academics whose work was being cited in citations.)  SnowFire (talk) 08:45, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
 * I think the best way to proceed is to look for instances of WP:DABMENTION: often, topics are mentioned in other more generic or related articles, so you can actually start even without a red link if you're unsure if there's WP:POTENTIAL. --Joy (talk) 07:26, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

 * There was an RFC about this a few years ago, which after a great deal of discussion concluded "OK in some circumstances, but leave it to editors to use common sense and judgement of context to decide for themselves what these circumstances are." Dan Bloch (talk) 16:10, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you for this info. I wasn't aware of WP:DABSISTER. Perhaps I'll start a discussion on that talk page regarding what does "under certain circumstances" mean. I, for one, have no idea. Examples, which this page has lots of, would be useful. The Mountain of Eden (talk) 20:47, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
 * I would suggest that the solution to having a redlinked article on a DAB page isn’t to link to a sister project, but to write an article on that topic/subject here on enWP. Do that and there is no longer any need to use inter-language links on the DAB page. Blueboar (talk) 20:18, 17 July 2024 (UTC)


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User talk:Mediator/policy

This is an interesting attempted development. Is this experiment backed by the Board, the god-king (notice the little g, I am a practicing Christian and in my context big G is reserved for our big guy), or 24 in an effort to establish governing ontological distinctions (gods)? As as unofficially nominated troll I dislike covert information hiding which inevitably divides and delivers the peons to the man and further it may be inappropriate for me to engage in the two roles (troll and mediator) simultaneously. It would seem to appear to be at least a fundamental appearance of a conflict of interest. mirwin

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Ode for St. Cecilia's Day (Handel)

Ode for St. Cecilia's Day (HWV 76) is a cantata composed by George Frideric Handel in 1739. The title of the cantata refers to Saint Cecilia, the patron saint of musicians. The premiere was on 22 November 1739 at the Theatre in Lincoln's Inn Fields, London.

Words
Handel sets a poem which the English poet John Dryden wrote in 1687. The main theme of the text is the Pythagorean theory of harmonia mundi, that music was a central force in the Earth's creation.

Music
Ebenezer Prout has commented on various facets of Handel's instrumentation in the work and Edmund Bowles has written on Handel's use of timpani in the work.

Movements

 * 1) Overture: Larghetto e staccato—allegro—minuet
 * 2) Recitative (tenor): From harmony, from heavenly harmony
 * 3) Chorus: From harmony, from heavenly harmony
 * 4) Aria (soprano): What passion cannot music raise and quell!
 * 5) Aria (tenor) and Chorus: The trumpet's loud clangour
 * 6) March
 * 7) Aria (soprano): The soft complaining flute
 * 8) Aria (tenor): Sharp violins proclaim their jealous pangs
 * 9) Aria (soprano): But oh! What art can teach
 * 10) Aria (soprano): Orpheus could lead the savage race
 * 11) Recitative (soprano): But bright Cecilia raised the wonder higher
 * 12) Grand Chorus with (soprano): As from the power of sacred lays

From Harmony (Recit)
TENOR: From harmony, from heavenly harmony This universal frame began. When nature, underneath a heap Of jarring atoms lay, And could not heave her head. The tuneful Voice, was heard from high, Arise! Arise! Arise ye more than dead! Then cold, and hot, and moist, and dry, In order to their stations leap! And music's power obey! And music's power obey!

From Harmony (Chorus)
CHORUS: From harmony, from heavenly harmony, This universal frame began. Through all the compass of the notes it ran, The diapason closing full in man.

What Passion Cannot Music Raise and Quell
SOPRANO: What passion cannot music raise, and quell? When Jubal struck the chorded shell, His listening brethren stood 'round. And wondering on their faces fell, To worship that celestial sound! Less than a god they thought there could not dwell Within the hollow of that shell That spoke so sweetly and so well. What passion cannot Music raise and quell?

The Trumpet's Loud Clangour
TENOR: The trumpet's loud clangour excites us to arms, With shrill notes of anger and mortal alarms, The double-double-double beat, Of the thund'ring drum, Cries hark! Hark! Cries hark the foes come! Charge! Charge! Charge! Charge! 'Tis too late, 'tis too late to retreat! Charge 'tis too late, too late to retreat!

The Soft Complaining Flute
SOPRANO: The soft complaining flute In dying notes discovers The woes of hopeless lovers, Whose dirge is whispered by the warbling lute.

Sharp Violins Proclaim
TENOR: Sharp violins proclaim, Their jealous pangs, And desperation! Fury, frantic indignation! Depth of pains, and height of passion, For the fair disdainful dame!

But Oh! What Art Can Teach
SOPRANO: But oh! what art can teach, What human voice can reach The sacred organ's praise? Notes inspiring holy love, Notes that wing their heavenly ways To join the choirs above.

Orpheus Could Lead The Savage Race
SOPRANO: Orpheus could lead the savage race, And trees uprooted left their place Sequacious of the lyre: But bright Cecilia raised the wonder higher: When to her Organ vocal breath was given An Angel heard, and straight appeared – Mistaking Earth for Heaven.

As From The Power Of Sacred Lays
SOPRANO: As from the power of sacred lays The spheres began to move, And sung the great Creator's praise To all the blest above; So when the last and dreadful hour This crumbling pageant shall devour, The trumpet shall be heard on high,

CHORUS: The dead shall live, the living die, And music shall untune the sky

Recordings

 * Ode for St Cecilia's Day, (2018, CD): Carolyn Sampson, soprano; Ian Bostridge, tenor; Polish Radio Choir, Dunedin Consort, conducted by John Butt; Linn Records – CKD578
 * Ode for St Cecilia's Day, (2004, CD): Carolyn Sampson, soprano; James Gilchrist, tenor; Choir & Orchestra of The King's Consort, conducted by Robert King; Hyperion Records – CDA67463
 * Ode for St Cecilia's Day, (2003, CD): Felicity Lott, soprano; Anthony Rolfe Johnson, tenor; Crispian Steele-Perkins, trumpet; Lisa Beznosiuk, flute; The English Concert And Choir, conducted by Trevor Pinnock; Deutsche Grammophon — Archiv Produktion – 474 549-2
 * Ode for St Cecilia's Day, (1984/2008, CD): Monika Frimmer, soprano; Eberhard Bǔchner, tenor; members of the choir of the Landestheater Halle, of the Hallischen Chorsolisten and the Collegium vocale; the Händel-Festspielorchester Halle, conducted by Christian Kluttig; Berlin Classics —  0013992BC
 * Ode for St Cecilia's Day, (1978, CD): Felicity Palmer, soprano; Anthony Rolfe Johnson, tenor; Bachchor Stockholm, Concentus musicus Wien, conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt; Teldec – 40630-12319-2

title: Ode for St. Cecilia's Day (Handel)