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I'm not editing the article regarding the numbering of the Fort Smith section of I-540 because it seems the writer may have been there more recently. However, IIRC when I traveled that road shortly after the newer part of I-540 was completed a few years back, the exit signs and mileposts WERE renumbered to be consistent with the new road (i.e., from Oklahoma line north), though local billboards still had the old exit numbers. Perhaps an AHTD re-signing project erroneously restored the original exit numbers and mileposts?

To my knowledge, the only exit that was renumbered was Exit 1 (renumbered Exit 15). US 71 02:39, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

(revisions below from: --US 71 03:13, 29 December 2006 (UTC))

Exit list - Southern Spur
Several of the Interstate articles have exit lists. This one does not, yet, but here's the rundown for the older, southern spur, from north to south (note: exit 4 and exit 7 do not exist): After Exit 14 the highway becomes US 271 South and goes southeast into Oklahoma. --JohnDBuell 01:43, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Exit 1A/1B Interstate Highway 40 Oklahoma City/ Little Rock (now posted as Exit 15)
 * Exit 2A/2B (Van Buren): US 64/Bus US 71 (Posted as US 64)
 * Exit 3 (Van Buren): Arkansas State Hwy 59
 * Exit 5 (Fort Smith): Kelley Highway
 * Exit 6 (Fort Smith): Grand Avenue
 * Exit 8A/8B (Fort Smith): Rogers Ave./Arkansas State Hwy 22
 * Exit 9 was originally signed for Leigh Ave./Airport (Fort Smith Municipal). Today it is signed for Phoenix Ave. East (after that road was extended to the northwest, parallel with 540 briefly and eventually meeting Rogers when shifting to east-west again) and the Airport (Fort Smith Regional).
 * Exit 10 Arkansas State Highway 45 /Greenwood Rd/ Phoenix West
 * Exit 11 (Fort Smith): Arkansas State Highway 255 / Zero Street
 * Exit 12 (Fort Smith): South US 71/Business 71
 * Exit 13 (Fort Smith): Jenny Lind Road
 * Exit 14 (Fort Smith): North US 271/ South AR Hwy 253

Actually 271 goes southwest into Oklahoma. 70.178.85.238 (talk) 03:16, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

Change in exit names
This article says that the names of the exits will be changing because the area was recently redesignated as urban.  Brandonrush Woo pig sooie  21:36, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

Here is an updated list of changes as of 1 October 2011:

Exit 83: Pinnacle Hills Parkway (AR 94 has been deleted at this exit)

Exit 85: US 71B, West AR 12: SE Walton Blvd, W Walnut St (Bentonville/Rogers)

Exit 86 West AR 102, East US 62, East AR 12: SE 14th St, Hudson Road (Bentonville/Rogers) US 71 (talk) 13:58, 7 October 2011 (UTC)

Future I-540
This section needs to be removed: there is no current or planned concurrency with I-49 and I-540. Any temporary designations of I-49 will be AR Route 549. US 71 (talk)

Moreover, I think the statement that after I-49 is completed that the I-540 designation will be retired is not accurate. Am I meant to understand that the original route, the southern spur through Van Buren and Fort Smith, is to be decommissioned even though it will not be part of I-49? --72.18.38.100 (talk) 14:07, 4 August 2016 (UTC)

I have no Crystal ball but I am fairly certain that I-540 will not be decomissioned once I-49 is built and opens. They are proposed to be 2 separate highways south of 40 so I seriously doubt I-540 will be going bye bye. Also the fact the article does not have any mentions of I-540 being decomissioned south of 40. These 2 things prompted me to remove that line. Sawblade5 (talk to me undefined my wiki life) 01:19, 16 October 2017 (UTC)

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Tunnels
These is no mention of any tunnels in I-540, though they are shown in some highway maps.47.215.180.7 (talk) 21:10, 4 February 2018 (UTC)

That would be the Bobby Hopper Tunnel, now part of Interstate 49. US 71 (talk) 14:16, 9 April 2018 (UTC)

Arkansas Highway 540 Ft Smith
Part of I-540 around Fort Smith was once Arkansas Highway 540. From 1969 to 1977, it ran from Arkansas Highway 22 to US Highway 71 from 1969 to 1977, then was extended to US 271 in 1978, becoming I-540 in 1980.

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 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. — Xezbeth 06:25, Jun 18, 2005 (UTC)

Fiji Trivia
Nearly contentless article, dont see why this couldnt be a sub-section of the Fiji article CunningLinguist 02:06, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * Quick Delete pointless article with no purpose Jtkiefer 02:11, Jun 6, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete - do not move content to Fiji, move it to Truman Show article. -- Barfooz  (talk)  02:12, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete trivial minutiae about a film. Will never be more than a once-sentence article.  Should be removed.Tobycat 04:45, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
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 * Delete trivial content. JamesBurns 10:43, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete with only The Truman Show item, it's just too trivial. -- Un  focused  12:24, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
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Vancouver Community College

Vancouver Community College (VCC) is a public community college in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Founded in 1965, it is the oldest community college in British Columbia. VCC offers 79 certificate programs, 24 diploma programs, 9 award of achievement programs, 8 apprenticeship programs, 4 statement of completion programs, 3 bachelor's degree programs and 2 associate degree programs. VCC has two campuses: Broadway and Downtown.

The college accommodated 3,620 full-time equivalent students in 2022-2023, down from 6,122 in 2012-2013. International students comprise a growing percentage of VCC's enrolment, from 13.9% in 2019-2020 to 26.4% in 2022-2023, despite there being no on-campus student housing.

History
Vancouver Community College was established as Vancouver City College in 1965 through a merger of four local educational institutions: the Vancouver Vocational Institute, the Vancouver School of Art, the Vancouver School Board's Night School Program and the King Edward Senior Matriculation and Continuing Education Centre. Classes were initially held in the facilities of the King Edward Centre. In 1970, the college opened a campus in the Langara neighbourhood, which became an independent college in 1994.

Vancouver City College was renamed as Vancouver Community College in 1974, when it separated from the Vancouver School Board. In 1983, the main campus was moved from the King Edward Centre location at 12th Avenue and Oak Street to its current location at 1155 Broadway, now known as the Broadway campus. The present Downtown campus comprises the former facilities of the Vancouver Vocational Institute.

Campus
Vancouver Community College has two campuses, which are accessible by Vancouver's SkyTrain. The Downtown campus is located at 200-block Dunsmuir at Hamilton (two blocks west of Stadium–Chinatown station) in Downtown Vancouver. VCC's second campus, known as the Broadway campus, is at 1155 East Broadway, by the VCC–Clark station. VCC also has nearly three dozen community outreach and learning centres.

January 2009 marked the opening of VCC's $55 million Broadway campus expansion project. $44 million was funded by the Government of British Columbia and the balance by VCC and community donors. The new building is 133000 sqft and seven storeys tall, home to VCC's health sciences training programs.

From 2014 to 2022, VCC shared facility space with BCIT on Annacis Island, where both institutions offered programming in heavy mechanical trades. In 2022, VCC closed programming at its Annacis Island campus, transitioning the majority of its heavy duty programs to BCIT and moving the remaining programs to its Broadway campus.

Governance
Vancouver Community College is a public institution of post-secondary education administered by a Board of Governors, on behalf of the Government of British Columbia and the Ministry of Advanced Education and Labour Market Development. The board determines policy and reviews the college's performance as detailed in the College and Institutes Act. It also has primary responsibility for fostering the college's short- and long-term success.

The VCC Board of Directors consists of eight members appointed by government along with the VCC president, the Chair of Education Council and four elected Board members, including one faculty representative, one support staff representative and two student representatives. VCC was the only institution to hold the distinction of having the support staff representative act as board chair.

Staff and faculty
CUPE Local 4627 Vancouver Community College Employees' Union (VCCEU), a trade union, not an association, represents approximately 600 support staff at Vancouver Community College and is covered by the CUPE Support Staff Collective Agreement (CUPE Local 4627). CUPE local 4627 workers provide services in: instruction, program assistance, finance, Aboriginal, administrative, bookstore, library, communication, food services, laboratory demonstration, research, IT, print and media technology. VCCEU was formed in 2003 and represents the technical employees, warehousemen, program assistants and cafeteria workers in the Food Trades division of the VCC. CUPE 4627 held their first strike in November 2012 with 96% support for a strike and successfully ratified a new agreement in March 2013 with no concessions and did not agree to the formulary.

On February 27, 1951, the Labour Board certified a bargaining unit of instructors, counselors and librarians in programs conducted by and at Vancouver Vocational Institute. That bargaining unit was called the Vocational Instructors' Association. This unit continues at VCC. The Vancouver Community College Faculty Association (VCCFA) represents approximately 750 instructors, counselors, librarians and health nurses working in Metro Vancouver. VCCFA is a member of the Federation of Post Secondary Educators of B.C. (FPSE Local 15). Employment for instructors, librarians, counselors and department heads is covered by the Faculty Association Collective Agreement.

Academics
VCC offers career programs leading to one-year certificates, two-year diplomas and four-year bachelor's degrees in fields such as the arts, business, trades and health sciences. The college offers both full-time and part-time programs in spring, summer and fall terms. Individual courses are also available to supplement high school education or offer continuing education.

Student life
Many of Vancouver Community College's programs require students to train in local businesses and facilities to gain practical skills. A number of these are located on campus, open to students and the general public. JJ's Dining Room at the downtown campus, is run by culinary arts students. The Four Corners restaurant and the Seiffert Market are run by VCC hospitality management students. The Broadway and Downtown campuses have several coffee and snack kiosks as well as full-service cafeterias. The VCC salon at the Downtown campus offers hairstyling and esthetics services from students learning in the Hair Design and esthetics programs.

Student government
The Students' Union of Vancouver Community College (SUVCC) was formed in 1974. Based at the Downtown campus, its goal is to provide and encourage access to recreation, events and opportunities for VCC students. SUVCC also offers students a health and dental plan and low cost access to student services. It is a member of the Canadian Federation of Students and participates in the British Columbia U-Pass programme.

Student services
VCC is accessible to students with disabilities who study in either specialized programs or in mainstream programs. Access to equipment and braille or taped class material is available. VCC also provides sign language interpreting or TypeWell services for Deaf, hard-of-hearing and DeafBlind students for all educational needs. Advisors can provide exam accommodation, job search assistance and community resource referrals. The college also offers on-site licensed, non-profit child care, professional counselling and on-site health services with a doctor at each campus. International students can access educational planning, study permit extensions and obtain medical insurance and applications for work permits.

Aboriginal services
VCC is a member of the Coastal Corridor Consortium, which works to improve levels of participation and success for Aboriginal students. The Consortium includes the Lil'wat Nation, Musqueam Nation, shíshálh Nation, Squamish Nation, Tsleil-Waututh Nation, United Native Nations, Métis Nation British Columbia, Capilano University, Native Education College.

VCC has a specialized Aboriginal Education and Services department to provide a range of services for Aboriginal students including academic and personal support and referrals, cultural workshops and Elder support. The Broadway and Downtown campuses both have unique areas classified Aboriginal Gathering Spaces. Aboriginal Elders are on site at each campus to help students with studies and counseling.

Notable alumni

 * Rudwan Khalil Abubaker – Actor and model, killed in Chechnya by Russian special forces.
 * David T. Alexander – Painter
 * Mary Barry – Singer and songwriter
 * Michael Blake – Musician
 * Kevin Cherkas – Chef and owner of Cuca Restaurant
 * Elaine Dagg-Jackson – Curler and Olympian
 * Gwaai Edenshaw – Artist and filmmaker
 * Veda Hille – Musical artist
 * Kerry Jang – Politician
 * Iain Lawrence – Writer
 * Keith Maillard – Writer and activist
 * Aiyyana Maracle – Artist, activist and scholar
 * Âhasiw Maskêgon-Iskwêw – Artist
 * Karen McPherson – Swimmer and Paralympian
 * Haruko Okano – Artist, poet, and activist
 * Christina Maria Rieder (Rykka) – Singer and songwriter
 * Jennifer Scott – Singer and pianist
 * Anthony Sedlak – Chef and Food Network host
 * Jay Simeon – Artist
 * Camille Thomas – Singer in Carmen and Camille
 * Benny Yau – Actor and singer

Notable Staff

 * Ujjal Dosanjh – Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada (LINC), 33rd premier of British Columbia, politician and lawyer
 * Kim Campbell – Political science, 19th Prime Minister of Canada
 * Robert Creech – Founder and first chairman of VCC music department, musician and arts administrator
 * Jerry Granelli – Master class instructor on jazz, drummer
 * Peter Hannan – Music, composer
 * Kevin Hanson – Assistant basketball coach, basketball coach at University of British Columbia (UBC)
 * Antony Holland – VCC theatre arts program founder, actor, playwright, and theatre director
 * Surjeet Kalsey – English and Punjabi instructor, writer and translator
 * Kathy Kinloch – VCC president 2010-2013, executive
 * Crawford Kilian – Teacher, novelist and professor
 * John Korsrud – Music, composer and trumpeter
 * Evelyn Lau – Writer-in-residence, poet and novelist
 * Fraser MacPherson – Jazz and Commercial Music, jazz musician
 * Anthony S. Manera – VCC president and CEO 1978-1985, president of Canadian Broadcasting Corporation 1993-1995
 * Mark Takeshi McGregor Music, flutist, artist and educator
 * Rachel Notley – Board member, 17th premier of Alberta, politician
 * Morgan Nyberg – English as a Second Language, writer and educator
 * Gayla Reid – Women's studies, writer
 * Dave Robbins – Jazz and Commercial Music, trombonist, composer, educator
 * Jane Shin – Associate Vice-President, member of BC Legislative Assembly 2013-2017.
 * Alice Wong – English as a Second Language and Entrepreneurship, member of Parliament (MP) for Richmond Centre 2015-2021

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Andrew Castle

Andrew Nicholas Castle (born 15 November 1963) is a British broadcaster and former tennis player. Castle was Great Britain's number 1 in singles tennis in 1986, reaching as high as World No. 80 in June 1988, and No. 45 in doubles in December 1988, with Tim Wilkison of the United States.

Castle reached one Grand Slam final in his career in the 1987 Australian Open mixed doubles event with Anne Hobbs. He won three ATP titles in men's doubles, as well as one title on the Challenger tour. He won US$344338 in prize money (equivalent to GB£ in 1992).

Between 2000 and 2010, Castle was a presenter on the now defunct ITV breakfast programme GMTV, sharing duties with Ben Shephard to present its weekday magazine programme. In 2009, he began presenting the ITV daytime game show Divided. In 2013, Castle began presenting for LBC. In November 2023, without any official announcement or explanation prior or since, he was removed from all LBC broadcasting.

He has also taken part in Strictly Come Dancing and 71 Degrees North.

Early life
Castle was born in Epsom, Surrey. His mother, Lavinia Pollock (the great-grandchild of Annie Besant), married Frank Castle in April 1953. Andrew was born in 1963. Castle won a tennis scholarship to Millfield School in Somerset but at 15 his parents separated and he had to leave. Another scholarship sent him to Kansas. He taught tennis at the Wichita Racquet Club to both children and adults.

Castle's father ran the fishmonger's in Westerham, Kent, where his customers included the lady of nearby Chartwell House, Winston Churchill's wife Clementine. He went on to own shops in North Cheam; Norbury; Stoneleigh, Surrey; and owned a fish and chip shop in Taunton, Somerset (Kingston Road).

Tennis career
Castle became a professional tennis player in 1986, after completing a marketing degree whilst on an athletic scholarship in the United States. During his playing career, he was regularly ranked number one in Great Britain. In 1986 Castle reached the third round at Queens Club. He won three tour doubles titles, and was a mixed doubles finalist at the 1987 Australian Open. His 1987 run at the US Open was his best career singles performance at a Grand Slam event, when he reached the third round by defeating David Pate and Jimmy Brown, before losing to Boris Becker in four sets. He represented Britain at the Seoul Olympic Games of 1988, and the Barcelona Olympic Games of 1992. Castle was a regular member of the British Davis Cup team and the European Cup team. His career-high rankings were World No. 80 in singles and No. 45 in doubles.

Castle represents Surrey at squash at over-45s level, and continues to play representative tennis around the world.

Media career
After retiring from professional tennis in 1992, Castle served as a commentator and presenter for BSkyB. As well as tennis, he presented basketball, motor racing and golf for Sky.

He joined GMTV in September 2000 as a presenter. After a decade, it was announced in June 2010 he was to leave the programme. Castle presented the final broadcast of GMTV on 3 September 2010.

He is a member of the BAFTA-nominated BBC tennis team, covering Wimbledon, the Aegon Championships at Queen's Club, the French Open, Australian Open and the Davis Cup. Castle has been lead commentator on all men's singles finals since 2003, working alongside John McEnroe, Boris Becker, Jimmy Connors, Tim Henman and John Lloyd.

In 2005, he presented the quiz show Perseverance; he presented two series of the teatime game show Divided (2009–2010); and appeared on Beat the Star on 24 May 2009 – all on ITV. He took part in ITV programme 71 Degrees North in 2010.

Castle previously presented the breakfast show on Smooth Radio and continued on the station with The Great American Songbook on Sunday evenings until 2019. He presented a weekend breakfast show on speech-based radio station LBC. He has been off air since November 2023 without any apparent explanation from LBC. As of November 2023, Matthew Wright has replaced Andrew Castle on Weekend Breakfast at LBC.

Strictly Come Dancing
Castle competed in the sixth series of the celebrity dance competition, Strictly Come Dancing. His partner was Ola Jordan. Castle's appearance marked the third time a main GMTV presenter had participated in the show. After week 4, he was placed 11th out of the remaining 12 contestants, with an average score of 22.5/40. Castle was voted out after round 7 of the competition on 2 November 2008. He scored 21 points for his samba, which placed him second from bottom on the judges' leader board. He appeared in the dance-off with Heather Small, who was saved by all four of the judges.

Personal life
Castle married Sophia Runham in May 1991. They have two daughters.

He is the great-great-grandson of Annie Besant, a prominent socialist, women's rights activist, and supporter of Irish and Indian self-rule.

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Sweet Emotion

"Sweet Emotion" is a song by the American rock band Aerosmith, released in 1975 on their third studio album Toys in the Attic by Columbia Records. It was released as a single on May 19, 1975. The song began a string of pop hits and large-scale success for the band that would continue for the remainder of the 1970s. The song was written by lead singer Steven Tyler and bassist Tom Hamilton, produced by Jack Douglas and recorded at Record Plant studio.

"Sweet Emotion" remains a staple track of both classic rock and Aerosmith's discography, as well as their live performances. In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine ranked "Sweet Emotion" #416 on its list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

Success
"Sweet Emotion" was released as a single on May 19, 1975, and peaked at No. 36 on the US Billboard Hot 100, becoming the band's breakthrough single and their first Top 40 hit. The day it hit No. 36 on the U.S. chart, July 19, 1975, Aerosmith was booked at a gig in New York City's Central Park, called the Schaefer Music Festival. The song and consequently the album that went into the Top 10 were so successful that the band decided to ride the heels of success and re-release one of their first singles, the power ballad "Dream On", which had originally charted at No. 59 in 1973. The re-released version went on to hit No. 6, the highest chart performance in the 1970s for the band. "Sweet Emotion" remains successful in the modern day, having sold over three million digital downloads.

Cash Box said that with "Sweet Emotion" "Aerosmith explodes with inspired harmony, virtuosity in some searing guitar licks, and powerful production by Jack Douglas."

Lyrical interpretation
Many Aerosmith fans believe that Steven Tyler wrote all of the lyrics to the song about the tension and hatred between the band members and Joe Perry's first wife. Tyler himself has said that only some of the lyrics were inspired by Perry's wife. It was stated in Aerosmith's tell-all autobiography Walk This Way and in an episode of Behind the Music that growing feuds between the band members' wives (including an incident involving "spilt milk" where Elyssa Perry threw milk over Tom Hamilton's wife, Terry) may have helped lead to the band's original lineup dissolving in the early 1980s.

The line "Can't catch me / 'Cause the rabbit done died" is a reference to the rabbit test.

Song structure
"Tom Hamilton wrote the music for 'Sweet Emotion,'" recalled producer Jack Douglas. "He had that bassline. And when Joey Kramer came in, he played on the twos and fours instead of the ones and threes, so he was playing on the backside of it. When we heard that, we went, 'Oh, boy! Magic.'"

"Sweet Emotion" is a hard rock, funk rock and psychedelic funk song with a repeated electric bass riff tracked alongside the bass marimba, played by Jay Messina in the beginning. Steven Tyler shakes a packet of sugar in place of maracas, as none were available. He also plays the Vibraslap, which he revealed on the Howard Stern show that the vibraslap broke the third time he hit it, which can still be heard in the final recording. The introduction builds with the use of a talk box by Joe Perry, which has become one of the most famous uses of the guitar talk box in popular music (Perry's guitar "sings" the line "sweet emotion" over Hamilton's bass riff). Eventually Tyler joins in, singing in unison with Perry's talk box. The talk box device used was called The Bag, made by Kustom Electronics. The now discontinued device had been used by guitarists including Jeff Beck and Mike Pinera.

The song kicks into a more rocking rhythm with dueling guitars, and rapid-fire angry-sounding lyrics sung by Tyler. The chorus consists of a repeating guitar riff followed by a mirror of the "sweet emotion" intro.

On the 1980 compilation Aerosmith's Greatest Hits, "Sweet Emotion" appears in edited form. The bass and talk box introduction is removed, and the track begins with the chorus that precedes the first verse. The guitar solo at the end of the song is also removed, and the track concludes with the chorus, which repeats as the song fades. This edit was used for the original single release of the song, which was replaced in subsequent pressings with the album version from Toys in the Attic.

Aerosmith

 * Steven Tyler – lead vocals, sugar packet, vibraslap
 * Joe Perry – lead guitar, talk box, backing vocals
 * Brad Whitford – rhythm guitar
 * Tom Hamilton – bass
 * Joey Kramer – drums, percussion

Additional personnel

 * Jay Messina – marimba

Legacy
The song has been included on almost every Aerosmith compilation and live album, including Aerosmith's Greatest Hits, Pandora's Box, Pandora's Toys, O, Yeah! Ultimate Aerosmith Hits, Devil's Got a New Disguise, Live! Bootleg, Classics Live I, A Little South of Sanity, Greatest Hits 1973–1988 and Rockin' the Joint.

The song is frequently cited as Aerosmith's signature song, including in the World Almanac and Book of Facts, and regularly competes with "Dream On" and "Walk This Way" for the title of Aerosmith's "signature song" elsewhere.

It is often included on "greatest song" lists or "greatest rock song" lists, including a ranking of No. 408 on Rolling Stone magazine's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. This song was prominently used in a scene of the 2013 American comedy film We're the Millers, where Jennifer Aniston's stripper character Rose O'Reilly performed a strip routine, also the song has been included on teaser trailer from Inside Out.

Re-release
The original recording was remixed by David Thoener and released as a single in 1991 in coordination with the release of the band's box set Pandora's Box, although the remixed version was not in the box set. The difference from the original is that the drums are mixed louder with more reverb, the instrumental segue between verses is twice as long and the same as the segue between the 2nd and 4th verses and their subsequent choruses, and a guitar harmony has been added at the fade-out. A new music video was filmed and released in support of the single. The re-released version reached No. 36 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and No. 74 in the United Kingdom. The remixed version was later issued on the bonus disc in the band's 1994 box set Box of Fire and on the soundtrack to the 1998 film Armageddon.

Music video
The video for the re-released version is based on a phone sex conversation. The video, directed by Marty Callner, shows a young man under his covers with a magazine which is advertising a phone sex line. The young man, who says he is a 26-year-old attorney, and the phone sex operator talk about each other for a while, until it goes into a shot of the band performing in a basement (this portion of the video was actually recorded in an old warehouse in the Charlestown Navy Yard, which substituted as the band's old apartment on 1325 Commonwealth Avenue in Boston). It switches back-and-forth between Aerosmith performing "Sweet Emotion" and the phone conversation. At the very end, both the phone sex operator and the young man are shown to be very different from each other's perceptions; she is an overweight older woman with a baby living in a run down house, and he is a teenage boy. Throughout most of the video, Perry is playing a Gibson Les Paul but plays the solo on a Fender Stratocaster.

The video is also a homage to the 1983 film Risky Business, in that the opening scenes of the young man talking to the woman are almost identical to the scenes in the film of Tom Cruise's character talking on the phone to the call girl.

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Merrick (novel)

Merrick is a 2000 vampire novel by American writer Anne Rice, the seventh book in her The Vampire Chronicles series. The novel includes some characters who cross over from Rice's Lives of the Mayfair Witches trilogy (1990–1994).

Plot summary
Louis de Pointe du Lac is being haunted by the spirit of Claudia, a child who, like Louis, had been turned into a vampire by Lestat de Lioncourt but was destroyed long ago. With the help of former Talamasca leader-turned-vampire David Talbot, Louis asks the beautiful witch Merrick Mayfair to use her spiritual powers to contact Claudia's ghost.

Merrick is also a former agent of the Talamasca, and shared many adventures with David in the past. Flashbacks introduce Merrick's malevolent sister, Honey Isabella or Honey in the Sunshine; Merrick's mother, Cold Sandra; and the Great Nananne, a powerful witch whose very presence is enough to frighten and instill respect in David. Merrick and David recall their journey to a cave in Central America which contained malevolent spirits protecting an ancient jade mask, which allows people to see spirits as if they were corporeal.

Merrick retrieves Claudia's diary from the Talamasca vaults, and makes it possible for Louis to speak with Claudia. The spirit's harsh words confirm the negative feelings for Louis that Claudia expressed in her diary, and a despairing Louis attempts suicide by exposing himself to the sun. Made a vampire by Lestat, Louis is too powerful to be destroyed in this manner, and his burned body is restored with vampiric blood bestowed by Lestat, David, and new vampire Merrick. She reveals that from the beginning, she used her magic to lure David and Louis to her in hopes of receiving the Dark Gift of vampirism. The turning of Merrick into a vampire infuriates the Talamasca, but in a letter David advises that they not wage war against the vampires because Lestat is too formidable a foe.

Crossovers
Some characters from Rice's Lives of the Mayfair Witches trilogy (1990–1994) appear in Merrick, and later Blackwood Farm (2002) and Blood Canticle (2003).

Audiobooks
In 2000, Penguin Random House Audio released an abridged audiobook adaptation of Merrick, narrated by Derek Jacobi, as well as an unabridged version, narrated by Graeme Malcolm.

Critical reception
Merrick debuted at No. 2 on The New York Times Best Seller list, and remained in that position for two weeks, spending a total of 10 weeks on the list. Publishers Weekly wrote, "This volume merges several long-running plots; the first chapters sag with the weight of their exposition, and the prose seems overheated even for Rice ... Displaying her imaginative talents for atmosphere and suspense, Rice creates a riveting scene that shows Merrick's awesome magic at work."

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Update on lawsuit
I have posted a pretty short update on the lawsuit as EFF and R. Sliver have settled the lawsuit. Terms of the settlement are that the "Dance" license shall be now CC. Its final weeks for me, so i just made a quick edit about the lawsuit. Someone please go thru the article and update the whole thing (or i will when i have time). Zsiddique 02:38, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
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i love wikipedia. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.188.123.42 (talk) 08:23, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

Copyright
Copyright was submitted? What does that mean? 69.253.222.184 (talk) 21:57, 8 May 2008 (UTC) Submitted means that Mr. Silver paid his $30.00 and filed a copyright registration form with the Library of Congress - which was originally rejected with the statement that in 1976, the laws governing registration of a dance only included ballet that told a story. A new law was enacted that year which did not take effect until 1978, but because Mr. Silver gave out a limited number of printed copies, an appeal was filed, at a cost of $250.00 to grant Mr. Silver his registration due to the fact that a Limited publication was covered seeing he didn't actually publish the dance until it was posted online in 1996. He was again rejected because the dance was now considered a "Social Dance". A 3rd and FINAL appeal was submitted in March of 2006 at a cost of $500.00 which an answer was received in March of 2010 stating that at that time the Library of Congress is reluctant to register the piece as a Choreographic Work but will register it as "Text of a Line Dance". I hope this answers your question(Ric Silver) —Preceding unsigned comment added by NYCsDancer (talk • contribs) 07:46, 19 December 2009 (UTC)

IN Feb. 2006, Mr. Silver submitted his copyright to the Library of Congress for Registration. It was originally rejected as being a "Social Dance" which under the rules of registration are not eligible but after consideration was found to be acceptable due to the fact that the current dance being done socially is actually a variation of Mr. Silver's original choreography. A second appeal was filed in March 2007 which is still under review and should be resolved by the Fall of 2009.

So...he sues people that don't do the dance "correctly?" "The removal appears to be part of a broad campaign by Silver to misuse copyright allegations to prevent dancers from performing the dance "incorrectly." http://www.eff.org/press/archives/2007/03/01 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Blondesareeasy (talk • contribs) 23:26, 4 January 2011 (UTC)

No - I don't sue people who do the dance incorrectly - my lawyers are going after people who have textually misrepresented my choreography and not given credit where it is due. The EFF ruling states anyone posting video of The Electric Slide, even the 18 step variation, must show Ric Silver as the choreographer. (Ric Silver)

Over detailed?
Does anyone want to justify why this article is tagged as over-detailed, or can we just take that down. 'Cause honestly, while the article might need some cleaning up, over-detailed it ain't. I'd love to see, for example, a reference to its popularity in the 50s and a bit of rewording in the section about the litigations; but there isn't a single section here that is unnecessary or of interest to a minority. Lostdrewid (talk) 15:57, 25 March 2011 (UTC)

The was NEVER done in the 50s - It wasn't created until 1976. the record wasn't even released until 1982 to the general public. I have just received my registration paperwork from the Library of Congress who took 6 years to study this claim. TX7-322-278 — Preceding unsigned comment added by NYCsDancer (talk • contribs) 13:47, 16 April 2011 (UTC)

YouTube Lawsuit Error
The article states that "As early as 2004, Silver had started filling DMCA-based takedown notices to YouTube users who were posting videos of people performing the 18 step dance variation." This however is impossible due to the fact that YouTube was no created until 2005. Wikipedialuva 18:23, 6 June 2011 (UTC)

The date now says 2002 -- which is even more impossible. What's the right way to correct this? Ccheever (talk) 09:53, 8 April 2012 (UTC)

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Issues with Article
Rather than a drive-by tagging, I wanted to outline the concerns I hold with the article as it currently stands.In my view, this article fails to meet the notability criteria.

If anyone wishes to comment, or provide additional references, please feel free! However I am tempted to submit it to AfD as I do not believe the subject has achieved (or is likely to achieve) notability. Notability
 * ...significant coverage...
 * I do not believe there is significant coverage of the topic.
 * A general Google web search using various combinations of the terms ("Electric Slide" and "Dance" "Choreography" "Line Dance" "Boogie" "Electric Boogie" "Marcia Griffiths" "Bunny Wailer" "Richard L Silver" "Ric Silver" "Richard Silver" or "Silver") found, at most, 340,000 results. A Google news search using the same terms found 2,140 results. A Google news archive search found 3 results. A Google books search found 4,370 results.
 * A review of these results found that none of these sources featured the Electric Slide as the direct, detailed focus. They were vastly 'Human Interest' stories which just so happened to include the Electric Slide; which was, by no means, the focus of the article. It was essentially irrelevant to these sources whether the Electric Slide, the chicken dance, or any other dance was mentioned. Essentially, they were trivial mentions.

 * ...reliable sources that are independent of the subject...
 * i.e. secondary sources
 * The first reference in the article is a first party source, providing the copyright documentation confirming that a copyright is held over the Electric Slide.
 * The other two sources are links to Electronic Frontier Foundation press releases regarding a legal case surrounding the Copyright held by the choreographer. I do not believe these may be considered persuasive sources as to the notability of the Electric Slide
 * There were no additional secondary sources available on my search which provided significant coverage.

Essentially, as it stands this subject does not appear to be notable. --Jack Frost (talk) 01:03, 11 March 2017 (UTC)

 * this is a line dance taught in ballroom schools all over the united states. its steps described in numerous places. there is nothing much to talk about it. coverage is sufficient. - üser:Altenmann >t 19:16, 10 March 2017 (UTC)

 * coi tag is redundant: no abuse, article has been edited and watched by many. - üser:Altenmann >t 19:36, 10 March 2017 (UTC)

More references
https://www.essence.com/entertainment/the-best-man-changed-black-weddings-forever-thanks-to-one-song/ https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2020/jun/11/how-the-electric-slide-became-the-black-lives-matter-protest-dance

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Squad leader

In the United States military, a squad leader or squad commander is a non-commissioned officer (NCO) who leads a squad of typically nine Soldiers (U.S. Army: squad leader and two fireteams of 4 men each) or 13 Marines (U.S. Marine Corps: squad leader and three fireteams of 4 men each) in a rifle squad, or three to eight men in a crew-served weapons squad. In the U.S. Army Table of Organization and Equipment (TO&E), the rank of a rifle squad leader is staff sergeant and in the Marine Corps the rank is sergeant, though a corporal may also act as a squad leader in the absence of sufficient numbers of sergeants. Squad leaders of crew-served weapons squads range from corporal through staff sergeant, depending upon the branch of service and type of squad.

In some armies, notably those of the British Commonwealth, in which the term section is used for units of this size, the NCO in charge, which in the British Army and Royal Marines is normally a corporal, is termed a section commander. A section is referred to as a squad, in the British Army, only on the parade ground.

Equivalent selection
Equivalent appointments or assignments to squad leader in other armed forces are as follows:
 * German Bundeswehr = Gruppenführer (en: group leader)
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The Best of Coal Chamber

The Best of Coal Chamber is a compilation album by the American nu metal band Coal Chamber, released through Roadrunner Records on August 10, 2004 on CD. The album mixes several tracks from their three studio albums, Coal Chamber, Chamber Music, Dark Days, recorded from 1994 to 2002. It received 3.5 stars from AllMusic.

Background
The first five tracks of the album are all featured on Coal Chamber's self-titled debut album. The album was recorded at NRG Recording, North Hollywood, CA in 1996. Produced by Jay Gordon through Roadrunner Records, the album has been certified Gold by the RIAA, with an excess of 500,000 copies in the United States. A special edition version of the album was released in 2005, featuring 6 extra tracks. The live footage on the special edition was shot at the Whisky a Go Go in LA, CA, 1996, which was included in Kerrang! 100 greatest gigs of all time.

On September 7, 1999, Roadrunner Records released Chamber Music. There are 18 tracks on the album, 4 of which are featured on The Best of Coal Chamber. Dark Days is the third studio album by Coal Chamber. It was recorded in 2001 and released on May 7, 2002. "Fiend", a track featured on this compilation, is the album's only single. Its music video found airplay on Uranium, which also featured an interview with the band.

Reception
The compilation did not receive many reviews by critics. AllMusic gave the album 3.5 out 5 stars, but did not publicize any further reviews.

Personnel

 * Coal Chamber
 * Dez Fafara - vocals
 * Miguel Rascón - guitar
 * Nadja Peulen - bass
 * Rayna Foss - bass
 * Mikey Cox - drums

 * Production
 * Josh Abraham - producer
 * Aimee Echo - backing vocals
 * Jay Baumgardner - mixing
 * David Bianco and Amir Derakh - additional mixing
 * Tom Burleigh - compilation producer
 * Caroline Greyshock - photography, cover photo
 * Bryan Reesman - liner notes

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Gracia Baylor

Hilda Gracia Baylor AM (born 8 October 1929 in Brisbane) is an Australian retired politician. Baylor was one of the first two women elected to the Victorian Legislative Council in 1979, the other being Joan Coxsedge.

Gracia was born in Brisbane, her father was in the military and the family eventually settled in Victoria. She studied fine art and teaching, and taught in secondary schools until she married. Following her first marriage she worked as a law clerk and managed one of her husband's three law practices (Richard Baylor).

She became interested in local government when she noticed the lack of a kindergarten near her home. She was elected to the Healesville Shire council in 1966, and became Shire president from 1977 to 1978, she was the first female Shire president in Victoria. At the 1979 election, she was elected to Boronia Province in the Victorian Legislative Council as a member of the Liberal Party — one of the first two women elected to the Council alongside Joan Coxsedge (Labor, Melbourne West). She held her seat until 1985 when she resigned to contest a seat in the Legislative Assembly, but her bid was unsuccessful.

She has continued to be involved in women's issues, including a term as the president of the National Council of Women (1997–2000).

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Keihan Ōtō Line

The Ōtō Line (鴨東線) is a railway line in Kyoto that was opened on 5 October 1989 by the Keihan Electric Railway. The Ōtō Line re-established a rail connection between the Keihan Main Line and the Eizan Electric Railway, which had been severed when the Kyoto City streetcars ceased running in 1978. The line is operated as an extension of the Keihan Main Line. All trains continue into the Keihan Main Line and Keihan Nakanoshima Line in Osaka.

The double-track line is situated below Kawabata Street, along the left (eastern) bank of the Kamo River. Despite its length of 2.3 km, it serves as an important transport corridor in central Kyoto.

Overview
The route name is derived the line's route on the east shore of Kamo River. It is constructed under Kawabata Street along the Kamo River as an underground extension of the Keihan Main Line. The line is only 2.3 km long but serves as an important transport corridor in central Kyoto.

Addition fares
To recover the cost of construction and interest payments (69 billion yen) of the line, a surcharge of 60 yen is added on top of regular fares when a trip uses the line. The recovery rate at the end of FY2016 was 31.8%; most of it recovered by the 60 yen surcharge. It is undecided whether the additional surcharge will be imposed indefinitely.

History
August 29, 1924: Kyoto Electric Light (predecessor of the Keifuku Electric Railway) acquired a license for laying local railways between Demachiyanagi and Sanjo.

April 10, 1950: Keihan Electric Railway established the Ōtō Line Construction Preparation Committee.

July 1, 1972: Kamogawa Electric Railway was established.

February 20, 1974: Provincial railway laying licence between the Keifuku Electric Railway

February 25, 1974: Kamogawa Electric Railway acquires a license for laying a local railway between Demachiyanagi and Sanjo.

November 30, 1984: A groundbreaking ceremony was held at the Ōtō Line construction work.

April 1, 1989: Keihan Electric Railway merges with Kamogawa Electric Railway.

October 5, 1989: Opened as Ōtō Line. The timetable revision accompanying this has been carried out ahead of September 27, until noon October 5 was operated as a forwarding train in the Ōtō Line.

October 19, 2008: Because there is a station of the same name on the Kyoto Municipal Subway Karasuma Line, the Marutamachi Station of this line is renamed to Jingu-Marutamachi Station.

December 5, 2015: ATS operation begins on the Ōtō Line.

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USS Narragansett (1859)

The first USS Narragansett was a 2nd class screw sloop in the United States Navy during the American Civil War. Narragansett was built at the Boston Navy Yard, launched on 15 February 1859, and commissioned on 6 November 1859.

Civil War, 1860–1865
Narragansett operated along the East Coast into the spring of 1860. On 31 March of that year she departed Norfolk, Virginia, for the Pacific, arriving at Valparaíso, Chile, 4 August. Throughout the Civil War she cruised in the Pacific with the primary mission of protecting American mail steamers from Confederate raiders.

On 15 December 1864 she departed the Eastern Pacific for the East Coast, arriving at New York City on 18 March 1865. There she remained in ordinary for several years.

Gulf of Mexico, 1869
Back in full service in 1869, she was ordered south, to cruise off the Cuban and Floridian coasts. With the outbreak of yellow fever in the ship in the late spring, Narragansett was ordered to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, where she decommissioned 2 July 1869.

Pacific, 1871–1875
Inactive for over two years, she again set sail for the Pacific on 26 March 1871, arriving at San Francisco on 17 September. In December she sailed for the Southwest Pacific and an extended cruise through the Marshalls, Gilberts and Samoan Islands to Australia, arriving at Sydney on 2 April 1873.

On her return from this cruise, the sloop was assigned special duty in connection with the survey and examination of the steamer routes along the coasts of California and Mexico. While she was at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, in November 1874, Seaman Thomas Lakin jumped overboard and rescued two shipmates from drowning, for which he was later awarded the Medal of Honor. Detached from that duty in 1875, Narragansett entered the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, where she decommissioned and was laid up until 3 November 1883, when she was sold to Win. E. Mighell of San Francisco.

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Capilano University

Capilano University (CapU) is a teaching-focused public university based in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, located on the slopes of the North Shore Mountains, with programming that also serves the Sea-to-Sky Corridor and the Sunshine Coast. The university is named after Chief Joe Capilano Sa7plek (Sahp-luk) who was the leader of the Squamish people (Sḵwx̱wú7mesh) from 1895 to 1910.

Capilano University's degree programs are approved by the Government of British Columbia’s Ministry of Advanced Education, Skills and Training. The degree-granting powers of the university are legislated by British Columbia's University Act. In 2012, CapU became Canada's first university to receive accreditation from the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (or NWCCU) in Washington, one of six major regional agencies in the U.S. that are recognized by the United States Department of Education.

Capilano University's sports teams, The Blues, have won 15 national titles in the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association, and 61 provincial titles in the Pacific Western Athletic Association.

The university was originally founded as Capilano College by school boards and residents of the North Shore and Howe Sound in 1968 based on the need for a public institution serving the local communities immediately northwest of Vancouver. Initial enrolment was 784 students. In 2008, the province changed Capilano College's designation to a university and, as of 2019, it has grown to enrol approximately 12,700 students per year. Capilano University's academic offerings include nationally and internationally recognized liberal arts, professional, and career programs which lead to degrees, diplomas, and certificates.

Founding
The school boards of North and West Vancouver, Howe Sound and Sechelt formed a committee to determine the need for a community college to serve the region. The proposal to build a college on the North Shore passed by a plebiscite in North and West Vancouver and the Howe Sound in 1968. The provincial government granted approval, and Capilano College had its name selected from submissions made by North Shore residents, in honour of Chief Joe Capilano of the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Coast Salish nation. Capilano College opened on September 10, 1968, with 784 students attending classes after hours at West Vancouver Secondary. The Capilano College Foundation was created in 1970 to provide scholarships and bursaries for students.

In 1970, construction began on the North Vancouver campus in the Lynnmour area. Three years later, the permanent North Vancouver campus opened with 1,965 students in attendance. The first vocational programs were offered in portable buildings brought from West Vancouver Secondary. The first permanent structure at the North Vancouver campus, the original library building, also opened. In 1975 Capilano College opened the Squamish Learning Centre and Community Information Services at 38038 Cleveland Avenue in Squamish. In 1976, the Arbutus building opened at the North Vancouver campus and the Fir building opened in 1982. In 1991, the Cedar building, the Sportsplex, and Horticulture building were completed. Two years later, a new library replaced the former at the North Vancouver campus, tripling the size of existing library space. In 1996, the Birch building at the North Vancouver campus was completed, housing a performance theatre, classrooms, student services, and teaching space. The Child Care Centre also opened the same year. With regards to its satellite locations, the university opened the Capilano k ála x -ay Sunshine Coast campus in Sechelt in 1977, and the CapU Lonsdale location in 2019.

Expansion
Capilano College offered its first bachelor degree, a collaborative degree in music therapy, with the British Columbia Open University in 1990 and added a second music degree in jazz studies in 1992. Business administration degrees were first offered in 1993. That year, Capilano College also conferred its first associate degrees, which are now available to students in a variety of subject areas from Interdisciplinary Arts, Creative Writing, English, Global Stewardship, Psychology, Interdisciplinary Sciences and Biology. The college was authorized by the provincial government in 2003 to become the first college in British Columbia to independently grant applied degrees after the dissolution of the B.C. Open University. In 2004, Capilano College was also named by the provincial government as host of the British Columbia Centre for Tourism Leadership and Innovation, in preparations for the 2010 Winter Olympics. The Centre addressed tourism issues, helped provide tourism education, and was part of the larger British Columbia Tourism and Hospitality Education and Training Consortium. In 2008, the centre was merged into Link BC, an education network for tourism and hospitality with industry organizations which resulted in partnerships with organizations and opportunities for students. In 2008, the provincial government changed Capilano College's designation to Capilano University. CapU also joined the OpenCourseWare consortium, and began the process for accreditation from the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (which it received in 2012).

Campuses
Capilano University's main campus is located at 2055 Purcell Way in North Vancouver (district municipality), on Metro Vancouver's North Shore. It is approximately a 30-minute drive from Downtown Vancouver. The majority of the programs are offered at this campus. There is also a smaller regional campus, referred to as the k ála x -ay Sunshine Coast Campus in Sechelt, British Columbia that serves the communities of the Sunshine Coast. In September 2019, CapU admitted students to CapU Lonsdale, the university's newest location, the Shipyards Development in North Vancouver's Lower Lonsdale.

The university also runs the Early Childhood Education programs in Squamish, British Columbia, and holds classes at the Ts̓zil Learning Centre in Mount Currie, British Columbia.

Beginning in Spring 2024, Capilano University will be offering courses at the former campus Quest University in Squamish. Capilano University purchased the campus in August 2023, after Quest University ceased operating in February 2023 due to financial difficulties.

Profile
Capilano University offers 97 programs through 5 faculties: the Faculty of Arts & Sciences; the Faculty of Business & Professional Studies; the Faculty of Education, Health & Human Development; the Faculty of Fine & Applied Arts; and the Faculty of Global & Community Studies.

Within the Faculty of Arts & Sciences, there is the School of Social Sciences (with programs in Arts, Academic Studies, Applied Behaviour Analysis (Autism), Psychology, and Liberal Studies); the School of Humanities (with programs in Arts, Creative Writing, English, Liberal Studies, and Lil'wat Nation, Sechelt, or Squamish Nation Language and Cultural Studies); and the School of Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics or STEM (with programs in Biology, Science, Engineering, and Health Career Pathways).

The Faculty of Business & Professional Studies includes is the School of Business (with programs in Accounting, Business Administration, Advanced Business Administration, and Retail Business); the School of Communication; and the School of Legal Studies (with programs in Legal Studies - Paralegal, Contract Law, and Legal Administration).

The Faculty of Education, Health & Human Development includes the School of Access & Academic Preparation (with programs in College and University Preparation, Community Capacity Building, Community Leadership and Social Change, Education and Employment Access, English for Academic Purposes, and University One for Aboriginal Learners); the School of Allied Health (with programs in Music Therapy, Health Care, and Rehabilitation); and the School of Education & Childhood Studies (with programs in Early Childhood Care and Education, Education Assistant and subspecialties in Infants and Toddlers as well as Special Needs).

Its Faculty of Fine & Applied Arts offers the IDEA School of Design (programs in Visual Communication); the School of Motion Picture Arts (with programs in Motion Picture Arts, Costuming for Stage and Screen, Indigenous Independent Digital Filmmaking, Lighting for Digital Imaging and Film, Grip Work for Digital Imaging and Film, 2D Animation & Visual Development, 3D Animation for Film and Games, Animation Fundamentals, and Digital Visual Effects); and the School of Performing Arts (with programs in Acting for Stage and Screen, Advanced Arts & Entertainment Management, Performing Arts, Music, Conducting in Music,  Music Therapy, Musical Theatre, Technical Theatre, and Jazz Studies with subspecialties in Education and/or Performance/Composition).

The Faculty of Global & Community Studies offers the School of Global Stewardship; the School of Human Kinetics; the School of Outdoor Recreation Management; the School of Public Administration (with programs in Local Government Administration, Advanced Local Government Administration and Local Government Leadership Development); and the School of Tourism Management (with programs in Tourism Management, Global Hospitality & Tourism Management, Tourism Management Co-operative Education, Tourism Management for International Students, and Tourism Marketing).

Capilano University offers joint partnerships and projects as part of the university's commitment to international education. It has dual degree and post graduate programs, as well as development partnerships with a number of schools abroad.

Scholarships, bursaries and awards
Capilano University provides over 250 scholarships and bursaries for current and returning students. The university provides scholarships for academic achievement, bursaries based on financial need, and awards are given based on a combination of top marks, athletic achievement, extra-curricular activities or other special achievements, and sometimes are also based on financial need.

These include the Capilano University Achievement Access Award, Wong and Trainor Award, Capilano University Athletic Award, Xats’alanexw Siyam Award, Indigenous Students Bursary, Borden Ladner Gervais Scholarship, Mary Neil Bursary and Neptune Terminals International Experience Award.

CapU residence and housing
The CapU student residences currently accommodate up to 293 students. The residences are located on Dollarton Highway, 10 minutes from main campus.

The real estate development company, Woodbridge Northwest Communities, is proposing a Capilano University Village including a six-floor condominium tower, three and four-floor townhouses, 60 dormitories for CapU students, and an amenities building at the North Vancouver campus. The company's plan also includes personalized student kitchens, a swimming pool, clubhouse and children's play area.

Another North Vancouver developer is offering to build rental apartments exclusively for Capilano University's students and staff. Darwin Properties has submitted an application to build 346 units of rental housing in two six-storey buildings. The company also wants to build an adjacent cafe.

Athletics
Between 1974 and 1999, the Capilano Blues won the CCAA Soccer Supremacy Award for both men's and women's soccer. To date, Capilano teams have won 15 CCAA National Titles and 61 TOTEM/BCCAA/PACWEST Provincial Championships.

Capilano University has six men's and women's varsity sports teams, the Capilano Blues, that play at the provincial and national levels. The Blues are based at Capilano University's Centre for Sport and Wellness on main campus.

University media

 * The main student newspaper, The Capilano Courier, is staffed by students and operates independently of the university and the student society. It is published twice per month.
 * Capilano University's creative writing students publish a literary magazine, The Liar, once a year with funding from the English department.
 * The university faculty established The Capilano Review in 1972. It is an arts journal highlighting poetry, fiction, drama, and visual art. In 2015, the magazine became an independent publication based in downtown Vancouver.
 * The university also founded Capilano University Editions (CUE) in 2008, a book publishing imprint of the Capilano Press Society focusing on Canadian avant garde writing and art. It now operates independently from the university as CUE Books.
 * Capilano Radio is a student-run podcast production which started in 2019.
 * Launched in November 2020, Capsule is the work of CapU's marketing and digital experience team, a collective of diverse talents but one common thread that unites us is our love of storytelling.

Student organizations
Capilano Students' Union

Every student enrolled in a credit program at Capilano University is a member of the Capilano Students' Union (CSU). The CSU is the resident student society of Capilano University and benefits the university and the community by advancing the interests of students. Like other student societies in British Columbia, the CSU's mandate is to advocate for students and provide services and events that improve the student experience. While the day-to-day management and operations are entrusted to a board of directors composed of elected students, governed by the constitution and bylaws of the society, students are ultimately in control of the activities of the CSU. The board of directors consists of five vice-presidents, seven liaisons representing special interest groups, two representatives for each faculty, four senate representatives, and two representatives to the university's board of governors. The CSU is registered under the Society Act of B.C. and receives funding from membership fees, collected from students by the university in accordance with the University Act.

The CSU provides services to its members, including a low-cost transit pass, free day planner, a used book sale, and health and dental benefits. Student interests are represented by the CSU, and the views of students are presented and advocated for in meetings with university administrators and representatives of local, provincial and federal governments.

Notable alumni
In 2019, singer and songwriter Sarah McLachlan received the degree of Doctor of Fine Arts, honoris causa from Capilano University. In 2017, seven alumni from the jazz program and two faculty members were nominated for Juno Awards while other alumni have worked on Oscar-winning animated films like Disney's Zootopia. Notable graduates of the university include:

 * Nick Bateman
 * Silvana Burtini
 * Rick Celebrini
 * DJ Clazzi
 * Camilla d'Errico
 * Luisa D’Oliveira
 * Joel Fafard
 * Godfrey Gao
 * Jamie Garratt
 * Jennifer Gasoi
 * Gigi Saul Guerrero
 * Helen Haig-Brown
 * Jamie Lee Hamilton
 * Cherelle Khassal
 * Elicia MacKenzie
 * Tanya Marquardt
 * Cheri Maracle
 * Chelsey Reist
 * Steve Rolston
 * Bria Skonberg
 * Cowboy Smithx
 * Chantal Strand
 * Charles van Sandwyk
 * Cory Weeds
 * Jonathan Whitesell
 * Elizabeth Zvonar
 * Soichiro Nakano

Notable faculty

 * Gillian Barber
 * Bill Coon
 * Jackson Davies
 * Jordan Hall
 * Daniel Hersog
 * Steve Kaldestad
 * Crawford Kilian
 * Ryan Knighton
 * John Korsrud
 * Frank Molnar
 * John Pass
 * Stan Persky
 * Meredith Quartermain
 * Anita Sleeman
 * George Stanley
 * Brad Turner
 * Lyn Vernon
 * Frances Wasserlein
 * Gordon Wilson
 * Steve Kaldestad

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Hi, saw this page edited to a breif statement about the loss of the MB339s and so expanded, probably a bit clumsily, this is the first time I've tried writing for Wikipedia and so it's the victim of my learning curve). have just noticed the past history pages, and see there was once upon a time a quite good post war history, which disappeared to be replaced with the breif version.  Any idea what happened?  Also, no idea what the Cleanup thing is on about - no doubt my bad spelling and grammar, but anyone who does know how it works, feel free to either just fix the article, or email me on the adress provided - cheers Kit Boyes, kitboyes@gmail.com.

er, thanks, left email address so you could contact me if making changes, not intending to sign the work. Good job on the changes though.

 * Hi. I was just performing some wikification, adding links to other articles, etc. It's tough to find all the right names of the aircraft, since they were called different things in different theaters of operation. I'll see if I can locate some other of the airplane names later. (We don't seem to have an article on the Gloster Grebe). func (talk) 01:43, 7 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Not surprsing, the Grebe wasn't exactly Gloster's finest moment. Will see if I can add something :-)

Yes, I tend to forget not everyone will know a P40 is basically the same thing as a Kittyhawk and a Warhawk... Though at least the RNZAF doesn't give it's own name to aircraft, a habit which makes following Canada or India even more confusing. Thanks for your efforts.

Plans to re-equip with Spitfire Mk XIVs
Is it correct that they planned to re-equip with Mk XIVs? If so, where from? There is a memo in the National Archives of Australia (A816 58/301/144, Spitfire Squadrons, SWPA Disposal of) dated 14 December 1945 from the British High Commissioner in Canberra to the Prime Minister of Australia suggesting they would re-equip with Mk VIIIs:

203.7.140.3 (talk) 05:40, 28 January 2011 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Quebec Wikipedians' notice board/QWMG

Bienvenue! Vous êtes au lieu d'hébergement temporaire des Groupes de rencontres wikipédiennes du Québec (QWMG). Précédemment hébergés sur le site Meetup.com, il fut décidé par une majorité de membres présents à la rencontre montréalaise du 9 mai 2005 que le groupe ne suivrait pas Meetup.com, alors que sa vocation devient lucrative. Cette page fut bâtie par Liberlogos pour sauver les rassemblements et leur permettre de devenir plus grands et plus forts que jamais. Si vous avez l'intention de prendre part à l'une de nos rencontres, signalez-le sur cette page, s'il-vous-plaît (aux sections RSVP). Merci et au plaisir de se rencontrer au prochain rassemblement! Comptes-rendus des précédents rassemblements aux Archives.

Hommage au fondateur du groupe original, EvanProdromou.

Translation: Welcome! This is the temporary home of the Quebec Wikipedians' Meeting Groups (QWMG). Formerly hosted on Meetup.com, it was decided by a majority of attendants of the May 9, 2005 Montreal meeting that the group would not follow Meetup.com in its switch to a lucrative nature. This page was set-up by Liberlogos in an effort to salvage the gatherings and help them become larger and stronger than ever. If you intend to attend a meeting, please RSVP on this page. Thank you and see ya at our next gathering! Accounts of former gatherings at the Archive.

Tribute to the founder of the original group, EvanProdromou.

Membres
Vous êtes libres de vous ajouter et d'éditer cette liste, notamment en ce qui concerne votre titre saugrenu choisi et votre devise de la même farine. Si vous êtes d'origine montréalaise, vous êtes invités à l'indiquer aussi.

Groupe de Montréal
''Voir aussi les archives.

Prochaine rencontre
Nous vous invitons à inscrire à chaque date suggérée si vous êtes disponible ou non. Ces résultats guideront le choix. Si vous en voyez la nécessité, discutez-en ici.

Dates possibles

 * 20 décembre 2006 (n'est pas choisie)
 * OUI: Liberlogos 17:29, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
 * OUI: "Selon mon horaire, je suis disponible [...m]ais dans le temps de Noël, il y a toujours des choses pas prévues" - dh (inscrit par Liberlogos selon ce que l'utilisateur lui a confirmé le 13 décembre)
 * NON: Pas le soir - Montréalais 23:35, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 28 décembre 2006 (plus probable)
 * OUI: Liberlogos 17:29, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
 * OUI: "Le mieux serait le 28, je crois." - dh (inscrit par Liberlogos selon ce que l'utilisateur lui a confirmé le 13 décembre)
 * NON MiguelTremblay 02:41, 23 December 2006 (UTC). Je suis au Royaume
 * P-E: Peut-être pas - Montréalais 23:35, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 4 janvier 2006
 * OUI: Liberlogos 17:29, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
 * OUI: Oui après 15h30 - Montréalais 23:35, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
 * OUI: MiguelTremblay 02:41, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
 * NON: dh (inscrit par Liberlogos selon ce que l'utilisateur lui a confirmé le 13 décembre)

RococoCamp 18-19-20 Mai 2007
Les 18-19-20 Mai 2007, le rocococamp rassemblera les amateurs de wiki et autres praticiens de la collaboration. Cette Rencontre sur la Collaboration, la Créativité et l'Autogestion serait pour vous l'occasion de vous faire connaitre de l'ensemble de la communauté des wikistes montréalais, mais aussi états uniens, belges et français puisque la rencontre sera internationale. De plus, ce bar camp sera organisé selon la méthode du forum ouvert, ce qui vous permettra d'organiser librement des sessions sur des thèmes vous concernant. AnneGoldenberg

Portable apportable
Qui apportera le portable apportable? Indiquez votre nom si vous êtes en mesure de fournir un ordinateur portable avec accès internet sans-fil pour le plaisir de tous et pour votre exploitation éhontée par tous. Le plus est le mieux (le plus de portables, pas le plus d'exploitation).
 * Aucun pour l'instant.

Sujets
Suggérez ici les sujets qui vous sembleraient intéressants (pas nécessairement pertinents!) pour la prochaine rencontre, particulièrement (et pas nécessairement) au sujet du développement du Wikipédia québécois, francophone et universel.
 * Aucun pour l'instant.

Lieu

 * Café République
 * 3563 boulevard Saint-Laurent
 * Montréal, Québec
 * Métro Sherbrooke
 * Voir carte ici

Confirmations
Veuiller indiquer votre situation, que vous puissiez venir, que vous ne puissiez pas, ou que vous en soyez incertain.
 * Liberlogos 18:41, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Probablement. dh ▪ 2¢ ▪ 02:22, 2 December 2006 (UTC) Milles excuses pour cette annulation de dernière minute, je n'y serai pas finalement. dh ▪ 2¢ ▪ 17:38, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Montréalais 07:15, 2 December 2006 (UTC). Rien dans la vie n'est certain, mais inscrivez-moi quand même.
 * Mathieugp
 * Llavigne 02:59, 9 December 2006 (UTC) Incertain. (Notez que, si présent je ne pourrai pas fournir de laptop.)

Compte-rendu
Nous avons discuté entre autres de ces sujets. On a un brin débordé des sujets wikipédiens.
 * Mac versus PC
 * La politique et l'indépendance de l'Écosse
 * Le 'template' et son utilisation
 * Hugo Chávez, le film ¿¡Revolución!? et son article
 * Le point d'ironie et son article
 * La politique et la liberté
 * Pierre du Calvet
 * Pierre du Calvet
 * Pierre du Calvet
 * Un film. (sur Pierre du Calvet; merci de cette précieuse conférence, Mathieugp)

Rencontres précédentes

 * Quebec Wikipedians' notice board/QWMG/Archive
 * Montreal meetups archive on Meetup.com

Endroits potentiels pour l'avenir
Ajoutez librement vos suggestions.
 * Saint-Sulpice @ 1680, Saint-Denis (map) (description) (!!)
 * Tribune Café @ 1567, Saint-Denis
 * L'Estaminet @ 1340, Fleury est, métro Sauvé (map) (site) (!!)
 * Café Touski @ 2361, rue Ontario E. (map) (nouvel endroit intéressant)
 * Le Barbare @ 4670, rue Saint-Denis (map) (iconoclaste, original, excellents hambourgeois et de la bière est servie; des hambourgeois végétariens sont servis)
 * Le Dieu du Ciel @ 29, avenue Laurier (map) (brasserie artisanale)
 * Café Chaos @ 2031, rue Saint-Denis (|45.51611%2c-73.56562|1|2031+Rue+St-Denis%2c+Montr%c3%a9al+QC|L1| map) (!!)
 * Café L’Utopik, @ 552, rue Sainte-Catherine (map) (le bon vieux choix) (!!)
 * La Bibliothèque nationale du Québec (salles de réunion pour 6 à 10 personnes) (!)

(!): Hotspot(s).

(!!): Hotspot(s) Ile sans fil (gratuit).

Groupe de Québec

 * En attente de membres.

Ressources

 * Category:Wikipedians in Quebec
 * Quebec Wikipedians' notice board
 * WikiProject Quebec
 * Projet Québec on the French Wikipédia
 * Montreal meetups archive on Meetup.com
 * MontréalPlus.ca
 * Une île sans fil
 * Wiki Wednesday Montreal


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Category:Christian Wikipedians

This page contains Wikipedians who have identified themselves (at least on Wikipedia) as being adherents of Christianity. To add yourself to this category add the following to your userpage:
 * You may also add yourself to this list by placing any of the following userboxes on your userpage:

There are also several templates available if you want to add a standalone Christian Wikipedian userbox icon to your user page. If you consider yourself an adherent of a particular Christian denomination, group or tradition, please consider adding yourself to the appropriate Christian subcategory listed below. If a page for that branch of Christianity does not exist, please feel free to create it.

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BootVis

BootVis is a Microsoft computer application that allows "PC system designers and software developers" (not aimed at end-users) to check how long a Windows XP machine takes to boot, and then to optimize the boot process, sometimes considerably reducing the time required. BootVis has been replaced with XbootMgr, and is no longer available from Microsoft's website.

Use
BootVis defines boot and resume times as the time from when the power switch is pressed to the time at which the user is able to start a program from a desktop shortcut. The application measures time taken during Windows XP's boot or resume period. BootVis can also invoke the optimization routines built into Windows XP, such as defragmenting the files accessed during boot, to improve startup performance. This optimization is automatically done by Windows at three-day intervals.

Because the Global Logger session used by BootVis is triggered by registry entries, it runs every time that the entries appear in the registry, which has resulted in some users seeing large quantities of hard drive being used for the trace.log file (in C:\WINDOWS\System32\LogFiles\WMI ). Upon rebooting the file will shrink but will grow again as the computer runs. The user can run BootVis again and click Trace→Stop Tracing, which will stop the file from growing and allow it to be safely deleted. The Bootvis.exe tool is no longer available from Microsoft.

Similar tools

 * Soluto would measure the boot time and let the user decide if and when a software should be started automatically. It used an information database populated by the input from the user.
 * WinBootInfo logs drivers and applications loaded during system boot, measures Windows boot times, records CPU and I/O activity during the boot.
 * Boot Log XP troubleshoots boot-up problems in Windows XP, creates a new boot log file.
 * r2 Studios' Startup Delayer allows users to optionally delay or disable applications that would otherwise run during start up.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Diplom

 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 - kept - SimonP 19:42, Jun 18, 2005 (UTC)

Diplom
English Wikipedia encyclopedia is not a German dictionary. Chill Pill Bill 02:24, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Transwiki to Wiktionary and delete: It's probably good to explain the common usage of the term by Europeans speaking English in Wiktionary, but it isn't a Wikipedia article. Geogre 03:01, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * I'm looking at the rewrite, but I can't change my vote. First, it isn't bias to be the .en Wikipedia.  The words we treat are English ones.  Therefore, an article on German university degrees (all English words) would be a huge keeper, but an article on Hausfrau would not.  Second, the article as rewritten still is definition and not discussion.  There is a move toward discussion, but it's not really there.  Therefore, I have to still say transwiki and delete. Geogre 00:01, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Taking your argument to its logical conclusion, we would have to merge Master's degree, Bachelor's degree etc. into American university degrees, University degrees in English-speaking countries or similar. Martg76 23:01, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Did you miss the part where he mentioned that this is the en Wikipedia? Isaac R 05:47, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * I thought Wikipedia had a global scope. Maybe you could point me to the policy that it should have an Anglocentric bias? Martg76 21:39, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * It's not "bias" to organize the material in a way that's useful to your particular audience. We're not refusing to talk about German-only degrees (that would be bias!), we're just talking about them in a way that easier to understand if you're not already familiar with the German educational system. Isaac R 22:15, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * Delete Wikipedia is not a German dictionary.  Tobycat 04:46, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * change to Keep per review of changes. Tobycat 05:12, 7 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Transwiki and Delete freestylefrappe 04:55, Jun 6, 2005 (UTC).
 * Wiktionary. JamesBurns 10:43, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * I just transwikied it. --Dmcdevit 22:15, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep and expand. National systems of academic degrees vary considerably. If pages explaning academic degrees in non-English-speaking countries are deleted, but pages such as Master's degree, Bachelor's degree (which do not traditionally exist in German-speaking countries) are kept, this must inevitably result in an Anglocentric bias which I think most of us don't want here. Martg76 22:53, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep per Martg76 - this doesn't seem like a mere dictionary entry to me. DS1953 02:24, 7 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep - Changed vote. Martg76 added two new sentences. I agree with Martg76's reason that we shouldn't be cultural bias which wasn't the reason why I nominated it. --Chill Pill Bill 03:12, 7 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep post-dicdef version. I hope my rewrite was helpful. Isaac R 22:27, 7 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Sigh. I think my rewrite addressed the dicdef issue, but the other point Geogre raises is a good one. For an English-speaking readership, it doesn't make sense to provide separate articles for all the different German degrees, especially a degree that's being phased out. A comprehensive article on German post-secondary degrees can cover all this in one place, and in a more useful format. So Delete my own prose. And in general, let's not be so quick to say, "It's not a dicdef, it's a stub." Not every sub-sub-sub-subject deserves its own article. Isaac R 01:10, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Move/merge to German university degrees, i.e. use it as a section there.SeventyThree 23:10, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep While there is an English translation of Hausfrau, there is no English translation of Diplom, just as there is no translation of Bundestag. Diplom is a name for a thing and there is no English name for that thing, if we want to describe it, we therefore have to use the German name. Markus Schmaus 16:34, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * That's an argument for defining, Diplom, not for writing an article about it. Wikipedia_is_not_a_dictionary.Isaac R 18:41, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. It does not make sense to have an article on Master's degree and not on Diplom. Many people who don't live in an English-speaking region use the English Wikipedia because it is the most comprehensive, the word Diplom is also used in English to refer to the German degree, and the article has enough potential to grow. Note that Education in Germany already has a long section on the German system of tertiary education. -- Jitse Niesen 17:00, 16 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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Uptight (Everything's Alright)

"Uptight (Everything's Alright)" is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder for the Tamla (Motown) label. One of his most popular early singles, "Uptight (Everything's Alright)" was the first hit single that Wonder himself co-wrote.

A notable success, "Uptight (Everything's Alright)" peaked at number three on the US Billboard Pop Singles chart in early 1966, at the same time reaching the top of the Billboard R&B Singles chart for five weeks. Billboard ranked it as the 59th biggest American hit of 1966. An accompanying album, Up-Tight (1966), was rushed into production to capitalize on the single's success. It also garnered Wonder his first two career Grammy Award nominations for Best R&B Song and Best R&B Performance.

Background
Wonder had a US number-one hit with "Fingertips" in 1963, and two more singles in the Top 40: "Workout, Stevie, Workout" (1963) and "Hey Harmonica Man" (1964). But in 1965 at age 15 his voice had begun to change, and Motown CEO Berry Gordy was worried that he would no longer be a commercially viable artist. As it turned out, however, producer Clarence Paul found it easier to work with Wonder's now-mature tenor voice, and Sylvia Moy and Henry Cosby set about writing a new song for the artist, based upon an instrumental riff that Wonder had devised. Nelson George, in ''Where Did Our Love Go? The Rise and Fall of the Motown Sound'', recorded that Wonder had been inspired by the Rolling Stones' "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" after playing several tour dates with the Stones. As Wonder presented his ideas, finished or not, "he went through everything," remembered Moy. "I asked, 'Are you sure you don't have anything else?' He started singing and playing 'Everything is alright, uptight.' That was as much as he had. I said, 'That's it. Let's work with that.'" The resulting song, "Uptight (Everything's Alright)", features lyrics depicting a poor young man's appreciation for a rich girl seeing beyond his poverty.

On the day of the recording, Moy had completed the lyrics, but didn't have them in braille for Wonder to read, and so sang the song to him as he was recording it. She sang a line ahead of him, and he simply repeated the lines as he heard them. In 2008, Moy commented that "he never missed a beat" during the recording.

Cash Box described it as a "rhythmic, fast-moving, chorus backed pop-r&b ditty all about a lucky fella who’s got the world on a string."

Personnel

 * Stevie Wonder – vocals, keyboards
 * James Jamerson – bass
 * Benny Benjamin – drums
 * The Funk Brothers – additional instrumentation
 * Johnny Allen – horn arrangement
 * The Andantes – background vocals

Other notable versions
A note-for-note re-recording of Wonder's version was used as the backing track for Bill Cosby's 1967 musical comedy single, "Little Ole Man (Uptight, Everything's Alright)", which was a US number 4 hit. Bill Cosby is not related to the song's co-writer Henry Cosby.

In 1994, British reggae singer C. J. Lewis released a cover version under the title "Everything Is Alright (Uptight)". His version reached number 10 on the UK Singles Chart, becoming his second and final UK top-10 hit. It also entered the top 20 in Ireland, the Netherlands, and New Zealand.

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Category:Muslim Wikipedians

This page contains Wikipedians who have identified themselves (at least on Wikipedia) as being adherents of Islam. Please only specify your user page in this category, and not any sub-pages. Your username will be added to this list when you add one of these template codes to your user page.

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