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Talk:Ticinese dialect

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Why has this article been marked for speedy deletion as patent nonsense? To me it seems that it has been written by some expert. There are even references to bibliography.

 * It was just silly vandalism. The user has been blocked, but has returned under yet another AOL IP. There's a group of us who have been fighting it for the last 18 hours or so. —chris.lawson (talk) 18:52, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * Sounds better. I agree that this is just a stub, but after doing research about Lombard varieties for some 15 years I feel rather sure that I am able to write something more than "patent nonsense" :-) --Jorgengb 19:08, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Can Ticinese be a dialect of Lombard rather than less than a dialect ? Which are the parallel forms of Lombard ?

Sarcelles 02:57, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Ticinese is just a practical definition to say "Lombard dialect spoken in Ticino". Ticinese dialects can be very different. Ticinese is not a particular dialect. If on the other hand we say "Ticinese koiné", then, yes, it is a particular dialect with many variations. Take 2 points on the map, one lying in Ticino and one in the Grisons, with -- say -- just a few km (and no mountain ranges) between them. They will be very similar or almost identical. The same applies to 2 points, one in Ticino and one in (Italian) Lombardy. Take, on the other hand, places comparatively far away (although still within Ticino) and the dialects will be very different.--Jorgengb 13:00, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)

first of all, we don't use the word "Händi"...and second...well it's full of mistakes, at least translate it from italian. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.193.162.46 (talk) 07:52, 10 October 2008 (UTC)

As said above by Jorgeng, it should be pointed out that, even though grammar remains about the same in the whole region, several words can be pronounced (and written) in several ways. The comparative examples within dialect and italian shown in this page are ok, but it should be considered that several translations might exist (example, "goat" can be translated "chiaura" or "cavra", depending on where the speaker comes from). Sometimes it even possible to figure out from which village a person comes from, depending on the accent and kind of words he uses. Matteo

Nice little article. One problem though: whether Italophones who do not understand Ticinese dialects feel ostracized is subjective and probably POV. I suggest that that sentence be modified to reflect that some non Lombard speaking Italophones may have difficulty understanding Ticinese, be it at social functions or during the Ticinese newscasts, etc... 96.49.138.140 (talk) 21:10, 14 May 2010 (UTC) Lezard

Of course speakers of Italian would not understand Ticinese, which is a different language, and would feel ostracized at social event where people willfully refuses to speak the common Italian language, just like anybody else in a similar bi- or trilingual situation. The fact that is is true does not make it relevant, nor very encyclopedic. I've removed the whole section "Differences between Ticinese and Italian" because it is mostly irrilevant to the topic of this article; being different languages it is only natural that there are many differences, both in lexic and grammar. Most of the entries aren't even valid examples of differences between Ticinese and the varieties of Western Lombard spoken in Italy, with the main exception of Natel. I've added some informations on the status of Ticinese, mostly from the italian and french wikipedia, to prevent the article from looking like an useless stub. Valhalla (talk) 21:31, 29 January 2012 (UTC)

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American Foundation for the Blind

The American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) is an American non-profit organization for people with vision loss. AFB's objectives include conducting research to advance change, promoting knowledge and understanding, and shaping policies and practices.

Kirk Adams, formerly the first blind president and CEO of The Lighthouse for the Blind, Inc. has been AFB's president and CEO since May 2016.

The AFB's main headquarters is in Arlington, Virginia.

History
AFB, with the support and leadership of M.C. Migel, a philanthropist who was moved to help the large number of veterans blinded in World War I, was formed in 1921 to provide both a national clearing house for information about vision loss and a forum for discussion for blindness service professionals. Its founding, made official at the convention of the American Association of Workers for the Blind in Vinton, Iowa, was also intended to spur research and represent the needs of people with vision loss in the US government.

AFB's early accomplishments included taking the lead to standardize English Braille code and establishing the first professional publications program for teachers and administrators of programs for people with vision loss. In 1926, AFB's Directory of Services for Blind and Visually Impaired Persons was first published, compiled by social worker Lotta S. Rand.

In 1932, AFB engineers developed the Talking Book and Talking Book Machine and set up studios for recording these books, marking the advent of the modern audiobook. AFB played a major role in persuading the federal government to include talking books in the National Library System for blind people operated by the Library of Congress.

AFB's advocacy efforts have led to the passage of significant legislation for people with vision loss. AFB was instrumental in creating and passing the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) and more recently worked on the renewal of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) to ensure that it contained provisions to meet the specific needs of children with vision loss.

For many years, AFB designed, manufactured and sold products that were made specifically for people with vision loss, such as braille writers, magnifiers, and audio blood pressure monitors. AFB also works with technology manufacturers at the design stage to develop products that can be used by everyone, sighted or visually impaired. Especially since the advent of digital technology, AFB believes that working to establish universal design practices among technology producers is the most promising and cost-effective option for making all products accessible in the long term.

AFB is the organization to which Helen Keller devoted her life. She worked for AFB for more than 40 years and was instrumental in the foundation of the Talking Books Program, among many others. She remained with AFB until her death, in 1968. Under the terms of her will, she selected AFB as the repository of her papers and memorabilia, which AFB maintains in the Helen Keller Archive.

Louis Braille was the Frenchman who invented the raised dot code that bears his name. On January 4, 2009, the 200th anniversary of his birth, AFB created an online gallery that includes pictures of him and digitized books and articles.

Blind Leaders Development Program
AFB launched the Blind Leaders Development Program in 2019 with the purpose of increasing upward mobility and creating meaningful leadership experiences for individuals who are blind or low vision, who are already employed and in the beginning stages of their careers. Every year, AFB selects a class of blind or visually impaired individuals: 50% emerging leaders as fellows and 50% established leaders to act as their mentors.

Partnership with the American Printing House for the Blind
In 2018, AFB partnered with the American Printing House for the Blind (APH) to transition several AFB programs to continue under APH’s stewardship, including AFB Press, VisionAware, FamilyConnect, CareerConnect, and BrailleBug. With these programs under APH’s oversight, AFB is investing in policy and programs focused on creating stronger social systems, and ultimately a more inclusive, accessible society for people with vision loss. )

Helen Keller Archive
In 2018, AFB launched the Helen Keller Archive, the first fully accessible digital archive collection, comprising more than 160,000 artifacts, dedicated to the life and works of Helen Keller. It is the largest repository of historical content about Helen Keller, whose iconic name is known in every corner of the globe for her groundbreaking work as an author, political activist, and humanitarian who played a critical role in changing public perceptions about people with disabilities.

VisionAware
In 2012, AFB added VisionAware to its family of sites in partnership with the Reader's Digest Partners for Sight Foundation. The site folded in content from AFB's Senior Site, with new information and resources for adults of all ages with vision loss.

VisionAware's stated goal is to help adults and their family members to cope with age-related eye diseases, a growing public health problem in the United States. According to research on vision problems in Americans over 40, rates of vision loss from diseases like age-related macular degeneration, glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy are expected to double by 2030, as America's 78 million baby boomers reach retirement age.

In 2018, VisionAware was transferred to the American Printing House for the Blind as part of the AFB-APH partnership.

FamilyConnect
In spring 2008, AFB and the National Association for Parents of Children with Visual Impairments (NAPVI) launched FamilyConnect, an online community for caregivers of children with visual impairments. NAPVI is an affiliate of Lighthouse Guild. In 2018, VisionAware was transitioned to the American Printing House for the Blind as part of the AFB-APH partnership.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John Ogden (Traffic Reporter)

 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. Note, there are allegations of sockpuppets being used here. However, the consensus is still to delete even when all supposed sockpuppet votes are discounted. JeremyA 01:05, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)

John Ogden (Traffic Reporter)
DeletePerson of very little importance Spotteddogsdotorg 18:42, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete Googling John Ogden comes up with two web pages from his TV station mentioning this Ogden. Not notable! Hohokus 23:09, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * User's 18th edit. Kaibabsquirrel 21:41, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete Not notable. Toasthaven 16:31, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * User's 49 edit; Toasthaven's first ever edit was a VFD vote. Kaibabsquirrel 21:41, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete Non-notable person of zero intrest! Melvis 17:01, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * User's 8th edit.   Kaibabsquirrel 21:41, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete: Mid-market station, so it's not exactly WJCL or something. However, he's just Arnie Pie in the Sky for this station.  The article gives us no reason to suppose him more than a routine worker. Geogre 03:08, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, passes WP:BIO. Kappa 05:08, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, why so delete-happy?  ℬ astique ▼ talk 05:23, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Just because someone is on TV in one city on one station doesn't mean that they are "widely recognised" and "well known" even in their own city, let alone their own country. They have done no national TV work, so they are still not notable, which is why I still say Delete! Spotteddogsdotorg 14:55, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, does not pass WP:BIO. Neither a "widely recognized entertainment personality" nor a "well-known entertainment figure". --Smack (talk) 05:37, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete non notable. JamesBurns 05:51, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep SchmuckyTheCat 16:09, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete who the hell is this guy? Some local traffic dude in a small town. Big deal. ConeyCyclone 17:20, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Accounted created less than an hour before this vote was cast. User's 14th edit. Kaibabsquirrel 21:41, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep - not vanity, verifiable. I see no problem with this, but it needs to be expanded! -- Phroziac (talk) 18:57, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * Keep Jinkleberries 19:56, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Note: Junkleberries is a new account today and voted 'keep' on 37 articles within a 7-minute period. This user also received a vandalism warning today.  Tobycat 20:53, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, since when are traffic reporters notable? platypeanArchcow 20:25, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, nn. RickK 22:23, Jun 12, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, he doesn't pass the WP:Bio because he has no regional notablity unlike the my other vote. Falphin 00:36, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Insignificant. -R. fiend 05:22, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete NN. Radiant_ >|< 10:04, Jun 13, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete NN. carmeld1 00:01, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Notable enough.  Philadelphia isn't exactly the backwoods.  -- Un focused 16:24, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Yet another frivolous VFD nomination no thanks to User:Spotteddogsdotorg and his/her multiple sockpuppets. Kaibabsquirrel 21:41, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment I have no sockpuppets. Spotteddogsdotorg 03:45, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment Sure. Uh-huh.  Kaibabsquirrel 05:35, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment Yo – Spot! Don't forget to go over and vote to delete Roger Moss!  --Mothperson 15:41, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment What is your problem? I have no sockpuppets and I am not going to take your bait! --Spotteddogsdotorg 17:05, 19 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Non-notable. Quale 20:58, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * This page is now preserved as an archive of the debate and, like some other VfD subpages, is no longer 'live'. Subsequent comments on the issue, the deletion, or the decision-making process should be placed on the relevant 'live' pages.  Please do not edit this page .


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KWEX-DT

KWEX-DT (channel 41) is a television station in San Antonio, Texas, United States, serving as the local outlet for the Spanish-language network Univision. It is owned and operated by TelevisaUnivision alongside Blanco-licensed UniMás outlet KNIC-DT (channel 17). The two stations share studios on Network Boulevard in Northwest San Antonio; KWEX operates a secondary studio facility at the Texas A&M–San Antonio Educational and Cultural Arts Center on South Santa Rosa in downtown San Antonio. The station's transmitter is located off US 181 in northwest Wilson County (northeast of Elmendorf).

History
The station first signed on the air on June 10, 1955, as KCOR-TV. The callsign was taken from its radio sister station KCOR (1350 AM), which itself was named for Raoul A. Cortez, the owner and pioneer of the first full-time Spanish-language radio and television stations in the United States by the Radio Corporation of America (RCA). KCOR-TV was also the first Spanish-language commercial television station in the U.S., as well as the first television station in south Texas to broadcast on the UHF band. The station originally operated from studio facilities located on Network Boulevard (southwest of the present-day I-10) on the city's northwest side.

In 1961, after years of losses, Cortez sold the station to a consortium led by his son-in-law Emilio Nicolas, Rene Anselmo, Emilio Azcárraga Vidaurreta, Julian Kaufman and Frank Fouce. With the change in ownership, the station changed its call letters to KUAL-TV that year. Since the station's beginnings, Nicolas had worked side by side with Cortez, not only running the station, but producing many of channel 41's variety programs. Azcarraga's family owned Mexico's highest-rated television network, Telesistema Mexicano (forerunner of Televisa), allowing KUAL to gain stronger programming. Nicolas made the station a financial success, and in late 1962 Nicolas and his partners built their second television station, KMEX-TV in Los Angeles. The two stations, with KUAL as the de facto founding station of the entire network, formed the nuclei of the first Spanish language television network in the United States; later that year, the station changed its calls to KWEX-TV as the station became a charter affiliate of the Spanish International Network (which was relaunched as Univision in 1987).

On July 29, 2013, KWEX relocated from its longtime Durango Boulevard studios in San Antonio's Southtown district to a new 43,200 sqft facility on Network Boulevard. The facility, which was constructed over the course of six months, cost $10 million to build and includes expanded master control and newsroom space, two studios for production of its newscasts and local programs (one of which includes a kitchen set used for food segments); Univision's San Antonio radio cluster—KCOR, KBBT (98.5 FM), KCOR-FM (95.1 FM), KROM (92.9 FM), KXTN-FM (107.5)—relocated their operations to the facility in late summer 2013. Plans called for the former studio facility to be torn down with an apartment complex being built on the property, a plan that was opposed by the San Antonio Conservation Society and the Texas Historical Commission, who proposed that the building be restored and incorporated into the new development.

On August 10, 2013, KWEX signed a three-year lease agreement with Texas A&M University–San Antonio to use the university educational and cultural arts center on the site of the Museo Alameda (which closed in August 2012) in the Market Square district of downtown San Antonio as a secondary studio facility; the station built a 1,200 sqft, HD-ready studio for use during live segments seen on the station's 5 and 10 p.m. newscasts as well as its morning insert Despierta San Antonio, Texas A&M communications students will also have access to the studio when it is not in use for KWEX productions. The new facility opened on February 18, 2014.

News operation
KWEX-DT presently broadcasts seven hours of locally produced newscasts each week (with one hour each on weekdays, Saturdays and Sundays); in addition, the station produces a series of interview segments titled Despierta San Antonio (Wake-up San Antonio), which airs at around 25 and 55 minutes past the hour during Univision's national morning program Despierta América on weekday mornings.

With the move to the new studios on Network Boulevard, on July 29, 2013, KWEX-DT became the fifth television station in the San Antonio market to begin broadcasting its local newscasts in high definition.

Subchannels
The station's signal is multiplexed:

Analog-to-digital conversion
KWEX-TV discontinued regular programming on its analog signal, over UHF channel 41, on June 12, 2009, the official date on which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal relocated from its pre-transition UHF channel 39 to channel 41.

The station's former digital allocation on UHF channel 39 and their facilities were subsequently transferred in full to CBS affiliate KENS (channel 5), which shared KWEX's signal as a full 1080i high definition subchannel in 2008 and early 2009, mapping to virtual channel 5.1 due to their transitional digital channel on UHF 55 being sold to Qualcomm for their MediaFLO mobile television service. At the time, KWEX had broadcast solely in 480i standard definition, so both KENS and KWEX broadcast over digital channel 39 without any issues between the two stations.

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User talk:Centurion328

Hi matt, this is moki. Congrads on joining. --151.188.16.20 18:42, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Hey, thanks for saying hi. Check out my Hayabusa article revision.  --Centurion328 22:15, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)

deep impact
Good job changing all that to past tense. I couldn't differentiate which had happened already and which had not. Now I have something convenient to update to Wikinews! -- Natalinasmpf 4 July 2005 12:17 (UTC)

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Talk:Luss

Are there any towns people named Luss in the town of Luss? My last name is Luss and I was just wondering.

//fresh post; the above not my contribution —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.145.18.157 (talk) 23:46, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

I visited Luss yesterday and wandered past the church.

There is an inscription above the West door that reads

"REBUILT BY

SIR JAMES COLQUHOUN

TWELFTH BARONET OF COLQUHOUN AND LUSS

MDCCCLXXV

Lord I have loved the habitation of the house and the place where thine honour dwelleth Psalm XXVI.8"

I have a number of photographs which may be of use in expanding this article.

I'm new to editing Wikipedia articles; you'll forgive any faux pas, I hope

Reenie 20:18, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

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Talk:Canon EOS 300D

Prosumer
I won't call the EOS 300D a "prosumer" DSLR, since looking at Canon's marketing strategy it is clear the its DSLR family is divided into 3 lines:
 * Professional series such as the EOS 1D Mk II and the EOS 1Ds Mk II, denoted by their single-digit model number;
 * Prosumer series such as the EOS 20D and the EOS 10D, denoted by their double-digit model number; and
 * Consumer series such as the EOS 300D and the EOS 350D, denoted by their triple-digit model number, and possibly a future quaduple-digit model number series just like its film SLR cousins. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Melvin Pao (talk • contribs) 12:47, 10 June 2005

Metering modes
Right now the infobox says the 300D has spot metering. It doesn't. Only the hacked version (source?) has unlocked spot metering, if I recall correctly. So should it be included in the infobox? I can't decide. Any thoughts? --Thomas Ploeger 21:30, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

 * I interpret the article's info box as giving the same information as official specs, and as such, shouldn't mention spot metering. It would be similar to CPU chips that enthusiasts have managed to overclock; a chip sold as a 3GHz chip is still a 3GHz chip, despite it being capable of being pushed higher. -- Tomlouie | talk 20:28, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

How do I narrow What links here?
How do I narrow down What links here so that it gives me a list of images in Wikipedia shot with a Digital Rebel or 300D? ShutterBugTrekker 22:06, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

History Section
The history section just duplicates some of the information in Canon DSLR cameras. Further, the section has nothing to do with the history of the 300D, but rather it lists the progression of Canon's mid-range DSLR family. As such, I am going to delete it on the basis of redundancy. 68.230.115.87 (talk) 04:38, 19 March 2010 (UTC)
 * You are right, this doesn't belong here. Rror (talk) 13:11, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

'See Also' Section
Consider adding 'Nikon Camera Timeline' to the 'See Also' section or creating a template named something like 'Other Camera Vendor Timelines'. Nikon a major competitor to Canon and many who view this page may want to compare with Nikon's timeline. Either way it is still relevant information.

Thexper (talk) 22:12, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

Battery model errata
The battery model for the Canon EOS300D camera is wrongly listed as BP-511 in many places, including the official user manual from Canon (see here). This includes this wiki page (until recently corrected) and (at least) many review sites.

I personally own a Canon EOS300D camera. The original battery it came with is clearly marked NB-2LH.

I also own a Canon DV camera model MV730i which works with the BP-511 battery. So yes, I have both kinds of devices and both types of batteries. And I can tell for certain that they are very different.

BP-2LH battery form factor
Almost rectangular with 2 rounded edges.

LxWxH: 45x33x15mm

2S1P LiIon 7.4V 700mAh

Has 3 electrical contacts.

BP-508/511/512/514/522/
Rectangular with 2 slanted/rounded edges.

LxWxH: 55x37x40mm (for BP-522, only height differs between submodels)

2S1P LiIon 7.4V (for BP-508/511/512/514)

2S2P LiIon 7.4V 2200mAh (for BP-522)

2S3P LiIon 7.4V 4500mAh (for BP-535)

Internal build: standard industrial grade LiIon cylindrical cells and additional circuitry (probably for cell balancing).

 * I dragged out my old EOS 300D. It's original battery says BP-511 on the label. The replacement battery I bought for it says BP-511A on its label. They both look like the BP-522 pic above. I checked on the side of the box that the camera came in (EOS-300D KIT) and it also says BP-511 in the list of included parts. Since the rest of the world agrees with what I see in front of my own eyes and the camera forums have not pointed out what would be a glaring and obvious error, I think you have made a mistake somewhere.  Stepho  talk 13:19, 29 December 2016 (UTC)

 * I did a bit more searching and found that the NB-2LH is listed for the EOS 3 5 0D. See http://www.georges.com.au/index.php/camera-batteries-chargers/canon-camera-batteries.html Perhaps this is where you made your mistake.  Stepho  talk 13:30, 29 December 2016 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Doug Kammerer

 This page is an archive of the proposed deletion of the article below. Further comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or on a Votes for Undeletion nomination). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the debate was no vote. Need to wait longer than 2 weeks. Woohookitty 06:47, 13 July 2005 (UTC)

Doug Kammerer
not notable, information at WCAU-TV anchors - MERGE 203.98.57.97 3 July 2005 18:32 (UTC)

 * Merge and Redirect I've only heard of him because I live here. Not notable enough.--Alex12 3 3 July 2005 18:48 (UTC)
 * Also, the edits I made to the archived discussion were to stop this from showing twice on the July 3rd VfD page Contents menu. Please don't hurt me. Thanks. --Alex12 3 3 July 2005 18:48 (UTC)
 * Speedy keep. This just survived a VFD a couple of weeks ago and is not eligible for another VFD at this time.  Sanction User:203.98.57.97 for bad-faith VFD nominations intended to WP:POINT. Kaibabsquirrel 3 July 2005 19:23 (UTC)
 * I agree with sanctioning user 203.98.57.97 for above reasons. However, my vote regarding the article stands. --Alex12 3 3 July 2005 20:55 (UTC)

Dude? Why is this guy in two places, I like him on the list of WCAU peeps. Can we put him there? I am thinking that you would say something like Speedy Merge to do it? Will that do it? PhillyDude! 3 July 2005 21:05 (UTC)
 * User's 11th edit, account created 1 July. Edit history looks like yet another of the multiple sockpuppet accounts playing their little disruption game with the East Coast TV  station articles. Kaibabsquirrel 3 July 2005 21:55 (UTC)
 * Oh, no - they're BAAaack. Hi guys.  --Mothperson 3 July 2005 23:53 (UTC)
 * PhillyDude! and 203.98.57.97 both :( The Spotctopus doesn't quit does it? Kaibabsquirrel 4 July 2005 00:19 (UTC)

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was keep due to no consensus. For those interested in vote count, I find 7 clearly "good" keep votes, and 9 clearly "good" delete votes. Sjakkalle (Check!)  07:45, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Doug Kammerer

Delete Person of very little importance, minor person on minor local TV. Spotteddogsdotorg 18:43, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete Do we need every damn airhead weatherman from podunk's bio here? No! Hohokus 23:21, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * User's 24th edit, suspected sockpuppet. Kaibabsquirrel 21:58, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete Local TV weather guy in small market - not notable! Melvis 17:11, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * User's 10th edit, suspected sockpuppet. Kaibabsquirrel 21:58, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete Who? Not notable! Next! ShureMicGuy 19:08, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Account created today, all edits are to VfD. RickK 22:57, Jun 12, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete: Marginal advertising, little content, no reasoning for why this person is signifiant. All local weathermen do the weather from a viewer's yard, sooner or later. Geogre 03:07, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, passes WP:BIO. Kappa 03:45, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep -- nightly weekday appearances on television make one notable. - Longhair | Talk 03:48, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. ℬ astique▼ talk 05:19, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, does not pass WP:BIO. Neither a "widely recognized entertainment personality" nor a "well-known entertainment figure". --Smack (talk) 05:37, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete non notable. JamesBurns 05:52, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Appears on local television only, and only on one channel. How many other weathermen for this channel have articles? I notice there's a Glenn "Hurricane" Schwartz one as well. Average Earthman 07:17, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep SchmuckyTheCat 16:10, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete I would understand if he was like Janice Huff and did weather on the Today show, but this guy is on some local station and isn;t of any notewortyness. ConeyCyclone 17:22, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Account created less than an hour before this vote was cast, suspected sockpuppet, user's 15th edit. Kaibabsquirrel 21:58, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep Jinkleberries 19:56, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Note: Junkleberries is a new account today and voted 'keep' on 37 articles within a 7-minute period. This user also received a vandalism warning today.  Tobycat 20:53, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, nn. RickK 22:24, Jun 12, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, agree with Kappa Falphin 00:35, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. A local TV weatherman, and one who's been there for less than two years? NN. --Calton | Talk 04:12, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete nn vanity. No one cares if he eats hot dogs or not.  Grue  14:50, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep The Philadelphia broadcast area is large enough that "notable there" is "notable enough". --Unfocused 16:26, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, yet another frivolous VFD no thanks to User:Spotteddogsdotorg and multiple sockpuppet votes. Kaibabsquirrel 21:58, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Non-notable.  Regardless of how large Philadelphia is, a local TV weather hack on the station for 2 years is not notable.  Local TV personalities change jobs frequently and are rarely notable.  Quale 21:00, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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 * Strong, Speedy Keep for integrity of VfD process; renomination too soon. Xoloz 4 July 2005 05:30 (UTC)
 * Merge/redir. Radiant_ >|< July 4, 2005 09:15 (UTC)
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Eleni of Ethiopia

Eleni (Ge’ez: እሌኒ, "Helena"; died April 1522) also known as Queen of Zeila was Empress of Ethiopia by marriage to Zara Yaqob (r. 1434–1468), and served as regent between 1507 and 1516 during the minority of emperor Dawit II. She played a significant role in the government of Ethiopia during her lifetime, acting as de facto co-regent or advisor to a number of emperors; one testimony of this is the manuscript Bruce 88, which states that she had been in the palace of three illustrious Emperors: Zara Yaqob; his son by another wife, Baeda Maryam I (r. 1468–1478), and Na'od (r. 1494–1505).

Life
The daughter of the King of Hadiya, Eleni's kingdom was invaded by Emperor Zara Yaqob for refusing to pay the annual tribute, leading to her capture, forceful conversion to Christianity, and marriage to Zara Yaqob. Hadiya rulers later appealed to the Adal Sultanate for assistance, which lead to the climax of conflict in the region during the Ethiopian-Adal war. Although the Portuguese historian Baltasar Teles wrote that Eleni had no children, in some manuscripts of Francisco Álvares's The Prester John of the Indies, a male relative of Lebna Dengel who escaped from Amba Geshen is described as her son, according to the translator but not the original text

Political influence
After Zara Yaqob's death, the next emperor, Baeda Maryam I, gave Eleni the title of Queen Mother, as his own mother Tsion Mogasa had been beaten to death during his father's reign. Eleni proved to be an effective member of the royal family; Paul B. Henze comments that she "was practically co-monarch" during his reign. When Eskender succeeded his father, Empress Eleni was initially pushed out of power by the Bitwoded Amda Mikael. However, around 1486 she participated in a palace coup that led to his deposition and execution, and Eleni thereafter played a leading role in government, which continued into the reign of Emperor Na'od.

From her childhood, Eleni retained awareness of the wider Muslim world and sought to reach a reconciliation with the neigbouring Muslim Empire of Adal, promoting commercial relations.

The Portuguese missionary Francisco Álvares was told by the Abuna Marqos, that upon Emperor Na'od's death in combat, "he and Queen Eleni made him [Lebna Dengel] King, because they had all of the great men in their hands." This statement points to the power Eleni wielded.

Regency
Understanding the growing threat that Ethiopia faced from the expanding Ottoman influence in the region, with the counsel of Pero da Covilhã, sent Mateus (also known as Matthew the Armenian) as an ambassador to the King of Portugal and the Pope in Rome. Apparently, the Portuguese only came to understand the nature of Matheus's mission after they arrived in Ethiopia, which complicated D. Rodrigo da Lima's mission to the Ethiopian Emperor. Eleni served as chief regent for the under-age Lebna Dengel, along with his mother, the Dowager Empress Na'od Mogassa, and Ras Degelhan of Gojjam, the Emperor's senior male relative.

Álvares also notes that Eleni possessed extensive estates in the province of Gojjam. Others said that "she was accomplished in everything: in front of God by practising righteousness and having strong faith, by praying and receiving Holy Communion; in worldly terms, she was accomplished in preparing food [for the royal table], in familiarity with the books, in knowledge of the law, and in understanding the affairs of state. For these qualities, the King greatly loved our Queen Eléni. He considered her like his own mother’.

Death
The date of Eleni's death is not entirely certain. However, Henze states that she died at an advanced age in the 1520s, and Beckingham and Huntingford confirms this by arguing that the evidence in Álvares account provides enough information to date her death to April, 1522. Álvares makes it clear that she died while he was in Ethiopia, adding that her death was a cause for sorrow by her subjects: "There was a great rumour and talk at the Court about the death of Queen Eleni. They said that since she had died all of them had died great and small, and that while she lived, all lived and were defended and protected; and she was the father and mother of all."

- Francesco Álvares

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KVDA

KVDA (channel 60) is a television station in San Antonio, Texas, United States, serving as the market's local outlet for the Spanish-language network Telemundo. The station is owned and operated by NBCUniversal's Telemundo Station Group and maintains studios on San Pedro Avenue in North Central San Antonio, near the enclave of Olmos Park; its transmitter is located off US 181 northeast of Elmendorf.

KVDA has been a Telemundo station since it signed on in September 1989. The network financed its construction by a group of local businessmen and then bought the station within a year of its launch. In local news ratings, KVDA has typically lagged its primary competitor, Univision station KWEX-DT.

History
In April 1985, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) designated a total of 13 applications for channel 60 in San Antonio for comparative hearing. Six dropped out, and seven groups were in contention during the hearing process: Vela Broadcasting, San Antonio Video Corporation, TV 60 Limited Partnership, Amistad Communications of the Southwest, Pro 60 Communications, San Antonio Broadcasting, and David A. Dávila et al. doing business as Nueva Vista Productions. Two groups featured people familiar in San Antonio. San Antonio Video included U.S. representative Albert Bustamante and several San Antonio lawyers, while one of the shareholders in Nueva Vista Productions was former KENS-TV investigative reporter Ed Gonzalez. The FCC's initial decision, released in November 1986, rejected four applications for inability to secure reasonable assurance of a tower site; declared San Antonio Video "not qualified to become a licensee" because of misrepresentations about its financial qualifications; and chose Nueva Vista over Vela because of greater integration of ownership and management. Appeals from some of the losing applicants delayed a final grant into 1988.

In June 1988, Nueva Vista Productions agreed to accept financing from the Telemundo network in exchange for affiliating with it when the station went on air, a deal announced in October 1988. Shortly after, a general manager was named, and work began on locating the studios and transmitter. Sites had been selected for both by May 1989; the 21000 ft2 studio building at San Pedro Avenue and Recoleta Street had previously housed Offices to Go.

The station first signed on the air on September 10, 1989. The next month, Telemundo moved to buy KVDA outright, utilizing a right of first refusal within 18 months of the station beginning broadcasting. Two months after going on the air, Gonzalez challenged Telemundo's attempt to immediately buy the station, noting that Nueva Vista had been loaned money by Telemundo to build channel 60 in exchange for pledging all of its stock to the company, which he alleged represented an unauthorized transfer of control pacted before the comparative hearing had been resolved. The FCC granted the transfer in August 1990, finding that Davila had been the principal party making decisions as to the station's construction.

On October 11, 2001, NBC acquired the Telemundo network, including KVDA, from Sony and Liberty Media for $1.98 billion (increasing to $2.7 billion by the sale's closure) and the assumption of $700 million in debt, in an equal cash and stock split by NBC's then-parent General Electric. The acquisition was finalized on April 12, 2002. On May 1, 2009, ZGS Communications took over the operations of KVDA and its Fresno, California, sister station KNSO under time brokerage agreements, though NBCUniversal retained the licenses to both stations. In 2014, NBC reassumed the operations of KVDA.

News operation
After airing local news breaks at launch, KVDA began airing a 10 p.m. local newscast in February 1990. At one point, it was the only such newscast, as competitor KWEX-TV had dropped its late evening news for financial reasons. After initially debuting a call-in program, Línea Directa, at 5 p.m., it was replaced with a full-on early newscast in 1994. Ratings were generally low, particularly for the 10 p.m. news once KWEX returned to the time slot. As a result, in January 1997, the 10 p.m. news was changed to a repeat of the 5 p.m. broadcast, and a third of the news staff was fired; news director Víctor Landa also began to anchor the newscast. Accompanying a revamp of the network's prime time schedule in September 1998, the station returned to producing two live newscasts.

In an attempt to compete with KWEX, the newscasts were retooled in 2000 under the new moniker Sesenta Directo (60 Direct); it also experimented with community journalists who received a computer and a webcam to report on stories in their areas. Additionally, the station debuted a 6 a.m. morning newscast early the next year. However, in a cost-cutting move in July 2001, the morning and 5 p.m. newscasts were cancelled, leaving KVDA with only a 10 p.m. newscast on weeknights, and several on-air and production staffers were laid off. The 5 p.m. news was later reinstated, but local news from San Antonio was cut back when a cost-cutting move led to the replacement of most of Telemundo's local newscasts in the western United States with a centralized program produced from KXTX-TV in Fort Worth.

Under ZGS management, on May 21, 2012, KVDA relaunched in-house news operations with the debut of half-hour evening newscasts at 5 and 10 p.m. on Mondays through Fridays, that are produced at the station's San Pedro Avenue studios; the locally produced newscasts have been broadcast in high definition from the news department's launch.

Beginning in 2014, a series of local news expansions at Telemundo have added hours of news to KVDA's output. A 4:30 p.m. show debuted at KVDA and 13 other Telemundo stations in 2014. A 4 p.m. half-hour was added in 2016, again as part of a national expansion in the group. Weekend newscasts debuted in 2017, and a midday newscast was introduced in January 2018 in San Antonio and nine other cities. Despite the expansions, KVDA has failed to surpass KWEX in news ratings.

In September 2022, Telemundo started the regional morning newscast Noticiero Telemundo Texas, originating in Fort Worth and airing on Telemundo's owned-and-operated stations in the state and most of its affiliates. Additionally, two Gray Television-owned Telemundo stations, in Odessa and Laredo, began simulcasting the 4 p.m. half-hour of KVDA's news as a lead-in to their own local news coverage.

Notable former on-air staff

 * Patricio G. Espinoza – founding news director/anchor/Texas correspondent

Subchannels
The station's signal is multiplexed: {{legend|#DFEBF6|Broadcast on behalf of another station}}

Analog-to-digital conversion
KVDA ended regular programming on its analog signal, over UHF channel 60, on June 12, 2009, the official date on which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 38, using virtual channel 60. KVDA relocated its signal from RF channel 38 to RF channel 15 on May 1, 2020, as a result of the 2016 United States wireless spectrum auction.

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Air Caribbean

Air Caribbean may refer to:

 * Air Caribbean (Puerto Rico), an airline from Puerto Rico
 * Air Caribbean (Trinidad and Tobago), an airline from Trinidad and Tobago

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User:ZombiesAhoy

Hello. This here is my user page, I think. I hope to god I'm doing this right.

So. Nifty.

My main goal here for right now is to avoid being a bad newbie, although if I do screw up, feel free to slap me around a bit. Biting is unhygenic, after all.

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I'm glad to see an article covering this topic, and I was surprised to find it orphaned (until now). It needs a reference to Weiser's work, which I don't have offhand. BTW: This technique has received recent attention in the area of Software Evolution, which places the topic of software maintenance into a formal model. Vonkje 18:46, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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Stanley Hubbard

Stanley Stub Hubbard (born 1933) is an American billionaire heir and businessman. He is the chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of Hubbard Broadcasting, founded by his father. Much of his fortune was earned through the operations of family-owned media holdings which include dozens of radio and television stations in the US. He was also the founder of United States Satellite Broadcasting, a forerunner to DirecTV, which absorbed USSB in 1998.

Early life
Stanley Stub Hubbard was born in 1933. His father, Stanley E. Hubbard, was the founder of Hubbard Broadcasting. He has a bachelor's degree from the University of Minnesota.

Career
Hubbard started working for Hubbard Broadcasting in 1951, became president in 1967, and became chairman and CEO in 1983.

As of February 2021, he had a net worth of US$1.9 billion.

Political activity
Hubbard is a prolific Republican and Conservative donor. Hubbard made political contributions to Scott Walker's presidential campaign in 2015. Hubbard also donated money to Our Principles PAC, a Super PAC dedicated to stopping the presidential nomination of Donald Trump in the 2016 election, but then donated to Trump-aligned Super PACs after Trump became the presumptive nominee.

Together with his spouse, Hubbard contributed $25,000 to Donald Trump's 2020 presidential campaign.

Personal life
Hubbard is married to Karen. They have five children and live in St Paul, Minnesota.

Awards
In 1991, he was inducted into the Broadcasting & Cable Magazine's first Hall of Fame.

In 1992, he was inducted into the Society of Satellite Professionals International Hall of Fame.

In 1994, he was a recipient of the SBCA's Arthur C. Clarke Award.

In 1995, Hubbard was the co-recipient (along with his father) of the Distinguished Service Award from the National Association of Broadcasters.

In 1997, he received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement.

In 2017, he received the First Amendment Leadership Award from the Radio Television Digital News Foundation.

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James M. Harrison

James Merritt Harrison, (September 20, 1915 – July 6, 1990) was a Canadian scientist and public servant. He was the Director of the Geological Survey of Canada from 1956 to 1964, and Assistant Deputy Minister of the Department of Energy, Mines and Resources.

Biography
Born in Regina, Saskatchewan, he obtained his B.Sc. from the University of Manitoba in 1935. He received his M.A. in 1941 and Ph.D. in 1943 from Queen's University.

He was one of the founders of the Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) and was its first President from 1961 to 1964. Between 1966 and 1968, he was President of the International Council for Science (ICSU).

In 1969, Harrison was awarded the Logan Medal, the Geological Association of Canada's highest honour.

From January 1973 to March 1976, he was the Assistant Director-General for Natural Sciences at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization in Paris.

In 1971, he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada.

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Talk:The Devil's Belt

I removed the stub tag from here because there really isn't anything else to say on the subject. This is essentially a glorified redirect pointing to Long Island Sound, that gives a little background to the alternate name. --RoySmith 18:50, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)

This is also the title of a famous young adult fiction set during the Civil War. I think. I read the book.

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Talk:List of trees of the Caribbean

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What really is the point of this article? Should it be a list of the few thousand tree species that exist in the "Caribbean Basin" (which I presume includes the areas of the Mainland adjacent to the Caribbean)? It bothers me as it is, but I don't know where to take it. Guettarda 18:51, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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Libertarian perspectives on LGBT rights

Libertarian perspectives on LGBT rights illustrate how libertarian individuals and political parties have applied the libertarian philosophy to the subject of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights. In general, libertarians oppose laws which limit the sexual freedom of adults.

Libertarian Party of Canada
On transgender equality, the Libertarian Party of Canada states: "Comedians are being fined by Human Rights Commissions and Bill C 16 arguably compels speech". Bill C16 is properly titled "An Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code". The bill adds "gender identity or expression" to the list of prohibited grounds of discrimination in the Canadian Human Rights Act and the list of characteristics of identifiable groups protected from hate propaganda in the Criminal Code.

Liberal Alternative
The Liberal Alternative party states: "We wish to make marriage a private affair, whether religious or not, composed simply of two consenting adults, without regard for sex, and with no further obligation beyond going to the local magistrate/city hall to notify the state about the union. This form of civil union would replace the PACS symbolically. Recognition of marriage is, of course, possible".

ACT
The minority populist factions of the party oppose same-sex marriage which voted in 2005 for a law that would outlaw instead being in favour of civic unions, while the dominant majority of the party are in favour.

Libertarianz
Libertarianz stated in their platform that the party "fully supports the concept of a civil union and would also support allowing marriages between same sex couples, and indeed polygamous marriages or marriages between people who are already related—in all cases as long as all parties are adults and consenting". The organization ceased to exist in February 2014.

Libertarian Party of Russia
The Libertarian Party of Russia has been one of the most active vocal opponents of the 2013 Russian law banning "propaganda of homosexuality" among minors. Libertarian Party activists have participated in demonstrations in front of the Moscow City Duma against the adoption of the law. At a 2012 picket, the Libertarian Party announced its opposition to homophobic laws restricting people's right to freedom of speech.

Anarcho-capitalists
Anarcho-capitalists believe in stateless voluntary society, thus oppose any law supporting or opposing LGBT rights. The issue of LGBT rights would be left up individually for people to decide whether to support or oppose LGBT rights. Adam Kokesh argues LGBT people should be anarcho-capitalists.

Libertarian Party
At the first national convention of the Libertarian Party in 1972, the delegates unanimously adopted a platform that included, "We favor the repeal of all laws creating 'crimes without victims' ... such as laws on voluntary sexual relations ..." Multiple sources, including the Libertarian Party, have referred to John Hospers, who was in 1972 the first presidential nominee of the newly formed Libertarian Party, as the first openly gay person to run for president of the United States. However, The Guardian’s obituary stated that his family “strenuously denied” he was gay. Chase Oliver, who is openly gay, became the Libertarian Party's presidential nominee in 2024.

In 1975, Ralph Raico helped to create the Libertarian For Gay Rights caucus within the party and subsequently published Gay Rights: A Libertarian Approach. This pamphlet advocated for removal of all restrictions against gays, including repeal of legislation prohibiting unions between members of the same sex. It also, however, opposed laws forbidding private individuals from discriminating against gays, e.g., by refusing to hire them, or to rent or sell houses or apartments to gays, stating "our principles compel us to say that bigotry and prejudice, so long as they do not involve coercion, must also be tolerated."

The second LGBT rights organization to operate from a libertarian perspective was the Libertarians for Gay and Lesbian Concerns. The organization held its first national convention in 1985 and sought to promote libertarianism to LGBT Americans.

In 1998, Outright Libertarians was formed. Outright Libertarians are also affiliated with the Libertarian Party and take many of the same positions that the Libertarians for Gay and Lesbian Concerns did in the 1980s.

In 2009, the Libertarian Party came out against H.R. 1913, a proposed hate crime bill that would add to the federal hate crime statute the categories of sexual orientation, gender identity and disability. The reason the Libertarian Party opposed the proposed hate crimes bill was because it would violate equal justice under the law by creating different classes of victims for the same crime. The Libertarian Party also accused legislators of attempting to buy the support of the LGBT community while still opposing same-sex marriage, and challenged them to repeal Don't ask, don't tell.

In 2013, the Libertarian Party applauded the Supreme Court's decision United States v. Windsor to strike down Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) as unconstitutional. The Libertarian Party had come out in favor of marriage equality, although noting that their ideal society would "not have government in the business of defining relationships at all."

The Libertarian Party currently (as of 2015) takes the following positions relevant to LGBT rights:
 * Section 1.2 "Expression and Communication":
 * We support full freedom of expression and oppose government censorship, regulation or control of communications media and technology. We favor the freedom to engage in or abstain from any religious activities that do not violate the rights of others. We oppose government actions which either aid or attack any religion.
 * Section 1.3 "Personal Relationships":
 * Sexual orientation, preference, gender, or gender identity should have no impact on the government's treatment of individuals, such as in current marriage, child custody, adoption, immigration or military service laws. Government does not have the authority to define, license or restrict personal relationships. Consenting adults should be free to choose their own sexual practices and personal relationships.
 * Section 1.6 "Parental Rights":
 * Parents, or other guardians, have the right to raise their children according to their own standards and beliefs. This statement shall not be construed to condone child abuse or neglect.
 * Section 3.5 "Rights and Discrimination":
 * Libertarians embrace the concept that all people are born with certain inherent rights. We reject the idea that a natural right can ever impose an obligation upon others to fulfill that "right." We condemn bigotry as irrational and repugnant. Government should neither deny nor abridge any individual's human right based upon sex, wealth, ethnicity, creed, age, national origin, personal habits, political preference or sexual orientation. Members of private organizations retain their rights to set whatever standards of association they deem appropriate, and individuals are free to respond with ostracism, boycotts and other free-market solutions.
 * Section 4.0 "Omissions":
 * Our silence about any other particular government law, regulation, ordinance, directive, edict, control, regulatory agency, activity, or machination should not be construed to imply approval.

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Copperhead (DC Comics)

Copperhead is the name of several supervillains appearing in comic books published by DC Comics, mostly as enemies of the superhero Batman.

Female variations appeared in Batman: Arkham Origins, and in live action on the first season of Gotham (named Larissa Diaz), portrayed by Lesley-Ann Brandt.

Publication history
The first Copperhead first appeared in The Brave and the Bold #78 (July 1968) and was created by Bob Haney and Bob Brown.

John Doe
The criminal known as Copperhead first appeared in Gotham City in a copperhead costume. He committed numerous thefts before finally being apprehended by Batman and Batgirl. Copperhead then turned to more deadly pursuits as a super-assassin, constricting victims to death with his costume's tail. During this time, he would become obsessive about his target and think of nothing until the target was dead, which proved to be a weakness at times as he would ignore anything he did not consider immediately relevant.

At various times, he fought Hawk and Dove, Superboy, and Jack Knight, in addition to joining the original incarnation of Secret Society of Super Villains. Copperhead used the travel opportunities his freelance career afforded him to pursue his hobby of collecting transistor radios.

Although a master contortionist, Copperhead was largely powerless without his snake-skin costume.

During the Underworld Unleashed storyline, Copperhead sold his soul to the demon Neron in exchange for power, being transformed into a deadly human-snake hybrid.

He was later killed by Manhunter (Kate Spencer).

During the Blackest Night storyline, Copperhead has been identified as one of the deceased entombed below the Hall of Justice. He is listed as "John Doe", as his real name had never been discovered. He was reanimated as a member of the Black Lantern Corps. Copperhead is destroyed by the combined efforts of seven Lanterns during the Black Lantern Corps' attack on Coast City.

Nathan Prince
Teen Titans (vol. 3) #56 featured a team of villains called the "Terror Titans", legacy villains whose mantles are inherited from older villains. One of the members shown is identified as Copperhead and appears visually as the character prior to the deal with Neron. The story did not reveal any information about the character or provide context with regard to previous stories.

In the subsequent Terror Titans miniseries, it is revealed that the second Copperhead's true identity is Nathan Prince, and he is the only member of the Terror Titans who does not have a familial connection to his predecessor. As a child, Nathan drowned his baby sibling out of jealousy, and even attempted to kill his parents. Unable to go through with it, he instead ran away to live on the streets, where he would solicit himself, having sex with older men, after which he would kill and rob them. It is still unknown how Prince came to work for Clock King. During the Dark Side Club's metahuman battles, the heroine TNTeena is badly injured, and Clock King tasks Copperhead with watching over her as she recuperates. Copperhead complies, and over time, falls in love with her. However, Nathan is later forced by Clock King to kill her. Nate and the rest of the Terror Titans are then sent to assist the Martyr Militia, a group of brainwashed metahumans, in destroying Los Angeles, but the tables are turned by Ravager and Miss Martian, the latter using her telepathy to undo the brainwashing. The Terror Titans flee to their base, only for Clock King to kill Disruptor, and leave them to be apprehended by the metahumans. Two weeks later, Nate breaks his fellow Terror Titans out of custody, and the group swear revenge on Clock King.

Sameer Park
A new incarnation of Copperhead appears in the New 52 (a 2011 reboot of the DC Comics universe). This version is Sameer Park, a Pakistani snake man and member of the Secret Society of Super Villains. He is killed by Deathstroke in Forever Evil #5.

Jane Doe
A female Copperhead using the alias Jane Doe makes her debut sometime after the death of her predecessor. This version of the character resembles the incarnation seen in Batman: Arkham Origins; DC Chief Creative Officer Geoff Johns said that this new incarnation would appear as a villain in the New 52 after the game's release. It was adapted for comics in November 2016, three years after the game's release. This Copperhead is described as a deadly hitwoman and one of the two most toxic individuals on the planet (the other being Cheshire).

This Copperhead is a South American crime boss in Central City as well as a former mercenary who has fought Batman and the Flash. Two-Face placed a large bounty on Batman's head that many super-villains and mercenaries intended to collect, including Copperhead. Alongside several other villains, Copperhead tracked down Batman to an active train. Climbing on board, Copperhead attempted to kill Batman, but he was able to escape by jumping into a flowing stream. After a brief stint of assassinations and other mercenary jobs, Copperhead was called up to lead her families' crime business in Central City. After a mysterious rival boss started muscling in on her territory, she decided to hire several mercenaries to enforce her rule, including Shrapnel, Black Spider, and the Trigger Twins. However, they were all arrested by the Flash, which prompted Copperhead to open negotiations with the mysterious crime lord, whom she discovered was Captain Cold of the Rogues, to find a way to defeat the Flash. Copperhead followed Cold's plan to eliminate the Flash, but Cold turned on her when he planted a cold bomb in a weapons delivery. The Flash was able to save her after he apprehended Cold, but without any evidence of her involvement, she was allowed to walk free.

Unknown
An unidentified Copperhead takes part in a scheme organized by Helena Bertinelli's mother Fenice and is arrested by the Birds of Prey. He later appears as one of many villains that Batman and Catwoman defeat when he takes the latter on a typical night of his job. This version appears to be inhuman, with copper skin and non-snake-like qualities, such as teeth. They are later shown as one of the many villains in Batman's Rogues Gallery who were beaten down by Bane in his attempt to reach Batman in Arkham.

Powers and abilities
Copperhead's contortionist skills allow him to fit himself into incredibly small spaces (such as chimneys). He originally wore a snake-themed costume made of metallic and elastic fibers and covered vulnerable points with Kevlar, making it bulletproof and impenetrable to almost any cutting weapon. The costume had been treated with a highly slippery water- and heat-proof silicon gel, allowing Copperhead to slide along any surface and slip out of tight spots. The tail could be stretched several feet and was strong enough to snap bone and shatter stone. The suit's helmet contained two seven-inch-long fangs which were capable of piercing human skin, and were coated in a potent neurotoxin derived from copperhead snakes. The toxin could paralyze a person almost instantly, and death would follow within 30 minutes. Later, Copperhead sold his soul to the demon Neron and was transformed into a human-snake hybrid. His reflexes and agility were greatly increased, and he gained venomous fangs, a forked tongue, claws, and a prehensile tail.

In "Terror Titans", Clock King mentions that the second Copperhead does not have any superpowers, meaning he utilizes a snake-themed suit, like the original once did.

The Copperhead from "The New 52" has snake-like abilities.

The female Copperhead does not appear to have any superpowers and instead uses different poison equipment such as darts in addition to being a skilled martial artist.

Other characters named Copperhead
A version of Copperhead appears in Sensation Comics #15. This version is an enemy of Little Boy Blue.

Another character named Copperhead appeared in Leading Comics. Francisco Pizarro is a criminal who briefly turns the Seven Soldiers of Victory against each other during an Andes treasure hunt.

Tiny Titans
A child version of the John Doe incarnation of Copperhead named Johnny appears in the Tiny Titans comics.

Television

 * The John Doe incarnation of Copperhead appears in TV series set in the DC Animated Universe (DCAU), initially voiced by Efrain Figueroa and later by Jose Yenque. This version possesses snake-like physical attributes and is generally portrayed as incompetent, consistently outsmarting himself in almost every appearance:
 * Copperhead first appears in Justice League as a member of Lex Luthor and Aresia's Injustice Gangs.
 * Copperhead also appears in Justice League Unlimited as a member of Gorilla Grodd's Secret Society. Prior to and during the episode "Alive!", Luthor takes command of the Society, but Grodd mounts a mutiny. Copperhead sides with the latter, but is frozen by Killer Frost and killed off-screen by Darkseid along with Grodd's other loyalists.
 * The John Doe incarnation of Copperhead makes non-speaking cameo appearances in Batman: The Brave and the Bold.
 * A female incarnation of Copperhead appears in the Gotham episode "Lovecraft", portrayed by Lesley-Ann Brandt.  This version is Larissa Diaz, a professional assassin, contortionist, and hand-to-hand combatant.

Film

 * The John Doe incarnation of Copperhead makes a cameo appearance in Superman/Batman: Public Enemies.
 * The Sameer Park incarnation of Copperhead appears in Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay, voiced by Gideon Emery. This version is a cyborg metahuman contortionist with a prehensile tail and a metallic jaw capable of spitting acidic venom. He is recruited into Amanda Waller's Suicide Squad and tasked with retrieving a "Get Out of Hell Free" card for her. During the mission, Killer Frost betrays the team and nearly escapes with the card, but Copperhead fights her until Waller detonates a bomb implanted in his neck to keep the squad in line, killing him and Killer Frost.

Video games

 * The John Doe incarnation of Copperhead appears in Batman: The Brave and the Bold – The Videogame, voiced by Dee Bradley Baker.
 * The John Doe incarnation of Copperhead appears as a character summon in Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure.
 * An unnamed female incarnation of Copperhead appears as a boss in Batman: Arkham Origins, voiced by Rosa Salazar. DC Chief Creative Officer Geoff Johns has said that this new incarnation would appear as a villain in the New 52 after the game's release. This version is a skilled contortionist and escape artist who wields metal, clawed gloves coated with hallucinogenic toxins and is implied to be part of a group of South American assassins who all use the "Copperhead" moniker. While disguised as Black Mask, Joker hires Copperhead and seven other assassins to kill Batman, though she ultimately fails and is captured.
 * The John Doe incarnation of Copperhead appears in Lego DC Super-Villains, voiced by Gideon Emery.

Miscellaneous

 * A female incarnation of Copperhead appears in the Injustice: Gods Among Us prequel comic. She initially appears as a member of the Suicide Squad before siding with Wonder Woman and Superman's Regime.
 * The John Doe incarnation of Copperhead appears in Batman: Arkham Unhinged #10 as a member of Amanda Waller's Task Force X.
 * The John Doe incarnation of Copperhead appears in Batman '66 Meets Wonder Woman '77 #5.

Merchandise

 * The John Doe incarnation of Copperhead received two action figures in the Justice League Unlimited toyline, with one appearing in a three-pack alongside Lex Luthor and Mirror Master.
 * Copperhead received an action figure in Wave 12 of the DC Universe Classics line.
 * Copperhead received an action figure in the DC Imaginext figure line as part of a two-pack alongside Batman.

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User talk:Nklatt

chican/mexican american
The reason I changed the article was that I for one have not heard of the term "chican" Perhaps this is because I am not American, and it is a term more commonly used in the US?

I am in two minds..perhaps chican is a better or more specific term, but also wikipedia should be international and reflect all uses of the English language.

If you feel strongly about it, feel free to change it back - it is not a big deal as far as I'm concerned and if people don't know the meaning of chican they can click on the link.

Which do you think is best?

Also on a highly irrelevant note, were you aware that Chican is Japanese for someone who grabs girls asses on trains? not that it has anything to do with this article though. Sennen goroshi (talk) 14:39, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

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Marshall–Lerner condition

The Marshall–Lerner condition (after Alfred Marshall and Abba P. Lerner) is satisfied if the absolute sum of a country's export and import demand elasticities (demand responsiveness to price) is greater than one. If it is satisfied, then if a country begins with a zero trade deficit then when the country's currency depreciates (e.g., in case the US is the country in focus, it takes more dollars to buy the Japanese yen), its balance of trade will improve (e.g., the U.S. will develop a trade surplus with Japan). The country's imports become more expensive and exports become cheaper due to the change in relative prices, and the Marshall-Lerner condition implies that the indirect effect on the quantity of trade will exceed the direct effect of the country having to pay a higher price for its imports and receive a lower price for its exports.

Suppose the U.S. exports 100 million tons of goods to Japan at a price of $1/ton and imports 100 million tons at a price of 100 yen/ton and an exchange rate of $.01/yen, so the trade balance is zero, $100 million of goods going each way. Then the dollar depreciates by 10%, so the exchange rate is $.011/yen. The immediate effect is to hurt the U.S. trade balance because if the quantities of imports and exports stay the same the value of exports is still $100 million but imports will now cost $110 million, a trade deficit of $10 million. It takes time for consumers around the world to adapt and change their quantities demanded; the shorter the time frame, the less elastic is demand. In the long run, consumers react more to changed prices: demand is more elastic the longer the time frame. Japanese consumers will react to the cheaper dollar by buying more American goods-- say, a 6% increase to 106 million tons for $106 million-- and American consumers will react to the more expensive yen by buying less Japanese goods-- say, a 10% decline to 90 million tons for $99 million, creating a trade surplus of $7 million. This example has an elasticity of Japanese demand for American exports of .6 (= 6%/10%) and elasticity of demand for American imports of -1 (= -10%/10%), so it satisfies the Marshall-Lerner condition that the sum of the magnitudes of the elasticities (|-.6| + |1|) exceeds 1. The direct negative price effect of the depreciation on the balance of trade is outweighed by the indirect positive quantity effect. This pattern of a short run worsening of the trade balance after depreciation or devaluation of the currency (because the short-run elasticities add up to less than one) and long run improvement (because the long-run elasticities add up to more than one) is known as the J-curve effect.

Essentially, the Marshall–Lerner condition is an extension of Marshall's theory of the price elasticity of demand to foreign trade, the analog to the idea that if demand facing seller is elastic he can increase his revenue by reducing his price.

Mathematical derivation
Normalize domestic and foreign prices in their own currencies to each equal 1. Let X  and M denote the quantities of exports and imports and e denote the price of foreign currency in terms of domestic currency. The trade surplus in domestic currency (dollars in this equation) is dollar exports minus dollar imports:
 * $$ Surplus = ( X \;tons) \cdot (\$1/ton) - (M\; tons)\cdot  (1 yen/ton) \cdot(\$e/yen) $$

or more simply, eliminating the units and putting everything into dollars,
 * $$ Surplus = X - eM  $$

The derivative of Surplus with respect to the exchange rate e is
 * $$ \frac{dSurplus}{de} = \frac{dX}{de}    -  e\frac{dM}{de} - M $$

Multiplying and dividing by M we get
 * $$ \frac{dSurplus}{de}= M\left( \left[\frac{dX}{de}\frac{e}{X}\right] \frac{X}{eM} - \left[ \frac{dM}{de}\frac{e}{M}\right] -1\right).  $$

Since the elasticity of Y with respect to X is (dY/dX)(X/Y), we can write this in terms of the elasticities of demand of exports and imports, $$\epsilon_x $$ and $$\epsilon_m  $$.
 * $$ \frac{dSurplus}{de}=

M\left( \epsilon_x \frac{X}{eM} -  \epsilon_m  -1\right).$$ Subtract and add eM to the numerator of the first term to get
 * $$ \frac{dSurplus}{de} = M\left(  \epsilon_x   \frac{X-eM}{eM}+  \epsilon_x    -  \epsilon_m  -1\right)$$

If the value of exports minus imports equals zero  so the trade surplus is X - eM = 0,    the last equation simplifies to
 * $$ \frac{dSurplus}{de} = M\left(     \epsilon_x    -  \epsilon_m  -1\right),$$

so the trade surplus rises if the absolute values of the two elasticities add to more than 1, which is the Marshall-Lerner condition.

If the initial trade surplus is positive so X - eM > 0, the sum of the magnitudes of the elasticities can be less than 1 and the depreciation can still improve the balance of trade, resulting in an even bigger surplus than initially. That happens because when X is bigger than EM, a smaller value of $$ \epsilon_x $$ will still result in a big effect on the value of X; the smaller percentage increase from $$\epsilon_x $$ still has a big effect when X is big. Similarly, if the economy starts out with a trade deficit and  X - eM < 0, the elasticities have to add up to more than 1 for depreciation to improve the balance of trade, because the initial harmful price effect is bigger, so the quantity responses have to be bigger to compensate. Suppose initially the US exports 60 million tons of goods to Japan and imports 100 million tons of other goods under an exchange rate of $.01/yen and prices of $1/ton and 100 yen/ton, for a trade deficit of $40 million. The initial effect of dollar depreciation to $.011/yen is to make imports cost $110 million, and the deficit rises to $50 million. If the long-run export and import elasticities equal .5 and -.5, exports will rise 5% to $63 million and imports will fall 5% to $104.5 million. The long-run result is a trade deficit of $41.5 million, smaller than the short-run deficit but bigger than the original deficit of $40 million before the depreciation.

Note that a common source of confusion is the price used in the elasticities, which determines whether an elasticity is positive or negative. Demand elasticities are ordinarily the elasticity of demand for a good with respect to the price of the good, and they ordinarily are negative numbers. Here, we have been using the elasticity of demand with respect to the exchange rate--- defined as domestic/foreign ($e/yen). For domestic consumers, when the exchange rate rises, imports are more expensive, so they buy less and we see a negative elasticity, the usual result. For foreign consumers, when the exchange rate rises, the exports they buy are cheaper for them and they buy more, so we see a positive elasticity. This is not an upward sloping demand curve; their price has actually fallen. For American consumers the price of imports from Japan  is $e/yen, but for Japanese consumers the price of exports from America is yen/($e).

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Mollen Commission

The Mollen Commission is formally known as The City of New York Commission to Investigate Allegations of Police Corruption and the Anti-Corruption Procedures of the Police Department. Former judge Milton Mollen was appointed in June 1992 by then New York City mayor David N. Dinkins to investigate corruption in the New York City Police Department. Mollen's mandate was to examine and investigate "the nature and extent of corruption in the Department; evaluate the department's procedures for preventing and detecting that corruption; and recommend changes and improvements to those procedures".

Members
In June 1992, Mayor Dinkins appointed five members to serve on the Mollen Commission :

 * Milton Mollen, Chair
 * Harold R. Tyler, Jr., Commissioner
 * Harold Baer, Jr., Commissioner
 * Herbert Evans, Commissioner
 * Betsy Barros, Commissioner

Commission's work and findings
In December 1993, The New York Times reported that the "special mayoral panel asserted ... that the New York City Police Department had failed at every level to uproot corruption and had instead tolerated a culture that fostered misconduct and concealed lawlessness by police officers."

Mollen issued a report in July 1994. The conclusion:

Today's corruption is not the corruption of Knapp Commission days. Corruption then was largely a corruption of accommodation, of criminals and police officers giving and taking bribes, buying and selling protection. Corruption was, in its essence, consensual. Today's corruption is characterized by brutality, theft, abuse of authority, and active police criminality.

The Mollen Commission transcripts and videotapes are housed in the Special Collections of the Lloyd Sealy Library, John Jay College of Criminal Justice.

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Haverah Park experiment

The Haverah Park experiment was a cosmic ray air shower detection array consisting of water Cherenkov detectors distributed over an area of 12 km2 on Haverah Park on the Pennine moorland near Harrogate, North Yorkshire. The experiment was operated by University of Leeds for 20 years, and was switched off in 1987.

Air showers of secondary particles generated from a primary cosmic ray hitting the Earth's atmosphere are spread over many kilometres when they hit the ground. An array allows for detection of secondary particles caused by a single cosmic ray at several detectors. The geographic spread of the detectors allows for calculation of the following:

 * The total number of particles detected can be used to estimate the number of particles in the air shower and from the model of the energy required to generate those particles, the energy of the primary cosmic ray.
 * The difference in the time of arrival of recorded particles at multiple detectors can be used to estimate the arrival direction of the primary cosmic ray.

During its operation, many thousands of cosmic ray events were recorded, including four exceptional events with energies over 1020 eV. These results were somewhat controversial because they are beyond the GZK limit. Such particles were later observed by other experiments, such as Fly's Eye (Oh-My-God particle) and AGASA.

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New York Women's House of Detention

The New York Women's House of Detention was a women's prison in Manhattan, New York City which existed from 1932 to 1974.

Built on the site of the Jefferson Market Prison that had succeeded the Jefferson Market in Manhattan's Greenwich Village, the New York Women's House of Detention is believed to have been the world's only art deco prison. It was designed by Sloan & Robertson in 1931 at a cost of $2,000,000 and opened to the public by Richard C. Patterson, Jr. on March 29, 1932. It did not receive its first inmates until some time later. Its location at 10 Greenwich Avenue gave the women inmates an opportunity to try to communicate with people walking by. After the prison was officially closed on June 13, 1971, Mayor Lindsay began the demolition of the prison in 1973, and it was completed the following year. It was replaced with a garden.

Ruth E. Collins was the first superintendent at the prison. She embraced the design of the prison, labeling it "a new era in penology". Her mission was to effect the moral and social rehabilitation of the women in her charge, giving them a chance for "restoration as well as for punishment". She commissioned a number of art works as part of her mission to uplift the women and treat them all as individuals. Among the Women's House of Detention's most famous inmates were:

 * Polly Adler
 * Jane Alpert
 * Angela Davis
 * Dorothy Day
 * Andrea Dworkin
 * Miriam Moskowitz
 * Ethel Rosenberg
 * Afeni Shakur

In its later years, allegations of racial discrimination, abuse and mistreatment dogged the prison. Angela Davis has been outspoken about the treatment she witnessed. Andrea Dworkin's testimony of her assault by two of the prison's doctors led to its eventual closing. Audre Lorde described the House of Detention as, "a defiant pocket of female resistance, ever-present as a reminder of possibility, as well as punishment."

In 2022, the historian Hugh Ryan published a history of the prison called The Women's House of Detention: A Queer History of a Forgotten Prison. He writes, "It was one of the Village's most famous landmarks: a meeting place for locals and a must-see site for adventurous tourists. And for tens of thousands of arrested women and transmasculine people from every corner of the city, the House of D was a nexus, drawing the threads of their lives together in its dark and fearsome cells."

Pop culture
Hellhole: The Shocking Story of the Inmates and Life in the New York House of Detention for Women, published in 1967 by Sara Harris, recounts her time as a social worker in the prison, and the shocking scenes she witnessed.

Jerry Herman's Off-Broadway musical, Parade, opened in 1960 and featured a song called "Save the Village", originally entitled “Don’t Tear Down the House of Detention.” Melvin Van Peebles' musical, Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death, which opened on Broadway in 1972 features a song, "10th and Greenwich" and is considered the first lesbian love song in Broadway history.

The prison featured prominently in the 2004 film House of D.

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Noto (disambiguation)

Noto is a town in Sicily, Italy, and may refer to:
 * Noto Radio Observatory in Sicily
 * Roman Catholic Diocese of Noto, Sicily
 * Noto Cathedral, Sicily

Noto may also refer to:

Places

 * Finland
 * Nötö, a small island in the Archipelago Sea
 * Japan
 * Noto Peninsula, a peninsula in Japan
 * Noto Province, an old province of Japan
 * Noto Airport, an airport in Japan
 * Noto, Ishikawa (Fugeshi) (能都町), a former town which merged with neighboring towns on the peninsula in 2005 to become:
 * Noto, Ishikawa (能登町)
 * Russia
 * Nötö, the Swedish name for Orexovyj óstrov in Russia

People

 * Alva Noto, also Noto, the pseudonym of the German artist Carsten Nicolai (born 1965)
 * Anthony Noto (born 1968), American businessman
 * Arisa Noto (born 1988), Japanese singer
 * Kimie Noto (born 1952), Japanese track athlete
 * Lore Noto (1923–2002), producer of The Fantasticks
 * Mamiko Noto (born 1970), Japanese voice actress
 * Masahito Noto (born 1990), Japanese footballer
 * Phil Noto, American artist
 * Sam Noto (born 1930), American jazz trumpeter
 * Silvio Noto (1926–2000), Italian radio and television personality
 * Tokushige Noto (1902–1991), Japanese sprinter
 * Vito Noto (born 1955), Italian industrial designer

Other

 * Noto fonts, a font family designed to cover all the scripts encoded in the Unicode standard
 * Noto (train), a train service operating in Japan
 * Noto Railway on the Noto Peninsula of Japan
 * Notochord, a cartilaginous rod in some animals
 * Notochord homeobox (NOTO) gene, a transcription factor encoded by the notochord homeobox gene on chromosome 2
 * Hermaea noto, a species of sea slug

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hillard Primeaux

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Hillard Primeaux
This was tagged for speedy deletion with "WP is not a memorial" - that's right, and this looks like a memorial to me, but that's not a speedy deletion reason, so here we are. CDC  (talk)  19:00, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete I'm the one who speedied it. We really need to take a good hard look at WP:CSD.  We keep coming up against things that don't the criteria and then get unanimous votes to delete. --Xcali 21:18, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete Wikipedia is not a memorial. JamesBurns 03:01, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete WP is not a memorial. You 20:35, Jun 11, 2005 (UTC)
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San Diego Association of Governments

The San Diego Association of Governments (abbreviated SANDAG) is an association of local San Diego County governments. It is the metropolitan planning organization for the county, with policy makers consisting of mayors, councilmembers, and county supervisors, and also has capital planning and fare setting powers for the county's transit systems, the San Diego Metropolitan Transit System and North County Transit District, some of which was assumed by the Metropolitan Transit Development Board (became MTS in 1986).

SANDAG, along with the Southern California Association of Governments, are the only metropolitan planning agencies in Southern California.

Governance
The board was previously governed with the representation of one board member from every city in San Diego County, with each member holding two votes in two systems. The approval of a project required the majority tally vote representing all cities and board members and the majority of represented members weighted by population.

After the passage of SANDAG's reform bill in 2017, any four representatives representing a majority of the county's population can overrule the tally vote.

From 2018 to 2023, the director of SANDAG was Hasan Ikhrata, who made transit expansion and roadway pricing a priority. In 2024, he was replaced by Mario Orso.

Fare payment systems
The Compass Card was launched by SANDAG in May of 2009 to integrate the fare payment systems of San Diego MTS and North County Transit District into one system, meant to reduce the number of fare transactions at customer service centers. The Compass Card was replaced by PRONTO in September 2021.

Primary Members
As of July 2024, all 18 incorporated cities of San Diego County as well as the county government itself are members of SANDAG. Those include:

 * Carlsbad
 * Chula Vista
 * Coronado
 * Del Mar
 * El Cajon
 * Encinitas
 * Escondido
 * Imperial Beach
 * La Mesa
 * Lemon Grove
 * National City
 * Oceanside
 * Poway
 * City of San Diego
 * San Marcos
 * Santee
 * Solana Beach
 * Vista
 * County of San Diego

Advisory Members
Additionally, 11 other agencies/governments that border San Diego County or are relevant to the region also participate in the Association as advisory members. Those include:

 * Imperial County
 * California Department of Transportation (Caltrans)
 * Metropolitan Transit System
 * North County Transit District
 * United States Department of Defense
 * Port of San Diego
 * San Diego County Water Authority
 * San Diego County Regional Airport Authority
 * Southern California Tribal Chairmen's Association
 * Mexico (Consulate General of Mexico)
 * Association of Planning Groups

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Emaciate

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Emaciate
Delete for nn and band vanity --Lord Voldemort 19:01, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete I was going to list it but Lord Voldemort beat me to it. No combination of the current band members' names with Emaciate gives more than 10 Google hits.  Using the former members' names gives < 100.  --Xcali 19:05, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Bandity. -- BD2412 talk 19:59, 2005 Jun 10 (UTC)
 * Delete band vanity. JamesBurns 03:00, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete Concur with the above. Bratsche talk  5 pillars 00:55, Jun 12, 2005 (UTC)
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Alpheus Hyatt

Alpheus Hyatt (April 5, 1838 – January 15, 1902) was an American zoologist and palaeontologist.

Biography
Alpheus Hyatt II was born in Washington, D.C. to Alpheus Hyatt and Harriet Randolph (King) Hyatt. He briefly attended the Maryland Military Academy and Yale University, and after graduating from Harvard University in 1862, he enlisted as a private in the Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry for the Civil War, emerging with the rank of captain.

After the war he worked for a time at the Essex Institute (now the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts. He and a colleague founded American Naturalist and Hyatt served as editor from 1867 to 1870.  He became a professor of paleontology and zoology at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1870, where he taught for eighteen years, and was professor of biology and zoology at Boston University from 1877 until his death in 1902. He also served as curator of the Boston Society of Natural History, where his longtime assistant was his former student Jennie Maria Arms Sheldon, and he established a laboratory at the Norwood-Hyatt House in 1879 for the study of Marine Biology in Annisquam, Massachusetts. The River Road building gave him access to the Annisquam River, a salt water estuary. This enterprise was moved to Woods Hole and became the Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratory in 1888.

Hyatt studied under Louis Agassiz and was a proponent of Neo-Lamarckism with Edward Drinker Cope. In 1869, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences elected him a fellow and in 1875, he was elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences. He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1895. In 1898, he received the honorary degree of LL.D. from Brown University.

He and his wife, Audella Beebe, were the parents of famed sculptor Anna Hyatt Huntington; their other children were Harriet Randolph Hyatt Mayor, who was also a sculptor though less well known, (and mother of the art historian A. Hyatt Mayor), and Alpheus Hyatt III.

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Giolla Íosa Mór Mac Fir Bhisigh

Gilla Íosa Mor mac Donnchadh MacFhirbhisigh (fl. 1390 – 1418) was a historian, scribe and poet of the learned Clan MacFhirbhisigh based at Lackan in Tír Fhíacrach, now part of County Sligo. He was the chief compiler of the Yellow Book of Lecan and the Great Book of Lecan, both of which are valuable literary and historical texts.

title: Giolla Íosa Mór Mac Fir Bhisigh