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User talk:Op. Deo

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Nice to see you work with the Indian Railways, the current Indian Collaboration of the week. you've uploaded some images which are in the .gif format. Is it possible to reupload it in the .png format? Wikipedia prefers that format. Regards, = Nichalp  ( Talk )= 14:31, Jun 12, 2005 (UTC)

 * I have another suggestion. Since you are licencing the image under GFDL, would you consider signing up in wikimedia ? Once there, it would be preferable to upload GFDL, Public Domain or Creative Commons licenced media instead of uploading to the English wikipedia. Why? The commons is the central depository of *FREE* images. The images there can be embedded into any wikipedia language (English included) instead of just the English wiki if you upload it here. Regards, = Nichalp  ( Talk )= 18:10, Jun 12, 2005 (UTC)

Great West Buckland page
Hi Op. Deo, just thanking you for the great West Buckland School page! I've looked for one in the past to no avail and after seeing how much Millfield boasted on their page was just about to create one. I was wondering about your relation to the school, as I noticed your pages on the Elmhirst's and Dartington Hall. I am a pupil and friends with an Elmhirst at school (who I think is part of the same family). Anyway my guess is you're either David Gale or Berwick Coates, am I right? Jack 20:00, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Dorothy Payne Whitney
You inserted in her article that son, Michael Straight had briefly been the lover of Anthony Blunt while at Cambridge. I am researching him and his brother to do articles but cannot find anything about him having a homosexual affair. I have removed it for now, but please reinsert it with details of your sources. Thanks. Ted Wilkes 1 July 2005 14:17 (UTC)

 * Michael Whitney Straight - I'm confused, so if you could clairify for me, that would be appreciated. Are you saying that the obituary in the Daily Telegraph (London, England) Jan 17, 2004 stated he was Anthony Blunt's lover? Thanks again. Ted Wilkes 3 July 2005 00:00 (UTC)

 * Thanks for the most useful info. Do you have a link to the Telegraph article. I don't think quoting the Telegraph in this case is proper since The Guardian, New York Times, Washington Post etc. don't mention this and the idea he was gay is inconsistent with his lifelong marriages and five children plus his high-profile pursuit of numerous women. While at Cambridge, Straight was dating Teresa Georgina Mayor, who later became Mrs. Victor Rothschild. As to Whitney Straight, I have a bio in process. Do you have a link to the Sunday Times May 10 1987 article regarding the Russian theft of technology? Info from that would be well worth inserting into Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15. Again, many thanks for your good work. Ted Wilkes 3 July 2005 11:49 (UTC)

 * Do you have a direct link to the Daily Telegraph article? I'm concerned that someone "said" it appeared in the Telegraph when it did not. I have found very considerable amounts of "disinformation" labeled as direct quotes on the Web, one site even had a phony "exclusive" interview using standard Q & A outlines. I'm extremely cautious when putting anything from the Web into Wiki because of the bias and deliberate misinfiormation out there. As to Whitney straight, I have found some website stuff on him that is indeed interesting. Coincidentally, I'm doing a bio for Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, his cousin who was the founder of the Aviation Corporation of America which became Pan American Airways. Thanks. Ted Wilkes 3 July 2005 14:36 (UTC)

 * Thanks for the link, but it doesn't work: -- [[User:Ted Wilkes|Ted Wilkes] 3 July 2005 14:50 (UTC)

 * The link worked fine. However, I don't buy their quote, particularly when in the same article they also erroneously say his book was published in 1993. I note that this was written under the new owners who have not had the same dedication to accuracy as in the past. Ted Wilkes 3 July 2005 15:22 (UTC)

 * I just found this Miles Whitney Straight and linked Whitney Straight. Ted Wilkes 3 July 2005 16:01 (UTC)

Cloudesley Shovell

 * Hi Op.Deo, thanks for the information on Cloudesley Shovel. Our family have always been led to believe we are descendants.  Information I had was obviously wrong, as we were told Cloudesley was illegitimate, so thanks for clearing that up!  So how can you be descended from him in the male line, if he only had two daughters? Bloomsbu 12:51, 22 July 2005 (UTC)

Name
What does your name mean? A traditional (Latin) abbreviation--"by the operation/working of God"?? Haha, thanks --Dpr 04:29, 26 October 2005 (UTC)
 * The chase is on! ;) Haha, on my initial (pre 04:29) Google search, I also saw the use as musical scat! I'll be back! --Dpr 05:15, 26 October 2005 (UTC)

John Norris/Norreys
Thanks for pointing this out. I've left a message with User: Wetman, after yours.--shtove 21:18, 30 December 2005 (UTC)

I've come across a summary of Norreys' Brittany campaign that says it was a disaster. I'd put this in the article, but am waiting on your Nolan edits. No rush, but please confirm whether or not you'll make the contribution. Thanks.--shtove 23:14, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

 * Please go ahead. I have not yet had an opportunity to consult Nolan again to complete what I started. If you put up what you have on, I will print it off and do a check against Nolan when I have time. -- Op. Deo 23:31, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

Sir_Henry_Norreys
Please read: Talk:Sir_Henry_Norreys Thanks :) --syvanen 19:22, 1 January 2006 (UTC)

NNDB
I was not aware that the NNDB lacks credibility. In any event, it's true that they do welcome submissions of biographical information, but how can you be sure that they have no process of verifying what they add? I like NNDB's irreverence and frequent links to rotten.com profiles. Gilliamjf 13:22, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

History of Science wikiproject
Please consider joining the History of Science WikiProject.--ragesoss 18:20, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

Edward Quinan
He was not the last general to invade Iraq, but he was the last one to invade Iraq, Syria and Iran successfully within in just about a year or so. I will be putting that rather notable fact back in. Dabbler 02:59, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
 * I did not mean to diminish Quinan's notability. I was just hung up on the impression I have that the generals who recently invaded Iraq did so successfully, in as much as they achieved their immediate military goals. I know you what you say is compatible with this - it is just that it seems a rather tortous claim to fame to be the last person to make a near simultaneous succesful invasion of 3 countries. It is notable enough for me that he was obviously a senior war time commander with important achievements. Also to be thoroughly nit picking on style, if you will forgive me, I personally would tend to avoid using the specific words his main claim to fame was and instead just concisely list the notable things. -- Op. Deo 07:02, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the improvements you have made to this article. I really liked my three countries in a year factoid, so I prefer to leave it in. Nice obituary find. Dabbler 17:38, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

I will have a look at Jumbo Wilson, I am aware of his activities and some of his cammpaigns, but I am not too sure of all the details and will have to find some more references. Dabbler 23:03, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

Page Blanking
On 27-Feb, you blanked Anglo-Irish Relations. Blanking pages is generally considered a bad idea. I've reverted it to the previous version. If you believe the page should be deleted, please follow the redirect portion of the deletion procedures. If you believe different content should go there, please create a stub. If you have questions, please let me know. Thanks! -- JLaTondre 00:19, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

Barfleur battle
(Didn´t know where to put this and I decided to moved to your disscusion page, if you want you can put it in the Barfleur-La Hogue discussion page). Hello, just back from the library, again. Well N.A.M. Rogers is right, Tourville was winning the battle until 7pm when the wind changed and Ashby, who went south early in the battle with 22 ships -almost his entire squadron-chasing Gabaret division (of just 3!) could go back and engaged Tourville´s from both sides, that´s when the Soleil Royal and the Ambitieux got heavily damaged under fire of 4 and 5 english ships on both sides (Almonde´s Dutch ships were fighting at the vanguard and trying not to get surrounded by Nesmond and Amfreville´s divisions). Only the change of the tide with its strong streams saved Tourville who(after repeling a first attack with fire ships) anchored his ships. Russell, being unawared of those tricky waters, was drifted by the tide westward. All this information,I have a few pages, and more(mainly XVIIth naval history) I hand-copied for months at the library (you are not allow to take those books out nor to fotocopy them) Some librarians looked at me as if I were somo kind of freak! I hope you can excuse my English, I am Spanish, so I have to make big efforts to writte properly. I made a couple of corrections at the bibliography I gave you and as soon as my server´s problems are fixed I´ll send you the plans from the battle ( 5 different plans I copied with the fleet positions and evolutions). Ruben 06-March-2006

 * Thanks very much Ruben for such a prompt follow-up. I think we are converging on agreement. I think you have studied this more than I. The reason I got interested in La Hogue was that gold medals were issued to English Captains to commemorate the battle, and I was trying to find out more about it. I think we need one or two key pictures of the formation of the ships at critical phases of the battle. Your English is fine. I will check anything you put on the main article page to make sure it reads well, so just go ahead and make what edits you think are needed. Your info could add some interesting detail. A tip: dont put spaces at the beginning of lines it makes the text display in a box unless that is what you want) -- Op. Deo 23:01, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

Kenneth Arthur Noel Anderson
Anderson's page is up now, if you want to add your input. It still needs copyediting but I think I might put it forward for WP:DYK tomorrow (once I can find a suitable factoid of course). Leith p 19:14, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

Also, do you have the date of the obit for the references section? Leith p 08:11, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

 * yes, I have been doing a big edit and had an edit clash, so I will go back and reinsert my changes. Please look over them in about 20 minutes -- Op. Deo 08:28, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

 * Thanks. I'm at a loss to think of anything to write for the DYK entry. There doesn't seem to be anything terribly unusual about his career. Any thoughts? Leith p 08:51, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

 * No, I was on the look out but did not come across any quirky reminisences in two short notes which appeared in The Times a few days after the obit. These sometimes contain memories which reveal some colourful details. Anyway it is a nice article with a good picture - I am glad to have been able to contribute to your efforts. -- Op. Deo 09:10, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

Marc Smeaton
Sorry, my mistake. I noticed another editor had reverted for the same reason, so I figured that was the proper action. I'll let it be. Gflor e sTalk 05:48, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

William Brereton (Groom)
hey there, I just noticed here that William Brereton was the seventh and not sixth son of Sir Randle Brereton. What was your source? Kind regards, Russ --Mcginnly 19:16, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

They've killed the List of famous failures in science and engineering! You Bastards!!
Mmx1 is taking the fight that I have over the F-14 and F-111 to the failure page, and he has nominated them for deletion. The wiki-thugs are all voting to delete the page. Mmx1 has reversed the F-14 page to state that it is not, and has never been designed as a maneuverable air superiority fighter, and is not accepting any contrary citations up to and including a F-14 test pilot, Janes Defence, and Aviation Week. He is apparently taking revenge against other pages. Please go to the deletion page and tell the administrators what is going on. Look at the patterns of MMx. He regular accuses others of gross misinformation and summarily reverts most edits as a self-appointed judge of all truth, but in fact should not be allowed this leeway. --matador300 11:00, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

Allama Mashriqi
Hi - thanks for your compliments. The article is in a much improved condition since I last saw it. Now the work of Mashriqi's grandson isn't exactly a problematic source, so I suggest you don't remove that without a lengthy discussion. But the anon is certainly wrong in reverting your edits and removing the content you're adding. What I advise you to do is to do your work and discuss issues with the anon and other editors, but don't undertake multiple reverts of the anon (keep WP:3RR in mind). It never pays to lose your cool, so take a break from editing here if you feel the need. As for the anon, I'm gonna warn him about 3RR, edit warring and removing content repeatedly, which is vandalism - if the violations continue, he/she will be blocked. I can also protect the article from further editing if there is an escalation of reverts. Cheers, Rama's arrow  16:15, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

 * Actually I've just blocked him. He had made a legal threat on the talkpage. I'm gonna ask another admin to weigh in on this.  Rama's arrow  16:30, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

 * Yikes! Thanks for clarifying - btw, in this case that website is not WP:RS. I will rescind the block but will continue to watch over the article. Cheers, Rama's arrow  16:55, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

Treasure Beach
Hi Op. Deo. I have taken out the copy vio stuff and restored the article. At the moment it doesn't say why the beach is notable, and reads a little like an advert (possibly because the references are all tourist guides?) I hope that you'll be able to solve these problems - good luck! Neil  (not Proto ►)  20:00, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

Battles of Barfleur and La Hogue again
Hello; Thanks for your comments on my queries about this article. No-one else responded, so I've re-written it, together with a parallel article on each action. I'd be interested to know what you think. I wanted to tell you specifically I kept the bit about the Monmouth, but put it on the Barfleur page; it seemed to sit better there.Xyl 54 16:33, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks!
Oh you hero: I've just seen your reffing of the irises and mulberry tree at Christ's. And I hadn't even been helpful enough to say, "Pls look in thru college mags, I can't find mine..." So special gold star for fixing my blunders :-) JackyR | Talk 17:24, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Hmm, I'll delete the wisteria claim. It's another edit of mine (from the days before WP:V was quite so hot), and unlike the irises and mulberry trees, I know it only as a college legend. Of course, it may well be possible to ref as a legend, but the value is low, I'd say.
 * So, where's this other monstrous wisteria? JackyR | Talk 19:14, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

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Category:ZX Spectrum clones

This is a list of machines that are either hardware clones of the ZX Spectrum or attempt to be backwards compatible with it.

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Tissino

The Tissino is a small watercourse of eastern Umbria in Italy. Its source is a few hundred meters South of Usigni, at an approximate altitude of 1000 m (3300 ft), and it flows for about 20 km, almost due north, past the towns of Usigni, Poggiodomo, Roccatamburo and Mucciafora, high above the river in the massif of Mounts Coscerno and Bacugno on its west bank, then past Rocchetta and Ponte also high above it on the ridge of Monte Maggio on its east bank; and flows into the Nera at about 380 m (1250 ft) altitude, at about 1 km SW of Cerreto Borgo.

The Tissino is not to be confused with the Tescino, about a dozen km away, that flows into the Nera at Terni; nor with the Ticino, a large river of northern Italy.

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Ninel Conde

Ninel Herrera Conde is a Mexican singer, actress and television host known for her performances in Rebelde, Fuego en la sangre, Mar de amor and Porque el amor manda.

Career
Her first record production was titled Ninel Conde (2003), which contains the song "Callados", played a duet with singer José Manuel Figueroa. This material was nominated for a Latin Grammy in 2004 for "Mejor álbum grupero."

In 2004, Conde participated in the third edition of the reality show Big Brother VIP and was voted-off after 43 days of confinement. In October 2004, she began acting on Rebelde, produced by Pedro Damián. Her most remarkable role so far has been this one. Her role as Alma Rey in Rebelde (2004–2006) expanded her career to Chile, Romania, Colombia, Brasil, Peru, Spain, Croatia. This show was nominated for the awards TVyNovelas 2006 as "Best Lead Actress." Also involved in the film 7 mujeres, un homosexual y Carlos and Mujeres infieles 2.

In 2005 goes on sale their second album "La rebelde" from which emerge the songs Todo conmigo, Ingrato, Que no te asombre, y Tú. Conde began appearing on the American dramedy series Ugly Betty where she portrays an actress on a "faux" telenovela that is seen by the main character's family. She also participated in contest reality show titled El Show de los Sueños, alongside Pee Wee, Kalimba Marichal, Gloria Trevi, DJ Flex/Nigga, Mariana Seoane, and Priscila.

In 2008, she played the character Rosario Montes in Fuego en la sangre alongside Adela Noriega and Eduardo Yañez, was nominated by the participating TVyNovelas Award as "Best actress co-star."

In August 2009, Conde confirmed to appear in the Mexican telenovela Mar de amor as Coral (main-villain of the story), the telenovela was produced by Natalie Lartilleux. This show was nominated for "Best Actress antagonistic." In 2012 participates in the soap opera Porque el amor manda as Discua Paz De La Soledad.

In September 2013, she becomes a Judge on the 4th season of Univision's dancing competition Mira Quien Baila.

Personal life
From 1996 to 1998, she was married to Mexican actor Ari Telch. She and Telch have one daughter together: Sofía (born May 7, 1997). On December 7, 2007, Conde married her second husband, businessman Juan Zepeda. The couple separated in August 2013. It was reported in 2015 that the marriage to Zepeda was invalid as he was already married to María Sol Corral of Ecuador. It was reported in October 2013 that Conde was dating businessman Giovanni Medina. In April 2014, Conde announced that she and Medina were expecting a baby boy. On October 21, 2014, she gave birth to their son Emmanuel. Ninel Conde married her third husband Larry Ramos on October 28, 2020.

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Symphony of Fire

The Symphony of Fire is an annual multi-day fireworks exhibition and friendly international competition held around the world. The fireworks are choreographed to music. They continue to be presented at Victoria & Alfred waterfront in Cape Town.

It was presented at English Bay in Vancouver, British Columbia, and at the Lake Ontario waterfront of the Ontario Place theme park in Toronto, Ontario, Canada until 2000, when these presentations were forced to seek new sponsors and, thus, the exhibition changed names.

History
The event had been previously sponsored by British American Tobacco (with the branding Benson & Hedges Symphony of Fire), but once tobacco advertising restrictions were legislated by the Canadian federal government in 2000, there were fears that the event would fail to receive sufficient funding to continue operations.

The Vancouver event, with various sponsors, has been re-branded as the Celebration of Light.

British American Tobacco informed Ontario Place Corporation, the hosts of the Toronto exhibition, that they could continue holding the annual event, but under a different name, as the Symphony of Fire trademark vested with Benson and Hedges. The Toronto event has since been renamed the Canada Dry Festival of Fire.

In South Africa, the event is still marketed under the name Symphony of Fire and is sponsored by a local radio station.

The Cape Town events took place in 2000 and March 2006. Spain, Canada and South Africa took part in the 2006 event with South Africa winning on the 8 April.

First events

 * Vancouver: 4 July to 5 August 1990. Gold Jupiter Winner A.Caballer(Spain) with design by Alberto Navarro. First time using Pyrodigital Firing System.
 * Toronto: 1987 - took place at Ontario Place. 1990 Gold Jupiter Winner A.Caballer(Spain) with design by Alberto Navarro.

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Talk:Toon shader

This article should probably be merged with Cel-shaded animation. -Fadookie 20:55, 4 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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Talk:List of years in country music

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Since the early days of Wikipedia, there have been pages chronicling years in music. From my observation, those have focused more on mainstream popular music, rather than genre-specific country music.

This page will start to change that.

Country music is one of the most important and popular music genres in the United States. As they develop, what these pages will attempt to do is catalog the most important events, songs, albums, awards, etc. in country music for a particular year. In other words, somewhat follow the format of X-year in music.

Let's have fun, but be factual in developing these pages. And you may learn something before we're through, too! Briguy52748 4 June 2005 15:55 (EDT)

Criteria for additions
After a couple of years, I thought I'd add some criteria for submitting items to this page. Generally, I'd like to keep consistent with the format established earlier with the "Years in music" series. Generally (and this will be a list in progress, so if it is incomplete at first, then it will probably be updated later):

Events
The top news stories of the year, along with any references or sources you may find. Keep it brief; usually, a link to the subject will suffice. Be sure to order by date. An example is on the 1983 in country music page:

 * March — In a span of two days, two major cable networks signed on the air. Country Music Television (aka CMT) went on-the-air March 6, while The Nashville Network (TNN) came on one day later. CMT was chiefly video-oriented, while TNN offered more feature-oriented programming.

Top hits of the year
These have been divided into two sections — a section for the No. 1 songs (according to the Billboard magazine Hot Country Songs chart and other top hits of the year.

For the No. 1 songs, I have used a tabular form, an example of which is at 2002 in country music. The table incldues (left to right) the date, the title of the song (wikified if the song has a separate article), the artist, total number of weeks it spent at No. 1, and any relevant information. Usually, there will not be any relevant information, but sometimes a song will be particularly noteworthy for one reason or another; use your judgement here. Please keep No. 1 records relevant to Billboard magazine, however (since it is the source being cited) in any notes. Also, several editors have included such footnotes as whether that particular song was his/her first, his/her last, or the No. 1 song of the year; these are often very helpful to the reader.

For the other hits section, please keep this primarily to the most notable hits of the year. Generally, I have included all Top 25 hits for years after 2000; and limited it to Top 15 earlier. However, there are always exceptions; for instance, a song that peaked very low on the chart may, for some reason, continue to be very popular for years after its peak or have other notability attached to it. A couple of examples:

 * "Gentle On My Mind" by Glen Campbell. The song only peaked in the mid-30s on the Billboard Hot Country Singles charts in 1967, but won several Grammy Awards, has continued to enjoy immense popularity and has become one of Campbell's signature songs.
 * "Hurt" by Johnny Cash, an award-winning song from 2003 that became his last major hit before his death. The song included a video which vividly included images of his early life and later, time-worn days.

By all means, these songs should be included.

Also, if a non No. 1 Billboard song peaked at the top on another chart and if it can be documented, then include a footnote with the song and a brief statement attesting to its accomplishment on that other chart at the end of the listing. Eventually, if the research can be done and valid sources are available (e.g., not artists' websites, because these are sometimes manipulated for publicity reasons), we may include a separate page listing all the No. 1 songs from that trade publication (e.g., Radio & Records for all No. 1s between 1973 and 2006).

Formatting
Formatting wise, please follow the following style — title and singer; the peak position is probably optional at this point, but if you can add it, great. As thus, one example looks like this:

 * "Alyssa Lies" – Jason Michael Carroll (#5)

Only if the song has an article about it is it wikified. The artist is always wikified.

Please alphabetize all titles; remember that "a," "an" and "the" are ignored if they are the first word in the title.

Also, we go for the year in which a particular title actually peaked — a hit can be released in the middle or near the end of the year, but might not peak until the first few months of the following year. One example is "500 Miles Away From Home," which singer Bobby Bare released in the fall of 1963; the song did not peak until the first weekend of January 1964, and is thus included on the 1964 in country music page, even though the bulk of the song's popularity likely came at the very end of 1963. As the years go on, some songs will be in the top 10 the last week of December but will not yet have peaked (e.g., those songs that are top 10 for the weekend of December 29, 2007); just simply cut and paste the titles and include them on the following year's page.

Births
Put in the date, a dash, the person's name and what makes him/her notable. If that person is now deceased, then after the notability section put (d. 19XX); for example, on the 1983 page is the following:

 * March 10 – Carrie Underwood, 2005 American Idol winner, boosting her career.
 * July 2 – Michelle Branch, member of The Wreckers.
 * November 10 – Miranda Lambert, country singer-songwriter and former "Nashville Star" contestant.
 * December 29 – Jessica Andrews, popular teen singer of the early 2000s.

Deaths
Put in the date, a dash, the person's name followed by his/her age at death, and what made him/her notable. If the cause of death is known, put that in too. For instance, also on the 1983 page:

 * October 20 – Merle Travis, 65, singer and composer of classic songs such as "Sixteen Tons", "Dark as a Dungeon", "So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed" and "Smoke, Smoke, Smoke that Cigarette." (heart attack)

Country Music Hall of Fame Inductees
Self explainatory; a list of all inductees into the Country Music Hall of Fame. Listed thusly (example taken from the 2006 page:

 * Harold Bradley (b. 1926)
 * Sonny James (b. 1929)
 * George Strait (b. 1952)

Be sure to check that all spellings are correct and are wikilined to their correct articles. If by chance an article is redlinked (and all spellings are correct, a redirect under the incorrect name doesn't exist, etc.), then the subject should probably be made into an article. Obviously, the subject is notable or else he would not be a Hall of Fame inductee.

The honorees are usually named in the late summer (in 2006, it aired live on CMT), and these should be added once announced.

Major Awards
As of right now, these include the Grammy Awards, the Academy of Country Music and Country Music Association awards. Unfortunately, not all these are complete for all years; if any Wiki editors out there would like to contribute, please look at the 2006 in country music page's Major Awards section for formatting styles and tips.

For past years, most of the categories are readily available through online databases maintained by each of the major awards programs (as well as numerous history books on country music). Current year award-winners are not to be added until after the broadcast, although the date and site of each awards show should be added upon announcement.

New pages for years 1922-1939
Given that I've been able to compile lists of births, deaths, events and musical hits for the years 1922-1939, I've created new pages for each of those years. The articles The 1930s in country music and The 1920s in country music will eventually become redirects. Briguy52748 22:37, 16 May 2007 (UTC)]]

Gossip
Many events in these articles depict gossip-like events (arrested by police for drunk driving, diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, sent to hospital after suffering from cancer, getting drunk and involved in a bar fight, divorces his wife or her husband), which I think belongs in gossip magazines rather than Wikipedia.

I think we should stick to their performances as musical artists (or, in other cases, sportspersons, politicians or whatever). I can understand if some articles about the persons have such information (if it has reliable sources). J 1982 (talk) 17:36, 29 November 2018 (UTC)

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Motherland (disambiguation)

Motherland is the place of one's birth, the place of one's ancestors, or the place of origin of an ethnic group.

Motherland may also refer to:

Art

 * Motherland statues, Russia
 * Personifications of Russia, including a list of monuments called Motherland
 * Mother Ukraine Monument, Motherland statue, Ukraine

Film and television

 * Motherland (1927 film), a British silent war film
 * Motherland (2010 film), a documentary film
 * Motherland (2015 film), a Turkish drama
 * Motherland (2022 film), a documentary film about the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War
 * Motherland (2023 film), Canadian short drama film
 * Motherland (TV series), a 2016 British television series
 * Motherland: Fort Salem, a 2020 American science fiction drama series
 * Motherland Pictures, an Indian film production company

Anthems

 * "Motherland" (anthem), the national anthem of Mauritius
 * National Song (Montserrat), also called "Motherland"

Albums

 * Motherland (Natalie Merchant album), 2001
 * Motherland (Arsonists Get All the Girls album), 2011
 * Motherland (Daedalus album), 2011

Songs

 * "Motherland" (Crystal Kay song), 2004

Other uses

 * Motherland Party (disambiguation), the name of several political groups

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Topological characterization of Liuoville numbers
Hi,

I commented out the sentence mentioning that almost all real numbers belong to the set $$L$$ of Liouville numbers. That's obviously wrong in the commonly accepted measure theoretic sense.

Basides, I cannot understand why $$L$$ is a G-delta set. Would you mind quoting a reference, or mentioning which is its complement and why it is meagre, please?

TIA ale (talk) 17:38, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

 * Thanks for explaining me why $$L$$ is a G-delta set. However, I have difficulty in understanding your proof of meagreness of Lc. You assert that L is dense because its complement is meagre. However, your discussion only involves the relevant intersections being G-delta and the corresponding complements F-sigma. My topological concepts are possibly a bit rusted, so I apologize if I'm missing some obvious point. As far as I can recall, taking infinite intersections of dense sets may result in a non-dense one. ale (talk) 07:56, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

Yow wrote
 * If I am not wrong maybe this phrase from the article confuses you: "...and it follows that is a dense G-delta set, since its complement is a meagre set" - if so, it should be rephrased. Maybe "... and it follows its complement is a meagre set". Best, 4@ 11:04, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

Yes, that's it! I thought the conclusion was the premise and vice versa. Let me try and reword the article's section below striving to make little steps so that even an idiot like me can understand it :-)

Note that I expunge the center of each small interval, which is different from the original. That way, the $$U_n$$ are nearer to the definition, and it is not necessary to subtract $$\mathbb Q$$ afterwards. However, I would still leave out the sentence saying that from a topological point of view it means that "almost all" real numbers are Liouville numbers (commented out in the article's text), because in the usual measure-related sense of almost all, the opposite is true, and that might thus originate confusion.

Thank you for your patience, ale (talk) 10:53, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

article's section rewording proposal
For each positive integer n, set
 * $$\begin{align} U_n & =\bigcup\limits_{q=2}^\infty\bigcup\limits_{p=-\infty}^\infty \left\{ x \in \mathbb R : 0<  \vert x- \frac{p}{q}  \vert < \frac{1}{q^{n}}\right\} \\

& = \bigcup\limits_{q=2}^\infty\bigcup\limits_{p=-\infty}^\infty \left(\frac{p}{q}-\frac{1}{q^n},\frac{p}{q}+\frac{1}{q^n}\right) \setminus \left\{\frac{p}{q}\right\}\end{align}$$.

The set of all Liouville numbers can thus be written as $$\;L=\bigcap\limits_{n=1}^\infty U_n$$.

Each $$U_n\ $$ is an open set; as its closure contains all rationals (the {p/q}'s from each punctured interval), it is also a dense subset of real line $${\mathbb R}$$. Being the intersection of countably many open dense sets, $$L\ $$ is comeagre, that is to say, a dense Gδ set. Ok, I've replaced that section with the above text.

I searched "almost all" and Oxtoby on Google books, but that landed on a proof of Lebesgue density theorem, where almost all was being used in its measure-theoretical meaning. Thus I left that sentence out... ale (talk) 15:23, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

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Food City (K-VA-T)

Food City is an American supermarket chain with stores located in Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia. It is owned by K-VA-T Food Stores, Inc., a privately held family and employee-owned corporation (13% via ESOP) headquartered in Abingdon, Virginia. K-VA-T Food Stores owns the Food City Distribution Center (formerly Mid-Mountain Foods), a distribution center K-VA-T helped form in 1974 and acquired full control of in 1998, Misty Mountain Spring Water, LLC, a producer of bottled water, as well as limited-assortment grocery stores named Super Dollar Food Center, Food City Express and Gas'N Go convenience stores, and Food City Wine and Spirits liquor stores. Many of their supermarkets have their own fuel stations, with the Gas'N Go branding.

It offers many private label product choices under the brands "Food Club," "TopCare", "That's Smart!", "Food City Fresh!", "Full Circle", "Crav'n Flavor", "Paws Happy Life", "Simply Done", "Wide Awake Coffee Co.", "Tippy Toes", "Harvest Club", "Evolve", "Over the Top", "Nostimo", "CharKing", "Misty Mountain", "Flock's Finest", "Culinary Tours", "Pure Harmony" and more, many of which are part of the Topco corporate brand program. Food City is also the exclusive distributor of regional favorites such as "Kay's Ice Cream", "Moore's Classic Snacks", "Terry's Classic Snacks", "Kern's Bread", and "Lay Classic Meats".

History
K-VA-T Food Stores, Inc. traces its history to 1955, when company founder Jack Smith opened his first 8800 sqft Piggly Wiggly store in Grundy, Virginia, with the help of three special stockholders: his father, Curtis Smith, uncle, Earl Smith and cousin, Ernest Smith. In 1963, Smith added a second store in South Williamson, Kentucky, followed by a newly constructed third location in Pikeville, Kentucky, in 1965, and a store in Prestonsburg, Kentucky, in 1967.

The company continued to grow steadily until 1984 when it acquired Quality Foods, a 19-store chain (founded in 1918), that operated under the Food City name. The Smiths adopted Food City as the new nameplate, along with its heritage, for all of their stores going forward. In 1989, Food City purchased the 37-store White Stores chain based out of Knoxville, Tennessee, more than doubling the size of the company.

In 1998, Food City acquired the 11-store Kennedy Piggly Wiggly chain as well as full control of Mid-Mountain Foods, the current Food City Distribution Center. The following year, Winn-Dixie pulled out of the Knoxville market and sold their seven stores to Food City. In February 2006, Food City announced the purchase of eight BI-LO locations in Knoxville, Maryville, and Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

K-VA-T celebrated its 50th anniversary November 17, 2005, by opening a 46500 sqft store in Vansant, Virginia, just outside Grundy. Three years later, in October 2008, K-VA-T opened its 100th store in Rogersville, Tennessee. The company celebrated this event by sending a special commemorative I-beam to every store in the company where employees signed it as a goodwill gesture for the new store. The beam sits above the entrance way in the 100th store.

In December 2010, K-VA-T purchased Old Town Market in Tazewell, Tennessee, as a replacement store for their New Tazewell, Tennessee, location.

In July 2015, Food City announced the purchase of 21 BI-LO locations in the Chattanooga, Tennessee market as well as eight BI-LO stores in Northern Georgia from Southeastern Grocers. The company plans to invest over $40 million in capital improvements to the locations during the first year as well as install Gas'N Go fuel stations in as many locations as possible. K-VA-T reached a milestone in October 2015 by opening its first Georgia location, a converted BI-LO, in Rossville, Georgia. That same month, K-VA-T opened a 62000 sqft Food City in Johnson City, Tennessee, the largest store ever constructed by the company.

In November 2017, Food City opened its first in-store Starbucks in a newly built location in Athens, Tennessee. As of April 2024, the company operates 60 Starbucks in-store locations.

In February 2020, The National Grocers Association named K-VA-T Food Stores and Food City as Outstanding Marketer at the 2020 NGA Creative Choice Awards.

In June 2020, K-VA-T announced that they were expanding into their fifth state with plans to construct a 54000 sqft supermarket in Albertville, Alabama. The store opened on April 14, 2021.

In August 2022, K-VA-T announced plans to acquire the Cooke’s family of stores in the Greater Cleveland, Tennessee, market area. These stores include four Fresh n’ Low locations and the Cooke's Food Store and Pharmacy in Tennessee along with one Fresh n’ Low location in Georgia.

Headquarters
K-VA-T's corporate operations were located in Grundy, Virginia, from its inception in 1955 until it moved to Abingdon, Virginia, in the 1970s. Over the course of the years, the company's operations were spread out over five different buildings throughout Abingdon and Washington County.

In October 2013, K-VA-T officially consolidated its corporate operations into a new headquarters building in downtown Abingdon, Virginia, at 1 Food City Circle. The four-story, 140000 sqft, facility sits on 17 acres and used parts of the old building in the construction of the new one, with the parking garage receiving renovations to continue its use. In November 2017, K-VA-T donated their previous corporate office building in Abingdon to the Barter Theater.

Super Dollar Food Center
In 2008, K-VA-T opened its first limited-assortment grocery store named Super Dollar Discount Foods in Wytheville, Virginia, which was later demolished in 2020 to make way for a new Food City location. Over the course of the years, the new format grew by opening up new locations and converting some older, smaller, Food City locations in Pikeville and Prestonsburg, Kentucky; Rogersville, Tennessee; and Grundy, Virginia. In May 2017, K-VA-T began re-branding the Super Dollar Discount Foods stores in Abingdon, Hillsville, and Wytheville, Virginia to the Super Dollar Food Center banner. Over the course of 2017, the rest of the Super Dollar Discount Foods locations were converted to this new banner. As of March 2022, there were 5 Super Dollar locations, with one having a Gas'N Go fuel station.

Express by Food City
In June 2020, K-VA-T converted its older Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, location to their new Express by Food City format.

Fresh n’ Low/Cooke's Food Store & Pharmacy
In October 2022, K-VA-T began operations of four Fresh n’ Low locations and Cooke's Food Store and Pharmacy in Tennessee along with one Fresh n’ Low location in Georgia.

Food City broke ground on two larger stores to serve as replacements for the Candies Creek and Ocoee Fresh n’ Low locations in June 2023. The Cooke's Food Store and Pharmacy was closed in December 2023 after the Food City near the location was expanded.

Food City Wine & Spirits
In August 2012, K-VA-T opened its first Food City Wine & Spirits liquor store, in Pikeville, Kentucky. The company's second Food City Wine & Spirits opened in Louisa, Kentucky in August 2015. A third location in Whitesburg, Kentucky was added in May 2020 followed by a fourth location in Middlesboro, Kentucky in September 2021.

Convenience stores
In April 2012, after purchasing a former Exxon branded station in Coeburn, Virginia, K-VA-T opened its first Food City Express branded convenience store to complement their existing grocery store. In June 2014, K-VA-T opened a second location in a former RaceWay convenience store in Elizabethton, Tennessee, under their Gas'N Go branding. Another pair of Gas'N Go convenience store locations were constructed and opened in Morristown and Bristol, Tennessee, later in 2014. A fifth location was opened in Oliver Springs, Tennessee in July 2016 with a sixth location that opened in Pikeville, Kentucky in June 2023.

Curt’s Ace Hardware
In April 2022, K-VA-T announced plans to join the Ace Hardware family of stores by launching their line of Curt’s Ace Hardware stores and was evaluating Virginia locations in Abingdon and Bristol along with Piney Flats, Erwin, and Elizabethton, Tennessee in addition to Mize Farm & Garden Supply in Gray, Tennessee, which K-VA-T had recently acquired. In June 2022, the first location opened in Bristol, Virginia. In November 2023, K-VA-T broke ground on their tenth Ace location in Abingdon, Virginia.

Oldtown Market
When K-VA-T acquired Quality Foods and adopted the Food City name in 1984, the Galax, Virginia, Piggly Wiggly location was renamed Oldtown Market. In 1989, Food City sold Oldtown Market to two of its retired management team members. This banner is not to be confused with the Old Town Market Tazewell, Tennessee, location that K-VA-T purchased and rebranded in 2010.

Valu Foods
K-VA-T had converted their Sweetwater, Tennessee, location into Valu Foods, a discount warehouse store. This location closed in 1999.

While It Lasts
K-VA-T closed one of its two Sevierville, Tennessee, locations in 2005, but it reopened this location a few months later under the While It Lasts banner. This location was used as a closeout store for the various products and brands from the Bi-Lo stores acquisition that were not carried in regular Food City locations. It closed in 2006.

Community involvement
Due to their charitable activities and strong ties to their local economies, Food City received Supermarket News's Community Service Award for 2008.

Steven C. Smith, president and chief executive officer for K-VA-T was named 2009 Grocer of the Year by the Tennessee Grocers & Convenience Store Association during their annual convention. TGCSA selects one outstanding Tennessee retailer who exemplifies the high standards of integrity and efficiency upon which the organization was founded to be named Grocer of the Year.

In February 2013, Food City received the Dale Carnegie Leadership Award which recognizes a commitment to excellent service and quality products; dedication to employee growth; recognition of employee value; and a sense of obligation which brings a high level of community involvement.

Animal shelters
Each year Food City hosts their Pet Hunger Drive. Shoppers are invited to purchase pre-packaged pet food bags for donation to local animal shelters. In 2017, the campaign raised a record-breaking $109,000 to benefit local animal shelters throughout the region.

CSX Santa Train
In 1992, Food City began working with the Kingsport Area Chamber of Commerce and CSX Transportation to solicit donations of toys, candy, clothes and money for the Appalachia Santa Train, a 110 mi trip through the Appalachian Mountains via train that distributes over 15 tons of gifts to children. Food City's involvement has grown to the point where around 200 volunteers work on the project each year.

Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
K-VA-T holds a company-wide annual fundraising campaign where shoppers can make a contribution through the purchase of a JDRF "sneaker" at the checkout. 100% of the funds collected are donated to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. As of November 2018, Food City has donated over $1.878 million to JDRF.

Locally grown produce and eggs
Food City purchases a great deal of their produce within their trade area, providing additional support to the regions in which they operate. The company purchases an average of $6,000,000 in locally grown produce annually from a number of local farms, including those in Grainger, Blount, Hawkins, Unicoi, Jefferson and Sullivan counties in Tennessee; Scott and Carroll counties and through Appalachian Harvest co-op for locally grown organics from the growers in Scott County, Virginia. In July 2011, Food City announced that 95 percent of its eggs would come from Dutt & Wagner of Virginia, Inc., a family-operated egg business that produces and distributes its eggs from Abingdon, Virginia. The remaining 5 percent of eggs are considered specialty products, such as Egg Beaters.

Mission: ABLE
Since 2011, K-VA-T and NASCAR Champion Richard Petty have teamed up to benefit the Paralyzed Veterans of America's Mission: ABLE campaign by collecting donation from shoppers totaling over $1.26 million. 100% of the donations collected benefit local Paralyzed Veterans within the region.

Race Against Hunger
Since 1992, Food City stores have held the annual Race Against Hunger holiday campaign where shoppers can make a contribution at the checkout. The Race Against Hunger campaign raises over $350,000 annually for numerous hunger relief organizations throughout the region.

School Bucks
In 1990, Food City began their Apples for the Students program. From its inception until 2007, the program allowed students to collect specially colored Food City register receipts in exchange for computers, software, sporting goods, calculators, teaching tools, audio/visual and other educational materials for their schools. In 2007, the program went completely electronic, allowing customers to link their Food City loyalty cards to the particular school they wish to donate to. This advancement also allowed schools to check totals online. In 2009, Food City rebranded its Apples for the Students program as Food City School Bucks.

Since the program's inception, Food City has awarded $21.4 million to more than 1,000 schools.

Sports
Since 1988, Food City has been the official sponsor of the Tim Irwin/Food City Bass Tournament held in Lenoir City, Tennessee. Proceeds from the tournament benefit the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Tennessee Valley and has raised over $1,000,000 since 1988.

Food City sponsors two NASCAR events at Bristol Motor Speedway, the NASCAR Cup Series' Food City 500 in the spring and the late NASCAR Xfinity Series' Food City 300 in the summer. The Food City deal, which began in 1992, is currently the second longest race entitlement sponsor deal in the Cup Series. As part of the renewal and the 20th anniversary announcement in 2011, following the death in 2010 of track President and General Manager Jeff Byrd, the 20th anniversary race was renamed the Jeff Byrd 500 presented by Food City. The 2015 race was renamed the Food City 500 In Support Of Steve Byrnes And Stand Up To Cancer, while the 2020 race was renamed Food City Presents the Supermarket Heroes 500 to honor front-line workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Along with these races, Food City holds the Food City Family Race Nights in Knoxville and Bristol, Tennessee, the week preceding the NASCAR events.

In 1995, Food City signed on as a sponsor of Dale Earnhardt's No. 3 Winston Cup Series Chevrolet race car. They renewed the sponsorship in 1997 for two more years with a bonus sponsorship of Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s Busch Series Chevrolet race car. The Food City/Earnhardt combination captured seven series wins and the 1998 championship during the sponsorship deal.

From 2005 to 2007, Food City also sponsored the former Hooters Pro Cup event at Bristol Motor Speedway, the Food City 150.

Prior to 2010, Food City was a primary sponsor of the Web.com Tour Knoxville Open golf tournament in Knoxville, Tennessee, which benefited several charities.

In September 2014, it was announced that Food City would be a presenting sponsor for the Battle at Bristol football game in 2016 between the Tennessee Volunteers and the Virginia Tech Hokies. In September 2016, Bristol Motor Speedway announced that Food City signed on as the title sponsor of the "Bucs at Bristol" football game between the ETSU Buccaneers and the Western Carolina Catamounts. The Bucs at Bristol game was the first Southern Conference home game for ETSU since 2003 when the school disbanded their football program.

On August 24, 2023 The University of Tennessee announced that Food City had entered into a 25 year partnership with the Athletic Department. The agreement changes the name of the University of Tennessee basketball arena to Thompson-Boling Arena at The Food City Center. In exchange for naming rights, Food City will contribute $20 Million to the school over the next ten years. This agreement expands previous programs in place with the Tennessee Volunteer athletic program

Locations
As of October 2022, K-VA-T Food Stores, Inc. operates 153 retail outlets (132 Food City stores, 6 Super Dollar Food Centers, 4 Wine & Spirits stores, 5 Fresh n' Lows, 1 Cooke's Food Store and Pharmacy, and 5 convenience stores) in Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia. The chain includes over 114 in-store pharmacies and over 100 fuel stations.

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