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Central California

Central California is generally thought of as the middle third of the U.S. state of California, north of Southern California (which includes Los Angeles and San Diego) and south of Northern California (which includes San Francisco and San Jose). It includes the northern portion of the San Joaquin Valley (which itself is the southern portion of the Central Valley, beginning at the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta), part of the Central Coast, the central hills of the California Coast Ranges and the foothills and mountain areas of the central Sierra Nevada.

Central California is considered to be west of the crest of the Sierra Nevada. East of the Sierra is Eastern California. The largest cities in the region (over 50,000 population), from most to least populous, are Fresno, Bakersfield, Stockton, Modesto, Salinas, Visalia, Clovis, Santa Maria, Merced, Turlock, Madera, Lodi, Tulare, Porterville, Hanford and Delano. Over time, droughts and wildfires have increased in frequency and become less seasonal and more year-round, further straining the region's water security.

Geography
Central California can have widely varying definitions depending on the context. Some divide the state by lines of latitude making northern, central and southern sections. Others divide by county lines or watershed boundaries. Some definitions include more of the San Joaquin Valley and even larger portions of the Central Valley. Some have less or none of Central Coast.

Counties
The rough definition of Central California includes some or all of the following 15 counties:
 * Fresno
 * Kings
 * Madera
 * Mariposa
 * Merced
 * Monterey
 * San Benito
 * Stanislaus
 * Tulare
 * Tuolumne
 * Calaveras
 * Kern
 * San Joaquin
 * San Luis Obispo
 * Santa Cruz

Cities
Area cities and towns listed below are major regional centers or county seats.
 * Bakersfield
 * Delano
 * Fresno
 * Hanford
 * Hollister
 * Lemoore
 * Lodi
 * Lompoc
 * Madera
 * Mariposa
 * Merced
 * Modesto
 * Monterey
 * Pismo Beach
 * Paso Robles
 * Porterville
 * Salinas
 * San Luis Obispo
 * Santa Cruz
 * Santa Maria
 * Selma
 * Sonora
 * Stockton
 * Riverbank
 * Tulare
 * Turlock
 * Visalia
 * Watsonville

Sub-regions
The following regions are entirely contained within central California:
 * Big Sur
 * Kings Canyon National Park
 * Metropolitan Fresno
 * Monterey Bay
 * Pinnacles National Park
 * Salinas Valley
 * San Joaquin Valley
 * Sequoia National Park
 * Yosemite National Park

The following regions are partially contained within central California:
 * California Coast Ranges
 * Central Coast
 * Diablo Range
 * Gold Country
 * Santa Barbara County
 * Santa Cruz County
 * Sierra Nevada Mountains
 * Tehachapi Mountains

Education
Central California has opened two new universities recently, one in each of the past two decades.

The University of California has one campus in the region. University of California, Merced opened on a newly constructed site on the east side of Merced in 2005.

The California State University system has four campuses in the region. California State University, Monterey Bay opened on the site of the former Fort Ord army base in 1994. California State University, Stanislaus in Turlock opened in 1957. California State University, Fresno opened in 1911.

The Monterey Institute of International Studies is a graduate school that offers eleven master's degree programs in international policy, international management, language teaching, and translation and interpretation. The Monterey Institute of International Studies is a graduate school of Middlebury College.

San Joaquin College of Law is a private, nonprofit law school located in Clovis.

Fresno Pacific University is a private university in Fresno.

The Naval Postgraduate School and Defense Language Institute are located in Monterey.

The following community college campus sites are in the region:
 * Columbia College in Sonora, Tuolumne County
 * Clovis Community College in Clovis, Fresno County
 * Fresno City College in Fresno, Fresno County
 * Hartnell College in Salinas, Monterey County
 * Merced College in Merced, Merced County
 * Modesto Junior College in Modesto, Stanislaus County
 * Monterey Peninsula College, Monterey, Monterey County
 * Porterville College in Porterville, Tulare County
 * Reedley College in Fresno, Fresno County
 * College of the Sequoias in Visalia, Tulare County
 * West Hills College Coalinga in Coalinga, Fresno County
 * West Hills College Lemoore in Lemoore, Kings County
 * Madera Community College in Madera, Madera County
 * Oakhurst Community College Center in Oakhurst, Madera County

There are no community colleges in Mariposa or San Benito Counties.

Major highways
Most of the major highways in the region run north-south around the mountains. Interstate 5 and State Route 99 are the primary highways in the San Joaquin Valley. US 101 and State Route 1 are the major coastal highways.

Rail
Passenger rail in the region consists of the Amtrak long-haul Coast Starlight and the regional San Joaquins routes.

The California High-Speed Rail system is under construction between Merced and Bakersfield. In Central California, the system will have stations in Merced, Madera, Fresno, and the Kings–Tulare area. Planning is underway to extend the initial line to San Francisco/San Jose and Los Angeles.

Freight rail is served by commercial railroads. Union Pacific Railroad and BNSF Railway operate mainline freight through the region in the Central Valley.

Air
Major and regional airline services are available at Fresno Yosemite International Airport and Monterey Regional Airport. Regional airline service is also available at Merced Regional Airport.

General Aviation airports exist in all ten counties. The largest are former military bases converted to civilian airports
 * Castle Airport in Merced County
 * Marina Municipal Airport in Monterey County
 * Porterville Municipal Airport in Tulare County
 * Salinas Municipal Airport in Monterey County
 * Visalia Municipal Airport in Tulare County

An active military air base is at Naval Air Station Lemoore in Kings County, and the 144th Fighter Wing is stationed at Fresno Air National Guard Base in Fresno County.

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Keep Yourself Alive

"Keep Yourself Alive" is the debut single by the British rock band Queen. Written by guitarist Brian May, it is the opening track on the band's self-titled debut album (1973). It was released as Queen's first single along with "Son and Daughter" as the B-side.

"Keep Yourself Alive" was largely ignored upon its release and failed to chart on either side of the Atlantic. In July 1975 the song was re-released in the US backed with "Lily of the Valley" and "God Save the Queen".

In 2008, Rolling Stone rated the song 31st on its list of "The 100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time".

Writing and recording
According to Mark Hodkinson, author of Queen: The Early Years, "Keep Yourself Alive" was conceived on acoustic guitars during Queen's practice sessions at Imperial College and the garden at Ferry Road in 1970. At the time, Queen had not yet found a permanent bassist; the group consisted of lead singer Freddie Mercury, guitarist Brian May, and drummer Roger Taylor. In a radio special about their 1977 album News of the World, May said he had penned the lyrics thinking them ironic and tongue-in-cheek, but their sense was completely changed when Mercury sang them.

The first version of "Keep Yourself Alive" was recorded in summer 1971 at De Lane Lea Studios. It was produced by Louie Austin and includes the intro played on Brian May's Hallfredh acoustic guitar. All of the song elements were already present, including Mercury's call-and-response vocals (verses) and during the break, where Taylor sang a line and May answered it. This demo version remains May's personal favourite take of the song.

They subsequently made several attempts to "recapture the magic" when they went on to capture the "real" version at the famous Trident Studios. The version mixed by Mike Stone was the only one considered moderately acceptable by the band, and was the one deemed fit to release as a single. This version includes Mercury doing all of the harmony vocals in the chorus (multi-tracking himself) and May singing the "two steps nearer to my grave" line instead of Mercury (who did it in earlier versions and would often do so live). This particular recording does not utilise May's acoustic guitar; the printed transcription on EMI Music Publishing's Off the Record sheet music lists at least seven different electric guitar parts, one of which uses a prominent phasing effect. It should also be noted that this recording includes the line "Come on and get it, get it, get it, boy, keep yourself alive," which was not in the original version.

Live performances
The newly formed Queen would quickly add "Keep Yourself Alive" to their live set. Mercury commented that the song "was a very good way of telling people what Queen was about in those days". Indeed, the number included a drum solo by Taylor and one line sung/spoken by him.

"Keep Yourself Alive" was part of the band's live set until the early 1980s. Through late 1979 to 1981, the band would play an improvisational jam before the start of the song then after the drum solo, it would morph into Taylor's timpani drum solo followed by May's echo-plexed guitar solo spot before either segueing into "Brighton Rock" finale or a drum and guitar climax that segued into a Flash Gordon medley (which consisted of "Vultan's Theme"/"Battle Theme"/"Flash's Theme"/"The Hero"). The band would not play it again until 1984 on The Works tour as part of a medley of old songs (with "Somebody to Love", "Killer Queen", "Seven Seas of Rhye", and "Liar").

In live performances, Mercury would often sing the line "all you people keep yourself alive" (which is sung only two times in the studio version) in place of the more-repeated line "take you all your time and a money honey you'll survive".

The song also appears on the 1989 live album release At the Beeb, originally recorded for BBC Radio 1's programme Sound of the 70s in 1973. Although not released until much later, this live studio recording predates Queen's eponymous debut and presents a version of "Keep Yourself Alive" more in line with that of their live set.

Release and reception
EMI Records released "Keep Yourself Alive" as a single in the United Kingdom on 6 July 1973, a week before Queen hit the stores. A few months later, on 9 October 1973, Elektra Records released the single in the United States. However, "Keep Yourself Alive" received little radio airplay and was largely ignored on both sides of the Atlantic; it failed to chart in either the UK or the US. According to Queen biographer Mark Hodkinson, "[o]n five separate occasions EMI's pluggers attempted to secure it space on [Britain's Radio 1] play list", yet they were denied each time - reportedly because the record took "too long to happen". "Keep Yourself Alive" is the only Queen single not to have charted in the UK.

The single received mixed reviews from the British music press. New Musical Express praised the "cleanly recorded" song, as well as the "good singer", and quipped that if Queen "look half as good as they sound, they could be huge". The reviewer for Melody Maker felt that Queen made "an impressive debut with a heavily phased guitar intro and energetic vocal attack"; however, he thought the song unoriginal, and unlikely to become a hit. On the other hand, Disc magazine's critic believed the single "should do well". The review praised "Keep Yourself Alive"'s drum solo, as well as its "attractively stilted, vaguely Hendrix-y lead riff". The South Yorkshire Times rated the single as "good"; the newspaper predicted that "[i]f this debut sound from Queen is anything to go by, they should make very interesting listening in the future." In his album review of Queen for Rolling Stone, Gordon Fletcher hailed "Keep Yourself Alive" as "a truly awesome move for the jugular."

Retrospectively, "Keep Yourself Alive" is cited as the highlight of Queen's debut album. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic wrote that while Queen "too often... plays like a succession of ideas instead of succinct songs", "[t]here is an exception to that rule — the wild, rampaging opener 'Keep Yourself Alive' - one of their very best songs." In 2008, Rolling Stone rated the song 31st on its list of "The 100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time". The magazine dubbed "Keep Yourself Alive" as "Brian May's statement of purpose: a phalanx of overdubbed guitars crying out in unison, with rhythm and texture from over-the-top effects...an entire album's worth of riffs crammed into a single song."

Personnel

 * Freddie Mercury - lead and backing vocals, tambourine (live performances)
 * Brian May - electric guitar, lead vocals on middle eight, backing vocals
 * Roger Taylor - drums, percussion, tambourine, cowbell, lead vocals on middle eight, backing vocals
 * John Deacon - bass guitar

Track listing
All songs written by Brian May, except where noted.

 * 1973 UK 7" single
 * 1) "Keep Yourself Alive" – 3:47
 * 2) "Son and Daughter" – 3:20

 * 1974 Australian 7" single
 * 1) "Keep Yourself Alive" – 3:47
 * 2) "Son and Daughter" (censored) – 3:12

 * 1975 US 7" single reissue
 * 1) "Keep Yourself Alive" – 3:29
 * 2) "Lily of the Valley (Freddie Mercury) – 1:35
 * 3) "God Save the Queen (traditional, arr. May) – 1:15

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Candy Flip

Candy Flip were an English electronic music duo from Stoke-on-Trent, who were associated with the indie dance music scene in the early 1990s (a scene more commonly known as Madchester or baggy). They are best remembered for their cover version of the Beatles song "Strawberry Fields Forever", which was a No. 3 hit on the UK Singles Chart in 1990.

Origins of name and formation
Candy Flip were named after "candyflipping", the slang term for the practice of taking ecstasy and LSD at the same time. The band was formed in 1990 by Danny Spencer (vocals, keyboards) and Ric Peet (keyboards), and was originally called Yin Yang.

"Strawberry Fields Forever" and chart success
The duo had a top 10 UK hit single with an electronic cover of the Beatles' "Strawberry Fields Forever" in 1990. The track sampled the drum beat from James Brown's "Funky Drummer", overdubbing a hi hat and heavy reverb. Candy Flip's track was initially a club hit on the rave scene before crossing over into the pop chart. The track is now considered a "rave classic", and was reissued on vinyl in 2005 on S12 Records. The UK DJ remix service Disco Mix Club remixed the Candy Flip version, removing the beat and adding an interpolation of "Hey Jude" to the outro.

The B-side of the first 12" single contained another electronic track entitled "Can You Feel the Love". A second 12" single release featured the 'Raspberry Ripple Remix' of the lead track backed by "Rhythim of Love" (sic).

In 1991, Candy Flip released their first album, Madstock..., which combined rave beats with synthpop, strongly influenced by bands such as the Pet Shop Boys, New Order and the Beloved. A further two singles were released, the first being "Space" which made UK No. 98 and "This Can Be Real", which fared slightly better, reaching UK No. 60. Candy Flip split up in 1992.

Recent activity
Peet became a record producer and engineer, working with bands such as the Charlatans and Six by Seven.

In the early 1990s, Spencer, together with his brother Kelvin Andrews, became the remix duo Sure Is Pure who provided remixes for other artists such as UK band Space and Eurythmics' Dave Stewart. The duo's remixes of the Sister Sledge back catalogue, scored the 1970s disco group a couple of UK top 20 chart hits in 1993, including a number 5 position for an updated version of "We Are Family". Sure Is Pure also had a label called Pharm, which scored a UK number 8 hit in 1997 with Blue Boy's "Remember Me" after it was licensed to Jive Records.

In the late 1990s, Spencer and Andrews went on to form Sound 5, releasing the album No Illicit Dancing in 2000 on Gut Records, before the duo became Soul Mekanik. In 2006, the duo (as Soul Mekanik) produced four songs on the Robbie Williams album Rudebox and, under the name Central Midfield, co-wrote ten of the tracks on Williams' 2009 album Reality Killed the Video Star.

By 2021, Andrews was presenting a radio show Down to the Sea & Back on Brighton and Hove-based community radio station 1 BTN 101.4FM (1 Brighton FM).

Albums

 * Madstock... (1990)

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La Cisterna

La Cisterna (, Spanish for "the cistern") is a commune of Chile and census-designated city located in Santiago Province, Santiago Metropolitan Region. It was founded on 30 May 1925. It is part of Greater Santiago.

Demographics
According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, La Cisterna spans an area of 10 sqkm and has 85,118 inhabitants (40,651 men and 44,467 women), and the commune is an entirely urban area. The population fell by 10.1% (9594 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses. The 2006 projected population was 78,402.

Stats

 * Average annual household income: US$38,305 (PPP, 2006)
 * Population below poverty line: 8.6% (2006)
 * Regional quality of life index: 81.78, high, 8 out of 52 (2005)
 * Human Development Index: 0.775, 24 out of 341 (2003)

Administration
As a commune, La Cisterna is a third-level administrative division of Chile administered by a municipal council, headed by an alcalde who is directly elected every four years. The 2012-2016 alcalde is Santiago Rebolledo Pizarro (PPD). The communal council has the following members:
 * Patricio Ossandón Ortiz (PS)
 * Maria Angelica Pinedo (DC)
 * Orlando Morales Becerra (PPD)
 * Patricia Acevedo González (UDI)
 * Alexis Flores Ahumada (UDI)
 * Bernardo Suárez Ortiz (RN)
 * Marcelo Luna Campillay (PPD)
 * Ximena Tobar Vásquez (PS)

Within the electoral divisions of Chile, La Cisterna is represented in the Chamber of Deputies by Tucapel Jiménez (PPD) and Iván Moreira (UDI) as part of the 27th electoral district, (together with El Bosque and San Ramón). The commune is represented in the Senate by Soledad Alvear (PDC) and Pablo Longueira (UDI) as part of the 8th senatorial constituency (Santiago-East).

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 * Creation, maintenance, and improvement of articles and lists directly related to C-SPAN and its programming.
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I don't know exactly how far we may want to go, nor in what directions, but I do believe (as I have long noted on my user page) that C-SPAN and Wikipedia are both...

"...fantastic vehicles for the free exchange of ideas and information in a non-sound-bite manner, and they both invite the participation of any parties (expert or amateur) who are interested in taking the time to absorb and/or contribute to the ideas and information offered. C-SPAN and Wikipedia go together like peanut butter and jelly, and I want to help give other Wiki users easy access to the great work that C-SPAN has done on a variety of topics."

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IReview

iReview was a service offered by Apple Computer (now Apple Inc.) dedicated to reviews of Internet content. During the 2000 Macworld Conference in San Francisco, Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduced this service along with iTools, which was the free predecessor to Apple's current iCloud subscription service.

iReview was part of a reaction to the commercial success of the iMac that resulted in thousands of new computer owners suddenly having access to the Internet. The main purpose of the service was to give new users a place for detailed reviews on websites on the World Wide Web. iReview was integrated into the Apple website as part of the new "tabbed" layout, with a dedicated tab alongside iCards, iTools, the online store, QuickTime, and online support. Once a visitor clicked on the iReview tab, they could choose from one of 15 categories of websites for specific reviews on subjects that may be of interest. Each initial review was published by Apple employees, who gave their input on the site along with a detailed review and an overall rating. Visitors to iReview were also able to review and rate the sites themselves as well. Users could organize the viewing of reviews by ratings or by simple searches.

Cancellation
In February 2001, Apple cancelled the iReview service. Its failure to generate traffic is generally attributed to a lack of awareness of the service by most web users, a lack of perceived openness of the system, and the idea that most people would typically not spend time reading others' opinions of websites when they could quickly generate their own opinions by visiting the sites themselves.

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Extended Play Two

Extended Play Two is an EP by British indie electronic band Broadcast. It was released on 19 September 2000 by Warp in the UK and Tommy Boy Records in the US. The EP was recorded by the group after the release of their debut album, The Noise Made by People. The EP featured non-album songs as well as a re-recorded version of "Unchanging Window" with the instrumental coda "Chord Simple" interwoven with the end of the song. It also included the track "Drums on Fire", previously issued only as a promo 12".

The sleeve was designed by Julian House.

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John Chaffee

John Chaffee may refer to:

 * John Chaffee (1823–1903), American gold miner who lived with his same-sex partner for over 50 years, see John Chaffee and Jason Chamberlain
 * John W. Chaffee (born 1948), American historian of China

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La Florida, Chile

La Florida (, Spanish for "the flowery") is an urban-suburban commune of Chile located in the South East of Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan Region. It is a residential area and its inhabitants are mostly members of a new middle to upper-middle class. It ranks number 12 out of 346 among Chilean communes in terms of Human Development Index. Its mayor is Rodolfo Carter (Chile Vamos).

Demographics
According to the 2017 census of the National Statistics Institute, La Florida spans an area of 70.8 sqkm and has 382,701 inhabitants. 100% lived in urban areas and 52.1% were women. It currently has 402,433 inhabitants, which makes it the fourth most populous commune in Chile, after Puente Alto, Maipú and Santiago.

Stats

 * Population below poverty line: 3.1% (2015)
 * Regional quality of life index: 80.21, high, 13 out of 52 (2005)
 * Human Development Index: 0.773, 12 out of 346 (2005)

Administration
As a commune, La Florida is a third-level administrative division of Chile administered by a municipal council, headed by an alcalde who is directly elected every four years. The 2016-2020 alcalde is Rodolfo Carter Fernández (Chile Vamos), who has been the mayor since 2011.

The local council has the following members:

Conservatives (6)
 * Oscar Aguilera (UDI)
 * Eulogia Lavín (UDI)
 * Marcelo Zunino (RN)
 * Orlando Vidal (RN)
 * Felipe Mancilla (RN)
 * Verónica Füller (Evopoli)

Christian Democrats (1)
 * Claudio Arredondo (independent)

Social Democrats (3)
 * Nicanor Herrera (PS)
 * Marcela Abedrapo (PC)
 * Nicolás Hurtado (PC)

The municipal council is composed by six members of Chile Vamos (conservatives), one Christian Democrat and three Social Democrats, plus the mayor Rodolfo Carter (Chile Vamos)

Within the electoral divisions of Chile, La Florida is represented in the Chamber of Deputies by Gustavo Hasbún (UDI) and Camila Vallejo-Dowling (PC) as part of the 26th District, which consists entirely of the La Florida commune. It is represented in the Senate by Manuel José Ossandón (Conservative independent) and Carlos Montes (PS) as part of the 8th Senatorial Constituency (East Santiago).

Last elections
2016 local elections in La Florida

Education
Previously the area had a German school, Deutsche Marienschule Santiago-La Florida.

There is also an English school, The American–British School of La Florida.

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East Central University

East Central University (ECU or East Central) is a public university in Ada, Oklahoma. It is part of Oklahoma's Regional University System. Beyond its flagship campus in Ada, the university has courses available in McAlester, Shawnee, and Durant, as well as online courses. Founded as East Central State Normal School in 1909, its present name was adopted in 1985. Some of its more prominent alumni include former Microsoft COO B. Kevin Turner, Modernist painter Leon Polk Smith, former NFL player Mark Gastineau, past governors Robert S. Kerr and George Nigh, former U.S. Representative Lyle Boren, Oklahoma Supreme Court Justice Tom Colbert, and U.S. Army General James D. Thurman.

ECU is approximately 90 mile from Oklahoma City, 115 mile from Tulsa and 150 mile from Dallas. Today the campus consists of 37 buildings on 135 acre; the university typically enrolls more than 3,500 students per semester from more than 30 countries and 25 states.

History
The university was founded as East Central State Normal School in 1909, two years after Oklahoma was admitted as the 46th U.S. state. It was one of the six newly created state funded normal schools that were designed to provide four years of "preparatory" (or high school) study, followed by two years of college work towards teacher certification. The school's establishment was the product of the intense lobbying efforts of the 25,000 Club, a local booster group. The club raised funds for faculty salaries so classes could begin that fall in local churches and public school classrooms. Graduates of the normal school program received lifetime teaching certification statewide. The 1910 Oklahoma Legislature funded faculty salaries and the construction of a building on a 16 acre site donated by a Chickasaw allottee. In 1919, the normal schools were authorized by the Oklahoma Legislature to offer four years of teacher education, to offer bachelor's degrees, and were designated teachers' colleges.

From 1910 to 1960, East Central operated Horace Mann Training School, a teacher education program designed to equip prospective teachers with classroom skills. From its inception, the training school focused on elementary and junior high students. In 1925, Horace Mann added older students upon achieving a new four-year high school accreditation. In 1953, a new Horace Mann building was completed where the program was housed until Horace Mann Training School was discontinued in 1960.

Expanding beyond education degrees, in 1939 the school became East Central State College. Fifteen years later, the regional colleges were allowed to offer graduate degrees. By 1974, the state legislature renamed the state colleges, and it became East Central Oklahoma State University—a name it retained until 1985 when it gained its present name.

Academics
ECU serves around 4,000 students and is perhaps best known for its Environmental Health Science Program, one of only 30 programs nationally accredited by the National Environmental Health Science and Protection Accreditation Council

East Central is divided into 5 academic units (three colleges and two schools) with 70 degree programs. They are:

 * College of Education and Psychology
 * College of Health and Sciences
 * School of Nursing
 * College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
 * School of Fine Arts
 * The Harland C. Stonecipher School of Business
 * School of Graduate Studies

Other campuses
East Central is no longer one of four participating institutions offering courses at the Ardmore Higher Education Center. There are Distance Education sites located in Shawnee, OK, through the Gordon Cooper Technology Center and McAlester, OK through the Eastern Oklahoma State College. ECU offers online graduate and undergraduate courses.

Student life
East Central hosts nearly eighty student organizations. Among them are a local chapter of Alpha Psi Omega and Pi Kappa Delta as well as the Student Government Association and Campus Activity Board. In addition, there are five Greek organizations at ECU divided among the Interfraternity Council (IFC) and Panhellenic Association (PHA):

 * Chi Omega Phi Theta Chapter Est. December 12, 1964
 * Zeta Tau Alpha Zeta Theta Chapter Est. April 16, 1966
 * Phi Kappa Tau - Gamma Xi Chapter - Est. April 15, 1966
 * Pi Kappa Alpha - Epsilon Omega Chapter - Est. October 25, 1963
 * Sigma Tau Gamma Tau Chapter Est. 1938

Athletics
East Central's athletic teams (the "Tigers") have competed in the NCAA Division II Great American Conference (GAC) since 2011, after competing in the Lone Star Conference of the NCAA from 1997 to 2011. The university hosts 13 sports, 6 men's athletic programs and 7 programs for women. The school's football team won the NAIA national football championship in 1993. Athletics offices are located within the Kerr Activities Center.

Politics
ECU has had several graduates move to political office, including five of alumni who were elected to the position of governor.
 * Bill Anoatubby, Chickasaw Nation Governor
 * Charles W. Blackwell (Class of 1964), first Ambassador of the Chickasaw Nation to the United States from 1995 until 2013.
 * Lyle Boren, former U.S. Congressman
 * Cindy Byrd, Oklahoma State Auditor and Inspector
 * Rudolph Hargrave, Former Chief Justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court
 * Frank W. Davis (Oklahoma politician) (Class of 1958), late member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives
 * Robert S. Kerr, former Governor of the State of Oklahoma, and U.S. Senator
 * Ernest McFarland, former Arizona Governor
 * George Nigh, former Governor of the State of Oklahoma
 * Dustin Rowe, current Justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court

Professional sports
Several ECU grads have excelled in the area of professional sports:

 * Harry Brecheen, former baseball player
 * Armonty Bryant, former professional football player
 * Brad Calip, College Football Hall of Fame football player
 * Mark Gastineau, former professional football player
 * Todd Graham, former Arizona State Sun Devils Head Football Coach
 * Dewey McClain, football player
 * David Moore, Chicago Bears wide receiver
 * Trinity Benson, Detroit Lions wide receiver
 * Caleb Holley, Canadian Football League wide receiver
 * Gil Morgan, professional golfer
 * Clifford Thrift, former San Diego Chargers, Chicago Bears and Los Angeles Rams professional football player
 * Jerry Walker, former major league baseball player and front-office executive
 * Lloyd Waner, baseball hall-of-famer
 * Paul Waner, baseball hall-of-famer

Other notable alumni

 * Wade Burleson, author, historian, and teacher
 * Hallie Brown Ford, philanthropist
 * Aaron Gwyn, professor and author
 * Lillard Hill, broadcast journalist
 * Kenneth Hite, professional author and game designer
 * Jennifer McLoud-Mann, mathematician
 * Leon Polk Smith, Artist
 * Harland Stonecipher, Pre-Paid Legal Services, Inc. Founder, Chairman & CEO
 * B. Kevin Turner, Former COO of Microsoft, CEO of Sam's Club and CIO of Walmart
 * La Vern E. Weber, United States Army Lieutenant General and Chief of the National Guard Bureau

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San Ramón, Chile

San Ramón (Spanish for "Saint Ramón") is a commune of Chile located in Santiago Province, Santiago Metropolitan Region; part of Greater Santiago.

Demographics
According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, San Ramón spans an area of 6.5 sqkm and has 94,906 inhabitants (46,596 men and 48,310 women), and the commune is an entirely urban area. The population fell by 5.9% (5,911 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses.

Stats

 * Average annual household income: US$23,878 (PPP, 2006)
 * Population below poverty line: 16.7% (2006)
 * Regional quality of life index: 70.19, mid-low, 42 out of 52 (2005)
 * Human Development Index: 0.679, 170 out of 341 (2003)

Administration
As a commune, San Ramón is a third-level administrative division of Chile administered by a municipal council, headed by an alcalde who is directly elected every four years. The 2012-2016 alcalde is Miguel Ángel Aguilera Sanhueza (PS). The communal council has the following members:
 * Mónica Aguilera Sanhueza (PS)
 * Genaro Balladares Schwaner (DC)
 * Claudia Lange Farias (UDI)
 * Sylvia Reyes Terán (DC)
 * Max Pardo Ramirez (PC)
 * Julio Soto Martinez (PRI)
 * Roxana Riquelme Tabach (PS)
 * Manuel Arzola Bustamante (PPD)

Within the electoral divisions of Chile, San Ramón is represented in the Chamber of Deputies by Mr. Tucapel Jiménez (PPD) and Mr. Iván Moreira (UDI) as part of the 27th electoral district, (together with El Bosque and La Cisterna). The commune is represented in the Senate by Soledad Alvear Valenzuela (PDC) and Pablo Longueira Montes (UDI) as part of the 8th senatorial constituency (Santiago-East).

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Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Multiple sclerosis/archive1

Multiple sclerosis
This appears to be a relatively comprehensive, well researched and referenced article exemplifying the best of Wikipedia. Whig 08:22, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Oppose. While being comprehensive, the article presently has a number of shortcomings that should be addressed before it is featured. (1) It has no references to recent & thorough scientific review articles, a bit of a "must" for a tricky disease like MS. (2) The section "Cause" completely bypasses significant recent evidence on EBV, Th1/Th2 imbalance etc that should be written here. (3) Charcot's clinical triad is missing, as well as a reference to his work on MS. (4) The section "emotional aspects" is unwikified. I'm quite willing to cooperate in raising the article's standard, but I'll need help. Sadly we have no wiki-neurologists who could review the article for us and offer input. JFW | T@lk  09:10, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Not being a neurologist myself, I lack the knowledge of the up-to-the-moment research, and I think it would be a useful inclusion if someone can provide this with appropriate references. With that said, all encyclopedic content is likely to be a bit "dated" and it isn't really possible to incorporate every current strand of research in every medical article. If this is the principal blocking issue, I don't know what we can do except ask for help from someone with specific expertise in the field. As for the wikification of various sections, I'll be glad to help in any way you think needed. Whig 19:24, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * In regard to point (2) EBV and MS, this study has apparently been retracted. Also in regard to point (2) Th1/Th2 imbalance, what I have been able to find is inconclusive at present. Do we really need to include withdrawn studies and inconclusive causal theories in order to make this article featurable? Whig 05:33, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * They messed up the data, but when it was corrected the hypothesis was still supported. There are numerous other studies that found EBV seroconversion associated with MS incidence.
 * Presently the "Cause" paragraph treats the immune system like a black box. There must be data on HLA linkage and other predispositions (see for example - HLA-DRB1*1501-DQB1*0602 is associated). JFW |  T@lk  07:08, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * I've added a Reference section with Readings including clinical reviews which can be moved up above Readings if used as references for this article. I can email some UpToDate articles if anyone wishes to help if you email me. Petersam 06:56, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Oppose. The "treatment" section is not ideally structured as a long bullet point list; it makes it look messy and encourages unstructured editing (cf. "Trivia" sections in some articles). I think paragraphs with subsections would make more sense.--Eloquence* 15:49, Jun 15, 2005 (UTC)
 * Object- for the reasons stated above. However, it is a good article that with some improvement could become a FA- I'll see what I can work on! Flcelloguy [[Image:Bass clef2.gif|25px|Cello today?]] Give me a note! Eighth note (crop).gif Desk 02:19, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Object. Lead is too short. Stub section: Signs and symptoms - expand. List secton: Treatment - transform into normal text. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus Talk 18:21, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)


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Ruhollah Khaleqi

Ruhollah Khaleqi (, also spelled as Khaleghi; 1906 – 12 November 1965) was a prominent Iranian musician, composer, conductor and author.

He was the father of the first Persian women conductor Golnoush Khaleghi.

Education
Ruhollah Khaleqi was born in Mahan, a small town near Kerman, in a musically minded family. He first became acquainted with the tar, but later started to learn to play the violin. As soon as Ali-Naqi Vaziri established his school of music, Khaleqi left school and joined Vaziri's school, where he studied for eight years. Soon he became his master's assistant and was placed in charge of teaching music theory. He later continued his education and obtained a bachelor's degree in Persian language and literature from the University of Tehran.

Career
In 1944 Khaleqi established the National Music Society and in 1949, thanks his efforts, the School of National Music was founded. After his first journey to the Soviet Union in 1955, he became involved in the Iran-Soviet Society and was selected as a member of its board of directors.

He also began to serve as the director of the magazine. His work, The History of Persian Music, which was published in two volumes, took shape during these years. His other published works include: Harmony of Western Music, Theory of Eastern Music, and Theory of Persian Music.

For many years Khaleqi worked as a musical advisor for Radio Iran and was one of the founders of the program known as (Flowers). He also conducted the  Orchestra, for which he composed many pieces and revised the original compositions of his contemporaries as well as older masters, such as Aref Qazvini and Ali Akbar Sheyda. Although revised, the compositions retained all their original characteristics.

Khāleghi's compositions are not limited to what he wrote for . In addition to such masterpieces as (Pure wine),  (Sigh at dawn),  (Why now?), and  (Rudaki's harp), he composed many other lyrical pieces and hymns, which were mostly patriotic. These include such works as Ey Iran (famously performed by Gholam-Hossein Banan) and the Hymn for Azarbaijan. Khaleqi established The National Music Society and Persian National Music Conservatory in 1949 in Tehran.

He believed Persian classical music must turn into a polyphonic music to become more attractive.

He died in 1965 in Salzburg, Austria and was buried in Zahir-od-dowleh cemetery, Darband, Tehran.

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La Granja, Chile

La Granja (Spanish for "the farm") is a commune of Chile located in Santiago Province, Santiago Metropolitan Region.

Demographics
According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, La Granja spans an area of 10.1 sqkm and has 132,520 inhabitants (64,750 men and 67,770 women), and the commune is an entirely urban area. The population fell by 0.6% (765 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses. The 2006 projected population was 129,707.

Stats

 * Average annual household income: US$24,662 (PPP, 2006)
 * Population below poverty line: 14.2% (2006)
 * Regional quality of life index: 77.93, mid-high, 18 out of 52 (2005)
 * Human Development Index: 0.689, 158 out of 341 (2003)

Administration
As a commune, La Granja is a third-level administrative division of Chile administered by a municipal council, headed by an alcalde who is directly elected every four years. The 2012-2016 alcalde is Felipe Delpin Aguilar (DC). The communal council has the following members:
 * Cristián Carmona Macaya (DC)
 * Rodrigo Quezada Arriagada (IND)
 * Juan Valdés Valdés (PS)
 * Germán Pino Maturana (PPD)
 * Sergio Robles Pinto (PC)
 * Silvana Poblete Romero (PS)
 * Berta Venegas Maldonado (DC)
 * Patricio Oyarce Bravo (UDI)

Within the electoral divisions of Chile, La Granja is represented in the Chamber of Deputies by Felipe Salaberry (UDI) and Ximena Vidal (PPD) as part of the 25th electoral district, (together with Macul and San Joaquín). The commune is represented in the Senate by Soledad Alvear (PDC) and Pablo Longueira (UDI) as part of the 8th senatorial constituency (Santiago-East).

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Wikipedia talk:Requests for comment/Rangerdude

What's the violation?
user:Rangerdude has assembled a detailed list of what he perceives to be the harms that I have done to him. Yet throughout the long list I don't see where I have violated any Wikipedia policies or guidelines. I certainly admit to getting a fact wrong here or there. But none of the items on Rangerdude's list justifies personal attacks, a practice which is prohibited. If I have broken a rule then please specify which one. Thanks, -Willmcw 08:23, Jun 15, 2005 (UTC)

 * Once again, Will, wikipedia policies and guidelines generally require common etiquette, civility, and assumption of good faith. It also requires as a general rule that all edits should have a positive and constructive contribution to wikipedia. It is my complaint that:
 * 1. You have engaged in poor etiquette by unduly singling me out for the object of your edits in a manner that I strongly consider to be harassing, and which I have informed you of many times.
 * 2. You have breached civility towards me by persisting in this practice despite my standing and vocal objections to it.
 * 3. You have not assumed good faith, as wikipedia requires, toward my edits in general and instead subject them to undue scrutiny and standards of proof that you do not follow for edits of your own and that are above and beyond anything officially required by wikipedia.
 * 4. You have not assumed good faith, as wikipedia requires, toward the content of my edits as demonstrated by recurring attempts to dismantle and deconstruct them pending demands that I reach standards of "proof" imposed arbitrarily by yourself.
 * 5. The majority of your major revisions to my edits have contributed little to no positive new material to wikipedia and instead have focused upon minimizing or removing my contributions (including in several places where doing so is completely without justification), deconstructing my edits, agitating existing disputes and fueling existing disagreements in which I am involved, and conducting yourself in a manner that fosters undue hostility and a deconstructive treatment of articles in general - all activities that conflict with wikipedia's directive to make edits that are positive and constructive.
 * These are brief summaries of my complaints, will, and the evidence includes that which I've provided. If mediation or some other form of discussion can resolve them, I suggest we take it up there. Rangerdude 17:44, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * There is no rule against editing the same articles as you do. I don't believe that I have never been uncivil in my editing encounters with you, and if I have I apologize. I'm sorry that you don't think my edits have contributed to the encyclopedia. I am always trying to improve. Deconstruction was my bain in college - my professor would be amazed to discover that I am now a practitioner (in fact, I'm amazed too). Wikilove, -21:14, Jun 15, 2005 (UTC)
 * There are rules for etiquette, civility, and assuming good faith though. As noted, the aforementioned incivility is not in your tone but rather your actions. The other cases have already been detailed. Also, please refrain from semiotic misconstructions of the signifier-signifant relationship in places where a different relationship than what you snidely purport to be responding to is plainly indicated and exhibited in the original text. They bring us no closer to resolving the dispute and give the appearance of being intentionally uncooperative. Rangerdude 21:49, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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I would like to expand my pending case against User:Willmcw for wiki-stalking and personal harassment to include User:SlimVirgin. This action has become necessary over the past several weeks as SlimVirgin is now actively aiding and abetting Willmcw's personal harassment of myself and employing her administrative powers to do so. Earlier today SlimVirgin became actively involved in promoting a disruptive WP:POINT attack on my userpage by Willmcw that was intended to disrupt the development of a new wikipedia guideline proposal I have been working on (please see Willmcw's announcement of this intent to disrupt by filing the allegation here). SlimVirgin is now actively promoting this disruption and assisting Willmcw in making it as the previous diff indicates. Earlier today she also employed her administrative powers to control access to my personal userpage for the purpose of promoting this disruptive attack and did not release the page from protection until after I posted a complaint against her for doing so on both the Administrator noticeboard and the Page Protection noticeboard. SlimVirgin has also exhibited extreme personal belligerency towards me in her comments and has repeatedly made bad faith insinuations against my edits, including in a recent case where she accused me of vandalizing other people's posts when a programming glitch deleted one. SlimVirgin has also attacked me through multiple rude, belittling, and hostile personal comments, and this in spite of a standing Arbcom caution against her against making personal attacks. Repeated attempts to direct her to these policies and deflect her hostility as well as repeated requests that she not use her administrative powers to assist either herself or Willmcw in the current dispute have been met with only further hostility by her. Reason also exists to conclude that she and Willmcw are in active off-site communication regarding the dispute between him and myself, and that the two have made/promoted the aforementioned WP:POINT disruption against me in coordination.

Given this situation I would like to formally extend my previous harassment complaint against Willmcw to SlimVirgin, who is now an active participant in assisting him in the same pattern of behavior that prompted original complaint. I will also ask for the assistance of any neutral mediator, and request that the current mediation involving myself and Willmcw be extended to SlimVirgin as well and be conducted on a public wikipedia mediation page until resolved. Your help is needed in resolving this dispute, which has already gone on for far too long. Thank you. Rangerdude 19:14, 18 August 2005 (UTC)

Update - In the time I was posting this request, User:Willmcw deleted a message I posted to the incident board stating my complaints against himself and SlimVirgin for harassment and abuse of administrator powers and informing the latter of my decision to extend the case against Willmcw to her as well. This deletion may be found here. Rangerdude 19:24, 18 August 2005 (UTC)

 * In response, I won't participate in mediation with Rangerdude. I'm not involved in a dispute with him, though I acknowledge he's doing his best to drag me into one. SlimVirgin (talk) 19:25, August 18, 2005 (UTC)

 * Very well then. In light of SlimVirgin's refusal to participate in dispute resolution regarding her behavior, I will be seeking arbitration against her for repeated harassment and repeated violations of Wikipedia protocol on good faith assumption and no personal attacks. Is there an arbitrator who will help with this matter? Rangerdude 19:40, 18 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Rangerdude has never filed a harassment complaint against me and instead has been building an "attack file" on a user page since June. He repeatedly talks about my supposed harassment, and his supposed evidence, to others in a variety of contexts but these charges have never been presented or reviewed. I call on Rangerdude to "put up or shut up": either file an RfC or RfA on the matter or delete the attack page and stop making allegations. Thus far he has refused to participate in mediation under standard procedures, so I no longer think it is worth waiting for that to happen. -Willmcw

 * The above statement is yet another a falsehood by Willmcw. I filed an incident report against Willmcw on June 15th located here for harassment and wikistalking against me. In retaliation to the incident report, Willmcw initiated an RfC against me for accusing him of wiki-stalking. Mediation was suggested in response to my incident report, to which both myself and Willmcw agreed at the time. User:Andrevan agreed at this time to mediate. I have from that time until the present maintained the file of Willmcw's harassment and stalking that I started when first filing the report . It is accessible to any user who wishes to review the evidence. Rangerdude 22:54, 18 August 2005 (UTC)

 * RD, you don't need an arbitrator to "help with this matter," whatever that means. You file an RfAr the same as everyone else. Instructions are on the page. See you in court. SlimVirgin (talk) 20:14, August 18, 2005 (UTC)

 * Too early for Mediation. Please create a Request For Comment first, showing how you and at least one other contributor have tried (and failed) to resolve this matter. User:Ed Poor, Mediation Committee 00:48, August 19, 2005 (UTC)

 * Too early, or too late. Rangerdude has filed an RfAr regarding SlimVirgin and me, and I have filed one regarding his behavior. -Willmcw 20:41, August 23, 2005 (UTC)


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Talk:Eminox

Diesel exhaust pipes EMIt NOXious gas, but that is not the reason for the name. 08:24, 15 June 2005 User:Anthony Appleyard

Witty but ironic, since Eminox specializes in cleaner exhaust systems - that meet the Euro 4 & 5 standards and are suitable for the forthcoming London Low Emission zone. 11:37, 27 July 2007 User:Cjmuk

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Kumaraswamy distribution

In probability and statistics, the Kumaraswamy's double bounded distribution is a family of continuous probability distributions defined on the interval (0,1). It is similar to the beta distribution, but much simpler to use especially in simulation studies since its probability density function, cumulative distribution function and quantile functions can be expressed in closed form. This distribution was originally proposed by Poondi Kumaraswamy for variables that are lower and upper bounded with a zero-inflation. This was extended to inflations at both extremes [0,1] in later work with S. G. Fletcher.

Probability density function
The probability density function of the Kumaraswamy distribution without considering any inflation is

 * $$ f(x; a,b) = a b x^{a-1}{ (1-x^a)}^{b-1}, \ \ \mbox{where} \ \ x \in (0,1),$$

and where a and b are non-negative shape parameters.

Cumulative distribution function
The cumulative distribution function is

 * $$F(x; a,b)=\int_{0}^{x}f(\xi; a,b) d\xi = 1-(1-x^a)^b.\ $$

Quantile function
The inverse cumulative distribution function (quantile function) is

 * $$F^{-1}(y; a,b)=(1-(1-y)^\frac{1}{b})^\frac{1}{a}. \ $$

Generalizing to arbitrary interval support
In its simplest form, the distribution has a support of (0,1). In a more general form, the normalized variable x is replaced with the unshifted and unscaled variable z where:

 * $$ x = \frac{z-z_{\text{min}}}{z_{\text{max}}-z_{\text{min}}}, \qquad z_{\text{min}} \le z \le z_{\text{max}}. \,\!$$

Properties
The raw moments of the Kumaraswamy distribution are given by:

 * $$m_n = \frac{b\Gamma(1+n/a)\Gamma(b)}{\Gamma(1+b+n/a)} = bB(1+n/a,b)\,$$

where B is the Beta function and Γ(.) denotes the Gamma function. The variance, skewness, and excess kurtosis can be calculated from these raw moments. For example, the variance is:

 * $$\sigma^2=m_2-m_1^2.$$

The Shannon entropy (in nats) of the distribution is:

 * $$H=\left(1\!-\!\tfrac{1}{a}\right)+\left(1\!-\!\tfrac{1}{b}\right)H_b-\ln(ab)$$

where $$H_i$$ is the harmonic number function.

Relation to the Beta distribution
The Kumaraswamy distribution is closely related to Beta distribution. Assume that Xa,b is a Kumaraswamy distributed random variable with parameters a and b. Then Xa,b is the a-th root of a suitably defined Beta distributed random variable. More formally, Let Y1,b denote a Beta distributed random variable with parameters $$\alpha=1$$ and $$\beta=b$$. One has the following relation between Xa,b and Y1,b.

 * $$X_{a,b}=Y^{1/a}_{1,b},$$

with equality in distribution.

 * $$\operatorname{P}\{X_{a,b}\le x\}=\int_0^x ab t^{a-1}(1-t^a)^{b-1}dt=

\int_0^{x^a} b(1-t)^{b-1}dt=\operatorname{P}\{Y_{1,b}\le x^a\} =\operatorname{P}\{Y^{1/a}_{1,b}\le x\} .$$

One may introduce generalised Kumaraswamy distributions by considering random variables of the form $$Y^{1/\gamma}_{\alpha,\beta}$$, with $$\gamma>0$$ and where $$Y_{\alpha,\beta}$$ denotes a Beta distributed random variable with parameters $$\alpha$$ and $$\beta$$. The raw moments of this generalized Kumaraswamy distribution are given by:
 * $$m_n = \frac{\Gamma(\alpha+\beta)\Gamma(\alpha+n/\gamma)}{\Gamma(\alpha)\Gamma(\alpha+\beta+n/\gamma)}.$$

Note that we can re-obtain the original moments setting $$\alpha=1$$, $$\beta=b$$ and $$\gamma=a$$. However, in general, the cumulative distribution function does not have a closed form solution.

Related distributions

 * If $$ X \sim \textrm{Kumaraswamy}(1,1)\,$$ then $$ X \sim U(0,1)\,$$ (Uniform distribution)
 * If $$ X \sim U(0,1) \,$$ then $$ {\left( 1-X^{\tfrac{1}{b}}  \right)}^{ \tfrac{1}{a}} \sim \textrm{Kumaraswamy}(a,b) \,$$
 * If $$ X \sim \textrm{Beta}(1,b) \, $$ (Beta distribution) then $$ X \sim \textrm{Kumaraswamy}(1,b)\,$$
 * If $$ X \sim \textrm{Beta}(a,1) \, $$ (Beta distribution) then $$ X \sim \textrm{Kumaraswamy}(a,1)\,$$
 * If $$ X \sim \textrm{Kumaraswamy}(a,1)\,$$ then $$ (1-X) \sim \textrm{Kumaraswamy}(1, a)\,$$
 * If $$ X \sim \textrm{Kumaraswamy}(1,a)\,$$ then $$ (1-X) \sim \textrm{Kumaraswamy}(a, 1)\,$$
 * If $$ X \sim \textrm{Kumaraswamy}(a,1)\,$$ then $$ -\log(X) \sim \textrm{Exponential}(a)\,$$
 * If $$ X \sim \textrm{Kumaraswamy}(1,b)\,$$ then $$ -\log(1-X) \sim \textrm{Exponential}(b)\,$$
 * If $$ X \sim \textrm{Kumaraswamy}(a,b)\,$$ then $$ X \sim \textrm{GB1}(a, 1, 1, b)\,$$, the generalized beta distribution of the first kind.

Example
An example of the use of the Kumaraswamy distribution is the storage volume of a reservoir of capacity z whose upper bound is zmax and lower bound is 0, which is also a natural example for having two inflations as many reservoirs have nonzero probabilities for both empty and full reservoir states.

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User:Jondel/Zoroastrisism

Unknown to most people, Zoroastrisism was a religion founded by the superhero, Zoro the fox and his trustworthy partner, Kimosabe.

comparison with Judaism/Christianity
 * Baptism tradition Baptism by water:The flood
 * Flood story?(Gilgamesh)
 * Angels
 * Magi

Mirthraism
 * Saviour

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User:PerdidoPunk

I'm new to Wikipedia, but hope to be able to contribute to it in the areas of obscure pop culture, science, and various other things I'm interested in such as music, art, literature, philosophy, and countless other things.

I'm currently a computer engineering/computer science double major at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ. I was born at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in New York City and reside in Teaneck, NJ.

My primary interests include music, computers, photography, philosophy, and fencing.

Music

I play the trombone and my idol is J.J. Johnson.

I fence sabre.

I am fluent with the programming languages C, C++, Java, HTML, and know a bit of x86 assembly language.

My favorite bands/musical artists include Talking Heads, The Presidents of the United States of America (band), Radiohead. This list will be expanded when I have the energy...

More information on me can be found at The Facebook and MySpace

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La Pintana

La Pintana is a commune of Chile located in Santiago Province, Santiago Metropolitan Region. La Pintana is home to Antumapu, the agricultural and veterinary sciences campus of University of Chile, Chile's oldest university.

Demographics
According to the 1999 census of the National Statistics Institute, La Pintana spans an area of 30.6 sqkm and has 190,085 inhabitants (94,963 men and 95,122 women), and the commune is an entirely urban area. The population grew by 12.1% (20,445 persons) between the 1990 and 1999 censuses. The 2006 projected population was 201,183.

Stats

 * Average annual household income: US$23,576 (PPP, 2006)
 * Population below poverty line: 17.2% (2006)
 * Regional quality of life index: 73.29, medium, 30 out of 52 (2005)
 * Human Development Index: 0.679, 171 out of 341 (2003)

Administration
As a commune, La Pintana is a third-level administrative division of Chile administered by a municipal council, headed by an alcalde who is directly elected every four years. The 2012-2016 alcalde is Jaime Pavez Moreno (PPD). The communal council has the following members:
 * Patricia Pavez Moreno (PPD)
 * Claudia Pizarro Peña (DC)
 * Marcelo Sandoval Tillería (PPD)
 * Wilson Navarrete Rubio (PPD)
 * Luis Huneeus Madge (RN)
 * Luis Ayala Pastén (PC)
 * Abigail Acosta Soto (UDI)
 * Manuel Pavez Rubio (PS)

Within the electoral divisions of Chile, La Pintana is represented in the Chamber of Deputies by Osvaldo Andrade (PS) and Leopoldo Pérez (RN) as part of the 29th electoral district, (together with Puente Alto, Pirque and San José de Maipo). The commune is represented in the Senate by Soledad Alvear (PDC) and Pablo Longueira (UDI) as part of the 8th senatorial constituency (Santiago-East).

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Haha Sound

Haha Sound is the second studio album by English indie electronic band Broadcast. It was released on 11 August 2003 by Warp Records.

Haha Sound earned critical acclaim and became Broadcast's first charting album in the United States, where it reached the top 10 of the Billboard Dance/Electronic Albums chart.

Critical reception
Haha Sound received highly favourable reviews from music critics. Paul Clarke called the album "a dizzying ride" in his review for Jockey Slut. Pitchfork placed Haha Sound at number 121 on its list of the best albums of the 2000s. In 2007, the record was listed by The Guardian as one of "1000 Albums to Hear Before You Die".

Track listing
Songwriting credits are adapted from ASCAP.

Personnel
Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.

 * Broadcast – recording
 * Neil Bullock – drums (tracks 1–12, 14)
 * House – sleeve design
 * P. Jenkins – drums (track 13)
 * Nick Webb – mastering

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Talk:Tanaka Giichi

Birth/Death
Britannica has different birth and death dates. Bluemoose 08:29, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * ja:田中義一 shows his birth as June 221864 and death on September 291929. Does that agree with Britannica? Neier 02:44, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

 * Britannica online, Infloplease.com and ja:田中義一 are in aggrement, but the article as it stands now ](1866-1949) agrees with the info on Reference.com and Biography.ms. Draeco 03:06, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

 * This link (At the official home page of the Prime Minister's residence -- consider it like "Whitehouse.gov") shows:
 * Born : June 221863, Yamaguchi Prefecture
 * Deceased : September 291929
 * The June 22 vs July 25 problem is due to the old Japanese dating system, and is referenced on the Japanese Wikipedia entry for Tanaka. Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style (Japan-related articles) has a lot of info about this type of discrepancy.
 * The article as written now seems to be wrong. Correcting it to July 251864 or June 221863 is a style preference.  The 1929 death date seems indisputable, especially given how he died so soon after leaving office (also in 1929). Neier 22:59, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

 * I'll agree 1929 death seems very certain, I've also found it in two print sources. I'll change the article's dates accordingly. Draeco 06:23, 1 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Apparently, 1929 is what his tombstone says as well. I'm still trying to unravel the 1863/1864 conundrum.
 * Tombstone says 1864?
 * http://www.geocities.jp/bane2161/tanakagiiti.htm (a plaque outside his birthplace says "born in 1863")
 * The aforementioned prime minister residence site says 1863, or 22 day of 6 month of third year of Bunkyu
 * Japanese Wikipedia says "22 day of 6 month of first year of genji", which equates to July 251864 (The 1864 page of the Japanese Wikipedia lists his birthday, along with the same justification.)
 * http://www.ndl.go.jp/portrait/datas/126.html (National Diet Library) says 1864.
 * Since it is pre-1872, there is going to be some date disparities, and, any site I've googled that mentions the lunar/gregorian dates agrees on July 251864. No site that says June 221863 has any mention of the date mismatch before 1872.  That doesn't mean that they are wrong.  In fact, it could mean that all of the places which factor it into account are doing it to an already-converted date.  I doubt it, but it's possible.

 * At any rate, I think I've exhausted my feeble resources. It is more correct now than when we started, so that's a "win".  :-)  Neier 12:06, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

Cleanup needed

 * There is a comment (HTML comment) in the text that Baron is a poor translation of the correct Japanese title. What is the correct title?
 * In what year did he become a general? (He is referred to as General Tanaka late in the article and I had trouble deciding if this was the same person).

Baron
There is commentary here that Baron is inaccurate for the Japanese term.

However, online search turned up the following links: which are reputable encyclopedias and use the term Baron. RJFJR 16:56, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Columbia encyclopedia
 * Britannica

 * The Japanese term is "男爵" (Danshaku, だんしゃく), and as far as I can tell, Baron is the correct translation. In fact, on the Japanese Wikipedia, it is linked to an article that further describes exactly what a Danshaku is.
 * See 男爵 on the Japanese Wikipedia
 * Google also shows 22,000 hits for "男爵" & "Baron". For comparison sake (not that it's all that useful, but it surprised me) -- "総理大臣" & "Prime Minister" only gave 960 hits.  Neier 22:46, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

"Blood on the Sun"
The 1945 Hollywood movie Blood on the Sun (filmed in October 1944) is about the editor (played by James Cagney) of an American paper in Tokyo who acquires the Tanaka Memorial and seeks to smuggle it out of Japan.

Yes, it's a fictional movie, but given that it is effectively American propaganda, produced during the close of the war, it seems to me to be worthy of mention (after the mention of the "Why We Fight" series). In particular, it is example of presenting the Tanaka Memorial as being authentic.

Any thoughts? If there are no compelling objections, I'd like to add mention of it, with emphasis on its propaganda value at the time.

BMJ-pdx (talk) 04:10, 7 November 2018 (UTC)

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Yong tau foo

Yong tau foo (also spelled yong tao foo, yong tau fu, yong tau hu or yong tofu; ก๋วยเตี๋ยวแคะ in Thailand) is a Hakka Chinese dish consisting primarily of tofu filled with ground meat mixture or fish paste. Variations on this dish feature - instead of tofu - vegetables and mushrooms stuffed with ground meat or fish paste. Yong tau foo is eaten in numerous ways, either dry with a sauce or served as a soup dish.

It is commonly found in parts of China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, and in cities where there are large Hakka populations.

History
Long ago, the Hakkas started migrating Southwards in order to flee the war in Northern China and through a series of migrations, finally settled Southern China. Because they couldn't get hold of wheat flour to make dumpling skins during the festivals, they started using tofu instead. The word “Nyong” in Hakka describes the action of filling the tofu with the stuffing and hence “Yong Tau Foo” was born

Fried
Traditional Hakka versions of yong tau foo consists of tofu cubes stuffed and heaped with minced meat (usually lamb or pork) and herbs, then fried until golden brown, or sometimes braised. Variations include usage of various condiments, including eggplants, shiitake mushrooms, and bitter melon stuffed with the same meat paste. Traditionally, yong tau foo is served in a clear yellow bean stew along with the bitter melon and shiitake variants.

Soup
Particularly in the Southeast Asian Hakka diaspora, the term "yong tau foo" is used to describe a soup dish that substitutes minced meat with fish paste. The base of the dish is various forms of tofu stuffed with fish paste, but it is now common to stuff vegetables like bitter melon, okra, chilis with fish paste as well, and the soup can include other ingredients like fish balls, crab sticks, cuttlefish, sausages, etc. The foods are then sliced into bite-size pieces, cooked briefly in boiling broth and then served either in the broth as soup or with the broth in a separate bowl ("dry"). The dish is eaten with chopsticks and a soup spoon and can be eaten by itself or served with a bowl of steamed rice, noodles or rice vermicelli. Another variation of this dish would be to serve it with laksa gravy or curry sauce. Essential accompaniments are a spicy, vinegary chili sauce, originally made with red fermented bean curd and distantly similar in taste to Sriracha sauce, and a distinctive brown sweet bean sauce or hoisin sauce for dipping.

Regional variations
In Malaysia, particularly the Klang Valley, yong tau foo is often associated with the city of Ampang, Selangor, just outside the eastern end of Kuala Lumpur.

Thai yentafo, while otherwise similar, has a distinct pink colored-broth due to the use of fermented bean paste, which may be supplemented by blood or food colouring.

In Vietnam, particularly in southern Vietnam, khổ qua cà ớt consists of fish paste (known as chả cá) that is stuffed into either bitter melon, large chili peppers, fried tofu, eggplants, or tomatoes before being fried. The dish can be eaten as is, dipped in sauce, or in a bowl with broth.

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User talk:Jamyskis/Wiki-Hell

Herewith do I declare that the following evil-doers shalt burn forever in the fiery flames of Wiki-Hell:

 * Spammers - especially if they're money making
 * Shameless vanity authors - especially if they exaggerate their own deeds
 * Obsessive deletionists
 * Vandals - especially repeat offenders

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Lo Prado

Lo Prado is a Chilean commune located in Santiago, which is itself part of the Metropolitan region of Chile. It is part of the Greater Santiago urban area.

Demographics
According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, Lo Prado spans an area of 6.7 sqkm and has 104,316 inhabitants (50,608 men and 53,708 women), and the commune is an entirely urban area. The population fell by 6% (6617 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses. Its 2006 projected population was 98,983.

Stats

 * Average annual household income: US$26,950 (PPP, 2006)
 * Population below poverty line: 11.6% (2006)
 * Regional quality of life index: 81.80, high, 7 out of 52 (2005)
 * Human Development Index: 0.715, 100 out of 341 (2003)

Administration
As a commune, Lo Prado is a third-level administrative division of Chile administered by a municipal council, headed by an alcalde who is directly elected every four years. The 2012-2016 alcalde is Gonzalo Navarrete Muñoz (PPD). The communal council has the following members:
 * Nicolás Navarrete Hernández (PPD)
 * Juan Labra Sanhueza (RN)
 * Dino Girardi Lavín (PPD)
 * Juana Maturana González (PPD)
 * Cynthia Calderón Rodríguez (DC)
 * Silvia Valdivia Matus (PC)
 * Jimmy Arce Leiva (PS)
 * Gerónimo Flores Gómez (UDI)

Within the electoral divisions of Chile, Lo Prado is represented in the Chamber of Deputies by Nicolás Monckeberg (RN) and Cristina Girardi (PPD) as part of the 18th electoral district, (together with Cerro Navia and Quinta Normal). The commune is represented in the Senate by Guido Girardi Lavín (PPD) and Jovino Novoa Vásquez (UDI) as part of the 7th senatorial constituency (Santiago-West).

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County Ground

There are several stadiums in England called the County Ground:

 * Bristol County Ground – home of Gloucestershire CCC
 * County Cricket Ground, Chelmsford – home of Essex CCC
 * County Ground, Derby – home of Derbyshire CCC
 * County Ground, Durham (better known as the Riverside Ground) – home of Durham CCC
 * County Ground, Edgbaston, Birmingham (better known as Edgbaston) – home of Warwickshire CCC
 * County Ground Stadium, Exeter – the former home of Exeter Chiefs rugby union club
 * County Ground, Exeter, also in Exeter and used for Devon CCC home matches
 * County Cricket Ground, Hove – home of Sussex CCC
 * County Cricket Ground, Northampton (also known as Wantage Road), – home of Northamptonshire CCC and former home of Northampton Town F.C.
 * County Ground, Southampton – former home of Hampshire CCC
 * County Ground, Stoke-on-Trent - former home Staffordshire CCC
 * County Ground (Swindon) – home of Swindon Town F.C.
 * County Cricket Ground, Swindon - former home of Wiltshire CCC
 * County Ground, Taunton – home of Somerset CCC
 * County Ground, New Road, Worcester (better known as New Road) – home of Worcestershire CCC
 * County Cricket Ground, Beckenham, a cricket ground in Beckenham, England
 * County Ground, Lakenham, in Lakenham, Norwich, Norfolk
 * County Ground, Leyland, a football stadium in Leyland, Lancashire
 * County Ground, Leyton
 * County Ground, Old Trafford

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Talk:Governor-General of the Irish Free State

Governor-General
What's this stuff about the Irish Governor-General having the same role as the Canadian Governor-General? Under the Free State constitution the Governor-General was bound to act in accordance with the "law, practice and constitutional usage" relevant to the Governor-General of Canada. Where did that come from?

And do we have a source for this statement: It was hoped that, if he was given the same title as that used in other dominions, then, if the British government attempted to violate convention by using the office of Governor-General to interfere in the Free State's affairs, these other nations would see their own autonomy threatened and might object. This sounds like pure piffle. Pete 08:37, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * Constitution of the Irish Free State (Article 51):

 * "The Executive Authority of the Irish Free State (Saorstát Eireann) is hereby declared to be vested in the King, and shall be exercisable, in accordance with the law, practice and constitutional usage governing the exercise of the Executive Authority in the case of the Dominion of Canada, by the Representative of the Crown. There shall be a Council to aid and advise in the government of the Irish Free State (Saorstát Eireann) to be styled the Executive Council. The Executive Council shall be responsible to Dáil Eireann, and shall consist of not more than seven nor less than five Ministers appointed by the Representative of the Crown on the nomination of the President of the Executive Council."
 * Djegan 08:47, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * Thanks. Extraordinary, but then again, the whole process of Irish constitutional development seems to have been quite unusual in comparison to other Dominions. What about that "It was hoped..." business above? Surely that's not fair dinkum! Pete 09:10, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)

An interesting approach
Sorry to be the curios person here, but I would like to know the whole project of how a person or individual becomes a state governor. I've become quite interested in it for some reason and wish to know everything about how a person is granted the office.--Zhang Liao 04:15, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

Title
The article implies that the title "His Excellency" is associated with membership of the Privy Council. That title of Privy Councillors is of course Rt Hon.119.224.91.84 (talk) 09:09, 10 December 2013 (UTC)


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User:Jamyskis/Wiki-Hell

Herewith do I declare that the following evil-doers shalt burn forever in the fiery flames of Wiki-Hell:

 * Spammers. I can't stand spammers, especially if flogging off goods that they would have to pay someone ordinarily to take away.
 * Shameless vanity authors - especially if they exaggerate their own deeds.
 * Vandals - especially repeat offenders.

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Talk:Kumaraswamy's distribution

Please remove this page as it is the same as in the page under Kumaraswamy distribution.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of English words of Aramean origin

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was delete. — Xezbeth 10:09, Jun 21, 2005 (UTC)

List of English words of Aramean origin
Nonsense created by a vandal. ral 315  08:36, Jun 15, 2005 (UTC)
 * Note that the article has some semblance of a real page now; however things like Abra ka dabra still make me think this deserves deletion. Not to mention that user has deleted VFD notice.   ral  315  08:46, Jun 15, 2005 (UTC)

 * Speedy delete patent nonsense. Sjakkalle (Check!)  08:40, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete I know for a fact that the abracadabra part isn't true, which makes me suspect the rest is a hoax too. Andrew Lenahan - St ar bli nd 13:41, Jun 15, 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment: Actually, I'm pretty sure abracadabra is from an originally Aramaic magic formula. - Mustafaa 20:36, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * I found a reference here Andrew Lenahan - St ar bli nd 23:53, Jun 15, 2005 (UTC)
 * And a second --Tabor 00:29, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Silliness. -- BD2412 talk 14:15, 2005 Jun 15 (UTC)
 * Delete. I believe that Mammon is actually of Aramaic origin. --Scimitar 14:45, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Neutral. Mammon and (I think) Abracadabra are correct; sapphire and papa are folk etymologies. - Mustafaa 20:36, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete patent nonsense. JamesBurns 23:53, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete I see little value in this article. If anything, should be renamed ...Aramaic origin. Sasquatch′↔Talk↔Contributions 23:59, Jun 15, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. List of English words of Aramaic origin could be created, but it would take very careful work to distinguish from List of English words of Hebrew origin.  (A care I am pessimistic about seeing in the current climate at Wikipedia).  --Tabor 00:28, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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Landsec

Land Securities Group plc, trading as Landsec, is the largest commercial property development and investment company in the United Kingdom. The firm became a real estate investment trust (REIT) when REITs were introduced in the United Kingdom in January 2007. It is headquartered in London, England, and traded on the London Stock Exchange, and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.

History
The company traces its origins to 1944, when its founder Harold Samuel purchased Land Securities Investment Trust Limited, which owned three houses in Kensington and some government stock. Further acquisitions followed shortly afterwards and from 1947 the company concentrated on commercial property. In the early days some non-UK investments were acquired, but in 1971 these were sold off and the company decided to focus solely on the UK market. The company name was changed to Land Securities plc in 1982.

After buying Trillium in 2000, in 2002 it formed a 50/50 joint venture company (Telereal Trillium) with William Pears Group (WPG) to buy the property portfolio of British Telecom: after selling its shares in Telereal to WPG in 2007, Land Securities sold Trillium to WPG in 2009.

On 31 March 2012, Francis Salway was succeeded as chief executive by Robert Noel. Noel was managing director of the company's London properties, having joined Land Securities in January 2010 from Great Portland Estates plc.

On 12 June 2017, Land Securities rebranded as Landsec, although the registered company name remained Land Securities Group PLC.

In 2019, Landsec launched a series of open plan offices under the brand "Myo". The first Myo office opened that year, at 123 Victoria Street, London, followed by the second Myo office, at Liverpool Street, in May 2021.

In November 2020, amid the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom, Landsec announced plans to sell £4 billion of assets in the next four to five years, including hotels, leisure properties and retail parks affected by pandemic.

In November 2021, Landsec announced it was to acquire urban regeneration specialist U+I for £190 million.

In December 2021, Landsec increased its 30% ownership in the Bluewater Shopping Centre by acquiring a further 25% share from Lendlease Retail Partnership for £172 million. At the same time Landsec confirmed the sale of 25% of the newly acquired shares to M&G, one of Bluewater’s co-owners. Landsec’s overall share increased to 48.75%.

Operations
Landsec owns and manages more than 24000000 sqft of commercial property, from London offices and high street shops to major shopping centres and out-of-town retail parks. On 31 March 2024 the company's property portfolio was valued at £9.8 billion. The company owns the Piccadilly Lights in Piccadilly Circus in London. It has also led Project Nova, the development of the area around London Victoria station.

In 2010, Landsec purchased a number of tenement blocks in Victoria, central London, which had previously been used as a homeless shelter, and subsequently received multiple planning permissions for the site. As of 2021, after the buildings had remained empty for over a decade, the company said it planned to convert the buildings into flats.

Public engagement
On 8 May 2021, for World Ovarian Cancer Day, Landsec participated in the Cure our Ovarian Cancer Foundation's international awareness campaign. Their spot "An ad you can't miss, for a cancer you do", which shows 30 women who had been diagnosed with ovarian cancer, was screened at Piccadilly Circus, London, and Time Square, New York City. The spot was a pro bono production by Topham Guerin with Landsec and JCDecaux sponsoring the screening space.

title: Landsec