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Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury

Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury (12 May 1863 – 20 December 1915) was a Bengali writer, painter and entrepreneur. One of his written books is Chotoder Shera Bigyan Rochona Shongkolon. He was the son-in-law of reformer Dwarkanath Ganguly. He was also an entrepreneur. He was the first person who introduced color printing in Bengal. He started the first colour children's magazine Sandesh in 1913.

Family history
According to the history of the Ray family, one of their ancestors, Shri Ramsunder Deo (Deb), was a native of Chakdah village in Nadia district of present-day West Bengal, India. In search of fortune he migrated to Sherpur in East Bengal. There he met Raja Gunichandra, the zamindar of Jashodal, at the zamindar house of Sherpur. King Gunichandra was immediately impressed by Ramsunder's beautiful appearance and sharp intellect and took Ramsunder with him to his zamindari estate. He made Ramsunder his son-in-law and granted him some property in Jashodal, Kishorganj. From then on Ramsunder started living in Jashodal. His descendants migrated from there and settled down in the village of Masua in the Katiadi upazila of the Kishoreganj district.

Life

Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury was born on 12 May 1863, in a little village called Moshua in Mymensingh district of Bengal, (now Kishoreganj District in Bangladesh). He spent most of his adult life in Calcutta, where he died on 20 December 1915, aged only fifty-two.

He was born as Kamadaranjan Ray to Kalinath Ray, a scholar in Sanskrit, Arabic, and Persian language. His elder brother Saradaranjan Ray was one of the pioneers of Indian cricket who was called the W.G. Grace of India. At the age of five, Kamadaranjan was adopted by Harikishore, a family-relative who was a zamindar in Mymensingh. Harikishore renamed his adopted son as Upendrakishore Roychowdhury, and added the honorific 'Raychaudhuri' as a surname.

Ray Chowdhury passed the Entrance examination in 1880 with scholarship from Mymensingh Zilla School. He studied for a while at Presidency College, then affiliated with the University of Calcutta, but passed BA examination in 1884 from the Calcutta Metropolitan Institution (now Vidyasagar College). Upendra took to drawing while in school. He published his first literary work in the magazine Sakha in 1883.

His father Kalinath Ray was an expert in both English and Persian, and also in the traditional Indian and Anglo-Indian legal systems. He became an eminent expert for interpreting old land deeds written in Persian and in helping the landowners to get the best deal from the newly introduced British legal system in India. He became affluent, and in due course his family was able to afford two elephants.

Blockmaker, printer and publisher
Upendrakishore first introduced modern blockmaking, including half-tone and color blockmaking, in South Asia. When the reproduction using woodcut line blocks of his illustrations for one of his books, Chheleder Ramayan, was very poor, he imported books, chemicals, and equipment from Britain to learn the technology of blockmaking. After mastering this, in 1895 he successfully set up a business, U. Ray and Sons, of making blocks at 7, Shibnarain Lane, which then became his residence-cum-workplace. He experimented with the process of advanced blockmaking, and several of his technical articles about blockmaking were published in the Penrose Annual Volumes published from Britain. In his own lifetime, a printing expert from abroad commented that Upendrakishore's contribution was far more original than that of his counterparts in Europe and America, "which is all the more surprising when we consider how far he is from hub-centres of process work". He also went on publishing books, but initially he had them printed in other printing presses. His residence and business was located at 22, Sukeas Street (now the premises has been renamed 30B, Mahendra Srimany Street) from 1901 to 1914. The Sandesh magazine was first published here in 1913 (Baisakh Bengali year 1320).

In 1914 he founded what was then probably the finest printing press in South Asia, U. Ray and Sons at 100 Garpar Road. Even the building plans were designed by him He quickly earned recognition in India and abroad for the new methods he developed for printing both black and white and colour photographs with great accuracy of detail. It was with the intention of running this business that his son Sukumar Ray spent a few years at the University of Manchester's printing technology department.

Technological innovations
He experimented with the process of advanced blockmaking, and several of his technical articles about blockmaking were published in the Penrose Annual Volumes published from Britain. In his own lifetime, a printing expert from abroad commented that Upendrakishore's contribution was far more original than that of his counterparts in Europe and America, "which is all the more surprising when we consider how far he is from hub-centres of process work".

He invented several techniques related to halftone blockmaking, of which the "screen-adjusting machine" for the automatic focussing of process cameras, was also assembled in England following his design. The British handbook of printing technology, the Penrose Annual, Volume X, 1904–05, mentioned about him in an editorial note that, "Mr. Ray is evidently possessed of a mathematical quality of mind and he has reasoned out for himself the problems of half-tone work in a remarkably successful manner ... (His printing developments) enable the operator to do uniform work with the fullest graduation and detail in it and with the minimum amount of manipulative skill in the negative-making and etching." The Penrose Annual Volume XI of 1905–06 published his paper about the new technique of 60-degree screens in halftone blockmaking.

Author
"Cheleder Ramayana" was the first book by Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury. He embraced the liberal religious movement of Brahmo Samaj in 1883, after the death of his foster-father and was a deeply religious man, but his scientific bent of mind is reflected in the numerous science articles he wrote for children. He published two books on popular science, which were classics in the Bengali language. "Sekaler Katha" described the geological history of Earth and the ancient animals like dinosaurs. "Aakasher Katha" was an enthralling account of astronomy. His scientific interests were further nurtured by his close friendship to the scientists Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose and Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray, all of whom lived and worked very close to each other. He also published a well known collection of children's stories called Tuntunir Boi. He further wrote Gupi Gyne, a fantasy novel (later adapted into the film Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne); essays like Daasotto Pratha (regarding slavery in the United States), Sandow (on Eugen Sandow) etc and travelogues like Puri, Abar Purite (on Puri, Odisha), Megher Muluk (on Darjeeling). One of his written book is Chotoder Shera Biggan Rochona Shongkolon.

Also a musician, Upendrakishore wrote two books about music in Bengali – Sohaj Behala Shikkha, about learning to play the violin, and Sikhak Batorike Harmonium, about learning to play the harmonium as an accompaniment to Indian music. These were published by Dwarkin & Son, which was a famous music firm of the times, established by Dwarkanath Ghose, the inventor of the hand-harmonium. (Upendrakishore coined the name for the firm in 1875).

His children
Upendrakishore's eldest daughter, Shukhalata Rao, became a social worker, children's book author, and editor of a newspaper, Alok. She founded the Shishu-o-Matri Mangal Kendro (Centre for the Welfare of Children and Mothers) and the Orissa Nari Seva Sangha.

His eldest son was famous Sukumar Ray. His second daughter was Punyalata Chakraborty. His second son was Subinoy Ray and the youngest son Subimal Ray.

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Several discussions on the state of the process have taken place on the talk page, but there has been no action to make any changes. The project also lacks coordination since the "position" is vacant.

In the last 30 days, only 100 reviewers have made more than 8 patrols and only 50 have averaged one review a day. There are currently Special:ListUsers/patroller New Page Reviewers, but about a third have not had any activity in the past month. All administrators have this permission, but only about a dozen significantly contribute to NPP.

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In the last 30 days, the top 100 reviewers have all made more than 16 patrols (up from 8 last month), and about 70 have averaged one review a day (up from 50 last month).

While there are more people doing more reviews, many of the ~730 with the NPP right are doing little. Most of the reviews are being done by the top 50 or 100 reviewers. They need your help. We appreciate every review done, but please aim to do one a day (on average, or 30 a month).

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New Page Patrol newsletter August 2022
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After the last newsletter (No.28, June 2022), the backlog declined another 1,000 to 13,000 in the last week of June. Then the July backlog drive began, during which 9,900 articles were reviewed and the backlog fell by 4,500 to just under 8,500 (these numbers illustrate how many new articles regularly flow into the queue). Thanks go to the coordinators and, as well as all the nearly 100 participants. Congratulations to who led with 880 points. See this page for further details.
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October 2022 New Pages Patrol backlog drive
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New Page Patrol newsletter October 2022
Hello , Much has happened since the last newsletter over two months ago. The open letter finished with 444 signatures. The letter was sent to several dozen people at the WMF, and we have heard that it is being discussed but there has been no official reply. A related article appears in the current issue of The Signpost. If you haven't seen it, you should, including the readers' comment section.

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New Pages Patrol newsletter January 2023
Hello , The October drive reduced the backlog from 9,700 to an amazing 0! Congratulations to who led with 2084 points. See this page for further details. The queue is steadily rising again and is approaching 2,000. It would be great if <2,000 were the “new normal”. Please continue to help out even if it's only for a few or even one patrol a day. won the 2022 cup for 28,302 article reviews last year - that's an average of nearly 80/day. There was one Gold Award (5000+ reviews), 11 Silver (2000+), 28 Iron (360+) and 39 more for the 100+ barnstar. led again for the 4th year by clearing 49,294 redirects. For the full details see the Awards page and the Hall of Fame. Congratulations everyone!
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New Page Patrol – May 2023 Backlog Drive
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Redirect drive: In response to an unusually high redirect backlog, we held a redirect backlog drive in May. The drive completed with 23851 reviews done in total, bringing the redirect backlog to 0 (momentarily). Congratulations to who led with a staggering 4316 points, followed by  and  with 2868 and 2546 points respectively. See this page for more details. The redirect queue is steadily rising again and is steadily approaching 4,000. Please continue to help out, even if it's only for a few or even one review a day.

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New page patrol October 2023 Backlog drive
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New pages patrol newsletter
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Backlog update: At the time of this message, there are 11,300 articles and 15,600 redirects awaiting review. This is the highest backlog in a long time. Please help out by doing additional reviews!

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It's a personal page. 202.63.160.146 15:23, 15 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment: took the liberty of correcting improper wikiformatting. (Abstain.)  Marblespire 18:49, 15 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete Neologism/Made up word. Says so itself in the article. --Lord Voldemort (Dark Mark) 19:16, 15 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Userfy - "'anildigital' is the word created by Anil Wadghule... Anil is my name. Digital is my inspiration. So I use anildigital as my online identity". Enough said. -- BD2412  talk 19:56, July 15, 2005 (UTC)
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 * Delete. Made-up word and vanity.   ‡   Jarlaxle   00:11, July 16, 2005 (UTC)
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Minimal Compact

Minimal Compact is an Israeli rock band associated with the post-punk and indie rock movement of the 1980s.

Biography
Between its foundation in 1980 and its dissolution seven years later, Minimal Compact played an important role in the European rock scene. Malka Spigel (bass, vocals), Samy Birnbach (vocals, lyrics) and Berry Sakharof (guitars, keyboards, vocals) left their native Tel Aviv in 1981 for Amsterdam in search of an escape from the provincial attitudes of their own city. Of the trio, only Berry was a "real" musician. Malka was "learning to play the bass", while Samy was better known as a DJ (Morpheus) and a music fan who dabbled in poetry. They recorded a 2-song demo at home, and became one of the first artists signed to the Belgian Crammed label.

During the recording for a speculative 7" in a little studio in the Belgian countryside, it became quickly evident that the trio had hit upon something worthy of development and their first, self-titled, mini album Minimal Compact was the fruit of this. Their burgeoning style was a heavily Middle-Eastern coloured brand of post-new wave, based on driving rhythms, scratchy guitars and their own very un- "Anglo-American" style of vocalisation. In this way they both prefigured alternative dance and later fascinations with so called world music. This mini-album (now re-released on CD along with its successor "One by One") features "Statik Dancin' " which remained a live staple throughout the band's career, and "Creation Is Perfect", based on a text by the beat poet Bob Kaufman.

One by One, the second album, was recorded in London in 1982, and like its predecessor co-produced by Dirk Polak (from Mecano (Dutch band)) and Crammed supremo Marc Hollander. It includes tracks such as "Babylonian Tower", "Disguise" (another live staple), "It Takes a Lifetime". With this release Minimal Compact had become a "real band" with the addition of the native Amsterdammer Max Franken on drums. Now Minimal could play live, this was to prove a strong element in their career. As Minimal began to tour more extensively they went from strength to strength as a live band.

Deadly Weapons, produced by Gilles Martin and Tuxedomoon's Peter Principle dates from 1984 and is considered by some their most experimental album. Nonetheless, it threw up a "club classic" of the time in the shape of "Next One Is Real" (famously remixed by Dick O'Dell, one time boss of the Guerilla label). The sleeve was by Neville Brody. On this album the "classic" 5-person line up became complete with the addition of guitarist/vocalist Rami Fortis a long time Minimal cohort from Tel Aviv who was arguably Israel's most innovative post-punk musician with his solo debut Plonter (tangle). Fortis had previously collaborated with Malka on their "7 codes" tape (a low-fi home tape effort which had been sold in the indie shops in Amsterdam).

Touring by this point took them further and further afield, everywhere from Palermo to Kyoto fell to their conquest, although British success was limited to an NME single of the week and a John Peel session.

Raging Souls was released in 1985. Produced by Colin Newman, with artwork by Eno/Sylvian collaborator Russell Mills, it has proved their most popular album, with tracks like "My Will", "When I Go" (which was included in Wim Wenders' Wings of Desire movie soundtrack), "The Traitor", "Autumn Leaves" all of which became live favorites. By this time Minimal had become established in Brussels and were at the hub of the local "International Indie Scene" which featured at various times, Tuxedomoon (both individually and collectively), Bel Canto, Colin Newman, Sonoko, Gilles Martin and Benjamin Lew.

As a follow-up Minimal Compact recorded a 12" Immigrants Songs (featuring a Led Zeppelin cover) with Israeli Uri Barak. Like "Next One Is Real" before it the 12" received extensive US college/dance attention and figures amongst their most enduring work.

The Figure One Cuts was their last studio album, recorded in 1987 with producer John Fryer (Cocteau Twins, Depeche Mode, M/A/R/R/S). Tracks include "Nil-Nil"", "Inner Station", "New Clear Twist", "Piece of Green". The Lowlands Flight instrumental album was released at the same time in Crammed's "Made To Measure" series. The touring continued but their goal of following up their record success in the USA was never achieved as several planned tours were cancelled because the US immigration authorities refused to grant them visas.

Minimal Compact Live was recorded in 1987 in Rennes, France, this last album came out after the band split in '88.

In 2004, The band reformed briefly for a series of shows in Israel and a European tour. Crammed published a "best of" compilation and a box set containing unreleased material and remixes to coincide with the reunion. Berry & Fortis are currently collaborating under the name Fortisakharof, Malka & Max are in Githead & Samy continues to DJ and make music under the name DJ Morpheus.

In July 2008, the band reunited for series of live shows in Tel Aviv, Israel, starting on July 8, 2008, marking the 60th birthday of Samy Birnbach.

On November 12, 2011, it was announced that Minimal Compact would be reuniting for a short tour of five dates in Israel in January–February 2012. The band would perform in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, between January 25–February 2, 2012.

On August 12, 2012, it was announced that Minimal Compact would perform a live gig at Lodz, Poland in September 2012.

On November 8, 2015, it was announced that Minimal Compact would be reuniting for two dates in Israel in January 2016. The high demand caused the band to extend the short tour to four dates; the band would perform in Tel Aviv, between January 20–26, 2016.

In October 2019 the album Creation Is Perfect was released. After the release of this album In November 2019 Minimal Compact held an additional five concerts in Israel. The concerts were all sold out.

Band members

 * Malka Spigel - bass, vocals
 * Samy Birnbach - vocals, lyrics
 * Berry Sakharof - guitars, keyboards, vocals
 * Max Franken - drums
 * Rami Fortis - guitars, vocals

Albums

 * 1981: Minimal Compact (Crammed Discs)
 * 1982: One By One (Crammed Discs)
 * 1984: Pieces for Nothing – Soundtrack for the 1983 ballet by Pierre Droulers. Included in the compilation "Made to Measure Vol. 1" (Crammed Discs), featuring Tuxedomoon, Aqsak Maboul and Benjamin Lew
 * 1984: Next One Is Real (Wax Trax!)
 * 1984: Deadly Weapons (Crammed Discs)
 * 1985: Raging Souls (Crammed Discs)
 * 1987: Lowlands Flight (Made to Measure Vol. 10) (Crammed Discs)
 * 1987: The Figure One Cuts (Crammed Discs)
 * 1988: Minimal Compact Live (Crammed Discs)
 * 2003: Returning Wheel (Classics) (NMC Records)
 * 2004: There's Always Now (Remixes & Remakes) (Crammed Discs)
 * 2019: Creation Is Perfect (Minimal Compact)

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Another option?
Maybe the best way to cover the Barth debate is to fix up Neo-orthodoxy and use that instead. That way, we could state the opinion of conservative Calvinists in that article (with a link elsewhere), to prevent the problem.

Yes?

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 * Seems to me that Neo-orthodoxy was born in Reformed circles but is now much broader, so I prefer Barth. (However, I'm also open to trying altogether different [wholly other?] approaches to the template as it now stands.) --Fl e x (talk|contribs) 15:17, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

 * Can we somehow neutrally list "alternative", "remonstrant", "non-traditional", "non-confessional" interpretations of Calvin - so that Arminianism, Amyrauldianism, and Barth are listed? — Mark (Mkmcconn) ** 19:36, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

 * A good idea if we can do it neutrally. --Fl e x (talk|contribs) 19:39, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

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It just occurred to me while working on the Huldrych Zwingli article, shouldn't he be under the "Background" category rather than the "Influences"? Calvinism could not have influenced Zwingli considering that he died before Calvinism was spread. But through Bullinger and the Zürich Consensus, Zwingli could have been an important "background" to Calvinism. --RelHistBuff (talk) 13:45, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

 * I think the problem is just an ambiguous title. The archive discussion indicates that the members of the "Influences" section are persons/entities that influenced the development of Calvinism in its various forms, rather than those who were influenced by Calvinism. "Influencers" is perhaps more accurate if clunkier, but I think we could rely on context since only the "influencers" meaning makes sense, as you noticed. Can you think of a less ambiguous title? Another approach would be to remove him since the connection is not so much greater than other Reformers such as Bullinger or Vermigili. --Fl e x (talk/contribs) 16:28, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

 * Ah "Influences" as a noun. I guess I understood it as a verb as in "Calvinism influences x". Probably another noun that does not get confused as a verb would be better. "Personalities", "Authorities", "Characters", "Leaders"? Another comment: is the Synod of Dort a "Background"? --RelHistBuff (talk) 17:24, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

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I propose a new section for history mentioning important movements and events that shaped the Reformed Churches such like Reformation in Switzerland, Crypto-Calvinism, Scottish Reformation, Reformation in the Kingdom of Hungary, the Vestments controversy, the History of the Calvinist–Arminian debate, Synod of Dort, Bishops' Wars, Antinomian Controversy, Westminster Assembly, Nonconformist (Protestantism), Helvetic Consensus, Half-Way Covenant, Old Side–New Side controversy, Old School–New School controversy, 1886 Dutch Reformed Church split and so on. Barumbarumba (talk) 10:17, 6 June 2023 (UTC)

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Is it preferable to use an abstract symbol rather than a depiction of certain figures? If so, is there such an appropriate symbol? Lutherans have the rose, and the Anglican template uses Canterbury Cathedral, for example

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If one of these really only stood for a subset of the reformed movement, say the Huguenot cross for the Huguenots alone, I don't think we could use it. However, I notice that the Huguenot cross is already in use for the "Calvinism portal", so perhaps it is a valid candidate. Dirkwillems (talk) 20:54, 11 April 2024 (UTC)

 * The burning bush seems pretty widely used compared to the alternatives, for example the Reformed Church of France used it in addition to the Huguenot cross before their merger. The flames in the PC(USA) logo are supposed to be a nod to it. And then of course the Church of Scotland. If you're going to use the Calvin medallion or the arms you might as well use a Calvin portrait, because no one will know what they are without clicking and finding the relationship to Calvin. -- JFHutson (talk) 21:43, 11 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Here's a version with a transparent background and without the motto Burning bush icon.png JFHutson (talk) 14:32, 12 April 2024 (UTC)
 * I like that. I think you're right that the bush is more widely appropriate than these alternatives. The question remains, is it preferable? Dirkwillems (talk) 21:25, 12 April 2024 (UTC)
 * I wouldn't be opposed to the Huguenot cross, but I could see someone saying it's particular to Huguenots. I've never seen it used by associated with anyone but them. I was trying to show that the bush isn't as tied to Presbyterians, but that is probably the main association. I could go either way. The longstanding status of the Huguenot cross on the portal might indicate it's the way to go, but it's also possible people just don't know how to change it or complain about it. -- JFHutson (talk) 21:56, 12 April 2024 (UTC)

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Bart Simpson's Guide to Life

Bart Simpson's Guide to Life is a humorous book published in the United States in 1993 by HarperCollins (imprint HarperPerennial). It includes advice from the Simpsons character Bart Simpson on how to deal with life. The book was written by several authors, and was helped into print by Matt Groening. It has received critical praise.

Background
The book was published in 1993 by HarperCollins. The entire name of the book is Bart Simpson's Guide to Life: A Wee Handbook for the Perplexed. It was written by numerous contributing authors: Peter Alexander, Jamie Angell, Ted Brock, Eileen Campion, Max Franke, Jim Jensen, Barbara McAdams, Bill Morrison, Mili Smythe, Mary Trainor, and Doug Whaley. The Simpsons creator Matt Groening is credited with helping the book into print. Morrison, Dale Hendrickson, and John Adam are listed as the book's artists.

Contents
The main purpose of Bart Simpson's Guide to Life is to give supposedly helpful tips and advice on how to cope with life (including parents, peers, school, romance, health, and manners) as experienced by the fictional character Bart Simpson from the animated television series The Simpsons. Although, as noted by Nancy Basile of About.com, "one should be cautious when accepting advice from the child who spends much of his school time at the blackboard writing punishments." Phillip Slee wrote in Child, Adolescent and Family Development that the book provides a "contemporary glimpse into the world of middle childhood". Specific things taught to readers by Bart in the book include how to increase one's allowance, avoid chores in the home, and getting away with cheating in school. A nutritional manual by Bart is also included.

Reception
Nancy Basile of About.com gave Bart Simpson's Guide to Life a five out of five rating, commenting: "This book is a banger. You'll get a lot of laughs for a lot less than other cartoon books. [...] If you're a Bart fan, you must own this book. If you're a fan of The Simpsons, you'll love this book. If you're just getting to know our favorite family, you should pick up this book to enjoy some giggles at new jokes and Bart's past adventures. Every fan will love this book, the first, second and third time." Basile also praised the illustrations as "hysterical".

March Rogers, writing for RTÉ.ie, was more negative. He wrote: "The funny bit is Matt Groening's introduction, from there is falls away to the kind of humour written on the walls of bathrooms and the backs of copy books in primary school. It seems to be pitched in-between audiences—too adult for children, too childish for adults. Page after page of annoyingly laid out poorly written prose recommending everything from cool things to be when you grow up to questioning whether or not they have secret sauce in Heaven. This attempt to portray the Simpsons characters indicates both that they do not translate well to print and that whoever contributed to this book was not a writer on the show."

Bart Simpson's Guide to Life was included on a list of "30-plus actual books written by fictional TV characters" by authors of The A.V. Club. They wrote that because "characters have developed and the show's voice has changed, Bart's Guide To Life is understandably a bit dated 17 years later (see the reference to Simpsons bootleg shirts), but like a lot of the books on this list, it's a souvenir from a different pop-cultural age."

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User talk:Yeceniareyes

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Maud, Ohio

Maud is an unincorporated community in central West Chester Township, Butler County, Ohio, United States, located on Cincinnati–Dayton Road (also known as the Dixie Highway). Originally called Shoemaker, it was renamed for Richard Maud, the town's first postmaster and was formerly a stop on the Dayton Short Line, which became part of the Big Four Railroad. An important road in West Chester and Liberty Townships is Maud Hughes Road.

Around the late 1860s or early 1870s, Maud was the site of an attempt by a local entrepreneur to construct a mill that worked via perpetual motion. A large crowd gathered to watch the mill start, and when it did not, laughter ensued. Nothing was heard from the unnamed entrepreneur again, and the mill quickly vanished. The local newspapers did not record the event, and the only record of its occurrence was transmitted by elderly residents of Maud to one William Marion Miller of Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.

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Cambridge Seven

The Cambridge Seven were six students from Cambridge University and one from the Royal Military Academy, who in 1885, decided to become missionaries to China through the China Inland Mission. The seven were:

 * Charles Thomas Studd
 * Montagu Harry Proctor Beauchamp
 * Stanley P. Smith
 * Dixon Edward Hoste
 * Arthur T. Polhill-Turner
 * Cecil H. Polhill-Turner
 * William Wharton Cassels

Preparations in Britain
During the Victorian era (1837–1901) a growing number of students at the University of Cambridge became interested in serving overseas as missionaries, clergyman, educators, physicians, and linguists. In 1881 the Cambridge Centre for Christianity Worldwide (then named the Henry Martyn Hall) was formed to help members of the university learn about overseas missionary service. When the British missionary Hudson Taylor came to Cambridge in 1885, seven students of the university volunteered to serve with the China Inland Mission. Before leaving the seven held a farewell tour to spread the message across the country – it was during this tour that someone dubbed them "The Cambridge Seven."

For the next month, the seven toured the University campuses of England and Scotland, holding meetings for the students. Queen Victoria was pleased to receive their booklet containing The Cambridge Seven's testimonies. The record of their departure is recorded in "The Evangelisation of the World: A Missionary Band". It became a national bestseller. Their influence extended to America where it led to the formation of Robert Wilder's Student Volunteer Movement.

All seven had become born-again Christians and were moved by their beliefs to go to China in 1885 to spread these beliefs and to help the local population; most remained in or connected to missionary work for the rest of their lives. They were greatly influenced by Taylor's book China's Spiritual Need and Claims. After their acceptance into the China Inland Mission, the seven toured England and Scotland, preaching and appealing to their listeners to follow their example and follow Christ. Charles Studd's brother Kynaston helped the seven in their preparations for departure.

Assessment
The conversion and example of the seven was one of the grand gestures of 19th-century missions, making them religious celebrities; as a result, their story was published as "The Evangelisation of the World" and was distributed to every YMCA and YWCA throughout the British Empire and the United States.

Though their time together was brief, they helped catapult the China Inland Mission from obscurity to "almost embarrassing prominence", and their work helped to inspire many recruits for the CIM and other mission societies. In 1885, when the Seven first arrived in China, the CIM had 163 missionaries; this had doubled by 1890 and reached some 800 by 1900, which represented one-third of the entire Protestant missionary force.

Work
The Cambridge Seven arrived in Shanghai on 18 March 1885 and engaged in a variety of ministries throughout China:
 * William Wharton Cassels worked in China for ten years and then returned to England in 1895 where he was consecrated as the new Bishop of a new diocese in Western China (Szechwan). He then returned to Western China – he lived there until his death in 1925, and was buried in the garden of the diocesan cathedral.
 * Stanley Peregrine Smith was sent to North China. There he learned Chinese language and soon became as fluent a preacher in Chinese as he was in English. He died in China on 31 January 1931.
 * Charles Studd, one of the famous Studd brothers, who was before his missionary work well known as an England cricketer – having played in the famous Ashes series against Australia, was probably the best known of "The Cambridge Seven." He was sent home because of ill health in 1894. Later he worked in India and Africa and was the founder of WEC.  He died in 1931.
 * Arthur T. Polhill-Turner was ordained as a minister in 1888 and moved to the densely populated countryside of Szechwan to reach as many people as he could. He remained in China throughout the uprisings against foreigners at the turn of the century and did not leave there until 1928, when he retired and returned to England. He died in 1935.
 * Cecil H. Polhill-Turner stayed in the same province with the others for a while before moving to the northwest, in the direction of Tibet. During a violent riot there he and his wife were both nearly killed in 1892. In 1900, his health failed and he was sent home to England where he was strongly advised against a return to China. Despite this ban, his heart remained there and throughout the rest of his life, he made seven prolonged missionary visits. In 1908 in Sunderland he became the leader of the Pentecostal Missionary Union and was greatly used in the formation of the Pentecostal Movement in Britain. He died in England in 1938.
 * Montagu Harry Proctor Beauchamp was evacuated from China in 1900 because of the uprisings but returned to China in 1902. He then returned to England in 1911 and served as a chaplain with the British Army and Vicar of Monkton Combe in Somerset. His son became a second-generation missionary in China and in 1935 he returned to China; he died at his son's mission station in 1939, in Paoning, and was buried in the cemetery of St John's Cathedral.
 * Dixon Hoste was the only one of the Cambridge Seven who was not educated at Cambridge. He succeeded Hudson Taylor as the Director of the China Inland Mission and for thirty years, he led the Mission. He retired in 1935 but remained in China until 1945, when he was interned by the Japanese. He died in London, in May 1946 and was the last member of "The Cambridge Seven" to die.

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User:Dksaun

Hey, I'm a new user. I'm interested in biology, music theory, and philosophy.

Articles
Here is a listed of articles that I have started or done major editing on.

Music

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Mythology

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Film poster for Emile.

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Talk:Minute Maid Park

The Name Change
I heard that when they changed the name, they offered a prize to anyone who could find the phrase, or logo of Enron in Minute Maid Park. Can anyone provide any information on this? I think its a hillarious little detail. -- Theycallmemorty 15:28, 15 July 2005 (UTC)

The Roof
ESPN is running a story that Bud Selig wants the roof open for the World Series but there might be bad weather for those nights in Houston. Does anyone know how long it takes to open/close the roof in case there is bad weather?
 * Just about 20 minutes, if I recall correctly. --bbatsell  |  « give me a ring »  03:47, 25 October 2005 (UTC)
 * "12-20 minutes", according to the Astros' website. --bbatsell  |  « give me a ring »  03:50, 25 October 2005 (UTC) Yet i wonder...
 * I'm waiting for the conspiracists to suggest that MLB is doing everything it can to make sure the White Sox win. Wahkeenah 12:56, 26 October 2005 (UTC)

Tal's Hill
This article says that Tal's Hill is a 10-degree incline. The Tal's Hill article says it's 30 degrees. This sounds like an inconsistancy. Is it? If so, what is the real value? --Amoore 04:38, 26 October 2005 (UTC)

If you've seen it on TV recently, it is definitely more than 10 degrees. It's also an abomination, but that's another story. Wahkeenah 12:54, 26 October 2005 (UTC)

I've added the following reference which states that the incline is 30 degrees, and also verifies other facts in the article: —Quarl (talk) 2007-02-28 10:06Z

Astros No hitter
6/11/2003 Astros over Yankees 8-0[]
 * This no-hitter occurred at Yankee stadium. The Astros have not thrown a no-hitter at minute maid park.Cjosefy 15:48, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

Text
Why is all the text crammed into the infobox? I can't figure out what went wrong with the formatting.  SCH ZMO  ✍ 18:24, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

Merge from Tal's Hill
I've merged Tal's Hill to Minute Maid Park. —Quarl (talk) 2007-02-28 10:01Z

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Hurricane Ike
Did Hurricake Ike have impacts on Minute Maid Park? If it did — aside from the fact games were postponed or moved at around the time of the storm, although notable — then this article should include information about the impacts of Hurricane Ike on the park. Briguy52748 (talk) 21:55, 21 October 2008 (UTC)]]

Coca-Cola cats
Hello, I'm cleaning up the cats for Coke articles. Since Minute Maid is the juice brand of Coca-Cola, I added the same cats I did for other stadiums the company sponsors. Since I don't know if it's common knowledge who owns MM, I just wanted to explain what I was doing. If anyone has suggestions for further improvements to the cats/templates, I'm always happy to refine them futher.RevelationDirect (talk) 04:32, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

telephone numbers
wouldn't be nice to have a phone number for Minute Maid Park in an easy to locate section of this article??? I think so. Also, trying to figure out the optimal parking section and entrance for a specific seating section would be REALLY nice... Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.198.82.210 (talk) 00:32, 24 September 2011 (UTC)
 * I know this is really late to respond to this, but I figured I might as well do so for those who stumble across it later. Phone numbers, parking, etc. is not appropriate for an encyclopedia article. Have a read at WP:NOTGUIDE to understand how Wikipedia is not a guidebook.  Thanks! Brian Reading (talk) 04:53, 19 December 2013 (UTC)

attending a game for a fee
The piece states that, "In 2004, the Astros launched Wi-Fi throughout the ballpark, allowing fans to use the Internet while attending a game for a fee..." The wi-fi can be used by fans who pay for a ticket and for fans who might get in for free. Maybe this wacky syntax should be reworked to something more clear, such as : In 2004, the Astros launched Wi-Fi throughout the ballpark, allowing fans to use the Internet for a fee while attending a game... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.27.133.111 (talk) 03:18, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Fence heights?
We'd sure like to know how high the fences are in the outfield. If anyone knows, please share it with us.

Yugiohfan2010 (talk) 18:29, 27 January 2015 (UTC)

Why does it talk about Tal's Hill like it's already gone?
an edit is needed — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.29.87.28 (talk) 05:26, 15 April 2016 (UTC)

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Screen Size
The screen at minutemaid park is not the fourth largest in baseball. Correction needed.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/ct-baseball-video-boards-htmlstory.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1012:B104:4E97:911C:A56B:CC8E:A267 (talk) 03:34, 14 February 2018 (UTC)

Merger proposal

 * The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

I propose that Tal's Hill be merged into Minute Maid Park. Tal's Hill is a no longer existing feature of Minute Maid, and the article on the hill is short enough and not likely to be expanded (again, since the feature no longer exists), so doesn't really merit its own article. I see in the history for Tal's Hill that it was previously merged back in 2007, but The C of E took it upon himself to recreate the page in 2017. 73.32.38.72 (talk) 15:31, 10 October 2018 (UTC)

Oppose: 10 year old consensus (which I didn't know about when I created it) is not really holding the same weight as WP:CCC. Besides, the fact it no longer exists is not a valid reason for merging as it is now historical reference, neither is the length as it is well sourced. Besides WP:UNDUE would preclude the need for it to be merged as it would put more weight on the Hill than the ballpark.  The C of E God Save the Queen!  ( talk ) 20:14, 10 October 2018 (UTC)

Conditional Support: The argument for UNDUE is unconvincing. The Minute Maid Park article is fairly comprehensive, so adding about about five or six short paragraphs on Tal's Hill will not make the rest of the article topple from the weight of additional content. I agree that the Tal's article is well-sourced and can stand on its own; however, reincorporating it to the Minute Maid Park article will make the latter more comprehensive, and it will stand a better chance of developing into a GA or FA. Tal's Hill is important enough to the history of the ballpark that it warrants a detailed narrative. I only support a merger proposal that would preserve the content of the current Tal's Hill article, other than copy edits. If the idea is to merge and cut the content in half, I would oppose. Oldsanfelipe (talk) 15:08, 11 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Merger proposer's reply - I am absolutely in favor of keeping the bulk of the Tal's Hill article text, it's well written and would be an asset to the Minute Maid Park article, and I think there is plenty of room for it. I'm calling for a genuine merger here, not a delete and redirect. 73.32.38.72 (talk) 15:13, 11 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Comment: We could try merging (and pretty much keeping the Tal's Hill text) and waiting to see if any longform/detailed articles come out. As we go we could add more and more info to the Tal's Hill page until it becomes clear that it's becoming too much weight for Minute Maid Park. Then we can re-spin it into a separate article. WhisperToMe (talk) 14:58, 21 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Sounds like a plan to me, we've got 3 to 1 in favor of the merge, not to mention the consensus for merging back in 2007 (C of E's "I didn't know about the consensus" argument is a not compelling argument, and with 3 to 1 for merging now, it appears his "consensus can change" argument is a nonstarter. 73.32.38.72 (talk) 21:52, 6 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Done. As you see, we've got a section on Tal's Hill in the article that has all the information the standalone article had: Minute_Maid_Park — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.32.38.72 (talk) 22:00, 6 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Hang on, you can't just agree with yourself that there should be a merge when the consensus does not exist. Besides this nomination is WP:STALE. IF you insist on pursing this then, make a proper proposal.  The C of E God Save the Queen!  ( talk ) 22:07, 6 June 2019 (UTC)
 * I'm not "agreeing with myself", Oldsanfelipe supported merging as long as all the information was retained, which it was, and WhisperToMe obviously agreed with merging, as did GenQuest since he completed the merger, which you then reverted. That's four people in favor of merging, you're the only person opposing it. And your claim that the discussion is somehow "stale" and thus can't be acted upon, so I have to make ANOTHER merger proposal has absolutely no basis in wikipedia policy or guidelines, the WP:STALE link you provided relates to old unfinished draft articles on User Pages, it has absolutely nothing whatsover to do with setting some kind of expiration date for merger proposals. 73.32.38.72 (talk) 20:57, 7 June 2019 (UTC)

New Merger Proposal
According to Robert McClenon, we have to start this merger discussion all over again. So again, I propose that Tal's Hill be merged into Minute Maid Park. Tal's Hill is a no longer existing feature of Minute Maid, and the article on the hill is short enough and not likely to be expanded (again, since the feature no longer exists), so doesn't really merit its own article. All of the text from the Tal's Hill article is already in this article, so no information on Tal's Hill would be lost, and also because that information is already here, we know that having the information here has not and will not cause undue weight to be placed on Tal's Hill in this article. The standalone article is redundant. 2600:1700:D6E0:65E0:8400:D781:3985:AB45 (talk) 12:08, 10 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Support merger A separate article is undue for a feature in one ballpark. Yes, there was quite a bit written about it as it was so unusual, and therefore should definitely be discussed here, but it still was ultimately a feature of the ballpark, not an independent thing that needs an independent article. oknazevad (talk) 14:00, 10 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Support Merge: There is really no reason that this was reversed after being on the noticeboard for seven months —unopposed except by one person. Favor re-merge.   GenQuest  "Talk to Me" 19:09, 10 June 2019 (UTC)

 * Support merge as it can be adequately covered here (and as a sidenote since it was a complete article as is this I'm not sure what draft is being referenced with WP:STALE). Best, Barkeep49 (talk) 19:23, 10 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Support merger: The Hill is no longer exists so, the opportunities for an un-merged article to be expanded are limited.Orsoni (talk) 20:55, 10 June 2019 (UTC)

 * Oppose: To merge this would be WP:UNDUE towards the Hill. The fact it may not exist any more is irrelevant when there are sufficient 3rd party sources for its existence. Indeed we do also feature unique baseball quirks with independent articles such as Green Monster and Monument Park (Yankee Stadium).  The C of E God Save the Queen!  ( talk ) 06:36, 11 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Comment: and, do you think it will be possible to make "Tat's Hill" as long as Green Monster and Monument Park? The latter two are much longer than Tat's Hill. As I said above, one could re-merge it just for now and then see if "Tat's Hill" can be lengthened to be point where it can be split off again, with a summary of Tat's Hill kept here. WhisperToMe (talk) 17:00, 22 June 2019 (UTC)
 * I think given that the Green Monster and Monument Park have been around for over 100 years and over 80 years respectively, and are parts of two of the most storied ballparks in the country, vs Tal's Hill which was only around for 16 years, in a much newer and less storied ballpark, and is no longer extant, no, I don't think a standalone article about Tal's Hill could ever be as long as either of the other two. And I think as Minute Maid ages and develops more of a history and legacy of its own, Tal's Hill will continue to diminish in significance. 73.32.38.72 (talk) 18:34, 25 June 2019 (UTC)

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On the National Register? Really?
How has it been that for almost three years, this article has claimed, through its categorization, that MMP is on the National Register of Historic Places, without anything in the article supporting it, without it being on the WP:NRHP worklist, or any of the four sublists of National Register of Historic Places listings in Houston. I mean, it was built in 2000, way earlier than the 50 years the NPS usually likes something to have before it will even consider listing the property. This should have been something that clearly needed citations before being added to the article and shouldn't have passed the smell test without them ..., who added this, is a quality editor, so this wasn't sneaky vandalism. The most charitable guess I can make is that there was some confusion between MMP and its predecessor, the Astrodome, which has subsequently been listed on the Register. But that still looks sloppy.

I am removing the two categories before they further embarrass the project, but really ... that's not enough; we need to understand why we made this mistake so we don't make it again. Daniel Case (talk) 20:56, 8 July 2019 (UTC)
 * I think it’s because Union Station, which MMP was basically integrated into, has been listed since the 1970s. I’m not sure of the exact relationship between MMP and Union Station and I have no opinion on this specific matter, but I’d bet that’s where the intent of that edit was. Larry Hockett (Talk) 21:03, 8 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Good that it finally has been fixed. Sorry.  I don't know what I was reading/thinking 3 years ago.  Hmains (talk) 03:05, 9 July 2019 (UTC)

Proposed merge of Crawford Boxes into Minute Maid Park
The Crawford Boxes are not notable independent of the stadium that they are a part of, similar to how the article on Tal's Hill was merged. – Muboshgu (talk) 21:08, 10 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Merge Aspect of the stadium, not independently notable. --Macrakis (talk) 21:28, 4 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Merge I agree, they are not independently notable. Dmoore5556 (talk) 02:33, 7 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Merge Agree with both statements above. Not independently notable and would fit well as a section on the larger article.SpokaneWilly (talk) 09:47, 20 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Merge Indeed, there is absolutely no independent notability for these. Unlike the Green Monster, they aren't well-known outside Houston. Songwaters (talk) 01:05, 24 October 2021 (UTC)
 * ‘’’Merge’’’ not independently notable outside of discussion of Minute Maid, can be adequately covered in this article. 2600:1700:12C8:10:4104:BD7B:8AB8:993B (talk) 18:53, 24 October 2021 (UTC)
 * ✅ Klbrain (talk) 08:50, 2 November 2021 (UTC)

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The First of the Microbe Hunters

The First of the Microbe Hunters is the fifth EP by English-French rock band Stereolab. It was released on 16 May 2000 in the United Kingdom by Duophonic Records and in the United States by Elektra Records. Its title makes reference to the book Microbe Hunters by Paul de Kruif, in which the first chapter is dedicated to Dutch scientist Anton van Leeuwenhoek, named "the first of the microbe hunters". Its tracks were re-released in the band's 2021 compilation Electrically Possessed.

Reception
The First of the Microbe Hunters was met with mixed reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 59, based on eight reviews.

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

Stereolab
 * Stereolab – all instruments, mixing
 * Lætitia Sadier
 * Tim Gane
 * Mary Hansen
 * Simon Johns
 * Morgane Lhote
 * Andy Ramsay
 * Fulton Dingley – recording, mixing
 * House – sleeve design
 * John McEntire – recording and mixing (track 5)
 * Sean O'Hagan – additional instruments

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