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Talk:Left-wing terrorism

seriously? left wing terrorism?
why not an article on market terrorism? or liberal terrorism? or wikipedia terrorism? or scientific terrorism? 79.166.46.182 (talk) 21:11, 11 April 2023 (UTC)

 * Why not left wing terrorism? There are articles on right wing terrorism.
 * The truth sets you free. 2603:6080:5B00:268:C584:EB82:B391:9D02 (talk) 14:48, 18 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Wikipedia has this because of WP:EVENT, you see many examples of left wing terrorist attacks.Wikipedia has one for right wing terrorism and this article has more than enough WP:RS per Wikipedia policy. LuxembourgLover (talk) 13:44, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

Why is this article Western-centric?
This article, in its lede, writes of Western left-wing terrorism having recently declined, but that it is common in insurgents in the developing world.

The point is, who cares that it has declined in the West? We should be global in outlook, instead of dismissing such terrorism as a minor, "foreign" issue. Perhaps only a sixth of the world's population is Western; this article is thus a farce of far-left canvassing and whitewashing. Zilch-nada (talk) 14:04, 3 July 2023 (UTC)

 * I don't understand your criticism. That's not what the article says and balance is achieved by describing left-wing terrorism wherever it happened, rather than based on relative populations. No idea what you mean by "far left" bias. TFD (talk) 14:28, 3 July 2023 (UTC)
 * It said that left-wing terrorism has declined in the West with respect to other forms of terrorism. That is not relevant, and focuses too much on the West, dismissing it as "foreign" or minor because it has "declined" in the West, etc. Basically, what I'm saying is that in referring to the West like this, we become dismissive of terrorism elsewhere. That is myopic. Zilch-nada (talk) 14:34, 3 July 2023 (UTC)
 * To put it another way: If left-wing terrorism has declined on a global level, then that should be sourced and mentioned. (it is, in describing how many groups until the 1990s have disappeared.) Cherry-picking how it has declined in the West is not, however, relevant, in the lede. Zilch-nada (talk) 14:47, 3 July 2023 (UTC)
 * The article points that out because that is considered to be important in reliable sources.
 * The sources make a clear distinction between left-wing terrorism in the West and the developing world. A dozen or so middle class Americans or Europeans living underground is a different type of organization from a guerilla army living in the jungle. TFD (talk) 03:59, 1 August 2023 (UTC)

Why is this up for deletion?
I've read the comments above, and I still don't know why this is being nominated for deletion.

Everyone above seems to have complaints centered around a single point; that this article could use a serious update. It could be more detailed, and that is doable.

I think this page should be left up and should be updated as needed,one because left wing terrorism is a thing, and it would be nice if we could read about it like we cna read about right wing terrorism, and two because Wikipedia is all about neutrality, and having a page on right wing terrorism, and then deleting the one about left wing terrorism seems a bit non neutral, no?

Yes, the page in question is shaky, but why not build on what is there, instead of deleting it all together? Ladytethys (talk) 03:27, 1 August 2023 (UTC)

 * Well, Miss(?) Account-that-was-made-today, you should share your thoughts over at Articles for deletion/Left-wing terrorism (2nd nomination), because that is where the actual deletion discussion is taking place. Yue 🌙 03:32, 1 August 2023 (UTC)
 * That editor made 2 edits and vanished. Doug Weller  talk 15:51, 7 September 2023 (UTC)

Image

Is an image of the aftermath of the 1983 United States Senate bombing a good example of 'left-wing terrorism'? Neither Resistance Conspiracy case nor even 1983 United States Senate bombing itself emphasize the 'left-wing' ideology of the perpetrators. It's also odd to use an image of a relatively obscure bombing which is not even mentioned in the body of the article. This bombing was also in a country which, per the article has had only a single far-left attack in the past two decades. This bombing seems like an unusual case, and therefor doesn't seem like a good example of the entire topic. Grayfell (talk) 22:33, 11 February 2024 (UTC) Grayfell (talk) 22:33, 11 February 2024 (UTC)

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W. Fox McKeithen

Walter Fox McKeithen (September 8, 1946 – July 16, 2005) served five terms as Secretary of State of Louisiana between 1988 and 2005. He is best known for merging the state's election divisions into one department and for the promotion of historical preservation.

Early life and education
McKeithen was born in rural Columbia, Louisiana to John Julian McKeithen and the former Marjorie Howell Funderburk. According to his tombstone, he was named for two World War II heroes, Walter Bennett and Elmer Fox. He graduated as class president in 1964 from Caldwell Parish High School, the same month in which his father was inaugurated as governor of Louisiana. One of his classmates was future associate justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court, Chet D. Traylor. McKeithen attended Louisiana Tech University in Ruston in Lincoln Parish to obtain a bachelor's degree in history and social studies.

After graduating from Louisiana Tech, McKeithen returned to Caldwell Parish High School, located off U.S. Route 165, as a civics teacher and coach. He also established three businesses in Caldwell Parish.

Republican for Secretary of State, 1991
In the summer of 1989, McKeithen switched to the Republican Party, whose chairman, Billy Nungesser Sr., had courted him for a possible 1990 campaign for the United States Senate against the Democrat J. Bennett Johnston, Jr. Upon making the party switch, the GOP helped McKeithen pay off $400,000 in campaign debts.

In subsequent elections, McKeithen was often endorsed by Democrats and worked well with members from both parties. His folksy manner meant that he was generally popular with voters despite adopting such unpopular positions as raising the pay of elected state officials.

Death
McKeithen resigned as secretary of state on July 15, 2005, and died just a few hours later. He left his state pension to his widow, Yvonne Y. McKeithen.

Legacy
In 2006, McKeithen was inducted posthumously into the Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame in Winnfield, an honor that his father had procured in 1993, having been among the first thirteen honorees.

Links

 * Shreveport Times report on death July 16, 2005
 * Biography as Secretary of State
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Talk:Christ – The Album

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I think that disk 2 (well forked but not dead) of the cd version is not exactly what it says on the track list on the back of the disk. The back of the cd suggests that there are 25 tracks, but there are only 19. One of the songs that is supposed to be on is Do they owe us a living which would be track 23, yet on track 18, which is supposed to be G's Song (which I have never heard) is Do they owe us a living. Does anyone know what's going on? I'm new to the band so I don't know much about this.

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Deleted reference to communities as this is not a relavant topic. Communities listed were subdivisions commonly refered to as developments. The developments listed were mostly in the Sicklerville section. I replaced the communities with the actual villages that were incorporated into Winslow Twp. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.116.237.77 (talk) 02:37, 17 December 2010 (UTC)

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I check pages listed in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of Winslow Township, New Jersey's orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.

Reference named "Council": From Cape May, New Jersey: City Council, City of Cape May. Accessed September 12, 2019. From Newark, New Jersey: Government City of Newark. Accessed April 7, 2015. From Barrington, New Jersey: Mayor and Council Info, Borough of Barrington. Accessed September 13, 2019. From Runnemede, New Jersey: Council Members, Borough of Runnemede. Accessed September 22, 2019. From Toms River, New Jersey: Mayor's Office, Toms River Township. Accessed January 18, 2018. Council members are listed on a tab on the right of the page. From Lawrence Township, Mercer County, New Jersey: Town Council, Township of Lawrence. Accessed January 28, 2019. From Berkeley Township, New Jersey: Township Council - General Info, Berkeley Township. Accessed July 26, 2016. From Willingboro Township, New Jersey: Township Council, Township of Willingboro. Accessed September 25, 2017.

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Talk:List of national parks of India

Separate NPs
Pench National Park is in Maharashtra as well as in Madhya Pradesh. Both have been notified separately and are separate National Parks. To avoid any confusion I have given article in name Pench National Park, Madhya Pradesh. burdak 06:22, 17 July 2005 (UTC)

numerical notation confusing
the numerical notation used here is ***,**.00. This is confusing and is not following the normal trend of ***,***,***,***.00 (billions, millions, thousands, hundreds) or the Indian numerical trend of **,**,**,***.00 (crores, lakhs, thousands, hundreds); why is this confusing notation used? I've never seen a notation like this previously. How does one call it? Will it be called 'thousands, tens'? Then why not use ***,*.00? i.e. (thousands, units). Please change it, otherwise the numbers will be taken as 100 thousand instead of 10 thousand.

Legislation from Official website of: Government of India, Ministry of Environment & Forests
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 * '''“Legislations on Environment, Forests, and Wildlife” from the Official website of: Government of India, Ministry of Environment & Forests
 * “India’s Forest Conservation Legislaton: Acts, Rules, Guidelines”, from the Official website of: Government of India, Ministry of Environment & Forests
 * Wildlife Legislations, including - “The Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act” from the Official website of: Government of India, Ministry of Environment & Forests
 * Official website of: Government of India, Ministry of Environment & Forests

Atulsnischal 15:32, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

about updation of NATIONAL PARKS OF RAJASTHAN (INDIA)
with due respect please pay your concern that 'Keoladeo National park(Bharatpur)' & 'Desert National Park(Jaisalmer)' are out of your list.please varify the content171.76.109.145 (talk) 12:09, 3 June 2013 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Adam Beck

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

The result of the debate was KEEP, the article had just been vandalized. -Splash 20:42, 23 July 2005 (UTC)

Adam Beck
Vanity article, created by the same person who did Memoirs of Walter Bruce, which is also up for deletion. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 06:23, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete vanity. drini ☎ 06:43, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete Keep now it's fixed. Friday 06:54, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete Vanity, bordering on spamvert. Lomedae 12:57, July 17, 2005 (UTC)
 * Oy, delete. Oy, don't delete. --Calton | Talk 13:50, July 17, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. The article had simply been vandalized! I have reverted it to the good version, so this VFD is completely unnecessary now. Adam Bishop 14:42, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Speedy keep the reverted version. Always check history before nominating an article for deletion! Pburka 15:38, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
 * I see it now, sorry about that folks. Speedy keep. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 17:30, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Agree - withdraw the VfD. -Willmcw 23:30, July 22, 2005 (UTC)
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1988 in Singapore

The following lists events that happened during 1988 in Singapore.

Incumbents

 * President: Wee Kim Wee
 * Prime Minister: Lee Kuan Yew

January

 * 15 January – Catherine Lim's novel, Or Else, the Lightning God and Other Stories, is selected for the O Level exams conducted internationally in the 1989 and 1990 edition. This marks the first time Singapore literature is selected for examinations.

March

 * 12 March – The MRT system is officially opened, with the opening of a new section from Tiong Bahru to Clementi.

April

 * April - The first Watsons store opens in Singapore.
 * 22 April – The National Blood Centre is officially opened. The new facilities will have a spacious environment, and can handle 120,000 donors, double the previous premises. The centre can handle national emergencies with mass casualties. In addition, a blood research facility and public health lab will be housed.

June

 * 1 June – Group representation constituencies (GRCs) are introduced.
 * 9 June – The National Skin Centre starts operations.
 * 27 June – The National Pledge is now taken with a right fist on the chest.

July

 * 26 July – The New Paper was launched as a tabloid.

August

 * 8 August – The OUB Centre (present-day One Raffles Place) is officially opened. At 280 metres, it stands as Singapore's tallest building until Guoco Tower's completion in 2016, which stands at 290 metres.
 * 10 August – Kuo Pao Kun's Mama Looking for Her Cat is staged for the first time, making it Singapore's first multilingual play.
 * 13 August – The first Malay Language and Cultural Month is officially opened.
 * 30 August – The Operations Control Centre of the Singapore MRT system is officially opened.

September

 * 3 September – The PAP wins the 1988 General Election.

October

 * 25 October – A major fire took place at the Singapore Refining Company (SRC) refinery in Pulau Merlimau.
 * 29 October – NTUC Pasir Ris Resort is officially opened.

November

 * 5 November – The fourth section of the MRT system is opened from Jurong East to Lakeside.

December

 * 20 December – The fifth section of the MRT is opened from Yishun to Khatib.

Date unknown

 * The 1988 Singapore Lunar Year of the Dragon 1oz Gold Coin was struck by the Singapore Mint in the year 1988 and belongs to the popular Lunar series of gold bullion coins. Each 24k coin contains 1 troy ounce (31.1035 grams) of gold and is legal tender with a face value of $100
 * Portek, a medium-sized terminal operator and port equipment engineering provider is founded.
 * Zoe Tay was crowned the winner in the finals of the inaugural season of the reality television programme Star Search on SBC-8.

Births

 * 29 January – Tay Kexin, Singer.
 * 14 June – Sylvia Ratonel, Singer, runner-up of Singapore Idol (Season 3).
 * 6 July – Mok Ying Ren, Singaporean long-distance runner
 * 5 August – Lawrence Wong, Actor.
 * 14 September – Charlie Goh, Actor.
 * 3 October – Jeffrey Xu, Actor.
 * 2 November – Dee Kosh, Radio DJ and YouTube personality.

Deaths

 * 10 March – Lü Chen Chung, Bible Chinese translator (b. 1898).
 * 3 April – Lee Man Fong, artist (b. 1913).
 * 22 December – Kouo Shang Wei, pioneer photographer (b. 1924).

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Hur Jun (TV series)

Hur Jun is a South Korean television series about the life of Joseon-era doctor Heo Jun. The period drama was broadcast by MBC from November 22, 1999 to June 27, 2000, and reached record-breaking viewership ratings of 64%.

Internationally, it aired on Taiwan Television in 2002 and Hong Kong's TVB in 2005, after the finale of Dae Jang Geum (which was also directed by Hur Jun director Lee Byung-hoon). Because of the similarities between the protagonists of both shows, Hur Jun has often been called the male version of Dae Jang Geum. It aired in Thailand on Channel 3 in 2006.

Synopsis
The story is set in Joseon, primarily during the reign of King Seonjo, 50 years after the death of Jang Geum (reputedly the first female doctor in Joseon).

Hur Jun was the son of a devon ("untouchable") mother. Due to his mother's social position, he was also considered sangnom under Joseon law at the time, even though his father was from the ruling caste and held office as a local magistrate. As a result, he faced much discrimination, which caused him to lose focus and direction, and eventually led him to participate in smuggling operations. At this time, Hur Jun became familiar with Da-hee, an upper-class lady who was in exile. Her father was branded a traitor and died in exile. Hur Jun sympathized with her and handled all of her father's funeral affairs. Not long after that, Hur Jun's smuggling activities were discovered, and his life was saved by his erstwhile uncaring father, who also rescued his mother and Da-hee, and smuggled them out of their town. Hur Jun and Da-hee eventually got married and moved to Saneum, in Gyeongsang Province.

Once, Hur Jun's mother fell ill, and he sought the help of a famous local physician, Yoo Ui-tae. Hur Jun became interested in medicine and became Yoo Ui-tae's pupil to study it. He proved to have an aptitude for medicine, and being very studious, he progressed very quickly. His studies attracted the attention of Ye-jin, an orphaned lady who lived with Yoo Ui-tae and began to mentor Hur Jun in the area of medicinal usage.

Hur Jun's medicinal prowess continued to grow, but he still had no chance to practice. He received his first patient when an elderly couple brought their unconscious daughter to his house. Apparently, she tried to hang herself and had almost died. Hur Jun, with some innovative remedies, managed to revive her, but refused to accept payment for his services. The couple decided instead to spread news of their benefactor's deeds to their friends and neighbors. This unwittingly brought Hur Jun many impoverished patients who had heard he was both skilled and offering free examinations.

Yoo Ui-tae was initially angry because he thought Hur Jun had not acquired sufficient medical knowledge to treat patients in the first place and was only making use of his own name to earn some money quickly. Nonetheless, Yoo Ui-tae investigated Hur Jun's diagnoses and prescriptions for each of the poor patients he treated, and realized Hur Jun was indeed competent and correct in his practice. He was further pleased that Hur Jun had not profited at all from the poor patients. To reward Hur Jun, Yoo Ui-tae placed him in charge of the local drug store.

Later, Hur Jun received the opportunity to treat the wife of a high-ranking gentry. She had suffered a stroke, which rendered her paralyzed and bedridden. All of the physicians who had examined her had concluded that her condition was hopeless, but Hur Jun managed to cure her completely. This earned the respect of the gentry, who wrote a letter of recommendation for Hur Jun to join the Imperial Hospital; the letter was written to help Hur Jun circumvent the rigorous testing normally needed to enter. This angered Yoo Ui-tae, a strict traditionalist who saw this as a grave ethical lapse in judgement to use personal connections to bypass the exam system.

Meanwhile, two other doctors began to mentor Hur Jun, who eventually decided to join the medical examination in Hanyang (modern day Seoul). When Hur Jun arrived in Hanyang, he failed to join the examination because of his decision to treat a critically ill patient. This increased his popularity, and also enabled the re-acceptance of Yoo Ui-tae. Conversely, Yoo Ui-tae's own son, Yoo Do-ji, who had refused to treat the patient, placed first in the examination. Yoo Ui-tae rebuked his son for his lack of compassion for patients and using his medical skills to advance his political aspirations. Yoo Do-ji was unrepentant and his father subsequently disowned him.

Not long after that, Yoo Ui-tae became terminally ill with stomach cancer. He committed suicide and left his body to Hur Jun to dissect it and increase his understanding of anatomy and physiology. This greatly advanced Hur Jun's medical knowledge and made him even more committed to medicine, and in an examination for entry into the Imperial Hospital he placed first and was granted entry.

In the Imperial Hospital, Hur Jun met his mentor's son, Yoo Do-ji, who had been diligently and unscrupulously progressing through the ranks. Hur Jun also met the Chief Imperial Doctor, Yeong, who lost in an acupuncture competition to Hur Jun's mentor 20 years ago. Knowing how Hur Jun was connected to Yoo Ui-tae, Yeong placed Hur Jun in an unimportant department in the Hyeminseo Hospital.

Upon his arrival at Hyeminseo, Hur Jun encountered Ye-jin (who worked there as a nurse). Ye-jin was secretly in love with him, but their relationship would always be solely platonic.

During this time, Yeong restricted Hur Jun's career in every way possible, which ended when the brother of the King's favorite concubine suffered from stomach cancer. The doctors in the Imperial Hospital exhausted all possibilities in treating the patient, but to no avail. Hur Jun successfully treated the patient in five days before Yeong could. This ended the restrictions imposed by Yeong.

During the 22nd year of Seonjo's reign, a national epidemic occurred. An officer who had arrested Hur Jun some time ago was transferred to the palace. Hur Jun, though troubled, went to the epidemic areas to perform research for a cure, which he found. Upon his return, Hur Jun surrendered himself to the arresting officer, and was sentenced to banishment.

Just when he was preparing to leave, the King's concubine, Kim Gong-bin, fell critically ill with heart problems and none of the Imperial Doctors could cure her. In desperation, the King recalled Hur Jun, who cured Kim Gong-bin. To reward Hur Jun, the King absolved him of all crimes and wrongdoings, and assigned him to be the personal physician for Gong-bin.

However, the King began to favor another concubine, and Gong-bin's condition deteriorated. Upon her death, Hur Jun decided to travel through the country for herbs and more uncured illnesses for several years. On his return, he hid in the imperial medical library to research and refine his skills.

In the meantime, Do-ji was steadily moving up through the ranks in the Imperial Hospital, and was prepared to take over the post of Chief Imperial Doctor. However, a prince of whom he was in charge developed a strange and serious illness. Not wishing to admit his mistake, which could have cost him his promotion, Do-ji decided to assign the prince to Hur Jun and let him take the blame. However, Hur Jun successfully treated the prince, for which the grateful King promoted Hur Jun to 3rd grade officer and Chief Imperial Doctor.

A war soon broke out as the Japanese invaded Joseon. Hur Jun was credited for saving all the medical annals when the imperial court went into exile, and for reorganizing the Imperial Medical Annals after the war was over, for which Seonjo promoted him to first grade officer. A few years later, Hur Jun recommended to Seonjo to make all the Imperial Medical Annals available to the public, in an effort to make sure that all Joseon citizens could prevent illnesses before they happen.

Later, an imperial battle between Prince Yeongchang and Prince Gwanghaegun began, and at first, Hur Jun refused to participate, reasoning that doctors should only treat patients and not get involved in politics. The conflict was ultimately won by Gwanghaegun, who ascended to the throne after Seonjo's death in 1608. Once installed as King, Gwanghaegun immediately branded Hur Jun a traitor since the law stated that if the king were to die of illness, the Chief Imperial Doctor would be responsible. However, Gwanghaegun thought that Hur Jun was a respectable doctor who had a lot of accomplishments including saving the queen's life, but since he could not go against the law, he lightened the punishment, and sentenced Hur Jun to exile in the Southern part of the country.

In the south, Hur Jun, with the help of imperial doctors who smuggled medical books to him, published a medical book, Dongui Bogam (Mirror of Eastern Medicine), in 1610; it is considered a classic among Oriental medicine literature.

In 1611, Gwanghaegun issued an imperial pardon to Hur Jun, and ordered him to return to the palace. This time, Hur Jun refused, and returned to his hometown to treat patients. At this time, a national plague epidemic began, and Hur Jun was called back to the Imperial Hospital to research a cure. The research was successful, but exhausted Hur Jun, who unknowingly contracted the plague himself and died in 1615, amid national mourning.

Cast

 * Jun Kwang-ryul as Hur Jun
 * Hwang Soo-jung as Lady Ye-jin
 * Lee Soon-jae as Yoo Ui-tae
 * Kim Byung-se as Yoo Do-ji, Ui-tae's son
 * Jung Wook as Kim Min-se
 * Jung Hye-sun as Mrs. Son, Hur Jun's mother
 * Hong Choong-min as Lee Da-hee, Hur Jun's wife
 * Joo Hyun as Heo Ryun, Hur Jun's father
 * Jo Kyung-hwan as Yang Ye-soo
 * Park Chan-hwan as King Seonjo
 * Jang Seo-hee as Kim In-bin
 * Park Joo-mi as Kim Gong-bin
 * Kim Seung-soo as Prince Gwanghae
 * Im Hyun-sik as Im Oh-geun, Ui-tae's secretary
 * Park Jung-soo as Mrs. Oh, Ui-tae's wife
 * Sung Hyun-ah as medicine lady So-hyun
 * Lee Hee-do as Goo Il-seo
 * Choi Ran as Hong-choon
 * Han In-soo as Ahn Kwang-ik
 * Kim Eun-soo as So-bi
 * Im Dae-ho as Yang-tae
 * Im Ho as Lee Jung-myung
 * Yeo Hyun-soo as Kim Sang-hwa
 * Kwak Jung-wook as young Sang-hwa
 * Maeng Sang-hoon as Kim Man-kyung
 * Byun Hee-bong as Sung In-chul
 * Park Young-ji as Jung Sung-pil
 * Lee Jae-po as Park Man-joo
 * Kim Hae-sook as Ham Ahn's wife
 * Cha Kwang-soo as Sung Myung-hoon
 * Uhm Yoo-shin as Deok-geum
 * Lee Hyun-kyung as Se-hee
 * Lee Joo-hee as Chae-sun
 * Oh Tae-kyung as Heo-gyum
 * Choi Eun-joo as Uhn Nyeon-yi
 * Lee Sook as Ha-dong's wife
 * Kwon Yeon-woo as Soo-yeon
 * Jung Ho-keun as Jung Tae-eun
 * Jung Myung-hwan as Bae Chun-soo
 * Jo Hyun-sook as Sook-jung
 * Joo Min-joon as Kim Byung-jo
 * Park Jong-kwan as Jung-jak
 * Moon Hee-won as Song Hak-gyu
 * Jung Seung-ho as Jang Hak-do
 * Lee Young-ho as Gong-bin's younger brother
 * Kim Joo-young as Guhwang Kwan Chal Sa
 * Kim Young-min as Byung-ja
 * Lee Yu-ri as one of the Court Maids

Reception
When Hur Jun was broadcast in South Korea, it became a strong commercial success.

When TVB bought Hur Jun, the network had great hopes for its success, as it was a Korean drama aired immediately after the finale of Dae Jang Geum, which had a successful run. However, viewers were not very receptive to the show, and its ratings were considerably lower than Dae Jang Geum.

This has caused concern that the Korean Wave is ending, but many stated that the show had flat plots and generally uninteresting premise. Many cast members from Dae Jang Geum had been cast in Hur Jun in considerably different roles (e.g. the Emperor as a law enforcement official and Jang Geum's mentor as a palace chef), which earned a negative reaction from viewers outside of South Korea who were unaware that Hur Jun preceded Dae Jang Geum by a number of years.

In 2012, the Korean drama Hur Jun reportedly attained a viewership of over 90% in the Kurdistan region of Iraq. Its lead actor Jun Kwang-ryul was invited by the federal government of Iraq to visit the city of Sulaymaniyah in Kurdistan, at the special request of the country's First Lady, Hero Ibrahim Ahmed.

Remake
A remake, titled Hur Jun, The Original Story (in Korean, 구암 허준 Guam Heo Jun), was produced in 2013 and aired daily. Late actor Kim Joo-hyuk portrayed the titular doctor; Kim's late father Kim Mu-saeng had the role in 1975.

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1987 in Singapore

The following lists events that happened during 1987 in Singapore.

Incumbents

 * President: Wee Kim Wee
 * Prime Minister: Lee Kuan Yew

January

 * 14 January – The Mandarin Oriental Singapore is officially opened.
 * 24 January – The last nightsoil bucket system is phased out in Lorong Halus, signalling the beginning of complete modern sanitation in Singapore.

March

 * 1 March – A new Have Three or More (if you can afford it) policy is announced to encourage people to have three or more children. This comes after significant decreases in population through the previous 'Stop at Two' policy of 1972.
 * 6 March – The National Solidarity Party is formed.

April

 * 3 April – The Housing and Development Board (HDB) introduces a new scheme for families with third children to upgrade to bigger flats. This comes after the new 'Have Three or More (if you can afford it)' policy is announced a month ago.

May

 * 3 May – The first vertical marathon is held at Westin Stamford to raise funds for Community Chest.
 * 9 May – The Bukit Timah Satellite Earth Station is officially opened.
 * 15 May – The PSA Building is officially opened, serving as PSA's headquarters.
 * 21 May – 21 people are arrested in Operation Spectrum for the Marxist conspiracy.

June

 * 20 June – As part of Operation Spectrum, another 6 are detained, with 4 of the 16 arrested earlier released from detention.

July

 * 11 July – Construction starts on Changi Airport's new Terminal 2, which will be linked to Terminal 1 via an automated people mover (now known as Changi Airport Skytrain).

August

 * 6 August – SMRT Corporation is formed.
 * 14 August – The Public Transport Council is formed to regulate public transport fares and standards.
 * 26 August – The Van Kleef Aquarium reopens after an 18-month revamp.

September

 * 2 September – The cleanup of the Singapore River was declared complete.
 * 28 September – The $1 and 1-cent Second Series Coins are launched.

November

 * 7 November – The initial section of the MRT, between Yio Chu Kang and Toa Payoh, was opened.
 * 28 November – The Environment Building is officially opened as the Ministry of the Environment's (now Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment) headquarters, bringing together all of ENV's departments under one roof.

December

 * 10 December – The Omniplanetarium (present-day Omni-Theatre) is officially opened.
 * 12 December – The second section of the MRT was opened, stretching from Novena to Outram Park.
 * 28 December – Singapore Indoor Stadium starts construction. When completed, it will help to enhance sports and entertainment events, which is completed in 1989.

Births

 * 22 January – Daphne Khoo, singer, contestant of Singapore Idol (Season 1).
 * 12 March – Maxi Lim, actor.
 * 18 May – Ya Hui, actress
 * 6 August – Sezairi Sezali, singer, winner of Singapore Idol (Season 3).
 * 5 October – Desmond Ng, singer-actor
 * 11 October – Wang Weiliang, actor.
 * Louis Chua – politician.

Deaths

 * 16 November – Zubir Said, composer of "Majulah Singapura" (b. 1907).
 * 17 November – Lim Nang Seng, sculptor (b. 1917).
 * 28 November – Goh Choo San, choreographer, ballet dancer (b. 1948).

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Pukka Orchestra

Pukka Orchestra was a Canadian new wave band based in Toronto, Ontario in the 1980s. The group released two albums, an EP and several singles, and won a CASBY Award in 1985.

History
The Pukka Orchestra was formed in Toronto in 1979. The core of the band consisted of vocalist/guitarist/songwriter Graeme Williamson and guitarists/co-songwriters Neil Chapman and Tony Duggan-Smith. The band's name is derived from the Hindi word pukka, which means "Genuine", "Authentic", "First Class". The name was coined by Duggan-Smith's extremely British grandfather who had been the harbourmaster of Calcutta and had later worked for Marconi. When Duggan-Smith told him he was playing music for a living his grandfather replied, "That's all very nice Tony, but don't bother with any mediocre bands, get yourself into a Pukka Orchestra". The band made frequent use of numerous guest musicians which brings to mind the oft-used phrase, "Are you in the Pukka Orchestra? Why not, everyone else is."

The band released an independent single, "Rubber Girl", in 1981 (B side "Do the Slither") and just after that they recorded "Wonderful Time To Be Young" and "Spies Of The Heart" with Danny Greenspoon at Inception Sound, all three making it on to the first album. They performed regularly in Toronto's Queen Street West club scene, usually at The Bamboo, The Cameron House, The Horseshoe Tavern and Grossman's Tavern and signed to Solid Gold Records, releasing their self-titled debut album in 1984. In the summer of 1984, the band had a top 40 chart hit in Canada with a cover of Tom Robinson / Peter Gabriel's "Listen to the Radio". Other singles "Cherry Beach Express" and "Might As Well Be on Mars" received widespread FM radio play. The Toronto Police Service attempted to block radio airplay of "Cherry Beach Express" due to its themes of opposition to police brutality.

The band had just received a U-Know/CASBY Award for 'Most Promising Group' when they received two setbacks. Their record company Solid Gold went into receivership as the album was climbing the charts; then, while visiting relatives in Scotland in late 1984, Williamson developed kidney problems. Williamson ended up staying in a Glasgow hospital for several months, and in 1985, Chapman, Duggan-Smith, Robert Priest, Colin Linden, Gwen Swick and other Toronto musicians held a benefit concert at The Bamboo Club to help defray Williamson's living expenses while receiving dialysis treatment. He eventually received a kidney transplant and returned to Toronto. The band recorded a four-song EP called Palace of Memory in 1987. However, in the midst of recording their second full-length album in 1988, Williamson's health took another turn and he went back to Scotland for treatment.

In 1992, The Pukka Orchestra released their final album Dear Harry, a compilation of three tracks from the 1987 EP, and completed tracks from the temporarily shelved 1988 sessions. The first Pukka Orchestra album was reissued in CD format in 2000 by Solid Gold Records/Casablanca Media.

The band regrouped, minus Williamson, for the Spirit of Radio Reunion show in 2003.

Williamson died in Glasgow in June 2020.

Discography

 * The Pukka Orchestra (1984)
 * The Palace of Memory (ep) (1987)
 * Dear Harry (1992)

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1986 in Singapore

The following lists events that happened during 1986 in Singapore.

Incumbents

 * President: Wee Kim Wee
 * Prime Minister: Lee Kuan Yew

January

 * January – The Ministry of Education introduces a Single Session System for schools.
 * 18 January – NETS was officially launched in Singapore, allowing people to pay electronically instead of using cash.

March

 * 15 March – Hotel New World collapses, killing 33 people and leaving 17 injured.

June

 * 17 June – The National University Hospital is officially opened.

July

 * 8 July – The first MRT train is delivered to Bishan Depot.

September

 * 1 September – The first Town Councils are established.

October

 * 3 October – Raffles City, a mixed-use development, is officially opened. During the opening, several proposals to revamp tourism attractions are announced, including upgrading Haw Par Villa, enhancing historic areas like Chinatown and Bugis, a heritage link in the city, revamp of Sentosa and Fort Canning Park, and hosting more sports and cultural events.

November

 * 13 November – Wisma Atria opens to the public.
 * 18–20 November – Chaim Herzog visits Singapore.
 * 30 November – The first episode of Crimewatch is shown on SBC 5.

Births

 * 5 May – Dawn Yeoh, actress.
 * 5 August – Oon Shu An, actress and host.
 * 19 August – Desmond Tan, actor.
 * 26 September – Rebecca Lim, actress.
 * 17 October – Nicole Seah, politician.

Deaths

 * 15 October – Alex Josey, journalist and writer (b. 1910).
 * 14 December – Teh Cheang Wan, former Minister for National Development (b. 1928).

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1985 in Singapore

The following lists events that happened during 1985 in Singapore.

Incumbents

 * President: C.V. Devan Nair (until 28 March), Wee Chong Jin (Acting) (28 to 29 March), Yeoh Ghim Seng (Acting) (29 March to 2 September), Wee Kim Wee (starting 2 September)
 * Prime Minister: Lee Kuan Yew

January

 * January - Funan Centre opens to the public. It evolved to Funan The IT Mall, and finally Funan DigitaLife Mall, closing its doors on 30 June 2016.

February

 * 1 February – The Small Claims Tribunal is established as part of the Subordinate Courts (present day State Courts of Singapore), which mainly deals with small claims.

March

 * 28 March – Singapore's third President Devan Nair resigns. Chief Justice Wee Chong Jin and later Speaker of Parliament Yeoh Ghim Seng temporarily serve as acting president during that time.

April

 * 2 April – The NTUC Pasir Ris Resort starts construction. When completed, the resort will have a wide array of recreational activities, supporting up to 1,400 people at any time. The resort is officially opened in 1988.
 * 15 April – The Feedback Unit is formed to allow people to feedback their concerns to the Government. It has since been replaced by REACH in 2006.

May

 * 16 May – The first case of HIV is diagnosed at the Communicable Diseases Centre (present day National Centre for Infectious Diseases). The patient is subsequently warded at the CDC.
 * 23 May - An 18 year old student, Winnifred Teo Suan Lie became a victim of rape and murder. Her naked body was discovered in bushes by police along Old Holland Road. It remains an unsolved case.

June

 * 24 June – The National University Hospital is opened to the public, the first government-owned hospital to be privately run.

August

 * 30 August – Wee Kim Wee becomes the fourth President of Singapore. He takes office on 2 September.

December

 * 2 December – The Second Series Coins are launched, with the 5-cent, 10-cent, 20-cent and 50-cent coins the first to be issued.

Date unknown

 * Singapore slips into its first recession during that time, as well as the Pan Electric crisis. (Early 1985)
 * Shop N Save starts operations as a supermarket.
 * Sheng Siong starts operations as a supermarket, taking over from the Savewell supermarket chain, which closed down the following year due to financial problems.

Births

 * 22 January – Yan Xu, table tennis player.
 * 9 April – Romeo Tan, actor.
 * 16 June – Andie Chen, actor.

Deaths

 * 15 February – Chen Chong Swee - Artist (b. 1910).
 * 2 March – Runme Shaw - Founder of Shaw Organisation, philanthropist (b. 1901).

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1984 in Singapore

The following lists events that happened during 1984 in Singapore.

Incumbents

 * President: C. V. Devan Nair
 * Prime Minister: Lee Kuan Yew

January

 * 16 January – The National Theatre is closed after being declared structurally unsafe. The Theatre is eventually demolished.
 * 17 January – The Singapore Science Park I is officially opened. The park will be managed by the Economic Development Board instead of Jurong Town Corporation.
 * 20 January – Liang Court is officially opened.
 * 22 January – Total Defence is launched to defend Singapore. Since then, Total Defence Day is commemorated on 15 February every year.
 * 31 January – The Singapore Broadcasting Corporation officially launches SBC 12, carrying mostly art and cultural programmes was officially and formally inaugurated by Minister for Culture S. Dhanabalan on 31 January 1984 at 7:30pm SGT with cultural programming on its line-up and broadcast night to four hour and ten minutes per-night broadcasting from 7:30pm to 11:40pm SGT.

March

 * 2 March – The Construction Industry Development Board is formed.
 * 9 March – Parkway Parade mall is officially opened.
 * 15 March – The Punggol Fishing Port and Wholesale Fish Market starts operations, which moved from Kangar market for the construction of Hougang New Town.

April

 * 1 April – Medisave is launched as a personal savings scheme for medical bills.
 * 17 April – Changi Airport's second runway is officially opened to cater for more flights.

July

 * 2 July – The Physical Education College is opened, the first college in Singapore specialising in physical education. The institution is later renamed the College of Physical Education (CPE) and merged into the National Institute of Education in 1991.

August

 * 4 August – Singapore Press Holdings is formed from a merger of four companies, namely Times Publishing Berhad, The Straits Times Press (1975) Limited, Singapore News and Publications Limited and Singapore Newspaper Services Pte Ltd, completed on 30 November.

September

 * 1 September – The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore is formed to manage Singapore's airspace more effectively, replacing the Department of Civil Aviation.

October

 * 24 October – The Standard Chartered Bank Building (present day 6 Battery Road) is officially opened.
 * 31 October – Creative Technology launches a made-in-Singapore computer called the Cubic 99.

November

 * November - The Eat Frozen Pork is launched to reduce reliance on imports of fresh pork supplies. This comes as the Government moves to phase out pig farms. The campaign did not lead to substantial results.

December

 * 1–16 December – Singapore hosts the Asian Cup 1984 for the first time, with the tournament ending with a 2–0 finish in favour of Saudi Arabia against the Chinese team.
 * 22 December – The PAP wins the 1984 General Election while two members of the opposition parties are elected as members of parliament.

Births

 * 2 February – Zhang Zhenhuan, actor.
 * 28 April – Xiaxue, blogger and celebrity.
 * 19 September – Gerald Koh, radio DJ.
 * 8 October – Kendrick Lee, national badminton player.
 * 24 October – Felicia Chin, actress.
 * 27 December – Dai Xiangyu, actor.

Deaths

 * 12 March – L. M. Harrod, librarian, director of Raffles Library (b. 1905).
 * 30 November – Lim Yew Hock, former Chief Minister of Singapore (b. 1914).

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Konami Krazy Racers

Konami Krazy Racers is a kart racing video game published and developed by Konami for the Game Boy Advance handheld video game console. It was first released in Japan, and was later released in North America and some PAL regions. It was also re-released for Wii U Virtual Console on October 15, 2015 in Europe. It was a launch game for the system. Konami Krazy Racers makes use of a variety of characters and concepts from several of Konami's franchises, including Castlevania, Metal Gear, and Gradius. It plays similarly to the Mario Kart series, with eight characters per circuit and offensive/defensive items placed at predetermined points in the tracks.

Konami Krazy Racers received mostly positive reviews.

Gameplay
Konami Krazy Racers plays similarly to other kart racing games, most notably Mario Kart Super Circuit. Each race begins at the starting line, where eight racers are lined up in certain positions. Each of the seven computers are placed in the closest seven positions to the starting line, but the player character always starts a circuit in eighth place. This placement may change in the next race of the circuit depending on how well the racers do. If the player places first, he or she will be in the first position, as the placement in the following races is based on how the racers did in the previous race. The race is seen from behind the player, and uses Mode 7 effects to simulate the three dimensions. A timer will count down to indicate the beginning of the race, and the player must hold down a button to accelerate at the beginning. The player can pick up coins off of the track which may be spent on items in a shop, and depending on the character the player controls, he or she may try to cause another player to spin-out. The player may use other buttons to do such actions as jump and brake, which aides in maneuverability.

Placed throughout the races are red and blue bells. The red bells contain any variety of items, while the blue bell contains a speed-boosting item.

Characters
Konami Krazy Racers features a total of 12 characters from various Konami series. Each character features unique statistics, including weight, speed, and acceleration. • Beartank (Rakugakids)

• Dracula (Castlevania)

• Ebisumaru (Legend of the Mystical Ninja)

• Goemon (Legend of the Mystical Ninja)

• Gray Fox (Metal Gear)

• King (Pop'n Music)

• Moai (Gradius)

• Nyami (Pop'n Music)

• Pastel (TwinBee)

• Power Pro-kun (Power Pros)

• Takosuke (Parodius)

• Vic Viper (Gradius)

Reception
The game received "generally favorable reviews" according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. NextGen was generally positive to the game, but regarded it inferior to the then-upcoming Mario Kart: Super Circuit. In Japan, Famitsu gave it a score of 25 out of 40. Four-Eyed Dragon of GamePro said, "If you are in need of a serious kart racing fix, Konami Krazy Racers is it—mainly because it's the only kart racer out so far."

It was ranked #10 on a top ten list of the best Game Boy Advance games in Electronic Gaming Monthly, beating Mario Kart: Super Circuit, another Game Boy Advance kart racing game.

Sequel
Krazy Kart Racing is a sequel to the title for iOS and Android. It features a total of 12 characters from Konami franchises, four of which return from Konami Krazy Racers. It received above-average reviews according to the review aggregation website GameRankings. Pocket Gamer gave it three-and-a-half stars out of five.

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Hooky the Cripple

Hooky the Cripple is a 2002 novel written by Mark Brandon 'Chopper' Read, illustrated by Adam Cullen, and published by Pluto Press. It was formatted as a book for young readers, but by some authorities was considered as containing too much violence to be suitable for children.

Controversy
The book received rather mixed response. While the Queensland government body AccessEd recommended it for secondary schools, a school in Victoria banned it, and likewise the president of the Australian Families Association in Queensland wanted it banned from schools. Read responded, saying "Ban it, just go out and ban it, I am gonna make a fortune if they ban it," believing the publicity from a ban would increase the book's sales.

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Faridpur District

Faridpur District (ফরিদপুর জেলা) is a district in south-central Bangladesh. It is a part of the Dhaka Division. It is bounded by the Padma River to the northeast. The district was named for its headquarters Faridpur town, which itself was named for Farīd-ud-Dīn Masʿūd, a 13th-century Sufi saint. A separate district was created by severing Dhaka district in 1786 and was called Dacca Jelalpur. A municipality was established in 1869. Historically, the town was known as Fatehabad. It was also called Haveli Mahal Fatehabad.

History
The town of Fatehabad was located by a stream known as the Dead Padma, which was 20 mi from the main channel of the Padma River. Sultan Jalaluddin Muhammad Shah established a mint in Fatehabad during his reign in the early 15th century. Fatehabad continued to be a mint town of the Bengal Sultanate until 1538. In Ain-i-Akbari, it was named as Haweli Mahal Fatehabad during the reign of Emperor Akbar in the Mughal Empire. The Portuguese cartographer João de Barros mentioned it as Fatiabas. The Dutch map of Van den Brouck described it as Fathur.

Its first mention in Bengali literature was by Daulat Uzir Bahram Khan in his adaption of Layla and Majnun. The medieval poet Alaol was born in Faridpur.

Fathabad was a strategically important base in south and southwestern Bengal. It was a well-developed urban centre. The town was home to important Mughal government officials, including generals, civil servants and jagirdars. During the reign of Emperor Jahangir in the 17th century, local zamindars Satrajit and Mukund resisted the Mughal government. By the 19th century, the town was renamed as Faridpur in honour of the Sufi saint Shah Fariduddin Masud, a follower of the Chishti order of Ajmer. Haji Shariatullah and Dudu Miyan led the conservative Faraizi movement in Faridpur during the early 19th century.

The Faridpur District was established by the British in 1786. The Faridpur Subdivision was a part of Dacca Division in the Bengal Presidency established by the East India Company. The municipality of Faridpur was established in 1869. The subdivision covered modern day Faridpur, Rajbari, Madaripur, Shariatpur and Gopalganj districts (collectively known as Greater Faridpur). It was included in Eastern Bengal and Assam during the British Raj between 1905 and 1912.

Faridpur was a rail terminus for the Bengal Provincial Railway and the Eastern Bengal Railway, connecting Calcutta with the important Goalanda ghats, from where ships travelled to Colonial Assam and British Burma. British Faridpur was the birthplace of several nationalist leaders of the subcontinent, including Ambica Charan Mazumdar, Humayun Kabir, Maulvi Tamizuddin Khan, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Syed Qumrul Islam Saleh Uddin,Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury and K.M.Obaidur Rahman.

The Doyen & sole pioneer of Progressive culture, literature & theatre of Bangladesh and teacher of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at the Faculty of Law in Dhaka University ———Natyaguru Nurul Momen was born in Buraich of Alfadanga, now in Faridpur.

The acclaimed American engineer Fazlur Rahman Khan was born in the region.

Faridpur saw intense fighting during the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971. It was one of original 18 subdivisions of Bangladesh at the time of independence. In 1984, the devolution reforms of President Hussain Muhammad Ershad divided the old subdivision into five districts. In 2015, the Government of Bangladesh announced plans to establish Faridpur Division.

Politics and local government
The district has 9 upazilas, 6 municipalities, 36 wards, 100 mahallahs, 79 unions and 1,899 villages. The district has four parliamentary constituencies in the Jatiyo Sangshad. The Faridpur District Council is the highest tier of local government.

List of upazilas
The district's nine upazilas:
 * Alfadanga Upazila
 * Bhanga Upazila
 * Boalmari Upazila
 * Charbhadrasan Upazila
 * Faridpur Sadar Upazila
 * Madhukhali Upazila
 * Nagarkanda Upazila
 * Sadarpur Upazila
 * Saltha Upazila

Demographics
According to the 2022 Census of Bangladesh, Faridpur District had 525,877 households and a population of 2,162,879. The population density was 1,054 people per km2. Faridpur district had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 72.13%, compared to the national average of 74.80%, and a sex ratio of 1059 females per 1000 males. 415,692 (19.22%) were under 10 years of age. 23.83% of the population lived in urban areas.

Muslims are the majority population with 91.49%, while Hindus are 8.44%. The Hindu population decreased from 1.95 lakh in 1981 to just over 1.8 lakh today.

Economy
Faridpur is an important centre of the jute trade and hilsa fish trade. Its industrial sector features numerous jute mills, sugar mills and a 50 MW thermal power plant.

In terms of transport, Faridpur is an important hub of the Bangladesh Railway, with its tracks connected to the Indian Railways in West Bengal. It is linked by road with Kushtia, Meherpur, Khulna, Barisal, and Jessore.

Culture and sport
Faridpur District has a rich heritage of Folk music, including Baul, Marami, Bichar, Murshidi-Marfati, Fakirali, Gazirgan, Kabigan, Jarigan music. However many of these traditions are extinct. Major festivals include Eid, Nabanna, Pous Utshab, Rathjatra, Dol Purnima Utshab and Durga Puja. Folk festivities are held on the occasion of Annaprashana, Muharram, Bengali weddings, Jamai Shasthi, Bhadra Mangal Chandi. Folk games of the district include Dariabandha, boat racing, Ha-du-du and cock fighting.

Major contemporary and historical publications include Jagaran, Ganaman (1370 BS), Chashi Barta, Idaning, Thikana, Bhorer Runner, Faridpur (1997), Kumar (2006); Weekly: Kalbhabna (2004), Pragotir Din (1995), Boalmari Sangbad, Al Helal, Bhanga Khabar; Fortnightly: Nazir Bangla Defunct: Faridpur Darpan (1861), Chitrakar (1283 BS), Kohinoor (1896), Sanjay (1900),' Aryakayastha (1318 BS), Faridpur Hitoishi (1329 BS), Faridpur Angina (1329 BS), Barta (1926), Muazzen (1335 BS), The Servant of Humanity (1960), Siraj (1932), Langal (1932), Sheba (1350 BS), Khedmat (1373 BS), Jubashakti (1972), Weekly Bangladesh (1972), Satyajug (1975), Faridpur Barta (1979), Aakal (1979), Samachar (1980) and Bangla Sangbad (1982).

Education
There are several state owned colleges in the district. Several venerable British Raj-era educational institutions are located in the region, including the Faridpur Polytechnic Institute (1963) Rajendra College (1918), Government Saroda Sundori Mohila College (1966) Faridpur Zilla School (1840), Talma Nazimuddin High School (1939), Government Girls High School (1910), Madhukhali Pilot High School, George Academy (1911), M N Academy (1916), Bakiganj Islamia Madrasa (1922), Hitoishi High School (1889), Bhanga Pilot High School (1889), Karakdi Rambihari Multilateral High School (1901) and Krishnapur High School (1910), Faridpur Medical College was established in 1985,Boalmari George Academy (1911), Faridpur Engineering College (2010), Faridpur High School (1889), Domrakadi Govt.Praimary school (1919), Domrakadi High school (1969).

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1983 in Singapore

The following lists events that happened during 1983 in Singapore.

Incumbents

 * President: C. V. Devan Nair
 * Prime Minister: Lee Kuan Yew

January

 * 1 January – The Trade Development Board is formed to promote trade, taking over the Timber Industry Board and the Department of Trade with responsibility for domestic trading of commodities handled by the Domestic Trade Section of the Ministry of Trade and Industry, and metrication taken over by the Singapore Institute of Standards and Industrial Research.
 * 29 January – A disaster occurred on the Singapore Cable Car. As a result, 2 cable cars plunged, causing 7 fatalities.

March

 * 16 March – Two Chinese newspapers, the Nanyang Siang Pau and Sin Chew Jit Poh, merged to become Lianhe Zaobao and Lianhe Wanbao.

April

 * 3 April – Trans-Island Bus Services starts operations as the second bus operator in Singapore, after the bus mergers of 1971 and 1974.Therefore, TIBS was renamed and reoperated as SMRT Buses in May 10, 2004.

May

 * 28 May – 6 June - Singapore hosts the 12th Southeast Asian Games. It clinched fourth place with a total of 134 medals.

July

 * 11 July – Fandi Ahmad signs for FC Groningen.
 * 23 July - National Service conscript Sek Kim Wah and his accomplice Nyu Kok Meng went to rob a rich businessman and his family who lived in Andrew Road. Sek murdered three of the victims (which included the businessman, his wife and the family maid), with the remaining two hostages (the businessman's young daughter and the girl's tuition teacher) being released by Nyu, who protected them from Sek's murderous rampage, which would make headlines nationwide and brought shock to Singaporeans in 1983. Sek, who was also involved in an unrelated double murder that occurred a month earlier, was later arrested and sentenced to death for the five murders. Nyu, who turned himself in, was subsequently incarcerated for life and caned 6 strokes for armed robbery after the prosecution decided to dismiss the murder charges against him since he did not partake in the killings Sek committed. Sek was eventually hanged in Changi Prison Complex on 9 December 1988.

August

 * 1 August – The Singapore Broadcasting Corporation launches SBCtext on SBC 5 and SBC 8.

September

 * 9 September – The Community Chest of Singapore is launched by Ee Peng Liang. This is followed by the start of fund-raising efforts two days later.
 * 16 September – Mitsukoshi Garden reopens as CN West Leisure Park.

October

 * 22 October – The first phase of the MRT system starts construction.

December

 * 3 December – David Bowie and his band visit Singapore as part of the 1983 Serious Moonlight Tour.
 * 30 December – NOL's new building is officially opened.

Date unknown

 * 100plus, a sports drink was launched to commemorate F&N's 100th anniversary.

Births

 * 19 January – Sylvester Sim, Singer, runner-up of Singapore Idol (Season 1).
 * 31 January – Maia Lee, Singer, contestant of Singapore Idol (Season 1).
 * 11 March – Kate Pang, Actress.
 * 25 April – Joanne Peh, Actress.
 * 16 June – He Ting Ru, Politician.
 * 11 July - Kelly Poon, Singer.
 * 18 August – Tay Kewei, Singer.
 * 23 December – Tin Pei Ling, Politician.

Deaths

 * 16 February – Wong Lin Ken, former Minister for Home Affairs (b. 1931).
 * 23 March – Han Hoe Lim, physician and politician (b. 1894).
 * 30 June – Choo Seng Quee, footballer (b. 1914).
 * 1 July – Cheong Soo Pieng, artist (b. 1917).
 * 14 October – Hon Sui Sen, former Minister for Finance (b. 1916).

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Published research supporting or dismissing iridology

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The result of the debate was Joyous  (talk) 01:11, July 25, 2005 (UTC)

Published research supporting or dismissing iridology
Delete. All the information on the page was long ago merged with iridology. Edwardian 06:30, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete Irismeister fossil. JFW | T@lk  07:48, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete per Edwardian. Dcarrano 18:23, July 17, 2005 (UTC)

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1982 in Singapore

The following lists events that happened during 1982 in Singapore.

Incumbents

 * President: C.V. Devan Nair
 * Prime Minister: Lee Kuan Yew

January

 * 1 January – The time zone in Singapore has changed to UTC+08:00 and it has not changed since.
 * 2 January – The metric system of weights and measures is introduced, replacing the Imperial units.

February

 * 23 February – The Sentosa Monorail is opened, making travelling convenient for visitors.

March

 * 20–24 March - The first Festival of Dance (which was the early form of the current Singapore Arts Festival) was held at Victoria Theatre.

May

 * 14 May – Singa the Lion is unveiled as the National Courtesy Campaign's mascot, being launched two weeks later.
 * 28 May – The Government allows the building of the Mass Rapid Transit after a 10-year debate. The first lines to be constructed are the North South MRT line and the East West MRT line, scheduled for 1984. To fund the MRT, money earned from land plots in Marina Bay will be used.

June

 * 11 June – The Sentosa Musical Fountain is officially opened. It ran for 25 years until its closure in 2007.

July

 * 1 July – New Nation newspaper is replaced by Singapore Monitor.
 * 25 July – The first locally produced drama, Seletar Robbery, is shown on SBC 8.

October

 * 1 October – The Postal Services Department merges into the Telecommunication Authority of Singapore, giving better services.

November

 * 6 November – The National Civil Defence Plan was launched, setting guidelines for emergency preparations.

Date unknown

 * Ang Peng Siong was ranked world's No.1 in 1982 for clocking 22.69s in the 50m freestyle during the US Nationals and was named the World's Fastest Swimmer for 1982 by Swimming World magazine.

Births

 * 24 January – Fiona Xie, actress.
 * 2 June – Jonathan Leong, singer, runner-up of Singapore Idol (Season 2).
 * 7 September – Race Wong, former singer and 2R member, entrepreneur and co-founder of Ohmyhome.

Deaths

 * 22 June – Lancelot Maurice Pennefather, famous sportsman (b. 1894).
 * 29 October – Lim Yong Liang, Singaporean footballer (b. 1900).

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1981 in Singapore

The following lists significant events that happened during 1981 in Singapore.

Incumbents

 * President:
 * Benjamin Henry Sheares (until 12 May), Yeoh Ghim Seng (Acting) (12 May to 23 October), C.V. Devan Nair (starting 23 October)
 * Prime Minister: Lee Kuan Yew

January

 * 25 January and 7 February - Adrian Lim, a self-professed medium, Catherine Tan Mui Choo and Hoe Kah Hong murders two children as "sacrifices" in a case known as the Toa Payoh ritual murders. This case becomes the second-longest murder trial in Singapore at that time, taking 41 days to complete. The three suspects are found guilty and sentenced to hang. The sentences are carried out on 25 November 1988.

March

 * March - Singapore's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Tommy Koh, assumes the presidency of the Third UN Conference on the Law of the Sea.

April

 * 15 April – The Vanda Miss Joaquim is declared Singapore's national flower.

May

 * 12 May –
 * Singapore Changi Airport (including Terminal 1) becomes site of first commercial aviation landing at stroke of midnight with the very first commercial plane, Singapore Airlines SQ140 touching down at 00:00:00 Singapore Time/17:00:00 London Time with 140 passengers from London.
 * Singapore's second President Dr Benjamin Henry Sheares dies while in office. Speaker of Parliament Yeoh Ghim Seng temporarily serves as acting president during that time.
 * 22 May – The Government of Singapore Investment Corporation is formed.

July

 * 1 July – Changi Airport starts operation. On the same day, the former Paya Lebar Airport is handed over to the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF), forming the Paya Lebar Air Base. The Air Base will also handle spillover traffic and emergencies too.
 * 4 July – The National Crime Prevention Council is officially launched to prevent crime.

August

 * 1 August – Nanyang Technological Institute is established to train engineers.
 * 22 August – Changi Airport's second runway starts construction, which will be completed by mid-1984. The rest of Phase 2 will be finished by 1986.

September

 * 1 September – The National Computer Board is formed to computerise the Civil Service and make Singapore an IT pioneer.
 * 12 September – The new Singapore General Hospital is officially opened.
 * 26 September – The Benjamin Sheares Bridge is officially opened. The bridge is part of the East Coast Parkway until 2013, when it becomes an arterial road.

October

 * 16 October – The National Registration Office (NRO), the Registry of Citizens (ROC), the Registry of Births and Deaths (RBD), the Registry of Societies (ROS), and Martial Arts Control Unit (MACU) merged to form the National Registration Department (NRD).
 * 23 October – C V Devan Nair becomes the third President of Singapore.
 * 31 October – J. B. Jeyaretnam wins the 1981 Anson by-election, ending the People's Action Party's dominance in Parliament.

November

 * 9 November – The Institute of Education moves out of Paterson Road, relocating to Bukit Timah.

December

 * 29 December – Changi Airport is officially opened.

Births

 * 29 January – Rui En, Actress.
 * 27 March – JJ Lin, Singer.
 * 24 May – Olinda Cho, Singer, second runner-up of Singapore Idol (season 1).
 * 17 July – Jeremy Chan, Actor.
 * 25 July – Kaira Gong, Singer
 * 4 October – Alfred Sim, Singer, winner of Project SuperStar (season 3).
 * 5 October – Kelvin Tan, Singer.
 * 15 November – Joanna Dong, Singer and third place of Sing! China (season 2).
 * 10 December – Taufik Batisah, Singer, winner of Singapore Idol (season 1).

Deaths

 * 12 January – John Fearns Nicoll - Governor of Singapore from 1952 to 1955 (b. 1899).
 * 11 February – Chan Choy Siong - Female politician, women's rights activist, campaigner for Women's Charter (b. 1934).
 * 12 May – Dr Benjamin Henry Sheares - 2nd President of Singapore (b. 1907).

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Moran

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The result of the debate was Keep --Allen3 talk 10:10, August 6, 2005 (UTC)

Moran
This article gives the definition for a different word. It should not be wikipedia's place to give new definitions to different words. 64.109.253.204 06:32, 17 July 2005 (UTC)

What, no vote?

Delete - dicdef. --pile0nadestalk 15:35, 21 July 2005 (UTC)

Delete - --Sneeper 06:29, 23 July 2005 (UTC)

Keep - legitimate disambiguation page now Av 00:29, 27 July 2005 (UTC)

I read a few years back that there were about 16,000 people with the name Moran. These would surely be unhappy to see that their name only means "moron" in wikipedia. The name is an english adaptation to several Irish names similar O'Moran, Morrigan, Mograine, and similar names. One family Moran was mentioned in Sherlock Holmes "The hound of Basqerville"). The family arms is a black background with three stars, and the motto is "Lucent in Tenebris", which might roughly translated to "A shining light in the darkness".

I do not know if such a short description as above might be a suitable replacement. If yes, then replace it, if not, then please delete.

I just googled the word "Moran" and got about 5 million hits. The first page, at least, was from people with the name, starting with congressman Jim Moran.

DanielDemaret 00:25, 18 July 2005 (UTC)

I've been meaning to replace this page with a history of the Moran family surname.. I wasn't sure whether the "moron" misspelling was worth splitting into a seperate disambugation page with Moran_(Surname) and Moran_(intentional_misspelling) or something like that. I completely missed that 'famous' photo and the "sub-moronic" that followed. But in a short time, nobody will even remember it and that picture link is broken anyway. I vote we get rid of it entirely and create a surname page. But since my last name is Moran, I might be biased on it. :)

By the way, "Lucent in Tenebris" more accurately translates to "They shine in darkness".

--Sneeper 21:28, 18 July 2005 (UTC)

 * Extremely strong keep - There are so many Morans in Wikipedia. Legitimate disambig page that I'm currently expanding. -- Plutor 13:38, 27 July 2005 (UTC)
 * No personal attacks :) Gazpacho 01:12, 28 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Legit disambig page. --Scimitar parley 14:01, 27 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep I was the first to start changing this into a disambiguation page, the results are great - there is no longer a reason to delete this article. — Wackymacs 15:26, 27 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, WP:NOT a genealogy database, but this is evidently a very 'popular' surname. -Splash 00:37, 28 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Should I remove the VFD? 64.108.212.56 06:04, 1 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Strong keep. Punkmorten 09:37, 5 August 2005 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in an undeletion request). No further edits should be made to this page.

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1980 in Singapore

The following lists events that happened during 1980 in Singapore.

Incumbents

 * President: Benjamin Henry Sheares
 * Prime Minister: Lee Kuan Yew

January

 * 31 January
 * Radio Television Singapore (RTS) officially closing broadcasting and transmission ceremony took place on very final and last day/night of the first month of this year (31 January 1980) at 11:59:59pm SGT were:
 * Radio Television Singapore Television (RTS Television) officially closing broadcast and transmission took place as very final and last programme or ceasing program were:
 * RTS Channel 5 or Singapore 5: Friday Feature Special — "The Naked Runner" (dubbed in British English/English and subtitle in Singdarin/Singnese) (officially closing telecast on 31 January 1980 at 11:50pm SGT).
 * RTS Channel 8 or Singapore 8: Tamil Cinema — "Naan Vanangum Deivam (Part 1)" (dubbed in Tamil) (officially closing telecast on 31 January 1980 at 11:15pm SGT).
 * Radio Television Singapore Radio (RTS Radio) officially closing broadcast and transmission took place were:
 * Radio Singapore FM Stereo 92.4FM (officially closing broadcast at 10:59pm SGT)
 * Radio Singapore English Service 90.5FM, Radio Singapore Chinese Service 95.8FM, Radio Singapore Malay Service 94.2FM and Radio Singapore Tamil and Chinese Service 96.8FM (officially closing broadcast at 11:59pm SGT).

February

 * 1 February
 * Radio Television Singapore (RTS) was officially renamed as Singapore Broadcasting Corporation (SBC) was officially formal full launched took place into conglomerated media with conglomerate operated on two free-to-air terrestrial television channels by SBC 5 and SBC 8 and operated on five radio channels by SBC Radio English Service 90.5FM, SBC Radio FM Stereo 92.4FM, SBC Radio Malay Service 94.2FM, SBC Radio Chinese Service 95.8FM and SBC Radio Tamil and Chinese Service 96.8FM.
 * RTS Channel 5 and RTS Channel 8 was officially new launched to new name or renamed becomes SBC 5 (新广第五波道) and SBC 8 (新广第八波道).
 * Singapore Broadcasting Corporation (SBC) officially opening broadcasting and transmission ceremony took place on 1 February 1980 were:
 * SBC Television officially opening broadcast and transmission took place as the first programme or launching program were:
 * SBC 5 (新广第五波道): Housewives Matinee (officially opening telecast at 3:00pm SGT).
 * SBC 8 (新广第八波道): The Mighty Hercules (officially opening telecast at 6:00pm SGT).
 * SBC Radio officially opening broadcast and transmission took place were:
 * SBC Radio Malay Service 94.2FM (officially opening broadcast at 4:45am SGT).
 * SBC Radio English Service 90.5FM, SBC Radio FM Stereo 92.4FM, SBC Radio Chinese Service 95.8FM and SBC Radio Tamil and Chinese Service 96.8FM (officially opening broadcast at 6:00am SGT).

May

 * 1 May – The URA/HDB parking coupon are introduced.

August

 * 6 August – The Singapore Democratic Party is formed.
 * 8 August – The National University of Singapore is formed from a merger between then University of Singapore and Nanyang University.

December

 * 17 December – A new ferry terminal will be built in Sentosa, which will be finished by September 1981.
 * 23 December – The PAP wins all 75 seats in the 1980 General Election.

Births

 * 28 January – Hady Mirza, singer, winner of Singapore Idol (Season 2).
 * 20 June – Alvin Tan, politician.
 * 25 November – Ng Yi Sheng, writer.
 * 17 December – Stella Huang, former singer.
 * 23 December – Elvin Ng, actor.

Deaths

 * 8 August – Chua Jim Neo, cookbook author and mother of Lee Kuan Yew (b. 1907).
 * P. Govindasamy Pillai, businessman (b. 1887).

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Talk:Hedda Hopper

Biography assessment rating comment
The article may be improved by following the WikiProject Biography 11 easy steps to producing at least a B article. -- Edofedinburgh 01:28, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

Question
How come Hedda Hooper had a house design by Ellis in Littlestone on the southern English coast, what was the connection. The house now is the Rommney Bay Hotel

Unreferenced tag
It's probably ironic, but this otherwise excellent article about a famous gossip columnist appears to have insufficient references. While it contains links to her IMDB and IBDB listings, those sites primarilly verify her various film and stage roles. However, the rest of the article that deals with many aspects of her personal life and career as a gossip columnist need other external published references.

So since a good deal of the information in the article doesn't currently have a citation to a published source verifying it, I flagged the article as unreferenced in hopes that an editor with access to good material about Hopper can add some footnotes and citations. Dugwiki 23:37, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

External links modified
Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just added archive links to 1 one external link on Hedda Hopper. Please take a moment to review my edit. If necessary, add after the link to keep me from modifying it. Alternatively, you can add to keep me off the page altogether. I made the following changes:
 * Added archive https://web.archive.org/20080705160245/http://www.physics.purdue.edu/~schneppn/hedda.html to http://www.physics.purdue.edu/~schneppn/hedda.html

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Cheers. —cyberbot II  Talk to my owner :Online 15:17, 18 October 2015 (UTC)

Uncited material in need of citations
I am moving the following material here until it can be properly supported with reliable, secondary citations, per WP:V, WP:NOR, WP:IRS, WP:PSTS, et al. [ This diff] shows where it was in the article. Nightscream (talk) 20:26, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

Writing
After years of struggling as an actress, she had found her niche. She named the home she purchased in Beverly Hills "The House That Fear Built". She maintained a notorious if self-serving rivalry with the longer-established and better-liked Louella Parsons, who had formerly been friendly, sometimes even passing Hopper information. Hopper and Parsons became arch rivals competing fiercely, and often nastily, for the title "Queen of Hollywood", although those who knew both agreed that Hopper, a former actress, was far more vicious and unforgiving in her dealings with those who displeased her than rivals Parsons and Sheilah Graham were ever known to be.

Irony indeed
It's irony indeed that this article deteriorates into gossip. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 218.214.111.181 (talk) 19:53, 13 November 2018 (UTC)

Birthdate
Date of birth is given as May 2nd 1885. Her own memoirs give no year, but the birthday is quoted as June 2nd. (From Under My Hat, Doubleday, 1952. Library of Congress Catalog Number: 52-10394. Internet Archive https://archive.org/stream/fromundermyhat00hopp/fromundermyhat00hopp_djvu.txt. Page 6. Sorry No ISBN No.) Valetude (talk) 12:45, 8 June 2020 (UTC)

Even by stinkipedia "standards", this reeks.
Although it's about a gossip columnist, facts still matter. This "article" is full of unsubstantiated hearsay. 172.58.27.14 (talk) 20:10, 23 November 2020 (UTC)

Chunks of text repeated twice - anyone able to improve edit?
Can anyone edit the large chunks of repeated text in this biography? I refer in particular to the long paragraphs about Ingrid Bergman and Charlie Chaplin. While informative, repeating the almost identical text must be a mistake, surely? I'm quite a new contributor to Wikipedia pages and, despite being a journalist my whole working life, who even did the occasional subbing work too, I'm out of my depth when it comes to anything more than basic editing on here. I'm not practiced with online computer stuff - showing my age - and there seem to be a huge number of rules and regulations to be followed so often I find the process over-whelmingly complicated. Unfortunately, I've unintentionally incurred the wrath of a couple of contributors to other Wiki bios when I've corrected grammar, spelling and factual errors (which I always double-check from Wiki and other sources before doing so). Some people get very nasty if you so much as remove an ill-placed comma! However, I do appreciate the time contributors spend in creating and improving Wikipedia including with this interesting bio but it undoubtedly needs tidying up and the substantial repetition removing. Any takers? Mag Wildwood (talk) 15:14, 7 July 2022 (UTC)

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Paulette (tax)

La Paulette (after the financier Charles Paulet, who proposed it) was the name commonly given to the "annual right" (droit annuel), a special tax levied by the French Crown under the Ancien Régime. It was first instituted on December 12, 1604 by King Henry IV's minister Maximilien de Béthune, duc de Sully.

The paulette was a tax on the holders of various government and judicial offices, paid to the Crown, and initially set at an annual payment of one-sixtieth of the value of each office. Paying the paulette secured the right of the officeholder to transfer his office at will.

The transmission of judicial offices had been a common practice in France since the late Middle Ages. By the beginning of the sixteenth century the practice had extended to almost all levels of the ever-increasing Renaissance state administration (such as seats in the Parlements), and played an important role in state finances. Custom had permitted an officer to transfer his office to his heir (résignation) with royal permission in return for the payment of a fee. Before it was made illegal in 1521, it had been possible to leave open-ended the date that the transfer was to take effect. In 1534, the "forty days rule" was instituted (adapted from church practice), which made the successor's right void if the preceding office holder died within forty days of the transfer (in which case the office reverted to the state); however, a new fee, called the survivance jouissante, protected against the forty days rule. Still, the new office holder had to meet the minimum qualifications needed for the office or else the office went back to the crown. The paulette was a modification of this rule, which substituted an annual tax as protection against the "forty days rule".

The paulette provided the Crown with a steady source of revenue while consolidating the practice of hereditary government offices. This left the administration of justice in France in the hands of a new and increasingly powerful hereditary class of magistrates, which came to be known as the noblesse de robe ("nobility of the gown"), in contrast with the traditional aristocracy, known as the noblesse d'épée ("nobility of the sword", whose position derived from feudal military service). This system was abolished after the French Revolution.

While the paulette provided revenue for the Crown, the salaries of government officials stressed the royal funds and forced the Crown to tax the lower classes heavily. During the rule of Louis XIV, his minister of finance Jean Baptiste Colbert expanded the creation and sale of offices to raise money without new taxation.

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FBISD

FBISD may refer to:

 * The Fort Bend Independent School District, in Fort Bend County, Texas
 * The Flour Bluff Independent School District, in Corpus Christi, Texas

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Category:Indian art

This category is for the visual art of India; for other forms of art see Category:Arts in India.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Red-Lite (Afterhour)

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The result of the debate was delete.. Joyous (talk) 01:13, July 25, 2005 (UTC)

Red-Lite (Afterhour)
This is a non-notable business in Laval, Quebec. I suppose it would be a useful article if one wanted to know where to go use illegal drugs in Laval. Seriously though, this is far far from encyclopedic. Tobycat 06:40, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
 * FYI, Red-Lite redirects to the above article. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 06:42, 17 July 2005 (UTC)

 * delete --Barista | a/k/a マイケル | T/C 06:43, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
 * delete (author of the article) Alright, delete it. I changed my mind. -- Hort Azeglio --
 * Keep notable club on the DJ circuit (judging by google - Armand Van Helden just played there), and looks like it may now be the top club in Montreal. Other clubs like Ministry of Sound have pages. --Simon.Pole 08:25, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete or put in Wikitravel. Radiant_ >|< 13:21, July 17, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, Notable music venue. Capitalistroadster 16:43, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete no assertion of notability. We've got plenty of bars here that known people have played at, this does not automatically extend notability to the bar.  For those asserting notability, how about putting some evidence of that in the article?  Friday 16:45, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete notability not established. JamesBurns 08:16, 18 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. non notable, encourages illegal behaviour. Elfguy 17:32, 18 July 2005 (UTC)
 * DELETE or merge into the Laval, Quebec article. 132.205.3.20 18:47, 18 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete --[[Image:Ottawa flag.png|20px]] Spinboy 05:43, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Article fails to establish notability. --Deathphoenix 17:45, 22 July 2005 (UTC)

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