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Barèges

Barèges (Varètja,, Barètja in the Gascon dialect) is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department, administrative region of Occitania, southwestern France. It is situated in the valley of the Bastan on the former Route nationale 618 (the "Route of the Pyrenees") on the western side of the Col du Tourmalet.

Its spa has been known since the beginning of the 17th century and is the highest in the Pyrenees. It is famous also for the ski resort of Barèges, part of the Domaine du Tourmalet, as well as its landscapes.

Geography
Barèges village is a small mountain village in the French Pyrenees located in the heart of the Val de la Batsus at the foot of the Col du Tourmalet and the Pic du Midi de Bigorre, which stretches along the right bank of the Bastan. The commune is located some 20 km south of Bagneres-de-Bigorre and 12 km north-west of Aragnouet.

Topography
The town is bounded in the north-west by the Bastan river which flows from east to west in a narrow valley through the main village (at an altitude of 1250 m) and through its main inhabited areas. The Bastan forms the northern border of the commune with the commune of Sers.

The rest of the territory of the commune is mostly a vast plateau surrounded by several peaks that form most of its other borders with:
 * to the East: the commune overlooks the ski area shared with Bagnères-de-Bigorre, the Super Barèges station;
 * to the south-east: on the border with Vielle-Aure are the peaks of Aygues-Cluses (2620 m), Gourget (2619 m, the north-east ridge is also the northernmost part of the north-western boundary of the Néouvielle National Nature Reserve), Estibère (2663 m), and Madamète (2657 m). About 1 km north of the Madamète within the commune there is Tracens peak (2551 m), which slopes towards the middle of the plateau;
 * to the south: on the border of the exclave of Soulan (Saint-Lary-Soulan) are the Crêtes d'Espade (Espade ridges) leading to the Pic de Néouvielle (3091 m) which also marks the southern part of the north-western boundary of the Néouvielle National Nature Reserve;
 * to the south-west: on the border of Luz-Saint-Sauveur are the Pic des Trois conseillers (Peak of three councilors) (3039 m), the Turon de Néouvielle (3035 m), the Coume de l'Ours Peak (2855 m), and Mont Arrouy (2772 m but actually located in Luz-Saint-Sauveur and closer to the border with Betpouey, but the north face descends to the plateau in Barèges);
 * to the west: on the border with Betpouey and close to Barèges village is the Ayre Peak (2416 m) with a cable car up its north face from the village and ski lifts in winter.

Access and transport
The village sits on the D918 road, which to the west leads down the valley to Lourdes, Tarbes and Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées Airport. To the north-east, the road continues up the valley to the Col du Tourmalet and onwards to Arreau and Bagnères-de-Bigorre.

Hydrology
The Bastan river, known locally as the "Gave de Bastan", is a right tributary of the Gave de Gavarnie and has its source in the north-east of the commune near the Col du Tourmalet whose slopes and the slopes of the surrounding peaks supply water. The Ruisseau d'Aygues Cluses rises in the south-east of the commune and flows north to join the Bastan. The Ruisseau de la Glère flows north from the Lac de la Glère in the south-west of the commune to join the Bastan east of the village. Two small streams rise south of the village and flow north to join the Bastan: the Ruisseau de Rioulet and the Ruisseau du Pontis.

The mountainous plateau that forms the largest area of the commune is dotted with small lakes that feed the streams flowing to the Bastan.

In February 2013 an avalanche blocked the Bastan at the height of the Barèges Spa and the town was evacuated. On 31 May 2013 snow accumulated and there was an avalanche below the Lienz which covered nearly 200 metres of the bed of the Bastan. After a heatwave on 15 and 16 June followed by thunderstorms and incessant rain on 17 and 18 June there was rising water associated with snow melt. Hampered by the remains of the avalanche, the waters of the Bastan overflowed the road on the right bank, the Place de Barèges (Town Square), then the HLM parking, camping area, and seven houses but there were no injuries reported. The Thermal Baths of Barzun were also heavily damaged. The stricken town was evacuated on June 19 through an unusual opening of the Col du Tourmalet which is always under snow.

Climate
Barèges has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Barèges is 8.9 C. The average annual rainfall is 1235.3 mm with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 16.0 C, and lowest in January, at around 2.5 C. The highest temperature ever recorded in Barèges was 37.0 C on 16 August 1987; the coldest temperature ever recorded was -18.0 C on 17 December 1946.

History
In the 7th century the people of Barèges Valley were subjected to women - there was a custom that men served their wives with all marks of respect.

Under the Treaty of Corbeil in 1258, James I of Aragon renounced his claim to Occitania inherited from his ancestors, the Counts of Barcelona. In return King Louis IX of France agreed to waive his own claims to the Catalan counties. Effectively, as the descendants of Charlemagne, the kings of France have always retained their rights over the old Marca Hispanica. In this way the Vallée libre de Barèges (Free Valley of Barèges) was established.

Administratively, the town of Bains was a dependency of the village of Betpouey located downstream on the Bastan. A small mountain village was built around a thermal springs. It is not known when its hot springs were discovered. Tradition has it that the shepherds were the first users. They had noticed that sick or injured sheep came to soak in the hot and sulphurous waters.

Its warm sulphurous waters first became generally known in 1675 when they were visited by Madame de Maintenon and Louis Auguste, Duke of Maine, son of Louis XIV.

The commune owes its current name to Madame de Maintenon who, during her stay in 1675 in the village of Bains, dated her letters "Barèges" although that designation belonged to the whole Barèges Valley or, in the political sense, the valley of Bastan and that of the Gave de Gavarnie. The town was just called Les Bains in reference to its thermal baths.

In 1680 Louvois, Secretary of State and Minister of State for Louis XIV came to the Barèges Baths to treat a leg fracture. On returning to Versailles he obtained credits from Colbert for the first military hospital for the comfort of hydrotherapy.

In 1762 a flood from the Bastan took away 17 houses in the small spa town.

Barèges appears as Bareges les Bains on the 1750 Cassini Map and the same on the 1790 version. In 1946 the old town of Bains, now more commonly known as simply Barèges, was separated from its former parent of Betpouey as the interests of Betpouey and the tourism in Barèges did not match. In addition the remoteness of the village made administrative tasks difficult, especially in winter due to new activities in the development of winter sports. The commune of Barèges was then created retaining the simple name popularized by Madame de Maintenon and the subsequent success of its thermal baths.

Following very heavy rain (with a red meteorological vigilance rating for Flood in the department) linked to late melting of most of the winter snow, the village of Barèges was seriously damaged on 18 and 19 June 2013. The Bastan river overflowed so violently that several buildings and parts of roads were destroyed with the cutting of electricity and telephone services. No deaths were however reported. The President of the Republic, François Hollande, visited to see the damage on 7 July 2013.

Administration
List of Successive Mayors

Demography
In French, the inhabitants of the commune are known as Barégeois or Barégeoises.

Economy

 * Thermal Baths Photo Gallery

Tourism

Barèges is situated at the perimeter of the National Parc of the Pyrénées. In and around the village all mountain sports are practiced, such as paragliding, walking, cycling, canyoning/caving, mountain climbing, mountain biking, and more.

Barèges is also the second oldest ski resort in France, and when the funicular was opened in 1936 the resort became a tourist destination. The resort, now linked with La Mongie, is the largest ski area in the French Pyrénées.

The historic Funicular of Ayré started from the centre of Barèges and had an intermediate stop on the height of the plateau of Lienz. Later in 1947 it was extended and allowed to reach an altitude of 2005 m on the northern flank of Ayré Peak (which rises to 2416 m). In the early 1950s Électricité de France (EDF) implanted a huge construction site a little higher still (at 150 m below the top of the Ayré) to make an 11 km long tunnel to store water from the Néouvielle massif and from the Gavarnie for the Capdelong Dam and bring them through the mountains to the Pragnères hydroelectric plant. The existing funicular could not be extended and a cable car was built by EDF, first for its own use to connect to the tunnel construction site base camp and the refuge of Glère nearby (the remains of the tunnel construction and the base camp have not yet, in 2013, been cleaned).

With the development of tourism, the EDF cable car was then slightly modified to be also used by skiers and hikers visiting the refuge. When the piste which now descends to the refuge was established in the early 1980s, the cable car, which was no longer used for the transportation of engineers controlling the work (who were much less numerous than during construction) was downgraded. When it no longer met safety standards and it was no longer necessary to go to the refuge due to the new piste, the cable car was stopped completely and dismantled in the 1990s.

The old Funicular of Ayré was also closed in 2000 due to aging structures and safety, despite the maintenance and modernization of buildings and equipment that had taken place over the decades. As of 2013 it has not reopened but a new project is being supported by the council, much of the population, and the friends of the station to restore the structures and aging equipment to modern standards (this is the largest and most expensive part of the work required excluding the subsequent operating costs), to modernise and diversify activities in the resort, and to reopen year round tourism.

A cable car (1954–1968) and then a Gondola lift (1968–2002) also connected Barèges to Laquette (altitude 1715 m). As it no longer met safety standards it was removed. The only vestige of the cable car is the departure station on the right bank of Bastan above Barèges in the Aygat locality which was also used for the Gondola lift going up to the plateau of Lienz. In order to ski since 2002 the ascent has been by car or bus from the D918 road (along the Bastan) to the departure point for the lifts at Tournaboup which has been built with ample parking, ticketing, and an ESF office. It is sometimes possible to access Super Barèges via the Col du Tourmalet (the road is often closed in winter or requires special equipment). The pass road is dangerous and the small resort does not allow extended parking for numerous ski vehicles so this station has been closed to non-resident passenger vehicles which must remain parked at Tournaboup and reach Super Barèges by the Caoubère and Tourmalet chairlifts which connect Barèges to La Mongie.

Gastronomy
Barèges-Gavarnie is an Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) for French Mutton. This AOC was created in 2003.

Fashion
Barège is a type of goat wool which was originally made in Barèges. The undercoat from the goat fleeces yield a kind of lightweight wool and used as a Cashmere wool for a particular weave in gowns, scarves, and necklaces.

Barèges gowns are cited by Victor Hugo in Les Misérables, and in both Madame Bovary and Sentimental Education by Gustave Flaubert.

George Sand wrote on 28 August 1825, when in Bagneres-de-Bigorre, in a letter to her mother: "Je vous porterais du barège de Barèges" (I would bring you some barège from Barèges).

 * Barèges Town Festival 15 August 2014 - Wool working

Sites and Monuments

From upstream to downstream on the Bastan:
 * The village and localities in the valley
 * Super Barèges
 * Tournaboup
 * Piets Dérat
 * Souriche
 * Transarious
 * Le Lienz
 * L'Hospitalet
 * Artigala
 * La Ribère
 * The Baths of Barzun and Cabadur

 * Sites to see
 * The Thermal Baths of Barèges and Barèges-Barzun in the lower village
 * The old Funicular du Pic de l'Ayré, currently out of service but visitable at its 3 stations including the departure station in the village next to the thermal baths
 * The Piets Barns upstream of the village at Piets Dérat, built in the direction of the slope and fortified with a stone bow that protects from avalanches and snow
 * The Jardin botanique du Tourmalet (Tourmalet botanical garden)
 * The Domaine du Tourmalet which includes the ski resorts of several communes, including those of Tournaboup and Super Barèges in Barèges
 * The Col du Tourmalet between Barèges and Bagneres-de-Bigorre, reached by a steep, winding road which is closed in winter. In summer it is regularly visited by cyclists and the Tour de France

Notable people linked to the commune

 * Pablo Morillo 5 May 1775 – 27 July 1837, Spanish General, born in Barèges
 * Father Antoine Dieuzayde 13 June 1877 – 13 July 1958, founded Camp Rollot in Barèges

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Conversations with Dead People

"Conversations with Dead People" is the seventh episode of the seventh and final season of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The episode aired on November 12, 2002 on UPN. It is the only episode other than "Once More, with Feeling" where the title appears on screen.

Plot
Several encounters take place around Sunnydale on one night, which are told in real time. Uniquely among Buffy episodes, the main characters do not interact with one another. According to the staff writers, this was intended to enforce the idea of "being alone."

On patrol in the Sunnydale cemetery, Buffy encounters a newly-risen vampire. After a brief struggle, he abruptly stops, having recognized her as an old high school classmate. Buffy is surprised to discover that the vampire is Holden "Webs" Webster, a classmate that she barely remembers until he casually begins reminiscing. Webs, a psychology major in life, proceeds to psychoanalyze Buffy, and she opens up to him about her innermost conflicts and feelings of isolation. Webs offers several insights, including that Buffy's problems with commitment and frequent targeting of unavailable men stems from her damaged relationship with her father, and that her emotional distance to her friends results from the isolation she feels as the Slayer. While the two sporadically interrupt their discussion with fighting, Buffy ultimately concludes that her only regret in opening up to Webs is that she will have to kill him in their battle. She slays him in the end, but not before he identifies Spike as the vampire who recently sired him, leaving her standing in shock.

Meanwhile, Dawn prepares for a night alone at home. An unnaturally loud banging sets her nerves on edge, the electronics begin to malfunction and the house suffers from heavy wind and earthquakes. Eventually, Dawn comes to believe that her mother is trying to contact her, and the malevolent force is working to prevent her. Dawn manages to exorcise the malevolent force and a vision of Joyce appears to warn her that she cannot trust Buffy.

In a story entirely devoid of dialogue, Spike picks up a woman at a bar, walks her home, and feeds on her, leaving her dead on her own doorstep.

Jonathan and Andrew return from Mexico after several months in hiding. Both are plagued by nightmares and hope to share discoveries about an artifact hidden near the Hellmouth to win favor with Buffy. However, Andrew is secretly in contact with what appears to be the ghost of Warren, while Jonathan is having a personal revelation that he misses high school and still cares for his old friends. After they dig up the artifact, Andrew, on Warren's instructions, insults and kills Jonathan, causing his blood to spill all over a mystical portal, the Seal of Danzalthar, in the school basement.

In the library, Willow is visited by the ghost of Cassie, a girl Buffy once helped, who claims to have been sent by the dead Tara. The ghost relays Tara's message that Willow will end up killing everyone if she ever uses magic again, and recommends suicide as a solution. This tips Willow off that she has not been talking to Cassie, and she demands to know who the being really is. The being reveals itself as the First Evil and threatens Willow and all her friends before vanishing.

Production
The writing of this episode is credited to Jane Espenson and Drew Goddard. However, according to the commentary by Espenson and Goddard on the DVD, this episode actually had four distinct writers: Espenson wrote the Dawn scenes, Goddard wrote the Geek Trio scenes, Joss Whedon wrote the Buffy-Holden scenes, and Marti Noxon wrote the Willow-Cassie scenes. Since Whedon and Noxon were the executive producers of the show, they would often forgo formal credit for their contributions to various scripts. Whedon wanted Amber Benson to appear as Tara, taunting Willow instead of Cassie, but Benson chose not to appear, partly because she did not want Tara to appear as an evil character after her death.

Other storylines considered were for Eric Balfour, who played Jesse McNally in the pilot episode, "Welcome to the Hellmouth", to have conversed with Xander; and, according to Drew Goddard on the "Selfless" DVD commentary, for Kali Rocha (Halfrek) to return and haunt Anya, but she was unavailable. As a result of the omitted storylines, this is the only episode of the series in which Xander does not appear. On the DVD commentary for the show, Jane Espenson revealed that the image of Joyce is the First. In the original draft of the script, Dawn was going to try to raise her mother. When Joyce appeared, she was to say, "They said I couldn't bring someone back." To which The First/Joyce would reply: "Maybe I'm the First."

Reception
This episode was awarded the 2003 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form. The Futon Critic named it the 42nd best episode of 2002, saying it was "Heartbreaking and deliciously evil at the same time—that's Buffy at its best for sure."

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Brendon
Does anyone know why Nicholas Brendon wasn't in this episode? Was there a behind the scenes reason, or did the writers just forget him? --Gero 11:04, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

 * I recall reading that originally he was planned to be in the episode, I read that they were even thinking of bringing back Jesse, his friend who died back in The Harvest. -- Paxomen 17:41, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

 * That would have been very interesting to see. Hard too, as there's hardly any mention of Jesse throughout the series, even though Him, Xander & Willow were friends. I suppose it makes sense why Xander wasn't there now.--Gero 01:13, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

 * Yeah I can't remember where I heard/read that so I'm not sure how true it is, I think there is commenatary on that episode which may reveal why Xander's not there. I think ultimately Xander's missing, because the writers were not sure how to use his character in Season 7, it seems that whilst he had gained some confidence and was no longer the butt-monkey this also made him less funny, yet at the same time the character lacked depth of many of the other Buffyverse characters available. Xander didn't even get his own episode in that Season! -- Paxomen 01:25, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

 * Well, whither or not it's true, it does make sense (I'll have to try and get the DVD's sometime to try and confirm). I can't recall anyone besides Jessie that was close to Xander who died. Shame about him losing his annual episode too (he didn't really have one in season 4 either, but his normal role was larger), though he did have that great talk with Dawn, which is something.--Gero 10:09, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

Amber Benson's reason
So does anyone know for sure why she didn't appear? I can remember hearing that she didn't want Tara seen like that (or something along those lines), but I can't be quoted on that. Can someone find a quote? --Gero 11:28, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
 * It's definitely out there, but it might be hard to find. --David Bixenspan 23:45, 23 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Quote is, in answer to the question 'Can you tell us why you chose not to return for season seven?',

I would love to have come back but sometimes there are things in your life that you have to stand up for and to tell you the God's honest truth, I really didn't want Tara to be bad, and that would have been a component of me coming back. As much as I wanted to come back - and I almost did - that was something that was dogging my not wanting to come back. I just felt like people really loved that character and for her to be bad would just destroy people. So that was one of the reasons I didn't go back. "
 * "I wish that we could have worked it out but there were extenuating circumstances that I don't really want to go into.

 * I'm intending to edit that part of the article to more clearly reflect what Benson actually said (i.e. 'among other reasons, she "didn't want Tara to be bad" ').--Tyranny Sue (talk) 06:29, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

Dawn's Confrontation
If the power that's taunting them all is the First, how does it have the power here to throw her around, create winds and cut her? I thought it was incorporeal and couldn't have any physical effect. Is there any reason or just laziness on the writer's part?

It's never made clear who/what that was, or that whole sub-plot about Dawn being warned about Buffy from their 'mom'. I have a feeling it was intended to be expanded upon, but since that was the last season, it couldn't. Since as far as I know nothing's been said about it in the comics, I think we have to chalk it up to bad writing. --Gero 14:15, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

There was another demon there, The First was only presenting itself as Joyce. So the other demon (that Dawn killed) could very well have created all the winds, as well as slashed her face. Ghola8

Or it could have been the Bringers who have used magic to effect the inside of the house.

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Jesse
I guess they forgot all about Xander's best friend Jesse then? 202.74.194.57 (talk) 10:01, 13 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Dude, what? Lots42 (talk) 12:29, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

Trivia
This article is crammed with seemingly randomly listed trivia. Lots42 (talk) 03:04, 9 August 2011 (UTC)

Continuity
"The music Dawn is listening to while home alone is the same Buffy was listening to while washing dishes in season 5, before breaking down and crying over their mother's sickness."

I compared those salsa instrumentals in Season 5 Episode 9 "Listening to Fear" and Season 7 Episode 7 "Conversations with Dead People" and they are most definitely different pieces. Unfortunately I was not able to identify either song. The song in "Conversations with Dead People" is on several sites listed as "Nicolito" by the Los Cubaztecas. But that song sounds nothing like the one featured in the episode.ThRow (talk) 07:26, 28 June 2012 (UTC)

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NPOV?
The "general criticisms" section seems very NPOV. Anybody else agree? (NOT a straw poll; comments only!) Sentinel75 02:04, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

There are individuals on the Airliners.net forums who always favour the aircraft manufacturer from their homeland. They will post comments to mock a foreign aircraft manufacturer, and stir up anger.

Here's a good example: The recent fire at an Airbus plant caused some injuries. A Boeing fanatic posted something along the lines of "I hope that halts their production for a while!". He was banned from the forums for two weeks, and will be allowed back when he agrees to be rational, rather than a fanboi.

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There are lots of fanatics on Wikipedia who don't like critical comments about their fixation.

Edits by User:Planefan
User:Planefan has today added content to this article that I would consider original research (with some possible NPOV issues as well). It has been reverted by both User:Brandon W and myself, and to avoid crashing into the 3-Revert Rule I'm bringing the discussion here rather than reverting again. The paragraphs question are:

The screening process for photographs seems dominated by technical considerations rather than artistic ones, and so photographs are rejected for reasons such as leveling, centering, and pixelation. This generally means photographs have a tendency to all look the same and as cameras evolve, the standards for acceptance change also. This technical approach to photography tends to appeal to its overwhelmingly (mostly young) male aviation enthusiast membership.

The website's non-aviation forum has a distinctly right wing authoritarian and political bias which is evidenced by the following facts: 1., The relatively high proportion of current and retired U.S. military members on the site, 2., The moderators' very authoritarian approach to managing the forums and their reluctance to tolerate public discussion of how the site should be managed - even in the site-related forum; 3., Moderators selectively censor topics based on content all the while ignoring others with considerable scatalogical content or, for example, crude salacious references to prominent female Democrats; and 4., Moderators themselves participate in some of the heated discussions even as they ban members for criticizing moderators and censor criticisms, which places members who disagree with moderators in the unfair position of being unable to properly respond to moderator' excesses. Because of these practices, some members cynically refer to the moderators as the "Bill O'Reilly's of the Aviation world."

While I would agree that the screening process is technical issues, I think that there's a lot of drawing of conclusions in the above. I typically stay out of the political discussions on the site, but again there are conclusions being drawn and what looks like NPOV problems. -- Hawaiian717 22:19, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

NPOV and OR problems?
According to wikipedia itself there is a distinction to be made between OR and compilations. I refer to compilations of readily observable traits on the airliners.net website.

Wikipedia guidelines explicitly state what is not OR:

'''Editors may make straightforward mathematical calculations or logical deductions based on fully attributed data that neither change the significance of the data nor require additional assumptions beyond what is in the source. It should be possible for any reader without specialist knowledge to understand the deductions. For example, if a published source gives the numbers of votes cast in an election by candidate, it is not original research to include percentages alongside the numbers, so long as it is a simple calculation and the vote counts all come from the same source. Deductions of this nature should not be made if they serve to advance a position, or if they are based on source material published about a topic other than the one at hand.'''

In my case, logical deductions are made that do not change the significance of the data, and it is possible for the non-specialist to understand the deductions, and I am not advancing a position other than the one at hand.

As for NPOV, I think the nature of the airliners.net conservative and authoritarian slant is worth noting and so I have been careful to explicitly itemize the basis of this observation through compiling readily observable traits on the website itself. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Planefan (talk • contribs) 14:59, 27 February 2007 (UTC-8)

Ongoing Vandalism
The page has been semi-protected because of a recent rash of vandalism.MBK004 22:19, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

Competing Websites
I recently removed the paragraph talking about competing websites as it seems to leave an opening for anyone to link to their similar site there. An anonymous editor put one back in claiming that information on competitors is often found in articles. A major thing that bothers me is that all the links to competing sites are external links rather than wikilinks, as I don't believe any of the other sites have articles on Wikipedia (and I'm not sure they've established enough notability to warrant them). In the interests of avoiding an edit war, I thought I'd open it up for discussion here. Thoughts? -- Hawaiian717 (talk) 15:19, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

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I hope this is technically the right way to answer, this is the first time I have ever done this.

I just do not think that section is an "invitation to spam". If people spam it with links to their personal websites, those can be removed. But an outright deletion of the competitors' names smells of "protecting" the business of the owners of airliners.net from competition which is simply unnecessary.

Just look at articles like the one on YouTube, Yahoo!, Microsoft and so on. They all mention competitors in one way or another. But they are longer, so those references are much easier to weave into the text without the need for dedicated paragraphs. -- Something-thinking some (talk) 14:16, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

 * In just the few days since this was put back in, already two more sites have been added: AirspaceOnline and DetroitSpotters. The issue is, when you start to provide examples, everyone else feels free to add their own site (or their favorite site) as an additional example.  The same thing happens with the meetups section.  None of these other sites have their own article, and instead link to the site itself. I think this helps to show what I mean by the section opens up the article to spamming. -- Hawaiian717 (talk) 18:20, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

I previously restored the paragraph since its deletion was reasoned merely as "a section for spammy external links". This is a flimsy reason to delete. Instead, a request should be made for verification of the said text in a reasonable amount of time, failing which it would be far more reasonable to consider removing them. Apparantly, Airliners.net does specify MyAviation.net as a sister site, for example, and this should be cited, not removed.--Huaiwei (talk) 02:27, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

 * Just to answer Huaiwei comment about MyAviation.net statement about Airliners.net not specifing them as a sister site. True not a sister site but every page on airliners.net has a link to MyAviation.com at the bottom as Partner Sites: Aviation Photo Gallery. and both sites are copyright Demand Media Inc. Although the link to MyAviation should be put in external links as per WP:EL. MilborneOne (talk) 17:26, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

 * It seems to me that most examples of having competitor links is in a "See Also" section, and these don't go to the competitors' websites, but to their articles on Wikipedia. For example, Google Calendar contains links to the articles on Yahoo! Calendar and Windows Live Calendar, but not links to the the other sites themselves.  I'll also note a couple of points from WP:EL: External links should not normally be used in the body of an article and that the list of links normally to be avoided includes Links mainly intended to promote a website which was my concern that led me to bringing this up in the first place.  I don't have a problem with the section on partner sites (MyAviation and FlightLevel360), my issue is with the competitors and that was the paragraph I originally removed. I'll add External links to the section and see if it gets some attention. In addition, it's probably worth considering adding a short discussion about MyAviation (as it was essentially run by the same people) and how it differs from Airliners.net. -- Hawaiian717 (talk) 17:33, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Anet Homepage Redesign
The content with the remarks "2008 Redesign In May 2008, the site was redesigned with new colors and a modified page layout. The changes were released to a mixed reaction with many users disapproving of the new site." is both accurate and concise - and there is no evidence of provocation in these remarks. I highly recommend to the managers/head moderators/site foremen/whoever runs this place that if this becomes an editing war, to consider the value of leaving these remarks in the content of the main article, based on accuracy. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Anetmod (talk • contribs) 22:45, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

There's no use in adding personal comments, though, that are provocative and/or otherwise inflammatory - that would show that those who do not like the new content of the site are trying to present biased information on this site concerning said content on Anet, when, in fact, the basic remarks (shown in the aforementioned edit here) are sufficient. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Anetmod (talk • contribs) 22:49, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

Whoever 83.219.113.188 is, you are removing information that is valid and descript concerning Airliners.net. I hope the site moderation here will view your contributions to this article subtitle as detrimental to the accurate portrayal of the page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Anetmod (talk • contribs) 00:03, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

Content dispute
There seems to be a content dispute regarding some information claimed by an IP address that resolves to the owners of this website to be defamatory and irrelevant which was posted by a disgruntled user. There also seems to be a systematic cleansing of this article of dissenting information which from what I can tell is cited. I make no judgment about the voracity of such claims and the current version of the article, but further edit warring over this is unacceptable without discussing the valid points. Therefore, I have fully protected this article from editing until the warring parties are able to discuss and come to an amicable agreement on the content of the article. -MBK004 20:12, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

Why didn't you revert to my version instead? That would have been a bit more WP:NPOV. --81.105.207.63 (talk) 23:37, 12 July 2008 (UTC)
 * The only reason I made a revert was because of the removal of text without discussion. The NPOV aspects are what this discussion is meant for. -MBK004 23:42, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

←Hmph, is there going to be a discussion about the content of the article or not? Just waiting until the protection expires won't work because I will re-set the protection until an amicable solution is reached. This is going to be resolved. -MBK004 23:36, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

Travel and booking service
In addition to the photo database and discussion forums, the website accepts aviation articles for publishing, has an automatic news service which gathers aviation news, maintains an information database about aircraft types (based on The International Directory of Civil Aircraft by Gerard Frawley), and hosts a flight and hotel booking service.Italic text

Airliners.net DOES NOT host a flight and hotel booking service.

I implore you to find the service on the site. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.205.162.205 (talk) 02:20, 13 July 2008

 * Airliners.net used to have a partnership with TravelNow.com where TravelNow operated an Airliners.net branded version of it's booking engine. Presumably Airliners.net got a commission on bookings.  This seems to no longer be present, presumably Demand Media decided to discontinue the partnership and/or negotiate a new one.  I guess updating this should go on the to do list once this article's content dispute is resolved.  Also, I suppose it is not quite accurate to state that Airliners.net host(ed) it as it did not, rather it linked to TravelNow. -- Hawaiian717 (talk) 23:02, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

Requested Edits
editprotected This one goes in the "Other Controversy" section. On the date of July 16th, 2008, a parody site of Airliners.net called Airwhiners.net had their domain hijacked by their hosting company, eNom, who is a subsidiary of Demand Media (who owns airliners.net). As a result of this hijacking, anybody who attempted to access airwhiners.net was redirected to airliners.net. This was confirmed by several members of airwhiners.net trying to access the site but getting redirected to airliners.net. —Preceding unsigned comment added by The big secret (talk • contribs) 19:08, 17 July 2008
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: Doesn't seem like it adds to the article, and doesn't seem very important. You also haven't given the text you want incorporated (a little fiddling with the above post could fix that) or any sources for it, so I'm going to have to say no.  --lifebaka (talk - contribs) 19:16, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

Perhaps instead say something like "On this date, airwhiners.net was temporarily redirecting to airliners.net...airwhiners.net is registered to eNom, a subsidiary of Demand Media, who also owns airliners.net, however there is no credible evidence to suggest that this was a domain hijacking and not an accident" ?? —Preceding unsigned comment added by The big secret (talk • contribs) 22:27, 17 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Is there a reliable source to confirm that this happened? Is such an event notable? Plus, your suggested wording is factually incorrect; airwhiners.net is not registered to eNom, rather it appears to have been registered through eNom. Plus, it sounds speculative, and if there is no credible evidence to suggest something, why mention it. -- Hawaiian717 (talk) 23:10, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

Other sites
I notice that some pictures have disappeared from Airliners.net since I last looked at the site a couple of years ago. I assume these were removed by disaffected members who have since moved elsewhere? What other sites have been established by such people? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bastie (talk • contribs) 04:29, 12 December 2008
 * Specifically, I'd like to know more about this image, taken in 2003 - which Concorde is depicted here, and where was it taken? Bastie (talk) 10:52, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

Notability?
The page at the moment is entirely based on citations from the website itself, with no third party references. I believe this page should be deleted as it is largely an advertisement for the site in question. I would also question the notability of the website, and without third party references to prove its notability, surely it should be deleted? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Noelmg (talk • contribs) 14:08, 22 February 2012 (UTC)

I beg to differ: http://www.salon.com/2007/04/27/askthepilot229/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.250.1.215 (talk) 00:15, 7 September 2013 (UTC)

Controversy section
A substantial part of the article is a “controversy” section. The problem with that is that it is 100% original research and links to the site.

Alas, Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, and cannot rely on original research. We’re supposed to say what reliable sources say about a topic. Especially when the topic is as controversial as a “controversy”.

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British Soldier

British Soldier may refer to:
 * A member of the British Armed Forces, particularly the British Army
 * The lichen Cladonia cristatella, a type of cup lichen commonly known as "British Soldiers"

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Feminnem

Feminnem is a girl group from Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina composed of three members. They represented both countries at the Eurovision Song Contest; Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2005 (with original members Ivana Marić, Neda Parmać and Pamela Ramljak) and Croatia in 2010 (when the group consisted of Nika Antolos, Parmać and Ramljak). On 21 February 2012, Pamela, Neda and Nika decided to start solo careers and leave Feminnem and effectively disbanded the group. They were named after American rapper Eminem. In May 2022, the group were decided to get back together, and their members posted on social media announcement of their comeback.

Neda Parmać
Parmać was born April 28, 1985 in Split, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia and took dance lessons from an early age. At the age of thirteen, she performed as a member the band Kompas. In 2004, she entered the Hrvatski Idol competition (the Croatian version of Pop Idol). Her self-confident approach and ability to improvise appealed to the audience, as best seen in her rendition of Michael Jackson's Beat It, when she continued to perform despite forgetting the lyrics. She finished third, with the show being won by Žanamari Lalić. Together with two other finalists, she went on to create Feminnem.

Nika Antolos
Antolos was born August 10, 1989 in Rijeka, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia.

Pamela Ramljak
Ramljak was born December 24, 1979 in Čapljina, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia. She attended the Music Academy in Zagreb, and was back up vocal for Toni Cetinski and Amila Glamočak. In 2004, she was one of the finalists on Hrvatski Idol.

Formation, disbanding and reunion
The group formed in 2004 following the appearance of the three original members on Hrvatski Idol. They have produced one hit single, "Volim te, mrzim te" ("I love you, I hate you"). In 2012, the group decided to split and effectively disbanded the group.

In May 2022, it was announced that Feminnem will reunite, and shortly after, their new single, "Zajedno" (Together) was released.

In March 2023, Feminnem placed first at the 70th jubilee edition of the annual Zagreb Festival with a song named "Trending" which they performed alongside Saša Antić.

Eurovision Song Contest
Feminnem won the right to represent Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 in Ukraine with their entry "Call Me", an up-tempo pop song written and composed by Andrej Babić. They had automatic entry to the Eurosong Final, where they finished in fourteenth out of twenty-four participants.
 * 2005

Feminnem hoped to represent Croatia in Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in Helsinki, Finland with the song "Navika", but they placed only ninth with 16 points. The winner was Dragonfly, featuring Dado Topić with "Vjerujem u ljubav".
 * 2007

Feminnem again hoped to represent Croatia in Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow, Russia with the song "Poljupci u boji", but they placed third with 28 points. The winner was Igor Cukrov feat. Andrea Šušnjara with "Lijepa Tena".
 * 2009

Feminnem took part at the Croatian national final for the third time in 2010, hoping to represent the country in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 to be held in Bærum, Greater Oslo, Norway with their song "Lako je sve". Having finished only fourth in the semi-final, they nonetheless went on to win the final, receiving maximum points from both the jury and the telephone voters. They therefore succeeded in representing Croatia at Eurovision, however they failed to qualify for the final, placing thirteenth in a field of seventeen entries in semi-final two.
 * 2010

Discography

 * Feminnem Show (2005)
 * Lako je sve (2010)
 * Easy to See (2010)

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Wikipedia:In the news/Candidates/June 2005

This page is an archive and its contents should be preserved in their current form; any comments regarding this page should be directed to Template talk:In the news. Thanks.

Archived discussion for June 2005 from In the news section on the Main Page/Candidates.

June 30

 * Spain's parliament votes to legalize same-sex marriage, the third country to do so after the Netherlands and Belgium, and within two days of Canada's decision.
 * Posted. -  BanyanTree 30 June 2005 13:31 (UTC)

June 29

 * Bill C-38 passes in the Canadian House of Commons by a vote of 158 to 133, which will make Canada the third nation to fully recognize same-sex marriage when the Canadian Senate approves the bill.
 * 208.61.146.25 29 June 2005 01:59 (UTC)
 * Posted. --Golbez June 29, 2005 02:26 (UTC)

June 28

 * John T. Walton, one of the richest people in the world, died when his experimental ultralight aircraft crashed after takeoff near Jackson Hole, Wyoming. --Kitch 28 June 2005 11:52 (UTC)
 * Posted. --Golbez June 29, 2005 02:26 (UTC)
 * Is the Associated Press okay with Wikipedia using their photo on the Main Page ? It says "© AP" on the lower left corner of the photo. -- 199.71.174.100 30 June 2005 01:23 (UTC)
 * Huh, so it does. Whoops. Sorry. --Golbez June 30, 2005 06:31 (UTC)
 * No, and this is very embarrassing that we used the photo. Will remove right away and list on Images for deletion. - Ta bu shi da yu 30 June 2005 02:17 (UTC)

 * The 10bn-euro nuclear fusion reactor ITER (International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor) will be built near Cadarache in southern France. (...) project participants said in a joint declaration after their meeting here (at the Moscow conference) Tuesday.  - background: . This agreement seems quite significant to me, both on the scientific and international fronts. --Edcolins June 28, 2005 09:46 (UTC)
 * May I offer an alternative arrangement: Cadarache, in southern France, has been chosen as the site for the €10-billion ITER experimental nuclear fusion reactor. --Kitch 28 June 2005 11:52 (UTC)
 * Adding a dot at the end of the sentence would be better. Too bad I can't do it myself. Cheers. --Edcolins June 28, 2005 12:41 (UTC)
 * Also the image is labelled as "Flag of Bulgaria"! --Edcolins June 28, 2005 12:44 (UTC)
 * Eh? Whoa! Sorry about that! - Ta bu shi da yu 30 June 2005 06:50 (UTC)
 * The image is not .  BTW, the copyright status of the image is unknown. Should it be on the Main Page ? And, please add a full stop.  Thanks. -- 28 June 2005 13:49 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the full stop. I found the image at "http://www.pnl.gov/energyscience/01-02/Iter.gif". As the image came from a .gov website, can a sysop add the  tag, please ? Thanks. -- 28 June 2005 14:22 (UTC)

June 26
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June 24

 * The San Antonio Spurs defeat the Detroit Pistons in the 2005 NBA Finals to win the Larry O'Brien Championship Trophy, their third NBA championship in 7 years. -- 64.229.205.141 13:41, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * That one's pushing it. ;) Then again, we had all those World Cup and US Open ones... --Golbez 18:46, Jun 24, 2005 (UTC)
 * C'mon ... Is there a basketball league in the world with a higher profile and an international following than the NBA ? The NBA Finals were definitely in the headlines in many newspapers around the world. -- 64.229.224.205 12:34, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * The Detroit Pistons winning the NBA Finals was posted on ITN last year, why not this year ? -- 199.71.174.100 17:45, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Which news story should I remove to fit this one? Is this more important than any of those? This link is Broken 17:52, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Please displace the oldest one. Thanks. -- 199.71.174.100 18:21, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * I concur. There is so much room on the right side on the Front Page, perhaps we don't need to remove anything. -- 64.229.207.200 23:32, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Only if you have a large monitor, which not everyone has. - Ta bu shi da yu 02:50, 27 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * The blank space on the right side of the Front Page disappeared yesterday because the Featured Article was very short. The blank space is now back. -- 64.229.225.42 28 June 2005 03:37 (UTC)
 * The blank space has disappeared once again, this time due to a very, very long DYK. ...sigh... -- 64.229.221.245 28 June 2005 12:21 (UTC)
 * The blank space is back. -- 199.71.174.100 29 June 2005 20:08 (UTC) Gone again with another short Featured Article. :-) Never mind. -- 199.71.174.100 30 June 2005 01:18 (UTC)

 * In Iran, Mayor Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Tehran wins the 2005 presidential election, and will succeed President Mohammad Khatami on August 2. -- 64.229.224.205 13:02, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * The United States Supreme Court, in Kelo v. New London, rules that, under the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment, local governments may condemn private houses in order to use the land for uses that are primary commercial, so long as such use serves a demonstrated "public use."
 * It's a bit long and should probably link to the article on the case Kelo v. New London. I'd fix it up myself but it's almost 1:30 now and I'd proably make 10 gramatical errorrs. I need some sleep. This link is Broken 05:20, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Shortened and linked. - Ta bu shi da yu 05:52, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * I'd love to put it up, but you know we'd get complaints about ITN being US-centric. We already have Killen on there, I'm surprised they didn't raise holy hell about that one. --Golbez 06:38, Jun 24, 2005 (UTC)
 * To avoid such complaints I removed killin when adding this one. This link is Broken 11:30, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * "#European hegemony" again ? :-)  A second US item is probably not too bad.... -- 199.71.174.100 15:32, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)

June 20

 * Cedar Revolution: The anti-Syrian bloc of Saad al-Hariri captured control of the National Assembly of Lebanon in the general election, winning 72 of the 128 available seats. --Kitch 17:39, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Posted. --Golbez 18:00, Jun 20, 2005 (UTC)

June 18

 * The Associated Press publishes six leaked documents from the UK government related to pre-Iraq war planning and intelligence. (Wikinews) (Detroit Free Press) Kevin Baastalk: new 01:50, 2005 Jun 19 (UTC)
 * It's up now. - Mgm|(talk) 13:12, Jun 20, 2005 (UTC)

June 17

 * Voters in Iran cast their ballots among seven candidates to succeed President Mohammad Khatami in the 2005 Iranian presidential election. -- Ddye 19:03, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC), revised 64.229.221.114 21:48, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * My personal feeling is that "proceedings" don't count. Voting doesn't count; only the result of the vote matters. Others may disagree. However, once we have a victor, then this will certainly be ITN-worthy. --Golbez 03:18, Jun 18, 2005 (UTC)
 * I see your point, but there is precedent for this: the UK General Election in May, and the Dutch and French EU referenda votes all were reported in progress (and I'm sure there are older examples). I think that the attention the Iranian vote has received makes this as significant an event as those. But in any case I supppose we should wait now until we get official word on who'll be in the run-off. Ddye 13:09, 18 Jun 2005 (UTC)

June 14

 * Executive Deputy President Jacob Zuma of South Africa, implicated in a high-profile corruption trial, is dismissed by President Thabo Mbeki. -- 199.71.174.100 16:05, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Posted. -  BanyanTree 16:22, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * Jamaican athlete Asafa Powell sets a new world record of 9.77 seconds in 100m sprinting. -- 16:15, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Posted by Admin: Golbez. Thank you ! :-)  -- 17:12, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Yeah, sorry, I usually mention posted here, but didn't get back to it this time. :) --Golbez 17:32, Jun 15, 2005 (UTC)

June 13

 * Swedish diplomat Jan Eliasson is unanimously elected the next President of the UN General Assembly. -- 12:29, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Posted by Admin:BanyanTree. Thanks ! :-) -- 13:50, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)

June 11

 * A number of Lebanese politicians approach the United States claiming they are on a Syrian list of targets for assassination, according to U.S. President Bush. Syrian Ambassador to the United States Imad Moustapha vehemently denies the allegations.
 * Please bold the article that contains the updated information as per the criteria. Thanks,   BanyanTree 18:42, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * Former world heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson announcing an intention to retire from the sport after he loses to Kevin McBride in Washington, D.C.. Harro5 08:07, Jun 12, 2005 (UTC)

June 10

 * The world's richest nations, the G8 nations, have agreed on a plan for debt relief for poor African countries.
 * The article does not have this information, and there doesn't seem to be an obvious place to put it. Please read the criteria.  Strange that there is no G8 Finance Ministers Meeting article. -   BanyanTree 13:29, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * Eduardo Rodríguez Veltzé is appointed new president of Bolivia. His duty is to arrange elections.
 * Added.

June 8

 * President Faure Gnassingbé names Edem Kodjo as the new Prime Minister of Togo. -- 64.229.229.120 16:30, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Added.

June 7
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 * American actress Anne Bancroft dies of cancer at age 73. —Cantus… ☎   22:40, Jun 7, 2005 (UTC)
 * The narrowing of the olympic bid as listed on the Current events page. Nrbelex (talk) 03:39, 7 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Hungarian opposition leader Laszlo Solyom has won the 2005 presidential election, with a 189-182 victory over Katalin Szili.

June 6

 * President of Bolivia Carlos Mesa offers his resignation to Congress for a second time this year after weeks of street protests. —Cantus… ☎   02:20, Jun 7, 2005 (UTC)
 * Now that the blurb on Qur'an desecration is the third item, maybe a new pic is in order. How about this photo of Jack Straw to go with the current top news item ? -- 199.71.174.100 00:57, 7 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * Apple Computer announces it is abandoning the PowerPC architecture on its line of Mac personal computers for Intel microprocessors by 2006. —Cantus…<big> ☎   18:37, Jun 6, 2005 (UTC)
 * Big news in the computing world, but not big news in general. violet/riga (t) 22:18, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

June 5

 * In tennis, Rafael Nadal beats Mariano Puerta 6-7(6) 6-3 6-1 7-5 to win the men's singles title in the 2005 French Open, becoming the first player to win the title in his debut Roland Garros appearance since 1982. —Cantus… ☎   21:45, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)
 * In tennis, Justine Henin-Hardenne beats Mary Pierce to win the women's singles title, then Rafael Nadal beats Mariano Puerta for the men's singles title in the 2005 French Open. (The first half about the women's title is already posted. Thanks.) -- 65.95.107.239 17:31, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * The section about the woman's French Open can be removed because it was only in the ITN template as it was an up-to-date news event. Phoenix2 17:58, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

June 4

 * Following allegations that the Muslim holy book Koran was desecrated in front of inmates at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the Bush administration drastically changes its position on the credibility of these reports. At first they completely deny it, and then, on Friday (June 3), reveal that these allegations were indeed true. (Wikinews)
 * Too bad Guantánamo Bay Qur'an desecration allegations wasn't updated. This should be the more appropriate page to post on ITN. -- 64.229.4.103 03:11, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * In tennis, Justine Henin-Hardenne beats Mary Pierce 6-1, 6-1 to win the women's singles title in the 2005 French Open.  (Please add this, but NOT as the top news, though. Thanks.) -- 64.229.223.240 15:23, 4 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * I've added it. Items aren't ranked in order of importance, but rather the order in which they occurred. (Six minutes - not bad!) — Dan | Talk 15:29, Jun 4, 2005 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the rapid response. I'm impressed. :-) If we are going chronologically, should the blurb on Guantánamo Bay Qur'an desecration move down a bit ?  Or is it on top just to go with the photo ? -- 64.229.4.103 03:11, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * Walter Mondale, 77, former Vice President of the United States under Jimmy Carter, United States Senator from Minnesota, Democratic and presidential nomineee in 1984 dies following complications arising from a massive stroke.
 * "Walter Mondale dies" returns one hit, a page attacking Mondale. "Walter Mondale died" returns two hits, one of which refers to the death of his brother, one in which the phrase appears in the quote 'raise your hand if you thought Walter Mondale died ten years ago'.   →Iñgōlemo←   talk 00:00, 2005 Jun 5 (UTC)
 * This appears to be a hoax. — Dan | Talk 00:10, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)

June 2

 * Anurag Kashyap, an eighth-grader from Poway, CA, wins the 78th annual Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, DC.
 * Posted. --Golbez 04:08, Jun 3, 2005 (UTC)
 * Right. Very important news... I'd rather see Miss Universe up there on ITN. This at least has international relevance... And she is prettier. :-) -- 64.229.5.138 14:06, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Did I miss something? Is it April Fools Day again?
 * Please remove this one quickly. Shouldn't be there at first place. No international relevance. --Edcolins 19:39, Jun 3, 2005 (UTC)
 * International relevance is required? Ideally, but we sometimes have major stories not of international relevance; for example, I first heard about Jim McGreevy's resignation on ITN. Edcolins, would you rather have some football score over news like that, just because the two teams were from different sides of an imaginary line? --Golbez 20:23, Jun 3, 2005 (UTC)

 * Europe: protests against Software patents
 * Fails to meet criteria. --Golbez 04:08, Jun 3, 2005 (UTC)
 * The Latvian Parliament Ratifies the EU Constitution 71-5. —Cantus… ☎   16:05, Jun 2, 2005 (UTC)
 * Blurbs need links to Wikipedia articles that contain the updated information. See the criteria. -   BanyanTree 17:32, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Oh come on, I know this. I didn't have the time to look for the links. —Cantus… ☎   17:59, Jun 2, 2005 (UTC)
 * The European Constitution article does contain the information, but I don't think we have a more specific article, as we do with the Dutch and French referenda. Accordingly, this shouldn't go on ITN.-gadfium 23:44, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)

June 1

 * The Netherlands begins voting in a consultative referendum on the proposed EU Constitution. Pre-referendum polling suggests that Dutch voters will reject the constitution by a wider margin than in the French referendum. Majromax 15:18, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Posted BrokenSegue 15:31, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)


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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/UNU/C3

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The result of the debate was delete. Sjakkalle (Check!)  10:27, 29 July 2005 (UTC)

UNU/C3
Incoherent and context-free article about what I assume is a non-notable university computing centre. Delete. jni 11:51, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. The above reasons are applicable, as is I think the fact that the web site actually has nothing to say. It's bizzare. -- Consumed Crustacean | Talk | 15:05, July 20, 2005 (UTC)
 * It's part of the United Nations University, and can probably be merged/redirected to that page. — RJH 15:26, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Basically, as I interpret it, these are the IT guys who keep a (campus-less) university's network running.  That's not notable.  Dcarrano 18:04, July 22, 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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Talk:Shaker High School

Notability
The article fails WP:Notable and hence falls under a criteria for deletion. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Eggman64 (talk • contribs).

Rollback
I rolled back to an essentially random point in the past where the article MOSTLY seemed stable. I see some wp:OR which I do not particularly doubt... but I did not feel comfortable re-adding it. None of it was sourced. I killed off some obvious vandalism, and some content that while not terribly doubtful did not seem needful and was unsourced.- Sinneed  21:05, 7 October 2009 (UTC)

Note
This article needs to be edited. It is locked. Wrestling should be listed as BOY's wrestling. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.149.60.218 (talk) 05:08, 10 October 2009 (UTC)
 * It is "boys' soccer, track, golf, ice hockey, wrestling;"

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Nathan December

Nathan December is an American rock guitarist, best known for his work as a side musician with R.E.M. and the Goo Goo Dolls during the 1990s. He lives in Los Angeles, California.

Music
December appeared in the 1994 film Reality Bites playing guitar in the band led by Troy, Ethan Hawke's character. Following a stint in the band Careless (which featured Minor Threat's Brian Baker and Mike Malinin, later of the Goo Goo Dolls), December toured with R.E.M. during the Monster tour in 1995 and played several instruments on the band's follow-up album, New Adventures in Hi-Fi, much of which was recorded live during sound checks and backstage performances during the Monster tour.

Around this time, he was a member of The Holy Bulls, which contributed a cover of Iggy Pop's "T.V. Eye" to the 1997 Pop tribute album We Will Fall. He also played guitar on Liz Phair's 1998 album whitechocolatespaceegg. From 1998 through 2000, December played with the Goo Goo Dolls, playing guitar and mandolin on the band's triple-platinum album Dizzy Up the Girl and the following tour. In 2000, he played on Liars Inc.'s second album, Enemy. In 2003-2004, he was the lead guitarist for the band Flupejac.

Composer
December is also credited as a composer on songs recorded by Bijou Phillips, dc talk, Paul Thorn, and Maia Sharp.

Post-musical career
During the 2000s, he switched careers, working as an electrician and lighting technician on a number of Hollywood films, such as Iron Man.

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User:Valhallia

Introduction
I joined Wikipedia in July 5th, although I've been lurking around for a long time before that. I am currently a student, and live in the Republic of China, aka Taiwan. I was enrolled in an International School since I was small before returning to Taiwan, which means I can speak both Chinese(Traditional Chinese, that is) and English quite well. I am currently attempting to learn Japanese.

People don't like FFVIII's Draw system and... I agree
I simply love the series. The one's I've truly played throughly are just Final Fantasy VII, VIII, and Tactics Advance and I'm working on IX and Tactics for the time being. The old ones I've not really tried before, however. I am also attracted to all countries that start with "United" and end with "States of America".

In Soviet Russia, Wikipedia edits you!
You will probably see me editing articles about Final Fantasy, the Republic of China and doing a lot of vandalism reverts. I'm also infamous for splitting my edits over a _lot_ of edits. So next time you see me go crazy on an article...

Bloody Vandals get on my nerves
Alright, I know, assume good faith. But you _know_ something is wrong when somebody calls the 9/11 attacks "hilarious". Those people disgust me. So yeah, a thank you note for all those vandals who successfully messed up my Wikipedia experience. I'll just go fantasize about blocking them by clicking this little link here...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Moving Dimensions Theory

 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 delete. Sjakkalle (Check!)  10:30, 29 July 2005 (UTC)

Moving Dimensions Theory
Original research. smoddy 11:56, 20 July 2005 (UTC)

 * If we were to get rid of original research, we would have to rid ourselves of hundreds of thousands of pages, and no progress would ever be made. The article is extremeley well refernced, citing many famous theories and quoting many famous physicists, from Einstein, to Wheeler, to Hawking, to Penrose, to Peter Lynds. Perhaps the article could add more links to these other sources. (preceding unsigned comment by 24.163.65.45 12:17, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
 * See Wikipedia's policy: No original research. smoddy 12:16, 20 July 2005 (UTC)

 * If you get rid of the Moving Dimensions Theory article, then you will have to get rid of hundreds of other pages including:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expansion_theory
 * Why would an Expansion Theory article be accpeted and the Moving Dimensions article deleted?
 * Also, there is no proof for String Theory nor M-theory, both of which constitute original research, so we'd have to start deleting those articles.

 * You seem to misunderstand what "original research" is. In Wikipedia terms, it means a theory or other such text that has not been extensively peer-reviewed.  I am not wholly up to speed with what Expansion theory is, and it may not be peer-reviewed.  However, there does seem to be a large amount of publicity around this, so it is notable in that regard.  Wikipedia is not the place to initiate a scientific theory.  We only document them, whether or not they are true.  Cheers, smoddy 13:42, 20 July 2005 (UTC)

 * Delete. Original research. Another version of this as a forum posting at has been up since "06-02-05" and no-one has shown any interest in it. -- RHaworth 13:35, 2005 July 20 (UTC)

 * Delete unless either:
 * A publication history in mainstream peer-reviewed physics journals can be produced, and then only if rewritten in clearer form.
 * It has at least one non-Internet publication behind it, it can be written up as clearly as Expansion theory, and it includes and links to real criticisms of its claims, and then should be categorised under Pseudophysics.

 * All I see when I do a search for Moving Dimensions Theory  is postings to USENET (and responses that involve the word "crank") and web fora operated by the theory's supporters. The claims are difficult to parse and intermixed with a lot of bitching about the "physics bureaucracy", and I see at least one fallacy of definition.  I'm not a physicist (although I sometimes play one on TV) but I see very little that qualifes as an explanation, just a lot of ergos and thuses.  Basic rule: Science is what scientists can get published in a decent peer-reviewed journal.  Popper is probably spinning in his grave at that assertion (thereby proving action at a distance), but for better or worse, that's the only real policy you'll see widely applied in the definition of science, and it's the one Wikipedia should stick to.

 * If, however, the author is trying to get the theory categorised as a crank hypothesis, I'm willing to run with it, if and only if it has a print publication record - not just websites and USENET posts - and if the article is clear and accurately reflects mainstream physics' opinion of it.  Having a paper publication record is enough of a sign of commitment on the part of the theory's supporters that the theory may be worthy of a place as "notable pseudoscience".

 * Wikipedia has to have minimum standards. I think those standards are reasonable.  --Diderot 13:46, 20 July 2005 (UTC)

 * No references for even provoking an answer by scholars of physics. Not relevant enough to keep as crank theory. Delete. --Pjacobi 14:02, July 20, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete Let's be clear: the "no original research" policy does not preclude someone putting up an article about their own theory. It has to do with using either the scientific community's standards for notability or a general standard of newswortiness. This avoids WP being used as a tool to circumvent the standards of scientific research that are already in place. If you want to contribute to the debate about the problems with peer review on WP, that's fine, but you don't argue your point by violating WP:NOR. -Harmil 14:23, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. WP:NOR, as literature on "Moving Dimensions Theory" appears to be non-existant. — Asbestos | Talk  15:40, 20 July 2005 (UTC)

It seems that the main reason for deleting the Moving Dimensions Theory entry has nothing to do with the scientific integrity of the theory, but only with the notion that it has not yet been accepted by the postmodern science community which prefers mythologies such as String Theory--a theory that lacks postulates, laws, and experimentally-verified equations.

MDT is brand new. It is an original theory. Laughter and vilification are to be expected, along with ad-hominen attacks.

MDT is being submitted to journals. But that could take years for publication.

MDT will open new opportunities for young physicists with its simple postulate: The fourth dimension is expanding relative to the three spatial dimensions.

It should be noted that Albert Einstein said, "The mere formulation of a problem is far more often essential than its solution, which may be merely a matter of mathematical or experimental skill. To raise new questions, new possibilities, to regard old problems from a new angle requires creative imagination and marks real advances in science."

Thus MDT offers an important advance.

Moving Dimensions Theory is an affront to postmodern sensibilities because it asks big questions--questions which have long ago been abandonded by the regimented, bureaucratized academy, which is funded not by innovation but by conformity. Moving Dimensions Theory provides a simple postulate that answers the following questions: Why is the speed of light constant in all frames? Why are light and energy quantized? How can matter display both wave and particle properties? Why are there non-local effects in quantum mechanics? Why does time stop at the speed of light? How come a photon does not age? Why are inertial mass and gravitational mass the same thing? Why do moving bodies exhibit length contraction? Why are mass and energy equivalent? Why does time’s arrow point in the direction it points in? Why do photons appear as spherically-symmetric wavefronts traveling at the velocity c? Why is there a minus sign in the following metric? x^2+y^2+z^2-c^2t^2=s^2 What deeper reality underlies Einstein’s postulates of relativity? What deeper reality underlies Newton’s laws? What underlies the laws of Inertia? Why entropy? What is the geometry of motion--the prime mover of all motion? Why have Einstein, Godel, Wheller, Penrose, Hawking, and Barbour all stated that we need a new approach to time, and what might that approach be?

"If at first the idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for it." --Albert Einstein

Dr. Elliot McGucken is a trained physicist who has won several awards, both for research and teaching. He studied with John Archibald Wheeler at Princeton University where he graduated cum laude. He went on to receive a Ph.D. in physics. But Moving Dimensions Theory does not need Dr. McGucken--it stands on its own two feet, upon the shoulders of giants, bolstered by logic, reason, and physics.

If anyone wishes to argue against Moving Dimensions Theory with ad-hominem attacks, neither Dr. McGucken nor Moving Dimensions Theory will take it personally. But the theory is real physics--not pseudo physics nor "crank physics." It is new, but that does not make it wrong. If you refute it, or argue against it, do it with logic and reason, not with angst, vituperation, slander, ad-homimen attacks, name-calling, nor hearsay. Please--we must always maintain the highest level of cordiality and respect for fellow scientists and philosophers, so as to foster the advancement of knowledge.

"And if everybody says that you are wrong, then you are one step ahead. But there is one situation which is better still, when everyone begins to laugh about you, then you know you are two steps ahead." --Albert Szent-Gyorgi--Winner of the Nobel Prize

The fate of Moving Dimensions Theory is in the hands of the jury. The jury sentenced Socrates to death and abandoned Jesus to the cross.

But the ideas of both, based in logic and reason, withstood the test of time, and both are enshrined in the Princeton Chapel in stained glass--the chapel Einstein walked by every day on his way to Palmer Hall--the Princeton that accepted him and his theories when they were reviled, impugned, and denied by professors in Germany--the Germany that was back then considered to be the world's leader of scientific innovation. Einstein was called a crank and worse.

Though at first rejected, castigated, and impugned, the Truth has a way of winning over time.

So shall it be with Moving Dimensions Theory.

"An important scientific innovation rarely makes its way by gradually winning over and converting its opponents: What does happen is that the opponents gradually die out." --Max Planck

 * If you will forgive me for saying so, Wikipedia is not a jury. We are, by our very nature, reactive, not proactive. If a topic becomes widely accepted (or even known), we will write about it. And that's write about it, not write it. We would write about the history of the theory, its context, and its effect on the scientific community, as well as how it interacts with other theories. WP:NOR basically requires citing. If you can cite a reliable source, we can publish it. If you can't, we don't. That's policy. There is no point fighting it. It is set in stone. Full stop. Period. Finito. Don't bother arguing. smoddy

 * I have to agree with the other users on this on, we are an encyclopedia after all, not a medium for promoting unpublished theories. However, I wish you good luck in getting this out there so that we may one day be included in Wikipedia among others. Please note we are not rejecting your theory or downcalling it, it is just unencyclopedic as of now. Thanks for your intrest though but I shall vote delete. Sasquatch′↔Talk↔Contributions 20:41, July 20, 2005 (UTC)

 * While theories are in fact, theories, something that people believe and sometimes prove. We're not arguing about the accuracy of the article, we're talking that it is just too unknown. We need a "paper trail," if you want to call it that, because we want to become an encyclopedia, something that others can refer to. In order to become a reference, we need to verify our facts and prove that we're not making stuff out of thin air. If you get that paper trail, the article will deserve a place here. Good luck, but until then, I have to vote delete. --Titoxd 21:16, 20 July 2005 (UTC)

Actually no scientific theory can ever be proven.

Moving Dimensions Theory is a new theory. The general rules of wikipedia are appreciated, and this discussion demonstrates how thoroughly revolutionary MDT is. May it serve as one more record.

 * Slow down there, no scientific theory can ever be proven? Have you read Newton's laws of motion and all the other scientific laws? Again, we cannot put just anything in an encyclopedia, we have to make sure its encyclopdic. It's irrelavent how revolutionary this theory is, the fact remains it has YET to be published and ergo yet to achieve noteworthiness see WP:N. Sasquatch′↔Talk↔Contributions 23:16, July 20, 2005 (UTC)

 * Regarding "proof" and scientific laws, see: Thomas Kuhn. Not that I'm disagreeing with you, but the point that these are not absolutely proved is neither novel, nor worth disputing really. Epistemological arguments give almost everybody headaches. Xoloz 03:30, 21 July 2005 (UTC)

 * You can't rush science. This theory is currently way too new to go on Wikipedia. Perhaps after it's built up some publicity and debate, but right now, there exists little if any third-party material on the subject. Ergo, Delete. Binadot 21:59, 20 July 2005 (UTC)

 * Delete as original research. --Carnildo 23:25, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete original research until it's in the journals. Patience. --  Etacar11   00:57, 21 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete original research; the more he states his case, the more obvious this is. Xoloz 03:26, 21 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete -- Defense was insultingly formulaic, and failed to address the original research issue. The fact is that your arguments (including the flat-out wrong Schopenhauer defense) have been used by many hermit scientists throughout history, and none of them were right either. Your theories are worthless until reviewed by those in the field. After that, they may be vindicated (Konrad Wegener was), they may be ridiculed or ignored (as many more were), but at least they will be on record and thus sufficiently notable for encyclopedia conclusion. Meantime, lose the persecution complex and learn to play the science game -- the rules exist for a reason, and that reason is not to crush creativity and novelty. Haikupoet 04:40, 21 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete per smoddy et al. --Bambaiah 08:20, July 21, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, NOR. Radiant_ >|< 12:36, July 21, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete per Xoloz. Dcarrano 18:06, July 22, 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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Tux (disambiguation)

A tux is a type of formal dress.

Tux or TUX may also refer to:

Arts and entertainment

 * Tux (band), a Hong Kong alternative rock band
 * Tux, a minor character from Super Mario 64
 * Tux the Penguin, an animated character from Out of Jimmy's Head

Computing

 * Tux (mascot), the Linux mascot
 * TUX web server, an in-kernel Web server for Linux

Places

 * Tux, Tyrol, Austria
 * Tumbler Ridge Airport, Canada (by IATA code)

Other uses

 * MW Tux, a chain of clothing stores
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American Birth Control League

The American Birth Control League (ABCL) was founded by Margaret Sanger in 1921 at the First American Birth Control Conference in New York City. The organization promoted the founding of birth control clinics and encouraged women to control their own fertility. In 1942, the league became the Planned Parenthood Federation of America.

History
The League was founded by Margaret Sanger in 1921, and incorporated under the laws of New York State on April 5, 1922. Frances B. Ackerman served as the first Treasurer. Anne Kennedy was the Executive Treasurer. Lothrop Stoddard and C. C. Little were among the founding directors. Birth Control Leagues had already been formed in a number of larger American cities between 1916 and 1919 due to Sanger's lecture tours and the publication of the Birth Control Review. By 1924, the American Birth Control League had 27,500 members, with ten branches maintained in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Colorado, and the Canadian province of British Columbia.

In June 1928, Margaret Sanger resigned as president of the American Birth Control League, founding the National Committee on Federal Legislation for Birth Control and splitting the Birth Control Clinical Research Bureau from the League. Following this, the presidents of the ABCL were Eleanor Dwight Robertson Jones (1928–1934), Catherine Clement Bangs (1934–1936) and C. C. Little (1936–1939), and one of its vice presidents was Juliet Barrett Rublee. In 1939 the two were reconciled and merged to form the Birth Control Federation of America. In 1942 the name was changed to Planned Parenthood Federation of America.

Its headquarters were located at 104 Fifth Avenue, New York City from 1921–1930 and at various offices on Madison Avenue from 1931–1939. It was not associated with the National Birth Control League, founded in 1915 by Mary Coffin Ware Dennett, or the later Voluntary Parenthood League.

The American Birth Control League was also instrumental in regards to African Americans and birth control.

Goals and activities
The ABCL was founded on the following principles, here excerpted from Margaret Sanger's The Pivot of Civilization: We hold that children should be

 * 1) Conceived in love;
 * 2) Born of the mother's conscious desire;
 * 3) And only begotten under conditions which render possible the heritage of health.

Therefore we hold that every woman must possess the power and freedom to prevent conception except when these conditions can be satisfied.

At its founding, the ABCL announced the following purposes:
 * To enlighten and educate all sections of the American public in the various aspects of the dangers of uncontrolled procreation and the imperative necessity of a world programme of birth control.
 * To correlate the findings of scientists, statisticians, investigators, and social agencies in all fields.
 * To organize and conduct clinics where the medical profession may give to mothers and potential mothers harmless, reliable methods of birth control.
 * To enlist the support and cooperation of legal advisors, statesmen, and legislators in effecting the removal of State and Federal statutes which encourage dysgenic breeding.

Margaret Sanger listed the following aims of the organization in the appendix of her book The Pivot of Civilization:

 * Research: To collect the findings of scientists, concerning the relation of reckless breeding to the evils of delinquency, defect and dependence;
 * Investigation: To derive from these scientifically ascertained facts and figures, conclusions which may aid all public health and social agencies in the study of problems of maternal and infant mortality, child-labor, mental and physical defects and delinquence in relation to the practice of reckless parentage.
 * Hygienic and Physiological: instruction by the Medical profession to mothers and potential mothers in harmless and reliable methods of Birth Control in answer to their requests for such knowledge.
 * Sterilization: of the insane and feebleminded and the encouragement of this operation upon those afflicted with inherited or transmissible diseases, with the understanding that sterilization does not deprive the individual of his or her sex expression, but merely renders him incapable of producing children.
 * Education: The program of education includes:  The enlightenment of the public at large, mainly through the education of leaders of thought and opinion--teachers, ministers, editors and writers to the moral and scientific soundness of the principles of Birth Control and the imperative necessity of its adoption as the basis of national and racial progress.
 * Political and Legislative: To enlist the support and cooperation of legal advisers, statesmen and legislators in effecting the removal of state and federal statutes which encourage dysgenic breeding, increase the sum total of disease, misery and poverty and prevent the establishment of a policy of national health and strength.
 * Organization: To send into the various States of the Union field workers to enlist the support and arouse the interest of the masses, to the importance of Birth Control so that laws may be changed and the establishment of clinics made possible in every State.
 * International: This department aims to cooperate with similar organizations in other countries to study Birth Control in its relations to the world population problem, food supplies, national and racial conflicts, and to urge all international bodies organized to promote world peace, the consideration of these aspects of international amity.

In 1921, the ABCL organized the First American Birth Control Conference at New York City, November 11–18, 1921. Subsequent conferences were held over the next two years in Philadelphia, Cincinnati, Albany, and Chicago. The ABCL arranged the holding of the Sixth International Birth Control Congress in the United States in 1925. The ABCL published leaflets, pamphlets, books, and a monthly missal named Birth Control Review. Margaret Sanger served as the first president of the organization.

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Nomination of Sexual Chocolate for deletion
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Saudi Geological Survey

The Saudi Geological Survey (SGS; هيئة المساحة الجيولوجية السعودية) is the national geological survey of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

History and profile
The SGS was established as an independent entity attached to the ministry of petroleum and mineral resources following a council of ministers decision in 1999. It is built from other governmental agencies, including the former directorate general for mineral resources, the US Geological Survey (USGS) mission (1963–1999) and the Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières (BRGM) mission (1972–1999).

Activities
The Saudi Geological Survey activities covers a broad range of strategic and applied earth science topics, with emphasis on understanding the geologic, economic, and engineering factors that affect sustainable management of mineral and groundwater resources, detection and mitigation of earthquakes and other geohazards, protection and management of the environment, and safe development of engineering and construction sites.

The bulk of the work involves:

 * Geological Mapping
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Sid Smith (writer)

Sid Smith (born c. 1949) is an English novelist poet and journalist.

Life and career
Smith was born in Preston, Lancashire. For seven years he worked in labouring jobs, including dustman, gardener, gravedigger and construction worker. Since then he has hitch-hiked 9,000 miles around the US, lived in Italy and Greece, and acquired a pilot's licence for paragliders.

Smith came late to literary prominence. He had been a journalist for 17 years, including two years as a sub-editor on The Times, and was already in his 50s when his debut novel Something Like A House was published in 2001. The tale of a British deserter in China at the time of the Cultural Revolution, Something Like a House won critical praise and went on to win both the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and the Whitbread First Novel Award. What was remarkable about the book was its meticulous evocation of time and place, especially since Smith had never been to China and had written the book entirely from his own research, conducted among other places in the British Library. Smith says that his only previous contact with China had been a "one-hour stopover at Hong Kong airport". He claims that "the only ticket you need is a library ticket". However, his novels portray the gritty details of manual labour, about which he may claim to be knowledgeable.

Smith's second novel, A House by the River (2003), was another adventure story set in China. His third, China Dreams (2007), has the theme of a Londoner who is obsessed with China but has never been there.

Smith is a sub-editor on The Times.

His website at http://www.sidsmith.co.uk/index.htm is constantly updated with short stories, journalism and poetry.

Private life
Smith was married with full Shinto rites to Chieko Nomura at a shrine in Southern Japan. He lives in Islington in north London.

Notable works
Nisbet Chronicles
 * Something Like a House, Picador 2001
 * A House by the River, Picador 2003
 * China Dreams, Pan Macmillan 2007
 * Nisbet and Trafalgar, Kindle Edition
 * Nisbet and Nelson's Eye (work in progress)

Other writings
Smith is also a poet and short story writer on a variety of topics.

Awards
Whitbread First Novel Award 2001 - Something Like a House

James Tait Black Memorial Prize 2001 - Something Like a House

Encore Award Nominee 2004 - A House by the River

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