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Portal:Chess/Feature suggestions

This is a page to vote on featured articles, pictures, players, and games for the chess portal. A feature is selected using an approval vote. (In case of a tie, any feature can be selected.) Features are changed every other week. After a new feature is selected, the vote is moved to the archive section and voting begans for the next features. ''Please note that this procedure is not finalized. Feel free to make any changes you think will improve it. Also, leave any comments on the talk page.''

It is currently: July 29, 2024.

Xiangqi (selected)

 * 1) ZeroOne 23:28, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

Image:Chess in a bath.jpg (selected)

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Veselin Topalov (selected)

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Deep Blue - Kasparov, 1996, Game 1 (selected)

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José Raúl Capablanca (selected)

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Shortest proof game (selected)

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Faroese chessmen king stamp (selected)

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Bobby Fischer (selected)

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Evergreen game (selected)

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Fianchetto (selected)

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Chess strategy and tactics

 * 1) Andreas Kaufmann 19:52, 11 August 2005 (UTC)

Kasparov vs. Karpov (selected)

 * 1) Andreas Kaufmann 20:04, 11 August 2005 (UTC)
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Faroese chessmen king stamp

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Magnus Carlsen (selected)

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Bobby Fischer

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Xiangqi

 * 1) Bcat (talk | email) 01:15, 22 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Excelent article, but it was just recently featured on Wikipedia main page. May be we should wait a couple of monthes before we put it here? Andreas Kaufmann 19:23, 23 July 2005 (UTC)
 * That sounds like a good idea. I'll change my vote for now. — Bcat  ( talk •  email ) 18:19, 29 July 2005 (UTC)

World Chess Championship (selected)

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Beijing residents playing Xiangqi (selected)

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Anatoly Karpov (selected)

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Magnus Carlsen

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Adult Contemporary (chart)

The Adult Contemporary chart is published weekly by Billboard magazine and lists the most popular songs on adult contemporary radio stations in the United States. The chart is compiled based on airplay data submitted to Billboard by stations that are members of the Adult Contemporary radio panel. The chart debuted in Billboard magazine on July 17, 1961. Over the years, the chart has undergone a series of name changes, being called Easy Listening (1961–1962; 1965–1979), Middle-Road Singles (1962–1964) , Pop-Standard Singles (1964–1965) , Hot Adult Contemporary (1984–1996) and Adult Contemporary (1979–1984, 1996–present). The current number-one song on the chart is "Flowers" by Miley Cyrus.

Chart history
The Billboard Easy listening chart, as it was first known, was born of a desire by some radio stations in the late 1950s and early 1960s to continue playing current hit songs but distinguish themselves from being branded as "rock and roll" stations. Billboard had written articles about this trend during the time, and the magazine's editors decided to publish a separate chart for these songs beginning in 1961. The magazine offered an "Easy Listening" programming guide beginning January 9, 1961, which continued until the numbered chart appeared in July. The first No. 1 song on the Billboard Easy Listening chart was "The Boll Weevil Song" by Brook Benton.

From 1961 to 1965, this chart was compiled from the Billboard Hot 100 chart by removing songs that were deemed rock and roll by the magazine and re-ranking the remaining songs. (Record World's equivalent "non-rock" chart followed the same criteria from 1967 through 1971.) Beginning in 1965, the Easy Listening chart would begin to be compiled by a method similar to the one used for other Billboard singles charts: reported playlists from radio stations airing the format as well as sales data submitted by record stores. By the early 1990s, automatic song detection and barcode sales information had begun to be the norm for most of the Billboard charts, although by this time the AC chart was based entirely on radio airplay and no longer incorporated retail sales reports. Currently the Adult Contemporary chart is compiled in much the same way as for other radio formats.

The chart was known as the Easy Listening chart until 1962, when it was renamed Middle-Road Singles. In 1964, the name changed again, this time to Pop-Standard Singles. After alternating the name of this chart twice more in less than a year, Easy Listening was again chosen as the chart name in 1965 when the change in compilation occurred. In April 1979, the Easy Listening chart officially became known as Adult Contemporary, and those two words have remained consistent in the name of the chart ever since.

In 1996, Billboard created a new chart called Adult Top 40, which reflects radio station programming that exists somewhere between "adult contemporary" music and "pop" music. Although they are sometimes mistaken for each other, the Adult Contemporary chart and the Adult Top 40 chart are separate charts, and songs reaching one chart might not reach the other. In addition, the term "hot AC" refers to another subgenre of radio programming that is distinct from the Adult Contemporary chart, despite the apparent similarity in name.

The 1960s
In the early years of the Easy Listening chart, the top song on the chart was generally always a Top 10 pop hit as well. The method for compiling the chart at that time allowed some rock and roll artists, such as Lesley Gore and the Drifters, to make the chart on occasion with their softer or ballad releases, regardless of whether Easy Listening and middle of the road radio stations were actually playing those songs. In 1965, no No. 1 pop hits appeared on the Easy Listening chart. After 1965, differences between the Hot 100 chart and the Easy Listening chart became more pronounced. Better reflecting what middle of the road stations were actually playing, the composition of the chart changed dramatically. As rock music continued to harden, there was much less crossover between the Hot 100 and Easy Listening chart than there had been in the early half of the 1960s.

Several No. 1 Easy Listening hits of the late 1960s only "Bubbled Under" on the pop chart (for example, Andy Russell's 1967 version of "It's Such a Pretty World Today" that peaked at #119), or (as was the case with John Gary's 1967 hit "Cold") failed even to "Bubble Under." In 1967, only one single reached No. 1 on both charts – "Somethin' Stupid" by Frank Sinatra and Nancy Sinatra. This trend began to reverse by the end of the decade.

Notable artists with multiple No. 1 songs on this chart during the 1960s include Elvis Presley, Roy Orbison, Connie Francis, Dean Martin, Andy Williams, the 5th Dimension, and Glen Campbell. "Love Is Blue" by Paul Mauriat held the top of the Easy Listening chart for 11 weeks in 1968, which remained the longest stay at No. 1 until 1993.

The 1970s
The Hot 100 and Easy Listening charts became more similar again toward the end of the 1960s and into the early and mid-1970s, when the texture of much of the music played on Top 40 radio once more began to soften. Contemporary artists who recorded adult-appeal music, such as the Carpenters, Barbra Streisand, Barry Manilow, Anne Murray, John Denver, and Helen Reddy began to be played more often on Top 40 radio. Much of the music recorded by singer-songwriters such as James Taylor, Carole King, and Janis Ian got as much, if not more, airplay on this format than on Top 40 stations. A few of the acts that came of age as pop artists targeting younger audiences in the 1960s and early 1970s started moving toward easy listening as they matured (Neil Sedaka, Paul Anka and the Osmonds being prime examples). Easy Listening radio also began including songs by artists who had begun in other genres, such as rock and roll, R&B, or even country (it was during this time frame that a number of songs charted on the country and easy listening charts, often not on the Hot 100).

The longest stay at No. 1 on the Easy Listening chart in the 1970s was "Time Passages" by Al Stewart, which remained atop the chart for ten weeks. More common, however, was a high turnover rate at the summit of the Easy Listening survey during this decade. Over a three-year period from 1973 through 1975, there were 100 No. 1 songs on this chart, and most remained atop the chart for a single week. Among songs which topped both the Easy Listening (renamed Adult Contemporary in 1979) and pop charts in the 1970s were "(They Long to Be) Close to You" and "Please Mr. Postman" by the Carpenters, "Song Sung Blue" by Neil Diamond, "Annie's Song" by John Denver, "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" by Stevie Wonder, "I Honestly Love You" and "Have You Never Been Mellow" by Olivia Newton-John, "Love Will Keep Us Together" by Captain & Tennille, and "You Light Up My Life" by Debby Boone.

The 1980s
On August 21, 1982, the Adult Contemporary chart began ranking only airplay.

Some of the artists who achieved success on the adult contemporary chart in the 1980s were already established names, such as Elton John, Chicago, Barbra Streisand, Dan Fogelberg, Sheena Easton, Kenny Rogers, and Dionne Warwick, while newer acts such as Whitney Houston, Madonna, Air Supply, Lionel Richie, and Gloria Estefan also made an impact on the chart. The amount of crossover between the AC chart and the Hot 100 has varied based on how much the passing pop music trends of the times appealed to adult listeners. Not many disco or new wave songs were particularly successful on the AC chart during the late 1970s and early 1980s, and much of the hip-hop and harder rock music featured on CHR formats later in the decade would have been unacceptable on AC radio.

No song spent more than six weeks at No. 1 on this chart during the 1980s, with nine songs accomplishing that feat. Two were by Lionel Richie, "You Are" in 1983 and "Hello" in 1984, which also reached No. 1 on the Hot 100. Other songs reaching the summit on both the AC and pop charts were "Time After Time" by Cyndi Lauper, "I Just Called to Say I Love You" by Stevie Wonder, "Live to Tell" by Madonna, "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" by Michael Jackson (his only No. 1 on both charts), "Seasons Change" by Exposé, "Look Away" by Chicago, "Tell Her About It" by Billy Joel, and "Right Here Waiting" by Richard Marx.

The 1990s
With changes in methodology made to the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the early 1990s, many of the secondary charts began to experience differences as well. Certain songs achieved higher debut positions on the Hot 100 due to the new formulas used to calculate chart positions, and lengthy stays at number one became more common. This trend began to surface on the AC chart in 1993 after Billboard began using data received from Broadcast Data Systems as its measure for calculating the number of airplay songs on adult contemporary stations. Two consecutive singles ("The River of Dreams" by Billy Joel and "Said I Loved You...But I Lied" by Michael Bolton) logged twelve weeks apiece atop the AC chart, surpassing "Love Is Blue"'s previous mark of eleven weeks at number one. As the decade progressed, other songs had even longer stays at number one, including "Change the World" by Eric Clapton (13 weeks, 1996), "Un-Break My Heart" by Toni Braxton (14 weeks, 1997), "Because You Loved Me" by Celine Dion (19 weeks, 1996) and "You'll Be In My Heart" by Phil Collins (19 weeks, 1999).

In addition to Collins, who has had significant success on this chart, other artists with multiple number ones in the 1990s include Mariah Carey, Michael Bolton, Whitney Houston, and Shania Twain. Newer female singer-songwriters such as Sarah McLachlan, Natalie Merchant, Jewel, Melissa Etheridge, and Sheryl Crow also broke through on the AC chart during this time.

The 2000s and 2010s
A notable pattern that developed during the 2000s has been for certain pop songs to have lengthy runs on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart, even after the songs have fallen off the Hot 100. Songs such as "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me" by Taylor Swift, "Waiting on the World to Change" by John Mayer, "Love Song" by Sara Bareilles and "You're Beautiful" by James Blunt have remained on the AC chart for many weeks, in some cases over a year after the song was originally released. An article on MTV's website by Corey Moss describes this trend: "In other words, AC stations are where pop songs go to die a very long death. Or, to optimists, to get a second life." One theory states that many adult contemporary stations play less newer music because they also give ample airtime to hits of the past, so the de-emphasis on new songs slows the progression of the AC chart. Also, certain program directors have asserted that AC is a song-based format, as opposed to other radio formats that are infused with singer-based programming, so there is no guarantee that a new single by a certain artist will appeal to the listeners.

The record for most time atop the Adult Contemporary chart is 55 non-consecutive weeks, achieved by Miley Cyrus with her 2023 release, "Flowers". A number of other songs have logged more than 20 weeks apiece at the summit; The 2003, Uncle Kracker's collaboration with Dobie Gray on Gray's own 1973 hit, Drift Away spent 28 weeks at No. 1. Ed Sheeran's "Shape of You" from 2017 has logged 24 weeks at No. 1 on the AC chart. In addition, Celine Dion's "A New Day Has Come" from 2002 and Kelly Clarkson's 2004 song "Breakaway". Both songs spent 21 weeks at No. 1 on the AC chart.

Through 2022, Celine Dion has logged 87 weeks atop the AC chart, which is the most for any artist; Adele has moved into second place with 83 weeks, Ed Sheeran holds third place and the most for a solo male artist with 67 weeks, followed by Elton John with 63 weeks. Maroon 5 is the current top group, and fifth overall, with 62 weeks. Elton John also has the most chart-toppers on this survey with 18, while the Carpenters hold the record for the most chart toppers among groups with 15, and Celine Dion has the most #1's among female artists with 11.

In 2011, Billboard announced the top 100 performing songs on the AC chart and the top 50 performing artists to celebrate the 50th anniversary on the chart. The top song on the list was "Truly Madly Deeply" by Savage Garden, which hit number one for 11 weeks in 1998, spent a total of 58 weeks in the top 10, and spent 123 weeks on the chart. That chart longevity would only be passed by another one of their songs, "I Knew I Loved You" (which ranked at #21 on that list), from their album Affirmation. Elton John was nominated the top performing AC artist through that time, and also holds the record for the most No. 1 AC singles, top 10 singles, and singles on the chart. His song "The One" was ranked on No. 53 on the top 100 performing songs on the AC chart.

Other formats
Relatively few urban contemporary and hip-hop artists manage to successfully cross over to AC, although there were a few exceptions in the later part of the 2000s decade, such as Beyoncé's "Irreplaceable", Fergie's ballad "Big Girls Don't Cry", Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy", Rihanna's "Take a Bow", and Timbaland's remix of OneRepublic's "Apologize". R&B artists who have achieved major success on the AC chart in the past include Dionne Warwick, Aaron Neville, Diana Ross (with her solo career), James Ingram, Lionel Richie, Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey.

Crossover from the country charts has also been common on the AC chart since the chart began. Among the country stars who had a number of singles cross over to the AC chart (and the pop chart as well) from the 1960s through the 1980s included Brenda Lee, Ray Price, Patsy Cline, Johnny Cash, Anne Murray, Ronnie Milsap, Barbara Mandrell, Dolly Parton, Kenny Rogers, Eddie Rabbitt, Crystal Gayle, Willie Nelson, and Juice Newton. The huge growth of country music as a radio format in the 1990s brought a number of new country crossovers onto the AC airwaves, including Martina McBride, Wynonna Judd, LeAnn Rimes, Shania Twain, Billy Joel, Lonestar, Mary Chapin Carpenter, and Garth Brooks. More recently, a new wave of country performers has been crossing over to AC, including Tim McGraw, the Dixie Chicks (who topped the AC chart with their cover of Fleetwood Mac's "Landslide"), Rascal Flatts, Keith Urban, Carrie Underwood, Taylor Swift, Sugarland, Lady Antebellum, Jason Aldean (whose AC success came by way of his duet with Kelly Clarkson, "Don't You Wanna Stay"), The Band Perry, Sam Hunt, and Dan + Shay.

Contemporary Christian music has also been relatively successful in crossing over to mainstream radio. In the mid-1980s, the most successful CCM artist at the time, Amy Grant, crossed over into secular music with the 1985 single "Find a Way", which became a Top Ten AC hit and a No. 1 Christian single simultaneously. In the 1990s and into the 2000s, other artists such as Lifehouse, MercyMe, Natalie Grant, Kathy Troccoli, Sixpence None the Richer, Steven Curtis Chapman, and Michael W. Smith have crossed in between the Christian and secular worlds with little disapproval from their fan bases.

Many notable classic rock artists have also crossed over to the adult contemporary chart as well by way of releasing power ballads. Artists such as Journey, Foreigner, Pat Benatar, and John Mellencamp among many other artists have had AC chart hits in addition to charting on the Mainstream Rock chart. In addition, newer recordings by established classic rock artists have also gotten some airplay on adult contemporary stations. Heart, Bob Seger, and Elton John are just some of the artists to have some of their 21st-century songs played on adult contemporary.

In addition, some classic rock artists whose songs did not chart on the adult contemporary chart during their initial heyday have been played on AC stations in recent years: Whitesnake with Here I Go Again, Joan Jett with I Love Rock and Roll, and Def Leppard with Pour Some Sugar on Me among other artists.

Recurrents
The Adult Contemporary Recurrent charts ranks airplay from the adult contemporary radio stations in the United States chart that have reached recurrent criteria. Descending songs are moved to recurrent status based upon the following three-tiered system: if they rank below the top five after 52 weeks, if they rank below the top 10 after 26 weeks, or if they rank below the top 15 after 20 weeks.

Exceptions are sometimes made, usually on a case-by-case basis. Occasionally an older song is re-released (for example, featured on a current movie soundtrack and given a renewed promotional push from a record label) or a song can take an extended amount of time to climb to position fifteen. Billboard chart managers ultimately make the decision about which songs can remain on the current chart in such cases.

Records and achievements

The top 10 adult contemporary songs (1961–2011)
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The top 10 adult contemporary artists (1961–2011)
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Songs with most weeks at number one
These are the songs with 20 or more weeks at number one as of the chart dated July 20, 2024.

Artists with most cumulative weeks at number one
As of the issue of Billboard dated July 20, 2024

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International House (1933 film)

International House is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy film starring Peggy Hopkins Joyce and W. C. Fields, directed by A. Edward Sutherland and released by Paramount Pictures. The tagline of the film was "The Grand Hotel of comedy". It is a mixture of comedy and musical acts tied together by a slim plot line, in the style of the Big Broadcast pictures that were also released by Paramount during the 1930s. In addition to some typical comedic lunacy from W. C. Fields and Burns and Allen (George Burns and Gracie Allen), it provides a snapshot of some popular stage and radio acts of the era. The film includes some risqué pre-Code humor. The cast also features Cab Calloway with his orchestra and Bela Lugosi.

Plot
At International House, a large hotel in metropolitan Wuhu, China Chinese inventor Dr. Wong (Edmund Breese) is soliciting bids for the rights to his "radioscope", a kind of television. Unlike real television, his contraption does not need a camera; it can look in on events anywhere in the world as if it were a ground-penetrating electronic telescope, complete with audio.

Prof. Henry R. Quail (W. C. Fields) is one of many people from around the world converging on the hotel, though he is one of the few not hoping to buy (or steal) Dr. Wong's invention, as he was intending to land in Kansas City in his autogyro but flew off course. Also converging on the hotel are four-times-divorced American celebrity Peggy Hopkins Joyce (playing herself) avoiding one of her ex-husbands, violently jealous Russian General Petronovich (Bela Lugosi); Tommy (Stuart Erwin), the representative of an American electric company, hoping to buy Wong's invention and finally wed his sweetheart Carol (Sari Maritza); resident physician Dr. Burns (George Burns) and his goofy aide Nurse Allen (Gracie Allen) dealing with a quarantine at the hotel; and the exasperation of the hotel's fussy and frustrated manager (Franklin Pangborn).

Dr. Wong is particularly eager to look in on a six-day indoor bicycle race in New York, but instead somehow brings in performances by popular crooner Rudy Vallée, bandleader-vocalist Cab Calloway, and precocious torch singer Baby Rose Marie, and comedians Stoopnagle and Budd. A floor show (featuring Sterling Holloway and Lona Andre) is also performed in the hotel's rooftop garden restaurant.

Ultimately, Tommy wins both the rights to the radioscope and his sweetheart, and Peggy Hopkins Joyce, having learned that Prof. Quail is a millionaire, quickly attaches herself to her next sugar daddy. Prof. Quail and his new companion are chased as he drives his little American Austin automobile through several public areas of the hotel and down several flights of a fire escape before driving it back into the hold of his autogyro and taking off.

Actors

 * Peggy Hopkins Joyce as herself
 * W. C. Fields as Prof. Henry R. Quail
 * Stuart Erwin - Tommy Nash
 * George Burns - Doctor Burns
 * Gracie Allen - Nurse Allen
 * Sari Maritza - Carol Fortescue
 * Lumsden Hare - Sir Mortimer Fortescue
 * Bela Lugosi - Gen. Nicholas Petronovich
 * Franklin Pangborn - Hotel Manager
 * Edmund Breese - Dr. Wong, Chinese inventor

Performers

 * Stoopnagle and Budd - F. Chase Taylor and Budd Hulick
 * Rudy Vallee as himself
 * Cab Calloway as himself, with his band
 * Baby Rose Marie as herself
 * Lona Andre as China Teacup
 * Sterling Holloway as Coffee Mug

Pre-Code elements
International House was produced before a strict Hollywood Production Code took effect in July 1934, and it is notable for the kind of risqué subject matter, humor and costumes associated with Pre-Code Hollywood. Top-billed Peggy Hopkins Joyce was famous as an unabashed real-life gold-digger, not as an actress. Her many affairs with and several marriages to wealthy older men earned her millions, and in the film she makes several humorous references to her profitable divorces, a topic that would become almost completely off-limits with enforcement of the Code. Several of the "cellophane" costumes in the "She Was a China Tea-cup" production number allow the bare outlines of breasts to be seen, a degree of nudity that the Code would not permit.

The setting of Wuhu, China also serves as a play on "Woo-hoo!", an exclamation which at that time was sometimes used to comment that something was sexually naughty. Hearing the city's name, W. C. Fields, as Professor Quail, responds to what he mistakes as homosexual flirting with "Don't let the posy fool you", referring to his own boutonniere, which he plucks out and tosses away. Walking down a hotel corridor, Fields pauses to peep through a keyhole, then comments, "What won't they think of next!" Such implications of what the Code called "sex perversion" (usually defined then as anything other than procreative sex in the missionary position) would soon be strictly prohibited. This was one of several films in which Fields tweaked censors' noses with one particular deniable double entendre. Sitting next to him in a small car, Joyce (whom he has punningly called "my little Laplander") squirms uncomfortably and tells him she is sitting on something. After saying "I lost mine in the stock market" Fields checks, finds a cat under her, and exclaims, "Ah, it's a pussy!"

Performing with his hot dance band, Cab Calloway sings "Reefer Man", which describes the odd behavior and ravings of the titular heavy marijuana smoker (portrayed by bass player Al Morgan, who performs as if in a trance). In one gag, W. C. Fields enters a scene contentedly smoking an opium pipe (but with a cigar in place of the opium) and commenting, "They stupefy! They're roasted!", a play on two then-current cigarette advertising slogans. References to recreational drug use were among the many Legion of Decency thou-shalt-nots that would soon be rigidly enforced.

In the sequence with the Austin – the smallest car sold in America at that time – W. C. Fields remarks that it "used to belong to the Postmaster General." This was a potshot at Will Hays, the diminutive former Postmaster General who was then trying to enforce an essentially voluntary and often disregarded early Production Code.

Earthquake
On March 10, 1933, an earthquake occurred during production, and a Paramount newsreel featured what was presented as footage of cast members on the set reacting as it struck. A documentary featurette on W. C. Fields accompanying the film's DVD release, however, reveals that Fields and director Sutherland faked the footage for the publicity. The actual earthquake, centered off nearby Long Beach, caused widespread major damage to unreinforced masonry and about 120 consequent fatalities. A 1976 episode of the television series In Search of... that dealt with earthquakes showed the footage.

Music
Lyricist Leo Robin and composer Ralph Rainger wrote three songs for the film: "She Was a China Tea-cup and He Was Just a Mug", performed offscreen by an unidentified male vocalist; "Thank Heaven For You", sung onscreen by Rudy Vallee; and "My Bluebird's Singing the Blues", sung onscreen by Baby Rose Marie (at a UCLA screening of the restored film at the Billy Wilder Theatre on March 10, 2013, Rose Marie indicated that her song was filmed in New York at the Astoria studio and she had no contact with the Hollywood players). A fourth Robin-Rainger song, "Look What I've Got", originally featured in the slightly earlier film A Bedtime Story, is heard as an instrumental, supposedly played by "Ah Phooey and His Manly Mandarins" in a broadcast from a radio station that calls itself "The Voice of Long Tung"; it provides the musical accompaniment for an otherwise silent he-and-she undressing scene. Cab Calloway and His Harlem Maniacs perform 1932's "Reefer Man", written by Andy Razaf (lyrics) and J. Russell Robinson (music).

Home media
In 1996, Universal Studios Home Video released the film on VHS. In 2004, it was released on Region 1 DVD as part of the five-disc W. C. Fields Comedy Collection set.

Restoration
In 2013, International House was preserved to a polyester dupe negative by the UCLA Film & Television Archive. It was copied from the excellent Paramount 35mm nitrate studio answer print, the lowest generation surviving copy. The audio was re-recorded and denoised, revealing very high fidelity. The Cab Calloway "Reefer Man" number proved to be dubbed 4 dB louder than the rest of the film, giving the Calloway band an infectious, powerful musical presence. This print premiered in the UCLA Festival of Preservation in 2013 and subsequently toured extensively to archival venues.

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Super Channel (Canadian TV channel)

Super Channel Entertainment Network (Formally and commonly known as Super Channel) is a Canadian English language premium cable and satellite television channel owned by Allarco Entertainment 2008 Inc. Super Channel's programming primarily includes theatrically released, first to television motion pictures and television series, along with documentaries and other niche programs.

The current Super Channel service was launched in 2007, and is not affiliated with the two pre-existing English-language premium channels which used the name at various times prior to 2001, which were later known as Movie Central (in Western Canada; defunct since March 2016) and The Movie Network (in Eastern Canada; merged with CraveTV and rebranded as Crave in 2018). The Allards were the original owners of Movie Central, and later re-acquired rights to the Superchannel trademark.

Prior to 2016, Super Channel was the first and only general-interest English-language pay television service authorized to operate nationally. Family Channel (with its multiplex channel Family Jr.) was the only other national pay television channel, though it currently operates as a de facto basic tier specialty channel.

Super Channel is available on nearly all major cable, IPTV and satellite providers including Telus Optik TV, Bell Satellite TV, Shaw Direct, Access Communications, Cogeco, Rogers Cable, Shaw Cable, Eastlink, SaskTel, Westman Communications, Bell MTS, Novus, VMedia, RiverTV, Amazon Channels, Apple TV Channels and other providers. Super Channel was granted as a "must carry" service by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), meaning all television service providers must carry the service on their systems.

Background and Pre-Launch
The Allard family were the original owners of Movie Central, which during their stewardship until 2001 was known as "Superchannel" (rendered as a single word title). For a time in the 1980s, First Choice (now the Pay TV counterpart to the Crave streaming service) had also used the "Superchannel" name under a co-branding agreement). The "Movie Central" name was adopted shortly after Corus Entertainment acquired the service, but Corus maintained ownership of the "Superchannel" trademark. Just before the new channel's launch, the Allards re-acquired the rights to the "Superchannel" name under undisclosed terms.

Allarco was one of four applicants for new pay television licences that were considered at a public hearing held by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission on October 24, 2005. Its competing applicants were:
 * BOOMTV, to be operated by the Archambault unit of Quebecor Media. While it was expected to compete directly with the existing general-interest services – The Movie Network (now Crave) and Movie Central (TMN/MC) in English Canada and Super Écran (SE) in French Canada – Archambault indicated that its services would have regularly favoured first-run dramatic series. Archambault was also the only applicant for a French-language service, but indicated that this licence would be worthless without an English counterpart.
 * The Canadian Film Channel, proposed by Channel Zero Inc. It proposed to broadcast 100% Canadian content and be funded entirely by the operators of TMN/MC, in an amount equal to 12.9% of these services' gross revenues, to be required by condition of licence. Neither incumbent indicated approval for such a use of its revenues.
 * Spotlight Television, to be controlled by George Burger, a former executive at Alliance Television, and professional sports mogul Larry Tanenbaum, chairman of the private investment company Kilmer Van Nostrand, which proposed a premium service much in the same vein as The Movie Network/Movie Central. It is believed that, had Spotlight's application been successful, it would have been branded as a Canadian version of the American service HBO; an "HBO Canada" channel was launched in October 2008 under the auspices of TMN/MC.

The Allarco application was approved on May 18, 2006, while the other three applicants were rejected. Super Channel would be launched on November 2, 2007, on Bell Satellite TV.

Bankruptcy
Two years after Super Channel's launch, parent company, Allarco Entertainment entered into the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act on June 18, 2009. On August 31, 2010, its creditors unanimously approved a restructuring plan for the company under the act. The restructuring plan, which needed approval of the court, was later approved.

On May 26, 2016, Allarco filed for bankruptcy a second time. The next round of submissions to the court were due on April 21, 2017. As part of this process 96 of the 135 licensed content agreements for Super Channel were terminated.

On February 15, 2017, it was announced that a Canadian version of Ginx TV would launch as a replacement for one of Super Channel's multiplex channels. Replacing Super Channel 4, Ginx eSports TV Canada launched on May 4, 2017, with a live Canadian edition of The Bridge, a late night talk show.

On February 22, 2017, Super Channel announced it had acquired the Canadian broadcast rights to the Legends Football League, as part of a three-year deal in which Super Channel will be the exclusive Canadian broadcaster of all LFL games through the 2019 season. The LFL will be used to launch the "Super Channel SPORTS" sub-brand that will be used for all sporting events and sports-themed programming. Super Channel 1 debuted LFL Football Night on April 22, 2017.

On April 4, 2017, Super Channel announced that it would rebrand Super Channel 3 as Super Channel VAULT on April 28, 2017. The channel is described as offering programming based on "a collection of hand-picked, fan-favourites, critically-acclaimed films."

Reemergence
In 2018, after emerging from creditor protection, Allarco announced the relaunch of Super Channel with the rebranding of SC1 and SC2 as Super Channel Fuse and Super Channel Heart & Home, and the service adopting the Super Channel Entertainment Network branding.

In 2020, the service announced a partnership with the Canadian Film Festival to broadcast the films that had been slated to premiere at the festival prior to its cancellation due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada.

In Fall 2023, Super Channel would expand into streaming media with launch of Super Channel+ via Roku in September, and the Super Channel Uncovered and Super Channel Hearties FAST channels in October.

Programming
Super Channel's main programming consists of and both theatrically released and made for TV movies, including domestically produced programming, shows acquired from U.S cable networks, foreign films, and international series.

From its launch until December 2015, Super Channel was the broadcaster for 20th Century Studios films from January 2007 to February 2015. The Movie Network took over the deal in January 2016 for releases starting in March 2015. These rights were shared with Disney+ in Canada, and effective 2021, sister channel Starz Canada broadcasts the entire back catalogue.

Channels
Depending on the service provider, Super Channel provides up to eight multiplex channels – four 24-hour multiplex channels, all of which are simulcast in both standard definition and high definition – as well as a subscription video-on-demand service (Super Channel On Demand). Super Channel broadcasts its primary channel and multiplex channels on an Eastern Time Zone schedule, operating a singular feed for all channels, this results in the difference in local airtimes for a particular movie or program between two geographic locations being three hours at most.

Super Channel HD
Super Channel HD is a high definition simulcast feed of Super Channel that broadcasts in the 1080i resolution format. In addition to its main channel, Super Channel also operates high definition simulcast feeds of all three multiplex channels. Initially, Allarco launched two high definition feeds upon the launch of the service in November 2007: Super Channel HD 1 and Super Channel HD 2. Super Channel HD 1 simulcast the standard definition feed of the same name, while Super Channel HD 2 initially aired programming from the three remaining SD feeds. In February 2013, Allarco launched HD feeds for the two remaining channels, Super Channel 3 and Super Channel 4, with each HD channel now simulcasting their standard definition equivalent.

Super Channel On Demand
Super Channel operates a subscription video-on-demand television service called Super Channel On Demand, which is available at no additional charge to new and existing subscribers of Super Channel. Content featured on the service includes movies, acquired foreign series and special features previously seen on the linear television network.

Original programs

 * 24 Hour Rental
 * Bullet in the Face
 * Clay's POV
 * Darknet
 * Dark Rising: Warrior of Worlds
 * Fight Xchange
 * Forgive Me
 * Hollywood & Vines
 * How I Got Here
 * Naked News Uncovered
 * The Next Take
 * Olympus
 * Slasher (2017, moved to Netflix after the first season)
 * Spooksville
 * Tiny Plastic Men
 * Too Much Information
 * Versailles
 * What Would Sal Do?
 * When Calls the Heart

Super Channel+
On September 25, 2023, Allarco launched a standalone subscription service for Roku devices called Super Channel+. The service offers both the linear channels and their video-on-demand content.

FAST Channels
Allarco introduced two free ad-supported streaming television channels in October 2023 as part of Tubi's launch of that service in Canada. Super Channel Uncovered is themed around true crime programming, while Super Channel Hearties focuses on romance. The two channels were added to Xumo the following month.

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Kung Fu Ramone

Kung Fu Ramone is the second album by Japanese rock band Guitar Wolf. It was released only on vinyl in the U.S., in 1994. Some of the songs on the LP were later re-recorded and used on their debut compact disc album, Run Wolf Run, as well as in later projects.

Track listing

 * 1) "Kung Fu Ramone"
 * 2) "Thunders Guitar"
 * 3) "Genocide"
 * 4) "Run Wolf Run"
 * 5) "Jett Rock"
 * 6) "El Toro"
 * 7) "Ryusei Noise"
 * 8) "Baby Indian"
 * 9) "The Wild Guitar"
 * 10) "Buttobase!! Allnight"
 * 11) "Kick Out the Jams"
 * 12) "Rumble"
 * 13) "Planet Blues"

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American goulash

American goulash, sometimes called slumgullion, is an American comfort food dish, similar to American chop suey. American goulash is usually referred to in the midwestern and southern United States as simply "goulash". As a descendant, of sorts, of Hungarian goulash, the only real connection seems to be the name, and the inclusion of beef and paprika.

History and typical preparation
American goulash, mentioned in cookbooks since at least 1914, exists in a number of variant recipes. Originally a dish of seasoned beef, core ingredients of American goulash now usually include various kinds of pasta, usually macaroni or egg noodles, ground beef cooked with any number of aromatics, usually onions and garlic, along with tomatoes of some sort, whether canned tomatoes (whole, diced, or crushed are all common variants), tomato sauce, or tomato paste. Some variations of American goulash include cheese.

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Articles started by Slugbreath

 * Bloody Tears
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 * Ninja Looting
 * Secret Force

Articles edited by Slugbreath

 * Alexander Brandon
 * List of Final Fantasy VII terms
 * List of video game musicians
 * Jazz Jackrabbit 2
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Levatores costarum muscles

The levatores costarum, twelve in number on either side, are small tendinous and fleshy bundles, which arise from the ends of the transverse processes of the seventh cervical and upper eleven thoracic vertebrae

They pass obliquely downward and laterally, like the fibers of the Intercostales externi, and each is inserted into the outer surface of the rib immediately below the vertebra from which it takes origin, between the tubercle and the angle (Levatores costarum breves).

Each of the four lower muscles divides into two fasciculi, one of which is inserted as above described; the other passes down to the second rib below its origin (Levatores costarum longi).

They have a role in forceful inspiration.

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I am a Canadian engineer, with formal education in physics, software engineering, systems engineering and project management. I have made good use of the Wikipedia so far and I believe it may very well be the best software of this decade with respect to its contribution to humanity. One other noteable piece of software that I regularly use in conjunction with it is mind map software. I believe that well constructed mind maps that contain embedded hyperlinks to internally and externally held information resources (such as Wikipedia) stored on portable flash memory corresponds more closely to the "memex" augmented memory system that was envisioned by Vannevar Bush and expanded upon by Douglas Engelbart and other scientists that followed. I currently carry one in my pocket and highly recommend this technique to anyone who is interested in augmenting their personal information storage and access capabilities. ThreePD 15:39, 22 October 2005 (UTC)

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John Terry (actor)

John Terry (born January 25, 1950) is an American retired film, television, and stage actor. He is perhaps best known for his role as Christian Shephard in the TV series Lost and Larry McCoy in the TV series Las Vegas. His daughter is professional association football player Hanna Terry.

Early life
Terry was born in Vero Beach, Florida, where he attended Vero Beach High School. He was also educated at the prestigious Loomis Chaffee prep school in Windsor, Connecticut, and began a career building original custom log homes in North Carolina. He played roles in local theater before moving to Alaska where he founded a river rafting company. But his interest in acting did not diminish. At age 30 he moved to New York City and became a full-time actor.

Career
Terry's debut role was as the title character in the 1980 fantasy film Hawk the Slayer, followed by roles in films such as There Goes the Bride (1980), Tuxedo Warrior (1982) and the action sequel Wild Geese II (1985), as Barbara Carrera's brother. His career then took a major upswing as he was assigned the roles of Lieutenant Lockhart in Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket (1987) and Felix Leiter in the James Bond film The Living Daylights (1987). Nothing as prominent followed immediately, though he received good notices for his role as a traumatized Vietnam veteran in Norman Jewison's In Country (1989). Terry subsequently played the lead in a well-regarded but short-lived TV series Against the Grain. Terry played Slim in the 1992 film adaptation of Of Mice and Men and also appeared in The Resurrected (1992), an adaption of the H. P. Lovecraft novella The Case of Charles Dexter Ward.

He found new success on television. He appeared in the first episodes of ER playing Dr. Div Cvetic, the love interest of Dr. Lewis, who disappeared after a nervous breakdown. He later played a recurring role in season two of Fox's real-time thriller 24, as Bob Warner, the father of both the love interest of hero Jack Bauer and of another daughter whose fiancé is suspected of being a terrorist.

After a brief stint on NBC's Las Vegas, he was cast as Christian Shephard, the father of Jack Shephard and Claire Littleton on ABC's Lost. Terry reprised his role as Shephard on several occasions in flashbacks before appearing frequently in real time on the island as an incarnation of "the man in black". He had a guest role in a 2006 episode of Law & Order, as well as the part of older Jacob Wheeler in Steven Spielberg's Into the West mini series, which was nominated for 16 Emmy Awards in 2006. He also appeared in David Fincher's Zodiac, Matthew McConaughey's Surfer, Dude, and the horror thriller Nine Dead.

Filmography
• There Goes the Bride (1980) – Nicholas Babcock

• Hotwire (1980) – Billy Ed Wallace

• Hawk the Slayer (1980) – Hawk

• Wilhelm Cuceritorul (1982) – King Harold II

• Tuxedo Warrior (1982) – Wiley

• The Scarlet and the Black (1983) – Lt. Harry Barnett

• Wild Geese II (1985) – Michael

• Full Metal Jacket (1987) – Lt. Lockhart

• The Living Daylights (1987) – Felix Leiter

• In Country (1989) – Tom

• The Resurrected (1991) – John March

• Of Mice and Men (1992) – Slim

• A Dangerous Woman (1993) – Steve

• Iron Will (1994) – Jack Stoneman

• ER (season 1) (1994/1995) - Dr. David "Div" Cvetic, Psychiatrist

• Reflections on a Crime (1994) – James

• The Big Green (1995) – Edwin V. Douglas

• Heartwood (1998) – Joe Orsini

• Blue Valley Songbird (1999) – Hank

• 24 (2002) - Bob Warner

• Lost (2004–2010) - Dr. Christian Shephard

• Steal Me (2005) – Father

• Crazylove (2005) – Mr. Mayer

• Zodiac (2007) – Charles Thieriot

• Surfer, Dude (2008) – Mercer Martin

• The Way of War (2009) – Secretary of Defence

• Nine Dead (2009) – Shooter

• CSI: NY (2009) – McCanna Taylor

• The Fortune Theory (2013) – Howard Fitzroy

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Maricopa

Maricopa can refer to:

Places

 * Maricopa, Arizona, United States, a city in Pinal County, Arizona
 * Maricopa Freeway, a section of I-10 in Metropolitan Phoenix
 * Maricopa station, an Amtrak station in Maricopa, Arizona
 * Maricopa County, Arizona, United States
 * Maricopa, California, United States, a rural town

Other uses

 * Maricopa people, a Native American ethnic group
 * Maricopa language, a language spoken by the Maricopa people
 * Maricopa (moth), a genus of insects

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List of Hindu deities

Hinduism is the largest religion in the Indian subcontinent, and the third largest religion in the world. Hinduism has been called the "oldest religion" in the world, and many practitioners refer to Hinduism as "the eternal law" (). Within this faith, there are four major traditions or denominations, namely, Vaishnavism, Shaivism, Shaktism, and Smartism. There also exist a number of minor traditions, such as Ganapatism and Saurism.

The religion is a diverse system of thought with a wide variety of beliefs, and hence the concept of God, and the number of deities, rests upon the philosophy and the tradition that make up a devotee's adherence. The faith is described by some to be monotheistic, where all deities are believed to be forms of Brahman, the Ultimate Reality, as popularised by the Advaita philosophy. It is also widely regarded to be polytheistic and henotheistic, though this is also considered to be a form of overgeneralisation.

Trimurti
The Trimurti are the most prominent deities of contemporary Hinduism. This consists of Brahma - the Creator, Vishnu - the Preserver, and Shiva - the Destroyer. Their feminine counterparts are Saraswati - the wife of Brahma, Lakshmi - the wife of Vishnu, and Parvati (or Durga) - the wife of Shiva.

Brahma
Brahma is the god of creation, and the first of the Trimurti. His consort, as well as his shakti (divine energy), is Saraswati, the goddess of learning. He is identified with the Vedic creator god, Prajapati. His abode is at Satyaloka. The deity is said to have been born out of a lotus that grew out of the navel of Vishnu. He was given the four Vedas by Vishnu, and instructed to commence the act of creation. Brahma is not widely revered in contemporary Hinduism, as no major tradition emerged around his worship, as they did for Vishnu and Shiva. Some of the epithets offered to Brahma include:
 * Vedanatha
 * Chaturmukha
 * Prajapati
 * Vedagarbha
 * Kaushala

Vishnu
Vishnu is the god of preservation, and the second of the Trimurti. He is generally regarded to be the entity who is most often involved in mortal affairs. His consort, as well as his shakti (divine energy), is Lakshmi, the goddess of prosperity. His abode is at Vaikuntha, where he reclines on the divine serpent, Shesha. He is regarded to have undertaken ten major incarnations upon the earth for the restoration of dharma and cosmic order, for the sake of the devas and human beings. The most prominent of these incarnations are Rama and Krishna. His adherents are called the Vaishnavas, who regard him to be the supreme deity. Some of the epithets and forms of the preserver deity are:

• Vithoba

• Narayana

• Perumal

• Jagannatha

• Hayagriva

• Achyuta

• Madhava

• Venkateshwara

• Guruvayurappan

• Vaikuntha Chaturmurti

• Vaikuntha Kamalaja

• Lakshmi Narayana

• Vishvarupa

• Ranganatha

• Madhusudana

• Padmanabha

• Hari

• Upulvan

• Purushottama

• Govinda

• Caturvyūha

• Keshava The Dashavatara refers to the ten major incarnations of Vishnu:

 * 1) Matsya, the fish
 * 2) Kurma, the tortoise
 * 3) Varaha, the boar
 * 4) Narsimha, the man-lion
 * 5) Vamana, the dwarf
 * 6) Parashurama, the Brahmin warrior
 * 7) Rama, the king, hero of epic Ramayana and the slayer of Ravana
 * 8) Krishna, a central character in the Mahabharata and the Bhagavad Gita, the slayer of Kamsa
 * 9) Buddha, the deluder of the asuras
 * 10) Kalki, the vanquisher of adharma, expected to appear at the end of the Kali Yuga

Balarama, the elder brother of Krishna, is sometimes featured as an avatar of Vishnu in the lists of the Puranas, replacing Buddha, though he is also widely considered in other traditions to be a form of Shesha, the serpent of Vishnu. Other significant forms of Vishnu include Prithu, Mohini, Dhanvantari, Kapila, Yajna, and a third of Dattatreya.

Shiva
Shiva is the god of destruction, and the third of the Trimurti. His consort, as well as his shakti (divine energy), is Parvati, the goddess of power. His abode is upon the mountain Kailasha. He is often represented with two sons, Kartikeya and Ganesha. His mount is the bull called Nandi. He is usually depicted with a third eye, a crescent upon his forehead, the Ganges flowing from his head, and a blue throat occasioned by consuming the kalakuta poison produced at the churning of the ocean. His adherents are called Shaivas, who regard him to be the supreme deity.

Epithets • Hara

• Rudra

• Virupaksha

• Manjunatha

• Bholenath

• Maheshvara Avatars

Some of the major avatars and forms associated with Shiva include: • Virabhadra

• Lingam

• Jyotirlinga

• Dakshinamurti

• Bhairava

• Pashupati

• Khandoba

• Durvasa

• Nataraja

• Ardhanarishvara

• Tripurantaka

• Mahakala

• Sharabha

• Ravananugraha

• Vaidishvara

• Lingodbhava

• Somaskanda

• Bhikshatana

• Dattatreya

Tridevi
The Tridevi comprises the consorts of the Trimurti, as well as each of their shakti. They are the primary goddesses in contemporary Hinduism, believed to assist their respective consorts in their acts of creation, preservation, and destruction in the universe.

Saraswati
Saraswati is the goddess of learning, and also the patroness of music, art, and speech. The goddess is also regarded to be the power that resides within all poetry and writing. She is the consort of the creator deity, Brahma. She is represented as a graceful figure, donning white, and traditionally depicted with the veena (vīṇā), rosary (akṣamālā), water-pot (kamaṇḍalu) and book (pustaka). Her abode is at Satyaloka. Her mount is the white swan.

Saraswati is associated with the following forms: • Savitri

• Vani

• Brahmani

• Maha Saraswati

• Gayatri

• Vāc

• Para Saraswati

• Shatarupa

• Medha

• Sharada

• Bharati

• Aditi

Lakshmi
Lakshmi is the goddess of prosperity, associated with material and non-material wealth, fortune, and beauty. She is the consort of the preserver deity, Vishnu. Her origin is a central part of the Samudra Manthana, a significant event in the Puranas. According to the Lakshmi Tantra, the goddess Lakshmi, in her ultimate form of Mahasri, has four arms of a golden complexion, and holds a citron, a club, a shield, and a vessel containing amrita. The goddess is generally also considered to be serene and submissive to her consort. Her abode is at Vaikuntha. Her mount is typically an elephant or owl, though she is also usually seated on a lotus.

Avatars Different manifestations of Lakshmi are -

• Bhumi

• Vedavati

• Sita, the consort of Rama

• Radha, the chief consort of Krishna.

• Gopis

• Ashtabharya

• Junior wives of Krishna

• Revati

• Padmavathi

• Niladevi

• Tulasi

• Rahi

• Andal

• Narasimhi

• Varahi

Ashta Lakshmi
 * Adi Lakshmi, one who supports a seeker to reach their source, or Atman.
 * Dhana Lakshmi, one who gives material wealth.
 * Dhanya Lakshmi, one who gives wealth of agriculture
 * Gaja Lakshmi, one who gives animal wealth.
 * Santana Lakshmi, one who bestows with offsprings.
 * Dhairya Lakshmi, one who bestows valour during battles and courage plus strength for overcoming difficulties in life.
 * Vijaya Lakshmi, one who bestows victory, not only in battles, but also for conquering hurdles in order to achieve success.
 * Vidya Lakshmi, one who bestows the knowledge of arts and the sciences.
 * Vidya Lakshmi, one who bestows the knowledge of arts and the sciences.

Parvati
Parvati is the goddess of power, and is also associated with courage, fertility, and beauty. She is commonly referred to as Uma and Gauri. She is the consort of the destroyer deity, Shiva, and the daughter of Himavana. She is believed to be the reincarnation of Sati, the daughter of Daksha, who perished in the Daksha Yajna. In the Puranas, she performs a penance to marry Shiva, a celibate brahmachari, and the latter consents when he realises her true identity. When depicted alongside her consort, Parvati generally appears with two arms, but when alone, she is depicted having four, eight or ten arms, and is astride on a tiger or lion in which form she is known as Durga. She is generally considered to be a benevolent mother goddess, but also slays evil beings in her form of Kali. In goddess-centric traditions, Parvati is considered to be a complete incarnation of Adi Parashakti. Her abode is at Kailasha.

Avatars
 * Durga, the goddess of strength, the slayer of Durgamasura and Mahishasura
 * Annapurna, the goddess of food and nourishment
 * Shitala, a regional goddess of diseases
 * Bhramari, the goddess of bees
 * Bhavani, a regional form of Parvati
 * Meenakshi, patron goddess of Madurai
 * Kamakhya and other goddesses of Shaktipeeth

In her fierce aspect of Kali, Parvati undertakes the following manifestations:
 * Mahakali
 * Bhadrakali
 * Sri Kali
 * Bhima Kali

Navadurga

In Shaivism-Shaktism, there exist nine forms of the goddess Durga. • Shailaputri, The daughter of Himalayas.

• Brahmacharini

• Chandraghanta

• Kushmanda

• Skandamata

• Katyayani

• Kalaratri

• Mahagauri

• Siddhidhatri

Dasa Mahavidya

 * 1) Kali: The fierce and powerful goddess representing time, change, and destruction.
 * 2) Tara: Symbolizing the power of speech, she is associated with divine knowledge and guidance.
 * 3) Tripura Sundari (Shodashi): The beautiful goddess of the three worlds, representing unity and the play of creation.
 * 4) Bhuvaneshvari: The goddess of the material world, embodiment of space, and the nurturing aspect of the divine.
 * 5) Bhairavi: The fierce aspect of Devi, associated with death, destruction, and the transformative power of time.
 * 6) Chinnamasta: Depicted as a self-decapitated goddess, symbolizing self-sacrifice, spiritual awakening, and the annihilation of the ego.
 * 7) Dhumavati: The widow goddess associated with adversity, poverty, and the transformative power of suffering.
 * 8) Bagalamukhi: The goddess who paralyzes enemies, symbolizing the power to control and manipulate reality.
 * 9) Matangi: The goddess of inner wisdom, associated with speech, music, and the arts.
 * 10) Kamalatmika (Kamala): The goddess of prosperity, symbolizing spiritual wealth and the unfolding of divine consciousness.

Other goddesses
Communities of goddess worship are ancient in India. In the Rigveda, the most prominent goddess is Ushas, the goddess of dawn. The regional goddesses venerated in Hinduism are generally syncretised with Parvati, Lakshmi, or Adi Parashakti. Some of the major goddesses revered in modern Hinduism include:
 * Yogamaya or Vindhyavasini, the embodiment of Vishnu's divine energy
 * Shakambhari, a goddess of vegetation
 * Sati, the first consort of Shiva and previous birth of Parvati.
 * Gayatri, the personification of the Gayatri Mantra
 * Ganga, the goddess personification of the Ganges river
 * Yami, the personification of the river Yamuna
 * Kaushiki, the goddess who emerges from Parvati
 * Narmada, the personification of the river Narmada
 * Shashthi, also known as Devasena, wife of Kartikeya, the goddess of children and reproduction
 * Svaha, the goddess of sacrifices, daughter of Daksha and wife of Agni
 * Manasa, a goddess of snakes and fertility
 * Mariamman, the goddess of rain
 * Mhalsa, a regional form of either Mohini or Parvati
 * Renuka, mother of Parashurama
 * Rahi, a regional form of Radha, consort of Vithoba
 * Akilandeshwari, a form of Mahadevi
 * Devi Kanya Kumari, patron goddess of Kanyakumari
 * Dewi Danu

Matrikas

A group of ten mother goddesses make up the Matrikas: • Brahmani

• Maheshwari

• Kaumari

• Vaishnavi

• Varahi

• Narasimhi

• Indrani

• Chamunda

• Vinayaki

• Shivaduti

Pantheon
The Hindu pantheon is composed of deities that have developed their identities through both the scriptures of Hinduism as well as regional traditions that drew their legends from the faith. Some of the most popular deities of the Hindu pantheon include:

 * Ganesha, also called Vinayaka and Ganapati, is a son of Shiva and Parvati. He is regarded to be a god of wisdom, and the remover of all obstacles. Several texts advocate his veneration before any other deity in rituals. The Ganapatya sect worships Ganesha as their chief deity.
 * Kartikeya, also called Murugan and Subrahmanya, is a son of Shiva and Parvati. He is the commander of the devas, and a major god of war. The Kaumaram sect worships him as their chief deity.
 * Ayyappan, also called Manikanta, is a regional deity, the son of Shiva and Mohini (a female incarnation of Vishnu).

 * Hanuman, also called Anjaneya and Maruti, is a vanara devotee of Rama. He is revered as the god of celibacy and strength.
 * The Navagrahas are the personifications of the nine planets, revered in Vedic astrology and several temples.
 * Kamadeva, also called Manmatha, is the god of love, a son of Vishnu.
 * Rati is the goddess of love and pleasure, the consort of Kamadeva.
 * Garuda is the eagle demigod mount of Vishnu.
 * Shesha is the serpent demigod mount of Vishnu.
 * Nandi is the bull mount of Shiva.
 * Vasuki is the second king of the nagas.

Vedic deities
The Rigveda speaks of Thirty-three gods called the Trayastrinshata ('Three plus thirty'). They consist of the 12 Adityas, the 8 Vasus, the 11 Rudras and the 2 Ashvins:– Dyauṣ "Sky", Pṛthivī "Earth", Vāyu "Wind", Agni "Fire", Nakṣatra "Stars", Varuṇa "Water", Sūrya "Sun", Chandra "Moon". The Twelve Ādityas (personified deities) – Vishnu, Aryaman, Indra (Śakra), Tvāṣṭṛ, Varuṇa, Bhaga, Savitṛ, Vivasvat, Aṃśa, Mitra, Pūṣan, Dhata. Indra also called Śakra, the supreme god, is the first of the 33, followed by Agni. Some of these brother gods were invoked in pairs such as Indra-Agni, Mitra-Varuna and Soma-Rudra.

Adityas

 * Mitra, the god of oaths, promises, and friendships
 * Varuna, the god of water the seas, the oceans, and rain
 * Indra, also called Śakra, the king of gods, and the god of weather, storms, rain, and war
 * Savitr, the god of the morning sun; associated with Surya
 * Aṃśa, solar deity; associated with Surya
 * Aryaman the god of customs, hospitality, and marriages
 * Bhaga, god of fortune
 * Vivasvan, the god of the sun
 * Tvāṣṭṛ, the god of architecture and smithing; blacksmith of the gods
 * Pūshan, patron god of travellers and herdsmen, god of roads,
 * Dhāta, god of health and magic, also called Dhūti
 * Vamana avatar of Vishnu

Rudras
The Ramayana tells they are eleven of the 33 children of the sage Kashyapa and his wife Aditi, along with the 12 Adityas, 8 Vasus and 2 Ashvins, constituting the Thirty-three gods. The Vamana Purana describes the Rudras as the sons of Kashyapa and Aditi. The Matsya Purana notes that Surabhi – the mother of all cows and the "cow of plenty" – was the consort of Brahma and their union produced the eleven Rudras. Here they are named: Nirriti, Shambhu, Aparajita, Mrigavyadha, Kapardi, Dahana, Khara, Ahirabradhya, Kapali, Pingala and Senani. Brahma allotted to the Rudras the eleven positions of the heart and the five sensory organs, the five organs of action and the mind.

Vasus
The Vasus serve as the assistants of Indra and of Vishnu.

 * Agni the "Fire" god, also called Anala or "living",
 * Varuna the "Water" and "Ocean" god, also called Samudradeva or Apa,
 * Vāyu the "Wind" and "Air" god, also called Anila ("wind"),
 * Dyauṣ the "Sky" god, also called Dyeus and Prabhāsa or the "shining dawn", also called akasha or sky,
 * Pṛthivī the "Earth" goddess/god, also called Dharā or "support" and Bhumi or Earth,
 * Sūrya the "Sun" god, also called Pratyūsha, ("break of dawn", but often used to mean simply "light"), the Saura sect worships Sūrya as their chief deity, also called Anshuman,
 * Soma the "Moon" god, also called Chandra.
 * Nakshatrani, also called Dhruva or motionless polestar (Polaris) and Prabhasa.

Ashvins
The Ashvins (also called the Nāsatyas) are the twin gods of medicine. Nasatya is also the name of one twin, while the other is called Dasra.

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Ryūzaburō Umehara

Ryuzaburo Umehara (梅原 龍三郎) was a Japanese painter who painted in the Yōga style. He was a founding member of the Shunyo-kai art society.

Biography
He attended the Kansai Academy of Art (also known as Kansai Art School) in Kyoto, Japan. He studied under Asai Chū along with Sōtarō Yasui. One of the artists he admired early in his career was Pierre-Auguste Renoir, while another formative influence later on was Georges Rouault. Professor of Art History Torao Miyagawa wrote that:

"'Umehara is one of the few Japanese artists of this period who found his style early in his career and then proceeded to perfect it over the years. He is also one of the first Japanese Western-style artists to discard any conscious effort to impose the formal rules or even the emotional overtones of traditional Japanese painting on the Western techniques. He favoured and exploited oils as a means of individual expression, utilizing the texture and strength of these pigments with a boldness and simple directness unrivalled by any of his contemporaries, and not observable to any degree in Japan until after World War II.'"

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Talk:Wipeout (video game series)

Article name change
The article has been renamed to Psygnosis game series despite not being developed by Psygnosis for most of its life, From 2002 to 2013 it was SCE Studio Liverpool and its now technically owned by XDEV. The vast majority of people who look for Wipeout (series) will be looking for this and not the lesser-known game show video game adaptation so I personally didn't see anything wrong with just moving the article to Wipeout (video game series) or keeping it as 1995 video game series. RealNZZN (talk) 15:45, 18 April 2021 (UTC)

and I agree it should be moved to Wipeout (video game series). There is no need to add any additional disambiguation. There is no other article about video game series called "Wipeout". The current name is not going to be easy to type and makes no sense to be this complex.Blue Pumpkin Pie (talk) 04:58, 19 April 2021 (UTC)

 * Agree with this proposal to move to Wipeout (video game series), I'm assuming just made a bit of an error here and maybe wasn't aware of the full history, so hopefully it's a quick change. Being WP:Bold is fine but just not quite right this time.  Mountaincirque talk 10:16, 19 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: just to clarify Psygnosis technically merged into Sony in 2000 and became Studio Liverpool / SCE Liverpool, so it is odd to call anything after Wipeout 3 a 'Psygnosis game'. Other development studios also worked on the remasters for Wipeout Omega Collection...so you can't and shouldn't state in the title that this is all under one studio. Mountaincirque talk 10:31, 19 April 2021 (UTC)
 * My reasoning was a) List of video games based on Wipeout (2008 American game show) exists and is clearly a series of games so (video game series) doesn't disambiguate enough, and b) (1995 video games series) was such a terrible disambiguation for a series that has releases covering 1995 through 2017 that anything was better. I figured that "Psygnosis" was possibly wrong as opposed to "Studio Liverpool", but let it go since that's also kind of wrong. That all said, I don't much care what the name is as long as it makes sense, so let me know whatever y'all land on and I'll move it. -- Pres N  03:42, 20 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks, as noted there seems to be a consensus in this (albeit small) discussion for Wipeout (video game series) which already redirects here, so it needs an admin/page mover to change that, please do so? I can see your point on the other 'Wipeout' games, but in my opinion as the title is completely different, with that being a list, it is not a problem, as well as the fact that those games are so low profile that only one has its own page. I'd argue that List of video games based on Wipeout (2008 American game show) could be just merged into the main article for Wipeout (American game show). 08:32, 20 April 2021 (UTC)
 * I don't think anyone is going to confuse Game Show for video game series. And we can always add a note if there is confusion.Blue Pumpkin Pie (talk) 16:21, 20 April 2021 (UTC)
 * It is a series of video games, based on a game show, so yes, it would be confusing since they are both video game series. -- 67.70.27.246 (talk) 08:04, 25 April 2021 (UTC)

 * This is a pretty unique case where two game series in different genres, devs and years bear the same generic title. Local consensus is required as this is beyond standard NCVGCAB parameters. I think the futuristic racing series should be at , and the gameshow adaptations are probably fine staying at List of video games based on Wipeout (2008 American game show) even though that is a stupid long title. Ben · Salvidrim!   ✉  18:43, 20 April 2021 (UTC)
 * From what I can see, the "American" has been removed. Don't know how long ago that was. Why can't it just be (video game series) if that disambiguation is going to be redirected back here anyways? I think we're making this much more complicated than it is. There is no other video game series article known as Wipeout there are game shows, but its a completely different media that has its own naming conventions.Blue Pumpkin Pie (talk) 18:53, 20 April 2021 (UTC)
 * On another note, the List of video games based on Wipeout (2008 American game show) has has only 8 entries with no new updates since 2014. I know it's not the best place to mention it here, but a speedy merge could be made if it makes things simpler.Blue Pumpkin Pie (talk) 19:19, 20 April 2021 (UTC)
 * It wouldn't simplify the matter at hand, which is titling the article about the racing game series, because the entire point is that "Wipeout (video game series)" remains ambiguous with the gameshow adaptation game series regardless of whether the latter has a standalone article/list or is merged with the parent franchise article. Ben · Salvidrim!   ✉  19:35, 20 April 2021 (UTC)
 * If the article is the primary topic, it won't need disambiguation (per WP:PRIMARYTOPIC). I admit that it mainly refers to natural disambiguation, but I think the principle behind the rule can apply here. So I'll support "Racing video game series" in the title if we can verify that this isn't the primary topic for video game series. How are we going to determine that?Blue Pumpkin Pie (talk) 20:17, 20 April 2021 (UTC)
 * I don't think the video game series would ever qualify as the primary topic of Wipeout. "racing video game series" also doesn't seem right, since the game show based video game series also involves racing, obstacle racing -- 67.70.27.246 (talk) 08:03, 25 April 2021 (UTC)

 * I will be keen to see this moved back to "(video game series)". There's no need for the extra layer of delineation. ♦ jaguar  09:09, 21 April 2021 (UTC)
 * As long as the game show videogame list article exists, that is an impossible article title, since there is a different video game series with an article, thus failing the basic WP:AT principle of distinguishing between articles with disambiguation. "(video game series)" should point to the disambiguation page, if there are two articles on video games series. -- 67.70.27.246 (talk) 08:03, 25 April 2021 (UTC)
 * It appears it won't exist for much longer as it's about to be merged. ♦ jaguar  10:36, 25 April 2021 (UTC)

 * I agree with Jaguar, this conversation has become over-complicated, the page was at (video game series) in the past, which still redirects here, and there is no similar page title: so let's go with that. Simply add disambiguation links for the List of video games based on Wipeout (2008 American game show) here and to this page on that one. Mountaincirque talk 09:22, 21 April 2021 (UTC)
 * I'm in favour of (video game series), as per status quo, and then fix any other problems by other means. - X201 (talk) 10:22, 21 April 2021 (UTC)

It seems that this has all turned into a big mess now. The original title of this article, "Wipeout (series)" has been moved to the disambig page Wipeout. Looking at the page reveals that the only 'series' on there is indeed this one. The 2008 game show is a television programme, and its international adaptations cannot be considered a collective series. To further compound matters (at the risk of digressing), we also have Wipeout (British game show) and Wipeout (1999 game show), both derivatives of an American trivia game show, though the latter is Australian, making the former's title inconsistent. I also discovered that Wipeout (video game) was moved to "1995 video game", despite the fact that there is no other video game named Wipeout on Wikipedia.

The list of video game adaptations of the 2008 game show is about to be merged, which not only highlights its lack of notability but illustrates that it is merely a list of games and not a series or franchise in its own right. The renaming of this article to 'Psygnosis video game series' is not only a convolution but a puzzling choice as most of the instalments were developed under Studio Liverpool. This aside, I would like to stress that we do not cave in to Wikipedia's innate inclination for needless overcomplication, and just move this back to "Wipeout (series)". The disambig notice at the top of the page should take care of the rest. ♦ jaguar  11:06, 25 April 2021 (UTC)

i 100% agree with you. There is no need for Wipeout to be named (video game series) since it's the only series out there. Game shows aren't series and follow their own naming conventions. if someone is confused, the note at the top directs them to the correct location. The same thing with Wipeout (1995 video game). I don't know why we're worried about it being ambiguous among non-articles.Blue Pumpkin Pie (talk) 14:08, 26 April 2021 (UTC)

Requested move 30 April 2021

 * The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: Moved Sceptre (talk) 16:24, 8 June 2021 (UTC)

Wipeout (Psygnosis video game series) → Wipeout (video game series) – Unnecessary mention of company name, no other video game series article. Natg 19 (talk) 00:58, 30 April 2021 (UTC)
 * This is a contested technical request (permalink). – Lord Bolingbroke (talk) 01:10, 30 April 2021 (UTC)

 * pinging all participants in the above thread (67.70.27.246 notified on user talk). originally requested this at WP:RM/TR, but a requested move is definitely in order as not all editors are in agreement. – Lord Bolingbroke (talk) 01:26, 30 April 2021 (UTC)

 * Move, as per earlier discussion, the Psygnosis title is not factually accurate or necessary as there is no other video game series page of a similar name. Mountaincirque talk 07:55, 30 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Move away from for sure – I still think "(video game series)" is slightly imprecise due to other series of video games titled Wipeout, but I won't oppose it if that's the consensus compromise.  Ben · Salvidrim!   ✉  08:35, 30 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Move back to "Wipeout (series)". As established above there is no other series which share the same name. A disambig notice at the top should cull any confusion. ♦ jaguar  09:51, 30 April 2021 (UTC)
 * It is not so established, there being multiple TV shows by this name. Thus multiple TV series. -- 67.70.27.105 (talk) 15:36, 30 April 2021 (UTC)
 * That's not a series. Wipeout (2008 game show) is a television programme which kindled an international franchise. The standalone versions like Total Wipeout and Wipeout Canada are part of the franchise. The same can be said for the spin-offs of Wipeout (1988 game show), a trivia game show. ♦ jaguar  20:31, 30 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Move back to "Wipeout (series)" as well. Game Shows aren't "series" and since this is the only actual established series, I believe it doesn't need the video game part as well. If the consensus prefers (video game series), then I support that as well.Blue Pumpkin Pie (talk) 13:24, 30 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Games shows can have series of episodes that are sequential, there being tournaments and such. Further, common sense tells us that people in the world call these things "TV series" -- 67.70.27.105 (talk) 15:37, 30 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Move back to "Wipeout (series)" to restore the original status quo. - X201 (talk) 14:40, 30 April 2021 (UTC)

 * Strong oppose "(series)"  This clearly violates WP:AT being highly imprecise, there being multiple TV series in multiple TV franchises by this name -- 67.70.27.105 (talk) 15:34, 30 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Comment but WP:TV's naming conventions has it require to be listed as Game Show, not TV series. So even WP:TV wants a distinction from the two.Blue Pumpkin Pie (talk) 15:51, 30 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Move back to "Wipeout (series)" per others.ZXCVBNM (TALK) 15:44, 30 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Support OP's proposal. (series) does seem a bit vague, given the existence of the TV series.  I've added a hatnote to clear up any confusion with the TV series-related games. 162 etc. (talk) 16:00, 30 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Oppose suggested proposal. I am really astonished by all the above who fail to acknowledge that Wipeout (2008 game show) has a list of 8 video games, which clearly is a "Wipeout video game series", nor even care that "series" can just as mean any of Wipeout TV series. If Psygnosis is a bad qualifier, then a better one should be found and used. Film articles for example, use the year of the first entry, such as Spider-Man (2017 film series). If that doesn't work, something else can be used, like the genre or type of the games. --Gonnym (talk) 09:25, 1 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Spider-Man (2017 film series) now redirects to Spider-Man in film, the previous articles with similar disambiguation have been merged as well. In order for Wipeout (racing video game series) or Wipeout (1995 video game series) to exist, there needs to be an existing article titled "Wipeout (action video game series)" or Wipeout (2010 video game series)" needs to also exist. Right now there is only Wipeout (2008 game show), so this article should be the primary topic for the video game series called Wipeout. I understand if you disagree with it just being called (series) and prefer (video game series). But Unless it's proven that the licensed games are notable enough to be considered a series make their own article, I don't agree we need to make the disambiguation anymore complicated.Blue Pumpkin Pie (talk) 17:46, 2 May 2021 (UTC)
 * 8 video games in which only one has an article? I think it's safe to have the primary topic as the video game series here – The Grid  ( talk )  02:05, 7 May 2021 (UTC)

 * Move, The vast majority of people who look for Wipeout (video game series) will be looking for this and not the game show video game adaptation. RealNZZN (talk) 10:05, 1 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Comment - This is clearly the WP:PRIMARYTOPIC for "Wipeout (video game series)", which is more WP:CONCISE than the current title. One could argue that "WipEout series" would be a viable title but I don't know how often that version is used by sources. HumanBodyPiloter5 (talk) 17:39, 8 May 2021 (UTC)

It's been over seven days, and I believe we have a consensus.Blue Pumpkin Pie (talk) 15:56, 10 May 2021 (UTC)

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Pat Battle

Pat Battle (born December 9, 1959) is an American journalist. Since 1996, she has been at WNBC-TV.

Early life
Patricia (nickname, "Pat") N. Battle was born December 9, 1959. Of African-American descent, she grew up in Neptune Township, New Jersey, where her mother was a member of the township committee and served as police commissioner. She graduated from Neptune High School in 1977, where she had been a cheerleader. Her first job was with the Asbury Park Press as a reporter.

Career
Battle won a 2005 New York Regional Emmy Award for Political Programming for her work on the U.S. presidential primary edition of WNBC-TV's What Matters.

She appeared as herself on the Netflix series, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and is set to appear in a second-season episode of Peacock's Girls5eva.

Personal life
Battle is a resident of Teaneck, New Jersey, and is married to Anthony Johnson, a reporter with WABC-TV, a competing New York City television station. In October 2010, she publicly revealed that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer and undergone a lumpectomy.

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File:Soportodeswunsch2003.jpg

Summary
2003 re-release cover of the Sopor Aeternus & The Ensemble of Shadows album Todeswunsch - Sous le soleil de Saturne.

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Todeswunsch

Todeswunsch – Sous le soleil de Saturne (German and French: "Death Wish - Under the Sun of Saturn") is the second album by darkwave band Sopor Aeternus & the Ensemble of Shadows and was released in 1995. Todeswunsch saw a fundamental change in sound, abandoning the heavily synthesized darkwave music for a sound akin to the Renaissance and neo-Medieval music. A limited pressing of 3,000 CDs was initially available, and the album has been re-released at least three times. An accompanying EP, Ehjeh Ascher Ehjeh, was released later that year.

Overview
Todeswunch was a major departure from Sopor Aeternus' first album, ...Ich töte mich..., in that the aggressive synthesized music of the first record was replaced with ornate Renaissance- and Baroque-inspired folk music. brass, woodwinds and acoustic guitars came to the fore, while drum machines were largely abandoned for varying amounts of hand percussion. Shrill female vocals also resound throughout the album, all of them provided by Anna-Varney Cantodea herself.

The album quotes heavily from other works. One example is the title track, where the music is a darkwave version of Cat Stevens' "I Think I See the Light". "Drama der Geschlechtslosigkeit (part 2)" employs the melody from "Chim Chim Cher-ee", as featured in Mary Poppins, while "Shadowsphere" quotes the bass lines from Black Sabbath's "Under the Sun". "The Devil's Instrument" also quotes lyrics from Rozz Williams' "Mysterium Inquitatis". "Todeswunsch" contains the first instance of Cantodea's long-standing interest in Edgar Allan Poe: "Die Bruderschaft des Schmerzes" is a re-telling of his work Dream-Land.

Todeswunsch would see re-releases in 1999, 2003 and 2008. The album artwork received significant changes for both the 2003 and 2008 editions. The painting on the cover of the original release is a detail of Death of the Virgin by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio. The title of "Soror Sui Excidium" was changed to "Soror (Sister of Self-destruction)" for re-releases, and both halves of "Shadowsphere" were indexed into one track on re-issue.

Personnel

 * Gerrit Fischer: Guitar on "Soror Sui Excidium", "Drama der Geschlechtslosigkeit (part 2)" and "Only the Dead in the Mist"
 * Varney: Vocals, all other instruments and programming

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Adolf Hitler's popularity

 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 speedy deleted.

Adolf Hitler's popularity

 * Not NPOV and should be in Adolf Hitler.--MicroFeet 01:30, 22 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Also, a clone of another page on Vfd.
 * Delete. Gazpacho 02:03, 22 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete along with any other recreations. A и D я 01D  TALK  EMAIL  03:58, 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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Sandals Resorts

Sandals Resorts is a Jamaican operator of all-inclusive couples resorts in the Caribbean. The company is a part of Sandals Resorts International (SRI), which also operates Beaches Resorts, Fowl Cay Resort, and several private villas. Founded by Jamaican-born entrepreneur Gordon "Butch" Stewart in 1981, SRI is based in Montego Bay, Jamaica and is responsible for development, service standards, training, and day-to-day operations of the resorts.

As of 2023, Sandals had 18 resorts: seven in Jamaica, three in Saint Lucia, two resorts in The Bahamas and Barbados, and one resort in Antigua, Curaçao, Grenada, and Saint Vincent.

Properties
As of 2023, Sandals operated 18 resorts:

Jamaica

 * Sandals Dunn’s River in Ocho Rios
 * Sandals Montego Bay in Montego Bay
 * Sandals Negril in Negril
 * Sandals Ochi in Ocho Rios
 * Sandals Royal Caribbean in Montego Bay
 * Sandals Royal Plantation in Ocho Rios
 * Sandals South Coast in White House

Saint Lucia

 * Sandals Grande St. Lucian in Gros Islet
 * Sandals Halcyon Beach in Castries
 * Sandals Regency La Toc in Castries

Bahamas

 * Sandals Emerald Bay in Great Exuma
 * Sandals Royal Bahamian in Nassau

Barbados

 * Sandals Barbados in Saint Lawrence Gap
 * Sandals Royal Barbados in Saint Lawrence Gap

Antigua

 * Sandals Grande Antigua in St. John's

Curaçao

 * Sandals Royal Curaçao in Santa Barbara

Grenada

 * Sandals Grenada in St. George's

Saint Vincent

 * Sandals Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in Buccament near Kingstown

Leadership
Adam Stewart is the Executive Chairman of SRI. Stewart became Chairman upon the death of his father Gordon "Butch" Stewart, the founder of SRI, on January 4, 2021. Gebhard Rainer is the current CEO of SRI.

History
In 1981 Gordon "Butch" Stewart purchased an old hotel (the Bay Roc Hotel) on one of Montego Bay's largest beaches, despite having no hotel experience and opened it as Sandals Montego Bay. In 1984, Sandals launched the Caribbean's first swim-up bar at its Montego Bay Resort in Jamaica. In March 2009, Stewart launched The Sandals Foundation, the philanthropic arm of SRI.

Sandals Corporate University (SCU) - a regional adult education program for the 10,000 employees of Sandals Resorts and Beaches Resorts - was launched in March 2012. Through partnerships with internationally recognized universities, professional organizations, and local education institutions, SCU provides courses on skills such as customer service, leadership, the art of selling, and professional communications.

On December 1, 2016, Sandals opened Caribbean’s first overwater villas, at the Sandals Royal Caribbean in Montego Bay.

Policy on gay couples
Due to the laws in the countries in which they operate, the company had a policy dating from 1981 that could not allow same-sex couples from their "couples-only" resorts. The policy was variously stated by characterizing the accommodations as "resort for couples only." In various Caribbean islands, a couple is defined as one female adult and one male adult", "policies require male/female couples only", or "couples of the same gender are not accepted." This policy received a great deal of publicity when stays at their resorts were offered as prizes in various promotions by companies such as Microsoft, Yahoo!, and US Airways in 1999. Later reports indicated that some resorts also made no accommodations for people with disabilities, prompting the ACLU to opine that companies offering Sandals stays as prizes, or otherwise doing business with Sandals resorts, might be the targets of lawsuits. The companies involved promptly severed their relationships with Sandals, stating they were unaware of its discriminatory practices. Adverts for the company were banned from the London Underground in 2003 after public objections were raised.  One possible cause for this policy may have been that homosexuality was illegal in Jamaica. Sandals ended its policy of refusing service to gay couples in August 2004 after further protest.

Corruption allegation settlement
In January 2013, the government of Turks and Caicos Islands and Sandals agreed to a settlement of US$12 million around local corruption allegations, without admission of any liability.

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Interspinales muscles

The interspinales are short muscle fascicles, found in pairs between the spinous processes of the contiguous vertebrae, one on either side of the interspinal ligament.
 * In the cervical region, the cervical interspinales are most distinct, and consist of six pairs, the first being situated between the axis and third vertebra, and the last between the seventh cervical and the first thoracic. They are small narrow bundles, attached, above and below, to the apices of the spinous processes.
 * In the thoracic region, the thoracic interspinales are found between the first and second vertebrae, and sometimes between the second and third, and between the eleventh and twelfth.
 * In the lumbar region, there are four pairs of lumbar interspinales in the intervals between the five lumbar vertebrae. There is also occasionally one between the last thoracic and first lumbar, and one between the fifth lumbar and the sacrum.

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Talk:Basil (Fedak)

Name of article
I am struggling a little with what the actual title of this article should be. I believe that his official title was something along the lines of "Wasyly, Archbishop of Winnipeg and Metropolitan of all Canada". In my experience, he we usually referred to as "Metropolitan Wasyly". I have sometimes seen lists of bishops listing him as "Metropolitan Wasyly (Fedak)" but more frequently using a variant of his full official title. His name at birth was "Wasyl' Fedak". (As a side note, I have no idea why his regnal name is so close to his given name but still a little different). Also, I often see WASYLY completely capitalized.

I am leaning towards moving it to "Metropolitan Wasyly", since there isn't a disambiguation issue. In the event that there is a disambiguation issue in the future, then move it to "Metropolitan Wasyly (Fedak)".

What does anyone else think? -- JamesTeterenko 01:32, 22 July 2005 (UTC)

P.S. See List of Metropolitans and Patriarchs of Moscow for related articles. In the individual articles, the primate's family name is never in the article title. -- JamesTeterenko 01:34, 22 July 2005 (UTC)

 * Seeing no comments for a few days, I have moved the article. -- JamesTeterenko 05:43, 26 July 2005 (UTC)

Move discussion in progress
There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:Archbishop Iakovos of America which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. —RM bot 05:45, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

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Talk:Barrington Hills, Illinois

Demographic mistake
I've removed the following

"Males had a median income of $0 versus $56,167 for females."

Does anybody know the correct numbers? Also some of this looks like real estate advertising prose. It could use a clean-up. Smallbones 17:51, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

 * http://factfinder.census.gov says 100,000+ for males, rambot must not have known how to interpret that and put zero. --Dual Freq 22:03, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

"only recently annexed"???
A paragraph was just removed about St. john's Chapel. The arguement seems to be that this is in an area that was only recently annexed (when? that deserves to be in the article), so it's history is not BH's history. I don't like this arguement. It seems to say that the church is "not really" in Barrington Hills, but of course - according to the law - it is.

I'll revert, but that does not mean that I like the paragraph as is. Why don't we work on it rather than just remove it?

Smallbones (talk) 15:03, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Townships in box
I'm trying to figure out how to put the right townships in the info box (difficult since there are 4 counties involved, but all townships have seperate articles.

S/B: townships = Barrington, Cuba, Algonquin, Dundee|

Well it works here, but not in the box. Smallbones (talk) 20:53, 19 February 2008 (UTC):

 * Unfortunately I had to design the template with a convoluted method for specifying the township links. There are separate fields, tcounty - tcounty3, for specifying the counties in the links of the townships.  I had to make it separate because there are some instances where a municipality might lay within two townships in the same county.  Note that the first township field uses the county variable, but any additional townships uses tcounty-tcounty3.  I hope i haven't confused you further. — oo64eva (Alex) (U @ 04:15, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Zoning
The following was removed and I added it back.

 * The zoning restrictions are sometimes interpreted as protecting the residents "from the lower classes." The Zoning Ordinance of the Village was adopted in 1963 but the existence of equestrian farms predate the Village by decades.

I think this represents the majority view, even in the Village, and is solidly referenced. Perhaps there is a nicer way of saying it? Maybe we could call in a 3rd opinion if you disagree. Also I should ask if there is a COI here. All the best. Smallbones (talk) 16:19, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

Notable residents???
we don't need full bios on the notable residents, that's what the links are for. I checked out the Tony Accardo article and it doesn't mention B.Hills as his residence. It definitely needs a citation, but it should be removed after a week or so if there isn't a citation.

Aren't there any other notable residents throughout history? Maybe Robert Abboud? I was thinking about the father, but I'll put it in anyway!

Smallbones (talk) 05:36, 16 August 2009 (UTC)

2 Frank Lloyd Wright houses
Just noticed that there are 2 Frank Lloyd Wright houses in the village (and another close by on Rt 22). The 2 in BH are
 * Carl Post House (Marshall Erdman Prefab House) and
 * Louis B. Frederick House

Should these be included? Does anybody know where they're located? Smallbones (talk) 20:06, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

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Question on Shopping Strip
My understanding is that the shopping strip on the north side of Route 14 is in Barrington, not Barrington Hills.

"There is no downtown center, but the village has a small shopping strip along Route 14." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 107.135.61.14 (talk) 03:09, 12 June 2018 (UTC)

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Category talk:Violinists

Why is Itzhak Perlman, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Itzhak_Perlman, not listed on this page? I may not understand what the criteria are, but I couldn't tell from the violinists listed why Perlman would not be included.

I agree, what is the distinction between 'classical violinist' and 'violinist' ? Perlman is well-known for his classical recordings, but the article itself suggests he has played jazz violin; however he is listed as a 'classical violinist'. Similarly, Nigel Kennedy, who plays both classical and jazz/fusion, is listed as 'classical violinist'. I realise this is splitting hairs, but must 'classical violinists' exclusively record/play "classical" music? Or should those that involve themselves in different styles of playing be listed simply as 'violinists' ? Just a thought... -- Dlinga 08:28, 23 September 2005 (UTC)

Violinist/fiddler
Is the distinction between violinist and fiddler clear? I understand fiddler as a violinist in traditional musik or maybe some kinds of rock/fusion music - i.e. actually more of a genre. For now, I put the fiddler category as a subcategory to the violinist category. / Habj 12:38, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

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Talk:Sea-Doo

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"They also have 50.3% market share in the USA so that means that out of every 4 sold from all four of the main PWC players they sell 2 of them and Honda, Yamaha and Kawasaki fight it out for the other two." this is very unprofessional —Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.79.170.163 (talk) 14:34, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

WP:RM

 * The correct name is "Sea-Doo", just look at the official website 132.205.95.65 01:36, 22 July 2005 (UTC)

Cleanup Tag
This article reads like it was written by someone who was looking to buy a PWC and just haphazardly pasted bits of various guides in. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lairzoo (talk • contribs) 23:47, 12 September 2018 (UTC)

I made some edits here. Take a look and see if we still need the tag. Abtarbox (talk) 13:24, 19 February 2019 (UTC)

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User talk:Carlyflower

I read your article on water lilies. I did not know that there were so many species and different colors. I thought they were always white. I liked that you had so many references. You must have really looked into it. I did mine on Hens and Chickens and I told pretty much what I knew. I looked up some info but I could have done better. I should have put a picture up as well. Is most of the water they grow in shallow? The roots must be really thick. The three day process of the male and female breeding seems to be tricky. I wonder if it is easy for them to extinct themselves from a pond say if there is bad weather or such. Or is that why they have such a large diameter root growth.

You did a great job with your research of water lilies. I could not find any grammar flaws that popped out on me. You cited your references well and enough to prove that you know your information. THanks for sharing.

Paste your article here: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nymphaea_odorata&action=edit

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