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Bloom: Remix Album

Bloom: Remix Album is the second remix album by Canadian singer Sarah McLachlan, released in North America on 6 September 2005 by Nettwerk in Canada and Arista Records in the United States. It includes various dance club versions of McLachlan's songs, remixed by prominent remixers and producers.

Content
Bloom: Remix Album features mainly remixes of songs which originally appeared on McLachlan's 2003 studio album, Afterglow. It includes already known remixes of three singles: "Fallen", "Stupid" and "World on Fire", and new remixes of "Train Wreck", "Answer" and "Dirty Little Secret". The album also contains new remixes of two songs taken from Fumbling Towards Ecstasy (1993) and of her debut single "Vox" from Touch (1988). Bloom: Remix Album also features a remix of a new song, "Just Like Me" by DMC featuring Mclachlan. Songs were remixed by Junkie XL, Rollo Armstrong from Faithless, Tom Middleton, Thievery Corporation, DJ Hyper, Sly and Robbie, will.i.am, Talvin Singh, Gabriel & Dresden and Junior Boys. The Japanese edition also includes "Fallen" (Satoshi Tomiie Mix). The Bloom album was overseen and produced by George Maniatis.

In 2008, "Dirty Little Secret" (Thievery Corporation Mix) was included on the Bones: Original Television Soundtrack.

Commercial performance
The album peaked at number twenty-two in Canada. In the United States, it reached number two on the Dance/Electronic Albums and number seventy-six on the Billboard 200. It was held from the top on the Dance/Electronic Albums by Demon Days by the Gorillaz.

In 2004, "Fallen" and "World on Fire" already peaked on the US Dance Club Songs at number three and two, respectively.

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Joy (Skids album)

Joy is the fourth studio album by Scottish punk rock and new wave band Skids. It was their first album after the departure of signature guitarist Stuart Adamson who went on to found Big Country. It represented a change of direction from rock towards folk music—amplifying the traditional Scottish element already hinted at in previous releases. This would be their last album until the release of Burning Cities over 36 years later.

Recording
The band's line-up included: Richard Jobson and Russell Webb along with J. J. Johnson (drums and percussion), Paul Wishart (saxophone, flute, keyboards, percussion and vocals) and a collection of musical friends. They rehearsed at Britannia Row Studios in London.

The first single "Fields" was released in August—with Kenny Hyslop on drums. The song also featured Billy MacKenzie (vocals) and Alan Rankine (guitar) (core members of The Associates) along with Virginia Astley (flute).

The strummed guitar and marching band elements (bagpipe emulation and percussion) signalled a change in musical direction—though the rabble-rousing-melody and football pitch vocal delivery were standard Skids fare.

A second single, "Iona" (named for the Scottish island) was the only song on the album to be recorded at Highland Studios in Inverness, Scotland. Released in October 1981 this was the last Skids track to feature Stuart Adamson alongside Mike Oldfield. At 3:24 the single edit is significantly shorter than the version on the album.

Music
Joy marks a concerted effort to update traditional Scottish music into the age of modern rock recordings. The sound is fundamentally more pastoral than previous Skids efforts. Gone are the layers of harmonically treated electric guitar. Elements of this style were hinted at previously—particularly on the Strength Through Joy mini-album. The lyrical concerns of strife, war and brotherhood are Jobson staples.

With Paul Wishart on saxophone "And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda" is a cover version of the song by Eric Bogle.

Release
Joy was released in November 1981.

Promotion problems at Virgin forestalled a tour although the band recorded a BBC Radio 1 session and shot a music video for "Iona." With patchy coverage, no live support and a difficult change in musical direction, the record sank without a trace. Critical reception was mixed at best, and the band split up the following year.

The album bore fruit in several working relationships. Virginia Astley would go on to record her debut solo releases with Russell Webb and guest on Jobson's poetry album The Ballad of Etiquette.

Following the disbandment of Skids remaining members Richard Jobson and Russell Webb formed The Armoury Show with Magazine's John McGeoch and John Doyle.

Joy remained unreleased on CD until 2016 but was released in MP3 format on 7 December 2009—including several alternate single mixes as bonus tracks.

The album was included in the 6-CD box set of Skids albums "Skids – The Virgin Years" in 2016.

Reception
Ira Robbins of Trouser Press called it "a failed concept album about Scotland. To call it bad is curt but realistic." Mark Allan of AllMusic called it "[a] gloomy conclusion to what was once a most vibrant band." The Guardian greeted it favourably.

Track listing
Notes
 * Track lengths taken from listing on band's official site. Some pressings of the 7-inch vinyl single for "Iona" listed a 4:55 version of the title track: this was a labelling error, and these pressings actually contained the 5:07 7-inch single mix included on the 2009 reissue. Other pressings contained a shorter remix/edit which ran 3:20 (with the correct running time listed on the label); this has been released on various CD compilations.

Personnel

 * Skids
 * Richard Jobson – lead and backing vocals, guitar, piano
 * Russell Webb – bass, backing vocals, guitar, piano, timpani, choir

 * Additional personnel
 * Paul Wishart – saxophone, flute, piano, backing vocals, choir
 * Alan Darby – additional guitar
 * Tim Cross – Fairlight synthesizer, piano
 * J J Johnson – drums, percussion
 * Dave Duncan – bodhrán
 * Stuart Adamson – guitar (track 5)
 * Mike Oldfield – Fairlight synthesizer (track 5)
 * Alan Rankine – guitar (track 11)
 * Billy MacKenzie – vocals (track 11)
 * Ken Lockie – cello (track 11), vocals (track 11)
 * Virginia Astley – choir; flute (track 11)
 * Frances Lynch – choir
 * Nicky Holland – choir
 * Debbie Mitchell – choir
 * Nick Griffiths – choir
 * Kenny Hyslop – drums
 * Carey Taylor – percussion

Production

 * Ray Smith – cover art

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Character list
This is a short series with very few characters, so there is no real reason for a character list. They're acceptable splits for 50+ episode and 150+ chapter series and series with numerous important characters, but nothing of this sort. TTN (talk) 04:00, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

 * Oppose, sorry, but thats just not true at all. It is a 30 episode series, which is long enough for a character list, particularly for such a complex series. Trying to merge the character list here would make this article too long. There is plenty of information for this list to bring it to FL level, it just hasn't been added yet.-- AnmaFinotera  (talk · contribs) 04:06, 16 November 2008 (UTC)
 * How does adding 2kb with my initial merge and most likely only up to 4kb at most with additional information make this anywhere close to being too long? TTN (talk) 04:12, 16 November 2008 (UTC)
 * You left out most of the information from the character list. -- AnmaFinotera  (talk · contribs) 04:14, 16 November 2008 (UTC)
 * I left out plot information, which belongs within the plot section, episode list, and chapter list. There's probably more that can be added, but I really doubt its going to be more than a few kilobytes. TTN (talk) 04:19, 16 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Still not seeing any valid reason not to have a standalone list. Tokyo Mew Mew has a separate list as well, which this list could easily be updated to match, it just hasn't happened yet. Indeed, I'd rather see this article emulate TMM which has no character section in the main article at all, but instead just the plot, with a link off to the character list. Its more ideal for "shorter" series.-- AnmaFinotera  (talk · contribs) 04:23, 16 November 2008 (UTC)
 * I don't really see how this is comparable to a longer series with double the characters. It sort of fits my criteria for having a list, though that list itself could probably be cut down to at least 40kb quite easily, and a brief character section could be included in the main article just to sum them up. The main reason for having a list is that it is not possible to discuss the characters fully within the main article. From what I've seen of the series and what I've read in the list, it should be quite easy to do so. What exactly would make that impossible other than the personal preference for a list? TTN (talk) 04:35, 16 November 2008 (UTC)
 * It's not a personal preference. This is the going consensus in the project.  You really shouldn't be making structural decisions about articles simply based on your own set of rules or criteria.  --Kraftlos (talk) 04:49, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

 * Oppose The issue here isn't length, it's quality. This article is assessed at B-Class, the list is unreferenced and assessed at Start-class.  I can't see how merging the lower quality list into this article will make it better.  Also, there is no rule that states that the series has to be x chapters or x episodes to earn a separate character list.  Most 26 episode series articles have character sub-articles, this is done for length, but also because character details are notoriously difficult to maintain.  Keeping them separate allows the parent article to flourish without being choked out by the fancruft that a list of characters tends to attract.  --Kraftlos (talk) 04:22, 16 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Agreed...and the only reason this article didn't pass GA is the reviewer disappeared and I didn't bother renominating it. -- AnmaFinotera  (talk · contribs) 04:23, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

 *  Support : I support the merge, but not the way you did it and not for the reasons you gave. I have to agree with Kraftlos on that point. You can certainly have and use your own set of criteria while editing. But once there is disagreement, more is needed. My suggestions would be the following: The short character descriptions in this article should be replaced completely by those on the list. Only the more outstanding redundacies with the Plot section should be removed. This would add roughly 10kb to this article's size. That would lead to an article size of around 45kb, which is by no means too much. "Depth of coverage within an article should be guided by the amount of real-world information which can be sourced." All three of you know where I got that. (For everyone else: I got it here.) Spin-off or not, a character list is still part of the coverage of the work the characters are from and essentially an extension of the main article. Every significant amount of in-universe information should have an ample amount of real-world information to counterbalance it. In this case, the Reception section could be said to counterbalance the plot section. That would leave the media section to counterbalance a Characters section of the size I proposed. The episodes list, by the way, does not qualify to balance anything, as it consists largely of in-universe information itself. Now, if that WP:FICT approach doesn't work for anyone here, because it's just an essay at this point, then we can simply take a step back. Under WP:N the list as it is now does not establish separate notability. Which brings me to the arguments against a merge mentioned so far. What decides about the right of a separate page to exist is not TTN, Kraftlos, AnmaFinotera, or my personal preference, but WP:N. If a series has 3 or 300 episodes is irrelevant. Same goes for those omnipresent project consensi, to which - conveniently - nobody can ever point a link. Even if we had a solid consensus with 100 project members agreeing on it, project guidelines don't overrule WP:N. Next point on the list: If there is enough information to get the spin-off to featured list status - once that information has been added - then there should be no problem with merging this list until at least enough info has been accumulated as to establish notability for a stand-alone article - after all, this isn't an Article for Deletion. Hmm, what else was said... Matching Tokyo Mew Mew's character list? That's a C-Class article. When you proposed merging the Dragon Ball characters, you listed as one of the reasons to merge, that the articles could not reach GA status. But now you want to bring this list to C-Class? And no, the fact that Tokyo Mew Mew is a featured article is no argument here. To make this point valid, Tokyo Mew Mew would have to be a featured topic (or at least the character list would have to be featured as well). Which brings me to the last but maybe most important point. Since when are we opposing a merge on the grounds of ruining the target articles rating? I refuse to believe that - the featured article status in particular - is meant to encourage only putting the kind of information on an article, which appeals to potential FAC reviewers, while the cruft is dumped out of sight for long time storage. -- Goodraise (talk) 09:28, 16 November 2008 (UTC)
 * I'm confused about the last part there. I never proposed merging the list of Dragon Ball characters to its main article, nor would I. TMM's character list is currently C, true, but its also being prepped for FL after having all of its individual character articles merged into the main list. It would be B but I haven't gotten back to finishing up Ichigo's section. When that's done, it will go up to B, then it will be peer review, creation/conception and reception section added, and it will go for FLC. And I'm sure you know TMM is listed as one of our planned featured topics. The Wolf's Rain character list is not in the best of shape, however unlike those individual DB character articles, there IS information there and I fully believe that with work it can be brought up to FL status. I just haven't had the time to get it going because I keep getting distracted by other stuff. As a whole, the characters have received plenty of third party coverage meeting WP:N easily. Could the individual characters support individual articles? No, that's why they don't have them. However, this was and remains an appropriate split from the main article. -- AnmaFinotera  (talk · contribs) 16:53, 16 November 2008 (UTC)
 * You didn't propose merging DB characters to the main article, but into a list. That's relevant to my argumentation, because I did not argue about where to merge things rather than what deserves its own articles. - It is my opinion, that stuff like this comes into existence when articles on fictional topics are allowed to grow without providing for their own notability. - If you plan to work on the main article and on the list anyways and the sources indeed exist, then how is it asked too much to add a handful of them to establish basic notability, before pushing the main article to featured status? I think that would be a fair trade-off for not having to deal with a character section in the main article. - My support is not based on the assumption that the character list can't reach FL, but on the opinion (backed up by WP:N), that if a list, not establishing notability, can reasonably fit into its main article, it should be placed there. - Maybe I should mention, that I'd switch to opposing this merge, if the list's references section held at least two or three third party references, instead of nothing. - By the way, isn't it funny, that 4 deletionists can't agree on a merge? :) -- Goodraise (talk) 17:40, 16 November 2008 (UTC)
 * And yes...this is rather funny (and maybe a little sad :P). Why must I work on the list first when the article is closer to where it needs to be? I rarely do a list first over the main article unless I don't plan to do the main article. I prefer getting the main article to GA/FA then working on bringing the lists up to the same quality. I don't think one should feel they have to do one or the other. The list has notability. -- AnmaFinotera  (talk · contribs) 17:55, 16 November 2008 (UTC)
 * You say it's notable, and judging from my experience with you, that's probably true. But how are other editors supposed to know that? When I look at that list, I see a pile consisting purely of in-universe material. I'm not asking for the world here. There's no need for in-line citations. Two or (yet better) three third-party entries directly placed in the References section, nothing more than any good stub provides. And as far as I'm concerned the list is a part of the main article - falsely placed in its own page - until basic notability is provided. If a stub has to establish notability from the moment of its creation, then the same is true for spin-offs even more. -- Goodraise (talk) 18:29, 16 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Three third party RS have now been added. -- AnmaFinotera  (talk · contribs) 18:49, 16 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Oppose: Notability concerns resolved. More than I expected. Good job you two. :) -- Goodraise (talk) 19:04, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

 * Oppose as the character section is too long to include in the main article, and now has plenty of references to stand on its own. ··· 日本穣 ? · Talk to Nihonjoe 18:57, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

 * Oppose - Can't see any reason to merge it. --Eruhildo (talk) 21:01, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

Reference 18
I'm not sure if this is specifically breaking any "rules" or anything, but I'm kind of objecting to this and didn't want to change it without some discussion first: "Other critics have complained that while the show had an original and innovative storyline with beautiful visuals and appealing characters, the episodes themselves were poorly paced, undeveloped, and plagued with plot holes.[19]" I'm not sure when this reference was added - it may have been valid at a point before episodes 27-30 came out, since that is when it was written - but I think it should just be taken out of the article now since all it contributes is false balance. But that's where I'm getting mixed up. The series being undeveloped and having plot holes could have been fixed by the newer episodes, but "poorly paced" I really just don't know. It's definitely not Dragon Ball Z, so I think that's invalid, but I don't think that's up for me to decide if that reference gets to stay in the article. What does everyone else think? 99.194.201.86 (talk) 15:17, 21 December 2011 (UTC)

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McBoyle v. United States

McBoyle v. United States, 283 U.S. 25 (1931), was a United States Supreme Court case regarding whether the theft of an airplane was illegal under federal law, given that the law only criminalized theft of a "vehicle."

Background
William McBoyle transported a plane that he knew to be stolen from Ottawa, Illinois to Guymon, Oklahoma and was arrested.

Case
McBoyle was accused of violating the National Motor Vehicle Theft Act on the premise that the plane was a type of "vehicle" covered by the act. The petitioners claimed that since the act did not specifically mention aircraft, it should not apply to this case. Furthermore, Congress likely did not intend to criminalize the theft of aircraft when the law was passed, since airplanes barely existed at the time.

Decision
The court held that, since other acts – such as the Tariff Act of 1930 – specifically excluded aircraft in its definition of a vehicle, the law must be interpreted narrowly. Justice Holmes stated:

"Although it is not likely that a criminal will carefully consider the text of the law before he murders or steals, it is reasonable that a fair warning should be given to the world in language that the common world will understand, of what the law intends to do if a certain line is passed. To make the warning fair, so far as possible the line should be clear."

This case is a good example of the canon of ejusdem generis ("of the same kind, class, or nature").

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1902 North-West Territories general election

The 1902 North-West Territories general election, occurred on 21 May 1902 and was the fifth general election in the history of the North-West Territories, Canada. It was held to elect 35 Members of the Legislative Assembly of the North-West Territories.

Frederick W. A. G. Haultain and the Liberal-Conservatives continued with government. Donald H. McDonald was thrust into being the Liberal leader just days before the vote, with the surprise decision by Robert Brett to drop out of the race.

Three years after the 1902 election, the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan were carved out of North-West Territories in 1905, and they took most of the voting population with them. The 1902 election was the last election held in the NWT until 1951, and it elected the last assembly in the Northwest Territories (NWT) to use political parties. After 1905, the NWT government reverted to an appointed consensus model of government. Since 1951, the government of NWT has been of the elected consensus model of government.

Candidates in this election were not nominated by the party in a contested nomination as with modern elections, but rather proclaimed their support for the governing party or opposition party, or Independent. During the election race some candidates shifted their alignment. The result was a confusing mess, and the bulk of candidates proclaimed support for the already governing Liberal-Conservative party, leaving the Liberals without candidates in many districts. Lethbridge ended up being contested by two government supporting candidates.

1902 would also see the largest number of MLAs elected to the North-West Territories Legislature in the territories' history.

Election summary
Note:
 * Sources are conflicted about the affiliation of some candidates, vote counts and total number of candidates are accurate, standings and votes by party may change upon further research.

Members of the Legislative Assembly elected
For complete electoral history, see individual districts Note:
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Offa of Essex

Offa was King of Essex. D. H. Kirby dates his reign as 705 to 709. Simon Keynes dates it c.694 to 709, when he went on a pilgrimage to Rome, where he died as a monk, along with Cenred, King of Mercia. He may have been co-king with Swæfred. He was the son of Sighere, who had died in about 690.

In his Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum, Bede described him as "a youth of most lovely age and beauty, and most earnestly desired by all his nation to be their king. He, with like devotion, quit his wife, lands, kindred and country, for Christ and for the Gospel, that he might receive an hundredfold in this life, and in the world to Come life everlasting. He also, when they came to the holy places at Rome, receiving the tonsure, and adopting a monastic life, attained the long wished-for sight of the blessed apostles in heaven."

A charter related to land in Warwickshire (S64) is attributed to him, although in it he is described as King of Mercia rather than Essex. This may be an inaccurate copy based on an authentic charter by Cenred of Mercia. By charter S 1784 dated 704-9, which is probably authentic, Offa grants land in Hemel Hempstead to Waldhere, bishop of London.

He was succeeded by Saelred of Essex.

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Surrender (religion)

To surrender in spirituality and religion means that a believer completely gives up their own will and subjects his thoughts, ideas, and deeds to the will and teachings of a higher power. It may also be contrasted with submission. Surrender is willful acceptance and yielding to a dominating force and their will.

Christianity

In Christianity, the first main principle of surrender is "Dying to Self", or "The Carrying of Your Cross", allowing Christ to reign and rule in the order of how one's life is carried out, illustrated in the following passages: "Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any [man] will come after me let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me."

- Matthew 16:24

"Greater love hath no man than this,that a man lay down his life for his friends."

- John 15:13

"And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour."

- Eph 5:2

Another principle central to the Christian concept of surrender is the concept of surrender to God's Will. Surrendering to God's will entails both the surrender of our will to His, in His sovereignty over all things, in which His ways of operating and thinking prevails over humanity's and Satan's. Secondarily, the surrender of one's will is evidenced by the acknowledgement of God's will for our personal lives in even the smallest decisions. This is done through putting personal desire aside in favor of God's perfect will for our lives. This includes the reality of an acceptance to a calling or purpose. The precipice or essentiality of this personal surrender is obedience, and obedience to God is an indication of bringing about His will. Which, having lasting effects through generations, and in kingdoms/nations, is often associated with earthly and heavenly blessings.

The ultimate surrender; the surrender of Christ, which is a fully submitted will to God's Divine plan, is seen in Christ's birth as well as His final three prayers, in Gethsemane, before His crucifixion. The coming into the world as God incarnate and then the surrender to the Cross/His life in the act of sacrificial atonement, breaking the curse of sin and death from the Fall.

This is evidenced in the following:"But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross."

- Phl 2:7-8

"Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done."

- Luke 22:42

Surrender is also noted in Christian doctrine as one of the three columns of victorious living, or Christian victory: the Blood of the Lamb [Christ], their Testimony of the Word of God [Scriptures] and their lives, and Loving not their own lives to death; that Christ's life may be shown.

The Christian Flag, which represents all of Christendom, has a white field, with a red Latin cross inside a blue canton. In conventional vexillology, a white flag is linked to surrender, a reference to the Biblical description Jesus' non-violence and surrender to God's will.

Hinduism
According to the Bhagavad Gita, Krishna said the following to the warrior Arjuna, who became his disciple:

"I consider the yogi-devotee—who lovingly contemplates on Me with supreme faith, and whose mind is ever absorbed in Me—to be the best of all the yogis."

- Chapter 6, Verse 47

"After attaining Me, the great souls do not incur rebirth in this miserable transitory world, because they have attained the highest perfection."

- Chapter 8, Verse 15

"... those who, renouncing all actions in Me, and regarding Me as the Supreme, worship Me... For those whose thoughts have entered into Me, I am soon the deliverer from the ocean of death and transmigration, Arjuna. Keep your mind on Me alone, your intellect on Me. Thus you shall dwell in Me hereafter."

- Chapter 12, Verses 6-8

"And he who serves Me with the yoga of unswerving devotion, transcending these qualities [binary opposites, like good and evil, pain and pleasure] is ready for liberation in Brahman."

- Chapter 14, Verse 26

"Fix your mind on Me, be devoted to Me, offer service to Me, bow down to Me, and you shall certainly reach Me. I promise you because you are My very dear friend."

- Chapter 18, Verse 65

"Abandon all varieties of religion and just surrender unto Me. I shall deliver you from all sinful reactions. Do not fear."

- Chapter 18, Verse 66

Several gurus teach their disciples the importance of surrender to God or to themselves, as part of the guru-disciple relationship. For example, the Sri Sai Satcharita, the biography of Sai Baba of Shirdi says that surrender to the guru is the only sadhana.

Prem Rawat, formerly called Guru Maharaj Ji, was quoted in 1978 "But there is nothing to understand! And if there is something to understand, there is only one thing to understand, and that is to surrender!"

Contrary to the notion of surrendering onto God, Krishna in Bhagavad Gita also advises his followers to question everything in pursuit of absolute truth.

"Accepting the importance of self-realization; and philosophical search for the Absolute Truth -- all these I declare to be knowledge, and besides this whatever there may be is ignorance."

- Chapter 13, Verse 12

Islam
The concept of surrender is when a person abides by the five main Pillars of Islam. following the faith means surrendering or submitting one's will to God. This means that Muslims in their daily life should strive for excellence under the banner of God's will. Every single action in a Muslim's life, whether marriage or building one's career, should theoretically be for the sake of God.

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Joe Fafard

Joseph Fafard (September 2, 1942 – March 16, 2019) was a Canadian sculptor.

Biography
Joseph Fafard was a twelfth generation Canadian born in 1942 in Ste. Marthe, Saskatchewan, to French Canadians Leopold Fafard and Julienne Cantin. Fafard is a descendant of Jacques Goulet. He received a B.F.A from the University of Manitoba in 1966 and a M.F.A. from Pennsylvania State University in 1968. From 1968 to 1974, he taught sculpture at the University of Saskatchewan, Regina Campus (now the University of Regina). He was a visiting lecturer at the University of California, Davis in 1980–1981. He received several awards throughout his professional career including being named an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1981, the Architectural Institute of Canada Allied Arts Award in 1987, the Saskatchewan Order of Merit in 2002, the National Prix Montfort in 2003, and the Lieutenant Governor's Saskatchewan Centennial Medal for the Arts in 2005. He also received Honorary Doctorate Degrees from the University of Regina (1989) and University of Manitoba (2007).

Fafard met Ric Gomez and David Gilhooly in 1968 when he arrived at the Regina School of Art to teach pottery and sculpture. They introduced him to Funk art and under their influence, he began making figures in clay. Throughout his career, Fafard sculpted with plaster, clay, and bronze, which was his primary medium in the 1980s. His work was heavily influenced by his Saskatchewan surroundings, and ranged in size from handheld to larger than life-sized. He worked closely woth choreographer Jean Pierre Perrault to place his cow sculptures as set designs for several of Perrault's environmental dance pieces. In 1985, he opened the Julienne Atelier foundry in Pense, Saskatchewan, where he was based for the majority of his working years. At the foundry, he worked in series, producing portraits of well-known artists and politicians, including bronzes of Canadian prime ministers Pierre Elliott Trudeau, and John G. Diefenbaker.

Fafard's works have been shown in Canada and abroad in countries including the United States, Great Britain, France and Japan. In 2007, Terrence Heath curated the retrospective exhibition Joe Fafard for the National Gallery of Canada and MacKenzie Art Gallery in Regina. His art was featured on a series of postage stamps issued by Canada Post in 2012. The National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa installed his colourful Running Horses (2007) in 2011 adjacent to the Sussex Drive entrance. He died at his home outside of Lumsden, Saskatchewan on March 16, 2019, from stomach cancer at the age of 76.

Fafard's work has been an inspiration to many western artists such as David Garneau.

Personal life
In 1967, Joe married Susan Wiebe, a major in ceramics also at the Winnipeg School of Art. [Source: “Joe Fafard”, Terrence Heath, Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, 2007, p. 46] Their son, Joёl, was born on November 18, 1968. Their first daughter, Misha, was born on March 23, 1970; and a second daughter, Gina, was born on December 10, 1972. “By the end of the 1980s Joe and Susan’s marriage had become strained. They began to live more and more separate lives.” [op cit, p. 162] Fafard divorced Susan in 1991. During this period of professional and personal turmoil in Fafard's life, he met Alyce Hamon, who came from a large French-Canadian family in Gravelbourg, Saskatchewan, who worked in French theatre in Saskatoon. [op cit, p. 166] Joe's third daughter, Solenne, was born to Alyce Hamon on May 29, 1994. Joe's second son, Julien, was born to Alyce on June 11, 1998. Alyce Hamon and Joe were married on August 6, 2000. [op cit, p. 208-9]

Public works

 * Oskana-Ka-Ashteki (Cree for Bones that are piled together), 800 block of Scarth Street in downtown Regina, Saskatchewan (1998)
 * Claudia, along avenue de Musée entrance of Michal and Renata Hornstein Pavilion, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (2003)

Awards

 * Officer of the Order of Canada, 1981
 * Medal in Allied Arts, Royal Architectural Institute of Canada, 1987
 * Honorary Doctorate Degree, University of Regina, 1989
 * Saskatchewan Order of Merit, 2002
 * National Prix Montfort, 2003
 * Lieutenant Governor's Saskatchewan Centennial Medal for the Arts, 2005
 * CTV Citizen of the Year in 2006
 * Honorary Doctorate Degree, University of Manitoba, 2007
 * Saskatchewan Arts Board Lifetime Achievement Award, 2007

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Seán O'Casey Bridge

Seán O'Casey Bridge is a pedestrian swingbridge spanning the River Liffey in Dublin, Ireland, joining City Quay in the Grand Canal Docks area to North Wall Quay and the IFSC.

Designed by architect Cyril O'Neill and O'Connor Sutton Cronin Consulting Engineers (for which they won an Institution of Structural Engineers Award for Pedestrian Bridges in 2006), the bridge was built in 2005 as part of a large-scale urban renewal scheme under the Dublin Docklands Development Authority to link the north and south quays and rejuvenate both. The swing bridge spans approximately 100 metres and has two balanced cantilever arms that swing open to permit boats to pass up river. Around 2010 the remote control that operates the swing bridge was misplaced, and the bridge was unable to be opened until the control system was reprogrammed in 2014.

The bridge was opened by Taoiseach Bertie Ahern in July 2005. It is named after the playwright and Irish Citizen Army member Seán O'Casey (1880–1964) who lived in the North Wall area of the city.

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Nicole Seibert

Nicole Seibert (née Hohloch; born 25 October 1964), known professionally as Nicole, is a German singer, songwriter, musician and producer. In 1982, she became the first German representative to win the Eurovision Song Contest. She has released more than 25 studio albums and 80 singles, some of which she performed and recorded in, among other languages, English, Dutch, and French. She wrote the music and lyrics for some of her recordings.

Early life
Hohloch was born in Saarbrücken, Saarland, West Germany. She began performing at the age of four, but did not achieve commercial success until she was 16, when her first single ("Flieg nicht so hoch, mein kleiner Freund") was released. It peaked at #2 in Austria and reached Top 40 positions on multiple European music charts.

When she was 17, she won the 1982 Eurovision Song Contest with "Ein bißchen Frieden", which reached #1 on multiple European music charts. After the end of the contest's voting, Hohloch reprised the song by performing parts of it in English, French and Dutch, along with the original German.

Interviewed years later, she made a statement regarding the points received from Israel: "But the most important victory (was) that a German girl gets 12 points from Israel with a song about peace." In the interview, she also stated that she received an invitation from the Israeli government (which she accepted) to go to Tel Aviv to sing for soldiers stationed there.

She recorded an English version of "A Little Peace", which reached #1 on the UK Singles Chart. It went on to be the 500th number one single in the UK Singles Chart. Full versions in French ("La Paix sur Terre"), Dutch ("Een beetje vrede"), Spanish ("Un poco de paz"), Danish ("En smule fred"), Slovene ("Malo miru"), Russian ("Немного мира"), Polish ("Troszeczkę ziemi, troszeczkę słońca"), and Hungarian ("Egy kis nyugalmat kívánok én", with Neoton Família) have also been recorded.

Later in 1982, she released two studio albums, one German (Ein bißchen Frieden) and the other in English (A Little Peace). Like the title tracks, most of the songs have corresponding German and English tracks.

In 2005 she co-produced her album Alles Fließt, which was released in May of that year. In 2008, she released the album Mitten ins Herz, which was accompanied by a three-month "unplugged" tour that ended in January 2009.

Early in her career, the songs she recorded and performed were primarily written by composers such as Ralph Siegel, Bernd Meinunger, Robert Jung (German composer), and. For the recordings of songs in other languages, she's worked with, among others, Paul Greedus, Zack Laurence,, and Jean-Paul Cara.

In 2016 she worked with Siegel and Meinunger when making her studio album Traumfänger, and Hohloch (as Seibert) is also credited with some of the compositions. In 2019, for the songs on her studio album 50 ist das neue 25, she worked with Heinz Rudolf Kunze, Jens Carstens,, , , and , and is credited with songs from that album as well.

In 2020, Hohloch celebrated her 40th anniversary in the music industry with a concert tour; however, these dates were rescheduled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Mostly associated with being a Schlager musician, she has also recorded and released jazz, pop, rock and gospel songs.

Personal life
Hohloch is one of four children, born to Marliese and Siegfried Hohloch. She grew up with her brother and two sisters in the small community of Nohfelden in Saarland. It was there that she attended school and graduated from high school. She is an honorary citizen of her hometown of Nohfelden.

Hohloch married Winfried Seibert (a childhood friend she had known since she was 14) in a civil ceremony on 17 August 1984; a day later they had a wedding ceremony in a church. They have two children.

She likes to give concerts in churches because of the atmosphere and acoustics. Since she was a child, she has found answers in her spirituality and firmly believes that guardian angels will take care of her. This belief was reinforced by some events in her life. In one such instance, Hohloch had planned a trip for Thailand in the winter of 2004, around the time the tsunami struck, killing over 220,000 people. Due to strong recommendations from friends, she cancelled her trip to Thailand and went to South Africa instead.

She supports various humanitarian causes, such as child abuse prevention, and healthy activities for homeless children in the Philippines. She continues to campaign for Rett syndrome and for "life without chains". She has been to Africa twice for Welthungerhilfe.

Honors and awards

 * 1982: First place at the Eurovision Song Contest
 * 1983: Second place at the World Popular Song Festival in Tokyo with the song "So viele Lieder sind in mir"
 * 1991: Winner of the German Schlagerparade with the song "Ein leises Lied".
 * 1993: Echo Award for Best Schlager Female Artist (of 1992)
 * 1999: Saarland Order of Merit

Literature

 * Guido Knopp, Peter Arens: Our best. The 100 greatest Germans. Econ, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-430-15521-5.

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Mundolinco

Mundolinco is a constructed language created by the Dutch author J. Braakman in 1888. It is notable for apparently being the first Esperantido, i.e. the first Esperanto derivative.

Major changes from Esperanto include combining the adjective and adverb with the grammatical ending -e (whereas Esperanto uses -a for adjectives and -e for adverbs), changes to the verb conjugations, an increase in the number of Latin roots, and new affixes such as the superlative suffix -osim- where Esperanto uses the particle plej. It seems there was no accusative or adjectival agreement.

Numerals 1–10: un, du, tres, cvarto, cvinto, siso, septo, octo, nono, desem.

Writing System
There are no diacritics in the alphabet.

Example

 * Mundolinco:
 * Digne Amiso! Hodie mi factos conesso con el nove universe linco del sinjoro Braakman. Mi perstudies ho linco presimente en cvinto hori ! … Ce ho linco essos el fasilosime del mundo…

 * Esperanto:
 * Digna Amiko! Hodiaŭ mi ekkonis la novan universalan lingvon de sinjoro Braakman. Mi pristudis tiun lingvon rapide en kvin horoj! … Ĉi tiu lingvo estas la plej facila de la mondo…

 * English:
 * Dignified friend! Today I became aware of the new universal language of Mr Braakman. I studied that language rapidly over five hours! … This language is the easiest in the world…

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Jeff Sheppard

Jeffrey Kyle Sheppard (born September 29, 1974) is a retired American professional and collegiate basketball player.

Biography
Born in Marietta, Georgia, Sheppard was Player of the Year in Georgia in 1993 at McIntosh High School in Peachtree City.

The 6' 3" (1.90 m) University of Kentucky guard (1993–1998), was named Most Outstanding Player in the NCAA tournament in San Antonio in 1998. He played on two national championship teams at the University of Kentucky under Rick Pitino in 1996 and under Tubby Smith in 1998.

The success of his college basketball career did not carry over to the professional level. He played briefly in the National Basketball Association with the Atlanta Hawks during the 1998-99 season, averaging 2.2 points and 1.2 rebounds in 18 games. He later played professionally in Italy with Benetton Treviso (1999–00) (won the Italian Cup), Cordivari Roseto (2000–01) and Würth Roma (2001). He played in the preseason games (but not in any regular season games) for the Toronto Raptors in 2000. He cited the September 11 terrorist attacks as being a factor in his decision to retire from basketball.

Sheppard has served as vice president for business development with Wazoo Sports, a regional television sports network concentrating on sports in Kentucky. In 2010, he was involved with a project to restore video and audio of Kentucky's 1958 national championship team.

Personal life
Sheppard and his wife, Stacey (née Reed, herself a former Kentucky basketball player), have two children and live in London, Kentucky. They are involved with various community activities.

He is the father of current Houston Rockets basketball player Reed Sheppard.

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Unlike most of my contributions, this article is not public domain. It is based on a translation of the Esperanto Wikipedia article, which is GFDL only, so this article may only be used on other sites by submitting to the GFDL. Almafeta 18:35, 11 July 2005 (UTC)

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Sector mass spectrometer

A sector instrument is a general term for a class of mass spectrometer that uses a static electric (E) or magnetic (B) sector or some combination of the two (separately in space) as a mass analyzer. Popular combinations of these sectors have been the EB, BE (of so-called reverse geometry), three-sector BEB and four-sector EBEB (electric-magnetic-electric-magnetic) instruments. Most modern sector instruments are double-focusing instruments (first developed by Francis William Aston, Arthur Jeffrey Dempster, Kenneth Bainbridge and Josef Mattauch in 1936 ) in that they focus the ion beams both in direction and velocity.

Theory
The behavior of ions in a homogeneous, linear, static electric or magnetic field (separately) as is found in a sector instrument is simple. The physics are described by a single equation called the Lorentz force law. This equation is the fundamental equation of all mass spectrometric techniques and applies in non-linear, non-homogeneous cases too and is an important equation in the field of electrodynamics in general.

 * $$\mathbf{F} = q (\mathbf{E} + \mathbf{v} \times \mathbf{B}),$$

where E is the electric field strength, B is the magnetic field induction, q is the charge of the particle, v is its current velocity (expressed as a vector), and × is the cross product.

So the force on an ion in a linear homogenous electric field (an electric sector) is:

 * $$F=qE\,$$,

in the direction of the electric field, with positive ions and opposite that with negative ions.

The force is only dependent on the charge and electric field strength. The lighter ions will be deflected more and heavier ions less due to the difference in inertia and the ions will physically separate from each other in space into distinct beams of ions as they exit the electric sector.

And the force on an ion in a linear homogenous magnetic field (a magnetic sector) is:

 * $$F=qvB\,$$,

perpendicular to both the magnetic field and the velocity vector of the ion itself, in the direction determined by the right-hand rule of cross products and the sign of the charge.

The force in the magnetic sector is complicated by the velocity dependence but with the right conditions (uniform velocity for example) ions of different masses will separate physically in space into different beams as with the electric sector.

Classic geometries
These are some of the classic geometries from mass spectrographs which are often used to distinguish different types of sector arrangements, although most current instruments do not fit precisely into any of these categories as the designs have evolved further.

Bainbridge–Jordan
The sector instrument geometry consists of a 127.30° $$\left (\frac{\pi}{\sqrt{2}} \right)$$ electric sector without an initial drift length followed by a 60° magnetic sector with the same direction of curvature. Sometimes called a "Bainbridge mass spectrometer," this configuration is often used to determine isotopic masses. A beam of positive particles is produced from the isotope under study. The beam is subject to the combined action of perpendicular electric and magnetic fields. Since the forces due to these two fields are equal and opposite when the particles have a velocity given by

 * $$v=E/B\,$$

they do not experience a resultant force; they pass freely through a slit, and are then subject to another magnetic field, transversing a semi-circular path and striking a photographic plate. The mass of the isotope is determined through subsequent calculation.

Mattauch–Herzog
The Mattauch–Herzog geometry consists of a 31.82° ($$\pi / 4\sqrt{2}$$ radians) electric sector, a drift length which is followed by a 90° magnetic sector of opposite curvature direction. The entry of the ions sorted primarily by charge into the magnetic field produces an energy focussing effect and much higher transmission than a standard energy filter. This geometry is often used in applications with a high energy spread in the ions produced where sensitivity is nonetheless required, such as spark source mass spectrometry (SSMS) and secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS). The advantage of this geometry over the Nier–Johnson geometry is that the ions of different masses are all focused onto the same flat plane. This allows the use of a photographic plate or other flat detector array.

Nier–Johnson
The Nier–Johnson geometry consists of a 90° electric sector, a long intermediate drift length and a 60° magnetic sector of the same curvature direction.

Hinterberger–Konig
The Hinterberger–Konig geometry consists of a 42.43° electric sector, a long intermediate drift length and a 130° magnetic sector of the same curvature direction.

Takeshita
The Takeshita geometry consists of a 54.43° electric sector, and short drift length, a second electric sector of the same curvature direction followed by another drift length before a 180° magnetic sector of opposite curvature direction.

Matsuda
The Matsuda geometry consists of an 85° electric sector, a quadrupole lens and a 72.5° magnetic sector of the same curvature direction. This geometry is used in the SHRIMP and Panorama (gas source, high-resolution, multicollector to measure isotopologues in geochemistry).

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London Aquatics Centre

The London Aquatics Centre is an indoor facility with two 50 m swimming pools and a 25 m diving pool in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford, London. The centre, designed by architect Zaha Hadid as one of the main venues of the 2012 Summer Olympics and the 2012 Summer Paralympics, was used for the swimming, diving and synchronised swimming events. After significant modification, the centre opened to the public in March 2014.

Design
The centre was designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Zaha Hadid in 2004 before London won the bid for the 2012 Summer Olympics. It was built alongside the Water Polo Arena and opposite the Olympic Stadium on the opposite bank of the Waterworks River. The site is 45 m high, 160 m long, and 80 m wide. The wave-like roof is stated to be 11200 sqft, a reduction from the previously stated 35000 sqft.

The complex has a 50-m competition pool, a 25-m competition diving pool and a 50-m warm-up pool. The 50-m pool is 3 metres deep, like the one in the Beijing National Aquatics Center, in order to be fast. Its floor can be moved to reduce its depth. There are also moveable booms that allow its size to be changed. The diving pool has platform boards at heights of 3 m, 5 m, 7.5 m, and 10 m and three 3m springboards. For the television coverage of the Olympics, the pools were also equipped with innovative cameras in order to present the action from multiple angles.

Because the centre was designed before the Olympic bid was completed, the spectator wings were not part of the original design. They were later added to fit the estimated audience.

Jacques Rogge, IOC President, described the centre as a "masterpiece".

Construction
On 1 December 2005, Hadid was instructed to revise her designs after a specification change led to a doubling of the £75-million estimated cost. The new plans were unveiled on 27 November 2006. Although the same general design was kept, with capacity for 17,500 spectators, the revised design was much smaller and was expected to cost much less than the previous estimate. However, subsequent cost increases were reported to Parliament in 2008.

The construction contract was awarded to Balfour Beatty in April 2008. At the same time, it was reported that the centre would cost about three times as much as originally estimated, totalling about £242 million. The cost increases were attributed to construction inflation and VAT increases, and also included the estimated cost of converting the facility for public use after the Olympic and Paralympic Games. The centre was completed in July 2011 at a final cost of £269 million.

By exposing the concrete finish rather than painting or cladding, the design demonstrates the precast-concrete skills provided by Peri. The precast floor terracing was manufactured by Bell & Webster Concrete in Lincolnshire, England. The terracing units were delivered and positioned to accelerate the speed of construction. The unique six-board diving platform is made from 462 tonnes of concrete. The aluminium roof covering was provided by Kalzip. The steel structure was built in cooperation with Rowecord Engineering, of Newport, Wales. The ceiling was built with 30,000 sections of Red Louro timber. The steel roof weighs 3,200 tonnes. The three pools hold around 10 million litres (2.2 million imperial gallons; 2.6 million US gallons) of water.

After the Paralympic Games, the Aquatic Centre was deconstructed to reduce its space. The frame wings on either side of the central space were removed, unbolted, and sold. The PVC wrap that temporarily enclosed the space was also sold, while the seats and toilets were reused elsewhere. As certain parts of the building were no longer needed, they were recycled via Vinyloop. This allowed the standards of the Olympic Delivery Authority concerning environmental protection to be met.

Capacity
During the Games the venue had a capacity of 17,500. The two temporary "wings" have been removed, reducing the capacity to a regular 2,800 with an additional 1,000 seats available for major events. Of all the swimming venues built for the 2012 Summer Olympics, the Aquatics Centre is the only one that will remain afterwards, albeit in a downsized form.

Legacy
Since the Olympic Games the venue has been modified, especially by removing the temporary seating that flanked the centre during the Games. It opened to the public on 1 March 2014. Admission prices are in line with local leisure centres.

The adjacent Water Polo Arena was dismantled after the Olympic Games, which left the Aquatics Centre as the sole swimming venue at the park. The centre hosted the 2014 FINA/NVC Diving World Series and the 2016 European Aquatics Championships.

Comparable venues in England

 * Crystal Palace National Sports Centre, London
 * Ponds Forge, Sheffield
 * John Charles Centre for Sport, Leeds
 * Manchester Aquatics Centre
 * Sunderland Aquatic Centre

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Minto, New Brunswick

Minto is a community straddling the boundary of Sunbury County and Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada. It is located on the north shore of Grand Lake, approximately 50 kilometres northeast of Fredericton. Minto held village status prior to 2023, when it was amalgamated into the newly-formed village of Grand Lake.

Minto is known to have taken its present name in 1904 upon the retirement of Canada's eighth Governor General, The Earl of Minto. and the story remains that the village adopted its name from the local Minto Hotel. From the St. John Daily Sun of 1903: "'Just how the name of Minto came to be adopted is said to have occurred in this way. A letter which was sent from Moncton to Mr. Kennedy was enclosed in an envelope which bore the name of the Minto hotel, Moncton. The family thought Minto a good name for their hotel, and so it was named.  Then the people generally adopted the name for the place, and so the railway people designated it.'"

History
The Grand Lake Coal Mining industry began in the 1630s when French settlers, called Acadians, learned about surface deposits of coal in the Coal Creek area now called Chipman, NB. The French used coal in their fort at the mouth of the Saint John river and in 1639 began selling coal to the British colony in the area now known as Boston, USA. This commercial trade in coal has been recognized as a National Historic Event and the First Export of Coal in America, by the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Parks Canada.

Minto did not feel the depression, or at least did not feel it in the same way as most other places in Canada; during recession and the Great Depression, Minto was profiting from a coal mining boom. The coal brought a level of financial prosperity to the community in the early 1900s, which by the late 1930s turned into a profitable venture for companies, and brought starvation and disease to a then impoverished community. As stated in the United Mine Workers' Journal of 1937, "Nowhere on the American continent, is there a strife which combines the elements of greed, harshness, cold, suffering, and want, as exists [in Minto]."

Early in Minto's coal mining exploits, land owners were permitted to mine under their own land without obtaining a license from the Crown or paying any royalties, which ended in 1915. During the boom, both mining conditions and the living quarters of miners' families degraded with lowering wages and lack of maintenance in the mines and homes supplied to the miners families. Although a tally of the number of deaths related to the coal mining industry in Minto is not available, deaths did occur.

Amalgamation of Minto and surrounding communities
On 1 January 2023, Minto was amalgamated with the village of Chipman and all or part of five local service districts to form the new village of Grand Lake. The community's name remains in official use.

The villages of Minto and Chipman protested the forced amalgamation. The mayor of Minto (2021), Erica Barnett, stated in a letter posted on the Village of Minto's Facebook page that "the government's current plan is absolutely not in the best interest for either Minto or Chipman..." She mentioned also that this was a fact of reducing the provincial funding the villages got. This created an uproar among the townsfolk who were scared of losing the few things the village had, such as their cared-for arena. The public also feared "having to combine health clinics, schools and fire stations." The distance of 24 km between the two villages could ultimately cause major issues.

Coal Mining Industry
The need of transporting coal brought the railway to Minto, and was to make the area "the most prosperous place in Canada." The New Brunswick Central Railway ended at Chipman (about 15 mi north-east of Minto) and in 1901 the railway was planned to be completed by constructing through the village to Fredericton, and connect with the Canadian Pacific railway. By 1904 the railway was completed as far as Minto, merging with the existing Central, however by 1905 completion to Fredericton was abandoned and the remaining railway was not built until 1913.

Although the railway lines through Minto have since been completely removed, the railway station continues on as a local museum. By the end of 2010, coal mining in Minto ended when the last coal mining company, NB Coal, closed. During the early years of the Great Depression, the New Brunswick Power Corporation built the province's first thermal generating station south of the village on the shores of Grand Lake. Opened in 1931, the Grand Lake Generating Station accessed coal from nearby deposits. An NB Power subsidiary, NB Coal, was the only mining company left in the Minto area and performed strip mining. NB Power closed the Grand Lake Station when its operating license expired in June 2010. As the Station has been NB Coal’s only customer since 2000, NB Coal closed in December 2009. On April 19, 2012 the Grand Lake Generating Station was demolished, and by this time all coal mining in Minto had ended.

World War II internment camp
During the Second World War, the largest internment camp in eastern Canada was located in the hamlet of Ripples, 10 km west of the village of Minto. Originally it was home to German and Austrian Jews, both orthodox and non-observant, as well as to other anti-fascist refugees, all of whom had fled the Nazis to England. Some youths later became notable, including theologian Gregory Baum, chemist Ernest Eliel and physicist Walter Kohn. Later after these anti-fascist refugees had been released into Canadian life, it became a camp mostly for German prisoners of war, as well as some sympathizers such as Canadian fascist Adrien Arcand. Its most notable prisoner at this time was the anti-conscriptionist mayor of Montreal, Camillien Houde.

This internment camp is now a protected site visited by tourists. The only structure remaining at the site is the base of a water-tower where a plaque stands, visible from the highway. A walking trail leads into the forest where a few ruins of the camp and posted signs describing the area may be found. There is a small museum dedicated to the camp located within Minto's municipal building.

Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Minto had a population of $2,234$ living in $1,043$ of its $1,145$ total private dwellings, a change of NaN% from its 2016 population of $2,305$. With a land area of 31.36 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.

Recreational activities
Though Minto is a very small community, there are recreational activities that take place year-round. It has the Minto Centennial Arena, lighted and unlighted ball parks, two family parks, nature trails, mountain bike trails, and hunting and fishing resources.

Each year, there are two festivals in Minto. In summer, the Minto Coal Mining Festival is celebrated in June–July, first run in 1972. The Santa Claus Parade and Tree Lighting Ceremony is celebrated in November–December, with the first annual parade held in 2010.

Once a year, mountain bike racers descend on the town of Minto for a race known as 'The Coal Miner's Lung'. The endurance race covers 20 km, 40 km, or 60 km of Minto single track.

Education
There are two schools in Minto: Minto Elementary and Middle School, and Minto Memorial High School. Both schools offer extracurricular activities including sports clubs, destination conservation, peer helpers and student government. While Minto Elementary and Middle School is a newer building, Minto High has required some updates since the school was founded in 1939; the gym on the main floor has recently been renovated into a theatre (which MEMS has) and got a new gym located in the basement along with a shop room. In 2011 the New Brunswick Community College (NBCC) Fredericton campus established a satellite campus the Minto Regional Delivery Site.

Notable people
Marjorie Taylor Morell (1918-2004), author of Of Mines and Men; 1995 recipient of United Nations Community Service Award

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Over 20,000 professional league (NBL,ABA,NBA) minutes (incl. playoff & all-star minutes) per The Official NBA Encyclopedia (2000).

 * 66746 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
 * 55806 Wilt Chamberlain
 * 54424 Elvin Hayes
 * 53634 John Havlicek
 * 52895 Julius Erving
 * 50859 Artis Gilmore
 * 46512 Dan Issel
 * 44388 Charles Barkley
 * 43685 Michael Jordan
 * 43637 Hal Greer
 * 43275 Clyde Drexler
 * 43046 Dennis Johnson
 * 42916 Patrick Ewing
 * 42409 Rick Barry
 * 41616 Larry Bird
 * 41114 Magic Johnson
 * 40962 Walt Bellamy
 * 40880 Derek Harper
 * 40638 Alex English
 * 39737 Maurice Cheeks
 * 39694 Elgin Baylor
 * 39334 Joe Dumars
 * 39251 A. C. Green
 * 39004 George Gervin
 * 38824 Caldwell Jones
 * 38754 Jeff Hornacek
 * 38469 Horace Grant
 * 37736 Bill Laimbeer
 * 37067 Tom Chambers
 * 36892 Terry Cummings
 * 36796 Adrian Dantley
 * 36785 Dale Ellis
 * 36235 Louie Dampier
 * 36226 Gail Goodrich
 * 35636 Mark Jackson
 * 35110 Ron Boone
 * 35101 Walt Frazier
 * 35051 Dave DeBusschere
 * 34718 Eddie Johnson Edward Arnet Johnson
 * 34684 Jerry Lucas
 * 34654 Bob Cousy
 * 34585 Bob Lanier
 * 34452 Bill Bridges
 * 34312 Rolando Blackman
 * 34075 Zelmo Beaty
 * 33858 Dave Bing
 * 33846 Hersey Hawkins
 * 33487 Dave Cowens
 * 33458 Bob Dandridge
 * 33420 Bailey Howell
 * 33333 Maurice Lucas
 * 33018 Ron Harper
 * 32964 Sam Lacey
 * 32963 Nate Archibald
 * 32813 Danny Ainge
 * 32092 Lou Hudson
 * 31986 Dick Barnett
 * 31266 Jerome Kersey
 * 31152 Walter Davis
 * 31001 Bill Cartwright
 * 30963 Spencer Haywood
 * 30821 Michael Cage
 * 30730 Mark Aguirre
 * 30568 James Edwards
 * 30435 Bernard King
 * 30252 Mookie Blaylock
 * 30107 Johnny Kerr
 * 30080 Bobby Jones
 * 29766 Tyrone Corbin
 * 29502 Alvan Adams
 * 29084 Freddie Lewis
 * 29041 Sam Jones
 * 29007 Leroy Ellis
 * 28991 Kevin Johnson
 * 28916 Richie Guerin
 * 28687 Billy Cunningham
 * 28379 Michael Cooper
 * 28347 Don Buse
 * 28338 Tim Hardaway
 * 28295 Shawn Kemp
 * 27745 Rudy LaRusso
 * 27688 John Johnson
 * 27687 World B. Free
 * 27609 James Donaldson
 * 27473 Mark Eaton
 * 27440 Sleepy Floyd
 * 27352 Joe Caldwell
 * 27230 Bob Love
 * 27219 Cliff Hagan
 * 27113 Armen Gilliam
 * 27038 Paul Arizin
 * 26990 Thurl Bailey
 * 26979 Vinnie Johnson
 * 26851 Bob Boozer
 * 26691 John Lucas
 * 26687 Jimmy Jones
 * 26583 Vlade Divac
 * 26514 Larry Kenon
 * 26350 Happy Hairston
 * 26346 Fred Brown
 * 26300 Nick Anderson
 * 26241 Mel Daniels
 * 26033 Muggsy Bogues
 * 26013 Larry Johnson
 * 26004 Archie Clark
 * 25972 Bill Bradley
 * 25912 Marques Johnson
 * 25907 Sean Elliott
 * 25797 Grant Long
 * 25564 Mickey Johnson
 * 25484 Roger Brown
 * 25476 Vern Fleming
 * 25432 Avery Johnson
 * 25308 Fat Lever
 * 25055 Johnny Green
 * 24975 Mike Gminski
 * 24855 Gerald Govan
 * 24817 Billy Knight
 * 24794 Jim Chones
 * 24714 T. R. Dunn
 * 24565 Rickey Green
 * 24166 Jay Humphries
 * 24134 Larry Foust
 * 24094 Kendall Gill
 * 24069 Tom Gola
 * 23908 David Greenwood
 * 23799 Mack Calvin
 * 23743 Joe Graboski
 * 23713 Connie Hawkins
 * 23520 Chris Ford
 * 23384 Kevin Loughery
 * 23381 Greg Ballard
 * 23367 Joe Barry Carroll
 * 23252 Brad Davis
 * 23214 John Long
 * 23174 Wayne Embry
 * 22914 Craig Ehlo
 * 22867 Wil Jones
 * 22769 Otis Birdsong
 * 22740 Larry Costello
 * 22616 Junior Bridgman
 * 22587 John Drew
 * 22574 Tom Heinsohn
 * 22441 Darrell Griffith
 * 22383 Mike Gale
 * 22357 Dell Curry
 * 22343 Benoit Benjamin
 * 22301 Gus Johnson
 * 22270 Johnny Davis
 * 22252 Steve Jones
 * 22110 Dale Davis
 * 22104 Dave Corzine
 * 21705 Brad Daugherty
 * 21612 Antoine Carr
 * 21550 Wayne Cooper
 * 21514 Donnie Freeman
 * 21396 Garfield Heard
 * 21319 Lucius Allen
 * 21301 Clyde Lee
 * 21252 Phil Chenier
 * 21252 Derrick Coleman
 * 21234 Keith Erickson
 * 21139 Michael Adams
 * 21053 Clyde Lovellette
 * 20987 Byron Beck
 * 20938 Jim Eakins
 * 20926 Harvey Grant
 * 20920 Eddie Johnson Edward Johnson Jr.
 * 20798 Walt Hazzard
 * 20769 Lionel Hollins
 * 20762 Alton Lister
 * 20716 Don Chaney
 * 20678 Elden Campbell
 * 20578 Sherman Douglas
 * 20564 Tom Hawkins
 * 20476 Howie Komives
 * 20426 Gerald Henderson
 * 20289 Mike Bantom
 * 20196 Kenny Anderson
 * 20176 B. J. Armstrong
 * 20170 Larry Jones
 * 20099 Mario Elie
 * 20090 Austin Carr
 * 20054 Tom Henderson
 * 20000 K.C. Jones

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Daisies of the Galaxy

Daisies of the Galaxy is the third studio album by American rock band Eels. It was released on February 28, 2000, in the United Kingdom, and March 14 in the United States, by record label DreamWorks.

Production
When the band's label requested that a clean version of "It's a Motherfucker" be recorded, the song was re-written as "It's a Monster Trucker", with modified lyrics and sound clips of lead singer Mark Oliver "E" Everett speaking "trucker lingo" on a CB radio.

Release
Daisies of the Galaxy reached number eight in the UK Albums Chart. The single "Mr. E's Beautiful Blues" peaked at number 11 in the UK Singles Chart; the second single to be released from the album, "Flyswatter", charted at number 55.

Reception
Daisies of the Galaxy received a generally favorable response from critics.

Fred Kovey of PopMatters called it "a fine pop record in an era that seems uninterested in pop unless it’s marketed with dance steps and a quicky [sic] bio. Though not the equal of the best work of Stephen Merritt [sic] or Elliot Smith  [sic], Daisies of the Galaxy is worthy of attention by alterna-pop fans and anyone else desperate for catchy music for grown-ups."

Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic wrote: "Unlike its predecessor, the album doesn't play like [E's] private diary; instead, it feels as if one is rummaging through his sketchbook. And, like many sketchbooks, some moments have blossomed, and others remain just intriguing, unformed ideas. For the dedicated, it's worth sifting through the album to find the keepers, since there are enough moments of quirky genius. But not all longtime fans will find this rewarding, since [E] has spent more time in creating mood than crafting songs. There are very few melodies that resonate like his best work, and the stripped-down, yet eccentric production – sounding much like a cross between Jon Brion and Beck – never feels realized."

In a retrospective review for Stylus Magazine, Ben Woolhead described Daisies of the Galaxy as "a very special collection of songs indeed".

Track listing
All songs written by E, except as indicated.
 * 1) "Grace Kelly Blues" – 3:38
 * 2) "Packing Blankets" – 2:07
 * 3) "The Sound of Fear" – 3:33
 * 4) "I Like Birds" – 2:35
 * 5) "Daisies of the Galaxy" – 3:27
 * 6) "Flyswatter" – 3:20
 * 7) "It's a Motherfucker" – 2:14
 * 8) "Estate Sale" (E and Peter Buck) – 1:36
 * 9) "Tiger in My Tank" – 3:07
 * 10) "A Daisy Through Concrete" – 2:26
 * 11) "Jeannie's Diary" – 3:37
 * 12) "Wooden Nickels" – 2:55
 * 13) "Something Is Sacred" – 2:52
 * 14) "Selective Memory" – 2:44
 * 15) "Mr. E's Beautiful Blues" (E and Michael Simpson) – 3:58 (hidden track)
 * Japanese bonus track
 * 1) "Birdgirl on a Cell Phone" – 3:09

Personnel
Eels

 * Butch – drums, backing vocals
 * E – vocals, guitar, electric bass, Wurlitzer organ, production, sleeve art direction, mixing

Additional musicians

 * David Alvarez – drums
 * Peter Buck – guitar
 * Wayne Bergeron – horn
 * Chris Bleth – horn
 * Andy Martin – horn
 * Grant-Lee Phillips – guitar

Technical

 * Wally Gagel – engineering, mixing
 * Jim Lang – engineering, horn and string arrangements, mixing
 * Bob Ludwig – mastering
 * Mickey Petralia – programming, engineering
 * Francesca Restrepo – sleeve design and art direction
 * Jeffrey Shannon – engineering
 * Michael Simpson – production, engineering, mixing
 * James Stone – engineering
 * Adrian Tomine – sleeve illustrations

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Thomas Shaw

Thomas Shaw is the name of:

Politicians

 * Thomas Shaw, 1st Baron Craigmyle (1850–1937), Scottish politician and judge
 * Thomas Shaw (Halifax MP) (1823–1893), English Liberal politician, MP for Halifax
 * Tom Shaw (politician) (1872–1938), British trade unionist and Labour Party politician

Military

 * Thomas Shaw (Medal of Honor) (1846–1895), American Indian Wars soldie
 * Thomas Shaw (World War I veteran) (1899–2002), last Irish veteran of World War Ir

Music

 * Thomas Shaw (blues musician) (1908–1977), blues musician
 * Thomas Shaw (composer) (1752–1830), English composer
 * Thomas Shaw, Canadian music producer with Project 46
 * Tommy Shaw (born 1953), American guitarist

Others

 * Thomas Shaw, 3rd Baron Craigmyle (1923–1998), philanthropist
 * Thomas Shaw (divine and traveller) (1694–1751), born in Kendal, Westmoreland
 * Thomas Shaw (Methodist minister) (1916–2001), English author and historian
 * Thomas Claye Shaw (1841–1927), British physician and hospital administrator
 * M. Thomas Shaw (1945–2014), American Episcopal bishop of Massachusetts

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Jason Nevins

Jason Nevins (born December 15, 1972) is an American songwriter, record producer and remixer, who is most widely known for his pop and dance productions, including his multi-platinum, multi-million selling production of "It's Like That" by American hip hop group Run–D.M.C. and his multi-million selling production of "Cruise" by Florida Georgia Line featuring Nelly.

Career
In the 1990s, Nevins began releasing singles under various monikers through every big underground dance label, but achieved global recognition in 1998 with his remix production of Run–D.M.C.'s "It's Like That" which was released under the title 'Run–DMC vs. Jason Nevins', reaching number-one on the pop chart in over 30 countries, with close to 5 million worldwide sales and over 1 million in sales in both Germany and the United Kingdom. In the UK, the single also halted the Spice Girls' (then record) run of six consecutive number ones with their first six singles, holding the Spice Girls' seventh release, "Stop", at number 2. "It's Like That" was the third highest selling single of 1998 in the UK behind "Believe" by Cher and "My Heart Will Go On" by Celine Dion. Nevins is also on the coveted list of 'The UK's Official Best-Selling Songs Of All Time' for "Its Like That" as listed on the BBC Radio 1 Official charts website.

In 1998, Nevins won an RTL television number-one single award for the TV series Top of the Pops. The same year he also won a VIVA Comet Award for the Number 1 Dance Act.

Nevins followed up "It's Like That" with a string of hip house remixes, with Run–D.M.C.'s "It's Tricky", 2 Live Crew's "We Want Some P&%$#!", Insane Clown Posse's "Hokus Pokus", Cypress Hill's "Insane in the Brain"; all featuring on his 1999 Sony album, Uni-Vs-Al (Universal). In 2001, he continued the "dance-rock sound" by adding big beat and rock influences to his remixes and productions, working on tracks for artists as varied as N.E.R.D, Duran Duran and the Bloodhound Gang. Nevins has also revisited producing his own work, with a release on the UK based Sanctuary Records, entitled The Funk Rocker, in October 2004, and reached top 5 airplay in Europe with his pseudonym, UKNY, with the track "I'm in Heaven", featuring vocals by Holly James. "Heaven" went to number 9 on the UK Singles chart. Also off the Sanctuary album, I'm the Main Man, which featured parts from T-Rex's Marc Bolan landed a Coors Light Beer ad throughout the UK and Ireland. Coors launched the massive ad campaign using Nevins' track as the featured music for their commercial and campaign. In 2007, Nevins collaborated with Dannii Minogue on "Touch Me Like That", with a video being shot at the legendary Pinewood Studios in London.

Over the years, Nevins has had numerous songs, productions and remixes of his used in films, tv ads and video games. Jason has had 37 top 10 remixes and productions in the Billboard charts. In 2012, Nevins produced and co-wrote "I Believe in This Life" with Marius Moga (who has a song with Maroon 5) and Greg Holden (who wrote the hit song "Home" for Phillip Phillips)—a U.S. single for Jermaine Paul, the winner of the second season of the massively popular TV show The Voice on NBC. The song was used in a commercial for the Samsung Galaxy and their "Next Big Thing" campaign also featuring Blake Shelton.

In 2013, Nevins produced the Top 40 version for the American country group Florida Georgia Line's hit single "Cruise" featuring American singer/rapper Nelly. Nevins' idea of adding Nelly to the record also helped propel it to the top of the charts. The song peaked at number 2 on iTunes and at number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 and has amassed 7.48 million in sales.

In 2013, Nevins, along with Florida Georgia Line and Nelly won the award for Song of the Year at the American Musics Award for the remix of "Cruise".

In 2013, Nevins produced the main version of Ariana Grande and Mika's "Popular Song", which was certified gold in the US by the RIAA (500,0000 copies). Nevins was hired by Rich Issacson, Mika's manager and Republic Records. The official YouTube video has reached 185 million views.

In 2014, Nevins, along with Florida Georgia Line and Nelly were nominated for Vocal Event of the Year at the 2014 Academy of Country Music Awards. in 2014-2015 he made a remix of the twisted sisters song were not gonna take it with jehry robinson made for the campaign for the spongebob movie sponge out of water the full remix is lost media On November 10, 2016, Nevins' remix of Nelly's "Work It" was played at the Golden State Warriors basketball game and became part of the viral video clip of Robin Schreiber dancing in the stands. The mega-viral video has achieved 130 million views.

As of April 2023 Florida Georgia Line & Nelly "Cruise" has been certified diamond and is the first country song to achieve that feat.The RIAA said the song has matched the success of others such as Lady Gaga‘s “Bad Romance” and Eminem’s “Love the Way You Lie.” Nielsen Music says the Nevins version including Nelly has sold 7.48 million tracks. The band’s record label, Big Machine Records, says the song has been streamed more than 155 million times.

Albums (as artist)

 * Red/Green CD (1993)
 * Uni-Vs-Al (Universal) (2000)
 * Pushing It Hard (2003)
 * The Funk Rocker (2005)
 * Pushing It Harder: The Lost Tapes (2006)

Productions and songwriting highlights

 * Run-DMC vs. Jason Nevins "It's Like That" (Smile/Profile/Sony) [Producer / Mixer]
 * Florida Georgia Line featuring Nelly "Cruise" (Republic Nashville) [Producer of Nelly version/ Mixer]
 * Mika featuring Ariana Grande – "Popular Song" (Universal Republic) [Producer/ Mixer]
 * Amy Weber, Jason Nevins & Sean Kingston – "Dance of Life (Come Alive)" [Producer, Co-Writer and Mixer]
 * Joel Crouse – "That's Why God Made Love Songs" (Showdog/ Universal) [Additional Production/ Arrangement]
 * Jermaine Paul – "I Believe in This Life" (Universal Republic) [Producer and Co-Writer]
 * Vicci Martinez – "I Can Love" (Universal Republic) [Producer, Co-writer and Mixer]
 * Vicci Martinez – "Hold Me Darlin'" (Universal Republic) [Producer, Co-Writer and Mixer]
 * Runner Runner – "Unstoppable" (Capitol/ Worldwide Pants) [Co-Writer]
 * Myname – "We Made It" (Digz Japan) [Co-Writer]
 * Duran Duran – "(Reach Up for the) Sunrise" – additional production on the album version [Additional Production /Mixer]
 * Chemistry – "Yoake-Dawn" (Sony Music Japan) [Co-Writer]
 * Jason Nevins featuring Greg Nice – "Candyman" (Ultra) [Producer, Co-writer and Mixer]
 * Jason Nevins – "Open Ur Mind" (Ultra) [Producer, Co-Writer and Mixer]
 * Jason Nevins vs. Dannii Minogue – "Touch Me Like That" (AATW) [Producer, Co-Writer and Mixer]
 * Jason Nevins featuring Holly James – "I'm in Heaven" (Nevco) (Free2Air/Edel- deal ended) [Writer, Producer and Mixer]
 * Jason Nevins vs. Liroy – "Scyzoryk" (BMG) [Producer and Mixer]

DJ mixed compilations

 * Club Mix USA (Tycoon Records/Sony Music Canada, 2002)
 * Virgin Records Dance Hits (Virgin Records, 2004)
 * High School Musical 2: Non-Stop Dance Party (Disney Records, 2007) – remixed entire album and DJ mixed
 * Dance Anthems 2 (Thrive Records, 2008)
 * Ultra.Dance, Vol. 10 (Ultra Music, 2009)
 * Ultra Weekend 5 (Ultra Music, 2009)
 * Jersey Shore Soundtrack (Universal Republic, 2010)

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Mahershala Ali

Mahershala Ali (born Mahershalalhashbaz Gilmore on February 16, 1974) is an American actor. He has received multiple accolades, including two Academy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award. Time magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2019, and in 2020, The New York Times ranked him among the 25 greatest actors of the 21st century.

After pursuing an MFA degree from New York University, Ali began his career as a regular on television series Crossing Jordan (2001–02) and Threat Matrix (2003–04), before his breakthrough role as Richard Tyler in the science fiction series The 4400 (2004–07). His first major film role was in the David Fincher-directed fantasy The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008). He gained wider attention for supporting roles in the final two films of the original The Hunger Games film series, and in House of Cards, for which he received his first Primetime Emmy Award nomination.

Ali won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performances as a drug dealer in the drama Moonlight (2016) and as Don Shirley in the comedy-drama film Green Book (2018). He is the first Black actor to win two Academy Awards in the same category, and the second Black actor to win multiple acting Oscars. Ali won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Program for executive producing We Are the Dream: The Kids of the Oakland MLK Oratorical Fest (2020).

In 2019, he played a troubled police officer in the third season of the HBO anthology crime series True Detective and in 2020, he starred in the second season of the Hulu comedy-drama series Ramy. He was nominated for Primetime Emmy Awards for both performances. Ali has also played Cornell "Cottonmouth" Stokes in the first season of the Netflix series Luke Cage (2016), and voiced Aaron Davis in the animated films Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023).

Early life
Ali was born in Oakland, California, on February 16, 1974, to Willicia Goines and Phillip Gilmore. His birth name, Mahershalalhashbaz, is from Maher-shalal-hash-baz, the name of the prophet Isaiah's second child (chapter 8, Book of Isaiah). Ali was raised as a Christian in Hayward, California, by his mother, an ordained Baptist minister whose own mother, Evia Goines, was herself an ordained minister at Palma Ceia Baptist Church in Hayward. His father left the family when Ali was a toddler to pursue a career as a dancer; he appeared on Broadway, and died in 1994.

Education
Ali attended St. Mary's College of California (SMC) in Moraga, California, where he graduated in 1996 with a degree in mass communication as a first-generation college student. He entered SMC with a basketball scholarship and went by the name "Hershal Gilmore" when playing for the SMC Gaels. He became disenchanted with the idea of a sports career because of the treatment given to the team's athletes and developed an interest in acting, particularly after taking part in a staging of Spunk, which later landed him an apprenticeship at the California Shakespeare Theater following graduation. After a sabbatical year working for Gavin Report, he enrolled in New York University's graduate acting program at Tisch School of the Arts, earning his master's degree in 2000.

Acting
Ali was known professionally by his full name, Mahershalalhashbaz Ali, from 2001 until 2010, when he began to be credited as Mahershala Ali. Ali had considered shortening his name for a while, saying that using his full first name was "a crazy thing to do considering that we're in Hollywood", although he had never been pressured by managers or agents to change it. He decided to use a shorter version of his first name after being told that his full name was too long to fit on the poster for the film The Place Beyond the Pines. He did not want the alternative of "M. Ali" to represent himself on the poster, so he chose to adopt the shorter version of his name.

He elaborated in an interview to Vanity Fair in October 2016: "I think if you have any desire to be a leading man or to really carry some of these stories, there's this relationship that has to be cultivated with an audience. People have to be able to say your name. I didn't want a couple of syllables to get in the way of me having the fullest experience as an actor."

He is known for his portrayal of Remy Danton in the Netflix series House of Cards, Cornell Stokes in Marvel's Luke Cage, Colonel Boggs in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 and The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 and Tizzy in the 2008 film The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, his first major film role. Other notable films include Predators, The Place Beyond the Pines, Free State of Jones, Hidden Figures.

For his performance as mentor and drug dealer Juan in the drama film Moonlight (2016), Ali received universal acclaim from critics and won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, the SAG Award and the Critics' Choice Award for Best Supporting Actor and received a Golden Globe and a BAFTA Award nomination. At the 89th Academy Awards, he was the first Muslim actor to win an Oscar.

In 2017, Ali joined the video game Madden NFL 18 story mode Longshot, in which he played Cutter Wade, the father of protagonist Devin. He played Don Shirley in the 2018 film Green Book, receiving his second Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture and the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role.

Ali starred as Arkansas State Police detective Wayne Hays in the third season of the HBO series True Detective, which premiered on January 13, 2019, in the United States. On Rotten Tomatoes, the site's critical consensus reads, "Driven by Mahershala Ali's mesmerizing performance, True Detective's third season finds fresh perspective by exploring real world events – though it loses some of the series' intriguing strangeness along the way."

At the annual San Diego Comic-Con in July 2019, Ali was announced as being cast to play the supernatural superhero Blade in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film of the same name, which was previously played by Wesley Snipes.

Music
Ali was signed to Bay Area recording label Hieroglyphics Imperium during the late 2000s and recorded rap music as Prince Ali. In 2006, he released his first album, Corner Ensemble, followed by Curb Side Service in 2007, but did not tour to promote the album, choosing instead to focus on his acting career. In 2015 Ali appeared on rap artist Hus Kingpin album "House Of Cards" lending his voice to skits and rapping on the track entitled "House Of Card Gods" using his moniker. In 2019, he made a guest appearance on Keith Murray's album Lord Of The Metaphor 2 alongside Casual and Planet Asia, and in 2020, appeared on Riz Ahmed's album The Long Goodbye.

Personal life
Ali converted to Ahmadiyya Islam in 2000, changing his surname from Gilmore to Ali. In interviews, he has described being the subject of racial profiling at airports and banks following the September 11 attacks.

He is married to Amatus Sami-Karim, an actress and musician. Their first child, a daughter, was born in February 2017.

Ali is a devout fan of hip hop and has said within various interviews that Cambatta, Planet Asia, Skyzoo, Blu, Ka, Roc Marciano, Mach-Hommy, Pink Siifu, Fly Anakin & Mutant Academy, Mick Jenkins, Sage Elsesser, EARTHGANG, Benny The Butcher, Conway The Machine, Westside Gunn, Hus Kingpin & SmooVth are amongst his favorite artists.

In October 2023, Ali signed the Artists4Ceasefire letter calling for a ceasefire in the 2023 Israel-Hamas War. In January 2024, he showed further support for Palestinians in Gaza by reciting the poem "Longing for Haifa" by Palestinian poet Mohammed al-Qudwa in a video for social media, and encouraging his followers to donate to al-Qudwa's fundraiser so that the poet and his family could leave the Gaza Strip.

Studio albums

 * Corner Ensemble (2006)
 * Curb Side Service (2007)

Awards
Ali has received numerous awards and nominations throughout his career, including two Academy Awards, a BAFTA Film Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Primetime Emmy Award and three Screen Actors Guild Awards.

His role as a part of the ensemble cast of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) earned him a nomination for the SAG Award for Outstanding Cast, which he would later win for Hidden Figures (2016). He received Primetime Emmy and SAG Award nominations for his role in House of Cards (20132016).

Ali received critical acclaim and won Academy Awards and SAG Awards for Best Supporting Actor for his performances as a drug dealer in the drama Moonlight (2016) and as Don Shirley in the biographical comedy-drama Green Book (2018), as well as a BAFTA and Golden Globe Award for the latter. He is the first Muslim actor to win an Oscar, as well as the second black actor (after Denzel Washington) to win multiple acting Oscars and the only black actor to win twice in the same acting category.

Ali was nominated for the Primetime Emmy and SAG Award for Outstanding Actor in a Miniseries or Movie for playing Wayne Hays in the third season of the HBO crime anthology True Detective (2019). The next year, he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Program for producing We Are the Dream: The Kids of the Oakland MLK Oratorical Fest (2020), and received another Emmy nomination for his role in the second season of Ramy (2020). He received nominations for the BAFTA and Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for his role in the science fiction romance Swan Song (2021). His narration of the Netflix documentary Chimp Empire (2023) earned him his fifth Emmy nomination.

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