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Khershed Meherhomji

Khershedji Rustomji Meherhomji (9 August 1911 – 10 February 1982) was an Indian cricketer who played as a wicket-keeper. Meherhomji toured England in 1936 and played in the Test at Manchester. He represented Parsis in Bombay Pentangular and various sides in the Ranji Trophy. His uncle Rustomji Meherhomji toured England with the 1911 All India team.

Meherhomji studied in St Xavier's School and St Xavier's College in Mumbai. After matriculation, he worked in the state service of Nawanagar.

Cricket career
In on first class debut in the Moin-ud-Dowla tournament in 1931–32, Meherhomji was one of the victims in a hat-trick by Ladha Ramji. Playing for Freelooters, Ramji took 8 wickets for 14 runs, Meherhomji taking all the three catches in his hat-trick.

Having joined the service of Nawanagar State, he represented Western India cricket team in the first season of Ranji Trophy, and took five wickets in an innings against Sind on his debut. He opened the batting in the unofficial Test at Lahore against Jack Ryder's Australians and was the selected for the tour of England. When Dattaram Hindlekar who kept the wickets in the first Test match developed an eye trouble, Meherhomji replaced him for the second Test at Manchester.

On the second day, Meherhomji partially dislocated a finger of his left hand. He went off the field for medical attention but there was no fracture. C. K. Nayudu stood behind the wickets, wearing gloves but without pads, during his absence. On his return, Meherhomji caught Gubby Allen, who had just been applauded on arrival for being appointed as captain for the next Ashes tour. Meherhomji conceded only five byes in the England total of 571 but Allen's catch would be his only one in Test cricket. For the third Test, he was replaced by Dilawar Hussain, a better batsman.

Domestic cricket
Back in India, he opened the innings with Framroze Nariman for Parsees in the Bombay Quadrangular in December. Harold Larwood opened the bowling for the Europeans. It was feared that he would be too fast for the Parsi batsmen. But it turned out that his bowling was "slower than that of Banerjee, let alone Nissar". Meherhomji treated Larwood with little respect and hit him for three fours in his innings of 16 in 15 minutes.

Meherhomji scored two fifties in first class cricket and both came in Bombay Pentangular matches for the Parsees. Against Europeans in November 1938, Parsees were set 253 to win. Starting their innings on the morning of the third day, Parsees lost a wicket off the fourth ball. Meherhomji added 91 for the second wicket with Nariman Canteenwala and reached his 50 in 70 minutes. He was third out for 66 in 78 minutes with 7 fours. From 164 for 3, Parsees lost their wickets after lunch to lose by 19 runs.

His career highest score of 71 also came in a lost cause against the Hindus in the 1941–42 final of the Pentangular. When Meherhomji joined Eddie Aibara in the second innings, Parsees were seven wickets down and needed 116 runs to avoid innings defeat. With not much at stake, Meherhomji attacked the bowling. "His daring and heroic hitting, though not perfect to the core, brought a new life into the hitherto dull and monotonous game", tells a report of the day. "He knew no steady game and seemed to believe in hitting hard". He outscored Aibara two to one and reached his fifty in 45 minutes. Hindus pushed the fielders around the boundary to slow the scoring. With six runs required to avoid innings defeat, Meherhomji was lbw to Krishnarao Jadhav. Hindus eventually needed just 38 runs and won in 22 minutes of batting.

Meherhomji was unfit and was not selected for the Western India v Bombay Ranji match in 1935–36. When one of the umpires did not turn up, he stood as the umpire.

Later life
Later in his life, Meherhomji ran a sporting goods store and machinery spare parts business. He died from a paralytic stroke in Bombay in 1982. He is the uncle of the Australian cricket statistician Kersi Meher-Homji.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Solomon Bandaranaike

 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 Duplicate articles, resolving with a history merge --Allen3 talk 12:38, August 31, 2005 (UTC)

Solomon Bandaranaike
This page contains identical information to the page Solomon West Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike. There is no point having two articles for the same person, one using his full name and one just using a shortened form of his name. Because of this, I would suggest that this page is deletedVino s 18:26, 24 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Please read duplicate articles, which is there for exactly this situation. There is no requirement for articles to be deleted in this circumstance.  Indeed, someone had already done the very work required until this edit undid it.  You could simply have reverted  in one edit instead of nominating the article for deletion in three. ☺ Uncle G 19:00:46, 2005-08-24 (UTC)
 * Given that a Google search shows significantly more results for the shorter name rather than the longer one, I think we should look at having the longer name as a redirect to the shorter name. Capitalistroadster 00:55, 25 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Note that the history shows a cut-and-paste move from this (the original) title to the longer one on Jan. 12, 2005. A history merge would probably me a good idea. Uppland 06:28, 25 August 2005 (UTC)
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Bombay East Indians

The East Indians, also called East Indian Catholics or Bombay East Indians, are an ethno-religious Indian Christian community native to the Seven Islands of Bombay and the neighbouring Mumbai Metropolitan Area of the Konkan division.

Pre-Portuguese era
A Dominican missionary by the name Jordanus Catalani, who was either Catalan or Occitan (southern French), began evangelising the locals in Sopara, Thana & Kalyan-Dombivli towns of north Konkan in around 1323 AD. Sopara was an ancient port and an international trading center.

Portuguese era
After ushering in the Age of Discovery, Portuguese Armadas under the command of Vasco Da Gama found their way to India in 1498 via the Cape Route. In the next few years they acquired many colonial possessions in what would become the Portuguese East Indies; their main aims were to capitalise on the spice trade and promotion of Christian missions to convert indigenous peoples, for which the Primate of the East Indies was founded. Although Brahmins and other higher castes were ceremoniously converted by the Portuguese Church, and were treated with favour and distinction, most of them continued to engage in agriculture, fishing, and other rural occupations handed down by their ancestors, and received neither secular nor religious education. Among the converts were a number of descendants of the Ancient Indian Christian community reportedly founded by Bartholomew the Apostle. They coalesced into a community under Portuguese rule known as Norteiros and later as "Portuguese Christians" or "Bombay Portuguese" in British Bombay.

The Franciscans spearheaded the evangelisation of the "Province of the North" (Província do Norte) headquartered at Fort San Sebastian of Bassein, but the fort's officials were subordinate to the viceroy in the capital of Velha Goa. From 1534 to 1552, a priest by the name António do Porto converted over 10,000 people, built a dozen churches, convents, and a number of orphanages hospitals and seminaries. Prominent among the converts were two yogis from the Kanheri Caves who became known as Paulo Raposo and Francisco de Santa Maria. They introduced Christianity to their fellow yogis, converting many in the process. Another notable convert during this period was the Brahmin astrologer Parashuram Joshi, who was baptized on 8 September 1565 with the name Henrique da Cunha. Joshi's conversion was followed by that of 250 Hindus, including over 50 Brahmins. In Salsette, the priest Manuel Gomes converted over 6,000 Hindus in Bandra and was known as the Apostle of Salsette.

In 1573, 1,600 people were converted. Beginning in 1548, Jesuits in Bassein (Baçaim) and Bandra converted many upper-caste Hindus; Bassein recorded 9,400 baptisms in 1588. The Jesuit superior Gonçalo Rodrigues baptised between 5,000 and 6,000 Hindus in Thane (Tana), many of whom were orphans or the young children of lower-caste Hindus who were sold by their parents. In 1634, Bassein had sixty-three friars, thirty Franciscans, fifteen Jesuits, ten Dominicans, and eight Augustines. By the end of the 16th century the Catholic population of the Portuguese Province of the North was 10,000 to 15,000, centered mainly in and around Bassein.

After the Province of the North came under Maratha occupation in 1739 and Catholicism was under severe threat from the Brahmin Peshwas, the native East Indian clergy under the Vicar General at Kurla managed and nursed the community back to a flourishing population in British Bombay.

British and modern eras
Changes occurred under British rule. On 11 May 1661, the Marriage Treaty of Charles Stuart II of England and Catherine de Braganza, daughter of John IV of Portugal gave Bombay to the British Empire as intended, since the British takeover of Surat (allegedly as part of Catherine's dowry to Charles). A weakened Portugal, no longer a part of the Crown of Spain, had to oblige. Nevertheless, parts of present-day Bombay (such as Bandra, Thane and Vasai) remained Portuguese well into the first third of the 18th century. Since the early days of the English East India Company, there were no other Indian Christians in the North Konkan except the East Indian Catholics. Employment intended for Christians was monopolised by the East Indians. With railways and steamships came immigrants from Goa who were also called "Portuguese Christians". For Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee, the Christians of North Konkan changed their name from "Portuguese Christians" to "East Indians" to impress upon the British in Bombay, that they were the earliest British subjects in India, and were entitled to certain natural rights and privileges in comparison with immigrants.

The Bombay East Indian Association was founded on 26 May 1887 to advance the education, employment, rights and economic development of the East Indians. P F Gomes, who was knighted by Pope Leo XIII in 1888, was its first president and J L Britto its first secretary. D G D'Almeida donated ₹100,000 to establish an education fund.

During the 1960s, the Archdiocese of Bombay estimated that there were 92,000 East Indians in Bombay: 76,000 in suburban Bombay and 16,000 in the city.

Architecture
A typical Koli house consists of a veranda (oli), used for repairing nets and receiving visitors; a sitting-room (angan), used by women for household work; a kitchen, a central apartment, a bedroom, a devotional room (devaghar) and a detached bathroom.

Language and literature
East Indian Catholics speak the East Indian dialect of Marathi-Konkani, which they retained despite Portuguese rule. The dialect is central to the community's identity. The author of Trans Bomb Geog Soc, 1836–38, Vol I mentions the dialects spoken by the East Indians of Salsette, Mahim, Matunga & Mazgaon; similar to the dialects spoken by the Kulbis, Kolis, Bhandaris, Palshes, Pathare Prabhus, Somvanshi Kshatriya Pathares (Panchkalshis), Kuparis & Vadvals; this may have been Konkani. Some East Indian upper-class families of the Khatri ward at Thana district used to speak Bombay Portuguese. At least 110 Portuguese lexical items are found in Maharashtra sponsored Marathi.

Many of the characters in the book Bloodline Bandra by Godfrey Joseph Pereira (2014) are East Indian. The book is set in the 1950s in Pali Village.

Occasions and Festivals
Although the East Indians have preserved their pre-Christian Marathi culture and traditions, many Portuguese influences have been absorbed.

Ethnic wear
Traditional dress for women is the lugra. For men, traditional wear consists of khaki shorts and a white banian. A Koli Christian bridegroom usually wears an older Portuguese admiral's uniform, which is preserved and lent out for such occasions. East Indian women wore a blouse and cotton lugra, with the back pleats tucked into the waist; women did not use the upper portion of the sari (covering the head and breast) until they were married. This mode of wearing the sari is known as sakacch nesane. Gol nesane, a cylindrical style, is popular with young girls and women.

Film industry
The film Tu Maza Jeev, in the East Indian language, was released on Maharashtra Day in 2009.

Singing competition

East Indians organise singing competitions in their own language. The competition is primarily held in the evening of important village occasions; for example, Kurla has an annual competition on the eve of the phool dongri feast in May at Holy Cross Church.

Representation and reservation
The East Indians were recognised as OBC (other backward Class) status by the Government of Maharashtra on 1 March 2006 by the way of official gazette. In Sept 2014, local non-governmental organisations such as the Watchdog Foundation, Mobai Gaothan Panchayat, the Bombay East Indian Association, Vakola Advanced Locality Management, Kalina Civic Forum& the Kolovery Welfare Association founded the Maharashtra Swaraj Party (MSP), to give voice to the community's concerns. The party, which represents the East Indian community, was expected to support five candidates from Mumbai's suburbs in the 13th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly elections.

Notable East Indians

 * Valentine Machado: East Indian singer
 * Gavin Ferreira: Olympic hockey player
 * Loy Mendonsa: Musician, part of the Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy trio
 * Gonsalo Garcia: Roman Catholic saint from India
 * James Ferreira: Indian fashion designer and son of hockey Olympian Owen Ferreira
 * Joseph Baptista: Indian freedom fighter
 * Luke Mendes: Filmmaker
 * Michael Ferreira: Amateur English billiards player
 * Owen Ferreira: Indian hockey Olympian
 * Joseph D'souza: First East Indian gazetted officer
 * Simon Pimenta: Archbishop Emeritus of Bombay
 * Mark Joseph Dharmai: Para-athlete (bronze medalist in the 2017 Doubles BWF Para-Badminton World Championships).
 * Adv. Godfrey Pimenta: President Watch Dog Foundation
 * Adv. Vivian Dsouza: Advisor of The Bombay East Indian Association
 * Tulip Miranda: President of the Bombay East Indian Association
 * Maria Goretti (actress): Indian Blogger, Chef, Actress and VJ
 * Genelia D'Souza: Indian actress and model

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User talk:GR MANOS

If you wish leave me a message. Αν θέλεις άφησε μου μήνυμα.

Welcome!
Hi, I noticed you added an episode listing to Trigun, however you may not have noticed we already have one linked under the Trigun section: See also Trigun anime episode list.

In coming to tell you that, I notice you have a big image from kiminozo on your user page. Wikipedia is very fussy about copyright - as this image is clearly (labeled at bottom) as copyright of Studio Fantasia and Key, and does not fall under fair use when displayed on a page unrelated to either, it might be best to delete it. Maybe you can draw a picture yourself to replace it! See Image use policy for more information.

Oh, and have a generic Template:Welcome just in case you need pointers on anything else wikipedia related. --zippedmartin 17:00, 25 August 2005 (UTC)

First of all thanks for the welcome and for your correction in trigun article.

Obviously I didn't noticed that. ;) You should add a separate section for the episodes as you did for the characters. People may not notice the link. The pic clearly states that KGNE characters are copyrights of Studio Fantasia. The creator of KGNE and not the creator of the wallpaper. So if it's illegal to have this pic in my user page, then it's illegal to have the Trigun pics in the Trigun section. Keep in mind that many anime, manga, movie pics in Wikipedia are taken directly from the source (DVD, manga). For example:

Obviously, it's not illegal. Company wont sue you for this, because obviously with that way you promote it's product. It doesn't mention anywhere about a company named Key. On the other hand it mention the name Kev (not Key). This is the creator of the wallpaper. If you visit the web site that is mentioned in the bottom of the wallpaper, you will notice that the web site doesn't mention anywhere that it doesn't allow the use of these pics in any other web pages as other similar web sites mention. Obviously this pic is tagged as "PD" and I have the right to use it as I wish. I'm not the only one that uses unrelated pics in his/her user page. I have seen many admins pages with unrelated pics. So I think they don't mind to use this pic in my user page. GR_MANOS 20:34, 25 August 2005 (UTC)

 * The Trigun article does indeed still need a fair bit of work to make it comfortably readable, I'm kinda doing it at a rate of about a sentence a week. :)
 * Eh, I did misread that notice - if I'd looked it up I'd have seen the kiminozo h game was by Age not Key. Needless to say, 'Kev' has no grounds for copyrighting his wholley derivative work, so that notice is basically irrelevant. Now while of course he's not going to get sued for making it, that alone does not mean it's legal - something which wikipedia has to be fussy about. If you click that Trigun image you'll see it has the tag, giving the following notice:

 * Every image uploaded to wikipedia should have a message like that that describes the copyright - those without may be deleted without warning. Now, if we look at what that fair use page says, particularly the stuff like "nonprofit educational purposes" - which is generally taken to include book covers displayed for the purpose of illustrating an article, but not a (modified) design just for decoration of a user page. It's fun I know, and in practice of course no one is going to be in court over it, but the policy is reasonably clear. Anyway, just a prior warning so you understand what it's about. --zippedmartin 01:00, 26 August 2005 (UTC)

Ancient Greek phonology
Hello, Manos, I see that you are interested in the Ancient Greek languge. Maybe you could help us out here. We have a big discussion on the phonology of Ancient Greek, in particular the Attic dialect spoken by Plato, Aristotle etc. You can join the discussion if you wish at Talk:Ancient Greek phonology. However, the main reason that I am approaching you is to ask you if you could help us out in citing some sources. Because many of us live outside Greece, we cannot get hold of the following books:

Ανδριώτης Ν., Ιστορική γραμματική της αρχαίας Ελληνικής. Μέρος Α': Φωνητική (Πανεπιστημιακές Παραδόσεις), Θεσσαλονίκη 1969

Συμεωνίδης Χ., Ιστορική γραμματική της αρχαίας Ελληνικής. Μέρος Α': Φωνητική (Πανεπιστημιακές Παραδόσεις), Εκδοτικός Οίκος Αφών Κυριακίδη, Θεσσαλονίκη 1989.

and any other Greek sources on the phonology of the Attic dialect. Also: do you still have your high school text book? Does it say anything about the pronounciation of beta, gamma, and delta in classical times?

What we are looking for is something like this: (excerpt Talk:Ancient Greek phonology)

In the Συνοπτική ιστορία της ελληνικής γλώσσας (Summary History of the Greek Language, Αθήνα 1986), Γεώργιος Μπαπμινιώτης (George Babiniotis) describes the transition from ancient to Koine Greek as involving structural transformations at all linguistic levels (p 114), and goes into some detail on the phonological changes, starting with the vowels (p 115), diphthongs (p 116), and then consonants (p 120). There is an 8-page discussion of the transition from ancient to Koine sounds. There is a table of the ancient sounds and spellings (p <π> / b <β> / pH <φ> etc.) and the late Alexandrian sounds and spellings (p <π> / b <μβ/μπ> / v <β> / f <φ> etc.) with some detail about the different times and dialects when these changes happened (not all simultaneously).

I assunme that you have access to a Greek university library.We would particulary be interested in scholarly articles in this subject written by Greek linguists. Andreas 22:03, 20 November 2005 (UTC)

Disambiguating seaQuest DSV
Hello there...

I have a passion for cleaning up links from redirect pages, and I was working on seaQuest DSV redirects. Your link to Seaquest DSV is to a redirect page. The page is at "seaQuest DSV". Please change it when you can.

Lady Aleena 10:09, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

manos, would you really think that he if he is a greek that he would play for a macedonian club? and even a nationalistic one? did you think he would ever carry such a bagand would play in a area surrounded with these flags?if he was a greek? i dont think so, and so do you, so please stop your crap and accept it. oh yeah, his name was Lazareski or Lazar, untill 1913, when the greeks started to force macedonians to change their last names into greek sounding ones, just like you renamed all the cities into greek ones, so that shit you are saying about these last names is based on nothing. --Makedonia 19:51, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

Geia
Kai meis ellhnika milame pote-pote. Astous, 3erw ti eipane kai den me noiazei. (Aytos prepei na einai pragmati skopianos). Erxesai syxna? Blepw araies syneisfores... N i k o S il v e r  (T) @ (C) 22:33, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

(Aytos prepei na einai pragmati skopianos)

?????

GR_MANOS 01:39 (GMT+2), 31 May 2006

Exo na patiso s'auto to ilithio site, edo kai 1 xrono. Mlk ine. Opios theli grafi oti tou kapnisi. Efiga giati den antexa na diavazo mlks. Tora tixea girisa. Epsaxna gia ton omogeni mas kai me to google vrethika stin Wikipedia. Den antexa kai ekana post. Pali kala pou thimomoun kai to pass mou. :p Alla apo oti vlepo ap' to kako sto xiroteo pai i Wikipedia. Megali mlk. Proselikii olous tous mlks. (down) To xirotero ine oti auti i ilithi, pistevoun auta pou grafoun. :lol: Ti kopani. Na sou po tin alithia, tous psilolipame. Prepi na ise telios ilithios gia na pistevis tetia pragmata.

GR_MANOS 01:44 (GMT+2), 31 May 2006

 * Etsi einai pragmati. Des th sxetikh yposelida mou gia na katalabeis. Th shmaia kai thn tsanta pou krataei thn eides sth fwtografia h' einai ki ayth moufa?  N i k o S il v e r   (T) @ (C) 22:57, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

Ti enois???

GR_MANOS 02:11 (GMT+2), 31 May 2006

 * Parapanw sou exei balei dyo syndeseis se fwtografies o xrhsths pou to onoma tou einai to onoma pou 8eloun gia th xwra tous. Des tis fwtografies. H' aytes einai moufa, h' aytos 3erei ti leei.  N i k o S il v e r   (T) @ (C) 23:45, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

"o xrhsths pou to onoma tou einai to onoma pou 8eloun gia th xwra tous"

Exipno. ;). Pragmatiki foto ine. Alla den mporo na po me veveotita an ine autos. Alla sigoura tha ixe tetia tsanta. Alla auto den simeni oti ine slavos. Des ti tou egrapsa stin diki tou selida. Pistepse me. Den iparxi kamia amfivolia gia tin Ellinikotita tou. Min kathese kai pistevis tis mlk pou lene. Exo akousi mlks. Gia paradigma, enas mia fora egrafe stin istioselida tou oti i Alexandroupoli den legotan Alexandroupoli, alla Alexandria kai tin ixe idrisi o Megas Alexandros, alla i kaki i Ellines, otan piran ta edafi to allaxan to onoma kai to ekanan Alexandroupoli. Ela mou nte omos pou o mlks den gnorize pos i Alexandroupoli dimiourgithike meta Xristo (prin 2 aiones an thimame kala). :lol: Eki evala ta gelia... milame gia tonous vlakias. Stin arxi, den gnoriza oti i Skopiani elegan teties mlks kai kathe vradi serfara sto net, mono kai mono gia na gelaso me tis mlk pou egrafan. Auta...

GR_MANOS 03:01 (GMT+2), 31 May 2006

 * En toiayth periptwsei, isws bohuhsoun aytes oi dyo oudeteres Aystralianes phges pou tou egrapse o Greasysteve13 sthn selida tou...  N i k o S il v e r   (T) @ (C) 08:46, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Ego ixa kani post autes tis piges stin discussion page tou Stan.

Quote ap'ton Greasysteve13:

"And here are some sources people (emena enoi :p) have pointed out implying he is Greek:"

Mou fenete pos den diavases auta pou egrapsa ston Slavo, stin talk page tou.

"6. Also, I posted 2 sources in the talk page of Stan Lazaridis, in which referred to Lazaridis as an Australian of Greek origin. They were both from Australian web sites."

GR_MANOS 12:12 (GMT+2), 31 May 2006

Pio poli voithai auti i selida: http://www.footballdatabase.com/site/players/index.php?dumpPlayer=1422

S' auti ti selida fenete kathara oti ine Ellino-Australos. Exi os 2ri ethnikotita tin Elliniki, eno exi paixi kai gia 5 xronia se Ellinikes omades stin Australia. Opote den isxii oti ine Slavos. Aplos o anthropos den ine ratsistis. ;) Den gnorizo posa xronia ekatse stin slaviki omada, alla pige se Elliniki omada ap' ta 19a tou. Opote den nomizo na ekatse kai polla xronia se autin tin omada. Oxi pos exi simasia posa xronia kathise kai an epaize se Elliniki h' se Slaviki omada. Aplos o Slavos dini megali simasia s' auta ta themata, me mono skopo na mas pi mlks. Opos akrivos kani kai stin user page tou. Gia des ti tou egrapsa sxetika me tis mlks pou lei gia tou arxaious makedones kai to oti den ine Ellines. Ine to proteleuteo topic stin talk page tou.

Telos pistevo to oti afou exi 2ri ethnikotita tin Elliniki to thema prepi na theorite lixan. Ine Ellino-Australos. Pos na to kanoume vre aderfe...

GR_MANOS 12:21 (GMT+2), 31 May 2006

Hi
In english please. :-) Vlatko 12:33, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Are you going to translate it??? GR_MANOS 01:45 (GMT+2), 31 May 2006

english pleasE??:) haha and YOU are saying that to me? look above.--Makedonia 22:54, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

You must to be kidding. MatriX post within my topic (“Are you getting confused with the Macedonian history or something??”). I can't understand that language. So there is no point to post something in my topic, if I can't understand it. On the other hand, NikoSilver started a new topic (Geia = Hello in Greek) in order to welcome me in Wikipedia. So NikoSilver isn't "obligate" to write in English. On the other hand, MatriX should write in English if he replies to someone that he can't understand his language. Except if he didn’t reply to me and then you should move his post to another topic.

GR_MANOS 02:06 (GMT+2), 31 May 2006

manos, your last edit is better, and i am willing to accept that version, however it would be fair if you add or let me add the Category:Macedonian Australians on his page, just as you did for Greek-australians category. --Makedonia 16:49, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Done.

GR_MANOS 19:58 (GMT+2), 31 May 2006

I didn't add the Greek Macedonian category. Someone else did.

GR_MANOS 19:59 (GMT+2), 31 May 2006

Makedonia
Γεια, βλέπω ότι προσπαθείς να συνεννοηθείς με τον Makedonia. Μην προσπαθείς, και εγώ έχω προσπαθήσει, μάταιο είναι. Και εγώ αυτά για τον πληθυσμό της "Ενωμένης Μακεδονίας" του έχω πει, και ξέρεις τι μου είπε; Ότι θα διώξουν τους Έλληνες, όπως έκαναν οι Έλληνες όταν "κατέκτησαν" τη Μακεδονία μετά τους Βαλκανικούς πολέμους. Όταν σου πει αυτό, απάντα με αυτό που του είπα εγώ (User talk:Makedonia). --Telex 19:33, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

To xero. To diavasa. Ego den prospatho na ton piso na pi oti exo dikio. Ego prospatho na tou dixo tin alithia gia na siniditopiisi mesa tou oti auta pou diavazi ine mparoufes. Gia auto aloste tou tonizo oti i piges pou postari, alla kai ta site ap'ta opia perni ta propagandistika kimena, antifaskoun metaxi tous.

To ketektisan giati to evales se isagogika??? Afou kataktisame to 51% tis Makedonias. Fisika tis perioxis Makedonias kai oxi xoras, afou den ipirxe kamia xora me to onoma Makedonia. ;)

GR_MANOS 00:27 (GMT+2), 2 June 2006

opa opa katastrofa:)
I and We macedonians are the Descendants of the Ancient Macedonians, especially the macedonians from southern rep. of macedonia, We Macedonians live and have lived in Macedonia for over 4000 years, Untill the break up of Macedonia in 1913 this region was for 90% inhabited by Macedonians, After the Treaty of Bucarest, you the Greeks were brought in from Asia Minor, to live and settle in Macedonia due to the Treaty of Lausanne.

Aristotle was born in Stageira, a city in Macedonia, he was Macedonian, however Hellenism was the known civilized world back then, so he went to the big civilized Athens probably at age 18, Became a pupil of Plato, He was Hellenized, Hellenic Philosophy, Hellenic Intellectuality. Do keep in mind that Greece didnt exist in those days, you had the Ancient city states like Athens, Sparta etc. these Made up the Hellenic World, Macedonia was a Seperate Kingdom, Kingdom of Macedonia, of course Macedonia wanted to be a part of that known world back then, The Hellenistic world. but that doesnt mean, Macedonians were the same people as Athenians or Spartans, they were Macedonians.

the map you are showing, if you look good in the left corner above, you see in the legend a Purple Colour box, next to it there is written: Greece, and Greek OCCUPIED MACEDONIAN LAND. those regions on the halkidiki peninsula was not Greek land, it was Macedonian land conquered by Greece, same as the Greek occupied land you see in the Right corner above.

On you Reacting on our UNITED MACEDONIA supports, a United Macedonia and your statements are probably a real "Thorn in your Eye". Otherwise if you just see it as stupid nonsense propaganda, you and your fellow greeks would not react and that even multiple times about that topic. In a Couple of Years the Treaty of Bucarest will end, and then Macedonia will Gain their rights for getting back what belongs to her. of course i am not sure it will really happen, but i believe in it and i strongly support it. If there will be a Greek Majority as your buddy telex says, let them live there, no problem so long they dont make any problems, but i think most of them will move out of the country by themselves anyway, just like Serbs are moving out of Kosovo in the last few years.

As for the Genetic research, they've compared Greeks with Ethiopians and other meditteranean peoples with eachother, and its shows that Greeks have similar genes with Ethiopians ;)

I am Sick and Tired of Discussing with such Greeks as you, Greeks for whom Macedonia, Macedonians and Macedonian History is a "Thorn in their eyes" ever since the existence of these 2 peoples. You will never agree with me, and i will never agree with you, time will show the truth, already the real truth is getting known more and more everyday, Greeks are losing control on the history they've stolen.

but well i am glad many many Greeks are the opposite of you, those many greeks do like us, do see us as descendants of ancient macedonians, do accept our history and dont have any problem with our macedonian existence.

only Greek politicians are making problems, but on the other side, of course they do, cause if the truth will get out, the whole Greek nation seems to be based on nothing but lies. them and the bunch of greeks who are filled with their governments propaganda.

oh yeah, i did not remove them because of your statements, i removed them because else my page would have been blocked or removed.--Makedonia 23:08, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

 * Personally, I believe that the Macedonian ethnic group of FYROM is Tito's invention out of a Serb-occupied western Bulgarian population. No one had ever heard of a Macedonian ethnicity prior to Tito, and this "we are the descendents of the ancient Macedonians" claim is ridiculous. Are just the Macedonian Slavs the descendents of the ancient Macedonians? What about everyone else living in the region? Did the ancient Macedonians carefully vet with whom they bred, maybe? I'm sorry to disappoint you, Makedonia, but if you are basing your connection to the ancient Macedonians on genes, then you'll have to stand in the queue - all other ethnic groups in the region probably have genes from the ancient Macedonians: Greeks, Albanians, Bulgarians (the ones not brainwashed by Tito), Serbs, Vlachs, Turks, even Gypsies. In my opinion, ethnicity is based on language and culture, in which case you have no connection to the ancient Macedonians, as no Slav ever met an ancient Macedonian. By the time the Slavs arrived in Macedonia, all they found was Greeks (Even Britannica confirms it) - the ancient Macedonian ethnicity, whoever they may have been - had long vanished from the face of the earth. --Telex 23:32, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

 * Also, that genes "research" was widely discredited and ridiculed by the scientific community as lacking scientific merit (click here), apparently, according to that, the Japanese also have sub-Saharan origins. If you are into genes research, try reading this, much more credible. --Telex 23:33, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

POLL
No, no, no, not what you think! This time is for something that all of us need:

Improvement of the function.

Please weigh in at Wikipedia talk:Footnotes! N i k o S il v e r  (T) @ (C) 21:54, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

 * Politis wrote this in my talk:

 * LOL...! By the way, estila kati sto regarding Lazarides.

 * Read the links. N i k o S il v e r   (T) @ (C) 22:11, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

sorry
hey man i'm sorry about olympiacos i wanted to upload a pic of mine the new modern logo i found at uefa.com but i failed.thanx for correcting it.

cool
hey man cool.i was just testing it.i left it gay for something about 5 secs.then i did it olympiacos and olympiakos.cool.just cool.

and another Poll...
Hi. There's a debate about how much "X-ian" one must be in order to be considered "X-American" (or X-Yian for that matter) and be categorized as such. The poll is here: WikiProject Ethnic groups/Rules for lists of X-Americans. Kindly weigh in! :N i k o S il v e r: 21:57, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

Featured article candidates/Macedonia (terminology)
Well, that'll be the first article we're not bitching too much about! :-) :N i k o S il v e r:  22:09, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

2 Polls that may be of interest...
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Τα παραπάνω έγραψα σε χρήστη ο οποίος περιείχε υπό τη σημαία των σκοπίων την ευρήτερη περιοχή της μακεδονίας, Θεσσαλονίκη, Χαλκιδική κλπ., θα ήθελα τη στήριξη σου σε αυτό ώστε να μη δύναται ο κάθε τυχάρπαστος να δημοσιεύει εικόνα με τα σύνορα της χώρας μας κατειλλημένα και να ισχυρίζεται μάλιστα ότι επιθυμεί μία ενωμένη ειρινική μακεδονία. Αυτά τα διαβάζουν και άνθρωποι εκτός Ελλάδος και Σκοπίων οι οποίοι δε γνωρίζουν περισσότερα και συνεπώς μπορεί να πέσουν θύματα προπαγάνδας.

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Segregated fund

A segregated fund or seg fund is a type of investment fund administered by Canadian insurance companies in the form of individual, variable life insurance contracts offering certain guarantees to the policyholder such as reimbursement of capital upon death. As required by law, these funds are fully segregated from the company's general investment funds, hence the name. A segregated fund is analogous to the U.S. insurance industry "separate account" and related insurance and annuity products.

Usage
A segregated fund is an investment fund that combines the growth potential of a mutual fund with the security of a life insurance policy. Segregated funds are often referred to as "mutual funds with an insurance policy wrapper".

Like mutual funds, segregated funds consist of a pool of investments in securities such as bonds, debentures, and stocks. The value of the segregated fund fluctuates according to the market value of the underlying securities.

Segregated funds do not issue units or shares; therefore, a segregated fund investor is not referred to as a unitholder. Instead, the investor is the holder of a segregated fund contract. Contracts can be registered (held inside an RRSP or TFSA) or non-registered (not held inside an RRSP or TFSA). Registered investments qualify for annual tax-sheltered RRSP or TFSA contributions. Non-registered investments are subject to tax payments on the capital gains each year and capital losses can also be claimed.

Insurance Contracts
Segregated funds are sold as deferred variable annuity contracts and can be sold only by licensed insurance representatives. Segregated funds are owned by the life insurance company, not the individual investors, and must be kept separate (or "segregated") from the company’s other assets. Segregated funds are made up of underlying assets that are purchased via the Life assurance companies. Investors do not have ownership share. Segregated Funds have guarantees and run for a period. Should the investor leave before the end date, he/she may be penalized.

Maturity dates
All segregated fund contracts have maturity dates, which are not to be confused with maturity guarantees (outlined below). The maturity date is the date at which the maturity guarantee is available to the contract holder. Holding periods to reach maturity are usually 10 or more years.

Maturity & death guarantees
Guarantee amounts are offered in all segregated funds whereby no less than a certain percentage of the initial investment in a contract (usually 75% or higher) will be paid out at death or contract maturity. In either case, the annuitant or their beneficiary will receive the greater of the guarantee or the investment’s current market value

Potential creditor protection
Granted certain qualifications are met, segregated fund investments may be protected from seizure from creditors. This is an important feature for business owners or professionals whose assets may have a high exposure to creditors. Creditor protection for Registered Education Savings Plans (RESPs) is generally not available, except in Alberta.

Probate protection
If a beneficiary is named, the segregated fund investment may be exempt from probate and executor’s fees and pass directly to the beneficiary. If the named beneficiary is a family member (such as a spouse, child, or parent), the investment may also be secure from creditors in case of bankruptcy. These protections apply to both registered and non-registered investments.

Reset option
A reset option allows the contract holder to lock in investment gains if the market value of a segregated fund contract increases. This resets the contract’s deposit value to equal the greater of the deposit value or current market value, restarts the contract term, and extends the maturity date. Contract holders are limited to a certain number of resets, usually one or two, in a given calendar year.

Cost of the guarantees
The shorter the term of the maturity guarantees on investment funds - whether they are segregated funds or protected mutual funds - the higher the risk exposure of the insurer and the cost of the guarantees. This inverse relationship is based on the premise that there is a greater chance of market decline (and hence a greater chance of collecting on a guarantee) over shorter periods. A contract holder's use of reset provisions also contributes to costs, since resetting the guaranteed amount at a higher level means that the issuer will be liable for this higher amount.

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User:Legendarydairy

Hey, I'm Legendarydairy. You may know me from websites such as: modthesims2.com, newgrounds.com, and other various websites. I enjoy Sims 2... And, ermmm... SALAD FINGERS! Agghh. So creepy.

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