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Michael Yon

Michael Yon (born 1964) is an American writer and photographer. He served in the Special Forces in the early-1980s, and he became a writer in the mid-1990s. He focused on military writing after the invasion of Iraq. Yon has been embedded on numerous occasions with American and British troops in Iraq, most prominently a deployment with the 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment (Deuce Four) of the 25th Infantry Division in Mosul, Iraq that ended in September 2005.

Yon has had vocal feuds with the United States military hierarchy, and the nature of his reports is also controversial. In 2008, The New York Times reported that he has spent more time embedded with combat units than any other journalist in Iraq. He shifted the focus of his blogging from Iraq to Afghanistan in August 2008. His work is supported primarily by donations from readers.

Background
Yon grew up in Winter Haven, Florida, where he essentially raised himself. As a child and as a young adult, he was a prankster who got in trouble for, among other things, making homemade bombs. Other children bullied him repeatedly throughout his childhood, particularly because of his short stature. He went to a local community college and did not express any interest in journalism. After graduation, he enlisted in the United States Army in his late teens for the college money.

Because of his light blond hair, short stature, and physical boastfulness, other soldiers nicknamed him "Bam Bam" after the Flintstones character. He killed a man in a barroom fight in Ocean City, Maryland in the 1980s; criminal charges were filed but later dropped. Yon's first book, Danger Close, details this event and tells the story of his life up to the age of 20, after he had completed the selection and training process for the United States Army Special Forces. Yon was discharged from the Army in 1987 and worked in a variety of different businesses, and for a while provided security detail for the late pop star Michael Jackson. He later described Jackson as a "hostage of his own success" while also stating that he enjoyed his experiences with him at Neverland Ranch before the scandals. Having learned German and some Polish within the service, he also attempted to work in Poland. He started general freelance writing in the mid-1990s despite having no background in the field. Notably, he covered the Aghori, an obscure Hindu cult that eats human flesh to gain magic powers supposedly. Yon believed that he had located an American cult member and passed his suspicions on to the FBI. He began writing about the occupation of Iraq after the death of two of his army friends, one of whom he had known since high school.

Yon first landed in Baghdad in late December 2004. He covered the war in Iraq for several years afterward, notably covering the Deuce Four forces. Yon briefly stopped over to Afghanistan in early 2006. In December 2007, Yon was present in Basra with 4th Battalion, The Rifles during the British withdrawal from the city. He subsequently visited England and met the Duchess of Cornwall. Yon praised her for what he saw as her unstinting support for her troops.

Yon moved to covering the War in Afghanistan in August 2008, which he said had become the most important field in the war on terrorism. He attempted to travel to Pakistan in June 2009, but his visa application was denied. That month, he also traveled to Singapore, Bahrain, the Philippines, and Turkey to report on Secretary of Defense Robert Gates' security meetings. From July 2019 until he was deported on 5 February 2020, Yon had been reporting on the ground from the 2019 Hong Kong Protests.

In January 2021, Michael Yon attended the 2021 United States Capitol attack but stayed outside of the US Capitol. In an interview with Epoch Times, he claimed he witnessed Antifa, not white nationalist militias such as Proud Boys or Oath Keepers as other media have reported, "clearly led" the insurrection. However, Media Matters said that the Epoch Times promoted the "Stop the Steal" Capitol rally that led to the riot.

Personal views
Yon has stated, in general, that "If a writer wants to make money, he should avoid truth and tell people what they want to hear. Yet to win the war, tell the truth." He supports embedded journalism over traditional reporting, believing that the closer writers are to events the less likely they are to repeat military public relations spin. Yon was reluctant to say about whether he supported the decision to go to war. He eventually said he had been a supporter because of his concerns about Iraq's alleged weapons of mass destruction, which he had given the Bush Administration the benefit of the doubt over.

After first visiting Iraq in December 2004, Yon said the situation in the country was far more violent than the mainstream media had reported. During the next year, he reported that "Iraq was falling apart" and was in a civil war. He also believed that NATO forces were "losing" the war in Afghanistan. Yon was a vocal proponent of a 'surge' strategy in Iraq and expressed his support in many interviews for Senator John McCain in the 2008 Presidential election. Agreeing with McCain, Yon opposes the use of torture by the U.S. military, and specifically opposes waterboarding. In June 2009, he remarked: "I get the feeling that Obama is tougher and proving wiser than many people seem to think". Yon also wrote in the aftermath of the Iranian election protests that he agreed with controversial author Michael Ledeen's views about Iran. In an August 2009 interview at Helmand Province, he reiterated his belief that the Afghan Taliban are stronger than the NATO presence, comparing the situation to Apocalypse Now.

Describing how his personal views affect his writing, Yon stated, "I feel no shame in saying I am biased in favor of our troops. Even worse, I feel no shame in calling a terrorist a terrorist". The New York Times commented that "Like most bloggers, Mr. Yon has an agenda, writing often that the United States’ mission to build a stable, democratic Iraq is succeeding and must continue." The Los Angeles Times has called him "the reporter of choice for many conservatives", although journalist Michael Totten calls Yon a "refreshingly unideological analyst of the war". Yon has praised several media agencies he has worked with, saying "The journalists for places like the New York Times and Wall Street Journal are actually very good with their facts."

In his 2008 book Moment of Truth in Iraq, Yon wrote:

"Happy news for the Left was that U.S. soldiers were demoralized and the war was being lost... Happy news for the Right was that there was no insurgency, then no civil war; we always had enough troops, and we were winning hands-down, except for the left-wing lunatics who were trying to unravel it all. They say heroin addicts are happy, too, when they are out of touch with reality."

Yon supports the personal use of his images and writings by ordinary people, but he believes that larger institutions such as television networks and magazines should respect his copyright. As such, he has taken on numerous legal cases. He wrote in August 2008 that he spends about $100,000 a year in those efforts.

General themes
Yon's writing is marked by its fondness for American service personnel and Iraqis, both military and civilian alike. He sees those groups as engaging bravely in a just nation-building. USA Today has called him "unflinchingly pro-military". It is also marked by candor about what he regards as U.S. and Iraqi failures, which led The Los Angeles Times to label Yon a "lone gun". For example, Yon notably covered the story of an Iraqi taxi driver mistakenly killed by U.S. troops. Yon's work is often graphic in its nature compared to other reporting.

Yon's reports detail his conflicts with the U.S. military command as well, which culminated in an October 2008 article in The Weekly Standard titled "Censoring Iraq". In particular, Yon has accused Barry A. Johnson of US Central Command of "a subtle but all too real censorship" as well as "ineptitude in handling the press". The article nearly caused the military to ban Yon from re-entering Iraq. Yon frequently criticizes what he sees as inept public relations efforts from the Army staff.

The style of Yon's reports has garnered praise from The New York Times, calling it "enough first-hand observation, clarity and skepticism to put many professional journalists to shame", as well as Slate, calling it "the grizzled, noirish [sic] style of war reportage from earlier eras." Military.com has stated that Yon re-defined war coverage for the new media.

Yon has also been criticized by members of the Army, such as by Lt. Col. Steven Boylan in September 2005, who have said that he violated his embed agreement by releasing photos of dead and injured soldiers before their family members were notified. He also has been accused of skirting Army rules by working before he formally signed up with a news agency. However, Yon is not employed by any news organization, and employment by a news organization is not a requirement for embedding with U.S. Forces.

Although working as a writer, Yon crossed the line in Mosul and engaged in combat in an attempt to save the lives of four American soldiers. The Commander, Lieutenant Colonel Erik Kurilla, had been shot three times, while Command Sergeant Major (CSM) Robb Prosser was fighting hand-to-hand combat with the Al Qaeda member who just shot Kurilla. Two American soldiers, frozen in fear, refused to fight. Yon had a chance to flee but instead, while CSM Prosser was fighting the terrorist hand-to-hand, he grabbed Prosser's empty rifle, took ammunition from a lieutenant who refused to fight, and Yon joined combat. His dispatch about the incident led to a strict reprimand from the Army administration. He wrote in August 2009 that it is not his place to directly interfere in what he covers.

2005 – Little Girl story and photograph
The photo was submitted to Time. Their website's viewers selected it as the 'Top Photo of 2005'. It received 66% of the vote. An Islamic-based non-violence organization asked to use the picture, and Yon gave his permission. Documentary filmmaker Michael Moore used the photo without permission at michaelmoore.com, with it placed alongside then-Senator Hillary Clinton attacking her support for the invasion of Iraq. In May 2008, Yon wrote that he planned to sue Moore for copyright infringement and described some of Moore's media work as pornographic.

2006 – Battle with Shock magazine
In 2006, the 'Little Girl' image was the center of a controversy when it was used by the Hachette Filipacchi Médias’ publication Shock magazine. The magazine displayed the picture in a context that was critical of the war in Iraq. Yon felt this usage of the photo both dishonored U.S. troops and breached his copyright. He especially criticized the fact that the agency released the disputed article on Memorial Day.

Yon contacted his lawyers and agreed with Hachette Filipacchi Médias that he would be paid a licensing fee, with the majority of proceeds going to a charity supporting US military families. On June 9, 2006, the agreement appears to have collapsed, with Yon alleging further misuse of the image by Hachette Filipacchi Médias at its shocku.com website.

2007 – Reporting atrocities by Al-Qaeda in Iraq
Yon wrote on July 18 that the news media had been ignoring the story. An Iraqi official later said that the insurgents had, among other atrocities, baked a young boy and served him to his parents. Yon himself wrote in a later dispatch that he offers "no opinion about the veracity of [the official's] words".

2008 – Moment of Truth in Iraq
In April 2008, Yon published his second book, Moment of Truth in Iraq, through Richard Vigilante Books. The book describes how U.S. counterinsurgency methods are creating what Yon sees as a foundation of success in Iraq. Within two weeks of its release date, Moment of Truth entered into Amazon.com's list of Top 10 bestsellers. Yon was quoted by fellow blogger Glenn Reynolds as saying, "That's just wild. Folks really did want that book after all. I was wondering how many people even cared. It's great to know that people want to really know what's going on."

2010 – Conflicts with ISAF military command
Through spring 2010, Yon engaged in an ongoing war of words with Canadian Army Brigadier-General Daniel Menard and US General Stanley McChrystal, the latter who commanded International Security Assistance Force (ISAF).

Yon accused Menard of incompetence when the Tarnak Bridge was destroyed by insurgents, near the Canadian Area of Operations, claiming that Menard had been watching a hockey game at the time.

The attacks on a coalition partner and allied General were embarrassing to the ISAF and diplomatic efforts. It appears that this resulted in a breakdown of relationships between Yon and the Public Affairs Office of McChrystal, which Yon described as "crazy monkeys."

Despite Yon's praise for General McChrystal on the eve of the Tarnak Bridge incident, his Facebook updates became increasingly critical after Yon was disembedded. While most of Yon's criticism focused on McChrystal's media relations, he also criticized Stanley McChrystal's war strategy on many occasions, particularly the restrictive Rules of engagement under his command. Daily Telegraph journalist Toby Harnden described Yon's commentary as "excoriating".

After publication of a June 2010 Rolling Stone article containing controversial quotes from McChrystal and his staff, which mocked their civilian Obama administration colleagues, Yon wrote; "Unless McChrystal basically denies the article, he must be fired. If he is not fired, I will start calling him President McChrystal because Obama clearly is not in charge." Both McChrystal and Menard later left their commands.

After General David H. Petraeus was appointed to Stanley McCrystal's command, Yon sent Petraeus a message of support and later wrote on his Facebook page that Petraeus sent back "a nice response".

In 2013, Yon criticized General Martin Dempsey for the policy of painting a bright red crosses on medical evacuation helicopters. Yon felt it identified them as unarmed targets.

2015 – Comfort women
In September 2007, Yon spoke at the 2007 conference of the Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Records Interagency Working Group to claim Japan's innocence on the sexual enslavement of the Imperial Japanese comfort women before and during WWII. However, he failed to mention a U.S. informant's report on the Japanese Military not preventing the abuse and rape of Malaysian women at 'licensed public comfort houses,' which led to historians and authors disagreeing with him.

In 2014, FeND Now Network's (Japan-U.S. Feminist Network for Decolonization) feminist writer, Emi Koyama, and Monthly Hanada Magazine's right-wing editor-in-chief, Kazuyoshi Hanada, reported Michael Yon receiving book deals, financial agreements, and speaking tours from Yoshiko Sakurai, a conservative member from the Global Alliance for Historical Truth, and the Nippon Kaigi. He published articles about denying the comfort women system as a form of sexual slavery in the English media and spoke at her think tank about it. Al Jazeera also reported that Yon viewed the comfort women issue as a strategic "information war" meant to keep Japan divided and weak.

Yon warned Sakurai and Taniyama Yūjirō that promoting the film would not only damage Japan but offend America because of the film's lack of understanding of American values. When Mariko Okada-Collins, a Japanese language instructor from Central Washington University invited them to show the film in her university, he terminated his deal with Sakurai. Though he broke off with the other Japanese nationalist movements, he continues to publish many posts on his blog and social media to this day, claiming this issue to be a lie. In 2018, he published his full-length Japanese book on this topic.

2021-24 – Darién Gap
Since 2021, Yon has worked as a fixer in the Darién Gap, a dangerous stretch of jungle used by migrants in Panama. He has worked with figures such as Alex Jones and Laura Loomer, getting them access to the camps where legacy media are barred by security. A New York Times article noted that he targeted the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, quoting him as saying that "they’re coming across the border and it’s being funded with Jewish money.”

Kopp–Etchells effect
The effect is a consequence of sand hitting helicopter rotors in sandy environments. Abrasion strips on helicopter rotor blades are made of metal, often titanium or nickel, which are very hard, but less hard than sand. When a helicopter flies low to the ground in desert environments, sand striking the rotor blade can cause erosion. At night, sand hitting the metal abrasion strip causes a visible corona or halo around the rotor blades. The effect is caused by the pyrophoric oxidation of eroded particles and is known as the Kopp–Etchells effect.

Michael Yon observed the effect while accompanying U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan. When he discovered the effect had no name he coined the name "Kopp–Etchells effect" after two soldiers who had died in the war, one American and one British.

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R.Hide in Plain Site

R.Hide in Plain Site is the fourth and final studio album by American garage house producer Romanthony. It was released by Glasgow Underground Records on April 18, 2000.

Track listing

 * 1) "Countdown 2000"
 * 2) "Bring U Up"
 * 3) "Luv Somebody"
 * 4) "Feel Ya Love"
 * 5) "Wreck"
 * 6) "Down 4 U"
 * 7) "Floorpiece"
 * 8) "Count Da Ways"
 * 9) "Body Language"
 * 10) "? $ Luv"
 * 11) "Faraway"

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Noah's Wish

Noah's Wish was a charity that rescues and takes care of animals endangered by natural disasters.

The mission of Noah's Wish is to save animals during disasters with their rescue and recovery services and to mitigate the impact of disasters on animals through educational outreach programs.

The organization travels to areas affected by disaster and evacuate pets and livestock. They shelter, feed and provide medical care for the animals until they can be returned to their owners or housed more permanently. Based in El Dorado Hills, California, the organization has helped relief efforts internationally, such as after the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami hit Sri Lanka in December 2004 and after the August 2005 flooding in Romania. Within North America, they have assisted in the wake of a number of forest fires and hurricanes since being founded in 2002. Outside of relief work, the organization trains volunteers to deal effectively and practically in disaster situations.

Noah's Wish set up a rescue operation in Slidell, Louisiana, after Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast in September 2005. As of November 25, 2005 they cared for 1,564 animals during this situation, and reunited more than 1,257 lost pets with their owners.

Legal troubles
After Hurricane Katrina, Noah's Wish settled with the state of California, forfeiting $4 million of $8 million it had collected. Noah's Wish was one of a few, but egregious, animal charity scams. The forfeiture was used to build an animal rescue shelter in Slidell, Louisiana.

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Mana

Mana may refer to:

Religion and mythology

 * Mana (Oceanian cultures), the spiritual life force energy or healing power that permeates the universe in Melanesian and Polynesian mythology
 * Mana (food), archaic name for manna, an edible substance mentioned in the Bible and Quran
 * Mana (Mandaeism), a term roughly equivalent to the philosophical concept of 'nous'
 * Māna, a Buddhist term for 'pride', 'arrogance', or 'conceit'
 * Mana (Finnish mythology), or Tuonela, the realm of the dead or the underworld

Music

 * Maná, a Mexican rock group
 * Maná (album), 1987
 * Mana (Nemesea album), 2004
 * Mana (Finnish musician), drummer of the rock band Lordi
 * Mana (Japanese musician)
 * Mana, Japanese musician and vocalist of the band Chai
 * Mana Mana, a Finnish rock group
 * Mana Music, a music supervision company based in Australia and New Zealand

Other uses in arts, entertainment and media

 * Mana (gaming), or magic, an attribute assigned to characters in role-playing or video games
 * Mana (series), a role-playing game series
 * Mana, a title serialized in South Korean manhwa magazine Wink
 * Mana (magazine), an Estonian magazine published outside Estonia

People

 * Mana (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the name
 * Florent Parfait Mana, Malagasy politician
 * Laura Mañá (born 1968), Spanish film director
 * Mohammed Mana (born 1950), Nigerian politician
 * Rabbi Mana II, a Jewish Amora sage

Communities

 * Mana, Burkina Faso
 * Mana (woreda), Ethiopia
 * Mana, French Guiana
 * Mana, India
 * Mana, Orhei, Moldova
 * Mana, New Zealand
 * Mana railway station
 * Mana (New Zealand electorate)
 * Maná, Corozal, Puerto Rico
 * Mana (Ivanjica), Serbia
 * Maňa, Slovakia
 * La Maná Canton, Ecuador

Features

 * Mana (river), Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia
 * Mana (French Guiana), a river
 * Måna, a river in Tinn, Norway
 * Mana Island (Fiji)
 * Mana Island (New Zealand)
 * Mana Mountain, Antarctica
 * Mana Pass, a mountain pass between India and Tibet
 * Mana Peak, a mountain in India

Other uses

 * Mana (Jungian psychology), an archetypal figure of the wise old person
 * Mana Movement, formerly the Mana Party, in New Zealand
 * Mana Party (India)
 * Mana College, in Porirua, Wellington, New Zealand
 * Illam, or Mana, the house of a Nambudiri Brahmin in Kerala, India; or, metaphorically, the family lineage

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Kavita

Kavita (Hindi: कविता) is a feminine given name.

Notable people named Kavita

 * Kavita K. Barjatya (born 1977), Indian producer
 * Kavita Channe (born 1980), American sports announcer
 * Kavita Chaudhary (1956-2024), Indian actress
 * Kavita Daswani (born 1971), American-Indian writer
 * Kavita Goyat (born 1988), Indian boxer
 * Kavita Jain (born 1972), Indian politician
 * Kavita Kapoor, Indian actress
 * Kavita Kaushik (born 1981), Indian actress
 * Kavita Krishnamurthy (born 1958), Indian playback singer
 * Kavita Lad (born 1968), Indian actress
 * Kavita Radheshyam (born 1985), Indian actress
 * Kavita Ramdas (born 1962), Indian Executive Director
 * Kavita Raut (born 1985), Indian long-distance runner
 * Kavita Roy (born 1980), Indian cricketer
 * Kavita Srinivasan, Indian actress
 * Kavita Seth (born 1970), Indian singer
 * Kavita Sidhu (born 1971), Malaysian actress and former beauty queen
 * Kavitha Lankesh (born 1974), Indian director, screenwriter and lyricist
 * Kavita Oberoi (born 1970), British entrepreneur
 * Kavita Puri, British journalist, radio broadcaster and author

Fictional characters

 * Kavita Rao, from Marvel Comics universe of the X-Men.

Others

 * Kavita poetry magazine, Bengali poetry magazine.

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User talk:Gryphen

Looks like you know what you are up to, Gryphen, but just in case,

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Clinton Hill (athlete)

Clinton Hill (born 19 April 1980) is an Australian athlete. Born in Johannesburg, South Africa, his family moved to Australia in 1997. He became an Australian citizen in June 2000 and was selected for the national 400 metres team.

He competed in the 400 Metres at the 2004 Olympics, but was knocked out in the heats. However, Hill anchored the Australian team that won the silver medal in the 4 × 400 metres relay.

In 2006 the Australian relay team won the gold medal at the Commonwealth Games.

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Protein subcellular localization prediction

Protein subcellular localization prediction (or just protein localization prediction) involves the prediction of where a protein resides in a cell, its subcellular localization.

In general, prediction tools take as input information about a protein, such as a protein sequence of amino acids, and produce a predicted location within the cell as output, such as the nucleus, Endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi apparatus, extracellular space, or other organelles. The aim is to build tools that can accurately predict the outcome of protein targeting in cells.

Prediction of protein subcellular localization is an important component of bioinformatics based prediction of protein function and genome annotation, and it can aid the identification of drug targets.

Background
Experimentally determining the subcellular localization of a protein can be a laborious and time consuming task. Immunolabeling or tagging (such as with a green fluorescent protein) to view localization using fluorescence microscope are often used. A high throughput alternative is to use prediction.

Through the development of new approaches in computer science, coupled with an increased dataset of proteins of known localization, computational tools can now provide fast and accurate localization predictions for many organisms. This has resulted in subcellular localization prediction becoming one of the challenges being successfully aided by bioinformatics, and machine learning.

Many prediction methods now exceed the accuracy of some high-throughput laboratory methods for the identification of protein subcellular localization. Particularly, some predictors have been developed that can be used to deal with proteins that may simultaneously exist, or move between, two or more different subcellular locations. Experimental validation is typically required to confirm the predicted localizations.

Tools
In 1999 PSORT was the first published program to predict subcellular localization. Subsequent tools and websites have been released using techniques such as artificial neural networks, support vector machine and protein motifs. Predictors can be specialized for proteins in different organisms. Some are specialized for eukaryotic proteins, some for human proteins, and some for plant proteins. Methods for the prediction of bacterial localization predictors, and their accuracy, have been reviewed. In 2021, SCLpred-MEM, a membrane protein prediction tool powered by artificial neural networks was published. SCLpred-EMS is another tool powered by Artificial neural networks that classify proteins into endomembrane system and secretory pathway (EMS) versus all others. Similarly, Light-Attention uses machine learning methods to predict ten different common subcellular locations.

The development of protein subcellular location prediction has been summarized in two comprehensive review articles. Recent tools and an experience report can be found in a recent paper by Meinken and Min (2012).

Application
Knowledge of the subcellular localization of a protein can significantly improve target identification during the drug discovery process. For example, secreted proteins and plasma membrane proteins are easily accessible by drug molecules due to their localization in the extracellular space or on the cell surface.

Bacterial cell surface and secreted proteins are also of interest for their potential as vaccine candidates or as diagnostic targets. Aberrant subcellular localization of proteins has been observed in the cells of several diseases, such as cancer and Alzheimer's disease. Secreted proteins from some archaea that can survive in unusual environments have industrially important applications.

By using prediction a high number of proteins can be assessed in order to find candidates that are trafficked to the desired location.

Databases
The results of subcellular localization prediction can be stored in databases. Examples include the multi-species database Compartments, FunSecKB2, a fungal database; PlantSecKB, a plant database; MetazSecKB, an animal and human database; and ProtSecKB, a protist database.


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User:Yanto888

I am a 53 year old English man. I am married with 3 children and 6 grandchildren.

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Lebu

Lebu may refer to:
 * Lebu, Chile, a city and capital of the Arauco Province of the Biobio Region of Chile
 * Lebu River, located in the Arauco Province of the Biobio Region of Chile
 * LEBU, acronym for Large Eddy Break Up
 * Libu or Lebu, Egyptian term for the people of Libya
 * Lebu people, a Senegalese ethnic group
 * Prince Lee Boo (or Lebu, 1764–1784), first visitor to Britain from Palau

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Llandysul

Llandysul, also spelt Llandyssul, is a town and community in the county of Ceredigion, Wales. As a community it consists of the townships of Capel Dewi, Horeb, Pontsian, Pren-gwyn, Tregroes, Rhydowen and the town of Llandysul itself. Llandysul lies in south Ceredigion in the valley of the River Teifi and is visited for its fishing and canoeing. The community had a population of 2732, as of 2011. The village itself has a population of 1484.

Llandysul is also known as the home of Gwasg Gomer, one of the most prominent publishers of Welsh-interest and Welsh language books in Wales. The town is twinned with Plogonnec (Plogoneg) in Brittany, France.

Etymology
The name of the town in Welsh is a combination of llan "church" and the mutated saint's name Tysul to mean "the church of St Tysul".

History
Pencoedfoel is an Iron Age hillfort one mile northeast of Llandysul. An oval banked and ditched enclosure with double ramparts, about 160 metres (525') by 128 metres (420'), is defined by degraded banks and scarps on the summit of an isolated hill. Two halves of a bronze collar were found near here, possibly dating to the late 1st century BC or early 1st century AD.

The oldest building in the town is the church which dates from the 13th century. It as built on the site of the original church from the 6th century. Saint Tysul was the grandson of Ceredig ap Cunedda (hence the name Ceredigion) and a cousin of St David. Fairs and markets were established by the Kings of England and the Edwardian marcher lords who captured these lands from the native rulers between the 12th and 14th centuries. Owain Glyndŵr is associated with the town. The men of Llandysul supported him in battle in 1400 and afterwards his lands around Llandysul were confiscated by Henry IV.

In 1644, during the English Civil War, the Royalist army was defending Ceredigion against the Parliamentary army. One of the three arches of the bridge at Llandysul was pulled down by the Royalists to prevent the Parliamentarians crossing into Ceredigion. The bridge was later rebuilt with a single arch.

The Teifi Valley around Llandysul was the home of the Welsh woollen industry. Many sheep were reared locally and there were plenty of fast-flowing streams to power machinery so many woollen mills were established in the area in the 19th century. There was also a flannel shirt factory in the town at that time. The mills had nearly all been closed by the end of the 20th century as cheaper textiles became available from the Far East.

The Gomer Press (Gwasg Gomer) was founded by John David Lewis (1859–1914). He started by selling books from a corner of his father's grocery store before establishing the press in 1892. It is now a thriving printing company and the largest publishing house in Wales and moved to new premises just outside the town in 2004. It publishes titles for both adults and children, in English and in Welsh. The present managing director, Jonathan Lewis, is the great-grandson of the founder.

Economy
There is little industry in Llandysul today. The woollen mills are closed and used for other purposes; one housed a confectionery distribution business which is now defunct, and the building currently lies empty. There was a fortnightly livestock market until 2008 when the site became part of the new Llandysul bypass. Tourism draws people into West Wales but Llandysul largely misses out from this source of income as it has no specific tourist attractions.

Llandyssul was a railway station on the Newcastle Emlyn branch, opened in 1864 and closed to passengers in 1952.

Telynau Teifi Harps is a community business set up with help from Ceredigion County Council and the European Union in 2004 by harp-maker Allan Shiers. It is the only harp-making business in Wales, a country with a traditional association with the instrument. Celtic and folk harps are made here and the entire manufacturing process takes place on the site.

Llandysul Paddlers Canoe Centre was opened in October 1998. It holds courses and provides accommodation for up to 35 visitors. Canoeing brings in visitors who contribute to the local economy.

Culture and community

The Memorial Park is a recreation area in a loop of the River Teifi. There is a children's playground, a tennis club, a bowling club and sports pitches. Llandysul Cricket Club and Llandysul Football Club play here. The cricket club fields two sides in the South Wales Cricket Association (Division One and Division Six) and has a thriving youth section. The soccer club likewise fields two teams in Division One and Two of the Ceredigion League and were league champions in 2016–17 as well as winners of the Emrys Morgan Cup.

Tysul Hall was built in 1955 as a memorial to the men lost in two world wars. It can seat 400 people and events and meetings are held there.

Llandysul has a post office, two chemists, a range of other shops, a church, several chapels and a leisure centre with swimming pool. The last of four major banks in Llandysul closed in 2017.

Llandysul Angling Association owns the rights to over 30 miles of fishing on the River Teifi which is a river noted for its salmon, sea trout and trout.

Llandysul Paddlers is a nonprofit making association which works with young people from the community and across the whole of the UK. They deliver sessions on kayaking, whitewater rafting and canoeing; away from the water they deliver sessions about climbing and mountain biking and help local schools in their delivery of the DofE scheme.

The Powerhouse is a community and arts centre designed to host a variety of activities. It is housed in a historic building beside the River Teifi that originally generated power for the local community.

Llandysul and District Local History Society have an exhibition in the upstairs room of Llandysul Library.

Calon Tysul was founded in November 2017. The site is an amalgamation of two previously separate entities; Llandysul Aqua Centre and Llandysul Leisure Centre.

The site includes a 25-metre (82') × 10 metre (33') swimming pool, formerly known as Teifiside Swimming Pool. The pool was built with the help of town residents in 1975 and was later renamed Llandysul Aqua Centre following a restructure. The adjoining Llandysul Leisure Centre was built in 2003 by Ceredigion County Council. The council maintained and operated the centre from 2003 to 2017.

Following a community asset transfer in 2017, Llandysul Leisure Centre and the land beneath the swimming pool came into the ownership of the trustees of Calon Tysul. As well as the swimming pool, the building also includes a sports hall with space for four badminton courts, a multi-purpose room, fitness suite as well as wet and dry changing facilities.

A board of voluntary trustees is responsible for the governance of the centre. A wide variety of recreational and educational activities take place at the centre, such as swimming, kayaking, children's birthday parties, National Exercise Referral Scheme, fitness classes, gymnastics, badminton, table tennis, climbing, football and more. Several groups such as Llandysul Cubs and Beavers and Llandysul Crafters meet at the centre.

Elen, the mother of Owain Glyndwr, the last Welsh Prince of Wales, was celebrated in a large mural placed on the outer wall of Calon Tysul on September 18, 2023. She had been born in the area.

Education
There were two schools in the town; Ysgol Dyffryn Teifi, a bilingual comprehensive school with over 500 pupils, and Ysgol Gynradd Llandysul, a bilingual primary school. Both were closed in 2016 due to the opening of a new super school Ysgol Bro Teifi.

Llandysul Paddlers also works as an education centre delivering sessions to young people and adults and has a number of full-time trained teachers working for them.

Church
The church of St Tysul was founded by Saint Tysul, 462–554, at the meeting place of a number of tracks at a ford over the River Teifi. The present stone structure dates from the 13th century and the roof remained thatched until 1783. The ancient altar with its early Christian inscription was incorporated into the altar of the Lady Chapel. The simple nave is separated from the north and south aisles by plain square pillars. Other ancient carved stones are found in the choir vestry. One of these is the Velvor Stone, a fragment cut from the middle of an inscribed slab.

The tower houses a ring of six bells which are rung regularly.

Calan Hen ("Old New Year's Day") is an interesting custom associated with the church. It dates from 1752, when 11 days were lost in the change from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar. On the old New Year's Day, now 12 January, it was the custom for harvest workers to be given a feast. The rest of the day was spent kicking a ball about. Kickoff was halfway between the two goals, Llanwenog Church porch and Llandysul Church porch. Most of the players were drunk by this time and it was a rough affair. In 1833, the vicar of Llandysul, Reverend Enoch James, substituted a different way of celebrating Calan Hen. It was a gathering in Llandysul Church of the Sunday Schools of the churches within eight miles of Llandysul to answer catechisms, sing anthems and recite scriptures. The custom continues to this day.

Rev. Gareth Reid was appointed priest-in-charge of St Tysul's Church (and other churches in the benefice) in June 2013. Information about church activities can be found on the St Tysul's church website. In October 2014, lightning struck the church tower causing damage to the crenellations in the northeast corner, resulting in chunks of masonry falling on the roof below. The church and graveyard were fenced off for safety reasons until repairs to the church and tower could be completed. The church was reopened six months later.

Notable people

 * Saint Gelert (7th C.) a hermit who lived in a cave near the Holy Well of St Celer near Llandysul.
 * Christmas Evans (1766–1838), preacher
 * David Bevan Jones (1807 in Gellifaharen – 1863), bardic name Dewi Elfed, a Welsh Baptist minister
 * Jenkin Lloyd Jones (1843–1918), a famous American Unitarian preacher.
 * Evan James Williams (1903–45), experimental physicist on sub-atomic particles, born in Cwmsychbant, attended Llandysul school.
 * Hywel Davies OBE (1919–1965), a Welsh radio broadcaster, TV interviewer and writer.
 * Roy Evans CBE FREng (born ca.1945), a Welsh civil engineer and academic.
 * Iolo Ceredig Jones (1947-2021), a Welsh former international chess player born in Llandysul.
 * Menna Elfyn FRSL FLSW (born 1952), poet, playwright, columnist and editor; lives in Llandysul.
 * Sioned James (1974–2016), a Welsh musician and conductor, founded a successful Cardiff-based choir
 * Fflur Dafydd (born 1978), a Welsh novelist, singer-songwriter and musician.

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Wombwell railway station

Wombwell railway station is a railway station serving the town of Wombwell in South Yorkshire, England. The station is 12 mi north of Sheffield on the Hallam and Penistone Lines. The station was opened by the Midland Railway on 1 July 1897, and between 25 September 1950 and 20 February 1969 was known as Wombwell West to distinguish it from Wombwell's other railway station, Wombwell Central, which closed in 1959.

CCTV was recently installed for the purposes of crime prevention. Other recent improvements to the station include new signage, lighting, and, for the first time, installation of passenger information display screens to provide real-time service information.

The station car park was extended in 2009 to give a total of 74 spaces for rail users.

Facilities
The only permanent buildings remaining at the station (which is unmanned) are standard waiting shelters on each platform. Tickets can be bought in advance or at the self-service ticket machine. The aforementioned CIS displays provide train running information, along with timetable poster boards. There is step-free access to both platforms via ramps from the road above.

Services
Services currently run twice per hour Monday to Saturdays to Sheffield (hourly Sundays) and hourly to Huddersfield on the Penistone Line and Leeds via Wakefield Kirkgate and Castleford on the Hallam Line respectively (two-hourly Sundays). One early morning northbound departure terminates at Barnsley and the last of the day at Wakefield Kirkgate.

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Cicatrix

Cicatrix is a genus of wasp found in Australia. It was erected in 2011 following a revision of Mikeius.

Species within Cicatrix:
 * Cicatrix pilosiscutum (Girault, 1929)
 * Cicatrix neumanoides Paretas-Martínez & Restrepo-Ortiz, 2011
 * Cicatrix schauffi (Girault, 1929)

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Talk:Animal Magic (TV series)

Gemini the sealion
Am I going completely mad, or do I remember Nutkins having some kind of baby seal or sealion at one stage? It was called Gemini and after some dispute about how to pronounce the name, they even released a song about it with a refrain about, "Geminee, Geminai". I can find nothing on the web about this, but I'm sure that he looked after it as it grew, and they'd send the cameras up to--hmm, west Scotland, perhaps--to follow its progress. And then I think it was released? This is all a bit murky in my head and I can find nothing written down to confirm this, so I daren't put it into the article as fact. But does this ring bells with anyone else? Telsa 16:47, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Very, very vague bells. I'm 32, so was only 8 when AM was discontinued. But the "Geminee, Geminai" thing does ring something of a bell. 86.143.48.9 01:59, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

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Chris Isaak (album)

Chris Isaak is the second album by Chris Isaak, released in 1987. After the poor commercial success of his debut, Isaak honed his style to a sophisticated R&B for his follow-up. It was the first album to feature his entire backing band, composed of guitarist James Calvin Wilsey, bassist Rowland Salley and drummer Kenny Dale Johnson.

The song "Blue Hotel" was a hit in France, and in the U.K. after being re-released in 1991 making the Top 20.

Track listing
All tracks composed by Chris Isaak; except where indicated

 * 1) "You Owe Me Some Kind of Love" – 3:51
 * 2) "Heart Full of Soul" (Graham Gouldman) – 3:20
 * 3) "Blue Hotel" – 3:10
 * 4) "Lie to Me" – 4:12
 * 5) "Fade Away" – 4:15
 * 6) "Wild Love" – 2:57
 * 7) "This Love Will Last" – 2:45
 * 8) "You Took My Heart" – 2:31
 * 9) "Cryin'" – 2:30
 * 10) "Lovers Game" – 2:55
 * 11) "Waiting for the Rain to Fall" – 3:39

Personnel
Adapted from album liner notes
 * Chris Isaak - guitar, vocals
 * James Calvin Wilsey - lead guitar
 * Kenney Dale Johnson - drums, vocals
 * Rowland Salley - bass
 * Prairie Prince - drums
 * Chris Solberg - bass
 * John Robinson - drums
 * Pat Craig - keyboards
 * Technical
 * Dave Carlson - recording engineer
 * Kim Champagne - art direction, design
 * Pamela Gentile - photography
 * Aaron Gregory - crew
 * Jeri McManus Heiden - art direction, design
 * Lee Herschberg - mixing
 * Erik Jacobsen - producer
 * Tom Mallon - recording engineer
 * Tim Ryan - crew tour manager
 * Bruce Weber - front cover photography
 * Mike Zagaris - photography

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Al Dhafra Air Base

Al Dhafra Air Base (قاعدة الظفرة الجوية) is a military installation in the United Arab Emirates. The base is located approximately 20 mi south of Abu Dhabi, and is operated by the United Arab Emirates Air Force.

Facilities
The airport sits at an elevation of 77 ft above mean sea level. It has two runways, 13L/31R and 13R/31L, each with an asphalt surface measuring 3661 x.

United Arab Emirates Air Force
The air base is the headquarters of the Western Air Command of the United Arab Emirates Air Force. It hosts the UAE Air Force Fighter Wing, comprising the 1st Shaheen Squadron, 2nd Shaheen Squadron, and 3rd Shaheen Squadron which is equipped with the Lockheed Martin F-16E/F Desert Falcon). The base is also home to the 71st and 76th Fighter Squadrons which operate the Dassault Mirage 2000-9EAD/DAD.

United States
Al Dhafra hosts the United States Air Force's 380th Air Expeditionary Wing (380 AEW), established at the base on 25 January 2002. The 380 AEW's mission is to carry out combat operations to provide high-altitude all-weather intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, airborne command and control and aerial refueling for military operations against ISIL/ISIS (referred to by the US military as Operation Inherent Resolve) and previously, NATO-led operations in Afghanistan (Operation Resolute Support). The wing is known to have operated the F-15C Eagle, F-15E Strike Eagle, F-22A Raptor, KC-10A Extender, E-3 Sentry (AWACS) U-2S Dragon Lady and EQ-4 and RQ-4 Global Hawk. The first USAF F-35 Lightning II deployed to the Middle East was deployed to Al Dhafra Air Base in April 2019.

While the US military presence at the base dates back to the early 1990s, it was only officially acknowledged by the US Air Force in August 2017.

As of 2020, contractor activity at Al Dhafra on behalf of the US military includes work done by Abacus Technology Corp. information technology, Centurum information technology, in addition to various construction projects.

France
On 1 September 2008, the French Air Force opened its own military settlement in the northwest corner of the base, operating Dassault Mirage 2000-5Fs.

With military operations against ISIL/ISIS, the French also deployed Breguet Atlantique II maritime patrol aircraft as part of Opération Chammal.

Based units
Notable units based at Al Dhafra Air Base.

United Arab Emirates Air Force
Western Air Command

 * Fighter Wing
 * 71 Squadron – Mirage 2000-9EAD/9DAD
 * 76 Squadron – Mirage 2000-9EAD/9DAD
 * 1st Shaheen Squadron – F-16E/F Desert Falcon
 * 2nd Shaheen Squadron – F-16E/F Desert Falcon
 * 3rd Shaheen Squadron – F-16E/F Desert Falcon

French Air and Space Force
(Al Dhafra 'Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Pijeaud' Air Base)
 * Escadron de Chasse 1/7 Provence with the Dassault Rafale from June 2016
 * Previously:
 * Escadron de Chasse 1/2 Cigognes with the Dassault Mirage 2000-5F (2008-2010)
 * Escadron de Chasse 3/30 Lorraine with the Rafale (2010-2016)

United States Air Force
Air Combat Command

 * US Air Forces Central Command
 * Air Forces Central Air Warfare Center
 * 380th Air Expeditionary Wing
 * 380th Expeditionary Operations Group
 * Various Expeditionary Fighter Squadrons – F-15C Eagle, F-15E Strike Eagle, F-22 Raptor, F-35A Lightning II
 * 99th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron – U-2 Dragon Lady
 * 380th Expeditionary Operations Support Squadron
 * 908th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron – KC-10A Extender
 * 968th Expeditionary Airborne Air Control Squadron – E-3 Sentry
 * 380th Air Expeditionary Maintenance Group
 * 380th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron
 * 380th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron
 * 380th Expeditionary Munitions Squadron
 * 380th Air Expeditionary Mission Support Group
 * 380th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron
 * 380th Expeditionary Communications Squadron
 * 380th Expeditionary Contracting Squadron
 * 380th Expeditionary Force Support Squadron
 * 380th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron
 * 380th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron
 * 380th Air Expeditionary Medical Squadron
 * 1st Expeditionary Civil Engineer Group
 * 577th Expeditionary Prime BEEF Squadron
 * 557th Expeditionary RED HORSE Squadron

The 380th AEW is also known to operate the EQ-4B and RQ-4B Global Hawk.

United States Army
US Army Forces Command

 * 32nd Army Air and Missile Defense Command
 * 11th Air Defense Artillery Brigade
 * 43rd Air Defense Artillery Regiment
 * 1st Battalion – MIM-104 Patriot

Attacks against the base
On 24 January 2022, Al Dhafra Air Base was targeted by Houthi Zulfiqar ballistic missiles in retaliation for UAE involvement in the ongoing Yemeni Civil War. Two missiles aimed at the base were intercepted and destroyed by US Patriot missiles, coincident to efforts by the United Arab Emirates Armed Forces.

Residential area
There is a residential area where Emiratis working at the base live, along with their dependents. There is a grocery store, laundromat, barbershop, and restaurant. Due to the construction of a railway, many houses were demolished, causing a forced displacement.

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Wistar Institute

The Wistar Institute is an independent, nonprofit research institution in biomedical science with special focuses in oncology, immunology, infectious disease, and vaccine research. Located on Spruce Street in the University City section of Philadelphia, Wistar was founded in 1892 as a nonprofit institution to focus on biomedical research and training.

Since 1972, Wistar has been a National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated cancer center, and in that time, the Institute has established itself as a well-regarded research nonprofit. The NCI gave Wistar the highest cancer center rating of “exceptional” in two consecutive cancer center grant renewals in 2013 and 2018. Additionally, the Institute was ranked in 2024 in the 1st percentile for Innovation by the SCImago Institution Ranking (SIR) and third in US Research Institutions by Heartland Forward.

Cancer Research
The Wistar Institute Cancer Center researches prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cancer. The center is organized in three research programs:

 * The Gene Expression and Regulation Program, focusing on cancer genomics and epigenetics.
 * The Immunology, Microenvironment and Metastasis Program, focusing on the roles of the tumor microenvironment and the immune system in tumor progression and therapy response.
 * The Molecular and Cellular Oncogenesis Program, focusing on cancer signaling networks to improve cancer diagnosis and therapy.

Wistar also maintains one of the largest melanoma research programs in the U.S. outside the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The Institute’s significant cancer research findings include the identification of genetic alterations linked to the development of blood cancer; development of the monoclonal antibody technology and its development for clinical use; discovery of molecular markers for non-invasive diagnostic tests for lung cancer and cutaneous T-cell lymphoma; and the establishment of a Wistar melanoma cell line repository.

Immunology and Vaccine Development
The Wistar Vaccine & Immunotherapy Center researches next-generation DNA-based technologies for prevention of infectious diseases — both viral and microbial — and for cancer immunotherapy.

The Institute’s NIH-funded HIV-1 research program leads a consortium of several HIV investigators nationwide who develop and test combinations of novel immunotherapies in clinical trials.

Wistar’s vaccine and immune research has resulted in the development of several significant vaccines:

 * Rubella Vaccine: A vaccine for rubella was developed in 1969 at Wistar and has been administered in the U.S. as part of the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) combination vaccine since the 1970s. The rubella vaccination campaign resulted in the disease’s eradication in the US by 2004.
 * Rabies Vaccines: Wistar researchers developed a human rabies vaccine in the 1970s and a rabies vaccine for wildlife in the 1990s; both vaccines have decreased the incidence of rabies infection in humans and wildlife, respectively.
 * Rotavirus Vaccine: Wistar scientists co-created a rotavirus vaccine that was licensed by the Food and Drug Administration in 2016. The vaccine is routinely administered in the U.S. and around the world to prevent diarrheal disease in children.
 * Powassan Vaccine Candidate: Wistar created a vaccine candidate against Powassan virus.

Education and training
The Institute offers several programs for education and training, including a postdoctoral program; joint graduate programs with select partnering institutions; student apprenticeships in biomedical research technician work; high school fellowships in biomedical research; and the Biomedical Technician Training Program, a joint venture between Wistar and the Community College of Philadelphia that trains community college students for work as research assistants and technicians.

Beginnings
The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology was named for Dr. Caspar Wistar (1761-1818), a prominent Philadelphia physician and chair of the anatomy department at the University of Pennsylvania. He wrote and published the first American textbook on anatomy—A System of Anatomy: Volume 1 (1811), Volume 2 (1814).

To augment his medical lectures and illustrate comparative anatomy, Dr. Wistar began collecting dried, wax-injected, preserved human specimens. Two years prior to his death in 1818, he gave the collection to Dr. William Edmonds Horner, another Philadelphia physician. Dr. Horner expanded the collection, which became known as the Wistar and Horner Museum.

The collection was further expanded by its next curator, Dr. Joseph Leidy, who added animal specimens, fossils and anthropological samples. By the late 1880s, the collection was beginning to show signs of neglect and wear, a problem compounded by a fire in Logan Hall, the University of Pennsylvania building that housed the museum. The Wistar Institute contains the remaining twenty-two brains of eminent physicians and scientists collected by the American Anthropometric Society.

Isaac Jones Wistar
Dr. Wistar's great-nephew, Isaac Jones Wistar (1827-1905) — a prominent Philadelphia lawyer, Civil War brigadier general, and vice president of the Pennsylvania Railroad — founded The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology in 1892. Approached by the University of Pennsylvania about donating to preserve the Wistar and Horner Museum, Gen. Wistar instead decided to fund a new building. His vision soon expanded to create the Wistar Institute, which would sponsor and publish new medical research and "any other work for the increase of original scientific knowledge."

A plot of land was secured, and Wistar hired architects George W. and William G. Hewitt to design the museum/laboratory. The building was dedicated on May 21, 1894. Dr. Horace Jayne served as its director from January 1894 to December 1903.

A bronze bust of Gen. Wistar by sculptor Samuel Murray is exhibited in the Institute's museum. The Institute's original building is a National Register of Historic Places contributing property in the University of Pennsylvania Campus Historic District, and the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission recognized the Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology with a state historic marker in 2007.

20th century
At the beginning of the 20th century, The Wistar Institute began to pursue new biomedical research, particularly experimental and investigative biology, under the leadership of Milton Greenman, M.D., and Henry Donaldson, Ph.D.

Between 1908 and 1910, Wistar scientist Helen Dean King, Ph.D., developed and bred the Wistar rat, the first standardized laboratory animal model from which more than half of all laboratory rats today are thought to be descended. The Institute also began publishing scientific journals under the Wistar Press. Between 1905 and 1925, Wistar scientists published 227 original scientific papers, and by 1925, the Institute had solidified its reputation as a center of American biology.

The modern era of Wistar began under the leadership of virologist and immunologist Hilary Koprowski, M.D., who served as director from 1957 to 1991. During his tenure, the Institute established its respected vaccine and cancer research programs. Wistar’s significant advancements from this period include the creation of the WI-38 cell line by Leonard Hayflick, Ph.D., and Paul S. Moorhead, Ph.D.; their cell line was used to develop several vaccines both at the Institute and in laboratories around the world.

By the 1970s, Wistar was devoting major effort and financial resources to cancer research, and in 1972, the National Cancer Institute designated Wistar an official NCI Cancer Center in basic research. A new cancer research building and a vivarium were erected in 1975.

Wistar continued its research as an official NCI Cancer Center after receiving its designation; in the 1980s, Institute scientists were among the first to develop antiviral and antitumor monoclonal antibodies that have been widely used as tools for basic research and to develop therapies against cancer and immune diseases.

21st century
The Robert and Penny Fox Research Tower, the newest major addition to the Wistar research facility, was completed in 2014. The expansion added nearly 90,000 square feet of modern laboratory space to the Institute with a more collaborative lab design. As of 2023, the Wistar Institute employs 31 Principal Investigators and receives over $25 million in NIH funding.

Notable members

 * Dario Altieri, M.D.: an expert in cancer research who characterized the survivin gene and its role in cancer. Since 2010, he has served as the Director of Wistar’s Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center. He was named President and CEO of Wistar in 2015, an office he still executes at the time of this writing.
 * H. Fred Clark, D.V.M., Ph.D.: a veterinarian and vaccine expert and worked at Wistar from 1968 to 1992. He was one of the scientists who developed the rotavirus vaccine.
 * Carlo M. Croce, M.D.: an oncologist noted for his research on the genetic mechanisms of cancer. During his time at Wistar from 1970 to 1988, he cloned and characterized the B-Cell lymphoma (BCL2) gene and identified chromosomal translocations involved in blood cancer
 * Peter C. Doherty, Ph.D.: a veterinary surgeon and researcher in the field of medicine, he worked at the Institute from 1975 to 1982 and is currently an emeritus member of the Institute's Board of Trustees. Doherty received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly with Rolf M. Zinkernagel in 1996.
 * Leonard Hayflick, Ph.D.: a biologist and aging expert who worked at Wistar from 1958 to 1968. He discovered that normal human cells divide a limited number of times in vitro, a phenomenon known as the Hayflick limit. The WI-38 cell strain he developed at the Institute with Paul S. Moorhead, Ph.D., became the substrate for the production of many human virus vaccines.
 * Helen Dean King, Ph.D.: a biologist and the first woman research professor at Wistar and one of the first in the U.S. A faculty member from 1909 to 1950, Dr. King researched the genetics of inbreeding and sex determination. She was instrumental in creating and breeding the Wistar rat, the first standardized laboratory animal model.
 * Hilary Koprowski, M.D.: a virologist, immunologist and inventor of the world's first effective live polio vaccine. He served as director of the institute from 1957 to 1991 and obtained international recognition for Wistar’s vaccine development and cancer research. He held the title of Professor Laureate at Wistar and served on its Board of Trustees.
 * David Kritchevsky, Ph.D.: a biochemist and expert in human nutrition who worked at Wistar for five decades starting in 1957. He generated a vast amount of scientific knowledge on the role of lipids in atherosclerosis and authored the influential textbook Cholesterol, which explores the biologic functions of cholesterol in great detail.
 * Gerd Maul, Ph.D., a scientist and electron microscopy expert. He discovered the nuclear dots, structures within the nucleus of mammalian cells that become abundant in response to stress. He worked at Wistar from 1973 to his death in 2010.
 * Ruth Patrick, Ph.D.: a botanist and water environment researcher specializing in diatoms and freshwater ecology who developed ways to measure the health of freshwater ecosystems and established several research facilities. Dr. Patrick served on Wistar's Board of Trustees from 1975 to 2008 and remained an emeritus member until her death.
 * Stanley Plotkin, M.D.: a physician who played a pivotal role in discovering a vaccine against the rubella virus in the 1960s while working at Wistar. Plotkin was a member of Wistar's active research faculty from 1960 to 1991.
 * Giorgio Trinchieri, M.D.: an immunologist who worked at Wistar from 1979 to 1999 and served as the Immunology Program chairman; while at the Institute, he discovered the cytokine Interleukin-12 (IL-12). He is currently the chief of the NCI Laboratory of Integrative Cancer Immunology.
 * Tadeusz J. Wiktor, D.V.M.: a veterinarian and rabies expert. He was part of Wistar's faculty from 1961 until his death in 1986 and served as the head of the Institute's rabies unit; while at Wistar, he helped develop the human vaccine against rabies.

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Gilão River

The Gilão is a river in southern Portugal. It is approachable from the Atlantic Ocean, where it enters at the town of Tavira in the Algarve, 35 km east of Faro. The river Gilão changes its name to Rio Séqua at the ancient bridge named Ponte Romana in the centre of Tavira. The river's source is located in the Serra do Caldeirão mountains of the central Algarve, at the confluence of the Asseca, Zimbral and Alportel rivers, the latter rising north of São Brás de Alportel. From here it flows in a southeasterly direction and passes through the Ria Formosa national park south of Tavira, eventually meeting the Atlantic Ocean between the barrier islands of Tavira and Cabanas.

The channel is clear, but a bit meandering. There is a large tide swing of about 9 ft feet. There are extensive mariculture clam beds and salt pans near the sea. The name Gilão comes from Gil with doubtful origin but it sounds like the Old Norse word gill meaning stream.

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Mike Deodato

Deodato Taumaturgo Borges Filho, better known by his pen name Mike Deodato (born May 23, 1963), is a Brazilian comic book artist.

Early life
Mike Deodato was born on May 23, 1963, in Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil. He is the son of comic artist Deodato Borges.

Career
One of Deodato's first works was a 1993 photo-realistic comic book adaptation of the television series Beauty and the Beast published by Innovation Publishing. Deodato became famous in the North American comic book industry for his work with writer William Messner-Loebs on Wonder Woman, during which he co-created the character Artemis of Bana-Mighdall. After his Wonder Woman project, he became the penciller of Thor, where he worked firstly with writer Warren Ellis and then again with writer William Messner-Loebs. Later he drew Glory for Rob Liefeld's Extreme Studios at Image Comics and Maximum Press.

While his style in the mid-1990s was highly reminiscent of Jim Lee, he has recently changed to a more simplified, photo-realistic and sometimes moody style. His first work with this new artistic identity was The Incredible Hulk, written by Bruce Jones. Since then, he has worked on the Doctor Strange spin-off Witches and became the regular penciller of The Amazing Spider-Man and The New Avengers. Deodato then took over as regular penciller for the Marvel title Thunderbolts with issue 110, once again collaborating with Warren Ellis. Deodato then became the regular artist for the Dark Avengers ongoing series which came out of the conclusion of Secret Invasion. With writer Ed Brubaker, he launched the ongoing series Secret Avengers in May 2010, before returning to New Avengers.

In 2012 he became the penciller of The Avengers and The New Avengers. Deodato worked with Jason Aaron on the eight-issue flagship comic of Marvel's 2014 crossover storyline, Original Sin. In 2017 Deodato drew the Astonishing X-Men ongoing series with writer Charles Soule. He drew the Infinity Wars limited series in 2018 with writer Gerry Duggan.

In March 2019 Deodato announced that he would leave Marvel after his upcoming run on Savage Avengers. Following the expiration of his Marvel contract, he worked with DC to create a Batman-centric Comic-Con Experience 2019 poster. The poster, colored by Marcelo Maiolo, will honor Batman's 80th anniversary.

In March 2020 Deodato and writer J. Michael Straczynski started the series The Resistance. The series were one of four inaugural releases comprising a new shared universe within the publisher's Upshot imprint.

Dark Horse Comics

 * Lady Death vs. Vampirella
 * Star Wars Tales 7
 * Xena #9–14

DC Comics

 * Batgirl Annual #1 (2000)
 * Batman #570 (1999)
 * Batman 80-Page Giant #3 (among other artists) (2000)
 * Batman: Shadow of the Bat #87 (1999)
 * Detective Comics #736 (1999)
 * Legends of the DC Universe (Wonder Woman) #4–5 (1998)
 * Wonder Woman vol. 2 #0, 85, 90–100 (1994–1995)

Image Comics

 * Glory #1–10 (among other artists) (1995–1996)
 * Jade Warriors #1–3 (1999–2000)
 * WildC.A.T.s #47 (along with Ed Benes) (1998)

Marvel Comics

 * Amazing Spider-Man (Spider-Man) #509–528; (Harry Osborn) #546 (2004–2008)
 * Astonishing X-Men vol. 4 #2 (2017)
 * Avengers #380–382, 384–385, 387–388, 390–391, 393–395, 397–402 (1994–1996)
 * Avengers vol. 4 #34 (2013)
 * Avengers vol. 5 #9–13, 24, 37, 39, 41 (2013–2015)
 * Avengers: The Crossing (1995)
 * BrooklyKnight #1 (2012)
 * Captain America #616–617 (among other artists) (2011)
 * Dark Avengers #1–6, 9–16 (2009–2010)
 * Dark Avengers/Uncanny X-Men: Exodus (along with Terry Dodson) (2009)
 * Dream Police (2005)
 * Elektra #1–19 (1996–1998); #-1 (1997, Flashback issue)
 * Guardians of Knowhere #1–4 (2015)
 * Incredible Hulk vol. 1 #447–453 (1996–1997)
 * Incredible Hulk: Hercules Unleashed (1996)
 * Incredible Hulk vol. 2 #50–54, 60–65, 70–72 (2003–2004)
 * The Invincible Iron Man vol. 3 #6–14 (2016)
 * Infinity Countdown #1–5 (2018)
 * Infinity Countdown Prime #1 (2018)
 * Infinity Wars #1–6 (2018)
 * Infinity Wars Prime  #1 (2018)
 * Journey into Mystery #503–506, 508–511, #-1 (1996–1997)
 * Moon Knight vol. 5 #20 (2008)
 * New Avengers #17–20 (2006)
 * New Avengers vol. 2 #9–30, 34 (2010–2012)
 * New Avengers vol. 3 #7–12, 28, 32–33 (2013–2015)
 * New Avengers Finale (among other artists) (2010)
 * Old Man Logan #25–33 (2017)
 * Original Sin #1–8 (2014)
 * Punisher War Journal vol. 2 #4 (2007)
 * Savage Avengers #1–5 (2019)
 * Secret Avengers #1–4, 6–10, 12 (2010–2011)
 * Spider-Man Unlimited #21–22 (1998)
 * Star Wars vol. 2 #13–14 (2015)
 * Star Wars: Vader Down #1 (2015)
 * Thanos vol. 2 #1–6 (2016–2017)
 * Thor vol. 1 #491-494, 496, 498–502 (1995-1996)
 * Thor: The Legend #1 (1996)
 * Thunderbolts #110–121 (2007–2008)
 * Thunderbolts Prelude (1997, reprints team's first appearance in Incredible Hulk vol. 2, #449)
 * Tigra #1–4 (2002)
 * Ultimates Annual #2 (2006)
 * Witches #1–4 (2004)
 * Wolverine vol. 2 Annual #2 (2008)
 * Wolverine: Origins #28–30 (2008–2009)
 * X-Men: Legacy #212 (along with Scot Eaton) (2008)
 * X-Men: Original Sin one-shot (2008)
 * X-Men Unlimited #32 (2001)
 * X.S.E., miniseries, #1–4 (1996–1997)

Other publishers

 * Beauty and the Beast (Innovation)
 * The Cartoon Art of Mike Deodato, Jr. Dec 2013 (Red Giant Entertainment)
 * Death Kiss (Maximum Press)
 * Lady Death #5–8 (Chaos!)
 * Lady Death vs. Vampirella: Uncommon Ground (Chaos!)
 * Lost in Space (Innovation)
 * Mack Bolan: The Executioner (Innovation)
 * Mike Deodato's Comics & Stories Summer 2014 (Red Giant Entertainment)
 * Mike Deodato's Jade Warriors 2014 (Red Giant Entertainment)
 * Mike Deodato Jr's Sketchbook (2014) (Red Giant Entertainment)
 * Purgatori (Chaos!)
 * Quantum Leap (Innovation)
 * Samuree vol. 2 #3 (Continuity)
 * Turok (Valiant)

Covers work

 * A+X #1 (Variant Cover Only Marvel 2012)
 * Astonishing X-Men #8 (Marvel, 2017–)
 * Darth Vader Annual #2 (Marvel, 2017–)
 * Marvel Legacy #1 (Variant Cover Only Marvel 2016)
 * She-Hulk (vol. 2) #22-24, #27-36 (2007-2008)
 * Prowler #10 (2016)

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Kazuo

Kazuo (カズオ, かずお) is a masculine Japanese given name.

Possible spellings
It has several written forms, and the meaning depends on the characters used (usually kanji, but sometimes hiragana). Common forms include:
 * 一雄: first son, first in leadership/excellence
 * 一夫: first son
 * 一男: first man/male
 * 和夫: harmonious/peaceful man
 * 和男: harmonious/peaceful man
 * かずお (hiragana)
 * カズオ (katakana)

People with the name

 * Kazuo Abe (阿部 一男), Japanese sport wrestler
 * Kazuo Aichi (愛知 和男), Japanese politician
 * Kazuo Aoki (青木 一男), Japanese government minister during the Second Sino-Japanese War, and into World War II
 * Kazuo Azuma (東 和男), Japanese shogi player
 * Kazuo Chiba (千葉 和雄), Japanese aikido teacher
 * Kazuo Dan (檀 一雄), Japanese novelist and poet
 * Kazuo Endo, Kobe earthquake survivor
 * Fukumoto Kazuo (福本 和夫), Japanese Marxist
 * Kazuo Funaki (舟木 一夫), Japanese Enka singer
 * Kazuo Hara (原 一男), Japanese documentary film director
 * Kazuo Harada (原田 一男), anime producer, audio director, and sound effects director
 * Kazuo Hasegawa (長谷川 一夫), Japanese film and stage actor
 * Kazuo Hashimoto (橋本 和芙), late Japanese inventor of Caller ID and the telephone answering machine, including the ansafone
 * Kazuo Hatoyama (鳩山 和夫), patriarchal head of the prominent Japanese Hatoyama political family
 * Kazuo Hayashi (林 一夫), Japanese actor and voice actor
 * Kazuo Hirai (平井 一夫), President/CEO of Sony Computer
 * Kazuo Hiramatsu (平松 一夫), accounting scholar, president of Kwansei Gakuin University
 * Kazuo Hirotomo (弘友 和夫), Japanese politician
 * Hirotsu Kazuo (広津 和郎), Japanese novelist and literary critic active in the Shōwa period of Japan
 * Kazuo Ichinohe (一戸 和男), Japanese voice actor (stage name Shin Aomori (青森 伸))
 * Kazuo Igarashi (五十嵐 和男), Japanese aikidoka
 * Kazuo Ikehiro (池広 一夫), Japanese film director
 * Kazuo Inamori (稲盛 和夫), Japanese businessman
 * Kazuo Inoue (井上 和郎), Japanese cyclist
 * Kazuo Ishiguro (石黒一雄, born 1954), British author
 * Kazuo Iwama, multiple people
 * Kazuo Kadonaga (角永 和夫), contemporary Japanese sculptor
 * Kazuo Kamimura (上村 一夫), Japanese manga artist
 * Kazuo Kanayama (金山 和雄), Japanese golfer
 * Kazuo Kawai (川井 一男), Japanese table tennis player
 * Kazuo Kimura (木村 一夫), Japanese high jumper
 * Kazuo Kitagawa (北側 一雄), Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in the Japanese Cabinet of Junichiro Koizumi
 * Kazuo Kitamura (北村 和夫), Japanese actor
 * Kazuo Kobayashi (小林 一男), Japanese diver
 * Kazuo Koike (小池 一夫), manga artist
 * Komizu Kazuo (小水 一男), Japanese film director
 * Kazuo Kubokawa (窪川 一雄), Japanese astronomer
 * Kazuo Kumakura (熊倉 一雄), Japanese actor, voice actor and theatre director
 * Kazuo Kuroki (黒木 和雄), Japanese film director
 * Kazuo Manabe (真部 一男), Japanese shogi player
 * Kazuo Matsuda (松田 一夫), Japanese ice hockey player
 * Kazuo Matsui (松井稼頭央), Japanese baseball player
 * Kazuo Misaki (三崎 和雄), Japanese professional mixed martial arts fighter and former judoka
 * Kazuo Miyagawa (宮川 一夫), Japanese cinematographer
 * Kazuo Mizutani (水谷 一生), Chief of Staff of Japanese Imperial Guard during the close of World War II
 * Kazuo Mori (森 一生), Japanese film director
 * Kazuo Nagano (永野 一男), Japanese fraudster
 * Kazuo Nakamura (1926–2002), Japanese-Canadian painter and sculptor
 * Kazuo Nakamura (basketball) (中村 和雄), Japanese basketball coach
 * Kazuo Nakanishi (中西 一男), briefly the leader of the Yamaguchi-gumi yakuza syndicate in the chaotic years of the Yama-Ichi War
 * Kazuo Nishii (西井 一夫), Japanese magazine editor and photography critic
 * Kazuo Noda (野田 一雄), Japanese swimmer
 * Kazuo Oga (男鹿 和雄), Japanese art director
 * Kazuo Ohno (大野 一雄), Japanese dancer associated with Butoh
 * Kazuo Oka (岡 和男), Japanese voice actor
 * Kazuo Okada (岡田 和生), Japanese billionaire businessman, and art collector
 * Kazuo Okamatsu (岡松 和夫), Japanese philologist and novelist
 * Kazuo Okamura (岡村 一夫), Japanese-American professional wrestler
 * Kazuo Ozaki (尾崎 加寿夫), Japanese footballer
 * Kazuo Saito (斉藤 和夫), Japanese footballer and manager
 * Kazuo Saito (athlete) (斎藤 和夫), Japanese racewalker
 * Kazuo Sakamaki (酒巻和男), first prisoner of war held by the US in World War II
 * Kazuo Sakurada (桜田 一男), known as Mr. Sakurada, retired Japanese professional wrestler
 * Kazuo Sato (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Kazuo Shii (志位 和夫), Japanese politician
 * Kazuo Shimizu (清水 和男), Japanese footballer
 * Kazuo Shimizu (wrestler) (清水 一夫), Japanese sport wrestler
 * Kazuo Shinohara (篠原 一男), Japanese architect
 * Kazuo Shiraga (白髪 一雄), Japanese abstract painter
 * Kazuo Sugimoto (杉本 和陽), Japanese shogi player
 * Kazuo Takahashi (高橋 和生), Japanese mixed martial artist
 * Kazuo Taoka (田岡 一雄), Godfather of the Yamaguchi-gumi yakuza syndicate
 * Kazuo Tokumitsu (徳光 和夫), Japanese TV presenter and announcer
 * Kazuo Tsukuda (佃 和夫), chairman of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
 * Kazuo Umezu (楳図 かずお), horror manga author
 * Kazuo Wada (和田 一夫), Japanese businessman
 * Kazuo Yamada (山田 一雄), Japanese conductor
 * Kazuo Yamaguchi (山口 一男), Japanese sociologist
 * Kazuo Chaed, Film Director

Fictional characters

 * Kazuo Tengan, the antagonist of Danganronpa
 * Kazuo Nakano, character in Yudetamago's manga series Kinnikuman
 * Kazuo Saki, brother of the Shredder from the 1987–1996 animated TV series, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
 * Kazuo Uzuki, fictional baseball player that Topps created as an April Fools' Day hoax
 * Kazuo Kiriyama, the primary antagonist of Battle Royale
 * Kazuo Makunoichi, fictional character in Hajime no Ippo

Video games

 * Kazuo or Go! Sudoku, is the name for the Japanese release of the PlayStation Portable puzzle game
 * Kazuo Sawa is the name of a video game composer. Notable works include the soundtracks for The Battle of Olympus and Rivercity Ransom
 * Kazuo Akuji is the leader of the Ronin in the Saints Row 2
 * Kazuo Hoshiro is the leader of the Investigation Team of Sweet Home (video game)

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User:Ertyqway

Ertyqway is also known as (AKA): Kenshi on LiveJournal...

...is an architect and real estate developer, as well as a published poet and philosopher specializing in epistemology and aesthetics.

...lives in seattle, washington, united states of america.

...is the primary author on or has contributed heavily to:

Primary Author
 * real estate development
 * capitalization rate
 * discounted cash flow
 * real estate investing

Contributor
 * zoning
 * creativity (I'm in the process of drafting an entire re-write of this article, but some of the changes have already been posted by another user)
 * mezzanine loan

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Azuli Records

Azuli Records was a British independent record label, focusing mainly on house music and other forms of electronic dance music. The label was founded by DJ Dave Piccioni in London, England in 1991 but went into liquidation in April 2009. Some of its back catalogue was sold to Phoenix Music International Ltd. The label was re-launched by Piccioni and administered by Defected Records. In 2012, the label was sold to Defected Records.

Releases included the Choice series.

History
The Azuli Records label was the UK's longest-running house label, releasing a total of 278 singles on Azuli Label and over 60 albums.Dave Piccioni, a DJ who had lived in New York's formative house community, began by selling 12" singles from the back of a van.

In 1990, Piccioni took over Black Market Records shop in London, and in 1991 he started Azuli Records. "At the time there was a lot of house coming out in London from the acid scene but also a lot of stuff that was more American sounding which we wanted to put out."

- David Piccioni

Azuli's debut release was Chocolate Fudge's "In A Fantasy". By the mid-1990s, the label began to have UK chart crossover hits. "After about seven or eight releases we had already gained a lot of credibility, but we weren't actually selling that many records. We were on a honeymoon period where all the magazines were talking about us but it didn't really reflect on sales."

- David Piccioni

In 1998, Azuli released the hit single "Needin' U" by David Morales, followed by other hits including Eclipse's "Makes Me Love You" (1999) and Afro Medusa's "Pasilda" (2000), the latter of which reached number 31 in the UK Singles Chart in October 2000. The label has since released over 200 singles and a number of compilations albums by Frankie Knuckles, Joey Negro, François K and Danny Tenaglia.

Azuli have also released a number of DJ mix album and compilation album series':

The Choice compilation series are retrospective albums, wherein all tracks are selected by renowned DJs. DJ's include Danny Tenaglia, Tony Humphries, François K and Derrick L. Carter, X-Press 2, Jeff Mills and John Digweed.

The label also releases annual compilation CD entitled Miami, Space: Ibiza and Made in Italy.

Finally, the Club Azuli project was a compilation series featuring current dancefloor hits, in both mixed and unmixed versions. Club Azuli is also the title of Azuli's event program which, for the past two years, has been visiting the finest clubs across the globe.

Choice Series

 * Derrick L. Carter 2 x CD Album
 * Roger Sanchez (Unmixed) 2 x CD Album
 * Roger Sanchez (Mixed) 2 x CD Album
 * Louie Vega (Unmixed) Limited Edition 2 x CD Album
 * Kenny Dope (Unmixed) 2 x CD Album
 * Kenny Dope (Mixed) 2 x CD Album
 * Danny Howells (Unmixed) 2 x CD Album
 * Danny Howells 2 x CD Album
 * John Digweed 2 x CD Album
 * Xpress 2 2 x CD Album
 * Jeff Mills 2 x CD Album
 * Louie Vega 2 x CD Album
 * Tony Humphries 2 x CD Album
 * Danny Tenaglia 2 x CD Album
 * Francois K 2 x CD Album
 * Frankie Knuckles 2 x CD Album

House / club albums

 * Miami 2008 (Unmixed Limited Edition) 2 x CD Album
 * Miami 2008 (Mixed) 2 x CD Album
 * Club Azuli 5 Vinyl Sampler 2 x LP Album
 * Club Azuli 5 (Unmixed) - Future Sound Of The Dance Underground 2 x CD Album
 * Azuli Presents - Space Annual 2007 (Unmixed) 2 x CD Album
 * Azuli Presents - Space Annual 07 (Mixed) 2 x CD Album
 * Club Azuli 5 (Mixed) - Future Sound Of The Dance Underground 2 x CD Album
 * Club Azuli Ibiza 2007 Unmixed 2 x CD Album
 * Las Tardes En Ibiza 2007 2 x CD Album
 * Club Azuli Ibiza (Mixed) - Future Sound Of The Dance Underground 2 x CD Album
 * Space Ibiza 2007 Unmixed 2 x CD Album
 * Azuli Presents - Space Ibiza 07 2 x CD Album
 * Space Tranquil - Volumen Tres CD Album
 * Miami 2007 (Mixed) 2 x CD Album
 * Club Azuli 2007 (Unmixed) - Future Sound Of The Dance Underground 2 x CD Album
 * Club Azuli 2007 (Mixed) - Future Sound Of The Dance Underground 2 x CD Album
 * Space Annual #1 (Unmixed) 2 x CD Album
 * Space Annual #1 (Mixed) 2 x CD Album
 * Circo Loco 2006 - Mixed by Tania Vulcano & Cirillo 2 x CD Album
 * Club Azuli 02/06 (Unmixed) - Future Sound Of The Dance Underground 2 x CD Album
 * Club Azuli 02/06 (Mixed) - Future Sound Of The Dance Underground 2 x CD Album
 * Azuli Presents - Space Tranquil Volumen Dos CD Album
 * Azuli Presents - Space Ibiza 06 2 x CD Album
 * Azuli Presents - Miami 2006 Unmixed 2 x CD Album
 * Azuli Presents - Miami 2006 Mixed 2 x CD Album
 * Club Azuli (DJ Unmixed) - Future Sound Of The Dance Underground (Unmixed) 2 x CD Album
 * Club Azuli (Mixed) - Future Sound Of The Dance Underground 2 x CD Album
 * Azuli Presents - Space Tranquil Volumen Uno CD Album
 * Azuli Presents - Space Ibiza 04 2 x CD Album
 * Azuli Presents - Miami 2005 Unmixed 2 x CD Album
 * Azuli Presents - Miami 2005 Mixed 2 x CD Album
 * Azuli Presents - Space Ibiza 05 2 x CD Album
 * Big Wheels Of Azuli 2 x CD Album
 * Azuli Presents - Miami 2004 2 x CD Album
 * Azuli Presents - Miami 2002 2 x CD Album
 * Azuli Presents - Miami 2001 2 x CD Album
 * Joey Negro - Back To The Scene of The Crime CD Album
 * Black Market Presents - 2 Step Volume 2 CD Album
 * Azuli Presents - Miami 2000 CD Album
 * Black Market Presents - 2 Step Volume 1 CD Album
 * Joey Negro - Can't Get High Without You CD Album
 * Romanthony - Romanworld CD Album
 * Another Fine Mess - Fila Brazillia CD Album
 * Another Fine Mess - Fila Brazillia 3 x LP Album
 * Another Fine Mess - FC Kahuna CD Album
 * Another Fine Mess - FC Kahuna 2 x LP Album
 * Space: Ibiza 2003 (Mixed By Smokin Jo & Reche) 2 x CD Album
 * Azuli Presents - Miami 2003 2 x CD Album
 * Azuli Presents - Vertigo CD Album
 * Azuli Presents - Wild Fruit 2 x CD Album
 * Azuli Presents - Faith Vol. 2 2 x CD Album
 * La Troya - Ibiza 2008
 * Space Ibiza 08 Unmixed Limited Edition
 * Space Ibiza 08 Las Tardes en Ibiza 2008 -
 * 10th Anniversary Groove Armada - Are Friends Electric
 * Choice - Derrick L. Carter
 * Miami 2008 (Unmixed Limited Edition)
 * Miami 2008 (Mixed)
 * Club Azuli 5 Vinyl Sampler
 * Club Azuli 5 (Unmixed) - Future Sound Of The Dance Underground
 * Azuli Presents - Space Annual 2007 (Unmixed)
 * Club Azuli 5 (Unmixed) - Future Sound Of The Dance Underground

Events

 * Club Azuli

Downloads

 * Mix Downloads

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Yu-gotta-go

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

The result of the debate was DELETE. -Splash 21:59, 10 September 2005 (UTC)

Yu-gotta-go
I would have merged it with All Grown Up! but there's really very little useful information. Al 16:49, September 1, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete nn DV8 2XL 17:15, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Yu-gotta-go.  —RaD Man (talk) 06:49, 2 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Needless detail into a non-notable and bad parody of Yu-Gi-Oh. --Apostrophe 22:38, 2 September 2005 (UTC)
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