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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alex Linder

 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 KEEP. The m/r votes are clearly towards the news network, but they are significantly outnumbered by simple keepage. -Splash 00:58, 3 September 2005 (UTC)

Alex Linder
Non-notable hatemonger. I would say userfy to User:Amalekite, but he already has a user page. Zoe 06:18, August 26, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep the fact that we may find him personally offensive is not a good reason to try to remove a factual and verifiable article. Let's try to get over our own POVs. Having said that, I notice that the information on the page is not verified. We should probably remove it until it can be, and, if it ends up being a stub in the meantime, redirect to Vanguard News Network. Trollderella 06:51, 26 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Get over yourself, troll. His nomination is for his lack of notability and the fact that he's a Wikipedia user and shouldn't be writing an autobiography of himself, not because of his disgustinginess.  Zoe 07:03, August 26, 2005 (UTC)
 * Hi Zoe, I, for one, would appreciate it if you could try to remain civil. I don't think it costs anything to refrain from personal abuse, and it certainly improves the likelihood of reaching agreement. Yours, Trollderella 21:59, 26 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Hi, troll, I, for one, would appreciate it if you could try not to ascribe motives to me which are not correct. Zoe 04:31, August 27, 2005 (UTC)
 * Hi Zoe, I think the only motive that I ascribed to you was that you were trying to reach agreement. Sorry if that is not true. Trollderella 21:44, 27 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Delete. Not notable. —Charles O'Rourke 07:04, August 26, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Linder is notable for Vanguard News Network. --Gramaic | Talk 08:37, 26 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep - notable. I personally am happy to have an article to know who this person is. - Ta bu shi da yu 09:29, 26 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Absolutely and thoroughly disgusting, but weak keep- notable by association, plus the references suggest he is someone who is a concern. Zoe's concerns that it's an autobiography are now moot thanks to SlimVirgin's rewrite.  And although his/her username made me nervous at first, I am now convinced Trollderella is not a troll.  CanadianCaesar 09:43, 26 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Vanguard News Network. Context is better. Radiant_ >|< 10:23, August 26, 2005 (UTC)
 * Redirect as per the ever sensible Radiant. Proto t c 10:24, 26 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge per the sensible Radiant. Hipocrite 12:26, 26 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep Slimvirgin's rewrite. Much as I dislike his politics, he seems to be notable enough. Capitalistroadster 16:33, 26 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep and please do your best to assume good WP:FAITH whenever possible. Hall Monitor 17:59, 26 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, apparently notable hatemonger. I couldn't find any evidence that this was autobio in the edit history BTW. Sdedeo 18:41, 26 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, notable hategmonger as above. Also monitored by the anti-defamation league.--Nicodemus75 18:52, 26 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge with Vanguard News Network. Dottore So 19:05, 26 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. That he's nn is a pipe dream.  Tomer TALK  00:28, August 27, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep per Voltaire Sam Vimes 22:36, 27 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. *drew 23:10, 27 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Keep.*DaBomb I think it provides notable information on a man that advocates the murder of billions. Linder is a slightly different topic than VNN, but a merge could work.

 * Merge and redirect as per Radiant. Andre ( talk ) 18:27, August 29, 2005 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in an undeletion request). No further edits should be made to this page.

 * Keep He is a well known white supremacist residing in the United States, though obviously not someone we would want to emulate. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rock8591 (talk • contribs) 02:13, 4 February 2008 (UTC)


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Ernest Chappell

Ernest E. Chappell (June 10, 1903 - July 4, 1983) was an American radio announcer and actor, best remembered for his featured role in the late 1940s radio program Quiet, Please. The show ran from 1947 to 1949, and Quiet, Please was Chappell's major acting credit. His signature line was: "And so, until next week at this same time, I am quietly yours, Ernest Chappell."

Early years
Chappell graduated from Syracuse University in 1925, planning to be a singer.

Early professional work
Before he began his career on radio, Chappell was "a concert baritone, a song-and-dance man in musical comedy, a lecturer and a stock company actor."

Radio
On February 10, 1925, Chappell was the announcer, as well as the director of the first radio station in Syracuse, New York, WFBL (which stood for First Broadcast License). He worked in Syracuse 1925-1927 and went to Rochester, New York, in 1928 to work at WHAM. On Monday, November 9, 1925, Chappell began writing for the Syracuse Herald. His column, "Riding the Waves With Chap", included promotion for the broadcasting industry and the local station.

In the 1930s, Chappell was master of ceremonies for Phil Spitalny's radio program. For several years on each program, Chappell also served as the announcer for The Campbell Playhouse (the sponsored continuation of The Mercury Theatre on the Air) and for The Adventures of Ellery Queen.

Television
Chappell was also "the voice of Pall Mall" in American Tobacco's television cigarette commercials from the mid-1950s into the mid-'60s. His famous tag line: "Buy Pall Mall famous cigarettes...'OUTSTANDING! and they are mild!'".

Recording
In 1941, Chappell narrated A Christmas Carol on an RCA Victor album containing four 12-inch records.

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Agapius Honcharenko

Reverend Agapius Honcharenko (Агапій Гончаренко; August 31, 1832 – May 5, 1916; real name Andrii Humnytsky (Андрій Гумницький), aka Ahapii or Ahapius) was a Ukrainian patriot and exiled Orthodox Christian priest. He was a prominent scholar, humanitarian, and early champion for human rights.

Born to a prominent Cossack family (he was a descendant of Ivan Bohun) in Kryva, Tarascha county, in Kyiv Oblast, Honcharenko was the first Ukrainian political émigré to arrive in the United States. He graduated from the Kyiv Theological Seminary and entered the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra. He was sent to Athens in 1857 to serve as deacon at the embassy's church, where he began to contribute anonymous articles to Alexander Herzen's London-based Kolokol that clamored for the emancipation of Russian serfs and denounced his own church for supporting such an unequal system. These articles caused much unrest in Russia, and after months of trying to determine the identity of the mystery writer, Russian authorities discovered and arrested him in 1860. He was able to escape from the Russian prison in Constantinople by disguising himself as a Turk and walking out the front door.

After his escape, he traveled to London to rejoin the Kolokol staff until the newspaper discontinued publication upon the freeing of the serfs, then returned to Athens again. Afterwards, he traveled extensively to Syria, Jerusalem, Egypt and Turkey. While in Alexandria, he served as confessor to Leo Tolstoy. Returning to London, he met Italian patriot Giuseppe Mazzini, who advised him to immigrate to the United States, which he did in 1865. After his arrival, he traveled around the country, first to Philadelphia where he met the woman who would become his wife. In New York City, he established the first Orthodox liturgy in the U.S. outside of Alaska. He also helped establish a Greek Orthodox church in New Orleans and did work in Alaska before finally settling in San Francisco. Before immigrating, he had changed his name to protect his family from persecution for his anti-Russian writings. Through his travels, he became friends with many notable Americans, among them Eugene Schuyler, Horace Greeley, Charles R. Dana, Hamilton Fish, Henry Wager Halleck, William H. Seward and Henry George.

A plain-spoken man, Honcharenko was known to openly denounce his own church for corruption, immorality, and other failings, so much so that he was declared a schismatic. While living in San Francisco, he published The Alaska Herald, aimed at Russian residents of Alaska, from 1868 to 1872, which included both Russian and Ukrainian supplements. The Ukrainian supplement titled Svoboda (Свобода : Freedom) was the first Ukrainian-language newspaper in the U.S.

After founding a farm, "Ukraina Ranch", located in Hayward, California, in 1873, he continued to publish political literature, which was smuggled into Czarist Russia. These actions made him a thorn in the side of pro-Tsarist Russians, who called his writings "the drivelling [sic] of a half crazy old man." Honcharenko’s submission to the Narod aroused the curiosity of waves of Ukrainian immigrants to North America, inspiring a group of Ukrainians in Canada to establish a communal colony on his farmstead in 1900-1902, named "The Ukrainian Brotherhood." According to Jars Balan of the University of Alberta, "some members of the Brotherhood saw the communal experiment as a cooperative, others saw it as a Cossack brotherhood, and still others as a commune".

In 1890, Charles Howard Shinn interviewed Honcharenko for the Christian Union. He described their home and his history. Honcharenko and his wife Albina are buried on the farm, which is now registered as California Historical Landmark #1025, located in Garin Regional Park near California State University, Hayward. California State Historic Landmark - Garin Regional Park - Ukraina - was unveiled here on Saturday, May 15, 1999, and dedicated to the Ukrainian American community of northern California. it took over 30 years for the local Ukrainian community to dedicate the former Honcharenko homestead in his honor. The site immortalizes the Rev. Agapius Honcharenko, blending a deeply spiritual life with his love of the earth.

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Halimeda

Halimeda is a genus of green macroalgae. The algal body (thallus) is composed of calcified green segments. Calcium carbonate is deposited in its tissues, making it inedible to most herbivores. However one species, Halimeda tuna, was described as pleasant to eat with oil, vinegar, and salt.

As in other members of the order Bryopsidales, individual organisms are made up of single multi-nucleate cells. Whole meadows may consist of a single individual alga connected by fine threads running through the substrate.

Halimeda is responsible for distinctive circular deposits in various parts of the Great Barrier Reef on the north-east coast of Queensland, Australia. Halimeda beds form in the western or lee side of outer shield reefs where flow of nutrient-rich water from the open sea allows them to flourish, and are the most extensive, actively accumulating Halimeda beds in the world.

The genus is one of the best studied examples of cryptic species pairs due to morphological convergence within the marine macroalgae.

Some species grow so vigorously in tropical lagoons that the sediment is composed solely of the remains of their tissues, forming a calcareous "Halimeda sand". In fact some tropical reef systems, such as atolls, consist largely of Halimeda sand accumulated over the aeons. Overall, Halimeda represents the most common green algea large grains in the sediment of the lower latitudes.

Taxonomy and nomenclature
The genus Halimeda J.V. Lamouroux belongs to the order Bryopsidales under the family Halimedaceae. It has five monophyletic sections - Halimeda J.V. Lamouroux, Micronesicae Hillis-Col, Opuntia J. Agardh ex De Toni, Pseudo-opuntia J. Agardh ex De Toni, and Rhipsalis J. Agardh ex De Toni - which were based on the differences in the fusions of medullary siphons. Halimeda tuna serves as the holotype for the genus. There are 71 species and 67 infraspecific names listed on Algaebase as of 2015.

Morphology
The thalli of Halimeda is distinctly segmented and calcified. Calcium carbonate is deposited as aragonite and calcification begins as early as 36 hours. Their segments are composed of 60-80% aragonite and are separated by nodes which are non-calcified. The thalli are composed of siphons which are ramified into medullary filaments surrounded by a cortex. The medullary filaments branch out trichotomously to form peripheral utricles which stick to each other to enclose the intersiphonal spaces of each segment. It is in these spaces that aragonite is precipitated.

Halimeda has three types of holdfasts which serve as attachment points to the substrate. The "sprawler" type has a few loose filaments growing at the ends or in between the segments (Fig. 1). In the "rock-grower" type, the matted holdfast is composed of branched filaments which secure the thallus to a rock surface. The last type is the "sand-grower", where the filaments hold on to fine sand particles, forming a root-like structure. Halimeda is coenocytic and siphonous, meaning its cells are not divided by cross walls, and is instead, a continuous filament of cells. This differentiates the genus from Acetabularia, which is another genus of green seaweed that is calcified.

Distribution
Halimeda is highly abundant in the tropics including the Thai-Malay Peninsula, and the Florida Keys. Some species (e.g. H. copiosa, discoidea, gracilis, opuntia, simulans, and tuna) have a global distribution. Halimeda tuna is found solely in the Mediterranean.

Ecology
Species of Halimeda with sand-grower type holdfasts grown on sandy or muddy substrates, and are thus common in lagoons and backreefs. Those with the "sprawler" type are abundant in forereefs and on coral pinnacles.

Being a calcareous alga, Halimeda has been found to have good potential as a carbon sink and can play an important role in regulating the ocean's carbon budget. Some species such as H. opuntia have been found to produce up to 54.37 g CaCO3 m−1 yr−1. The genus also contributes to reef building, as it is large producer of carbon sediments on reefs, generating a wide range of sediment sizes from coarse particles to silt and clay.

Although it was largely assumed that its abundance on reefs is due to it being unpalatable to herbivores, more recent studies have found that Halimeda is in fact subject to grazing by some herbivores such as Scarus rivulatus, Hipposcarus longiceps, and Chlorurus microrhinos. Hard coral cover can actually play a key role in maintaining Halimeda biomass on reefs, as one study found that thalli growing under the canopy of Acropora colonies were larger than those in open areas exposed to herbivory.

Life history
Halimeda reproduces both sexually and asexually. Sexual reproduction is rarely observed because it is completed in 36 hours. The process begins with gametangia forming on the edges of the segments of the thalli. By the next day, the cells of the thallus will have been entirely converted to gametangia. These will mature overnight and release gametes in the morning of the next day. After which, the thallus is left white and dies in a process known as holocarpy. Some species of Halimeda have been found to reproduce synchronously in mass spawning events similar to that of corals, albeit occurring over several months, with small portions of the population spawning each day. Therefore it is likely that the life span of the genus is limited to a few months to a year.

Information on the phases of Halimeda 's life cycle are limited. It is thought that there is a haploid gametophyte phase, which might be followed by a sporophyte phase, since it not yet known when meiosis occurs.

Asexual reproduction occurs via vegetative "cloning" through fragmentation and dispersal.

Chemical composition
The genus' photosynthetic pigments are those typical of class Chlorophyta (chlorophyll a and b) and also include siphonoxanthin and siphonein.

Exploitation and cultivation
Currently, Halimeda does not appear to be cultivated for aquaculture purposes.

Utilization
Methanol and dimethyformamide extracts of Halimeda opuntia have been observed to have antibacterial properties against some species of microorganisms, including Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Escherichia coli, Bacillus subtilis, and most significantly, Staphylococcus aureus. Halimeda opuntia ethanol extract exhibited activity against hepatitis C virus (HCV) due to polymerase inhibitory (HCV-796) binding sites based on molecular docking simulation. Methanolic extracts of Halimeda macroloba have recently been found to exhibit cytotoxicity towards MCF-7 and HT 29 cells, which are derived from human breast cancer cell lines and colon cancer lines, respectively. These results therefore suggest the genus' potential for cultivation as a food source. An experiment on rats showed that free phenolic acids of Halimeda monile have antioxidant properties which could aid in protecting against liver problems. Halimeda tuna appears to be used as fodder in the Philippines.

Species

 * H. bikinensis
 * H. borneensis
 * H. cereidesmis
 * H. copiosa
 * H. cryptica
 * H. cuneata
 * H. cylindracea
 * H. discoidea
 * H. distorta
 * H. favulosa
 * H. fragilis
 * H. gigas
 * H. goreauii
 * H. gracilis
 * H. heteromorpha
 * H. howensis
 * H. hummii
 * H. incrassata
 * H. kanaloana
 * H. lacrimosa
 * H. lacunalis
 * H. macroloba
 * H. macrophysa
 * H. magnidisca
 * H. melanesica
 * H. micronesica
 * H. minima
 * H. monile
 * H. opuntia
 * H. pumila
 * H. pygmaea
 * H. renschii
 * H. scabra
 * H. simulans
 * H. stuposa
 * H. taenicola
 * H. tuna
 * H. velasquezii

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Andrew Ford (courtier)

Lieutenant Colonel Sir Andrew Charles Ford, GCVO (born 5 February 1957) is a retired British Army officer, and current member of the Royal Households of the United Kingdom. From 6 January 2006 to December 2018, he served as Comptroller of the Lord Chamberlain's Office.

Military career
Following Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Ford was commissioned into the Grenadier Guards as a second lieutenant on a Short Service Commission on 8 April 1977. He was promoted lieutenant on 8 April 1979, and switched to a full commission on 21 August 1978. He was promoted captain on 8 October 1983, major on 30 September 1989, and lieutenant-colonel on 30 June 1998. He transferred to the Welsh Guards on 27 August 1999, and retired on 4 October 2005 (retaining a reserve commission), he also attended the Joint Service Defence College.

Later life
Ford took office as Comptroller of the Lord Chamberlain's Office on 6 January 2006. The Lord Chamberlain's Office is a department within the British Royal Household. It is presently concerned with matters such as protocol, state visits, investitures, garden parties, the State Opening of Parliament, royal weddings and funerals. The Comptroller is the full-time head of department, responsible to the part-time Lord Chamberlain. In 2023 he was appointed Chair of the Governors of Bancroft's School in Woodford Green.

Honours and decorations
Ford was appointed Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) in the 2012 Birthday Honours. He was appointed a Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO) upon relinquishing his appointment as Comptroller on 11 December 2018. He represented the Order at the 2023 Coronation.

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Compendium of postage stamp issuers (R)

Each "article" in this category is a collection of entries about several stamp issuers, presented in alphabetical order. The entries are formulated on the micro model and so provide summary information about all known issuers.

See the Category:Compendium of postage stamp issuers page for details of the project.

Rab

 * Refer :	Arbe

Rajasthan

 * Dates :	1948 – 1950
 * Currency :	12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee

 * Refer :	Indian Native States

Rajnandgaon

 * Refer :	Nandgaon

Rajpipla

 * Dates :	1880 – 1886
 * Currency :	12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee

 * Refer :	Indian Native States

Rarotonga

 * Dates :	1919 – 1932, 2011-
 * Currency :	(1919) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
 * (2011) 100 cents = 1 dollar

 * Refer :	Cook Islands

Ras Al Khaima
Stamps issued 1967–72 were non-postal and are unrecognised.

 * Dates :	1964 – 1966
 * Currency :	(1964) 100 naye paise = 1 rupee
 * (1966) 100 dirhams = 1 riyal

 * Refer :	Trucial States

Redonda

 * Refer :	Antigua

Republic of China

 * Refer :	Chinese Nationalist Republic (Taiwan);
 * Taiwan

Republic of Ireland

 * Dates :	1922 –
 * Capital :	Dublin
 * Currency :	(1922) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
 * (1971) 100 pence = 1 punt
 * (2002) 100 cent = 1 euro

 * Main Article Needed :

Republic of Maldives

 * Refer :	Maldive Islands

Republika Srpska

 * Refer :	Bosnian Serb Republic

Republique Libanaise

 * Refer :	Lebanon

Rethymnon (Russian Post Office)
Russia was one of the powers which occupied Crete in 1898. It had a post office at Rethymnon within its own sphere of administration. Four types were issued, overprinted RETHYMNO, and a total of 37 stamps.

 * Refer :	Crete (Russian Post Offices)

Reunion

 * Dates :	1885 – 1974
 * Capital :	Saint-Denis
 * Currency :	100 centimes = 1 franc

 * Main Article Needed :

Rheinland-Pfalz

 * Refer :	Rhineland-Palatinate (French Zone)

Rhineland-Palatinate (French Zone)

 * Dates :	1947 – 1949
 * Capital :	Mainz
 * Currency :	100 pfennige = 1 mark

 * Refer :	Germany (Allied Occupation)

Rhodes
Italian colony in the Dodecanese which used the general EGEO issues and had its own stamps inscribed RODI, the Italian name of the island.

 * Dates :	1912 – 1935
 * Capital :	Rodhos
 * Currency :	100 centesimi = 1 lira

 * Refer :	Aegean Islands (Dodecanese)

Rhodesia

 * Dates :	1965 – 1980
 * Capital :	Salisbury
 * Currency :	(1965) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
 * (1969) 100 cents = 1 dollar

 * Main Article Needed :

 * Includes :	Rhodesia (British Colonial Issues);
 * Southern Rhodesia

 * See also :	Zimbabwe

Rhodesia (British Colonial Issues)

 * Dates :	1909 – 1924
 * Capital :	Salisbury
 * Currency :	12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

 * Refer :	Rhodesia

Rhodesia & Nyasaland

 * Dates :	1954 – 1964
 * Capital :	Salisbury
 * Currency :	12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

 * Main Article Needed :

Riau-Lingga Archipelago

 * Dates :	1954 – 1965
 * Capital :	Tandjungpinang
 * Currency :	100 sen = 1 rupiah

 * Main Article Needed :

 * See also :	Indonesia

Rijeka

 * Refer :	Fiume (Yugoslav Occupation)

Rio de Oro

 * Dates :	1905 – 1924
 * Capital :	Villa Cisneros
 * Currency :	100 centimos = 1 peseta

 * Refer :	Spanish West Africa

Rio Muni

 * Dates :	1960 – 1968
 * Capital :	Bata
 * Currency :	100 centimos = 1 peseta

 * Refer :	Spanish Guinea

Rizeh (Russian Post Office)

 * Dates :	1909 – 1910
 * Currency :	40 paras = 1 piastre

 * Refer :	Russian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

Rodi

 * Refer :	Rhodes

Romagna

 * Dates :	1859 – 1860
 * Capital :	Bologna
 * Currency :	100 bajocchi = 1 scudo

 * Refer :	Italian States

Roman States

 * Refer :	Papal States

Romania

 * Dates :	1865 –
 * Capital :	Bucharest
 * Currency :	(1865) 40 parale = 1 piastre
 * (1867) 100 bani = 1 leu

 * Includes :	Moldavia;
 * Moldo–Wallachia

Romania (Austrian Occupation)

 * Dates :	1917 – 1918
 * Currency :	100 bani = 1 leu

 * Refer :	Austro–Hungarian Military Post

Romania (Bulgarian Occupation)

 * Refer :	Dobruja (Bulgarian Occupation)

Romania (German Occupation)

 * Dates :	1917 – 1918
 * Currency :	100 bani = 1 leu

 * Refer :	German Occupation Issues (WW1)

Romanian Post Abroad

 * Main Article Needed :

 * Includes :	Banat Bacska (Romanian Occupation);
 * Constantinople (Romanian Post Office);
 * Debrecen (Romanian Occupation);
 * Hungary (Romanian Occupation);
 * Romanian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire;
 * Temesvar (Romanian Occupation);
 * Transylvania (Romanian Occupation)

Romanian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

 * Dates :	1896 – 1919
 * Currency :	(1896) 40 paras = 1 piastre
 * (1919) 100 bani = 1 leu

 * Refer :	Romanian Post Abroad

ROPiT
Abbreviation of Russkoe Obshchestvo Parokhudstva i Torgovl (Р.О.П.и.Т. - Русское общество пароходства и торговли), meaning Russian Steam Navigation and Trading Company. The Russian post offices in the Turkish Empire were run by R.O.P.i.T. General issues were in use throughout the period but several local overprints were introduced in 1909. This included the offices at Mytilene, Salonika and Mount Athos. Other Russian POs in Greece were at Kandia, Volos (Thessaly), Port Lagos (Thrace), Khios and Rhodes.

 * Refer :	Russian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

 * Dates : 1863 – 1914
 * Currency : (1863) 100 kopecks = 1 Russian ruble, (1900) 40 paras = 1 piastre

Ross Dependency

 * Dates :	1957 –
 * Capital :	Scott Base
 * Currency :	(1957) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
 * (1968) 100 cents = 1 dollar

Rouad Island

 * Refer :	Ile Rouad

Ruanda-Urundi

 * Dates :	1924 – 1962
 * Capital :	Usumbura
 * Currency :	100 centimes = 1 franc

 * Main Article Needed :

 * See also :	Belgian Congo;
 * Burundi;
 * Rwanda

Rumania

 * Refer :	Romania

Russia
Stamps issued are cat. nos 63–11 onwards of Russia.

 * Dates :	1992 –
 * Capital :	Moscow
 * Currency :	100 kopecks = 1 Russian ruble

 * Main Article Needed :

 * Includes :	Russia (pre–Soviet)

 * See also :	Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)

Russia (pre-Soviet)
Stamps issued were cat. nos 1–324 of Russia.

 * Dates :	1858 – 1923
 * Capital :	Moscow
 * Currency :	100 kopecks = 1 Russian ruble

 * Refer :	Russia

Russia (German Occupation)

 * Refer :	Ostland;
 * Ukraine (German Occupation)

Russian Army Issues

 * Refer :	North Western Army;
 * Northern Army;
 * Western Army

Russian Civil War Issues
The Russian Civil War (25 October 1917 – October 1922) was a multi-party war in the former Russian Empire fought between the Bolshevik Red Army and the White Army, the loosely allied anti-Bolshevik forces. Many foreign armies warred against the Red Army, notably the Allied Forces and the pro-German armies. The Red Army defeated the White Armed Forces of South Russia in Ukraine and the army led by Aleksandr Kolchak in Siberia in 1919. The remains of the White forces commanded by Pyotr Nikolayevich Wrangel were beaten in the Crimea and were evacuated in the autumn of 1920.

Stamps were issued by various Russian armies and other parties.

 * Includes :	Amur Province;
 * Ataman Semyonov Regime (Transbaikal);
 * Crimea;
 * Denikin Government;
 * Don Territory;
 * Far Eastern Republic;
 * Kolchak Government (Siberia);
 * Kuban Territory;
 * North Ingermanland;
 * North Western Army;
 * Northern Army;
 * Priamur & Maritime Provinces;
 * Siberia (Czechoslovak Army);
 * Transbaikal Province;
 * Western Army;
 * Wrangel Government

 * See also :	USSR Issues for the Far East

Russian Occupation Issues

 * Main Article Needed :

 * Includes :	North Korea (Russian Occupation);
 * South Lithuania (Russian Occupation)

Russian Post Offices Abroad

 * Main Article Needed :

 * Includes :	China (Russian Post Offices);
 * Crete (Russian Post Offices)

Russian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire
Russia had many post offices in the Turkish Empire which were run by ROPiT. General issues were in use throughout the period but several local overprints were introduced in 1909. This included the offices at Mytilene, Salonika and Mount Athos. Other Russian POs in Greece were at Kandia, Volos (Thessaly), Port Lagos (Thrace), Khios and Rhodes.

 * Dates :	1863 – 1914
 * Currency :	(1863) 100 kopecks = 1 Russian ruble
 * (1900) 40 paras = 1 piastre

 * Main Article Needed :

 * Includes :	Beirut (Russian Post Office);
 * Constantinople (Russian Post Office);
 * Dardanelles (Russian Post Offices);
 * Jaffa (Russian Post Office);
 * Jerusalem (Russian Post Office);
 * Kerrasunde (Russian Post Office);
 * Mount Athos (Russian Post Office);
 * Mytilene (Russian Post Office);
 * Rizeh (Russian Post Office);
 * Salonika (Russian Post Office);
 * Smyrne (Russian Post Office);
 * Trebizonde (Russian Post Office)

Russian Zone (General Issues)

 * Dates :	1948 – 1949
 * Capital :	East Berlin
 * Currency :	100 pfennige = 1 mark

 * Refer :	Germany (Allied Occupation)

Russkoe Obshchestvo Parokhudstva i Torgovll

 * Refer :	ROPiT

Rustenburg

 * Dates :	1900 – 1902
 * Currency :	12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

 * Refer :	Transvaal

Rwanda

 * Dates :	1962 –
 * Capital :	Kigali
 * Currency :	100 centimes = 1 franc

 * Main Article Needed :

 * See also :	Ruanda-Urundi

Ryukyu Islands

 * Dates :	1948 – 1972
 * Capital :	Naha
 * Currency :	(1948) 100 sen = 1 yen
 * (1958) 100 cents = 1 dollar

 * Main Article Needed :

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User:Severence

n. severance:

 * 1. a. the act or process of severing; b. the condition of being severed
 * 2. separation; partition
 * 3. severance pay

Severence: the one who facilitates doling out what people deserve; me

= Stats you probably don't care about =

Gender: XY

Born on date: July 27, 1982, in Painesville, Ohio

Age: look above, if you know math that should be a clue

Ethnicity: Caucasian, see below for more details

Natural hair color: dark brown

Previous hair colors: midnight blue; mint(the midnight blue faded into this color); bleach blonde; my natural dark brown + red (I was hammered and let some girls in college dye my hair without bleaching first, the red barely showed up); natural with blonde tips/streaks

Natural Iris color: according to a lot of people some of the bluest eyes they've ever seen

127.0.0.1: Perry, Ohio, USA

Religious Affiliation: Complicated, see below

Political Affliiation: Independent (when I register again)

Current Occupation: Customer service whore

Future Occupation: Owner of a video game development company that I hope to eventually establish, as well as a Game Designer for said development company. More specifically, I want to be involved in the writing aspect of design rather than level design or other areas - storylines and character concepts, for example. I'm also interested in maybe getting into programming again so I might be able to be a Game Programmer as well as a designer for the previously mentioned company, though designing and programming all at once for one person may be a bit too ambitious; if there's anyone that could pull it off though, it'd probably be me. Also, if possible I would like to own my own game publishing company to avoid some problems that may arise from dealing with an outside publisher.

Edumacation: HS grad, some college & tech school → I plan to return to school sometime in the relatively near future now that I have a fairly clear idea of what I really want to do

Certifications: CompTIA A+ Certified Technician

Computer-related abilities/skills/whatnot

Programming:
 * Taught myself (and subsequently over the years forgot how) to program in QBASIC
 * Taught myself to program in HTML (I know it's really a markup language but I'm listing it here anyway; I'd say I'm somewhere between intermediate and advanced level)
 * Learned very-limited programming skills in C++ while attending a tech school (they only taught us how to program 16-bit console applications, and not very well either - half of our graduating class failed the class the first time through)
 * In the beginning stages of teaching myself how to program in DirectX, Flash, Java, OpenGL, and Perl, and I would love to learn to program in Assembly

And as long as I'm on the topic of programming, in high school I taught myself how to program on my TI-83 calculator (only text-based progging though, no graphics) and created 2 programs. One was a text-based game based on an internet game I found on a college website years ago called Beat A Seal, where there was a picture of a baby seal on the right side of the screen and depending on what answers you gave the game would mangle the seal in different ways, eventually killing the seal; it was damn funny so I made a text-based "choose your own adventure" type game where you'd choose to attack a seal with different weapons and once it had enough life gone you could choose one of 6 different endings depending on what weapon you wanted to kill it with or if you wanted to let it live. It was some good stuff. The other program I created was one that I started while taking Algebra II and finished in Precalculus. This program was a formula database program that had nearly every formula you could ever want to have relating to Advanced Algebra to Precalculus-level math. I set it up that the program had a fully functional menu-driven interface where you'd choose the formula you wished to use, the program would display the formula, ask you what each variable was equal to, and would display the correct answer on the screen. Since both classes required you had to use a graphing calculator, tests included, this program became not only a good study tool since it showed you the formula and how to work it out but also the perfect test cheat program since it would always give the correct answer and even if you didn't know the formula you just had to select the right one on the menu and the program would do the work for you. I became a minor hero for making that program. In fact, to this day I think it's still floating around the school even though TI-83s are outdated, and I created it back in 1998 or 1999.

= Other stuff =

I'm smart like a tack. Well, not really. Actually I'm, if I remember right, within the top 1-2% smartest worldwide regarding IQ. I haven't had my IQ tested since I was 8-10 but back when I was in that age range I was estimated at having an IQ of 152. I'm sure it's gone up and down since then but I'm assuming if I'd get tested again today I'd fall somewhere in the 140+ range. I do know that if I were to take the test required to be accepted into MENSA I'd have no trouble with it (I've taken an unofficial pre-test that's supposedly about the same difficulty as the real test and passed it with flying colors), I just don't feel the need to have to pay money to belong to an organization comprised mainly of people who are probably as stimulating as a pop tart. On the other hand, it would be cool to actually be able to claim I was a member of MENSA and just not go to any meetings or anything.

I also happen to be cursed with being quite possibly the nicest guy on the planet. I can't help it, I'm just not able to be a true asshole for any extended period of time. This, quite obviously, has its drawbacks.

Ethnic Background

I'm a mutt. I'm mainly of Czech descent, but I'm also part English, Scottish, Welsh, German, Yugoslavian(I think), and Cherokee Native American. There may be others I don't know of or I'm forgetfully leaving out, but that's the bulk of it. Also I'm a direct decendant of Johnny Appleseed, a.k.a. John Chapman, so I'm like a distant 9th cousin or something of John Wayne. No really. Apparently a great-great-great-great-great grandmother or something of mine was also the wife of the chief of the Cherokee nation or at least a region of it or something along those lines too. No really, that too. My grandmother's big into our family genealogy and has been researching it for a while and this stuff came up. Come to think of it actually I should ask her about all this again just so I know, could be interesting.

Religious Affiliation

As far as my religious affiliation goes I don't have any. I've been exposed to many different religions and practices. My dad's side of the family, including my grandparents, 6 surviving aunts/uncles and 16 grandkids including myself and my brother, is Roman Catholic. My mom's side is...well a mix kind of. My grandmother's a member of a Quaker denomination, my stepgrandfather was...actually I'm not exactly sure what he was, and my 3 uncles are all Christians of some sort. My mom's dabbled in or at least studied a bunch of stuff in comparative religions classes; Catholicism, Methodism, Baptism, Buddhism, and Hinduism included. My former stepdad is Methodist, while my mom was married to him we'd occasionally go to a Methodist church or for a little while a Baptist church. Aside from my family I've had friends and acquaintances who've been involved in all of those as well as things like Judaism, Satanism, Paganism, the Occult and craft, Atheism, and Agnosticism.

My main experience lies in Catholicism since my brother and I used to go with my dad's side of the fam, or at least him and my grandparents, to church every other Sunday when my dad had us for weekend visitation. Now my dad's not exactly the most religious guy but he'd went to church since he was a kid, went through the whole process, and still went to church for a while when I was a kid. My grandparents were regular church-goers for basically as long as I can remember, but now that they've moved to the East Coast I don't know if they go anymore. I was baptised when I was a baby - big deal, I had to wear a little white dress and got a little wet. When I was 7 I did the whole first communion thing. I had to go through PSR for that shit, even when I was 6-7 eventually it bored me, but I did it because my dad said I had to. I got as far as the very beginning of the confirmation process before I decided that I wasn't going to go any farther. I wasn't doing it because I wanted to, I was doing it because my dad and grandparents wanted me to, so I quit. Also, it didn't hurt that there was someone from my high school that I didn't get along with in the same confirmation class. I pissed my dad off when I told him I was quitting but he got over it. That was around 7-10 years ago now, and thank fucking god I got out when I did. I honestly could give a rat's ass about the Catholic church now.

Long story short after all of the exposure and dabbling I've experienced so far I've come to realize I'm basically Agnostic, more specifically I'm somewhere between being an Apathetic Agnostic and an Agnostic Atheist. I won't commit to the belief or non-belief or any deity or deity-type being, though my best educated (note: common sense) guess is that there isn't any, but regardless of whether there is or not I don't much care, not to mention that there's just no way to tell as of right now. There are, however, things I've personally seen/heard/thought of that just can't be explained. So anyway there may be, there may not be, who the hell knows for sure. What I do know is even if there is such a being out there, I'm fairly certain that I don't need to walk into a manmade structure at a certain time of day and perform a certain specific ritualistic prayer ceremony, eat symbolic crackers, and drink symbolic wine, all just to adhere to some rules that may or may not be what were originally passed down from a deity since the book the religion regards as holy was written, translated, edited, repeat, over a period of 2000+ years by humans who historically love to embellish facts and stories. If this deity is as omnipotent and powerful as their followers claim I'm going out on a limb and guessing that if I were to decide I wanted to talk to it, no matter where I was, I'm pretty sure it would hear me, even if it was while I was in my house on the toilet.

Going along with all of that above, I think that organized religion, Christianity included/especially, is corrupt beyond belief. With religious leaders like priests doing things like molesting little boys and stealing from collection plates to buy themselves $50,000 Escalades, not to mention the organization as a whole generally not willing to even consider discussion on various subjects, I'd find it very hard in good conscience to call myself a satisfied member of such an organization. Organized religion is, at best, old men with older ideas, unwilling to compromise, who believe that what they believe is right above all else because they have divine guidance or somesuch, when the reality is that every religion was probably based on one of two main points when first established: overall betterment of self or exerting control over the masses.

Severence
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Interests
I could go on and on and on here, but I'll try to at least keep it organized. My favorite pasttime is basically two things: computers and video games. I'm a big fan of music, though the same can't be said for the RIAA. Reading books is another thing that I like doing whenever possible, regardless of what it is, really. I'm also into anime, though obviously some shows/movies are superior to others. I'll get more in depth with all this below.

Computers
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Video Games
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Currently Playing:

 * Dragon Quest VIII - I'm almost finished with it, but it's sitting on the back burner
 * Final Fantasy X - close to the end, gathering up monsters, ultimate weps, only a few plot lines to tie up... also sitting on the back burner currently
 * World of Warcraft w/BC Collector's Edition - Thunderhorn server, Horde only tyvm
 * Rogue Galaxy - got a copy of this game for free due to a perk of being employed at my current jobbie; I am thoroughly enjoying this game thus far, even though there are a few aspects that I'm slightly disappointed with

Music
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Books
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Currently Reading: The Path of Daggers from the Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan, probably about 1/5 of the way in.

Movies
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Last Watched: Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters - The first 5 minutes of the movie was worth the $8.50, by far the fucking funniest movie intro I've ever seen. The entire theater was laughing to the point of tears. If you've never seen ATHF before I suggest watching some episodes before you see the movie, otherwise you probably won't get most of it, thereby ruining the entire comedic value of the series for yourself forever... from thousands of years ago.

Anime
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Last Watched: Final Fantasy VII Advent Children - for the first time in English and minus subs, might I add. The English VO work wasn't atrocious so I was happy with the way that turned out. The movie on the whole... kind of. I still believe Final Fantasy 7-2 as a game would've been a much more interesting sequel, and the movie itself, while I did enjoy it, left something to be desired. I liked the new characters, the plot I thought was ok, but I felt there was just something missing, I can't really put my finger on it, I guess.

= Article Milestones =

The following is a milestone list of articles I've contributed to in some way, whether I created them or just edited them. This list excludes sandboxes or my own user page.

1st Article: Talk:Character_development

1st Template: User:UBX/Skunk

= Articles I plan on creating/editing =

Character_development(video_games)

Character_development: should be changed to Character_growth(video_game_gameplay) and this article should instead be turned into a disambiguation page

= Linkage =

My Myspace page

Final Fantasy 7: Advent Children

Red vs. Blue

teh IGDA

Gamasutra

*box News & Screenshot Repository

ThinkGeek.com

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USS Capps

USS Capps (DD-550), a Fletcher-class destroyer, was a ship of the United States Navy named for Rear Admiral Washington L. Capps (1864–1935).

Capps was launched 31 May 1942 by Gulf Shipbuilding Corp., Chickasaw, Ala., sponsored by Mrs. C. G. Stokes; commissioned 23 June 1943 and reported to the Atlantic Fleet.

United States Navy
Capps cleared New York 7 September 1943 to begin the operations which would see her fighting the Axis powers on both sides of the world, sailing in convoy for Scapa Flow, Scotland. She arrived 17 September for exercises with the British Home Fleet. In a mixed task force of American and other Allied ships, led by the aircraft carrier USS Ranger (CV-4), Capps stood out of Scapa Flow 3 October to cross the Arctic Circle for the first raid on German shipping at Norway's port of Bodø, where coal and iron ore were loaded for Germany. Ships and docks were left burning and sinking, and Capps returned to Scapa Flow unscathed by German air attack. On 7 October, Capps sailed with three other destroyers in a dash to Gibraltar, from which they escorted two British battleships and two aircraft carriers back to Scapa Flow. Thus augmented, the Home Fleet, with Capps in company, swept into northern waters from 29 October to 8 November to guard the movement of a convoy for Murmansk, and to hunt for the German battleships GERMAN BATTLESHIP Tirpitz and GERMAN BATTLESHIP Scharnhorst.

Capps was detached at Scapa Flow 22 November 1943 and sailed to Boston, arriving 4 December. Twenty days later she got underway for New Orleans, where she joined the escort of a troop convoy bound for Pearl Harbor, arriving 20 January 1944. Guarding another convoy, Capps sailed on to Funafuti, from which she put out for patrol duty off Tarawa, Makin, and Kwajalein as these islands were assaulted to open the Marshall Islands operation. Forced back to San Francisco by a boiler casualty, Capps returned to action at Majuro 23 April, and was assigned to area escort, antisubmarine, and antiaircraft patrols. Convoy duty took her to Pearl Harbor in May, returning to Eniwetok 14 June. Based there, the destroyer screened service forces supporting the invasion of the Marianas, then moved forward to Manus in August to continue operations with the screen of the 3rd Fleet logistics group in the western Carolines operations. The ships whose service forces Capps protected carried out the crucial attacks on Japanese bases which prepared for the Leyte operation, and Capps herself joined the screen of a carrier group for air strikes on Manila on 25 November. She continued her activities with the 3rd Fleet until the close of the year, when she reported for a month of duty on radar picket station, in air-sea rescue, and escorting convoys from Saipan to Guam, Eniwetok, and Ulithi. On 1 February 1945, she reported at Ulithi to train with underwater demolition teams for the invasion of Iwo Jima, for which she sailed 14 February.

Arriving off Iwo Jima 16 February 1945, Capps fired in the intensive preinvasion bombardment. Her underwater demolition teams were skillfully landed and began their work of preparing the beaches for assault, and Capps remained on the firing line for 3 weeks, hurling more than 2,600 five-inch projectiles into the caves and hillsides of the tenaciously defended island. Her antiaircraft guns fought off almost nightly air attacks and bombing raids, and each night almost constant illumination fire was thrown up to prevent surprise attacks ashore.

With only 8 days of resupply behind her, Capps sailed in the screen of escort carriers bound for the invasion of Okinawa. For the next 82 days, broken only by 6 hours at anchor in Kerama Retto. Capps sailed through the mined waters south of the Nansei Shoto, guarding the escort carriers, rescuing downed aviators, and fighting back kamikaze attacks. Although a kamikaze exploded close aboard on 3 April 1945, Capps came through the operation unscathed. Ordered back to a stateside overhaul, Capps arrived at San Pedro, Calif., 9 July. She was decommissioned and placed in reserve at Long Beach 15 January 1947, and was loaned to Spain under the Military Assistance Program 15 May 1957.

Spanish Navy
The ship served in the Spanish Navy as Lepanto (D21), named after the 1571 Battle of Lepanto, in which the Holy League led by Spain defeated the Ottoman Empire. She was stricken 31 December 1985 and scrapped.

Awards
Capps received seven battle stars for her World War II service.

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Anon Reviews
I have removed the link to an anon review of the book - a review which only appears only websites. Such a "review" is not a good source, by Wikipedia standards. Coolmoon 06:25, 26 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Is it not an appropriate link because the book's reviewer is using a pseudonym? Or because it is only found on a website?  Looking over Wikipedia's External links guide lines I didn't find objections to either of these reasons.  —Morning star 00:54, 29 August 2005 (UTC)

Sorry about the all caps in my edit summary. Anyhow, we should keep the link, its handy. Tasks you can do 01:11, 29 August 2005 (UTC)

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Paterson River

Paterson River, a perennial river that is part of the Hunter River catchment, is located in the Hunter and Mid North Coast regions of New South Wales, Australia.

Course and features
Paterson River rises in the Barrington Tops National Park, west by north of Careys Peak, and flows generally south and southeast, joined by six minor tributaries including the Allyn River at Vacy, before reaching its confluence with the Hunter River between Hinton and Morpeth. Between Hinton and Duns Creek, the Paterson River forms the border between the Port Stephens and Maitland local government areas. The river system courses through fertile the farming land of the Paterson and Allyn River Valleys and the historic Patersons Plains; descending 933 m over its 151 km course.

The river is impounded by Lostock Dam, located 48 km downstream from the source in the Barringtons. The embankment dam was constructed by the New South Wales Department of Water Resources to supply water for irrigation and was completed in 1971. The river is tidal to above the village of Paterson and below Vacy.

Riverside towns within the Paterson's catchment include Gresford, Vacy, Paterson, Woodville and Hinton.

Colonel William Paterson surveyed the area along the river in 1801. Later Governor King named it in his honour.

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San Leandro Oyster Beds

The San Leandro Oyster Beds in San Leandro, California, were the origin of the oyster industry in the U.S. state of California. During the 1890s, the oyster industry thrived until it became the single most important fishery in the state. According to the description provided by the California Office of Historic Preservation, Moses Wicks is supposed to have been the first to bring seed oysters around Cape Horn and implant them in the San Leandro beds. The oyster industry in San Francisco Bay was at its height around the turn of the 20th century. It reached a secondary peak by 1911 and then faded away because of polluted conditions of the bay.

The former site of the oyster beds was named a California Historical Landmark (#824) and is located in the San Leandro Marina. The historical marker has been stolen but the mounting holes remain in a large mosaic depicting oyster harvesting early in the 1900s. A photograph of the site is available online. It shows the curved mosaic mural and the space where the historical marker was formerly located.

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Wikipedia:Featured article removal candidates/Paul Morphy

Paul Morphy

 * Article is no longer a featured article

In short, no external links, no definitive references. It pains me to nominate this as someone has put a ton of work into it, but this page has a ton of problems with it for an FA (for which, coincidentally, I cannot find the original nomination page). To start, it has minimal references, none of which go back to multiple statements, claims, grandiose language, and quotes scattered throughout the article. This might not be a problem if, from the gate, the article wasn't making claims which call out for definitive sourcing. I can list them all if necessary. --Jeffrey O. Gustafson - Shazaam! - <*> - 06:23, 26 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Remove. it is disturbing that no record of the original FAC can be found. The lack of references combined with this makes me seriously question the article.--Alabamaboy 16:05, 26 August 2005 (UTC)
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Pydhonie

Pydhonie is a neighbourhood in South Mumbai. Etymologically the name is derived from the Marathi word Py which means feet, and dhoné which means "to wash". Thus the name means "A place where feet are washed."

The name Pydhonie or "foot-wash", and probably refers to a small creek that formed at high tide between the Great Breach (separating the islands of Bombay and Worli) and Umarkhadi, the creek between the islands of Mazagaon and Mumbai (Bombay). This was probably the first land permanently reclaimed from the sea in Mumbai.

Pydhonie separates the predominantly Muslim population of the eastern part of the inner city from the mainly Hindu part to the west. The main landmark is the Mumbadevi Temple, moved here from the Fort area in 1737 or 1766. The present structure was financed by a Prabhu goldsmith called Pandurang Shivaji. Many of the older houses in this area were built by immigrants from Gujarat and Rajasthan, and have the murals on the walls, jharokhas, balconies and ornate lintels typical of architecture from these states.

The ‘1860 ’ engraved police station is the oldest in the city and has a history in the 1993 Bombay bombings, which followed the Bombay riots, wherein the "first bullet during the riots was fired near the Pydhonie station and the first bus stoning during the riots also happened in this jurisdiction," said Madhukar Zende, who was the ACP during the 1993 riots and is famous for his arrest of serial killer Charles Sobhraj.

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Greg Solano

Greg Solano (born November 15, 1963), a Democrat, was elected Sheriff of Santa Fe County, New Mexico, in 2002, after leaving the Santa Fe City Police Department as a sergeant. Solano ran unsuccessfully for Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico in the 2010 Primary election under the Democratic party. Solano served nearly eight years as sheriff before resigning 1 month before his term was to end. On November 22, 2016, Greg Solano was in the news again when he donated a kidney to Retired District Judge Michael Vigil who was suffering from kidney failure.

Personal life
Greg Solano was born November 15, 1963, in Santa Fe, NM. Greg Solano was married Antoinette Solano on May 19, 1984, they have two children and six grandchildren. Antoinette was a former employee of the State of New Mexico. Antoinette and Greg worked together in the Self Storage industry. On June 24, 2021, Antoinette passed away from a heart attack. Antoinette Solano Obituary Greg Solano is also a prolific woodworker using CNC, Wood Turning, and traditional furniture making in his art.

Political career
Solano was a former President of the Santa Fe Police Officers Association, the City Police Union. During his presidency, the union became the first certified and recognized City of Santa Fe Union. He lost re-election as president in 1994 after Mayor Debbie Jaramillo appointed a controversial black police chief Don Grady. He was caught in between union members who wanted the chief removed and those who felt the fight for removal was racist in nature. He lost the election to the pro removal faction. He then left the police department in 1994 and first ran for sheriff in 1998, losing to then Under Sheriff Ray Sisneros by a slim margin.

In 2002, Solano ran again for sheriff against a field of two other Democrats and one Republican. After winning a close primary in June, he went on to win 70% of the vote in the November general election.

As sheriff, he raised deputy pay by 21% and in doing so stopped a flood of deputies leaving for other departments as well as filling often-vacant positions. Solano took on the privatization of jails in Santa Fe County after the problem-plagued jails formerly run by private companies received widespread criticism. He fought for the adult and juvenile jails return to public control ending the counties association with private companies. The fight over removing private companies from running the jail created conflict with the County Commission who was leary of government control of the jail and juvenile facilities. After the county took control of the jail and juvenile facility the Commission voted to remove the Sheriff's Office from having any authority over running the jail and juvenile facilities. He was involved in a settlement agreement with the United States Department of Justice over complaints and deficiencies found in audits of the adult facility prior to his administration. Sheriff Solano also took on drunk driving issues when he fought for local ordinances allowing for the taking and auctioning of repeat offenders automobiles and the placement of breath test machines in local liquor establishments. The most controversial of his driving while intoxicated ideas was to place the information and photos of repeat offenders on the Sheriff's Office website. Sheriff Solano later expressed regret over passing legislation to seize vehicles of drunk drivers after the city attempted to seize one of his vehicles when his daughter was arrested in the vehicle. Solano fought the seizure in district court and the City of Santa Fe returned the vehicle when it appeared the city might lose the case. The City of Santa Fe was in fear that if Solano would win the case the entire seizure program could be ruled illegal and rather than face the possibility of losing the program all together the city attorney dismissed the seizure case.

In September 2005, Solano announced his re-election bid for the office of Sheriff in the June 2006 Democratic Primary. The Santa Fe Reporter wrote a cover story on his life called "Behind the Badge " which was published May 3, 2006.

In June 2006 Sheriff Solano handily won re-election with 64% of the vote. He was challenged by one of his deputies who ran an increasingly negative campaign which failed to garner enough support to remove Sheriff Solano from office. Sheriff Solano begins his second four-year term January 1, 2007, having no Republican opponent in the General Election. The Sheriff's office is term limited with only two consecutive four year terms allowed.

On August 27, 2008, Sheriff Solano announced he would run for Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico in the 2010 Primary election under the Democratic party. In January 2010 Solano dropped his bid for Lieutenant Governor citing fundraising difficulties.

Resignation/Embezzlement
On November 24, 2010, Democrat Solano resigned as Sheriff of Santa Fe County after admitting to selling police and county property for years, including protective body armor vests to members of the military using eBay.

"I have done some things that I should not have done and am ready to come clean and face the consequences," Greg Solano, sheriff of Santa Fe county, said in a statement.

Solano, saying his family faced financial difficulties, admitted selling property that included cell phones, flashlights, police belts, holsters and the protective vests.

"During the last few years I have taken these vests and sold them online, mostly to military personnel who wanted them for extra protection overseas," Solano said. "This was wrong, illegal, unethical and dishonest."

Solano said the body vests he sold were several years old and no longer recommended for use by law enforcement.

State police said they have been investigating an embezzlement charge against Solano for the past four months.

State police spokesman Eric Garcia said the amount of property sold by Solano had not yet been determined. But he said "the scheme was facilitated through EBay where Solano would sell items illegally."

He said police investigators are working with the local district attorney's office and the case is ongoing.

Solano said he has turned over evidence and promised to cooperate with authorities.

"I will accept the consequences for my actions. Although my home is threatened with foreclosure and I am now unemployed, I plan to pay back what I took," Solano said.

Solano was praised in the media for the way he handled the scandal and for taking immediate responsibility saving taxpayer dollars and resources in the investigation and prosecution.

Robert Garcia, Solano's undersheriff was sworn in as interim County Sheriff. Garcia was subsequently elected as Sheriff by the citizens of Santa Fe County in the election of November 2, 2011, and began his first term on January 1, 2012.

On July 20, 2011, Solano pleaded guilty in District Court as part of a plea agreement to five counts of fraud for embezzling county property and selling the items for his own gain on eBay. The plea deal came eight months after Solano resigned as sheriff and admitted auctioning the items for personal profit. Solano was sentenced to 3 months in jail and $25,000 restitution as well as 5 years probation. Solano was released from jail after 6 weeks with good time. Solano successfully finished his probation in 2016.

Kidney Donation
In November 2016 Solano again made local news headlines when he donated a kidney to retired District Court Judge Michael Vigil. Solano said he had known the Judge since he was 20 years old and Judge Vigil helped him gain custody of his siblings. Greg Solano's Mother died when Solano was 20 years old and when Solano needed an attorney to legally gain custody of his 3 siblings Judge Vigil, then an attorney represented Solano on a Pro Bono basis. Thirty years later in 2015 Solano found out his old attorney, now a retired judge needed a kidney Solano called and offered one of his. Approximately 40 people offered and tested to donate the kidney. Solano was the only match. The testing and preparation took approximately a year and on November 22, 2016 during the thanksgiving holiday the former sheriff donated his kidney in a double surgery at the Mayo Clinic in Phoenix Arizona. While a few said Solano may be trying to redeem himself in the public eye, Solano said his criminal conviction and the kidney donation were unrelated. "He's a good man," he said of Vigil a day after he'd been released from the hospital. "I did it for that reason and that reason only. Not to, like, fix my appearance with the community or anything like that."

Social media
Solano is net savvy (he's known as the "Blogging Sheriff"). Solano maintains an active presence on Twitter and Facebook and regularly engages with his thousands of followers.

Writing
Greg Solano is also a writer with his short story "From Baghdad to Santa Fe " winning second place in a local writing contest earning him the title of published author. He began work on his first fiction novel in 2005.

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American Morse code

American Morse Code — also known as Railroad Morse—is the latter-day name for the original version of the Morse Code developed in the mid-1840s, by Samuel Morse and Alfred Vail for their electric telegraph. The "American" qualifier was added because, after most of the rest of the world adopted "International Morse Code," the companies that continued to use the original Morse Code were mainly located in the United States. American Morse is now nearly extinct—it is most frequently seen in American railroad museums and American Civil War reenactments—and "Morse Code" today virtually always means the International Morse which supplanted American Morse.

History
American Morse Code was first used on the Baltimore-Washington telegraph line, a telegraph line constructed between Baltimore, Maryland, and the old Supreme Court chamber in the Capitol building in Washington, D.C. The first public message "What hath God wrought" was sent on May 24, 1844, by Morse in Washington to Alfred Vail at the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) "outer depot" (now the B&O Railroad Museum) in Baltimore. The message is a Bible verse from Numbers 23:23, chosen for Morse by Annie Ellsworth, daughter of the Governor of Connecticut. The original paper tape received by Vail in Baltimore is on display in the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.

In its original implementation, the Morse Code specification included the following: Various other companies and countries soon developed their own variations of the original Morse Code. Of special importance was one standard, originally created in Germany by Friedrich Clemens Gerke in 1848, which was simpler—it eliminated the long intra-character spaces and the two long dashes—but also included changes in the sequences for eleven of the letters and most of the numerals. The Gerke code had a distinct advantage for use on undersea telegraph cables. Cables suffer from a type of distortion called dispersion that gets progressively worse with the length of the cable. Dispersion severely limits the rate that Morse can be sent because of intersymbol interference. For instance, the first transatlantic telegraph cable of 1858 could only sustain a transmission rate of less than 1 word per minute. This interference is worse with American Morse because it has a greater proportion of closely spaced dots than the Gerke code.
 * 1) short mark or dot
 * 2) longer mark or dash
 * 3) intra-character gap (standard gap between the dots and dashes in a character)
 * 4) short gap (between letters)
 * 5) medium gap (between words)
 * 6) long gap (between sentences)
 * 7) long intra-character gap (longer internal gap used in C, O, R, Y, Z and &)
 * 8) "long dash" (, the letter L)
 * 9) even longer dash (, the numeral 0)

The Gerke code was adopted as a standard for transmission over cables by the Austro-German Telegraph Union (which included many central European states) at a conference in 1851. It was necessary to have a common code as the Union had also agreed to direct connection of cables across borders (as opposed to recoding and retransmission by an operator). The code was adopted as the European standard in 1865, and was known at first as "Continental Morse," although as its use spread it also became known as "International Morse." At this point the original Morse Code started to be called American Morse, to differentiate between the two main standards.

There was some resistance to adopting International Morse in the US. This resulted in international Morse operators in the US needing to be proficient in both codes since messages on transatlantic cables were in the international code, and incoming messages needed to be recoded and sent on in American Morse. An attempt in 1854 to make International Morse the standard within the US was rejected by the telegraph companies. Overhead wires, used for most land routes in the US, have nowhere near as big a problem with dispersion as undersea or underground cables, and the companies had no wish to retrain their staff. The Chilean telegraph regulation of 1872 required operators to know both "German and American" code; some lines with the state system seem to have generally used one, some the other (and a few lines had Wheatstone equipment and so did not use Morse Code at all).

In the late 1890s, radio communication—initially known as "wireless telegraphy"—was invented, and used Morse Code transmissions. Most radio operators used the version of the Code that they were most familiar with—the American Morse Code in the United States, and Continental Morse in Europe. However, because of the long range of radio signals, a single international standard was needed, especially for seagoing vessels. At the Radiotelegraphic Convention meeting in London in 1912, the section of the Convention covering "Transmission of Radiograms" included the statement that "The signals to be employed are those of Morse International Code." Even after this, the original Morse Code continued to be used throughout much of the United States. American Morse remained the standard for U.S. landline telegraph companies, including the dominant company, Western Union, in part because the original code, with fewer dashes, could be sent about 5% faster than International Morse. American Morse also was commonly used for domestic radio transmissions on the Great Lakes, and along the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. However, International Morse predominated for ocean-going vessels, and many U.S. shipboard operators became skilled in transmitting both versions of the Code as needed.

Advantages and disadvantages
As already mentioned, American Morse is less suitable for use on cables because of the high density of dots. However, this same feature, together with the shorter dash, leads to the advantage of a more compressed code and a faster sending rate. The same operator could send at least 20% faster with American Morse than with International Morse.

The greater complexity of American Morse meant that it was easier for operators to make errors. American Morse has multiple lengths of dashes and spaces and inadvertently transmitting the wrong ones and other timing errors by novice operators is known as hog-Morse.

Later developments
Over time, with the disappearance of landline telegraphy and the end of commercial radio use of Morse Code, American Morse has become nearly extinct. In the United States, the ranks of amateur radio operators used to include many active and retired commercial landline telegraph operators, who preferred to use American Morse for their amateur radio transmissions, so the CW (continuous wave) amateur bands used to have a mixture of American and International Morse. However, today even U.S. amateurs use International Morse almost exclusively.

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Rewari district

Rewari district is one of the 22 districts in the state of Haryana, India. It was carved out of Gurgaon district by the Government of Haryana on 1November 1989. It is also part of the National Capital Region. The administrative headquarter of the district is the city of Rewari, which is also the biggest city in the district. In medieval times, it was an important market town. It is located in southern Haryana. , it is the second least populous district of Haryana after Panchkula.

History
The history of Rewari district is contemporary to the history of Delhi. During the Mahabharata period there was a king named Rewat who had a daughter named Rewati. But the king used to call her Rewa lovingly. The king founded and established a city named "Rewa wadi" after the name of her daughter. Later on Rewa got married with Balram, elder brother of Lord Krishna and the king donated the city "Rewa wadi”as dowry to her daughter. Later the city Rewa wadi became Rewari.

Rezang La battle of 1962
Rezang La was the site of the last stand of the 13 Kumaon, an all-Ahir company, during the Sino-Indian War in 1962. The company was led by Major Shaitan Singh, who won a posthumous Param Vir Chakra for his actions. From the Indian point of view, Rezang La had the drawback that an intervening feature blocked artillery operation, so that the Indian infantry had to do without artillery cover.

In this action on 18 November 1962, 114 Indian soldiers out of a total of 123 were killed. Almost all of them were from Rewari. A memorial in Rewari, where most of the Ahir soldiers came from, claims that 1,300 Chinese soldiers were killed in the battle. A memorial was constructed near Dharuhera Chowk in Rewari city by Rezangla Shaurya Samiti. Every year memorial functions are held by the Samiti in collaboration with district administration and the Kumaon Regiment. Family members of those who died at Rezangla also take part in it.

Demographics
According to the 2011 census, Rewari district has a population of 900,332, roughly equal to the nation of Fiji or the US state of Delaware. This gives it a ranking of 466th in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of 565 PD/sqkm. Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 17.09%. Rewari has a sex ratio of 898 females for every 1000 males. The total literacy rate is 80.99%, which for males is 91.44% and for females is 69.57%. Scheduled Castes make up 20.28% of the population.

Language
At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 72.46% of the population spoke Hindi and 25.58% Haryanvi as their first language.

Ahirwati, also called Hirwati (the language of Ahirs), is spoken in Ahirwal.

Rewari, Mahendergarh, Narnaul, Gurgaon, Kotkasim, Kotputli, Bansur, Behror and Mundawar are considered as the centre of Ahirwati speaking area. It represents the connecting link between Mewati and three other dialects Bangaru, Bagri and Shekhawati.

Economy
Proximity with the Delhi and the presence of minerals in the district has allowed Rewari to possess a mixed type of economy. Since its formation in 1989, the number of workers employed in agriculture has come down from 54.7% to 33.8% in 2011. The workforce has been absorbed in the growing tertiary and secondary sectors.

Industry
The city of Rewari was historically known for its brassworks and turbans.

But before its formation in 1989, the district had only two medium scale industrial units. The formation of the district coincided with economic liberalisation in India and movement of industries from Delhi to the National Capital Region in its periphery. Industrial growth was also aided by the creation of industrial estates like Dharuhera in Rewari and Industrial Model Township in Bawal. Consequently, the number of medium and large scale units in the district has increased to 168 as o. etc. The various medium scale units manufacture products like brass/copper sheets, coils/cables, synthetic yarn, plastic products, printing paper, medicines, beer, ready made garments, machinery, electrical products etc.

Agriculture
Out of the total 159,400 hectares of available land, 120,897 hectares or 83.79% land is used for agriculture. Rewari is deficient in rainfall and has to depend on manual irrigation. Slope of the district, from south to north, is a great hindrance in bringing water from north using gravity flow. To overcome this, work on Jawaharl Lal Nehru (JLN) canal was started in 1974-75 to bring water by successive lifts using high capacity pumps. The JLN feeder is 104 kilometres long channel taking off from tail of Delhi parallel branch at Khubru. Even so, most of the irrigation is still done through tube wells.

The crops grown in the district are broadly divided into two categories - Kharif or Sawani crops grown in the summer between June and October and Rabi or Sadhi crops grown in winter between November and harvested in April/May. Any crop which does not fall within these two harvests is called Zaid crop and its harvest is called Zaid Kharif or Zaid Rabi depending on the harvest with which it is assessed.

Major Kharif crop grown in the district is bajra (pearl millet) in over 60,000 hectares of land. Rewari is among the top five producers of bajra in Haryana. Minor crops include paddy, jowar (sorghum), cotton and Kharif vegetables like onion, turnip, cucumber etc. Jowar is cultivated mainly as fodder for livestock. Animals are fed on bajra throughout the year due to lack of green fodder. Major Rabi crops are wheat and oilseeds while minor ones are barley, gram and Rabi vegetables. Wheat is an important wheat crop and is grown in about 50,000 hectares of land. Rapeseed and mustard seed are important cash crops grown alongside wheat in the Rabi season. Rewari is ranked third in Haryana in the production of rapeseed and mustard seed. Toria (an oilseed) is cultivated as Zaid Kharif and vegetables, melon and green fodder as Zaid Rabi.

Farmers make intensive use of agriculture machinery and modern fertilizers to increase productivity. During 2010–2011, 6,427 tractors, 2,309 combine harvesters and tubewells 24,181 were in use in the district. During the same period over 50,000 tonnes of chemical fertilizers were used.

Rewari receives average annual rainfall of 569.6 mm.

Lack of green fodder means that Rewari has comparatively less numbers of animals reared than other districts of Haryana. As of 2012, livestock in the district numbered 290,272 which is 3.3% of total livestock in Haryana. Poultry stock numbered 739,732.

Rewari has own Commodity(Mandi) for nearby farmers. Rewari Mandi is the biggest mandi in nearby 70 km area in Haryana. The main area of supply from this mandi is mustard, wheat & vegetables from the local farmers.

Politics
The district consists of three assembly constituencies - Rewari, Bawal and Kosli. Rewari and Bawal come in the Gurgaon Lok Sabha constituency while Kosli comes in Rohtak. In the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, the Bhartiya Janata Party managed to win all three assembly segments in the district. In Legislative Assembly elections, held later in the same year, the BJP again won all three seats.

Sub-divisions

 * Rewari
 * Kosli
 * Bawal

Tehsils

 * Rewari
 * Kosli
 * Bawal
 * Palhawas

Sub Tehsils

 * Dharuhera
 * Dahina
 * Manethi DAKHORA VILLAGE

Blocks

 * Dharuhera
 * Khol
 * Nahar
 * Jatusana
 * Bawal
 * Rewari
 * Dahina

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Kalbadevi

Kalbadevi is an old neighbourhood in Mumbai (Bombay), India. It is named after Goddess Kalbadevi, the Hindu Goddess. Kalbadevi area is one of the busiest areas during peak hours. The area has mostly traders in watches, bicycles, steel utensils, etc.

Business centre
Kalbadevi is within walking distance from CST, Masjid Bunder and Marine Lines. The traders, buyers and visitors living in suburbs depend on these three railway stations to reach Kalbadevi.

Location
Kalbadevi Road starts near Metro Cinema and continues up to Bhuleshwar Road and further to the Khetwadi road. There are a number of book shops for old and new books. One of these, the New and Secondhand Bookshop was founded in 1905. An access to the two cloth wholesale markets, Mulji Jetha Market and Mangaldas Market, are the main cloth markets in South Mumbai from Hanuman Galli, which starts at Kalbadevi Road. At the further end of Kalbadevi, near Bhuleshwar Road, is the Cotton Exchange, the market for cotton trade.

Hotels
Hotel Surti is at the intersection of Bhuleshwar Road and Kalbadevi Road. Other restaurants on Kalbadevi include Anand Bhavan and Krishna Murari near the Old Hanuman Lane in the "middle" portion along the length of Kalbadevi Road. Towards Metro there are two other restaurants - Raj Mahal and Pushpa Vihar and also Thali restaurant. There is a prominent chain of Hotels or Lodging House in this area named Adarsh Hotel Group. They are having their three hotels in Kalbadevi Road i.e. Adarsh Hotel, Hotel Adarsh Palace, Old Hanuman Lane and Adarsh Baug, Dr. Atmaram Merchant Road. It also has Guest houses such as Novelth Guest House, Hotel NeelKamal, etc for businessmen traveling from different states. A market has also been developed for designer sarees and readymade garments. G. T. Hospital, Cama Hospital and Bombay Hospital are near Kalbadevi Road.

Parsi Fire temples and market place
Being close to a Parsi fire temple, many Parsis live near Metro Cinema in Kalbadevi. Parsi Dairy on Princess Street is a very old establishment in the area. It has undergone restructuring to keep up with the modern times. Publishers like R. R. Sheth & Co. and Navbharat Sahitya Mandir are on Princess Street in this area.

Old Residential area
Kalbadevi used to be a residential area. Abdul Rehman Street, Princess Street, and Bhuleshwar Road were occupied by families. As the price of real estate went up, more and more people opted to leave the area and move towards the northern parts of Mumbai.

Kalbadevi temple
The Kalbadevi temple, after which this neighbourhood is named was relocated twice. It is believed that the original temple was located in Mahim, but the image of the goddess was kept hidden for five hundred years. After being found, it was installed in this neighbourhood. It was relocated again when the Government decided to widen the road for laying a tramline. The original structure was demolished and the government financed the entire expenditure for the construction of the present structure. The management of the present temple was handed over to Raghunath Joshi after relocation.

kalbadevi fire hazard
In the major fire hazard developed in Kalbadevi area, during May, 2015, Shri Amin, died in the line of duty, had demonstrated exemplary courage while discharging his duty during the massive fire at Kalbadevi in Mumbai last week. He risked his own life.

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The theatrical poster for Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992). Copyright Sony Pictures. 1992.

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Carey y Cía. Ltda.

 * Delete. Vanity, advertising, non-notable company. —Charles O'Rourke 06:35, August 26, 2005 (UTC)
 * Copyvio. Listed on WP:CP. Bovlb 06:49:38, 2005-08-26 (UTC)
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Commonwealth Avenue (Canberra)

Commonwealth Avenue (route A23) is a major road in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia. It connects Civic with South Canberra. Specifically, it runs between City Hill and Capital Hill.

History
The first Commonwealth Avenue Bridge was constructed in 1928; that replaced a ford across the Molonglo River; and two earlier bridges. The current bridge was completed in 1963.

Description
Commonwealth Avenue is a six-lane-wide road with a wide median down the middle. The road crosses Lake Burley Griffin over the Commonwealth Avenue Bridge. The road is connected with Parkes Way by freeway style on-ramps. Along its length on the northern side are the Roman Catholic Archbishop's residence and Commonwealth Park. On the south side of the lake the road is lined with large trees and is bounded by the suburb of Parkes on the east and Yarralumla on the west. Significant sites along this stretch include the Albert Hall, the Hotel Canberra (Hyatt) and the High Commissions of the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Canada.

Upon reaching Capital Hill, the road turns into Capital Circle which circles around Parliament House before connecting with Adelaide Avenue which connects it with Woden Valley. There is a ramp at the end of Commonwealth Avenue which allows access to Parliament House.

Between the spans on the southern side are four granite stones from the 1817 Waterloo Bridge across the River Thames in London, two at each end of the bridge. These were presented to Australia after the 1817 bridge was demolished in the 1940s and replaced by a modern structure. A plaque reads, in part, "Stones such as these from the bridge were presented to Australia and other parts of the British world to further historic links in the British Commonwealth of Nations."

Gallery
 File:Underneath Commonwealth Avenue Bridge January 2013.jpg|Commonwealth Avenue crossing Lake Burley Griffin at Commonwealth Avenue Bridge File:Waterloo Bridge stone Canberra.jpg|One of four granite stones from the 1817 Waterloo Bridge, London File:British High Commission in Canberra.jpg|The British High Commission building on Commonwealth Avenue

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Wente Vineyards

Wente Vineyards is a winery in Livermore, California, that is "the oldest continuously operating, family-owned winery in the United States." The Wente Estate is registered as a California Historical Landmark #957.

History
The winery was established by C.H. Wente in 1883 on 47 acres of land. Having received training in wines while working for Charles Krug of Napa Valley, Wente purchased a few vineyards and land of excellent soil. In 1934 his sons, Ernest and Herman, introduced California's first varietal wine label, Sauvignon Blanc. In 1936, they introduced the first varietally labeled Chardonnay. The efforts of the Wente family, including pioneering night-time mechanical harvesting and being a leader in sustainable winegrowing practices, have helped establish the Livermore Valley as one of the premier wine-growing areas of California. Since then, it has expanded to over 2,000 acres (8 km2), plus an additional 700 acres (3 km2) in Arroyo Seco.

Wente Clone
The Wente clone is budwood that is used to plant Chardonnay at many California vineyards. In 1912, 2nd Generation Winegrower Ernest Wente took cuttings from the University of Montpellier viticultural nursery in France. Cuttings from the Wente vineyard then spread to a number of other wineries before eventually being certified by the Foundation Plant Materials Service of the University of California, Davis. Clones taken from the certified vines are known as "Wente" or "heat-treated Wente," and clones taken from vines before certification are known as "Old Wente."

Estate
Wente Vineyards also offers a golf course, tasting room and private events all nestled in the heart of the vineyards.

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Guardians (card game)

Guardians is a fantasy-themed collectible card game (CCG) published by Friedlander Publishing Group (FPG) in 1995. The initial set was sold in 60-card starter decks and 14-card booster packs.

Gameplay
Each player assembles a 55-card deck from the starter deck and booster packs; it must include at least one Guardian and three Strongholds. Other types of cards needed include Terrains, Shields, Magic Items, Bribes (Beer and Babe cards), and Creatures. Unlike other CCGs, Guardian also features a rectangular battlefield with a 4 x 3 grid placed between the players. Each player places their three Stronghold cards in the row closest to them. The two rows that lie in between are a no man's land called the "disputed territories".

A game represents two armies contesting a battle, each protected by a Guardian.

Victory conditions
A player wins by fulfilling any one of three victory conditions:
 * 1) The player defeats the enemy Guardian.
 * 2) The player conquers all 6 squares of "disputed territories".
 * 3) The player destroys five enemy Shields.

Publication history
Guardians was designed by Keith Parkinson and Luke Peterschmidt, with initial artwork by Parkinson, Brom, Don Maitz, Mike Ploog, and James Warhola. It was published by Friedlander Publishing Group (FPG) in 1995.

Artwork
As new booster packs were released, the list of contributing artists grew to include:
 * Chris Achilleos
 * Denis Beauvais
 * Timothy Bradstreet
 * Larry Elmore
 * Wilson Keith Elmore
 * Richard Hescox
 * Ken Kelly
 * Rowena Morrill
 * Mark Poole
 * Shaw
 * Darrell K. Sweet

Marketing
Artwork and marketing sometimes featured scantily clad women and used suggestive sexual themes, especially the class of cards called "Babes." In an article/advertisement by designer Luke Peterschmidt in Inquest, an illustration of three buxom women has the caption "Six of the... uh, three of the best things about Guardians."

Expansion set list

 * Guardians Revised Edition
 * Dagger Isle (120 cards)
 * Drifter's Nexus (120 cards)
 * Necropolis Park

The Dagger Isle expansion set, consisting of 120 cards, was released in mid-1996 and sold in 14-card booster packs. The 120-card expansion set Drifter's Nexus was released in April 1996 and sold in 8-card booster packs.

Reception
In the April 1996 edition of Dragon (Issue 228), Rick Swan called Guardians "an impressive little weirdo," but warned that the "Babe" cards were "the most blatant display of sexism the industry's seen." He called the combat system "the game's best feature," and complimented its "several ingenious twists." Swan concluded by giving the game an average rating of 4 out of 6, saying, "Guardians is not without its problems. For a premise this goofy [...] it's way too complicated [...] Still, the plusses outweigh the minuses, making it a must for collectible card freaks with an eye for good art." In the September 1996 issue of The Duelist (Issue 12), Allen Varney reported that the game had a strong following in Philadelphia, Ohio, England and France.

In a review in the September 1996 issue of InQuest, Jason Schneiderman stated that the expansion set Drifter's Nexus is "an all-out comedy".

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Melana Scantlin

Melana Scantlin (born December 4, 1977 Gladstone, Missouri) is an American entertainment journalist, sports journalist and former Miss Missouri USA, and reality TV star who also competed in the Miss Teen USA and Miss USA pageants. In college, she was named to the Dean's List, The National Dean's List and Who's Who Among College and University Students.

Scantlin's first beauty pageant win was Miss Missouri Teen USA. She went on to represent Missouri in the Miss Teen USA pageant broadcast and placed in the semifinals.

In 2001, she won the Miss Missouri USA 2002 title, becoming the fifth former Miss Teen USA delegate to win the title. She went on to represent Missouri in the Miss USA 2002 pageant broadcast live from Gary, Indiana on March 2, 2002.

Scantlin became widely known in 2003 on the first season of the TV series Average Joe. She was expecting to start off meeting a bunch of hunks, but was instead inundated with mostly plain-looking and/or obese suitors. Later on in the show, three model types of men were brought in to compete against the Average Joes. She chose "pretty boy" Jason Peoples over Average Joe Adam Mesh. After the show, Melana and Jason flew off in a private jet for a romantic getaway. The two made the rounds of TV talk shows, but later started seeing other people.

She has served as an on-camera host and red carpet interviewer for E!, NBC Universal, Variety, VH1, Yahoo, Verizon, Best Damn Sports Show Period, The Kanas City Chiefs, The New England Patriots, Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, NFL Kick-off Week, NHL All-Star Week, The Super Bowl, The Oscars, The Emmys, The Grammys, MTV VMAs, CMT Music Awards, AFI Lifetime Achievement Awards, The ESPYs, ION, FX, Verifone, Screenvision,    World Series of Blackjack, Red Carpet Specials and Live Panel Discussions'. She's also appeared on Days of Our Lives, 20 Most Awesomely Bad Songs on VH1, Sidewalks Entertainment, The Wayne Brady Show, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and Live with Regis and Kelly.

In 2004, Scantlin was the co-host of the Screening Room, a movie review segment which airs Fridays on WDAF-TV in Kansas City, Missouri.

Scantlin graduated from Park University in Parkville, Missouri, where she was on the Dean's List, named to the National Dean's List and Who's Who Among College and University Students.

She resides in Los Angeles, California where she hosts E! News Now since 2009.

Other
She is also the cousin of lead singer Wes Scantlin from Puddle of Mudd.

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The result of the debate was keep. '''Inconclusive. No VfD tag or any other notice was displayed on the article at any time during the discussion.''' --Tony Sidaway Talk 17:08, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

Cayden Boyd

 * Speedy keep. WP:POINT.  See User talk:Figgleeeeeo.  Zoe 06:40, August 26, 2005 (UTC)
 * Well, it is in her right to vote for the article (or have the rules changed so new users can't vote?) Dysprosia 06:54, 26 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Keep. Dysprosia 06:54, 26 August 2005 (UTC)
 * New users can nominate but their votes can be discounted by the closing admin. And this is clearly a retaliation nomination as clearly delineated on "her" talk page.  Zoe 07:19, August 26, 2005 (UTC)
 * They can vote, and their votes should be discounted only if bad faith can be proven. Of course, here, it can be.  Speedy keep, bad faith nomination, WP:POINT. Proto t c 10:22, 26 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Strong keep, child actor with lead role in recent film and an important role in Mystic River and several others plus his IMDB entry make him notable. - Mgm|(talk) 11:39, August 26, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep Roodog2k 14:03, 26 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Seeing as there never was a proper VFD header placed on the article and the unanimous consensus is to keep, this discussion should be closed.  Agreed?  Hall Monitor 17:57, 26 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep of course. Comment: the thread at User talk:Figgleeeeeo strongly suggests a troll. Admins should consider banning the user based on this action. Dottore So 19:11, 26 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Speedy keep. -- DS1953 01:17, August 28, 2005 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in an undeletion request). No further edits should be made to this page.


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Marni Thompson

Marni Thompson is a Canadian actress, whose most extensive starring role was in Paradise Falls, a soap opera on Showcase Television, starting in 2001. She played Valerie Hunter, a bored local police officer in a small community.

Except for her appearance in the film Three to Tango (1999), her acting has been mainly on TV. She has had guest roles on TV series, such as Relic Hunter, The City, Earth: Final Conflict, Power Play, and Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal. She was also a character on the TV mini-series Robocop: Prime Directives.

Marni was born Stratford, Ontario and grew up in Toronto.

title: Marni Thompson