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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Janelle Pierzina

 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 Redirect to Big Brother (USA TV series). Fernando Rizo T/C 23:12, 8 September 2005 (UTC)

Janelle Pierzina
Another Big Brother competitor who is nn enough not to need their own article. Every attempt I have made to redirect this has been reverted. Zoe 05:33, September 1, 2005 (UTC)
 * Redirect unless it was a major feature (like a centrefold or something) in Playboy. --Apyule 06:44, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep - I think being on a well known show (more than token or minor appearance) of a major broadcast network is a straight forward keep. I base the keep only on that, since other than the one show, I'm not sure much of anything about her is verified, or will be till later.    --rob 08:23, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
 * So an article on every Big Brother contestant in every season in every country in the world should be created? Zoe 08:39, September 1, 2005 (UTC)
 * Reply: This is no place to debate an issue not specific to this article.  It was a mistake to call a vfd.   A "mergeto" (or appropriate) tag should have been added to each unwanted contestant's article, which would then direct everybody to a single central talk page (for the show), to discuss and vote on the issue.  A single approach should be established.  --rob 11:29, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, people would want to be able to look her up, as is generally the case for Big Brother contestants. Kappa 09:34, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge all non-duplicated contents that are thought to be noteworthy into the Big Brother article, and redirect this page.— Encephalon |  ζ   09:45:41, 2005-09-01 (UTC)
 * Redirect all reality tv contestants that aren't winners or otherwise notable.--nixie 09:54, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Redirect to the relevant series, as per multiple precedents. Proto t c 10:02, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Redirect, agree with nixie and Proto Peeper 14:37, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete nn WP is not a Who's Who DV8 2XL 13:03, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Redirect as per precedent.--Scimitar parley 14:29, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Weak keep as per rob. Hall Monitor 20:34, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Redirect (1st choice) or Delete (2nd choice)'' UniReb 21:11, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Create Big Brother contestants who we otherwise wouldn't have heard of (or maybe something slightly more appropriate) merge, and redirect. Alf 21:36, 1 September 2005 (UTC)

Gian89 02:05, 5 September 2005(UTC)
 * Redirect per precedent as Proto points out. Dottore So 01:47, 2 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep Either we keep this article, or we create one specific article called Big Brother USA contestants and put the descriptions of each houseguest there. I tried doing this once, but of course it was deleted.  We could also create a different article for each season of Big Brother and we can describe each contestent there.  This should be discussed in Talk:Big Brother (USA TV series) and a consensus should be reached.  This VfD discussion keeps repeating itself in all the pages of all the contestents and it is going nowhere. Paul99 02:22, 2 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment - an article per series, with each individual contestant's name redirecting to that series's article is what is done with the UK version of Big Brother, and it works perfectly well. Proto t c 09:05, 2 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Round and round we go.   —RaD Man (talk) 06:45, 2 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep Subject has several things of note to name outside of being a BB contestant. Subject is extremely popular. Merging wouldn't be the worst case, but would make the original BB page too unwieldy very quickly. Not sure why Zoe has such a campaign against individual BB pages in the first place.--66.149.92.242 13:58, 2 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Because just being a contestant on a TV show does not make somebody notable, and once she's voted off, we will never hear of her again. Zoe 18:52, September 2, 2005 (UTC)
 * So you are a psychic, eh? Nice! Can you tell me who'd going to win the Superbowl this year by any chance?--66.149.92.242 20:00, 2 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep certainly keep at least until and if she's evicted. She's got accomplishments other than being on Big Brother, and given the rating she has on CBS's site and that she won America's Choice I expect that CBS will be having her do other things one way or the other.--Firedrake 23:14, 2 September 2005 (UTC)
 * And how many of the other contestants from the US Big Brother have you ever heard of again? The only one I can even think of is Josh Sousa from BB1, who got into minor modeling and has now written a screenplay.  Zoe 19:25, September 3, 2005 (UTC)
 * Lets see... there's Marcellas Reynolds, Will Wikle, and Alisun Irwin to name a few. But somehow I don't think YOUR or (or for that matter, MY) awareness of their activities after the show should be the standard for which they are judged. Kaysar's (the only one more popular than her this season) been on a soap so far after the show and is in talks about a possible spot on The Amazing Race. CBS isn't exactly stupid when it finds popular folks (See Rupert or Rob and Amber). I'll also note the season isn't even over yet and although the odds are against her, she may yet win.--Firedrake 19:59, 3 September 2005 (UTC)
 * I know that Marcellas hosts CBS's online BB discussions, but what have Will Wilke and Alisun Irwin done? Zoe 21:15, September 3, 2005 (UTC)
 * Alisun and her boyfirend were on Amazing Race. Will writes on the CBS BB site as well as a few other reality TV sites. I'll grant you that if you aren't a BB fanatic you probably won't hear a lot about many of the non-winners. My main point is that neither of us would probably claim to hold the final ord on celebrity. I would say that she's known to enough folks and has done enough to earn her a few kbytes in Wiki. --Firedrake 22:41, 3 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep Wikipedia is not paper we have articles on characters from books, movies and television series, why not reality tv contestants? --JPotter 23:17, September 2, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete Wikipedia is not toilet paper either, the books will be here next year, the tv series will be repeated, reality contestants will mostly be forgotten next month. If not, then at that point they will be notable. --Doc (?) 21:20, 3 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Ms. Pierzina is completely notable. Especially since she's made it so far in Big Brother 6. -- OldRight 22:05, 4 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep Janelle Pierzina is the people's favourite to win the show. Other members who have been evicted have their own section, why can't this very popular, athletic, smart girl have one? Besides she's got a story to tell.
 * Strong Keep- Janelle is by far the most popular person left in the house and will be remembered (at least by series fans) for being one of the strongest, smartest, and most entertaining people ever to appear on the show. She has at this point secured a spot in at least the Final Four, and even if she doesn't win she deserves her own page for what she's added to the series (like Danielle Reyes).  --PatadyBag 14:24, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep Youngamerican 17:19, 6 September 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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Flintridge Preparatory School

Flintridge Preparatory School, familiarly known as Flintridge Prep, or simply Prep, is a highly ranked coeducational day school for grades 7-12. Founded in 1933, it is located in La Cañada Flintridge, California, United States.

Facilities
School facilities include a science/cultural center, multiple classroom buildings with labs renovated in 2014–2015, two computer laboratories, a two-story library, a performing arts center, a 400-seat auditorium, an administration building with faculty offices, and an alumni and development office building.

The Chandramohan Library is a two-story library and learning center with a computer lab, a seminar classroom, meeting rooms, space for individual and group study, and a laptop room.

Student experience
More than 50% of students participate in performing arts, and two-thirds of high school students participate in one of the school's 13 varsity sports.

History and values
Founded as an all-boys school, the school became coed in the academic year 1979–1980.

Each fall, all members of the community (including faculty and staff) sign the honor code, the universal code of ethics across campus.

Accreditation
Flintridge Prep is accredited by the California Association of Independent Schools and is a charter member of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. It holds memberships in the California Association of Independent Schools, the National Association of Independent Schools, the Western Association of College Counselors, the Cum Laude Society, and the Educational Records Bureau. Flintridge complies with the National Association for College Admission Counseling's Statement of Principles of Good Practice. It also participates in the American Field Service and the Independent School Alliance for Minority Affairs.

Enrollment
The student body includes approximately 500 students in grades 7 through 12, about 100 of whom are seniors.

Graduation requirements
4 years of English, 3 of math, 3 of world languages, 3 of history; 2 of laboratory science, and 2 of fine arts are required.

Notable alumni

 * Ramses Barden, professional football player
 * Stephen J. Cannell, television producer, writer, and novelist
 * Mark Geragos, attorney
 * Sarah Gilman, actor
 * Laurie Fortier, actor
 * Harry Hamlin, actor
 * Jeff Krosnoff (deceased), IndyCar driver
 * Bill Monning, California State Senator
 * Dennis Muren, Academy Award winner, filmmaker, special effects honoree
 * Emily Osment, actor
 * Haley Joel Osment, Academy Award-nominated actor
 * Cristina Perez, attorney, television personality, and writer
 * JP Blecksmith, American military officer who was the first officer killed in Operation Phantom Fury during Operation Iraqi Freedom II

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Talk:Cydrome

Backward compatibility
The paragraph about backward compatibility only being solved by JIT isn't true. Backward compatibility was solved by having dependency information placed into the instruction stream (by the compiler). In that way, wider machines that issue multiple long instruction words in parallel can be built with full backward compatibility. That's how Itanium and the TI DSP solutions do it. Dyl 05:35, September 1, 2005 (UTC)

 * The comment may not be true "NOW" but was true then - I worked there, and that was our belief at the time. Note that some of the folks that worked at Cydrome went on to work on the Itanium. So they DID solve the problem eventually.  Further, I would argue that JIT is ALSO a solution.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.81.240.50 (talk) 01:29, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

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Gordy

Gordy is a 1994 American family comedy-drama film directed by Mark Lewis, about a livestock piglet named Gordy who searches for his missing family (who are taken away to a slaughterhouse in Omaha, Nebraska). He experiences the lives of others who are part of the film's side plots, including traveling country music singers Luke McAllister and his daughter, Jinnie Sue; and lonely boy Hanky Royce whose mother, Jessica, is engaged to a sinister businessman named Gilbert Sipes. Gordy changes lives for the people he encounters due to their ability to understand him. The film was distributed by Miramax Films under their Miramax Family Films imprint.

The film features the song "Pig Power in the House" by Tag Team. A music video was produced for the song, featuring clips from the film.

Plot
A piglet named Gordy lives a happy life on Meadow Brook Farm somewhere near Hope, Arkansas. However, after the farmer goes bankrupt, he is forced to sell everything, starting with Gordy's family. Two men arrive in a truck to take Gordy's father, but Gordy is alerted of this by Richard, the farm's rooster. Gordy tries to stop his father from leaving by following the truck taking him, but he tells Gordy to go home and look after the family. Upon returning to the farm, Gordy finds that his mother and siblings were taken in another truck while he pursued his father. Determined to locate his family and return to the farm, Gordy sets out alone to find them. He eventually ends up in the care of Jinnie Sue McAllister, a young country singer who lives in a camper van with her father, Luke, and their "manager", Cousin Jake. Not knowing Gordy's name, Jinnie Sue calls him Pinky.

They travel to a dinner party, where Luke performs for the governor of Arkansas. Also attending are rich businessman Henry Royce, his daughter Jessica, her scheming fiancé Gilbert Sipes, and her lonely young son Hanky. Hanky wanders off on his own and meets Gordy and Jinnie Sue. Hanky falls into the swimming pool, but cannot swim. Just as Jinnie Sue rushes off to get help, Gordy dives into the pool with an inflatable tube, and saves Hanky. Due to Gordy's bravery, he is given to Hanky as a pet, and also becomes suddenly famous.

Henry and Gilbert have alternate decisions on who the new mascot of the Royce Company should be: Gordy or Jessica. In the end, Gordy wins, due to a switched camera lens used on Jessica's promotion. Gilbert is determined to remove Gordy and then take control of the company. Gilbert sends his henchmen, Dietz and Krugman, to kidnap Gordy, but Gordy and Hanky escape by boarding a school bus, which Dietz and Krugman pursue. Gordy and Hanky escape onto a feeding truck and soon unexpectedly meet up with the McAllisters, who learn from the radio that Hanky has apparently run away. Another bulletin follows, revealing Henry has died of a heart attack. The McAllisters return Hanky and Gordy to the Royce building in St. Louis, Missouri where an attorney reveals Henry has left his company to Gordy and Hanky.

Cousin Jake, upon learning Gordy's family is missing, organizes a giant countrywide search to locate them and also a country music concert in Branson, Missouri in Gordy's name. Jim Stafford, Moe Bandy, Boxcar Willie, Cristy Lane, Buck Trent, and Mickey Gilley perform, as well as a surprise speech from President Bill Clinton (voiced by Jim Meskimen), who unveils a new stamp of Gordy. Gilbert sends Dietz and Krugman to kidnap Gordy, tie him in a sack, and toss him in a river, but Gordy is saved by Cousin Jake, who returns him to Hanky and Jinnie Sue. Everyone learns from someone who calls into the telethon that Gordy's family is going to be slaughtered at an unidentified slaughterhouse in Nebraska. Gilbert tries to hide the fact that it is owned by the Royce family. However, a battle ensues between Gilbert and Luke, with Jessica and Luke knocking him out with the suitcase of Brinks, the family attorney. Gordy, Hanky, Jinnie Sue, Jessica, Luke, Cousin Jake, and Brinks race to stop the slaughterhouse from killing Gordy's family, but a train slows them down. Hanky successfully rings the love-struck supervisor, and the slaughterhouse is shut down just in time. To Gordy's happiness, his family has survived, and he is reunited with his father, who was also about to be killed at the slaughterhouse. The pigs are moved back to the farm, which Luke and Jessica decide to buy with most of the Royce Company profits; they marry and Hanky, Jinnie Sue, and Cousin Jake move in too. Gordy and his family are finally reunited.

Cast

 * Doug Stone as Luke McAllister: A country singer, and the father of Jinnie Sue.
 * Kristy Young as Jinnie Sue McAllister: The daughter of Luke, also a country singer.
 * Tom Lester as Cousin Jake: Luke's cousin and the manager of his group.
 * Deborah Hobart as Jessica Royce: the daughter of Henry and mother of Hanky, engaged to Gilbert.
 * Michael Roescher as Hanky Royce: The lonely but friendly son of Jessica. He becomes a good friend to Gordy.
 * James Donadio as Gilbert Sipes: The fiancé of Jessica and head of Market Research and director of Public Relations for the Royce company. He is a selfish and scheming man who is looking to take over it.
 * Ted Manson as Henry Royce: The elderly executive of the Royce Company, father of Jessica, and grandfather of Hanky. He dies of a heart attack part-way through the film at age 73.
 * Tom Key as Brinks: The comical friendly director of Consumer Research for the Royce Company and also attorney of the Royce family and Gilbert. He usually follows the advice of his conscience.
 * Jon Kohler and Afemo Omilami as Dietz and Krugman: Gilbert's incompetent henchmen.

Voices

 * Justin Garms as Gordy: A spunky young piglet who sets out from his home to find his missing family.
 * Hamilton Camp as Gordy's Father: An adult pig who was taken up north to be slaughtered. Camp also voices Richard the Rooster, who warns Gordy that his family has been taken away.
 * Jocelyn Blue as Gordy's Mother: The mother of Gordy and his five siblings. She and Gordy's siblings are also taken for slaughter.
 * Frank Welker as the Narrator and Animals' vocal effects
 * Tress MacNeille as Wendy, Richard's mate
 * Earl Boen as Minnesota Red
 * Frank Soronow as Dorothy the Cow
 * Billy Bodine as Piglet
 * Blake McIver Ewing as Piglet
 * Julianna Harris as Piglet
 * Sabrina Weiner as Piglet
 * Heather Bahler as Piglet
 * Jim Meskimen as the voice of Bill Clinton

Production
The script for Gordy started under the title of Waldo and was written by veteran TV comedy writers Jay Sommers and Dick Chevillat with Arnold the Pig from Green Acres in mind for Waldo, but remained unproduced for several years. In January 1993, it was announced Sybil Robson's newly formed Robson Entertainment had acquired the Waldo script which was re-written by Leslie Stevens with the new title Gordy. Pre-production took place in Atlanta on a budget of $6-7 million.

Release
The film was released on two screens in Tucson, Arizona on November 4, 1994 and was released nationwide on May 12, 1995.

Home media
The film was released on VHS on November 8, 1995 by Walt Disney Home Video. It was released on DVD on June 4, 2002 by Walt Disney Home Entertainment, along with a simultaneous VHS re-release on the same day. It was re-released on DVD on April 12, 2011 by Echo Bridge Home Entertainment. A second re-release by Lionsgate was released on October 7, 2014, which includes a digital copy. A third re-release by Miramax was released on February 23, 2021.

Critical reception
Along with generally negative reviews, Gordy was eclipsed by Babe, another family film about a talking piglet who becomes famous while avoiding being slaughtered for food. The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported that the film received approval rating with an average rating of  based on  reviews. Although the film premiered on a limited release in Tucson in November 1994 and had its nationwide release a few months before Babe, Gordy was far less successful critically and commercially. Meanwhile, Babe was both a critical and commercial success, won several awards (including an Academy Award for Visual Effects) and spawned a sequel titled Babe: Pig in the City.

Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film 2 out of 4 stars, writing: "This is not the kind of film that rewards deep analysis. I rate it at two stars, but I'd recommend it for kids. I can't recommend it for people like me, but there are many other kinds of people in the world, some of them children who believe that pigs can talk, and for them, Gordy is likely to be very entertaining. You know who you are."

Peter Stack of the San Francisco Chronicle claimed that "Gordy's strongest suit is the piglet's determination to reunite with his family, and that part of the convoluted plot develops into a folksy comic effort as Jinnie Sue, her dad, Hanky and Gordy race to save the family of pigs from becoming sausages. One would think the pork industry would be livid about this film as it portrays pig slaughter as an outrageous evil. The highlight comes when Gordy jumps into a backyard swimming pool—piglets really are cutest when they put their little trotters together and dive—and saves Hanky from drowning. Generally speaking, time would be better spent with Charlotte's Web than this forgettable hogwash."

Chris Hicks of the Deseret News reviewed the film saying that "This may have sounded like a cute idea on paper, but as kids pictures go this is the worst to come along in memory. Charmless, humorless and dull as drying paint, Gordy is the kind of movie parents should save for video punishment. But if they take their kids to a theater, they'll be punishing themselves."

Dave Kehr of the New York Daily News described the film as "a particularly dull and inept family film".

Caryn James of The New York Times opined that "It is possible that some children will be tickled at the very idea of a talking pig, even one as bland as Gordy. They will probably be children who have never seen any movie, ever. Gordy is the film that asks, How you gonna keep them down on the farm after they've seen Simba?"

Rita Kempley of the Washington Post called the film a "peculiar, seemingly pro-vegan tale". She later went on to say that "It's fairly obvious that Gordy's performance was inspired by Arnold Ziffel's precedent-setting work on the old TV series Green Acres. But then so was the movie, which was penned by series alumni Jay Sommers and Dick Chevillat. Their screenplay is as bland as an afternoon in Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, though the director, Australian animal-mockumentary-maker Mark Lewis, adds a touch of menace by using extreme close-ups, bizarre angles and other stylish camera work. One thing's for sure, Gordy will put little pea-pickers off their pork."

Walter V. Addiego of The Examiner Staff stated that "The film tosses a few mild, satirical darts at public relations and advertising, but otherwise it's strictly hokum from the heartland. The director, I'm sorry to say, is Mark Lewis, the Australian responsible for the strange and funny documentary Cane Toads: An Unnatural History, which enlivened the S.F. Film Festival in 1988. Gordy will not enhance his résumé. It's surprisingly amateurish, due in no small part to clumsy scripting by Leslie Stevens."

Tracy Moore of Common Sense Media gave the film two out of five stars, saying that "This fast-moving adventure about a talking pig's mission to find his family has a few fun elements -- some lively country music, a brush with fortune and fame, a bit of suspense, and lots of comically dodged mishaps. Kids will no doubt be entertained by the talking animals, cute pigs, and loads of adventure. Parents, however, should note the parent and child separation and the death of a grandparent as key concerns, as well as the scariness factor of the impending violence of the slaughterhouse, which is teased throughout the movie. If the audience is old enough to handle that potentially squeamish subject, Gordy is otherwise a passable 90 minutes of animal-talking antics." TV Guide gave the film 1½ stars out of four.

However, Louis Black of The Austin Chronicle wrote a favorable review of the film concluding that "A lot happens, it moves quickly, and the film is filled with minor characters who nicely round things out; my young companion watched the film from beginning to end, loving it. This is not a date movie."

Box office
In its opening week in Tucson, the film grossed $19,000. It went on to gross $3.9 million in the United States and Canada.

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Music of Jiangxi

Jiangxi is a southeastern province of China. The area's musical heritage includes the Hakka music of Jiangzi, Fujian and Guangdong. Hakka music is literary and laid-back in tone, and consists entirely of five notes; many folk songs only use three notes.

Jiangxi's opera heritage is also important, having played a major role in the evolution of Beijing opera.

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--66.170.94.30 (talk) 18:39, 23 June 2011 (UTC)==I== I just noticed that the article about beta blockers is called beta blockers. If that is so, should tk,.,yik.l7imll.his article not be called phosphate binders? Nephron 05:39, 1 September 2005 (UTC) hnm

Please update the External Links in this article to include live, working links. Bengt Nyman (talk) 17:32, 25 August 2014 (UTC)

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Kofi

Kofi is an Akan masculine given name among the Akan people (such as the Ashanti and Fante) in Ghana that is given to a boy born on Friday. Traditionally in Ghana, a child would receive their Akan day name during their Outdooring, eight days after birth.

According to Akan tradition, people born on particular days exhibit certain characteristics or attributes. Kofi has the appellation "Kyini", "Otuo" and "Ntiful" meaning "wanderer" and "traveller."

Origin and meaning of Kofi
In the Akan culture, day names are known to be derived from deities. Kofi originated from Kwaofida and the Lord of life's home deity of the day Friday. Males named Kofi are known to be adventurers and indecisive thus taking time to settle. They are highly motivated and competent.

Male variants of Kofi
Day names in Ghana vary in spelling among the various Akan subgroups. The name is spelt Kofi by the Akuapem, Ashanti and Fante subgroups. Other versions of Kofi are Fiifi and Yoofi.

Female version of Kofi
In the Akan culture and other local cultures in Ghana, day names come in pairs for males and females. The variant of the name used for a female child born on Friday is Efua, Afua, Afia, Effie.

Notable people with the name
Most Ghanaian children have their cultural day names in combination with their English or Christian names. Some notable people with such names are:
 * Osei Kofi Tutu I (reigned c. 1675 / c. 1680 – c. 1717), one of the co-founders of the Empire of Ashanti
 * John Kufuor (born 1938), second President of the Fourth Republic of Ghana (2001–2009)
 * Kofi Abrefa Busia (1913–1978), Prime Minister of Ghana
 * Enoch Kofi Adu (born 1990), Ghanaian footballer
 * Kofi Adu (born 1969), Ghanaian comedian and actor
 * Kofi Amichia (born 1994), American football player
 * Kofi Amponsah (born 1978), Ghanaian footballer
 * Kofi Annan (1938–2018), United Nations Secretary General
 * Kofi Ansah (1951–2014), Ghanaian fashion designer
 * Kofi Baah (born 1998), Ghanaian professional footballer
 * Kofi Balmer (born 2000), Northern Irish professional soccer player
 * Kofi Burbridge (1961-2019), American musician
 * Kofi Cockburn (born 1999), Jamaican basketball player
 * Kofi Esaw, Togolese politician and diplomat, Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2008 to 2010 and Minister of Justice since 2013
 * Kofi Jantuah (born 1974), Ghanaian professional boxer
 * Kofi Karikari (c. 1837–1884), ninth Ashanti king (1867–1874)
 * Kofi Kayiga (born 1943), formerly known as Ricardo Wilkins,Jamaican-born artist
 * Kofi Asante Ofori-Atta (1912–1978), Ghanaian politician
 * Kofi Amoah Prah (born 1974) Ghanaian-born retired German long jumper
 * Kofi Sarkodie (born 1991), American Major League Soccer player
 * Kofi Nahaje Sarkodie-Mensah (Kofi Sarkodie-Mensah) (born 1981), Ghanaian-American professional wrestler with the ring name Kofi Kingston
 * Kofi Siriboe (born 1994), American actor and model

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Piti, Guam

Piti is a village located on the central west coast of the United States territory of Guam. It contains northern and eastern coastlines of Apra Harbor, including Cabras Island, which has the commercial Port of Guam and the island's largest power plants. Piti was a pre-Spanish CHamoru village and, after Spanish colonization, became the primary port town on Guam. The town was largely destroyed during the 1944 liberation of Guam and the population relocated during the wartime construction of Apra Harbor.

Geography
Piti is located along the coastline between the villages of Asan-Maina in the north and Santa Rita in the south. Its inland areas, which include Mount Tenjo (305 m) and Mount Chacao (309 m), borders Yona. Guam Highway 1, known as Marine Corps Drive, runs along the mainland coastline of the village. The Asan Memorial Beach Unit of War in the Pacific National Historical Park is at the northern boundary of Piti and the small hilly peninsula at Asan Invasion Beach is the northern physical marker of the Piti Bomb Holes Marine Preserve. The Preserve off the northeastern coast of the village has two beaches: Tepungan Beach Park and the Pedro Santos Memorial Park. Cabras Island, now artificially connected to the mainland, contains the main power plants for Guam and the Port of Guam and is accessible from the intersection of Marine Corps Drive and Guam Highway 11, known as Cabras Road. The Glass Breakwater that extends westward from Cabras Island protects the northern side of Apra Harbor.

Most of the village population is located uphill of the intersection of Marine Corps Drive and Cabras Road. Jose L.G. Rios Middle School, the Piti Guns Unit of War in the Pacific National Historical Park, Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Church, and village government buildings are located here. The Guam Veterans Cemetery is located immediately south, at the intersection of Marine Corps Drive and Guam Highway 6, known as Spruance Halsey Drive. Taguag Cemetery is located uphill on Highway 6, which provides southern access to Nimitz Hill, as well as Nimitz Hill Annex in Asan. Immediately south of this intersection is the intersection with Guam Highway 18, which provides access to Drydock Island, a small peninsula extending eastward into Apra Harbor. This provides access to Cabras Marina, military fuel wharves, and the Marianas Yacht Club. The yacht club is on Sasa Bay, another of Guam's marine preserves, located between Drydock Island and Polaris Point to the south. Polaris Point, the home base of Submarine Squadron 15, and other Naval Base Guam coastal area along northern Inner Apra Harbor to the east of Marine Corps Drive fall within Piti. The village boundary with Santa Rita is the Atantano River.

Inland of Marine Corps Drive are two military fuel tank farms under Joint Region Marianas at Sasa Valley and Tenjo Valley. The tank farms are supplied by two fuel wharves at the end of Drydock Island.

The village of Piti contains three NRHP-listed properties on land: the Atantano Shrine, the oldest portion of which commemorates the 1784-85 construction of the Piti-Hagåtña road; the Piti Guns, hauled by CHamoru forced labor into the hills during the Japanese occupation but not in operation at the time of the 1944 liberation; and the Quan Outdoor Oven, a 20th century example of the traditional oven introduced by the Spanish in the 17th century. Two NRHP-listed shipwrecks, the SMS Cormoran (1909) and Tokai Maru, that lie at the bottom of Apra Harbor are technically within Piti.

History

Piti was an ancient CHamoru settlement before the arrival of Europeans. Its name likely derives from the CHamoru word puti, meaning to hurt or ache. However, the village was not strategically important on the island until the Spanish began to improve Apra Harbor in the early 1700s. After the 1740s and when the winds were favorable, most ships anchored in Apra Harbor and ferried their cargo to shore in small boats. From there, it was pulled in two-wheeled carts from Piti to the government store in Hagåtña. The crushed limestone road between Piti and Hagåtña was the only real road on Guam in this period. While pre-contact Chamorus had grown rice in natural swamps, the Spanish introduced the first rice paddy fields in Piti in the 1830s. Cultivation of rice in Piti continued through World War II. While Piti served as the main port entry for Guam, the village of Sumay, located on the southern shore of Apra Harbor, was the favored stop for the whaling ships of the early nineteenth century.

During the 1898 American Capture of Guam, Piti was the location of the formal Spanish surrender. The following year, the Americans established a Navy Yard at Piti, followed by a USDA agricultural experiment station in 1909. The Piti Navy Yard was one of the primary targets of Japanese bombing during the 1941 Japanese invasion, driving many residents to flee north on the road to Hagåtña. During the Japanese occupation of Guam, CHamorus were forced to expand Piti's rice fields to help feed the occupying troops. They were also forced to haul coastal defense guns into the Piti hillside, though they were not operational by the time of the American liberation in 1944. The U.S. military substantially reconstructed and altered the shoreline of Apra Harbor as Guam became a major base for the remainder of the Pacific War. In 1948, the U.S. government declared an eminent domain taking of parts of Piti, as well as Sumay and Agat, for little or no compensation, moving the local population from the harbor shoreline.

Notable residents include Benjamin Cruz (born 1951), a lawyer and politician.

Government and infrastructure
The U.S. Census Bureau identifies two census-designated places in Piti: Piti, and Nimitz Hill.

List of mayors of Piti

 * Commissioner
 * Manuel S. Santos (1933–1938)
 * Juan B. Quenga Cruz (1938–1941)
 * Gaily R. Kaminga (1952–1957)
 * Vicente A. Limtiaco (1957–1973)

 * Mayor
 * David B. Salas (1973–1981)
 * Nieves F. Sablan (1981–1985)
 * Bert S. Hedley (1985–1989)
 * Isabel S. Haggard (1989–2005)
 * Vicente "Ben" D. Gumataotao (2005–2017)
 * Jesse L.G. Alig (2017–2022)

Education
Guam Department of Education operates non-military public schools. Jose Rios Middle School is located in Piti. Secondary students go to Southern High School in Santa Rita.

In regards to the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA), Piti is in the school transportation zone for McCool Elementary and McCool Middle School, while Guam High School is the island's sole DoDEA high school.

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Yona, Guam

Yona (Yoʼña ) is a village in the United States territory of Guam.

History
Yona was historically a farming community but today is mostly residential. During World War II, the Japanese forced the indigenous Chamorros to march from camps in northern Guam to prison camps in Yona shortly before the Americans liberated the island. Japanese tanks in the area near the Segua River serve as reminders of the war.

Today, the LeoPalace Resort is located in the Manenggon Hills. The LeoPalace Resort is also used for association football.

Geography
The village of Yona has an area of 20 sqmi and is located on the eastern side of Guam between Pago River and Togcha River. The village center is located above the cliffs between Pago Bay and Ylig Bay. Residential areas of Baza Gardens and Windward Hills are located to the south.

The U.S. Census Bureau recognizes two census-designated places in the municipality: Yona, and Windward Hills.

Sites of interest

 * Sigua Falls
 * Tarzan Falls
 * Taga'chang Beach Park
 * Windward Hills Golf Course
 * Country Club of the Pacific Golf Course
 * LeoPalace Resort Country Club

Public schools
Guam Public School System serves the island. Manuel U. Lujan Elementary School in Yona and Inarajan Middle School in Inarajan serve Yona. Southern High School in Santa Rita serves the village.

In regards to the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA), Yona is in the school transportation zone for McCool Elementary and McCool Middle School, while Guam High School is the island's sole DoDEA high school.

Private schools
Guam Adventist Academy is located in Yona. St.Francis Catholic School is located in Yona.

Public libraries
Guam Public Library System operates the Yona Library at 265 Sister Mary Eucharita Drive.

Notable people

 * Frank B. Aguon Jr. - Politician. Senator
 * Pedo Terlaje - Politician. Senator
 * Therese M. Terlaje - Politician. Senator and Speaker.

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Talk:Chinese Republic

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Chinese Republic is an imprecise term, or at least a term with multiple meanings, and thus should be disambiguated and explained. It is most often a reference to the state that existed on China during the Republican China Era, but it is also a reference to all Chinese rule since the abolishment of the empire--the Republic of China from 1912-1949 and the People's Republic of China from 1949-the present. A simple redirect is quite inadequate.--DownUnder555 — Preceding unsigned comment added by DownUnder555 (talk • contribs) 05:46, 1 September 2005

 * please sign your posts with ~ . I've never seen "Chinese Republic" used to also refer to the PRC. The PRC is referred to as the "People's Republic" and never the "Chinese Republic" --Jiang 07:52, 1 September 2005 (UTC)

Very well. Check out 'The Rise of the Chinese Republic: From the Last Emperor to Deng Xiaoping by Edwin P. Hoyt'. It is not a reference only to the PRC but to the ROC and the PRC eras of China.--DownUnder555 17:33, 1 September 2005 (UTC)

 * Any web links showing common use? A search shows all the major hits referring to 1912-1949 China. If the term must refer to both, then "republic" should not be capitalized. Book titles are an excepton --Jiang 19:58, 1 September 2005 (UTC)

I've seen it elsewhere, but if we restrict to 1912-1949, then a redirect is still inadequate and requires explanation.--DownUnder555 14:14, 4 September 2005 (UTC)

For a use referring to Republic of China on China and on Taiwan, see

 * I waited several days and see no response before reverting. I would appreciate if you did the same. Non-synonymous terms are often still redirected. I provided examples. If you feel "Republic of China" does not accurately explain the term "Chinese Republic", then please add an explanation. But not every redirect is explained. There are countless examples of this in wikipedia and this is in line with the redirect policy. If you disagree, bring this up at the policy page.

 * Your example shows that "Chinese Republic" is used exclusively for the Republic of China and not the People's Republic of China. --Jiang 20:09, 4 September 2005 (UTC)

One example can't show exclusivity. I was showing how that is equivalent to meaning ROC on mainland China + ROC on Taiwan. But in other cases it only means ROC on mainland China, 1911/1912-1949. So there are two uses you should agree to even if you think ROC before 1949 and PRC after 1949 is too infrequent to warrant an explanation.

You're wrong about the policy page. These are not synonyms or misspellings. Give me a category.--DownUnder555 09:57, 5 September 2005 (UTC)

 * "Other names, pseudonyms, nicknames, and synonyms"

 * Both uses are covered in the Republic of China article. I don't see your point. This is not wiktionary. We don't need to define "Chinese Republic" per se (though we should), but only to lead readers using this alternate and less frequently used term to the right place. --Jiang 10:25, 5 September 2005 (UTC)

Chinese Republic is not another name, a pseudonym, nickname or synonym. Find a different category because the one you mention is not it. You also misinterpret the probability here. The most common use of Chinese Republic is to cover Republic of China 1912-1949. That is not what Republic of China is defined as in the article. --DownUnder555 11:43, 5 September 2005 (UTC)

 * It is another name. Again, convention established over the past four years dictates that redirects need not be for exclusively synonymous terms. Alternatively, you can interpret it as part of being the group "Sub-topics or closely related topics that should be explained within the text".

 * how about redirecting to history of the Republic of China as a compromise? This article would contain too little information and too much exclusively redundant information to stand on its own. Wikipedia is not a dictionary.--Jiang 09:48, 8 September 2005 (UTC)

Wait, but you didn't implement your compromise? I thinka disambiguation works here best. You yourself agree to several definitions. (unsigned comment by DownUnder555)

 * you didnt comment of the compromise. I prefer the redirect to ROC but find redirecting to history of the ROC acceptable. The first two definitions are already covered in the Republic of China article. The third does not make sense since there are two separate republics: the "r" in "Republic" cannot possibly be capitalized. --Jiang 16:52, 9 September 2005 (UTC)

Redirect to ROC is inadequate for the reasons I already stated. Why couldn't it be capitalized? I don't necessarily personally see a great unity between the ROC to the PRC but that is exactly what some scholars see. They see it as a single moment, and because you are naming a political geographic entity, it is capitalized. It does not directly refer to ROC or PRC, but that this is the non-dynastic state of China. --DownUnder555 12:53, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

 * The "Chinese Republic" is not capitialized simply "a political geographic entity". It is not a proper name like "Republic of China" or "People's Republic of China". It is a pseudodom, an unofficial description of a political entity. Per naming conventions (capitalization), a description of both the PRC and ROC (as you would like to define it), as republics that happen to be Chinese, is not capitalized, and even if it were, would not warrant an article like how "French republic" does not exist and "French Republic" is a redirect to the current one.

 * I do not see real evidence that the term is in any widespread use to refer to both the ROC and PRC. Can you name at least five people among these "some scholars"? A simple google search on the other hand, shows the term being used to refer to Republican China.--Jiang 10:08, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

Your edits don't track your talk points. Even if you advocate the removal of the third definition (and use in the ROC and PRC does not restrict use in Australia or the greater Anglo world at all... this is English wikipedia we're talking about), you're still left with two uses that should point to two different things. Make edits that reflect your positions, instead of looking for talk points to support your edits, regardless of what it is.--DownUnder555 10:41, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

 * As I have stated before, the Republic of China article is meant to cover the Republic of China in its entirety. The two "different things" are covered in one article. You would be unable to make this into a real disambiguaton page even if you wanted, since we dont have separate articles for "Republic of China (1912-1949)" and "Republic of China (Taiwan)". --Jiang 20:02, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

One does not get everything that they would want from the ROC article. The History article is much more appropriate for someone looking for just Republican China. The ROC article is better for someone who is looking for info about the government of Taiwan.--DownUnder555 10:22, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

 * If the ROC article is only on Taiwan, then we have flat out ignored the CPC version of history. It is not appropriate to follow the ROC=Taiwan DPP POV. As I have stated before, the Republic of China article is meant to cover the Republic of China in its entirety. This still doesnt explain how you can include the PRC in the definition.--Jiang 13:48, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

I'm not a historian, but I do know that Fairbanks is a major historian of Chinese history and he uses the Chinese Republic in this way all the time. It's used that way in several of his published histories of China. And you don't even follow what you're saying. If you're problem is that there is absolutely no way someone would be looking for info on the ROC pre-1949 and the PRC post-1949 then you should delete the third direction.--DownUnder555 14:00, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

I also have no idea what the hell you're talking about in terms of the ROC article being only about Taiwan. It's not. Come on mate, we're talking about Chinese Republic here.--DownUnder555 14:03, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Exactly. The ROC article is not only about Taiwan. That was my point. As I have stated before, the Republic of China article is meant to cover the Republic of China in its entirety (third time I've repeated this sentence). If you have backed off from your third definition, then we are only left with the first two. If the first two definitions are covered in the Republic of China article, then I don't see how a disambiguation page can call itself that when both links lead to the same place. This is a dictionary entry, not a disambiguation page.--Jiang 14:08, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

Jiang, you're quite confused. Where does it say I've backed off? I cited Fairbanks as a prime example of someone who uses it in the third sense. You've also quite erroneously mixed up what wikipedia policy says about definitions. The intent is to prevent extremely short articles, and for them, it suggests that you extend them. It also tries to group very related terms together. Chinese Republic is related to different things, depending on the context of where a person might have read about it or what point of view the person is coming from. Republican China, for example, we agreed to point to History of the ROC since it is most appropriate for someone looking for something about. But for someone who says Chinese Republic means the ROC exactly, we can't point him there, we have to point him towards ROC. And then there's the third definiton that means something else entirely.--DownUnder555 20:04, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

 * I am responding to first "Even if you advocate the removal of the third definition (and use in the ROC and PRC does not restrict use in Australia or the greater Anglo world at all... this is English wikipedia we're talking about), you're still left with two uses that should point to two different things" and second, "If you're problem is that there is absolutely no way someone would be looking for info on the ROC pre-1949 and the PRC post-1949 then you should delete the third direction."

 * Do you mean John King Fairbank? Can you reference the specific book/page numbers it is being used in the third sense? I don't see evidence of this. I repeat: The "Chinese Republic" is not capitialized simply "a political geographic entity". It is not a proper name like "Republic of China" or "People's Republic of China". It is a pseudodom, an unofficial description of a political entity. Per naming conventions (capitalization), a description of both the PRC and ROC (as you would like to define it), as republics that happen to be Chinese, is not capitalized, and even if it were, would not warrant an article like how "French republic" does not exist and "French Republic" is a redirect to the current one. :I do not see real evidence that the term is in any widespread use to refer to both the ROC and PRC. Can you name at least five people among these "some scholars"? A simple google search on the other hand, shows the term being used to refer to Republican China.

 * Your intent here, as demonstrated by the use of the disambig template, is to make a disambiguation page. Your intent here is not to "group very related terms together" (whatver that is supposed to mean). In the first definition, you suggestively point readers to "China, Republic of China" and for the second, you point readers to "Republic of China on Taiwan". Is it a conincidence that the "Republic of China" link appear both times? And this is not even written in disambiguation format, as outlined by Manual of Style (disambiguation pages). It is written in the form of a very short article, ie, a dictionary entry.

 * I have in the past waited several days for you to respond, and only waited until the absence of a response, to revert your edit. Every time you show up here, you immediately revert me. I hope that you will return the courtesy so we don't have to edit war here. Your turn. --Jiang 20:25, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

You do the same. Don't be so hypocritical. It's what you did in your last edit too! Further, I actually change something in the article. You just revert. Your reasons don't even match up to what you're doing. You say it is Republican China, and that's the end of it. Fine, then that's the state we'll leave it in until we hash out something else. Not your silly reverts.--DownUnder555 05:32, 9 October 2005 (UTC)

By the way, I like how you don't even carefully read the comments. Young man, I don't understand how you could possibly come to the conclusion that I had given up on my third definition. I didn't say that grouping terms together is the intent of the article. Wikipedia policy is to avoid definitions and instead to either extend the article if possible, redirect to a very closely related term, or disambiguate. Grouping related terms is done by disambiguation. But you can't do that in this case because there are several definitions that lead to different articles.--DownUnder555 05:38, 9 October 2005 (UTC)

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Music of Jilin

Jilin is a northeastern province of China. The region is home to many kinds of musical theater, especially opera. These include styles like Huanglong opera, Xincheng opera, Jilin opera and errenzhuan (Bangzixi or Benbeng opera).

Errenzhuan is a popular kind of opera that evolved from a folk dance called dongbeidayangge and folk songs like lianhualao, a kind of ballad. Jilin opera is a recent invention, coming from 1959, while Fuyu County's Xincheng opera is based on Man octagonal drum music. The Huanglong opera of Nong'an County is based on shadow play.

Jilin's folk heritage includes Han wind music and dongbei dagu (drum storytelling), yangge music, the wuliger and halaibo singing traditions of the Mongols, and Korean gudaling and pansori.

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NDRF

NDRF may refer to:

 * National Defense Reserve Fleet, consists of "mothballed" ships used to provide shipping for the United States during national emergencies
 * National Design & Research Forum, a forum of the Institution of Engineers (India)
 * National Disaster Recovery Framework, a document released by the Federal Emergency Management Agency in the United States
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Nzoia River

The Nzoia River is a 257 km Kenyan river, rising from Cherangany hills. It passes through Kapsara, Springer, and Moi's Bridge then crosses to Kakamega County. It flows south and then west, eventually flowing into Lake Victoria near the town of Port Victoria.

The river has a discharge of about 118 m3/s or about 3,721 million cubic metres annually, making it the second biggest river in the country by discharge.

The river is important to Western Kenya, flowing through a region estimated to be populated by over 3.5 million people. Its waters provide irrigation all year round, while the annual floods around the lowland area of Budalang'i deposit sediment that contributes to the area's good agricultural production.

Around the industrial region centred at Webuye, the river absorbs a lot of effluent from the paper and sugar factories in the area. The river has a number of spectacular waterfalls and it is thought to possess good hydroelectricity generation potential. The river experiences annual floods at the flat and swampy lower end due to the backflow of Lake Victoria. This leads to perennial humanitarian crisis in the Budalangi flood plains.

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Category:Determinacy

In the mathematical field of set theory, determinacy is the study of what games have winning strategies, and the consequences of the existence of such strategies.

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Scaled pigeon

The scaled pigeon (Patagioenas speciosa) is a large New World tropical dove. It is a resident breeder from southern Mexico south to western Ecuador, southern Brazil, northern Argentina, and Trinidad.

The scaled pigeon is fairly common in semi-open forest. It builds a stick platform nest in a tree and lays two white eggs. Its flight is high, fast and direct, with the regular beats and an occasional sharp flick of the wings which are characteristic of pigeons in general. It is usually very wary, since it is frequently hunted.

Taxonomy
The scaled pigeon was formally described in 1789 by the German naturalist Johann Friedrich Gmelin in his revised and expanded edition of Carl Linnaeus's Systema Naturae. He placed it with all the other doves and pigeons in the genus Columba and coined the binomial name Columba speciosa. Gmelin based his description on "Le Ramiret" and the "Pigeon ramier de Cayenne" that had been described and illustrated in 1871 by the French polymath Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon. The scaled pigeon was moved to the resurrected genus Patagioenas based on a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2001. The genus had been introduced by the German naturalist Ludwig Reichenbach in 1853. The genus name combines the Ancient Greek patageō meaning "to clatter" and oinas meaning "pigeon". The specific epithet speciosa is from Latin speciosus meaning "beautiful". The species in monotypic: no subspecies are recognised.

Description
The scaled pigeon is 36 cm long and weighs normally about 290 g. Adult males have mainly purple brown plumage, with a paler scaly appearance to the neck and underparts. The lower underparts are whitish edged with purple. The eyering, legs and bill are red, the latter having a white tip. The female is dull dark brown rather than purplish, and is slightly smaller than the male.

Scaled pigeons feed mainly on forest fruits and seeds. Birds have also been seen to feed on fresh green leaves and sometimes crops. The call is a series of deep cooing cro ku-ks that differs markedly from that of its relatives, such as the white-crowned pigeon. This is a solitary bird which does not form flocks.

The scaled pigeon has been recorded as successfully nesting on a fern (Pteridium aquilinum at ground level, and in the canopy of the tree fern Cyathea cyatheoides). The pearl kite visits nests of this species as a natural predator.

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Talk:Republican China

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A redirect is inadequate since Republican China does not refer to the Republic of China (Taiwan).--DownUnder555 05:54, 1 September 2005 (UTC)

 * The article Republic of China does not have Taiwan in parenthesis after its title. It is on BOTH pre 1949 and post 1949 Republic of China. As such, the redirect should be fine. --Jiang 07:49, 1 September 2005 (UTC)

You're right about the name of the article, but you're wrong about the redirect. A redirect means that Republican China is equivalent to the Republic of China. This is incorrect. Republican China is the Republic of China from 1912-1949. I mentioned "Republic of China (Taiwan)" in an apolitical way in order to point out that ROC 1949-present is not relevant to someone looking for "Republican China". I understand what's in the Republic of China article having made plenty of edits to it.--DownUnder555 17:34, 1 September 2005 (UTC)

 * Redirects are often used for POV, inaccurate, or misspelled terms. The redirect does not imply that "Republican China" is synonymous with the "Republic of China" in its entirety. Having a former name redirect to a current one is standard practice in wikipedia. For example, Phillip Morris redirects to Altria Group when the former name no longer refers to the company post-2003. Another example: German Samoa and Western Samoa are outdated terms that redirect to Samoa. --Jiang 19:52, 1 September 2005 (UTC)

Republican China is not a POV, inaccurate, or a mispelled term. You claim it does not imply synonymity--then how does one find out that Republican China is not the same as Republic of China? If there are other cases, it is possible they may need to be corrected to. By redirecting, you cannot solve this problem. I'm reverting back to a longer explanation with links.--DownUnder555 13:16, 4 September 2005 (UTC)

 * I wait several days and see no response before reverting. I would appreciate if you did the same. Non-synonymous terms are often still redirected. I provided examples. If you feel "Republic of China" does not accurately explain the term "Republican China", then please add an explanation. But not every redirect is explained. The other cases should not be "corrected". There are countless examples of this in wikipedia and this is in line with the redirect policy. If you disagree, bring this up at the policy page. --Jiang 20:07, 4 September 2005 (UTC)

You're wrong about the policy page. These are not synonyms or misspellings. Give me a category. There would be a complete misunderstanding if it was a simple redirect.--DownUnder555 09:59, 5 September 2005 (UTC)

 * "Other names, pseudonyms, nicknames, and synonyms" --Jiang 10:22, 5 September 2005 (UTC)

But it's not. It's not just another name for the ROC. That's what other names, pseudonyms, and nicknames means. Find another category cause that's not it. They aren't equivalent!--DownUnder555 11:01, 5 September 2005 (UTC)

 * It is another name. Again, convention established over the past four years dictates that redirects need not be for exclusively synonymous terms. They don't need to be equivalent! Alternatively, you can interpret it as part of being the group "Sub-topics or closely related topics that should be explained within the text".

 * how about redirecting to history of the Republic of China as a compromise? This article would contain too little information and too much exclusively redundant information to stand on its own. Wikipedia is not a dictionary.--Jiang 09:49, 8 September 2005 (UTC)

 * I see no examples given that show redirects for cases that are anywhere close to the current one. They don't need to be exact synonyms but this isn't even close.  So what if it isn't a dictionary?  This is not an obscure word.--DownUnder555 16:50, 12 September 2005 (UTC)

 * example: German Samoa and Western Samoa redirect to Samoa. --Jiang

 * These are former names. That is not the same thing.  I'm redirecting and adding information so that Republican China is clear.  You did not do this but merely made a redirect, leaving a big problem.  How do you try to solve what you think is a problem by merely creating another one?  The key is there needs to be a way for the reader to figure out what Republican China is.  In every other case I've seen, there is an explanation.  You seem to want to conflate Republican China with the Republic of China, my guess is for political reasons.  Why didn't you do the work and write an explanation in the main article if you felt a redirect was necessary?  Ridiculous... --DownUnder555 17:53, 13 September 2005 (UTC)

suggest deleting the Republican China
thers was not or is not such a country called “Republican China”.Ksyrie 04:16, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

Speedy delete
I've requested this be deleted as there's another, more populated, disambiguation page on the subject LampGenie01 (talk) 01:15, 13 April 2018 (UTC)

 * This should not redirect to the disambiguation page because "Republican China" refers exclusively to the period 1912-1949. The current redirect is accurate. It is never used to refer to modern day Taiwan. --Jiang (talk) 19:17, 21 April 2018 (UTC)

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Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area

The Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area is a United States national recreation area containing many individual parks and open space preserves, located primarily in the Santa Monica Mountains of Southern California. The SMMNRA is in the greater Los Angeles region, with two thirds of the parklands in northwest Los Angeles County, and the remaining third, including a Simi Hills extension, in southeastern Ventura County.

Overall administration is by the National Park Service, coordinating with state, county, municipal, and university agencies. The Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area preserves one of the best examples of a Mediterranean climate ecosystem in the world. It also protects one of the highest densities of archaeological resources in any mountain range in the world.

In size the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area is the largest urban national park in the United States and the largest urban national park in the world.

The Woolsey Fire in November 2018 burned 83% of all National Park Service land in the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area.

Geography
The Santa Monica Mountains NRA contains 157700 acre in the Santa Monica Mountains of the Transverse Ranges between the Pacific Ocean and inland valleys. Its southeastern slopes are part of the headwaters of the Los Angeles River. The California State Park system and other public agencies own 49756 acre, the National Park Service controls 25117 acre, and the rest of the SMMNRA lands are in local agencies parks, university study reserves, and private property conservation easements.

Park history
The movement to preserve the Santa Monica Mountains has a long tradition which is frequently overlooked by historians who often focus exclusively on the environmental movement of the 1960s and 1970s which culminated with the establishment of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area in 1978.

Griffith Park
The first area in the Santa Monica Mountains set aside for public use was Griffith Park which was donated to the city of Los Angeles by Griffith J. Griffith in 1896.

National Forest
During the first decade of the twentieth century, Frederick H. Rindge made several attempts to create a forest reserve in the Santa Monica Mountains. These reserves were precursors to national forests. In 1902 California's State Mining Bureau examined the area being considered for the establishment of a forest reserve. The resulting report was sent to Washington where the proposal for a reserve was denied.

In 1907 an application was submitted to the Secretary of the Interior requesting that at least 70,000 acres in the mountains be designated a forest reserve. This time state mineralogist Lewis E. Aubury opposed the venture. He wrote the L.A. Time newspaper stating, "I believe that the lands embraced in the Malibu and Santa Monica districts should not be included in a forest reserve…I shall at once take the matter up with Gifford Pinchot, forester, Washington, D.C., and endeavor to ascertain his views on the subject, and further protest against the creation of this proposed reserve". Days later the U. S. Forest Service advised Aubury that it was highly improbable that a forest reserve would be created owing to local opposition and the small amount of public land still remaining in the Santa Monica Mountains.

Whitestone National Park
Limestone deposits were discovered in the mountains behind Pacific Palisades in 1925 which led to a lengthy battle between wealthy home owners of the area and land developers. The quarry site was in Traylor Canyon, three miles inland from the sea, between Santa Ynez and Temescal Canyons. Alphonzo Bell, Sr. was the real estate developer behind the quarry scheme while local opposition was led by Sylvia Morrison, who championed the preservation of the area's natural beauty. After much criticism of his original plan, Bell offered a new proposal. Using a new process, he would have the rock pulverized, mixed with water, and pumped via a buried pipeline to the mouth of Santa Ynez Canyon. The pipeline would continue from there along the ocean floor to an offshore buoy where it would be load on board a waiting ship. Criticism of the plan grew and eventually garnered the ire of local resident Will Rogers who parodied the plan on the front page of the L.A. Times. The debate raged citywide with such notable public figures as William Mulholland coming to Bell's defense.

In an attempt to sway public opinion, Bell urged local residents to take company-sponsored fieldtrips, on foot and on horseback, to the quarry to see the site for themselves. Among the people who took these trips was Sylvia Morrison, who had been an early leader of environmental concerns. She was among the visitors who scrambled up the limestone cliffs on ladders and hiked and rode on horseback through the chaparral and came away thrilled with the natural beauty of the canyons. "Taking a cue from Yellowstone National Park, Morrison urged the establishment of Whitestone National Park in the Santa Monica Mountains, named after the by-now infamous cliffs."

Fredrick Law Olmsted
In 1930 Frederick Law Olmsted Jr., a lifelong advocate of national parks and considered by many as the designer of the California State Parks system, proposed a network of parks, beaches, playgrounds, and forests to promote the social, economic, and environmental vitality of Los Angeles. Olmsted also advocated for public ownership of at least 10,000 acres of the most scenic beach and mountain landscapes between Topanga and Point Dume. However, the Olmsted report was essentially killed – only 200 copies were printed – due mainly to civic leaders who put politics ahead of public space.

Rindge bankruptcy
After lengthy court battles to preserve her estate, May Rindge (widow of Frederick H. Rindge) lost control of her lands and was forced into bankruptcy in 1938. A proposal to establish a large park was considered in exchange for the cancellation of $1.1 million in unpaid taxes. However, Los Angeles County refused the offer, thus missing the opportunity to acquire 17,000 acres of park lands.

Will Rogers State Historic Park
Will Rogers State Historic Park was created in 1944 marking the establishment of the first state park in the Santa Monica Mountains and the first public land created in the mountains since Griffith Park in 1896. It now adjoins Topanga State Park on its northeast side.

Toyon National Park
In the 1960s and 70s, and possible as early of the 1950s, another campaign was undertaken to preserve the Santa Monica Mountains. Several proposals went before the U.S. Congress which called for the creation of Toyon National Park, referring to a dominant chaparral plant found in the area.

The legislative history of Toyon National Park dates back to 1971 when Representative Alphonzo Bell Jr. first introduced a bill in the Congress.

Point Mugu State Park
Point Mugu State Park was the first of three large, rural state parks in the Santa Monica Mountains was established in 1967, when the State Division of Beaches and Parks, the forerunner of California State Parks, acquired title to 6700 acre of the Broome Ranch for $15.1 million. This property was the first acquisition for Point Mugu State Park, and was part of the 19th century Mexican Rancho Guadalasca. 5,800 acres was purchased from Richard E. Danielson in 1972 for $2.1 million, nearly doubling the park's acreage. This property is situated northeast of the park's original 6,700 acres and consisted of mostly backcountry. A remaining 850 acre which adjoined this property was purchased by the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area from Danielson in 1980, becoming Rancho Sierra Vista open space park.

Topanga State Park
Topanga State Park was opened to the public in 1974. The park's original name was Topanga Canyon State Park, but the name was shortened because the 11525 acre park encompass large areas outside Topanga Canyon, from the Pacific Coast Highway to Mulholland Drive. The park can be accessed by car and trails from Topanga, and by trailheads in Pacific Palisades and the San Fernando Valley.

Malibu Creek State Park
In the heart of the Santa Monica Mountains, the 20th Century Fox Movie Ranch, commonly called Century Ranch, was a 2,700-acre land acquisition of what would become Malibu Creek State Park. It was purchased by the State of California in 1974 for $4.8 million. Reagan Ranch, a 120-acre property on the west and formerly owned by Ronald Reagan, was included in the original Century Ranch purchase. The Hope Ranch, owned by entertainer Bob Hope and which abutted Century Ranch, was purchased in 1975 for $4.1 million. In 1976 the State Parks and Recreation Commission adopted a compromise on the classification of the Century Ranch property, and officially named it Malibu Creek State Park.

Establishment of the National Recreation Area
The Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area was established November 10, 1978, after a long campaign for preservation of the Santa Monica Mountains by local and regional conservationists. Susan B. Nelson helped organize "Friends of the Santa Monica Mountains, Parks and Seashore" in 1964 and was known as the mother of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area. In 1988 though, she was concerned about the political push to end federal land purchases encouraged by Los Angeles County developers that preferred the land stay available for home building. She was encouraged though that neighboring cities in Ventura County were supportive of park expansion.

The strategy has been to grow SMMNRA by 'mosaic pieces' linking critical habitats, saving unique areas, and expanding existing parks. The Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy, a California state agency, was created in 1980 for the acquisition of land for preservation as open space, for wildlife and California native plants habitat preserves, and for public recreation activities.

One of the first land acquisitions was Rancho Sierra Vista in 1980 which is reputed to be one of the last intact ranches from the first half of the twentieth century in the Santa Monica Mountains.

Continuing land acquisitions
In 1980 the Paramount Movie Ranch was acquired in Agoura Hills, and is the present day Paramount Ranch Park. The National Park Service revitalized the old movie ranch, and it is again used for movie and television productions, and is open for public recreation and events.

Entertainer and land speculator Bob Hope created controversy in the early 1990s when he proposed to sell 5900 acre of land in the Corral Canyon area in the Santa Monicas to the federal government in exchange for 59 acre of federal parkland in the nearby Cheeseboro Canyon section of Santa Monica Mountains NRA in the Simi Hills, in order to build an access road to a new 'Jordan Ranch' golf course and housing development. The land swap was never completed, the Jordan Ranch became the Palo Commado section of the Cheeseboro Canyon / Palo Comado Canyon Open Space parks. Most of the land for the 1000 acre Corral Canyon Park was finally donated by Bob Hope.

The former Ahmanson Ranch was acquired by the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy from Washington Mutual in 2003, to create the 2983 acre Upper Las Virgenes Canyon Open Space Preserve in the southeastern Simi Hills. It is adjacent to and has trailheads in Calabasas (Las Virgenes Trailhead), Woodland Hills (Victory Trailhead), and West Hills via Moore's Canyon in El Escorpión Park.

The highly visible hills with undeveloped ranch land adjacent to the junction of U.S. Route 101 and Las Virgenes Road in western Calabasas have several viewsheds now protected from development. They also serve as an unofficial gateway to the central Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area and its visitor center on Las Virgenes Road at King Gillette Ranch. On the southeastern side the land was formerly owned by Bob Hope, acquired by the SMM Conservancy in 2010, and added to the Las Virgenes View Park in the Santa Monica Mountains NRA. The viewshed on the northwestern side of the junction, formerly owned by Fred Sands, was acquired in 2010 and protected in the 200 acre Zev Yaroslavsky Las Virgenes Highlands Park. Both preserve open space along the Ventura Freeway (101) between the San Fernando and the Conejo Valleys. The under construction Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing is a vegetated overpass spanning the Ventura Freeway and Agoura Road at Liberty Canyon in Agoura Hills.

Rim of the Valley Trail Corridor Study
The Rim of the Valley Corridor Special Resource Study is being conducted by the National Park Service, and generally includes the mountains encircling the San Fernando, La Crescenta, Santa Clarita, Simi, and Conejo Valleys in Los Angeles and Ventura Counties. The SMMNRA is part of the Rim of the Valley Trail Corridor planning process, and several alternatives include a Rim of the Valley a SMMNRA boundary adjustment (of an approximately 173,000-acre or 313,000 acre addition). The Rim of the Valley Trail is a plan in progress for connecting the four valleys with the parklands surrounding them.

Santa Monica Mountains Fund
The Santa Monica Mountains Fund (SMMF, also known as SAMO Fund) was established in 1988 to support the education and resource protection efforts of the National Park Service (NPS) and California State Parks in the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, SMMNRA. Originally incorporated as the Santa Monica Mountains Parklands Association, the organization was formed by concerned citizens to represent the interests of the public in the development of parklands and recreation opportunities within the mountains and by-laws have since been updated to indicate they exist to support the National Park Service in the Santa Monica Mountains. The registered offices of the SMMF are shared with the SMMNRA NPS headquarters in Thousand Oaks, CA.

Woolsey Fire
In 2018, the Woolsey Fire burned through 88% of the federal parkland resulting in trails being closed for months. The fire, which was three times larger than the biggest fire ever before in the mountains, burned over 40% of the natural area in the Santa Monicas. The fire created a challenge to native plants as black mustard with bright yellow flowers quickly established itself as a wet winter followed the fire. The mustard plants will also provide fuel for the next fires. A restoration plan was developed to plant 100,000 trees, shrubs and grasses of 25 different species.

Superintendents

 * Robert Chandler, 1979–1982
 * Daniel Kuehn, 1983–1988
 * William Webb (Acting Superintendent), 1988–1989
 * David Gackenbach, 1989–1995
 * Arthur Eck, 1995–2002
 * Woody Smeck, 2002–2012
 * David Szymanski, 2012–present

Cultural resources
In terms of cultural heritage, the Santa Monica Mountains boast a rich history of continuous human occupation dating back more than 10,000 years and contain many nationally significant prehistoric and historic sites. More than 1,000 archaeological sites are in the boundary of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, making it one of the highest densities of archaeological resources found in any mountain range in the world. There are twenty-six known Chumash pictograph sites with the national recreation area, all sacred to traditional Native American Indians, and include some that are among the most spectacular found anywhere. These pictographs – along with other sites – have been described by the National Park Service as "unique and a significant world heritage".

Nearly every major prehistoric and historic theme associated with human interaction and development of the western United States is represented within the park from the early hunters and gathers, to Native American Indian cultures, the Spanish mission and rancho periods, and the American homestead era. Park activist Susan Nelson was instrumental in pushing for an inventory of the flora and fauna of the park and the Native American archeological resources.

At least 73 archeological sites, historic structures, cultural landscapes, and traditional cultural properties in the Santa Monica Mountains are potentially eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places. The Santa Monica Looff Hippodrome on the famous Santa Monica Pier, which is within the national recreation area, is a National Historic Landmark, as is Will Rogers' house at Will Rogers State Historic Park (also within the national recreation area). The horsemen portrayed in the Saddle Rock Ranch Pictographs in the heart of the Santa Monica Mountains are considered to be a representation of the Portola Expedition of 1769–1770, and have been determined to be eligible as a National Historic Landmark.

A number of California Historical Landmarks also lie within the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area. These include the Site of the Port of Los Angeles Long Wharf (no. 881), Point Dume (no. 965), and the Adamson House of Malibu Lagoon State Beach (no. 966). Just outside the national recreation area is the Stagecoach Inn (no. 659) in Newbury Park, Los Encinos State Historic Park (no. 689), and the Old Santa Monica Forestry Station (no. 840).

Recreation
The Anthony C. Beilenson Interagency Visitor Center at King Gillette Ranch was opened in June 2012, and is operated by four partner agencies: National Park Service, California State Parks, Santa Monica Conservancy, Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority. It is located at 26876 Mulholland Highway, Calabasas, CA, 91302.

The Satwiwa Native American Indian Culture Center is the only site in the National Park Service dedicated to the past, present, and future of all Indian cultures. A Native American guest-host or a park ranger is on hand to answer questions from 9am to 5pm on Saturdays and Sundays. Native American workshops, programs, and art shows occur throughout the year. Satwiwa means "bluff" in the Chumash language and refers to the cliffs of Boney Mountain which can be seen from Satwiwa. The center is located at Rancho Sierra Vista in Newbury Park. Main Entrance cross street is Via Goleta and Potrero Road.

The main headquarters for the park is located at 401 West Hillcrest Drive, Thousand Oaks 91360.

Recreational opportunities abound, including biking, birding, land-based whale watching, camping, hiking, and horseback riding and rock climbing The Backbone Trail runs for nearly 70 mi across the Santa Monica Mountains between Will Rogers State Park and Point Mugu State Park and is nearly complete from end to end. Channel Islands National Park lies in the Pacific Ocean directly to the west.

Partners
The following list of park partners and public parklands represents a collaboration of city, county, and state agencies as well as other organizations who work together to support the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area.

 * Allied Artists Santa Monica Mountains
 * Cold Creek Docents
 * City of Malibu Parks & Recreation Dept
 * The Children's Nature Institute
 * California Native Plant Society
 * Concerned Off-Road Bicyclists Association
 * Conejo Recreation & Park District
 * Coastwalk California
 * Friends of Runyon Canyon
 * Los Angeles County Recreation & Parks Dept
 * L.A. Chapter of the North American Butterfly Association
 * Los Angeles Audubon Society
 * Malibu Creek Docents
 * Malibu Lagoon Museum Docents
 * Mountains Recreation & Conservation Authority
 * Mountains Restoration Trust
 * Nature Bridge
 * The Nature of Wildworks
 * Resource Conservation District of the Santa Monica Mtns
 * Sierra Club
 * San Fernando Valley Audubon Society
 * San Fernando Valley Gourd Patch
 * Santa Monica Bay Audubon Society
 * Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy
 * Santa Monica Mountains Fund (Official Partner to the NPS)
 * Santa Monica Mountains Fund
 * Santa Monica Mountains Natural History Association
 * Santa Monica Mountains Trails Council
 * Stunt Ranch Santa Monica Mountains Reserve
 * Temescal Canyon Association
 * Topanga Canyon Docents
 * Thousand Oaks Plein Air Watercolorists
 * TreePeople
 * Will Rogers State Historic Park Docents

Entrances
Main entrances to the SMMNRA include Malibu, Newbury Park, Agoura Hills, Calabasas, Woodland Hills, and Topanga, California.

Vehicles

 * Only electric or non-motorized model aircraft are allowed.
 * Only electric or non-motorized model terrestrial vehicles are allowed.
 * No motorized model boats are allowed on park waters.
 * Electric and non-motorized models were a traditional use at the Paramount Ranch area of Malibu Creek State Park.

Parks
The following parks and areas are managed by the National Park Service in the Santa Monica Mountains NRA:
 * Santa Monica Mountains NRA Park Visitor Center
 * Arroyo Sequit
 * Backbone Trail System
 * Charmlee Natural Area Park
 * Cheeseboro Canyon / Palo Comado Canyon open space Parks
 * Circle X Ranch Park
 * Cold Creek Canyon Preserve
 * Corral Canyon Park
 * Diamond X Ranch
 * Escondido Canyon Park (Escondido Falls)
 * King Gillette Ranch
 * Las Virgenes View Park
 * Malibu Bluffs Open Space
 * Paramount Ranch
 * Peter Strauss Ranch
 * Ramirez Canyon Park
 * Rancho Sierra Vista
 * Rocky Oaks
 * Solstice Canyon Park
 * Tapia Park
 * Triunfo Creek Park
 * Tuna Canyon Park
 * Zuma and Trancas Canyons

The following California State Parks are in Santa Monica Mountains NRA:
 * Topanga State Park
 * Red Rock Canyon Park
 * Leo Carrillo State Park
 * Malibu Creek State Park
 * Point Mugu State Park
 * Will Rogers State Historic Park

State Beaches in or adjacent to Santa Monica Mountains NRA:
 * Will Rogers State Beach
 * Topanga State Beach
 * Malibu Lagoon State Beach
 * Point Dume State Beach
 * El Pescador State Beach and El Matador State Beach
 * Dan Blocker State Beach


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Michala Petri

Michala Petri (born 7 July 1958) is a Danish recorder player. Her debut as a soloist was in 1969. She is the step-granddaughter of Danish actress Ingeborg Brams.

Biography
Petri, who began playing the recorder at the age of three, is noted for her virtuosity and versatility across a wide range of styles, from the baroque repertoire of the height of the instrument's popularity to contemporary works written particularly for her. She first played on Danish Radio at the age of five, and her debut performance as a soloist was at Copenhagen's Tivoli concert hall in 1969 when she was 11. She has performed premiers of dozens of works, by Malcolm Arnold, Gordon Jacob and Richard Harvey, as well as Daniel Börtz, Erik Haumann, Hans Kunstovny, Erling Bjerno, Thomas Koppel, Ove Benzen, Vagn Holmboe, Piers Hellawell, Gary Kulesha, Asger Lund Christiansen, Egil Harder, Michael Berkeley, Butch Lacy, Miklos Maros, Ezra Laderman, Jens Bjerre, Henning Christiansen, Niels Viggo Bentzon, Axel Borup Jørgensen, and Gunnar Berg. She performed Vittorio Monti's Csardas with comedian-pianist Victor Borge at his eightieth birthday. She called that by far the hardest challenge of her professional career.

She married guitarist and lutenist Lars Hannibal in 1992. Although they divorced in 2010 they still perform together and have given over 1,500 concerts and made numerous recordings. Together they founded the record company OUR Recordings. Petri has taken a particular interest in the combination of recorder and guitar, collaborating with guitarists including Göran Söllscher, Kazuhito Yamashita and Manuel Barrueco. One notable collaboration of hers was two albums of sonatas by J. S. Bach and G. F. Handel, with Keith Jarrett on harpsichord; she has also recorded with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the English Chamber Orchestra, and Pinchas Zukerman, among many others.

Petri studied with Prof. Ferdinand Conrad at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Hannover, partly because she was still too young to become a full-time student in Denmark. She gave a debut recital for BBC radio in March 1976, and the BBC released a recorded recital in 1977. Leo Black's sleeve note for this recording remarks, "one realises what can happen when a mighty talent starts young enough." Her mother is Hanne Petri, who studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Music, and her brother, David Petri, won the Danish "Young Musician of the Year Award" in 1978. He is a cellist. Both have recorded with Michala as The Petri Trio (or Michala Trio). In 1979 she began an exclusive recording contract with Philips Records that lasted until 1987; she is currently recording on the RCA Red Seal label.

Partial discography

 * Michala Petri Recorder Recital, BBC Records (1977). Works by van Eyck, Castello, Telemann, Heberle and Berio.
 * Los Angeles Street Concerto - Petri plays Koppel
 * Souvenir with Lars Hannibal
 * Moonchild's Dream with the English Chamber Orchestra
 * Scandinavian Moods with the London Philharmonic Orchestra
 * The Ultimate Recorder Collection with Those above, The Westminster Abbey Choir, Keith Jarrett, and Moscow Virtuoso (on separate tracks)
 * Grieg Holberg Suite, Melody & Dances with the English Chamber Orchestra
 * Greensleeves with Hanne and David Petri
 * Bach: Flute Sonatas (1992) played on recorder with Keith Jarrett on harpsichord
 * Bach: Flute Sonatas (2019) played on recorder with Mahan Esfahani on harpsichord and Hille Perl on viola da gamba.

Awards

 * Tagea Brandt Rejselegat (1981)
 * Knight - Order of the Dannebrog 1995
 * Deutscher Schallplattenpreis 1997
 * H. C. Lumbye Prize 1998
 * Wilhelm Hansen Music Prize 1998
 * Léonie Sonning Music Prize 2000, she was the third Dane to win this prize, after Mogens Wöldike (1976) and Per Nørgård (1996)

Other sources

 * Program notes from various CDs, Including Philips CD #420 897-2 "Greensleeves"

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Fred Kearney

Fred Kearney (May 19, 1897 – November 6, 1998) was a Canadian ice hockey player.

Born in Pembroke, Ontario, on May 19, 1897, Kearney moved to Fort William in 1909. He began playing amateur hockey in Fort William amateur ranks beginning in 1913. Kearney was a member of the Lakehead Intermediate Hockey Team which won the 1924 Thunder Bay Intermediate League. The team then played for the Scotland Woollen Mills trophy.

In 1927 Kearney played goal the Fort William senior hockey team winning the Western Canadian Senior Hockey Championships. The team then faced the Toronto Grads in the Allan Cup finals in Vancouver. Fort William's "Thundering Herd were part of the most memorable finals in the history of the competition." The team lost to Toronto 2–1 in overtime; Kearney apparently displayed "incredible" skill during the game.

From 1929 to 1931, Kearney played professional hockey for the St. Louis Flyers of the American Hockey Association. Making stops his teammates and opponents referred to as "impossible", more than once he had streaks of three shut-outs. He established a record of 103 stops in two games.

Kearney rejoined the Fort William Senior Hockey Team as goalie following a mandatory three-year waiting period. The team won the Thunder Bay District League Championships in 1934, and the Western Canada Senior Championship.

Kearney was inducted into the Northwestern Ontario Sports Hall of Fame on September 26, 1998.

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David King Udall

David King Udall, Sr. (September 7, 1851 – February 18, 1938) was an American politician who was a representative to the Arizona Territorial Legislature and the founder of the Udall political family.

Childhood years
David King Udall was born in St. Louis, Missouri. His parents, David Udall and Eliza King, had immigrated to the United States from England earlier in the year. In 1852 they followed the Mormon Trail to Utah. They settled in Nephi, Utah. Udall spent his childhood farming. As a teenager, he spent a short period as a laborer building the Union Pacific Railroad which became part of the First transcontinental railroad.

Early adulthood
In 1875, Udall married his first wife, Eliza Luella Stewart. Shortly thereafter he was called by the LDS Church on a mission to England, where he remained until 1877. In 1880, while again living in Nephi, Udall was called to be the Mormon bishop in St. Johns, Arizona. At the time, St. Johns was a small and primarily Hispanic Catholic community. Immediately after moving his family there, Udall purchased lands and directed improvements geared toward creating a larger Mormon settlement of the area.

Polygamy and imprisonment
In 1882, Udall took a second wife, Ida Frances Hunt, a granddaughter of Jefferson Hunt (1803–1879) and also through her mother of Lois Barnes Pratt (1802–1880) and Addison Pratt (1802–1872). That same year the U.S. Congress passed the Edmunds Act to aid in the prosecution of polygamists. Udall was indicted on charges of unlawful cohabitation in 1884. He was never convicted, because his second wife lived in another town, and prosecutors could not locate Ida to compel her testimony against him.

Prosecutors remained determined to make an example of Udall, and in 1885, he was indicted and convicted on perjury charges, related to a sworn statement he made about the land claim of a fellow Mormon. He spent three months in a Federal Prison in Detroit, Michigan, before receiving a full and unconditional pardon by President Grover Cleveland on December 12, 1885. The perjury conviction stemmed from an affidavit he swore on the land claim of Miles P. Romney (grandfather of George Romney).

Later years
Udall was appointed to be a Stake president, a higher position in the LDS leadership, in 1887. He held that position for the next 35 years. Throughout that time he ran a number of business ventures of varying success.

From 1899 to 1900, Udall represented Apache County in the Arizona Territorial Senate. He was elected as a Republican.

In 1903, he discreetly married the former Mary Ann Linton, widow of John Hamilton Morgan (1842–1894), who had been a representative to the Utah Territorial Legislature. This marriage ran contrary to the LDS Church's decision to ban polygamy in 1890. Years later Matthias F. Cowley, the official who performed the ceremony, was stripped of his priesthood by the LDS Church. When the marriage came to light, Udall was never sanctioned, but he was forced to cease marital relations with Mary. He did, however, continue to support her and her children (from her marriage to Morgan) financially until the children reached adulthood.

In 1906, a Prescott Federal Grand Jury indicted Udall and several others on charges of polygamy, which was a violation of the Edmunds Act. After Ben Daniels, a federal marshal, served Udall and the others, they went to Prescott and paid their fines of $100, and then went back home.

From 1927 to 1934 he served as the president of the LDS Mesa Arizona Temple.

His wives, Ida and Eliza, preceded him in death in 1915 and 1937, respectively. He died in 1938 in St. Johns, Arizona. David Udall's surviving children included two state supreme court justices and a mayor of Phoenix. Stewart Udall, Arizona Congressman and 1961–1969 Secretary of Interior, and his brother Morris Udall, also an Arizona Congressmen, were two of David Udall's grandchildren. His great-grandson Tom represented the state of New Mexico in the United States Senate from 2009–2021.

Works

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Citizen suit

In the United States, a citizen suit is a lawsuit by a private citizen to enforce a statute. Citizen suits are particularly common in the field of environmental law.

Citizen suits come in three forms. First, a private citizen can bring a lawsuit against a citizen, corporation, or government body for engaging in conduct prohibited by the statute. For example, a citizen can sue a corporation under the Clean Water Act (CWA) for illegally polluting a waterway. Second, a private citizen can bring a lawsuit against a government body for failing to perform a non-discretionary duty. For example, a private citizen could sue the Environmental Protection Agency for failing to promulgate regulations that the CWA required it to promulgate. In a third, less common form, citizens may sue for an injunction to abate a potential imminent and substantial endangerment involving generation, disposal or handling of waste, regardless of whether or not the defendant's conduct violates a statutory prohibition. This third type of citizen suit is analogous to the common law tort of public nuisance. In general, the law entitles plaintiffs who bring successful citizen suits to recover reasonable attorney fees and other litigation costs.

In 1970, when amending the Clean Air Act, the United States Congress was inspired by similar legislation in the civil rights arena to begin including specific provisions for citizens to bring suit against violators or government agencies to enforce environmental laws. Today, most anti-pollution laws have provisions for citizen suits and they have become a major means of ensuring compliance with environmental laws. Public-interest environmental legal service organizations, such as Earthjustice and the Tulane Environmental Law Clinic, often prosecute citizen suits. Some non-environmental statutes, such as the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Fair Housing Amendments Act, also contain citizen suit provisions, but the majority of regulatory statutes do not.

Citizens may only bring citizen suits in federal court if they have "standing to sue". To establish standing, the courts have required proof of three elements. First, the plaintiff must have suffered an “injury in fact”—an invasion of a legally protected interest which is (a) concrete and particularized and (b) “actual or imminent, not ‘conjectural’ or ‘hypothetical’”. Second, there must be a causal connection between the injury and the conduct complained of—the injury has to be "fairly ... trace[able] to the challenged action of the defendant, and not ... th[e] result [of] the independent action of some third party not before the court." Third, it must be "likely", as opposed to merely "speculative", that the injury will be "redressed by a favorable decision."

Environmental laws that allow citizen suits include:

 * Clean Water Act
 * Safe Drinking Water Act
 * Clean Air Act 1970
 * Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
 * Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
 * Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977
 * Endangered Species Act of 1973
 * Emergency Planning and Community Right To Know Act of 1986- SARA Title III

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Music of Henan

Henan is a central province of China, known for an unusual way of playing the guzheng; the technique, known as you yao, consistings of using the right hand to pluck the strings, starting from the movable bridge to the fixed bridge, while using the left hand to press the strings at the other end, creating a rich and dramatic sound effect. Guzheng music evolved over time to what is now known as Qu opera.

Henan's folk heritage includes ballads and is characterized by large position changes and gliding vibrato. A popular form of narrative singing, which is accompanied by a bowed lute called zhuihu, is called zhuizi.

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Talk:City of Liverpool (New South Wales)

Photo needs resizing
The photo on the main page needs resizing, and moved to the right. Vk2tds (talk) 03:19, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Separate page for the Local Government Area
As per discussion at Talk:List of Sydney suburbs, I have created a separate page for the City of Liverpool, New South Wales, the Local Government Area. -- Ianblair23 10:35, 30 August 2005 (UTC)

Not suburbs
Liverpool Westfield and Casula Mall Shopping Centre are not suburbs of Liverpool's LGA. They have been removed. -M

 * Sounds good! If you want, can you maybe please have a look at this message and see if you can maybe help solve any of the other redlinks in the "suburbs in this LGA" section of this page? -- All the best, Nickj (t) 06:49, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

 * I've taken a second look at the list and have cleaned out localities that do not qualify as suburbs to satisfy Liverpool City Councils list. This should now be an accurate list of suburbs. -M

 * Thanks for that! Of the 3 left, I have:
 * Removed The Cross Roads, as it is a locality.
 * The GNB has no record for either Ingleburn Military Camp or Ingleburn Village, but it does have Ingleburn, so I have replaced those two with that one.
 * -- All the best, Nickj (t) 04:04, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

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