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Some of us were discussing the current state of the article, and we are wondering if the song were not released (issued for sale or distribution), why are they included in her discography? See the talk page.  Journalist ''' C./ Holla @ me! |undefined
 * Re Mariah Carey singles discography
 * Here is Carey singles disc. up until 2003. As you can see, many of the singles that you are including are not in her official discography.

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templates like "Mariah Carey2" don't constitute sections of an artcile, and shouldn't be given section headings. in addition, the template isn't an overview. --Mel Etitis ( Μελ Ετητης ) 09:30, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

 * Remember also not to refer to people in articles by their Christian names. --Mel Etitis ( Μελ Ετητης ) 10:03, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

Boldfacing number-one positions
Per Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Music/Tables for charts and Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy, number-one positions in chart tables should not be boldfaced. Thanks. Extraordinary Machine 16:36, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

Also, on an unrelated note, I don't think that information on "No. of chart topper" is notable unless a) the single hit number-one on a major chart where the artist's success had previously been limited, or b) it broke some kind of record for the most number-one hits on that chart. Extraordinary Machine 16:40, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

 * Okay, I'd just like to say that I did not intentionally ignore your previous message, I just didn't realise that I had received it. Sorry! Also, I admit that I kind of got carried away with slapping the merge tags onto the articles for Carey's most unsuccessful singles (especially given that the Charmbracelet and Mariah Carey (album) pages seem to be well developed), but I do think that there should be some sort of criteria that a song or single must meet before it gets its own article. I still think that "No. of chart topper"-related material should be restricted to notable things such as "My All" becoming Carey's record-breaking thirteenth U.S. number-one hit (and not "We Belong Together" becoming her sixth on the Billboard Rhythmic Top 40 chart), but it shouldn't be removed all together as some of it can be important. Same with the remixes/official versions lists: clearly not all of those remixes and different versions are notable, but some of them may be. Extraordinary Machine 17:17, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

Chronology on Mariah Carey singles articles
I was wondering, should promotional singles be included in the chronology through the articles for Mariah Carey singles? (Note that the issue of some of the links being redirects back to the album articles shouldn't be a problem if a "See also" link to the singles discography article is included.) Extraordinary Machine 16:50, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

 * Thanks for replying. I'll get to work editing the chronologies, but I'll make sure that a "See also" link to Mariah Carey singles discography is included. On a slightly related note, I read on the You Got Me article and here that "The One" was a promo single. Also, I now agree with you that maybe we shouldn't merge the articles on full single releases to the album pages just yet, and instead concentrate on merging the promo and unreleased singles first and then see how long the album pages are, as well as trying to expand the albums and singles with useful material (for example, Through the Rain is quite short, but I can think of information I've read about the song that could be added to the article). Extraordinary Machine 18:22, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

Re: Order of info on Chart table
I think that the charts should be alphabetical (except with U.S. charts first, as you said), but I don't really mind. Or perhaps in order of the size/population of the country? On a slightly related note, I think that Wikipedia's Manual of Style says that "United Kingdom" is abbreviated as "UK" without dots (and not "U.K.").

It feels kind of weird with you and me being pretty much the only people editing these articles regularly! *tumbleweed moves across the landscape* :) Extraordinary Machine 17:38, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

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William Molloy (Manitoba politician)

William Molloy (October 28, 1877 – April 10, 1917 ) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1910 to 1914 as a member of the Liberal Party.

He was born in Arthur, Ontario, the son of John Molloy and Mary Alice Daly, came to Manitoba with his family in 1879 and was educated at the University of Minnesota. At first, Molloy taught school in Manitoba; he later was employed as a land surveyor.

Molloy was elected to the Manitoba legislature in the 1910 provincial election, defeating Conservative incumbent Jean-Baptiste Lauzon by seven votes in the rural constituency of La Verendrye. The Conservatives won the election, and Molloy served in the legislature as a member of the opposition. He was defeated in the 1914 election, losing to Conservative Jacques Parent by 262 votes in the Morris constituency.

Molloy attempted to return to the legislature in the 1915 election, but lost to Parent by 57 votes.

His brother John was a member of the Canadian House of Commons and his brother Thomas served in the Manitoba assembly.

Molloy served in the Canadian Expeditionary Force as a lieutenant during World War I. He died while serving overseas with the 1st Canadian Mounted Rifles (Saskatchewan) and was buried in France.

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Temporary Emergency Court of Appeals

The Temporary Emergency Court of Appeals was established by the United States Congress in December 1971 with exclusive jurisdiction to hear appeals from the decisions of the U.S. district courts in cases arising under the wage and price control program of the Economic Stabilization Act of 1970.

Congress authorized the Chief Justice of the United States to appoint to the temporary court three or more district and appeals court judges, each of whom was to serve on a part-time basis for an indefinite term. The court exercised the same powers as a U.S. court of appeals, and it was authorized to prescribe its own rules of practice, which it did when its three district and six circuit court judges convened for the first time in February 1972. The Temporary Emergency Court of Appeals was modeled on the Emergency Court of Appeals, which was established in 1942 to hear appeals in cases involving various wartime price control measures and which heard its last case in 1961.

It was created by the Act of December 22, 1971. Although the Economic Stabilization Act expired in 1974, Congress extended the operation of the Temporary Emergency Court of Appeals in the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act of 1973. The court exercised the judicial review provisions of the energy price stabilization program established by the act. The temporary court’s jurisdiction was further expanded in the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975 and the Emergency Natural Gas Act of 1977 (91 Stat. 4). The Act of October 29, 1992 abolished the Temporary Emergency Court of Appeals and transferred both its jurisdiction and its pending cases to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit effective March 29, 1993.

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Street name sign

A street name sign is a type of traffic sign used to identify named roads, generally those that do not qualify as expressways or highways. Street name signs are most often found posted at intersections; sometimes, especially in the United States, in perpendicularly oriented pairs identifying each of the crossing streets.

Description
Modern street nameplates (name signs) may be mounted in various ways, such as attached to walls or on utility poles or smaller purpose-made sign poles posted on a streetcorner, or hung over intersections from overhead supports like wires or pylons. When attached to poles, they may be stacked onto each other in alternating directions or mounted perpendicular to each other, with each sign facing the street it represents. Until around 1900 in the US, however, street name signs were often mounted on the corners of buildings, or even chiseled into the masonry, and many of those signs still exist in older neighborhoods. They are commonly used in France and the United Kingdom. The design and style of the sign is usually common to the district in which it appears.

Some street nameplates also indicate the range of house numbers found nearby, or the name or number of the local administrative or postal district. Some street name signs also indicate an alternative name for the street, such as "Fashion Avenue" for Seventh Avenue in New York City, or "Avenue of the Arts" for Huntington Avenue in Boston, Massachusetts. Multilingual signs are common and may be required by law in some areas, such as French-speaking regions of Canada. Multilingual signs are sometimes primarily used to promote local minority languages. See bilingual sign for more information.

Occasionally some signs are a target for vandalism, for example in areas of language controversy; and signs on unusually or famously named streets (perhaps those containing a humorous or obscene word) are especially liable to street sign theft.

In recent years, many US and Canadian cities have adopted the mast arm for traffic signal equipment; major intersections are marked with large signs mounted on the mast arms. This was started in the 1960s by the California Department of Transportation. Los Angeles and San Francisco started in the 1970s and recently New York City has introduced the bigger signs at its intersections. In 2013, New York City began to change street signs that have been previously used Highway Gothic font for a new one, Clearview, that include both upper and lower case letters, which is considered more readable.

Color coding and typography
Usually, the color scheme used on the sign just reflects the local standard (for example, white letters on a green background are common throughout the US). However, in some cases, the color of a sign can provide information, as well. One example can be found in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Within its city limits, all roads designated as a snow emergency route use a blue sign; these are typically major arterial routes. Other roads have green signs. Other places sometimes use blue or white signs to indicate private roads.

, the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) approved color schemes for street name signs including a green, blue, or brown background with white text, or a white background with black text. Despite the MUTCD's attempt to restrict street name signs to only the aforementioned color schemes, other color schemes are used in some cities. For example, the city of Mesa, Arizona, uses ruby red colored street name signs at signalized intersections in the Fiesta District in the western part of the city. The city of Houston, Texas, allows for street name signs in several of its neighborhoods (usually part of a management district, where property owners assess additional fees to themselves to pay for extra services) to be of significantly different color schemes and fonts from the citywide standard. Since the new MUTCD standard was adopted, some cities have begun transitioning from noncompliant colors. San Jose, California, traditionally used white letters on a black background on its street name signs for many decades, but shifted during the 2010s to white letters on a green background.

In 1952 in the UK, David Kindersley submitted a design, MoT Serif, to the British Ministry of Transport, which required new lettering to use on United Kingdom road signs. Although the Road Research Laboratory found Kindersley's design more legible, the all-capitals design with serifs was passed over in favour of that of Jock Kinneir and Margaret Calvert. Many of the street signs in Britain use Kindersley fonts.

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Hey, Weevil. Do you have stairs in your house?

Sorry about the idiots vandalizing the article. DS 22:00, 31 August 2005 (UTC)

I am protected. --Weevil 22:02, 31 August 2005 (UTC)

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Robert Benson, 1st Baron Bingley

Robert Benson, 1st Baron Bingley, (c. 1676 – 9 April 1731) was an English Tory politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons from 1702 until 1713 when he was raised to the peerage as Baron Bingley and sat in the House of Lords. He served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1711 to 1713.

Life
Robert Benson was born in Wakefield, the son of Robert Benson of Wrenthorpe. He went to school in London before studying at Christ's College, Cambridge. He served as an alderman of the city of York and was elected Lord Mayor of York for 1707. He was elected Member of Parliament for Thetford in Norfolk from 1702 to 1705, then becoming MP for York from 1705 to 1713.

In 1711, he was sworn of the Privy Council and became Chancellor of the Exchequer until 1713. He was a Director of the South Sea Company from July 1711 to February 1715. In 1713 he was ennobled as Baron Bingley, and became the British ambassador to Spain.

Benson founded the stately home of Bramham Park, near Wetherby. When he died in 1731 he was buried in Westminster Abbey and the title Baron Bingley became extinct, although it was later re-created for his son-in-law. He had married Elizabeth, the daughter of Heneage Finch, and had a son (who predeceased him) and two daughters (one illegitimate). It has often been suggested that Bingley was also the real father of the British soldier, dramatist and politician John Burgoyne, whose debts he cancelled in his will. What was left of his estate, including Bramham Park, went to his daughter Harriet who had married George Fox.

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Douglas Craig

Douglas Malcolm Craig OBE is former chairman of York City Football Club. Craig is an engineer and a former local Conservative councillor.

Early years
Craig took over the club in as chairman in 1990, taking over from Michael Sinclair, a former businessman who is now a local priest. He enjoyed success under the guidance of manager John Ward and, later, Alan Little, York enjoyed their best period in recent years. The club won promotion to what was then the English Second Division (now League One) in 1993 before making headlines with its giant-killing cup exploits, beating Manchester United over two legs in the League Cup. The cup glory continued the following year. Craig earned national notoriety in 1994 by becoming the only chairman to refuse to sign up to the "Let's Kick Racism Out of Football" campaign.

Latter years; sell off and results
The following years under Craig were bleak for York, with relegation to Division Three and managers coming and going.

In July 1999, Craig wrote to all York City's shareholders, asking them to approve a plan to transfer the club, and Bootham Crescent, to a new company, Bootham Crescent Holdings (BCH). Craig pointed out that he and his three fellow directors, John Quickfall, Colin Webb and the former playing hero Barry Swallow, owned 94 per cent of the shares and had already approved the plan. This sent York into serious financial turmoil, and the club went into administration shortly after Craig had sold it, minus all fixed assets, to John Batchelor for a fee rumoured to be £50.

York City was later rescued by a trust, which had been set up by the club's supporters. Craig sold the ground back to the Supporter's Trust, but for a figure that was many times larger than the reputed £50,000 that he reputedly paid for the club, many years earlier.

In 2002, Douglas Craig was on a 3 man FA panel that overruled The Football League’s decision that had prevented Wimbledon moving to Milton Keynes. On appeal, The Football League allowed Wimbledon to relocate to Milton Keynes in 2003.

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Edmund Taylor

Edmund Taylor may refer to:

 * Edmund Taylor of Oxton, England, who was instrumental in obtaining the Bidston Windmill
 * Edmund Taylor (cricketer) (1853–1936), English cricketer
 * Edmund Dick Taylor (1804–1891), US political figure and financial advisor
 * Edmund Haynes Taylor Jr. (born 1832), historic US distiller after whom the Old Taylor and E. H. Taylor whiskey brands are named
 * Edmund Taylor (New Zealand politician) (1855–1927), New Zealand political figure
 * Edmund L. Taylor (1860–1934), Canadian political figure
 * Edmund Seyfang Taylor (1853–1908), early pioneer of rambling in the UK
 * Edmund B. Taylor (1904–1973), U.S. Navy admiral

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Robert Benson

Robert, Rob, Robby, Robbie, Bob, or Bobby Benson may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

 * Robert Benson (actor) (1765–1796), British actor
 * Bobby Benson (1922–1983), Nigerian musician
 * Robby Benson (born 1956), American actor
 * Bob Benson (Mad Men) (fl. 2007–2015), character on the TV series Mad Men played by James Wolk
 * Rob Benson (Mickey Finn's T-Rex), British musician, singer for Mickey Finn's T-Rex

Politics and law

 * Robert Benson, 1st Baron Bingley (1676–1731), English politician
 * Robert Benson (New York) (1739–1823), American politician, clerk of the New York State Senate
 * Robert Benson (barrister) (1797–1844), English judge and author
 * Robert Benson (Australian politician) (1800–1860), Australian miner and politician in colonial Victoria

Sports

 * Bob Benson (Robert William Benson, 1883–1916), English footballer who died during a game
 * Robert Benson (ice hockey) (1894–1965), Canadian ice hockey player
 * Robbie Benson (born 1992), Irish footballer
 * Bob Benson (American football), American football coach

Others

 * Robin Benson (Robert Henry Benson, 1850–1929), English merchant banker, art collector and FA Cup winner
 * Robert Hugh Benson (1871–1914), British author, Anglican priest, Catholic priest

Other uses

 * Bobby Benson and the B-Bar-B Riders, American radio program

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User talk:MegAnn

A welcome from Sango123
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Happy Wiki-ing!

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High River

High River is a town within the Calgary Metropolitan Region of Alberta, Canada. It is approximately 68 km south of Calgary, at the junction of Alberta Highways 2 and 23. High River had a population of 14,324 in 2021.

History
The community takes its name from the Highwood River, which flows through the town. The area was originally inhabited largely by the Blackfoot First Nation, who called the site Ispitzee (or the "place of high trees along running water"). By 1870, after the arrival of the North-West Mounted Police and after Treaty Number 7 had been signed in 1877, settlers began arriving into the region. High River's development centered on a convenient location for people, horses and cattle to cross the Highwood River - a location known as "The Crossing".

Development of the town was supported by the completion of the Calgary and Edmonton Railway in 1892. High River incorporated as a village on December 5, 1901, and was incorporated as a town on February 12, 1906. Future Senator and area rancher Daniel Edward Riley would serve as the Town of High River's first mayor.

Although growth slowed during the First World War, it continued after the war with the building of brick structures and a number of industries. One of Canada's first air force stations was constructed to the east of the town in 1921 The establishment of a British Commonwealth Air Training Plan elementary flying training school at the same air station helped boost High River's economy during the Second World War.

High River continued to grow throughout the 1950s and 1960s. In the 1970s the downtown saw some major redevelopment, and redevelopment is continuing.

Floods
The Highwood River is subject to frequent flooding. Flood events of exceptional magnitude occurred in 1894, 1899, 1902, 1908, 1912, 1923, 1929, 1932, 1942, 1995, 2005 and 2013. Most recently during the 2013 Alberta floods, thousands of people in Alberta were ordered to evacuate their homes after the rise of the Highwood River, Bow River, Elbow River, Sheep River, and numerous others. In 2013, three people died as a result of the flooding of the Highwood River.

Climate
High River experiences a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dfb). Summer days are mild to warm with cool nights, while winters are cold and snowy with annual snowfall averaging 69 inches (175 cm).

Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Town of High River had a population of 14,324 living in 5,787 of its 5,950 total private dwellings, a change of NaN% from its 2016 population of 13,594. With a land area of 22.19 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.

The population of the Town of High River according to its 2019 municipal census is 14,052, a NaN% change from its 2010 municipal census population of 11,783.

In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Town of High River recorded a population of 13,584 living in 5,367 of its 5,655 total private dwellings, a NaN% change from its 2011 population of 12,930. With a land area of 21.39 km2, it had a population density of in 2016.

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Town of High River recorded a population of 14,324 living in 5,790 of its 5,790 total private dwellings, a 5.4% change from its 2016 population of 14,324. With a land area of 22.19 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.

Arts and culture
As part of High River's tourism and heritage endeavours, a number of murals illustrating High River's history were painted around town. The first of which were painted in the 1990s, and the most recent one being completed in 2016.

Attractions
The Museum of the Highwood (c. 1911–12), which sustained smoke, water and fire damage following a fire in the building's attic in July 2010, is on the Canadian Register of Historic Places.

Education
High River is part of the Foothills School Division No. 38, as well as the Christ The Redeemer Catholic Schools Division.

Foothills School Division:

 * École Joe Clark School – Grades K-5
 * Spitzee Elementary School – Grades K-5
 * École Senator Riley Middle School – Grades 6–8
 * École Secondaire Highwood High School – Grades 9–12

Christ The Redeemer Catholic Schools:

 * Holy Spirit Academy – Grades K-6
 * Notre Dame Collegiate – Grades 7–12

Media

 * CHRB AM 1140, community radio
 * CFXO-FM 99.7, country music
 * CKUV-FM 100.9, classic hits
 * High River Times

Notable people

 * Evan Berger, Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, 2008 - 2012
 * George Canyon, country music singer
 * Joe Clark, former Canadian Prime Minister
 * John "Pie" McKenzie, former professional hockey player
 * W. O. Mitchell, author
 * Glen Sather, former hockey player/head coach
 * Danielle Smith, Premier Of Alberta

Film and television
High River has been used as a filming location for the following films and television series:

 * Superman III (1983)
 * Caitlin's Way (20002002)
 * Heartland (2007present)
 * Fargo (2014present)
 * Tin Star (20172020)
 * Black Summer (20192021)
 * The Last of Us (2023present)

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Talk:Fab Five

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Smack, I appreciate the changes you're trying to make here -- I participated in the disambiguation discussions for the MoS, but I think this particular page needs a little more explanation for its entries. There's not much on the individual articles about "the fab fives" or why they were named that way, nor should there be -- this page is a good place to provide these small details. It may be good to trim some of them a bit, or to remove the picture, but I think this is one Dab page which might be considered half-article. — Catherine\talk 22:03, 31 August 2005 (UTC)

 * You're right that there isn't much on the individual articles about the "fab fives". I also admit that I'm biased against sports and entertainment articles, so I may have been careless in removing material from here and not restoring it where it belongs.  However, this is not the place to resolve these problems.  According to the MoS, disambigs have no business distracting the reader with this kind of material.  It says, The primary purpose of the disambiguation page is to help people find the page they want quickly and easily.

 * For an example of a disambig that could delve into etymological tidbits, but chooses not to, see Daedalus (disambiguation). (It's hardly a model of MoS conformance, but it does illustrate my point.  Also, note that I've never edited it.)  The abundance of things called 'Daedalus' is no coincidence; they're all named for the mythological character.  Few of the articles say anything about what the various Daedali have to do with the original Daedalus - but the disambig keeps its silence as well, and it's much the better for it. --Smack (talk) 16:39, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

 * Most of the Fab Fives on this disambiguation page have specific pages (i.e. Duran Duran on the Duran Duran page). The two sports groups do not.  I don't know much about the Brisbane Lions, but just surfing, I was expecting an actual Fab Five page for the Michigan basketball team.  I would add one if it seems like a good idea, but i was just looking something up, so I don't know much. --nalin35  23:39, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

 * Completely agree that there should be a Fab Five page for Chris Webber et al. from the Michigan Basketball team. I can't believe an obsessed person hasn't started one yet.  There should be no end of references out there.  This disambiguation page isn't very useful by linking to general articles.--Skoch3 05:49, 21 July 2007 (UTC)

yall should make a page about the The Fab 5 from the Michigan University Basketball Team

 * This page is becoming fancruft, as seen by that Fab Four (Is somebody missing a finger?) that only played five minutes of good Finals basketball. After checking for an existing article, I will stub a U-M article, if needed. This page should seriously consider being renamed as a disambiguation.MMetro (talk) 18:50, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

Bad link
The link to *Willie Mcgee* in the following paragraph is misleading:

" The Akron Fab Five, who won a national high school basketball championship, best known to be Lebron James's high school. There is also a book about them that James wrote, Shooting Stars, and a movie, More Than a Game

Lebron James, Dru Joyce, Sian Cotton, >>>>>Willie Mcgee<<<<<, and Romeo Travis"

The link is taking you to the Baseball player Willie Mcgee. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.62.197.222 (talk • contribs) 21:37, 5 July 2010

 * . Station1 (talk) 23:04, 27 September 2010 (UTC)

Cleanup needed
Per discussion at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Disambiguation/Archive_25, a disambiguation page should point to other articles about specific Fab Fives, and should not list each member of the various incarnations. The various Fab Five entries are subject to WP:NEO. They should be made into separate articles if notable per WP:NEO, and then this dab page should disambiguate the new article(s). If its not worthy of a separate page, it should be removed from this page. —Bagumba (talk) 22:21, 27 May 2011 (UTC)
 * That's not an acceptable rule of thumb. There will be readers seeking other topics under the name "Fab Five"; there's no reason to leave them hanging just because we don't have a unique article for that particular use.  Powers T 03:55, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Per WP:NEO, the entry might be more suitable for Wiktionary. Imagine if a term was not part of an existing disambiguation page, there is no way an article with a one line definition would not be deleted.  Similarly, a disambiguation should not be a dumping ground for defining terms without articles (or sections in the articles) about the term.  MOS:DABENTRY is specific about only one link per entry, not five individual links to so-called "Fab Five" members that shed no information on the group "Fab Five".—Bagumba (talk) 16:15, 1 August 2012 (UTC)

The 1948 Kentucky Wildcats should be included
I don't get what's the problem with including the 1948 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team--the ORIGINAL "Fabulous Five". They not only won the school's (and Rupp's) first championship, but also the Olympic gold medal. They were the "Fab Five" long before the 1993 Michigan team, who in fact got their title stripped by the NCAA a few years later.75.81.197.59 (talk) 03:10, 16 July 2011 (UTC)

 * The problem with the proposed entry above is that neither Kentucky Wildcats nor Adolph Rupp mentions nothing about Fab Five. Also, per MOS:DABENTRY, only one blue link should exist per entry. After doing some research, it seems that "Fabulous Five" is the term usually associated with the 1948 Kentucky team, not "Fab Five". There is also an existing article, Fabulous Five (Kentucky Wildcats).  Without quibbling about whether Fab Five is often used to describe the 1948 team, I propose to include Fabulous Five (Kentucky Wildcats) under the "See also section" per WP:MOSDAB —Bagumba (talk) 06:58, 16 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Also, the text needs to be shortened as it should not be a dictionary definition per WP:DABNOT —Bagumba (talk) 07:05, 16 July 2011 (UTC)
 * I just figured it was common sense that "Fab Five" is short for "Fabulous Five". I guess putting it in the "See Also" section makes sense.  It just seems grossly unfair that the '48 Cats are not included when they were the Fabulous/Fab Five long before the 1993 Michigan team (which in fact got their nickname/runner-up title stripped by the NCAA).75.81.197.59 (talk) 18:18, 16 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Wikipedia is not for righting great wrongs. It's for subjects which are notable, which "Fabulous Five" seems to be.  It's more new school to call it "Fab Five" in reference to Kentucky, but it doesnt seem to be used often, so seems like a neologism which makes it a word to watch in WP.  The Kentucky team had its own point-shaving scandal, so neither team is without faults, but that is irrelevant for notability.  —Bagumba (talk) 18:55, 16 July 2011 (UTC)

2012 Olympics
What is the convention for the order of the list? Right now during the Olympics when people refer to the Fab Five they are referring to the Gold medal winning U.S. Women's Gymnastics team and that is most likely what people are searching for. The University of Michigan Men's basketball team should likely be second because of the cultural impact and importance but it is not on the front page of TODAY's sports pages. -JL — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.87.237.180 (talk) 14:55, 8 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Typically they are not moved around to reflect news spikes, as it will likely never be properly updated if it ever becomes less popular. I prefer to avoid recentism and stick with a long-term outlook without speculating on future notability.  The basketball team was from 1991, has a full article with sources about the term, and gets a fair amount of hits.  The gymnastics term at this point is just a generic link to the Olympic team's roster list with no prose about the term Fab Five or the group as a whole.  At this point, it appears to be a neologism being used by NBC to promote their broadcasts.  I doubt there are many sources outside of recent news that use the term in this context.

 * I have no interest in getting into an edit war as its relatively minor; the key is that readers have an available list of possible matches of Fab Five. You can either move the basketball team back to the top, or we can reassess this after the Olympics have completed.  Also, if anyone can add prose about the gymnastics group and the origin and significance of the term "Fab Five", that is what readers are truly looking for. —Bagumba (talk) 16:06, 8 August 2012 (UTC)
 * It seems like Fierce Five is now the WP:COMMONNAME. Moving them below the basketball team.—Bagumba (talk) 16:06, 15 August 2012 (UTC)

I am okay with them being below the University of Michigan Basketball team as that will likely have more staying power. However, I do have a problem with the current language that reads "earlier name for the Fierce Five" That is just false. Most people still call them the fab five. Some Michigan Basketball fans tried to get the Fierce Five to catch on but it never did. -JL — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.44.22.103 (talk) 01:00, 21 September 2012 (UTC)

Gymnastics Fierce Five in 2016
The last time anyone called that team the Fab Five was in 2012. Also the first time. Putting that article in this list was pure WP:RECENTISM, and leaving it there is a mistake. For a recent article about the team, see this one. It even mentions the "Fab Five" idea was shot down within the team itself. Certainly, the unsourced claim "Most people still call them the fab five" in the discussion four years ago isn't true now (if it was ever true).

I'm suggesting removing the Fierce Five link from the list and putting that into the "See Also" section. It's the more appropriate place for an article that doesn't have the same name but is related in a tangential way. Rockypedia (talk) 19:08, 14 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Disambiguation page are meant to get readers to the article they want. It's neither here nor there if they remember a dated term, just get them the information they are seeking.  eonline.com wrote on July 11, 2016: "The Fierce Five (or Fab Five, depending on who you ask) ..."   Right or wrong, it's not totally unexpected some people would still know them as "Fab Five". I believe the entry should instead remain in the main disambiguation area, not in the "See also" section as was moved with an edit summary as "uncontentious" after less than half a day with no response.  "See also" is meant for misspellings, or terms commonly confused.  Fab Five is neither for the gymnastics team, as it is a former name for the group mentioned in the lead of Fierce Five.  As such, I would recommend something similar to the James Carrey example at MOS:DABREDIR. Namely, list the term in the disambiguation page title, then mention the more common term, e.g. "Fab Five or Fierce Five, the United States women's artistic gymnastics team at the 2012 Summer Olympics".—Bagumba (talk) 09:48, 15 July 2016 (UTC)

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User:Nandhp

nandhp is a Wikipedia contributor of no particular notability.

nandhpm
Main article: User:Nandhpm

nandhpm is nandhp's other user account.

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Ariadhoo

Ariadhoo (Dhivehi: އަރިއަދޫ) is one of the uninhabited islands of Alif Dhaal Atoll near Maamigili island. The name ”Ari Atoll” is also thought to originate from Ariadhoo island.

Archaeology
There are important Buddhist remains in this island, including a stupa, indicating that it was inhabited in the past.

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User talk:Jubash

Juliano, nao sei se é muito apropriado colocar tantas partidas famosas do Corinthians. Algumas, sem duvida, mas só as mais importantes mesmo (a vitoria de 5X1 contra o Cianorte, por exemplo, nao acho que classificaria como sendo tao importante assim).--Vertigo200 22:04, 31 August 2005 (UTC)

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Amplitude-companded single-sideband modulation

Amplitude-companded single-sideband (ACSB) is a narrowband modulation method using a single-sideband with a pilot tone, allowing an expander in the receiver to restore the amplitude that was severely compressed by the transmitter. The pilot tone serves as a frequency reference for the receiver, eliminating the signal distortion that would occur with single-sideband suppressed carrier modulation when the receiver is off frequency.

It offers improved effective range over standard SSB modulation while simultaneously retaining backwards compatibility with standard SSB radios. ACSB also offers reduced bandwidth and improved range for a given power level compared with narrow band FM modulation.

The companding used in ACSB is a type of dynamic range reduction wherein the difference in amplitude between the louder and softer sounds is reduced prior to transmission. A corresponding expander circuit in the receiver inverts this transformation in order to restore the dynamic range. If a conventional SSB receiver is used to receive ACSB signals, some distortion may be noticed but generally the signals are quite intelligible. Similar techniques are used in audio noise reduction circuits such as those developed for Dolby.

ACSB is being used by amateur radio operators, air-to-ground phones, as well as mobile-satellite services.


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ZanZarah: The Hidden Portal

ZanZarah: The Hidden Portal is an action-adventure video game by the German company Funatics Development, released in 2002 by the publisher THQ. An expansion was in development in 2002, but was later cancelled. The game involves travels and combats in a magical world loosely associated with our own world.

Setting
ZanZarah: The Hidden Portal features a detailed fantasy world called ZanZarah. The Shadow Realm is a place of great evil in the depths of ZanZarah, even deeper than the lava caves of the dwarves. There are a few entrances into it: one is in the pixie-hunter Lucius' cellar where he keeps captured pixies. Another is in the catacombs beneath Tiralin. But the main entrance leading to the shadow realm is hidden deep in the southeastern swamps of ZanZarah.

Story
Long ago, our world and ZanZarah were one. Magical creatures like fairies, elves, dwarves, and goblins lived in peace with humans for a long time; and magic was an important part of our world. But then came the dark times, the times of inquisition and a great magic purge. The magical creatures had to flee from our world to save themselves, and the human Druids, the last wielders of white magic, helped them by creating a world suitable for their existence and closing the way there for the human race.

For centuries, the two worlds were separated and prospering. The creatures of ZanZarah sometimes visited their former home but generally preferred to stay in the new one. For humans, the way to ZanZarah was forever sealed by a mysterious machine called the Guardian. However, as time passed, the magic world became more and more a prison rather than a paradise for the magic folk. It became harder to cross the border between the worlds, even for the inhabitants of ZanZarah. Wild fairies started attacking the travelers for no apparent reason. Strange creatures calling themselves dark elves appeared on the roads. And the White Druid, the last of the mighty creators of ZanZarah, seemed helpless against them.

Not only ZanZarah is affected by this strange plague. The ancient, and by that time half-forgotten, world of humans also suffered from a loss of something very important—magic. A prophecy as old as ZanZarah itself tells that when the time comes, a savior will come from the world of humans to restore the balance between the two universes and peace will once again reign between the magic folk and humans. Until then, however, fairies, elves, dwarves, and goblins have to wait and hope.

The game follows the story of Amy, a young girl from London who on her eighteenth birthday receives the strangest present in her life—a magic rune—from an even stranger creature, a goblin who appears out of nowhere and disappears without saying anything. The rune is one of the teleportation runes that the inhabitants of the magic parallel world ZanZarah employ to travel across their lands.

Upon her arrival in ZanZarah, Amy discovers that she is the one the ancient prophecy tells of and that it is her destiny to become the greatest fairy trainer of all time, and to save both her world and ZanZarah from impending destruction. Of course, to accomplish that she must undertake a long journey; but being an inquisitive and optimistic person, Amy readily accepts her destiny. After all, this world of ZanZarah looks so much more beautiful and safe than hers.

Gameplay
The overall gameplay in ZanZarah: The Hidden Portal is a simple example of the action-adventure genre. Following the tradition of the Pokémon series, the game is divided into exploration and battle phases. In the exploration phase, the player navigates Amy through the world of ZanZarah. Freedom of movement is limited by many obstacles, such as prickly bushes, huge boulders, enemies, doors, or elevators that one has to find keys for, etc. In the classic action-adventure style, Amy explores the environment, solves various puzzles, gathers items, and interacts with NPCs. Another aspect of the non-battle phase is RPG-like healing, restoring magic powers, assigning spells to the fairies, and rearranging the fairy deck Amy has with her on her travels.

Traveling via the global map is impossible, but Amy can use magical teleportation runes to shift to virtually any key location—provided, of course, that she has already found the corresponding rune. One rune can even teleport her back to London where all fairies she has captured, but not added to her deck, stay. It is nearly impossible for Amy to die in ZanZarah (apart from falling from a cliff, drowning in a swamp, or jumping into a river of lava), and even if she dies, she resumes her journey at the entrance to the location with all the inventory and fairy statistics she had prior to her death.

The battle phase begins when Amy is attacked by a wild fairy or challenged to a fairy duel, and ends when all enemies or her own fairies are defeated. In the latter case, Amy dies and respawns at the entrance to the location in the condition she was in prior to the battle. While in the battle phase, the player navigates one fairy out of Amy's deck through a dueling arena (of which there are dozens of layouts) in a first-person shooter style. Each fairy has two offense-defense pairs of spells that it can switch to at any time. To actually shoot at an enemy with an offensive spell, the player must hold down the left mouse button to accumulate some charge rather than just tap it. It is important to have some knowledge of arena layouts and good timing to pull off the most deadly attacks.

Release
ZanZarah was originally published in Europe for Microsoft Windows on April 26, 2002 by THQ, and was released by Xicat Interactive in the U.S. on December 18, 2002. After THQ folded, the rights to the IP have been acquired by Daedalic Entertainment, who re-released it on Steam on August 20, 2015.

Soundtrack
Several critics praised the game's music. Most of the themes were created by a German composer, King Einstein (also known for his work on the Cultures RTS series). The title theme Come With Me was composed and performed by British-Latvian singer Kariina Gretere, whom some compare to Enya. The entire soundtrack can be freely downloaded from the official website.

Reception
The game received "generally favorable reviews" according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.

Expansion
An unnamed expansion (some fans refer to it as ZanZarah: The Lost Village) to the game was in development in the second half of 2002. Apparently, it would have featured an entirely new village named Gramire and some new characters, including an unlucky King Ironir. However, the project was cancelled for marketing reasons and only a few materials remained in its wake:

 * A selection of screenshots has been available on the official site, but all of them were later removed
 * A short teaser trailer has been released on the official site
 * The music theme of Gramire can be downloaded from King Einstein's website

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Salim Khan

Salim Abdul Rashid Khan (born 24 November 1935) is an Indian actor, film producer and screenwriter. He wrote the screenplays, stories and scripts for numerous Bollywood films. Khan is one half of the prolific screenwriting duo of Salim–Javed, along with Javed Akhtar. The duo were among the first Indian screenwriters to achieve star status in Hindi cinema, and became the most successful Indian screenwriters of all time. While working together, Salim Khan was largely responsible for developing the stories and characters, whereas Javed Akhtar was largely responsible for developing the dialogues.

Salim-Javed revolutionised Indian cinema in the 1970s, transforming and reinventing the Bollywood formula, pioneering the Bollywood blockbuster format, and pioneering genres such as the masala film and the Dacoit Western. Salim Khan was also one of the responsible person for creating the "angry young man" character archetype of Amitabh Bachchan. Their films are among the highest-grossing Indian films of all time, including Sholay (1975), the highest-grossing Indian film ever at the time, as well as films such as Seeta Aur Geeta (1972), Zanjeer (1973), Deewaar (1975), Trishul (1978), Kranti (1981), and the Don franchise. Sholay is also considered to be one of the greatest Indian films of all time.

Khan is also known as the founder of the Salim Khan family, as the father of three Bollywood actors, Salman Khan (one of the big three Khans of Bollywood), Sohail Khan, and Arbaaz Khan, and film producer Alvira Khan Agnihotri. He is married to Sushila Charak (a.k.a. Salma Khan) and to actress Helen Richardson Khan. Salim Khan won six Filmfare Awards as part of Salim-Javed, and he was later awarded the Padma Shri in 2014.

Early years
Salim Khan was born in the city of Indore in Indore State a princely state in British India (modern day Madhya Pradesh, India) into an affluent family. Khan's grandparents, are believed to be Alakozai Pashtuns who migrated from Afghanistan to India in the mid-1800s and served in the cavalry of the British Indian Army. According to Jasim Khan in the biography of Salman Khan, his ancestors belonged to the Akuzai sub-tribe of the Yusufzai Pashtuns from Malakand in the Swat valley of North-West Frontier Province, British India (present-day Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan). Khan's family tended to look for employment in government service, and eventually settled in Indore.

Salim Khan was the youngest child of his parents, both of whom died by the time he was 14 years old. His father, Abdul Rashid Khan, had joined the Indian Imperial Police and had risen to the rank of DIG-Indore, which was the highest police rank open to an Indian in British India. Salim's mother died when he was only nine years old. She had suffered from tuberculosis for four years before her death, and therefore it was forbidden for the younger children come close to her or hug her; Salim therefore had little contact with his mother even before her early death. His father also died in January 1950, when he was only fourteen years old. Two months later, in March 1950, Salim (who attended St. Raphaels' School in Indore) appeared for his matriculation examination. He did moderately well, and enrolled in Holkar College, Indore, and completed his BA. His elder brothers supported him with funds drawn from the family's substantial wealth, to the extent that he was given a car of his own while he was a college student. He excelled in sports, especially cricket, and it was for being a star cricketer that he was allowed by the college to enroll for a master's degree at the end of his bachelors. He was also a trained pilot. During these years, he also became enamored of films, and received encouragement from classmates, who told him that with his exceptional good looks, he should try to become a film star.

Acting phase (1960–1969)
Here, he was spotted by film director K. Amarnath, who was impressed by his good looks and offered him a supporting role in his forthcoming film Baraat. He would be paid Rs.1000/- as a signing amount and a monthly salary of Rs.400/- for the period of shooting. Salim accepted and moved to Mumbai, living in a small rented apartment in Mahim. His brother owned transport trucks in indore and helped him with money now and then. While Baraat was duly made and released in 1960, it did not do too well, and in any case, his role was a minor one.

Working under the name Prince Salim, he got into the usual 'struggle' situation of wannabe actors, working in minor roles, being typecast as a good-looking supporting actor, and gradually descending into B-grade films. Over the next decade, he acted in what he calls “indifferent roles," playing minor characters in about two dozen films, but so minor were his appearances that his name does not appear on the credits of several of these films; his credits amount to a total of 14 films until 1970, and one final appearance in 1977. These included Teesri Manzil (1966), Sarhaadi Lootera (1966) and Diwaana (1967). His most substantial role, for which he did receive some notice, was in Teesri Manzil, where his role as the hero's friend was a meaty one, and his entry scene got a very good build-up.

Screenwriting transition (1969–1971)
After working in 25 films, he eventually understood that he "was not cut out to be an actor because I lacked the art of projection. But by then it was too late — how could I have gone back to Indore?" In the late 1960s, Salim Khan, who was struggling financially, decided to start shifting his focus away from acting and towards writing scripts, and continued to use the name Prince Salim. One of his more notable film scripts was Do Bhai (1969). He also began working with Abrar Alvi as a writing assistant.

Salim-Javed phase (1971–1982)
Salim met Javed Akhthar for first time during the making of the film Sarhadi Lootera, which was fated to be Salim's last acting appearance. Javed, who served as a clapper boy when shooting began, was later made the dialogue writer for the film by director S.M. Sagar. The friendship with Javed began while both were working in this film, and developed further because their bosses were neighbours to each other. Salim Khan got a job assisting writer/director Abrar Alvi in finalising screenplays and dialogues, while Javed Akhtar began assisting Kaifi Azmi in a similar capacity, with focus on honing poetry. Abrar Alvi and Kaifi Azmi were neighbours, and therefore Salim Khan and Javed Akhtar used to see a lot of each other. The duo hit it off well and formed a script-writing team that came to be known as Salim–Javed. Salim used to form stories and plots, whereas Javed used to develop the dialogues and occasionally the song-lyrics for those films. They used to brainstorm and come to conclusions regarding the final draft of the film.

Rajesh Khanna is credited with giving them their first break as script writers. Javed Akhtar accepted in an interview that "One day, he (Rajesh Khanna) went to Salimsaab and said that Mr. Devar had given him a huge signing amount with which he could complete the payment for his bungalow Aashirwad. But the film was a remake [of Deiva Cheyal] and the script of the original was far from being satisfactory. He told us that if we could set right the script, he would make sure we got both money and credit." This was their first break as script-writers, and the film, Haathi Mere Saathi, went on to become a big hit. The Salim–Javed duo were hired by G. P. Sippy to work for Sippy Films as resident screenwriters. They produced the screenplays for several successful films like Andaz, Seeta Aur Geeta, Sholay and Don. Their first big success was the script for Andaz, followed by Adhikar (1971), Haathi Mere Saathi and Seeta Aur Geeta (1972). They also had hits in Yaadon Ki Baaraat (1973), Zanjeer (1973), Haath Ki Safai (1974), Deewaar (1975), Sholay (1975), Chacha Bhatija (1977), Don (1978), Trishul (1978), Dostana (1980), Kranti (1981), Zamana (1985) and Mr. India (1987). They have worked together in 24 films including two Kannada films – Premada Kanike and Raja Nanna Raja. Of the 24 films they wrote 20 were hits. The scripts they wrote but which were not successful at box office include Aakhri Dao (1975), Immaan Dharam (1977), Kaala Patthar (1979) and Shaan (1980). Though they split in 1982, due to ego issues, some of the scripts they wrote were made into films later like Zamana and Mr. India which became successful. Salim-Javed, many a time described as "the most successful scriptwriters of all-time", are also noted to be the first scriptwriters in Indian cinema to achieve star status.

The Salim-Javed duo were also notable for causing several changes to be made in the way scriptwriters were perceived and treated within the Hindi film industry. Until the 1970s, there was no concept of having the same people write screenplay, story and dialogue. Nor were writers usually named in the credits of the film; junior, struggling writers in particular were simply paid and sent away. Salim-Javed changed this situation. Since their scripts were so successful, they had the power to make demands on film-makers. They not only insisted on being paid much more than what had been the norm until then, but also ensured that their name was on the film credits, and also that they were involved at many stages of the process, including screenplay and dialogues.

While credited under the name "Salim-Javed", the screenplay of Zanjeer was almost entirely written by Salim Khan alone, before bringing Javed Akhtar on board and crediting it under the name "Salim-Javed". Salim Khan was also instrumental in launching the career of Amitabh Bachchan, who was a struggling actor before being discovered by Salim-Javed, who were impressed by his acting abilities and insisted on casting him in the lead roles for their films. Salim Khan was also personally responsible for introducing Bachchan to directors such as Prakash Mehra and Manmohan Desai.

Later years (1983–2003)
Salim Khan, after splitting, from Javed wrote script and dialogues for successful movies like Angaaray (1986), Naam (1986), Kabzaa (1988) and Jurm (1990). For Angaaray, Rajesh Khanna asked director Rajesh Sethi to go to Salim Khan and rework on the script he had.

Salim was not very active in films from 1996 as the fold he wrote like Akayla, Toofan and others between 1988 and 1996 flopped. He wrote scripts for thirteen films from 1983 to 1996, after his split with Javed Akhthar. These included Majdhaar and the hit film Patthar Ke Phool which starred his son Salman Khan. Other notable hits were the scripts for Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya and Auzaar, both of which were produced by his youngest son Sohail Khan and starred Salman.

His last unofficial partnership with Javed Akhtar was for the film Baghban (2003). Amitabh Bachchan requested to Javed Akhtar to write his final speech. Salman Khan, for his speech prior to that, requested to his father Salim Khan to write his speech. However, neither Salim Khan nor Javed Akhtar were credited.

Personal life
Khan has been married twice. His first marriage was to Salma Khan (born Sushila Charak), a Hindu, on 18 November 1964. Both of Charak's parents were Hindu: while her father, Baldev Singh Charak, hailed from Jammu, her mother was Maharashtrian. Khan and Salma have four children together; three sons, Salman, Arbaaz and Sohail, and one daughter, Alvira. In 1981, Khan married actress Helen Richardson, a Christian whose father was Anglo-Indian and mother was Burmese. Some years later, they adopted a girl named Arpita, daughter of a homeless woman who died on a Mumbai footpath.

Khan's eldest son, Salman, is one of the most commercially successful actors of Indian cinema. His other two sons, Arbaaz and Sohail, are also actors and film producers. His elder daughter Alvira is married to former actor and film-maker Atul Agnihotri, while his younger daughter Arpita is married to Aayush Sharma, grandson of Sukh Ram, a former Minister of Himachal Pradesh and long-time member of the Congress party. The couple had their first child, a boy, on 30 March 2016. His son, Salman Khan, describes him as a big fan of Kazi Nazrul Islam and is said to have read most of his poems.

Screenwriter (solo)

 * Do Bhai (1969)
 * Naam (1986)
 * Angaaray (1986)
 * Kabzaa (1988)
 * Toofan (1989)
 * Jurm (1990)
 * Akayla (1991)
 * Mast Kalandar (1991)
 * Patthar Ke Phool (1991)
 * Aa Gale Lag Jaa (1994)
 * Majhdhaar (1996)
 * Dil Tera Diwana (1996)

Actor

 * Baraat (1960)
 * Police Detective (1960)
 * Ramu Dada (1961)
 * Professor (1962)
 * Kabli Khan (1963)
 * Bachpan (1963)
 * Darasingh: Ironman (1964)
 * Aandhi Aur Toofan (1964)
 * Raaka (1965)
 * Sarhadi Lutera (1966)
 * Teesri Manzil (1966)
 * Sarhaadi Lootera (1966)
 * Diwana (1967)
 * Chhaila Babu (1967)
 * Lahu Pukarega (1968)
 * Wafadar (1977)

British Film Institute
Sholay (1975) was ranked first in the British Film Institute's 2002 poll of "Top 10 Indian Films" of all time.

Honorary awards

 * Lifetime Achievement Honour at Apsara Film & Television Producers Guild Award in January 2014.
 * Was due to receive a Padma Shri in 2014 but rejected it saying he deserved a Padma Bhushan at least.

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How can adverse possession on Real State be fought? Adverse possession of Real State property is an imoral criminal act. It is simply stealing your neihbor's property! How can we stop it? Any ideas please send to Rheet Buttler.

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66/67 now run to Newport News. When was this changed? --SPUI (talk) 22:06, 31 August 2005 (UTC)

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Miodrag Petrović Čkalja

Miodrag Petrović (Миодраг Петровић,, 1 April 1924 – 20 October 2003), known by his stage name Čkalja (Чкаља), was a Serbian actor and one of the most popular comedians of former Yugoslavia.

Biography
He performed in the theatre, where he displayed a talent for comedy, especially in plays by Branislav Nušić, his favourite author. However, it was the new medium of television that made him famous. From 1959 until the 1980s, he appeared in many TV comedy shows: Servisna stanica, Dežurna ulica, Spavajte  mirno, Sačulatac, Crni sneg, Ljudi i papagaji, Ljubav na seoski način (in which Silvana Armenulić guest starred), Kamiondžije and Vruć vetar.

Čkalja retired in the late 1980s and spent his last years peacefully. His last public appearance was during the DOS election campaign in 2000 in the overthrow of Slobodan Milošević.

In 2005, a statue of Čkalja was placed in front of his birth house in Kruševac. In 2006, a street in the Zvezdara neighborhood in Belgrade was named after him.

Partial filmography

 * Jezero (1950) - Crkvenjak
 * Crveni cvet (1950) - Profa
 * Četiri kilometra na sat (1958) - Profesor psihologije
 * Diližansa snova (1960) - Kir Janja (voice, uncredited)
 * Ljubav i moda (1960) - Komercijalni direktor
 * Zajednički stan (1960) - Pepi
 * Nema malih bogova (1964) - Jordan
 * Sreća u torbi (1961) - Jordan
 * Put oko sveta (1964) - Jovanče Micić
 * Na mesto, građanine Pokorni! (1964) - Bora Munja
 * Orlovi rano lete (1966) - Poljar Lijan
 * Zlatna praćka (1967) - Sibin
 * Kad golubovi polete (1968) - Žika Afrika
 * Višnja na Tašmajdanu (1968) - Profesor francuskog jezika
 * Bog je umro uzalud (1969) - Predrag & Nenad
 * Ubistvo na svirep i podmukao način i iz niskih pobuda (1969) - Miodrag Petrović Čkalja (uncredited)
 * Silom otac (1969) - Jovanče Micić
 * Lepa parada (1970) - Krojač
 * Biciklisti (1970) - Jiri
 * Paja i Jare (1973) - Živadin Jarić 'Jare'
 * Avanture Borivoja Šurdilovića Vruc Vetar (1980) - Blagoje Popović 'Firga'
 * Kamiondžije opet voze (1984) - Živadin Jarić 'Jare'

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2002 Fed Cup

The 2002 Fed Cup was the 40th edition of the most important competition between national teams in women's tennis.

The final took place at the Palacio de Congresos de Maspalomas in Gran Canaria, Spain on 2–3 November. Slovakia defeated Spain, giving Slovakia their first title.

World Group play-offs
The eight losing teams in the World Group first round ties and eight winners of the Zonal Group I sections competed in the World Group play-offs for spots in the 2003 World Group.

Date: 20–21 July

Americas Zone

 * Nations in bold advanced to the higher level of competition.
 * Nations in italics were relegated down to a lower level of competition.

Group I
Venue: San Luis Potosí, Mexico (outdoor hard)

Dates: 23–27 April

 * Participating Teams

Group II
Venue: Havana, Cuba (outdoor hard)

Dates: 14–18 May

 * Participating Teams

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Asia/Oceania Zone

 * Nations in bold advanced to the higher level of competition.
 * Nations in italics were relegated down to a lower level of competition.

Group I
Venue: Guangzhou, China (outdoor hard)

Dates: 4–9 March

 * Participating Teams

Group II
Venue: Guangzhou, China (outdoor hard)

Dates: 4–8 March

 * Participating Teams

 * Pacific Oceania
 * Pacific Oceania
 * Pacific Oceania

Europe/Africa Zone

 * Nations in bold advanced to the higher level of competition.
 * Nations in italics were relegated down to a lower level of competition.

Group I
Venue: Antalya, Turkey (outdoor clay)

Dates: 24–28 April

 * Participating Teams

Group II
Venue: Pretoria, South Africa (outdoor hard)

Dates: 9–13 April

 * Participating Teams

Year-End Rankings
The Fed Cup rankings were first instated on 4 November 2002, and were measured by combining points earned from the previous four years. The first No. 1 ranked nation, and the year-end No. 1 for 2002, was Slovakia.

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Pot-au-feu

Pot-au-feu (, ; lit. 'pot on the fire') is a French dish of slowly boiled meat and vegetables, usually served as two courses: first the broth (bouillon) and then the meat (bouilli) and vegetables. The dish is familiar throughout France and has many regional variations. The best-known have beef as the main meat, but pork, chicken, and sausage are also used.

Background
The Oxford Companion to Food calls pot-au-feu "a dish symbolic of French cuisine and a meal in itself"; the chef Raymond Blanc has called it "the quintessence of French family cuisine ... the most celebrated dish in France, [which] honours the tables of the rich and poor alike"; and the American National Geographic magazine has termed it the national dish of France.

The Dictionnaire de l'Académie française dates the term pot-au-feu to the 17th century. In 1600, the king of France, Henry IV, declared, "there shall be no peasant in my kingdom who lacks the means to have a hen in his pot." A one-pot stew was a staple of French cooking, and the traditional recipe for poule-au-pot – also known as pot-au-feu à la béarnaise – resembles that for pot-au-feu.

One batch of pot-au-feu was maintained as a perpetual stew in Perpignan from the 15th century until World War II.

Ingredients
The main ingredient in most versions of pot-au-feu is meat. Many recipes specify more than one cut of beef to give both the broth and the cooked meat the required flavour and consistency. Elizabeth David writes that shin, because of its gelatinous properties, is good for the bouillon but produces a mediocre boulli, whereas a cut such as silverside cooks well for the boulli. For a large pot-au-feu, it is practicable to use both those cuts or a mixture of others. Paul Bocuse calls for six different cuts: blade, brisket, entrecôte, oxtail, rib, and shin. Some recipes add a marrow bone, to give marrow to spread on the bread served with the broth. Some recipes add ox liver to improve the clarity of the broth.

The inclusion of cabbage divides opinion; David comments that it is frequently encountered in France, but in her view, it "utterly wrecks" a pot-au-feu; Madame Saint-Ange takes a similar view. Blanc, Édouard de Pomiane, and Auguste Escoffier include it; Bocuse, Alain Ducasse, and Joël Robuchon omit it,  as do Simone Beck, Louisette Bertholle, and Julia Child, authors of Mastering the Art of French Cooking. As well as a bouquet garni – traditionally made of parsley, thyme and bay – an onion studded with cloves may be added to the pot.

Regional variations include:
 * pot-au-feu à l'albigeoise – with veal knuckle, salted pork knuckle, confit goose and sausage, in addition to beef and chicken.
 * pot-au-feu à la béarnaise, also called Poule-au-pot– the basic pot-au-feu with a chicken stuffed with a forcemeat made of fresh pork and chopped ham, onion, garlic, parsley and chicken liver.
 * pot-au-feu à la languedocienne – the basic pot-au-feu with the addition of a piece of fat bacon.
 * pot-au-feu provençal – lamb or mutton replaces some of the beef.
 * pot-au-feu aux pruneaux – the meats are beef and lightly-salted pork knuckle, cooked with the usual vegetables but adding prunes soaked in Armagnac.
 * pot-au-feu madrilène – the meats are chicken, beef, veal, ham, bacon, chorizo sausage and boudin noir.

Serving
Generally, the broth (bouillon) is served first. It is often enriched with rice or pasta, and croutons and grated cheese may be added, before it is served with French bread. The meat (bouilli) and the vegetables are served next. Condiments may include, among other options, coarse salt, mustard, capers, pickled gherkins, pickled samphire and horseradish – grated or in a sauce.

Sauces served with the bouilli may include tomato sauce, sauce Alsacienne (hard-boiled egg mayonnaise with herbs, capers and some of the bouillon), sauce Nénette (cream reduced by simmering and flavoured with mustard and tomato), or sauce Supréme (a velouté made with some of the bouillon and enriched with cream).

Pot-au-feu broth may also be used for cooking vegetables or pasta. Ready-to-use concentrated cubes are available to make what purports to be pot-au-feu broth when water is added.

Variants
Other countries have similar dishes with local ingredients. The Vietnamese dish pho has been said to be inspired by French cuisine in former French Indochina, with a possible etymology for the name being a phonetic respelling of the French feu.

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Diocese of Eastern Himalaya

Diocese of Eastern Himalaya is a diocese of the Church of North India. Its seat is Darjeeling. Its area includes states of India as well as Bhutan. There are about 10 congregations in Bhutan. It is likely to be the oldest and largest Protestant denomination of Bhutan.

The Diocese has a twinning agreement with the Presbytery of Lothian of the Church of Scotland (which covers Midlothian and East Lothian in South-East Scotland).

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Talk:Interstate 430

Huh
What's the southern end of southwestern Arkansas supposed to mean? Raichu 03:29, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

Wrong Map
That 1955 map that shows the western dark north-south road is not I-430. That is the present-day University Avenue as it runs through Camack village, which is in the north central part of the modern Little Rock. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cammack_Village,_Arkansas. I-430 essentially runs on the border of big rock on the far Western edge of that map. University was built around 1960 when the West end of Little Rock terminated there. --Dausha (talk)

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Jan Provoost

Jan Provoost, or Jean Provost, or Jan Provost (1462/65 – January 1529) was a Belgian painter born in Mons.

Provost was a prolific master who left his early workshop in Valenciennes to run two workshops, one in Bruges, where he was made a burgher in 1494, the other simultaneously in Antwerp, which was the economic centre of the Low Countries. Provost was also a cartographer, engineer, and architect. He met Albrecht Dürer in Antwerp in 1520, and a Dürer portrait drawing at the National Gallery, London, is conjectured to be of Provost. He married the widow of the miniaturist and painter Simon Marmion, after whose death he inherited the considerable Marmion estate. He died in Bruges, in January 1529.

The styles of Gerard David and Hans Memling can be detected in Provoost's religious paintings. The Last Judgement painted for the Bruges town hall in 1525 is the only painting for which documentary evidence identifies Provost. Surprising discoveries can still be made: in 1971 an unknown and anonymous panoramic Crucifixion from the village church at Koolkerke was identified as Provost's. It is on permanent loan to the Groeningemuseum, Bruges, which has several works of Provost. A retrospective exhibition took place in 2008–2009.

Selected works

 * Crucifixion c. 1495 Metropolitan Museum of Art
 * Crucifixion c. 1500 Groeningemuseum, Bruges
 * The Virgin in Glory, c. 1524 Hermitage Museum
 * The Last Judgment Detroit Institute of Arts
 * Nursing Madonna (Madonna Lactans), ca. 1500–1510, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Strasbourg
 * Virgin and Child, attributed, National Gallery, London
 * Last Judgment for the Bruges town hall, 1525 Groeningemuseum, Bruges
 * The Miser and Death, Groeningemuseum, Bruges
 * Donor with St Nicholas and his Wife with St Godelina, Groeningemuseum, Bruges
 * Carrying of the Cross (diptych with the enigmatic picture on the reverse side), c. 1522 Old St. John's Hospital, Bruges
 * Saint John the Baptist and a Canon, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Valenciennes
 * Triptych of the Parish Church of Calheta, Museu de Arte Sacra do Funchal
 * Saint Mary Magdalene, Museu de Arte Sacra do Funchal
 * Nossa Senhora da Misericórdia Triptych, Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga
 * The Annunciation, attributed, Queensland Gallery of Modern Art
 * Zechariah, Prado Museum, Madrid.
 * The Virgin and Child, Prado Museum, Madrid.
 * Portrait of a Female Donor, Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid.
 * Madonna, boy and two angels, Eva Klabin House Museum, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Machchafushi

Machchafushi is one of the uninhabited islands of Alif Dhaal Atoll, Maldives.

It is the setting for the Centara Grand Island Resort & Spa Maldives resort, which is one of the 11 5-star properties run by Centara Hotels and Resorts.

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Mirihi

Mirihi is a small island in the Alif Dhaal Atoll. It measures approximately 300m by 50m.

Since 1989 hosts a "tourist island" and it was the first island in the Maldives with overwater bungalows.

The holiday resort consists of 38 guest bungalows consisting of 6 beach villas, 28 overwater villas and 2 overwater suites.

House Reef & Diving
Mirihi's house reef is worthy of note as it is in excellent condition and accessible directly from the resort's beach.

Since 1994 the dive center on the island is operated by Ocean-Pro Mirihi. They are a 5-star PADI dive center.

The Madivaru "Manta Reef" is close by and is a location where a lot of manta rays can be found year-round.

In September 2000 a small trawler called the "Madi-ge", which can be translated as "House of Rays", was sunk to 22 meters close to the house reef allowing wreck divers to explore it. The "Madi-ge" lies bow down in the sand and attracts Batfish, Glassfish and Jacks.

title: Mirihi