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Persian Patience

Persian Patience (or simply Persian) is a patience card game which is played with two decks of playing cards. The unusual feature of this game is the fact that the two decks are decks used in Piquet and Bezique, i.e. those that have the Deuces (twos), Treys (Threes), Fours, Fives, and Sixes removed.

Rules
The tableau is set up into eight columns of eight cards. The object of the game is to free all eight Aces and build each of them up by suit. In this case, when an Ace is placed on a foundation, the next card to be placed on it is a seven.

Building on the tableau is down by alternating colour. Only one card can be moved at a time. When a space occurs, it is filled with any available card.

When the player has done all of the moves he could possibly make, the player can gather the cards on the tableau, shuffle them, and redeal them into eight piles. This can be done only twice during the game (three deals in all). However, when no moves are made after a deal (whether the original deal or one of the redeals), the deal does not count.

The game ends long after the cards are dealt the third time. The game is won when all cards are built onto the foundations.

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Adolfo Cambiaso

Adolfo Cambiaso (born 15 April 1975) is an Argentine professional polo player with a 10-goal handicap rating.

Early years
From an early age his mother, Martina de Estrada Lainez, encouraged her son Adolfo and his half brothers to play polo. By age 12 he had a 1-goal handicap, and a year later, with a 3-goal rating, he won the Eduardo Heguy Cup with team La Martina, playing with his father (also Adolfo). In 1989, at age 14 and with the San Diego team, he won the Campaña del Desierto Cup, and a year later the Renault Cup Open with La Martina, gaining a 6-goal handicap.

1990 to 1994
Cambiaso traveled abroad regularly, winning 24 tournaments in Argentina, England and the US, while playing for teams like La Martina, Ellerstina/Ellerston White and others. In 1994 he won the "Triple Corona" (Argentine Open, Hurlingham Open, Tortugas Cup) with Ellerstina, and his handicap rating was raised to 10-goals, the youngest player to attain this.

1995 to 1999
He won 31 tournaments with teams like La Martina, Ellerstina/Ellerston White, White Birch and Outback.

His awards included the Olimpia de Plata award as the most important Argentine polo player of 1997, and the best player at the final of the Abierto Argentino 1997, with a record 67 goals in the 1998 Abierto Argentino.

2000 to 2004
In this period Cambiaso took home 33 trophies. He left Ellerstina, and became successful with his own team, La Dolfina, which he co-founded with Bartolomé Castagnola, and won the Campeonato Argentino Abierto de Polo (Argentine Open) in 2002. In England he started playing for the Dubai team, and won the Cartier Queen's Cup three times and the Gold Cup twice, among other tournaments.

2005 to 2008
Cambiaso's La Dolfina team continued to dominate, winning the Argentine Open in 2005, 2006 and 2007. They defeated Ellerstina by 20–19 in 2005, the highest score in an Argentine Open final match. He continued playing successfully for Dubai in England, but also became captain for team Crab Orchard in the US, winning the US Open and the USPA Gold Cup. 2008 was a less successful year, not winning one match in the English polo season, nor any of the prestigious Argentine tournaments. La Dolfina made it to the finals of the Argentine Open, but was beaten by Ellerstina 12-13 after a golden goal by Gonzalo Pieres in an extra time.

Current
Today, he is considered the best player in the world and the most successful player in the Argentine Open, competing 15 times and winning 7, and played in the final another 2 times. He scored 535 goals in the Argentine Open alone, breaking the record held by Bautista Heguy with 531 goals. He played for the Argentina national team since 2002 when they won the Copa Quilmes.

Horses
Of his horses, the most notable were Lili, Ilusión, Sospechosa, La Osa, and his favourite Colibrí. His most recognized horses included Mambo, Bruma and Dolfina Cuartetera. For the 2015 U.S. Open, his best horses were the mare Romana and the stallion Boeing, known as the "American Pharoah" of the polo world.

Cloning
At age 25 Cambiaso decided to create his own breeding business from scratch, as well as the polo team La Dolfina. Today he has nearly 1000 horses on his extensive farms.

One of his best polo ponies was a world-famous stallion,. The horse was seriously injured during the final of the 2006 Argentine Open, and suffered further setbacks in treatment of the broken bone in his near foreleg. The injury occurred in the extra chukka, and the horse was taken off in the horse ambulance, forcing Cura's early retirement from the field. After amputation a prosthesis was fitted, but due to complications Aiken Cura had to be euthanized in January 2007, but not before live skin cells were harvested at Cambiaso's request in the event cloning became possible.

Cambiaso pioneered the horse cloning business. He was approached by polo enthusiast Texan Alan Meeker of. Meeker teamed up with Cambiaso, and in 2010 produced that first clone. Together with biologist Dr. Adrian Mutto and Argentine tycoon Ernesto Gutiérrez he proceeded to clone his favorite 17-year-old mare Cuartetera, multiple times, clones of which he rode to win the 2017 Argentine Open.

A clone of his horse Cuartetera was bought for $800,000 at an auction, making it the most expensive horse sale in polo history. This horse was kept by contract within the partnership. No clones are now sold, only their foals.

Personal life
In 2001 Cambiaso married former model and Argentine television presenter María Vázquez. He has three children: Mia (born 2002), Adolfo Jr (born 2005)—who was born during the Argentine Polo Open in the middle of a qualifier against Centauros-Beaufort, which his father left half-way through in order to be present at the birth—and Myla (born 2010).

Awards and recognition
He won the Platinum Konex Award in 2000 and 2010 as the best poloist of each decade in Argentina. On 24 June 2012, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II presented Cambiaso with an award commending his pioneering efforts to encourage violence-free training in a country where breaking a horse used to involve pain and distress, as recommended by famed JoinUp pioneer Monty Roberts.

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Wubin, Western Australia

Wubin is a small town located in the northern Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, 272 km north-northeast of Perth and 21 km north of Dalwallinu. Wubin was originally approved as a siding name on the proposed Wongan Hills to Mullewa railway line in April 1913, land also being set aside and a townsite gazetted the same year. The first lots in the townsite were sold in June 1914, and the railway line opened in 1915. Wubin derives its name from the Aboriginal name for a nearby water source, Woobin Well, first recorded by a surveyor in 1907. The spelling Wubin was adopted to conform with spelling rules for Aboriginal names adopted by the Lands & Surveys Department.

In 1936 Co-operative Bulk Handling Ltd converted the siding to grain bulk handling, installing diesel powered bucket elevators to replace the system of manhandling grain onto rail wagons in hessian sacks.

Wubin flourished like most farming towns during the post World War II era; during that time an all-weather road was constructed across Lake Moore to Paynes Find substantially reducing travel times north to the mining areas in the Murchison and Pilbara regions. It is this road, part of the Great Northern Highway, that is now the economic heart of the town.

In 2007 the Wubin Primary School, established 18 August 1919, was closed by the Department of Education as a result of falling enrolments.

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Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Turku/archive1

Turku
This is pretty much a self-nomination. This article about the oldest city in Finland has been through peer review, and I've tried to address all the issues raised there. I think it should by now be of featured article standard. Comments? - ulayiti (talk)  16:53, 20 August 2005 (UTC)

Weak support -- I'd be happy to fully support if the article is properly copyedited by another user. Some sentences do seem a bit odd. (no offence meant to Ulayiti, but it will be a little hard for him to spot, as he is the primary author). =Nichalp  «Talk»=  14:26, August 21, 2005 (UTC)

Object at the moment. 1) The lead section is small. It needs to be expanded. 2) Incorrect use of subheadings. You've used a single ===subheading=== under a ==heading==. I suggest you promote the subheading to a heading, or merge the subheading contents under the heading. 3) The economy, media and culture sections should be expanded to twice its current length 4) What reference do you have for those figures in the =demographics= section? 5) height above sea level (47m?), breakup of religions is absent. I'll support once you take care of this. =Nichalp   «Talk»=  18:51, August 20, 2005 (UTC)  **It looks better now; but I would still like to know from where you've sourced the statistics on a) Language breakup on people b) per capita income, unemployment rate etc. in the economy section and c) a source which states that the Turun Sanomat has 70% of the readership. Use inote to format references as inline. I've also noticed that the page has some more free images from wikimedia, which can (and should) be included here. (PS. At this moment, the official site does not open.) =Nichalp   «Talk»=  08:02, August 21, 2005 (UTC)
 * I've expanded the lead section, as well as the economy and media sections, now. I've also merged some of the sections with subheadings. The demographics are from Turun kaupungin tilastollinen vuosikirja (the final item in the references list). The breakup of religions is not measured in Finland. I haven't been able to find a figure for height above sea level (the city centre is very close to sea level since it's on the coast). - ulayiti (talk)  20:10, 20 August 2005 (UTC)

Object on a few small issues that should be easy to address. (1) The recent history is pretty weak, did WWII have any impact on the city? (2) Are there any images with appropriate licences that could go in the later section of the article?--nixie 07:44, 21 August 2005 (UTC)
 * I've included some more images from commons now, as well as putting in some inote references (as requested by User:Nichalp). I'll look up some recent history in the library tomorrow (the Internet isn't exactly being helpful). - ulayiti (talk)  13:37, 21 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Recent history proved quite hard to find, since most books written on the city's history only cover the Middle Ages (and maybe up to 1800), but I've now included something there. All the objections raised should have been met now. - ulayiti (talk)  18:47, 24 August 2005 (UTC)
 * The additions look good, the article could still use a good copy edit.--nixie 12:06, 25 August 2005 (UTC)


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User:Noisy/Inclosure

Inclosure is the term in English law (and subsequently British law) for the removal of commons rights, and distribution of lands for private usage. The ownership of the property is not normally changed; merely the right of commoners to use the land for agriculture (principally grazing) or foraging for wood for fuel. In general, the land remained within the ownership of the manor but was allotted in parcels to tenants.

The process started as early as the 12th century, but only became more structured in the 16th century. The 17th century saw inclosure come under the sway of law, with the institution of local Inclosure Acts with the force of parliament for individual inclosure agreements. Two major pieces of legislation in the 19th century provided a more general framework, rather than relying on individual acts. The Inclosure Consolidation Act 1801 and the General Inclosure Act 1836 created a common method of formalising an inclosure. These were supplemented by the Inclosure Act 1845 and the Inclosure Commissioners Act 1851. The process of inclosure came to an end in 1876.

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Don Maloney

Donald Michael Maloney (born September 5, 1958) is a Canadian ice hockey executive and former player, currently serving as President of Hockey Operations of the Calgary Flames. He was formerly the general manager of the New York Islanders and Phoenix/Arizona Coyotes. He played for the New York Rangers for parts of eleven seasons. In addition, he played with his brother Dave Maloney while with the Rangers.

Don was selected as the 26th player in the 1978 NHL Amateur Draft. Brother Dave was a summer instructor at the Orr-Walton Sports Camp when Don was drafted by the Rangers.

Playing career
Maloney was traded to the Hartford Whalers during the 1988–89 season. He also played for the Rangers' perennial rivals, the New York Islanders, from 1989 to 1991.

He was named MVP of the 36th National Hockey League All-Star Game held in Brendan Byrne Arena in East Rutherford, on January 31, 1984.

Post-playing career
He served as the Islanders' general manager from 1992 to 1995. Maloney served as the Rangers' vice president of player personnel and was also as assistant general manager to first Neil Smith and then Glen Sather from 1996 to 2007. On May 28, 2007, he was named general manager of the Phoenix Coyotes.

In the 2009 book 100 Ranger Greats, the authors ranked Maloney at No. 26 all-time of the 901 New York Rangers who had played during the team’s first 82 seasons.

On June 2, 2010, Maloney was named the NHL's General Manager of the Year, making him the first ever recipient of the award.

At the conclusion of the 2015–16 season, the Arizona Coyotes relieved Maloney of his duties as general manager.

On August 17, 2016, Maloney was hired as a professional scout for the Calgary Flames.

On April 17, 2023, Maloney was promoted to President of Hockey Operations for the Flames, assuming the role of interim general manager after the departure of Brad Treliving. Maloney was then succeeded as permanent general manager by Craig Conroy on May 23, 2023.

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Großlobming

Großlobming is a municipality in the district of Murtal in Styria, Austria. It is located on the banks of the river Mur.

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Ralph G. Caso

Ralph George Caso (November 26, 1917 – August 31, 1998) was an American politician from New York.

Life
Caso graduated from New York University School of Law and served in World War II. After the war, he practiced law in Merrick, New York. He was a supervisor of the town of Hempstead from 1961 to 1965, and presiding supervisor from 1965 to 1970. Caso also served as county executive in Nassau County from 1970 to 1978.

In 1974, Caso ran for Lieutenant Governor of New York as the running mate of Malcolm Wilson, but the Wilson-Caso ticket was defeated by Democratic Congressman Hugh Carey of Brooklyn and his running mate, State Senator Mary Anne Krupsak of Amsterdam.

Caso died, age 80, of pneumonia at the South Nassau Communities Hospital in Oceanside, Nassau County, New York.

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Pedro Emanuel

Pedro Emanuel dos Santos Martins Silva (born 11 February 1975), known as Pedro Emanuel, is a Portuguese retired footballer who played mainly as a central defender, and most recently the manager of Saudi Arabian club Al-Khaleej FC.

In his 16-year professional career he was closely associated with the two biggest teams in Porto, Boavista – he helped it win its first and only Primeira Liga title in 2001 – and FC Porto, being team captain of both. He amassed top-division totals of 268 matches and two goals over 12 seasons, and won 14 major titles between both clubs.

Pedro Emanuel subsequently became a manager, leading three teams in his country's top flight as well as working in Cyprus, Saudi Arabia, Spain and the United Arab Emirates. He won domestic cups with Académica de Coimbra in 2012, Apollon Limassol in 2016 and Al Taawoun in 2019.

Club
Pedro Emanuel was born in Luanda, Portuguese Angola. After three seasons as a professional in Portugal's secondary leagues, with F.C. Marco, A.D. Ovarense and F.C. Penafiel, his performances caught the eye of scouts from Porto club Boavista FC, where he had already played as a youth. During his six-year stay in the team he played a large part in the defensive wall – with fellow stopper Litos, fullbacks Nuno Frechaut and Erivan and goalkeeper Ricardo – that led them to the historical Primeira Liga title in 2001; after Litos left for Málaga CF, he captained the team.

Prior to the start of the 2002–03 campaign, S.L. Benfica seemed closer to clinching a deal, but it was FC Porto, under the guidance of José Mourinho, who signed Pedro Emanuel. Part of a strong defense that included Jorge Costa, Ricardo Carvalho, Paulo Ferreira and Nuno Valente, his always effective style earned him the confidence of his manager, and he played in both the UEFA Cup and UEFA Champions League finals won between 2003 and 2004.

In the season following the departure of Mourinho, Pedro Emanuel still managed to appear in the spotlight, as in the 2004 Intercontinental Cup win against Once Caldas, where he scored the decisive penalty, becoming the last player to touch the ball in the competition's history.

In 2005–06, following the decision of Dutch coach Co Adriaanse not wanting a goalkeeper captain (Vítor Baía) and sidelining Costa, Pedro Emanuel was chosen as new captain. He missed the entire following season due to injury, but returned to the starting lineups the following campaign, helping with 19 league appearances as Porto were crowned back-to-back champions.

International
Although Angolan-born, Pedro Emanuel never appeared for its national team. This was viewed as a desire to keep alive the possibility of playing for Portugal, whom he represented as a youth.

Prior to the 2006 FIFA World Cup, Pedro Emanuel accepted a call-up from Angola but FIFA confirmed that he and Carlos Chaínho could not represent other teams than Portugal, because of a new law set-up in 2004 which considered playing for junior sides at international level.

Youth and assistant
After only five matches in 2008–09, in a fourth consecutive league accolade, Pedro Emanuel retired on 16 June 2009. He immediately became Porto's under-17 head coach, guiding them to the national championship after defeating Sporting CP.

In July 2010, Pedro Emanuel returned to Porto's main squad, being named assistant manager to newly appointed André Villas-Boas.

Primeira Liga and Cyprus
In June 2011, Pedro Emanuel had his first head coach experience, being appointed at Académica de Coimbra. In his first season with the Students, Pedro Emanuel narrowly avoided relegation from the top flight. He also led the side to their first Taça de Portugal since 1939, notably defeating former club Porto 3–0 at home in the fourth round and Sporting in the final (1–0).

Pedro Emanuel took over at recently promoted F.C. Arouca on 6 June 2013. After helping evade top-tier relegation by five points, he left the club on 25 May 2015.

On 10 June 2015, Pedro Emanuel moved abroad for the first time in his career, taking over at Apollon Limassol of the Cypriot First Division; his team already included three compatriots. He won the cup and supercup in his first season, but was sacked on 11 December 2016.

Pedro Emanuel went back to his country and signed as manager of G.D. Estoril Praia on 8 March 2017. On 21 October of that year, as the side ranked last in the league and had already been ousted from the domestic cup by lowly S.C. Farense, he was relieved of his duties.

Middle East and Almería
Pedro Emanuel spent the 2018–19 campaign in charge of Al Taawoun FC of the Saudi Professional League, where he came third. The team from Buraidah won the Kings Cup, with a 2–1 win over Al-Ittihad Club (Jeddah) in the final on 2 May 2019.

On 4 August 2019, Pedro Emanuel was appointed at the helm of Spanish Segunda División side UD Almería. Exactly three months later, in spite of being placed second in the standings, he left by mutual agreement.

Pedro Emanuel returned to the Middle East on 5 January 2020 when he was appointed on an 18-month deal at Al Ain FC in the UAE Pro League. Despite qualifying for a President's Cup final before the season was cancelled, he left when his contract expired in May 2021.

At the start of October 2021, Pedro Emanuel went back to the Saudi main division, to take over at third-place Al Nassr FC until the end of the season. After only five matches, however, he left.

On 3 July 2022, Pedro Emanuel signed with newly promoted Al-Khaleej FC. In June 2023, after having managed to avoid relegation, he renewed his contract for two more years. He resigned from his position as manager on 23 June 2024.

Player
Boavista
 * Primeira Liga: 2000–01
 * Taça de Portugal: 1996–97

Porto
 * Primeira Liga: 2002–03, 2003–04, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2008–09
 * Taça de Portugal: 2002–03, 2005–06, 2008–09
 * Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 2003, 2004
 * UEFA Cup: 2002–03
 * UEFA Champions League: 2003–04
 * Intercontinental Cup: 2004

Manager
Académica
 * Taça de Portugal: 2011–12
 * Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira runner-up: 2012

Apollon
 * Cypriot Cup: 2015–16
 * Cypriot Super Cup: 2016

Al Taawoun
 * Kings Cup: 2019

Individual
 * Saudi Professional League Manager of the Month: January 2023

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Void (fanzine)

Void was a major science fiction fanzine. It was started in the 1955 by Gregory Benford and his identical twin brother James (Jim) Benford, when they were living in Germany; then later co-edited by Gregory Benford, Ted White, Terry Carr, and Peter Graham. It is described in one reference work thus: "Void was the fanzine with many heads. Its many editors covered all aspects of fanac — criticism, humor, history and commentary." The Benford brothers edited Void until 1958, when Jim retired and Ted White became co-editor. Pete Graham and Terry Carr later joined the editorial team. The fanzine was published regularly until 1962, with a final issue appearing in 1969.

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Okello Oculi

Okello Oculi (born 1 January 1942) is a Ugandan novelist, poet, and chronicler of rural African village life. Currently, he is a private political and social consultant based in Abuja, Nigeria. Before that, he served as Professor of Social & Economic Research at Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria, Nigeria.

Background
He was born in 1942, in Dokolo District, Northern Uganda, back when the district was still part of Lira District.

Education
He was educated at Soroti College, in Soroti, and St. Peter's College Tororo, both in Eastern Uganda. He then attended St. Mary's College Kisubi for his A-Level education (S5 -S6). He entered Makerere University, Uganda's oldest university, where he studied political science, graduating in 1967, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in Political Science. During his undergraduate studies at Makerere, he spent one year, from 1964 until 1965, as an exchange student at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, United States. In 1968, he obtained the degree of Master of Arts (MA), from the University of Essex, in the United Kingdom. His Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), was obtained in 1972, from the University of Wisconsin, in Madison, Wisconsin, United States.

Professional work
His writing is filled with authentic snatches of conversation, proverbs, and folk wisdom. His poetry, like that of Okot p'Bitek and Joseph Buruga, seeks to re-assert the cultural heritage of Africa with a critique of foreign influences in East Africa.

Selected bibliography

 * Prostitute (1968)
 * Orphan (1968)
 * Kanti Riti (1974)
 * Malak: An African Political Poem (1976)
 * Kookolem (1978)
 * Health Problems in Rural and Uurban Africa (1981)
 * Nigerian Alternatives (1987)
 * Political Economy of Malnutrition (1987)
 * Song for the Sun in Us (Poets of Africa; 2000)
 * Discourses on Africa Affairs: Directions and Destinies for the 20th Century (2000)
 * Song for the Sun in Us  - (2000)
 * Discourses on African Affairs: Directions and Destinies For the 21st Century - (1999)
 * Political Economy of Malnutrition  - (1987)
 * Kookolem - (1976)
 * Malak: An African Political Poem - (1976)
 * Imperialism, Settlers and Capitalism in Kenya - (1975)
 * Kanta Riti - (1972)
 * Orphan - (1968) (dramatized poetry)
 * Prostitute - (1968)

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User talk:Crid

Write me a note here --Crid 05:00, 30 August 2005 (UTC)

Hey, thanks for your support regarding the Paul Mooney article! —  The KMan  talk  02:16, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

 * Kman- Thank YOU for the Mooney page. Just curious, what are you studying in college that you take to this so quickly? Crid 22:03, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

 * Well, I'm studying aerospace engineering, but I have broad interests. Frankly, I didn't really know about Paul Mooney before I found the page while on vandalism patrol. I decided to work on the page because I thought he really could use a proper article (when I read that he played Negrodamus, who I did know), and I really didn't want to see the article in the hands of a page hijacker. —  The KMan  talk  02:09, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Shoplifters

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

The result of the debate was delete. --Tony Sidaway Talk 22:16, 27 August 2005 (UTC)

The Shoplifters
Being Swedish, I have never heard of this Swedish-Russian grungeband, which the article has claimed has existed since 1986, and released three CDs and two DVDs. Furthermore, I can't find a single Google hit that in any way confirms any of the alleged facts in the text. In fact, I get zero non-Wikipedia Google hits for all the CD titles and most of the names of the band members. The interwiki link to the Russian wikipedia seems to go to an unrelated page. I'm fairly certain that this and the related members' articles are all completely bogus. Delete as elaborate hoax. Alarm 16:58, 20 August 2005 (UTC) The Welsh Shoplifters don't qualify according to WP:Music and unless some verifiable sources are provided neither do these people. Allmusic.com currently has no entry for any group called the Shoplifters. Vote also applies to band members listed below. Capitalistroadster 00:19, 21 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete as per nominator. Uppland 17:37, 20 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete due to lack of verifiability. The only band going by the name of The Shoplifters that I could find by Google are from South East Wales
 * Delete. Found no information on them via Google. If they exist at all, they may be a garage band. ♠ DanMS 04:44, 21 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. I like waffles. --Fred-Chess 05:43, August 21, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete as per above. --Agamemnon2 11:31, 21 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Three of the supposed members: Jennie Hansson, Lisbeth Högfors and Yvette Simonova match with identities on Swedish Wikipedia (User:CNB, User:Twincinema and User:Hansan), where they are frequently accused of being sock puppets. Gunnar Larsson 20:11, 21 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. I agree with Gunnar Larsson, bandmember Jennie Hansson clearly seems to match User:Hansan. Jordgubbe 20:37, 21 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. I've made some improvements to the grammar, spelling and tone of the articles for The Shoplifters and the band's members, but have also been suspicious of the lack of Google hits for the band, the members, the "big Swedish festival" they supposedly played at and their recordings. Also, the articles tend to feature interwiki links to non-existent links in other Wikipedias or to articles which have clearly been machine translated. CLW 08:19, 22 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. I agree with Gunnar Larsson. We have discussed this intensively lately on Swedish WP and the users mentioned above have made trouble on the Swedish site too. Hakanand 16:58, 22 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Clearly a hoax. Sten André 17:45, 22 August 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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Prague International Jazz Festival

Prague International Jazz Festival (Mezinárodní jazzový festival Praha) is a traditional jazz festival held annually in Reduta Jazz Club, in Prague, Czech Republic established in 1964. Prague's festival belongs to the most traditional jazz festivals.

History of festival
The festival is the oldest music festival in the Czech Republic and also one of the oldest and most traditional ones in Europe. Prague International Jazz Festival became a tradition for Autumn as an equivalent to the Prague Spring International Music Festival of classical music, which is traditional for the first part of the year. During the previous years have the oragenizers focused more on the traditional jazz, but more recently they have been aiming for the variety in this music genre.

Legends of festival
During the past volumes of the festival the audience could have seen jazz legends such as Mr. Acker Bilk & his Bristol Paramount Jazz Band (1964 & 1982), Duke Ellington Orchestra (1968), Count Basie Orchestra & Oscar Peterson & Big Joe Turner (1974), Benny Goodman (1976), Didier Lockwood (1984), Stéphane Grappelli (1988), B.B. King (1990), Chick Corea Elektric Band (1991), Dave Brubeck Quartet (1996), Tony Bennett & Ralph Sharon Trio (1997), New York Voices (1998), Mal Waldron and Albert Mangelsdorff (2001), Rhoda Scott (2006), Boris Kozlov (2013).

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Kuala Kubu Bharu

Kuala Kubu Bharu (also spelt Kuala Kubu Baru, Kuala Kubu Bahru or Kuala Kubu Baharu; abbreviated to KKB), is the district capital of Hulu Selangor District, Selangor, Malaysia. It is located 60 km north of Kuala Lumpur.

In 1883, the Sungai Selangor dam broke, causing a massive flood. It swept away the entire town the second time it broke in 1926, except for Guan Yin Gu Si Temple and Al-Hidayah Mosque. Following the flood, the British then relocated the town to a higher elevation and began to rebuild the town. Originally the town was named Kuala Kubu, however after the flood happened, the town was then renamed Kuala Kubu Bharu or New Kuala Kubu in English.

Kuala Kubu Bharu is arguably the first garden township in Asia, planned by the first government town planner of British Federated Malay States (FMS), Charles Crompton Reade in 1925.

The town is filled with pre-war buildings, mostly built by the locals, and they showcase the culture and architectural designs of that period of time.

Politics
Kuala Kubu Bharu (N6) forms its own electoral district of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly. The area is currently represented by Pang Sock Tao from the Democratic Action Party after winning a by-election.

On the national level Kuala Kubu Bharu is part of the Hulu Selangor (P09) parliamentary constituency, currently represented by Mohd Hasnizan Harun of the federal opposition coalition Perikatan Nasional.

Notable people

 * Thomas Gerrard, World War I flying ace, was born in town
 * Eja, Actress, host and model

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The result of the debate was delete. --Tony Sidaway Talk 22:18, 27 August 2005 (UTC)

Jennie Hansson
Part of a hoax. See the entry on The Shoplifters above for reasons for deletion. Alarm 17:00, 20 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Uppland 17:37, 20 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Dottore So 05:44, 21 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. I also noticed the mention of Bjornpartiet in the article. The Bjornpartiet is best known as a personal agenda of one particualt person on Swedish wikipedia. Fred-Chess 05:46, August 21, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Freds statement is not true, but there is no Hansson in Bjornpartiet./Miller 22:17, 25 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, there is as mentioned above clear indications that this is a hoax. Gunnar Larsson 20:06, 21 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, the band is totally unknown in Sweden, and the reference to Bjornpartiet, a party that has not participated in any public election, convinced me. Jordgubbe 20:29, 21 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. I've made some improvements to the grammar, spelling and tone of the articles for The Shoplifters and the band's members, but have also been suspicious of the lack of Google hits for the band, the members, the "big Swedish festival" they supposedly played at and their recordings. Also, the articles tend to feature interwiki links to non-existent links in other Wikipedias or to articles which have clearly been machine translated. CLW 08:22, 22 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Clearly a hoax. Sten André 17:46, 22 August 2005 (UTC)
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Red Panda

A detailed, appealing photo of a Red Panda. Currently a Featured Picture on the Wikimedia Commons. Illustrates Red Panda and French Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.

~ Veledan • Talk + new 20:10, 7 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Nominate and support. - Sango  123  17:00, August 20, 2005 (UTC)
 * Support.—Very nice detail -- ZeWrestler  Talk 17:35, 22 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Brilliant. Phoenix2 14:52, August 21, 2005 (UTC)
 * Support -As others have said, "awwww fluffeh". :) Do you have bigger? --Deglr6328 16:34, 21 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Resolution shouldn't be an issue here, looks big enough for me. Phoenix2 17:30, August 21, 2005 (UTC)
 * While it is 'supportable' in its current size, bigger would be better, allowing us to see more detail.--Deglr6328 18:41, 21 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Support. Cute, fluffy and detailed. I don't see how this should not be featured. The image is already 1024x683 pixels, so I don't think anything larger is needed. - Mgm|(talk) 09:53, August 22, 2005 (UTC)
 * Support.— Encephalon |  ζ   17:28:15, 2005-08-22 (UTC)
 * Support - no-one said we couldn't have a cute wiki. And this ought to diversify things. Rob Church Talk 00:45, 23 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Support. I certainly don't think the size is a problem. Raven4x4x 09:48, August 23, 2005 (UTC)
 * Cuddle Support. Cute fluffy endangered animal. Collabi 09:03, 23 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Support and Eat. That is a delicious looking red panda... Coffee 13:07, 23 August 2005 (UTC)
 *  yummy - ZeWrestler  Talk 18:03, 23 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Support. Why don't things featured in the Commons become featured on each individual Wikipedia, automatically? --  user:Zanimum
 * Because we require that a Featured picture on the Wikipedia has to highlight and illustrate an article. From the top: Featured pictures is a list of images that add significantly to articles, either by illustrating article content particularly well, or being eye-catching to the point where users will want to read its accompanying article. --AllyUnion (talk) 10:38, 2 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Sensational --Fir0002 08:02, August 24, 2005 (UTC)
 * Support: love at first sight! nice picture. --Bhadani 14:36, 24 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Support. Great pic. --ScottyBoy900Q ∞ 14:13, 25 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Support. Enochlau 05:41, 26 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Support can I have one? -- Chris 73 Talk 12:16, August 26, 2005 (UTC)
 * Support. — BRIAN 0918 • 2005-09-4 17:32
 * Support Nice Pic Kerowyn 10:12, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Support We must support this little commie panda. Jobe  6  [[Image:Peru flag large.png|20px]] 07:31, September 5, 2005 (UTC)


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The result of the debate was delete. --Tony Sidaway Talk 22:21, 27 August 2005 (UTC)

Lisbeth Högfors
Part of a hoax. See the entry on The Shoplifters above for reasons for deletion. Alarm 17:00, 20 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Uppland 17:37, 20 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Dottore So 05:44, 21 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Gunnar Larsson 20:12, 21 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. I've made some improvements to the grammar, spelling and tone of the articles for The Shoplifters and the band's members, but have also been suspicious of the lack of Google hits for the band, the members, the "big Swedish festival" they supposedly played at and their recordings. Also, the articles tend to feature interwiki links to non-existent links in other Wikipedias or to articles which have clearly been machine translated. CLW 08:24, 22 August 2005 (UTC)
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Miranda!

Miranda! is an Argentine electropop band formed in Buenos Aires in 2001. Original band members include Alejandro Sergi (lead vocals, guitar, keyboards), Juliana Gattas (lead vocals), Lolo Fuentes (guitar), Bruno de Vincenti (programming), and Nicolás Grimaldi (bass). It is currently a duo between Sergi and Gattas.

The band's sound draws from electropop, pop rock, dub, synthpop, indie pop, and house music genres. The group has found success throughout Latin America as well as in Spain and the United States. Miranda! has earned two nominations for the Latin Grammy Awards, one MTV Europe Music Awards, twenty MTV Video Music Awards Latinoamérica, seven Premios Gardel, one Los 40 Music Awards and multiple Gaviota awards from the Viña del Mar International Song Festival.

2000–2003: Early years
Before Miranda!, the musicians Gori Leva, Alejandro Sergi and Juliana Gattas formed a trio called Los 3 Lirios, where Leva and Sergi were programmers and Gattas the singer, reversing jazz songs in an electronic style. For their presentations, which were held at Cemento, Sergi wrote the first song called "Imán", and received positive reviews, including from guitarist Leandro Fuentes. Months later, they formed the band. In 2001, Sergi teamed up with Gattas, Fuentes and Bruno de Vincenti to form Miranda!, labeling their style as melodramatic electropop. Named after Argentinian actor Osvaldo Miranda, the group finally met the actor in December 2002 during the Buen Dia Arriba Festival in Palermo.

Their popularity grew around the Buenos Aires underground music circuit, based on their peculiar music, style and looks. Their unique live performances, in which the band members "acted out" the lyrics of their songs, gained them a great number of followers, as well as a number of prizes in such publications as the Argentine version of the Rolling Stone magazine, which named them the Revelation Band of 2002. In November of the same year they released Es Mentira, their first album which would spawn five singles: "Bailarina," "Imán," "Tu Juego," "Agua" and "Romix." It was published by the independent label Secsy Discos, with the collaboration of the Locomotion television channel, where the music videos of the singles were published. Their presentations were described as "glamorous and melodramatic", and ranked them as "the most outstanding group of the Buenos Aires indie-electronic scene", receiving the nickname "the monster of the under".

In May 2003, Nicolás Grimaldi ("Monoto") joined the group as bassist. That year, Miranda! achieved their first nominations at the MTV Video Music Awards Latinoamérica, in the Best Independent Artist and Best New Artist - Argentina categories. After their first appearance on MTV, they offered their first concert in a theater, at the Ateneo de Buenos Aires, with the special participation of singer Gustavo Cerati.

2004–2006: Sin Restricciones
The band's second album, Sin Restricciones, was released on September 21, 2004, and was described as the mainstream breakthrough of the band, with hits like "Yo Te Diré" or "Don," which would go on to be one of the most downloaded ringtones in the world by 2005. Other singles out of this album were "Navidad," "El Profe," "Uno los Dos" and "Traición." It was produced by Eduardo Schmidt and Pablo Romero, from the band Árbol (band). The album was released by the Secsy Discos label with the collaboration of Locomotion, mixed at Panda studios in Buenos Aires and mastered in Los Angeles, United States, by Tom Baker. It was launched and presented on September 21 at the Ateneo de Buenos Aires, and due to high demand, they had to add one more show for that same day. Sin Restricciones reached number 11 on the Mexican Album Chart and was certified Platinum in Argentina, Colombia and México.

Miranda received seven MTV VMALA nominations between 2004 and 2005 for their work on their second album, winning two categories; Best Alternative Artist and Best Artist—South. They also won the Best Pop Group Album category for the first time at the Premios Gardel. In December they signed with Pelo Music. After the media diffusion throughout Latin America, they performed a concert at the Gran Rex theater in Buenos Aires, a presentation that was recorded to be edited on a DVD that came out months later under the name En Vivo Sin Restricciones, which included the majority of their songs plus a song that was never recorded in a studio, but that was part of their live performances during his early years, called "Salgamos". In the month of September 2005 they opened for Moby in Santiago. They also performed in Paraguay for the Pilsen Rock in front of more than 45,000 people, together with the groups 2 Minutos and Attaque 77.

In January 2006, the band participated in the annual Cosquín Rock festival, together with artists such as Patricio Rey y sus Redonditos de Ricota, Las Pelotas, La mancha de Rolando, among others. In February they were recognized with all the awards at the Viña del Mar International Song Festival (Antorcha de Plata, Antorcha de Oro and Gaviota de Plata).

Between albums, on July 20, 2006, they released their first EP titled ''Quereme! Tributo a las Telenovelas, containing three new tracks that were formerly the theme songs of successful telenovelas from Argentina; "Quiéreme… tengo frío" from Piel Naranja, starring Arnaldo André and Marilina Ross in 1975; "Una lágrima sobre el teléfono" from Una voz en el teléfono,'' starring Carolina Papaleo and Raúl Taibo in 1990; and "Esa extraña dama" from the telenovela with the same name, starring Luisa Kuliok and Jorge Martínez. These songs were performed at the 2006 Martín Fierro Awards TV show, and then released as a single CD in Argentina. During the same year, the band visited the city of La Paz in Bolivia, at the Urban Fest, sharing the stage with La Mosca, another band of Argentine origin.

2007–2008: El Disco de Tu Corazón and compilation album
At the beginning of 2007, the programmer Bruno De Vincenti left the band due to artistic differences. El Disco de Tu Corazón, the band's third studio album and the first with Pelo Music, was released on April 1. "Prisionero," the first single, released two days before, became a number one hit in their native Argentina. The second single, "Perfecta", featuring Mexican singer Julieta Venegas, was released on July 9. "Enamorada" and "Hola" were also released as singles. The other collaboration on the album was with Fangoria on the song "Vete De Aquí".

The album topped the Argentine album chart, being the band's first to do so. El Disco de Tu Corazón was nominated for the 2007 Latin Grammy Awards in the Best Pop Album by a Duo or Group with Vocal category. It was also nominated for the Premios Gardel 2008 in the Best Pop Group Album category.

At the end of 2007 they published the live album El Disco de Tu Corazón + Vivo, which included two CDs: the first being the original recorded in the studio, and the second that include the twelve songs they performed on August 9 and 10 of that same year at the Gran Rex theater, with also the remixed versions of "Perfecta" (with the voice of Juliana Gattas instead of Julieta Venegas) and "Prisionero", and the video clips of "Prisionero", "Hola" (which was the theme song of the Argentine telenovela Lalola) and "Perfecta".

On July 25, 2008, they released their first compilation album, El Templo del Pop. The record material was made up of a compiled CD that brought together the band's greatest hits, as well as two new songs: "Chicas" and "Mi propia vida", and a remix titled "Mirandamix", by DJ Deró. The DVD was made up of seventeen video clips made by the group throughout their career. The album was certified Gold in Spain. In August of the same year, they performed at the annual charity festival Un Sol Para Los Chicos at the Luna Park theater, being the main attraction of the night.

2009–2012: Miranda Es Imposible! and Magistral
"Mentía", released on June 22, 2009, was the first single from the band's fourth album, titled Miranda Es Imposible!, which was published by Pelo Music in August of that same year. In November, the music video for "Lo que siento por ti", the second single from the album, was released on television and the Internet. In December of the same year, they released Miranda Directo!, their fourth live album that included images of the band's presentation at the Gran Rex theatre on October 2, 2009. In June 2010, the official video for "Tu Misterioso Alguien" came out, the third single from the album. That year they won the Best Pop Group Album award at the Premios Gardel.

The lead single of their fifth studio album was titled "Ritmo Y Decepción". In June 2011, coinciding with their tenth anniversary, the group revealed the name of their next album: Magistral, which would immediately be promoted with the second single titled "Ya Lo Sabía". The album was released on September 9 and was entirely produced by Cachorro López. It was the band's first project to chart in Spain, reaching number 90. It also was the fourth to chart in México, peaking at number 92 and charting for one week.

In 2012 they continued to release other singles with their corresponding video clips: "Dice Lo Que Siente" and "Puro Talento". For their work on the album, the band was nominated for one MTV Europe Music Awards, seven Premios Quiero (winning three), seven Gardel Awards (winning one), and one Nickelodeon Argentina Kids' Choice Awards.

In that same year Juliana Gattas and Alejandro Sergi were coaches for the Telefe talent show La Voz Argentina, Based on the reality singing competition The Voice of Holland. The vocalist also formed an alternate group with Marcelo Moura, releasing a new studio album called Choque. At the end of 2012, they were in charge of putting music to the Argentine film "Caídos del mapa", with the song "Gran Amistad". Sergi was also a guest coach for two programs in Tu cara me suena.

2013–2016: Safari
"Extraño", the first single from their sixth studio album, was released on December 19, 2013. On January 22, 2014, was confirmed that guitarist Leandro "Lolo" Fuentes would no longer be part of the band, so they continued the production of the album without him. His departure was described by Fuentes as "surprising", due to the fact that he was fired by his bandmates. He was in parallel starting his solo career.

Finally, the album Safari was published by Pelo Music on July 22, 2014, which was also preceded by the second single titled "Fantasmas", released on June 16. It reached number 96 on the Spanish Albums Chart. The band collaborated for the second time with Fangoria, in the version of the song "Miro La Vida Pasar". The album was nominated for the Premios Gardel for the Album Of The Year and Best Pop Group Album categories, winning the latter.

On January 24, 2015, they participated in the eleventh version of the Personal Fest festival together with Coti Sorokin, Illya Kuryaki and the Valderramas, Maxi Trusso and Close. The same year Sergi and Gattas are called to be juries in Elegidos, la música en tus manos on the Telefe network. At the same time, Sergi, together with Cachorro López, Julieta Venegas and Didi Gutman, forms another alternate group to Miranda! called Meteoros.

In 2016 they released another live album consisting of two CDs plus a DVD, which include songs from the band's repertoire, a version of the song "Amor Amarillo" by Gustavo Cerati, "I Love It" by Icona Pop and collaborations with Los Tipitos. The album is named after ''Miranda! Vivo''. The second compilation called El Templo Del Pop 2 was also published.

2016–2018: Fuerte
On October 5, 2016, Sergi presented another alternate group to Miranda! called Satellite 23, which is made up of him, Diego Poso and Gabriel Lucena. At the end of the year, on November 11, the single "743" was released along with its video clip, which was the first preview of their studio album Fuerte. At the beginning of 2017 they released the song "Quiero Vivir A Tu Lado", composed for the Argentine telenovela of the same name. Both songs reached top 20 on the Argentine and Uruguayan charts.

On March 3, 2017, the band confirmed the separation (after almost 15 years) of Nicolás "Monoto" Grimaldi, the group's historic bassist. Being this one of the last official members of the band, after his departure, the group would present itself as a duo. On April 21, 2017, Fuerte was finally published, produced by Cachorro López and Alejandro Sergi, this being the first record material released under the Sony Music label. In the album they had the special participation of Natalia Oreiro in the song "Tu hombre", by Jesús Navarro (Reik singer) in the song "Enero" and Carlos Sadness in "Cálido y rojo", whose participation was only published together to the single that accompanies the video clip. In November of the same year, they toured Spain, being their first solo tour in that country. Fuerte gave the band their second Latin Grammy Awards nomination, in the Best Pop/Rock Album category.

In 2018 they released two standalone singles titled "Lejos De Vos" and "Colisión".

2019–2021: Precoz and Souvenir
The group surprisingly released their second EP titled Precoz on December 13, 2019, which contains eight songs.

The singles "Me Gustas Tanto" and "Un Tiempo" were released that same year as a preview of their eighth studio album. The as-yet-unnamed album was initially slated for a mid-2020 release, but after the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic in Argentina, it ended up being postponed to next year, 2021. On May 1, 2020, the song "Casi Feliz" was released, which was composed to be the theme song for the Netflix series of the same name, starring Sebastián Wainraich and Natalie Pérez. The songs "Luna De Papel" and "Entre Las Dos" were released in August and December of that same year respectively.

The release date of Souvenir along with its cover art, was announced on April 28, 2021. Finally, the album was released on May 7. Sergi described it as "not a return to the beginning, but a review of the entire career of the band, wanting to do what they always do, but better." Both projects, Precoz and Souvenir won the Best Pop Group Album category at the Premios Gardel, being the band's sixth and seventh award in the category respectively.

2022–present: Standalone singles and Hotel Miranda!
Between albums, they released several standalone singles in collaboration with other artists and solo. They participated in the single "Respirar" by singer Uri from the Montevideo Music Group. On March 4, 2022, their new single "El Arte De Recuperarte" was released, while the recording of what will be the next studio album was being prepared. On June 14, 2022, they collaborated on the single "Papeles" by the Argentine artist Oscu. Their single titled "Dos" with Argentine rapper Dillom was released on August 25, 2022. An article by Argentine music magazine Indie Hoy included Miranda! album Es Mentira as one of the ten great albums turning 20 years old that year.

The band's first remix album, titled Hotel Miranda!, was released on April 19, 2023. It has 11 new versions of Miranda!'s old songs with collaborations of other artists. "It's a celebration of our repertoire and our career," Alejandro Sergi said. A new version of "Don", alongside singer Ca7riel, released on August 25, 2022, served as the lead single of the album, and peaked at number 40 on the Argentina Hot 100. The second versioned single was the song "Navidad", together with Bandalos Chinos, which was released on December 8.

"Yo Te Diré", the third single, also original from the album Sin Restricciones, with Lali Espósito, was released on January 20, 2023, and reached number 26 on the Argentine chart. The band performed at the Medio y Medio Festival in Punta Ballena, Maldonado, Uruguay, on January 28. The fourth single, "Uno Los Dos", with Emilia Mernes, was released on February 23. It was their first song to reach the top 15 of the Billboard Argentina Hot 100, since its creation in 2018.

On March 17 they announced the release of the new version of the single "Prisionero" from El Disco de Tu Corazón, in collaboration with the Mexican singer Cristian Castro, which was released on March 20. On April 12, they announced the release of "Perfecta", with María Becerra and FMK. The track peaked at number 8 on the Billboard Argentina Hot 100, being the band's first song to reach the top ten of the chart in that country. With the release of the album, the songs "Mentía" with Chano, "Enamorada" with Francisca Valenzuela, and "Ya Lo Sabía" with Sofía Reyes were released. Two of the eleven songs on the album were not released. The songs "Traición" with Emmanuel Horvilleur and Juan Ingaramo, and "Tu Misterioso Alguien" with Andrés Calamaro were released weeks later, after being titled "Room reserved for May 9" and "Room available" respectively.

Band members
Current members
 * Alejandro Sergi – lead vocals (2001–present), guitar (2007–present) , keyboards (2017–present)
 * Juliana Gattas – lead vocals (2001–present)

Former members
 * Leandro Fuentes – guitar, backing vocals (2001–2014)
 * Nicolás Grimaldi – bass (2003–2017)
 * Bruno De Vincenti – programming (2001–2007)

Current touring musicians
 * Gabriel Lucena – rhythm guitar (2009–2017, 2022–present), keyboards, programming (2010–2017) , backing vocals (2010–present) , bass (2017–present)
 * Ludovica Morell – drums (2010–present)

Former touring musicians
 * Sebastián Rimoldi – keyboards (2006–2010), programming (2007–2010)
 * Dany Ávila – drums (2009–2010)
 * Anuk Sforza – rhythm guitar (2017–2022)

Discography

 * Es Mentira (2002)
 * Sin Restricciones (2004)
 * El Disco de Tu Corazón (2007)
 * Miranda Es Imposible! (2009)
 * Magistral (2011)
 * Safari (2014)
 * Fuerte (2017)
 * Souvenir (2021)

Awards and nominations
For their work in music, Miranda! has received various accolades, including twenty MTV Video Music Awards Latinoamérica, eight Premios Gardel, one MTV Europe Music Awards, one Los 40 Music Awards and one Silver Seagull, two Golden Tourch and two Silver Tourch at the Viña del Mar International Song Festival. They also have two nominations for the Latin Grammy Awards, one for the Martín Fierro Awards, two for the Nickelodeon Argentina Kids' Choice Awards.

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The result of the debate was delete --Tony Sidaway Talk 22:20, 27 August 2005 (UTC)

Yvette Simonova
Part of a hoax. See the entry on The Shoplifters above for reasons for deletion. Alarm 17:01, 20 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Uppland 17:37, 20 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Dottore So 05:44, 21 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Gunnar Larsson 20:13, 21 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. I've made some improvements to the grammar, spelling and tone of the articles for The Shoplifters and the band's members, but have also been suspicious of the lack of Google hits for the band, the members, the "big Swedish festival" they supposedly played at and their recordings. Also, the articles tend to feature interwiki links to non-existent links in other Wikipedias or to articles which have clearly been machine translated. CLW 08:25, 22 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Sten André 17:48, 22 August 2005 (UTC)
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Talk:Three Nephites

Too many scriptural references?
I thought that this article was too small. I rewrote it, including the previous information. The account in 3 Nephi 28 was in historical order, so was not presented in a way to understand this topic. (There were other purposes for the way that it was written.) The information that I wrote lays it out for someone who is interested in this topic. I liberally referenced the passages from which I drew the information. I think that there are too many scriptural links for a Wikipedia article. But considering that the source material is arranged differently, it seemed logical to reference the scattered verses. Feel free to rearrange and remove these references if you think that it will help the article. Val42 17:02, August 20, 2005 (UTC)

 * I like your additions, but I think you're right about too many unnecessary references. They're all from the same chapter, 3 Nephi 28, which is included as an external link; is it really necessary to link to each verse individually? I think there are a few mentions of the Three outside of that chapter, too, come to think of it. Somewhere round about 3 Nephi or Mormon, doesn't it say the people got so wicked that the Three Nephites were taken away from them? Pterodactyler 17:34, 20 August 2005 (UTC)

Authorship of verses
It is clear that Mormon contemplates whether the Three Nephites are already immortal.(v36) But because Mormon inserts his own comments sometimes during his edits, I don't know if verse 17 is Nephi or Mormon. This is why I put "possibly Nephi" in the article. But this is terribly ambiguous as to what is meant by the words. The two possibilities are that "Nephi is the possible author of this verse" (what I meant) or "Nephi possibly meant to contemplate the immortality of the Three Nephites." Someone please rewrite this sentence so that it means what I want it to mean. Val42 17:02, August 20, 2005 (UTC)

 * Yes, verse 17 is Mormon. Verse 18 wouldn't make sence if it was Nephi's words. Slim 02:59, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Wouldn't this whole thing be meta-fiction? The idea that an impossible fictional character is commenting on previous impossible fictional characters? Yes, the character of "Mormon" is speculating, but both he and the "three nephites" are wholy the product of imagination by a dangerous criminal lunatic. I find the whole "taken at face value" concept of the ancient Native American turned angelic guide for a deranged bipolar teenager with bouts of misogyny and racism (against native americans no less) to be non-encyclopedic. There are no FACTS besides the work of fiction (the book of mormon) that claim that Mormon ever existed, so having a serious explination as to who and what the "three nephites" need to be clearly demonstrated as a concept only the LDS and their offshoots care about and believe in (the way the article now reads implies that ANY christian or american should simply accept this folklore bullshit as universal - yet another dininformation campaign by our wonderfull full time Mormon apologist editors here on wikipedia the wall mart of broken facts.) I don't feel it is appropriate for me to do anything about this, but SOME impartial editor needs to clean this horrible joke of an article up.Sanitycult (talk) 23:54, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

 * Every article on religious matters needs to be written as much as possible in a way that both believers and intelligent non-believers find accurate. In most cases, this requirement can be met by prefixing sections with "According to [XText]," or "[XText] states that...", or perhaps "[XFollowers] believe that...", or some equivalent. There can be a difficulty with speculation based on a religious text. The question whether any of the Three Nephites were in fact Lamanites is only a real question if the text is regarded as history; if it's regarded as fiction, then they were only Lamanites if the writer states that they were. The problem then is to present the speculation neutrally. Koro Neil (talk) 05:37, 19 September 2021 (UTC)

Have you even read the Book of Mormon? Because it appears evident that you haven't. 66.7.115.132 (talk) 09:17, 15 November 2012 (UTC)

Random Quotation without authority
"In 1963, a 24 year old man[who?] in Salt Lake City, Utah declared that 'The three Nephite Apostles, who, like John, never die, come to the aid of the faithful when they're threatened by evil.'"

Why is this in the article? It's pointless. Actually, I'm going to remove the quote because it serves no purpose other than potentially spreading misconceptions about the Three Nephites. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Neuropsychguy (talk • contribs) 23:26, 7 August 2011

 * If you notice the citation, it is describing the Mormon folklore elements that currently surround the Three Nephites, not a doctrinal interpretation or the text of the Book of Mormon. -- 208.81.184.4 (talk) 17:02, 8 August 2011 (UTC)

But it does not support the statement made, namely that modern stories about encounters with the Nephites are common. It's quite random, like saying "belief in a flat earth is common today, because some book written 30 years ago quoted some guy who believed in it". Perhaps this section should be rewritten or taken out. 134.153.33.203 (talk) 20:52, 25 January 2016 (UTC)
 * agreed99.253.32.92 (talk) 17:56, 31 December 2017 (UTC)

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Eugene Nickerson

Eugene Hoffman Nickerson (August 2, 1918 – January 1, 2002) was the Democratic county executive of Nassau County, New York, from 1962 until 1970. Nickerson was the only Democrat to be elected county executive in Nassau County until 2001. Later, as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, he presided over a challenge to the Pentagon's "Don't ask, don't tell" policy on homosexuality and the notorious Abner Louima police brutality case in New York.

Nickerson was nominated by President Jimmy Carter on August 16, 1977, to a seat vacated by Orrin Judd. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on October 20, 1977, and received his commission on October 21, 1977. He assumed senior status on January 1, 1994, which he continued until his death on January 1, 2002.

Early life and education
Nickerson was a descendant both of the Nickerson family of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, and of President John Quincy Adams. His mother, né Ruth Constance Comstock (1891–1988), was from Orange, New Jersey. She gave birth to three sons: Schuyler, Eugene and Adams. His father, Hoffman Nickerson (1888–1965), was an Army officer, state legislator, and historian who wrote The turning point of the Revolution; or, Burgoyne in America concerning the Saratoga campaign.

Born in Orange, New Jersey, Nickerson grew up in New York City and Mill Neck on Long Island. At St. Mark's School in Southborough, Massachusetts, he was quarterback of the football team and captain of the hockey team. But shortly before he entered Harvard College in 1937, Nickerson was stricken by polio. He graduated from Harvard with a Bachelor of Arts degree. In 1943, he graduated from Columbia Law School with a Bachelor of Laws, where he was an editor of the Columbia Law Review. Following graduation, he clerked for Judge Augustus Noble Hand of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and then for Chief Justice Harlan Fiske Stone of the United States Supreme Court from October 1944 to April 1946.

Professional career and government service
He worked for Wall Street law firm Milbank, Tweed, Hope, Hadley & McCloy, then Hale, Stimson, Russell & Nickerson. From 1970 until his appointment to the bench in October 1977, Nickerson was a name partner and litigator with the firm Nickerson, Kramer, Lowenstein, Nessen, Kamin & Soll, now known as Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel.

Nassau County Executive
Nickerson served as Nassau County Executive in New York from January 1, 1962, to December 31, 1970. Entering politics, was the first Democrat to win a countywide seat in Nassau County, New York since 1912, when regular Republicans and the Progressive (Bull Moose) Party split the Republican vote. In his three three-year terms as county executive, Nickerson took a more liberal approach than his Republican predecessors, often working to expand social services for the needy in what was then one of the nation's fastest-growing counties. He was an early advocate of environmental protection, expanded Nassau County's park system, recruited college graduates for the police force, and favored progressive zoning regulations to open up housing opportunities to minorities and the poor.

He later described his years in the post as reorienting "government to concern itself with human beings and their problems." Pressed by Robert F. Kennedy, who recognized Nickerson's political talents, he ran for the United States Senate in 1968 but lost in the Democratic primary.

Nickerson was occasionally seen as an unusual member of the Democratic Party. Referring to the man who was the Democratic presidential nominee in 1952 and 1956, Nickerson once explained, "Adlai Stevenson turned me into a Democrat. I was active in his first campaign, and I stayed active. He brought in other people like myself who had intense interests about government, of ideals and principles."

Federal judicial service
Nickerson was nominated by President Jimmy Carter on August 16, 1977, to a seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York vacated by Judge Orrin Grimmell Judd. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on October 20, 1977, and received his commission on October 21, 1977. He assumed senior status on January 1, 1994, which continued until his death on January 1, 2002.

Failed nomination to the Second Circuit
On August 26, 1980, President Jimmy Carter nominated Nickerson to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit to replace Judge Murray Gurfein, who had died in 1979. However, given that the nomination occurred after the unofficial Thurmond Rule governing judicial nominations during presidential election years, the Senate never took up Nickerson's nomination. President Ronald Reagan chose instead to nominate Lawrence W. Pierce to the seat in September 1981. Pierce was confirmed by the United States Senate in November 1981.

Death
Nickerson died January 1, 2002, in New York City aged 83, following complications after stomach surgery.

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Talk:The Specialists (mod)

What's up with removing the bit about the Matrix? You didn't say why. --Yar Kramer 17:06, 20 August 2005 (UTC)

To all members of The Specialists message board who are making some of the edits in the SMG section: Please stop it. This is something that should not be done here. Especially since no one will know who this "Stinkey" person is. If he's annoyed that the MAC-10 was removed, please don't put it here. Thanks. TonicBH 21:04, 27 September 2005 (UTC)

=Rant directed towards TSRP servers= Stop fucking putting your shitty servers in. If one more idiotic community, such as zackcity(which is generally seen as one of the poorest RP servers of the ages,) decides to put their name as "the only truly notable community," or in any way attempts to edit my verse to note down their server, I will report you as a wikivandal.

User:Xalphox

yeah any form of role playing should be frowned upon in fps communities next they will want to vote and drive and stuff :S silly rp'ers D: < stick to your mmo's!

^ What's with that comment? Xalphox is saying not to put in bullshit about their servers not ranting about TSRP

User:Chartax

Notices
I removed the latest revision, it was spam saying "niggerniggerniggernigger." Xalphox (talk) 12:33, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

Statuses
A part about all the statuses like Killer, Demolition, and Specialist should be added.

Added said section. Weedwacker 21:00, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

Player-created non-official maps
Removed this comment, this was ENTIRELY an advertisement for his own game levels.

Community Resources
Perhaps modelpost.org, Nupo.org, SpecialistsZone and SpecialistsCentral should be noted, along with the forum community.

This is directed to whomever wrote the above sentence, I don't know how informed you are, but SpecialistsCentral has been down over a year and a half, Nupo has been down for months due to attacks on the website, and SpecialistsZone is also gone. However, Modelpost.org should be mentioned. ( Modelpost's closed, http://modifi.net/ ) --Weedwacker 15:51, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

Game guide content
How could you be such whore?
 * I'm removing game guide content, as Wikipedia is not a game guide. Wickethewok 17:58, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

Additional info
This article lacks the following information:
 * List of weapons
 * List of attachments
 * List of official maps
 * Description of melee system [kung fu, katana, gun fu]

Much of this was removed previously due to being considered game guide content. However, a simple listing which is solely descriptive and lacks advice on usage should not be considered game guide content.

im surprised nobody included anything on boosting in the stunt guide; apparently its alive and kicking in 3.0

Stop that 'unofficial gametype' crap.
It doesn't matter if TSRP is an unofficial 'gametype'. A lot of people play it that way. The text of that section clearly says that it's not supported by the TS team, and that's all that's needed. Stop putting "unofficial gametype" in the section header. I really don't like TSRP myself but I'm not going to impose my personal opinions on this article, and you're clearly POVing it. --Victor 06:00, 8 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I added comments to the article. Stop blanking the section, it is pushing a point of view, and this article isn't a promotional ad for The Specialists. The fact is that there are a lot of people who play the game that way, and deleting the section because the TS team doesn't support it is clearly pushing POV. This article isn't meant to favor the wishes of the development team. Sorry. --Victor 16:17, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
 * LOOOOL XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD --Canderson7 17:05, 3, August 2007 (UTC)
 * TSRP is not acceptable in the Wikipedia article. The role-play bastardization of the game is as unique to TS as it is to Counter-Strike, Half-life (even more so: see Master Sword Continued), Magic the Gathering, or checkers. Keep in-game community information on your respective forums, and not flooding half the official Wikipedia article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.164.0.240 (talk) 21:42, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
 * It is unreasonable and a legal risk to relate what appears to be official 'The Specialists Mod' information with a single players' role-play addon which is responsible for large-scale distribution illegal/pirate content. Infact, the entire section of role-play is officially unsupported and officially discouraged. Do not revert the removal of 'Role-Play.' —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.105.116.178 (talk) 22:09, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Says WHO? The fact that it's been blanked by some random IPer who does not SIGN their arguements and has no references to this stance the developers allegedly have reeks of people who just have a problem with the game style. It IS a significant footnote and not including it in any capacity is an indication that Wikipedia fails as an actual online encyclopedia. 24.181.48.246 17:46, 4 November 2007 (UTC)
 * It's perfectly acceptable for TSRP to be on this page, if for no other reason than the fact that it is the single most played gamemode for The Specialists. This is Wikipedia, not specialistsmod.net.  Responsable for large-scale distribution of illegal/pirate content my ass, how'd you come up with that correlation?  SaderBiscut (talk) 06:05, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

Suggestions For RP Section
Guys, I think that unless there's some sort of way to make the RP section more... encyclopedic, then I think it should be removed. There has to be some way to make it seem less like an advertisement for a bunch of different RP servers, and not like it was typed by a twelve year old. Plus, there's more there about RP than there is about the actual game. TSRP IS NOT TS, and therefore should only have a small mention. You shouldn't explain what DM is in TSRP, this isn't a TSRP article... it's a TS article. Cissel (talk) 09:07, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

Xalphox (talk) 19:59, 13 January 2008 (UTC): Agreed.

 * The Specialists Roleplay == The Specialists. Even if players of normal TS gamemodes hate TSRP players to death and vice versa, they still exist under the same half-life mod.  However, I will agree the whole TSRP segement was horribly butchered, and needs to be redone.  SaderBiscut (talk) 05:57, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

Remove it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.244.125.219 (talk) 11:31, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

'Plagued by TSRP'
Removed a part by an anonymous person saying TS was "plagued by a fifth, unofficial gametype, Role-playing". -Vincetti (talk) 06:51, 5 July 2009 (UTC)

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User talk:Doug O'Connell

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10 meter running target

10 meter running target is one of the ISSF shooting events, shot with an airgun at a target that moves sideways. The target is pulled across a two meter wide aisle at the range of 10 meters from the firing point. The target is pulled at either of two speeds, slow or fast, where it is visible for 5 or 2.5 seconds, respectively.

The course of fire is 30 slow runs followed by 30 fast runs for men, and 20 slow runs followed by 20 fast runs for women.

The men's event replaced 50 meter running target on the Olympic program starting from 1992, but after the 2004 Summer Olympics it was again taken off the program, leaving the running target shooters with no Olympic events at all. This also meant that finals were no longer held, but it has been announced that a replacement will be held in the form of knockout semi-final and final stages. Also, a separate World Championship was held in 2008, filling the void left after the Olympics.

World Championships, Men
This event was held in 1981–2009.

World Championships, Men Team
This event was held in 1981–2009.

World Championships, Women
This event was held in 1994–2009.

World Championships, Women Team
This event was held in 1998–2006.

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Category:Pardalotidae

 * Pardalotidae is a family of the suborder Passeri.

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Every Rose Has Its Thorn

"Every Rose Has Its Thorn" is a power ballad by American glam metal band Poison. It was released in October 1988 as the third single from Poison's second album Open Up and Say... Ahh!. The band's signature song, it is also their only number-one hit in the US, reaching #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 on December 24, 1988, for three weeks. It also charted at number 11 on the Mainstream Rock chart. It was a number 13 hit in the UK. "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" was named number 34 on VH1's "100 Greatest Songs of the 80s", number 100 on their "100 Greatest Love Songs" and number seven on MTV and VH1 "Top 25 Power Ballads". Billboard ranked the song number five on their list of "The 10 Best Poison Songs".

Background and writing
In an interview with VH1's Behind the Music, Bret Michaels said the inspiration for the song came from a night when he was in a laundromat in Dallas waiting for his clothes to dry, and called his girlfriend on a pay phone. Michaels said he heard a male voice in the background and was devastated; he said he went into the laundromat and wrote "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" as a result.

Critical reception
Jerry Smith, reviewer of British music newspaper Music Week, described this song as "over-wrought ballad, but it makes a change from their ponderous metal posturing". Cash Box said that "Poison slows it down with a bevy of acoustic guitars, and deliver a well-measured ballad."

Music video
The music video to "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" was directed by Marty Callner. It starts out with a forlorn Bret Michaels in bed with a young woman, they both look unhappy. He gets up, does the heavy sigh that is at the start of the song and walks away to play the acoustic guitar, the video then goes into video clips of the band's tour. The same young woman is seen driving a Thunderbird in the rain (two different times), listening to "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" on the car's radio. The video was shot at the Brown County Veterans Memorial Arena in Green Bay, Wisconsin, and in an empty warehouse nearby. The video ends with Michaels playing the last of the song on his acoustic guitar and walking away.

Legacy
The song has been seen as a glam metal classic, being ranked on multiple "best of" lists. In 2017, Billboard and OC Weekly ranked the song number five and number two, respectively, on their lists of the 10 greatest Poison songs.

Cover versions

 * On May 26, 2010 Bret Michaels performed a more up-tempo country and blues version of the song featuring guest vocals by Casey James on the season finale of the ninth season for the singing competition tv series American Idol. The performance was released as a music video on American Idol's official YouTube channel.
 * American recording artist Miley Cyrus recorded a version of the song for her 2010 album Can't Be Tamed.
 * In early 2013, composer Bret Michaels recorded a duet with the country music singer Loretta Lynn. It can be found on his album Jammin' with Friends. He performed an acoustic version in the episode "Happy Endings" of TV series Revolution.

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User talk:Sjostrom

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Welcome!

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Thank you.

double redirects after moving an article
Hi - I noticed you've moved some articles and haven't fixed the resulting double redirects. What this does is make it so someone clicking on the redirect that points to a redirect sees the redirect rather than the article (weird but true). For example, Kammu_Emperor (if you follow the succession box at the bottom back one emperor and then forward you should see what I'm talking about). After moving an article, please check if you've created a double redirect by clicking "what links here" and fix it if you have. A double redirect is indicated in the output of "what links here" by a listing that includes a redirect anywhere other than the first level of links. For example, a partial list from what links to Kammu Emperor:
 * Emperor of Japan
 * Emperor Kammu of Japan (redirect page)
 * (a bunch of articles)
 * Emperor Kammu (redirect page)

The Emperor Kammu page is a redirect to Emperor Kammu of Japan which is now (since you moved it) a redirect to Kammu Emperor. The fix is to edit Emperor Kammu and make it redirect straight to Kammu Emperor (rather than to the other redirect).

Aside from this issue, are you sure all the moves you've been doing are appropriate? I would have expected some discussion of this on perhaps Japanese Wikipedians' notice board. I'll add a note there in any case. -- Rick Block (talk) 01:59, August 25, 2005 (UTC)

 * Thank you. I will try. Sjostrom 08:05, 26 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Please see the note I just left on Japanese Wikipedians' notice board and the full discussion (which has now largely petered out) at Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style (Japan-related articles). The changes you are making to the redirects will all be changed again so I wouldn't bother. Thanks for the effort though. -Jefu 09:10, August 26, 2005 (UTC)

Sigh. Could you make up mind.

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Somewhere Else (Razorlight song)

"Somewhere Else" is a song by English indie rock band Razorlight, and was featured as a bonus track on the 2005 re-release of their debut album, Up All Night. It was their first new material following that album and the first A-side recorded with drummer Andy Burrows. It became their biggest hit to date in the United Kingdom at the time when released as a single, debuting at number two in the UK Singles Chart, only to be bettered by "America", which charted at number one in October 2006. In 2007, the lyrics: "and I met a girl/She asked me my name/I told her what it was", were voted the third-worst lyrics of all time.

Music video
The video features Johnny Borrell walking around various place in London, before returning to where he started at the beginning. A large portion of the video was filmed inside and outside the Northumberland Arms pub.

Track listings
UK 7-inch single
 * A. "Somewhere Else"
 * B. "Dub the Right Profile"

UK CD1
 * 1) "Somewhere Else"
 * 2) "Keep the Right Profile"

UK CD2
 * 1) "Somewhere Else"
 * 2) "Hang By, Hang By"
 * 3) "Up All Night" (live in California)
 * 4) Enhanced section: link to download five free live tracks

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Hickory Motor Speedway

Hickory Motor Speedway is a short track located in Hickory, North Carolina. It is one of stock car racing's most storied venues, and is often referred to as the "World's Most Famous Short Track" and the "Birthplace of the NASCAR Stars".

The track first opened in 1951 as a 1/2 mi dirt track. Gwyn Staley won the first race at the speedway and later became the first track champion. Drivers such as Junior Johnson, Ned Jarrett, and Ralph Earnhardt also became track champions in the 1950s, with Earnhardt winning five of them.

In 1953, NASCAR's Grand National Series (later the NASCAR Cup Series) visited the track for the first time. Tim Flock won the first race at the speedway, which became a regular part of the Grand National schedule. After winning his track championship in 1952, Junior Johnson became the most successful Grand National driver at Hickory, winning there seven times.

The track has been re-configured three times in its history. The track became a 0.4-mile (644 meters) dirt track in 1955, which was paved for the first time during the 1967 season. In 1970, the Hickory track was shortened to a length of 0.363 miles (584 meters).

Hickory was dropped from the Grand National schedule after the 1971 season when R. J. Reynolds began sponsoring the newly christened NASCAR Winston Cup Series and dropped all races under 250 miles (402 kilometers) from the schedule. It remained in use as a popular NASCAR Late Model Sportsman Series venue. When the series was reformed as the Budweiser Late Model Series (later the Busch Grand National Series and currently the Xfinity Series) in 1982, Hickory played a prominent part of its first season, hosting six of the series' 28 races. Drivers Jack Ingram and Tommy Houston, two former track champions, each won eight times at the track in the Busch Series.

As more tracks began hosting Busch Series races, Hickory's involvement was progressively reduced to two races a year by 1987, and then just the Easter weekend by 1995. By 1998, the Busch Grand National Series began adding more races at Winston Cup Series tracks, and Hickory was dropped from the schedule after 17 years.

Hickory is still used as a venue for NASCAR's club racing division, the Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series, Carolina Pro Late Model Series, Carolina Crate Modified Series, Pro All Stars Series South Super Late Models and the CARS Tour featuring Late Model Stocks and Pro Late Model touring series cars.

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Knittelfeld

Knittelfeld is a city in Styria, Austria, located on the banks of the Mur river.

The name of the town has become notorious for the Knittelfeld Putsch of September 7, 2002, a party meeting of the Freedom Party of Austria, which resulted in the 2002 Austrian elections.

Notable residents
The following are past and present notable residents of Knittelfeld.
 * Hermann Lichtenegger (1900-1984), resistance fighter, politician (KPÖ) and Govt. minister
 * Lizzi Waldmüller (1904–1945), singer and actress
 * Franz Weissmann (1911–2005), a Brazilian sculptor, emigrated to Brazil aged 11, a founder of the Neo-Concrete Movement
 * Karl Troll, (DE Wiki) (1923–1977), politician (SPÖ)
 * Gert Hofbauer (1937-2017), an Austrian conductor and trumpeter.

Sport

 * Zoran Lerchbacher (born 1972), darts player
 * Klaus Ambrosch (born 1973), decathlete
 * Harald Proczyk (born 1975), racing driver
 * Jürgen Saler (born 1977), a retired Austrian footballer who scored over 280 goals
 * Andi Siebenhofer (born 1977), extreme sports athlete and entrepreneur
 * Stefan Rucker (born 1980), former racing cyclist
 * Marcel Ritzmaier (born 1993), football player, played over 240 games

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Cover of the Music Instructor album Electric City of Music Instructor.


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Supermatrix

In mathematics and theoretical physics, a supermatrix is a Z2-graded analog of an ordinary matrix. Specifically, a supermatrix is a 2×2 block matrix with entries in a superalgebra (or superring). The most important examples are those with entries in a commutative superalgebra (such as a Grassmann algebra) or an ordinary field (thought of as a purely even commutative superalgebra).

Supermatrices arise in the study of super linear algebra where they appear as the coordinate representations of a linear transformations between finite-dimensional super vector spaces or free supermodules. They have important applications in the field of supersymmetry.

Definitions and notation
Let R be a fixed superalgebra (assumed to be unital and associative). Often one requires R be supercommutative as well (for essentially the same reasons as in the ungraded case).

Let p, q, r, and s be nonnegative integers. A supermatrix of dimension (r|s)×(p|q) is a matrix with entries in R that is partitioned into a 2×2 block structure
 * $$X = \begin{bmatrix}X_{00} & X_{01} \\ X_{10} & X_{11}\end{bmatrix}$$

with r+s total rows and p+q total columns (so that the submatrix X00 has dimensions r×p and X11 has dimensions s×q). An ordinary (ungraded) matrix can be thought of as a supermatrix for which q and s are both zero.

A square supermatrix is one for which (r|s) = (p|q). This means that not only is the unpartitioned matrix X square, but the diagonal blocks X00 and X11 are as well.

An even supermatrix is one for which the diagonal blocks (X00 and X11) consist solely of even elements of R (i.e. homogeneous elements of parity 0) and the off-diagonal blocks (X01 and X10) consist solely of odd elements of R.
 * $$\begin{bmatrix}\mathrm{even} & \mathrm{odd} \\ \mathrm{odd}& \mathrm{even} \end{bmatrix}$$

An odd supermatrix is one for which the reverse holds: the diagonal blocks are odd and the off-diagonal blocks are even.
 * $$\begin{bmatrix}\mathrm{odd} & \mathrm{even} \\ \mathrm{even}& \mathrm{odd} \end{bmatrix}$$

If the scalars R are purely even there are no nonzero odd elements, so the even supermatices are the block diagonal ones and the odd supermatrices are the off-diagonal ones.

A supermatrix is homogeneous if it is either even or odd. The parity, |X|, of a nonzero homogeneous supermatrix X is 0 or 1 according to whether it is even or odd. Every supermatrix can be written uniquely as the sum of an even supermatrix and an odd one.

Algebraic structure
Supermatrices of compatible dimensions can be added or multiplied just as for ordinary matrices. These operations are exactly the same as the ordinary ones with the restriction that they are defined only when the blocks have compatible dimensions. One can also multiply supermatrices by elements of R (on the left or right), however, this operation differs from the ungraded case due to the presence of odd elements in R.

Let Mr(R) denote the set of all supermatrices over R with dimension (r|s)×(p|q). This set forms a supermodule over R under supermatrix addition and scalar multiplication. In particular, if R is a superalgebra over a field K then Mr(R) forms a super vector space over K.

Let Mp(R) denote the set of all square supermatices over R with dimension (p|q)×(p|q). This set forms a superring under supermatrix addition and multiplication. Furthermore, if R is a commutative superalgebra, then supermatrix multiplication is a bilinear operation, so that Mp(R) forms a superalgebra over R.

Addition
Two supermatrices of dimension (r|s)×(p|q) can be added just as in the ungraded case to obtain a supermatrix of the same dimension. The addition can be performed blockwise since the blocks have compatible sizes. It is easy to see that the sum of two even supermatrices is even and the sum of two odd supermatrices is odd.

Multiplication
One can multiply a supermatrix with dimensions (r|s)×(p|q) by a supermatrix with dimensions (p|q)×(k|l) as in the ungraded case to obtain a matrix of dimension (r|s)×(k|l). The multiplication can be performed at the block level in the obvious manner:
 * $$\begin{bmatrix}X_{00} & X_{01} \\ X_{10} & X_{11}\end{bmatrix}

\begin{bmatrix}Y_{00} & Y_{01} \\ Y_{10} & Y_{11}\end{bmatrix} = \begin{bmatrix}X_{00}Y_{00} + X_{01}Y_{10} & X_{00}Y_{01} + X_{01}Y_{11} \\ X_{10}Y_{00} + X_{11}Y_{10} & X_{10}Y_{01} + X_{11}Y_{11}\end{bmatrix}. $$ Note that the blocks of the product supermatrix Z = XY are given by
 * $$Z_{ij} = X_{i0}Y_{0j} + X_{i1}Y_{1j}.\,$$

If X and Y are homogeneous with parities |X| and |Y| then XY is homogeneous with parity |X| + |Y|. That is, the product of two even or two odd supermatrices is even while the product of an even and odd supermatrix is odd.

Scalar multiplication
Scalar multiplication for supermatrices is different than the ungraded case due to the presence of odd elements in R. Let X be a supermatrix. Left scalar multiplication by α ∈ R is defined by
 * $$\alpha\cdot X = \begin{bmatrix}

\alpha\,X_{00} & \alpha\,X_{01}\\ \hat\alpha\,X_{10} & \hat\alpha\,X_{11} \end{bmatrix}$$ where the internal scalar multiplications are the ordinary ungraded ones and $$\hat\alpha$$ denotes the grade involution in R. This is given on homogeneous elements by
 * $$\hat\alpha = (-1)^{|\alpha|}\alpha.$$

Right scalar multiplication by α is defined analogously:
 * $$X\cdot\alpha = \begin{bmatrix}

X_{00}\,\alpha & X_{01}\,\hat\alpha \\ X_{10}\,\alpha & X_{11}\,\hat\alpha \end{bmatrix}.$$ If α is even then $$\hat\alpha = \alpha$$ and both of these operations are the same as the ungraded versions. If α and X are homogeneous then α⋅X and X⋅α are both homogeneous with parity |α| + |X|. Furthermore, if R is supercommutative then one has
 * $$\alpha\cdot X = (-1)^{|\alpha||X|}X\cdot\alpha.$$

As linear transformations
Ordinary matrices can be thought of as the coordinate representations of linear maps between vector spaces (or free modules). Likewise, supermatrices can be thought of as the coordinate representations of linear maps between super vector spaces (or free supermodules). There is an important difference in the graded case, however. A homomorphism from one super vector space to another is, by definition, one that preserves the grading (i.e. maps even elements to even elements and odd elements to odd elements). The coordinate representation of such a transformation is always an even supermatrix. Odd supermatrices correspond to linear transformations that reverse the grading. General supermatrices represent an arbitrary ungraded linear transformation. Such transformations are still important in the graded case, although less so than the graded (even) transformations.

A supermodule M over a superalgebra R is free if it has a free homogeneous basis. If such a basis consists of p even elements and q odd elements, then M is said to have rank p|q. If R is supercommutative, the rank is independent of the choice of basis, just as in the ungraded case.

Let Rp be the space of column supervectors—supermatrices of dimension (p|q)×(1|0). This is naturally a right R-supermodule, called the right coordinate space. A supermatrix T of dimension (r|s)×(p|q) can then be thought of as a right R-linear map
 * $$T:R^{p|q}\to R^{r|s}\,$$

where the action of T on Rp is just supermatrix multiplication (this action is not generally left R-linear which is why we think of Rp as a right supermodule).

Let M be free right R-supermodule of rank p|q and let N be a free right R-supermodule of rank r|s. Let (ei) be a free basis for M and let (fk) be a free basis for N. Such a choice of bases is equivalent to a choice of isomorphisms from M to Rp and from N to Rr. Any (ungraded) linear map
 * $$T : M\to N\,$$

can be written as a (r|s)×(p|q) supermatrix relative to the chosen bases. The components of the associated supermatrix are determined by the formula
 * $$T(e_i) = \sum_{k=1}^{r+s}f_k\,{T^k}_i.$$

The block decomposition of a supermatrix T corresponds to the decomposition of M and N into even and odd submodules:
 * $$M = M_0\oplus M_1\qquad N = N_0\oplus N_1.$$

Operations
Many operations on ordinary matrices can be generalized to supermatrices, although the generalizations are not always obvious or straightforward.

Supertranspose
The supertranspose of a supermatrix is the Z2-graded analog of the transpose. Let
 * $$X = \begin{bmatrix}A & B \\ C & D\end{bmatrix}$$

be a homogeneous (r|s)×(p|q) supermatrix. The supertranspose of X is the (p|q)×(r|s) supermatrix
 * $$X^{st} = \begin{bmatrix}A^t & (-1)^{|X|}C^t \\ -(-1)^{|X|}B^t & D^t\end{bmatrix}$$

where At denotes the ordinary transpose of A. This can be extended to arbitrary supermatrices by linearity. Unlike the ordinary transpose, the supertranspose is not generally an involution, but rather has order 4. Applying the supertranspose twice to a supermatrix X gives
 * $$(X^{st})^{st} = \begin{bmatrix}A & -B \\ -C & D\end{bmatrix}.$$

If R is supercommutative, the supertranspose satisfies the identity
 * $$(XY)^{st} = (-1)^{|X||Y|}Y^{st}X^{st}.\,$$

Parity transpose
The parity transpose of a supermatrix is a new operation without an ungraded analog. Let
 * $$X = \begin{bmatrix}A & B \\ C & D\end{bmatrix}$$

be a (r|s)×(p|q) supermatrix. The parity transpose of X is the (s|r)×(q|p) supermatrix
 * $$X^\pi = \begin{bmatrix}D & C \\ B & A\end{bmatrix}.$$

That is, the (i,j) block of the transposed matrix is the (1−i,1−j) block of the original matrix.

The parity transpose operation obeys the identities as well as where st denotes the supertranspose operation.
 * $$(X+Y)^\pi = X^\pi + Y^\pi\,$$
 * $$(XY)^\pi = X^\pi Y^\pi\,$$
 * $$(\alpha\cdot X)^\pi = \hat\alpha\cdot X^\pi$$
 * $$(X\cdot\alpha)^\pi = X^\pi\cdot\hat\alpha$$
 * $$\pi^2 = id\,$$
 * $$\pi\circ st \circ \pi = (st)^3$$

Supertrace
The supertrace of a square supermatrix is the Z2-graded analog of the trace. It is defined on homogeneous supermatrices by the formula
 * $$\mathrm{str}(X) = \mathrm{tr}(X_{00}) - (-1)^{|X|}\mathrm{tr}(X_{11})\,$$

where tr denotes the ordinary trace.

If R is supercommutative, the supertrace satisfies the identity
 * $$\mathrm{str}(XY) = (-1)^{|X||Y|}\mathrm{str}(YX)\,$$

for homogeneous supermatrices X and Y.

Berezinian
The Berezinian (or superdeterminant) of a square supermatrix is the Z2-graded analog of the determinant. The Berezinian is only well-defined on even, invertible supermatrices over a commutative superalgebra R. In this case it is given by the formula
 * $$\mathrm{Ber}(X) = \det(X_{00} - X_{01}X_{11}^{-1}X_{10})\det(X_{11})^{-1}.$$

where det denotes the ordinary determinant (of square matrices with entries in the commutative algebra R0).

The Berezinian satisfies similar properties to the ordinary determinant. In particular, it is multiplicative and invariant under the supertranspose. It is related to the supertrace by the formula
 * $$\mathrm{Ber}(e^X) = e^{\mathrm{str(X)}}.\,$$

title: Supermatrix