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Fair use in Manic Nirvana
Though this image is subject to copyright, its use is covered by the U.S. fair use laws because:
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 * 5) The image on the cover is significant because it was made by a famous artist.

Source

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Manic Nirvana

Manic Nirvana is the fifth studio album by former Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant, released 19 March 1990 on Es Paranza Records, Plant's own label. The lead single, "Big Love", reached #35 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, and its follow-up, "Hurting Kind (I've Got My Eyes on You)", held #1 on the same chart for six consecutive weeks. The vinyl release had 10 songs (five per side) rather than 11, omitting "She Said".

"It has the savvy and emotional strength you'd expect from an adult," enthused ''Entertainment Weekly.

Reissues
Manic Nirvana was remastered and reissued by Rhino Records on 20 March 2007, this edition included 3 bonus tracks which were taken from the 1990 European CD single release of "Hurting Kind (I've Got My Eyes on You)".

Personnel

 * Robert Plant – vocals
 * Phil Johnstone – keyboards, guitars
 * Doug Boyle – lead guitars
 * Chris Blackwell – guitars, drums
 * Charlie Jones – bass

Additional musicians
 * Laila Cohen – backing vocals
 * Carolyn Harding – backing vocals
 * Micky Groome – backing vocals (2)
 * Bob Stride – backing vocals (2)
 * Siddi Makain Mushkin – voices (11)

Production
 * Phil Johnstone – producer
 * Robert Plant – producer
 * Mark "Spike" Stent – co-producer, engineer
 * Bill Price – mixing (1, 2)
 * Darren Allison – assistant engineer
 * Michael Butterworth – assistant engineer
 * Jeremy Wheatley – assistant engineer
 * The Leisure Process – art direction, design
 * Julia Stone – electronic illustrations
 * Ralph P. Fitzgerald – cover photography

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sportsology (2nd nomination)

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The result of the debate was DELETE. — J I P | Talk 08:49, 25 September 2005 (UTC)

Sportsology
Delete: Fails WP:WEB. Doesn't register on alexa.com. Forum membership is below 1,000 (much less 5,000). Searching google returns no significant press outlets with news stories about this website. Of note: This article was previously placed for VfD. In the transition to AfD, a bot mangled the page moves and ended up deleting the original VfD without moving the content. That VfD was going heavily in favor of deleting. --Durin 17:53, 16 September 2005 (UTC)
 * delete nn website. — brighterorange  (talk) 18:30, 16 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete The curate's egg 20:13, 16 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. — Phil Welch 23:58, 16 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete Non-notable forum. Amren (talk) 00:55, 17 September 2005 (UTC)
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Talk:Prince Fielder

Middle name
Whoever can edit locked articles should correct Prince's middle name. According to the Tigers' official website, his full name is Prince Semien Fielder. http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=425902 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 152.160.16.98 (talk) 21:11, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Good catch. I adjusted his name. — X96lee15 (talk) 21:13, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

Vegetarianism
Since this page is locked, I cannot update, but Prince Fielder is no longer vegetarian:

"Fielder was spotted eating a rack of ribs in St. Louis last week. It's been somewhat known but largely unreported for a while now that he's no longer a vegetarian."

http://www.brewcrewball.com/2011/10/21/2504666/fridays-frosty-mug http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_league_stew/post/Did-St-Louis-BBQ-slay-vegetarian-Prince-Fielder?urn=mlb-wp24815 http://twitter.com/#!/bigleaguestew/statuses/127165260233838594

"SN: Are you still a vegetarian?

FIELDER: Nope. No more ofthat anymore. It was OK, but as far as the schedule and all that and trying to eat like that, that's a lot of work and something you have to map out. I still eat good, though.

Read more: http://periodicals.faqs.org/201108/2444083161.html#ixzz1gMQW6yjP " — Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.76.128.217 (talk) 22:10, 12 December 2011 (UTC)

Untitled
One of the categories listed for him was "Moneyball." Now I haven't read Moneyball for a while, but I can't remember him being in it. Could someone please provide a reference (page or chapter)? 66.188.68.46 21:49, 28 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Above edit was made by me when not logged in. Sensation002 21:50, 28 August 2005 (UTC)
 * I found the reference, but I don't believe it fits the criteria for the category, so I will leave it as I last edited it. --Sensation002 23:09, 19 September 2005 (UTC)

Article claims Fielder was born in Ontario California. However, at least one broadcaster identified him as being born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, while his father was playing for the Toronto Blue Jays. Any truth to this? rudyark 8 September 2006
 * That's impossible. Cecil Fielder never played for the Blue Jays until July 1985, more than a year after Prince was born. 74.245.91.25 03:57, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

He just signed with the DETROIT TIGERS so is no longer with the BREWERS... Fix it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.68.56.38 (talk) 16:21, 30 January 2012 (UTC)
 * There's nothing to fix. Page is accurate. – Muboshgu (talk) 16:27, 30 January 2012 (UTC)

INSIDE THE PARK HOMERUN
can someone write up the incredible inside the park homer prince just hit

CREDIBILITY?
"Contrary to popular belief, Fielder did not hit a home run into the upper deck of Tiger Stadium.[2] at the age of 12, but he did hit a home run over the fence as a preteen. Fielder set the story straight in a 2007 interview with Fox Sports during a road trip to Detroit."

There needs to be reference for the Fox Sports interview, because I just watched the All-Star game and Prince himself said once again, that he hit a home run into the upper deck at age 12.

popular belief seems to be correct here, but we need a solid reference

Relevant or not?
I think the following should be removed, as it is pretty trivial: "Fielder was once the spokesperson along with his father for the McDonalds triple cheeseburger, and appeared with his father on MTV's Rock 'n Jock." Miles Blues 02:36, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

587 foot home run?
This cannot be true, is there a source? If it is true can a date be added at least? Either way it is certainly not what he is "best known for" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.76.146.51 (talk) 17:37, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

I was at the game in question, the ball he hit went 430 feet. I'll clarify that on the page. Thanks :) (321Baseball (talk) 06:08, 22 May 2008 (UTC))

This article really needs to be rewritten
This article seems like it was written by a third grader--I cringed as I read it. 68.45.106.216 (talk) 17:14, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Nothing's stopping you from taking a crack at it. I'll help too. --Friejose (talk) 17:55, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

Book that Inspired Vegetarianism
I had heard that Fielder read The Omnivore's Dilemma and not Skinny Bitch, and The Omnivore's Dilemma was the book that inspired Fielder's veganism. In fact, considering the subtitle to Skinny Bitch is "A No Nonsense Tough-Love Guide for Savvy Girls Who Want to Stop Eating Crap and Start Looking Fabulous," I am inclined to say it is definitely not Skinny Bitch that inspired Fielder's decision. I was under the impression that Fielder's choice to go vegan was more of an ethical stand and a health choice (The Omnivore's Dilemma) than a body image concern (Skinny Bitch). Casual internet searches for both books with Fielder's name produce results, but, if possible, someone should settle this definitively.

Rewording
Being a Brewers fan, I was reading about Prince and happened upon the line "Fielder is married to his wife, Chanel, the couple has two children: Jaden and Haven." I thought it a little redundant to say he's married to his wife. I reworded it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.174.181.35 (talk) 05:15, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

Fielder Feud

 * Comment copying from my talk page; would rather it continue here, where others can more readily assess... JNW (talk) 01:45, 4 July 2009 (UTC)

The Fielder feud is far from trivial, and well known. I reverted the deletion therefore with a "fact" tag, inviting others to add an appropriate citation, which I believe is better practice where we have reason to expect that the matter is true.--Ethelh (talk) 19:08, 3 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your note. It needs a cite to support its encyclopedic import. JNW (talk) 23:40, 3 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Yep -- that's what the cite tag is for. If you google fielder and feud, you will see the only problem people will face is in picking which of many article to cite to.--Ethelh (talk) 01:05, 4 July 2009 (UTC)
 * I do understand the purpose of a cite tag. The results of the Google search are not impressive: . One doesn't see major media coverage, but lots of blogs that would not be acceptable sources. Most of the references also appear to be two years old; perhaps you have read something recently which attests to the rift. JNW (talk) 01:31, 4 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Take your pick:, , , , , , , , , .--Ethelh (talk) 02:02, 4 July 2009 (UTC)

Well, if you insist on finding reliable sources... Thank you. I've added one of the sources to the article. JNW (talk) 02:21, 4 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Sure thing. Anytime.--Ethelh (talk) 02:30, 4 July 2009 (UTC)

Obese?
Really? Prince Fielder is an obese Major Leaguer, is the way he's introduced? Come on, wikipedia! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.123.175.151 (talk) 14:47, 6 August 2009 (UTC)

Correct. With a body mass index of 37 (well above the 30 BMI obesity threshold), Fielder falls firmly into that category. It is worth mentioning because very few professional athletes in mainstream sports are obese. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.173.25.158 (talk) 19:15, 6 August 2009 (UTC)

It may be factually correct but his being obese has absolutely no bearing on his entry as a Major League Baseball player. It sounds like the last edit was by a Cubs' fan. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.176.189.201 (talk) 19:20, 6 August 2009 (UTC)

Reference to Fielder's obesity has been moved to the sentence containing his height and weight. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.173.25.158 (talk) 20:31, 6 August 2009 (UTC)

Ethnicity
I read he was of Dominican descent is this from the common wealth of Dominica or the Dominican Republic? DA Fernandez (talk) 19:09, 10 April 2010 (UTC)

Read the source...
The article states:

"'In 2002, Fielder hit a home run that measured 550 feet off Rockledge High School pitcher Aaron Cook.'"

It then cites this TSN article as a source... which says this:

The legend of Prince Fielder grows and grows. Even when nothing happens, it grows. In late March, a Wikipedia bio of Fielder told of a 543-foot homer he had hit in high school off of a pitcher named Aaron Cook. Two weeks later, the same Wikipedia page said the homer had traveled 587 feet (and still credited Cook as the pitcher).

Of course Fielder did not hit a 587-foot home run in high school. Of course he did not hit a 543-foot home run in high school. But he did hit a home run of unknown but substantial distance off Cook. And Cook was no schlub. He was a high school star who later played four years in college and got drafted by the Angels, for whom he now pitches in Class A.

Cook says Fielder BELTED a slider 420 or 430 feet. The ball screamed over the fence and landed -- assuming it has indeed ever come down -- in the woods. Cook's teammates razzed him that Fielder hit the ball so hard it became embedded in a tree -- or knocked one over.

"I go back to my high school six years later, people are still talking about it," Cook says. "Freshmen or sophomores are like, 'Aren't you the guy who gave up the homer to Prince Fielder?'"

Not only is 550 nowhere in the source, the whole point of the supposed source seems to be to say that Wikipedia editors on Fielder's page like to say he hit hysterically long homers in high school. I'm going to take that line out, if someone doesn't like it, they can come up with a source, READ it, and add it back. Limpidgreen345 (talk) 22:26, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

Footnote 33
There seems to be some technical problems with that footnote. SMP0328. (talk) 06:03, 18 April 2013 (UTC)

Item 50
A previous edit suggested Fielder's wife slept with a former teammate. There is no evidence to suggest this, beyond a rumor from a third-tier baseball site, and this should not be allowed to return to this page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.82.231.79 (talk) 14:07, 11 June 2014 (UTC)

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Talk:Father Earth

Merge
How could you merge this into the Judge Dredd article? There are plenty of articles about various Judge Dredd characters, you couldn't just merge them into one, unless you'd prefer a specific article covering minor Judge Dredd Chracters, instead of merging it?. I don't understand why you'd want to merge this, please explain. --Vanguard 21:49, 28 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Actually, I know what you mean now. I've read up on it, which I really should have done before, and will be creating a list of Judge Dredd characters as soon as I get the time. --Vanguard 17:58, 5 September 2005 (UTC)

Merged to List of minor characters in Judge Dredd. Richard75 14:28, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Cheers! Vanguard 16:24, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

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User:Ntrobrn

Biography
My name is Max Spades. I live in Miami, Florida, in the United States of America. I am an expert in history, Web design, and photography.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Swami Sai Premananda (2nd nomination)

 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was Delete - no reason it can't be recreated if reliable sources are found to prove notability, but since no attempt to add references has been made during the course of the AFD it currently doesn't make the grade. Yomangani talk 14:52, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

Swami Sai Premananda
Seems to be a promotional piece. No independent sources given, nothing much in incoming links. Previous nomination: Votes for deletion/Swami Sai Premananda. Delete kingboyk 15:44, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

 * Delete. No independent sources listed and article reads like a promo, but he has 326 ghits, so he might be notable enough (many of the ghits are listings or point to his own website).  I might not support deletion of an article on him which was less of a vanity piece, and which included independent sources … but this article is a clear delete. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 01:12, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep. I understand that this article does not currently meet the requirements of the admins of Wikipedia. I would like to bring the article up to the required standard. The reason is because I do know Swami Sai Premananda and attend his free programs. As I see it, he is a public figure in Toronto offering services to the community, therefore they need an independant source of information about him. Before deleting, can someone give advice or direct me to information on bringing the article up to standard. -- talesh 17:16, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
 * You should edit the article to show why he meets the standards of WP:BIO by providing reliable sources. Sandstein 21:49, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
 *  AFD relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached.  Please add new discussions below this notice. Thanks, kingboyk 16:26, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

 * Delete. lacks notability. `'mikkanarxi 16:34, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete, fails WP:BIO for lack of WP:RS. Sandstein 21:49, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletions.   --  Ageo020  ( Talk  •  Contribs ) 22:00, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Message - Currently we do not have a large number of reliable sources online to support our article. As such, we understand your wish to remove this article. If it comes to that, then we would abide by the rules of the Wikipedia administrators. However, when mainstream press reviews of Swamiji's book are available, or more online references from reliable sources show up, I believe that the requirements for notability will be fulfilled; at that time, we may or may not readd an entry on Swami Sai Premananda. Please let me know if this is a suitable solution for all. Thank you for keeping our article on your site thus far. talesh 21:34, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
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User:Penelope D

Hi. I'm Penelope.

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Talk:Pet monkey

Untitled
From http://www.online-literature.com/spyri/willis-the-pilot/10/ but not indicated whether fact or fiction:

 * When the cavalcade arrived there, all the family, with the exception of Ernest and Frank, were still asleep. The first thing they did was to clothe the creature [chimpanzee] they had captured in a sailor's pantaloons and jacket, with which he seemed rather pleased, and the result of this operation was, that he began to assume a less ferocious aspect, and behave more respectfully towards his captors. All the family had sat down to breakfast, when Fritz and Jack, taking him by the hands, led him gravely into the gallery. A cord was attached to his legs, allowing him to walk, but was so arranged that he could not run.

 * "He has, without doubt, been on board some ship, wrecked on the coast," said Wolston, "for I recollect having read that his kindred are only found in Western Africa and the adjacent islands; do you not recognize him, Willis, to belong to the Nelson, like the plank of the other day?"

From article about the extinction of dodo birds, www.pbs.org/odyssey/odyssey/ 20031119_log_transcript.html:

 * However, it was the indirect effects caused by animals introduced by humans that had the greatest influence of their population. The Dutch brought with them cattle, deer, chickens, dogs, cats, pigs, and monkeys and allowed them all to turn feral. Each of these species had effects on the island's ecosystem. It was the monkeys and pigs that had the largest impact on the dodo, wreaking havoc on young birds and eggs.

 * Having evolved without any native mammalian predators, the dodo couldn't fly and also lacked any other means of defending itself from predation. Although the adult dodos were better equipped to deal with predators because of their large size, they were unable to defend their eggs and chicks, and one by one, their crafty enemies pilfered the dodos' nests .

Related as fact, not fiction, at http://www.scripsit.com/journal/Archive-01-02-03.html"

 * At dinner tonight, the table next to ours (just behind me) was occupied by a foursome from D.C., including one gentleman [who] served aboard submarines and had interesting stories to tell. This, to the best of my recollection, is one of those stories.

 * After joining the Navy and before being assigned to his first sub, the sailor adopted a tiny monkey as a pet. The monkey fit inside a coffee cup but grew rapidly, although it never got very big. The sailor had a small Navy uniform made for it and took it with him everywhere, including aboard his first submarine.

 * A sailor's first duty aboard a submarine is to spend time in each compartment learning everybody's job, so that should a someone be killed or incapacitated, any other sailor can perform his job. The monkey, of course, accompanied the sailor through these duties. At the end of this course each compartment's commander tested the sailor and, when the tests were passed, the sailor was awarded a "double dolphin," the submariner's breast patch showing a sub's conning tower flanked by facing dolphins.

 * The sailors had their own form of graduation ceremony. At the next port (or perhaps their home port), a small Scottish town, the sailors took over a pub. The new submariner was given a large glass into which each of the others poured a measure of whatever he was drinking: beer, whiskey, rum, wine, liqueur, soda, etc. They dropped the double dolphin into the cup. The new submariner was expected to empty the glass in one long gulp, catching his double dolphin in his teeth. Since the monkey had been through the same training, a small cup of the horrible mixture was provided for it, too. The new sailor emptied his cup and caught his double dolphin. The monkey, after a few sniffs, emptied his cup too.

From a paper on the American Revolution at http://www.americanrevolution.org/flohr2.html:

 * This time, Flohr was on La Neptune [a ship] together with a large number of parakeets, more than 40 monkeys, and assorted other living and stuffed-and-mounted creatures - souvenirs of almost three years in the New World.

'''From a paper Man and a Half: Essays in Pacific Anthropology and Ethnobiology in Honour of Ralph Bulmer, edited by A. Pawley. at http://www.hawaii.edu/oceanic/rotuma/os/howsel/17animals.html''':

 * [8] Monkeys are not present on Rotuma, although in the past there is at least one instance in which a Rotuman sailor brought back a monkey as a pet. Monkeys are ambiguous in their means of locomotion and not readily classified within the Rotuman schema. [back to text]

VfD debate link
This article was moved from Sailor monkey after this VFD debate. Sjakkalle (Check!)  08:08, 6 September 2005 (UTC)

Unsourced and biased section
I don't feel too great about the section called "Greatest Pets". Not only is it completely unsourced it is also clearly biased and does not acknowledge the argument of cruelty for having undomesticated animals, whose needs are difficult to meet in a home. 86.21.244.26 (talk) 12:11, 19 June 2020 (UTC)

Hmmm
This article could use a better name. Sailor monkeys wasn't too awful, but I'd reckon we can do better than "Monkeys in ships..." --Jeffrey O. Gustafson - Shazaam! - <*> 17:33, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Seafaring simians? Kappa 17:40, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

pet monkeys?
this article is wholly about fictional situations and fictional characters, for some reason that just completely eludes me. I must have fallen asleep and missed by subway stop. Or else, maybe some material on - and this is just a tentative idea - keeping monkeys as pets might be germane? 76.109.129.235 (talk) 04:06, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

This article needs both information about keeping pet monkeys and the laws involved. I didn't come to here to read about fictional monkeys. And if I did, where the hell is the PG tips monkey? 90.199.226.75 (talk) 17:28, 18 February 2010 (UTC)

drawbacks of personal primate ownership
This article should have a section on the drawbacks of keeping a monkey as a pet, but I'm not sure how to go about writing it without sounding overly biased. https://www.lpzoo.org/primates-dont-make-good-pets https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2003/09/news-monkeys-primates-pets-trade-ethics/ https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10888700802536483 Daniypink (talk) 03:00, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

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User:Jamandell (d69)

User Jamandell frequented the Mugglenet message boards circa 2003-2005. He found an empty message board with the date December 1969. He started telling people about it and thus a secret club was formed. User's designated their membership on the main boards by putting (d69) after their names. Other notable members included Oliver (d69) who ended up leaving the club, and Ravenclaw (d69) who wrote this just now.

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Mirsky's Worst of the Web

Mirsky's Worst of the Web (WOTW) was a website devoted to showcasing what David Mirsky, a former Harvard Lampoon writer, considered "the worst web sites ever". WOTW was the first well-trafficked site to feature "bad" web sites for entertainment purposes. His commentary was short on constructive criticism and long on insulting the web site layout, content and graphics, and sometimes the web designers themselves.

Website
WOTW was created by Mirsky in January 1995, in response to sites such as Glenn Davis's Cool Site of the Day. The format was simple: three days a week, Mirsky would select about three new sites, providing links and one-sentence comments that were "acidic, addictive, and insanely funny". For some time, at least, this was a paid job, supported by web service provider Volant.

The site's tagline was "If it isn't Mirsky's then it isn't the worst!"

An article about the site gives some of its flavor:

"There's a page with fuzzy photos celebrating the (unremarkable) renovation of a restaurant's dining room, which neglects to give the restaurant's name anywhere except in the small-print hypertext links at the bottom. There's one detailing a hamster's courageous but ultimately unsuccessful battle against tuberculosis (thankfully unillustrated). And there's a page for a surgical instrument supplier with nothing on it but the cover of the Fall catalog, featuring a shot of an intrusive-looking piece of equipment superimposed over an outdoor scene, and the caption, 'Reaching New Horizons' ('Maybe the manufacturers are subtly hinting that it can also be used for fishing,' Mirsky cracks.)"

According to several interviews, Mirsky expected WOTW to lead to money-making opportunities, and grew frustrated with maintaining it because it never did. On November 1, 1996, Mirsky stopped producing WOTW.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lowter

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The result of the debate was delete. Woohookitty 07:10, 6 September 2005 (UTC)

Lowter
Non-notable website. I abstain from voting; the website owner (and probably article creator) is an online acquaintance of mine. ral 315  21:53, August 28, 2005 (UTC)
 * I am actually the creator and owner of the website, but I had no part in its creation. Just so you can rule that out. Ethan 22:03, 28 August 2005 (UTC)
 * You're the creator but had no part in its creation? Neat trick. :) Penelope D 22:20, 28 August 2005 (UTC)
 * You can check its history if you'd like. I was just searching through Wikipedia to see if any cool websites have pages.  Since my website is so cool, lol, I stumbled on this page.  I'm voting to delete it, as to be honest it really isn't much more than an ad.  Although we don't make any money, lol. I have no idea how to go about deleting, but I'm putting my vote toward it. 23:38, 28 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Delete. Sorry, guys, but it doesn't look very notable, so I'd vote to delete even if the article could be edited into something that's not an advertisement. Penelope D 22:20, 28 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete WP is not a web directory. But I'd like to try to help clear up what seems to be some confusion. I just got here, and am not familiar with the site or the article, but it sounds like Ethan is saying that he's the creator of the web site, but not the creator of the article. I think Penelope was confused about that, or perhaps just kidding. --DavidConrad 23:53, 28 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Quite correct. Ethan 14:59, 29 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Delete. Website does not appear to be notable. Capitalistroadster 01:39, 29 August 2005 (UTC)
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All Night Long (1962 film)

All Night Long is a 1962 British neo noir drama film directed by Basil Dearden and starring Patrick McGoohan, Keith Michell, Betsy Blair, Paul Harris, Marti Stevens, and Richard Attenborough. The story by Nel King and Paul Jarrico (who wrote under the pseudonym "Peter Achilles") is an updated version of William Shakespeare's Othello, set in the London jazz scene of the 1960s. The action takes place in a single evening, during an anniversary party. The black-and-white film features performances by several prominent British jazz musicians—among them John Dankworth and Tubby Hayes—as well as the Americans Dave Brubeck and Charles Mingus, who were in the UK in 1961 when filming took place and were recruited to participate.

Plot
Rod Hamilton, a wealthy jazz aficionado, throws a big one-year wedding anniversary party for Aurelius Rex, a bandleader and pianist, and Delia Lane, a retired singer, in a Thames-side warehouse in London that he remodeled to create a space for all-night parties and jam sessions, which he cannot hold at his house in upscale Mayfair. Johnny Cousin, Rex's drummer, has been trying to start his own band. He has arranged for Rod to fund the venture, and also has interested Lou Berger, a powerful booking agent, but the support of both men is dependent on the truth of Johnny's claim that Delia will be his vocalist. When Delia tells Johnny at the party that she has decided not to come out of retirement because she fears it will cause tension in her marriage, Johnny initiates a complex series of machinations intended to break up her and Rex.

Johnny decides to try to make Rex believe that Delia is having an affair with her friend Cass Michaels, an alto sax player in Rex's band and Rex's road manager. Knowing that Cass is a recovered drug addict, Johnny gets him to smoke marijuana, and then tells him that Berger does not think he should be managing Rex's tour, which results in Cass blowing up at Berger and Rex firing him. Then, Johnny uses Rod's recording equipment to record Cass talking with him and then Delia, and edits the tape to make the conversations—which are about how Cass feels about his girlfriend Benny and how Delia will try to get Rex to forgive Cass—seem as though they are about Cass and Delia's affair. He drops hints to Rex that play on Rex's fears of losing Delia, and Delia's performance of a song, rehearsed solely for the party as a surprise for Rex, furthers Rex's suspicions that she is unhappy at home.

Finally, Rex decides to listen to Johnny's doctored tape. He attacks Delia, strangling her, and then assaults Cass when he tries to intervene, sending him over the railing of a balcony in the warehouse. In front of the whole party, Rex accuses Delia and Cass of infidelity. When Emily, Johnny's long-suffering wife, asks Rex why he is behaving this way, Rex tells her to ask Johnny, and Emily breaks down and emotionally proclaims that Johnny is "a liar. He never told the truth in his whole life." Rex mentions the tape, and Benny figures out that Cass was talking about her, not Delia, which the seriously-injured Cass verifies.

His plot exposed, Johnny runs out of the room, pursued by Rex, who is kept from strangling Johnny to death by the appearance of the bruised—but alive—Delia. Rex slowly walks back to Cass, who assures him that "Everything's cool", and then leaves the warehouse. Delia runs after Rex, and he stops, but when he sees the marks of his fingers on her neck, he continues to walk away. As an ambulance arrives, Delia chases him down again, and he stops once more.

Cass is loaded into the ambulance and Benny goes with him. All of the other guests leave, but Johnny stays behind, noodling on the drums. Emily tells him it is time to go and says, "I love you", to which he replies: "Don't you understand, I don't want to be loved…I love nobody. Don't even love Johnny…Go find somebody else to love." As Emily, and then Rod, exit, leaving Johnny alone in the nearly-dark warehouse playing a frantic solo on the drums, outside, Rex and Delia walk along the embankment, their arms around each other's shoulders.

Cast

 * Patrick McGoohan as Johnny Cousin, Rex's ambitious drummer
 * Keith Michell as Cass Michaels, an alto sax player in Rex's band, Rex's road manager, and Delia's friend
 * Betsy Blair as Emily Cousin, Johnny's wife
 * Paul Harris as Aurelius Rex, a bandleader, a pianist, and Delia's husband
 * Marti Stevens as Delia Lane, a retired singer and Rex's wife
 * Richard Attenborough as Rod Hamilton, a wealthy British jazz aficionado
 * Bernard Braden as Lou Berger, a powerful booking agent
 * Harry Towb as Sam Phales, Berger's toady
 * María Velasco as Benny, Rex's vocalist and Cass' girlfriend
 * Michael Anthony as the caterer (uncredited)
 * Nick Edmett as Tuttle, the young waiter (uncredited)

Musicians appearing as themselves:
 * Dave Brubeck – piano
 * John Dankworth – alto sax
 * Charles Mingus – bass
 * Bert Courtley – trumpet
 * Keith Christie – trombone
 * Ray Dempsey – guitar
 * Allan Ganley – drums
 * Tubby Hayes – tenor sax and vibes
 * Barry Morgan – bongos (Morgan plays a South American named Paco O'Toole)
 * Kenny Napper – bass
 * Colin Purbrook – piano
 * John Scott – alto sax and flute
 * Harry Beckett – trumpet (uncredited)

Production
Screenwriter Paul Jarrico, who had been blacklisted, was credited as "Peter Achilles" in the film's credits. The Writers Guild of America West restored Jarrico's credit for this film and three others in 1998. Betsy Blair, who plays Emily, also fell prey to the House UnAmerican Activities Committee. Gene Kelly, her husband at the time, intervened to get her the part in Marty (1955) for which she earned an Academy Award nomination, but she eventually had to move to Europe to pursue her career.

On the soundtrack, drummer Allan Ganley is heard performing Patrick McGoohan's drum parts, though McGoohan did learn to play the drums for the film.

Music
The film features "new musical numbers by":
 * Philip Green – several pieces
 * Dave Brubeck – a new version of "It's a Raggy Waltz"
 * John Dankworth – "Fall Guy"
 * Tubby Hayes – "The Chase"
 * Charles Mingus (with Brubeck) – the improvised composition "Non-Sectarian Blues" (as it is titled on Columbia Records releases)
 * Kenny Napper – "Sax Reference"
 * John Scott – "Scott-Free"

Reception
David Meeker, author of Jazz in the Movies (1982), described the film as a "ludicrous combination of Othello and jazz jamboree that falls flat on both counts". Jeff Stafford of TCM.com, on the other hand, wrote that "the film was unfairly maligned by many British critics who were Shakespeare purists and dismissed [it] as a travesty of the original with a 'happy' ending – sacrilege! – and the added gimmick of featuring such well known jazz artists as Charles Mingus, Dave Brubeck and John Dankworth. Gimmick or not, the movie is worth a look if only for the exhilarating musical numbers and a rare look at Mingus and Brubeck in their only appearance in a dramatic film. Even more compelling is Patrick McGoohan's frenzied, hyperactive performance as the scheming sociopath Johnnie Cousin."

In his November 11, 1962, "British Film Scene" column in The New York Times, Stephen Watts included a piece about Patrick McGoohan, titled "On the Ascendant", in which he noted that the actor "has been well received here for his appearance as the somewhat neurotic jazz drummer in All Night Long."

Home media
The film was released on DVD in the UK by Network in 2007, and in the US by The Criterion Collection in January 2011 as part of their "Eclipse Series" box set "Basil Dearden’s London Underground". A Blu-ray edition of the film was released by Network in 2016.

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User talk:Jimmy Hu

Jimmy Hu(1990 - ) was born in Shanghai, China in 1990, moved to the United States when he was 7 Years old in 1997. He is an intellectual and an outstanding math student and now is attending Amador Valley High School,in Pleasanton, CA, where he excels in subjects such as mathematics and mathematics contests, such as the California Mathematics League, where the hazes almost the entire school and scores higher than even the seniors. He also has published a few online articles on his philosophy of the universe and the way he sees it, and critics have highly regarded his works as genius for his age. He strives to go to Stanford University, MIT, or Harvard after High School.

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Call to Glory

Call to Glory is an American drama that aired for 22 episodes during the 1984–85 television season on ABC. }}

The show focuses on USAF pilot Colonel Raynor Sarnac (Craig T. Nelson) and his family, living near Edwards Air Force Base, where Sarnac was stationed during the early 1960s.

Heavily promoted during ABC's broadcast of the 1984 Summer Olympics, the pilot episode was aired August 13, 1984. The first episode is related to the U-2 flights over Cuba during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis. During its production run, the show came to focus more on the loneliness experienced by wife Vanessa Sarnac (Cindy Pickett) while stationed on base and what she and the family would do to spend time in productive pursuits while enduring the Antelope Valley's isolation from civilization.

The series also stars Elisabeth Shue in one of her early roles as the eldest Sarnac child, daughter Jackie. Also appearing in the series was David Lain Baker as Tom Bonelli; Baker would later become one of the judges on the competition show Forged in Fire.

Cast

 * Craig T. Nelson as Col. Raynor Sarnac
 * David Lain Baker as Tom Bonelli
 * Cindy Pickett as Vanessa Sarnac
 * Elisabeth Shue as Jackie Sarnac
 * Keenan Wynn as Carl Sarnac
 * David Hollander as Wesley Sarnac
 * Gabriel Damon as R.H. Sarnac
 * Thomas O'Brien as Patrick Thomas

Production
Craig T. Nelson received familiarization rides in USAF jets at Edwards Air Force Base during the filming of the series, including flights in the T-38 Talon, the F-4 Phantom II, and the F-16 Fighting Falcon. On one particular flight in the F-16, the aircraft suffered an electrical failure. Nelson and his pilot prepared to bail out, however, the pilot was able to safely land the aircraft.

Call to Glory was filmed in Texas at Laughlin Air Force Base in Val Verde County, near Del Rio.

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Agrawal

Agrawal (anglicised as Agarwal, Agerwal, Agrawala, Agarwala, Agarwalla, Aggarwal, Agarawal or Agarawala) is a Hindu Bania community. The Banias of northern India are really a cluster of several communities, of which the Agarwal Banias, Maheshwari Banias, Oswal Banias, and Porwal Banias are mentioned separately in connection with certain They are found throughout northern and central India, mainly in the states of Rajasthan, Haryana, Punjab, Jammu and kashmir, Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Delhi, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh. They are also found in Pakistani provinces of Punjab and Sindh, though at the time of the partition of India, most of them migrated across the newly created border to independent India. The majority religions followed by the Agrawals include Vaishnava Hinduism and Jainism.

It is said that the ancestor of Agrawal Samaj, Maharaja Agrasen a Kshatriya king, is one of the descendants of the Sanatan deity Shri Ram and their prime goddess was goddess Lakshmi Mahalaxmi who has given boon to the king and his descendants to be prosperous always by her and consort God Vishnu's kindness. Maharaja Agrasen was the king of Agroha Kingdom. This community is also known as one of the earliest business establishers.

Agrawals are Suryavamsha and belongs to Raghuvamsha house. Members of the Agrawal community are known for their business acumen and have for many years been influential and prosperous in India. Even in modern-day tech and ecommerce companies, they continue to dominate. It was reported in 2013, that for every 100 in funding for e-commerce companies in India, 40 went to firms founded by Agrawals.

History
Agrawals are one of the Bania (merchant) communities in India, which includes other mercantile communities like Maheshwari, Baranwals and Oswals.

In inscriptions and texts, the original home of the Agrawal community is stated as Agroha, near Hisar, Haryana.

 * In Pradumna Charita of samvat 1411 (1354 AD), the Agrawal poet Sadharu wrote "अगरवाल की मेरी जात, पुर आगरोए महि उतपात" ("My jāti is Agarwal, and I trace my roots to the city of Agroha).
 * In his Padma Purana of VS 1711 (AD 1654), Muni Sabhachandra writes "अग्रोहे निकट प्रभु ठाढे जोग, करैं वन्दना सब ही लोग|| अग्रवाल श्रावक प्रतिबोध, त्रेपन क्रिया बताई सोध||", (When Lohacharya was near Agroha, he taught the 53 actions to the Agrawal shravakas).
 * In a Sanskrit inscription, the Agrawals are referred to as Agrotaka ("from Agroha"). A 1272 AD inscription states: "सं १३२९ चैत्र वुदी दशम्यां बुधवासरे अद्येह योगिनिपुरे समस्त राजावलि-समलन्कृत ग्यासदीन राज्ये अत्रस्थित अग्रोतक परम श्रावक जिनचरणकमल".

Some of the Agarwals adapted Jainism under the influence of Lohacharya.

Migration to Delhi
The Agrawal merchant Nattal Sahu, and the Agrawal poet Vibudh Shridhar lived during the reign of Tomara King Anangapal of Yoginipur (now Mehrauli, near Delhi). Vibudh Shridhar wrote Pasanahacariu in 1132 AD, which includes a historical account of Yoginipur (early Delhi near Mehrauli) then.

In 1354, Firuz Shah Tughluq had started the construction of a new city near Agroha, called Hisar-e-Feroza ("the fort of Firuz"). Most of the raw material for building the town was brought from Agroha. The town later came to be called Hisar. Hisar became a major center of the Agrawal community. Some Agrawals are also said to have moved to the Kotla Firoz Shah fort in Delhi, built by Firuz Shah Tughlaq.

Migration to Rajput kingdoms
During the era of Islamic administrative rule in India, some Agrawal, as with the Saraogi, migrated to the Bikaner State. The Malkana include Muslim Agrawals, who converted from Hinduism to Islam during this time and were given land tracts along the Yamuna by Afghan rulers.

In the early 15th century, Agrawals flourished under the Tomaras of Gwalior. According to several Sanskrit inscription at the Gwalior Fort in Gwalior District, several traders (Sanghavi Kamala Simha, Khela Brahmachari, Sandhadhip Namadas etc.) belonging to Agrotavansha (Agrawal clan) supported the sculptures and carving of idols at the place. Historian K.C. Jain comments: Golden Age of the Jain Digambar Temple in Gwalior under the Tomara rulers inspired by the Kashtha Bhattarakas and their Jaina Agrawal disciples who dominated the Court of father and son viz. Dungar Singh (1425-59)and Kirti Singh (1459–80) with the Poet-Laureate Raighu as their mouthpiece and spokesman, a centenarian author of as many as thirty books, big and small of which two dozen are reported to be extant today. Verify the advent of the Hisar-Firuza-based Jain Agrawals who functioned as the ministers and treasurers of the ruling family had turned the Rajput State of Gwalior into a Digambara Jain Centre par excellence representing the culture of the Agrawal multi-millionner shravakas as sponsored by them.

Migration to Eastern India
Later, during the Mughal rule, and during the British East India Company administration, some Agrawals migrated to Bihar and Calcutta, who became the major component of the Marwaris.

Gotras
Agrawals belong to various gotras, traditionally said to be seventeen and a half in number. According to Bharatendu Harishchandra's Agarwalon ki Utpatti (1871), Agrasen - the legendary progenitor of the community - performed 17 sacrifices and left the eighteenth incomplete, resulting in this number. Bharatendu also mentions that Agrasen had 17 queens and a junior queen, but does not mention any connection between the number of gotras and the number of queens, or describe how the sacrifices led to the formation of the gotras. Another popular legend claims that a boy and girl from the Goyan gotra married each other by mistake, which led to the formation of a new "half" gotra. Another popular belief that since Maharaj Agrasen has 17 son and one daughter so where his daughter was married the gotra of daughter in laws were adopted as half gotra in Agrawals, thus 17.5 gotra.

Historically, there has been no unanimity regarding number and names of these seventeen and a half gotras, and there are regional differences between the list of gotras. The Akhil Bhartiya Agrawal Sammelan, a major organization of Agrawals, has created a standardized list of gotras, which was adopted as an official list by a vote at the organization's 1983 convention. Because the classification of any particular gotra as "half" is considered insulting, the Sammelan provides a list of following 18 gotras:

• # Bansal

• # Goyal

• # Kuchhal

• # Kansal

• # Bindal

• # Dharan

• # Singhal

• # Jindal

• # Mittal

• # Tingal

• # Tayal

• # Garg

• # Bhandal

• # Nangal

• # Mangal

• # Airan

• # Madhukul

• # Goyan/Gangal

The existence of all the gotras mentioned in the list is controversial, and the list does not include several existing clans such as Kotrivala, Pasari, Mudgal, Tibreval, and Singhla.

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Acrisol

An Acrisol is a Reference Soil Group of the World Reference Base for Soil Resources (WRB). It has a clay-rich subsoil and is associated with humid, tropical climates, such as those found in Brazil, and often supports forested areas. In the USDA soil taxonomy, Acrisols correspond to the Humult, Udult and Ustult suborders of the Ultisols and also to Oxisols with a kandic horizon and to some Alfisols. The Acrisols low fertility and toxic amounts of aluminium pose limitations to its agricultural use, favouring in many places its use for silviculture, low intensity pasture and protected areas. Crops that can be successfully cultivated, if climate allows, include tea, rubber tree, oil palm, coffee and sugar cane.

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User:John Z/drafts/Camp David 2000 Summit

Clinton Parameters or Bridging Proposals
In a last attempt to bring Middle East peace, Clinton wrote a "bridging proposal" to Barak and Arafat, laying down the parameters for future negotiations. Barak accepted the parameters (with some reservations), conditioning his acceptance on Palestinian acceptance, and Arafat, after a delay, accepted, but with questions and reservations. At the time, Clinton simply stated that Arafat had accepted the plan, but years later Ambassador Dennis Ross, the special Mideast envoy, in his book, The Missing Peace and Foreign Affairs articles, stated that in effect Arafat turned down the plan, saying his questions and reservations went outside the parameters. Basing his opinion on the actual text of Arafat's letter, author Clayton Swisher describes Ross's and Clinton's later assertions as "fairy tales." Clinton's initiative led to the Taba negotiations in January 2001, where the two sides published a statement saying they had never been closer to agreement, but Barak, facing elections, suspended the talks. The increased violence led to a sharp swing to the right in Israeli politics; Ehud Barak was defeated by Ariel Sharon in 2001.

precise date of B cond acc.

While the blah blah gave a negative response,

excellent jerome slater eview of ross in tikkun

also jeremy pressman article international security

Pressman review ross

taba Palestinian statement on refugees, Taba, January 22nd, 2001 -

"Non-Paper": Private response (Israel) to Palestinian refugee paper of January 22, 2001, Taba, January 23rd, 2001

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http://www.un.org/unrwa/allegations/index.html

http://www.arts.mcgill.ca/mepp/new_prrn/research/research_documents.htm

D i v i s i o n f o r P a l e s t i n i a n R i g h t s

Chronological Review of Events Relating to the Question of Palestine Monthly media monitoring review

January 2001

http://domino.un.org/UNISPAL.NSF/0/c060329530b59e7585256a1400557a74?OpenDocument

good press article

http://www.dispatch.co.za/2001/01/03/foreign/AISRAEL.HTM

http://www.bma-alqods.org/englishsite/news0043.htm

http://www.bma-alqods.org/englishsite/news0044.htm The Israeli government said last week it accepted the Clinton plan as a "basis for discussion" on condition that the Palestinians did the same.

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The meeting will be mainly devoted to working on the three-week-old Clinton peace proposals, Peres said during an interview with Israel's second private television channel.

http://www.bma-alqods.org/englishsite/news0045.htm

Palestinians reject Clinton proposals: information minister

http://archives.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/meast/01/02/mideast.05/

http://archives.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/meast/01/03/mideast.03/index.html

http://archives.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/meast/01/05/israeli.notes/index.html

http://archives.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/meast/01/04/mideast.03/index.html

http://archives.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/meast/01/04/mideast.04/index.html

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Treo 650 (2nd nomination)

 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent 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 Speedy keep --Doc (?) 00:21, 6 October 2005 (UTC)

Treo 650
I found a malformed VFD for this article that never seemed to have made it to the main VFD page, then got abandoned in the VFD/AFD switchover. This is no vote, as the original VFD had few non-sock/anon voters; this relist is just to honor the original nominator's intentions. - A Man In Black (conspire | past ops) 22:36, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep as an influential and popular smartphone, whose flaws made national news in the US. - A Man In Black (conspire | past ops) 22:36, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Speedy Keep -- Nowhere do I see any reasoning to delete the article, a past nomination that failed for some reason is not in itself a reason to delete an article. Nor do I see anyone actually voting for delete in the past nomination, or this one, why should the article have to go through vfd again, and get yet another unanimous keep? --Mysidia (talk) 22:49, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
 * The past nomination didn't fail; it received a handful of legitimate votes going both ways and a pile of sock/anon votes, and didn't get listed on the main VFD page in the first place. It was malformed, not failed. As for why I listed it, I didn't feel comfortable just removing the AFD notice without testing consensus, closing the screwed up VFD as keep, or sticking the month-old malformed VFD straight on the day's AFD page, so I posted this. - A Man In Black (conspire | past ops) 22:56, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Speedy keep - Nevermind. I went through the history, and it turns out the person who added the original vfd tag didn't even make a VFD subpage, and all of the delete votes are invalid anyway as "Delete but combine with (another article)" or such. - A Man In Black (conspire | past ops) 23:00, 5 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Speedy Keep. This is a perfectly valid article. --WyldStallionRyder 23:02, 5 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Keep When a phone like the Norwegian Magcom is allowed an article, I fail to see why this one isn't! bjelleklang 23:10, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
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Monastery of the Holy Spirit

The Monastery of the Holy Spirit, officially the Monastery of Our Lady of the Holy Spirit, is a Trappist monastery located near Conyers, Georgia, in the United States. It is part of the Roman Catholic church.

As of 2022, the monastery is home to a community of twenty-eight monks who are self-sustaining, running businesses on site.

The monastery and grounds are a part of the Arabia Mountain National Heritage Area and also serves as the southernmost point on the Arabia Mountain Path.

History
The Monastery of the Holy Spirit was founded on March 21, 1944, by twenty monks from the Abbey of Gethsemani in Kentucky. The Archdiocese of Atlanta and silent film star Colleen Moore donated 1400 acre of land and the first monks lived in a barn while they built (by themselves) what would become known as the "pine board" monastery. They then lived in this monastery from December 1944-1959 while they hand-built the present Monastery, a concrete structure complete with a retreat house and cloister. In 2005, the pine board monastery which housed their carpentry and stained glass businesses was destroyed in a fire.

Previous abbots have been Augustine Moore, Armand Veilleux, Bernard Johnson, Basil Pennington, and Francis Michael Stiteler. The present abbot is Augustine Myslinski who received the abbatial blessing of the solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary on August 15, 2016. He was re-elected in 2022.

Prayer, confession and spiritual direction
The primary work of the monks at the Monastery of the Holy Spirit is prayer. The monks begin their day of prayer at 4am with vigils and a half hour of contemplation. They break at about 5:30am and return at 7am for Mass. Throughout their day of work in their businesses and chores, the monks break for prayer at midmorning, midday (12:15pm), evening (vespers at 5:20pm) and compline (night prayer at 7:30pm). Grand silence for both monks and guests is required after 8pm. Retreat house guests are encouraged to pray with the monks in the church.

At least half of the monks at the Monastery of the Holy Spirit are priests who rotate in administering the Sacrament of Penance (Confession) at the retreat house. Monks are also available for spiritual direction and welcome people of all faiths, including those of no faith.

Retreats
The monks operate a self-sustaining retreat for people who wish to seek a religious retreat. On the premises and adjoining the church is their dormitory-style retreat house where separate floors for men and women accommodate individual and groups of guests for retreats scheduled almost year-round. Classes and retreats are offered on religious topics.

Lay associates
The Lay Associate movement began with a small group of people associated with the Monastery of the Holy Spirit and led by Fr. Anthony Delisi, former abbot and current prior. These groups are composed of lay people who form a prayerful community that forms its members in Cistercian spiritualty. These groups make annual retreats to the Monastery. The Monastery of the Holy Spirit is now motherhouse to five different groups of Lay Cistercians. There are Lay Cistercians worldwide who are affiliated with monasteries near their groups.

Monastery businesses
The monks of Holy Spirit follow the Rule of St. Benedict, in particular the precept of self-sustainment by operating several businesses. These include a bonsai garden store and an online store for bonsai supplies as well as stained glass production and sales through an online store. They also operate a green cemetery located on the monastery property. In addition, the monks produce fruitcakes and fudge which are sold through their religious store and through Honey Baked Ham stores.

Visitor Center
The monastery began construction in January 2010 on a new public gathering place and Visitor Center, which was built in the barn where the monks first lived when they began the monastery. The Center features a museum that showcases the history and work of the monastery. It was opened to the public in May 2011.

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Joachim Heinrich Campe

Joachim Heinrich Campe (29 June 1746 – 22 October 1818) was a German writer, linguist, educator and publisher. He was a major representative of philanthropinism and the German Enlightenment.

Life
Born to the merchant Burchard Hilmar Campe and the preacher's daughter Anna Margaretha Campe (née Gosler) on 29 June 1746, Campe grew up in the village of Deensen in Lower Saxony. After visiting the convent school in nearby Holzminden from 1760 to 1765, he was granted a scholarship and went to study Protestant theology in Helmstedt. His support for his teacher Wilhelm Abraham Teller, whose ideas on an enlightened Christianity were criticised by orthodox theologians, cost Campe his scholarship. He then left Helmstedt and continued his studies of theology in Halle, where he went to lectures of another critical theologian, Johann Salomo Semler.

After his studies, Campe moved to Berlin as a private tutor to the Humboldt family. After being a preacher in Potsdam in 1773 and having been given the task of creating an education programme for the Prussian crown prince, he returned to Tegel and briefly tutored Alexander and Wilhelm von Humboldt, who both stayed in contact with him afterwards. On request of Franz, Duke of Dessau, he joined Johann Bernhard Basedow's Philanthropinum, a teaching institute in Dessau. Because of a disagreement, Campe left before a year was up and went to Hamburg, where he started his own teaching institute based on a family model. Next to tutoring he was active as a writer and published several works for children. His Robinson der Jüngere was published in 1779/80 and the trilogy Die Entdeckung von Amerika followed in 1781/82. Another product of this time was the Allgemeine Revision des gesammten Schul- und Erziehungswesens (1785-1791), a 16-volume work edited by Campe which aimed at being the most complete and sophisticated standard work of educational literature. Among other texts it contains annotated translations of John Locke’s Some Thoughts Concerning Education (1693) and Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s Emile, or On Education (1762). After four years Campe handed his teaching institute over to Ernst Christian Trapp to dedicate more of his time to writing. In 1786 he was called to Braunschweig by Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, to reform the Braunschweig school system along with Trapp and Johann Stuve. Although his proposals were defeated through conservative opposition, he stayed and in 1787 founded his own publishing house, the Braunschweigische Schulbuchhandlung. Especially because of Campe's own works, the Schulbuchhandlung became economically very successful, and in 1808 he handed it over to his son-in-law, Friedrich Vieweg.

Intrigued by the political movements in France in 1789, Campe and his former pupil Wilhelm von Humboldt travelled to Paris. Campe witnessed the session of the assemblée nationale during which a majority verdict withdrew the privileges from the aristocratic and clerical estates. However, his sympathy for the French Revolution and his being granted honorary French citizenship in 1792 — along with, among others, George Washington and Friedrich Schiller — was not welcomed by many at home.

In his last years, Campe devoted his time to the German language. His language purism is evident in for instance finding German terms for loanwords and the compilation of a German dictionary. For some this linguistic enterprise relates to Campe’s wish to enlighten the people and change society by focusing on words that the common people would understand; other biographers see the focus on the German language as a patriotic endeavour.

He died, aged 72, in Braunschweig on 22 October 1818.

Children's writer
Campe is counted among the founding fathers of the modern genre of intentional or specific children’s and youth literature, along with the writers Christian Felix Weiße and Christian Gotthilf Salzmann. He created a series of works for children and adolescents that were each supposed to be educational, pleasant and directed at a specific age group. His publications ranged from alphabet books to a collection of translated and own travelogues, and to guidance or conduct books for boys and girls.

Probably his best-known work is his Robinson der Jüngere (1779/80), a free adaptation of Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe (1719) based on Rousseau's suggestions in his Émile. For Reinhard Stach, Robinson was Campe's fate, while for Winfred Kaminski it presents the peak of philanthropinist pedagogy. The book became very popular and was published more than a hundred times in the 19th century. It was translated into English as Robinson the Younger in 1781/82 and into many other European and non European languages. In many languages, it was the first published children's book.

After Robinson, Campe published Die Entdeckung von Amerika (1781/82), which both marked the transition from children's to youth literature, while helping to define youth literature as a genre.

Language purism
Campe developed approx. 11,500 translations for foreign words, of which about 300 survived. They include:
 * altertümlich (for antik)
 * Erdgeschoss (Parterre)
 * Esslust (Appetit)
 * Feingefühl (Takt)
 * fortschrittlich (progressiv)
 * herkömmlich (konventionell)
 * Hochschule (Universität)
 * Lehrgang (Kursus)
 * Randbemerkung (Glosse)
 * Streitgespräch (Debatte)
 * tatsächlich (faktisch)
 * Voraussage (Prophezeiung)
 * Wust (Chaos)
 * Zerrbild (Karikatur)

Among the translations that did not survive are:
 * Zwangsgläubiger (Katholik)
 * Freigläubiger (Protestant)
 * Heiltümelei (Reliquie)
 * Menschenschlachter (Soldat)
 * Meuchelpuffer (Pistole)

Works

 * Philosophische Gespräche über die unmittelbare Bekanntmachung der Religion und über einige unzulängliche Beweisarten derselben (1773)
 * Allgemeine Revision des gesamten Schul- und Erziehungswesens von einer Gesellschaft praktischer Erzieher (1785-1792)
 * Briefe aus Paris (1790)
 * Geschichte der französischen Staatsumwälzung (1792)
 * Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache (1807 ff.)

Works for Children and Young Adults

 * Kleine Kinderbibliothek (1779-1784)
 * Robinson der Jüngere (1779/80)
 * Kleine Seelenlehre für Kinder (1780)
 * Die Entdeckung von Amerika (1781/82)
 * Theophron oder Der erfahrne Rathgeber für die unerfahrne Jugend (1783)
 * Erste Sammlung interessanter und durchgängig zweckmäßig abgefasster Reisebeschreibungen für die Jugend (1785-1793, 12 volumes)
 * Väterlicher Rath für meine Tochter. Ein Gegenstück zum Theophron, der erwachsenen weiblichen Jugend gewidmet (1789)
 * Neue Sammlung merkwürdiger Reisebeschreibungen für die Jugend (1802-1806, 7 volumes)

English Translations of Some Works

 * Robinson the Younger (1781/82)
 * Elementary Dialogues, for the Improvement of Youth (1792)
 * Tales and Colloquial Extracts for the Amusement and Improvement of the Mind (1799)
 * The Discovery of America; for the Use of Children and Young Persons (1799-1800)
 * Polar Scenes, exhibited in the Voyages of Heemskirk and Barenz to the Northern Regions and in the Adventures of four Russian Sailors at the Island of Spitzbergen (1822)

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Agroha (town)

Agroha is a town in Haryana state of northern India. It is situated in Hisar district in between Hisar city and Fatehabad on NH 09. Ancient structures, pot-shards, coins and seals have been found in archaeological excavations at the Agroha Mound. The Agrawal and Agrahari communities claim origin from Agroha. According to their legends, Agroha was the capital of their founder Maharaj Agrasena.

Early history
Agroha remained an important centre of commerce and political activity till the period of Feroze Shah Tughluq as it was situated on the ancient trade route between Taxila and Mathura. Earlier excavations proved the potentiality of the site and its ancient name 'Agrodaka', headquarters of a Janapada.

The Agroha mound goes back to the 3rd century BC and is where Harappan coins were discovered apart from stone sculptures, terracotta seals, iron and copper implements, shells and a host of other things.

Recent excavations have yielded five cultural periods ranging from circa fourth century to fourteenth century AD. The excavations have also revealed two ancient shrines namely a Buddhist stupa and a Hindu temple.

Mughal era
Agroha is listed in the Ain-i-Akbari as a pargana under Hisar sarkar, producing a revenue of 1,743,970 dams for the imperial treasury and supplying a force of 2000 infantry and 200 cavalry. It appears with the note "Game of all kind abounds. Sport chiefly hawking."

Contemporary

 * See: Agroha Dham

In 1976, the then Chief Minister of Haryana Banarsi Das Gupta started the development of Agroha under the banner of "Agroha Vikas Trust". A huge Temple of Maharaja Agrasen, Mata Lakshmi (Kuldevi of Agarwal and traders community) and Mata Saraswati was constructed there and which was inaugurated by Rajiv Gandhi.

Subsequently, Banarsi Das Gupta's initiatives led to the formation of Agroha Development Board. In first ever meeting, a decision was taken that in the name of Maharaja Agrasen "Maharaja Agrasen Medical College" will be established in Agroha. It was Shri Gupta’s persistence that the Haryana Government released 267 acres of land to the Agarwal Society for the Medical College, for just Re. 1 in lease. The Government also make an agreement with the society under which the Government decided to bear 50% of the development amount, and to hand over the managements to the Agarwal Society while contributing 99% of the maintenance fee; once the Medical College is developed. The remaining 1% is to be borne by the Agarwal Society. It was this agreement which increased the momentum of the development of the Medical College and the AGROHA. Maharaja Agrasen Medical College, Agroha was established in 1994.

During the last 20 years Agroha Vikas Trust has done a lot of development of this Holy town, and a modern lodging and boarding facility is now available. A number of temples have been constructed in the Complex, including the Sheetla mata temple and Hanuman temple.

Demographics
As of 2011 India census, Agroha had a population of 7722 in 1491 households. Males (4068) constitute 52.68% of the population and females (3654) 47.31%. Agroha has an average literacy (4522) rate of 58.55%, less than the national average of 74%: male literacy (2659) is 58.8%, and female literacy (1863) is 41.19%. In Agroha, 13.71% of the population is under 6 years of age (1059).

Development
In 2023, a plan submitted by the Agarwal community to the Chief Minister of Haryana for the development of "Agroha Global City" in the 25 km radius by establishing 18 residential sectors named after 18 gotras of Agarwal community, construction of world's largest statue of Maharaja Agrasen, AYUSH Hospital, a university, ashrams and dharamshalas for pilgrims, modern busport, and railway station, etc. The development will be done by the agrawal community and the role of government will be limited to providing the legal approvals and helping the land acquisition.

Famous residents

 * Agroha is the birthplace of Best Wrestler of India Geetika Jakhar who won silver medal at Asian Games held at Doha in 2006 also a Bronze at Asian Games 2014 and a Silver at Commonwealth Games 2014.
 * Agroha is the birthplace of the athlete Krishna Poonia who won gold medal after 52 years in the discus throw in the Commonwealth Games 2010 held in Delhi. she is the first indian women who won gold meadle in track & fields events . She also won bronze medal in Asian games 2006 nd 2010 . she is honoured by Bhim award from Haryana government as well as with Arjuna award nd Padam shree from center government. She is currently national record holder in discus throw with distance of 64.76 meter. Her father that is MAHA SINGH SURA nd family currently living in this village. She is now sitting MLA of Congress party in Rajasthan assembly from Sadulpur constituency of district Churu of rajasthan.she is married to shri virender poonia of rajasthan (former national record holder of Hammer throw )

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Sandra Scarr

Sandra Wood Scarr (August 8, 1936 – October 8, 2021) was an American psychologist and writer. She was the first female full professor in psychology in the history of Yale University. She established core resources for the study of development, including the Minnesota Transracial Adoption Study and the Minnesota Adolescent Adoption Study. She served as president of multiple societies including the Association for Psychological Science and was honored with multiple awards including the James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award. She was also active in the development of commercial childcare. Her work with twins in the 1960s revealed strong genetic influences on intellectual development. One of her key findings was that this differed with race and socioeconomic status (SES), with poor and non-white children showing less genetic influence on their IQ and more environmental influence. She demonstrated a successful intervention in premature infants, showing that stimulation improved their health and developmental outcomes.

At Minnesota, she and Richard A. Weinberg found that black and interracial children adopted early into white homes initially had outcomes more similar to the white average, suggesting a role of family environment early in life. By their teens, adoptees with two black birth parents achieved lower scores than did adoptees with one or no black birth parents, suggesting a genetic component to race differences in IQ.

Along with the Scarr-Rowe effect of socio-economic status on the heritability of intelligence, another key intellectual landmark established by Scarr was that "Rather than the home environment having a cumulative impact across development, its influence wanes from early childhood to adolescence." She sought also to advance scientific psychology, and in 1991 co-founded Current Directions In Psychological Science. She retired to Hawaii.

Early life and education
Scarr was the child of school teacher Jane Powell Wood and John Ruxton Wood, a US Army physician, who in 1942 was appointed director of Army Research Laboratories at Edgewood Arsenal and who in 1950 headed the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research. Scarr spent most of her childhood in the Chesapeake Bay area and went to the Bryn Mawr School for Girls and the National Cathedral School. After completing her undergraduate studies at Vassar College in 1958, where she was involved in undergraduate research with Harriet Zuckerman, Scarr worked for a couple of years first at a family and child service and then at National Institute of Mental Health as a research assistant. In 1960 she enrolled at Harvard University, from where she earned her Ph.D. in psychology in 1965, specializing in developmental psychology and behavioural genetics. During graduate school, she married fellow sociology student Harry Scarr with whom she has a son, Phillip (1962).

Early career and research
Though she initially had a difficult time finding a job because she had a child, she eventually taught at the University of Maryland, the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Minnesota, and Yale University. She was the first woman full professor in psychology in the history of Yale University. In 1983, she accepted a position as Commonwealth Professor and chair of the psychology department at the University of Virginia, where she remained until her retirement.

In the 1960s, Scarr studied identical and fraternal twins' aptitude and school achievement scores. The study revealed that intellectual development was heavily influenced by genetic ability, especially among more advantaged children. It also showed that on average, black children demonstrated less genetic and more environmental influence on their intelligence than white children. Scarr also collaborated with Margaret Williams on a clinical study which demonstrated that premature birth infants who receive stimulation gain weight faster and recover faster than babies left in isolation (the practice at that time).

In 1972 she married fellow researcher Philip Salapatek, with whom she also coauthored papers. They had a daughter, Stephanie (November 1973). They moved to Minnesota, where Scarr started working with Richard A. Weinberg, on the Minnesota Transracial Adoption Study. This study concluded that black and interracial children adopted early into white homes had IQ and school achievement scores that averaged similar to those of white children.

In another adoption study, Minnesota Adolescent Adoption Study, Scarr and Weinberg showed that adolescents, adopted in the first few months of life, did not resemble their adoptive parents or other children adopted into the same family. In Scarr's words: "Rather than the home environment having a cumulative impact across development, its influence wanes from early childhood to adolescence." (emphasis in original). As of 1995, the study was among the largest of its kind in the United States, together with the Colorado Adoption Project and the Texas Adoption Project; its results had seen some replication.

Research awards
Scarr was honored by her colleagues with research awards: Distinguished Contributions to Research on Public Policy (American Psychological Association), James McKeen Cattell Award (Association for Psychological Science), and the Dobzhansky Award for Lifetime Achievement (Behavior Genetics Association). She was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, American Association for the Advancement of Science, and other scientific societies. Scarr served as president of the Society for Research in Child Development, the Association for Psychological Science, the Council of Graduate Departments of Psychology, and the Behavior Genetics Association. She was elected to the American Psychological Association's Board of Directors in 1988, but resigned in 1990. Scarr was also a founding member of the American Psychological Society (now the Association for Psychological Science) and was chief executive officer of KinderCare Learning Centers from 1995 to 1997.

Involvement with KinderCare
In 1990, Scarr was invited to join the Board of the KinderCare Learning Centers, the nation's largest child care company. In 1993, she was elected chairman of the board and in 1995 became CEO and chairman of KinderCare. While at KinderCare, Scarr instituted NAEYC accreditation for the centers and worked to improve the wages and working conditions of center staffs. In 1997, KinderCare was bought by Kohlberg, Kravitz, and Roberts Investments, and Scarr retired

Late career
In 1991, together with C. Randy Gallistel she co-founded the journal Current Directions In Psychological Science. In 1995, she was a signatory of a collective statement titled "Mainstream Science on Intelligence", written by Linda Gottfredson and published in The Wall Street Journal. Scarr wrote a mixed review of The Bell Curve, agreeing with the general presentation of the data, disagreeing about some specific issues of interpretation, and disapproving of the book's policy recommendations. Scarr also disapproved of Hans Eysenck's book Race, Intelligence and Education, which she described as "generally inflammatory" and insulting to "almost everyone except WASPs and Jews".

In 1991, together with Claire Ernhart, Scarr was involved as an expert witness on behalf of the lead industry in the lawsuit United States v. Sharon Steel Corp., on the opposite side of Herbert Needleman who was testifying for the U.S. Justice Department owing to his research on the relationship between lead exposure and IQ. The federal court asked Scarr and Ernhart to examine the research of Herbert Needleman to determine whether or not it supported his claims. After reviewing his data collection and analyses, Scarr and Ernhart filed charges of scientific misconduct against Needleman with the National Institutes of Health. NIH forwarded the complaint to the University of Pittsburgh, which found that Needleman did not "fabricate, falsify or plagiarize", but a Preliminary Inquiry Panel said it could not exclude the possibility that "misrepresentation" had occurred. When the trial was declared open to the public, Scarr initially refused to come and later when she was persuaded she constantly refused to answer questions. Scarr received money from the lead industry for consulting services which creates a conflict of interest.

Retirement
Scarr retired to Hawaii in 1997, where she learned scuba diving, even obtaining a rescue diver certification. She also traveled "a lot, especially on cruise ships".

Death
Scarr died on October 8, 2021, in Holualoa, Hawaii.

Publications

 * Scarr S. Understanding Development. Harcourt (1986) ISBN 0-15-592864-3
 * Scarr S. Understanding Psychology. Random House Inc (T); 5th edition (1987). ISBN 0-07-555247-7
 * Scarr S. Socialization (Merrill sociology series). C. E. Merrill Pub. Co (1973). ISBN 0-675-09039-3
 * Lande JS, Scarr S. Caring for Children: Challenge to America. Lea (1989). ISBN 0-8058-0255-X
 * Scarr S. Mother care/other care (A Pelican book). Penguin Books; 2nd ed edition (1987). ISBN 0-14-022760-1
 * Scarr S. Psychology and Children: Current Research and Practice. Amer Psychological Assn; Reprint edition (1979). ISBN 0-912704-59-4
 * Scarr S. Genetic effects on human behavior: Recent family studies (Master lectures on brain-behavior relationships). American Psychological Association (1977). ASIN: B0006Y2RV0
 * Scarr S. Genetics and the development of intelligence. University of Chicago Press (1975). ISBN 0-226-35354-0

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