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Mohammad Ali Jauhar

Muhammad Ali Jauhar Khan (10 December 1878 – 4 January 1931) was an Indian Muslim freedom activist, a pre-eminent member of Indian National Congress, journalist and a poet, a leading figure of the Khilafat Movement and one of the founders of Jamia Millia Islamia.

Jauhar was a member of the Aligarh Movement. He was elected to become the President of Indian National Congress party in 1923 and it lasted only for a few months owing to the differences with the organization, especially Gandhi, on the haphazard ending of Non-cooperation movement. In the following years, he ended up being antithetical to it and accused Gandhi and Motilal Nehru of succumbing to the appeasement of Hindus as they regarded Muslims “the minorities” in India and refused to accommodate Muslim demands in the political representation. Being one of the founders, esteemed member and 10th president of the All-India Muslim League, he represented the party in the first round-table conference held in London.

Early life and career
Muhammad Ali was born in 1878 at Rampur in North-Western Provinces, British India. He was born to a wealthy Rohilla family with ancestry from the Yusufzai clan of Pathans. His father, Abdul Ali Khan, died when he was five years old. His brothers were Shaukat Ali, who became a leader of the Khilafat Movement, and Zulfiqar Ali. His mother Abadi Begum (1852 – 1924), affectionately known as 'Bi Amman', inspired her sons to take up the mantle of the struggle for freedom from the British colonial rule. To this end, she was adamant that her sons were properly educated. Due to the efforts, determination and sacrifice of their mother, he and his brothers were able to get a good quality education.

Despite the early death of his father, Jauhar attended Aligarh Muslim University and the Allahabad University, eventually moving to England in 1898, attending the Lincoln College, Oxford, studying modern history.

Upon his return to India, he served as education director for the Rampur state, and later joined the Baroda civil service. He became a writer and an orator of the first magnitude and a farsighted political leader, writing articles in major British and Indian newspapers like The Times, London, The Manchester Guardian and The Observer. He launched the English weekly The Comrade in 1911 in Calcutta. It quickly gained circulation and influence internationally. He moved to Delhi in 1912 and there he launched an Urdu-language daily newspaper Hamdard in 1913. He married Amjadi Bano Begum (c. 1886–1947) in 1902. Amjadi Begum was actively involved in the national and Khilafat movement.

Jauhar worked hard to expand the Aligarh Muslim University, then known as the Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College, and was one of the co-founders of the Jamia Millia Islamia in 1920, which was later moved to Delhi.

Khilafat movement in India
Jauhar had attended the founding meeting of the All India Muslim League in Dacca in 1906, and served as its president in 1918. He remained active in the League till 1928. Jauhar "had the unique distinction of having directed the affairs of the three most important political parties/movements in the country — The Indian National Congress, the All India Muslim League and the Khilafat movement."

He represented the Muslim League delegation that travelled to England in 1919 to convince the British government to influence the Turkish nationalist Mustafa Kemal not to depose the Sultan of Turkey, who was the Caliph of Islam and the presumed leader of all the Islamic nations of that time. British government's rejection of their demands resulted in the formation of the Khilafat committee which directed Muslims all over India to protest and boycott the British government.

In 1921, Jauhar formed a broad coalition with the nationalist leaders like Shaukat Ali, Abul Kalam Azad, Hakim Ajmal Khan, Mukhtar Ahmed Ansari, Syed Ata Ullah Shah Bukhari as well as Mahatma Gandhi, who then enlisted the support of the Indian National Congress and many thousands of Hindus, who joined the Muslims in a demonstration of unity against the British government. Jauhar also wholeheartedly supported Gandhi's call for a national civil resistance movement and inspired many hundreds of protests and strikes all over India. He was arrested by British authorities and imprisoned for two years for what was termed as a seditious speech at the meeting of the Khilafat Conference.

Alienation from Congress
Jauhar was disillusioned by the end of Khilafat movement and Gandhi's suspension of non-cooperation movement in 1922, owing to the Chauri Chaura incident. This incident, on 4 February 1922, when a large group of protesters, participating in Gandhi's non-cooperation movement clashed with police, who opened fire and killed three protesters. In retaliation, the demonstrators attacked and set fire to a police station, killing 22 policemen. The Indian National Congress suspended the non-cooperation movement on the national level as a direct result of this incident.

He restarted his daily Hamdard and left the Congress Party. He opposed the Nehru Report, which was a document proposing constitutional reforms and a dominion status of an independent nation within the British Empire, written by a committee of Hindu and Muslim members of the Congress Party headed by President Motilal Nehru. It was a major protest against the Simon Commission which had arrived in India to propose reforms but having no local Indian member nor making any effort to listen to the Indians' voices and aspirations. Mohammad Ali was put in jail. So All Parties Conference on Nehru report was represented by Shaukat Ali, Begum Mohammad Ali and 30 other members of the Central Khilafat Committee which included Abdul Majid Daryabadi, Azad Subhani, Maghfoor Ahmad Ajazi, Abul Muhasin Muhammad Sajjad and others. Mohammad Ali opposed the part of the Nehru Report's 'acception' of separate electorates for Muslims, and supported the Fourteen Points of Muhammad Ali Jinnah and the Muslim League. He became a critic of Gandhi, breaking with fellow Muslim leaders like Abul Kalam Azad, Hakim Ajmal Khan and Mukhtar Ahmed Ansari, who continued to support Gandhi and the Indian National Congress.

Imprisonment in Karachi
In 1921, the British government established a court in Khaliqdina Hall in Karachi and punished him with two-and-a-half years' imprisonment in Karachi central jail. Besides this jail sentence, he had served many and frequent jail sentences due to his anti-government activities. However, he kept fighting for the Muslim League.

1930 Round Table Conference in London
Ultimately Mohammad Ali's frequent jail sentences, his diabetes and lack of proper nutrition while jailed, made him very sick. Despite his failing health, he wanted to attend the first Round Table Conference held in London in 1930. Ali attended the 'Conference' in London (the chairman being Sir Agha Khan of the Muslim delegation) to show that only the Muslim League spoke for India's Muslims. Reportedly his words to the British government were that he would not return to India alive unless the country was set free, "I would prefer to die in a foreign country so long as it is a free country, and if you do not give us freedom in India, you will have to give me a grave here."

Death and legacy
He died of a stroke in London on 4 January 1931 and was buried in Jerusalem by the choice of his relatives, friends and admirers. The inscription on his grave in the Khātūniyya Madrasa, which is near the Dome of the Rock, says: "Here lies al-Sayyid Muhammad Ali al-Hindi."

Commemorative postage stamp
Pakistan Postal Services issued a commemorative postage stamp for Mohammad Ali Jauhar in its 'Pioneers of Freedom' series on his birth anniversary in 1978. A number of educational intuitions like Mohammad Ali Jauhar University in Rampur, India, Maulana Mohammad Ali Jauhar Academy of International Studies in Jamia Millia Islamia in Delhi, India, Maulana Mohammad Ali College in Bangladesh and places including Johar Town, Jauharabad, Gulistan-e-Jauhar in Pakistan are named after Jauhar.

In popular culture
Maulana Mohammad Ali Jauhar is a 1984 documentary film directed by Saiyed Ahmad and produced by the Government of India's Films Division, it covers his political career and life as an Indian freedom fighter.

Speeches
"I had long been convinced that here in this Country of hundreds of millions of human beings, intensely attached to religion, and yet infinitely split up into communities, sects and denominations, Providence had created for us the mission of solving a unique problem and working out a new synthesis, which was nothing low than a Federation of Faiths … For more than twenty years I have dreamed the dream of a federation, grander, nobler and infinitely more spiritual than the United States of America, and today when many a political Cassandra prophesies a return to the bad old days of Hindu-Muslim dissensions I still dream that old dream of 'United Faiths of India.'" —Mohammad Ali Jauhar; from the Presidential Address, I.N.C. Session, 1923, Cocanada (now Kakinada).

However later, he started supporting the concept of Pakistan and the Pakistan Movement.

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Col. Zadok Magruder High School

Col. Zadok Magruder High School (#510) is a secondary public school located in Rockville (Montgomery County), Maryland, United States.

Magruder is named for Colonel Zadok Magruder, a Revolutionary War patriot and farmer. He was colonel in command of part of the Maryland militia and helped establish Montgomery County's government in 1776. The school is called simply "Magruder".

The school first opened in 1970 at 149533 sqft, with 8th, 9th and 10th graders. In 1971, the same student body became 9th, 10th and 11th graders. The first graduating class was the Class of 1973 and numbered approximately 300.

Major additions were added in 1974 (69000 sqft), 1994 (47151 sqft), and 2000 (31178 sqft of additions, 10519 sqft of renovation of the 1994 addition, and demolition of 1384 sqft of the 1994 addition). The building now totals 295478 sqft.

Magruder has an International Studies Partnership with Hage Geingob High School in Windhoek, Namibia.

Areas Served
Magruder serves students living in Rockville, Gaithersburg, Derwood, and Redland. It feeds from two middle schools and six elementary schools:

 * Redland Middle School
 * Cashell ES
 * Judith A. Resnik ES
 * Sequoyah ES
 * Shady Grove Middle School
 * Candlewood ES
 * Flower Hill ES
 * Mill Creek Towne ES

Academics
Magruder students average a score of 1008 on the SAT, averaging 513 on the verbal section and 496 on the math section.

As of 2024, Magruder is the 48th-ranked high school in Maryland and the 2603rd-ranked nationwide, according to U.S News and World Report.

Athletics

 * 2001 - Maryland 4A Basketball State Champions
 * 2006 - men's varsity soccer team finished the regular season undefeated.
 * 2007 Maryland 4A Men's Basketball Regional Champions and State Finalists
 * 2007 - Maryland 4A Men's Soccer Regional and State Champions; went undefeated at 19–0; ranked in the Top 10 in the nation
 * 2008 - Women's Metros Diving Champion Brittany Powell
 * 2009 Women's Metros Diving Champion Brittany Powell
 * 2010 - Maryland 4A West Field Hockey Regional Champions
 * 2010 - Maryland 4A Boys' Soccer State Champions
 * 2004 - 4A State Finalists (22-3 record); ranked #4 by the Washington Post
 * 2009 - 4A State Finalists (24-1 record); ranked #7 by the Washington Post, #1 by the Gazette
 * 2008 - 4A State Semifinalists (22-2 record); ranked #5 by the Washington Post, #2 by the Gazette
 * 2010 - 4A State Champions; ranked 7th in the DC Metro Area
 * In 2007, the boys' soccer team went undefeated at 19-0 and won the 4A West Region Championship as well as the Maryland Class 4A State Title. In the same season, Magruder was ranked 7th nationally, and 1st in the DC Metro Area.

Notable alumni

 * Chris Carmack, actor
 * Sarah Cooper, comedian
 * Dan Hellie, sports broadcaster
 * Kelela, singer
 * Jason Kravits, actor
 * Courtney Kupets, Olympic gymnast
 * Helen Maroulis, Olympic wrestler
 * Sabastian V. Niles, Chief Legal Officer, Salesforce
 * Pele Paelay, professional basketball player
 * John Stabb, singer
 * Milt Thompson, Major League Baseball player and coach
 * Jerome Williams, National Basketball Association (NBA) basketball player

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This is an image, generated by Jonathan E. Brickman on October 8, 2005, of the title page of a book copyrighted 1899 in the U.S.A., called The History and Conquest of the Philippines and our Other Island Possessions, by Alden March, A.M. The book contains excellent primary and secondary reference material concerning the Spanish-American War. Also available is a scan of the copyright page:

Jonathan E. Brickman is the owner of the very nearly complete (excepting just a few of the many included plates) copy of the book from which the scans were made; if anyone would like short excerpts for any purposes, please contact him, and it will be done.

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Free Hand

Free Hand is the seventh studio album by British progressive rock band Gentle Giant, released in 1975. It was Gentle Giant's first album with their new label Chrysalis Records in the UK. It is noted for its high production values, and for a less dissonant, more accessible feel than their previous album The Power and the Glory. It was their highest-charting album in the US and the only one to reach the Top 50 on the Billboard 200.

In addition to the usual stereo version, the album was also mixed in 4-channel quadraphonic sound in 1976. The 4-channel mix was not used until 2012 when it finally appeared on DVD with encoding in multichannel LPCM, DTS and Dolby Digital surround sound formats.

A 1990 CD re-issue in the US by One Way Records used an alternate stereo mix. This version revealed some different details in the musical and vocal parts. However, this edition may have actually been a reduction or variation of the 4-channel mix.

Alucard Music/EMI Records re-released the CD in 2009, "from the original 1/4-inch tapes through 24bit 96k Hi-Resolution transfer."

On 25 June 2021 a new remix by musician and producer Steven Wilson was released in Dolby Atmos & 5.1 surround sound, accompanied by custom animated visuals for each track on Blu-ray. In addition, a flat transfer of the original mix, the 1975 quad mix and an instrumental mix were all included in a digipack CD. A double vinyl album was also released with both the same transfer of the original mix and Steven Wilson remixed versions.

International releases of the album include a slightly different position of the hand featured on the cover.

Reception
The Great Rock Bible described the album: "Duly signing a new deal in Britain with Chrysalis Records, their seventh album Free Hand (1975), again only found a paying audience (and Top 50 status) across the water. However, it did contain impressive vocal gymnastics, much in evidence on jewels in the crown, 'Just The Same' and the renaissance/retro, part a cappella/part folk-rocker 'On Reflection'; the latter combining four pieces of group scribed fugue. Minnear's un-medieval meanderings on the ivories for the pure-prog title track was just the ticket for a group still going strong despite others such as ELP and the aforementioned Genesis and King Crimson were collapsing under rock's evolution. Although at times exquisitely off-kilter, tracks such as 'Time To Kill', the beautiful 'His Last Voyage', the folkie 'Mobile' and Tudor-esque instrumental ditty 'Talybont', gave the set an aura of accessibility – a classic!"

Personnel

 * Gentle Giant
 * Gary Green – electric guitar (1-7), acoustic guitar (5, 7), descant recorder (2, 6), co-lead vocals (2)
 * Kerry Minnear – piano (1–5, 7), Hammond organ (1, 2, 4, 5, 7), Clavinet (3, 5–7), Minimoog (1, 2, 4), synthesizer (1, 3, 6), harpsichord (2, 6, 7), Rocky Mount Instruments Electra-Piano (3, 4) Wurlitzer electronic piano (1, 3, 4), honky-tonk piano (7), celesta (2), glockenspiel (2), vibraphone (1, 2, 5), marimba (2), timpani (2), harp (2), cello (2), tenor recorder (6), lead vocals (2–5)
 * Derek Shulman – lead vocals (1-4 and 7), treble recorder (6), alto saxophone (1)
 * Ray Shulman – bass, electric violin (7), violin (7), viola (2), co-lead vocals (2)
 * John Weathers – drums (1–5, 7), tambourine (1, 6, 7), bass drum (2, 6), tom-tom drums (6, 7), snare drum (2), triangle (2), cymbal (2), woodblock (3), cowbell (3), frame drums (7), percussion (2)

 * Additional Personnel
 * Engineer – Gary Martin
 * Assistant engineer – Paul Northfield
 * Cover Design - Gentle Giant
 * Graphics - Richard Evans

There are no instrument credits listed on the album.

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David Dortort

David Dortort (born David Solomon Katz; October 23, 1916 – September 5, 2010) was a Hollywood screenwriter and producer, widely known for his role as producer in two successful NBC television series: Bonanza (1959–73) and The High Chaparral (1967–71). Dortort's focus shifted in the late 1960s to the newer series, leaving the production of Bonanza largely to his associates during its last five and a half years (1967–1973).

From 1954–55, Dortort was involved in directing and writing for The Public Defender. He produced The Restless Gun (1957–59), The Cowboys television version (1974), and a prequel series featuring younger versions of the Bonanza characters called Ponderosa (2001), which was produced with Beth Sullivan. In 1979–1980, he created the 13-week CBS miniseries, The Chisholms. Michael Landon appeared in a supporting role in the pilot for The Restless Gun, starring John Payne, aired on March 19, 1957, as an episode of The Schlitz Playhouse of Stars and Dan Blocker played multiple roles in five episodes of The Restless Gun.

Alan W. Livingston of NBC hired Dortort to write the screenplay for the pilot episode of Bonanza. He did it at night, while producing The Restless Gun by day.

In 2001, the alumni association of City College of New York, where he had studied history, honored him with its John H. Finley award.

Personal life
A native of New York City, Dortort was married for 67 years to the former Rose Seldin, who died September 30, 2007, at age 92. They had two children, Wendy Dortort Czarnecki and Fred Dortort.

Death
Dortort died in his sleep at his home in Los Angeles, California, on September 5, 2010, a month and a half before his 94th birthday, following a history of heart disease.

Writings
Dortort published two books, Burial of the Fruit in 1947 and The Post of Honor in 1949.

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Talk:Churchill Rocket Research Range

Facility
"Fort Churchill is a rocket launching complex located in Churchill, Manitoba" The rocket launch facility (Churchill Research Range)is located about 10 miles east of Fort Churchill. The townsite of Fort Churchill was built as a military community. It lies just a couple of miles east of Churchill, the original community and deep-sea port at the mouth of the Churchill River on Hudson Bay.

Fort churchill was built for sr. robertson berton and 2,000 other men. Info by: Rae

Current use
Its currently (and for a while) been the Churchill Northern Studies Center. http://www.churchillscience.ca/ 99.236.162.144 (talk) 02:53, 13 September 2011 (UTC)

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This is an image, generated by Jonathan E. Brickman on October 8, 2005, of the copyright page of a book copyrighted 1899 in the U.S.A., called The History and Conquest of the Philippines and our Other Island Possessions, by Alden March, A.M. The book contains excellent primary and secondary reference material concerning the Spanish-American War.

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Blue Water High

Blue Water High is an Australian television drama series, broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation on ABC1 and on Austar/Foxtel Nickelodeon channel in Australia and on various channels in many other countries. Each season follows the lives of a young group of students at Solar Blue, a high-performance surf academy where several lucky 16-year-olds are selected for a 12-month-long surfing program at Bilgola Beach, Sydney.

There are three series/seasons in Blue Water High. The first two series aired in 2005 and 2006 and the producers did not intend to create a third and final series. However, due to popular demand by fans, they relented and made one more series with only Kate Bell returning in a main role. Series three ended with the closure of Solar Blue because of a lack of funding, indicating that the show would most likely not continue.

Series one
The first series consisted of twenty-six episodes. It starred Adam Saunders as Heath, the relaxed joker who struggles with school; Tahyna Tozzi as Perri, resident glamour queen from the Gold Coast; Sophie Luck as Fly, the youngest; Kate Bell as Bec, the local; Khan Chittenden as Edge, the aggressive and competitive teenager; Chris Foy as Matt, the generic 'smart guy' and Mara Scherzinger as Anna, a famous German Kiteboarder. At the end of the year, two of them (one girl and one boy) get a wild card spot on the pro-circuit tour. The first series was released on DVD in 4 volumes, though fans are strongly urging for a complete re-release featuring the entire season in one package, as was later done with Series Two. Sophie Luck won the 2005 Australian Film Institute Award for Best Young Actor for her role in the series. The winners for series one were Fly and Edge.

Series two
Filming of a second series began in early January 2006 in Sydney, with a revised cast, which included Sophie Luck who was back as Fly, Adam Saunders as Heath, who leaves in episode six and Trent Dalzell as Corey, Ryan Corr as Eric, Lesley Anne Mitchell as Brooke, Taryn Marler as Rachel, Gabrielle Scollay as Amy, and James Sorensen as Mike. It premiered on 28 June 2006. Sophie Luck, Adam Saunders, Kate Bell, Chris Foy, Tahyna Tozzi, Nadine Garner and Khan Chittenden have all reappeared in the second series in various episodes. The winners of Series Two were Brooke and Eric.

The complete second series was released on DVD in Australia on 1 October 2007.

Series three
The third and final series began filming in October 2007. Kate Bell returns as Bec for series three and is joined by Craig Horner as Garry. The new Solar Blue pupils are Guy (Kain O'Keeffe), Charley (Lachlan Buchanan), Adam (Eka Darville), Bridget (Cariba Heine), Loren (Amy Beckwith) and Cassie (Rebecca Breeds). Series Three began screening on Rollercoaster on 3 April 2008.

The winners are Bridget and Adam, but Bridget decides to go to university instead of joining the Pro Circuit, so Loren gets the wild card after Cassie literally 'draws the short straw' (as they both have the same number of points in the final surf-off, so they decide who gets the wild card this way). In the last episode, Simmo makes a surprise return as one of the three judges in what is described as "one of the best finals Solar Blue has seen", saving the day as he pulls "not a rabbit out of a hat, but an elephant", ensuring that the winners of the final surf-off still get a wild card invitation.

Series one

 * Kate Bell – Rebecca "Bec" Sanderson
 * Khan Chittenden – Dean "Edge" Edgely
 * Chris Foy – Matthew "Matt" Leyland
 * Sophie Luck – Fiona "Fly" Watson
 * Adam Saunders – Heath Carroll
 * Mara Scherzinger – Anna Peterson
 * Tahyna Tozzi – Perri Lawe
 * Martin Lynes – Craig "Simmo" Simmonds
 * Nadine Garner – Deborah "Deb" Callum
 * Liz Burch – Jilly
 * Matt Rudduck – Joe Sanderson
 * Clae Whitelaw – Simon Heart
 * Don Halbert – Mr. Savin

Series two

 * Ryan Corr – Eric Tanner
 * Gabrielle Scollay – Amy Reed
 * James Sorensen – Michael "Mike" Kruze
 * Lesley Anne Mitchell – Brooke Solomon
 * Trent Dalzell – Corey Petrie
 * Taryn Marler – Rachael Samuels
 * Adam Saunders – Heath Carroll
 * Sophie Luck – Fiona "Fly" Watson
 * Kate Bell – Rebecca "Bec" Sanderson
 * Martin Lynes – Craig "Simmo" Simmonds
 * Joe Ireland – Dave Jones
 * Liz Burch – Jilly
 * Natasha Sitkowski – Greta
 * Don Halbert – Mr. Savin

Series three

 * Kain O'Keeffe – Guy Spender
 * Lachlan Buchanan – Charley Prince
 * Eka Darville – Adam Bridge
 * Cariba Heine – Bridget Sanchez
 * Amy Beckwith – Lauren "Loren" Power
 * Rebecca Breeds – Cassandra "Cassie" Cometti
 * Craig Horner – Garry Miller
 * Kate Bell – Rebecca "Bec" Sanderson
 * Tom Fisher – James Cassidy
 * Erol Cimen – Michael De Santa
 * Don Halbert – Mr. Savin

Series two (June–December 2006)
Episodes of season 2 were not named but were numbered from 1 to 26.

Series three (April–September 2008)
Episodes of season 3 were also not named, but were numbered from 1 to 26.

Africa
In South Africa, Blue Water High was aired twice a week on Go on the local satellite system, DSTV. After DSTV added more MNET channels, Blue Water High started airing every weekday at 19:30 on Magic World 112 from 1 July 2010.

Europe
In Germany, the series is called Blue Water High, die Surf-Akademie (which means "Blue Water High, the Surf Academy") and is broadcast on KI.KA (a children's channel). In Ireland Blue Water High was broadcast on RTÉ Two as part of The Den and, in Spain, the show was broadcast on La 2, Clan TVE and Neox. In France, it was broadcast on Filles TV as Blue Water High: Surf Academy in 2007 and France Ô has started re-airing the series on 12 November 2012. In Norway the show aired on TV 2 Zebra. In Portugal, SIC also bought the first season, and it aired in the country from Monday to Friday at 5pm in Summer 2009; the show was named Mar Azul ("Blue Sea"). It also started again on SIC K in December of that year, where it has, since, been airing, on and off. The series also began airing on RTL 8 in the Netherlands from 2009 onwards. In the United Kingdom, it was broadcast on Boomerang and later on Pop Girl.

North America
Blue Water High was broadcast online in USA through the former The WB Television Network, which was resurrected by the Warner Bros. television arm as a website in 2008. Currently, the series is now streaming on Tubi.

Oceania
In Australia, the country of its origin, Blue Water High aired once every week on ABC3. In New Zealand, Blue Water High currently airs every Saturday afternoon on TV2

South America
In the Spanish-speaking countries of Latin America, the show is titled Blue Water High, Escuela del Surf, which translates as "Blue Water High, Surf Academy", and is broadcast on Boomerang Latin America. In Brazil, it is broadcast by Boomerang Brazil and TV Brasil under the title Galera do Surfe (The Surf Crowd). In Falkland Islands, Blue Water High was aired on Falkland Islands Television Service Tuesdays to Friday at 15:00 and Saturday at 11:30.

DVD releases
Season 3 was not originally released on DVD, but in October 2020 a complete collection boxset was released, which included all three seasons.

Online streaming
All Seasons of Blue Water High are currently streaming for release on 7plus.

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John Vlissides

John Matthew Vlissides (August 2, 1961 – November 24, 2005) was a software engineer known mainly as one of the four authors (referred to as the Gang of Four) of the book Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software. Vlissides referred to himself as "#4 of the Gang of Four and wouldn't have it any other way".

Education and career
Vlissides studied electrical engineering at University of Virginia and Stanford University. Since 1986 he worked as software engineer, consultant, research assistant and scholar at Stanford University. From 1991 he stayed at IBM T.J. Watson Research Center in Hawthorne, New York as research staff member. He was author of several books, of many magazine articles and conference papers and was awarded with several patents. His work concentrated on object oriented technology, design patterns and software modeling.

Death
John Vlissides died on Thanksgiving 2005 (November 24, 2005) following a struggle with complications from a brain tumor. He was 44 years old.

Posthumous
Ward Cunningham and Grady Booch (on his blog entry of Nov 27, relaying a call from John Vlissides's widow, Dru Ann) have called for stories to remember him by. Since then, there has been a steady inflow of contributions located at the WikiWikiWeb page for Vlissides.

In recognition of the contributions to computer science that John Vlissides made during his lifetime, ACM SIGPLAN has established the John Vlissides Award. The award is presented annually to a doctoral student participating in the OOPSLA Doctoral Symposium showing significant promise in applied software research.

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Second City Hall (Ottawa)

Ottawa, Ontario's second city hall was built in 1877 on Elgin Street between Queen and Albert Streets and next to Ottawa's First City Hall, built in 1848.

Built by architects Horsey and Sheard of Ottawa, the Second Empire French and Italian Style had one tall tower and three smaller ones. The building used Gloucester Blue Limestone and Ohio sandstone.

The second city hall lasted until a fire destroyed it in 1931. The next permanent city hall was not built until 1958. In the interim the municipal government was housed at the Transportation Building.

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Talk:Abney Park Cemetery

First & Second World Wars - Memorial Misunderstanding?
I am rewriting the first paragraph of this section to reflect the description given in the CWGC's website. The memorial is not a local community war memorial to those from the area who were killed, but one commonly erected by the CWGC in major city cemeteries to list servicemen buried in the cemetery whose graves could not be headstoned. These need not have been men from the area but those from beyond who died stationed in that area or in local military hospitals. Neither is it correct to term them killed in action as for most of the both World Wars those killed on operations abroad were not repatriated for burial in their home country. Those buried in such a cemetery in the UK would have died of effects of wounds, illnesses, accidents or even suicides. (Airmen killed engaging enemy planes such as during Battle of Britain, over Britain, could be classed as killed in action.)Cloptonson (talk) 12:37, 27 August 2012 (UTC)

Anyone maintaining the cemetery?
In the photos, the area appears alarmingly overgrown. I know its supposed to be a place of natural beauty but its still a cemetery, too. It looks like its been borderline abandoned. If you look on Google Earth there's a placemarker showing a tourist photo of the chapel (apparently called Stoke Newington) at the center of the cemetery. Its empty, and derelict, but looks pretty solid. Whats the story on this? --Ragemanchoo (talk) 05:59, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
 * At the risk of sounding a callous foreigner, the fact is that there is litte money for the upkeep of the cemetery. Most of the cemeteries in the Magnificent Seven are confronted with this problem. Of these cemeteries Highgate, Kensal Green and West Norwood are in reasonable shape and are being fixed up or taken care of by the "Friends movement". Abney Park and Nunhead are in a terrible shape. Brompton is maintained by the Royal Park Service, but is more or less a park and not a cemetery. As it is public, many of the memorials have been badly vandalised. Tower Hamlets is in a bad state but it looks like the "Friends movement" is restoring it. When I was there in februari there were already markers and they were hard at work. Brookwood Cemetery, the London Necropolis, suffers the same problem, although I would still recommend visiting it. As there has been a complaint of "overwikifying" on this page I have not linked any of these cemeteries. It should be noted that these cemeteries were originally privately owned but most of the companies that owned these cemeteries are now bankrupt. If you want to know more about this, you can look at the articles of the individual cemeteries (by clicking on the Magnificent Seven link), or consult a book on London Cemeteries like: Meller, Hugh & Brian Parsons, London Cemeteries: an illustrated guide and gazetteer, The History Press, 2008, ISBN 978-0750946223. --JHvW (talk) 18:07, 19 August 2010 (UTC)

pre history of the cemetery--thomas abney and watts
Perhaps it's worth mentioning that the Park was once the estate of Sir Thomas Abney, a leading non-conformist merchant and patron of Isaac Watts, who built a "manor" there in the late 17th or early 18th centuries. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.134.64.210 (talk) 17:22, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

CfD Proposal to delete Burial by place category
It has been proposed here to delete the category that links people to their place of burial. Note that the proposer is recommending the removal of the whole tree of categories, not just the the top level categories listed. Ephebi Ephebi (talk) 15:47, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

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Sentosa Express

The Sentosa Express is a monorail line connecting Sentosa island to HarbourFront on the Singapore mainland. It was built at a cost of S$140 million to replace the previous Sentosa Monorail. Development began in June 2003 and construction works were completed in late 2006. The fully elevated 2.1-kilometre (1.3-mile; per direction) two-way line (4.3-km total track length) opened on 15 January 2007. The monorail system, privately owned by Sentosa Development Corporation and operated by Singapore Mass Rapid Transit, can move up to 4,000 passengers per hour per direction.

History

In June 2002, the Sentosa Development Corporation (SDC) awarded a contract to Japanese subsidiary Hitachi Asia to build the Sentosa Express, which was part of a ten-year redevelopment plan for Sentosa, an offshore island south of the Singapore main island dedicated to tourism. It was to replace the Sentosa Monorail which had been in operation since 1982, with the previous monorail planned for demolition by 2005. Unlike its predecessor which ran in a loop around the island, the Sentosa Express was planned to cross the sea and interchange with the North East Line of the MRT on the mainland, with three stations on Sentosa itself, making up a total of four stations.

Construction of the system began in June 2003, took three and a half years, and was completed in late 2006, costing. Two of three stations on the island, Imbiah and Beach stations, opened with the line on 15 January 2007 along with VivoCity station on the mainland, which had been integrated into the new VivoCity shopping mall.

The third station Waterfront was planned to open in tandem with the then-in development integrated resort Resorts World Sentosa, but was demolished a year later in January 2008 for redevelopment. A spokesman from the Sentosa Leisure Group said that the station had been built before plans for the integrated resort were finalised. The station opened on 1 February 2010 as part of a phased opening of the entire resort complex.

To cater to an increase in passenger traffic, the SDC awarded a upgrading contract to Hitachi Asia in November 2014. The signalling system was to be upgraded to a communications-based train control system, with the provision of two additional train cars, and to be operational by the end of 2017.

Train timings
The daily first and last train timings of both VivoCity and Beach stations are 07:00 and 00:00 hours. Trains run at an average frequency of three minutes throughout the day. The entire route, from one terminus to the other, takes eight minutes.

Fares and ticketing
Travel within Sentosa (between Resorts World and Beach stations) and from Sentosa back to the mainland is free of charge. Travel from the mainland to Sentosa is charged but during the COVID-19 pandemic period until 31 March 2023, travel was free.

Commuters can scan the CEPAS (EZ-Link, Concession, NETS FlashPay/NETS Prepaid and SimplyGo EZ-Link/SimplyGo Concession) cards and NETS/credit/debit cards on the VivoCity station's faregates for entry payment from the mainland. Those who are using NETS/credit/debit cards must use the special entrance on the left at VivoCity station. Fares are as follows:

 * $4: All other cards (including credit/debit cards)
 * $2: Senior Citizens, Persons with Disabilities, Workfare Transport Concession Card, Primary, Secondary, Junior Colleges, ITE and Polytechnic Concession Card
 * $0: Child Concession Card

Stations
Legend

S$26 million was spent on the elevated stations and the depot next to Beach station. VivoCity station is the only station of the line on the mainland; the rest are on Sentosa. It is also the only one with full-height platform screen doors and a bay platform using the Spanish solution. The other stations on Sentosa island are not air-conditioned and are the first train stations in the country to utilise half height platform screen doors by Fangda.

Like the Mass Rapid Transit, stations have bi-directional escalators and a lift to take passengers from the station concourse to the platforms, except VivoCity station which has both on the same level within VivoCity on the mainland.

VivoCity
The northern terminus VivoCity station (previously Sentosa @ VivoCity) is just a few levels above HarbourFront MRT station and the nearby HarbourFront Bus Interchange, located within the mall it is named after. Like Changi Airport and Stevens MRT stations, ticketing, faregates and platforms are all on the same level.

The station consists of a single track and a single platform handling Beach-bound trains for turnaround. Like the dismantled Sentosa Monorail stations in the past, it is one of two train stations in Singapore, the other being Choa Chu Kang LRT station, to feature an organised boarding system like the Spanish solution – passengers enter via one side of the train after passengers have alighted on the other side. Doors will open on the left side for passengers to alight, before opening the doors on the right for boarding passengers. This is the only station on the Sentosa Express that is air-conditioned and utilises full-height platform screen doors.

On 1 April 2019, the station was renamed to its present name to better reflect the nearby attractions and to showcase the attractions names.

Resorts World
Resorts World station is located in the northern region of Sentosa within Resorts World Sentosa. Platform A handles Beach-bound trains, while Platform B handles VivoCity-bound trains. There are two tracks and one island platform. As the line is left-hand drive, all train doors open on the right. It also connects to the Resorts World Sentosa.

The station was originally known as Waterfront and operated for nearly a year before closing down in January 2008, to make way for the construction of Resorts World Sentosa. It was rebuilt and reopened on 1 February 2010. On 1 April 2019, the station was renamed Resorts World after the integrated resort.

Imbiah
Imbiah station is located in the middle of Sentosa next to Imbiah Lookout. Platform A handles Beach-bound trains, while Platform B handles VivoCity-bound trains. There are two tracks and one island platform. As the line is left-hand drive, all train doors open on the right. The nearest attraction is Madame Tussauds Singapore and the Singapore Cable Car.

Beach
The southern terminus Beach station is located between Siloso Beach and Palawan Beach at Sentosa. The station consisted of a single track and a single platform handling VivoCity-bound trains for turnaround. In November 2023, a new platform was opened for alighting passengers, employing a Spanish solution in the station.

At the street level, there are beaches, shops, sea sports, pubs, cafés, and restaurants. It is connected to the Beach Station Transfer Hub for transfers to Beach Trams, SBS Transit Bus Service 123, Sentosa Golf Club Shuttle, Shuttle to HarborFront as well as Sentosa Internal Bus Services A & B.

The Beach Shuttles run along the Beach to Siloso Beach and Palawan and Tanjong Beaches. The shuttle loops at Siloso Beach and Tanjong Beach respectively.

Rolling stock
The Sentosa Express is the first system to use Hitachi Rail's small-type, straddle–beam monorail with a capacity of about 184 passengers per train. With a total of seven two-car, 25 m-long trains of different colours each—namely green, orange, blue, purple, pink, red and yellow; the pink and red trains were added to the original fleet of four on 1 December 2009; the yellow train was added on 24 November 2017. In 2015, the orange train was painted into a multi-coloured livery train. In addition, there are 2 other yellow maintenance trains.

Daily, five monorails are picked to be deployed on the line while the other two remain in the depot.

Signalling
A switch over from the fixed block Hitachi digital ATP/ATS to the moving block Hitachi wireless CBTC-ATC was conducted in November 2017. The new CBTC system uses wireless communication to gather data on trains' locations and speeds so that the headway between trains can be reduced. This will reduce the travel times for passengers, and allow more trains to run together for greater capacity. With the implementation of the driverless CBTC system, all train cab windows are opened except during manual operation. Train Captains are still present in the front train cab to manage and monitor for safety and security risks on the train.

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Howard Morgan (weather forecaster)

Howard Winfield Morgan Jr. (May 1, 1930 – July 22, 2021) was a weather forecaster for Albuquerque, New Mexico television station KOAT-TV, Holdrege, Nebraska station KHOL-TV, and other stations in Kansas and Utah. He was known as "Uncle Howdy" during children's programming in all four states.

Formative years
Morgan was born in Baumstown, Pennsylvania on May 1, 1930.

Career
Morgan started his career as a graphic artist at KHOL-TV, and in 1953, became a weather forecaster there.

Morgan first drew "Thermo," his trademark drawing of the Sun with eyes and a smile, on his second day of weather forecasts at KHOL. He used Thermo for most of his weather forecasts until greenscreens and computer graphics became the norm for weather broadcasts.

In the mid 1950s, he moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico to work at KOAT. He briefly took a job in Utah in the late 1960s, but returned to KOAT in 1971.

While at KOAT, Morgan did a regular series of reports called "Gardenlore."

He retired from KOAT in November 1999 after a 46-year career. In later life, he could still be seen in commercials as a spokesperson for an Albuquerque window manufacturer and also appeared in an ad for hearing aids.

Death
Morgan died on July 22, 2021, at the age of 91.

Books
Howard Morgan, based on Gardenlore, wrote three books:

 * Howard Morgan's Gardenlore (1979), Library of Congress number (LCCN) 79083491
 * Howard Morgan's More from Gardenlore (1981)
 * Howard Morgan's Even More from Gardenlore (1981), LCCN 80085145

All three were published by KOAT.

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Don Hutchison

Donald Hutchison (born 9 May 1971) is a former professional footballer. Hutchison is a football television pundit and commentator for Talksport and ESPN FC.

As a player, Hutchison was a midfielder, who played in the Premier League for Liverpool, West Ham United, Everton, and Sunderland. He also played in the Football League for Hartlepool United, Sheffield United, Millwall, Coventry City, and Luton Town. Born in England, Hutchison earned 26 caps for the Scotland national team and scored six international goals.

Hartlepool United
Hutchison was born in Gateshead. He started his career in the 1989–90 season at Hartlepool United, under the direction of Cyril Knowles, in the Football League Fourth Division. Hutchison's talents were quickly spotted by bigger English clubs, and he was soon transferred to Liverpool, under the direction of Kenny Dalglish, for a fee of £175,000 on 27 November 1990. However, Hutchinson would remain on loan at Hartlepool for the 1990–91 season.

Liverpool
Hutchison joined Liverpool for the 1991–92 season, making three appearances, under Graeme Souness. Hutchison scored all seven of his club goals in the 1992–93 season, where he finished as their third top scorer behind Ian Rush and Mark Walters. Hutchison said of his time at Anfield, "I got on well with Graeme Souness and I think he quite liked my style of play because I got stuck in."

West Ham United
On 30 August 1994, Hutchison signed for West Ham United, under Harry Redknapp, for a fee of £1.5 million. Hutchison scored on his debut for West Ham a day later in a 3–1 home defeat to Newcastle United. Notably, he had a poor disciplinary record at West Ham. In thirty-nine games in his first spell with the club, Hutchison received eleven bookings and was sent off once, on 5 November 1994, in a home game against Leicester City. He was allowed to leave the club in January 1996.

Sheffield United
Hutchison next moved to Sheffield United in the Football League First Division, where he flourished under the management of Howard Kendall. Hutchison enjoyed good form there, and when Kendall left to manage Everton, he made Hutchison one of his signings.

Everton
Hutchison is one of a small group of players that has played for both rivals, Liverpool and Everton, after joining the latter in March 1998. Kendall spoke highly of Hutchison after his performance in a 1–0 win against a Blackburn side chasing European qualification on 14 March 1998, praising the range and vision of his passing in the face of some typically robust challenges by Tim Sherwood and Billy McKinlay. "I've given Don a role and he's got the opportunity to show people in the Premiership how good a player is," the Everton manager said. "I thought he was outstanding. Word will get round and I'm sure it will reach Craig Brown."

Hutchison found himself out of the side at the start of the 1998–99 season due to new manager Walter Smith's preference for his new signings Olivier Dacourt and John Collins. However, an injury to Collins that would keep him out for 6 months saw Hutchison return to the side and help Everton avoid relegation for the second season running.

1999–2000 saw Hutchison become captain when Dave Watson was out the side, and Hutchison produced great form both in midfield and when asked to play upfront, so much so he was courted by other Premier League sides. Hutchison turned down a new deal in March 2000, stating that he wanted parity with other top earners at the club, but had only been offered an extension on his current terms. He was subsequently dropped from the squad for these comments, but injuries to Kevin Campbell and Francis Jeffers saw Hutchison return to the side as a striker for the away game at Leicester City in April, where he scored the equalising goal. Despite his history with Liverpool, Everton fans were unhappy at the apparent future sale of Hutchison, who had only one year left on his deal. Although he retained his place until the end of the season, no new contract offer was made by the club and Hutchison moved onto Sunderland in a deal worth £2.5 million.

Sunderland
Hutchison transferred to Sunderland in July 2000 after failing to agree to a new contract with Everton. His good form continued and was a key player in the Wearsiders' second consecutive seventh-placed finish, so much so that he was the subject of another big offer.

Return to West Ham
In August 2001, Hutchison re-signed for West Ham United for £5 million for what was again a club record transfer fee. However, Hutchison sustained an anterior cruciate ligament injury in February 2002. When he finally regained full fitness, he found himself out of favour, having missed most of the 2003–04 season through injury, and was unable to force his way back into the first team in the 2004–05 season.

Millwall
Hutchison joined Millwall in August 2005 after being released at the start of the 2005–06 season by West Ham. He spent barely three months at the New Den, during which time he struggled to hold down a regular place in the starting XI. He left Millwall by mutual consent in November 2005, saying "I have left because of a lack of first-team football. At my age I need to be playing regularly."

Coventry City
In January 2006, Hutchison was given a contract with Coventry City until the end of the 2006–07 season, and signed a new one-year deal in June 2006. Manager Micky Adams said of him, "There's a saying that class is permanent and that applies to Don. He may not have the legs he had when he was younger but he possesses a fantastic ability to read the game." He was released by Coventry at the end of the 2006–07 season after an ankle injury restricted his appearances for the first team.

Luton Town
Hutchison signed for Luton Town on a one-year deal in July 2007. After scoring once for Luton, in the Football League Trophy against Northampton Town, he was released at the end of the season. He refused to take his final two wage packets from cash-strapped Luton, instead offering to sponsor two youth team players from the 2008–09 season.

International career
Born and raised in Gateshead in north-eastern England, Hutchison consistently stated his desire to play for Scotland, citing a strong relationship with his Scottish father (a miner for 35 years, originally from Nairn). Hutchison first represented Scotland B in an international against Wales B in Wrexham in 1994. However, Hutchison had a disappointing game and was substituted, prompting an international exile of five years. He later said, "That night at Wrexham was a bit of an anti-climax, but I never thought that was the end of it."

Hutchison debuted for Scotland under Craig Brown, coming on as a substitute in the Euro 2000 qualifier at Celtic Park on 31 March 1999, while Hampden Park was under reconstruction. The result was a 2–1 win for the Czech Republic. In his next game he scored the only goal of the game to give Scotland a 1–0 victory against Germany in Bremen.

Hutchison scored in the Euro 2000 qualifier 2–1 win against Bosnia-Herzegovina in Sarajevo, along with Billy Dodds, then scored again in the 3–0 home win against Lithuania in the same competition. He was the scorer of the only goal at Wembley in the 1–0 win over England in the Euro 2000 play-off second leg in November 1999. Hutchison recalls: "I remember Christian Dailly playing a good pass to Neil McCann and him delivering a great cross. I finished it off and nothing was going to stop me celebrating a goal in front of the Tartan Army at Wembley." Scotland lost the tie 2–1, their quest to reach three consecutive major tournaments unravelled by a Paul Scholes double in the first leg at Hampden.

Hutchison's next international goal was in Dublin in a 2–1 friendly win against the Republic of Ireland. His last was in a World Cup qualifier away to San Marino. Scotland won all six games in which Hutchison scored for them. Craig Brown said of Hutchison, "Don has the all-round game to make things happen, he is good in the air, has an excellent touch and is a terrific passer, lacking only pace. But he makes up for this by being tough and determined. He is a fierce tackler who can mix it, and so is a real presence in any team."

Hutchison said in 2003, "My father died recently and he was my biggest fan. I cried when they played the national anthem before the Iceland game because Flower of Scotland was played at my dad's funeral. The happiest I ever saw him was when we beat England at Wembley thanks to my goal." He added, "Playing for Scotland for my dad was something I really wanted to do because it made him feel proud. I will never forget his face when we played England at Wembley."

Personal life
Hutchison has worked as a football pundit and commentator for Talksport, TNT Sports and ESPN FC.

His son Max plays for Finn Harps F.C.

Career statistics

 * Scores and results list Scotland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Hutchison goal.

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First City Hall (Ottawa)

The first city hall for the city of Ottawa, Ontario, was built in 1849 on Elgin Street between Queen and Albert Streets.

Originally known as the West Ward Market Building on Elgin Street, the building was one of two markets in Ottawa, then called Bytown. The market did not last, facing competition from the Byward Market in the Lower Town and closed in that same year.

The site was then donated to Bytown by town councillor Nicholas Sparks in 1849 for conversion to a town hall. The first meeting of the Ottawa Horticultural Society was held here on March 9, 1854.

Inadequate to the needs of the growing community, it was replaced in 1877 by the Second City Hall, built next to this site. Today the site is the National Arts Centre.

The wooden building, with a bell tower, had two floors with the first floor as a fire hall/police station and upper floor as town offices.

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Wikipedia isn't an image gallery. This page would be appropriate on the Commons, but not here. dbenbenn | talk 04:15, 9 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Wikipedia articles should not be image galleries. Sjakkalle (Check!)  08:05, 9 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom --Rogerd 21:25, 9 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment Commons welcomes galleries of photos. Fg2 02:38, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete', articles aren't galleries, but link some to articles on relevant cities and skyline first. - Mgm|(talk) 09:27, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete having added images to a suitable category (Category:Skyline photographs?) —Phil | Talk 14:08, 11 October 2005 (UTC)

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Sea Around Us (organization)

The Sea Around Us is an international research initiative and a member of the Global Fisheries Cluster at the University of British Columbia. The Sea Around Us assesses the impact of fisheries on the marine ecosystems of the world and offers mitigating solutions to a range of stakeholders. To achieve this, the Sea Around Us presents fisheries and fisheries-related data at spatial scales that have ecological and policy relevance, such as by Exclusive Economic Zones, High Seas areas, Large Marine Ecosystems and Ecosystems.

All spatialized data are visualized either graphically or mapped, and all data can be downloaded. Global fisheries catches from 1950 to the present are available, under explicit consideration of coral reefs, seamounts, estuaries and other critical habitats of fish and marine invertebrates. The data presented, which are all freely available, are meant to support studies of global fisheries trends and the development of sustainable, ecosystem-based fisheries policies.

In the early 2000s, members of the Sea Around Us uncovered that China was overestimating its catches and showed that, when such distortions were removed from overall fisheries catches, global fisheries were actually declining since the late 1980s. The Sea Around Us also showed that the biomass of large fish in the North Atlantic is one-tenth of what it was only a century ago. Aquaculture, according to another study with members from the Project, cannot be expected to compensate for overfishing but is instead likely to exacerbate the problem due to the reliance on wild fish for fishmeal. In other words, without serious long-term planning, the oceans might get a lot worse before they get better.

In 2016, members of the Sea Around Us, using reconstructed global catch data that combine officially reported landings data with comprehensive estimates of unreported landings and discards, documented that, from 1950 to 2010, global catches were around 50% higher than reported data suggest. Furthermore, total catches seem to be declining faster from their peak catch in the mid-1990s than reported data would suggest.

The good news is that the discrepancy between reported data and estimated total catches is decreasing in more recent years, meaning that the comprehensiveness of data reported by countries seems to be improving.

All this information was compiled in the Global Atlas of Marine Fisheries, a 520-page book published in October 2016 by Island Press..

The Sea Around Us also communicates to broad audiences to convey the urgency to:

 * Reduce excess fishing capacity (much of which is being ‘exported’ to developing countries).
 * Eliminate damaging subsidies and create extensive networks of marine protected areas.
 * Reconsider the current model of carnivorous aquaculture.
 * Refocus fisheries to the small-scale sectors that are crucial to national food security concerns in developing countries.

The Sea Around Us was initiated in collaboration with The Pew Charitable Trusts in 1999, and in 2014, the Sea Around Us began a collaboration with The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation and its executive arm, Vulcan Inc., to provide African and Asian countries with more accurate and comprehensive fisheries data, and to redesign and revamp the Sea Around Us website.

Later on, in 2017, the Sea Around Us started a long-term collaboration with the Minderoo Foundation, which is the parent organization of the Walk Free Foundation. One of the first products of this collaboration was the paper "Modern slavery and the race to fish".

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Lists of opera companies

To view inclusive lists of opera companies by location see the following:
 * List of Latin American and South American opera companies
 * List of North American opera companies
 * List of opera companies in Africa and the Middle East
 * List of opera companies in Asia, Australia, and Oceania
 * List of opera companies in Europe

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Reads more like a game guide than an article also nn Gamecruft Delete --JAranda | yeah 04:16, 9 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete Per nom.  Ban  e  s  10:09, 9 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete Per nom. User:Colin99 12:36, 9 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom--Rogerd 21:35, 9 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge into Donkey Kong 64 --Revolución (talk) 23:14, 9 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge agree with Revolucion that article can be edited down and merged, not necessarily completely deleted. Some information of value here. (el_amante) 19:04, 12 October 2005 (UTC)

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