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Electronic Games

Electronic Games was the first dedicated video game magazine published in the United States and ran from October 15, 1981, to 1997 under different titles. It was co-founded by Bill Kunkel, Joyce Worley, and Arnie Katz.

History
The history of Electronic Games originates in the consumer electronics magazine, Video. Initially video games were covered sporadically in Deeny Kaplan's regular "VideoTest Reports" column. In the summer of 1979, Video decided to launch a new column to focus on video games. Arcade Alley became a regular column and would represent a journalistic first. Written by Bill Kunkel, Arnie Katz (initially pseudonymously writing as Frank T. Laney II), and Joyce Worley, the three writers became close friends and in 1981 they founded Electronic Games magazine. The magazine was active from Winter 1981, during the golden age of arcade video games and the second generation of consoles, up until 1985, following the video game crash of 1983. The magazine was briefly revived during the 16-bit era in the early 1990s, but ended in 1995 and was renamed to Fusion.

Initially, the release of the first issue was scheduled for October 15, 1981. However, the release was postponed to October 29, 1981 and featured a slightly different cover than initially advertised.

Arcade Awards
Electronic Games is notable for hosting the Arcade Awards, or Arkie Awards, the first "Game of the Year" award ceremony simultaneously running in Video's "Arcade Alley" column. The following games are the winners of the magazine's annual Arcade Awards. The awards for each year took place in the January of the following year. No single game was allowed to win more than one award in the same year.

1980 Arcade Awards (1979)
According to the Winter 1981 issue of Electronic Games, the 1980 Arcade Awards (i.e., the first set of "Arkies") were announced in February 1980 and covered all hardware and software produced prior to January 1, 1980.

1981 Arcade Awards (1980)
The 1981 edition of the awards reflects accomplishments during the 12 months of the preceding year.

1982 Arcade Awards (1981)
The third annual Arcade Awards were sponsored jointly by Video and Electronic Games and honored outstanding achievements in the field of video games of the year 1981. The 1982 Arcade Awards were published in the March 1982 issue of Electronic Games.

1983 Arcade Awards (1982)
The 4th "Arkies" cover games published between October 1, 1981, and October 1, 1982, and were published in the January 1983 issue of Electronic Games.

1984 Arcade Awards (1983)
The 5th "Arkies" were published in the January 1984 issue of Electronic Games.

1985 Arkie Awards (1984)
The 6th "Arkies" were printed in the January 1985 issue of Electronic Games.

1992 (7th)
Following the magazine's revival in 1992, it published the Electronic Gaming Awards in March 1993, where editors nominated several games for each category and the readers would vote which games win. The following were the winners and nominees for 1992.

1993 (8th)
The following games were the winners and nominees for the EG Awards of 1993, with nominees chosen by editors and winners voted by readers.

Reader polls
From May 1982 onwards, the magazine carried out a reader poll in each issue to see which are the most popular games of the month among its readers, up until the January 1985 issue. The top-ranking games in these polls are listed below.

1982

 * May
 * Console: Asteroids (Runner-Up: Missile Command)
 * Computer: Star Raiders (Runner-Up: Space Invaders)
 * Arcade: Pac-Man (Runner-Up: Asteroids)

 * August
 * Console: Pac-Man (Runner-Up: Missile Command)
 * Computer: Star Raiders (Runner-Up: Jawbreaker)
 * Arcade: Pac-Man (Runner-Up: Tempest)

 * September
 * Console: Pac-Man (Runner-Up: Missile Command)
 * Computer: Star Raiders (Runner-Up: Missile Command)
 * Arcade: Pac-Man (Runner-Up: Donkey Kong)

 * October & November
 * Console: Defender (Runner-Up: Pac-Man)
 * Computer: Star Raiders (Runner-Up: Missile Command)
 * Arcade: Tempest (Runner-Up: Donkey Kong)

The games that were top-ranked the most in these 1982 polls were:
 * Console: Pac-Man (Runner-Up: Defender)
 * Computer: Star Raiders (Runner-Up: Missile Command)
 * Arcade: Pac-Man (Runner-Up: Tempest)

1983

 * January
 * Console: Pitfall! (Runner-Up: Berzerk)
 * Computer: Star Raiders (Runner-Up: Pac-Man)
 * Arcade: Donkey Kong (Runner-Up: Dig Dug)

 * May
 * Console: Pitfall! (Runner-Up: Donkey Kong)
 * Computer: Star Raiders (Runner-Up: Pac-Man)
 * Arcade: Donkey Kong

 * June
 * Console: Donkey Kong (Runner-Up: Zaxxon)
 * Computer: Star Raiders (Runner-Up: Pac-Man)
 * Arcade: Donkey Kong (Runner-Up: Tron)

 * July
 * Console: Pitfall! (Runner-Up: Donkey Kong)
 * Computer: Star Raiders (Runner-Up: Pac-Man)
 * Arcade: Donkey Kong (Runner-Up: Donkey Kong Jr.)

 * August
 * Console: Donkey Kong (Runner-Up: Pitfall!)
 * Computer: Pac-Man (Runner-Up: Star Raiders)
 * Arcade: Zaxxon (Runner-Up: Joust)

 * September
 * Console: Donkey Kong Jr. (Runner-Up: Lady Bug)
 * Computer: Star Raiders (Runner-Up: Centipede)
 * Arcade: Pole Position (Runner-Up: Donkey Kong Jr.)

 * October
 * Console: Donkey Kong (Runner-Up: River Raid)
 * Computer: Star Raiders (Runner-Up: Pac-Man)
 * Arcade: Pole Position (Runner-Up: Donkey Kong)

 * November
 * Console: Donkey Kong Jr. (Runner-Up: Zaxxon)
 * Computer: Star Raiders (Runner-Up: Pac-Man)
 * Arcade: Pole Position (Runner-Up: Q*bert)

 * December
 * Console: Donkey Kong Jr. (Runner-Up: Centipede)
 * Computer: Miner 2049er (Runner-Up: Star Raiders)
 * Arcade: Pole Position (Runner-Up: Q*bert)

The games that were top-ranked the most in these 1983 polls were:
 * Console: Donkey Kong / Donkey Kong Jr.
 * Computer: Star Raiders (Runner-Up: Pac-Man)
 * Arcade: Pole Position (Runner-Up: Donkey Kong)

1984

 * January
 * Console: Donkey Kong Jr. (Runner-Up: River Raid)
 * Computer: Miner 2049er (Runner-Up: Star Raiders)
 * Arcade: Dragon's Lair (Runner-Up: Star Wars)

 * November
 * Console: Pitfall II (Runner-Up: Miner 2049er)
 * Computer: Zork I (Runner-Up: Buck Rogers)
 * Arcade: Dragon's Lair (Runner-Up: Star Wars)

 * December
 * Computer: Zork I
 * Arcade: Spy Hunter (Runner-Up: Track & Field)

The games that were top-ranked the most in these 1984 polls were:
 * Console: Donkey Kong Jr. / Pitfall II
 * Computer: Zork I (Runner-Up: Miner 2049er)
 * Arcade: Dragon's Lair (Runner-Up: Spy Hunter)

1985

 * January
 * Console: Pitfall II (Runner-Up: Q*bert)
 * Computer: Miner 2049er (Runner-Up: Donkey Kong)
 * Arcade: Star Wars (Runner-Up: Dragon's Lair)

There was no reader poll held for the March 1985 issue.

Hall of Fame
The twelve games voted by readers as part of the magazine's Hall of Fame up until January 1985.
 * Pong (1972)
 * Space Invaders (1978)
 * Asteroids (1979)
 * Star Raiders (1979)
 * Defender (1980)
 * Major League Baseball (1980)
 * Pac-Man (1980)
 * Donkey Kong (1981)
 * Quest for the Rings (1981)
 * Miner 2049er (1982)
 * Zaxxon (1982)
 * Dragon's Lair (1983)

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Shlomo Goldman

Shlomo Goldman (April 1, 1947 – July 21, 2017), also known as the Sanz Zviller rebbe, was the Grand Rabbi of the Sanz-Klausenberger community in Union City, New Jersey, where he resided.

Goldman was the son of the previous Zviller Rebbe, Rabbi Mordchai Goldman, and a son-in-law of the late Sanz-Klausenburger Rebbe, Rabbi Yekusiel Yehudah Halberstam. Born in Jerusalem, he was designated to head the new hasidic community that was being established in Union City.

Goldman died Friday morning, July 21, 2017.

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Coconstitutionalism

Coconstitutionalism is where two institutional cultures exist in a complex semi-autonomous relationship to each other. The model of asymmetrical devolution that has emerged in democratic Spain has been called "coconstitutional" in that it is neither a federal nor a unitary model of government: autonomous nation-regions exist alongside and within the Spanish nation-state in a relatively dynamic relationship.

Similarities to federalism are marked although a key difference lies in the legal status of a federal-state versus a notionally unitary coconstitutional one: in a federation, it is the states who legally transfer powers to the federal government (bottom up) whereas in a unitary state power is devolved from the nation-state down to the regions (top down) and can in theory be revoked. But in the case of Spain any such move by a future Spanish government could rekindle the Spanish Civil War, the truth is such a move would probably require a constitutional amendment. Certainly a statue of autonomy (Spanish, Estatuto de autonomía) cannot be abrogated nor modified save by an initiative of an autonomous regional Parliament—that being, of course, unlikely.

Since 1997, the UK government has pursued a similar coconstitutional model of devolution with regard to its nation-regions.

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Consolidation

Consolidation may refer to:

In science and technology

 * Consolidation (computing), the act of linkage editing in computing
 * Consolidation (locomotive), popular name of a steam locomotive with a 2-8-0 wheel arrangement
 * Consolidation (soil), a geological process whereby a soil decreases in volume
 * Consolidation ratio, the number of virtual servers that can run on each physical host machine
 * Mathematical consolidation, the fusion of diverse theories into one
 * Memory consolidation, the process in the brain by which recent memories are crystallised into long-term memory
 * Pulmonary consolidation, a clinical term for solidification into a firm dense mass
 * Semiconductor consolidation, the trend of semiconductor companies collaborating
 * Ultrasonic consolidation, a manufacturing technique for metals

In economics

 * Consolidation (business), the mergers or acquisitions of many smaller companies into much larger ones
 * Consolidation (media), consolidation of United States media into a few companies
 * Debt consolidation, the process of combining two or more loans into one big loan
 * Federal student loan consolidation, allows students to consolidate student loans into one single debt
 * Fiscal Consolidation, a euphemism for austerity measures

Other uses

 * Championship consolidation, the act of combining two separate championships into a single title
 * Consolidation bill, a type of bill in the Parliament of the United Kingdom
 * Democratic consolidation, the process by which a new democracy matures
 * Federal student loan consolidation
 * Joinder, the consolidation of multiple legal cases
 * Land consolidation, the process that consolidates small fragmented parcels of land into larger contiguous plots
 * Likud, a conservative Israeli political party whose name is Hebrew for "Consolidation"
 * Municipal consolidation, the act of merging two or more municipalities to form a single new one
 * Urban consolidation

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Jamie Johnson (filmmaker)

James Wittenborn Johnson (born 1979) is an American heir, filmmaker, and socialite. He is a great-grandson of Robert Wood Johnson I (co-founder of Johnson & Johnson). He has also worked as a journalist and as a fashion designer.

Early life
Jamie Johnson was born in 1979 to Johnson & Johnson heir James Loring Johnson, son of John Seward Johnson I, and Gretchen Wittenborn Johnson, sister of screenwriter and novelist Dirk Wittenborn. Johnson grew up with his four older sisters and a brother on a New Jersey estate. The family also had residences in East Hampton, New York and Jupiter Island, Florida.

He graduated from Pingry School, a preparatory school in Martinsville, New Jersey. He graduated with a B.A. from the Gallatin School at New York University in 2003, where he studied Medieval history, American history, and filmmaking.

Filmmaking
In 2003, his documentary film Born Rich premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. It discussed his experience, as well as the experiences of ten other young heirs, of growing up with inherited wealth. There were sold-out screenings of the film in New York City for weeks. The film was broadcast on television by HBO, as part of its America Undercover series. Johnson received two Emmy Award nominations for the film, in 2004: Outstanding Directing for Nonfiction Programming, and Outstanding Nonfiction Special; with Johnson receiving the latter nomination as a producer.

In 2006, Johnson's second film, The One Percent, premiered at the TriBeCa Film Festival. The documentary examines the system that allows a growing wealth gap in America, focusing on the one percent of Americans who control 40 percent of the country's wealth. The film featured Robert Reich, Bill Gates Sr., Milton Friedman, and many others coming from various socioeconomic strata, including residents of Chicago's Cabrini–Green housing project and Hurricane Katrina victims. The film premiered on television on HBO's Cinemax in 2008.

Television appearances and cameo roles
In 2003, Johnson was interviewed on The Oprah Winfrey Show about Born Rich in a namesake episode that also featured Paris Hilton and Nicky Hilton. He was also interviewed about the documentary on Paula Zahn Now on CNN and CNN Sunday Morning before the film's television debut on HBO. In 2004, he was interviewed about the film on 60 Minutes on Australia's Channel 9.

In 2006, he was on Oprah discussing The One Percent in an episode on "Class in America", along with Nicole Buffett, who was in the film. Warren Buffett's disowning of Nicole shortly after the interview garnered media attention and was included in the HBO version of documentary. In 2008, Johnson was interviewed about the film on The Early Show on CBS on the day of the film's television debut on HBO.

Johnson was on Oprah in 2009 discussing how the recession affects rich families in an episode about the declining American middle class. The wealth gap widened in the Great Recession that occurred after the 2006 episode on social class, where Johnson stated that historians always list a growing wealth gap among the reasons for the decline of great civilizations. In 2013, Johnson commented on meritocracy in America on All In with Chris Hayes on MSNBC on the day Prince George was born.

In 2011, he had a cameo role as himself on Gossip Girl. In 2012, he had a cameo role as Julie's suitor in Arbitrage.

Writing
From 2008 to 2011, Johnson wrote an online weekly column for Vanity Fair titled "The One Percent" on various perspectives, practices, and issues of the wealthy. He wrote an article titled "The One Percent" for The Huffington Post in 2008. In 2014, he wrote for The New York Times about a White House summit for 100 young philanthropists and heirs to billionaire family fortunes where he was an invitee.

Fashion
In 2010, Johnson launched a high-end fashion collection called Black Sweater. The clothing line was launched at Bergdorf Goodman in 2011. He started by making garments for friends and family after friends commented on custom clothing he had designed for himself.

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Sand Beach

A sand beach is a beach consisting primarily of sand.

Sand Beach may also refer to:

Canada

 * Sand Beach, Nova Scotia

United States

 * Sand Beach, Pennsylvania
 * Sand Beach Township, Michigan
 * Sand Beach Church, in Owasco, New York
 * Sand Beach in Acadia National Park, Bar Harbor, Maine

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Phiiliip

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The result of the debate was DELETE. Linuxbeak | Talk 22:02, 16 October 2005 (UTC)

Phiiliip
I cleaned up this page that was full of POV ("BEST DJ 4EVA YO!!!!" and the like) but I did a little searching and I'm convinced he isn't notable enough for an article (in all fairness -- he may be someday). Also, he might be confused with a signed artist called "Phiiliip".

 * Delete --Quasipalm 16:49, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete... I don't see anything that meets WP:MUSIC--Isotope23 17:22, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete per above. Friday (talk) 18:20, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
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Mirador del Río

Mirador del Río is a viewpoint on an approximately 475 m escarpment called Batería del Río in the north of the Canarian island of Lanzarote.

The location was created in between 1971 and 1973 by the local artist César Manrique in his typical style, consisting of a balustraded cafe, a souvenir shop and a platform at the top which are integrated in the lava rock. The technical realization of the work was carried out by Eduardo Cáceres and Jesús Soto and it was inaugurated in 1973. Its surroundings have been declared a protected natural area. The building is barely visible from the outside due to being camouflaged under a heavy stone skin that blends in with the environment.

After entering the building through a winding corridor, there are two spacious vaulted rooms with two large glass windows—the eyes of the Mirador—that provide a panoramic view over the Strait of El Río towards the island of La Graciosa. Also, on clear days, beyond the view of La Graciosa, the small islands of Montaña Clara and Roque del Oeste can be seen, with the furthest of them all being Alegranza. All of these are part of the Chinijo Archipelago.

From here guards watched for secretly landing ships in former times.

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Thank you for your contributions to Spaghetti squash! The pictures are most appreciated, and really add to the article! Jdavidb (talk) 16:52, 10 October 2005 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/E-steki

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E-steki
del. nonnotable. mikka (t) 16:54, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
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Huematzin

Huematzin is mentioned in some Mesoamerican codices as being a sage and a member of Toltec nobility and scholar who lived during the end of the 8th century. It is unknown whether he was an actual historical person or a legendary figure. According to the Aztec chronicles he was the wisest man in Tollan, city of the Toltecs which may or may not be identical with the archeological site of Tula, and he owned many sacred books (called teoamoxtli in Nahuatl).

Huematzin's name is in a manuscript by the indigenous scholar and nobleman Fernando de Alva Cortés Ixtlilxochitl, Relaciones Históricas, written some time around 1600.

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I have removed the link from editor Chris Mitchell to the wiki entry on Chris Mitchell the Australian journalist as they are definitely NOT the same person!

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1898–99 in Belgian football

The 1898–99 season was the fourth competitive season in Belgian football.

Overview
Only one official division existed at the time, split into two leagues. It was called Coupe de Championnat (Championship Cup) and its winner was decided after a two-legged final match between the winners of each league.

No team was relegated this season and only one new club was admitted for the next season (Skill F.C. de Bruxelles).

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Preguiça

Preguiça may refer to the following places:

 * Preguiça, part of the town Espargos on the island of Sal, Cape Verde
 * Preguiça, São Nicolau, a village on the island of São Nicolau, Cape Verde
 * Preguiça River in northeastern Brazil

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Michel Petit

Michel Petit (born February 12, 1964) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) from the 1982–83 NHL season to the 1998–99 NHL season. Upon his retirement Petit had played for a then-NHL record ten different teams, a mark has since been surpassed by Mike Sillinger.

Playing career
As a youth, Petit played in the Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament four consecutive years from 1974 to 1977, with a minor ice hockey team from Pont-Rouge.

Petit was drafted by the Vancouver Canucks in the 1982 NHL Entry Draft in the first round, eleventh overall. During his 17 seasons in the NHL he played for ten different NHL teams, which as of 2017 was tied along with J. J. Daigneault, Mathieu Schneider, Jim Dowd, Olli Jokinen and Lee Stempniak as the second-most by any player. Petit was the first to hit the ten-team mark.

Petit played for the Vancouver Canucks (1982–83 – 1987–88), New York Rangers (1987–88 – 1988–89), Quebec Nordiques (1989–90 – 1990–91), Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91 – 1991–92), Calgary Flames (1992–93 – 1993–94), Los Angeles Kings (1994–95 – 1995–96), Tampa Bay Lightning (1995–96), Edmonton Oilers (1996–97), Philadelphia Flyers (1996–97), and Phoenix Coyotes (1997–98) (1998–99).

In his 17 seasons of playing hockey, he amassed a total of 90 goals, 238 assists, 328 points, 1839 penalty minutes, and 827 games played.

Personal life
Currently, Petit resides in The Woodlands, Texas and is a sales manager for Smart Sand, working in Canada and the US. Petit won the 2019 Member Guest at Traditions Club in 2019.

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Consumers Energy

Consumers Energy is an investor owned utility that provides natural gas and electricity to 6.7 million of Michigan's 10 million residents. It serves customers in all 68 of the state's Lower Peninsula counties. It is the primary subsidiary of CMS Energy. The company was founded in 1886 and is currently headquartered in Jackson, Michigan.

History
The company was founded in 1886 as Jackson Electric Light Works by William A. Foote, Samuel Jarvis, of Lansing, and his brother James B. Foote, who was originally tasked to install electric lighting in downtown Jackson. After a series of acquisitions and mergers involving other local electric, gas, and trolley companies which were properties of W.A. Foote, as well as Anton G. Hodenpyl and Henry. D. Walbridge, the company incorporated as Consumers Power Company in 1910 in Maine. It became part of the utility holding conglomerate Commonwealth & Southern Corporation, which held utilities in 10 other states. His wife later founded Foote Hospital, now Henry Ford Allegiance Health, also in Jackson, Michigan.

Commonwealth and Southern dissolved in 1946, leaving Consumers Power (and all other utility holdings) an independent company. After serving Michigan for more than 80 years, the company reincorporated in Michigan in 1968 and maintained its headquarters in Jackson, Michigan. Consumers operated the Big Rock Point Nuclear Power Plant in Charlevoix from 1962 to 1997 and built the Palisades Nuclear Plant near South Haven in 1971, which was sold to Entergy.

In 1968, Consumers Power began construction of a nuclear power plant in Midland, Michigan, primarily for the Dow Chemical Company. However, construction issues caused delays and increased costs. The Three Mile Island accident in 1979 resulted in a massive change in nuclear regulatory requirements and system redesign. When it was revealed the containment buildings were settling and foundation cracks were discovered, Dow cancelled its contract with Consumers Power, and the project was abandoned in 1984. The $4.1 billion investment nearly bankrupted Consumers Power. However, in 1985, Consumers Power formed a partnership with eight other companies to convert Midland's abandoned nuclear plant into a natural gas-fired power plant. Transformation of the plant began in 1986 and was completed at a cost of $500 million. The Midland Cogeneration Venture began producing power in 1991 and that success restored faith in Consumers Power.

In 1997, the name of the company was changed to Consumers Energy. In 2011, Consumers Energy received approval to establish a 100-megawatt wind energy facility in Michigan's Mason County called Lake Winds Energy Park. In 2014, the company announced their second wind farm in Tuscola County with a total investment of $250 million, and named it Cross Winds Energy Park. By 2015, Consumers Energy produced ten percent of its electricity from renewable sources.

In 2009, Consumers Energy launched comprehensive electric and natural gas energy efficiency programs that included rebates and incentives for homes and businesses. Consumers Energy's trademark slogan is "Count on Us", and it is the primary subsidiary of CMS Energy.

In 2018, Consumers Energy announced plans to retire all coal-burning plants by 2040 and expects to have 40% renewable power by then. In 2018, Consumers Energy became the title sponsor of the August Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at Michigan International Speedway.

In December 2020, Garrick J. Rochow assumed the role of President & CEO of CMS and Consumers Energy after a 17-year tenure at the company.

System information
Because of utility regulatory changes, Consumers divested its transmission system. It opted instead to sell the system to the Michigan Electric Transmission Company (METC), currently an ITC Holdings company (which also owns Detroit Edison's transmission system under the "ITCTransmission" brand.) Consumers Energy's primary distribution voltages are 2.77/4.8Y, 4.8/8.32Y, 7.2/12.47Y, 7.97/13.8Y and 14.4/24.9Y. Consumers retained its looped 23kV and 46kV high voltage sub-transmission (HVD) systems and its radial 138 kV lines as well.

Generating portfolio
Consumers Energy's utility-owned generation portfolio consists of a hydroelectric system, including part ownership of Ludington Pumped Storage, wind farms, nuclear power plant, and coal-fired plants and natural gas peakers.

Hydroelectric
Consumers Energy owns 13 hydroelectric facilities or dams along five rivers in Michigan. Built between 1906 and 1935, the hydros have a combined generating capacity of about 130 megawatts, enough to serve about 70,000 people. Near the hydros are campgrounds, boat launches and nature trails that are popular spots for canoeing, fishing and bird watching. The facilities are located on the Au Sable River (Mio Hydro, Alcona Hydro, Loud Hydro, Five Channels Hydro, Cooke Hydro, Foote Hydro), Grand River (Webber Hydro), Kalamazoo River (Allegan Hydro), Manistee River (Hodenpyl Hydro, Tippy Hydro) and Muskegon River (Rogers Hydro, Hardy Hydro, Croton Hydro). Operating since 1907, the Webber Hydro on the Grand River is the company's oldest operating hydroelectric facility. The Croton Hydro on the Muskegon River was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on August 16, 1979.

Following is a complete, sortable list of Consumers Energy's hydroelectric generating facilities:

Pumped Storage
Consumers Energy also operates and co-owns (with DTE Energy) the Ludington Pumped Storage Power Plant near Ludington. Built between 1969 and 1973, the plant sits on a 1,000-acre site along the Lake Michigan shoreline. It includes an 842-acre reservoir that can store up to 27 billion gallons of water — the equivalent of 2 million backyard swimming pools.

Nuclear
Consumers Energy operated the Big Rock Point Nuclear Power Plant near Charlevoix, Michigan. The plant operated for 35 years, until 1997 when it closed. It was Michigan's first nuclear power plant and the United States' fifth nuclear plant, capable of producing 67 megawatts of electricity. Palisades Nuclear Generating Station (five miles south of South Haven) was previously owned by Consumers Energy and was shut down in May 2022.

Coal
Consumers Energy's largest power plant is the coal-powered J.H. Campbell power plant between Holland and Grand Haven. The other remaining coal-fired plant is the D.E. Karn generating station located on Saginaw Bay near Bay City. The Cobb power plant in Muskegon; the Whiting power plant on Lake Erie in Luna Pier, just north of the Michigan-Ohio state line and the J.C. Weadock Generating Plant were all coal plants that ceased operating in 2016. Consumers Energy originally planned to close its remaining coal plants by 2040 but the plan was sped up to close all plants by 2025.

Natural gas
The Midland Cogeneration Venture in Midland was formerly owned by Consumer Power and still supplies power to them. Additional natural gas units are planned to replace the retiring coal plants.

In 2014 Consumers Energy started the process of purchasing the DPC Juniper power plant located in Jackson, MI. The sale was completed in 2016. The plant was renamed to Jackson Generation Station and has the capacity of 540 megawatts.

Recently in June 2023, Consumers Energy completed the purchase of the Covert Generation Station located in Van Buren County. This plant has a 1,176 megawatt capacity.

Consumers Energy also uses natural gas and oil peaking units. These include the Zeeland Generating Station, Karn 3&4 Generating Station, and combustion turbine stations.

Natural gas distribution and storage
Consumers Energy is a natural gas distributor in Michigan. Its annual quantity of 373 billion cubic feet is distributed to its residential and business customers. The company purchases all natural gas that it provides its customers. It serves more than 1.7 million customers through over 27,000 mi of transmission and distribution pipelines. In 2013, it was fined $1.4 million for its role in two gas explosions that killed three people.

Electric vehicles
In early 2018, General Motors (GM) and Consumers announced that they formed a partnership to develop "smart charging" technology for owners of electric vehicles. Consumers Energy plans to buy or lease over 100 electric vehicles from GM. The two companies will test new electric vehicle charging technology. The technology will let vehicle owners plug in their car to be charged, but it will delay the actual charging until nighttime during off-peak energy hours. Additionally, Consumers will invest $7.5 million "to encourage the development of EV charging stations across Michigan."

Philanthropy
Annually, Consumers Energy awards about $10 million to Michigan nonprofit organizations through grants, employee and retiree contributions and, corporate giving. It has helped to raise over $1.8 million towards United Way's Michigan campaign initiatives, created fund-raising campaigns at their facilities and participated in employee-volunteer events. Consumers Energy has also worked on early childhood development and education in Michigan and has also received Wildlife Habitat Council (WHC) compliant certificates for its efforts to promote environmental education.

In 2013, Consumers Energy was given the William Booth Award by The Salvation Army in recognition of its long history of philanthropic activities and leadership for the PeopleCare assistance program. Since the beginning of PeopleCare program, it has contributed $27 million in energy bill credits.

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Talk:Foreshadowing

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Sentence
Is there something wrong with the following sentence?

Each of these hints widens the range of possible consequences and maintains tension throughout the narrative as these possibilities narrow.

The possible consequences seem to be both widening and narrowing. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.46.221.121 (talk • contribs) 18:13, 28 February 2006 (UTC).

 * No, although it could possibly be written more clearly. I had to read it a couple times to make sense of it too.  Note that it says the hints widen the possible consequences and the tension mounts as they narrow. In other words, each foreshadowed event adds a new consequence, and as the story goes on new events remove the possibility of certain consequences. As each possible consequence is removed the tension builds as it becomes clearer which outcome is more likely. --Tommy Gun 21:06, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

 * That sentence was a trainwreck. I just removed it. Bobbyi 03:54, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

A Funny Take on Foreshadowing
I want to congratulate you and Wikipedia on the most useful description of foreshadowing that I have seen on the web.

I propose a link (which I think distinctive) for your consideration www.benandverse.com/writings/index.htm.

My section on foreshadowing, “Shadowing the Reader,” is distinctive in its attempt to engage the interest of a new audience with humor. It is a chapter from the book, “How to Write an Uncommonly Good Novel,” edited by Carol Hoover.

Although the chapter is basically a teaching tool, the efforts at light relief might lead you to a description something like the heading above.

The work on this chapter is from a section I have just added to my website, a literary miscellany, called “Phony Pearls of Fictitious Wisdom”.

My original website, “Ben and Verse,” is devoted to Ben Franklin. It received the A+ award from the www.englishwebteacher.com (together with a link from the Franklin Institute).

The original website has persisted for years; I have instructed my executors that both the original website and this new addition shall remain unchanged until long after my death.

I’d consider it an honor to receive a link from the Wikipedia.

Sincerely,

John McCall Mccall63@aol.com

152.163.100.197 15:42, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

Empty!
Why is the page gone? When I tried to go to it, it said the page was deleted. 60.224.228.203 12:59, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

Foreshadowing Article Freed From Copyright Restrictions
Please feel free to quote at any length any section from my website "Ben and Verse" (www.benandverse.com)provided that the source is noted. The release from copyright restrictions includes under, "Phony Pearls of Fictitious Wisdom," the article described on this page as "Funny Take..." 63.215.28.131 16:23, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

Romeo and Juliet
Is it really considered foreshadowing in R&J (when they say they'd rather die than live apart) when the beginning Chorus tells the audience explicitly that the lovers are going to die?

 * ''A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life;
 * ''Whose misadventur'd piteous overthrows
 * ''Doth with their death bury their parents' strife.

Since we already know about the deaths, aren't the characters' statements rather an example of dramatic irony? -- trlkly 22:19, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

Formal Patterning
Why is the following sentence -in the "Formal Patterning" section- between inverted commas? "the organization of the events, actions and gestures which constitute a narrative and give shape to a story; when done well, formal patterning allows the audience the pleasure of discerning and anticipating the structure of the plot as it reveals itself." If it is a quote, its source should be cited. If it is not a quote, the inverted commas should go. Also, the phrase "when done well" implies a value judgement, which does not belong in an encyclopedia. 81.99.193.239 (talk) 16:55, 31 December 2010 (UTC)

Guessing Ahead
This is surely not an accurate synonym of foreshadowing? Pointing ahead, if anything?

Examples of Foreshadow in Literature
Hey everyone! I was thinking about adding a new section to this article. I think it would be beneficial if it included examples of foreshadow in famous works, then the readers would be able to better understand how it can be implemented. If you have any questions comments or concerns please write back!

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Taha Muhie-eldin Marouf

Taha Muhie-eldin Marouf (طه محيي الدين معروف; 1924 – 7 August 2009) was an Iraqi-Kurdish politician who served as the vice president of Iraq from 1974 until the U.S. invasion in April 2003.

Early life
He was born in 1924 in Sulaymaniyah, into a prominent family in Kurd-dominated northern Iraq.

Political life
Marouf joined the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party in 1968 and held several ministerial posts.

Marouf was an ethnic Kurd in Saddam Hussein's Ba'ath Party hierarchy, but the Kurdish community viewed his appointment as a mere gesture, believing that he had little real power. However, he did serve as ambassador to Italy, Malta, and Albania.

It was announced that Marouf was taken into custody on 2 May 2003. He had been captured with two other Saddam deputies Abd al-Tawab Mullah Huwaysh, director of the Office of Military Industrialization and a deputy prime minister in charge of arms procurement, and Mizban Khadr Hadi commander of one of four military regions Saddam established on the eve of the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Marouf was #24 (initially #42) on the U.S. list of most-wanted Iraqis. He was represented by the nine of diamonds in the most-wanted Iraqi playing cards.

He died on 7 August 2009 in Amman, Jordan. He was buried in Erbil, Iraq, the following day.

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Talk:Butter fingers

Not sure if this expression is used internationally, it's certainly used here in the UK.

Why not transport dictionary-like entries to Wiktionary rather than simply delete them? That way the contributor's misplaced efforts will not be in vain.

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Ronnie Lee

Ronnie Lee (born 1951) is a British animal rights activist. He is known primarily for being the Press Officer for the UK Animal Liberation Front (ALF) in 1976. He also founded the magazine Arkangel in 1989.

Founding the ALF
Lee was a member of the Hunt Saboteurs Association (HSA) in the 1970s, and formed an offshoot of it, which he called the Band of Mercy. The original Band of Mercy was started by a group of activists in England in 1824 to thwart fox hunting by laying false scents and blowing hunting horns. Lee and another activist, Cliff Goodman, revived the name in 1972, and set about attacking hunters' vehicles. They progressed to attacking pharmaceutical laboratories and seal-hunting boats, and on 10 November 1973, they set fire to a building in Milton Keynes with the aim of making insurance prohibitive for what they saw as industries that exploit animals, a strategy the ALF continues to pursue.

In August 1974, Lee and Goodman were arrested for taking part in a raid on Oxford Laboratory Animal Colonies in Bicester, which earned them the name the "Bicester Two". Daily demonstrations took place outside the court during their trial, with Lee's local Labour MP, Ivor Clemitson among the demonstrators. They were sentenced to three years in prison, during which Lee went on the movement's first hunger strike to obtain vegan food and clothing. Paroled after 12 months, Lee emerged more militant than before, and organised 30 activists to set up a new liberation campaign. Seeking a campaign name that would "haunt" those who used animals, he chose the Animal Liberation Front.

"Valerie's" story
In Free the Animals (2000), Ingrid Newkirk, the president of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), tells what purports to be the true story of one of the first ALF activists to set up a cell in the United States, and how she was helped by Lee. The activist, named "Valerie" by Newkirk, flew to London in the early 1980s to seek Lee's help. She made contact with him by making an appointment to interview Kim Stallwood, then the executive director of the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection (BUAV), and later executive director of PETA. Valerie pretended she was writing an article about animal rights, and asked Stallwood whether he knew how to contact Lee, as she wanted to interview him too. Stallwood told her BUAV allowed Lee's "volunteers" to use an office in the BUAV building, because Lee had just been released from prison. Stallwood made it clear that Lee and the BUAV did not agree on the merits of direct action.

Newkirk describes how Stallwood introduced Valerie to Lee in a nearby pub. Before agreeing to speak to her, Lee asked Valerie to hand over her wallet, the contents of which he checked, take off her jacket, stand up, and lift her shirt over her stomach. When he was satisfied that she was not recording the conversation, he told her he could arrange for her to join an ALF activist training course in the north of England. When they parted, he declined to shake hands with her, because he said he couldn't afford to be seen doing anything that looked as though he was sealing a deal. "What you do is our handshake," he told Valerie. Newkirk describes how the participants in the training course did not know each other's real names, using code names throughout, with Lee being the only person who knew everyone's identity.

Imprisonment
Lee became the ALF's full-time press officer in the 1980s, and was sentenced in connection with this to ten years imprisonment in 1986. While in prison, he founded Arkangel, the animal liberation magazine. During this time he furthered his education by learning foreign languages. He was released in 1992 after serving six years and eight months.

Beliefs
Lee has written that animal liberation requires widespread, radical changes in the way human beings live.

Current activism
Lee is reported to maintain a low profile in England. His participation in the animal liberation movement includes making public statements in response to news stories about ALF actions, expressing views that are frequently more militant than those expressed officially by the Animal Liberation Press Office. For example, he issued a statement in 2001 openly condoning an armed assault on an executive of Huntingdon Life Sciences, the subject of an international animal-rights campaign called Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty (SHAC), which ALF activists are believed to be involved in.

In 2008, Lee expressed regret that when active he had sought to target properties and institutions involved in animal abuse rather than the individuals. He stated that had he had his time again he would now target individuals he perceived as animal abusers, in their own homes as opposed to their places of work. Lee also put in an appearance in disguise in the 2006 documentary about the ALF 'Behind the Mask' where he again expressed radical views about violence towards people he perceived as animal abusers. Under the pseudonym of Tony Peters, Lee founded the anti greyhound racing group Greyhound Action, which folded in 2011.

Vegan advocacy
Ronnie Lee was a guest of Animal Rights Zone (ARZone), appearing as a live guest on the global animal rights social network, which is transcribed on the online site.

Green Party
Lee has become an active member of the Green Party of England and Wales and has co-founded a group called Greens For Animal Protection, for members of the Green Party who campaign on animal issues.

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Cedar Knolls, New Jersey

Cedar Knolls is an unincorporated community located within Hanover Township in Morris County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is part of Hanover Township along with Whippany.

It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 4,082.

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Talk:Beauty and the Beast (1987 TV series)

TOC
I've run across this page; and, as an old B&B fan (and former president of a local association), I just have to tackle it. I'm gonna see gradually if I can bulk this sucker out with some good information!

After reading this article, it seems to me that this show suffered from "Mork & Mindy syndrome" to a certain extent (which in this case, caused this show to jump the shark), with the only difference being that M&M lasted longer than this show, and the changes to B&B weren't exactly being done to attract "younger viewers" (LOL). Not only that, but Catherine being killed off was--if you'll pardon the expression--the final nail in the coffin. In any event, my mother loved it when it was originally on.Harperbruce 17:03, 10 October 2005 (UTC)

Sexual Tension
The article says they had a romantic relationship that 'could never be consummated'... why is that? it sounds like it happened later on anyway.

I'm on the 2007 Con Committee; I removed the old link (we have had problems updating it). We are concentrating on the MySpace page at this point. Greywanderer 18:54, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

"by Senator Joseph McCarthy's House Unamerican Activities Committee" was removed by me. The Senator could not have been involved in a House committee. See their respective wikipedia pages if you want an explanation. I dunno if its an error within the show, or the writers, but it isn't necessary to understand the paragraph, so I deleted it.

-- Some Guy

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Is this an encyclopedia article, or a review of the series?
"nicely fleshes out" etc... "nicely"? Christ, does anybody even try to avoid this kind of thing? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.229.62.47 (talk) 04:27, 23 July 2008 (UTC) Article should probably be re-written by an English-speaker who knows the series, to avoid this kind of weirdness: "Although still with its dedicated fans (mostly women), the darker, more resolutely violent aspects of the reworked concept, coupled with the fatal loss of the all-important central relationship between Catherine and Vincent, led to further declining ratings and cancellation." And how about some complete sentences??? "A decision that, along with the network's desire to attract more male viewers, would have serious repercussions for the show's continued survival." Christ.

Also: There is a major spoiler that Catherine dies in the general description of the series. This should be removed from the top of the page and left only in the review of each season. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Chrismen (talk • contribs) 04:07, 10 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Wikipedia contains spoilers. Especially for a 20 year old series.oknazevad (talk) 02:49, 4 January 2011 (UTC)

The move which I've reverted
See WP:CRYSTAL; the re-make may or may not actually be made. -- Orange Mike |  Talk  20:23, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

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List of Beauty and the Beast (1987 TV series) episodes
I would suggest that you split the list of Beauty and the Beast episodes and move it to its own page "List of Beauty and the Beast (1987 TV series) episodes". AdamDeanHall (talk) 21:28, 18 June 2019 (UTC)


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Stormblåst

Stormblåst (English: Stormblown) is the second studio album by Norwegian symphonic black metal band Dimmu Borgir. It was released on 25 January 1996 through Cacophonous Records, re-released in 2001 by Century Media, and completely re-recorded in 2005, released as Stormblåst MMV (see below).

It was Dimmu Borgir's last album sung entirely in the band's native Norwegian, as they would change to English afterwards.

This is also the first album where Tjodalv switched to drums as opposed to guitar, the first where Shagrath is on vocals, though he took on the role of backing vocals, and this album was the bands last album with Silenoz on lead vocals, with him later switching more to a backing vocal role with the band. With every subsequent release, Shagrath has been the lead vocalist. It is also the last album where lyrics would be written by Aldrahn (of Dødheimsgard and Ved Buens Ende) until 2003's Death Cult Armageddon, and the last album to feature Brynjard Tristan on bass.

More keyboards were employed for this album than previously by the band, and the guitars and bass became more musically textured.

Stormblåst (original release)
The intro to "Guds fortapelse" is from Dvořák's Symphony no. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 From the New World.

The song "Sorgens Kammer" was plagiarized by keyboardist at the time, Stian Aarstad, from the title track of the Amiga game Agony. As a result, the song was left out of their re-recording of Stormblåst. The same thing applies for the intro to "Alt lys er svunnet hen", which plagiarized the song "Sacred Hour" by Magnum.

Critical reception
AllMusic's review was unfavourable: "Lengthy, melancholy piano instrumentals, too many mid-paced tempos and an overabundance of goth-flavoured synth mush will test the patience of those looking for a more visceral approach..."

Stormblåst MMV
Stormblåst MMV (sometimes referred to as Stormblåst 2005 Version or Stormblåst Re-Recorded) is the re-recorded album by Norwegian symphonic black metal band Dimmu Borgir, released on 11 November 2005 by Nuclear Blast. It features re-recorded songs of the band's 1996 album Stormblåst. The album was re-recorded entirely by Silenoz and Shagrath with guest appearances from Hellhammer and Mustis. It also has two new studio tracks, "Sorgens Kammer – Del II" and "Avmaktslave". The album included a bonus DVD with five live songs performed at Ozzfest 2004 and the American version included a free cloth patch.

Removal of material
The instrumental "Sorgens Kammer" from the original album could not be re-recorded due to copyright issues associated with the 1992 Amiga game Agony, as then-keyboardist Stian Aarstad had passed the song off as his own. Similarly, for the intro to "Alt Lys Er Svunnet Hen", Aarstad used parts from the Magnum song "Sacred Hour"; for this reason, the intro is not part of the song on this re-recorded version.

Original release

 * Erkekjetter Silenoz – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
 * Shagrath – lead guitar, backing vocals
 * Brynjard Tristan – bass
 * Stian Aarstad – keyboards, synthesizers, piano
 * Tjodalv – drums

 * Additional personnel
 * Christophe Szpajdel – logo

2005 re-recording

 * Shagrath – lead vocals, guitars, bass
 * Silenoz – rhythm guitar, backing vocals, lead guitar, bass
 * Mustis – keyboards, piano
 * Hellhammer – drums

 * Members featured in bonus DVD
 * Galder – lead guitar
 * ICS Vortex – bass, clean vocals
 * Tony Laureano – drums

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Wikipedia:Goings-on/October 9, 2005

Wikipedia always has a lot going on. This page is for news and updates about existing or new projects or initiatives of Wikipedians (i.e. new Collaboration articles, WikiProject help requests or announcements of success, backlogs that really need help, etc.)

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Northland, New Zealand

Northland, New Zealand may refer to:

 * Northland Peninsula
 * Northland Region
 * Northland (New Zealand electorate)
 * Northland, Wellington

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Wikipedia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check/Facts

A brief lists of facts needing checking.

Uncertain facts w/sources
Check these facts against the sources listed, and remove them as appropriate

 * Pi - in the 'history of pi' section, a reference is made to Nehemiah. This same argument has been made separately much later by Rabbi Levi (html, in his discussion of "Kings").  Is this coincidence?  A mistake of the wiki editors?  Or a mistake in the one general source, Petr Beckmann's A History of Pi?
 * What exactly is the objection? I have Beckmann, and he does talk abot this on 74-76.  Bubba73 (talk), 02:29, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

 * Dennis Taylor (the snooker player) has Ireland under his nationality but he is in the Category:Natives of County Tyrone which is in Northern Ireland. I believe that this is correct and that therefore his nationality should be Northern Irish but I'm not certain. It seems like an obvious mistake which was why I thought there might be another reason behind it, e.g. dual nationality, Dennis's preference, etc., but there's no source to say if that is the case. If anyone knows that would be great. I've posted a message under Talk:Dennis Taylor so if you can clarify there if anyone finds something out that would be great and clear things up.

 * According to the Belfast Agreement of 1998, "[The two governments] recognise the birthright of all the people of Northern Ireland to identify themselves and be accepted as Irish or British, or both, as they may so choose, and accordingly confirm that their right to hold both British and Irish citizenship is accepted by both Governments and would not be affected by any future change in the status of Northern Ireland." Ssbohio 22:18, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

Uncertain facts w/out sources
Check a standing reference on the subject to see if these statements make sense.

 * I'd like to request that someone check through Somaliland shilling. I recently merged content from a less well-written article, Somaliland Shilling, into a better one, and have not been able to verify some statements made in the worse article. Thanks! [[Image:Flag of Austria.svg|15px]] ナイトスタリオン ✉ 11:49, 20 November 2005 (UTC)

 * Peripatetic This article contains a rather strange bit at the bottom, and even though it is a stub, someone with some background in Greek philosophy should check on it.

 * An unregistered editor added the bit, and I just deleted it with an invitation to go to the talk page and explain what it means. GeorgeLouis 06:50, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

 * Region (Europe) could be complete and utter bogus. I haven't been able to find any source, though. Help? — Nightst a  llion  (?) Seen this already? 13:06, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Seems pretty real to me. Check out the Committee of the Regions web page at http://www.cor.europa.eu/en/index.htm It's a part of the Portal of the European Union at http://europa.eu/ Lathrop1885
 * I was referring to the specific list of regions, which seems to be made up... — Nightst a  llion  (?) Seen this already? 11:33, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
 * I looked at the old list of Regions and it seemed pretty real to me. Why was it removed ? 83.189.32.207 20:31, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Because there was absolutely nothing even close to what we could call a "source", not to speak of "reliable source". It was just made up. Real regions are likely NUTS regions. — Nightst a  llion  (?) 18:49, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
 * See here, here and here for instance. Kleuske 15:40, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

 * Virginia Military Institute - claims about the class rings being the biggest of all class rings. I have, numerous times, put a fact tag on there, and a VMI graduate is now resorting to personal attacks instead of satisfying the request for a verifiable source.  Same thing is happening on the request for citation of the claim that Dabney Coleman was kicked out of VMI for hazing.  This last bit is a dangerous slope for someone to assert, as he is a public figure, and that could be construed at defamation..--Vidkun 02:35, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

 * Michael Drosnin - There are various critical "allegations" about the Bible Code research of this author that are unsourced. If the allegations are true they should be sourced, if not they should be removed as being inaccurate. This is a well known author and Wikipedia volunteer editors who are knowledgable in this area should make a reasonable attempt at providing the necessary sources or removing any unsubstantiated "allegations"; NPOV does not mean just making unsubstantiated allegations if they are not legitimate.  Alex756 04:38, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Uncertain references
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User talk:Skaterchyc13

Skater Chicks are uncommen skater chicks are girls that skateboard skater chicks are skater girls are girls that are ture skaters that arnt "posers" or anything Skater chicks should be proud for being tough enough to skateboard

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Meghalaya danio

The Meghalaya danio (Danio meghalayensis) is a recently discovered species of fish from the Meghalaya state, India. It lives in water at about 4000 ft above sea level. They can grow up to 10 cm.

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Talk:Popular psychology

L. Ron Hubbard
L. Ron Hubbard is listed here as a proponent of popular psychology. I disagree with this characterization for the important reason that almost every other person on the list presented their claims as either supported by established psychology or at least not contradictory to established psychology. Hubbard was explicitly trying to establish his claims as supplanting all established theory on the workings of the mind. To me, this takes him out of the realm of popular psychology; however, I wanted to get opinions of others on the subject. Thoughts? -- Antaeus Feldspar 17:08, 10 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Removing for reasons stated above. -- Antaeus Feldspar 19:46, 10 November 2005 (UTC)

Antaeus, I disagree with you. My disagreement arises, I think, in a different viewpoint on the meaning of the word "psychology." Let me make an analogy to philosophy. If I had the philosophy that philosophy was just a bunch of crap, that would still be a philosophy. I wouldn't be able to escape philosophizing, however I tried. Similarly, if we say that "psychology" means "a theory on the mind" be it established or no, I think that we would have to agree that Hubbard's theories fall within the definition of "psychology" even if they are not within "established psychology." In sum, I think he should be included because he fulfills two criteria: (1) He has a theory on the mind and on human behavior, and (2)It is not recognized by the "established" psychology as beng legitimate. In other words, though his psychology may be unlike other pop psychology in its hostility to established psychology, it is still heterodox, and it would still be best described as a psychology. Amulekii 06:48, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

Examples of pop psychology theories and movements
I think we should offer a brief list of examples of pop psychology movements and theories. Anyone have an opinion? Mr Christopher 17:23, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

cites
it is kind of common knowledge that the codependency movement is grounded in the spiritualism of the 12 steps of alcoholics anonymous but I obviously owe the article some citations. I'll get those this week. Mr Christopher 21:11, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

Is NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) also a form of Pop Psychology? Or at least, it bases many of its claims on pop psychology, as far as I understood.

POV changes
Mr Christopher, introducing negative things about co-dependency and 12-step programs into multiple articles is pov-pushing. We need to think through these changes. And NPOV verifiable reliable sources are needed. FloNight  talk  08:47, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

 * Hey guys here's the deal, my codependency addition lacks supporting evidence. I have a considerable amount of supporting data but I am cleaning up a few other articles I have contributed to right now and I will be out of town for a while, so finding the time to improve/contribute this article is something I may lack for a few weeks.  Rather than leave my  (unsupported) codependency entry to this article I have removed it for the time being.  When I get some time I'll return and I'd like to discuss the inclusion of various pop psychology trends and movements in current and recent history(including codependency).  This is a good article and I hope to make some worthwhile contributions to it  Mr Christopher 16:22, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

Plea for improvement
My impression of this article is that it is written by a knowledgeable person or persons in a condescending manner. Apparently pop psychology is a set of ideas applied unprofessionally that amount to little more than fads.

First, remember that professional psychologists also have some susceptibility to the flavour of the decade, just as academics in any discipline are.

Second, the author is implying that the ideas and developments of psychology are of no use except when they are applied by professionals. Can application by professionals be the only benefit of this amazing discpline? I don't believe it. When a schoolboy tells a teacher that he is being abused at home, that kid is benefitting from the support and insights of psychology, which publicly exposed the horrors that can occur between close family members.

I challenge the author(s) to come up with some good examples of pop psychology, and to consider how those ideas, unacademic as they are, have helped or hindered the average person. The examples such as "sour grapes" are not pop psychology, they are naive psychology. Give us non-psych people some real examples.

And as for the neutrality issues, can't somebody make it an objective fact? -- as in, "this issue is in debate; some people see it *this* way, and others *that* way." Don't let petty POVs deprive us of an informative article on this important topic.

[Section above added by User:Davidmack at 14:33, 1 August 2006 ]

 * This additon to the talk page was made about five months ago and there has been no discussion. I will make some bold cuts and try restoring this article to a little bit of NPOV. I am taking this on as it was written by someone who did not think much of pop psychology and clearly did not know a lot about the organizations and people listed in the article.   I will take a cut and join User:Davidmack in his plea that this page get cleaned up. Alex Jackl 03:55, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

 * I just did my best quick but nsufficient attempt to clean up this article. Someone please do some work with it.  I got it a little closer to NPOV but it still reads like original research and needs a NPOV cut.  Thanks! Alex Jackl 04:13, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

Much improved
SOme good work has been done on this article. Much improved. Alex Jackl 05:45, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

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Derogatory or Dismissive term?
The word "derogatory" is correctly used, but I think that "dismissive" more accurately captures how the term "pop psychology" is used. "Derogatory" seems too strong, as would "pejorative."Pgm8693 (talk) 22:44, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

Critical information
Here's an interesting article titled Perils of pop philosophy by Julian Sanchez for anyone looking to extend the critical information in this article. I am a little busy to add the information myself; so leaving a quick note in the talk page. - Nearfar (talk) 01:33, 6 June 2009 (UTC)

Source Issues
Some of the sources cited are inaccessible to those without a subscription to a particular document viewing service. Is there a way that I can access the resources in the bibliography without paying some sort of fee? 216.223.236.13 (talk) 17:05, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

Wiki Education assignment: Psychology Capstone
— Assignment last updated by Rahneli (talk) 02:33, 16 February 2023 (UTC)

Social media and more examples
I have noticed that the page does not include information relating to social media or any other modern methods of communication and consumption of media. Since younger people are more interested in psychology than ever and many of them engage with psychology topics through the internet, I think I could find some information on how pop psychology is used more recently. I would also like to add some more examples of pop psychologists. Is it reasonable to put psychologists who are known for activities outside of actual research or clinical practices? If they published books that were criticized by psychologists would it be reasonable to mention some of that discourse? Druss321 (talk) 06:05, 20 January 2023 (UTC)

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Snowdan, welcome. I hear your concerns about the Religious Society of Friends article. Feel free to edit as you see fit. Be bold!Logophile 17:11, 10 October 2005 (UTC)

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This article could definitely be cleaned up. Possible improvements include: I'll try to fix this up as soon as I get a chance, but if someone would like to give it a go before I can, you are more than welcome. – Mipadi 17:12, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 1) Breaking the article into sections
 * 2) Fixing some of the red links. A lot of them could simply go to MIPS; similarly, the links to individual SGI motherboad pages could just go to SGI motherboards or something like that.
 * 1) making clear is this article historical  - or in fact is an guide for people that would like to know more about Indigo2 and how to use it - or both of them ? If it`s historical then some sub * chapter with "History" title should be present, after then stop using terms like was, had etc. all in passed time. This article is still very obscure, the only chapter well explained is the "Graphics" one, but there still some quotations are not adeguate, like the Quake capabilities which are quite irrelevant, and should go further to the non-existent "Software" chapter.

 * Wikipedia is not a how to guide, see WP:NOT. Rilak (talk) 15:38, 14 September 2008 (UTC)

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 * Plenty of article titles have characters not on a standard keyboard; also, why is the Challenge M portion being dropped? This is not uncontroversial and should be discussed first. Parsecboy (talk) 15:46, 16 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Oppose. "Too long" for what? We have article names way longer than that (eg. this, this and this), and as far as I know there's no rule on how long an article name can be. To answer your other point: Wikipedia has no rule that titles must be written in certain characters, or that certain characters may not be used. Also, the reader will find this page anyway by typing "SGI Indigo2" in the search box, because SGI Indigo2 redirects here. Furthermore, the proposed name omits the SGI Challenge M, which also happens to be covered by this article. Jafeluv (talk) 11:44, 18 May 2009 (UTC)

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Prepare to Be Wrong

Prepare to Be Wrong is an extended play (EP) by Straylight Run, released on October 4, 2005 by Victory Records. The song "It Never Gets Easier" was originally titled "Costello".

Release
"Hands in the Sky (Big Shot)" was released to radio on October 25, 2005. In October and November, the band supported Simple Plan. The band supported Motion City Soundtrack on the mtvU Campus Invasion tour in April 2006. In May, the band toured Australia alongside Matchbook Romance.

Track listing
All songs written by Straylight Run, except where noted
 * 1) "I Don't Want This Anymore" – 3:43
 * 2) "It Never Gets Easier" – 4:09
 * 3) "A Slow Descent" – 5:12
 * 4) "Hands in the Sky (Big Shot)" – 5:42
 * 5) "Later That Year" – 4:16
 * 6) "With God on Our Side" – 6:19 (Bob Dylan)

Credits

 * Isaac Burker – guitar
 * Shaun Cooper – bass
 * Jeff DaRosa – backing vocals
 * John Nolan – vocals, guitar, piano
 * Michelle Nolan – vocals, guitar, piano
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The Trials of Nikki Hill

The Trials of Nikki Hill is a legal thriller written by Christopher Darden and Dick Lochte, and published Time Warner Company in 1999.

Plot summary
The protagonist of this legal thriller is 33-year-old, Nikki Hill. Nikki is a lead prosecutor at the District Attorney's office, and he has trusted her to help find the killer of Madeleine Gray, Hollywood's most popular TV host of a blackmail show.

At first there is a hands down suspect, Jamal Deschamps, who was found at the scene of the crime. He possessed her ring and his skin was also under Maddie's thumb. After a lie detector test, it was proven that Deschamps was not the killer. It turned out, he merely found the cadaver and whilst stealing its ring, cut himself on her thumb. Nikki, another smart aleck prosecutor, and two quirky homicide detectives have a few loose strings, and bewilderment of who the real killer is. At Maddie's mansion, there was a missing rug, and a glass a ball that had Maddie's blood on it. And upstairs, where her blackmail files are, there is a busted drawer with missing contents. Nikki and the team discover that R&B singer, Diana Cooper, had a fight with Maddie the day of the murder. She quickly becomes a major suspect when Maddie's blood is also found in her trunk. The detectives come up with a scenario: Maddie threatened to give Diana's blackmail information, so she stole it and killed Maddie. This was soon proven wrong when detective Goodman's girlfriend confessed to stealing the black mail file for Diana's husband. Diana's charges were also dropped due to conflict with her alibi the time of the murder. Next, fingers were pointed towards John Willins, Diana's husband. Maddie had told Palmer, her neighbor, that she had slept with a J man. There were also logs at a private getaway club that a J. W. and M. Gray went together several times. Nikki and the team try to trace John Willin's past, and it turned up that he was from a small town. While putting together clues, they find out that John's family was killed in a fire, and that he could be taking on the identity of his deceased cousin. This leads to another question: did he murder his family with the fire? The only way to really find out was to go to the town and see if there was a grave for "John Willins". When they report this phenomenal news to district attorney, Joe Walden, he decides he wants to come along. And when they finally get to the town's only cemetery, they find out that Joe Walden, the district attorney, is the J.W....!

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Paul César Helleu

Paul César Helleu (17 December 1859 – 23 March 1927) was a French oil painter, pastel artist, drypoint etcher, and designer, best known for his numerous portraits of beautiful society women of the Belle Époque. He also conceived the ceiling mural of night sky constellations for Grand Central Terminal in New York City. He was also the father of Jean Helleu and the grandfather of Jacques Helleu, both artistic directors for Parfums Chanel.

Biography

Paul César Helleu was born in Vannes, Brittany, France. His father, who was a customs receiver, died when Helleu was in his teens. Despite opposition from his mother, he then went to Paris and studied at Lycée Chaptal. In 1876, at age 16, he was admitted to the École des Beaux-Arts, beginning academic training in art with Jean-Léon Gérôme. Helleu attended the Second Impressionist Exhibition in the same year, and made his first acquaintances with John Singer Sargent, James McNeill Whistler, and Claude Monet. He was struck by their modern, bold alla prima technique and outdoor scenes, so far removed from the studio. Following graduation, Helleu took a job with the firm Théodore Deck Ceramique Française hand-painting fine decorative plates. At this same time, he met Giovanni Boldini, a portrait painter with a facile, bravura style, who became a mentor and comrade, and strongly influenced his future artistic style.

When he was 18 years old, Helleu established a close friendship with John Singer Sargent, four years his senior, that was to last his lifetime. Already becoming established, Sargent was receiving commissions for his work. Helleu had not sold anything, and was deeply discouraged almost to the point of abandoning his studies. When Sargent heard this, he went to Helleu and picked one of his paintings, praising his technique. Flattered that Sargent would praise his work, he offered to give it to him. Sargent replied, "I shall gladly accept this, Helleu, but not as a gift. I sell my own pictures, and I know what they cost me by the time they are out of my hand. I should never enjoy this pastel if I hadn't paid you a fair and honest price for it." With this he paid him a thousand-franc note.

Helleu was commissioned in 1884 to paint a portrait of a young woman named Alice Guérin (1870–1933). They fell in love, and married on 28 July 1886. Throughout their lives together, she was his favourite model. Charming, refined and graceful, she helped introduce them to the aristocratic circles of Paris, where they became popular fixtures.

On a trip to London with Jacques-Émile Blanche in 1885, Helleu met Whistler again and visited other prominent artists. His introduction to James Jacques Tissot, an accomplished society painter from France who made his career in England, proved a revelation. In Tissot, Helleu saw, for the first time, the possibilities of drypoint etching with a diamond point stylus directly on a copper plate. Helleu quickly became a virtuoso of the technique, drawing with the same dynamic and sophisticated freedom with his stylus as with his pastels. His prints were very well received, and they had the added advantage that a sitter could have several proofs printed to give to relations or friends. Over the course of his career, Helleu produced more than 2,000 drypoint prints.

Soon, Helleu was displaying works to much acclaim at several galleries. Degas encouraged him to submit paintings to the Eighth Impressionist Exhibition in May and June 1886. The show was installed in a Paris apartment at 1 rue Laffitte, which ran concurrently with the official Salon that year to make a statement. Although 17 artists joined the famous exhibit that included the first Neo-Impressionistic works, Helleu, like Monet, refused to participate.

In 1886, Helleu befriended Robert de Montesquiou, the poet and aesthete, who bought six of his drypoints to add to his large print collection. Montesquiou later wrote a book about Helleu that was published in 1913 with reproductions of 100 of his prints and drawings. This volume remains the definitive biography of Helleu. Montesquiou introduced Helleu to Parisian literary salons, where he met Marcel Proust, who also became a friend. Proust created a literary picture of Helleu in his novel Remembrance of Things Past as the painter Elstir. (Later, Helleu engraved a well-known portrait of Proust on his deathbed.) Montesquiou's cousin, the Countess Greffulhe, enabled Helleu to expand his career as a portrait artist to elegant women in the highest ranks of Paris society, portraits that provide the basis for his modern reputation. His subjects included the Duchess of Marlborough, the Marchesa Casati, Belle da Costa Greene, Jeanne de Montagnac, Louise Chéruit, and Helena Rubinstein. Looking for new inspiration, Helleu began a series of paintings and color prints of cathedrals and stained glass windows in 1893, followed by flower studies and landscapes of parks in Versailles. Helleu took up sailing, owning four yachts over his life. Ships, harbor views, life at port in Deauville, and women in their fashionable seaside attire became subjects for many vivid and spirited works. In 1904, Helleu was awarded the Légion d'honneur and became one of the most celebrated artists of the Edwardian era in both Paris and London. He was an honorary member in important beaux-arts societies, including the International Society of Painters, Sculptors, and Engravers, headed by Auguste Rodin, and the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts. On his second trip to the United States in 1912, Helleu was awarded the commission to design was the ceiling decoration in New York City's Grand Central Terminal. He decided on a mural of a blue-green night sky covered by the starry signs of the zodiac that cross the Milky Way. Although the astrological design was widely admired, the ceiling was covered in the 1930s. It was completely restored in 1998.

Helleu made his last trip to New York City in 1920 for an exhibition of his work, but he realized that the Belle Époque was over. He felt out of touch, and shortly after his return to France, he destroyed nearly all of his copper plates and retired to family life. While planning for a new exhibition with Jean-Louis Forain, he died in 1927 at age 67 of peritonitis following surgery in Paris.

Among many of his friends was Coco Chanel, who chose beige as her signature colour upon on his advice—the colour of the sand on the beach of Biarritz in early morning. Both his son Jean Helleu and his grandson Jacques Helleu became artistic directors for Parfums Chanel.

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