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The result of the debate was DELETE. -Splash talk 22:05, 6 October 2005 (UTC)

Robots 2 (2010 film)
A crystal ball that makes zero sense as the article (written as a PR piece - SPAM?), states the film comes out in.... Wait for it... 2006. See also the AfD on 2010 in film four spots up. --Jeffrey O. Gustafson - Shazaam! - <*> 02:56, 30 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete no IMDb page. CanadianCaesar 03:19, 30 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, WP is not a crystall ball. --bainer (talk) 03:36, 30 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete as misplaced crystal balling. To my knowledge no sequel has been announced yet. 23skidoo 04:09, 30 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete any announcements this vague can be covered on the first film's article, or not at all. Nateji77 04:34, 30 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete as per other above editors. --FuriousFreddy 04:48, 30 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Jonathunder 07:17, 30 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. The producer is quoted as 'considering' making a sequel two weeks ago. Which he would, since the first was profitable. Average Earthman 09:43, 30 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. WTF? --Jacquelyn Marie 22:07, 30 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. WP:NOT a crystal ball. Although if Average Earthman is correct, a small mention in the Robots (film) article wouldn't be out of place. Extraordinary Machine 11:40, 1 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete I don't think Theres a Robots sequelUser:Krabs502
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The Morning Call

The Morning Call is a daily newspaper in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1883, it is the second-longest continuously published newspaper in the Lehigh Valley, after The Express-Times. The newspaper is owned by Alden Global Capital, a New York City–based hedge fund.

In 2020, the newspaper permanently closed its Allentown headquarters after allegedly failing to pay four months of rent and citing diminishing advertising revenues.

19th century
The Morning Call was founded in 1883. Its original name was The Critic. Its original editor, owner and chief reporter was Samuel S. Woolever. The newspaper's first reporter was a Muhlenberg College senior, David A. Miller. The newspaper was subsequently acquired by Charles Weiser, its editor, and Kirt W. DeBelle, its business manager.

In 1894, the newspaper launched a reader contest, offering $5 in gold to a school boy or girl in Lehigh County who could guess the publication's new name. The identity of the lucky winner is lost to history. But on January 1, 1895, Allentown City Treasurer A.L. Reichenbach, who supervised the contest, announced that the newspaper would be renamed The Morning Call. The same year, David A. Miller and his brother Samuel Miller began purchasing private shares in The Morning Call, ultimately acquiring the newspaper completely in 1904.

20th century
By 1920, the newspaper's circulation was 20,000. That year, Harry Clay Trexler acquired the newspaper from the Miller brothers. A year following Trexler's death in 1933, David A. Miller returned to the newspaper. In 1935, The Morning Call acquired a competing Allentown newspaper, The Chronicle and News, renaming it The Evening Chronicle. In 1938, The Sunday Call-Chronicle was first published.

In 1951, David A. Miller assumed the official title of president of the Call-Chronicle newspapers, maintaining that role until his death in 1958 at age 88. In September 1951, Miller's two sons, Donald and Samuel, were appointed the newspaper's publishers. After Samuel Miller's death in 1967, Donald P. Miller continued to run the newspaper along with his son Edward D. Miller, who was appointed executive editor and publisher in the late 1970s.

In 1980, The Evening Chronicle ceased publication. The following year, in 1981, Edward D. Miller left the newspaper, and Donald P. Miller returned as its chairman. Bernard C. Stinner was appointed the newspaper's publisher and chief executive officer. In 1984, the newspaper was sold to the Times Mirror Company. Gary K. Shorts was appointed the newspaper's publisher and chief executive officer in 1987. He was succeeded by Guy Gilmore in 2000. Susan Hunt was named publisher in June 2001.

On December 30, 1996, an online service of the Morning Call began being published, titled mcall.com.

21st century
In 2000, Times Mirror Company's media assets, including The Morning Call, were acquired by Tribune Media.

In May 2021, The Morning Call was again acquired, this time by Alden Global Capital, a New York City–based hedge fund, which already had acquired nearly a third of Tribune Media. The acquisition was opposed and then criticized by the guild representing journalists at the newspaper.

Rape and sexual assault allegations against columnist
In 2020, Paul Carpenter, a Morning Call bureau chief and Morning Call columnist for 25 years from 1984 until 2019, was sued by his daughter, who charged Carpenter with "repeatedly raping and sexually assaulting" her for a decade from age nine until age 19.

Rent arrears and headquarters closure
In 2020, the landlord for The Morning Call's offices at 101 N. Sixth Street in Center City Allentown sued The Morning Call, alleging it had failed to pay rent for the headquarters for four consecutive months in April, May, June, and again in July 2020.

On August 12, 2020, the newspaper's interim general manager Timothy Thomas sent an email to employees, announcing that The Morning Call was permanently closing its headquarters, which the newspaper had maintained for a century since 1920, as it searched "for ways to save money as advertising revenue dwindled." The newspaper's roughly 100 employees were asked in the email to "retrieve personal items from the office by September 15," the newspaper reported.

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Miriam Stockley

Miriam Arlene Stockley (born 15 April 1962) is a British singer. She was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, and her work is influenced by the African music of her home country. Her distinctive vocalise style gained international acclaim when Karl Jenkins launched the Adiemus project with Adiemus: Songs of Sanctuary, with Stockley as the lead singer.

In 1992 she performed as a backing vocalist at The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert, which was broadcast live from the Old Wembley Stadium.

Early life
At the age of eleven, Stockley and her older sister Avril formed the group the Stockley Sisters and had a hit with a cover of Shocking Blue's "Venus" in 1976 on the South African Top 30, ten years before Bananarama's version. Later in her life, she moved to the United Kingdom, settling in London to further pursue her musical career. There, she contributed vocals to several albums and TV commercials.

1970s
She formed part of Blush, a short-lived South African disco act consisting of herself, Malie Kelly and guitarist Mike Pilot.

1980–1999
During the late 1980s and early 1990s, Stockley worked as a session singer for the UK songwriting and production trio Stock, Aitken and Waterman, and appeared on tracks by Kylie Minogue, Jason Donovan and Sonia. Alongside fellow session singer Mae McKenna, Stockley is credited with being partly responsible for the distinctive Stock, Aitken and Waterman sound of the 1980s.

Stockley provided backing vocals for the United Kingdom's Eurovision Song Contest entry on several occasions, most notably with Emma in 1990 and for Katrina and the Waves when they won in Dublin in 1997.

In 1991, Stockley became a part of the dance group Praise whose single "Only You" reached number four in the UK Singles Chart. A year later, the band, with Stockley on vocals, released its second single, "Dream On". This failed to have the same success as their previous single and the band decided to call it a day. In 1995, she worked with Karl Jenkins as the multi-layered vocalist on his first Adiemus release, which also gave her broad international exposure in a Delta Air Lines television commercial and release on the album Pure Moods.

Stockley's song "Perfect Day," written by Colin Towns and also known as "Theme for the Lake District," was used as the theme song for the BBC children's programme The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends, which ran from 1992 to 1998. She has also appeared as a singer in on episode of Our Friends In The North (1996) and on several BBC Schools programmes, most notably Look and Read, and contributed to the soundtrack for the 1997 film One Night Stand.

2000s
Stockley is featured as a member of the choir for The Fellowship of the Ring. Her cover version of the Rose Royce song "Wishing on a Star", feature on The 10th Kingdom.

In 2004, Yamaha released Vocaloid software that allows people to synthetically create background vocals. One of the three available voices from the studio Zero-G released for the first edition of the software is based on material recorded by Stockley.

In December 2006, Stockley contributed as a solo vocalist and as a co-vocalist with Mike Oldfield at the German Night of the Proms tour, consisting of 18 concerts. She also released her third solo album, a collection of rearranged classical standards entitled Eternal, in 2006.

In 2006, she joined Richard Gannaway and Jay Oliver as a primary member of the world music group AO Music (also known as AO). She first appeared on the album "Twirl", released 17 February 2009 on the group's indie label Arcturian Gate (debuted on international music charts at No. 5). Twirl contained the song "On Jai Ya"; a piece composed as Olympic theme music (2008) at the request of the Beijing Olympic Committee. Ultimately, the song was not selected and later chosen as soundtrack music for the 2011 promotional trailer "Project Peace on Earth". Twirl was released to an international audience in 2009 with Stockley as the group's main vocalist.

In June 2009, she, Richard Gannaway and Jay Oliver composed and produced the song "Gaiya Lo Mane" as theme music for the Give Kids the World Foundation.

In February 2011 Arcturian Gate released the AO Music's third album ...and Love Rages on!, where Stockley's voice is joined by children's choral ensembles from Beijing, Tbilisi, Johannesburg, Asheville and Orlando (charted at No. 2 internationally and awarded Zone Music Reporter's "Best World Album of 2011"). With the release of the song "...and Love Rages on!", Stockley and AO Music aligned with HavServe under GlobalGiving to build sustainable villages for children in Haiti who were displaced by an earthquake in 2010. On 28 March 2011, she was invited to give a private performance for the Education Without Borders International conference in Dubai.

In March 2013 the AO Music group released Hokulea, which charted #3 internationally and sustained top 20 ranking (Zone Music Reporter) for five consecutive months. With the release of Hokulea AO Music established themselves as 100% non-profit through AO Foundation International, supporting several worldwide organizations that attend to disadvantaged children. Stockley was also credited as the album's co-producer.

Personal life
Stockley is married to Rod Houison, and the couple live in Orlando, Florida. They have two children.

Solo albums

 * Miriam Stockley (1979)
 * Miriam (1999)
 * Second Nature (2006)
 * Eternal (2007)
 * The World in a Voice (2011)

Band/ensemble albums

 * Adiemus I: Songs of Sanctuary (1995)
 * Adiemus II: Cantata Mundi (1996)
 * Adiemus III: Dances of Time (1998)
 * AO Music – Twirl (2009)
 * AO Music – ...and Love Rages On! (2011)
 * AO Music – Hokulea (2013)
 * AO Music – Asha (2017)
 * AO Music – Kutumba (2021)

Backing vocals and guest appearances

 * Billy Fury - The One and Only (1983)
 * Hanoi Rocks – Back to Mystery City (1983; backing vocals on "Until I Get You")
 * Nik Kershaw – Radio Musicola (1986)
 * Roger Daltrey – Can't Wait to See the Movie (1987)
 * Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Caballé – Barcelona (1988; backing vocals on "The Golden Boy")
 * Elaine Paige – The Queen Album (1988)
 * Alphaville – Romeos (1989)
 * Sonia – Can't Forget You (1989)
 * Brian May – Back to the Light (1992)
 * Eloy – The Tides Return Forever (1994; backing vocals on "Company of Angels")
 * Queen – Made in Heaven (1995)
 * Bonnie Tyler – Free Spirit (1995)
 * Tina Turner – Wildest Dreams (1996)
 * Mike Oldfield – The Art in Heaven Concert (2000; backing vocals; lead vocal on "Moonlight Shadow")
 * The Fellowship of the Ring soundtrack (2001; choir member)
 * Queen: The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert DVD (2002)
 * Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure (video game, 2011)
 * Bonnie Tyler – Between the Earth and the Stars (2019)
 * Bonnie Tyler – The Best Is Yet to Come (2021)

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Talk:Chang-Lin Tien

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Was there ever controversy that he was simultaneously a member of Academia Sinica and the Chinese Academy of Sciences? Has anyone else every done that? --Dpr 03:16, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

Details of Chancellor's tenure...
It would be nice if someone with access to the information could include more details on some of the historic events during his tenure as chancellor. First and formost the attempted assassination of Chancellor Tien in 1992 by a troubled radical? Controversies around the individual aside, its impact on Tien is an important part of his tenure at UC Berkeley.

Also the Henry's hostage situation, the Oakland Hills fire, etc. These were cases where Tien's leadership was important.

A starting point: http://www.asianweek.com/070497/interview.html (this article incorrectly presents the assassination to be in 1990 however)

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Metamorphopsia

Metamorphopsia (from μεταμορφοψία, metamorphopsia) is a type of distorted vision in which a grid of straight lines appears wavy and parts of the grid may appear blank. People can first notice they suffer with the condition when looking at mini-blinds in their home. For example, straight lines might be wavy or bendy. Things may appear closer or further than they are.

Initially characterized in the 1800s, metamorphopsia was described as one of the primary and most notable indications of myopic and senile maculopathies. Metamorphopsia can present itself as unbalanced vision, resulting from small unintentional movements of the eye as it tries to stabilize the field of vision. Metamorphopsia can also lead to the misrepresentation of an object's size or shape.

It is mainly associated with macular degeneration, particularly age-related macular degeneration with choroidal neovascularization. Other conditions that can present with complaints of metamorphopsia include: pathological myopia, presumed ocular histoplasmosis syndrome, choroidal rupture and multifocal choroiditis.

Pathology
The mechanisms that result in the development of metamorphopsia involve structural changes in the retina of the eye (retinal mechanism) as well as processing changes in the cerebral cortex of the brain (cortical mechanism). The retinal mechanism involves the displacement of retinal layers which results in the mislocation of light on the retina. The cortical mechanism, which was discovered after the retinal mechanism, is affected by perceptual “filling-in” and visual crowding effects. The cortical mechanism was found to work in combination with the retinal mechanism to contribute to metamorphopsia in long-standing maculopathy or after the treatment of macular disorders.

Causes of metamorphopsia
Metamorphopsia can be a symptom of a number of eye disorders involving the retina or macula. Some of these conditions include the following:

 * Age-related macular degeneration
 * Epiretinal membrane and vitreomacular traction
 * Posterior vitreous detachment
 * Macular hole

Diagnosis
Tests used for diagnosis of Metamorphopsia mostly make use of subjective assessments of how a person views regular patterns. Many of these tests have a poor ability to accurately diagnose or identify a person with the disease (i.e.,poor sensitivity). The use of assessments such as a psychophysical test called preferential hyperacuity perimetry, which assesses a person's ability to any misalignments of visual objects, may permit a more sensitive diagnosis of Metamorphopsia.

Treatment and Prognosis
Metamorphopsia is a symptom of several common retinal and macular diseases, therefore treating the underlying disorder can improve symptoms. For people who have conditions such as Epiretinal membrane (ERM), Macular Holes and Retinal Detachment, decreased metamorphopsia is associated with an increase in visual acuity. Quantitative evaluation of metamorphopsia is an important step in understanding visual functions of individuals with macular disorders and is an essential tool for physicians in evaluating treatment results.

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Talk:Mega Man X5

Skiver
Anyone know why Skiver is named after Michael Monroe?--TKGB 03:17, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

Michael "High as the Sky" Monroe. I think he was the producer and considered 'one of the guys'. -yukONS

I decided to add in what I learned from [] concerning Zero's learned techniques. Hopefully the site won't mind. --D-Boy Wheeler

Removed content
I removed the following:

This was re-released on January 10, 2006 as part of the Mega Man X Collection for the GameCube and PlayStation 2. '''The Mega Man X Collection includes the first six Mega Man X games and Mega Man Battle & Chase. The Mega Man X Collection was itself a followup to the Mega Man Anniversary Collection of 2004, which repackaged the first eight Mega Man games from the Mega Man Classic series, and also included two rare arcade fighting games that had only been released in Japan.'''

This article is about X5 only. This passage seems to be talking about MMX anniversary collection.--TKGB 04:30, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

Duff McWhalen/Bubble Crab stage music
"Mega Man X2 - Duff McWhalen's stage reuses Bubble Crab's music (although there was originally a different stage music)."

Who said where and when that "there was originally a different stage music" for either Bubble Crab's or Duff McWhalen's/Tidal Makkoeen's stages? Morypcaina 12:30, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

The Megaman X Soundtrack Collection - It has the Beta Verisons of the songs from X5 - including a entirely different Duff McWhalen song. --ACE Spark 13:18, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

Storyline
The Storyline revision bit speculates he said it, however, he indeed DID say it. "Another difficulty arose when it came to continuing the X series after the fifth installment, which Inafune had planned to be the end of the saga.
 * "I was originally planning on ending the series at around X4 or 5," Inafune reveals. "I really expected that to be the ending. And so I was all happy... 'OK, done with X5. That series is now closed off, now let's start Zero. I'm really excited to start Zero series.' Here's Zero, you know, he's kind of dead, and you power him up and he comes back to life, right? In my mind, in X5, Zero died. And so I'd always planned to make Zero come back to life in the Zero series, but then X6 comes out sooner from another division and Zero comes back to life in that, and I'm like, 'What's this!? Now my story for Zero doesn't make sense! Zero's been brought back to life two times!" "

From http://megaman.retrofaction.com/articles/interviews/interview002.php Can someone edit it? I'm not sure how to put the quote in without completely rewriting the revision bit. 80.126.32.62 18:55, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

 * Er, I'd love to, but that link you have there doesn't go to any such interview. I searched the site and found three Inafune interviews, but none of them mention the X series at all.
 * I'm deleting that section until we get some evidence that even a word of it is true. The second paragraph is just embarrassing; it essentially says "You want proof? Here's proof: in my personal analysis, the story of X5 is the thematic conclusion of the series." More to the point, an unsubstantiated rumor like this is potentially damaging to Inafune and other people at Capcom.--Martin IIIa (talk) 17:37, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

Also, though i cant site it in an actual wikki page..

Look at the changes that are OBVIOUS in MM Zero that include the other games in its story. The Elf Wars, HAD Zero been gone like Inafune left him, he would not have been a hero from the Wars because he wouldnt have been around in them. But as i said, nothign from Inafune himself remains due to the old links from intervewiws no longer Existing. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.65.120.222 (talk) 23:48, 8 June 2010 (UTC)

That exact quote is right on the page linked. I am not sure why people couldn't find it. Here's the internet archive link if other wikipedians want to look at it

https://web.archive.org/web/20050125173941/http://megaman.retrofaction.com/articles/interviews/interview002.php

Here's the whole paragraph

 * Another difficulty arose when it came to continuing the X series after the fifth installment, which Inafune had planned to be the end of the saga. "I was originally planning on ending the series at around X4 or 5," Inafune reveals. "I really expected that to be the ending. And so I was all happy... 'OK, done with X5. That series is now closed off, now let's start Zero. I'm really excited to start Zero series.' Here's Zero, you know, he's kind of dead, and you power him up and he comes back to life, right? In my mind, in X5, Zero died. And so I'd always planned to make Zero come back to life in the Zero series, but then X6 comes out sooner from another division and Zero comes back to life in that, and I'm like, 'What's this!? Now my story for Zero doesn't make sense! Zero's been brought back to life two times!"

The interview is from Play magazine, volume 3, issue 4 (April 2004).Eoseth (talk) 15:11, 28 September 2021 (UTC)

Dialogue
The trivia section claims the English version of this game has no Dialogue. However,i have played this game and snippits of Dialogue remain from the original.

Most notably in X & Zero's shouting and Dynamo's speech is mostly intact (not including the "Jya Na!" line)

i belive this should be corrected —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 58.6.36.67 (talk) 05:15, 7 January 2007 (UTC).

l think they meant the dialogue during the "cut scenes" like how the japanese dialogue is in the english version of the original x6 game and not the voice samples at occurs while playing the game.--76.202.62.128 (talk) 08:34, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

Is it Volt or Bolt Kraken?
I heard that Bolt Kraken is his Japanese name, while Volt Kraken is his name in the English manual, but some sources say that it's incorrect and his name is Volt Kraken in the Japanese version as well. So, which is it? Can anyone confirm if the name in the Japanese version is Volt or Bolt? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.101.145.224 (talk • contribs)
 * Both would technically be correct; "v" sounds are typically conveyed in Japanese with "b" sounds. You could get "Bolt" or "Volt" from Boruto, but I'd say use Volt for both English and Japanese here since the English name is both official and a correct Romanization in any case.—ウルタプ 22:20, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

"True" ending
The idea of the last paragraph -- that the endings "diverge" at the very end with Zero reflecting on his life and X continuing on -- never made sense to me. Sure, the endings are different, but I think they're clearly the same event -- just different perspectives. Both could've happened concurrently.

I rewrote the last paragraph, but I didn't edit the page. For approval or whatnot:

If Zero did not go Maverick, Sigma decides to make the Hunters' victory for naught by taking them down with him. X tries to save Zero but is ambushed by Sigma and both Hunters are critically damaged. Zero manages to finish Sigma off, then dies and leaves X behind. The endings shown diverge again, though they simply show two different perspectives. If Zero defeated Sigma, it's shown that he reflects on his origin and life before dying. If X defeated Sigma, it's shown that he inherits Zero's beam saber and continues to fight as a Maverick Hunter. Although both are correct, the latter is considered by fans to be the "true" ending and is the one used to form the basis for Mega Man X6.

--Digiku 08:42, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

Sorry, but your personal ideas would be original research. In the canon, they are alternate endings, not endings from different perspecives.67.185.90.231 (talk) 00:51, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

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Slap bracelet

A slap bracelet (or snap bracelet) is a bracelet invented by Wisconsin teacher Stuart Anders in 1983, sold originally under the brand name of "Slap Wrap". Consisting of layered, flexible stainless steel bistable spring bands sealed within a fabric, silicone, or plastic cover, it can snap around a wrist when slapped on it with some force. It can have many different colours and/or designs.

History
The original Slap Wraps were 23 cm in length, 2.5 cm wide, and made of steel 0.15 mm thick. Some knockoff versions used thinner steel, which was more likely to break and/or cut the wearer, the dangers of which first came to light in 1990, soon after they were released.

It was a fad among teenagers and younger children in the early 1990s. It was available in a wide variety of patterns and colors. The bracelet was banned in several schools following reports of injuries from worn out or modified versions.

In 2018, different slap bracelets were recalled: "The slap bracelet’s metal wristband can pierce the protective fabric around it and expose sharp edges, posing a laceration hazard to young children."

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Talk:John Troyer

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I provided an external link which has a scholarly article about Troyer. Hopefully someone can use this as the basis for an overhaul of the article.Fawcett5 03:17, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

I read the article on the external link. I don't know that there is much worth to an expanded article.(my opinion) (Stormbay 20:32, 20 November 2005 (UTC))

Not NPOV
I removed this section from the article"was a generally feared religious figure in the Long Point region. Troyer is widely regarded to possess black magic" the reference provided does not support the statements.

notability
The subject is in principle notable by the source cited. It could use expansion and cleanup, though, and better attribution to sources. I am removing the notability tag. If you disagree, please add it again. Sorted as part of the Notability wikiproject. --B. Wolterding 13:15, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

Assessment
I have assessed this as a Stub, as it is only a few sentences long, and as low importance, as I do not feel that many people would be familiar with the subject of the article. Cheers, CP 20:32, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

Fabiánes epicos
Caballo homosexual de las montañas 187.223.20.176 (talk) 19:07, 26 June 2024 (UTC)

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Alcabala

The alcabala or alcavala was a sales tax of up to fourteen percent, the most important royal tax imposed by Spain in the early modern period. It applied in Spain and the Spanish dominions. The Duke of Alba imposed a five percent alcabala in the Netherlands, where it played an important role in the Dutch Revolt. Unlike most taxes in Spain at the time, no social classes were entirely exempt (for example, nobles and clergy had to pay the tax), although from 1491 clergy were exempt on trade that was "not for gain." Certain towns were also, at times, given exemptions.

Etymology
According to the Diccionario de la lengua española de la Real Academia Española (DRAE) (22nd edition, 2001), the word derives from the Arabic alqabála. Editions of the DRAE from 1956 to 1991 state that that Arabic word means a "contract" or "tax". The 1726 edition agrees that the word comes from Arabic, and gives two possibilities, preferring the one that corresponds closely to the current view. They cite Padre Alcalá as saying it comes from cabála or cabéle, to receive, collect or deliver. They offer an alternative from Sebastián de Covarrubias, gabál, to limit or tax. In either case, these words would be preceded by the Arabic article Al. The Arabic term alqabala or al qabála is essentially the same word as Kabbalah.

The term is often used in the plural, las alcabalas, also embracing some other related taxes.

Rate and significance
The alcabala was the most important royal tax imposed by the Spanish crown, first imposed in 1342. The other tax of comparable importance was the diezmo, a tithe for the support of the Catholic Church, a substantial portion of which went to the Crown by virtue of agreements with the Holy See.

The rate of the alcabala varied over time, from as low as two percent to as high as fourteen percent. It was by no means equally imposed everywhere: rates would differ in various parts of the empire, certain goods would be exempted from the alcabala (sometimes because they were considered subsistence goods, sometimes because they fell under a different tax), and tax farming often led the royal treasury to contract with a city government or merchant guild to collect the tax in a particular geographical area and pay a fixed sum to the Spanish treasury. There were numerous specific exemptions such as (from the time of Philip II onwards) horses and mules, hunting birds, and books.

Unlike a modern value added tax, the full amount was (at least in theory) charged at each transaction so, for example, the same food could be fully taxed as grain, meal, and bread. Eventually, baked bread was exempted from the tax.

In 1341, the rate of the alcabala was five percent. It was doubled to ten percent in 1491 and reduced back to five percent in 1539. By 1793, in some places in peninsular Spain it had reached fourteen percent; it was reduced that year to seven percent.

It is not entirely clear what these rates meant in practice. It does not appear that the tax was consistently collected in full. For example, it appears the during the reign of Philip II, "small villages often paid as little as three-and-a-half per cent".

Collection
The relatively limited administration of a 15th-century government was ill-prepared to collect a sales tax, therefore tax farming was more or less inevitable. Because taxes in different jurisdictions were farmed out separately, and because rates were not equal everywhere, the tax location of a particular transaction was important. This could be tricky if, for example, a transaction was made in one place for delivery in another. The theory was that the tax was paid where the article finally came to rest; if goods were handed over at a different place to avoid payment, the fine could be four times the tax owed. There were rules requiring permission to move goods from one town or village to another.

Sellers were supposed to notify the tax farmer of transactions within two days and pay the tax to the alcabalero within three days after that, again on possible penalty of four times the tax owed. Sellers were allowed to make arrangements to pay a fixed, periodic tax instead of paying on each transaction. Buyers were also supposed to report, as a check on the sellers. If the seller was from outside the area, or was a cleric, priest, local council official or a powerful individual ("hombre poderoso"), the buyer was required to report the transaction in advance, and could be held liable if the seller did not pay the tax.

History
Although the origin of the alcabala is unclear, and it may have dated back to the era of Muslim rule, it is known that in 1342 Alfonso XI of Castile convinced the Cortes Generales (the equivalent of a parliament) to make it a royal duty for Castile. Originally the tax was specified to run for three years. However, reality might have been a more complicated story. For example, a 19th-century Spanish legal dictionary says that in 1341 it was conceded to Alfonso for three years to defray the costs of the Siege of Algeciras (1342-1344), extended in 1345 to maintain the costs of frontier castles, further extended in 1349 for the siege of Gibraltar and in 1388 for the war with Portugal, finally becoming perpetual in 1393.

While Isabella I considered applying the alcabala to Spain's American colonies as early as 1503, in fact it was not applied there until the late 16th century. It was imposed in Mexico in 1574 and Peru in 1591. Typically the capitulaciones (contracts) for those who set out to conquer territory for Spain gave them a certain period of exemption from the alcabala. For example, through the capitulación between the Crown and Francisco Pizarro, Peru was supposed to be exempt from the alcabala for a century, though in practice the Crown did not wait quite so long.

The alcabala was a trigger for unrest in Quito when it was first imposed there in the 1590s, and for the Quito Revolt of 1765. In the latter case, the viceroy of New Granada, told to increase revenues but apparently without any direct order from Madrid as to the means by which to do so, had given instructions to remove collection of the alcabala and the brandy monopoly from private tax-farmers and to have royal officials collect the tax directly. An increase to six percent in the late 1770s led to violence in the Viceroyalty of New Granada (northern South America) in 1780–1781 and in Arequipa (Southern Peru) in 1780. While these rates of six percent led to violence in the Americas, rates in the Americas were generally lower than in the Spanish mainland. This was the same era in which disputes over taxes were a major factor leading to the American Revolution in what became the United States.

In the late 18th century, the alcabala generated 2.5 million pesos annually in Mexico and 600,000 pesos in Peru.

The alcabala was abolished in the Spanish tax reform of 1845.

Another use of the term
The term alcabala also refers to military checkpoints in Colombia and Venezuela.

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Music (Carole King album)

Music is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter Carole King. The album was released in December 1971.

Production
The album was written by the singer and produced by Lou Adler. The album is a continuation of the style laid down in Tapestry. King plays the piano and celeste on many tracks.

The front cover photograph was taken by Jim McCrary of King at 8815 Appian Way, Laurel Canyon, California.

Legacy
Upon release, the album quickly rose to the top of the charts. It features songs such as "It's Going to Take Some Time" (US No. 12 by The Carpenters), "Sweet Seasons", a No. 9 hit for Carole King, and "Brother, Brother".

While not as groundbreaking or as successful as King's Tapestry album, Carole King: Music experienced immediate success and was certified gold on December 9, 1971, days after release. It was certified platinum on July 17, 1995. The album reportedly sold 1,300,000 copies in the United States on the day of its release. However, platinum status for albums (one million units sold), wasn't created by the RIAA until 1976.

Music entered the top ten at No. 8, becoming the first of many weeks both Tapestry and Carole King: Music would occupy the top ten simultaneously. The album hit No. 1 on New Year's Day 1972 and stayed there for three consecutive weeks.

Track listing
All songs written by Carole King, except where noted.
 * Side one
 * 1) "Brother, Brother" – 3:00
 * 2) "It's Going to Take Some Time" (Carole King, Toni Stern) – 3:35
 * 3) "Sweet Seasons" (Carole King, Toni Stern) – 3:15
 * 4) "Some Kind of Wonderful" (Carole King, Gerry Goffin) – 3:07
 * 5) "Surely" – 4:58
 * 6) "Carry Your Load" – 2:52
 * Side two
 * 1) "Music" – 3:50
 * 2) "Song of Long Ago" – 2:44
 * 3) "Brighter" – 2:46
 * 4) "Growing Away from Me" – 3:03
 * 5) "Too Much Rain" (Carole King, Toni Stern) – 3:35
 * 6) "Back to California" – 3:23

Musicians

 * Carole King – vocals, piano, electric piano, electric celeste, backing vocals
 * Ralph Schuckett – organ on "Sweet Seasons" and "Surely", electric piano on "Back to California", electric celeste on "Growing Away from Me"
 * Danny Kortchmar – acoustic and electric guitars; backing vocals on "Song of Long Ago"
 * James Taylor – acoustic guitar on "Some Kind of Wonderful", "Song of Long Ago" and "Too Much Rain", backing vocals on "Song of Long Ago", backing vocals refrain on "Some Kind of Wonderful"
 * Charles Larkey – electric and acoustic bass guitar
 * Joel O'Brien – drums
 * Russ Kunkel – drums on "Back to California"
 * Ms. Bobbye Hall – congas, bongos, tambourine
 * Teresa Calderon – congas on "Brother, Brother"
 * Curtis Amy – tenor saxophone on "Brother, Brother", Sweet Seasons" and "Music", electric flute on "Surely"
 * Oscar Brashear – flugelhorn on "Sweet Seasons" and "Carry Your Load"
 * William Green – woodwind, flute, saxophone
 * Buddy Collette – woodwind, flute, saxophone
 * Ernest Watts – woodwind, flute, saxophone
 * Plas Johnson – woodwind, flute, saxophone
 * Mike Altschul – woodwind, flute, saxophone
 * Abigale Haness – backing vocals on "Some Kind of Wonderful", "Surely", "Music", "Brighter" and "Growing Away from Me"
 * Merry Clayton – backing vocals "second woooh" on "Back to California"

Production

 * Lou Adler – producer
 * Hank Cicalo – engineer
 * Norm Kinney – assistant e[ngineer
 * Roland Young – art direction
 * Chuck Beeson – design
 * Jim McCrary – photography

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William Ferguson

William Ferguson may refer to:

Arts

 * William Ferguson (tenor), operatic tenor, see The Tempest
 * William Gouw Ferguson, Scottish painter of still life
 * William J. Ferguson (1845–1930), American actor and witness to Abraham Lincoln's assassination
 * Will Ferguson (born 1964), Canadian writer

Sportspeople

 * Bill Ferguson (American football) (born 1951), NFL linebacker
 * Bill Ferguson (cricket scorer) (1880–1957)
 * Willie Ferguson, Scottish footballer with Chelsea and Queen of the South
 * Willie Ferguson (footballer), Scottish footballer with Celtic, Burnley and Manchester City
 * William Ferguson (racing driver) (1940–2007), in Formula One competitions
 * Billy Ferguson (1938–1998), Northern Irish footballer

Australia

 * William Ferguson (1891–1961), NSW, Australia politician (1953–1961)
 * William John Ferguson (1859–1935), NSW, Australia politician (1894–1904)

Canada

 * Will Ferguson (Ontario politician) (1954–2011), Ontario, Canada politician
 * William Ferguson (Manitoba politician) (1862–1936), Canadian politician

United States

 * Bill Ferguson (politician) (born 1983), Maryland state senator
 * William Webb Ferguson (1857–1910), Michigan state representative

Others

 * William Ferguson (1800–1828), Irish soldier of Irish military diaspora, aide-de-camp to General Simon Bolívar in Hispanoamerican wars of Independence.
 * William Ferguson (Australian Aboriginal leader) (1882–1950), Indigenous Australian leader
 * William Ferguson (botanist) (1820–1887), British botanist and entomologist
 * William Ferguson (engineer) (1852–1935), New Zealand civil engineering manager and consultant
 * William Ferguson (historian) (1924–2021), Scottish historian
 * William Ferguson (Los Angeles pioneer) (1822–1910), settler
 * William Ferguson (Australian pioneer) (c. 1809–1892) early settler of South Australia
 * William C. Ferguson (died 2015), American telecommunications expert, chairman and CEO of NYNEX

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Daisy Angus

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

The result of the debate was DELETE. -Splash talk 22:05, 6 October 2005 (UTC)

Daisy Angus
This article appears to be an old news article that is not very notable for Wikipedia. Solarusdude 03:21, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

 * Delete. Not notable. --WikiFanaticTalk Contribs 22:36, 30 Sep 2005 (CDT)
 * Delete notability not established. Nateji77 05:36, 30 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete as nn, ephemeral news story. MCB 01:09, 1 October 2005 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in an undeletion request). No further edits should be made to this page.


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A Tribute to the Great Nat "King" Cole

A Tribute to the Great Nat "King" Cole is the sixth studio album by Marvin Gaye, released on the Tamla (Motown) label on November 1, 1965. It is a tribute album, dedicated to his idol, late jazz performer Nat "King" Cole, who had died of lung cancer earlier in the year.

An Allmusic writer said the album was "a fine album that got lost after its release". Marvin was a vocal admirer of Nat King Cole and told interviewers Cole's vocals and performing style influenced his.

Personnel

 * Marvin Gaye - vocals, possible piano and congas
 * The Funk Brothers - instrumentation

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Voice of America Indonesia

VOA Indonesia is the Indonesian service of the Voice of America (VOA). Broadcasting from Washington, DC, USA, the service produces programs for radio, television and website that especially catered for the Indonesian audience in their native language, Indonesian. VOA Indonesia first aired programs in Indonesian through shortwave radio in 1942.

VOA Indonesia produces 9.5 hours of original radio programming per day and an average of 6.5 hours of television each week.

VOA Indonesia also produces Jurnal VOA (lit. 'VOA Journal'), a 25-minute weekday newscast, in Washington DC and broadcast by its prominent partner Metro TV in Jakarta. Aired at 5:05 a.m. (UTC+7), the newscast has become the first live program of the station before its own morning show, Metro Pagi broadcast at 5:30 a.m.

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Gilwell Campsite

Gilwell Campsite a major campsite run by the Scout Association of Hong Kong for wild camping and other scouting activities in the Kowloon Peak (Fei Ngo Shan) area in New Kowloon, Hong Kong  The campsite is near MacLehose Trail with road access through an unnamed road that joins with Fei Ngo Shan Road. Its altitude is 430 m above sea level. A few minutes walk from the site, there are viewpoints over Kowloon, the Victoria Harbour and Hong Kong Island. The campsite is managed by Kowloon Region. The campsite is located within the boundaries of Sha Tin District, very close to its borders with Wong Tai Sin District and Sai Kung District, and much closer to Tung Yeung Shan rather than the summit of Kowloon Peak, which is about 1.7 km to the south.

History
Before the opening of the campsite, scouts in Kowloon set up an unofficial campsite in Diamond Hill in the New Kowloon in 1940s. The campsite was proved to be too small when number of scouts increased rapidly. Another campsite of the association, Chaiwan campsite, by the transportation at that time was too far from Kowloon where is not a good choice for Scouts in Kowloon.

In 1957, the Prince of Wales Banner Competition for Venture Scout was held between Mau Tso Ngam (茂草岩) and Lo Shue Tin (老鼠田) in Sha Tin. The Scouters found a good place for camping at the south of Mau Tso Ngam, open and with water nearby. They soon recommended it to the association and the association applied for the use of land through Tai Po District Office (大埔理民府). In 1960 the land was granted by Hong Kong Government and the Gilwell campsite was established at that time. It takes three years to prepare the site for camping. Facilities for campfire and camping, and bridges were built. Typhoon Mary destroyed Golden Jubilee House in 1960. The house was rebuilt in 1968 and a ceremony was held on 23 November of the year.

The first major camping event was a jamboree held in 1967 to celebrate 60 anniversary of the World Scout Movement. The summer of 1967 is also in the midst of 1967 riots in Hong Kong. At that time, the jamboree lasted for 5 days and 4 nights, with support from Hong Kong Government and Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club, inviting all Scouts in the territory and children from children's homes. The jamboree was deemed as a support for improving social services in government policy during the period of unrest.

The camp site is likely named for Gilwell Park, a Scouting camp site in England.

Environment
430 metres above sea level, the land was granted by Hong Kong Government with an area of 200,000 square metres. The campsite is located in a valley between Tung Yeung Shan (東洋山) and Tate's Cairn. Several streams runs nearby. A road from Kowloon leads from Tate's Pass in the south which continues north to Mau Tso Ngam and Fu Yung Pei (芙蓉泌).

The campsite is the only site in Hong Kong run by the Scout Association for wild camping only. Unlike other campsites managing by the Scout Association, the camp does not provide catering services. The site has only a few buildings for offices, lectures and activities.

Transport

 * The campsite is 45 minutes walk from the nearest bus stop of route 91, 91M, 92, 96R of Kowloon Motor Bus at Clear Water Bay Road near Anderson Road.

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Talk:Indian Native States

I have a question. A red link in page means an article which that and other page(s)/article(s)have requested. How do I list the pages/articles which have made the request? e.g. I have just started this article page. On the requested articles page it showed 36 requesting links. I would have liked to check if they all referred to the same subject and not to something such as, say, "native red-indian tribes". Thanks. VivekM 02:19, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

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Talk:Community High School (Ann Arbor, Michigan)

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Recent reverted additions to 1980s/90s section
I just temporarily reverted some additions from anonymous user 68.81.156.150. Some seemed POV and boosterish, but some contains facts that might be reinserted to expand the section. I'm pasting the material below, in italics. Does anyone want to suggest parts of this that might be reinserted? [START 68.81.156.150 TEXT] ''However, this inadvertently protected the school from its diminished future as a prep school for newer residents Ann Arbor's rapidly gentrifying community. As a force of benign neglect, this "bad" reputation meant a complete absence lines, wait lists, and lotteries, and created a situation where ANY high school student who felt they needed to be at Community for ANY reason could simply GO there. The 80s and 90s were a time when all manner of students from all walks of life went to school together, free of hierarchies, tracks and cliques. Community resource classes- the practice of learning from members of the community rather than ina traditional classroom setting(hence the name of the school) grew in enrollment and scope. The school featured all-day workshops on civil disobedience, health and self esteem, and world cultures. Students wrote their own coursework with guidance from advisory and their neighbors, and even taught their own classes. The learning disabled the teenage Harvard-bound attended classes together. And, together, they attended the school's "Town Meetings"- where ALL students could be active participants in decisions about the running of the school, without regard to their grades, position, or status. There was an immensely strong sense of common cause among the students during this time- there was, after all, nothing like it anywhere else. From the opening of the school in 1972 up until 1992, there were only TWO incidents of physical violence in the school's entire history. Folks from Germany, France, and Japan came to observe those "unorthodox" methods of free educational choice and community involvement at the school, and Seventeen Magazine did an article on it. Unfortunately, this budding good reputation was to bring about the destruction of the very ideals that made Community High such an amazing place!'' [END 68.81.156.150 TEXT] Ropcat 05:50, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

 * Claims about the absence of violence are simply not true. Indeed, in the first years of the school students formed a vigilante group called the Community High Rangers to combat violence centered around drug trafficking at the school. Mostly involving dealers from off campus. They claimed to be quite successful and disbanded after a couple of years. 208.66.213.162 (talk) 00:24, 18 April 2024 (UTC)

Well-known alumni
User 68.164.0.48 has just added an alumna that I'm removing on the grounds that this person is not (yet) notable enough to be listed. The alumna is a recent graduate, and is a wedding/bar-mitzvahs photographer. The list should be confined to people who have achieved some national recognition in their field, or who would be familiar names to non-specialists. (e.g. Gene Sperling). Ropcat 18:46, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

Jill Carroll
Jill Carroll, American journalist kidnapped in Iraq, was added to the "Well-known alumni" section. While initial reports (see this Ann Arbor News article) said Carroll was a 1996 Community High grad, newer reports are suggesting that she graduated in 1995 from Ann Arbor's Huron High School. Can anyone clear this up? I've removed her from the list in the meantime. Ropcat 02:56, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
 * I heard the same thing today and came to remove the reference. But I don't have any official confirmation. Mahatm 23:33, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
 * I am a current Huron High School student and would like to add that Jill Carroll was indeed a Huron High School student. Although not recognized as a well-known name around the school, with the recent kidnapping, her name has been circulating around and teachers have spoke to us about having her as a student in the past. 03:35, 22 January 2006 216.86.71.251

I graduated from Community High School in 1996. I believe the confusion is caused by the fact that students can "dual enroll". Community High School, an alternative public school, has programs and classes not offered by the other high schools. Students from Pioneer and Huron High School are regularly bussed over to Community High School for part of the day. It is possible to be a student of both schools.Rjohnson 16:20, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

Enrollment & student body
I temporarily removed this statement recently added by RowanInBlack due to the non-encyclopedic language. "(Despite returning to the lottery admissions, the student body of CHS is still severely white-washed and of upper-middle class income.)" However, I have no objection to the content itself appearing on the page. I do think, in addition to aiming for a more encyclopedic tone, that the statement should contain some data (racial breakdown would probably be published; socio-economic class data would likely be harder to find) to back up the assertion. I also think the location of the statement tended toward editorializing rather than reporting the opinions of others (such as partisans in this debate). Do other article contributors have ideas on how to address the racial/ethnic/socio-economic question in terms of describing the student body, past and present, and in terms of contextualizing the debates presented in this article? Ropcat 06:11, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

High School National Ad Network
Kazari has recently made changes to dozens of high-school pages that seem meant only to cram the High School National Ad Network into as many pages as possible. I'm temporarily removing his/her addition of the sentence adding this info, because it doesn't fit under the top section where he/she added it; this section, as in most articles, is meant to be the most general and important facts about the topic (in this case, Community High School). The relationship between The Communicator (CHS newspaper) and the High School National Ad Network is surely too peripheral to fit in this top description area. I do, however, think that the newspaper itself could use historical discussion somewhere further down in the article, but its relationship with the High School National Ad Network (while perhaps worth mentioning) shouldn't drive the discussion. If anyone disagrees, of course, please discuss here or pursue relevant revisions. Ropcat 05:52, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Indeed, I DID make changes to dozens of high school pages. I help run the non-profit High School National Ad Network -- which seeks to help high school newspapers. If I made the changes to locations that were inappropriate, I apologize -- I did think about it first. In most cases, there was no mention of the high school newspaper in any of the entries I made, so I think I made legitimate additions -- knowledge that was not there prior. I intend to add dozens more. Naturally, anyone is free to delete or change them as they see fit. Kazari 21:09, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

Unsourced claims on manipulation of waiting list
On 16 July 2006, anonymous user 68.61.156.11 placed the following passage under "Enrollment battles." I believe this should receive some discussion before becoming part of the article, because it contains unsourced accusations of manipulation of the waiting list by district or school administrators. It also is very confusing as to who, exactly, is accused of doing what; and the writing is unclear (for instance, "the lack of racial diversity is lacking"). The racial diversity angle is still a matter that should probably receive an overview in this article, and particularly the school's statistics as compared to the district's high-school population as a whole; such a discussion should rely on credible numbers, though. Any discussion from contributors on this passage, its accusations, and its suitability for the article?
 * 68.61.156.11 16 July 2006 contribution: "Regardless of the alleged reinstatement of enrollment by "lottery", the lack of racial diversity in the student body is still lacking. Some students even state they've been told their name "has been moved up" on the enrollment simply to, for whatever reason, move those often-white and middle class students out of Pioneer or Huron High Schools.  When anybody makes claims of the seeming lack of enforcement in the "lottery enrollment" policy, their claims are immediately dismissed by Community High supporters due to lack of evidence, with supporters often making blanket statements that the "lottery" enrollment practice is enforced because "that's just the way enrollment happens [there]"."

Ropcat 22:48, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

 * I've added the following sentence, to begin to address the questions raised by this user: Despite the enrollment procedure changes, the school remains less racially diverse than the city's two large traditional schools, with 15.2 percent of the student body coming from minority racial background as of 2005, compared with 29.1 at Pioneer High and 40.8 percent at Huron High. Ropcat 02:50, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

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And Then We Kiss

"And Then We Kiss" is a song by American singer Britney Spears. It was written by Spears, Mark Taylor and Paul Barry, while production was handled by Taylor. The song did not make the final track listing of Spears' fourth studio album, In the Zone (2003), and was later remixed by Junkie XL for inclusion on Spears' first remix album, B in the Mix: The Remixes (2005). It was also included on the extended play released to promote the remix album, titled Key Cuts from Remixed (2005). The Junkie XL remix of "And Then We Kiss" was released as a promotional single in Australia and New Zealand on October 31, 2005. The original version produced only by Taylor leaked online in September 2011.

The Junkie XL remix of "And Then We Kiss" is a Eurotrance song with influences of techno and usage of dance-rock guitars, synthesizers and symphonic strings. The lyrics speak about a kiss and the different sensations that a woman experiences, including trembling, crying and moaning. Junkie XL explained that he wanted to make the song a 2006 version of Depeche Mode's "Enjoy the Silence". The Junkie XL remix of "And Then We Kiss" was well received by music critics, with some noticing its potential to be a radio or club hit. The song failed to appear on any major record charts, however, it peaked at number 15 on the US Billboard Hot Dance Airplay.

Background
"And Then We Kiss" was written by Spears, Mark Taylor and Paul Barry, while produced by Taylor. The song was recorded in the same sessions as "Breathe on Me", and was originally intended for In the Zone (2003). This version produced by Taylor features an electronica vibe reminiscent of Madonna's Ray of Light (1998), and contains a flamenco guitar with prominent lead vocals by Spears. "And Then We Kiss" was set to be included as a UK and Japan bonus track on Britney & Kevin: Chaotic (2005), but was replaced with "Over to You Now" for unknown reasons.

The song was remixed by Junkie XL and released on her remix album B in the Mix: The Remixes (2005). In the album credits, both Taylor and Junkie XL were listed as producers of the song. All instruments, including guitar, bass guitar, synths and drums, were played by Junkie XL. Audio mastering was done by Chaz Harper at Battery Mastering. In September 2005, it was announced by Billboard that the remix would serve as the music for the ad campaign behind Spears' fragrance, Fantasy. The Junkie XL Remix was released as a promotional single from B in the Mix: The Remixes on October 31, 2005, in Australia and New Zealand, as "And Then We Kiss". The version of the song produced by Taylor remained unreleased for years, until a new mix of the song labeled as the original version leaked online on September 2, 2011. After suggestions that it may be a fake, Taylor confirmed its authenticity to Bradley Stern of Muumuse.com on September 5, 2011.

The Junkie XL Mix appears in the 2007 video game Dance Dance Revolution Supernova 2 for the PlayStation 2 in North America.

Composition
"And Then We Kiss" is four minutes and twenty-eight seconds long. It is a Eurotrance song with influences of techno and usage of synthesizers. The song blends dance-rock guitars and symphonic strings and closes with an orchestral overtone. Its lyrics talk about a kiss and the different sensations that the protagonist experiences, including trembling, crying and moaning. At the beginning she sings the lines "Lying alone / touching my skin" which suggest that the whole song may actually be a fantasy. Spears's vocals are much less prominent than on the original version. In an interview with About.com, Junkie XL said he wanted to turn the song "into a 2006 version of Enjoy the Silence with really electronic chunky beats and nice melodic guitar lines. Besides the fact that [Britney]'s singing on it, it could be a track off my album because it's the same vibe. I'm really happy with the end result and so are they."

Reception
The Junkie XL Remix of "And Then We Kiss" received positive reviews from music critics. Jennifer Vineyard of MTV noted "And Then We Kiss" had "the potential to be a radio or club hit — if Jive were actively promoting [B in the Mix]". Barry Walters of Rolling Stone said the remix "brings a simpatico blend of symphonic strings and dance-rock guitars" in its melody, while Spence D. of IGN noted Junkie XL makes "the remix an understated swatch of atmospheric neo-goth poing and staccato rhythms." A reviewer of Yahoo! Shopping considered the song "dreamy". Kurt Kirton of About.com said that the remixes of "And Then We Kiss", "Toxic", "Touch of My Hand", "Someday (I Will Understand)" and "...Baby One More Time" "hold their own"; Gregg Shapiro of the Bay Area Reporter, however, said "the many flaws in Spears' reedy, cold and mechanical voice are brought to the forefront" in the remixes. MTV writer Bradley Stern praised Junkie XL, writing, "the sublime remix found producer Junkie XL taking the (still) unreleased studio version of "And Then We Kiss" [...] and smoothing it over into one of Britney's most lush, mature musical moments of all time."

"And Then We Kiss" was not officially released as promotional single in the United States, therefore it was not eligible at the time to appear on Billboard's Hot 100. Even so, promotional vinyls were sent to radio stations, who started to play the song unofficially and it managed to garner enough airplay to appear on the Hot Dance Airplay chart of Billboard in early 2006. It debuted at number 25 on the chart issue dated February 25, 2006, reaching a new position of 23 on the following issue. After five weeks on the chart, "And Then We Kiss" reached a peak of 15, on the chart issue dated March 25, 2006. The song spent a total of eleven weeks on the chart, making its last appearance on the week of May 6, 2006. Despite being released in Australia and New Zealand, "And Then We Kiss" failed to appear on major charts of both countries.

Track listing

 * Digital download
 * 1) "And Then We Kiss" – 4:28

 * 12" vinyl
 * 1) "And Then We Kiss" (Junkie XL Remix) – 4:28
 * 2) "And Then We Kiss" (Junkie XL Remix Instrumental) – 4:28
 * 3) "And Then We Kiss" (Junkie XL Undressed Remix) – 4:41
 * 4) "And Then We Kiss" (Junkie XL Undressed Remix Instrumental) – 4:41

Credits and personnel

 * Britney Spears — lead vocals, songwriting
 * Michael Taylor — songwriting
 * Paul Barry — songwriting
 * Mark Taylor — producer
 * Junkie XL — producer, remixer, all instruments
 * Chaz Harper — audio mastering

Credits and personnel adapted from B in the Mix: The Remixes album liner notes.

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Rhodaism
Nonsense NeilN 03:29, 30 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Speedy JLaTondre 03:37, 30 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Speedy. I do not think that “Kelsey Dunn Rhoda is the one and only true Prophet of God” counts as a claim of notability. ♠DanMS 04:04, 30 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Speedy, although I've been thinking about nominating my dog for sainthood...--KJPurscell 04:58, 30 September 2005 (UTC)
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its great that this game is getting the attention it deservs maybe atari might relese it for the home console some day —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.6.188.49 (talk • contribs) 20:29, 29 September 2005

Current Ownership?
Who even owns the rights to this game nowadays? It appeared for sale as ROM files on StarROMs in late 2003, but eventually was pulled (with mostly Atari Games/Midway titles) because of copyright misunderstandings. But, if it was made and distributed in 1983, then how could Atari Games own it? Then who does now (probably not Theurer)? Armslurp 00:48, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I don't know about US copyright law (which is the one probably applicable in this case), but in the EU copyright lasts until the 70th (or 75th? — IANAL) year following the death of the author. 1983 was considerably less than 70 years ago. — 92.40.169.224 (talk) 16:38, 16 June 2010 (UTC)

Around the world
The KLOV entry implies that the machine only ever appeared in the US and Japan. However I distinctly remember playing it in an arcade in Bournemouth when I was a kid. I was baffled by it and in retrospect I can understand why it wasn't a hit. Furthermore I remember reading an interview with Argonaut Software's Jez San, around the time of Starglider 2, in which he mentioned the machine (Starglider 2 also has a homage to "doodle city" as a bonus), albeit that he might have played the machine aborad; nonetheless, it was at least known in the 1980s in the UK. I wonder if it was ever localised to non-English countries? -Ashley Pomeroy (talk) 21:10, 31 August 2008 (UTC)

Based on a book? Movie have anything to do with it?
Was this based on anything? Was there a book named I, Robot? Was the movie also based on what this was based on? Also, ha, kinda funny that it failed because it was ahead of it's time. Heh, people are strangggge. 66.31.9.250 (talk) 00:52, 10 December 2009 (UTC)
 * There was a series of short stories by Isaac Asimov with the same name but I do not know if the game is connected.--76.66.185.138 (talk) 02:27, 29 April 2010 (UTC)

 * The movie was (loosely) based on the short stories my Asimov. The game just used the name and had no formal connection to either.  Xihr  03:59, 30 April 2010 (UTC)

This game has 126 levels, not 99!
I made this correction some time back; but it got reverted by somebody who obviously has either never played the game past level 99, or who has done so and been misled by the "LEVEL 0" display, failing to realise the significance of the level's colours being the same as those of level 99.

Fire up the game in MAME and watch memory location 0304 (hex), setting the watch type to "Decimal"; you'll find that this location is the level number. Now go to level 99 by whatever means you like, and play through it; when you reach the next land stage, although the on-screen level display reads "0", you'll find that the in-memory level count which you're watching is actually 100. — 92.40.169.224 (talk) 16:57, 16 June 2010 (UTC)

 * This encroaches in original research. Do you have a reliable, third-party source that verify this?  Xihr  00:12, 17 June 2010 (UTC)

 * The only third-party source for the (wrong) counterclaim that the game has only 99 levels, appears to be the write-up on the GameFAQs site; and this site is hardly a very reliable source, they seem only to verify that submitted FAQs meet their guidelines (it isn't offensive, illegal or otherwise undesirable; it isn't just a placeholder; it doesn't just duplicate information they already have...) and not such things as accuracy. Certainly their I, Robot FAQ was written by somebody who obviously never got past level 79, for another error is the claim that the level select mechanism only goes this high (in fact, for games started soon after the end of the last one, one can teleport to any level up to and including that on which the last game ended; in a recent game, I started on level 110, which was shown as "110" on the transporter screen although only shown as "10" in-game). — 92.40.222.239 (talk) 11:42, 23 July 2010 (UTC)

Genre
It is most certainly not a multi-directional shooter - you only shoot in one direction: into the screen. It's more of a hybrid shooter/maze game with some platforming aspects. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.79.110.43 (talk) 03:38, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

Atari 2600?
The infobox says one of the platforms for this game was Atari 2600. I haven't been able to find any reference to an attempted 2600 port, and the idea seems laughable. Does anyone else have info on this or is it just a mistake? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.235.210.3 (talk) 07:52, 4 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Amazingly, yes. I googled it.   — Smuckola (Email) (Talk) 09:15, 11 March 2014 (UTC)

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Exum Ridge

The Exum Ridge is the name of a prominent rock buttress on the Grand Teton, the high point of the Teton Range in Wyoming. Grand Teton towers 13,770 feet above Jackson Hole, with an ascent of 6,700 feet which by any route requires a combination of hiking, rock climbing and rappelling.

The Ridge is named after Glenn Exum who pioneered a route, via a solo climb, on a day when his mentor Paul Petzoldt was guiding a couple up the original Owen-Spaulding Route. Today the route is split into the Upper and Lower Exum Ridge Routes. It is common for parties to bypass the more technically challenging lower section and climb exclusively the upper section. The Direct Exum Ridge Route which includes both section is recognized in the historic climbing text Fifty Classic Climbs of North America.

In 1931 Exum and Petzoldt started Exum Mountain Guides, which has grown to be a prestigious climbing school and mountain guide service. In 1982 Exum, accompanied by many distinguished mountaineers, made one last climb of the Exum Ridge route on the fiftieth anniversary of his first ascent.

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Timber floating

Timber floating may refer to:

 * Log driving
 * Timber rafting

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Timber rafting

Timber rafting is a method of transporting felled tree trunks by tying them together to make rafts, which are then drifted or pulled downriver, or across a lake or other body of water. It is arguably, after log driving, the second cheapest means of transporting felled timber. Both methods may be referred to as timber floating. The tradition of timber rafting cultivated in Austria, the Czech Republic, Germany, Latvia, Poland and Spain was inscribed on UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2022

Historical rafting
Unlike log driving, which was a dangerous task of floating separate logs, floaters or raftsmen could enjoy relative comfort of navigation, with cabins built on rafts, steering by means of oars and possibility to make stops. On the other hand, rafting requires wider waterflows.

Timber rafts were also used as a means of transportation of people and goods, both raw materials (ore, fur, game) and man-made.

Theophrastus (Hist. Plant. 5.8.2) records how the Romans imported Corsican timber by way of a huge raft propelled by as many as fifty masts and sails.

This practice used to be common in many parts of the world, especially North America and on all main rivers of Germany. Timber rafting allowed for connecting large continental forests, as in south western Germany, via Main, Neckar, Danube and Rhine with the coastal cities and states. Early modern forestry and remote trading were closely connected. Large pines in the black forest were called "Holländer," as they were traded to the Netherlands. Large timber rafts on the Rhine were 200 to 400m in length, 40m wide and consisted of several thousand logs. The crew consisted of 400 to 500 men, including shelter, bakeries, ovens and livestock stables. Timber rafting infrastructure allowed for large interconnected networks all over continental Europe. The advent of the railroad, steam boat vessels and improvements in trucking and road networks gradually reduced the use of timber rafts. It is still of importance in Finland. In Spain, this method of transport was used in the Ebro, Tajo, Júcar, Turia and Segura rivers, mainly and to a lesser extent in the Guadalquivir. There is documentary evidence of these uses as early as the sixteenth century, and its use was extended until the middle of the 20th century. In Russia, the use of elaborate timber rafts called belyana continued into the 1930s.

Construction
Timber rafts could be of enormous proportions, sometimes up to 600 m long, 50 m wide, and stacked 2 m high. Such rafts would contain thousands of logs. For the comfort of the raftsmen - which could number up to 500 - logs were also used to build cabins and galleys. Control of the raft was done by oars and later on by tugboats.

Raft construction differs depending on the watercourse. Rocky and windy rivers saw rafts of simple, yet sometimes smart, construction. For example, the front parts of the logs were joined together by wooden bars, while the rear parts were loosely roped together. The resulting slack allowed for easy adaptation for narrow and windy waterbeds. Wide and quiet rivers, like the Mississippi River, allowed huge rafts to travel in caravans and even be chained into strings.

These type of constructed log rafts used for timber rafting over long distances by waterways to markets of large populations appeared on the Atlantic coast about 1883. They were there sometimes referred to as Joggins-Leary log ships because they were financed by businessman James T. Leary and originated at Joggins, Nova Scotia. They seem also to have been employed on the Rhine River as early as September 14, 1888. Their use on the Pacific coast was first contemplated by the capitalists James Mervyn Donahue of the San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad and John D. Spreckels of the San Diego and Arizona Railway when they formed the Pacific west coast Joggins Raft Company on September 21, 1889.

In the southeastern United States

Rafting was a principal method of transporting timber in the southeastern United States but, except on the Mississippi River, rafts were necessarily smaller than those described above. On Georgia’s Altamaha River, for example, the maximum width was about forty feet (12 m), that being the widest that could pass between the pilings of railroad bridges. Maximum length was about 250 feet (76 m), that being the longest that could navigate The Narrows, several miles of the river that were not only very narrow but also very crooked. Each raft had two oars forty to fifty feet long, one in the bow, the other at the stern. The oars were for steering, not propelling, the raft. The minimum raft crew was two men, the pilot who usually manned the stern oar, and his bow hand. Rafts usually had a lean-to shack for shelter and a mound of dirt for a hearth to warm by and cook on. The timber rafts on the Altamaha delivered logs to the port of Brunswick, Georgia, where they were loaded onto timber schooners and transported to international markets like Liverpool, Rio de Janeiro, and Havana. Rivermen assigned colorful names to the various features and hazards along their route down the Atamaha. Among the many "riverman monikers" was Old Hell Bight, where the river marks the border between Long County to the north and Wayne County to the south, and is a particularly troublesome bend, with associated dangerous currents, where a pilot and crew might lose "their wages, their timber, and occasionally their lives"

Most rafts were sharp-chute, that is, V-bowed, rather than square-bowed. Raftsmen had learned that with a V-bow a raft was more likely to hold together and glance off if it drifted out of control and hit the river bank. As one old-time raftsman put it: “With a square bow you were compelled to hold the raft in or near the middle of the river: if it butted the hill it would come to pieces. The sharp-chute could be put together so it would not come apart. And it saved a lot of hard work. Raftsmen didn’t mind letting it go to the hill. They’d say: ‘Let’er shoot out.’”

Rafts were assembled in sections. Each section was made up of round or squared timbers, all of the same length except for the outside, or “boom logs,” which extended aft a few feet to enclose the following section. Thus the sections were coupled together. A fairly typical raft would be one of three, four or five sections, each section having timbers twenty to thirty feet in length.

Most rafts were made up of squared timbers, either hewn square by hand or sawn square by upcountry sawmills. Some timbers were carefully, smoothly hewn, and there was a demand for them, especially in England, after steam sawmilling became common. On the Altamaha, for many years during the rafting era, most rafts were made up of “scab” timber, that is, logs roughly squared by broad ax for tighter assembly and for gang sawmills which could cut flat-face timber only.

Although, on the Altamaha, there was rafting to some extent before the Civil War and after World War I, the Altamaha’s rafting era is generally considered to have been the years between those wars. During those years, Darien, a town at the mouth of the river with a population of perhaps a couple of thousand, was a major international timber port. Reports of exports from Darien were included in the New York Lumber Trade Journal along with reports of exports from such large ports as New Orleans, Mobile, Jacksonville, Savannah, Charleston, and Norfolk.

In Canada, down the current of Quebec's rivers
The timber was transported by floating, down the current of the rivers, which required the work of cages and log drivers (Cajeux - Draveurs). The first types of trees cut were — Pin blanc L. — Pinus strobus. — White pine (eastern white pine)., shipped to Great Britain.

 * The cageux, this Ulysses of the St. Lawrence, St-Maurice, Batiscan, Saguenay, Jacques-Cartier, Sainte-Anne (Les Chenaux) as exemples, was responsible for assembling the rafts and piloting the huge wooden train made of squared pine — also called a cage — to a port of embarkation.

 * The log driver, a daring tightrope walker of the rivers, was responsible for controlling the free floating of cut tree trunks that were thrown into a watercourse in order to reach a sawmill or a pulp and paper mill.

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Talk:Eval

Does Lua have "eval-functionality"? (I just glanced at the docs: http://www.lua.org/manual/5.1/manual.html#2.4.1 : "The unit of execution of Lua is called a chunk...A chunk may be stored in a file or in a string inside the host program" ) teadrinker 23:20, 3 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Yes, you can load and execute any string or file in Lua. The result is a "chunk" (or function in other words). For example:

myFunc = loadstring(aCodeString) myFunc
 * or just:

loadstring(aCodeString) --Loading and executing string at once
 * --Zigmar 19:29, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

This article was previously nominated for deletion. The deletion result was moved to here, and has been removed to: Articles for deletion/Eval --AllyUnion (talk) 03:34, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

Python section
The python section claims that python cannot evaluate statements, only functions. Then the two example show calling eval for statements.

What gives?

Dubwai 15:43, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

I missed that there's a distinction between exec and eval. Ignore.

Dubwai 16:46, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

Jonathan Johnson
The link "Jonathan Johnson on exposing classes to RBScript" looks suspiciously self-promotional to me. Before I included the link to Python documentation, it was the only external link in this article, and it mentions "Jonathan Johnson" as if he is some kind of Computer Science authority (reading his blog you do find out he works for the company that makes RealBasic). If you are reading this, and you agree that it is self-promotion, do erase the link. --Ramalho 03:46, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

Callback
Perhaps it would be better to demonstrate an example of using eval on a callback situation, since it's a legitimate use.

Azraell Zanella 01:11, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

apply yin and yang
This article doesn't quite ever mention that eval and apply are related in a yin and yang fashion: in order to (eval '(f x)) your system must make the critical step (apply f x) to get the actual result. To be clear: the code must convert the string f to a callable function f, and then must apply the callable function f to its arguments! Unfortunately, the article on apply says almost nothing about the computer-sciene meaning of this idea.linas (talk) 07:30, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

 * Never mind, I added a breif paragraph. The theoretically inclined are invited to expand the article on apply. linas (talk) 18:54, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

Mail merge example
The mail merge example shown is unnecessarily using  to return the contents of a string variable to the   function. Unless  has some effect that I'm just not seeing, that code fragment is a bad example for eval use (the last line could just as easily be written as " ").

This is not The Daily WTF. --Btx40 (talk) 16:44, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

4chan
typing eval( into the text field on 4chan will get you a week long ban

though it was worth mentioning —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.107.10.216 (talk) 22:15, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

Hey
it takes you to the invasion board —Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.112.224.180 (talk) 21:58, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

Do we need to mention semicolon treatment when it's not just true in eval?
JavaScript doesn't require semicolons in any code (though it's bad style to leave them off). Why make special mention of eval letting one leave off the final semicolon? Same goes for any other languages that insert missing semicolons. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.174.169.239 (talk) 00:13, 3 September 2010 (UTC)

Reference to D language is dead
The link in references to D's eval function seems dead. Should be updated. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 165.123.202.137 (talk) 18:26, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

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Is an example of a meta-circular evaluator?
According to this Wikipedia article,  and   are "instances of meta-circular evaluators." Are there any reliable sources that can verify this? Jarble (talk) 19:50, 4 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Yes; they are part of the definition of what a meta-circular evaluator is, so several of the references in that article mention them, such as this one (section 4.1.1) or this other one (chapter 5). Diego (talk) 20:24, 4 November 2021 (UTC)
 * No. The article is talking about language builtin function eval which provides access to the evaluator for the base language and environment.  A meta-circular evaluator implements a new language and environment on top of the base language.
 * I think there is confusion due to the meta-circular evaluator in SICP including a function called eval, however that function is implemented on top of the base language, implements a distinct environment, and the semantics of the language it evaluates are arbitrary (i.e. not tied to the base language).
 * It is easy to test the difference:
 * (define x 1) ;base environment global variable
 * x => 1 ;evaluates x in the base language environment
 * (eval 'x) => 1 ;builtin function also evaluates x in the base language environment
 * (sicp:eval 'x) => undefined or whatever ;the meta-circular evaluator implements a different language and environment to the base language
 * I am removing the meta-circular remarks from the article because the topic of the article they are not relevant. The builtin function eval is not meta-circular evaluation.
 * I will also check the usage of the references mentioned here. They are indeed examples of implementing an evaluator, however in the context of this article they may be irrelevant or introducing unnecessary confusion as they about the special kind of evaluator which is meta-circular. 14.203.187.123 (talk) 04:41, 28 June 2024 (UTC)

Creating Perl variables with eval
In more than 20 years of using Perl, I have found  most useful for creating variables. I propose adding the following paragraph in the Perl section in the article. I could add a specific example with Perl code if that would be deemed helpful.

In Perl (and perhaps other languages mentioned in this article), can be used to create Perl variables. Ravn007 (talk) 17:36, 18 November 2021 (UTC)

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Need his year of birth. -SaxTeacher 03:33, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Developed economy

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The result of the debate was REDIRECTED to Developed country. -Splash talk 22:06, 6 October 2005 (UTC)

Developed economy
Nonsense, gets even stranger at the end NeilN 03:34, 30 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Cleanup or redirect, tho i dont know where. the voice is a bit colloquial, but the concept is real (barring the google reference maybe) and feminist critics do examine gender issues in post-industrial as well as industrializing and pre-industrial societies. Nateji77 05:35, 30 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Speedy redirect to Developed country. Christopher Parham (talk) 05:55, 30 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Speedily redirected per Christopher Parham, good call. Friday (talk) 14:36, 30 September 2005 (UTC)
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Cheyne Owens was born in 1980 in a small Indiana town. He now attends college in New England where he has earned the affection of all the females, particularly the Germans.

He enjoys potatoes and moonlight walks with a certain individual whose name will not be released.

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Atika Suri

Atika Suri (born Indragiri Hulu Regency, Riau; February 10, 1968) is an Indonesian TV newscaster and newscast producer.

Education and training
Atika Suri graduated from the Design and Art Faculty of Trisakti University in Jakarta. During her career as a television journalist, Suri has attended several professional pieces of training including Peace Journalism from the BBC in 2001, CNN Television Workshop in October 2000, and TV News Production Workshops by Frank N. Magid Associates in 1995 and 1996.

Career
Suri began her career as a reporter and news presenter for RCTI's morning show, Nuansa Pagi, in 1993. Since 1994, Suri had been assigned to report Indonesia's presidential activities including reporting overseas visits of former presidents Suharto and Abdurrahman Wahid. As a presidential correspondent, Suri conducted many live reports from overseas and also established networks with sources such as cabinet ministers and officials. Suri also did live reports during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders Meeting in Bogor, Indonesia in 1994, and covered the Meeting of 77 Heads of the 3rd World Countries, or G-77 Conference, in Havana, Cuba.

Atika Suri is now the news producer of RCTI's newscast, Buletin Siang, one of the news programs in Indonesia. Suri manages the production of the newscast, selects stories and arranges the rundown, writes news stories and lead-ins, copies-edits, and approves the scripts before editing and on-air. She also helps translate materials from news agencies and voices them into the Indonesian language.

Since 2004, Suri has been back to serve as the main anchor of RCTI’s morning newscast Nuansa Pagi along with co-anchor Ade Novit. She had also served as the main anchor of Buletin Siang, as well as the newscaster of Seputar Indonesia.

Atika Suri was nominated as the most favorite female news presenter at the Panasonic Awards in 2000.

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