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Amanda Conner

Amanda Conner is an American comics artist and commercial art illustrator. She began her career in the late 1980s for Archie Comics and Marvel Comics, before moving on to contribute work for Claypool Comics' Soulsearchers and Company and Harris Comics' Vampirella in the 1990s. Her 2000s work includes Mad magazine, and such DC Comics characters as Harley Quinn, Power Girl, and Atlee.

Her other published work includes illustrations for The New York Times and Revolver magazine, advertising work for products such as Arm & Hammer, Playskool, design work for ABC's Nightline, and commercials for A&E's Biography magazine.

Early life
Amanda Conner studied at The Kubert School in Dover, New Jersey. She names as influences Joe Kubert, for teaching his students to compose pages as if they were to be devoid of any dialogue or word balloons, and Frank Miller for his pacing and his ability to create tension and intense action and reactions.

Career
Conner worked at a color separation company, which handled comics coloring prior to the industry adoption of computer programs such as Photoshop. She subsequently worked in a comic book store. At the time she lived a little over an hour from New York City, and on her days off, would travel to New York City with her father, and use his office at the advertising industry where he worked as a home base from which to call editors at Marvel Comics and DC Comics to request a portfolio review. When granted these interviews, she was told that she had potential, but needed to work on her art more. At this same time she became acquainted with professional artists through her work at the comic shop, and answered an advertisement by artist Bill Sienkiewicz, who was seeking an assistant. She took the job, which became her first comics work, while continuing to show her portfolio to editors at Marvel and DC. She also illustrated storyboards for the advertising industry. After about her sixth or seventh time showing her portfolio, Marvel editor Greg Wright gave Conner her first illustration assignment, an 11-page Yellowjacket back-up story in Solo Avengers #12 (November 1988).

Her other early work includes Excalibur and Suburban Jersey Ninja She-Devils for Marvel, Strip AIDS U.S.A. for Last Gasp in 1988, and Archie and The Adventures of Bayou Billy stories for Archie Comics in 1989–90. During this time, she worked with Marvel editor and artist Jimmy Palmiotti (now her husband), who often inks over Conner's pencils.

From 1993 to 1994 she penciled issues #1–10 of Peter David and Richard Howell's creator-owned series, Soulsearchers and Company, which was published by Claypool Comics. In 1994 she penciled Barbie Fashion #43, a Marvel Comics title that was licensed from the Mattel doll. That same year she did her first Vampirella work with Vengeance of Vampirella, a mini-comic that was bundled with an issue of Wizard magazine. The following year she pencilled issues 2 - 11 of Marvel's Gargoyles, which was based on the Disney animated television series of the same name. In 1996 she pencilled Kid Death & Fluffy Spring Break Special #1 for Topps Comics and Tomoe #3 for Billy Tucci's Crusade Comics. She also returned to Vampirella with Harris' Vampirella Lives #1–3, which teamed her with writer Warren Ellis.

In 1997 she illustrated the intercompany crossover Painkiller Jane vs. The Darkness for Event Comics. It was in working on this book that Conner says that she found her niche in the industry, explaining that the licensed characters she had previously worked on, particularly Barbie and Vampirella (the latter of which she stresses she nonetheless enjoyed for the writers she worked with) had narrow emotional ranges, which limited the facial expressions she was able to render. On PKJ v. the Darkness she discovered that it was possible to render material of a dark tone that incorporated black humor. Conner returned to Painkiller Jane with a #0 issue, which recounted the character's origin.

Her other comic book credits include Lois Lane, Codename: Knockout, and Birds of Prey for DC Comics, as well as Two-Step with writer Warren Ellis for the Cliffhanger! imprint of WildStorm Comics (owned by DC Comics); X-Men Unlimited for Marvel; Gatecrasher, which she co-created for Black Bull Comics; and The Pro, a creator-owned book for Image Comics with Palmiotti and Garth Ennis. In 2005, she illustrated the origin of Power Girl in JSA Classified #1-4. She also penciled a Blade comic to go with the special DVD edition.

Her art has appeared on ABC'S Nightline, and in The New York Times and MAD magazine. She has also done promotional artwork for the reality television series Who Wants to Be a Superhero? and the 2007 feature film Underdog. She does spot illustrations in Revolver magazine each month. Her commercial art work includes illustrations for the New York City advertising agencies Kornhauser & Calene, and Kidvertisers, for such accounts as Arm & Hammer, Playskool, and Nickelodeon. Nike, Inc. commissioned Conner and fellow comics artist Jan Duursema to design the Make Yourself: A Super Power advertising campaign in 2011.

Conner did modeling/art reference work for the Marvel miniseries Elektra: Assassin in the 1980s, and for artist Joe Jusko's Punisher / Painkiller Jane in 2000.

Conner, Palmiotti, and writer Justin Gray work together via their multimedia entertainment company PaperFilms. They collaborated on the Terra miniseries, which premiered in November 2008, and the first 12 issues of the Power Girl ongoing series, which were published between 2009 and 2010, both of which Conner penciled. in 2009, Conner drew the Supergirl story in Wednesday Comics which also featured appearance by Krypto and Streaky the Supercat. Following her departure from Power Girl, Conner wrote and pencilled a story published in Wonder Woman #600, which featured a team-up between Power Girl, Wonder Woman, and Batgirl. IDW Publishing released The Art of Amanda Conner in April 2012 while DC Comics published DC Comics: The Sequential Art of Amanda Conner the following November.

In 2012–2013, Conner drew the Before Watchmen: Silk Spectre limited series which she co-wrote with Darwyn Cooke. Cooke had insisted on having Conner as a collaborator on the series, stating that "I knew I had something to say about Laurie, and I needed somebody to collaborate with who could help realize it. The only person I know alive that could do that was Amanda. So I kind of made it a fuck-or-walk situation, you know? [Laughs.] 'We get Amanda, or I can’t do this.' So that made it incumbent upon [DC co-publisher] Dan [DiDio] to bring Amanda into it." Conner and Palmiotti launched a Harley Quinn ongoing series in November 2013.

She provided the design concepts for the DC Universe streaming Harley Quinn animated series. Many of the story line ideas and dialog have been used for source material on the episodes. These concepts have also been launching points for both the Birds of Prey and Suicide Squad feature movies.

Conner's art was featured in "The Perspiration Implementation", the October 19, 2015, episode of the American sitcom The Big Bang Theory. In the episode, comic book store owner Stuart Bloom asks the women for ideas on how to attract more women to his shop, and Amy Farrah Fowler (Mayim Bialik) points out that an illustration hanging on one of the shop's walls, "Girl on a Leash", may not be conducive to attracting female customers. The image, which was illustrated by Conner and colored by Paul Mounts, depicts a scantily-clad woman being held on a chain leash by a muscular, whip-wielding masked man. The piece was custom-drawn for the show by Conner.

In 2015, Conner was voted as the #2 top female comics artist of all time.

On May 18, 2019, at the Comic Con Revolution event in Ontario, California, Conner was named the 2019 recipient of the Joe Kubert Distinguished Storyteller Award, which is given to "outstanding comic book creators who exemplify both Joe Kubert's artistic talent and his commitment to nurturing the comic book community."

Technique and materials

While reading each page of a script, Conner does tiny thumbnail sketches with stick figures corresponding to the story indicated on each page, in order to help her design the page's layout. She then does tighter, more elaborate sketches, though still fairly small compared with the finished artwork, approximately 4 x, and then blows those up on a photocopier to the proper original comic art size, which is 10 inches x 15 inches. She then uses "very tight pencils" to light-box it onto Bristol board, if she intends to have it inked by her husband and collaborator, Jimmy Palmiotti, but will do the pencils "lighter and looser" if she intends to ink it herself, as she already knows how she wants the artwork rendered.

Conner has created her own paper stock and blue line format on her drawing paper, because, she explains, she likes having those configurations pre-printed on the page, and feels that "sometimes the rough is too toothy and the smooth is too slick." The stock she uses is the 10 x Strathmore 500 series, but she also orders a custom 8 x stock because she sometimes finds those dimensions more comfortable and easier to work on more quickly. She also finds the Strathmore 300 series "pretty good", in that she appreciates its texture and greater affordability, but says that she must occasionally contend with getting a "bleedy batch".

Conner uses mechanical pencils with .03 lead because she finds it easier to use than regular pencils that require her to stop and sharpen them frequently. When working on one of her own projects, such as The Pro, she prefers to letter the art herself, before the inking stage, as she appreciates the handmade, organic look and feel of hand lettering, in contrast to the computer lettering with which most books are currently produced. To ink her own artwork, she uses Staedtler .03, .01 and .005 technical pen, and will sometimes use a Copic .005 for extremely fine work, as these implements feel better in her hands than crowquills and brushes. As her artwork is open and lacks much shading, Conner feels that Paul Mounts is a compatible colorist for her work, as he achieves "the right amount of bounciness or moodiness, depending on what's needed." Conner has stated that her favorite things to draw are facial expressions and body language.

Personal life
Conner has lived in Los Angeles; Jacksonville, Florida; and Connecticut. She and her husband and frequent collaborator Jimmy Palmiotti lived in Brooklyn, New York City but as of 2010 live in Florida, which Palmiotti referred to in an interview as the "sixth borough of New York."

Awards

 * 2010 Inkwell Awards All-in-One Award
 * 2014 Inkpot Award.
 * 2019 Joe Kubert Distinguished Storyteller Award

Archie Comics

 * The Adventures of Bayou Billy # 1–4 (1989–1990)

Black Bull Entertainment

 * Gatecrasher #1-6 (2000–2001)
 * Gatecrasher: Ring of Fire #1-4 (2000)

Claypool Comics

 * Soulsearchers and Company #1–10 (1993–1995)

DC Comics

 * 9-11: The World's Finest Comic Book Writers & Artists Tell Stories to Remember, Volume Two (2002)
 * Ame-Comi Girls Featuring Wonder Woman #1 (2012)
 * Batgirl #65–66
 * Before Watchmen: Silk Spectre #1–4 (2012)
 * Birds of Prey #47–49 (2002–2003)
 * Codename: Knockout #6, 9, 13–14 (2001–2002)
 * Green Arrow/Black Canary Wedding Special #1 (2007)
 * Harley Quinn vol. 2 #0, 1–30, Annual #1 (2014–2016)
 * Harley Quinn vol. 3 #1–26, 28-34 (2016-2018)
 * Harley Quinn and Power Girl #1–6 (2015–2016)
 * Harley Quinn: Futures End #1 (2014)
 * Harley Quinn Holiday Special #1 (2015)
 * Harley Quinn Invades Comic-Con International: San Diego #1 (2014)
 * Harley Quinn: Our Worlds at War #1 (2001)
 * Harley Quinn: Road Trip Special #1 (2015)
 * Harley Quinn Valentine's Day Special #1 (2015)
 * Harley's Little Black Book #1–5 (2016–2017)
 * Joker: Last Laugh Secret Files #1 (2001)
 * JSA Classified #1–4 (2005)
 * Legion of Super-Heroes vol. 5 #13–14 (2006)
 * Looney Tunes #100 (2003)
 * Power Girl #1–12 (2009–2010)
 * Secret Origins 80-Page Giant #1 (1998)
 * Starman #14 (1995)
 * Supergirl vol. 5 #12 (2007)
 * Superman: Lois Lane #1 (GirlFrenzy) (1998)
 * Terra #1–4 (2009)
 * Two-Step #1–3 (2003–2004)
 * Wednesday Comics #1–12 (Supergirl) (2009)
 * Wonder Woman #600 ("Fuzzy Logic" short story) (2010)

Event Comics

 * Kid Death & Fluffy Spring Break Special #1 (1996)
 * Legends of Kid Death & Fluffy #1 (1997)
 * Painkiller Jane #0 (1999)
 * Painkiller Jane/Darkchylde #1
 * Painkiller Jane vs. The Darkness: "Stripper" #1 (1997)

Harris Comics

 * Vampirella Death and Destruction #1-3 (1996)
 * Vampirella: Halloween Trick & Treat #1 (2004)
 * Vampirella Lives #1–3 (1996–1997)
 * Vampirella Monthly #1–3 ("Ascending Evil") and #7–9 ("Queen's Gambit," (with Billy Tucci's SHI)) (1997)
 * Vampirella 25th anniversary special (1996)
 *  Vengeance of Vampirella (1996) Wizard #55 supplemental mini-comic
 *  Vengeance of Vampirella (1996) #25

Image Comics

 * The Pro #1 (2002)

Marvel Comics

 * Avengers West Coast Annual #4 (1989)
 * Barbie #3–4 (1991)
 * Black Panther vol. 2 #8 (1999)
 * Daredevil vol. 2 #½
 * Excalibur #80 (1994)
 * Gargoyles #1–6, 9–11 (1995)
 * Marvel Adventures: Spider-Man #14
 * Marvel Super-Heroes #3 (Wasp) (1990)
 * Marvel Romance Redux: Guys & Dolls #1
 * Nick Fury's Howling Commandos #3 (2006)
 * She-Hulk vol. 2 #3
 * Solo Avengers #12 (Yellowjacket) (1988)
 * Star Wars #1 (variant cover) (2015)
 * Suburban Jersey Ninja She-Devils #1 (1992)
 * X-Men Unlimited #35 (2002)

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Pipal

Pipal may refer to:

 * Ficus religiosa (sacred fig), a species of banyan fig native to India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, southwest China and Indochina
 * Pipal, Nepal, a village development committee in Rukum District in the Rapti Zone of western Nepal.
 * Pipal Park, a park in Omaha, Nebraska, United States
 * Joseph Pipal, American basketball and football coach

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Rural Municipality of Lakeview

The Rural Municipality of Lakeview was a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Manitoba.

Originally incorporated as a rural municipality on April 10, 1920, it ceased to be one on January 1, 2015, as a result of its provincially-mandated amalgamation with the RM of Westbourne and the Town of Gladstone to form the Municipality of WestLake – Gladstone.

Located on the west shore of Lake Manitoba, the municipality was named for its proximity to the lake.

History
The first immigrants to the area that became the RM were from Iceland. In 1901, the Census listed 142 residents (47.8%) as having Icelandic as their mother tongue.

In 1901, the community had a total population of 658.

The Rural Municipality of Lakeview was originally incorporated on April 10, 1920. The RM's first Council was led by reeve George W. Langdon, and included Magnus Peterson, Jas. M. Birnie, John Arksey, Alf W. Law, George Hall, and Earl E. Davidson.

By 1921, the new RM's population peaked at 1607. By 2011, nearly a century later, however, the population dropped to 311—its lowest recorded population.

On January 1, 2015, Lakeview ceased to be a rural municipality as a result of new provincial legislation (The Municipal Amalgamations Act) that prompted Manitoba municipalities with populations less than 1,000—including the RM of Lakeview—to amalgamate with neighbouring municipalities. As result, the RM of Lakeview merged with the RM of Westbourne and the Town of Gladstone to form the Municipality of WestLake – Gladstone.

Communities

 * Lakeland
 * Langruth

Demographics
According to the 1901 Census records: Population: 297

World War I Enlisted: 58. World War II Enlisted: 140.

Based on data from "Langruth Along the Crocus Trail", published in  1984 :

 * Approx area = 240 sq miles covering 3 townships - 15, 16, 17 and ranges 8, 9, 10, and 11.
 * Population: 560
 * Physical: flat land and bush. Lake Manitoba to the east and Big Grass Marsh to the west. Town of Langruth is on ridge (former shore of Lake Agassiz) that is 70–80 feet above Lake Manitoba.
 * Economy: mainly mixed farming and a few independent businesses in town. Per capita income averages range from $5,000 to $30,000. Employment outlook was not good.
 * Organizations: United Church, Legion, Ladies Auxiliary, Elks, O.O.R.P., Women's Institute, Skating Rink Committee, Curling Rink Committee, and Hall Committee.
 * School: Elementary School with 98 pupils. Part of Pine Creek School Division. High School is in Gladstone.

According to the Canada 2001 Census:

 * Population: 384
 * % Change (1996–2001): -5.7
 * Dwellings: 259
 * Area (km².): 567.87
 * Density (persons per km2.): 0.7

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Oxyartes

Oxyartes (Old Persian: 𐎢𐎺𐎧𐏁𐎫𐎼, Greek: Ὀξυάρτης, in ("Vaxš-ard"), from an unattested form in an Old Iranian language: *Huxšaθra- ) was a Sogdian  or Bactrian nobleman of Bactria, father of Roxana, the wife of Alexander of Macedon.

He is first mentioned as one of the chiefs who accompanied Bessus on his retreat across the Oxus river into Sogdiana (329 BC). After the death of Bessus, Oxyartes deposited his wife and daughters for safety in a rock fortress in Sogdiana, which was deemed impregnable, but nevertheless soon fell into the hands of Alexander's forces. Alexander not only treated his captives with respect and attention, but was so charmed with the beauty of Roxana as to decide that he wanted to make her his wife. Oxyartes, on learning these tidings, is said to have hastened to make his submission to Alexander, who received him with the utmost distinction. The nuptials of his daughter with the king in 327 BC were celebrated with a magnificent feast.

Shortly after this event, Oxyartes successfully persuaded Chorienes to surrender his rock fortress. Subsequently, he was appointed by Alexander as satrap of the province of Paropamisadae He continued to hold this position until the death of Alexander (323 BC). Oxyartes was confirmed in his position both in the first division of the provinces immediately after Alexander's death, the Partition of Babylon (323 BC), and in the subsequent division decided at Triparadisus in 321 BC.

Later on Oxyartes sent a small force to support Eumenes; but after the death of that general in 316 BC after the Battle of Gabiene, he seems to have come to terms with Antigonus, who was content to take on the role of confirming Oxyartes in his position as he would have found it difficult to dispossess Oxyartes even if he had wanted to.

It seems probable that Oxyartes must have died before Seleucus' diplomatic/military foray into South Asia, as Seleucus ceded Paropamisadae to Chandragupta Maurya without any mention of Oxyartes.

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John Chowning

John M. Chowning (born August 22, 1934, in Salem, New Jersey) is an American composer, musician, discoverer, and professor best known for his work at Stanford University, the founding of CCRMA - Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics in 1975 and his development of the digital implementation of FM synthesis and the digital sound spatialization while there.

Contribution
Chowning is known for having developed the FM synthesis algorithm in 1967. In FM (frequency modulation) synthesis, both the carrier frequency and the modulation frequency are within the audio band. In essence, the amplitude and frequency of one waveform modulates the frequency of another waveform producing a resultant waveform that can be periodic or non-periodic depending upon the ratio of the two frequencies.

Chowning's breakthrough allowed for simple—in terms of process—yet rich sounding timbres, which synthesized 'metal striking' or 'bell like' sounds, and which seemed incredibly similar to real percussion (Chowning was also a skilled percussionist). He spent six years turning his breakthrough into a system of musical importance and eventually was able to simulate a large number of musical sounds, including the singing voice. In 1974, Stanford University licensed the discovery to Yamaha, with whom Chowning worked in developing a family of synthesizers and electronic organs. This was Stanford's most lucrative patent at one time, eclipsing many in electronics, computer science, and biotechnology.

The first commercial musical instrument to incorporate FM synthesis was the Synclavier I, introduced by New England Digital Corporation in 1977. Their Synclavier II, introduced in 1980, was frequently used in the production of popular music beginning that year. The first Yamaha product to incorporate the FM algorithm was the GS1, a digital synthesizer that first shipped in 1981. Some thought, including Chowning, that it was too expensive at the time. Soon after, in 1983, Yamaha made their first commercially successful digital FM synthesizer, the DX7.

Another important aspect of Chowning's work is the simulated motion of sound through physical space. In 1972, in his composition Turenas, he was first able to create the illusion of a continuous 360-degree space using only four speakers.

Early life
Chowning graduated from Wittenberg University with a Bachelor of Music in 1959. He studied music composition for two years (1959–61) with Nadia Boulanger in Paris and received his D.M.A. in 1966 from Stanford, where he studied under Leland Smith. He was the founding director in 1975 of the Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA) at Stanford University.

Chowning also worked for a number of years at IRCAM, in Paris.

Private life
Chowning married Elisabeth Keller and they had two children, John and Marianne. John's second marriage is to Maureen (Doody) Tiernay and they had one child named James Scott.

Famous compositions
One of Chowning's most famous pieces is called Stria (1977). It was commissioned by IRCAM for the Institute's first major concert series called Perspectives of the 20th Century. His composition was noted for its inharmonic sounds due to his famous FM algorithm and his use of the golden mean (1.618...) in music.

Other famous compositions include Turenas (1972), which was one of the first electronic compositions to have the illusion of sounds moving in a 360-degree space. With Phoné (1980–1981), he became the first to put FM over voice synthesis.

Compositions

 * Sabelithe, 1966, revised 1971
 * Turenas, 1972
 * Stria, 1977
 * Phoné, 1980–1981
 * Voices, 2005

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Jeremiah Dyson

Jeremiah Dyson (1722 – 16 September 1776) was a British civil servant and politician.

Biography
He studied at the University of Edinburgh and matriculated at Leiden University in 1742. He settled a pension on his friend Mark Akenside, the poet and physician, and later defended Akenside's The Pleasures of the Imagination against William Warburton. He was a friend of Samuel Richardson.

He purchased the clerkship of House of Commons in 1748, and became a Tory after George III's accession. He discontinued the practice of selling the clerkships subordinate to his office. He was Member of Parliament for Yarmouth, Isle of Wight 1762–8, for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis, 1768–74, and for Horsham, 1774. He was appointed a commissioner for the Board of Trade, 1764–8; a Lord of the Treasury, 1768–74; and a Privy Counsellor in 1774.

He supported Lord North's treatment of the American colonies. Isaac Barré nicknamed him "Mungo" (the black slave in Isaac Bickerstaffe's The Padlock), for his noted attention to parliamentary business.

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Embedded value

The Embedded Value (EV) of a life insurance company is the present value of future profits plus adjusted net asset value. It is a construct from the field of actuarial science which allows insurance companies to be valued.

Background
Life insurance policies are long-term contracts, where the policyholder pays a premium to be covered against a possible future event (such as the death of the policyholder).

Future income for the insurer consists of premiums paid by policyholders whilst future outgoings comprise claims paid to policyholders as well as various expenses. The difference, combined with income on and release of statutory reserves, represents future profit.

Net asset value is the difference between the total assets and liabilities of an insurance company.

For companies, the net asset value is usually calculated at book value. This needs to be adjusted to market values for EV purposes. Furthermore, this value may be discounted to reflect the "lock in" of some of the assets by their nature. (An example of such a lock-in would be assets held within the with-profits fund)

Value of the insurer
EV measures the value of the insurer by adding today's value of the existing business (i.e. future profits) to the market value of net assets (i.e. accumulated past profits).

It is a conservative measure of the insurer's value in the sense that it only considers future profits from existing policies and so ignores the possibility that the insurer may sell new policies in future. It also excludes goodwill. As a result, the insurer is worth more than its EV.

Formula
Embedded Value is calculated as follows:
 * EV = PVFP + ANAV

where
 * EV  = Embedded Value
 * PVFP = present value of future profits
 * ANAV = adjusted net asset value

Improvements
European embedded value (EEV) is a variation of EV which was set up by the CFO Forum which allows for a more formalised method of choosing the parameters and doing the calculations, to enable greater transparency and comparability.

Market Consistent Embedded Value is a more generalised methodology, of which EEV is one example.

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Talk:Warren DeMartini

Dokken
I've heard from Juan Croucier that Warren DeMartini was a guitarist for Dokken for two weeks, filling in for George Lynch, but I don't know much about this.

Gringo300 11:48, 13 October 2005 (UTC)

nephew
Warren's nephew Sonny Demartini is a rap protige hailing from Batavia, Illinois.

roommates
"Warren was at one point the roommate of Jake E. Lee, Ozzy Osbourne's second lead guitarist during his interminable solo career".

 * Bias - the use of the word "interminable" makes this line somewhat derogatory.

Virtuoso?
Should Warren be considered a virtuoso guitarist? Or does he mimic someone else's guitar playing style?-Cory pratt10:22 July 24, 2006 Personaly I'm not too sure about the title virtuoso. I guess what I'm trying to say here is that I'm unaware of any full intrumental recordings. I think he is an exceptional underated guitar player that I have many hours of listening to. I think that the time period that he was in the public eye, his talents were greatly overshadowed by other guitarists. Mick Mars was, I feel, another victim of this as well. I personaly think that his true talent lies in his rhythm playing. I've always thought this about Eddie Van Halen as well. Some guitar players just have that. They capture you with cool rhythm licks, and feed a basic solo into it. I'm certainly not putting either of them down for it, but anyone that knows anything about guitar playing can easily hear this. I would first like to hear a full instumental recording from Warren before making a decision on this subject. Hey, Here's one for all you guitar people out there. Paul Gilbert has an instrumental CD out now called "Get Out of My Yard." This is fantastic. I bought it off of Amazon. It's a five star. Peace to all, --IBANEZ470 17:32, 18 November 2006 (UTC)John P.A.

 * I would call him a virtuoso guitarist, but in reality it's almost a matter of opinion in who we call virtuosos today. One of the definitions of virtuoso is a person who excels in musical technique or execution.  I do believe Warren has a very special technique and style that sets him apart from most rock guitarist.  I don't think having a similar technique to George_Lynch_(musician) makes him fall out of the virtuoso category also. 170.97.167.61 (talk) 01:14, 3 August 2010 (UTC)

false statement concerning vibrato should be removed
The following passage from the article is patently false:

"Warren uses finger vibrato, similar in style to George Lynch. This technique features moving the finger/wrist rapidly back and forth along the length of the string to alter the pitch (like a violinist), as opposed to bending the string."

The above statement is false due to the fact that vibrato on a fretted instrument is only achievable by moving the fingers perpendicular to the strings. Moving the fingers parallel to the string will change the pitch of a ringing string by only discrete, half-step values.

Changes in the pitch of a ringing string that are produced by sliding the fingers parallel to the string are called "slides". — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ngstevens2 (talk • contribs) 15:39, 4 September 2011 (UTC)

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Talk:Miriam Makeba

Suggestion for Earlier Picture
I was thinking that since Miriam Makeba is dead, often Wikipedia has an older main picture of that person, so in other words when that person was younger. Of course there are exceptions like for example Mother Teresa who was more relevant in her older years. But I think in this case Miriam Makeba achieved considerable fame in the 1960s, so it would be nice if the main picture was from around that time. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.115.201.50 (talk) 19:10, 18 October 2015 (UTC)

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"text questions"
The answers to your questions are "no" and "no"; I don't see how that was in doubt, though. Vanamonde (talk) 15:54, 5 March 2018 (UTC)

Pata Pata
Interesting ref from the "Pata Pata" article, which means we might need to change a few things here:

I have access to that ref, but I can't get to the Ravell-Pinto refernce on the Miriam Makeba page, which mentions that a disagreement happened between Makeba and Belafonte during the recording of "Pata Pata" (which seems rather unlikely in light of the Allingham ref). , could you help out here? I probably won't be able to do more on this tonight (my time). Graham 87 13:37, 15 September 2018 (UTC)
 * On it, but I'm a bit busy at the moment, it might take me a day or so. Vanamonde (talk) 14:32, 15 September 2018 (UTC)

Were's Sivuca?
Please, sorry my bad English... So... After 1964, her musical director (and musician in tours) does Sivuca. This article forgot him! References: André Koehne (talk) 10:35, 18 February 2021 (UTC)
 * 1) L.A. Times
 * 2) Folha de S.Paulo (in portuguese)

Bessie Head
Given that a scholarly source mentioned this incident, it's quite possibly worth including, but I'm uncomfortable with the way in which it's currently mentioned. It doesn't have a coherent link to the content before or after it, nor does it make it clear that Makeba's prejudice was about Head being too white, not too black (which is a reasonable interpretation). Vanamonde (Talk) 23:26, 9 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Yeah as you can tell from my edit summaries, I was also a bit dubious about this new paragraph. There's also another possible piece of context: in the Google Books excerpt I can see it talks about Makeba's first husband being coloured and how his family allegedly treated her. Of course, we can't use that book directly as a source for all that. There's also the matter of the fact we're only hearing one side of the story ... perhaps Makeba responded to Head's allegations somewhere. Due to Wikipedia's extreme prominence and the very surprising nature of the allegations, I now think it's better to not have them in at all than to have them in there with the wrong or no context. Therefore despite me being up most of last night chasing these allegations down, I've gone and removed them. Graham 87 04:24, 10 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks, much appreciated. I haven't had the time I would want to do any digging. In the absence of further detail, I think this is best kept out at the moment. Even if we are discussing this as prejudice on Makeba's part, we need to know if it was disdain for people with white heritage; prejudice against coloured people specifically; or something else, and at the moment, we don't have that. Vanamonde (Talk) 18:01, 11 April 2021 (UTC)

Black Panther leader Stokely Carmichael
I don't recall Carmichael being a Black Panther, much less a leader. He was, I believe, a member of the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) until he embraced violent revolution. Curious Chicano (talk) 05:19, 30 December 2021 (UTC)
 * He was affiliated with the Black Panther party, including in leadership positions, for a period between his work with the SNCC and his move to Guinea. Our article about him has the details. Vanamonde (Talk) 06:27, 30 December 2021 (UTC)

Oxford Research Encyclopedia of African History article
While trying to make clarifications in response to this edit, I discovered that there's a very comprehensive and apparently recent article about Makeba in the online Oxford Research Encyclopedia of African History. It's available to anyone who can access The Wikipedia Library using the Oxford Research Encyclopedias page. I used it to straighten out her childhood but there's probably more that can be done with it if I or someone else feels inclined. In particular, I don't know if the car accident she went through as a passenger (in which she was physically unharmed) needs a mention; this is the first source I've had access to that describes it comprehensively. There might be other things from her adult life that could be added at some point, both at this article and that of her daughter Bongi. I removed the bit from this page about her saying she was shy, as I couldn't find a way to make it flow well with the rewritten text; the cited ref (the Economist obituary) just mentioned that she said this to an unnamed reporter and didn't really give a timeframe. I hope I haven't messed anything up ... feel free to make any further corrections necessary. Graham 87 13:10, 4 April 2023 (UTC)

 * A very useful article, thanks for pointing me to it. I was pleased to see at least a few instances where I read a detail, came here to add it, and found we already had; but there's also a decent amount of detail we could use. It's also a comprehensive source review, as best as I can tell, and I'm going to look up at least a couple of sources it lists. Please feel free to tweak anything I've added thus far. Vanamonde (Talk) 04:47, 12 April 2023 (UTC)
 * A fair point, Graham...I suspect on review it's better to have the loc parameter, but I was lazy yesterday. I can work through adding them later. Vanamonde (Talk) 16:45, 12 April 2023 (UTC)
 * No worries; I got them all, I think. I was wondering why the footnote numbers in the recent text were so high even though the ref was already used. I was using copy and paste to make the references when I made my recent edits. Graham 87 04:30, 13 April 2023 (UTC)

Pronunciation
Why is her last name pronounced like its an English name? What is mə-KAY-bə? They even capitalised "KAY." This is a Featured Article and it must be accurate. There's definitely no hard "K" in Makeba and most of South African names. I am gonna remove the IPA for the time being until consensus is reached.  dxneo  (talk) 19:21, 26 June 2024 (UTC)

 * On this video, South African musical group, Bongo Muffin, pronounced "Makeba" at 49:24 – 49:40. Please listen.  dxneo  (talk) 19:40, 26 June 2024 (UTC)

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Saint Christina

Saint Christina or Christine may refer to:

 * Saint Christina of Persia, 6th century (feast day: March 13)
 * Saint Christina of Bolsena (Christina of Tyre, Christina the Great Martyr), (feast day: July 24)
 * Saint Christina the Astonishing (1150–1224), (feast day: July 24)
 * Blessed Christina von Stommeln (1242–1312), (feast day: 6 November)

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User talk:Jung hyuk

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UTC+05:00

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Central Asia

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Eastern Europe

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Southern Ocean

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 * Some bases in Antarctica. See also Time in Antarctica.
 * Australia
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Armenia and Azerbaijan used this as daylight saving time (DST) in 1981–2012 and 1981–2016 respectively, called Armenia Summer Time (AMST) and Azerbaijan Summer Time (AZST).

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 * Russia
 * Most parts of Novosibirsk Oblast
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Using UTC+06:00:
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 * British Indian Ocean Territory
 * Russia
 * Omsk Oblast

Using UTC+05:45:
 * Nepal
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 * Sudurpashchim
 * mostly part of Karnali
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Using UTC+05:30:
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Using UTC+04:30:
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 * The very east of Severny Island with 69°2' E as the easternmost point

Areas between 82°30' E and 97°30' E ("physical" UTC+06:00)

 * Russia
 * The very easternmost parts of Ural Federal District
 * Kazakhstan
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Areas between 52°30' E and 67°30' E ("physical" UTC+04:00)

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 * Aktobe
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 * Most parts, including Samarkand
 * Pakistan
 * Western parts, including Karachi
 * Russia
 * Most parts of Ural Federal District

Areas between 37°30' E and 52°30' E ("physical" UTC+03:00)

 * Russia
 * Western tip of Perm Krai
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Historical time offsets
Kyrgyzstan adopted this time zone as its standard time from 2 May 1924 to 21 June 1930, and from 31 March 1991 to 12 August 2005.

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UTC+06:00

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South Asia

 * Bangladesh – Bangladesh Standard Time
 * Bhutan – Bhutan Time

Indian Ocean

 * United Kingdom
 * British Indian Ocean Territory / Mauritius (see Chagos Archipelago sovereignty dispute)
 * Chagos Archipelago

Central Asia

 * Kyrgyzstan – Kyrgyzstan Time (since August 12, 2005)

North Asia

 * Russia – Omsk Time
 * Siberian Federal District
 * Omsk Oblast

Antarctica

 * Some bases in Antarctica. See also Time in Antarctica.
 * Australia
 * Australian Antarctic Territory
 * Russia
 * Vostok Station

Areas within UTC+06:00 longitudes using other time zones
Using UTC+05:00:
 * The very easternmost parts of Ural Federal District, Russia
 * Parts of East Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan

Using UTC+05:30:
 * Parts of India:
 * Assam
 * Meghalaya
 * West Bengal
 * Nagaland
 * Manipur
 * Tripura
 * Mizoram
 * Arunachal Pradesh
 * Bihar
 * Sikkim
 * The northeast part of Andhra Pradesh
 * The eastern part of Uttar Pradesh
 * The northeast part of Chhattisgarh
 * Most of Odisha
 * Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Using UTC+05:45:
 * Most of Nepal, with its capital city Kathmandu

Using UTC+06:30:
 * Most of Myanmar, including the nation's capital Naypyidaw
 * Cocos (Keeling) Islands

Using UTC+07:00:
 * The westernmost part of Indonesia including most of the province Aceh with its capital Banda Aceh
 * The westernmost part of Mongolia
 * Parts of Russia:
 * A large part of Krasnoyarsk Krai
 * Tuva
 * Khakassia
 * Altai Republic
 * Altai Krai
 * Kemerovo Oblast
 * Smaller parts of Novosibirsk Oblast
 * Parts of Tomsk Oblast

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 * Parts of China:
 * Most of Tibet Autonomous Region
 * Most of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (see also "Use in Xinjiang")

Areas between 52°30' E and 67°30' E ("physical" UTC+04:00)

 * Parts of Kazakhstan:
 * Kostanay
 * Smaller parts of Turkistan
 * Western parts of Karaganda, Akmola, North Kazakhstan

Areas between 67°30′ E and 82°30′ E ("physical" UTC+05:00)

 * Kyrgyzstan
 * British Indian Ocean Territory
 * Russia
 * Omsk Oblast

Use in Xinjiang
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According to Human Rights Watch, a Uyghur man was arrested and detained by Chinese authorities in 2018 over "terrorist charges" for setting his watch to Xinjiang Time.

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Talk:Bobby Blotzer

Bobby Blotzer in Dokken?
I've read that Bobby Blotzer was in Dokken before Ratt, but I haven't been able to find anything solid to back this up.

I DO know, however, that former Ratt bassist Juan Croucier was in Dokken before Ratt.

Plus, Juan Croucier has said that Warren DeMartini briefly filled in for George Lynch in Dokken.

Gringo300 11:52, 13 October 2005 (UTC)

Bobby played with Don in the band Airbourn.

 * Yes, I've heard that Don Dokken and Bobby Blotzer played together in a band called Airborn, but I've also heard that they played together in Dokken. While I'm at it, I think I'll go do some internet research on the band Airborn... Gringo300 13:03, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

Reporting Vandalism
User with IP 49.199.202.114 edited this page today, 2 December 2016, to change the photo file and description as "Bobby Blotzer Performing for Scab RATT in 2016." Going to turn this in as vandalism and request to revert. User:Dijares 03:02, 3 December 2016 (UTC)

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New Zealand Americans

New Zealand Americans are Americans who have New Zealand ancestry. According to the 2010 surveys, there are 19,961 New Zealand Americans. Most of them are of European descent, but some hundreds are of indigenous New Zealand descent. Some 925 of those New Zealand-Americans declared they were of Tokelauan origin. The 2000 Census indicated also the existence of 1,994 people of Māori descent in US.

History
The earliest instance of Many New Zealanders coming to the United States happened during the California Gold Rush in which some went to the state of California to make their fortune and stayed there. The modern stream of New Zealanders immigrating to America came after World War II as a significant portion (although not the majority) of these immigrants were war brides, because they had married U.S. servicemen who were stationed in the Pacific theater during the war. Since the 1940s, the majority of New Zealanders who have settled in the United States came seeking higher education or employment, especially in work related to finance, import and export, and entertainment industries.

Some small communities of New Zealanders have been created in the Chicago area and in the Green Bay and Madison, Wisconsin areas.

Notable people

 * Alex Aiono - singer, producer (New Zealander father)
 * Peter Arnett - TV presenter (Originally from Riverton, New Zealand)
 * Kerry Bishé - actress (Originally from New Zealand)
 * Huntley Campbell - philosopher
 * Ray Comfort - fundamentalist Christian evangelist
 * Rachel Hunter - model, actress
 * Phil Keoghan - host of The Amazing Race
 * Chris Liddell - former White House Deputy Chief of Staff
 * Stefania LaVie Owen - actress
 * Sean Marks - retired basketball player and NBA executive
 * Caelin Campbell - archaeologist
 * William Hayward Pickering - NASA chief
 * Clive Revill - character actor
 * George Silk - photojournalist
 * Peter Snell - athlete
 * Jeremy Waldron - university professor
 * Martin Henderson - actor

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Commander Perkins

Commander Perkins is a German science fiction series by H. G. Francis, published partly as audio plays and partly as a series of novels.

Background
The series is set approximately 50 to 100 years in the future. Mankind has settled the Moon, where the Moon base "Delta-4" is a central setting, while the rest of the Solar System is being explored. The scientist character of Professor Dr. Arthur Common has created (with the assistance of his daughter Cindy) the "Dimension Transmitter." With this device, users can overcome arbitrary distances without time delay. Via an enormous energy expenditure from the Transmitter, the Time/Space dimensions break open to allow small groups of humans to visit alien planets without transport.

Based on this premise, in this series, the protagonist Commander Randy Perkins and his friend and colleague Major Peter Hoffmann, often accompanied by the professor's telepathically gifted son Ralph, undertake voyages into alien worlds, often involving the ill-prepared Earth in intergalactic events.

Main characters

 * Commander Randy Perkins, an experienced officer and main protagonist.
 * Major Peter Hoffmann, Perkin's best friend. Tends to panic during action, but makes characteristic humorous and sarcastic remarks. He has a crush on Cindy Common.
 * Professor Dr. Arthur Common, scientist, is the inventor of the Dimension Transmitter.
 * Cindy Common, his impulsive young daughter and assistant, she is a physicist and mathematician. She has a crush on Perkins and fends off Hoffman's flirting with biting humor.
 * Ralph Common, the telepathic 12-year-old son of the professor.
 * Oberst (Colonel) G. Camiel Jason, the administrator of Moon base Delta-4. Unsympathetic, stubborn and impulsive, he is much an antagonist as the various aliens Perkins has to fight.
 * General Basil Lucan Crinian, the chief of the Armed Forces of Earth.
 * Camiel, individual class robot, brings humor into the series.

The Vega Series
The Wega Series is the first series that consists of six audio plays that were produced in 1976-1978 by Europa (audio play). It was directed by Heikedine Körting, with scripts written by H. G. Francis. The playing time of the individual audio plays varies between 35 and 50 minutes.

Episodes:
 * 1) The Gate to Another World (1976)
 * 2) In the Tide of Infinity (1976)
 * 3) The Secret of the Ufos (1977)
 * 4) Bordon The Immortal (1977)
 * 5) Saturn Calling Delta-4 (1978)
 * 6) Expedition Into the Past (1978)

Starring Also Starring: Andreas Beurmann, Volker Bogdan, Volker Brandt, Werner Cartano, Peter Kirchberger, Ernst von Klipstein, Lutz Mackensy, Rolf Mamero, Christian Mey, Hella von der Osten-Sacken, Jochen Sehrndt, Horst Schick, Heinz Trixner, Claus Wilcke.
 * Commander Randy Perkins: Horst Stark
 * Major Peter Hoffmann: Gernot Endemann
 * Professor Dr. Arthur Common: Franz-Josef Steffens
 * Cindy Common: Gabi Libbach
 * Ralph Common: Mathias Lorenz
 * Colonel G. Camiel Jason: Andreas von der Meden (Ep. 2), Karl-Ulrich Meves (Ep.5)
 * Bordon The Immortal: Lothar Grützner (Ep. 4), Gottfried Kramer (Ep. 6),
 * General Oregon: Helmo Kindermann (Ep. 3)
 * General Crinian: Hans Daniel (Ep. 4)
 * Telepathic Voice: Wolfgang Kaven

Plot summary
The Dimension Transmitter is still in the experimentation stage. However, there is already contact with the eighth planet of the Vega system. With cameras and probes, data were collected from that planet. On the Moon base, Ralph Common is lured into the Dimension Transmitter by a telepathic voice. He overrides all safety locks and is transported to the Vega planet, where he is detained by the locals. Professor Common asks Commander Perkins and Major Hoffmann to bring back his son to the Moon. They succeed; however, Ralph Common tells them that there must be a connection between Earth and Vega, since there are maps showing the area of the Mediterranean Sea. Communication with the Vegans is not yet possible, with the exception of the "Telepathic Voice", which only Ralph can hear.

The Vegans realize that there is a dimension portal set up between the worlds. By waiting at its warp point, they send an emissary to the Moon who, however, is killed by accident. In an attempt to mediate, Perkins, Hoffmann and Ralph take another trip to the Vega. They fail, and Perkins is captured. A release attempt succeeds, but apparently the commander was brainwashed and remains in a kind of awake coma. Perkins awakes after half a year - at the same time a Vegan spaceship appears on Earth, which is later accidentally shot down (the ship creates an energy field which scrambles electronic processes in both machines and the human body). Vegan survivors try to reach the Dimension Transmitter in order to return to their home world. Professor Common wants to release the Vegans, but the military wants to cross-examine the extraterrestrials. But while transporting them back to the Vega an error occurs, Perkins, Hoffman and the Vegans are hurled not just through space and to the Vega planet, but also into the past, where the two humans witness the accidental death of a nobleman and are blamed for murder. At the last second, Professor Common finds the two men and can bring them back.

Meanwhile, clues were found that the Vegans had something to do with the Biblical disaster of Sodom and Gomorrah. All the Vegan men of the shot spaceship are declared dead, and in retaliation the Vegans send a space fleet to Earth in order to take revenge. The destruction of mankind seems inevitable. Perkins, Hoffman and Ralph travel to Vega to settle the conflict; there they meet Bordon the Immortal, whose aging process had been stopped by a curse (which is linked to the death of the nobleman Perkins and Hoffman had witnessed). Together they manage to halt the attack on Earth, but it proves to be only a temporary solution.

As the Vegans poise to strike against Earth, Perkins takes a desperate gamble; against the strict orders of Colonel Jason, he hides Professor Common on a deserted Moon station and merely disables the Dimension Transmitter, since he knows that the device is mankind's only hope to end this conflict. The Vegans invade Delta-4, but come up empty-handed and - as Perkins has hoped - are now willing to negotiate. To his surprise, the Vegan high commander turns out to be Bordon himself, who is also revealed as the telepathic voice which had lured Ralph into the Dimensional Transmitter. Bordon is participating in the war to prove that the humans are the ones to blame and the Vegans therefore have the right to retaliate. After much arguing, Perkins manages to persuade the Immortal to find the roots for the Vegan antipathy against the humans - by means of controlled time travel back to the last days of Sodom and Gomorrha.

Along with Ralph, Perkins, Hoffman and Bordon arrive near the two cities just in time to see a Vegan spaceship land. As it turns out, Sodom and Gomorrah had been the landing site of an ancient Vegan expedition. One of its members, Drapondor (an Immortal like Bordon himself) had disappeared, and that caused a conflict between the two people. As Perkins' group enters the city, they attract unwelcome attention and seek refuge in the house of Lot, where they find Drapondor - infected with leprosy, which is also the cause of his detachment from the expedition force. As the events transpire as recorded in the Bible, Perkins and his group, taking Lot and his family along, manage to escape just before the Vegans drop an atomic bomb, eradicating the two cities. The time travelers are whisked back into their own time at the last second; in Delta-4 Drapondor is cured of the disease, and the series ends with Bordon making a public apology to the people of the Earth.

The First Novels
In 1979, Franz Schneider Verlag published two Commander Perkins novels. Francis does not take any references to the audio plays in those two books. With the second novel a new character, Camiel the robot, is introduced.

 * 1) The Red Fog (1979)
 * 2) Planet of the Soulless (1979)

Plot summaries
A red veil deposits itself around Earth which lets humans disappear when it lowers to the ground. It is found out, the fog originated from the Dimension Transmitter as a small ball came and damaged. After the repair Commander Perkins, Major Hoffmann and Ralph Common travel to the planet Empty, from which the fog came and investigate, how to fight the strange substance, threatening all life on Earth.
 * The Red Fog

Ralph Common and all the psi-talented humans on Earth lie in dying, a telepathic power of the planet Psion seems to destroy their brains. In the last second Ralph can be protected with a special helmet against the psi attack. Commander Perkins, Major Hoffmann, Ralph Common and the robot Camiel travel to Psion investigating the cause of the attack. They determine that on the strange planet, all inhabitants act like soulless machines.
 * Planet of the Soulless

The Arrow Trilogy
The second series consists of three audio play episodes that appeared 1980 under the direction of Heikedine Körting under the label Europa. The scripts were again written by H. G. Francis. A 4th and 5th episode were announced, however they never appeared. H. G. Francis also never wrote scripts for those. Why those episodes did not appear is not completely clear. However low sales figures of the first three audio plays might have been decisive. The action placed around the planet Arrow and The Middle Eye is incomplete. H. G. Francis used elements from the Arrow Trilogy in the Copanian plot, which resulted in some inconsistencies in the novels. The playing time of the individual audio plays is approximately 33 minutes each.

Episodes:
 * 1) Lost in Infinity (1980)
 * 2) The Galactic Weapon-Master (1980)
 * 3) The Middle-Eye (1980)

Starring Also Starring: Volker Brandt, Peter Buchholz, Werner Cartano, Wolfgang Jürgen, Harald Pages.
 * Narrator: Karl Walter Diess
 * Commander Randy Perkins: Horst Stark
 * Major Peter Hoffmann: Gernot Endemann
 * Professor Dr. Arthur Common: Franz-Josef Steffens
 * Cindy Common: Gabi Libbach
 * Ralph Common: Mathias Lorenz
 * Colonel G. Camiel Jason: Karl-Ulrich Meves
 * Polcor: Reiner Brönneke

Plot summary
Professor Common discovers a planet that is littered with spaceship wrecks across the planet's surface. The military (including Colonel Jason) have a primary interest in retrieving the weapons from the destroyed spaceships. During the exploration, the Humans are frightened by a highly sophisticated people. One of their scientists, Coleman, even alerts the aliens to the humans' presence by activating some of the wrecks' equipment.

An evacuation of the planet takes place immediately, but documents determining the galactic position of the Earth brought along by Coleman remain on Arrow. Perkins and Hoffman, with the scientist in their company, are sent back to the ship graveyard to retrieve or destroy them, but the aliens (which resemble humanoid panthers) are alerted and Coleman begins to act increasingly irrational. As it turns out, he has come under the mental control of a metal-devouring creature the aliens use to dispose of the wrecks, which later kills the scientist. Perkins and Hoffman are taken prisoner.

In the meantime, Professor Common, Cindy and Colonel Jason try their best to retrieve Perkins' group, but they do not succeed. Instead, however, a strange device appears in the Dimension Transmitter which emanates strange impulses which grow stronger and stronger. The professor, assuming that the device is either a weapon or a homing beacon, immediately sends it to another solar system.

In their holding cell on Arrow, Perkins and Hoffman encounter a fellow prisoner: one of the aliens, who introduces himself as Polcor, a Galactic Weapon Master. In addition, the cell is telepathically empowered and begins to pull the information about Earth from their minds when Professor Common rescues them. After the two have reported, Colonel Jason realizes the value of Polcor as a source of information and sends them back - along with Ralph - to retrieve him from the cell and question him on an uninhabited planet. But Polcor's identity turns out to be a ruse: He is in fact the ruler of the Galactic Weapon Masters on Arrow, and he had developed a horrible weapon - a Sun Annihilator - for a greater cosmic power, the Middle Eye, which had, of course, been refused. In order to make up for the disgrace, Polcor tries to blame mankind for the existence of the weapon. What is worse is that the Sun Annihilator is actually the device Professor Common had accidentally snatched with the Dimension Transmitter.

Retrieving the Annihilator, Perkins, Hoffman, Ralph and Polcor return to Arrow, to be captured by the Middle Eye, an alien race appearing as sentient, eye-like beings. Polcor's accusations against the humans are easily countered by Perkins; still, the Middle Eye decides to keep the humans as prisoners to learn the location of Earth from them. Polcor, on the other hand, is punished for his deceit by being forced to watch his home planet getting destroyed by the Middle Eye. In revenge, Polcor frees the humans and enables their escape from the Eye's ship before they can be interrogated, and with the help of Professor Common they return safely to Earth.

The Copanian Series
In 1980 and 1981, the Franz Schneider Verlag published four more books with a continuous plot line to create the Copanian Series. However, no reference was made to either the Wega or the Arrow series, although The Middle Eye played an important role.

 * 1) The Forbidden Star (1980)
 * 2) Land of the Green Sun (1980)
 * 3) Lost in Infinity (1981)
 * 4) In the Spell of the Glowing Eyes (1981)

Plot summary
Dr. John Lightfire has discovered a planet which exhibits best living conditions. After an examination too swift Humans begin to colonize "Lightfire." On a tour with Ralph Common and his friend George Croden Commander Perkins discover an ancient robot. The machine attempts to attack them, but collapses from weakness brought on by age. Ralph and George start to age rapidly. Humans determine Lightfire is a sacred planet which must not be set foot on by threat of annihilation of the whole race of the trespasser. In the hasty evacuation, the Copanian high priest Arentes manages to smuggle himself to Earth. He finds Humans interesting and wants to study them to find out, whether they might be worth to be spared. Meanwhile, the Humans have successfully deceived the Copanians into attacking a different uninhabited planet instead of Earth. Closer investigations determine the bait planet to be consumed by a Copanian controlled black hole is inhabited after all. Feverishliy, the Humans try to save the doomed planet and its inhabitants.

The Seven Columns Series
In 1983 and 1984, the Franz Schneider Verlag published what would be the last three novels for the Seven Columns Series. These formed the prelude to the series. At least one further novel was in preparation, however no more appeared. Unfortunately, the plot line remained unfinished.

 * 1) The Third Moon (1983)
 * 2) The Mystery of the Seven Columns (1984)
 * 3) The Time Trap (1984)

Plot summary
On planet Phart, Perkins, Hoffmann, Camiel, and Cindy Common discover a buried sleeper ship. On board is a martial people for whom the planet is meant to be a prison. Humans wake these warriors not knowing what grave danger for other planets they evoke. The ship takes course on the planet Canyoura around it to attack. Perkins and the others go to Canyoura to warn the population. The people of the planet to not believe them, citing that no one would dare attack the planet as it has one of the Seven Columns. When humans research the meaning of these columns, they are taken prisoner and trained to become gladiators for Canyouran entertainment. On the run Perkins and Hoffmann discover the secret of the First Column, immortality.

Audio plays based on the novels
The audio play publisher Maritim produced new audio plays based on the first four novels by H.G. Francis. These appeared under the name Das Sternentor, since Europa still holds the rights of the name Commander Perkins. The fifth audio play was to appear in October 2005 but the demise of one of the starring actors delayed production. They were announced for July or August 2006.

Episodes:
 * 1) The Red Fog (2002)
 * 2) Planet of the Soulless (2003)
 * 3) The Forbidden Star (2003)
 * 4) In the Land of the Green Sun (2004)
 * 5) Lost in Infinity (2006)
 * 6) Banished by Glowing Eyes (2006)
 * 7) The Third Moon (2008)
 * 8) The Mystery of the Seven Columns (2008)
 * 9) The Time Trap (2009)

Starring Also Starring: Peer Augustinski, Tanja Dohse, Sabine Hahn, Michael Harck, Günther Lüdke, Reent Reins, Charles Rettinghaus, Ursula Vogel, Pia Werfel, Claus Wilcke.
 * Narrator: Jürgen Neumann
 * Commander Randy Perkins: Ernst Meincke
 * Major Peter Hoffmann: Nicolas Böll
 * Professor Dr. Arthur Common: Rolf Jülich (Ep. 1-4), Helmut Krauss (Ep. 5-6)
 * Cindy Common: Karin Eckholt
 * Ralph Common: Wolfgang Bahro
 * Colonel G. Camiel Jason: Thomas Kästner
 * Camiel: Michael Pan
 * George Croden: Alexander Draeger
 * Arentes: Frank Straass (Ep. 3), Peter Groeger (Ep. 4-6)
 * General Basil Lucan Crinian: Eckart Dux

title: Commander Perkins


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Zachary Lansdowne

Lieutenant Commander Zachary Lansdowne, USN (December 1, 1888 – September 3, 1925) was a United States Navy officer and early Naval aviator who contributed to the development of the Navy's first lighter-than-air craft. He earned the Navy Cross for his participation in the first transoceanic airship flight while assigned to the British R34 in 1919. He later commanded the USS Shenandoah (ZR-1), which was the first rigid airship to complete a flight across North America. He was killed in the crash of the Shenandoah.

Biography
Born in Greenville, Ohio, Lansdowne was appointed to the United States Naval Academy September 2, 1905, and commissioned Ensign June 5, 1911. He subsequently served on the destroyer USS McCall (DD-28), and in the Ohio Naval Militia. After completing his aviation training, he became Naval Aviator 105.

Lansdowne was assigned to duty with the Royal Naval Air Service during and after World War I, to study dirigibles. He was awarded the Navy Cross "for distinguished service...as one of the crew of the British airship R-34, which in July 1919, made the first successful nonstop passage from England to the United States."

He married Margaret "Betsy" Kennedy Ross (September 30, 1902 – June 9, 1982) on December 7, 1921, in Washington D.C. They had two children. She remarried after Lansdowne's death.

On February 11, 1924, Lansdowne took command of the rigid lighter-than-air ship, USS Shenandoah (ZR-1), and was killed when she crashed at Ava, Ohio, September 3, 1925. He was buried later that month in section four at Arlington National Cemetery.

The crash of the Shenandoah was the trigger for United States Army Colonel Billy Mitchell to heavily criticize the leadership of both the Army and the Navy, leading directly to his court-martial for insubordination and the end of his military career.

Lansdowne was played by Jack Lord in the 1955 film The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell.

Lansdowne's house in Greenville still stands; it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Namesake
The USS Lansdowne (DD-486), a Gleaves-class destroyer, and Lansdowne Airport in Youngstown, Ohio were named in Lansdowne's honor. A street in Carle Place, New York was also named in his honor.

title: Zachary Lansdowne


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Wikipedia:European Union collaboration

The fortnightly European Union collaboration is a project intended to improve to featured-standard quality articles related to the European Union, through widespread collaborative and cooperative editing. Any European Union-related article may be nominated, including non-existent articles, stubs, and longer articles which are lacking in some area.

The next collaboration will be selected on Friday, 10 August, 2007 at 12:00 UTC (the current time is, July 29, 2024).

 * Previous collaborations may be found at past collaborations.

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European Community

 * Nominated on 2007-07-27 This article is tiny, it is also the core pillar of the Union and all the Union was prior to 1993. For sure we can get more on this.

Support:
 * 1) -  J Logan  t: 16:24, 27 July 2007 (UTC)

European Court of Justice

 * Nominated on 2007-07-27 The Court is a major institution but is a bit of a mess and lacks citation. I've done a bit of work but needs the attention of others and people with law sources.

Support:
 * 1) -  J Logan  t: 16:24, 27 July 2007 (UTC)

title: Wikipedia:European Union collaboration


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Naughty by Nature (album)

Naughty by Nature is the second album from Naughty by Nature, released on September 3, 1991, through Tommy Boy Records. The album was recorded through November 1990 to August 1991. It was a critical and commercial success, having been certified platinum on February 6, 1992, thanks in large part to the hit single, "O.P.P.," which reached #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1991.

Additional singles released from the album were "Everything's Gonna Be Alright" and "Uptown Anthem," both of which were minor hits on the Billboard charts.

Reception
Stanton Swihart of AllMusic claims that "O.P.P." was the most "contagious crossover radio smash in the autumn of 1991." In addition, Swihart considers Naughty by Nature to be "both a pop and a rap classic," as well as a "must-have album for fans of East Coast rap."

Track listing

 * 1) "Yoke the Joker" – 5:13
 * 2) "Wickedest Man Alive (feat. Queen Latifah)" – 4:21
 * 3) "O.P.P." – 4:31
 * 4) "Everything's Gonna Be Alright" – 4:51
 * 5) "Let the Ho's Go" – 4:16
 * 6) "Every Day All Day" – 5:41
 * 7) "Guard Your Grill" – 5:02
 * 8) "Pin the Tail on the Donkey" – 3:47
 * "1, 2, 3 (feat. Lakim Shabazz and Apache)" – 4:44
 * 1) "Strike a Nerve" – 6:22
 * 2) "Rhyme'll Shine On (feat. Aphrodity)" – 3:56
 * 3) "Thankx for Sleepwalking" – 5:26
 * 4) "Uptown Anthem" – 3:04

 * "Everything's Gonna Be Alright" is known as "Ghetto Bastard" on certain explicit releases.
 * "Uptown Anthem" first appeared on the Juice soundtrack and did not appear on early releases of the album.
 * "Pin the Tail on the Donkey" appears on the soundtrack for Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2

Samples
"Yoke the Joker" "Wickedest Man Alive" "O.P.P." "Everything's Gonna Be Alright" "Let the Ho's Go" "Every Day All Day" "Guard Your Grill" "Pin the Tail on the Donkey" "1, 2, 3" "Rhyme'll Shine On" "Thankx for Sleepwalking"
 * "Synthetic Substitution" by Melvin Bliss
 * "Big Beat" by Billy Squier
 * "ABC" by Jackson 5
 * "Oh Honey" by Delegation
 * "Synthetic Substitution" by Melvin Bliss
 * "Hihache" by Lafayette Afro Rock Band
 * "I'll Take You There" by Staple Singers
 * "No Woman, No Cry" by Bob Marley
 * "Bass (How Low Can You Go)" by Simon Harris
 * "Pocahontas" by Maynard Ferguson
 * "Take Me to the Mardi Gras" by Bob James
 * "Pride and Vanity" by Ohio Players
 * "Funky Drummer" by James Brown
 * "I Don't Know What This World Is Coming To" by Wattstax
 * "Welcome to the Terrordome" by Public Enemy
 * "Candy Man" by Quincy Jones
 * "The Last Song" by Above the Law
 * "It's Funky Enough" by The D.O.C.
 * "Devotion (Live)" by Earth, Wind & Fire
 * "You'll Like It Too" by Funkadelic
 * "For the Love of You" by Isley Brothers
 * "You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)" by The Beatles

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Plastochron

As the tip of a plant shoot grows, new leaves are produced at regular time intervals if temperature is held constant. This time interval is termed the plastochron (or plastochrone). The plastochrone index and the leaf plastochron index are ways of measuring the age of a plant dependent on morphological traits rather than on chronological age. Use of these indices removes differences caused by germination, developmental differences and exponential growth.

Definitions
The spatial pattern of the arrangement of leaves is called phyllotaxy whereas the time between successive leaf initiation events is called the plastochron and the rate of emergence from the apical bud is the phyllochron.

Plastochron ratio
In 1951, F. J. Richards introduced the idea of the plastochron ratio and developed a system of equations to describe mathematically a centric representation using three parameters: plastochron ratio, divergence angle, and the angle of the cone tangential to the apex in the area being considered.

Emerging phyllodes or leaf variants experience a sudden change from a high humidity environment to a more arid one. There are other changes they encounter such as variations in light level, photoperiod and the gaseous content of the air.

title: Plastochron


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Talk:Street name

Abbreviations
Hi, how about including abbreviations like Rd = Road, Pl = Plaza, Sq = Square, Pde = Parade, Ct = Court, Gdns = Gardens La = Lane, Drv = Drive, Clo = Close, Grn = Green, Gt = Gate, Pa = Path? I was looking for that without success. Thanx, --Flingeflung (talk) 11:17, 1 March 2017 (UTC)

 * Are those all standardized by Royal Mail or the like? — US Postal Service standard for Drive is DR. —Tamfang (talk) 21:57, 7 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Agree. I believe Wikipedia should explain things like "Ct" at the Ct page. In order to do so, given how many of these two- and three-letter pages are disambiguation pages, we need a "landing page" which mentions them all. (You can't have disamb entries that doesn't link to articles mentioning the search term, or other editors can and will remove these entries). At the moment, I'm holding off to see how the current merge proposal ends. CapnZapp (talk) 10:20, 21 December 2018 (UTC)

the obliteration of Georgetown

 * For example, when the community of Georgetown ceased to have even a nominal existence independent of Washington, D.C., the streets in Georgetown were renamed as an extension of Washington's street-naming convention.

Georgetown continues to have a nominal existence, I'd say, in that there continues to be a place named Georgetown. How about: "As part of the final integration of Georgetown into Washington …" —Tamfang (talk) 08:41, 8 May 2018 (UTC)

autoarchive
I propose automatic archival of this talk page, and will set it up shortly assuming no objections. ✅ CapnZapp (talk) 13:29, 13 December 2018 (UTC)

Merger proposal
I propose that Street suffix be merged into Street or road name, per. I want this discussed before I embark on adding/linking street name abbreviations that are not obvious. Personally I'm equally happy either way, just as long as I can forestall further attempts mid-work. CapnZapp (talk) 13:33, 13 December 2018 (UTC) Comment: I am not native to either the US or the UK. When I saw a street sign pic like "Culvert Ct" I had no idea what "Ct" meant. So I googled it with poor results. Then I searched Wikipedia for it. No results. Back to google, and finally I got it - it means "Court". Maybe completely obvious to you. Not to me. So I added it to the Ct page (=the CT disambiguation). But I got reverted with the "isn't mentioned at target page" argument, which, fair enough. So now I'm (slowly) adding these to a page where I thought they fit: Street suffix. But it got deleted for an unrelated issue;, what charitably could be called an incomplete merger proposal. This told me my chosen destination might not be stable. So, as a courtesy, as well to speed along a consensus, I started this discussion. Once this merger discussion has run its course, I know which page to continue this work at. However, please be advised I have no opinion on whether to merge or not, and I have no intention of closing the merger discussion myself. I am merely waiting for a resolution so I can finish my work at a stable destination. I have no intention of "randomly" adding abbreviations - all of them per the source will (eventually) be there. Please note the underlying reason: to be allowed to add them where they really are useful: the various articles on Aly, Anx, Arc... and Ct. CapnZapp (talk) 12:27, 15 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Support The street suffix article currently lists suffixes allowed in one random municipality, and USPS-allowed suffixes plus a bunch of randomly added others. Neither of those is encyclopediac or useful. Discussion of suffixes definitely belongs at Street or road name; if a list of all known suffixes is desired, then it can go at List of street suffixes or whatnot. (But frankly, we probably don't need that; suffixes that merely exist without any encyclopediac interest belong solely at Wiktionary.) Pi.1415926535 (talk) 09:07, 15 December 2018 (UTC)

It's been over two weeks, User:Pi.1415926535, and no other editor has gotten involved - I feel you can go ahead and perform the merger now, making sure no information from either page is lost in the process. (If I don't see any further activity in this regard, I will instead assume nobody wanted the merger hard enough to do the work, and will remove/close the discussion instead. As I stated above, I have no opinion in the matter and just want the proposal over and done with so I have a stable destination for my upcoming work.) Cheers, CapnZapp (talk) 10:20, 2 January 2019 (UTC)
 * As an alternative, you could add this merger proposal to WP:PROPMERGE in an effort to garner more feedback. CapnZapp (talk) 10:29, 2 January 2019 (UTC)
 * That may be best. I don't believe that the lengthy listing of suffixes is encyclopediac or useful - it belongs more on Wiktionary than Wikipedia - but clearly it would help with your redirect project. This article isn't a primary interest of mine so I'm not really interested in putting forward a huge about of work on it. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 22:40, 2 January 2019 (UTC)
 * If you're ready to abandon your drive to delete (merge) the Street suffix article, that's fine. Just tell me and I'll close this merge proposal, and hopefully I will have a stable target for my changes for the foreseeable future. (If you have any input on how to send readers to Wiktionary, feel free to share, just as long as a search for, say, "ct" here on Wikipedia leads the reader somewhere useful.) Again thanks CapnZapp (talk) 09:17, 3 January 2019 (UTC)

I'll close this discussion with a no changes result if noone objects. CapnZapp (talk) 10:18, 9 January 2019 (UTC)

Requested move 22 May 2022

 * The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) Vpab15 (talk) 13:03, 30 May 2022 (UTC)

Street or road name → Street name – There is evidence that the term “street name” is more widely-used. See pageviews, Google Trends, Google Ngrams and Google Search (2 million more hits). Additionally, the "or" seems unnatural and inconsistent with other titles. Cheers! 🐶 EpicPupper (he/him | talk) 00:23, 22 May 2022 (UTC) The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
 * Support - In addition to the evidence provided by the nom, the proposed title also falls under WP:CONCISE. The current title is unnecessarily long, and there is no functional difference between a street and a road in this context. The proposed title conveys exactly the same information. – Epicgenius (talk) 01:46, 22 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Support per nom and above comment. "Street name" is the usual term whether it's a street, a road, an avenue, a drive, a lane or a boulevard. Station1 (talk) 08:33, 22 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Support per the above arguments, especially WP:CONCISE. The current title is convoluted; we can include alternative names by bolding them in the lead section, as we do at other articles. There is no reason to hedge like this in the title itself. Toadspike (talk) 13:28, 22 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Support per nom. WP:CONCISE. BD2412  T 22:35, 22 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Support per nom. Showiecz (talk) 18:22, 23 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Comment This RM assumes that the names of roads are the primary topic over the nickname senses. But are they? — Ceso femmuin mbolgaig mbung, mellohi! (投稿) 03:50, 29 May 2022 (UTC)

title: Talk:Street name