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Madonna and Child with Saint Anne (Dei Palafrenieri)

The Madonna and Child with St. Anne (Dei Palafrenieri) or Madonna and the Serpent , is one of the mature religious works of the Italian Baroque master Caravaggio, painted in 1605–1606, for the altar of the Archconfraternity of the Papal Grooms (Arciconfraternita di Sant'Anna de Parafrenieri) in the Basilica of Saint Peter and taking its theme from Genesis 3:15. The painting was briefly exhibited in the parish church for the Vatican, Sant'Anna dei Palafrenieri, before its removal, due to its unorthodox portrayal of the Virgin Mary. There are a lot of reasons why the piece may have been removed, such as the nudity of the child Jesus and the Virgin Mary revealing too much of her breast. The reputation of the model that Caravaggio used to portray the Virgin Mary could be another reason as to why this altarpiece was withdrawn. The altarpiece was sold to Cardinal Scipione Borghese and now hangs in his palazzo (Galleria Borghese).

History
Caravaggio received this commission from the Confraternity for Palafrenieri on December 1, 1605. He worked on the piece and completed it in under four months. It is unknown as to why the Confraternity picked Caravaggio to do the altarpiece; it is known that he was paid 25 scudi for the painting, according to a document found by scholar Luigi Spezzaferro, dated October 31st. The altarpiece was placed in the new basilica on April 8 and was removed again on April 16, to the Palafrenieri's Church of St. Anne, a church in honor of St. Anne.

Model
The model that Caravaggio used to depict as the Virgin Mary was named Maddalena Antonietti, also known as Lena. Lena modeled for Caravaggio before, in his piece called Madonna of the Pilgrims., also known as the Madonna of Loreto (1603). Caravaggio developed a deep relationship with the model Lena, which explains why she was used in other works. Maurizio Marini has noted that while many have stated that Lena was a prostitute; there is no evidence to confirm this. However, this relationship was more serious compared to the other mistresses Caravaggio had. She came from a lower class and modeled for artists to support herself.

Removal and Rejection
Spezzaferro believed that the painting was removed due to the way Caravaggio depicted St. Anne. Traditionally in Christianity, Saint Anne was praised as a symbol of Grace. Caravaggio depicted her as if she were just an ordinary older woman standing next to Mary and Christ. Another reason as to why the painting may have been removed was that Caravaggio did not put enough effort into depicting the Holy Family grouping. It was not the first time one of Caravaggio's paintings was removed from a church; another example is the Death of the Virgin, which was removed from Santa Maria della Scala.

Art historian John Spike is not sure as to what the main reason this piece was removed and he cannot pinpoint it to one specific reason. Scholar Maurizio Marini believed one of the biggest reasons Caravaggio's altarpiece was removed was due to his being a murderer that committed many crimes. Caravaggio killed Ranuccio Tomassoni of Terni in a duel. The Church had the altarpiece up for two months and later it was removed.

Another reason for the rejection could be that Caravaggio used the model Lena to depict her as the Virgin Mary. The Church may have rejected the piece knowing Lena was not an appropriate person to represent a holy figure since she was a prostitute. Lena developed a relationship with Mariano Pasqualone that led Caravaggio to attack Pasqualone with a sword at a restaurant called Via Della Scrofa.

The infant Jesus being fully naked may have also caused controversy and could be another reason as to why the altarpiece was removed from St. Peter's. During the Counter-Reformation, the Church did not want to display art that displayed nudity, especially depicting such a holy entity.

Depiction
While not his most successful arrangement, it is an atypical representation of the Virgin Mary for its time and must have been shocking to some contemporary viewers. The depiction of the Virgin Mary, with the aid of her son, whom she holds, tramples and crushes on a serpent, the emblem of evil or original sin. Serpents symbolized heresy which signifies not believing in God. Believing in God was seen as the truth if a person believed in any other representation of a god figure instead of Jesus, it was seen as sinful. Mary and Jesus are crushing the serpent together with their feet and looking down upon the serpent. The snake is coiling up due to rejecting the presence of all three figures. Both Mary and Jesus are barefoot, and Jesus is a fully naked uncircumcised child.

Saint Anne

Saint Anne, whom the painting is intended to honor, is a wrinkled old grandmother, who witnesses the event. She is depicted more loosely, sketchily, and thinner than the other two figures. Saint Anne is on the farther right wearing a dark navy-blue dress. She is the mother of the Virgin Mary and the grandmother of Jesus Christ. The Virgin Mary and Saint Anne are depicted with thin gold ring halos. However, Jesus is the only figure who does not have a halo. This is strange because usually in Christian artwork, Jesus is depicted having the brightest halo to draw attention to him, Caravaggio did not do that in this painting.

Jesus
Jesus's left hand is depicted doing a gesture where he is putting his middle finger and thumb together creating a circle. Everything else is in the shadows, and the figures gain monumentality in the light. This depiction is known as tenebrism. The brightest figure in this altarpiece with a lot of highlights is Jesus. The light shines on him due to being the focus and being known as "the light of the world,” stated John Spike. He has more power compared to his mother and grandmother. Mary receives more light compared to Saint Anne because she is standing behind her son. Mary has light hitting more on her because she carried and gave birth to Jesus. Mary and Saint Anne both represent and have a status in the Christian hierarchy, but not a lot of status compared to Jesus. That is why they are both depicted behind Jesus. The serpent is receiving some light due to being crushed by Jesus and the Virgin Mary.

Nudity
Caravaggio depicted Jesus' as nude because showing his genitals represents the true human body. Caravaggio and Michelangelo believed that depicting him nude lets the viewers know that Jesus came to be represented as a free human nature from the "Adamic contagion of shame," stated by Leo Steinberg. The contagion of shame was physical health and death.

Mary is leaning with her son and her cleavage is showing and she is seen wearing a tight fitted bodice. This iconography of the breast being a tight-fitted bodice came from the medieval period and traditional wear. The symbolism of showing her breast represents Madonna of Mercy’s breast milk. Breast milk is a substance and nutrition that Christ would drink and was seen as a symbol of her role in Co-redemptrix. The breasts of Mary can be compared to Christ’s wounds.

Virgin Mary's Clothing
Mary in this painting is wearing unusual clothing from her norm; she is usually depicted wearing a veil in blue and a dress in white. At this time young Roman women would wear these dresses. The outfit she is usually seen in multiple paintings is a matronly veil, mantle, and robe. In this painting, Caravaggio depicted her wearing a veil neckline dress where she is revealing too much of her breasts.


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Schleicher ASW 27

The ASW 27 is a 15 metre Class glider built of modern fibre reinforced composites, which first flew in 1995 and was certified in 1997. The manufacturer of the ASW 27 is Alexander Schleicher GmbH & Co. The "W" indicates this is a design of the influential and prolific German designer Gerhard Waibel.

Design and development
The ASW 27 has plain flaps, winglets, a retractable undercarriage and a water ballast system. The ASW 27 superseded the ASW 20 in the manufacturer's production line.

The structure is a complex composite of carbon, aramid and polyethylene fibre reinforced plastic. This permits a light structure with the strength to carry large amounts of water ballast, thus permitting the widest possible range of wing loadings for weak and strong soaring weather. The strong fuselage was tested for crash protection by dropping one from a crane.

The winglets were standard equipment from the beginning, but were later enlarged in the ASW-27B development. The "B" also has tanks to hold water ballast rather than bags. The ASW 27 does not have a version with wing extensions for 18 metres. This was a design decision to pursue an uncompromised 15 metre racer, as "future engine retrofits or later wingspan increases were specifically ruled out".

The introduction of the ASG 29 gave the ASW 27 a stablemate that can compete in the same class, although the 29 is intended to fly primarily with an 18-metre span and can be motorised. Because of the overlap with the ASG 29, production of the ASW27 has now ceased.

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 * 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. Rob Church Talk 02:45, 22 October 2005 (UTC)

NightFang
Apparently a fake comic book. --Jtalledo (talk) 22:38, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. The article claims that a prequel movie is in the works and to be released in 2007. If that was even remotely notable (or even in existence), Googling for the "NightFang" (or "Night Fang") and the creator's name(s) should return hits. I ain't gettin' none -- smells of a hoax to me. -- Captain Disdain 09:31, 20 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete as unverifiable. --Allen3 talk 21:49, 21 October 2005 (UTC)

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K-911

K-911 is a 1999 American buddy cop comedy film released direct-to-video, a direct-sequel to K-9, and the third installment in the K-9 film series. It was directed by Charles T. Kanganis and stars James Belushi as Detective Michael Dooley.

Synopsis
Det. Dooley and his German Shepherd dog companion Jerry Lee set out to find a murderous man who plans to kill Dooley. During the movie, Jerry Lee becomes tired, and begins to fail doing his normal way of life. They also reluctantly team up with Sergeant Wendy Welles and her Doberman Pinscher, Zeus, who, according to Welles, was trained in the Netherlands and listen to commands in Dutch (although in reality the commands are in German). Eventually, they discover the attempter: a psychotic man named Devon Lane who thought Dooley's wife, Tracy, loved him more than she did her own husband just because she said that he "had talent". He also believes that Dooley was responsible for Tracy's death. Devon attempts to kill Dooley in a climatic showdown and, just in time, Jerry Lee jumps, tackles Devon, and takes him out. Devon is then arrested and Dooley is taken to the hospital for gunshot wounds. The film ends with Jerry Lee and Dooley holding hands while sharing an intimate moment

Cast

 * James Belushi as Det. Dooley
 * Christine Tucci as Sgt. Welles
 * James Handy as Capt. Byers
 * Wade Williams as Devon Lane
 * Vincent Castellanos as Harry Stripe
 * Ron Yuan as Jackie Hammonds
 * Denise Dowse as Dr. Perkins
 * Mac, Sonto, Reno as Jerry Lee
 * Lucan, Taze, Jasmine as Zeus
 * Timo Flloko as Johnson
 * Scotch Ellis Loring as SWAT Leader

Reception
On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 17% based on reviews from 6 critics. Susan King of the Los Angeles Times wrote that film "strains credibility", but Mac is a "joy to watch" as Jerry Lee.

Sequel
A sequel to the film, titled K-9: P.I., was released direct-to-video on July 30, 2002.

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Talk:Grand Principality of Chernigov

This probably deserves a separate article on its own and a redirect to Chernihiv, where some history of principality is covered is a temporary solution. --Irpen 22:37, 14 October 2005 (UTC)

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User talk:Wolf ODonnell

Welcome!

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Streete Court
When were you at Streete Court? I have re-started the Streete Court Club www.streetecourtschool.co.uk

 * I'll have to get back to you on that one. My Streete Court days are all blur.

Wolf ODonnell 11:43, 21 October 2005 (UTC)

Fefnir and Harpuia
To be honest, I don't know enough about the subjects to really judge; I just noticed that they seemed to be duplicates. But I'll be happy to help move or delete stuff once it's all sorted out. tregoweth 19:26, 12 November 2005 (UTC)

Thanks

I present this award for helping me expand the article of Megaman Zero characters; as well as (in my eyes at least) being one of the few people in wikipedia who share as much knowledge and enthusiasum about the Zero franchise as I do. Let's continue to keep making great megaman articles together! -MegamanZero 20:35 20, November 2005 (UTC)

 * Arguments? What arguments..? Megaman fanatics like ourselves don't have arguments; we have constructive critisism! I see it like this Wolf: I put up the articles, and you perfect em'. That's why we're a great team. And its why our Zero articles are one of the best on the internet.-MegamanZero 12:52 20, November 2005

Wikipedia:Counter Un-civility Unit
Wikipedia:Counter Un-civility Unit is a new wiki-project I have thought up. I was wondering if you thought it was a good idea and if you wanted to join up. I need some users backing me before I construct a wikiproject, and you seem to share my views on subjects such as concensus, civilty, etc. Reply on my talkpage if you're interested. Thanks, -MegamanZero|Talk 16:36, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

== Query ==

What's wrong with my talkpage..? -MegamanZero|Talk 22:42, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

Regarding the cameo section
Concerning this edit, I absolutely agree with you. I believe I had added back in there for completion, and wasn't really thinking about the content (it was late at night). I shall, indeed insert that info in his character article instead. Other than that, my edits are pretty good, no..? -MegamanZero|Talk 12:43, 7 January 2006 (UTC)

You'd better see this
Hello, Dear wolf. Could you take a look at this article...? It reaks of fancruft, and... well, (see for yourself) and I'm too damned lazy at the momment to fix it... Here's what's wrong:

 * The article reaks of fancruft. Seriously. Its source information is from the Ciel- Network's fanfic section even (Reploids don't have penises!).
 * Iris never had a last name. and it sure as hell ain't "Thorne".
 * She isn't "spritally" with Zero in the Mega Man Zero series.
 * She isn't a re-incarnation of the Dark Elf.
 * She never carried no damn automatic pistol.
 * Sigma never mind-controlled her.
 * She doesn't have a fucking father.
 * We already have a Iris article down at the List of Mega Man X characters anyway.
 * She's a reploid, not a "advanced bio- android"

...And other things. I'd gladly revamp this article myself, but I'm busy overhalling the cast-of-thousands KOF character pages, and well, geez. I'm considering just deleting it instead. -MegamanZero|Talk 18:55, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

 * P.S. Take a look at this nonsense when you get the time. Incredible. Absolutely incredible. Since when do robots have reproductive organs and sperm...? I'm utterly flabbergasted by these people's lack of respect for Mega Man canon and their antics. -MegamanZero|Talk 18:59, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

 * Alright then. All take care of it:

or
 * a) Deletion
 * b) Overhall

Ethier way, I'm ready to get on this now. And, also... would did you think of that Mega Man Legends Fanfic..? Capcom would flip over nonsense such as that. "Cumming" and "Horny" (?)...?! Some people just need to accept canon. I sure as hell have. -MegamanZero|Talk 22:12, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

Message left on my talkpage by a Mega Man fan
Being a fellow Mega Man fan, I thought you might get a laugh or two out of this: -ZeroTalk 19:18, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

Apology
Hello Wolf.... I've given my demeanor towards you today some thought and I believe I was somewhat too agressive in my actions and manner. For this, I apologize, as it had naught to do with you, and I was simply placing my mood in the wrong location. I've began a new project, and I'm somewhat irritant resulting from the impending workload and the persistant vandals at work on the Mega Man Zero article (See the history). Regardless, such actions agaist your person are unacceptable in my eyes, and I hope you consider my condlenses in our future endeavors. -ZeroTalk 14:44, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

Page name for temperature articles
To avoid flip-flopping between 'degree Fahrenheit' and 'Fahrenheit' or 'degree Celsius' and 'Celsius', I propose that we have a discussion on which we want. I see you have contributed on units of measurement, please express your opinion at Talk:Units of measurement. Thanks. bobblewik 22:48, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

MobyGames
I do not think the MobyGames links count as linkspam. Of course this depends on a game by game basis. I would be interested to hear your thoughts.

External_links specifically

 * Sites that contain neutral and accurate material not already in the article. Ideally this content should be integrated into the Wikipedia article, then the link would remain as a reference.

 * Sites with other meaningful, relevant content that is not suitable for inclusion in an article, such as textbooks or reviews.

My rationale is credits

--Flipkin 20:32, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

 * Yes, but those credits pages weren't linked. The links led to pages that contained no new information and a form to buy games from MobyGames. It seemed like a cynical attempt to promote the site's services. Wolf ODonnell 12:37, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

I believe the credits and other stuff are available from the game page. I do know a debate broken out at CVP and I think the concenus was MG links were OK provided the individual article editors make a game by game judgement call on if they ( the links ) provided additional and useful info since some of the entries in MG are better than others. My argument ( and you are feel to disagree ) is that credits is something that is not available in the 'pedia and the credits are useful info. --Flipkin 14:05, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

 * Yes, but none of the links I've ever deleted have been direct links to the credits. Hence, I removed them. I might consider not deleting links to the credits, but they really have to be direct links to the credits and not indirect like the ones I've deleted. Also, couldn't you try to find a Capcom-run site that has the same information? Wolf ODonnell 14:07, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

 * Please see WP:EL, Flipkin. The policy and countless others state that external links are only to be utilized in the case of broadening the reader's information and expanding the coverage of the respective article. I've just finished looking over the moby site and none of the respective links cover or reiterate the source material, and hence are considered spam. If I come across another moby link inserted in another video game article that already provides sufficient coverage I will remove it. Wikipedia is not a site for external link spamming. Please think before inserting another one and remember the purpose of an external link in regards to the encyclopedia. -ZeroTalk 15:11, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

 * Well we disagree on that, but that is OK. My point is that the 'pedia typically does not have credits, extensive box covers or extensive screenshots.  Not to sound like too much of a shill the credits are relational so one would be able to see other games people have worked on example.  A discussion broke out at WikiProject_Computer_and_video_games and the consensus was that the individual article editors determine whether the link should be added.  In fact a Template:Moby_game was created for this purpose.  I am just trying to articulate my point of view and hopefully/maybe convince you that the links are OK.  It doesn't seem like I am doing a good job.  --Flipkin 15:47, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

We don't really need extensive screenshots or box cover art. No other games article in Wikipedia has those. As for credits, maybe, but not a single link I've ever come across has actually been a direct one to credits. And not a single game article in these forums that I've ever come across has a link to extensive credits. No one really wants to know. Perhaps if we say who the game was made by, what company, who was the executive producer, that people would want to know, but nothing else. Wolf ODonnell 19:54, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Quite. Please desist festooning wikipedia with these invalid links. -ZeroTalk 20:14, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

Sourcebooks
Please see Talk:Colonel (Mega Man). I'm trying to attempt an concensus. -ZeroTalk 13:30, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

 * A consensus or what? Either way, I can't help you. I'm only an expert on BN up to the third game and the Zero Series. Nothing else, I'm afraid. Wolf ODonnell 13:57, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

 * No, its an argument concerning wether or not the sourcebooks are fictional. I'm requesting you verify this on the talkpage. There's no need to be an expert like myself. Also, may I inquire you expand Colonel's MMBN section in his article...? That would be great.-ZeroTalk 14:03, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

You aren't reading what I've written. I know very little about the X Series, including whether sourcebooks exist for it or not. I also know nothing about MMBN after the third game. Colonel certainly did not appear the first, second or third game. You're asking the wrong person to do all this stuff. Wolf ODonnell 08:56, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

 * I don't think you quite get the deal here. I'm not making a request for you to insert X series information. I merely inquired you validate that Mega Man series sourcebooks exist. Its not too difficult to come to the logical conclusion that if the Zero series has source mauals, then the X series would as well. Concerning that, I suggest you play Mega Man X collection for the Playstation 2 and Gamecube to get on a good start for the iterations. -ZeroTalk 13:49, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

I don't think you quite get the deal here. If I know next to nothing about the X Series, how am I supposed to know whether there are sourcebooks or not? I haven't heard about any Megaman X sourcebooks, but then again up until recently, I hadn't even heard of the Gameboy Color games. You're asking the wrong person. Wolf ODonnell 11:26, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

 * Well that's debateable dear, but irrelevant at this point. See Talk:Colonel (Mega Man). And please go out and purchase Mega Man X collection. -ZeroTalk 13:22, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

In the UK? Where it hasn't been released? Forget it. You can forget about me helping you out on this matter. Wolf ODonnell 14:03, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

 * What are you referring to...? The situation is already settled; I do not require a vouch from you at this time. If you live in the UK, it hasn't have been released by now, the distribution for Europe is not yet stated. My apologies, I made the presumption you lived in America. I wasn't inflamed, I simply asked you play it to learn about the series. -ZeroTalk 14:10, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

Content insertion
See Talk:Mega Man X (character). -ZeroTalk 16:10, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

Thank you
Thanks for the kind comments. FYI, I knew your userpage was vandalized because it appeared on the recent changes page. --FrankCostanza 22:59, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

Critic Section
You're right, seems I was a bit too tired. I'll rewrite it. --69.247.46.103 23:04, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

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Getting some Mega Man articles up to GA
I noticed you've expressed interest in getting some Mega Man articles up to GA. Wanna trade? I know you've been working on Mega Man Zero 4, and I've been working on Mega Man Battle Network 5. I figure a fresh set of eyes and hands on each might be a good idea. - A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire | past ops) 17:43, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

Centralized video game navbox discussion
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Megaman Zero accidents
I'm sorry. Thanks for fixing my mistakes. I knew the pictures were in the center and interrupting the text, but I tried fixing it and nothing worked. The redericting of the refrence tags happened when I was editing Megaman Zero and I accidently screwed somthing up and didn't know how to fix it. I was hoping someone could come along and fix it, thanks for helping me.

Sorrry, Assasin Joe 00:07, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Cyber Elf Jackson
I tried talking to Randall Bracket, but apparently he might not be active anymore. Thanks again for fixing my mistakes in the Megaman Zero pages.

I have heard many opinions on how the Cyber Elf 'Jackson' is caught. In Planet Megaman, they say that to get Jackson you must obtain evrey cyber elf without using any, feed them till they grow up. On the article on Megaman Zero, It also stated that you must capture evrey cyber elf without using them, and you must feed them to their maxinum capicity, but many other sources state somthing else, like you have to get an A or S rank on evrey level. If someone could please tell me what really is needed before this Cyber Elf can be accessed it would be most appreaciated. Assasin Joe 00:17, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

 * Having never unlocked Jackson, I don't know myself... Wolf ODonnell 20:27, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

 * Okay           Assasin Joe 16:47, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

Mega Man Wiki
You seen to like Mega Man a lot. Could you help the Mega Man wiki ? It needs more active users. Thanks. --201.25.76.209 19:55, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

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Proper complexity function

A proper complexity function is a function f mapping a natural number to a natural number such that:
 * f is nondecreasing;
 * there exists a k-string Turing machine M such that on any input of length n, M halts after O(n + f(n)) steps, uses O(f(n)) space, and outputs f(n) consecutive blanks.

If f and g are two proper complexity functions, then f + g, fg, and 2f are also proper complexity functions.

Similar notions include honest functions, space-constructible functions, and time-constructible functions.

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Category:National Wildlife Refuges in Montana

 * National Wildlife Refuges in Montana.


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Grace Cup

A grace cup (or loving cup) is a silver bowl or tankard with two handles that was traditionally passed round the table after grace at banquets. According to Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, the Grace Cup is still seen at the Lord Mayor's feasts, at College, and occasionally in private banquets. Oxford's Oriel College possesses Sanford and Heywood grace cups, dated 1654-55 and 1669–70 in its Buttery Plate collection. Nearby Balliol College also makes reference to the use of a Grace Cup which was discontinued in the early-20th century.

'Grace' cups were passed round when a traditional grace (a prayer of thanksgiving) was said to give thanks for the food eaten. Robert Burton, in his Anatomy of Melancholy (1621) described their use as "a corollary to conclude the feast and continue their mirth, a grace cup came in to cheer their hearts and they drank healths to one another again and again".

A good example is The Howard 'Grace' Cup.

Usage
"The proper way of drinking the cup observed at the Lord Mayor's banquet or City companies' is to have a silver bowl with two handles and a napkin. Two persons stand up, one to drink and the other to defend the drinker. Having taken his draught, he wipes the cup with the napkin, and passes it to his 'defender,' when the next person rises to defend the new drinker. And so on to the end."

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Eskimo Bob

 * 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 Keep (no conensus, 2 delete, 2 keep from registed users with edits.) Wikibofh 23:36, 21 October 2005 (UTC)

Eskimo Bob
Non-notable flash animation. Also, please note this article is the recreation of a page previously deleted through a AfD. --202.156.6.62 22:41, 14 October 2005 (UTC) Note: 202.156.6.62 is a suspected sock puppet.
 * Delete Appears to be dying already; in ten years, will anyone care? Denni ☯ 03:56, 15 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, I'd say speedy for recreation if the last vote wasn't a year ago. -- Kjkolb 08:20, 15 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep There is a wiki on this. Why would this be deleted?  It's just people's opinion that no one likes this.-65.65.202.3 02:50, 19 October 2005 (UTC) (Note: This user's first edit.)
 * Keep. This flash series was big back in 2001, though it has gone stagnant since.--Dwedit 06:37, 19 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep: Search for "Eskimo Bob" on Google yields 13,400 hits. Alexa traffic ranking is 462,662 but has been as high as 17,284. 24.224.138.240 12:59, 19 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep The new wiki (URL on the article) has been having a lot of activity in the past few days. It has been said that the eskimobob.com site will be back up this Thursday. Eskimo Bob is still popular, although less than when it started back in 2001. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.62.14.179 (talk • contribs) 20:04, October 19, 2005
 * Keep Nominated by a troll.--Spigot the Bear 18:23, 20 October 2005 (UTC)
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Keith style

The Keith style of playing the 5-string banjo emphasizes the melody of the song. Also known as the "Melodic" or "Chromatic style", it was first developed and popularized independently by Bobby Thompson and Bill Keith in the early 1960s. It is used primarily by bluegrass banjoists, though it can be applied to virtually any genre. Most banjoists who play Keith style do not use it exclusively, but integrate it as one aspect of their playing, a way of adding spice to the more common 3-finger style of Earl Scruggs.

The Keith style is a fingerpicking style played with picks on the thumb, index and middle fingers. It centers on playing scales in a linear fashion. This contrasts with "3-Finger" or Scruggs style, which is centered on arpeggios, or chord tones played in rapid succession. Generally speaking, in the Keith style the fingers of the picking hand alternate between strings, rarely picking the same string twice. Frequently open strings are alternated with strings that are fretted halfway up the neck or more. These aspects contrast with "Single String" or Reno style, which also emphasizes linear (playing the same string multiple times) playing. In Reno style, however, scales are played out of closed-chord positions, where the entire scale may be played without moving the fretting hand up or down the neck, by moving from the lowest to highest string in a linear fashion. In the Reno style, the index finger and thumb generally alternate while picking, and often pick the same string two or more times in succession. One aspect of Keith style which makes it difficult to learn is that one often moves to a higher note in the scale by picking a lower string, albeit fretted to give the higher note.

A distinct advantage of melodic style is the ease of playing fiddle tunes using the melody verbatim while maintaining a right hand technique in line with Scruggs-style. Accomplishing the same goal in single string style often requires a different right hand approach. While at times the thumb may be used in a manner inconsistent with a banjo roll-based style, the "cascading" effect of the roll is still present in many examples of melodic style playing (especially with the bombastic descending runs, popular in the 1970s).

The earliest recordings of the melodic style were made by Bobby Thompson in the late 1950s when he was in Jim and Jesse's band. The style came to prominence when Bill Keith joined Bill Monroe's Bluegrass Boys in 1963. He impressed audiences with his ability to play fiddle tunes note-for-note on the banjo. Other early proponents were Marshall Brickman and Eric Weissberg. During the 1960s and '70s, the style steadily gained popularity among progressive bluegrass banjoists like Alan Munde, Tony Trischka, Courtney Johnson, Ben Eldridge and Gordon Stone. However, the style remains somewhat controversial among strict traditionalists.

Tony Trischka has written several instructional books that discuss the Keith Style: Hot Licks For Bluegrass Banjo, Teach Yourself Bluegrass Banjo, and especially Melodic Banjo. The latter has interviews with many prominent Keith style banjoists, including Bill Keith and Bobby Thompson. Ken Perlman has helped to popularize the style in clawhammer banjo playing.

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Talk:Amu Darya

"a river with a watershed almost in reverse"
In the 'History' section, there is a paragraph that starts "the Amu Darya could be said to be a river with a watershed almost in reverse ...". This whole paragraph makes no sense to me, either gramatically, or logically - what is 'in reverse' about a river flowing from mountains to an obviously lower area? It also talks about the river stopping short of the Aral Sea, which is only true because of the use for irrigation, which is covered elsewhere in the article. This paragraph seems to have been in the article for years, but it just seems to confuse a reader, not inform or clarify. There are no references that might help explain what the original author meant. I propose deleting the paragraph entirely. Anyone object? Peace Makes Plenty (talk) 10:50, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

Darya, river or sea
In my language Persian, Darya means Sea. If anyone want to revert it back to "River", please discuss it here first. Thank you.
 * Since this is an english encyclopedia, we should use "river" instead of "darya". Persian, Pashto, Uzbeki and other translations should be included in the text. The title of the article should be "Amu River". (Ketabtoon (talk) 18:32, 6 August 2009 (UTC))
 * I have removed the Pashto and Turkish translations, because, frankly, they are totally irrelevant in this article. The Pashto expression is derived from the Persian name and simply uses the Pashto word for "river" instead; the Turkish transliteration of "Jayhoun" is irrelevant as well. Tajik (talk) 20:53, 8 August 2009 (UTC)
 * You have to remember that both Pashto and Dari are the national and official languages of Afghanistan. Therefor, either both the translations should be deleted or neither of them. (Ketabtoon (talk) 22:24, 8 August 2009 (UTC))
 * First of all, the language is called Persian. Secondly, this is not about national or official languages, it's about the origin of the name, and that is clearly Persian (or Tajik). I will also remove Uzbek and Turkmen, because they are irrelevant as well - it only shows the different spellings of the name, but not its ultimate origin. May I remind you that you were the one who removed the Persian spelling of the name "Kandahar" in the respective article?! You clearly have double-standards. Tajik (talk) 11:38, 9 August 2009 (UTC)

 * The IP "119.152.246.44" does not belong to me. The person who made that edit was from Pakistan and I am thousands of miles away from Pakistan. (Ketabtoon (talk) 13:28, 9 August 2009 (UTC))
 * You have removed the Pashto spelling of the name "Kabul" in the respective article and many other articles also (I have noticed Maidan Shar among other articles) even before. 119.152.248.87 (talk) 13:18, 9 August 2009 (UTC)

 * The name of river comes from the city of Āmul (Khwarezmian?) so stop saying it's Persian. Please discuss content reversions on their talk page before reversions. So that we know the consensus. 119.152.248.87 (talk) 13:18, 9 August 2009 (UTC)
 * "It allegedly derives its present name from the city of Āmul, which is said to have occupied the site of modern Chärjew in Turkmenistan." It clearly states that the origin of the name is not Tajik. So how can Tajik claim that it is? I will undo the revision by Tajik and the so called Inuit from Iran. They are welcome to discuss it here first and provide us valid sources that Amu's origins are Tajik.   (Ketabtoon (talk) 13:37, 9 August 2009 (UTC))
 * We can add "Amu Darya River" as English alternative name in the article lead and the native names in Pashto, Tajik, Turkmen etc. in parenthesis. 119.152.246.85 (talk) 15:42, 9 August 2009 (UTC)
 * The name of the article is fine as it is. Darya is the Dari/Farsi translation of the word River. In Afghanistan, the Persian speakers call it "Darya e Amo" and Pashto speakers call it "De Amo Seend". The word "seend" stands for river in Pashto language. Therefor it would be a good idea to leave the name of the river as it is and add the native names in Pashto, Dari/Farsi, Turkmen, Uzbeki in parenthesis.  (Ketabtoon (talk) 16:27, 9 August 2009 (UTC))
 * First of all, the word "Darya" is Persian, no need to have any discussion about that. Be it derived from whatever city, the name "Amudarya" is clearly Persian and all other languages, inclduing Pashto, have adopted that name (the only exceptions are languages that falsly refer to the river as "Jayhoon"). Anyone who wants to know the Pashto, Uzbek, or whatever name of the river can click on the sister-articles in the respective Wikis. I doubt that you can find reliable sources for "De Amo Seend". Tajik (talk) 17:27, 9 August 2009 (UTC)
 * We are not discussing the word "Darya" in here. In here we are talking about the word "Amu" and its origin. You claim that the origin of the word is Persian, but you do not provide us with any proof. I have quoted your favourite encyclopedia, britanica, and they say "It allegedly derives its present name from the city of Āmul, which is said to have occupied the site of modern Chärjew in Turkmenistan.".  (Ketabtoon (talk) 20:18, 9 August 2009 (UTC))
 * No, we are not talking about "Amu", we are talking about the name Amu Darya in total - and that name is clearly Persian. You only cite Britannica when you like the message. In another article, you have promtly deleted the Britannica source (which is a clear act of vandalism!). Anyway, to keep the discussion shourt: the name "Amu" is also Persian. See ĀMOL (ĀMŪYA) in Encyclopaedia Iranica. BTW: you have been reported to admins. Tajik (talk) 00:44, 10 August 2009 (UTC)

De Amu Seend - د امو سيند
User Tajik doubts that I can find reliable sources for "De Amo Seend". I will provide some sources.

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Etymology of Oxus
Various etymologies have been suggested for the name "Oxos" (or preciously, Ôxus, Ωξος)

I suppose that:

The the root "Uks-", is derivated by name "S-akas" (i.e. Sacae, Sacians, or else Scythians).

The same root occurs in words:

 * 1) "Ukrayina" ( i.e. Ok(s)-raine)( = Ukraine, the modern European state)
 * 2) "Iaxartes" (i.e. Oks-arta) ( = Syr Darya, ancient river, in Central Asia)
 * 3) "Euxinus Pontus" (i.e. Oks-inus pontus) ( = the modern Black Sea) etc.

--IonnKorr 08:40, 30 October 2005 (UTC)

= Comment on the described direction of flow =

The Amu Darya page currently says:

"One source of the Amu Darya is the Pamir River, which emerges from Lake Zorkul/Victoria, flowing east until Ishtragh, where it turns north and then east north-west through the Hindu Kush as the Panj"

That appears to be incorrect. The Pamir River, to my eye, appears to emerge from Lake Zorkul/Victoria/Sari Kul, heading more or less south-west until it gets to Ishtragh, then curves north, eventually makes more or less a U-turn and then proceeds south before turning around again and heads north-west, mostly, to the Aral Sea. The current description seems to be almost 180 degrees out of phase for the early stages.

Also, for what it is worth, Google Earth seems to be using "Ucdrag" as the spelling for Ishtragh, for which a bunch of different spellings seem to have been used in English.

Further, I believe that from the confluence of the Pamir and the Wakhan rivers the combined river is called the Panj (with various spellings) and not just the Pamir anymore. Finally, there appears to be some semi-consensus that the true source of the Amu Darya is the Wakhan, not the Pamir.

Source of the Oxus / Amu Darya; History of Exporation There had been conjecture for many centuries about the true source of the river. 12th C Chinese Bhuddist pilgims (Hweng Tsui) claimed a Dragon Lake in the Pamirs (Roof of the World); this was probably either SyrKul or Rang Kul. By the end of the 19th C there were four claimants: The first modern era claimant was Lt John Wood, who on an expedition in 1838 reached Syr Kul, the source of the Panj on the Great (or Big) Pamir (A Journey to the Source of the River Oxus; John Murray 1872). The other three claimants were all in the Wakhan Corridor of Afghanistan: French, Russian and Indian based explorers subsequently claimed that the Sarhad or Little Pamir River, either independently or flowing from Lake Chakmaktin in the Little Pamir was the source. The expedition of Lord Dunmore and Colonel Trotter (1892) determined that the waters from lake Chakmaktin actually flowed east and then north out of the Little Pamir, becoming the Murghab/Bartang River and finally joining the other Amu Darya (Oxus) contributaries north of Khorog at Rohan Vomar in modern Tajikistan. George Nathaniel Curzon (later Marquis of Keddleston and Viceroy of India) in 1894 Discovered the Ice Cave source at the eastern end of the Wakhan-i-Pamir, where the Wajkir River flows from a glacier at the apex of the Pamir Knot and confidently claimed this as the true source (George Nathaniel Curzon Journal of The Royal Geographical Society 1895). An expedition in 2007 (Bill Colegrave; Halfway House to Heaven, 2010) to all four possible sources concluded that none of the four was the true source. The true source is a stream rising in the mountains between the Great and Little Pamir. This stream divides into two as it reaches the watershed of the Little Pamir; one part flowing into Lake Chakmak and therefore being itself the source for the Bartang/Murghab branch and the other flowing west down the Little Pamir and becoming the Sarhad or Little Pamir River. Thus two of the four claimants are united into one primary source. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Billcolegrave (talk • contribs) 23:33, 23 February 2011 (UTC)

The Wikipedia page on the Panj is similarly confusing to me, by the way, since that is, in fact, the name of the Amu Darya at this stage.

I have no expertise of any kind on this and I base the comment on the true source on some interested reading from hundred-plus year old writing by Curzon, 50-plus year old writing by Tillman and other such material I have poked around in. I leave it to someone better informed to do something with this. This is one of the world's great rivers. I presume there is a lot of expertise floating around.

71.167.49.186 01:01, 3 December 2007 (UTC) Shankar

Native names
I added дарёи Ому - Daryoi Omu, Dari: آمودریا - Âmudaryâ, د آمو سيند - də Āmu Sind, Amudaryo, Amyderýa in parenthesis. And I used the English version of the name in the article. The native spelling of a name should generally be included in the first line of the article, with a transliteration if the anglicization isn't identical; redirects from non-English names are encouraged. Where there is an English exonym for the subject, it should be mentioned, even if it is not the most common name in English language usage. (see Naming conventions (use English) 119.152.247.228 (talk) 06:45, 15 August 2009 (UTC)

Syr Darya and Amu River
Funny to have 'Syr Darya' and 'Amu River' titled articles in one and the same encyclopedy, no? Isn't the greatly predominant (per Google), common English usage Amu Darya instead? Apcbg (talk) 19:25, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
 * What is the google result for both Amu Darya and Amu River? (Ketabtoon (talk) 21:11, 26 August 2009 (UTC))

Pashto
Why should we have the Pashto term for Amu River When there are no Pashtuns along the Amu River. If we are adding random languages then we should add Baluchi, Nuristani, Chinese, and other languages spoken in Central Asia.--Inuit18 (talk) 03:45, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
 * It runs through Balkh and Kunduz provinces of Afghanistan where there is a huge amount of Pashtuns. Pashto is one of the 2 National and Official languages of Afghanistan. Any article of that scale that deals with Afghanistan should have Pashto.

 * We have the Pashto term for Amu River for the same reason that we have Arabic and Persian terms for Syr Darya.  (Ketabtoon (talk) 14:10, 25 August 2009 (UTC))

most of the counties along the Amu Darya are only populated by Tajiks, Uzbeks, and Turkmens. If that is the case then why don't you add Persian for Paktika, Khost , and. If Afghanistan has two official languages then in every article we should add Persian and Pashto and it shouldn't be removed by me or you.--Inuit18 (talk) 02:40, 26 August 2009 (UTC)

 * My friend, the problem is that you are not keeping a NPOV. You were the one who added Persian to Kandahar, but you want to remove Pashto from this article.
 * Actually, I was going to do that. Every Afghanistan-geography related article should include both Pashto and Persian. However, this should be discussed with other wikipedians who are involved with Afghanistan related articles. (Ketabtoon (talk) 13:13, 26 August 2009 (UTC))

 * I have moved the article to Amu Darya, because that is the common name in English and all other languages. See the article in Encyclopaedia Britannica: . There is no need to mention different spellings of the SAME WORD. What is important for THIS article is its ENGLISH name (and that is - as can be seen in Britannica - "Amu Darya"), and its etymology which is - without any doubt - derived from Persian. Those who want to know the spelling of the name in Turkmen, Uzbek, Chinese, Russian, Pashto or whatever other language can easily click on the respective language in the sidebar. Tajik (talk) 15:18, 26 August 2009 (UTC)

 * Restored to an older version and re-changed the name. Please follow wikipedia's rules and policies Naming conventions (use English). (Ketabtoon (talk) 20:59, 26 August 2009 (UTC))
 * Have you actually read the naming convention?! As you can see in the Britannica article, "Amu Darya" is the most common name. Going by your logic, the article Afghanistan should be moved to "Afghanland" because that's the English translation ... *sigh* Tajik (talk) 20:04, 27 August 2009 (UTC)

I would argue that the best-known name for the river in English is Oxus. I know Oxus and Jaxartes, but I can never remember which is called "Amu" now, and which is "Syr". In the spirit of WP:UE and also to avoid this sort of petty ethnic bickering, I suggest that this article should simply reside at Oxus. --dab (𒁳) 08:49, 28 August 2009 (UTC)

 * "Oxus" is an ancient name and should be mentioned in the first sentence of the article. But the most common modern name for the river - in English and other languages - is "Amu Darya". See Britannica, Encarta, Encyclopædia Iranica, etc. Tajik (talk) 09:51, 28 August 2009 (UTC)

RV
I have reverted partially false (but good faith) and irrelevant edits by an IP. Tajik (talk) 15:49, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
 * I have reverted good faith edits by User:David Straub. The spelling may be changed (although scholars use the standard DMG transliteration), but changing the link from "Greater Iran" to modern "Iran" is certainly wrong and misleading. Tajik (talk) 22:08, 10 May 2010 (UTC)

Ceyhun
in Turkish. (but what is the etymology of that name? Gihon?) Böri (talk) 12:39, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

Etymology
Right now we have Oxus from Vakhsh (which makes sense though unref'd), and Vakhsh from the Sanskrit. Does this really derive from Sanskrit, rather than some Indo-Iranian language that's actually in the area?70.75.233.253 Megalophias (talk) 15:13, 14 July 2013 (UTC)

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syr darya
Does the phrase

Historical records state that in different periods, the river flowed into the Aral Sea (from the south), into the Caspian Sea (from the east), or both, similar to the Syr Darya (Jaxartes, in Ancient Greek).

mean that in ancient times the Syr Darya has flown to the Caspium? Nowhere I have found this (including the WIKI Syr Darya entry) and the geography seems forbidding.

It is possible to add a statement like "the true A.D. is formed by the V/P confluence near the city of ???"?

pietro151.29.195.48 (talk) 19:36, 4 August 2019 (UTC)

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Qosh Tepa Canal
The taliban in Afghanistan are currently building the "Qosh Tepa Canal" which will take water away from the river and distribute it over their "desert". Naturally that water will be missed by the countries down-stream and also not reach the Aral Sea which is already almost dry. I think that project with 100km already excavated should be mentioned and its WP page linked to. JB. --92.193.242.203 (talk) 09:22, 11 August 2023 (UTC)

 * If only turning desert into farmland was as simple as sprinkling water ... Iskandar323 (talk) 09:28, 11 August 2023 (UTC)
 * But yes, it should be added. The canal project is obviously pertinent here. Iskandar323 (talk) 09:32, 11 August 2023 (UTC)

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Talk:Christian courtship

Untitled
Needs a lot of work but here is a start. Resources need to be expanded and alphabetized, with external links. (ebliever)

Grouping of Resources
Should the == Resources == section be split into See Also and External Links?

The Major principles include:
Adding The makes it sound weird to me. By adding "The" it makes the list sound definitve to me. --Midnightcomm 01:34, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

Secular homeschooling
A large percentage of homeschoolers are not fundamentalist Christians (many are not Christians at all), so references to an association with "the homeschooling movement" (implying that there is only one homeschooling movement, and it is entirely made up of fundamentalist Christians home educating for religious reasons) or "American homeschooling" (implying that all American homeschoolers are fundamentalist Christians) aren't entirely accurate. Perhaps these should be changed to "fundamentalist Christian homeschooling," "Christian homeschooling," or something to that effect. Amillion 15:01, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

IMHO, Courtship is unrelated to homeschooling. Both may be prominent of a modern conservative Christian movement, but that doesn't make them directly related to each other. Category removed. 65.77.101.63 (talk) 23:46, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
 * It is related to Christian homeschooling, but not homeschooling in general. --Andrew Kelly (talk) 10:25, 30 August 2008 (UTC)

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Enkor

Enkor (full name is Joint Stock Company (JSC) Enkor) was an airline based in Moscow, Russia. It operated scheduled international passenger services and provided technical aircraft maintenance. Its main bases were Domodedovo International Airport, Moscow, Ulan Ude Airport (UUD) and Chelyabinsk Airport (CEK). In 2004, the airline merged with S7 which inherited their fleet of TU-154M aircraft. The TU-134 and Yakovlev Yak-42 aircraft were retired and the TU-154B2 was sold to Kolavia.

History
The airline was established on 18 November 1997 and started operations in February 1998. It is owned by Open JSC Chelyabinsk Air Enterprise (50.15%), Colentra Leasing Enterprises, Nicosia, Cyprus (48.31%) and the remainder by Closed JSC Tandem Agency and Closed JSC Chelyabinsk Insurance Company.

In 2001, Enkor merged with Siberian Airlines.

Services
Enkor operated the following services (at January 2005):

 * Domestic scheduled destinations: Adler/Sochi, Chelyabinsk, Mirnyj, Novosibirsk and Saint Petersburg.
 * International scheduled destinations: Almaty, Baky, Bishkek, Dushanbe, Khujand, Öskemen and Yerevan.

Fleet
The Enkor fleet consisted of the following aircraft (at January 2005):

 * 3 Tupolev Tu-134A
 * 1 Tupolev Tu-154B-2
 * 6 Tupolev Tu-154M (two were received from Bural)
 * 2 Yakovlev Yak-42D

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Talk:Konstantin Yuon

Birth date and image caption
I'm not convinced this date of birth (1875) is correct. One of Yuon's paintings is on display at the Weisman Art Museum and they've labeled it with his date of birth being 1857. A Google search in inconclusive, with about 20 hits for 1857 and 50 for 1875. They also had this painting labeled as "Trinity Monastery in Winter, 1910", not "To the Trinity, 1903". Angela. 22:44, 14 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Angela, The birth date of Yuon is certainly 1875, All Russian cites I have checked (Including, say Tretyakov Gallery site) tells 1875, 1857 is also incompatible with his biography, so it should be somebody's typo that went over the places unchecked. The second question is more complicated, I would check with the uploader of the image abakharev 23:39, 14 October 2005 (UTC)

 * The Great Soviet Encyclopedia gives October 12 (24), 1875 as his birth date. He joined the Moscow Art School in 1894, i.e., at the age of 19. As for the date and proper title of the Trinity picture, I confounded the View of the Troitse-Sergieva Lavra from Vokzalnaya Street, 1911 (which is a proper title) with To the Trinity, 1903 which is similar but different. --Ghirlandajo 11:45, 15 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Thanks for the replies. Those sources seem to be more reliable than the ones I found citing 1875. It's nice to see Wikipedia's got it right when so many places are using the wrong date. :) Angela. 21:18, 16 October 2005 (UTC)

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Amazing Engine

Amazing Engine was a series of tabletop role-playing game books that was published by TSR, Inc. from 1993 until 1994. It was a generic role-playing game system - each publication employed the same minimalist generic rules, as described in the Amazing Engine System Guide, but each world book had an entirely different setting or genre. David "Zeb" Cook was credited with the design of the game rules.

History
In 1993 TSR ended production on most of its role-playing game lines, including Gamma World, Marvel Super Heroes, and Basic Dungeons & Dragons, and replaced these soon after with a new universal game system via the Amazing Engine System Guide (1993). Amazing Engine was intended as a simple system for beginners, TSR began publishing setting books after the initial rulebook, each of them using various play environments. Amazing Engine was cancelled after 1994. TSR planned for Alternity to be their generic science-fiction role-playing system which would replace Amazing Engine.

Description
In Amazing Engine, player characters are generated with a set of four core statistics. The core stats were intended to be migrated from book to book, keeping a general character design concept. These stats were then used to build random ability scores, basic characteristics, and skills. The skills have prerequisites which must first be learned. Skill checks are made using percentile dice.

Campaign settings
Below you'll find summary information for the published worldbooks.

 * Bughunters: A near future worldbook where the players are clones forced to fight the aliens. Recycled for d20 Future.

 * For Faerie, Queen, and Country: Magical Victorian England with a twist. Magic and Faeries are real. Includes poster map.

 * The Galactos Barrier: Space opera a la Star Wars (except that instead of "the Force" it is called music).

 * Kromosome: Biopunk using both traditional cyberware and genetic materials from animals.

 * Magitech: Dungeons & Dragons meets Earth. Fantasy mixed with the contemporary world. Basically, how the world would be different if magic were real and elves, dwarves, etc. were around.

 * Metamorphosis Alpha to Omega: Post-apocalyptic science fiction with high technology and mutants - based on Metamorphosis Alpha.

 * Once and Future King: King Arthur lives in 4485 AD. Space flight, combat armor.

 * Tabloid!: A spoof comedy world where you are reporters for a sensationalist newspaper like the ones referenced in the film 'Men In Black'. Also like the film, it's all true. The Loch Ness monster is an alien, Elvis is alive and well etc.

Reviews

 * Casus Belli #76 (in French)

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tomas Guinan 1

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The result of the debate was No consensus. I'm going to move to current AfD since one registered vote seems inadequate either way. Wikibofh 23:46, 21 October 2005 (UTC)

Tomas Guinan (Vote 1)
The following discussion was from the October 14th AfD. I've moved it here since there was a single registered vote, and although that is 100% for delete, 1 vote seems inadequate. Now that I'm handling the admin side of things I will Abstain. Wikibofh 23:48, 21 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Delete NN bio. 202.156.6.62 22:47, 14 October 2005 (UTC) Note: 202.156.6.62 is a suspected sock puppet.
 * Delete Notability not established. Denni ☯ 03:58, 15 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep He helped create a an internet cartoon. There's no reason to delete.--65.65.202.3 02:52, 19 October 2005 (UTC) (Note: This user has only two edits so far, and both edits are in AfD.)
 * Merge Most of this article and Alan Guinan should be merged with Eskimo Bob. 24.224.138.240 13:02, 19 October 2005 (UTC)

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TRT 1

TRT 1 (TRT One) is the first Turkish national television channel, owned by state broadcaster TRT. It was officially launched on 31 January 1968 as a test broadcast. It was the only channel with the logo TV1 in Turkey until 15 September 1986, when TRT launched TRT 2 using the logo TV2. It is also available in Azerbaijan on terrestrial television.

On 19 May 2012, it started broadcasting on 16:9 aspect ratio and launched its own HD simulcast feed.

TRT 1 is Turkish general TV channel, available as free-to-air through Turksat satellite, Digitürk, D-Smart, Türksat Cable TV, Tivibu or in neighbored countries via foreign cable platform.

History
TRT started television broadcasts on January 31, 1968 as an initially experimental service on VHF channel 5 in Ankara, the national capital. By early 1972, TRT broadcast four days a week. The opening night was well-received, so was the broadcast of the moon landings the following year.

TRT started expanding its television signal starting in May 1972 with the starting of a transmitter in Balıkesir on channel 7, followed by Istanbul on channel 5 in December that year. The relay network increased in 1973-74, with 28 stations total by December 1974. Around 1975, TRT broadcast from 18:00 to 23:00 on weekdays, and from 14:00 to 23:00 on weekends.

By 1979, TRT's television network reached the current Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus by means of overspill.

On-screen identity
Like other TRT channels, TRT 1 broadcasts 24 hours a day. It broadcasts a short startup at 6:00 AM, where the TRT ident is shown, followed by the programme list for the day, and then the Turkish National Anthem (Independence March) is played.

In January 2008, TRT celebrated its 40th anniversary. At that time TRT was broadcasting old idents while maintaining the modern logo and news studio. Every day, newer idents could be seen. This event also happened in 1978, 1988 and 1998. In 2018, the channel celebrated its 50th anniversary.

Shows
TRT 1 broadcasts in a large spectrum of programs ranging from news, music, entertainment, drama, sports to education and arts along with commercial breaks. The channel aired many world-known series for the first time in Turkey in the past.

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National Social Security Workers Union

The National Social Security Workers Union (Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores del Seguro Social or SNTSS) is a Mexican labor union representing employees of the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS).

The Leader of the SNTSS is Roberto Vega Galina.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Toasty

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The result of the debate was Merge — This page will be made into a redirect to Mortal Kombat II. --Gareth Hughes 13:52, 22 October 2005 (UTC)

Toasty
Non-notable trivia of the game Mortal Kombat II. -- 202.156.6.62 22:52, 14 October 2005 (UTC) Note: 202.156.6.62 is a suspected sock puppet.

 * This is perfectly notable. I say toasty! all the time.  Many many people I've never met would understand what I was referrencing if I were to shout 'toasty!' in a falsetto voice.  There is no reason to delete this page.  It doesn't interfere with anything else.  It is perfectly legitimate under the strictest interpretation of the guidelines of wikipedia.  Also, I had nothing to do with authoring this page, and I found it very informative.  I had no idea what the hell the significance of the toasty thing was until I came here.  - John Duke, ATL GA  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 170.140.80.158 (talk • contribs) 23:29, 15 October 2005 UTC

Merge with Mortal Kombat II. This is notable, but not enough to have an article by it self, especially when the Mortal Kombat II article contains a section dedicated to easter eggs! bjelleklang 23:50, 15 October 2005 (UTC)

Merge with Mortal Kombat II. A notable catchphrase (as John Duke posted above many people reconise the catchphrase and will know what you are refering to if you say it in the correct voice.), but does not deserve its own article. If it is merged with the Mortal Kombat II article (as it is very relevent there), I suggest the picture is kept. Merge with the Easter Eggs section. Unsigned|88.104.192.163 13:34, 21 October 2005

Merge with Mortal Kombat II. Noteworthy catchphrase, but not notable enough for it's own article. Move to Easter Eggs section as per other users' suggestions. — deanos }{ Ł }{ 12:39, 21 October 2005 (UTC)

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Talk:Ledger line

15ma
How is the highest note on the keyboard commonly written for clarity?? It needs 5 leger lines even if the 8va symbol is used. Georgia guy 22:53, 14 October 2005 (UTC)

 * I assume you're referring to the piano. 15ma can be used instead of 8va in some cases. Thus, the highest note of the piano is just two leger lines above the treble clef with 15ma. If you're writing a couple of isolated notes up there, it makes sense to use 15ma. But if you're writing a scale run of two or more octaves, a pianist would probably prefer to see leger lines, even if ten of them. Volunteer Sibelius Salesman 19:47, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

Leger, ledger
Is the correct spelling ledger or leger? --Missmarple 08:42, 13 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Ledger. I'll fix it. -Branddobbe 06:45, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
 * This is one of those things that depend on what side of the pond you are. "Ledger" is American, "leger" is British. Most of the standard books on music notation (Read, Stone) say "leger." Volunteer Sibelius Salesman 21:09, 30 November 2005 (UTC)

 * No, "ledger" is a common misspelling, not an American variant. Did anyone bother to look at "What links here"? Anton Mravcek 22:33, 30 November 2005 (UTC)
 * If it is a common misspelling please add this valuable information to the article - and move this page to Leger line with a redirection from Ledger line 89.1.182.176 09:36, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

I have checked four dictionaries, two British (Collins and Compact Oxford English Dictionary) and two American (Merriam-Webster and American Heritage). Three of them (Collins, M-W, AHD) prefer "ledger line" (AHD doesn't even mention the spelling "leger line"), while COED prefers "leger line". COED's etymology, however, admits that it is from the word "ledger" (as opposed to the French word for "light"), so "ledger line" is also the etymological spelling. —Angr 18:00, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

Additional citations
Why and where does this article need additional citations for verification? What references does it need and how should they be added? Hyacinth (talk) 22:57, 3 November 2011 (UTC)
 * The article currently has no references or sources listed. You can use this as a guide: Citing sources. DaffyBridge (talk) 23:04, 3 November 2011 (UTC)

 * What specifically needs citing? Hyacinth (talk) 00:24, 21 March 2012 (UTC)

Other uses
A ledger line also refers to the parallel lines incised or sculpted around the edge of the top surface of a mediaeval tombstone, laid on the floor of a church or on a chest tomb, within which lines is inscribed memorial text, generally in gothic script. Thus the phrase "Inscribed on a ledger line", commonly found in the writings of English antiquarians.

Lobsterthermidor added the above section. It should be in its own article (Ledger line (tombstone)) and yet it can't because it is unreferenced. I have put the material here so that it can be re-instated if and when a reference is found. Op47 (talk) 18:47, 20 July 2012 (UTC)
 * New article now created as suggested, thanks.(Lobsterthermidor (talk) 17:54, 17 February 2017 (UTC))

Origin of the term "ledger"?
I'm curious to know how this term came into use in music.

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Ash Wednesday Storm of 1962

The Ash Wednesday Storm of 1962 occurred on March 5–9, 1962 along the mid-Atlantic coast of the United States. Also known as the Great March Storm of 1962, it was considered by the U.S. Geological Survey to be one of the most destructive storms ever to affect the mid-Atlantic states. Classified as a level 5 or Extreme Nor'easter by the Dolan-Davis scale for classification of Atlantic Nor'easters it was one of the ten worst storms in the United States in the 20th century. It lingered through five high tides over a three-day period, killing 40 people, injuring over 1,000, and causing hundreds of millions in property damage in six states. The storm also deposited significant snowfall over the Southeast, with a regional snowfall index of 12.663.

Meteorological history and naming
On March 4, 1962, a large low-pressure area developed along a cold front off the southeast coast of the United States, with several ill-defined circulation centers. At the same time, a large ridge was over Atlantic Canada, and a powerful upper-level low was over the Ohio Valley. The upper-level low reached the North Carolina coast on March 6, which aided in the intensification of the frontal system, reaching a minimum barometric pressure of 979 mbar. From March 6–8, the storm drifted northeastward, but the ridge blocked quicker movement blocked by the ridge. The storm and ridge interaction produced a steep pressure gradient that produced hurricane-force wind gusts along the Mid-Atlantic coast. The storm also produced a 600 mi long fetch of flow of winds from the Atlantic Ocean, building the height of the waves as high as 30 ft. Storm conditions diminished along the coast on March 9. The storm was unusual because of its slow movement, contrary to typical nor'easters.

In most areas, the storm peak occurred on March 7, which was the Christian holiday of Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent that year. Outer Banks writer Aycock Brown named the coastal storm as the "Ash Wednesday Storm." In their Mariners Weather Log summary, the U.S. Weather Bureau referred to the weather system as the "Great Atlantic Coastal Storm." The storm is also known as the "Five High Storm" because it lingered off the Atlantic Coast of the northeast United States over a period of five high tides.

Impacts
The Weather Bureau described the storm as "one of the most damaging extratropical cyclones to hit the United States coastline," with damage estimated at $200 million. The storm destroyed 1,793 houses, and damaged another 16,782. According to the American Red Cross, the storm killed 40 people in the United States, with 1,252 injured.

At the same time of the storm reaching its maturity, the moon was at its perigee – its closest point to Earth during its 28-day elliptical orbit – while the moon was also in alignment with the sun and moon, a set of conditions known as the Perigean spring tide. High tides lasted over five successive high tides. The large storm dropped heavy snowfall as far south as Alabama, with the heaviest accumulations in western Virginia and Maryland. Little precipitation occurred to the storm's north over New England.

During the storm, several ships came into danger amid the high waves. The British vessel Arthur Albright was blown ashore at Port Tampa, Florida. About 200 mi southeast of Charleston, three people were rescued when the yacht Guinevere sank during the storm. Offshore Cape Hatteras, a 500 ft tanker broke in two; one member of the crew died while attempting to launch lifeboats, but the remaining crew were rescued by a passing cruise ship and the Navy. Two ships – one off Cape Hatteras and another east of Virginia – sustained damage to their rudders. A 50 ft wave damaged the Chesapeake lightship east of Cape Henry, Virginia; the lightship had to evacuate, and the Coast Guard sent another ship in its place. Two freighters were washed ashore New Jersey, and two fishing trawlers with nine people on board went missing.

Southeast and inland United States
The weather system in the southeastern United States dropped snow as far south as Alabama. Cold, northerly winds first affected Florida on March 5, with peak gusts of 42 mph in Daytona Beach. Tides reached 6.5 ft above normal in Vero Beach. The high tides caused minor beach erosion and extensive drifting of sand. Flooding entered oceanfront properties, damaging docks, streets, and cabanas. Monetary damage was estimated around $1 million. Impacts were minimal in Georgia. In neighboring South Carolina, the high tides eroded beaches, with Folly Beach losing up to 200 ft of sand. Charleston, South Carolina reported wind gusts of 42 mph and tides 8.1 ft above normal. The storm wrecked a few beachside cottages, and one person drowned along the Santee-Cooper Lakes.

A gale warning was issued for North Carolina on March 6. Along the Atlantic side of the Outer Banks of North Carolina, high waves eroded sand dunes and created a new 200 ft inlet on Hatteras Island, about 2 mi north of Buxton. Several sections of North Carolina Highway 12 were washed out or covered with sand, covering cars with sand. At least two storm-related deaths occurred on the Currituck Outer Banks, as result of exposure to the elements. Several temporary inlets opened, including old Currituck Inlet, which hadn't opened since a September 1933 hurricane.

Heavy snowfall occurred in North Carolina and into Virginia, reaching 42 in in the Blue Ridge Mountains of western Virginia. Winchester, Virginia reported 23 in of snowfall, a city record at the time.

Mid-Atlantic states and New England
In Norfolk, Virginia, the storm produced the third highest tide on record, and highest unrelated to a tropical cyclone, reaching 8.2 ft. The tides flooded thousands of cars and damaged thousands of houses, especially near the coast. Wind gusts in the Hampton Roads area reached 65 mph, although even stronger winds occurred over Chesapeake Bay, reaching 80 mph gusts and producing 50 ft waves. Construction of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel was disrupted when the waves knocked over the world's largest pile driver, which stood on four 100 ft legs. The $1.5 million machine was buried in sand, and the two workers on board were rescued by helicopter. Along the Eastern Shore of Virginia, high waves damaged installations at the Wallops Flight Facility, causing a million dollars in damage. Thousands of people had to be evacuated to the mainland during the storm. At the Town of Chincoteague on Virginia's Eastern Shore near the border with Maryland, 6 ft of water covered parts of Main Street, and most of the island was flooded to various depths; the storm damaged boats and homes and also killed several livestock. On adjacent Assateague Island, the Chincoteague Fire Company lost a portion of its herd of wild Chincoteague Ponies, but Misty, the local pony made famous by Marguerite Henry's award-winning children's book Misty of Chincoteague and the 1961 movie Misty, survived by being brought inside a house. Damage throughout Virginia reached over $30 million, with half in Virginia Beach, and there were five deaths in the state.

Along the Eastern Shore of Maryland and in eastern Delaware, the high waves eroded beaches and damaged boardwalks. In Ocean City, Maryland, wind gusts reached 64 mph, while tides were estimated at 5 to 6 ft above normal. The tides washed away dunes and beaches. Flooding closed down roads and entered houses along the coast, causing significant damage to seaside resorts. Farther inland, the floods killed over 1.2 million broiler chickens and many incubating eggs due to power outages. Saltwater intrusion damaged fields in northern Delaware. At the Delaware Breakwater, winds reached 72 mph, and the highest tide was 9.3 ft above normal before the tidal gauge failed; the high tide was estimated at 11 ft. Damage in the region was estimated at $50 million, and ten people were killed – seven fatalities were in Delaware and the other three were in Maryland.

Farther north, 7.6 m waves struck Ocean City, Maryland and the resort developments beginning on Assateague Island were destroyed. Waves more than 12 m high occurred at Rehoboth Beach, Delaware destroying the boardwalk and beach front homes. The flow of water flooded waterfront areas of Philadelphia and Camden, New Jersey.

The Weather Bureau forecast for Atlantic City failed to anticipate the severity of the storm, and there was little warning for the flooding along the coasts. High waves battered the Jersey Shore and the Delaware Bay, along with strong wind gusts, reaching 73 mph in Long Branch. Damage was estimated at $80 million statewide, one of the most damaging storms on record for the coast. The highest tide in the state was 7.7 ft in Harrison. High waves and tides changed the New Jersey coastline. Floodwaters breached Long Beach Island in five locations, and about half of Harvey Cedars was wrecked during the storm. In coastal towns, about 4,000 houses were destroyed and another 40,000 were severely damaged after being inundated with 4 to 5 ft of water. In Atlantic City, the waves knocked a 100 ft barge into Steel Pier, which washed out a quarter-mile section, including the tank used for the diving horse. Also lost was the wave sensor, which last reported a tide of 6.9 ft on March 6. The estimated high tide was 10 ft above normal. Stranded residents along the coast attempted to evacuate by boat, but were impeded by icy waters. About 2,000 people were evacuated by army trucks and helicopters. Boardwalks were damaged in several towns, and rail lines were shut down. The high tides cut power and phone lines, which sparked fires that were unable to be reached by fire trucks until the floods subsided. There 14 fatalities, as well as 12 people missing and presumed killed. Avalon, New Jersey lost 6 blocks.

In New York, high waves and tides affected Long Island and the New York metro. Willets Point reported a high tide of 8.6 ft before the gauge failed. Waves up to 20 ft in height washed away about 100 houses in the state, including 35 on Fire Island, and flooded coastal roads, forcing families to evacuate. The Battery reported wind gusts of 56 mph during the storm. The winds knocked down power lines, trees, and signs. Damage in New York was estimated at over $10 million.

High winds and waves affected southern New England, with a peak wind gust of 84 mph on Block Island, Rhode Island; the same station recorded sustained winds of 76 mph. The highest tide in New England was 13.5 ft in Boston, Massachusetts. High waves flooded coastal and low-lying areas, inundating roads and houses' cellars, and washing over seawalls as far north as Portland, Maine. Near New Haven, Connecticut, a barge and an oyster boat sank. Little precipitation occurred in New England, and the Weather Bureau referred to the storm as a "dry nor'easter". Flights in and around the region were canceled during the storm. Damage in New England was estimated at $1.3 million. Extensive damage to trees and structures and beach erosion was also reported along the southern New England coast.

Europe
Although much diminished after crossing the Atlantic, the Ash Wednesday Storm system was still able to cause significant damage on its landfall in south-west England. On 13th March the seafront at Penzance, Cornwall was destroyed by waves generated by the storm, with extensive damage in other settlements nearby.

Aftermath
After the storm, stranded residents in the Outer Banks had food and emergency supplies delivered by ferry. The governor of Virginia declared a state of emergency for the Hampton Roads area and the Eastern Shore. President John F. Kennedy declared a disaster area for the affected areas in New Jersey. Following the storm, the police and National Guard patrolled the damaged barrier islands to keep order. Shore towns cleared sand and restored road access ahead of the summer tourist season. The Army Corps of Engineers made emergency beach replenishments to shore towns to protect from further storms.

Some 5,000 private lots comprising what is now National Park Service land on Assateague Island had been zoned and sold for resort development. The Ash Wednesday Storm halted the plans for development, as it destroyed the few existing structures on the island and ripped roads apart. Instead, in 1965, Assateague Island National Seashore was designated by the National Park Service.

Popular culture
Shortly after the storm subsided, Misty, the famous horse from Chincoteague who spent the storm in the family's kitchen (her barn was flooded) gave birth to a foal. The family named her "Stormy," laying the basis for another book in Marguerite Henry's award-winning Misty of Chincoteague series. The new book was named Stormy, Misty's Foal.

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Association for History and Computing

The Association for History and Computing (AHC) was an organization dedicated to the use of computers in historical research.

The AHC was an international organization with the aim of promoting the use of computers in all types of historical study, both for teaching and research. It was originally proposed at a conference at Westfield College, University of London, in March 1986. It was founded during a second conference at the same location a year later in March 1987.

The Association oversaw a journal, History and Computing (now International Journal of Humanities and Arts Computing, published by Edinburgh University Press.

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Serre's modularity conjecture

In mathematics, Serre's modularity conjecture, introduced by, states that an odd, irreducible, two-dimensional Galois representation over a finite field arises from a modular form. A stronger version of this conjecture specifies the weight and level of the modular form. The conjecture in the level 1 case was proved by Chandrashekhar Khare in 2005, and a proof of the full conjecture was completed jointly by Khare and Jean-Pierre Wintenberger in 2008.

Formulation
The conjecture concerns the absolute Galois group $$G_\mathbb{Q}$$ of the rational number field $$\mathbb{Q}$$.

Let $$\rho$$ be an absolutely irreducible, continuous, two-dimensional representation of $$G_\mathbb{Q}$$ over a finite field $$F = \mathbb{F}_{\ell^r}$$.

 * $$ \rho \colon G_\mathbb{Q} \rightarrow \mathrm{GL}_2(F).$$

Additionally, assume $$\rho$$ is odd, meaning the image of complex conjugation has determinant -1.

To any normalized modular eigenform

 * $$ f = q+a_2q^2+a_3q^3+\cdots$$

of level $$ N=N(\rho) $$, weight $$ k=k(\rho) $$, and some Nebentype character

 * $$ \chi \colon \mathbb{Z}/N\mathbb{Z} \rightarrow F^*$$,

a theorem due to Shimura, Deligne, and Serre-Deligne attaches to $$ f $$ a representation

 * $$ \rho_f\colon G_\mathbb{Q} \rightarrow \mathrm{GL}_2(\mathcal{O}),$$

where $$ \mathcal{O} $$ is the ring of integers in a finite extension of $$ \mathbb{Q}_\ell $$. This representation is characterized by the condition that for all prime numbers $$p$$, coprime to $$N\ell$$ we have

 * $$ \operatorname{Trace}(\rho_f(\operatorname{Frob}_p))=a_p$$

and

 * $$ \det(\rho_f(\operatorname{Frob}_p))=p^{k-1} \chi(p).$$

Reducing this representation modulo the maximal ideal of $$ \mathcal{O} $$ gives a mod $$ \ell $$ representation $$ \overline{\rho_f} $$ of $$ G_\mathbb{Q} $$.

Serre's conjecture asserts that for any representation $$ \rho $$ as above, there is a modular eigenform $$ f $$ such that

 * $$ \overline{\rho_f} \cong \rho $$.

The level and weight of the conjectural form $$f$$ are explicitly conjectured in Serre's article. In addition, he derives a number of results from this conjecture, among them Fermat's Last Theorem and the now-proven Taniyama–Weil (or Taniyama–Shimura) conjecture, now known as the modularity theorem (although this implies Fermat's Last Theorem, Serre proves it directly from his conjecture).

Optimal level and weight
The strong form of Serre's conjecture describes the level and weight of the modular form.

The optimal level is the Artin conductor of the representation, with the power of $$l$$ removed.

Proof
A proof of the level 1 and small weight cases of the conjecture was obtained in 2004 by Chandrashekhar Khare and Jean-Pierre Wintenberger, and by Luis Dieulefait, independently.

In 2005, Chandrashekhar Khare obtained a proof of the level 1 case of Serre conjecture, and in 2008 a proof of the full conjecture in collaboration with Jean-Pierre Wintenberger.

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Myers Park High School

Myers Park High School is a public high school in Charlotte, North Carolina. It serves grades 9–12, and is a part of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools district.

History
Myers Park High School opened in 1951. The school has a 62-acre campus with 13 buildings.

Athletics
Myers Park High is a part of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA) and is classified as a 4A school. Their team name is the "Mustangs" with their school colors being kelly green, white, and black.

Criticism
Multiple students have alleged administrative staff at Myers Park has "disregarded, victim-blamed and ultimately silenced" students who have come forward with allegations of sexual harassment and assault on the Myers Park campus. Mark Bosco, the former principal at Myers Park High School where the alleged sexual assault took place, was suspended with pay and later reassigned to an administrative position within the school district; this move was widely reported and criticized by students and their families.

Notable alumni

 * Graham Tillett Allison, Jr. –  American political scientist and professor at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University
 * Rick Arrington –  NFL quarterback
 * Seth Avett –  musician and founding member of the American folk-rock band The Avett Brothers
 * Ben Browder –  actor, writer, and film director
 * Heather Childers –  television news anchor
 * Jim Crockett, Jr. –  professional wrestling promoter; ran Jim Crockett Promotions from 1973 to 1988
 * Jack B. Farris –  United States Army Lieutenant general
 * Omar Gaither –  NFL linebacker
 * Phillip Goodrum –  professional soccer player
 * Lauren Holt –  actress and comedian, former Saturday Night Live cast member
 * Richard Hudson –  United States Representative for North Carolina's 9th congressional district
 * Anna Kooiman –  news anchor and television panelist
 * Drake Maye –  NFL quarterback for the New England Patriots
 * Dan McCready –  American entrepreneur and political candidate
 * Ravi Patel –  actor
 * Mike Richey –  former NFL offensive lineman
 * Jake Robbins –  MLB pitcher
 * Paul Rousso –  contemporary artist
 * John Sadri –  professional tennis player
 * Tony Suarez –  professional soccer player
 * Kevin Trapp –  professional soccer player
 * Robert Woodard –  college baseball head coach
 * Haywoode Workman –  former NBA player, current NBA referee

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dummary

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The result of the debate was delete. Rob Church Talk 01:37, 22 October 2005 (UTC)

Dummary
No clear reason found - presume the first keep vote contains the reason for nomination.
 * Keep This had been marked as a speedy delete but I disagree because I found some Google references StephenJMuir 22:55, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Both references are typos. "S" is beside "D" on the keyboard.
 * Delete neologism. (If it's not a neologism, then delete dicdef.) — mendel ☎ 23:32, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. I'd vote to redirect, but we don't have a Summary article. Pburka 04:24, 15 October 2005 (UTC)

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 * 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 Keep. Physchim62 16:29, 20 October 2005 (UTC)

RPGe (translation group)
Notability not established. -- 202.156.6.62 22:57, 14 October 2005 (UTC) Note: 202.156.6.62 is a suspected sock puppet.

 * Keep (and clean up). This group is notable for releasing a full translation of Final Fantasy V, years before Squaresoft got round to it. There are plenty of fan translation groups that would not be appropriate material for Wikipedia articles, but this is one of the few that is. Haeleth 23:47, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete this article, but mention the RPGe translation project in Final Fantasy V, because it's how most English-speaking gamers first played FFV. - A Man In Black (conspire | past ops) 01:23, 15 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep They are are still a very well known fan-translation group 6 years after disbanding. Worth keeping. Bngrybt 22:35, 18 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep (and expand/clean up). Very few groups have had as much influence on the popularisation of fan translations as RPGe has. Iriliane 03:20, 19 October 2005 (UTC)

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