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Proposed deletion
Don't think this is speedy material. Could be expanded and might get attention with the right categories. Take it to AfD if admin thinks it should be deleted. Vegaswikian 05:47, 7 October 2005 (UTC)

Ebola
It seems like additional precautions are taken with Ebola but rationale for this is unclear. -- Beland (talk) 17:04, 30 January 2015 (UTC)

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Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam

The Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (abbr. DMDK) is an Indian regional political party in the state of Tamil Nadu. It is a Dravidian party founded by the former leader of the opposition in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Vijayakant (Captain) at Madurai on 14 September 2005. The party was led by its founder until 14 December 2023 from its date of founding. From 14 December 2023, the DMDK is led by Vijayakant's wife Premallatha Vijayakant as general secretary of the party. The party served as the main opposition party in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from 27 May 2011	to 21 February 2016. The headquarters of the party is located at Jawaharlal Nehru Salai, Koyambedu, Chennai.

Policies

 * "Save Mother Tamil and Learn All Languages" is the policy statement of the Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam.
 * Our aim is to strive to create a state where there are no people below the poverty line by maintaining purity, currency, and humanity in politics.
 * First, stop the bribery and corruption that is stopping the progress and development of Tamil Nadu and the bitterness, dishonesty, and selfishness that have spread in politics and eradicate them in the future.
 * To create a state where all our religions agree by completely eradicating those who instigate terrorism, those who support terrorism, and all terrorism from the country.
 * To resolve river water issues with neighbouring states such as Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, and Puducherry and develop friendly relations, laying the groundwork for connecting rivers with the goal of using water wasted in the respective states to Tamil Nadu.
 * In order to improve the quality of education in Tamil Nadu without changing its ancient history and culture, practical education should be in line with modern times and practices, emphasising vocational education, providing quality education to Tamil Nadu, and transforming students' futures.
 * Making Tamil Nadu India's first employment-generating state.
 * Establishing mechanisms for fair pricing of agricultural produce to protect the interests of farmers
 * To modernise the weaving industry, protect the dying industry, and devise new schemes to protect the welfare of the weavers and strive for the development of the weaving industry.
 * We strive to treat women with the same dignity and respect as men. We will make Tamil Nadu bright by taking love, virtue, and power as our ambitious motto.

Vijayakant era (2005–23)
The party was founded on 14 September 2005, as Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK) by the former leader of the opposition in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Vijayakant (Captain), a veteran Tamil film star and popular politician. He assumed the responsibility of the founder-president of the party. Ramu Vasanthan, who was the state president of the fans' forum, took charge as the general secretary of the party. On 17 July 2009, he died of a cardiac arrest. In 2014, the party's founder-president, Vijayakant, took over the position that had previously been vacant.

In the 2006 assembly election, the party contested all 234 seats without an alliance and bagged only one seat with 8.38% of the vote, that of its founder-president Vijayakant from Vriddhachalam constituency, who served as a member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Other candidates of this party who contested in other constituencies in this election failed.

In the 2009 general election, it contested 40 seats—39 in Tamil Nadu and one in Puducherry—without an alliance and lost in all the constituencies with 0.75% of the vote.

Following widespread corruption, a price rise, a power cut, and allegations of nepotism against the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam government, in the 2011 assembly election, the party, in alliance with parties like the left and former chief minister of Tamil Nadu J. Jayalalithaa's All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), swept the polls, winning 202 seats, with the DMDK winning 29 out of 40 which it contested, and got the opposition status in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by making it a second largest party in the legislative assembly next only to its ally AIADMK pushing DMK to third position and Vijayakant recognized as the leader of the opposition in the assembly, becoming the first actor to become the leader of the opposition in a state's legislative assembly in India. The large victory also earned recognition and a permanent election symbol Nagara from the Election Commission of India. Vijayakant stepped down as leader of the opposition on 21 February 2016, after eight DMDK party MLAs resigned.

The party's performance began to deteriorate after the 2014 general election; it fought the Lok Sabha election in an alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA). Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, Pattali Makkal Katchi, and Kongunadu Makkal Desiya Katchi and Indhiya Jananayaga Katchi's Social Democratic Alliance are the other allies of the National Democratic Alliance in Tamil Nadu. In the NDA alliance, the party had the highest number of seats, which were 14 in number. Despite the big hype, the party lost all 14 seats to AIADMK candidates. But it was the first time in 52 years that the DMK alliance was pushed to third place by the number of seats, and this election gave confidence to most parties that the future of Tamil Nadu lies in a coalition government.

The DMDK decided to run alongside the People's Welfare Front (PWA) in the 2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, as part of the "Captain Vijayakant Alliance," which included the Communist Party of India (Marxist), Communist Party of India, Vaiko's Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, and Thol. Thirumavalavan's Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi. The DMDK performed poorly in the election, not winning even a single constituency and losing deposits in the majority of its seats. It also witnessed a vote swing of -5.49% from the 2011 assembly elections.

In the 2019 general elections, after several rounds of talks with different political parties, The move comes after the DMDK’s attempts to make an alliance with the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, which has already entered into a pre-poll alliance with the Congress and several others, failed. DMDK contested with the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in Tamil Nadu for the 17th Lok Sabha polls, along with All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, Pattali Makkal Katchi, Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar), and some unrecognized parties. Vijayakant wants to prove his vote bank strength in this election, but the party was humiliated and lost all four that it contested out of the 39 Lok Sabha seats in the state. The Secular Progressive Alliance (SPA), a DMK-led alliance consisting of all the major opposition parties in the state, swept the election by winning 38 seats.

In the 2021 assembly election, the DMDK, which had the support of the Amma Makkal Munnettra Kazagam, Social Democratic Party of India, and All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen, lost 60 seats contested and saw a vote percentage swing of -1.96% compared to previous assembly elections. After the election, the DMK emerged as the ruling party, and the AIADMK emerged as the main party of the opposition in the assembly.

On 26 December 2023, Vijayakant was admitted to MIOT International Hospital, Chennai, due to pneumonia. After a prolonged illness, he died after testing positive for COVID-19 on 28 December 2023.

Premallatha Vijayakant era (2023–present)
On 14 December 2023, the former leader of the opposition in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Vijayakant, announced and appointed Premallatha Vijayakant as the general secretary of the party in the presence of the party's deputy secretaries at the General Council Meeting held in Chennai. Since Vijayakant's demise, the party is being completely led by Premallatha as the general secretary of the party.

In the 2024 general election, the DMDK joined the AIADMK-led Alliance in Tamil Nadu for the 18th Lok Sabha polls, along with Puthiya Tamilagam (PT) and the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI). The DMDK was contested in five constituencies, including Virudhunagar, which was contested by V. Vijaya Prabhakaran, the party's founder Vijayakant and the general secretary Premallatha Vijayakant's son. The party lost in all the constituencies it contested, and the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance swept the election in Tamil Nadu.

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Matt Costa

Matthew Albert Costa (born June 16, 1982) is an American singer-songwriter from Huntington Beach, California, United States. He has 13 independent releases: 7 self-recorded EPs, 6 complete LPs, 4 of which are released via Brushfire Records. His first album in five years, Santa Rosa Fangs, was released on May 18, 2018, on Dangerbird Records.

Life
Matt Costa, who is of Portuguese descent, states that his father works in the airline business. In early 2003, Matt's homemade demo reached No Doubt guitarist Tom Dumont, who offered to record more demos for Costa in his home studio. Those first recordings led to two EPs (Matt Costa EP, Elasmosaurus EP) that Costa and Dumont distributed themselves. These were later combined and mixed by Phil Ek to form Costa's first full-length CD entitled Songs We Sing.

Costa spent the summer of 2005 opening on Jack Johnson's summer tour. He has since toured with Modest Mouse, Oasis, Ryan Adams & The Cardinals, G. Love & Special Sauce, and Death Cab for Cutie. Costa joined Jack Johnson for his 2006 European tour. He has also contributed to the Jack Johnson and Friends Curious George soundtrack; his track is entitled "Lullaby". This song was taken from his The Elasmosaurus EP. Costa has also toured extensively in Australia, New Zealand, Europe, Asia and South America.

The video for Costa's first single "Cold December" was released February 2, 2006. On July 31, 2007, he released a song titled "If You Took To Me" as part of the environmentally minded polar bear documentary Arctic Tale and its soundtrack.

On October 7, 2007, Matt released the first single, "Mr. Pitiful," from his record Unfamiliar Faces. The song "Mr. Pitiful" was used during a scene with Paul Rudd in the movie I Love You, Man, the redband trailer for the film Youth in Revolt starring Michael Cera, and the movie Marmaduke. The song is featured during the opening credits of The Answer Man. Apple also used an instrumental cut of this song for the worldwide iPhone 3GS ads.

On December 23, 2008, Costa married.

Mobile Chateau, Matt's third album, was released on September 21, 2010, via Brushfire Records. The record was recorded at Pheasant Studios in Santa Ana, California as Costa's first solo production.

In 2012, he released an EP titled Sacred Hills EP.

His fourth album, which he decided to self title, was released in 2013. It contained some songs from his previously released EP such as "Loving You" and "Good Times".

Shortly after the release of the self-titled album, along came a deluxe and commentary version of the album.

His song "Good Times" was featured at the end of an episode of the third season of HBO's Girls in 2014.

In 2015, Costa released a string of self recorded EPs. First of the storm came Eucalyptus EP, with its acoustic style. Mid-year brought Cat Mosta EP, and the end of the year carried the EP titled Neon Brain EP. Before the year ended, he released a Christmas song titled "Many Memories Ago".

Costa began 2016 with another EP called Anchor and the Albatross. Later, he released an album for a documentary titled Orange Sunshine. The documentary revolved around The Brotherhood of Eternal Love. The album held a psychedelic rock style. Ending 2016, Matt released a small bunch of songs recorded live when he had gone on a trip to London.

In 2017, the single "Where Have All My Heroes Gone" was released.

Costa's first album in five years, Santa Rosa Fangs, was released on May 18, 2018, on his new record label Dangerbird Records. Later, Matt released Santa Rosa Fangs (Novella Edition) in which he storytells the meaning behind the album and connects his real life with the fictional one he had created in the album. Two additional songs, "Lovely Saturday" and "Evening Star", were included on this edition.

Albums

 * Songs We Sing (2005) – re-released on Brushfire in 2006
 * Unfamiliar Faces (2008)
 * Mobile Chateau (2010)
 * Matt Costa (2013)
 * Santa Rosa Fangs (2018)
 * Yellow Coat (2020)

EPs

 * Matt Costa EP (2003)
 * The Elasmosaurus EP (2005)
 * Sacred Hills EP (2012)
 * Eucalyptus EP (2015)
 * Cat Mosta EP (2015)
 * Neon Brain EP (2015)
 * Anchor & the Albatross EP (2016)

Singles

 * "Cold December" (2006)
 * "Sweet Thursday" (2006)
 * "Sunshine" (2006)
 * "Mr. Pitiful" (2008)
 * "Witchcraft" (2010)
 * "Good Times" (2013)
 * "Sharon" (2018)

Samplers and soundtracks

 * A Brokedown Melody Soundtrack (2006)
 * Sing-A-Longs and Lullabies for the Film Curious George by Jack Johnson (2006)
 * Brushfire Records Winter 2006 Music Sampler with Jack Johnson, G. Love & Special Sauce, & Money Mark (2006)
 * Arctic Tale (2007)
 * "Vienna" plays continually on in-room cable at the Marriott Vienna in Austria (2012)

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Jim Green (Canadian politician)

Jim Green (May 25, 1943 – February 28, 2012) was an American-Canadian who was a longshoreman, taxicab driver, community activist, non-profit housing developer, municipal politician, university instructor and development consultant.

Early life and education
Born in Birmingham, Alabama, Green moved to Canada to avoid being drafted for the Vietnam War. Green held a Masters in Anthropology from the University of British Columbia, a Bachelor of Arts from the University of South Carolina, and studied at the Sorbonne, the Millennium Film Institute in New York, and the University of Colorado.

Career
Early in his career, Green worked as a longshoreman and a taxicab driver.

Green was an advocate for the city's Downtown Eastside and led the development of many housing projects, including the experimental Woodward's building redevelopment designed by architect Gregory Henriquez He was a development consultant for developers and non-profit community groups. In 2009 he left his role as CEO of the Misty Isles Economic Development Society to take a position working with Millennium Developments Ltd. on the 2010 Olympic Village development in Vancouver.

Green taught opera and architecture at the University of British Columbia and Anthropology at Simon Fraser University, and co-founded the University of British Columbia Urban Field School. Green was the 1996 recipient of UBC's Great Trekker Award, given by the students to an alumnus who has achieved distinction in their career. Green was chair of Four Corners Community Savings, which was closed by the Gordon Campbell led BC Government. He served on the board of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities.

Green co-founded the Portland Hotel Society which operates Insite, the first legal safe injection site in North America.

Political career
In 2002 he was elected to Vancouver City Council as a member of the Coalition of Progressive Electors (COPE), and subsequently, with mayor Larry Campbell, councillor Raymond Louie, and councillor Tim Stevenson left to form a new party, Vision Vancouver. Under the Vision Vancouver banner, he unsuccessfully ran for mayor in 2005, losing to Sam Sullivan by 3,747 votes. Some blamed voter confusion for his loss, as there was an unknown candidate named "James Green" who received 4,273 votes.

It was the second time Green had run for mayor unsuccessfully, having been beaten as a member of COPE by then-NPA mayor Gordon Campbell in 1990. Six years later, Green again faced Campbell, this time in the 1996 provincial election for the MLA seat in Vancouver-Point Grey. Green, a New Democrat, was defeated by BC Liberal leader and future premier Gordon Campbell 12,637 to 11,074.

In 2008 Green supported Gregor Robertson in his successful run for mayor of Vancouver.

Death
In February 2012, his family released a brief statement saying he had suffered a serious recurrence of the lung cancer he had previously battled. At 06:15 PST on February 28, 2012, Green died following his battle with lung cancer.

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Watashi Wa

Watashi Wa is a Christian pop rock band from San Luis Obispo, California on Tooth & Nail Records. "Watashi wa" (私は) in Japanese roughly means "I am".

The band formed in 1999 when most of the members were still in their teens. They were first signed to indie label Bettie Rocket and released two albums before signing to Tooth & Nail in 2002.

The band broke up in July 2004, but in a deal with Tooth & Nail Records singer/guitarist Seth Roberts' new band Eager Seas, were signed to the same label and released their first album under the name Watashi Wa. They subsequently left the label.

The new band currently plays under the name Eager Seas (formerly Lakes) and were signed with The Militia Group who produced the Photographs EP.

Seth Roberts once again is releasing music under the Watashi Wa moniker with an album called People Like People which was written in 2020. People Like People is produced by Seth Roberts and co-produced by Tyler Tedeschi.

Members

 * Seth Roberts - vocals, guitar
 * Jeremy Wells - bass
 * Miles Castenholz - guitar
 * Teddy Ramirez - drums
 * Roger Tompkins - guitar
 * Tyler Tedeschi - guitar

Both Roger Tompkins and Lane Biermann played their respective instruments in the alt country band Briertone, but have since moved on to pursue other things.

Former members

 * Mike Newsom - guitar, background vocals
 * Luke Page - guitar, background vocals
 * Xavier Alexander - guitar (appears in "All of Me" music video)
 * Cory Radosevich - bass, background vocals
 * Erik Brunner - bass
 * Richard Ruiz - bass
 * Jonthan Russo - drums
 * Danny Igarta - bass
 * Brendon Alvord- guitar
 * Kevin Alvord-bass
 * Luke Page - guitar, background vocals
 * Roger Tompkins - bass
 * Lane Biermann - drums, background vocals

Discography

 * People Like People (2022, Tooth & Nail)
 * Eager Seas (2006, Tooth & Nail)
 * The Love of Life (2003, Tooth & Nail)
 * The Color of Today EP (2003, Tooth & Nail)
 * What's in the Way (2001, Bettie Rocket)
 * Lost a Few Battles... Won the War (2000, Bettie Rocket)
 * Stephen's First Day Out (1998, Harvey Records)

 * Other songs
 * "Wonderful" (Released at PureVolume.com in 2004)
 * "Message in a Bottle" (The Police cover, released on ¡Policia!: A Tribute to the Police in 2005)
 * "Stories" (from 'Punk Never Dies' compilation, released in 2011)

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Listener (album)

 * 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. — J I P | Talk 07:08, 16 October 2005 (UTC)

The Listener (album)
Album for non-notable artist Seeno whose article was already deleted: Votes_for_deletion/Seeno
 * Delete should have been done at the same time as Seeno — Preceding unsigned comment added by CambridgeBayWeather (talk • contribs) Sjakkalle (Check!)  10:38, 7 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Unreleased album by nn artist. Sjakkalle (Check!)  10:38, 7 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete as per band. Mallocks 16:46, 7 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete per nomination. Flowerparty ■ 00:33, 8 October 2005 (UTC)
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Mount Asgard

Mount Asgard (ᓯᕙᓂᑎᕈᑎᖑᐊᒃ, Sivanitirutinguak  ) is a twin peaked mountain with two flat-topped, cylindrical, rock towers, separated by a saddle. It is located in Auyuittuq National Park, on the Cumberland Peninsula of Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada. The peak is named after Asgard, the realm of the Æsir (gods) in Norse mythology. Mount Asgard is perhaps the most famous of the Baffin Mountains.

Climbing history
Asgard's slightly higher North Peak was first ascended in 1953 by J. Weber, J. Marmet, and Hans Röthlisberger, Swiss scientists on the Baffin Island Expedition of the Arctic Institute of North America, led by the Canadian, P. Baird. Their route ascended the east side of the north peak, using a climbing traverse across snowfields and rock ribs, to reach the saddle between the two peaks, and thence to the top of the North Peak. The route is graded VI, 5.8/5.9 A1. It is still the most-travelled route and is the standard descent route for climbers making more difficult ascents on other faces. The South Peak was first climbed in 1971 by G. Lee, R. Wood, P. Clanky, J. Pavur, Y. Kamisawa and P. Koch. Since then, at least 13 routes have been put up on the two peaks, most involving highly technical free and aid climbing, with lengths varying from 800 to 1200 m. One of the most notable routes was put up in 1975 by Charlie Porter as a solo climb. This was "the first Baffin modern, multi-day, technical, big-wall climb", with 40 pitches rated at Grade VII, 5.10, A4 and it was followed by "a 10-day walk-out to the fjord-head without food". The fact that this was all done solo was "a remarkable achievement".

In 2009, climbers and BASE jumpers Leo Houlding, Sean Leary and Carlos Quiroga Suarez participated in the Asgard Project, an attempt to make the first free ascent on the north tower of Mount Asgard. The film of their successful climb and descent, also called The Asgard Project, was critically acclaimed, winning 22 international film festival awards. After the film's release, Parks Canada charged all three climbers for trespassing and illegally BASE jumping within Auyuittuq National Park.

The charges were later dropped after the climbers paid donations to an environmental charity and made a public apology for their climb.

In film
In 1976, Rick Sylvester, a stuntman and climber, performed a BASE jump, skiing off the mountain with a Union Jack parachute for the pre-title sequence of the James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me although the setting was the Alps. The stunt team and film crew had reached the summit by helicopter.

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Peter Ladner

Peter Ladner (born February 12, 1949) is a former Vancouver city councillor, Metro Vancouver vice-chair and business owner.

Ladner has more than 40 years of journalistic experience in print, radio and television; is the author of The Urban Food Revolution: Changing the Way We Feed Cities, published by New Society in November, 2011; and is a frequent speaker on business, food, community and sustainability issues. From 2009–2011, he was a Fellow at the Simon Fraser University Centre for Dialogue, researching, teaching and organizing public events around the theme Planning Cities as if Food Matters. He has a lifelong interest in growing food. As a city councilor, he worked with the Vancouver Food Policy Council in initiating the city’s program to add 2010 food-producing community garden plots by 2010.

Early life and education
His paternal grandfather was the founding partner of what has now merged into Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, a prominent Canadian law firm, Peter Ladner grew up in the Shaughnessy neighbourhood of Vancouver. His ascendants also originally settled and gave their name to the community of Ladner, British Columbia.

Pre-politics
Ladner briefly attended the nearby St. George's School, before graduating from Shawnigan Lake School on Vancouver Island, and proceeding on to the University of British Columbia where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and completed one year of a Master's Degree in Urban Planning.

Ladner worked for the Vancouver Sun as a journalist for parts of two summers while attending UBC. He later worked at newspapers on Vancouver Island and was editor of the Victoria alternative weekly Monday Magazine from 1981 to 1986. He has written for The Globe and Mail, Canadian Business and Saturday Night.

Peter Ladner co-founded the weekly newspaper Business in Vancouver (BIV) in 1989 and worked as a BIV columnist until 20127. With a weekly readership of 60,000, BIV is branded as Vancouver's leading source of business news, targeted at senior decision-makers. It is responsible for several prominent recognition events including the Top 40 Under 40 awards and the Influential Women in Business awards. Business in Vancouver Media Group also publishes an online daily newsletter and numerous magazines and special publications. As publisher of BIV he was nominated for the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award in the Media category in 1999.

Political career
As a former member of Vancouver City Council, Ladner was a director of TransLink and vice-chair of Metro Vancouver, the Regional District. He has been vice-chair of the Metro Vancouver Sustainable Region Initiative and a member the World Urban Forum Committee. On City Council, he chaired the budget committee and was a member of committees on transportation and traffic and planning and environment. He was also a member of the Vancouver Economic Development Commission.

During his time on Vancouver City Council, Ladner was a sustainability and liveability advocate on issues such as transportation, green buildings, energy use, and waste reduction. He championed greenhouse gas reduction, setting a goal of making Vancouver carbon neutral by 2030. An avid cyclist, Ladner introduced the first motion in favour of a bike sharing program.

On June 8, 2008, Ladner won the Non-Partisan Association's mayoral nomination for the 2008 municipal election, defeating incumbent mayor Sam Sullivan in a surprise upset. He defeated Sullivan by 1,066 to 986 votes, after convincing NPA members that Sullivan would be defeated in the upcoming election. However, he was soundly defeated on November 15, 2008 by Gregor Robertson, the mayoral candidate of Vision Vancouver.

Activism
Ladner is the chair of the David Suzuki Foundation and former chair of The Natural Step Canada board and the Leon and Thea Koerner Foundation board. He also served on the boards of the Institute for Media, Policy and Civil Society, Leadership Vancouver, the International Centre for Sustainable Cities, the University of British Columbia Alumni Association, New Media BC, the International Association of Area Business Publications, the Fraser Basin Council and the Forum for Women Entrepreneurs. He participated in the Vancouver City Planning Commission, the capital campaign committee for Vancouver Public Library and the Central Valley Greenway.

Ladner is a long-time environmentalist, healthy living enthusiast, and advocate of the smart city concept of using technology to make government more efficient and effective. He blogs occasionally about the urban food revolution at urbanfoodrevolution.com and on issues of sustainability and civic governance in Vancouver and elsewhere on his personal website.

He is a former age-group record holder in the North Shore Knee-knackering Trail run, a 50-km ultramarathon from Horseshoe Bay to Deep Cove.

Sister's death
On April 3, 2009, Peter Ladner's sister, Wendy Ladner-Beaudry, was found dead in Pacific Spirit Park, "the victim of an apparent random attack." Wendy was the co-chair of the BC Games Society and "past board member of Sports BC and chair of the KidSport Fund, a national charity set up to help low-income families participate in sport."

John Furlong (VANOC CEO) had become a close friend to Wendy and reserved a spot in the 2010 Olympics Torch Relay for the Ladner-Beaudry family.

Peter Ladner stated that, despite the tragedy of his sister's murder, Vancouver remains a safe city to live in. In a public statement, Ladner stressed that: "Our family, all of us, pledge to work diligently with the police, the neighbours and the wider community to bring this killer to justice and establish the safety of our entire community."

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Muso Awards

The Muso Awards is a charity music award ceremony held in London, England, that began in September 2002. The awards are voted "by musicians, for musicians", and the ceremony features live performances by a variety of artists. The 2005 event was held at Koko, in Camden Town, very few winners were present to receive their awards.

2005 Awards

 * Best Album - Up All Night by Razorlight
 * Best Band - The Futureheads
 * Best Single - "Freakin' Out" by Graham Coxon
 * Best Female Vocal – Alison Goldfrapp
 * Best Lead Guitar - Barry Hyde from The Futureheads
 * Best Songwriter - Damon Albarn (for Gorillaz)
 * Best Live Act - Kaiser Chiefs
 * Best New Act - Arctic Monkeys
 * Best International Act - The Strokes
 * Best Gig - Pink Floyd at Live 8
 * Best Male Vocal - Gaz Coombes from Supergrass
 * Best Drummer - Andy Burrows of Razorlight
 * Best Bass Guitar - Mani of Primal Scream
 * Best Keyboard/Other - Martin Duffy of Primal Scream
 * The Muso's Muso - Primal Scream
 * The Music Writers & Media Award - Babyshambles

2002 Awards

 * Best Album - Nitin Sawhney by Prophesy
 * Best Single - Ian Brown by "Whispers
 * Best Vocal - PJ Harvey
 * Best Guitar - Jonny Greenwood (Radiohead)
 * Best Drummer - Alan White (Oasis)
 * Best Bassist - Peter Hook (New Order)
 * Best Keyboard/other - Tony Rodgers (Charlatans)
 * Best Songwriter - Damon Gough
 * Best New Act - Haven
 * Best Live Act - The Charlatans
 * Muso's Muso - Paul Weller

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Tim Louis (British Columbia politician)

Tim Louis (born August 13, 1958) is a lawyer and municipal politician in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He was elected to the Vancouver Park Board in 1990 and 1993, and later to Vancouver City Council as a member of the Coalition of Progressive Electors (COPE) in 1999 and 2002.

Education, advocacy and professional life
Tim Louis graduated South Delta Secondary School (class of 1976), and went on to attend Langara College (class of 1979) and the University of British Columbia where he graduated from law school in 1983. While a student at UBC, he co-founded the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC), a consumer watchdog nonprofit.

He articled with lawyer and then-city councillor Harry Rankin in 1984.

He also served on the board of BC Transit's paratransit service and was chair of the Vancouver Public Library Board.

Political career
In 1990, Louis was elected to the Vancouver Board of Parks & Recreation and re-elected in 1993.

First elected to Vancouver City Council in 1999, Louis became known for his pointed questions aimed at addressing issues of social justice in the city of Vancouver. He was re-elected in 2002. Louis proudly showed off his progressive beliefs, often appearing at public functions in a red Che Guevara shirt.

Louis has been a critic of large government projects, including the Richmond-Airport-Vancouver rapid transit project and the 2010 Olympic Winter Games, but always in the spirit of protecting community priorities. He also takes a public stance on local and international causes; for example he has been an open critic of the U.S blockade of Cuba and the Israeli blockade of Gaza.

In the 2005 municipal election, Louis attracted attention when he told the Vancouver Sun editorial board that he favoured establishing a city-owned non-profit brothel to help protect sex-trade workers. He lost his council seat in that election, finishing 17th with 43,349 votes.

In 2008, Louis ran for a nomination for city council within COPE, as part of a 'Keep It COPE' slate; he narrowly lost by six votes to Ellen Woodsworth. She along with David Cadman went on to become elected to council as part of COPE's combined slate with the Green Party and Vision Vancouver.

Louis sought re-election as a Vancouver city councillor in the municipal election of 2011 but lost, coming in 17th, with 43,926 votes.

Personal life
Louis' long-time partner is Penny Parry, an artist and community advocate. They live in Kitsilano, a West Side neighbourhood of Vancouver.

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Category talk:Universities and colleges in India

Edits by Utcursch
Two sites which most obviously should come directly under the Universities and colleges in India category were deleted by this person for no apparent reason. The two were: (i) Vedanta University - India's LARGEST and ONLY world class university from 2008. It should be the first one to be included in this category. (ii) NISER - an upcoming institution of national importance just like the IISERs, and funded by the DAE (like BARC and TIFR).

It is ridiculous why these two prominent institutions of obvious national importance were removed. No justification whatsoever.

SDas 00:26, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

 * NISER and Vedanta University may be of "obvious national importance", but since they are situated in Orissa, they go under respective subcategory. This is no bias against your home state, Orissa. The institutions which are directly under this category are the ones which have campuses in different states. Please read the guidelines at Categorization. Thanks! utcursch | talk 09:52, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

 * This issue is being discussed by you in my talk page already. Nobody mentioned any "bias" against "my home state". Kindly refrain from putting a regional spin on such an issue.

 * Thanks. SDas 13:50, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

Category Organisation
India has around 232 universities with about 9,500 colleges under them. Arranging these just in alphabetical order will overwhelm the reader browsing this catgory.

Proposed:
—Preceding unsigned comment added by Sifur (talk • contribs)
 * Categorise geographically (under state sub-categories to begin with).
 * Categorise colleges based on the streams they offer: Arts / Science, Engineering, Law, Business, Medicine and Commerce.
 * Categorise national colleges like IIT's and NIT's separately.
 * I've started the work. The category is now smaller and more organized. utcursch | talk 09:52, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

Another proposal

 * University should be categorised separately than that of colleges as former is far fewer than latter and the collges can further be categorised geographically (as done by  Utcursch) as well as under the corresponding university category.

Infobox
Please use Template:Infobox University India on all these pages. The result will look (for example), like in this article. deeptrivia (talk) 03:26, 4 December 2005 (UTC)

Regrouping the geographical categories
In common with various other large categories for India, and like Category:Universities and colleges in the United States, I think it would help users to put all the geographical state and territory categories together under Category:Universities and colleges in India by state or territory. Or just call it Category:Universities and colleges in India by state for brevity?? --Mereda 15:06, 30 November 2006 (UTC) I've done that now. --Mereda 14:01, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

Deleting articles on departments of universities
If anyone's interested, I've nominated two department articles for deletion at. --Mereda 14:01, 4 December 2006 (UTC)


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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Valloween

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The result of the debate was DELETE. -Doc (?) 16:59, 14 October 2005 (UTC)

Valloween
nonsense--Trovatore 06:03, 7 October 2005 (UTC)

 *  speedy delete as patent nonsense. Author stripped speedy tag. --Trovatore 06:02, 7 October 2005 (UTC) (nominator)
 * As someone pointed out to me, the page probably doesn't really meet the definition of patent nonsense. Unfortunately it says in the definition that bad writing by itself isn't enough. Shouldn't it be, for sufficiently bad writing? Should people really have to try to decipher sentences like
 * The stood up promqueen with a chainsaw which has tiny candy hearts replacing the cutspurs, the ultimate love horror, the vampire with AIDS that can never die, and always wants more blood and cupid with poison laden arrows and just a few.  ? --Trovatore 15:05, 9 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Note: see also Dysonberg Confusion Principle, Cosmic ray deflection society--Trovatore 06:12, 7 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Due to the poor grammar, that quote you present out of context does indeed seem to make no sense, however you should read the sentence immediately preceding it: The holiday [Valloween] makes for great costuming ideas which are explored at parties held twice a year! The following sentence, then, is clearly just a list of some costumes that people might wear, as this is a combination of Halloween and Valentines. It does make sense, it just doesn't express it well. I stand by my vote to merge. --Qirex 22:39, 9 October 2005 (UTC)

 * I know what it means. I just don't think anyone should have to try to figure it out. The encyclopedia will miss out on very little if we speedy everything written as poorly as that, or every article whose overall organization is as bad as this one's. --Trovatore 02:15, 10 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Delete Vandalism. --Wetman 09:15, 7 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge. To quote CambridgeBayWeather over at related delete nomination, Cosmic ray deflection society, "The group themselves may be spouting nonsense but that is not a reason to delete. I think these people, Heaven's Gate (cult) and Order of the Solar Temple, are also spouting nonsense (and a lot more dangerous) but I would not want to see them deleted. The reason here to delete is non-notability." If you want to vote on deletions, I suggest you read the articles and their links, and you'll see that, strangely enough, it is not a hoax or vandalism et al. However, it shouldn't have it's own article, it should be merged with the Cosmic ray deflection society article. --Qirex 11:42, 7 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, the society isn't notable, so their holiday isn't notable. -- Kjkolb 03:24, 8 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Cruft from nn group. Hilarious cruft, but cruft nontheless. Eaglizard 10:33, 8 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. I was happier when I first clicked it and saw someone had already speedy-tagged it...  Bushytails 06:23, 9 October 2005 (UTC)
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Mulliner Park Ward

Mulliner Park Ward was a coachbuilder formed as a subsidiary by Rolls-Royce in 1961 to supply it custom bodywork for its automobiles. Located in Hythe Road, Willesden, London, it was created by merging two existing Rolls-Royce properties, Park Ward of Willesden, London, a subsidiary since 1939 and H. J. Mulliner & Co. of Chiswick, a subsidiary since 1959. It principally built bodies and interiors for Rolls-Royce and Bentley motor cars, but also others such as Alvis. The coachbuilding business closed in 1991 but the Mulliner name is used for the personal commissioning department of the current Bentley manufacturer.

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Bernborough

Bernborough (1939–1960) was an outstanding Australian-bred Thoroughbred racehorse who competed from 1941 to 1946. He carried heavy weights in 15 consecutive wins that included the Doomben 10,000 while carrying 10 stone 5 pounds.

Bernborough was foaled at Rosalie Plains near the township of Oakey in the Darling Downs in Queensland. The bay colt was by the good sire Emborough (GB) from Bern Maid by Bernard (GB), who was the paternal grandson of Gainsborough, winner of the English Triple Crown in 1918.

Racing record
Bernborough first raced under the ownership of A.E.Hadwin. A Queensland trainer, J. Roberts, then leased the horse. He came to prominence racing at Toowoomba's Clifford Park when ridden to his first six wins by Les Watterson. Bernborough only raced at Toowoomba in Queensland as he was barred from racing at metropolitan tracks because of ownership doubts. His racing colours were orange, purple sleeves, and black cap. His trainer was Harry Plant. When he was six years old, he was moved to Sydney and following his sale to A.O. Romano for 2,600 guineas, his nominations were accepted. Then he began a winning streak of 15 races. His wins included the Newmarket Handicap at Flemington carrying 9 st 13 lb (63 kg) and the Doomben Cup under 10 st 11 lb (68 kg). He started 37 times for 26 wins, 2 seconds, and 1 third.

On 2 November 1946, Bernborough had his last race in the LKS MacKinnon Stakes. Challenging for the lead just after entering the home straight, he suffered torn sesamoid ligaments and had to be pulled up. The great mare Flight, who had finished second to Bernborough on many occasions, went on to win.

Stud record

After recovering from his injuries, Bernborough was sold in 1946 for a record £93,000 to movie producer Louis B. Mayer for stud duties in the USA, where he went on to moderate success as a stallion at Spendthrift Farm in Lexington, Kentucky. Here he sired the winners of more than $4,500,000 in prize money and was placed high on the Leading sire in North America list.

Bernborough's progeny included:
 * Berseem, champion American sprinter
 * Bernwood, established a new world record, 1 min. 33.8 seconds, for a mile.
 * First Aid, won the Whitney Handicap and $223,527
 * Hook Money, sire of Shandon Belle (won Irish 1,000 Guineas)

Honours
Bernborough was one of the five inaugural inductees into the Australian Racing Hall of Fame, alongside other turf notables Carbine, Phar Lap, Kingston Town, and Tulloch. He is commemorated in the township of Oakey with a life-size bronze statue located outside the Jondaryan Council chambers.

In 1978, he was honoured on a postage stamp issued by Australia Post.

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Matt Serletic

Matthew Michael Serletic II (born 1970 or 1971) is an American record producer, songwriter, and music executive.

Career
As a teenager, Serletic joined a band with members of Collective Soul – a group for which he would later produce. Serletic has worked with several other popular bands and artists for Atlantic Records, including Matchbox Twenty, Cher, Blessid Union of Souls, Edwin McCain, Stacie Orrico, Taylor Hicks, Rob Thomas, and singer/songwriter Angie Aparo. Serletic worked with American Idol winner David Cook on his second studio album. He also preceded Jason Flom as chairman of Virgin Records – a position he held from 2002 to 2005. He also worked with Joe Cocker, writing and producing his album, Hard Knocks and in 1999 he produced Santana's hit song "Smooth" on the Arista record label with Rob Thomas for what would be his first song as a solo artist (Thomas and Serletic were well known for making Matchbox Twenty's debut album Yourself or Someone Like You) and in 1998 he produced the song "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" by Aerosmith on Hollywood Records, Epic Records, and Columbia Records for the film Armageddon. In 2011, he wrote the song "(Kissed You) Good Night" for the band Gloriana.

In 2004, at the age of 33, he was named to Crain's New York Business "40 Under 40" list. In 2011, Serletic became a reality show judge on the television show CMT's Next Superstar.

Personal life
Serletic is the owner of Emblem Music Group and currently resides in Calabasas, California, with his wife, Ramona, and their two children. He also helped the rock super-group Class of '99 in covering Pink Floyd's "Another Brick in the Wall" for the film The Faculty, contributing on the keyboard.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Philip Tyler

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The result of the debate was DELETE. -Doc (?) 17:00, 14 October 2005 (UTC)

Philip Tyler
I believe this is a real person, however I am not convinced that this person meets the guidelines of notability. He doesn't seem to meet any of the requirements of WP:MUSIC. Google returns 54 results, no entry on www.allmusic.com -- Malo 06:04, 7 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Delete, fails WP:MUSIC, has released no CDs either as solo or ensemble as near as I can make out. Mallocks 16:49, 7 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Hey, what a great guy! Too bad he's completely NN. Delete. Eaglizard 10:47, 8 October 2005 (UTC)
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Anne Roberts

Anne Roberts is a retired journalism instructor and former Vancouver city councillor. She was elected as a member of the winning majority of Coalition of Progressive Electors in 2002.

Before serving on the city council, Roberts was active in education issues as chair of her children's parent advisory committees and as chair of the District Parent Representatives at the Vancouver School Board, on which she was an elected trustee.

In council, Roberts was among the five left-wing councillors dubbed "COPE Classic" by Charlie Smith at The Georgia Straight to distinguish them from "COPE Lite"—the three COPE councillors and Mayor Larry Campbell who split the party to form the centrist Vision Vancouver party. Chair of the Planning and Environment Committee, Roberts was appointed by council as a delegate to the Greater Vancouver Regional District. On council, she spearheaded expansion of child care spaces, advocated that transit money to be spent on buses rather than mega-projects such as RAV (now called the Canada Line), and convinced a majority of city council to deny Wal-Mart's application to build a new store. Roberts also opposed expanded gambling in the city and the 2010 Olympics. Roberts ran for re-election in 2005 placing 19th among 36 candidates with 41,739 votes, thus losing her seat.

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User talk:Big Tex

Welcome!

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Bomberman 64
Your contributions for Bomberman 64 are very much appreciated. However there are a few things I should mention. In Wikipeda, you don't sign your name for your contributions on the main articles, that info can be found in the article's history. The character discriptions should not be any longer than one paragraph. The story section is blank, you could move some of your added info into that section. Don't worry about formatting, that can be taken care of by me or other users. I look forward to your future edits. — Kjammer ⌂  06:05, 7 October 2005 (UTC)

Next time you reveal plot details, such as the details regarding the Rainbow Palace and the alliance between Regulus and Bomberman, please do add a spoiler warning tag, as it may ruin it for other people (such as myself). --InvaderJim42 01:37, 21 October 2005 (UTC)

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Category:United States senators from Oklahoma

People who have represented Oklahoma in the United States Senate.


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Zack (given name)

Zack (and variant spellings Zach, Zac, Zak, Zakk) is sometimes a given name, but more often it is a hypocorism or short form of another given name, usually Zachary in the English speaking world, which derives from Zechariah.

Name

 * Zach Allen (born 1997), American football player
 * Zach Aguilar (born 1998), American voice actor
 * Zack Annexstad (born 2000), American football player
 * Zack Bailey (born 1995), American football player
 * Zach Banner (born 1993), American football player
 * Zack Baun (born 1996), American football player
 * Zach Boren (born 1991), American football player
 * Zach Borenstein (born 1990), American baseball player
 * Zach Braff (born 1975), American actor known for his role in television series Scrubs
 * Zac Brown (born 1978), lead singer in American country music band Zac Brown Band
 * Zach Callison (born 1997), American voice actor
 * Zach Calzada (born 2000), American football player
 * Zac Champion (born 1984), American football player
 * Zach Charbonnet (born 2001), American football player
 * Zach Collins (born 1997), American basketball player
 * Zack Conroy (born 1985), American actor
 * Zack Cozart (born 1985), American baseball player
 * Zach Cunningham (born 1994), American football player
 * Zach Curlin (1890–1970), American football and basketball player and coach
 * Zach Davidson (born 1998), American football player
 * Zach Day (born 1978), American baseball player
 * Zach Edey (born 2002), Canadian basketball player
 * Zac Efron (born 1987), American actor
 * Zach Tyler Eisen (born 1993), American voice actor
 * Zach Ertz (born 1990), American football player
 * Zach Evans (born 2001), American football player
 * Zac Farro (born 1990), American drummer for Paramore
 * Zac Foley (1970–2002), British musician, bass guitarist for EMF
 * Zack Fleishman (born 1980), American tennis player
 * Zach Galifianakis (born 1969), American comedian
 * Zack Gelof (born 1999), American baseball player for the Oakland A's
 * Zach Gentry (born 1996), American football player
 * Zack Golditch (born 1995), American football player
 * Zac Goldsmith (born 1975), English environmentalist and politician
 * Zack Greinke (born 1983), American Major League Baseball player
 * Zack O'Malley Greenburg (born 1985), American writer, journalist, and former child-actor
 * Zach Hankins (born 1996), American basketball player for Hapoel Jerusalem of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
 * Zac Hanson (born 1985), American musician, drummer for Hanson
 * Zach Harrison (born 2001), American football player
 * Zach Hill (born 1979), American multi-instrumentalist and visual artist
 * Zach Hyman (born 1992), Canadian NHL ice hockey player
 * Zach Iscol (born 1978), American entrepreneur, US Marine, and candidate in the 2021 New York City Comptroller election
 * Zach Jackson (born 1983), American former Major League Baseball player
 * Zach Jackson (born 1994), American minor league baseball player
 * Zack Johnson (American football) (born 1997), American football player
 * Zack Kassian (born 1991), Canadian NHL ice hockey player
 * Zak Keith, British guitarist
 * Zach King (born 1990), American internet personality, filmmaker, and illusionist
 * Zach Kosnitzky, American participant in Kid Nation
 * Zack Kuntz (born 1999), American football player
 * Zach LaVine (born 1995), American basketball player
 * Zach Lowe (born 1977), American sportswriter
 * Zack Martin (born 1990), American National Football League player
 * Zach McCloud (born 1998), American football player
 * Zack Mesday (born 1994), American football player
 * Zach Mettenberger (born 1991), American National Football League quarterback
 * Zack Morris (born 1998), English actor
 * Zack Moss (born 1997), American football player
 * Zach Myers (born 1983), American former bass player and current guitarist for rock band Shinedown
 * Zach Norton (born 1981), American football player
 * Zach Parise (born 1984), American ice hockey player
 * Zach Penprase (born 1985), Israeli-American baseball player for the Israel National Baseball Team
 * Zach Pfeffer (born 1995), American soccer player
 * Zacch Pickens (born 2000), American football player
 * Zack Pinsent (born c. 1994), British costumer
 * Zac Posen (born 1980), American fashion designer
 * Zac Purton (born 1983), horse racing jockey
 * Zach Randolph (born 1981), American basketball player
 * Zack de la Rocha (born 1970), American lead singer of Rage Against the Machine
 * Zack Rosen (born 1989), All-American basketball player at Penn; plays for Maccabi Ashdod in Israel
 * Zack Sanchez (born 1993), American football player
 * Zack Shada (born 1992), American actor
 * Zach Sieler (born 1995), American football player
 * Zack Snyder (born 1966), American film director and screenwriter
 * Zac Stacy (born 1991), American football player
 * Zak Starkey (born 1965), English drummer for The Who and Oasis
 * Zack Tabudlo (born 2001), Filipino singer-songwriter and producer
 * Zack Test (born 1989), American rugby union player
 * Zach Thomas (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Zack Thornton (born 1988), American baseball player
 * Zach Tom (born 1999), American football player
 * Zach Triner (born 1991), American football player
 * Zach VanValkenburg (born 1998), American football player
 * Zach Villa (born 1987), American actor, singer, songwriter, dancer, and musician
 * Zach Weiner (born 1982), American webcomic author of Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
 * Zack Weiss (born 1992), American-Israeli Major League Baseball player
 * Zack Werner, Canadian artist, producer, lawyer and manager in the music industry
 * Zack Wheat (1888–1972), American Major League Baseball player
 * Zach Whitmarsh (born 1977), Canadian track and field athlete
 * Zach Williams (born 1981), American Christian musician
 * Zach Wilson (born 1999), American football player
 * Zach Wood (born 1993), American football player
 * Zakk Wylde (born 1967), American guitarist for Ozzy Osbourne and founder of Black Label Society
 * Zakk Wylde (born 1967), American guitarist for Ozzy Osbourne and founder of Black Label Society

In fiction

 * Zack Addy, in the television series Bones
 * Zack Allan, in the television series Babylon 5
 * Zak Dingle, in the British soap opera Emmerdale
 * Zach Florrick, the eldest of Alicia's children in The Good Wife
 * Zack Fair, in the role-playing game Final Fantasy VII and its spin-offs
 * Zach Girdle in the animated TV series Louds
 * Zack Hudson, in the British soap opera EastEnders
 * Zack Johnson, in The Big Bang Theory
 * Zack Lane, in the novel Zack by William Bell
 * Zack Martin, in the television series The Suite Life of Zack and Cody and its sequels.
 * Zak McKracken, hero of the adventure game Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders
 * Zack Mooneyham, a character in School of Rock
 * Zack Morris (Saved by the Bell), in television series Saved by the Bell
 * Zach Nichols, in the American police procedural television drama Law & Order: Criminal Intent
 * Zak Saturday, one of the main characters in the cartoon series The Secret Saturdays
 * Zac, a main character in the Nickelodeon series Shimmer and Shine
 * Zach Stevens, in The O.C.
 * Zach Stone, the titular character of the MTV series Zach Stone is Gonna Be Famous
 * Zack Taylor, in the television series Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
 * Zack Underwood, one of the main characters in Milo Murphy's Law
 * Zach Varmitech, one of the antagonists in Wild Kratts
 * Zak (Battlestar Galactica)
 * Zack, in the computer game The Daedalus Encounter
 * Zack (Dead or Alive), in the video game series Dead or Alive
 * Zak (TUGS), in the television series TUGS
 * Zack, one of the title characters of the video game Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros' Treasure
 * Zack, Kamen Rider Knuckle in Kamen Rider Gaim
 * Zack, the main character in Zack & Quack, an animated television series
 * Zakk, one of the protagonists of the film Deathgasm

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How to Be a Girl

"How to Be a Girl" is the tenth single by Japanese recording artist Namie Amuro. It was released on May 21, 1997, through Avex Trax. It was used as the Bristol-Myers Sea Breeze commercial song, which was used for four commercials. The style of the song is similar to that of her single "A Walk in the Park," which has an evident electronic sound in the vein of her producer Tetsuya Komuro's group globe. Lyrics were even written by Marc Panther, who is another member of the group. This was the final single from her third studio album Concentration 20 (1997), which was released two months later. The single is a follow-up to "Can You Celebrate?", which became her biggest hit.

This single reached number one on the weekly Oricon Singles Chart for two consecutive weeks, and continued to rank for a total of eleven weeks. "How to Be a Girl" sold 772,130 copies, becoming the twenty-third best-selling single in Japan of 1997. According to Avex, this is Amuro's first number one single to not sell over a million copies.

Background and composition
Marc Panther and Komuro co-wrote the lyrics, with Panther writing the basic lyrics first and Komuro finishing them at the same time he was working on the composition. The singing sessions were conducted slowly over a period of two days. The concept was intended to be "a rock song that can be danced to."

Music video
In the music video, Amuro changes her clothes in five different ways. The filming took place at Shintomichō Station on Sunday before the last train without permission. The set used was also created in one day before the shoot. The choreography by Kaba-chan, a well-known former member of the three-member music group dos, was also a popular topic of interest.

Commercial performance
"How to Be a Girl" debuted at number one on the Oricon Singles Chart, with 328,560 copies sold in its first week. It stayed at number one for a second week with 162,340 copies sold. The single dropped to number four the following week, selling 88,600 copies. During its fourth week of availability the single stayed at number four with 65,660 copies sold. "How to Be a Girl" single stayed in the top ten one last week, ranking at number nine and selling 41,380 copies on its fifth week of availability. Afterwards, it dropped to number 16 on its sixth charting week and out of the top twenty entirely the following week. It charted in the top 100 for eleven weeks, selling a reported total of 772,130 copies. "How to be a Girl" ranked at number 23 on the year-end Oricon Singles Chart for 1997 and was certified million by the RIAJ.

Track listing

 * 1) How to Be a Girl – Straight Run
 * 2) How to Be a Girl – Adult Education Mix
 * 3) How to Be a Girl – Instrumental

Personnel

 * Namie Amuro – vocals

Production

 * Producer – toney black

TV performances

 * May 16, 1997 – Music Station
 * May 24, 1997 – PopJam
 * May 24, 1997 – CDTV
 * May 30, 1997 – Music Station
 * May 31, 1997 – PopJam
 * June 9, 1997 – Hey! Hey! Hey!
 * June 24, 1997 – Utaban

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Category:United States senators from Pennsylvania

People who have represented Pennsylvania in the United States Senate.


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Talk:Kothamangalam, Kerala

EXPAND CONTENTS

Kothamangalam-Kakkanad New Road
A New 4 Lane Highway is Planned from Thankalam to Kakkanad, Which Will Connect Kothamangalam to Ernakulam in 27 kms. After many years the balance work started for the Kothamangalam - Kakkanad four line road. It is the one of the great dream of people living in Kothamangalam.

Breakup of religions
A recent editor added this line -

>> The Religious percentage of Kothamangalam is 30% Syrian Orthodox, 50% Roman Catholic, 20% Islam.

What about the Hindus ? Tintin 14:15, 28 November 2005 (UTC)

In Kothamanagalam Taluka Hindus are ~55%,Christians in Total 35% and remaining consists of Islam and others

This is an encyclopedia, not space for advertisement
Please refrain from using the page for self-promotion or promotion of your business interests. Please also refrain from putting original research claims and popular beliefs into the page.

Kothamangalam development
Census 2011 notifies a new urban agglomeration consisting of Kothamangalam and Muvattupuzha and the surrounding villages and towns. This is a separate UA(urban agglomeration) from Kochi UA. Kothamangalam municipality borders just 2kms before Muvattupuzha town. As we know, Muvattupuzha-Kothamangalam is a twin town entity. The development of existing NH49 to shorten the distance from present 14kms to 10kms or so will bring the towns closer. A new district HQ'ed at Muvattupuzha can bring huge development to our region. Kochi's growth is limited to the suburban region. Areas in the east are treated as waste lands under Ernakulam. Muvattupuzha district with government offices spread across both the towns (Kothamangalam and Muvattupuzha) as well as the bringing back of investments from Kochi done by our people to our towns will propel this region into glory. Like Karnataka's Hubli-Dharwad municipality, Muvattupuzha-Kothamangalam corporation can be created at a later time. There is nothing good sticking with Kochi, as under Ernakulam district we are not seeing any good thing happening. A new Muvattupuzha district must consist of areas in the north Travancore including Koothattukulam-Veliyannur to Kunnathunad taluk and parts of Idukki district. I don't believe Thodupuzha will join a Muvattupuzha district because, Thodupuzha's growth is rightly funded under the Idukki district. So, Hope for the best and work for Muvattupuzha district and Muvattupuzha-Kothamangalam twin towns. 116.68.127.11 (talk) 06:31, 19 October 2015 (UTC)

Kothamangalam new roads for connectivity
If we check Google Maps, radial or "by air" distance from Thodupuzha to Kothamangalam and Thodupuzha to Muvattupuzha are the same. Direct connectivity between Thodupuzha and Kothamangalam under 20kms is possible.This can propel the growth to areas like adivad etc through which this highway may pass through. Besides, All the nearby towns (Kothamangalam, Muvattupuzha, Piravom, Koothattukulam, Perumbavur, Kolenchery-Puthenkurish) will be interconnected and can grow independently from Kochi.

Thankalam-Kakkanad road needs to be realized. But, LA is a big problem. So, why not use Nellikkuzhy-Mannoor-Thattamugal-Kakkanad road developed into new highway? The road is part of present Kakkanad-Muvattupuzha road. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 116.68.127.11 (talk) 01:59, 9 November 2015 (UTC)

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Futurism (Christianity)

Futurism is a Christian eschatological view that interprets portions of the Book of Revelation, the Book of Ezekiel, and the Book of Daniel as future events in a literal, physical, apocalyptic, and global context.

By comparison, other Christian eschatological views interpret these passages as past events in a symbolic, historic context (preterism and historicism), or as present-day events in a non-literal and spiritual context (idealism). Futurist beliefs usually have a close association with premillennialism and dispensationalism.

History
Some elements of the futurist interpretation of Revelation and Daniel appeared in the early centuries of the Christian Church. However, the view was not popular. Irenaeus of Lyon (died c. 202), for instance, subscribed to the view that Daniel's 70th week awaited a future fulfillment.

Two Catholic Jesuit writers, Manuel Lacunza (1731–1801) and Francisco Ribera (1537–1591), proposed the futurist view. Lacunza wrote under the pen name "Ben-Ezra", and his work was banned by the Catholic Church. Up until the 19th century, the futurist view was generally shunned by non-Catholics, being seen as a self-defense of the papacy against the claims of the historicist reformers.

The futurist view has grown in popularity in the 19th and 20th centuries, and is currently followed by millions of Christians. However, while this interpretation is popular among U.S. Evangelicals, it is generally rejected by adherents of Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Lutheranism, and Reformed Christianity.

Rapture and millennialism
The futurist view assigns all or most of the prophecy to the future, shortly before the Second Coming; especially when interpreted in conjunction with Daniel, Isaiah 2:11–22, 1 Thessalonians 4:15–5:11, and other eschatological sections of the Bible.

Rapture and tribulation
Futurist interpretations generally predict a resurrection of the dead and a rapture of the living, wherein all true Christians are gathered to Christ prior to the time God's kingdom comes on earth. They also believe a tribulation will occur – a seven-year period of time when believers will experience worldwide persecution and martyrdom. Futurists differ on when believers will be raptured, but there are three primary views: 1) before the tribulation; 2) near or at the midpoint of the tribulation; or 3) at the end of the tribulation. There is also a fourth view of multiple raptures throughout the tribulation, but this view does not have a mainstream following.

 * Pretribulationists believe that all Christians then alive will be taken up to meet Christ before the tribulation begins. In this manner, Christians are "kept from" the tribulation, such as Enoch was removed before God judged the antediluvian world, in contrast with Noah who was "kept through" wrath and judgement of God in the flood of Genesis.

 * Midtribulationists believe that the rapture of the faithful will occur approximately halfway through the tribulation, after it begins but before the worst part of it occurs. Some midtribulationists, particularly those holding to a "pre-wrath rapture" of the church, believe that God's wrath is poured out during a "Great Tribulation" that is limited to the last 3½ years of the tribulation, after believers have been caught up to Christ.

 * Post-tribulationists believe that Christians will be gathered in the clouds with Christ and join him in his return to earth.

All three views hold that Christians will return with Christ at the end of the tribulation. Proponents of all three views also generally portray Israel as unwittingly signing a seven-year peace treaty with the Antichrist, which initiates the seven-year tribulation. Many also tend to view the Antichrist as head of a revived Roman Empire, but the geographic location of this empire is unknown. Hal Lindsey suggests that this revived Roman Empire will be centered in western Europe, with Rome as its capital. Tim LaHaye promotes the belief that Babylon will be the capital of a worldwide empire. Joel Richardson and Walid Shoebat have both recently written books proposing a revived eastern Roman Empire, which will fall within the boundaries of the Ottoman Empire. (Istanbul also has seven hills, was a capital of the Roman Empire as Constantinople, known as the Byzantine Empire, and a body of water in the city is known as the Golden Horn – notable given the eschatological references to the "Little Horn" ,.)

Thousand years
The rapture views are subsets of premillennial interpretations of the Millennium, mentioned in Revelation 20. There are three main interpretations: premillennialism, amillennialism, and Postmillennialism.

 * Premillennialism believes that Christ will return to Earth, bind Satan, and reign for a literal thousand years on Earth with Jerusalem as his capital. Thus Christ returns before ("pre-") the thousand years mentioned in chapter 20. There are generally two subclasses of premillennialism: dispensational and historic. Some form of premillennialism is thought to be the oldest millennial view in church history. Papias, believed to be a disciple of the Apostle John, was a premillennialist, according to Eusebius. Also Justin Martyr and Irenaeus expressed belief in premillennialism in their writings.

 * Amillennialism, the traditional view for Catholicism, believes that the thousand years mentioned are not ("a-") a literal thousand years, but is figurative for what is now the church age, usually, the time between Christ's ascension and second coming. This view is often associated with Augustine of Hippo, who wrote that Satan will be incarnated in the Antichrist and his emergence will be put to an end with his annihilation by Christ. Amillennialists differ on the time frame of the millennium. Some say it started with Pentecost, others say it started with the fulfillment of Jesus' prophecy regarding the destruction of the temple in Jerusalem (70), and other starting points have also been proposed. Whether this eschatology is the result of caesaropapism, which may have also been the reason that premillennialism was condemned, is sharply disputed.

 * Postmillennialism believes that Christ will return after ("post-") a literal/figurative thousand years, in which the world will have essentially become a Christendom. This view was held by Jonathan Edwards.

Great Tribulation
In the futurist view of Christian eschatology, the tribulation is a relatively short period of time where anyone who chose not to follow God before the Rapture and was left behind (according to pre-tribulation doctrine, not mid- or post-tribulation teaching) will experience worldwide hardships, disasters, famine, war, pain, and suffering, which will wipe out more than 75% of all life on the earth before the Second Coming takes place.

According to dispensationalists who hold the futurist view, the tribulation is thought to occur before the Second Coming of Jesus and during the End Times. Another version holds that it will last seven years in all, being the last of Daniel's prophecy of seventy weeks. This viewpoint was first made popular by John Nelson Darby in the 19th century and was recently popularized by Hal Lindsey in The Late Great Planet Earth. It is theorized that each week represents seven years, with the timetable beginning from Artaxerxes' order to rebuild the Temple in Jerusalem (the Second Temple). After seven plus 62 weeks, the prophecy says that the messiah will be "cut off", which is taken to correspond to the death of Christ. This is seen as creating a break of indeterminate length in the timeline, with one week remaining to be fulfilled.

This seven-year 'week' may be further divided into two periods of 3½ years each, from the two 3½ year periods in Daniel's prophecy where the last seven years are divided into two 3½ year periods, The time period for these beliefs is also based on other passages: in the book of Daniel, "time, times, and half a time", interpreted as "a year, two years, and half a year," and the Book of Revelation, "a thousand two hundred and threescore days" and "forty and two months" (the prophetic month averaging 30 days, hence 1260/30 = 42 months or 3½ years). The 1290 days of, (rather than the 1260 days of ), is thought to be the result of either a simple intercalary leap month adjustment, or due to further calculations related to the prophecy, or due to an intermediate stage of time that is to prepare the world for the beginning of the millennial reign.

Events
Among futurists there are differing views about what will happen to Christians during the tribulation:
 * Pretribulationists believe that all Christians (dead and alive) will be taken bodily to Heaven (called the Rapture) before the tribulation begins. According to this doctrine, every true Christian that has ever existed throughout the course of the entire Christian era will be instantaneously transformed into a perfect resurrected body, and will thus escape the trials of the tribulation. Those who become Christians after the rapture will live through (or perish during) the tribulation. After the tribulation, Christ will return to establish His Millennial Kingdom.
 * Prewrath tribulationists believe the Rapture will occur after the tribulation, but before the seven bowls of the wrath of God.
 * Midtribulationists believe that the Rapture will occur halfway through the tribulation, but before the worst part of it occurs. The seven-year period is divided into halves – the "beginning of sorrows" and the "great tribulation".
 * Posttribulationists believe that Christians will not be taken up into Heaven, but will be received or gathered by Christ into the Kingdom of God on earth at the end of the tribulation.

In pretribulationism and midtribulationism, the Rapture and the Second Coming (or Greek, par[a]ousia) of Christ are separate events, while in posttribulationism the two events are identical or simultaneous. Another feature of the pre- and mid-tribulation beliefs is the idea that after the Rapture, Christ will return for a third time (when also counting the first coming) to set up his kingdom on the earth.

Some, including many Roman Catholic theologians, do not believe in a "time of trouble" period as usually described by tribulationists, but rather that there will be a near utopian period led by the Antichrist.

70th week of Daniel
According to futurism, the 70th week of Daniel will occur at some point in the future, culminating in seven years (or 3½ years depending on denomination) of tribulation and the appearance of the Antichrist.

Such a thesis is paradigmatic for dispensational premillennialism. In contradistinction, historic premillennialism may or may not posit Daniel's 70th week as future yet retain the thesis of the future fulfillment of many of the prophecies of Major and Minor Prophets, the teachings of Christ (e.g., Matthew 24) and the book of Revelation.

Dispensationalist interpretation
Dispensationalists typically hold that a 'hiatus', which some refer to as a 'Biblical parenthesis', occurred between the 69th and 70th week of the prophecy, into which the "Church Age" is inserted. The seventieth week of the prophecy is expected to commence after the rapture of the church, which will incorporate the establishment of an economic system using the number '666', the reign of the beast (the Antichrist), the false religious system (the harlot), the Great Tribulation and Armageddon.

Controversy exists regarding the antecedent of he in Daniel 9:27. Many within the ranks of premillennialism do not affirm the "confirmation of the covenant" is made by Jesus Christ (as do many amillennarians) but that the antecedent of "he" in verse 27 refers back to verse 26 ("the prince who is to come"—i.e., the Antichrist). Antichrist will make a "treaty" as the Prince of the Covenant (i.e., "the prince who is to come") with Israel's future leadership at the commencement of the seventieth week of Daniel's prophecy; in the midst of the week, the Antichrist will break the treaty and commence persecution against a regathered Israel.

Proponents

 * Gleason Archer
 * Donald Barnhouse
 * Martin De Haan
 * Arno Clemens Gaebelein
 * Norman Geisler
 * Robert Govett
 * Harry A. Ironside
 * Walter Kaiser, Jr.
 * Arthur Katz
 * Hal Lindsey
 * Ernst Lohmeyer
 * John F. MacArthur
 * J. Vernon McGee
 * Henry M. Morris
 * William A. Newell
 * J. Dwight Pentecost
 * Lewis Sperry Chafer
 * John Bertram Phillips
 * Francisco Ribera
 * Charles Caldwell Ryrie
 * Ray Stedman
 * Merrill Tenney
 * John Walvoord
 * Warren W. Wiersbe
 * John Whitcomb
 * Peter Ruckman

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OK Cowboy

OK Cowboy is the debut album of Vitalic, first released in 2005. After a year, the album was re-released featuring a second, enhanced CD.

In 2012 it was awarded a gold certification from the Independent Music Companies Association which indicated sales of at least 75,000 copies throughout Europe.

Inspiration and production
Pascal Arbez said in an interview with MusicRadar that "I was only using a very basic and punk studio setup" for this album. "Polkamatic" was composed as a lullaby for his first son, born during the making of the album. For the track "Repair Machines", he was trying to emulate the style of Chris Korda's vocal sampling. "The Past" was inspired by Jean-Michel Jarre.

Reception
Critical reception to the album was generally positive, with the album receiving a score of 82 at Metacritic. The music review online magazine Pitchfork placed OK Cowboy at number 184 on their list of top 200 albums of the 2000s.

Track listing
"Polkamatic" – 1:52
 * 1) "One Billion Dollar Studio" (hidden track, requires manual rewind) – 1:23
 * 1) "Poney Part 1" – 5:22
 * 2) "My Friend Dario" – 3:37
 * 3) "Wooo" – 3:52
 * 4) "La Rock 01" – 5:25
 * 5) "The Past" – 4:27
 * 6) "No Fun" – 3:36
 * 7) "Poney Part 2" – 5:12
 * 8) "Repair Machines" – 3:45
 * 9) "Newman" – 4:50
 * 10) "Trahison" – 4:31
 * 11) "U and I" – 3:39
 * 12) "Valletta Fanfares" – 2:24

2006 re-release bonus disc

 * 1) "Repair Machine" (discomix)
 * 2) "You Are My Sun"
 * 3) "Suicide Commando"
 * 4) "Juliet India"
 * 5) "Bells" (featuring Linda Lamb)
 * 6) "Warm Leatherette" (live)
 * 7) "My Friend Dario" (Dima prefers newbeat mix)
 * 8) "Fanfares"
 * 9) "Candy"
 * 10) "One Billion Dollar Studio"

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Rugged Island

Rugged Island may refer to:
 * Rugged Island (Alaska)
 * Rugged Island (South Shetland Islands)
 * Rugged Island parish, fictional Irish parish in the Father Ted series

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Ellen Woodsworth

Ellen Woodsworth is an international speaker and activist based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She is the founder and matriarch of Women Transforming Cities International Society and the Co-Chair of WILPF, Canada.

Woodsworth was a Vancouver City Councillor, where she founded the Women Transforming Cities International Society and co-founded the World Peace Forum.

Early life and education
Ellen Woodsworth was born in Toronto, Ontario, to Jean and Ken Woodsworth. Her father was born and raised in Japan. She went to the Canadian Academy in Japan for high school, before returning to Canada to complete her BA at the University of British Columbia.

Early activism
After earning her degree, she co-founded and edited the newspaper titled The Other Woman in Toronto and created CORA the Women's Liberation Bookmobile with Judith Quinlan. In 1971, the Vancouver Women’s Caucus wanted to build a movement that would draw people together. "We didn’t have birth control pills in those days and there was no right to abortion. We thought, well, abortions are a healthcare issue, which is key to all women.” So with a handful of women, Woodsworth embarked on the “Abortion Caravan.” They drove all over Canada putting on performances and speaking about a woman’s right to choose. In 1974, Woodsworth helped found the Toronto Wages for Housework Campaign. She moved to London, England to work with the International Wages for Housework Campaign in 1975.

Activism achievements in Vancouver
In 1970, Woodsworth was part of the VWC/SFU/UBC On to Ottawa Caravan which included students, teachers, workers and housewives. The VWC had as its focus the issues of equal pay, childcare, birth control and abortion clinics. They chained themselves in the House of Commons to call on the PM and MPs to call for legalization of abortion.

In 1979, Woodsworth was part of a national group that got Canada to include unpaid work in the 1996 census, making it the first country in the world to do so. Woodsworth also chaired the BC Action Canada Network, which opposed the free trade agreements. She was hired as a social planner by the District of North Vancouver to document the childcare needs of the district. Woodsworth was elected chair of Britannia Community Services Centre and on the Board of REACH Community Health Clinic coming up with the logo "community health in community hands" to support neighborhood health services.

She served as chair of the Bridge Housing Society. Woodsworth also sat on the inaugural board of the LGBTQ+ Generations Project. Woodsworth has been active in speaking out about the importance of addressing climate change.

Vancouver City Councillor
In 2002, Woodsworth was elected as a council member for Vancouver City Council. She was immediately appointed the Vancouver representative to the Executive of the Union of BC Municipalities, and the Executive of the Lower Mainland Treaty Advisory Council and an Alternate to Metro. She was the first openly lesbian city councillor in Canada.

Woodsworth sat on the Vancouver City Council for six years. During this time, she was able to get Vancouver City Council to join the Canadian Coalition of Municipalities Against Racism and Discrimination and set up women's, multicultural and LGTBQI Council Advisory Committees. She co-chaired the Womens Task Force which wrote the first Canadian "Gender Equity Strategy". Woodsworth was part of the Vancouver Council that created the Greenest City by 2020 environmental strategy. On May 29, 2019, she was able to get the City of Vancouver to unanimously pass a motion to put a gendered intersectional lens measurable and supported on all departments for six years.

Call for campaign finance changes
After Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson received campaign donations from at least two American supporters, Woodsworth called for a ban on foreign campaign donations such as those received by Robertson.

World Peace Summit
Woodsworth co-founded the World Peace Summit, a week-long conference bringing more than 35,000 participants to Vancouver from around the world. She was invited to Japan to speak at the support Article 9 Conference and the Hiroshima and Nagasaki Conferences against nuclear weapons.

Women Transforming Cities International Society
Woodsworth was invited by the UN to be a keynote speaker at the "Women Friendly Cities International Conference" in Ankara,Turkey. WTC is part of a five-city coalition which was launched at the Federation of Canadian Municipalities AGM in Edmonton in 2015. WTC was part of the national alliance Up for Debate 2015 calling for Federal leaders debate on women's issues and is part of the UN-Habitat 3 Urban Thinkers Campuses.

In 2016, Woodsworth was invited to speak in Prague at the EU/North American UN-Habitat 3 Regional meeting, in New York to participate in the Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights.

She was part of the WTC panel at the Canadian Planners Institute AGM and a keynote speaker at the SFU conference on women and the environment. She was chosen as one of the 30 female top politicians in the City of Vancouver's History.

At the World Urban Forum 9 in Kuala Lumpur, she chaired the Women Transforming Cities panel which launched an online platform. She was awarded the 2018 Rosemary Brown Award for "her exemplary work to bring equality and justice for girls and women locally and globally". She chaired the Sep 11 launch of the Women Friendly Cities 2018 Hot Pink Paper Municipal Campaign in Vancouver which was endorsed by the incoming Mayor and Council.

Woodsworth was invited to join 28 people to the Global Table on Female Leadership in Resilient Societies in Udaipur, India in 2018. On May 1, 2019, she was awarded the B.C. Achievement Award and the Mitchell Award which "recognizes leadership that empowers others to engage". On May 29, 2019, she was able to get the City of Vancouver to unanimously pass an amendment to put a gendered intersectional lens on all departments, measured and supported for six years. She was a consultant and speaker at the NDI Her Story women and governance project in Iraq 2019. She has spoken at the Smart Cities Conference in Montevideo, at RailVolution, in Geneva, Berlin, Mumbai, Abu Dhabi and many conferences around the world.

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Jeffrey D. Sams

Jeffrey D. Sams is an actor.

Career
Sams has been a main cast member of several television series, few of which have made it past their first season. These include Medicine Ball, Sleepwalkers, Rob Thomas's Cupid, Wasteland, and Line of Fire.

Sams has had recurring roles on television series such as Strong Medicine, Law & Order, and CSI. He appeared on Broadway in the 1992 musical Five Guys Named Moe, the 1993 motion picture Fly By Night, and in the 1997 motion picture Soul Food.

As of 2005, Sams had a recurring role on Rob Thomas's Veronica Mars as a baseball player named Terrence Cook. His Cupid co-star Paula Marshall previously had a recurring role on the show, and Thomas has stated that - at some point - he would like to reunite Marshall, Sams, and their Cupid co-star Jeremy Piven on Veronica Mars.

Sams also appeared in the Netflix film Reality High. Sams appeared as Adam Clayborne in the 1997 Hallmark Hall of Fame Collection movie Rose Hill starring Jennifer Garner as Mary Rose Clayborne.

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Middle College Program

The Middle College Program is a high school alternative program first established in New York. It is a collaboration between a high school district and a community college for high school students who desire a more independent learning environment. Students take a combination of core high school courses and college courses to receive their diploma and graduate.

History of the Middle College Program
The first Middle College Program began as a charter high school at LaGuardia Community College. It opened in 1974 as an alternative high school under the joint auspices of the New York City Board of Education and LaGuardia Community College of the City University of New York. It was funded by grants from the Carnegie Corporation and the Fund for the Improvement for Post Secondary Education.

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Mill Creek Mountain

Mill Creek Mountain is a continuous mountain ridge that runs northeast through Hampshire and Hardy counties in the Eastern Panhandle region of the U.S. state of West Virginia. Rising to its greatest elevation of 2650 ft at High Knob, Mill Creek is a folded mountain ridge, belonging to the Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians. Mill Creek Mountain forms the western edge of the South Branch Potomac River Valley and is named for Mill Creek that carves through it at Mechanicsburg Gap allowing the Northwestern Turnpike (U.S. Route 50) to pass through as well. Along with Sawmill Ridge (1,716 feet/523 m), Mill Creek Mountain forms the Trough along the South Branch.

Hanging Rocks at Wappocomo, south of Springfield, are located on the northern edge of the gap in Mill Creek Mountain formed by the South Branch.

Summits and Knobs
Although Mill Creek Mountain is a continuous mountain ridge, it is made up of a number of summits and knobs with individual names. These are listed from south to north.

 * River Ridge, 1,906 feet (581 m)
 * High Knob, 2,648 feet (807 m)
 * Unnamed Knob, 2,066 feet (629 m)
 * Unnamed Knob, 1,993 feet (607 m)
 * Unnamed Knob, 1,968 feet (599 m)
 * Thrasher Knob, 2,142 feet (653 m)
 * Merrit Knob, 1,952 feet (595 m)
 * Long Knob, 1,725 feet (525 m)
 * Green Knob, 1,620 feet (500 m)
 * Island Ridge, 1,500 feet (457 m)
 * Fairview Mountain, 2,351 feet (716 m)
 * Fort Mill Ridge, 1,100 feet (335 m)
 * Mill Creek Ridge at Romney, 1,771 feet (539 m)

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