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User talk:Wogsland

Here you can post comments on things I have worked on, like

Physics:

BaBar. B-Bbar oscillation. Exotic hadron. Mesonic molecule. Tennessee HEP Group. X(3872).

History/Biography:

Richard K. Yamamoto. Peter A. Wolff. Alvin M. Weinberg. Léon van Hove. Llewellyn Smith (Physicist). Robert Selander. Herwig Schopper. Samuel Sachs. Pier Oddone. Gerhard Naeseth. Kevin Muller. Eugen Merzbacher. William G. Mather. Toshihide Maskawa. Plato Malozemoff. Luciano Maiani. Whitney MacMillan. John H. MacMillan. George H. Love. Alexander Legge. Makoto Kobayashi (physicist). Robert J. Kleberg Erwin Kelm. Willibald Jentschke. Hassan Jawahery. Francis Clark Howell. Paul C. Henshaw. Fred Hassan. C. Michael Harper. Hallvard Graatop. William Fleming. Jonathan M. Dorfan. Michaela Clavell. Louis S. Cates. David Burpee. Horace Bowker. Stephen Birch. Edward Julius Berwind. Hans W. Becherer. Albert Baez. Robert Aymar. John Adams (Physicist). List of Directors General of CERN. Severin Eskeland. Orri Vigfússon

and others.

Nice work on BaBar page
Good to see that BaBar has a more thorough home page now. Josh Thompson 23:04, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

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 * Unfortunately, thats not quite right, why dont you have a look at Template:Non-free media rationale and see its fields of what to add there, that should help you organise what needs to be added. Happy editing!  Th e Su nshi ne M an  15:07, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

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 * So that's how admins of Wikipedia make sure they get their way. Blocking users. Why the Hell do I contribute to this site?Wogsland 19:47, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

 * To respond to the email that you sent me: I blocked you for horribly incivil edit comments, and I stand by that block. - Philippe | Talk 02:12, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

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Godt Brød moved to draftspace
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This article met the standard for inclusion in the Norwegian version of Wikipedia, so I'm not sure what the translation is lacking. There are 3 citations. If more are needed, how many more? I've submitted it for review. Wogsland (talk) 06:39, 5 July 2020 (UTC)

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Ways to improve Severin Eskeland (director)
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Severin Eskeland (director) moved to draftspace
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Dick Bittner

Richard John Bittner (January 12, 1922 – March 24, 2002) was an American professional ice hockey goaltender who played in one National Hockey League game during the 1949–50 season. His lone game was with the Boston Bruins on February 12, 1950 against the Montreal Canadiens as a replacement for the injured Jack Gelineau. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1943 to 1955, was mainly spent in the amateur Eastern Amateur Hockey League. Internationally, Bittner played for the American national team at the 1949 World Championships.

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User talk:Indoanimefan

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Going through the edit history, it is obvious that there are two different Ed Roberts, both who need and deserve separate pages. I've never done a disamg page yet, though, nor a move. Guess I will study up and come back. --Jacquelyn Marie 04:40, 1 October 2005 (UTC)

I agree completly. There is an entry for that Ed Roberts in computers and activist. He truly made many great contributions in our society. Hopefully someone who knows a bit more about how this page works can move my page into a category, like American Poets. Ed Roberts 18:04, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

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User talk:Kswheels

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Wikipedia has no policies, applied consistently. All the admins on en-l openly admit counting any shred of persanal fairness as mattering less than developing Wikipedia as they wish. Blocking of only 1 side when 2 sides have done exactly the same thing that the block is supposed to have been for, is routine. It's what happened to me too, and claiming to have any rights against a biased 2-day block actually was the offence that got me permablocked, after only 5 weeks' membership. Look at all these:

a voice from within Wikipedia's own system describes how the ArbCom and dispute resolution systems are rigged with discretionary catch-alls that always enable admin to win http://mail.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikien-l/2005-June/024230.html on how force of group numbers dictates Wikipedia pages's content http://mail.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikien-l/2005-July/025936.html this is actually called "don't bother reporting abusive admins"

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Garry Blaine

Garry James Blaine (April 19, 1933 – December 19, 1998) was a Canadian ice hockey player. He played one game in the National Hockey League with the Montreal Canadiens during the 1954–55 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1953 to 1960, was spent in the minor leagues.

Biography
Blaine began his professional hockey career with the Montreal Royals in the Quebec Hockey League in 1953. Blaine then played his one and only game in the National Hockey League for the Montreal Canadiens the next season, on January 2, 1955 against the Detroit Red Wings. He would then have spells in the QHL with the Trois-Rivières Lions, Chicoutimi Saguenéens and the Quebec Aces, the Western Hockey League with the Winnipeg Warriors and the Vancouver Canucks, the American Hockey League for the Buffalo Bisons and in the Eastern Professional Hockey League for the Sault Thunderbirds. With traveling becoming a big problem, Blaine retired in 1960.

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Habenula

The habenula (diminutive of Latin habena meaning rein) is a small bilateral neuronal structure in the brain of vertebrates, that has also been called a microstructure since it is no bigger than a pea. The naming as little rein describes its elongated shape in the epithalamus, where it borders the third ventricle, and lies in front of the pineal gland.

Although it is a microstructure each habenular nucleus is divided into two distinct regions of nuclei, a medial habenula (MHb), and a lateral habenula (LHb) both having different neuronal populations, inputs, and outputs. The medial habenula can be subdivided into five subnuclei, the lateral habenula into four subnuclei. Research has shown morphological complexity in the MHb and LHb. Different inputs to the MHb are discriminated between the different subnuclei. In the two regions of nuclei there is a difference in gene expression giving different functions to each.

The habenula is a conserved structure across vertebrates. In mammals it is highly symmetric, and in fish, amphibians and reptiles it is highly asymmetric in size, molecular composition, and connections. The habenular nuclei are a major component in the limbic system pathways. The fasciculus retroflexus pathway between the habenula and the interpeduncular nucleus is one of the first major nerve tracts to form in the developing brain.

The habenula is a central structure that connects forebrain regions to midbrain regions, and acts as a hub or node for the integration of emotional and sensory processing. It integrates information from the limbic system, sensory and basal ganglia to guide appropriate and effective responses. The habenula is involved in the regulation of monoamine neurotransmittters notably dopamine and serotonin. Both of these neurotransmitters are strongly associated with anxiety disorders, and avoidance behaviours. The functions of the habenula are also involved in motivation, emotion, learning, and pain. The MHb plays an important role in depression, stress, memory, and nicotine withdrawal, as well as a role in cocaine, methamphetamine and alcohol addiction. The MHb shows a high level of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs), that are involved in many forms of addiction. Previously their expression was only noted in other structures associated with addiction. Their expression in the MHb has become a later focus of research.

Anatomy
Each habenular nucleus has two divisions, a medial habenular nucleus (MHb), and a lateral habenular nucleus (LHb). Studies have shown that the medial habenula can be subdivided into five subnuclei, and the lateral habenula into four subnuclei. The right and left habenular nuclei are connected to each other by the habenular commissure. The pineal gland is attached to the brain in this region. The medial habenula (MHb) receives connections from posterior septum pellucidum and diagonal band of Broca; the lateral habenula receives afferents from the lateral hypothalamus, nucleus accumbens, internal globus pallidus, ventral pallidum, and diagonal band of Broca. As a whole, this complexly interconnected region is part of the dorsal diencephalic conduction system (DDCS), responsible for relaying information from the limbic system to the midbrain, hindbrain, and medial forebrain.

Lateral habenula
The primary input regions to the lateral habenula (LHb) are the lateral preoptic area (bringing input from the hippocampus and lateral septum), the ventral pallidum (bringing input from the nucleus accumbens and mediodorsal nucleus of the thalamus), the lateral hypothalamus, the medial habenula, and the internal segment of the globus pallidus (bringing input from other basal ganglia structures).

Neurons in the lateral habenula are 'reward-negative' as they are activated by stimuli associated with unpleasant events, the absence of the reward or the presence of punishment especially when this is unpredictable. Reward information to the lateral habenula comes from the internal part of the globus pallidus.

The outputs of the lateral habenula target dopaminergic regions (substantia nigra pars compacta and the ventral tegmental area), serotonergic regions (median raphe and dorsal raphe nuclei), and a cholinergic region (the laterodorsal tegmental nucleus). This output inhibits dopamine neurons in substantia nigra pars compacta and the ventral tegmental area, with activation in the lateral habenula linking to deactivation in them, and vice versa, deactivation in the lateral habenula with their activation. The lateral habenula functions to oppose the action of the laterodorsal tegmental nucleus in the acquisition of avoidance responses but not the processing of avoidance later on when it is a memory, motivation or its execution. Research suggests that lateral habenula may play a crucial role in decision making.

There has also shown to be an association with aberrant LHb activity and depression.

Medial habenula
The medial habenula (MHb) receives connections from the posterior septum pellucidum and diagonal band of Broca. Input to the medial habenula comes from a variety of regions and carries a number of different chemicals. Most neuronal projections to the MHb come from the septal area. Input regions include septal nuclei (the nucleus fimbrialis septi and the nucleus triangularis septi); dopaminergic inputs from the interfascicular nucleus of the ventral tegmental area, noradrenergic inputs from the locus ceruleus, and GABAergic inputs from the diagonal band of Broca. The medial habenula sends outputs of glutamate, substance P and acetylcholine to the periaqueductal gray via the interpeduncular nucleus as well as to the pineal gland.

Asymmetry
Asymmetry in the habenula was first noted in 1883 by Nikolaus Goronowitsch. Various species exhibit left-right asymmetric differentiation of habenular neurons. In many fishes and amphibians, the habenula on one side is significantly larger and better organized into distinct nuclei in the dorsal diencephalon than its smaller pair. The sidedness of such differentiation (whether the left or the right is more developed) varies with the species. In birds and mammals, however, both habenulae are more symmetrical (although not entirely) and consist of a medial and a lateral nucleus on each side which is in fish and amphibians equivalent to dorsal habenula and the ventral habenula, respectively.

Olfactory coding
In some fish (lampreys and teleosts), mitral cell (principal olfactory neurons) axons project exclusively to the right hemisphere of the habenula in an asymmetric manner. It is reported that the dorsal habenula (DHb) are functionally asymmetric with predominantly odor responses in the right hemisphere. It was also shown that DHb neurons are spontaneously active even in the absence of olfactory stimulation. These spontaneously-active DHb neurons are organized into functional clusters which were proposed to govern olfactory responses.

Functions
These nuclei are hypothesized to be involved in regulation of monoamines, such as dopamine and serotonin.

The habenular nuclei are involved in pain processing, reproductive behavior, nutrition, sleep-wake cycles, stress responses, and learning. Recent demonstrations using fMRI and single unit electrophysiology have closely linked the function of the lateral habenula with reward processing, in particular with regard to encoding negative feedback or negative rewards. Matsumoto and Hikosaka suggested in 2007 that this reward and reward-negative information in the brain might "be elaborated through the interplay among the lateral habenula, the basal ganglia, and monoaminergic (dopaminergic and serotonergic) systems" and that the lateral habenula may play a pivotal role in this "integrative function". Then, Bromberg-Martin et al. (2011) highlighted that neurons in the lateral habenula signal positive and negative information-prediction errors in addition to positive and negative reward-prediction errors.

Depression
Both the medial and lateral habenula show reduced volume in those with depression. Neuron cell numbers were also reduced on the right side. Such changes are not seen in those with schizophrenia. Deep brain stimulation of the major afferent bundle (i.e., stria medullaris thalami) of the lateral habenula has been used for treatment of depression where it is severe, protracted and therapy-resistant.

N-Methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor-dependent burst firing in the lateral habenula has been associated with depression in animal studies, and it has been shown that the general anesthetic ketamine blocks this firing by acting as a receptor antagonist. Ketamine has been the subject of numerous studies after having shown fast-acting antidepressant effects in humans (in a 0.5 mg/bw kg dose).

Motivation and addiction
Recent exploration of the habenular nuclei has begun to associate the structure with an organism's current mood, feeling of motivation, and reward recognition. Previously, the LHb has been identified as an "anti-reward" signal, but recent research suggests that the LHb helps identify preference, helping the brain to discriminate between potential actions and subsequent motivation decisions. In a study using a Pavlovian conditioning model, results showed an increase in the habenula response. This increase coincided with conditioned stimuli associated with more aversive punishments (i.e. electric shock). Therefore, researchers speculate that inhibition or damage to the LHb resulting in a failure to process such information may lead to random motivation behavior.

LHb is especially important in understanding the reward and motivation relationship as it relates to addictive behaviors. The LHb inhibits dopaminergic neurons, decreasing the release of dopamine. It was determined by several animal studies that receiving a reward coincided with elevated dopamine levels, but once the learned association was learned by the animal, dopamine levels remain elevated, only decreasing when the reward is removed. Therefore, dopamine levels only increase with unpredicted rewards and with a "positive prediction error". Moreover, it was determined that removal of an anticipated award activated LHb, inhibited dopamine levels. This finding helps explain why addictive drugs are associated with elevated dopamine levels.

Nicotine and nAChRs
According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, one in five preventable deaths in the United States is caused by tobacco use. Nicotine is the addictive drug found in most tobacco products and is easily absorbed by the bloodstream of the body. Despite common misconceptions regarding the relaxing effects of tobacco and nicotine use, behavioral testing in animals has demonstrated nicotine to have an anxiogenic effect. Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) have been identified as the primary site for nicotine activity and regulate consequent cellular polarization. nAChRs are made up a number of α and β subunits and are found in both the LHb and MHb, where research suggests they may play a key role in addiction and withdrawal behaviors.

History
The habenular is a well conserved structure that appeared in vertebrates more than 360 million years ago. The habenular commissure was described for the first time in 1555 by Andreas Vesalius and the habenula nuclei in 1872 by Theodor Hermann Meynert.

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Dick Bouchard

Richard Joseph Bouchard (December 2, 1934 – September 10, 1996) was a Canadian ice hockey right winger. He played one game in the National Hockey League, with the New York Rangers during the 1954–55 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1955 to 1964, was spent in the minor leagues.

Biography
Bouchard spent his junior days playing for the Quebec Frontenacs before being called up to the New York Rangers roster to play in his one and only NHL game during the 1954–55 season, on January 2, 1955 against the Boston Bruins. He then played two games for the Western Hockey League's Winnipeg Warriors before spending two seasons with the Shawinigan Falls Cataracts of the Quebec Hockey League. In 1958, Bouchard signed with the American Hockey League's Rochester Americans. After a year of inactivity, Bouchard signed for the International Hockey League's St. Paul Saints, spending three seasons with the team before playing one final season for the St. Paul Rangers of the Central Professional Hockey League before retiring.

After retirement Bouchard stayed in the Twin Cities area and coached the high school Richfield men's hockey from 1965 to 1973 then Apple Valley high school from 1976 to 1980. Bouchard went on to work as a scout for the NHL with the Minnesota North Stars from 1981 to 1988 and then with the Toronto Maple Leafs from 1991 until his death in 1996.

Personal life
Bouchard married Leda Desharnais August 1958. Richard and Leda Bouchard had 5 children together named Bryan, Ronald, Guy, Lyse and Michelle.

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Talk:Bob Ehrlich

prominent lesbian
I am laughing at this one. This is the first time I have clicked on an inter-wiki link and have come across a vandalized version of the page (I have reverted back to the original). The funny thing is I believed it as I read it. I saw his picture and thought, " Wow! She's pretty convincing for a transexual!" 68.163.49.249 08:43, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

POV Check
This article reads like something produced by Gov.Ehrlich's PR staff. It needs to be completely rewritten from a NPOV. 70.111.10.89 07:44, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

Can you be more specific? I'd love to help rewrite the article, but I would like to seek input first. Kdogg36 23:06, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

 * For example: "Throughout his congressional tenure, he maintained most of his campaign promises and worked towards lowering one of the highest tax rates in U.S. history and towards garnering further support for American troops abroad. He supported disabled Americans by introducing legislation aimed at helping those who had been disabled maintain employment, and supported harsher gun violence penalties." That sounds like a campaign commercial, not an encyclopedia article. 70.111.10.89 00:32, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

So, how would you rewrite it without losing the accuracy?????? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.140.87.105 (talk) 11:23, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

The entire article reads as if it were written by the dominant party in Maryland -- Democrats. This is the typical liberal bias of Wikipedia generally. Like many others, I'd prefer to see Wikipedia remain scrupulously non-political and diligently neutral. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.49.20.187 (talk) 21:46, 28 April 2015 (UTC)

POV Check
This article has obviously been written with a partisan twist. I believe many parts should be deleted or significantly changed, most especially the following parts:

1)	The choice of Michael Steele should not be racially compared 2)	The article about the Baltimore Sun is not written well and is slanted towards the governors position 3)	The MD4BUSH incident is totally unimportant and should be deleted, though if it was significantly curtailed that would be ok. (It is also factually incorrect). —the preceding unsigned comment is by 68.48.81.61 (talk • contribs)

 * The primary reason I reverted your changes is because you provided no justification for them. If you can provide adequate justification, feel free to make changes. -- tomf688 {talk} 01:14, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

This "Article" Is a Campaign Pamphlet
...and as such needs to be either rewritten or heavily edited. Here are the problems as I see them and the "justifications" for forthcoming edits (by me or others). NB: This is a long post.

In general, my complaints regarding this article are:
 * 1. The Governor of Maryland section is simply a rewrite of Ehrlich's official bio. As an active politician, his bio is a campaign document, and the resulting bias is evident in the article.
 * 2. The article is full of fluff about "determinations," "plans" and "intentions." Of the factual claims in this article, none are sourced or cited.
 * 3. Said uncited facts are spun to accentuate the positive aspects of Ehrlich's record (e.g., the unemployment rate hasn't really decreased much).
 * 4. Arguments are weighted in favor of Ehrlich (e.g. the criticism section regarding his stance on slot machines doesn't actually contain any criticism).

I'll go through how these issues arise in the "Governor of Maryland" section, the "criticism" section, and remaining instances:

Governor of Maryland

This section is simply a rewrite (or in some instances, a near-copy) of the Governor's official bio at. The Governor is running for re-election, and his online bio is designed to help him accomplish that. The reason this piece "reads like something produced by Gov.Ehrlich's PR staff," as noted in an earlier comment, is because large portions of it were produced by his PR staff. They cover the same points, in the same order, with the same or similar words.

A point-by point-comparison of excerpts of his bio with the article follows, with my comments.
 * Official Biography: "Since assuming office, Governor Ehrlich has fought for the Five Pillars of his Administration: Fiscal Responsibility, Education, Health & the Environment, Public Safety, and Commerce."
 * Article: "Since becoming governor, Ehrlich has outlined what he calls Five Pillars of his Administration: fiscal responsibility, education, health and the environment, public safety, and commerce."
 * Comment: Pure fluff that should be removed. All US politicians say that their priorities are cutting spending, education, health, environment, safety, and commerce. What else is there? This kind of staetment, by itself is not article material. (If Ehrlich had said "Screw the environment", or that his five pillars were Shahadah, Salāt, Sawm, Zakāh, and Hajj, that would be another story).

 * Official Biography: "Governor Ehrlich has balanced the state budget every year since assuming office, resolved $3.4 billion in deficits, and rejected $1.1 billion in tax increases."
 * Article: "The $1.8 billion state budget deficit left by the Glendening administration has been eradicated during Ehrlich’s tenure. Maryland's budget has been balanced every year (the state forecasts a $1 billion surplus for the 2005 fiscal year) since Ehrlich has been in office."
 * Comment: 1) No cites for these figures. Should be deleted unless there's an impartial source provided. 2) Why the gratuitous mention of Glendenning, since its already been established that he was Ehrlich's predecessor, other than to highlight this governor vs. a Democratic predecessor? Should be deleted

 * Official Bio: "He has fully-funded the "Thornton Act," by providing record increases in education funding for students in low-income neighborhoods."
 * Article: "In education, Ehrlich has endorsed the Thornton Plan, named after sponsor Dr. Alvin Thornton. The plan was proposed to drastically increase education funding in the state by $1.3 billion annually with the hopes of improving public education for students across Maryland, especially for schools in lower-income neighborhoods."
 * Comment: Fluff -- Politician "endorses" a "plan" which he "hopes" will "improve public education." How does this belong in the article? Did he come up with it? Has it shown any particularly notable results? Was it controversial? Or is it just a campaign blurb to say that Ehrlich is interested in education? Should be deleted if so.

 * Official Bio: "Governor Ehrlich is determined to provide affordable healthcare in Maryland, especially to those with limited access to health insurance. "
 * Article:"Health care has also been policy focus for Ehrlich, and has established a position in his cabinet based on providing affordable benefits to those who cannot afford them. "
 * Comment: Perhaps this could be de-fluffed as: "Erlich has created a cabinet position of...." But I did some searches online and couldn't find what the title of this position is or the name and title of the occupant. On the other hand, if we're going to mention his "policy focus" on health care here, NPOV would seem to dictate inclusion of his veto of the Wal-Mart healthcare bill, or at least a mention here with the full text under "Criticism."

 * Official Bio: "He has made the preservation of the Chesapeake Bay his top environmental priority. He signed into law his Chesapeake Bay Restoration Fund, the most important environmental initiative in a generation, which reduces nutrient pollution into the Bay by 7 million pounds annually."
 * Article: "Ehrlich also signed into law legislation aiming to reduce pollution and runoff in the Bay by millions of pounds annually."
 * Comment: This sentence is horribly vague but despite the "aiming to reduce" language isn't completely fluff, assuming that we're talking about the CBRF. An NPOV (and more detailed) presentation is: "Erlich also signed into law the Chesapeake Bay Restoration Fund, which funds upgrades of water treatment plants, which reduce pollution discharge, through a surcharge on business and residential water and septic bills."

 * Official Bio: "Governor Ehrlich established the Governor's Office of Homeland Security, making Maryland one the first states in the nation with a cabinet-level agency dedicated to securing the homeland."
 * Article: "Ehrlich has appointed a cabinet-level Homeland Security advisor..."
 * Comment: I'm not really sure if this is fluff or not. Why should this be in the article?

 * Official Bio: "Since he assumed office, Maryland's workforce has grown by nearly 60,000 jobs and the State's unemployment rate is one of the lowest in the nation. "
 * Article: "With employment, Maryland boasts one of the lowest unemployment rates in the nation, and has seen an increase of 60,000 jobs since Ehrlich has taken office."
 * Comment: This is spin. While it is true that the employment statistics for MD show an increase of ~76,000 from 2003 (Ehrlich's first year as governor) to 2005, the annual unemployment rate has changed little. For 2003 it was 4.5%; for 2005 it was 4.1%. See . NPOV mandates inclusion of both.

Criticism

 * Slot machines -- these are filed under "criticism." Where's the criticism? The entire second paragraph is comprised of justifications for why Ehrlich supports slots, but there's no substantive explanation of why someone might oppose them. This is POV. Ehrlich hasn't won, so someone obviously opposes slots -- why?

 * Ehrlich's veto of the Wal-Mart health-care bill should be in here.

 * "The O'Malley rumors and Steffen's role in the Ehrlich Administration provided a reason for legislative investigation into hiring practices by the Administration." No. The two were related, as Steffen claimed that he was the administration's "hit man." However this sentence is POV because it makes it appear that the investigation was revenge for Steffen's spreading rumors about O'Malley. I've changed it.

Other sections
 * "He has also opposed sales and income tax increases." Again, depends on whom you ask. Some would argue that a surcharge is a tax. Therefore, it should be changed, e.g.:
 * "Ehrlich claims that he opposes sales and income tax increases. However, the Chesepeake Bay Restoration Fund, which Ehrlich signed into law, imposes a state-wide surcharge on water and septic services which critics have dubbed "the flush tax."

 * The MD4Bush Incident is already covered in ample detail in the article of that name. This section should be reduced to:
 * "In early 2005 Ehrlich fired an aide, Joseph Steffen, for spreading rumors of marital infidelity about Baltimore mayor Martin O'Malley on the Free Republic Internet site. O'Malley, a Democrat, is running for governor in 2006 and, if he wins the primary, will likely face off against Ehrlich in the general election." More at MD4Bush Incident

 * 2002 Gubernatorial Election: I deleted the final paragraph, which discussed post-election Democratic infighting. This section still takes nearly as much space criticizing Townsend as talking about what Ehrlich did in the campaign.

 * Congress: This section is generally in good shape. However, I question the statement "While politically moderate..." which prefaces Ehrlich's support of the President. Moderate according to whom? It strikes me as political spin inserted to reassure those who might be turned off by his support of Bush.

Well, this has been a productive use of an afternoon...

Touchstone 23:01, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

 * 2010 Gubernatorial Election: I updated the section to specify the exact facts surrounding Mary Kane's service under Ehrlich as Assistant Secretary of State, and then her subsequent promotion to Secretary of State. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Thetruthspeaker09 (talk • contribs) 22:26, 6 August 2010 (UTC)

Absentee ballots
Apparently these will be the deciding factor in the race, I made note of this, but it was almost immediately removed. I know that info is right, I've been hearing about it all last night and this morning. Right now the page is very misleading.-Jeff (talk) 19:01, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

Governors of Maryland
The category is in error; the gov-elect's name (if it's to added to the list) should be listed as 'O'Malley (elect)''. GoodDay 18:04, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

Robert's American Gourmet
Is this really the same guy who developed snack foods through his company, Robert's American Gourmet? --badlydrawnjeff talk 13:48, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

Further Ehrlich controversies
There are several other controversies that occured under ex-governor Ehrlich's tenure that should be included in this article.

First was the proposed sale of 836 acres of St. Mary's county public property to land developers that were known political friends of Ehrlich. This property was bought with public money under the premise that the property would be preserved. Below is a Washington Post article about this: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33745-2005Jan24.html

Second was the banning of administration officials from responding to questions from specific Baltimore Sun reporters. Below is a Washington Post article about this: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45153-2004Dec7.html

Lastly was the infamous 'locked door' incident. The Maryland Senate was providing Mr. Ehrlich with several bills to consider. He had threatened to veto them, but the senate had enough votes to override the veto. So Mr. Ehrlich simply locked the door of his office and claimed the Senate did not provide him these bills in the time necessary. The matter went to court. Below is a Washington Post article about this: http://blog.washingtonpost.com/annapolis/2006/04/post_6.html

These should be included in this article to provide a fair view of Mr. Ehrlich's tumultuous tenure as governor of Maryland. Weengineer (talk) 19:55, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

 * A broader range of sources (beyond the Washington Post) would probably improve on fairness. —Adavidb 14:58, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

More sources on Ehrlich controversies
If you want more sources than the Washington Post, here they are:

As per Mr.Ehrlich's proposed land sale fiasco: From the Baltimore Sun http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bal-land0420,0,794452.story

From the Daily Record (Baltimore paper) http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4183/is_20050114/ai_n10065017

As per to Mr. Erhlich's not allowing administration to speak to Baltimore Sun reporters: From the Baltimore Sun http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/politics/bal-md.ban14jan14,1,4613027.story

In fact, this even went to court. THAT should be seen as highly controversial when a newspaper takes the standing governor to court over 1st amendment rights (full disclosure, the court sided with Ehrlich).

As per to Mr. Erhlich's locking the office door to avoid receiving paperwork from the senate: From a website called 'Environmental Action' http://www.environmental-action.org/blog/archives/clean_air/index.html

For an article that supposedly details Mr. Erhlich's tenure as governor, it lacks information that is essentially common knowledge to most Marylanders. In fact, I would agree with others that this article is biased (intentionally???) to present Mr. Ehrlich in a more positive light. Weengineer (talk) 17:18, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

 * Thanks for finding the sources. By the way, blogs are generally not considered acceptable sources for use on Wikipedia. —Adavidb 10:31, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Police spying on political activists?
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Repeated blanking of Controversies sections
Tincup2684 has twice blanked several portions of the Controversies section, stating the content is "outdated." The blanked content includes numerous citations from reputable newspapers. If you know of more recent information that is more accurate or informative on these subjects, please update the content rather than delete it. Spril4 (talk) 14:33, 22 January 2011 (UTC)

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I fixed the info box to the standard box used for former Governors/elected officals. Also, there is no source to say he left the Republican Party. Third, I can't for some reason revert it, but the user who did the two other changes I undid, put "former politican". I don't agree with this label. This appears to be a case of vandalism. America69 (talk) 03:27, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

Misspelled renaming
This article has been renamed to "Bob Ehrlich (politican)"--including the misspelled profession--by User:Levineps who has been specifically barred from renaming articles for over a year. Unless anyone has a better plan, I'll rename it to "Bob Ehrlich (politician)" as I don't see any cited source confirming the opening statement that Ehrlich has retired from politics, and most "former" members of a profession in Wikipedia do not appear to be listed as "former". Spril4 (talk) 23:59, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

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Lionel Bouvrette

Joseph Wilfrid Lionel Gerard Bouvrette (June 10, 1914 — February 8, 2000) was a Canadian ice hockey goaltender.

Bouvrette played one game in the National Hockey League for the New York Rangers during the 1942–43 season on March 18, 1943. His rights were owned by the Montreal Canadiens who agreed to loan Bouvrette to the Rangers to replace the injured Jimmy Franks. He had a more successful career with the Quebec Aces of the Quebec Senior Hockey League, leading the league twice in shutouts. He was also the recipient of the Vimy Memorial Trophy, awarded to the league's Most Valuable Player.

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Darren Boyko

Darren Boyko (born January 16, 1964) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. Boyko is best known for a one-game stint in the NHL and the Elitserien. He played one game in the NHL for the Winnipeg Jets in 1989 and one game in Elitserien for Västra Frölunda HC in 1997.

Boyko was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. As a youth, he played in the 1977 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Saint Boniface, Winnipeg.

Boyko spent two highly productive years playing for the University of Toronto before turning pro. In his first year with U of T, with Mike Keenan as his coach, Boyko put up 33 goals and 84 points in just 40 games then added another 17 points in just nine playoff games en route to a National Championship. The following year he again scored 84 points for the Varsity Blues.

In '85-'86 he played four games for the Canadian National Team but spent the bulk of the year playing professionally in Finland. After three years with Helsinki, Boyko signed a deal with his hometown Winnipeg Jets.

Boyko had structured his deal to allow him to return to Finland if he didn't crack the Jets roster. While he made the team out of camp, he remained on the sidelines as a healthy scratch for over a month before finally drawing into a game versus the Boston Bruins. After his one-game audition, he returned to Finland and played seven more seasons with HIFK Helsinki.

In 2001, Boyko was inducted into the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame. In 2006, he became the second non-Finnish player, after Carl Brewer, to be inducted into the Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame.

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 * MJHL First All-Star Team (1981)
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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. — J I P | Talk 17:47, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

Clan of the Dead Goat
nn community vanity, and they even mention that they're not well known in the article. Delete with an AWP headshot. RasputinAXP  talk  *  contribs  04:44, 1 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete MONGO 10:55, 1 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete Andrew Lenahan - St ar bli nd 12:10, 1 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep - 11,900 google hits, is good enough. It seems to be a notable group and website  Its parent site, www.csnation.net seems to be what may be notable, and the fact that these customization communities exist would be more encyclopedic/should be mentioned somewhere, so perhaps merge with another article... --Mysidia (talk) 18:05, 1 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment Only 85 of those hits are actually unique. Happens a lot with forums. --Icelight 12:04, 2 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment - Wrote the article, so I won't vote, but its like Mysdia said, it is a large community. Also, the forums are not well know in the ENTIRE CS community (which could easily consist of 1 billion+ people) but are very well known in the CS customization community. Hope you guys will take this into consideration. --Banana! 01:03, 2 October 2005 (UTC)
 * You're allowed to vote; it's when floods of people with an interest in the article but no interest in Wikipedia as a whole that votes start getting disregarded. I admit, I'm not a CS buff of any kind, but I've never heard of CotDG despite being fairly well-informed about computer/video gaming in general. Has it had any mentions in press, either gaming press or mainstream? How has it influenced the modding community as a whole? The answers to these sorts of questions help establish notability, and it seems like this is a borderline case. - A Man In Black (Talk | Contribs) 09:00, 2 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Weak delete. There are lots of Counter-Strike communities out there and most of them are not notable. Nevertheless, appears to have an OK Alexa rating (13,327). Andrew pmk | Talk 02:26, 2 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment This is actually the Alexa rank for the entire CSNation site, a much larger group which only hosts the CDG forums. (csnation.net has exactly the same Alexa ranking. It's like trying to figure out the traffic for a blogspot blog.) --Icelight 12:04, 2 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment -- On the other hand, due to their use of multiple domains including gunshop.clandeadgoat.net and www.clandeadgoat.net, it seems to be impossible to figure out what their overall Alexa ranking would be. --Mysidia (talk) 17:01, 2 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete Non-notable CS forum and skin designers. The article itself confirms this, and the 85 unique hits for "Clan of the Dead Goat" confirms that it doesn't have a wide presence. The Alexa rank is because it is hosted on CSNation, a much larger site. --Icelight 12:04, 2 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete I think Icelight has it about right on this. I'll change my vote if convinced otherwise. Marcus22 19:42, 2 October 2005 (UTC)
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Barton Bradley

Barton William "Bart" Bradley (July 29, 1930 – September 16, 2006) was a Canadian ice hockey centre. He played one game in the National Hockey League with the Boston Bruins during the 1949–50 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1949 to 1960, was spent in various minor leagues. Internationally Bradley played for the Canadian national team at the 1959 World Championships, winning a gold medal.

Playing career
Bradley played junior hockey in the Thunder Bay Junior Hockey League for the Port Arthur West End Bruins from 1946 to 1949, winning the playoff championship in 1948 and 1949 as well as the 1948 Memorial Cup. He turned pro in 1949 and signed with the American Hockey League's Hershey Bears, but was called up to play one game in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Boston Bruins on March 22, 1950 against the Chicago Black Hawks; this would be his only game in the NHL. Spells in the United States Hockey League for the Tulsa Oilers and the Pacific Coast Hockey League with the Tacoma Rockets was followed by a seven-year tenure in the Western Hockey League, beginning with the Rockets who only lasted one season. He then had spells with the Seattle Bombers, New Westminster Royals, Victoria Cougars and the Seattle Americans.

In 1957, Bradley began playing senior hockey, beginning with two seasons with the Belleville McFarlands. He also played for the Port Arthur Bearcats and the Fort William Beavers before officially retiring in 1966.

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Yuendumu

Yuendumu is a town in the Northern Territory of Australia, 293 km northwest of Alice Springs on the Tanami Road, within the Central Desert Region local government area. It ranks as one of the larger remote communities in central Australia, and has a thriving community of Aboriginal artists. It is home to Pintubi Anmatjere Warlpiri (PAW) Media, which produced the TV series Bush Mechanics.

History
Yuendumu was established in 1946 by the Native Affairs Branch of the Australian Government to deliver rations and welfare services; the first superintendent was Francis McGarry. In 1947 the Australian Baptist Home Mission was established there. By 1955 many of the Aboriginal people had settled in the town.

Location and demographics
Yuendumu lies on the edge of the Tanami Desert, north-west of Alice Springs within the Yuendumu Aboriginal Lands Trust area, on traditional Anmatyerr land. It includes numerous outstations, and the area borders Mount Doreen, Mount Denison, Central Mount Wedge and Mount Allan pastoral properties. It takes about three hours to drive along the mostly sealed road from Alice Springs to Yuendumu via the Tanami Road, which branches off the Stuart Highway 25 km north of Alice Springs.

It is within the Central Desert Region (formerly Central Desert Shire) council area.

The community is largely made up of the Warlpiri and Anmatyerr Aboriginal people, with a population of 759 at the 2016 Australian census.

Yuendumu Doors
In 1982 five Warlpiri elders started painting in a bright "fauve art" style on the 30 doors of the Yuendumu primary school, in a project which became known as the Yuendumu Doors. Their paintings illustrated 36 ancient designs known as kuruwarri (also spelt kurawarri ), to teach the children their people's Jukurrpa (often translated as Dreamtime stories), and established the elders as important teachers of the youth. The five men who painted the doors were: Paddy Jupurrurla Nelson, Roy Jupurrurla Curtis, Paddy Japaljarri Stewart, Paddy Japaljarri Sims, and Larry Jungarrayi Spencer.

The painting of the doors started the whole Warlpiri art movement, and in addition became a powerful symbol of elders caring for children, and helping them in "two-way education". In the mid-1990s, the doors were removed when the school was upgraded in the mid-1990s, the doors were transferred to the South Australian Museum, where they are held today (2021).

In 2021, the South Australian Museum, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the National Museum of Australia mounted an exhibition consisting of posters of the doors, to be displayed in Australian embassies around the world, starting with Chengdu in China.

Warlukurlangu Artists
Anthropologist Françoise Dussart provided encouragement to the women to make and sell art, and after some time, the men granted permission to the women to use dots in their acrylic paintings. In 1985 the Warlukurlangu Artists Association was founded at Yuendumu by door painters Stewart and Sims, along with several other senior men and women, including Dolly Nampijinpa Daniels, Darby Jampijinpa Ross, Jack Jakamarra Ross, Samson Japaljarri Martin and senior women including Uni Nampijinpa Martin, Rosie Nangala Fleming and Maggie Napangardi Watson Incorporated in 1986, it is now called Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Corporation.

Other notable artists who have painted with Warlukurlangu include Kumanjayi Nelson Napaljarri, Norah Nelson Napaljarri, Sheila Brown Napaljarri, and Judy Watson Napangardi.

Contemporary Indigenous Australian artist Kumanjayi Napaljarri Kennedy was a senior woman at Yuendumu, a member of the community council, and was made a Member of the Order of Australia in 1994, for services to the Yuendumu community. Artist Maggie Napaljarri Ross has received the Order of Australia for her work in establishing the Yuendumu Night Patrol.

The art centre produces over 10,000 paintings each year, and sells the same number. In 2022, more than A$250,000 worth of art by Warlukurlangu Artists sold at the three-day Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair.

Media
For over 25 years the community has also been home to Pintubi Anmatjere Warlpiri (PAW) Media, (formerly Warlpiri Media Association), most famously producing Bush Mechanics, and Aboriginal Rules, which explored the social meaning of Australian rules football in remote communities.

The 2001 TV series Bush Mechanics was located in and around Yuendumu, and an exhibition and book celebrated the iconic series in 2018/2019.

Facilities, sport, events
Services and facilities available in Yuendumu include three community stores, Yuendumu Mediation Centre, school, airstrip, swimming pool, the Warlukurlangu art centre, an Aboriginal media organisation (PAW Media), a church, an elderly people's program, women's centre and safe house. Yuendumu retains links with other communities within the region, including Yuelamu, Papunya, Lajamanu, Willowra and Nyirripi.

Yuendumu is home of the Yuendumu Magpies football team, who play in the Central Australian Football League (CAFL) (formerly playing in the Ngurratjuta 'Country' Cup). Yuendumu won the inaugural season of the new Alice Springs competition in 2008. Yuendumu player Liam Jurrah was drafted into the AFL soon after by the Melbourne Football Club.

Yuendumu hosts its annual sports weekend in the first week of August. The event includes football, basketball and softball competitions, attracting teams from other communities around the region. There is also a "Battle of the Bands" night which showcases local bands.

Mt Theo Program
Yuendumu elders founded the Mt Theo Program in 1993, to divert youth from an epidemic of petrol sniffing, which has become a model for substance abuse prevention and youth diversion/development in remote Australian communities. In 2007, Johnny Japangardi Miller "Hooker Creek", Peggy Nampijimpa Brown and Andrew Stojanovski were awarded the Order of Australia Medal (OAM) for their efforts in founding the program and "for service to the community of Yuendumu and the surrounding region of the Northern Territory through programs addressing substance abuse among Indigenous youth". The program grew into a number of services, now administered by the Warlpiri Youth Development Aboriginal Corporation.

Other notable people
Yuendumu leaders who were awarded the Centenary Medal in 2001, which commemorates 100 years of Federation and recognises "citizens and other people who made a contribution to Australian society or government" include Wendy Nungarrayi Brown and Rex Granites.

Yuendumu is the home community of Indigenous activist and former NT Government minister Bess Nungarrayi Price and, although not born there, her daughter Jacinta Nampijinpa Price is closely associated with the community as it is her mothers country.

Artist Pauline Nakamarra Woods grew up in Yuendumu.

Artist Kumantje Jagamara went to the mission school in Yuendumu.

Artist Alma Nungarrayi Granites lived in Yuendumu.

Nurse Ellen Kettle was the first permanent nursing sister in Yuendumu and worked there between 1952 and 1954; she would go on pioneer health services in the NT.

In the arts and media
The town is mentioned in the 1987 Midnight Oil song "Beds are Burning" (from the Diesel and Dust album): Four wheels scare the cockatoos/From Kintore east to Yuendumu. Midnight Oil and Warumpi Band's 1986 tour to Yuendumu is documented in Andrew McMillan's book Strict Rules: The BlackfellaWhitefella Tour.

In The 2005 PlayStation 2 Video Game Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves, the second chapter "Rumble Down Under" takes place in a fictional Yuendumu in the Australian outback, which is a mining and digging site. Uluru is depicted as surrounding the game's version of Yuendemu.

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Four-ball billiards

Four-ball billiards or four-ball carom (often abbreviated to simply four-ball, and sometimes spelled 4-ball or fourball) is a carom billiards game, played on a pocketless table with four billiard balls, usually two red and two white, one of the latter with a spot to distinguish it (in some sets, one of the white balls is yellow instead of spotted). Each player is assigned one of the white (or yellow) balls as a. A is scored when a shooter's cue ball s on any two other balls in the same  (with the opponent's cue ball serving as an, along with the reds, for the shooter). Two points are scored when the shooter caroms on each of the three object balls in a single shot. A carom on only one ball results in no points, and ends the shooter's.

Asian variations
A variant of four-ball is the East Asian game Japanese for 'four balls' (四つ玉), or sagu (四球, 사구, Korean for 'four balls').

The game is played with two red object balls, one white cue ball and one yellow cue ball (or sometimes both cue balls are white, one having a red spot). Each of the two players is assigned a white or yellow cue ball; whether the opponent can use it as an object ball is a difference between the Japanese and Korean versions. A point is scored when the shooter caroms on two balls. A carom on only one ball results in no points, and ends the shooter's inning.

There are a few differences between the Korean and the Japanese variants:
 * Starting position: In the Korean version, the cue ball is placed beside one of the red object balls for the opening shot, and play commences by hitting the red ball on the opposite side of the table (as in three-cushion billiards). In the Japanese version, the cue ball is placed behind the second red object ball, and play commences by hitting the red object ball nearest to the cue ball.
 * Object balls: In the Korean version, a player is penalized a point if the cue ball caroms off the opponent's cue ball. In the Japanese version, doing so is legal, as the opponent's cue ball is available as an object ball; caroming on all three balls scores two points.
 * Winning: In the Korean version, after having scored the final point, a win is secured by doing a three- shot; until one is successfully played, the player lagging behind can still catch up and win. In this respect, it is similar to the game play of the darts game cricket. In the Japanese version, the game is simply over when a player reaches the agreed-upon score.

Central European variation
A variation of four-ball called desítkový karambol (Czech for 'tenfold carom') is popular in Central Europe, especially in the Czech Republic. It is played with white ball, a blue ball, a yellow ball and a red ball which serves as the cue ball for both players. Players score a point by hitting two of the other three balls with the cue ball. A carom off all three object balls in one shot, however, scores 10 points. The score is doubled by hitting a cushion before hitting any of the other balls for a total of either two or 20 points in one shot.

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