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PTV

PTV may refer to:

Television

 * "PTV" (Family Guy), a 2005 Family Guy episode
 * PTV (PBS), a temporary branding of PBS Kids, used from 1994 to 1999
 * PTV (Thailand) or People's Television, a Thailand-based satellite television station
 * Pakistan Television Corporation, a state-run broadcaster of Pakistan
 * PTV Home, a cable and satellite entertainment channel
 * PTV News, a 24-hour state news channel
 * People's Television Network, a government-owned broadcaster in the Philippines
 * PTV News (TV program), TV news show run by the broadcaster
 * Paramount Television, a defunct American television production/distribution company (now CBS Television Studios)
 * Personal televisions, screens located in seat-backs or armrests on passenger aircraft
 * Prime7, formerly Prime Television, an Australian television network
 * PTV (TV station), a television station in Mildura, Victoria, Australia, which is part of Prime7
 * PTV4 (Paikallistelevisio), a now-defunct Finnish television channel, predecessor of Nelonen

Music

 * Pierce the Veil, an American post-hardcore/experimental rock band
 * Psychic TV, a video art and music group

Other

 * PTV (car), a microcar built in Manresa, Spain
 * Passenger Transfer Vehicle, a type of mobile lounge used at some airports
 * PTV AG, a German software company
 * Pactiv (NYSE: PTV0), a manufacturer of Hefty products and packaging
 * Particle tracking velocimetry, a technique to measure velocity of particles
 * Public Transport Victoria, which oversees public transport in Victoria, Australia
 * Punta toro, a virus
 * Protein-truncating variants (genetic mutations which cut short protein recipes; often especially harmful)

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Vision Montreal

Vision Montreal (Vision Montréal or VM) was a municipal political party in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was founded in 1994 and dissolved in April 2014. Between 2001 and 2013 it formed the official opposition on Montreal City Council.

Origins
Vision Montreal was established in 1994 to promote the candidacy of the director of the Montreal Botanical Garden and then rising political star Pierre Bourque for Mayor of Montreal.

Accomplishments
Bourque was elected Mayor against incumbent Jean Doré in 1994, with 39 of his candidates elected to Montreal City Council. In 1998, he and his team were re-elected for a second term.

The Bourque administration is credited with the following:

 * the introduction of a balanced city budget, with the help of the provincial government in 1998;
 * the revitalization of the Old Montreal historic district;
 * the implementation of neighbourhood programs known as Éco-quartiers; such programs consist of:
 * recycling;
 * adding greenery on public property;
 * the reopening of the Lachine Canal in 1997;
 * the expansion of diplomatic and commercial relations between Montreal and Shanghai, China;
 * a modest reversal of Montreal's suburbanization between 1996 and 2001;
 * the merger of Montreal and 27 other surrounding municipalities into one city government that covers the entire island of Montreal in 2001-02 (an idea known as Une île, une ville or One island, one city in English).

Shortcomings and criticism
Pierre Bourque was criticized for his perceived lack of flexibility. During his first term, he suffered a mutiny within his party. Fifteen of his councillors left his administration to sit as Independents. By August 1997, only a minority of city council members (24 out of 51) were members of Vision Montreal.

Furthermore, the merger was met with so much resistance from residents and politicians of Montreal's predominantly English-speaking West Island that by 2005 fifteen municipalities had demerged from the city centre. After it had reached 1.8 million people, the population of Montreal was reduced to 1.6 million residents.

Bourque's strong emphasis on environmental issues was sometimes dismissed as trivial. He was soon known as Géranium Ier (Geranium the First) to the public. During a May 12, 2006 interview with then journalist Bernard Drainville though, Bourque claimed that he was not offended by the nickname, pointing at the fact that there is nothing shameful about "being a gardener."

Opposition
In 2001, Vision Montreal was voted out of office. Although 64% of the residents of pre-merger Montreal voted for Bourque and his team, elsewhere, Vision Montreal met a very strong, well-disciplined and united opposition. Gérald Tremblay, who was backed by former members of the Montreal Citizens' Movement (RCM) as well as anti-merger activists, became mayor.

Bourque’s succession
In 2003, Bourque temporarily left his job as Leader of the Opposition, while he tried to become an ADQ Member of the provincial legislature in the district of Bourget. He lost and decided to resume his career at the municipal level. Councillor Ivon Le Duc decided to sit as an Independent, but the majority of the Vision Montreal members wanted Bourque back.

Bourque stayed for three more years but quit city politics in May 2006. Following his resignation, François Purcell (Council member for the district of Saint-Édouard) was selected as the party’s acting leader. Noushig Eloyan (Council member for the district of Bordeaux-Cartierville) became the acting Leader of the Opposition.

A leadership convention was held in June 2009, in which Louise Harel was unanimously chosen as the party leader and candidate for mayor of Montreal for the 2009 municipal elections.

Support for Marcel Côté
Louise Harel chose not to run again for the mayoralty in the November 2013 municipal election. Harel threw the support of Vision Montreal behind a new candidate, Marcel Côté. In September 2013, Côté announced that candidates would be running under the banner Coalition Montréal – Marcel Côté. Coalition Montréal won only six seats in the 2013 election and did not function as the official opposition.

Quebec Chief Electoral Officer Jacques Drouin announced on April 10, 2014 that he had withdrawn party authorization for Vision Montreal as requested by Louise Harel.

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Royal Thai Air Base Nam Phong

The Royal Thai Air Base Nam Phong in Nam Phong District, Khon Kaen Province, Thailand was constructed in 1966-1967 during the Vietnam War by Utah Mining Company, originally to support EC-121 aircraft and potentially three tactical aircraft squadrons, but was ultimately completed as a "bare base" to support disbursal and theater force staging. The airfield was used by covert Laotian and Thai Special Operations Forces as part of Project 404 (aka-Palace Dog) and Project Unity from 1969 through 1975. In June 1972 Nam Phong became a concurrent base of operations for United States Marine Corps air operations by Marine Aircraft Group 15, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing.

Elements of squadrons that had previously been located at Da Nang Air Base, South Vietnam were moved to Nam Phong starting in June 1972 to support air operations to counter the Easter Offensive. The advance party that first arrived landed to find basically an airfield in the middle of the jungle. At that time the base consisted of a runway, parking apron, and a few wooden buildings. A United States Navy Seabee battalion (MCB 5) was soon clearing the jungle and some 10 man tents were hastily erected to sleep and work in. Since the conditions were rugged, the base soon came to be called "The Rose Garden" after the song by Lynn Anderson and the Marine recruiting campaign based on it, saying "We never promised you a rose garden" and depicting a Marine drill instructor addressing a terrified recruit.

The squadrons in residence soon included H&MS-15, MABS-15, VMFA-115 and VMFA-232 with F-4 Phantom IIs, VMA(AW)-533 with A-6 Intruders, VMGR-152 with KC-130 Hercules, and H&MS-36, Det "D" with CH-46 Sea Knights.

These were soon joined by 3rd Battalion 9th Marines. who served as the security element. Marine Air Traffic Control Unit 62 (MATCU 62) handled the airport traffic control operations, including the airport tower and GCA radar (Ground Controlled Approach). The military occupying "The Rose Garden" was designated Task Force Delta. The base included Marines, Navy medical and construction staff, some airmen (mostly cargo handers), and a six-man United States Army detachment from the 11th Signal Brigade (United States), which provided specialized communications security to the command from June to December 1972. There were also Thai military elements. The Rose Garden was active until September 1973, when all US military units returned to their home bases.

During its operational occupation by U.S. forces, Nam Phong was used for air operations against targets in North Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos. During this time, a small contingent of Marines remained in Da Nang to serve as a "turn around crew" It was their job to refuel and re-arm Marine aircraft for a second sortie to the North before returning to Nam Phong. This allowed the Marines to make two sorties per day per plane. Nam Phong was also a primary divert airbase for battle damaged aircraft and those low on fuel.

In May 1975 Nam Phong also received refugee flights evacuating Hmong from Long Tieng, Laos.

Nam Phong has been a Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) communications center. An on-site visit in January 2019 by several Marine veterans of Task Force Delta report that the base was minimally staffed and the runway surface is in poor condition and would not support non-emergency fixed-wing aircraft use.

In early April 2022, The Bangkok Post reported that due to noise complaints from residents near Udorn Royal Thai Air Force Base, the RTAF had decided to relocate jet training from there to Nam Phong, with the move scheduled to occur in late 2025 after the base facilities had been improved. Google Maps and Google Earth images dated Feb 2021 show the runway has been resurfaced and a few additional structures have been constructed.

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I, Zombie

I, Zombie: The Chronicles of Pain is a film which was released by Fangoria Films in 1998; it was written, directed, produced and scored by Andrew Parkinson. It tells the story of a young man who gets infected by being bitten by a zombie and gradually starts turning into one himself.

Plot
The film opens in mockumentary style with a woman, Sarah, talking about her boyfriend Mark in the past tense.

Mark skips Sarah's event for his research field trip, and she is very displeased with his decision. Mark travels out to the woods to collect moss samples when he stumbles across a rusty decaying station wagon. Intrigued, he continues down the path and eventually finds an abandoned farmhouse. He enters the house, explores the rooms, and stumbles across an injured man propped up against a wall. When he hears a woman scream, he rushes to her aid and finds her having a seizure on a dirty mattress. He brushes her hair out of her face to comfort her and sees that she has the same sort of scars and deformities that the man had. He picks her up and carries her outside, and she bites his neck. He promptly drops her and runs away, eventually collapsing in a nearby field.

Back at home, Sarah calls an investigator to report Mark missing for three weeks. Mark wakes up, thinks to himself about how he doesn't know how long he's been unconscious, and admits to killing his first victim, a camper in the woods. He recalls how he had no control of the situation. He decides he has to hide and rents a new apartment. He looks at his bite wound in a mirror and notices it is beginning to look worse. He collapses, suffers a minor seizure, and reports it in his digital log, along with how he has not eaten in six days and has to find another victim.

As his condition worsens, he begins to accept and study it, keeping everything recorded in logbooks or his digital recorder. He still appears normal and continues to live and function in society, although his bite wound will not heal and the surrounding tissue is starting to decay. He picks up a hitchhiker, knocks him out with chloroform, and eats most of the man's chest. He then burns the man's body and possessions.

Meanwhile, Sarah begins seeing another man named David. Late one night after a date, someone rings her doorbell, but she sees no one. Mark attacks her with chloroform and brings her back inside her apartment to look at her one last time. Mark continues on his hunting spree as his appearance slowly becomes more ghastly and his behavior more erratic. He begins losing a lot of weight and becomes weaker. His leg breaks during the disposal of a victim's body, and he is forced to attach a metal rod to support his ankle. Mark also begins to lose his grip on reality and suffers from hallucinations. His decomposition becomes so severe that he can no longer bear to look at himself, so he overdoses with a bottle of chloroform.

Cast

 * Giles Aspen as Mark
 * Ellen Softley as Sarah

Production
The film took four years to make. It was shot and edited in 18 months, but it took another 18 months after director Andrew Parkinson realized that there were problems with the script's structure. The unplanned re-shoots caused strained relationships, but the film was completed. Post production took another six months. Parkinson likes the grain, texture, and colors of 16 mm film, and wanted to use that in his film. Broke at the time that he made I, Zombie, Parkinson was unable to pay even traveling expenses. He did not use auditions, as he had either worked with the actors previously or had seen them in local theater. Giles Aspen performed his own stunts.

Release
Fangoria Films released I, Zombie in 1998. It was released on VHS in 1999.

Jinga Films released I, Zombie on DVD in North American on 18 February 2014.

Reception
Keith Phipps of The A.V. Club wrote that the film is too dull to appeal even to Fangoria subscribers. Writing in Zombie Movies: The Ultimate Guide, Glenn Kay called the film overly serious and predictable. Peter Dendle, author of The Zombie Movie Encyclopedia, described it as "more competent and compelling than most of its small-scale Yankee predecessors."

Marc Price, the director of Colin, said that if he had known about the existence of I, Zombie, he probably wouldn't have made his film.

Awards

 * Commendation Award for Best Independent Feature, Festival of Fantastic Films (1998)

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Rainbow mythology
(on cleanup since September 2004)

 * Went on AFD 03:05, October 8, 2005. Looks like it will survive

Todo

 * 1) AFD opinion included need to reorganizing
 * proposed to reorganized by ethnic tradition rather than mythological conception (proposed, not decided!)
 * 1) proposed move to "Rainbows in mythology".
 * 2) Needs more structure (definitely)

It's comparative mythology but the closest I can find is ask someone specializing in comparative religion to take a look and at least see what needs to be done.
 * Added to User:Vyzasatya/Desk RJFJR 01:51, 17 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Implemented first two suggestions of AFD discussion and atleast partly the third one too. --Vyzasatya 06:59, 29 October 2005 (UTC)
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Texas State Highway Loop 323

Loop 323 is a state highway loop in Texas in the United States. It is a 19.7 mi highway circling the city of Tyler in Smith County.

History
On November 20, 1951, Farm to Market Road 1803 (FM 1803) was established as a 4.8 mi bypass from US 271 northeast of Tyler, to SH 64 east of Tyler. On October 29, 1953, FM 845, was created as another bypass around the north side of Tyler, covering 7.3 mi from SH 31 to US 271 and the northern end of FM 1803. On October 26, 1954, the route of FM 845 was extended (but apparently not constructed) about 8.0 mi south and east around Tyler and then northward to intersect with the southern terminus of FM 1803. On December 3, 1954, FM 845 was merged into FM 1803, so that the route, once completely constructed, would have a single highway designation.

On October 30, 1957, with its southern portion now under construction, FM 1803 was redesignated as Loop 323. The southern portion was to be designated as Loop 323 upon completion, while the northern portion — the original segments of the old FM 845 and FM 1803 — were resigned to coincide with the release of the 1958 official state highway map. Since the 1957 redesignation, no further routing changes to Loop 323 have been made.

Route description
The northern terminus of Loop 323 is at US 271 and SH 155 northeast of Tyler. From there, Loop 323 travels south, intersecting its own "southern" terminus after 0.6 mi. Continuing south, it intersects SH 31, Loop 124 and SH 64 on the east side of Tyler; then, traveling southwest, it crosses SH 110. Shifting to a westward direction, it crosses US 69 and FM 2493 south of town, and SH 155 southwest of Tyler. Now heading north, it intersects with Spur 364 and crosses SH 31, SH 64, and SH 110 for the second time each, before turning northeast and intersecting US 69 again. Approaching northeastern Tyler, Loop 323 crosses US 271 0.7 mi southwest of their previous intersection, and continues east another 0.5 mi where it ends at its intersection with itself.

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Transitional Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

The Transitional Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo was tasked with moving from the state riven by the Second Congo War (1998–2003) to a government based upon a constitution agreed on by consensus. In 2001, President Laurent Kabila was assassinated, and his son Joseph Kabila was named head of state.

Background
In July 2002, the Pretoria Accord was signed on withdrawal of foreign forces. In October 2002, Joseph Kabila negotiated the withdrawal of Rwandan forces occupying eastern Congo. Two months later, the 'Global and All-Inclusive Agreement' was signed by all remaining warring parties to end the fighting and establish a government of national unity.

Prunier writes: ''For a few months after the signing of the Sun City Agreement, things had stagnated as the delegates to the Intra-Congolese Dialogue kept debating in Pretoria about how to turn the piece of paper they had signed into some kind of reality. On April 1, 2003, they finally adopted the draft constitution which had been presented to them on March 6, and they agreed upon the outline of a transitional government.''

History
On April 7, 2003, Joseph Kabila was sworn in as transitional president. And on the next day, the last of the four agreed vice-presidents was named, Azarias Ruberwa for the RCD-G. He joined Abdoulaye Yerodia Ndombasi for Kabila's government; Jean-Pierre Bemba for the MLC; and Arthur Z'ahidi Ngoma for the political opposition.

The first cabinet was announced on July 1.

On July 17 2003, the four vice-presidents of the DRC's two-year transitional government took the oath of office in Kinshasa, but a day later on July 18, transitional government officials designated by the RCD-Goma and the MLC refused to take the oath of office because it included swearing allegiance to President Joseph Kabila.

Over the course of September, a reinforced MONUC presence carried out the "Bunia, weapon-free zone" operation to demilitarize the province. They were partially successful, though conflicts continue to permeate the region.

On June 11, 2004, the transitional government faced a failed coup attempt by a renegade faction of the presidential guard led by Major Eric Lenge.

The transitional period came to end with the completion of the 2006 general election and the swearing in of Kabila as president on 6 December 2006.


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Hi. I just saw this article that you created. WOW. I really hope that this isn't a copyright violation. It needs just a little cleanup and the like, but for a first article, that's really impressive. Keep up the good work!--Sean Jelly Baby? 00:16, 12 October 2005 (UTC)

Hi, in order to work on the article I asked some questions on talk:black rumor culture that it'd help if you could answer. Thanks, silsor 01:42, 12 October 2005 (UTC)

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Talk:Siege of Turin

Expansion
This is part of series of updates for major battles in this theatre, so I've made it consistent, added references etc.

Robinvp11 (talk) 16:10, 25 April 2018 (UTC)

Explanation
The user in question has displayed a tendentious editing pattern across a number of articles related to French and Italian battles. In these edits, he attempts to construct a narrative of the valiant Italians fighting desperately (and more successfully than they actually did) against the overwhelming forces of an evil France. Some small context can be found at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Military history, and the best exemplification of his editing style can be found at Second Battle of the Alps. The revert I made here was part of what was more or less a mass rollback of the user's edits.

Several issues caused me to revert this particular edit, One was the changes to the casualty statistics in the infobox. He reduced the size of the Savoyard garrison from 22,500 regulars plus militia to 14,500, and deleted the lower estimate for French strength, so that it said 48,000 instead of 40,000–48,000. Meanwhile, he reduced the Savoyard/Austrian casualty count from a range of 7,000–11,000 to a specific 8,246, while he increased French casualties from 16,000–18,000 dead and 6,000 wounded (22,000–24,000) total to 29,500 total casualties. These edits serve to make Italy (Savoy) look weaker and France stronger than they actually were, which makes the Savoyard victory more impressive. Note that none of them cited sources, and some even deleted sourced statistics. I note that some of the changes were made to match the body, but most of them weren't.

The infobox was the main thing, but there were some others. For example, he changed "By October 1795" to "By the end of 1975", which made the French advance look slower. He also added the note that the France had been in an "extremely favourable position" prior to the battle, making the Savoyard victory appear more significant, while adding "finally" to their sentence about their completing a blockade makes it seem like the French forces were taking longer than they were supposed to, thus making French forces look less skilled/competent.

His changes weren't all bad, but a lot of them were, and I thought it easier to revert them and let someone re-add whatever was good manually. You disagree about the best technical route. It doesn't really matter, but unless you object, I would like to revert all of the changes I just described here. Thanks, —Compassionate727 (T·C) 13:54, 25 October 2018 (UTC)

 * I didn't want to lose the other revisions ie better picture, additional references etc (and as the person largely responsible for the rewrite, they are improvements on my edits so I can say that :)).

 * Again, "extremely favourable position" and 'finally' were my wording and accurately reflect phrasing used in the source provided. I don't know what the past context is but its very hard for an outsider to understand why these qualify as 'tendentious editing.' I've altered the wording but frankly, I would not consider changing 'October 1705' to 'end of 1705' as being a slur on French competence.

 * If you want to change the Infobox, please do so; numbers are hard to establish, and if you have better ones, that's great but simply reversing it puts the burden on others.

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Hi. Nice article. A couple of comments.
 * The cite and the source for Duffy have different dates. (And I can't, personally, track either of them to an edition of the book in question.)
 * Somerset is cited but is not in the list of sources.

Gog the Mild (talk) 23:11, 13 July 2020 (UTC)

 * Sorted, tx Robinvp11 (talk) 14:01, 14 July 2020 (UTC)

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Talk:Avalon, New Zealand

Untitled
Someone delete this page or fix it. Adam850 00:09, 12 October 2005 (UTC)

Hold on, don't delete
This is a good example of a stub. Expand, yeah. But this shouldn't be deleted. I'm removing the attention tag from this page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.42.86.159 (talk • contribs) 14 December 2005 (UTC)

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User talk:Flying Canuck

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Thanks! :)

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Doesnt matter! We all may do mistakes... :)

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Hello, could you use your vote here, please? --> ...Thanks

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Can you help me with the photos? -JJW20084

image?
What image were you referring to on my talk page? --DrBat 23:42, 8 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Ya, sorry about that, something went wrong with the template. I fixed it now. Flying Canuck 23:44, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

Can you help me with the photos? -JJW20084

Run image
The run image is a screenshot taken from the episode, all screenshots are fair use property. Bignole 18:18, 11 February 2006 (UTC) You need to be a little more specific about what you mean when you say a rational of fair use placed on it. I don't see your template. Also, The source is television, hence why I put TV screenshot as the source. I went back to the picture and attempted to upload a current version of it, by the off chance that I forgot to put TV screenshot as the source of the picture but it wouldn't allow the change. Either way the source is from the television, what do you want me to do tell you who my television was made by? Bignole 16:07, 12 February 2006 (UTC) Well how do I correct the image to say that cause when I attempted to even alter the picture it would not allow me to do so.

Youthcomm
Re: Your message at User talk:DHowell about the Youthcomm article
 * Chrisleydon uploaded all the content. All I did was add a logo that he uploaded, and a wiki template. You should be putting this message on Chrisleydon's talk page. DHowell 00:46, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

Template request
Hi. I posted an answer to your question about templates for uncertain fair use status. --CBDunkerson 12:49, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

Template:User_AMI
I just wanted you to read my latest post about it here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Templates_for_deletion/Log/2006_April_5#.5B.5BTemplate:User_AMI.5D.5D

I don't want you to think I undercut you by changing the template's meaning after you proposed deletion. I now see what I posted was probably not the best thing for Wikipedia. However, I have now changed the meaning and I hope it meets with your approval. --Mboverload 06:11, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
 * I understand. Now that the tfd has been started it must finish though... I have changed my vote to subst and delete. Please do not remove the notice on the template until the debate has been closed by an admin officaly. (responding here as directed on your talk page) Happy editing, 22:52, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Oh, ok. Sorry, I wasn't really sure about how these things go down =)  --Mboverload 23:48, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

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Dear Flying Canuck, My name is User:Zazzer. You edited the Royal Canadian Air Cadets Wikipage, recently (02:13, 20 December 2006). You put it as NCO, which means Non-Commissioned Officer. Officer. It, actually, should be NCM. Non-Commissioned Member. Member. If you are non-commissioned, you are not an officer. Not in the least. NCM is the proper term for somebody that is not an officer, not NCO. I am a military member. I know these things. -User:Zazzer. P.S.: Don't fix things you don't know about.
 * Hello FlyingCanuck. In addition to being a member of the Canadian Forces, I am also the Commander of a Cadet Squadron in the city that I live in. -Zazzer

P.S.: I didn't imply that you knew nothing about the topic. I meant to say that that one little detail was incorrect. Cheers -Zazzer

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User talk:Jordan McKenzie

You might enjoy starting your reading & editing process at these articles: The Andy Griffith Show, James Bond, and the AIO family of articles! Have fun!

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Theodor Korselt

Ernst Julius Theodor Korselt (24 November 1891, Annaberg-Buchholz, Kingdom of Saxony – 25 August 1943) was a German jurist, genealogist, and "homeland researcher" ("Heimatforscher"). The government councillor was sentenced to death for negatively influencing Germany's fighting forces – an offence called Wehrkraftzersetzung in German – after he publicly uttered his opinion that Hitler's resignation was the only way to avoid defeat.

Life
Korselt came from a long-established family from Mittelherwigsdorf. His father, Prof. Dr. Ernst Julius Korselt, was the headteacher at the Realgymnasium in Zittau. His mother Elisabeth, née Koch, was Theodor Koch's daughter. He himself was a jurist, a member of the Landtag, the mayor and a freeman of Buchholz, Kingdom of Saxony.

Theodor Korselt was the eldest of four siblings and his parents' only son. He grew up in Buchholz and went to the Realgymnasium in the neighbourhood of Annaberg, where his father had been teaching since 1886. After finishing school, he studied law and economics at the universities of Leipzig and Geneva. After his father's appointment as headteacher at the Realgymnasium in Zittau, his parents and sisters moved back to his father's hometown in 1911.

After graduating with a doctorate, he had himself trained as an infantryman in Zittau, and fought as a volunteer in the First World War on the Western Front, where he was gravely wounded. Later, Korselt was employed in the administrative service. After the War, the jurist worked as an official of the higher state service in various government offices in Berlin, Leipzig, Chemnitz, Dresden, Freiberg and Rostock, where he was a government councillor in the war damage office.

Besides his professional activities, Korselt had fostered since his time in university an interest in his family's and his homeland's history, and he published many written works.

After the Nazis seized power in 1933, it became apparent to Korselt that to further his career, he would need to join the NSDAP. In his 1934 application to join the Party, Korselt wrote that he would undertake "to further represent his conservative, aristocratic view of the state and the furthering of individualism." His application to join the Party was turned down.

After Germany occupied France came Korselt's deployment in the war administration service, from which he was soon recalled after allegations of fraternizing with the local people.

The "Crime"
After Benito Mussolini was deposed on 25 July 1943, Korselt openly said that "The German people's and the fatherland's salvation from the present difficult situation lies only in a similar reversal to the one in Italy...". This did not sit well with Rostock's mayor, Walter Volgmann, who had reached his position by being, as Korselt put it, a "pure" Party man. The mayor declared that Korselt belonged in a concentration camp.

Arrest, trial, and death
The month had not even ended when Korselt was arrested by the Gestapo. On 18 August, he was transferred from the court prison in Rostock to the detention centre in Berlin-Moabit. On 23 August, Korselt's case was heard by the First Senate of the Volksgerichtshof, presided over by the president Roland Freisler and judges Storbeck, Canabis, Aumüller and Bodinus as well as the accuser Dr. Schultze. Korselt was found guilty of Wehrkraftzersetzung for uttering his remark on a tram in Rostock as to how Hitler needed to step down owing to the unlikelihood of Germany's winning the war with him in charge. The sentence was the loss of his civil rights, and death. On 25 August at 19:15, the sentence was carried out at Plötzensee Prison in Berlin.

After the Second World War, in August 1946, Georgstraße in Zittau was given the new name "Theodor-Korselt-Straße". Another street in Annaberg-Buchholz also bears his name.

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Talk:Totalitarian dictators

Political theorists like Arendt defined totalitarianism as society in which there is no intervening authority between the state and the citizen, where the state is guided by an elaborate all-encompassing ideology that promises a reachable utopia. Over the years definitions and categorization schemes have varied. Yet what we have here-- "dictators... qualify based on repression of emigration"/"dictators... qualify based on murders of innocent civilians or political opponents"-- ignores these definitions... Apparently it's based on the "original research" of Silverback, not any of the leading poilitical theorists on the subject like Arendt, Popper, Brzezinski, and Kirkpatrick. 172 | Talk 00:10, 12 October 2005 (UTC)

It's also important to point out that under the classic definitions of totalitarianism, the concept is distinct from authoritarianism-- something that I'm not sure Silverback understands. The point I'm driving at is that innocent civilians are killed and emigration suppressed under all kinds of nasty regimes, not just totalitarian ones. 172 | Talk 00:14, 12 October 2005 (UTC)

I've redirected to a new stub at Totalitarian dictatorship (I'll add a bit to that tomorrow afternoon), because it doesn't seem like there is going to be anything here and it might as well point somewhere relevant. Feel free to undo this if this seems like a too unlikely redirect target. Christopher Parham (talk) 09:21, 13 October 2005 (UTC)

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Category:Films directed by Sidney Olcott

Films directed by Sidney Olcott.


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The Spirit of Radio: Greatest Hits 1974–1987

The Spirit of Radio: Greatest Hits 1974–1987 is a compilation album by Canadian rock band Rush, released on February 11, 2003. It includes many of the band's most popular songs from their Mercury Records era, but does not feature any material from their third album Caress of Steel. A special edition of the album included a DVD containing music videos for several songs, including "Mystic Rhythms" (which does not appear on the album itself).

Reception
"This 16-track Best Of skips over the early years…" noted Paul Elliott in Q. "The '80s brought shorter songs, better tunes and even a Top 20 UK hit with 'The Spirit of Radio', one of the great rock singles and perhaps the only song ever to feature a Simon & Garfunkel reference, a reggae breakdown and the word 'unobtrusive'." Following Neil Peart's death in January 2020, the album re-entered the Billboard 200 at number 45.

Personnel
Rush * John Rutsey – drums and percussion on "Working Man"
 * Geddy Lee – bass guitar, synthesizers, vocals
 * Alex Lifeson – electric and acoustic guitars, synthesizers, vocals
 * Neil Peart – drums, percussion, lyricist

Additional personnel
 * Terry Brown – production (tracks 1–12)
 * Peter Collins – production (tracks 14–16)
 * Peter Henderson – production (track 13)
 * Aimee Mann – additional vocals on "Time Stand Still" and "Force Ten"


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USS Dutton (AGS-8)

USS Dutton (AGSC-8/AGS-8), originally PCS-1396, was a PCS-1376-class minesweeper built for the United States Navy during World War II that was later converted into a survey ship. She was the first US Navy ship to be named in honor of Benjamin Dutton, Jr.

PCS-1396 was launched 7 August 1943 by South Coast Shipyard, Newport Beach, California; sponsored by Miss Cynthia A. Gaffney; and commissioned 29 March 1944. She was reclassified AGS-8, 20 March 1945, and assigned the name Dutton 4 days later. She was redesignated AGSC-8 on 29 July 1946.

PCS-1396 sailed from San Pedro, California, 4 May 1944, and arrived off newly assaulted Saipan 17 June to screen the transport areas and give escort service in the Marianas operations. On 29 August she rescued four Marines from the waters off Tinian. She returned to base at Pearl Harbor 15 October for overhaul.

She got underway 22 January 1945 to escort an LST group on its slow trip across the Pacific for the landings on Iwo Jima 19 February. She continued her service in this operation with surveying and patrol duty. On 1 April she took part in the invasion of Okinawa. Remaining off the bitterly contested island, by day she conducted surveys to determine suitable landing beaches for amphibious craft; by night she guarded against suicide boats and swimmers. On 27 May a Japanese plane crashed into the ship, carrying away part of the bridge, blowing one of her crew overboard, and holing her above the water line. She underwent temporary repairs at Kerama Retto, then sailed to San Pedro Bay, Leyte, for permanent repairs.

Dutton served in the Far East until returning to San Diego 20 January 1946. In the summer of that year she took part in Operation Crossroads, the atomic weapons tests at Bikini. Between 3 February and 13 September 1947 Dutton conducted surveys of the waters surrounding Truk. She sailed for the east coast 11 July 1948, and after preparation at Naval Station Norfolk, joined Hydrographic Survey Group I which put out from New York City 9 September for the Persian Gulf. Dutton surveyed uncharted or poorly known waters off Kuwait and Bahrain until her return to Norfolk 2 June 1949. She was decommissioned at New York 26 August 1949, and sold 21 February 1950.

Dutton received three battle stars for World War II service.

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Talk:Battle of Messines (1917)

Casualties
Greetings, thanks for adding the Sanitatsbericht data. Does 26,087 relate to 7 June or a longer period? Thanks Keith-264 (talk) 08:35, 22 September 2021 (UTC)
 * The data refers to the entire battle, until 14 June. --Mosbatho (talk) 17:43, 22 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks Keith-264 (talk) 19:48, 22 September 2021 (UTC)

Recent edit
Your edit is pure journalistic rhodomontade and has been dropped into the article with no reference to what's already there, cited to a newspaper reporter, this really isn't wiki. Please don't revert my revert without discussing it here. Regards Keith-264 (talk) 14:58, 12 December 2021 (UTC)
 * I think he meant "rodomantade" 50.111.18.219 (talk) 12:57, 7 June 2022 (UTC)
 * It's the English spelling. Regards Keith-264 (talk) 15:24, 7 June 2022 (UTC)

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User:P b1999

Hi. I'm p_b1999.

 * Financially conservative
 * Socially liberal
 * Pro-choice
 * Pro-SSM
 * Anti-Marijuana Legalization

I started the following pages:
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User:RobyWayne/Sandbox Freestylefrappe

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User:Huinca~enwiki

Chilean member of Wikipedia in Spanish.

See more at http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usuario:Huinca

Forgive my lack of knowledge in Wikipedia, as soon as I learn I'll use right tags to redirect pages.

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Zoltán Ambrus

Zoltán Ambrus (22 February 1861 in Debrecen – 28 February 1932 in Budapest) was a Hungarian writer and translator. He completed gymnasium (high school) in Debrecen and Budapest and then studied law in Budapest. At the age of 18, his father died leaving him responsible for his family. He tutored and wrote theater criticism and articles for such publications as Pesti Napló, Fővárosi Lapok, and Budapesti Szemle. In 1885, he moved to Paris where he studied literature at the Collège de France and the Sorbonne. He became a contributor to A Hét upon his return to Pest and wrote a substantial quantity of short stories. In 1900, he became editor of Új Magyar Szemle, and wrote some pieces for Nyugat, as well as serving as director of the National Theater (between 1917 and 1922).

Work
He wrote about the urban setting of Hungary in his work. His novel Midás király (1906) is a key psychological work. He translated a substantial amount of French literature including Flaubert, Cherbuliez, Maupassant, Anatole France, and Balzac.

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Talk:Battle of West Hunan

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was this the first battl e where japanese suffered more casualties than chinese162.83.165.246 (talk) 17:00, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

Looks that way. Retaking northern Burma so American equipment could flow into China and start equipping their divisions helped alot, since the Chinese were stuck with obsolete equipment until then. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2604:2D80:8402:0:FDDA:A825:EC1:DB69 (talk) 16:59, 5 July 2016 (UTC)

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File:Zeligposter.jpg

Summary
Poster from the 1983 Woody Allen film Zelig.

Fair use in Zelig
Though this image is subject to copyright, its use is covered by the U.S. fair use laws because:
 * 1) It's a low resolution copy of a Film Poster / VHS or DVD Cover.
 * 2) It doesn't limit the copyright owner's rights to sell the film in any way, in fact, it may encourage sales.
 * 3) Because of the low resolution, copies could not be used to make illegal copies of the artwork/image.
 * 4) The image is itself a subject of discussion in the article or used in the infobox thereof.
 * 5) The image  is significant because it was used to promoted a notable film.

Source

 * 1) Derived from a digital capture (photo/scan) of the Film Poster/ VHS or DVD Cover (creator of this digital version is irrelevant as the copyright in all equivalent images is still held by the same party). Copyright held by the film company or the artist.  Claimed as fair use regardless.

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Flag of Calgary

The official flag of Calgary features a cowboy hat and the letter "C" on a red field, with white strips on the top and bottom of the field. The flag was adopted in 1983 as a result of a contest. Gwynneth Llewellyn and Yvonne Fritz, a former Legislative Assembly of Alberta member, created the design.

The previous design of the flag was a field of white, with a red vertical band on the left third. Within the red band was the city's coat of arms. The white portion of the flag featured the text "Calgary" with maple leaves of the Flag of Canada above and below the text.

First flag
Calgary's first flag featured a white field, with a red vertical band spanning the leftmost third of the flag. In the red band was a black letter "C" spanning the circumference of a vertically counterchanged version of the city's coat of arms, with the left half being white on black on red and the right half being black directly on the white. The "C" was half the height of the flag. To the right of the band was the text "Calgary" in all capital letters and a black, sans-serif font. Maple leaves like the one found on the Canadian national flag can be found above and below the text.

Second flag
The red field symbolizes the uniforms of the North-West Mounted Police. The flag's red and white colour scheme symbolizes hospitality and spirit. The white strips are both $3/32$ the height of the flag. The large "C" is $11/16$ the height of the flag and symbolizes the city's centennial, character, culture, charm, and the harmony between the city and its citizens. The "C" features a small outer ring around the circumference of the C. The Calgary White Hat located within the "C" symbolizes the history of rodeo within Calgary. It was deliberately placed inside the "C" to symbolize the people living inside the city.

Due to its colour scheme and use of a cowboy hat, the flag has been jokingly compared to the logo of the Arby's restaurant chain.

History
A contest was organized by the Centennial of Incorporation Committee, along with the city council. The winners were Gwin Clarke and Yvonne Fritz. Fritz would later serve in Alberta's Legislative Assembly for the Calgary-Cross district. It is assumed that the first design served until 3 October 1983, when it was replaced by the design which won the contest.

Usage
The flag flies outside Calgary City Hall and flies in the Calgary City Council chamber, though the flag is present throughout the city.

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Tonic vibration reflex

Tonic vibration reflex is a sustained contraction of a muscle subjected to vibration. This reflex is caused by vibratory activation of muscle spindles — muscle receptors sensitive to stretch.

Tonic vibration reflex is evoked by placing a vibrator — which in this case is typically an electrical motor with an eccentric load on its shaft — on a muscle's tendon. 30–100 Hz vibration activates receptors of the skin, tendons and, most importantly, muscle spindles. Muscle spindle discharges are sent to the spinal cord through afferent nerve fibers, where they activate polysynaptic reflex arcs, causing the muscle to contract.

The effects of sustained vibratory stimulation on muscle contraction, posture and kinesthetic perceptions are much more complex than merely contraction of the muscle being vibrated.

Russian scientists Victor Gurfinkel, Mikhail Lebedev, Andrew Polyakov and Yuri Levick used vibratory stimulation to study human posture control and spectral characteristics of electromyographic (EMG) activity.

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Mascot (disambiguation)

Mascot is a term for any person, animal, or object thought to bring luck.

Mascot may also refer to:

Places

 * Mascot, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney
 * Mascot, Nebraska, US
 * Mascot, Tennessee, a city in the United States
 * Mascot, Virginia, US

Films

 * Mascots (1929 film), a German silent film
 * Mascots (2016 film), a Netflix mockumentary film

Other uses

 * MASCOT, a small asteroid lander on space probe Hayabusa2
 * Mascot (software), a search engine which uses mass spectrometry data to identify proteins from sequence databases
 * Mascot (sternwheeler), a steamboat in the Pacific Northwest, U.S., in the late 1800s and early 1900s
 * "Mascot", the NATO reporting name for the training version of the Soviet Ilyushin Il-28 bomber
 * Modular Approach to Software Construction Operation and Test, a design method for concurrent systems
 * Mascot (car), a car made by AB Rååverken
 * Mascot Pictures Corporation, an American film studio

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1988 Notre Dame vs. Miami football game

The 1988 Notre Dame vs. Miami football game (known colloquially as Catholics vs. Convicts) was a college football game played between the Miami Hurricanes of the University of Miami and the Fighting Irish of the University of Notre Dame on October 15, 1988, at Notre Dame Stadium in Notre Dame, Indiana.

Both the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the Miami Hurricanes came into the game undefeated. Notre Dame won the closely contested game 31–30.

Background
The phrase "Catholics vs. Convicts", a T-shirt slogan created prior to the matchup by Notre Dame students and friends Joe Frederick, Michael Caponigro, and Pat Walsh was reported by the press. The slogan was a play on Notre Dame's Catholic image and Miami's roster of flamboyant football players. Before the 1988 season, two players from the Miami team were arrested and their scholarships taken away. These arrests were highly publicized and added to the development of the moniker.

The game
The two teams met on October 15, 1988 in South Bend, Indiana. Both teams were undefeated going into the game. Miami, the defending national champions, came in ranked No. 1 holding a 36-game regular season winning streak while the Irish were ranked No. 4. The game, which was preceded by a pregame fight between the two teams in the entrance tunnel, was named by USA Today as one of the greatest college football games of the period 1982–2002.

With Miami trailing 31–24 and facing a critical fourth-and-7 from deep in Irish territory midway through the fourth quarter, Walsh connected with Miami running back Cleveland Gary streaking across the middle of the field inside the Irish 5-yard line for the first down. He caught the football, turned, was tackled and fumbled the ball at the one-yard line. Notre Dame inside linebacker Michael Stonebreaker recovered the football. The referees ruled the play as a fumble and Notre Dame took possession at the 2-yard line where the ball was recovered. After the game, Johnson was adamant that Gary was down before the ball came loose and Miami should have retained possession since Gary was tackled and downed at the first down marker.

Near the end of a closely contested game, Miami scored a touchdown with 45 seconds remaining on a 4th down 10-yard pass from Walsh to receiver Andre Brown to pull within one point of the Fighting Irish, 31–30. Rather than kick the extra point and likely end the game in a tie, Miami head coach Jimmy Johnson decided to go for two, later reasoning that "We always play to win." However, Hurricanes quarterback Steve Walsh's pass was batted down by Fighting Irish defender Pat Terrell, and Notre Dame won 31–30, resulting in Miami's first regular season loss since losing to Florida on September 7, 1985.

In the ESPN 30 for 30 documentary Catholics vs. Convicts, safety George Streeter claimed he hit the ball loose from Gary's hand prior to him being down or across the goal line. In the same documentary, Gary disagrees with Streeter's account of events, claiming he was palming the ball with his right hand and the ball was across the goal line prior to his knee hitting the ground or the ball coming loose.

Also, in the documentary, it was shown that Andre Brown never had control of the ball on the touchdown catch that made the score 31–30. Walsh and former Miami offensive lineman Leon Searcy both admitted the ball was not caught during the documentary.

Aftermath
Notre Dame would go on to win their remaining five games of the season, including defeating then #2 ranked USC in Los Angeles 27–10. The Irish went on to beat the West Virginia Mountaineers 34–21 in the 1989 Fiesta Bowl and win their eleventh claimed National Championship.

Miami would win their remaining six games of the season. They would be selected to play in the Orange Bowl against #6 Nebraska. Miami easily won the contest 23–3. Miami would finish ranked #2 in both the AP and Coaches polls behind Notre Dame.

In a 2005 poll conducted by the University of Notre Dame, the 31–30 win over Miami was voted the Greatest Victory in Notre Dame Stadium history. Miami fans have adopted the "Convicts" title for their own use. At a 2017 Notre Dame-Miami game, a Hurricanes fan held up a sign stating "I'm Catholic but Today I'm a CONVICT".

This game was featured in the ESPN 30 for 30 documentary titled Catholics vs. Convicts, directed by Patrick Creadon. Creadon was a senior at Notre Dame when the game took place. His roommate that year was one of the people behind the controversial t-shirt that gave the game its name. The film premiered on December 10, 2016 to over 2 million viewers and remains the most watched 30 for 30 film since its broadcast.

In 2020, this game contributed to the naming of the Mormons vs. Mullets game between BYU and Coastal Carolina.

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Strong Tower

Strong Tower is a worship album released by the Christian rock group Kutless and is also their third studio album. An enhanced deluxe edition of this album was released on March 20, 2007, with additional tracks and the "Strong Tower" live music video. The title track of this record, "Strong Tower", was once in the Top 5 on ChristianRock.net. The album peaked at No. 87 on the Billboard 200 and No. 4 on the Billboard Christian Albums. Five years later, in 2010, the album reached the Billboard Catalog Albums chart peaking at No. 39. The album was certified Gold by RIAA in 2009 and is Kutless's best-selling album to date. The official music video for "Strong Tower" came out on YouTube on February 27, 2009, and included lead singer Jon Micah Sumrall, guitarists James Mead and Nick DePartee, bassist Dave Luetkenhoelter and drummer Jeffrey Gilbert.

Personnel
Kutless
 * Jon Micah Sumrall – lead vocals, acoustic guitar
 * James Mead – lead guitars, backing vocals
 * Ryan Shrout – rhythm guitars, backing vocals
 * Kyle Zeigler – bass guitar
 * Kyle Mitchell – drums, percussion

Additional musicians
 * Phil Peterson – cello on "Arms of Love" and "Strong Tower"
 * Anne-Marie Hunsaker – backing vocals on "Arms of Love"

Production
 * Brandon Ebel – executive producer and A&R
 * Aaron Sprinkle – producer, engineer at Compound Recording (Seattle, Washington)
 * Austin Thomason – assistant engineer
 * Zach Hodges – additional engineering
 * JR McNeely – mixing (1-4, 7, 8, 10) at Compound Recording (Seattle, Washington)
 * Skidd Mills – mixing (5, 6, 9, 11-13) at Compound Recording (Seattle, Washington)
 * Aaron Mlasko – drum technician
 * Brian Gardner – mastering at Bernie Grundman Mastering (Hollywood, California)
 * Asterik Studio – art direction and design
 * David Stuart – photography

Awards and certifications
The album was nominated for a Dove Award for Praise & Worship Album of the Year at the 37th GMA Dove Awards. The title song was also nominated for Worship Song of the Year.

This album was certified Gold selling more than 500,000 copies

Music video
A video that consists of the band playing at night outside of the Lincoln Memorial courthouse building was released.

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User:Tysto/Æþöñéß

Æþöñéß [pronounced æ-ÞÖ-ñéß] is the name of Tysto's imaginary first-born child, dreamed up during a discussion of whether or not letters like ß and þ should be included in Wikipedia article titles and text. Tysto's point was that these letters are foreign characters and not English characters because they are not found in the English alphabet. But certain internationalists regard all characters in the Latin-1 character set to be valid characters for English Wikipedia even tho:

 * Such letters do not appear in English publications, dictionaries, or keyboards. Every English-language newspaper and magazine would render Strauß as Strauss.
 * The English alphabet is conveniently defined in the alphabet song (ABCD EFG HIJK LMNOP QRS TUV WX Y and Z...). No ß. No Þ.
 * ß is German letter, but it is not even used in all forms of German. Swiss German does not use it. Why use it in English Wikipedia?
 * Ð and Þ are ancient Scandiavian letters found today primarily in Icelandic. Icelandic is a notoriously protectivist language which strictly forbids the use of foreign letters or words itself.

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User:Alexandru~enwiki

STOP terrorizing this account!

If you think you deserve this username just drop me a message at z11aalex@gmail.com

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User talk:Alexandru~enwiki

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All of the former content was created by User:Decius (talk • contribs), who is not the same person as User:Alexandru (talk • contribs). This page is now protected against edits and should stay that way unless and until someone logs in as Alexandru and says they want it unprotected.

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User talk:Bruce b

Thanks for experimenting with Wikipedia. Your test worked, and has been reverted or removed. Please use the sandbox for any other tests you want to do. Take a look at the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia. Thanks. jmd 00:18, 12 October 2005 (UTC)

Please stop adding nonsense to Wikipedia. It is considered vandalism. If you were just trying to experiment, then use the sandbox instead. Thank you. --Ashenai (talk) 00:38, 12 October 2005 (UTC)

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Category:United States Sixteenth Amendment case law

This category is for court cases in the United States dealing with the Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which established the power of Congress to levy an unapportioned income tax.