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Bob Huggins

Robert Edward Huggins (born September 21, 1953), nicknamed "Huggy Bear", is an American college basketball coach. He was the head coach at Walsh, Akron, Cincinnati, Kansas State, and West Virginia. He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2022.

Huggins is the sixth men's college basketball coach with 900 or more career victories. He has been to 24 total NCAA tournaments, including 23 in the last 26 seasons. He has led his teams to nine Sweet Sixteen appearances, four Elite Eight appearances (3 at Cincinnati and 1 at West Virginia University), and two Final Four appearances (1992 with Cincinnati and 2010 with West Virginia). Huggins has also lost in the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament a total of 16 times. As of March 2021, Huggins has averaged 23 wins per season over the course of his career. He is also the second coach to win 300 games at two schools.

Huggins released a statement announcing his resignation and retirement from West Virginia in 2023, following his drunk driving arrest. He later denied having officially resigned in a letter his lawyer sent to the university demanding his reinstatement.

Playing career
Huggins, who had moved from Morgantown, West Virginia to Port Washington, Ohio, with his family, played basketball for his father, Charles, at Indian Valley South High School. As a senior, he helped lead his team to a 26–0 season. He was an all-state pick in three years, the Ohio Player of the Year in 1972, and he finished his high school career with 2,438 points, twelfth in Ohio history at the time.

Huggins began college at Ohio University. After his freshman season he transferred to his native West Virginia. He played point guard for the Mountaineers from 1975 until 1977 under head coach Joedy Gardner. His career-high was 28 points against Virginia Tech. He averaged 13.2 points as a senior and totaled 800 career points in his three collegiate seasons.

He graduated from WVU magna cum laude with a double major in education and physical education and subsequently received a master's degree in health administration from WVU.

Early coaching career
Huggins began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at West Virginia under Gardner in 1977. He then spent two years as an assistant to Eldon Miller at Ohio State University. Huggins was 27 when he became a collegiate head coach for the first time, at Walsh University in 1980. In three seasons at Walsh, he compiled a 71–26 record, twice earning NAIA District 22 Coach of the Year honors. Huggins directed the Walsh 1982–83 team to a perfect 30–0 regular season mark and an eventual 34–1 mark. After serving as an assistant at University of Central Florida for the 1983–84 season, Huggins was named head coach of the University of Akron. Huggins compiled a 97–46 record and reached post-season play in three of his five seasons at Akron, including an NCAA bid in 1985–86 season.

Cincinnati
Huggins was the head coach of the Cincinnati Bearcats from 1989 to 2005. When Huggins was hired, the Bearcats had not earned a bid to the NCAA tournament since 1977. The Bearcats were invited to the NIT in his first two years, and then advanced to the Final Four of the 1992 NCAA tournament, Huggins' third season as coach. This was the first of 13 consecutive seasons in which the Bearcats appeared in the NCAA tournament.

Twenty-seven percent of Huggins's players graduated with a degree, a rate described by one commentator as "abysmal". During four of his years as Cincinnati's head coach, his graduation rate was 0%; that is, none of his players earned a degree. In 2021, Huggins told a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reporter that criticism of his graduation rates was a "terrible rap", noting that his junior college transfers were not treated as graduates even if they later earned a degree. According to the NCAA, the Bearcats men's basketball team's graduation rate increased as soon as Huggins left the head coaching job, although as late as 2017, it continued to be much lower than for other athletic programs at Cincinnati.

Overall, Huggins compiled a 399–127 record (.759) in his 16 years at Cincinnati, making him the winningest basketball coach in the school's history. Only Ed Jucker has a better win percentage among Bearcats coaches. Huggins directed Cincinnati to ten conference regular-season titles and eight league tournament titles. The Bearcats appeared in post-season play in each of Huggins' 16 seasons. In addition to their Final Four appearance in 1992, they advanced to the Elite Eight of the NCAA tournament two other times, in 1993 and 1996.

Huggins earned the Ray Meyer Award as the Conference USA Coach of the Year a record three times (1997–98, 1998–99, and 1999–2000), and was a unanimous choice for C-USA Coach of the Decade. He was selected national coach of the year by ESPN.com in 2001–02. He was named co-national coach of the year by The Sporting News and was Basketball Times' national coach of the year in 1997–98. His teams won five consecutive conference tournament titles—all four Great Midwest Conference titles from 1992 to 1995 and the first Conference USA men's basketball tournament in 1996. During his tenure, Huggins coached three consensus All-Americans: Danny Fortson, Kenyon Martin, and Steve Logan.

Resignation from Cincinnati
Huggins was arrested for driving under the influence in Fairfax, Ohio on June 8, 2004. He ultimately pleaded no contest to DUI. A judge ordered Huggins to pay a $350 fine plus court costs, and to attend a three-day state-certified intervention program.

On August 23, 2005, UC President Nancy L. Zimpher said that the Bearcat program under Huggins didn't fit with her plan to upgrade UC's academic reputation. Zimpher had been embarrassed by Huggins's DUI arrest, news of which broke on the morning of her first commencement as UC's president, at which Coretta Scott King spoke. In addition, an assistant coach, two players and a recruit had been arrested in the spring of 2005. Later that day, Zimpher and athletic director Bob Goin gave Huggins 24 hours to resign and take a $3 million buyout or accept reassignment outside the athletic department for the balance of his contract. Had Huggins not responded, he would have been fired. Multiple letters between UC and Huggins' attorney showed that Huggins had known weeks in advance that his ouster was imminent. He accepted the $3 million buyout.

Kansas State
After spending a year out of the coaching profession, on March 23, 2006, Huggins accepted the head coaching job at Kansas State University, replacing the fired Jim Wooldridge. Some of Huggins' recruiting targets included O. J. Mayo and Bill Walker, who had been seriously considering playing for him in Cincinnati. In his sole season at Kansas State, Huggins coached the Wildcats to a 23–12 overall record, and a 10–6 Big 12 record. The Wildcats were invited to the NIT, where they won one game.

West Virginia
Huggins was the head coach of the Mountaineers from 2007 to 2023. He has 345 coaching wins at WVU; only Gale Catlett has more.

Big East (2007–2012)
On April 5, 2007, Huggins announced that he had signed a five-year contract to be the head coach at his alma mater, West Virginia University. Huggins succeeded John Beilein, who left WVU to coach the Michigan Wolverines. On December 22, 2007, Huggins won his 600th game, on the road against Canisius. The Moutaineers were the 7th seed in the West region of the NCAA tournament where they defeated 2nd-seeded Duke 73–67 to move into the Sweet Sixteen, ending a streak of consecutive Sweet 16 appearances for Duke that had begun in 1997. WVU lost its next game against #3-seed Xavier, 79–75, in overtime. West Virginia finished the season ranked 17th in the AP poll. At the end of his first season at West Virginia, Huggins signed an 11-year contract extension that would keep him coaching at West Virginia until the age of 65.

On May 18, 2008, Huggins completed his recruiting class with the signing of small forward, Devin Ebanks. The #13-ranked prospect had signed with Indiana before decommitting and looking at Memphis, Texas, Rutgers and WVU. Ebanks was the last addition to the freshman class that included #11-power forward Kevin Jones, #34-power forward Roscoe Davis and #26-point guard Darryl Bryant. West Virginia began the 2008–09 season 4–0, led by senior Alex Ruoff and junior Da'Sean Butler. Having finished the regular season at 21–10 (10–8), West Virginia earned a first round bye in the 2009 Big East tournament, where they lost in the semifinals to Syracuse in overtime, 74–69. WVU earned a #6 seed in the NCAA tournament and lost their first-round game against the #11 seed Dayton Flyers, 68–60.

In 2012, Bleacher Report described Huggins's third season with the Mountaineers as having been his "best chance" to win a national title. During the 2009–10 season, West Virginia won a school-record 31 games. The team won the Big East tournament for the first time. As a #2 seed in the NCAA tournament, the Mountaineers went to their second Final Four in school history, and finished ranked #3 in the ESPN/USA Today poll.

In the 2010–11 season, the Mountaineers made it to the third round of the NCAA tournament, where they lost to Kentucky, 71–63. Huggins embraced Kentucky head coach John Calipari, a close friend, after the game, and wished him good luck.

On December 22, 2011, Huggins reached his 700th career victory by defeating Missouri State in the Las Vegas Classic.

Big 12 (2012–2023)
The 2012–13 season was the first for the Mountaineers in the Big 12 Conference. Huggins described the new conference's schedule as a "grind" early in the season, due to the increased travel requirements and high quality of opponents. He also remarked about the difference in officiating, with a higher incidence of foul calls in the Big 12 than in the Big East. After a rare sub-.500 season in 2012–13, Huggins told the press before the following season, "It's not acceptable to lose … I think it got to the point it was acceptable. I've never had that before, I don't want that again". During his first two seasons in the Big 12, the Mountaineers did not qualify for the NCAA tournament, Huggins's first two consecutive tournament misses as a head coach since his first two years at Cincinnati. In an interview with ESPN in 2016, Huggins said it was "100 percent my fault" that the teams were not able to qualify.

Huggins is credited with the introduction of "Press Virginia", a pressing defense that helped the team win 14 of its first 15 games in the 2014–15 season. The defense was said to have "met its match" in the 2016 NCAA tournament, when 14th-seeded Stephen F. Austin defeated 3rd-seeded WVU in the first round. "I don't know why anybody would waste energy pressing us," Huggins said after the game. "We'll throw it to you regardless. That would be a waste of energy really. We're very charitable. We're one of the most charitable groups in college basketball. The second straight game we've turned it over 20 times." Early in the 2017–18 season, Huggins suggested that Press Virginia might not be used as often, due to his roster being depleted.

On November 6, 2017, WVU and Huggins agreed to a four-year contract extension that included an option for him to step aside or continue coaching after the 2021–22 season, and starting with the 2022–23 season, an option to continue coaching or to work elsewhere in the athletic department through June 2027.

Despite beginning the 2018–19 season ranked No. 13, the Mountaineers finished the regular season at 12–19 (4–14), earning last place in Big 12 conference play for the first time. Despite finishing last in the conference, the Mountaineers upset Oklahoma and No. 7 Texas Tech to advance to the conference tournament semifinals. This led Huggins to tweet a video of himself—when he was the head coach of the Cincinnati Bearcats—emerging from a coffin to say, "Why all the long faces? We're not dead yet!" West Virginia lost to No. 17 Kansas in the semifinals the next day. The Mountaineers were invited to the College Basketball Invitational, where they beat Grand Canyon in the first round before losing to Coastal Carolina in the quarterfinals. The team's 21 losses were the most in a season in school history.

In November 2020, three months after Thom Brennaman was suspended for using an anti-gay slur on a hot mic while broadcasting a Cincinnati Reds game, Huggins invited Brennaman to speak to the WVU men's basketball team. Huggins thanked Brennaman on Twitter, writing that Brennaman's message "isn't one of excuses but one of accountability." After Huggins faced criticism in 2023 for using the same slur on a live radio show in Cincinnati, several journalists wrote that Huggins must have been aware of how offensive the term was because of his decision to invite and acknowledge Brennaman.

In 2021, West Virginia defeated 14th seed Morehead State in the NCAA tournament before losing in a three-point upset to Jim Boeheim's Syracuse Orange in the second round. The Mountaineers' win over Morehead State was also Bob Huggins' 900th career victory. On November 18, 2021, Huggins earned his 903rd career victory by defeating Elon in the quarterfinals of the Charleston Classic, passing Bob Knight all-time among Division I coaches and tying Roy Williams for fourth all-time. Three days later, Huggins passed Williams when the Mountaineers beat Clemson. Upon passing Williams in career wins, Huggins remarked, "I’m not going to quit until I beat Roy in something." In the 2022 Big 12 men's basketball tournament, WVU defeated Kansas State 73–67 in the preliminary round and lost 87–63 to Kansas in the next day's quarterfinal round. Huggins was given two technical fouls and ejected from the game against Kansas after fiercely disputing a technical foul called on Taz Sherman.

Offensive remarks
On May 8, 2023, Bob Huggins used a homophobic slur and expressed anti-Catholic sentiment when talking about Xavier fans on The Bill Cunningham Show, a radio show airing on WLW in Cincinnati. Some members of the sports media said that Huggins should resign or be fired as a result. Huggins issued an apology for the statement, calling it "completely insensitive and abhorrent" and promising to fully accept any consequences. In response to Huggins's remarks, West Virginia University stated, "The situation is under review and will be addressed by the university and its athletics department."

Some faculty at WVU expressed disappointment about Huggins's comments and outrage regarding increased use of homophobic slurs among the student body as a show of support for Huggins. Morgantown Pride, an LGBTQ+ support organization in Morgantown, called for WVU to terminate Huggins's employment. Some national sports commentators called for Huggins to be fired for his remarks, while others argued that firing Huggins would have been an overreaction, since the inappropriate slur that Huggins used has been used for decades in banter among fans of rival teams. Many of WVU's top donors continued to support Huggins after his comments on the radio caused offense. One long-time WVU donor, a gay man, told WV Sports Now that he planned to redirect his donations away from the athletic department in response to Huggins's comments.

Second drunk driving arrest
On June 16, 2023, Huggins was arrested in Pittsburgh and charged with driving while under the influence of alcohol. Police officers reported that they found him in an SUV that was blocking traffic, with the driver's door ajar and with a "flat and shredded tire". Bags of empty beer containers were found in the vehicle. A breath test determined his blood alcohol content to be 0.21%, more than two times the legal limit of 0.08%. Officers asked Huggins what city he was in, and did not get a clear response, with Huggins making mention of Columbus, Ohio, a few times.

Resignation and retirement
On June 17, 2023, Huggins released a statement announcing his resignation from West Virginia. In the statement, he also announced his retirement.

On July 2, 2023, in a letter sent to West Virginia University, Huggins, through his attorney, David A. Campbell, claimed that "he never signed a resignation letter and never communicated a resignation to anyone by WVU." According to the Associated Press, Huggins threatened legal action if he was not given his job back. In response, WVU officials stated that they were "confused by the allegations within the letter".

Coaching tree
Several former assistant coaches and players of Huggins have gone on to their own careers in coaching.
 * Jerrod Calhoun: Fairmont State (2012–2017), Youngstown State (2017–present)
 * Mick Cronin: Cincinnati (2006–2019), UCLA (2020–present)
 * Larry Harrison: Hartford (2000–2006)
 * Andy Kennedy: Cincinnati (2005–2006), Ole Miss (2006–2018), UAB (2020–present)
 * John Loyer: Wabash Valley CC (1999–2000)
 * Frank Martin: Kansas State (2007–2012), South Carolina (2012–2022), UMass (2022–present)
 * Brad Underwood: Stephen F. Austin (2013–2016), Oklahoma State (2016–2017), Illinois (2017–present)
 * Darris Nichols: Radford (2021–present)
 * Erik Martin: South Carolina State (2022–present)
 * Joe Mazzulla: NBA Boston Celtics (2022–present)
 * Josh Eilert: West Virginia (2023-2024)(Interim)

Broadcasting career
Huggins was the host of The Bob Huggins Show, a talk show produced by Gold and Blue Nation, a partnership between WVU Athletics and WBOY TV.

After leaving the head coaching position at WVU, Huggins joined Full Court Press, a radio show about WVU basketball, presented by HD Media. Huggins also contributed commentary on March Madness television coverage in 2023.

Personal life
Huggins was born in Morgantown, West Virginia on September 21, 1953. He and his wife have two daughters.

Huggins has a family history of heart problems: his father had a heart attack before the age of 40. In 2002, at Pittsburgh International Airport during a recruiting trip, Huggins experienced a heart attack himself. He was treated at a medical center in Beaver, Pennsylvania, where he had surgery to implant a stent. Later in his life, due to atrial fibrillation, Huggins had a defibrillator implanted. His defibrillator turned on during a game in 2017 against Texas, causing him to clutch his chest and fall down. He was examined at the scene by medical personnel, and resumed coaching afterwards.

The annual Bob Huggins Fish Fry has been held 11 times, most recently on January 27, 2023, to raise money for charity. At the 2023 event, where Charles Barkley was the headlining guest, a record 2,700 people attended. The event has raised more than $16 million for charities including the Norma Mae Huggins Cancer Research Endowment Fund, named after Huggins's mother, and the Remembering the Miners organization.

For each WVU win against Kansas, Huggins's contract stipulated a $25,000 win bonus, which he donated to the Norma Mae Huggins Cancer Research Endowment Fund. He has also hosted fundraising events for WVU, and he and his wife have donated to the university on their own. Following Huggins's use of a gay slur to describe Xavier University students, he made a "substantial donation" to support Xavier's Center for Faith and Justice and Center for Diversity and Inclusion.

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Imatran Voima (band)

Imatran Voima is an electro music duo of Randy Barracuda (also known as Perttu Häkkinen, born 1979) and Fresh O. Lexxx (also known as Jaakko Kestilä), hailing from Helsinki, Finland. Their music is heavily influenced by Miami Bass, and they run their own record label Kostamus Records. Imatran Voima took their name from the Finnish electricity company of the same name (now part of Fortum). They have also covered songs by Iron Maiden and Finnish gothic rock band Two Witches.

Häkkinen died in 2018.

Singles

 * Super Breakout (12", Kostamus Records)
 * Imatran Voima Presents Ghetto Bass Archives vol. 1 (8", Kostamus Records)
 * In/Out (12", Tellektro)
 * Techno Slut (12", Tellektro)
 * Group Sex (12", Tellektro)
 * Commando (12", Dominance Records)
 * American Splendor EP (12", Golden Dice Records)

Albums

 * The Church Of Latterday Maggots (2x12"/CD, Tellektro)
 * Welfare State Of Mind (2x12"/CD, Mighty Robot Recordings)

Remixes

 * "Pimeyden Jousi (Mr Velcro Fastener vs. Imatran Voima - Live At Kipsari)" on Pimeyden Jousi (Remixes) (12", Kostamus Records)
 * "Jatkot" (East-Hellsinki Pilluralli mix)" on Notkea Rotta: Kaupungin Vauhdissa EP (12", Monsp Records)

Compilations

 * "In/Out" on Fabric 08: Radioactive Man (CD, Fabric)
 * "Aces High" on Powerslaves: An Elektro Tribute To Iron Maiden (CD, Angelmaker Records)
 * "We Love Science" on Sound Of Suomi (2x12"/CD, Bunker Records)

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Eastern Goldfields Railway

The Eastern Goldfields Railway was built in the 1890s by the Western Australian Government Railways to connect Perth with the Eastern Goldfields at Coolgardie and Kalgoorlie.

It is part of the interstate standard gauge railway between Perth and the rest of Australia.

History
The Eastern Railway opened in stages from Perth to Northam in the 1890s, and the Eastern Goldfields Railway extended this line through semi-desert to the Eastern Goldfields.

It opened in stages between 1894 and 1897. The Goldfields Water Supply Scheme pipeline was later constructed along the railway line. The chief engineer for both the railway and the pipeline was C. Y. O'Connor.
 * Northam to Southern Cross: 175 mi (opened 1 July 1894).
 * Southern Cross to Boorabbin: 60 mi (opened 1 July 1896)
 * Boorabbin to Kalgoorlie: 78 mi (opened 1 January 1897).

In October 1917, the Commonwealth Railways' standard gauge Trans-Australian Railway from Port Augusta was completed through to Kalgoorlie, making it a break-of-gauge station.

Branches
At Kalgoorlie, lines branch off north to Malcolm and Leonora; and south to Esperance via the Esperance line. The Malcolm-Laverton branch was last used in 1957 and closed in 1960.

Gauge conversion
As part of the Federal Government's program to build a standard gauge line across Australia and the passing of the Railways (Standard Gauge) Construction Act 1961, work commenced on gauge converting the line to dual gauge with a new alignment further north of the existing line built between Southern Cross and Kalgoorlie. From Northam to Southern Cross, the railway was also realigned to reduce the number of road crossings, increase the minimum radius of curvature and lower the ruling gradient to 1:150.

The new alignment, as well as being generally straighter and more favourably graded, provided access to the iron ore deposits at Koolyanobbing, which were shipped by rail to Kwinana, near Perth, to supply Australian Iron and Steel's blast furnace.

The first official standard gauge iron ore train from Koolyanobbing arrived at Kwinana on 10 July 1967. On 3 August 1968, the Koolyanobbing-Kalgoorlie section opened for freight trains and on 4 November 1968, the first through freight train from Port Pirie arrived in Perth.

Upgrades
In November 2005, funding was announced to extend eight crossing loops to accommodate 1800 m trains at Bodallin, Darrine, Wallaroo, Lake Julia, Grass Valley, Bungulla, Booraan and Seabrook, and replace the final 76 km of timber sleepers with concrete sleepers.

Services
Transwa's MerredinLink and Prospector services from Perth to Merredin and Kalgoorlie traverse the line as does Journey Beyond's Indian Pacific to Sydney. Other named trains to previously use the line were The Westland, The Kalgoorlie and the Trans-Australian.

Intrastate and interstate freight services are operated by Aurizon, Mineral Resources, Pacific National and SCT Logistics. CBH Group operate grain trains.

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List of books written by CEOs

A list of notable books written by CEOs, about CEOs and business.

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Talk:Dimethylsulfide

Dimethylsulfide and Dimethyl sulfide
There are pages for both Dimethylsulfide and Dimethyl sulfide. Having edited one, I discovered the other by following links (and edited it a little bit too). I guess we'd like to get rid of one (and redirect it to the other). Anyone have any preference for which we keep? Which notation do chemists prefer? --Plumbago 12:32, 30 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Both seem to be widely used, however there are more hits on Google for dimethyl sulfide (347,000) than dimethylsulfide (45,000) and more wiki links too so I propose the page should be Dimethyl sulphide.--NHSavage 16:11, 10 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Agreed, but let's keep the IUPAC f, I assume the ph was a typo. :-) Vsmith 21:15, 10 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Not so much a typo, more force of habit... However I agree it should be Dimethylsulfide. I wrote it with a ph all the way through my thesis.--NHSavage 21:20, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

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Imatran Voima is actually better known as a Finnish electrical power company. The band is probably named after it. Should this be disambiguated? — J I P | Talk 12:32, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

meaning of the name of band
Imatran Voima (fin) = Imatran Force (en) = Иматринская Энергия (rus) // Right ? 79.139.217.174 (talk) 17:44, 19 April 2011 (UTC)jsk

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Mount Jagungal

Mount Jagungal or sometimes Jagungal, Big Bogong, The Big Bogong Nr., or The Big Bogong Mountain, is a mountain within the Jagungal Wilderness Area of the Kosciuszko National Park in the Snowy Mountains region of New South Wales, Australia.

With an elevation of 2061 m above sea level, Mount Jagungal is the seventh-highest mountain in Australia and surpasses any elevation except for peaks in the Main Range and Gungartan (which is directly adjacent). Since it stands alone in an extensive plain Mount Jagungal is visible for many kilometres in all directions. Similarly, there is an excellent view from the top in all directions.

The Jagungal Wilderness Area is a large wilderness region north of the Main Range. Within this area there is some excellent alpine walking in summer and cross-country skiing in winter. As about 70% of the region is open grassland, it is possible to walk almost anywhere. The Alpine Hut, near Mount Jagungal was built in 1939 to cater for skiers. Access was arduous - via packhorse and ski. It burnt down in 1979.

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1620s in architecture

Buildings

 * 1619 – Børsen in Copenhagen, Denmark designed by Lorentz and Hans van Steenwinckel the Younger, is begun (completed 1640)
 * 1620
 * Work on Santa Maria delle Grazie Tower in Xgħajra, Malta begins.
 * Reconstruction of Frederiksborg Palace, Denmark, is completed by Hans van Steenwinckel the Younger following the death of his brother Lorentz.
 * Skaill House on Orkney is built.
 * 1616–1621 – Church of St-Gervais-et-St-Protais, Paris, designed by Salomon de Brosse, is built.
 * 1621 – Prince's Lodging at Newmarket, Suffolk, England, designed by Inigo Jones, completed.
 * 1622–1628 – The Tomb of I'timād-ud-Daulah in Agra, India, is built.
 * 1622 – The Banqueting House, Whitehall, London, is opened with a performance of Ben Jonson's The Masque of Augurs designed by the building's architect, Inigo Jones.
 * 1623 – New Temple de Charenton-le-Pont, France, designed by Salomon de Brosse and Jean Thiriot, is built.
 * 1624
 * St John's College Old Library, Cambridge, building is completed.
 * The Palace of Versailles is first built by order of King Louis XIII of France, as a hunting lodge.
 * 1624–1626 – Façade of Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome, designed by Giovanni Battista Soria, is built.
 * 1623–1627 – Queen's Chapel at St James's Palace in London, designed by Inigo Jones, is built.
 * 1615–1625 – Luxembourg Palace, Paris, designed by Salomon de Brosse, is built.
 * c. 1625/26 – Coymans house, Keizersgracht, Amsterdam, designed by Jacob van Campen.
 * 1626 – Rebuilding of Beopjusa Palsangjeon in Korea is completed.
 * 1627
 * Palazzo Barberini in Rome begun by Carlo Maderno and Francesco Borromini (completed 1633).
 * Muchalls Castle in Scotland, reconstruction completed by Thomas Burnett of Leys.
 * 1628
 * Salzburg Cathedral in Austria, designed by Santino Solari (after Vincenzo Scamozzi), consecrated.
 * George Heriot's Hospital in Edinburgh, Scotland.
 * 1629 – Simtokha Dzong (castle-monastery) in Bhutan.

Births

 * 1620: November 2 (bapt.) – Roger Pratt, English gentleman architect (died 1684)
 * 1621: October 2 (bapt.) – Hugh May, English architect (died 1684)

Deaths

 * 1620 – Bontadino de Bontadini, Bolognese-born hydraulic engineer, architect, mathematician and woodcarver, murdered
 * 1626: December 9 – Salomon de Brosse, French architect (born 1571)
 * 1627: July 17 – Lieven de Key, Dutch architect (born 1560)
 * 1629: January 30 – Carlo Maderno, Ticinese-born architect (born 1556)

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Crevalcore

Crevalcore (Western Bolognese: Crevalcôr) is a town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy, near Bologna.

On January 7, 2005 a train crash in Crevalcore killed 17 people.

On May 20, 2012 an earthquake caused severe damage to several buildings in the city center.

People

 * Marcello Malpighi (1628 - 1694), doctor
 * Gaetano Lodi (1830 – 1886), a famous artist and ornamentation teacher
 * Armando Bernabiti (1900 - 1970), architect

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Talk:AIESEC

Comment
I've removed the most offensive sections of the article and removed the delete prod. Compared to other language versions this article isn't too bad. AIESEC is certainly a notable organisation. This article has the scourge of constantly being edited by non-wikipedian AIESEC members. This has generally degraded this article (I've been watching it for a couple of years now). It now has references but they all seem to come from primary sources (AIESEC web sites) so I have added a header to publicise this. This article certainly needs impovement, but please don't prod it for deletion. --User:viersteintalk | Contrib 10:20, 18 September 2009

Deletion
I think this article needs to be deleted unless someone is able to find reliable third party sources. This article is created purely from Aiesec websites and it is biased and promotional without really explaining anything about Aiesec.

If someone is able to find a third party source then the article must explain following things:

What exactly Aiesec does
Aiesec's objectives. Not anything vague like cooperation or world harmony.

Aiesec's stated goals and whether it is registered as non profit organization. And also can Aiesec be categorized as Non profit and non political organization since Aiesec charges fees for its services and frequently lists political leaders associated with Aiesec.

I have also heard from some former memebers of Aiesec that Aiesec is a pyramid scheme since the National and international positions held in Aiesec are paid but all other members work without pay and budgets of various committees are never shown. But I am unable to find any reliable third party source regarding such claim.

Also a criticism section describing the Advantages and disadvantages of being associated with Aiesec for students and members and other organizations should be there. User:122.169.32.119 (talk) 08:16, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

Sounds like a fruity cult to me. User:Timmah48 (talk) 23:50, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

I've searched the web to-and-fro and I really can't find *any* site that isn't built by AIESEC members... I really think this article should be deleted until there is some kind of counterbalance from some third party. It's nothing more than a self-patting-in-the-back article now Criticisms

The problem is that also I am studying English at the uni I cannot agree with its language policy. AIESEC discriminates against those who cannot or do not want to speak English. I am aware that many other international organisations do the same, but at least AIESEC claims to be tolerant and open towards other cultures. If CocaCola or McDonalds do the same they at least do not claim that they want to change the world in a positive way —Preceding unsigned comment added by User:87.144.229.150 (talk) 11:26, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

I agree with this criticism. In researching AIESEC for a magazine dossier, I interviewed many AIESECers and ex-AIESECers, both disgruntled and not. Disgruntled members were adamant about the brainwashing-like practices and underpaid work (or even stuff paid by themselves, like air travel and such). Current members could not pinpoint what the organization *actually does*, and all I could get were vague answers like the ones in this article. From what I could extract, it seems AIESEC "sells" rented practices to many enterprises, but: the young people doing the practices get really underpaid, and often have to afford costs such as housing and getting to the place of work. the young people working for AIESEC and doing the selling are underpaid or not paid at all, and they're usually 18-25 years old. Most of them have no experience in HR or anything so they don't seem to be really qualified for selling HR. It looks like slave work. AIESEC gets paid, they get not. Both seem to be satisfied by what they call the "AIESEC culture", though they can't accurately describe what it is. It seems to revolve around congresses, parties and such, that they also pay by themselves. I believe the article should have a criticism section discussing these issues, though I find it hard to find references (but the positive aspects are underreferenced as well and seem to be written by AIESECers themselves). The members' overzealousy doesn't help either. User:lalolanda

Clear it up
Hi there, just to clear up some of the points brought up:

What AIESEC does is basically give its members an opportunity to gain working and cultural experience through its exchange program. Now, this works on two levels: members who work for AIESEC in their own country are normally in charge of all the agenda connected with running the organization (HR, finance, selling, marketing, ...), which gives them working experience, and they draw their cultural experience from interaction with foreign exchange students/interns working for a company serviced by their local committee. The second level is the exchange program itself, where a member can go for an internship to a foreign country. Obviously, both purposes, i.e. working and cultural experience are thus served.

Now, one has to keep in mind the origins of the organization after WWII in the 1940s to understand that at those times traveling and spending time in foreign countries was a difficult thing to do. Obviously now it isn't such a "wow" thing anymore as people have a lot of opportunities to travel and spend time in different countries. There is actually an ongoing discussion within the organization as to whether the internship program should be changed in some way due to these factors.

The internships are underpaid: well, depends on the country and company. There are countries/companies where interns actually get substantially more than the average salary, there are countries/companies where they are at par and there are obviously countries/companies where they get less than a normal employee would. What needs to be remembered is that the main reason the internships are done is the cultural experience one gets out of spending between 2 and 18 months in a different country. Again, the origins of the organization after WWII come into play: at those times it was believed (and still is) that the best way to avoid war with other countries is simply getting to know them, getting to know their culture and understanding that there are no "enemies" in other parts of the world - many times violence stems from misunderstandings/misinterpretations rather than from other causes. Even today, in the globalizing world, knowing and understanding different cultures isn't such a bad thing. Now back to the point: there might be companies, who cannot/don't want to pay a whole lot of money to an intern, but he/she could still potentially get a very good experience out of working for the firm. In these cases, the internship will probably get opened anyway and there are always students, who don't mind getting a lower salary in return for an interesting experience. Another reason for the lower salary is that, simply, the interns are virtually all students. And while companies wouldn't normally employ people without a college degree, through AIESEC internships they are making an exception, because they recognize the added value a foreigner can bring to their company (know-how, new interesting insights, ...). Anyway, the question is, would you pay an undergraduate student the same as you would pay a bachelor or a master with 5 years of working experience you normally employ? You probably wouldn't Members don't get paid or are heavily underpaid. Well, the organization being a charity/foundation and non for profit, the members are indeed all volunteers. This, however, is compensated by the aforementioned laboral and cultural experience they get in return, which gives them an advantage over their peers later when they apply for jobs. It also needs to be mentioned that the membership consists virtually entirely of college students, who in general have relatively more free time and less need for a paid job than graduates. The organization's culture (parties, congresses, ...) is indeed very unusual and rather crazy. Again, what needs to be considered is the age of the members (18-22). These are young people, who generally like to horse around and do "crazy stuff" (like dancing a stupid dance in front of 300 people). The idea behind this is very simple: if you have an organization full of young people, who work for free, you have to try to make the experience the most enjoyable possible as a kind of a "reward" for all the potentially boring marketing/finance/HR/selling/administrative stuff I mentioned before (again, remember that AIESEC is non-for-profit, so it doesn't generate financial resources to pay bonuses to its members). If you want to call it brainwashing, help yourself, but to me it is a very benign thing. Of course, there are people who don't like this kind of "fun", (and it seems there are quite a few of them :D), but anyone is free to leave the organization with no strings attached at any time - everyone is a volunteer afterall. Members don't get paid, but AIESEC does. The truth is that AIESEC does get paid by companies for the mediation of most of its internships. In addition to that, local committees normally have partners, who support them financially, etc. So, where does all this money go? Here is a short list: paper, phone bills, office rent, cleaning, photocopies, printing, internet bills, posters, ... conferences and congresses (it is true that members have to pay a fee if they want to attend a conference/congress, but this normally isn't the full cost of the accommodation, food, travel, and trainings associated, so the fee is subsidized) costs of maintaining the 20000+ user internet information system used for internship and organizational management online and with an acceptable bandwith salaries of full-time members: this is an exception to the "volunteer" rule, as members on the national and international executives often do receive a modest salary to sustain themselves, as their positions might require them to interrupt their studies for the duration of the term (1 year).

PeterRet (talk) 19:53, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

 * I was a member and then went on exchange on a development traineeship (volunteer work in a developing country). There are other student clubs that aren't full of so many narcisistic control freaks and there are other overseas volunteer programs that offer more meaningful and productive work. Oh and it's the best way to make pseudo friends. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by User:58.160.81.4 (talk • contribs) 06:08, 27 September 2009 (UTC).

 * I'm going to assume good faith here. You probably had a bad experience and want to ensure others do not experience what you did. However let me inform you of a few things:

1. Wikipedia is not a forum. Please refrain from turning it into one. 2. Allow me to retort: A large number of people have good experiences with AIESEC. AIESEC varies a lot between countries. While you may be right about certain members that you have been in contact with, my experience has been vastly different. Making blanket ad hominem attacks does nothing to further your position. All the best. User:121.98.144.93 (talk) 11:10, 23 October 2009 (UTC)

Current and Former Executive Boards
Adding members of MC (national committee) and LC (Local Committee) executives seems inappropriate. There are 1,100 LCs and 60 MCs and (in the UK at least) most LC members serve for one or two years. I can only assume you are thinkibbng in terms of just one national AIESEC group. Even then this would seem excessive. —The preceding unsigned comment was added byUser:79.78.174.71 (talk • contribs) 16:44, 22 February 2009 (UTC).

the world's largest student organization
The AIESEC international website describes AISEC as the "the world's largest student organization" this claim is perhaps not correct but "the world's largest student run international organization" might be. Comparing it with IEEE which is a professional organisation with some student members is not comparable but there remain plenty of larger student run national organisations e.g. in the UK the National Union of Students has 7 million members. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by User:79.78.174.71 (talk • contribs) 16:28, 22 February 2009 (UTC).

History
Referring to the phrase: "In 1944, though, the neutral Scandinavian countries were still exchanging:" In 1944 there was only one neutral Scandinavian country, Sweden. This sentence implies that Czechoslovakia and Belgium (which certainly were not neutral) were part of Scandinavia. The one who wrote this may (wrongly) have referred to any of the other Nordic countries as Scandinavia. Norway and Denmark were at that time under German occupation. User:DoktorZ (talk) 16:51, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

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1728 in architecture

The year 1728 in architecture involved some significant events.

Events

 * October 20–23 – Copenhagen Fire of 1728.

Buildings

 * Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Expectación in San Luis Potosí, Mexico, is completed.
 * Seaton Delaval Hall in Northumberland, designed by Sir John Vanbrugh (died 1726), is completed.
 * White Lodge, Richmond Park, near London, designed by Roger Morris, is completed as Stone Lodge.
 * St John's, Smith Square in London, designed by Thomas Archer, is completed for the Commission for Building Fifty New Churches.

Publications

 * James Gibbs' A Book of Architecture, containing designs of buildings and ornaments is published in London, including a version of the Gibbs surround.

Awards

 * Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Antoine-Victor Desmarais.

Births

 * February 12 – Étienne-Louis Boullée (died 1799)
 * February 25 – John Wood, the Younger (died 1782)
 * July 3 – Robert Adam (died 1792)
 * Richard Jupp (died 1799)

Deaths

 * April 10 – Nicodemus Tessin the Younger (born 1654)
 * date unknown – Giovanni Barbara, Maltese architect and military engineer (born 1642)

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Albanian Republican United Party

Albanian Republican Union Party (in Albanian: Partia Bashkimi Republikan Shqiptar, abbreviated PBRSH) is a political party in Albania. It is led by Zane Llazi.

PBRSH is part of the coalition Democratic Movement for Integration.

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Hi! Please remember to use edit summaries when making your edits, like this one. It makes it easier for people like me to understand what happened just by looking at the watchlist. Thanks! freshofftheufo ΓΛĿЌ  00:28, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

Keikyū Main Line
Sorry, I'll have to revert again. Category:Railway lines of Japan is redundant (重複してます) because it is already covered by Category:Keikyū Main Line. See Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Trains in Japan.--Endroit 15:24, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

redundant categories
As I mentioned at Category_talk:Tōkaidō Main Line, several of your edits are making redundant categories. For example, you added Tōhoku Shinkansen to Category:East Japan Railway Company. But, the article was already in Category:Tōhoku Shinkansen, and that category is already in Category:East Japan Railway Company. Individual stations are also categorized by the line(s), and those would be in the company category as well. I'm sorry if it wasn't clear in my original comments. Neier 12:57, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

 * I understand the need to search for stations of each company. It will create 2000 stations in the JR-East category alone, and there will likely be complaints about the size of the category.  Especially since they are sorted by line already, and the lines are also sorted into the same categories.  Also, searching by alphabet is supported by List of Railway Stations in Japan too.  I am just one person with one opinion, so I won't revert the new categories on my own.  But, I cannot speak for anyone else. Neier 11:46, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

I moved the discussion to Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Trains_in_Japan where an anonymous user proposed extending our categories. It doesn't match the current system, or the Japanese system either. But, this issue should be cleared up as soon as we can. I suggested a compromise, to sort each station by company and by line. So, the stations would not be in Category:East Japan Railway Company, but in Category:Stations of East Japan Railway Company. The lines would be sorted similarly. - Neier 13:53, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

station names
I do not think renaming Asakusa Station to Asakusa Station (Tokyo Metro, Toei, Tobu) was neccessary.

The reason Asakusa Station is left as is, and there is a Asakusa Station (Tx) is following established wikipedia manual of style for japan related articles. We are to do a Asakusa Station (Tokyo Metro, Toei, Tobu) article name if there are 3 Asakusa Stations and one Asakusa Station was bigger, but one of the articles will retain just "Asakusa Station", in this case only 2 places are listed as Asakusa therefore I think the Asakusa Station (Tokyo Metro, Toei, Tobu) should just be left as "Asakusa Station".

Manual of Style: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style_%28Japan-related_articles%29#Train_and_Subway_stations

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The format it was changed to does not follow the wikipedia manual of style for japan related articles.

Otsuka station edits
Hi, Izumi.

Can you help me understand your edits to Otsuka Station (Tokyo)? It seems like you meant to add the db tag to Otsuka Station, since the Otsuka Station (Tokyo) article has a name which disambiguates it with the other station in Hiroshima. Why not use the #REDIRECT macro? -- Mikeblas 14:33, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

Template:Joban Line
Yes, it is possible to do that. My only concern is that it may be hard to see what articles don't exist yet, if there is a blue link instead of a red link. I guess that the main article for Jōban Line could be edited to make all the red links, so maybe it is not such a big problem. Neier 13:17, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

Japanese Stations..
Hi,

Thought you might be interested in: http://scratchpad.wikia.com/wiki/NotBradshaw

In case you wanted to do milage data for Japanese railway lines :-)

ShakespeareFan00 15:16, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

trying to find author of article
Hi, I wish to use this news article as a source for an wiki article, but when I translate it using babelfish, the name of the author doesnt appear. Could you take a look and let me know who wrote the news article?. John Vandenberg 01:29, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Thank you! John Vandenberg 13:49, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

Tokyu Ikegami Line
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Requested move for Tōzai Line (JR West)
Hi, I've requested that Tōzai Line (JR West) moved to JR Tōzai Line - the reason is that the latter is the official name of the line, and article titles should reflect official titles.

I noticed that you previously moved the article from JR Tozai Line, and I'd appreciate it if I could get your input at Talk:Tōzai Line (JR West). Thanks. --Ytny (talk) 00:02, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

EMU vs EC
Hi. I noticed you have changed "EMU" to "EC" on a couple of railway articles, but I have changed these back to "EMU". Abbreviations such as "EC" and "DC" are used in Japanese, but these are not English abbreviations (they are 和製英語), so should not be used in English language situations. But thanks for your continued work in adding to articles about Japanese railways. Please keep up the good work! DAJF 09:34, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

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JR East stations
Replied on my talk page. - Neier (talk) 12:22, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

Itō Station
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Talk:The Diplomats

August 2006
we should probably just merge this with the Diplomat Records page...

 * Agreed. Mad$ 21:26, 2 June 2006 (UTC)
 * I agree this article currently needs quite a lot of rewriting/editing. -- A-ixemy 00:26, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Disambiguation
Yeah there's an old soul or blues group called The Diplomats, so a disambiguation page would be appropraite, as well as an article for the "old" Diplomats. --A-ixemy 02:59, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

These guys sicken me
ALL this was just un-NPOV, totally meaningless, comments - which belongs in some forum and not Wikipedia (not the :talk pages either). Therefore I have removed it all......... -- A-ixemy 00:23, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Hm
I must say, watching the page and discussion page get edited back and forth is pretty amusing

--Gooberliberation 10:16, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

more cleanup needed
This article is in very bad shape. In particular, the "Current members" section is very confusing and impossible to understand.

My take is that The Diplomats are a music group. The "Curreent members" section, then, should list members of that group. I've deleted people who aren't members and are listed because they're signed with same record label as The Diplomats.

There's at least a couple that remain. A couple of artists are mentioned as being "Affiliated with The Diplomats", but their capacity in the group is not described. I think they should be removed, too, unless their roles can be clarified.

There are several passages that were written in heavy slang. I've simply deleted them, since they described releases and groups that are not from The Diplomats.

The section that starts "members were signed performers" doesn't make much sense to me; it seems out of context. The article doesn't give any indication what "became excusive" means.

Can someone help clean up these issues?

-- Mikeblas 01:40, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

Can someone put 40 Cal, Bugs, and Jha Jha in separate articles?
I think they deserve mention outside this article. Who's with me? -- —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tom Danson (talk • contribs)

 * There's not enough material in this page to form an article greater than a substub for any of those people. I'm against it; particularly when so much cleanup is needed on the article we have here now. -- Mikeblas 04:13, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

'''40 Cal must have his own article. Jha Jha should have a small page. Bugs is not very known...'''

Clarification
For those of you that do not understand it...it is actually quite simple.

There is a rap group called The Diplomats. They consist of Cam'Ron, Jim Jones, Freekey Zeekey, Juelz Santana, Hell Rell, J.R. Writer, 40 Cal., Jha'Jha, DukeDaGod, Jay Bezel, Chubbie Baby, S.A.S. and newly signed Katt Williams.

Also closely affiliated with The Diplomats are rappers Tom Gist, A-Mafia, Ash & Sen, Max B and Lil' Jah.

As far as Diplomat Records is concerned, all of THE DIPLOMATS are signed to Diplomat Records. A-Mafia is signed to Duke Productions/Diplomat Records. Max B is signed to Byrdgang/Diplomat Records. Tom Gist and Ash & Sen are not officially signed to Diplomat Records, but are considered to be affiliated members. Lil' Jah is Juelz Santana's nephew (Twin is his father; Juelz's brother) and also raps and is featured on mixtapes and albums.

There is an extended movement of DipSet involving the following:

Byrd Gang Records. This is headed by Jim Jones. Max B is signed here. NOE, Stack Bundles, and Mel Matrix are all signed here as well.

Santana's World Entertainment is headed by Juelz Santana and can be viewed as housing his small team of lil' Jah, Bezel, and Twin (even though Twin doesn't rap).

Writer's Block Records is headed by J.R. Writer and has rappers (Fred Money, Show, Blitz McBain), producers (Spectacular), deejays (DJ Plat), and promoters/a&r's/etc (Jus W.B., Nino, Scrilla).

Purple City Productions, which consists of Shiest Bubz, Agallah, Un Kasa, Alleyway, Ike Eyes, Den 10, Smoke & Numbers, Mike Boogie, and Enorm. Purple City has since branched to include Purple City Canada (members are Bricktop & Young Dutch).

The Senate is also a close affiliate, connected via Juelz Santana and Un Kasa. Un Kasa is a member of The Senate, along with Taj Mahal, Thump Mandoza, Sammy G, Louis Vuitton, Knight, TuneRaiders, Jus-One, Unstoppable, I.V., Middle Men, and G-Off Duty.

The TuneRaiders have a production company that is home to themselves and Blend King. They have also partnered with rapper, Justice, to form Supa Gang Records & The Fam.

The Eurogang & The Fedayeen Regime are rappers and producers with ties to S.A.S. The Eurogang consists of S.A.S., Haze, Baby Blue, D. Consigliere, Rephan and Bigz. The Fedayeen Regime consists of Rephan, Mr. Pork Dudley, Red Army, Sem, Dutchbeetz, Dutchbeetz Europe (76 Beats, 76 Beats South, Ruger, Young Rusha).

As far as other affiliates are concerned. The Diplomats have a Southern Label via Diplomat Records currently being established. Its first artist is Virginia native, Rabbi. They also have a pro-skate team, DipSkate (Mel Boogie, Johnny Blanko, Cali).

Un Kasa has Krayon Box Records which is home to Street Heataz & Family Comes First. Agallah has Propane Piff Entertainment which is home to Ghetto Rock Starz & Alexander Band.

Other affiliates include Luca Brazi of The Taliban. He is closely tied to The Diplomats and Purple City. Bugz of Tha Teamstas is closely tied with Juelz Santana.

 * I think there's some minor errors here. But at least it's a good overview of all the people involved, anyway.... But just to give examples - Well, I think *diplomats* the group at least in the beginning was just Juelz, Cam'ron and Jim Jones... Now, you might say it's those three, as well as Hell Rell, J.R. Writer, Freekey Zeekey, Jha Jha, Duke da God - and maybe Katt Williams. I'm not entirely sure about the status of Jay Bezel, ok, maybe he is part of Diplomats as well. 40 Cal, Chubbie Baby and S.A.S would be more like associated artists, I think ("In the movement" so to say, but not part of the *main* group). Also, I don't think Tom Gist is so closely affiliated with The Diplomats - isn't he british, and therefore part of Eurogang/Fedayeen? At least that's my impression.

 * That was just a couple examples based on what I know as correct. - A-ixemy 12:58, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

If you go to DipSetMixtapes.Com you can see a full roster which includes: Cam'Ron, Jim Jones, Freekey Zeekey, Juelz Santana, DukeDaGod, J.R. Writer, Hell Rell, Jha'Jha, 40 Cal., and Katt Williams.

Jay Bezel, Tom Gist, Chubbie Baby, S.A.S., DJ Moe Sticky, Ash & Sen, A-Mafia, and Max B ARE ALL OFFICIAL DIPLOMATS. Tom Gist is NOT from Britain, he is from HARLEM. The way the list is set up now is PERFECT. People need to stop adding their friends to the list because they don't belong there. DipSouth has no one confirmed. People are just adding themselves to gain attention.

Further Clarification
The Children Of The Corn was the first rap group Cam'Ron was in. Some view it as the foundation for DipSet. It was comprised of Digga (producer), Big L, Bloodshed, Killa Cam, Murda Ma$e, and McGruff.

Tha Riot Squad is headed by Stack Bundles and is affiliated via Byrdgang. It consists of Stack Bundles, Bynoe, Cau2g$, and Chinx Drugz. There is also a faction called Tha Riot Squad South.

Update
I cleaned up the discography to limit it to just Diplomats & Their Members' Releases. I included Byrd Gang & Writer's Block because they are so closely related. I updated the Members Section to have everyone who is in The Diplomats, Byrd Gang Records, Writer's Block Records, Santana's World Entertainment, DipSouth, and DipSkate.

Stop Changing It
Whoever keeps changing the discography and dipset family section is wrong and doesn't know what they are talking about. You have further confused people and distorted the coherence of the article. And I assure you that I know more than you do and please do not change it after I correct it this time. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wiki-wiki1 (talk • contribs)
 * This article is a train wreck. I've fixed the poor formatting (that you're insisting is correct). If you want to discuss changes, please use the talk page for that conversation -- but posting "don't know what you're talking about" isn't conducive to a better article. -- Mikeblas 02:14, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

split?
I've removed the split tag. I can't see what needs to be disambiguated in this article, and the talk page doesn't contain any notes explaining why a split was suggested. -- Mikeblas 02:18, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

Links to Terrorism
Prior to Diplomat Records Cam and Jim Jones named it Taliban Records but changed it due to pressure from their label. Prior to the commercial release of "Diplomatic Immunity" several underground releases refrenced Taliban records - which were also incorporated in the rhymes. Trajedy 10:01 06 Oct 2006

I've taken out the code which reads "particularly Mohamed Atta al-Sayed part in the September 11, 2001 attaon, rather than terrorism" because the formatting is broken. --Newshound 19:10, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

Taliban means Crew in Arabic, it is nothing to do with the actual Terrorists Taliban!

Vandalism
Someone has vandalized this page talking about "gay orgys" and when I go to edit that out of the page, it's not there but it's still in the article. Can someone (who has the ability) please remove this. Thankyou. It's only shown when you click "The Diplomats" link on Jim Jones' Wikipedia page. - Anonymous. 11:00 EST 11/4/2006

This is messed up
This entire page is messed up Dipset is from Harlem not Kentucky aqnd there is no label by them called MeandMyGuitar records. Please fix

SHIT THAT NEED 2 BE SAID RRRREEEEAAAALLLL talk eAZy---

wats goodie to all my niggas still banging out to the diplomats cause at the end of the day you gotta respect the movement!!!!!!!!!! but on this real shit man!!! shit lookin real ugly right now... you got niggas on the team mad at each other.... first they was talking crazy like the dips should have a fake beef ,,, then you got niggas doin LEAN,,,,(nigga you not from the south!!!!!!) then you got niggas dont even know that they was booted of the team...... But the most fucked up thing how you aint got LOVE for niggas on your team?????? Just like football you gotta put on the QB or the boss,,,, as a leader you cant be havin beef on the team or I.E. be one of the main ones in the conferentation... guess niggas gone off of pain killers?????? and man as a CAPO (BOSS) you cant be a sell out man what the fuck wrong with you??????? its like its a gang fight and you choose up with the other nigga,,, and dont get me wrong you was my dude but santana you cant figure out what to do with your self.... cant follow every one around and expect them to hold your hand.... DAMN man instead of doin that tour your ass should of been in santana's town comin out with a classic just like from me to u... so i dont want to hear nothin bout business... you on the same level with the boss now so what the fuck can you say now cause its lookin all bad....................................

and its ya boy

<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> killin individuals daily and the E is next to AZ and dont ask y bitch comin from Arizona the real hottest nigga under the sun <<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>

Freekey Zeeky
I don't believe the two pages should be merged because once he makes his debut, he'll need to be established as his own artist and facts about him will come and it will be too much for the Dipset article. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by NJ Rock (talk • contribs) 05:34, 11 December 2006 (UTC).

Dipset Christmas
Should A Dipset Christmas be added to the group's discography?(casecloser 03:23, 26 January 2007 (UTC))

YES IT SHOULD...!!

...No, it shouldn't. It's a Jim Jones album. Fix this. Njgio 03:51, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

Diplomats or Dipset?
Looking at their more recent album covers, they now appear to be more commonly known as Dipset, rather than as The Diplomats. Should this be changed? Njgio 03:54, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

NO BECAUSE THEY RELEASE ALBUMS UNDER BOTH...

DUKEDAGOD PRESENTS...DIPSET

THE DIPLOMATS - DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY
 * it said that for their first album. i think diplomats is the name of the label while dipset is the name of the group although im pretty sure there is no difference between the goroup and the label. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 74.103.176.124 (talk) 03:11, 3 May 2007 (UTC).

POW LA DON & Ajay Ahluwalia
I dunno who this guy is, but he is NOT a member of DipSet or even affiliated. Also, please people stop adding Lil' Wayne, he isn't signed to them either.

THIS PERSON IS NOT SIGNED STOP EDITING AND PUTTING YOURSELF HERE

AJAY HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH DIPSET STOP ADDING YOURSELF!!!

Breakup
I heard somewhere that they broke up cus they was mad at camron. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 72.72.231.232 (talk • contribs) 21:45, 6 May 2007 (UTC).

Lil Wayne
He is not in DIPSET STOP ADDING HIM!!!

im pretty sure he IS dipset. he has many songs on the mixtape Drought 3 about his ties with dipset. if his NOT dispet than put him as dispet affiliated.

Vandalism
Someone edited all of the members' names to make fun of them. I changed them all back, please don't let this happen again and warn whoever did it.

He is NOT a member of Dipset, he is just pals with Juelz. Lil Wayne is with Cash Money/Young Money. (DipSetGeezer (talk) 22:00, 18 August 2008 (UTC))

Parody
Can someone talk about the parodies of the members of DipSet. ASmiley 14:03, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

Clean Up and Protection
I requested the page be protected due to the constant vandalism. It will be semi-protected for two weeks. I hope to have cleaned everything up by then. I also made a template for the Diplomats, not completely done yet but can pass by as complete, to work as a way to show all pages related to the Diplomats. If anyone is seeing this please help with the page. Also, can anyone help verify the various and sometimes unusual/questionable names of some of the members? thank you.--BaRiMzI 05:16, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

Members of Dipset
Is Jae Millz really a member of the dips? I'm not so sure of that.
 * I'm prettu sure but dont have any proof, I'll look, I suggest you do the same. Oh, and please sign your comments.-- _ B a R i M z I _ 06:04, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

Diplomat Members and discography
The members of the Diplomats and their affiliates are found on this page, please don't anyone remove this. Also, Since their whole discography can be found at Diplomat Records there is no need for it be re-added to this articles page. For that reason, I added a link to the page.--BaRiMzI 22:05, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

Large list of affiliates
Okay, I just added in a large list of affiliates of the diplomats, i is complete and current(to the date) and most importantly, legitimate. All was referenced. If anyone doesnt want to see the list lets talk and maybe we'll put it somewhere else.--BaRiMzI 22:36, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

Spam Accusations
For whomever incited the page had spam, please clarify your remark. The template on top refers to links in the external links section, which in this article link to two Official websites. Please, elaborate.-- _ B a R i M z I _ 06:53, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

Cam'rom vs. Jim Jones Section
Should there be a section talking about the possible separation between the group with the recent "feud"/rift between Jim and Cam? If not, please feel free to delete this section, I was just wondering.

JpGrB 20:23, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

Jha Jha Leaving.
I understand it is sourced, and I apologize for removing it once. But according to what is stated, she was not signed to Dipset, so should she be included at all? --JpGrB 19:51, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

Edited Members Section
According to the Official DipSet Website (dipsetmixtapes.com) the members of The Diplomats are: Cam'Ron, Jim Jones, Juelz Santana, Freekey Zekey, Duke Da God, Hell Rell, J.R. Writer, 40 Cal., Katt Williams, and DipSkate. Former members include S.A.S. and Jha Jha. Jay Bezel, Chubbie Baby, and DJ Moe Sticky are also technically members of The Diplomats, but are lesser known. I left them out for that reason. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.176.14.100 (talk) 18:07, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

Jay Bezel isn't a "Former Member" as you said. He is a member of Santana's SkullGang. However, Jha Jha is a Former Member. She is now on Just Blaze's label, Fort Knox Entertainment. (DipSetGeezer (talk) 21:54, 18 August 2008 (UTC))

Edited Discography Section...
I edited the discography section and im sure that it is now 100% correct. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.183.48.100 (talk) 18:08, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

J.R. Writer.
Why does Writer not have his own article? --HELLØ   ŦHERE 09:32, 20 September 2008 (UTC)

Max B
Where's Bigavell? He was a notable member, is on Jim Jones biggest commercial hit, and is currently in a prominent beef with Dipset. Furthermore he claims to have written all of Jim Jones rhymes. I don't know how true this is but it's odd he's not mentioned. Now excuse me, I'm about to blow me a dub. 66.167.234.37 (talk) 00:54, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

J.R. Writer request
Is it alright if I make a page for him? He has a ton of material out. Last time I tried to make it my page was constantly deleted and reffered back to the diplomats page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Neomerge (talk • contribs) 19:27, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

New additions.
There is no source to say the group has official ceased in 2009. There are no sources for their "solo careers" either. Can you provide legit sources for these? If so, please do here before you again revert to the improper revision of the article. --HELLØ   ŦHERE 13:13, 23 August 2009 (UTC)
 * It says so on the Crime Pays article that "The Diplomats are no longer together". This is the source that mentions the breakup but I have yet to find the source which actually says that they've broken up. And also I was intending to revert it back because I could not find a way to make the article I was writing work. --Taylor Karras (talk) 13:17, 23 August 2009 (UTC)
 * From that source, all I can see is that he no longer wants to be associated with the group? And Wikipedia articles aren't reliable, especially seeing as it has the "cn" tag. Are there any sources that say the whole group is over or are they just that Cam isn't involved anymore? We can add that, but to say the entire group is done would be incorrect. Brian Wilson left The Beach Boys even though he was the leader, but they still went on. For now, why not start a sandbox? I can help (if you'd like), but then it can be worked on and not have to disrupt the actual page. --HELLØ    ŦHERE 13:25, 23 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Oh, and here are two more sources which might help. Also mind if I politely correct you there, what I was doing was not vandalism. It was original research as I was writing a biography at 3:00 AM in the morning and I was doing to do the sources tommorow because I was tired and needed to sleep, and I was trying hard to ignore original research but most of my text might of been original research. Guess that wasn't the way to do it huh. Anyways I hope this helps you because I'm done trying to rewrite the article, I can't find any way to make it notable that doesn't include the albums they've released and what happened during those years or how they sorta broke up. It's like there's a vague history behind The Diplomats. Anyways good luck. --Taylor Karras (talk) 22:50, 23 August 2009 (UTC)

Members
Okay, I'll try to explain this so people can understand. Cam'ron OWNS the record label. Unless you have a specific source that states that he isn't a member of DipSet, which I know you can't, he is a member of DipSet. There's really no room for debate. BGRuthless (talk) 02:13, 8 December 2009 (UTC)
 * The record label and group are two different things. He's said numerous times "DipSet is over", to which every other members has said it isn't. Thus clarifying that they will continue without him. Now, this is from Miss Info's blog, not necessarily a reliable source, but Jim Jones says that they are "putting Cam on punishment". Now, Cam'ron may claim that they aren't together anymore, but as long as every other person says they are, that is what we should keep. And actually, Jim Jones, just recently said that no one person can claim that the group is over and that he is DipSet. --HELLØ    ŦHERE 16:21, 7 December 2009 (UTC)
 * And even in this source mentioned in a section above, Cam states that he is moving on, not anyone else. Just him. I'd say all of this is sufficient enough proof that he is no longer with the "group". The record label, on the other hand, is a different story. --HELLØ    ŦHERE 16:26, 7 December 2009 (UTC)
 * And the fact that he still yells "DipSet!" in all of his new songs means what? He isn't in teh group, it's just for fun?  Y'all can keep it however you want, but in Harlem everybody knows who's DipSet and who isn't.  I was just trying to make it right on the page. BGRuthless (talk) 02:13, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

J.R. Writer
I see no reason why he can't have his own page, he has albums and mixtapes and several guest appearances. he is signed to E1 entertainment and is currently recording, he meets the requirements for an artist page.. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.38.33.180 (talk) 06:17, 11 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I'm pretty sure it's because it would fail MUSIC. --HELLØ    ŦHERE 07:02, 11 March 2010 (UTC)

J.R. Writer Again
ok it's crazy that he has his own page in german and italian, but not in english. you can find his old page on Deletionpedia. There aren't going to be a great deal of peer reviewed articles discussing rappers so finding a lot of citations is always dodgy. you can quote websites but they might be wrong as well. maybe we should delete all rappers who've sold less than 5 million records? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.62.154.33 (talk) 21:12, 21 June 2010 (UTC)

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Midland Railway of Western Australia

The Midland Railway of Western Australia (MRWA) was a railway company that built and operated the Midland line in Western Australia. It was listed on the London Stock Exchange. Although having its headquarters in London, it had no association with the English Midland Railway.

History
In December 1883, John Waddington representing a syndicate of English capitalists, proposed to Governor Broome to build a line from York via Northam, Newcastle, Bejoording, New Norcia and along the Berkshire Valley to Geraldton under a land grant scheme. A parliamentary select committee recommended the route be altered to branch off from the Eastern Railway at Guildford and run via Chittering, Bindoon, Victoria Plains, Carnamah, Arrino, Upper Irwin and Dongara to Walkaway where it would join the Western Australian Government Railway's line from Geraldton. The agreement was signed on 27 February 1886, with work commencing a few days later.

Under the land grant scheme, 12000 acre of land was granted for every mile of railway completed, a total of 3319000 acre. The consortium was able to select land within 40 mi of the new railway. Financing problems delayed construction with construction being suspended in June 1887. The Government tried to rescind the contract, but could not as the consortium had until 1890 to complete the first 160 kilometres of the line.

On 21 March 1890, the Midland Railway Company of Western Australia was floated on the London Stock Exchange and Herbert Bond purchased John Waddington's shareholding in the consortium and work recommenced on the 446 kilometre line from both ends.

The first section from Midland Junction to Gingin opened on 9 April 1891, followed by Walkaway to Mingenew on 16 August 1891. The rest of the line opened in stages until the two sections met on 1 November 1894.

Between 1905 and 1918, the company actively pursued a scheme of land classification and settlement led by land agent and politician James Gardiner. The first subdivision was auctioned at Moora on 22 June 1906.[4] By 1911, 16 subdivisions between Midland Junction and Dongara had been classified and auctioned. From 1910, Gardiner managed the Ready Made Farms Scheme, which provided cleared and fenced farms with houses to prospective settlers.[5] The townsites of Coorow, Winchester and Carnamah formed the backbone of the scheme. The scheme was advertised widely to British citizens and was moderately successful, with 35 of the 58 farms sold by the end of 1915.[6]

In 1915, the Western Australian Government Railways opened the parallel, but longer Northern Railway route about 50 kilometres further east via Wongan Hills and Mullewa.

Between 1914 and 1917, business declined rapidly and the company operated at a loss. This was brought on by decreased revenue owing to the construction of the Northern Railway (which captured railway traffic from the Midland Railway), crop losses due to drought, the loss of men from districts owing to World War I, and the imposition of new federal taxes. In 1918, the land settlement scheme was wound up.[7]

In 1922, the MRWA made the first of a number of proposals for the Western Australian Government Railways to purchase it. In December 1962, with much of the track and rolling stock in need of replacement, the company entered negotiations for the WAGR to purchase the business. This was concluded in December 1963, with the sale effective 1 August 1964.

Passenger service
Up until it cessation, a weekly passenger service operated over the line.

Road Service Department
In 1946, the Midland Railway Company began operating a bus service between Perth and Geraldton. Buses to conduct wildflower tours. In 1948, it began operating Wildflower Study Tours from Perth and along roads to and from Geraldton through the northern wheatbelt. Also in 1948, it began operating truck services. By 1962, seven road coaches, six trucks and two prime movers were operated.

Workshops
The Midland Railway established its workshops and headquarters at Midland Junction. Later on, in 1904, the WAGR relocated their workshops from its overcrowded site at Fremantle to Midland also.

The site of the Midland Railway Company Workshops. A different and separate workshops north west and the other side of the main rail corridor from the Midland Railway Workshops and marshalling yard (which actually worked across the Great Eastern Highway next to the town Post Office) is now the location of the Centrepoint shopping centre and its car-park.

Rolling stock
In 1936, the MRWA owned 23 locomotives, 23 carriages and 523 freight wagons. At the time of the sale, the MRWA operated nine diesel locomotives, 10 passenger carriages and 602 freight wagons.

Steam locomotives
The MRWA operated nine A, nine B, five C and two D class locomotives. All were withdrawn from service in the 1950s.

B6 was placed on a plinth in a park in Geraldton as a display, but in 2000, was removed due to poor condition and road transported to Midland Railway Workshops for possible restoration by members of Rail Heritage WA. However, the group could not proceed with the work required, and were required to vacate the workshops site to allow the site to be redeveloped, with B6 moving to the Western Australian Rail Transport Museum, Bassendean. It has since moved to Walkaway.

Diesel locomotives
In 1957, MRWA took delivery of its first diesel powered locomotive in the form of diesel mechanical shunting unit E30. A year later the first of seven F class mainline diesel electric units entered service. In 1963, two G class were delivered but due to their axle loading were restricted to working between Midland Junction and Watheroo.

Survivors

 * B6 stored at Walkaway
 * E30 preserved at Western Australian Rail Transport Museum, Bassendean
 * F40 operational with Hotham Valley Railway, Pinjarra
 * F41 static display within the Moora Railway Reserve near station
 * F43 preserved at Western Australian Rail Transport Museum, Bassendean
 * G50 operational with Hotham Valley Railway, Pinjarra, owned by Rail Heritage WA

Revival
In 2002, the name was revived by South Spur Rail Services for a restaurant train business that ran the Spirit of the West for a number of years.

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Pendle Hill High School

Pendle Hill High School is a comprehensive, co-educational high school with over 300 students located in Pendle Hill, a suburb in the west of Sydney, Australia.

School profile
The school is set in a residential area that is slowly undergoing renewal with increasing medium-density development, particularly around Pendle Hill railway station and Wentworthville railway station. The school is located close to Pendle Hill station.

There is increasing student cultural diversity with 62% of students coming from non-English speaking backgrounds.

Notable alumni

 * John Larkinauthor

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Dwele

Andwele Gardner (born February 14, 1978), known professionally as Dwele, is an American R&B singer, rapper, songwriter and record producer from Detroit, Michigan. He is best known for his guest appearance on Kanye West's 2007 single "Flashing Lights" as well as his often-uncredited performance on West's 2010 single "Power", both of which peaked within the top 30 of the Billboard Hot 100. Gardner's 2003 debut single, "Find a Way" narrowly entered the chart and led his debut studio album, Subject (2003), released by Virgin Records.

Biography
Gardner was raised on the west side of Detroit in a musical family. He played piano from the age of six, later taking up trumpet, bass and guitar. He was deeply affected by the fatal shooting of his father outside his home when he was age ten, later stating "I learned to put my emotions into music; it was my therapy." He cites Stevie Wonder, Donny Hathaway, Roy Ayers, Miles Davis, and Freddie Hubbard as favorite artists, and took inspiration from hip hop group A Tribe Called Quest, becoming an MC, and working with Slum Village.

Gardner recorded a demo in his bedroom, called, The Rize, and sold it out of the trunk of his car. He had about 100 copies, which sold out within a week. He caught the ears of local hip hop group Slum Village and their producer J Dilla. Slum Village invited Dwele to sing the hook of the song "Tainted" for their album Trinity (Past, Present and Future). It was successful and led to more high-profile work with rapper Bahamadia, the group Lucy Pearl and London's New Sector Movement. Dwele signed to Virgin Records in 2001, and the label released his debut album, Subject in spring 2003, which mixed neo soul and hip hop.

In a 2005 review in The Independent, his style was summed up: "Dwele's rooted in vintage soul but isn't stuck in the past, overly reverential or an exercise in pastiche - there's a major hip-hop edge which betrays his original incarnation as a rapper." A second album, Some Kinda..., followed in 2005. He then later signed with RT Music Group and KOCH records in March, 2008 He released his fourth album titled, W.ants W.orld W.omen on June 29, 2010.

Dwele was featured on the first single from Kanye West's fifth studio album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. The song is entitled "Power". He is also featured on "Flashing Lights" from West's 2007 album Graduation.

Dwele released the first single, "What Profit", from his fifth studio album Greater Than One. The song was written and produced by Mike City - the same producer behind his other singles "I Think I Love U" and "What's Not to Love". The song was sent to radio on May 22, 2012.

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