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National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research

The National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research or NIWA (Taihoro Nukurangi), is a Crown Research Institute of New Zealand. Established in 1992, NIWA conducts research across a broad range of disciplines in the environmental sciences. It also maintains nationally and, in some cases, internationally important environmental monitoring networks, databases, and collections.

, NIWA had 697 staff spread across 14 sites in New Zealand and one in Perth, Australia. Its head office is in Auckland, with regional offices in Hamilton, Wellington, Christchurch, Nelson, and Lauder (Central Otago). It also has small field teams, focused mostly on hydrology, stationed in Bream Bay, Lake Tekapo, Rotorua, Napier, Whanganui, Greymouth, Alexandra, and Dunedin. NIWA maintains a fleet of about 30 vessels for freshwater, marine, and atmospheric research.

Mission statement
"NIWA's mission is to conduct leading environmental science to enable the sustainable management of natural resources for New Zealand and the planet."

History
NIWA was formed as a stand-alone organisation in 1992 as part of a government initiative to restructure the New Zealand science sector. Its foundation staff came mainly from the former Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR) and the Meteorological Service. One of the DSIR divisions absorbed was the N.Z. Oceanographic Institute. The Fisheries Research Division of the former Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries joined NIWA in 1995.

NIWA is currently structured as a limited liability company under the Crown Research Institutes Act 1992

Most of NIWA's revenue is from contestable research funding and commercial consultancy work. , NIWA had a revenue of $123.8 million and assets of $103.6 million.

Research programmes
NIWA focuses on atmospheric, marine, and freshwater research – extending from the deep ocean to the upper atmosphere – in New Zealand, the Pacific, Southern Ocean, and Antarctica.

NIWA's research spans diverse fields:

 * aquaculture
 * aquatic biodiversity
 * aquatic biosecurity
 * atmospheric science
 * climate change
 * coastal ecology
 * renewable energy
 * fisheries
 * hydrology
 * marine geology
 * mātauranga Māori
 * natural hazards (e.g. tsunami, storm surge, floods, earthquake, volcano)
 * oceanography
 * sedimentology

Research projects are undertaken in collaboration with local and central government agencies, other Crown Research Institutes, industry, private research companies, and universities in New Zealand and the rest of the world. In 2007–08, NIWA scientists were involved in more than 970 collaborations and NIWA had formal links with some 150 overseas institutions.

Within New Zealand, NIWA has close working relationships with many Māori entities (85 entities in 2007-08 ) through its Māori environmental research group, Te Kūwaha o Taihoro Nukurangi. NIWA set up the Te Kūwaha – Māori Environmental Research group to develop ways of sharing knowledge with Māori communities and empowering Māori business with the latest science. This is a critical part of science in Aotearoa New Zealand as institutes have been criticised for poor representation for Māori and Pasifika researchers. The team have had notable success with a taonga species guide and Māori specific climate impact research.

People
Past and present staff include:

 * Helen Bostock – oceanographer
 * Helen ES Clark (Rotman) – zoologist
 * Dennis Gordon – zoologist
 * Janet Grieve – zoologist
 * Clive Howard-Williams – freshwater biologist
 * Andrew Leachman – master mariner
 * Brett Mullan – climate scientist
 * Dave Lowe – atmospheric scientist
 * Wendy Nelson – phycologist
 * James Renwick – climate scientist
 * Natalie Robinson – polar oceanographer
 * Jim Salinger – climate scientist
 * Simon Thrush – marine ecologist
 * Dianne Tracey – deep-sea marine biologist
 * David Wratt – climate scientist

Awards
In 2007, 12 NIWA climate scientists – Greg Bodeker, Matt Dunn, Rod Henderson, Darren King, Keith Lassey, Dave Lowe, Brett Mullan, Kath O'Shaughnessy, Guy Penny, James Renwick, Jim Salinger and David Wratt – shared the Nobel Peace Prize with other contributors to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

Research facilities
NIWA's research facilities include:
 * A gas laboratory which uses gas chromatography and mass spectrometry to assess the composition of gases and their isotopes in samples of air and water, and isotope analysis of solid material.
 * An ecotoxicology laboratory for assessing the effects of contaminants – such as heavy metals, pesticides, and wastes – on aquatic organisms.
 * Aquaculture research facilities at Bream Bay in Northland and at Mahanga Bay, Wellington.
 * An upper atmosphere research laboratory located at Lauder, Central Otago, New Zealand.
 * Additionally, NIWA also operates (in conjunction with Antarctica New Zealand) a suite of atmospheric in situ and remote sensing instruments at Arrival Heights, Ross Island, Antarctica.

Lauder Atmospheric Research Laboratory
The NIWA Lauder Atmospheric Research Laboratory takes atmospheric measurements for the purpose of observing and better understanding interactions between the stratosphere, troposphere and global climate. This is achieved through measurements of ozone, solar radiation, aerosols and greenhouse gases. There are approximately 10 staff (scientists and technicians) working at the Laboratory (December 2015).

Location
Lauder is located 33 km north-east of Alexandra, in the South Island of New Zealand. It also hosts a telescope part of the BOOTES network. This location was chosen for the laboratory due to the area's low horizons, clear skies, dry atmosphere, and southern latitude location.

Research history
A research laboratory was originally established at Lauder in 1961 with the purpose of observing the aurora.

In the Mid-70's Lauder was a ground tracking station for the satellite ensemble "International Satellites for Ionospheric Studies" (ISIS (satellite)). By the late 1970s research had shifted focus to the stratosphere. This shift was driven by the fear of ozone depletion due to manufactured gases, and by the fact that the ozone hole had been discovered. Lauder had begun measuring UV radiation, ozone, and other gases associated with ozone depletion. From the 1990s Lauder has also monitored the effects of ozone depletion on solar UV irradiance.

Recently, research at Lauder has focused on interactions between climate change and ozone depletion and Lauder now measures most gases that contribute to climate change. Computer models to predict future atmospheric changes have also been developed at Lauder, and the atmospheric measurements taken at Lauder are used in climate models around the world.

Measurements
Measurements of the atmosphere at Lauder can be carried out in situ, and through remote sensing. In situ measurements are mostly done at ground-level; however balloons are launched weekly and carry out in situ measurements through the atmosphere to altitudes of approximately 30 km. Data from these balloons enables atmospheric profiles of temperature, pressure, water vapour, and ozone to be produced. One method of remote sensing measurements at Lauder uses a LIDAR system to generate ozone profiles to 100 km in altitude. Another LIDAR measures aerosols in the atmosphere to 50 km in altitude. Other remote sensing at Lauder uses UV/Vis grating and FTIR spectrometers to measure trace gases in the atmosphere. Measurements at Lauder are also used to calibrate satellites such as OCO-2 and GOSAT.

Importance
The Lauder Atmospheric Research Laboratory is well known throughout the international world of atmospheric research through its participation in the international Network for the Detection of Atmospheric Composition Change (NDACC), BSRN, TCCON, and GCOS Reference Upper Air Network (GRUAN).

Lauder has many ongoing long-term measurements, including the longest time-series of nitrogen dioxide in the world.

The Laboratory is located in a data-sparse region of the globe. The oceans of the southern hemisphere and the Antarctic region play an important role in the global climate system and so measurements taken at Lauder are valuable to the global scientific community.

Solar radiation measurements at Lauder are used in studies on the effects of UV radiation on human health and in the solar energy and building industries

High Performance Computing Facility
In 2018 NIWA commissioned 3 powerful Cray supercomputers called Mahuika, Maui and Kupe, forming the HPCF (High Performance Computing Facility). The HPCF is capable of processing more than two thousand trillion calculations per second. 2 of the 3 Cray supercomputers (Mahuika and Maui) are located in NIWA's Wellington campus, while Kupe is located at the University of Tamaki Data Centre. It also leads investigations such as the analysis of genetic information, the modelling of the impact of climate change and forecasting weather related hazards. The detailed specifications of the HPCF can be found here.

NIWA Invertebrate Collection
The NIWA Invertebrate Collection (NIC) is the largest repository of marine invertebrate (animals without a backbone) specimens from the New Zealand region, southwestern Pacific, and the Ross Sea (Antarctica). It holds representatives of almost all phyla in the New Zealand region. Collected over the last 50 years and still growing, the collection holds several million specimens, ranging from single-celled organisms to giant corals. , it included over 2100 type specimens of species new to science (800 holotypes and 1300 paratypes). The collection is used by scientists, teachers, and journalists throughout New Zealand and the world.

Natural Hazards Centre
In 2002 NIWA teamed up with the Institute of Geological and Nuclear Science to create the Natural Hazards Centre as a New Zealand resource for all hazards information and advice. The centre develops systems to monitor and predict the following hazards: earthquakes, tsunami, floods, storms, landslides, coastal flooding and waves, coastal erosion, and volcanoes.

Research vessels
Foremost among NIWA's 30 vessels is the 70-metre deepwater research vessel RV Tangaroa, New Zealand's only ice-strengthened research ship. The 28-metre RV Kaharoa is used mainly for coastal research, but has gone further afield to deploy ocean-profiling Argo floats, from Chile to Mauritius.

Monitoring Networks
NIWA maintains a range of monitoring networks that collect long-term environmental data, including climate information, sea level, river flows, water quality, and freshwater fish distributions and habitats.

As at 1 August 2008, NIWA had 1339 operational stations in its climate and water monitoring networks, spread throughout New Zealand, including the Chatham Islands. NIWA also holds data from more than 3000 closed stations, many of which have long usable records. The National Water Quality Network, for instance, has been operating at 77 sites since the 1970s. It can now show long-term trends in water quality.

Environmental data
NIWA maintains several databases containing long-term records of environmental data, and species records. The National Climate Database, for instance, contains more than 250 million individual measurements, with records dating back to the 1850s. The New Zealand Freshwater Fish Database records the occurrence of fish in fresh waters of New Zealand, including major offshore islands, and details of their habitats. , the database included more than 28 000 records. Among other things, these databases are used to detect geographical and temporal trends in the state of the environment.

NIWA holds the longest continuous record of atmospheric CO2 concentrations in the Southern Hemisphere, measured at Baring Head, near Wellington, since the 1970s. Along with equivalent measurements from the Northern Hemisphere, taken at Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii, these records are used to model the effects of atmospheric CO2 on global climate. The history of this sampling record is described by Dave Lowe in the book "The Alarmist" which recounts his career.

The information in NIWA's databases is in high demand. In the 2007-08 financial year, for instance, NIWA responded to more than 350 000 requests for data from its databases. In July 2007, NIWA allowed free online access to archived data on climate, lake levels, river flow, sea levels, water quality, and freshwater fish.

Weather forecasting competition with MetService
NIWA and MetService are both government organizations that produce weather forecasts. In 2009, they signed a memorandum of understanding to work more closely together. In 2020, NIWA chief executive John Morgan told Parliament the two organizations are like "a car and a truck; both being vehicles but each serving different purposes". Private weather forecaster WeatherWatch commented that it is "bizarre" the government is funding two weather forecasters and compared it to "Fire Service getting into Police Speeding Infringements".

Climate Court Action
From 2010 to 2012, NIWA defended itself in a court case claiming that they had exaggerated temperature increases. The charge was brought by the climate change deniers The New Zealand Climate Education Trust – a branch of the New Zealand Climate Science Coalition. They challenged NIWA figures which showed a rise in temperatures in New Zealand of 1 °C over the past 100 years. The climate denier group said the published increase of 1 °C was significantly higher than global warming figures around the world and almost 50 per cent above the global average. In a High Court judgement, Justice Geoffrey Venning ruled that the New Zealand Climate Science Education Trust had not been successful in any of the challenges they brought against NIWA. Justice Venning also decided that NIWA's cost should be paid by the trust and he said that if an agreement on the costs could not be reached he would make another ruling at a later stage.


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Talk:Media Prima

Kumho Asiana
There is an unsourced assertion that "Media Prima is wholly owned by Kumho Asiana Group", although a cursory investigation shows that not to be the case. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.149.161.19 (talk) 01:22, 10 August 2012 (UTC)

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" TV3 has been the number one television network in Malaysia since its inception 19 years ago, reaching the entire population of 4.5 million households and 25 million people and commands more than 45% of the total television audience share. NSTP holds the largest combined circulation of newspapers in Malaysia with more than 50% market share. With the New Straits Times, Berita Harian, Malay Mail and Harian Metro under its stable, NSTP achieves a combined daily circulation of more than 600,000 copies with daily readership in excess of two million people."

I remove the above paragraph. This info should be moved into another stub. In addition, the paragraph is a copy and paste facts from the company corporate web page than meaningful facts.

Sltan 03:48, 14 October 2005 (UTC)

 * If it has been copied and pasted from another site, it constitutes a copyright violation. You were right to remove it. Unfortunately, I see it has been restored; I have rewritten it so it no longer constitutes a copyright violation. Any facts that were left out of the rewrite belong in the appropriate articles for TV3 or the NSTP, IMO. Johnleemk | Talk 14:12, 27 October 2005 (UTC)

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NTV7
This article appears to contradict itself.

There is contradictory information about the number of TV stations operated by the company. The lead says 4, but further down it says 5 (including NTV7)

Both cannot be correct. 2.25.73.139 (talk) 11:19, 22 September 2022 (UTC)

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Djamila Bouhired

Djamila Bouhired (جميلة بوحيرد, born June 1935 ) is an Algerian militant, nationalist and revolutionary who opposed the French colonial rule of Algeria. She was raised in a middle-class family, having attended a French school in Algeria. She would go on in her youth to join the Algerian National Liberation Front (FLN) while a student activist. There she worked as a liaison officer and personal assistant of FLN commander Yacef Saadi in Algiers.

Biography
Djamila Bouherid was born in a middle-class family in colonial Algeria. When she was still a student in a French school, she discovered her revolutionary spirit. When all the French students repeated every morning "France is our mother", Bouhired would stand up and scream "Algeria is our mother!" She was then punished for this by the principal. From this time, Bouhired was drawn to the revolutionary cause. Her brothers having already been involved with the underground nationalist struggle, Bouhired was quick to join and her profile would quickly rise in stature. During the revolution she worked as a liaison agent for the commander Saadi Yacef.

In April 1957, before a large planned demonstration in the Casbah, she was captured by the French and tortured for information about that demonstration. She did not divulge any information under torture and reportedly repeated "Algeria is our mother" while being tortured. Despite all of this extreme torture, Bouhired maintains that she did not confess to any wrongdoing or reveal any confidential information about the FLN. According to Bouhired, the torture went on for a total of 17 days.

In July 1957 she was tried for allegedly bombing a cafe, alongside another Algerian rebel, Djamila Bouazza, aged 19. The bomb killed 11 civilians inside. At the time the French lawyer Jacques Vergès, sympathetic to the cause of the Algerian nationalists, heard of her case and decided to represent her. In what would be a historic trial, Vergès waged a public relations campaign on Bouhired's behalf and accused the French government of themselves having committed the acts charged in his defense. Despite Vergès's efforts, Bouhired was convicted and sentenced to death by guillotine.

Vergès co-wrote a plea arguing that Bouhired should not receive the death penalty. Various protest groups formed throughout Algeria and abroad rallied to convince the government not to kill Bouhired. Most notably, princess Lalla Aicha of Morocco contacted the President of France at the time, René Coty, and asked that Bouhired be spared from the death sentence. After being spared, Bouhired served a prison sentence in the Reims prison until 1962. As the end of the war drew near, she was released along with many other Algerian prisoners.

Vergès claimed to have become a target of the French colonial government, which allegedly launched several failed assassination attempts against him, including a bomb placed in his apartment and another in his car. Bouhired and Vergès were married a year after Algeria's independence, by which point Vergès had converted to Islam and taken the first name Mansoor. The couple had two children, Meriem and Liess Vergès. Bouhired separated from Vergés in 1970, after 7 years together. She became chairwoman of the Algerian Women Association in independent Algeria, and was constantly at odds with then-Algerian President Ahmed Ben Bella.

Bouhired was one of the many women fighting for emancipation and equality in the newly independent Algeria. However, economic downfall and exponential population growth caused a rise in Islamic fundamentalism, which coupled with new laws allowing for a multi-party political system ultimately resulted in civil war. Equality for women was not a priority of the government throughout this period in Algerian history. Nonetheless, Bouhired will forever be known for her work not just for Algerian independence, but also for women's rights in Algeria.

Present day
Djamila Bouhired resides in the capital of Algeria, Algiers, and continues to be a militant for several causes of which she participates in protests and marches, including the 2019 Algerian protests.

In popular culture
She was one of the trio of FLN female bombers depicted in the 1966 film The Battle of Algiers. She was also depicted in the film Jamila, the Algerian (1958) by Egyptian director Youssef Chahine and in Terror's Advocate, a documentary film about Jacques Vergès. There is a song dedicated to her in Indonesian.

Honours

 * 🇹🇳 Tunisia : Order of the Republic – Grand Officer (2020)

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Oswald de Andrade

José Oswald de Souza Andrade (January 11, 1890 – October 22, 1954) was a Brazilian poet, novelist and cultural critic. He was born in, spent most of his life in, and died in São Paulo.

Andrade was one of the founders of Brazilian modernism and a member of the Group of Five, along with Mário de Andrade, Anita Malfatti, Tarsila do Amaral and Menotti del Picchia. He participated in the Modern Art Week (Semana de Arte Moderna).

Biography
Born into a wealthy bourgeois family in São Paulo, Andrade used his money and connections to support numerous modernist artists and projects. He sponsored the publication of several major novels of the period, produced a number of experimental plays, and supported several painters, including Tarsila do Amaral, with whom he had a long affair, and Lasar Segall.

Andrade joined the Communist Party in 1931, but left it, disillusioned, in 1945. He remained controversial for his radical political views and his often belligerent outspokenness. His role in the modernist art community was made somewhat awkward by his feud with Mário de Andrade, which lasted from 1929 (after Oswald de Andrade published a pseudonymous essay mocking Mário for effeminacy) until Mário de Andrade's untimely death in 1945.

Manifesto Antropófago
Andrade is particularly important for his Manifesto Antropófago (Anthropophagist Manifesto), published in 1928. Its argument is that colonized countries, such as Brazil, should ingest the culture of the colonizer and digest it in its own way. The text is explicitly inspired by Michel de Montaigne, Karl Marx, Sigmund Freud and André Breton, and is composed through a procedure of "deglutition" of some of the most renowned manifestos of the Western culture, such as the Manifesto of the Communist Party and the Surrealist Manifesto. Andrade distinguishes Anthropophagy from cannibalism (low anthropophagy) on the grounds that the former is a ritualistic practice to be found among indigenous peoples in Brazil; in this ritual sense, Anthropophagy functions as a rite of incorporation of the world-view of the ingested enemy.

By turning Anthropophagy into the motto of a manifesto, Andrade operates an inversion through which he affirms as the leitmotiv of a cultural movement precisely those practices based on which several indigenous peoples were considered as barbarians deprived of culture. Anthropophagy becomes thus a way for the former colony to assert itself against European postcolonial cultural domination. The manifesto's iconic line is "Tupi or not Tupi: that is the question." The line is simultaneously a celebration of the Tupi, who had been at times accused of cannibalism (most notoriously by Hans Staden), and an instance of the anthropophagical rite: it eats Shakespeare. Antropofagia, as a movement, has a significant impact in multiple domains of Brazilian culture, such as theater (Teatro Oficina), music (Tropicalismo) and cinema (Cinema Novo). As a consequence, some authors such as Augusto de Campos and Eduardo Viveiros de Castro consider it as Brazil's most radical artistic movement and as the only "original philosophy" produced in the country. On the other hand, some critics argue that Antropofagia, as a movement, was too heterogeneous to extract overarching arguments from it and that often it had little to do with a post-colonial cultural politics (Jauregui 2018, 2012).

Selected works

 * ''Alma (1922)
 * Manifesto Pau-Brasil (1924)
 * Pau-brasil (poems, 1925)
 * Estrela de absinto (1927)
 * Manifesto Antropófago (1928)
 * Serafim Ponte Grande (1933)
 * Meu Testamento (1944)
 * A Arcádia e a Inconfidência (1945)
 * A Crise da Filosofia Messiânica (1950)
 * Um Aspecto Antropofágico da Cultura Brasileira: O Homem Cordial (1950)
 * A Marcha das Utopias (1953)

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Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Appleboy

 * ''The following discussion is preserved as an archive of a request for adminship that did not succeed. Please do not modify it.

Appleboy
[ Vote here]  (4/8/0) ending 04:03 October 21 2005 (UTC)

– Appleboy helped me tremendously with setting up my audiofeeds so that I could virtually attend Wikimania from Niagara Falls, NY USA during the conference in Frankfurt. He is skilled in using both the Mac and Windows platforms for audio feeds, and I vastly appreciated his assistance and support. ChrisBradley 04:03, 14 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here:

I accept! --AppleBoy Talk 04:46, 14 October 2005 (UTC)

Support
 * 1) R  e  dwolf24  (talk—How's my driving?) 04:16, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) Great job removing vandalism. Edit counts should not matter. This user has shown that they can do a good job and also in the wikipedia-en-vandalism chat room. -- ☺ A  d a m 1213  ☺ | talk  04:59, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 3) Appleboy is a wonderful user and will be a great admin. --Chiacomo (talk) 05:03, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 4) Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason 06:21, 14 October 2005 (UTC)

Oppose
 * 1) I'm no fan of editcountitis, and Appleboy is a good user, but only 40 edits, and literally only 7 article edits...that's not near experienced enough. Certainly with a bit more activity I'd reconsider, but not at this stage. Ral  315   WS  04:44, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) Oppose. May I ask? but are you insane? 40 edits?  --Maru (talk) 04:51, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 3) Oppose 40 edits in 11 months. Come back when you have had some experience here.  --Rogerd 05:19, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 4) Oppose for above reasons. --Merovingian (t) (c) ( e ) 05:21, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 5) Oppose. I do not normally oppose for editcountitis reasons, but this is an exceptional case. Only 40 edits, of which the vast majority are to his own userspace? That is clearly too few. — J I P | Talk 05:24, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 6) Oppose. I'd like to mention that a few days ago, on the IRC channel #wikipedia, AppleBoy kicked Gmaxwell, a regular user, because he thought he was a "spammer". Someone who would take such rash action against another user really isn't ready to have blocking powers on Wikipedia, edit count or no edit count.   [ +t, +c, +m,  +e  ] 05:51, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 7) Oppose. User has good participation on IRC, but not enough experience in the wiki itself. Ëvilphoenix Burn! 06:00, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 8) I'm sorry, but if this is a joke nomination I am not in on the joke. --Tony Sidaway Talk 06:20, 14 October 2005 (UTC)

Neutral

Comments
 * Yes, people have mentioned that, but I also have watched many battles rise and fall on wikipedia. I'm also often in the channels when vandalism occurs and people are asking for bans to happen while the people keep going on vandalising pages because no admin is on to stop them, that's where I would like to help. I'm not here to make some sort of profound difference in helping people make proper NPOV articles, I'm here to take care of the nitty gritty work that nobody else likes to worry about. --AppleBoy Talk 04:54, 14 October 2005 (UTC)

Questions for the candidate

A few generic questions to provide guidance for voters:
 * 1. What sysop chores, if any, would you anticipate helping with? (Please read the page about administrators and the administrators' reading list.)
 * A. I hang out in #wikipedia-en-vandalism on freenode, and keep a watch on vandalism. I have done a few, but usually I have a tendency to be talking with other admins at the time and they beat me to it with their handy revert button. I would also like to help delete the anonymous page creations that aren't even long enough to be a redirect (AKA, one word such as poop, which shows up a lot suprisingly, or other more profane words). I have also been told that I should be an admin if I'm going to be an operator in the irc channels, which I'm currently an operator in #wikipedia and #wikipedia-en-vandalism. Former being by FennecFoxen, latter I don't know I've now been told otherwise

 * 2. Of your articles or contributions to Wikipedia, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?
 * A. Under my talk page I'm working on a psychology book since I am probably going to minor in psychology. I was going to do it on wikibooks but that place is a bit of a mess at the moment. Also, not quite articles, but I am proud to be a bit of a go between with freematrix radio who hosts the live audio feeds at wikimania and also helping nGerda and his ongoing attempts at the Wikinews Network. On top of this, I also am subscribed to all mailing lists I can related to wikimedia, that are in english, and respond when I feel is appropriate, and when I have time.

 * 3. Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or do you feel other users have caused you stress? How have you dealt with it and how will you deal with it in the future?
 * A. I have yet to come into any editing problems on wikipedia, although I don't have an enormous ammount of edits on wikipedia itself. I have delt with plenty of stress on both irc and on other places though, and I have very good methods of dealing with it, usually consisting of having a civil chat with the other parties involved before doing rash things. I would also recommend to anybody that is becoming an admin to go through a humanities class that goes on about non-violence peace protests. Although not directly related, many of the concepts I have learned from my class have helped me tremendously in the way I deal with day to day conflicts.
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the discussion. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page. No further edits should be made to this page.


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List of Australian plant species authored by George Don

This is a list of Australian plant species authored by George Don:

 * Acacia brunioides A.Cunn. ex G.Don
 * Acacia cultriformis A.Cunn. ex G.Don
 * Acacia cyclops A.Cunn. ex G.Don
 * Acacia deltoidea A.Cunn. ex G.Don
 * Acacia fimbriata A.Cunn. ex G.Don
 * Acacia holosericea A.Cunn. ex G.Don
 * Acacia pendula A.Cunn. ex G.Don
 * Acacia podalyriifolia A.Cunn. ex G.Don
 * Acacia prominens A.Cunn. ex G.Don
 * Acacia rigens A.Cunn. ex G.Don
 * Acacia sertiformis A.Cunn. ex G.Don
 * Alocasia macrorrhizos (L.) G.Don
 * Aotus ericoides (Vent.) G.Don
 * Brachychiton acerifolius (A.Cunn. ex G.Don) Macarthur & C.Moore
 * Callistemon viminalis (Sol. ex Gaertn.) G.Don
 * Catharanthus roseus (L.) G.Don
 * Chrysophyllum roxburghii G.Don
 * Clianthus formosus (G.Don) Ford & Vickery
 * Crotalaria ochroleuca G.Don
 * Daviesia leptophylla A.Cunn. ex G.Don
 * Daviesia physodes A.Cunn. ex G.Don
 * Decaspermum humile (G.Don) A.J.Scott
 * Desmodium varians (Labill.) G.Don
 * Dodonaea boroniifolia G.Don
 * Dodonaea multijuga G.Don
 * Elaeocarpus obovatus G.Don
 * Hippobroma longiflora (L.) G.Don
 * Hovea acutifolia A.Cunn. ex G.Don
 * Hovea apiculata A.Cunn. ex G.Don
 * Hoya linearis Wall. ex G.Don
 * Isotoma scapigera (R.Br.) G.Don
 * Lagunaria patersonia (Andrews) G.Don
 * Ludwigia hyssopifolia (G.Don) Exell
 * Melaleuca acerosa (Colla) G.Don
 * Mirbelia rubiifolia (Andrews) G.Don
 * Modiola caroliniana (L.) G.Don
 * Oxylobium linariifolium (G.Don) Domin
 * Rhodomyrtus psidioides (G.Don) Benth.
 * Sagina maritima G.Don
 * Scaevola sect. Xerocarpa G.Don
 * Soliva stolonifera (Brot.) R.Br. ex G.Don
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Savez izviđača Bosne i Hercegovine

The Savez izviđača Bosne i Hercegovine (Scout Association in Bosnia and Herzegovina) is the state Scouting organisation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was founded on 17 December 2011 through the merger of the three constituent organisation of its predecessor, the Savjet izviđačkih organizacija u Bosni i Hercegovini (Council of Scout Associations in Bosnia and Herzegovina), which was a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement since 1999. The coeducational Council of Scout Associations in Bosnia and Herzegovina has 1,250 members as of 2011.

Program sections

 * Cub Scouts/Poletarac-ages 7 to 10
 * Scouts/Izviđači-ages 11 to 20

History of Scouting in Bosnia
In his book, What Scouts Can Do: More Yarns, Baden-Powell wrote about Bosnia before the First World War; in a section "Biking in Bosnia" he provides a fascinating picture of this war-torn land. Bosnia-Herzegovina, as part of Yugoslavia, helped found the World Organization of the Scout Movement in 1922 and remained a member until Scouting in Yugoslavia was coopted by the SFR Yugoslavia in 1950 into Savez Izviđača Jugoslavije, at which time WOSM membership was forfeited.

The Council of Scout Associations in Bosnia and Herzegovina comprised the Savez Izviđača Federacije Bosne i Hercegovine (Scout Association of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina) and the Savez Izviđača Republike Srpske (Scout Association of the Republic of Srpska). Both Scout Associations agreed to work together to form a federation and join WOSM together, and met to finalize matters presented to WOSM for consideration of membership. WOSM granted full membership to Bosnia and Herzegovina in July 1999. In 2000, after the establishment of the Brčko District, a third association, the Savez izviđača Distrikta Brčko (Scout Association of the Brčko District) joined the council.

In 2011, the three member organizations of the council agreed to form a unified association, the Savez izviđača Bosne i Hercegovine (Scout Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina). The Scout Motto is Буди Спреман (Budi Spreman), translating as "Be Prepared" in the dialect of each ethnic group. The noun for a single Scout is interchangeably Skaut and Izviđač.

Emblems
The membership badge of the council is often seen in black-and-white so as not to show ethnic leaning of the various groups. The emblem of Savez Izviđača Federacije Bosne i Hercegovine incorporates the gold-on-green color scheme of the coat of arms of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina on the maple leaf design of the original Savez Izviđača Jugoslavije. The emblem of Savez Izviđača Republike Srpske incorporates elements of the coat of arms of Republika Srpska.

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User talk:Cheyt

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. Job E  6   03:50, 14 October 2005 (UTC)

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Talk:Good Times with Weapons

Japanese?
WHO and WHY!? The Lyrics were translated here to "Lets Fighting Love" why are they now gone!? They helped to add a new dimension to the humour of the episode and are of genuine curiosity to fans of the show, who will be, let's face it, the only ones looking at this article.

 * Oh no! I'll try to get them back, I had it written down but I don't know if I can find it.  Also I may be able to track down a web source.  If neither of those, I'll write it down the next time I watch the episode.  I will do in about an hour from the writing of this message. -- Jimafu 11:01, 20, August 2006 (PST)

 * Ok, a certain user Tregoweth claims that the lyrics are copyrighted in his history. I don't think this is quite right, and it's not too good the be making such a major remove without giving a more detailed excuse on talk. I'm putting it back, and will continue to do so until Mr. Tregoweth can come and answer 86.4.122.131's and my question. -- Jimafu 1:11, 21, August 2006 (PST)

 * I do not know how to put it in the table as it was back before the removal. If someone knows how to put it in the table I would appreciate it. -- Jimafu 1:22, 21, August 2006 (PST)

Does anyone know why there are so many Japanese errors in the song (as written under "Pronunciation, as sung")? Was it intentional? --Zaxios 02:59, 12 November 2005 (UTC)

 * One needs not assume that Parker's use of nonsense Japanese has to be grammatically correct. Shawnc 01:49, 1 January 2006 (UTC)

By the way, I suggest that we use the most literal, direct translation for the lyrics in order to avoid subjectivity/POV. For example, sarubobo seems to mean just that, sarubobo, unless one can find a citation or reference that it definitely means something else. Shawnc 04:43, 1 January 2006 (UTC)

I have deleted the blurb that "(he [Trey Parker] speaks the language fluently; this is attributed to him living in Japan for a period)" until it can be substantiated. The pronunciation issue ("kintama no kame", "kinka" for "kenka") as well as grammatically issues ("kami" instead of "ke" for pubic hair) et cetera call his Japanese language proficiency into question. I am sure he knows some Japanese, but I don't buy fluency for a second. Tanizaki 20:56, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

I fixed up some of the translation a little bit. For example, mechakucha doesn't mean fucked up, but just "ridiculous", and wake ga wakaranai literally means "meaning not understandable". 199.126.137.209 06:55, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

Can somebody make a traslation of "let's fighting love" that explain's the meaning and significance of each line? Like instead of translating it a bit literally,maybe just write down the point of what they were trying to say,or something. The "let's fighting love phase doesn't make enough sense, —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.100.80.2 (talk • contribs)

 * That might be the point, isn't the song in part at least a parody of engrish? WLU 16:30, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

 * I'm a professional Japanese-to-English translator. I fixed up the lyrics a bit, please don't change them back. (2/17) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.199.120.178 (talk • contribs)

 * Unless the contribution meets WP:RS, it stands no more chance to remain on the page than any other. Sorry!  WLU 00:20, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

How can the episode be available in 2004 when the XBox Live Marketplace service launched in 2005? http://www.joystiq.com/2007/03/04/first-ever-hd-south-park-episode-for-free-on-xbox-live-marketpla/ See? 2007, guys. 2007 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.51.178.90 (talk) 15:26, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

Should it also be mentioned that Cartman's kanji 'tattoo' reads "taste" or "flavor?" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.9.94.157 (talk) 06:23, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

Passion of the Jew
Hey, I'm going to take out the part on the passion of the Christ episode coming later that season. Seems pointless now that this season is over. User:Cane and Able 11:44, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

Funny hat
In addition, Kenny wears a funny hat similar to Raiden and his face design is identical to Ken Masters of Street Fighter.

Fixing in 3.. 2.. teh TK 05:04, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

I think Kenny looks a lot more like Komotori from "Way of the Warrior". http://www.essi.fr/~buffa/images/wotw1.jpg http://www.essi.fr/~buffa/videogames/reviews/pictures/wotw-cs.gif Blue mask with hat. DeathWeed 07:12, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

---Abu Graib reference ?---

don't you think the scene in the animal shelter when the vet is holding Butters with a lead / leash  is a direct reference to the picture of Abu Graib showing Lyndie England doing the same to an Iraqi inmate ? sorry for my bad english, and im too lazy to check if the episode was made before or after Abu Graib scandal...

Prof Chaos Pic
http://www.southparkstudios.com/news/display_news.php?month=4&year=2004&

Could someone maybe add this in to shows Butters in his 'anime-style' Professor Chaos get-up? The pic is at the bottom of the page.

Klingon Weapon?
"# One of the Knives on display looks like a "Klingon" knife from "Star Trek""

Can anyone elaborate on exactly what kind of weapon this was? Did someone just see an ulu and think it was a Bat'leth or was there really a Bat'leth on display? Or was there actually a D'k tahg on display? Ziiv 05:13, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

You Tube Link
Were did the youtube link go for the full Length Episode??Ace Fighter

It was a D'k tahg and I just readded it in this time with the name and don't edit, it out it is a pop cultural reference to Star Trek as Trey and Mattt have done before.

 * I think it's illegal to post a full episode of a show on this site. Thus, it was removed. --Snkcube 07:45, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

Goofs?
Here's the deal... can the goofs not also be seen as a commentary on Anime? Anime is known for it's often low production cost leading to constant mistakes, like the color changing nunchucks.

Anyway... just a thought...

Later EricJosepi 05:51, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

added vet
Yeah, nice episode, etc etc.

Added, between brackets, the scene where the vet, disappointed that Butters took off, wants to kill the (healthy) dog.

 * adds nothing to the plot - it's funny, but not relevant Danlibbo 00:23, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

Redundant Trivia
There's a bit of trivia that points out Kenny doesn't die in the episode. Considering that Kenny's died less and less since his revival in Red Sleigh Down, that's kind of obvious, isn't it? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 72.20.238.33 (talk) 21:49, 6 December 2006 (UTC).
 * True, but Kenny has been dying a lot still. He's died at least twice in season 7, twice in season 9, couple of times in season 11 and at least 4 times in season 13. Take that and you've got at least...10 deaths. Take that and add it from the whole first five seasons and that's...let's see 10,12,18,17,16,12 add it and you get...85 deaths total. Wait that can't be right. I'm a little off, but i'm close. So approximentally in between 80-90 deaths. 68.39.79.161 (talk) 02:52, 21 November 2009 (UTC)

Goofs
User:DethFromAbove removed goofs and I'm not sure why - they may need clean up, but I think continuity errors and whatnot are valid for the entry. WLU 19:27, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

Moved the following from the goofs section WLU 12:33, 8 March 2007 (UTC):
 * "I doubt that the above was a mistake-- they also mispronounce subarashii as suburashii, kintama as kintame, they read the ke（毛） as kame, kenka as kinka, and boku as boko as well. I think it's done on purpose to mock the Japanese people's inability to pronounce English words.  Oh, and the subtitles reading "sono oto" actually makes more sense than the verbalized "sore no oto.""

Ninja Alter-Egos
Most of the characters only resemble their video game "equivalents" just a wee bit or not at all. For instance, the only thing that links Kenny and Raiden is the hat: Kenny won't use lightning, Raiden doesn't wear red, nor he has a facemask, and he definitely doesn't use shurikens. IMO this section is rather vain, irrelevant, and far-fetched.

 * I was just going to say the same thing about the lack of resemblance between kenny and raiden the others can stay as is tho --Bushido Brown 02:25, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

 * I think the biggest problem is the whole thing violates WP:OR, are there any references, discussions on the special features of the DVDs, etc? WLU 21:08, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

Chef Alter-Ego
A picture of Chef's alter ego would be a nice addition to this page also JayKeaton 16:29, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

accuracy of lyrics/translations
So i copy and pasted the lyrics into online translators (3 different ones) such as babelfish, google translate, and one other. i didnt really get near the same results as the last box which it claims to say in english. for example the first line (i cant translate the english letters in the translators, but) in the last box claims to say " i have a wonderful penis " or whatever, but in the translator it says "splendid chin chin ones". chin chin not being a word in the online dictionaries. this result was the same for all sites, so is there a reason for this?

74.97.205.176 01:31, 30 June 2007 (UTC)

 * The translators obviously don't know real japanese. YES, Trey was singing REAL japanese lyrics. The wonderful penis line sounds accurate though. 68.39.79.161 (talk) 02:44, 21 November 2009 (UTC)

Speculation
There is way too much (seeming) speculation in the Cultural Refs section. Lots42 (talk) 23:27, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

Cultural references
Cite or they stay here;

Pop culture references
Alastairward (talk) 13:53, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
 * This episode marks the start of a recurring quip in several episodes in which Cartman cites Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ when making anti-Semitic remarks against Kyle. Cartman calls Gibson "The Road Warrior", a reference to Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior.
 * This episode aired a month and a half after Janet Jackson's "wardrobe malfunction" at Super Bowl XXXVIII. At the end of the episode, the townspeople are enraged that their children saw Cartman naked, rather than on account of the boys lodging a shuriken in Butter's eye; Parker and Stone's intention was to satirize the American public's concern towards nudity and sexuality in entertainment rather than gratuitous violence and gore.
 * As Kyle struggles to throw away his weapons down a well, Cartman attempts to dissuade him, telling him, "You know this to be true." This is reminiscent of Darth Vader in The Empire Strikes Back when he reveals he is Luke Skywalker's father.
 * The various designs of the boys' ninja forms are drawn largely from characters of the Street Fighter series of anime and video games. During their ninja battle, Stan is modeled after and does the same stance as Ryu. Kyle's appearance and pose when he first turned into a ninja are based on Fei Long. Cartman's design is based on many Street Fighter characters, but mostly E. Honda. His body is similar to E. Honda, his boots look just like Zangief's, his wristbands are similar to Chun-Li's and his long hair is similar to Blanka's. Cartman's ninja name Bulrog is a play on the name Balrog. Kenny's facial appearance is based on Ken and the headgear perhaps on Raiden (Mortal Kombat). Butters seems to resemble M. Bison and Sagat from Street Fighter or Sigma from Megaman X.
 * As for the "rival ninja clan" the boys encounter, Craig is based on Guy, Clyde resembles Adon, Token resembles Dee Jay and even performs his Air Slasher/"Max Out" projectile, and Jimmy is based on Sodom without the mask.
 * Also, Chef's appearance is based on Akuma The Store owner looks like Zangief and the Auctioneer is dressed like Gen.
 * Amongst the weapons being sold at the weapons stand are a Klingon D'k tagh and Bat'leth.
 * A Chaos Dreadclaw from Warhammer 40,000 is in the scene behind the boys as they purchase the weapons from the 'knife guy'.

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51 Aquilae

51 Aquilae (abbreviated 51 Aql) is a star in the equatorial constellation of Aquila. 51 Aquilae is its Flamsteed designation. It has an apparent visual magnitude of 5.39, which means it is faintly visible to the naked eye. Based upon an annual parallax shift of 35.88 mas, the distance to this star is around 90.9 ly.

This is an F-type main sequence star with a stellar classification of F5 V Fe-1 CH-0.7; where the 'Fe-1' and 'CH-0.7' represent abundance deficiencies of iron and the molecule CN, respectively. It is about 1.6 billion years old and is spinning relatively quickly with a projected rotational velocity of 77.5 km/s. The outer atmosphere has an effective temperature of 6,812 K, giving it the yellow-white hue characteristic of an F-type star.

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I have transwikied the text of this play to Wikisource. It can now be found at http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Man_and_Superman.

I removed it from here because it was too long for the guideline of WP:USER. YechielMan 01:03, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

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14 Aquilae

14 Aquilae is a probable spectroscopic binary star system in the equatorial constellation of Aquila. 14 Aquilae is the Flamsteed designation though it also bears the Bayer designation g Aquilae. It is visible to the naked eye as a dim, white-hued star with an apparent visual magnitude of 5.42, and it is located at a distance of approximately 500 ly from Sun. The star is moving closer to the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of $−39.0$, and may come as close as 41.73 pc in around 3.5 million years.

The visible component is an A-type main sequence star with a stellar classification of A1 V. It has 3.25 times the mass of the Sun and about twice the Sun's radius. The projected rotational velocity is relatively low at 23 km/s. The star is radiating 214 times the luminosity of the Sun from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 9,908 K.

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15 Aquilae

15 Aquilae (abbreviated 15 Aql) is a star in the equatorial constellation of Aquila. 15 Aquilae is the Flamsteed designation; it also bears the Bayer designation h Aquilae. The apparent visual magnitude is 5.41, so it is faintly visible to the naked eye. An optical companion, HD 177442, is 39 arc seconds away from it The distance to 15 Aquilae can be estimated from its annual parallax shift of 11.27 mas, yielding a range of approximately 289 ly from Earth with a 9 light-year margin of error.

With a stellar classification of K1 III, the spectrum of 15 Aquilae matches a giant star with an age of roughly four billion years. At this stage of its evolution, the outer atmosphere of the star has expanded to 14 times the radius of the Sun. It is radiating 83 times the Sun's luminosity into space at an effective temperature of 4,560 K. This heat gives it the orange-hued glow of a K-type star.

This star is most likely a member of the thin disk population of the Milky Way. It is orbiting through the galaxy with an eccentricity of 0.06, which carries it as close as 24.30 kly to the Galactic Center, and as far away as 27.60 kly. The orbital inclination carries it no more than 196 ly from the galactic plane.

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Panniculus

The panniculus (often incorrectly referred to as pannus) is a dense layer of fatty tissue consisting of excess subcutaneous fat within the lower abdominal region. Panniculi can form after rapid weight loss, as seen with strict exercise plans—in this case, the abdominal fat is successfully reduced, but excess skin is left behind which hangs loosely over the area. It can be a result of obesity and can be mistaken for a tumor or hernia. Abdominal panniculus can be removed during abdominal panniculectomy, a type of abdominoplasty. A panniculus can also be the result of loose tissues after pregnancy or massive weight loss.

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Domnall of Dalriada

Two kings of Dál Riata were named Domnall (Donald):

 * Domnall Brecc (Donald the Freckled) (died 642)
 * Domnall Donn (Donald the Brown) (died c. 685)

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Dada (band)

Dada (stylized dada) is a three piece rock band from California (United States). The band is made up of Michael Gurley (guitar/co-lead vocals), Joie Calio (bass/co-lead vocals) and Phil Leavitt (drums).

The band's songs feature both Michael and Joie sharing the vocals on each song. The group write highly melodic, harmony laden tunes, and their constant touring with two and a half to three hour performances has won them a wide fanbase.

History
1992 saw the release of their debut album Puzzle. First single "Dizz Knee Land" quickly became a staple of radio across the U.S. and reached as far as Australia, where the song and album went on high rotation on national radio station Triple J. "Dizz Knee Land" reached number 2 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart, number 5 on the Billboard Modern Rock chart and number 27 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Chart; Puzzle went on to sell more than half a million copies and earned an RIAA Gold Record award. dada toured for the album with bands such as Crowded House and Izzy Stradlin & the Ju Ju Hounds, as well as Sting.

They released the follow-up in 1994, American Highway Flower. Though the first single from that album "All I Am" spent eight weeks in the modern rock charts their record label at the time (I.R.S. Records) began to collapse. By the release of their third album El Subliminoso in 1996, I.R.S. Records had all but folded. In 1997 the band signed to MCA Records and, in 1998, released their fourth full-length studio album simply titled dada. Their bad luck with record companies continued as the parent company of MCA was sold. They continued touring throughout the U.S. In 1999 the band decided to have a break and played their supposedly final show in Norfolk, Virginia in front of 14,000 fans.

During their break Joie Calio worked as an A&R scout for MCA Records and wrote a book. Soon afterwards he released his debut solo album The Complications of Glitter. Michael Gurley and Phil Leavitt formed the band Butterfly Jones and they released the album Napalm Springs. Phil Leavitt also had a short stint with the Blue Man Group during this time.

2003 saw the return of dada. They began playing live shows again and recorded one of them in Santa Ana, California. They released the show on CD, titled Dada Live: Official Bootleg (Vol. 1). They spent seven weeks touring the CD across the US. In 2004, dada released their fifth album How To Be Found. Technically, How To Be Found was not a "new" album, but merely a compilation album that gathered all the leftover songs from the highly productive sessions that produced their 1998 self-titled album dada. They once again toured extensively across the US. Dada spent much of 2005 working on their next studio album, playing just three gigs during November. They played selected dates mainly on the East Coast of America during February–April 2006.

During much of the band's tenure, Michael Gurley has struggled with carpal tunnel syndrome. In order to continue playing, Gurley was forced to make some changes - these included using light gauge strings and tuning the instrument down a half step, as well as icing his wrists frequently to help with the pain.

In November 2006, the band released an EP titled A Friend Of Pat Robertson. They commenced 2007 with shows at the Whisky a Go Go in Los Angeles followed by shows in Milwaukee, Chicago and Minneapolis in April.

In June 2008, Joie Calio released a second solo record under the moniker X Levitation Cult which was titled Happiness in Hell. In 2010 Calio released a third solo record (using his name this time) titled Black Art of Blue.

On May 3, 2010, Joie Calio posted on his Facebook profile that "Dada is actually recording a new record - really! It's sounding good too. We've decided to stay focused on the writing/recording of this new record for now and hold off on any big tour plans". The band began a club tour later in the year. For unknown reasons, work came to a standstill on the new dada album in 2010 and to date, none of the recordings from those sessions have been released.

In 2011, using studio time originally booked for dada, Joie Calio and Phil Leavitt recorded a new album together under the name 7Horse. The debut 7Horse album, titled Let The 7Horse Run, was independently released late in 2011, and a tour of the U.S. followed early in 2012. In 2013 Martin Scorsese featured the 7Horse song "Meth Lab Zoso Sticker" in his movie The Wolf of Wall Street. It was also used in multiple trailers for the film and is on the movie soundtrack. In 2014 7Horse released its second record Songs For a Voodoo Wedding. That year they toured opening for Kenny Wayne Shepherd and later Whiskey Meyers. in 2016 7Horse released its third record Living In a Bitch of a World. They subsequently toured that year headlining in the U.S.

Late in 2012, dada announced an extensive "20th Anniversary Tour" of the U.S. that began in January 2013. It was also announced that 7Horse would be the opener for all shows.

In February 2017, dada embarked on its 25th Anniversary Tour of the U.S.

In 2017, dada released a single on limited edition vinyl consisting of two new songs titled "The Bluebird" and "Take Me To The Song".

Since 2017, dada has been on hiatus. Michael Gurley released an album "Ultrasound" in 2020. Calio & Leavitt continue with their band 7Horse.

On December 8, 2023 on the (official Facebook group page) "Dada Forever" the "Return to dizz knee land" tour was announced playing venues in U.S. cities. Starting on February 24, 2024 in San Juan Capistrano, California and ending in Denver, Colorado in August.

EPs

 * A Friend of Pat Robertson (self-released, 2006)

Live albums

 * Live: Official Bootleg (Vol.1) (Coach House Records, 2003)

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Whirlpool

 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or on a Votes for Undeletion nomination).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the debate was NO CONSENSUS. Discounted are Dark Twilkitri (too few edits, all Wikipedia: to this AfD), unsigned keep was actually a comment by an anon, with the bolded keep added by another editor, SuddenPresence (two edits total, both here) whose actual vote is also numerically discounted, Spigot the Bear (too few edits; 20 total, only 6 to Wiki space, turned up in part to lob insults around). The nominator's userpage does have a sockpuppet tag on it, and it is the IP of User:Omgwtflolz, but I don't see why there is a claim of bad-faith, so I'm not discounting. All of which is slightly academic, because I'm calling a no consensus since the numbers are 5d-3k which is below two-thirds, there is nothing compelling to lower the common threshold, and even the numerically discounted comments do have some content to them. -Splash talk 03:11, 22 October 2005 (UTC)

The Whirlpool
Unencyclopedic. 202.156.6.61 03:53, 14 October 2005 (UTC) Note: 202.156.6.61 is a suspected sock puppet. Delete per nom & nn. --Daniel Lotspeich 03:56, 14 October 2005 (UTC) Keep how is this less encyclopedic than Zophar's Domain, GameFAQs, Download.com and so on. --Dark Twilkitri 04:13, 14 October 2005 (UTC) Keep, as this is a website that has remained online for over five years and is in fact a part of a hobby's history. If you're going to vote this for deletion, why not take down the entries Dark Twilkitri mentioned too? Kitsune Sniper / David Silva 04:36, 14 October 2005 (UTC) Keep Covered in an O'Reilly book, significant player in a major subset of the videogaming community, nominated by a fuckwit.--Spigot the Bear 18:19, 20 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete nn. Suggesting that this site is like the links above is akin to noting that my 18 ft sailboat is like the QEII. Dottore So 08:51, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
 * That argument could be made for GameFAQs, and possibly Download.com - I may have gone a bit overboard - but I struggle to see how you could make it for Zophar's. In any case, according to here (yes, it is marked as proposed and not finalised, but one wonders whether it is really going to change that much), an article is considered important if There is clear proof that a reasonable number of people are or were concurrently interested in the subject (eg. it is at least well-known in a community). I don't think you'll be able to find that Whirlpool isn't at least well-known in the translation romhacking community - more like it is the most well-known in that community. --Dark Twilkitri 10:26, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
 * In that case, then we should delete some of your own articles. I really don't see why Songs to Grow on for Mother and Child is encyclopedic. The point is, the site is a huge part of a subset of videogaming history, and as such, it deserves an article. It's had nearly 4'500,000 visitors in five years of existance. If that doesn't tell you that the site is important, I really don't know what will do so.Kitsune Sniper / David Silva 16:13, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Weak keep (change from delete). Anyone got evidence of the impact this site has had? If so I'd keep it. The Land 09:17, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep - The site was recently featured in the book 'Gaming Hacks' put out by O'Reilly press.
 * Delete. Extreme non-notability: all of parodius.com combined has an Alexa rank of 850,000, and The Whirlpool gets less than 20% of that traffic. --Carnildo 22:06, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
 * One would think that Alexa results would tend to be biased towards sites visited by the sort of people prepared to have it on their computer. In any case, it isn't a site with universal appeal, so one wouldn't expect it to have a high Alexa ranking. The site is notable in the translation romhacking community, not the entire population. --Dark Twilkitri 01:59, 15 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete - I was fan of the video game console emulation community in the late 1990's. I have heard of this site but it is just not notable to have an article in Wikipedia. It is somewhat popular "underground" news site about Japanese video game console ROM images translated into English or some other language. That's just about it. Wikipedia is not a web guide. Although, I know for certain the website's founder sure loves softcore pornography with red hair ladies. --J. Nguyen 03:30, 15 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep - if the fan translation scene and zophar's domain are notable enough to have articles, surely the whirlpool is. there is a strong case for arguing that it is the most influential fan translation website currently online. --Bngrybt 10:42, 18 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep - "Not encyclopedic?" The site itself is an encyclopedia of games translated to English that were never officially released outside of Japan. It's no different than being an encyclopedia of software emulators (Zophar's Domain) or FAQ files (GameFAQs). It is a conrnerstone in the game translation community such that if it disappeared, much of it's content would be hard to reproduce, as many of the originating sites for the files hosted are no longer online (while The Whirlpool has remained so for five years itself). I would also point out there has been an entry for Whirlpool for over two years at everything2.com, another encyclopedia site. An encylopedia site where not every spiteful/disruptive Joe, Dick, or Mary can press a button to change the content.--SuddenPresence 10:29, 19 October 2005 (UTC)
 * It might have an entry there, but it's a comment piece rather than an encyclopedia entry. It was also do you more good if you didn't have a go at Wikipedia when discussing whether an article should be kept here, particularly if it's the first time you've contributed to it. The Land 11:32, 19 October 2005 (UTC)
 * I believe it was more of a poke at the spiteful/disruptive Joe, Dick, or Mary (who unsuccessfully tried to hide his identity) than wiki itself. Also (coincidentally ?), he nominated nearly all translation-related entries for deletion. I'm just calling what I'm seeing, brother.--SuddenPresence 22:15, 19 October 2005 (UTC)

 * COMMENT regarding the original nomination. This comes from an IP address which is thought to be a proxy. I can't decide whether it is or isn't a sockpuppet and whether or not the nomination is made in good faith. Any views? The Land 13:06, 20 October 2005 (UTC)
 * I see no reason to doubt it was made in good faith. --Carnildo 18:35, 20 October 2005 (UTC)

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66 Aquilae

66 Aquilae, abbreviated 66 Aql, is a fifth-magnitude star in the constellation of Aquila. 66 Aquilae is its Flamsteed designation. It is visible to the naked eye, having an apparent visual magnitude of 5.44. The star shows an annual parallax shift of $1.43$, which provides a distance estimate of around 730 light years. It is moving closer to the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of −30 km/s. The motion of the star over time suggests some displacement, which may indicate it is a close binary system.

This is an aging giant star with a stellar classification of K5 III, which indicates it has exhausted the supply of hydrogen at its core and expanded off the main sequence. The measured angular diameter of this star, after correcting for limb darkening, is $−30.1$. At its estimated distance, this yields a physical size of roughly 59 times the radius of the Sun. It is radiating 635 times the Sun's luminosity from its enlarged photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,040 K, giving the star an orange hue. This star was part of the obsolete constellation Anguilla.

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Talk:Novomoskovsk, Russia

Naming the articles
Novomoskovsk used to be a redirect to a sub. I made it a dab (See Novomoskovsk). Should the dab be at Novomoskovsk (disambiguation) and the city article be just Novomoskovsk with "otheruses" template on top? --Irpen 03:53, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Since the sub is named after the city, I would be for Novomoskovsk referred to the city and a Novomoskovsk (disambiguation) for all other uses (If there is only one more usage, maybe a For to the sub would be sufficient? abakharev 04:31, 14 October 2005 (UTC)

This would require three steps in the following seqience:
 * 1) Move current Novomoskosk to Novomoskovsk (disambiguation) (possible at any time) since the latter one is a red link now.
 * 2) delete the entry Novomoskovsk (only admin can do it)
 * 3) Move Novomoskovsk (city) to Novomoskovsk, with the latter becoming available due to step 2 being completed.

Let's wait a little for more opinions and than do step 1 and proceed with WP:RM listing for step 2. --Irpen 04:42, 14 October 2005 (UTC)

No freedom panorama in Russia
The file commons:File:Здание администрации г. Новомосковска.JPG is being deleted from wikicommons according to commons:COM:FOP. The copy of this image is available at ruwiki (under fair use terms) as ru:File:Novomoskovsk Town Hall.JPG now.--Fastboy (talk) 17:50, 5 January 2010 (UTC)

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42 Aquilae

42 Aquilae, abbreviated 42 Aql, is a single star in the equatorial constellation of Aquila. 42 Aquilae is its Flamsteed designation. It is a dim star but visible to the naked eye under suitable viewing conditions, having an apparent visual magnitude of 5.45. 42 Aql is located some 104.6 light years away, as determined from its annual parallax shift of $0.429$. it is moving closer to the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of −38 km/s, and is predicted to come to within 16.04 pc of the Sun in around 752,000 years.

The stellar classification of this star is F3 IV/V, which matches an F-type star with blended spectral traits of a main sequence star and a subgiant star. It is around 1.3 billion years old with a relatively high rate of rotation, having a projected rotational velocity of 87 km/s. The star has 1.26 times the mass of the Sun and is radiating 5.76 times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 6,749 K. These coordinates are a source of X-ray emission, which is most likely (99.3% chance) coming from the star.

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Green brands

Green brands are those brands that consumers associate with environmental conservation and sustainable business practices.

Such brands appeal to consumers who are becoming more aware of the need to protect the environment. A green brand can add a unique selling point to a product and can boost corporate image. However, if a company is found or perceived to overstate its green practices its green brand may be criticised as greenwash.

Increase in green brands
Ethical consumerism has led to an increase in green brands. In the food and drink industry only 5 green brand products were launched in 2002, increasing to 328 in 2007 (Mintel global database).

Packaging
In the case of consumer brands, packaging can be a key element in communicating a green brand. This is because packaging communicates information to the consumer at the point-of-sale, and because of the environmental impact of the packaging itself.

Companies may claim sustainable packaging, recycled and/or recyclable material, or reduce excess packaging. Packaging is of especially high brand importance when the packaging is part of the aesthetic appeal of the product and brand, as in the case of the cosmetics and toiletries sector. Packaging material may have to not only reinforce environmental credentials, but also communicate the high-quality and luxury image of the brand.

Advertisement and marketing standards concerns
In Europe concerns have been raised that consumers might be confused or mislead as a result of a recent increase in green brands. Because green brands can add a unique selling point there is little consistency from brand to brand. In the food and drinks industry it has been observed that companies are reluctant to use existing and widely recognised green logos, such as the mobius loop, because using their own makes the brand more easily distinguishable for the consumer.

In Britain, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) warned consumers in mid-2007, that some "green" claims might not be authentic. The ASA stated that green claims have become noticeably more prevalent in advertisement, and has investigated and upheld several complaints regarding "unsubstantiated environmental claims". The ASA Director General has stated that "the ASA needs to see robust evidence to back up any eco-friendly claims".

The ASA in Britain has also raised concerns that as awareness about climate change increase among consumers, the cases of unsubstantiated carbon claims (e.g. carbon emissions and carbon neutral claims) rises. The ASA has upheld a number of complaints against energy companies, including Scottish and Southern Energy car manufacturers, including Toyota, Lexus and Volkswagen, and airlines, including EasyJet, for misleading claims regarding carbon emissions and carbon neutrality.

Recent cases before the British ASA involved environmental claims such as "local". In December 2006 for example the ASA upheld a complaint against Tesco, where the company advertised British products as "local", which the ASA ruled to be misleading because in this particular case the consumers were likely to interpret “local” as referring to their immediate surrounding region.

In August 2008 the British ASA ruled that Shell had misled the public in an advertisement which claimed that a $10bn oil sands project in Alberta, northern Canada, was a "sustainable energy source". The ASA upheld a complaint by the World Wide Fund for Nature about Shell's advert in the Financial Times. Explaining the ruling the ASA stated that "We considered that the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) best practice guidance on environmental claims stated that green claims should not 'be vague or ambiguous, for instance by simply trying to give a good impression about general concern for the environment. Claims should always avoid the vague use of terms such as 'sustainable', 'green', 'non-polluting' and so on." Furthermore the ASA ruling stated "Defra had made that recommendation because, although 'sustainable' was a widely used term, the lack of a universally agreed definition meant that it was likely to be ambiguous and unclear to consumers. Because we had not seen data that showed how Shell was effectively managing carbon emissions from its oil sands projects in order to limit climate change, we concluded that the ad was misleading" In the United States the Federal Trade Commission issues the "Green Guides" (last updated 2012) - environmental marketing guidelines. The guidelines give advice on the types of substantiation needed to support environmental claims, and give examples of claims that are to be avoided. The Federal Trade Commission has recognised that these guidelines need updating, as for example they currently contain no guidance on carbon neutrality, or the terms sustainable or renewable. The Green Guides do contain guidance on the term recyclable, recycled and biodegradable.

The marketing and brand building experiences of many American green brands was documented in the book The Gort Cloud by Richard Seireeni, 2009. The gort cloud refers to the green community that provides support and a market to green brands.

Consumer demand
In recent decades, there has been increasing interest in protecting the environment and sustainability when it comes to the world's markets. Due to global warming and the immense amount of environmental pollution attributed to factory manufacturing, the world has observed the rise in environmental issues. In response to society’s concerns, this has seen an increasing number of companies adopting green brands to front environmental responsibility. In turn, products and services of green brands have recently been seen to have a perfectly inelastic demand because people are prepared to support and pay a higher price for a sustainable image.

Through a consumer study taken in 1999, it was discovered that environmental issues are ranked above human rights, animal rights and welfare issues. This information shows growing consumer demand of companies providing goods and services that preserve the environment and adopt a “green” approach to business. In a similar study, according to Iannuzzi (2011), a compelling global demand for “greener products” was demonstrated by over 60% of all countries studied, further demonstrating the desire of environmentally friendly green brands. In the study, environmental awareness was placed among the most vital product traits that consumers valued when purchasing, along with minimising toxic and hazardous substances, water preservation and recycling. Green brands are ultimately more attractive to a lot of consumers nowadays, and committing to such sustainability is now essential to stay competitive.

Because concern for the environment is now a pivotal element in consumer decision-making, studies have found that the demand for green brands is higher than ever before. A number of studies have also suggested that such a demand for greener products is due to consumers’ self-expressive benefits. When supporting green brands, customers believe this determines their role in society and this gives consumers satisfaction that they are perceived as having an eco-friendly attitude. Various components have been stipulated as effects on conscious consumer behavior such as changing perspectives, awareness of environmental issues and greener products, and people’s perceived environmental contribution in society. Such factors help green brands to segment, define and target their market.

An example of companies tackling environmental sustainability is the world’s largest retailer, Walmart. Walmart has undertaken a sustainability strategy that called on their suppliers to supply greener products because they were adamant their customers demanded “more efficient, longer lasting and better performing products”. This green approach to business has put pressure on other companies to adopt similar practices.

The shift towards green brands is a result of numerous factors such as organic products being more accessible, fuel-efficient and eco-friendly automobiles becoming increasingly prevalent, and countless consumers looking to support the environment and portraying a green image. The development of the greener approach to living has transferred into marketing and advertising and consumer markets, where enterprises are adopting this movement to attract customers and increase profits.

Marketing of green brands
When it comes to marketing strategies of green brands, company officials want to understand the effects of being green has on their company and customers alike. Being a green brand alone differentiates a brand from the outset and opens new market opportunities. The Body Shop is an example of a competitive green brand that succeeds through understanding and providing the consumer demand for eco-friendly products and their sound environmental performance. Green brands have also been profitable in niche markets where they can charge exclusive prices because conscious consumers are prepared to pay.

To combine environmental concern into marketing strategy is called ‘green marketing’ where companies use a range of undertakings to satisfy the consumer demand for environmentally friendly products such as revamping advertising, product adjustment, altering production operations, sustainable packaging and recycling. By doing this, a green brand is creating further value, which is conveyed through their communication strategy.

Green brands looking to secure their sustainable image within consumers minds must establish a philosophy that describes their use of renewable resources, minimising waste, supplying safe goods and services and "giving back to the environment". Environmental concerns should also be included in marketing plans. After segmenting the market, green brands can make contact with their target market through integrated marketing communications (IMC), which conveys their value proposition to consumers.

Where a clean and green image is communicated, brands should be associated with environmental claims that are truthful in how their business practices impact on the surrounding environment. Such claims can be relayed through green labeling colour schemes, packaging, and “nature” images through advertisements as well as on the Internet. Consumers need to be wary of greenwashing through marketing strategies that does not reflect any green qualities in the product itself.

Another area of marketing a green brand is making use of functional and emotional strategies to position a brand in consumers’ minds. The functional characteristic approach delivers information on how a brand's products and services are environmentally friendly, which creates brand connections for buyers and powerful perception of the company. Such information should include a company’s sustainable production process and ecological footprint in relation to its superiority to other competitors. The emotional approach for positioning focuses on emotions and alludes to a brand relationship with nature and the environment. It has been found that emotional strategies build brand loyalty very effectively because consumers feel they are helping preserve the environment through supporting sustainably made products. Wang (2016) states that overall, a mixed strategy of using both emotional and functional approaches to market a green brand generates favorable brand relationships and commitment from consumers. Most prosperous green brands are affiliated with either “alternative technology or a green corporate philosophy”.

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Roxie Nicholson

Roxie Nicholson is a policy analyst who worked for much of her career at the United States Department of Labor. She retired in 2014. She is considered an expert on welfare policy and has often been quoted by The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Weekly Standard, The Wall Street Journal, The Boston Globe, and other media on welfare to work and poverty issues. She is best known for her critique of welfare reform efforts in the 1990s which she claimed would eventually lead to more childhood poverty and underfunded block grants to states. She has been a contributor to numerous evaluations of welfare policy in the United States.

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27 Aquilae

27 Aquilae (abbreviated 27 Aql) is a star in the equatorial constellation of Aquila. 27 Aquilae is its Flamsteed designation though it also bears the Bayer designation d Aquilae. It has an apparent visual magnitude of 5.49, which is faintly visible to the naked eye. Based upon parallax measurements made during the Hipparcos mission, this star is at a distance of 440 ly from Earth, give or take a 20 light-year margin of error. At this distance, the brightness of the star is diminished from extinction caused by interstellar gas and dust.

The spectrum of 27 Aquilae fits a stellar classification of B9 III, with the luminosity class of III typically indicating this is an evolved giant star. As it lies within the field of view of the CoRoT satellite, close observation have been made of its luminosity. The star shows a multiperiodic variability with at least six pulsation frequencies discovered. It has a high rate of rotation with a projected rotational velocity of 55 km/s. The outer atmosphere is radiating energy into space at an effective temperature of around 11,500 K, giving it the blue-white hue of a B-type star.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lenore Schneider

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The result of the debate was delete. Rob Church Talk 02:39, 22 October 2005 (UTC)

Lenore Schneider
Unverified and debatably less than notable claim to fame. Limited evidence by google search. By this nom&vote delete which could obviously change if article expanded and truly notable criteria detailed. Daniel Lotspeich 03:54, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
 * setting my personal thoughts about the DBQ aside (EVIL!!!), her name and a little info about Document Based Questions should be Merged into Advanced Placement Program --CastAStone 04:24, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Oh yeah, and then Delete this after merging. --CastAStone 04:25, 14 October 2005 (UTC)

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Valencia Creek, Victoria

Valencia Creek is a rural town in East Gippsland, Victoria, Australia on the Valencia Creek-Briagolong Road, north of Maffra in the Shire of Wellington. The junction of Valencia Creek and the Avon River are a short distance upstream. The foothills of the Great Dividing Range start immediately north of Valencia Creek, while dairy farms lie to the south along the Avon River flats to Boisdale.

Valencia Creek Post Office opened on 23 July 1895, closed next year, reopened in 1900 and closed again in 1974.

The town centre comprises a fire station, hall and church (no longer doing services), and the former Post office. The local school was consolidated with a number of other surrounding schools to form Boisdale Consolidated School #6207.

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28 Aquilae

28 Aquilae, abbreviated 28 Aql, is a star in the equatorial constellation of Aquila. 28 Aquilae is its Flamsteed designation though it also bears the Bayer designation A Aquilae, and the variable star designation V1208 Aquilae. It has an apparent visual magnitude is 5.5, making this a faint star that requires dark suburban skies to view (according to the Bortle Dark-Sky Scale). The annual parallax shift of $9.6 mas$ means this star is located at a distance of approximately 340 ly from Earth.

The spectrum of this star matches a stellar classification of F0 III. Despite consistent spectral classifications as a giant star, models show that it is just reaching the end of its main sequence lifetime at an age of 655 million years.

The variability of 28 Aquilae was discovered by Michel Breger in 1969. It was revealed to be a Delta Scuti-type pulsating variable star with at least two periods of pulsation. The known periods have frequencies of 6.68 and 7.12 cycles per day. The outer atmosphere has an effective temperature of 7,250 K, which lies in the range of a yellow-white hued F-type star.

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22 Aquilae

22 Aquilae, abbreviated 22 Aql, is a star in the equatorial constellation of Aquila. 22 Aquilae is its Flamsteed designation. It is a faint star but visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 5.59. The distance to 22 Aql can be estimated from its annual parallax shift of $0.101$, which yields a separation of 690 light years. It is moving closer to the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of −23 km/s.

Cowley et al. (1969) assigned this star a stellar classification of A3 IV, matching an evolving subgiant star that has exhausted the hydrogen at its core. Houk and Swift (1999) reassigned it as an A-type main-sequence star with a class of A1 V. It has nearly three times the mass of the Sun and is spinning with a projected rotational velocity of 70 km/s. The star is radiating 161 times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 8,453 K.

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58 Aquilae

58 Aquilae is a single star located around 520 light years from the Sun in the equatorial constellation of Aquila, near Eta Aquilae. 58 Aquilae is its Flamsteed designation. It is visible to the naked eye as a dim, blue-white hued star with an apparent visual magnitude of 5.60. This object is moving closer to the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of −53 km/s, and may come as close as 49.33 pc in around 1.8 million years.

This object has a stellar classification of B9 IV, matching a late B-type subgiant star. It has 5.6 times the radius of the Sun with a high rate of spin, showing a projected rotational velocity of 110 km/s. The star is radiating 117 times the luminosity of the Sun from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 7,946 K.

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62 Aquilae

62 Aquilae is a single star located about 427 light years away from the Sun in the equatorial constellation of Aquila. 62 Aquilae is its Flamsteed designation. It is visible to the naked eye as a dim, orange-hued star with an apparent visual magnitude of 5.67.

This is an aging giant star with a stellar classification of K4 III, having exhausted the supply of hydrogen at its core and expanded to 23 times the girth of the Sun. It is 11.2 billion years old with 0.89 times the Sun's mass. The star is radiating 153 times the luminosity of the Sun from its swollen photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,246 K.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mosbi

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The result of the debate was Delete --Allen3 talk 21:39, 21 October 2005 (UTC)

Mosbi
Self-admitted non notable band. 202.156.6.61 03:56, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
 *  Speedy Delete They? It's one guy who calls himself a band, making this eligible for speedy deletion under A7--CastAStone 04:19, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete not speedy A7. There is a claim of three members.  Three non notable members.  But three.  --rob 05:15, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
 * There was only one listed when I posted. Now that it's three, I agree.--CastAStone 22:53, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
 * At first I thought there was just one name, but then I noticed that it was because multiple lines wrapped onto a single line. --rob 02:21, 17 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment: This article was created by the same anon who vandalized New Order,  --rob 05:24, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. non-notable. *drew 06:34, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete - nn CLW 13:24, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Please dont delete- I'm sorry that i did that to new order's section, i have learned my lesson. I use this site for all my school work and it is one of my bookmarks. New order is one of my favorite bands (Fav songs: Regret, Temptation, True Faith, Here to Stay). Mosbi is a real band. We have three members. We lost our bassist, his mom wont let him be in our band because he is in some cover band and busy with other things. But we are real, i am sorry for doing that to the new order page.
 * Hi, I'm sorry, but we just don't have web pages for up and coming bands. Even real bands, and even good bands who aren't yet know.  It's not personal, in any way.  I suggest looking to MySpace.com or other free web space providers.  Also, you probably don't even want an article here, since once made, its not your property, and anybody else can edit it.  You're better off getting your own free web space, elsewhere, which is your own (and you can even upload music to), which you can't do here.  --rob 02:29, 17 October 2005 (UTC)
 * ok, go ahead and delete it. I just thought it would be cool to be on wikipedia.
 * Delete per above. --JJay 01:28, 17 October 2005 (UTC)

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56 Aquilae

56 Aquilae is a single star in the equatorial constellation of Aquila. 56 Aquilae is its Flamsteed designation. Its apparent visual magnitude is 5.79, meaning it is barely visible to the naked eye as a dim, orange-hued point of light, under ideal viewing conditions. The star is located at a distance of around 580 light years away from the Sun, based on parallax. It is moving closer to the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of −50 km/s, and is predicted to come as near as 68.02 pc in around 3.3 million years.

This is an aging giant star with a stellar classification of K5 III, having exhausted the supply of hydrogen at its core and expanded to 42 times the Sun's radius. It is radiating 391 times the luminosity of the Sun from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 3,972 K. 56 Aquilae is a double star, but it does not appear to be a binary star system. It is one of the double stars profiled in Admiral William Henry Smyth's 1864 work, Sidereal Chromatics.

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35 Aquilae

35 Aquilae (abbreviated 35 Aql) is a star in the equatorial constellation of Aquila. 35 Aquilae is its Flamsteed designation though it also bears the Bayer designation c Aquilae. The apparent visual magnitude of this star is 5.8, which means it is a faint star but visible to the naked eye from dark suburban or rural skies. It has an annual parallax shift of 16.34 mas that is caused by the Earth's orbit around the Sun. This yields a distance estimate of 200 ly, give or take a 4 light-year margin of error. At this distance, the visual magnitude is diminished by 0.26 from extinction caused by interstellar gas and dust.

The spectrum of 35 Aquilae fits a stellar classification of A0 V, indicating it is an A-type main sequence star. Compared to the Sun, it has 210% of the mass and 180% of the radius. As such, it is much brighter than the Sun, emitting 14 times the luminosity from its outer atmosphere at an effective temperature of 8,939 K. This heat causes it to glow with the white-hot hue of an A-type star. 35 Aquilae is spinning rapidly with a projected rotational velocity of 110 km/s.

In 1994 it was discovered that 35 Aquilae is a variable star with a pulsation period of just 30 minutes. It was determined to be a Delta Scuti variable, which is a type of star found on the instability strip that undergoes short period pulsations. Observation with the Spitzer Space Telescope shows that 35 Aquilae is radiating an excess level of infrared radiation for a star of its type. This excess may be explained by the heating of nearby interstellar dust belonging to a diffuse cloud of material that the star is passing through. This interaction may also explain the Lambda Boötis categorization for this star.

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The Borneo Post

The Borneo Post, established in 1978, is the largest and widely circulated English-language daily newspaper in East Malaysia and also the alternately circulated newspaper in Brunei (as a strong competitor to the main existing newspapers of Pelita Brunei, Borneo Bulletin and also Media Permata, to a lesser extent, the now-defunct Brunei Times). The newspaper is the first English newspaper in East Malaysia to use photo-composition for type-setting and printing was done in offset as against the old-fashioned letterpress.

Overview
The first issue of The Borneo Post was circulated on 24 April 1978 and the newspaper is the brainchild of the late Datuk Lau Hui Siong, while its name was given by the late Datuk Robert Lau Hoi Chew, the former Sibu MP and federal deputy transport minister as well as former federal deputy housing minister cum one-time chairperson of the Sibu Municipal Council. Although The Borneo Post is today headquartered in Crown Towers, Kuching, the paper first began in the timber industry town of Sibu. The newspaper's expansion began firstly in the state capital city of Kuching on 29 October 1979 and later in 1986 to the oil-producing hub of Miri and the neighbouring state of Sabah as well as the Federal Territory of Labuan and Brunei Darussalam, made The Borneo Post, the most widely distributed English newspaper in Borneo (East Malaysia and Brunei). In 2007, the news portal website was launched to capture a larger pool of younger readers. The newspaper has around five to seven printing plants located throughout Sarawak, Labuan as well as Sabah. As of April 2023, the newspaper is printed daily in Kuching, Sibu and Miri in Sarawak, whilst in Sabah and the island federal territory of Labuan, it is printed in Kota Kinabalu as well as in Sandakan, Tawau, Labuan and also Lahad Datu and the newspaper is also widely circulated in the independent state of Brunei Darussalam.

Circulation
Audited circulation figures by Audit Bureau of Circulations Malaysia for January–June 2015, the newspaper is the highest circulated English newspaper in Sarawak, with a circulation of 65,990 (daily) and 70,073 (the Sunday Post). For the same period, the Sabah edition of the newspaper reached a circulation of 22,971 copies.

Sister publications
In 1986, The Borneo Post incorporated a Bahasa Malaysia section which this was later expanded into a full-fledged newspaper – Utusan Borneo (it is a separate newspaper in Sarawak but a short-lived publication cum pull-out page for the Sabah edition). The Borneo Post has two sister publications; Utusan Borneo and See Hua Daily News.

Utusan Borneo
Utusan Borneo is a Malay-Iban (for the Sabah edition, it is bilingual in Malay and Kadazan-Dusun language) newspaper published by Harian Borneo Post Sdn Bhd. Based on audited circulation figures by Audit Bureau of Circulations Malaysia for January–June 2015, daily circulation for the Utusan Borneo (Sarawak) of 36,251 copies in Sarawak. It is the highest circulated Malay newspaper in Sarawak and one of the top circulating local newspapers in Sabah (but now it is a pull-out section of the Sabah edition of The Borneo Post paper since 2020).

Features

 * The Borneo Post Seeds - a section to cater issues related to youth readers.
 * BAT5 - Borneo Post Adventure Team. The team travels across Sarawak and share with the readers on interesting places that they have encountered.

Reception
In June 2018, Reuters Institute's Digital News Report 2018 ranked The Borneo Post third in terms of brand trust of users of the brand behind first placed Astro Awani and international news website Yahoo! News. A 2020 Reuters Institute poll found that 47% of Malaysian respondents trusted reporting from The Borneo Post - the seventh highest out of the 14 media outlets surveyed.

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