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Holodomor
Andrew, you have my sincere gratitude for doing so much in recent days to protect the Holodomor article from malicious vandals. The Ukrainian famine came to my attention after I began researching the Irish potato famine during the mid-1800s. The events that occurring during both are strikingly similiar as well as equally depressing, though vital aspects of the history of both peoples.

I will continue to improve Holodomor as time permits, and hope to see more of your presence there, despite the opinions of some admins who have recently chosen to adhere to rules rather than good sense in judging the events that led to your need to revert the article back to factual content. You are fighting a good fight. Again, thank you for helping Wikipedia provide fact-based data whilst faced with opposition from self-important rule-mongers.

→  P . Mac Uidhir  (t)  (c)  10:35, 25 December 2005 (UTC)

 * Pádraic, thanks for a kind note. I would like to see more of your contributions to Ukraine-related articles, which right now mostly lack quality and independent views.--Andrew Alexander 19:45, 25 December 2005 (UTC)

 * Andrew -- I respect the effort you put into the Holodomor article. At the same time I think you would really do yourself, the article, and some people who are actually sympathetic to your approach a favour by being less offensive sometimes. Your insistence on the topic has made me learn something new, however, such as the definition of genocide including attempts not only to eliminate an ethnic group as a whole, but also 'only' in part. What I think SHOULD be made clear in the article that the Holodomor was at least in part a sociocide, targetted at a social class -- to limit it to genocide would, in my opinion, fail to draw attention to the unique nature of the Soviet regime in this regard. Maybe something can be more than one thing? Do you think it would be historically correct to classify the Holodomor as both a genocide and a sociocide? I think this may be a pretty good reflection of the facts. After all, the official policy of the Soviets was sociocidal, based on Marxist-Leninist ideology. Furthermore, the destruction of those years was not limited to the Ukrainians -- even though they may have been hit the hardest --, but also included the elimination of the independent herder of Kazakhstan.

 * Again, I respect your intentions, though I think it would be much more productive if you were a little more agreeable at times:)

 * It's nice to see that there are more people out there who are as offended as I am by the Soviet apologists.

 * Keep it up. Dietwald 10:40, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

Stalin
I agree with your comments on Stalin. let me know when you need my help. Mikka is now blocked for 3RR to Anti-Romanian page. Bonaparte  talk  20:05, 1 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks.--Andrew Alexander 04:20, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
 * You're welcome. Bonaparte   talk  07:04, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

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Please do not revert the Holodomor article again. WP:3RR is a limit, not an entitlement - you can be blocked for disruption for a single revert if you know in advance that it is contentious. I am sure that what you want to add is well-sourced, but the tone is not as neutral as the tone of Irpen's last version. Please work from that basis and try to avoid advocacy. Thanks. Just zis Guy you know? 16:36, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

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Move to Kyiv
Hello,

I am trying to change the name of the page Kiev to Kyiv. Looking through the archives, I saw that you had contributed to a similar discussion in the past.

The current discussion is happening at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Kiev/naming

Please let us know what you think.

Thanks,

Horlo 03:03, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

"Ukrainian Genocide" listed at Redirects for discussion
An editor has identified a potential problem with the redirect Ukrainian Genocide and has thus listed it for discussion. This discussion will occur at Redirects for discussion/Log/2022 April 28 until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. Star  Mississippi  13:09, 28 April 2022 (UTC)

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38 Aurigae

38 Aurigae is a star located 236 light years away from the Sun in the northern constellation of Auriga. It is visible to the naked eye as a dim, orange-hued star with an apparent visual magnitude of 6.08. The star is moving further from the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of +34 km/s, and it has a relatively high proper motion, traversing the celestial sphere at the rate of 0.181 arc seconds per annum. It is a probable member of the Hercules stream.

This object is an aging giant star with a stellar classification of K0 III. At the age of around 3.6 billion years it is a red clump giant, which indicates it is on the horizontal branch and is generating energy via helium fusion at its core. The star has 1.59 times the mass of the Sun and has expanded to 7 times the Sun's radius. It is radiating 18 times the Sun's luminosity from its swollen photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,834 K.

38 Aurigae has a faint common proper motion companion at an angular separation of $0.979$, which is equivalent to a projected separation of $33.69$. This is a red dwarf star with a class of M5.3.

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59 Aurigae

59 Aurigae, often abbreviated as 59 Aur, is a star in the constellation Auriga. Its baseline apparent magnitude is 6.1, meaning it can just barely be seen with the naked eye as a dim, yellow-white hued star. Based on parallax measurements, it is located about 483 ly away from the Sun.

This object is a Delta Scuti variable, meaning it varies in luminosity due to pulsations on its surface, ranging in magnitude from 5.94 down to 6.14 with a period of 0.154412 days. For that reason, it has been given the variable star designation OX Aurigae. The star's spectrum matches that of an F-type main-sequence star and it has a spectral type of F2V. It has 2.5 times the mass of the Sun and 5.7 times the Sun's radius. 59 Aurigae is thought to be around 700 million years old, and is radiating 64 times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere an effective temperature of 6,808 K.

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C. R. Stecyk III

Craig R. Stecyk III (born 1950 ) is an American artist, writer, photojournalist, and filmmaker who has documented and influenced the surf, skate, and snowboarding cultures.

Biography
A Southern California native, Stecyk is known for his photographs of the 1970s and '80s, and for documenting surfing and skateboarding culture, including articles for Skateboarder Magazine in the mid-1970s describing the innovative developments of the Z-Boys skateboarding team.

In 1972, Jeff Ho, Skip Engblom, and Stecyk opened a surf shop called Jeff Ho and Zephyr Surfboard Productions in Santa Monica, California.

Stecyk co-wrote the 2001 award-winning documentary Dogtown and Z-Boys with Stacy Peralta. Pablo Schreiber plays Stecyk in the 2005 film Lords of Dogtown.

He co-wrote the book Dogtown and Z-Boys with Glen E. Friedman, published in 2019.

Publications

 * Dogtown – The Legend of the Z-Boys, C.R. Stecyk III & Glen E. Friedman, Burning Flags Press, 2000, ISBN 0-9641916-4-4

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Miers

Miers is a surname. Notable people with the name include:
 * Sir Anthony Miers (1906–1985), Royal Navy admiral
 * Sir David Miers (born 1937), British ambassador
 * Earl Schenck Miers (1910–1972), American historian
 * Edward J. Miers (1851–1930), English zoologist
 * Harriet Miers (born 1945), American lawyer and Supreme Court nominee
 * Henry Miers (1858–1942), British mineralogist and crystallographer
 * John Miers (artist) (1756–1821), British artist
 * John Miers (botanist) (1789–1879), British botanist
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Juan Diego Botto

Juan Diego Botto Rota (born 29 August 1975) is an Argentine-Spanish film, stage and television actor.

Born in Argentina, he moved to Spain together with his mother (the actress and acting coach Cristina Rota) in 1978. Following early film appearances as a child actor, he landed a breakthrough role in the 1995 film Stories from the Kronen. He has since starred in films such as Martín (Hache) (1997), Plenilune (2000), Broken Silence (2001), Obaba (2005), Go Away from Me (2006) and Ismael (2013). He has also worked as a stage director and playwright and debuted as a film director with 2022 social drama-thriller On the Fringe.

Early life
Juan Diego Botto Rota was born 29 August 1975 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, son of Diego Botto and Cristina Rota. His parents were both actors. His father (a member of the Peronist Youth and Montoneros) was kidnapped and murdered in 1977 during the Argentine Dirty War. In 1978, together with his mother and older sister María, he moved to Madrid, Spain, where his little sister, Nur Levi, was born. His sisters are both actresses. His mother taught acting classes out of their apartment, before creating her own academy.

He attended high school in New York and lived there for two years.

Career
Botto studied acting at the school founded by his mother in Madrid, which later became the Center for New Creators, based in the Sala Mirador. Later he moved to New York to continue his studies under the direction of Uta Hagen.

His first film appearance was at the age of eight in the film Game of Power, by Fausto Canel (1983).

During the 1980s he played small roles in movies and appeared in the 1990 American television series Zorro. In 1992 he landed a role as the son of Christopher Columbus in the film 1492: Conquest of Paradise, by Ridley Scott. Three years later he starred in the film Stories from the Kronen, an adaptation by Montxo Armendáriz of the novel of the same name, in which he achieved great success and popularity.

His role in the 1999 film Sobreviviré (I will survive), about a woman who falls in love with a man who, unknown to her, is homosexual, got him more national and international recognition.

His career has included films such as Martín (hache), by the director Adolfo Aristarain; Broken Silence, by Montxo Armendáriz, Plenilunio, by Imanol Uribe, Asfalto, by Daniel Calparsoro; Go Away from Me, by Víctor García León; Todo lo que tú quieras, by Achero Mañas; as well as several works abroad, such as The Dancer Upstairs, directed by John Malkovich and starring Javier Bardem; Bordertown, by Gregory Nava, starring Jennifer Lopez; The Anarchist's Wife, by Marie Noëlle and Peter Sehr; and El Greco, by Yannis Smaragdis, for which he won the Best Actor Award at the Cairo Film Festival in 2008.

In his professional career he has always combined cinema and theater. He is the coordinator of the Sala Mirador theater.

In 2005 he directed the play El privilegio de ser perro (The Privilege of Being a Dog), written by himself, about the tough life immigrants are subjected to while trying to sneak into and live in a new country. In December 2008, and after a tour throughout Spain, Hamlet premiered at the Theatre of María Guerrero in Madrid, directed and starring him, along with José Coronado, Marta Etura and Nieve de Medina, among others. He is also the author of the plays Despertares y celebraciones, directed by his mother Cristina Rota, and The Last Night of the Plague, directed by Víctor García León.

In 2012 he wrote the play Un trozo invisible de este mundo. The text, which deals with immigration and exile, mixes drama and humor with commitment. In it he acted, directed by Sergio Peris-Mencheta. In 2014 Botto won the Max Theater Awards for Best Actor and Best New Author for this work, which also won the Max Award for Best Play of the year.

He has received numerous cinematographic distinctions. He has been nominated for the Goya Awards four times for his appearances in the films Historias del Kronen, Plenilunio (2000), Vete de mí (2006) and Ismael (2013). His career in the theater has also made him the winner of a Fotograma de Plata Award for best theater actor in 2008 for his participation in Hamlet, as well as two Max Awards and a Cosmopolitan Award.

In the 2010s he participated in the films Silencio en la Nieve (2012), by Gerardo Herrero, Ismael (2013), by Marcelo Piñeyro, Hablar (2015), by Joaquín Oristrell, and La ignorancia de la sangre (2014), by Manuel Gómez Pereira.

From 2016 to 2017, Botto starred in the TNT drama series Good Behavior, playing Javier, a charming hitman with a moral code who crosses paths with Letty (Michelle Dockery), a professional thief. Underneath their cold and calculating work, they both hide a harsh and dark family reality.

In January 2017 he worked on the suspense series Pulsaciones, on Antena 3, where he played Rodrigo Ugarte.

He played General Presidente Silvio Luna in the 2021 DC Extended Universe film The Suicide Squad, directed by James Gunn.

His debut as feature film director is the film On the Fringe, selected for screening at the 79th Venice International Film Festival's Horizons section.

Personal life
Botto currently lives in Madrid with his wife, Spanish journalist and writer Olga Rodríguez. They have a daughter, Salma. He is also active in politics, protesting the 2003 war in Iraq and taking part in a support group for fellow children of the disappeared.

Television

 * Zorro as Felipe (Don Diego de la Vega/Zorro's mute servant)
 * Lucrecia (1996)
 * Augustus (2003, TV movie)
 * Good Behavior (2016–2017, TV series)
 * Pulsaciones (2017, TV series)
 * Instinto (2019)
 * White Lines (2020)
 * Tales of the Lockdown ( TV series) (2020)
 * Todos mienten (2021, TV series)
 * No me gusta conducir (2022, TV series) as Pablo Lopetegui

Music videos

 * Somos Anormales (2017, music video)

Director

 * "Doble moral" (segment of the collective film ¡Hay motivo!; 2004)
 * "Gourmet" (episode of the streaming series Relatos con-fin-a-dos; 2020)
 * En los márgenes (2022)

Theater

 * El privilegio de ser perro (2008)
 * El ultimo dia de la peste (2010)
 * Invisibles (2014)
 * Una noche Sin Luna (2021)

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Pierre Karl Péladeau

Pierre Karl Péladeau (born 16 October 1961), also known by his initials PKP, is a Canadian businessman, billionaire and former politician. He was also the MNA for Saint-Jérôme. Péladeau is the president and CEO of Quebecor Inc. He used to own Sun Media Corporation. Péladeau is seen as a "strong Quebec nationalist" and an influential businessman in Quebec.

Péladeau was the Leader of the Opposition in the Quebec National Assembly from his election as leader of the Parti Québécois on 15 May 2015 until his resignation on 2 May 2016 for family reasons.

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Péladeau is the son of the Quebecor founder Pierre Péladeau (1925–1997) and his first wife Raymonde Chopin (1927–1976). His siblings are Érik Péladeau, Anne-Marie Péladeau, Isabelle Péladeau, Simon-Pierre Péladeau, Esther Péladeau and Jean B. Péladeau. He was educated in Montreal and Paris, especially at Université Paris VIII. He attended the Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf. He holds a degree in philosophy from Université du Québec à Montréal and a law degree from Université de Montréal.

Péladeau was so inspired by Karl Marx while attending university that he changed his middle name from “Carl” to “Karl”.

Péladeau joined his father's management team at an early age. He is known to be confrontational with unions and has used lock-out tactics at least 14 times. He counts Brian Mulroney amongst his business associates. Péladeau sits on the boards of several Quebecor companies and is active in many charitable and cultural organizations. Quebecers identify him with his initials, PKP.

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Péladeau was appointed president of Quebecor Communications Inc. in 1991. This division included the company's main publishing assets and some distribution and retail operations.

In 1994, Péladeau relocated to Paris to help his company's growth. As president of Quebecor Printing Europe he developed the new subsidiary through a series of acquisitions in France, the United Kingdom and Spain, building it into Europe's largest printer.

In 1997, after the sudden death of his father, he returned to the Montreal head office to assume the position of executive vice president and chief operating officer of Quebecor Printing Inc. with overall responsibility for the company's worldwide operations.

In 1998, Péladeau spearheaded the acquisition of Sun Media Corporation, making Quebecor the second largest newspaper chain in Canada.

In 1999, he carried out the acquisition of World Color Press by Quebecor Printing Inc. The acquisition created Quebecor World Inc., one of the world's largest printers. Quebecor World had, at one time, operations in 17 countries on three continents and employs approximately 35,000 employees. In 1999 the board of directors of Quebecor Inc. named him president and CEO of the company.

In 2000, with the support of the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, he acquired Videotron Group, the largest cable operator in Québec, third largest in Canada and owner of the country’s leading French-language broadcaster (TVA).

Shortly afterwards all of the company's media properties were brought under one roof with the creation of Quebecor Media, currently one of the largest media operations in Canada. It is engaged in newspaper publishing (Journal de Montréal, Journal de Québec, 24heures), cable television, Internet access provider and local telephony (Vidéotron ltée), broadcasting (Groupe TVA), Web technology and integration, Internet portals (QUB), book and magazine publishing (TVA Publications Inc.), retailing of books and entertainment products (Québecor Sports et divertissement, Musicor, GESTEV) and business telecommunications (Vidéotron ltée).

In 2008, Quebecor World went bankrupt as the printing business collapsed. He allegedly resents the failure of the Royal Bank of Canada and the English Canadian business establishment to refinance Quebecor World's debt.

In 2009, Péladeau was in a bidding war with the Molson family for the Montreal Canadiens hockey franchise. Péladeau ultimately lost out to the scions of the Canadian brewing giant, and an article published in Quebecor's Journal de Québec noted Péladeau's “regret” that Canadiens owner George Gillett “preferred financial considerations, while [Péladeau] would have liked the Canadiens to be based on a Québécois identity.”

In March 2013, Péladeau announced he was stepping down as CEO of Québecor and was succeeded in May 2013 by Vidéotron's then-President Robert Depatie. Péladeau was to continue to work for the company in corporate strategy.

On 15 May 2013, Péladeau was appointed by Pauline Marois to be chairman of the board of directors of Hydro-Québec, which is the largest hydroelectric producer and distributor in Canada. He resigned in March 2014 to pursue his political ambitions.

Péladeau returned as Quebecor's CEO and President on 16 February 2017, with Brian Mulroney remaining as chairman.

In 2023, Péladeau purchased the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League.

Political career
On 9 March 2014, Péladeau announced his candidacy for that year's election as a star candidate for the Parti Québécois in the riding of Saint-Jérôme, which is contiguous with the Montreal exurb of the same name just north-east of Mirabel Airport. He was not previously known to be a sovereigntist, although with pronouncements such as the fact that he wants "Quebec to be a country" and that he is "in it for sovereignty" he promptly established himself as such. The federal government chose in early March not to comment on Péladeau's decision to embrace the PQ and Quebec sovereignty. "We have no intention of getting involved in a provincial election," said Denis Lebel, federal Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, and since October 2008 the Minister of Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec in Stephen Harper's government.

Quebec Liberal leader and Leader of the Opposition Philippe Couillard, as did Coalition Avenir Québec leader François Legault, felt that if the PQ won another term, it would be a severe conflict of interest for the owner of half the media outlets in Quebec to be a government backbencher. Péladeau had in 2010 refused to meet with John Gomery, president of the Conseil de presse du Quebec, over his withdrawal from the Conseil of two of Quebecor's newspapers, the Journal de Montréal and the Journal de Québec.

Péladeau's selection alienated voters on several fronts. He had a reputation for being a union-buster due to his frequent use of lockouts, a significant liability both in a province that is 40 percent unionized and in a party that has long billed itself as a social democratic party. At the same time, his unabashed support for sovereigntism alienated many voters who did not want to vote on the sovereignty issue again. Indeed, according to The Globe and Mail, the PQ's poll numbers flatlined soon after Péladeau announced his candidacy and never recovered.

Péladeau was elected in the Saint-Jérôme riding with 37 percent of the vote. His first day at the National Assembly was on 26 May 2014, eight days after a bike accident in the Eastern Townships left him with four fractures.

Following much speculation, Péladeau officially entered the Parti Québécois leadership race in November.

Péladeau's wealth and status as principal shareholder of Québecor, the province's largest media firm, were leading issues during the campaign. The Péladeau campaign outspent the second place candidate, Alexandre Cloutier, by over five times, spending a total $415,000, with Cloutier spending $79,598.

On 15 May 2015, Péladeau was elected leader of the Parti Québécois with 57% of party votes. He resigned his posts on 2 May 2016.

Personal life
Péladeau has a daughter, Marie (born 2000), from his previous relationship with Isabelle Hervet, a native of France.

He was in a long-term relationship with Julie Snyder, which produced two children, Thomas (born 2005) and Romy (born 2009). Their separation was announced in December 2013, but the couple later reconciled and were married on 15 August 2015 in Quebec City, Quebec. They separated again in January 2016, less than five months after their marriage. They divorced in 2016.

His girlfriend Marie-Christine Couture was discovered dead in October 2016 at her home in Montreal. Police theorize it was from suicide.

Péladeau dated Lucie Laurier, a Canadian actress, for awhile.

He is now in a relationship with model and artist Pascale Bourbeau. They have two boys, Henri Raphaël Péladeau Bourbeau, born on June 7, 2020, and Gabriel Péladeau Bourbeau, born on August 12, 2021.

In 2019, Forbes estimated his net worth to be about $1.8 billion.

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Vegas Stakes

Vegas Stakes, known as Las Vegas Dream in Japan, is a gambling video game developed by HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in April 1993 and for the Game Boy in December 1995. The Super NES version supports the Super NES Mouse, while the Game Boy version is compatible with the Super Game Boy, and features borders which use artwork from the SNES version. It is the sequel to the NES game Vegas Dream.

The game sees the player go to Las Vegas to gamble with $1000. Using that $1000, the player must try to win $10 million at different casinos.

Gameplay
In the SNES version, the player can choose to play either a single-player or multiplayer game. The multiplayer mode is not included in the Game Boy version. In the single-player game, a computerized friend accompanies the player around various casinos. In the multiplayer game, poker cannot be played since everyone could see everyone else's cards. At the beginning of the single-player game, a car is seen driving to Las Vegas. The various "friends" of the player are introduced as Cliff, Maria, Isabelle and Richard. All are eager to begin gambling. The "friends" are not present in the Game Boy version.

The player is given $1,000. The player's goal is to win $10 million. If the player loses all the money, the game ends, and an image is shown of a man showing his empty pockets.

The game features blackjack, poker, craps, roulette, and slot machines. When the player wins $100,000, the Laurel Palace casino is unlocked. A total of five casinos are featured in the SNES version, while four are featured in the Game Boy version.

Aside from gambling, the player will also have interactions with the traveling party, and with random casino patrons. The player can make or lose money, depending on the response given to these patrons. In one example, a patron may attempt to pickpocket the player's character by pretending to wipe a spot off the character's shirt. There are no random encounters in multiplayer mode. Several additional patron interaction situations exist in the Game Boy version.

At the end of the SNES version, the player gets to type in what they plan to do with their winnings. At the end of the game, a couple drive up to a casino with the player's name on it. Also at the end of the SNES version, the game tells the player what they typed in came true.

Reception
Vegas Stakes on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System garnered generally favorable reception from critics. Readers of Japanese publication Super Famicom Magazine voted to give the game a 19.2 out of 30 score in a public poll. Nintendo Power praised its realistic gambling games, four-player mode, and compatibility with the Super NES Mouse, but criticized the lack of variety in the games and live interactions with other opponents during multiplayer. A writer for Computer and Video Games commended the audiovisual presentation, but felt that its gameplay became dull after the first half hour.

Electronic Gaming Monthly's five reviewers stated that "Nintendo gives casino life a great video game feel". They noted that the game's recurring incidents at the casino added humor and variety. ProGames's Chu-Chi commented that the game was "very satisfying" for fans of the genre, highlighting the unique characteristics and dialogues of each character. He also gave positive remarks to the visuals, sound, challenge and overall fun factor. AllGame's Scott Alan Marriott regarded Vegas Stakes as "an excellent example of how to do a casino game on the console format", noting the inclusion of surrounding in-game characters, adventure element and diverse game selection. However, Marriott expressed disappointment with the game ending once the main goal is met.

The Game Boy version carried similar response as the original Super NES release. Nintendo Power's six editors praised it for being a solid recreation of the SNES version, as well as its accessible controls and adventure element, but was criticized for featuring "only four games of chance". GamePro's brief review found it fun, giving positive remarks to its variety of games, "crisp and clean" visuals, and "cheesy" music for being fitting. IGN's Monica Wilbur commended its suitable graphical presentation, audio and replayability, writing "if playing classic games of chance with virtually no risk attached sounds like a good way to pass the time, Vegas Stakes offers a solid gameplay experience."

Retrospective coverage
Retrospective reviews for the title have been more mixed since its Virtual Console re-release. Nintendo Life's Marcel van Duyn recommended it for gambling fans, noting that the random character events and optional advise from the player's companion added variety and extra interaction to the game, while commending the detailed backgrounds but criticized the music for being "annoying". Eurogamer's Dan Whitehead found its multiplayer component more interesting than the main campaign, but he ultimately expressed that "if you peek over the fence at Xbox Live Arcade, and take a look at fully-featured online gambling games like Texas Hold 'em, you can't help feeling that games like this just highlight the shortcomings of the Virtual Console while adding little of value." IGN's Lucas M. Thomas commended the overall presentation, visuals, audio, gameplay and lasting appeal, but stated that more variety and different versions for some of the included casino games would have been welcomed. GameSpot's Frank Provo wrote that "When it originally came out for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1993, this collection of five parlor classics was one of just a few gambling compilations available for home consoles. However, now that Nintendo has made Vegas Stakes available once again on the Wii's Virtual Console service, there are a near-infinite number of gambling collections out there for a multitude of platforms, and most of them provide a wider selection of casino staples than the ones included here."

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The Mothman Prophecies (film)

The Mothman Prophecies is a 2002 American supernatural horror-mystery film directed by Mark Pellington, and starring Richard Gere and Laura Linney. Based on the 1975 book of the same name by parapsychologist and Fortean author John Keel, the screenplay was written by Richard Hatem.

The story follows John Klein (Gere), a reporter who researches the legend of the Mothman. Still shaken by the death of his wife two years earlier from a glioblastoma, Klein is sent to cover a news piece and inexplicably finds himself in Point Pleasant, West Virginia, where there have been sightings of an unusual creature and other unexplained phenomena. As he becomes increasingly drawn into mysterious forces at work, he hopes they can reconnect him to his wife, while the local sheriff (Linney) becomes concerned about his obsessions.

The film claims to be based on actual events that occurred between November 1966 and December 1967 in Point Pleasant, as described by Keel. It was shot in Pittsburgh and Kittanning, Pennsylvania and was released to mixed reviews, although it was a box office success and has since gained a cult following.

Plot
Washington Post columnist John Klein and his wife Mary are involved in a car accident when Mary swerves to avoid a huge, flying, black figure that only she witnesses. John survives the crash unscathed, but Mary is hospitalized. There she is diagnosed with an unrelated brain tumor and dies shortly thereafter. John discovers her sketchbook of terrifying drawings of a "mothlike" creature with red eyes she drew over and over while hospitalized.

Two years later, driving in the middle of the night to Richmond, Virginia from Washington, D.C., his car breaks down, and he walks to a nearby house to get help. The owner, Gordon Smallwood, reacts violently to John's appearance and holds him at gunpoint. Local sheriff Connie Mills defuses the situation while Gordon explains that this is the third consecutive night John has knocked on his door at 2:30 AM asking to use the phone. Connie and John try to make sense of these events. John checks in at a local motel and discovers he is in Point Pleasant, West Virginia, hundreds of miles off his route and having travelled the distance impossibly fast. He ponders how he ended up so far from his original destination.

Connie discloses to John that many strange things have been occurring in the past few weeks and that people have reported seeing a large winged creature like a giant moth with red eyes, with some witnesses making drawings of the creature that match Mary's. She also tells him about a strange dream she had, in which the words "Wake up, Number 37" were spoken to her as she drifts in open water. During a conversation with Gordon, he reveals to John that he has heard voices coming from his sink telling him that, in Denver, "99 will die." While discussing the day's events at a local diner, John notices that the news is showing the story of an airplane crash in Denver that killed all 99 passengers and crew aboard.

The next night Gordon frantically explains that the voices in his head emanate from a being named Indrid Cold. Later on, Gordon calls John and says that he is standing next to Indrid Cold. While John keeps Cold on the line, Connie checks on Gordon. Cold gives John details about his life that only he knows and John tests Cold with questions that only someone in the same room could answer correctly, which Cold does. John is convinced that Cold is a supernatural being.

This particular event escalates a string of supernatural calls to John's motel room from Cold. One tells him that there will be a great tragedy on the Ohio River. Later, John receives a cryptic call from Gordon and rushes to his home to check on him. He finds Gordon outside, dead from exposure, though the police estimate that he died hours before he called John.

John becomes obsessed with the local "Mothman" legend as some of the messages and apparitions imitate Mary, and he arranges to meet an expert on the subject, Alexander Leek. Leek explains its enigmatic nature and discourages John from becoming further involved, warning him that attempting to prevent predicted events is futile. However, when John learns the governor plans to tour a chemical plant located on the Ohio River the following day, he becomes convinced the tragedy will occur there. Connie and the governor ignore his warnings, and nothing happens during the tour.

Soon after, John receives a mysterious letter that instructs him to await a call from his deceased wife Mary back in Georgetown on Christmas Eve at noon. He returns home to wait for her call. On Christmas Eve, Connie calls John to convince him to ignore the phone call from "Mary," return to Point Pleasant, and join her and her family for Christmas Eve dinner. She says he shouldn't be alone on that night as it is "no way to be," then ends the call to allow John to make a decision. Though anguished, John realizes his obsession is isolating him, and decides to return to Point Pleasant to spend the holiday with Connie.

As John reaches the Silver Bridge, malfunctioning traffic lights cause traffic congestion on the bridge. Hearing the bolts and supports of the bridge strain, John realizes that the prophesied tragedy on the Ohio River was about the bridge, not the power plant. The bridge comes apart, and, as it collapses, Connie's Jeep falls into the water. John jumps in after her and pulls her from the river to safety. As the two sit in the back of an ambulance they are informed that 36 people have been killed. That makes Connie the "number 37" from her dream.

The film ends with a claim that the cause of the bridge collapse was never fully determined, and that although Mothman has been sighted in other parts of the world, it was never seen again in Point Pleasant.

Cast

 * Richard Gere as John Klein
 * Laura Linney as Connie Mills
 * Will Patton as Gordon Smallwood
 * Debra Messing as Mary Klein
 * Lucinda Jenney as Denise Smallwood
 * Alan Bates as Alexander Leek
 * David Eigenberg as Ed Fleischman
 * Bob Tracey as Cyrus Bills
 * Bill Laing as Indrid Cold
 * Mark Pellington as Bartender / Indrid Cold (voice)

Themes and interpretations
Writer Paul Meehan judged the film's explanation of the Mothman to be a "confused mish-mosh of science fiction and demonology" and likened it to the television series The X-Files, though preserving Keel's "breathless hysteria." Meehan remarked that "Aliens spouting prophetic utterances are rare in UFO literature."

In contrast to Meehan, author Jason Horsley declared The Mothman Prophecies "probably the most effective depiction of demonic forces at work" in U.S. cinema. Horsley assessed its approach to the Mothman legend as depicting a "schizophrenic nature of reality," fulfilling a "revelation" purpose in horror film, as it "strips away the comfortable veneer of consensus reality to reveal the seething abyss of irrationality." Horsley argued the film's Mothman arrives from a foreign dimension, but being without "physical existence," it is also a product of the minds of Point Pleasant's citizens, based on "formless and impersonal energy." The Mothman, identified by Horsley as "emissary of the Id," is depicted in the film as being as natural as electricity.

Production
Carl Franklin was originally attached to direct Richard Hatem's spec script before Mark Pellington was hired. Pellington rejected numerous screenplay drafts as literal interpretations of Keel's book, and wished to explore psychological drama in UFO witnesses.

In reality, 46 people died in the collapse of the Silver Bridge, not 36 as depicted in the film. The motion picture's claim at the end credits of the collapse of the Silver Bridge never being explained is false; the incident was found to be caused by the failure of an eye-bar in a suspension chain in 1971, well before the publication of the book on which the film is based, let alone the film.

Filming
Aside from a few opening scenes filmed in Washington, D.C., most of the motion picture was filmed in the areas of Pittsburgh and Kittanning in Pennsylvania. The scenes of Gere sitting on a park bench are on the University of Pittsburgh campus. Road montages were filmed on Pennsylvania Route 28, and the Chicago scenes are completely shot in downtown Pittsburgh’s Mellon Square and Trinity Churchyard environs as well as the entrance to the Duquesne Club. The "Chemical Plant" featured in the movie is actually a power station owned by Reliant Energy in Elrama, Pennsylvania. The Avalon Motor Inn is in Eighty Four, Pennsylvania, though scenes set indoors were built as separate sets, as the inn's atmosphere could not accommodate production. Point Pleasant scenes were shot in Kittanning. The hospital scenes were filmed at St. Frances Medical Center which is now the site of Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh.

The collapse of the Silver Bridge was actually filmed at the Kittanning Citizens Bridge in downtown Kittanning. Scenes shot at Gordon Smallwood’s house were filmed in Washington County on Pennsylvania Route 917. Allegheny County Airport, in the Pittsburgh suburb of West Mifflin, serves as backdrop for the airfield scenes. Despite this relocation, several police officers from Point Pleasant appeared as extras.

Music
The film's musical score was composed by the creative lab Tomandandy. On January 22, 2002. Lakeshore Records released a two-disc edition of the soundtrack.

Release
After the film was theatrically released on January 25, 2002, writer Brad Steiger observed Point Pleasant became a focal point for its promotion. Marketing in television and posters emphasized claims it was "based on true events", despite the supernatural premise and Pellington's acknowledgement that the account was reframed as a fictional narrative.

On June 4, 2002, a Region 1 edition of the motion picture was released on DVD. Special features included audio commentary by Pellington, a documentary titled Search for the Mothman, and the featurette "Day by Day: A Director's Journey – The Road In". In Region 2, a DVD was published also including Search for the Mothman as well as interviews with Gere, Linney and Patton.

Critical response
Among mainstream critics in the U.S., the film received mixed reviews. Rotten Tomatoes reported that 52% of 140 sampled critics gave the film a positive review, with an average score of 5.50/10. The site's consensus simply labels it "A creepy thriller that poses more questions than it answers". At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average out of 100 to critics' reviews, The Mothman Prophecies received a score of 52 based on 32 reviews. In 2003, the film won the Best Sound Editing: Music in a Feature Film award from the society of the Motion Picture Sound Editors.

Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave it two stars out of four, calling it unfocused, but praised the direction by Mark Pellington "whose command of camera, pacing and the overall effect is so good, it deserves a better screenplay." The New York Times critic Elvis Mitchell judged it "hushed and smooth" but "little more than an adequate shard of winter-doldrums genre fare". The Washington Post's Stephen Hunter dismissed it as "all buzz: It's camerawork on the verge of a meltdown and weird music in search of a composer", and joked seeing it "is like getting mugged in an alley by an especially thuggish crew of Method actors". In Variety, Robert Koehler claimed it "wanders away from its sustained atmospherics into silly expository detours". For The Guardian, Bob Rickard defended it as "an intelligent and creative exploration of the slippery, dream-like world of those who 'get too close'".

Box office
The Mothman Prophecies opened at the U.S. box office on January 25, 2002, earning $11,208,851 in its first weekend failing to enter the top five grossing films. It eventually went on to garner $35,746,370 in the U.S., and $19,411,169 in foreign markets for a worldwide total of $55,157,539.

Future
In October 2023, Pellington announced that a streaming series is currently in development; while stating that further details would be revealed at a later date.

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Canada
I took out references to Canada. The content doesn't all apply to all Canadian provinces, in my view. For instance, in Alberta, a school operated by a Separate Catholic school district, would not be called a "public school" (even though the district and school share many attributes of a "public" school). Ultimately, it would be good to mention Canada, but only if its done more clearly. I don't see the point of specifically mentioning Canada, unless the article discusses Canada specifically. Other countries with school districts aren't mentioned by name, and there's no special reason to mention Canada. --rob 04:31, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Then this article should be moved to School Districts in the United States, otherwise it doesn't reflect wikipedia's global outlook. -- TheMightyQuill 15:02, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Why United States? I say change that section to “North America” and add Canada. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.158.101.14 (talk) 20:12, 25 June 2019 (UTC)

School districts and integration
I've been told that in some places, school districts were set up separately from local governemnts in order to somehow circumvent integration laws, busing, etc. I don't see how such a loophole would be possible, but has anyone else heard this? While it is hearsay, I have heard it more than once (about different places), but no one was able to offer specific info. If it's true then it's worth mentioning in the article. -- Gyrofrog (talk) 06:35, 25 November 2005 (UTC)

School District Numbering/Classification
In some states, school districts are numbered. For instance, "Greenwood Local Schools No. 259". Why is that? What does this mean? Some school districts are also "Consolidated", "Unified" or "Exempted Village" school districts. It seems like we should have, perhaps, a section for each state that discusses the state terminology. In some states, school districts are also county-based (Florida, Georgia, Maryland etc.), while others are based on townships/cities or are entirely autonomous of any governmental unit. There seems to be so much difference from one state or province to the next and it's all very confusing. But very interesting, too.

School District Infobox
Someone make one! There are at least a couple hundred pages that could use it. --Notmyhandle 07:22, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

British Empire
The entire British Empire section is lifted from http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Leducation70.htm, including the mysterious "Marylebone" in the middle of the final sentence. I think this needs to be rewritten to avoid plagiarism. 75.61.93.97 (talk) 15:50, 22 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Its a government site that does not extend copyright to its website content--Mrg3105 (talk) 21:15, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

Limited to USA
As the tags on the article suggest, this article seems to essentially cover school districts in the USA and only in the USA. Reading the discussions above, I wonder if the best approach would be, rather than to expand this article to a worldwide view, to simply retitle it to School district (United States) or something similar, and cover equivalents in other countries in other articles. Heimstern Läufer (talk) 04:08, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

I agree; however, a short remark to similar approaches in other countries (or that such do not exist in general as separate legal entities) may be appropriate. Meerwind7 (talk) 18:30, 16 November 2018 (UTC)

School district number 184
Can someone please tell me where school district #184 is located in the United States?Myramonroe (talk) 14:52, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

Funding of School Districts
I suggest to include more information about the funding of school districts in the US, e.g. what value are school taxes based on (e.g. a fixed proportion of income?), different tax rates within states and among states, proportional or progressive rates, differences expenses per inhabitant and per pupil, maybe also about the situation in senior-citizen areas like Sun City. Meerwind7 (talk) 18:28, 16 November 2018 (UTC)
 * If we do that, we shouldn't forget state and federal aid. In Maryland, for example, state aid accounts for 48% of school funding overall and 70% or more in some political subdivisions. Federal aid is much smaller but non-negligible. Doctor Whom (talk) 16:50, 25 March 2021 (UTC)

Zoning or Assignment to Primary Schools
The concept that "residents are zoned" and assigned to some particular elementary school is not something the term "school district" covers, but a reference to this approach should be inserted. Meerwind7 (talk) 18:34, 16 November 2018 (UTC)

La Habra School District Inherited AUHSD Curriculum
La Habra will be inheriting the Anaheim Union High School District's K-12 Curriculum. Any "undertoe" education programs involving "Autism", or "Education Undertoe Violence" will be investigated and heavily interrogated for curriculum itinerary reroutes. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2603:8000:f3f:3b3a:acf3:8338:f22c:40c7 (talk) 05:41, 14 September 2021 (UTC)
 * What does that have to do with improving the article? Please see Talk page guidelines. Doctor Whom (talk) 21:22, 15 September 2021 (UTC)

School redistricting
Should the article be merged with school district? It overlaps (WP:MERGE) and be adequately explained in this article. I think I could've just done it (WP:BOLD) but I'm quite inexperienced regarding this stuff. {{u|Abillionradios}} {Static} 00:53, 20 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Since school redistricting has more to do with the operation of the schools themselves and with their catchment areas than with school districts as a level of local government, I think we should at least consider merging that article with either State school or Catchment area instead. Doctor Whom (talk) 18:01, 20 October 2021 (UTC)

Was it a glitch?
I made an edit to the page recently, changing the short description--previously it was one about eating feces.

Or so I thought, because apparently that revision never existed. I didn't mean to change anything, I thought I was fixing vandalism. Race To Oblivion (ネザーへのハイウェイ) (talk) 01:28, 18 April 2023 (UTC)

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Érik Péladeau

Érik Péladeau (born March 24, 1955) is the son of Canadian publisher Pierre Péladeau, and board member of Quebecor. In 1991 his father placed him at the head of Quebecor Communications, the newspaper and communication division of Quebecor. In 1999 he became CEO of that division.

In 2008 Péladeau left the board of directors of Quebecor World, but he retained his position in the board of directors at Quebecor Inc.

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Qijia culture

The Qijia culture (2200 BC – 1600 BC) was an early Bronze Age culture distributed around the upper Yellow River region of Gansu (centered in Lanzhou) and eastern Qinghai, China. It is regarded as one of the earliest bronze cultures in China.

The Qijia Culture is named after the Qijiaping Site (齐家坪) in Gansu Province.

Prior to Qijia culture, in the same area there existed Majiayao culture that was also familiar with metalwork. At the end of the third millennium B.C., Qijia culture succeeded Majiayao culture at sites in three main geographic zones: Eastern Gansu, Middle Gansu, and Western Gansu/Eastern Qinghai.

The Qijia culture benefited from the warm and humid climatic conditions from the Late Glacial to the Middle Holocene, which led to flourishing agricultural production and rapid population growth. These conditions changed with the aridification of the Late Holocene, provoking material and cultural decline.

Research
The ultimate origin of metallurgy for the Qijia, Siba and other cultures in Gansu is unknown and requires further investigation.

Qijia culture produced some of the earliest bronze and copper mirrors found in China. Extensive domestication of horses was found at many Qijia sites.

The archaeological sites at Lajia, Huangniangniangtai, Qinweijia, and Dahezhuang are associated with the Qijia culture. Qijia sites were also found in Ningxia and Inner Mongolia Autonomous regions.

A total of over 350 sites of the Qijia culture have been found superimposed on the Majiayao culture. A large quantity of metal ware, mostly copper objects, including some bronzes, have been excavated from various sites in Gansu province and at Gamatai in Qinghai province.

25 pieces of metalwork were analyzed for their composition. Those made from copper were the most numerous, accounting for 64 per cent of the total. The rest represented various copper alloys, including tin. Contacts between the Afanasievo culture and the Majiayao culture and the Qijia culture have been considered for the transmission of bronze technology. During this period, Central Asian styles of pottery and ornamentation, in addition to bronze techniques, were also introduced to the Qijia Culture and the Siba culture. In particular, bronze knife technology was probably transferred from the Seima-Turbino phenomenon through the Southern Siberian Munkhkhairkhan culture to various Chinese cultures, such as the Qijia culture, Erlitou culture or Lower Xiajiadian culture, where very similar knives have been found.

Many of the artifacts of the Qijia culture are thought to have derived from the Seima-Turbino culture of the Altai Mountains area.

Pottery
Techniques of pottery-making are marked by a fine red ware and a coarse reddish-brown ware. There are also a few pieces of grey ware. They are handmade, there being no evidence of wheel-made ware. While the Qijia culture pottery has its own stylistic characteristics, it also shares many traits in common with the Longshan culture in Shaanxi. Some elements of the Majiayao culture are also present.

Machang culture
Machang culture (马厂) also flourished in 2500–2000 BC along the Yellow River; it was an outgrowth of the Banshan culture. Machang culture was partly contemporary with the Qijia; although they were quite different, there was cultural exchange between them. Some scholars consider Machang culture as only a phase of the larger Majiayao culture, with the Qijia being derived from the Machang.

Mogou site
The Qijia Culture Cemetery at Mogou in Lintan County, Gansu was excavated beginning from 2008. More than one thousand graves have been found there. The area was inhabited during the first half of the second millennium BCE. Thousands of funerary goods have been found, such as pottery vessels, bone ornaments and implements, shells, and metal objects.

To date, this represents by far the biggest find of copper and bronze objects ascribed to the Qijia culture, as more than three hundred items were found here. The finds are mostly implements, such as knives, and ornaments, such as buttons, earrings and beads. Some types of objects, such as torques and armbands, were not found before.

Examination reveals that tin bronze (Cu-Sn) was the most important alloy used at the Mogou site. Other alloys, such as Cu-Sn-Pb (lead) and Cu-Sn-As (arsenic), were also in use. Some items were manufactured by casting and hot-forging.

Two iron fragments were recently excavated at the Mogou cemetery. They have been dated to the 14th century BC. One of the fragments was made of bloomery iron rather than meteoritic iron.

Late stages
During the late stages of the culture, the Qijia culture retreated from the west and suffered a reduction in population size. Some scholars hold that Siwa culture was a descendant of the Qijia culture. Also, Kayue culture is believed by some to have developed from the western part of the Qijia culture.

Genetics
Genetic analyses of ancient remains associated with the Qijia and Mogou sites were found to display high genetic affinity with modern Sino-Tibetan-speaking peoples, particularly modern Qiang people and Han Chinese, as well as with ancient 'Yellow River farmers' associated with the Yangshao culture. Mogou remains belonged exclusively to paternal haplogroup O-M175 (O3a). The Qijia culture people were 80% Yellow river neolithic farmer and 20% Amur hunter gatherer.

A mix of 34-36% Ancient Northeast Asian and 64-66% Yellow River neolithic farmer were the results of the Di-Qiang people in eastern Hexi Corridor (Gansu) who were related to the Qijia culture during the Neolithic.

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Crap Os
Non-notable Flash "parody" of an operating system. Out of the 2110 Google hits, only one of the first 20 seems to reference this. Tempshill 04:31, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Update: The author of the "Crap Os" parody wrote this Wikipedia article, so it's also deletable for Vanity. Tempshill 04:36, 14 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Delete. Agree with above. Lets raise the bar and enter some truly good articles here. "We make the internet not suck."--Gaff 05:08, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, vanity, nn. Proto t c 08:37, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete crap CLW 13:34, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete In ten years, who will care?
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Jeffrey Douma

Jeffrey Douma is the Director of the Yale Glee Club and the Marshall Bartholomew Professor in the Practice of Choral Music at the Yale School of Music. He is the founding Director of the Yale Choral Artists and serves as Artistic Director of the Yale International Choral Festival.

Education
Jeffrey Douma grew up in the towns of Mankato and Marshall, Minnesota. He earned a Bachelor of Music Degree from Concordia College, Moorhead. He holds both Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees in Conducting from the University of Michigan.

Career
Prior to his appointment at Yale in 2003, he taught at Carroll University, where he was Director of Choral Activities, and also served on the conducting faculties of Smith College and St. Cloud State University.

Douma has appeared as a guest conductor around the world with such ensembles as the Royal Melbourne Philharmonic, Daejeon Philharmonic Choir, Tbilisi Symphony Orchestra, Moscow Chamber Orchestra, Buenos Aires Philharmonic, Symphony Choir of Johannesburg, and many others. He also currently serves as Musical Director of the Yale Alumni Chorus and was formerly Choirmaster at the Cathedral of St. Joseph (Hartford, Connecticut).

Choirs under his direction have appeared in Leipzig's Neue Gewandhaus, Prague's Dvorak Hall in The Rudolfinum, the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, Sydney Town Hall, Christchurch Cathedral, Avery Fisher Hall, and Carnegie Hall, and he has prepared choruses for performances under such conductors as Valery Gergiev, Sir David Willcocks, Nicholas McGegan, Krzysztof Penderecki, Sir Neville Marriner, and Helmuth Rilling.

An advocate of new music, Douma established the Yale Glee Club Emerging Composers Competition as well as the Fenno Heath Award, and has premiered new works by such composers as Bright Sheng, Dominick Argento, Ned Rorem, Lee Hoiby, Joel Thompson, and James MacMillan.

Active as a clinician and guest conductor with musicians at all levels, he served four years on the conducting faculty at the Interlochen National Arts Camp. As a singer, Douma has appeared as an ensemble member and frequent tenor soloist with many of the nation's leading professional choirs, including the Dale Warland Singers, Bella Voce (group) of Chicago, the Arcadia Players, the Oregon Bach Festival Chorus under Helmuth Rilling, and the Robert Shaw Festival Singers.

Honors and awards
In the spring of 2003, Douma was one of only two North American conductors invited to compete for the first Eric Ericson Award, a new international competition for choral conductors, advancing to the semifinal round in October 2003, and appearing in Uppsala and Stockholm as a conductor with four of Sweden's leading choirs.

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Acariasis

Acariasis is an infestation with mites.

Terminology
There are several complications with the terminology:

Acariasis is a term for a rash, caused by mites, sometimes with a papillae (pruritic dermatitis) or papule (papular urticaria), and usually accompanied by a hive (urticaria) and severe itching sensations. An example of such an infection is scabies or gamasoidosis.

The closely related term, mange, is commonly used with domestic animals and also livestock and wild mammals, whenever hair-loss is involved. Sarcoptes and Demodex species are involved in mange, but both of these genera are also involved in human skin diseases (by convention only, not called mange). Sarcoptes in humans is especially severe symptomatically, and causes the condition scabies noted above.

Another genus of mite which causing itching but rarely causes hair loss because it burrows only at the keratin level, is Cheyletiella. Various species of this genus of mite also affect a wide variety of mammals, including humans.

Mite infestation sometimes implies an ectoparasitic, cutaneous condition such as dermatitis. However, it is possible for mites to invade the gastrointestinal and urinary tracts.

MeSH uses the term "Mite Infestations" as pertaining to Acariformes. However, mites not in this grouping can be associated with human disease. (See "Classification", below.)

The term Acari refers to ticks and mites together, which can cause ambiguity. (Mites are a paraphyletic grouping).

Mites can be associated with disease in at least three different ways: (1) cutaneous dermatitis, (2) production of allergin, and (3) as a vector for parasitic diseases. The language used to describe mite infestation often does not distinguish among these.

Classification
Most of the mites which cause this condition to humans are from the order Acari, hence the name Acariasis. The entire taxonomic classification to order would be:
 * Kingdom: Animalia
 * Phylum: Arthropoda
 * Subphylum: Chelicerata
 * Class: Arachnida
 * Order: Acari (At the order level, there is still substantial argument among researchers as to how to categorize Acari. Some call it a subclass, others a superorder,  "Acarina".)

Specific species involved include:
 * Acariformes
 * Trombidiformes
 * Trombicula species (Trombiculosis or chiggers)
 * Demodex species (Demodicosis)
 * Pyemotes tritici
 * Cheyletiella
 * Sarcoptiformes
 * Sarcoptes scabiei (Scabies)
 * Parasitiformes
 * Dermanyssus gallinae, Ornithonyssus bursa, Ornithonyssus sylviarum (Gamasoidosis)
 * Liponyssoides sanguineus, Laelaps echidnina, Ornithonyssus bacoti (Rodent mite dermatitis)
 * Another candidate is Androlaelaps casalis. However, based on this mite's life style as a predator on other mite species (such as the previously mentioned Dermanyssus gallinae), it is highly unlikely to be a cause of acariasis.

Some of these reflect reports existing of human infestation by mites previously believed not to prey on humans.

Diagnosis
Medical doctors and dermatologists can still misdiagnose this rash as many are unfamiliar with parasitism, not trained in it, or if they do consider it, cannot see the mites.

Different methods for detection are recognized for different acariasis infections. Human acariasis with mites can occur in the gastrointestinal tract, lungs, urinary tracts and other organs which not have been well-studied. For intestinal acariasis, symptoms such as abdominal pain, diarrhea, and hematochezia have been reported. Diagnosis of intestinal acariasis is confirmed by the detection of mites in stools, which must be microscopically examined to confirm the specific species of mite causing the infestation. For pulmonary acariasis, the presence of mites in sputum is determined by identifying the presence and number of mites in the sputum of patients with respiratory symptoms. Both physical and chemical methods for liquefaction of sputum have been developed.

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This is a candidate for a merge, except the entire contents are already contained in GMA Network, so I think it can be deleted

 * Delete - Neier 04:33, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
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Talk:Door closer

Made an image of mine, posted and added to description. Bernd 2006-01-05 14:25 (UTC) Maybe an image would be good. 2nd opinion? RJFJR 04:34, 14 October 2005 (UTC)

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I don't think the lead should be about considerations when choosing a door closer (wikipedia is not a how-to). It should be about door closers.--345Kai (talk) 05:13, 4 February 2017 (UTC)

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Kyabram Fauna Park

The Kyabram Fauna Park is a 55 ha fauna park in Kyabram, Victoria, Australia.

History
Until 1967, the current site of the Kyabram Fauna Park was fallow farmland that had been abandoned for some years. In 1967, the need to utilise this piece of land was voiced during Kyabram's public meetings. The land had sat unused for 80 years and there was a general consensus on the need to improve and use it. A portion of the land served as a run-off site for rainwater. It was during this time that the idea to use the land as a wildlife park emerged. The proposal was accepted and work began on building the Kyabram Fauna Park.

Launched as a non-profit venture in 1976, the park is a sanctuary to over 400 species of animals who can all be viewed and many interacted with. The fauna park offers a walk through aviary and a heated reptile house containing snakes, lizards (such as lace monitors) and freshwater crocodiles. Other animals in the park include alpine dingoes, flying foxes, echidnas, Tasmanian devils, quolls, wombats, koalas, sugar gliders, kangaroos, parma wallabies, emus, cassowaries, wedge-tailed eagles, cockatoos and Cape Barren geese. In 2022 the park received its first exotic residents, meerkats, which while native to Africa rather than Australia, have become popular with visitors. In 2023 amongst the snake species in the newly opened reptile house was a reticulated python from Asia.

The park is home to the cottage that French adventurer, navyman, and soldier Theodore Hazleman built in 1867. Hazleman, before settling in the area, sailed the seas as a cabin boy and survived the American Civil War. In Kyabram he set up as a wheat farmer and fathered 13 children.

In July 2022, Kyabram Fauna Park joined Zoos Victoria as its fourth official zoo.

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AR Aurigae

AR Aurigae (AR Aur), also known by its Flamsteed designation 17 Aurigae, is a binary star in the constellation Auriga. Based on parallax measurements made by the Hipparcos spacecraft, it is approximately 461 light-years from Earth.

Both components are blue-white B-type main-sequence stars that do not fill their Roche lobes. The system has a mean apparent magnitude of +6.15. However, the orbit of the stars are oriented in such a way that they periodically eclipse each other, so AR Aurigae is a variable star and its brightness varies from magnitude +6.15 to +6.82 with a period of 4.13 days.

The primary component of AR Aurigae is known to be a mercury-manganese star, also known as an HgMn star. As the name implies, these stars have over-abundances of the elements mercury and manganese, and also often xenon and other elements. Because AR Aurigae is an eclipsing binary (in fact, it is the only known eclipsing binary with a mercury-manganese star), accurate characterization of its parameters has been made possible. Based on the light-time effect observed from the stars, it is inferred that there is a third star with a mass of, orbiting at a separation of 13 au every 23.7 years.

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60 Aurigae

60 Aurigae is a binary star system in the northern constellation of Auriga. The pair have a combined apparent visual magnitude of 6.319 and, based upon parallax measurements, they are approximately 210 ly distant from the Earth.

The combined spectrum of the pair match a stellar classification of F5 V. The primary component may be an A-type star with an apparent magnitude of 6.47, while the fainter, 8.96 magnitude secondary is possibly a G-type star. The pair orbit each other with a period of 271.1 years at an angular separation of 0.793 arcseconds.

Nomenclature
60 Aurigae is the Flamsteed designation of this star, also catalogued as HR 2541 and HD 50037. The designation 60 Aurigae has sometimes been identified with Psi8 Aurigae however Simbad lists Psi8 Aurigae as 61 Aurigae.

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Bally's Lake Tahoe

Bally's Lake Tahoe (formerly Park Tahoe, Caesars Tahoe, and MontBleu Resort Casino) is a casino hotel in Stateline, Nevada. It is owned by Edgewood Companies and operated by Bally's Corporation. The property includes a 48456 sqft casino and a 438-room hotel on a 21 acre site. It is the home to the Ciera Steak + Chophouse. The entire property underwent a $25-million remodel in 2015, with all guest rooms, the casino, 1,200-seat showroom, and exterior being upgraded.

Park Tahoe (1978–1979)
The casino first opened in 1978 as the Park Tahoe, built by Park Cattle Co. The building was designed by Daniel, Mann, Johnson & Mendenhall and constructed by Del E. Webb Corporation. Caesars World took over the next year under a 25-year lease, with options to extend it another 50 years.

Caesars Tahoe (1979–2006)
Caesars agreed to spend $40 million to complete construction of the hotel portion of the property, which was renamed as Caesars Tahoe Palace and later simply Caesars Tahoe. In line with the Caesars name, the property was remodeled with a Roman theme.

Caesars Tahoe was known for its top entertainment offerings, and over the years played host to many famous artists, including Dean Martin, Cher, Mac Davis, Jimmy Buffett, Glen Campbell, and Tony Bennett. In its later years, the Caesars showroom included appearances by comedians including George Carlin, Johnny Carson, Jerry Seinfeld, Gallagher, Rosie O'Donnell, and many other well-known headlining comedians. Celebrities such as Michael Jordan, Randy Quaid, Kenny Rogers and others would play games in the Caesars Tahoe casino. Caesars was also the host hotel and title sponsor of the American Century Championship golf tournament at nearby Edgewood Golf Course every July, until 2004. After Caesars sold the hotel in 2005, the title sponsorship and host switched to Harrah's/Harveys Casinos. Also, in its earlier years, Caesars Tahoe was home to title fights for championship boxing events.

Caesars Entertainment sold the resort in June 2005 for $45 million to Columbia Sussex, owner of the nearby Horizon Casino. It was one of a series of sales made by Caesars to avoid antitrust issues with its planned acquisition by Harrah's Entertainment.

MontBleu (2006–2021)
Columbia Sussex rebranded the property as MontBleu Resort Casino & Spa in May 2006. After the bankruptcy of Columbia's gaming businesses, MontBleu became part of the reorganized Tropicana Entertainment in March 2010.

MontBleu and the Horizon appeared as the Nomad Hotel, during the Caesars-to-MontBleu transition, in the 2007 film Smokin' Aces.

In 2018, Tropicana Entertainment, including the MontBleu, was acquired by Eldorado Resorts.

Bally's Lake Tahoe (2021–present)
In 2020, Eldorado acquired Caesars Entertainment (the former Harrah's) and changed its own name to Caesars Entertainment. This merger necessitated the sale of one of the companies' properties in Stateline to gain approval from FTC antitrust regulators. To satisfy this requirement, the company sold the operations of the MontBleu to Bally's Corporation for $15 million. The property was rebranded as Bally's Lake Tahoe in November 2021.

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Save Your Love (Tracie Spencer song)

"Save Your Love" is a 1990 song by American singer–songwriter Tracie Spencer. This song is the first single from Spencer's second album, Make the Difference which was released in August 1990. The song was written by Kenny Harris and released on July 30, 1990. In this uptempo song, Spencer is expressing her love to someone by letting them know that she'll be "saving my love for you" and is asking that they do the same.

Chart information
"Save Your Love" peaked at number 7 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart in Billboard magazine, becoming Spencer's first top-10 hit on the chart in late–1990.

Personnel

 * Additional production – Matt Sherrod and Paul Sherrod
 * Arranged – Matt Sherrod, Paul Sherrod, & Sir Spence
 * Background vocals – Tracie Spencer, The Boys, Tim Townsend, and Crystal Carlisle

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43 Aurigae

43 Aurigae is a star located 382 light years away from the Sun in the northern constellation of Auriga. It is just bright enough to be barely visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 6.33. The star is moving closer to the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of −3.4 km/s.

This is an aging giant star with a stellar classification of K2 III, having exhausted the hydrogen at its core and expanded off the main sequence. Roughly three billion years old, this star has 1.43 times the mass of the Sun and 11 times the Sun's radius. It is radiating 49 times the luminosity of the Sun from its swollen photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,552 K.

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You say "you're back". Who were you before? -- Curps 04:39, 14 October 2005 (UTC)

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22 Aurigae

22 Aurigae is a star located 537 light years away from the Sun in the northern constellation Auriga. It is just bright enough to be barely visible to the naked eye under good viewing conditions, appearing as a blue-white hued star with an apparent visual magnitude of 6.45. At the distance of this object, the brightness is diminished by an extinction of 0.57 due to interstellar dust. The star is moving further from the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of +10 km/s, and it is a member of the Taurion OB association, located between Orion and Taurus.

This object is a B-type main-sequence star with a stellar classification of B9 Vs. The 's' notation indicates the spectrum appears "sharp"-lined, due to its relatively moderate projected rotational velocity of 66 km/s. It has 2.9 times the mass of the Sun and about 3.1 times the Sun's radius. The star is radiating 90 times the luminosity of the Sun from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 10,764 K.

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6 Aurigae

6 Aurigae is a star in the constellation Auriga. Its apparent magnitude is 6.48.

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42 Aurigae

42 Aurigae is a star in the northern constellation of Auriga. The designation is from the star catalogue of English astronomer John Flamsteed, first published in 1712. It has an apparent visual magnitude of 6.53, which places it just below the visibility limit for normal eyesight under good seeing conditions. It displays an annual parallax shift of 13.24 mas, which yields a distance estimate of around 246 light years. The star is moving closer to the Sun with a radial velocity of −12 km/s. It is a member of the Ursa Major Moving Group of stars that share a common motion through space.

The star was assigned a stellar classification of F0 V by Nancy Roman in 1949, indicating it is an F-type main-sequence star. However, in 1995 Abt and Morrell catalogued it as class A6 Vp(4481 wk)n; a somewhat hotter and more massive A-type main-sequence star that displays spectral peculiarities as well as nebulous lines brought about by rapid rotation. It is around a billion years old with a high rate of spin, showing a projected rotational velocity of 228 km/s. The star has an estimated 1.7 times the mass of the Sun and is radiating 10 times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of around 7,660 K.

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Talk:Mitford family

Wisnton Churchill connection
The Mitford sisters are said to be 'cousins' of Winston Churchill but I can't find specific confirmation of this.--Jack Upland 04:38, 14 October 2005 (UTC)

 * You're right...the Mitfords were cousins of the Churchills-the best place to learn about this is in Jessica Mitfords novel "Hons and Rebels." She actually married her cousin, Esmond Romilly, who was the nephew of Prime Minister Winston Churchill —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.113.17.245 (talk • contribs) at 08:08, 28 December 2005

 * Actually, "Hons and Rebels" is a "memoire," although many of Jessica (better know as Decca)'s sisters claim that not all of the information is actually true. "The Sisters: The Saga of the Mitford Family" by Mary S. Lovell is an excellent biography for anyone who wants to know more about this family. Winston Churchill was actually the son of David (the father of Nancy, Pamela, Tom, Diana, Unity, Jessica, and Deborah)'s aunt (his father's sitster), making him their cousin. If all this family lineage talk confuses you, there's a very nice family tree in the book I mentioned before. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.43.37.66 (talk • contribs) 20:50, 5 January 2006

related to Churchill AND his wife?
The article on Unity Mitford says her father was related to Churchill's wife, Clementine Ogilvy Hozier, biologically if not legally. I do find these family trees confusing! Can anyone try to explain? BrainyBabe 13:15, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

 * David, the sisters' father was a first cousin to Churchill's wife, Clementine. As such, he was not a cousin to the sisters. His children, however, would have been second cousins to the Mitfords. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.251.219.100 (talk) 21:45, 14 January 2011 (UTC)

Notoriety
Not all of the sisters were notorious: viz Pamela and Deborah --Cunningham 16:31, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

Private language
The sentence "The children had a private language called "Boudledidge" (pronounced 'bowdledidge')" is still ambiguous. Is the "bow" in "bowdledidge" pronounced like "cow" or "tow"? DH85868993 (talk) 13:52, 8 August 2009 (UTC)

Date on photo
Could we get a date on the first photo?--Aichik (talk) 02:26, 10 November 2013 (UTC)
 * I've looked for it in my copy of Hons and Rebels and it's dated 1921; I've amended the page. Good lookout. Kilburn London (talk) 22:35, 9 December 2013 (UTC)

"They were, it has been alleged..."
I'm not sure this adds anything to the article, at least where it is: "They were, it has been alleged, "the most ardent burnishers of their own public image."[5]" Seems a bit catty without further context. I'll delete it unless anyone wants to argue for its inclusion. Kilburn London (talk) 22:31, 9 December 2013 (UTC)

Incomplete sentence & Last Name Questions
This is not a complete sentence:

 * The children of David Freeman-Mitford, 2nd Baron Redesdale, known to his children as "Farve" and various other nicknames, their mother was Sydney Freeman-Mitford, Baroness Redesdale, known as "Muv", the daughter of Thomas Bowles.

Since this paragraph follows a description of the sisters, I thought it was introducing the next generation. Is it supposed to say that the Mitford sisters are the children of David and Sydney? If so, it should say so, and the sentence should be moved to earlier in the section. Or maybe it is a complete sentence, or at least the last part is ("their mother is ...). This would mean that the first part is a dangling participle or just awkward phrasing.

Looking back at the article I see that their parents were already identified in the Introductory section. Is there a need for this to be mentioned twice? Since the article is about the family, should this information be in that section?

Before the intro, the mother is identified as Sydney Bowles, but here is identified as Sydney Freeman-Mitford. Whereas in the third section she is identified as Sydney Freeman-Mitford, her married name. Shouldn't this be "Sydney Freeman-MItford, nee Bowles, daughter of Thomas Bowles." Why repeat the fact that their mother is a baroness? Doesn't that follow from the fact that she's married to a Baron? It seems redundant.

Also, if their father's and mother's last name is Freeman-Mitford, why aren't they the Freeman-Mitford sisters?

Again, since article is about the family, the last sentence of the first paragraph of the introduction should give some reason for focusing on the sisters. Something along the lines of "Among the more famous members of the family in the 20th Century are the Mitford Sisters, the great-great-great-granddaughters of William Mitford." Most notorious, much in the news, prominent?

By the way, I didn't know who these people were. I got here because the article on J.K. Rowling says that her daughter was named after Jessica Mitford, and provides a link.Ileanadu (talk) 19:20, 17 April 2016 (UTC)

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