Wikipedia:Articles for creation/2005-12

Beanie Festival
The Beanie Festival is an anual event held in Alice Springs, Australia, at the Alice Springs Araluen arts center. It involves large numbers of people - from all Australian cultures, from all over the country - submitting hand-made unique knit hats (Beanies) designed in any conceivable fashion, from utterly impractical art (giant feathers sprouting from the top) to useful (plain with earflaps and brim). There is a fashion show displaying the beanies. Most are for sale or auction.

Q cycle
The Q cylce is part of oxidative phosphorylation in mitochondria. The letter Q stands for ubiquinone a mobile electron transporter between compartment I and III, or II and III of the electron transport chain. Both at complex I or complex II, two electrons and two protons are pased to ubiquinone reducing it to ubiquinol. During this process, complex I pumps 4 further protons from the matrix into the intermembral space. In contrast, complex II is not directly involved in membrane pumping but is part of the TCA cycle in the matrix. The ubiquinol travels next to complex III and binds to it. Hereby, it passes one electron to cytochrome c and one electrone to a ubiquinone, which is also part of complex three. By this process the ubiquinol is oxidized to ubiquinone again and detaches complex III. It can reenter phosphorylative oxidation. Cytochrome c, just having been reduced, also detaches from complex III and travels to complex IV. The two protons from ubiquinol are pumped into the intermembral space. And, the attached ubiquinone is reduced to a semiquinone radical. Because of the last stepp, the reaction is not fully completed. Another ubiquinol has to attach to complex three, passing one electron to cytochrome c and one to the semiquinone radical. Furthermore, the semiquinone radical takes up two protons from the matrix, reducing it fully to ubiquinol. The two protons from the oxidized ubiquinol are pumped into the intermembral space. Oxidized ubiquinone, and the reduced cytochrome c and ubiquinol detach from complex III and reenter phosphorylative oxidation. The process is cyclic as ubiquinone can be reused again. Overall, four protons are pumped into the intermembral space and two electrons are passed down to complex IV.
 * Credit: User:212.201.44.249 (diff).


 * done! -- Creidieki 23:11, 5 December 2005 (UTC)

Fox Latin America
I was trying to create an article about fox latin america, which doesn't have one. please redirect to fox.
 * Done! -- Creidieki 21:41, 5 December 2005 (UTC)

Terry Baker
Terry Baker was a quarterback for the Oregon State University football team during 1960-1962. He won the Heisman Trophy in 1962. He was also a point guard on the Oregon State basketball team and played in the NCAA basketball tournament.

He later played for the Los Angeles Rams of the NFL and the Edmonton Eskimos of the CFL.

He is currently a retired lawyer and living in Portland, Oregon.
 * Credit: User:192.147.162.171 (diff).


 * This article has been created at Terry Baker. Christopher Parham (talk) 23:19, 5 December 2005 (UTC)

kenetic energy

 * Try kinetic energy. -- Creidieki 23:44, 5 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Suggest that you add a redirect. Kelly Martin (talk) 23:51, 5 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Done. -- Creidieki 00:00, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

Gunnar S Overstrom, Jr.
Gunnar S Overstrom, Jr was a Vice Chairman of FleetBoston Financial(now a part of Bank of America) and the former President and Chief Operating Officer of the Shawmut National Corporation.

As a Vice Chairman of Fleet, Overstrom was instrumental in building the corporation's asset management portfolio and its brokerage and securities business. He spearheaded the acquisition of Quick and Reilly as well as the purchase of Columbia Asset Management.

As President and Chief Operating Officer of Shawmut National, Overstrom helped lead the company in making over 50 acquisitions and building the company from a $2 billion regional bank to a $35 billion super-regional institution with offices in five states. In 1995, Shawmut National merged with the Fleet Financial Group.

Mr. Overstrom graduated from Babson College in Wellsley, MA. He received an L.L.B. from Suffolk University Law School in Boston, MA in addition to a M.A. in Economics from Trinity College in Hartford, CT.

Christopher Jones
i was just wondering why there isnt an article about christopher jones considering that he was the captain of the Mayflower and who i was in the 3rd grade pilgrim play.....


 * stub created. --Samuel J. Howard 23:53, 5 December 2005 (UTC)

Horsea Island
Horsea Island is a small island located south of the estate of Paulsgrove in Portsmouth. It is Home to the Man Made complex of Port Solent Which Boast's Luxury flats, Bars, Restaurants And a man made marina. Also on the island is a refuse tip. Horse Island historically was a much smaller island, and owned by the royal navy and the Ministry Of Defence, but due to vast land fills, reclaimed land and the creation of port solent Horsea island is no longer an island But a peninsula.
 * Done! -- Creidieki 23:06, 5 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Credit: User:Chemstud (diff).

Kalok
Kalok was a hard disk drive manufacturer which went bankrupt in 1994.

One of their last offerings was a 100 megabyte 3.5" disk drive using a stepper motor head actuator (rather than the servo-based voice coil operated actuators used on most drives of that density) and was very limited in both access speed and reliability. The drive was manufactured in India, and was commonly found in very inexpensive generic PCs.


 * Request by User:216.138.194.68 fulfilled at Kalok -- grm_wnr Esc  23:30, 5 December 2005 (UTC)

List of Tagalog movies
Dalagang Bukid (1919) Arimunding-Munding (1939) Pakiusap (1940) Maynila (1946) Florante at Laura (1949) Dalagang Ilocana (1954) Gabi ng Lagim (1960) All Over the World (1968) Zoom...Zoom...Superman (1974) PS I Love You (1980) Underage (1980) Blue Jeans (1981) Babae sa Breakwater (2003) Filipinas (2003) D Anothers (2005)


 * Done. --  user:zanimum

Echo Beach
The single Echo Beach was released by the Canadian group Martha and the Muffins in 1980 from the album METRO MUSIC. 1
 * Credit: User:82.31.17.63 (diff).


 * We don't usually have articles on single songs unless they are particularly notable or interesting (famous, lots of critical views, etc.). You may want to add this information to articles for the album or the group.  Alternatively, you can rewrite this information to indicate the notibility.  -- Creidieki 23:16, 5 December 2005 (UTC)
 * This song was a big hit at least in Australia. It might be worth having an article on. Capitalistroadster 00:28, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

Juliet Joslin
married to julian casablancas, lead singer and songwriter for the famous new york band, the strokes. these two wed in early february, 2005. she is also assistant manager and long time friend of the band.


 * done! -- Creidieki 02:34, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

Ocean Beach, San Francisco
I propose a brief entry on this area, as part of a larger one on the various locales of San Francisco. I would donate some great digital pix, that I and a friend, have taken, of this area..

jack barry san francisco
 * Can you get us started with some information and the places you got that info from? If you're asking for an article, see Requested articles. Thanks. -Splash talk 01:16, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
 * On second thoughts, see Ocean Beach, San Francisco, California. -Splash talk 01:17, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

John Williamson
John Williamson (November 10, 1951 - November 30, 1996) was an American basketball player.

Williamson played high school basketball at Wilbur Cross High School in New Haven, Connecticut and played college basketball at New Mexico State University. He was a 6'2" guard. Williamson was drafted by the Atlanta Hawks in the 6th round (10th pick) of the 1973 NBA draft but had other plans.

As a rookie Williamson landed with the New York Nets of the American Basketball Association as a free agent for the 1973-74 season. Williamson quickly entered the New York starting lineup despite being a rookie. After Williamson became a starter the team's fortunes quickly turned for the better and the team ended up winning the ABA Championship that season. Williamson was named to the 1974 ABA All-Rookie team.

Continuing with the Nets, Williamson had a remarkable performance in Game 6 of the 1976 ABA Finals. He scored 28 points, with 16 of them coming in the fourth quarter, leading the Nets to come back from 22 points behind to win the game, the series and the ABA championship.

Williamson's jersey number (23) was retired by the New Jersey/New York Nets franchise on December 7, 1990. Only four playes who were with the Nets during their ABA days have had their numbers retired by the franchise. The four are Williamson, Wendell Ladner Bill Melchionni and Julius Erving.

In 1977 Williamson was traded to the Indiana Pacers in midseason; in the middle of the next season he went back to the Nets. In the 1980 season he went from the Nets to the [{Washington Bullets]] where he finished his eight year career during the 1981 season.

In his pro career Williamson scored 9,017 points. He averaged between 11.5 and 29.5 points in every season except for his last.

As of December 2005 Williamson still holds some Nets team records in various categories.

At the age of 45 Williamson died of kidney failure related to diabetes on November 30, 1996.

Williamson, John Williamson, John Williamson, John Williamson, John Williamson, John Williamson, John


 * Wow. That's impressive. Could you include a couple of links to sources that back up the info in the article? -Splash talk 01:55, 6 December 2005 (UTC)


 * I have created the article; see John Williamson (basketball) and thank you for your contribution! &mdash; HorsePunchKid &rarr;&#x9F9C; 2005-12-06 01:54:16Z
 * Credit: User:4.224.126.45

Category:Floridians players
This category should go in as a subcategory for ABA players.
 * I did the other two ABA teams, can't find a cat for this. --  user:zanimum
 * I created it as, since the name of the team seems to be The Floridians. -- grm_wnr Esc  02:33, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

Davidoff, Paul
Planning theorist responsible for the creation of the "advocacy planning" paradigm.


 * See Paul Davidoff; please continue expanding it. Thank you!  &mdash; Catherine\talk 03:11, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

Rich Cole
Rich Cole is a freelance writer who first gained notoriety for his pithy articles with the University of Victoria's Martlet Newspaper. Since then, he has moved on to magazines and newspapers. And, most recently, he uncovered the shilling scandal in Bali.


 * Requested by User:24.69.71.245


 * Created at Rich Cole -- please continue to expand and provide external links and references. &mdash; Catherine\talk 03:03, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

Shmeng
Definition: 1) A nasty feeling. (Hangover, depression).  2) The opposite of 'Warm Fuzzies'. 3) What you feel like you need to wash off after someone gives you a dirty look.

Shmeng (http://www.shmeng.com) is a community website that has been in operation since early 2000. What makes Shmeng notable is not the size of the site, but the quality of the articles and the loyalty of it's members. Shmeng articles are regularly copied and emailed around the net, and may have ended up in your inbox, as well as places like Snopes.com (http://www.snopes.com/travel/airline/announce.asp). Quite a few Shmeng members have checked the site every single day since it started. It's almost as addicting as Slashdot (http://slashdot.org).

There was also a Shmeng party in New Orleans in July of 2004, with attendees from all over the U.S. -- ( 64.203.28.153 )


 * I've created this article at Shmeng. It may not survive a Websites check, but does make a claim of notability ("regularly copied", etc.), and appears in good faith.  -- Creidieki 03:34, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

The It Girl
This is a new book by Cecily von Ziegesar, it is a series branching off from her series Gossip Girl. This book is about a girl named Jenny Humphrey, who is beginning to attend Waverly Prep, an elite boarding school where glamorous rich kids don't let the rules get in the way of having an excellent time. She wants to try to become the "it" girl.
 * I've created this article and left the user a note on their talk page. -- Creidieki 04:47, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

Nordic Industrial Fund
Suggest creating an article for this, rather than 4 sub-articles The Land 12:15, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

NordWood
Nordic Wood (1993-1997). A Nordic research-, education and innovation program for the Nordic wood industry in cooperation with national, Nordic and international R&D-environments and public authorities. The program was managed by the bio- & chemistry division of The Nordic Industrial Fund under The Nordic Council of Ministers.

NordFood
NordFood (1993-2000). A Nordic research-, education and innovation program for the Nordic food industry in cooperation with national, Nordic and international R&D-environments and public authorities. The program was managed by the bio- & chemistry division of The Nordic Industrial Fund under The Nordic Council of Ministers.

NordPap
NordPap (1993-1996). A Nordic research-, education and innovation program for the Nordic pulp & paper industry in cooperation with national, Nordic and international R&D-environments and public authorities. The program was managed by the bio- & chemistry division of The Nordic Industrial Fund under The Nordic Council of Ministers.

NordBio
NordBio (1989-1993). A Nordic research-, education and innovation program for the Nordic biotechnology industry in cooperation with national, Nordic and international R&D-environments and public authorities. The program was managed by the bio- & chemistry division of The Nordic Industrial Fund under The Nordic Council of Ministers.

NordYeast
NordYeast (1987-1993). A Nordic research-, education and innovation programme for the Nordic yeastindustry in cooperation with national, Nordic and international R&D-environments and public authorities. The programme was managed by the bio- & chemistry division of The Nordic Industrial Fund under The Nordic Council of Ministers.


 * I'm creating an article at Nordic Industrial Fund. Wouldn't mind if there were some sources for these things, though Sam Vimes 12:12, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

Migrating Motor Complex (MMC)

 * Created at Migrating Motor Complex. Have fun. The Land 18:59, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

Duces
Duces is another name for Big Two or Chinese Poker. It is also very similar to the Chinese tile game Mah Jong (more similar than Gin Rummy, as the Mah Jong article says).
 * Created Duces as a redirect to Big Two. -- SCZenz 06:17, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

Hello Kitty: Happy Party Pals
This is the first Hello Kitty game for the Nintendo Gameboy Advance. Unlike the other Hello Kitty games which are mostly aimed at very young children, this game is more like a 'Sims' style game targetting an older audience.

Published by THQ.
 * Created at Hello Kitty: Happy Party Pals  Qua  Que❄  10:11, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

Day of Wrath (1943)
A black and white film by Danish director Carl Theodor Dreyer, originally titled Vredens Dag.

Chief Justice Mohammad Haleem
Justice Haleem served as the Chief Justice of Pakistan from the period 1981-1989, the longest service of its kind in the history of the country. He was endorsed by successive regimes and has been celebrated as one of the foremost judicial authorities of south asia.
 * OK, it's there, with content as above. Please contribute more information and sources. The Land 12:52, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

Chic hair salon
Chic salon is a hair extension specialist salon, in jersey channel islands. There website is www.chic.ik.com One of the best known salons in Jersey


 * Wikipedia is not the appropriate place to advertise a service or website. How is this service or website notable or encyclopedic? - T&#949;x  &#964;  ur&#949;  16:41, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

Schistosomiosis
I just want to know all about it on this website, I mean my friend has found stuff on actors and actresses on this site and I have used it to fight the banning of video games. Surely, there is someone who knows a great deal about many medical conditions and has the compasion to list them for everyone to see. Not that I hope for said individual to read this and engratiate myself in such a manner, but whatever works.


 * I suppose you mean Schistosomiasis? Sam Vimes 14:28, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
 * I've created a redirect from Schistosomiosis to Schistosomiasis. Thryduulf 15:13, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

Hossain Muhammad Ershad
Illfamous Dictator of Bangladesh.
 * We have an article on him at Hossain Mohammad Ershad. I will create a redirect from Hossain Muhammad Ershad. Thryduulf 18:24, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

Paul Mirecki
The controversial University of Kansas anti-creationism professor who was beaten up by people who disagree with his stance on the subject. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051206/ap_on_re_us/creationism_class
 * I agree, stub article created. - Just zis Guy, you know? [T]/[C] (W) AfD? 19:54, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

Mahesh_Kumar_ M
Hello I'm Mahesh Kumar M from India. I am just an ordinary Indian citizen. Aged 24 from Kerala state
 * Sorry, Wikipedia usually doesn't accept entries on "ordinary" people. --Merovingian 19:45, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

Marine Ecologists
I would love to know about marine ecologist or marine biologists since that is what i wish to go into put up a page please, thank you!


 * See Marine biology or Category:Marine biology, that's what they do ;) -- grm_wnr Esc  03:50, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

Dragonball Z: The Legacy of Goku
From the List of best selling computer and video games "The Legacy of Goku" for the Gameboy Advance is based off the popular anime show Dragonball Z.


 * I've created this article, and left the user a note on their talk page. -- Creidieki 04:43, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

Logan C. Adams
Reporter.
 * That's not enough information for me to create an article, sorry.--Sean|Bla ck 03:44, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Non-notable, I looked him up. --  user:zanimum

Stoney Cooper
Born: October 16, 1918, Harmon, West Virginia. Died: March 22, 1977. Married: Wilma Lee Leary. Their Children: d. Carol Lee Cooper (Snow).

Country musician. Played the fiddle and the guitar. Member of the Leary Family Singers while in High School.

1947: performing with his wife as "Wilma Lee and Stoney Cooper", they were cast members of the WWVA Jamboree in Wheeling, West Virginia until 1957. Their band was called "The Clinch Mountain Clan"

1948: Obtained a recording contract with Columbia with the help of Fred Rose that lasted to 1955.

1954: Joined the Grand Ole Opry.

Recorded for Rich-R-Tone, Hickory, Decca, and Columbia.

Sources: 1) The Country Music Encyclopedia, Melvin Shestack. 1974, KBO Publishers, Inc. 2) Country Music, U.S.A., Bill C. Malone. 1985, University of Texas Press

Todd D. Wilson maxpaul@earthlink.net
 * Created and will cleanup in a minute. ESkog | Talk 05:32, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

Ultrasonic transducer
Please may anybody help me with this topic. I can`t any articles dealing with  it. Thanks


 * Started at ultrasonic transducer. Please expand.  (Currently tech-stub). RJFJR 17:32, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

SlimServer
The SlimServer is an open source perl based audio server supported by Slim Devices. The Squeezebox ethernet stereo component, which has both analog and digital output jacks, streams audio from a SlimServer. There is a free software emulator version of the Squeezebox called 'Softsqueeze' which is written in java.

Streaming of music from a SlimServer to a Squeezebox or Softsqueeze allows users to play their music collections from virtually anywhere there is an internet connection. What makes SlimServer unique is that it is open source and supported by a large community of programmers. Another unique feature is the hardware that SlimServer supports, such as the Slim Device Squeezebox or Roku Soundbridge, has an extremely affordable pricetag, ranging from $180 to $250.

The SlimServer software runs under Linux, Microsoft Windows, and Apple Macintosh platforms.


 * Created at SlimServer. -- grm_wnr Esc  09:57, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

Agumba
Agumba where a people that inhabited the central Kenya highlands. They were hunter gatherers who were largelly assimilated by the the Kikuyu people who now inhabit the area. They were described as being stout and short in appearance, traits which can be seen in some Kikuyu people.

Source: Kikuyu oral literature
 * Done. DS 17:52, 6 December 2005 (UTC)


 * The term "Gumba" seems to be somewhat more common, but sometimes used interchangeably, in recent English-language literature (based on a JSTOR search..). See, for example, Distefano 1990 'Hunters or Hunted? Towards a History of the Okiek of Kenya' History in Africa 17:41-57. See also Dorobo, a derogatory cover term that the Agumba/Gumba were sometimes grouped into (I think?). CDC (talk) 17:55, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

Birkdale School, Sheffield
Birkdale School is a public school for boys in the city of Sheffield, Yorkshire in England. It was founded in 1904 by the Reverend John Asterley as a preparatory school for boys between the ages of 4 and 13 to provide a Christian education, an ethos it has staunchly stuck to throughout its 100 year history. First housed in Birkdale House on Newbold Lane, it moved in 1915 to its present location in Oakholme House. The school has gradually extended to become the leading boys secondary school in South Yorkshire, and now is home to over 700 pupils, including approximately 40 girls in the co-educational Sixth Form.

There is a strong House system employed at Birkdale, four in total, each named after old Head Masters; Astlerley (1904-09), Griffiths (Alban Griffiths 1909-33) Hall House (John Hall 1963-83) and Heeley House (Howard Heeley 1943-63). The Prep School has a slightly different house system, with a house dedicated to C M Roberts, Head Master 1933-43

Birkdale does very well in the school league tables considering its size, and managed to penetrate the First Division of independent schools in 2005. There is a regular stream of students gaining places at Oxbridge each year, due to highly successful annual A-level results. 2005 GCSE results were the best ever. Birkdale School is well known for its excellent sporting acheivements in Rugby and football. Sporting facilities have been given a boost with the building of the new Castle Dyke Pavilion on the school's extensive sports grounds.

Birkdale School is a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference.

The current Head Master is Robert Court, educated at Westminster School, and a Cambridge graduate.

Notable Old Birkdalians
Michael Palin

Rex Harrison

Justin Wilson

Richard Allan MP

External link
Birkdale School


 * created at Birkdale School, since that one has actually an incoming link. -- grm_wnr Esc  22:33, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

Catastrophe bond
I propose the following as an introductory article on catastrophe bonds (please also direcnt "cat bond" to the catastrophe bond entry):

Catastrophe bonds (also known as cat bonds) are risk-linked securities that transfer a specified set of risks from the sponsor to the investors. They are often structured as floating-rate corporate bonds whose principal is forgiven if specified trigger conditions are met. They are typically used by insurers as an alternative to traditional catastrophe reinsurance.

For example, if an insurer has built up a portfolio of risks by insuring properties in Florida, then they might wish to pass some of this risk on so that they can remain solvent after a large hurricane. They could simply purchase traditional catastrophe reinsurance, which would pass the risk on to reinsurers. Or they could sponsor a cat bond, which would pass the risk on to investors. In consultation with an investment bank, they would create a special purpose entity that would issue the cat bond. Investors would buy the bond, which might pay them a coupon of LIBOR plus 4%. If no hurricane hit Florida, then the investors made a healthy return on their investment. But if a hurricane hits Florida and triggers the cat bond, then the principal initially paid by the investors is forgiven, and is instead used by the sponsor to pay their claims to policyholders.

Investors

Investors choose to invest in cat bonds because their return is largely uncorrelated with the return on other investments in fixed income or in equities, so cat bonds help investors achieve diversification. Investors also buy cat bonds because the bonds can pay a relatively healthy coupon (as long as they are not triggered).

Ratings

Cat bonds are often rated by an agency such as Standard & Poor's, Moody's, or Fitch. A typical corporate bond is rated based on its probability of default due to the issuer going into bankrupcy. A cat bond is rated based on its probability of default due to an earthquake or hurricane triggering loss of principal. This probability is determined with the use of catastrophe models. Many cat bonds are rated BB+ by S&P, which is just below investment grade.

Trigger Types

The sponsor and investment bank who structure the cat bond must choose how the princial impairment is triggered. Cat bonds can be categorized into four basic trigger types:

Indemnity: triggered by the issuer's actual losses, so the sponsor is indemnified, as if they had purchased traditional catastrophe reinsurance. If the layer specified in the cat bond is $100 million excess of $500 million, and the total claims add up to more than $500 million, then the bond is triggered.

Modeled loss: instead of dealing with the company's actual claims, an exposure portfolio is constructed for use with catastrophe modeling software, and then when there is a large event, the event parameters are run against the exposure database in the cat model. If the modeled losses are above a specified threshold, the bond is triggered.

Indexed to industry loss: instead of adding up the insurer's claims, the cat bond is triggered when the insurance industry loss from a certain peril reaches a specified threshold, say $30 billion. The cat bond will specify who determines the industry loss; typically it is a recognized agency like PCS.

Parametric: instead of being based on any claims (the insurer's actual claims, the modeled claims, or the industry's claims), the trigger is indexed to the natural hazard caused by nature. So the parameter would be the windspeed (for a hurricane bond), the ground acceleration (for an earthquake bond), or whatever is appropriate for the peril. Data for this parameter is collected at multiple reporting stations and then entered into specified formulae. For example, if a typhoon generates windspeeds greater than X meters per second at 50 of the 150 weather observation stations of the Japanese Meteorological Agency, the cat bond is triggered.

The trigger types listed first are more correlated to the actual losses of the insurer sponsoring the cat bond. The trigger types listed farther down the list are not as highly correlated to the insurer's actual losses, so the cat bond has to be structured carefully and properly calibrated, but investors would not have to worry about the insurer's claims adjustment practices.

Market Participants

Examples of cat bond sponsors include insurers, reinsurers, and government agencies.

Examples of cat bond investors include institutional investors, insurers, reinsurers, and hedge funds.

Examples of investment banking groups that are active in the issuance and secondary market trading of cat bonds are Aon Capital Markets, BNP Paribas, Goldman Sachs, Lehman Brothers, and Swiss Re Capital Markets.

See also:
 * Catastrophe modeling
 * Fixed income
 * Reinsurance
 * Risk management


 * Article was created by User:Jengod; note was left on user's talk page. -- Creidieki 23:23, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

Lifting
The act of disobeying Racewalking rules, inso not having at least one foot in contact with the ground at all times.


 * Wiktionary is this way. --David Woolley 22:30, 6 December 2005 (UTC)


 * Article has been created by another user; I have left a note on the user's talk regarding dictionary definitions. -- Creidieki 23:20, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

hmas voyager
Simple redir to HMAS Voyager.
 * Has been done by another user. -- Creidieki 23:12, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

Cassiel
(was copyvio from http://www.marshallmint.com/angels/cassiel.html ; have left note on user's talk.)
 * Created as stub. Chick Bowen 01:40, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

Southern Broadcasting Network, Inc.
Southern Broadcasting Network, Inc. or SBN is a local UHF television station in Metro Manila founded on May 21, 1992. SBN studios are located at the 22nd flr. Strata 2000 Bldg. Emerald Ave. Ortigas Center, Pasig City with the power of 50,000 watts. Until recently, UHF television broadcasting was unheard of. Only those who could get access to the Far East Network of the U.S. Armed Forces Radio and Television Service, beamed to the U.S. bases in Clark Air Base and Subic Naval Base, were familiar with the bandwidth. Southern Broadcasting Network (SBN Channel 21) and Molave Broadcasting Network (Channel 23) were the first commercial stations to broadcast on the UHF band in mid-1992. SBN 21 features "global-oriented" programmes from the World TV, a local VHF channel, while Channel 23 carries MTV programming as received via satellite from Hong Kong’s Star TV.

-SBN TV Stations Nationwide:
 * SBN 21 Manila
 * SBN 5 Bacolod
 * SBN 6 Cebu
 * SBN 7 Davao

-SBN Mom's Radio Stations Nationwide:
 * DWSN 97.9 MHz-Laoag
 * DWIS 98.9 MHz-Vigan
 * DYCP 90.3 MHz-Bacolod
 * DYAP 88.3 MHz-Cebu
 * DYJP 101.5 MHz-Tacloban
 * DXJP 101.9 MHz-Zamboanga
 * DXSS 97.9 MHz-Davao

Could you indicate a source for this information? -Splash talk 00:54, 6 December 2005 (UTC)


 * The station listing and some other info found here: . Christopher Parham (talk) 04:15, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

Scarborough Campus Students Union
[]

The SCSU or Scarborough Campus Students' Union (http://www.scsu.ca) is the sole representative of full-time undergraduate students at the University of Toronto at Scarborough (UTSC).(http://www.utsc.utoronto.ca) It represent about 9,700 students at UTSC.

The SCSU manages the UTSC Student Centre, as well as a dining facility Bluffs' Restaraunt. The SCSU is made up of 6 Vice Presidents, a President and an elected board of directors.


 * Student bodies are usually discussed in the article for the parent university. - Just zis Guy, you know? [T]/[C] (W) AfD? 19:18, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

Crestron
Crestron is a company that makes high-end home automation systems. The hardware developed by Crestron includes control processors, touchpanels, lighting control systems, and audio servers.


 * Done. --  user:zanimum
 * Article is at Crestron Electronics. I added a redirect from Crestron. --Dystopos 02:14, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

List of Philippines movie studios
Malayan Movies (1919 -?) Nepomcueno Pictures (1930-?) Julian Manansala Pictures (1926-?) Sampaguita Pictures (1937-1980) LVN Pictures (1939-1961) Premiere Production (1946-2005) Lebran Pictures (1948-?) Regal Films (1974-2005) Poe-Zshornack (1962-?) Tagalog Ilang-Ilang Production (1963-?) FPJ Production (1964-2004) Rosas Production (1969-?) Viva Films (1980-2005) Seiko Films (1981-2005) Star Cinema Production (1988-2005)

Alternatives to ICANN
Should list and discuss the newly formed Unified Root business plan, and related (and earlier) alternatives, such as the Public-Root. Open Source e-democracy solutions should be documented and discussed.
 * Could this material be added to our existing ICANN article? The Land 12:18, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Not really, I don't think...ICANN has many detractors and an alternative is desperately needed. There are many contenders- here's another one that needs to be included - there's already a stub here Open Root Server Confederation... Search the news for what was up at the WSIS summit in Tunisia last month for an overview of the issue. cnet.com is a good source. 12:40, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
 * There is also this article: Alternative DNS root but it should be renamed and/or merged with a better-named "Alternatives to ICANN&quot; wikipedia entry...
 * OK. Article created. Please add material promptly. The Land 12:48, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

corn husker
corn husker google.com please add! zan help.


 * We are not Google, Google only finds info, it doesn't create it. Why do you feel corn huskers are notable? --  user:zanimum

i hope you ADD. what about it Corn Husker add to wikipedia. worthy of a article? google have?
 * "cornhuskers" like the occupation (remove the green shells from ears of corn) would probably be a dictionary definition better suited to Wiktionary other than the content found at (or maybe could be added to) maize (probably the "Cultivation" section) and agriculture, or maybe harvest. If you are referring to the old hand tool that was used to strip off the husk or outer coating of the corn, you'll need to do the research yourself (you might try doing a Web search for husking corn by hand and corn husking, as well as corn husker) and submit an article written in your own words--this page is to submit articles that have been written, not to request that they be written. If you mean as a nickname, I assume you are either referring to residents of Nebraska, or students/athletes at the UofN known as Nebraska Cornhuskers. 24.17.48.241 00:31, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

I just redirected those two links to the UN Huskers. Matt Yeager 01:25, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

Christmas Child
A chrsitian christmas film.
 * Hey there, please provide more information (IMDB link, distributor, stars, plot summary, etc) so we can create an article. The Land

http://imdb.com/title/tt0346750/
 * Article created via the link above. Please add to and improve the article, or it will likely soon be deleted. The Land 19:42, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

Jedi Knight Religion
The newly discovered Jedi Knight 'Religion' has been officially recognised by the British government.

The basic dogma of the Jedi Religion is as follows:

-Nothing happens by accident, everything is part of a grand scheme

-Everything is connected, be it an inanimate object, an animal or a person

-Harming yourself or others is a crime which cannot be readily forgiven

-The peace in all of us must remain forever, we must not hate

-Your body is the center of your power, it must not be weakened Through death you live on in another plane, free of worry, hunger or hate

The Jedi Knight religion, started off as a prank in Australia, but the way I see it is: if the government has made it a recognised religion, I might as well impose the religious beliefs I feel should apply to anyone who believes that everything is connected and that all living things are sacred. The basic concepts can be summed up as this: Belief in Fate, Connectivity (belief that all things are connected), and belief in peace and harmony.


 * See perhaps existing Jedi census phenomenon ? &mdash;Bunchofgrapes (talk) 18:47, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

Mercer Island High School
Mercer Island High School located in the U.S. state of Washington, is well known for its quality.

Often regarded as the top public high school in the State of Washington, MIHS has been nominated to be a 2006 Blue Ribbon School. Also, the Seattle Times ranks MIHS as the best public high school for college preparation.

In addition to featuring the highest SAT scores in the state for any open enrollment public high school, Mercer Island High School also features the highest state test level achievement (known as the WASL - Washington Assessment of Student Learning).

More than 95% of graduates pursue higher education. MIHS features a wide range of special ed, regular, advanced, honors and AP classes.

MIHS is well regarded for its arts programs as well...with the band invited to play in the 2006 Rose Bowl parade.

The parents and community are highly supportive -- including providing funds through a private foundation, the Mercer Island Schools Foundation

Its sports teams often excel with state championship banners hanging proudly in the gym.

MIHS is part of the Mercer Island School District. Here is a summary of many of the exciting facts about the school district.


 * In accordance with consensus regarding school articles, I have created the article as a redirect to Mercer Island School District. Feel free to edit that article to include as much verifiable, NPOV information as you can cite. If it becomes unwieldy, the redirect can be changed to a separate article. --Dystopos 02:07, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

Villabandin
Villabandin is a small hamlet part of 15 or so that lead approximaetly 100km away from the city of leon in the province of castille-leon in north eastern spain. The population is estimated to be less than ten people,although during the summer months families come together to expand the hamlet's population. It is made up of two parts with only two residents living in one while the major part of the hamlet being within the other. In the main part a collection of old houses,barns,a church,a bar(that remians shut for most of the year),and a dance hall are cut through by a river with two bridges on opposing sides.The hamlet lies between two valleys at a high altitude of over 1000km above sea level.

History

The area that Villabandin lies in is believed to have been envaded by the "moros", a term given to the arab population that invaded spain.At the beginning of the twentieth century a fire burnt much of the hamlet and in 1902 it was renovated.Up until the 1980s the hamlet was inhabited by poor farmers that worked in the valleys around hearding cattle and sheep.

Climate

During the winter months it is notoriously cold in villabandin and most of the elderly inhabitants actually leave to be looked after by next of kin.It is not until late spring that the place starts to become a bit more lively,with the surrounding countryside bursting into bloom and the festival of 'el corpus' occuring in june,where people from the neighbouring hamlets and town of villablino come to celebrate.During the summer months the weather is warm and sunny and brings in more people to the place,with generations of families coming out onto the bridges to see one another,as well as the men play the popular game 'los bolos'.

Food

Food plays an important part in the culture of people in Villabandin.In the morning the people will always have a bowl of milk with some biscuits perhaps,and for lunch a stew or rice,and meat always acompanies everyting,particularly smoked meats like chorizo.As a result a high number of people in the area suffer from illness associated with a diet too high in saturated fat.A van passes through the hamlet everyday throughout the summer to deliver fresh bread,and the vegetables are collected from a vegetable garden on the outskirts of the place the inhabitants share.The tap water comes from a deposit not far up in the hills above the hamlet.As a result despite the high amounts of animal produce eaten,the oragnic,fresh vegetables and water help to balance it all out.Two lorries,one with fish,the other a range of foods,also pass through on a regular basis.

People

All of villabandin's year round inhabitants are elderly,but during the summer months their sons and daughters and their families return.Most live in the province of castille-leon,others around the country,and some have even settled as far away as London in the United Kingdom.

Dash Smasher Dax Smasher??
?? Maoririder 21:24, 6 December 2005 (UTC) Dash Smasher Dax smasher HELLO! google!


 * It's a cartoon hero that the cartoon character George Shrinks watches (cartoon within a cartoon). Maybe a redirect to George Shrinks? --Elliskev 02:00, 7 December 2005 (UTC)


 * I went ahead and created a redirect to George Shrinks. --Elliskev 02:07, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

Speak Good English
Create Speak Good English and redirect to Speak Good English Movement. 68.42.71.5 00:42, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

Leukemia Inhibitory Factor
Leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF), an interleukin-6 class cytokine, derives its name from its ability to induce the terminal differentiation of myeloid leukaemic cells. Other properties attributed to the cytokine include: the growth promotion and cell differentiation of different types of target cells, influence on bone metabolism, cachexia, neural development, embryogenesis and inflammation. LIF binds to the specific LIF receptor (LIFR-α) which heterodimerizes with the gp-130 signal transducing subunity common to all IL-6 family receptors. This leads to activation of the JAK/STAT (Janus kinase/signal transducer and activator of transcription) and MAPK (mitogen activated protein kinase) cascades.


 * Fairly normal usage seems to be with lower case, so I'll create Leukemia inhibitory factor, I'll put in your text, but you need to provide the sources for the information it contains (at the same time you must not have copied it from those sources).  It will also need wikifying and I think it might earn a technical tag unless you provide an introductory paragraph in less technical terms, e.g. I suspect that "induce the terminal differentiation" means that it stops them dividing uncontrollably and turns them into the sort of cell that they would normally turn into.  Even if I'm right, most people wouldn't draw that inference. --David Woolley 21:58, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

Koolasuchus
I've written a short (250 word) article on the Koolasuchus, a large Cretaceous amphibian. I entered it in the box which came up when I clicked "here" on this page. It seems to have been lost into cyberspace.
 * I'm sorry that this material was lost; I'm not sure what happened. I checked your Contributions History, and could not find the material.  If you have another copy of the material, please readd it, and I will be happy to post it. -- Creidieki 22:49, 5 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Article has been created by User:Afcer. -- Creidieki 03:00, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

Jessica LeCroy
Biography from http://www.usconsulatetoronto.ca/content/content.asp?section=about&document=bio
 * U.S. Gov't public domain material is now copied into Jessica LeCroy. It's up to you to wikify it! -- SCZenz 01:49, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

George Beachamp
Goeorge beachamp was a great inventor, who invented the electric guitar, and the  Electro violin . He was born in Vauldville, Texas, and grew up playing the lap steel guitar. He died in Los Angelos while deep sea fishing when he was forty one.


 * The article already exists at George Beauchamp, you might want to add that information there. -- grm_wnr Esc  23:38, 5 December 2005 (UTC)


 * 5 Google hits, uncommon mispelling unworthy of redirect.

Islambol
Islambol

The name of the capital of Turkey named by the Ottoman Turks from 1453 right upto the beginning of the twentieth century. Islambol means (Islam Bound). Bol in Turkish means "a lot of" so Islambol meant "the city with a lot of Islam".

Currently now known to europeans as Istanbul, this is its former historical name.

I've redirected this to İstanbul for now, I think the information would be more appropriate in that article. -- grm_wnr Esc  00:08, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
 * I posted this material to Talk:İstanbul. -- Creidieki 00:15, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

pendentive
The concave triangular sections of vaulting that provide the transition between a dome and the square base (specifically squinch style, originated in Byzantine era) on which it is set and transfer the weight of the dome


 * The definition you have given is from Dome, where it's not particularly hard to find. Does the term merit an article for itself, or is the redirect sufficient? &mdash; HorsePunchKid &rarr;&#x9F9C; 2005-12-06 01:49:25Z


 * (It's now at wiktionary.)

Tony Campos
At least provide a link back to the Static-X page for him aka Koichi


 * Tony Campos now redirects to Static-X, Koichi Fukuda already did. If you have additional information about Tony Campos, you could now expand the redirect here. -- grm_wnr Esc  03:08, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

The Trenchcoat Brigade
A loose affiliation of mystics in DC Comics Vertigo imprint. They first appeared in Neil Gaiman's Books of Magic series, in which they attempted to guide Tim Hunter through various realms of Magic in the DC Universe in order to teach him all of Magic's abilities and consequences. They also appeared in a late 1990's mini-series called "The Trenchcoat Brigade," which is the first time they were officially referred to as such other than an offhand joke made by John Constantine. They are obviously named for their similar choices in fashion. Members: Phantom Stranger John Constantine Doctor Occult Mister E.

Category: The Trenchcoat Brigade


 * I've created the article and the category. Feel free to add as much verifiable, NPOV information as you can cite. --Dystopos 02:33, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

Twilly
Twilly is a friendly little Moglin, Licensed by Artix Entertainment, LLC, who plays a role in the game AdventureQuest at battleon.com. Twilly can heal you after a battle and offers some quests and links to stat. trainers.


 * Created article as redirect to AdventureQuest. --Elliskev 17:53, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

Secondary succession
I would love it if a new article for the secondary succession was started. I noticed it was missing.

A beginning would probably be something like

Secondary succession is the second stage of the ecological succession of plant life. It occurs after some disturbance has disrupted the community, but has not eliminated all living components (e.g., after a fire or logging). A harvested wheat field going back to forest is an example of secondary succession.

Thanks

86.200.241.155 14:09, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

Pam Steven.


 * Is this different from Ecological succession? Leithp (talk) 14:27, 7 December 2005 (UTC) Sorry, being dumb there. The page is now created at Secondary succession. Leithp (talk) 14:29, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

Elaine Joyce
Elaine Joyce is an actress who was married to Bert Convy and was also a frequent panelist on the American game show Match Game, which airs on GSN.


 * Created at Elaine Joyce. Leithp (talk) 18:31, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

Estonian Pricewatch
Hinnavaatlus is an Estonian Pricewatch, where one can find the cheapest local component prices. In November 2005 Hinnavaatlus served 20 mln pages and had over 500 000 visits.

The address of the Hinnavaatlus is http://www.hinnavaatlus.ee/

The phorum of Hinnavaatlus is an Estonian community of people who take an interest in computers and internet. It is the biggest computer forum in Estonia with over 16800 members. Kind users with extensive knowledge will always try to help other users with problems.

The address of the phorum is http://foorum.hinnavaatlus.ee/

More information about Hinnavaatlus can be found at http://wiki.hinnavaatlus.ee/


 * I'm afraid this website doesn't appear to meet our criteria. Leithp (talk) 19:02, 7 December 2005 (UTC)
 * My mistake it does, and it's already been created at Hinnavaatlus. Leithp (talk) 19:07, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

József Beck
József Beck is a professor of mathematics at Rutgers University. His contributions to combinatorics include the partial colouring lemma and the Beck-Fiala theorem in discrepancy theory, the two extremities theorem in combinatorial geometry and the second moment method in the theory of positional games, among others.

Beck was awarded the Fulkerson Prize in 1985 for a paper titled Roth's estimate of the discrepancy of integer sequences is nearly sharp, which established an upper bound on the discrepancy of the family of arithmetic progressions contained in {1,2,...,n}, matching the classical lower bound up to a polylogarithmic factor. This factor was later cancelled by Jiří Matoušek and Joel Spencer.

--68.162.41.37 15:10, 7 December 2005 (UTC)


 * József Beck. Done. DJ Clayworth 16:12, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

Silicone Rubber Manufacturing by adpol.co.uk
Silicone Rubber Polymers have a backbone of Silicone Oxygen Linkages, the same bond that is found in quartz,glass and sand. This is one of the main reasons that Silicone Rubber has such excellent high tempreture properties. Organic rubber has a carbon to carbon backbone. This can leave them susceptible to ozone, UV, heat and other aging factors that Silicone Rubber can withstand well. This is why it is the material of choice in many extreme environments.

Silicone Rubber offers incredible resistance to extreme tempretures, being able to operate normally from minus 100°C to plus 300°C. In such conditions the tensile strength, elongation, tear strength and compression set can be far superior to conventional rubbers.

There are also many specilaist grades of Silicone Rubber that offer the following qualities. Steam Resistance, Metal Decectable, Glow in the Dark, Electrcally conductive, Chemical/oil/acid/gas resistance, low smoke emmission and flame retardent

Once milled and coloured the Silicone Rubber can be extruded into tubes, strips, solid cord or custom profiles within the size restrictions of the manufacturer. Cord can be joined to make "O" Rings and extruded profiles can also be joined to make up seals.

Silicone Rubber can also be moulded into custom shapes and designs. Heat is required to Vulcanise (set) the Silicone Rubber, this is normally carried out in a two stage process at the point of manufacture into the desired shape, and then in a pro longed post cure process.

The technical properties and performance of a wide range of Silicone Rubber products can be found at the following Website. Product Data


 * Created article Silicone rubber, containing the above material (wikified). RJFJR 21:09, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

Mark Famiglietti
Mark Famiglietti (born September 26, 1979, Providence, Rhode Island, USA) is an American actor.

Mark Famiglietti was born 26 September 1979, Providence, Rhode Island, USA. The son of a pharmaceutical executive and an office manager, he raised in Clinton, Connecticut., where frequent family trips to the Goodspeed Opera House sparked his interest in performing. However, it wasn't until his teen years that he shifted to the other side of the footlights in Goodspeed's "An Evening with Max Showalter and Friends" and won the Goodspeed Guild Musical Theatre Award for his performance.

In high school, he was class president in his junior and senior years, captain of the baseball team, a member of the band and chorus and co-announcer of school football and basketball games. On winning a small part in his school's production of "Guys & Dolls," he added drama classes to his curriculum and began to exercise acting and singing muscles. Leading roles followed in local theater productions of "Bye, Bye Birdie" and "The Music Man" and school plays including "Kiss Me Kate" and "Once Upon a Mattress."

Now bent on an acting career, he began attending auditions in New York while studying at New York University as a drama major, where he studied with the Atlantic Theatre Company. During his second semester, he put college on hold and headed for Hollywood after being cast as Deering High's resident heartthrob, Nick Hammer, on the Saturday morning teen show Hangtime. He also guest-starred on The WB comedy Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane, landed the role of Scout on the short-lived WB series Young Americans' and co-starred as a friendly bartender in the February-slated TV movie A Tail of Two Bunnies starring Marilu Henner and Rhea Perlman.

In 2002 and 2003, he appeared in We Were the Mulvaneys, Fullride and he had a small role in the blockbuster movie Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines playing Claire Dane's fiancée.

After being involved in T3 he took a year off acting to finish his first screenplay (Chasing Fate) with the help of his partner Lane Garrison. The movie is a romantic comedy where a wealthy young man kicks his fiancée to the curb, only to watch her ascend to fame and fortune while his life falls apart. Actors Jordana Brewster and Kip Pardue will star in the film.

Mark and Lane also wrote another screenplay called Succubus, an action-comedy movie about a guy who decides to set out and bring a Succubus (a female demon who seduces men and steals their souls), and her entire race, down; after discovering that his nerdy best friend is dating her.

In 2005 he appeared in 9 episodes of ABC's Eyes', but only the first 5 were aired because the show was cancelled. He also played an assistant district attorney in CBS pilot Conviction. The show was set to be aired in September 2005 but it was cancelled.

Mark Famiglietti will appear in the movie Nobel Son. The story concerns a son struggling to finish his thesis when his father wins the Nobel Prize in chemistry, making life all the more difficult for him and his mother, a well-known forensic psychiatrist. The indie film, which began shooting in late October in LA, features an amazing cast: Alan Rickman, Mary Steenburgen, Bryan Greenberg, Shawn Hatosy, Eliza Dushku and Bill Pullman among others.

Famiglietti, who loves the stock market, aims to go back to school someday to study economics or marketing, but he's aiming towards show business success as an actor, writer and producer.

Filmography
... aka The Price of Beauty (UK: cable TV title)
 * 2006 - Nobel Son .... Officer Relyea
 * 2003 - ''Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines .... Scott Petersen
 * 2002 - ''Full Ride .... Travis
 * 2002 - ''We Were the Mulvaneys (TV) .... Mike Mulvaney Jr.
 * 2000 - Young Americans (TV series) ... Scout Calhoun
 * 2000 - A Tale of Two Bunnies (TV) .... Corky


 * 1999 - "Sagamore" (TV) .... Jason
 * 1995 - "Hang Time" TV Series .... Nick Hammer (1998-99)

He also made appearances in television shows such as ABC's Eyes, Fastlane, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane.

Reply

 * Article created at Mark Famiglietti. Sam Vimes 13:04, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

Eilat International Film Festival
An annual International Film Festival held in famous resort city of Eilat, Israel every in Spring time.


 * Lowead, I noticed that you have an account and were logged in when you made this request. You can start this article by clicking the link Eilat International Film Festival. Before you start, you might want to check out some of the links I added to your user talk page. --Elliskev 21:06, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

Chickmagalur
Please create an article for Chickmagalur - a sleepy beautiful town in western ghats, karnataka, India
 * We already have an article on Chickmagalur. Please help us to improve it. Thryduulf 10:23, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

Claire Mowat
Claire Mowat writer of childrens novels: Last Summer in Louisbourg, The Girl From Away, The French Isles.


 * Done. DJ Clayworth 16:08, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

Savvy.com
Besides tasteful pictorials of some of the world’s most beautiful women, Savvy offers up-to-date news, sports and entertainment coverage from the Associated Press with updates every 15 minutes. The Savvy.com archives contain more than 45,000 articles while the “Friends” social networking forum introduced in 2005 is closing in on more than 100,000 members. Daily unique visits reached 223,000 in August 2005, with page views of more than 48.6 million and ad impressions of more than 194.4 million. Savvy.com visitors have access to more than 6,000 videos, from music videos to the latest news and sports footage. The Savvy staff also produces original streaming video content.

The content at Savvy includes original columnists and experts writing regular features on women, dating, entertainment, sports, celebrities, fashion, health, relationships, games, gadgets, rides, careers, money, odd stories, humor and full-length interviews with personalities such as Amber Smith, Vida Guerra, Joanna Krupa, and many more.

In late 2005, the San Francisco-area based Tri-Media changed the name of the website from Xposed.com to Savvy.com. Managing Director Jonathan Gravenor said it became clear the Xposed name really didn’t reflect what the site was and who its audience is -- savvy in their attitudes, sophisticated too in their online habits. Savvy, by definition, describes a person who is confident, shrewd, well-informed and “in the know”.


 * Wikipedia is not the appropriate place to advertise a service or website. How is this service or website notable or encyclopedic? - T&#949;x  &#964;  ur&#949;  20:09, 6 December 2005 (UTC)


 * I am not the original poster. However, I feel that Texture should not have the ability to judge content's relevance. Food for thought: is The Tonight Show article (with Jay Leno) an advertisement for that television program? I think not. I don't mean to insult you, but individual opinions are mostly irrelevant to wikipedia. Adding more information to wikipedia only makes it better. It must not degenerate into an even more biased encyclopedia.


 * Anyone can ask what I have asked and should. Why should this commercial enterprise be in an encyclopedia? -  T&#949;x  &#964;  ur&#949;  17:34, 7 December 2005 (UTC)


 * To be fair it does have a fairly decent Alexa rank. - well over the proposed WP:WEB guideline. So I've created it. However, I advise people who contribute to it that advertising material is not welcome. The Land 18:51, 7 December 2005 (UTC)


 * Texture wasn't judging, but reserving judgment. The text above is an obvious violation of WP:NOT, and the request was for some verifiable information that could be used to establish notability and start the article. Dystopos 23:55, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

DeSoto Caverns
Would like some more information on this Park in Alabama which is suppose to be dedicated to Hernado De Soto?


 * This request was added to Requested_articles/Natural_Sciences. If you would like the article to be created sooner, please provide some initial content. Thank you. --Elliskev 20:20, 7 December 2005 (UTC)


 * I added it to U.S. Southern wikipedians' notice board as an article "to create", as well. Dystopos 23:51, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

New Lambton
New Lambton is a suburb located in Newcastle, Australia. It is approximately 9 kilometers from the city's CBD. One of the main attractions to the suburb is Blackbutt Reserve, a large bushland reserve which includes wildlife sanctuary for koalas, kangaroos, emus, wombats, native brids etc.

The suburb includes two shopping streets, two schools and three pubs; The duke of Wellington, The General Roberts and The Blackbutt Hotel.


 * Article New Lambton, New South Wales created. --Elliskev 03:40, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

Aaron Houston
Aaron Houston currently serves as director of government relations for the Marijuana Policy Project (MPP), based in Washington, D.C. In that role, Houston serves as the only full-time marijuana lobbyist on Capitol Hill. Houston also currently serves as MPP’s policy expert on topics related to DUI law, including the pharmacokinetics and metabolism of THC.

Houston served as MPP’s national field director for over a year, coordinating more than 125 protests around the country in 2004 and managing MPP’s campaigns to unseat incumbent members of Congress in Arizona and New Mexico during the 2004 general election cycle.

Prior to assuming the role of national field director in February 2004, Houston served as campaign coordinator for Granite Staters for Medical Marijuana, MPP’s campaign to pressure the Democratic presidential candidates to support medical marijuana during New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation presidential primary. (The campaign concluded with six of the nine candidates -- including U.S. Sen. John Kerry -- adopting favorable medical marijuana positions.)

Houston has appeared on CNN’s Inside Politics, C-SPAN and various network affiliate television news stations in Colorado, New Hampshire, and New Mexico. He has been quoted in The Washington Post, The Washington Times, ABC News’ The Note, Reuters, and in many local newspapers and radio programs around the country.

Immediately prior to joining MPP, Houston concurrently served as the strategist and spokesperson for a winning statewide initiative campaign (Save the Caucus, No on 29) and as the campaign manager for a winning candidate’s campaign. Houston worked as a political consultant based in Denver, managing local, state and federal campaigns and advising various Democratic candidates on campaign strategy and tactics. Houston worked as a top campaign aide to Rollie Heath, the Democratic Party’s 2002 nominee for governor and later managed Denver City Councilwoman Ramona Martinez’s bid for U.S. Congress. Houston served as executive director and chief lobbyist for Colorado’s largest membership-based non-profit advocacy group for a year and served as a staff member in the Colorado Senate for three years prior to that time, including a two-year stint as reading clerk for the Senate leadership.


 * Done... could you add in references? --  user:zanimum

Clipstone
Clipstone in North Nottinghamshire is a small working class ex mining village, built on an old army base. Clipstone is split into two general sides "Kings Clipstone" formely known as Old Clipstone and New Clipstone. New Clipstone has few shops and is home to Vicars water, there is alot of history formed at New Clipstone. Kings Clipstone is split into two parts one being home to old stone buildings and the new Cavendish estate which is being built still, yet having trouble selling due to many aspects including the attitude of the Cavendish residents.


 * Created, at Clipstone. Leithp (talk) 10:18, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

Chumb
Chumb, is an area of Pakistan, near the southern tip of Kashmir. Here are people from various ethnic groups such as Gujjars, Bakerwals, Pashtuns and Mughals. The people are commonly known as Pathans by neighbouring Punjabis due to their much fairer complexions. A Baraderi system is prevailent throughout the region, and matters are taken into family leader hands. Blue, Green and hazel coloured eyes are extremely common, as well as Ginger, Brunette, Black and sandy Blond hair colour. The inhabitants of this area have strong spiritual beliefs much like the rest of Pakistan and they visit dargahs regularly. Generally Pahari is spoken, but, Pushto, Gojri and patwari are also spoken. The people are mostly farmers. Migrants from Indian occupied Kashmir live here mostly. Many neighbouring Kashmiri regions as well as Punjabi regions reckon the origins of the Chackmerry community in Chumb are descendants of early Turkish settlers who have arrived here from Rajauri in India. They have extremely fair features and are unique in their way of life which revovles around religious contemplation. They have semitic features and can be very beautiful in appearance both males and females alike. Many of these inhabitants support the union of Kashmir state with Pakistan as they are culturally similar to Pakistan. They believe a democratic voting system must be allowed so they can choose freely who their state joins. A common belief is that Pakistan should gain Kashmir and if India gains Kashmir, the ordinary citizens of Kashmir will be treatened and shall continuously disagree to Inidan sovereignty. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.93.21.105 (talk • contribs)

Houston, Ohio
A small town that people do not even consider a town. We have a Post Office, Store, and an Elevator for the farmers.
 * Stub created, please expand. Kappa 14:30, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

Bridget "Biddy" Mason
Bridget Mason was born in 1818 and died 1891


 * We'll probably need a little more information about this person. Joyous | Talk 17:54, 8 December 2005 (UTC)


 * I've created a stub. Please expand it. --Dystopos 18:16, 8 December 2005 (UTC)
 * I moved the stub to Biddy Mason (the more common name, per WP:NC) -- Dystopos 19:56, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

Jens Amundsen
Significant Norwegian shipowner in the second half of the 19th century. Father of Roald Amundsen.

Cigarette brands
Tareyton is a brand of cigarettes manufactured by Reynolds American Tobacco. They are known for their unique filter design that is one-half activated charcoal. In the 1960's, the brand's gramatically incorrect advertising slogan "Us Tareyton smokers would rather fight than switch" was very well known.
 * Done. It's a short stub; please expand.  Joyous | Talk 19:57, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

Benediktbeuern
Benediktbeuern is a community in the county Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen in Bavaria (Germany). The distance between Bichl and Benediktbeuern is only 2 kilometer (equal to 1.25 US Miles). The village has about 3500 residents. Benediktbeuern has a famous monastry called "Kloster Benediktbeuern" (Benedictine abbey), which is well known because of the Carmina Burana.

External Link: www.benediktbeuern.de


 * Done. Benediktbeuern DJ Clayworth 21:18, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

This article is about the medical and dental profession.

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery is a recognized international training course in specialised medicine, which requires a minimum lenght of formation of 5 years for a basic medical training and  4 years for a basic medical and dental training.

Contents

1. Specialty 2. Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery throughout the world 3. Related maxillofacial topics 4. Organizations 5. External links

Specialty

The scope of this specialty is extensive and concerns the diagnosis and treatment of diseases affecting the mouth, teeth, face and neck:

1.    Oral and dentoalveolar surgery (impacted and buried teeth, cysts …) 2.    Praeprosthetic surgery (bone augmentation …) 3.    Dental implants a)  To replace missing teeth or stabilise dentures,            b)   Rehabilitation of patients having undergone surgery for tumours c)  To retain facial prostheses 4.     Orthognathic surgery (deformities of the face and jaws) 5.     Temporomandibular joint 6.     Trauma (facial fractures and injuries) 7.     Tumours 8.     Reconstructive surgery 9.     Cleft lip and palate 10.   Congenital and craniofacial deformities 11.   Aesthetic facial surgery

Oral and maxillofacial surgeons frequently work alongside other specialists including dentists, orthodontists, restorative dentists, radiologists, pathologists, oncologists, ENT surgeons, neurosurgeons,  plastic surgeons and professionals allied to medicine.

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery throughout the world

The Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon is a person with a medical and a dental degree or equivalent qualifications, examples of which would be a specialist certificate in stomatology. This training must be a University Course authenticated by a certificate. This specialty is defined within Europe under the medical Directive 2001/19/EC (Official Journal of the European Communities L 206, 31.07.2001). It requires 4-5 years of further formal University training after a dual qualification in Medicine (6 years) and Dentistry       (5 years). The Directive 2001/19/EC also distinguishes Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery from other evidence of formal qualifications in specialised dentistry, such as Oral Surgery, which requires a minimum lenght of 3 years and is only reserved to the dental practitioners, who consequently are not allowed to practice Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. In the U.S.A. Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery is one of the 9 dental specialties recognized by the American Dental Association and requires 2-6 years of further formal University training after dental school. Specialists in this field are designated registrable U.S. “Board Eligible” and warrant exclusive titles such as Oral Surgeons.

Related maxillofacial topics

Organizations

American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Wissenschaftlichen Medizinischen Fachgesellschaften British Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons Deutsche Gesellschaft für Mund-, Kiefer- und Gesichtschirurgie Directive 2001/19/EC European Association for Cranio-Maxilllofacial Surgery International Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons Oesterreichische Gesellschaft fuer Mund-, Kiefer- and Gesichtchirurgie Società Italiana di Chirurgia Maxillo-Facciale Università degli Studi di Milano

External links


 * Done. --  user:zanimum

Teppei Teranishi
Lead/rhythm guitarist with California Orange County hardcore quartet Thrice, along with vocalist/rhythm guitarist Dustin Kensrue. Favours Gibson Les Paul guitars and Fender Telecasters among others.
 * Unless this person is somehow notable outside his affiliation with the band, add any new information about him to that article. android  79  14:04, 9 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Done in "Thrice". --  user:zanimum

AEON Credit Service
AEON Credit Service is a financial service corporation under AEON Group in Japan. It mainly involved in the issuance of credit cards and is currently one of the biggest issuers and leading consumer credit providers in Japan. It has overseas subsidaries operating in Hong Kong, Thailand, Malaysia, Taiwan, China and Indonesia.

Gunnar S. Overstrom, Jr.
Gunnar S Overstrom, Jr was a Vice Chairman of FleetBoston Financial(now a part of Bank of America) and the former President and Chief Operating Officer of the Shawmut National Corporation.

As a Vice Chairman of Fleet, Overstrom was instrumental in building the corporation's asset management portfolio and its brokerage and securities business. He spearheaded the acquisition of Quick and Reilly as well as the purchase of Columbia Asset Management.

As President and Chief Operating Officer of Shawmut National, Overstrom helped lead the company in making over 50 acquisitions and building the company from a $2 billion regional bank to a $35 billion super-regional institution with offices in five states. In 1995, Shawmut National merged with the Fleet Financial Group. In 2001, Overstrom invested $4.79 in McDonald's to aquire a Big Mac meal!

Mr. Overstrom graduated from Babson College in Wellsley, MA. He received an L.L.B. from Suffolk University Law School in Boston, MA in addition to a M.A. in Economics from Trinity College in Hartford, CT.


 * I've created the article at Gunnar S. Overstrom, Jr. Thanks for the contribution! By the way, could you provide the references that you used to write that article? It would help ensure that Wikipedia's information is correct and verifiable.  r  speer 00:25, 6 December 2005 (UTC)


 * There doesn't appear to be any websites with a full profile for this important person. --  user:zanimum
 * Books and newspaper articles can be used as sources as well. - 131.211.210.16 08:31, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Has some references now. Lupo 10:22, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

Chain catshark
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/09/images/050907_glowingshark.jpg Photograph courtesy NOAA

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Elasmobranchii Order: Carcharhiniformes Family: Scyliorhinidae Genus: Scyliorhinus species: retifer

A shark similar to the mythical Jaguar shark from the film "The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou" (2004) was recently filmed by Mikhail Matz, a professor of marine biology at the University of Florida. The filming took place off the Gulf of Mexico in August 2005, a few days before Hurricane Katrina blew through. The shark turned out to be a chain catshark, a species previously known to science. The fluorescent properties of the shark were a new discovery.

Article created. --Elliskev 18:53, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

Michael Viscardi
THIS IS NOT A VANITY ARTICLE

Michael Viscardi is a 16 year old mathematician who has recently won the Siemens-Westinghouse Competetion with a mathematical project on how heat travels accross a metal surface, winning 100,000$ in scholarships and placing him in the forfront of America's brilliant young minds. His theorem may be pivotal in the way airplane hulls, spaceship hulls, and lightrails are designed in the future.

More to be added if it is created.

Source; http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/PersonOfWeek/story?id=1391089 Source; http://www.siemens-foundation.org/


 * Done, see Michael Viscardi

Rafael Santa Cruz
renowned afro-peruvian musician and author of the authoritative book on the cajon, a south american instrument created from wooden boxes by slaves when their owners tried to ban the drum culture, fearing it would help foment slave uprisings.
 * Created stub at Rafael Santa Cruz. Please expand or add another reference. Sam Vimes 13:45, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

Mick Sleeper
Mick Sleeper is a reggae fan and radio DJ based in Edmonton, Canada... [snipped] '' — Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.244.48.13 (talk • contribs)
 * Done, but borderline for inclusion, see WP:MUSIC, WP:BIO, someone may try to delete. Kappa 23:10, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

Magestic Plural
An antiquidated manner of speach which the person referrs to themself as "we" or "us" instead of "I" or "me". It was originally used by royalty, popes, and other people of magestry(hense magestic plural) as a way of showing that the leader was not only representing themself, but all the other previous leaders and the people under them as well.

Pope John Paul II was the first pope to drop the magestic plural.

To date, the Queen of England is the only person to still use this grammatical form. As a result, in many parodies of her, they will have whomever is portaying her say things like "We are not amused". It is a direct mock of that. --153.104.190.96 07:16, 8 December 2005 (UTC)


 * See Pluralis majestatis. &mdash; HorsePunchKid &rarr;&#x9F9C; 2005-12-08 08:05:26Z


 * I went ahead and created a redirect Majestic plural. I had never heard either term before. I had always thought it was called the "Imperial we", but maybe I just got that from The Big Lebowski? &mdash; HorsePunchKid &rarr;&#x9F9C; 2005-12-08 08:07:48Z
 * I've always heard "royal we". User:Zoe|(talk) 03:17, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

Pentamaran
Ship with five hulls, might be designed for carrying cargo and filling a gap between fast and expensive plane transport and slow cargo ship transport.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/1703904.stm

http://foxxaero.homestead.com/indrad_040.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4503686.stm


 * Article started at Pentamaran, please expand it. Thryduulf 11:44, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

I'm the One That I Want
Disamb page. Either:

I'm the One That I Want can refer to one of three works by comedian Margaret Cho: disambig
 * I'm the One That I Want (book), a book based on her stand up routine
 * I'm the One That I Want (CD), Cho reading her book
 * I'm the One That I Want (movie), a movie of her stand up routine

Or, if the one of the three that exists gets moved to the more standard (film):

I'm the One That I Want can refer to one of three works by comedian Margaret Cho: disambig
 * I'm the One That I Want (book), a book based on her stand up routine
 * I'm the One That I Want (CD), Cho reading her book
 * I'm the One That I Want (film), a film of her stand up routine

Or, if the one of the three that exists gets moved to the more standard (film), and the CD is really just her reading the book, which would make it an 'audio book' that doesn't really justify a separate article:

I'm the One That I Want can refer to one of two works by comedian Margaret Cho: disambig
 * I'm the One That I Want (book), a book based on her stand up routine (also available on CD)
 * I'm the One That I Want (film), a film of her stand up routine

24.17.48.241 19:17, 9 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Or if the book and movie are really similar, just move I'm the One That I Want (movie) to I'm the One That I Want. 24.17.48.241 19:19, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

Done. --Jaranda wat's sup 00:03, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

Peach faced lovebirds
These birds are extreamly hardy and are very loving with eachother. if they are raised in a pair they will often ignore their human companions and focus strictly on thier bird companion. They love to shred paper and shreek when something new is introduced to them. They love being given new things to play with and are very inquisitve. They also enjoy a routine and if your are late doing something they will let you know by shreeking of tweeting consistently. over all though they are grat birds to have.
 * Done Kappa 00:43, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

Dolittle
Dolittle disambiguation

Dr Dolittle Doctor Dolittle

Dolittle Raid (as in http://www.ccds.charlotte.nc.us/History/Japan/03/shklovsky/shklovsky.htm)

Lt. Dolittle who lead the Dolittle Raid


 * I'm working on this now; I'll post an update when I'm done! &mdash; HorsePunchKid &rarr;&#x9F9C; 2005-12-10 00:42:27Z


 * See Dolittle, but note that a disambugation page already exists at Doolittle; it's possible they should be merged. Thanks for the suggestion, User:194.24.244.5. &mdash; HorsePunchKid &rarr;&#x9F9C; 2005-12-10 00:54:08Z

Tao CHEN
Tao CHEN,also known as Chester, is an Australian accredited English-Chinese translator, with many years of translation and interpretation experience both in China and Australia. He has a Master degree in marketing at Curtin University of Technology, Australia and a Bachelor degree in English language at Shanxi University, one of China's oldest universities founded by western missionaries. He travelled extensively in the world undertaking international marketing for its province in 1990s and established well business network both in China and other countries.
 * Appears to be a not notable biography. Please provide reasons why this person is notable and sources to back them. --David Woolley 14:07, 9 December 2005 (UTC)
 * See WP:BIO. android  79  14:13, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

Richard Matuszewski
Matuszewski won the Van Nostrand Memorial Award in 1986 and is a four-time All-American. He was named All-American in singles and doubles in 1985 and ‘86. He ranks second on the Clemson career list for most singles victories with 166 and fourth on the Clemson career list for most doubles victories with 125. He was a 1983 ACC Champion at number six singles, the 1984 ACC Champion at number five singles and the 1985 ACC Champion at number one doubles.

=December 6=

Insomniak's many requests:
Could somebody please start articles on these bands' singles: "Swing Life Away"- Rise Against "Give it All"- Rise Against "My Assasin"- The Bled "Image of the Invisible"- Thrice "White Wedding"- Billy Idol "Dirty Little Secret"- All-American Rejects (I do not like this band, but the video for this song is played spontaneously on Fuse music station. "Shut up and Play"- My Chemical Romance "Pain"- Jimmy Eat World "Otherworld"- Final Fantasy Orchestra (Black Mages) -Note: I'll add something to the FFX article about the song, opening a link. I'll add some more later.

As for miscellaneous: For the Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo article, could somebody make seperate links to character biographies (like Bo-bobo)? I'll add more later. Thank you. --4.253.117.218 04:07, 10 December 2005 (UTC)Insomniak
 * Hey there. Firstly, individual songs are not generally given articles (unless particularly notable on their own), but are included in the band's article. Secondly, there is nothing to stop you registering an account - you've already got a name so why not? Thanks. The Land 14:12, 10 December 2005 (UTC)


 * How do you register?--4.252.66.134 12:59, 11 December 2005 (UTC)Insomniak
 * Just go here. Superm401 | Talk 17:05, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

Bid For Power
Bid For Power is a Dragon Ball Z style martial arts combat game.
 * Do you have a little more information? - 131.211.210.16 08:32, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
 * It's a Quake 3 modification - their website is available here
 * I remember this thing. Back when Planet Namek was still around and Dragon Ball Z was the top search on every search engine, these guys were making a quake 3 mod that still looks like something far more fun than what was put out officially and definately more fun than the DBZ fighting games that were out at the time. Because it was almost finished, and it was looking to be quite popular (planet namek linked to it), they asked Funimation (they were the US distributer of the license, I think) if it was alright that they were putting out this free game mod, which resulted in a cease and desist letter.
 * Can someone write us an encyclopedia-style article here, and then looks like it should be appropriate for creation. However, we won't create pages with little (or random) content. Thanks! The Land 19:17, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

Balmain Bug
A crustacean found in Australia, related to but distinct from the Moreton Bay Bug.
 * Local delicacy see this Museum of Victoria page . Capitalistroadster 05:47, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

Morton Bay Bug
A crustacean found in Australia, related to but distinct from the Balmain Bug.
 * Should be Moreton Bay Bug . Local delicacy see this webpage..Capitalistroadster 05:45, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Spelling agreed, my mistake - Original Poster.
 * Done. --BorgQueen 13:15, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

=December 7=

Cushca and Umshala
cushca - an appointed indian corperate group with the legislation and power to over rule subliminal requests from minor executive groups.

umshala - in iranian society umshala is the name appointed to a man who has pataken in a ritual test of manhood and failed in achieving his masculinity.


 * No problems creating these in principle, since it looks like bot hcan be expanded to be more than a dictionary definition. Can you either provide some more content, or some links to places with more info? Thanks! The Land 19:18, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

Drittwirkung
A concept whereby individuals invoke the rights contained in an international agreement against another private individual. It is a the giving of horizontal effect to international agreements. This is usually contrary to international law, which is law between states and not within states (unless incorporated through a monist or dualist approach).


 * Drittwirkung appears to be a german word relating to Human rights. Is this correct? I was unable to find an english reference for this on a quick google search, can you provide any more details? Leithp (talk) 15:25, 7 December 2005 (UTC)


 * After reading de:Grundrechte, I have the impression that it's not limited to human rights but includes other civil rights or civil liberties, too, and is only tangentially related to international agreements. The German page says that the question is whether rights that exist between the state and an individual (vertically) also would apply between individuals (i.e., horizontally). If yes, these rights have Drittwirkung (i.e., they apply to third parties (first and second party being the state and the first individual)), if no, they don't. I do not know of any English term for it. Lupo 16:28, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

=December 8=

Milton Milan
Milton Milan was the Mayor of Camden, New Jersey from 1997 to 2000.

In March of 2000, he was charged with political corruption and accepting bribes in a 19-count indictment that, among other things, alleged Milan got in bed with the mob in a scheme to award city contracts to wiseguys or their designees. In exchange, prosecutors charge, Milan received $30,000 in cash and benefits, including a trip to Florida for himself and his girlfriend.


 * Can we have a source for that? -- SCZenz 06:34, 8 December 2005 (UTC)
 * There's a very large number of articles on the case here, a few more linked from here, and the story is also talked about in a press release from the Department of Justice. Yelyos 12:24, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

vanadium and chromium used to reverse diabetics
&lt;No content&gt; — Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.229.241.181 (talk • contribs)


 * It looks to me as though there is already an article that would be appropriate for this subject Diabetes management. This doesn't mention the use of metals at all.  The Vanadium article mentions this use, but says that the mechansim is unknown, suggesting that there isn't a lot that can be written.
 * If the Diabetes management article had not existed, we would have still needed enough sample content for the article to confirm that it was a useful article.
 * Note that the US National Institutes of Health, considers these to be "alternative therapies", so any article with content on this subject should quote that reference as a source, and indicate that the effectiveness is disputed by the mainstream medical profession, in order to meet the neutral point of view and verifiability requirements.
 * I'd say reject on the basis that there is already a suitable article to cover the topic. --David Woolley 12:55, 8 December 2005 (UTC)


 * There are some studies which have suggested that there is a connection between (some enzyme using these) and glucose uptake. Thus far, I'm aware of nothing more than 'suggestive', and certainly not anything about 'reversal'. Much of the layman's buzz about chromium (at least in the form of picolinate) is commercially driven. That Type 2 has a range of severity, that mild instances can be 'normalized' (at least by blood glucose readings, if not be the underlying biochemical derangement), by exercise, more sensible diet, etc, there is a considerable opportunity for confusion about the nature of alleged 'reversals' or 'cures'. The individual particularity of Type 2 is not well appreciated by nearly any outside medical professionals or very unusually well informed laymen.
 * Given the prevalence of snake oil in diabetic treatments / cures / etc, I think some such article might of interest to WP readers. I do not think coverage belongs in diabetes management, which should be limited to actually clincally useful treatments.
 * There has been talk of creating an alternative treatments article for diabetes (eg, see diabetes talk). Perhaps some coverage of these might be included along with coverage of herbal and Ayervedic and ... suggested treatments? And, of course, with a clear notice that none of the proposed treatments noted therein has other than anecdotal evidence of clinical success in the real world of diabetes mellitus, and so must be regarded as experimental. And links to coverage of more conventional (and clincally usable) treatments in articles on diabetes mellitus and diabetes management and ...
 * Does anyone know enough about the biochemistry (or current partial knowledge about the biochemistry, together with speculation about mechanisms) to cover these as part of such an article? If so, ... 151.205.102.83 07:04, 9 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Whilst it was certainly true that the all the top hits from Google looked like snake oil merchants, even just from the domain names, I believe that WP:POV requires that the treatment article covers these sorts of techniques, I  note that even NIH feelsit needs to include them for completeness, even though it says they are no substitute for proper medical advice, with the strong implication that they are worthless. --David Woolley 00:31, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

Gregory Margovsky
Margovsky Gregory (23.02.1963), the Russian poet and the prose writer. Has grown in Minsk in family of the military man. In 1990 has ended the Gorky Literary institute (Moscow). In 1993 was repatriated to Israel where has written novels “Creation from a loose” (1994), “Gardener of dooms” (2000), the play in verses “The Bathyscaphe of a cosmopolitan” (1997), a poem "Ilya Zertsalin" (1999), a number of stories and articles, has published books of verses “The Moth of ashes” (1997), “The Draft of centuries” (1998). A member of the Union of writers of Israel. In 2001 has moved to New York where has created the book of verses “Rearrangement of letters” and has finished work above the final collection “To you with game - game of games!”. In verses of Margovsky, gravitating to neoclassical traditions, the great interest in medieval history and a cabbala is combined with the ready response on problems of modern policy. The Jewish point of view is indefatigably emphasized by the author exposing the irrational nature of anti-Semitism, but also rather critically concerning to costs of an immigrant aesthetic isolationism. For more information use web-site: www.igraigr.com

Digital Performance Right in Sound Recordings Act (DPRA should forward to this)

 * Full text here

This is a precursor to the DMCA, and it was made into law in 1995. It's an amendment to 17 USC - § 114. Among other things, it governs the rules for radio broadcas ters, over the air and over the Internet.

See also: (full text of the law)  (the full text of the section of the US code, including modifications made by this bill and subsequent bills) and

Nellcôte
Done, and I pasted the material into the article. Feel free to continue. Joyous | Talk 22:56, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

Birger Sandzen - Artist
A brilliant, unique artist, Birger Sandzen was born in Sweden on February 5, 1871.

"Imagination is the greatest asset a person can have," he told students at Bethany College. "Master nature, know nature, but don't emulate it."

In 1894, Sandzen came to America to paint and teach. He lived in Kansas where he was inspired by the 'sandstone walls, palaces and temple ruins' he observed in nature. He was enchanted by the Rocky Mountains and the 'mystic' Grand Canyon. In Colorado, Sandzen saw "golden plains, towering peaks, granite cathedrals, deep blue lakes, pine forests, deserted mining towns all swimming in color and light."

Around 1908, Sanzen turned to Pointillism, combining Fauve color with expressionist blocks of rich, impasto pigment. He felt strongly that "brush work should be expressive."

In 1916 an art critic described Sandzen as "an arch-revolutionist against all formulas and rules, good or bad."

In 1939, a Kansas columnist wrote "It's been a long time since the trees have been such a riot of color. What a background the glorious sunsets are!  To bad we haven't more Birger Sandzens to have this beauty always near us."

In his last days, he told his wife, "Oh, if I could only show my gratitude in some way. I love you in French, Spanish, Italian, German, Swedish and English."

You can see an extremely rare example of Birger Sanzens works at Edenhurst Gallery, West Hollywood

{Thom Gianetto of Edenhurst Gallery, West Hollywood is a Birger Sandzen expert}


 * Please check WP:BIO; very little of the information you provide above sheds much light on whether this person achieved notability.  If Sandzen is indeed a notable figure, please provide information on that. -- Antaeus Feldspar 17:15, 9 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Also, please read WP:NPOV to understand why we cannot include such descriptions as "a brilliant, unique artist". -- Antaeus Feldspar 17:22, 9 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Not got time right now to write up his article, but take a look at and  - Seems quite notable to me. - Hahnchen 17:52, 9 December 2005 (UTC)
 * I've stubbed it right now, you can add more to it if you wish, but I'll probably work on it over the weekend and make something reasonable out of it. - Hahnchen 19:29, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

=December 9=

Apple University Consortium
In 1984 when the Apple Macintosh computer was first released, Apple entered into a partnership with nine Australian universities to form the Apple University Consortium (Australia). At the heart of the relationship was the ability for departments, staff and students of the Universities to obtain Apple technology at reduced prices and to enable development of innovative solutions using the Macintosh. The concept of sharing information and experiences, and the ability to foster educational development activities were the major motivating factors.

Web site is at 
 * Creating Apple University Consortium. I actually attended in 2003 in Adelaide. Stevage 15:00, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

HMS Confiance
The largest warship ever constructed on Lake Champlain, HMS Confiance was built in answer to the American Commander Thomas Macdonough's ambitious shipbuilding program, itself designed to thwart British advances into Vermont and New York during the War of 1812. Captain George Downie's flagship at the Battle of Plattsburg, on September 11, 1814, Confiance was forced to strike after a two-hour battle with Macdonough's Saratoga, during which she sustained at least 105 hits by round shot. Forty of her crew were killed, including Downie, and another 83 wounded. Taken into the U.S. Navy at Whitehall, New York, in 1815, she was never fitted and she was eventually sold out of the Navy in about 1825. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.121.20.223 (talk • contribs)

The Quiet Revolution
A term used for the time when Jean Lesage took powere in Quebec. Jean Lesage create dmany reforms for Quebec in the form of education and industry mainly. Through his years in power, the French in Quebec began to grow a more provincial identity, and became more nationalist. No violence or public demonstration was used at this time, this is why it is refered to as the Quiet Revolution. Later though this and other event's woudl lead to the October Crisis.
 * Article already exists at Quiet Revolution. -- Dystopos 02:20, 9 December 2005 (UTC)
 * I created a redirect to that article from The Quiet Revolution. -- Dystopos 02:22, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

Electrical symbols
Indicators used to indicate types of electrical components in wiring drawing — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.142.151.249 (talk • contribs)


 * What you have given here is a dictionary definition, that should be in Wiktionary.
 * Could you please provide a larger example of the content that you intend to write, otherwise, I think what is required here is probably a category or "list of" type article.


 * Note that a significant problem I see in creating such an article, otherwise than as a category or list, is that the primary source for this information has intellectual property rights restrictions that would probably prevent its use, as the International Electrotechnical Commission require what is essentially a non-disclosure agreement before providing access to their information on the subject.


 * For the moment, I suggest that you contribute to the Circuit diagram article. Once you've done that, it might be reasonable to propose adding redirects for Electrical symbol and Electronic symbol (singular) to that article.  --David Woolley 13:28, 9 December 2005 (UTC)


 * I went ahead and redirected Electrical symbol to Circuit diagram because I think it's a reasonable search query. Dystopos 14:42, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

Steve Fraser
Steve Fraser was the 1984 Olympic Gold Medalist in Greco-Roman Wrestling in the 198 lb weight class. A native of Hazel Park, Michigan, Fraser was a Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA) state wrestling champion and later an All-American in wrestling at The University of Michigan. Fraser's gold medal, along with that of teammate Jeff Blatnick, were the first Olympic gold medals won by Americans in Greco-Roman wrestling. Fraser has served as coach of the US Greco Roman team since 1997. 2000 Olympic Gold medalist Rulon Gardner credits Fraser's instruction as a large part of his wrestling success. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.1.83.2 (talk • contribs)

Carl Leubsdorf
Carl Leubsdorf is a long-time Washington, D.C. political journalist, and is currently Washington Bureau Chief for the Dallas Morning News. He is married to Susan Page, Washington Bureau Chief for USA Today.

His official biography: Carl P. Leubsdorf has been Washington Bureau Chief of The Dallas Morning News since 1981. A native of New York City (3/17/38), he received his B.A. with honors in government in 1959 from Cornell University, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He was also associate editor of The Cornell Daily Sun. In 1960, he received a M.S. with honors in journalism from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. In 1999, he received the school’s Alumni Award. From 1960 to 1975, he worked for the Associated Press in New Orleans, New York and Washington. He covered Congress from 1966 through 1975 and, from 1973 through 1975, was chief of the AP’s Senate staff and chief political writer. From 1976 to 1981, Mr. Leubsdorf was a correspondent in the Washington Bureau of The Baltimore Sun, covering the 1976 and 1980 presidential campaigns and serving as White House correspondent from 1977 to mid-1979. Since becoming Washington Bureau Chief of The News in 1981, he has primarily written about the White House and national politics, while directing the paper’s political and Washington coverage. He has written a weekly column since 1981, which is distributed nationally by the Knight Ridder Tribune News Service. In 2001, Washingtonian magazine named him one of Washington’s top 50 journalists. Mr. Leubsdorf has covered every presidential election since 1960. He has written about the activities of nine presidents – John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George Bush, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush – and nine vice presidents – Hubert Humphrey, Spiro Agnew, Gerald Ford, Nelson Rockefeller, Walter Mondale, George Bush, Dan Quayle, Al Gore and Dick Cheney. In addition, he has been a visiting fellow at Yale University; written for the Columbia and Washington Journalism Reviews, and the Annals of the American Academy of Political Science; and appeared on a number of television shows, including CBS’s “Face the Nation”, NBC’s “Meet the Press”, PBS’s “Washington Week in Review” and “Lehrer News Hour”, CNN’s “Inside Politics” and “Reliable Sources”, “The McLaughlin Group” and CSPAN Journalist Roundtables. For four years he was the co-host of a weekly public affairs television program, “Capital Conversation,” which combined the resources of The Dallas Morning News and the broadcast bureau of its parent corporation, Belo Corp. The program, which was seen in Dallas, Houston, Austin and San Antonio on Belo stations, won the Dallas Press Club’s 1998 Katie Award for best television public affairs program. He was president of the White House Correspondents’ Association in 1996 and is secretary of the Gridiron Club.
 * I've created a stub, please add the rest of the material yourself, but only if it isn't copyrighted ("his official biography"?) Kappa 05:14, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

Argentina Brunetti
Argentina brunetti was born in Buenos Aires on 31 August 1907. She began her show business career at the age of three with a walk on role in the opera, 'Cavelaria Rusticana' and followed Mimi Aguglia, her famous mother's footsteps in the theater performing supporting roles on stages throughout Europe, and South America. In 1937, she was placed under contract to 'MGM' pictures and began dubbing the voices of Jeanette MacDonald and Norma Shearer in Italian. Next she became a narrator for the Voice of America, interviewing American movie stars for broadcast in Italy. At the same time she began her movie debut in the classic It's a Wonderful Life (1946), as 'Mrs. Martini'. Throughout her varied career she has also written and performed in daily radio shows, became a member of the 'Hollywood Foreign Press Association', writing numerous articles on Hollywood personalities, authored books, written music and acted in over 57 television programs & 68 movies in which she mainly played multi- ethnic roles.She currently hosts a weekly weblog on the internet called "Argentina Brunetti's Hollywood Stories and has written a bio novel called "In Sicilian Company" — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.45.51.250 (talk • contribs)

Cable Temple
Cable temple is a style of eyeglass frames where the piece that rests on the ear wraps around behind the ear.

The side piece that rests on the ear is called a temple. In 1885, an employee of an eyeglass manufacturer had a pair of special frames made from a new material called cable steel. He rode horses and was frustrated by his straight-temple frames always falling off. The new style of frame wrapped around his ears ensuring the eyeglasses stayed in place. The glasses worked so well the company patented the design and the riding temple (or riding bow) eyeglass frame design was established.

The use of cable temples continued throughout many styles. The three main were the Riding Temples, Windsor, and Marshwood (P3). John Lennon is associated with wearing the Windsor style. The Marshwood style was adopted by the US military in WWII and issued the glasses under the designation P3. The Marshwood style faded from popularity in the 50s.

Cable temple eyeglasses are still used for children's glasses, shooter's / marksman glasses, and a limited number of regular adult prescription eyeglasses.

Sources: http://www.eyeglasseswarehouse.com/replacementcabletemples.html http://www.visionrx.com/library/dictionary/eye_dictionary_c.asp (first entry, a definition)

Crab Island
Crab Island a island thats all I know! 169.244.143.115 18:24, 9 December 2005 (UTC)


 * A page listing two Crab Islands was created, and a page on the Australian one was created. --  user:zanimum

Soda Pop Curtis
Soda Pop Curtis worthy article!!169.244.143.115 18:26, 9 December 2005 (UTC) do it please


 * I believe he is covered at The Outsiders (novel). -  orion  eight  (talk) 18:30, 9 December 2005 (UTC)


 * Redirect created. --  user:zanimum


 * another one created at Sodapop Curtis (proper name). -  orion  eight  (talk) 18:45, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

Mae Carden
Mae Carden was the founder of the Carden Method of teaching. From founding her first school in New York City in 1934 to her death in 1977, Miss Carden actively supported schools that used the Carden Method. This is a fully integrated curriculum that stresses traditional learning and reasoning skills.

Aval
Aval is a type of guarantee to commercial instruments. It is usually affixed on the instrument itself with wordings such as "guaranteed by aval by [signature]". Michaelis dictionary (english - portuguese) has this term. --200.158.124.243 18:41, 9 December 2005 (UTC) Oliver Fontana (oliver@ofaa.com.br)

BMW Turbostreamer
The "Turbostreamer" project is a study carried out by BMW aplpying the principle of the steam engine to assis a internal combustion engine. The heat naturally generated by the ICE is employed to generate steam and, consequently, a steam engine delivers extra power for the vehicle. One of the main advantages of the proposed system is that the additional power comes from "lost energy" produced by the ICE (i.e. the heat).

MULE/Emacs
Mule is the MUltiLingual Extension to Emacs. It provides facilities not only for handling text written in many different languages, but in fact multilingual texts containing several languages in the same buffer. This goes beyond the simple facilities offered by Unicode for representation of multilingual text. Mule also supports input methods, composing display using fonts in various different encodings, changing character syntax and other editing facilities to correspond to local language usage, and more.
 * Done. MULE. android  79  19:58, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

James Fogle
James fogle was born and raised in the pacific northwest, and is currently a prisoner at walla walla state penitentiary in Washington. He was convicted on armed roberry charges. Fogle is the author of the highly acclaimed novel Drugstore Cowboy. The novel is semi-autobiographical. It was later adapted into a critically acclaimed film.

ankle foot orthosis
The term ankle foot orthosis appears to have been introduced into the popular medical lexicon no earlier than the mid 1970s. A committee of imminent orthopedic surgeons and orthotic professionals saw the need to create a classification system for orthopedic appliances that attempted to symplify the traditional method of describing orthopedic appliances. It was determined that a general description of the orthosis should be limited to the joints or general areas of the body encumbered or supported by the device. The term orthosis was favored due to its generic description of the function of the device- literally "to straighten". Hence, the phrase ankle foot orthosis was meant to describe any externally fitted orthopedic appliance that supports the ankle foot area. The old terminology included short leg brace, molded or cosmetic plastic boot, leg splint; along with a number of device titles that involved the name of the inventor, the geograshical location of the device's original use, the function of the device, and other rationale for naming. As often happens when a new nomenclature or culture is instituted, the intent is lost with the loss of active management by those who instituted the paradigm shift. Eventually, the changes that were intitiated become corrupted. The term ankle foot orthosis is no different. Coincidental with the efforts of the aforementioned group was the increasing use of plastic as a material of choice in the construction of lower limb orthotic devices, or orthoses. The admixture of a new phraseology and a new appearance for orthoses almost surely predestined that the term ankle foot orthosis would come to describe a plastic orthosis designed to support the lower leg. Ankle foot orthoses are manufactured items that fit intimately to the leg, many times custom made from a model of the patient's lower leg. The plastic that seems to have been used most often is a variable of polypropylene, sometimes tempered from its brittleness in cold with polyethylene. Ankle foot orthoses have been created that have a solid or stiff ankle design, limiting the user's ankle motion to almost none; along with designs that allow for some flexibility, using the inherent memory found in polypropylene. Other designs include a hinge at the ankle to allow some directed motion. Of late, the variable of thermoformed carbon fiber has been used in ankle foot orthosis construction with its accompanying strengths and advantages.
 * This is currently red linked at Ankle-foot orthosis. The proposed content fails WP:V and WP:POV and needs to be re-written to describe the technology before documenting the etymology dispute.  In documentng the dispure, references should not be to unnamed groups of people, and the need for sources is particularly important. --David Woolley 10:10, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

Meisnheimer, North Carolina
Meisnheimer is an unicorportated university town. Phieffer University makes up most of Meisenheimer. Also, a charter high school, Gray Stone Day School, exists on the Phieffer campus.


 * If anyone chooses to take this on, note the correct spellings Misenheimer and Pfeiffer. &mdash; HorsePunchKid &rarr;&#x9F9C; 2005-12-10 00:59:25Z
 * I created a stub at Misenheimer, North Carolina. Feel free to expand it with as much verifiable, NPOV info as you can put your hands on. Dystopos 00:50, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

The Student as Nigger
The Student as Nigger is the title of an essay and subsequent book by American educator Jerry Farber. The essay first appeard in the Los Angeles Free Press in 1967, and is often cited as one of the first "underground" publications to recieve widespread recognition. It was reprinted over 500 times in the during the 1960's.

The Student As Nigger

--12.210.202.50 03:22, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

Done, Here it is The Student as Nigger. Thanks --Jaranda wat's sup 04:00, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

Blue Ice (video game)

 * Created. The Land 14:07, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

Order of the Southern Cross
The Order of the Southern Cross was originally known as the Imperial Order of the Southern Cross and awarded to officers, NCOs and men of the Brazilian Imperial Army and Navy during the war against Paraguay (1865-1870), called War of the Triple Alliance (Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay against Paraguay). This order was certainly awarded to some members of allied armies. Founded on December 1, 1822 by Emperor Peter I of Brazil (IV of Portugal), but abolished by decree of February 24, 1891. Re-established by President Getúlio Vargas on December 5, 1932. The present order is awarded only to outstanding foreigners, civil and military, who have earned the gratitude of the Brazilian Government.

Comes is six classes: Done. --Jaranda wat's sup 17:23, 10 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Grand Collar
 * Grand Cross
 * Grand Official
 * Commander Official
 * Knight

Osaka University of Foreign Studies

 * Done, thank you. Kappa 18:00, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

Luminaria
A luminaria is a light, typically displayed during the holiday season, that features a lit candle or light bulb inside a brown paper bag. These are arranged in rows to create tremendous displays.

Luminarias are particularly popular in the American Southwest.
 * Done. Kappa 00:41, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

IP Justice
IP Justice is an international civil liberties organization that promotes balanced intellectual property laws and digital freedom. http://www.ipjustice.org

IP Justice was founded in 2002 by cyber-rights attorney Robin Gross. IP Justice is a non-profit charity and is based in San Francisco.
 * Done, this seems to get plenty of google hits. Kappa 01:30, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

Rax Restaurants
Rax also known as the Restaurant Administration Corporation (RAC) was founded by J. Patrick Ross in 1962 with a lone Burger Chef in Wheeling, West Virginia. The company with leeps and bounds by franchising other restaurants like Wendy's, Ponderosa Steak House, Long John Slivers, and Jax. It wasn't until the 1970's the modern Rax would come into full view. In 1970's General Foods gave up on the Jax concept and gave the restaurants to Rac. It was then they changed the name to Rax in 1978. Rax is probably known for revolutionizing the fast food generation in the 1980's by adding salad bars, solariums, and added many foods like roast beef and baked potato to their menus. Many of these were implemented to Wendy's restaurants around the same time too. The restaurant grew to over 500 in 38 states in the United States. However, in the 1991, the company filed for Chapter 11 and the company scaled back many of its stores only to the core markets of Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. In 1996, yet again Rax filed for Chapter 11. Yet again, about 50 restaurants were sold off to Wendy's who were expanding their Tim Horton's brand. Today Rax is only eastern Ohio, western Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Many of these are franchises and are still struggling with about 50 restaurants remaining.

Done. Thanks --Jaranda wat's sup 02:03, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

Aron Kincaid
Aron Kincaid (born June 15, 1940 in Los Angeles, California) is an American voice actor best known for playing Killer Croc on Batman: The Animated Series. He has also voiced characters for The Smurfs, Transformers, and DuckTales, among others.

Among his acting appearances are a brief, uncredited performance in Spartacus (1960), a supporting role in the B-movie Ski Party (1965), and a cameo in the slasher film Silent Night, Deadly Night.

Livani
Livani is a small town in the country of Latvia, about 2 hours from the country's capital of Riga.
 * Done. Kappa 12:04, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

Wehrle's Salamander
Wehrle's salamander (Plethodon wehrlei) is a large salamander with webbed hind feet. It is bluish-black with small, scattered white spots on it's back. It's sides are covered with white to yellow spots and blotches. It's belly and ventral surface of the tail are solid gray, and the throat and upper chest usually have white or yellowish blotches. The species grows to a length of 10-17 cm. Mating occurs from fall through spring. A small cluster of eggs is laid in early summer in damp logs, soils or moss, and in crevices in caves. Reproduction is biennial or irregular, with many mature females failing to breed each year. This species stays under cover during the day, and comes out to forage at night. This species is found on forested hillsides in the Appalachian Plateau, where it hides by day beneath stones or rocks. It is also found at the entrances of caves and deep rock crevices, as well as burrows under rocks and logs.

Wehrle’s salamander has only been sighted in two locations: In Ohio along Sunfish Creek in Monroe County and along the Little Muskingum River in Washington County.

It is Named in honor of R. W. Wehrle. The species was the first described from one of his many collections.

— Preceding unsigned comment added by MattW998 (talk • contribs)
 * Nice article. You have an account, so you can make it yourself, you don't need us. Kappa 11:16, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

Karel Teige
Architectural critic and pioneer of the International Modern Movement in Czechoslovakia, silenced by Communist government in 1948. Active participant in CIAM, famously criticized Le Corbusier's Mundaneum project. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.112.131.95 (talk • contribs)

Done.

Schloss Ringberg
Done Kappa 04:28, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

Canadian Museum of Flight
The Canadian Museum of Flight (formally the Canadian Museum of Flight Association since 1998) is an aviation museum at the Langley Regional Airport in Langley, British Columbia, Canada. The museum has about 20 civilian and military jets, piston driven engine aircraft, gliders, and helicopters on display, six of which have been restored to flying condition. Other displays include an aviation art gallery.

Olympic Flight Museum
The Olympic Flight Museum is an aviation museum at the Olympia Airport in Olympia, Washington, USA. The museum has more than 20 planes and helicopters on display, most of which are in airworthy condition.

Pearson Air Museum
The Pearson Air Museum is an aviation museum at Pearson Field in Vancouver, Washington, USA. The museum specializes in aircraft made before or during World War II. The displays are housed in the U.S.'s oldest wooden aircraft hangar, built in 1918 and used as a hangar since 1921. The museum and Pearson Field, along with the Fort Vancouver National Historic Site, are part of the Vancouver National Historic Reserve.

Cantika
Cantika Ramona Felder was born on January 10, 1990 in Jakarta, Indonesia and is the daughter of Indonesia actress legend Minati Atmanagara and her husband Alexander Felder. She is the sister of Catra Chrisandi Felder. She is a singer. Her debut album Yups ! ...That's Me was released in 2005. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.95.158.82 (talk • contribs)

Michael Davidson Request for Deletion
•	Delete failed candidates except where there was extraordinary media interest, other claims of notability, etc. — Haeleth Talk 22:21, 1 December 2005 (UTC) •	Delete Non event, it doesnt meet the criteria —preceding unsigned comment by 67.38.21.43 (talk • contribs) 03:36, 8 December 2005 (UTC) •	STRONG DELETE: The claim that he was a "key player in the effort to recall Gray Davis" is ludicrous. David Drier was a "key player", Duf Sundheim was a "key player", Davidson was a hanger on who got more from the campaign than he contributed. Since when does being part of a college organization qualify someone as a political figure? I would love to know who published this entry about Michael Davidson. I would be willing to bet it was him or somebody close to him that did it on his wishes. There are enough venues for self promotionin on the internet, let's not let Wikipedia be a medium for the self serving climbers of the world. —preceding unsigned comment by 70.32.244.133 (talk • contribs) 05:02, 8 December 2005 (UTC) •	Delete unless verifiable sources are found for the information within. Right now, it's a bunch of unsourced original research, with dubious "allegations of vote fraud" and peacockery. FCYTravis 05:09, 8 December 2005 (UTC) DELETE The Chairman of the California Republican Party does not have a Wikipedia entry...why should this guy? Who is he anyway? If someone is researching CA political figures should his name appear when real political figures don't?
 * '' Looks like someone wants to renominate Michael Davidson for deletion, but this isn't the place. Kappa 18:35, 10 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Actually I suppose this is the right place. I've renominated Michael Davidson for deletion, please go there and explain why you want it deleted. Kappa 18:45, 10 December 2005 (UTC)
 * I think we can be clear that Aricles for Creation IS NOT Articles for Deletion ... personally I wouldn't set a precedent here. Not that we care about precedents of course :P The Land 19:15, 10 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Well the point is that to nominate an article for deletion, you have to create a sub-page for the discussion... Kappa 19:18, 10 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Exactly. Since anons have been banned from creating articles, the can no longer list articles for deletion.  User:Zoe|(talk) 23:00, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Are you suggesting that they shouldn't be able to list them, and we should ignore good-faith requests? Because preventing anon AFD's is a side-effect of the new rule, not an intented consequence. Kappa 23:04, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
 * No, not at all. I am strongly opposed to the new "anons may not create articles" dictum, and this is one of the consequences of that change.  We need to either remove the restriction (my preference), change the code to allow new AfD pages to be created by anons, or allow this page to be used by anons to request AfD pages.  User:Zoe|(talk) 01:36, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

Anons certainly ought to be able to request the creation of new AFD discussions; anon AFDs are rare, and bad-faith ones are easy enough to spot. android 79  23:08, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

Voluntary employment
From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technological_singularity

Redistribution of wealth, created when a technological singularity is reached, may foster a system where voluntary employment is the new standard of contributing human labor resources.
 * OK, I put something there which you can edit. Kappa 18:58, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

Capnophile
A microorganism that grows best at a relativly high CO2 concentration.
 * Created by Kappa. delldot | talk 03:20, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

Wendy Campbell
Wendy Campbell is a California-based documentary film-maker and writer. She is a human rights activist specializing in the rights of the Palestinian people. She has written many articles on this and related topics which can be found at her website http://www.marwenmedia.com. She is also the director of Americans for Justice in Palestine-Israel. Her work is considered by many to be controversial since she is an advocate of the one-democratic-state solution of Palestine-Israel, whereby all citizens would have completely equal rights regardless of religion, race, ethnicity or gender. She believes this is possible following the example of the transformation of apartheid South Africa to the democratic government of today's South Africa. Campbell is also a supporter of the Palestinian refugees' Right to Return, as completely equal citizens to Israel/Palestine. She is a veteran peace activist, dating back to the anti-war movement during the Viet Nam War. Her documentaries include: "Truth: Exposing Israeli Apartheid" (2003); "Neturei Karta: Jews Against Zionism"(2004); "Rosa Remembers Palestine"(2004); and "Syria: Land of Friendly People and Hidden Treasure" (2004). She can be reached at info@marwenmedia.com.
 * Created. Please edit the article! The Land 19:39, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

Ghattamaneni Krishna
Superstar Krishna was born on the 31st of May 1943, in a remote village called Burripallem, near Tenali in Guntur district roughly around 12.05 p.m. He was the eldest of the five children -3 boys (G.Hanumantha Rao and G.Adhiseshagiri Rao) and two girls(Aliveelumangamma and Lakshmi)- born to Sri Ghattamaneni Veeraraghavayya Chowdhary and Smt. Ghattamaneni Nagaratnamma.

Krishna's success in life is yet another example of the 'rag to riches' story that we often hear about in our day to day experiences. Coming from a middle income agrarian family, he could not afford to have convent education and hence he had to attend the school in his village to get his primary education before moving to Tenali and Narsapur to do his S.S.C and Intermediate. Delighted by his scholastic achievements, his father Veeraraghavayya garu mobilized the necessary financial resources to send his son to the (then) prestigious C.R.R. college in Eluru so as to enable his eldest son pursue his under graduation (B.Sc). Although there was never a dull moment during his formative years, his stay in Eluru turned out to be seminal as it provided him a vantage point from which he could look at things in order to draw a plan for his career.

Sharing a room with two people whose interests also gravitated towards acting (Shoban Babu and Murali Mohan), Krishna played an active role in various cultural events organized by his college. Though he made his presence felt in all the programs in which he participated, his performance in "Cheesina Paapam Kaasiki Velleena" brought him the needed critical acclaim. It was the success of this play that encouraged him to embrace the acting profession more seriously. Upon completion of his college education, Krishna was married to Smt. Indira Devi on November 1, 1962. Indira Devi has undoubtedly been the bedrock element in Krishna's success always providing him the much needed emotional support during his days of struggle. She also alleviated Krishna's domestic concerns by holding up the family together in his absence and making sure that all her children experience a memorable childhood. Although Krishna married actress Vijaya Nirmala (for reasons best known to him) later on in the year 1969, his second marriage had never impacted the relationship he shared with Smt. Indira Devi and couple continue to enjoy an understanding of the highest order to date.

The year 1965 will always evoke some sweet memories for our Superstar Krishna. This year saw the release of his debut movie "Thene Manasulu"- a movie that he starred in before the making of this movie was released later on and hence "Thene Manasulu" is technically considered as the first movie of SS- which went on to become a great hit in that year enjoying a 100 day run in three centers. On the personal front, Superstar and his wife Indira were blessed with their first child Ramesh Babu. (see the tables below for some more personal details of our Superstar).

Parents  Ghattamaneni Veera Raghavayya Chowdhary and Nagaratnamma Brothers  G. Hanumantha Rao and G. Adhiseshagiri Rao. Sisters  Aliveelumangamma, Lakshmi Brothers-in-Law  Uppalapati Suryanarayana Babu(h/o Smt. Lakshmi) and Cherukuri Satyanarayana(h/o Smt. Mangamma) Sisters-in-Law  Smt. Parvathi (w/o Sri. Hanumantha Rao and Smt Prameela (w/o Sri. Adhiseshagiri Rao) 1-11-1962  Superstar weds Smt. Indira Devi. 13-10-1965   Elder son Ramesh Babu is born. 1968   Eldest daughter Padmavathi is born. 1969   Superstar marries Vijayanirmala in Tirupathy. 1970   Smt. Indira Devi and Sri Krishna are blessed with their third child Manjula. 9-8-1975   Mahesh Babu is born as the fourth kid to the couple. 1979   The couple give birth to their last kid Priyadarsini. 1983   Ghattamaneni brothers start up the prestigious Padmalaya Studios Compiled by Ghattamaneni Friends Unit-Vizag and www.princefans.us

Reads like a copyvio from somewhere. --Jaranda wat's sup 20:22, 10 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Someone created the article -  orion  eight  (talk) 20:41, 10 December 2005 (UTC)


 * Definitely reads like a copyvio. I've also added an npov tag to it, and moved it to Krishna Ghattamaneni.  User:Zoe|(talk) 23:08, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

USS Broadbill (AM-58)
Broadbill (AM-58), an Auk class minesweeper, was launched on 21 May 1942 at the Defoe Shipbuilding Company in Bay City, Michigan, sponsored by Mrs. A. Loring Swasey, wife of Captain Swasey. She was commissioned on 13 October 1942, with Lieutenant Commander J. B. Cleland, Jr., in command. After commissioning, she reported at Boston, Massachusetts to the Commander, Service Force, Atlantic Fleet.

Until April 1944, Broadbill escorted convoys between east coast and Gulf coast ports, and made two voyages to the Caribbean. On 11 April 1944, she got underway for England where she conducted numerous practice sweeps in preparation for the Normandy invasion.

On 5 June, Broadbill, as a unit of Mine Squadron 7, in company with 10 other AM's, cleared the approach channel to Utah Beach for fire support ships, and on 6 June, commenced sweeping the actual support area. On 25 June, she helped clear fire support areas off Cherbourg. Operations were continued off England and France until August. She then proceeded to Naples, via Oran, Algeria, and conducted sweeping operations in the Ligurian Sea, Bonifacio Straits, and around Sardinia and Corsica. Completing this assignment, Mine Squadron 7 arrived at Cavalaire Bay in southern France on23 August 1944 to clear French harbors and approaches during the invasion of southern France. On 28 May 1945, Broadbill, in company with Mine Division 21, departed for Norfolk where she underwent repairs until 30 August 1945.

On 17 September 1945, in company with Service Squadron 5, Broadbill got underway for San Pedro, California. She was subsequently ordered to Astoria, Oregon, arriving on 7 December for pre-inactivation overhaul. Broadbill went out of commission in reserve at San Diego on 3 June 1946.

Recommissioned on 19 March 1952, Broadbill operated off the California coast until 27 June 1952. She then sailed to Charleston, South Carolina, arriving there on 15 July. During the remainder of 1952, she operated out of Charleston and conducted one Caribbean training cruise.

In January 1953, she proceeded to the Mediterranean for a cruise with the 6th Fleet, returning to Charleston on 21 May 1953. She conducted routine operations off the Atlantic coast until August, when she reported for inactivation overhaul. Broadbill was placed out of commission in reserve on 25 January 1954, berthed at Orange, Texas. She was reclassified MSF-58 on 7 February 1955.

Broadbill was struck from the Navy list on 1 July 1972, and disposed of by Navy sale on 1 December 1973.

68.61.184.233 20:48, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

Done --Jaranda wat's sup 20:54, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

Aryabhatt
Aryabhatt was a great mathematician and astronomer of ancient India. Aryabhata was born in 476 AD. Aryabhatt had propounded the view that earth was round, in the 5th Century AD he propounded that the Earth rotates and not the celestial sphere and had worked out the duration of the day at the poles. Aryabhatt was also known to have given an accurate value of pi.

Cite sources --Jaranda wat's sup 21:31, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

errrrrrrrr &mdash;the preceding unsigned comment is by 195.93.21.105 (talk &bull; contribs)
 * Stub created, please expand, citing sources. Kappa 01:18, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

Who Loves You
Who Loves You its a 1975 album by The Four Seasons. This album help introduced the new Four Seasons: John Paiva (guitar), Don Ciccone (bass), Lee Shapiro (keyboards) and Gerry Polci (drums). Over them, Frankie Valli sang lead vocal, backed by two former Seasons, Bob Gaudio and Joe Long.

From the "Who Loves You" album came "December 1963" (Oh What A Night), a song that broke around Christmas 1975 and spent six months on the charts. It was the best selling Four Seasons single of all time and at the time, was the longest-charting single in history, lasting fifty weeks on the Hot 100.
 * Moved from Talk:Who Loves You Kappa 00:48, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

USS Cimarron (1862)

 * USS Cimarron <-- Where Cited :: 1862-1863

(SwGbt: t. 860; l. 205'; b. 35'; dr. 9'.; s. 10 k.; a. 1 100-pdr. r., 1 9" sb., 6 24-pdr. sb. how.)

The first Cimarron (officially changed from the original spelling Cimerone) a sidewheel double-ended steam gunboat, was launched 16 March 1862 by D. S. Merschon, Bordentown, N.J.; outfitted at Philadelphia Navy Yard; and commissioned 5 July 1862, Commander Maxwell Woodhull in command.
 * history.navy.mil/danfs/c9/cimarron-i

- 1863: USS Cimarron, Commander Andrew J. Drake, took blockade runner Evening Star off Wassaw Sound, Georgia, with cargo of cotton.
 * usnlp.org/navychronology/1863a

- On 10 June, after intelligence reports indicated that C.S.S. Atlanta was preparing to attack wooden blockader Cimarron, Du Pont ordered Weehawken, Captain John Rodgers, and Nahant to Wassaw Sound, Gal, to await the powerful ironclad ram.
 * historycentral.org/NAVY/Monitor/Nahant
 * multied.com/navy/Monitor/Nahant

- Rear Admiral Du Pont ordered U.S.S. Weehawken, commanded by Captain J. Rodgers, and U.S.S. Nahant, Commander Downes, to Wassaw Sound, Georgia, where it was reported that the powerful ram C.S.S. Atlanta, Commander Webb, was preparing to attack the wooden blockader U.S.S. Cimarron. A week later Du Pont's wise foresight would save the day for the Union blockade there.
 * civilwarlandscapes.org/cwla/chr/calendar/1863/630610
 * multied.com/Navy/cwnavalhistory/June1863
 * I've created the article at USS Cimarron (1862) with the external links you've provided. Please expand the article (but please don't cut-and-paste material from those sites).  USS Cimarron will probably need to become a disambiguation page.  -  orion  eight  (talk) 23:01, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

Olympus OM-4
The Olympus OM-4 was a professional or advanced amateur level, interchangeable lens, 35 mm film, single lens reflex (SLR) camera. It was manufactured by Olympus Optical Co., Ltd. (today Olympus Corporation) in Japan from 1983 to 1987. It used a horizontal cloth focal plane shutter with a manual speed range of 1 to 1/2000th second (as long as 240 seconds in automatic mode) plus Bulb and flash X-sync of 1/60th second. It had dimensions of 87 mm height, 139 mm width, 50 mm depth and 540 g weight. Unlike most SLRs of the time, it was available in only one color; all black. The introductory US list price for the body only (no lens) was $685. Note that SLRs usually sold for 30 to 40 percent below list price.

The OM-4 was the improved successor to the Olympus OM-2N and represents the highest evolution of the professional level (also called the single digit) Olympus OM-series SLRs (introduced in 1972). The other members were the OM-1 (originally called the M-1), OM-2, OM-1N, OM-2N, OM-2S Program, OM-3, OM-4T, OM-3T, OM-4Ti and OM-3Ti. They all used the same body configuration, but with improving aluminum alloy chassis, feature levels, internal electronics, and external controls and cosmetics.

Features
The OM-4 accepts all lenses with the Olympus OM bayonet mount (introduced in 1972 with the Olympus OM-1). The contemporary Olympus Optical made lenses were the Zuiko Auto-S type. Accessories for the OM-4 included the Olympus Motor Drive 2 (automatic film advance up to 5 frames per second plus motorized rewind) and the Olympus T45 handle mount electronic flash (guide number 148/45 (feet/meters) at ASA/ISO 100).

The OM-4 was a battery powered (two S76 or A76, or one 1/3N) electromechanically controlled manual focus SLR with manual exposure control or aperture priority autoexposure. The OM-4 was the first camera with a built-in spot-meter (2% of view; 3.3˚ with 50 mm lens) and could measure eight individual spots and average them. The light meter used a dual concentric segmented silicon photodiode to provide spot or centerweighted readings. It used a graduated linear LCD shutter speed display at the bottom of the viewfinder to precisely indicate its readings versus the actual camera settings. The viewfinder also had split image rangefinder and microprism collar focusing aids. Unlike most SLRs of the era, the OM-series used Olympus's standard shutter speed ring concentric with the lens mount instead of a top mounted shutter speed dial.

The major improvements of the OM-4 compared to the OM-2N were the stronger chassis, permanently affixed dedicated hot shoe, linear LCD shutter speed display, provision for spot-metering, flexible integrated circuit electronics and gasket weatherproofing.

Design History
The single digit Olympus OM-series SLRs ignited an SLR revolution in the 1970s and 1980s with intense competition between the major SLR brands: Olympus, Nikon, Canon, Minolta and Pentax. Between circa 1975 to 1985, there was a dramatic shift away from heavy all-metal manual mechanical camera bodies to much more compact bodies with integrated circuit (IC) electronic automation. In addition, because of rapid advances in electronics, the brands continually leap frogged each other with models having new or more automatic features. The OM-1 introduced the compact body size that would become the norm for SLRs for almost 15 years and automatic through-the-lens (TTL) off-the-film (OTF) electronic flash metering was a fantastic boon when introduced by the OM-2 in 1975.

Into this arena, the OM-4 and its companion mechanically controlled OM-3 were conservative designs despite their very sophisticated spot-meters. They can be described as the OM-2 and 1 with the spot-meter electronic controls grafted on. The OM-4's deliberately limited but tightly focused features were not intended to appeal to beginners. Instead of offering every possible automated bell and whistle, the OM-4's manual spot-metering represented Olympus Optical's ultimate expression of highest possible quality and precision of exposure control for the professional and advanced amateur photographer.

In 1986, a special ultra-durable version of the OM-4 with natural finished (as well as black finished) titanium top and bottom plates and improved weatherproofing, called and marked the OM-4T was released. The introductory US list price for the body only (no lens) was $770. The OM-4T also introduced a new electronic flash control system. Normally focal plane shutters are limited in their maximum flash synchronization speed, because of the way they provide fast shutter speeds - timing the second shutter curtain to close more quickly after the first shutter curtain opens. This causes a narrowing of the slit "wiping" the exposure on the film. In effect, a horizontal focal plane shutter is only fully open and usable for flash exposure down to 1/60th second. Any faster and a typical 1 millisecond flash burst would only partially expose the film - the part open to the slit. The OM-4T overcame this problem by having the new Olympus F280 flash pulse its light continuously over 40 milliseconds, long enough to illuminate the slit as it crossed the entire focal plane, even at shutter speeds as fast as 1/2000th second. However, there is a concomitant loss of flash range. The OM-4T was in turn succeeded by the limited production OM-4Ti in 1997 ($1819 list) without any features changes before being finally discontinued in 2002.

Olympus Optical failed to make the transition to autofocus (AF) 35 mm SLRs in the wake of the introduction of the landmark Minolta Maxxum 7000 in 1985. Virtually all non-AF SLRs disappeared by 1989. The OM-4 and OM-3 survived because Olympus Optical had no appropriate successors. Its rugged construction also appealed to professional photographers and traditionalist amateurs liked its lack of autofocus. The Olympus OM-4 sold steadily to the fiercely loyal, cult-like Olympus clique, but more and more slowly over its lifetime as it became more and more outdated. It remained in limited production until 2002, when the rise of digital SLRs gave Olympus an opportunity to get back into the SLR camera business with its Four Thirds system. Time has proven the OM-4 to be very tough and reliable and it is now regarded as one of the finest SLRs of its generation for the serious and patient photographer.

Sampoerna
Sampoerna is an Indonesian cigarette brand smoked by millions of Indonesians. The company (PT Hanjaya Mandala Sampoerna Tbk) was purchased by the Philip Morris Altria group in May 2005 for $5.2 billion. The company's 2004 revenues were $1 billion, approximately 20% of the Indonesian market. The company's acquisition represented a strategic move for Altria, as although Marlboro is by far the most popular Western-style (non kretek cigarette), most Indonesians still smoke kretek cigarettes.

It produces kretek-type cigarettes, flavoured with cloves and spices. Its most popular brand is Sampoerna 'A' Mild, a filter cigarette in white paper. The filter has a sweet coating of sugar and spices. Although the cigarette is described as mild, it contains similar tar and nicotine levels to Marlboro Red. Along with variations on the Sampoerna Brand (filterless (known as Hijau, or green), menthol, etc.), the company's other key brand is Dji Sam Soe, an unfiltered cigarette with 39mg of tar and 2.3 mg of nicotine per stick.

The company runs the Sampoerna Foundation, a non-profit organisation for education in Indonesia. The company's core brand is generally regarded as a youth cigarette, so the education foundation is perhaps somewhat ironic.

The company is named after the founding Sampoerna family, and was founded in 1913.

Done --Jaranda wat's sup 21:57, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

Lita
Lita is a very old steam tank engine in the on the Island of Sodor in the fictional books Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends. She was scrapped, and was really sad because she didn't want to rot away in a scrapyard for the rest of her years. The Fat Controller found out and had her repaired and restored. She is now a children's playground and is very happy to be useful again.

Lita is only seen in the Thomas Magazines, and is the only tank engine to have a 4-4-0 wheel allignment.

Errol Louis
Errol Louis (b. in Harlem) was formerly served as associate editor of The New York Sun. He has taught college courses, co-founded an inner-city community credit union, run for City Council and was once named by New York Magazine as one of 10 New Yorkers Making a Difference "with energy, vision and independent thinking."

He is a writer for the New York Daily News as of December 2005.

Louis holds degrees from Harvard, Yale and Brooklyn Law School. He was raised in New Rochelle and lives in Crown Heights, Brooklyn with his wife, Juanita Scarlett. He is the son of a retired NYPD inspector.

Andy de la Tour
Andy de la Tour,is a British writer and actor.Less well-known than his sister,actress Frances de la Tour,he has appeared in such films as Plenty (1985),Notting Hill (1999) and Oliver Twist (2005),and written for such TV series as Boon,Peak Practice,and Kavanagh QC.
 * Version with revised formatting and corrected links is up at Andy de la Tour. - Mgm|(talk) 13:02, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

The Old Duke
The Old Duke is a famous Jazz and Blues venue situated on King Street in the heart of Bristol. With live music every night of the week, free admission and an annual Jazz Festival the Old Duke is one of the most popular music venues in the region.

The pubs heritage lies with Traditional, New Orleans inspired Jazz, bands include the Severn Jazzmen, who have been playing at this venue for over 35 years, Keith Little's Hot Six, Cass Caswell's Allstars, Pete Martin's Jazz Kings and many touring bands for around the world.

The resident Blues musician, Eddie Martin, who plays here every Sunday night, boasts numerous international awards and is one of Britain's best Blues song writers and performers.

The Duke also plays host to modern Jazz bands including Andy Hague, Dave Betts, Code Red and The Cut Collective. Artists such as Peter Roe and Beth Rowley began their careers here and still perform here regularly.

More information can be found at their website: www.TheOldDuke.com


 * Only 117 hits for "The Old Duke" bristol jazz--I don't know that it would survive an AfD nomination. 24.17.48.241 09:29, 11 December 2005 (UTC)


 * Googling for ""old duke" bristol jazz" gives over 1000 hits, and this is a red link in Bristol. I'll create the article. -- AJR | Talk 01:00, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Done -- AJR | Talk 01:16, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

Atasehir
'Ass Shit is a modern city project in Koala Coy side of İshbal with a thousands of population. Its power of gravity made a new type of Ishbal. Apartments and hightowers based living gave rise to a new kind of social relationship and economical inventions. Ass Shit's force to hold this new socio-economical structure affected not only Koala Coy but also around Urine Rain, Turk is Rocks and Eclair apartment complexes. TEM ( Trans Europen Motorways ) caused easy transportation facilities. Both inner and outer motorways connected in Ass Shit and with the light of all these positive achievements Ass Shit looks like the possible new İshbal in close future.


 * Stub created at Atasehir. No need for vulgar nicknames for Ataşehir, Istanbul or Kadıköy. --Dystopos 15:18, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

AfD a page (Articles for deletion/Rememberance at Habbaniya IRAQ) ...
With content:

68.39.174.238 13:48, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

Movie Award Winners

 * Best Picture:
 * Brokeback Mountain
 * Runner Up: A History of Violence


 * Best Director:
 * Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain
 * Runner Up: David Cronenberg, A History of Violence


 * Best Actor:
 * Philip Seymour Hoffman, Capote
 * Runner Up: Heath Ledger, Brokeback Mountain


 * Best Actress:
 * Vera Farminga, Down to the Bone
 * Runner Up: Judi Dench, Mrs. Henderson Presents
 * Best Supporting Actor:
 * William Hurt, A History of Violence
 * Runner Up: Frank Langella, Good Night, And Good Luck


 * Best Supporting Actress:
 * Catherine Keener, Capote, Ballad of Jack and Rose, The 40 Year Old Virgin, The Interpreter
 * Runner Up: Amy Adams, Junebug


 * Best Screenplay:
 * Dan Futterman, Capote
 * Runner Up: Noah Baumbach, The Squid and the Whale


 * Best Foreign Language Film:
 * Caché
 * Runner Up: 2046


 * Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film:
 * Grizzly Man
 * Runner Up:Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room


 * Best Production Design:
 * 2046
 * Runner Up:Good Night, And Good Luck


 * Best Animation:
 * Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit


 * Best Music/Score:
 * Howl's Moving Castle
 * Runner Up:Tony Takitani


 * Best Cinematography:
 * Good Night, And Good Luck
 * Runner Up:2046


 * Career Achievement:
 * Richard Widmark


 * I'll create a redirect to Los Angeles Film Critics Association, and you can add this information there. It might be more detailed than is necessary, but the other editors of that article can work with you on branching off if it's called for. --Dystopos 03:53, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

Walking with Monsters
Walking with Monsters is a three part series. It is the prequel to Walking with Dinosaurs and tells the story of life before the dinosaurs. Many bizzare creatures are shown, some of which have never been shown animated.
 * Please provide your sources next time. I've put a stub at Walking with Monsters. - Mgm|(talk) 13:25, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

Cognitive Madisonianism
The conscious preference for divided government. That is, when the executive branch is held by a Republican, the legislative should be controlled by the Democrats and vice versa. First articulated by XXXXX Madison, XXth President of the United States. Popularized by XXXXX (V.O. Key??) (probably in reference to the South's relatively long-term preference for Republican Presidents and Democratic representatives).

Very few Google hits, and almost all of them seem to refer to an article in The Journal of Politics, Volume 66, Issue 1 (February 2004 (see http://journalofpolitics.org/art66_1.html#a5) It needs to have broader usage before it would make a decent article.  User:Zoe|(talk) 23:48, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
 * This seems to be a good candidate for a redirect to divided government, which itself needs to be much expanded. BDAbramson  T 02:39, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Redirect created, for what it's worth. -- Dystopos 03:58, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

Melchizdek
A high priest mentioned in Genisis as one whom Abraham, the father of the Jews, gave a tenth of his goods to. The New Testament book of Hebrews indicates that this figure was none other then Christ himself.
 * That's Melchizedek. Perhaps this should be a redirect. 131.111.8.103 19:38, 11 December 2005 (UTC)


 * Done. - Mgm|(talk) 13:33, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

WBKC AM
WBKC AM 1460 is a radio station based in Painesville, Ohio.

While technically part of the Cleveland radio market, WBKC's main area of focus is Lake County.

With the exception of a local morning show, WBKC's schedule is a simulcast of WCLV 104.9 FM in Cleveland. A deal was reached to do this after WCLV switched to the weaker 104.9 frequency.

WBKC is the Lake County affiliate for the Cleveland Indians, Cleveland Browns, Cleveland Cavaliers, and Ohio State Buckeyes.

Julio Salvador Sagreras (1879-1942)
Guitarist and Argentinian composer. His parents were guitarists, who taught him the guitar early, He participates in the concerts at the age of 6. At 12, he studies the piano and the composition at the academy.

Battle of Claremore Mound
The Battle of Claremore Mound, or the Battle of the Strawberry Moon, was one of the chief battles of the war between the Osage and Cherokee Indians. It occured in the spring of 1817 when a band of Cherokees and their allies under Chief Spring Frog (Too-an-tuh) attacked Pasuga, an Osage village at the foot of Claremore Mound. During the two-day battle, the Cherokees killed or captured every member of Chief Clermont's band, and destroyed everything they could not carry off. Historians consider it one of the bloodiest Indian massacres in modern history. 12.74.168.166 21:52, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

Cutthroat Gap Massacre
The Massacre of Cutthroat Gap occurred in the spring of 1833 in the Wichita Mountains. Osage Indians attacked the Kiowa village of Chief Islandman while most of the warriors were away raiding the Utes and the rest away on a buffalo hunt. The Osage killed the few remaining men and more than 150 Kiowa women and children. Few escaped. The Osage cut the heads from the bodies and left them in a row kettles spread across the village. The gap was named because of this incident. 12.74.168.166 22:15, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band
Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band is a 21st Century Big Band featuring the talents of players such as Wayne Bergeron. The band has released two albums, "Swingin' For The Fences" and "XXL." Their first album "Swingin' For The Fences" has become an almost standard album, with many charts becoming commonplace for high school and professional big bands. The most famous track from that album is "Sing, Sang, Sung" which is a parody/tribute to the Benny Goodman classic. It also features the very complex "Bach 2 Part Invention in D minor" a track which contains two distinct melodies going on at the same time throughout the whole piece. Guest soloists include Thad Jones' clarinetist Eddie Daniels, and trumpet virtuouso Arturo Sandoval. Another point of the first album was the general transtition through time with the tracks, for the most part going in order according to the style, so the big band era, all the way to modern rock and funk is represented with respect. "XXL" is a little more experiemental with vocal songs, featuring artists such as Brian McKnight. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.245.189.180 (talk • contribs)

Benoît Roux
Benoît Roux is a Professor at the University of Chicago who uses theoretical physics to understand biological systems at the molecular level. In his laboratory, classical molecular dynamics is used to probe the structure, dynamics, and function of biological macromolecular systems such as ion channels and allosteric proteins. He was a pioneer in the study of the influence of the membrane on the function of membrane proteins using molecular dynamics simulations in which the phospholipid bilayer and the solvent were treated explicitly. In addition, specific computational methodologies are being developed in his laboratory to tackle fundamental problems in molecular recognition. His work establishes a bridge between theory and experiment in biophysics.

Greg Green
(Removed publicity material from Green Candy Press - Wikipedia cannot republish copyrighted work) Stub created at Greg Green. --Dystopos 15:49, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

Goede tijden, slechte tijden
Goede tijden, slechte tijden (Good Times, Bad Times) is the name of a popular Netherlands soap opera which was first broadcast in 1990.

It is a remake of the Australian soap-opera The Restless Years.

History of the On/Off Symbol (I/O)
The On/Off symbol is pervasive in modern electronic culture. Resources are hard to find on this supposedly popular sign in terms of history, use, etc.

= December 13 =

Driscoll Catholic Football (Driscoll Catholic High School)
The Driscoll Catholic High School Football team in Addison, Illinois has recently broken the IHSA record for consecutive state football championships with five. They won in class 4A in 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2005, and class 3 A in 2004. The classes in Illionis High School Football are determined by student enrollment, with the smallest schools (1A) to the largest schools (8A). in 2004, Driscoll's enrollment of incoming freshman did not exceed the number of seniors of the previous year leaving, so they were put in 3A.

and there is a bunch of other details that should be added to this tremendous story of heart and determination by the youth of America.

source: www.driscollcatholic.com
 * The normal progression for high school articles is to add information about school districts to the Addison, Illinois article, and then branch off an article about individual systems when the Addison article becomes unwieldy, and then to branch off an article about the high school when there's too much about it in the system article. I don't think we have a precedent for putting a high school football program in a separate article. I'll create the Driscoll Catholic High School article as a stub and encourage you to fill in a balanced report about the school as a whole (being careful to use verifiable sources, use a neutral POV, and avoid copyright violations. Thanks. -- Dystopos 05:16, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

Bawean Deer
The Bawean deer (aka Kuhl's Hog Deer) is an endagered species of deer found only the Indonesian island of Bawean. See also http://www.ultimateungulate.com/Artiodactyla/Axis_kuhlii.html

Deep Sleep Therapy a.k.a. Deep Sedation Therapy (DST)
British psychiatrist Dr William Sargant pioneered a psychiatric treatment known as Deep Sleep Therapy.

In a nutshell it was theorised that you could literally sleep off your depression and other mental problems. And simply put, it didn't work, resulting in about 48 Australians losing their lives, and countless others still suffering today from the effects of D.S.T....a glaring example of a gross breach in Duty of Care and a national disgrace.

In New South Wales, Australia, prominent psychiatrist Dr Harry Bailey specialised in this form of therapy, He set up and ran Chelmsford Private Hospital, located at No.2 The Crescent in the northern Sydney suburb of Pennant Hills, between 1963 to 1979.

(long section of content snipped --Dystopos 18:06, 18 December 2005 (UTC))


 * If you can write this in an NPOV fashion and not so ranting, it might be a decent article, but you'll need to discuss the originator's point of view. Zoe (216.234.130.130 16:15, 13 December 2005 (UTC))
 * It will also need sources of a more reliable nature. Reports from major newspapers, etc. android  79  16:17, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

All of the information located here is accurate and from those three sources. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation made a documentary that appeared in the mid-late 1980's, and news coverage about the Chelmsford scandal was pretty intense. The Royal Commission files (volumes upon volumes of data, which I've read) are open to the public. There was a time when you could purchase copies of them, but not anymore. You would have to physically go to the library and read and or photocopy them (which I can't do now due to my location). I will be grateful for anyone out there who knew of this case to help satisfy the requests for reliability by contributing what they know. It was the shortest summary that I could come up with, but if it sounds like I'm ranting then so be it, and I'm only echoing the truth. I'm 100 per cent confident in the information I have contributed. The Chelmsford Hospital Scandal disgusted the nation, period. [[User: Shadow6|<span style="color: red"

Unless you can provide some better sources, this request will go unfulfilled. android 79  13:47, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
 * I created the article. It needs better references and more context. Ultimately the Chelmsford scandal will probably need a separate article, but I've got everything redirected to Deep Sleep Therapy for now. --Dystopos 18:06, 18 December 2005 (UTC)

Pepsi Cappuccino
In 2005, Pepsi Cappuccino was launched in Romania and Bulgaria. It is a successor to Pepsi Kona and competitor to Coca-Cola Blak.

(Note to editor: a creative-commons licensed photo is available at http://www.Romerican.com/ and it is requested that an external link to the blog be created as well.)
 * Done and done. --Dystopos 00:36, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

London Fashion Week
The annual showcase for British fashion is a very important showcase. The world's media descends on London to see what British designers predict the world will be wearing in the months ahead. It is organised by the British Fashion Council.


 * Suggest expanding article Fashion Week to provide more detail. I'll create a redirect for now. --Dystopos 16:02, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

Jeff Blatnick
Jeff Blatnick was an Amercian Greco Roman wrestler gold medalist in the 1984 Olympics in the Heavweight class. His success, while significant in and of itself, was made even more remarkable by his recovery from cancer sometime prior to the 1984 Games. Blatnick's gold medal, along with that of teammate Steve Fraser, was the first gold medal won by an American in Olympic Greco Roman wrestling.

Mr. Blatnick now works primarily as a motivational speaker and resides in the state of New York.
 * A sorely-needed article. Thanks for the suggestion. --Dystopos 01:34, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

signal transduction pathways
Signal transduction pathways have the ability to alter gene expression by activating or deactivating transcription factors. 129.59.20.71 17:00, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

Rita Süssmuth
german politician, president of the Bundestag 1988-1998, needs to be mentioned!
 * I agree. I made a stub. Please expand it with verifiable, NPOV, non-copyrighted content. --Dystopos 01:49, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

City Avenue
City Avenue (commonly referred to as 'City Line' or 'the Line') is a major commercial, retail, and partial residential strip which straddles along the borders of Philadelphia and the suburban Lower Merion Township communities of Bala Cynwyd, Merion Station, and Overbrook Hills. Many people referred to City Avenue as City Line Avenue because one side of the street is in the city of Philadelphia and the other side is in the suburbs. However, this is only partially correct because it is also a county line (between Philadelphia and Montgomery counties).

City Avenue, which is apart of U.S. Route 1 runs between Presidential Boulevard in the Wynnefield Heights section of the city/Bala Cynwyd in Lower Merion and 77th Street in the Overbrook Park section. At approximately 40 feet from 77th Street. City Line Avenue becomes Township Line Road in Haverford Township in Delaware County.

It may not pass AFD unless it's a state road. Sorry. --Jaranda wat's sup 22:00, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Well, not necessarily, if it's locally notable. Zoe (216.234.130.130 18:07, 14 December 2005 (UTC))

= December 14 =

Boris Ponomarev
Boris Nikolayevich Ponomarev (Russian: Борис Николаевич Пономарев) (January 17, 1905 - December 21, 1995) was a Soviet politician and ideologist, and a member of the Secretariat of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

From 1955 to 1986, he was chief of the International Department of the CPSU Central Committee - and effectively in control of policy in the World Communist Movement. He occupied an office within Central Committee headquarters right up until the failed 1991 August Coup, which he is said to have supported.


 * Done. Joyous | Talk 00:51, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

Sigurd Berge

 * Just follow the link. I pasted exactly what was here, so please re-write the entry in sentence form.  Thanks, and happy editing!  Joyous | Talk 00:57, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

Crooked I
Working on this one, removed source material that was posted here. FreplySpang (talk) 01:48, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

George Webb
George Webb: English actor (born June 9, 1911; died December 30, 1998) best known in the role of "Daddy" in the BBC comedy series "Keeping Up Appearances". His character spoke very little, yet his actions and mannerisms often had hilarious results. --67.86.168.127 01:46, 14 December 2005 (UTC)whatisay

Link: imdb.com/name/nm0915991
 * Done, thanks Kappa 02:50, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

Bruce Joel Rubin
Bruce Joel Rubin is a screenwriter whose most well known work is the supernatural romance, "Ghost," for which he won an Oscar. Other movies to his credit include "My Life" and "Jacob's Ladder." He is also interested in spirituality and meditation.
 * Done, I've used IMDB and whatlinkshere to expand the article a bit --> Bruce Joel Rubin. - Mgm|(talk) 10:06, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

Saugus, California
Saugus, California - Part of the Santa Clarita Valley. Located near Canyon Country and Newhall.

Landmark - Bonelli Stadium, now known as Saugus Speedway, was built as a rodeo arena in 1927 by Roy Baker and owned briefly by actor Hoot Gibson, the rodeo grounds were purchased in 1937 by William Bonelli, who started automobile racing there in 1939. The stadium was a raceway until being closed in the mid 1990's. The famed Saugus Speedway was home to NASCAR star, Ron Hornaday, Jr.

Saugus caters to family living with most of its development built along its main thoroughfare, Bouquet Canyon Road, which extends through picturesque hills all the way to the Antelope Valley. This is a popular area with rolling hills and beautiful winding canyons. A recent residents' survey revealed that 70 percent of the homeowners want to maintain Saugus as a bedroom community and not a business-oriented area. Saugus is a great place to live with nationally acclaimed schools, a large Metrolink Station and more!
 * Far too much of this was lifted from here (not currently online but saved in Google's cache). Please rewrite this entry with your own words, and preferably more neutral words. This reads like ad copy. android  79  16:16, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
 * I created a stub (with demographic data) for this, since the other communities making up Santa Clarita, California have articles, and each was a real city before they merged in 1987. MCB 23:33, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

Ball washer
A ball washer is an equipment for the cleaning of dirty golf balls. Because golf balls have in contrast to other balls a rough surface, they pollute much easier than other balls.

There are different designs of ball washers. They can be operated either by hand or electrically. Ball washers for cleaning individual balls consist of a cylindrical housing, in which the ball to be cleaned is brought in. The cleaning of the ball takes place via circulating brushes. For the cleaning of larger number of golf balls there are machines, which aspirate the balls like a vacuum cleaner wash them in an inserted and put the washed balls afterwards in a separate net.

Weblinks

 * http://www.onlinesports.com/images/par-bwparts.jpg
 * http://www.hollrock.com/golf/gbay_01bw.php
 * http://www.atlanticmills.com/golf/images/Henry_ball_washer1.jpg
 * http://www.allesoverballen.com/engels/BALWASSER.html
 * Found link at about.com golf. Added it except the images. I requested a free image at the Commons. - Mgm|(talk) 12:16, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

Gang signals
Gang signals should redirect to Gang Signals (or possibly vice versa). 195.224.75.71 10:43, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
 * You're correct, the main article is now at Gang signals with a redirect from Gang Signals. --Dystopos 15:51, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

Aluminium Amalgam
Aluminium Amalgam develops, if one brings aluminum together with mercury. In contrast to aluminum no protecting oxide layer can be formed on Aluminium Amalgam, so that Aluminium Amalgam is chemically very reactive. Aluminium Amalgam is used as reducing agent. At air Aluminium Amalgam forms long white threadlike structures. Because airplanes are built to a large extent of aluminum, running out mercury leads to the formation of Aluminium Amalgam and to the destruction of the external wall, which can lead to a crash.

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminiumamalgam


 * I'm not sure how mercury could come in contact with airplanes and the german article isn't referenced. I think we'd best wait creating this. I'll drop a note to the chemistry project. - Mgm|(talk) 12:23, 14 December 2005 (UTC)


 * The German wiki says it was used for sabotaging aircraft. Sounds iffy. However, aluminium amalgam is notable as a reducing agent in organic synthesis and as an intermediate stage in Oersted's first isolation of aluminium. Tearlach 17:57, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
 * (Drafted earlier.)
 * The German article (new yesterday) was enhanced today to say that was used for sabotage in World War II, however, the whole airplane issue would be a minor sideline in a proper article. It is, though, the reason that you are not allowed to take mercury thermometers (e.g. anlalogue clinical ones) onto passenger aircraft.
 * The US spelling (aluminum amalgam) is red-linked in an article about a drug culture book. --David Woolley 18:00, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Aluminium is surprisingly reactive; a demo I have often done is to show household Al foil reacting with water, something it does if you add a trace of a mercury salt to the water. (Think of this when you boil a pan of water!) But at WP:Chemistry we'd want to have fully referenced info. We'll take a look at it, I'm sure. Walkerma 15:44, 15 December 2005 (UTC)


 * At the moment, I don't think it is a priority; we don't have to translate every article on German wiki, and this is not one of their best. A redirect to amalgam should do for the time being. Physchim62 (talk) 15:54, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
 * redirects done. Physchim62 (talk) 15:56, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

CUFTA
it's the generally used abbreviation for the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement - maybe somebody could create a page with a redirect to the Wikipedia page on the Agreement
 * Thanks for the suggestion. I created CUFTA and made a redirect to Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement. - Mgm|(talk) 12:19, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

Static route
A route that is manually entered into a routing table. Static routes take precedence over routes chosen by all dynamic routing protocols.
 * Essentially a dictonary definiton, so doesn't belong here. The second sentence might qualify, but is misleading or wrong and not enough to justify an article in its own right.  In particular, it is not at all uncommon to have a static default route that is overridden by more specific dynamic routes, and, in the TCP/IP suite, ICMP redirects will override a static route.
 * I'll redirect Static route (the correct capitalisation) to Routing, which already describes the concept, but doesn't yet use the name. --David Woolley 00:43, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

Indecent Obsession
Australian Boy Band from Brisbane formed in 1987- Discography Albums Spoken Words                 1989      Produced by Ross Inglis and Michael Szumowski

Indio                        1992      Produced by Peter Wolf

Relativity                   1994      Produced by Ian Richardson and Nick Coler

The Most Indecent Obsession  1995

Members

Dixon, David (v) Coyne, Andrew (g) Gray, Mark (b) Hennassey, Richard (v) Kearns, Graham (g) Sims, Daryl (d) Szumowski, Michael (k)
 * Done. Kappa 17:35, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

Abraxas, Guardian of the Universe
(snipped) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.173.88.77 (talk • contribs)
 * Done, thanks. Kappa 19:12, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

Tuyuhun
an early people possible related to the Mongols, known as 'A-zha in Tibetan texts.
 * Stub created, please edit. I hope we don't have these under another name. Kappa 17:52, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

Rock Gym
pokemon gym pewter city gym but rock gym??169.244.143.115 17:55, 14 December 2005 (UTC) asap..thanks

Redirected to Indoor climbing -GTBacchus(talk) 22:33, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

Alfred Hutchinson Dymond
(snipped)

--65.95.240.171 19:11, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Done, thanks. Kappa 19:27, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

Alevrada
Alevrada is a small village of Greece located in the North West part of the prefecture named Aetolia and Acarnania near the dam of the river Achelous and the artificial lake Kremasta.

The village belongs to the municipality of Inachous of the Valtou province. Its population is about 150 inhabitants. Konstantinos Papaioannou

(from 87.202.68.155)
 * Done, thanks. Kappa 19:19, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

Ligatures
A ligature is a device used in the dental specialty of orthodontics to tie, or ligate, an archwire to a bracket or band that is attached to a tooth. Ligatures may be constructed of latex, vinyl, or stainless steel. Latex or vinyl ligatures, technically known as elastomeric modules, may be individual units ("O-tie", "A-tie") or may be fused together to create a continuous chain used to move a tooth or several teeth. In this capacity they are known as "power chains" or "elastic chains", among other names. Lastly, a ligature may consist of a small-width stainless steel wire (.010" or .012") that is used when an archwire needs to be tightly engaged into the slot of a bracket. This is often done when one does not want a tooth to rotate about its axis under orthodontic forces.
 * Please add any missing information to Ligature (orthodontic) Kappa 19:21, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

Marcia Griffiths
Marcia Llyneth Griffiths (* November 23 1949 in Kingston, Jamaica) also called "Queen of Reggae" is Jamaican's most famouse female singer. Griffith started her carrer in 1964. From 1970 to 1974 she worked together with Bob Andy in the group "Bob and Marcia". Between 1974 and 1981 she was a member of the I-Threes, a background group which supported Bob Marley & the Wailers.

Akimel O'odham
{redirect|Pima}
 * done. --Dystopos 16:53, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

Ethan Hunt
I think an article should be written about Ethan Hunt,the main character in the "Mission: Impossible" movies who is potrayed by Tom Cruise. He is a relatively well developed character, and could at the very least, make for a good stub.
 * Ethan Hunt created as a redirect to Mission: Impossible (film). You are welcome to turn the redirect into a stub. android  79  20:09, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

Put Kids First
Put Kids First is a non-profit organization whos goal is to keep kids safe through community involvement, education and legislation. It is a group that was Started by Chris Danielson after the dissapearance of a 10 year old girl from Chris' neighborhood on October 1 2000. A month later she was found murdered. Since the beginning, Put Kids First members and volunteers have petitioned for a sex offender registry, have attended and organized community events to bring awareness to the issues regarding children's safety, making appearances at offenders' court dates, speaking out and fighting for changes to the law.

http://www.putkidsfirst.org/

Carwyn Jones
Carwyn Jones is AM for Bridgend and Minister for Environment Planning and the Countryside in the Welsh Assembly Government.

He was born on the 21st of March 1967 and went to Brynteg Comprehensive School, Bridgend and Aberystwyth University.

Previously a barrister, he has been a Minister since July 2000
 * What's an "AM"? Zoe, stupid American (216.234.130.130 23:43, 14 December 2005 (UTC))
 * AM = Assembly Member, i.e. a Member of the Welsh Assembly. Stub created from above text. -- AJR | Talk 00:15, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

= December 15 =

Visionary ship designer dies
John Stratford Rogers, Chairman and CEO of World City Corporation, died in October of 2005. He was in the process of building the world's largest passenger ship that would sail under a US flag - a rarity in today's foreign-flagged monoploy of the industry. Multiple obituaries appeared in the New York Times. He has been featured on ABC World News Tonight. The project continues on under the guidance of his partner Stephanie Gallagher. Americanflagship.com is their website. Much more info available via google search. Check it out and maybe worth an entry.
 * I created an article for America World City based on the Freedom Ship article. Feel free to add NPOV, verifiable, non-copyrighted information. --Dystopos 05:18, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

Pink Ivory
Done, thanks. Kappa 03:50, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

Aphanises
Shaka Lakan's translation of Freud's sexual paradigm into a linguistically based one, including its being ego-based, and being composed of "stages" (as with Freud's sexual stages)
 * I created a stub at Aphanisis with a redirect from Aphanises. Feel free to add as much neutral, verifiable, encyclopedic content as you want to write. --Dystopos 03:50, 18 December 2005 (UTC)

Poikilothermism
Poikilothermy A rare medical condition that causes a persons body temperature to vary with the temperature of the surrounding environment, making them somewhat cold-blooded. Cold-blooded animals are sometimes referred to as poikiltherms.

Source of info - Dorlands Medical Dictionary - www.mercksource.com
 * Currently, Poikilotherm, Poikilothermic and Poikilothermy all redirect to Cold-blooded. I'll create another redirect, and suggest adding any missing information to that article. --Dystopos 04:00, 18 December 2005 (UTC)

Hugh Durham
I created the article...if anyone wants to remove this entry, feel free. Ral315 (talk) 03:06, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

(snipped)

De Havilland Dragon DH84
The first DH84 Dragon (before the later DH89 Dragon Rapide)was designed to be an airliner which could operate a profitable air service without requiring a subsidy, and in this it proved sucessful. The DH 84 is a wooden biplane with two Gipsy Major 130Hp 4 cylinder aero engines also of De Havilland design and manufacture. The aircraft carries 5-6 passengers and one pilot, at a speed around 105Kts. It is generally considered an excellent example of its type although like most light twins of the time underpowered, being unable to maintain height on one engine. Three versions were produced, initially a military communications version with an extended fin, the Mark 1 with "glasshouse" full length window glazing, and a Mark 2 with wheel spats and more stylish,fully-framed windows. A second series of Mark 1's were later produced during WW2 in Australia for the armed forces, and several of these survive. One of the latter is airworthy in New Zealand, ZK-AXI, having previously served with the RAAF. Another is airworthy in Australia. A number served with the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia, operating in difficult and hot situations.


 * Currently has 11 incoming links under the name I've red linked. This is a valid topic for Wikipedia, but we need sources, particularly for claims like "considered an excellent example".  At the moment looks like original research. Even a much shorter article would be sufficient to create it, providing sources are provided for all facts. --David Woolley 14:03, 15 December 2005 (UTC)


 * Created a stub. DJ Clayworth 06:15, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

caecitis
Is an infection with resulting inflammation of the caecum. Usually caused by gram negative enteric commensal bacteria of the gut. Affects immunocompromised patients like those undergoing chemotherapy, with AIDS or the elderly. Symptoms of caecitis include fever, chills, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain and diarrhea. Diagnosed with a radiograph CT scan showing thickening of the caecum and "fat stranding".


 * Done. Thank you! Please expand the stub. I could not find the IP who suggested this anywhere in the history; if you're that person, please put your IP in the edit summary box saying you started the article so people will know you wrote this.  Please don't forget to sign your posts using four tildes ( ~ ).  Thanks! delldot | talk 19:43, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

Los Reyes Magos
In Latin Coultures Los Reye Magos (Three wise men) Leave small gifts in childrens shoes as they return back to their land from visiting the Baby Jesus. Usually on the Night of June 5th shoe are left at the front door for Los Reyes Magos.
 * Although I'm not sure we need one from a spanish term, I'm creating a redirect to Biblical Magi. --Dystopos 04:16, 18 December 2005 (UTC)

Sir Michael Rutter
Father of child psychiatry — Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.138.112.252 (talk • contribs)


 * Insufficient initial content. Please use requested articles instead.  If providing more content, please cite sources for claims of excellence.  --David Woolley 11:01, 15 December 2005 (UTC)


 * Stub created, please expand. Kappa 14:40, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

Miller effect
In electronics, the Miller effect is the tendency of a capacitance to be multiplied by the gain of adjacent stages.

Intuitively, since a gain represents a voltage multiplication between points, any capacitor across these points will charge and discharge with a current which is a (1 + gain) times greater than it "should" be. The result is that the effective capacitance "seen" by the circuit is therefore (1 + gain) times greater than it actually is.

Example: A 10pF capacitor placed across an amplifier with a gain of 10 would appear to be (1 + 10)*10pF, or 110pF.

Naturally, this increased capacitance can wreak havoc with high frequency response. For example, the tiny junction and stray capacitances in a Darlington transistor drastically reduce the high frequency response through the Miller effect and the Darlington's high gain.

Miller Effect
 * Done. - Mgm|(talk) 10:24, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

Riccardo Cocciante
Celebrated Italian-French singer, born in Vietnam on 20 february 1946. Millions of albums sold worldwide.


 * Stub created, please expand. Kappa 14:31, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

Gallipoli
Città costiera del Salento, nel Mezzogiorno d'Italia. Centro rivierasco a forte vocazione turistica. Conta circa 21.000 abitanti.
 * This is the English Wikipedia. Please provide content for your article in English, or if an article on this place exists on the Italian Wikipedia, you can request translation. android  79  13:37, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
 * See Gallipoli, Italy Kappa 14:15, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

Ashill, Devon
In the parish of Uffculme, with a small church. Also the teenage home of Blues singer Joss Stone
 * Done, thanks. Kappa 14:25, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

James "Spike" O'Toole
James "Spike" O'Toole was an Irish-American gangster from Dorchester, Massachusetts. He was a close friend of The Winter Hill Gang of Somerville, and their leader James "Buddy" McLean. He was targeted for assassination by The McLaughlin Brothers gang of Charlestown, when a Cambridge gangster named Ronald Dermody fell in love with his girlfriend. Dermody made a deal with George McLaughlin that if they would kill O'Toole, he would kill McLean. Dermody's plan backfired and he wound up dead, and The McLaughlin's forgot about O'Toole. Years later, in December of 1973, O'Toole (Who had survived many assassination attempts) was ran over by a gangland assassin while leaving a bar in South Boston.

--216.20.1.213 13:33, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

Category:Irish-American mobsters Category:Bostonians


 * done -- Dystopos 05:12, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

Counterintelligence Field Activity
Acronym: CIFA

A Department of Defense initiative, created in 2002, to create a general counterintelligence system aimed at supplying "actionable" information to key decision makers at all levels of the government.

The program is designed to feed information into the counterintelligence, counterespionage, anti-terrorism, law enforcement, and security aspects of the government, in addition to providing training and education in the same fields for the federal government.

A recent (November, 2005) proposal would transform the CIFA from an office that is security oriented to one that can also investigate suspicious activity within the United States such as treason, foreign or terrorist sabotage, or even economic espionage.

Nutricia

 * 1) REDIRECT Nutrico please, it's the main brand of that company.--137.120.195.172 15:04, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

Nexus Telecom
[removed direct copy of ]

"google test": 11200 matches

Created stub - original contributer, please feel free to expand this using your own words, and citing your sources. Stoive 23:46, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

Campina (company)
So I can write an article about that dutch diary cooperation. This company has a turnover of 3500 million euros and more than 7000 employees.--137.120.195.172 15:32, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
 * You really take away the fun out of wikipedia with this new policy, having to wait 5 days before one can write an article really demotivates people. Imho wikipedia should be the encyclopedia that anyone can edit.--137.120.195.172 15:41, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
 * 5 days? Where did that come from? Create an account and you can create articles right away. Absquatulism 15:48, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
 * As I said: wikipedia should be the encyclopedia that anyone can edit, not only logged in users. And 5 days is the time you are behind at creating the requested pages. --137.120.195.172 15:57, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Provide some encyclopedic content for this article you want to write and I'll create it for you right away. android  79  15:50, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Campina is a Dutch diary cooperation which employs 7000 people and has an annual turnover of 3500 million euro's. Main brands include Yogho Yogho, Campina, Landliebe and Mona, now can you create it so I can improve it? --137.120.195.172 15:57, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Campina (company) created. I assume you meant "corporation" and not "cooperation"; you can, of course, change it back if I'm wrong. android  79  16:02, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Thank you! I mean cooperation and not company though, it's a collective of farmers processing and selling their milk together, but looking at the english coorporation article i guess that wasn't the proper word, any idea what it is? --137.120.195.172 16:05, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Then you probably mean to say cooperative, and dairy, not diary. It would be rather difficult to get diaries out of cows. :-) android  79  16:08, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

Ramanand Sagar
By Chetan Bhide ( India)

Ramanand Sagar was born on 29th December, 1917 at Asal_Guru-Ke near Lahore. His Great Grandfather, Lala Shankar Das Chopra, migrated from Peshawar to Kashmir, who by his own strength became the ‘Nagar Shet’ of Kashmiri Chopras. His grandfather was Lala Ganga Ram who established his own trade in 1867 in Srinagar. His father, Lala Dinanath Chopra, used to enjoy writing poetry mainly for personal satisfaction under the nom de plume “Taj Peshawari”. Although he hailed from one of the most aristocratic and wealthiest families of the region, he was adopted by his childless maternal grandmother. Although his original name was “Chandramauli” given by his Kulpurohit, he was named Ramanand by his adopted family. But he missed his real parents love and his childhood was filled with agony and sufferings which was probably the reason for all his future creations which were filled with emotions.

>>> Chetan Bhide>


 * what were his future creations? Was he an artist?  A musician?  A writer?  Zoe (216.234.130.130 16:10, 15 December 2005 (UTC))


 * I think this is about film director Ramanand Sagar. Thanks Chetan. Kappa 16:30, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

Alexandria University
I know this is an important historical figure in my Islamic Civ class at Columbia University, and it seemed strange that you had nothing on the creation of the university, it's role in Egyptian history, etc. It would be nice if this could be added.

Thank You
 * I've created a stub, please add the missing information. Kappa 16:16, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
 * I think he actually meant Library of Alexandria, a rather older institution! --David Woolley 16:52, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

Fillmer Hevener
Biography: Fillmer Hevener, Ed. D.

Born- Churchville, Virginia, May 14, 1933 Education- Graduate of Columbia Union College, Madison University, The University of Virginia.

Professional Activities- Teacher, University professor, Pastor, Founder of Hevener Adventist Church; Currently Pastor, Guthrie Memorial Adventist Chapel; Portrait artist, writer, Christian missionary to Uganda.

Business Activities- Currently operates Fillmer Hevener Studio and Gallery, Farmville, Virginia. Owner/manager of Hevener Homes (rental/leasing), Farmville, Virginia; President, Fillmer Hevener Studio, Inc.; Owner/operator Hevener Foods, Farmville, Virginia.

Books written- HOT TIPS FOR STUDENT TEACHERS, TECHNICAL WRITING: A THEORETICAL BASIS, SUCCESSFUL STUDENT TEACHING, Numerous articles for scholarly and professional journals

Honors- Biography appears in: WHO'S WHO IN THE WORLD; WHO'S WHO IN THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST; WHO'S WHO IN AMERICA, WHO'S WHO IN AMERICAN EDUCATION; DICTIONARY OF INTERNATIONAL BIOGRAPHY (London); Charter Member,Washington Society of Portrait Artists; Former member, Board of Supervisors, Buckingham County, Va.; Correspondent of- the-day (August 22, 1996,) ''Italic text' 'Richmond Times-Dispatch.

www.oilart.com; www.guthriememorial.org. Information by Dr. Fillmer Hevener, 12-15-05


 * Hevener, in my opinion, falls short of WP:BIO criteria. I went ahead and created a stub for Guthrie Memorial Adventist Chapel, which could be a starting place for the most relevant, verifiable and NPOV content on Hevener. --Dystopos 05:30, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

Billy Zabka

 * 1) REDIRECT William Zabka

Johnnie Stewart
Johnnie Stewart started off his entertainment career in the BBC radio sound effects department in the late 1930s. In 1958 he produced "Juke Box Jury" for BBC Television and, continuing the popular musical theme, in 1963 the BBC recorded a pilot chart show, which Stewart produced. Originally called “The Teen and Twenty Record Club”, it emerged onto the UK screens as “Top of the Pops”, and after various guises the programme still runs today on BBC television. Johnnie finally retired to Ibiza where he died aged 87.

Hebron, Kentucky
Hebron is a census-designated place located in Boone County, Kentucky. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.68.126.35 (talk • contribs)

Arthur K. Barnes
Arthur K. Barnes (1911-1969) was an American science fiction author. Barnes wrote mostly for pulp magazines in the 1930's and 1940's. Barnes was most noted for his vivid and believable portrayals of alien life. As such, he is compared to Stanley G. Weinbaum who also wrote vividly of alien life, though he is not considered as good a writer as Weinbaum. Before Barnes (and Weinbaum), SF writers usually portrayed aliens as earth like monsters, with little originality. Barnes wrote a series of stories about "interplanetary hunters" Tommy Strike and Gerry Carlyle, collected in the books, Interplanetary Hunter (1956) and Interplanetary Huntress (1956). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.177.169.178 (talk • contribs)
 * Done, thanks Kappa 17:27, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

Pinnacle Airlines Flight 3701

 * Pinnacle Airlines crash of plane N8396A - significant because of implications of core-lock on CRJs

Pinnacle Airlines Flight 3701 (FLG3701, 9E3701 or Flagship 3701) crashed on October 14, 2004, near Jefferson City, Missouri. Everyone onboard was killed.

Pinnacle Airlines Flight 3701 was an empty 50-seat Bombardier Canadair Regional Jet CRJ-200 on ferry from Little Rock, Arkansas (Little Rock National Airport) to Minneapolis, Minnesota (Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport), manned by two pilots, Captain Jesse Rhodes and First Officer Peter Cesarz. The RJ crashed when the engines could not be restarted, and they could not reach an airport.

The incident
The two pilots were hot-rodding the CRJ-200 on their deadhead flight. The pilots decided to test the limits of the CRJ, and join the 410 Club (referring to pilots who pushed CRJs to their flight ceilings). (Flight Level 410 or FL410 refers to 41,000 feet ASL)

The incident started when the pilots performed excessive maneuvers at 15,000 feet which included a pitch-up at 2.3 G, which induced a stall warning. They set the autopilot to climb at 500 ft/min to 41,000 ft. This exceeded the manufacturers recommended climb rate at altitudes above 38,000 ft. In the attempt to reach FL410, the plane was pushed at over 1.2G, and the angle of attack became excessive to maintain climb rate in the thinner upper atmosphere. After reaching FL410, the plane was cruising at 150 knots, which is just barely above stall speed, and had overstressed the engines. The anti-stall devices activated while they were at altitude, but the pilots overrode the automatic nose down that would increase speed to prevent stall. After four overrides, both engines experienced flameout, and shutdown. The plane then stalled, and the pilots recovered from stall at 38,000 ft, while still having no engines. This lead the pilots to pitch nose down in an attempt to restart the engines. The crew failed to dive sharply enough to attain the required 300 kt for a windmill restart, ending the dive when they had reached 230 kt. The crew then tried to restart engines using the APU at 13,000 ft. This was again unsuccessful. They then declared to air traffic control that they had a single engine flameout. At this point they had 4 diversion airports available to them. As they continued to not be able to restart, they declared to ATC that they had infact had both engines flameout, whereupon only 2 airports were available. They crashed outside of Jefferson City, Missouri, behind a row of houses, (600 block of Hutton Lane) and the plane caught fire, killing both pilots. No one on the ground was hurt.

Aftermath
Pinnacle Airlines has restricted flights to a maximum of 38,000 feet.

The NTSB has determined that the engines were operating at 600F above maximum redline temperature at 41,000ft, and that the high speed compressor blades melted, which then dripped onto the low speed compressor. After the flameout, the low speed compressor became welded to the rest of the engine. Intially, it was thought that a core lock had occurred in the engines, however this more serious condition infact occurred.

turbosteamer
A turbosteamer is a term used by BMW to describe steam engine that uses exhaust heat to power a steam engine. This increases the fuel efficiency of the car by 15%. The BMW system can be fitted to most current BMW models with minor adjustments, on the factory floor.

variable compression ratio
(snipped)
 * 132.205.45.148 20:06, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Done, thanks Kappa 20:23, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

Snowmachine
'Snowmachine' is widespread term used in place of snowmobile across Alaska and parts of Canada. Snowmachines are also called 'sleds or simply 'machines. Additionally, "ski-doo" is also an Alaskan term for snowmobile, named after the brand of snowmobile. In the verb form, "snowmachining" is used, in addition to "sledding" and "ski-dooing".
 * Redirected snowmachine. There's no case for any of these as more than redirects. Ski-doo already exists as an appropriate reference.  --David Woolley 23:21, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

Ariel Fenster

 * (removed copyvio from www.oss.mcgill.ca/profiles/BioE.pdf). --Dystopos 05:42, 21 December 2005 (UTC)


 * Here's a stub. --Dystopos 05:42, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

EGTA
EGTA is a chelating agent (ethylene glycol tetra acetic acid) that is related to the better known EDTA, but with a much higher affinity for calcium than for magnesium ions. It is useful for making buffer solutions that resemble the environment inside living cells, where calcium ions are usually at least a thousandfold less concentrated than magnesium.


 * Stub created, thanks. AJR | Talk 00:33, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

Men of Beleriand
Men of Beleriand are the few men, living in the First Age of Middle Earth, that impact the age greatly, as created by J. R. R. Tolkien. The list of important men in the first age are interconnected themselves, between the houses of men, and with the elves. These men played a crucial role in causing the end of the First Age.

House of Beor ---

Barahir: Befriended Finrod after saving his life. This friendship was the saving grace of his son, Beren. Beren: Redeemer of a Silmaril (For the rite to wed Luthien), He journeyed with Luthien (Thingol and Melian's Daughter) and Finrod Felagund, Angband, with the help of Huan, Hound to the Valar. Finrod Felagund, and Huan died in this expedition.

Dior (of Elvish/Maiarian Decent): Dior, the son of Beren and Luthien, became the final King of the Sindar, ruling in Doriath. His daughter was Elwing, wife to Earendil.

House of Haleth ---

Galdor: Father of Hurin, and Huor. His importance is that he is their father.

Hurin: Father to Turin Turambar, Elf friend to Turgon, King of Gondolin. He fought alongside Turgon and Huor during Nirneath Andoriead (Unnummbered Tears, the fourth battle of Beleriand) and was captured by Morgoth shortly after. After his release, protecting the secret of Gondolin's location (The last Noldorian Kingdom to fall to Morgoth).

Turin: Bane to Father of Dragons, Glaurung. Suffering a cursed life, his major achievements were his defence of Brethil, and the slaying of Glaurung, the Father of Dragons. Wielding the Black Sword, Gurthang (See Anglachel) he killed himself after learning of his sister's (and lover's) fate.

Huor: Father to Tuor, Elf friend to Turgon, he fought and died in the Nirneath, protecting Turgon.

Tuor: The hope of Gondolin, he journeyed from the Landing spot of the Noldor in Vinyamar, to the West. With the gear of Turgon, he and an elf, Voronwe, travelled far to the Kingdom of Gondolin, where Tuor was admitted. Tuor wed the daughter of Turgon, Idril, and Earendil was born. Tuor participated in the long siege of Gondolin, by the Captain of the Balrogs, Gothmog (Brought upon by the treachery of Maeglin, Turgon's nephew). Although both Gothmog ("kamekazied" by the elf Ecthelion of the Fountain) and Maeglin (felled by Tuor) died, the siege on Gondolin was successful. Tuor led the escape of Gondolin, and helped make it successful.

Earendil, Half Elven: During the final battles of Beleriand, after the Elven race, and men were pushed to the lands of Cirdan (Lord of the Teleri on Beleriand), he set sail West to Valinor for reinforcements against the dark lord. He managed to reach Valinor, wherein the Valar sent forces to destroy Beleriand. He is the reason that Morgoth was captured a second time. With Elwing, they have two sons: Elrond, and Elros.