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28,344,171 | == August 2010 ==
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5,002,249 | Necromandus were a rock band from Cumberland, United Kingdom. They were formed in 1970 and were discovered by Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath in 1972. After recording one album in 1973, they split up. The album was not released until 1999. In 2007 they were mentioned in an article in Classic Rock magazine. Author, Ian Christe, has cited the band as one of the earliest doom metal groups.
== History ==
In 1968 two West Cumbrian bands, Jug and Heaven, broke up. Members from both bands, Barry "Baz" Dunnery (lead guitar), Dennis McCarten (bass), Frank Hall (drums), and singer Bill Branch, formed a heavy progressive blues outfit they called Hot Spring Water. They were briefly renamed Taurus before settling on Necromandus after a radio show asked their audience for name suggestions. In 1972, after extensive gigging and a failure to release a record, they caught the eye of Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi, who began managing the group.
In early 1973 Necromandus, under Iommi's guidance, recorded the album Orexis of Death at London's Morgan Studio. Iommi also added some guitar to the title track. A deal was arranged with Vertigo and the band began opening for Sabbath as well as Tony Kaye's Badger. Dunnery left the band in 1973, and as a result the album was shelved by Vertigo. Necromandus continued to receive praise and support, with Ozzy Osbourne initially wanting them for his Blizzard of Ozz project.
Dunnery and Hall founded the cover band Nerves, with Dunnery leaving to join the ELO offshoot Violinski in 1976. Hall and Dunnery also played together in the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal band Hammerhead, although Dunnery's stint was very brief.
The only surviving member of Necromandus is Frank Hall, as Dennis McCarten died in 2004 and Barry Dunnery (the elder brother of Francis Dunnery) died in 2008. The date of Bill Branch's death is currently unknown, though it is known he died in the late 1980s.
== Style ==
Hailed as "the second Sabbath" but with a prog edge, Melody Maker called Necromandus "a sort of Black Sabbath play Yes' greatest hits".
== Discography ==
Quicksand Dream (1991, alternative version of Orexis of Death)
Orexis of Death (1999, recorded 1973)
Necrothology (best of, 2001)
Live (2005)
Orexis of Death Plus... (reissue, 2005)
Orexis of Death / Live (reissue, 2010)
==Notes==
==References==
Christe, Ian (2003). Sound of the Beast: The Complete Headbanging History of Heavy Metal. HarperCollins. ISBN 0-380-81127-8
== External links ==
Necromandus tribute page
English doom metal musical groups | 438,093,857 | 2011-07-06T18:30:01 | Necromandus | 2,011 |
6,553,239 | Maitena Burundarena (Buenos Aires, May 1, 1962), better known as Maitena, is an Argentine cartoonist.
==Early works==
Maitena drew erotic strips for several European publications such as Makoki, in Barcelona. In Argentina, she worked in Sex Humor, Fierro, Humor, and Cerdos y Peces.
She also worked as a graphic illustrator for Argentine magazines and newspapers, as well as publishers specialized in school texts. She was also a TV screenwriter, restaurateur and bar owner.
Her first strip, Flo, was published in Tiempo Argentino, a Buenos Aires newspaper. Her work was compiled in a book called Y en este rincón, las mujeres.
==Mujeres Alteradas==
In 1993, Para Ti -a leading Argentine women's magazine- approached her to do a weekly humor page. Such was the origin of Mujeres Alteradas ("Women on the Edge"), a comic strip now published widely throughout the world. In 1999, Mujeres Alteradas was 'translated' from Argentine Spanish to European Spanish and started appearing in El País Semanal, the Sunday edition of El País, from Madrid. Mujeres Alteradas has been translated into several languages.
The strips have been collected into five books published by Lumen in Spain and Sudamericana, in Argentina. Mujeres Alteradas has sold 150,000 books just in Argentina.
==Superadas==
Between 1998 and 2003, Maitena also published a daily comic panel in La Nación´s humor section, under the name Superadas. This strip is currently published in several Argentine newspapers such as La Voz del Interior (Córdoba) and Los Andes (Mendoza). The strip is also published in several other international newspapers.
Towards the end of 2002, selected strips were published as a book named Superadas 1.
In June 2003, Maitena began to publish the Sunday strip Curvas peligrosas in the La Nación.
==A General Feature of Maitena's Work==
Unlike many fellow Argentine humourists (such as Quino in Mafalda, Caloi, Roberto Fontanarrosa or Rep), who rely on their characters' circumstances, Maitena focuses on the inner feelings of the female world.
==Personal life==
She is of Basque (maitena is Basque for "the most beloved") and Polish ancestry.
Her father, Carlos Burundarena, was a Basque-stock conservative academician, the last minister of education of the Argentine dictatorship of the 1980s (he was previously chancellor of the National Technological University). Her mother was an architect with Polish ancestry.
Maitena lives in Argentina and Uruguay. She is married and has three children, aged 26, 24 and six.
==Published works==
Women on the Edge 1
Women on the Edge 2
Women on the Edge 3
Women on the Edge 4
Women on the Edge 5
Curvas Peligrosas 1
Curvas Peligrosas 2
Superadas 1
Superadas 2
Superadas 3
==Notes==
==External links==
Official page
Burundarena, Maitena at the Spanish-language Auñamendi Encyclopedia.
Interview for EuskoNews & Media (Nº 309 - 2005/07/15-22) by Julia López. Spanish language with RealMedia audio and Basque translation.
1962 births
Living people
People from Buenos Aires
Argentine cartoonists
Argentine people of Basque descent
Argentine people of Polish descent
Maitena
Maitena Burundarena
Maitena Burundarena
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8,967,487 | == Summary ==
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2,827,205 | Alex Dolan is a journalist and science teacher who went undercover for six months in British schools as a supply teacher for the filming of a Channel 4 documentary, Undercover Teacher, exposing the poor behaviour of children in some areas of the education system. She secretly filmed her classes for the Channel 4 documentary.
She was suspended from teaching for one year by the General Teaching Council because she 'breached student trust'. and the decision has received criticism from both teachers and commentators.
More recently, Dolan has been employed as a presenter on Sky's Ocean TV programme Ocean Rescue . and is now covering maternity leave, of BBC Look East's Julie Reinger, presenting lunchtime weather and evening forecasts.
==References==
==External links==
http://www.channel4.com/community/showcards/D/Dispatches_-_Undercover_Teacher.html
British schoolteachers
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10,415,839 | This is a list of famous people who have or had Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
==Notable people with ALS==
Raymond Abrashkin - author
Augustine (Augie) Nieto - fitness guru
Zeca Afonso - Portuguese folk singer and anti-fascist politician
David E. Babcock, Sr. - former CEO, May Department Stores - 1975–1980; governor of U.S. Postal Service - 1980
Derek Bailey - British avant-garde guitar virtuoso
Jason Becker - American guitar virtuoso
Rob Borsellino - Des Moines Register columnist and author of So I'm Talkin' to This Guy...
Scott Brazil - American television producer and director
Harry Browne - best-selling author and 2-time Libertarian U.S. presidential candidate
Jerry Glenn Bryant - professional wrestler from Memphis, TN
Mao Zedong - Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party
Ezzard Charles - boxer; former world heavyweight champion
Leonard Cheshire - notable RAF pilot and charity worker
Sid Collins - radio personality; radio voice of the Indianapolis 500
Luca Coscioni - Italian researcher, political activist and advocate for euthanasia
Dominic S. D'Angona - nuclear physicist, worked on the Manhattan Project
Dennis Day - singer, comedian, actor
Michael Donnelly - Gulf War veteran
John Drury - longtime ABC7 Chicago news anchor
Bruce Edwards - PGA Tour caddy for golfer Tom Watson
Jenifer Estess - theatre producer; star of HBO documentary Three Sisters, subject of HBO film Jennifer; founding member of Project ALS
Steven G. Gey- law professor and expert on the separation of church and state and freedom of speech; former on-air analyst for ABC during the 2000 presidential recount
Lou Gehrig - baseball player, after whom the disease is commonly referred
Marc Harrison - designer
Pro Hart - Australian painter
Stephen Hawking - theoretical physicist and author of several books on astrophysics, including A Brief History of Time
Stephen Heywood - carpenter; subject of So Much So Fast and His Brother's Keeper
Jim "Catfish" Hunter - baseball player
Jörg Immendorff, German painter
Jacob K. Javits, U.S. Senator from New York
Axel Jensen - writer
Jimmy Johnstone, Scottish international footballer
Hans Keller - Austrian-born British musicologist and music critic.
Suna Kıraç, Turkish businesswoman and philanthrophist
Leadbelly - blues singer and guitarist
Joseph Mayo - Clerk of the Maine House of Representatives
Charles Mingus - jazz bass player
Glenn Montgomery - NFL football player for the Houston Oilers and Seattle Seahawks
Johnathon Nadaro - Australian painter and sculptor
David Niven - actor
Krzysztof Nowak, Polish footballer
Richard K. Olney - neurologist; ALS physician and researcher
Sidney Preston Osborn - former governor of Arizona
Neon Park - American artist
Diane Pretty - British "right to die" advocate
Don Revie - English football player and manager
Sue Rodriguez - Canadian "right to die" advocate
Franz Rosenzweig - philosopher and religious thinker
Stanley Sadie - British musicologist, music critic and editor of the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians
Ed Sadowski - baseball catcher and coach
Morrie Schwartz - educator
Raúl Sendic - Uruguayan Marxist and leader of the Tupamaros
Gianluca Signorini - Italian football player
Lane Smith - actor
Konrad Spindler - archaeologist, involved in the analysis of the Ötzi glacier mummy
Jon Stone - creator of Sesame Street
Maxwell D. Taylor - former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Roy Walford - gerontologist and life extensionist
Charlie Wedemeyer - former athlete and coach; motivational speaker
George Yardley - basketball player
Michael Zaslow - soap actor
Roberto Fontanarrosa - Argentine cartoonist and writer
Konstantinos Apostolos Doxiadis - Greek architect, urban planner and visionary
==References==
Jim O'Hagan Olympic swimmer | 304,747,400 | 2009-07-28T20:50:16 | Ravedave/ALS | 2,011 |
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10,415,840 | George Betts (19 September 1843 – 26 September 1902) was an English first-class cricketer, who played two matches for Yorkshire County Cricket Club between 1873 and 1874. A right-handed batsman, he scored 56 runs at 18.66, with a best of 44 not out against Gloucestershire.
Born in Sheffield, Betts made his debut against Gloucestershire in 1873 at Clifton, and performed well in the second innings, despite Yorkshire going down to a five wicket defeat. Batting at number 7 he remained unbeaten on 44, as Yorkshire were bowled out for 287, following on from Gloucestershire's first innings of 404, in which G. F. Grace scored 165. Betts was not selected again that year, and his second, and final, match came in 1874, was against Surrey when, batting at 4, he recorded a pair as Yorkshire ran out winners by 198 runs.
Betts died in Sheffield, aged 61, in September 1902.
==References==
==External links==
Cricinfo Profile
Cricket Archive Statistics
Betts, George
People from Sheffield
1902 deaths
English cricketers
ஜார்ஜ் பெட்ஸ் | 460,323,053 | 2011-11-12T18:49:45 | George Betts (cricketer, born 1843) | 2,011 |
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28,344,176 | Thomas Jarrett, DD, (1805–1882) was an English churchman and orientalist.
==Life==
He was educated at St. Catharine's College, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. in 1827 as thirty-fourth wrangler, and seventh in the first class of the classical tripos. In the following year he was elected a Fellow of his college, where he stayed as classical and Hebrew lecturer till 1832.
In 1832 he was presented by his college to the rectory of Trunch in Norfolk. In 1831 he was elected Sir Thomas Adams's Professor of Arabic, and held the chair till 1854, when he was appointed Regius Professor of Hebrew and canon of Ely Cathedral. He died at Trunch rectory on 7 March 1882.
==Works==
He knew at least twenty languages, and taught Hebrew, Arabic, Sanskrit, Persian, Gothic, and indeed almost any language for which he could find a student. He spent much time on Romanisation of oriental languages according to a system of his own; and also in promoting a system of printing English with diacritical marks to show the sound of each vowel without changing the spelling of the word.
He published in 1831 an Essay on Algebraic Development, intended to illustrate and apply a system of algebraic notation submitted by him to the Cambridge Philosophical Society in 1827, and printed in the third volume of their Transactions. It contained a suggestion for the notation for a factorial, written n as opposed to n! (a notation of German origin), that had wide currency in the nineteenth century.
In 1830 he published ‘Grammatical Indexes to the Hebrew Text of Genesis;’ in 1848, a ‘Hebrew-English and English-Hebrew Lexicon;’ in 1857, ‘The Gospels and Acts so printed as to Show the Sound of each Word without Change of Spelling,’ a work which was intended to illustrate his ‘New Way of Marking Sounds of English words without Change of Spelling,’ published in 1858; in 1866, an edition of Virgil with all the quantities marked; in 1875, ‘Nalopākhyānam,’ or the Sanskrit text of the Story of Nala transliterated into Roman characters; and in 1882, the ‘Hebrew Text of the Old Covenant printed in a modified Roman Alphabet.’ He also transliterated editions, which were never published, of the Rāmāyana, the Shāhnāmah, and the Korān.
==Notes==
==References==
Attribution
1805 births
1882 deaths
English Anglican priests
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8,967,500 | Lighthorse or Light Horse may refer to:
Light cavalry
Calcutta Light Horse, Indian Army reserve unit during the British Raj
Light Horse Regiment, South African Army unit
2nd/14th Light Horse Regiment, Australian Army Regiment
Australian Light Horse, mounted infantry who fought in World War I
The Lighthorsemen (film), a 1987 feature film about an Australian Light Horse unit
Lighthorse (American Indian police)
3rd Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment (United States)
South Alberta Light Horse
Henry Lee III, nicknamed "Light Horse Harry"
Horse&Rider, magazine formerly called Light Horse | 468,311,170 | 2011-12-29T18:26:22 | Lighthorse | 2,011 |
6,553,240 | Louis-Lewin-Straße (also spelled: Louis-Lewin-Strasse) is an underground railway station in the German capital city of Berlin. It is part of the Berlin U-Bahn; the station is located on the .
The station opened in July 1989, just a few months before the fall of the Berlin Wall. The station was formerly located in Hönow, and it was incorporated into Berlin during German reunification on October 3, 1990.
The eastern extension of (what is now) line U5 was one of the last major construction projects of the former German Democratic Republic.
In 1989 up to 1991 the name of the station was Paul-Verner-Strasse, however as P. Verner was an SED politician the name was changed after the reunification of Germany to the toxicologist and professor at the Humboldt University Lewin (1850–1929).
== References ==
Berlin U-Bahn stations
Buildings and structures in Marzahn-Hellersdorf
U-Bahnhof Louis-Lewin-Straße
Louis-Lewin-Straße (metrostation)
Louis-Lewin-Straße undergrunnsstasjon
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5,002,251 | ==The article's renaming==
This sounds like an article about a phenomenon found in mesocyclone thunderstorm complexes called a bounded weak echo region (BWER). It's not only a tropical cyclone-related feature. We could keep it separate and rename the article. Thegreatdr (talk)
I have renamed the article in my boldness. That will allow us to expand the article. Thegreatdr (talk)
The mention about the tropical cyclone vault is totally out of the definition of a BWER and has nothing to do with this article. It should be moved to the article Eye (cyclone). Pierre cb (talk)
Since tropical cyclones are special cases of MCSs over less limited areas of warmth and moisture (which cause them to persist longer), the mid-level eye section could just as easily be mentioned in this article as within the eye article. I'm not against adding it to the eye article as well, but it needs to be fully referenced first. The mid-level eye feature in tropical cyclones can be transient like a BWER. I honestly don't see why it would need to be removed from this article, since their characteristics are remarkably similar. Thegreatdr (talk)
The term BWER was specifically coined for severe thunderstorms, and in particular in supercells, to explain the effect on the strong updraft into the storm (look at the AMS and NWS definition in the reference). To my knowledge, BWER is never used in the tropical cyclone structure because the mid-level eye of the tropical cyclone, the motion is downward, bringing dry air from above, a totally different process on a much large scale than the BWER. The only mention of a BWER in a tropical cyclone would be in individual cells within the cyclone, usually on the outer rim, that could give a tornadic event. Pierre cb (talk)
:You'd be right if it was the eye of a mature tropical cyclone. But these mid-level eye features tend to be transient, with clouds/precipitation both above and below them, very much like a BWER. Otherwise, you could see mid-level eyes on conventional visible and IR satellite imagery. If you can find a reference stating what you have said about mid-level eyes, place it here, we'll read your line concerning downward motion if within the reference, and we'll move the segment to eye. I have found extremely few mentions of mid-level eyes on the internet from primary sources. Good luck in your search. Thegreatdr (talk)
::I'm going to the horse's mouth to get information. I've been writing to the NHC to ask about this point and I'm waiting the answer. As I read your personal page, I see that you are working for HPC. Maybe you can get this info faster? In fact, I'm wondering how can this term of mid-level eye be often mentionned in NHC discussions but there is no mention of it in their glossary?Pierre cb (talk)
:::It's an excellent point. I have contacts down there. Let me ask a couple of them if there is already a paper with its definition to see if there's a relevant reference and/or if they can add it to their FAQ. The fact that their glossary does not mention the feature is why I renamed the article BWER from Mid-level eye in the first place, lest it be deleted from wikipedia. If it turns out the evolution is as you suggest, the move will be done swiftly, per your suggestion. =) Thegreatdr (talk)
I just got an e-mail reply from NHC. It said:
I can see many possibilities for the mid-level eyes. Some of them may well be supercell-type BWERs, although most of the time those features are too small to be seen in microwave imagery. Other times they may be formative eyewalls. I don't have any papers or references about them.
I've asked someone else within the TC community about whether or not any papers have been written regarding them. If no one has, it's best we leave it within this article. A version of it could always be copied over the eye as well, if its dynamics remain dubious. Thegreatdr (talk)
You should integrate this info in the text as possibilities for the mid-level eye wall. On my side, I've never had any reply by the e-mail address from the HNC site. I wonder where my e-mail went? I hope you will have further info. Pierre cb (talk)
Received another reply. Eye features seen on microwave imagery appear to have escaped academia (at least formally). Therefore, have moved that section into the eye (cyclone) article. It can always be moved back if research is done showing they are similar to BWERs. Informally, the reply mentioned that it looks like a low-level feature, and may have mid-level subsidence similar to an eye in a tropical cyclone, but no papers appear to have been published on the topic, according to the source. The known references from NHC are unclear on the term as well. Nor is it in the glossary of meteorology. Therefore, shrunk the section and moved it into eye, as you and others before you have requested. I was really relying on the editor who originally inserted BWER-like wording for mid-level eye (seen between 500-850 hPa comment) to step forward with the reference, but that never happenned due to the above. Was waiting for this to be resolved before GACing the article. Thegreatdr (talk)
I've received a reply from Chris Landsea at NHC : " The mid-level center or eye occasionally mentioned in the NHC Discussions refers to the appearance of a center as defined by deeper convective structures relative to a surface center of circulation. Most often a significant difference in position between the two occurs when there exists quite a bit of vertical wind shear. While this sometimes can be diagnosed from the geostationary satellite imagery, more often it can be seen from the polar orbiting satellite imagery in the microwave spectrum." This confirms to me that it is not a BWER features but really formed as the same way as the tropical cyclone eye. For more on the use of the microwave imagery, M. Landsea pointed out to the "Microwave Imagery" learning module available from the Jacksonville Weather Forecast Office STORM project (under Tropical Cyclones): and [http://www.srh.noaa.gov/jax/storm/presentations/displayable/2007_NHC_microwave/player.html. I will put theses references in the Eye (cyclone) article. Pierre cb (talk)
==Tornadocane/Landcane/Landphoon==
We recently had a similar article to tornadocane called landphoon removed from wikipedia because the term was not in the glossary of meteorology. What's interesting is that landphoon had about seven unique sources, while tornadocane has exactly one source using the term. I'm going to remove the link, and propose the article's removal, for consistency's sake. Thegreatdr (talk)
==Good article nomination on hold==
This article's Good Article promotion has been put on hold. During review, some issues were discovered that can be resolved without a major re-write. This is how the article, as of March 8, 2008, compares against the six good article criteria:
1. Well written?: Pass
2. Factually accurate?: Pass
3. Broad in coverage?: Needs more content
4. Neutral point of view?: Pass
5. Article stability? Pass
6. Images?: Pass
Great job on the article so far, just needs a few improvements.
Please address these matters soon and then leave a note here showing how they have been resolved. After 48 hours the article should be reviewed again. If these issues are not addressed within 7 days, the article may be failed without further notice. Thank you for your work so far. Southern Illinois SKYWARN (talk)
The reference problem has been eliminated. How do you propose expanding the content on this article? It is a fairly narrow topic. Thegreatdr (talk)
There are now enough citaions, but the topic is pretty narrow, I don't know myself. Maybe we will think of something at some point. Southern Illinois SKYWARN (talk)
The topic itself is very narrow, as you well pointed out, so there isn't that much to expand. Can we get a second opinion? Titoxd(?!? - cool stuff)
There could be expansion in more highly technical aspects, but it's debatable whether that's appropriate for an encyclopedia or Wikipedia. Otherwise, I don't see any room for anything more than minor expansion. Evolauxia (talk)
I guess the issue becomes where we need to minorly expand. Any opinions on this? Thegreatdr (talk)
Well, I guess no noe else can come up with anything, including me. Unless someone comes up with something to add, I will pass it tommorow. I will go ahead and see if I can find anything else about BWERs, I think WFO PAH has a study whcih is online, but unfortunately, CRH websites are down at the time of this post. When they come back up I will put a link here. Southern Illinois SKYWARN (talk)
It turns out that they have just a bunch of derecho studies, which I have read, and nothing about BWERs, even their study of the May 2003 Supercells mainly talks about the shear and velocity, rather than a BWER. I am going to pass now, I accidently did a section edit. Southern Illinois SKYWARN (talk)
==Successful good article nomination==
I am glad to report that this article nomination for good article status has been promoted. This is how the article, as of March 27, 2008, compares against the six good article criteria:
1. Well written?: Pass
2. Factually accurate?: Pass
3. Broad in coverage?: Pass
4. Neutral point of view?: Pass
5. Article stability? Pass
6. Images?: Pass
Wonderful article for a technical subject. If you feel that this review is in error, feel free to take it to Good article reassessment. Thank you to all of the editors who worked hard to bring it to this status, and congratulations.— Southern Illinois SKYWARN (talk)
==Picture #3==
I saw the picture I took off earlier today was replaced and thought I'd open it up to a discussion for some consensus to prevent an edit war, From my knowledge I thought BWER are localized events and the pictures depicts a larger Mesoscale Convective System (state borders of NY and PA and the outline of Lake Erie can be seen)I quickly did some research to double check my knowledge and BWER may out at a mile or two wide. a side note: I did move the picture to the | 290,297,538 | 2009-05-16T12:06:49 | Bounded weak echo region | 2,011 |
10,415,850 | ==Comments==
haha...interesting tidbit...why dont we make a section called trivia and put it in there?
== Newfoundland ==
Why was the section on Newfoundland delegates deleted? Newfoundland was present at the Charlottetown Conference, albeit as an observer. The Last Melon
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6,553,241 | Hönow is a Berlin U-Bahn station and the eastern terminus of the line. It borders Hönow, a village of the Hoppegarten municipality in the state of Brandenburg.
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5,002,253 | == Things to add to Lutheran Section ==
We still need to talk about communion fellowship, close(d) communion, open communion and excommunication.
Classification of article as "start" applies only to the Lutheran Section and not to the entire article.
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== Merge ==
Since it has been proposed on this page that we need sections on open and closed communion and because the two pages don't contain much information anyway (and because they both fall under the broader heading of Eucharistic discipline), I am proposing we merge them into a section of this article. Thoughts?
*Absolutely NOT. There is a HUGE difference between the ORDINANCE of Communion and the SACRAMENT of Eucharist. Communion is a symbol pointing to the Paschal Event, whereas Eucharist is a channel of God's grace to the recipient (look at the middle of the word - charis - Greek for grace). Eucharist is transubstantiation or consubstantiation, whereas Communion is a symbolic celebration ("Celebrate His death until He returns"). Thus, an ORDINANCE-keeper will NEVER think to look for Communion under Eucharist, where it clearly doesn't belong. SHLAMA | 437,245,925 | 2011-07-01T15:40:31 | Eucharistic discipline | 2,011 |
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5,002,255 | ==Old talk==
SOMEONE WRITE A REAL ARTICLE ABOUT THIS IT IS IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO KNOW HOW MUCH MORE HORRIBLE THESE RESIDENCES ARE THAN NORMAL TENAMENTS—Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.12.116.7 (talk • contribs)
What sources do you suggest, preferrably in English and if necessary in Russian? Andries
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==Regarding Early Hominids and Genesis==
Thank you for straightening that issue out in the article. I hope things are adequate now. If there was any arrogance in my words, I apologize. I was interested by your comment regarding hominids prior to Adam, and you were correct that the article talk page was not the place for such a discussion. Yet I'm curious as to what your strong case consists of. Perhaps here we can go into it?
Sure. By the way, I am a Christian, and I believe in this Wiseman hypothesis, which of course has no effect on my editing. Or at least, little effect, as I don't want it unnecessarily associated with YEC.
In response to your question, first off why would Genesis 1 not mention other hominids? Difficult one, but one clue may be in the fact that the Bible often compares people with animals, including "clean" (representing God's people) and "unclean" animals. Ideally, the image of God is best represented not in an animal such as a lamb but in homo sapiens. Thus, we have the creation of animals, then Adam and Eve made in the very image of God. There must have been other intermarriageable(?) hominids because Cain was able to go and find a wife and build cities. After the flood, Genesis 6:4 mentions there were giants on the Earth already in the post-flood period, so the flood could not have been global, and the giants probably pre-dated Adam as well. Also, the Bible mentions the ancient mountains, ancient river (etc) but doesn't use this word ancient in reference to man. However, I have yet to do an in-depth study on this word. As for the flood, it is common for the Bible to employ a phrase like "all the Earth" in hyperbole form to refer to a localized area. We should not expect the authors to have used scientifically correct language, which no ancient people ever did. (Marty8 )
Thank you for responding. I am also a Christian. I believe that the Wiseman hypothesis has a great likelihood of being correct, although it has been brought to my attention that there is a possibility still that the accounts were not written down at any early point. The ancients could have had excellent memories which we have since lost, in the same way that we have lost our relative longevity, and the reality could have been a middle ground between the tablet theory and authorship by Moses. I am also a Young Earth Creationist.
":Having provided that introduction, I would like to present replies to your case regarding early hominids from a YEC position. As a disclaimer, there are a few YECs who hold that if you don’t believe in a young earth you are going to burn in hell. I’m not one of those. I simply think an old age position undermines part of our ability to grow in the Lord after becoming a believer in Christ.
Regarding the idea of intermarriage between humans created in God’s image and "other" hominids, a disturbing question arises. Are there some people who are not as human as others? You point out that Cain would have had to find a wife from somewhere. I believe it would have been his sister. There is both Biblical support for this and support from our knowledge of genetics. Abraham’s wife Sarah was his sister (Gen. 20: 12). Regarding genetics, the physical reason why close intermarriage is not advisable is because of detrimental mutations in the DNA. When two people have offspring, the appearance of a problem due to the genetic corruption can be avoided if one of the parents has a gene that covers the damaged segment of the other parent. The problem manifests when both parents have the same defective gene, which is likely to be the case with close relatives. This corruption is a result of the Fall, but it is a cumulative effect. Those closer to creation would not have had a great deal of genetic corruption and so would not have been at risk. It was only over two thousand years later that God told the Israelites not to marry siblings.
Pre Adam hominids also raises the question of the origin of death. The Bible indeed does not mention such individuals, and the supposed evidence for their existence comes from fossils. So that would mean they died. In contrast, the Bible states that death only entered into the world through Adam (Rom. 5: 12) (I Cor. 15:22).
As for Cain’s city, a city need not be large, but rather just be walled, I believe. Furthermore, it was when Adam and Eve were 130 years old that they named a replacement for Abel. 130 years is sufficient time for a sizeable population to arise.
Regarding giants, there are translations which do not use the term giant, but rather the transliteration Nephilim. This is because the Hebrew term does not necessarily carry with it such a meaning. They were a race that came about from a mixing of fallen angels and human women. Such mingling could have occurred after the Flood and did occur to create a new batch of Nephilim. There are some who even theorize that a number of Nephilim survived the Flood by leaving the planet.
"Ancient" is nonconclusive. Several thousand years is a long time. We today commonly associate Moses and Abraham with the term ancient. Even the Romans might be considered ancient.
Furthermore, a local flood is contrary to the Genesis account. Taking one hundred years to construct an ark would be completely unnecessary is Noah could have survived simply by moving away in a matter of months at most. Animals would not have needed to be gathered from around the world had it only been a local flood. The very geography of the Middle East would not allow for a local flood drowning the area, since the waters would have quickly drained due to a lack of high ground keeping in certain areas. God also promised that He would never again send such a Flood to the earth. If it was a local flood, then God has broken His word on numerous occasions. To imply that the Genesis Flood was only a local flood would also imply that Christ’s return will only have a local effect, since "As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man" (Matt. 24: 37).
I will try to respond to what you wrote. I was into YEC, but my feeling about it now is, not only it is not Biblical, every time someone wants to make Christians look like complete fools they talk about YEC. The vast majority of lay people who are into YEC aren't guilty of lying, but some prominent teachers should definitely know better. My advice is, don't belive, or at least question, most of the YEC "science." Not every scientific field has been completely "hijacked" by the evolution agenda.
"Are there some people who are not as human as others?"
We are not talking about any other species since in that case there could have been no intermarriage that bore offspring. Different races could in theory be far apart in appearance, but still able to intermarry. Look at dogs, for instance. I need to backtrack because I was a little mixed up earlier when talking about Genesis 6:4. The argument goes that the verse says there were nephilim before the flood and also after the flood. However, there is no record of demons mating with humans after the flood, and so it seems some nephilim survived the flood. Now that I think about it more, I don't believe any nephilim survived the flood. My belief is that the flood was local, yet it destroyed all human life except Noah and his sons and their wives. Hence, any previous "race" or "species" issues would no longer apply. The post-flood race issues such as the "chosen race" are still there, but that's another matter.
As for there being no death before Adam, that completely contradicts the fossil record. Would you believe it's also not biblical? Look up an article on the web by David Snoke titled, Why Were Dangerous Animals Created? It's at the asa.org website. Personally, I always thought some bugs would have died anyway. They have short lifespans, and are easily squished. :o
I know Cain could have married his sister, but I doubt it happened that way. In Genesis, the wicked sons (Ishmael, Esau) always went away and married foreign wives. Cain certainly went away, and probably didn't come back home at all, whether for marriage or any other reason. That is conjecture, but is based on my Bible study, and all we can do is guess who Cain may have married.
God's promise to Noah is unbroken because He hasn't destroyed all human life since then. For what it's worth, ecologists(?) say if there's only two of a species, it's almost a guarantee of extinction. I understand the argument that God helped the animals survive, find their mates, and reproduce, but most YECs don't fully appreciate what a miracle that would be. I do not discount anything simply because it's miraculous, but weigh the preponderance of evidence against possible interpretations of Scripture.
As far as what you say about the geography of Mesopotamia (the "Middle East" doesn't fit here), the YEC's themselves agree the heavens are emptied and waters from below gush out, and there is a raising of the sea level - I would suggest not above Mount Everest, but certainly above the Mesopotamian flood plain. You may know that the word "mountain" could also mean "hill," so the Ark may have landed on a hill.
Since the Bible can certainly be interpreted in such a way that the flood was local, that is how I believe God meant it, especially considering all the evidence. I do not believe polar bears and penguins came to Noah, along with dinosaurs and camels and jungle sloths and everything else. That is fine to believe as a child, but now we should know better. Don't get me wrong because I appreciate those who have doubts, yet believe by faith. I do not dislike or disrespect YECs (except lying ones) because, after all, I've been there myself. However, please consider this. If the flood had covered the entire Earth for an entire year, every plant/tree would definitely have died. That alone should be enough "scientific" information to kill that theory. God could have miraculously kept the plants alive, but it seems like he would have told us about it in Scripture. YECs desperately want to keep the global flood story going because they use the flood to explain practically every sedimentary layer buried under the Earth. How can a single flood explain most of the Grand Canyon? I would challenge you to just take one geological formation and study it in detail to compare what science says with what YEC says as best you can, then draw your own conclusions.
Also, I would bet you say you don't believe in evolution. Not if you're a YEC! Since Noah would have only had room for the "primary species" (or whatever term YEC "experts" might use) on the ark, those species would have had to come off the ark and evolve into all the varieties we have now in just a very short span of time. That's more rapid and radical evolution than any Darwinian could ever accept. We have literally millions of species of life forms on Earth.
Please read the article by Snoke and let me know what you think. I have some other web links on my computer, and can send them to you if you want to research it, and if you provide an email address. Unfortunately, I cannot spend further time writing in such detail. Maybe just a question or two is all I will be willing to answer due to other priorities.
Thank you for responding again. I am still in the process of reading the article you recommended, but in the meantime, I would like to respond to your post. I do not wish to seem rude or anything, but I think you have missed and/or misunderstood a few things. I feel kind of in a tight spot here, since I want to point out what I think are errors in your arguments, but I also do not want either to force you to lose time on something important or to seem like I’m trying to get the last word (which I’m not). And thank you for giving me the benefit of the doubt that I am not lying.
First of all, so what if nonbelievers mock some aspect of our beliefs? That is absolutely no reason for us to doubt that what we hold to is correct. We are fools for Christ. We believe that God became a man and that Man rose from the dead! How totally foolish and "unscientific" is that? Yes, we should all scrutinize the YEC science very, very carefully. Many YEC claims have been shown dubious or false, but the same has been shown for the claims of evolutionists to a much greater extent, and they are still held as being experts on reality.
I’ll let you think over the last half of your second paragraph a little longer.
Yes, I do believe that death before Adam is not Biblical. I see that the article you recommended attempts to interpret my supporting verses differently, but I still hold to this position so far. Regarding the "fossil record," that's assuming there was no global Flood. I’m not an expert on bugs, but I would assume that if they do not have blood as other animals do, then they are not considered living. After all, the life is in the blood.
As for Cain’s wife, I think you missed something. It does not say that Cain married after the event of the murder. He could very well have committed the crime after getting married and left along with his wife. Furthermore, his family could have spread in the more than one hundred years since the creation.
Regarding the Flood, maybe you might interpret it as being local, but really, the Flood account could not have been much clearer as to the meaning had a global Flood been meant. It repeatedly states things like "all the earth," "all creatures," "everything that had the breath of life," "everything on the face of the earth," "all the high mountains under the entire heavens." How would you actually go about making it clearer if you wanted to emphasize that it was global? Furthermore, why would God have told Noah to waste one hundred years of his life if he could have just taken his family for a mountain hike? Do you realize how big that boat was? It had enough space to carry all the kinds of animals with room to spare (room that might have been used for carrying seed). There are many types of plants that can stay in salt water for very long periods. In fact, even in the evolutionist model plants would have had to float across continents.
Now you say that YECs are desperate to keep the global Flood story going because it is used to explain all the sedimentary layers. I would phrase it like this: the evolutionists are desperate to debunk the global Flood because it would render their prized geologic column useless. They scrambled to find explanations for why over ninety-five percent of all fossils discovered are marine. More and more, they are being forced to recognize that most fossils must have been formed through some sort of catastrophe. They say that Mars experienced near global flooding some time in the past, but abhor any notion of that having ever occurred on Earth, despite the obviously higher water content over here. I don’t see how the Grand Canyon is a dilemma. Perhaps you’d think that proves your point. However, I believe the New Testament says something about our modern rejection of the Biblical Flood.
Yes, I do believe in a form of evolution. I merely call it rapid speciation, as well as a loss of information. The evolution that the materialists believe in is an increase in organized complexity. The current YEC model is that the original kinds had a great repository of genetic variation. Isolation and inbreeding resulted in certain traits becoming mainstays in local populations, and other traits having been lost. You brought up earlier an example of dog breeding. I will use it in another context. You can take a mutt and through successive breeding arrive at a specialized new breed, but that new breed will likely be highly dependant on human care. Moreover, it will be a lot harder to take that new breed will not be able to return to the original flexibility in breeding, i.e. you will not be able to make as many new breeds through the new one as you would through the old. Genes interfering with the trait you were selecting have been weeded out. I’m not sure how long you’ve been away from the "YEC camp," but it feels like you haven’t looked around at sites such as answersingenesis.org lately.
I’m sorry for making this so long, but I hate leaving points unaddressed. Take as long as you need with your greater priorities though.
"Take as long as you need with your greater priorities though." I seriously hope this isn't sarcasm, as it appears. You're the one who started this discussion.
I'm sorry to see you don't seem to find the Snoke article to be of any interest. Personally speaking, Snoke and Mark Whorton (author of the book "Peril in Paradise") do theology better than any YECs I know of.
If YEC is true, why do you folks see a need to prop it up with so many lies? Although I'm not accusing you personally of being a liar, I again challenge you to closely examine the facts. Look at what the skeptics say about YEC arguments by people like Ken Ham, Carl Baugh, and virtually all the big names. Why not, if the truth is on your side? I choose to go not strictly with "science," nor with some reactionary, fanciful, overly literal Bible interpretation, but with other Christians like myself who seek truth in the Scriptures. Personally, I think there is some evidence that people lived at the same time as dinosaurs, so yes, I'm very skeptical of establishment science. I think Job indicates that people of that time were familiar with dinosaurs.
The YEC story about the grand canyon need not be true just because the world rejects it. Nowhere does the Bible say we have to disagree with the "world" on everything. As I wrote before, I believe all humans except Noah & family were drowned in the flood. Humans had not obeyed God's command to spread out and take dominion over the Earth so they were concentrated in one area. In terms of 2 Peter, what difference does it make if I don't think God drowned all the animals in South America (or wherever, if the continents supposedly didn't exist) because of people sinning in Mesopotamia? I think making a habit of judging fellow believers for things like not believing God killed every last rabbit (etc) on Earth is a worse sin than not taking every single word of the Bible literally, but feel free to decide that for yourself. Oh, by the way, try taking every word of Revelation literally!
"I’ll let you think over the last half of your second paragraph a little longer." That's the part where I wrote, "I don't believe the nephilim survived the flood." I don't understand why you would want me to think about that.
Noah built the ark as a testimony against unbelievers, and also it was a type of Christ since to be saved we must be "in Christ."
God's commands don't always have to be "practical." Consider his command that Abraham sacrifice his son Isaac. It's a good thing Abraaham was willing to act on God's command without questioning it.
Your "rapid speciation" theory isn't the same as Darwinian evolution, but still is a form of theistic evolution. Anyone receptive to "rapid speciation" theory and denying a young Earth would rationally conclude that all life descends from a universal common ancestor (UCA). That may seem irrelevant to YECs, but what right do YECs have to be so judgmental toward theistic evolutionists who believe much the same thing as YECs, but only in a different time frame? By the way, many theistic evolutionists do not believe in a UCA, but that God specially created Adam and Eve - so again, why do YECs judge them so harshly? I just find it interesting. By the way, I don't have a specific position other than the belief that God created life and provided the information necessary for life. Also, I don't believe in a UCA.
I decided to respond since you wrote such a long (& wrong) response, although I had been hoping for a short response. I realize I didn't respond to everything you wrote, but didn't really see a need to. I would still like this discussion to end soon.
I was being serious about my last sentence. I apologize for making it unclear. I hadn't realized at the time how easily that can be seen as a statement of sarcasm :(.
I guess this will be my last post here. I'll attempt to keep it short. You say that YECs do not do theology well, but it felt to me that a number of your arguments drawn from Scripture were not well analyzed on your part. The Bible could not have been clearer that it was a Flood that destroyed all life. It says not only every man, but also every creature. Furthermore, the Bible only says that man refused to scatter over the earth after the Flood. Earlier, people were scattered, as attested to by Cain's predicament. Regarding the Nephilim, you seemed to say something to the effect that there were no new Nephilim after the Flood, and that all Nephilim were killed in the Flood. This is contradicted by the very verse you originally brought up about there being Nephilim before the Flood and afterwards. The article you cited argued against redesign after the Fall since it was not referred to in Scripture, but then you argue for the existence of a human species prior to Adam, and marrying into Adam's line, even though there is no clear sign of their existence in Scripture. By the same sort of rational given that Cain must have married a pre Adamite, one could use the verses in Job regarding God having designed animal hunters to mean He recreated animals after the Fall. Finally, Genesis is presented as a literal, historical account that provides no internal reason to think that the Flood was anything but global; but Revelation is specifically stated to be a vision. Moreover, the symbolism in Revelation is explicitly identified as symbolism by the angel interpreting it for John. The universal nature of the Flood is nowhere in the Bible given a comparable symbolic treatment.
I'm sorry that you believe my position to be wrong and that the typed words here seem to convey a sense of hostility (on either side, though I'm sure neither of us intended to be nasty). I will refrain from bothering you any further. Lord bless you.
(p.s. I am meditating on the issue of carnivorous animals. I think it possible that all of their physical characteristics were left unchanged after the Fall or the Flood, and that merely their behavior became altered. The nutrient value of plants may have been different back then, and there were insects . However, I will look into the matter further. Thank you for bringing it to my attention.)
Sorry I misinterpreted that statement. Unfortunately, that was my very first impression when I read it. Only later did I realize I might have been mistaken.
Since you said you don't intend to post anything further, I will just respond to what you wrote, especially since you say I have misinterpreted Scripture. If I write something you feel you must respond to, that's okay. In a way, this is a needful discussion for me because it's causing me to think over some issues.
Do a Bible study sometime looking up the use of the word "all" or even "all the Earth." I guess when Genesis 41:56 (internal to Genesis) says the famine was upon "all the face of the Earth," that must mean the Chinese went hungry too. This was written from the perspective of Noah. God is quoted also, but if he had said he wouldn't flood the distant mountain regions, Noah might have just packed up instead of building the ark. I think God usually just tells us what we need to know. Noah would have certainly performed a valuable service in saving domesticated livestock and seed for crops because people had carefully breeded them.
As for the pre-flood time, I know of no Bible scholars who say Cain's cities were very far apart, or that anyone in that time would have lived outside of Mesopotamia. If in Mesopotamia, it would have all been subject to flooding. The people weren't obedient to God's other commands, so it seems the burden would be on you to prove they obeyed the command to scatter throughout the Earth.
As for the nephilim, they were there before the flood, then died in the flood. After the flood, nephilim came through these strange marriages we talked about, not by surviving the flood. All the translations seem pretty consistent, and can be interpreted as saying there were two occasions when the "sons of God" mated with the daughters of men. Here is 6:4a in Young's Literal Translation:
"The fallen ones were in the earth in those days, and even afterwards when sons of God come in unto daughters of men..."
"By the same sort of rational given that Cain must have married a pre Adamite, one could use the verses in Job regarding God having designed animal hunters to mean He recreated animals after the Fall." Point taken. However, this argument cuts both ways, because for those YECs who believe in re-creation after the flood, I could "explain" why no verses are needed to say there were other human types besides Adam and Eve.
William Dembski (designinference.com) wrote an article that said God created carnivorous animals knowing Adam and Eve would sin. However, he put them in this sanctuary called the Garden of Eden. Only after they were driven from this sanctuary for their sin did they have to encounter these dangerous animals. This is a problem called "backwards causation," and people will say you can't create the punishment before the crime is committed. This rule may not apply to God, and I don't mean that flippantly; unlike the case with humans, omniscience plays a part in all that God does. Snoke and Whorton, on the other hand, just basically say God put them there as challenges to us I guess. Like in Job, they're just there. No explanation. Anyway, those are all old Earth creationist views.
For what it's worth, the entire flood account is a huge poem. I'm not saying that makes it non-historical, but it can't be strictly classified as a straight historical narrative when it's all poetry. The poem (called a chiasm) is outlined in G.J. Wenham, "The Coherence of the Flood Narrative." I can send you the outline by email if you want. I don't know if it can be found on the Internet or not. Write again if you want me to send you that, or if you have any final comments. I ended up bringing up some new issues which I had not intended to raise.
It was nice talking with you. God bless!
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The RDFa attribute specifications make it possible to describe structured data in any markup language. The RDFa markup in XHTML+RDFa reuses the markup code, thus eliminating the need for unnecessary duplications.
XHTML+RDFa is not widely distributed yet, probably due to the lack of support in authoring tools and content management systems. However, there is good tendency. Drupal 7, for example, supports RDFa.
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6,553,251 | ==Some improvements==
I have now taken the time to make some improvements, but someone still needs to get more external website sources to make the page more authentic in meeting Wiki objectivity standards.
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==Improving this page==
It would really be nice if someone took the time to improve this page. Try to include some online citations and sources. Then remove the note at the top. Also the views about Yemi and demons (etc) sounds very subjective. I suggest someone tidies it up. I would have done some work here but I am rather busy and just passing by! You can write to me on my talk page by clicking on my Wiki-name below, if you wish to dialogue with me.
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==Hang on, this is not NPOV==
In the Challenges section someone wrote "It beggars belief that a country like the UK claiming to be the centre-piece of democracy would impose restrictions on religious broadcasting but allows pornographic programs to be aired."
As it happens I completely agree, but phrases like 'beggars belief' would not be found in any ordinary encylopedia. So I will change this!
Reverting to previous version due to Vandalism.
== Improved accuracy ==
Hi, I've changed the sentence about Revelation being 'unique' in producing a high quantity of its own shows by removing the word 'unique' - I haven't suggested that Revelation doesn't produce a lot of its own material, but simply reworded it to take 'unique' out. Previously it was an inaccurate statement, as other channels certainly produce a lot of their own material too (God TV, for example, also "broadcasts a high amount of self-created programming" - even if that is aired alongside a great number of outside shows). Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.105.117.52 (talk)
== Tried to make this look more 'professional' ==
Hi, I have tried to make the Revelation section look a lot more professional; and would like to thank whomever started this entry, and of course to all positive contributors. Please feel free to discuss any issues here.
Thanks.
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Thanks a lot Davilton. I added a bit on the fact that Revelation TV has also included a look into Christian converts who were originally Muslims like Simon Altaf. I thought that part was important since we get to hear a lot about Muslim converts but not of Christian converts from Islam.
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4,285,358 | Torah Umesorah – National Society for Hebrew Day Schools (or Torah Umesorah תורה ומסורה) is an Orthodox Jewish organization that fosters and promotes Torah-based Jewish religious education in North America by supporting and developing a loosely affiliated network of 760 independent private Jewish day schools catering to more than 250,000 children, yeshivas and kollelim in every city with a significant population of Jews. The previous executive vice-president of Torah Umesorah was Rabbi Joshua Fishman, a disciple of Rabbi Yitzchok Hutner (1906–1980). Rabbi Fishman retired in June 2007, and the current Menahel is Rabbi Dovid Nojowitz, who returned to the U.S., after serving as Rosh Kollel in Melbourne, Australia for a quarter century.
==History==
The first national Jewish organization that pioneered Jewish day schools in the US in 1944 at a time when the United States was at war with the Axis Powers and Europe's Jews were facing the genocide of the Holocaust by the Nazis. Yet it was precisely at that time that the call went out, challenging the prevailing mood of the times, to establish a totally new network of Jewish day schools across North America. Torah Umesorah was founded by Rabbi Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz and Rabbi Aaron Kotler. Merkos L'inyonei Chinuch, was founded by the previous Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneerson in 1942 but only towards the end of the 20th century began to make inroads in the Jewish Day School arena around the US prior to that its reach was limited to large Lubavitch communities.
The originator and leading personality of this new idea was the Hungarian-born Rabbi Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz (who insisted in being addressed as "Mr. Mendlowitz") who was then serving as the head of the Yeshiva Torah Vodaas in Brooklyn. He was supported, encouraged and guided by a group of colleagues (mostly leading Eastern European-born and educated rosh yeshivas ), and aided greatly Rabbi Aharon Kotler (1890–1962) the rosh yeshiva of the Lakewood yeshiva in New Jersey.
==Planning Torah Umesorah's contributions to Jewish education==
The founders of Torah Umesorah wanted to establish a different model of education that was not based on the up-till-then accepted practice whereby Jewish parents sent their children to government non-sectarian public schools during the day and then in the afternoons or on Sundays would send their children to Cheder or Talmud Torah-type Jewishly-run schools as had once been done in Europe—but which now in the modern New World were failing to transmit Judaism in a compelling and lasting manner to students who arrived tired in the afternoons, and who were also subjected to the secularizing forces in general American society and culture in public school, on the street, and at home.
Thus the rabbis envisioned the birth of dual-curriculum Jewish day schools that would provide both a Judaic (Jewish or Torah religious) education for half the day and a good secular education all under one roof in one building or complex. Ideally, each new school was to be guided by an ordained rabbi who would serve as the headmaster or principal and who would also recruit a "general studies" associate principal (also known as the "English principal"), preferably someone who was also loyal to the traditions of Judaism, who would then recruit, assist, supervise and guide teachers who would be teaching the same secular subjects taught in the public schools.
==Factors favoring Torah Umesorah's establishment==
However, there were enough parents who were sold on the idea particularly as the shock of the enormity of the Holocaust (of World War II) set in and since over half a million United States Jews had served in the US armed forces and witnessed the horrors of anti-Semitism for themselves many were sympathetic to the rabbis' calls for a moderate Jewish education, at least until the Bar Mitzvah age (12-13) of their children.
Another important factor at the time was the highly emotional Jewish pride that was felt by many Jews following the establishment of the new State of Israel with the United States being the first to recognize the new Jewish state. Many American Jews now felt that they needed to provide the means for their children to learn the Hebrew language connected with the core of Judaism, that would connect the children and their families with pride in being Jewish, and simultaneously promote secular education as well.
The new Jewish days schools were seen as the perfect means to serve as the educational vehicles to accomplish the new goals of all-day Jewish schooling—or, all-day schooling under Jewish religious auspices—whereas in the past the Cheders and Talmud Torahs were judged to be failures because they did not manage to adequately inspire and prepare the Jewish children who attended them for Jewish religious adulthood. (Once Torah Umesorah was established, and its affiliated schools were attracting students, the same criticism would be leveled at parents who withdrew their children as they reached adolescence and were then sent to government-run public school high schools rather than making the sacrifices of attending Jewish high schools.)
==Other Orthodox efforts==
In the New York-New Jersey metropolitan area, particularly in many areas of Brooklyn, various Hasidic and Haredi groups (such as Satmar, Bobov, Vizhnitz and many others) attracted many new supporters for yeshiva education that was more intensive than the Jewish day school model being promoted by Torah Umesorah to the American heartland. Notable was Merkos L'inyonei Chinuch, which was founded by the previous Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneerson in 1942.
The impetus for the large growth evident in Orthodox Jewish Day Schools, came largely from Holocaust survivors who arrived in the United States during the 1940s and 1950s (such as the Lithuanian Mir yeshiva) who had no wish to emulate the educational goals of secular (Jewish) society. They therefore responded to calls to send their children to yeshivas (for the boys) and Beis Yaakovs (for the girls) that provided less intense secular education with most of the time devoted entirely to Talmud and rabbinical literature (for the boys) and study of Tanakh and Jewish laws and customs (for the girls) all combined with fervent and intense Jewish worship. The new institutions thrived in their own right and mostly followed the guidelines of their own rosh yeshivas and rebbes who did not necessarily look to Torah Umesorah for any curricular guidance.
Towards the latter part of the twentieth century, Torah Umesorah had teachers and rabbis from the Haredi and Hasidic schools beginning to look to it for training in improving classroom management, enhancing classroom discipline and learning up-to-date teaching skills and techniques that they may not have formally received during their yeshiva training.
==First director and building Jewish day schools and Community Development==
After its founding, Torah Mesorah appointed a full time Director in 1946, someone with an academic degree, Dr. Joseph Kaminetsky who was given the mandate to fulfill the vision of the founding rabbis.
When Dr. Joseph Kaminetsky became the professional head of Torah Umesorah, the National Society for Hebrew Day Schools there were very few Jewish day schools let alone authentic yeshivas or Beis Yaakov schools in North America. Whereas by the end of the twentieth century there were over 600 yeshivas and day schools in the United States and Canada with over 170,000 Jewish students.
==With the Modern Orthodox==
By the 1980s and 1990s there was a trend whereby some Modern Orthodox communities pushed for the establishment of day-school type high schools. However Torah Umesorah's rabbinical board of advisers who are also the core of the Haredi Agudath Israel of America rabbinic leadership, does not condone coeducation beyond the beginning of adolescence (or earlier). Thus, since most Jewish day schools consist of both boys and girls as students, with some, but not all, classes conducted separately, the rabbis could therefore not give their approval to co-ed high schools. The desired model for the rabbis and the rosh yeshivas who guide them is for boys who graduate eighth grade to continue in all-male traditional yeshivas ("Talmudical academies") and for the girls to study at Beis Yaakov ("Beth Jacob") type schools. Some Modern Orthodox parents and communal leaders rejected this position and chose instead to create a network of Modern Orthodox Jewish day schools known as Association of Day Schools and Yeshiva High Schools.
==Partners in Torah==
In response to new challenges, Torah Umesorah under the guidance of Rabbi Eli Gewirtz, began to look toward other means to achieve its ends and adopted a strategy of encouraging adult education. Partners in Torah matches day school educated Jews for study with less learned study partners in distant communities over the phone and, if possible, in person.
To date, this international organization has over 30,000 members, as documented in their new book, released in 2009.
In 2004 a division of Partners in Torah was launched in the United Kingdom - PaL (Phone and Learn) matches Jews who want to learn more about their heritage with a friendly, knowledgeable tutor for an hour a week of Jewish learning and discussion over the phone.
Torah Umesorah has taken a leading role in breaking ground and finding the funding for the establishment of out-of-town kollelim ("post-graduate" Talmudic schools) in any community that is willing to set up the infrastructure and host such efforts. Some of the young rabbis and rebbetzins (their wives) have then subsequently taken full- and part-time positions as Jewish educators in the local day schools, as well as opting to serve in local Orthodox synagogues as "pulpit rabbis" and in some instances even founding and developing new Jewish day schools and synagogues of their own.
==Project SEED==
Under Project SEED yeshiva students (boys and girls in their teens and early 20's) are recruited and sent on two to six-week summer trips to far-flung smaller Jewish communities, where they teach classes or supervise children in summer day-camps, which may or not be accredited by a third party association such as the Western Association of Independent Camps or the American Camping Association. The experience is meant to benefit all participants by providing a Torah oriented experience in an environment where the campers and counselors are strictly separated by gender.
Most participants are paid a stipend to defray much (but not all) of the cost of their stay at their destination, air-fare, room and board, trips and transportation.
==Services==
Publications for students, teachers, administrators, and principals
Counseling for students and families
Teacher training
Annual conventions for rabbis who teach or are principals
Job placement for rabbis and Jewish studies teachers.
Teacher on-the-job training
Principals organization, with professional training for outstanding candidates
Beth din ("Jewish court of law") to resolve disputes
Enrichment programs
Financial assistance for some students
Adult education via the Summer SEED program and Partners-in-Torah
Help with establishing kollels ("post-graduate Talmudic schools") and new Jewish day schools and yeshivas where called upon
Tutoring services
==Notes==
==See also==
==External links==
Torah Umesorah on Google
Creative Learning Pavilion, a Torah Umesorah project
Partners in Torah, adult Jewish education
PaL (Phone and Learn)
Tribute to Dr. Joe Kaminetsky
Lack of non-Orthodox funding: "The Betrayal of Jewish Day Schools"
Orthodox Jewish educational institutions
Orthodox Judaism in the United States
Orthodox Jewish outreach
Religious organizations established in 1944
Jewish organizations based in the United States
תורה ומסורה | 465,534,971 | 2011-12-12T22:46:25 | Torah Umesorah – National Society for Hebrew Day Schools | 2,011 |
28,344,189 | Janua pagenstecheri' is a species of marine polychaete. It is widely distributed around the British Isles and across north-western Europe, and has been described as "probably the commonest spirorbid in the world".
Janua pagenstecheri lives attached to substrates such as seaweeds including Corallina officinalis, rocks, stones, shells, and the carapaces of crabs. J. pagenstecheri inhabits a shell made of calcium carbonate in the form of a dextral spiral, with the tube up to 2 mm in diameter. The animal exists in two colour morphs: one bright yellow, which occurs in shallow water, and one much paler, which occurs in deeper water. It differs from Spirorbis spirorbis in that S. spirorbis retains its eggs in the tube, while J. pagenstecheri'' incubates them a few at a time in its operculum, and grows a new cap for the operculum after releasing the embryos.
The species was described by Armand de Quatrefages in 1865, and named after Heinrich Alexander Pagenstecher, professor of zoology at the University of Heidelberg and the first director of the Hamburg natural history museum.
==References==
Serpulidae
Animals described in 1865 | 378,564,631 | 2010-08-12T17:03:50 | Janua pagenstecheri | 2,011 |
18,031,857 | HD 7853 is star in double system.
==References==
Image ADS 1055 A
Andromeda constellation
Henry Draper Catalogue objects
Double stars
اچدی ۷۸۵۳ | 402,567,690 | 2010-12-15T19:56:04 | HD 7853 | 2,011 |
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10,415,885 | The Shire of Gnowangerup is a Local Government Area in the Great Southern region of Western Australia, about north of Albany and about southeast of the capital, Perth. The Shire covers an area of , and its seat of government is the town of Gnowangerup.
==History==
Gnowangerup was initially gazetted as a Road Board in 1912, taking in eastern sections of Broomehill and Tambellup. On 1 July 1961, it became a Shire Council following changes to the Local Government Act.
==Wards==
The shire was previously divided into the four wards of:
Borden Ward (2 councillors)
Gnowangerup Ward (3 councillors)
Ongerup Ward (2 councillors)
Rural Ward (2 councillors)
However following a decision to discontinue the ward system in 2007, all councillors are elected from the Gnowangerup district.
The shire president is chosen from amongst the councillors.
==Towns and localities==
Gnowangerup
Amelup
Borden
Cowalellup
Mindarabin
Monjebup
Nalyerlup
Ongerup
Pallinup
Stirling Range National Park
==References==
==External links==
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Gnowangerup Shire | 456,159,555 | 2011-10-18T10:30:51 | Shire of Gnowangerup | 2,011 |
8,967,503 | Andreas Joseph Hofmann (July 14, 1752 – September 6, 1849) was a German philosopher and revolutionary active in the Republic of Mainz. As Chairman of the Rhenish-German National Convention, the earliest parliament in Germany based on the principle of popular sovereignty, he proclaimed the first republican state in Germany, the Rhenish-German Free State, on March 18, 1793. A strong supporter of the French Revolution, he argued for an accession of all German territory west of the Rhine to France and served in the administration of the department Mont-Tonnerre under the French Directory and the French Consulate.
==Early life==
Hofmann was born in Zell am Main near Würzburg as son of a surgeon. After the early death of his parents, he was educated by his uncle Franz Xaver Fahrmann, professor of moral theology at the University of Würzburg. After a year at a Jesuit seminary, Hofmann studied law at the University of Mainz and at the University of Würzburg.
==Revolutionary in Mainz==
After some years at the Reichshofrat in Vienna, Hofmann was forced to leave due to his critical publications and returned to Mainz in 1784, where he was hired at the University during the progressive reforms by Elector Friedrich Karl von Erthal. He taught History of Philosophy until 1791, when he became chair of natural justice. Hofmann was a liberal and progressive thinker (for instance, he supported the use of German instead of Latin in University lectures and in church). However, he became disillusioned with the pace of the reforms in Mainz and welcomed the French Revolution from the start. As he declared his support openly in his lectures, he was soon spied on by the Mainz authorities. However, before the investigation of his activities had progressed beyond the questioning of his students, the archbishop and his court fled from the advancing French troops under General Custine, who arrived in Mainz on October 21, 1792.
Two days later, Hofmann helped found the Mainz Jacobin club and became one of its most active members. A popular and powerful orator, he criticised both the old regime of the Elector and the French military government in his speeches, which were especially supported by the more radical students. Hofmann lectured in the rural areas of the French occupied territory, calling for support of the general elections in February and March 1793 which he helped organize. He was elected into the Rhenish-German National Convention as a representative of Mainz and became its president. On March 18, 1793, Hofmann declared the Rhenish-German Free State from the balcony of the Deutschhaus.
==French government official==
When the republic ended after the Siege of Mainz, Hofmann was able to leave the city with the retreating French troops and went into exile in Paris, where he headed a society of exiled Mainz republicans, the Societé des Refugiés Mayençais. After a short period in the military, he was sent to London on a military espionage mission. However, he was recognized and reported to the authorities by his former student Klemens Wenzel von Metternich. After his flight and subsequent return to Paris, he was made chief of the bureau des étrangers by the French Directory. In his 1795 essay Sur les nouvelles limites de la republique française, he argued for the Rhine as natural Eastern border of France. When the incorporation of areas west of the Rhine into France had become a reality with the Treaty of Campo Formio, Hofmann became part of the government of the new département Mont-Tonnerre and worked as its superior tax officer from 1797-1803.
After Napoleon's defeat and the return of Mainz to German control, Hofmann moved to his wife's estates in Winkel, where he spent the rest of his life until his death in September 1849.
==Works==
Der Aristokraten-Katechismus. Ein wunderschönes Büchlein, Mainz 1792
==References==
1752 births
1849 deaths
University of Mainz alumni
People from Würzburg (district)
German philosophers
German revolutionaries
Spies of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars
Illuminati members
Andreas Joseph Hofmann | 467,235,918 | 2011-12-22T20:17:42 | Andreas Joseph Hofmann | 2,011 |
6,553,252 | Mary of Waltham (10 October 1344 – 1362) was the daughter of Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault.
==Life==
Mary was betrothed in childhood to John V of Brittany, who grew up with her. As it is reported in some sources, the betrothal was held c. 1355.
In 1348 Mary met her mother and sister-in-law Joanna. Then in 1360 she went to stay with her sister-in-law Blanche of Lancaster.
On July, 03, 1361 she and John were married at Woodstock Palace and acknowledged as Duke and Duchess of Brittany.
Within thirty weeks of marriage (March, 1362) Mary became lethargic and died, she was buried in Abingdon Abbey with her sister Margaret, Countess of Pembroke, who died weeks before her. John would marry again, firstly to Joan Holland (1366) (a cousin of Richard II of England) and secondly to Joanna of Navarre (1386).
Mary's statue can still be seen on south side of the tomb of Edward III of England in Westminster Abbey. She never did visit Brittany.
==Ancestry==
==References==
1344 births
1362 deaths
English princesses
House of Plantagenet
Duchesses of Brittany
Women of medieval England
Mari Bro-Saoz (1344-1362)
Marie Anglická
Marie d'Angleterre (1344-1362)
Maria Plantagenet
Мария Плантагенет
Mary av Waltham
Мері Плантагенет | 468,620,088 | 2011-12-30T16:38:34 | Mary of Waltham | 2,011 |
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28,344,190 | Agüedo Point is the point forming the north extremity of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica and the west side of the entrance to Guayaquil Bay. An adjacent ice-free area of , the western part of which features a minor point situated 1 km west of Agüedo Point and forming the east side of the entrance to Skaptopara Cove.
==Location==
The point is located at which is 3.2 km west of Spark Point, 2.72 km northeast of Mount Plymouth, 5.6 km east by north of Aprilov Point, and 850 m south of Dee Island from which it is separated by Orión Passage (British mapping in 1968, Chilean in 1998, and Bulgarian in 2005 and 2009).
==Map==
L.L. Ivanov et al. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Sofia: Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, 2005.
==Notes==
==Reference==
SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.
Headlands of Greenwich Island | 428,366,694 | 2011-05-10T03:49:54 | Agüedo Point | 2,011 |
2,827,210 | (roughly translated as Tale of the Imperial Capital) is a massive Japanese epic written by Hiroshi Aramata.
==Overview==
The story is a retelling of the history of Edo from an occultist perspective. The premise is based on the idea that the curse of Taira no Masakado greatly influenced the city's history from its inception to the beginning of the 21st century. Set across several generations, the plot revolves around multiple characters and their struggles with the seemingly immortal majin Yasunori Katō, who wants to cripple the Japanese Empire by destroying Tokyo. The story makes heavy use of real historical events and characters from all throughout Edo's history. It also strongly incorporates elements of folklore from all over the world, especially Japan and China. Mystical concepts referenced in the novel include:
onmyodo
shikigami
Feng Shui
Kimon Tonkou
shugendo
kodoku
evil eye
The historical characters who play major or supporting roles in the plot include:
Tachibana no Hayanari
Aterui
Tōyama Kagemoto
Hirata Atsutane
Hijikata Toshizō
Ichimura Tetsunosuke
Enomoto Takeaki
Edward and Henry Schnell
Prince Sawara
Sugawara no Michizane
Thomas Blakiston
Kōda Rohan
Satō Nobuhiro
Joseph Needham
Mori Ōgai
Torahiko Terada
Karl Haushofer
Shoma Morita
Makoto Nishimura
Gakutensoku
Shibusawa Eiichi
Kyōka Izumi
Masatoshi Ōkōchi
Noritsugu Hayakawa
Goto Shinpei
Korekiyo Takahashi
Ikki Kita
Puyi
Kanji Ishiwara
Ōtani Kōzui
Shūmei Ōkawa
Masahiko Amakasu
Yukio Mishima
Haruki Kadokawa
The chronology of the first ten volumes spans from 1908 to 1999, while the eleventh and twelfth volumes go back and fill in more history around 1930's
==List of Volumes in the main Teito Monogatari novel==
Vol. 1: Great Spirit of Tokyo
Vol. 2: City of the Demon
Vol. 3: The Great Earthquake (in reference to the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake)
Vol. 4: Movement of the Dragon
Vol. 5: Advent of the Devil
Vol. 6: The Phoenix
Vol. 7: Rampant Evil (The Demon's Journey of 100 Nights)
Vol. 8: Shrine of the Future
Vol. 9: Power of the Morning Spirit
Vol. 10: Resurrection
Vol. 11: Great War in the Capital
Vol. 12: Greater East Asia
==History==
While participating in the creation of Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, translator and author Hiroshi Aramata was inspired by discussions with anthropologist Komatsu Kazuhiko about sources of the strange and the mysterious in Japanese folklore. These discussions inspired Aramata to share this knowledge with general readers in the form of fiction. Thus, as a side project, Aramata began work on a fantasy romance that would incorporate lesser known concepts of the occult into recognizable Japanese history. .
The first volume of the novel was released in 1985 by Kadokawa Shoten and became a bestseller, selling over 3.5 million copies in Japan alone. Since then, the series has enjoyed a following in the realm of Japanese pop-literature. Subsequent additions were made to the main series until it was composed of 10 volumes. The tenth volume was intended to be the final volume, but due to the success of this main series, additional eleventh and twelfth volumes were written, bringing the main series up to a total of 12 volumes. An extra volume was also written, and was intended as a side story (taking place in a contemporary time period). In addition, there were several spin-off series written intended to elaborate on some of the main characters and the plot of the main series.
==Awards==
In 1987, the novel won the Nihon SF Taisho Award for best Japanese science fiction/fantasy story
==Legacy==
When first published, the novel was critically praised for seamlessly tying together an unprecedented amount of accurate history, folklore and mythology into a compelling fantasy drama. The author Hiroshi Aramata was quickly recognized for his incredible command of knowledge as displayed through the story. The novel's success helped popularize him as a respected national intellectual and a specialist in Japanese folklore.
Since the novel's initial publication, the franchise it spawned has gone on to enjoy increasing respect and success in the realm of Japanese pop culture. The novel and subsequent franchise it created is recognized as having ignited a surge of popular interest in onmyoji and oni in the Japanese media. This trend continued with such popular works as Baku Yumemakura's novel Onmyoji (and subsequent film adaptation of the same name) and Natsuhiko Kyogoku's Kyōgokudō (京極堂) series, both of which came in the wake of Teito Monogatari's success. . The publication of Teito Monogatari is listed as a significant event in the history of Japanese fantasy literature in John Clute and John Grant's The Encyclopedia of Fantasy. Professor of Human Geography Paul Waley claims that the publication of Teito Monogatari helped educate an entire generation of Japanese readers about Tokyo's former status an Imperial Capital..
The franchise's influence can be felt in a great deal of popular media to emerge from Japan, such as anime, literature and video games. The story of Teito Monogatari has been adapted into manga, stage productions, two big-budget live-action films, a successful four-part OVA series, and two live-action spin-off productions. Examples of popular works the story has influenced include the Shin Megami Tensei video game series and the manga/anime Tokyo Babylon by Clamp.
The antagonist of the series, the infamous Yasunori Kato, has become an iconic figure in Japanese popular culture, having inspired several clones, parodies and homages in various Japanese media, much of which have been exported to the West. The most recognizable of these derivative characters is M.Bison, the antagonist of the immensely popular Street Fighter franchise, who has gone on to become an icon in the video game community.
Despite continuing success in Japan, the novel and franchise it spawned still remain virtually unknown in the West.
==Spin-offs==
The series: A multi-volume novel starring Tatsuto Kuroda, the grandson of the feng shui expert Shigemaru Kuroda from the main Teito Monogatari novel, as he struggles with various spiritual disturbances across Japan. The fourth volume of this series was made into a live-action film titled in 1997.
A spin-off of the main story, set in 1998.
A prequel to the Teito Monogatari series, set during the Edo period.
A follow-up to Teito Gendan, set during the Bakumatsu.
The "secret origins" of Yasunori Katō. This collection features the writings of a multitude of Japanese authors.
A 2005 horror film by Takashi Miike. Yasunori Katō leads an army of twisted yōkai on an invasion of Tokyo. Was made in cooperation with Hiroshi Aramata and Shigeru Mizuki.
==Film Adaptations==
In 1987, a cinematic adaptation, covering the plot of the first 1/3rd (the first four volumes) of the novel, was produced by Exe Studios and distributed by Toho Studios. Released in 1988, it became the 8th highest grossing film of the year. The film was eventually distributed to English speaking countries under the title The Last Megalopolis. The success of this adaptation prompted the production of two live-action follow-ups: The Last War/Teito Taisen (1989) (loosely based on the eleventh book of the series) and a side story Teito Monogatari Gaiden (1995) (loosely based on Karakuri Dōji, one of the spin-off novels). As of today, no North American release plans have been made for either of the live-action sequels.
There was also a four-part OVA anime produced in 1991 by Madhouse. The anime was adapted to the US by Streamline Picture in 1999 under the title Doomed Megalopolis.
==References==
==External links==
Teito Monogatari vol. 1 at Amazon.co.jp
Japanese Wikipedia entry on the Teito Monogatari series
Toho Kingdom Page: Basic Information on the Teito Monogatari film adaptation and its sequel
1985 novels
Historical fantasy novels
Japanese novels
Monogatari
Sequel novels
Novels set in Tokyo
Teito monogatari
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8,109,005 | == US Insurance companies recognized PANDAS as proven ==
The current text stating that IVIG treatment for PANDAS is unproven and dangerous is not supported by recent changes in concensus position.
United HealthCare (one of the US's largest healthcare provider who relies on evidence based research) states in their 2009 revised coverage rationale that "Immune globulin is proven for the following: ... Pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections (streptococcal infections induce exacerbation of symptoms in some children with obsessive-compulsive and tic disorders)." (see page 13 of September 2009 bulletin https://www.unitedhealthcareonline.com/ccmcontent/ProviderII/UHC/en-US/Assets/ProviderStaticFiles/ProviderStaticFilesPdf/Tools%20and%20Resources/Network%20Bulletin/NetworkBulletin_Sept_2009.pdf ). Buster23 (talk)
== Minor edits around existing citations ==
I updated the citation to the out-of-date 2000 Family News article with a reference to Scahill2006. The quote from Scahill is "Experimental treatments based on the autoimmune theory, such as plasma exchange, immunoglobulin therapy, or prophylactic antibiotic treatment,
should not be undertaken outside of formal clinical trials."
I reread the Shulman 2009 reference that is in the opening. The current article says "Consequently, the PANDAS model is a complex and rapidly-moving area of medical research, with a 2009 review stating that the link between autoimmunity and tic disorders has remained unclear, despite a great deal of work in the area." This is not exactly what Shulman says. Shulman says "That there is an OCD/tic disorder patient group with an autoimmune pathogenesis specific to GAS infection has not been proved and seems increasingly unlikely." While we might make the leap that he is talking generally about autoimmunity, that's not what the reference actually states. I recommend rewriting this to say "the association between streptococcal infection and OCD/tic disorders has remained elusive" which is his summary in the abstract.
Buster23 (talk)
I think it would be better to reflect consensus across all sources, which is quite strong and in favor of the current wording
The difficulty is the statement as provided is not supported by the article. The statement as it stands represents original research. I can tag the current statement as or we can replace the reference with a concensus position in a reliable secondary source. Oh, and thanks for catching the space issue. It's a bit hard to see the extra space. Buster23 (talk)
I've reworded the statement to refer specifically to streptococcal infections, rather than autoimmunity. Tim Vickers (talk)
Thanks Tim. I was going to do the same change. We may need to broaden it to OCD and tics but we can do that after we get body material that supports the lead.Buster23 (talk)
I started working from the bottom of the article up and am noticing that several of the citations do not seem to be verifiable (i.e., the text or construct is not explcit in the cited paper. I'll start by flagging them and then updating them to secondary references that support the construct. Buster23 (talk)
Folks, I'd like to ensure that I have verifiability right per wikipedia policy. We aren't saying whether the statement is true or not, or whether we agree or not, but rather whether there is a reliable secondary source who says the statement. It would be original research to combine material across sources. Therefore we're looking for a good secondary source who presents the construct being presented. I just went through a statement that was purported to have 5 citations backing it and all failed verification. Buster23 (talk)
YOu improperly tagged numerous sources that the diagnosis is controversial. Please be more careful. I've removed them; if you have a problem with the prophylaxis statements, that is quite surprising since it's common knowledge and quite easily sourced (the multiple sources are to the fact that the diagnosis is controversial); perhaps splitting the sentence rather than damaging the article would be a better way to go. Since you appear to working from a particular POV
I'm fine with splitting the sentence and then using the appropriate reference. I disagree with your modification of removing the tag of failed verification without correcting the sentence. The sentence as it stands fails verification. If you think otherwise, please provide the paragraph or line in any of the references that provides the statement that the controversy is the reason prophylaxis is not recommended. I realize I am splitting hairs here, but this isn't a POV this is merely checking sources. Buster23 (talk)
: I have gone ahead and split the sentence and added the citations. I also went back to reread OOA and NPA and hope others will too. Buster23 (talk)
:: I'm glad you found how simple this was without defacing the article (although there was nothing wrong with the way it was before). SandyGeorgia (Talk)
::: There was something wrong with the way it was before. The citations only supported half the sentence. WP:NOR specifically deals with the condition where two parts of a sentence may be true and independently supported but the combination is not covered by the sources cited. The example used in WP:NOR is "The UN's stated objective is to maintain international peace and security, but since its creation there have been 160 wars throughout the world." The prior text was "As both the PANDAS diagnosis and the hypothesis that symptoms in this subgroup of patients are caused by infection are controversial, prophylactic antibiotic treatments for tics and OCD are experimental.". Each part is independently supported but the combination is not and therefore would be original research.Buster23 (talk)
== Verifiability and use of failed verification ==
In the current article, it states: "As both the PANDAS diagnosis and the hypothesis that symptoms in this subgroup of patients are caused by infection are controversial, prophylactic antibiotic treatments for tics and OCD are experimental."
Reading each of the citations, none make this statement. This could be split into:
"The PANDAS diagnosis and the hypothesis that symptoms in this subgroup of patients are caused by infection are controversial. Prophylactic antibiotic treatments for tics and OCD are experimental."
Most likely we could cite Shulman2009 who says "Unless more convincing data supportive of a direct link to GAS emerge, the use of long-term prophylaxis (as currently used to prevent recurrent ARF) should be discouraged". Buster23 (talk)
== The Controversy ==
It seems as if we actually are going to need a section on the Controversy. We can use Pichichero_2009 as the reliable secondary source as he's done a fair job in characterizing the debate. Perhaps something like:
The Controversy
The controversy in PANDAS is not whether children have OCD and/or tic symptoms but rather
whether the etiology is due to a GABHS infection
whether the symptoms are a result of auto-immunity
whether improvement is the natural waning of symptoms or placebo effect rather than due to treatment
whether the patients with choreiform movements actually had sydenham's chorea
whether the definition of the PANDAS subgroup is sufficiently distinct
It then seems like putting in material from Witebsky's around the requirement for auto-immunity and outline whether these have been met. Here we can use Giavanonni_2005 regarding the assessment of Witebsky critieria.
Any comments here before I start a draft of this section?Buster23 (talk)
First, controversy sections are discouraged. Second, the entire hypothesis is controversial. Third, a separate section on Controversy would give undue weight, since the entire hypothesis is controversial. The article should be written neutrally, which would give equal weight to the controversy in all sections, rather than segregating it to a separate section, which would imply other pieces of the hypothesis were not controversial. SandyGeorgia (Talk)
Hmm, can you help me find the editing guidelines that indicate explicity dealing with the topics of controversy are discouraged especially as we have a good reliable secondary source who provides explicit discussion of the controversy? I don't see how addressing a controversy causes undo weight since each of the other sections would continue to have the balance of reliable secondary sources. I'm perfectly willing to work within any editing guidelines, but it's hard to know how to deal with preemptive strikes on text not yet written. Perhaps we should debate text after it is submitted. Let's get some positive motion going forward, what area of the current article do you feel are incomplete and would value input on. Presumably signs, symptoms, etiology, pathogenesis would be the next areas of focus. Buster23 (talk)
: See STRUCTURE. SandyGeorgia (Talk)
:: I've gone and read STRUCTURE which says "A more neutral approach can result from folding debates into the narrative, rather than distilling them into separate sections that ignore each other." I was not advocating splitting the text into separate sections that ignore each other but rather going direct at what is the controversy which is documented in a reliable secondary source. However, I'll continue with the current approach of adjacent debated points. It does become difficult in the current paper to see whether there is anything that is agreed on (such as that these children do have OCD and/or tics). Buster23 (talk)
:: So are there areas of the current article you feel are incomplete and would value input on? Buster23 (talk)
::: Multiple journal articles detail how the entire hypothesis is controversial: there is no area of it that is not controversial, which is why a separate controversy section won't work. The entire article is incomplete, but in the absence of neutral expert editors to complete the article, I'm confining my input to making sure biased and inaccurate info is not added. PANDAS is a difficult, controversial topic, and I don't believe the article can be written without expert input from neutral informed editors, and the best I can do is to keep inaccurate biased info out of the article. SandyGeorgia (Talk)
:::: I appreciate the sentiment expressed. I too wish the article to be as balanced as possible. I hope we will stick to verifiability rather than each editor's perspective on the truth of sentences. It may require recruiting a neutral knowledgable third editor to assist so that disagreements can be about the verifiability. I'll start proposing text based on the reliable secondary sources we have already agreed on. Buster23 (talk)
It is probably best to discuss the controversy in each section. So in the Identification/diagnosis section we already discuss the reasons why classifying these autistic children as suffering from PANDAS is controversial, we don't need to discuss why this is controversial again in a separate section. At most you could add few sentences at the beginning summarising the two points of view and then expand further in the rest of the paragraph by outlining the various pieces of contradictory data. Tim Vickers (talk)
Fine by me. Seems we need the outline of the sections we want to fill in. Buster23 (talk)
: See MEDMOS. SandyGeorgia (Talk)
== Adding a third external link ==
I would like to see a third link added. It is a link to WebPediatrics.com PANDAS page which gives detailed information on PANDAS, its diagnosis and treatment. You may view the suggested page at . The page is one maintained by Dr. Miroslav Kovacevic, a pediatrician and professor at the University of Chicago Medical School. He has treated hundreds of children with P.A.N.D.A.S., my son being one of them. In our research on P.A.N.D.A.S., this website was very helpful in helping us to understand the disease, its diagnosis and its treatment.
I added the website as an external link, but Dr. Tom Vickers removed it. I cannot even be sure that he read the information contained on the web page. I would like to see this third link added to the page as it is straight forward, gets to the point and has beneficial information for parents looking for a way to help their child.
Again the site I would like added is The WebPediatrics.com PANDAS page found at
Thank you!
Wandersenaea11 (talk)
The main problem is that this is a commercial website promoting the practice of the doctors who wrote it, adding the link would therefore be a form of advertising. We much prefer links to expert and disinterested professional or scientific organisations, such as the NIH, NLM or AMA, over the homepages of individual doctors. Tim Vickers (talk) | 424,524,597 | 2011-04-17T13:48:56 | PANDAS | 2,011 |
10,415,892 | ==Notability==
In my view, notability is clearly demonstrated by the references cited in the article.
Agreed, definetely worthy of an article. Siyavash
I saw this guy referenced in UserFriendly, and was curious if he was real. I wanted more info on the sheep-chimera thing, but even without that (yet), this page is worth keeping.Prgrmr@wrk | 299,647,031 | 2009-07-01T06:38:50 | Esmail Zanjani | 2,011 |
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5,002,268 | The Jewish Student Union, or JSU is an organization aimed at educating youth in public schools about the Jewish culture, heritage, and religion. The mission of Jewish Student Union is "to enhance teens’ Jewish identity, nurture a connection to the State of Israel, inspire an enduring relationship with the Jewish people and provide for a deeper involvement with the Jewish community, including serving as a portal to facilitate life-long involvement in Jewish inspired expression and organizations." JSU currently has clubs throughout | 444,932,332 | 2011-08-15T07:06:33 | Jewish Student Union | 2,011 |
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10,415,899 | == Pronunciation ==
How do Montreal anglophones say the name of this building? "Thousand", "one thousand", or "mille"? Indefatigable (talk)
This is the ugliest building of Montreal. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.92.7.131 (talk)
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6,553,254 | Cyathea junghuhniana is a species of tree fern native to southern and central Sumatra and western Java, where it grows in forest at an altitude of 1000-2000 m. The trunk of this species is erect and may be 2 m tall or more. Fronds are tripinnate and up to about 3 m long. The stipes of this species are persistent and form a skirt around the trunk. They are brown, spiny, and covered with glossy, dark brown scales. Sori are borne near the midvein of fertile pinnules and are protected by thin indusia.
Braggins and Large (2004) note that C. junghuhniana has been confused with Cyathea raciborskii, "from which it differs in several characteristics, including larger pinnae". Stipe outgrowths are present in C. raciborskii, but absent from C. junghuhniana.
The specific epithet junghuhniana commemorates German botanist Friedrich Franz Wilhelm Junghuhn (1809-1864), who collected numerous plants on Java and Sumatra.
==References==
Braggins, John E. & Large, Mark F. 2004. Tree Ferns. Timber Press, Inc., p. 149. ISBN 0-88192-630-2
The International Plant Names Index: Cyathea junghuhniana
junghuhniana
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5,002,278 | == Name Spelling ==
I'm his great-grandaughter and I would like to point out that his name is spelt Hashem and not Hashim...please correct the title. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.203.131.87 (talk • contribs) on 02:09, May 4, 2006
I have encountered both spellings in my research, as well as other formulations of his surname. It is spelt Atassi and Atasi by different sources. I found Hashim al-Atassi to be the most commonly used spelling. That has more weight in determining naming conventions, if I'm not very much mistaken.
Hashim al-Atassi is the correct speling. Please keep it as is. His Great-Granddaughter DO NOT have the fianl SAY..
Hashim al-Atassi is my great-grandfather's first cousin. Thank you very much for creating this page. I believe "Hashem" is the traditional spelling, and may be phonetically more accurate. But if "Hashim" is more commonly used now, it's completely fine. Thanks again. | 396,690,146 | 2010-11-14T12:18:16 | Hashim al-Atassi | 2,011 |
10,415,902 | ==Your Edits to Divan==
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18,031,866 | "Top Down" is a song by American record producer and recording artist Swizz Beatz. Featured as the eighth track on his debut studio album One Man Band Man. "Top Down" contains samples of swirls and riotous bursts of 70s-soul horns from "Girl, Come on Home" by Major Lance.
==Background==
In a interview with MTV Swizz Beatz explained the song was initially meant for Nas: "The record was originally for Nas. I got Nas' vocals already. But I can't do Nas, and his energy is not right on there. It would be dead weight. No disrespect, but it can't be dead weight if I can't make it feel like reality. I need the shit crazy. I need to shoot a video! It's gotta be another 'It's Me Bitches,' but bigger. I could easily pull a Nas card and have people be like, 'Nas is spazzing on the verse.' But it has to be a movie. I got it. It just gotta make sense. I can get Nas, Jay-Z and Jadakiss on that. I can do that. It's light work, but it's gotta make sense."
On May 30th, 2009 the song Nas recorded over the beat leaked entitled "Be Worried".
On February 21, 2011 Swizz Beatz officially released the mastered version with Nas for his series of free weekly mp3s titled Monster Mondays."
"Top Down" gained recognition from being featured in the video game Grand Theft Auto IV as well as the the 2010 movie The Other Guys.
==Music video==
The song was featured in the second half of the music video for "Money in the Bank". In it Swizz Beatz is in front of a green screen "riding" a Lamborghini. After the video was released Swizz Beatz released the single on his Myspace.
==Single Track Listing==
1. Top Down (Dirty)
2. Top Down (Radio)
3. It's Me Snitches
4. It's Me Snitches (Remix)
5. It's Me Snitches (Remix) (Instrumental)
6. It's Me Snitches (Remix) (A Capella)
==References==
==External links==
Swizz Beatz-Money In The Bank/Top Down Music Video
Swizz Beatz-Top Down Lyrics
2007 singles
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Hey Peejay78, just a note to say I removed your additions to West Buckland School. Sorry, if you thought they were really neccessary to the article but they were placed in the wrong place and were just old boy stories. I do know there is a daisy on the roof of one of the buildings - I didn't realise it was for Mr Downward though. Jack | 48,872,480 | 2006-04-17T18:28:45 | Peejay78 | 2,011 |
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28,344,198 | Erdmann Encke (26 January 1843 Berlin – 7 July 1896 Neubabelsberg) was a German sculptor.
==Biography==
He studied at the academy in Berlin and with Albert Wolff. Several of the finest pieces of statuary in Berlin were designed by him, among them the following: “Friedrich Ludwig Jahn,” bronze statue (Hasenheide, Berlin); “Frederick I, Elector of Brandenburg” (Façade of Town Hall, Berlin); “Queen Louise of Prussia” (Thiergarten, Berlin); and the sarcophagi of Emperor William I and Empress Augusta in the mausoleum at Charlottenburg. He also executed a number of important bronze portrait busts, in which he used polychromy with success. He was appointed a professor of the Berlin Academy in 1883.
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18,031,869 | ===Control room a===
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Both inserting vandalism into WTAE-TV in the same kind of style. Also, it smells like a DUCK.
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Very obvious case. Both have been blocked by east718. I've reverted their edits. Seems dealt with, for now, but wouldn't hurt to check back and see if they crop up again. – Luna Santin (talk)
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6,553,257 | == Deletion ==
It is quite obvious that this article is written, or edited, by someone with sympathies toward the organisation in question. Calling what is generally and internationally considered to be moderate politicians "right-wing" hardly makes sense to anyone outside Red Youth's own community. It will be changed to "Conservative", which is the proper description, within a few weeks, unless someone makes surprisingly convincing argumentation against it.
Also, the sentence "RU believes that socialism will create more democracy, not less" sounds more like a slogan than a dictionary description, so it will be deleted too.
Oh, and "the eventual overthrow of the capitalist system" will be changed to "an eventual overthrow of the capitalist system".--Desor | 326,626,339 | 2009-11-18T23:03:43 | Red Youth (Norway) | 2,011 |
8,967,508 | ==Proposed merge==
This ought to be merged to Bramshill House SGGH
Very bad idea. The Police Staff College is an institution (is this the same as or only part of the Central Police Training and Development Authority?) and Bramshill House is an historic house. The college is housed in more than just the house and the house has a history much more extensive than that of the college. Verica Atrebatum | 106,092,329 | 2007-02-06T17:34:09 | Police Staff College, Bramshill | 2,011 |
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8,109,011 | The Tap Dance Kid is a musical based on the novel Nobody's Family is Going to Change by Louise Fitzhugh. It was written by Charles Blackwell with music by Henry Krieger and lyrics by Robert Lorick.
==Productions==
The musical opened on Broadway on December 21, 1983 at the Broadhurst Theatre and ran until March 11, 1984. On March 27, 1984 it resumed performances at the Minskoff Theatre, closing on August 11, 1985, for a total run of 669 performances.
Directed by Vivian Matalon with musical staging and dances by Danny Daniels, it featured Hinton Battle, Hattie Winston, Martine Allard, and Alfonso Ribeiro as Willie.
Reviews were mixed. Frank Rich, in his review for The New York Times praised the choreography and many actors' performances but saw the plot as "earnest plodding" and the music forgettable.
A production directed by Jerry Zaks with choreography by Danny Daniels ran at the Pantages Theatre, Los Angeles, California, in September 1985 as part of a tour. This production also ran in Miami Beach, Florida in April 1986and Chicago, Illinois in May 1986.
==Plot overview==
The title character, Willie, is a 10-year old boywho comes from an upper middle class African-American family. He dreams of becoming a dancer but faces opposition from his father, a lawyer. The second act is devoted to Willie's imaginations of stardom.
==Songs==
Act 1
Another Day — Ginnie, Emma and Dulcie
Four Strikes Against Me — Emma
Class Act — Ginnie, Dipsey and Daddy Bates
They Never Hear What I Say — Emma and Willie
Dancing Is Everything — Willie
Crosstown — Willie and New Yorkers
Fabulous Feet — Dipsey, Carole and Dancers
I Could Get Used to Him — Carole and Dancers
Man in the Moon — Dipsey
Act II
Like Him — Ginnie and Emma
My Luck Is Changing — Dipsey
I Remember How It Was — Ginnie
Someday — Emma and Willie
Lullabye — Ginnie
Tap Tap — Daddy Bates, Willie and Dipsey
Dance if It Makes You Happy — Willie, Dipsey, Daddy Bates, Carole and Dancers
William's Song — William
Class Act (Finale) — The Family
==Awards and nominations==
Tony Awards
Best Featured Actor in a Musical (Hinton Battle) (winner)
Best Featured Actor in A Musical (Samuel E. Wright) (nominated)
Best Choreography (Danny Daniels)(winner)
Best Musical (nominated)
Best Book of a Musical (nominated)
Best Featured Actress in a Musical (Martine Allard) (nominated)
Best Direction of a Musical (nominated)
Drama Desk Award
Best Featured Actor (Battle) (nominated)
==References==
==External links==
'The Tap Dance Kid' synopsis, song lst and production at guidetomusicaltheatre.com
1983 musicals
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10,415,908 | Kinetic Luna is a moped that was introduced by Kinetic Engineering in India in 1972. It was 50cc and the power from the engine to rear wheel was initially belt driven but later switched to chains. The Kinetic Luna continues to be produced and marketed in India. It is marketed in the USA as Kinetic TFR.
Luna Wings, a 35cc version, was also released with the student population in mind. It required no driving licence and offered good gas mileage.
==Models==
TFR Plus
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Luna Wings
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Indian motorcycles
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8,967,510 | ==NCIS==
link to NCIS was a dead link. Have replaced it with a link to the code of practice on the ACPO site. Esthameian
==Overview of British intelligence - new article==
The United Kingdom intelligence community page addresses the broad issues in this field, such as the relative scope of MI5 and MI6 (as mentioned above). Starting with the list of key agencies shown at the global List of intelligence agencies. It should provide an appropriate place to deal with some of the ambiguities that the present atomised articles fail to cover well.
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==Biased==
This article is biased, as if there were no police intelligence units in the rest of the world! 76.66.193.90 (talk) | 277,525,781 | 2009-03-16T00:12:57 | Police intelligence | 2,011 |