Catherine Tate (born Catherine Jane Ford; 12 May 1968) is an English comedian, actress, and writer. She is best known for playing Nellie Bertram in the American sitcom "The Office". She was born in London. From 2004 to 2007, she hosted a skit comedy show titled "The Catherine Tate Show".
Catherine Tate also played Donna Noble in Doctor Who.
The Blue Marble
The Blue Marble is a photograph of the Earth. It was made on December 2, 1972, by the crew of the Apollo 17 spacecraft. At that time they were on their way to the Moon at a distance of about from the Earth. It is one of the most reproduced images in human history.
Cherkasy Oblast
Cherkasy Oblast () is an oblast (province) of central Ukraine. The administrative centre is Cherkasy. The population of Cherkasy Oblast was 1,264,000 in 2013.
Chernihiv Oblast
Chernihiv Oblast () is an oblast (province) of northern Ukraine. The administrative centre is Chernihiv. The population of Chernihiv Oblast was 1,061,000 in 2014.
Chernivtsi Oblast
Chernivtsi Oblast () is an oblast (province) of western Ukraine. The administrative centre is Chernivtsi. The population of Chernivtsi Oblast was 908,500 in 2013.
Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
Dnipropetrovsk Oblast () is an oblast (province) of central Ukraine. The administrative centre is Dnipro. The population of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast was 3,286,000 in 2014.
Donetsk Oblast
Donetsk Oblast () is an oblast (province) of eastern Ukraine. The administrative centre is Donetsk. The population of Donetsk Oblast was 4,321,000 in 2014.
Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast () is an oblast (province) of western Ukraine. The administrative centre is Ivano-Frankivsk. The population of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast was 1,382,000 in 2013.
Kharkiv Oblast
Kharkiv Oblast () is an oblast (province) of eastern Ukraine. The administrative centre is Kharkiv. The population of Kharkiv Oblast was 2,738,300 in 2013.
Time in Greece
Greece uses Eastern European Time (EET) (UTC+02:00) during winter, and Eastern European Summer Time (EEST) (UTC+03:00) during summer. Greece observes daylight saving time, switching at 03:00 EET on the last Sunday in March and 04:00 EET on the last Sunday in October.
Kherson Oblast
Kherson Oblast () is an oblast (province) of southern Ukraine. The administrative centre is Kherson. The population of Kherson Oblast was 1,069,800 in 2014.
Khmelnytskyi Oblast
Khmelnytskyi Oblast () is an oblast (province) of western Ukraine. The administrative centre is Khmelnytskyi. The population of Khmelnytskyi Oblast was 1,310,000 in 2013.
Kiev Oblast
Kiev Oblast () is an oblast (province) of central Ukraine. The administrative centre is Kiev. The population of Kiev Oblast was 1,723,000 in 2013.
Lilac Fire
The Lilac Fire was a wildfire that burned in Bonsall, California. The fire burned through 4,100 acres. The fire threatened the cities of Oceanside, Vista and Bonsall.
The fire was first reported on 7 December 2017 at 11:15 AM PST.
Governor Jerry Brown issued a state of emergency for San Diego County. California State University San Marcos and Palomar College cancelled classes and were closed for the rest of the week.
On 16 December, the fire was fully contained.
The fire was part of the December 2017 Southern California wildfires.
Alamo Fire (wildfire)
The Alamo Fire was a wildfire in San Luis Obispo County, California. The fire started on July 6, 2017 at 3:44 PM and destroyed 28,687 acres. The fire was near the Twitchell Reservoir. It was fully contained on 19 July 2017. The fire destroyed one house and one structure. The cause is still being investigated.
Detwiler Fire
The Detwiler Fire was a wildfire in Mariposa County, California. The fire burned 81,826 acres, and was one of the worst wildfires in the 2017 California wildfire season. The fire also destroyed 63 homes.
The fire was first reported on 16 July 2017 at 3:56 PM PST, and was located near Lake McClure. After 3 hours, the fire already burned 1,000 acres and it spread towards the northeast. On 17 July 2017, the fire grew to 7,100 acres. The intense heat and windy conditions made it hard to contain the fire. Governor Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency on 18 July 2017. The Yosemite National Park remained open, but some access roads were closed.
On 21 July, the fire was 15% contained but burned through 74,083 acres. By that point, 58 homes were destroyed. In the next few days, the fire department helped control a big portion of the fire. On 26 July, the fire was 65% contained. The fire finally ended on 10 August, after 25 days of burning.
The fire was caused by firearms, but no more information was released to the public.
Wikipedia administrators
Wikipedia administrators are senior, trusted volunteers who have been selected by the Wikipedia community. They are also known as admins, sysops, and janitors. Administrators are chosen following a successful request for adminship. As of 2021, there are administrators on the Simple English Wikipedia. Administrators have special rights that other editors do not have.
On Wikipedia, becoming an admin is often referred to as being "given [or taking up] the mop", a term which has also been used elsewhere.
In his book "Wikipedia – The Missing Manual", John Broughton states that while many people think of administrators on Wikipedia as judges, that is not the purpose of the role. Instead, he says, admins usually "delete pages" and "protect pages involved in edit wars".
In 2006, there were about 1,000 administrators on the English Wikipedia, and in 2020 about 1,100. These administrators live in different parts of the world.
In July 2012, it was reported that Wikipedia was "running out of administrators". This was because in 2006-2007 an average of 40-50 new administrators were appointed. In the first six months of 2012 only 9 new administrators were appointed. But the co-founder of Wikipedia, Jimmy Wales, did not believe that this was a crisis. He also did not believe Wikipedia was running out of admins. He thought the number of admins did not change much. Wales said earlier that being an admin is "not a big deal”. He also said that "It's merely a technical matter that the powers given to sysops are not given out to everyone.” He said this in a message he sent to the English Wikipedia mailing list on February 11, 2003.
The first Wikipedia administrators were appointed by Jimmy Wales himself in October 2001. Any registered editor may nominate themselves, or may request another editor to do so. The process has been said to be "akin to putting someone through the Supreme Court" by Andrew Lih, a scientist and professor who is himself an administrator on the English Wikipedia. Lih also said, "It's pretty much a hazing ritual at this point", in contrast to how the process worked early in Wikipedia's history, when all one had to do to become an admin was "prove you weren't a bozo". Editors can become candidates only after "extensive work on the wiki". Any editor can vote in an RfA. The result of the vote is not by the number of votes for or against, but by the consensus that has been reached. The decision if a consensus has been reached can only be made by a bureaucrat. A bureaucrat is a Wikipedia editor who is also appointed by the community through a "request" process which is much stricter for them than for administrators. This RfA process was started after RfAs attracted a lot of attention. Before the middle of 2005, RfAs did not attract a lot of attention. But then RfAs started attracting groups of editors who all supported one another.