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[edit] Personal Sandbox[edit] Revamping The Glenn Miller Story Article:in progress
[edit] IntroductionThe Glenn Miller Story (1953), is the musical biography of the trombone player and Big Band Leader, Glenn Miller. Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.
[edit] Plot SummaryWhile the better part of the film is spent on the developing and playing of his most famous tunes, the story opens in the 1920s with Miller, a young musician, struggling to find work and playing in a variety of bands and shows. Soon after, Miller's pursuit of Helen, his college sweetheart played by June Allyson, brings a spark of humor and romance to the film. Having not talked to Miller in years, Helen is shocked when he contacts her and asks her to marry him over the telephone. Even though she is engaged to be married to someone else, she throws caution to the wind, follows her instincts, and elopes with Glenn. The film focuses on Miller's career from the very early years in college and as a travelling trombone player to his rising success as one of America's most famous band leaders. The story continues by portraying Miller's long and hard road to riches with one driving force – to discover a signature sound all his own. A twist of fate delivers that miracle and sends Miller on his way to fame. Unfortunately, his career is cut short when a plane he is travelling on from England to France crashes somewhere over the English Channel during the second World War. In memoriam, radio stations all over the world suspend their regular broadcasts to air the live feed of the Christmas concert Miller was on his way to direct when he died. The first song during the broadcast was "Little Brown Jug" which Miller had previously dedicated to his wife. [edit] Awards & Nominations[edit] Quotes[edit] MusicSongs include: ""Serenade," "String of Pearls," "St. Louis Blues March," "In the Mood," "Little Brown Jug," "Pennsylvania 6-5000," "Tuxedo Junction," "American Patrol," "Chattanooga Choo Choo," "I Know Why," "At Last," and "National Emblem March." [edit] Trivia[edit] Home Video Releases (pretty table)[edit] External Links
If you wish to comment on this WikiProject Proposal and/or make suggestions to improve it, please do not edit the current draft, but rather make comments below the proposal with a new topic heading followed by your ideas. Thanks! [edit] Proposal to start a New WikiProject for "Movies"(and eventually a Wikiportal called "Movies") [edit] Basic Idea Outline
[edit] Wikipedia:Naming ConventionThis is considered an official policy on Wikipedia. It has wide acceptance among editors and is considered a standard that everyone should follow. [edit] Film titlesConvention: Films often share the same name as other films, books or terms. When disambiguating a film from something else use "(film)" in the title when only one film had that name and (YEAR film) in the title when there are two or more films by that name (example: Titanic (1997 film)). This information was taken from Wikipedia:Naming conventions#Film titles [edit] Other Thoughts (personal opinions)
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[edit] Pulse OximeterA pulse oximeter is a small device that uses red light to estimate the oxygen saturation of a person's arterial blood. A sensor that resembles a clothespin is put on the person's finger (or sometimes a finger or ear) and a light passes through from one side to the other. The percentage of oxygen and the person's pulse rate are displayed on a small LED screen. [edit] UseageIf the main concern of treatment is to monitor oxygen levels, the pulse oximeter gives a percentage that is not as reliable as one determined by arterial blood gas, but helpful in determining approximate values. The values are dependent on the person's blood flow, and other factors that may affect readings. It doesn't hurt a bit and does not incur any laboratory costs. "differential reflectance colorimeter technology"? [edit] Sources to Explore
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[edit] Pass the Pigs==Improving the KEI article== (just jotting down memories for now, will need to re-write in a Non-POV manner, as well as for style, grammar, spelling, readability etc.) Argueably one of the best-known spells (the other being SoW) in EverQuest and even outside the game within the MMORPG community, Koadiac's Endless Intellect, more commonly know by its acronym, KEI, sometimes also called C3 since it is the third spell in the Clarity spell line, is a much sought-after level 60 buff spell castable by members of the Enchanter class upon any player character level 45 and above. KEI and several other new spells were first introduced to live servers on December 4, 2001 with the release of the Shadows of Luclin expansion. Originally, the spell scroll could only be found as loot off of Luclin boss mobs. Later it became researchable by Intelligence casters with a skill of 200 or higher and trivializes at a skill level of 227. With the release of the Gates of Discord expansion, the KEI spell scroll also started dropping as loot in the zone 'Ferubi, Forgotten Temple of Taelosia' from mobs Pxet Elite Blademaster, Pxet Elite Hammermaster, and Pxet Elite Spearmaster. [edit] Spell function and usageThe purpose of this spell is primarily to accelerate the regeneration of mana (magical energy source used for casting spells) by 14 points per game tick (about every six seconds). Many players have affectionately dubbed KEI "crack" or "mind-candy" due to its large mana-accelerating quality, and because once used, it is often hard to play a spell-casting class in the game without it, due to how much it speeds up gameplay. KEI also enhances the base Intelligence and Wisdom statistics of the recipient character by 25 each, and increases the base amount of the recipient's mana pool by 250 points. The duration of KEI is abnormally long by contrast with many spells of a beneficial nature in EverQuest. An Enchanter casting this spell who posesses the right enhancements, focus items and/or Alternate Abilities (AAs) can make this spell last for over four hours. As a consequence of this, KEI is a buff greatly desired by characters who are dependant upon mana for the efficiency of their play time; faster mana regeneration equates to less downtime. Moreover, the enhancements to Wisdom and Intelligence are of value to people seeking skillups in tradeskills because the rate at which any tradeskill is raised can be determined by the level of the Intelligence or Wisdom that character has. It is common to see Enchanters offering to cast KEI upon other players for a small donation of platinum (the in-game EverQuest currency) or in exchange for other buffs in a central location such as the Plane of Knowledge. KEI is also one of the more common spells that is cast using the Mass Group Buff (MGB) ability. MGB is an Alternate Advancement ability which allows its caster to hit up to 72 player characters who are in the near vicinity of the caster with a single cast of the group version of any beneficial spell. The level a character must be to obtain a buff via an MGB depends on the level of the spell being cast. To obtain an MGB of KEI, a player must be level 46+. Other buffs that are often the subject of MGBs include those that increase hitpoints, armor class, movement rate and spell resistance. [edit] Spell LineKEI is not the only Enchanter spell of its type. Three lower level versions of the spell also exist: Breeze, Clarity, and Clarity II. Each of these does increase mana regeration, but none of these predecessors to KEI enhance a players Intelligence, Wisdom or mana pool. With the release of new expansions, more powerful versions of this spell have been made available to higher level Enchanters, but essentially have the same function. These higher level spells (Tranquility, Voice of Quellious, and Clarivoyance) increase a players base Wisdom, base Intelligence, base mana pool and mana regeneration more than KEI, but none of them have the duration of KEI. (See table below for information on the entire spell line). Of all the spells in this line, KEI is the only one that does not have a single-target version in addition to the group version; it is group only. <Insert Table Here> [edit] The nerfAround ___ a rumor started circulating among the EQ community both in-game and on message boards that KEI and other level 60+ buffs would soon be nerfed. Instead of being castable on characters of any level (1+), these spells would instead only be castable on characters of level 45+. Obtaining this buff had been a major key to powerleveling spell-casting toons from the spell's inception. While 'mass hysteria' did not ensue, there was still quite a large uproar when rumors were confirmed after the month/day/year game patch that KEI had, in fact, been nerfed along with other 60+ buffs as suspected. The majority of the EQ community understood that these spells needed to be nerfed in this manner for the sake of the game balance, but most still found the nerf annoying for awhile. Humorously, for months (and even years) following this particular nerf, people would log on toons/alts that they had not played since before it happened and would find that many of those characters still had X-minutes of KEI (or other) level-inappropriate buff(s) still on them. (Most buffs do not go away when a character logs off the server). This finding would often be announced in a common area like the Plane of Knowlegde, or to the person's guild, resulting in a good chuckle for all. Occassionally, players coming back to EverQuest after a few years absence can still be seen annoucing this after re-activating their old account. == Scouting COTW template idea == (in progress)
== Scouting Current COTW template idea == (in progress)
[edit] Scouting COTW nomination template idea
[edit] Girls/BSA/controversy sources to explore
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