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Wikipedia is a free encyclopedia, written collaboratively by the people who use it. It is a special type of website designed to make collaboration easy, called a wiki. Many people are constantly improving Wikipedia, making thousands of edits every minute. All these changes are recorded here, and here. For a more detailed account of the project, see About Wikipedia.

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-== REOPEN JFK CASE ==
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+Wikipedia is a free [[encyclopedia]], written [[Collaborative editing|collaboratively]] by [[Wikipedia:Who writes Wikipedia|the people who use it]]. It is a special type of website designed to make collaboration easy, called a [[wiki]]. Many people are constantly improving Wikipedia, making thousands of edits every minute. All these changes are recorded [[Help:Page history|here]], and [[Help:Recent changes|here]]. For a more detailed account of the project, see '''[[Wikipedia:About|About Wikipedia]]'''.<br /><br />
+<big>'''How you can contribute'''</big><br />
+[[File:Edit-this-page-large (update).png|right|thumb|250px|alt=Image of Wikipedia showing the edit link above the page title. Screen readers may show this under the "views" heading.|Click "Edit" to change an article]]
+[[File:Wikipedia video tutorial-1-Editing-en.ogv|right|thumb|250px|alt=Video inviting you to edit pages on Wikipedia.|Editing tutorial for Wikipedia]]
+'''Don't be afraid to edit''' – <em>anyone</em> can edit almost every page, and we are encouraged to '''[[Wikipedia:Be bold|be bold]]'''! Find something that can be improved and make it better. For example, spelling, grammar, rewriting for readability, adding content, or removing non-constructive edits. If you wish to add new facts, please try to provide [[Help:Introduction to referencing/1|references]] so they may be [[Wikipedia:Verifiability|verified]], or suggest them on the article's [[Help:Introduction to talk pages|discussion page]]. Changes to controversial topics and Wikipedia's main pages should usually be discussed first. '''[[Wikipedia:Contributing to Wikipedia|Contributing to Wikipedia]]''' will provide you with resources on all the basics needed to use, comment on, and contribute to Wikipedia.
+Remember – you can't break Wikipedia; all edits can be reversed, fixed or improved later. Wikipedia is [[Wikipedia:Editing policy|allowed to be imperfect]]. So go ahead, edit an article and help make Wikipedia the best information source on the Internet!
-REOPEN JFK CASE is an initiative by volunteers to investigate the circumstances around the death of John F Kennedy!!!!!!!1one
+'''Donate''' – Wikipedia is free to use, but relies on donations and grants to do so. Please consider donating using the '''Donate''' link on the left to help with the project's running costs and expansion.
-In any ordinary cold case, new information can and does allow - or sometimes even force - the reopening of such cases.
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+<big>'''Why not try out the editor right now?'''</big>
+# <span class="plainlinks">'''[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Sandbox&action=edit Click here]'''</span> to edit the [[Wikipedia:Sandbox|sandbox]], a place to make test edits. (If there is already some text there, add to the end of the text<!-- or click [http://www.cs.ucr.edu/~jylee/cgi-bin/sandbot/Wikipedia/Sandbox.cgi here] to clear the sandbox out from previous edits -->.)
+# Type some text.
+# Click '''{{int:showpreview}}''' to test your changes, or '''{{int:publishchanges}}''' when you're happy with the way it looks.
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-This site is dedicated to presenting new leads and new insights into the assassination of the 35th President of the United States of the nature that ordinarily would require such a revisitation by appropriate authorities.
+<div style="float: right; margin-top: 0.0em; margin-bottom:3px; background-color: #cee0f2; padding: .2em .6em; font-size: 130%; border: 1px solid #A3B1BF;">Next: [[Wikipedia:Introduction (historical)/2|'''Learn more about editing''']] <span style="font-size: larger; font-weight: bold;">→</span>
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-More information may be found at http://reopenjfkcase.interodent.com/
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-== Jeff Johnson (Photographer) ==
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+[[Category:Wikipedia basic information]]
-Jeff Johnson is a photographer out of Holland, Michigan.  He specializes in portraits.  Weddings are his speciality.
+[[Category:Wikipedia quick introductions]]
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-== zazen ==
-Providing one a chance to talk about himself is asking for a change of subject.
-== Samrat Ashok Technological Institute Vidisha ==
-         Samrat Ashok Technological Institute was established on November 1, by the Maharaja Jiwajirao Education Society. The Institute is located in Vidisha in the heartland of Madhya Pradesh, just 54 km north of from the state capital of Bhopal. The Institute was named after emperor Ashoka the Great, who was Governor of emperor Chandragupta Maurya in Ujjain and Vidisha and married the daughter of a businessman of Vidisha.
- The Institute started with a total intake of 120 students per year in the three major disciplines of engineering, namely, Civil, Mechanical and Electrical Engineering. Initially the institute was affiliated to the Vikram University Ujjain. Now after the creation of the Rajiv gandhi University at Bhopal, the Institute is now affiliated to it along with many engineering colleges in Bhopal.
-At present this institute has an intake capacity of 480 in various courses at U.G. Level and 415 in P.G. and other courses, affiliated to Rajiv Gandhi Univ. of Technology at Bhopal. About 2000 students are presently enrolled in the institute.
-Full-Time Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) Courses ( 4 Year  Duration)
- B.E. Civil Engineering
- B.E. Mechanical Engineering
- B.E. Electrical Engineering
- B.E. Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering
- B.E. Computer Science and Engineering
- B.E. Information Technology
- B.E. Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering
- B.E. Bio-Medical Engineering
-Part-Time Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) Courses ( 4 Year Duration) for Serving /Self Employed Diploma Holders
- B.E. Civil Engineering
- B.E. Mechanical Engineering
- B.E. Electrical Engineering
- B.E. Electronics Engineering
- B.E. Production Engineering
- B.E. Construction Technology & Mgt.
- B.E. Chemical Engineering
-== Undergound Electricity ==
-In its early conception during the early 1900's, undergound electricity has been the forfront of delivering invisible power to both people and business. Its method of use has complicated the delivery system to the point that manufacturers have needed to continually rehash the materials required to produce efficent cables that don't breakdown under normal operation and enviromental conditions. The first pioneers to create such a viable network were English Electric Cables with their concept of paper / lead cables. The first prototype cables were of low voltage which needed little materials to make as low voltage has the least insulation around the inner cores.
-== alexander bonham ==
-Born in June,1952, in Haiti. Today living in Montreal, Canada. Harvard economy graduate, class of 1972 (www.harvard1972.com)
-link: www.bonham.biz
-== KINS (Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety) ==
-Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety (KINS) in Daejon, South Korea was established in 1990 as the regulatory expert organization to protect public health and safety from radiation hazard and prevent radiological disaster that might be caused by the operation of nuclear power plants, research reactors and use of radiation in Korea. It supports Korean regulatory authority, the MOST (Ministry of Science and Technology), with its expertise and actually performs regulatory mission with its well experienced 360(?) experts as of June, 2007. KINS performs safety review in licensing nuclear facilities, inspection and development of nuclear laws and standards. It also performs regulatory research and operates nationwide environmental radiation monitoring system.
-KINS originally was founded as Nuclear Safety Center (NSC) within the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) in 1982. Responding to increasing public demands for regulatory independence, NSC was re-organized to establish KINS as an independent entity by special law in 1990. Its Website is www.kins.re.kr .
-Since the first commercial operation of Kori unit-1 in 1978, KINS has contributed large amounts of safety related activities to the high safety performance of operating nuclear installations up to now. Presently, 20 nuclear power plants are in operation in Korea.
-[http://www.kins.re.kr link title]
-== Great! ==
-My first edit ever!
-== Solomon Pradeep Sujay ==
-'''Solomon Pradeep Sujay''', the greatest mind behind software engineering.
-born in the Year 1980, October 31st.
-He was born in Chennai, India. But currently he is demonstrating his software skills in London, United Kingdom.
-<gallery>
-Image[[User:Sujay.s.p|Sujay.s.p]] 09:01, 13 June 2007 (UTC):Example.jpg|Caption1
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-== WholesaleShanghai.com ==
-Wholesale Shanghai Trade Corporation based in Shanghai and Guangzhou.
-Helps wholesalers outside of China to find any product at incredible low wholesale china prices.
-How the proccess works:
-Wholesalers outside China visit our website looking for a specific or unique product. Fills the form with all the product details, how many containers per month, photos, videos if possible, and the inquiry is sent to our business networking department. Our staff will locate the product in China's factories and the lowest price. Will then contact the customer via email with the lowest price.
-Customers can also browse hot products list and find new wholesale opportunities.
-visit wholesaleshanghai.com if you want to buy wholesale products in china.
-== Sameer Kadam ==
-Sameer Kadam is Working as a Quality Analyst in an MNC in Pune.
-== Podcaster ==
-Podcasters are broken down into two types: content dumpers and independents.  Content dumpers are typically media companies that have existing TV or radios shows that allocate some of their content for podcasts.  Independents began the industry of podcasting in 2004. The are individuals that produce content on specific niche topics.  The heart and soul of the podcasting business is driven by the independents.  Large media company podcast's have a broadcast or wide appeal on topics such as news, politics and pop culture.   Independent podcasts deliver content that is usually enthusiast based content.  They narrow cast to a similar minded audience.  Cooking would be a wide subject covered by large media outlet like the Food Channel.  However, a podcast dedicated to clam bakes on the beach is the type of niche content produced by an independent podcaster.
-iTunes, the largest aggregator of podcasters, servers over 70,000 podcasts.  Only a handful of those 70,000 are produced by large media companies.  The majority of podcasts produced are created by independents.  Technology is the most popular category follow by culture.  There are many podcast specific to software like Photoshop and Final Cut Pro, as well as, a healthy supply of content pertaining to PC and Macintosh new technology.  Music leads the way in culture.  Performance videos or concert footage is the crux of many music podcasts.   Dance and jazz are very popular cultural podcast primarly because these topic are under served in the United States.  Niche culture is largely under served in the United States.  Cultural podcasts are filling that void for many fans.   Culturecatch.com is one of the more popular cultural podcasts.