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Ed Sprague Jr.

Edward Nelson Sprague Jr. (born July 25, 1967) is an American former Major League Baseball third baseman. He played 11 seasons in the major leagues from 1991 to 2001, with six different teams. He later served as the head baseball coach of the NCAA's Pacific Tigers for 12 seasons, from 2004 to 2015. He is now the Oakland Athletics Director of Player Development.

Sprague is the only baseball player ever to win the College World Series, an Olympic championship, and the World Series. He is also the only baseball player to win the College World Series two years in a row and the World Series two years in a row.

College career and Olympics
Sprague was an NCAA standout where he played third base helping Stanford win College World Series championships in 1987 and 1988. In 1986, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Cotuit Kettleers of the Cape Cod Baseball League. He collected an Olympic Gold Medal in the 1988 Olympics on the men's baseball team. (However, because baseball was a demonstration sport that year, the medals were unofficial and did not count towards respective countries' medal counts.) He is a member of Delta Tau Delta International Fraternity.

Sprague was drafted in the first round of the 1988 Major League Baseball draft by the Toronto Blue Jays.

Major league career
Sprague made his debut in 1991 for the Toronto Blue Jays and was a part of the 1992 and 1993 World Series championships. He is particularly remembered for hitting the game-winning home run in the ninth inning of Game 2 of the 1992 Series against the Atlanta Braves. His best individual year came in 1996 when he hit .247 with 36 home runs and 101 runs batted in.

Sprague was a regular with Toronto until 1998, when he was traded to the Oakland Athletics. He was granted free agency at the end of 1998, and then played for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1999, for which he made his only All-Star game appearance. That year, he hit .267 with 22 homers, 81 RBI and a .352 on-base percentage, the best of his career as a regular player.

In 2000, Sprague played for the San Diego Padres and Boston Red Sox. After becoming a free agent at the end of the year, he signed with the Seattle Mariners for the 2001 season, playing in 45 regular season games. He signed a minor league contract with the Texas Rangers in early 2002, but did not return to the major leagues.

Sprague twice led the league in getting hit by pitches and finished with a career total of 91. Sprague is the only baseball player ever to win championships in the College World Series, the Olympics, and the World Series.

Sprague's final career totals include 1203 games played, 506 runs, 1010 hits, 225 doubles, 12 triples, 152 home runs, 558 runs batted in, a .247 batting average, a .318 on-base average, and a .419 slugging average.

According to a report in the Stockton Record, Sprague said he used performance-enhancing substances later banned by Major League Baseball and admitted hitting a home run with a corked bat.

Coaching career
Sprague was the head coach of the Pacific Tigers college baseball team from the 2004 season until he resigned following the 2015 season.

In 2016, Sprague returned to Major League Baseball as a Special Assistant to the General Manager of the Oakland Athletics. He was named Director of Player Development following the 2019 season.

Personal life
Sprague and his wife Kristen Babb-Sprague, who is an Olympic Gold Medalist in synchronized swimming, have four children. Their daughter Payton attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Business and currently works in the Oakland Athletics front office. Their son Jed played baseball at University of Nevada, and was selected by the Chicago White Sox in the 37th round of the 2014 MLB Draft. His other kids are Paris and John. Sprague is an alumnus of St. Mary's High School in Stockton, California.

Sprague's father, Ed Sr., pitched in the majors from 1968 through 1976.

Head coaching record
Below is a table of Sprague's yearly records as an NCAA head baseball coach.

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List of United States defense contractors

The Top 100 Contractors Report on the Federal Procurement Data System lists the top 100 defense contractors by sales to the United States Armed Forces and Department of Defense. ('DoD 9700' worksheet). The Department of Defense announces contracts valued at $7 million or more each business day at 5 pm. All defense contractors maintain CAGE (Commercial and Government Entity) Codes and are profiled in the System for Award Management (SAM).

List of top 100 United States defense contractors

 * 🇺🇸 Academi
 * 🇺🇸 Action Target
 * 🇺🇸 ADT Corporation
 * 🇺🇸 Advanced Armament Corporation
 * 🇺🇸 AECOM
 * 🇺🇸 Aerospace Corporation
 * 🇺🇸 Aerovironment
 * 🇺🇸 AirScan
 * 🇺🇸 AM General
 * 🇺🇸 American Petroleum Institute
 * 🇺🇸 Argon ST
 * 🇺🇸 ARINC
 * 🇺🇸 Artis
 * 🇺🇸 Assett
 * 🇺🇸 Astronautics Corporation of America
 * 🇺🇸 Atec
 * 🇺🇸 Aurora Flight Sciences
 * 🇺🇸 Axon Enterprise
 * 🇬🇧 BAE Systems
 * 🇺🇸 BAE Systems Inc
 * 🇺🇸 Ball Corporation
 * 🇺🇸 Ball Aerospace & Technologies
 * 🇺🇸 Barrett Firearms Manufacturing
 * 🇺🇸 Battelle Memorial Institute
 * 🇺🇸 Bechtel
 * 🇺🇸 Berico Technologies
 * 🇺🇸 Boeing Defense, Space & Security
 * 🇺🇸 Insitu
 * 🇺🇸 Booz Allen Hamilton
 * 🇺🇸 Boston Dynamics
 * 🇺🇸 Bravo Strategic
 * 🇺🇸 CACI
 * 🇺🇸 Carlyle Group
 * 🇺🇸 Carnegie Mellon University
 * 🇺🇸 Ceradyne
 * 🇺🇸 Cloudera
 * 🇺🇸 Colt Defense
 * 🇺🇸 The Columbia Group
 * 🇺🇸 Computer Sciences Corporation
 * 🇺🇸 Concurrent Technologies Corporation
 * 🇺🇸 CSRA (IT services company)
 * 🇺🇸 Cubic Corporation
 * 🇺🇸 Omega Training Group
 * 🇺🇸 Curtiss-Wright
 * 🇺🇸 DeciBel Research
 * 🇺🇸 Dillon Aero
 * 🇺🇸 Dine Development Corporation
 * 🇺🇸 Draper Laboratories
 * 🇺🇸 DRS Technologies
 * 🇺🇸 DynCorp
 * 🇺🇸 Edison Welding Institute
 * 🇮🇱 Elbit Systems
 * 🇺🇸 M7 Aerospace
 * 🇺🇸 Ensco
 * 🇬🇧/🇺🇸 Ernst & Young
 * 🇺🇸 Evergreen International Aviation
 * 🇺🇸 Exxon
 * 🇺🇸 Fluor Corporation
 * 🇺🇸 Force Protection Inc
 * 🇺🇸 Foster-Miller
 * 🇺🇸 Foster Wheeler
 * 🇺🇸 Franklin Armoury
 * 🇺🇸 General Atomics
 * 🇺🇸 General Dynamics
 * 🇺🇸 Bath Iron Works
 * 🇺🇸 General Dynamics Electric Boat
 * 🇺🇸 Gulfstream
 * 🇺🇸 Vangent
 * 🇺🇸 General Electric Military Jet Engines Division
 * 🇺🇸 Halliburton Corporation
 * 🇺🇸 Health Net
 * 🇺🇸 Hewlett-Packard
 * 🇺🇸 Honeywell
 * 🇺🇸 Humana Inc.
 * 🇺🇸 Huntington Ingalls Industries
 * 🇺🇸 Hybricon Corporation
 * 🇺🇸 IBM
 * 🇺🇸 Insight Technology
 * 🇺🇸 Intelsat
 * 🇺🇸 International Resources Group
 * 🇺🇸 iRobot
 * 🇺🇸 ITT Exelis
 * 🇺🇸 Jacobs Engineering Group
 * 🇺🇸 JANUS Research Group
 * 🇺🇸 Johns Hopkins University
 * 🇺🇸 Kaman Aircraft
 * 🇺🇸 KBR
 * 🇺🇸 Kearfott Corporation
 * 🇺🇸 Knight's Armament Company
 * 🇺🇸 Kratos Defense & Security Solutions
 * 🇺🇸 L3Harris Technologies
 * 🇺🇸 Aerojet
 * 🇺🇸 Brashear
 * 🇺🇸/🇫🇷 Lafayette Praetorian Group
 * 🇺🇸 Lake Shore Systems
 * 🇺🇸 Leidos
 * 🇺🇸 EOTech
 * 🇺🇸 Lewis Machine & Tool Company
 * 🇺🇸 Lockheed Martin
 * 🇺🇸 Gyrocam Systems
 * 🇺🇸 Sikorsky
 * 🇺🇸 LRAD Corporation
 * 🇺🇸 M7 Security Group
 * 🇺🇸 ManTech International
 * 🇺🇸 Maxar Technologies
 * 🇺🇸 McQ
 * 🇺🇸 Microsoft
 * 🇺🇸 Mission Essential Personnel
 * 🇺🇸 Motorola
 * 🇺🇸 Natel Electronic Manufacturing Services
 * 🇺🇸 Navistar Defense
 * 🇺🇸 Nextel
 * 🇺🇸 Northrop Grumman
 * 🇺🇸 Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems
 * 🇺🇸 Northrop Grumman Ship Systems
 * 🇺🇸 Northrop Grumman Technical Services
 * 🇺🇸 Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems
 * 🇺🇸 NOVA
 * 🇺🇸 Oceaneering International
 * 🇺🇸 Olin Corporation; also see John M. Olin and John M. Olin Foundation
 * 🇺🇸 Oshkosh Corporation
 * 🇺🇸 Para-Ordnance
 * 🇺🇸 Perot Systems
 * 🇺🇸 Picatinny Arsenal
 * 🇺🇸 Pinnacle Armor
 * 🇺🇸 Precision Castparts Corporation
 * 🇺🇸 Raytheon Technologies
 * 🇺🇸 Collins Aerospace
 * 🇺🇸 Rockwell Collins
 * 🇺🇸 Goodrich Corporation
 * 🇺🇸 Pratt & Whitney
 * 🇺🇸 Raytheon Intelligence & Space
 * 🇺🇸 Raytheon Missiles & Defense
 * 🇺🇸 Raytheon BBN
 * 🇺🇸 Remington Arms
 * 🇺🇸 Rock Island Arsenal
 * 🇺🇸 Roundhill Group
 * 🇺🇸 Ruger
 * 🇺🇸 Saab Sensis
 * 🇺🇸 Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC)
 * 🇺🇸 SGIS
 * 🇺🇸 Sierra Nevada Corporation
 * 🇺🇸 Smith & Wesson
 * 🇺🇸 Smith Enterprise (SEI)
 * 🇺🇸 SPRATA
 * 🇺🇸 Springfield Armory
 * 🇺🇸 SRC Inc
 * 🇺🇸 SRI International
 * 🇺🇸 Stanley
 * 🇺🇸 Stewart & Stevenson
 * 🇺🇸 Swift Engineering
 * 🇺🇸 Tactical Air Support
 * 🇺🇸 Teledyne
 * 🇺🇸 Teledyne FLIR
 * 🇺🇸 Textron
 * 🇺🇸 AAI Corporation
 * 🇺🇸 Bell Helicopter Textron
 * 🇺🇸 Trijicon
 * 🇺🇸 TriWest Healthcare Alliance
 * 🇺🇸 Unisys
 * 🇺🇸 U.S. Ordnance
 * 🇺🇸 Verizon Communications
 * 🇺🇸 Vinnell Corporation
 * 🇺🇸 Westinghouse Electric Corporation

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Mike Honda

Michael Makoto Honda (born June 27, 1941) is an American politician and former educator. A member of the Democratic Party, he served in Congress from 2001 to 2017.

Initially involved in education in California, he first became active in politics in 1971, when then San Jose mayor Norman Mineta appointed Honda to the city's Planning Commission. Mineta later joined both the Bush and Clinton cabinets. After holding other positions, Honda was elected to the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors in 1990, and to the California State Assembly in 1996, where he served until 2001.

In November 2003, Democratic National Committee chair Terry McAuliffe appointed Honda as deputy chair of the DNC. In February 2005, Honda was elected a vice chair of the Democratic National Committee under the chairmanship of Howard Dean. In 2009, Honda was reelected for a second term as DNC vice chair, under the chairmanship of former Virginia governor Tim Kaine; he served in this role until 2013.

Honda became the subject of an ethics investigation by the United States House Committee on Ethics in 2015 for the alleged use of taxpayer resources to bolster his 2014 re-election campaign. He was defeated for re-election in 2016 by fellow Democrat Ro Khanna.

Early life and teaching
A third-generation Japanese American ("sansei"), Makoto Honda was born in 1941 in Walnut Grove, California, the son of Fusako (Tanouye) and Giichi Honda. His father, Giichi (nicknamed "Byron"), was one of 6000 Military Intelligence Service (MIS) agents, although the family was subjected to internment. His grandparents were from Kumamoto prefecture and immigrated to the United States in the early 1900s, and both of his parents were born in California.

When he was one year old, he and his family were sent to Camp Amache, a Japanese American internment camp in southeastern Colorado. In 1953 his family returned to California, where they became strawberry sharecroppers in Blossom Valley in San Jose. Honda started at Andrew P. Hill High School, and then transferred to and graduated from San Josė High Academy. He entered San Josė State University, but interrupted his studies from 1965 to 1967 to serve in the United States Peace Corps in El Salvador, where he learned to speak Spanish. He returned to San Jose State, where in 1968 he received a bachelor's degree in biological sciences and Spanish. He earned a master's degree in education from San Jose State in 1974.

In his 30-year career as an educator, Honda was a science teacher, a principal at two public schools, a school board member, and he conducted educational research at Stanford University.

Teaching and state positions
In 1971, San Jose Mayor Norman Mineta appointed Honda to the city's Planning Commission. In 1981, Honda was elected to the San Jose Unified School Board. He was elected to the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors in 1990, and to the California State Assembly in 1996, where he served until 2001.

DNC and national positions
In the 2000 United States House of Representatives elections, Honda won the Democratic nomination for the 15th district, which had once been represented by Norm Mineta. In 2000, Honda won by a 12-point margin. In November 2003, chairman of the Democratic National Committee Terry McAuliffe appointed Honda as deputy chair of the DNC. In February 2005, Honda was elected a vice chair of the Democratic National Committee under the chairmanship of Howard Dean. In 2009, Honda was reelected for a second term as DNC vice chair, under the chairmanship of former Virginia Governor Tim Kaine; he served in this role until 2013.

He remained the incumbent in the resultant elections of 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, and 2012. Due to redistricting after the 2010 US census, Honda began representing the California's 17th congressional district at the beginning of the 113th Congress on January 3, 2013. The district incorporates Silicon Valley, which is the only Asian American-majority district in the continental United States. The district encompasses all or part of the cities of Cupertino, Fremont, Milpitas, Newark, Santa Clara, San Jose, and Sunnyvale. He won again in 2014. He lost the election for California's 17th congressional district election in 2016 to Ro Khanna.

Early committees and caucuses
From 2001 to 2007 Honda served on the United States House Committee on Science, Space and Technology and was the ranking member of its Energy Subcommittee from 2005 to 2007. He also served on the United States House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure from 2001 to 2007. In 2007, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi appointed Honda to the United States House Committee on Appropriations. From 2011 to 2013, he was ranking member of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Subcommittee. From 2001 to 2003, and again from 2011 to 2013, Honda also was appointed to serve on the House Budget Committee.

Honda was a member of the following (and other) committees, commissions, and caucuses:
 * United States House Committee on Appropriations
 * United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (Ranking Member)
 * United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
 * Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (chair emeritus from 2004 to 2010)
 * Congressional Anti-Bullying Caucus (founder and chair)
 * LGBT Equality Caucus (vice chair and founding member)
 * Congressional Hepatitis Caucus (co-chair)
 * Congressional Progressive Caucus (vice chair for new members)
 * Democratic Caucus New Media Working Group (co-chair)
 * Congressional Ethiopia Caucus (founder and chair)
 * Congressional-Executive Commission on China (appointed commissioner since 2005)

Major appropriations
As of August 2015, Honda had secured over $1.3 billion in appropriations since 2001.

Some of Honda's most notable appropriations were for the extension of the BART system into Silicon Valley. During his five years on the House Transportation Committee, he secured $11 million in direct earmarks attached to a number of bills. Also during his time on that committee, he facilitated the BART projects qualification for the New Starts Program, which authorized another $900 million in funds, the first $400 million of which Honda managed to appropriate over the three-year period of FY2012-14. During the 2014 midterm election cycle, Honda's opponent Ro Khanna alleged that Honda only secured $2 million for the project. In response, a number of local officials including a Congresswoman, a state senator, a former US Secretary of Transportation, and former and current Valley Transportation Authority chairs, sent the Khanna campaign an open letter refuting its claims and requesting that they correct their campaign language.

The $11 million in direct appropriations was part of:
 * H.R. 2673 (FY2004 Consolidated Appropriations Act, became Public Law 108-199)
 * H.R. 4818 (FY 2005 Consolidated Appropriations Act, became Public Law 108-447)
 * H.R. 3058 (the Transportation, Treasury, Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act for 2006, became Public Law 109-115)

The $400 million from the New Starts Program was allocated as follows:
 * $100M for FY 2012 in H.R. 2112, The Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012, which became Public Law 112-55
 * $150M for FY 2013 in H.R. 933, the FY 2013 Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, which became Public Law 113-6
 * $150M for FY 2014 in H.R. 3547, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014, which became Public Law 113–76.

Raising the minimum wage
Honda has been a long-time supporter of organized labor, and has supported numerous bills for creating a living wage. In 2013 and 2014, he cosponsored the Original Living American Wage Act (H.R. 229), the WAGES Act (H.R. 650), and the Fair Minimum Wage Act (H.R. 1010), which would raise the federal minimum wage. Honda was also a supporter of the San Jose's successful ballot initiative that raised the city's minimum wage to $10 per hour.

Defense
As former chairman of the Afghanistan Taskforce for the Congressional Progressive Caucus, and former co-chair of the CPC's Peace and Security Taskforce, Congressman Honda has consistently critiqued the war strategy through a series of Congressional briefings, legislation, published opinion pieces ("Alternative Strategies to Obama's Afghan Agenda", "A Different Kind of Surge"), and Congressional letters to the Administration. Honda advocated an orderly withdrawal of U.S. military forces from Afghanistan and a significant realignment of U.S. aid to focus on strengthening government institutions, capacity building, economic development, and humanitarian assistance in Afghanistan. Honda criticized the Obama administration for failing to seek Congressional approval for U.S. military operations in Libya. He is critical of the wide-scale use of drones and is a cosponsor of the Targeted Lethal Force Transparency Act (H.R. 4372) requiring an annual report on the number of civilians and combatants killed and injured in drone strikes.

Education
In 2008, Honda worked with then-Senator Barack Obama to introduce the Enhancing STEM Education Act. Honda introduced the House version, H.R. 6104, and Obama introduced the Senate version, S.3047, on the same day.

The bills sought to enhance the coordination among state and federal governments to improve STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) education by creating a committee on STEM education at the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and an Office of STEM at the Department of Education, instituting a voluntary State Consortium on STEM education, and creating a National STEM Education Research Repository. Portions of this bill (notably, creating a committee on STEM education at OSTP), as well as Honda's INVENT Act (which would develop curriculum tools for use in teaching innovation and fostering inventiveness at the K-16 level), were eventually included in the America COMPETES Act reauthorization, which President Obama signed into law on January 4, 2011.

Honda led the Congressional authorization for The Equity and Excellence Commission, a commission that began in 2011 and reported its findings to the Secretary of Education in late 2012. The commission is a federal advisory committee chartered by Congress, operating under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA); 5 U.S.C., App.2. The commission had 27 members from a range of backgrounds, including education, law, tax, government, business, and civil rights. The committee met 17 times in Washington, DC and across the country. In November 2012, the commission presented its findings in a report titled "For Each and Every Child: A Strategy for Education Equity and Excellence." The findings focused around five recommendations: (1) restructuring the financing of schools, focusing on equitable resources; (2) supporting quality teachers and school leaders; (3) supporting early childhood education; (4) promoting increased parental engagement; and, (5) addressing changes in accountability and governance in the education system. Opposed by special interests, including the teachers' unions, the commission's recommendations went largely ignored.

Environment
Honda secured millions of dollars in federal funding for the cleanup and demolition of the former Almaden Air Force Station atop Mt. Umunhum. Contaminated with standard-use hazardous materials during its military use (lead paint, asbestos, etc.), the site was remediated, demolished, and is slated to open for public access in spring 2017. Honda has also advocated for programs such as the Land and Water Conservation Fund.

In 2014, Honda introduced the Climate Change Education Act (H.R. 4461), legislation that aims to improving public understanding of the impact of greenhouse gases on the environment and the steps that individuals and communities can take to combat the global warming crisis.

Faith and religion
In 2014, Honda introduced the Freedom of Faith Act (H.R. 4460).

Honda has been a defender of the civil rights of American Muslims. Soon after the September 11 attacks in 2001, Honda spoke at a convention of the American Muslim Alliance (AMA) in October 2001. He told those in attendance not to change their identity or name. "My last name is Honda. You cannot be more Japanese than that." The congressman remembered what he and especially his parents had to go through when Pearl Harbor was attacked. "We were taken in a vehicle with windows covered, we had no idea where we were being taken."

In the Quran oath controversy of the 110th United States Congress, Rep. Virgil Goode (R-VA) issued a letter to his constituents stating his view that the decision of Representative-elect Keith Ellison (D-MN) to use the Quran in his swearing-in ceremony is a threat to "the values and beliefs traditional to the United States of America... I fear that in the next century we will have many more Muslims in the United States if we do not adopt the strict immigration policies". In response, Honda penned a response to Goode expressing his surprise and offense by that letter and declaring "No person should be labeled as un-American based on his or her religion, and it is outrageous to cast aspersions on Representative-elect Ellison purely because of his religious background."

Government reform
In 2007, Honda voted for the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007, which was the legislative response to the Jack Abramoff scandal and introduced comprehensive new transparency requirements for lobbyists and for Members of Congress. In 2012, he cosponsored H.R. 1148, the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act, which criminalized insider trading by Members of Congress and required numerous disclosures. He voted for H.Res. 895, which created the first-ever independent ethics office, the Office of Congressional Ethics.

Health care
Honda has advocated for the expansion of health coverage for all through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and is a big proponent of the public option. As the Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, Honda was successful in ensuring that the ACA addressed racial and ethnic health disparities, including improvements in data collection, and measures to increase the number of health care providers from different backgrounds.

As the chairman and chair emeritus of Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, he sponsored and supported the Health Care Equality and Accountability Act, which would have expanded access to care for individuals with limited English proficiency, increased health workforce diversity, and encouraged further studies on the minority health issues. As a member of the TriCaucus with the Congressional Black Caucus and Congressional Hispanic Caucus, Honda has introduced legislation focused on health disparities in correlation to an annual health disparities summit.

Honda has led efforts to address tuberculosis by seeking changes to the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) formula for direct funding for tuberculosis treatment and education to include highly impacted counties. He was successful in getting report language in the 2009 Omnibus Appropriations Bill to have the CDC review its funding distribution policies.

Honda has been a leader in Congress for viral hepatitis and founded and co-chairs the Congressional Viral Hepatitis Caucus. He is a cosponsor of the Viral Hepatitis Testing Act (H.R. 3723), which will authorize new prevention and testing programs for hepatitis B and hepatitis C, and implement screening for veterans for hepatitis C. He also cosponsored the Viral Hepatitis Testing Act (H.R. 3381) in the 112th Congress, the Viral Hepatitis and Liver Cancer Control and Prevention Act (H.R. 3974) in the 111th Congress, and the National Hepatitis B Act (H.R. 3944) in the 110th Congress.

Honda has supported mobile health technology innovation and introduced the Health Care Innovation and Marketplace Technologies Act of 2013 (H.R. 2363).

This bill establishes an Office of Wireless Health at the FDA, award grant for the development of effective product, process, or structure that enhances the use, particularly by patients, of health information technology, and provides medical professionals tax incentives to implement qualified health information technology in their practices.

Honda has been an advocate for women's health including supporting provisions in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act such as the elimination of gender-based discrimination in insurance prices, recognizing that being a woman is not a preexisting condition that should force women to pay higher premiums. Honda opposed the Stupak–Pitts Amendment to the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which would have prohibited the use of federal funds "to pay for any abortion or to cover any part of the costs of any health plan that includes coverage of abortion" except in cases of rape, incest or danger to the life of the mother. The amendment was dropped by co-author Rep. Bart Stupak in exchange for an executive order promised by President Obama which would address the concerns of the Stupak-Pitts amendment supporters.

Honda has supported Medicare and Medicaid programs throughout his career, fighting for the health rights of seniors and low-income families. He introduced the People's Budget, the Congressional Progressive Caucus 2012 budget alternative, which would keep Medicare and Medicaid solvent while closing the national debt within 10 years.

Honda supports the permanent repeal of the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) and cosponsored the SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act of 2014 (H.R. 4015) which would have repealed the SGR and improved the physician payment system to reward value over volume.

Human rights
On the issue of comfort women, in 2007 Honda proposed US H.Res. 121, which stated that Japan should formally acknowledge, apologize, and accept historical responsibility in a clear and unequivocal manner, refute any claims that the issue of comfort women never occurred, and educate current and future generations "about this horrible crime while following the recommendations of the international community with respect to the 'comfort women'."

Honda stated, "the purpose of this resolution is not to bash or humiliate Japan." On July 30, 2007, the House of Representatives passed Honda's resolution after 30 minutes of debate, in which no opposition was voiced. Honda was quoted on the floor as saying, "We must teach future generations that we cannot allow this to continue to happen. I have always believed that reconciliation is the first step in the healing process." Honda later secured report language in the Fiscal Year 2014 Consolidated Appropriation Act (submitted July 2013) urging the Secretary of State to encourage the Government of Japan to address issues raised in H.Res.121. President Obama signed the spending bill into law on January 17, 2014.

Honda works on the elimination of human trafficking. He cosponsored the Fraudulent Overseas Recruitment and Trafficking Elimination Act of 2013 (H.R. 3344). The bill addresses predatory recruiters who use international labor recruitment as a human trafficking medium. On January 23, 2014, Honda hosted a training at the San Jose International Airport for airport and airline employees on how to detect signs of human trafficking.

Honda is a cosponsor of the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act (H.R. 15), which entails comprehensive immigration reform to increase high skill visas, reunite families, and provide a pathway to citizenship for those living in the shadows.

LGBT issues
Honda has been recognized as a long-time supporter of equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, with a 100% scorecard rating from the Human Rights Campaign since 2001. HRC endorsed Honda for his 2014 reelection. In the 1990s, he supported same-sex partner benefits as a Santa Clara County Supervisor. In 2008, he was a co-founder of the Congressional Equality Caucus, when there were only two openly gay congresspersons. He opposed the use of taxpayer funds to protect the Defense of Marriage Act in the United States Supreme Court.

In 2013, Honda worked with Mayor of Campbell Evan Low to raise awareness for the ban against blood donations from gay and bisexual men. In 2015, Honda revealed in a speech at the event Courageous Conversation, a one-day symposium that addresses how administrators can work to make their schools safer for their students, that his granddaughter Malisa is transgender. "As both an individual, and as an educator, I have experienced and witnessed bullying in its many forms. And as the proud jichan, or grandpa, of a transgender grandchild, I hope that my granddaughter can feel safe going to school without fear of being bullied. I refuse to be a bystander while millions of people are dealing with the effects of bullying on a daily basis."

Manufacturing
In 2013, Honda introduced the Market Based Manufacturing Incentives Act (H.R. 615), one of the main bills in the Democratic Party's Make it in America Agenda, which would create a commission of private-sector experts to designate market-changing technologies. These technologies would be eligible for a consumer tax credit as long as they are made in the United States. Honda introduced the Scaling Up Manufacturing Act (H.R. 616). The bill would provide companies a 25% tax credit on the costs associated with building their first manufacturing facility in the United States.

Honda was a vocal supporter of the National Network for Manufacturing Innovation proposed by President Obama to help revitalize American manufacturing. He is a cosponsor of the bipartisan Revitalizing American Manufacturing Innovation Act (H.R. 2996) and has urged President Obama to locate a manufacturing hub in Silicon Valley to focus on the domestic development of the next generation of semiconductor manufacturing tools.

Honda used his position as a member of the House Appropriations Committee and the Commerce, Justice, Science Subcommittee to prioritize funding for the National Institute of Standards and Technology's Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) program which works with small and medium-sized manufacturers to help them create and retain jobs, increase profits, and save time and money.

Science and technology
As the Representative for the heart of Silicon Valley, Honda has been intimately involved in technology and nanotechnology policy for many years. He has supported the principle of network neutrality, and is a cosponsor of the Open Internet Preservation Act (H.R. 3982).

Honda was critical of the National Security Agency's surveillance of electronic communications as a violation of privacy. He is an original cosponsor of the Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ending Eavesdropping, Dragnet Collection, and Online Monitoring Act (USA FREEDOM ACT - H.R 3361) which seeks to rein in the dragnet collection of data by the NSA, increase transparency of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, provide businesses the ability to release information regarding FISA requests, and create an independent constitutional advocate to argue cases before the FISC. Honda has been a proponent of government intelligence transparency and has pushed to require that top-line intelligence spending be disclosed during annual budget submission to Congress through his co-sponsorship of the Intelligence Budget Transparency Act (H.R. 3855).

In 2002, he introduced one of the first nanotechnology bills in Congress, the Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Advisory Board Act of 2002, which sought to establish a Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Advisory Board to advise the President on a range of policy matters. Such a board was recommended by the National Research Council in its review of the National nanotechnology Initiative, Small Wonders, Endless Frontiers.

In 2003, he worked with then-Science Committee Chairman Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), to introduce the Nanotechnology Research and Development Act of 2003.

This bill authorized federal investments in nanotechnology research and development, restructured the National Nanotechnology Initiative to improve interagency coordination and the level of input from outside experts in the field, and laid the path to address novel social, ethical, philosophical, legal, environmental health issues that might arise. H.R. 766 was passed overwhelmingly by the U.S. House of Representatives on May 7, 2003, signed into law on December 3, 2003, and to date has been funded at nearly $4 billion.

Honda continued his interest in nanotechnology by convening the Blue Ribbon Task Force on Nanotechnology with then-controller Steve Westly in 2005. This group met numerous times to discuss and develop strategies to promote the San Francisco Bay Area and all of California as the national and worldwide center for nanotechnology research, development and commercialization. Under the direction of Working Chair Scott Hubbard, then-Director of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Ames Research Center, the Task Force spent a year developing recommendations that would assure California a leading position in what could be a trillion-dollar economic sector. The recommendations were included in the BRTFN report, Thinking Big About Thinking Small.

Honda developed two pieces of legislation based on the report: 1) the Nanomanufacturing Investment Act of 2005 and 2) the Nanotechnology Advancement and New Opportunities Act.

Many provisions of these bills were included in larger pieces of legislation, the National Nanotechnology Initiative Amendments Act of 2009 and the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act, that passed the House of Representatives in the 111th Congress.

Mike Honda was recognized by the Foresight Institute, which awarded him its Foresight Institute Government Prize in 2006.

Research and development tax credit
Congressman Honda has supported expanding and making permanent the Research and Development tax credit, and in the 113th Congress is a cosponsor of the bipartisan H.R. 4438, the American Research and Competitiveness Act of 2014. He has called the research credit, "the best incentive in the tax code to ensure that companies continue to conduct their R&D in the U.S."

Seniors and retirement security
Honda has been a vocal advocate for expanding the Social Security program. In the 113th Congress, Honda introduced H.R. 3118, the Strengthening Social Security Act, with Congresspersons Linda Sanchez (D-CA) and Rush Holt (D-NJ), which would increase benefits for current beneficiaries, eliminate the cap on how much of an individual's earnings can be paid into Social Security, change the benefits formula to increase payments by about $70 a month, and adopt a higher cost of living adjustment called CPI-E, designed to reflect the cost of healthcare for seniors.

Also in the 113th Congress, Honda authored H.R. 4202, the CPI-E Act of 2014, which would apply CPI-E to index federal retirement programs other than Social Security, to include programs such as civil service retirement, military retirement, Supplemental Security Income, veterans pensions and compensations, and other retirement programs with COLAs triggered directly by Social Security or civil service retirement. As a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus Budget Taskforce, Honda also inserted this CPI-E provision into the FY 2015 CPC Budget, entitled the "Better Off Budget." Honda said during floor debate on the CPC budget, that the provision was intended to be a first step to applying CPI-E to all federal retirement programs, including Social Security.

Veterans
Honda has been a leading voice to overhaul and improve the current VA system. As an appropriator, he worked with his colleagues in both parties to not only call for change, but to provide funds to create a new electronic health record program between the Department of Defense and Veterans Affairs. He is also working to ensure that the government makes use of the knowledge and experience of health information technology experts, such as those in Silicon Valley, to ensure this new platform will eliminate the current backlog of claims. Honda helped obtain $2.8 million in grants to aid homeless and at-risk veterans and their families in Silicon Valley.

Women's rights
Honda has a 100% legislative score from Planned Parenthood and from the National Abortion Rights Action League (NARAL) and has been a long-time supporter of pro-choice legislation and for women's health due to his voting record. Honda has supported Paycheck Fairness Act and voted for the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act — the first piece of legislation to be signed by President Barack Obama in 2009.

During the debate over the new health care bill, Honda voted against the Stupak–Pitts Amendment to the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which would have prohibited the use of federal funds "to pay for any abortion or to cover any part of the costs of any health plan that includes coverage of abortion" except in cases of rape, incest or danger to the life of the mother. The amendment was dropped by its co-author Stupak in exchange for an executive order promised by President Obama which would address the Stupak-Pitts concerns.

In 2013, Honda voted for the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), which included updated protections for Native American women, immigrant women, and provided specialized support and resources for LGBT, religious and ethnic communities. VAWA reauthorization also included the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act, which Honda has also supported. Honda introduced the Domestic Violence Judicial Support Act of 2013, which would strengthen the judicial programs that comprise the basis of VAWA. To support full implementation of the Obama Administration's Executive Order 13595 and the U.S. National Action Plan (NAP) on Women, Peace, and Security, and to secure Congressional oversight, Honda introduced the Women, Peace, and Security Act of 2013, along his female colleagues Congresswomen Jan Schakowsky, Eddie Bernice Johnson, and Niki Tsongas.

Civilian body armor ban
In July 2014, Honda introduced a bill to ban level 3 body armor for anyone not in law enforcement. In September, it was referred to the subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. This bill would ban anyone except law enforcement and military personnel from obtaining level 3 body armor. He was quoted as saying: "We should be asking ourselves, why is this armor available to just anyone, if it was designed to be used only by our soldiers to take to war?".

Ethics investigation
It has been alleged that Honda and key members of his congressional staff violated House rules by using taxpayer resources to bolster his 2014 re-election campaign. In September 2015, the House Ethics Committee decided to extend the review of the matter after the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE) released its report on the allegation. The OCE report noted "there is substantial reason to believe that Representative Honda improperly tied official events to past or potential campaign or political support." As of August 8, 2016, the House Ethics Committee had not decided whether Honda violated House rules.

Personal life
Honda's wife, Jeanne, was a kindergarten teacher at Baldwin Elementary School in San José. She died in 2004. He has two children: Mark, an aerospace engineer, living in Torrance, and Michelle, a marketing and communications manager, in San Jose. Michelle is the mother of one daughter and two sons.

In February 2015, Honda's announcement that he is a "proud jichan", or grandfather, of his transgender granddaughter Malisa, gained regional, national, and international coverage.

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Talk:New York Draft Riot

Someone may want to combine this article with New York Draft Riots, which I did a while back. Danny 18:41, 30 Nov 2003 (UTC)

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List of structures in London

This is a list of notable buildings, complexes and monuments in London.

0-9

 * 2 Willow Road
 * 2 Marsham Street
 * 6 Burlington Gardens
 * 6 Ellerdale Road
 * 10 Downing Street
 * 10 Palace Gate
 * 10 Upper Bank Street
 * 11 Downing Street
 * 12 Downing Street
 * 25 Bank Street
 * 30 St Mary Axe (The Gherkin)
 * 40 Bank Street
 * 48 Doughty Street
 * 50 Queen Anne's Gate
 * 55 Broadway
 * 71 Fenchurch St
 * 221B Baker Street
 * 89 Albert Embankment

A

 * Abbey Mills Pumping Stations
 * Abney Park Cemetery
 * Abney Park Chapel
 * Addington Palace
 * Adelphi Buildings
 * Adelphi Theatre
 * Admiralty
 * Admiralty Arch
 * The Albany
 * Albemarle Club
 * Albert Bridge
 * Albert Embankment
 * Albert Memorial
 * Aldwych Theatre
 * Alexandra Palace
 * All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club (Wimbledon)
 * All Hallows-by-the-Tower
 * All Hallows-on-the-Wall
 * All Hallows Staining
 * All Saints, Camden Town
 * All Saints, Margaret Street
 * All Saints' Church, Edmonton
 * All Saints Church, Fulham
 * All Saints Church, Kingston upon Thames
 * All Saints Church, Peckham
 * All Souls Church, Langham Place
 * Almeida Theatre
 * Ambassadors Theatre
 * Apollo Theatre
 * Apollo Victoria Theatre
 * Apsley House
 * Aquatics Centre (London)
 * Archway (London)
 * Army and Navy Club
 * Arnos Grove tube station
 * Arsenal Stadium
 * The Arts Club
 * Arundel House
 * Ashburnham House
 * Ashby's Mill
 * Athenaeum Club
 * Australia House
 * Aviva Tower

B

 * Baden-Powell House
 * Baitul Futuh Mosque
 * Baker Street tube station
 * Balfron Tower
 * Bank of England
 * Bankside Power Station (Tate Modern)
 * Banqueting House at Whitehall
 * Barbados High Commission in London
 * Barbican Centre
 * Barbican Estate
 * Barking Abbey
 * Barking Park
 * Barnes Railway Bridge
 * Barnet Gate Mill
 * Battersea Bridge
 * Battersea Park
 * Battersea Power Station
 * Battersea Railway Bridge
 * Bedford Park
 * Bedford Square
 * Belgrave Square
 * Belmarsh (HM Prison)
 * Benjamin Franklin House
 * Bentley Priory Museum
 * The Berkeley
 * Berkeley Square
 * Bethlem Royal Hospital
 * Bevis Marks Synagogue
 * Big Ben
 * Billingsgate Fish Market
 * Birkbeck, University of London
 * Bishopsgate Institute
 * Blackfriars Bridge
 * Blackfriars Railway Bridge
 * Blackfriars station
 * Blackwall Tunnel
 * Boodle's
 * Bloomsbury Square
 * Borough Market
 * Boston Manor House
 * Bow Quarter
 * Bow Street Magistrates' Court
 * Brent Cross
 * Brick Lane Mosque
 * BBC Television Centre
 * British Dental Association
 * British Medical Association
 * British Museum
 * British Optical Association
 * British Library
 * Brixton (HM Prison)
 * Broadcasting House
 * Broadgate
 * Brockwell Park
 * Bromley Hall
 * Brompton Cemetery
 * Brookmans Park Transmitter
 * Brooks's
 * Broomfield Park, Palmers Green
 * Bruce Castle
 * Brunel Engine House
 * Brunel University
 * Brunswick Centre
 * Buckingham Palace
 * Burlington Arcade
 * Burlington House
 * Business Design Centre
 * BT Tower (Post Office Tower/Telecom Tower)
 * Bunhill Fields
 * Bush House
 * Bushy Park
 * Butler's Wharf
 * Buxton Memorial Fountain

C

 * Cabinet Office
 * Cadogan Hall
 * Cambridge Circus
 * Cambridge House
 * Camden Arts Centre
 * Camden Market
 * Canada House
 * Canal Museum
 * Canary Wharf
 * Cannon Street Railway Bridge
 * Cannon Street station
 * Canons Park
 * Carling Academy Brixton
 * Carlton Club
 * Carlton House
 * Carlton House Terrace
 * Carlyle's House
 * Cavalry Barracks, Hounslow
 * Cenotaph
 * Central Synagogue, Great Portland Street
 * Centre Point
 * Channel Four Television Corporation
 * Charing Cross
 * Charing Cross Hospital
 * Charing Cross railway station
 * Charles Dickens Museum
 * Charlton House
 * Charterhouse Square
 * Chatham House
 * Chelsea Barracks
 * Chelsea Bridge
 * Chelsea Embankment
 * Chelsea Harbour
 * Chelsea Old Church (All Saints)
 * Chelsea Physic Garden
 * Chessington Hall
 * Chester Terrace
 * Chiswick Bridge
 * Chiswick House
 * Chiswick Park tube station
 * Christ Church Greyfriars
 * Christ Church Spitalfields
 * Churchill Museum and Cabinet War Rooms
 * Church House
 * Church of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Brompton Oratory)
 * Citigroup Centre
 * City Hall
 * City of London Cemetery and Crematorium
 * CityPoint
 * City University
 * Clapham Junction railway station
 * Clarence House
 * Claridge's
 * Cleopatra's Needle
 * The Clink
 * Cochrane Theatre
 * Coin Street Community Builders
 * Coliseum Theatre
 * College of Arms
 * Colney Hatch Lunatic Asylum
 * Comedy Theatre
 * Commonwealth Institute
 * The Connaught Hotel
 * Conservative Campaign Headquarters
 * County Hall
 * Covent Garden
 * Craven Cottage
 * Crimean War Memorial
 * Criterion Restaurant
 * Criterion Theatre
 * Crosby Hall
 * Crossness Pumping Station
 * Crown and Treaty
 * Croydon Clocktower
 * Croydon Minster
 * Croydon Palace
 * Croydon Town Hall
 * The Crystal Palace
 * The Crystal Palace Dinosaurs
 * Crystal Palace National Sports Centre
 * Crystal Palace transmitting station
 * Cumberland Terrace
 * Cuming Museum
 * Custom House, City of London
 * Cutty Sark

D

 * Dana Centre
 * Danson House
 * Dartford Crossing
 * De Morgan Centre
 * The Den
 * Dennis Severs' House
 * Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
 * Department of Health
 * Department for Work and Pensions
 * Deptford Town Hall
 * Design Museum
 * Devonshire House
 * Diana Fountain, Bushy Park
 * Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fountain
 * Dr. Johnson's House
 * Dolphin Square
 * Dominion Theatre
 * Dorchester Hotel
 * Dover House
 * Down House
 * Duke of York's Barracks
 * Duke of York Column
 * Dulwich College
 * Dulwich Picture Gallery
 * Dutch Church, Austin Friars

E

 * Eagle House
 * Ealing Abbey
 * Ealing Town Hall
 * Earls Court Exhibition Centre
 * Eastbury Manor House
 * East Croydon station
 * East Finchley tube station
 * East India Docks
 * East London Mosque
 * Eaton Square
 * Elfin Oak
 * Eltham Palace
 * Embassy of the United States in London
 * Emirates Stadium
 * Empress State Building
 * Equestrian statue of Charles I, Charing Cross
 * Euston railway station
 * Euston Tower
 * Evelina Children's Hospital
 * ExCeL Exhibition Centre

F

 * Feltham (HM Prison)
 * Fenchurch Street railway station
 * Fenton House
 * Finsbury Estate
 * Firepower - The Royal Artillery Museum
 * Fitzroy Square
 * Florin Court
 * Foreign and Commonwealth Office
 * Fortnum & Mason
 * Forty Hall
 * Foundling Museum
 * Fournier Street
 * Foyles
 * Free Church, Hampstead Garden Suburb
 * Freemason's Hall
 * Freud Museum
 * Fulham Palace
 * Fulham Railway Bridge

G

 * Gaiety Theatre
 * Garrick Club
 * Garrick Theatre
 * Geffrye Museum
 * The George Inn, Southwark
 * Gibson Gardens
 * Gielgud Theatre
 * Globe Theatre
 * Golden Lane Estate
 * Golders Green Crematorium
 * Goldsmiths College
 * Gordon Square
 * Gray's Inn
 * Greenland Passage
 * Great Ormond Street Hospital
 * Green Park
 * Greenwich foot tunnel
 * Greenwich Hospital
 * Greenwich Millennium Village
 * Greenwich Power Station
 * Greenwich Theatre
 * Gresham Club
 * Grosvenor Bridge
 * Grosvenor Chapel
 * Grosvenor House Hotel
 * Grosvenor Square
 * Grove Park (Sutton)
 * Grovelands Park
 * Griffin Park
 * Grim's Dyke
 * The Guards Chapel
 * Guildhall
 * Guildhall School of Music and Drama
 * Gunnersbury Park
 * Gurdwara Sri Guru Singh Sabha
 * Guy's Hospital
 * Gwydyr House
 * The Gherkin

H

 * Hackney Empire
 * Hackney Town Hall
 * Hall Place
 * Ham House
 * Hamleys
 * Hammersmith Apollo
 * Hammersmith Bridge
 * Hammersmith Flyover
 * Hammersmith Town Hall
 * Hampton Court Bridge
 * Hampton Court Palace
 * Handel House Museum
 * Hanover Square
 * Hanwell Asylum
 * Hare Hall
 * Harrods
 * Harrow School
 * Haymarket Theatre
 * Hay's Galleria
 * The Hayward
 * Heathrow Airport
 * Hendon Police College
 * His Majesty's Theatre
 * HM Treasury
 * HMS Belfast
 * HMS President
 * Heythrop College
 * Highgate Cemetery
 * Highpoint I
 * Hippodrome
 * Hither Green Cemetery
 * Hogarth's House
 * Holborn Viaduct
 * Holland House
 * Holloway (HM Prison)
 * Holwood House
 * Holy Trinity Church Marylebone
 * Holy Trinity College Bromley
 * Holy Trinity, Sloane Street
 * Home Office
 * Hoover Building
 * Hop Exchange
 * Horniman Museum
 * Hornsey Town Hall
 * Horse Guards
 * Horse Guards Parade
 * HSBC Tower, London
 * Hungerford Bridge
 * Hurlingham Club
 * Hyde Park
 * Hyde Park Barracks

I

 * Ickenham Hall
 * Imperial College
 * Imperial War Museum
 * India House (London)
 * Inner London Crown Court
 * Inner Temple
 * Institute of Cancer Research
 * Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales
 * Institute of Contemporary Arts
 * Institute of Education
 * InterContinental London Park Lane Hotel
 * Isis (HM Prison)
 * Isokon building

J

 * Jewel Tower
 * Jewish Museum (Camden)
 * John Smith House (Southwark)
 * Jubilee Gardens, South Bank

K

 * Keats' House
 * Kennington Park
 * Kensal Green Cemetery
 * Kensington Palace
 * Kensington Palace Gardens
 * Kensington Roof Gardens
 * Keston Windmill
 * Kew Bridge
 * Kew Bridge Steam Museum
 * Kew Palace
 * Kew Railway Bridge
 * Kenwood House
 * Kimpton Fitzroy London Hotel (Hotel Russell)
 * King's College
 * King's Cross railway station
 * King's Observatory
 * King's Reach Tower
 * Kingston Bridge
 * Kingston Railway Bridge
 * Kingston University
 * Kingston upon Thames Guildhall
 * Kingsway tramway subway
 * Kneller Hall

L

 * Laban Dance Centre
 * Lambeth Bridge
 * Lambeth Palace
 * Lambeth Town Hall
 * Lancaster House
 * The Landmark London
 * The Lanesborough
 * Langham Hotel
 * Langtons
 * Lansbury Estate
 * Lansdowne House
 * Latchmere House
 * Lauderdale House
 * Law Society of England and Wales
 * Leadenhall Market
 * Leicester Square
 * Leighton House Museum
 * Lewisham Shopping Centre
 * Limehouse Basin
 * Limehouse Town Hall
 * Liberty's
 * Liberty Shopping Centre
 * Lincoln's Inn
 * Lincoln's Inn Fields
 * Linley Sambourne House
 * Liverpool Street station
 * Lloyd's of London
 * Loftus Road
 * Londonderry House
 * The London Ark
 * London Biggin Hill Airport
 * London Bridge
 * London Bridge rail station
 * London Business School
 * London Central Mosque
 * London Charterhouse
 * London City Airport
 * London Docks
 * London Eye
 * London Fire Brigade Museum
 * London Hilton on Park Lane Hotel
 * London IMAX
 * London Metropolitan University
 * London Palladium
 * London Planetarium
 * London School of Economics
 * London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
 * London South Bank University
 * London Stock Exchange
 * The London Studios
 * London Velopark
 * London Victoria station
 * London Wall
 * London Zoo
 * Lord's Cricket Ground
 * Lots Road Power Station
 * Lowther Lodge
 * Lyceum Theatre
 * Lyric Theatre

M

 * Madame Tussaud's
 * The Mall
 * Malta High Commission in London
 * Manchester Square
 * Mansion House
 * Marble Arch
 * Marble Hill House
 * Marlborough House
 * Marx Memorial Library
 * Marylebone station
 * Mayesbrook Park
 * Marylebone Town Hall
 * Metro Central Heights
 * Metropolitan Tabernacle
 * MI6
 * Michelin House
 * Middle Temple
 * Middlesex Guildhall
 * Middlesex University
 * Millbank Tower
 * Millennium Bridge
 * Millennium Dome
 * Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
 * Ministry of Defence
 * Monument to the Great Fire of London
 * Monument to the Women of World War II
 * Moorfields Eye Hospital
 * Morden College
 * Mount Pleasant sorting office
 * Museum of Garden History
 * Museum of London
 * Mycenae House

N

 * The National Archives
 * National Army Museum
 * National Film Theatre
 * National Firefighters Memorial
 * National Gallery
 * National Liberal Club
 * National Maritime Museum
 * National Physical Laboratory
 * National Police Memorial
 * National Portrait Gallery
 * Natural History Museum
 * Naval & Military Club
 * Neasden Temple
 * Nelson's Column
 * New Covent Garden Market
 * New Spitalfields Market
 * New West End Synagogue
 * New Zealand House
 * Noël Coward Theatre
 * Nordic churches in London
 * Norman Shaw Building
 * Northumberland House
 * Northwick Park Hospital
 * North Woolwich Old Station Museum
 * Notre Dame de France
 * No 1 Poultry
 * Nunhead Cemetery

O

 * Odeon Leicester Square
 * The Old Bailey
 * Old Deer Park
 * Old Spitalfields market
 * Old Vic
 * Olde Cheshire Cheese
 * Olympia, London
 * Olympic Stadium (London)
 * One Canada Square (Canary Wharf Tower)
 * One Churchill Place
 * Oriental Club
 * Orleans House
 * Osterley Park
 * Oxford and Cambridge Club
 * Oxford Circus
 * The Oval
 * OXO Tower

P

 * Paddington Basin
 * Paddington Green Police Station
 * Paddington Station
 * Great Pagoda, Kew Gardens
 * Palace Theatre
 * Palace of Westminster
 * Palm House
 * Parsloes Park
 * Paternoster Square
 * Peace Pagoda
 * Peckham Library
 * Pembroke Lodge, Richmond Park
 * Pentonville (HM Prison)
 * Peter Jones (department store)
 * Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology
 * Phoenix Cinema
 * Phoenix Garden
 * Phoenix Theatre
 * Piccadilly Circus
 * Pitzhanger Manor
 * Playhouse Theatre
 * Plumstead Common Windmill
 * Polish War Memorial
 * Portcullis House
 * Portland House
 * Postman's Park
 * Public Record Office
 * Purcell Room
 * Putney Bridge
 * Putney Vale Cemetery

Q

 * Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre
 * Queen Elizabeth Hall
 * Queen Elizabeth II Bridge
 * Queen Mary, University of London
 * Queen's Beasts
 * Queen's Chapel
 * Queen's House, Greenwich
 * Queen's Tower

R

 * Ranger's House
 * Red House, several places
 * Reform Club
 * Regent's Canal
 * Regent's College
 * Regent's Park
 * Regent's Park Barracks
 * Regent Street
 * Richmond Bridge
 * Richmond Lock and Footbridge
 * Richmond Palace
 * Richmond Park
 * Richmond Railway Bridge
 * Richmond Theatre
 * Ritz Hotel
 * Robin Hood Gardens
 * Rotherhithe Tunnel
 * The Roundhouse
 * Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
 * Royal Academy of Music
 * Royal Air Force Club
 * Royal Air Force Museum Hendon
 * Royal Albert Hall
 * Royal Arsenal
 * Royal Artillery Barracks
 * Royal Artillery Memorial
 * Royal Automobile Club
 * Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
 * Royal Brompton Hospital
 * Royal College of Art
 * Royal College of Music
 * Royal College of Physicians
 * Royal College of Surgeons of England
 * Royal Courts of Justice
 * Royal Court Theatre
 * Royal Docks
 * Royal Exchange
 * Royal Festival Hall
 * Royal Free Hospital
 * Royal Holloway, University of London
 * Royal Hospital Chelsea
 * Royal Institute of British Architects
 * Royal Institution
 * Royal London Hospital
 * Royal Mews
 * Royal Military School of Music
 * Royal National Theatre
 * Royal Opera House
 * Royal Observatory, Greenwich
 * Royal Over-Seas League
 * Royal Pharmaceutical Society
 * Royal School of Mines
 * Royal Society
 * Royal Thames Yacht Club
 * Royal Veterinary College
 * Rules (restaurant)
 * Ruskin House
 * Russell Square

S

 * Saatchi Gallery
 * Sadler's Wells Theatre
 * St Alfege's Church, Greenwich
 * St Andrew-by-the-Wardrobe
 * St Andrew, Holborn
 * St Andrew Undershaft
 * St Andrew's Church, Hornchurch
 * St Andrew's Enfield
 * St Anne and St Agnes
 * St Anne's Church, Kew
 * St Anne's Limehouse
 * St Augustine Watling Street
 * St Augustine's, Queen's Gate
 * St Bartholomew's Hospital
 * St Bartholomew-the-Great
 * St Bartholomew-the-Less
 * St Benet Paul's Wharf
 * St Botolph's, Aldersgate
 * St Botolph without Aldgate
 * St Botolph-without-Bishopsgate
 * St Bride's Church
 * St. Clement Danes
 * St Clement Eastcheap
 * St Columba's Church
 * St Cuthbert's, Earls Court
 * St Dunstan-in-the-East
 * St Dunstan's, Stepney
 * St Dunstan-in-the-West
 * St Edmund, King and Martyr
 * St Edward the Confessor, Romford
 * St Ethelburga's Bishopsgate
 * St Etheldreda's Church
 * St George's Cathedral Southwark
 * St. George's Church, Bloomsbury
 * St George's, Hanover Square
 * St George's Hospital
 * St George in the East
 * St George the Martyr, Holborn
 * St George the Martyr Southwark
 * St Giles in the Fields
 * St Giles-without-Cripplegate
 * St Helen's Bishopsgate
 * St. James's Palace
 * St James's Church, Piccadilly
 * St James Church, Clerkenwell
 * St James's Club
 * St James Garlickhythe
 * St James's Hotel and Club
 * St. James's Park
 * St. James's Square
 * St James the Less, Pimlico
 * St John-at-Hackney
 * St John-at-Hampstead
 * St John's Church, Waterloo
 * St John's Gate, Clerkenwell
 * St. John's, Smith Square
 * St John's Wood Church
 * St John the Baptist Church, Chipping Barnet
 * St John the Baptist, Pinner
 * St John the Divine, Kennington
 * St Joseph's Church, Highgate
 * St Jude's Church, Hampstead Garden Suburb
 * St Katherine Cree
 * St Katharine Docks
 * St Lawrence Jewry
 * St Leonard's, Shoreditch
 * St Luke's Church, Chelsea
 * St Magnus-the-Martyr
 * St Margaret Lothbury
 * St Margaret Pattens
 * St Margaret's, Westminster
 * St Mark's Church, Bromley
 * St Mark's Church, Kennington
 * St Martin-in-the-Fields
 * St Martin, Ludgate
 * St Martin's Theatre
 * St Mary Abbots
 * St Mary Abchurch
 * St Mary Aldermary
 * St Mary-at-Finchley Church
 * St Mary-at-Hill
 * St Mary Magdalen Bermondsey
 * St Mary Magdalene Gardens
 * St Mary Magdalene Church, Holloway Road
 * St Mary Magdalene, Paddington
 * St Mary Magdalene, Richmond
 * St Mary Magdalene Woolwich
 * St Mary Moorfields
 * St Mary-le-Bow
 * St Mary-le-Strand
 * St Mary the Virgin, Mortlake
 * St Mary Woolnoth
 * St Mary's Church, Barnes
 * St Mary's Church, Battersea
 * St Mary's Church, Hampstead
 * St Mary's Church, Hampton
 * St Mary's Church, Hendon
 * St Mary's Church, Paddington
 * St Mary's Church, Putney
 * St Mary's Church, Rotherhithe
 * St. Mary's Church, Walthamstow
 * St Mary's Church, Wimbledon
 * St Mary's, Harrow on the Hill
 * St Mary's Hospital
 * St Mary's, Islington
 * St Mary's, Twickenham
 * St Mary's University College, Twickenham
 * St Marylebone Parish Church
 * St Matthias Church, Richmond
 * St Matthias Old Church
 * St Michael, Cornhill
 * St Michael and All Angels, Bedford Park
 * St Michael Paternoster Royal
 * St Michael's Church, Camden Town
 * St Nicholas Church, Chiswick
 * St Nicholas Church, Sutton, London
 * St Nicholas Cole Abbey
 * St Olave Hart Street
 * St Pancras New Church
 * St Pancras Old Church
 * St Pancras railway station
 * St Patrick's Church, Soho Square
 * St Paul's Cathedral
 * St Paul's Church, Knightsbridge
 * St. Paul's Church, Shadwell
 * St Paul's, Covent Garden
 * St. Paul's, Deptford
 * St Paul's, Hammersmith
 * St Peter ad Vincula
 * St Peter and St Paul, Bromley
 * St Peter upon Cornhill
 * St Peter's Church, Hammersmith
 * St Peter's Church, Petersham
 * St Peter's Church, Walworth
 * St Raphael's Church, Surbiton
 * St Saviour, Pimlico
 * St Sepulchre-without-Newgate
 * St Sophia's Cathedral
 * St Stephen Walbrook
 * St Thomas Church
 * St Thomas's Hospital
 * St Vedast Foster Lane
 * Savoy Chapel
 * Savoy Hotel
 * Savoy Theatre
 * Science Museum
 * Schomberg House
 * School of Oriental and African Studies
 * The School of Pharmacy, University of London
 * Scotland Yard
 * Seaford House
 * Selfridges
 * Senate House (University of London)
 * Serpentine Gallery
 * Shadwell Basin
 * Shell Mex House
 * Shell Tower
 * Shirley Windmill
 * Sir John Soane's Museum
 * Sloane Square
 * Smithfield Market
 * Somerset House
 * South Africa House
 * Southgate tube station
 * Southside House
 * Southside Wandsworth
 * Southwark Bridge
 * Southwark Cathedral
 * Spencer House
 * Stamford Bridge (stadium)
 * Statue of Eros (Piccadilly Circus)
 * Strand Palace Hotel
 * Stratford Circus
 * Stratford railway station
 * Sudbury Hill tube station
 * Sudbury Town tube station
 * Surbiton railway station
 * Surrey Commercial Docks
 * Surrey Quays Shopping Centre
 * Sutton House
 * Swakeleys House
 * Swiss Cottage Central Library
 * Syon House

T

 * Tate Britain
 * Tate Modern
 * Tavistock Square
 * Teddington Lock
 * Telehouse Docklands
 * Temperate House
 * Temple Bar
 * Temple Church
 * Thames Barrier
 * Thames Embankment
 * Thames House
 * Thameside (HM Prison)
 * Thames Tunnel
 * Thames Valley University
 * Thatched House Lodge
 * Theatre503
 * Theatre Museum
 * Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
 * Theatre Royal Stratford East
 * The Shard
 * Thistle Tower Hotel
 * Thorpe Coombe Hospital
 * Three Mills
 * Tower 42 (Natwest Tower)
 * Tower Bridge
 * Tower Hamlets Cemetery
 * Tower of London
 * Tower Hill Memorial
 * The Tower House
 * Trades Union Congress
 * Trafalgar Square
 * Transport Museum
 * Travellers Club
 * Trellick Tower
 * Trinity Buoy Wharf
 * Trinity Church, Sutton
 * Trinity House
 * Trinity Independent Chapel
 * Trocadero
 * Twickenham Bridge
 * Twickenham Film Studios
 * Twickenham Stadium
 * Twinings

U

 * Unicorn Theatre
 * Unilever House
 * Union Chapel
 * Union Jack Club
 * United University Club
 * University College Hospital
 * University College, London
 * University of East London
 * University of Greenwich
 * University of North London
 * University of the Arts London
 * University of Westminster
 * University Women's Club
 * Upminster Windmill
 * Uxbridge tube station

V

 * Valence House Museum
 * Valentines Park
 * Vanbrugh Castle
 * Vauxhall Bridge
 * Vestry House Museum
 * Victoria and Albert Museum
 * V&A Museum of Childhood
 * Victoria Coach Station
 * Victoria Embankment
 * Victoria Memorial
 * Victoria Palace Theatre
 * Victoria Park, East London
 * Victoria Park, Finchley

W

 * The Waldorf Hilton, London
 * Wales Office (Gwydyr House)
 * Wallace Collection
 * Waltham Forest Town Hall
 * Wandsworth Bridge
 * Wandsworth Common Windmill
 * Wandsworth (HM Prison)
 * Wanstead House
 * War Office
 * Warehouse Theatre
 * Wat Buddhapadipa
 * Waterloo Bridge
 * Waterloo station
 * Waterside
 * Wellcome Trust
 * Wellington Arch
 * Wellington Barracks
 * Wembley Arena
 * Wembley Stadium
 * Westfield
 * West India Docks
 * West London Synagogue
 * Westminster Abbey
 * Westminster Bridge
 * Westminster Cathedral
 * Westminster Central Hall
 * Westminster School
 * West Norwood Cemetery
 * Whitechapel Gallery
 * Whitechapel Idea Store
 * Whitefield's Tabernacle, Tottenham Court Road
 * White Hart Lane
 * Whiteleys
 * White Lodge, Richmond Park
 * White's
 * Whitgift Centre
 * Wigmore Hall
 * William Morris Gallery
 * Willis Building
 * Wimbledon Windmill
 * Winchester Palace
 * Winfield House
 * Woburn Square
 * The Women's Library
 * Woodlands House
 * Woolwich foot tunnel
 * Woolwich Town Hall
 * Wormwood Scrubs (HM Prison)
 * Worshipful Company of Drapers
 * Worshipful Company of Fishmongers
 * Worshipful Company of Glaziers and Painters of Glass
 * Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths

Y

 * Yalding House
 * York House, Strand
 * York House, Twickenham
 * Young's Brewery

Z

 * Zimbabwe House

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Oligodendrocyte

Oligodendrocytes, also known as oligodendroglia, are a type of neuroglia whose main functions are to provide support and insulation to axons within the central nervous system (CNS) of jawed vertebrates. Their function is similar to that of Schwann cells, which perform the same task in the peripheral nervous system (PNS). Oligodendrocytes accomplish this by forming the myelin sheath around axons. Unlike Schwann cells, a single oligodendrocyte can extend its processes to cover around 50 axons, with each axon being wrapped in approximately 1 μm of myelin sheath. Furthermore, an oligodendrocyte can provide myelin segments for multiple adjacent axons.

Oligodendrocytes are exclusively found in the CNS, which comprises the brain and spinal cord. Initially, it was originally thought that these cells were produced in the ventral neural tube, the embryonic precursor to the CNS. However, recent research suggests that oligodendrocytes originate from the ventral ventricular zone of the embryonic spinal cord, with some potential concentrations in the forebrain. Notably, oligodendrocytes are the last type of cell to be generated in the CNS. Oligodendrocytes were discovered by Pío del Río Hortega.

Classification
Oligodendrocytes are a type of glial cell. They arise during development from oligodendrocyte precursor cells (OPCs), which can be identified by their expression of a number of antigens, including the ganglioside GD3, the NG2 chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan, and the platelet-derived growth factor-alpha receptor subunit (PDGF-alphaR). Mature oligodendrocytes are broadly classified into either myelinating or non-myelinating satellite oligodendrocytes. Precursors and both mature types are typically identified by their expression of the transcription factor OLIG2.

Development
Most oligodendrocytes develop during embryogenesis and early postnatal life from restricted periventricular germinal regions. Oligodendrocyte formation in the adult brain is associated with glial-restricted progenitor cells, known as oligodendrocyte progenitor cells (OPCs). Subventricular zone OPCs are activated and then migrate away from germinal zones to populate both developing white and gray matter, where they differentiate and mature into myelin-forming oligodendrocytes. However, it is not clear whether all oligodendrocyte progenitors undergo this sequence of events.

Between midgestation and term birth in human cerebral white matter, three successive stages of the classic human oligodendrocyte lineage are found: OPCs, immature oligodendrocytes (non-myelinating), and mature oligodendrocytes (myelinating). It has been suggested that some undergo apoptosis and others fail to differentiate into mature oligodendrocytes but persist as adult OPCs. Remarkably, oligodendrocyte population originated in the subventricular zone can be dramatically expanded by administering epidermal growth factor (EGF).

Myelination
Mammalian nervous systems depend crucially on myelin sheaths, which reduce ion leakage and decrease the capacitance of the cell membrane, for rapid signal conduction. Myelin also increases impulse speed, as saltatory propagation of action potentials occurs at the nodes of Ranvier in between Schwann cells (of the PNS) and oligodendrocytes (of the CNS). Furthermore, impulse speed of myelinated axons increases linearly with the axon diameter, whereas the impulse speed of unmyelinated cells increases only with the square root of the diameter. The insulation must be proportional to the diameter of the fibre inside. The optimal ratio of axon diameter divided by the total fiber diameter (which includes the myelin) is 0.6.

Myelination is only prevalent in a few brain regions at birth and continues into adulthood. The entire process is not complete until about 25–30 years of age. Myelination is an important component of intelligence, and white matter quantity may be positively correlated with IQ test results in children. Rats that were raised in an enriched environment, which is known to increase cognitive flexibility, had more myelination in their corpus callosi.

Immune function
Oligodendrocytes, best known for their role in myelinating axons in the central nervous system, also have important functions in immune regulation. These cells can influence the immune environment by secreting cytokines and chemokines, which modulate the activity of various immune cells. Oligodendrocytes express receptors that allow them to respond to inflammatory signals, thereby participating in the brain's defense mechanisms. Additionally, they play a role in maintaining the blood-brain barrier and can contribute to the resolution of inflammation, highlighting their multifaceted role in both neural maintenance and immune responses. While most research has focused on the immune functions of OPCs, it is believed that oligodendrocytes themselves still possess significant immune functions.

Metabolic support
Oligodendrocytes interact closely with nerve cells and provide trophic support by the production of glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF), brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), or insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1). They may also directly provide metabolites to neurons, as described by the lactate shuttle hypothesis.

It is hypothesized that satellite oligodendrocytes (or perineuronal oligodendrocytes) are functionally distinct from other oligodendrocytes. They are not attached to neurons via myelin sheaths and, therefore, do not contribute to insulation. They remain opposed to neurons and regulate the extracellular fluid. Satellite oligodendrocytes are considered to be a part of the grey matter whereas myelinating oligodendrocytes are a part of the white matter. They may support neuronal metabolism. Satellite oligodendrocytes may be recruited to produce new myelin after a demyelinating injury.

Clinical significance
Diseases that result in injury to oligodendrocytes include demyelinating diseases such as multiple sclerosis and various leukodystrophies. Trauma to the body, e.g. spinal cord injury, can also cause demyelination. The immature oligodendrocytes, which increase in number during mid-gestation, are more vulnerable to hypoxic injury and are involved in periventricular leukomalacia. This largely congenital condition of damage to the newly forming brain can therefore lead to cerebral palsy. In cerebral palsy, spinal cord injury, stroke and possibly multiple sclerosis, oligodendrocytes are thought to be damaged by excessive release of the neurotransmitter, glutamate. Damage has also been shown to be mediated by N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors. Oligodendrocyte dysfunction may also be implicated in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.

Oligodendrocytes are also susceptible to infection by the JC virus, which causes progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML), a condition that specifically affects white matter, typically in immunocompromised patients. Tumors of oligodendrocytes are called oligodendrogliomas. The chemotherapy agent Fluorouracil (5-FU) causes damage to the oligodendrocytes in mice, leading to both acute central nervous system (CNS) damage and progressively worsening delayed degeneration of the CNS. DNA methylation may also have a role in the degeneration of oligodendrocytes.

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Nauru First

Nauru First (Naoero Amo) is the only formal political party in Nauru.

Philosophy and leading members
Its positions tend to be liberal, pro-government transparency, and Christian democratic. Its founding members were Kieren Keke (a medical doctor), David Adeang (a legal counsel and former minister of finance), Marlene Moses (former health minister), Roland Kun (director of the island's fisheries), Sean Oppenheimer (manager of Capelle's, the country's largest private enterprise), who has since resigned from the party due to death threats, and Sprent Dabwido (an insurance worker). Its official publication is the irregularly-published The Visionary, which contains harsh criticism of government officials.

Elections
In the May 2003 elections three members of Naoero Amo were elected: David Adeang, Kieren Keke, and Riddell Akua. Adeang became finance minister and Keke minister of health, sports, and transportation. Akua became the Chairman of Nauru Phosphate Corporation. The ministers lost their posts again when President Ludwig Scotty's government was ousted in August 2003 but regained new posts when he regained power on 22 June 2004.

David Adeang was the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Minister of Finance. The party continued to support President Scotty, and in the 2007 parliamentary elections, Scotty supporters won most of the seats in Parliament. The party system in Nauru remains somewhat fluid and it is not known how many of these supporters are members of the Nauru First Party, but it is known that most of the members currently supporting Scotty were reelected, including David Adeang.

Controversies
In December 2007, a dispute among Nauru First Party members David Adeang, Kieren Keke and others led to a vote of no-confidence in the Parliament of Nauru, unseating the Administration of the President of Nauru, Ludwig Scotty, and the appointment of a government led by newly appointed President Marcus Stephen. This new Administration excluded Adeang in the ministerial team; he was replaced as minister for Foreign Affairs by Keke.

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Kieren Keke

Kieren Aedogan Ankwong Keke (born 27 June 1971 ) is a Nauruan politician and medical doctor. He is a member of the Parliament of Nauru and former Minister of Finance and Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Background
He is currently a leading figure of the Nauru First (Naoero Amo) party, and is one of the few medical professionals on the island (others are Dr. Mark Kun, Dr. Ludwig Keke—Kieren's father, a dentist, Dr. Godfrey Waidabu—now living in the Marshall Islands), and Dr. Kiki Thoma). He was Minister of Finance in the cabinet of Ludwig Scotty in 2003.

In 2004, he was not allowed to take his parliamentary seat. The speaker of Parliament, Russell Kun claimed that Keke, having Australian nationality as well as Nauruan, could not sit in Parliament. Keke was also arrested along with Baron Waqa, David Adeang and Fabian Ribauw in April 2004 and charged with sedition after a protest at Nauru's airport, but the charges were soon dropped. The charges were dropped following a resolution of Parliament moved by Keke and others charged that the charges be dropped. The DPP was not consulted by the Parliament and the motion was in contravention of the Constitution and the Rule of Law. Keke was reelected to Parliament in October 2004 and retained his post as health minister.

Keke resigned from the government, along with Frederick Pitcher and Roland Kun, in late 2007 over allegations of misconduct on the part of Adeang and Scotty's unwillingness to act against Adeang. He led the opposition to Scotty in a no-confidence motion on 13 November 2007; although a majority of those voting supported the motion (eight in favour, seven opposed), it fell short of the necessary nine votes.

2007
After Scotty was ousted in another vote on 19 December and Marcus Stephen (a cousin of Kieren Keke) was elected president, Keke was named Minister of Foreign Affairs, Telecommunications, and Transport and Minister Assisting the President of Nauru

Keke had previously been regarded as a reformist, both through his participation in the Administration of Ludwig Scotty, and because of the reformist discourse of the Nauru First Party, of which Keke is a prominent member. The outgoing Scotty Administration, which had won a landslide election victory only weeks before Keke and others resigned and participated in successive votes of no confidence, enjoyed wide popular support, and was broadly seen in the years 2004-2007 as offering a stable contrast to a previous period of very frequent use of the vote of no confidence, when governments would fall over issues which sometimes reflected relations between personalities rather than the exigencies of the wider national interest. Others would argue that allegations against former minister David Adeang, around which the November and December 2007 no-confidence votes against President Ludwig Scotty were centred, constituted an issue important enough to justify the use of such a Parliamentary device, with its far-reaching consequences.

2008
In 2008, Keke's Foreign Affairs department was preparing for the June 2008 meeting of the International Whaling Commission in Santiago, Chile, owing to Nauru's interest in whaling issues as a Pacific maritime nation and in the related issue of tuna fishing stocks, given the country's tuna fishing activities. The change of stance on whaling adopted by the government of Australia was likely to cause resonances for Keke's Department.

In February 2008 Keke announced that the Nauruan Government was studying the possibility of developing service and maintenance facilities for fishing vessels from countries in the region.

In March 2008, the Speaker of the Parliament of Nauru, David Adeang, attempted to have Keke expelled from Parliament, by summoning a Parliamentary session, allegedly without informing members of the government, which resulted in the passing of a law forbidding Members of Parliament to hold dual citizenship. President Stephen argued that the law was unconstitutional; Adeang said it was not. On 28 March, Adeang ordered Keke and another minister, Frederick Pitcher, to vacate their seats in Parliament, since they both hold dual Nauruan and Australian citizenship. The two ministers refused to do so, and Adeang suspended the sitting.

In April 2008 Keke was reelected to the Parliament of Nauru and was retained as a leading member of the Administration of President Marcus Stephen. He was again reelected in 2010.

Keke was replaced as Foreign Minister by Matthew Batsiua on 10 November 2011.

Dabwido Administration
Sprent Dabwido was elected president in November 2011 after the resignation of President Marcus Stephen and removal of President Freddie Pitcher. Keke was initially opposed to this administration, but in May 2012 Dabwido dismissed his entire cabinet and replaced them with opposition members. Keke was reinstated as Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Keke was the representative of the Alliance of Small Island States at the 2012 United Nations Climate Change Conference, and expressed his disappointment at the outcome, describing it as "words" without "action".

On 7 February 2013, Keke resigned from all his government portfolios (Foreign Affairs, Trade, Health and Sport), without immediately offering an explanation (in public).

Keke was re-elected to Parliament in elections held in 2013.

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Talk:List of structures in London

Definition
What are you taking as the definition of "London"? I would suggest it be stated at the top of the list. 80.255 18:56, 30 Nov 2003 (UTC)

 * I suggest you click on the link and find out. Perhaps you can enjoy yourself by attempting to move it to 'Greater London Administrative Area' and City of London to London. Morwen 18:58, 30 Nov 2003 (UTC)

 * Well, the linked article describes, although does not explicate, what I would call 'inner london', rather than Greater London, so entitling this list "london buildings" seems to give a false impression.

 * 'what I was call'??? Morwen 20:12, 30 Nov 2003 (UTC)

 * Not a case of highlighting-typos-to-avoid-addressing-the-issue syndrome, I hope! 80.255 20:30, 30 Nov 2003 (UTC)

 * No, it's a case of not understanding what the hell you are going on about. Now you've explained it, I can assure you that London is indeed talking about Greater London.  For example 'The airfields of London City Airport, Heathrow, Biggin Hill, Kenley Aerodrome and Northolt lie within the London boundary.'. And I doubt that 17% of GDP figure refers to whichever verison of Inner London you are imagining.  And it says London has 7,172,036 inhabitants according to the census.  Check your facts. Morwen 20:37, 30 Nov 2003 (UTC)

 * On a seperate issue: I notice you've included the Albert Memorial as a "building". Does that mean that other 'memorials' (marble arch, cleopatra's needle, etc.) should be included? List of inner London structures would seem a more appropriate name...
 * 80.255 19:52, 30 Nov 2003 (UTC)

 * Well, if you do look at the top it says 'buildings, complexes and monuments'. Morwen 20:12, 30 Nov 2003 (UTC)

 * So why not create the article itself at List of London buildings, complexes and monuments? "Building" tends not to suggest monument, you must admit. 80.255 20:30, 30 Nov 2003 (UTC)

 * Brevity. Morwen 20:37, 30 Nov 2003 (UTC)

Scope
Does this list only include building that are standing today? Mjroots (talk) 06:51, 15 August 2011 (UTC)

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Talk:Characteristic polynomial

Secular function section
This section is completely incomprehensible to me. What on earth is "matrix tearing and gruing" and "determinant of a matrix with a shift"? Where do the poles of the secular function come from? A polynomial has no poles.

Most of this section looks like something from uncyclopedia and is completely confusing. I doubt it belongs on this page at all. HugoBarnaby (talk) 08:55, 20 October 2010 (UTC)

 * I agree. Everything after the first paragraph, particularly the middle of this section, is very poorly written. I can only assume it was written by a non-native speaker of English or, like you said, as a joke. It would be great if someone familiar with secular functions could re-write this section more clearly. 155.41.17.62 (talk) 18:42, 14 October 2011 (UTC)

Note that the source 10 "secular equation". Retrieved January 21, 2010. is down. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Anonime17 (talk • contribs) 13:11, 16 December 2020 (UTC)

Overhaul needed
Article mentions two conventions, justifies settling on one, then uses the other in the tail of the article. Perhaps settle on one convention (the one argued for at the beginning) used throughout except in one section which explains the other, gives corresponding forms, show how to interconvert, so that all "alternative" convention is restricted to that section.

An explicit expansion of the polynomial (with the alternative form in the "alternative" section) showing the terms/coefficients referred to later might help clear things up. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.72.144.66 (talk) 17:13, 8 May 2013 (UTC)

$$\bigwedge$$ instead of $$\Lambda$$?
In the entry text I read:

"$$ p_A (t) = \sum_{k=0}^n t^{n-k} (-1)^k \operatorname{tr}(\Lambda^k A) $$"

After consulting the entry about exterior algebra (which is referred to by the text), I noticed that the symbol $$\bigwedge$$ is used there.

Is this actually the symbol that was intended / should be used instead of capital lambda in the current entry?Redav (talk) 13:42, 28 November 2020 (UTC)

Characteristic of what?
The current entry text contains:

"When the characteristic is 0 it may alternatively be computed as a single determinant, that of the k×k matrix, [...]"

Could someone tell us the characteristic of what is meant here? (I did follow the link to "characteristic" (algebra) but that seems to deal with rings and fields, and the connection to the quoted statement is not clear to me.Redav (talk) 14:01, 28 November 2020 (UTC)
 * The connection is that the facor 1/k! makes no sense in non-zero characteristice. However I have edited the article for clarification. D.Lazard (talk) 14:43, 28 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks a lot! I consider that helpful.Redav (talk) 16:17, 29 November 2020 (UTC)

Notation
This article uses p_A(t), but I’ve also seen \chi_A(t). Perhaps a brief note on common notations is needed. TomFryers (talk) 16:18, 14 February 2021 (UTC)
 * AFIK, there is commonly accepted notation. D.Lazard (talk) 16:24, 14 February 2021 (UTC)

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Tom Henke

Thomas Anthony Henke (born December 21, 1957 ), nicknamed "the Terminator", is an American former Major League Baseball relief pitcher. He was one of the most dominant and feared closers during the late 1980s and early 1990s, pitching for the Texas Rangers (1982–1984, 1993–1994), Toronto Blue Jays (1985–1992), and St. Louis Cardinals (1995).

On the mound, Henke was easily recognizable by the large-rimmed glasses he wore at a time when many players began using contact lenses. At a height of 6' 5", he cast an imposing figure and dominated batters with his hard fastball early in the count, and his forkball for the strikeout. Henke struck out 9.8 batters per 9 innings pitched over his career.

Early life
Tom Henke was born in Kansas City, Missouri, and started out throwing every night to his father, who caught his pitches while sitting on a five-gallon bucket. "Every kid should have a dad like that", Henke said. He grew up in Taos, Missouri and attended Blair Oaks High School. After high school, Henke played at East Central Junior College. In 1980, a couple of friends, who believed Henke had pro-caliber stuff, told him they would buy the beer if he showed up at a talent evaluation opportunity; he did and was noticed.

Career
Henke was drafted on June 5, 1979, by the Seattle Mariners in the 20th round of the 1979 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign. On January 11, 1980, he was drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the first round (24th pick) of the 1980 Major League Baseball draft (January Secondary) but again did not sign. Henke signed with the Texas Rangers after being selected in the fourth round of the 1980 amateur draft (June Secondary).

Texas Rangers (1982–1984)
After signing with the Rangers, Henke was assigned to the Gulf Coast League Rangers in the Gulf Coast League where he had immediate success, going 3-3 with a 0.95 ERA in 38 innings, earning a promotion to the Single-A Asheville Tourists in the South Atlantic League. In 1981, Henke started the season back at Asheville, where his 8-6 record with 3 saves and 2.93 ERA in 92 innings earned him a promotion to the AA Tulsa Drillers in the Texas League. Henke spent the entire 1982 minor league season back at Tulsa, despite putting up similarly impressive numbers (14 saves with a 2.67 ERA and 100 strikeouts in $87 2/3$ innings). He did, however, see time with the Rangers at the end of the season and made his major league debut on September 10. In 1983, Henke was finally promoted to the Oklahoma City 89ers in the American Association, but again his development stalled and he spent much of the next three seasons at AAA. Despite strong numbers in the minors and similar numbers during his intermittent times in Texas, Henke was labeled as a pitcher who had trouble finding the strike zone (finishing with 20 walks in $28 1/3$ innings with the Rangers in 1984) and appeared to be the odd man out in the Rangers' bullpen.

Toronto Blue Jays (1985–1992)
However, Henke was selected by the Toronto Blue Jays from the Rangers on January 24, 1985, as a free agent compensation pick. After blazing through the hitters at AAA Syracuse to the tune of a 0.88 ERA and 18 saves in $51 1/3$ innings over 38 appearances, he won the International League Most Valuable Pitcher Award in 1985. Henke was promoted to Toronto during the 1985 pennant drive and never looked back, not allowing a run in his first 11 appearances and finished the season with 13 saves. Henke was then made the team's closer in 1986, and played a major role in the Toronto Blue Jays' successful run from the mid-1980s to early 1990s, finishing with 217 saves with the team and helping Toronto to its first championship, a six-game defeat of the Atlanta Braves in the 1992 World Series.

Texas Rangers II (1993–1994)
In 1993, as a free agent, Henke signed with the Texas Rangers for two years. Henke had a career-high 40 saves in 1993. In 1994, he had only 15 saves due to spending time on the disabled list.

St. Louis Cardinals (1995)
Henke, age 37, signed with the Cardinals for the 1995 season after two years with the Texas Rangers. The closer converted his first 22 saves for the team in 1995 ending with 36 total saves for the year. Henke was honored with the St. Louis Chapter of the Baseball Writers' Association (BBWAA) J.G. Taylor Spink Award as the St. Louis Baseball Man of the Year Award. Despite having just finished one of the best seasons of his career and 22nd in MVP voting, Henke decided to retire at the end of the 1995 season. "I’ve always admired guys who have gone out at the top of their game," Henke said. "Sometimes you have to look at what’s the most important thing in life. I’d like to see my kids grow up."

Career milestones
Over his 14-year career, Henke was named to the All-Star team twice: 1987, when he led the American League with 34 saves and 62 games finished, and 1995, his last season, and only season in the National League. He also won the Rolaids Relief Man of the Year Award in 1995.

Henke was the seventh reliever to eclipse the 300 saves plateau and when he retired his 311 career saves ranked 5th on the all-time career list.

Other career accomplishments are:
 * 14 MLB season, 789.2 IP
 * 2.67 ERA
 * 1.092 WHIP
 * 255 walks to 861 Ks for a 3.38 SO/BB ratio
 * .982 fielding percentage
 * Playoff stats: 19.2 IP / 2-0 / 1.83 ERA / 0.966 WHIP / 5 saves (all saves in 1992 playoffs for World Champion Blue Jays.)

Personal
Henke lives on his 1000 acre farm in Taos, Missouri, with his family: wife Kathy and children Linsay, Ryan, Kim, and Amanda (who has Down syndrome).

Henke met his wife Kathy in college. "My catcher one day said, 'Let's go to McDonald's' and Kathy was working there at the time", Henke said. "She sold me a Big Mac and I was done. She was tall and athletic and I was pretty shy. Turns out we had a class together and started talking".

Coming from a small town with a population under 900, Henke admitted he initially had to overcome a fear of big cities. "I hated going to New York City", he said. "I felt like a fish out of water there. I’d go from the hotel to Yankee Stadium and that's it. It took me two or three years before I went out to visit the Statue of Liberty and I never took the subway." On living in Toronto, Henke said "I rented an apartment downtown for two or three years and that wasn’t for me. I’m just a guy from a small town and that's where I’m most comfortable".

Charity involvement
Since 1995, Henke has teamed with the Jefferson City, Missouri Cosmo Club to hold the annual Tom Henke Charity Classic Golf Tournament which raises money for the Special Learning Center, a school for handicapped children. He also volunteers with Down syndrome charities, the Special Olympics and the Cancer Society, and is on the board of directors with the Missouri Department of Mental Health.

In popular culture
Henke's nickname, "the Terminator", was given to him by teammate John Cerutti in 1985 after they saw the movie The Terminator together.

"The Ballad of Tom Henke" was written as a tribute to Henke's life story and "termination" of opposing batters. The 45 was released in 1985. Side 2 has "The Tom Henke Rag", an instrumental.

Henke appeared in a TV commercial for Aqua Velva.

Honors
In 2000, Henke was inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame.

On August 9, 2009, the Toronto Blue Jays honored Henke with a figurine giveaway bearing his likeness.

On August 28, 2009, Henke threw out the ceremonial first pitch at Busch Stadium during the Washington Nationals vs St. Louis Cardinals baseball game.

On January 24, 2011, Henke was named to the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame and was inducted into the Hall during a ceremony at St Marys, Ontario, on June 18, 2011.

On August 14, 2016, a final ceremony of three with Blue Jays' all-time greats was held to celebrate the club's 40th Anniversary. Henke represented the bullpen along with Duane Ward and Mike Timlin. Former Blue Jays starters Roy Halladay, Dave Stieb, Pat Hentgen and Juan Guzman were welcomed back too. The entire group exemplified top arms in club history.

In November 2018, Henke was inducted into the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame.

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Newfoundland (disambiguation)

Newfoundland is an island in North America and part of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador.

Newfoundland may also refer to:

Canada

 * Three islands in the current province of Newfoundland and Labrador share this name:
 * Newfoundland (island), the main island
 * Newfoundland Island, Labrador, off the coast of Labrador
 * Ukasiksalik Island, in Davis Inlet, Labrador, also known as Newfoundland Island
 * As a political entity:
 * Newfoundland Colony, an English and later British colony from 1583 to 1907
 * Dominion of Newfoundland, a self-governing dominion of the British Empire from 1907 to 1949
 * Newfoundland, a province of Canada from 1949 to 2001; see 1948 Newfoundland referendums
 * Newfoundland and Labrador, the province's name since 2001

United Kingdom

 * Newfoundland, London, a residential skyscraper development opened in 2021

United States

 * Newfoundland, Kentucky
 * Newfoundland, New Jersey
 * Newfoundland station (New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad)
 * Newfoundland, Pennsylvania
 * Newfoundland Mountains, of Utah, in the Great Salt Lake Desert

Transportation

 * HMS Newfoundland (59), a Royal Navy cruiser
 * , a British Royal Mail Ship that became a hospital ship in the Second World War and was sunk in the Mediterranean
 * SS Newfoundland, a sealing ship that lost many crew in a disaster in 1914
 * HMCS Newfoundland, a proposed and cancelled Canada-class nuclear submarine for Canadian Forces Maritime Command

 * 45573 Newfoundland, a British LMS Jubilee Class locomotive

Animals

 * Newfoundland dog
 * Newfoundland pony
 * Newfoundland sheep

Literature

 * New Found Land (Christopher novel), a book by John Christopher
 * New Found Land (Wolf novel), a book by Allan Wolf
 * Dirty Linen and New-Found-Land, a pair of plays by Tom Stoppard that are always performed together
 * Newfoundland: Journey Into a Lost Nation, a non-fiction book by Michael Crummey

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Freecode

Freecode, formerly Freshmeat, is a website owned by BIZX, Inc., hosting mainly open-source software for programmers and developers. Among other things, the site also hosted user reviews and discussions. While a majority of the software covered is open source for Unix-like systems, Freecode also covered releases of closed-source, commercial and cross-platform software on Mac OS X and handhelds. Freecode was notable for its age, having started in 1997 as the first web-based aggregator of software releases.

The site was renamed from "Freshmeat" to "Freecode" on October 29, 2011, and in September 2012, Dice Holdings acquired the website from Geeknet.

Purportedly as a result of low traffic levels, the site is no longer being updated as of June 18, 2014. Because many of the linked software projects are otherwise difficult to find, the site contents have been kept online. After Open Source Initiative co-founder Eric S. Raymond called for a replacement, freshcode.club was created and is accepting submissions.

On January 27, 2016, Freecode was sold, along with SourceForge and Slashdot, to current owners BIZX, Inc. The site remains in its archived state, but some discussion is ongoing to restore it.

title: Freecode