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Daphni

Daphni may refer to:
 * Dan Snaith, Canadian musician
 * Dafni (disambiguation), places in Greece

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Daphni Monastery

Daphni or Dafni (Modern Greek: Δαφνί; Katharevousa: Δαφνίον, Daphnion) is an eleventh-century Byzantine monastery 11 km northwest of central Athens in the suburb of Chaidari, south of Athinon Avenue (GR-8A). It is situated near the forest of the same name, on the Sacred Way that led to Eleusis. The forest covers about 18 km2, and surrounds a laurel grove. "Daphni" is the modern Greek name that means "laurel grove", derived from Daphneion (Lauretum).

The Daphni Monastery, along with the famous monasteries of Hosios Loukas near Delphi and Nea Moni on the island of Chios, are designated UNESCO World Heritage Sites for their significant historical and architectural value. These monasteries are famed as masterpieces of middle Byzantine architecture, and are especially noted for their sumptuous interior gold-ground mosaics.

History
The Daphni Monastery was founded towards the end of the sixth century A.D. on the site of the Sanctuary of Apollo which had been desecrated by the Goths in 395. The Sanctuary of Apollo was built in the Ionic style using the thinnest and smallest columns. The columns stand on a base with an ornamental scroll at the top. A few of the columns of the temple have been preserved. One of the four Ionic columns of the ancient Sanctuary of Apollo remains at the site, as it was re-used in the Daphni Monastery. The other columns were removed and taken to London by Thomas Bruce, Earl of Elgin (best-known for taking the Parthenon Marbles). The columns, column bases, and column tops from the Sanctuary of Apollo are currently in the possession of the British Museum; they are currently not on display but can be seen on the museum’s website.

The first monastery on the site was constructed in the style of a castle with a basilica in the middle. It was fortified with enclosing walls and small cells that were usually just inside the walls and used by monks or nuns. The walls were attached to the church rather than standing free around the perimeter of the property and one of the columns from Apollo was built into the southern wall of the church. Some of the rectangular blocks of porous stone were also salvaged and used in the western outer wall of the church. This first monastery fell into decline when Greece was severely damaged following invasions of barbarians from the North and the sea in the ninth and tenth Centuries A.D.

During a period of renewed prosperity In the eleventh and twelfth centuries, the Daphni Monastery was restored. A new octagonal church, a refectory and a chapel for the cemetery were built. The old basilica was completely demolished except for the enclosing walls and cells from the former church which were incorporated into the new church. Traces of old frescoes found on the walls show a person with bands, perhaps Emperor Basil II, holding a scroll. The craftsmanship used in the church construction suggests Basil II brought in workers from Constantinople. The Daphni Monastery fell into decline after it was sacked by Frankish crusaders in 1205. The region became part of the Duchy of Athens under Othon de la Roche. Othon gave the Daphni Monastery to the Cistercian Abbey of Bellevaux, who added their own cloister and twin pointed arches in the Gothic style to the façade of the church. The Daphni Monastery became a popular burial place for Knights. In 1458, immediately after the coming of the Turks and the visit of Sultan Mehmed II to Athens, the Cistercians abandoned the Daphni Monastery and the Duchy of Athens was abolished.

Architecture
The exterior of the church has a cloisonné style, which is very common for middle Byzantine churches in Greece. The cloisonné style of masonry consists of rectangular blocks of stone separated or framed on all four sides by bricks. The windows are set off from the cloisonné work by arched frames made of brick. The contrast between the light color of the stone blocks of the cloisonné and the red bricks around the windows, and the orange roof create a sophisticated and understated elegance.

The floor plan for the Church of Daphni is a simple Greek cross-octagon arranged with various levels of light and illumination. The upper church, particularly the dome symbolizes the Heavens while the lower area symbolizes the earth. A square bay in the center of the church is covered by a broad dome. Squinches, small half-domes that span the corner of a square are connected by tall L-shaped piers to form the transition from the square to the circle of the dome. The four squinches in the square bay transform it into an octagon. The wall surfaces fan out at the top above the squinches and join together to form the circular base of the dome. A Greek cross is formed by four barrel-vaulted arms of the same length that project from the center bay. Small bays covered with groin vaults (ceilings made up of two barrel vaults) that intersect at right angles give the building its rectangular shape. The bays that fill in the cross are only one-story high and with a low-level of illumination to subordinate them from the Greek cross.

Mosaics
The interior of The Daphni Monastery has an elegant interplay of spaces and light with the windows at the base of the dome illuminating the vertical space above; as the space becomes taller, it also become brighter. This graduated light enhances the radiant gold-ground tesserae used to create the remarkable quality of the mosaics. The unknown artist was from the early Komnenian period (c. 1100). The wide assortment of colored shades of glass tesserae further enhances the mosaics. Several important studies have been conducted on the composition of the glass used in the tesserae for these mosaics as the unusually bright color of the gold-ground tesserae and the deep brilliance of the colors combine with important stylistic qualities to make these mosaics unique One of the factors that identifies mosaics from different areas is the variance in glass used. The glass can be crafted locally or imported from other areas; in the case of Daphni, it is believed the glass was created on site. This group of mosaics is considered one of the most important and best-preserved mosaic cycles from this period. They are evidence of the iconographic and stylistic conceptions formulated at the end of the iconoclastic crisis (AD 843) by the Church of Constantinople. The decoration shows a rigid consistency in the distribution of subject characteristic of Constantinopolitan art. In Byzantine theology, the church building was a symbol of the Christian universe, intended to reflect the splendor of heaven. A standardized program in Byzantine churches established the order in which the representations were arranged. The most sacred characters were depicted in the dome and the apse, while below, the dome scenes were arranged from higher to lower levels relating to their level of religious importance.

Visitors to the church are immediately drawn to the most important and famous of the mosaics: Christ Pantocrator (Lord of the Universe) watching over all from the crown of the dome. He is depicted with a stern face and a threatening gaze with only his head and shoulders shown. This medallion is recognized as representing high artistic quality and as “one of the greatest creations in art” Christ is wearing a purple robe and a blue mantle, he is the King of Kings and shows strength, austerity and power. The artist created a bold and realistic drawing, executed with very simple means. The eyebrows are shown with a strong arch to accentuate the vertical lines and the long nose that intersects with the horizontal lines of the halo to create a symbolic cross. Several studies have been conducted in an attempt to determine whether significant changes have been made during restorations to the appearance of the Christ Pantocrator mosaic, but there is general agreement that changes have not been significant. Christ is surrounded by sixteen Prophets at the base of the dome, between the windows that illuminate Christ as the dominant figure in the church. The prophets are wearing ancient garments and hold a parchment containing text proclaiming the glory of Christ or the Second Coming.

On the pendentives there are four scenes from the life of Christ. The Crucifixion scene shows three figures: Christ on the cross, with Mary and Saint John are at the foot of the cross, one on each side. The figures are arranged in the shape of a triangle against the empty golden background. Each figure is separate and unified with the other figures. This balanced arrangement is similar to the way Greek sculptors placed their figures in the pediments of temples. The figure of St. John is depicted in a bending position, with his weight on one leg – a pose used by Greek sculptors. The body of Christ is depicted in a classic, athletic style, but unlike Greek sculpture, the anatomy is not true to life. The faces of Saint John and the Madonna have the flatness and heavy lines of the Byzantine style, but they express the calm of Greek statues. According to the Encyclopædia Britannica, "the ensemble represents a visualization of the Christian cosmos, its effect created by an intricately conceived interplay of pictures and architecture. Space in fact fuses the decoration into one giant image, in which the ruler, hailed by the prophets surrounding him, presides in his sphere above the host of saints that people the lower part of the room."

Other important mosaics include: Prayers of Joachim and Anna, Annunciation of Joachim, The Virgin with Anna, The Washing of the Disciples, Christ at the Last Supper, The Crucifixion, The Resurrection, Dormition of the Mother of God, Angel to Receive the Mother of God, Prophet Sophonia, St. Bacchus. Byzantine art often survives as an ecclesiastical art. The Daphni Monastery was built during a period of renaissance in culture and art and a return to classical traditions. The figures in the mosaics are more naturalistically represented, and they blend more smoothly into their surroundings The decoration of the monastery is inspired by the spirit of the times. Faces are dematerialized, austere and depicted with unemotional expressions. The bodies are heavy and rigid, common characteristics in depicting the icons of the Bishops, Monks and the Martyrs. The pictorial perspective, the figure styles and gestures, the modeling of the figures along with simplicity of design, and the dazzling splendor of color reflecting from the gold and silver tesserae distinguish the Daphni mosaics among the mosaics of the eleventh and twelfth centuries as particularly grand specimens of Byzantine art in general.

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Format
Is it just me, or does this page look somewhat ugly (formatting wise)? ugen64 02:36, Feb 23, 2004 (UTC)

 * You are right. It's awful. Optim 03:02, 23 Feb 2004 (UTC)

Is that any better? The pic is too big for the amount of text, though. RickK 03:08, 23 Feb 2004 (UTC)

 * Yes it's better, good work! I changed the code to go to the right. Can someone make it a thumbnail with the new wikimage markup? Optim 03:17, 23 Feb 2004 (UTC)

I think Chloe (which does not figure as yet in the wikipedia) should be mentioned here

I thought Daphne was a dryad as opposed to a nymph.

Artemis
I read that Daphne prayed to Artemis, and it was she who turned her into a laurel.Boipussi 20:25, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

I just want to know why somebody would care so much about the formatting of a page??? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.179.136.43 (talk) 03:06, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

Chewing too much laurel, and the scenery too...
I moved the following unsourced (unsourceable?) text here Wetman (talk) 11:32, 29 June 2009 (UTC):
 * "Daphnes origins came from Tempe, in Greece. Her original name was Daphoene, which means 'the bloody one'. An ancient form of Gaia. A mare-headed moon goddess, who's Maenad priestess's chewed on the laurel, for phrophecy.Her animals were the bee and the dove. She also had close assosiation with Demeter at Phigalia and Daphoenissa at Delphi. Her rape by Apollo was his religon over taking her earlier religous ground and rites. Patriarchy power over the earlier peaceful goddess religon."

Why is this page so pedantic?
This page reads like an academic paper, not a wiki article. The basic plot points of the myth are buried in didactic analysis and pointless commentary:

"Why should she wish to escape? Because she is Artemis Daphnaia, the god's sister," observed the Freudian anthropologist Géza Róheim - who cares???

I agree. "Why should she wish to escape?" Because she doesn't want to be raped. If you ignore all the mythological trappings, this is basically a story of attempted rape. --50.180.19.238 (talk) 11:06, 26 June 2014 (UTC)

Much of this article is badly-written. What is “part of the archaic adjustment of religious cult in Greece, was given an arch anecdotal turn in the Metamorphoses” supposed to mean? -- Dour (talk) 14:37, 8 April 2022 (UTC)

This page does a better job of covering the myth: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_and_Daphne_(Bernini) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.48.223.80 (talk) 05:05, 17 September 2012 (UTC)

proposal for a more recent painting
I'd like to include as an additional illustration of the myth. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.87.129.242 (talk) 22:11, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Just for the record, I previously removed an external link to this painting for this reason, which still applies to its use now that it is uploaded at Commons; the views of others' can be found here (under "A painting at Daphne"). Fun painting, though: you have to love the blue-collar, slightly Matthew Modinesque Apollo.  — cardiff | chestnut —  23:30, 16 March 2012 (UTC)

Category
Should "Mythological rape victims" category be removed? A "mythological sexual assault victims" category would be more accurate if it existed. I think the current one is a bit misleading, plus many other SA victims from myth don't have it. Deiadameian (talk) 10:55, 29 October 2021 (UTC)

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Work accident

A work accident, workplace accident, occupational accident, or accident at work is a "discrete occurrence in the course of work" leading to physical or mental occupational injury. According to the International Labour Organization (ILO), more than 337 million accidents happen on the job each year, resulting, together with occupational diseases, in more than 2.3 million deaths annually.

The phrase "in the course of work" can include work-related accidents happening off the company's premises, and can include accidents caused by third parties, according to Eurostat. The definition of work accident includes accidents occurring "while engaged in an economic activity, or at work, or carrying on the business of the employer" according to the ILO.

The phrase "physical or mental harm" means any injury, disease, or death. Occupational accidents differ from occupational diseases as accidents are unexpected and unplanned occurrences (e.g., mine collapse), while occupational diseases are "contracted as a result of an exposure over a period of time to risk factors arising from work activity" (e.g., miner's lung).

Incidents that fall within the definition of occupational accidents include cases of acute poisoning, attacks by humans and animals, insects etc., slips and falls on pavements or staircases, traffic collisions, and accidents on board means of transportation in the course of work, accidents in airports, stations and so on.

There is no consensus as to whether commuting accidents (i.e. accidents on the way to work and while returning home after work) should be considered to be work accidents. The ESAW methodology excludes them; the ILO includes them in its conventions concerning health & safety at work, although it lists them as a separate category of accidents; and some countries (e.g., Greece) do not distinguish them from other work accidents.

A fatal accident at work is defined as an accident which leads to the death of a victim. The time within which the death may occur varies among countries: in Netherlands an accident is registered as fatal if the victim dies during the same day that the accident happened, in Germany if death came within 30 days, while Belgium, France and Greece set no time limit.

Where the accidents involve multiple fatalities, they are often referred to as industrial disasters.

Types
Although many workplace accidents have relatively minor repercussions, which could result in just a paper cut or scratch, others can have more serious – and potentially fatal – consequences.

For instance, there are some industries in which individuals are more exposed to occupational hazards than others, such as the construction trade. This had the highest rate of fatal injuries out of all other industry sections in 2011/12. During this period, falls accounted for 51% of construction injuries resulting in death, demonstrating that builders are more likely to fall from height than those who work in less dangerous locations, such as an office.

An independent watchdog – the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) – aims to reduce the number of work-related fatalities and injuries within Great Britain, publishing statistics that show the different – and most common – types of reported workplace injuries across a range of sectors.

For example, the HSE reported that, between 2011 and 2012, incidents such as falls from height, becoming trapped by a falling structure, and being struck by a vehicle or moving object, were the reasons for the majority of fatalities to British workers.

It was also revealed that slips, trips or falls were responsible for more than 50% of serious injuries to employees. Furthermore, the majority of incidents that resulted in employees taking more than three days off work – or affected their ability to perform their usual duties over this period – were caused by handling accidents.

Although some accidents at work can have minor effects, the HSE statistics revealed that more than 27 million working days were lost between 2011 and 2012 due to occupational illness or personal injury, proving that these incidents can have serious repercussions. In 2019, construction employment climbed to 11.4 million workers. There are online guides that provide information on how to deal with an injury at work. In 2019, construction employment climbed to 11.4 million workers.

Causal factors
Accidents arise from unsafe behavior and/or unsafe conditions. An important factor is the safety climate or safety culture of an organization. Safety culture concerns how workplace safety is managed, consisting of the shared attitudes, beliefs, perceptions, and values among employees. Faulty equipment can also cause serious personal injuries, a common example being accidents from faulty ladders. If the rubber feet are absent, the base of the aluminium stile can slip suddenly on a hard floor and the user can fall.

Benefits of prevention
According to the Health and Safety Executive, employers who implement suitable measures to prevent accidents in the workplace could reap a number of benefits. As well as reducing the number of injuries at work, managers could also:

 * Be less likely to suffer legal action
 * Acquire a better reputation amongst partners, investors, customers and suppliers
 * Have employees who feel more motivated, demonstrating greater productivity
 * Reduce costs
 * Have reduced employee turnover and absence rates. It has been reported that over 2,000,000 working days each year are lost due to handling accidents and slips and trips alone. In Argentina, the work accident rate in the year 2018 decreased 10% from the previous year.

Examples
During the 2015 shooting of the movie Resident Evil: The Final Chapter, stuntwoman Olivia Jackson had her arm amputated after her motorbike crashed to a metal camera arm during a high-speed chase.

Matilda Rapaport died from an avalanche while filming an advertisement for the 2016 video game Steep.

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USS Wahoo (SS-565)

USS Wahoo (SS-565), a Tang-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the wahoo, a fast-moving predatory sportfish found in oceans worldwide.

Construction and commissioning
The contract to build Wahoo was awarded to the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine, and her keel was laid down on 24 October 1949. She was launched on 16 October 1951 sponsored by Mrs. Harry W. Hill, and commissioned on Memorial Day, 30 May 1952, with Commander Eugene P. Wilkinson in command.

1952–1964
Following a shakedown cruise to the British West Indies and post-shakedown repairs at Portsmouth, Wahoo got underway for her home port, Pearl Harbor, on 1 December 1952. After a stop at New London, Connecticut, she proceeded to the Canal Zone, transited the Panama Canal, and then touched at San Diego, California, before continuing on to Oahu. The submarine spent the entire year 1953 in training and evaluation exercises conducted in the Hawaiian Islands operating area. The warship also served as a target for surface and air units practicing their own antisubmarine warfare (ASW) tactics.

In January 1954, Wahoo embarked upon her first tour of duty with the Seventh Fleet in the western Pacific. For about six months, she cruised Far Eastern waters with ships of the Seventh Fleet conducting various exercises and visiting Oriental ports. She returned to Pearl Harbor in June and underwent her first shipyard overhaul before resuming local operations in the Hawaiian Islands. In March 1955, the submarine took time from her busy training schedule to visit Tahiti. At the conclusion of that voyage, she then resumed duty at Hawaii but, in November, embarked upon her second assignment with the Seventh Fleet. The Oriental cruise brought port calls to Hong Kong; Kaohsiung, Taiwan; Apra Harbor, Guam; Yokosuka, Japan; and Manila and Subic Bay in the Philippines. Her deployment ended in May 1956 when she returned to Pearl Harbor to resume local operations and training exercises.

Such duty was broken in April by a yard overhaul which lasted until October 1957. In November, the ship made a shakedown voyage back to Tahiti. Soon after her return to Hawaii, Wahoo stood out of Pearl Harbor on her way back to the western Pacific. Normal training operations and a schedule of port visits occupied her time during the six-month assignment in the Far East. The warship returned to Pearl Harbor in June 1958 and, soon thereafter, she received the Battle "E" for Submarine Squadron (SubRon) 1 attesting to her overall operational and administrative superiority within the unit. She spent the ensuing year in the Hawaiian Islands conducting training operations for the most part. In November, she began a two-month repair period at the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard at the conclusion of which, in January 1959, she resumed local operations.

In June, the submarine transferred administratively from SubRon 1 to SubRon 7; and, in July, she headed west once more for a tour in the Far East. Again, training exercises predominated with Wahoo serving as target in ASW practice and participating in several fleet exercises. She returned to Oahu at the beginning of 1960 and, after two months of normal operations once again entered the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard this time for a major overhaul. Exiting the yard in late August, she conducted refresher training and then resumed her normal schedule of operations in the Hawaiian Islands.

That employment continued during the first three months of 1961. Late in March, she began a month-long battery renewal at the end of which, in late April, she began preparations for another overseas deployment. On 22 May, Wahoo departed Pearl Harbor and shaped a westward course. During that cruise with the Seventh Fleet, she visited Yokosuka, Sasebo, and Hakodate in Japan and stopped at Naha on the island of Okinawa. After six months of operations and exercises in the Far East, she headed home, returning to Pearl Harbor on 7 November. A year of normal operations in the Hawaiian group followed, and, in December 1962, she began preparations for another cruise to the western Pacific. The ship stood out of Pearl Harbor on 15 January 1963 to begin a six-month tour of duty during which she added Osaka to her ports of call in Japan. That cruise ended on 15 July when she reentered Pearl Harbor and resumed her normal Hawaiian schedule of training operations, interrupted between October 1963 and April 1964 by a major overhaul.

Vietnam War
During the summer of 1964, she returned to local operations out of Pearl Harbor. In August, however, the Gulf of Tonkin Incident occurred and changed the complexion of her deployments. When she returned to the Far East in November, the August occurrence had already spurred an increased American involvement in the Vietnam War. As a consequence of that change, Wahoo was called upon to do two tours of duty in the waters off Vietnam during a deployment of extended duration.

She returned to Hawaii in June 1965 and remained in the vicinity until February 1966, which earned the ship a Navy Unit Commendation. During her 1966 western Pacific cruise, which began on 17 February and ended on 29 August, she returned to the combat zone off Vietnam as well as fulfilling a schedule of Seventh Fleet exercises and port visits. Upon her arrival back to Oahu, the submarine began an extended period of operations in the islands, broken by a major overhaul of 17 months' duration. That overhaul included radical modifications to her hull structure during which she was lengthened by 15 ft to receive the PUFFS passive sonar installation.

She completed her extended overhaul in the latter part of June 1968 and, following refresher training, she resumed local operations out of Pearl Harbor. On 11 February 1969, Wahoo departed Oahu on her way to the Far East for the eighth time in her career. That deployment brought only a very brief tour in the Vietnam combat zone; otherwise, she conducted a normal peacetime deployment visiting Oriental ports and participating in Seventh Fleet training exercises.

She returned to Pearl Harbor on 14 August and took up her usual training routine in the Hawaiian Islands. Her ninth tour of duty in the western Pacific began on 1 April 1970. During the last week of the month, she again cruised briefly in the combat zone off Vietnam; but, as in the previous deployment, she spent the remainder engaged in a normal Seventh Fleet schedule of operations. She returned to Pearl Harbor on 21 October and began an overhaul which was completed on 1 June 1971.

On the same day that she completed her overhaul, Wahoo departed Pearl Harbor and shaped a course for her new home port, San Diego, California. En route, she visited Portland, Oregon, and Vancouver, British Columbia. The submarine arrived at San Diego on 26 June and began type training and other local operations along the southern California coast. The change in home ports, however, did not signal an end to tours of duty in the western Pacific. Her next deployment brought with it a visit to Chinhae and Pusan in Korea and a period of combined operations with units of the South Korean Navy. Later in that cruise, she also visited Taiwan and participated in bilateral ASW exercises with units of the Republic of China Navy. She finally concluded the deployment at San Diego on 28 April 1972. After a series of brief exercises with ships and aircraft during the month of May, she entered Hunters Point Naval Shipyard for a three-month overhaul. Back at sea by the middle of September, she resumed local operations – type training, ASW exercises with surface units and aircraft, and torpedo and mine evaluation tests – for the remainder of the year.

On 16 February 1973, the submarine exited San Diego harbor to embark upon her 11th tour of duty with the Seventh Fleet. Bilateral exercises with the South Korean and Nationalist Chinese navies again highlighted a normal peacetime deployment. This time, however, she also joined units of the Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force in ASW training operations. She returned to San Diego on 14 August and resumed operations in the southern California operating area which were highlighted by submarine against submarine exercises which included firing exercise torpedoes. Local operations occupied her through the end of 1973 and during the first five months of 1974. On 14 June 1974, she entered the Mare Island Naval Shipyard for an extended overhaul which lasted until July 1975. Wahoo completed post overhaul sea trials on 23 July and, after visiting Seattle, Washington, for the 1975 "Sea Fair" and conducting weapons systems tests and electronics accuracy trials off the coast of the Pacific northwest, she returned to San Diego on 28 August. She then resumed local operations — including a tour as school ship for prospective commanding officers in November and refresher training in December — which kept her busy until the beginning of April 1976.

On 2 April, she stood out of San Diego to resume deployments with the Seventh Fleet. During that assignment, she participated in Seventh Fleet exercises, bilateral exercises with South Korean naval units, and SEAL team exercises with United States Marine Corps and South Korean naval personnel. She completed the tour of duty on 8 September and began the voyage home. She returned to San Diego at the beginning of October and resumed operations along the coast of southern California.

On 6 September 1977, she departed San Diego to transfer to the Atlantic Fleet. Steaming via the Panama Canal; Cartagena, Colombia; Miami, Florida, and Savannah, Georgia, she arrived at New London, Connecticut, on 15 October. On 1 November, she began training a crew from the Iranian Navy scheduled to take possession of her sister-ship USS Trout (SS-566) sometime the following year. That duty continued until the summer of 1978 and included a six-week Caribbean deployment early in 1978 in support of ReadEx 1–78. On 6 July 1978, the submarine began an extended overhaul at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard to prepare her to be handed over to Iran and renamed Nahang. These plans were cancelled on 31 March 1979 following the Iranian revolution. Wahoo was instead decommissioned on 27 June 1980 and cannibalized for parts for the other Tangs that were still in service to foreign governments. ex-Wahoo was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 15 July 1983, and in November 1984 her hull was sold for scrap.

Awards

 * Meritorious Unit Commendation with star (2 awards)
 * China Service Medal ribbon.svg China Service Medal
 * National Defense Service Medal with star (2 awards)
 * Korean Service Medal ribbon.svg Korean Service Medal
 * Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal ribbon.svg Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal
 * Vietnam Service Medal with three campaign stars for Vietnam War service
 * United Nations Service Medal Korea ribbon.svg United Nations Korea Medal (United Nations)

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Elliniko

Elliniko (Ελληνικό, meaning 'Hellenic' or 'Greek') is a coastal municipality in the Attica region and a southern suburban town in the Athens agglomeration, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform, it is part of the municipality Elliniko-Argyroupoli, of which it is a municipal unit. Elliniko is known for the former Hellinikon Olympic Complex, a temporary sporting complex building on the grounds of the former Ellinikon International Airport used for the 2004 Summer Olympics and the 2004 Summer Paralympics.

Elliniko is the site of a major development project for coastal Athens beginning in 2020 and due for completion in 2026 - the Hellenikon Metropolitan Park consisting of luxury homes, hotels, a casino, a marina, shops, offices and Greece's tallest buildings such as the Riviera Tower and Hard Rock Hotel & Casino.

History
In 1922 after the Greco-Turkish War, many refuges, especially from the Sürmene town of Pontus, settled in the northernmost area of Elliniko, which was subsequently named Sourmena (Σούρμενα).

Geography
Elliniko is situated near the Saronic Gulf coast, 10 km south of Athens city centre, in the Athens Riviera. The municipality has an area of 7.127 km2>. The former airport is in the western part of the municipal unit, near the coast. Most of the residential area is in the eastern part, east of the former airport. The northern part of the airport has been converted to a sports complex. There are plans to convert the remaining part into a park.

Elliniko is well connected to the centre of Athens through a new line of the Athens metro (Elliniko station). The Athens Tram serves the coastal part of Elliniko.

Climate
According to the data provided by the Hellenic National Meteorological Service, Elliniko, like much of the southern suburbs of Athens, has an average annual temperature of 18.6 °C and receives 366.5 mm of precipitation per year thus it marginally falls into the BSh hot semi-arid climate category with strong Mediterranean influences (Csa) according to the Köppen climate classification. The highest temperature recorded is 43.0 °C on August 3, 2021, while the lowest is -4.2 C on 18 February 2008. The highest minimum temperature of 32.9 °C was recorded on July 26, 2023. Fog is rare, while thunderstorms occur sparsely throughout the year. Snowfall is not very common, though it occurs almost every year, but it rarely causes severe disruption to daily life, in contrast to the northern parts of Athens, such as Kifisia.

Economy
Hellenic Imperial Airways had its head office in Elliniko. The Greek Civil Aviation Authority also has its head office in Elliniko. Elliniko is also home for the Greek national weather agency (ΕΜΥ).

Sports
Hellinikon Olympic Complex is located in Elliniko. It was built for the staging of the 2004 Summer Olympics and consists five venues. Elliniko also houses the basketball club Elliniko-Sourmena B.C. with many achievements in women's basketball.

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User:Hung yao

Hey there!

My 5 minutes of fame!

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Korydallos

Korydallos (Κορυδαλλός; Latin: Corydallus) is both a town and a municipality in the Piraeus regional unit, Greece.

Geography
Korydallos is situated southeast of the mountain Aegaleo. It is located 4.5 km north of Piraeus. The municipality has an area of 4.324 km2. The main street Taxiarchon has become a well known shopping center with many fashion shops and boutiques. People who live there are usually middle class families or the working class.

Transport
Korydallos metro station of line 3 situated in the city. Also served by busses (OSY).

History
Korydallos was founded in ancient times, and was one of the 100 municipalities of ancient Athens' democratic system at the end of the 6th century BC. Theophilos Corydalleus (1563–1646) was a philosopher who lived in Corydallos. 200 years later, Korydallos was known as Koutsoukari after the property owner of the greater area, Emmanouil Koutsikaris. After that it was renamed into Pachy after the next owner (Pachinas). In 1923, the town was renamed back into its ancient name, Korydallos. The population in 1928 was 2,500. Korydallos was part of the municipality of Athens until 1931 and from 1931 to 1934 of municipality of Piraeus, when it became a separate community. It was elevated to municipality status in 1946. The city now boasts a population of 100,000.

Football teams

 * Aetos Korydallou
 * Kypros Korydallou
 * Thuella Korydallou
 * Ermis Korydallou

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User talk:Chemica

Ulysses
Hi. Why did you remove the disambiguation notice from Ulysses? RickK 02:45, 23 Feb 2004 (UTC)

 * I don't not remember ever doing that. Sorry.

--chemica 09:13, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

Baltimore Polytechnic Institute
Just in case you're curious, I'm not an alumnus. It just so happens that your alma mater provides some good historical info on their website :-) --Diberri | Talk 01:34, Aug 20, 2004 (UTC)

 * Why did you change "Notable alumni" to "Notable students"? I think "alumni" sounds better and is more accurate; those listed clearly aren't students there anymore. --Diberri | Talk 17:34, Aug 20, 2004 (UTC)

 * I changed it since some the people on the list of alumni did not graduate for the school.--chemica 22:05, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

 * Thanks for the quick reply. ;-) --David Iberri (talk) 22:52, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

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I was wondering if you would be able to update it. On the G20 developing nations talk page, there have been some discussion of some discrepancies between the map and know G20 countries, even considering the fluncuation in member countries. --chemica 22:54, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
 * I'll gladly assist. I have updated the map accordingly and uploaded it to commons. The second en.wiki counterpart is deleted it will start working. You may visit commons:Image:G20 countries (DN).png to view it.
 * I can create/update such images with pleasure, feel free to drop me a message anytime.
 * -- Cat out 23:36, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Great job! Thanks for the help. --chemica 01:12, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

Temporal and spiritual power
Please see my suggestion at Talk:School of Salamanca. - Jmabel | Talk 23:15, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

 * Thanks for the suggestion. I think that would make the statement more accurate. --chemica 02:12, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

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Mado (fish)
You have added fish-stub to this article. I think it is far from being a stub, & far from Wikipedia's definition of a stub. All it lacks is a picture, but that doesn't mean it is a stub. Could you please explain your reasoning. Thanks GrahamBould 07:54, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

 * The fact that is lacks a picture is the least of the articles issues. The key thing is that there is not real importance information in the article. I couldn't tell you from that article whehter or not the Mado (fish) is importance to its ecosystem or a taxanomic curiousity. --chemica 14:27, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Please see . I do not agree that the mado article conforms. Just because an article does not cover every single aspect does not make it a stub. GrahamBould 06:35, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

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Nea Ionia

Nea Ionia (Νέα Ιωνία, meaning New Ionia) is a town and a northern suburb of the Athens agglomeration, Greece, and a municipality of the Attica region. It was named after Ionia, the region in Anatolia from which many Greeks migrated in the 1920s as a part of the population exchange between Greece and Turkey. Many of the town families originated from the town of Alanya which is currently a part of Turkey.

Nea Ionia is 7 km northeast of Athens city centre. The municipality has an area of 4.421 km2. It is served by three Line 1 metro stations: Nea Ionia, Pefkakia and Perissos.

History
In the past, the area was named Podarades after Greek Revolution Hero of Albanian origin Ziliftar Poda and his followers, settled in this area. The modern settlement was built after the Greco-Turkish War (1919-22) and the subsequent population exchange between Greece and Turkey in 1923. The suburb developed rapidly thanks to carpet handicrafts. The refugees carried their expertise to Athens and opened important carpet handicrafts. This branch was the main economical source for the residents of Nea Ionia for many years. Nea Ionia gradually increased its population and expanded into a large area. The suburb is composed of 13 neighborhoods: Nea Ionia (Center), Perissos, Inepoli, Pefkakia, Saframpoli, Neapoli, Eleftheroupoli, Alsoupoli, Kalogreza, Lazarou, Anthrakorihia, Irini, Omorfoklissia and Palaiologou.

Sports
Nea Ionia is the seat of the clubs O.F. Nea Ionia (Όμιλος Φιλάθλων Νέας Ιωνίας), club founded in 1926 with achievements in handball and Nea Ionia F.C. Other notable clubs are Eleftheroupoli F.C. with earlier presence in Beta Ethniki and DIKE.AS. Nea Ionia with current presence in A1 Ethniki handball. In the past there are also the important clubs PAO Saframpolis, PAO Kalogrezas and Ikaroi Neas Ionias which are inactive today.

Notable residents

 * Nikos Milioris (1896–1983) Greek author and senior military officer.
 * Stelios Kazantzidis (1931–2001), Greek singer.
 * Giota Lydia (1934), Greek Laïko singer.
 * Nikos Xanthopoulos (1934-2023), Greek actor.
 * Maria Farantouri (1947), Greek singer.
 * Taki Tsan (1979), Greek rapper.
 * Pantelis Pantelidis (1983-2016), Greek singer.
 * Markos Kalovelonis (1994), Greek-Russian tennis player.

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Free-living Amoebozoa infection

Free-living amoebae (or "FLA") are a group of protozoa that are important causes of infectious disease in humans and animals.

Naegleria fowleri is often included in the group "free-living amoebae", and this species causes a usually fatal condition traditionally called primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM). However, the genus Naegleria is now considered part of the Excavata, not the Amoebozoa, and is considered to be much more closely related to Leishmania and Trypanosoma.

Presentation
Acanthamoeba spp. causes mostly subacute or chronic granulomatous amoebic encephalitis (GAE), with a clinical picture of headaches, altered mental status, and focal neurologic deficit, which progresses over several weeks to death. In addition, Acanthamoeba spp. can cause granulomatous skin lesions and, more seriously, keratitis and corneal ulcers following corneal trauma or in association with contact lenses.

Life cycle
Acanthamoeba spp. and Balamuthia mandrillaris are opportunistic free-living amoebae capable of causing granulomatous amoebic encephalitis (GAE) in individuals with compromised immune systems. Unlike N. fowleri, Acanthamoeba and Balamuthia have only two stages, cysts and trophozoites, in their life cycle. No flagellated stage exists as part of the life cycle. The trophozoites replicate by mitosis (nuclear membrane does not remain intact). The trophozoites are the infective forms and are believed to gain entry into the body through the lower respiratory tract, ulcerated or broken skin and invade the central nervous system by hematogenous dissemination. Acanthamoeba spp. and Balamuthia mandrillaris cysts and trophozoites are found in tissue.'''
 * Acanthamoeba spp. have been found in soil; fresh, brackish, and sea water; sewage; swimming pools; contact lens equipment; medicinal pools; dental treatment units; dialysis machines; heating, ventilating, and air conditioning systems; mammalian cell cultures; vegetables; human nostrils and throats; and human and animal brain, skin, and lung tissues.
 * B. mandrillaris however, has not been isolated from the environment but has been isolated from autopsy specimens of infected humans and animals.

Diagnosis
In Acanthamoeba infections, the diagnosis can be made from microscopic examination of stained smears of biopsy specimens (brain tissue, skin, cornea) or of corneal scrapings, which may detect trophozoites and cysts. Cultivation of the causal organism, and its identification by direct immunofluorescent antibody, may also prove useful. Laboratory workers and physicians often mistake the organisms on wet mount for monocytes and a diagnosis of viral meningitis is mistakenly given if the organisms are not motile. Heating a copper penny with an alcohol lamp and placing it on the wet mount slide will activate sluggish trophozoites and more rapidly make the diagnosis. If the person performing the spinal tap rapidly looks at the heated wet mount slide the trophozoites can be seen to swarm while monocytes do not.

Treatment
Eye and skin infections caused by Acanthamoeba spp. are generally treatable. Topical use of 0.1% propamidine isethionate (Brolene) plus neomycin-polymyxin B-gramicidin ophthalmic solution has been a successful approach; keratoplasty is often necessary in severe infections. Although most cases of brain (CNS) infection with Acanthamoeba have resulted in death, patients have recovered from the infection with proper treatment.

Geographic distribution
While infrequent, infections appear to occur worldwide.

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HMS Javelin

HMS Javelin was a J-class destroyer of the Royal Navy.

Construction and career
Javelin was laid down by John Brown and Company, Limited, at Clydebank in Scotland on 11 October 1937, launched on 21 December 1938, and commissioned on 10 June 1939 with the pennant number F61.

In May 1940, during Operation Dynamo, Javelin and other destroyers rescued survivors from the sinking of SS Abukir.

At the end of November 1940 the 5th Destroyer Flotilla, consisting of HMS Jupiter, Javelin, Jackal, Jersey, and Kashmir, under Captain Lord Louis Mountbatten, was operating off Plymouth, England. The flotilla engaged the German destroyers Hans Lody, Richard Beitzen, and Karl Galster. Javelin was badly damaged by gunfire and torpedoes fired by the German destroyers, losing both her bow and her stern. Only 155 ft of Javelin's original 353 ft length remained afloat and she was towed back to harbour. Javelin was out of action for almost a year. A total of 45 officers and ratings were killed in this action.

Javelin participated in the Operation Ironclad assault on Madagascar in May 1942.

She participated in the failed Operation Vigorous attempt to deliver a supply convoy to Malta, in June 1942. Javelin along with HMS Kelvin (F37) destroyed a flotilla of Italian small ships on the night of 19 January 1943.

Javelin record was marred on 17 October 1945 whilst off Rhodes by an outbreak of indiscipline (a refusal to work by “Hostilities Only” ratings following resentment over a return to pre-war spit-and-polish): one leading rating was charged with mutiny, and several ratings were subsequently court-martialled, though sentences were reduced as the facts became known.

Javelin was sold to the shipbreakers on 11 June 1949, and she was scrapped at Troon in Scotland.

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This one thing an average reader wants to know about modern Eleusis, is: what is the site of the Mysteries like today? Can anyone help? Wetman 02:46, 23 Feb 2004 (UTC)

 * See and . May you have Peace Profound. Optim 02:57, 23 Feb 2004 (UTC)

 * Good links. I'll work something into this entry (unless you plan to). Thanks! Wetman 05:20, 23 Feb 2004 (UTC)

 * I dont have time to work much on this, so Please improve it if you can :) Optim 05:27, 23 Feb 2004 (UTC)

"Eleusis" redirect: disambig proposal
I have contributed to the article about the card game called Eleusis (Eleusis (game)), which has its name inspired by the Eleusinian Mysteries. Currently (since only June 13 of this year), Eleusis has been a redirect to the town of Eleusina (the modern name for the place). I would like to create a new disambiguation page Eleusis (disambiguation), which would point to

 * Eleusina, the city in Greece anciently known as Eleusis
 * Eleusinian Mysteries, the ancient religious observances practiced at Eleusis
 * Eleusis (game), the inductive logic card game named after the home of the Eleusinian Mysteries

Partly since the redirection from Eleusis is so recent, I don't think it's very common for people to be looking for the modern town under the ancient name, and I do think that people who type "Eleusis" may be looking for either the mysteries or the game. (Of the top 20 Google hits for "Eleusis", most refer to the Mysteries more than to the place; 2 refer to the game.) Therefore, I think such a disambiguation page would be useful and would not create much inconvenience. -- Schoen 4 July 2005 08:20 (UTC)

Argh
This article clobbered, without discussion, an existing article and does not provide a very prominent disambiguation. The card game was named Eleusis because people were already very familiar with Eleusis as a (classical) name for the city! The current article is redundant with Eleusis (game), although it provides slightly less information. This should be merged into Eleusis (game) and then Eleusis should be redirected to Eleusina or should be a bare disambiguation page. Schoen 09:22, 7 November 2005 (UTC)

Requests for citations about climate
It is since November 16, 2010 that references are asked for some strong statements in the article regarding climate.

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eleusina&action=historysubmit&diff=397188981&oldid=393577333

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eleusina&action=historysubmit&diff=397462881&oldid=397458250

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eleusina&action=historysubmit&diff=397492027&oldid=397464550

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eleusina&action=historysubmit&diff=399129290&oldid=397512495

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eleusina&action=historysubmit&diff=405674014&oldid=403478024

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eleusina&action=historysubmit&diff=410198572&oldid=409309764

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eleusina&action=historysubmit&diff=410811361&oldid=410779728

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eleusina&action=historysubmit&diff=411543210&oldid=411475600

In the last request for citations http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:AnomieBOT automatically changed the date of the request to February, but it should be pointed out that the requests date back to November.

It must be pointed out also that each time the request for citations has been deleted, but no reference has been added at all. It seems that statements not supported by references are defended.

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eleusina&action=historysubmit&diff=397339788&oldid=397188981

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eleusina&action=historysubmit&diff=397464550&oldid=397462881

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eleusina&action=historysubmit&diff=397511215&oldid=397498481

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eleusina&action=historysubmit&diff=402081526&oldid=399366657

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eleusina&action=historysubmit&diff=409309764&oldid=405674014

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eleusina&action=historysubmit&diff=410779665&oldid=410198572

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eleusina&action=historysubmit&diff=411475600&oldid=411475462

The references in the climate subsection are:

1) the link to the WMO European temperature record, containing the referenced statement that the record was measured by minimum-maximum thermometer: and this information gets deleted from the climate subsection by some editor.

2) a HNMS page containing mean temperatures of the Elefsina weather station and nothing else;

3) the link to a feasibility study for an industrial project with a short descriptive part about climate.

Notice that the references (1), (2) and (3)

- do not say that "Eleusina is well known for its intense summer heat"

- do not say that [Eleusina]"has been described as Europe's warmest coastal area in the summer"

- do not say that [Eleusina] "has been Greece's warmest area in terms of systematically achieving temperatures over 45.0°C in modern Greek meteorology"

- do not say that "Elusina presents a unique climate in entire Europe"

- do not say that [Eleusina] "is the only coastal area in the continent that can challenge the most continental areas of South Europe in terms of extreme high summer temperatures"

Interestingly, the reference (3) (http://www.eib.org/attachments/pipeline/20090584_eia_el.pdf) has been used in the past in anoter article (Athens) as a reference for the statement that Athens is the warmest area in Europe during the summer, another thing that the study does not say at all. It seems that some editors using that reference have severe difficulties in reading from Greek. Similar difficulties perhaps exist with respect to English, because once the wrong reference has been revealed, the same statements have been supported with another reference that does not say that at all (it was a study about the strong urban heat island effect characterizing the city of Athens).

Some more time is granted to the editors Weatherextremes and 147.197.190.60 (and any other one willing to contribute) to provide reliable and verifiable references for these statements. What they seem to say seems quite reasonable, some references must exist for that. If not, the statements without references will be deleted.

93.145.251.2 (talk) 09:55, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

I am not sure about the some more time is granted comment.Who is granting some more time?Also the content of the climate article is changed to neutrality and objectivety —Preceding unsigned comment added by 147.197.190.60 (talk) 18:58, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

Requested move

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The result of the move request was: moved -- JHunterJ (talk) 13:03, 23 May 2012 (UTC)

Eleusina → Eleusis – The most commonly used name for this town in English is "Eleusis", by far. For instance Google Books: Eleusis 101,000, Elefsina 484, Eleusina 380. Britannica has Eleusis as well. "Eleusina" is a rendering of the modern Greek name Ελευσίνα, transliterated as if it were ancient Greek. The modern name should be transliterated as "Elefsina", see WP:GREEK. Markussep Talk 09:21, 15 May 2012 (UTC)

 * Support per WP:COMMONNAME, backed by this ngram. Favonian (talk) 09:36, 22 May 2012 (UTC)
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Requested move 8 August 2022

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The result of the move request was: Moved to Elefsina; not much participation but persuasive evidence presented. No such user (talk) 12:18, 15 August 2022 (UTC)

Eleusis → Elefsina – It has now become apparent that the most common name in English is Elefsina when referring to the modern city.

Below a list of relevant references for your convenience:

Municipality of Elefsina:

Greek National Tourism Organization:

UNESCO :

Greek Ministry of Environment and Energy and European Environment Agency:

Elefsina Municipality and the United Cities and Local Governments:

Hellenic Petroleum, Greece's largest Hydrocarbon producer which has the largest refinery in the country located in Elefsina, refers to the modern city as Elefsina as well:

– Weatherextremes (talk) 10:34, 8 August 2022 (UTC)

 * Support. Most common name in English appears to be Elefsina. Even in everyday spoken English it is highly unlikely that someone would use Eleusis when referring to the the modern city. South greek (talk) 07:34, 9 August 2022 (UTC)

 * Also the Hellenic National Meteorological Service : Weatherextremes (talk) 08:20, 9 August 2022 (UTC)

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Dating

 * During the 20th century, at the time of sustainable development, archaeological discoveries and industrial formation shaped the image of contemporary Eleusis

Modern archeological discoveries began with excavations in 1882. (Mylonas 1961, p. 12). Viriditas (talk) 11:25, 16 June 2023 (UTC)

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Psychiko

Psychiko (Ψυχικό ) is a town and a suburb in the Athens agglomeration, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Filothei-Psychiko, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. The municipality has an area of 2.776 km2.

Overview
Psychiko is located 5 km northeast of Athens city centre. It is a strictly residential suburb of Athens, with commercial businesses allowed only within two small designated zones, the "Nea Agora" (New Market) and the "Palaia Agora" (Old Market), with current regulations also restricting buildings to full detachment, and a maximum of 3 floors. Psychiko was historically the home of aristocrats, members of the Greek royal family, and generally old money people. The area remains one of the wealthiest suburbs of Athens, with very high land value, and a number of embassies, particularly of rich Middle Eastern countries, to be found located in Psychiko, and neighbouring Filothei.

This was once home to Queen Frederica of the Hellenes, until the military coup d'état of 1967. Andreas Papandreou and his wife Margaret also lived in Psychiko before the dictatorship. Later, when he became Prime Minister he left Psychiko and moved to Ekali. In recent decades however, many prominent families choose to build their houses in the southern, seaside suburbs, like Glyfada or Vouliagmeni. A number of private schools are located in Psychiko: Athens College and Psychiko College, Moraitis School, the Arsakeio, and the Varvakeio.

Name
The name literally means "an act of charity". A popular legend about the battle of Marathon and the Marathon run was recorded by Andreas Karkavitsas in the 19th century, and also by Linos Politis. On the plain of Marathon a major battle was once fought; Persians with large fleets came to enslave the land and from there pass to Athens...the blood turned to a river, and reached from the roots of Vranas to Marathon on the other side; it met the sea and painted the waves red. Much lamentation and evil took place. Finally the Greeks won... and two men ran to bring the news to Athens; one travelled on horseback and the other on foot in full gear. The rider headed towards Chalandri and the messenger of foot towards Stamata; swift-footed he ascended Aforesmos and down towards the village. As women saw him, they ran towards him:

"Stop", they shouted, wanting to know the outcome of the battle. He stopped a moment to catch his breath and then took the road again. Finally, he reached Psychiko; there he was almost near death, his feet were shaking, he felt like falling down. But he composed himself, took a deep breath, continued, and finally reached Athens.

"We won," he said, and immediately fell down dead. The rider had yet to come. But there where the foot runner stopped and took a breath his act was recorded. The first village remained a 'stop' (Stamata) and the second Psychiko.

Notable people

 * Constantine II of Greece, former King of the Hellenes; also competed in the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, winning a gold medal.
 * Princess Sophia of Greece and Denmark, later Queen Sofía of Spain, sister of Constantine II.
 * Nikos Dimou, writer.
 * Bobolas family, editor and co-owners of Ellaktor
 * Babis Vovos, former billionaire and owner of the construction group Babis Vovos S.A..
 * George Zongolopoulos

Embassies and consulates
Psychiko is home to many embassies.
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Tosa, Kōchi (town)

Tosa (土佐町) is a town located in Tosa District, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 3,670 in 1908 households and a population density of 17 people per km². The total area of the town is 212.13 sqkm.

Geography
Tosa is located in the Shikoku Mountains in central northern Kochi Prefecture, bordering Ehime. The Yoshino River flows through the town with the Sameura Dam located near its headwaters. Approximately 85% of the town is forest with an elevation of 300 to 500 meters above sea level. Inamurayama, the highest mountain is 1,506 meters.

Neighbouring municipalities
Kōchi Prefecture Ehime Prefecture
 * Kōchi
 * Nankoku
 * Motoyama
 * Ōkawa
 * Ino
 * Shikokuchūō

Climate
Tosa has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light snowfall. The average annual temperature in Tosa is 13.7 °C. The average annual rainfall is 2536 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in January, at around 22.4 °C, and lowest in January, at around 2.9 °C.

Demographics
Per Japanese census data, the population of Tosa has been declining, and is now less than half of what it was in 1960.

History
As with all of Kōchi Prefecture, the area of Tosa was part of ancient Tosa Province. During the Edo period, the area was part of the holdings of Tosa Domain ruled by the Yamauchi clan from their seat at Kōchi Castle. The village of Jizōji (地蔵寺村) was established within Tosa District, Kōchi and the village of Tai (田井村) was established within Nagaoka District, Kōchi with the creation of the modern municipalities system on October 1, 1889. The two villages merged on March 31, 1935 to form the village of Tosa, which was elevated to town status on April 1, 1970.

Government
Tosa has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral town council of ten members. Tosa, together with the other municipalities of Tosa District and Nagaoka District, contributes one member to the Kōchi Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the village is part of Kōchi 1st district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan.

Economy
Key industries in Tosa are the primary industries: agriculture, livestock, and forestry. Farming takes advantage of the geographical differences in elevation and the difference in temperature between day and night. There are terraced rice fields and rice is the main product, followed by livestock, dairy and vegetables. In particular, the rice terraces on the fertile south bank of the Jizoji River produce high-quality rice. Farmers who have acquired ISO 14001 certification refrain from using chemical fertilizers, and use fertilizers made at the Tosa Town Compost Center to grow rice and garden vegetables with reduced pesticides, and brand "Reihoku Hachisai".

Education
Tosa has one public elementary school and one public middle school operated by the town government. The town does not have a high school.

Railway
Tosa has no passenger railway service. The nearest station is Ōsugi Station on the JR Shikoku Dosan Line; however, most passengers travel to Kōchi Station by bus.

Local attractions

 * Sameura Dam

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Ōkawa, Kōchi

Ōkawa (大川村) is a village located in Tosa District, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan. , the village had an estimated population of 352 in 209 households and a population density of 3.7 persons per km2. The total area of the village is 95.27 sqkm.

Geography
Ōkawa is located in the Shikoku Mountains in the northern part of Kochi Prefecture, bordering Ehime. The Yoshino River flows through the village from west to east. The former center of the village was submerged due to the completion and flooding of the Sameura Dam, located in nearby Motoyama. Currently, the Komatsu area on the shore of the dam lake has the village office.

Neighbouring municipalities
Kōchi Prefecture Ehime Prefecture
 * Tosa (town)
 * Ino
 * Niihama
 * Shikokuchūō

Climate
Ōkawa has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light snowfall. The average annual temperature in Ōkawa is 11.3 °C. The average annual rainfall is 2536 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in January, at around 22.4 °C, and lowest in January, at around 0.0 °C.

Demographics
Per Japanese census data, the population of Ōkawa peaked around 1960 but dropped precipitously in the decades afterwards after the completion of the Sameura Dam flooded the main inhabited portion of the village. Since then, Ōkawa's population has continued to age and decline.

History
As with all of Kōchi Prefecture, the area of Ōkawa was part of ancient Tosa Province. During the Edo period, the area was part of the holdings of Tosa Domain ruled by the Yamauchi clan from their seat at Kōchi Castle. The village of Ōkawa was established with the creation of the modern municipalities system on October 1, 1889. In the late 20th century, large parts of the built-up area of the town were submerged following the completion of the Sameura Dam.

Government
Ōkawa has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral village council of six members. Ōkawa, together with the other municipalities of Tosa District and Nagaoka District, contributes one member to the Kōchi Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the village is part of Kōchi 1st district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan.

Economy
The major industry in Ōkawa Village is logging; much of the town's mountains have been converted into a cedar tree farm. Additionally, the Shirataki copper mine (白滝鉱山) located in Ōkawa was in operation between 1919 and 1985.

Education
Ōkawa has one public combined elementary/middle school operated by the village government. The village does not have a high school. There is also a nature center which runs summer camps and a study abroad program which allows Japanese youth the opportunity to live in a very remote mountain village for Elementary and/or Junior High School.

Railway
Ōkawa has no passenger railway service. The nearest station is Ōsugi Station on the JR Shikoku Dosan Line; however, most passengers travel to Kōchi Station by bus.

Highways
Ōkawa is not on any national highway.

Local attractions
Ōkawa is regionally famous for its Black Beef cows and the annual Ōkawa Black Beef Festival (大川村謝肉祭 Shanikusai, lit. 'Beef Gratitude Festival') has been known to draw up to a thousand-five hundred people from around Shikoku and Honshu.

There are also a few hiking trails located in the region that reward travelers with beautiful views of Shikoku.

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Hongawa, Kōchi

Hongawa (本川村) was a village located in Agawa District, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan.

As of 2003, the village had an estimated population of 749 and a density of 3.59 persons per km2. The total area was 208.70 km2.

On October 1, 2004, Hongawa, along with the village of Gohoku (from Agawa District), was merged into the expanded town of Ino, and no longer exists as an independent municipality.

title: Hongawa, Kōchi