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Broken beat

Broken beat (sometimes referred to as "bruk") is an electronic dance music genre characterized by syncopated beats and tense rhythms, including staggered or punctuated snare beats and/or hand claps. It has been heavily influenced by styles such as jazz-funk and R&B. Artists in this area typically emerged from the drum and bass, house, hip hop, techno or acid jazz scenes.

History
Broken beat first appeared in the late 1990s and was pioneered by Bugz in the Attic, IG Culture, and the release of the 4hero album Two Pages was influential on the emerging sound and scene. John Bush from AllMusic called it "about as fusion-soaked as it gets." Appearing in the western parts of London, the genre is also referred to as "West London", mainly because Goya Music's offices were in London's Ladbroke Grove, W11, as were most of the participating artists' studios.

Bugz in the Attic's Neon Phusion, Mark Force, Afronaut and IG Culture are credited with kick-starting the scene with numerous releases under various monikers, and the New Sector Movements releases for People Music. The sound created combined a variety of music styles including funk, soul, and hip-hop. The transition was to a more abstract form of drum and bass. Many artists that started releasing through 4hero's Reinforced label are now considered pioneers of broken beat. Simultaneously, established techno artists like Carl Craig and Stacey Pullen experimented with the music they were making, trying to add jazz elements and breaks to their sound. As the music is still based on classic Detroit techno and usually has a harder sound, it is sometimes referred to as "broken techno". This eclectic mixture was picked up by the Detroit and jazz-affiliated UK techno producers Kirk Degiorgio or As One and Ian O'Brien, who tried to form it into a more soulful variation which further influenced the development of the broken beat genre.

Influences
Broken beat draws from 1970s jazz-funk and has been influenced by artists such as Lonnie Liston Smith, the Mizell Brothers (producers for Donald Byrd, Bobbi Humphrey and Johnny Hammond in the mid-1970s), Herbie Hancock, George Duke, and others. One might also hear in broken beat, echos of disco, 1980s contemporary R&B and funk (Shalamar, Prince), early electronica (Kraftwerk), hip hop ("Planet Rock"), 1980s new wave (Depeche Mode, New Order), drum and bass, house and techno.

Scene
Regular nights that play this genre of music include Co-op, held at Velvet Rooms, and then a few years later moving on to Plastic People, a famous club located in London, for a number of years before re-launching at East Village - both in Shoreditch. In 2008, Afronaut and Bruce Q (Liquid Fusion) teamed up for monthly Co-op sessions which was launched at Concrete in Birmingham. Liquid Fusion ran every Sunday at the Living Room first (2000-2002) then onto Zinc (2002-2008). It had a following of several hundred weekly. Another night was Inspiration Information, previously at Notting Hill Arts Club which then went on to be at East Village in Shoreditch.

In March 2023, DJ Cengiz introduced Bruk Therapy Nights, an event series held initially at Grow Hackney Wick in East London. The initiative aims to cultivate a vibrant fusion of Soul, Jazz, House, and Future Beats, with a particular emphasis on the enthralling realm of Bruk/Broken Beats. These dynamic nights receive steadfast support from members of Selectors Assemble, a collective of DJ/producers dedicated to bolstering projects affiliated with CoOp Presents and Dance Regular labels. Their collaborative efforts spotlight the abundant talent within London's Bruk/Broken Beat movement, fostering an atmosphere of musical exploration and community engagement.

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RSA Factoring Challenge

The RSA Factoring Challenge was a challenge put forward by RSA Laboratories on March 18, 1991 to encourage research into computational number theory and the practical difficulty of factoring large integers and cracking RSA keys used in cryptography. They published a list of semiprimes (numbers with exactly two prime factors) known as the RSA numbers, with a cash prize for the successful factorization of some of them. The smallest of them, a 100-decimal digit number called RSA-100 was factored by April 1, 1991. Many of the bigger numbers have still not been factored and are expected to remain unfactored for quite some time, however advances in quantum computers make this prediction uncertain due to Shor's algorithm.

In 2001, RSA Laboratories expanded the factoring challenge and offered prizes ranging from $10,000 to $200,000 for factoring numbers from 576 bits up to 2048 bits.

The RSA Factoring Challenges ended in 2007. RSA Laboratories stated: "Now that the industry has a considerably more advanced understanding of the cryptanalytic strength of common symmetric-key and public-key algorithms, these challenges are no longer active." When the challenge ended in 2007, only RSA-576 and RSA-640 had been factored from the 2001 challenge numbers.

The factoring challenge was intended to track the cutting edge in integer factorization. A primary application is for choosing the key length of the RSA public-key encryption scheme. Progress in this challenge should give an insight into which key sizes are still safe and for how long. As RSA Laboratories is a provider of RSA-based products, the challenge was used by them as an incentive for the academic community to attack the core of their solutions — in order to prove its strength.

The RSA numbers were generated on a computer with no network connection of any kind. The computer's hard drive was subsequently destroyed so that no record would exist, anywhere, of the solution to the factoring challenge.

The first RSA numbers generated, RSA-100 to RSA-500 and RSA-617, were labeled according to their number of decimal digits; the other RSA numbers (beginning with RSA-576) were generated later and labelled according to their number of binary digits. The numbers in the table below are listed in increasing order despite this shift from decimal to binary.

The mathematics
RSA Laboratories states that: for each RSA number n, there exist prime numbers p and q such that
 * n = p × q.

The problem is to find these two primes, given only n.

The prizes and records
The following table gives an overview over all RSA numbers. Note that the RSA Factoring Challenge ended in 2007 and no further prizes will be awarded for factoring the higher numbers.
 * The challenge numbers in white lines are part of the original challenge and are expressed in base 10, while the challenge numbers in yellow lines are part of the 2001 expansion and are expressed in base 2

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Stylistic device

In literature and writing, stylistic devices are a variety of techniques used to give an auxiliary meaning, idea, or feeling.

Figurative language
A figure of speech is any way of saying something other than the ordinary way. Figurative language is language using figures of speech.

Simile
The easiest stylistic device to identify is a simile, signaled by the use of the words "like" or "as". A simile is a comparison used to attract the reader's attention and describe something in descriptive terms.
 * Example: "From up here on the fourteenth floor, my brother Charley looks like an insect scurrying among other insects." (from "Sweet Potato Pie," Eugenia Collier)
 * Example: The beast had eyes as big as baseballs and teeth as long as knives.
 * Example: She put her hand to the boy's head, which was steaming like a hot train.

Metaphor
A metaphor is a comparison that does not use the words "like" or "as". Metaphors can span over multiple sentences.

Example: "That boy is like a machine." is a simile but "That boy is a machine!" is a metaphor.

Synecdoche
Synecdoche occurs when a part of something is used to refer to the whole. Many examples of synecdoche are idioms, common to the language.
 * Example: Workers can be referred to as 'pairs of hands', and a vehicle as one's 'wheels'.

Metonymy
Metonymy is similar to synecdoche, but instead of a part representing the whole, a related object or part of a related object is used to represent the whole. Often it is used to represent the whole of an abstract idea.
 * Example: The phrase "The king's guns were aimed at the enemy," using 'guns' to represent infantry.
 * Example: The word 'crown' may be used metonymically to refer to the king or queen, and at times to the law of the land.

Personification
Giving human or animal characteristics to inanimate objects.

 * Example: The sun smiled down on the travelers. (the sun does not smile, humans smile)

Apostrophe
Similar to 'personification' but direct. The speaker addresses someone absent or dead, or addresses an inanimate or abstract object as if it were human.

Charactonym
This is when the name of a character has a symbolic meaning. For example, in Dickens' Great Expectations, Miss Havisham has a sham or lives a life full of pretense. In Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, Rev. Dimmesdale metaphorically fades away (dims) as the novel progresses, while Chillingworth has a cold (chilled) heart.

Symbol
A symbol may be an object, a person, a situation, an action, a word, or an idea that has literal meaning in the story as well as an alternative identity that represents something else. It is used as an expressive way to depict an idea. The symbol generally conveys an emotional response far beyond what the word, idea, or image itself dictates.
 * Example: A heart standing for love. (One might say "It broke my heart" rather than "I was really upset")
 * Example: A sunrise portraying new hope. ("All their fears melted in the face of the newly risen sun.")

Allegory
An allegory is a story that has a second meaning, usually by endowing characters, objects or events with symbolic significance. The entire story functions symbolically; often a pattern relates each literal item to a corresponding abstract idea or principle. Although the surface story may have its interest, the author's major interest is in the ulterior meaning.

Imagery
This is when the author invokes sensory details. Often, this is simply to draw a reader more deeply into a story by helping the reader visualize what is being described. However, imagery may also symbolize important ideas in a story.

For example, in Saki's "The Interlopers", two men engaged in a generational feud become trapped beneath a fallen tree in a storm: "Ulrich von Gradwitz found himself stretched on the ground, one arm numb beneath him and the other held almost as helplessly in a tight tangle of forked branches, while both legs were pinned beneath the fallen mass." Readers can not only visualize the scene but may infer from it that it is the feud that has trapped him. Note also the diction used within the imagery: words like "forked" and "fallen" imply a kind of hell that he is trapped in.

Motif
When a word, phrase, image, or idea is repeated throughout a work or several works of literature.

For example, in Ray Bradbury's short story, "There Will Come Soft Rains", he describes a futuristic "smart house" in a post-nuclear-war time. All life is dead except for one dog, which dies in the course of the story. However, Bradbury mentions mice, snakes, robins, swallows, giraffes, antelopes, and many other animals in the course of the story. This animal motif establishes a contrast between the past, when life was flourishing, and the story's present when all life is dead.

Motifs may also be used to establish mood (as the blood motif in Shakespeare's Macbeth), for foreshadowing (as when Mary Shelley, in Frankenstein, mentions the moon almost every time the creature is about to appear), to support the theme (as when, in Sophocles' drama Oedipus Rex, the motif of prophecy strengthens the theme of the irresistibility of the gods), or for other purposes.

Paradox
In literary terminology, a paradox is an apparent contradiction that is nevertheless somehow true. Paradox can take the form of an oxymoron, overstatement or understatement. Paradox can blend into irony.

Rhyme
The repetition of identical or similar sounds, usually accented vowel sounds and succeeding consonant sounds at the end of words, and often at the ends of lines of prose or poetry.

For example, in the following lines from a poem by A. E. Housman, the last words of both lines rhyme with each other.
 * Loveliest of trees, the cherry now
 * Is hung with bloom along the bough

Alliteration
Alliteration is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.
 * Example: "...many a man is making friends with death/ Even as I speak, for lack of love alone." (Edna St. Vincent Millay's "Sonnet 30").

Alliteration is used by an author to create emphasis, to add beauty to the writing style, and occasionally to aid in shaping the mood. It is also used to create a rhythm and musical effect on the reader's mind as well.

Assonance
Similar to alliteration, in which vowel sounds are repeated. They are usually in the middle of a word.
 * Example: "batter that mattered", "the blue bulging plug."

Consonance
Similar to alliteration, but the consonants are at the ends of words.

 * Example: "odds and ends", "short and sweet".

Rhythm
It is most important in poetry, but also used in prose for emphasis and aesthetic gain.

Example: The fallibly irrevocable cat met its intrinsic match in the oppositional form of a dog.

Onomatopoeia
This includes words that sound like their meaning or imitations of sounds.

Example: "The bees were buzzing"

Formal structure
Formal structure refers to the forms of a text. In the first place, a text is either a novel, a drama, a poem, or some other "form" of literature. However, this term can also refer to the length of lines, stanzas, or cantos in poems, as well as sentences, paragraphs, or chapters in prose. Furthermore, such visible structures as dialogue versus narration are also considered part of formal structure.

Storyline and plot
The storyline is the chronological account of events that follow each other in the narrative. The plot includes the storyline, and is more; it includes how elements in the story interact to create complexity, intrigue, and surprise. The plot is often created by having separate threads of storyline interact at critical times and in unpredictable ways, creating unexpected twists and turns in the overall storyline.

Plot structure
Plot structure refers to the configuration of a plot in terms of its exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution/denouement. For example, Dickens' novel Great Expectations is noted for having only a single page of exposition before the rising action begins, while The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien has an unusually lengthy falling action. The plot can also be structured by the use of devices such as flashbacks, framing, and epistolary elements.

Flashback
A flashback (which is one of the most easily recognized utilization of plot structure) is a scene in writing which occurs outside of the current timeline, before the events that are occurring in the story. It is used to explain plot elements, give background and context to a scene, or explain characteristics of characters or events.

For instance, one chapter may be at present in a character's life, and then the next chapter might be the character's life years ago. The second chapter gives meaning to the first, as it explains other events the character experienced and thus puts present events in context. In Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner, the first short chapter occurs in the narrative's real-time; most of the remainder of the book is a flashback.

Frame story
When there is a lengthy flashback comprising more than half of the text, a frame story is the portion outside the flashback. For example, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein uses the adventures of a sea captain as a frame story for the famous tale of the scientist and his creation. Occasionally, an author will have an unfinished frame, such as in Henry James's "The Turn of the Screw". The lack of a finishing frame in this story has the effect of leaving the reader disoriented, adding to the disturbing mood of the story.

Foreshadowing
This is when the author drops clues about what is to come in a story, which builds tension and the reader's suspense throughout the book.
 * Example: The boy kissed his mother and warmly embraced her, oblivious to the fact that this was the last time he would ever see her.

Allusion
Allusion is a reference to something from history or literature.

Verbal irony
This is the simplest form of irony, in which the speaker says the opposite of what he or she intends. There are several forms, including euphemism, understatement, sarcasm, and some forms of humor.

Situational irony
This is when the author creates a surprise that is the exact opposite of what the reader would expect, often creating humor or an eerie feeling. For example, in Steinbeck's novel The Pearl, the reader may think that Kino and Juana would become happy and successful after discovering the "Pearl of the World", with all its value. However, their lives change dramatically for the worse after discovering it.

Similarly, in Shakespeare's Hamlet, the title character almost kills King Claudius at one point, but resists because Claudius is praying and therefore may go to heaven. As Hamlet wants Claudius to go to hell, he waits. A few moments later, after Hamlet leaves the stage, Claudius reveals to the audience that he doesn't mean his prayers ("words without thoughts never to heaven go"), so Hamlet should have killed him after all.

A way to remember the name of this term is that it describes an ironic situation.

Dramatic irony
Dramatic Irony is when the reader knows something important about the story that one or more characters in the story do not know. For example, in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, the drama of Act V comes from the fact that the audience knows Juliet is alive, but Romeo thinks she's dead. If the audience had thought, like Romeo, that she was dead, the scene would not have had anywhere near the same power.

Likewise, in Edgar Allan Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart", the energy at the end of the story comes from the fact that we know the narrator killed the old man, while the guests are oblivious. If we were as oblivious as the guests, there would be virtually no point in the story.

The way to remember the name is that dramatic irony adds to the drama of the story.

See Irony for a more detailed discussion, and definitions of other forms of irony.

Diction
Diction is the choice of specific words to communicate not only meaning, but emotion as well. Authors writing their texts consider not only a word's denotation but also its connotation. For example, a person may be described as stubborn or tenacious, both of which have the same basic meaning but are opposite in terms of their emotional background (the first is an insult, while the second is a compliment). Similarly, a bargain-seeker may be described as either thrifty (compliment) or stingy (insult). An author's diction is extremely important in discovering the narrator's tone, or attitude.

Syntax
Sentences can be long or short, written in the active voice or passive voice, composed as simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex. They may also include such techniques as inversion or such structures as appositive phrases, verbal phrases (gerund, participle, and infinitive), and subordinate clauses (noun, adjective, and adverb). These tools can be highly effective in achieving an author's purpose.

Example: The ghetto was ruled by neither German nor Jew; it was ruled by delusion. (from Night, by Elie Wiesel)

In this sentence, Wiesel uses two parallel independent clauses written in the passive voice. The first clause establishes suspense about who rules the ghetto, and then the first few words of the second clause set up the reader with the expectation of an answer, which is metaphorically revealed only in the final word of the sentence.

Voice
In grammar, there are two voices: active and passive. These terms can be applied to whole sentences or verbs. Verbs also have tense, aspect and mode. There are three tenses: past, present, and future. There are two main aspects: perfect and progressive. Some grammarians refer to aspects as tenses, but this is not strictly correct, as the perfect and progressive aspects convey information other than time. There are many modes (also called moods). Some important ones are: declarative, affirmative, negative, emphatic, conditional, imperative, interrogative and subjunctive.

Tone
Tone expresses the writer's or speaker's attitude toward the subject, the reader, or herself or himself.

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Go Home Productions

Go Home Productions (also known as GHP) is the alter ego of Mark Vidler, a producer/remixer/DJ based in Northampton (and formerly Watford), England. GHP has produced well over 200 mash-ups since May 2002, many of which have been played on both national and independent radio stations around the world. He was born on May 4, 1967, in Barnet, Middlesex, England.

Career
GHP creations have been heard regularly on Xfm London's The Remix and The Rinse radio shows, and are heavily played on the New York City area station WFMU. A 30-minute Go Home Productions "Superchunk" mix was aired on Xfm in May 2003 to critical acclaim, and was voted "Superchunk of the year". GHP has also been nominated for Best Studio Session on XFM alongside the likes of The Darkness, Muse, Kings of Leon and Blur. GHP's WFMU Re:Mixology set was broadcast as part of a series that included the legendary mixer Steinski. Go Home Productions has worked with MTV Mash on their weekly bootleg video show and had five tracks on rotation across Europe in 2004. In the same year, Emap's QTV also broadcast a selection of 8 GHP tracks across their network.

GHP's 2005 mix "Rapture Riders" (Blondie vs The Doors) was not only approved by both bands, but has been re-remixed using the original studio tracks, and officially released both as a single and as a track on Blondie's 2005 album Greatest Hits: Sound & Vision. It reached #1 on the Billboard US Hot Dance Club Play chart in May 2006, and charted in the top 40 of multiple worldwide singles charts, with continual play on numerous MTV channels; the (Blondie vs The Doors) video was directed by audiovisual artists Addictive TV who created a video mash-up of the two tracks.

Another mash-up that has received approval of the original artists involved is "Ray of Gob" which superimposes the vocals from Madonna's "Ray of Light" onto clips from several songs by the Sex Pistols (including "Pretty Vacant", "God Save the Queen" and "Anarchy in the U.K.").

Many Go Home Productions tracks were included in the 2007 mash-up compilation Mashed, which featured previous hit tracks including "Rapture Riders" and "Notorious Trick" - a mixed version of Kelis and Duran Duran. The album also included two tracks by Loo & Placido, most notably the chart hit "Horny as a Dandy", featuring The Dandy Warhols and Mousse T.

Turning his skills to AV, for over 10 years Vidler has been one half of project Addictive TV with fellow artist Graham Daniels.

Articles

 * Lawrence, Dale (December 4, 2002). "Two Boots". The Village Voice. Page 67.
 * Ratliff, Ben (May 11, 2003). "MUSIC: PLAYLIST; Um, Beyoncé, Meeting Jimi Isn't Such a Good Idea". The New York Times.
 * Acid Ted (October 30, 2012). "Bootleg rollercoaster ride; Happy people, happy memories–Go Home Productions Interview, Pts. 1" and 2". WordPress.

Books

 * Goeghegan, Michael W. (2007). Podcast Solutions: The Complete Guide to Audio and Video Podcasting. New York: Apress. Page 37. ISBN 978-1-59059-905-1.
 * Sinnreich, Aram (2010). Mashed up: Music, Technology, and the Rise of Configurable Culture. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press. pp. 98, 113, 119, 125, 126, 127, 128, 130, 133, 143, 144, 153, 163, 173, 174,176,188,191. ISBN 978-1-55849-829-7.

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List of Prague Metro stations

The following is a list of Prague Metro stations, ordered alphabetically. Names in parentheses denote former station names from before 1990. The accessibility of the station for persons with impaired mobility and important places nearby are also given.

Lines
The green Line A connects the center with the northwest and east of the city. It is 10 km long and has 17 stations. Travel time (from terminal to terminal) is about 20 minutes.

The yellow Line B is the longest; it goes from the southwest outskirts through the center and continues to the northeast of the city. It is 25.6 km long and has 24 stations. Travel time (from end to end) is about 45 minutes.

The red Line C is the oldest and shallowest, going from the north to the south-east. It is 14 km long and has 20 stations. Travel time is about 35 minutes.

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User:Espen/gra6821/stud6821

Student list, English version of Wikipedia

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Current Students (GRA6821 - 2012):
 * 1) Yasaman Faridpouya
 * 2) Rikke Warud
 * 3) Espen
 * 4) Katrine Øyo
 * 5) Kristian Hauge
 * 6) Qiao Chen
 * 7) Mariia Blaga
 * 8) Ielyzaveta Palii
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 * 7) Herman Ness
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 * 10) Anders Sørbo
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Swiss Federal Institute of Technology

The Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology are two institutes of higher education in Switzerland (part of the ETH Domain):

 * Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL)
 * Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich (ETHZ)

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Talk:Foreign relations of Switzerland

Representations
Either we have all the diplomatic representations listed separately, or none. Only listing the US representation is unacceptable. I think we should not list any (have removed it for now), because IMHO this isn't encyclopedia contents. Kokiri 12:07, 2 Mar 2004 (UTC)

 * Good idea, it was part of the factbook import. -- User:Docu

Page name
Why isn't this page named "Foreign relations of Switzerland", in accordance with the Countries Project template? --Shallot 16:42, 4 May 2004 (UTC)

 * I'm not sure if the template defines an article on that topic. The Factbook import that's here was initially split between a page with that name and "Politics of". -- User:Docu
 * I agree that this page should be moved in order to remain consistent with the other articles on foreign relations. See Category:Foreign relations by country. — Ливай | ☺ 00:18, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)

This article has been renamed as the result of a move request. violet/riga (t) 12:49, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Neutrality/International Disputes
I think some mention should be made of Switzerland's choice of supporting the People's Republic of China in its "One China" policy as stated here: http://www.eda.admin.ch/eda/en/home/reps/asia/vchn/bilchi/biltai.html

http://www.eda.admin.ch/eda/en/home/reps/asia/vchn/bilchi.html

I wouldn't like to edit an article like this without saying something here first.-- 翔太 「Shouta:talk」 23:52, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Why were the people so opposed to joining the UN
Could someone please add to the article why the people of Switzerland were so opposed to joining the UN that it failed the first referendum and only barely passed the second one? I get the neutrality thing, but in the most recent vote almost every other country was already a member, even many countries that are enemies with each other. --Arctic Gnome (talk • contribs) 03:29, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

Exactly, even countries that were enemies with each other were members. Because each vote at the UN, or the even more powerful vote on the Security Council, is establishing a side, a point of view, an action against someone else.

Swiss neutrality is one of its greatest assets and powers. As small as it may seem, Switzerland voting against or for another nation holds them somewhat responsible for an active measure against another nation, something their entire nation is against. This is not a passive "I feel that you shouldn't be doing that, in fact I don't like it, but I won't stop you as its not our business", this is a "I don't like what you're doing, im going to decide that these people should go in and stop you". The people were fearful, and rightly so given their history on the matter, that their neutrality would be compromised, even slowly destroyed, because of an active or even unintentional choice of sides that would bring repercutions against Switzerland.

Somewhat like nations, ill use the USA as a rough example here, with a deeply ingrained freedom of speech. Even the slightest change that the majority may agree with at the time, hold a terrible consequence of setting a future precedent or unintentional destruction of freedom of speech for things that are against the peoples wishes of that and/or a later time even. If such a right or "freedom" is strongly and deeply ingrained in an entire nations population, they will be wary of any challenge that makes their freedom have a chance to fade. 124.182.143.128 (talk) 02:39, 15 February 2009 (UTC) Harlequin

Hey there should be a north korean swiss relations page read this article to find out

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8081500.stm —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.105.67.58 (talk) 15:46, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

International disputes
Switzerland has no international disputes is wishful thinking. To begin with, why is there no mention of Libya? — Emil J. 14:44, 25 September 2009 (UTC)

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Człuchów County

Człuchów County (Człëchòwsczi kréz, powiat człuchowski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Pomeranian Voivodeship, northern Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is Człuchów, which lies 115 km south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk. The county also contains the towns of Czarne, lying 28 km west of Człuchów, and Debrzno, 16 km south-west of Człuchów.

The county covers an area of 1574.41 km2. As of 2019 its total population is 56,225, out of which the population of Człuchów is 13,649, that of Czarne is 5,932, that of Debrzno is 5,096, and the rural population is 30,924.

Człuchów County on a map of the counties of Pomeranian Voivodeship

Człuchów County is bordered by Bytów County to the north, Chojnice County to the east, Sępólno County to the south, Złotów County to the south-west and Szczecinek County to the west.

Administrative division
The county is subdivided into seven gminas (one urban, two urban-rural and four rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.

County affiliation
In the years 1945–1999, the area of the Człuchów county exceptionally frequently changed its administrative affiliation:

 * 1945-1946 was subordinated to Bydgoszcz
 * 1946-1950 was subordinated to Szczecin
 * 1950-1975 was subordinated to Koszalin
 * 1975-1998 was subordinated to Słupsk
 * from 1999 was subordinated to Gdańsk

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MerwedeLingelijn
Hi, you just created the MerwedeLingelijn article. Wouldn't it be better to redirect this to the existing Elst–Dordrecht railway article, and perhaps add a line to that article about Arriva using this name for the western part? Markussep Talk 18:16, 15 March 2013 (UTC)
 * I don't think so, they are two different things --Bezeh.nl (talk) 19:21, 15 March 2013 (UTC)

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Bocień

Bocień is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Chełmża, within Toruń County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately 11 km north-east of Chełmża and 26 km north of Toruń.

Bocień was the location of the German concentration camp Bottschin, a subcamp of the Stutthof concentration camp.

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Great Plains skink

The Great Plains skink (Plestiodon obsoletus) is a species of lizard endemic to North America.

Description
The Great Plains skink, together with the broad-headed skink, is the largest skink of the genus Plestiodon. It reaches a length of 9 to 13 cm from snout to vent (SVL) or up to nearly 34 cm total length (including the tail).

This lizard is light gray or beige in color; its dorsal scales have black or dark brown edges. The scales on the sides run diagonally. The belly is yellow. Juveniles are black with white sports on the lips and the head and have a blue or bluish tail.

Geographic range
The Great Plains skink is very common on the Great Plains, ranging from southeastern Wyoming and Nebraska (and also Fremont County, Iowa) southward to eastern Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, and into Mexico.

Habitat
This skink lives in open plains habitat or the eastern foothills of the Rocky Mountains, in areas near water, e.g. irrigation ditches. In southeastern Colorado, it occurs in elevation up to about 1900 m (7200 ft); in northern Colorado, only at elevations below about 1400 m (4500 ft).

Reproduction
The mating season of the Great Plains skink is in April or May. The female lays between 5 and 32 eggs (on the average about 12) in early summer, which she guards until they hatch in late summer.

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Toruń County

Toruń County (powiat toruński) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, north-central Poland. It was created on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat is the city of Toruń, although the city is not part of the county (it constitutes a separate city county). The only town in Toruń County is Chełmża, which lies nineteen kilometers (twelve miles) north of Toruń.

The county covers an area of 1229.71 km2. As of 2019 its total population is 107,641, out of which the population of Chełmża is 14,503 and the rural population is 93,138.

Neighboring counties
Apart from the city of Toruń, Toruń County is also bordered by Chełmno County to the north, Wąbrzeźno County to the north-east, Golub-Dobrzyń County and Lipno County to the east, Aleksandrów County to the south, Inowrocław County to the south-west, and the city of Bydgoszcz and Bydgoszcz County to the west.

Administrative division
The county is subdivided into nine gminas (one urban and eight rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.

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Wikipedia talk:Selected anniversaries/August 13

 * Roman Empire - Vertumnalias in honor of Vertumnus
 * 1521 - Tenochtitlan (present day Mexico City) falls to conquistador Hernán Cortés
 * 1704 - War of the Spanish Succession: Battle of Blenheim - English and Austrians victorious over French and Bavarians.
 * 1923 - First major sea-going ship arrives at Gdynia, newly constructed Polish seaport.
 * 1940 - World War II: Battle of Britain begins - The Luftwaffe launches a series of attacks on British fighter bases and radar installations.
 * 1942 - Walt Disney's animated cartoon Bambi premiers.
 * 1960 - Central African Republic declares independence from France
 * 1960 - Chad declares independence from France
 * 1961 - German Democratic Republic closes the border between the eastern and western sectors of Berlin, to frustrate its inhabitants' attempts to escape to the West.

Berlin Wall - 50 years anniversary not included .... WTF
It's 50 years today since the GDR started to build the Berlin wall ... and that's not included in OTD ...? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Michael Zimmermann (talk • contribs) 08:51, 13 August 2011 (UTC)
 * The Berlin Wall article contains several sections that have no references and per the rules at WP:OTD is therefore ineligible.  howcheng  {chat} 17:28, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

International Left Handers' Day
Why no mention of this on OTD??? Kiwibeca (talk) 16:16, 13 August 2011 (UTC)
 * The International Lefthanders Day article is a stub and per the rules at WP:OTD is therefore ineligible.  howcheng  {chat} 17:28, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

2012 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 11:36, 12 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Moved to Ineligible: Battle of Lewisham (maintenance)
 * Omitted: Battle of Blenheim; Battle of Manila (1898); Manhattan Project; Qaumī Tarāna; Metz Accord
 * Included: Fall of Tenochtitlan (first appearance); 1868 Arica earthquake (first appearance); Brownsville Affair (first appearance); Hurricane Charley (2nd appearance, last in 2010); MV Sun Sea incident (first appearance)

2013 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 06:03, 12 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Omitted: 1868 Arica earthquake; Brownsville Affair; Manhattan Project; Hurricane Charley
 * Included: Battle of Blenheim (9th appearance, last in 2011); Battle of Manila (1898) (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Qaumī Tarāna (3rd appearance, last in 2011)
 * Repeats: Fall of Tenochtitlan (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total); MV Sun Sea incident (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

2014 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 05:36, 12 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Omitted: Fall of Tenochtitlan; Battle of Blenheim; Battle of Manila (1898); MV Sun Sea incident
 * Included: Cardinal Richelieu (first appearance); Penobscot Expedition (first appearance); 1868 Arica earthquake (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Hurricane Charley (3rd appearance, last in 2012; rescued from Ineligible; 10th anniversary)
 * Repeats: Qaumi Taranah (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total; 60th anniversary)
 * Addendum: Penobscot Expedition removed for Main Page balance. — howcheng  {chat} 17:11, 13 August 2014 (UTC)

2015 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 02:08, 12 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Omitted: 1868 Arica earthquake; Qaumi Taranah; Hurricane Charley
 * Included: Battle of Blenheim (10th appearance, last in 2013); Battle of Manila (1898) (3rd appearance, last in 2013); Manhattan Project (7th appearance, last in 2012); Marc Dutroux (first appearance)
 * Repeats: Cardinal Richelieu (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

2016 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 11:45, 12 August 2016 (UTC)
 * New articles (ineligible): Battle of Mišar (maintenance)
 * Moved to Ineligible: Qaumi Taranah (maintenance); MV Sun Sea incident (maintenance)
 * Omitted: Battle of Blenheim; Battle of Manila (1898); Manhattan Project
 * Included: Fall of Tenochtitlan (3rd appearance, last in 2013); Brownsville Affair (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Battle of Shanghai (6th appearance, last in 2010; rescued from Ineligible)
 * Repeats: Cardinal Richelieu (3rd consecutive appearance, 3 total); Marc Dutroux (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total; 20th anniversary)

 * IMO this a better crop of Philippe de Champaigne's portrait of Richelieu: File:Cardinal de Richelieu (detail).jpg. Would you consider changing it? Ham II (talk) 07:02, 13 August 2016 (UTC)
 * I think current picture has better colors. The one you suggest is fairly muted. Of course, I have no idea which is a more accurate representation of the real painting. — howcheng  {chat} 07:24, 13 August 2016 (UTC)
 * The alternative crop is taken from this featured picture and is closer to the colours of the real painting; cf. the National Gallery's website. Ham II (talk) 07:30, 13 August 2016 (UTC)

2017 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 07:48, 13 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Omitted: Fall of Tenochtitlan; Brownsville Affair; Battle of Shanghai (maintenance); Marc Dutroux
 * Included: Liberius (praetorian prefect) (first appearance); 1868 Arica earthquake (3rd appearance, last in 2014); Battle of Manila (1898) (4th appearance, last in 2015); Manhattan Project (8th appearance, last in 2015; 75th anniversary); Maximus the Confessor (first appearance); George Grove (first appearance); Tigran Petrosian (first appearance)
 * Repeats: Cardinal Richelieu (4th consecutive appearance, 4 total)

2018 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 15:50, 13 August 2018 (UTC)
 * New articles (unused): Maurice (emperor) (appearing on DYK)
 * Omitted: Cardinal Richelieu; Battle of Manila (1898); Manhattan Project; Maximus the Confessor; Tigran Petrosian
 * Included: Battle of Blenheim (11th appearance, last in 2015); Opha May Johnson (first appearance; 100th anniversary); Battle of Lewisham (first appearance; rescued from Ineligible); Al-Muktafi (first appearance); Jules Massenet (first appearance)
 * Repeats: Liberius (praetorian prefect) (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total); 1868 Arica earthquake (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total; 150th anniversary); George Grove (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

1650 – Coldstream Guards
I see in the history of the main page errors page that the Coldstream Guards item was moved to this SA date but it's at August 23. --184.207.0.92 (talk) 06:39, 23 August 2018 (UTC)

Oh. I just checked the history of SA for August 23; it was moved here because August 13 the correct date. --184.207.0.92 (talk) 06:50, 23 August 2018 (UTC)

2019 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 22:49, 20 August 2019 (UTC)
 * New articles (unused): Yana Kasova
 * Omitted: Liberius (praetorian prefect); Battle of Blenheim; 1868 Arica earthquake; Opha May Johnson; Battle of Lewisham; Al-Muktafi; George Grove; Jules Massenet
 * Included: Maurice (emperor) (first appearance); Coldstream Guards (2nd appearance, last in 2015); Battle of Manila (1898) (5th appearance, last in 2017); Act on National Flag and Anthem (first appearance; 20th anniversary); Hurricane Charley (4th appearance, last in 2014); Maximus the Confessor (2nd appearance, last in 2017); Tigran Petrosian (2nd appearance, last in 2017); Tim Richmond (first appearance; 30th anniversary)

2020 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 06:29, 15 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Moved to Ineligible: Liberius (praetorian prefect) (maintenance); Cardinal Richelieu (maintenance); Battle of Lewisham (maintenance); Marc Dutroux (maintenance)
 * New articles (ineligible): 1940 Canberra air disaster (maintenance); Bobby Clarke (maintenance); Alan Shearer (maintenance)
 * New articles (unused): Alfred Hitchcock
 * Omitted: Battle of Manila (1898); Act on National Flag and Anthem; Hurricane Charley; Maximus the Confessor; Tigran Petrosian; Tim Richmond
 * Included: Central African Republic (rescued from Ineligible); Battle of Blenheim (12th appearance, last in 2018); 1868 Arica earthquake (5th appearance, last in 2018); Brownsville affair (3rd appearance, last in 2016); Nawrūz (Mongol emir) (first appearance); George Grove (3rd appearance, last in 2018; 200th birthday); Frederick Sanger (first appearance)
 * Repeats: Maurice (emperor) (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total); Coldstream Guards (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

2021 notes

 * Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Bobby Clarke
 * New articles (unused): José Ramón Guizado
 * Omitted: Coldstream Guards; Battle of Blenheim (ineligible—TFA for 2021); 1868 Arica earthquake; Brownsville affair; Nawrūz (Mongol emir); George Grove; Frederick Sanger
 * Included: Siege of Havana (first appearance); Opha May Johnson (2nd appearance, last in 2018); Barbed Wire Sunday (first appearance; rescued from Ineligible; blurb previously featured Berlin Wall, which remains ineligible and is making its 5th appearance, last in 2007); MV Sun Sea incident (3rd appearance, last in 2013; rescued from Ineligible); Gerard David (first appearance); Alfred Hitchcock (first appearance); Yana Kasova (first appearance; 40th birthday)
 * Repeats: Maurice (emperor) (3rd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

2022 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 17:59, 16 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Omitted: Opha May Johnson Barbed Wire Sunday (ineligible—maintenance); MV Sun Sea incident; Gerard David; Alfred Hitchcock; Yana Kasova
 * Included: Cosima Wagner (3rd appearance, last in 2021; normally appears on December 24, her birth anniversary); Act on National Flag and Anthem (2nd appearance, last in 2019); Hurricane Charley/Tropical Storm Bonnie (2004) (Charley: 5th appearance, last in 2019; Bonnie: first appearance); Jules Massenet (2nd appearance, last in 2018; 100th anniversary); Frederick Sanger (2nd appearance, last in 2020); Tigran Petrosian (3rd appearance, last in 2019)
 * Repeats: Maurice (emperor) (4th consecutive appearance, 4 total); Siege of Havana (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

2023 rationale
 Heart  (talk) 15:49, 1 August 2023 (UTC)
 * The 1779 fact has multiple {cn} tags so I avoided adding it.
 * There is an overwhelming number of sea-related facts.
 * I chose the 2010 fact over Opha May Johnson, due to both being about marines and another sea incident.
 * Good mix of b/d with anniversaries!


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Chorab

Chorab or Chorabie  is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Łysomice, within Toruń County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.

During the Second World War it was the location of a subcamp of Stutthof concentration camp.

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The Bonfire of the Vanities

The Bonfire of the Vanities is a 1987 novel by Tom Wolfe. The story is a drama about ambition, racism, social class, politics, and greed in 1980s New York City, and centers on three main characters: WASP bond trader Sherman McCoy, Jewish assistant district attorney Larry Kramer, and British expatriate journalist Peter Fallow.

The novel was originally conceived as a serial in the style of Charles Dickens' writings: it ran in 27 installments in Rolling Stone starting in 1984. Wolfe heavily revised it before it was published in book form. The novel was a bestseller and a phenomenal success, even in comparison with Wolfe's other books. It has often been called the quintessential novel of the 1980s, and in 1990 was adapted into a critically maligned film of the same name by Brian De Palma.

Title
The title is a reference to the historical Bonfire of the Vanities, which happened in 1497 in Florence, Italy, when the city was under the sway of the Dominican priest Girolamo Savonarola, who ordered the burning of objects that church authorities considered sinful, such as cosmetics, mirrors, books, and art.

Historical background
Wolfe intended his novel to capture the essence of New York City in the 1980s.

Beneath Wall Street's success, the city was a hotbed of racial and cultural tension. The city was polarized by several high-profile incidents of racism, particularly the murders—in white neighborhoods—of two black men: Willie Turks, who was murdered in the Gravesend section of Brooklyn in 1982, and Michael Griffith who was killed in Howard Beach, Queens, in 1986. In another episode that received much attention from the news media, Bernhard Goetz became something of a folk-hero in the city for shooting a group of young black men who tried to rob him in the subway in 1984.

Burton B. Roberts, a Bronx judge known for his no-nonsense, imperious handling of cases in his courtroom, was the model for the character of Myron Kovitsky in the book.

Writing and publication
Wolfe began researching the novel by observing cases at the Manhattan Criminal Court and shadowing members of the Bronx homicide squad. To overcome a case of writer's block, Wolfe wrote to Jann Wenner, editor of Rolling Stone, to propose an idea drawn from Charles Dickens and Thackeray. These Victorian writers, whom Wolfe viewed as his models, had often written their novels in serial installments. Wenner offered Wolfe around $200,000 to serialize his work. The deadline pressure gave him the motivation he had hoped for, and from July 1984 to August 1985 each biweekly issue of Rolling Stone contained a new installment. Wolfe was not happy with his "very public first draft," and thoroughly revised his work. Even Sherman McCoy, the central character of the novel, changed—originally a writer, in the book version he is cast as a bond salesman. (Wolfe came up with the revised occupation after spending a day on the government-bond desk of Salomon Brothers, with many of the traders who later founded the notorious hedge fund Long-Term Capital Management. ) Wolfe researched and revised for two years. The Bonfire of the Vanities appeared in 1987. The book was a commercial and critical success, spending weeks on bestseller lists and earning praise from much of the literary establishment on which Wolfe had long heaped scorn.

Plot summary
Sherman McCoy is a successful New York City bond trader. His $3 million Park Avenue co-op apartment, combined with his wife's extravagances and other expenses required to keep up appearances are depleting his great income, or as McCoy calls it, a "hemorrhaging of money." McCoy's secure life as a self-regarded "Master of The Universe" on Wall Street is gradually destroyed when he and his mistress, Maria Ruskin, accidentally enter the Bronx at night while they are driving back to Manhattan from Kennedy Airport. Finding the ramp back to the highway blocked by trash cans and a tire, McCoy exits the car to clear the way. Approached by two black men whom they perceive as predators, McCoy and Ruskin flee. After Ruskin takes the wheel of the car to race away, it fishtails, apparently striking one of the two would-be assailants—a "skinny boy."

Peter Fallow, a has-been, alcoholic journalist for the tabloid City Light, is given the opportunity of a lifetime when he is persuaded to write a series of articles about Henry Lamb, a black youth who has said he has been the victim of a hit and run by a wealthy white driver. Fallow cynically tolerates the manipulations of Reverend Bacon, a Harlem religious and political leader who sees the hospitalized youth as a projects success story gone wrong. Fallow's articles on the matter ignite protests and media coverage of the Lamb case.

Up for re-election and accused of foot-dragging in the Lamb case, the media-obsessed Bronx County District Attorney Abe Weiss pushes for McCoy's arrest. The evidence includes McCoy's car (which matches the description of the vehicle involved in the alleged hit and run), plus McCoy's evasive response to police questioning. The arrest all but ruins McCoy; distraction at work causes him to flub on finding an investor for a $600 million bond on which he had pegged all his hopes of paying the loan on his home and covering his family costs. While McCoy is reprimanded by his boss for failing to sell the bond, his lawyer, Tommy Killian, calls to tell him of his upcoming arrest, forcing him to admit his legal problems to his boss, who makes him take a leave of absence as a result. McCoy's upper class friends ostracize him, and his wife leaves him and takes their daughter Campbell (McCoy's only source of genuine family love) to live with his parents.

Hoping to impress his boss as well as a former juror, Shelly Thomas, Assistant District Attorney Larry Kramer prosecutes the case, opening with an unsuccessful bid to set McCoy's bail at $250,000. Released on $10,000 bail, McCoy is besieged by demonstrators who are protesting outside his home.

Fallow hears a rumor that Maria Ruskin was at the wheel of McCoy's car when it struck Lamb but has fled the country. Trying to uncover the truth, on the pretense of interviewing the rich and famous, Fallow meets with her husband, Arthur, at an expensive French restaurant. While recounting his life, Arthur has a fatal heart attack, as disturbed patrons and an annoyed maître d'hôtel look on. Maria is forced to return to the United States for his funeral, where McCoy confronts her about being "the only witness." Fallow overhears that she, not McCoy, was driving.

Fallow's write-up of the association between Sherman McCoy and Maria Ruskin prompts Assistant D.A. Kramer to offer her a deal: corroborate the other witness and receive immunity, or be treated as an accomplice. Ruskin recounts this to McCoy while he is wearing a wire. When a private investigator employed by Killian discovers a recording of a conversation that contradicts Ruskin's statement to the grand jury—a recording that was obtained from an illegal voice-activated intercom device installed by the landlord of a rent-controlled apartment as a way to remove tenants—the judge assigned to the case declares her testimony "tainted" and dismisses the case.

Fallow later wins the Pulitzer Prize and marries the daughter of City Light owner Sir Gerald Steiner, while Ruskin has escaped prosecution and remarried. McCoy's first trial ends in a hung jury, split along racial lines. Kramer is removed from the prosecution after it is revealed he was involved with Shelly Thomas in a sexual tryst at the apartment formerly used by Ruskin and McCoy. It is additionally revealed that McCoy has lost a civil trial to the Lamb family and, pending appeal, has a $12 million liability, which has resulted in the freezing of his assets. The all-but-forgotten Henry Lamb succumbs to his injuries from the accident; McCoy, penniless and estranged from his wife and daughter, awaits trial for vehicular manslaughter.

Style and content
Bonfire was Wolfe's first novel. Wolfe's prior works were mostly non-fiction journalistic articles and books. His earlier short stories appeared in his collection Mauve Gloves & Madmen, Clutter & Vine.

According to Wolfe, the characters are composites of many individuals and cultural observations. However, some characters were based on real people. Wolfe has acknowledged the character of Tommy Killian is based on New York lawyer Edward Hayes, to whom the book is dedicated. The character of the Reverend Bacon is considered by many to be based on the Reverends Al Sharpton and/or Jesse Jackson, who have both campaigned under the banner of eliminating racism.

In 2007, on the book's 20th anniversary of publication, The New York Times published a retrospective on how the city had changed since Wolfe's novel.

Reception
The book was a major bestseller, and also received strong reviews. The New York Times praised the book, saying it was "a big, bitter, funny, craftily plotted book that grabs you by the lapels and won't let go", but criticized its sometimes superficial characters, saying when "the book is over, there is an odd aftertaste, not entirely pleasant." However, National Review claimed "No one has portrayed New York Society this accurately & devastatingly since Edith Wharton."

Novelist Louis Auchincloss praised it as "a marvelous book".

Adaptations
In 1990, Bonfire was adapted into a film starring Tom Hanks as Sherman McCoy, Kim Cattrall as his wife Judy, Melanie Griffith as his mistress Maria, and Bruce Willis as journalist (and narrator of the film) Peter Fallow. The screenplay was written by Michael Cristofer. Wolfe was paid $750,000 for the rights. The film was a commercial and critical flop.

An opera adaptation, with music by Stefania de Kenessey and libretto and direction by Michael Bergmann, premiered in New York City on October 9, 2015.

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Should this article be plural or should it be Lapith?
 * Aside from Wikipedia, the Lapiths are a tribe rather than an individual, like the Centaurs. Individual Lapiths have names, like Perithous the Lapith. --Wetman 20:31, 14 Dec 2004 (UTC)

"Lapithes"
I have made the former entry Lapithes a redirect here. The text read: "In Greek mythology, Lapithes was a god, father of Lesbos" If there was an eponymous Lapithes, from whom the Lapiths took their name, he should be discussed here (with a reference to the myth source). The Lapiths are connected with Thessaly rather than the Pelasgian natives of Lesbos. Am I missing a point? Have I created a problem? --Wetman 20:31, 14 Dec 2004 (UTC)

I have also moved here the following text: "According to some, the Lapithae are representatives of the giants of fable, or spirits of the storm according to others. " The Lapiths are not among the Gigantes, nor are they connected with storms in surviving text, mention of cult rites or iconographic representation. Prof. Some and Rev. Others are never good sources for Greek myth. --22:43, 14 Dec 2004 (UTC)"''

Albanian folklore

 * Albanian folklore is irrelevant this is about the antiquity."and survive among Albanian traditions as the "sworn virgins" (virgjinesha,"This should be removed as Scythians are involved as well.Megistias (talk) 20:08, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Albanian medieval and later folklore is truly irrelevant to the antiquity.Also amazons were not virgins and the sworn virgins are thus irrelevant as wellMegistias (talk) 19:56, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

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I have no idea what is the real name of this camp and where it is located. It wasn't mentioned here: List of Martyrology Sites in Poland Cautious 12:34, 2 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Maybe they confused this: 21) Przebrno (Pröbernau) Cautious 12:37, 2 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Correct place: Gerdauen today in Russia - Außenarbeitslager Gerdauen --1rhb (talk) 09:41, 31 January 2016 (UTC)

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TD Garden

TD Garden is a multi-purpose arena in Boston, Massachusetts. It opened in 1995 as a replacement for the original Boston Garden and has been known as FleetCenter, and TD Banknorth Garden. The arena is located directly above the MBTA's North Station. It is the most visited sports and entertainment arena in New England, as nearly 3.5 million people visit the arena each year.

TD Garden is the home arena for the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League (NHL) and the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA). It is owned by food service and hospitality conglomerate Delaware North, whose CEO, Jeremy Jacobs, also owns the Bruins. It is the site of the annual Beanpot college hockey tournament, and hosts the annual Hockey East Championships. The arena has also hosted many major national sporting events including various rounds of the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament, NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, the 2014 United States Figure Skating Championships and the 2016 World Figure Skating Championships. In addition, TD Garden has hosted the 2021 Laver Cup, an international men's tennis tournament.

Besides sporting events, the TD Garden has also served as a concert venue for numerous nationally touring acts in music and comedy.

The naming rights deal for the arena is scheduled to continue through June 2045, with TD Bank and Delaware North extending the agreement in January 2023.

Planning
As early as the late 1970s, the Bruins were looking for a new arena. The Boston Garden was approaching 50 years old at the time. The Jacobs family, who had bought the Bruins in 1975, was looking to build a 17,000-seat arena in suburban Boston after negotiations fell through with the city of Boston. The team nearly moved to Salem, New Hampshire around where the Mall at Rockingham Park is today. That fell through and the Bruins continued to play at Boston Garden. The Celtics, also looking for a new arena, considered moving to Revere.

In 1985, Boston Garden owner Delaware North was awarded the rights to construct a new arena by the Boston Redevelopment Authority and Mayor Raymond Flynn. However, poor economic conditions delayed the project.

On May 8, 1992, Delaware North announced that it had secured funding for a new arena in the form of $120 million worth of loans evenly split between Bank of Boston, Fleet Bank of Massachusetts and Shawmut National Corporation. That December, a bill approving construction of the new arena was killed in the Massachusetts Senate by Senate President William M. Bulger. Legislative leaders and Delaware North attempted to reach an agreement on plans for the new arena, but in February 1993 Bruins owner Jeremy Jacobs announced that he was backing out of the project as a result of the legislature's demand that his company pay $3.5 million in "linkage payments". Massachusetts governor Bill Weld lent strong support to a "Chapter 15" piece of legislation that included a "Section 7" that explicitly required Delaware North to "administer, produce, promote and sponsor no less than three charitable events per year at the New Boston Garden" and pay the proceeds from such events to the Metropolitan District Commission (MDC), today known as the state's Department of Conservation and Recreation. Two weeks later, after a new series of negotiations, the two sides finally came to an agreement, and on February 26 the legislature passed a bill that allowed for construction of a new sports arena.

Construction
Construction began on April 29, 1993. Though the new arena was intended to be situated slightly north of the old facility, there were only nine inches (23 cm) of space between the two buildings when construction was completed. The site for the new arena occupied 3.2 acre and eventually cost $160 million. Construction was completed in 27 months, including seven weeks of delay caused by heavy snowfall.

Opening
On the evening of September 29, 1995, a farewell event was held in the old Boston Garden hosted by WBZ-TV news personality Liz Walker and CBS national news anchor Dan Rather. Attendees included Bruins legends such as Bobby Orr and Phil Esposito as well as Celtics greats Larry Bird and Red Auerbach. The ceremony concluded with the release of thousands of balloons into the rafters to the music of the Boston Pops. The Boston Globe stated that "all New England has lost a friend."

The following night, opening ceremonies were held at the FleetCenter, including performances by the Boston Pops, Walt Disney's World on Ice, Olympic figure skaters Nancy Kerrigan and Paul Wylie, and musical acts James Taylor, Patti LaBelle and US3.

The Boston Bruins played their first game in the new arena on October 7, a 4–4 tie with the New York Islanders. The Boston Celtics lost their first game at the FleetCenter by a score of 101–100 to the Milwaukee Bucks on November 3.

Naming
TD Garden is named after its sponsor, TD Bank, a subsidiary of the Canada's Toronto-Dominion Bank. During the construction phase, the naming rights to the "New Garden" were sold to Boston-based Shawmut Bank, and the arena was originally slated to open as the Shawmut Center. However, just as the arena was being completed, Shawmut merged with Fleet Financial Group, forcing every seat in the arena, which had all been stamped with the Shawmut logo, to be replaced. The interior color scheme also had to be adjusted from Shawmut's darker blue to Fleet's marginally lighter blue.

The name of the arena was expected to change as a result of the April 1, 2004 merger of FleetBoston Financial with Bank of America. On January 5, 2005, Delaware North announced an agreement under which the bank made a payment to be released from the remaining six years on the naming rights agreement. The agreement left Delaware North free to sell the naming rights to another sponsor. On March 3, 2005, Maine-based TD Banknorth, a U.S. subsidiary of Toronto-Dominion Bank, announced its purchase of the naming rights for $6 million per year. The first major event to be held after the announcement was the 2005 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament. On July 1, 2005, the facility was officially renamed the TD Banknorth Garden. Bill Ryan, the chairman and CEO of TD Banknorth and a passionate booster of Boston sports, had specifically pursued the naming rights for TD Banknorth to restore the "Garden" monicker to the North Station edifice.

In early 2005, while still searching for a long-term corporate sponsor, the FleetCenter conducted auctions on eBay to sell one-day naming rights. From February 10 to March 13, the FleetCenter sold the naming rights 30 different times. The net proceeds of $150,633.22 generated during the auction were donated to charities in the greater Boston area. The FleetCenter also made private arrangements with a few companies for one-day naming rights, and offered one-day rights in an employee raffle. During the name auction, only twice were names reported to have been rejected. Kerry Konrad, a New York City lawyer and Yankees fan, won naming rights for March 1 with a bid of $2,300. He proposed the name "Derek Jeter Center" after the New York Yankees shortstop, a stab at fellow Harvard College alumnus and Boston Red Sox fan Jerry Rappaport Jr., with whom he had a 25-year-old rivalry. With the arena located in the home city of the Red Sox, the name did not sit well with the executives and was rejected. An agreement was reached in which Rappaport added $6,300 for a total bid of $8,600, representing the 86 years of the Curse of the Bambino, and named the arena "New Boston Garden, Home of the Jimmy Fund Champions". Fark.com founder Drew Curtis held a contest on his website to name the arena after he bought single-day rights. A user vote resulted in the name of "Fark.com UFIA Center", but the name was rejected because of its inappropriate meaning. The name eventually selected by Curtis and company was "Boston Garden".
 * Including its present name, the TD Garden has had 33 different names.
 * Celtics players dubbed it "The Jungle" during the team's 2002 playoff run.

In April 2008, TD Banknorth became TD Bank, after a merger with Commerce Bancorp, a New Jersey–based bank. Owner Delaware North Companies announced on April 15, 2009, that the building would be renamed TD Garden in July 2009.

Delaware North and TD Bank announced the extension of the naming rights deal on January 12, 2023, with the rights now extending until June 30, 2045, which would keep the arena's name stable for forty years. The same agreement also saw TD Bank extend their helmet advertising rights for the Bruins acquired at the start of the 2020–21 NHL season, until the end of the 2044–45 NHL season.

Renovations
Before the 2006–07 season, the TD Garden underwent a major overhaul, installing a new HD entertainment board, with video panels replacing the sideboard scrolling panels when the arena hosted the 2006 Women's Final Four, and see-through shot clocks on the basket stancions, joining the FedExForum, Wells Fargo Center, State Farm Arena, Talking Stick Resort Arena, United Center, Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, and the Spectrum (this was done before the NBA mandate was installed in 2011). In addition, a vintage siren, just as the original Boston Garden had used, was added to replace the end-of-period horn for hockey only, a feature of the Montreal Canadiens, the Bruins' arch-rivals, at the Montreal Forum (now the Pepsi Forum shopping centre) and the Centre Bell. In 2009, an LED energy efficient lighting system was added to the exterior of the building. The Boston Globe announced a $70 million project upgrade to TD Garden's concourses and Legends Club restaurant, along with technology upgrades and the relocation of a retail shop. Construction occurred in two phases, summer 2014 and then summer 2015.

On January 25, 2013, during a Celtics vs. Knicks game at the Garden, television announcer Marv Albert accused the TD Garden production crew for being one of those arenas that "constantly" use false sound effects and artificial crowd noise to intensify the crowd reactions on nationally televised games (which is very similar to "sweetening" on television); however, the official Twitter account of the Boston Celtics stated that the Celtics have never partaken in the practice. Following their 2011 Stanley Cup Finals win, the Bruins changed their previous Stanley Cup banners to reflect the changes in the team's main jersey logo through time during their past five Cup wins, as the logo adorns the 2011 Cup win's banner. Just before the 2018–19 series of pre-season NHL games began for the Bruins at TD Garden, the arena's interior overhead lighting was switched to a new LED system which also includes color elements at appropriate times.

Before the 2021–22 NHL season, TD Garden underwent more renovations, adding a new center scoreboard/video screen, along with a new audio system. The new "Hub Vision" system is above 4K UHD resolution, and the main replay screen sizes are almost double of the old ones, at 18 feet by 32.5 feet wide. The unit also features auxiliary screens beneath to allow court/rinkside viewers to look at the board, which measure at 6.5 feet tall by 23 feet wide to cater to those sitting in the first few rows. Above the main boards, are 2 new ring displays. Each ring is 3.5 feet tall, and has a circumference of 179 feet. Hub Vision only has 2 rings above the main screens, unlike the old jumbotron with 2 at the top, and one at the bottom. TD Garden partnered with Clair Global Integration to add Cohesion Series CO10 loudspeakers to help improve the sound system.

This renovation was an extension of TD Garden's Legendary Transformation, which was a $100 million investment from the Jeremy Jacobs family.

Use
Among the non-sporting events hosted by the Garden are concerts, shows, graduations, seminars, Disney on Ice, the circus, and commencement exercises for Northeastern University.

Sports
The arena is primarily the home venue for the NBA's Boston Celtics and the NHL's Boston Bruins. It has hosted the following events:

 * NHL All-Star Game:
 * 1996: The Eastern Conference All-Stars defeated the Western Conference All-Stars 5–4. Bruins defenseman Ray Bourque won the game's most valuable player honors.
 * NBA Finals:
 * 2008: On June 17, 2008, the Celtics defeated the Los Angeles Lakers 131–92 in game 6 at home to clinch the franchise's 17th NBA championship. It was their first championship since 1986.
 * 2010: The Celtics hosted games 3, 4 and 5 versus the Los Angeles Lakers. They eventually lost the series in seven games.
 * 2022: The Celtics hosted games 3, 4 and 6 versus the Golden State Warriors. The Warriors clinched the NBA championship in game 6, becoming the second visiting team to win the NBA championship in Boston after the Los Angeles Lakers accomplished this feat in 1985.
 * 2024: On June 17, 2024, the Celtics defeated the Dallas Mavericks 106–88 in game 5 at home to clinch the franchise's 18th championship.
 * Stanley Cup Finals:
 * 2011: The Bruins hosted games 3, 4 and 6 versus the Vancouver Canucks. They eventually won the series in seven games.
 * 2013: The Bruins hosted games 3, 4 and 6 versus the Chicago Blackhawks. The Blackhawks clinched the Stanley Cup in game 6, winning their second Cup in four seasons.
 * 2019: The Bruins hosted games 1, 2, 5 and 7 versus the St. Louis Blues. The Blues clinched the franchise's first Stanley Cup in Game 7.

While dominant in their previous arena, Boston Garden, the Celtics and Bruins were initially much less successful in their new home as both teams missed the playoffs numerous times and failed to make their league's finals until 2008. Since then, the Celtics made four NBA Finals appearances and won two championships, while the Bruins made three Stanley Cup Finals appearances and won one championship.

Eddie Palladino is the public address announcer for Celtics games, while Steve Forni is the public address announcer for Bruins games. Jim Martin is the former PA announcer for the Bruins as he formerly served for them between 1992 and 2020. Ron Poster is the arena organist.

As the former Boston Garden had from 1954 through 1995 - and the still-standing Matthews Arena had for its start in 1952 - the TD Garden is the home of the annual Beanpot college hockey tournament between the Boston University Terriers, Boston College Eagles, Harvard University Crimson and Northeastern University Huskies. The facility has hosted the 2001 U.S. Figure Skating Championships, the 1996 and 2000 US Gymnastics Trials, and the 1998, 2004, 2015 and 2022 NCAA Men's Frozen Four.

High school championships and tournaments for the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association are annually hosted at the TD Garden. Events include ice hockey and basketball championships. The Super 8 is one of the popular events that fans and students attend.

The TD Garden, along with the Bell Centre in Montreal, will be a host venue for the NHL 4 Nations Face-Off, an international ice hockey tournament featuring national teams representing the United States, Canada, Sweden and Finland, which will be held from February 12 to 20, 2025.

TD Garden is one of two NBA arenas (along with Kia Center, home of the Orlando Magic) with parquet floors. The Celtics are best known for the tradition of the parquet floor from their Boston Garden years, originally built after World War II because of cost and the scarcity of lumber in that time. The original floor, first used in Boston Arena and later the Boston Garden, was brought over to the then-FleetCenter and remained there for four seasons. A newly-refurbished parquet floor, featuring a combination of old and new sections, was then unveiled during the 1999–2000 season, before it was replaced with a new floor prior to the 2015–16 season. Since the 2007–08 season, a signature of long-time Celtics coach Red Auerbach was added to the floor, and prior to the 2022–23 season, Bill Russell's jersey #6 was also added. The Celtics are also the only NBA team to use an oak floor, whereas the other 29 teams use maple floors. In 2023, the Celtics used an alternate court design specific for the NBA in-season tournament, which is a traditional maple floor painted mostly dark green except for the middle strip which is painted light brown. The free-throw lanes and center circle incorporated the NBA Cup trophy for the tournament.

A traditional floor was used in the 2006 NCAA Women's Final Four, the 2009 NCAA Men's East Regional and the 2018 NCAA Men's East Regional (NCAA rules require a special NCAA-specification floor be used for all tournament games). While not yet confirmed, it is likely that the 2024 NCAA Men's East Regional will also use a traditional floor. When the 2012 NCAA Men's East Regional was held at TD Garden, a maple parquet floor was used with the same NCAA-specific design.

From March 28 to April 3, 2016, TD Garden hosted the 2016 World Figure Skating Championships.

In 2021, TD Garden hosted the 2021 Laver Cup in September. The Laver Cup is a men's tennis tournament between teams from Europe and the rest of the world. It was held from 24 until 26 September with Team Europe winning the tournament for the fourth consecutive year.

In June 2024, the Celtics won their NBA-record 18th championship at TD Garden, beating the Dallas Mavericks and celebrating on the home floor.

Boxing
Ricky Hatton began his "American dream" here on May 13, 2006, stepping up to welterweight to fight WBA world champion Luis Collazo.

Gymnastics
On November 13, 2016, the arena hosted the Kellogg's Tour of Gymnastics Champions.

Mixed martial arts
In August 2010, the TD Garden hosted UFC 118: Edgar vs. Penn 2, which was the first time that the UFC held an event in Boston. UFC president Dana White confirmed that the UFC would return to The Garden on August 17, 2013. The TD Garden hosted UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs. Sonnen, the launch of the new Fox Sports 1 cable channel, on August 17, 2013. This was the second UFC event to take place at the TD Garden. The UFC returned on January 18, 2015, for UFC Fight Night: McGregor vs. Siver, and again on January 17, 2016, for UFC Fight Night: Dillashaw vs. Cruz. On January 20, 2018, the TD Garden hosted UFC 220: Miocic vs. Ngannou. On October 18, 2019, the arena hosted UFC on ESPN: Reyes vs. Weidman. On August 19, 2023, the TD Garden hosted UFC 292: Sterling vs. O'Malley.

In film
The TD Garden has been seen/mentioned in movies such as The Town (2010), Knight and Day (2010), Zookeeper (2011), What's Your Number? (2011) and Ted (2012). Parts of the concert footage from the documentary film Celine: Through the Eyes of the World were filmed at TD Garden during Canadian singer Celine Dion’s 2008 shows of her Taking Chances World Tour.

Other events

Comedians such as Bill Burr, Denis Leary, Chris Rock and Louis C.K., among many others, have all performed at the TD Garden during their nationwide tours. Dane Cook did two sellout shows.

WWE professional wrestling events are held in the Garden, which frequently hosts its Raw and SmackDown shows. In addition, the arena has hosted several pay-per-views including WrestleMania XIV, Royal Rumble in 2003 and 2011, SummerSlam in 2006, Survivor Series in 2008, 2013 and 2022's Survivor Series: WarGames (Which introduced the WarGames match to WWE's main roster), Money in the Bank in 2014, TLC in 2015, Hell in a Cell in 2016, and Clash of Champions in 2017. In addition, rival promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW) held their Blood & Guts and Royal Rampage special episodes of Dynamite and Rampage respectively at the Garden in 2023, as well as Big Business, another special episode of Dynamite, in 2024.

From July 26 to 29, 2004, the TD Garden (then the FleetCenter) was the host of the 2004 Democratic National Convention, in which Massachusetts Senator John Kerry was nominated as the Democratic candidate for the 2004 presidential election. The convention was also famous for then Senator and future President Barack Obama's keynote speech which began the speculation of his running for president in the 2008 presidential election.

The Hub on Causeway
In May 2013, Delaware North Companies and Boston Properties proposed plans to construct a multi-purpose 3 tower structure on the former site of the original Boston Garden. The complex would encompass 1.87 e6sqft, of which 300000 sqft will be allotted for retail space and 600000 sqft for commercial offices. It will also include 500 residential units, a 200-room hotel (CitizenM Boston North Station), and an 800-space underground parking garage. Construction began in late 2015. The project is being completed in three stages. The first stage is the podium that includes shopping, entertainment, dining, new access to the MBTA North Station Green Line and Orange Line, and a new entrance to the TD Garden and North Station. It also includes an expansion to the existing North Station Garage that sits underneath North Station and the TD Garden. The second phase includes two buildings built on top of the west side of the podium. One building will be apartments, the other a hotel. The third phase is an office building that will sit on top of the east side of the podium.

Community fundraising controversy
In the spring of 2017, a group of local teenagers from the Hyde Square Task Force group investigated the terms of TD Garden's original development agreement, and concluded that its owners had never satisfied a legal requirement to host three fundraisers a year to benefit the agency that oversees Boston's recreational facilities. By mid-August 2017, the Massachusetts governor at the time of the TD Garden's original construction, Bill Weld, reminded Jeremy Jacobs about the deal he had made with the state's government in 1993 concerning the agreement. As a result, in August 2017, the TD Garden agreed to pay the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation nearly $2 million.

Statue
In May 2010, a bronze statue of Bruins defenseman Bobby Orr, in a flying pose celebrating "The Goal", was unveiled outside the stadium.

Museum
Located in TD Garden is The Sports Museum (also known as "The Sports Museum of New England"). The museum's exhibits focus on the history of various sports in the Boston area, including the Boston Bruins, the Boston Celtics, the New England Patriots, the Boston Red Sox and many more.

Facilities
Just as the Boston Garden was, the TD Garden is built on top of Boston's North Station, a major transportation hub. The Commuter Rail waiting area becomes crowded during events due to this design: the fans shared a relatively small area with commuters and several fast food concessions. (There is a concourse on the second floor which is about the same size as the former main ground floor concourse, but this is utilized only as an entryway for the arena.) Work finished on the expanded North Station concourse in early 2007. A new, larger, railway concourse gives railway passengers a waiting area which does not interfere with patrons entering or leaving the Garden.

Connections to the Orange Line and Green Line are near the eastern entrance to the Garden. On January 6, 2019, the North Station pedestrian tunnel was completed which connects North Station to the MBTA, Green and Orange Line Stations. The entrance is located by the North Station East entrance. The Green Line ran on the Causeway Street Elevated in front of the building until a tunnel under it was opened in June 2004. The then-disused Elevated was used as a platform for security forces during the 2004 Democratic National Convention, then demolished slightly afterwards.

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