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Talk:Chequers

Lady Mary
One question:

 * For two years the unfortunate Lady Mary languished at Chequers, although probably, not in too much discomfort. The cell where she slept from 1556 to 1567 is still kept as it was...

The dates in this passage don't seem to match -- how long was she there? Catherine | talk 00:09, 26 May 2004 (UTC)

 * Initially it said 1667 which would be 111 years! I don't know, ask Ragussa, whose addition it was. -- Graham  :) | Talk 09:52, 26 May 2004 (UTC)

Photo
The photo currently illustrating the article Image:Chequers.jpg was apparently yoinked from a BBC webpage, and has been listed on Possibly unfree images. If someone can find a replacement image it would be appreciated-- preferably public domain or GFDL. -- Infrogmation 12:25, 19 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Family propaganda?
Who on Earth inserted the following?

''Arthur and Ruth Lee, by this time Lord and Lady Lee of Farnham, left Chequers on 8th January 1921. They departed with bitter hearts after a dinner at the house, Lady Lee in tears, as a political disagreement with Lloyd George just before the hand-over had rather soured relations between them and the first recipient.''

The Lees had truly loved Chequers, and their munificence has doubtless been appreciated by many Prime Ministers and their families ever since.

The tone is grossly innappropriate due to its over-familiar and rather fawning style. It almost sounds like it was written by a family member as an act of vanity. I'm editing most of this out and replacing it with hard facts. Polocrunch 21:42, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
 * I think you will find it was Norma Major in her book of Chequers. I wonder who on earth wrote: "I don't like research very much, but sometimes on rainy days I might do a little.", sounds like you need a monsoon. Giano | talk 21:58, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

"Souring" of the hand-over
Towards the end of the article appears the line:

"A recent political disagreement between the Lees and Prime Minister Lloyd George soured the hand-over."

Considering Lloyd George ceased to be Prime minster in 1922 and indeed died in 1945, I think referring to this uncited event as "A recent political disagreement" is a bit odd. Also, no details are given about this "souring" of the hand-over and as mentioned, no citation is provided. I think either further details need to be provided or the line should be removed. Canderra 15:13, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

Origin of the name
I would suggest that the name could also have originated from the presence of Chequers Trees in the grounds / surroundings, which historically were much more common than now. A simpler explanation than the one given in the article. The tree also gave the name 'Chequers' to many country pubs - see  80.42.80.76 15:23, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

 * The origin given is the one given in the official history of the Manor by Norma Major. -- Roleplayer 22:14, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

Front view photo
Are we in the clear using this under fair use? After all, we do have a free photo, and I would have thought that makes our position weaker than if there were no free images of Chequers available. I'm not altogether sure that the fact that the front-view photo simply displays an aspect of the house we can't otherwise obtain is good enough. Loganberry (Talk) 02:19, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

Template
The template used here is Infobox:military installation. That seems a rather odd template to use, although I appreciate it is staffed by military personnel. It seems particularly weird to describe the PM and their spouse as the "Garrison". Would there be any objection to my converting it to "historic site" or "historic house"? KJP1 (talk) 14:51, 28 January 2017 (UTC)
 * If I had spotted this I would have removed it myself. This is yet another example of ridiculous info-boxes taking over the project and misinforming. It is not a military installation and it is not owned by the Nation and administerd by a Trust, not HM Government which is quite a different. I have removed the offending disonfo-box and restated the orginal lead image. All relevant information is in the text of the lead. Giano    (talk) 15:44, 28 January 2017 (UTC)
 * I suspect we, and others, will have differing views on whether or not it should have an infobox at all - but given the pointless arguments, and consequential losses, the project has endured over this issue, I'll wait to see what others think. Certainly, the military installation box it had was inappropriate.  That said, I'm delighted to encounter you again and hope that you are well.  The Chequers article is certainly weak, considering the building's historic importance, if not its architectural merit.  I may see what can be added.  KJP1 (talk) 16:20, 28 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Nice to see you again too. Oh I fully expect it will have to have an info-box, some people seem to love them. I worked on it years and years ago under a different user name. I don't currently have the enthusiasm to work on it again, but I do have the coffee table book by Norma Major, is anyone wants any references checking. Giano    (talk) 16:37, 28 January 2017 (UTC)
 * That's very kind. Fortunately, I have the Major book, and also Alan Clark's editing of Arthur Lee's papers which has quite a bit on the house.  Pevsner has less than one might imagine.  It could be worked up although, as you say, enthusiasm is key!  All the best.  KJP1 (talk) 16:54, 28 January 2017 (UTC)

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Discussion as to whether the movie Ali G Indahouse warrants inclusion in this article
Other landmarks have a section " In popular culture ". This one doesn't, obviously because of the lack of films representing this place. That is understandable, but I've tried to add some content regarding a movie which was set at Chequers and I see no reason for this content to be deleted.

Now, some user (KJP1) has made threats. Wikipedia takes threats seriously, so please watch your step. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 175.103.25.136 (talk) 12:25, 9 April 2017 (UTC)

 * The above user has repeatedly sought to mention the movie Ali G Indahouse in the See Also section. He initially did so without references believing that the movie was filmed at Chequers. When it was pointed out that the movie was not filmed at Chequers, he inserted two references, neither of which supported his claim. When this was pointed out, he again inserted a mention of the movie, on the basis that it purports to be set at Chequers. Every attempt to remove the mention is reverted. His logic would see the movie Downing Street Down included in the entry on 10 Downing Street. If the movie had been filmed at Chequers, you might just argue for a mention in a "Popular Culture" section, although, as three random examples, neither 10 Downing Street, nor the White House, nor the Élysée Palace have such sections. But as the movie wasn't filmed at Chequers, it really is irrelevant to an article on Chequers.

 * I also note that the editor has a history of Edit warring and has been banned for this in the fairly recent past. KJP1 (talk) 12:39, 9 April 2017 (UTC)
 * I agree this is too much of a stretch for relevancy. This article doesn't have a 'popular culture' section because nothing has been filmed here and the film set here does not revolve around the building. Celia Homeford (talk) 08:48, 10 April 2017 (UTC)

 * Uh okay. But nothing is stopping you from adding that entry to 10 Downing Street. Please feel free to do so, I do not have any objections. In the meantime, the Mentmore Towers article has a mention of Ali G. And the Eiffel Tower article does have a mention of the Eiffel tower being destroyed. Ditto for many other landmarks/buildings out there ( Empire State Building, Christ Church in Oxford, Heygate Estate, Burj Khalifa, Marina Bay Sands to name a few ). Therefore, the content is relevant and it stays.  175.103.25.136 (talk) 08:53, 12 April 2017 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 175.103.25.136 (talk) 08:50, 12 April 2017 (UTC)
 * You really seem to have a problem with the concept of consensus, as your Talkpage history shows. There are currently 3 editors saying it is not relevant, and one (you) saying it is. The conclusion you draw from this is: "the content is relevant and it stays." That's not a consensus. You need to convince others and you've not done that. Also, you really need to improve your accuracy on here - the Eiffel Tower page does not have a mention of its being destroyed. KJP1 (talk) 09:38, 12 April 2017 (UTC)

 * KJP1, um, no, there are probably others who think it is relevant, but have not commented. As for the Eiffel tower, if you go to the page, there is a section which talks about it and directs the reader to another page.. It is here for you to read, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eiffel_Tower#In_popular_culture.  See? Perhaps you need to get your facts right. Thank you.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 175.103.25.136 (talk) 12:45, 12 April 2017 (UTC)

 * As I said, correctly, the Eiffel Tower page doesn't mention it. You've linked to the Eiffel Tower in popular culture page. If you stopped to think occasionally, you might get a few more things right. As to your supporters who haven't commented, I think we'll wait until they do. KJP1 (talk) 17:17, 12 April 2017 (UTC)

 * But the jist of what I am saying, is still right. The Eiffel Tower in popular culture page was probably too big and thats why an editor(s) decided to create a new page, possibly? And you conveniently ignored the other articles I listed. Maybe if you followed your advice too ( you know, stopping to think ) that would be awesome.

 * No, you were wrong. And your other examples were irrelevant. As to which of us needs to think a little more before editing, have a look at your Talkpage. You've got 11 edit warnings and a block. Then have a look at my Talkpage. See the difference?  KJP1 (talk) 12:56, 13 April 2017 (UTC)

 * Pffft. Typical show off. Incase you didn't know, even experienced folks can get it wrong, someone of your calibre would already know that. And no, my examples were relevant. Please, I've seen people who are just as good as you ( if not better ) but they don't show off. 175.103.25.136 (talk) 13:00, 13 April 2017 (UTC)
 * I'm actually trying to help you to see why you generate so much conflict on here. And, maybe, become a better editor than you currently are. KJP1 (talk) 14:13, 13 April 2017 (UTC)

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new section or new article, 2018 brexit "Chequers Agreement"
The Prime Minister of the UK in 2018 adopted an agreement referred to in the House of Commons as "the Chequers Agreement", as a blueprint for EU withdrawal compatible with Article 50 of the EU "constitution" (it is already mentioned in the Second May ministry). Proposals for a section in the Chequers article should be fine, at least until a seperate article could be created/composed. CHeers126.209.12.173 (talk) 15:42, 9 July 2018 (UTC)

Referring to some posts of 8 July 2018 and 9 July 2018
The following was added, yet later deleted by others, as not substantiated by documentation. The fact of the matter is that it was said on one of the television channels, possibly in election coverage on the day in 1970 when Mr Heath became Prime Minister. The matter is recorded in this talk page so that the matter is recorded and maybe one day properly sourced evidence can be found.

Mr Heath, when he took office, generously allowed Mr Wilson and his family to stay at Chequers as his guests for a while

An interesting consequence of the fact that Chequers is a country retreat for the serving Prime Minister, coupled with the fact that the change of British Prime Minister is often very promptly on the day after the General Election, is that in 1970 when Mr Heath became Prime Minister the day after the General Election and the former Prime Minister Mr Wilson was thus no longer Prime Minister was that one of the first documents that Mr Heath signed after becoming Prime Minister and entering Number 10 Downing Street was a document giving permission for Mr Wilson and his family to live at Chequers for a time as his guests. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A00:23C0:B987:6300:9588:317E:A522:A4EE (talk) 19:22, 25 September 2018 (UTC)
 * While true and, more importantly, verifiable, this is a very minor footnote in the history of Chequers. KJP1 (talk) 21:55, 25 September 2018 (UTC)

 * Well, it is a footnote, yet I consider it worth recording as such footnotes are often of historical interest and if not noted then can get lost forever. I just find it an interesting piece of history, something worth knowing. Maybe minor if you wish. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A00:23C7:3195:AC00:8946:4E84:2D85:EC8A (talk) 12:16, 5 November 2021 (UTC)

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St. John's East (federal electoral district)

St. John's East (St. John's-Est; formerly known as St. John's North) is a federal electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1949.

It covers a part of St. John's. For a brief period in 2003 and 2004, it was known as "St. John's North".

In the 2019 federal election, former NDP MP Jack Harris defeated incumbent MP Nick Whalen in a rematch of the 2015 election. Harris retired in 2021, and Liberal Joanne Thompson won the seat.

Demographics
Ethnic groups: 97.2% White

Languages: 97.7% English, 1.9% Other

Religions: 47.1% Catholic, 46.0% Protestant, 4.9% No affiliation

Average income: $28 969

Geography
The district includes the extreme northeastern part of the Avalon Peninsula including the northern half of the City of St. John's, and the eastern half of the Town of Conception Bay South. It also includes Bell Island, Little Bell Island and Kelly's Island.

The neighbouring ridings are Avalon and St. John's South—Mount Pearl.

According to Elections Canada, the geographic boundaries for this riding as of the 39th General Election are:

 * "All that area consisting of:

 * (a) the towns of Bauline, Flatrock, Logy Bay-Middle Cove-Outer Cove, Portugal Cove-St. Philip's, Pouch Cove, Torbay and Wabana;

 * (b) that part of the Town of Paradise lying northeasterly and northerly of a line described as follows: commencing at the intersection of the easterly limit of the Town of Paradise with Topsail Road; thence generally westerly along said road to Paradise Road; thence generally northwesterly along said road to Camrose Drive; thence northerly along said drive to the northerly limit of said town; and

 * (c) that part of the City of St. John's lying northwesterly of a line described as follows: commencing at the intersection of the westerly limit of the City of St. John's with Kenmount Road coincident with the northerly limit of the City of Mount Pearl; thence northeasterly and easterly along said road and Freshwater Road to Lemarchant Road; thence southerly along said road to Barter's Hill; thence generally southeasterly along Barter's Hill to Waldegrave Street; thence easterly and northeasterly along said street to Water Street; thence northerly and northeasterly along said street to Temperance Street; thence northwesterly along said street to Duckworth Street; thence northeasterly along said street to Signal Hill Road; thence northeasterly along said road to Cabot Avenue; thence northeasterly in a straight line to a point on Signal Hill at approximate latitude 47°34'31"N and longitude 52°41'21"W (on the northern boundary of the Johnson Geo Centre lot); thence due east in a straight line to the Atlantic Ocean."

See the map of the St. John's East riding.

History
The riding was created when Newfoundland joined Confederation in 1949 and has historically been a conservative stronghold. St. John's East was won by Liberal Bonnie Hickey in 1993 election, who was defeated by Progressive Conservative Norman Doyle in the 1997 election. Doyle held the riding for the PCs and then the Conservatives, but stood down in 2008 and was replaced in a landslide by New Democrat, Jack Harris. Harris held the riding until his defeat in the 2015 election by Nick Whalen. That result was considered one of the biggest surprises of the 2015 election.

Following the 2012 electoral redistribution, 21% of the riding was moved into Avalon, and it gained 5% from St. John's South—Mount Pearl.

Following the 2022 electoral redistribution, it will lose all of its territory in Paradise to Cape Spear, and it will gain the rest of St. John's Harbour, the Wishingwell Park area and the Ayre Athletic Field area from St. John's South—Mount Pearl.

Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

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Greenway Estate

Greenway, also known as Greenway House, is an estate on the River Dart near Galmpton in Devon, England. Once the home of the author Agatha Christie, it is now owned by the National Trust.

The estate is served by a steam railway service with trains from Paignton and Kingswear stopping at Greenway Halt station.

Location and early development: up to 1938
Greenway is located on the eastern bank of the tidal River Dart, facing the village of Dittisham on the opposite bank. The estate is two miles from Galmpton, the nearest village, and is in the South Hams district of the English county of Devon. Greenway is three miles north of Dartmouth. An early history book of Devon described Greenway as "very pleasantly and commodiously situated, with delightsome prospect to behold the barks and boats".

Greenway was first mentioned in 1493 as "Greynway", the crossing point of the Dart to Dittisham. In the late 16th century a Tudor mansion called Greenway Court was built by Otto and Katherine Gilbert, members of a Devon seafaring family. One of the family's ships was named The Hope of Greenway and, according to Sara Burdett's history of the estate, it is probable that they kept their ships moored in the river. The couple had three sons, all born at Greenway. In 1583 one son, Sir Humphrey, took possession of Newfoundland for Elizabeth I, while his brother, Sir John, lived at Greenway. Humphrey and John's half-brother, Sir Walter Raleigh, also lived at the house. In 1588 John was given the responsibility of 160 prisoners of war captured during the Spanish Armada; he put them to work on the estate, levelling the grounds.

Little is known about the original Tudor building, although given the status of the family, Burdett considers it was "probably designed on a grand scale". An archaeological examination of the current house's hallway shows evidence of a Tudor courtyard underneath. Remnants of the Tudor slipway from the boathouse, can be seen at low tide.

In around 1700 the Gilberts made nearby Compton Castle their family seat and sold Greenway to Thomas Martyn, a resident of Totnes, also in Devon. Over the next 90 years the house passed down through the Roopes—the family of Martyn's wife—until it was bequeathed to a distant relation of the family, Roope Harris, on the proviso that he changed his surname to Roope. Roope Harris Roope, as he became, built what is now the existing house in Georgian style. Roope sold Greenway in 1791 to one Edward Elton for over £9,000. Roope went bankrupt in 1800; Burdett opines that this could have been because of the amount of money spent on rebuilding Greenway.

The Elton family developed the garden, with some remodelling by the landscape gardener Humphry Repton. At some point in the late 18th century the Tudor house was entirely demolished. Burdett considers it was possibly Roope, while Historic England think it was more likely to have been Edward Elton. Elton's son, James, took possession of the house upon the death of his father in 1811, and expanded the property, adding two wings to the house, for a dining room and drawing room. He also paid for a new road from Galmpton to Greenway ferry, which changed the access to the estate. When he sold the estate in 1832, it was much changed. A large kitchen garden, swimming pool, boat house and redesigned gardens. The estate was purchased, although only briefly, by a Sir Thomas Dinsdale, but was soon sold for £18,000 to Colonel Edward Carlyon, whose family owned Tregrehan House, in Cornwall. The Carlyons did not make any significant alterations to the interior of the house; but, according to Burdett, they are likely the owners who introduced a rockery to the slope on the east of the house.

Carlyon inherited Tregrehan House in 1842, and moved there the following year. Greenway was let out to a series of tenants until it was sold twice in quick succession, the last time to Richard Harvey—a Cornish copper and tin magnate—and his wife Susannah. The Harveys developed the estate extensively, restoring the stables and lodge house, installing two new greenhouses and redecorating the interior. They restored much of Galmpton, including building the village school and the Manor Inn; Harvey also acquired the Lordship of the manor of Galmpton. Harvey died in 1870, his wife in 1882; they had no children to pass the estate on to, and it was sold for £44,000 to Thomas Bedford Bolitho. Bolitho, the industrialist MP for St Ives, added what Burdett describes as "a Cornish influence" on the gardens, introducing plants such as camellias, magnolias, rhododendrons and laurels. He built a new east wing to the house in 1892, which included a billiard room, study and bedrooms; this was demolished in 1938. Bolitho died in 1919 and the house passed to his daughter Mary, and her husband, Charles Williams, whose family owned Caerhays Castle near St Michael Caerhays, Cornwall. Between them the couple added several new varieties of plants from nurseries in Cornwall. In 1937 they returned to Cornwall and sold the estate to Alfred Goodson. He split up the estate and sold it off the following year. The house, with 36 acre of land, was available for sale for £6,000.

Agatha Christie and later: 1938 onwards
In 1938, the writer Agatha Christie and her husband, the archaeologist Max Mallowan, were becoming disenchanted with their home in nearby Torquay. The town had changed in the previous years, and the once uninterrupted view of the sea from the house became obstructed with new buildings. Looking around south Devon, Christie saw Greenway was available. She had seen the property during her youth and always thought it "the most perfect of the various properties on the Dart". In her later autobiography she wrote:

"One day we saw that a house was up for sale that I had known when I was young ... So we went over to Greenway, and very beautiful the house and grounds were. A white Georgian house of about 1780 or 90, with woods sweeping down to the Dart below, and a lot of fine shrubs and trees – the ideal house, a dream house."

The house was occupied by Christie and Mallowan until their deaths in 1976 and 1978 respectively, and featured, under various guises, in several of Christie's novels. Christie's daughter Rosalind Hicks and her husband Anthony lived in the house from 1968 until Rosalind's death in 2004.

The Greenway Estate was acquired by the National Trust in 2000. On 21 May 1985 Greenway House was made a Grade II* listed building by English Heritage (now Historic England) under list number 1108548. The Pevsner for Devon describes it as "tall, late-Georgian, stuccoed". The gardens and parkland are Grade II listed in the National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens. The house and gardens are open to the public, as is the Barn Gallery. The large riverside gardens contain plants from the southern hemisphere, whilst the Barn Gallery shows work by contemporary local artists.

Inspiration for Agatha Christie's works
Agatha Christie frequently used places familiar to her as settings for her plots. Greenway Estate and its surroundings in their entirety or in parts are described in the following novels:

The character Sir Carmichael Clarke, a wealthy man from Churston, is one of three victims to have a copy of the A.B.C. Railway Guide left by his body. Churston is two miles from Greenway Estate and the station before Greenway Halt on the steam railway line. Within the plot, the 'C' of 'A.B.C.' refers to Churston as well as the character's name.
 * The A.B.C. Murders (1936)

The main house, the footpath leading from the main house to the battery overlooking the river Dart and the battery itself (where the murder occurs) are described in detail since the movements of the novel's protagonist at these locations are integral to the plot and the denouement of the murderer.
 * Five Little Pigs (1942)

The location of the estate opposite the village of Dittisham, divided from each other by the River Dart, plays an important part for the alibi and a nightly swim of one of the suspects.
 * Towards Zero (1944)

The boat house of Greenway Estate is described as the spot where the first victim is discovered, and the nearby ferry landing serves as the place where another murder victim is dragged into the water for death by drowning. Other places described are the greenhouse and the tennis court, where Mrs. Oliver placed real clues and red herrings for the "murder hunt". The lodge of Greenway Estate serves as the home of Amy Folliat, the former owner of Nasse House.
 * Dead Man's Folly (1956)

Greenway's house and gardens are also used as the setting for Agatha Christie's short story 'The Shadow on the Glass' in the collection The Mysterious Mr Quin, first published in 1930, eight years before she bought the estate.

Popular culture
ITV's Agatha Christie's Poirot episode "Dead Man's Folly" was filmed at the house. The estate is the setting for the murder-mystery novel Death at Greenway. The author, Anthony Award winner and Mary Higgins Clark Award winner Lori Rader-Day, says she was inspired to write the novel after reading that the estate housed children who were war evacuees during WWII.

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Tokyo Dome

Tokyo Dome (東京ドーム) is an indoor stadium in Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan. It was designed as a baseball stadium following its predecessor, Korakuen Stadium (whose former site is now occupied by the Tokyo Dome Hotel and a plaza for this stadium). In Japan, it is often used as a unit of size; for example, "the new construction is five times the size of Tokyo Dome."

Construction
Construction on the stadium began on May 16, 1985, and it opened on March 17, 1988. It was built on the site of the Velodrome, adjacent to Korakuen Stadium and the Koishikawa-Kōrakuen garden. It has a maximum total capacity of 57,000 depending on configuration, with an all-seating configuration of 42,000.

Tokyo Dome's original nickname was "The Big Egg", with some calling it the "Tokyo Big Egg". Its dome-shaped roof is an air-supported structure, a cable-reinforced 0.8 mm flexible fiberglass membrane supported by slightly pressurizing the inside of the stadium with 150,000 m3/hour using independent blowers. It was developed by Nikken Sekkei and Takenaka Corporation, and modeled after the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome.

History
It is the home field of the Yomiuri Giants baseball team. On March 18, 1988, the day after the Tokyo Dome opened, the Yomiuri Giants held a game which was the first event in the Tokyo Dome. The Yomiuri Giants host about 70 games a year at their home stadium, Tokyo Dome, and other Nippon Professional Baseball teams sometimes host several games a year at the Tokyo Dome. If the Yomiuri Giants advance to the Climax Series or the Japan Series, additional games will be held at Tokyo Dome. Interleague play, in which the Yomiuri Giants participate, will also be held at the Tokyo Dome. In 2021, the Tokyo Yakult Swallows advanced to the Japan Series, but they held the Japan Series at Tokyo Dome instead of their home stadium, Meiji Jingu Stadium. This was because the Japan Series had to be rescheduled due to the spread of COVID-19 infectious disease, and the dates overlapped with the game days of amateur baseball tournaments at Meiji Jingu Stadium. Tokyo Dome is also the location of the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame which chronicles the history of baseball in Japan.

It has also hosted international baseball tournaments such as the World Baseball Classic and WBSC Premier12, Major League Baseball, music concerts, basketball, American football, and association football games, as well as puroresu (pro-wrestling) matches, mixed martial arts events, kickboxing events, and monster truck races. It became the first Japanese venue with an American football attendance above 50,000.

Tokyo Dome City
Tokyo Dome is part of a greater entertainment complex known as Tokyo Dome City, built of the grounds of the former Tokyo Koishikawa Arsenal. Tokyo Dome City includes an amusement park and Tokyo Dome City Attractions (formerly Kōrakuen Grounds). This amusement park occupies the former Korakuen Stadium site and includes a roller coaster named Thunder Dolphin and a hubless Ferris wheel. The grounds also have an onsen called Spa LaQua, various shops, restaurants, video game centers, the largest JRA WINS horse race betting complex in Tokyo, and Oft Korakuen, which caters to rural horse races.

International baseball tournaments and Major League Baseball
Tokyo Dome has been chosen as one of the baseball stadiums to hold international baseball tournaments since the 2000s. The Tokyo Dome has been selected to host all five World Baseball Classics through 2023. It was also selected to host the finals of the WBSC Premier 12, which was held twice.

The Tokyo Dome has held various Major League Baseball games to open the seasons, with the first series—a two-game slate between the Chicago Cubs and New York Mets in 2000—being the first time American MLB teams have played regular season games in Asia. Four years later, the New York Yankees, featuring former Yomiuri Giants slugger/outfielder Hideki Matsui in their lineup, and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays played two games in the stadium to start the 2004 season. The Boston Red Sox and the Oakland Athletics opened the 2008 MLB season in Japan, and also competed against Japanese teams. To open the 2012 season the Seattle Mariners and the Athletics, the former of which had Ichiro Suzuki, played a two-game series on March 28–29. In game one Seattle – led by Ichiro's 4 hits – won 3–1 in 11 innings. The Mariners and Athletics returned to the Tokyo Dome for a two-game series to begin the 2019 Major League Baseball season, with Ichiro retiring from professional baseball after the second game. On July 18, 2024, Major League Baseball announced that the 2025 MLB season will open with a two game series March 18-19 at Tokyo Dome between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Chicago Cubs.

Concerts
The Tokyo Dome Corporation publishes a list of singers and music groups that have performed since its opening in 1988. The Alfee held its first concert at Tokyo Dome on March 19, 1988, and March 20, two days after the dome opened. On March 22, 1988, and March 23, Mick Jagger became the first non-Japanese artist to perform at the Tokyo Dome.

Concerts have been held at the Tokyo Dome for several dozen days each year since its opening, mainly by Japanese singers and music groups. According to official statistics from its opening in 1988 to May 2023, KinKi Kids held the most solo concerts at Tokyo Dome for 64 days, followed by Arashi for 58 days and Kanjani Eight for 41 days. All of them were male idol groups from Johnny & Associates. Among non-Japanese, TVXQ who held most performances in Tokyo Dome as foreign artist ( 30 days ) in the history in Japan, followed by The Rolling Stones for 28 days and followed by Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney for 21 days.

Michael Jackson performed there on his 3 tours. As part of the second leg of his Bad World Tour, he performed on Tokyo Big Egg on December 9, 10, 11, 17, 18, 19, 24, 25 and 26, 1988. In his next tour Dangerous World Tour, he performed on the stadium during the first leg, on December 12, 14, 17, 19, 22, 24, 30 and 31, 1992. On his final tour HIStory World Tour, he performed on multiple dates at the stadium last time, on December 13, 15, 17 and 20, 1996.

Janet Jackson played 4 shows on May 17 and 18, November 6 and 7, 1990 during her Rhythm Nation World Tour. She returned for the Janet World Tour on March 29 and 30, 1994 and her All for You Tour on January 17 and 18, 2002.

Guns N' Roses performed there on February 19, 20 and 22 1992 and January 12, 14 and 15 1993 during their Use Your Illusion Tour, then again on December 19, 2009 during their Chinese Democracy tour.

Madonna played 5 shows on 13, 14, 16, 17 and 19 December 1993 which concluded her tour The Girlie Show. She also held 2 concerts on 20 and 21 September 2006 as part of the Confessions Tour.

Mariah Carey performed there for the first time on her Daydream World Tour, on the 7, 10 and 14 of March in 1996, bringing in a total of 150,000 people with the 3 dates, she obtained the record for best-selling tickets in less than 1 hour. In 1998, the singer returned to Japan on her Butterfly World Tour, where she broke her old record, this time selling out 200,000 tickets in less than 1 hour, there were 4 shows, on January 11, 14, 17 and 20. She would return to the stadium for two shows in 2000 with her Rainbow World Tour.

Whitney Houston played two shows on May 13 and 14, 1997 during her Pacific Rim Tour.

Celine Dion has performed five shows at the Dome. She performed on January 31 and February 1, 1999 as part of her Let's Talk About Love World Tour; March 8 and 9, 2008 as part of her Taking Chances World Tour; and June 26, 2018 as part of her Live 2018 tour. Dion was scheduled to perform two shows on November 18 and 19, 2014 as part of her Asia Tour, but the shows were cancelled.

Beyoncé kicked off the first show on her third concert tour The Beyoncé Experience on 10 April 2007.

Coldplay have played the venue three times; first on April 19 2017 during their A Head Full of Dreams Tour, and further two times on 6 and 7 November 2023 during their Music of the Spheres World Tour.

Taylor Swift opened her 1989 World Tour at the venue with two concerts on 5 and 6 May, 2015, and she played 2 more shows on 20 and 21 November 2018 as part of the Reputation Stadium Tour. She also played 4 consecutive concerts on 7-10 February 2024 for The Eras Tour.

Bruno Mars performed three concerts in October 2022 and returned for seven more concerts in January 2024, becoming the biggest shows in Japan by an international act in the 21st century.

Be:First are set to perform 2 shows on 2 and 3 March, 2024. Be:First Live in Dome 2024 "Mainstream - Masterplan" is Be:First’s first live dome tour along with 2 shows at the Kyocera Dome in April 2024.

Professional wrestling
New Japan Pro-Wrestling has held a professional wrestling event at Tokyo Dome, currently titled Wrestle Kingdom, on January 4 of each year, since 1992. The event expanded in 2020 to two nights, with the second night on January 5; the event went back to one night in 2024. The event is the biggest in Japanese professional wrestling, and has been compared to WWE's flagship U.S. event WrestleMania in terms of size and significance. Other companies such as All Japan Pro Wrestling, Pro Wrestling NOAH, and WWE had previously held major events in the Tokyo Dome as well.

Boxing

 * In boxing, Mike Tyson fought twice in Tokyo Dome — a successful undisputed title defense against Tony Tubbs in 1988, and in a loss considered to be one of the biggest upsets in sports history to James "Buster" Douglas in 1990.

 * After 34 years on May 6, 2024, Tokyo Dome hosted the fight between Naoya Inoue vs. Luis Nery for the Undisputed Super Bantamweight Championship in which Inoue successfully defended the title by a 6th Round knockout.

Kickboxing
The final round of the K-1 World Grand Prix kickboxing tournament was held at the Tokyo Dome from 1997 to 2006.

Mixed martial arts
The Tokyo Dome hosted seven Pride FC mixed martial arts fights: Pride 1, Pride 4, Pride Grand Prix 2000 Opening Round, Pride Grand Prix 2000 Finals, Pride 17, Pride 23, and Pride Final Conflict 2003. The last event had an attendance of 67,451.

American football
As part of the American Bowl, the Tokyo Dome held 13 National Football League preseason games between 1989 and 2005. In the 1996 game between the San Diego Chargers and Pittsburgh Steelers, three Japanese linebackers – Takuro Abe, Shigemasa Ito, and Takahiro Ikenoue of the World League of American Football – became the first Japanese players to participate in an NFL game; Abe and Ito sporadically appeared on special teams for the Chargers, while Ikenoue was part of the Steelers' defense.

College football was played 17 straight years in Tokyo, including six years at the Tokyo Dome, through the Coca-Cola Classic. In December 1993, the Wisconsin Badgers clinched the Big Ten college football championship and a berth to their first Rose Bowl in 31 years by defeating the Michigan State Spartans 41-20 in the last Coca-Cola Classic, before nearly 52,000 at the Tokyo Dome. Ironically, the game was moved from Camp Randall Stadium in Madison so the Badgers' seniors would get their opportunity to enjoy a bowl game atmosphere.

The Tokyo Dome is also the regular home for championship matches for Japan's domestic American football leagues, including the professional X-League's Japan X Bowl and Rice Bowl.

Association football
In 1993, Aston Villa played Verdy Kawasaki in a friendly match.

Monster truck rallies
In 1989, the United States Hot Rod Association hosted one of the first monster truck rallies outside North America at the Tokyo Dome.

Figure skating
On February 26, 2023, Japanese figure skater and two-time Olympic champion, Yuzuru Hanyu, held a solo ice show titled Gift at Tokyo Dome. His show marked the first time that an ice rink was set up at the multipurpose venue, matching the size of an Olympic ice rink with 60m× 30m. The show was directed by Hanyu himself in collaboration with Japanese choreographer Mikiko and performed live with the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra among others, having set a new audience record for ice shows with 35,000 spectators. On July 14, 2023, the event was distributed by the American subscription channel Disney+ worldwide.

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Yuwen

The Yuwen ( < Eastern Han Chinese: *waB-mun < Old Chinese *waʔ-mən ) is a Chinese compound surname originated from a pre-state clan of Xianbei ethnicity of Xiongnu origin during the era of Sixteen Kingdoms in China, until its destruction by Former Yan's prince Murong Huang in 345. Among the eastern Xianbei clans that ranged from the central part of the present day Liaoning province and eastward, Yuwen clan was the largest, and was awarded the position of the leader of eastern Xianbei (東部大人) by Chinese rulers. A descendant of the Yuwen tribe, Yuwen Tai, established the Northern Zhou Dynasty in the 6th century.

"Yuanhe Xingzuan "The register of the great families from the Yuanhe reign (806-820)" vol. 6, the Yuwen part 2 records:"

"(宇文)本遼東南單于之後, 有普回因獵得玉璽, 以為天授. 鮮卑俗呼天子為宇文, 因號宇文氏."

"(The Yuwen) originally were the descendants of the southern Shanyu (of the Xiongnu). Someone within them called Puhui got a jade seal when he was hunting. This was regarded as a sign of imperial enthronement from heaven. According to Xianbei tradition, the son of the heaven was called the Yuwen. Thus (Puhui) called himself the Yuwen."

Yuwen were descendants of the nomadic Xiongnu who became assimilated with the Xianbei after 89 CE and ruled the Kumo Xi and Khitan (both Mongolic peoples) before being defeated by Murong Huang in 344 CE, upon which Yuwen separated from the Kumo Xi and Khitan. The language of the Yuwen is thought to be Turkic or a very distant branch of Mongolic. "The Wei Shu vol. 103, Biography of Yuwen Mohuai of Xiongnu records:"

"匈奴宇文莫槐, 出於遼東塞外, 其先, 南單于之遠屬也, 世為東部大人. 其語與鮮卑頗異. 人皆翦髮而留其頂上, 以為首飾, 長過數寸則截短之. 婦女披長襦及足, 而無裳焉. 秋收 烏頭為毒藥, 以射禽獸."

"Yuwen Mohuai of the Xiongnu was from Liaodong, the region beyond the northern border. His ancestor was a remote relative of the southern Shanyu. (The Yuwen) had been the chief of the eastern section (of the Xianbei) for many generations. The (Yuwen)'s language differed widely from the Xianbei's. (The Yuwen) people all had shaved hair, but the hair on top of the head was left as a decoration. When the hair was over some cun long, it would be cut short. The women had long robes, which draped from their shoulders to their feet, but (they) did not wear skirts. When autumn came, they collected Wutou as poison, and used it to shoot birds and beasts."

Yuwen tribe
Under Yuwen Mona, the son of Yuwen Puhui, the Yuwen tribe moved south from the Yin Mountains and resided in the Liaoxi. By the time of Yuwen Mohuai, the Yuwen had grown into an influential power in the region along with their rival Xianbei tribes, the Murong and Duan. The Yuwen repeatedly fought with the Murong while establishing good relations with the Tuoba tribe in the east through marriage alliances. During the reign of Yuwen Mogui in 302, he claimed the title of Chanyu and boasted a powerful army. That year, he launched a major attack on the Murong but was repelled.

Mogui was succeeded by his son, Yuwen Xiduguan, who expanded the state to the northern desert. In 319, he allied with the Jin dynasty (266–420) Inspector of Pingzhou, Cui Bi to attack the Murong together with the Duan and Goguryeo. After the Duan and Goguryeo were tricked into withdrawing, the Yuwen pressed on and besieged the Murong capital at Jicheng (棘城, in modern Jinzhou, Liaoning). However, they suffered a catastrophic defeat in the end, prompting Xiduguan to sue for peace. In 325, his son and successor, Yuwen Qidegui launched another attack on the Murong, but was also defeated.

Qidegui was overthrown by his cousin, Yuwen Yidougui in 333. Later that year, the Murong fell into civil war after Murong Ren rebelled against his chieftain and brother, Murong Huang. The Yuwen, along with the Duan, supported Murong Ren and coordinated attacks against Murong Huang, but was ultimately unsuccessful. After Huang defeated Ren in 336, the Murong began rapidly expanding their power, establishing the Former Yan in 337 and subjugating the Duan, Buyeo and Goguryeo. In 344 (or 345), the Former Yan crushed the Yuwen's power base and forced Yidougui to flee, ending their independence.

A son of Yidougui, Yuwen Ling (宇文陵) survived and served under Former Yan and its successor, Later Yan, as an official. After the Later Yan capital, Zhongshan (中山, in modern Baoding, Hebei) fell to the Northern Wei dynasty in 398, he was moved to Wuchuan County in Dai Commandery, where his family would live for generations. One of Yuwen Ling's descendants was Yuwen Tai, who laid the foundation of the Northern Zhou dynasty (557–581) for his family to rule.

People with this surname

 * Yuwen Tai, paramount general of the Chinese/Xianbei state Western Wei
 * Yuwen Jue, First Emperor of Northern Zhou
 * Yuwen Yu, Second Emperor of Northern Zhou
 * Yuwen Yong, Third Emperor of Northern Zhou
 * Yuwen Yun, Fourth Emperor of Northern Zhou
 * Yuwen Yan, Fifth and Last Emperor of Northern Zhou
 * Yuwen Huaji, general of the Sui Dynasty
 * Yuwen Rong, official and Chancellor of the Tang Dynasty,
 * Yuwen Jie, official and Chancellor of the Tang Dynasty,
 * Yuwen Shu, official and general of the Sui Dynasty
 * Yuwen Shiji, official of the Sui Dynasty and Chancellor of the Tang Dynasty
 * Yuwen Xian, official and general of Northern Zhou
 * Yuwen Hu, regent of the Xianbei dynasty Northern Zhou
 * Yuwen Suo'an (宇文所安), the Chinese name of the sinologist Stephen Owen

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John Goss (composer)

Sir John Goss (27 December 1800 – 10 May 1880) was an English organist, composer and teacher.

Born to a musical family, Goss was a boy chorister of the Chapel Royal, London, and later a pupil of Thomas Attwood, organist of St Paul's Cathedral. After a brief period as a chorus member in an opera company he was appointed organist of a chapel in south London, later moving to more prestigious organ posts at St Luke's Church, Chelsea and finally St Paul's Cathedral, where he struggled to improve musical standards.

As a composer, Goss wrote little for the orchestra, but was known for his vocal music, both religious and secular. Among his best-known compositions are his hymn tunes "Praise, my soul, the King of heaven" and "See, Amid the Winter's Snow". The music critic of The Times described him as the last of the line of English composers who confined themselves almost entirely to ecclesiastical music.

From 1827 to 1874, Goss was a professor at the Royal Academy of Music, teaching harmony. He also taught at St Paul's. Among his pupils at the academy were Arthur Sullivan, Frederic Cowen and Frederick Bridge. His best-known pupil at St Paul's was John Stainer, who succeeded him as organist there.

Early years
Goss came from a musical background. His father, Joseph Goss, was organist of Fareham Parish Church in Hampshire, and earlier members of the family had been celebrated singers. At the age of eight the boy was sent to a school at Ringwood. Three years later he went to London under the care of his uncle, John Jeremiah Goss, an alto singer who sang in the choirs of the Chapel Royal, St. Paul's Cathedral and Westminster Abbey. The young Goss became one of the Children of the Chapel Royal. The master of the choir at that time was John Stafford Smith, a musician known for composing the song To Anacreon in Heaven, later used as the tune of the American national anthem. As an educator, Smith combined a harsh discipline with a narrow musical curriculum. He confiscated Goss's score of Handel's organ concertos on the grounds that choristers of the Chapel Royal were there to learn to sing and not to play. Goss later recalled, "We had a 'Writing Master' from half-past twelve to two on Wednesdays and Saturdays, if my memory do not deceive me, and no other instruction in reading, writing, arithmetic, and a little English grammar than we ten could get out of that time. As to playing on an instrument and learning thorough bass, what we did we did by and for ourselves!"

When his voice broke in 1816, Goss left the choir and went to live with his uncle. The elder Goss was well known as a teacher, and was at the time teaching James Turle, later organist of Westminster Abbey. The young Goss, however, became a pupil of Thomas Attwood, organist of St Paul's Cathedral. Unlike the rigid and harsh Smith, Attwood, a former pupil of Mozart, was a musician of wide sympathies and kind disposition. Mendelssohn called him "dear old Mr. Attwood", and Goss became devoted to his teacher, under whom he learnt the art of composition and orchestration.

Unable, at first, to secure a post as an organist, Goss earned money by joining the chorus of an opera company. Under the direction of Henry Bishop, he took part in the first performance in England of Don Giovanni "much tinkered under Bishop's direction" at the King's Theatre in April 1817.

One of Goss's early compositions was a "Negro Song" (1819) for three voices, scored for a small orchestra (strings, flutes, oboes, clarinets, and two horns). Another was a romantic song, "Wert thou like me," to words by Walter Scott, which Goss dedicated to his fiancée, Lucy Emma Nerd (1800–1895), whom he married in 1821.

Organist and teacher
In 1821 Goss married his fiancée Lucy Emma New, and secured an appointment as an organist, at Stockwell Chapel (later known as St. Andrew's Church), in south London. He held this post for four years, before winning an open competition for the much more prestigious post of organist at of St. Luke's, Chelsea, then called Chelsea New Church, in December 1824. The salary was £100 a year, equivalent to more than £80,000 in terms of 2009 incomes.

Goss composed a small amount of orchestral music in this period. Two overtures, in F minor and E flat major, written circa 1824, were performed and published in 1827, with considerable success. He composed incidental music for John Banim's melodrama The Serjeant's Wife, performed at the English Opera House on 24 July 1827. The Observer's sole comment on the composer's contribution was, "The music, which is by Mr. Goss, neither delights nor offends." Thereafter, Goss avoided orchestral composition, declining a request from the Philharmonic Society of London for another orchestral piece in 1833. As a composer, Goss became known for his vocal music. His solo songs and glees were much performed and were well reviewed in the musical press.

In 1827, while retaining his organ post at Chelsea, Goss became professor of harmony at the Royal Academy of Music, a position he held until 1874. Among his pupils during his 47-year tenure were Arthur Sullivan, Frederic Cowen, Frederick Bridge, and Stephen Kemp. His biographer Judith Blezzard describes Goss as "a distinguished and painstaking teacher, and a tasteful and virtuoso performer on the organ, creating marvellous effects on the then comparatively rudimentary instrument." In 1833 Goss entered his anthem, "Have mercy upon me, O God," in the Gresham Prize Medal competition for the best original composition in sacred vocal music. His work won the prize, beating S. S. Wesley's, setting of "The Wilderness". Goss dedicated his anthem to his old teacher Thomas Attwood; it was performed at the Mansion House in June 1834. Goss's other main work of 1833 was his instructional book An Introduction to Harmony and Thorough-Bass, which became a standard work and went through 14 editions.

St Paul's Cathedral
Attwood died in 1838, and Goss hoped to succeed him as organist of St Paul's. He sought the advice of the Rev Sydney Smith, canon of St Paul's, who teased him by telling him that the salary was only £34 a year. Having a family to support, Goss replied that he might not be able to apply for the post, but Smith then revealed that the post of organist carried with it several additional sources of income, which enabled Goss to reconsider. He was appointed to the post, but immediately found that the organist was employed solely to play the organ, and enjoyed little influence over the other music of the cathedral. Control of the music lay with the Succentor, Canon Beckwith, who was at odds with the Almoner, Canon Hawes, who was responsible for rehearsing the boy choristers. The cathedral authorities were not interested in raising musical standards. Sydney Smith's view was typical: "It is enough if our music is decent … we are there to pray, and the singing is a very subordinate consideration." Some of Smith's colleagues were indifferent to both considerations, there being frequent absenteeism by the junior clergy, neglecting their duties and failing to conduct services.

Goss was noted for his piety and gentleness of character. His pupil, John Stainer, wrote, "That Goss was a man of religious life was patent to all who came into contact with him, but an appeal to the general effect of his sacred compositions offers public proof of the fact." His mildness was a disadvantage when attempting to deal with his recalcitrant singers. He was unable to do anything about the laziness of the tenors and basses, who had lifetime security of tenure and were uninterested in learning new music. The biographer Jeremy Dibble writes, "Hostility to [Goss's] fine anthem 'Blessed is the man', composed in 1842, undermined his confidence so markedly that he did not compose any further anthems until 1852, when he was commissioned to write two anthems for the state funeral of the Duke of Wellington.

Stainer who was a boy chorister at the time of Wellington's funeral later recalled the effect of Goss's music at rehearsal: "When the last few bars pianissimo had died away, there was a profound silence for some time, so deeply had the hearts of all been touched by its truly devotional spirit. Then there gradually arose on all sides the warmest congratulation to the composer, it could hardly be termed applause, for it was something much more genuine and respectful." Stainer was not always so reverential about his teacher. He later recalled the occasion on which he and the young Arthur Sullivan succumbed to laughter when Goss absent-mindedly walked across the pedals of the organ during a service "before he realised that he was the cause of the alarming thunderings which were frightening the congregation and putting a temporary pause in the sermon."

Later years
In 1861, to raise funds for a new organ at St Paul's Goss set up and conducted a performance of Messiah, the first oratorio to be performed in St Paul's. In the Victorian style, the performance was on a large scale, with 600 performers.

In the early 1870s Goss's health began to fail. By 1872 he had decided to retire, and his swan-song at St Paul's was in February of that year at the national service of thanksgiving for the recovery of the Prince of Wales from a grave illness. For this service he composed a setting of the Te Deum and an anthem, "The Lord is my strength". In the following month he handed over his post at St Paul's to his former pupil Stainer.

Goss died at his home in Brixton, south London at the age of 79. His funeral service was held in St Paul's, and he was buried in Kensal Green cemetery.

Honours and memorials
Goss was knighted on his retirement, and, together with Sullivan, he received an honorary doctorate in music at the University of Cambridge in 1876.

A memorial was erected to Goss in St Paul's in 1886; beneath a bas-relief by Hamo Thornycroft is the opening of Goss's "If we believe," the anthem sung at his funeral service in the cathedral. A century after Goss's death the Fareham Society added a blue plaque to his former home.

Works
In the Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, W. H. Husk and Bruce Carr write of Goss, "His glees enjoyed long popularity for their grateful vocal writing. As a church composer his reputation came later, through the grace and the careful word-setting of his anthems, composed mostly after 1850." They quote a contemporary as saying that Goss's music "is always melodious and beautifully written for the voices, and is remarkable for a union of solidity and grace, with a certain unaffected native charm." Judith Blezzard, in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, writes: "Goss was one of the most important early Victorian church composers, his anthems and services being most notable for their flexibility of phrasing, attention to detail in word-setting, and sense of proportion and balance. … In 1852 his anthem 'If we believe that Jesus died', written for the funeral of the duke of Wellington, created a profound impression. In 1854 he produced the anthem 'Praise the Lord, o my soul' for the bicentenary festival of the sons of the clergy. … Some of his anthems, including 'The Wilderness' (1861), 'O taste and see' (1863), and 'O saviour of the world' (1869), have held a modest but enduring place in the repertory of English church music." Blezzard adds that Goss is chiefly remembered for his two most famous hymn tunes: "Praise, my soul, the King of Heaven" (1869) and "See, Amid the Winter's Snow" (1871).

In the Dictionary of National Biography in 1890, J A Fuller Maitland wrote, "The best of Goss's works are distinguished by much grace and sweetness, underlying which is a solid foundation of theoretic and contrapuntal science. It is difficult to resist the assumption that at least some part of this happy combination was inherited, through Attwood, from Mozart. Goss was the last of the illustrious line of English composers who confined themselves almost entirely to ecclesiastical music." Among Goss's works, Fuller Maitland singled out for particular praise the glee "Ossian's Hymn to the Sun", and the anthems "The Wilderness," "O taste and see," and "O Saviour of the World".

Anthems
A complete list of anthems: •  Almighty and merciful God

• Almighty and everlasting God

• And the King said to all the people

• Behold! I bring you good tidings

• Blessed is the man

• Brother, thou art gone before us

• Christ is risen

• Christ our passover

• Come, and let us return unto the Lord

• Enter not into judgment

• Fear not, O land, be glad and rejoice

• Forsake me not

• The glory of the Lord

• God so loved the world

• Have mercy upon me, O God

• Hear, O Lord

• Hosanna; for unto us

• I am the resurrection and the life

• I heard a voice from heaven

• I will magnify thee, O God

• If we believe that Jesus died

• In Christ dwelleth

• Let the wicked forsake his way

• Let thy merciful ear

• Lift up thine eyes round about

• The Lord is my strength

• Lord, let me know mine end

• Man that is born of a woman

• My voice shalt thou hear

• O give thanks unto the Lord

• O Lord God, thou strength of my health

• O Lord, thou art my God

• O praise the Lord

• O praise the Lord of heaven

• O Saviour of the world

• O taste, and see, how gracious the Lord is

• Praise the Lord, O my soul

• Praise waiteth for thee

• The Queen shall rejoice

• Requiem aeternam

• The souls of the righteous / Requiem aeternam

• Stand up and bless the Lord your God

• There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun

• These are they which follow the Lamb

• Wherewithal shall a young man

• The wilderness

• Will God in very deed

Publications

 * Parochial Psalmody (London, 1826)
 * The Piano Forte Student's Catechism (London, 1830)
 * An Introduction to Harmony and Thorough-Bass (London, 1833)
 * The Monthly Sacred Minstrel (London, 1833–c.1835)
 * Chants, Ancient and Modern (London, 1841)
 * (with James Turle) Cathedral Services Ancient and Modern (two volumes, 1846)
 * (with William Mercer) The Church Psalter and Hymnbook (London, 1855)
 * The Organist's Companion (London, 1864)

Sheet music

 * Free scores at the Mutopia Project
 * "The Wilderness" sheet music", G. Schirmer, 1904.
 * Free scores at the Mutopia Project
 * "The Wilderness" sheet music", G. Schirmer, 1904.

Audio clips

 * Recordings guildmusic.com
 * Free download from hymnswithoutwords.com

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John A. King

John Alsop King (January 3, 1788 –July 7, 1867) was an American politician who was the 20th Governor of New York from 1857 to 1858. He was the 1st Republican Governor of New York.

Life
John Alsop King was born in the area now encompassed by New York City on January 3, 1788, to U.S. Senator Rufus King (1755–1827) and Mary (née Alsop) King. His maternal grandparents were John Alsop (1724–1794), a prominent merchant and Mary Frogat (1744–1772). John A. King was part of the King family of Massachusetts and New York through his mother.

He had four younger brothers, including Charles King (1789–1867), who was President of Columbia University, and Congressman James G. King (1791–1853), Edward King (1795–1836) and Frederic Gore King (1802–1829).

When his father was appointed the U.S. ambassador to Great Britain, the family moved to Britain, and King was educated at Harrow School. Upon graduating from Harrow, King returned to New York City to study law. He was admitted to the bar and practiced in New York City.

Career
John King's law career was interrupted by a stint in the military; he served as a cavalry lieutenant in the War of 1812. After the war, however, he returned to his law practice and then ventured into politics. King was a member of the New York State Assembly (Queens Co.) in 1819, 1820 and 1820–21; of the New York State Senate (First D.) in 1823; and again of the State Assembly in 1832, 1838 and 1840.

He was president of the New York State Agricultural Society in 1849.

United States Congress
King was elected as a Whig to the 31st United States Congress, holding office from March 4, 1849, to March 3, 1851. His term as Governor of New York from 1857 to 1858 was noted for improvements to the State's education system and the enlargement of the Erie Canal.

Governor of New York
Following a series of attacks (the so-called Quarantine War of 1858) on the quarantine facility on Staten Island, King dispatched several units of the New York State Militia to briefly occupy the island.

Presidential Elector
In the 1860 presidential election, when the Republicans won New York, King was elected a presidential elector and voted for Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin.

Personal life
He was married to Mary Ray (1790–1873), daughter of Cornelius and Elizabeth Elmendorf Ray. Together, John and Mary had:

 * Mary King (1810–1894), who married Phineas Miller Nightingale (1803–1873)
 * Charles Ray King (1813–1901), who married Hannah Wharton Fisher (1816–1870) in 1839. After her death, he married her sister, Nancy Wharton Fisher (1826–1905) in 1872.
 * Elizabeth Ray King (1815–1900), who married Henry Bell Van Rensselaer (1810–1864), a United States Congressman and member of the Van Rensselaer family.
 * John Alsop King Jr. (1817–1900), a State Senator who married Mary Colden Rhinelander (1818–1894), granddaughter of Josiah Ogden Hoffman (1766–1837)
 * Caroline King (1820–1900), who married her first cousin, James Gore King Jr. (1819–1867), son of James G. King
 * Richard King (1822–1891), who married Elizabeth Lewis (1822–1891), daughter of Mordecai Lewis in 1839
 * Cornelia King (1824–1897)
 * Ellen King (1825–1827)

King died on July 7, 1867, in Queens County, New York, and was buried at the Grace Church Cemetery in Jamaica, Queens.

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I saw on the Internet that this calculator will be discontinued shortly. At approximately when?? Late 2004?? 2005?? 66.245.119.206 00:24, 26 May 2004 (UTC)

I would be surprised if the TI-82 survived the launch of the TI-84 Plus. Expect it to be discontinued within three months. Grunt 17:02, 2004 Jun 4 (UTC)
 * Two out of 3 months have gone by since this message was wrote. Interestingly, here is a problem. True or false: something that can be concluded given that the TI-82 (which began in 1993) survived all the way to 2004, whereas the TI-80 and TI-92, both of which began in 1995, did not, is that the TI-82 was a very popular calculator. 66.245.125.9 22:48, 2 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * Now the 3 months are nearly over; in fact, only a week left before the 3 months are over. What is the current status of this calculator?? 66.245.69.5 00:31, 28 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * Now the 3 months are just ONE DAY SHORT of being completely over. Has TI mentioned any news about it?? 66.245.107.72 19:31, 3 Sep 2004 (UTC)
 * No news about it... -- Grunt 🇪🇺 19:42, 2004 Sep 3 (UTC)
 * I got a message recently saying that they haven't been discontinued yet. I suggest we wait until the TI-85 Plus (or whatever the name of the model that is the upgrade to the TI-84 Plus) comes out, which probably won't be until at least 2007. 66.245.79.225 21:48, 8 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Unimportant article. Boring too.
 * Explain why we have TI-81, TI-83, TI-83 Plus, TI-84 Plus, etc., then. They are real objects and they do have real importance. -- Grunt (talk) 15:19, 2004 Jun 26 (UTC)

TiCalc.org no longer points to a useful site, so I have removed its link in the TI-82 article. -Chrono 04:30, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
 * That was an april fool's joke. Link re-added. --72.145.221.129 10:04, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Why doesn't the article mention TI-82 STATS (a blue model). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.113.126.104 (talk) 22:35, 28 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Agreed, I have a TI-82 stats, they come from 1999, and I'm not really sure if they have anything to do with the TI-82 - they come with more complex numbers, distributions and the ability to shade above or below graphics, they seems more like a TI-83, but with a lower version number and only a release in some parts of the world, geographically. 82.32.196.210 (talk) 19:18, 16 April 2010 (UTC)

A bit of misinformation on this article
The TI-82 was actually a stripped down version of the TI-85, not an updated version of the TI-81. The TI-82 WAS designed to replace the TI-81 though.

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Júbilo Iwata

Júbilo Iwata (ジュビロ磐田) is a Japanese professional football team based in Iwata, located in Shizuoka Prefecture. The club compete in J1 League following promotion from J2 League in 2023.

Etymology
The team's name Júbilo means 'joy' in Spanish and Portuguese.

Origins and rise to the top (1972–1996)
The team started out as the company team for Yamaha Motor Corporation in April 1972. After making its way through the Shizuoka and Tōkai football leagues, it played in the Japan Soccer League until it reorganized as the J.League at the end of 1992.

Their first glory happened when they won both the Emperor's Cup and promotion as champions of the JSL Division 2 in 1982. They won their first Japanese league title in the 1987/88 season. Due to problems in the upcoming professionalization, Yamaha decided to relegate themselves and not be one of the J.League founder members.

They finished in 2nd place of the JFL 1st division, a division below the top flight, in 1993 and were promoted to the J1 league for 1994. The team welcomed Marius Johan Ooft as its manager, as well as the Brazil national team captain Dunga and a number of foreign players to build a winning team. Dunga's football philosophy deeply influenced the club, initially as a player and currently as an advisor.

Glory years (1997–2003)
In a seven-year period between 1997 and 2003, the club won a number of titles relying on Japanese players instead of foreigners who may leave on a transfer during the middle of the season. Within this period Júbilo won the J.League title three times, finished second three more and won each of the domestic cup competitions once. In 1999, Júbilo were also crowned Champions of Asia after winning the final match against Esteghlal in front of 121,000 spectators at the Azadi Stadium.

In one of the most fruitful periods in J.League history, Júbilo broke several records and created some new ones. Amongst these are the most goals scored in a season (107 in 1998); the fewest goals conceded in a season (26 in 2001); the biggest goal difference (plus 68 goals in 1998); and the largest win (9–1 against Cerezo Osaka in 1998). In 2002, the team won both stages of the championship, a first in J.League history, and the same year the team had a record seven players selected for the J.League Team of the Year. All of these records still stand today.

Between 1997 and 2003, Júbilo were one of the most successful teams in the J. League. Over this seven-year spell Jubilo finished outside the top two of J1 just once, winning the league title on three occasions. This period also saw a number of cup final appearances, including winning the Emperor's Cup, the J. League Cup, and the Asian Champions League once each.

Post-glory years (2003–2015)

Since their last cup triumph in the 2003 Emperor's Cup, the squad which took them to such heights began to age. Without similarly skilled replacements coming through the youth team or from outside, Júbilo's power started to fade, and in 2007 the club ended the season in a record worst position of 9th. Perhaps more concerning to Júbilo supporters is their eclipse in recent seasons by bitter local rivals Shimizu S-Pulse who, in ending the season above Júbilo every year since 2006, have become Shizuoka prefecture's premier performing team. In 2008 they finished 16th out of 18 – their lowest position in the 18-club table – but kept their J1 position by defeating Vegalta Sendai in the promotion/relegation playoff.

In 2013 season, it took them until 8th week to make their first win in the league matches, and never move up higher than 16th since they were ranked down to 17th as of the end of 5th week. Then eventually suffered their first relegation to 2014 J.League Division 2 after they were defeated by Sagan Tosu at their 31st week match. Júbilo were promoted back to J1 in 2015 after finishing runners-up.

Yo-yo era (2019–present)
After an 18th-place finish in 2019, Iwata were relegated to J2 for 2020. The following year, Júbilo won J2 and were promoted for the 2022 J1 League season.

In 2022, Júbilo couldn't find their way into success throughout the season, with forgettable campaigns being made in each competition. In the J.League Cup, the team saw an early elimination at the group stage, finishing third at their group after losing half of their fixtures. In the Emperor's Cup, they were eliminated in the Round of 16 by Tokyo Verdy at extra-time, despite looking promising after 5–2 win against Matsumoto Yamaga on the 2nd round.

On 19 October 2022, Júbilo Iwata announced through their media accounts that for both transfers windows of the 2023 season, the club would be unable to make new signings after a ban was imposed by FIFA and the CAS. The ban, however, didn't applied to youth team promotions of Júbilo's academy system, and for players returning from loan transfers. The decision was made based on issues regarding Fabián González's contract with the club, as the player supposedly cancelled a contract signed with an unnamed Thai club without a justifiable reason. According to Júbilo, at the time of his signing (in the pre-season) they were unaware of the previous contract González signed with the Thai club. The situation became public after the Thai club left a complaint highlighting the transfer issue situation to FIFA's Dispute Resolution Chamber in April 2022. González was also imposed a punishment by FIFA, being suspended from any participation in official matches for four months. The transfer ban also led to a provisional contract cancellation of Shu Morooka on 17 November 2022, who had during the season signed a provisional contract for the 2023 season, after graduating from university. Then, on the same day, it was announced he would join Kashima Antlers instead. Later on 20 December, the club filed an appeal about the CAS decision over the subject, but it was denied on 22 December.

The situation in J1 became much worse for the club, spending the last 16 rounds of the top-flight league without leaving relegation zone, resulted another drop to J2 League for 2023 season, which confirmed on the penultimate round. Nonetheless, just a year later, Iwata eventually made a swift return to J1 for the 2024 season by finishing as runners-up of the second-tier, obtained a 2–1 away win in the final matchweek of the season against Tochigi SC on 12 November 2023 and favoured by results of another matches in the same day. On 1 March 2024, Ryo Germain scored 4 goals in an memorable 5–4 league away win against Kawasaki Frontale.

Rivalries
The fiercest professional rivals of Júbilo Iwata are Shimizu S-Pulse from Shizuoka. The club also have rivalries with both Kashima Antlers and Yokohama Marinos, with whom they traded the Japanese league championship since the late 1980s. During the Japan Soccer League days, they had a more local derby with Honda, across the Tenryu in Hamamatsu, but as Honda has long resisted professionalism, competitive matches between them since 1994 are a rarity. Júbilo also competed with another Shizuoka club, Fujieda MYFC in 2014 Emperor's Cup as well as 2023 J2 League, all won by Iwata side. On J3 League, there are Azul Claro Numazu, although neither clubs have ever faced one another in competitive match.

Home stadium
Júbilo plays their home match at the Yamaha Stadium. The stadium has a seating capacity of 15,165 people. It is one of the few dedicated football stadiums in Japan that are operated and managed by the club. It is said to be the easiest place to watch a game in Japan.

For big fixtures such as the Shizuoka Derby with Shimizu S-Pulse and against some of the top teams in J1, Júbilo would play at the much larger Ecopa Stadium in Fukuroi City, a venue built specifically for the 2002 FIFA World Cup finals. The stadium surrounded by the rich nature of Mt. Ogasa and full of greenery, is the largest multi-purpose stadium in the prefecture, boasting a fully equipped facility that can accommodate 50,000 people.

Júbilo practice at Okubo Ground in Iwata and Iwata Sports Park Yumeria.

Club officials
For the 2023 season.

Players who played in the FIFA World Cup
The following players have been selected by their country in the World Cup, while playing for Júbilo Iwata:
 * 🇧🇷 Dunga (1998)
 * 🇯🇵 Hiroshi Nanami (1998)
 * 🇯🇵 Masashi Nakayama (1998, 2002)
 * 🇯🇵 Toshihiro Hattori (1998, 2002)
 * 🇯🇵 Takashi Fukunishi (2002, 2006)
 * 🇰🇷 Kim Jin-Kyu (2006)
 * 🇯🇵 Yūichi Komano (2010)
 * 🇯🇵 Masahiko Inoha (2014)

Award winners
The following players have won the awards while at Júbilo Iwata:

 * J.League Player of the Year
 * 🇧🇷 Dunga (1997)
 * 🇯🇵 Masashi Nakayama (1998)
 * 🇯🇵 Toshiya Fujita (2001)
 * 🇯🇵 Naohiro Takahara (2002)
 * J.League Top Scorer
 * 🇯🇵 Masashi Nakayama (1998, 2000)
 * 🇯🇵 Naohiro Takahara (2002)
 * 🇯🇵 Ryoichi Maeda (2009, 2010)
 * J.League Best XI
 * 🇯🇵 Hiroshi Nanami (1996, 1997, 1998, 2002)
 * 🇧🇷 Dunga (1997, 1998)
 * 🇯🇵 Tomoaki Ōgami (1997)
 * 🇯🇵 Masashi Nakayama (1997, 1998, 2000, 2002)
 * 🇯🇵 Daisuke Oku (1998)
 * 🇯🇵 Toshiya Fujita (1998, 2001, 2002)
 * 🇯🇵 Makoto Tanaka (1998)
 * 🇯🇵 Takashi Fukunishi (1999, 2001, 2002, 2003)
 * 🇳🇱 Arno van Zwam (2001)
 * 🇯🇵 Toshihiro Hattori (2001)
 * 🇯🇵 Go Oiwa (2001)
 * 🇯🇵 Hideto Suzuki (2002)
 * 🇯🇵 Makoto Tanaka (2002)
 * 🇯🇵 Naohiro Takahara (2002)
 * 🇯🇵 Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (2006)
 * 🇯🇵 Ryoichi Maeda (2009, 2010)
 * 🇯🇵 Yūichi Komano (2012)
 * J.League Rookie of the Year
 * 🇯🇵 Robert Cullen (2005)
 * J.League Cup MVP
 * 🇯🇵 Nobuo Kawaguchi (1998)
 * 🇯🇵 Ryoichi Maeda (2010)
 * J.League Cup New Hero Award
 * 🇯🇵 Hiroshi Nanami (1996)
 * 🇯🇵 Naohiro Takahara (1998)
 *  J2 League Top Scorer
 * 🏴 Jay Bothroyd (2015)

Club captains

 * 🇯🇵 Shinichi Morishita(1994)
 * 🇯🇵 Mitsunori Yoshida (1995)
 * 🇯🇵 Masashi Nakayama (1996–1998)
 * 🇯🇵 Toshihiro Hattori (1999–2005)
 * 🇯🇵 Takashi Fukunishi (2006)
 * 🇯🇵 Hideto Suzuki (2007)
 * 🇯🇵 Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (2008)
 * 🇯🇵 Ryo Takano (2009)
 * 🇯🇵 Daisuke Nasu (2010–2011)
 * 🇯🇵 Daiki Yamada (2012–2013)
 * 🇯🇵 Daisuke Matsui (2014)
 * 🇯🇵 Ryoichi Maeda (2014)
 * 🇯🇵 Kota Ueda (2015–2016)
 * 🇯🇵 Kentaro Oi (2017)
 * 🇯🇵 Nagisa Sakurauchi (2018–2020)

Former players
Players with senior international caps:

Record as J.League member

 * Pos. = Position in league; P = Games played; W = Games won; D = Games drawn; L = Games lost; F = Goals scored; A = Goals conceded; GD = Goals difference; Pts = Points gained
 * OTW / PKW = Overtime wins / Penalty kicks wins 1997 & 1998 seasons - 1999, 2000, 2001 & 2002 Overtime wins only
 * OTL / PKL = Overtime losses / Penalty kicks losses 1997 and 1998 seasons - 1999, 2000 & 2001 Overtime losses only
 * Attendance/G = Average league home attendance
 * † 2020 & 2021 seasons attendances reduced by COVID-19 worldwide pandemic
 * Source: J.League Data Site

In popular culture
In the manga series – Captain Tsubasa, three characters were players of Júbilo Iwata. The midfielders Taro Misaki and Hanji Urabe, and the defender Ryo Ishizaki.

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Rupert Holmes

Rupert Holmes (born David Goldstein; February 24, 1947) is a British-American composer, singer-songwriter, dramatist and author. He is widely known for the hit singles "Escape (The Piña Colada Song)" (1979) and "Him" (1980). He is also known for his musicals The Mystery of Edwin Drood, which earned him two Tony Awards, and Curtains, his AMC television series Remember WENN, and his novel Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide.

Life and career
Holmes was born David Goldstein in Northwich, Cheshire, England. His father, Leonard Eliot Goldstein, was a United States Army warrant officer and bandleader. His mother, Gwendolen Mary (née Pynn), was English, and both were musical. Holmes has dual British and American citizenship. The family moved when Holmes was six years old to the northern New York City suburb of Nanuet, New York, where Holmes grew up and attended nearby Nyack High School and then the Manhattan School of Music (majoring in clarinet). Holmes's brother, Richard, is the principal lyric baritone of the New York Gilbert and Sullivan Players, sings roles with regional opera companies, such as Glimmerglass, Lake George and Virginia Opera, and has appeared with the Metropolitan Opera.

In 1969, Holmes married childhood friend Elizabeth "Liza" Wood Dreifuss, an attorney. Their daughter Wendy died suddenly in 1986, at the age of ten, of an undiagnosed brain tumor. They have two sons: Nick, a filmmaker, and Timothy, who is autistic. In 2009, they moved from Scarsdale, New York, where they had lived since Wendy's death, to Cold Spring, New York.

Songwriter and recording artist
In his 20s, Holmes was a session musician (producing sessions, writing and arranging songs, singing and playing a few instruments). In 1969, Holmes and Ron Dante of the Cuff Links (and the Archies) recorded "Jennifer Tomkins" for release on their second album, The Cuff Links. During the recording of that album, Dante was prohibited by the studio that produced the Archies from any involvement in new recording ventures and was forced to drop out of the Cuff Links. Holmes finished the project and released "Jennifer Tomkins" separately under a different studio name, Street People (not related to the mid-1970s band of the same name). The song was on the Billboard Hot 100 for 15 weeks, beginning January 3, 1970, reaching a peak of number 36. In Canada the song reached number 21. A follow-up single called "Thank You Girl" reached number 96 on the Billboard pop charts in April 1970.

Holmes played the piano for both the Cuff Links and the Buoys, with whom he had his first international hit, "Timothy", which was on the Hot 100 for 17 weeks beginning on January 2, 1971, a number 17 song about human cannibalism that intentionally drew controversy. He also wrote "Give Up Your Guns" (which peaked at number 84), "The Prince of Thieves", "Blood Knot", and "Tomorrow" for the band. Holmes also wrote jingles and pop tunes (including for Gene Pitney, the Platters, the Drifters, Wayne Newton, Dolly Parton, Barry Manilow and television's the Partridge Family), as well as the score of the 1970 revenge western Five Savage Men (also known as The Animals), which starred Keenan Wynn.

As a recording artist, Holmes broke through with his first album, 1974's Widescreen on Epic Records, which introduced him as a presenter of highly romantic, lushly orchestrated "story songs" that told a witty narrative punctuated by clever rhymes and a hint of comedy. Barbra Streisand discovered this album and asked to record songs from it, launching Holmes on a successful career. She then used some of his songs in the movie A Star Is Born. Holmes also arranged, conducted, and wrote songs on her 1975 album Lazy Afternoon as well as five other Streisand albums. Holmes's second, self-titled album led Rolling Stone to compare him with Bob Dylan as an artist of unprecedented originality who commanded attention.

Holmes's production skills were also in demand during this period, and he took on this role for Lynsey de Paul's album Tigers and Fireflies, which spawned the radio hit "Hollywood Romance". The album also featured the bluesy song "'Twas", co-written by Holmes and de Paul. He additionally produced Sparks' 1976 LP, Big Beat, though the album was not a success. In 1975, together with Jeffrey Lesser, Holmes produced the UK band Sailor's album Trouble (CBS Epic).

"Escape (The Piña Colada Song)" was on Holmes's fifth album, Partners in Crime, and was the final Hot 100 number 1 of 1979. Another popular song on that album was "Him", which peaked at number 6 on the Hot 100. Holmes had another top-40 hit with "Answering Machine". In 1986, Holmes's composition "You Got It All" (sometimes called "You Got It All Over Him") was a top 3 hit single for the Jets; it was later recorded by Britney Spears and featured in her internationally released version of Oops!... I Did It Again (2000). His song "The People That You Never Get to Love" was featured on four albums by Susannah McCorkle: The People That You Never Get to Love (1981), From Bessie to Brazil (1993), Most Requested Songs (2001), and Ballad Essentials (2002). Frank Sinatra Jr. also recorded the tune on his 2006 album That Face!

In the 1980s and 1990s, Holmes also played in cabarets and comedy clubs, mostly in New York City, telling often autobiographical anecdotes illustrated with his songs. In 2021, Holmes received an honorary Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the Manhattan School of Music.

Playwright
Holmes made his professional debut as a playwright with the musical The Mystery of Edwin Drood in 1985. Joseph Papp and his wife encouraged Holmes to write a musical after they attended one of his cabarets in 1983. The result, loosely based on Charles Dickens's unfinished novel of the same name, and inspired by Holmes's memories of English pantomime shows he attended as a child, was a hit in New York's Central Park and on Broadway. Because Dickens left the novel unfinished at his death, Holmes employed the unusual device of providing alternate endings for each character suspected of the murder, and letting the audience vote on a different murderer each night. The show earned Holmes the Tony Award for both book and score, as well as the Drama Desk Awards for lyrics, music, the book and orchestrations, among various other honors. The musical has been given London and Broadway revivals, among others. Drood success led Holmes to write other plays (both musical and non-) in later years, though he has said that he avoided musical theater for some time after his daughter's death.

Holmes also wrote the Tony Award-nominated ("Best Play 2003") Say Goodnight, Gracie, based on the relationship between George Burns and Gracie Allen. The play, which starred Frank Gorshin, was that Broadway season's longest-running play and the third-longest-running solo-performance show in Broadway history. He wrote the comedy-thriller Accomplice in 1990, the second of Holmes's plays to receive an Edgar Award (after Drood). Holmes has written a number of other shows, including Solitary Confinement, which played on Broadway at the Nederlander Theatre in 1992 and set a new Kennedy Center box office record before its Broadway run; Thumbs, the most successful play in the history of the Helen Hayes Theatre Company; and the musical Marty (2002), starring John C. Reilly. He wrote the book to Swango: The Theatrical Dance Experience, a swing-tango dance piece that premiered Off-Broadway in 2002 inspired by Romeo and Juliet. It has had several revivals. Holmes joined the creative team of the musical Curtains after the deaths of both Peter Stone (the original book-writer) and Fred Ebb (the lyricist). Holmes rewrote Stone's original book and contributed additional lyrics to the Kander and Ebb songs. Curtains played at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre on Broadway, with David Hyde Pierce and Debra Monk in the lead roles. Holmes and Peter Stone (posthumously) won the 2007 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Book of a Musical for Curtains.

Holmes wrote the book of the musical The First Wives' Club, adapted from the film of the same name. The musical premiered at The Old Globe Theater in San Diego, California in 2009. Its score is by Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland and Eddie Holland. The production received generally unenthusiastic reviews but sold well. Linda Bloodworth-Thomason wrote a new book, and the reworked show opened in Chicago in 2015. Holmes next wrote the book for a jukebox musical, Robin and the 7 Hoods, inspired by the 1964 film of the same name starring Frank Sinatra, with a new story line that Holmes set in 1962. Songs are by Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen, including "My Kind of Town". A production ran in 2010, also at the Old Globe. Casey Nicholaw directed and choreographed. The story is about a likable gangster hoping to get out of the crime business. A do-gooder TV reporter likens him to a modern-day Robin Hood.

Holmes adapted the John Grisham novel and film A Time to Kill for the stage. The play premiered at the Arena Stage in Washington, D.C., in 2011. The courtroom drama, set against a background of evolving 1980s Southern racial politics, was called "funny, shocking, witty, and sly". He wrote the book and lyrics for The Nutty Professor, a musical based on the 1963 film of the same name. Marvin Hamlisch wrote the score. The musical was directed by Jerry Lewis and premiered in Nashville, Tennessee, in 2012. With Hamlisch, he also wrote songs for the 2013 Liberace biopic Behind the Candelabra. He next wrote the book of Secondhand Lions: A New Musical, which premiered in Seattle, Washington, in 2013. A Time to Kill was produced on Broadway, but lasted only four weeks plus previews, closing on November 17, 2013. In 2016, The Sweet Potato Queens, with music by Melissa Manchester, lyrics by Sharon Vaughn and a book by Holmes, premiered at TUTS Underground.

Television writer and novelist
In 1996, Holmes created the television series Remember WENN for American Movie Classics, writing the theme song and writing or co-writing all but one of the 56 episodes of that series. In 2003, he published his first novel, Where the Truth Lies (later adapted into a film of the same name by Atom Egoyan), followed in 2005 by Swing, a multimedia release combining a novel with a music CD providing clues to the mystery. His next novel, Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide (2023); peaked at number six on the New York Times Best Seller list for hardcover fiction on March 12, 2023.

Albums
This discography does not include others' collections or albums released without Holmes's participation.

Holmes also wrote and co-produced, and was a keyboardist on, the songs on the disco album Shobizz, released in 1979 by Capitol Records. He also featured as a vocalist on the 1983 album Lake Freeze - The Raccoons Songtrack by the Raccoons.

Theatre

 * The Mystery of Edwin Drood
 * Twelfth Night
 * Accomplice
 * The Hamburger Hamlet
 * Solitary Confinement
 * Goosebumps
 * Say Goodnight, Gracie
 * Thumbs
 * Marty
 * Curtains
 * Swango
 *  A Time to Kill
 * The Picture of Dorian Gray
 * The First Wives' Club
 * Robin and the 7 Hoods
 * The Nutty Professor
 * Secondhand Lions: A New Musical
 * The Sweet Potato Queens

Film and television

 * Remember WENN
 * Hi Honey, I'm Home!
 * No Small Affair
 * Five Savage Men
 * A Star Is Born
 * Art in Heaven
 * The Christmas Raccoons (voice)
 * Memories Within Miss Aggie

Books

 * Where the Truth Lies
 * Swing
 * The McMasters Guide to Homicide: Murder Your Employer

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Sipsey

Sipsey is the name of several features in the U.S. state of Alabama:

 * Sipsey, Alabama, a town in Walker County
 * The Sipsey Wilderness, a wilderness area in the Bankhead National Forest
 * Sipsey Fork of the Black Warrior River, flowing through the Sipsey Wilderness
 * The Sipsey River and swamp near Tuscaloosa, unrelated to the Sipsey Fork of the Black Warrior Rive

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Sinton

Sinton may refer to:

 * Sinton (surname)
 * Sinton, Texas, a town named after David Sinton
 * Sinton (crater), an impact crater on Mars

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Mutant Aliens

Mutant Aliens is a 2001 adult animated science-fiction-comedy film by American filmmaker Bill Plympton. The film is a spoof of B monster movies, featuring Plympton's own distinctive animation style and gratuitous sex and violence. Mutant Aliens has shown at a number of animation festivals, but has never had a wide theatrical release.

Plot
American astronaut Earl Jensen is stranded in space intentionally by the head of the Department of Space. Years later, he returns to Earth. To gain the people's trust, he tells a touching story of the time he has spent on a planet of mutant aliens. Most of the aliens in this story are oversized human body parts. It is later revealed that Jensen has really spent his time in space crossbreeding animals to create an army of mutants, in order to exact his revenge on the corrupt Department of Space head.

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Sinnott

Sinnott is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Arts and entertainment

 * Declan Sinnott (born 1950), Irish-born musician and producer
 * Joe Sinnott (1926–2020), American comic book artist
 * Kevin Sinnott (born 1947), Welsh painter
 * Lillian Sinnott (1890–1914), American actress
 * Mack Sennett (born Michael Sinnott) (1880–1960), actor, director and producer
 * Paul Sinnott, English drummer
 * Richard Sinnott (born 1963), English actor
 * Will Sinnott (1960–1991), Scottish musician and songwriter

Politics

 * Edward Sinnott (1864–1936), Newfoundland politician
 * Herbert Arthur Sinnott (1871–?), 21st mayor of Calgary, Alberta
 * John Sinnott (politician) (1905–1960), Liberal Party of Canada member of parliament
 * Joseph E. Sinnott (born c. 1966), mayor of Erie, Pennsylvania
 * Kathy Sinnott (born 1950), Irish disability rights campaigner and politician
 * Nicholas J. Sinnott (1870–1929), US Representative from Oregon

Science

 * Edmund Ware Sinnott (1888–1968), American botanist and author
 * Rick Sinnott, American biologist

Sports

 * Ben Sinnott (born 2002), American football player
 * Conor Sinnott (born 1986), Irish footballer
 * Garrett Sinnott (born 1987), Irish hurler
 * Gerry Sinnott (born 1951), Irish equestrian
 * Jordan Sinnott (1994–2020), English footballer
 * Lee Sinnott (born 1965), Irish football player and manager
 * Nicola Sinnott (born 1987), Irish footballer
 * Stellah Sinnott (born 1962), camogie manager
 * Todd Sinnott (born 1992), Australian golfer

Other

 * John Sinnott (1829–1896), Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross
 * Joseph F. Sinnott (1837–1906), Irish businessman who emigrated to Pennsylvania
 * Steve Sinnott (1951–2008), British trade unionist
 * William Sinnott (1886–1965), American detective and Congressional Gold Medal recipient

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Sinking Spring

Sinking Spring may refer to:

 * Sinking Spring, Ohio, US
 * Sinking Spring, Pennsylvania, US
 * Sinking Spring (TV series), an upcoming American drama series

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John Steell

Sir John Robert Steell (Aberdeen 18 September 1804 – 15 September 1891) was a Scottish sculptor. He modelled many of the leading figures of Scottish history and culture, and is best known for a number of sculptures displayed in Edinburgh, including the statue of Sir Walter Scott at the base of the Scott Monument.

Biography
Steell was born in Aberdeen, but his family moved to 5 Calton Hill in Edinburgh in 1806. He was one of the thirteen children (eleven surviving beyond infancy) of John Steell senior (1779–1849), a carver and gilder, and his wife, Margaret Gourlay, the daughter of William Gourlay, a Dundee shipbuilder. As the family grew they moved to a larger house at 20 Calton Hill. Due to his father's own fame as a sculptor, for much of his early working career he is referred to as John Steel Junior.

Steell initially followed his father, training to be a carver himself, being apprenticed in 1818. In 1819 his father was declared bankrupt by the Trades of Calton, bringing much shame on the family. However, John Junior showed artistic talent, and despite this, the family sent him to study art at the Trustees Academy in Edinburgh, under Andrew Wilson.

Working with his father from studios at 6 Hanover Street, his first major step came in 1827 when the North British Fire Insurance Company, at 1 Hanover Street, commissioned a huge timber statue of St Andrew to be placed on the outside of their office. now housed within the Lodge Room premises of Lodge Dalkeith Kilwinning in Dalkeith. The work appears closely based on a sketch of a statue of St Andrew in Rome by François Duquesnoy. As the office stood immediately opposite the Royal Scottish Academy it was quickly noticed by Edinburgh's artistic society, and acknowledged as a fine work. In 1829, spurred on by the success of this work, he travelled to Rome to study sculpture more intensely.

The first work to attract international attention was Alexander taming Bucephalus carved in 1832–33 (cast in bronze in 1883, and now standing in the quadrangle of Edinburgh City Chambers). Around 1838 he was appointed as Sculptor to Her Majesty the Queen, a post which was later recognised as part of the Royal Household in Scotland. In 1840 he opened Scotland's first foundry on Grove Street in Edinburgh, dedicated to sculpture, to cast his statue of Wellington himself.

In 1854 he commissioned a new house for himself at 24 Greenhill Gardens and lived there for the rest of his life. His fame by then was international, receiving commissions from the United States, Canada and New Zealand. Prior to this he had lived at 3 Randolph Place on the edge of the Moray Estate in Edinburgh's West End.

He exhibited at the Royal Scottish Academy and the Royal Academy, and was knighted in 1876 following the unveiling, by Queen Victoria, of his statue The Prince Consort, which stands in the centre of Charlotte Square in Edinburgh.

Steell died at home, 24 Greenhill Gardens in Edinburgh's southern suburbs, on 15 September 1891 and is buried in an unmarked grave in Edinburgh's Old Calton Cemetery. This grave was purchased by his father John Steell senior and many members of the Steell and Gourlay families are also interred there.

Family
In 1826 he married Elizabeth Graham, daughter of John Graham, an Edinburgh merchant.

His eldest son, William Steell (1836–1917), appears to have been an architect but of minimal note. One of his few recorded works is the pedestal for John's statue of Dr Thomas Chalmers on George Street in Edinburgh.

His youngest son, Graham Steell was a prominent British physician and cardiologist who is best known for identifying the cardiac murmur that bears his name.

Sir John Steell's brother Gourlay Steell was a noted animal painter: he was Queen Victoria's animal painter, taking over from Sir Edwin Landseer. Many of Gourlay Steell's paintings remain in the private collection of Queen Elizabeth II. His portrait was painted by Robert Scott Lauder and William Grant Stevenson (Aberdeen Art Gallery).

Works
Steell's works include:

 * a wooden statue of St Andrew in the Dalkeith Kilwinning No. X masonic lodge, Dalkeith (1827) – the work originally at 1 Hanover Street in Edinburgh
 * a stone statue of St Andrew based on the wooden statue above, now at the Wardlaw Museum at the University of St Andrews
 * an embellishment for the Scottish Widows building in 5 St Andrew Square, 1832
 * a wooden statue of a Moor smoking a pipe (shop sign) (1835) now in the National Museum of Scotland and attributed there to "J Steele"
 * a bust of Wardlaw Ramsay in the Scottish Missionary Society Hall, Edinburgh, 1838
 * the statue of Sir Walter Scott sitting with his dog Maida under the Scott Monument, carved 1840–46 from a single 30 ton block of Carrara marble
 * a stone statue of Queen Victoria on top of the Royal Scottish Academy (originally called Edinburgh's Royal Institution), 1844
 * a bust of the Duke of Wellington at Eton College, 1845
 * a bust of the Duke of Wellington at Apsley House, 1846.
 * pediment of the Head Office of the Bank of Montreal in Montreal, 1847
 * a statue of artist Allan Ramsay at the foot of The Mound in Edinburgh, 1850
 * a bronze equestrian statue of the Duke of Wellington outside Register House in Edinburgh, 1852. When it was unveiled the press dubbed the statue "the Iron Duke in bronze by Steell".
 * the gravestone of Professor John Wilson in Dean Cemetery in Edinburgh, 1854
 * a statue of Professor John Wilson in Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh, 1856
 * a statue of Lord Melville the centrepiece of Melville Street in Edinburgh, 1857
 * a bust of Lord Cockburn standing in Parliament House, Edinburgh, 1857
 * a statue of Lord Jeffrey also in Parliament House, 1857
 * a bust of Sir John McNeill, Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh, 1859
 * a bronze bust of Florence Nightingale, on display at Derby Museum and Art Gallery, Derby, 1862.
 * a statue of James Wilson, founder of The Economist at the Tower Knowe, Hawick, 1863 (installed in August 2017 but unveiled officially on 14 September 2017), carved from a single block of Carrara marble
 * a monument to the Duke of Atholl at Blair Atholl, Perth, 1864
 * a statue of Lord Dalhousie, in Calcutta, 1864.
 * a monument to soldiers from the 93rd Sutherland Highlanders regiment who fell in the Crimean War, situated in Glasgow Cathedral, 1869
 * a seated statue of Scottish national poet Robert Burns in Central Park, New York City, 1871
 * a monument to Dean Ramsay east of St John's Church, on Princes Street Edinburgh, 1875
 * a bust of Thomas de Quincey in the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, 1876
 * a statue of Prince Albert (entitled The Prince Consort) in Charlotte Square in Edinburgh, 1876
 * a statue of Dr. Thomas Chalmers in George Street, Edinburgh, 1878
 * a bust of Warburton Begbie in the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, 1879
 * a seated statue of Sir Walter Scott in Central Park, New York City, 1880.
 * a statue of Robert Burns in Dundee, 1880
 * a statue of Robert Burns on the Embankment in London, 1884
 * a bust of Robert Burns in Westminster Abbey, 1885
 * a statue of Robert Burns in Dunedin, New Zealand, 1887
 * a bronze bas relief funerary panel of Lord and Lady Rutherfurd, and later a marble bust of Lady Rutherfurd, modelled after her death mask
 * a bust of Earl Grey in the Council Chambers, Edinburgh
 * the statue Alexander taming Bucephalus in the courtyard in front of Edinburgh's City Chambers
 * a statue of early Scottish parliamentarian George Kinloch in Dundee
 * a bust of Thomas Charles Hope

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