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User talk:Finlay McWalter/archive2

Lucky's nomination
Now that you point that out, I agree. David Cannon 13:30, 15 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Run-ins
Forgive my memory, but could you tell me what the "run-ins" with me you've had that you alluded to on RfA? The only one (1 - not plural) I recall was you jumping in on an minor flare-up between Jor and me on USA PATRIOT Act which we quickly worked out, after which you protected the page. We both agreed there was no major issue and were puzzled by your seemingly premature reaction (and haughty tone). Is this what you're referring to? V V 02:41, 16 Aug 2004 (UTC)

 * yes, that's right. -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 19:09, 16 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Your vote needed at George_W._Bush
Please go here, ASAP and vote.

Rex071404 07:11, 16 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Salton Sea
I've done a major re-tooling of Salton Sea, please look it over if you have a chance.

Kaszeta 18:28, 16 Aug 2004 (UTC)

 * Dude, you've done a great job (on something that's been on my personal TODO list for six months). You've inspired me to do a few fixes in miscellaneous related places, and I'll make a few tweaks to what's there. I'll probably leave some suggestions etc on the talk page too.  THanks ! -- Finlay McWalter |  Talk 19:14, 16 Aug 2004 (UTC)

 * Glad to be of service. I've got a bunch of Salton Pictures, and a fair amount of material about the surrounding area (like Slab City) that I'll try to locate in my vast archives at home and add in, since I've always been fascinated with the area. -- Kaszeta 20:17, 16 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Quick thanks
Thanx for answering my query. Lacrimosus 08:57, 20 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Akins
Thanks for spotting and fixing the changes to the clans page; I've reverted User:The clan akins association's POV edits to Clan Akins three times today, so I'm stopping. They just keep re-making the changes anyway :/ Marnanel 17:33, 20 Aug 2004 (UTC)

 * I've asked him to discuss his changes rather than just deleting stuff. He seems to have stopped editing for now - if/when he comes back, we'll see what he has to say.  It's actually kind of an interesting story, although I don't know if it counts as encyclopedic (on the "no original research" principle).  If he does come back, and continues his change-and-not-talk practice, make sure not to exceed your 3-reverts a day limit.  Derek and I are both keeping a weather eye on things too. -- Finlay McWalter |  Talk 17:48, 20 Aug 2004 (UTC)

At which Cato, NY, are the drumlins?
(copied from Pollinator) In the caption for Image:Drumlin4029.JPG, you say they're at Cato, NY. Which of the following would you think the better link to which to resolve that: (they seem to be almost the same place, so maybe I'm just being pedantic). Thanks -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 01:24, 13 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * Cato (village), New York
 * Cato (town), New York

 * I would think the town. I'm not sure the village is even incorporated. But I don't know as it makes much difference. The drumlins are spread throughout the area, and, if I recall correctly, the village is partially on one itself. Pollinator 11:46, Aug 26, 2004 (UTC)

Novosibirsk
I did not edit the Novosibirsk page.

To do list
Hello Finlay. As far as I can tell, your cut'n'paste moves for my user are complete. Do you have any outstanding? Regards Ian Cairns 23:17, 30 Aug 2004 (UTC)

 * Um, I haven't done a single one. They've been languishing on my to-do list all this time.  When someone fixes a cut'n'paste move, you should see the histories of the two articles merge. -- Finlay McWalter |  Talk 23:20, 30 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Thanks for answering the CRT question
Thank you very much for your thorough, informative response to my question about CRTs on WP:RD. :-) • Benc • 11:09, 3 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Support
Thank you very much for your support during my recent run for adminship. Your reasons for supporting me were easily the funniest out of the 64 support votes I received. Rock on! Mike H 03:22, Sep 7, 2004 (UTC)

Pictures from other language wikipedias
I'm not sure who to ask, but where other language wikipedias have nice pictures, for example of European animal such as the Common toad and Common frog, what is usual practice for using those picture in the English version if we don't have a picture or theirs is better? Does one link to them, or copy them in to the English version and translate the caption? Of course my frogs and toads are English croaking so more deserving of a place in the English edition! Billlion 09:21, 10 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Fitzwilliam Museum
Hi Finlay,

I know I asked you to upload your image of the Fitzwilliam Museum, but I've now been able to replace it with a sunnier shot. I hope you don't mind. -- Solipsist 11:58, 26 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Official invitation
Hi!

This is a message to let you know that there is now a UK-specific Wikipedia community page at UK wikipedians' notice board. It would be great if you could come and get involved! -- Graham ☺ | Talk 22:59, 1 Oct 2004 (UTC)

"Have you seen me?"
Finlay, where have you gone? Come back! →Raul654 09:59, Oct 3, 2004 (UTC)

Rutland
Gone to Rutland ? What sort of an excuse for an excuse is that? If I can contribute to the Wikipedia from the southern Sahara, I fail to see why you can't contribute from Rutland. Come on, man, there are few enough Scots contributors as it is. We need you. -- Derek Ross | Talk 06:57, 2004 Oct 5 (UTC)
 * Heh....Finlay, you always did have a flair for the jokes that amused a select few and confused so very many. :-) I've been meaning to write you to ask where you'd gone, but I think I secretly hoped you'd bounce back on your own and add your trademark humor back into this place....liven things up a bit.  Well, it seems you've "gone to Rutland", for good or ill. :-)  I hope you return soon, but if not, I want you to know you'll always remain one of my favorite Wikipedians, if only for your irrepressible ability to cheer me up (though your many other contributions here are estimable).  May you wander the earth, wherever you roam, filled with that McWalterian joie de vivre, and drop by every now and then.  I hope our paths cross again someday, in real life or on the Web - if I ever plan to go up Scotland way, I'll drop a note here to give you advance notice of when that is, and whether I'll be on the high road or the low road.  Best wishes always, Jwrosenzweig 22:56, 19 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Jacobite split? Copyvio pics?
Having merged Jacobite Rebellions into Jacobitism, I'm thinking of adding some more on the poltical/religious aspects and wonder if it would be a good idea to hive off the military aspects, leaving a ruthlessly pruned summary in Jacobitism. The war in Ireland would stand alone, and the other fights could come under Jacobite Risings. This would probably suit categorisation and help keep articles short, but lose the context a bit. Any comments? Another issue is copyvio: it's not clear to me if I can use images of paintings and drawings over a century old, or do we need permission of the publisher of the images before say scanning them and uploading?? dave souza 19:30, 11 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Doune Castle
Hi, I saw your nice photo on David Stirling, and I was wondering if you also have photos of Doune and Doune Castle? We have one photo of the castle, but it doesn't show the location very well, and we've got nothing on the village or the museum. - Middenface

Article Licensing
Hi, I've started a drive to get users to multi-license all of their contributions that they've made to either (1) all U.S. state, county, and city articles or (2) all articles, using the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike (CC-by-sa) v1.0 and v2.0 Licenses or into the public domain if they prefer. The CC-by-sa license is a true free documentation license that is similar to Wikipedia's license, the GFDL, but it allows other projects, such as WikiTravel, to use our articles. Since you are among the top 1000 Wikipedians by edits, I was wondering if you would be willing to multi-license all of your contributions or at minimum those on the geographic articles. Over 90% of people asked have agreed. For More Information:
 * Multi-Licensing FAQ - Lots of questions answered
 * Multi-Licensing Guide
 * Free the Rambot Articles Project

To allow us to track those users who muli-license their contributions, many users copy and paste the " " template into their user page, but there are other options at Template messages/User namespace. The following examples could also copied and pasted into your user page:

 * Option 1
 * I agree to multi-license all my contributions, with the exception of my user pages, as described below:

OR
 * Option 2
 * I agree to multi-license all my contributions to any U.S. state, county, or city article as described below:

Or if you wanted to place your work into the public domain, you could replace " " with "  ". If you only prefer using the GFDL, I would like to know that too. Please let me know what you think at my talk page. It's important to know either way so no one keeps asking. – Ram-Man (comment) (talk)  14:44, Dec 9, 2004 (UTC)

RFC pages on VfD
Should RFC pages be placed on VfD to be deleted? I'm considering removing Requests for comment/Slrubenstein, Requests for comment/Jwrosenzweig and Requests for comment/John Kenney from WP:VFD. Each of them was listed by CheeseDreams. Your comments on whether I should do this would be appreciated. - Ta bu shi da yu 03:41, 10 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Unverified images
Hi! Thanks for uploading the following image:

 * Image:Ireland-High-Crossv2.jpg

I notice it currently doesn't have an image copyright tag. Could you add one to let us know its copyright status? (You can use if you release it under the GNU Free Documentation License,  if you claim fair use, etc.) If you don't know what any of this means, just let me know at my talk page where you got the images and I'll tag them for you. Thanks so much. [[User:Poccil|Peter O. (Talk, automation script)]] 22:14, Dec 10, 2004 (UTC)

P.S. You can help tag other images at User:Yann/Untagged_Images. Thanks again.

We miss you!
Finlay - Just thought I'd tell you that your comments always made me laugh, and your presence here is missed by many of us old-school wikipedians. →Raul654 00:04, Apr 23, 2005 (UTC)

Re: The balance problem, and its solution

 * Analogy time: You have a see-saw (that's teetertotter, you yanks). On one end is little Evette. On the other is Cletus, the fat kid (yes yes, he's the american, and before y'all complain this is wicked stereotyping, have y'all been to Walmart lately?). Cletus is big, Evette is little, so the seesaw is unbalanced and no see-sawing occurs.

See-saw is common terminology for the toy in the US. Teetertotter is mostly a term in the northern inland to upper western states whereas seesaw is dominant in areas where you are common to also hear "y'all" (and "yanks" in the American (as distinguished from yours, obviously) usage is as "Yankees" to refer to north-easterners). This is too tortuous and obscure to be effectively ironic, therefore your attempt at wittily sniping Americans ends up looking rather embarrassing for you. --TJive 08:37, 28 May 2005 (UTC)

Good work
Good work on Marilyn Hall Patel →Raul654 22:32, Jun 24, 2005 (UTC)

flower
thanks :) —kate

Vandalism
This is bull, how is my editing to reflect actual information about a certain effect vandalism?

What makes your un-needed exposure more valid than an educated view of refraining from said exposure?--MacGyver07 2 July 2005 11:41 (UTC)

 * You're blanking stuff you don't like, hoping you and your dozen pals can bulldoze wikipedia into doing what you want. If you don't like being called a vandal, then don't wreck perfectly good articles.  If you don't think the content is appropriate, under wikipedia's standards for inclusion of content, then engage in a reasonable discussion on the talk pages.  -- Finlay McWalter |  Talk July 2, 2005 11:45 (UTC)

 * While I agree with MacGyver07 that magic should be protected from being mass-exposed on Wikipedia, I don't particularly like the way he's going about it, or the fact he's using part of my name to do it. I've asked for advice from a professional magician, which hopefully should give me some clarity about the legal protection of magic. You talked about a returning magic vandal, which surprisingly I'm not aware of. Could you provide me with some background info? - Mgm|(talk) July 2, 2005 11:54 (UTC)

 * There have been a flurry of people blanking the "secret" parts of various magic related articles (listed in WP:VIP). I guess from the diversity of IPs that someone has put out a general call-to-delete on some magic related website or newsgroup (although it may be one person with a plurality of accounts).  Affected articles include  King levitation, Out of This World (card trick), Metamorphosis trick, Spoon bending, Chinese linking rings, Cut and restore rope trick, Balducci levitation, Bullet catch, Cut and restore rope trick, and Billet reading.  Frankly I don't have an opinion as to the appropriateness of this content, but his/their mass deletion tactics (rather than engaging in a discussion) clearly isn't acceptable.  Unfortunately, with the exception of one person at WP:HD they've not stayed around to engage in such a discussion (and it's noteworthy that User:BarryFernelius hasn't blanked anything - I'm guessing Barry isn't the same person as the vandal(s)). -- Finlay McWalter |  Talk July 2, 2005 12:07 (UTC)

Howdy stranger
Howdy, stranger, nice to see you working on the 'pedia again. Is this just a short visit or something more regular ? -- Derek Ross | Talk 4 July 2005 00:05 (UTC)

 * I'd only planned to tweak one thing (can't remember what), and already I'm addicted again, and getting fatter (it's no accident that everyone in wikimeetup photos looks like a weeble). So while it's nice (I guess) to be back, I'm actively trying to quit. -- Finlay McWalter |  Talk July 4, 2005 00:24 (UTC)
 * "So while it's nice (I guess) to be back, I'm actively trying to quit." - Mwahaha! That's what they all say! →Raul654 July 4, 2005 00:28 (UTC)
 * That's the trouble with cold turkey -- one slip and you're off the wagon! Maybe you should try cutting back to 10 edits a day or something. Works for me anyway...or it did until I started working on http://sco.wikipedia.org/ anyway. I guess that there's no real cure short of joining a monastery, preferably a Luddite one. -- Cheers Derek Ross | Talk 5 July 2005 03:00 (UTC)
 * Glad you're back! By coincidence, Wired has a story about Chinese methods of overcoming "internet addiction" - methods not recommended..--dave souza 5 July 2005 19:19 (UTC)
 * So how long until Wikipedia-addiction is added to the DSM? →Raul654 21:36, July 11, 2005 (UTC)

Eddie Murphy
You should add the information about Eddie Murphy being Irish American to Eddie Murphy's page. 64.109.253.204

 * You should either read the conflict resolution page and do what it says. I don't give a damn about your edit war, so leave me out of it. -- Finlay McWalter |  Talk July 7, 2005 00:13 (UTC)

If this was being done to a different ethnic group, the person doing it would be banned, but because of prejudice towards Irish-Americans, nothing is being done. 64.109.253.204

 * Boo hoo. -- Finlay McWalter | Talk July 7, 2005 00:17 (UTC)

British county names (again)
A year or so ago you kindly helped out with developing a policy on this. It's all going pear-shaped and I, for one, would be grateful if you'd take another look. I've raised an RfC or you can go straight to the Project's talk page. Thanks. Chris Jefferies 7 July 2005 15:45 (UTC)

Image:Kosciusko-county-lakes.jpg
Thanks! Image:Kosciusko-county-lakes.jpg is used in Wikipedia Kosciusko County, Indiana. --Tysto 2005 July 9 00:05 (UTC)

You're back?
My friend, even if your stay is a short one, it's good to see you. Just now on my user page I made a joke referencing you (no, of course you're not being made fun of, but go to my userpage and see for yourself) and I thought to myself that it was a shame that I won't see you around here anymore. I hope you get the chance to drop by now and then -- one of these days we should tag-team the Reference Desk together as in the days of yore, and dispense the kind of cracked wisdom that used to make my sides ache. Perhaps my jokes were not as funny as they sounded in my head, but each one of yours was a prize-winner, to my recollection. At any rate, all this is just to say "good to see your name in a signature from 2005" and I hope life goes well with you. Best wishes, Jwrosenzweig 08:22, 12 July 2005 (UTC)

 * Thanks, but it's your memory. Who remembers unfunny jokes, after all? -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 20:38, July 14, 2005 (UTC)
 * You make a good point. I do, however, remember a few painfully unfunny jokes told by my father-in-law, but perhaps this merely proves how many I must have forgotten. :-)  At any rate, nice to see you back, and forgive my belated greetings. Jwrosenzweig 23:57, 14 July 2005 (UTC)

Tv characters in wheelchairs
Thanks very much for your replies to my query at WP:RD. I am grateful. PedanticallySpeaking 17:13, July 13, 2005 (UTC)

Reference desk
Sorry, my revert crossed in the ether with your INUSE tag. I'll run and hide until you're done. -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 20:27, July 14, 2005 (UTC)
 * Actually, my INUSE tag was just to hold off editing so I could fix the accidental deletions. Thanks for taking care it.--Pharos 20:30, 14 July 2005 (UTC)

ProfitLine Inc.
Thank you for your actions. I won't sue anyone. You might like to talk with Admin. User:SlimVirgin or User:RJSampson however. 66.19.201.206 20:49, 15 July 2005 (UTC)

Image:Stirlingcastle.jpg
Would you have a higher resolution version of the above image, which you could upload to the commons? Thanks in advance! David.Monniaux 21:56, 15 July 2005 (UTC)

 * Done. And I uploaded a night image too, and added it and your commons images to the en.article. -- Finlay McWalter |  Talk 19:56, July 17, 2005 (UTC)

User talk:24.224.198.195
I noticed that you have placed several edits on User talk:24.224.198.195 without signing your templates, just wanted to remind you that it is considered generally good etiquette to leave your sig when posting on people's user talk page by placing four tildes ~ on the page. Thanks. Jtkiefer 06:11, July 16, 2005 (UTC)

X Window System
The rootless X paragraph and Cygwin/X screenshot are excellent additions. Nice one! - David Gerard 21:41, 17 July 2005 (UTC)

Re: River Clyde
Thanks a bunch! I was thinking of making an article for the Harbour Tunnel myself, but I think my next project will be the Finnieston Crane, if there's enough to write on it! --Erath 16:22, 20 July 2005 (UTC)

Los Banos
The sign says "Los Banos", no tilde. --SPUI (talk) 00:18, 21 July 2005 (UTC)

Thanks
Hey, thanks for cleaning up my user page from that low-wattage vandal. A donkey... should I be insulted by that? I always rather admired hard-working pack animals. :)--Pharos 18:37, 22 July 2005 (UTC)

 * It's weird what he's doing. He's uploaded a bunch of pictures (none of which is either useful or especially vandalistic).  Both as a contributor and a vandal he's something of an under achiever. I'll keep an eye on him. -- Finlay McWalter |  Talk 18:42, July 22, 2005 (UTC)
 * I thought it was weird too. I don't think this guy has anything against me personally; likely just saw my sig on Talk:Main Page.  Probably an unscrupulous newbie in 'testing phase'.  I even consider Image:Pharos of Alexandria.1.jpg, which would be considered vandalism on a bathroom wall, maybe just another 'test'.  The fact that this person has apparently uploaded a picture of themselves (Image:DSC 0102.JPG], [[:Image:Mcboom.jpg close-up) lends me toward the more-or-less well-meaning but unscrupulous newbie theory.--Pharos 20:14, 22 July 2005 (UTC)
 * I'm always wary of pictures that look like a regular person. Sometimes it is the contributor, but sometimes they upload pictures and add them to the "asshole" page or somesuch.  I'm going to mark all his uploads for deletion unless he does something with them soon. -- Finlay McWalter |  Talk 20:18, July 22, 2005 (UTC)

Area 19,WinPcap, and others
On Guerino Mazzola's page only the CV and Work list is a copy. And worklist makes sence else I remove this and just add a link to the CV and worklist.

Area 19, WinPcap, Slonimsky are copies thats true.

WinPcap on the page is just a description of the programm. I can change this. helohe 20:09, 22 July 2005 (UTC)

There is no other copy and paste. But I will review my contributions to make sure. helohe 20:18, 22 July 2005 (UTC)

The easiest way still would be to contact the original authors for permission. helohe 20:23, 22 July 2005 (UTC)

Sourcefire
Hi Finlay. Thanks for that, I've added copyvio messages to his/her other articles too. :-) Craigy (talk) 20:23, July 22, 2005 (UTC)

de-vandalizing my userpage
Hello, I just wanted to stop by and say thanks for devandalizing my userpage! Y0u (Y0ur talk page) (Y0ur contributions) 00:06, July 25, 2005 (UTC)

Re: Glasgow pics
Excellent, I should give some of them a good home! I also like the new Kingston Bridge pics... and if I can get a cheap card reader, I'm going to go take some snaps of my own too! Erath 21:25, 26 July 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for the revert work
I appreciate the help in rolling back the linkspam from Spicevienna. Maybe, just maybe, with a little help, I can get this boulder to the top of the hill ... Sisyphus, aka Zora 22:48, 26 July 2005 (UTC)

 * No problem. If you encounter another spammer (as you surely will) the best idea is to place a  tag on their talk page.  If they persist (i.e. if they continue spamming after they've seen that message) leave them a  and finally  message. In my experience about 80% of spammers quit after they realise they can't add their stuff with impugnitiy. -- Finlay McWalter |  Talk 22:53, July 26, 2005 (UTC)

Gruffalo Review
Hey, I saw your request for opinions on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spoken Wikipedia for your Gruffalo reading. The quality is nice, and your voice is pleasant. Noise levels are non-existent; in general it is a good reading, IMHO. My two criticisms are that 1) you sound like you are whispering (almost like birdwatching commentary :), and 2) as is usually the case with whispery talking, the sound level is not very consistent, meaning that sometimes it is loud and other times soft. Sometimes the ends of sentences are swallowed. Both of these problems could be remedied by either speaking more loudly (and holding the microphone further away from your mouth), and applying some compression. Compression really does wonders, especially for voice.Cjpuffin 02:12, 27 July 2005 (UTC)

 * Thanks for taking the time to listen and comment; I really appreciate it. Yep, I really am whispering :)  You're quite right about swallowing the end of sentences.  Hopefully with louder talking I won't need much compression (there is a bit in the Gruffalo recording, and I can hear a few wowow artifacts from it).  Thanks. -- Finlay McWalter |  Talk 23:21, July 28, 2005 (UTC)

2003 UB313
It is a SDO because of its orbit (it's also mentioned in the S&T article). I think the description is okay for now. --Jyril 22:07, July 29, 2005 (UTC)

A Quick Message
I honestly had no bad intention when I uploaded all the pictures to this site. Honeslty if I knew how to show the licensing, showing where I uploaded the pictures from, I seriously would, but I dont know how. I am truly sorry that I have caused anybody any stress or concern to the people who run this site (I enjoy the site by the way! Big Fan :) ). If I knew how to take care of these concerns I would, the last few days I've had personal problems on my mind, and with the recent uploades I just wanted other fans of these celebs to enjoy them, I meant no harm and anger.I tried really hard to figure out how to put the information on it's location and all the important stuff, it's really hard, I guess I'm just stupid. LOL. I wont upload anymore pictures til I figure it out. PROMISE. My deepest apologies. * BlueStar 07/30/05 12:20 am

Pic
I added the "fair use" notice since to the best of my knowledge it came from the BBC.--Zxcvbnm 23:58, 30 July 2005 (UTC)

 * That's okay. Fair use is horrible and unfortunate, but it's a million times better than no tag at all. -- Finlay McWalter |  Talk 23:59, July 30, 2005 (UTC)

Classic stylesheet fix
I've been using your images fix for the last few days: I have to say, I think it works. Would it be a good idea to trial it more widely for another week before editing the site-wide standard.css? I'm sure some readers of Village pump (technical) would be interested. -- ALoan (Talk) 10:13, 5 August 2005 (UTC)

In recognition of your stellar contribution in sorting out the long-standing problem with the classic stylesheet, you are hereby my hero of the day and here is a gold star (I trust you won't take offence at being awarded an ex-Soviet honour). -- ALoan (Talk) 09:44, 11 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Thanks. I'm certainly not offended; I think Raul believes I was the inaugural recipient, back in prehistory. -- Finlay McWalter |  Talk 12:17, August 11, 2005 (UTC)

 * Well, it is a personal recognition, not an official barnstar, but many thanks nonetheless. -- ALoan (Talk) 12:41, 11 August 2005 (UTC)

Tony Blair
Re 3RR Message - 84.65.153.37.

Hello Finlay McWalter,a fine Scottish name. I have been trying to discuss this on the Tony Blair talk page but to no avail. If you check the edit history you will see that Dbiv reverted my post twice, once after I entered a dialogue on talk, then (to my POV - GASP SHOCK HORROR) enlisted the help of his proxy, Squeakbox, so that he didn't incur the 3rr rule.

I am sorry if this sounds like a diatribe, but it is. There is definitely a club here. My edit was a genuine attempt to clarify the sense of the issue regarding the Blair children school choice at the time in relation to the rest of that particular paragraph. Unilateral reverts by club members always seem to ensue.

How much does it cost to join this club anyway?

Best wishes. --84.65.153.37 16:59, 5 August 2005 (UTC)

 * By my count Dbiv reverted twice, and Squeakbox reverted twice. If either reverts a third time he too will receive the same warning you did.  If either reverts four times, he will be blocked.  The existance of agreement or indeed collusion between editors in one "faction" or another is neither exculpatory nor mitigatory of a three-revert-rule violation. I don't know if there's a club; no-one asked me to join one. -- Finlay McWalter |  Talk 17:07, August 5, 2005 (UTC)

 * Thank you for your reply. Yes, 2 each.  No doubt, if I revert a 3rd time another new user will magically appear to revert along the same lines, avoiding the 3rr for members.  Anyway, I am a genuine ANON editor of many months and this experience is not unique.  Enough ranting, regards  --84.65.153.37 17:19, 5 August 2005 (UTC)

Bush
Excuse me it wont let me vandalize George W. Bush. So if you don't mind, copy and paste this 40 times...

IMPEACH THIS PRESIDENT! WORST PRESIDENT EVER! WATCH FAHRENHEIT 9/11! MICHAEL MOORE FOR PRESIDENT!~!!!

Thanks.

 * Mmmmmmmmmmm, no. -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 00:05, August 6, 2005 (UTC)

Block
Hi Finlay, this is an anon disruptive user, anti-Semitic (of the neo-Nazi variety), who has been causing trouble around a number of articles since April. He has used about a dozen sockpuppet accounts (confirmed as sockpuppets by the developers) and has engaged in talk-page abuse, numerous 3RR violations, and setting up abusively named accounts. The accounts have all been blocked indefinitely, but he keeps returning with dynamic IPs, which have also been blocked for various shorter lengths of time, but it has made no difference. A few of us therefore decided recently to block him for three months for the disruption, the 3RR violations, and all the previous block evasions. SlimVirgin (talk) 20:44, August 7, 2005 (UTC)

Finlay McWalter, thank you for asking. I would, however like SlimVirgin to provide the reason for the 3 month block. The reasons above are not specfic. My edits are in good faith, and anyone can review them. SlimVirgin has targeted me individually and disrupted my edits and made personal attacks from nowhere (neo-nazi, etc.), the above being evidence of that once again. Review my edits, don't take her word on it. Thanks. 69.217.121.24 03:18, 8 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Sorry, I misunderstood. I share your concern. We're not allowed to block indefinitely, so we're trying three months. Ideally, we'd like to do a range block but haven't figured out how to make it narrow enough so it doesn't affect others. SlimVirgin (talk) 20:51, August 7, 2005 (UTC)

 * What you say makes sense, Finlay. I'll discuss it later with the other people involved. Thanks for the input; it's very helpful. SlimVirgin (talk) 21:11, August 7, 2005 (UTC)

ASINs
Hi, Finlay. Sorry to bother you if you don't care about this...

You commented on the little WP:VIP fracas I had over deleting ASINs; I'm trying to start a discussion about this. If you have any particular opinions about it, could you note them at User:Shimgray/ASIN? I'm hoping the community can figure out what to do about this. Thanks, Shimgray 01:20, 9 August 2005 (UTC)

Los Banos
Hi! I stumbled on your question over at RickK's talk page. Been a long time since I've been up that way, but I clearly remember the I-5/SR152 interchange as reading "Los Banos." Hope this helps. - Lucky 6.9 23:46, 9 August 2005 (UTC)

Controversial editors, Jayjg and Slim
I requested on the WP admn. board (and the noticeboard) an answer to the WP:NPA violation of these two controversial editors, but have never received it. At some point in Aug 2005, these editors decided to issue a block based on personal bias, using "disruption" as the reason. I have requested a citation of the particular edit that prompted this cycle of abuse from them. I have never gotten it, but I have gotten an escalation of abuse and blocking from them. If someone is blocked they should know the reason. The term "disruption" is the excuse, and they have never shown the exact edit that violated any of Wikipedia's rules. If there was one, let's see it. Thanks, that's all I ask for, but have yet to see it.69.209.218.98 07:22, 12 August 2005 (UTC)

Ibrahim the Great
Thanks for your comment. No, there is no WP entry for him, unfortunately, since (according to family legend) he ended up doubting himself into complete insignificance :) Ramallite (talk) 17:31, 13 August 2005 (UTC)

One Baker Street is quite enough
Thanks for spotting the second Baker Street image. You're right it is redundant, Iuploaded it by mistake with a space in the name and realised so uploaded again. I meant to delete it but forgot. Thanks again. Greaterlondoner 18:23, 17 August 2005 (UTC)

Senufo languages.png
I've updated Image:Senufo languages.png using many of your suggestions from WP:FPC. Thank you for your thorough review! — mark ✎ 19:09, 19 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Thanks. It was great, and is even better. I particularly like the halo around the smaller text labels ("Banka", etc.). I need to figure out how to do that in Inkscape. -- Finlay McWalter |  Talk 19:27, August 19, 2005 (UTC)
 * Don't know Inkscape, but in CorelDraw it's quite easily done by giving the text an outline. I would think any vector graphics editor would have such a feature. — mark ✎ 19:34, 19 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Yep, you're quite right. It's not a patch on the proper glow effect (Image:Wfm monument valley annotated.jpg) one gets in Photoshop, which Inkscape promises for its next release. -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 19:46, August 19, 2005 (UTC)

User 66.207.101.66
Hello - after the 24-hour block you enforced was lifted this user has continued linkspamming articles about books. He has also vandalised a couple of articles. Perhaps you should block him again for longer? --PhilipO 20:49, 19 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Thanks for letting me know. He also vandalised Zury Ríos Sosa.  I've blocked him for 48 hours this time.  I'm reluctant to impose long blocks, as I'm concerned that I'll block legitimate users too.  If he returns, and resumes his pattern of bad behaviour, please let me know. -- Finlay McWalter |  Talk 21:17, August 19, 2005 (UTC)

Message from Sooted
in that case maybe you should go after robertbyrne and arwel parry for editing articles for no other reason than their political views

 * They haven't broken any rules. -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 22:25, August 19, 2005 (UTC)

ok fine I'll accept the double standard and say no more

Re:NowCommons

 * I think I'll just wait then for the 'special tool' Dragon's flight mentioned on WP:AN. — Ilγαηερ   (Tαlκ) '' 20:34, 21 August 2005 (UTC)

My user page
Hey, thanks for reverting the vandalism on my user page! Being vandalised always makes me feel kind of important... :) This guy seems a bit odd by the way - he's been vandalising the one single VfD page for thirteen hours now. ^^ - ulayiti (talk)  21:24, 21 August 2005 (UTC)

User:Hipocrite/AgriTalk
The user in question has been trolling and vandalizing my user page and talk page, this article is a further attempt at harassment, and thus is a CSD. Thank you. Agriculture 23:44, 21 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Puhleaze. I have done no such thing. If you look at the history of my edits to your user main page, you'll see that my only edit there was to revert vandalism. I'm not trying to harass you. If you want me to do something, you should try asking. Hipocrite 23:45, 21 August 2005 (UTC)

 * In another user's userspace, neither is a criterion for speedy deletion. Hipocrite may request that page for speedy deletion; you may not. -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 23:46, August 21, 2005 (UTC)

 * Yet another admin who supports trolls harassing other users I see. Well we'll do this the hard way then.  I'd note point #3 qualifies the page for Speedy Delete.  Agriculture 23:54, 21 August 2005 (UTC)

 * It's clearly not "pure vandalism". -- Finlay McWalter |  Talk 23:57, August 21, 2005 (UTC)

 * I am sorry the dispute between Ag and I has caused you any amount of wikistress. I'm looking to you for advice, however. Should I SD the page in question? I leave it there now because my big fat ego dosen't seem to be letting me yield to threats. Do you think I'm wrong to do this? I'll follow your advice. Hipocrite 00:01, 22 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Personally I don't see much point in keeping it. If a user is leaving, as Agriculture appears to be, then there's not much point in having it hanging around.  If, however, you plan on some form of conflict-resultion (mediation, RfC, RFAr, etc.) in which you feel the page in question is material then it can always be undeleted (either by arbitrators or in response to a proper request for undeletion).  If the latter is your intent, you may wish to keep an offline copy for reference (talk pages, like the rest of wikipedia, are GFDL, so you're quite entitled to do so). -- Finlay McWalter |  Talk 00:14, August 22, 2005 (UTC)

 * Thank you. Can you speedy it? Hipocrite 00:18, 22 August 2005 (UTC)

 * I think it would be better if another admin were to do so. -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 00:21, August 22, 2005 (UTC)

 * Understood. You have a good evening, now. Hipocrite 00:23, 22 August 2005 (UTC)

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The Amazing Race 6

The Amazing Race 6 is the sixth season of the American reality competition show The Amazing Race. Hosted by Phil Keoghan, it featured eleven teams of two, each with a pre-existing relationship, competing in a race around the world to win US$1,000,000. This season visited four continents and ten countries and traveled over 40000 mi during twelve legs. Starting in Chicago, racers traveled through Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Senegal, Germany, Hungary, France, Ethiopia, Sri Lanka, China, and Hawaii before finishing in Chicago. New twists introduced in this season include uniting teams for a task, the double-length leg, and limits on team members' Roadblock performances. The season premiered on CBS on November 16, 2004, and concluded on February 8, 2005.

Engaged couple Freddy Holliday and Kendra Bentley were the winners of this season, while dating couple Jon Buehler and Kris Perkins finished in second place, and exes Adam Malis and Rebecca Cardon finished in third place.

Development and filming
In May 2004, CBS ordered the sixth season of the show, despite the fact that The Amazing Race 5 had not yet aired. Early renewal was likely due to the success of the changes made in season 5. CBS also delayed the airing of season 6 until late in the fall and moved it out of its proposed Saturday timeslot in order to create a "cool down" period between races, in the hopes that this would help continue the newfound ratings success.

The Amazing Race 6 spanned a total of 40000 mi over ten countries on four continents. The 30 days of filming began on August 13, 2004, and finished on September 12. The Amazing Race made its first trip to seven new countries: Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Hungary, Sri Lanka, Ethiopia, and Senegal.

This season was the first in which team members had to complete an equal number of Roadblock tasks. No team member was permitted to complete more than six Roadblocks on the entire race. Throughout the season, host Phil Keoghan verbally stated this rule when introducing each leg's Roadblock. This season also reduced the number of times the Yield appeared to three, compared to the previous season, where the Yield had been featured in almost every leg. This trend would continue in subsequent seasons.

A task in the second leg marked the first time that teams were required to work with each other. The ten teams had to split themselves into two groups of five, each of which had to row a Viking boat across a fjord.

According to Aaron Crumbaugh, the sixth leg was originally planned as two separate legs with the first part being a non-elimination point, where the losing team would have been stripped of their money. However, those planned legs were combined into one after producers realized that begging was illegal in Hungary.

This season featured a visit to Sri Lanka, where filming occurred just a few months before the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami. The episodes aired four weeks after the earthquake had devastated the locations the teams had visited. A special message was inserted at the beginning of the episodes in Sri Lanka, dedicating them to the victims and to those helping with the recovery.

Cast
This season's cast included married professional wrestlers, dating actors, high school buddies, engaged models, and a team of married entrepreneurs. Early Show hosts Harry Smith and Dave Price ran the season's first leg with the actual teams as part of a special segment on their morning show.

Jonathan & Victoria appeared on a Dr. Phil special to try to improve their marriage. Jonathan & Victoria then competed on Battle of the Network Reality Stars. Later, in a celebrity version of Fear Factor, Victoria attacked contestant Jon "Jonny Fairplay" Dalton (of Survivor: Pearl Islands), and Jonathan attacked host Joe Rogan, resulting in their expulsion from the show. Aaron competed on the twelfth season of Food Network Star and on Cutthroat Kitchen. Victoria had a cameo appearance on Whose Line is it Anyway?. Rebecca Cardon was in the reality show Kill Reality and appeared on the Bravo reality series Work Out.
 * Future appearances

Results
The following teams are listed with their placements in each leg. Placements are listed in finishing order.
 * A placement with a dagger (†) indicates that the team was eliminated.
 * An placement with a double-dagger (‡) indicates that the team was the last to arrive at a Pit Stop in a non-elimination leg. As a penalty, they were stripped of all their money and were not given any at the start of the next leg.
 * An italicized placement identifies a team's placement at the midpoint of a double leg.
 * A indicates that the team won the Fast Forward.
 * A indicates that the team used the Yield and a  indicates the team on the receiving end of the Yield.
 * Notes

Leg 1 (United States → Iceland)

 * Episode 1: "The Game's Afoot" (November 16, 2004)
 * Prize: A vacation to Hawaii (awarded to Hayden & Aaron)
 * Eliminated: Avi & Joe
 * Locations
 * Chicago, Illinois (Buckingham Fountain) (Starting Line)
 * Chicago (O'Hare International Airport)
 * Chicago → Reykjavík, Iceland (Keflavík International Airport)
 * Suðurland (Seljalandsfoss Waterfall)
 * Suðurland (Vatnajökull)
 * Hornafjörður (Breiðamerkursandur)
 * Svínafell (Hótel Skaftafell) or Hornafjörður (Jökulsárlón)
 * Grindavík (Blue Lagoon)
 * Episode summary
 * From Buckingham Fountain, teams had to race into downtown Chicago and travel by subway to O'Hare International Airport, where they had to fly to Reykjavík, Iceland. Once there, teams were instructed to drive to the Seljalandsfoss waterfall, where they found their next clue.
 * At the base of Vatnajökull, teams had to sign up for a shuttle bus to take them 10 mi to their next clue at the glacier's edge. Teams then had to drive a snowmobile across the glacier to a camp, where they had to choose a tent and a departure time for the next morning. The next morning, teams took a shuttle bus back down the glacier, where they retrieved their next clue, instructing them to drive to Breiðamerkursandur in order to find their next clue.
 * This season's first Detour was a choice between Ice Climb or Ice Search . In Ice Climb, teams had to travel to the Hótel Skaftafell and climb the face of an ice wall in order to reach their next clue at the top. In Ice Search , teams had to travel to a nearby glacial lagoon and use a boat to search the lagoon with thousands of icebergs for an orange buoy with their next clue.
 * After the Detour, teams had to check in at the Pit Stop: the Blue Lagoon in Grindavík.

Leg 2 (Iceland → Norway)

 * Episode 2: "I'm Not His Wife, He Doesn't Need to Scream at Me" (November 23, 2004)
 * Prize: A seven-night cruise in Alaska (awarded to Kris & Jon)
 * Eliminated: Meredith & Maria
 * Locations
 * Grindavík (Blue Lagoon)
 * Reykjavík → Oslo, Norway
 * Oslo (Holmenkollbakken)
 * Brandbu (Raukr Viking Village)
 * Hønefoss → Voss
 * Voss (Bridge)
 * Voss (Nesheimstunet)
 * Episode summary
 * At the start of this leg, teams were instructed to fly to Oslo, Norway. Once there, teams had to travel to the Holmenkollbakken in order to find their next clue.
 * In this season's first Roadblock, one team member had to climb to the top of the ski jump and then ride a zipline to the bottom in order to receive their next clue.
 * After the Roadblock, teams had to travel to the Viking village at Brandbu, where the ten teams were split into two groups and each group had to row a Viking ship across a fjord to their next clue. Teams were instructed to travel by train to Voss and then drive to a specific bridge, where they found their next clue.
 * This leg's Detour was a choice between Endurance or Accuracy . In Endurance, teams had to roller ski down a 1.75 mi course in order to receive their next clue. In Accuracy , teams had to complete three Viking games – kubbs, axe throwing, and archery – in order to receive their next clue.
 * After the Detour, teams had to check in at the Pit Stop: the Nesheimstunet in Voss.

Leg 3 (Norway → Sweden)

 * Episode 3: "Counting Bears Is Not Rocket Science" (November 30, 2004)
 * Prize: A seven-night cruise to the Mexican Riviera (awarded to Hayden & Aaron)
 * Eliminated: Lena & Kristy
 * Locations
 * Voss (Nesheimstunet)
 * Voss → Oslo
 * Oslo → Stockholm, Sweden
 * Stockholm (Nordic Sea Hotel – Ice Bar)
 * Stockholm (Kungens Kurva – IKEA)
 * Stockholm → Häggvik
 * Häggvik (Bögs Gård Farm)
 * Häggvik → Stockholm
 * Stockholm (Skeppsholmen – af Chapman)
 * Episode summary
 * At the start of this leg, teams were instructed to return to Oslo by train and then travel by bus to Stockholm, Sweden. Once there, teams had to travel to the Ice Bar of the Nordic Sea Hotel, where each team member had to slide ice shot glasses across the bar. If either team member landed a glass on a target at the end, they could receive their next clue, which directed them to the IKEA store in Kungens Kurva. If both members missed, they had to go back to the end of the line before trying again.
 * This leg's Detour was a choice between Count It or Build It . In Count It, teams had to count the number of cooking pots, frying pans, and stuffed animals in three large bins and give the correct number to the supervisor in order to receive their next clue. In Build It , teams had to properly assemble a desk using all of the provided parts in order to receive their next clue.
 * After the Detour, teams had to travel by train to Häggvik and then ride a tandem bicycle 2 mi to Bögs Gård Farm in order to find their next clue.
 * In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to unroll and search through 270 hay bales in order to find one of the twenty bales that contained their next clue.
 * After the Roadblock, teams had to ride their tandem bicycle back to the train station, travel by train back to Stockholm, and then check in at the Pit Stop aboard the af Chapman, moored at Skeppsholmen.
 * Additional notes
 * The hay bale task was later revisited in season 15 as a Switchback.
 * Lena spent over eight hours unrolling hay bales, but was never able to find a clue envelope during the Roadblock. Two hours after all of the other teams had checked in at the Pit Stop, Phil came out to the farm to inform Lena & Kristy of their elimination.

Leg 4 (Sweden → Senegal)

 * Episode 4: "What If It Isn't Sanitary" (December 7, 2004)
 * Prize: A seven-night cruise to the Western Caribbean (awarded to Kris & Jon)
 * Locations
 * Stockholm (Skeppsholmen – af Chapman)
 * Stockholm (Town Hall Tower)
 * Stockholm → Dakar, Senegal (Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport)
 * Dakar (Cimetière Bel-Air)
 * Kayar (Vieux Ngom Carpenter Shop)
 * Cap-Vert (Lac Rose)
 * Dakar → Gorée Island
 * Gorée Island (Rue des Batteries)
 * Episode summary
 * At the start of this episode, teams went to the Town Hall Tower, where they were instructed to fly to Dakar, Senegal. Once there, teams had to search outside the airport for their next clue, which included the poem "Femme noire", and instructions to find the author's grave. Teams had to figure out that the author was former Senegalese President Léopold Sédar Senghor, whose grave was at the Bel Aire Cemetery. There, the teams' next clue directed them to the Vieux Ngom Carpenter Shop.
 * This leg's Detour was a choice between Stack 'Em Up or Pull 'Em Up . In Stack 'Em Up, teams had to carry baskets of fish to a drying table and properly stack enough fish in order to cover the table and receive their next clue. In Pull 'Em Up , teams had to use traditional fishing gear to catch four fish and then bring the fish to the shore, where they received their next clue.
 * After the Detour, teams had to travel to the Lac Rose, where they found their next clue.
 * In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to use the tools provided to harvest enough salt from the bed of the lake and fill a 25 gal basket in order to receive their next clue.
 * After the Roadblock, teams had to travel by ferry to Gorée Island and find the Pit Stop.
 * Additional note
 * This was a non-elimination leg.

Leg 5 (Senegal → Germany)

 * Episode 5: "Quit Following Us" (December 14, 2004)
 * Prize: A vacation to Mexico (awarded to Freddy & Kendra)
 * Eliminated: Don & Mary Jean
 * Locations
 * Gorée Island (Rue des Batteries)
 * Gorée Island (House of Slaves)
 * Gorée Island → Dakar
 * Dakar → Berlin, Germany
 * Berlin (East Side Gallery)
 * Berlin (Tauentzienstraße – Broken Chain Sculpture)
 * Berlin (Brauhaus Spandau Bar or Zitadelle)
 * Berlin (Teufelsberg)
 * Berlin (Brandenburg Gate)
 * Episode summary
 * At the start of this leg, teams walked to the House of Slaves, where they learned about the history of the African slave trade on Gorée Island. Afterwards, each team laid a single rose at the historic archway known as the "Door of No Return" as a tribute to the victims before being given their next clue, which instructed teams to fly to Berlin, Germany. Once there, teams traveled to the East Side Gallery, where they searched a stretch of the former Berlin Wall for their next clue. From there, teams traveled to the Broken Chain Sculpture, where they found their next clue.
 * This leg's Detour was a choice between Beer or Brats . In Beer, teams traveled to the Brauhaus Spandau, where each team member had to search the tables at the bar for five coasters bearing their teams' names and pictures. They then had to trade two full beer steins to the patron in exchange for each coaster. Once both team members collected five coasters, they received their next clue. In Brats , teams traveled to the Zitadelle, where they had to use a hand-operated sausage maker to create one rope of five bratwursts in order to receive their next clue.
 * After the Detour, teams had to travel to Teufelsberg in order to find their next clue.
 * In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to climb to the top of Teufelsberg and complete a soap box derby course in 37 seconds or less in order to receive their next clue.
 * Teams had to check in at the Pit Stop: the Brandenburg Gate.

Leg 6 (Germany → Hungary)

 * Episode 6: "They Should Probably Have Some Counseling" (December 21, 2004) & Episode 7: "One of You, I'm Gonna Break in Half" (January 4, 2005)
 * Prize: A vacation to Europe (awarded to Lori & Bolo)
 * Eliminated: Gus & Hera
 * Locations
 * Berlin (Brandenburg Gate)
 * Berlin (Checkpoint Charlie)
 * Berlin (Olympic Stadium)
 * Berlin → Budapest, Hungary
 * Eger (Eger Castle)
 * Eger → Budapest
 * Budapest (Net Klub Internet Kafé)
 * Budapest (Heritage Rail Museum)
 * Budapest (Buda Castle – Budavári Labirintus)
 * Budapest (Margit Island – Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium)
 * Budapest (Gundel Restaurant)
 * Budapest (Point Zero)
 * Budapest (Fisherman's Bastion)
 * Episode summary (Episode 6)
 * At the start of this leg, teams traveled to Checkpoint Charlie, where they received their next clue directing them to the Olympic Stadium.
 * In this leg's first Roadblock, one team member was strapped into a "hot rocket bungee" and launched 200 ft into the air. After returning to the ground, they received their next clue.
 * Teams were instructed to fly to Budapest, Hungary. Once there, teams had to drive a Trabant 601 to Eger Castle, where they found their next clue.
 * This leg's first Detour was a choice between Catapult Crash or Cannonball Run . In Catapult Crash, teams would have used a catapult to hurl a watermelon onto a wooden target in order to retrieve the clue hidden within. In Cannonball Run , teams had to push a cannon up a hill to the castle courtyard, and then carry 55 cannonballs and stack them into a pyramid in order to receive their next clue. All teams chose Cannonball Run.
 * After the first Detour, teams traveled by train back to Budapest and then traveled by taxi to the Net Klub Internet Kafé. Teams received their next clue via e-mail, which informed them that they were still racing.
 * Episode summary (Episode 7)
 * At the Heritage Rail Museum, teams had to ride a draisine at speeds up to 50 mph in order to retrieve their next clue.
 * For this season's first Fast Forward, one team had to travel to Buda Castle. There, they had to descend through a labyrinth and drink a goblet of pig's blood. Lori & Bolo won the Fast Forward.
 * Teams who did not attempt the Fast Forward had to travel by taxi to the Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, where they found their next clue.
 * This leg's second Detour was a choice between Swim or Paddle . In Swim, teams had to play a game of water polo and score one goal against a Hungarian water polo player in order to receive their next clue. In Paddle , teams had to inflate a raft with a hand pump and paddle across the Danube River to a flag on the other side in order to retrieve their next clue.
 * After the second Detour, teams were instructed to travel to the Gundel Restaurant, where they found their next clue.
 * In this leg's second Roadblock, one team member had to eat a 24 oz bowl of a traditional Hungarian spicy soup in order to receive their next clue.
 * After the second Roadblock, teams had to travel to Point Zero, and then either take the funicular or walk to the Pit Stop: Fisherman's Bastion.
 * Additional note
 * Leg 6 was a double leg and aired over two separate episodes.

Leg 7 (Hungary → France)

 * Episode 8: "Tell My Mom I Love Her" (January 11, 2005)
 * Prize: A vacation to the Caribbean (awarded to Adam & Rebecca)
 * Locations
 * Budapest (Fisherman's Bastion)
 * Budapest (Budafok – Promontor Borudvar)
 * Budapest → Ajaccio, France
 * Ajaccio (Maison Bonaparte)
 * Ajaccio (Ajaccio Harbor)
 * Calvi (Camp Raffalli)
 * Zilia (Domaine 'Alzipratu Winery)
 * L'Île-Rousse (La Pietra)
 * Episode summary
 * At the start of this leg, teams had to travel to the Promontor Borudvar winery and follow a path toward a large wine cask, where they found their next clue, which instructed them to fly to Corsica. Once there, teams had to travel to Napoleon's birthplace and find the room where he was born in order to receive their next clue.
 * For this season's last Fast Forward, one team had to locate a harbor in Ajaccio, don old-style diving suits, and walk across the ocean floor to a lobster trap in order to retrieve the Fast Forward award. Adam & Rebecca won the Fast Forward.
 * Teams who did not attempt the Fast Forward had to drive to Camp Raffalli in Calvi in order to find their next clue.
 * This leg's Detour was a choice between Climb Up or Fly Behind . In Climb Up, teams had to use a mechanical ascender to climb a rock wall. Once at the top, teams had to find a French legionnaire, who gave them a medal, and then rappel back down in order to receive their next clue. In Fly Behind , teams had to choose a Zodiac boat and, with one member directing the pilot and the other trailing behind on a raft, search among 25 buoys for one with a clue attached.
 * After the Detour, teams were instructed to travel to the Domaine 'Alzipratu Winery in Zilia, where they found their next clue.
 * In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to stomp on 55 lb of grapes in order to squeeze enough juice to fill five wine bottles, and then drink a glass of the squeezed juice, in order to receive their next clue, which directed them to the Pit Stop: La Pietra in L'Île-Rousse.
 * Additional note
 * This was a non-elimination leg.

Leg 8 (France → Ethiopia)

 * Episode 9: "Are There Instructions on Donkey Handling?" (January 18, 2005)
 * Prize: A vacation to Mexico (awarded to Hayden & Aaron)
 * Eliminated: Jonathan & Victoria
 * Locations
 * L'Île-Rousse (La Pietra)
 * Calvi → Nice
 * Nice (City Garden – Statue of Albert I)
 * Nice → Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
 * Addis Ababa (Addis Ababa Bole International Airport) → Lalibela (Lalibela Airport)
 * North Wollo (Lewz Village)
 * Lalibela (St. George's Church)
 * Lalibela (Lookout)
 * Episode summary
 * At the start of this leg, teams were instructed to travel by ferry to Nice, and then travel to the city gardens, where they found their next clue at a bust of Albert I. Teams were instructed to fly to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Once there, teams had to sign up for one of two charter flights to Lalibela. There, teams found their next clue on vans outside the airport. Teams directed their drivers to take them to the overlook of Lewz Village.
 * This leg's Detour was a choice between Raise the Roof or Mud the Hut . In Raise the Roof, teams assisted a group of locals by carrying a roof 2/3 mi and then placing it on top of a house. Once the roof was on, one team member had to place a jug on the roof in order to receive their next clue. In Mud the Hut , teams had to use a plaster made of dirt, water, and straw to cover an entire wall of a traditional Ethiopian house in order to receive their next clue.
 * After the Detour, teams had to take two donkeys and deliver them to a farmer 3 mi away in order to receive their next clue.
 * In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to enter the Church of Saint George, where they received a pendant from the head priest. They then had to search among hundreds of worshipers outside of the church for the one wearing the same pendant. They could trade the pendant for their next clue, which directed them to the nearby Pit Stop.
 * Additional note
 * Adam & Rebecca chose to Yield Freddy & Kendra.

Leg 9 (Ethiopia → Sri Lanka)

 * Episode 10: "It Always Comes Down to Details" (January 25, 2005)
 * Prize: A vacation to Europe (awarded to Kris & Jon)
 * Eliminated: Lori & Bolo
 * Locations
 * Lalibela (Lookout)
 * Lalibela → Addis Ababa
 * Addis Ababa (Addis Ababa Stadium)
 * Addis Ababa → Colombo, Sri Lanka
 * Colombo → Galle
 * Galle (Fort Galle)
 * Galle (Coconut Plantation or Mahinda College Cricket Field)
 * Galle → Kandy
 * Kandy (Kandyan Art Association & Temple of the Tooth)
 * Kandy → Dambulla
 * Sigiriya (Lion Rock)
 * Sigiriya (Hotel Sigiriya)
 * Episode summary
 * At the start of this leg, teams returned to Lalibela Airport and signed up for one of two charter flights back to Addis Ababa. Once there, teams had to travel to the Addis Ababa Stadium, where they completed a four-man track relay with two local runners before receiving their next clue, which instructed them to fly to Colombo, Sri Lanka. Once there, teams had to travel by train to Galle and find their next clue at Fort Galle.
 * This leg's Detour was a choice between Tree Trunks or Elephant Trunks . In Tree Trunks, teams traveled by tuk-tuk to a coconut plantation. There, each person had to climb to the top of a 50 ft tree and retrieve a jug filled with tree sap, which they had to pour into a container in order to receive their next clue. In Elephant Trunks , teams traveled by tuk-tuk to an elephant polo field, where each team member had to ride an elephant down the length of the field, hitting a polo ball around a large pole and scoring a goal in order to receive their next clue.
 * After the Detour, teams had to travel by bus to Kandy and then find the Kandyan Art Association, where they had to purchase an offering, which they could exchange at the nearby Temple of the Tooth for their next clue. Teams were instructed to travel by bus to Dambulla and then travel to Lion Rock in Sigiriya.
 * In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to ascend more than 1,000 steps to the top of Lion Rock. Once at the top, they had to use a pair of binoculars to look through the jungle for a flag near the pool at the Hotel Sigiriya. Once they located the hotel, teams had to proceed there and swim the length of the pool before checking in at the Pit Stop.

Leg 10 (Sri Lanka → China)

 * Episode 11: "You Deal with This Before I Hyperventilate" (February 1, 2005)
 * Prize: A vacation to Hawaii (awarded to Hayden & Aaron)
 * Locations
 * Sigiriya (Hotel Sigiriya)
 * Colombo → Shanghai, China
 * Shanghai (Yuyuan Garden)
 * Shanghai (Huaneng Union Tower)
 * Shanghai (HuaXia Bank Tower)
 * Shanghai (The Bund – Monument to the People's Heroes)
 * Shanghai (Jiangpu Road)
 * Shanghai (Peace Hotel South)
 * Episode summary
 * At the start of this leg, teams were instructed to fly to Shanghai, China. Once there, teams had to search the grounds of Yuyuan Garden for their next clue. Teams were then directed to the Huaneng Union Tower, where they found their next clue.
 * In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to wash a window on the exterior of the HuaXia Bank Tower in order to reveal a hidden message. Once they could read the message, they had to lower themselves to the ground and repeat the message to the supervisor, who then handed them their next clue.
 * At the Monument to the People's Heroes at The Bund, teams had to find a group of tai chi performers and search for one of four masters, who had their next clue.
 * This leg's Detour was a choice between Bricks or Ice . In Bricks, teams had to use a traditional device to transport 300 clay bricks off a barge while balancing on a narrow wooden plank. From there, they had to stack the bricks on a wooden pallet in order to receive their clue. In Ice , teams had to load two blocks of ice onto the back of flatbed tricycles and deliver them to a fish market four blocks away. Once there, they had to break them into smaller pieces and place them into a tub in order to receive their next clue.
 * After the Detour, teams had to check in at the Pit Stop: the Peace Hotel South.
 * Additional notes
 * Freddy & Kendra chose to Yield Adam & Rebecca.
 * This was a non-elimination leg.

Leg 11 (China)

 * Episode 12: "4 Continents, 24 Cities, 40,000 Miles" (February 8, 2005)
 * Prize: A vacation to the Caribbean (awarded to Kris & Jon)
 * Eliminated: Hayden & Aaron
 * Locations
 * Shanghai (Peace Hotel South)
 * Shanghai → Xi'an
 * Xi'an (Drum Tower)
 * Xi'an (BYD Auto Factory or Xi'an Tang Du Factory)
 * Xi'an (Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor – Terracotta Army)
 * Huayin (Mount Hua – North Peak)
 * Xi'an (Xi'an City Wall)
 * Episode summary
 * At the start of this leg, teams were instructed to travel by train to Xi'an and then find their next clue at the Drum Tower.
 * This leg's Detour was a choice between Spray or Scroll . In Spray, teams traveled to a car factory and spray painted the shell of a Chinese-made car in order to receive their next clue. In Scroll , teams traveled to a textile factory and searched through ten bolts of fabric with a light table. When teams found and cut out the two Chinese characters stamped within two of the ten bolts, they received their next clue.
 * After the Detour, teams were instructed to travel to the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor, where they had to find the viewing platform of Pit 1 of the Terracotta Army in order to locate their next clue. Teams were directed to the base of Mount Hua, where they had to travel by shuttle bus and gondola to the North Peak.
 * In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to search among 3,000 padlocks for the one that they could unlock using a provided key in order to receive their next clue, which directed them to the Pit Stop: the South Gate of the Xi'an City Wall.

Leg 12 (China → United States)

 * Episode 12: "4 Continents, 24 Cities, 40,000 Miles" (February 8, 2005)
 * Prize: US$1,000,000
 * Winners: Freddy & Kendra
 * Runners-up: Kris & Jon
 * Third place: Adam & Rebecca
 * Locations
 * Xi'an (Xi'an City Wall)
 * Xi'an → Honolulu, Hawaii
 * Honolulu (Puu Ualakaa State Park)
 * Honolulu (Hilo Hattie or Lōkahi Canoe Club)
 * Honolulu (Honolulu International Airport – Kamaka Air Hangar)
 * Honolulu (Kaneohe Bay)
 * Honolulu → Chicago, Illinois
 * Chicago (Chicago Water Tower)
 * Chicago (Gino's East)
 * Chicago (Ping Tom Memorial Park)
 * Episode summary
 * At the start of this leg, teams were instructed to fly to Honolulu, Hawaii. Once there, teams drove themselves to Puu Ualakaa State Park, where they found their next clue.
 * This season's final Detour was a choice between Outfits or Outriggers . In Outfits, teams had to drive to a tropical clothing distributor and search through racks filled with Aloha shirts for the match to one displayed on a mannequin in order to receive their next clue. In Outriggers , teams had to drive to a canoe club and, with the help of a provided assistant, paddle an outrigger canoe down a 2 mi course in order to receive their next clue.
 * After the Detour, teams had to drive to Kamaka Air in order to find their next clue.
 * In this season's final Roadblock, one team member had to tandem skydive with an instructor and land on a sandbar in Kaneohe Bay, where they retrieved their next clue.
 * After the Roadblock, teams were instructed to fly to Chicago, Illinois. Once there, teams had to travel by train to the Chicago Water Tower in order to find their next clue. They were directed to Gino's East pizzeria, where each team member had to eat two slices of deep dish pizza in order to receive their final clue, which directed them to the finish line at Ping Tom Memorial Park.
 * Additional notes
 * Legs 11 and 12 aired back-to-back as a special two-hour episode.
 * When Kris & Jon arrived at the park at the end of the leg, they were blocked by a moving train from continuing to the finish line. Jon estimated that the delay caused by the train lasted about ten minutes. Meanwhile, Freddy & Kendra were able to cross the finish line on the other side of the train.

Critical response
At the time it aired, The Amazing Race 6 received negative reviews. Linda Holmes of Television Without Pity called this season disappointing. Scott Pierce of Deseret News said that his immediate reaction after the season finished was "I'm never going to watch this show again." Reece Forward of Screen Rant ranked this season as the show's second-worst, writing that it "is actively unlikable at points," but the season "escapes the bottom slot due to at least having a few teams that are likable or interesting". Since its airing, this season was ranked 9th out of the first 27 seasons by the Rob Has a Podcast Amazing Race correspondents in 2016. In 2021, Val Barone of TheThings ranked this season as the show's 4th best season. In 2022, Rhenn Taguiam of Game Rant ranked this season as the seventh-best season.

Controversy
The fifth episode featured two of the more controversial moments in the show's history. In Dakar, Senegal, Kendra Bentley, who had previously decried being in "ghetto Africa" complained, "This city is wretched and disgusting. And they just keep breeding and breeding in this poverty. I can't take it." These comments were largely denounced as racist due to the equation of people in Africa as animals. Bentley later claimed that her comments were taken out of context saying, "I was actually talking about the government and how they put people in these situations. They don’t give them opportunities for education or birth control." Lesser outrage was also directed at Rebecca Cardon for similar insensitive comments. On the way to the House of Slaves on Gorée Island, Cardon commented, "I'd love to get out of Africa. I can see why so many people escaped." Kevin McDonough of The Spokesman-Review wrote, "Now that's a novel way to look at the Middle Passage."

Later in the episode, Jonathan Baker, angry at his wife, Victoria Fuller, for picking up his bag which he had dropped during a footrace to the mat, shoved her. He was modestly rebuked at the mat by Phil Keoghan, who saw Jonathan berating his wife but hadn't witnessed the shove. In response, critics and fans decried seeing possible domestic violence on television. Baker later stated "[t]he shove in Berlin was wrong. It was wrong and I should not have done it. I can't apologize any more because I really felt that it hurt."

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Talk:Pinto bean

Request
I need information on growing pinto beans for a science project. For school I need to know the pattern and how tall they can grow.

Nutrition
The nutrition section appears to be an industry group boilerplate. There is no history, botany, more please. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.42.132.198 (talk) 21:55, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

Origin
where did the pinto bean originate from?

Stub?
I feel removing the stub tag was a bit premature. — Pekinensis 19:37, 9 July 2005 (UTC)
 * I am not really sure pinto bean deserves its own article, but as long as it's here, it really is a stub. -- WormRunner | Talk 21:19, 9 July 2005 (UTC)

Protein
Protein at leasthe is plain wrong. The source you put, says 24/100 g/g, and the wiki says 9 2803:9800:9A03:7F81:F545:3EE0:45:1CD4 (talk) 23:56, 23 November 2021 (UTC)

in brazil is the national basic daily food with rice in middle day hour but in brazilian portuguese the name is "carioca" ("from rio de janeiro city") but no is from rio — Preceding unsigned comment added by 187.64.15.47 (talk) 06:10, 3 April 2022 (UTC)

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Gold digger

Gold digger is a term for a person, typically a woman, who engages in a type of transactional sexual relationship for money rather than love. If it turns into marriage, it is a type of marriage of convenience.

Etymology and usage
The term "gold digger" is a slang term that has its roots among chorus girls and sex workers in the early 20th century. In print, the term can be found in Rex Beach's 1911 book, The Ne'er-Do-Well, and in the 1915 memoir My Battles with Vice by Virginia Brooks. The Oxford Dictionary and Random House's Dictionary of Historical Slang state the term is distinct for women because they were much more likely to need to marry a wealthy man in order to achieve or maintain a level of socioeconomic status.

The term rose in usage after the popularity of Avery Hopwood's play The Gold Diggers in 1919. Hopwood first heard the term in a conversation with Ziegfeld performer Kay Laurell. As an indication on how new the slang term was, Broadway producers urged him to change the title because they feared that the audience would think that the play was about mining and the Gold Rush.

General
There exist several cases where female public figures have been perceived as exemplars of the gold digger stereotype by the public. The best-known gold digger of the early 20th century was Peggy Hopkins Joyce. Joyce was a former show girl who married and divorced millionaires. She was characterized as a gold digger during her divorce battle with Stanley Joyce during the early 1920s. Some have argued that she was the real-life inspiration for Lorelei Lee, the protagonist in Anita Loos’ 1925 novel Gentlemen Prefer Blondes which holds gold digging as a central theme. Additionally, some have contended that the term "gold digger" was coined to describe her. Former Olympian Eleanor Holm was dubbed the "swimming gold digger" for her divorce contest with Broadway impresario Billy Rose during the 1950s. The press and public described model and actress, Anna Nicole Smith, as a gold digger for marrying multi-millionaire octogenarian J. Howard Marshall II. There was even a book published as a Little Blue Book (Little Blue Book No. 1392, Confessions of a Gold Digger, by Betty Van Deventer, 1929).

Law
The recurring image of the gold digger in Western popular media throughout the 1920s and 1930s developed into an important symbol of a moral panic surrounding frivolous lawsuits. Sharon Thompson's research has demonstrated how public perception of the prevalence of gold digging has created disadvantages for female spouses without their own source of income in the negotiation of alimony cases and prenuptial agreements. The gold digger stereotype triggered public discussions about heartbalm legislation during the 1930s, particularly breach of promise cases. Public outrage surrounding the image of frivolous lawsuits and unfair alimony payouts related to the gold digger archetype contributed to a nationwide push throughout the middle and late 1930s to outlaw heart balm legislation in the United States.

Film
The gold digger emerged as a dominant trope in American popular culture beginning in the 1920s. Stephen Sharot stated that the gold digger supplanted the popularity of the vamp in 1920s cinema.

By the 1930s, the term "gold digger" had reached the United Kingdom through a British remake of The Gold Diggers. While the film received negative critical reception, several sequels with the same title have been produced.

In the 1930s, the gold digger trope was used in a number of popular American films, most notably Gold Diggers of 1933, Gold Diggers of 1935, Baby Face, Red-Headed Woman, Dinner at Eight, and Havana Widows. Film historian Roger Dooley notes that the gold digger is one of the most common of the “stock company of stereotypes that continually reappear in the films of the 1930s.” Gold diggers in 1930s cinema were often portrayed in positive, sometimes heroic, ways. The character has featured in many films since the 1930s such as Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) and How to Marry a Millionaire (1953), both starring Marilyn Monroe, or as a villainous foil, as in both versions of Disney's film The Parent Trap.

Music
The gold digger image or trope appears in several popular songs, including "My Heart Belongs to Daddy" (1938), "Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend" (1949), "Santa Baby" (1953), "She Got the Goldmine (I Got The Shaft)" (1982), and "Material Girl" (1984). Rap music's use of the "gold digger script" is one of a few prevalent sexual scripts that is directed at young African-American women.

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Geyserite

Geyserite, or siliceous sinter, is a form of opaline silica that is often found as crusts or layers around hot springs and geysers. Botryoidal geyserite is known as fiorite. Geyserite is porous due to the silica enclosing many small cavities. Siliceous sinter should not be confused with calcareous sinter, which is made of calcium carbonate.

In May 2017, evidence of the earliest known life on land may have been found in 3.48-billion-year-old geyserite uncovered in the Pilbara Craton of Western Australia.

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Bebe Buell

Beverle Lorence "Bebe" Buell (born July 14, 1953) is an American singer and former model. She was Playboy magazine's November 1974 Playmate of the Month. Buell moved to New York in 1972 after signing a modeling contract with Eileen Ford, and garnered notoriety after her publicized relationship with musician Todd Rundgren from 1972 until 1978, as well as her liaisons with several rock musicians during that time and over the following four decades. She is the mother of actress Liv Tyler (born 1977), whose biological father is Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler. Todd Rundgren is Liv's legally adoptive father.

In 2001 Buell published her autobiography with St. Martin's Press (with Victor Bockris), Rebel Heart: An American Rock and Roll Journey. The book was a New York Times bestseller. The paperback was issued in 2002.

Early life
Buell was born in Portsmouth, Virginia, the daughter of Dorothea (Brown) Johnson, who founded the Protocol School of Washington, and Harold Lloyd Buell, a U.S. Navy officer and World War II veteran. As her father was not at home at the time of Buell's birth, her mother waited until he got back before naming her daughter. The nurses in the hospital took to calling her "Baby Buell," which is where her nickname of "Bebe" originated. She is of German descent.

Modeling
Buell was discovered by modeling agency executive Eileen Ford after high school graduation at age 17, and relocated to New York City at age 18. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the November 1974 issue; her centerfold was photographed by Richard Fegley. Describing her early years and modeling career, Buell said, "[I wanted] to be a professional singer [which was why] I came to New York—yes, I was a pretty young girl, so I fell into the modeling thing, and [then] I did Playboy, so then the rock stars came a-hunting, as I like to say."

Music
In 1981 Buell recorded a four-song EP on Rhino Records, produced by Rick Derringer and Ric Ocasek, with the Cars serving as her band on two tracks. The rock band the Power Station began in 1984 when her then-boyfriend John Taylor (of Duran Duran fame) pulled some famous friends together to provide backing for another of Buell's musical efforts. She also formed the band the B-Sides in 1980; it disbanded in 1985.

In 1985 Buell started another band, The Gargoyles, and released a couple of singles. A few large record companies showed interest, but the Gargoyles disbanded when Liv Tyler's paternity became public in 1991. Buell withdrew from performing for six years in the 1990s. She managed Liv's career as an international model and actress. She also represented actress Charis Michelsen.

After Liv left home in 1997, Buell recorded a solo effort with producer Don Fleming, released in 2000. She also performed around New York with the Bebe Buell Band and later with Boston musicians The Rudds and the Neighborhoods' drummer Johnny Lynch, forming a new band for a few shows that also included her husband, James Wallerstein.

In May 2009 Buell released her first recording in ten years, the single "Air Kisses for the Masses". She then recorded a 12-song album that can be downloaded on iTunes or Amazon MP3. Buell played a series of live shows in the New York City area to promote the single.

In September 2011 Buell released Hard Love, an aggressive rock album influenced by grunge and glam rock. It was produced by Wallerstein and Stephen DeAcutis. The 11-track record features original songs alongside covers of Gang of Four's "I Love a Man in Uniform" and "Baby Baby" by the English punk rock band the Vibrators.

Personal life
Buell has dated many musicians, beginning with Paul Cowsill of the Cowsills when she was 15. She has dated Mick Jagger, Iggy Pop, David Bowie, Elvis Costello, Todd Rundgren, Jimmy Page, Duran Duran's John Taylor, and Steven Tyler among others, but she rejects the label "groupie".

From 1972 to 1978, Bebe Buell had a longterm, on and off, relationship with Todd Rundgren. In 1976, Buell became unexpectedly pregnant from a brief relationship with Steven Tyler. On July 1, 1977, Buell gave birth to future actress/model Liv Tyler, but Buell initially named her child Liv Rundgren and claimed that Todd Rundgren was the biological father to protect the child from Tyler's drug addiction. Rundgren and Buell ended their romantic relationship shortly after Liv's birth. At age 9, Liv found out that she was Steven Tyler's biological daughter.

In 1992, Buell married for the first time. She wed sometime-musician and actor Coyote Shivers. They divorced in 1999 after a year-long separation. In 2002, she married musician Jim Wallerstein (aka Jim Walters) of Das Damen.

For his film Almost Famous, music journalist and filmmaker Cameron Crowe developed the "band-aid" character Penny Lane as a composite of a handful of girls he saw backstage in the late 1960s and early 1970s at concerts calling themselves the "Flying Garter Girls". One girl who went by the nickname Penny Lane is real-life Pennie Lane Trumbull, born in Portland, Oregon, in 1954. Though they were not in the Flying Garter Girls group, various other women have been described as Crowe's inspiration, for instance Pamela Des Barres and Buell. Buell partially inspired Crowe; he named a lead singer character Jeff Bebe.

Buell lived in New York and New Jersey before relocating to Nashville, Tennessee, in 2013.

Discography
Solo
 * Covers Girl (1981), 12" 4 song EP produced by Ric Ocasek & Rick Derringer
 * 1) "My Little Red Book"
 * 2) "Wild One Forever"
 * 3) "The Little Black Egg"
 * 4) "Funtime"

 * Little Black Egg (1982), 7" Single/UK for Moonlight Records
 * Retrosexual, (1994, reissued 2004) for Sky Dog Records France
 * Free To Rock (2000) produced by Don Fleming with the Bebe Buell Band
 * "Air Kisses For The Masses" (2009) single iTunes, Amazon MP3, produced by Twinomatick
 * Sugar (2009)
 * "Hard Love (2011), 11-track album produced by James Wallerstein and Stephen DeAcutis.
 * 1) "Mother of Rock'n'Roll"
 * 2) "Devil You Know"
 * 3) "Heartbeat"
 * 4) "Got It All Wrong"
 * 5) "Baby Baby"
 * 6) "Black Angel"
 * 7) "Sugar"
 * 8) "I Love a Man in Uniform"
 * 9) "Timeline"
 * 10) "Normal Girl"
 * 11) "I Will Wait"

 * Baring It All: Greetings from Nashbury Park (2018)

with the B-Sides
 * A Side of the B-Sides (1984), 3 song 12" EP Picture Disc produced by Todd Rundgren
 * 1) "Mr. Never Forever"
 * 2) "Windy Words"
 * 3) "Battle Cry"

with the Gargoyles

Two 45 releases:
 * "Gargoyle"/"Bored Baby" (1993), 7" Single/Cave Creek Records/Ultra Under
 * "Jacuzzi Jungle"/"Thirteen Wrong Turns" (1987), 7" Single/Route One Records

Cassette EP, "Bebe Buell and the Gargoyles": "Vibrator"/"Lick it and Stick it"/"Take Me to Your Leader"/"Luv Reaction" (1988), FISHTRAKS

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Prince Moulay Rachid of Morocco

Prince Moulay Rachid (الأمير مولاي رشيد بن الحسن; born 20 June 1970) is a member of the Moroccan royal family and the youngest child of the late King Hassan II. He holds a doctorate in international politics and serves as president of Morocco's scouting sub-nation (Institution Royale du scoutisme).

Early life and education
Prince Moulay Rachid is the fifth and youngest child of the late King Hassan II and his wife, Lalla Latifa Amahzoune. He has four older siblings: Princess Lalla Meryem, King Mohammed VI (formerly Crown Prince Sidi Mohammed), Princess Lalla Asma and Princess Lalla Hasna.

After primary and secondary studies at the Royal College in Rabat and obtaining his Baccalauréat in June 1989, he entered Mohammed V University in Rabat to start his higher studies in law. In May 1993, Prince Moulay Rachid obtained his Bachelor of Law (LL.B.) majoring in economic and social law. That same year, he received his License to Practice Law – Public Law, in Morocco two languages are official, French and Arabic, he used to do both but not this time (Rumor has it he preferred the French language because he had problems with writing Arabic which following the Islamic faith is written only by right hands. He is said to be ambidextrous but denied it telling a magazine he wrote with his left hand).

On 29 June 1995, he completed his graduate studies and received a Master of Law (LL.M.) in Political Science. The Bosnian question was the subject of his research and the thesis that he presented and supported publicly. In order to complete his training for his postgraduate education, in November 1993, the Prince started an internship with the United Nations in New York. On 21 June 1996, he successfully completed the written and oral tests for his postgraduate education and received a postgraduate Degree in International Relations. On 18 May 2001, he presented his doctorate thesis on the Organisation of the Islamic Conference at the Université Montesquieu-Bordeaux IV, which merited a specific mention for the quality of his work.

Public life
In 1999, Moulay Rachid became crown prince following the accession of his brother King Mohammed VI to the throne, and remained as such until the birth of his nephew Moulay Hassan in 2003. He is currently second in line to the throne.

Moulay Rachid occasionally serves Morocco as a diplomat, representing his brother Mohammed at foreign engagements. Among the events he attended were the enthronement ceremony of Emperor Naruhito of Japan on 22 October 2019, the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II and the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference that took place in Sharm El Sheikh in Egypt.

On 20 December 2022, Moulay Rachid, along with King Mohammed VI and Crown Prince Moulay Hassan, received the members of the Moroccan national football team at the Royal Palace in Rabat, after their brilliant performance in the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

Personal life
On 15 June 2014, he married his non-titled second-generation cousin, Oum Kalthum Boufares, and paternal granddaughter of Princess Lalla Khadija through her father (a sister of Mohammed V). Their wedding was celebrated in November at the Dar al-Makhzen in Rabat. His wife, after giving birth to the couple's first child, was granted by the title of Princess and the status of Royal Highness by King Mohammed VI. They have two sons together: Prince Moulay Ahmed (born 23 June 2016) and Prince Moulay Abdeslam (born June 1, 2022).

In October 2022, he tested positive for COVID-19 and subsequently missed the state opening of parliament for that year.

National honours

 * 🇲🇦 Morocco: Grand Cordon of the Order of the Throne

Foreign honours

 * undefined: Grand Cordon of the Order Al Khalifa (2001).
 * 🇧🇪 Belgium: Grand Cross of the Order of Leopold II (5 October 2004).
 * 🇩🇰 Denmark: Grand Cross of the Order of the Dannebrog (6 February 1988).
 * 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea: Grand Cross of the National Order of Independence (2009).
 * 🇫🇷 France: Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit.
 * 🇮🇹 Italy: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (18 March 1997).
 * 🇲🇽 Mexico: Grand Cross (Cruz) of the Order of the Aztec Eagle (11 February 2005).
 * 🇵🇰 Pakistan: First Class of the Order of Excellence (19 July 2003).
 * 🇵🇹 Portugal: Grand Cross of the Military Order of Aviz (13 August 1998).
 * 🇵🇹 Portugal: Grand Cross of the Order of Prince Henry (26 March 1993).
 * 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia: First Class of the Order of King Abdulaziz (2007).
 * 🇪🇸 Spain: Knight of the Collar of the Order of Civil Merit (22 September 1989).
 * 🇹🇳 Tunisia: Grand Cordon of the Order of the Republic (31 May 2014).
 * 🇬🇧 United Kingdom: Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (14 July 1987).

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Talk:I.Q.: Intelligent Qube

Can someone please add some info about who developed/invented this game, when, etc? thanks.

Crap, this game is rare? I would have sold it instead of giving it away. Good explanation of gameplay, by the way. Shiri — Talk 05:57, Mar 31, 2005 (UTC)

thanks
great page

Different versions?
I have read strategy guides on this game about a Survival Mode where blocks continually advance, and an interestingly named "100 Attack" mode, however my copy of Intelligent Qube doesn't seem to have either of these features. I love this game and these variations sound like a blast. Are they some kind of un-lockable or hidden mode, or were there versions of this game released without these modes? Hoof Hearted 14:50, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
 * I think you're playing the wrong version... 100 Attack and Survival are in Kurushi Final (IQ Final), and not in IQ... if I recall. 80.47.146.135 09:54, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Ah! Thanks, I've been wondering about that for some time now.  Hoof Hearted 14:07, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

Rare?
I worked at a major video game chain when this game was released and we received plenty of copies. Of course, hardly anyone bought them. 69.203.135.144 06:06, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

Kurushi Meaning
Removed unreferenced line: "There is a rock band from England called Kurushi." from Legacy section. Kurushi in Japanese translates as painful or difficult. (くるし) While there may be a band named "Kurushi" it is unclear whether the game had any influence at all on it's naming. Can add back later if connection is properly proven AtaruMoroboshi (talk) 17:59, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

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User talk:Fly girl

Hi, "Fly girl". Welcome to Wikipedia. A few tips for you:

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 * How to edit a page
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 * I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian -- Infrogmation 21:24, 14 Aug 2004 (UTC)

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Lurs (disambiguation)

Lurs can refer to:

 * Lur, a long musical wind instrument without finger holes
 * Lur, an Etruscan deity
 * Lurs, an Iranian ethnic group
 * Lurs, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, a commune of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France

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Hyperpolarization

Hyperpolarization has several meanings:

 * Hyperpolarization (biology) occurs when the strength of the electric field across the width of a cell membrane increases
 * Hyperpolarization (physics) is the selective polarization of nuclear spin in atoms far beyond normal thermal equilibrium

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Talk:Project Daedalus

Alan Bond link
Is the link to Alan Bond correct? It currently refers to the Australian enterpreneur, who seems unlikely to be the same person as the MD of Reaction Engines Ltd
 * Appears to be fixed. Piet 13:22, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

would
All the "would" sentences are a bit annoying. Piet 08:55, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

was
What's with all the "was to be" statements? It isn't like Daedalus is some scrapped plan (like, for instance Blue Gemini), wasn't the speculation that it would be built around 2050, when we had advanced technology enough to build it? (DrZarkov 09:20, 8 June 2007 (UTC))

 * Yes you are probably right, the context should probably be changed to something like "The plan/project states", etc. --Hibernian 11:27, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

There it is!
This was one of those "We're going to do this" articles in kids science magazines that never happened, leaving us readers scratching our heads years later and wondering "whatever happened to..."--Pittsburghmuggle 11:45, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

Other Daedalus project(s)?
The first Google hit for "Daedalus Project" is http://www.nickyee.com/daedalus/. I found this page thinking Wikipedia would have information about that project. As far as I can tell with a quick glance through the site, it's a research project on the players of MMO games.

Curious about others' opinion on an article on the linked project. Other info:
 * http://www.academiccommons.org/commons/showcase/the-daedalus-project
 * http://www.massively.com/2008/02/29/the-daedalus-project-tracks-mud/
 * Nick Yee

(After finding the Nick Yee article on WP, perhaps at least a link to that page?) --BBM (talk) 01:51, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Image!
There's a cool image I found here from Astroscience.Org (courtesy Joe Bergeron) Suntanman (talk) 21:35, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

Pronunciation
How do you pronounce the name "Daedalus"? 62.0.146.70 (talk) 04:08, 17 November 2008 (UTC)
 * "Dee-da-las" be the one I'm familiar with ;)Suntanman (talk) 19:35, 24 December 2008 (UTC)
 * The Brits say the first part as "deed" and the Americans as 'dead'. Canadians follow the Yanks, and Australian usage is split. The middle part is a schwa (like the 'a' in "about"). The last part rhymes with "platypus", but not with "bus". — what a crazy random happenstance 05:40, 20 February 2010 (UTC)
 * There is a diversity of pronunciations even among Daedalus team members. However, Alan Bond himself says it as DIE-duh-luss. dudegalea (talk) 22:33, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

Hitting an obstacle
I realise it would be extremely unlikely, but if the spacecraft were to encounter a planet as it plummeted into the Barnard's Star System at 12% the speed of light, what would happen to that planet? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.255.2.70 (talk) 11:46, 22 May 2012 (UTC)

 * A simple non-relativistic calculation, shows that the kinetic energy of a 980 tons Daedalous is 6e20 Joules, for comparison the impact that killed the dinosaurs (Chicxulub impact) had 5e23 Joules, 1000 times more energy. But, my guess is that being so much faster and so much smaller, it will not create the same type of blast as a meteorite, but instead penetrate the atmosphere and the planet's crust, and only there release the energy. Alfredo 05:33, 2 September 2012 (UTC)

It is more likely that the energy would be released as soon as the object encountered the atmosphere, even thin atmosphere is going to object VERY strongly to an object moving through it at 0.12c! The speed does not lead to penetration, but to extreme compression heating. By the time the object/debris reached the ground or any appreciable depth within the atmosphere, it will be a rapidly expanding cloud of incandescent plasma. Practically speaking, the event would resemble any impact event of comparable energy - the object kinetic energy being converted to heat in a region of atmosphere, that amount of heat in a finite volume of gas gives you the explosion. Seems unlikely that any solid remains would make it to ground level, but the blast wave sure would!178.15.151.163 (talk) 10:57, 26 January 2016 (UTC)

Interesting discussion! C = ~300000 km/s; .12C = ~36000 km/s. If we simplify an atmosphere to be 100 km thick, then the atmospheric transit time is 100 km / 36000 km/s = ~.0028 s. I honestly don't think 3 ms is long enough to vaporize 980 t of spacecraft (that was built strong enough to endure 50 yrs of travel at .12C through interstellar particulate). I would guess that the bulk of the mass would very much still be a solid when it hit the ground! Regardless, the planet is screwed. Nwilde (talk) 17:03, 1 December 2017 (UTC)

TZM clarification
TZM is described through various metal suppliers as "Titanium-zirconium-molybdenum" - it's a three-metal alloy additionally doped with carbon. TZM is a generic label for the alloy similar to the way "steel" might be for iron and carbon.

Example: http://www.tungsten.com/materials/tzm-molybdenum/

Wingchild (talk) 15:22, 8 July 2015 (UTC)

Project Daedalus++ to Proxima b on a SpaceX vehicle?
Okay, given new empirical data about the nearness of an objective—Proxima b in the Proxima Centuri system just 4 light years away from Earth—are new conceptual projects being seriously discussed to build/fund such a space probe effort?

Could a SpaceX Falcon Heavy put enough mass into orbit at a low-enough cost to make such a project feasible? Fuel load etc. would of course change from the 11973 concept partly due to trades that could be made due to a shorter distance than assumed in the earlier concept study. What are the mission parameters for a realistic mass of the Project Daedulus++ spacecraft? What subset of mission capabilities of Project Daedulus would "fit" into that launch vehicle constraint? What would it cost if it the mass were lofted on United Launch Alliance Atlas V launch systems? Or by 2020 a MCT launch vehicle or by 2021 or so a ULA Vulcan rocket with an much more capable and long-lived ACES upper stage?

This is already being informally discussed between astrophysicists and spaceflight mission and technology experts on the internet today, so acceptable sources may already exist to improve the article. More standard space media are likely to pick up on those discussions and publish articles soon, if they have not already. Suggest we gather and track some of the better quality sources here. Cheers. N2e (talk) 23:17, 24 August 2016 (UTC)

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Stan, I've been going through "Unused Images" linking good ones to entries: many of your old images. Postage stamps are an ecellent Public Domain source of images. I wish you'd do only mint stamps, though. Stamp collectors often value used stamps (and covers!), but for Wikipedia use, mint is essential! See Chateau of Marly Wetman 21:38, 14 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Aerial vies of mt rainier
Stan, I just discovered your aerial photos of mt rainier from different cardinal directions. I am putting together a photo book record of our trip around the Wonderland Trail a little over a year ago. Can you tell me how I can obtain higher resolution (suitable for clarity of detail in a 8 x 10 print) aerial photos from the NW, NE, SE & SW? I would use these for personal use only, a memory book of our trip. I would be giving a copy of this book to one other person who was a part of our trip.

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