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Andre the Giant Has a Posse

Andre the Giant Has a Posse is a street art campaign based on a design by Shepard Fairey created in 1989 while Shepard attended the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, Rhode Island. Distributed by the skater community and graffiti artists, the stickers featuring an image of André the Giant began showing up in many cities across the United States. At the time, Fairey declared the campaign to be "an experiment in phenomenology". Over time, the artwork has been reused in a number of ways and has become worldwide. Fairey also altered the work stylistically and semantically into OBEY Giant.

History

Fairey and fellow Rhode Island School of Design student Ryan Lesser, along with Blaize Blouin, Alfred Hawkins and Mike Mongo created paper and vinyl stickers and posters with an image of the wrestler André the Giant and the text "ANDRE THE GIANT HAS A POSSE 7′ 4″, 520 lb", ("7′ 4″, 520 lbs"—2.24 m, 236 kg—famously being Andre the Giant's billed height and weight) as an in-joke directed at hip hop and skater subculture, and then began clandestinely and aggressively propagating and posting them in Providence, Rhode Island, and over the rest of the Eastern United States.

In an interview with Format magazine in 2008, Fairey said: "The Andre the Giant sticker was just a spontaneous, happy accident. I was teaching a friend how to make stencils in the summer of 1989, and I looked for a picture to use in the newspaper, and there just happened to be an ad for wrestling with André the Giant and I told him that he should make a stencil of it. He said 'Nah, I’m not making a stencil of that, that’s stupid!' but I thought it was funny so I made the stencil and I made a few stickers and the group of guys I was hanging out with always called each other The Posse, so it said Andre the Giant Has a Posse, and it was sort of appropriated from hip-hop slang – Public Enemy, N.W.A and Ice-T were all using the word."

By the early 1990s, tens of thousands of paper and then vinyl stickers were photocopied and hand-silkscreened and put in visible places throughout the world.

"Andre the Giant Has a Posse" is also the title of a 1995 documentary short by Helen Stickler, which was the first documentary to feature Shepard Fairey and chronicle his influential street art campaign. The film screened worldwide, most notably in the 1997 Sundance Film Festival. In 2003, Village Voice film critic Ed Halter described the film as: "legendary" and "a canonical study of a Gen-X media manipulation. One of the keenest examinations of '90s underground culture".

The threat of a lawsuit from Titan Sports, Inc. in 1994 spurred Fairey to stop using the trademarked name André the Giant, and to create a more iconic image of the wrestler's face, now most often with the equally iconic branding OBEY. The "OBEY" slogan was not only a parody of propaganda, but also a direct homage to the "OBEY" signs found in the cult film, They Live (1988), starring Roddy Piper. About "OBEY", San Diego Union-Tribune art critic Robert L. Pincus said: "[Fairey's work] was a reaction against earlier political art, since it delivered no clear message. Still, 'Obey' was suggestively antiauthoritarian." "Following the example set by gallery art, some street art is more about the concept than the art," writes The Walrus contributor Nick Mount. "'Fuck Bush' isn’t an aesthetic; it’s an ethic. Shepard Fairey’s Obey Giant stickers and Akay's Akayism posters are clever children of Duchamp, ironic conceptual art."

Appropriation and fair use
Fairey has come under criticism for appropriating others' artwork. Graphic designer Baxter Orr did his own take on Fairey's work: a piece called Protect, with the iconic Obey Giant face covered by a SARS (respiratory) mask. He started selling prints, marked as his own work, through his website. On April 23, 2008, Orr received a signed cease-and-desist order from Fairey's attorneys, telling him to pull Protect from sale because they alleged it violated Fairey's trademark. Fairey threatened to sue, calling the designer a "bottom feeder" and "parasite".

Parodies
The original "Andre the Giant Has a Posse" sticker format has been widely imitated for humorous effect over many years. In these parody stickers, the image of André the Giant has been replaced with a similarly stylized black-and-white photo of some other person or character, along with the new figure's height and weight.

For example, the parody sticker "Tattoo the Midget Has a Bigger Posse" features the image of Hervé Villechaize portraying the character Tattoo from Fantasy Island. Colin Purrington's "Charles Darwin Has a Posse" stickers, featuring a black-and-white photo of Charles Darwin, promote the theory of evolution. During the 2000 presidential campaign in the United States, "Ralph Nader Has a Posse" showed up on college campuses. Numerous other parody stickers can be found featuring different popular culture figures, including the Homestar Runner character Strong Mad.

Another parody of the "Obey" poster has an image of Henry David Thoreau and reads "Disobey" in reference to his essay Civil Disobedience.''

These parody stickers are a further extension of the original "joke", and thus are most likely to be found in locations where the original André the Giant iconography is already familiar, such as SoHo, Manhattan, or South Street, Philadelphia. An unusual occurrence of a parody sticker was at the particle physics laboratory Fermilab where the director of the lab, Pier Oddone, was the subject of the sticker.

Tenacious D produced stickers with the slogan "Obey the D" and stylized images of their members, Jack Black and Kyle Gass, over their initials. Guitar Hero II features a "Vlad Has a Posse" sticker on various loading screens throughout the game. Electronic Frontier Foundation created a sticker with the words "Fair Use Has a Posse" on it. "Joey Deacon Has a Posse" parody stencils have appeared in the United Kingdom.

"Jack Has a Posse" stickers have appeared in the Gaslamp Quarter of San Diego, California, in July 2011 during the Esri International User Conference held at the nearby San Diego Convention Center. The stickers carry an image of US businessman Jack Dangermond, founder of Esri.

ThinkGeek produced a T-shirt with the slogan "Fezzik Has a Posse" in March 2012, in reference to André the Giant's role as Fezzik in the movie The Princess Bride (1987) and the "Andre the Giant Has a Posse" street art campaign.

In 2014, WWE wrestler Daniel Bryan started wearing a T-shirt with a stylized image of himself with a "YES" slogan at the bottom.

Also in 2014, a rash of "Aleister Crowley has a Posse" stickers appeared around New York City and Chicago.

New York Mets pitcher Bartolo Colón has also been the subject of a line of parody stickers spread around the country in 2016.

The cover of the April 2017 issue of Harper's Magazine features a photo of a protester with a sign parodying the "Obey" poster with a stylized portrait of President Donald Trump and the slogan "Disobey".

The hacker community has embraced the meme with a black and white image of Grace Hopper with the words "Grace Hopper HAS A POSSE".

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Zhdanov (disambiguation)

Andrei Zhdanov (1896–1948) was a Soviet politician.

Zhdanov may also refer to:

People

 * Zhdanov (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name)

Places

 * Zhdanov, Ukraine, name from 1948 until 1989 for Mariupol, a city and sea port
 * Zhdanov Shipyard, Ukraine former name of Azov ship-repair factory, Mariupol
 * Zhdanov, Armavir, former name of Mayisyan, Armenia
 * Zhdanov, Lori, a town in Lori Province, Armenia
 * Zhadanov, former name of Beylagan (city), Azerbaijan
 * Zhdanov Shipyard, Russia, former name of Severnaya Verf, Saint Petersburg

Other uses

 * Soviet cruiser Zhdanov, a Soviet Sverdlov-class cruiser
 * Zhdanov Doctrine, Soviet cultural doctrine developed named for Andrei Zhdanov

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William Cowper-Temple, 1st Baron Mount Temple

William Francis Cowper-Temple, 1st Baron Mount Temple, PC (13 December 1811 – 16 October 1888), known as William Cowper (pronounced "Cooper") before 1869 and as William Cowper-Temple between 1869 and 1880, was a British Liberal statesman.

Background and education
Born at Brocket Hall, Hertfordshire, Cowper was the second son of Peter Cowper, 5th Earl Cowper, and the Hon. Emily Lamb, daughter of Peniston Lamb, 1st Viscount Melbourne (since his mother had several lovers there is some doubt about his true paternity). He was the younger brother of George Cowper, 6th Earl Cowper and nephew of Prime Minister Lord Melbourne. His father died in 1837 and in 1839 his mother married another Prime Minister, Lord Palmerston, who became Cowper's stepfather. He was educated at Eton. After entering the Royal Horse Guards in 1830, he was promoted Captain five years later, eventually attaining the rank of brevet Major in 1852.

Political career
In 1835, Cowper was elected Liberal Member of Parliament for Hertford, a seat he held for the next thirty-three years, and became private secretary to his uncle Prime Minister Lord Melbourne. He was appointed a Groom in Waiting in 1837, and in 1841 served for three months as a Lord of the Treasury under Melbourne, only resuming office five years later as a Lord of the Admiralty when the Whigs returned to power under Lord John Russell. He again held this post under Lord Aberdeen from 1852 to 1855, and in the latter year was made Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department by his stepfather Lord Palmerston when he became Prime Minister. In August that same year he was appointed President of the Board of Health, and sworn of the Privy Council. Four years later he became Vice-President of the Board of Trade and Paymaster General, only serving for a year before Palmerston appointed him First Commissioner of Works.

In 1866, on the fall of Lord Russell's government, Cowper left office for good. Two years later he was returned to Parliament for Hampshire South, and held this seat until 1880.

Cowper-Temple was involved in the 1870 Education Act which set up Board Schools (state primary schools, run by elected local school boards) throughout England. He was responsible for the Cowper-Temple clause, an amendment which became Section 14 of the Act. In order to overcome the concerns of Nonconformists that their children might be taught Anglican doctrine, the clause proposed that religious teaching in the new state schools be non-denominational, which in practice meant learning the Bible and a few hymns. Section 7 of the Act also gave parents the right to withdraw their children from any religious instruction provided in board schools, and to withdraw their children at that or other times to attend any other religious instruction of their choice.

When his mother died in 1869, he inherited a number of estates under his stepfather's will, and so took that year under Royal licence the additional surname of Temple. The properties included a 10,000-acre estate on Sligo's Mullaghmore peninsula with its unfinished Classiebawn Castle, commissioned by his stepfather, which he completed by 1874. In 1880 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Mount Temple, of Mount Temple in the County of Sligo. This was a revival of the junior title held by the Viscounts Palmerston, which had become extinct along with the viscountcy on his stepfather's death in 1865.

Apart from his political career Lord Mount Temple organized ecumenical conferences at Broadlands. One of the regular speakers there was George MacDonald.

Personal life
Lord Mount Temple was twice married. He married first Harriet Alicia, daughter of Daniel Gurney, in 1843. After her early death the same year, he married second, in 1848, Georgina Tollemache, daughter of Admiral John Richard Delap Tollemache, and a sister of the 1st Baron Tollemache. Both marriages were childless. He died on 16 October 1888, aged 76, at his home of Broadlands, Hampshire, and was buried at nearby Romsey. His peerage became extinct on his death. Lady Mount Temple died in October 1901, aged 79.

His estates (excluding Shelley House, Chelsea, lived in and inherited by his wife) had already passed to or were inherited by his nephew, the Rt. Hon. Evelyn Ashley, the second son of Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury. His probate was sworn the next year at GB£76123 1888; and his wife's in 1903 at £8863.

Legacy
The Canadian Pacific passenger SS Mount Temple, launched in 1901, was named for him. The British rock band The Cooper Temple Clause were also named after him.

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Fila Brasileiro

The Fila Brasileiro is a Brazilian breed of large working dog of mastiff type.

It is used as a guard dog, for cattle herding and for big-game hunting; it may also be kept as a companion dog or pet. In the eighteenth century, when slavery was still legal in Brazil, the Fila Brasileiro was used to return escaped slaves to their owners.

Etymology
The verb "filar" in Portuguese literally means "to hold, arrest, grab". So "cão de fila" (fila dog) or "cão de filar" suggests that it is a catch dog, a dog that "bites and does not loosen its grip". A similar name is also found in two Portuguese dog breeds: the Cão de Fila de São Miguel and the extinct Cão de Fila da Terceira.

History

The Fila Brasileiro is thought to descend from European dogs brought to Brazil during the Colonial period, with little or no influence from indigenous South American dogs from the Pre-Cabraline era.

The Fila Brasileiro were bred and raised primarily on large plantations and cattle farms where they originated. In addition to cattle, jaguars, and other animals, these dogs were taught to chase down fugitive slaves.

The first written standard of the breed was edited in 1946. The Paulistas were responsible for organizing a planned breeding program and opening a stud book to register dogs. Dr. Paulo Santos Cruz began to systematically breed the Fila Brasileiro and also contributed to setting the CAFIB standard.

Appearance
In Brazil the breed has two main standards imposed by two distinct clubs, the Confederação Brasileira de Cinofilia, affiliated to FCI, and the Clube de Aprimoramento do Fila Brasileiro. The CAFIB standard was constructed based on the ancient phenotype of the breed. But the current CBKC/FCI standard is the best known internationally.

The Fila Brasileiro is a breed of mastiff with large bones and loose skin. According to the international breed standard, dogs should stand between 65 and 75 cm at the withers and weigh no less than 50 kg; bitches are slightly smaller, standing some 60–70 cm and weighing at least 40 kg. They have a rectangular build and though they are massive, their natural agility is apparent. The head is big and heavy with a deep muzzle. The ears are large, thick, tapered and either droop or fold back exposing the interior, depending on the dog's mood. The neck and back are well muscled and the chest is broad and deep. Unlike the vast majority of canines, the croup is higher than the withers. The legs are heavily boned. The skin is very distinctive of the breed, as it is thick and loose all over the body, mainly in the region around the neck. The thick skin forms pronounced dewlaps. In many individuals, the dewlaps proceed to the chest and abdomen. Some dogs show a fold at the side of the head and also at the withers descending to the shoulders. The coat is short and dense and the texture is normally smooth and soft. Their colours vary from solid, brindle, mouse-grey, patched, dappled, or black and tan. They are almost never white. Typical colours are fawn, black and brindle. Brindles of a basic color may have the stripes of either less or with very strong intensity. Sometimes a black mask is present.

The coat of the Fila Brasileiro is smooth and short. Black, fawns (red, apricot, or dark), and brindled (fawn, black, or brown brindle) colors are permitted, except mouse-grey, black and tan, blue, dappled and solid white. White markings, not exceeding 1/4 of the coat surface area, are permitted on the feet, the chest and the tip of the tail in the FCI standard.

The CAFIB standard does not accept black, mouse-grey, black and tan, blue, or dappled coats, as it considers them as a sign of crossbreeding; on the other hand, it accepts dogs with large white markings on any part of the body.

Standards
In Brazil, the Fila Brasileiro can be bred within three different standards proposed by three separate clubs. The standard imposed by the CBKC (a club affiliated to the FCI) is the most popular in the world, but it is by far the most distant from the appearance of the old dogs of four decades ago.

The other two standards are from CAFIB (Fila Brasileiro's Enhancement Club) and AMFIBRA (World Association of Dog Breeders of Fila Brasileiro), respectively. Both are based on the first breed standard elaborated by Paulo Santos Cruz, the man who is considered the "father of the breed". However, the CAFIB standard is the most popular of the two. But both clubs (CAFIB and AMFIBRA) present themselves with the aim to preserve the pure Fila with the closest appearance of the old dogs.

This big difference between the three standards is mainly due to an accusation of a scandal of crossbreeding at the dogs registered by the CBKC in the 70's, 80's and 90's and, consequently, the many changes made in the CBKC standard probable to include dogs with characteristics of foreign breeds, such as the English Mastiff, Great Dane and Neapolitan Mastiff.

Paulo Santos Cruz himself, who even participated in the formation of the CAFIB for these same reasons and even presided over the club, published an article in 1979 explaining how to differentiate a pure Fila from a mixed one.

Legal status
In Fiji, the United Kingdom, Norway, Australia, Hong Kong and Cyprus, it is illegal to own any of these dogs without specific exemption from a court. In Turkey, it is illegal to own and breed a Fila Brasileiro. It is automatically classified as a dangerous dog in Trinidad and Tobago, meaning they cannot be imported and males must be neutered.

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Osborn, Ohio

Osborn was a town located near the Haddix Road-Ohio 235 intersection at the northern edge of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in what is now the flood-prone basin of the Huffman Dam in the U.S. state of Ohio.

Osborn was named after the superintendent of the railroad named E.F. Osborn. The previously unnamed town allowed the railroad to be built through it after the nearby town of Fairfield refused the plan of the railway to go through there. Nearly the entire town of Osborn, along with the railroad, were relocated two miles away during construction of the Huffman dam to a site east of and adjacent to Fairfield, Ohio, in 1921. This was necessary because of the Miami Valley Flood Control Project and the Miami Conservancy District that was begun after the Great Dayton Flood (Dayton, Ohio) of March 1913.

Many of the original houses of old Osborn still stand in Fairborn, Ohio, in the "Osborn Historic District". On January 1, 1950, Osborn and the neighboring town of Fairfield were merged as Fairborn. The first business to depict the name of the new city was the large vertical sign of the Fairborn Theatre.

The old Osborn cemetery lies within the boundary of Wright-Patterson, near the north end of the main flight line, which used to be part of the town. During the building of the longer runway to accommodate the large B-36 Bombers in the 1940s, the old streets of Osborn were still visible on the ground near the airstrip.

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Quentin Durgens, M.P.

Quentin Durgens, M.P. is a Canadian dramatic television series, which aired on CBC Television from 1965 to 1969. It was one of the first hour-long drama series produced by the CBC, and helped to establish Gordon Pinsent as a major star in Canada. Created by George Robertson, the series first aired in 1965 under the title Mr. Member of Parliament, as a short-run series within the CBC's drama anthology The Serial. It was spun off into a standalone series and retitled Quentin Durgens, M.P. in its second season.

Plot
Set in Ottawa, Ontario and the fictional community of Moose Falls, the series starred Pinsent as Quentin Durgens, an idealistic young lawyer who wins election as a Member of Parliament, succeeding his father in a by-election after his father's death in office. Durgens was a backbench member of the governing party in the House of Commons, but had a maverick streak and aspired to do the right thing even if it wasn't politically expedient. Some of the storylines within the series were fictionalized depictions of real-life events in Canadian politics, and the series incorporated some documentary filmmaking techniques inspired by the National Film Board.

Production
Alan Macnaughton, the retiring Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada, and David Vivian Currie, the incumbent Sergeant-at-Arms, served as script consultants to ensure that Canadian political process was accurately depicted.

The series was frequently compared in the Canadian press to Slattery's People, an American series about a state legislator which aired on CBS in the 1964–65 season.

The cast also included Suzanne Lévesque, Budd Knapp, Cec Linder, Ovila Légaré and Chris Wiggins.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Inanimate Carbon Rod (0th nomination)

It's an article about a single object in a single episode of the Simpsons. Although it's somewhat memorable, it's not notable enough for a whole article, and nothing useful links to it (just the VFD and the "Nothing links to this article" report as of this writing). Please Delete. - RedWordSmith 06:20, 14 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete: No need to merge or redirect, IMO.  The inanimate carbon rod is a hero.  It saved the astronauts and got a ticker tape parade.  We all love the inanimate carbon rod.  No break outs of objects from fiction, though.  Geogre 14:40, 14 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete - there's trivia and then there's trivia. This is the kind that doesn't belong. -- Cyrius|✎ 06:37, 16 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. It's interesting, I could see giving it a sentence in an article on fictional technological devices, it certainly merits mention in any article there might be on the episode or the fictional power plant, but beyond that... no. I could see maybe having a redirect here to... something? I can't think what. Just delete, I guess. -FZ 15:19, 16 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. This isn't WikiSimpsonPedia. Gwimpey 19:21, Aug 16, 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. I've put it on WP:BJAODN. zoney █ █ █  talk 01:39, 18 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. Not even trivia, its just desriptive. (ricjl 00:01, 19 Aug 2004 (UTC))
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Semi-protected edit request to remove smearing of and lies about Islam
The Religious Views of Bill Maher section has over-extensive quoting of his words. So, in effect, this article instead of stating what his views are, was turned into a platform where his views can be actively disseminated. Dear Editor, if you have a shred of integrity and decency (and honesty), please remove extensive quoting of Bill Maher's - especially where he smears Islam by effectively lying about it (the short paragraph about absence of free speech, freedom to gather, free elections, etc.). Bill has the right to his opinion, but you, the editors, do not have the right to abuse you editorial status by providing him with a platform (a Wikipedia page) to disseminate his divisive, hateful, anti-Islam misinformation and propaganda.

Wikipedia is meant to be the source of accurate information, not a propaganda machine.

Specifically, please fully remove this paragraph from the article (cited below):

In defense of his criticism of Islam, Sharia law and Muslim culture, Maher says he "believes in the values that Western people believe in which a lot of the Muslim world does not. Like separation of church and state. Like equality of the sexes. Like respect for minorities, free elections, free speech, freedom to gather. These things are not just different from cultures that don't have them.... It's better ... I would like to keep those values here."[150] 2A0A:EF40:1281:FD01:C6F3:95AC:FF1B:D72 (talk) 18:31, 5 June 2024 (UTC)

 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: Sounds like a WP:IDONTLIKEIT request. The article just states what Maher has stated and therefore is no issue. Speedy declined. ABG (Talk/Report any mistakes here) 06:28, 19 June 2024 (UTC)
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Charles Conder

Charles Edward Conder (24 October 1868 – 9 February 1909) was an English-born painter, lithographer and designer. He emigrated to Australia and was a key figure in the Heidelberg School, arguably the beginning of a distinctively Australian tradition in Western art.

Birth and early years
Conder was born in Tottenham, Middlesex, the second son, of six children, of James Conder, civil engineer and Mary Ann Ayres. He spent several years as a young child in India until the death of his mother (aged 31 years) on 14 May 1873 in Bombay, when Charles was four; he was then sent back to England and attended a number of schools including a boarding school at Eastbourne, which he attended from 1877. He left school at 15, and his very religious, non-artistic father, against Charles's natural artistic inclinations, decided that he should follow in his footsteps as a civil engineer.

Australia
In 1884, at the age of 16, he was sent to Sydney, Australia, where he worked for his uncle, a land surveyor for the New South Wales government. However he disliked the work, much preferring to draw the landscape rather than survey it. In 1886, he left the job and became an artist for the Illustrated Sydney News, where he was in the company of other artists such as Albert Henry Fullwood, Frank Mahony and Benjamin Edwin Minns. He also joined the Art Society of New South Wales, attended the painting classes of Alfred James Daplyn, and went on plein air painting excursions with Julian Ashton.

Regarded as perhaps his greatest Sydney painting, Departure of the Orient – Circular Quay (1888) was the culmination of Conder's new mastery of form and brushwork. A dockside scene, it depicts the bustling harbour and ferry berths at Circular Quay in Sydney Cove at the moment when the Orient has cast off for her voyage to England. It was quickly purchased by the Art Gallery of New South Wales, making it the first of Conder's works to enter a public collection.

Heidelberg School
In Sydney in 1888, Conder met and painted with plein airist Tom Roberts, then visiting from Melbourne. Later that year, Conder moved to Melbourne to join Roberts and his circle of friends, including painter Arthur Streeton. The trio shared studios and frequently painted together en plein air at artists' camps in rural localities around Melbourne, first at Box Hill and, from late 1888, in Heidelberg. They came to be regarded as the core members of the Heidelberg School movement.

In August 1889, Conder, Streeton, Roberts, Frederick McCubbin and Charles Douglas Richardson staged the 9 by 5 Impression Exhibition in Melbourne, establishing themselves as exponents of an Australian variant of impressionism. Conder contributed 46 "impressions" to the show and designed the Symbolist and Art Nouveau-inspired catalogue.

Short of cash, the attractive Conder apparently paid off his landlady by sexual means, catching syphilis in the process, which was to plague the later years of his life. During his two years in Melbourne, Conder produced a number of famous Heidelberg School works, including Under The Southern Sun. This painting clearly shows the burning sunlight and desolation that can be inflicted by an Australian drought. While other Heidelberg School artists, born and raised in Australia, imbued many of their works with nationalist sentiments, Conder, a believer in the credo of art for art's sake, instead tended to focus on everyday scenes and the pursuit of leisure.

In Melbourne, Conder rekindled his association with G. P. Nerli, an itinerant Italian painter and the bearer of new European influences who has been credited with shaping Conder's development. The extent of the influence has been debated, but the fact of it is undeniable. Like Conder, Nerli was a bon-vivant whose appreciation of the 'dam fine' 'Melbourne girls' survives in a letter to a mutual friend, Percy Spence.

Conder was a fun-loving man who painted with an often humorous touch. While staying with Tom Roberts in his famous Grosvenor Chambers studio, he painted A holiday at Mentone (1888), which shows men and women at the beach relaxing while clothed from head to foot–the men in suits and hats; the ladies in long, girdled dresses with boots and pretty hats. The man and woman at the front of the painting face away from each other, yet possibly are interested in each other, each watching the other from the corner of their eye. The mood is one of simple elegance and with a relaxed feel, as in the background people are strolling along the beach into the distance. The composition of the painting has possibly been borrowed from a work by Whistler in which a bridge similarly transects the picture.

During his Melbourne residence, Conder stayed with Roberts at his Grosvenor Chambers studio, then moved into Gordon Chambers with Streeton and Richardson. In March 1890, in the lead up to the Victorian Artists' Society's Winter exhibition, the trio staged a show at their Gordon Chambers studio, featuring Heidelberg and "up country" landscapes.

European avant-garde
Conder left Australia in 1890, and spent the rest of his life in Europe, at first in Britain, then France for extended periods. He moved to Paris and studied at the Académie Julian, where he befriended several avant-garde artists, including Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, who painted his portrait and featured him in at least two of his Moulin Rouge works. Conder became linked to the aesthetic movement, mixing with the likes of Oscar Wilde and Aubrey Beardsley. He was also the subject of portraits by William Rothenstein, William Orpen, Jacques-Emile Blanche and Augustus John.

In 1895, Conder designed a room within the art gallery Maison de l'Art Nouveau, which opened that year in Paris. Later in 1895, he visited Dieppe, socialising among the artistic community and the English families with their attractive daughters, as described by Simona Pakenham in her study of the English people there in the century before World War I. His friends remembered him as " a sick man, unable to face reality". In spite of drunken spells, disreputable company and sporadic output, Conder's powers as an artist won him acclaim. He made a specialty of painting on silk, relatively easy on silk fans, but he excelled on one occasion when he painted a series of white silk gowns worn by Alexandra Thaulow, wife of Norwegian painter Frits Thaulow, while she stood on a table, the gowns becoming "coloured like a field of flowers". One of his painted fans inspired The Sanguine Fan, a 1917 ballet by Edward Elgar.

In Dieppe, Conder met Aubrey Beardsley, but they did not like each other. He continued to paint, but his output was severely affected by the continual poor health, including paralysis and a bout of delirium tremens.

He married a wealthy widow, Stella Maris Belford (née MacAdams) at The British Embassy Paris on 5 December 1901, giving him financial security. His later works are not nearly as well regarded critically as his earlier Australian paintings.

Later life and death
He spent the last year of his life in a sanatorium, and died in Holloway Sanatorium of "general paresis of the insane", in modern terms tertiary syphilis. In death, Conder's work was rated highly by many notable artists, such as Pissarro and Degas.

The Canberra suburb of Conder, established in 1991, was named after him. Satirist Barry Humphries was a major aficionado and collector of the artist, and at one time had the world's largest private collection of Conder's work.

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Putting my amateur documentary pathologists' hat on, it sounds awfully like the poor bloke had syphillis, but I don't have any evidence for it --Robert Merkel 06:27, 14 Aug 2004 (UTC)

 * James Gleeson says he caught "the quality of summer sunlight." :) PiCo 12:07, 17 October 2005 (UTC)
 * (And I thought la maladie Anglaise spelled itself with only one /l/?)

dear user:The Illusive Man, why are you reverting making a bare link url into a cite web reference? 198.24.31.114 (talk) 18:44, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Not quite sure what happened there IP, you have my apologies. - TIM  (Contact)/(Contribs) 18:52, 7 May 2014 (UTC)

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KPBS (TV)

KPBS (channel 15) is a PBS member television station in San Diego, California, United States. Owned by San Diego State University as part of KPBS Public Media, it is a sister station to NPR member KPBS-FM (89.5). The two outlets share studios at the Conrad Prebys Media Complex at Copley Center on Campanile Drive on the SDSU campus. The TV station's transmitter is located on San Miguel Mountain in southwestern San Diego County.

History
In 1960, San Diego State College (now San Diego State University) applied for a license from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to operate a non-commercial educational television station to serve San Diego. The station first signed on the air on June 12, 1967, as KEBS-TV. The station was originally a member of National Educational Television (NET) before becoming a member of PBS when it launched in October 1970, at which time the station changed its call letters to KPBS-TV. Despite the calls, which mimic the callsign schemes used by stations owned by ABC, NBC, and CBS in New York City and Los Angeles, it is not an owned-and-operated station (nor is similarly-named WPBS in Watertown, New York), as PBS cannot own or operate any of its member stations or regional member networks due to the service's local and non-profit nature. The KPBS call sign reflects the station's affiliation and programming, but not any special status within PBS.

KPBS started broadcasting digital television on November 21, 2001. On June 12, 2009, the station turned off its analog signal over UHF channel 15 in accordance with the federal mandate for transitioning television broadcast from analog to digital. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 30.

On January 1, 2011, when Los Angeles' longtime PBS station KCET ended its membership, KPBS began to be carried on cable providers in the Bakersfield market, alongside fellow PBS stations KVCR-DT in San Bernardino and KVPT in Fresno. It is also one of three PBS member stations that serve the Palm Springs market, alongside KVCR-DT and KOCE-TV in Huntington Beach (which succeeded KCET as Los Angeles' primary PBS member station).

By the middle of the 2010s, KPBS experienced budgetary constraints and erosion of viewership. The locally produced current affairs show Full Focus attracted less than one percent of the potential audience. One of the ways to increase viewership was to increase the number of subchannels as other public TV stations had done.

On March 26, 2019, the digital signal has been moved to UHF channel 19 as a result of spectrum reallocation.

News programming
KPBS produces a nightly half-hour news program on weeknights titled KPBS Evening Edition, a self-contained television newscast that is an extension of the Midday Edition newscast aired by its radio sister. KPBS' news department is editorially independent from the station's management, San Diego State University and corporate underwriters and donors. The station's investigative reports are conducted in collaboration with the nonprofit newsgathering organization Investigative Newsource, which shares a newsroom with KPBS television and radio at the Campanile Drive studios.

The station collaborates on breaking news coverage and shares news video with the local ABC affiliate KGTV (channel 10).

Subchannels
The station's signal is multiplexed:

The initial lineup consisted of two multiplexed channels: the main high definition channel in 720p and the standard definition channel in 480i, the latter used for DTV simulcast of analog channel 15. In 2006, an SD sub-channel was added, carrying content from Create. That same year, the main HD channel was switched from 720p to 1080i. Later that year, KPBS dropped the simulcast of analog channel 15 and implemented statistical multiplexing.

In 2007, KPBS replaced Create with V-me, a 24/7 Spanish-language public television channel.

In January 2017, V-me ended its multicast service for public television, transitioning to commercial cable. KPBS, along with many other PBS affiliates, replaced V-me with the PBS Kids multicast channel. KPBS relaunched Create subchannel and added one more subchannel, KPBS2. John Decker, director of programming at KPBS in San Diego, explained that multicasts such as PBS Kids, Create, World, and locally developed programming "give public TV an opportunity to increase value and thus loyalty among viewers" as well as "allow KPBS to expand its universe".

Simultaneously with the 2017 lineup change, KPBS switched its HD format from 1080i to 720p and changed aspect ratio of SD channels from 4:3 to 16:9. Image quality degradation, caused by sharing of available bandwidth over four multiplexed channels, was noticed by viewers.

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Wojeck

Wojeck is a Canadian dramatic television series, which aired on CBC Television from 1966 to 1968. It was arguably the first successful drama series on English Canadian television. Vernon had earlier played coroner Steve Wojeck in an episode of Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre titled "Tell Them the Streets Are Dancing" broadcast March 17, 1966.

Plot
Steve Wojeck is a crusading big city coroner who regularly fights moral injustices raised by the deaths he investigated. He often tackles tough and controversial issues. The first episode of the series examines the role of racism in the suicide of a young Ojibwe man.

Main cast

 * John Vernon as Steve Wojeck
 * Patricia Collins as Marty Wojeck
 * Ted Follows as Crown Attorney Arnold (Arnie) Bateman
 * Carl Banas as Sgt. Bryon James
 * Jennifer Dale played Wojeck's daughter in the 1992 TV movie.

Production
The show was inspired by the career of Dr. Morton Shulman.

Although it was one of the highest-rated shows on Canadian television in its time, only 20 episodes of the series were made, because Vernon was lured to Hollywood by the promise of more money than the CBC could offer. He only returned to the role once, for a TV movie Wojeck: Out of the Fire (1992). The first season (1966-67) was filmed in black and white, while season two (1967–68) was shot in colour.

Forensic pathology theme
Wojeck was the first TV series to feature forensic pathology in the investigation of crime and has been the central theme of several other TV mystery-suspense dramas, beginning with the BBC's The Expert in 1968. Other programs include:
 * Quincy, M.E., USA, 1976
 * Silent Witness, UK (BBC), 1996
 * Da Vinci's Inquest, Canada (CBC), 1998
 * Waking The Dead, UK (BBC), 2000
 * CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, U.S. (CBS), 2000; and two spinoffs + a revival, including:
 * CSI: Miami, U.S. (CBS), 2002
 * CSI: NY, U.S. (CBS), 2004
 * CSI: Vegas, U.S. (CBS), 2021
 * Crossing Jordan, U.S. (NBC), 2001
 * Bones, U.S. (Fox), 2005
 * RIS Delitti Imperfetti, Italy (Canale 5), 2005
 * R.I.S, police scientifique, France (TF1), 2006
 * Post Mortem, Germany (RTL), 2007
 * R. I. S. – Die Sprache der Toten, Germany (Sat.1), 2007
 * Rizzoli & Isles, U.S. (TNT), 2010
 * Body of Proof, U.S. (ABC), 2011
 * The Coroner UK, (BBC), 2015
 * Coroner, Canada, (CBC), 2019

Episodes

 * 1) "The Last Man in the World": Wojeck tries to find out who assisted the suicide of an Ojibwe Indian who was locked up in jail.  The episode has flashbacks that show the racism between First Nations people and white people.
 * 2) "Tell Them the Streets Are Dancing": This episode guest starred Bruno Gerussi (later of CBC's The Beachcombers) as a construction worker whose crew were forced to work in tunnels where some of them contracted caisson disease.  This episode was earlier seen in the United States as an episode of NBC's Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre and is listed in indexes as the show's pilot.
 * 3) "Another Wonderful Day"
 * 4) "After All, Who's Art Morrison?" This episode featured Margot Kidder (later of the 1978 film Superman as Lois Lane)
 * 5) "Listen, An Old Man Is Speaking"
 * 6) "Fair Egypt"
 * 7) "Thy Mother A Lady, Lovely and Bright"
 * 8) "Does Anybody Remember the Victim's Name?"
 * 9) "A Dime Harry Doesn't Need"
 * 10) "Pick A Time...Any Time"
 * 11) "All Aboard For Candyland"
 * 12) "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" (Two-parter, guest starring Michael Learned, later of The Waltons)
 * 13) "You've Been Very Kind"
 * 14) "Another Dawn, Another Sunrise, Another Day"
 * 15) "Give Until It Hurts...And Then Some"
 * 16) "The Cold Smile of Friends" (Two-Parter)
 * 17) "Name of the Games People Play"
 * 18) "Chocolate Fudge With Walnuts"

Reunion movie
In 1992, CBC aired a sequel television movie, Wojeck: Out of the Fire in which Wojeck returns to Toronto after working in a medical clinic in The Congo for 21 years, reunites with his daughter and estranged wife, and becomes involved in the plight of a family of refugees from Guatemala.

Awards

 * At the 19th Canadian Film Awards in 1967, Episode 1, "The Last Man in the World", tied for Best Film for TV. Cinematographer Grahame Woods won the award for best Black-and-White Cinematography and Ron Kelly won for Best Director.

 * In 2002, Wojeck became a MasterWorks honouree by the Audio-Visual Preservation Trust of Canada.

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Taiwan Railways Administration

Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) was a governmental agency in Taiwan which operated Taiwan Railway from 1948 to 2023. It managed, maintained, and operated conventional passenger and freight railway services on 1097 km of track. Passenger traffic in 2018 was 231,267,955.

On 1 January 2024, Taiwan Railway Administration became a state-owned corporation, Taiwan Railway Corporation. The agency's headquarters was at Taipei Main Station in Zhongzheng District, Taipei at the time of dissolution, the site which became the headquarter of the new company.

History

The railway between Keelung and Hsinchu was completed during the Qing era in 1893. In 1895, the Qing Empire ceded Formosa (Taiwan) to the Empire of Japan after the First Sino-Japanese War. The line was about 100 km in length but in a poor condition when the Japanese arrived. The railway was rebuilt and expanded under the Railway Department of the Government-General of Taiwan during Japanese rule.

Following the surrender of Japan in the aftermath of World War II, TRA was founded as a government organisation that falls under transport office of Taiwan Provincial Government in 1948. In 1998, it was transferred to the Ministry of Transportation and Communication (MOTC) of the central government and employed around 13,500 people (4,700 in transportation and 7,700 in maintenance titles) and directly operated some 682 route miles of 3’6” (1,067 mm) gauge railways. Three mainlines form a complete circle around the island. TRA's West Coast line and Badu-Hualien section feature mostly double-track, electrification, modern colour light and cab signalling, overrun protection, and centralized traffic control (CTC). South-link line, east coast Taitung (converted from 762 mm gauge), and three “tourist” branches are non-electrified single-track with passing sidings.

Corporatization of TRA
Because of the several hundred-billions TWD of liabilities, and the legal person type of TRA is considered a block for elasticity operations of railway systems, there were several campaigns and groups set up that aim to take privatization and corporatization actions for TRA since 1990s. In May 2022 the Legislative Yuan approved the Act for Establishment of State-owned Taiwan Railway Co., Ltd. The legislation provided that TRA will transit to a state-owned railway company, set up a fund to handle debts of TRA, retain its employees, and consider raising salaries by 3~5%. TRA was incorporated as Taiwan Railway Corporation on January 1, 2024.

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Recruit (company)

Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd. (株式会社リクルートホールディングス), also known as RGF (an acronym for Recruit Global Family) outside Japan, is a human resources holding company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. The company was founded by Hiromasa Ezoe (江副浩正), then an educational psychology student at the University of Tokyo, as Daigaku Shimbun Koukokusha (大学新聞広告社, University Newspaper Advertisement Company) in 1960. It was a spin-off from the Todai Shimbun (the University of Tokyo's main student newspaper).

In FY 2021, it reported sales of 2,872 billion Yen and revenue of 297 billion Yen, with 55.5% of its sales generated overseas. Its flagship world-wide services include the job search engine Indeed and the employer review site Glassdoor. The company is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and is a component of the Nikkei 225 and TOPIX Core 30 indices. As of March 2024, the company has the 13th largest market capitalisation in the country of 11.4 trillion Yen.

Overview
Founded by Hiromasa Ezoe, Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd. primarily offers staffing, promotional media, human resource media, and IT solutions. In recent years, the company has significantly focused on IT-driven business sectors. It holds business competitions within the company that all employees can participate in, fostering a corporate culture that encourages freely initiating new ventures. Popular terms such as "freeter (フリーター, freelancing part-timers)", "employment ice age (就職氷河期)", and "gaten-kei (ガテン系, meaning blue-collar jobs)" have originated from information magazines it has published.

Following the Recruit scandal in 1988, which was regarded as one of the largest post-war scandals in Japan, the company faced a loss of credibility, adversity worsened further by the burst of the bubble economy. This led to the manifestation of bad assets issues with subsidiaries such as Recruit Cosmos (real estate) and First Finance (financial services). The entire group found itself in a difficult situation. In June 1992, its shares were transferred to the major supermarket chain Daiei, placing it under the Daiei Group. However, due to deteriorating performance within the Daiei Group, Recruit Holdings separated around the year 2000. At the time when it joined the Daiei Group, Daiei adopted a stance of being a "silent shareholder" without assuming any debts. Consequently, under Kunio Takagi from Daiei, Recruit managed to settle approximately 1.4 trillion yen in interest-bearing debt from the bubble era's real estate and non-bank business failures by the fiscal year ending in March 1994 by itself. Currently, Recruit operates independently of any corporate group, maintaining neutrality in the service industry while expanding its business operations.

History

 * 2011/10 – The company acquired US-based Staffmark for US$295 million.
 * 2012/10 – The company acquired US-based Indeed.
 * 2014/10 – The company listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
 * 2015 – Recruit Holdings acquired Treatwell for €180 million.
 * 2015 – Recruit Holdings acquired Quandoo for US$219 million.
 * 2016 – Recruit Holdings acquired USG People for €1.42 billion.
 * 2016 – Recruit Holdings acquired Simply Hired, a competitor of Indeed.
 * 2018/3 – Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd. acquires the Canadian job search website Workopolis.
 * 2018/5 – Recruit Holdings acquired Glassdoor for US$1.2 billion in cash.
 * 2020/7 – Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd. Relinquishes its stakeholding in Treatwell

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Varmahlíð

Varmahlíð is a small village in Skagafjörður, northern Iceland.

In 2011 around 140 people lived on the eastern slope of the hill for which the town is named (varmur=warm, hlíð=slope).

Varmahlíð is on the ring road Route 1, at the junction of Route 75 leading to Sauðárkrókur, about 24 km to the north. Varmahlíð is in the middle of a flourishing agricultural area, where the Icelandic horse has been treasured for centuries. One of the main industries is horse-rearing. The area has an abundance of geothermal hot water. Hence Varmahlíð has a number of greenhouses with tropical and sub-tropical fruits and vegetables.

Varmahlíð stands high on the western side of a valley, at the crossroads at the foot of Vatnsskarð pass. Near Varmahlíð stands the turf roofed church at Víðimýri, built in 1834, which has a magnificent altarpiece dating from 1727. The monument to Icelandic poet Stephan Stephansson is located at Vatnsskarð pass.

Miðgarður, a concert hall, can be found at Varmahlíð. One of Iceland's most famous men's choirs, Karlakórinn Heimir, is based there.

Sport

 * Smári Varmahlíð

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Grigory Romanov

Grigory Vasilyevich Romanov (Григорий Васильевич Романов; 7 February 1923 – 3 June 2008) was a Soviet politician and member of the Politburo and Secretariat of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. In 1985, he was considered Mikhail Gorbachev's main rival in the succession struggle after the death of Konstantin Chernenko in March 1985, the third Soviet leader to die in just a few short years.

Early life and career
Romanov was born in 1923 in Novgorod Governorate into a peasant family.

He was a soldier in the Red Army during the Great Patriotic War, Romanov joined the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) in 1944. Romanov graduated from the Leningrad Shipbuilding Institute in 1953, and became a designer in a shipyard. He fulfilled several important posts in the party committee of the enterprise he was working at and later in the Leningrad city and regional party committees. In September 1970 he was elected as First Secretary of the Communist Party Committee of the Leningrad Region. In this position he gained a reputation of being a good organizer and well versed in economic matters, winning defense investment for Leningrad. He was elected as a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union at the XXIVth congress of the CPSU in 1971. He became a candidate member of the Central Committee's Politburo in 1973 and a full member in 1976.

In 1977 he initiated a successful vote to remove Nikolai Podgorny, the then Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet, from the Politburo.

Secretary of the Central Committee
In 1983, Romanov attracted the attention of the new General Secretary Yuri Andropov, who subsequently brought him to Moscow and helped promote him in June 1983 to the very prestigious and influential post of a secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU responsible for industry and the military–industrial complex. During the few remaining months of Andropov's life Romanov was widely seen as one of Andropov's closest collaborators and was an ardent supporter of Andropov's comprehensive program for the reform, renewal and further development of socialism in the Soviet Union and beyond, a fact which stands in sharp contrast to the picture Gorbachev and his associates were later to paint of Romanov as a means of gaining advantage in the power struggles following Andropov's death in February 1984.

Romanov attracted international attention on November 5, 1983, during the height of Operation Able Archer. He addressed the Kremlin Palace of Congresses in order to commemorate the October Revolution, where he remarked: "The development of events in the world arena demands from us the highest vigilance, restraint, firmness and unremitting attention to the strengthening of the country's defense capability... Perhaps never before in the postwar decades has the situation in the world arena been as tense as it is now... Comrades! The international situation at present is white hot, thoroughly white hot."

Western analysts, unaware of the Exercise that was taking place and therefore uncertain as to why Romanov would describe the situation as "white hot", dismissed the remarks as Soviet propaganda.

During Konstantin Chernenko's short time in office as General Secretary in 1984–1985, Romanov already occupied a position clearly inferior to Gorbachev, who had been styled Second Secretary of the Central Committee since February 1984 and acted as chairman of the Politburo, Secretariat and Central Committee in the course of Chernenko's long periods of absence due to his illness.

Gorbachev vs. Romanov
Romanov was the second youngest member of the Politburo after Gorbachev. In the months preceding the death of Konstantin Chernenko in March 1985, Romanov and Gorbachev were commonly regarded to be chief rivals in the succession struggle for the post of General Secretary. Viktor Grishin was also considered a viable candidate.

However, after Chernenko's death, Gorbachev emerged with the strongest position to succeed Chernenko. Andrei Gromyko, one of the oldest and widely respected Politburo members, nominated Gorbachev for the position of General Secretary of CPSU, both at the 11 March meeting of Politburo and subsequently at the March 1985 Plenum (meeting) of the Central Committee of the CPSU. Neither Romanov nor Grishin mounted a formal challenge to Gorbachev's bid, and the votes in favor of Gorbachev, both in the 11 March meeting of Politburo and at the March Plenum, were unanimous.

End of career
Gorbachev quickly moved to oust Romanov following his ascent to become General Secretary. He informed Romanov that he had no future under him, and sacked him three months later. Romanov was forced to retire from the Politburo on 1 July 1985.

Romanov subsequently lived as a pensioner in Moscow. For several years, he headed the "Association of Leningradians in Moscow".

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Da Vinci's Inquest

Da Vinci's Inquest is a Canadian crime drama television series which originally aired on CBC Television from 1998 to 2005. While never a ratings blockbuster, the critically acclaimed show did attract a loyal following, and ultimately seven seasons of thirteen episodes each were filmed for a total of ninety-one episodes.

The show, set and filmed in Vancouver, starred Nicholas Campbell as Dominic Da Vinci, once an undercover officer for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, but now a crusading coroner who seeks justice in the cases he investigates.

The cast also included Gwynyth Walsh as Da Vinci's ex-wife and chief pathologist Patricia Da Vinci, Donnelly Rhodes as detective Leo Shannon, and Ian Tracey as detective Mick Leary.

Main

 * Nicholas Campbell as Coroner (Mayor in season 8) Dominic Da Vinci
 * Suleka Mathew as Dr. Sunita "Sunny" Ramen (credited as "Sue Mathew" in the first season) (seasons 1–5 & beginning of season 6)
 * Donnelly Rhodes as Detective Leo Shannon (seasons 1–7)
 * Venus Terzo as Detective Angela Kosmo
 * Ian Tracey as Detective (Coroner in season 8) Mick Leary
 * Gwynyth Walsh as Dr. Patricia Da Vinci (seasons 1–4)
 * Robert Wisden as Chief Coroner James Flynn (seasons 1–2 & beginning of 3)
 * Sarah-Jane Redmond as Sergeant Sheila Kurtz (seasons 3–7, recurring in seasons 2 and 8)
 * Gerard Plunkett as Chief Coroner [formerly Crown Prosecutor] Bob Kelly (seasons 3–7; recurring in seasons 1–2 and 8)
 * Kimberly Hawthorne as Detective Rose Williams (credited as "Kim Hawthorne") (seasons 4–7)
 * Alex Diakun as Forensics Detective Chick Savoy (seasons 5–8, recurring in 1–4)
 * Sarah Strange as Helen (seasons 5–7, recurring in 1–4)
 * Simone Bailly as Constable Jan Ferris (season 8)
 * Brian Markinson as Police Chief Bill Jacobs (season 8; recurring in seasons 6–7)
 * Mylène Dinh-Robic as Rita Mah (season 8)
 * Benjamin Ratner as Sam Berger (season 8)

Recurring

 * Emily Perkins as Sue Lewis (seasons 1–7)
 * Stephen E. Miller as Accident Investigation Sgt. Zack McNab (recurring in seasons 1–7)
 * Robert Clothier as Joe Da Vinci (season 1)
 * Joy Coghill as Portia Da Vinci (seasons 1–5)
 * Duncan Fraser as Staff Sgt. Regan (season 1 and beginning of 2)
 * Max Martini as Danny Leary (seasons 1–4)
 * Jewel Staite as Gabriella Da Vinci (seasons 1, 3–4)
 * Peter Williams as Morris Winston (seasons 1–5)
 * Warren Takeuchi as Wayne (seasons 1–5)
 * Crystal Lowe as Sylvia (seasons 1–3)
 * Lee Jay Bamberry as Det. Roy LaBoucane (seasons 2–5)
 * Callum Keith Rennie as Detective Bob Marlowe (seasons 2–4)
 * Nathaniel De Veaux as Morris Steadman (seasons 2–5)
 * Fred Keating as Councillor Jack Pierce (seasons 2–8)
 * Terry Chen as William Chen (seasons 3–4, 6–7)
 * Dean Marshall as Constable Carter (seasons 4–7)
 * Keegan Connor Tracy as Jackie (seasons 4, 7)
 * Hrothgar Mathews as Constable (later Sgt.) Charlie Klotchko (seasons 5–7, regular in 8)
 * Colin Cunningham as Detective Brian Curtis (seasons 5–8)
 * Camille Sullivan as Detective Suki Taylor (seasons 5–7)
 * Shaun Johnston as Fire Marshal Sid Fleming (seasons 5, 8)
 * Alisen Down as Dr Maria Donato (seasons 6–8)
 * Bill Dow as Mayor Russ Hathaway (seasons 6–7)
 * Rob LaBelle as Phil Rosen (seasons 6–8)
 * Patrick Gallagher as Internal Affairs Detective Joe Finn (season 7, regular in 8)
 * Chris Britton as Richard Norton (seasons 7–8)
 * Hiro Kanagawa as Fire Captain Roy Komori (season 8)
 * Charles Martin Smith as Joe Friedland (season 8)
 * Gina Holden as Claire (season 8)
 * Rebecca Reichert as Marcie (season 8)
 * Eugene Lipinski as Lloyd Manning (season 8)
 * Rekha Sharma as Constable Cindy Winters (season 8)

Production
Da Vinci's Inquest was loosely based on the real life experiences of Larry Campbell, the former chief coroner of Vancouver, British Columbia, who was elected mayor of that city in 2002. The part of Da Vinci, however, was written specifically for actor Nicholas Campbell. Elements of the series storylines were also taken from sociopolitical issues faced by Vancouver itself, such as the plight of the homeless, the controversy over a designated injection site for drug users, the idea of establishing a red light district, and the disappearance of homeless women and sex workers — similar to the case of Robert Pickton.

Format
Da Vinci's Inquest is notable for its unconventional story formats. Unlike most crime dramas, many cases on Da Vinci's Inquest aren't fully explained, and some aren't even solved; often the episodes end with the resolution implied or withheld entirely. Many of the show's fans hail this characteristic as one of its finest qualities. Also unusual is its handling of story arcs. Some arcs span the length of one or more seasons, but aren't touched on at all for several episodes at a time, similar to the Mythology / Monster of the Week format of The X-Files (which was also a Vancouver production, though not at the same time as Da Vinci's Inquest); several main and many guest actors appeared on both shows. An exception to this is Season 7, which features at least three main plots that are addressed in every episode. Two episodes, Season 3's "It's Backwards Day" and Season 4's "Pretend You Didn't See Me," are notable for their extended opening takes, which follow Da Vinci as he walks around a location and speaks with multiple characters in one continuous, ten-minute shot; the former episode is also noted for playing out largely in real time.

Major story arcs include: Da Vinci's attempts to balance his work life with his ex-wife and daughter, as well as his battles with alcoholism; Leo Shannon struggling to care for his mentally ill wife and facing pressure to retire from the force; the relocation of an old mental hospital's cemetery and the intrigue that follows; Sunny overseeing an archaeological dig at a construction site; Angela Kosmo's battle with a corrupt Vice cop and the teenage prostitute who tries to manipulate both of them; and Da Vinci's quest to establish a red light district and safe injection site to protect the sex workers and drug addicts of Vancouver, which leads him to run first for police chief and then mayor. The sex trade is a recurring theme throughout the entire series, and early season premieres and finales center around high numbers of homicides where prostitutes are the victims, which often turn out to be the work of a serial killer. Relationships between characters (such as Da Vinci's many romantic flings and that between Mick Leary and Sunny Ramen) are left in the background of or take place between episodes.

In Internet fandom, the plot line following Mick Leary's downward spiral into depression after an unstable female constable infatuated with him commits suicide is often considered one of the most powerful and best-written arcs in the entire series by many fans.

United States
The original run of Da Vinci's Inquest was always available in certain U.S. markets (e.g., Seattle) where the CBC could be viewed either over the air or on cable. It made its formal U.S. debut, however, the week of September 17, 2005, when it was already in syndication after the original run. The show has continued to air in syndication, along with multiple networks (including Retro TV, Cloo, WGN America, and Court TV Mystery) due to its low-cost syndication arrangement. The series is distributed in the United States by PPI Releasing, a large distributor of Canadian programming to the American market.

Other countries
In Australia, the series aired late Monday nights on the Nine Network, and its affiliates WIN (although on a different night) and NBN, and later on 13th Street. It has also been aired in late night slots on RTÉ One in Ireland. In Iceland, Skjár einn has aired the show in various slots, including Saturday evening.

DVD
Acorn Media UK has released the first three seasons on DVD in Region 1 (US only).

In Canada, Alliance Atlantis released the first season on DVD on 14 October 2003. Season 2 was released on 3 February 2009 by Alliance Films, more than five years after the release of the first season.

Streaming
Season One is available on Amazon Prime. As of 2017, season one has been released online for free on Canada Media Fund's Encore+ YouTube Channel.

Awards and nominations
Nicholas Campbell received the Gemini Award for Best Performance in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role for his work on the series and has guest-starred in American shows such as Monk and T.J. Hooker. Donnelly Rhodes also received a Gemini Award for Best Actor in 2002 and the Earle Grey Award in 2006. The series was critically acclaimed as the best television series in Canada after winning the Gemini Award for Best Dramatic Series for five of its first six seasons. When Da Vinci's Inquest completed its seventh and final season, it was continued in 2005 as Da Vinci's City Hall. In 2002, actress Keegan Connor Tracy won a Leo Award for her guest appearance in Season 4's "Pretend You Didn't See Me" and was brought back for a second appearance in 2005.

Da Vinci's City Hall and TV movies
In Canada, a spin-off series, Da Vinci's City Hall, premiered on 25 October 2005.

In the U.S., Da Vinci's City Hall airs as part of the Da Vinci's Inquest rerun package, regarded as the eighth season of the series (even using the titles from the last three seasons of Inquest instead of the titles for City Hall). City Hall debuted in the U.S. on Superstation WGN on April 27, 2007, and released into national syndication to local stations, also as part of Da Vinci's Inquest, on November 4, 2007.

A TV movie following up on the two series, The Quality of Life, aired on CBC on 14 June 2008.

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Bulgan

Bulgan may refer to:
 * Bulgan Province, a province (aimag) of Mongolia
 * Bulgan (city), the capital of Bulgan province
 * Bulgan Airport, the airport of Bulgan city
 * Bulgan Gol, a upstream river of Ulungur River
 * several districts (sums) in different provinces:
 * Bulgan, Arkhangai
 * Bulgan, Bayan-Ölgii
 * Bulgan, Dornod
 * Bulgan, Khovd
 * Erdenebulgan, Khövsgöl
 * Bulgan, Ömnögovi
 * Bulgan, Azerbaijan

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User:Spuckupine

hey there

not a crazy user, but a big fan of wikipedia. currently a student at ucla, computer science & engineering major.

i'm interested in computers, programming, and trance music.

you can visit my website: www.spuckupine.net

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Rail transport in Taiwan

Rail transport in Taiwan consists of 2025 km (as of 2015) of railway networks. Though no longer as dominant as it once was, rail transport is an extremely important form of transportation in Taiwan due to high population density, especially along the densely populated western corridor. In 2016, over 1.09 billion passengers traveled by rail in Taiwan, averaging 2.99 million passengers per day.

The railways of Taiwan include conventional rail, rapid transit systems, and high-speed rail, as well as specialized railways for tourists and industry. Taiwan Railways Administration is an associate member and Taiwan High Speed Rail is an active member of the International Union of Railways (UIC), even though Taiwan does not have state membership.

Rail transport was introduced to Taiwan in 1891 during its late Qing era. Push car railways were brought to Taiwan during Japanese rule and were in general service from 1895 to the late 1940s.

All railway services are located in the main island of Taiwan. Outer islands including Penghu, Kinmen, and Matsu Islands do not have railways.

Intercity railways
There are two railway systems that provide intercity transportation service in Taiwan:

The Taiwan Railways, formerly administered by the governmental agency Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA), has been operated by Taiwan Railway since 1 January 2024. TR operates both passenger service and the only freight service in the country. The main lines form a loop around the island that connects most of the country's major cities, with small branch lines at various points to the interior. TR operates both intercity trains throughout Taiwan, and commuter services into the major cities. The Taiwan High Speed Rail is operated by a franchised private company called Taiwan High Speed Rail Corporation, it contains passenger services between Nangang, Taipei and Zuoying, Kaohsiung with a route that runs through Western Taiwan.

Urban transit
Urban rail transit systems are managed by local governments. There are currently five operators in Taiwan's major urban centers.

Most of the urban rail transit systems use standard gauge, except Taipei Metro Wenhu line, which uses VAL system with track gauge. The main line of Taoyuan Metro is called the Taoyuan Airport MRT, which connects Taoyuan International Airport, Taiwan's largest airport, with Taipei and Zhongli, Taoyuan. In addition to the five systems above, there were also plans to built rapid transit systems in municipalities of Tainan and Hsinchu. However, the Ministry of Transportation and Communications declined the proposals in January 2010 for budget issues and deeming it premature. Recently, most plans of new urban rail transit system plans have adopted light rail for budget efficiency.

Industrial and tourist railways

Industrial railways were built mainly in the Japanese era for transporting industrial raw materials and products, especially sugarcanes for sugar industry, and lumber for wood industry in Taiwan. After World War II, these industries declined significantly and these railroads were remodeled as tourist attractions in the beginning of 21st century.

The Taiwan Sugar Railways is an extensive series of narrow gauge lines mostly in central and southern Taiwan, originally built to haul sugarcane by the sugar companies in Japanese era, but also capable of providing limited passenger service. Regular passenger services discontinued in 1982. In 2003, some short-distance train services resumed. Currently there are six lines in operation.

Only Magongcuo line in Huwei Sugar Refinery is still in industrial use, the other five lines have been transformed to heritage railways.

The Forest Railways were built for logging and timber industry, now recommissioned as tourist railway services in high mountains.

The Alishan Forest Railway is currently the largest tourist railway network in Taiwan, operated by the Forestry and Nature Conservation Agency. The Luodong Forest Railway and Taiping Mountain Forest Railway were interconnected to transport the harvested lumber from Taiping Mountain to Luodong, Yilan and transferred to major railway system of Taiwan. Now only a short 3.9 km section near Tiansongpi Station is operating. Wulai Scenic Train was originally tracks for rail push trolleys, now runs a light automotive for tourists.

Track gauge
The earliest railway in Taiwan was completed in 1893 under the auspices of Governor Liu Mingchuan during the Qing Era and rebuilt by the Governors-General during the Japanese Era (see Taiwan Railway). Since then, major railways in Taiwan have followed the gauge standard. The Taitung Line was built during the Japanese Era with gauge, but since 1982 it has been converted to, while the Alishan Forest Railway and the majority of Taiwan Sugar Railways are still  railways. The Taiwan High Speed Rail and all rapid transit systems use standard gauge track.

Cultural
Because of Taiwan's extensive rail network (including many now defunct industrial narrow gauge lines which provided passenger service to rural areas), railways in Taiwan often have a romantic connotation, especially amongst the older generation who remember growing up when rail travel was the primary means of transportation between cities in simpler (and less prosperous) times. Many remember leaving their hometowns to attend school in far away cities by train or leaving via train to perform their compulsory military service. This nostalgia has been capitalized upon in recent years through the introduction of various items such as "nostalgia railroad ekiben" (懷舊鐵路便當), claimed to be authentic copies of the box lunches that were once served aboard trains.

Railfan culture
Taiwan also has a rail enthusiast culture that dates back to 9 June 1988, when the National Chiao Tung University's Rail Institute, the first college student club in Taiwan, was established, with its first leader being Jen Heng-yi. Jen and his fellow club members would work to publish what became the first issue of the popular long-running railfan publication Rail News in 1989. The success the club had with other local railfans was followed by the establishment of similar clubs in other Taiwanese universities such as in the National Taiwan University and Tamkang University in Taipei, as well as one at National Cheng Kung University in Tainan. The first private rail association, Railway Culture Society was subsequently established in 1995 after Jen and other founders of the Rail Institute transitioned away from student life.

Some prominent railway enthusiasts in Taiwan include assistant professor Dr. Hung Chih-Wen of the National Taiwan Normal University and technical assistant professor Su Chao-Hsu of the National Kaohsiung University of Hospitality and Tourism.

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Robert Bourke, 1st Baron Connemara

Robert Bourke, 1st Baron Connemara, (11 June 1827 – 3 September 1902) was a British Conservative politician and colonial administrator who served as Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (1874–80, 1885–86) and Governor of Madras (1886–90).

Background and education
Bourke was born into an Anglo-Irish aristocratic family at Hayes, County Meath, Ireland, the third son of Robert Bourke, 5th Earl of Mayo (the son of Hon. Richard Burke, Bishop of Waterford and Lismore), and Anne Charlotte, daughter of The Hon. John Jocelyn. His older brother was The 6th Earl of Mayo, a Viceroy of India. He was educated at Hall Place School, Bexley, Kent, and Trinity College, Dublin, and was called to the Bar, Inner Temple, in 1852.

Political career
Bourke practised as a barrister for a number of years before being elected Conservative Member of Parliament for King's Lynn in 1868. In 1874 he became Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in Benjamin Disraeli's second administration, a post he held until 1880, when he was also sworn of the Privy Council. He held the same post from 1885 to 1886 in Lord Salisbury's first administration.

Governor of Madras
In 1886, Bourke was appointed Governor of Madras. The following year he was appointed a Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire and raised to the peerage as Baron Connemara, of Connemara in the County of Galway. In 1890 he laid the foundations stone of the Connemara Public Library in Madras, which was named after him and opened six years later. The building was originally planned to house the proposed Victoria Technical Institute which was constructed in 1887, the Golden Jubilee year of Queen Victoria's reign. The third session of the Indian National Congress was held at Madras in 1887 when Lord Connemara was the governor. He hosted a garden party at Government House for the delegates. The construction of the Madras High Court was commenced in 1889.

Lord Connemara is credited with introducing a number of reforms while serving as governor. He personally supervised the famine-relief measures at Ganjam and reorganised the sanitary administration of Madras city. He also improved and extended the east coast railway line connecting Madras with Calcutta. The Madras Mail, in its 4 December 1890 issue, comments that his administration was "a bright epoch in the annals of Madras". He resigned as governor on 8 November 1890 and returned to Great Britain when his wife sued him for infecting her with syphilis and his adultery with her lady's maid. He did not defend himself and accepted the verdict and paid costs.

Later life
Lord Connemara contributed occasionally in the House of Lords, mostly on matters dealing with foreign affairs, making his last speech in June 1898. He also published the work Parliamentary Precedents.

Family
Lord Connemara was twice married. He married firstly Lady Susan Georgiana, daughter of The 1st Marquess of Dalhousie, a former Governor-General of India, in 1863. They divorced in 1890. In 1894, he married Gertrude, former wife of Edward Coleman. Both marriages were childless. His second wife died in November 1898. Lord Connemara died in London in September 1902, aged 75, and was buried in the city's Kensal Green Cemetery. His barony became extinct at his death.

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Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Rex071404/Evidence/rexlist

Harsh or biased comments made to or about Rex, by others on the John Kerry Talk page
Gamaliel 21:24, 26 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * "I wish you and Rex would actually try to work with us..."

Neutrality 05:45, 27 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * "I have been harassed the entire time by Rex, who spams my talk page with insults."

older≠wiser 21:04, 27 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * "No, the "problem" is that you choose to infer the worst possible motives from any inconsistencies in Kerry's record"

Gamaliel 04:24, 28 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * "I doubt your shrill accusations will encourage anyone else..."

Gamaliel 06:17, 28 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * "...quit spamming multiple talk pages with your nonsense..."

older≠wiser 23:02, 28 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * "And you aggravatingly argue by nonsequitor."

JamesMLane 06:50, 29 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * "The concept of "an edit truce" is meaningless."

Lyellin 09:16, Jul 29, 2004 (UTC)
 * "I think I'm the only one here that openly admits to perferring kerry..."

JamesMLane 09:38, 29 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * "If anyone cares, I intend to vote for Kerry..."

JamesMLane 09:38, 29 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * "...time spent trying to reason with Rex seems to be completely wasted."

Lyellin 08:52, Jul 29, 2004 (UTC)
 * "This is not a debate about the facts..."

JamesMLane 17:20, 29 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * "Rex, your most recent posts validate my conclusion that there's no point trying to reason with you."

older≠wiser 02:01, 31 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * "...don't mind Rex, he insults and belittles just about everyone who says anything remotely critical of his opinions."

67.180.24.204 07:05, 31 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * "I'll do my best to utterly ignore you in the future."

Neutrality 20:36, 31 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * "The rest of what you wrote is so incoherent that I'm not even going to attempt a response."

older≠wiser 12:33, 1 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * "When are you going to learn how the Wikipedia works instead of obsessing about the John Kerry page?"

 * "Rex, you are certainly not at a loss for words, however your words are often harsh and unreasonable, making it extremely unpleasant to deal with you. You apparently are too busy obsessing over this page (yes, I said it again and it is not an insult) to take an interest in how Wikipedia works and you continue to flout Wikipedia guidelines and when confronted with this plead ignorance due to being a new user. If your "new user" pleas were accompanied by even the tiniest bit of humility (like maybe ratcheting back on the histrionics for a while until you can participate in a non-disruptive manner), would go a long way towards rehabiliating assumption of good faith in your regard. older≠wiser 17:05, 1 Aug 2004 (UTC)"

JamesMLane 06:46, 3 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * " My current inclination is to request that Rex be banned from editing this article and the other Kerry-related articles."

Gamaliel 07:01, 3 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * "...arbitration may be the only answer to prevent periodic reoccurences of this nonsense."

Gamaliel 07:26, 3 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * "I get a little punchy in the late hours and I do silly things sometimes, to amuse myself and to lighten up a ponderous argument like this one. I don’t apologize for it. I might if there hadn’t been a constant stream of weird invective coming from you..."

 * "I love this. You demand citations and explanations for an obvious joke and then you tell me to “please lighten up”. This is truly theater of the absurd. Gamaliel 08:00, 3 Aug 2004 (UTC)"

 * "Sorry. It's hard to actually build a good article when you're under constant harrassment from Rex.--Neutrality 03:40, 6 Aug 2004 (UTC)"

 * "I realize that you think just about everyone else is at fault and you're the only blameless one. Some of us disagree. JamesMLane 03:49, 6 Aug 2004 (UTC)"

 * "This is an unmitigated disaster. The result of Rex's incessant harassment is that the page has been protected with a nutjob religious screed from an anon user included. Since I can't eliminate that rubbish or do anything else, I'll have to go to work on the Arbitratioin request immediately. I am totally out of patience. JamesMLane 03:59, 6 Aug 2004 (UTC)"

 * "Keep talking like that, Rex, and you'll make an arbitration request quite easy.--Neutrality 05:55, 6 Aug 2004 (UTC)"

 * "I'm not even going to dignify you comments with a response.--Neutrality 14:23, 6 Aug 2004 (UTC)"

 * "My God, you are tiresome. You had two links to the same place in the same sentence, I deleted one. I would have done the same thing to any editor in any article on wikipedia, and I consider it a minor edit under any circumstances. End of story. Gamaliel 18:18, 8 Aug 2004 (UTC)"

 * "I will second the "tiresome" opinion. I'd even go so far as to say tedious. older≠wiser 21:42, 8 Aug 2004 (UTC)"

 * "Let's put aside these distractions about whether the baby Jesus is jealous of someone's finely honed language skills, or whatever it was. The fact is that your attempt to play the wounded innocent just won't fly. The "long-timers" here have been far more polite to you than you've been to us, even though you've given far more provocation for pointed remarks. JamesMLane 23:48, 8 Aug 2004 (UTC)"

older≠wiser 17:04, 9 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * "...you are engaging in sophistic contortions in an attempt to prove your point."

 * "The only "lack of sufficient rebuttal to facts I have presented" is in your own mind. You simply refuse to acknowledge when you are engaging in speculative argumentation under the guise of presenting facts (which only you consider to be unambiguous facts). older≠wiser 18:30, 9 Aug 2004 (UTC)"

 * "Furthermore, from now on I will not waste any more time answering such comments. If you want to misread something I say, and triumphantly post your misreading here, you go right ahead. Just don't take my silence as agreement. My thoughts are found in my comments, not in yours. JamesMLane 07:21, 10 Aug 2004 (UTC)"

JamesMLane 07:10, 9 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * "This one tiny point about the basics of Wikipedia linking policy has taken up an absurd amount of time already, thanks to you."

 * "From now on, I won't be able to waste any more of my time trying to teach you anything. My further comments on your editing style will be given in the course of the Arbitration Committee proceeding instead of cluttering up this page. JamesMLane 07:10, 9 Aug 2004 (UTC)"

older≠wiser 19:10, 9 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * "I am not going to bother to repsond to your irrelevant leading questions above"

Moriori 01:55, Aug 11, 2004 (UTC)
 * "Do you actually ever comprehend what anyone else writes on wiki?"

 * "It distresses me greatly that I need to inform you that I believe you have no integrity whatsoever. I have never ever previously been motivated to say so to any wiki person. Moriori 08:44, Aug 11, 2004 (UTC)"

older≠wiser 11:45, 11 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * "Rex's style of argument can be more exasperating and aggravating than it is persuasive, which is unfortunate because there are times when Rex does have valid points."

 * "I have never attacked your edits. You have only attacked mine. Neutrality 00:41, 11 Aug 2004 (UTC)"

 * "I agree completely with Khaosworks. Rex has mentioned this theme before. It seems to be his fallback position as a justification for the incessant injection of anti-Kerry POV material. JamesMLane 09:13, 13 Aug 2004 (UTC)"

 * "Oh, bullshit. It's true" (unsigned, but log shows it to be Neutrality)

 * Never edit my comments again. And don't lecture me about being "civil." Neutrality 02:03, 13 Aug 2004 (UTC)

 * "You can speak bluntly without accusations and insults. Those aren't signs of bluntness and outspokenness, they are signs of rudeness and boorishness. Despite what you've claimed, you have engaged in personal attacks after that 24 hour ban. I hope you are sincere when you claim that you are making efforts to moderate your behavior. Gamaliel 19:20, 13 Aug 2004 (UTC)"


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Wikipedia talk:Requests for arbitration/Rex071404

Harsh or biased comments made to or about Rex, by others on the John Kerry Talk page

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This material appears to duplicate that at Wikipedia_talk:Requests_for_arbitration/Rex071404/Evidence.

Accordingly, I have deleted it, as it interferes with the arbitration process to scatter identical evidence in multiple places.

Thank you for your co-operation. Martin 21:51, 15 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Why are these "Harsh or biased comments made to or about Rex, by others on the John Kerry Talk page" appearing on multiple pages? See Wikipedia talk:Requests for arbitration/Rex071404/Evidence older ≠ wiser 09:02, 15 Aug 2004 (UTC)

 * I have no idea. I have fixed the duplication I have seen. Martin 21:54, 15 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Re: Rex071404 John Kerry ban
Given the extreme pro-Kerry condition of the John Kerry page when I began editing it and the furious reaction of the entrenched editors there, I am not surpised that Arbitrators would leap to their defense. I am however, surprised that you do it so easily based on what amounts to their half of the story of a tit-for-tat battle.

With election 2004 underway, the ponderously slow process of the Arb committee means that my "temp" ban is in fact a death sentence.

For your information, I was patiently and thoroughly tallying details (many already submitted into evidence) about Neutrality, etc's equally agressive efforts as mine.

But alas, this Wiki has turned into basically a pro-Kerry farce - with only the aggressive "anti-Kerry" editors being banned. The pro-Kerry crew it seems, can do no wrong.

Rex071404 16:59, 15 Aug 2004 (UTC)

 * I moved this from my Talk, because it is addressed to us as a group, not individually.

 * I arbitrate for the benefit of Wikipedia, as an encyclopedia, and as a project to build an encyclopedia. The 2004 election is a matter of supreme indifference to me. Wikipedia will no doubt still have an article on Kerry when he is dead and relegated to history. Martin 22:06, 15 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Re: "arbitration/Rex071404"
Please take note, yesterday, I posted my version of the facts on this issue as per the page's instructions: "If you disagree with some evidence you see here, please provide counter-evidence, or an explanation of why the evidence is misleading. Please do this under a seperate header, to seperate your response from the original evidence."

However, tonight, Neutrality has twice deleted my statement from that page and instead moved it to the "discussion" page.

I am trying my best to defuse the tense dynamic between Neutrality an myself, but I am at a loss as to what to do.

For example, Neutrality is again jumping all over my edits on John Kerry and deleted/reversed me me multiple times tonight wihtout discussion. I have left copious notes on that talk page explaining my edits, but Neutrality dos not dialog with me.

I really would appreciate some guidedance on getting Neutrality to give me some breathing room.

Also, please take note, although I am feeling very pressed againg by Neutrality, I am not reverting to my intial method of snide commentary.

Since Snowspinner chastized me sevral days ago with a 24hr ban, I have reconsidered and am avoiding harsh statements. That being the case, when can I expect Neutrality to be advised to leave me be and not be so agressive to me? Rex071404 01:49, 11 Aug 2004 (UTC)

 * You are referring to these edits: and.

 * I note that this material is (as of this moment) present on the Evidence page. I understand therefore that this particular matter is resolved. Martin 22:14, 15 Aug 2004 (UTC)

If Wikipedia is as important...
(to Martin) as you say it is to you, why do the Arbitrators let Neutrality run hog wild?

 * He curses people on article talk pages (me)
 * He taunts people on their personal talk pages (me)
 * He recently reverted John Kerry 9 times in one day - and not for vandalism
 * He has a misleading user name
 * He deletes people's evidence (mine)
 * etc., etc., etc.

Rex071404 23:55, 15 Aug 2004 (UTC)

 * Arbitrators are neither omnipotent, nor omniscient, nor possessed of infinite time and patience. Martin 17:51, 18 Aug 2004 (UTC)

 * I object to the involvement of Raul654. "I think that my involvement was small enough that I can judge this case fairly. →Raul654 07:32, Sep 28, 2004 (UTC)" I don't agree with that from my observation of his behaviour on The Wikipedia.WikiUser 20:27, 7 Oct 2004 (UTC)

 * Based on this user's past history on Requests for arbitration, I think this is merely an attempt to sow Dragon's teeth. →Raul654 20:55, Oct 7, 2004 (UTC)

 * Does User:Wikiuser have specific examples of concern regarding Raul654's impartiality towards Rex or other parties to this particular dispute? Wolfman 05:39, 8 Oct 2004 (UTC)

 * I object to the personal abuse against me above by Raul654. He's got no right to make up a lie about me and post it in an attempt to goad me. It's tytpical behaviour though of him and his chums and it proves my point about him again. And he'd better stop posting mesages and pretending they were posted by me.WikiUser 20:11, 8 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * (A) I copied your comment to this talk page, and as I was removing it from the article itself, you edit conflicted with me. (B) To answer wolfman's question - no, it's a baseless charge, and it's fairly obvious this user is a troll attempting to create an issue where none exists, by making grandious and baseless charges. →Raul654 20:44, Oct 8, 2004 (UTC)

 * I'd like people to note the typical authoritarian "You can not say something I don't like, or have a view I don't like" comment by this user. Typical of him and the arbitrators. Re his "(A)": he did not post a quoyte from but, as I already said, posted it so it looked as if it was a post FROM ME. Re his "(B") it ia personal abuse to call me a liar and a troll and all the other goading nonsense. The record shows- He said ""I think that my involvement was small enough that I can judge this case fairly." I merely said I didn't agree: "I don't agree with that from my observation of his behaviour on The Wikipedia." Fair comment. Now we're not even allowed to have a view or open our mouths at all. According to the mighty "arbitrators"!WikiUser 20:51, 8 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * So, you have no specific complaints about his impartiality in this particular case. Wolfman 03:56, 9 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Rex's departure
I somehow wonder if Rex is deliberately leaving until the election is over in order to circumvent the proposed decision upon Rex and the others involved in the case (see Enforcement point 1.5). [[User:Poccil|Peter O. (Talk)]] 07:36, Oct 10, 2004 (UTC)

Rex hasn't left. He just voted on Neutrality's adminship. Gamaliel 07:40, 10 Oct 2004 (UTC)

 * And right under our noses as well! [[User:Poccil|Peter O. (Talk)]] 01:01, Oct 11, 2004 (UTC)

 * Not to mention with a second identity. -- Antaeus Feldspar 06:26, 28 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Redundancy on main page
This subhead, Requests_for_arbitration/Rex071404, is duplicated on the main page; can any User correct this on the precedent page, or is this the province of the Committee? Thank you. nobs 02:52, 16 October 2005 (UTC)