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Bosco/Gurin

Bosco/Gurin (, Walser German: Gurin / Guryn, Lombard: Bosch / Gürin) is a municipality in the district of Vallemaggia in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. The village is near the end of the valley of Bosco Gurin, near the Italian border. Despite the overall prominence of Italian in Ticino, the small municipality of Bosco/Gurin is historically German-speaking.

History
Bosco/Gurin is first mentioned in 1244 as als Buscho de Quarinobis. Until 1934, it was known as Bosco-Vallemaggia, and in German as Gurin.

The village was started during Walser migration in the 13th century, with the first settlers arriving in 1244. Today the Walser German dialect is being abandoned in favour of the Italian language, and Italian speakers make up the majority in the village. Bosco/Gurin is the only municipality in Ticino where German is a co-official language.

The Walser emigrated from the Val Formazza Walser around 1240 at the request of the Lombardy rulers and the Capitanei of Locarno who needed a band of mercenaries. In 1244, a noble family from Locarno and the villagers of Losone leased from the pastures around the village. Later these pastures passed fully into their possession. Until the beginning of the 20th century, the Walser colony survived almost totally isolated. The rare contacts with the outside world were more with the Val Formazza or Valais than from the rest of Ticino. The geographic isolation strengthened the independent living habits and traditions of the village. The town was frequently buried by avalanches.

The parish church of St. James and St. Christopher was consecrated in 1253, probably at the same time that the village separated from the parish of Cevio. It was expanded and rebuilt in the 15th and 16th centuries. The chapel of Madonna della Neve is from the early 18th century.

The area was briefly part of the Canton of Lugano, before the canton was unified with Bellinzona to form Ticino.

Up until the 20th century, the village was almost completely isolated. By 1914, there were seasonal migration (especially by masons) into the German-speaking Switzerland. Livestock and farming (potatoes, rye, hemp) have been the main sources of income over the centuries. During the winter months, villagers made timber vessels, spin linen, hemp and wool, and embroider handkerchiefs. In the 20th century, much of the population emigrated. In 1936, the local museum was opened. By 2004, there were only 72 inhabitants left, from a peak of 382 in 1850.

A custom in Bosco/Gurin (found also in the Avers valley, Graubünden) was to build houses with a Seelabalga ("soul-beam"). This was a sliding wooden door covering a small round hole through the wall, which was opened to allow the soul of a deceased inhabitant to depart.

Geography
Bosco is located in the Vallemaggia district, and the highest municipality in Ticino at an elevation of 1504 m.

Bosco/Gurin has an area,, of 22.04 km2. Of this area, 0.69 km2 or 3.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 6.14 km2 or 27.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.19 km2 or 0.9% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.28 km2 or 1.3% is either rivers or lakes and 9.27 km2 or 42.1% is unproductive land.

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 0.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 0.6%. Out of the forested land, 11.6% of the total land area is heavily forested, while 12.0% is covered in small trees and shrubbery and 4.3% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 2.9% is used for growing crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. Of the unproductive areas, 22.3% is unproductive vegetation and 19.7% is too rocky for vegetation.

Coat of arms
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure a lion rampant langued gules and holding a letter B also gules.

Demographics
Bosco/Gurin has a population of. , 7.5% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of -26%. Most of the population speaks Italian language (37 or 52.1%), with German being second most common (23 or 32.4%) and Romansh being third (7 or 9.9%). There are 2 people who speak French.

, the gender distribution of the population was 61.1% male and 38.9% female. The population was made up of 31 Swiss men (57.4% of the population), and 2 (3.7%) non-Swiss men. There were 19 Swiss women (35.2%), and 2 (3.7%) non-Swiss women. Of the population in the municipality 37 or about 52.1% were born in Bosco/Gurin and lived there in 2000. There were 20 or 28.2% who were born in the same canton, while 10 or 14.1% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 2 or 2.8% were born outside of Switzerland.

In there was 1 death of a Swiss citizen. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens decreased by 1 while the foreign population remained the same. The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources, including moves across municipal borders) was a decrease of 1 and the non-Swiss population remained the same. This represents a population growth rate of -1.9%.

The age distribution,, in Bosco/Gurin is; 2 children or 3.7% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 5 teenagers or 9.3% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 4 people or 7.4% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 10 people or 18.5% are between 30 and 39, 9 people or 16.7% are between 40 and 49, and 10 people or 18.5% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 8 people or 14.8% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 4 people or 7.4% are between 70 and 79, there are 2 people or 3.7% who are over 80.

, there were 37 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 27 married individuals, 4 widows or widowers and 3 individuals who are divorced.

, there were 35 private households in the municipality, and an average of 1.9 persons per household. There were 16 households that consist of only one person and 3 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 37 households that answered this question, 43.2% were households made up of just one person. Of the rest of the households, there are 7 married couples without children, 8 married couples with children. There were 2 single parents with a child or children. There were 2 households that were made up unrelated people and 2 households that were made some sort of institution or another collective housing.

there were 99 single family homes (or 84.6% of the total) out of a total of 117 inhabited buildings. There were 10 multi-family buildings (8.5%), along with 2 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (1.7%) and 6 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (5.1%). Of the single family homes 7 were built before 1919, while 4 were built between 1990 and 2000. The greatest number of single family homes (68) were built between 1919 and 1945.

there were 140 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 4 rooms of which there were 51. There were 5 single room apartments and 25 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 35 apartments (25.0% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 105 apartments (75.0%) were seasonally occupied. , the construction rate of new housing units was 0 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality,, was 0.65%.

Historic population
The historical population is given in the following chart:

Heritage sites of national significance
The village center is home to many historic buildings, so the entire village of Bosco Gurin is part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites. The Walserhaus, a (Walser style house) is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

Politics
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SP which received 32.29% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the CVP (28.13%), the Ticino League (18.75%) and the FDP (10.42%). In the federal election, a total of 12 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 27.9%.

In the Gran Consiglio election, there were a total of 49 registered voters in Bosco/Gurin, of which 26 or 53.1% voted. The most popular party was the PPD+GenGiova which received 10 or 38.5% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were; the SSI (with 7 or 26.9%), the PS (with 6 or 23.1%) and the PLRT (with 3 or 11.5%).

In the Consiglio di Stato election, the most popular party was the PPD which received 10 or 38.5% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were; the SSI (with 7 or 26.9%), the PS (with 5 or 19.2%) and the PLRT (with 3 or 11.5%).

Economy
Tourism is an important source of income, especially during the winter.

, Bosco/Gurin had an unemployment rate of 1.02%. , there were 12 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 5 businesses involved in this sector. 12 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 2 businesses in this sector. 27 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 9 businesses in this sector. There were 39 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 30.8% of the workforce.

the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 35. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 7, of which 3 were in agriculture and 4 were in forestry or lumber production. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 12, of which all were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 16. In the tertiary sector; 2 or 12.5% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 2 or 12.5% were in the movement and storage of goods, 8 or 50.0% were in a hotel or restaurant.

, there were 11 workers who commuted into the municipality and 3 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net importer of workers, with about 3.7 workers entering the municipality for every one leaving. About 36.4% of the workforce coming into Bosco/Gurin are coming from outside Switzerland. Of the working population, 0% used public transportation to get to work, and 33.3% used a private car.

, there was one hotel in Bosco/Gurin.

Religion
From the, 61 or 85.9% were Roman Catholic, while 2 or 2.8% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. There were 2 (or about 2.8% of the population) who belonged to no church, agnostic or atheist, and 6 individuals (or about 8.5% of the population) did not answer the question.

Education
In Bosco/Gurin about 28 (or 39.4% of the population) have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 5 (or 7.0%) have completed additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule). Of the 5 who completed tertiary schooling, 80.0% were Swiss men, 20.0% were Swiss women.

In Bosco/Gurin there were a total of 5 students. The Ticino education system provides up to three years of non-mandatory kindergarten and in Bosco/Gurin there was 1 child in kindergarten. The primary school program lasts for five years. In the municipality, 1 student attended the standard primary school. In the lower secondary school system, students either attend a two-year middle school followed by a two-year pre-apprenticeship or they attend a four-year program to prepare for higher education. There was 1 student in the two-year middle school, while no students were in the four-year advanced program.

The upper secondary school includes several options, but at the end of the upper secondary program, a student will be prepared to enter a trade or to continue on to a university or college. In Ticino, vocational students may either attend school while working on their internship or apprenticeship (which takes three or four years) or may attend school followed by an internship or apprenticeship (which takes one year as a full-time student or one and a half to two years as a part-time student). There was 1 vocational student who was attending school full-time and 1 who attend part-time.

, there were 9 students from Bosco/Gurin who attended schools outside the municipality.

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Bald River

The Bald River is a river located in Monroe County, Tennessee in the Cherokee National Forest. It is a tributary of the Tellico River. Just before it empties into the Tellico, the river falls over a large waterfall, Bald River Falls, which is variously reported as being between 80 and 100 feet (25 and 30 m) high. The river then flows under a bridge on Forest Service Road 210 (the falls and the river mouth are both very readily visible from the bridge). The falls is regarded as one of the most impressive and scenic waterfall in East Tennessee. The river is short in length but powerful as it flows through a steep, densely wooded valley and it is constantly replenished by the area's frequent rains. It rises just north of the North Carolina state line near the crest of the Unicoi Mountains and flows northeast for a short distance before turning to the northwest.

The forests of the Bald River basin and the Tellico River basin were almost completely logged by the Babcock Lumber Company during the early 20th century, from their local base of operation at Tellico Plains. The present road up the Tellico River was built on the old logging railroad bed built by Babcock.

Wilderness
The Upper Bald River Wilderness was designated as part of the National Wilderness Preservation System in 2018 by the U.S. Congress. Along with the Bald River Gorge Wilderness to the north, most of the Bald River watershed is protected as a wilderness area and managed by the Cherokee National Forest.

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Talk:Patni Computer Systems

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I am going to merge iGATE with iGATE Patni right now because otherwise would create confusion among people who are trying to access iGATE and iGATE Patni. I hope this is approved.Adarsh Krishnaswamy 08:11, 22 October 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Adkrish22290 (talk • contribs)

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TENEX

TENEX may refer to:

 * TENEX (operating system)
 * Techsnabexport, a Russian company specializing in export of nuclear materials
 * Tenex, a brand name for the medication guanfacine, a sympatholytic used to treat hypertension, ADHD and anxiety
 * Tenex, a brand name for .22 LR ammunition manufactured by Eley Limited and widely used in high level competition such as the ISSF World Cup and Olympic Games
 * 10X, an alternative name for superfine powdered sugar or confectioner's sugar
 * 10x, internet slang for "thanks"; see 10x

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Brainiac 8

Brainiac 8 (Indigo) is a superhero character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.

Publication history
Brainiac 8 first appeared in Titans/Young Justice: Graduation Day #1 and was created by Judd Winick and Alé Garza.

Fictional character biography
Indigo is a Coluan and a member of the Outsiders. Born in a distant future era, she comes to the 21st century badly damaged, and desperately looks for a cybernetic or mechanical organism capable of repairing her. In the process, she tries to install her self-repairing routines into the Metal Men, but they are incapable of assisting her in maintenance. Then she turns to Cyborg, but in the process, she damages him.

Attacked by the combined forces of Young Justice and the Titans, she retreats and switches into an offensive mode. Although the combined forces of the young superheroes best her, adding further damage, she is able to activate a dormant Superman robot before shutting down for repairs. Yet when the android comes after the young heroes (killing Lilith Clay and Donna Troy), Red Arrow (then going by the name "Arsenal") briefly reactivates the young female droid and sends her to stop the Superman Android before shutting down again.

When Red Arrow (still calling himself Arsenal at the time) reforms the Outsiders, he claims the female droid, now called Indigo, as a teammate.

Her memory was supposedly damaged in the aftermath of her dramatic appearance; any remainder was wiped out by S.T.A.R. Labs. Indigo displays a very naive personality, guilelessly taking pleasure in the simple things in life, like laundry, bowling, and watching silent films. She often struggles to learn how to behave in society, and takes her cues from those she lives with. As she grows more integrated in her quest to earn the acceptance and forgiveness of Nightwing and her teammates, she even manages to find love with Shift.

It was revealed in that Indigo is actually Brainiac 8, and every bit the ruthless, inhuman villain that previous Brainiacs were. Indigo as the Outsiders knew her is essentially a subprogram, designed by Brainiac 8's "grandfather", Brainiac 6, to endear her to the superhero community.

Brainiac 8 had been sent back in time to kill Donna Troy, because a living Donna would negate Coluan domination over the "organics" after the "Infinite Crisis" events. After a beating by the combined forces of Teen Titans and Outsiders, the Indigo persona wrests control from Brainiac 8, and reveals herself to be a genuine personality. Weeping, she begs Shift to kill her before the Brainac 8 persona could harm the people she loves. Shift, in tears, transforms her molecular structure into flesh, killing her in the process.

The Origins and Omens back-up story indicated that Indigo might soon return, but writer Judd Winick left the book before this plot thread could be followed up on.

Indigo eventually returns in Teen Titans (vol. 3) #98 as part of Superboy-Prime's Legion of Doom. She now sports a cybernetic arm and eye, the origins of which are unexplained. During Teen Titans (vol. 3) #100, she is once again destroyed by Red Robin and Robin.

In 2016, DC Comics implemented another relaunch of its books called "DC Rebirth", which restored its continuity to a form much as it was prior to "The New 52". Indigo appears as a member of the Fatal Five. While fighting Supergirl, she got torn into pieces by Zor-El. Then, her remains were gathered and shipped to Mokkari from Magog.

Powers and abilities
Indigo possesses an analytical computer-like brain, enabling her to think and perceive information at great speeds. As a unique inorganic being, she can fly, project force fields, and fire blasts of energy from her eyes or hands. Her physical capabilities are far beyond human limitations. She is also able to interact with and control any technology, no matter how modern.

Other characters with the name Indigo

 * Indigo was also the name of a character in DP 7, one of the titles of Marvel Comics' short-lived New Universe imprint.
 * Indigo was another name used by the DC superhero Deep Blue.
 * Indigo was also the name of a member of Sovereign Seven.
 * Indigo-1 was also the name of the leader of the Indigo Tribe in the 2009 crossover event Blackest Night.

In other media

 * Indigo appears in the first season of Supergirl, portrayed by Laura Vandervoort. Introduced in the episode "Solitude", this version is a contemporary descendant of Brainiac who was imprisoned in the Phantom Zone via the maximum security prison, Fort Rozz, until she joined forces with the other inmates to escape. Furthermore, she initially assumes a blonde human form on monitors before attaining a form closer to her comics counterpart in the real world. While hacking into a military base's systems, she battles Supergirl before joining forces with fellow escapee and the latter's uncle, Non. Indigo attempts to destroy National City with a nuclear weapon, but is foiled by Winn Schott, who downloads a virus into her. Nonetheless, Indigo is later revived by Non, and in the episodes "Myriad" and "Better Angels", they attempt to enact Project Myriad, only to be foiled and killed by Supergirl and Martian Manhunter.
 * Indigo, based on the Supergirl incarnation, appears as a playable character in Lego DC Super-Villains via the "DC TV Super-Villains" DLC pack.

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Cherokee National Forest

The Cherokee National Forest is a United States National Forest located in the U.S. states of Tennessee and North Carolina that was created on June 14, 1920. The forest is maintained and managed by the United States Forest Service. It encompasses an estimated area of 655598 acre.

Location
The Cherokee National Forest headquarters are located in Cleveland, Tennessee. The Cherokee National Forest mostly lies within eastern Tennessee, along the border with North Carolina, and comprises nearly the entire border area except for sections within the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the Copper Basin. The Cherokee National Forest has two separate sections: a northern region to the northeast of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and a southern section to the southwest of the Smokies. the southern section comprises much of the Unicoi Mountains.

The Cherokee National Forest contains such notable sites as the Ocoee River (site of the 1996 Olympic whitewater events); 150 miles (240 km) of the Appalachian Trail; Citico Creek Wilderness; Big Frog Mountain within Big Frog Wilderness, and surrounds both the Tennessee Valley Authority Watauga Reservoir and Wilbur Reservoir.

The forest is located in parts of ten counties in Tennessee and one county in North Carolina. In descending order of forestland area they are Polk, Monroe, Carter, Unicoi, Cocke, Johnson, Greene, Sullivan, Washington and McMinn counties in Tennessee and Ashe County in North Carolina.

Wildlife
The forest is home to mammalian species such as black bear, raccoon, coyote, skunk, opossum, beaver, two species of squirrel, bobcat, chipmunk, river otter, two species of fox, woodchuck, and white-tailed deer.

Birdwatchers commonly view species of juncos, mourning doves, chimney swifts, eastern phoebes, barn swallows, blue jays, indigo buntings, cardinals, towhees, sparrows, chickadees, and warblers. Raptors include turkey vultures, hawks, eagles, and peregrine falcons.

Reptiles include timber rattlesnake, northern copperhead, eastern box turtle, common snapping turtle, and southeastern five-lined skink. Amphibians of frogs, toads, and salamanders are all common residents. Notable species of salamander include Jordan's salamander and hellbender.

Recreation
Recreation opportunities in the Cherokee National Forest are diverse. The forest's fast-flowing rivers support trout fishing. Rainbow trout are stocked in many streams and rivers. Brook trout and brown trout are also present. Bass, bluegill and crappie are found in the forest's lakes, which are also open to wind surfing, water skiing and boating.

Trails criss-cross the forest. In addition to the Appalachian Trail, these include the John Muir Recreation trail, other hiking trails, and some trails designed for equestrian use. Bicycle trails are being developed. Camping is available in RV campgrounds and tent-only camping areas, and primitive tent camping is allowed throughout much of the forest.

Wilderness areas

There are eleven official wilderness areas in Cherokee National Forest, which are all part of the National Wilderness Preservation System. Three of these extend into neighboring National Forests (and also into neighboring states, where the forest changes names):
 * Bald River Gorge Wilderness
 * Big Frog Wilderness (Cherokee NF in Tennessee and Chattahoochee NF in Georgia)
 * Big Laurel Branch Wilderness
 * Citico Creek Wilderness
 * Cohutta Wilderness (Chattahoochee NF in Georgia and Cherokee NF in Tennessee)
 * Gee Creek Wilderness
 * Joyce Kilmer-Slickrock Wilderness (Nantahala NF in North Carolina and Cherokee NF in Tennessee)
 * Little Frog Mountain Wilderness
 * Pond Mountain Wilderness
 * Sampson Mountain Wilderness
 * Unaka Mountain Wilderness

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Thunder (DC Comics)

Thunder is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was created by writer Judd Winick and artist Tom Raney in the Modern Age of Comic Books. She is first mentioned in Green Arrow (vol. 2) #26 (July 2003) and first appears a month later in Outsiders (vol. 3) #1. Born Anissa Pierce, she is a metahuman and daughter of superhero Black Lightning, able to increase her physical density and durability and create massive shockwaves.

Pierce is also the older sister of Jennifer, herself a superhero operating under the alias Lightning. Against her parents' wishes, Anissa chooses to utilize her abilities to fight crime. She is invited and accepts a position with the superhero team the Outsiders. Pierce is involved in a relationship with her teammate Grace Choi.

Along with her presence in various comic books Thunder has made appearances on a number of television shows and appeared in the live action Arrowverse series Black Lightning, portrayed by Nafessa Williams.

Daughter of Black Lightning
Although it is not clear but one assumes she got her powers genetically from her father who is also a metahuman. Her father Jefferson Pierce (Black Lightning) and her mother Lynn Stewart did not want her following in his footsteps, and he struck a bargain with her: she would graduate from college before considering a career in crimefighting. She did, and the same night of her graduation she donned a costume and became Thunder. She is also the older sister of Lightning.

Outsiders
Shortly after Thunder had started her solo career, she was approached by Arsenal, who offered her a spot on the new team of Outsiders. Reasoning that she could best learn the superhero trade with a team, she agreed to this offer and became an Outsider. Although she got along with most of her teammates, she seemed to come into conflict with Grace, a tough promiscuous bouncer, constantly. They were however quite effective as a team, and the two slowly came to a grudging respect between them; later on they became lovers.

Eventually her father appeared at the Outsiders headquarters, demanding her resignation from the team. Naturally, she refused and when the danger of Sabbac arose again, her father even decided to accompany the Outsiders. During that adventure, the two came to respect each other's abilities, neither having seen the other in action before, and Thunder was allowed to remain an Outsider.

The extent of her invulnerability was tested during a fight with the re-formed Fearsome Five. The matter transmuter Shimmer converted the air in her lungs to water, which caused an inflammation so great that she had pulmonary edema and Acute respiratory distress syndrome, which nearly killed her. She recovered and continued to serve with the Outsiders.

"One Year Later"
OYL, Anissa remains a member of the Outsiders (a team that was currently believed to be dead), and has been involved in the attempted toppling of the regime of Mali. Her role has been instrumental in the mission, having gone undercover amongst the government, a role that has required her to pretend she was having a sexual relationship with the country's ruler Ratun Bennin; in actuality Metamorpho used a hallucinogenic compound to fool the dictator. She compromised the team's mission when she revealed her cover and attacked Mali's army, who were going to slaughter a village.

It was revealed that Thunder has been in a romantic relationship with her teammate Grace, making her one of a handful of LGBT people of color in the DC roster. Thunder was recently kicked off The Outsiders upon Batman's reorganization of the team, being replaced by the Martian Manhunter. She rejoined the team, when Grace invited her on a mission, without Batman's approval.

During the Batman R.I.P. events an assembly of the Outsiders, including Anissa, receives a message from the missing Batman, asking them to feed a secret code in the cybernetic mind of the ReMAC, allowing him to track the Caped Crusader and the Black Glove and help him into his fight. As they reluctantly comply, due to Batgirl, the code reveals itself as a cybernetic boobytrap set by Doctor Hurt, the mastermind behind Batman's downfall, and ReMAC explodes. Several Outsiders are wounded, and Anissa sustains brain injuries severe enough to knock her in a seemingly irreversible coma. However her in-costume appearance in the "Final Crisis: Submit" story suggest she recovered afterwards, as the Final Crisis storyline occurs after the events in R.I.P., though Thunder is still shown in a coma during the Batman and the Outsiders Special, where her father ultimately joins up with a new roster of Outsiders to take her place.

Thunder eventually reappears many months later, now living with Grace in a state of semi-retirement. The inconsistencies regarding her coma are briefly touched upon when it is explained that Anissa had been "in and out of hospitals" for a prolonged period after her initial injuries. Following a botched mission, Black Lightning arrives at Anissa and Grace's apartment with several other fugitive members of the new Outsiders, telling Anissa that he simply wishes to see his children again after spending months without any contact with his family. He briefly expresses discomfort over his daughter's sexual orientation, but Anissa tells him off by stating that Grace was there for her when he wasn't. When the Justice Society of America attacks the apartment to bring the Outsiders into custody, Anissa chooses to side with her father and fight off the attacking heroes, which ultimately leads to a confrontation with her younger sister, Lightning, whom she claims was always thought of as the "favorite". After the fight is broken up by Doctor Fate, Anissa and Grace choose to rejoin the Outsiders on a mission to Markovia, where Amanda Waller tasked them with capturing Geo-Force.

Powers and abilities
Thunder has the ability to increase her body's mass while preserving volume, which effectively increases her density. In this state she is near-immovable, almost completely invulnerable. A mob enforcer once suffered a compound fracture after trying to punch Thunder in the face. Notably, she can make her skin strong enough to withstand bullets. Just by stomping the ground she can create massive shockwaves.

Kingdom Come
In an alternate universe depicted in Kingdom Come, a young boy who inherited his father's powers and became the new owner of Thunderbolt operates as Thunder.

Television

 * A teenage Thunder appears in the "Thunder and Lightning" segment of DC Nation Shorts, voiced by Cree Summer.
 * Anissa Pierce appears in Black Lightning, portrayed by Nafessa Williams. This version's powers are activated by holding her breath. After being kidnapped by the 100 and rescued by her father Black Lightning, Anissa's powers begin to emerge. She later receives a suit from Peter Gambi, joins her father in crime-fighting as Thunder, and goes on to fall in love with and eventually get engaged to marry Grace Choi. Later in the series, Anissa adopts the alias Blackbird to operate as an independent vigilante in response to the A.S.A.'s oppression.
 * Additionally, two alternate universe versions of Anissa make cameo appearances in the episode "The Book of Resistance: Chapter Four: Earth Crisis", also portrayed by Williams.
 * A young Anissa Pierce makes cameo appearances in Young Justice: Outsiders, voiced by Masasa Moyo.

Miscellaneous
A teenage Thunder appears in DC Super Hero Girls, voiced again by Cree Summer.

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Category talk:Ancient Rome

Philosphers and writers
Shouldn't all of the philosophers and writers go under Category:Ancient Romans? --TOO 23:03, Jul 23, 2004 (UTC)

 * 1) It depends upon the definition of ancient Roman. For example, many of the philosophers and writers were Greeks. However, if we define ancient Romans as subjects of the Roman republic and enmpire rather than citizens, then we could use the one category for all.

 * 1) The ancient Roman category is already quite large. Adding additional references may make it less usable. GreatWhiteNortherner 00:35, 24 Jul 2004 (UTC)

 * Culturally speaking, the Romans had rather little impact on the Greek part of the part of the world - their main role from the Greek point of view seems to have been as a source of funds for lecturers. :-) Would you really call some philosopher of the Academy "Roman" even if he wasn't a Roman citizen, had never met a Roman citizen, and didn't know Latin? I'd say if they were born and raised in a Greek part of the empire, spoke Greek natively, and adhered to Greek customs, that makes them Greeks and not Romans. Stan 06:02, 24 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Category tree
I've added the full category tree for this category, so people can easily search the page for the proper category. If anyone thinks it should be structure differently, please make/suggest changes. — 0918BRIAN • 2006-01-21 23:46
 * Good work, but it really isn't appropriate on the main page. It is totally non-standard and it relegates the subcategories themselves to the status of a foot note. I'm going to move it to this page and link it. Choalbaton 07:20, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
 * I see you restored a mini-version of the tree while I was putting the subcategories into alphabetical order in line with standard wikipedia practice (ie ignoring the words "Ancient" and "Rome"/"Roman". Now the two lists don't match. I really think it would be better to do without the table. It doesn't look good, it doesn't give much additional information, and it isn't clickable. Almost every other subject area does without such a chart. I think the way to go it to trust the category system and to get on with fully populating all the categories. I don't know much about Ancient Rome, but I've seen lots of categories, and this category is well behind most in getting its articles accurately categorised. Having all the articles in the right places is the way to make them accessible, not presenting people with a category tree, which frankly is going to make a lot of them run a mile. Choalbaton 07:39, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

January 2006 category tree
This category is the root category for articles about ancient Rome. This is the default category for articles about ancient Rome which cannot be more finely categorized.

=Category tree for Ancient Rome=

Ancient Jewish Roman history

 * Herodian dynasty

Ancient Roman Christianity

 * Gnosticism
 * Gnostic deities
 * Gnostic demons
 * Gnosticism-related stubs
 * Patriarchs of Alexandria
 * Patristics
 * Church Fathers
 * Gnosticism
 * 1) Gnostic deities
 * 2) Gnostic demons
 * 3) Gnosticism-related stubs
 * Heresy
 * 1) Antitrinitarianism
 * 2) Arianism
 * 3) Arian bishops
 * 4) Isaac Newton
 * 5) Jehovah's Witnesses
 * 6) Criticism on Jehovah's Witnesses
 * 7) Former Jehovah's Witnesses
 * 8) Michael Jackson
 * 9) Michael Jackson albums
 * 10) Michael Jackson singles
 * 11) Michael Jackson songs
 * 12) Michael Jackson tours
 * 13) Institutions of Jehovah's Witnesses
 * 14) Jehovah's Witnesses literature
 * 15) Jehovah's Witnesses people
 * 16) Watchtower Society presidents
 * 17) Jehovah's Witnesses stubs
 * 18) Gnosticism
 * 19) Gnostic deities
 * 20) Gnostic demons
 * 21) Gnosticism-related stubs
 * 22) Heretics
 * 23) People executed for heresy
 * 24) The Modernist Heresy
 * Late Antique writers
 * New Testament Apocrypha

Ancient Roman architecture

 * Ancient Roman architects
 * Basilicas
 * Basilica Churches
 * 1) Basilica churches in Asia
 * 2) Basilica churches in India
 * 3) Basilica churches in Australia
 * 4) Basilica churches in Europe
 * 5) Basilica churches in France
 * 6) Italian Basilica churches
 * 7) Basilica churches of Florence
 * 8) Basilica churches of Rome
 * 9) Major Basilicas
 * 10) Basilica churches of Venice
 * 11) Basilica churches in North America
 * 12) Major Basilicas

Coins of ancient Rome

 * Images of ancient Roman coins

Ancient Roman enemies and allies

 * Alamanni
 * Archaeology of Alemannia
 * Ancient Britons
 * Ancient Gaulish and British deities
 * 1) Ancient Gaulish and British goddesses
 * 2) Ancient Gaulish and British gods
 * Ancient Gauls
 * Ancient Gaulish and British deities
 * 1) Ancient Gaulish and British goddesses
 * 2) Ancient Gaulish and British gods
 * Asterix
 * 1) Asterix books
 * Battles of the Gauls
 * Roman Gaul
 * 1) Asterix
 * 2) Asterix books
 * 3) Roman sites in France
 * 4) Roman sites of Burgundy
 * 5) Roman sites of Provence
 * 6) Arles
 * Ancient Germanic peoples
 * Alamanni
 * 1) Archaeology of Alemannia
 * Franks
 * 1) Battles of the Franks
 * 2) Frankish people
 * 3) Frankish families
 * 4) Wives of Charlemagne
 * 5) Frankish historians
 * 6) Frankish kings
 * Geats
 * 1) King of the Geats
 * Goths
 * 1) Battles of the Goths
 * 2) Crimean Goths
 * 3) Geats
 * 4) King of the Geats
 * 5) Gothic writing
 * 6) King of the Geats
 * Lombards
 * 1) Lombard people
 * 2) Lombard kings
 * Pre-Roman Iron Age
 * Thuringii
 * Ancient Roman enemies
 * Attalids
 * Bosporan Kingdom
 * Battles of Pontus
 * Carthage
 * Battles of Carthage
 * 1) Battles of the Punic Wars
 * 2) Battles of the First Punic War
 * 3) Naval battles of the First Punic War
 * 4) Battles of the Second Punic War
 * 5) Naval battles of the First Punic War
 * 6) Naval battles of the Punic Wars
 * 7) Naval battles of the First Punic War
 * Carthaginian conflicts
 * 1) Second Punic War
 * 2) Battles of the Second Punic War
 * Carthaginians
 * Dacia
 * Dacian kings
 * Dacian tribes
 * Etruscans
 * Etruscan mythology
 * 1) Etruscan deities
 * 2) Etruscan goddesses
 * 3) Etruscan gods
 * 4) Etruscan demons
 * Etruscan sites
 * Franks
 * Battles of the Franks
 * Frankish people
 * 1) Frankish families
 * 2) Wives of Charlemagne
 * 3) Frankish historians
 * 4) Frankish kings
 * Huns
 * Battles of the Huns
 * Khazars
 * 1) Groups connected to the Khazars
 * 2) Crimean Goths
 * 3) Volga Bulgaria
 * 4) Khazar diplomacy and documents
 * 5) Khazar military history
 * 6) Khazar generals
 * 7) Khazar rulers
 * 8) Khazar studies
 * 9) Khazar titles
 * 10) Khazar towns
 * Illyria
 * Illyrian deities
 * Illyrian royalty
 * Illyrian tribes
 * Kings of Mauretania
 * Lombards
 * Lombard people
 * 1) Lombard kings
 * Paeonia
 * Parthian empire
 * Parthian Empire
 * Thracians
 * Dacia
 * 1) Dacian kings
 * 2) Dacian tribes
 * Thrace
 * Thracian kings
 * Thracian mythology
 * 1) Dacian deities
 * 2) Dacian gods
 * 3) Thracian deities
 * 4) Thracian goddesses
 * 5) Thracian gods
 * Thracian people
 * Thracian sites
 * Thracian tribes

Ancient Roman foreign relations

 * Ancient Roman enemies and allies
 * Alamanni
 * 1) Archaeology of Alemannia
 * Ancient Britons
 * 1) Ancient Gaulish and British deities
 * 2) Ancient Gaulish and British goddesses
 * 3) Ancient Gaulish and British gods
 * Ancient Gauls
 * 1) Ancient Gaulish and British deities
 * 2) Ancient Gaulish and British goddesses
 * 3) Ancient Gaulish and British gods
 * 4) Asterix
 * 5) Asterix books
 * 6) Battles of the Gauls
 * 7) Roman Gaul
 * 8) Asterix
 * 9) Asterix books
 * 10) Roman sites in France
 * 11) Roman sites of Burgundy
 * 12) Roman sites of Provence
 * 13) Arles
 * Ancient Germanic peoples
 * 1) Alamanni
 * 2) Archaeology of Alemannia
 * 3) Franks
 * 4) Battles of the Franks
 * 5) Frankish people
 * 6) Frankish families
 * 7) Wives of Charlemagne
 * 8) Frankish historians
 * 9) Frankish kings
 * 10) Geats
 * 11) King of the Geats
 * 12) Goths
 * 13) Battles of the Goths
 * 14) Crimean Goths
 * 15) Geats
 * 16) King of the Geats
 * 17) Gothic writing
 * 18) King of the Geats
 * 19) Lombards
 * 20) Lombard people
 * 21) Lombard kings
 * 22) Pre-Roman Iron Age
 * 23) Thuringii
 * Ancient Roman enemies
 * Attalids
 * Bosporan Kingdom
 * 1) Battles of Pontus
 * Carthage
 * 1) Battles of Carthage
 * 2) Battles of the Punic Wars
 * 3) Battles of the First Punic War
 * 4) Naval battles of the First Punic War
 * 5) Battles of the Second Punic War
 * 6) Naval battles of the First Punic War
 * 7) Naval battles of the Punic Wars
 * 8) Naval battles of the First Punic War
 * 9) Carthaginian conflicts
 * 10) Second Punic War
 * 11) Battles of the Second Punic War
 * 12) Carthaginians
 * Dacia
 * 1) Dacian kings
 * 2) Dacian tribes
 * Etruscans
 * 1) Etruscan mythology
 * 2) Etruscan deities
 * 3) Etruscan goddesses
 * 4) Etruscan gods
 * 5) Etruscan demons
 * 6) Etruscan sites
 * Franks
 * 1) Battles of the Franks
 * 2) Frankish people
 * 3) Frankish families
 * 4) Wives of Charlemagne
 * 5) Frankish historians
 * 6) Frankish kings
 * Huns
 * 1) Battles of the Huns
 * 2) Khazars
 * 3) Groups connected to the Khazars
 * 4) Crimean Goths
 * 5) Volga Bulgaria
 * 6) Khazar diplomacy and documents
 * 7) Khazar military history
 * 8) Khazar generals
 * 9) Khazar rulers
 * 10) Khazar studies
 * 11) Khazar titles
 * 12) Khazar towns
 * Illyria
 * 1) Illyrian deities
 * 2) Illyrian royalty
 * 3) Illyrian tribes
 * Kings of Mauretania
 * Lombards
 * 1) Lombard people
 * 2) Lombard kings
 * Paeonia
 * Parthian empire
 * 1) Parthian Empire
 * Thracians
 * 1) Dacia
 * 2) Dacian kings
 * 3) Dacian tribes
 * 4) Thrace
 * 5) Thracian kings
 * 6) Thracian mythology
 * 7) Dacian deities
 * 8) Dacian gods
 * 9) Thracian deities
 * 10) Thracian goddesses
 * 11) Thracian gods
 * 12) Thracian people
 * 13) Thracian sites
 * 14) Thracian tribes
 * Silk Road
 * Cities along the Silk Road
 * Sites along the Silk Road
 * Wars of Ancient Rome
 * Battles of Rome
 * 1) Battles of the Byzantine Empire
 * 2) Battles of the Roman Empire
 * 3) Battles of the Roman Republic
 * 4) Battles of the Punic Wars
 * 5) Battles of the First Punic War
 * 6) Naval battles of the First Punic War
 * 7) Battles of the Second Punic War
 * 8) Naval battles of the First Punic War
 * 9) Naval battles of the Punic Wars
 * 10) Naval battles of the First Punic War
 * Crisis of the Third Century
 * Second Punic War
 * 1) Battles of the Second Punic War
 * Year of Four Emperors

Ancient Roman geography

 * Ancient Roman provinces
 * Dacia
 * 1) Dacian kings
 * 2) Dacian tribes
 * History of Mauretania
 * 1) Kings of Mauretania
 * History of Numidia
 * Lusitania
 * 1) Lusitanian mythology
 * 2) Tribes of Lusitania
 * Pontus
 * 1) Trapezuntine Empire
 * 2) Emperors of Trebizond
 * Roman Britain
 * 1) Ancient Britons
 * 2) Ancient Gaulish and British deities
 * 3) Ancient Gaulish and British goddesses
 * 4) Ancient Gaulish and British gods
 * 5) Roman military occupation in southern Scotland
 * 6) Roman sites in Scotland
 * 7) Roman sites in Britain
 * 8) Roman sites in England
 * 9) Roman sites in Scotland
 * 10) Roman sites in Wales
 * 11) Romans in Britain
 * 12) Julius Caesar
 * 13) Roman governors of Britain
 * Roman Gaul
 * 1) Asterix
 * 2) Asterix books
 * 3) Roman sites in France
 * 4) Roman sites of Burgundy
 * 5) Roman sites of Provence
 * 6) Arles
 * Thrace
 * Roman colonies
 * Roman roads
 * Roman towns and cities
 * Roman sites by country
 * 1) Roman sites in Algeria
 * 2) Roman sites in Britain
 * 3) Roman sites in England
 * 4) Roman sites in Scotland
 * 5) Roman sites in Wales
 * 6) Roman sites in Egypt
 * 7) Roman sites in France
 * 8) Roman sites of Burgundy
 * 9) Roman sites of Provence
 * 10) Arles
 * 11) Roman sites in Greece
 * 12) Roman sites in Israel
 * 13) Roman sites in Italy
 * 14) Roman sites in Piedmont
 * 15) Roman sites of Abruzzo
 * 16) Roman sites of Apulia
 * 17) Roman sites of Calabria
 * 18) Roman sites of Campania
 * 19) Roman sites of Emilia-Romagna
 * 20) Roman sites of Friuli Venezia Giulia
 * 21) Roman sites of Liguria
 * 22) Roman sites of Lombardy
 * 23) Roman sites of Sardinia
 * 24) Roman sites of Tuscany
 * 25) Roman sites of Umbria
 * 26) Roman sites of the Lazio
 * 27) Roman sites of the Marche
 * 28) Roman sites in Lebanon
 * 29) Roman sites in Libya
 * 30) Roman sites in Romania
 * 31) Roman sites in Scotland
 * 32) Roman sites in Slovenia
 * 33) Roman sites in Spain
 * 34) Seville
 * 35) Roman sites in Syria
 * 36) Roman sites in Tunisia
 * 37) Roman sites in Turkey
 * Roman toponymy

Ancient Roman military technology

 * Ancient Roman forts
 * Ancient Roman legionary equipment
 * Roman awards and decorations
 * Triumphal arches

Ancient Roman names

 * Ancient Roman cognomina
 * Ancient Roman nomina
 * Ancient Roman praenomina

Ancient Roman theatre

 * Ancient Roman dramatists and playwrights

Ancient Roman titles

 * Imperial Roman consuls
 * Roman Republican consuls
 * Julius Caesar
 * Roman Republican praetors
 * Roman censors
 * Roman dictators
 * Julius Caesar
 * Roman emperors
 * Byzantine emperors
 * 1) Angelid dynasty
 * 2) Comnenid dynasty
 * 3) Doukid dynasty
 * 4) Heraclian Dynasty
 * 5) House of Leo
 * 6) House of Theodosius
 * 7) Isaurian dynasty
 * 8) Justinian Dynasty
 * 9) Laskarid dynasty
 * 10) Macedonian dynasty
 * 11) Palaeologus dynasty
 * 12) Phocid dynasty
 * 13) Phrygian dynasty
 * Constantine Dynasty
 * Flavian Dynasty
 * House of Leo
 * House of Theodosius
 * Julio-Claudian Dynasty
 * 1) Julius Caesar
 * Murdered Roman emperors
 * 1) Executed Roman emperors
 * 2) Roman emperors killed by own troops
 * 3) Roman emperors killed in battle
 * 4) Roman emperors murdered by the Praetorian Guard
 * Nerva-Antonine Dynasty
 * Roman usurpers
 * Severan Dynasty
 * Valentinian Dynasty

Ancient Romans

 * Ancient Roman people stubs
 * Ancient Roman soldiers
 * Ancient Roman women
 * Roman empresses
 * 1) Byzantine empresses
 * 2) Murdered Roman empresses
 * Ancient Romans by occupation
 * Ancient Roman architects
 * Ancient Roman politicians
 * 1) Political office-holders in Ancient Rome
 * 2) Roman Republican consuls
 * 3) Julius Caesar
 * 4) Roman Republican praetors
 * 5) Roman censors
 * 6) Roman dictators
 * 7) Julius Caesar
 * Ancient Roman soldiers
 * Greek and Roman astrologers
 * Greek and Roman astronomers
 * Roman era philosophers
 * 1) Hellenistic philosophers
 * 2) Jesus
 * 3) Artistic portrayals of Jesus
 * 4) Doctrines and teachings of Jesus
 * 5) Parables of Jesus
 * 6) Dramatic portrayals of Jesus
 * 7) Followers of Jesus
 * 8) Relics attributed to Jesus
 * 9) Talmud Jmmanuel
 * 10) Billy Meier
 * Roman era rhetoricians
 * Roman era writers
 * 1) Ancient Roman dramatists and playwrights
 * 2) Late Antique writers
 * 3) Roman era biographers
 * 4) Roman era geographers
 * 5) Byzantine geographers
 * 6) Roman era historians
 * 7) Julius Caesar
 * 8) Roman era humorists
 * 9) Roman era novelists
 * 10) Roman era poets
 * Roman jurists
 * Roman slaves and freedmen
 * Byzantine people
 * Byzantine emperors
 * 1) Angelid dynasty
 * 2) Comnenid dynasty
 * 3) Doukid dynasty
 * 4) Heraclian Dynasty
 * 5) House of Leo
 * 6) House of Theodosius
 * 7) Isaurian dynasty
 * 8) Justinian Dynasty
 * 9) Laskarid dynasty
 * 10) Macedonian dynasty
 * 11) Palaeologus dynasty
 * 12) Phocid dynasty
 * 13) Phrygian dynasty
 * Byzantine empresses
 * Byzantine people by occupation
 * 1) Byzantine architects
 * 2) Byzantine artists
 * 3) Byzantine architects
 * 4) Byzantine painters
 * 5) Byzantine emperors
 * 6) Angelid dynasty
 * 7) Comnenid dynasty
 * 8) Doukid dynasty
 * 9) Heraclian Dynasty
 * 10) House of Leo
 * 11) House of Theodosius
 * 12) Isaurian dynasty
 * 13) Justinian Dynasty
 * 14) Laskarid dynasty
 * 15) Macedonian dynasty
 * 16) Palaeologus dynasty
 * 17) Phocid dynasty
 * 18) Phrygian dynasty
 * 19) Byzantine generals
 * 20) Byzantine geographers
 * 21) Byzantine historians
 * 22) Byzantine mathematicians
 * 23) Byzantine philosophers
 * 24) Byzantine scientists
 * 25) Byzantine mathematicians
 * 26) Byzantine physicists
 * 27) Byzantine theologians
 * 28) Byzantine writers
 * 29) Byzantine geographers
 * 30) Byzantine historians
 * Emperors of Trebizond
 * Families of Rome
 * Constantine Dynasty
 * Flavian Dynasty
 * House of Leo
 * House of Theodosius
 * Julio-Claudian Dynasty
 * 1) Julius Caesar
 * Nerva-Antonine Dynasty
 * Severan Dynasty
 * Valentinian Dynasty
 * Fictional Romans
 * Murdered Romans
 * Executed Romans
 * 1) Executed Roman emperors
 * 2) Poisoned Romans
 * Julius Caesar
 * Murdered Roman emperors
 * 1) Executed Roman emperors
 * 2) Roman emperors killed by own troops
 * 3) Roman emperors killed in battle
 * 4) Roman emperors murdered by the Praetorian Guard
 * Murdered Roman empresses
 * Roman generals killed in action
 * Roman jurists
 * Romans in Britain
 * Julius Caesar
 * Roman governors of Britain

Ancient Rome stubs

 * Ancient Roman people stubs

Roman Empire

 * Ancient Roman Christianity
 * Gnosticism
 * 1) Gnostic deities
 * 2) Gnostic demons
 * 3) Gnosticism-related stubs
 * Patriarchs of Alexandria
 * Patristics
 * 1) Church Fathers
 * 2) Gnosticism
 * 3) Gnostic deities
 * 4) Gnostic demons
 * 5) Gnosticism-related stubs
 * 6) Heresy
 * 7) Antitrinitarianism
 * 8) Arianism
 * 9) Arian bishops
 * 10) Isaac Newton
 * 11) Jehovah's Witnesses
 * 12) Criticism on Jehovah's Witnesses
 * 13) Former Jehovah's Witnesses
 * 14) Michael Jackson
 * 15) Michael Jackson albums
 * 16) Michael Jackson singles
 * 17) Michael Jackson songs
 * 18) Michael Jackson tours
 * 19) Institutions of Jehovah's Witnesses
 * 20) Jehovah's Witnesses literature
 * 21) Jehovah's Witnesses people
 * 22) Watchtower Society presidents
 * 23) Jehovah's Witnesses stubs
 * 24) Gnosticism
 * 25) Gnostic deities
 * 26) Gnostic demons
 * 27) Gnosticism-related stubs
 * 28) Heretics
 * 29) People executed for heresy
 * 30) The Modernist Heresy
 * 31) Late Antique writers
 * 32) New Testament Apocrypha
 * Byzantine Empire
 * Byzantine culture
 * 1) Byzantine art
 * 2) Byzantine artists
 * 3) Byzantine architects
 * 4) Byzantine painters
 * Byzantine music
 * Byzantine people
 * 1) Byzantine emperors
 * 2) Angelid dynasty
 * 3) Comnenid dynasty
 * 4) Doukid dynasty
 * 5) Heraclian Dynasty
 * 6) House of Leo
 * 7) House of Theodosius
 * 8) Isaurian dynasty
 * 9) Justinian Dynasty
 * 10) Laskarid dynasty
 * 11) Macedonian dynasty
 * 12) Palaeologus dynasty
 * 13) Phocid dynasty
 * 14) Phrygian dynasty
 * 15) Byzantine empresses
 * 16) Byzantine people by occupation
 * 17) Byzantine architects
 * 18) Byzantine artists
 * 19) Byzantine architects
 * 20) Byzantine painters
 * 21) Byzantine emperors
 * 22) Angelid dynasty
 * 23) Comnenid dynasty
 * 24) Doukid dynasty
 * 25) Heraclian Dynasty
 * 26) House of Leo
 * 27) House of Theodosius
 * 28) Isaurian dynasty
 * 29) Justinian Dynasty
 * 30) Laskarid dynasty
 * 31) Macedonian dynasty
 * 32) Palaeologus dynasty
 * 33) Phocid dynasty
 * 34) Phrygian dynasty
 * 35) Byzantine generals
 * 36) Byzantine geographers
 * 37) Byzantine historians
 * 38) Byzantine mathematicians
 * 39) Byzantine philosophers
 * 40) Byzantine scientists
 * 41) Byzantine mathematicians
 * 42) Byzantine physicists
 * 43) Byzantine theologians
 * 44) Byzantine writers
 * 45) Byzantine geographers
 * 46) Byzantine historians
 * 47) Emperors of Trebizond
 * Exarchs of Ravenna
 * Ottoman Empire
 * 1) Battles of the Ottoman Empire
 * 2) Battle of Gallipoli
 * 3) Battle of Gallipoli Victoria Cross recipients
 * 4) Australian Battle of Gallipoli Victoria Cross recipients
 * 5) British Battle of Gallipoli Victoria Cross recipients
 * 6) Irish Battle of Gallipoli Victoria Cross recipients
 * 7) Battle of Gallipoli museum exhibits
 * 8) Battles of the Gallipoli Campaign
 * 9) Battles of the Russo-Turkish War, 1877–78
 * 10) Emperors of Trebizond
 * 11) Grand Viziers of the Ottoman Empire
 * 12) Jews in Ottoman and British Palestine
 * 13) Ottoman Empire stubs
 * 14) Ottoman military
 * 15) Ottoman Empire admirals
 * 16) Pashas
 * 17) Political parties in the Ottoman Empire
 * 18) Provinces of the Ottoman Empire
 * 19) Subdivisions of the Ottoman Empire
 * 20) Provinces of the Ottoman Empire
 * 21) Sultans of the Ottoman Empire
 * 22) Wars of the Ottoman Empire
 * 23) Greek War of Independence
 * 24) Napoleonic wars
 * 25) Battles of the Napoleonic Wars
 * 26) Battles of the Peninsular War
 * 27) Battles of the War of the Fifth Coalition
 * 28) Napoleonic wars British commanders
 * 29) Napoleonic wars British naval commanders
 * 30) Napoleonic wars French commanders
 * 31) Napoleonic wars French naval commanders
 * 32) Napoleonic wars Polish commanders
 * 33) Napoleonic wars Russian commanders
 * 34) Post-Napoleonic congresses
 * 35) Spies of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars
 * 36) War of 1812
 * 37) Battles of the War of 1812
 * 38) Battles of the Creek War
 * 39) Creek War
 * 40) Battles of the Creek War
 * 41) Naval Battles of the War of 1812
 * 42) War of 1812 American ships
 * 43) War of 1812 British ships
 * 44) War of 1812 American ships
 * 45) War of 1812 British ships
 * 46) War of 1812 Forts
 * 47) War of 1812 people
 * 48) War of 1812 stubs
 * Trapezuntine Empire
 * 1) Emperors of Trebizond
 * Wars of the Byzantine Empire
 * 1) Battles of the Byzantine Empire
 * Crisis of the Third Century
 * Roman Empire art
 * Byzantine art
 * 1) Byzantine artists
 * 2) Byzantine architects
 * 3) Byzantine painters
 * Roman emperors
 * Byzantine emperors
 * 1) Angelid dynasty
 * 2) Comnenid dynasty
 * 3) Doukid dynasty
 * 4) Heraclian Dynasty
 * 5) House of Leo
 * 6) House of Theodosius
 * 7) Isaurian dynasty
 * 8) Justinian Dynasty
 * 9) Laskarid dynasty
 * 10) Macedonian dynasty
 * 11) Palaeologus dynasty
 * 12) Phocid dynasty
 * 13) Phrygian dynasty
 * Constantine Dynasty
 * Flavian Dynasty
 * House of Leo
 * House of Theodosius
 * Julio-Claudian Dynasty
 * 1) Julius Caesar
 * Murdered Roman emperors
 * 1) Executed Roman emperors
 * 2) Roman emperors killed by own troops
 * 3) Roman emperors killed in battle
 * 4) Roman emperors murdered by the Praetorian Guard
 * Nerva-Antonine Dynasty
 * Roman usurpers
 * Severan Dynasty
 * Valentinian Dynasty
 * Roman empresses
 * Byzantine empresses
 * Murdered Roman empresses
 * Year of Four Emperors

Roman Republic

 * Battles of the Roman Republic
 * Battles of the Punic Wars
 * 1) Battles of the First Punic War
 * 2) Naval battles of the First Punic War
 * 3) Battles of the Second Punic War
 * 4) Naval battles of the First Punic War
 * 5) Naval battles of the Punic Wars
 * 6) Naval battles of the First Punic War
 * Julius Caesar
 * Political office-holders in Ancient Rome
 * Roman Republican consuls
 * 1) Julius Caesar
 * Roman Republican praetors
 * Roman censors
 * Roman dictators
 * 1) Julius Caesar

Roman archaeology

 * Roman sites by country
 * Roman sites in Algeria
 * Roman sites in Britain
 * 1) Roman sites in England
 * 2) Roman sites in Scotland
 * 3) Roman sites in Wales
 * Roman sites in Egypt
 * Roman sites in France
 * 1) Roman sites of Burgundy
 * 2) Roman sites of Provence
 * 3) Arles
 * Roman sites in Greece
 * Roman sites in Israel
 * Roman sites in Italy
 * 1) Roman sites in Piedmont
 * 2) Roman sites of Abruzzo
 * 3) Roman sites of Apulia
 * 4) Roman sites of Calabria
 * 5) Roman sites of Campania
 * 6) Roman sites of Emilia-Romagna
 * 7) Roman sites of Friuli Venezia Giulia
 * 8) Roman sites of Liguria
 * 9) Roman sites of Lombardy
 * 10) Roman sites of Sardinia
 * 11) Roman sites of Tuscany
 * 12) Roman sites of Umbria
 * 13) Roman sites of the Lazio
 * 14) Roman sites of the Marche
 * Roman sites in Lebanon
 * Roman sites in Libya
 * Roman sites in Romania
 * Roman sites in Scotland
 * Roman sites in Slovenia
 * Roman sites in Spain
 * 1) Seville
 * Roman sites in Syria
 * Roman sites in Tunisia
 * Roman sites in Turkey
 * Roman toponymy

Roman era philosophy

 * Roman era philosophers
 * Hellenistic philosophers
 * Jesus
 * 1) Artistic portrayals of Jesus
 * 2) Doctrines and teachings of Jesus
 * 3) Parables of Jesus
 * 4) Dramatic portrayals of Jesus
 * 5) Followers of Jesus
 * 6) Relics attributed to Jesus
 * 7) Talmud Jmmanuel
 * 8) Billy Meier

Roman law

 * Roman jurists

Roman military history

 * Roman awards and decorations
 * Triumphal arches
 * Roman generals
 * Byzantine generals
 * Julius Caesar
 * Roman generals killed in action
 * Roman legions
 * Roman legions camps
 * 1) Strasbourg
 * 2) University of Strasboug
 * Wars of Ancient Rome
 * Battles of Rome
 * 1) Battles of the Byzantine Empire
 * 2) Battles of the Roman Empire
 * 3) Battles of the Roman Republic
 * 4) Battles of the Punic Wars
 * 5) Battles of the First Punic War
 * 6) Naval battles of the First Punic War
 * 7) Battles of the Second Punic War
 * 8) Naval battles of the First Punic War
 * 9) Naval battles of the Punic Wars
 * 10) Naval battles of the First Punic War
 * Crisis of the Third Century
 * Second Punic War
 * 1) Battles of the Second Punic War
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Stoicism
Very nice but (and I hope you'll forgive me) I never knew Michael Jackson was a Roman. Looks like your tree goes a bit too deep! --kingboyk 18:57, 30 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Don't blame me, I'm only the messenger :) — 0918BRIAN • 2006-03-30 20:07

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Tecmo

Tecmo, Ltd. (テクモ株式会社), was a Japanese video game corporation founded in 1967. It had its headquarters in the Kudankita district of Tokyo. Its subsidiary, Tecmo Inc, was located in Torrance, California. Prior to 1986, Tecmo was formerly known as Tehkan.

Tecmo is known for the Captain Tsubasa, Dead or Alive, Deception, Fatal Frame, Gallop Racer, Monster Rancher, Ninja Gaiden, Rygar, Star Force and Tecmo Bowl video game series. When it was still called Tehkan, the company released arcade games such as Bomb Jack, Gridiron Fight and Tehkan World Cup. The company was founded on July 31, 1967, as a supplier of cleaning equipment. By 1969, it started to sell amusement equipment.

In 2009, Tecmo merged with Koei to form the holding company Tecmo Koei Holdings and was operated as a subsidiary until its disbandment in early 2010. In April 2010, Tecmo was dissolved and its video game franchises are now published by Koei Tecmo Games. Tecmo is also the name of a distinct video game development company that was established in March 2010, but later folded into Koei Tecmo Games in April 2011.

Early history
Tecmo Co., Ltd, which merged with Koei in 2009, was itself the combination of two companies: Imperial Trustee Corporation (founded in 1964) and Nippon Yacht Co, Ltd (founded in 1967).

Imperial Trustee Corporation
The origins of Tecmo dates to September 1964 as the Imperial Trustee Corporation, a company specialized in the management of building maintenance including the supplying of cleaning equipment. In July 1969, the company started to sell entertainment amusement equipment and opened its first self-managed amusement facility in March 1970 in Chiba Prefecture.

In October 1977, the Imperial Trustee Corporation was renamed "Tehkan Ltd", with the trade name changed as well to "Tehkan". Tehkan is derived from the name "Teikoku Kanzai" (帝国管財), the company's original Japanese name.

In March 1981, a U.S. division was inaugurated in Los Angeles as "U.S. Tehkan, Inc.". A month later, in April 1981, Tehkan released in Japan its first internally developed arcade video game, titled "Pleiads" (which was distributed in America by Centuri).

On January 8, 1986, Tehkan Ltd officially changed its name to Tecmo Co, Ltd. Tecmo's first internally developed home video game Mighty Bomb Jack was released for the Family Computer in April 1986.

Nippon Yacht Co, Ltd
On July 31, 1967, the Nippon Yacht Corporation was established to handle the real estate of ships.

On December 6, 1982, Nippon Yacht Co, Ltd was renamed "Tehkan Electronics Corporation".

Merger of Tecmo and Tehkan Electronics Corporation. Focus on console video games
On April 1, 1987, Tecmo Co., Ltd merged with its sister company Tehkan Electronics Corporation. The former's name was retained for the merger but the latter was the actual surviving company.

By the turn of the decade, Tecmo was firmly in the camp of video game consoles. Though still involved in the arcade industry, much of the success was achieved on the Nintendo Entertainment System with titles such as  Ninja Gaiden, Tecmo Bowl and the Japan-only  Tsuppari Ōzumō. When Sony released its PlayStation in the 1990s, Tecmo joined the endeavor which set the tone for series such as Dead or Alive, Monster Rancher, Deception and Gallop Racer.

Tecmo enters the second section of Tokyo Stock Exchange in March 2000 and transitioned to the first section in March 2001.

On October 1, 2001, Tecmo founder, Yoshihito Kakihara, steps down as president and representative director due to health issues. Kakihara becomes chairman and representative director while vice president, Junji Nakamura, becomes president and representative director. By 2002, Tecmo stopped producing new arcade games.

On January 1, 2006, Tecmo president, Junji Nakamura, steps down while Yoshimi Yasuda was named his successor. Nakamura becomes chairman of Tecmo until his resignation from the company on February 1, 2006.

On July 18, 2006, Tecmo's founder, Yoshihito Kakihara, died of interstitial pneumonia at the age of 67.

Tecmo delisted from the Tokyo Stock Exchange on March 26, 2009, right before the merger with Koei took effect.

Lawsuit
On February 14, 2007, former president, Junji Nakamura, filed a lawsuit against Tecmo demanding payment of 16,990 yen in executive retirement benefits. A settlement in the matter was reached on March 28.

On June 3, 2008, Team Ninja head Tomonobu Itagaki resigned from the company and filed a 145 million yen ($1.4 million) lawsuit against Tecmo president, Yoshimi Yasuda, for "unpaid completion bonuses" and "emotional distress". This was followed by another lawsuit filed on the 16th of June by two plaintiffs on behalf of Tecmo's 300 employees for unpaid wages amounting to ¥8.3 million.

Merger with Koei
On August 29, 2008 Square Enix made plans for a friendly takeover of Tecmo by purchasing shares at a 30 percent premium with a total bid of ¥22.3 billion. On September 4, 2008, Tecmo officially declined the takeover proposal. Tecmo subsequently engaged in talks with Koei about a possible merger between the two companies, and agreed in November 2008 to merge on April 1, 2009, to form Tecmo Koei Holdings.

On January 26, 2009, the two companies officially announced the merger, and the holding company formed on April 1, 2009, as planned. Tecmo initially continued to be operated as a subsidiary and brandname of Tecmo Koei Holdings. In January 2010, the United States subsidiaries of Tecmo Inc. and Koei America merged to create Tecmo Koei America Corporation.

Tecmo was effectively declared disbanded in Japan on April 1, 2010, as part of a major international reorganization within Tecmo Koei Holdings. Relevant intellectual properties were slated to be further managed by Koei Tecmo Games.

On March 15, 2010, and roughly two weeks before Tecmo was dissolved, its internal development studio was spun off as a separate company under the name of "Tecmo Co, Ltd.", a wholly owned subsidiary of Koei Tecmo Games. This new company was initially called "Tehkan" to avoid confusion with the other company that was still operating for another two weeks. When Tecmo disbanded on April 1, 2010, Tekhan was renamed Tecmo. This was short-lived as the new Tecmo along with the new Koei video game developers were both dissolved and merged into Koei Tecmo Games a year later, on April 1, 2011.

Despite having been dissolved twice as a legal entity, Tecmo continued to appear as a label on video games by Koei Tecmo Games until another corporate reorganization in 2016 abandoned the brand name for good. Video games by Koei Tecmo Games marketed with the Tecmo logotype included  Dead or Alive 5, Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge and Deception IV: The Nightmare Princess.

Divisions

 * Team Ninja, started in 1995.
 * Team Tachyon, started in 2007.

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Sandia Peak Tramway

The Sandia Peak Tramway is an aerial tramway, adjacent to Albuquerque, New Mexico. It stretches from the northeast edge of the city to Sandia Peak, on the ridge line of the Sandia Mountains and has the world's third longest single span. It is the longest aerial tram in the Americas, and was the longest in the world from 1966 until being surpassed in 2010 by the Wings of Tatev in Armenia.

History
The Sandia Peak Ski Company was founded by Ben Abruzzo (a balloonist) and Robert Nordhaus (the father of William Nordhaus, a Nobel Prize–winning economist). Nordhaus was inspired to build a tram to the ski slope after seeing other trams during a ski trip to Switzerland. Bell Engineering, of Lucerne, Switzerland, built the tramway. The project took over 5,000 helicopter trips, airlifting workers and materials. The tram cars pass over two towers, the second of which required over 2,000 helicopter trips to build. The tramway has carried more than 12 million passengers since its maiden voyage, on May 7, 1966. New tram cars were installed in 1986, and new track cables in 2009. New tram cars were again installed in May 2016.

New Year 2022 incident
On New Year's Eve, 2021, a winter storm caused the emergency cable to ice over and droop onto the track cables, causing the tramway to stop mid-course. Nineteen employees from TEN 3, the restaurant at the top terminal, and a Sandia Peak tram-cabin operator were aboard the downhill tram car evacuating the restaurant for the approaching storm, and were trapped for over 17 hours. A cabin operator was stranded in the uphill tram car. Despite wind and snow, all were rescued, without injury, on the afternoon of January 1, 2022. Members of the Albuquerque Mountain Rescue Council helped the passengers rappel down the upper tower and hike to a point where they could be rescued by a Bernalillo County Sheriff's Office helicopter.

Description
The tram is a type known as a "double reversible jigback aerial tramway," where "jigback" implies that when one tram car is ascending, the other is descending. Its two cars are capable of carrying 50 passengers each and have numerous safety and backup systems, such as multiple emergency braking systems and a grounding system that ensures the safety of passengers in the event of a lightning strike. The tramway ascends the steep western side of the highest portion of the Sandia Mountains, from a base elevation of 6559 ft to a top elevation of 10378 ft. A trip up the mountain takes 15 minutes to ascend 3819 ft, and the normal operating speed of the tram is 20 ft/s. Approximately four "flights" leave every hour from the base and top termini. The viewshed from the tram includes all of Albuquerque and roughly 11000 mi2 of the New Mexico countryside. The tramway has only two support towers. The first tower, which is 232 ft tall, is situated at an elevation of 7010 ft above sea level and built as an inclined tower with an inclination angle of 18 degrees. The second, just 80 ft tall, is situated at the end of a major spur of the mountains at an elevation of 8750 ft and was built by the aid of over 2,000 helicopter trips, with support rods driven up to 40 ft into the granite.

The longest span is between the second tower and the top terminal. This span is the third-longest clear tramway span in the world, at a length of 7720 ft. Mid-span, the cables are 900 ft above the mountainside. This span passes over Domingo Baca Canyon, part of which is referred to as TWA Canyon. This is the site of the crash of TWA Flight 260 on February 19, 1955, in which the lives of all 16 passengers and crew were lost. While much of the wreckage was removed during construction of the tramway, some still remains on the canyon floor and may be visible to riders of the tram.

Activities on top
At the top of Sandia Peak there are many year-round recreational options. The restaurant, TEN 3 (stylized as 10|3), is directly adjacent to the top tram terminal and offers scenic views to the west. Many Forest Service trails offer recreational hiking, backpacking and nature hikes to visitors. Additionally, the tram terminal is located at the top of Sandia Peak Ski Area, which is on the opposite side of the mountain from the tramway and the city. Skiing is available in the wintertime, and during the summer more than 26 mi of mountain biking trails are available. Bikes cannot be taken onto tram cars. There is no public transportation in this area of Albuquerque; the tram is accessible only by car, bicycle, or foot.

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Exhibition railway station, Brisbane

Exhibition railway station is located on the Exhibition line in Queensland, Australia. It serves the Brisbane Exhibition Ground in Bowen Hills and is normally only opened during the Ekka show each August.

Previously an extra ticket surcharge had to be paid to travel to the station. In 2009, Translink CEO Peter Strachan blamed the surcharge on the Royal National Agricultural & Industrial Association not willing to pick up the cost of running the station. The surcharge was removed in 2012.

Because of the requirements of the Show, the station is equipped with facilities for dealing with livestock. The line passing through the station is regularly used by trains traveling between Roma Street station and Mayne depot.

Cross River Rail
Construction of the Cross River Rail project will see Exhibition Station upgraded for year-round operation and the development of a precinct between the station and the nearby RBWH. The island platform will run for 165 metres in length, allowing it to provide for up to nine-car trains. A viaduct was built to allow for rail passage over the showgrounds.

The tunnel portal for the Cross River Rail line will be located south of the Exhibition Station and the next station for southbound Cross River Rail services will be the underground Cross River Rail platforms at Roma Street.

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Tellico River

The Tellico River is a river in the Blue Ridge Mountains of western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee. It rises in the westernmost mountains of North Carolina, and then flows through Monroe County, Tennessee, before joining the Little Tennessee River under the Tellico Reservoir. With a length of 52.8 mi, it is a major tributary of the Little Tennessee River, and is one of the primary streams draining the Unicoi Mountains.

The Tellico River and its main tributaries are renowned for their brook, brown, and rainbow trout fishing. Upstream from Tellico Lake, above Tellico Plains, Tennessee, the Tellico is a premier trout stream. It meanders through a mountain gorge before reaching the broad plains downstream of Tellico Plains.

Hydrography
The Tellico River rises in the Unicoi Mountains (a subrange of the Blue Ridge Mountains) near the Cherokee County/Graham County line, in North Carolina's Nantahala National Forest. The North Carolina side includes the Upper Tellico Off-highway vehicle area.

After the river crosses into Tennessee and enters the Cherokee National Forest, it is joined by its major tributaries, the Bald and North rivers. After exiting the mountains, the river enters Tellico Plains, a relatively flat and isolated area carved out by the river and several tributaries, namely Morgan Creek and Smoky Run. A 4 mi stretch of the river above Tellico Plains runs parallel to the Cherohala Skyway.

Beyond Tellico Plains, the river winds its way northward through rural Monroe County, Tennessee, before entering the slack waters of Tellico Lake. This lower section of the river absorbs several major streams, including Ballplay Creek and Notchy Creek. These names are from Henry Timberlake's "Draught of the Cherokee Country", from his 1761-1762 Timberlake Expedition to the Overhill Cherokee. Fort Loudoun, a reconstructed 18th-century British fort that is now the focus of a state park, was built on an island at the Tellico River's confluence with the Little Tennessee River. In 1760 the Cherokee laid siege to the fort and defeated the garrison, in an effort to expel the British from their territory, but were later forced out themselves in the 19th century.

History
The Tellico River was a central part of the traditional homelands of the Cherokee people, who occupied territory in what are now organized as South Carolina, northwestern North Carolina, southeastern Tennessee, and northeastern Georgia. The Overhill Cherokee occupied towns on the west side of the Appalachian Mountains, along the lower Little Tennessee River and upper Tennessee River. The numerous Cherokee towns in this area were recorded by British colonist Henry Timberlake during his 1761-1762 Expedition to the Overhill region. He created a highly detailed map, "Draught of the Cherokee Country" (see on this page), and a memoir recording many details of the chiefs and the populations of the towns.

After continuing conflicts during the American Revolutionary War, the United States moved to enforce Indian Removal of most of the Cherokee and other Southeast tribes by the late 1830s to Indian Territory, west of the Mississippi River. European Americans settled in much of the area, initially cultivating it for agriculture.

In the early 20th century, the Tellico River basin was logged by the Babcock Lumber Company. The present-day road along the Tellico River from Tellico Plains was built on the old Babcock logging railroad bed. After cutting most of the standing Tellico River basin forests, Babock sold the land to the United States Forest Service.

21st century uses
The Tellico River's rocky descent provides class III-IV whitewater recreation. The runs are especially popular during the spring because of higher water levels. The narrow extreme rapids on the Tellico River are well suited for kayaks, canoes, C1s and duckies, but not for larger rafts (although rafts can and do run the section from just above Baby Falls to the bridge below Jared's Knee, but usually in late winter/early spring or during periods of very high water; Baby Falls was first ran by a raft in the early 1990s).

While there is continuous access to the river from the road, these runs are popular:
 * Trout Hatchery to Bridge above the Bald River confluence, class II-III
 * The Ledges - from the Bridge above the Bald River confluence to bridge below Jared's Knee, class III-IV
 * Bridge below Jared's Knee to Ranger Station, class II-III
 * Ranger Station to Tellico Plains, class I-III

Etymology
According to the United States Geological Survey, variant names of the Tellico River include Delaquay River, Talequo River, Terrique River, and Tellequo River. The latter spelling was used by Henry Timberlake on his map, "Draught of the Cherokee Country", based on his 1761-1762 Timberlake Expedition to the Overhill Cherokee.

The word "Tellico" was the name of several Cherokee towns, the largest of which was Great Tellico, located on the Tellico River near what developed as present-day Tellico Plains, Tennessee. In Cherokee the word is more properly written Talikwa. According to James Mooney, the meaning of the word was lost.

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Transformer (Lou Reed album)

Transformer is the second solo studio album by American recording artist Lou Reed. Produced by David Bowie and Mick Ronson, the album was released on November 8, 1972 by RCA Records. It is considered an influential landmark of the glam rock genre, anchored by Reed's most successful single, "Walk on the Wild Side", which touched on controversial topics of sexual orientation, gender identity, prostitution and drug use. Although Reed's self-titled debut solo album had been unsuccessful, Bowie had been an early fan of Reed's former band the Velvet Underground and used his fame to promote Reed, who had not yet achieved mainstream success.

Background
As with its predecessor Lou Reed, Transformer contains songs Reed composed while in the Velvet Underground (here, four out of eleven). "Andy's Chest" was first recorded by the band in 1969 and "Satellite of Love" demoed in 1970; these versions were released on VU and Peel Slowly and See, respectively. For Transformer, the original up-tempo pace of these songs was slowed down.

"New York Telephone Conversation" and "Goodnight Ladies" were played live during the band's summer 1970 residency at Max's Kansas City; the latter takes its title refrain from the last line of the second section ("A Game of Chess") of T. S. Eliot's modernist poem, The Waste Land: "Good night, ladies, good night, sweet ladies, good night, good night", which is itself a quote from Ophelia in Hamlet.

As in Reed's Velvet Underground days, the connection to artist Andy Warhol remained strong. According to Reed, Warhol told him he should write a song about someone vicious. When Reed asked what he meant by vicious, Warhol replied, "Oh, you know, like I hit you with a flower", resulting in the song "Vicious".

Production
Transformer was produced by David Bowie and Mick Ronson, both of whom had been strongly influenced by Reed's work with the Velvet Underground. Bowie had obliquely referenced the Velvet Underground in the cover notes for his album Hunky Dory and regularly performed both "White Light/White Heat" and "I'm Waiting for the Man" in concerts and on the BBC during 1971–1973. He even began recording "White Light/White Heat" for inclusion on Pin Ups, but it was never completed; Ronson ended up using the backing track for his solo album Play Don't Worry in 1974.

Mick Ronson (who was at the time the lead guitarist with Bowie's band, the Spiders from Mars) played a major role in the recording of the album at Trident Studios, London, serving as the co-producer and primary session musician (contributing guitar, piano, recorder and backing vocals), as well as arranger, contributing the string arrangement for "Perfect Day". Reed lauded Ronson's contribution in the Transformer episode of the documentary series Classic Albums, praising the beauty of his work and keeping down the vocal to highlight the strings. The songs on the album are now among Reed's best-known works, including "Walk on the Wild Side", "Perfect Day" and "Satellite of Love", and the album's commercial success elevated him from cult status to become an international star.

Artwork
The cover art was from a Mick Rock photograph that inadvertently became over-exposed as he was printing it in the darkroom. Rock noticed the flaw but decided he liked the fortuitous effect enough to submit the image for the album cover.

According to Rock, "When I showed Lou the contact sheets, he zeroed in on the transformer shot. I made the print myself – as I usually did in those days. The first test I made fell out of focus in the exposure. Lou loved the result. It took me twelve attempts to reproduce this accident for the final larger print for the album cover".

Karl Stoecker (who also shot the first three Roxy Music album covers) took the back cover photo of a woman and a man. The woman is 1960s London supermodel Gala Mitchel. The man is portrayed by Ernie Thormahlen (a friend of Reed). The man appears to have a noticeable erection, although Reed has said this was actually a banana which Thormahlen had stuffed down his jeans before the photo shoot.

Release
The first single from the album, "Walk on the Wild Side", became an international success, despite its controversial subject matter. The song's lyrics mention transgender issues, sex acts, and drugs, leading it to be edited in some countries and banned in others. It is now generally regarded by fans and critics as Reed's signature tune. "Satellite of Love" was issued as the second single in February 1973. In 2002, a 30th anniversary edition of the album was released; in addition to demos of "Hangin' Round" and "Perfect Day", it includes a hidden track featuring an advert for the album. Following Reed's death in October 2013, digital sales of Transformer, "Walk on the Wild Side", and "Perfect Day" all rose more than 300%, and "Walk on the Wild Side" cracked the new Billboard Rock Digital Songs chart at No. 38.

Critical reception
In a mixed review for Rolling Stone, Nick Tosches noted the songs "Satellite of Love", "Vicious", "Walk on the Wild Side" and "Hangin' 'Round" which he felt expressed a stimulating sexuality saying "Reed himself says he thinks the album's great. I don't think it's nearly as good as he's capable of doing. He seems to have the abilities to come up with some really dangerous, powerful music, stuff that people like Jagger and Bowie have only rubbed knees with." In a retrospective review for The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (2004), Tom Hull remarked that Reed "wrote a bunch of clever new songs and tried to cash in on producer David Bowie's trendily androgynous glam rock, which worked well enough to break 'Walk on the Wild Side.'"

In 1997, Transformer was named the 44th greatest album of all time in a "Music of the Millennium" poll conducted in the United Kingdom by HMV, Channel 4, The Guardian and Classic FM. In 2000, it was voted number 58 in Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums. Transformer is also ranked at number 55 on NME's list of "Greatest Albums of All Time". In 2003, the album was ranked at number 194 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time, maintaining the rating in a 2012 revised list, and is ranked 109 on the 2020 list. It is also on Q magazine's list of the "100 Greatest Albums Ever".

In 2018, 33⅓ published a book by musician Ezra Furman about Transformer.

Personnel
Adapted from the Transformer liner notes.

Musicians
 * Lou Reed – lead vocals; rhythm guitar
 * Mick Ronson – lead guitar; piano; recorder; string arrangements
 * David Bowie – backing vocals; keyboards; acoustic guitar on "Wagon Wheel", “Perfect Day” and "Walk on the Wild Side"
 * Herbie Flowers – bass guitar; double bass; tuba on "Perfect Day", "Goodnight Ladies" and "Make Up"
 * John Halsey – drums
 * Trevor Bolder – trumpet
 * Ronnie Ross – soprano saxophone on "Goodnight Ladies"; baritone saxophone on "Walk on the Wild Side"
 * Thunderthighs – backing vocals
 * Klaus Voormann – bass guitar on "Perfect Day", "Goodnight Ladies", "Satellite of Love" and "Make Up"
 * Barry DeSouza – drums
 * Ritchie Dharma – drums

Production
 * David Bowie – producer
 * Mick Ronson – producer
 * Ken Scott – engineer

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Yes, America Can!

 This page is an archive of the proposed deletion of the article below. Further comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or on a Votes for Undeletion nomination). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the debate was delete. Woohookitty 10:15, 11 September 2005 (UTC)

Yes, America Can!

 * Listing nomination from July 23. no vote. Nabla 00:42:48, 2005-09-02 (UTC)

Speculation, any content belongs in the main article on the campaign. (I hope I am not misunderestimating the significance of this). Ianb 23:11, 23 Jul 2004 (UTC) 10:13, 11 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Weak keep. I know nothing about the validity of the article, but slogans seem as if they are legitimate targets for inclusion. Noisy 23:19, 23 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. Only speculation.  And if it's kept, it needs to be at Slogan: Yes, American Can!  RickK 23:48, Jul 23, 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete: This belongs in a newspaper column, not an encyclopedia.  Pure speculation, and no evidence.  Even if it had both evidence and fact, it would be irrelevant as a separate entry. Geogre 00:07, 24 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep. Slogans deserve recognition on Wikipedia.—Mr. Grinch 01:35, 24 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete speculation. SWAdair | Talk  03:53, 24 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. Slogan has no meaning outside the campaign, but would make a useless redirect. -- Cyrius|✎ 04:37, 24 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. Major slogans deserve recognition.  An "apparent, unofficial slogan" does not.  If this one gets to the level of use of Where's the Beef?, give it an article. JamesMLane 06:39, 24 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. Not notable, official, or in common usage. Gamaliel 14:29, 24 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * Neutral. I've written articles on slogans before (Let's All Be There), but I don't know if this is notable enough. Mike H 14:54, Jul 24, 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete speculation and/or merge into main article. --ssd 17:14, 24 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep. I re-wrote this a bit and I think it's significant.  Acegikmo1 04:12, 25 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * Merge with George W. Bush presidential campaign, 2004 and delete. Unlikely to be useful as a redirect.  Postdlf 04:04, 28 Jul 2004 (UTC)

 * Please note that at this point, 2004-08-06, the discussion was (incompletely) closed as "not deleted" by . See Talk:Yes, America Can!.  The re-opening is due to the re-application of the VFD notice to the article, without creating a fresh discussion page or listing on a per-day page, by  on 2005-08-08. Uncle G 14:09:19, 2005-09-02 (UTC)

ca, Can!? No, Yes, America Can! can't. --Last Malthusian 11:39, 2 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge and redirect, as merging and deleting is not allowed. - ulayiti (talk)   (my RfA)  02:54, 2 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Holy crap, this is from July of last year. Redirect to George W. Bush presidential campaign, 2004, as this information is already present in that article. android  79  04:02, September 2, 2005 (UTC)
 * Weak Keep/Redirect - Redirect to Wikiquotes! UniReb 11:07, 2 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete Slogans have to meet some standard of notability like everything else. Can Yes Ameri
 * Oh can it ;)
 * Delete Chunitaku 14:04, 2 September 2005 (UTC)
 * "Where's the beef?" was a significant meme - everyone knew it and understood the context. Even though I admit to the vice of following US politics closely, I never heard this alleged slogan.  Even the article describes it as the "apparent, unofficial" slogan.  This seems far too tenuous to support a verifiable encyclopedia article.  Straight delete, no merge or redirect seem necessary to me.  Rossami (talk) 21:52, 2 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete as per Rossami. -- Kjkolb 06:15, September 3, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. As per nominator. / Peter Isotalo 20:40, 7 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete as per Rossami Ziggurat 01:54, September 9, 2005 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in an undeletion request). No further edits should be made to this page.