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Give My Head Peace

Give My Head Peace is a satirical television comedy series on BBC Northern Ireland that pokes fun at political parties, paramilitary groups and the sectarian divide in Northern Ireland. The programme is written by Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell, also known as "The Hole in the Wall Gang", who also perform as the characters. Episodes are recorded in front of a live studio audience at the BBC Blackstaff Studio A in Belfast.

Background
The concept originated on BBC Radio Ulster music programme Across The Line in the late 1980s, as a five-minute slot. The radio version used many of the characters and plot ideas used in the later TV series.

Pilot: Two Ceasefires and a Wedding
Its first TV appearance was in a made-for-TV film called Two Ceasefires and a Wedding, shown on BBC Northern Ireland (31 August 1995), poking fun at the clichéd "love across the barricades" plot that features in many dramas about Northern Ireland. In this case the lovers were Emer, the daughter of a "prominent" Sinn Féin activist, and Billy, an RUC constable. Their wedding is opposed by their respective families, and ends in farce, although Billy and Emer were happily married.

In the Pilot episode, Ma & Da have a second son, Paul, who suffers anxiety from being wrongly imprisoned for one of Da's failed missions in England. He is best man at Billy & Emer's wedding. He does not appear in the main series.

Main series
A full series was then commissioned by BBC Northern Ireland. Some changes were made to the format prior to the series going ahead – with the character of Cal (Emer's brother) changing substantially, and the introduction of other recurring characters such as Big Mervyn and Red Hand Luke. A few years into the series, Nuala McKeever (Emer) left the series to pursue other interests, and a new love interest for Billy was introduced in the form of Emer's previously unseen sister, Dympna.

The series continued to run on BBC One NI until 2005, taking a hiatus as the Hole in the Wall Gang began work on a new series called Dry Your Eyes. Give My Head Peace usually screened in a prime-time Friday night slot, opting out from network BBC One. In mid-2004, a selection of episodes were shown across the UK on BBC Two in a late-night slot during weekends.

The 50th episode, entitled "Secondary Colours" aired on 27 December 2002.

Cancellation
The final Give My Head Peace episode was transmitted on BBC One Northern Ireland on 28 December 2007. This was supposed to be the last ever episode but during the final few seconds, a graphic stating "That's All Folks?" appeared, suggesting that the show could return in the future. According to Tim McGarry, the reason for the show's cancellation was due to a mis-sent email, received by a BBC executive in charge of the show's production. Allegedly, McGarry had hit reply rather than forward to the intended recipient.

2016 special and soft reset
Give My Head Peace returned for a one-off 40-minute long episode titled "The Farce Awakens" on 28 December 2016 – exactly nine years to the day since it last aired. It was filmed in Northern Ireland in October 2016. Television presenter Christine Lampard made a cameo appearance.

With this special, they overwrite the events of the original final episode. In that episode, Billy kills Uncle Andy and Big Mervyn after learning they had lost Billy's house and money in a scam. While Billy is in custody, Cal's Protestant girlfriend Siobhan is revealed as an undercover police officer trying to get close to Da. When Siobhan tries to kill Da, Ma suspects them of having an affair. This, combined by the knowledge that Da had prevented Liam Neeson from proposing to their daughter Dympna, drives Ma to kill him. Dympna confesses to the murder to spare Ma from prison. Billy is released after being granted a pardon by Ian Paisley and Martin McGuiness. He learns of what happened to his wife Dympna and devotes himself to trying to clear her name, despite now living with two other women. The special now makes these events non-canon.

2018 return
The series returned with an eleventh series which began broadcasting on 19 January 2018. This was followed by a Christmas Special called "Shallow Grave" which aired on Thursday 27 December 2018 on BBC One Northern Ireland. The show returned for a Christmas Special in December 2019, as part of the 12th series consisting of four episodes leading into 2020.

The show is due to return in December 2020 for a Christmas Special followed by three other specials in early 2021. Recording of the 2020 Christmas Special and 2021 episodes had to be conducted under strict health guidance due to the Covid-19 pandemic with production moved from their usual location at BBC Blackstaff Studio in the centre of Belfast to a new studio located elsewhere in Northern Ireland to ensure social distancing could be maintained. No studio audience was present for the filming of the episodes, but a virtual audience watched and reacted to the recordings online. The 2020 Christmas special aired on Sunday 27 December 2020 on BBC One Northern Ireland, and saw the cast give a proper send off to the character "Big Mervyn", as the actor who played him BJ Hogg died earlier in 2020. Three other episodes will air from mid January 2021.

Live
In recent years, they have performed live shows at a selection of venues across Northern Ireland. The 2004 show was chiefly made up of scripts from the 2004–2005 series. In 2007 a new live show entitled Dry Your Eyes it's Give My Head Peace was held in Derry's Millennium Forum and the Grand Opera House to celebrate ten years of the show. This production showed material from GMHP and Dry Your Eyes and was very well received. The next live show in 2008 followed on from the final television episode, called Give My Head Peace: Back From The Grave, and also featured the Dry Your Eyes characters. In 2009, the gang went on their last tour called "Give My Head Peace: The Final Farewell Tour". However, the show returned on an annual basis with "Give My Head Peace: The Annual Review" touring Northern Ireland. The performance features the show's regulars, with the notable exceptions of Mervyn and Red Hand Luke, and also features a stand-up set from Tim McGarry who plays Da.

In 1999 a video and book were released. The only DVD released to date is of series 6, in November 2009.

Characters
The principal characters are:

 * Da (Tim McGarry) – Da is an Irish Catholic who represents a stereotypical Irish nationalist. He is an ardent fan of Irish culture despite having little knowledge of Irish history and being unable to speak a word of Irish. Da is a Sinn Féin spokesman who later becomes an assemblyman, and recently a "retired assemblyman". He is very proud of his involvement and (exaggerated) friendship with Gerry Adams. He is fired repeatedly for embarrassing Gerry or the party publicly. He often gets reinstated after blackmailing Gerry with incriminating evidence, which inevitably gets destroyed through ineptitude. He has a beard and wears glasses to replicate Gerry's appearance, save for three episodes where they had fallen out. Da claims to have been involved with every unlawful activity that Gerry was allegedly involved with. In the original run, he claims he was directly involved with the IRA alongside Gerry, but has since admitted that he wasn't as involved as Gerry was. Da lives in Divis Tower on the Falls Road. He has six adult children with Ma, but only four have ever been seen. It was recently discovered that he was not legally married to Ma, but he is tricked into marrying her again by Cal.
 * Cal (Damon Quinn) – Although he is a grown man, he still lives at home and often acts child-like. He supports his father in his self-proclaimed struggle against British imperialism, and usually does what Da tells him, no matter how daft. In the pilot "Two Ceasefires and a Wedding", he is portrayed as a more sinister IRA activist. In the main series, he is much more gentle and slightly dim-witted. He often proves to be naturally talented at most things he tries, but his attempts at being successful are usually scuppered quite quickly. He is jealous of his seldom seen brother Michael. It is stated by Ma on multiple occasions that Cal came "really close" to getting married until Da ruined, but the details keep changing. In later episodes, he becomes increasingly suspicious that Da is siding with the British, and stands up to him when he is mean to Ma.
 * Uncle Andy (Martin Reid) – Uncle Andy is an old-fashioned traditional loyalist whose twin loves are British Ulster and Elvis Presley. He is very argumentative, and determined to take offense at even the slightest suggestion that someone is trying to oppress him. He blames all problems on Catholics and Sinn Fein, and is often abusive towards Dympna for simply being a Catholic and a woman. He often devises elaborate money-making schemes and scams with his best friend Big Mervyn. Their combined lack of intelligence and foresight often cause these plans to fail. In similar respect, he is repeatedly barred from the Loyalist Kneebreakers Social Club or the Orange Order due to his tricks or inappropriate conduct. He used to try to avoid eviction by claiming he was really Billy's father until he himself lost track over whether or not it was a scam. It was eventually confirmed that he isn't. He is "close friends" with Red Hand Luke and Pastor Begbie despite clearly living in fear of them. In most recent episodes, he becomes convinced that Grainne is his daughter from a one night stand with her mother, mainly because Billy said it was confirmed by a DNA test. The truth has yet to be verified.
 * Billy (Michael McDowell) – Uncle Andy's nephew and a police officer with the PSNI (formerly RUC). He immediately married Emer after first meeting her in the pilot episode. By the beginning of the first series, it had become a loveless marriage. After Emer leaves with their son, Billy instantly falls in love with Dympna who moves in with him. They are married by the Pope after his divorce is finalised. Billy was raised by Uncle Andy after being abandoned by both parents. There are recurring hints that Uncle Andy is his father until it is eventually verified as untrue. He often assumes "politics" (i.e. he isn't a Catholic) is keeping him from promotions, when in fact he is quite lazy. He eventually gets his promotion for helping investigate the hit-and-run incident that injured Da, even though he committed it. While he openly objects to the criminal acts of Uncle Andy and his associates, Billy isn't above abusing his policing powers for his own advantage.
 * Emer (Nuala McKeever) – Emer is Da and Ma's daughter, and marries Billy in the pilot episode. Like Ma, she is uninterested in politics and mean towards Da. However, she is quite intelligent and well informed. She is more interested in fashion and men. So much so that she shamelessly pursues other men despite Billy's protests. It is often said that she has a son with Billy who is never seen. By the beginning of series 2, she has left Billy for a Spaniard, and taken their son with them. They are seldom mentioned again until it is discovered that she remarried, thus making it easier for Billy to have his divorce. He shares a birthday with Cal.
 * Ma (Olivia Nash) – Da's cynical and sharp-tongued wife. She tries to be a typical warm-hearted Irish mother, but she quickly gets frustrated with her family. She openly resents Da, who makes fun of her short stature, and she refers to as a "lanky streak of piss". While she keeps wishing ill of her husband, she is hurt any time he takes interest in other women. She is uninterested in politics and finds sectarianism to be dumb. This allows her to be accepting of things and people that Da and Cal are less open to, particularly her protestant in-laws. She has the occasional mild crush on Uncle Andy. Multiple episodes revealed that she has obsessions with various celebrities, but the identity of that person keeps changing (e.g. they have included Daniel O'Donnell and Hugo Duncan). She recently learned that she wasn't legally married to Da, but they did marry after Cal tricked Da into it. She also revealed that she is actually a British citizen by birth, and has only ever had British identification documents, which aggravates Da no end.
 * Dympna (Alexandra Ford) – Dympna is one of Ma and Da's daughters, and Emer's younger sister. She replaced Emer as Billy's partner after Emer suddenly leaves. She is just as intelligent as her sister, but becomes increasingly ignorant of politics after becoming a Sinn Fein assemblyperson. An important difference is that Dympna is faithful to Billy, and rejects advances from other men. She is bullied by Uncle Andy for being a Catholic and a woman, but she can also dish it back. Dympna marries Billy in a service conducted by The Pope. It is hinted that she is the biological daughter of Italian Cardinal Vincenzo, but this is never resolved. She has a recurring ambition to become famous despite having no talents.
 * Big Mervyn (BJ Hogg) – A burly, leather-wearing loyalist, and Uncle Andy's best mate. Not the brightest, but generally well-liked. He often assists Uncle Andy in his schemes with little objection. He is often used to send bad news to Andy, like when he has been banned from the Loyalist Kneebreakers Social Club, or is in trouble with someone else. It is frequently shown that Mervyn has many talents and is quite popular, but his association with Andy prevents him from prospering. He is frequently asked to recall events from Andy's life on his behalf. Andy sometimes explains that Mervyn chose to remain single due to having never gotten over a past love that went sour. The woman and the events in question change each time this story is told. Hogg was always listed as "guest starring" despite appearing in every episode filmed before his death. In the 2020 series, it was acknowledged that Mervyn had died.
 * Pastor Begbie (Paddy Jenkins) – Paster Begbie appeared as recurring character late into the original run, but has since become a main character. He is a Presbyterian Minister and leader of the local chapter of the UDA. He is also involved with organised crime and makes no secret of it. Begbie has been friends with Andy and Mervyn since school. He uses the fact that they fear him to make them do illegal and humiliating things for his own benefit. In each series of the new run, there have been multiple revelations made about him. They include that he joined the IRA and the Priesthood (both while drunk), has an indentical twin who is a priest in Poland, and that he skipped a generational curse because he is not actually related to his father.
 * Grainne (Diona Doherty) – Grainne McCallion, a recent addition, is Dympna's assistant. She is rude and immature, and dismisses everyone around her as being boring or stupid. She is ignorant of Northern Irish history and politics even though she works for Sinn Fein with her mother Elisha McCallion. She enrolled as a student at Queen's despite being on furlough from her present job. Uncle Andy is convinced that she is his daughter from a one night stand, but she is unaware of this. She is initially terrified by Uncle Andy's attempts to bond with her, but they develop a reluctant friendship. Even though she acts dumb, she often demonstrates that she is highly intelligent and well-connected. Even though all of her classes have been online (due to government responses to the COVID-19 pandemic), she has become a major influencer among Catholic students. Being from Derry, she is the only main character not to be from the greater Belfast area. She did not appear and was not mentioned in the 2023 series for unknown reasons.
 * Sandy (Ciaran Nolan) – Sandy is the current landlord at the Loyalist Kneebreakers Social Club. While he has been mentioned repeatedly during the original run, he made his first onscreen appearances in the 2020 series (after the passing of Hogg). He has a speech impediment that causes him to pronounce the "s" sound as "sh". For this reason, he pronounces his own name as "Shandy". While he respects Begbie, he is one of two characters who does not fear him. He repeatedly barred Andy due to his various scams but secretly cares deeply about him. He is shown to be the most intuitive character and uses this to his advantage. In the 2022 series, he has a brief affair with Dymphna to help her become pregnant when she learns Billy had a vascetomy.

Other occasional characters are:

 * Red Hand Luke (Dan Gordon) – A born-again Christian and violent loyalist psychopath. He had been friends with Andy since school even though Andy fears him. In the first series, Andy is convinced Luke wants to kill him for not helping him escape the police. Instead, he believes prison changed his life for the better and thanks Andy. From the second series onwards, he is shown to be child-like in spite of his violent tendencies. He tends to beat people up (usually Andy and Mervyn) when he doesn't get his way. They live in fear of when he will suddenly (literally) burst through their front door. Although he does sometimes have brief moments of clarity where he realises his circumstances are because of his own behaviour. He is a huge "Shugo" Duncan fan and is unafraid of Begbie, his best friend. At the end of the original run, he longs to go back to prison and converts to Islam in order to get arrested. Andy and Mervyn attempt to break him out of the specially constructed prison in the middle of Belfast Lough. He falls into the Lough, protesting that he cannot swim. His fate is left ambiguous, but he is never mentioned again.
 * Sammy (Gordon Fulton) – The first landlord of the "Loyalist Kneebreakers", Uncle Andy and Big Mervyn's favourite haunt, a rowdy loyalist drinking den. Makes matchstick models of Stormont in his spare time.
 * Seamus (Mark O'Shea) – Seamus works directly for Gerry Adams in Sinn Fein in constantly changing roles. He doesn't allow Da or Cal to tell anyone he is also in the IRA. Seamus invites himself into Da's flat with instructions from Gerry to help either organisation, hinting at serious repercussions for their (inevitable) failures. Da tries to earn Seamus' trust by proving his loyalty and is fully aware Seamus is involved with organised crime.
 * Sean Paul II (Gerard Jordan) – Sean Paul is a young man who will steal anything. Ma points out his nickname is "Sean Paul the Second" because he steals your possessions "the second your back is turned". Ma is horrified that Da keeps hiring him or buying stolen goods from him. Da justifies this by pretending he is supporting an "enterprising young man" when in reality he likes cheap products or labour.
 * Paul – Paul is one of Da and Ma's six children. He is sent to prison during the pilot episode. The parents often update Cal on Paul's present situation. Either Da praises Paul's "sacrifice" while he is in prison, or Ma praises Paul for starting a new life as a wealthy family man in Los Angeles. Cal is strongly jealous of Paul, especially when he randomly returns from L.A. Cal discovers that Paul was thrown out by his wife due to his refusal to find a job, and takes great joy in exposing the secret. However, as he comes clean, he receives a message from his wife that Paul has successfully sold a script that will be turned into a major Hollywood movie, which he has also been hired to direct, and that she is willing to take him back.

There have been other characters that have made one-off special appearances over the series to an effect. One such example was a Christmas special entitled "The King and I" where Elvis Presley (played by impersonator Martin Fox) saved Andy from a very dangerous situation.

VHS
A VHS was released containing the following three episodes; Hollywood on the Falls, Red Hand Luke, The Peace Dividend.

DVD
Only series six has been released on DVD to date. It was released in two parts, with three episodes on each, before being sold together as part of a box set. One notable edit is that the theme song has been replaced.

Digital
The 2016 special The Farce Awakens (21 October 2016) and the documentary A Beginner's Guide (28 December 2016) that was broadcast on BBC One are both available on BBC Store.

Trivia

 * The phrase "give my head peace" is a common idiom in Northern Ireland meaning "leave me alone" or "stop bothering me".
 * The theme song of the series is "She Says" performed by The Saw Doctors. It was released as a single in Ireland in the late 1990s.

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Anonymous 4

Anonymous 4 was an American female a cappella quartet, founded in 1986 and based in New York City. Their main performance genre was medieval music, although later they also premiered works by recent composers such as John Tavener and Steve Reich.

The name of the group is a pun on the name used to refer to an anonymous English music theorist of the late 13th century, Anonymous IV, who is the principal source on the two famous composers of the Notre Dame school, Léonin and Pérotin.

Anonymous 4 performed in cities throughout North America, and were regulars at major international festivals. The 2003–2004 season was their last as a full-time recording and touring ensemble, but they continued to tour and make recordings while pursuing individual projects.

The group collaborated with the Chilingirian Quartet on their 2003 album Darkness Into Light and The Mountain Goats on their 2012 album Transcendental Youth as well as with Christopher Tin in 2009 on his album Calling All Dawns, and in 2014 on The Drop That Contained the Sea.

The CD 1865, which features songs from the Civil War with Bruce Molsky on guitar, fiddle, banjo, and vocals was their final recording. The ensemble disbanded at the end of the 2015–2016 season.

Lineup
The original lineup included Johanna Maria Rose, Marsha Genensky, Susan Hellauer, and Ruth Cunningham. In 1998, Cunningham left and was replaced by Jacqueline Horner-Kwiatek. In 2008, Cunningham returned to the group in place of Johanna Maria Rose until their 2016 disbanding. Genensky grew up in California in the foothills of the Santa Monica Mountains; Hellauer was born and raised in the Bronx, New York; Cunningham was brought up in Millbrook, New York; Rose grew up in the village of Grand View-on-Hudson, New York; and Horner-Kwiatek is from Monkstown, County Antrim, in Northern Ireland (she won her Green Card in the Diversity Immigrant Visa program, commonly known as the "Green Card Lottery").

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Lauren Weinstein

Lauren Weinstein may refer to:
 * Lauren Weinstein (technologist), American activist concerned with matters involving technology
 * Lauren Weinstein (cartoonist) (born 1975), American comic book artist
 * Lauren Sager Weinstein, chief data officer at Transport for London

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Talk:Victoria University of Manchester

Charles Barkla
The article says "an early Physics graduate of the University College of the Victoria University" and the linked website says
 * Educated at Trinity and King's colleges, Cambridge, he joined the faculty of Liverpool University in 1902, moved to the University of London in 1909, and became professor of natural philosophy at the University of Edinburgh in 1913.

What is "the University College of the Victoria University" and has it got anything to do with Manchester? Billlion 23:55, 5 January 2005 (UTC)
 * "the University College of the Victoria University" was University College Liverpool - one of the three constituent institutions (along with Owens College and Yorkshire College in Leeds) of the federal Victoria University. Charles Barkla attended what was once the Victoria University (in Liverpool), but not the Victoria University of Manchester; the original author has got his Victoria University institutions mixed up; I've removed his entry AnIco 08:44, 13 March 2005 (UTC)

"top" university
from what i can remember - middle in league tables, to me that isn't a top position - considering usually umist got higher. For now until proof can be found i thought it best to speak the truth and remove the sentence. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.31.6.115 (talk) 02:07, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
 * I have readded the sentence, and added a cite for the 'research' claim. I followed the links to the 2001 REA assessments site, and looking at 5* and 5 departmental assessments, only Oxford, Cambridge and UCL had more entries.  I didn't find anything on teaching in particular.  Generic league tables seem thin on the ground.  User:Noisy | Talk 13:01, 28 January 2006 (UTC)

 * ok sorted with the research - no mention of teaching and since you weren't sure i've removed it (This from .) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.88.124.188 (talk) 17:50, 28 January 2006 (UTC)

Look, 82.31 etc. what's your problem? Manchester was and is top in research as well as teaching. I used to look at the tables as an undergraduate, now that I can judge in more than one ways whether a University is good or not, I do not bother with reading these anymore. But I am sure that most Department, as far as I remember, got 22-24, at least at the Faculty of Arts. But the Faculty of Social Sciences is equally reputed. Medicine? the best after London. Just have a look at these. And how can you remember Manchester being in the middle of the scale? Manchester is among the best in the world, and I have been in a few. What exactly is your problem with Manchester, are you an Oxford graduate, or are you elsewhere? In either case, Manchester can stand comparisons. In this place, you just remove whatever you don't like, great! Panos. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Spanakorizo (talk • contribs) 04:18, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

No! I'm from manchester! check the IP address! (This from .) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.88.155.226 (talk) 20:57, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

Achievements?
I believe that the page should have a list of achievements perhaps seperated from the famous alumni.

For example, The early Manchester Computers, mostly the Manchester Baby in my eyes were a tremendous achievement yet they don't seem to be recognised except for the small comments next to famous alumni e.g. Tom Kilburn.

I am sure there are many more.

What do you think?

What about all the Nobel Prize winners for example?

What about the world's first steerable radio telescope at Jodrell Bank?

etc etc.

Just an idea - tell me what you think. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.12.59.62 (talk) 13:44, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

Reorganization as a result of merge debate
As a result of the debate over merging this article with University of Manchester there was a feeling that this article should expand to be the main article on the history of Owens College/Victoria University of Manchester. I have moved the list of famous alumni (which was mainly not alumni !) to People Associated with the University of Manchester, with the intention that this list also be expanded to include Tech/UMIST people. This article now needs expanding to be the main article on the history of the VUM, much as the UMIST article is as already.Billlion 05:48, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

Category:University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology
I have (re-)nominated the Category:University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology for deletion; please see my reasons, and leave comments, at Categories for discussion/Log/2007 July 6. Thanks. Mike Peel 18:24, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Victoria university manchester.jpg
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 * The case for inclusion in this article is already listed as "its inclusion in the article adds significantly to the article because it is the primary means of identifying the subject of this article."Billlion 10:53, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 02:48, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Only in use in the later years of the university: it was introduced instead of the previous emblem (coat of arms) and derived from the archway built on Oxford Rd by Waterhouse. Many older buildings of the university still have examples of the original coat of arms (notably the Christie Building)--Felix Folio Secundus (talk) 22:17, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

Period not described accurately
The way the main introduction is composed does not describe the period from 1851 to 1904 accurately (see Charlton, H. B. Portrait of the University, 1951). Owens College could not grant degrees so the students would have had University of London degrees; in 1880 the Victoria University was established and Owens College was the only constituent college until University College Liverpool joined; in 1903 the Liverpool and Leeds colleges became independent universities; Owens College was still a separate institution until 1904 when the college and the Victoria University of Manchester were merged.--Felix Folio Secundus (talk) 22:05, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

John Edward Taylor Professor of English Literature
A chair at the Victoria University of Manchester was named after John Edward Taylor (probably the John Edward Taylor who owned the Manchester Guardian until his death in 1905). Notable holders of this chair include Sir Frank Kermode (1958-65). Charlton's Portrait of a University (p. 145) mentions a gift of £20,000 from J. E. Taylor "purpose: general purposes (later applied for endowment of a chair of English literature)" (not however marked bequest). H. B. Charlton held this chair but it is not clear whether this was from 1921 when he was appointed as professor or later. The chair has continued to exist and is now held by Gerald Hammond.--Johnsoniensis (talk) 14:30, 10 September 2020 (UTC)
 * There is information on the history of the Department of English in the university archives; various professors are mentioned without giving the name "John Edward Taylor" (e.g. Frank Kermode (1958-65) and John Jump (1965-76).--Johnsoniensis (talk) 08:53, 11 September 2020 (UTC)

error in arms motto
image of the arms motto says "ardus" but should be "arduus" 195.169.52.48 (talk) 08:55, 24 October 2023 (UTC)

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Yakov Permyakov

Yakov Permyakov (Яков Пермяков; died 1712) was a Russian seafarer, explorer, merchant, and Cossack.

In 1710, while sailing from the Lena River to the Kolyma River, Permyakov observed the silhouette of two unknown island groups in the sea. Those islands would later be named Bolshoy Lyakhovsky and the Medvyezhi Islands.

In 1712, Permyakov and his companion Merkury Vagin crossed Yana Bay from the mouth of the Yana River to Bolshoy Lyakhovsky over the ice and explored the then-unknown island. Permyakov and Vagin were murdered on the way back from their exploration by mutineering expedition members. The Cossacks took Permyakov's deceased body down to the ice and set it on fire. No one knows what the rebellious Cossacks did with the ashes, but Yakov Permyakov's remains were never found.

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Wikipedia:Editing Weekend

On wikipedia-l, Jimbo proposed editing weekends be held as a part of the drive towards 1.0. This involves groups of Wikipedians meeting in libraries to finalise articles.

 * We could get permission from a library or libraries in some densely populated centers around the world to gain admission during a holiday or weekend that they would normally be closed. We'd set up a wireless broadband network and bring together as many people as possible to work together day and night in a fun atmosphere to fact check articles and process them for final publication in a CD-ROM, with an eye towards print as well of course.

 * Since we'd be talking about en for this first round, logical cities for this would be New York and London, with L.A. and Chicago and Sydney also possible, if there are enough people interested to make that happen.

 * We'd strive to have as many people as possible in one location, and to attract maximum media attention to what we're doing. So the selection of a location would involve deliberations about keeping the cost low, both travel costs and hotel costs for participants travelling some distance.

 * For example, although this is too soon, the New York Public Library will be closed September 4 through September 6, for "Labor Day Weekend". There are many other holidays like that one which would provide a similar opportunity.

 * Imagine (go with me on this fantasy here) 1000 people working around the clock with timeouts just to sleep and eat, for 3 full days, to fact check, copyedit, and approve as many articles as possible.

 * --Jimbo

Whilst Jimbo's plan was to hold this event in the summer of 2005, just before publication of the print edition, there could be a number of earlier sessions held before this.

These will allow people to improve and check articles to get as many up to printable standard as possible before they are selected for the print version. This could also be a good place to start advertising the drive to 1.0 and get people motivated to work on it.

Ideally sessions would be held simultaneously around the world in order to maximise media interest, allowing us to start advertising the print version early.

First meeting, September 2004
I suggest that the first trial of these editing weekends could be a single day event to see how well it works before people commit themselves to an entire weekend. These could be held in September, which leaves over a month to arrange it, and is before students go back to university, so there might be more people available to attend. Please create a section below if you are interested in arranging this in your country. Angela. 18:14, Jul 27, 2004 (UTC)

UK

 * Location: Birmingham Central Library are interested in hosting this as shown from this email:
 * Sounds fascinating, and I'd like us to be involved. I'm sure we can come to some arrangement with you, precisely what might depend on how many people, how much space, what you want, time of year etc. For example we have large meeting rooms, which could be used, or we could close off an area of the library rather than going for a closed day (since these are only Sundays); the cost would depend on the solution, but we wouldn't be expensive! Catering can be arranged too, depending on how we structure the sessions. Do you want to give me a call, but you can take it as a yes in principle?

Depending on how many people can attend would affect what sort of room we need to book, and whether we need to look at obtaining any money to hire the room.

Please list your name below against the Saturdays that you could attend.

 * September 4 : Angela, Matt Crypto
 * September 11: Angela, Morwen - Talk, theresa knott, AlexG
 * September 18: Angela, Morwen - Talk, Matt Crypto, theresa knott, AlexG
 * September 25: Angela, Morwen - Talk, Matt Crypto, theresa knott, AlexG

 * ?? - David Gerard (not sure when, but will be sure to make at least one)
 * ?? - Pcb21| Pete (The dates listed are Sundays, but says Saturdays). I like the idea a lot, unfortunately my annual holiday is from 6th-20th September and I am already booked 26th. If it happened to turned out to be Sat 4th Sep I would be keen to attend.
 * ?? - [[User:Bodnotbod| b o d not b o d     ......TALK Q uietly ) ]] 07:38, Jul 28, 2004 (UTC)  I'd like to help out.  I doubt I'd be able to get to Birmingham but if someone organises a London venue I can help.  I suppose I should point out that I am not always the way I was at Wagamama... and let's leave that  assertion tacit.  I'd quite happily be a gopher, foraging around the shelves or whatever.
 * I hope we are not seeing some Londo-centrism here Bod ;) The library Angela has fantasically got permission from is pretty get-to-able and is a fine location, especially considering the June meet was in London. Pcb21| Pete 08:33, 28 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * No, I have absolutely no objection to the event being elsewhere. But I'm fairly London-bound for budgetary reasons, I can't afford to go spend £30 to get to a place with food and... well, let's not say drink, cough, costs on top.  I am a man of slender means.  So, I'm certainly not canvassing for a change of venue, I'm merely letting it be known that I can't really travel too far.  In particular, in September there is a possibility that the temperature will be much lower which has a profound effect on my health. --[[User:Bodnotbod|b odnotbo d     ......TALK Q uietly ) ]] 00:11, Jul 29, 2004 (UTC)

 * ?? - Sunday 5th is possible for me. On the other hand, it looks as if there may be free facilities on public days, if we could get them reserved for exclusive usage! Noisy 13:42, 28 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * I'm pretty new around here, but this sounds like a cool idea and I'd love to come along. --AlexG 20:31, 1 Aug 2004 (UTC)

I did mean Saturday, despite putting Sunday dates up considering they're closed on Sundays. Angela. 03:29, Jul 29, 2004 (UTC)
 * A fair point :) I just wanted to keep open the possibility that you were one of those extremist library rights protestors threatening to occupy buildings on Sundays. (or was that animal rights?) Pcb21| Pete 10:33, 29 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * Well, that would be one way of gaining some media attention. :) Angela. 15:24, Jul 29, 2004 (UTC)

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Please add other locations here if you are willing to arrange an editing day at a library this September.

What about an open library?
The New York Public Library (the main research library) is a big place. To open it just for us on Labor Day, I'm sure they'd have to bring in quite a few staffers. Are you ruling out having such an event when the library is open? I'd envision the NYPL contingent breaking up, with different people in different rooms, and some across the street at the Mid-Manhattan Library (the circulating library but still with many reference facilities). Other participants might be at specialized branch libraries -- for example, some articles would be assigned to the team at the Performing Arts library near Lincoln Center. In this fashion, quite a few people could be working without disrupting normal library operations, beyond the occasional muttered cell phone conversation in a corridor or rest room. Frankly, my inclination would be to just show up and do it, without negotiating with the library in advance. I'd be available in NYC for Saturday 9/18 or 9/25. JamesMLane 10:08, 28 Jul 2004 (UTC)

 * & possibly on the West Coast as well? We have a very nice new library here in Seattle, wi-fi, almost always plenty of space. -- Jmabel 06:32, Jul 29, 2004 (UTC)
 * Jmabel, I'd be open to that (as a resident of Washington :-) -- I know there are several of us close enough to attend, though probably not enough to convince them to open the library specially. I haven't been to the new library in Seattle -- does it have a room we could potentially reserve to work in?  Jwrosenzweig 17:29, 2 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * Yes, also any number of open spaces easily staked out for this sort of thing. Full support for wi-fi, plus anyone with a Seattle library card has access to one free hour a day on the library's system; there might be a way to negotiate more for this purpose, I know they have some conference rooms equipped with computers. -- Jmabel 02:51, Aug 3, 2004 (UTC)
 * James, as for the unannounced visits to the library, I think that would ruin the whole "media attention" aspect. BTW, I also live in NYC and would be interested in helping out one weekend or two. - DropDeadGorgias (talk) 19:11, Aug 2, 2004 (UTC)

 * Yes, an unannounced visit would ruin any hope of media attention. For the first venture, I definitely would not want media attention.  Let's have our unforeseen problems in private.

 * There isn't much discussion above about choosing the articles to be targeted for this editing marathon. Would any of the pending WikiReader projects provide appropriate selections?  An advantage (if a project really is within hailing distance of releasing a finished product) would be a more immediate sense of completion, which might help build momentum for doing such a thing for the grander and more distant 1.0.  A disadvantage would be that would-be participants who didn't feel at home with that particular subject area (cryptography, Shakespeare, or whatever) might be deterred from participating if that subject area were the only one with official approval for the editing weekend. JamesMLane 11:32, 20 Aug 2004 (UTC)

 * Maybe pick 2 or 3 quite diverse areas? One in the sciences, one in the humanities, one in popular culture? -- Jmabel 17:19, Aug 20, 2004 (UTC)

 * The WikiReader projects on cryptography, Shakespeare and Hollywood would fit that scheme. I just don't know which of those projects (if any) is in the ideal state for an editing weekend -- that being, I think, fairly far along but not about to ship.  A project that could actually be finished by a weekend blitz would be best. JamesMLane 05:01, 21 Aug 2004 (UTC)

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Passant

Passant may refer to:

 * Passant, an attitude in heraldry
 * The en passant capture, a move in chess
 * George Passant, a 1940 novel by Charles Percy Snow
 * Passant Shawky (born 1993), Egyptian actress

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Common Hardware Reference Platform

Common Hardware Reference Platform (CHRP) is a standard system architecture for PowerPC-based computer systems published jointly by IBM and Apple in 1995. Like its predecessor PReP, it was conceptualized as a design to allow various operating systems to run on an industry standard hardware platform, and specified the use of Open Firmware and RTAS for machine abstraction purposes. Unlike PReP, CHRP incorporated elements of the Power Macintosh architecture and was intended to support the classic Mac OS and NetWare, in addition to the four operating systems that had been ported to PReP at the time (Windows NT, OS/2, Solaris, and AIX).

CHRP did not receive industry-wide adoption, however. The only systems to ship with actual CHRP hardware are certain members of IBM's RS/6000 series running AIX, and small amount of Motorola PowerStack workstations. Mac OS 8 contains support for CHRP and New World Power Macintosh computers are partially based on CHRP and PReP.

Power.org has a new Power Architecture Platform Reference (PAPR) that provides the foundation for development of Power ISA-based computers running the Linux operating system. The PAPR was released fourth quarter of 2006.

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Ostseestadion

The Ostseestadion is the home stadium of FC Hansa Rostock, a German association football club, located in the city of Rostock. It has a capacity of 29,000.

"Ostseestadion" translates in English to "Baltic Sea Stadium", and is named after the Baltic Sea, whose coast Rostock lies upon. Ostseestadion is the original name of the stadium, but on 2 July 2007, Hansa Rostock sold the naming rights for the following 10 years to Deutsche Kreditbank (DKB), hence the new official name became "DKB Arena". In 2015, the club announced that the stadium was to regain its original name, and that the DKB had allowed an early renaming of the stadium and agreed to end the naming contract in advance.

Location
The Ostseestadion is located in the German city of Rostock in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Within Rostock, it is situated not far from the city centre in the Hansaviertel part of town near several hospitals of the University of Rostock and a small forest called Barnstorfer Wald'. Moreover, an ice hockey stadium as well as several training pitches of Hansa Rostock are just adjacent to the Ostseestadion.

The stadium can be reached easily from all parts of Rostock by public transport, using buses (stop Ostseestadion) or the S-Bahn (stop Holbeinplatz). Public transport is free with a valid ticket for a home match three hours before and two hours after the actual match.

History
The stadium was newly built in 2001 on the site of a former stadium built in 1954. At the end of the 1960s a new 700 lux lighting system was added, which is still in use today.

Seating
The total capacity of 29,000 places includes 1000 "business seats" as well as a standing capacity of 9,000. During international matches the 9,000 standing places can be turned into 5,000 seats thus allowing for an audience of 25,000. Moreover, there are 26 business lounges for premium partners and sponsors.

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Old English Sheepdog

The Old English Sheepdog is a large breed of dog that emerged in England from early types of herding dog. Obsolete names for the breed include Shepherd's Dog and bob-tailed sheep-dog [sic]. The nickname Bob-tail (or Bobtail) originates from how dogs of the breed traditionally had their tails docked. Old English Sheepdogs can grow very long coats with fur covering the face and eyes and do not shed unless brushed.

Appearance
The Old English Sheepdog is a large dog, immediately recognizable by its long, thick, shaggy grey and white coat, with fur covering their face and eyes. The ears lie flat to the head. Historically, the breed's tail was commonly docked (resulting in a panda bear–like rear end), but tailed Old English sheepdogs are now common, as many countries have outlawed cosmetic docking. When the dog has a tail, it has long fur (feathering), is low set, and normally hangs down. The Old English Sheepdog stands lower at the shoulder than at the loin, and walks with a "bear-like roll from the rear".

Height at the withers is at least 61 cm (24 in), with females slightly smaller than males. The body is short and compact with a deep chest and 'well-sprung' ribs.

Colour of the double coat may be any shade of grey, grizzle, black, blue, or blue merle, with optional white markings. The undercoat is water resistant. Puppies are born with a black and white coat, and it is only after the puppy coat has been shed that the more common grey or silver shaggy hair appears. Old English Sheepdogs only shed when they are brushed.

Docking
Undocked Old English Sheepdogs are becoming a more common sight as many countries have now banned docking. The Kennel Club (UK) and The Australian National Kennel Council breed standards do not express a preference for (legally) docked or un-docked animals, and either can be shown. The American Kennel Club breed standard states that the tail should be "docked close to the body, when not naturally bob tailed [sic]", even though the practice of cosmetic docking is now opposed by the American Veterinary Medical Association.

History

The Old English Sheepdog comes from the pastoral type dogs of England. A small drop-eared dog seen in a 1771 painting by Gainsborough is believed by some to represent the early type of the Old English Sheepdog. In the early 19th century a bobtailed drovers dog, called the Smithfield or Cotswold Cor, was noticed in the southwestern counties of England and may have been an ancestor. Most fanciers agree that the Bearded Collie was among the original stock used in developing today's breed. Some speculate that the Russian Owtchar was among the breed's ancestors.

The Old English Sheepdog was at first called the "Shepherd's Dog" and was exhibited for the first time at a show in Birmingham, England, in 1873. There were only three entries, and the judge felt the quality of the dogs was so poor that he offered only a second placing. From that beginning, the breed became a popular show dog, and, although the shape of the dog itself has changed very little over the years, elaborate grooming including backcombing and powdering the fur was recorded as early as 1907. The breed was exported to the United States in the 1880s, and by the turn of the 20th century, five of the ten wealthiest American families bred and showed the Old English Sheepdog. The breed continues to be a popular show dog today.

The best recent finish of an Old English Sheepdog at the Westminster Kennel Club dog show was in 2013 when Bugaboo's Picture Perfect was awarded Reserve Best in Show.

Health
A 2024 UK study found a life expectancy of 12.1 years for the breed compared to an average of 12.7 for purebreeds and 12 for crossbreeds. The Old English Sheepdog is predisposed to allergic skin disease and demodicosis.

An American study reviewing over a million patients presented to 27 veterinary teaching hospitals in North America found the Old English Sheepdog to be predisposed to hip dysplasia, with 11.1% of dogs examined having the condition compared to 3.52% overall. Another American study of over a million hip evaluations in dogs over the age of 2 years found a prevalence of 17.8%.

A review of 1,934 cases of dogs presenting for gastric dilatation volvulus (GDV) found the Old English Sheepdog to be predisposed, with an odds ratio of 4.8. A UK survey attributed 7% of Old English Sheepdog deaths to GDV.

A review of 369 cases of dilated cardiomyopathy in England found the Old English Sheepdog to make up 9 of those cases.

The Old English Sheepdog is one of the more commonly affected breeds for an autosomal recessive mutation in the MDR1 gene. This mutation results in the affected animal being more susceptible to negative effects of drugs at volumes that are otherwise safe. Common drugs such as doramectin and ivermectin will cause neurotoxicosis.

Activities
The Old English Sheepdog can compete in dog agility trials, obedience, Rally obedience, Schutzhund, showmanship, flyball, tracking, and herding events. Herding instincts and trainability can be measured at noncompetitive herding tests. Old English Sheepdogs that exhibit basic herding instincts can be trained to compete in herding trials.

Dulux dog
The Old English Sheepdog is the brand mascot for Dulux paint. The dog was first introduced in advertising campaigns in 1961. Since then they have been a constant and highly popular feature of Dulux television and print adverts wherever the paint is sold. So much so, that many people in those markets refer to the breed as a 'Dulux dog' rather than a Sheepdog.

Over the years, different dogs have appeared in the adverts. However, they all look very similar, due to the carefully managed selection process carried out by ICI's advertising agency. The first Dulux dog was Shepton Daphnis Horsa, pet name Dash, who held the role for eight years, owned by Eva Sharp in Tottenham. His successor, Fernville Lord Digby, was the most famous Dulux dog and also made his owners, Cynthia and Norman Harrison, famous.

When filming advertisements, Digby was treated like a star, being driven to the studio in a chauffeur driven car. Barbara Woodhouse was employed to train Digby and his three stunt doubles, who were used whenever specific tricks or actions needed to be filmed. Digby's popularity led him to play the title role in the 1973 British comedy film Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World.

Gambit - another Dulux dog, was used in a photographic shoot in 1980 for Philips Video and its new generation of video recorders. By the time the shoot was finished, there was enough hair to fill a mattress - the dog was constantly groomed during the shoot. King Hotspur of Amblegait was used from 1974 to 1979 and appeared in over fifty television programmes as well as his public appearances for ICI/Dulux.

Apart from Dash, all the Dulux dogs have been breed champions, and five of them have won 'Best in Show' prizes.

The Dulux dog was placed at No. 51 in Channel 4's "100 Greatest Television Adverts".

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PowerPC Reference Platform

PowerPC Reference Platform (PReP) was a standard system architecture for PowerPC-based computer systems (as well as a reference implementation) developed at the same time as the PowerPC processor architecture. Published by IBM in 1994, it allowed hardware vendors to build a machine that could run various operating systems, including Windows NT, OS/2, Solaris, Taligent and AIX.

One of the stated goals of the PReP specification was to leverage standard PC hardware. Apple, wishing to seamlessly transition its Macintosh computers to PowerPC, found this to be particularly problematic. As it appeared no one was particularly happy with PReP, a new standard, the Common Hardware Reference Platform (CHRP), was developed and published in late 1995, incorporating the elements of both PReP and the Power Macintosh architecture. Key to CHRP was the requirement for Open Firmware (also required in PReP-compliant systems delivered after June 1, 1995), which gave vendors greatly improved support during the boot process, allowing the hardware to be far more varied.

PReP systems were never popular. Finding current, readily available operating systems for old PReP hardware can be difficult. Debian and NetBSD still maintain their respective ports to this architecture, although developer and user activity is extremely low. The RTEMS real-time operating system provides a board support package for PReP which can be run utilizing the QEMU PReP emulator. This provides a convenient development environment for PowerPC-based real-time, embedded systems.

Power.org has a Power Architecture Platform Reference (PAPR) that provides the foundation for development of Power ISA-based computers running the Linux operating system. PAPR was released in the fourth quarter of 2006.

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Talk:U.S. Route 18

Western Termini
Why is a interchange with I-25 the Western End? --Patricknoddy 18:18, 27 Jul 2004 (UTC)User:Patricknoddy User talk:Patricknoddy 14:15 July 27, 2004 (EDT)

Oyate Trail, to merge?
The article Oyate Trail seems to be entirely about U.S. Route 18 or a section thereof. It doesn't appear to have the full notability to stand as its own article. I propose that it be merged into U.S._Route_18#South_Dakota. I am not entirely sure what parts of the content are appropriate to really move over here though. Spiesr (talk) 02:45, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

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Portsmouth Sinfonia

The Portsmouth Sinfonia was an English orchestra founded by a group of students at the Portsmouth School of Art in 1970. The Sinfonia was generally open to anyone and ended up drawing players who were either people without musical training or, if they were musicians, ones that chose to play an instrument that was entirely new to them. Among the founding members was one of their teachers, English composer Gavin Bryars. The orchestra started as a one-off, tongue-in-cheek performance art ensemble but became a cultural phenomenon over the following 10 years, with concerts, record albums, a film and a hit single. They last performed publicly in 1979.

History
Bryars was interested more in experimenting with the nature of music than forming a traditional orchestra. Instead of picking the most competent musicians he could find, he encouraged anyone to join, regardless of talent, ability or experience. The only rules were that everyone had to come for rehearsals and that people should try their best to get it right and not intentionally try to play badly. The first recording made by the Sinfonia was a flexi disc of Rossini's William Tell Overture, which was sent out as the invitation for the degree show that year.

The early repertoire of the Sinfonia was drawn from standard classical repertoire (such as "The Blue Danube" waltz and Also sprach Zarathustra), so that most orchestra members had a rough idea of what the piece should sound like, even if they could not play their chosen instrument accurately. In later years, the group's repertoire would expand to popular music, including rock and roll. Many modern composers and musicians found this to be interesting and even profound; the comedic aspects of the music were merely a bonus, though it was used extensively for marketing purposes. Brian Eno was interested enough to join the orchestra, playing clarinet, and subsequently producing their first two albums.

The orchestra was invited by the composer Michael Parsons to play the Purcell Room at London's Royal Festival Hall. Their first album, Portsmouth Sinfonia Plays the Popular Classics, was released in 1974. On 28 May 1974, as their fame increased, they played a concert at the Royal Albert Hall with conductor John Farley which sold thousands of tickets. The orchestra's take on the late 1970s and early 1980s vogue for pop classical medleys, "Classical Muddly" – produced by their manager Martin Lewis and released by Springtime!/Island Records in 1981 – is characteristic of their sound; it was inspired by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra's "Hooked on Classics". The single, which consisted of the group's previous recordings sped up, amalgamated and synchronized to a disco beat, was a top 40 hit in the UK Singles Chart.

As the years passed, the musicians eventually became accustomed to, and more skilled at playing their instruments, which diminished the novelty of the group. Although the group never formally disbanded, it ceased performing in 1979.

A recording of the sinfonia playing the beginning of Also sprach Zarathustra has achieved some fame as an internet meme under the moniker "orchestra fail", further gaining popularity on YouTube via references from musician Devin Townsend. The recording was used as the walk-on music for Swedish band Peter Bjorn and John during their 2011 "Gimme Some" tour in the US.

The Portsmouth Sinfonia was the subject of a 2011 BBC Radio 4 documentary presented by Jolyon Jenkins in the series "In Living Memory". In the programme Gavin Bryars disputed the notion that members were required to be novices at their instruments, saying that it was a "scurrilous rumour put about by the BBC".

Michael Nyman created a similar outfit called Foster's Social Orchestra, which is heard on the soundtrack of the 1999 film Ravenous.

Albums

 * 1973: Plays The Popular Classics (Translantic Records TRA 275)
 * 1974: Hallelujah (Transatlantic Records TRA 285)
 * 1979: 20 Classic Rock Classics (Philips 9109 231)

Singles

 * 1973: William Tell Overture / Blue Danube Waltz (Transatlantic Records BIG 515) – From "Plays The Popular Classics"
 * 1974: An Der Schönen Blauen Donau / Also Sprach Zarathustra (Transatlantic Records M 25.609) – From "Plays The Popular Classics"
 * 1981: Classical Muddly / Hallelujah Chorus (Springtime Records WIP 6736) – UK Singles Chart 12 September 1981 No. 38

Compilation

 * 1993: Dead Parrot Society: The Best of British Comedy (Rhino Records R2 71049) – Compilation includes four tracks by Portsmouth Sinfonia, one, Overture/Pinball Wizard (Live!), previously unissued.

Collaboration
With Eno
 * 1974: Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) (Island ILPS 9309) – Portsmouth Sinfonia play strings on Put a Straw Under Baby.

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Category:Watchmakers

These are companies or people who produce (manufacture or assemble) watches and/or watch movements.

All entries should be in one of the subcategories.

 * Category:Watch manufacturing companies: Companies making complete watches, including manufacturing movements of their own design
 * Category:Watch brands: Companies that assemble watches using movements made by third parties
 * Category:Watchmakers (people): Individuals who manufacture or service watches or watch movements
 * Category:Watch technicians: Individuals whose skills are relegated to performing simple, non-invasive maintenance on watches, especially if they do not have the skills to completely overhaul a movement (correcting all identified defects, replacing worn parts, manufacturing a part if required), dial, case, pressure test and quality control a watch
 * Category:Clockmakers: Clockmakers are a distinctly different field than watchmakers. There is sometimes confusion because many non-English languages have only one term for both fields, such as e.g. German which uses the term 'Uhrmacher' for both.

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User talk:Theiloth

Hello and welcome to Wikipedia! Hope you like it here, and stick around.

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 * Eventually, you might want to read the Manual of Style and Policies and Guidelines.
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 * Explore, be bold in editing pages, and, most importantly, have fun!

Good luck! Thanks for experimenting with Wikipedia. Your test worked, and has now been removed. Please use Sandbox for any other tests you want to do, since testing material in articles will normally be removed quickly. Please see the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia. Thanks. Maximus Rex 18:36, 27 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Hi, the recent edit you made to Lawrenceville School has been reverted, as it appears to be unconstructive. Use the sandbox for testing; if you believe the edit was constructive, ensure that you provide an informative edit summary. You may also wish to read the introduction to editing. Thanks – Gurch 01:59, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of Fallon Anderson
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Scaly-sided merganser

The scaly-sided merganser or Chinese merganser (Mergus squamatus) is an endangered typical merganser (genus Mergus). It lives in Manchuria and extreme Southeast Siberia, breeding in the north and wintering in the south.

Description
This striking sea duck has a thin red bill and a scaled dark pattern on the flanks and rump. Both sexes have a crest of wispy elongated feathers, reaching almost to the shoulders in adult males and being fairly short in females and immatures. The adult male has a black head and neck, white breast and underparts, and blackish mantle and wings, except for the white innerwings. The scaling is also black, while the tail is medium grey. The female has a buffish head and otherwise replaces the male's black with grey colour. The legs are orange-red and the irides dark brown in both sexes.

Ecology
Their breeding habitat is rivers in primary forest in the southeastern Russian Far East, perhaps in North Korea, and in two locations Changbai Mountains and small isolated location in Lesser Xingan Mtns. in northeastern China. The bulk of the species' population breed in Russian Far East (85%) and Changbaishan both in China and DPRK M. squamatus are migratory, wintering in central and southern China, with small numbers in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, northern Vietnam, Myanmar and Thailand. They arrive on the breeding grounds as soon as winter is over, in March, and leave when the first cold nights come in mid November.

This shy and easily startled bird favors mid-sized rivers which meander through wide expanses of mixed forest in the mountains, up to 1,000 meters ASL or less. Birds tend to move upriver during the day, both when startled and when foraging; the latter is probably because stirred-up sediments will alert and hide prey downstream. Food is caught with the serrated beak from among the riverbed gravel. Often the birds dive for prey, repeatedly submerging for a quarter-to half-minute with only a few seconds pause between dives. In shallow water, the birds submerge only the head; they do not upend. The birds are not very social during breeding period and they gather in small groups in autumn and winter. Even on the wintering grounds, groups of more than a dozen are very rare.

They spend most of the daylight time foraging, except around noon when they take some time to rest, preen and socialize at the river banks, where they also sleep. The food of M. squamatus consists of aquatic arthropods, frogs and small to medium-sized fish. Stonefly (Plecoptera) and Phryganeidae giant caddisfly larvae may constitute the bulk of its diet when available. Beetles and crustaceans are eaten less regularly, though the latter may be more important in autumn. As aquatic insect larvae hatch in the course of the summer, fish become more prominent in the diet. Favorite fish species include the dojo loach (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus) and the lenok Brachymystax lenok. More rarely eaten are such species as the lamprey Eudontomyzon morii, the sculpin Mesocottus haitej, or the Arctic grayling (Thymallus arcticus). Thus, they are opportunistic feeders; regarding fish, they will probably eat any species that has the correct elongated shape and small size.

Scaly-sided mergansers nest in trees, as typical for the merganser and goldeneye lineage of sea ducks. Preferred nesting trees are such species as daimyo oak (Quercus dentata, ), Chozenia, Linden and Ussuri poplar (Populus ussuriensis, 大青杨; a balsam poplar). Easy breed in artificial nest boxes on the rivers with destroyed forests on banks.

They are sympatric with Mandarin ducks (Aix galericulata); perhaps competing for nesting holes (which neither can excavate themselves). In its winter quarters, the scaly-sided merganser might compete with other Merginae with which it shares its habitat then, e.g. common mergansers (M. merganser) and common goldeneyes (Bucephala clangula).

Status
This species is considered endangered by the IUCN. Its numbers declined in the 1960s and 1970s due to loss of primary forests in its limited range, particularly along the major rivers in Russia. Current threats include illegal hunting, entanglement in (ghost) fishing nets and river pollution, as well as ongoing destruction of forest. According to its current IUCN classification EN C2a(ii), fewer than 5000 adult and first and second year old birds remain, and most of these are found in Primorye and South Khabarovsk regions of Russia (85%)

World population survey was completed in 2014 both in Russia and China, the number for North Korea was estimated without survey there. Surveys on dispersal wintering grounds are useless and the way to estimate world population is to survey pristine rivers within breeding range. Rivers of Central China, primarily tributaries of Yangtze River, and all rivers of South Korea constitutes the wintering area well known nowadays. Habitat loss in China led to breeding range reduction and fragmentation there. In Russia population seems to stabilize in 1900th and until now.

Threats and conservation measures
Winter ecology and conservation threats to the scaly-sided merganser were reported in 2012. Threats include sand mining, fishing, riparian vegetation destruction, habitat fragmentation, and water pollution. Recommended conservation measures include provision of artificial nest boxes, informing local residents of the merganser's status, fishing regulation, protection of critical habitat, controlling recreation on breeding rivers and the raising of domestic ducks in areas where the mergansers winter, management of hydrology in ways that protect and benefit the merganser, and annual population surveys at key breeding rivers.

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Richard Beckinsale

Richard Arthur Beckinsale (6 July 1947 – 19 March 1979) was an English actor. He played Lennie Godber in the BBC sitcom Porridge (along with its sequel series Going Straight) and Alan Moore in the ITV sitcom Rising Damp. He is the father of actresses Samantha and Kate Beckinsale.

Early life
Beckinsale was born in Carlton, Nottinghamshire, the youngest of three children, to an Anglo-Burmese father, Arthur John Beckinsale, and an English mother, Maggie Barlow. Beckinsale stated in 1977 that he may have been a distant relative of the actor Charles Laughton.

While attending College House Junior School in Chilwell, Beckinsale appeared in his first of many school plays, playing Dopey in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. As a teenager at Alderman White Secondary Modern School, he played the lead in Tobias and the Angel and also appeared as Hsieh Ping-Kuei in Lady Precious Stream, which earned him a positive review in the Nottingham Evening Post. Beckinsale left school at 15 with ambitions to become a professional actor but he was still too young to go to drama school. He spent a year working in numerous manual labour jobs, including spells as an upholsterer's apprentice, a pipe inspector, and an assistant in a grocery business.

At 16, Beckinsale enrolled at Nottingham College, Clarendon, taking the drama teacher's training programme and spent the next two years there, until he was old enough to apply to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. After failing his first audition for RADA, Beckinsale was accepted on his second attempt, becoming just one of 31 successful applicants from a total of more than 12,500. While at RADA, Beckinsale won a prize for comedy.

After graduating in 1968, he moved to Crewe to begin in repertory theatre. He also appeared in various other repertory productions around the country, including Hull, Leeds, London and Colchester. While at Crewe, Beckinsale played such roles as the Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz, Sir Andrew Aguecheek in Twelfth Night, and the title role in Shakespeare's Hamlet. Following his stint in 1969 playing Hamlet, Beckinsale took a brief hiatus from acting and worked at a bottle factory, before returning to acting soon after.

First television appearances
Beckinsale made his television debut in 1969 as a police officer in Coronation Street, in which he had to arrest veteran character Ena Sharples. He later had a small role in a 1970 episode of A Family at War, playing a young soldier.

The Lovers
After being recommended by several other actors for the part, Beckinsale landed his first starring role as Geoffrey in the sitcom The Lovers (1970–71), opposite fellow newcomer Paula Wilcox. The show put both leading performers in the eye of the public and a film version was made in 1973 with both Beckinsale and Wilcox reprising their roles.

Porridge
From 1974 to 1977, Beckinsale starred as prison inmate Lennie Godber alongside Ronnie Barker in the hit BBC sitcom Porridge. Beckinsale expressed relief at landing the role, owing to his concern about being typecast as Geoffrey from The Lovers. Barker had suggested actor Paul Henry for the role of Godber, owing to Henry’s being from Birmingham (as Godber was meant to be), but director Sydney Lotterby chose Beckinsale instead. Beckinsale initially played Godber with a Birmingham accent, but this was eventually abandoned. Actor Brian Glover, who played the character Cyril Heslop on Porridge, stated that Heslop's line "I read a book once; green it was" from the first episode, New Faces, Old Hands, was actually Beckinsale's idea.

Rising Damp
While appearing in Porridge on the BBC, Beckinsale simultaneously starred as naive medical student Alan Moore in the ITV sitcom Rising Damp also from 1974 to 1977. Beckinsale was the only member of the cast not to have appeared in The Banana Box, the play on which Rising Damp was based. Writer Eric Chappell stated: "Although not the oldest, he was the most experienced sitcom actor of the quartet, having already appeared in The Lovers and Porridge. This allowed him to be something of a calming influence on the show – a calming influence that was often needed." Beckinsale had previously worked with Leonard Rossiter in the 1974 Johnny Speight drama If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have To Invent Them. Because of a scheduling conflict with the musical I Love My Wife, in which he was starring, Beckinsale was unable to appear in the fourth series of Rising Damp.

Going Straight
In 1977, Porridge was brought to an end with his character of Godber being released from his prison sentence in the final episode. He subsequently starred alongside Barker in Going Straight (1978), a spin-off of Porridge in which the two criminal characters are seen on the outside rebuilding their lives. Tentative plans for further episodes of the spin-off were shelved due to Beckinsale's death in 1979.

Bloomers
Beckinsale starred in his final television comedy, Bloomers, the five completed episodes of which eventually aired in September and October 1979 on BBC 2. He played Stan, an out-of-work actor who takes a job as a partner at a flower shop. This was the first sitcom of Beckinsale's in which he had the leading role.

Other work
In between series one and two of The Lovers Beckinsale starred in an ITV children's show titled Elephant's Eggs in a Rhubarb Tree. The show featured jokes, poetry, and music.

He had the lead role of a young detective in the 1971 Armchair Theatre episode Detective Waiting.

Beckinsale appeared in the films Rentadick (1972) and Three for All (1975) and made appearances in several other television series such as the Stephen Frears-directed ITV Playhouse episode "Last Summer" in 1977.

Throughout his TV series run, Beckinsale also did a 19-month run in the West End play Funny Peculiar, for which he was nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award for "Actor of the Year in a New Play" and "Comedy Performance of the Year." He later did a six-month run in the London debut of the Cy Coleman and Michael Stewart musical I Love My Wife.

Shortly after his 30th birthday, Beckinsale was the subject of an episode of This Is Your Life. Ronnie Barker and Fulton MacKay of Porridge, Leonard Rossiter and Don Warrington of Rising Damp, and Paula Wilcox of The Lovers all gave tributes during the show.

In 1977, he starred in a radio comedy series called Albert and Me with Pat Coombs and John Comer. He also appeared in an advertisement for Asda which aired in 1978 and early 1979. Beckinsale appeared in the film version of Porridge released in 1979. It was to be his last and only completed work of the year.

In October 1980, Frederick Muller Ltd. posthumously published a volume of Beckinsale's poetry entitled "With Love" (ISBN 0-584-10387-5).

Personal life
Beckinsale was married twice. In 1965, he married his pregnant girlfriend, a local Nottingham woman named Margaret Bradley, whom he had met in 1964 while singing at a folk club. Their daughter, actress Samantha Beckinsale, was born on 23 July 1966. When Beckinsale was accepted into RADA, they moved to London. Beckinsale became immersed in student life and he and his wife grew apart. They separated in 1968 when Margaret took Samantha back to live in Nottingham and Beckinsale left London to work in repertory in Crewe. They divorced in 1971 and Beckinsale did not see his daughter for years. Margaret later remarried and her new husband raised Samantha as his daughter. Samantha was unaware that her biological father was Richard Beckinsale until she was 11. Beckinsale and Samantha reconnected soon after and spent time together, before his death in 1979.

Beckinsale met actress Judy Loe in 1968 at Crewe repertory. They soon began dating and lived together for years. Their daughter, actress Kate Beckinsale, was born on 26 July 1973. They finally married in 1977, prior to Kate starting nursery school.

Beckinsale enjoyed playing the guitar and singing, and he performed in folk clubs in Nottingham as a teenager. He also enjoyed playing football and often played in charity matches with the Entertainers XI team. He was a fan of Manchester United football team.

Beckinsale stated that towards the end of his 19th-month run with the play Funny Peculiar, he took Valium and had several instances of having to start the play over again, due to overwork and mental strain. Beckinsale's widow, Loe, stated that he suffered from occasional panic attacks.

Because of his good looks and his being on television so often, he received a large amount of fan mail, particularly from women. Although Beckinsale was pleased with the success of the sitcoms he starred in, he expressed a desire to play more serious roles as he got older.

Death
Beckinsale worked on the BBC sitcom Bloomers, five episodes of which were filmed prior to Christmas 1978. According to his Bloomers co-star Anna Calder-Marshall, during the recording of the first episode, he told her he had suffered some kind of black-out, and had some dizzy spells. This concerned him enough to make an appointment to see a doctor, but the doctor could not find anything wrong apart from an overactive stomach lining, and slightly high cholesterol. As filming on the series progressed, Beckinsale appeared increasingly tired, and "greyer and greyer", according to co-star David Swift. Because of an industrial dispute at the BBC in late December 1978, the filming of the sixth episode of Bloomers had to be postponed until March.

In January 1979, for an insurance policy for a film, Beckinsale passed a full medical examination in which his heart, lungs, breathing, and blood pressure were checked. He spent January and February working on the Porridge film and then prepared to start work on the film Bloody Kids in March.

A week before he died, Beckinsale complained to his wife Judy Loe of feeling unwell and said he was unable to take her to hospital. At the time, they both put it down to nerves; she was due to have an operation to increase the couple's chances of having another child. Loe underwent the operation on Wednesday 14 March and while she remained in the hospital recuperating, Beckinsale continued to work on Bloody Kids and resumed work on the sixth episode of Bloomers, commuting between London by day and Southend-on-Sea by night.

On the evening of Saturday 17 March, he attended a farewell party for The Two Ronnies, who were about to leave for Australia. According to David Jason, who was at the party, Beckinsale left the party at around 11:30, in order to attend another friend's party. Jo Apted, wife of The Lovers director Michael Apted, stated that Beckinsale attended a party at her house on Saturday night and felt unwell the next day. On Sunday 18 March, he worked on Bloomers and gave Anna Calder-Marshall a lift home afterwards. To her surprise, he began to talk about his fear of dying, and of being alone in the house. He then took his five-year-old daughter Kate to visit Loe in hospital. Upon leaving the hospital, Beckinsale dropped his daughter off with relatives to spend the night. Afterwards, he returned to his house in Sunningdale, Berkshire. At some point that day, he called his older daughter Samantha, and made plans to spend some time with her the following weekend. Before going to bed, he telephoned a couple of friends and during the conversation, he repeated that he had been feeling unwell, and also said that he had some pain in his chest and arms. He seemed in good humour though, and made a joke out of it.

When he did not arrive at the rehearsal for the sixth and final episode of Bloomers the next morning, a member of the production team rang his house, and the phone was answered by family friend Rosana Bradley, who had been staying at the house to help take care of Kate, but who had not been there the previous night. She said Beckinsale was still sleeping, and she left the phone to wake him up. When she returned, she said that she was unable to wake him, and was advised to call a doctor. Shortly after, it was confirmed that he had died during the night, of what appeared to be a massive heart attack.

The post-mortem examination revealed that he had coronary artery disease, which caused the heart attack. Beckinsale had expressed worries about his cholesterol to friend Stephen Frears over dinner just days earlier, but he seemed healthy and fit and had no cardiac problems in his medical records. According to Frears, Beckinsale's high cholesterol may have been a factor in his early death.

Beckinsale's death was met with great shock. Rising Damp co-star Frances de la Tour stated: "It is such a shock that someone as young and obviously fit as him should die so suddenly. The last time I saw him he had given up smoking, not that he smoked very much, anyway. He was always concerned about keeping fit and we used to tease him about it. He used to play a lot of charity football, but the terrible thing is that he was a family man. I am most distressed for his family." The Lovers creator Jack Rosenthal stated: "He must have had one of the biggest futures any actor could hope for. He was a very honest boy and he had that same quality in his acting."

Beckinsale was cremated during a private service in Bracknell, Berkshire and his remains were then taken to Mortlake Crematorium. Although Beckinsale left more than £65,000 in his will, only approximately £18,000 was left after taxes and other costs. On 19 April 1979, one month after his death, more than 300 people attended a memorial service at the actors' church St Paul's in Covent Garden. Leonard Rossiter, Fulton MacKay, Richard Briers, and Porridge writers Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais gave tributes during the service. La Frenais stated: "I was always amazed by Richard's talent. I'm convinced he would have become an international actor." Briers said: "The character of Lennie Godber had a kind of innocence which was a danger but also a kind of protection against prison life. Richard had a similar innocence. It made him vulnerable but he was never one for upstaging, scene-stealing and the kind of action which substituted technique for truth. Richard made us laugh and also charmed us. He was an effortless charmer." Beckinsale's widow, Judy, stated: "It was a celebration, not a memorial service." A memorial plaque was later placed in the church in Beckinsale's honour.

Unfinished work
At the time of his death, Beckinsale had almost completed the BBC sitcom Bloomers. Writer James Saunders's original script reveals that Beckinsale was due to attend the sixth and last rehearsal for the final episode of the series on the day he died, with the show to be recorded the following day. The five completed Bloomers episodes were aired later in the year.

Plans had been drawn up to make a film version of Rising Damp and ultimately the film was made in 1980. Christopher Strauli was recruited to replace Beckinsale, playing a different character.

He was also in the middle of making a television film, Bloody Kids, which then had to be re-cast. This role marked a change in direction for Beckinsale, playing a hard-nosed detective character in contrast to the naive characters he had played before. Although Beckinsale does not noticeably appear in the film, director Stephen Frears stated that there are a small number of scenes in which Beckinsale is just off camera, as well as a scene in which he is in a car, although indistinguishable to the viewer. Some of the footage of Beckinsale, which could not be included in the film, was shown during the 2000 ITV tribute, The Unforgettable Richard Beckinsale, as well as the 2016 ITV3 documentary, Rising Damp Forever. One scene showed Beckinsale questioning a character in the film with a tough stance, and looking quite different than his usual appearance with much shorter cropped hair.

Legacy and tributes
Three days after Beckinsale's death, Going Straight won a BAFTA award. A clearly shaken and upset Ronnie Barker delivered a brief acceptance speech in tribute to his co-star. Beckinsale holds the distinction of having starred in three different sitcoms, each of which won the BAFTA for Best Situation Comedy, in three successive years: Porridge in 1977, Rising Damp in 1978, and Going Straight in 1979.

When Beckinsale's book of poetry, With Love was published in 1980, Judy Loe, Ronnie Barker, and Richard Briers appeared on The Russell Harty Show to talk about the book and recite some of the poetry.

In 2000, 21 years after his death, a documentary was broadcast on ITV in tribute, called The Unforgettable Richard Beckinsale. It featured interviews with his widow, the actress Judy Loe, as well as his father, sister, closest school friend and two daughters. Also contributing were his co-stars, Ronnie Barker of Porridge and Don Warrington of Rising Damp. Barker, remembering Beckinsale's premature death, said: "He was so loved. He hadn't done much but he was so loved that there was a universal sort of grief that went on."

In the 2006 film Venus, during a scene inside the actors' church, St Paul's, Peter O'Toole's character, an aging actor, points out Beckinsale's plaque, as an example of an actor who died in his prime.

In 2007, Alan Davies nominated Beckinsale as his chosen subject for the BBC Radio 4 series Great Lives. Judy Loe and Stephen Frears participated in the discussion of Beckinsale's life and career.

A biography of Beckinsale, titled The Richard Beckinsale Story was published in 2008 by author David Clayton. It featured interviews with family, friends, and co-workers of Beckinsale's.

In 2013, a blue plaque in Beckinsale's memory was unveiled at his former school, College House Junior School in Chilwell. Kate Beckinsale, Judy Loe, David Walliams, and Michael Sheen attended the ceremony.

UK Gold aired a three-part documentary in 2014 called Porridge: Inside Out, in celebration of Porridge's 40th anniversary. During this series, there was a memorial segment dedicated to Beckinsale, in which Judy Loe and Kate Beckinsale took part.

ITV3 aired a two-part documentary in 2016 called Rising Damp Forever which looked back at the making of Rising Damp. There was a memorial segment for Beckinsale during the series in which his daughters, Samantha and Kate took part.

In 2018, as part of an art project in Beckinsale's former hometown of Beeston, a mural of him was commissioned by the town council and painted by the French street artist, Zabou.

Rising Damp co-star Frances de la Tour said of Beckinsale's acting ability: "Richard was a brilliant young actor as so many have testified. His comedy was based on the truth. That is what people mean by 'timing.' So we believed him at all times.  There is no greater testament. Ronnie Barker was similar, which is why they worked so well and movingly together."

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New World ROM

New World ROM computers are Macintosh models that do not use a Macintosh Toolbox ROM on the logic board. Due to Mac OS X not requiring the availability of the Toolbox, this allowed ROM sizes to shrink dramatically (typically from 4 MB to 1 MB), and facilitated the use of flash memory for system firmware instead of the now more expensive and less flexible Mask ROM that most previous Macs used. A facility for loading the Toolbox from the startup device was, however, made available, allowing the use of Mac OS 8 and Mac OS 9 on New World machines.

The New World architecture was developed for the Macintosh Network Computer, an unrealized project that eventually contributed several key technologies to the first-generation iMac.

All PowerPC Macs from the iMac, the iBook, the Blue and White Power Mac G3 and the Bronze Keyboard (Lombard) PowerBook G3 forward are New World ROM machines, while all previous models (including the Beige Power Mac G3 and all other beige and platinum Macs) are Old World ROM machines. Intel based Macs are incapable of running Mac OS 9 (or, indeed, any version of Mac OS X prior to Tiger), and on these machines EFI is used instead of Open Firmware, which both New World and Old World machines are based on.

New World ROM Macs are the first Macs where direct usage of the Open Firmware (OF) subsystem is encouraged. Previous PCI Power Macs used Open Firmware for booting, but the implementation was not complete; in these machines OF was only expected to probe PCI devices, then immediately hand control over to the Mac OS ROM. Because of this, versions 1.0.5 and 2.x had several serious bugs, as well as missing functionality (such as being able to load files from a HFS partition or a TFTP server). Apple also set the default input and output devices to ttya (the modem port on beige Macs), which made it difficult for normal users to get to Open Firmware; to do so it was necessary to either hook up a terminal, or change the Open Firmware settings from inside Mac OS using a tool such as Boot Variables or Apple's System Disk.

The New World ROM introduced a much-improved version of the Open Firmware interpreter, version 3.0, which added many missing features, fixed most of the bugs from earlier versions, and had the capability to run CHRP boot scripts. The Toolbox ROM was embedded inside a CHRP script in the System Folder called "Mac OS ROM", along with a short loader stub and a copy of the Happy Mac icon suitable for display from Open Firmware. Once the ROM was loaded from disk, the Mac boot sequence continued as usual. As before, Open Firmware could also run a binary boot loader, and version 3.0 added support for ELF objects as well as the XCOFF files versions 1.0.5 and 2.0 supported. Also, version 3.0 (as well as some of the last releases of version 2.x, starting with the PowerBook 3400) officially supported direct access to the Open Firmware command prompt from the console (by setting the auto-boot? variable to false from Mac OS, or by holding down --- at boot).

One major difference between Old World ROM Macs and New World ROM Macs, at least in Classic Mac OS, is that the Gestalt selector for the machine type is no longer usable; all New World ROM Macs use the same mach ID, 406 decimal, and the actual machine ID is encoded in the "model" and "compatible" properties of the root node of the Open Firmware device tree. The New World ROM also sets the "compatible" property of the root node to "MacRISC2" (machines that can boot Classic Mac OS using "Mac OS ROM") or "MacRISC3" (machines that can only boot Mac OS X or another Unix-like system).

It is somewhat easier to boot a non-Mac-OS operating system on a New World system, and indeed OpenBSD's bootloader only works on a New World system.

The simplest way to distinguish a New World ROM Mac is that it will have a factory built-in USB port. No Old World ROM Mac had a USB port as factory equipment; instead, they used ADB for keyboard and mouse, and mini-DIN-8 "modem" and "printer" serial ports for other peripherals. Also, New World ROM Macs generally do not have a built-in floppy drive.

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