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Who's Who

Who's Who (or Who is Who) is the title of a number of reference publications, generally containing concise biographical information on the prominent people of a country. The title has been adopted as an expression meaning a group of notable persons. The oldest and best-known is the annual publication Who's Who, a reference work on contemporary prominent people in Britain published annually since 1849.

Notable examples by country

 * Who's Who, the oldest listing of prominent British people since 1849; people who have died since 1897 are listed in Who Was Who.
 * Cambridge Who's Who (also known as Worldwide Who's Who), a vanity publisher based in Uniondale, New York.
 * Marquis Who's Who, a series of books published since 1899 by Marquis, primarily listing prominent American people, but including Who's Who in the World.
 * Who's Who in New Zealand, twelve editions published at irregular intervals between 1908 and 1991
 * Canadian Who's Who, a listing of prominent Canadians since 1910
 * Who's Who in Switzerland, published from 1953 to 1996 and then Swiss Who's Who, a listing of prominent Swiss or leading figures living in Switzerland since 2015
 * Who's Who in Australia, a listing of prominent Australians since 1923
 * Who's Who in France, a listing of prominent French or people living in France since 1953
 * Who's Who in Scotland, a listing of prominent Scots since 1986
 * Who's Who, by Metron Publications, a listing of prominent Greeks since 1992
 * Who's Who of Southern Africa, published in paper form until 2007 when it was replaced by a website

Non-English publications
Some Who's Who books have a title in the language of the country concerned:
 * Croatian: Tko je tko u Hrvatskoj, bilingual edition (1993)
 * Danish: Kraks Blå Bog (since 1910) annually
 * Finnish: Kuka kukin on (since 1909) at first irregularly, every fourth year since 1970
 * German: Wer ist's? (1905–1935) and  (since 1951) almost annually
 * German: for East Germany:
 * Japanese: Nihon Tarento Meikan (Talent Who's Who in Japan), a listing of Japanese celebrities, or tarentos, since 1970
 * Lithuanian: Who's Who in Lithuania (Who's Who in Lithuania), a listing of prominent Lithuanians and business companies since 1995.
 * Norwegian: Hvem er Hvem? (since 1912) 14 editions in the 20th century
 * Serbian: Koje ko u Serbiji, (1991), previously Koje ko u Jugoslaviji
 * Swedish: Vem är det (since 1912) every second year

Specialised publications

 * International Who's Who by Europa Publications, a Taylor and Francis imprint
 * Who's Who Among American High School Students listing what it deems to be American high school and college students who particularly excel in the realm of academic achievement. The publishing company closed in 2007.
 * Who's Who in American Art, a listing of prominent American artists
 * Who's Who in British History
 * Who's Who in the CIA, a book published in East Berlin in 1968 with the assistance of the KGB and the HVA purporting to reveal the identities of thousands of CIA officers.
 * Who's Who in the DC Universe a listing of DC Comics characters
 * Who's Who in the Theatre, published in Britain and the US from 1912 to 1982

Other publications and scams
The title "Who's Who" is in the public domain, and thousands of Who's Who compilations of varying scope and quality (and similar publications without the words "Who's Who") have been published by various authors and publishers. Some publications have been described as scams; they list any people likely to buy the book, or to pay for inclusion, with no criterion of genuine notability. They may offer vanity awards or expensive trophies.

One example was the Who's Who Among American High School Students which was criticized for questionable nomination practices as well as whether the listing's entries are fact-checked and accurate. According to the admissions vice president of Hamline University, "It's honestly something that an admissions officer typically wouldn't consider or wouldn't play into an admissions decision," adding that "Who's Who... is just trying to sell books".

Who's Who publications are not all of questionable value, but publishers that select truly notable people and provide trustworthy information on them are hard to identify. A & C Black's Who's Who is the canonical example of a legitimate Who's Who reference work, being the first to use the name and establish the approach in print, publishing annually since 1849. However, the longevity of a publication is not in itself a guarantee. In 1999 Tucker Carlson said in Forbes magazine that Marquis Who's Who, founded in 1898 but no longer an independent company, had adopted practices of address harvesting as a revenue stream, undermining its claim to legitimacy as a reference work listing people of merit. A 2005 New York Times article observed that the entries in Marquis Who's Who were "not uniformly fact-checked".

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Advert for some magazine's chat forum. Delete this plus the redirect Metal hammer forums. Lupo 22:10, 25 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * dunno whether it is intended as an ad, or just some ardent user's enthusiastic description. Whatever - YAIF - Yet Another Internet Forum. Ianb 23:34, 25 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * Damned forum vanity. Delete. -- Cyrius|✎ 00:44, 26 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete: Someone's hobby enthusiasm. Geogre 03:18, 26 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * Ok, from now on if Alexa traffic goes over 50,000 (this one is almost four times that), I'm not even listing it. Is there a way to search the database for all mentions of the word "forum?"  Delete.  SWAdair | Talk  04:20, 26 Jul 2004 (UTC)

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List of 1996 Canadian incumbents

Crown

 * Head of State – Queen Elizabeth II

Federal government

 * Governor General – Roméo LeBlanc

Cabinet

 * Prime Minister – Jean Chrétien
 * Deputy Prime Minister – Sheila Copps
 * Minister of Finance – Paul Martin
 * Minister of Foreign Affairs – André Ouellet then Lloyd Axworthy
 * Minister of National Defence – David Collenette then Doug Young
 * Minister of Health – Diane Marleau then David Dingwall
 * Minister of Industry – John Manley
 * Minister of Heritage – Sheila Copps (position was only created on July 12 of 1996)
 * Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs – Marcel Massé then Stéphane Dion
 * Minister of the Environment – Sheila Copps then Sergio Marchi
 * Minister of Justice – Allan Rock
 * Minister of Transport – Doug Young then David Anderson
 * Minister of Communications – Michel Dupuy then Sheila Copps (position merged into that of Heritage Minister on July 11, 1996)
 * Minister of Citizenship and Immigration – Sergio Marchi then Lucienne Robillard
 * Minister of Fisheries and Oceans – Brian Tobin then Fred Mifflin
 * Minister of Agriculture – Ralph Goodale
 * Minister of Public Works and Government Services – Diane Marleau (position created on July 12.)
 * Minister of Employment and Immigration – Lloyd Axworthy then Doug Young then Pierre Pettigrew (position was renamed Minister of Human Resources Development on July 11)
 * Minister of Natural Resources – Anne McLellan
 * Minister of Public Works – David Dingwall then Diane Marleau (position discontinued on July 11)
 * Minister of Supply and Services – David Dingwall then Diane Marleau (position discontinued on July 11)

Members of Parliament
See: 35th Canadian parliament

Party leaders

 * Liberal Party of Canada – Jean Chrétien
 * Bloc Québécois – Lucien Bouchard then Gilles Duceppe (interim) then Michel Gauthier
 * New Democratic Party- Alexa McDonough
 * Progressive Conservative Party of Canada – Jean Charest
 * Reform Party of Canada – Preston Manning

Supreme Court Justices

 * Chief Justice: Antonio Lamer
 * Beverley McLachlin
 * Frank Iacobucci
 * John C. Major
 * Gérard V. La Forest
 * John Sopinka
 * Peter deCarteret Cory
 * Claire L'Heureux-Dubé
 * Charles D. Gonthier

Other

 * Speaker of the House of Commons – Gilbert Parent
 * Governor of the Bank of Canada – Gordon Thiessen
 * Chief of the Defence Staff – General Jean Boyle then Vice-Admiral Larry Murray

Premiers

 * Premier of Alberta – Ralph Klein
 * Premier of British Columbia – Mike Harcourt then Glen Clark
 * Premier of Manitoba – Gary Filmon
 * Premier of New Brunswick – Frank McKenna
 * Premier of Newfoundland – Clyde Wells then Brian Tobin
 * Premier of Nova Scotia – John Savage
 * Premier of Ontario – Mike Harris
 * Premier of Prince Edward Island – Catherine Callbeck then Keith Milligan then Pat Binns
 * Premier of Quebec – Jacques Parizeau then Lucien Bouchard
 * Premier of Saskatchewan – Roy Romanow
 * Premier of the Northwest Territories – Don Morin
 * Premier of Yukon – John Ostashek then Piers McDonald

Lieutenant-governors

 * Lieutenant-Governor of Alberta – Gordon Towers then Bud Olson
 * Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia – Garde Gardom
 * Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba – Yvon Dumont
 * Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick – Margaret Norrie McCain
 * Lieutenant-Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador – Frederick Russell
 * Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia – James Kinley
 * Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario – Hal Jackman
 * Lieutenant-Governor of Prince Edward Island – Gilbert Clements
 * Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec – Martial Asselin then Jean-Louis Roux
 * Lieutenant-Governor of Saskatchewan – Jack Wiebe

Mayors

 * Toronto – Barbara Hall
 * Montreal – Pierre Bourque
 * Vancouver – Philip Owen
 * Ottawa – Jacquelin Holzman

Religious leaders

 * Roman Catholic Bishop of Quebec – Archbishop Maurice Couture
 * Roman Catholic Bishop of Montreal – Cardinal Archbishop Jean-Claude Turcotte
 * Roman Catholic Bishops of London – Bishop John Michael Sherlock
 * Moderator of the United Church of Canada – Marion Best

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Kukrit Pramoj

Mom Rajawongse Kukrit Pramoj (คึกฤทธิ์ ปราโมช,, ; 20 April 1911 – 9 October 1995) was a Thai politician, author, scholar and professor. He was Speaker of the House of Representatives of Thailand between 1973 and 1974. He was the thirteenth Prime Minister of Thailand, serving in office from 1975 to 1976 between his brother Seni Pramoj's terms. Being the great-grandson of King Rama II, he was a member of the Thai royal family. He also portrayed the Prime Minister of the fictional country of Sarkhan in the 1963 motion picture The Ugly American with Marlon Brando.

Biography
He was born on 20 April 1911 in Sing Buri Province into a cadet branch of the Chakri Dynasty with Chinese ancestry. The son of Brigadier General Prince Khamrob and his wife Daeng (Bunnag), his older brother was M.R. Seni Pramoj while his great-grandmother, Ampha, was of Chinese descent and was a consort of Rama II. He served as a corporal during the Franco-Thai War in 1940. As was common for members of Thailand's upper classes at the time, he was educated abroad; he attended school in England at Trent College, before reading philosophy, politics, and economics at The Queen's College, Oxford.

Upon returning to Thailand, he began his career in banking, but his true vocation was his mastery of many forms of arts, including politics and journalism. Put off by Hollywood's portrayal of King Mongkut in the 1946 film Anna and the King of Siam (based on the semi-fictional biographical novel of the same name) Kukrit and his brother, Seni Pramoj, wrote The King of Siam Speaks in 1948. They sent their manuscript to the American politician and diplomat Abbot Low Moffat who drew on it for his biography entitled Mongkut the King of Siam (ISBN 974-8298-12-4), and in 1961, donated the Pramoj manuscript to the Southeast Asian Collection, Asian Division, Library of Congress. He wrote for Siam Rath, the newspaper that he founded.

As a means of showing how Thai society adjusted to life in modern society, in 1953 Kukrit began a series of stories on the life and times of fictional Mae Ploy (แม่พลอย). who as a young girl enters the service of a princess of Rama V's Royal Household, and dies the same day as Rama VIII. This story was to be one of many that were published in the Kukrit's Siam Rath. His satirical sense and unique sense of humour offered an incisive view of the times Kukrit chronicled. As a scholar, he also wrote many non-fiction works ranging from history and religion to astrology. Most notable are his epics and many short stories portraying various aspects of life and documenting contemporary history. His Many Lives (หลายชีวิต, Lai Chiwit) was also translated into English. He was a leading authority on traditional Thai culture and had a polymathic range of interests from Thailand's classical dance to literature. Most famous for his literary works, he was named a National Artist of Thailand for literature in 1985, the inaugural year for the honour. And he received The Special Commemorative Prize of The Fukuoka Asian Culture Prizes in 1990, the inaugural year for the prizes again. His works encompass many subjects from humour to drama. He was also known as a staunch royalist and served the monarchy for his entire life. He is considered one of the great statesmen of Thailand. His former home is now a heritage museum which is preserved; paying homage to his life and Thai traditions.

He was married to M.R. Pakpring Thongyai with whom he had two children, a son and daughter. He died on 9 October 1995.

Achievements

 * He established the Social Action Party.
 * M.R. Kukrit founded the Progress Party in 1946 and was elected to the first post-World War II Parliament.
 * Appeared on screen with Marlon Brando in the movie The Ugly American (1963), in which he played Prime Minister Kwen Sai and spoke both Thai and English.
 * As Prime Minister, established diplomatic ties with China in 1975, and supervised the withdrawal of American forces from Thailand after the Vietnam War.
 * Named National Artist in Literature 1985.
 * Received the Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize in 1990.
 * Founded the Khon Thammasat Troupe at Thammasat University, Khon being the highest form of dance drama in Thai classical dramatic arts.

Acting career
When George Englund decided to use Thailand as the location for the fictional country portrayed in his film The Ugly American, Kukrit was appointed as cultural advisor to make sure the film accurately portrayed monarchy in a Buddhist country. Englund had difficulty casting the part of the fictional Prime Minister, but he was so impressed by Kukrit's cultural refinement and mastery of English that he offered him the part, saying, "I can't think of anyone who could play it better." Kukrit accepted, saying, according to Englund, "We are all actors anyway, and I think you're right that I could play it better than anyone." Probably because of this, after he became a real-life Prime Minister of Thailand in 1975, the word "Sarkhan" has entered the Thai language as a nickname of Thailand itself, often with a slight self-deprecating or mocking tone.

M.R. Kukrit Heritage Home
The home that M.R. Kukrit built for himself in Bangkok has been registered by the Department of Fine Arts as 'Home of an Important Person'. It is open to the public on Saturdays, Sundays and official Thai holidays. Standing in 2 acre of land, surrounded by landscaped gardens, the house is a similar concept to the Jim Thompson House in Bangkok. Five small traditional Thai houses were dismantled and reassembled at the present site to make one house. The house is filled with artefacts and books collected by the owner. Additions to the original house include air conditioning, a modern bathroom, and a lift was installed when the owner became too frail to climb up and down stairs. The M.R. Kukrit Heritage Home is situated at 19 Soi Phra Pinit, South Sathorn Road, Sathon District, Bangkok 10120.

Literary career
Kukrit Pramoj is perhaps best known in Thailand for his literary production, particularly his novel Four Reigns, which was published as a serial in his newspaper Siam Rat in 1950. Four Reigns tells the story of "Mae Ploi," a young girl who grew up in the court of King Chulalongkorn (Rama V) where she was an attendant to one of the princesses. Kukrit extends her story after her marriage during the reign of Rama VI, and in the process tells the story of mid-twentieth century Thailand through Mae Ploi's eyes. The story includes the reigns of four Kings of the Chakri dynasty (thus the title "Four Reigns"), and the 1932 Revolution against the absolute monarchy. Four Reigns was translated into English by Tulachandra. The Thai version of Four Reigns continues to be well known to Thais in the twenty-first century because it has been used in Thai schools, and has been produced as a well-known films.

Only two other of Kukrit's many novels, Many Lives, and Red Bamboo are translated into English. In addition, there is a compilation of a few of Kukrit's English language writings and interviews, M. R. Kukrit Pramoj, His Wit and Wisdom, compiled by Vilas Manivat, and edited by Steve Van Beek. However, Kukrit's writings in the Thai language are voluminous, and include both fiction and non-fiction. Much of Kukrit's writing was first published as either columns or serials in the Siam Rat. A number of the books serialized and later turned into books including Four Reigns. A wide range of subjects were addressed in these books, including contemporary politics, Kukrit's love of dogs, Thai history, Southeast Asian history, elephants, a history of the Jews, and many other subjects. A review of his book comparing feudalism in Thailand called sakdina and Britain was recently published in English. Kukrit's essay is called "Farang Sakdina." The article describes Kukrit's views about good governance, monarchy, and democracy in Thailand and Britain.

Novels

 * Sam Kok Chabap Nai Thun (สามก๊กฉบับนายทุน; 1951) ISBN 974-9906-16-0
 * Phai Daeng (ไผ่แดง; 1954) ISBN 974-9906-18-7
 * Based on Giovannino Guareschi's 1950 novel The Little World of Don Camillo. Translated into English as Red Bamboo in 1961
 * Su Si Thai Hao (ซูสีไทเฮา; 1957) ISBN 974-9906-15-2
 * Jew (ยิว; 1967) ISBN 974-9906-22-5
 * Four Reigns (สี่แผ่นดิน) ISBN 974-9906-20-9
 * Translated into English as Four Reigns in 1981 by Tulachandra; ISBN 974-7100-66-5
 * Kawao Thi Bang Phleng (กาเหว่าที่บางเพลง; 1989) ISBN 974-9906-19-5
 * Based on John Wyndham's 1957 science fiction novel The Midwich Cuckoos. Adapted into a film of the same name in 1994.
 * Lai Chiwit (หลายชีวิต) ISBN 974-690-119-2
 * Translated in English as Many Lives in 1996; ISBN 974-7100-67-3
 * Khun Chang Khun Phaen (ขุนช้างขุนแผน; 1989) ISBN 974-690-166-4

Plays

 * Rashomon (ราโชมอน) ISBN 974-9906-33-0
 * Based on Akira Kurosawa's 1950 crime mystery film of the same name.

Collected short stories and essays

 * Phuean Non (เพื่อนนอน; short stories, 1952) ISBN 974-9906-31-4
 * "Mom" (มอม, published individually in 2011) ISBN 9789746908023
 * Sapphehera Khadi (สัพเพเหระคดี) ISBN 974-92321-6-X

Non-fiction

 * Phama Sia Mueang (พม่าเสียเมือง; 1967) ISBN 974-9906-27-6, ISBN 974-690-030-7
 * Huang Mahannop (ห้วงมหรรณพ; 1959) ISBN 974-690-060-9
 * Chak Yipun (ฉากญี่ปุ่น; 1962) ISBN 974-9906-28-4
 * Mueang Maya (เมืองมายา; 1965) ISBN 974-690-352-7
 * Khon Rak Ma (คนรักหมา; 1967) ISBN 974-690-102-8
 * Wai Run (วัยรุ่น; 1980) ISBN 974-9906-32-2
 * Thammakhadi (ธรรมคดี; 1983) ISBN 974-9906-30-6
 * Khrong Kraduk Nai Tu (โครงกระดูกในตู้) ISBN 974-690-131-1
 * Chao Lok (เจ้าโลก) ISBN 974-9906-26-8
 * Kritsadaphinihan An Bot Bang Mi Dai (กฤษฎาภินิหารอันบดบังมิได้) ISBN 974-690-189-3, ISBN 974-9906-35-7
 * Chang Nai Chiwit Khong Phom (ช้างในชีวิตของผม) ISBN 974-690-514-7
 * Phra Phutthasatsana Kap Khuekrit (พระพุทธศาสนากับคึกฤทธิ์) ISBN 974-93364-1-0
 * Kho Khit Rueang Koet Kae Chep Tai (ข้อคิดเรื่อง เกิด แก่ เจ็บ ตาย) ISBN 974-690-382-9
 * Songkhram Phio (สงครามผิว) ISBN 974-9906-25-X
 * Thok Khamen (ถกเขมร) ISBN 974-690-105-2
 * Banthoeng Roeng Rom (บันเทิงเริงรมย์) ISBN 974-9906-29-2
 * Rueang Kham Khan (เรื่องขำขัน) ISBN 974-690-507-4
 * Kep Lek Phasom Noi (เก็บเล็กผสมน้อย) ISBN 974-690-489-2
 * Klai Rok (ไกลโรค) ISBN 974-690-479-5
 * Khon Khong Lok (คนของโลก) ISBN 974-9906-24-1
 * Chom Suan (ชมสวน) ISBN 974-9906-34-9
 * Talat Nat (ตลาดนัด) ISBN 974-690-482-5
 * Tham Haeng Ariya (ธรรมแห่งอริยะ) ISBN 974-690-473-6
 * Nam Phrik (น้ำพริก) ISBN 974-690-483-3
 * Beng Hek Phu Thuk Kluen Thang Pen (เบ้งเฮ็ก ผู้ถูกกลืนทั้งเป็น; 2001 [Revised]) ISBN 974-9906-17-9
 * Arokhaya (อโรคยา) ISBN 974-690-335-7
 * Sappha Sat (สรรพสัตว์) ISBN 974-690-444-2
 * Khon Khong Lok (คนของโลก; 1967) ISBN 974-9906-24-1
 * Farang Sakdina (1957-1958)
 * M. R. Kukrit Pramoj, His Wit and Wisdom (Writings, Speeches, Interviews) 1983. Compiled by Vilas Manivat, Edited by Steve Van Beek.  Editions Duang Kamol.
 * The King of Siam Speaks, by Seni Pramoj and Kukrit Pramoj ISBN 974-8298-12-4
 * Most Thai were shocked by the portrayal of their revered nineteenth-century king, Mongkut, in the musical The King and I. The stage and screen versions were based on Margaret Landon's 1944 book entitled Anna and the King of Siam. To correct the record, well-known Thai intellectuals Seni and Kukrit Pramoj wrote this account in 1948. The Pramoj brothers sent their manuscript to the American politician and diplomat Abbot Low Moffat (1901-1996), who drew on it for his biography entitled Mongkut the King of Siam (1961) ISBN 974-8298-12-4. Moffat donated the Pramoj manuscript to the United States Library of Congress in 1961. (Southeast Asian Collection, Asian Division, Library of Congress)

Translations

 * Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach, translated as Jonathan Livingston Nang Nuan (จอนะธัน ลิวิงสตัน นางนวล; 1973)

National honours

 * 🇹🇭 Thailand :
 * Order of Chula Chom Klao - 1st Class (Thailand) ribbon.svg Knight Grand Cross (First Class) of The Most Illustrious Order of Chula Chom Klao
 * Order of the White Elephant - Special Class (Thailand) ribbon.svg Knight Grand Cordon (Special Class) of The Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant
 * Order of the Crown of Thailand - Special Class (Thailand) ribbon.svg Knight Grand Cordon (Special Class) of The Most Noble Order of the Crown of Thailand
 * Victory Medal - World War II (Thailand) ribbon.svg Victory Medal - Pacific War
 * Freeman Safeguarding Medal - 1st Class (Thailand) ribbon.svg Freeman Safeguarding Medal, 1st Class
 * Dushdi Mala - Civilian (Thailand).svg Dushdi Mala Medal Pin of Arts and Science (Civilian)
 * The Boy Scout Citation Medal - 1st Class (Thailand) ribbon.svg Boy Scout Citation Medal of Vajira, First Class
 * King Rama IX Rajaruchi Medal (Thailand) ribbon.svg King Rama IX Rajaruchi Medal, Gold Medal
 * King Rama IX Royal Cypher Medal (Thailand) ribbon.png King Rama IX Royal Cypher Medal, First Class
 * King Rama IX Coronation Medal (Thailand) ribbon.svg King Rama IX Coronation Medal
 * 25th Buddhist Century Celebration Medal (Thailand) ribbon.svg 25th Buddhist Century Celebration Medal
 * Ribbon bar of Red Cross Medal of Merit (Thailand).svg Red Cross Medal of Merit

Foreign honours

 * 🇩🇰 Denmark :
 * DNK Order of Danebrog Grand Cross BAR.png Grand Cross of the Order of the Dannebrog
 * Francoist Spain :
 * ESP Order of Civil Merit GC.svg Grand Cross of the Order of Civil Merit
 * 🇳🇱 Netherlands :
 * Order of Orange-Nassau ribbon - Knight Grand Cross.svg Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Orange-Nassau
 * 🇵🇭 Philippines :
 * PHI Order of Sikatuna 2003 Grand Collar BAR.svg Grand Collar of the Order of Sikatuna
 * 🇮🇩 Indonesia :
 * Pita (Ribbon) Bintang Republik Indonesia Adipradana.png Star of the Republic of Indonesia, 2nd class
 * 🇲🇽 Mexico :
 * MEX Order of the Aztec Eagle 1Class BAR.png Grand Cross of the Order of the Aztec Eagle
 * 🇵🇹 Portugal :
 * PRT Order of Prince Henry - Grand Cross BAR.svg Grand Cross of the Order of Prince Henry
 * 🇧🇪 Belgium :
 * BEL Kroonorde Grootofficier BAR.svg Grand Officer of the Order of the Crown
 * 🇫🇷 France :
 * Ordre de l'Etoile Noire GO ribbon.svg Grand Officer of the Order of the Black Star
 * 🇱🇺 Luxembourg :
 * [[File:LUX Ordre de Mérite civil et militaire d'Adolphe de Nassau - Grand Officier BAR.svg|70x70px]] Grand Officer of the Order of Adolphe of Nassau
 * 🇮🇹 Italy :
 * Grande ufficiale OMRI BAR.svg Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
 * 🇲🇾 Malaysia:
 * MY Darjah Yang Mulia Pangkuan Negara (Defender of the Realm) - SMN.svg Honorary Grand Commander of the Order of the Defender of the Realm
 * 🇳🇴 Norway :
 * St Olavs Orden kommandør med stjerne stripe.svg Commander with Star of the Order of St. Olav
 * 🇸🇪 Sweden :
 * SWE Royal Order of the Polar Star (1748-1975) - Grand Officer BAR.png Commander 1st Class of the Order of the Polar Star

Academic rank

 * Professor of Thammasat University

Other awards

 * 🇯🇵 Japan: Recipient of the Fukuoka Prize, 1990

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Has there ever been a variant of the SLK called the SLK500? I don't think there has. SamH 22:15, 25 Jul 2004 (UTC)

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Aorere River

The Aorere River is in the Tasman District of the South Island of New Zealand that flows from headwaters in the alpine regions of the Kahurangi National Park. It has a catchment area of 573 km2, representing around 11% of the total area of Kahurangi National Park. The river flows generally northwards for 40 km before draining into Golden Bay at the town of Collingwood. The Heaphy Track's northeastern end is in the upper valley of the Aorere.

Tributaries of the Aorere include the Spey, Boulder, and Slate Rivers.

The heaviest storm in 150 years hit the area on 28 December 2010. Two bridges were swept away, including the historic and recently restored Salisbury Swing Bridge.

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Egon Klepsch

Egon Alfred Klepsch (30 January 1930 – 18 September 2010    ) was a German politician (CDU).

In the years 1963–1969 Klepsch was Federal leader of the Junge Union. In 1965 he worked briefly as an election campaign manager for Ludwig Erhard. In the same year he was elected to the German Bundestag, to which he belonged until 1980.

Since 1964, Klepsch had been active at the European level. From 1973 he was a Member of the European Parliament in parallel to the Bundestag. After the first direct election of the parliament in 1979 Klepsch became chairman of the European People's Party (EPP) parliamentary group. After he had stood in vain in 1982 for the office of President of the European Parliament, he was elected in 1992 with the support of the EPP and Party of European Socialists parliamentary groups. In 1994 he retired from the European Parliament and became an advisor to Deutschen Vermögensberatungs AG.

Foreign honours

 * 🇲🇹 Malta : Honorary Companion of Honour of the National Order of Merit (25 March 1994 )

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Elaboration on the criticisms, please? --Tothebarricades.tk 22:20, 25 Jul 2004 (UTC)

 * I knew nothing about the trial. I read both the Jewish Virtual Library link (which I added) and the scrapbook link, and added the flaws in the trials. Perhaps they need to be expanded a bit and moved to a seperate page, becasue they do not seem to be restricted to just the Malmedy trial.

--Frank.visser 12:34, 26 Jul 2004 (UTC)

also, on why the death penalties were not carried out. ✈ James C. 01:44, 2004 Jul 26 (UTC)

and also a reason for why the right-wing repeatedly brings it up? porge 03:20, 26 Jul 2004 (UTC)

were the non-death sentences carried out? shortened? commuted? Rmhermen 03:38, Jul 26, 2004 (UTC)

They all probably got what they deserved. You don't kill your prisoners. It merely confirmed what we already knew about the discraced SS organization. Nothing more than a bunch of thugs in uniform legitimized by the state. Even though the entire Wehrmacht committed attrocities, the most conducted in the field were by the Waffen SS, The Einsatzgruppen of the TKvB and the Polizie Feld Regiments. All were SS and therefore Nazi Party organizations. They want to get everyone to focus on their being soldiers and not on the fact that they were thugs in uniform who may have fought hard in conbat are now over glorified by a bunch of revisionists and apoligists. The SS was the military arm of the SS and as such got what they deserved. They have been given the equivelent of elite status as the US Marines, The marines however didn't routinely kill its prisoners and round up hapless civilians for deportation to slave labor camps. user: Tomtom 0905, 26 July 2004

 * Look, you don't have to convince me: I am Dutch and as far as I am concerned they could have hung them from the highest tree. If not for the Malmedy Massacre, then for the atrocities on the Eastern front, or indeed the Einsatzgruppen. Most of them actually got released after a few years, IMO a scandalous decision. However, from a NPOV, the trial was highly disputable, and it actually became quite a scandal in the US a few years later, with anti-semitic and anti-communist undertones. Therefore these criticisms should be reported in the article. The article needs to expanded to include this, McCarthy got his first break actually investigating the trial, so it had quite some impact. --Frank.visser 01:48, 27 Jul 2004 (UTC)

 * "The way this tribunal conducted its trials has been critizised, not only by extreme right-wing groups but also in the USA." is a strange sentence. There do exist extreme right-wing groups in the US, so the statement notes nothing special as it is. Did the author mean the US government was critical of the trial? "Guilt was established beforehand" is a tough accusation, violating basic law standards and in direct contrast to other trials like those in Nuremberg. Are there serious sources? And for the claim that witnesses were paid to testify? Get-back-world-respect 14:15, 17 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Linked article
I am not entirely certain what bias is held by the article for the Jewish Virtual Library (I think it's likely the work of several different people, each trying to clean up the last's work); but I am quite certain that it is irremediably biased. We don't need to scream about Hitler and the SS being evil for it to be true, nor do those we source. Unless anyone can offer a compelling reason for keeping, I think it ought to be excised. Wally 19:53, 17 Dec 2004 (UTC)

NPOV
The Wiki article seems to be based on one web page on the net. It needs the input of several more sources to balance it. At the moment the major paragraph is a list of grievances from that article about how unfair the proceeding were. It needs a piece on the case against the accused, the case for the defence, and a piece on the ruling by the judges, preferably with an example of some legal heavy weight stating if it has been used as precidence in any other international case.
 * I was the original author of this article in English. I actually based it on the corresponding German topic .  I did come up with the link you mention on scrapbookpages.com as part of my corroborating web research.  I don't object to any of the other comments about the ways this topic could be improved; I just wanted to be clear about the source of the topic.  Jim DeLaHunt 02:35, 20 July 2005 (PDT)
 * Based on the German Version of the article I reworked the section in question. Funnily enough the German Version war far more NPOV and claimed less then the english one. I coudln't find certain claims made in the English Version in the German one which is why I dropped them completely. If anyone has more information on it, he can be my guest and change it. --Ebralph 10:33, 22 July 2005 (UTC)

The grievances about alleged unfair proceeding should be mentioned but they must be kept in proportion to the rest of the article, because although as the article mentions there are problems with the procedures did they cause an innocent man to be found guilty?

Camparisons with procedures used and the the case presented and against the accused in the Biscari Massacre might be interesting and educational as well. Philip Baird Shearer 16:08, 9 May 2005 (UTC)

 * Much better Philip Baird Shearer 12:10, 22 July 2005 (UTC)

POV Tag
Hi, the article has been reworked and as such, I'll remove the tag in a few days unless someone stills has a bone to pick. --Ebralph 22:09, 31 August 2005 (UTC)

I wonder if any of you have actually read the Senate report and it's conclusions. Aschenauer was a very effective defense lawyer but the Senate's committee couldn't find any proof of torture and coercion. The smokescreen he created did cause the result he wanted as most of the defendants were released shortly afterwards. On Aschenauer: http://lexikon.idgr.de/a/a_s/aschenauer-rudolf/aschenauer-rudolf.php 2468Motorway

Freda Utley
MALMEDY and McCARTHY  Printed in the AMERICAN MERCURY   November 1954 By Freda Utley

Factual accuracy Dispute
Who was the lawyer who defended the defendants? As the article stands now we have two external links who state that it was an american lawyer, and one link to a page in german that states that it was a german. The German page is by the way a page which strives to combat right wing extremists by trying to contradict their assertions. I am not at all confident that it can be counted on to be NPOV. Stor stark7 23:15, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
 * In fact, during the trial, the lawyer who defended the defendants was the American, i.e. Willis Everett. It was also Everett who brought the case before the Supreme Court and the Senate.  During the hearings of the Senate subcommittee, Joseph McCarthy - who, BTW, was not member of the Committee, but was attending its sessions - got information material from Aschenauer, who had been the counsel of one of the defendants in the "Einsatzgruppen" trial.--Lebob-BE 20:00, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

Merge
I don't see any reason why article should be seperate from Malmedy massacre. I think I'm going to merge it into that article in the near future. Raul654 16:14, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Last time I looked, the German wikipedia had separate Malmedy massacre and Malmedy massacre trial articles. I think there's value in the English Wikipedia having a parallel structure with two articles.  Also, if either of these articles included the detail they deserved, they'd be long enough individually and too long if combined.  I think that fleshing out the content will give a bigger return on effort invested than merging the articles. --Jdlh  | Talk 05:38, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

 * I would support a merge.Dduff442 (talk) 11:16, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

just out of memory
I recall the trial was also largely disputed in Belgium and that a government inquiry into the massacre was organised that also came to the conclusion that the trial was at least unfair.

Then a general note. The notion that every SS (or just these SS) should have been shot for belonging to the SS shows plain ignorance of who was in the Waffen SS and how they came to be part of that force. It is also criminally stupid as it goes against all notions of justice, you cannot condemn someone for the crimes of another. That is to say you cannot condemn a 17 year of Waffen SS for the crimes committed by some other Waffen SS of the same unit a few years earlier. Being a member of the Waffen SS does not mean an automatic death sentence is valid. And yes, warcrimes were committed by units of all branches of the German military (I'll include the SS and Waffen SS here, though they were separate). warcrimes were also committed by forces of most other beligerents. All of these have to be seen separately (only blanket exhonerations, as often take place in Germany today, should be condemned).

Oh and lastly it's not just the extreme right or right that criticises the Malmedy trials, though obviously the extreme right tends to abuse the issue.--Caranorn 12:13, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

 * While one can certainly argue about the Malmedy massacre trial and the way it has been carried out, one should not forget that this trial did not only concern the Malmedy massacre as such, but other cold blood killing of American POWs that happened between 17 and 20 December 1944 on the road followed by the "Kampfgruppe Peiper". POWs massacres happened a.o. in Honsfeld, Büllingen, Ligneuville, Stavelot and Stoumont.  The total of POWs killed in total (including Malmedy) was of more than 300.  In the same trial men belonging to the same SS unit were also found guilty of having killed more than 100 civilians (including women and children) in the area of Stavelot.

 * Although being Belgian and leaving in Belgian, I can't remember that the trial has been disputed in Belgium or that a Governement inquiry came to such conclusions. In fact, I could not find any information about this issue. --Lebob-BE 20:00, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

 * I will have to look it up, but I'm pretty sure I read these things in a book (a Heimdal, so not necessarily a good source for anything non-military) about the campaign.--Caranorn 21:40, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

Hey guys, I am playing Johny-come lately as usual but I have this to say:

Not every SS men was a war criminal. It is however utterly ludicrous to believe that the innocent accounted for more than a tiny minority. Peiper couldn't give the "I was drafted and I was young and stupid" defense, because he was 29 and JOINED the SS. He was an Eastern Front veteran, '41-'43. For crying outloud, the Germans were murdering Russian civilians by the MILLIONS during those years, intentionally leaving POWs to die of exposure, executing card-holding communists and Jews captured on the spot.... the list goes on. Peiper is damned lucky that he was treated by the highest standard of civilized conduct that such a man as he could hope for. -Jon C —Preceding unsigned comment added by 125.225.69.153 (talk) 07:52, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

 * If you are waiting for someone to jump to the defense of Peiper, I will not be one of them and many of us feel like justice would have been better served by simply lining the lot of them up in front of a firing squad, myself included. However, on the same vein, I won't excuse sloppy trial work once a trial was in fact decided on.  Historical accuracy is what we are after here an history is a 4 star bitch about being unfair to my desires.  What was put down here seems pretty accurate and Peiper ended up being burned out and killed by less forgiving Frenchmen, I shed no tears. Tirronan (talk) 22:25, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

According to Richard Gallagher(The Malmedy Massacre, pg.128-129)Van Roden denied that he had said that any prisoners had been struck in the testicles, let alone that their testicles had been permanently damaged. The allegation appeared in the February, 1949 issue of The Progressive.

French page
I have now written an article on the French Wikipedia on the same topic, but I have expanded it quite a lot. --Lebob-BE 22:53, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

 * Even with my poor French skills, I can see that you've put in a lot of information that's not in the English article, and have a number of good references. Excellent job!  --Jdlh  | Talk 08:59, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

 * Tank you. In fact, I was lucky enough to find the report of the Senate’s subcommittee on line.  Very interesting to read.  Here are links to this document .  On the other hand, I had to walk through historical revisionist websites, which is less pleasant. I hope someone will volunteer to translate from French into English.  Otherwise, I will do it once I find time enough. --Lebob-BE 10:27, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

Expanded article
I have now expanded that article quite a lot, mainly translating my fr version. However, since I am not a native English writter, a thorough review of what I have written would be welcome. --Lebob-BE 21:14, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I'm not native myself, I only took a closer look at the units involved (the accused) and rewrote it a bit for clarity (and my original intent of wiki linking). But if no one else copy edits in the coming days I will try it myself. By the way, as I already asked in my edit summary, do you have Krämer's correct rank, General-Sergeant or the like does not exist. Even if you only have the original German term I could probably decipher the English equivalent (even from SS ranks, though I'd have to dig deep in my library to find those sources).--Caranorn 21:52, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your help. I am not really an expert on how military units must be named.  With respect for Krämer, I have found in the US documents I could find that he was quoted as Brigadier General (i.e. this is an English document).  I think it is the translation software I used to speed up the translation that has shown some flaws  :)  --Lebob-BE 22:02, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Okay, I will correct it to Brigadier-General (should probably have checked the french article as I expect you already included it there...).--Caranorn 22:18, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I was about to do that when I remembered there was no rank equivalent for Brigadier-General in the Wehrmacht, I will have to check whether the SS had something similar. I do notice you have it as Brigadier-General in the French article. I guess for now it will stand as general, which after all is not wrong.--Caranorn 22:23, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

Factual accuracy banner
Since I have reworked this article, I wonder whether the factual accuracy banner is still justified for this page. By lack of contrary opinion, I will remove it by the end of this week. --Lebob-BE 16:44, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

Copy Edit
Apparently much of what was done here was by editors that do not have English as a 1st langauge as the sentence construction and choice of verbage is exceedingly strange. I am not disputing any of the core material but this sure needs some serious copy edit. Tirronan 20:47, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

I have corrected this to the best of my ability while trying not to change anything. Please check to make sure I didn't change anything so as to change the article from the intent. Please feel free to change anything that doesn't meet your requirments. Humbly Tirronan 01:36, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
 * In fact, the whole article was a translation of the same article on Wikipedia (fr). The French version is the original one that I have translated into English, but your assumption that English is not my first language is completely right.  So, in fact, I am happy that someone takes time to read this article and makes the changes that are needed.  I will now read this article again just to make sure your changes did not alter the intend, although after a first quick read I have the feeling it's not the case.  Anyway, thank you for the time you have spent on this.  --Lebob-BE 14:44, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

You are most welcome! One point that your article missed was the fact that had this trial taken place in America it would have been thrown out of court for gross misconduct by the prosecution. Evidence obtained in the manner that it was is a gross violation of American Jurisprudence. I feel that most of the accused were guilty but our laws pertaining to how a trial must be run are very clear. While I personally feel that most of them should have been shot for war crimes, the law should have been respected and apparently it wasn't. Tirronan 14:56, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Although I am not familiar with the US judicial procedures, I agree that the case would probably have been thrown out of court should it have been held in the USA. Even according the standards of most West European countries it would probably have been a problem.  However, this was a military court and the procedure had set up in accordance with the one adopted by for the Nuremberg trial.  The US Senate Commitee has scrutinized these points and came indeed to the conclusion that at least some facts that happened during the pre trial procedure could have made a problem for a US court.  I don't know whether you have had the opportunity to read the US Senate Commitee summary report.  It is very interesting.  I have put a link several weeks ago on this this talk page to a discussion forum where this report can be found.  This being said, if you think that some points need to be added to the article, do not hesitate. --Lebob-BE 17:18, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

Proposal to rename "Dachau International Military Tribunal" article
There is a proposal to rename the article Dachau International Military Tribunal to be Dachau Military Tribunal, deleting "International". Please review and give your opinion at the move proposal on that Talk page. --Jdlh | Talk 18:47, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Final name was Dachau Trials. Removed wikilinks to old names. --Jdlh | Talk 19:56, 19 May 2007 (UTC)

Missing verdict?
Of 75 defendants, 73 were found guilty, 1 innocent. What happened to the last one? Clarityfiend 21:39, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
 * According to some information I have found, the last one was a French citizen who has been deferred to the French justice. He was enventually released since the French juridiction couldn't not find enough evidence of the charges against him.  --Lebob-BE 15:03, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

Bill O'Reilly story doesn't belong in "Malmedy massacre trial" article
Oh dear, the "Bill O'Reilly on Malmedy" virus is infecting this article, too. An editor just added a section to this article about Bill O'Reilly's factually incorrect statements about the Malmedy massacre in October 2005. I believe that this content does not belong in this article, and I've deleted it. Reasons:
 * 1) O'Reilly is talking about the Malmedy massacre itself, not the trial of the perpetrators.  Thus it's not related to this article, which is about the trial.
 * 2) Someone added content much like this to the Malmedy massacre article at the time. The editors there had an extensive debate on their Talk page. (I had enough of this debated then.) The conclusion was that the content didn't belong there either.
 * 3) Where it should be recorded is in the Criticism of Bill O'Reilly article.  And indeed this story was recorded there. (It was deleted in April 2007 because editors there thought it was not NPOV. That's a separate matter. See their discussion of his Malmedy comments.)
 * 4) The content in this (Trial) article has uncited claims that "The involvement of McCarthy in the case has led to the perception in some conservative elements in the US political arena that the Malmedy massacre was an American war crime". The citation given doesn't talk about McCarthy. Thus the first part of the paragraph is weak for lack of a citation.

So, I think a story about Bill O'Reilly doesn't belong in an article about the Malmedy massacre trial. Where it really belongs is in Criticism of Bill O'Reilly. Thus I've deleted it. If there's disagreement, let's discuss it here and see if we can reach a consensus. Looking forward to your comments. --Jdlh | Talk 01:59, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

 * I agree. I've added it to the other article. Clarityfiend 04:54, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

 * I'm sure Bill O'Reilly has a great audience and all that but I fail to see how quoting his show adds anything to our understanding about the events. I concure with Jdlh and Clarityfiend. Tirronan 16:15, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

Apparent NPOV violations re Sen. Joseph McCarthy
"A young and ambitious Senator in search of publicity, Joseph McCarthy, had obtained from the subcommittee’s chairman authorization to attend the hearings. Apparently, McCarthy, who felt that his senatorial career was fading, had decided to seize the opportunity for publicity"

Unwarranted speculation on McCarthy's motives. Or did he actually tell witnesses that he was in search of publicity? If so, why use "apparently" in the second sentence?

"A little later, McCarthy started the witch-hunt that made him famous"

"Witch-hunt" is obviously a loaded, biased term. He claimed to exposing Communists, not witches. 190.10.6.47 (talk) 15:22, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

There are few characters in American history this side of Aaron Burr more derisive then Joe McCarthy, unfortunately some of that bleeds into this article apparently. However finding good sources that discuss him with less loathing isn't something very easy to do. One could make a case that "Witch-hunt" which is an American term for seaching for something you are going to find regardless of fact would be a fairly accurate description of what was in fact happening. Tirronan (talk) 17:19, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

Major problems with the tone overall, actually, not just in that section. -- Relata refero (disp.) 21:07, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

The SS should have been exterminated like cockroaches without all this pissing about. Wasn't that Churchill's view ?--Streona (talk) 00:58, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

 * There is some unencyclopedic tone going on in the McCarthy section. I hope someone fixes it, but I'm not, because I don't really know much about McCarthy.    Randall Bart    Talk   08:35, 22 January 2011 (UTC)

Orphaned references in Malmedy massacre trial
I check pages listed in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of Malmedy massacre trial's orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.

Reference named "MacDonald": From Malmedy massacre:  From Joachim Peiper: MacDonald

I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. AnomieBOT ⚡ 21:06, 29 December 2013 (UTC)

 * A result of my edits, I'll fix it. ⇒   SWAT Jester   Shoot Blues, Tell VileRat! 03:42, 30 December 2013 (UTC)

Context
US soldiers had regularly murdered unarmed Axis POWs throughout the Italian and Normandy campaigns, long before the Malmedy massacre took place. 86.148.205.150 (talk) 15:07, 1 October 2022 (UTC)

Lieutenant Christ
"The commission did not exonerate the defendants or absolve them of guilt and it endorsed the conclusions General Clay issued in the particular case of Lieutenant Christ. In summary, Clay had written that "he was personally convinced of the culpability of Lieutenant Christ and, that for this reason his death sentence was fully justified"

From the context, one can infer that Lieutenant Christ was a defendant in the trial. He worthy of being singled out at the end of the article, but not at the beginning where individual defendants are introduced. It is my opinion that something explaining who Lieutenant Christ was and why General Clay was convinced of his culpability is in order. Regards, David 4.14.43.226 (talk) 14:04, 17 January 2024 (UTC)

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David Campbell (Manitoba politician)

David Campbell (1870 – 25 August 1932 ) was a Manitoba politician. When the provincial Liberals merged with John Bracken's Progressives in 1932, Campbell led a group of dissident, anti-merger Liberals into the subsequent election.

The group was known as the "Continuing Liberals", and ran candidates in 13 seats. Some within the new "Liberal-Progressive" alliance claimed that this new Liberal party was receiving financial support from the province's Conservatives, as a means of dividing the Liberal vote.

Shortly before election day, the party claimed they would hold the balance of power in the next parliament. This prediction proved incorrect; they failed to win any seats, and Campbell finished a poor fourth in St. Boniface (despite being the city's mayor at the time). The "Continuing Liberals" ceased to exist after the election, and the "Liberal-Progressives" remained in government until 1958.

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Aristarkh Belopolsky

Aristarkh Apollonovich Belopolsky (Аристарх Аполлонович Белопольский; July 13 1854 – 16 May 1934) was a Russian Empire and later Soviet astronomer. He was born in Moscow but his father's ancestors are from a Serbian town called Belo Polje.

Life
Belopolsky got his degree at Moscow University in 1876, and in 1878, he became the assistant to Fyodor Aleksandrovich Bredikhin at Moscow Observatory. In 1888, he joined the staff of Pulkovo Observatory.

He worked in spectroscopy and discovered a number of spectroscopic binaries. Among others, he discovered that Castor B was a spectroscopic binary with a period of 2.92 days.

Belopolsky was known for his fine instrument making, and in 1900 he built a device for measuring the Doppler shift of spectra. He pioneered the use of optical Doppler shift to measure the rotational rates of distant objects. He was the first to discover that the equator of Jupiter rotates more rapidly than higher latitudes, and that the rings of Saturn do not rotate as a solid mass, proving that they were made up of individual small objects.

He attempted twice to measure the rotational rate of Venus, suggesting 24 hours in 1900 and 35 hours in 1911—one of countless unsuccessful attempts by astronomers of that time to measure the length of the Venusian day.

He was a good friend of Oskar Backlund, and when the latter died in 1916, he succeeded him as director of Pulkovo Observatory. However he resigned in 1918, because he did not like the administrative burden.

The crater Belopol'skiy on the Moon, the asteroid 1004 Belopolskya and an award of the Russian Academy of Sciences are named after him.

Obituaries

 * ApJ 80 (1934) 81
 * MNRAS 95 (1935) 338
 * Obs 57 (1934) 204

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Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland

The Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland (RPII), An Institiúid Éireannach um Chosaint Raideolaíoch, was an independent public body in Ireland under the aegis of the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment. The RPII was established in 1992 under the Radiological Protection Act 1991, which conferred on the RPII a broad remit in relation to radiological protection in Ireland. The RPII was merged with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in August 2014, as part of the Irish Government's Public Sector Reform Plan. RPII's functions are now carried out by the Office of Radiation Protection and Environmental Monitoring within the EPA.

The general functions of the ORP are:
 * To provide advice to the Government, the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government and other Ministers on matters relating to radiological safety.
 * To provide information to the public on any matters relating to radiological safety which the ORP deems fit.
 * To maintain and develop a national laboratory for the measurement of levels of radioactivity in the environment, and to assess the significance of these levels for the Irish population.
 * To provide a personnel dosimetry and instrument calibration service for those who work with ionising radiation.
 * To control by licence the custody, use, manufacture, importation, transportation, distribution, exportation and disposal of radioactive substances, irradiating apparatus and other sources of ionising radiation.
 * To assist in the development of national plans for emergencies arising from nuclear accidents and to act in support of such plans.
 * To provide a radioactivity measurement and certification service.
 * To prepare codes and regulations for the safe use of ionising radiation.
 * To carry out and promote research in relevant fields.
 * To monitor developments abroad relating to nuclear installations and radiological safety generally, and to keep the Government informed of their implications for Ireland.
 * To co-operate with the relevant authorities in other states and with appropriate international organisations.
 * To represent the State on international bodies.
 * To be the competent authority under international conventions on nuclear matters.

The RPII was the successor to the Nuclear Energy Board which was formally wound up by the Radiological Protection Act 1991.


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Communist Marxist Party

Communist Marxist Party (CMP) was a political party in Kerala. The party was founded in 1986 when M. V. Raghavan was expelled from the CPI(M) due to a grave difference of opinion regarding the formation of alliances with the IUML. His support for forming a united front with parties such as the Indian Union Muslim League in order to take on alliances led by the INC was ultimately rejected by the CPI(M) leadership. He was subsequently expelled from the Party.

In 2011 assembly election of Kerala, CMP fielded 3 candidates but could not win any seat. CMP had links with the Party of Democratic Socialism of Saifuddin Chaudhury in West Bengal. M.V. Raghavan attended the PDS state conference in December 2003. CMP participated in the Confederation of Indian Communists and Democratic Socialists.

Split
In March 2014, the party split into two factions:
 * CMP(A) led by K. R. Aravindakshan
 * CMP(J) led by C. P. John

In 2019, some CMP(A) members joined CPI and some joined CPI(M). CMP(J) support the UDF.

Mass organizations

 * All India Centre for Trade Unions (AICTU)
 * Kerala Socialist Youth Federation (KSYF)
 * State Employees and Teachers Federation (SETF)
 * Democratic Students Federation ( DSF )

Local elections in Kerala, 2015
Total for Kerala: Village Wards:16, Block Wards:4, District Wards:1, Municipality Wards:7 & Corporation Wards:3.

 * Thiruvananthapuram District - Corporation Wards:3, Village Wards:0.
 * Kannur District - No Representation
 * Kollam District - Village Wards:5
 * Alappuzha District - Block Wards:1, Municipality Wards:2.
 * Idukki District - Village Wards:1
 * Ernakulam District - Village Wards:2
 * Thrissur District - Village Wards:2, District Wards:1 & Municipality Wards:5.
 * Palakkad District - Village Wards:2
 * Malappuram District - Village Wards:2, Block Wards:1.
 * Wayanad District - Block Wards:1.
 * Kasaragod District - Village Wards:1, Block Wards:1.

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Nuclear Energy Board

The Nuclear Energy Board (officially titled An Bord Fuinnimh Núicléigh) was an Irish agency charged with developing nuclear power in Ireland. It was established in Ireland on 30 November 1973 by the Nuclear Energy (An Bord Fuinnimh Núicléigh) Act 1971.

The board was responsible in the 1970s for pursuing the policy of developing a nuclear power station, which was to be located at Carnsore Point, County Wexford. This policy ultimately failed and the board gradually faded from public attention, eventually concentrating on nuclear-related environmental reports. It was not a large organisation, with the Electricity Supply Board doing most operational work.

Planning
In 1968, Ireland's economic development required more energy production and the Electricity Supply Board began evaluating ways of diversifying its electricity generation. The Turlough Hill project had just commenced and this was one of the most prestigious engineering projects since the foundation of the state and the Shannon hydroelectric scheme. In the 1970s the need for new energy sources became more urgent, especially after the 1973 energy crisis. In 1975 Bord Gáis was established in order to develop Kinsale gas field, slowing the nuclear energy project as it was hoped it may be an alternative. However, in 1974 planning permission was sought for four reactors with County Wexford County Council, with one to be built immediately, most likely of pressurized water reactor design.

Uncertainty
The economic slowdown of 1974 and 1975 saw the project temporarily put on hold. When Desmond O'Malley became the new Minister for Industry, Commerce and Energy in 1977 the project once again became a priority of government policy. This time the government wanted to build a 650 MW plant at Carnsore at a cost of £350 million (Punt) at then-prices. In 1979 the project was again postponed, following a change in government when George Colley became the new minister in charge of the project and the incident at Three Mile Island in the United States. Friends of the Earth and other groups lobbied against the plan and in 1981 the Electricity Supply Board and the government announced it was no longer national policy.

Cancellation
Ultimately the board was remembered for the plans put on and off hold, and resulting immense controversy. Also there was criticism that the government overestimated the need of energy in Ireland in the future; at one point it was estimated that industry would consume 57% of energy by 1990 - internationally this is rather large, as 40% is a typical value. Nevertheless, Ireland in the 1970s was regarded as being in a dangerous position on energy, as 75% of needs were met by oil, and European Economic Community policy was to reduce this below 50% by 1985, after two energy crises.

Aftermath
After 1981 the Nuclear Energy Board was not immediately abolished, instead rather than becoming nuclear advocate, with the board became redefined in a new role as an environmentalist. The board sponsored a number of reports, in particular on the Sellafield plant which has long been a source of dispute between Ireland and the United Kingdom.

On 1 April 1992 the successor to the board was established, the Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland. The production of electricity for supply to the national grid, by nuclear fission, is currently prohibited under the Electricity Regulation Act 1999 (Section 18).

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Collingwood

Collingwood, meaning "wood of disputed ownership", may refer to:

Educational institutions

 * Collingwood College, Victoria, an Australian state Prep to Year 12 school
 * Collingwood College, Durham, college of Durham University, England
 * Collingwood College, Surrey, state secondary comprehensive technology college in Camberley, England
 * Collingwood School, university-preparatory school in West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Australia

 * Collingwood, Queensland, a ghost town west of Winton on the Western River
 * Collingwood, Victoria, an inner suburb of Melbourne
 * Collingwood railway station
 * City of Collingwood, a former local government area in Victoria, Australia
 * Collingwood, Liverpool, a museum in Sydney

Canada

 * Collingwood, Calgary, a neighbourhood in Calgary, Alberta
 * Collingwood, Vancouver, a neighbourhood in southeast Vancouver, British Columbia
 * Collingwood, Nova Scotia
 * Collingwood, Ontario

New Zealand

 * Collingwood, New Zealand
 * Collingwood (New Zealand electorate)

United States

 * Collingwood, New York, a place in New York

Ships

 * HMS Collingwood, a list of ships that have used the name within the Royal Navy
 * HMCS Collingwood, a Flower-class corvette that served with the Royal Canadian Navy launched in 1940

Sports teams

 * Collingwood Football Club, of the Australian Football League
 * Collingwood Magpies Netball, of the National Netball League
 * Collingwood VFL Football Club, of the Victorian Football League
 * Collingwood Warriors SC, of the defunct National Soccer League

Other uses

 * Collingwood (surname), a list of people with the surname
 * Collingwood (mansion), a historic mansion in Fort Hunt, Virginia
 * Collingwood & Co., TV animation studio based in London
 * Collingwood, a British Rail Class 50 locomotive
 * Collingwood, a housing estate in Cramlington, England
 * Collingwood Monument, a monument in Tynemouth, England, dedicated to Vice Admiral Lord Cuthbert Collingwood, a Napoleonic-era British admiral

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Wilfrith Elstob

Lieutenant Colonel Wilfrith Elstob (8 September 1888 – 21 March 1918) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

Background
Elstob was born in Chichester in 1888, the son of the Rev. Canon J. G. Elstob and Frances Alice Elstob. His elder brother, Eric, would serve in the Royal Navy and play first-class cricket. He was educated at Christ's Hospital. Until war broke out and he volunteered, he was a schoolteacher. When Elstob was 29 years old, and a temporary lieutenant colonel commanding the 16th (Service) Battalion, Manchester Regiment, British Army during the First World War, he was awarded the VC for his actions on 21 March 1918 at the Manchester Redoubt, near Saint-Quentin, France on the first day of the German spring offensive. He was killed in action that same day.

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"For most conspicuous bravery, devotion to duty and self-sacrifice during operations at Manchester Redoubt, near St. Quentin, on the 21 March 1918. During the preliminary bombardment he encouraged his men in the posts in the Redoubt by frequent visits, and when repeated attacks developed controlled the defence at the points threatened, giving personal support with revolver, rifle and bombs. Single-handed he repulsed one bombing assault driving back the enemy and inflicting severe casualties. Later, when ammunition was required, he made several journeys under severe fire in order to replenish the supply. Throughout the day Lieutenant-Colonel Elstob, although twice wounded, showed the most fearless disregard of his own safety, and by his encouragement and noble example inspired his command to the fullest degree. The Manchester Redoubt was surrounded in the first wave of the enemy attack, but by means of the buried cable Lieutenant-Colonel Elstob was able to assure his Brigade Commander that "The Manchester Regiment will defend Manchester Hill to the last." Sometime after this post was overcome by vastly superior forces, and this very gallant officer was killed in the final assault, having maintained to the end the duty which he had impressed on his men – namely, "Here we fight, and here we die." He set throughout the highest example of valour, determination, endurance and fine soldierly bearing."

The medal
His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Museum of the Manchester Regiment, at Ashton Town Hall, Ashton-under-Lyne, England.

Commemoration
Elstob has no known grave. He is commemorated on the Pozières Memorial, in the Somme department of France, to the missing of the Fifth Army; and on the war memorials in Macclesfield & Congleton, Cheshire. There is a memorial to him in All Saints Church, Siddington, where his father was vicar.

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Hi! I saw your post on User:Jimbo Wales. That sounds great. I'm going to be at USF this fall. Mike H 22:27, Jul 25, 2004 (UTC)

Hi. You had listed yourself as interested but unable to attend this weekend's meetup. I just wanted to let you know that I cancelled it for lack of participation; it would have only been User:TheCustomOfLife and me. But we should all get together on an informal mailing list or something to plan some activity for the future. Jimbo Wales 12:35, 10 Sep 2004 (UTC)

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wikiflorida/ 22:21, 11 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Fantasy/Reality
I see that you have started adding articles on Halo. That's fine we've got plenty of articles on other games so no problem there. You must be careful when adding these articles though. You've got to make sure that each article looks as if it's describing the game. I say this because the article Delta Halo has been written as if it is describing the real world rather than the game world. On Wikipedia we have to be careful to draw the line between real life and fantasy and in the case of articles on fictional universes like Middle Earth or the Star Trek universe, we have to make sure that phrases like "in the fictional world of Middle Earth" or "in Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek universe" appear near the beginning of each article. Please review your Halo articles to make sure that they have some such phrase to cue the reader on what sort of material he is reading. Cheers -- Derek Ross | Talk 02:33, 2004 Nov 26 (UTC)

 * I didn't make the page on Delta Halo, but I edited it to fix the problem. To the beginning of my Halo articles, I usually add: In the video game Halo: Combat Evolved...

Excellent. Glad to hear it. Thanks. -- Derek Ross | Talk 06:16, 2004 Nov 26 (UTC)

Halo 3
Would you mind weighing in on the nonsense content of certain revisions of Halo 3 at Votes for deletion/Halo 3? -- Cyrius|✎ 19:13, 30 Nov 2004 (UTC)

The Humungous Image Tagging Project
Hi. You've helped with the WikiProject Wiki Syntax, so I thought it worth alerting you to the latest and greatest of Wikipedia fixing project, User:Yann/Untagged Images, which is seeking to put copyright tags on all of the untagged images. There are probably, oh, thirty thousand or so to do (he said, reaching into the air for a large figure). But hey: they're images ... you'll get to see lots of random pretty pictures. That must be better than looking for at at and the the, non? You know you'll love it. best wishes --Tagishsimon (talk)

Off Topic: Your Designs
I saw your page layout suggestion for Big Cats over at Wikijunior, and your crayon-like logo ideas, and really liked your designs. Do you mind if I e-mail you something you might be interested in? Let me know. - Defunkt (talk)  09:20, 31 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Image recreation requests
Greetings. I just started the Image recreation requests project, and I thought you might be interested. Your help would be greatly appreciated. (I got your name from the list at Wikipedians/Graphic Artists.) Best regards, – Quadell (talk) (sleuth) 03:12, Jan 30, 2005 (UTC)

Cover design suggestion
Hi Locke,

Your snowy-mountain cover draft for WQ-3 is pretty fab. Where is the image from? What license is it available under? Do you have access to international fontsets to handle all the translations? I'd love it if you and zanimum (who designed the last cover) could work together on this.

There is important design work beyond the cover that needs attention: working on print layouts (printable pdf versions in 8-pg or 16-pg formats), designing a background-image for the retrospective page to distinguish it further from the rest of the newsletter. Longer term, developing a consistent page framework which is recognizably "Quarto," within which we can play around each edition.

We could also use help in picking internal images that suit the theme of the cover; I like the idea of a winter theme (something we discussed for WQ-2 but didn't end up going with).

Rock on, +sj  +  12:20, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * We're thinking about the internal layout now; do you ever come onto IRC? We are thinking of having a meeting this Sunday to hash out design ideas.  +sj  +  03:01, 8 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * I never come onto IRC, I'm more of an AIM man myself, but go ahead and give me the info. I'm sure I could figure it out. What are we looking at, like 8 pages or so? I've got a couple designs I've made in Illustrator goofing off, usually just black and one color. LockeShocke 00:28, Apr 9, 2005 (UTC)

 * Either way works. You can find me on AIM too : rad sklein  .  Yes, it will run to 8 pages or so.  We have the added bonus this iss of having a special Wikipedia retrospective section to play with... which you could do anything with, and which has lots of freeform content.  How does Wednesday evening EST sound?  I'd like to have a WQ/Design ideas showing all the different layout ideas for individual pages; just sketches of the graphical parts of the page.  You can see that we didn't change almost anything between WQ1 and WQ2.  New icons and page navigation, at least, are in order... +sj  +  03:47, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * I looked for you on AIM, you're on my buddy list now. My screenname is Quoth Ryan. It's Wednesday night and I'm game for a chat, waiting to hear from someone. LockeShocke 22:05, Apr 13, 2005 (UTC)

Foundered and Floundered
Hi, Just thought I'd point out (regarding the Social issues of the United States article -- both ["foundered"] and ["floundered"] are words and more or less fit in the context you edited... Reboot
 * Oh, thanks. I've never heard the verb "founder" before in my life. You learn something every day :) LockeShocke 17:04, Apr 27, 2005 (UTC)

Wikijunior name vote
Wikijunior project name Voting will end June 6, 2005 at 11:30 am EST. --  user:Zanimum

Octavos et al
Hi LockeShocke, here's my reply to a post from sj...

Relatively strong (and extremely reusuable) design, thumbs up to it. First thing I've noticed though is bleed. If there's ever going to be a print version of the print version, tons of the content is way to close to the edge to print. We could print a bleeding Quarto, but that would **at least** quadruple the price for a short-run. Anyway, here's some recommendations. Many actually lie with the articles themselves, not LockeShocke's design, but there's a little bit of everything.

 * Adjusting text for print: In Wikimania, one editor is protecting themselves from spambots with the cfp--at--wikimedia.org. I doubt spambots can harvest from PDFs, and the certainly can't harvest from print. The TIC article is just confusing, with the "The article was sent..." stuff.

 * Notes on style: Personally, I'd take away the indents on the first paragraphs of each article, make it more readable. The Cebit, which has --, should be changed to an em-dash. The *asteriks* (page 3) are of debatable relevance in offline publications, perhaps just italicise or bold the word. The end of Jimmy's editorial might benefit from a horizontal line before the bio bit. Also, that should read "Wikimedia", only one capital. Finally in this section, there's very little if anything you can actually do to fix it, but one line at the top of a column is usually a no-no for readability.

 * Jimmy's pic: That film negative looks is a perfect extra touch. However, I wonder how it would look on a 5 or 10 degree angle, if that would boost the effect to the next level of cool.

 * Credit sources?: Perhaps with these pictures in the design, we should credit the users that created them, and what Wikimedia project they uploaded to first, just for sake of personal and lingual pride.

 * International Conferences: Perhaps "Seveal conferences were attended during this trimester, as reported." or "Seveal conferences were attended during this trimester, reports follow."

 * ISSN: Also, I just registered an ISSN for a local community art group's newsletter, do we want one for Quarto? Do we have a definitive list of the languages for this edition?

There's a lot of grammatical things I want to change in general, from the contributors.

Is it too late for that sort of thing to get published?

I personally do think the pages have enough similarities to work as one; since they'll never been seen apart, I think the "feel" will develop into Quarto's look.

I've had bad experiences with transparent images, I'd avoid those as much as possible.

Otherwise, I'd say that LockeShocke should record all the fonts you used, sizes, colours, column placements, all that, and we can make that into not only the Wikimedia Quarto style guide, but the style guide for any publication (Wikijunior excluded) from our Foundation. I'd be more than glad to help you with that all.

Other than the minor bits about, it's all quite pleasing to the eye. I'd love to see some more pages, if they're in progress. -- user:zanimum PS I've CC'd LockeShocke

WQ3 Cover
Hello,

I'm translator of a polish Quarto. We're almost done with the proofreading stage, so I'd like to know about the cover. What sentences should we translate and when do you want to take care of it? Please contact me at Meta. -- kocio 20:28, 31 July 2005 (UTC)

Well, I don't have Photoshop and I have strong preference for Free/Open Source Software, like GIMP for bitmaps (see also GIMPshop - GIMP for Photoshop users) or Inkscape for vector graphics, which should work with texts in different languages; if not polish then for example chineese edition could bring you some trouble... But there's another problem: the content of WQ3 has changed:

WikiMedia Quarto Wydanie 3 • Kwiecień 2005 (Issue 3 • April, 2005) Zbiórka pieniędzy w pierwszym kwartale (Q1 Fundraiser Report) Spotkania w Tokio, na Tajwanie i w Niemczech (Tokyo, Taiwan, Germany Meetups)* 10 nowych serwerów (10 New Servers Arrive) ''4 lata WikiMediów! Retrospekcja (WikiMedia turns 4! Retrospective Inside)''*

(*) - these things are not in WQ3. As far as I know, retrospective will be in WQ4, and I know nothing about the mentioned meetings.

Please, put the correct version on cover translations page, so the other translators will also see it. -- kocio 08:17, 1 August 2005 (UTC)

Hello, nice to see the cover! I really liked the iceberg (and it's officially mentioned in WQ3, on page 1), why did you change this? ={ I found a typo I made (there should be no "," in "Kwiecień 2005") and an orphan you made (should be: "Zbiórka pieniędzy/ w pierwszym kwartale"), everything else is OK. -- kocio 11:45, 9 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Sorry about the ice berg thing. I made that cover a long time ago, and couldn't find that picture in the commons when I went to go make a print-quality one. Assuming the one I had saved on my computer was full size, it was nowhere near print quality. So, I found another wintery picture as best I could. Apologies—someone should change that mention on the Table of Contents, perhaps I will. I took care of the typos, try refreshing. LockeShocke 16:18, August 9, 2005 (UTC)

Wikijunior Solar System Needs You
Danny Wool has challenged us to get Wikijunior Solar System out to hurricane evacuees by October 32005. This is going to be tough!

You expressed interest in WikiJunior. Would you be willing now to join the push to get Wikijunior Solar System completed? Come see Wikijunior Solar System!

Thanks --SV Resolution(Talk) 17:37, 26 September 2005 (UTC)

Graphics Lab
I saw your name listed on Wikiproject Illustration or  the list of graphic artists, and I thought I'd let you know that a Graphics Lab has been created on EN. Based on the highly successful French and German graphics labs, it seeks to better organise and coordinate our graphic design and photo-editing efforts. Up until now, there has been no common space on EN where users could ask for maps, charts and other SVG files to be created. What's more, the Graphics Lab has discussion boards, tips, tools and links; in sum, a good common workspace. Come help us out! The infrastucture is already in place, and now we need participants. :) -- Zantastik  talk  02:08, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

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