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Mitsuo Iwata

Mitsuo Iwata (岩田 光央) is a Japanese actor, voice actor and singer who was born in Tokorozawa, Saitama. He is married to voice actress Rikako Aikawa. Mania.com praised him as "truly one of the greatest seiyuu". Otakunews.com complimented him for the role of Tetsuya from Outlanders. Mania.com comments on his role of Kintaro Oe (Golden Boy) that he "practiced months before hand, to the point of going hoarse from overwork, to perfect Kintaro's voice" and "there's no one who could replace him for this role". He is also known for the role of Kaneda in the 1988 anime film Akira and won the 7th Seiyu Awards for Best Personality in 2013. He was previously affiliated with Office Osawa and Across Entertainment, but is currently affiliated with Aoni Production.

Television animation

 * DNA^2 (1994), Kakimaro Someya
 * Adventures of Mini-Goddess (1998), Gan-chan
 * Hikaru no Go (2002), Atsushi Kurata
 * Please Twins! (2003), Hyosuke Magumo
 * Inuyasha (2004), Suzaku
 * Futari wa Pretty Cure Splash Star (2006), Dorodoron
 * Hayate the Combat Butler (2007), Akane Himegami
 * Koi suru Tenshi Angelique (2007), Zephel
 * One Piece (2010), Emporio Ivankov (second voice)
 * Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt (2010), Ghost [Episode 1 Part 2: "Death Race 2010"]
 * Kill la Kill (2013), Takaharu Fukuroda
 * World Trigger (2014), Isami Tōma
 * Space Patrol Luluco (2016), Keiji
 * March Comes in like a Lion (2016), Manabu Yasui
 * 100% Pascal-sensei (2017), Demon Pascal (ep. 3)/Demon Pascal D (ep. 8), Hell Emperor Pascal (ep. 23)
 * Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (2019), Toyo
 * Jujutsu Kaisen (2020), Kiyotaka Ijichi
 * Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai (2020), Zaboera
 * Edens Zero (2021), Mosco Versa-0
 * Getter Robo Arc (2021), Captain Misa Igari, General Basilisk
 * Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer (2022), Lee Soleil
 * Dark Gathering (2023), Brainstem Spirit
 * The Duke of Death and His Maid 2nd Season (2023), Free
 * MF Ghost (2023), Itsuki Takeuchi
 * Sasaki and Peeps (2024), Marc

 * BECK (xxxx), Tanabe
 * Brigadoon: Marin & Melan (xxxx), Mike White
 * Cyborg 009 (xxxx), Pyunma/Cyborg 008
 * D.Gray-man (xxxx), Arystar Krory
 * Daphne in the Brilliant Blue (xxxx), Tsutomu Hanaoka
 * DC Super Heroes vs. Eagle Talon (xxxx), Penguin
 * Digimon Frontier (xxxx), Piddomon
 * Doki Doki School Hours (xxxx), Gen Nakamura ("Oyaji")
 * Dragon Ball Super (xxxx), Champa, Majora
 * Gonna be the Twin-Tail!! (xxxx), Owl Guildy
 * Haven't You Heard? I'm Sakamoto (xxxx), Fukase
 * I'm Gonna Be An Angel! (xxxx), Dispel
 * Initial D (xxxx), Itsuki Takeuchi (Iggy Takeuchi)
 * The King of Braves GaoGaiGar (xxxx), Mic Sounders
 * Magica Wars (xxxx), Toro
 * Mirmo! (xxxx), Incho
 * Nurarihyon no Mago (xxxx), Ungaikyo
 * Oruchuban Ebichu (xxxx), Maa-kun
 * Please Teacher! (xxxx), Hyosuke Magumo
 * Saiki Kusuo no Psi-nan (xxxx), Kuniharu Saiki
 * Shakugan no Shana (xxxx), Marchosias
 * Shakugan no Shana Second (xxxx), Marchosias
 * Shakugan no Shana III Final (xxxx), Marchosias
 * Shirobako (xxxx), Yoshikazu Inanami, Tomigaya
 * Sonic the Hedgehog (xxxx), Rotor the Walrus (also voiced by Kozo Shioya)
 * Toriko (xxxx), Sunny
 * Vandread (xxxx), Pyoro
 * Yagami-kun's Family Affairs (xxxx), Ichigaya
 * Beyblade: Metal Fusion (xxxx), Brazilian Blader DJ

Animated films

 * Akira (1988), Kaneda
 * Dead Leaves (2004), 666 (Three-Six)
 * Dōbutsu no Mori (2006), Kappei/Kapp'n

Original video animation (OVA)

 * Outlanders (1986), Tetsuya Wakatsuki
 * Here is Greenwood (1991), Mitsuru
 * Golden Boy (1995), Kintaro Oe
 * My Dear Marie (1996), Hiroshi

 * Bludgeoning Angel Dokuro-Chan (xxxx), Binkan Salaryman
 * Irresponsible Captain Tylor (xxxx), Kojiro
 * Shakugan no Shana (xxxx), Marcosias
 * You're Being Summoned, Azazel (xxxx), Seiya

Video games

 * Angelique (1994), Zephel
 * Angelique Special 2 (1995), Zephel
 * Street Fighter III: Third Strike (1999), Sean
 * Angelique Trois (2000), Zephel
 * The King of Fighters '99 Evolution (2000), Syo Kirishima
 * The King of Fighters 2000 (2000), Syo Kirishima
 * Gitaroo Man (2001), Puma
 * Kingdom Hearts (2002), Peter Pan
 * The King of Fighters 2002 (2002), Kusanagi (as "???")
 * Angelique Etoile (2003), Zephel
 * The King of Fighters 2003 (2003), Kusanagi
 * The King of Fighters Neowave (2005), Kusanagi
 * Sonic Unleashed (2008), Orbot
 * Tales of Vesperia (2008), Yeager
 * The King of Fighters 2002: Unlimited Match (2009), Kusanagi
 * Sonic Colors (2010), Orbot
 * Sonic Generations (2011), Orbot
 * Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (2011), Orbot
 * Sonic Lost World (2013), Orbot
 * Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games (2013), Orbot
 * Sonic Forces (2017), Orbot
 * The King of Fighter for Girls (2020), Choi Bounge

 * Arad Senki: Slap Up Party (xxxx), Harusen
 * Initial D Arcade Stage (xxxx), Itsuki Takeuchi

Drama CDs

 * Abunai series 4: Abunai Campus Love (Sakura Nanba)
 * Eden wo Tooku ni Hanarete series 2: Ryokuin no Rakuen (Masayuki Kawahara)
 * Eden wo Tooku ni Hanarete series 3: Setsunai Yoru no Rakuen (Masayuki Kawahara)
 * Mainichi Seiten! series 1 (Jou Obinata)
 * Mainichi Seiten! series 2: Kodomo wa Tomaranai (Jou Obinata)
 * Ourin Gakuen series 1: Ikenai Seitokaishitsu (Kyouhei Fukazawa)
 * Rolex ni Kuchizukewo (Chikao Ootsuka)
 * Sakurazawa vs Hakuhou series 1: Shokuinshitsu de Naisho no Romance (Kyousuku Sonoda)

Live-action

 * 10 Things I Hate About You (Michael Eckman (David Krumholtz))
 * Enchanted (Pip)
 * Evolution (2005 NTV edition) (Danny Donald (Michael Bower))
 * The Final Destination (Hunt Wynorski (Nick Zano))
 * Ghostbusters (Rowan North (Neil Casey))
 * Jurassic World (2017 NTV edition) (Lowery Cruthers (Jake Johnson))
 * S. Darko (Jeremy Frame (Jackson Rathbone))
 * Sabrina the Teenage Witch (Harvey Kinkle (Nate Richert))
 * Stand by Me (1989 Fuji TV edition) (Teddy Duchamp (Corey Feldman))

Animation

 * The Incredibles (Young Buddy Pine/IncrediBoy)
 * Peter Pan (Peter Pan) [1984 Buena Vista version]
 * Tom & Jerry (Real Estate Rat)

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gods of greec

Gods of greec was proposed for deletion. This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was to delete.

Discussion moved from Pages needing translation into English:

Gods of greec - Arabic probably? Morwen - Talk 11:18, 5 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * Or Persian maybe?    – Jrdioko  (Talk)  21:26, 5 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * Persian. It looks OK - section titles such as "Gods", "How did Greek religion start?", "Open vs. mystery cults". - Mustafaa 21:29, 5 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * Mustafaa, does it look solid enough to copy to the Farsi Wikipedia? And can you by any chance help translate it if it's worth doing? -- Jmabel 22:45, Jul 5, 2004 (UTC)
 * My Farsi isn't nearly solid enough to translate it, but I'll direct it to User:Roozbeh's attention. - Mustafaa 23:05, 5 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Well, it's been two weeks, and Roozbeh hasn't weighed in. Judging by the remarks above, it's worth at least transwiki-ing to the Persian wikipedia, but that requires help from someone with enough Persian to give it a title there, which isn't me. Not that the person who put it here knew enough English to get a title right, but at least he/she knew our alphabet... -- Jmabel 04:41, Jul 21, 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete or transwiki, just get it off en. -- Cyrius|✎ 05:33, 23 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Actually, he has weighed in... (quote)

 * Gods of greec and Persian lamb may be of interest to you... - Mustafaa 23:06, 5 Jul 2004 (UTC)

 * Both should be cut and pastes from a copyrighted source. The quality is very bad. Not interested. Roozbeh 16:31, 7 Jul 2004 (UTC)

(endquote). - Mustafaa 12:37, 24 Jul 2004 (UTC)

I take it that was posted somewhere I had no likelihood of seeing it. Well, that settles that. Delete. -- Jmabel 20:27, Jul 24, 2004 (UTC) This page is now preserved as an archive of the debate and, like other '/delete' pages is no longer 'live'. Subsequent comments on the issue, the deletion or on the decision-making process should be placed on the relevant 'live' pages. Please do not edit this page.

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Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fountain

The Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fountain is a memorial in London dedicated to Diana, Princess of Wales, who died in a car crash in 1997. It was designed to express Diana's spirit and love of children.

The fountain is located in the southwest corner of Hyde Park, just south of the Serpentine lake and east of the Serpentine Gallery. Its cornerstone was laid in September 2003 and it was officially opened on 6 July 2004 by Queen Elizabeth II. Also present were Diana's younger brother Charles Spencer, her ex-husband Prince Charles (the future Charles III), her sons Prince William and Prince Harry, her ex–father-in-law Prince Philip and her two sisters Lady Jane Fellowes and Lady Sarah McCorquodale. The opening ceremony brought the Windsors and the Spencers together for the first time in seven years.

Design
Work on the project began in 2001. The fountain was designed by Gustafson Porter, and cost £3.6 million. Kathryn Gustafson, an American landscape artist, said that she had wanted the fountain to be accessible and to reflect Diana's "inclusive" personality. Gustafson said: "Above all I hope that it provides a fitting memorial for the princess and does credit to the amazing person that she was."

Construction
The 545 individual pieces of Cornish granite were cut using sophisticated computer-guided cutting machines by S. McConnell & Sons, in Kilkeel, Northern Ireland, then transferred to England by sea.

Although described as an oval stone fountain, the memorial has the form of a large, oval stream bed measuring about 50 by 80 m (165 by 260 ft); it surrounds, and is surrounded by, a lush grassy field. The granite stream bed is from 3 to 6 m (10 to 20 ft) wide, is quite shallow and is laid out on a gently sloping portion of the park, so that water pumped to the top of the oval flows down either side. One side of the stream bed descends fairly smoothly to the downhill end of the oval with gentle ripples; the other side consists of a variety of steps, rills, curves, and other shapes so that the water plays in interesting ways as it flows to the tranquil pool at the bottom. The two sides were intended to show two sides of Diana's life: happy times, and turmoil.

Safety and drainage
Diana was seen as a contemporary and accessible princess, so the goal of the memorial fountain was to allow people to access the structure and the water for quiet wading and contemplation. However, shortly after its opening, and after three hospitalisations caused by people slipping in the water, the fountain was closed. It reopened in August 2004, surrounded by a new fence, and people were prevented from walking or running in the water by six wardens. Now, however, entering the water is once again permitted.

Even though the fountain was only open for a part of the 2004 season, and the weather was not particularly wet, the grass adjacent to part of the fountain was badly damaged, and it appeared that it would turn to a quagmire if heavy rain ever fell during the main visiting season. Thus, in December 2004, another alteration project was started. This involved work on the drainage, together with laying new hard surfaces on some of the most frequently walked areas of the site and the planting of a special hard-wearing rye grass mix in others.


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The German article of Phalaris mentions, that he died after Pythagoras spoke and the people started to throw stones at him... Which one is correct? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.152.204.129 (talk) 07:44, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

Baal worship? WTF? Bacchiad 04:43, 21 Jul 2004 (UTC)

 * Presumably a popular theory among some scholars - my 1970 OCD carefully says the brazen bull practice "need not be ascribed to a Phoenician origin". It would be nice if there were a recent paper to cite; I'd be loath to contradict the giants of the 1911 Britannica without a modern authority in my corner. Stan 05:43, 21 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Ah, okay. The OCD doesn't usually comment on outmoded theories unless they're particularly persistent, offensive and unsupported. "need not be" is OCD code for "hokum". Bacchiad 17:32, 21 Jul 2004 (UTC)

 * :-) The similarities are so striking that it's hard to ignore. I don't have many relevant refs, but I notice Fraser mentions the possibility of a Phoenician connection. Stan 18:11, 21 Jul 2004 (UTC)

I trimmed (maybe even a bit too much) and NPOV'ed the Baal section. Perhaps if we find a relevant Frazer passage we can expand with attribution. Bacchiad 21:55, 21 Jul 2004 (UTC)

 * Turns out our very own article on The Golden Bough conveniently links to an online copy; search for "Phalaris" at . (Too bad the unabridged is not online.) Interestingly, Googling around turned up a debate at phoenicia.org about whether child sacrifices were a part of the culture in the first place. Stan 22:19, 21 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Telemachus link
The Telemachus referenced here is not the Telemachus (mythological son of Odysseus) to whom this article is linked. Therefore, I'm removing the link.

Epistles and philosophy
I've added this new section to include mention of Phalaris' literary persona, which was missing, even in spite of a mention in Bentley's article. I checked some other languages, and I could only see a mention in the Spanish WP. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Desde la Torre (talk • contribs) 11:48, 30 May 2016 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Weirdo Jace

Weirdo Jace was proposed for deletion. This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was to delete.

14 year old aspiring musician. 10 google hits for the name. Maximus Rex 04:44, 21 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete, along with Weirdo Jace Moose Head. Gamaliel 05:16, 21 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * And Moose_Head as well. Kid, when, you're famous, people will write about you. Ianb 05:56, 21 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete, ... most of those google hits aren't even _about_ "Weirdo Jace", just irc logs -- Generica 05:58, Jul 21, 2004 (UTC)
 * And just before bed, too. Just delete this.  Dude, we wish you luck, but you aren't quite ready for an article. - Lucky 6.9 07:20, 21 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. Not yet notable, I have a gut feeling this one will be one day but he's not yet. I guess Moose Head and Weirdo Jace Moose Head both need their own listings, I'll do it eventually if nobody else does. Andrewa 07:27, 21 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * I'll tell you what. Keep the main Weirdo Jace article, but delete Weirdo Jace Moose Head and Moose Head. Is that a good enough compromise? MajorB 13:44, 21 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * nope. You realise a "compromise" like this would be setting a precedent - write 3, get 1 accepted? Ianb 14:03, 21 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * Not true. I should have waited to do the other two articles, but there is nothing wrong with the main article. In fact, MH had been relesed months ago, but it was taken off the internet to be completely redone and sold on Cafepress (he had given it for free before). and if you say "he'll never make it," perhaps you'd be interested that Tony Goldmark wanted to hear his stuff? MajorB 14:44, 21 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * I'm saying "come back when he makes it". Wikipedia is not a promotional vehicle. Ianb 14:49, 21 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * It isn't. The main article has nothing wrong with it. By your logic, since the album has not been released yet and he has not "made it" yet, Windows Longhorn should be deleted off of Wikipedia too. MajorB 14:58, 21 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * If an unknown (even if very talented) 14 year old was claiming to have written an unreleased operating system, then yes, I would want it deleted. This is my last word on the matter.Ianb 15:06, 21 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete all: It's funky. At first, he says he's an "independent" (no record contract), then that CaffePress will release his album (hmm, that being more of a sales site).  Non-notable, band vanity. Geogre 13:52, 21 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * Cafepress is not a record label, so to speak...they just manufacture and sell the record off thier site. Technically, Jace is independent, since he is not under contract.MajorB 14:03, 21 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * MajorB - are you by any chance related to Weirdo Jace? Could't help noticing you're the original contributor of the articles in question. Ianb 14:08, 21 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * Nope, but I know him. I usually help him improve his songs. I did his website before it went under. The main article was done with his permission. MajorB 14:44, 21 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Why is this even up for deletion? Wikipedia obviously has enough bandiwidth, and even if nobody cares, the article is doing no harm. When people want to view it, it's there. There are many other articles that should be deleted (Tom Brazelton and Cami Brazelton come to mind- they can just be integrated into Theater Hopper), and you guys are whining about something that reallky isn't breaking many rules. MajorB 15:20, 21 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * Comment: This is a general reference work.  The rules for inclusion are plainly stated.  If and when Jace hits it big, he is then deserving of an article.  This is just self-promotion at this point.  Now that I've vented, may I say that I agree with you regarding that "Theater Hopper" tripe.  Still, there's a slippery slope here and the line has to be drawn somewhere.  Just look a the "discussion" regarding the Nova Roma micronation to see what I mean.  Open content does not equal anarchy. - Lucky 6.9 17:39, 21 Jul 2004 (UTC)

 * Explanation: MajorB, the reason this is under debate is that articles are of things that are meaningful in the world, rather than just things that exist in the world. There are thousands of signed bands currently wishing to increase their notability, and there are tens of thousands of unsigned bands wishing even more for notability through advertising.  It is the policy of Wikipedia to delete articles on persons who are not notable.  "Notable" is debated, but the guideline most use is that a band without a record contract is out without debate, a band with a recording contract that has gone silently along is probably out, unless it has influence or characteristic importance.  Weirdo Jace loses out for lack of notability. Geogre 18:07, 21 Jul 2004 (UTC)

 * FGine. You win. MajorB 18:10, 21 Jul 2004 (UTC)

 * It's not about winning, it's about notability. Moose Head isn't. DeleteAverage Earthman 21:55, 21 Jul 2004 (UTC)

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 * Delete Weirdo Jace, Weirdo Jace Moose Head, and Moose_Head. Sorry, as of 2004, vanity, not notable. Good luck to Weirdo Jace and/or MajorB. Perhaps Weirdo Jace will become famous and warrant an article sometime in the future. Dpbsmith 23:15, 21 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * Comment: Both Weirdo Jace Moose Head and Moose Head are now listed for deletion in their own right. Hopefully we don't need to go through this entire discussion again for them, but as there were no VfD notices on either I thought this was the neatest way. Andrewa 01:31, 22 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete: not notable. Wile E. Heresiarch 03:38, 22 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete them all. Man, you'd think people would figure this out by now, but I guess this is what you get for giving people the opportunity to write encyclopedia entries about their dogs. (my cat, by the way, has been pressuring me to write an entry about him, but unfortunately his latest album has not come out yet, so I will wait for awhile. For those of you saying he's not going to make it, you might like to know that Tony Goldmark wanted to hear his stuff?). --Fastfission 23:35, 22 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * Fastfission: "latest" implies there have been prior albums. A cat with a record contract is notable. Get writing! Ianb 05:18, 23 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete Weirdo Jace, Weirdo Jace Moose Head, and Moose Head - musical vanity. -- Cyrius|✎ 05:36, 23 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete all. Vanity.  Maybe by 2006, he'll be wiki-worthy Dukeofomnium 13:44, 26 Jul 2004 (UTC)


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Talk:Methodological individualism

Already Misleading in the first sentence
The first few sentences do not describe methodological individualism as social scientists use the term. Either what we've got is just plain wrong or we need to explain the multiple uses of the term and make sure the first few sentences do not imply such a narrow definition.

--RedHouse18 22:15, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

 * On the contrary, I think it's a reasonably apt summary of how the term is understood in all the social science methology works I've read -- and pretty much how all the social scientists I've talked to understand it. -- Palthrow 15:31, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

Unclear

 * The idea has been used to attack ... the postmodern idea of social construction.

I'm not sure I follow. How? Lucidish 04:47, 21 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Good question. Personally, I'm confused by much in this article, and I don't think the problem is 100% a matter of my denseness. There's been no attempt to put this into a clear and analytically coherent exposition. --Christofurio 01:49, Jan 19, 2005 (UTC)

Why methodical?
Philosophical individualism implies that reality can only be mediated (experienced) by the consciouness inherent in individuals. The corollary idea is that social entities like groups, nations, etc., are second level realities. For example a group cannot really be said to think or judge, or make decisions. It is the individuals composing a social entity that give the group a semblance of being real.

This line of reasoning is essential for maintaining the right of the individual not to be submerged by the group.

The classic lifeboat scenario can bring this dichotomy into relief: an overcrowded life boat will sink unless one person is thrown out (sacrificed) so that the rest can live. What is to be done? The most acceptable solution is to draw lots. But this still violates the right of the one who gets the "short straw" to decline dying so that the group can survive.

The most "ethical" solution is to ask if any one member is willing to volunteer, no? Such a solution is again an entirely individual issue. Individually and severally the question will be asked, "am I willing to die so that you lot can live"?

 * Why methodological? Because that's what its called! Any number of views might be called individualism or philosophical individualism. But what is known in philosophy as methodological individualism is, as this article explains, a specific view about the best method for the study of society, history, etc. --Christofurio 14:42, Mar 9, 2005 (UTC)

- the version I just edited had the following:>In science, methodological individualism has been used to claim an objective stance toward reality. Such claims have been criticised by postmodernists and feminists, amongst others.<

I dropped this from the current version. But it can and should be added back in if someone could point to an individual or school who embraces this view. Jim 16:46, May 12, 2005 (UTC)

 * I wouldn't put it back in, because in the case of Weber at least, it is plainly false: for Weber, methodological 'objectivity' doesn't equal 'claim[ing] an objective stance toward reality', because such a stance is impossible (each agent projects onto concrete reality her own theoretical and cultural standpoints). Generally, methodological individualism is about avoiding metaphysics, not indulging in it. CCR 17:11, 23 August 2005 (UTC)

In Economics
I'm not sure that the Stigler & Becker statement is really germane to the question from an economic point of view, while I agree that economics has a strong individualist streak. The point they are making is that preferences between people do not vary all that much, that addictions, habits and culture, advertising, and fashions seem to explain why individuals have different preferences, but, Stigler & Becker argue, these can all be explained by circumstances outside of the individual, and are not a function of individual uniqueness or of these other factors - essentially, they're arguing that in similar circumstances everybody will behave relatively the same. I think that there should be a better example of methodological individualism in economics, and I'll try to remember to replace it if I come across it. Until then, this is an invitation for someone else to do so. DrMichaelWright (talk) 02:03, 28 July 2018 (UTC)

Critiques
Where are these critiques referenced from? And why is there no critique section at holism? Intangible 04:35, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

Critiques
Some radical feminist and postmodern critics have argued that this kind of "rationality" is itself a typically male, Western construction, and that "common sense" varies among cultures. For example, common sense notions in the US, such as women's rights, are very different from those in Iran. Similarly, to Marxists, "common sense" represents the partial and necessarily incomplete and ideological vision of those looking at a social system from the inside and lacking any clear understanding of the system as a whole. Methodological individualism has also drawn philosophical critiques, especially from sociologists. But this is countered though by propopents of methodological individualism, claiming that one does not seek to give an explanation for every possible social situation.

In one alternative perspective, the dynamics of a society can be seen as involving a dialectic of three parts:

 * 1) heterogeneous members of society act, helping to create the structure and functioning of society as a whole;
 * 2) the society as a whole limits and shapes the perspectives, preferences, and in the end, actions of the individuals, while helping to determine which individuals' actions have the most impact; and
 * 3) the interaction between these two levels leads to changes in both individuals and society.

Consider a life-boat that is about to founder because there are too many occupants. (1) The actions (including words) of the individuals helps to create a fight or a consensus about what to do (or some in-between situation). (2) That social situation then "feeds back" to affect individual attitudes and actions. (3) The "dialectic" between these two forces eventually leads to either the abandonment of the boat by one or more individuals — or collective destruction in a watery grave.

The most neglected aspect of methodical individualism is the realisation that reality can only be experienced and mediated by an individual's consciousness, which in turn is shaped by the societal reality. That is, methodological individualism ignores or forgets the second part of the process limned above, overemphasizing the first. Each individual is assumed to be autonomous, an unmoved mover. This usually means that the third part is forgotten, so that a static perspective is embraced, so that society and humanity are unchanged over time.

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That is an interesting post but it is mistaken. It mistakes methodological individualism for political individualism. The former need not lead to the latter. I suspect it does so, or is seen to do so, mainly because there is too much abstract philosophising about it. The proof of the pudding is in the eating: Weber's Verstehen looked into individual minds - his method was individualist. Yet I don't think anyone claims he neglected the effect of society on the individual, ie that his analysis was individualistic. - Pepper 150.203.227.130 00:00, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

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Bandai Visual

Bandai Visual Co., Ltd. (株式会社バンダイビジュアル) was a Japanese anime, film production, and distribution company, established by Bandai and a subsidiary of Bandai Namco Holdings. They focused mainly in international distribution of anime properties in North America.

Most of the anime and films that have been distributed and licensed by Bandai Visual have been released under the Emotion label. After the reorganization of Bandai Namco Holdings in 2006, Bandai Visual headed the group's Visual and Music Content Strategic Business Unit. Its subsidiaries included the Emotion Music Company, Ltd. (whose logos also include the Moai from Easter Island), and Lantis music publishing labels. Until 2012, it was involved in the production and distribution of several anime titles, including those it has directly produced itself and anime series produced by the anime studio Sunrise, an alternate anime studio subsidiary of Bandai Namco Holdings. In September 2017, Bandai Visual acquired the anime studio Actas.

In February 2018, it was announced Bandai Visual would be merged with Lantis into a new branch of BNH, called Bandai Namco Arts. The reorganizing took effect as of April 1, 2018. Bandai Visual remains only as a label of the new company.

Origins and expansion (1983–1996)
On August 23, 1983, Japanese toy manufacturer Bandai established AE Planning Co., Ltd. (Account Executive Planning), an animation and film distributor, in Kōjimachi, Chiyoda. Bandai created AE Planning following the success of Emotion, its film distribution division, in 1982, and was part of Bandai's corporate reorganization and alteration of its business strategies. AE Planning primarily distributed original video animations (OVAs) from other companies, most notably Pierrot's Dallos (1983). Beginning in October 1984, it licensed and distributed laserdisc films in Japan. After Bandai agreed to a business alliance with The Walt Disney Company in 1987, AE Planning became a distributor of Disney animated films across the country.

In March 1989, AE Planning renamed itself Bandai Visual Sales and opened a second office in Shōwa-ku, Nagoya. Alongside its publishing and distribution of VHS releases for television series such as Ultraman and Mobile Suit Gundam, Visual Sales operated the Emotion Theater movie theater in Bandai's B-Club Shop in Takadanobaba until its closure in 1997. Bandai Visual Sales was renamed again to Bandai Visual Co., Ltd. in August 1991. In the same year, it absorbed Bandai's Media Division as a means to unify the latter company's home video distribution businesses. The acquisition also gave Bandai Visual ownership of the Emotion label, which was used for its music, anime re-releases, and other products. As the company continued generating profits, it began expanding its operations into other entertainment industries. In 1996, Bandai Visual began publishing video games under the Emotion Digital Software brand, releasing titles such as Return to Zork, MechWarrior 2: Arcade Combat Edition and Choujikuu Yousai Macross: Ai Oboete Imasu ka.

Mainstream success and Bandai Entertainment (1996–2005)
In April 1996, Bandai Visual published Mobile Suit Gundam Wing, the sixth mainline installment in the Gundam media franchise. Though it was a moderate success in Japan, Gundam Wing was especially popular in the United States, being credited for single-handedly popularizing the Gundam franchise for Western audiences. Following the show's success, Bandai established a subsidiary named Bandai Entertainment Inc. in Cypress, California as a subsidiary of its United States division, Bandai America. Though Bandai Visual did not have any direct control over Bandai Entertainment, the latter company often licensed many of Visual's anime series for publishing and distribution in North America, such as Cowboy Bebop, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, and multiple Gundam sequels. Bandai Entertainment also published English-translated manga series and American graphic novels, in addition to offering a "fan support" program to facilitate public screenings of licensed content at anime clubs and anime conventions.

Bandai Visual was listed on JASDAQ market in November 2001; by that time, the company was worth over ¥2.1 billion (US$20 million). In January 2003, the company acquired Emotion Music and made it a wholly owned subsidiary, as a means to further expand into the music industry. Bandai Visual also began supplying content for broadband distribution networks, such as the Bandai Channel television station.

Namco Bandai takeover and merge with Lantis (2005–2018)
Bandai Visual was a wholly owned subsidiary of Namco Bandai Holdings. Namco Bandai announced on November 8, 2007, that it would buy the voting shares it did not own between that date and December 10, 2007, and turn the company into a wholly owned subsidiary. On December 18, 2007, Namco Bandai announced that it had owned 93.63% of Bandai Visual's shares since the end of November. The remaining shares were delisted from the Tokyo Stock Exchange on February 15, 2008, after Namco Bandai acquired the remaining 10% of the shares.

In February 2018, it was announced Bandai Visual would be merged with Lantis into a new branch of BNH, called Bandai Namco Arts. The reorganizing took effect as of April 1, 2018. Bandai Visual remains only as a label of the new company.

Bandai Visual USA / Bandai Entertainment
Bandai Visual USA was established in 2005 in Cypress, California to license anime properties from various Japanese companies for North American distribution; most of those licenses coming from Bandai and its sister company Sunrise. The company also licensed manga series for release with English translation, and published American-made graphic novels. Bandai Visual USA's releases were of high quality and were aimed at collectors. Their titles were released under the Honnêamise label (named after their Bandai Visual's first production, Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise). Bandai Visual USA's anime products were distributed in North America initially by Image Entertainment and later, Geneon Entertainment USA and in Europe by Beez Entertainment. On May 23, 2008, Bandai Namco Holdings announced that Bandai Visual USA would be merged into the newly formed Bandai Entertainment which was consummated on July 1, 2008.

The company confirmed on January 2, 2012, that they would stop offering new DVD, Blu-ray disc and manga releases by February, but would continue to produce their current library of content. Bandai Entertainment was restructured to focus on licensing anime to other companies. On August 30, 2012, Bandai America announced that it will shut down Bandai Entertainment and discontinue distributing their home video and print catalog on March 1, 2013. They made their final shipment to retailers on November 30, 2012. Many former Bandai Entertainment titles have been re-licensed by other companies, including Funimation, Crunchyroll, Aniplex of America, Discotek Media, Media Blasters, Nozomi Entertainment, Viz Media, Maiden Japan and Sentai Filmworks.

Most of the notable titles that Bandai Entertainment held included K-On!, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya and Lucky Star.

Beez Entertainment
Beez Entertainment was the European branch of Bandai Entertainment that also distributed anime and music and were also owned by Bandai Namco Holdings. The name is an acronym for Bandai Entertainment European Zone. Following the discontinuation of Bandai Entertainment, Beez has also stopped releasing anime in the European market. Their anime releases were licensed in North America by Bandai Entertainment and Bandai Visual USA.

Honnêamise
Honnêamise was Bandai Visual USA's boutique label that distributed deluxe editions of anime and artsier products. The label's namesake comes from Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise. The label was shut down on July 1, 2008, when Bandai Visual USA was absorbed into Bandai Entertainment. The label's releases were distributed by Geneon Entertainment USA and Image Entertainment.

Music
In August 2009, Bandai Visual had their first music release on US iTunes with Lantis Sounds. In September 2009, Bandai Visual teamed up with Namco Bandai Games for their periodic release of game sounds (classic and new) to iTunes USA.

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Talk:Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fountain

Photos
I took some photos but when I was there, July 19, there was a work crew with two huge pumps and brooms and hoses everywhere. I was trying to get a nice photo that showed the tranquil Serpentine in the background and/or showed the oval as a whole, all without the work crews or hoses, but that proved challenging. I used this photo that's currently at the top of the article but maybe this photo showing the whole oval more or less would be better... or maybe someone can get there on a day when they're not cleaning it and the water is running and get a better photo. Elf | Talk 19:47, 11 Aug 2004 (UTC)

"people will be prevented from walking or running in the water by six people employed to watch over visitors."
 * I didn't see any watchers when I visited the fountain today, unless of course they were disguised as members of the public. Nobody was actually wading in the water (too cold!) but lots of people were walking on the concrete perimeter, even though this is hazardously steep in places. Lee M 01:24, 15 Oct 2004 (UTC)

POV Issues
The descriptions of this seem unnecessarily twee (yes, OK, that's my opinion), but also a little lacking in NPOV. Perhaps we could take some of the artistic judgement out of it? Andrewferrier 20:07, 2004 Nov 27 (UTC)

Refs / Ex. Links
Some are coming to 404s... anyone care to dig up caches? microchip08 (talk) 16:02, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

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August Šenoa

August Ivan Nepomuk Eduard Šenoa (originally Schönoa; 14 November 1838 – 13 December 1881) was a Croatian novelist, playwright, poet, and editor. Born to an ethnic German and Slovak family, Šenoa became a key figure in the development of an independent literary tradition in Croatian and shaping the emergence of the urban Croatian identity of Zagreb and its surroundings at a time when Austrian control was weaning. He was a literary transitional figure, who helped bring Croatian literature from Romanticism to Realism and introduced the historical novel to Croatia. He wrote more than ten novels, among which the most notable are: Zlatarovo zlato (The Goldsmith's Treasure; 1871), Čuvaj se senjske ruke (Pirates of Senj, lit. 'Beware the Hand of Senj'; 1876), Seljačka buna (The Peasant Revolt; 1877), and Diogenes (1878).

Šenoa was one of the most popular Croatian novelists in his day, and the author of the popular patriotic song "Živila Hrvatska".

Biography
Šenoa was born in Zagreb on 14 November 1838 to Alois Schönoa, an ethnic German from what is now the Czech Republic who worked as a confectioner and pastry chef for Bishop Aleksandar Alagović, who brought him to Zagreb in 1829, and Therese (Rabacs), a German-speaking Slovak either from Tyrnau or Budapest. August was the oldest of four boys: Teodor (1841–1843); Julije, a playwright and author in his own right (1845–1897); and Aurel, a banker (1847–1913). His mother died giving birth to Aurel in 1847; August was eight years old. Alois never remarried, but raised the three boys alone, with some help from his mother-in-law. Although August is considered to be one of the greatest writers in the Croatian language, neither of his parents ever learned the language, speaking to him in German only. Alois' contempt for the language was a constant source of conflict between him and August.

Dissatisfied with the introduction of the Croatian language in schools and frustrated by August's refusal to speak German, Alois sent August to a Cistercian gymnasium in Pécs, where he learned Hungarian quickly. When German was reinstated as the scholastic language under the so-called "Absolutism of Bach", August returned home at his father's behest to finish his gymnastic education in Gornji grad. While at school, a friend loaned him a copy Ivan Gundulić's Osman, an epic poem on the conflict with the Ottomans, which he found difficult to understand at first, having to translate it into German and then back into Croatian. Enamored, he began constantly seeking out books in the language, which led him to meet and become friends with Ljudevit Gaj, who allowed him access to his library, just off of St. Mark's Square. The friendship blossomed; Gaj encouraged Šenoa to read and converse in the Croatian language and Šenoa later became a tutor for Gaj's son, Velimir. Despite the forcing of German in schools, in Zagreb some of his teachers numbered among the Croatian nationalists of the era, including Vjekoslav Babukić, Antun Mažuranić, and Adolfo Veber Tkalčević, all of whose nationalist activism had a strong impact on Šenoa. In 1855, he published his first work, Tears (Suze). The following year, he graduated gymnasium and traveled with a friend through Slovenia and Italy, which inspired him to write A Carnation on the Grave of a Poet (Karanfil s pjsenikova groba), one of his earliest Pan-Slavist works. These travels and his talent for foreign language inspired Šenoa to seek out a career in diplomacy. He took an entrance exam in order to pursue it, but he was rejected on the grounds of his beliefs and his lack of noble birth.

As a university student, Šenoa studied law in Prague and Zagreb and medicine in Vienna. His time in medicine, however, was short-lived, as he could not stand the sight of human blood while working on live patients. His educational success earned him the financial support of Bishop Josip Juraj Strossmayer, who helped pay for Šenoa's law school with a yearly stipend of 300 forints. During his time in Prague, he learned Czech and published several articles in several Bohemian newspapers, including Osvěta and Zlatá Praha. In 1860, he began writing articles and sending them to Pozor and continued to be published, writing about cultural and political events and advocating for brotherhood between Croats and Serbs. During this time, Šenoa began writing songs in Czech under both the pseudonym Veljko Rabačević and his own name. Notably, while writing for Pozor, he also used the pseudonym Petrica Kerempuh, a reference to the folk hero from northwestern Croatia who ridicules the powerful.

In 1865, Šenoa graduated from the Law Faculty of Prague, but, due to a preoccupation with writing and a loss of interest in the legal profession, failed to pass his qualifying exam. As a result, both Strossmeyer, who had promised him a professorship at the University of Zagreb, and his father were infuriated and both cut him off financially. Despite this, Šenoa moved to Vienna again, at the invitation Abel Lukšić, becoming the editor of the magazines Glasonoša ('The Herald') and Slawische Blätter ('Slavic Pages'). The following year, he returned to Zagreb to become a part of the editorial staff for Pozor and contributing articles criticizing the contemporary theater scene, denigrating its lack of Croatian language and poor quality. His pieces earned him the enmity of Dimitrija Demeter.

When the editors of Pozor moved to Vienna, Šenoa stayed in Zagreb, having fallen in love with his future wife, Slava Ištvanić, the daughter of a Velika Gorica notary and judge. The couple met at a ball in Velika Gorica on 31 January 1867 and by Easter of the same year, the two were engaged. However, Slava's father refused to officially sanction the marriage until Šenoa got a "real job" which could reliably support the couple. During this period, Šenoa's oeuvre contains a significant number of romantic poems, including O Uskrsu ('On Easter') and Slavici ('To Slavica'). In March 1868, his comedy Ljubica ('Violet') was published and met with critical and commercial failure. Though later rehabilitated, the piece was, and to some degree still is, considered a particularly heavy-handed satire and even Šenoa's colleague Ivan Perkovac condemned it in Pozor. Shortly thereafter, he became a notary, thereby fulfilling the requirement to marry Slava; her father blessed the marriage and the two were married on 20 June 1868 in Velika Gorica. In August, he became the artistic director of the Croatian National Theater.

At the end of August 1870, he was removed as the artistic director at the HNK, but remained as a playwright. With his help, the theater was able to attract Ivan Zajc to direct an opera. In January 1873, became a city senator and was put in charge of four branches: guilds, rural zadruge, social welfare and almshouses, and municipal policing; annually, he and his department handled over 2,500 cases on a salary of 130 forints per month. He worked as a judge on Tuesdays without pay. The job became so overwhelming that he had to leave his position at the theater, though he continued writing at night. In 1875, he attempted a career in politics, but quickly reversed course. In 1877, he became the vice president of Matica hrvatska and, the following year, became the editor of its arts and sciences journal, Vienac. He wrote several pieces for the journal and translated several works from English, Czech, German, and French.

When the 1880 Zagreb earthquake struck, it devastated the entire city. As city senator, he spent all day assessing damage, climbing through collapsed buildings (including attics and basements that had been ravaged by the event), and gave the assessment to the magistrates so they could dictate what to demolish and what to repair. He further took care of victims, by coordinating their care in the barracks-turned-makeshift hospital in Zrinski Square. The work, grief, and exertion took a lasting toll on him. Despite a complicating case of pneumonia, he continued to write his last work, The Curse (Kletva), until he could no longer do so, then dictating to his wife and son Milan.

Šenoa died on 13 December 1881. It is unclear exactly what the final cause of death was; he complained of painful, swollen joints and then had a heart attack in June 1881. It is generally accepted that he died of complications from chronic pneumonia and untreated post-streptococcal reactive arthritis. He was buried in Mirogoj Cemetery two days later. His funeral was attended by thousands and included Croatia's most notable figures of the era, including Ivan Mažuranić, Nikola Krestić, and Ivan Kukuljević Sakcinski.

Work
Šenoa's contributions to Croatian literature are often considered peerless; he is called the "father of the Croatian novel" and of Croatian realism. The short period in which he wrote his oeuvre is even called the "Šenoan Age" (Šenoino doba). His novels and plays have been framed as embodying the Volksgeist of the era and leaving behind the traditional view of Croatia's precarious position at the center of the crossroads of Europe, flanked by the Orthodox East and Ottoman Turks to the south, leaving Croatia to "[pin] all her hopes upon the House of Habsburg". Rather, he paints the Austro-Hungarian Empire as an enticing Western woman. Tatiana Kuzmic, a professor of the South Slavic languages at Harvard University, notes the following about this characterization:

"The adulterous woman of Šenoa's novel [The Goldsmith's Gold], however, fits the mold very well. [...] As a semicolony inhabiting what was perceived by the West as the border between civilization and barbarism, between Christianity and Islam, and eager to prove that it belonged to the former, nineteenth-century Croatia, as Šenoa shows, was particularly vulnerable to the charms of 'the deceiving beauty' that was Austria."

His work advocated deeply for a national unity across Yugoslavia by appealing to the shared characteristics rather than their differences. He compared the five Yugoslav peoples Slovenes, Croats, Serbs, Bosnians, and Montenegrins  to the five fingers of a single hand and appealed his Yugoslavism to the public through common "blood enemies".

Šenoa wrote his novels as distant historical fiction, as critiquing the current political situation could have proved dangerous and opened himself to censorship; both The Goldsmith's Treasure and The Peasant Revolt take place in the 16th century. In an 1874 issue of Vienac, he wrote:

"In the historical novel, you must use the analogy between the past and the present to bring the people to an awareness of itself. There are a hundred opportunities for this. In vain is the boasting of the forefathers, the bloody glory of the times gone by is not the task of our historical novel. One must depict all the sins, all the virtues of our past, in order to enable the people to guard from sin, follow virtue. Cicero's saying: Historia vitae magistrawill not find a better place than in the history of the Croats and Serbs."

In his novels, he fused national romanticism characterized by buoyant and inventive language with realistic depictions of the growth of the petite bourgeois class.

His work is known for Cecildemillean scenes and poetic description of oppressed Croatian peasantry and nobility struggling against foreign rule (Venetians, Austrians/Germans and Hungarians) and romanticized period from the 15th to the 18th century. Šenoa is often credited with "creating the Croatian reading public".

Legacy
In 2008, a total of 182 streets in Croatia were named after August Šenoa, making him the person with the seventh most streets in the country named after him.

Šenoa's birth house is located at 27 Ivo Mallin House. It is open to visitors. The house suffered damage in the 2020 Zagreb earthquake, but was later reopened.

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This category is about individuals who live in Ethiopia and/or are of Ethiopian descent. For ethnic groups of Ethiopia, see Category:Ethnic groups in Ethiopia.

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Roulette (curve)

In the differential geometry of curves, a roulette is a kind of curve, generalizing cycloids, epicycloids, hypocycloids, trochoids, epitrochoids, hypotrochoids, and involutes. On a basic level, it is the path traced by a curve while rolling on another curve without slipping.

Informal definition
Roughly speaking, a roulette is the curve described by a point (called the generator or pole) attached to a given curve as that curve rolls without slipping, along a second given curve that is fixed. More precisely, given a curve attached to a plane which is moving so that the curve rolls, without slipping, along a given curve attached to a fixed plane occupying the same space, then a point attached to the moving plane describes a curve, in the fixed plane called a roulette.

Special cases and related concepts
In the case where the rolling curve is a line and the generator is a point on the line, the roulette is called an involute of the fixed curve. If the rolling curve is a circle and the fixed curve is a line then the roulette is a trochoid. If, in this case, the point lies on the circle then the roulette is a cycloid.

A related concept is a glissette, the curve described by a point attached to a given curve as it slides along two (or more) given curves.

Formal definition
Formally speaking, the curves must be differentiable curves in the Euclidean plane. The fixed curve is kept invariant; the rolling curve is subjected to a continuous congruence transformation such that at all times the curves are tangent at a point of contact that moves with the same speed when taken along either curve (another way to express this constraint is that the point of contact of the two curves is the instant centre of rotation of the congruence transformation). The resulting roulette is formed by the locus of the generator subjected to the same set of congruence transformations.

Modeling the original curves as curves in the complex plane, let $$r,f:\mathbb R\to\Complex$$ be the two natural parameterizations of the rolling ($r$) and fixed ($f$) curves, such that $$r(0)=f(0)$$, $$r'(0) = f'(0)$$, and $$|r'(t)| = |f'(t)| \neq 0$$ for all $$t$$. The roulette of generator $$p\in\Complex$$ as $$r$$ is rolled on $$f$$ is then given by the mapping:

 * $$t\mapsto f(t)+(p-r(t)) {f'(t)\over r'(t)}.$$

Generalizations
If, instead of a single point being attached to the rolling curve, another given curve is carried along the moving plane, a family of congruent curves is produced. The envelope of this family may also be called a roulette.

Roulettes in higher spaces can certainly be imagined but one needs to align more than just the tangents.

Example
If the fixed curve is a catenary and the rolling curve is a line, we have:

 * $$f(t)=t+i(\cosh(t)-1) \qquad r(t)=\sinh(t)$$

 * $$f'(t)=1+i\sinh(t) \qquad r'(t)=\cosh(t).$$

The parameterization of the line is chosen so that
 * $$|f'(t)| = \sqrt{1^2+\sinh^2(t)} = \sqrt{\cosh^2(t)} = |r'(t)|. $$

Applying the formula above we obtain:

 * $$f(t)+(p-r(t)){f'(t)\over r'(t)}

=t-i+{p-\sinh(t)+i(1+p\sinh(t))\over\cosh(t)} =t-i+(p+i){1+i\sinh(t)\over\cosh(t)}.$$

If p = −i the expression has a constant imaginary part (namely −i) and the roulette is a horizontal line. An interesting application of this is that a square wheel could roll without bouncing on a road that is a matched series of catenary arcs.

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Yoshiko Sakakibara

Yoshiko Sakakibara (榊原 良子) is a Japanese actress, voice actress and narrator.

Career
In 1981, she made her voice actor debut as Flore in Six God Combination Godmars.

She also narrates many news programs, especially as a main narrator for TV Asahi News Station for over 10 years.

She herself calls her occupation "Voice Actor". In performing the role, she is always aspiring to perform delicate and full of human performance based on detailed settings, backgrounds and habits.

She has been interested in theatrical performance since elementary school, and after gaining experience in the theater club in the middle and high school era, she majored in the theater department. When receiving various theater companies, the voice actors set up a new office and participated in an invitation from a person who was the husband and teacher of Mari Shimizu, the participant of the launch performance. The president of the office and the elderly also invited her to be voice actors.

Anime

 * 1980s
 * 1981 Six God Combination Godmars – Flore
 * 1981 Urusei Yatsura – Otama
 * 1982 Space Cobra – Armaroid Lady
 * 1983 Cat's Eye – Mitsuko Asatani
 * 1983 Mirai Keisatsu Urashiman – Josephine Catsburg
 * 1984 God Mazinger – Aira
 * 1984 Yoroshiku Mechadock – Asami
 * 1984 Elves of the Forest – ???
 * 1985 Dancouga – Super Beast Machine God – Reimi
 * 1985 Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam – Haman Karn, Mouar Pharaoh
 * 1986 Maison Ikkoku – Ayako
 * 1986 Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ – Haman Karn
 * 1987 Kimagure Orange Road – Madoka's mother
 * 1987 Mami the Psychic – Mama
 * 1988 City Hunter 2 – Tachiki Sayuri
 * 1988 Go! Anpanman – Tekka no Makichan
 * 1989 Idol Densetsu Eriko – Ryoko Asagiri
 * 1989 Blue Blink – ???
 * 1989 The Adventures of Hutch the Honeybee – Mama
 * 1989 Patlabor: The TV Series – Shinobu Nagumo
 * 1990s
 * 1990 Idol Angel Yokoso Yoko – Keiko Matsushima
 * 1994 Blue Seed – Azusa Matsudaira
 * 1995 Sailor Moon SuperS – Queen Nehelenia
 * 1995 Fushigi Yûgi: The Mysterious Play – Shouka
 * 1996 Kodocha – Michelle
 * 1996 Sailor Moon Sailor Stars – Queen Nehelenia
 * 1996 You're Under Arrest – Kaoruko Kinoshita
 * 1996 The Vision of Escaflowne – Varie
 * 1997 Clamp School Detectives – Casablanca
 * 1997 Don't Leave Me Alone, Daisy – Mother
 * 1998 Princess Nine – Keiko Himuro
 * 1998 Fancy Lala – Mamiko Shinohara
 * 2000s
 * 2001 Hellsing – Sir Integra
 * 2001 PaRappa the Rapper – Hairdresser Octopus Ep.27
 * 2002 Tenchi Muyo! GXP – Misaki Masaki Jurai
 * 2003 Chrono Crusade – Kate Valentine
 * 2004 Sgt. Frog – Oka Nishizawa
 * 2004 Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG – Yoko Kayabuki
 * 2005 Moeyo Ken – Oryou
 * 2005 Tide-Line Blue – Aoi
 * 2009 Inuyasha: The Final Act – Sesshōmaru's Mother
 * 2009 Kiddy Girl-and – Arnice
 * 2010s
 * 2010 Cobra The Animation – Armaroid Lady
 * 2010 Highschool of the Dead – Yuriko Takagi
 * 2011 Nichijou – Oil in episode 15
 * 2012 From the New World – Tomiko Asahina
 * 2012 Saint Seiya Omega – Medea
 * 2012 Psycho-Pass – Joshu Kasei
 * 2014 Riddle Story of Devil – Yuri Meichi
 * 2014 Bonjour♪Sweet Love Patisserie – Nadeshiko Minagawa
 * 2015 Kantai Collection – Narrator, Hikōjō Ki, Chūkan Seiki
 * 2015 Yona of the Dawn – Gigan
 * 2015 Go! Princess PreCure – Dyspear
 * 2015 Gangsta – Gina Paulklee
 * 2016 The Great Passage – Kaoru Sasaki
 * 2017 Grimoire of Zero – Sorena
 * 2020s
 * 2020 Akudama Drive – Boss
 * 2021 Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon – Sesshōmaru's Mother
 * 2021 Yasuke – Yami no Daimyо̄
 * 2021 Blade Runner: Black Lotus – Josephine Grant
 * 2023 The Fire Hunter – Narrator
 * 2023 Jujutsu Kaisen – Narrator
 * 2025 Once Upon a Witch's Death – Faust

OVA

 * 1983 Dallos – Melinda Hearst
 * 1985 Greed – Mimau
 * 1985 Area 88 – Yasuda
 * 1985 Cream Lemon – Rio
 * 1985 Vampire Hunter D – Younger Snake Sister
 * 1985 The Karuizawa Syndrome – Kaoru Matsunuma
 * 1986 The Humanoid – Antoinette
 * 1986 Megazone 23 Part II – Reina
 * 1987 Black Magic M-66 – Sybil
 * 1987 Bubblegum Crisis – Sylia Stingray
 * 1987 Devilman: The Birth – Sirene
 * 1987 Kaze to Ki no Uta Sanctus: Sei Naru Kana – Rosemarine
 * 1987 God Bless Dancouga – Remi Shikishima
 * 1987 Lily C.A.T. – Carolyn
 * 1988 Mobile Police Patlabor – Shinobu Nagumo
 * 1988 Mobile Suit SD Gundam – Haman Karn
 * 1988 Aim for the Ace! 2 – Reika Ryuuzaki
 * 1988 Legend of the Galactic Heroes – Frederica Greenhill
 * 1988 Crying Freeman – Bugnug
 * 1989 Aim for the Ace! Final Stage – Reika Ryuuzaki
 * 1989 Crusher Joe – Major Tanya
 * 1989 Cleopatra DC – Mysterious Woman
 * 1989 Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket – Teacher, Woman Leaving to Francheska
 * 1990 Cyber City Oedo 808 – Sarah
 * 1990 Guardian of Darkness – Sayoo(m)ko Matsura
 * 1990 SD Gundam Gaiden – Sorceress Qubeley
 * 1990 Patlabor The Mobile Police: The New Files – Shinobu Nagumo
 * 1990 Record of Lodoss War – Karla, Leylia
 * 1990 CB Chara Nagai Go World – Sirene
 * 1991 RG Veda – Karura-Ō
 * 1991 Bubblegum Crash – Sylia Stingray
 * 1991 Condition Green – Paula
 * 1991 Super Deformed Double Feature – Sylia Stingray
 * 1991 Moonlight's Earring – Takao Reseinji
 * 1991 Ninja Gaiden – Sara
 * 1991 Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory – Haman Karn
 * 1993 Super Dimension Century Orguss 02 – Miran
 * 1994 Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki – Misaki
 * 1995 Golden Boy – Kogure’s Girlfriend
 * 1996 The Special Duty Combat Unit Shinesman – Kyoko Sakakibara
 * 1996 Power DoLLS – Deborah Hughes
 * 1996 Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team – Topp
 * 1996 Blue Seed Beyond – Azusa Matsudaira
 * 1999 Sol Bianca: The Legacy – Feb Fall
 * 2001 Zone of the Enders: 2167 Idolo – Rachel Links
 * 2003 Moeyo Ken – Oryo
 * 2006 Hellsing Ultimate – Sir Integra Fairbrook Wingates Hellsing
 * 2008 Cobra the Animation: The Psychogun – Armaroid Lady
 * 2009 Cobra the Space Pirate: Time Drive – Armaroid Lady
 * 2011 Supernatural: The Animation – Mysterious Beautiful Lady

Film

 * 1982 Space Adventure Cobra – Armaroid Lady
 * 1983 Urusei Yatsura: Only You – Elle
 * 1984 Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind – Lady Kushana
 * 1987 Bats & Terry – Aya
 * 1988 Maison Ikkoku: The Final Chapter – Kuroki
 * 1988 Mami the Psychic: Dancing Doll of the Starry Sky – Mama
 * 1988 Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack – Nanai Miguel
 * 1989 Patlabor: The Movie – Shinobu Nagumo
 * 1990 Go! Anpanman: Baikinman no Gyakushuu – Tekka no Makichan
 * 1993 Patlabor 2: The Movie – Shinobu Nagumo
 * 1999 You're Under Arrest: The Movie – Kaoruko Kinoshita
 * 1999 Digimon Adventure – Yuuko Yagami
 * 2000 Blue Remains – Myazamik
 * 2000 The Mini Pato – Shinobu Nagumo
 * 2004 Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence – Harraway
 * 2004 Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam: A New Translation – Haman Khan
 * 2005 Detective Conan: Strategy Above the Depths – Minako Akiyoshi
 * 2006 Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society – Yoko Kayabuki
 * 2008 Ghost in the Shell 2.0 – Puppet Master
 * 2008 The Sky Crawlers – Towa Sasakura
 * 2009 Psalms of Planets Eureka Seven: Pocket Full of Rainbows – Old Anemone
 * 2015 Harmony – Oscar Shtaufenberg
 * 2015 Psycho-Pass: The Movie – Joshu Kasei

Video games

 * 1998 Sakura Wars 2: Thou Shalt Not Die – Carino Soletta
 * 2000 Super Robot Wars Alpha – Mouar Pharaoh, Haman Karn, Nanai Miguel
 * 2001 Super Robot Wars Alpha Gaiden – Mouar Pharaoh
 * 2002 Space Channel 5: Part 2 – Pine
 * 2002 Tales of Destiny 2 – Elrane
 * 2005 10,000 Bullets – Boris
 * 2006 Castle of Shikigami III – Freedom Wind
 * 2006 Final Fantasy XII – Jote
 * 2007 Dynasty Warriors: Gundam – Haman Karn
 * 2007 ASH: Archaic Sealed Heat – Aceshin XV
 * 2008 Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2 – Haman Karn, Nanai Miguel
 * 2008 Suikoden Tierkreis – Diadora
 * 2008 White Knight Chronicles – Dragon Matriarch
 * 2010 Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 3 – Haman Karn, Nanai Miguel
 * 2012 Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward – Old Woman
 * 2012 Phantasy Star Online 2 – Ro Kamitsu
 * 2015 Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2 Record Breaker – Polaris
 * 2016 Overwatch – Ana Amari
 * 2017 Fire Emblem Heroes – Mila
 * 2017 Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia – Mila
 * 2019 Super Robot Wars T – Haman Karn
 * 2022 Babylon's Fall – Nergal
 * 2023 Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon – Morgana

Live-action

 * Patricia Clarkson
 * Learning to Drive – Wendy Shields
 * The Maze Runner – Ava Paige
 * Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials – Ava Paige
 * Maze Runner: The Death Cure – Ava Paige
 * Connie Nielsen
 * Justice League – Hippolyta
 * Wonder Woman – Hippolyta
 * Wonder Woman 1984 – Hippolyta
 * Zack Snyder's Justice League – Hippolyta
 * Annette Bening
 * Love Affair – Terry McKay
 * Captain Marvel – Supreme Intelligence and Dr. Wendy Lawson / Mar-Vell
 * Death on the Nile – Euphemia
 * The 100 – Dr. Abigail "Abby" Griffin (Paige Turco)
 * Airplane! (1983 TBS edition) – Randy (Lorna Patterson)
 * Alien (1992 VHS/DVD edition) – Joan Lambert (Veronica Cartwright)
 * Barbie – Narrator (Helen Mirren)
 * The Basketball Diaries – Mrs. Carroll (Lorraine Bracco)
 * Clarice – Ruth Martin (Jayne Atkinson)
 * Coogan's Bluff (1984 Nippon TV edition) – Linny Raven (Tisha Sterling)
 * Crocodile Dundee (1990 Fuji TV edition) – Sue Charlton (Linda Kozlowski)
 * Crocodile Dundee II (1991 Fuji TV edition) – Sue Charlton (Linda Kozlowski)
 * The Elephant Man (1982 TBS edition) – Ann Treves (Hannah Gordon)
 * ER – Elizabeth Corday (Alex Kingston)
 * The Final Countdown (1989 TBS edition) – Laurel Scott (Katharine Ross)
 * Friday the 13th Part 2 – Ginny Field (Amy Steel)
 * Heart of Stone – Nomad (Sophie Okonedo)
 * Heaven's Gate (1988 TBS edition) – Ella Watson (Isabelle Huppert)
 * Humanoids from the Deep (1984 TBS edition) – Carol Hill (Cindy Weintraub)
 * The Man with the Golden Gun (1982 TBS edition) – Saida (Carmen du Sautoy)
 * No Man's Land (1991 TV Asahi edition) – Ann Varrick (Lara Harris)
 * Octopussy (1988 TBS edition) – Magda (Kristina Wayborn)
 * Over the Top (1989 Fuji TV edition) – Christina Hawk (Susan Blakely)
 * Phenomena (2020 Blu-ray edition) – Frau Brückner (Daria Nicolodi)
 * Piranha (1982 TBS edition) – Laura Dickinson (Melody Thomas Scott)
 * Police Story (1987 Fuji TV edition) – Selina Fong (Brigitte Lin)
 * Project A Part II (1989 Fuji TV edition) – Miss Pak (Rosamund Kwan)
 * Romeo and Juliet (1982 TV Asahi edition) – Juliet (Olivia Hussey)
 * The Spy Who Loved Me (1983 TBS edition) – Log Cabin Girl (Sue Vanner)
 * To Kill with Intrigue (1986 TBS edition) – Chin Chin (Jeong Hee)
 * Year of the Dragon (1988 TBS edition) – Tracy Tzu (Ariane Koizumi)
 * Zombi 2 (1982 TBS edition) – Susan Barrett (Auretta Gay)
 * 9 to 5 – Roz (Elizabeth Wilson)
 * Airport '77 – Lisa Stevens (Pamela Bellwood)
 * American Graffiti – Laurie Henderson (Cindy Williams)
 * Annie – Cecile (Colleen Zenk)
 * Arthur – Susan Johnson (Jill Eikenberry)
 * The Beach (2003 NTV edition) – Sal (Tilda Swinton)
 * The Bible: In the Beginning... – Eve (Ulla Bergryd)
 * Bird on a Wire – Rachel Varney (Joan Severance)
 * Body Parts – Karen Chrushank (Kim Delaney)
 * The Burning – Karen (Carolyn Houlihan)
 * The Burning of Imperial Palace – Empress Dowager Ci'an (Chan Wah)
 * Cocoon: The Return – Sara (Courteney Cox)
 * Crackerjack – Katia 'K.C.' Koslovska (Nastassja Kinski)
 * Delta Force 3: The Killing Game – Irenia Usuri (Hanna Azoulay Hasfari)
 * The Dream Team – Riley (Lorraine Bracco)
 * The Eagle Has Landed – Pamela Verecker (Judy Geeson)
 * Flipper – Cathy (Chelsea Field)
 * Four Rooms – Angela (Jennifer Beals)
 * Frankenstein Unbound – Mary Shelley (Bridget Fonda)
 * Front Page – Sandy Cheung (Catherine Hung)
 * Giant – Luz Benedict II (Carroll Baker)
 * Guns – Donna Hamilton (Dona Speir)
 * Hannibal Brooks – Vronia (Karin Baal)
 * Hard Ticket to Hawaii – Donna (Dona Speir)
 * Harry and Walter Go to New York – Lissa Chestnut (Diane Keaton)
 * Honeymoon in Vegas – Betsy Nolan / Donna Korman (Sarah Jessica Parker)
 * Inferno – Elisa De Longvalle Adler (Daria Nicolodi)
 * Knight Without Armour – Countess Alexandra Vladinoff (Marlene Dietrich)
 * L.A. Story – Trudi (Marilu Henner)
 * The Little Drummer Girl – Charlie (Diane Keaton)
 * Losing Isaiah – Margaret Lewin (Jessica Lange)
 * Major League II – Nicki Reese (Michelle Burke)
 * Miami Vice – Sarah MacPhail (Kyra Sedgwick), Dr. Theresa Lyons (Helena Bonham Carter), Caitlin Davies (Sheena Easton)
 * National Lampoon's Animal House – Mandy Pepperidge (Mary Louise Weller)
 * Nine Lives – Maggie (Glenn Close)
 * No Mercy – Alice Collins (Marita Geraghty)
 * Oliver's Story – Joanna Stone (Nicola Pagett)
 * On Deadly Ground – Liles (Shari Shattuck)
 * Orpheus – Aglaonice (Juliette Gréco)
 * Parenthood – Susan Buckman-Huffner (Harley Jane Kozak)
 * Patriot Games – Annette (Polly Walker)
 * The Player – Bonnie Sherow (Cynthia Stevenson)
 * Purple Noon – Marge Duval (Marie Laforêt)
 * Rabid – Rose (Marilyn Chambers)
 * Raise the Titanic – Dana Archibald (Anne Archer)
 * The Scarlet and the Black – Minna Kappler (Barbara Bouchet)
 * The Secret of My Success – Christy Wills (Helen Slater)
 * The Sentinel – Jennifer (Deborah Raffin)
 * The Shootist – Serepta (Sheree North)
 * The Star Chamber – Emily Hardin (Sharon Gless)
 * Stealing Home – Katie Chandler (Jodie Foster)
 * Steel Magnolias – Annelle Dupuy-DeSoto (Daryl Hannah)
 * Tenebrae – Detective Altieri (Carola Stagnaro)
 * Terms of Endearment – Patsy Clark (Lisa Hart Carroll)
 * To Live and Die in L.A. – Ruth Lanier (Darlanne Fluegel)
 * Trading Places – Penelope Witherspoon (Kristin Holby)
 * Twin Peaks – Shelly Johnson (Mädchen Amick)
 * Ultraman: Towards the Future – Jean Echo (Gia Carides)
 * Whose Life Is It Anyway? – Claire Scott (Christine Lahti)
 * Worth Winning – Eleanor Larimore (Lesley Ann Warren)

Animation

 * The Brave Little Toaster – Rob's Mother
 * Captain Planet and the Planeteers – Dr. Blight
 * Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole – Nyra

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Junagarh

Junagarh or Junagadh may refer to the following places in India :

 * Junagadh, a city in Gujarat
 * Junagadh State, a former princely state in Saurashtra region
 * Junagadh district, a district of Gujarat
 * Junagarh Fort, a fort in Bikaner, Rajasthan
 * Junagarh, Kalahandi, a town in Kalahandi district, Odisha
 * Junagadh Lok Sabha constituency, a parliamentary constituency in Gujarat
 * Junagadh Assembly constituency, an assembly constituency in Gujarat
 * Junagarh, Odisha Assembly constituency, an assembly constituency, Odisha

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Ken Harvey (baseball)

Kenneth Eugene Harvey (born March 1, 1978) is a former Major League Baseball first baseman.

Harvey earned consensus first-team All-America honors in 1999 at Nebraska, leading the Huskers to a Big 12 Tournament title and an NCAA appearance. He led the nation with a .478 average, while hitting 23 homers and driving in 86 runs. Although he made his name on offense, Harvey was the Easton Redline Defensive Player of the Year after committing just two errors in 1999. A career .426 hitter, Harvey was selected in the fifth round of the 1999 MLB Draft by the Kansas City Royals.

Harvey played his rookie season in Kansas City in 2003. After an impressive first half of the 2004 season, featuring an early battle with Baltimore Orioles Melvin Mora for the AL lead in batting average, Harvey was selected as the Royals' lone representative in the All-Star Game. In interleague play with no designated hitter, the Royals played Harvey in left field in order to keep both Harvey and 1B/DH Mike Sweeney, their two most productive bats, in the lineup.

After struggling the second half of the 2004 season, Harvey found himself battling Calvin Pickering for his roster spot the following spring. After hitting .238 in spring training, the Royals sent Harvey to their Triple-A Omaha affiliate on March 29, 2005. In 18 games at Omaha, Harvey hit .375 with three home runs and 14 RBI and was recalled less than a month later on April 28. However, after playing in only 12 games, during which he batted just .222 with five RBI, Harvey was placed on the disabled list on May 22 due to recurring back problems.

On December 8, 2006, Harvey signed a minor league contract with the Minnesota Twins with an invitation to spring training. He opted for minor league free agency on November 3, 2007. In 2008, he played for the Kansas City T-Bones in the independent Northern League. He split the 2009 season between the T-Bones and the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs of the independent Atlantic League.

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Reno Air Races

The Reno Air Races, officially known as the National Championship Air Races, are a multi-day event tailored to the aviation community that took place each September at the Reno Stead Airport a few miles north of Reno, Nevada, with the last races held in 2023. The Reno Air Racing Association plans to resume racing at a new venue in 2025. Air racing is billed as "the world's fastest motor sport" and Reno was one of the few remaining venues. The event includes races in six classes and demonstrations by airshow pilots.

History
Begun in 1964, the Reno Air Races feature multi-lap, multi-aircraft races among extremely high performance aircraft on closed ovoid courses which range between about 3 mi (Biplanes and Formula One) and about 8 mi (Jet, Unlimited) in length per lap. The chief organizer is the Reno Air Racing Association (RARA).

The first Reno air races, in 1964 and 1965, were organized by World War II veteran Bill Stead. They took place at Sky Ranch airfield, a dirt strip barely 2000 ft long, which was located in present-day Spanish Springs. After Stead Air Force Base (20 miles to the west, and named in honor of Bill's brother, Croston Stead) was closed in 1966, that field was turned over for public use, and the races have been held there since then.

Aircraft in the Unlimited class, which consists almost entirely of modified and stock World War II fighters, routinely reach speeds in excess of 400 miles per hour. In 2003, Skip Holm piloted Terry Bland's modified P-51D Mustang, Dago Red, and reached an all-time Unlimited class speed record of 507.105 mph in a six-lap race around the $8 1/2$-mile course. The recently added Sport Class racers, mostly homebuilt aircraft, are reaching speeds in excess of 400 mph. In 2009, Curt Brown set a record of 543.568 mph in his jet-engine L-29 Viper.

The Reno Air Races include two and a half days of qualifying, followed by four and a half days of multi-aircraft heat racing, culminating in the Unlimited Class Gold Race on Sunday afternoon. The event also features civil airshow acts and military flight demonstrations between races, plus vendor areas and a large civil and military static aircraft display.

In 2001 the remainder of the event was cancelled because of the grounding of US aviation following the attacks on 11 September. The COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 caused the 57th annual race to be cancelled and deferred to 2021.

The 2023 air races was the last race held in Reno. The Reno Air Racing Association is conducting a nationwide search to locate a new home to continue racing. The association plans to hold a final airshow at Reno in 2024, followed by racing at a new venue in 2025. In October 2023 the association announced six locations as possibilities for the 2025 races.

On May 23, 2024, the Reno Air Racing Association announced the location of the 2025 Air Races in Roswell, New Mexico.

Classes

 * Unlimited
 * T-6
 * Biplane
 * Formula One
 * Sport
 * Jet

People

 * Lee Behel
 * Robert Lee "Hoot" Gibson
 * Darryl Greenamyer
 * Steve Hinton
 * Steven Hinton, Jr.
 * Skip Holm
 * Bob Hoover
 * Howie Keefe
 * Gary Hubler
 * Rod Lewis
 * Doug Matthews
 * Thom Richard
 * Bill "Tiger" Destefani
 * Clay Lacy
 * Pete Zaccagnino
 * Pete "Tool" Stavrides
 * Dr. Brent Hisey

Aircraft

 * Dreadnought
 * 232 September Fury
 * Dago Red
 * The Galloping Ghost
 * Nemesis
 * Nemesis NXT
 * Precious Metal
 * Miss America
 * Rare Bear
 * Red Baron
 * Tsunami
 * Voodoo
 * Strega
 * Vampire

Before 2011
From 1964 through 2010, 19 aviators lost their lives due to crashes and collisions in the course of the competition and airshow. In 2007, three pilots died over the course of four days in separate incidents: Gary Hubler, Steve Dari, and Brad Morehouse. Racing was suspended for one day after the last of the three incidents.

2011 crash
On September 16, 2011, a heavily modified P-51D Mustang named "The Galloping Ghost," piloted by Jimmy Leeward, crashed near the stands during the Gold Heat of the race, killing Leeward and ten spectators, and injuring 69. Race organizers cancelled all remaining 2011 races after the accident.

2014
A custom built race plane named "Sweet Dreams" crashed on the course during qualifying for a Sport Class heat race on September 8, 2014, killing the pilot, Lee Behel.

2022
In the third lap of the Jet Gold final race on September 18, 2022 an L-29 Super Delfin went down on the back section of the course after presumed G-LOC, killing the pilot Aaron Hogue.

2023
On September 17, 2023, two North American T-6 Texans collided following the conclusion of the T-6 Gold race. Both pilots, Nick Macy and Chris Rushing, were killed in the incident. The remaining three races scheduled for Sunday were ultimately cancelled. With the cancellation of the race, it was the final National Championship Air Races in Reno, with the next race planned being the 2025 Roswell Air Races.

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USS Anchorage

USS Anchorage may refer to one of two U.S. Navy ships named for Anchorage, Alaska:

 * USS Anchorage (LSD-36), the lead ship of its class, was decommissioned in October 2003
 * USS Anchorage (LPD-23), a San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock, commissioned in 2013

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Sound Transit

Sound Transit (ST), officially the Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority, is a public transit agency serving the Seattle metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Washington. It manages the Link light rail system in Seattle and Tacoma, regional Sounder commuter rail, and Sound Transit Express bus service. The agency also coordinates the regional ORCA fare card system, which is also used by local transit operators. In 2019, Sound Transit services carried a total of 48 million passengers and averaged over 161,000 riders on weekdays.

Sound Transit was created in 1993 by King, Pierce and Snohomish counties to build a regional rapid transit system. After an unsuccessful proposal in 1995, the agency's plan for regional light rail, commuter rail, and express bus service, named "Sound Move", was approved in November 1996. ST began operating its express bus service in September 1999, taking over existing routes from local transit agencies. The region's first commuter rail line, between Tacoma and Seattle, started in December 2000; the agency's first light rail line, Tacoma Link (now the T Line), began service in August 2003. Light rail service in Seattle on Central Link (now the 1 Line) began in 2009, and is the largest part of the Sound Transit system in terms of ridership. Union Station in Seattle has served as the agency's headquarters since its renovation in 1999.

Sound Transit is independent of local transit agencies and is governed by an eighteen-member Board of Directors made up of elected officials from member jurisdictions and the Secretary of Transportation. It is funded by local sales taxes, property taxes, and motor vehicle excise taxes, levied within its taxing district in portions of King, Pierce and Snohomish counties. The agency has passed three major ballot measures to fund system expansion: Sound Move (1996), Sound Transit 2 (2008) and Sound Transit 3 (2016). Planning and construction of new light rail lines is scheduled to continue until 2041 under the Sound Transit 3 plan, which would expand the network to 116 mi and 70 stations.

Services
Sound Transit operates three main transit services across the Seattle metropolitan area: the Link light rail system in Seattle and Tacoma; the Sounder commuter rail system from Everett to Lakewood, via Seattle; and the Sound Transit Express bus system across the three counties. In 2019, these systems carried more than 48 million passengers, averaging 161,238 riders per day on weekdays. All three modes accept cash payment and mobile tickets as well as the regional ORCA card, a contactless proximity card with stored fares and passes.

Link light rail
The Link light rail system encompasses two lines with 36.6 mi of track and 39 stations. The three lines, which have no direct connection, are the 1 Line between Seattle, Tukwila, and SeaTac; the 2 Line between Bellevue and Redmond; and the T Line in central Tacoma. Link trains carried 25 million passengers in 2019, averaging 82,783 on weekdays, making it the 10th-busiest light rail system in the United States.

Link trains generally run seven days a week at frequencies of 6 to 24 minutes, with stops spaced closely together. Most stations offer connections to nearby buses or a park and ride facility. The system is planned to expand to over 70 stations and 116 mi by 2041, with five lines serving all three counties. 1 Line and 2 Line trains are operated and maintained under contract with King County Metro and are able to carry more passengers, serving as the regional rapid transit system. T Line trains are akin to streetcars, unable to be coupled into pairs, and are the only Sound Transit service to be directly operated and maintained by the agency rather than a contractor.

Sounder commuter rail
Sounder is the regional commuter rail service managed by Sound Transit and has two lines that intersect at King Street Station in Downtown Seattle. Trains generally run during rush hours with limited service at other times, including weekend trains for special events. The N Line connects Seattle to Everett, stopping at two intermediate stations in Snohomish County. The S Line connects Seattle to Tacoma and Lakewood, stopping at six other stations. Trains are operated under contract by BNSF Railway on leased tracks and maintained under contract by Amtrak.

Sound Transit Express
Sound Transit Express is a network of 24 limited-stop express bus routes providing regional service to cities in all three counties, primarily using a network of high-occupancy vehicle lanes (HOV lanes) on state-maintained freeways. Some routes operate seven days a week, while others are limited to rush hours only. The bus fleet is owned by Sound Transit and buses are operated and maintained under contracts with local transit authorities (Community Transit, King County Metro, and Pierce Transit).

Stride
A bus rapid transit system, named "Stride", was funded by the Sound Transit 3 ballot measure and is scheduled to open in the late 2020s. Stride is planned to have three lines: the S1 Line on Interstate 405 between Burien and Bellevue, scheduled to open in late 2028; the S2 Line on Interstate 405 between Bellevue and Lynnwood, scheduled to open in 2029; and the S3 Line on State Route 522 between Shoreline South/148th station and Bothell, scheduled to open in 2028.

Paratransit
Sound Transit contracts with King County Metro and Pierce Transit to provide paratransit service along the Link light rail network in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. The agency is not required to operate paratransit service along Sounder and Sound Transit Express routes.

Management
Sound Transit has 802 full-time employees and is headquartered at Union Station in Seattle. The interim chief executive officer (CEO) of Sound Transit is Goran Sparrman, who was appointed in 2024 following the resignation of Julie Timm. Timm was the head of the Greater Richmond Transit Company in Virginia prior to her hiring in 2022. Her predecessor was Peter Rogoff, the former Federal Transit Administrator from 2009 to 2014. Rogoff was hired in 2015 and succeeded Joni Earl, a former city administrator who became Sound Transit CEO in 2001.

The agency has three oversight committees that are filled by citizens from the Sound Transit district. The Citizen Oversight Panel oversees compliance to board policies and financial plans, and is composed of 15 members serving four-year terms after their appointment by the board of directors. The Diversity Oversight Committee promotes employment and contracting opportunities for underprivileged groups and includes members representing community organizations and business organizations. The Citizens Accessibility Advisory Committee has 15 members who represent passengers with disabilities, mobility issues, or are senior citizens. The advisory committee monitors the agency's compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and other accessibility requirements.

Board of directors
Sound Transit is governed by a board of directors with 18 members who are appointed based on their positions in regional and local governments. One seat is held by the Washington State Secretary of Transportation, while the remaining seventeen are allocated proportional to their population within the Sound Transit district, with each seat representing approximately 145,000 people. The three county executives of King, Pierce, and Snohomish counties are members of the board and also appoint their remaining seats from local elected positions with approval of the county councils.

The agency's policies are set by the board through their decisions, including maintenance of the long-range plan, budget, and project details. The full board meets at Union Station on the fourth Thursday of the month, which are open to the public and streamed online. The board selects a Chair and two Vice Chairs to serve two-year terms and also assign members to four committees: the Executive Committee, Rider Experience and Operations, System Expansion, and Finance and Audit. In the event that the Chair or Vice Chairs leave office or are otherwise unable to serve their full term, the vacancy can be filled by another member for the remainder of the term.

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Funding
For its 2017 budget, Sound Transit expected annual revenue of $1.6 billion. 93% of that revenue to come from taxes, predominately local sales taxes, property taxes, and motor vehicle excise taxes, levied within its taxing district in portions of King, Pierce, and Snohomish counties. Passenger fares, investments, and advertising income make up the remaining 7% of revenue.

The agency has successfully passed three major ballot measures to fund system expansion, including Sound Move (1996), Sound Transit 2 (2008), and Sound Transit 3 (2016). Planning and construction of new light rail lines is anticipated to continue until 2041 under the Sound Transit 3 plan. Capital improvement projects will cost $1.3 billion in 2017.

Sound Transit's day-to-day operations were expected to lose $190 million in 2017. Tax revenues exceeded the capital improvement budget for the year, so the net loss should be $131 million.

Police
Sound Transit contracts with the King County Sheriff's Office for police services. Deputies assigned to Sound Transit wear Sound Transit uniforms and drive patrol cars marked with the Sound Transit logo. There is currently one chief, one captain, five sergeants, four detectives, 23 patrol officers, and a crime analyst assigned full-time to Sound Transit.

Sound Transit officers patrol Sound Transit property around Puget Sound including vehicles (trains & buses) and stations.

Background
Throughout the 20th century, Seattle planners and voters rejected various proposals for rapid transit systems. The Forward Thrust program of the late 1960s produced two ballot measures for a rapid transit system that were unable to pass with the state-required supermajority for bonds. Federal funding that was allocated to the project was instead sent to Atlanta, Georgia, forming the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority. The Municipality of Metropolitan Seattle (Metro), the regional water quality agency, took over bus operations in King County and the city of Seattle on January 1, 1973, after approval from voters in response to the failure of Forward Thrust.

The Puget Sound Council of Governments, an inter-county planning agency, partnered with Metro to complete a light rail corridor study in 1986. The regional transportation plan was amended the following year to include rail transit, and the Washington State Legislature formed a State Rail Development Commission to study a regional transit system with light rail, commuter rail and express buses.

Establishment
The predecessor to Sound Transit was a 1995 ballot measure that was rejected by voters because of its $6.7 billion cost. The first Sound Transit ballot measure passed in 1996 as the current mix of buses, commuter rail and light rail, at a cost of $3.9 billion. By proposing a much smaller light rail system, the remaining funds could be used for the two other services, ensuring that the entire Seattle area received services from the measure.

Sound Transit started out in scandal. The agency faced a crisis of financial mismanagement and poor planning, and federal officials ordered an audit in 2000 and pulled promised funding. After a series of executives resigned in 2001, Joni Earl took the helm and is widely credited with saving the agency. Largely, this was by being more realistic and being more honest with the public — reportedly she used the slogan "Optimism is not our friend." Largely due to her efforts, by 2003 Sound Transit received a clean financial audit, and was re-rewarded the funding lost two years earlier. Despite this, the earlier crisis required Earl to drop about one-third of the originally promised light rail line.

2007 vote
Sound Transit 2 (ST2) was part of a joint ballot measure with the Regional Transportation Investment District entitled Roads and Transit, which was presented to Snohomish, King, and Pierce county voters on November 6, 2007. Sound Transit 2 would have made a number of mass transit related improvements, as well as a series of highway improvements. These changes included almost 50 mi in new light rail lines, four new parking garages, two new Sounder stations, a streetcar line connecting First Hill, Capitol Hill, and the International District, a transit center in Bothell, and two expansion studies, one for studying rapid transit across the SR-520 floating bridge and the other studying the use of the Woodinville Subdivision between Renton and Woodinville. The ballot measure was defeated by voters.

2008 vote
The Sound Transit Board on July 24, 2008 voted to put a reduced Sound Transit 2 plan before voters. It passed by large margins (58% to 42%) on November 4, 2008. The financial plan for the measure shows $17.8 billion expenditure over 15 years, funded with a 5-10% rise in the regional general sales tax, which essentially doubles Sound Transit's revenue. Light rail service will be extended from the currently funded northern terminus at Husky Stadium north to Lynnwood. To the south, the tracks will continue from the current southern terminus at Sea-Tac Airport to the northern edge of Federal Way. The proposed East Link Light Rail will depart from Downtown Seattle and end in Overlake via Bellevue. A First Hill Connector (streetcar) was proposed from Capitol Hill station to the Jackson Street terminus of the former Waterfront Streetcar. In total, 36 mi of new two-way light rail track were approved by this measure.

Sounder Commuter Rail will receive longer and more frequent trains, for a 30% increase in service. Express Bus service will be immediately boosted (17% increase in service; 25 additional buses) and Washington State Route 520 will receive a bus rapid transit line. A new commuter rail line is proposed to run from North Renton to Snohomish if additional funding beyond the Sound Transit taxes is secured.

Sound Transit 3
Sound Transit 3 was a ballot measure that was approved by voters during the November 2016 elections in King, Pierce, and Snohomish in Washington. The $53.8 billion Sound Transit 3 plan will expand the existing Link light rail system to the suburbs of Tacoma, Federal Way, Everett and Issaquah, as well as the Seattle neighborhoods of Ballard and West Seattle. The local portion of the measure would be partially funded by increases in sales tax, motor vehicle excise tax, and property tax.

The resulting transit network after the completion of Sound Transit 3 will include 62 mi of additional light rail serving 37 new stations; the entire, 116 mi light rail system would carry an estimated 600,000 daily passengers. A Sounder commuter rail extension to DuPont and bus rapid transit lines on State Route 522 and Interstate 405 are also part of the package. The package's projects would open in stages from 2024 to 2041.

Projects
University Link is a 3.5 mi extension of the Central Link light rail line (now part of the 1 Line) which opened on March 19, 2016. Construction on the line began on March 6, 2009, and completed in early 2016. The line is underground for its entire route and connects downtown Seattle to the University of Washington via Capitol Hill. The cost of the extension was about $1.9 billion with half of the funding coming from a grant from the Federal Transit Administration.

The South 200th Link Extension is a 1.6 mi extension of the Link Light Rail system. Construction on the line began in May 2013 and opened to the public September 24, 2016. The line is elevated for its entire route and connects Seattle–Tacoma International Airport to the new Angle Lake station and park-and-ride garage at South 200th Street in SeaTac.

The Northgate Link Extension was approved in the 2008 ballot measure, began construction in 2012, and was opened on October 2, 2021. It extended light rail service from the University of Washington to Northgate station, with two intermediate stops along a mostly-tunneled route in north Seattle. The T Line was extended to the Hilltop neighborhood of Tacoma on September 16, 2023. The 2.4 mi extension included seven stations and cost $283 million to construct. A further expansion, expected to open around 2040, plans to extend the line west on South 19th Street to the Tacoma Community College campus.

Under construction
The 2 Line, also known as the East Link Extension, will connect Seattle to Bellevue and Redmond using the Interstate 90 floating bridge. It would terminate at the Microsoft Redmond campus in Redmond's Overlake area. Construction began in 2016 and is expected to open in phases between 2024 and 2025.

The Lynnwood Link Extension will further extend the 1 Line and 2 Line from Northgate to Lynnwood, via stations at NE 145th Street, NE 185th Street, and Mountlake Terrace. Despite concerns that President Trump's proposed budget could cut federal funding for the project, in Fiscal Year 2017, Sound Transit received $100 million of the requested $1.2 billion in federal funding. This funding was followed up in Fiscal Year 2018 with another $100 million. At the end of Fiscal Year 2018, the full $1.2 billion grant, as well as $650 million in low-interest loans were approved by Congress, fully securing the requested federal funding.

The Federal Way Link Extension is planned to extend the 1 Line from Angle Lake station to Redondo/Star Lake, in a plan approved by the region's voters in November 2008. Construction on the project began in 2020 and it will add 7.8 mi of track with stations at Highline Community College, the Star Lake Park & Ride, and Federal Way Transit Center, primarily following Interstate 5.

Funded projects
Under Sound Transit 3, which was approved in 2016, Sound Transit services will expand with $54 billion in funding (combining local taxes and federal grants) over a 25-year period generally beginning with the completion of Sound Transit 2. The measure will add 62 mi of light rail, with the completed 116 mi system carrying an estimated 500,000 riders per day. The plan also funds Sound Transit Express bus routes, adds three bus rapid transit lines and expands Sounder commuter rail with longer trains, potentially better frequency and two additional stations in Tillicum (near Joint Base Lewis–McChord) and DuPont.

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Simple Plastic Airplane Design

Simple Plastic Airplane Design (SPAD) is a type of radio controlled model airplane.

The R.C. aircraft is usually, though not always, built with the body consisting of a lightweight plastic material such as PVC gutter downspout or an aluminium rail. The wings are made of an equally light material such as foam or coroplast. The remaining components added to the plane are virtually the same as can be found in any other R.C. aircraft of similar size.

This concept of building simple radio controlled airplanes using cheap materials without the time-consuming and painstaking process of working with balsa wood and iron-on plastic coating was popularized by a web site created in the late 1990s, spadtothebone.net. While this web site, and the many original plans and articles still exist, the main gathering place for Spad enthusiasts on the web today resides at rcgroups.. R/C Report magazine author Frank Costa covered Spads from April 2003 to July 2004.

SPADs are preferred to other materials because they are cheaper and are easy to work with, painting is not required, the plastic can optionally be decorated with vinyl sheets which are available in any signboard making shop at very cheap price. The hinges for the control surfaces can be made by sheering one of the twinwalls of the plastic sheet and no special hinging device is required.

SPAD Modelers use corrugated plastic sheets of various thickness, such as 2 millimeter (like the flying wings or electric gliders for which 2mm sheet are preferred) and 4 millimeter. These sheets are generally used by signboard makers and many times, when these sheets are discarded, the modelers have a choice to use them to build model airplanes.

The choice of propulsion can be either internal combustion engine or electric motors as with balsa counterparts.

Corrugated plastic planes are simpler alternative to the traditional balsa wood based R.C. aircraft for a variety of situations. Most of the SPAD airplanes do not use balsa which saves considerable cost. They withstand crashes better than balsa counterparts because of their resilience and hence are a good choice for beginners. Good trainer planes and gliders can be made from SPADs. SPAD modelers make equally good advanced planes that can be made with corrugated plastic. They include: RC Airplane Combat, 3D Flying, and are preferred in places where the flyers would normally not risk a more expensive plane and yet want the same flying characteristics of balsa planes.

For making a SPAD plane, the modeler (usually a beginner) can copy the dimensions of a well known balsa trainer and makes the SPAD plane using the same dimensions and adapting to the building techniques of a SPAD plane. The plane can also be built from plans or can be scratch built (usually, the modeler draws his/her own plans and makes the plane, though this is mostly attempted by experienced modelers)

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cyber anthropology

Cyber anthropology was proposed for deletion. This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was to delete.

Discussion moved from Pages needing translation into English:

 * Cyber anthropology in Spanish. Thue | talk 12:04, 12 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * It is now mostly in Endlish. There still are a few bugs.
 * Cut-and-paste machine translation is not helpful. I have reverted that. Most of this article appears to be lengthy quotation of a Spanish-language journal article (bordering on a copyvio). The additional content doesn't strike me as particularly interesting, but if anyone wants to salvage this before its two weeks are up, feel free. Otherwise, I will put it on VfD when its two weeks are up. -- Jmabel 05:59, Jul 19, 2004 (UTC)
 * It is not encyclopaedic, but original research. It should go on VfD now.    — Chameleon My page/My talk 10:07, 19 Jul 2004 (UTC)

This page is now preserved as an archive of the debate and, like other '/delete' pages is no longer 'live'. Subsequent comments on the issue, the deletion or on the decision-making process should be placed on the relevant 'live' pages. Please do not edit this page.
 * poss copyvio, the English translation even if cleaned up is an essay and not encylcopedic, and as I always say, "el thought of every time is reflected in his técnica" (sic). Delete. Ianb 06:11, 21 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * While I'm all up for any anthropological article... Despite my rusty spanish, this article obviously contains very little original content, let alone the possible copyright infringement. I vote delete. Kaelus 07:12, 21 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete - near-copyvio in the wrong language. -- Cyrius|✎ 05:37, 23 Jul 2004 (UTC)