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Billy Evans

William George Evans (February 10, 1884 – January 23, 1956), nicknamed "the Boy Umpire", was an American umpire in Major League Baseball (MLB) who worked in the American League from 1906 to 1927. He became, at age 22, the youngest umpire in major league history, and later became the youngest to officiate in the World Series at age 25.

Upon his retirement at age 43, his 3,319 career games ranked fifth in major league history; his 1,757 games as a home plate umpire ranked third in AL history, and remain the eighth-most by a major league umpire. He later became a key front office executive for the Cleveland Indians and Detroit Tigers of MLB, the Cleveland Rams of the National Football League, and president of the minor league Southern Association.

In addition to his inside role in the sport, Evans authored countless articles, as well as two books, Umpiring from the Inside (1947) and Knotty Problems in Baseball (1950). He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1973, the third umpire ever selected.

Formative years
Evans was born in Chicago. When he was still a child, he relocated with his family to Youngstown, Ohio, where his Welsh-born father became superintendent at a Carnegie steel plant. In Youngstown, the Evans family joined Westminster Presbyterian Church, where Billy Evans attended Sunday school. As a youth, Evans was active in YMCA programs and participated in a neighborhood baseball club called the Youngstown Spiders, a team named in honor of the regionally popular Cleveland Spiders. He gained notability as an athlete at Youngstown's Rayen School, excelling at baseball, football, and track. In 1902, Evans enrolled at Cornell University, where he played on a freshman team managed by veteran major league shortstop Hughie Jennings. After two years, his law studies and collegiate sports career came to an end, with the sudden death of his father. Evans returned to Ohio and accepted a job as a sports reporter at the Youngstown Daily Vindicator. The paper's city editor, Sam Wright, hired Evans on the basis of writing experience he secured as a staff member of his high school yearbook and college newspaper. At the same time, Wright understood that Evans' varied experiences as an athlete provided him with an in-depth knowledge of sports.

In the early 1900s, while covering a baseball game between the Youngstown Ohio Works club and a team from Homestead, Pennsylvania, Evans was approached by the manager of the local club, ex-major leaguer Marty Hogan, and asked to fill an umpire vacancy. According to Evans's obituary, the aspiring reporter, who was on a date with a young woman, "wasn't interested until Hogan mentioned he would be paid $15 a week for officiating the game", a figure equivalent to a week's salary at his sportswriting job.

Evans' ability caught the attention of Charlie Morton, president of the Ohio–Pennsylvania League, and he was offered a full-time position as a league umpire. Evans accepted the job, on the condition that he could retain his position as a sportswriter. In 1906, he received a spectacular career boost from fellow Youngstowner Jimmy McAleer, an ex-major leaguer who was so impressed with the young man's ability that he recommended Evans to American League president Ban Johnson. This gesture enabled Evans to move from a Class C Division minor league club to the major leagues.

Major league umpiring career
At 22 years of age, Evans was the youngest umpire in major league history; furthermore, he was among those very rare umpires who broke into the major leagues with little previous professional experience. He was regarded as the only umpire of his era who never had played professional baseball himself. After making his debut at Highlanders' Park in New York City, he went on to umpire for six World Series: 1909, 1912, 1915, 1917, 1919 and 1923. Working in an era during which most major league games used no more than two umpires (and sometimes only one), Evans single-handedly umpired seven double-headers in eight days during the 1907 season. He was the base umpire for Charlie Robertson's perfect game on April 30, 1922.

Unlike many umpires, Evans never made claims to infallibility. "I missed a lot of decisions", he once said. "At the time of making such a decision there was no doubt in my mind as to its correctness. However, a second or two later I felt that I erred and wished I could change my original ruling". Evans' humility and impartiality did not always protect him from abusive fans. As sportswriters Daniel Okrent and Steve Wulf observed, "roughness on the field seemed to elicit the same in the stands". On September 15, 1907, in the midst of a doubleheader between the St. Louis Browns and Detroit Tigers, Evans suffered a skull fracture when a bottle hurled by an angry spectator knocked him unconscious. The New York Times described the incident as "one of the most disgraceful scenes ever witnessed on a ball field".

Evans became known as an innovator during more than two decades with the American League. One obituary observed that he "introduced something new to officiating by running down to a base where a play was made so that he would be on top of it". This approach became a standard practice among major league officials. He was also aware of the increasing demands placed on umpires and strongly advocated formal training for baseball officials. Furthermore, in a game that retained much of the rough-and-tumble atmosphere of earlier decades, Evans "substituted diplomacy for belligerency and proved an arbiter could control a game without threats of physical violence".

At the same time, he was unwilling to "back down" when physically threatened. In September 1921, Evans was involved in a bloody fistfight with Ty Cobb, who contested one of Evans' calls. Baseball historian David Anderson noted that the trouble began when Cobb threatened to "whip" Evans "right at home plate", a move that would have led to Cobb's immediate suspension. Evans supposedly invited Cobb to the umpire's dressing room for "post-game festivities", and before long, the two men were brawling beneath the stands as players from both teams looked on. According to some accounts, many of Cobb's Detroit Tigers teammates "rooted" for Evans. After the fight, Cobb was suspended for one game, while Evans attended the next several games wearing bandages. Both men had agreed before the fight that they would not report it to league officials, but a word of the incident eventually reached the league president, Ban Johnson. According to sports writers Okrent and Wulf, Johnson responded to news of the incident "with uncharacteristic humor", saying "only that he was sorry that he missed it".

For the duration of his career as an umpire, Evans also remained active as a sportswriter. From 1918 to 1928, he served as sports editor of Newspaper Enterprise Association and produced a syndicated sports column titled, "Billy Evans Says". His staff featured well-known sportswriters Jimmy Powers and Joe Williams.

Executive career
Evans retired from umpiring following the 1927 season to become the general manager of the Cleveland Indians, earning a substantial annual salary of $30,000. Baseball historian Bill James observed that Evans was the first front-office executive of a major league team to be officially called a "general manager". In this capacity, Evans was credited with taking the Indians from a second division to a first division team. He served as general manager for the next eight years, until budget cuts forced him out in 1935. Rumors circulated that Evans's decision to leave the Indians was also motivated by a disagreement with the Indians' manager, Walter Johnson, over the suspension of third baseman Willie Kamm and the release of catcher Glenn Myatt. Johnson allegedly accused Evans of "disloyalty", while Evans reportedly replied that he refused to be a "yes man". Evans soon found work as chief scout and head of the Boston Red Sox farm system, but left on October 8, 1940, after the team sold Pee Wee Reese to the Brooklyn Dodgers over his objections.

Shifting sports, Evans returned to Cleveland to become general manager of the Cleveland Rams for the 1941 season. Although the team struggled on the field, it was a financial success, but after failing to come to terms on a new contract, Evans left and spent the next year writing before accepting the position of league president of the Southern Association on December 3, 1942.

During his four years leading the league, the Association thrived despite many other leagues shutting down due to World War II. In his first year, attendance increased by nearly 300,000, and while it dipped slightly in 1944, the threshold of one million people attending league games was again reached the following year.

On December 16, 1946, Evans accepted a contract offer from the Detroit Tigers to become their general manager. One of his first moves was dramatic – selling ageing superstar Hank Greenberg to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Over the next four years, the team had two runner-up finishes to the New York Yankees, but after dropping in the standings during the 1951 season, Evans announced his resignation on July 28 in favor of Tiger legend Charlie Gehringer.

Private life
Despite long absences from his residence in Cleveland, Evans was known as a devoted husband and father. He married the former Hazel Baldwin in 1908; the couple had one child, Robert, who became the sports director of a radio station in Miami, Florida. Evans maintained close ties with family members and died while visiting his son in Miami.

Despite his success, Evans remained accessible to friends from his early days in Youngstown. Shortly after Evans' death, a former high school classmate, E. Allan Lightner, recalled that his late friend "was still the fine clean character that he was in his high school days in Youngstown". Lightner recalled that, shortly after his final conversation with the retired umpire, Evans sent Lightner an autographed photo of himself with former Detroit Tigers manager Red Rolfe.

Final years
By 1952, Evans had unofficially retired, then was injured in an automobile accident in Monroe, Michigan. After recovering, he remained in good health until January 21, 1956, when he suffered a massive stroke while visiting his son. Evans died two days later at the age of 71. Funeral services were held in Cleveland. Evans' remains were interred at Knollwood Cemetery in Mayfield Heights, Ohio.

Legacy
Evans' contributions to baseball have been widely recognized. In 1946 he was named in the Honor Rolls of Baseball, and in 1973 he became the third umpire elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Evans is honored for the high standard of professionalism he set during his career as an official, and he is credited as a tireless advocate of formal training for umpires. Ironically, as David Anderson observed, Evans might have been denied the opportunity to serve as an official in the major leagues "if the present day umpire school system existed during the Dead Ball Era". Anderson noted that Evans' description of the basic qualities required of an effective umpire holds up even today: "Good eyes, plenty of courage – mental and physical – thorough knowledge of the playing rules, more than average portions of fair play, common sense and diplomacy, an entire lack of vindictiveness, plenty of confidence in your ability".

In 1917 Billy Evans "noted American League Umpire" teamed up with the Spalding Athletic Library for the book, "How to umpire".

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Small Craft insignia

The Small Craft Insignia (more commonly known as the Small Craft Pin) is a military award of the United States Navy.

It was created after the Vietnam War to give recognition to the specially trained naval personnel of the inshore boat units and river assault commands.

The Small Craft Pin (commonly called the 'Coxswain Pin' or 'Boat Pin' by U.S. Navy sailors) is issued in gold for officers and silver for enlisted personnel. It shows a small craft circumscribed by anchor flukes on the sides and bottom and a three-star pennant on top. The three stars represent the three main areas of U.S. Navy riverine operations in Vietnam: Game Warden, Market Time, and Sealords (Southeast Asia, Lakes, Oceans, Rivers and Deltas Strategy). Waves under the small craft represent the past, present, and future. The anchor represents the Navy.

To qualify for the Small Craft insignia, a service member must complete full qualifications at every watch station of a small craft. This normally includes positions as crewman/gunner, engineer, navigator, and coxswain. Enlisted personnel must have served as the Petty Officer in Charge (POIC) of a small craft for six months. Officers must hold the additional qualification of Watch Officer.

Small Craft Insignia is also worn by Maritime Expeditionary Squadron (MSRON) sailors and Coast Guardsmen attached to MSRON squadrons who qualify as Tactical Craft Coxswain. The Tactical Craft Coxswain is overall responsible for the safety of the craft and crew, as well as tactical movements, and weapons employment. The Tactical Craft Coxswain must complete the Tactical Craft Operations (TCO) PQS, as well as, attend various schools pertaining to navigation, tactical maneuvers, and defense tactics. The Tactical Craft Coxswain possesses weapons release authority and is the ultimate authority on board for all decisions, unless embarked with a Patrol Leader or SOPA (Senior Line Officer Present Afloat). Their authority comes from Article 1033 (Chapter 10 of ALNAV PRECEDENCE, AUTHORITY AND COMMAND) which states: "Authority in a Boat" Except when embarked in a boat authorized by the Chief of Naval Operations to have an officer or petty officer in charge, the senior line officer (including commissioned warrant and warrant officer) eligible for command at sea has authority over all persons embarked therein, and is responsible for the safety and management of the boat." As such, the Tactical Craft Coxswain is petty officer in charge of a boat authorized by the CNO and may not be relieved of command of the craft unless by their Patrol Leader, or authorizing Commander.

Sailors who have earned the silver pin while enlisted, then become commissioned officers are authorized to begin wearing the gold pin. (This is the only enlisted device that is authorized to change color upon the wearer's commissioning without further qualification.) The pin may be awarded, by default, to any officer given command of a unit that uses small boats, upon receipt of the Command Ashore Pin, regardless of previous qualifications.

The Small Craft Pin is authorized by local commanders and is not considered a warfare qualification badge, such as the Surface Warfare Officer (SWO) insignia. People who served on small craft during World War II may receive the pin by asking the Department of the Navy.

The Navy maintains a similar pin, the Craftmaster Insignia, for those qualified in the operation of vessels such as Landing Craft Utility, Landing Craft Air Cushioned, large harbor tugs, and various other tugs and barges. It is also awarded to certain staff officers and some midshipmen.

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Frederick Terman

Frederick Emmons Terman (June 7, 1900 – December 19, 1982) was an American professor and academic administrator. He was the dean of the school of engineering from 1944 to 1958 and provost from 1955 to 1965 at Stanford University. He is widely credited (together with William Shockley) as being the father of Silicon Valley.

In 1951 he spearheaded the creation of Stanford Industrial Park (now Stanford Research Park), whereby the university leased portions of its land to high-tech firms. Companies such as Varian Associates, Hewlett-Packard, Eastman Kodak, General Electric, and Lockheed Corporation moved into Stanford Industrial Park and made the mid-Peninsula area into a hotbed of innovation which eventually became known as Silicon Valley.

Early life
Terman was born to Lewis Terman and Anna Belle Minton Terman on June 7, 1900, in Indiana, U.S. His father, Lewis Terman, was a eugenicist, a psychologist who studied gifted children and popularized the IQ test in America, and a professor at Stanford University. His mother attended Central Normal College and taught English at a school nearby. In 1895 she met Lewis Terman at the school; the relationship developed over the following years, culminating in marriage on Sept. 15, 1899. They then followed Lewis' education at Indiana University and Clark University.

At the age of 10, Terman arrived at Stanford when his father joined the psychology faculty. As a boy, his favorite hobby was ham radio.

Education
Terman completed his undergraduate degree in chemistry and his master's degree in electrical engineering at Stanford University. He went on to earn an ScD in electrical engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1924 where his advisor was Vannevar Bush, who first proposed what became the National Science Foundation.

Academic career
Terman returned to Stanford in 1925 as a member of the engineering faculty. From 1925 to 1941 Terman designed a course of study and research in electronics at Stanford that focused on work with vacuum tubes, circuits (electrical network), and instrumentation. Terman received tenure at Stanford by having the administration match his tenure offer at Cornell University. He hired Charles Litton and Karl Spangenberg, a student of William Littell Everitt. Together they established a vacuum tube laboratory. He also wrote Radio Engineering (first edition in 1932; second edition, much improved, in 1937; third edition in 1947 with added coverage of new technologies developed during World War II; fourth edition in 1955 with a new title, Electronic and Radio Engineering), one of the most important books on electrical and radio engineering, and to this day a good reference on those subjects. Terman's students at Stanford included Oswald Garrison Villard, Jr., Russell and Sigurd Varian, William Hewlett, and David Packard. He encouraged his students to form their own companies and personally invested in many of them, resulting in firms such as Litton Industries, Varian Associates, and Hewlett-Packard. Terman was president of the Institute of Radio Engineers in 1941.

War years
During World War II, Terman directed a staff of more than 850 at the Radio Research Laboratory at Harvard University. This organization was the source of Allied jammers to block enemy radar, tunable receivers to detect radar signals, and aluminum strips ("chaff, window") to produce spurious reflections on enemy radar receivers. These countermeasures significantly reduced the effectiveness of radar-directed anti-aircraft fire.

Stanford Research Park and Silicon Valley
After the war, Terman returned to Stanford and was appointed dean of the School of Engineering. In 1945 he was influential in the creation of a microwave research laboratory at the Stanford School of Physical Sciences. In 1951 he spearheaded the creation of Stanford Industrial Park (now Stanford Research Park), whereby the university leased portions of its land to high-tech firms. Companies such as Varian Associates, Hewlett-Packard, Eastman Kodak, General Electric, and Lockheed Corporation moved into Stanford Industrial Park and made the mid-Peninsula area into a hotbed of innovation which eventually became known as Silicon Valley.

He served as provost at Stanford from 1955 to 1965. During his tenure, Terman greatly expanded the science, statistics and engineering departments in order to win more research grants from the Department of Defense. These grants, in addition to the funds that the patented research generated, helped to catapult Stanford into the ranks of the world's first class educational institutions, as well as spurring the growth of Silicon Valley. Terman's efforts to create a mutual relationship between Stanford and the tech companies in the surrounding area also significantly contributed to this growth. Speaking of this effort, Terman said

"When we set out to create a community of technical scholars in Silicon Valley, there wasn't much here and the rest of the world looked awfully big. Now a lot of the rest of the world is here."

In 1964, Terman became a founding member of the National Academy of Engineering. In 1966 Terman played a central role in helping the Park Chung Hee Administration establish the Korea Advanced Institute of Science, which later became KAIST. Terman Hall at KAIST was named in his honor in 2004.

Recognition

 * He was awarded the IRE Medal of Honor in 1950 for "his many contributions to the radio and electronic industry as teacher, author, scientist and administrator".
 * He was an elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the United States National Academy of Sciences, and the American Philosophical Society.
 * The Frederick Emmons Terman Award was established in 1969 by the American Society for Engineering Education, Electrical and Computer Engineering Division. It is sponsored by Hewlett-Packard and is bestowed annually upon an outstanding young electrical engineering educator.
 * The Frederick Emmons Terman Engineering Scholastic Award is presented to the students that rank academically in the top five percent of the graduating senior class from the Stanford University School of Engineering.
 * Stanford's Terman Engineering Center (1977–2011) was named in his honor.
 * Terman Middle School in Palo Alto, California, and the adjacent Terman Park were named after Terman and his father. In 2018, the Palo Alto Unified School District school board unanimously decided to rename the school in honor of Ellen Fletcher after Terman's father's involvement with the eugenics movement came to the notice of parents and the school board. At the time of the renaming of the middle school, the city of Palo Alto had yet to decide if they would also rename the adjacent park.
 * A section of U.S. Route 101 in California near Palo Alto is officially designated and signed as the Frederick E. Terman Memorial Highway.
 * A road on the Tektronix Campus in Beaverton Oregon is named after him.

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Voyages extraordinaires

The Voyages extraordinaires (lit. 'Extraordinary Voyages' or 'Amazing Journeys') is a collection or sequence of novels and short stories by the French writer Jules Verne.

Fifty-four of these novels were originally published between 1863 and 1905, during the author's lifetime, and eight additional novels were published posthumously. The posthumous novels were published under Jules Verne's name, but had been extensively altered or, in one case, completely written by his son Michel Verne.

According to Verne's editor Pierre-Jules Hetzel, the goal of the Voyages was "to outline all the geographical, geological, physical, historical and astronomical knowledge amassed by modern science and to recount, in an entertaining and picturesque format ... the history of the universe."

Verne's meticulous attention to detail and scientific trivia, coupled with his sense of wonder and exploration, form the backbone of the Voyages. Part of the reason for the broad appeal of his work was the sense that the reader could gain real knowledge of geology, biology, astronomy, paleontology, oceanography, history and the exotic locations and cultures of the world through the adventures of Verne's protagonists. This great wealth of information distinguished his works as "encyclopedic novels".

The first of Verne's novels to carry the title Voyages Extraordinaires was The Adventures of Captain Hatteras, which was the third of all his novels.

The works in this series are adventure stories, some with overt science fiction elements (e.g., Journey to the Center of the Earth) or elements of scientific romance (e.g., Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas).

Theme
In a late interview, Verne affirmed that Hetzel's ambitious commission had become the running literary theme of his novel sequence:

"It is my intention to complete, before my working days are done, a series which shall conclude in story form my whole survey of the world’s surface and the heavens; there are still left corners of the world to which my thoughts have not yet penetrated. As you know, I have dealt with the moon, but a great deal remains to be done, and if health and strength permit me, I hope to finish the task."

However, Verne made clear that his own object was more literary than scientific, saying "I do not in any way pose as a scientist" and explaining in another interview:

"My object has been to depict the earth, and not the earth alone, but the universe… And I have tried at the same time to realize a very high ideal of beauty of style. It is said that there can't be any style in a novel of adventure, but it isn't true; though I admit it is very much more difficult to write such a novel in a good literary form than the studies of character which are so vogue to-day."

Publication
In the system developed by Hetzel for the Voyages Extraordinaires, each of Verne's novels was published successively in several different formats. This resulted in as many as four distinct editions of each text (labeled here according to current practice for Verne bibliographies):
 * Éditions pré-originales (pre-original editions): Serialization in a periodical, usually Hetzel's own biweekly Magasin d'Éducation et de récréation ("Magazine of Education and Recreation", founded 1864). The serialized installments were illustrated by artists on Hetzel's staff, such as Édouard Riou, Léon Benett, and George Roux.
 * Éditions originales (original editions): complete unillustrated texts published in book form at 18mo size. (Similar versions in the slightly larger 12mo size, with illustrations taken from the serialization, are also considered éditions originales.)
 * Cartonnages dorés et colorés (gilded and colored bindings): Complete editions of the text, published in grand in-8º ("large octavo") book form with a lavishly decorated cover. These deluxe editions, designed for Christmas and New Year's markets, include most or all of the illustrations from the serializations.

Continued appeal
Jules Verne remains to this day the most translated science fiction author in the world as well as one of the most continually reprinted and widely read French authors. Though often scientifically outdated, his Voyages still retain their sense of wonder that appealed to readers of his time, and still provoke an interest in the sciences among the young.

The Voyages are frequently adapted into film, from Georges Méliès' fanciful 1902 film Le Voyage dans la Lune (aka A Trip to the Moon), to Walt Disney's 1954 adaptation of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, to the 2004 version of Around the World in 80 Days starring Jackie Chan. Their spirit has also continued to influence fiction to this day, including James Gurney's Dinotopia series and "softening" Steampunk's dystopianism with utopian wonder and curiosity.

List of novels
Most of the novels in the Voyages series (except for Five Weeks in a Balloon, Journey to the Center of the Earth, and The Purchase of the North Pole) were first serialized in periodicals, usually in Hetzel's Magasin d'Éducation et de récréation ("Magazine of Education and Recreation"). Almost all of the original book editions were published by Pierre-Jules Hetzel in octodecimo format, often in several volumes. (The one exception is Claudius Bombarnac, which was first published in a grand-in-8º edition.)

What follows are the fifty-four novels published in Verne's lifetime, with the most common English-language title for each novel. The dates given are those of the first publication in book form.

 * 1) Cinq semaines en ballon (Five Weeks in a Balloon, 1863)
 * 2) Voyages et aventures du capitaine Hatteras (The Adventures of Captain Hatteras, 1866)
 * 3) Voyage au centre de la Terre (Journey to the Center of the Earth,  1864, revised 1867)
 * 4) De la terre à la lune (From the Earth to the Moon, 1865)
 * 5) Les Enfants du capitaine Grant (In Search of the Castaways, 1867–68)
 * 6) Vingt mille lieues sous les mers (Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Seas, 1869–70)
 * 7) Autour de la lune (Around The Moon, 1870)
 * 8) Une ville flottante (A Floating City, 1871)
 * 9) Aventures de trois Russes et de trois Anglais (The Adventures of Three Englishmen and Three Russians in South Africa, 1872)
 * 10) Le Pays des fourrures (The Fur Country, 1873)
 * 11) Le Tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours (Around the World in Eighty Days, 1873)
 * 12) L'Île mystérieuse (The Mysterious Island, 1874–75)
 * 13) Le Chancellor (The Survivors of the Chancellor, 1875)
 * 14) Michel Strogoff (Michael Strogoff, 1876)
 * 15) Hector Servadac (Off on a Comet, 1877)
 * 16) Les Indes noires (The Child of the Cavern, 1877)
 * 17) Un capitaine de quinze ans (Dick Sand, A Captain at Fifteen, 1878)
 * 18) Les Cinq Cents Millions de la Bégum (The Begum's Millions, 1879)
 * 19) Les Tribulations d'un chinois en Chine (Tribulations of a Chinaman in China, 1879)
 * 20) La Maison à vapeur (The Steam House, 1880)
 * 21) La Jangada (Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon, 1881)
 * 22) L'École des Robinsons (Godfrey Morgan, 1882)
 * 23) Le Rayon vert (The Green Ray, 1882)
 * 24) Kéraban-le-têtu (Kéraban the Inflexible, 1883)
 * 25) L'Étoile du sud (The Vanished Diamond, 1884)
 * 26) L'Archipel en feu (The Archipelago on Fire, 1884)
 * 27) Mathias Sandorf (Mathias Sandorf, 1885)
 * 28) Un billet de loterie (The Lottery Ticket, 1886)
 * 29) Robur-le-Conquérant (Robur the Conqueror, 1886)
 * 30) Nord contre Sud (North Against South, 1887)
 * 31) Le Chemin de France (The Flight to France, 1887)
 * 32) Deux Ans de vacances (Two Years' Vacation, 1888)
 * 33) Famille-sans-nom (Family Without a Name, 1889)
 * 34) Sans dessus dessous (The Purchase of the North Pole, 1889)
 * 35) César Cascabel (César Cascabel, 1890)
 * 36) Mistress Branican (Mistress Branican, 1891)
 * 37) Le Château des Carpathes (Carpathian Castle, 1892)
 * 38) Claudius Bombarnac (Claudius Bombarnac, 1892)
 * 39) P’tit-Bonhomme (Foundling Mick, 1893)
 * 40) Mirifiques Aventures de Maître Antifer (Captain Antifer, 1894)
 * 41) L'Île à hélice (Propeller Island, 1895)
 * 42) Face au drapeau (Facing the Flag, 1896)
 * 43) Clovis Dardentor (Clovis Dardentor, 1896)
 * 44) Le Sphinx des glaces (An Antarctic Mystery, 1897)
 * 45) Le Superbe Orénoque (The Mighty Orinoco, 1898)
 * 46) Le Testament d'un excentrique (The Will of an Eccentric, 1899)
 * 47) Seconde Patrie (The Castaways of the Flag, 1900)
 * 48) Le Village aérien (The Village in the Treetops, 1901)
 * 49) Les Histoires de Jean-Marie Cabidoulin (The Sea Serpent, 1901)
 * 50) Les Frères Kip (The Kip Brothers, 1902)
 * 51) Bourses de voyage (Travel Scholarships, 1903)
 * 52) Un drame en Livonie (A Drama in Livonia, 1904)
 * 53) Maître du monde (Master of the World, 1904)
 * 54) L'Invasion de la mer (Invasion of the Sea, 1905)

The posthumous additions to the series, extensively altered and in one case (The Thompson Travel Agency) entirely written by Verne's son Michel, are as follows.

 * 1) Le Phare du bout du monde (Lighthouse at the End of the World, 1905)
 * 2) Le Volcan d’or (The Golden Volcano, 1906)
 * 3) L’Agence Thompson and Co (The Thompson Travel Agency, 1907)
 * 4) La Chasse au météore (The Chase of the Golden Meteor, 1908)
 * 5) Le Pilote du Danube (The Danube Pilot, 1908)
 * 6) Les Naufragés du "Jonathan" (The Survivors of the "Jonathan", 1909)
 * 7) Le Secret de Wilhelm Storitz (The Secret of Wilhelm Storitz, 1910)
 * 8) L’Étonnante Aventure de la mission Barsac (The Barsac Mission, 1919)

Short stories
The Voyages series includes two short story collections and seven individual short stories that accompanied one of the novels in the series.

The short story collections are:
 * 1) Le Docteur Ox (Doctor Ox, 1874)
 * 2) Hier et Demain (Yesterday and Tomorrow, 1910) (posthumous, with stories completed or modified by Michel Verne)

And the individual short stories:
 * 1) Les Forceurs de blocus (The Blockade Runners, published with A Floating City, 1871)
 * 2) Martin Paz (Martin Paz, published with The Survivors of the Chancellor, 1875)
 * 3) Un drame au Mexique (A Drama in Mexico, published with Michael Strogoff, 1876)
 * 4) Les révoltés de la Bounty (The Mutineers of the Bounty, published with The Begum's Millions, 1879)
 * 5) Dix heures en chasse (Ten Hours Hunting, published with The Green Ray, 1882)
 * 6) Frritt-Flacc (Frritt-Flacc, published with The Lottery Ticket, 1886)
 * 7) Gil Braltar (Gil Braltar, published with The Flight to France, 1887)

Classification
In promotional materials for the series, Verne's editor Pierre-Jules Hetzel classified the Voyages Extraordinaires in several groups, mostly following geographic criteria:
 * The Robinsons Cycle: Godfrey Morgan, Two Years' Vacation, The Castaways of the Flag, The Survivors of the "Jonathan"
 * Europe: Journey to the Center of the Earth, The Child of the Cavern, The Green Ray, The Archipelago on Fire, The Lottery Ticket, The Flight to France, Carpathian Castle, Foundling Mick, A Drama in Livonia, The Danube Pilot, The Secret of Wilhelm Storitz
 * Africa: Five Weeks in a Balloon, The Adventures of Three Englishmen and Three Russians in South Africa, Dick Sand, A Captain at Fifteen, The Vanished Diamond, Clovis Dardentor, The Village in the Treetops, Invasion of the Sea, The Thompson Travel Agency, The Barsac Mission
 * The Polar Lands: The Adventures of Captain Hatteras, The Fur Country, An Antarctic Mystery
 * World Tours: In Search of the Castaways, Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Seas, Around the World in Eighty Days, Robur the Conqueror, Captain Antifer
 * The Two Americas: The Begum's Millions, Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon, North Against South, Family Without a Name, César Cascabel, Facing the Flag, The Mighty Orinoco, The Will of an Eccentric, Travel Scholarships, Master of the World, The Golden Volcano
 * Asia: Michael Strogoff, Tribulations of a Chinaman in China, The Steam House, Claudius Bombarnac
 * Seas and Oceans: A Floating City, The Mysterious Island, The Survivors of the Chancellor, Kéraban the Inflexible, Mathias Sandorf, The Sea Serpent, Lighthouse at the End of the World
 * Celestial Spaces: From the Earth to the Moon, Around The Moon, Off on a Comet, The Purchase of the North Pole, The Chase of the Golden Meteor
 * Oceania and Australia: Mistress Branican, Propeller Island, The Kip Brothers
 * Tales and News: Doctor Ox, Yesterday and Tomorrow

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Motorcycle club

A motorcycle club is a group of individuals whose primary interest and activities involve motorcycles. A motorcycle group can range as clubbed groups of different bikes or bikers who own same model of vehicle like the Harley Owners Group.

There are a great many brand clubs, i.e. clubs dedicated to a particular marque, including those sponsored by various manufacturers, modeled on the original brand club, the Harley Owners Group. There are also large national independent motorcycle clubs, for example, the BMW Motorcycle Owners of America, and the Dominar Owners Club (DOC), an exclusive motorcycle group for Bajaj Dominar bikes only. There are also specific clubs for women, such as the Women's International Motorcycle Association, and clubs for lesbians and gays, such as Dykes on Bikes.

Clubs catering for those interested in vintage machines such as the Vintage Motor Cycle Club are also popular as well as those centered on particular venues. Clubs catering for riders' rights such as the Motorcycle Action Group, and charities like The Royal British Legion Riders Branch and the Armed Forces Bikers Veterans Charity are also popular. Many affiliate with an umbrella organization, such as the British Motorcyclists Federation in the UK, or FEMA in Europe. Producing national and local branch club magazines and events are typical activities of such clubs.

Other organizations whose activities primarily involve motorcycles exist for specific purposes or social causes such as the Patriot Guard Riders, who provide funeral escorts for military veterans, and Rolling Thunder, which advocates for troops missing in action and prisoners of war. While neither of the latter two groups require a motorcycle for membership, they are motorcycling-oriented and much of their activity involves rides.

There are numerous religiously oriented clubs such as the Christian Motorcyclists Association, a biker ministry, charities such as Freewheelers EVS, which use motorcycles to provide an out-of-hours emergency medical courier service, and clubs which attract membership from specific groups, such as the Blue Knights Law Enforcement Motorcycle Club, for law enforcement personnel.

In the United Kingdom, two charities (the Institute of Advanced Motorists and RoSPA Advanced Drivers and Riders) have significant-sized motorcycle clubs with trained volunteers to promote roadcraft and help riders pass an advanced driving test.

History
One of the first motorcycle clubs was the New York Motorcycle Club, which in 1903 merged with the Alpha Motorcycle Club of Brooklyn to become the Federation of American Motorcyclists. Later, the Motorcycle and Allied Trades Association (M&ATA) formed a Rider Division which spun off into the American Motorcyclist Association.

American Motorcyclist Association
The American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) is the largest American motorcyclist organization. It serves as an umbrella organization for local clubs and sporting events. As of 2015, the AMA had over 200,000 members and over 1,200 chartered clubs.

MCs and MCCs
The abbreviations MC and MCC are both used to mean "motorcycle club" but have a special social meaning from the point of view of the outlaw or one percenter motorcycling subculture. MC is generally reserved for those clubs that are mutually recognized by other MC or outlaw motorcycle clubs. This is indicated by a motorcyclist wearing an MC patch, or a three-piece patch called colors, on the back of their jacket or riding vest. Outlaw or one percenter can mean merely that the club is not chartered under the auspices of the American Motorcyclist Association, implying a radical rejection of authority and embracing of the "biker" lifestyle as defined and popularized since the 1950s and represented by such media as Easyriders magazine, the work of painter David Mann and others. In many contexts the terms overlap with the usual meaning of "outlaw" because some of these clubs, or some of their members, are recognized by law enforcement agencies as taking part in organized crime.

Outside of the outlaw motorcyclist subculture, the words "" carry no pejorative meaning beyond the everyday English definition of the words – a club involving motorcycles, whose members come from every walk of life. Thus, there are clubs that are culturally and stylistically nothing like outlaw or one percenter clubs, and whose activities and goals not similar to them at all, but still use three-part patches or the initials MC in their name or insignia.

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Al Barlick

Albert Joseph Barlick (April 2, 1915 – December 27, 1995) was an American umpire in Major League Baseball who worked in the National League for 28 seasons (1940–1943, 1946–1955, 1958–1971). Barlick missed two seasons (1944–45) due to service in the United States Coast Guard and two seasons (1956–57) due to heart problems. He umpired seven World Series and seven All-Star Games.

Barlick was known for a strong voice and for booming strike calls. After he left active umpiring in 1971, Barlick became an umpire scout and supervisor. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1989.

Early life
Barlick was born in Springfield, Illinois. His father, an Austrian immigrant, worked for 50 years at a Peabody coal mine. Barlick dropped out of high school after two years to support his family. He joined the Civilian Conservation Corps, and spent six months in Washington and six months in Wisconsin. When Barlick's brother died, he returned to the coal mine to assist his father.

Barlick said that he did not play much baseball as a youngster, but that he often watched the game. During a coal mine strike, a 19-year-old Barlick was offered $1 ($0) to umpire his first game. He played outfield in semipro baseball, but he was described as "mediocre." In August 1936, the Class-D Northeast Arkansas League was in need of a replacement umpire, and hired Barlick for the last 4 weeks of the season. In 1937, Barlick was hired by the Class-B Piedmont League, moved to the Eastern League in 1939, and was promoted to the International League later that season.

Early career
Late in the 1940 season, NL umpire Bill Klem was unable to work due to an ankle injury, so Barlick was hired as a replacement. He made his debut in a doubleheader at Shibe Park on September 8. Barlick was offered a contract for the 1941 season, and was 26 years old at the start of the season, making him one of the youngest MLB umpires in history. Before the 1941 season, Klem had strongly endorsed Barlick, saying, "He's going to be the greatest umpire in baseball history. He has a love of his work, a pride in it and the physical qualifications. Young? Certainly. But there's something wrong with an umpire who serves a long time in the minors."

Barlick made his first ejection on July 27 of that year, when Brooklyn Dodgers catcher Herman Franks objected to Barlick's strike zone. Barlick was selected as an umpire for the 1942 All-Star Game at the Polo Grounds.

Barlick joined the Coast Guard in November 1943, during World War II. He spent most of the next two years assigned to an 83-foot cutter based at the Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut. He was discharged in 1945, having earned the rank of Seaman First Class.

Return from the Coast Guard
Barlick returned to umpiring in 1946, when he umpired his first World Series. Klem repeated his endorsement of Barlick that year. "There's a fellow who's going to be one of the great all-time umpires. He's got everything and knows how to handle himself. Before I saw him, I predicted he'd be a great umpire just from what I heard about him." In 1947, Barlick was the first base umpire during Jackie Robinson's MLB debut. In 1949, Barlick was again chosen as an umpire for the 1949 All-Star Game. He began the game at home plate, although when it became time for the umpires to rotate, as was customary during All-Star games, Barlick left the game, leaving the right field line uncovered; no reason was given for his departure.

In August 1949, Barlick ruled a forfeit at Shibe Park in a game between the Philadelphia Phillies and New York Giants. Fans had become irate over a call made by Barlick's crew member George Barr and they littered the field with fruit, soda bottles and paper. The ruling constituted the first major league forfeit since 1942.

Before the 1956 season, Barlick was hospitalized in Illinois for treatment of a heart problem. League president Warren Giles characterized the issue as a minor heart ailment, but newspaper reports held that Barlick would not be ready for opening day that year. After he sat out the entire 1956 season, a March 1957 article reported that the heart issue would probably cause him to miss that season as well. He returned to the field for the 1958 season.

Later career
In 1961, the Sporting News polled managers and coaches to determine the best umpires in the major leagues. Barlick was voted as the most respected umpire in the National League, as well as the best caller of balls and strikes, best on the bases, best knowledge of rules, best at being in the right position and most serious-minded. Barlick stated that the poll was a disgrace due to the lack of qualifications of the writers and the nature of the categories, which included "most sarcastic", "hardest to talk to", "biggest grandstander", and "worst pop-off".

In 1963, the league instructed umpires to crack down on balks by pitchers. A few weeks after ejecting pitcher Bob Shaw due to an argument about balks, Barlick called Fred Fleig, the secretary of the National League, and said, “I'm fed up with the whole thing and I am going to quit and go home.” On June 17, 1963, Giles announced that there had been a "misunderstanding" and that Barlick would relax at his home for a few days before rejoining his umpire crew.

After the 1963 season, Barlick took a job as a public relations representative at Springfield's Water, Light and Power Department. However, he returned as an umpire for the 1964 season. Barlick's crew worked the first game at the Houston Astrodome in 1965. In 1966, Barlick missed nine games after his mother, Louise, died in Springfield. He missed the last two weeks of the 1966 season due to high blood pressure. After the 1968 season, Barlick accompanied the St. Louis Cardinals on a five-week tour of Japan. In 1969, Barlick was the crew chief for the first-ever National League Championship Series. In 1970, he umpired the final game at Forbes Field, as well as the first game at Riverfront Stadium.

In 1971, Barlick was awarded the Umpire of the Year Award at the Al Somers Umpire School, which was based on a poll of other MLB umpires. He stated that the award was "very special," and that it was "a true, honorable, sincere award because it is given to an umpire by umpires." The 1971 season was Barlick's final year of umpiring, and he skipped the final series of the season at the advice of his fellow umpires. Barlick retired with seven All-Star Game appearances (1942, 1949, 1952, 1955, 1959, 1966, 1970), as well as seven World Series (1946, 1950, 1951, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1967).

Barlick had been known for his very loud calls behind home plate. Subsequent MLB officials, including Dusty Boggess and Dutch Rennert, said that they tried to imitate him when they became umpires.

Supervisor and scout
After retiring from umpiring, Barlick was hired by the league to supervise and scout umpires, a job he held for 22 years. Barlick scouted many umpires who wound up having long careers, and was, according to Bruce Froemming, “very proud of the staff he built.” Sportswriter Jerome Holtzman wrote that Barlick was outspoken when defending the league's umpires to NL president Warren Giles and baseball commissioner Ford Frick. When the umpires went on strike at the conclusion of the 1984 regular season, Barlick and fellow supervisor Ed Vargo were located in the dugouts during the playoffs to assist the replacement umpires with questions over rules.

Later life
In 1989, he was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee. Manager Leo Durocher and umpire Bill McGowan were also considered by the committee that year, but the group could only vote in one non-player per year. Barlick had been under consideration by the committee for several years before his election. In his induction speech, Barlick said, "My dreams are fulfilled far beyond my expectations."

Barlick wore uniform number 1 when the NL adopted them for its umpires in 1970; however, the league retired number 3 in Barlick's honor after his induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1989.

On December 27, 1995, Barlick collapsed at his home. He was taken to Memorial Medical Center in Springfield, where he died. A wife, Jennie, and two children survived him. Barlick was cremated.

In 2013, the Bob Feller Act of Valor Award honored Barlick as one of 37 Baseball Hall of Fame members for his service in the United States Coast Guard during World War II.

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User talk:Mbecker/Archive 4

Most users have criticized my conduct with the controversy over the protection of Catholicism in mind. Soon, they will understand the truth behind the fact that I was unfairly maligned in my choice to protect that page. JoeM was subject to auto-revert for adding POV rants similar to those of Nostrum. And no one condemned those sysops. Why? Because JoeM didn't have his buddy sysop protecting him by proxy. The truth will get out that my actions are not at all unusual. Had you never decided to protect your buddy at all cost, then there would be no cloud of mistrust unfairly surrounding me. 172 00:17, 16 Aug 2003 (UTC)

- No, I had nothing to do with JoeM. I wasn't on at the time. Other sysops handled his POV ramblings well, like I would have. 172 00:23, 16 Aug 2003 (UTC)

Michael, comparing my relationship to 172 to your relationship to Nostrum is ludicrous. Abe and I only know each other on wiki. We have disagreed on issues (I disagreed with him over PP, whom though I knew for a specific reason was Adam, but whom I nevertheless said should be left on wiki, on the basis that his standard of behaviour had dramatically improved, only to be proved wrong when he returned to his old Lir/Vera Cruz ways). Our relationship is built on your experiences of each other on wiki. We have never met, he doesn't even know my real name. You on the other hand know Matt off wiki, which is something totally different. Anyone on wiki can see Abe and my relationships on the talk pages. You deceived people by never informing them that the person you were so agressively defending is an off wiki friend of yours. That is a gross abuse of wiki. Please stop making excuses by making irrelevant and patiently absurd comparisons. FearÉIREANN 00:28, 16 Aug 2003 (UTC)

From the accusations I've read he appears to be doing some fairly idiotic stuff, rather than typical newbie errors. Anyhow, as I have stated many times, any comments I have made with regards to 172's sysop status have nothing to do with Nostrum whatsoever. As I said to you on Jtdirl's talk page, I believe everyone is guilty of breaking the policies on occasion. Newbies can appear somewhat similar to vandals!

Perhaps Nostrum does merely need guidance, but if this is the case, there needs to be other admins to offer this as you aren't going to convince 172 to do it. There are always going to be differing views on how to handle "annoying users". Revert their work or try to help them? Perhaps each annoying person needs two people following them round, one in each role, but many admins aren't willing to devote that much time to potential vandals. I realise you want me to follow up my vote with an email to Jimbo, but I have come to realise that 172's work against vandals is important. It just needs to balanced out by others who can take a softer approach. Angela

 * I may not be the best person to do this as I not going to be around much for the next few days. Visitors and assignments are having to be put first unfortunately. If he still needs help by Wednesday then I'll try and help out. Angela 02:12, 16 Aug 2003 (UTC)

Michael, if you had told us at the start "look, I know this guy. I can guarantee he isn't a vandal" then I for one would have eased off on him considerably. But instead we had to rely on nothing but the evidence of the edits. I don't think you were on wiki at the time, but earlier this year wiki was under siege from trolls DW under a host of names, Adam under a host of names, Michael under a host of names, a rascist bigot called Zog (whom 172 apparently caught again tonight. You have no idea what a near miss that was!) and various others. I came on to wiki very trusting, as do most people, and found myself being used by these trolls until I copped on to their game. Others had a similar experience. 172 and I as a result have a low tolerance threshhold when it comes to trolls. Nostrum had the misfortune to make some frankly ludicrous claims that to all too many people seemed suspiciously like a troll coming on for the sole reason of causing trouble. (Adam specialised under some of his personæ in making farcically OTT claims.) I remember one day spending my entire day (well 6 hours on wiki) reverting one troll's vandalism of a set of articles over and over again. Some of the things he kept trying to add in could be described as 'encitement to hatred'!) I know it may sound hard to look at each newbie edit for evidence of trolling, but after the DW/Adam/Michael experience, it is hard to presume innocence until guilt is proven when doing so in the past led to weeks of chaos at the hands of some very clever and manipulative trolls.

In any case, I hope the air has been cleared somewhat. 172 can be blunt sometimes but he is motivated by a passion to see wiki achieve a high standard and to stop wiki facing the reign of chaos we experienced before at the hands of professional vandals. I do hope that Nostrum proves worthy of your support. And you are right to take the weekend off from wiki; wiki all too often can be a hothouse of stress and passion. One final point: I certainly do not try to POV articles. I have spent most of my time trying to NPOV text, including incorporating text I may not agree with but which is a credible opinion worthy of mention. But I do have a low tolerance of extreme POV; whether it is RK's pro-Israeli editing, of Palestine Liberator's extreme anti-Israeli opinions, attempts to whitewash RC Church scandals or to make wild factually inaccurate claims. I have in my time on wiki been called an apologist for fascism and a communist, an extremist Australian monarchist and an extreme pro-Australian republican (for exactly the same edit!),  a Catholic apologist and a Catholic-basher, a "west-brit" Tory and an "extreme Irish republican". I try to strike a fair middle ground, with the guideline that any extreme claim from any side must have hard evidence to back it up.

Anyway, have a good relaxing wiki-free weekend.:-) FearÉIREANN 03:04, 16 Aug 2003 (UTC)

--- Thanks for you latest comments. Since you were the most vocal opponent of my administratorship, how about listing that anti-172 page on the VFD and putting this whole ridiculous episode to a rest. Then I'd really be able to get to work without this storm cloud hanging over me. I'll be afraid to do anything until that shadow is gone. 172 19:03, 16 Aug 2003 (UTC)

Based on what you have said about Nostrum, and trusting your faith in him, I have decided to ignore past mistakes and judge everything he contributes on its merits, without reference to his past contributions. I hope you can do the same with 172 and that we can all move on beyond the recent controversies. FearÉIREANN 19:25, 16 Aug 2003 (UTC)

When comes back I want to nominate him for sysop (for real this time) I dont ask for much, but I ask that you support his nomination. Sincerely- 戴&#30505sv 22:54, Aug 16, 2003 (UTC)

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well, I see that your talk page is protected...but I come in peace with open hands...so, I hope I can "abuse" and edit it nevertheless :-). I just saw your comment left about 2 or 3 weeks ago about Daniel Boyer on my talk page. I just wanted to know if anything was still going on about it, what was suggested, decided, voted; whatever. Well, what is the outcome of the discussion anyway ? Anthère

 * all right, I will look at it then. Thanks. Btw, I am very sad that you changed your nick. All I see is ????, it is ...er...well...not very... Ant

 * LOL, now, I see { MB | マイカル }, that is much better, I can recognise you :-)

 * Waiiiit, the first time, I just typed what I saw, the second time, as it was more complicated, I did a copypaste, and now, above, I can see some coding with & and # and ; and numbers

 * now, here is the stuff pasted : { MB | マイカル }
 * and here is what I see (typed) : { MB | ???? }
 * As you can see, I still have the ???? instead of the japanese (if japanese, it is) but also the MB, so I can recognise you. Plus some { and } and some spaces. There is no bug there :-)

 * you look green at the top, and pink at the bottom on my mac. Is it planned that way ? ;-) ant

 * LOL. Had only seen 2 colors. Not four. But you are right, 4 there is. Ok, another suggestion for color play : try a new logo ! ant

 * yes, pick up one you like. Open your photoshop and drink your best beer, go for the filters and color manipulation stuff and go wild :-)

 * You too. Don't forget : green for reality and faith and orange for happiness and fun.

 * and then, which logo is yours in the end, or which one did you play with ???

No, it wasn't what I expected. I don't know why but I thought it sounded interesting or maybe even fun. In reality it is too theoretical and of little practical use to me. It's also just not worth the stress of working full time and then coming home and spending my evenings doing something I can't find an interest in. Basically, I don't care what the invalid equivalence partitions of some imaginary scenario are and I have no motivation to find out. Angela

Thanks for your message on my talk page. The answer is of course - everyone is mad. Me too, which is why I never really left for long. Angela

Good work on the "Votes for any variation" on the logo voting pages... it's just that you seem to have accidentally voted on my behalf a number of times. ;) --Dante Alighieri 01:36, 28 Aug 2003 (UTC)

 * Yeah, I think when you went to cut and paste the line that had the "votes for any variation" part you also copied my name, because I seem to have voted for 4-5 images in a row that I didn't intend. :) I checked the edit log and it was you who added them when you were adding the voting section to every image. It's no big deal, I just thought it was kind of funny. I'm fixing it now. --Dante Alighieri 06:11, 28 Aug 2003 (UTC)

 * Nope, you caught them all. Good work, and thanks! --Dante Alighieri 14:01, 28 Aug 2003 (UTC)

Welcome message
Dumping large amounts of HTML on users' talk pages is not exactly a good way of introducing them to how the system works -- they have to edit the talk page sooner or later, and then they will be confused by the syntax and think that using talk pages is more complicated than it is.—Eloquence 18:21, Aug 29, 2003 (UTC)

 * I assume the "insert name here" part of your greeting should be swapped for the person's username. I changed a couple of the ones you did today. Hope that's ok and I'm not missing the point or something. Angela 20:33 29 Aug 2003 (UTC)

Could you be a little more specific about what problem you're having with the mailing lists? Hopefully it's solvable. Discussion about the copyright notice left off something like here. --Brion 21:55, 29 Aug 2003 (UTC)

--- Thanks for nominating me for adminship. :-)

Over at VfD User:Mintguy mentioned that you had grown frustrated by some controversial edits to some computing articles. In response, there's now a new WikiProject Computing and WikiProject Computing/Controversial articles to help form consensus on computing topics. Please consider watching the talk pages there and using them to let others know of issues you believe merit peer review. JamesDay 15:50, 28 Oct 2003 (UTC)

I unprotected User:Mbecker - assuming accidental/old vandal/etc. If deliberate, please re-protect and drop a quick line of explanation on protected page and/or on the page itself. Thanks. Martin 18:06, 8 Nov 2003 (UTC)

Hi Michael. Sorry to see you haven't been around for a while. Just to let you know in case you're still here, I have listed Image:Trillium.jpg for deletion as it has been renamed Image:Sagittaria.jpg. Apparently it wasn't a Trillium. :) Angela 21:45, 26 Nov 2003 (UTC)

Hi, an anon IP changed your user page. I wasn't sure if you or not so I reverted in case it wasn't. Angela. 03:28, 17 Dec 2003 (UTC)

Hi. It looks like User:Hephaestos fulfilled your request for a merge of Hipparchos with Hipparchus on WikiMoney. --snoyes 01:08, 17 Jan 2004 (UTC) The Page history of Continental United States suggests (as does its talk) that you introduced the expression "non-continental" there to describe Alaska and Hawaii. Do you recall whether you had a specific source, or just deduced that usage as following logically from "continental" (or "continental US")? --Jerzy 05:53, 2004 Feb 19 (UTC)

Tnx, i'll probably research eventually to see if i can confirm; maybe read the act that establishes term CONUS. --Jerzy 04:29, 2004 Feb 20 (UTC)

Hi Mbecker, I read on Image:Clitoris.jpg that you cropped and retouched the clitoris photograph, which I believe is the same that is on de:Klitoris. We'd like to use the same image in other articles such as de:Vulva, but our problem is how to get rid of that circle and text on the image. Do you happen to have a copy of the original photo without the markings? -- 195.33.105.17 09:53, 16 Mar 2004 (UTC)

re: Geosynchronous_orbit I am not disputing the value of the Free Body Diagram, should such a diagram ever appear. Until it does a "todo" list on a main article looks extremely unprofessional and belongs on the discussion page, which is why I put it there. If you believe this is in contravention of WP policy then please provide me with a link to the appropriate page in the general editing section. The whole page was marked for cleanup and that is what I am doing. Mat-C 20:26, 30 Apr 2004 (UTC)

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Autopsy (band)

Autopsy is an American death metal band formed in Contra Costa County, California, in 1987 by Chris Reifert and Eric Cutler. The group disbanded in 1995 and reunited in 2009. The band's hometown is in Concord, California.

Initial career
Autopsy was formed in August 1987 by Chris Reifert and Eric Cutler, shortly after Reifert's departure from Death. The band recorded a demo that year, Demo '87, before Danny Coralles joined in 1988 immediately prior to the recording of their second demo, Critical Madness, and along with Reifert and Cutler, would be a constant in the band's lineup. The band signed to Peaceville Records and released their debut album, Severed Survival in 1989. These early recordings featured a pioneering death metal style that adopted a slower, doom metal influenced sound. The next full-length, Mental Funeral, continued in this style and has since been cited by many other death metal musicians as particularly influential. Having completed a successful European tour soon after Mental Funeral, the band reentered the studio to record the Fiend for Blood EP, which was followed by their third full-length, Acts of the Unspeakable, which featured shorter songs and a more grindcore influenced sound. A difficult US tour in 1993 led to the decision to disband Autopsy after the recording of a final album. Shitfun, released in early 1995, was heavily influenced by hardcore punk and would prepare fans for Abscess, previously a side-project of Danny Coralles and Chris Reifert, which would become their main band after Autopsy's demise.

Autopsy was featured in the 2005 music documentary Metal: A Headbanger's Journey when the film's narrator and star, Sam Dunn read aloud a verse from the band's song "Charred Remains".

Reunion
After several years of speculation regarding an Autopsy reunion, and denial of the possibility, the band members briefly reunited in September 2008 to record two new tracks for the special edition of their 1989 debut Severed Survival. They later reconvened to the Maryland Deathfest in 2009. After Abscess broke up in June 2010, Autopsy immediately announced that they had permanently reunited. They released The Tomb Within EP in September 2010, Macabre Eternal in 2011, Born Undead DVD in 2012, The Headless Ritual in 2013 and Tourniquets, Hacksaws and Graves in 2014. Autopsy released the EP Skullgrinder on November 27, 2015. They released the EP Puncturing the Grotesque on December 15, 2017.

In December 2021, the band announced they were working on a new album, which was tentatively due for release in 2022. On July 27, 2022, the band revealed their new album, Morbidity Triumphant, would be released on September 30. On August 31, 2023, the band announced their ninth studio album, Ashes, Organs, Blood and Crypts, would be released on October 27.

Legacy
Along with fellow Bay Area band Possessed and Reifert's previous group Death, Autopsy have been considered a pioneering band in the death metal genre. Early bands such as Entombed, Dismember, Gorefest, Immolation, Cannibal Corpse and Deicide have all credited Autopsy as an influence in their sound. In addition, Autopsy have helped to pioneer death-doom.

Current members

 * Chris Reifert – drums, lead vocals (1987–1995, 2009–present), bass (studio, 1988–1990, 2009–2010)
 * Eric Cutler – guitars, backing and lead vocals (1987–1995, 2009–present), bass (live and studio, 1988–1990, 2009–2010)
 * Danny Coralles – guitars (1988–1995, 2009–present), bass (live, 1988–1990, 2009–2010)
 * Greg Wilkinson – bass (2021–present)

Former members

 * Steve Cutler – bass (1990–1991)
 * Josh Barohn – bass (1991–1993)
 * Freeway Migliore – bass (1993–1995)
 * Joe Trevisano – bass (2010–2021)

Session musicians

 * Steve Di Giorgio – bass (1988–1989)
 * Clint Bower – bass (1994–1995)

Live members

 * Dan Lilker – bass (2009–2010)

Studio albums

 * Severed Survival (1989)
 * Mental Funeral (1991)
 * Acts of the Unspeakable (1992)
 * Shitfun (1995)
 * Macabre Eternal (2011)
 * The Headless Ritual (2013)
 * Tourniquets, Hacksaws and Graves (2014)
 * Morbidity Triumphant (2022)
 * Ashes, Organs, Blood and Crypts (2023)

EPs/Singles

 * Retribution for the Dead (1990)
 * Fiend for Blood (1991)
 * The Tomb Within (2010)
 * Skull Grinder (2015)
 * Puncturing the Grotesque (2017)

Live albums

 * Tortured Moans of Agony (1998)
 * Dead as Fuck (2004)
 * Dark Crusades (2010)
 * Live in Chicago (2020)

Demos

 * 1987 Demo (1987)
 * Critical Madness (1988)

Compilations

 * Ridden with Disease (2000)
 * Torn from the Grave (2001)
 * All Tomorrow's Funerals (2012)
 * Introducing Autopsy (2013)

Re-releases

 *  Severed Survival/Retribution for the Dead (1994)
 *  Acts of the Unspeakable/Fiend for Blood (2003)

Filmography

 * Dark Crusades (with liner notes and band interview by Joel McIver; Peaceville Records, 2006)
 * Born Undead (produced by Jesse Davis; Peaceville Records, 2012)

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PEC Zwolle

PEC Zwolle is a Dutch professional football club based in Zwolle, Netherlands. They play in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football. They have played in the Eredivisie for a total of 22 seasons, reaching sixth place in 2015. They won the KNVB Cup in 2014 and also reached the final in 1928, 1977 and 2015.

This is the second incarnation of the club; its predecessor of the same name went bankrupt in 1990. The current club was founded immediately afterwards as FC Zwolle before renaming back to PEC Zwolle in 2012.

Introduction
PEC was founded on 12 June 1910, the name being an abbreviation of PH EDN Combinatie (PH EDN Combination). The club was formed by a merger of Prins Hendrik (1 April 1906; Prince Henry) and Ende Desespereert Nimmer (1904; And Never Despair). PEC has been a professional football club since 23 February 1955. The club name was changed to PEC Zwolle in 1971 and to PEC Zwolle '82 in 1982. Instantly after the bankruptcy a new name was chosen for the new club: FC Zwolle. On 14 April 2012, after the promotion, the club name was changed back to PEC Zwolle.

PEC
PEC was one of Zwolle's three top football clubs, along with ZAC (founded in 1893) and Zwolsche Boys (1918). ZAC was associated with the local high society, Zwolsche Boys were associated with the working class, while PEC was the club of the local middle class. There was considerable rivalry between these three clubs, especially between Zwolsche Boys and PEC. Not only were their stadiums within walking distance from each other, the clubs frequently met each other in league matches.

PEC Zwolle
Despite this rivalry, PEC and Zwolsche Boys merged in 1969, taking the name PEC. In 1971, this became PEC Zwolle, in an attempt to promote the image of the city of Zwolle. In 1977, PEC Zwolle reached the finals of the KNVB Cup, losing to Twente in extra time, and missed out on promotion to the Eredivisie by one point. In 1978, the club won the Dutch first division title and was promoted to the Eredivisie for the first time in its history. In its first season in the Eredivisie, the club finished eighth, which remained PEC Zwolle's highest ever league position until finishing sixth in 2014–15. Their most impressive result that season was a 0–1 away victory at PSV. These results were achieved by a talented group of players bought from other clubs, such as Rinus Israël. The money for this came from the Slavenburg's bank, which was led by FC Zwolle chairman Jan Willem van der Wal. By 1982, the club had built up a debt of six million guilders and was on the verge of bankruptcy.

PEC Zwolle '82
Real estate developer Marten Eibrink took over power in PEC Zwolle in 1982. He managed to end the debt and restructured the club, which was epitomized by a change in the name: PEC Zwolle '82. He also had the club's stadium renovated and decided to name the stadium's main stand the Johan Cruyff Stand, because Johan Cruyff had played his last official match against PEC Zwolle '82 on 13 May 1984. Eibrink brought legendary players like Piet Schrijvers, Johnny Rep and Cees van Kooten to the club. The club managed to revive, but the revival was short-lived. In 1985, PEC Zwolle '82 were relegated to the Dutch first division, largely due to an injury-ridden main squad. They managed to return after only one season, having finished in second place. That team was led by the coach Co Adriaanse and the player Foeke Booy. Eibrink, however, grew increasingly disappointed in sponsors and local authorities, accusing them of not loving the club in the way that he did, and he left the club in 1988. Despite a promising start to the 1988–89 season, the club finished in 16th place, which meant that it was relegated to the First Division. The financial crisis worsened, as sponsors refused to invest in the club any longer. The players' wages could not be paid, and a debt to the Slavenburg's bank appeared which had been overseen by the board for around ten years. This led to the club's bankruptcy in March 1990.

FC Zwolle
After the bankruptcy, it was decided that the club had to sever all ties with the troubled finances of the past and make a fresh start. The club got a new name (FC Zwolle), a new organisational structure, new sponsors, new club colours (blue-white shirts with white shorts instead of green-white shirts with black shorts) and a new crest. The first years of the 'new' club were hard, but after 1992–93, a new team filled with talents such as Jaap Stam (who would later play for PSV, Manchester United, Lazio, Milan and Ajax), Bert Konterman (Feyenoord and Rangers), Johan Hansma (Heerenveen) and Henri van der Vegt (Udinese) played attractive and successful football. In 1992–93, FC Zwolle narrowly missed promotion to the Eredivisie. In the KNVB Cup, FC Zwolle reached the quarter-finals, losing to Feyenoord in a penalty shootout.

After many failed attempts in the play-offs, FC Zwolle finally managed to secure a return to the Eredivisie by winning the First Division in 2002. In the 2002–03 Eredivisie season, the club finished in 16th place and escaped relegation via the play-offs. A year later, they made a miserable start to the season, and had scored only seven points halfway through the season. An impressive run, with victories over the likes of SC Heerenveen and AZ, proved in vain, as FC Zwolle dropped from a 16th place (which would have placed them in the play-offs) to the 18th place (direct relegation) on the last day of the season. They lost 7–1 away at Feyenoord, while their rivals Vitesse and Volendam managed to beat their opponents Utrecht and RBC Roosendaal.

At the beginning of the 2004–05 season, FC Zwolle was considered one of the favourites for the title in the First Division, along with Sparta Rotterdam. However, it was another club from the province of Overijssel, Heracles Almelo, that won the title. FC Zwolle finished the season in fourth place, and had to play play-off matches against the second- and sixth-placed teams of the First Division (Sparta and Helmond Sport) and the 17th-placed team of the Eredivisie, De Graafschap. They finished bottom of their group, with one point from six matches, while Sparta won the group and clinched promotion and De Graafschap was relegated.

The 2005–06 season started well, with FC Zwolle fighting for the league's top spot in the first months. However, the results dwindled in November and December. Angry supporters threatened trainer-coach Hennie Spijkerman after a 0–5 home defeat against Excelsior, and Spijkerman resigned a few days later. The club's chairman announced that he would crack down on the supporters involved, and said that some had already received stadium bans of up to 9 years. Spijkerman's assistant trainer Harry Sinkgraven finished the season, leading the club to the play-offs, in which Eredivisie side Willem II proved too strong.

Former Feyenoord and Ajax player Jan Everse, who had already trained the club between 1996 and 1999, was presented as the new trainer-coach. He was faced with financial problems at the club, and the departure of key striker Santi Kolk. Many players from the club's youth teams were brought into the main squad, with mixed results. The team ended at the ninth place of the table during the 2006–07 season.

During the 2010–11 season, FC Zwolle held the top spot for a long time, but had to leave the title to RKC Waalwijk. Zwolle ended in 2nd place and did not achieve promotion. The 2011–12 season was more successful. FC Zwolle won the title and secured their return to the Eredivisie in the 2012–13 season.

First trophies and European appearance
Shortly after winning the championship of the Eerste Divisie, the club announced that the name will be changed to PEC Zwolle again.

In 2014, under the guidance of new head coach Ron Jans, PEC Zwolle earned their first major silverware by winning the KNVB Cup, beating league champions Ajax 5–1 in the final. Thus, PEC Zwolle qualified for the UEFA Europa League for the first time. On 3 August 2014, PEC Zwolle also won the 2014 Johan Cruijff Schaal (Dutch Supercup) by defeating AFC Ajax, this time by 1–0.

By winning the KNVB Cup, PEC Zwolle qualified for the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League. In the play-off round, Zwolle played AC Sparta Prague and after a 1–1 draw in Zwolle it lost 3–1 in Prague, losing 2–4 on aggregate.

Time during the Eredivisie
After winning the KNVB Cup 2014, PEC Zwolle managed to reach the finals again in 2015. This time they played against FC Groningen and lost with 2 - 0.

The years following this, Zwolle was relatively stable. During the year 2017 with the new head coach John van 't Schip, PEC Zwolle experienced one of the most successful years ever, being third place during the winter break. However, following the winter break, Zwolle experienced the complete opposite of what it had before; it lost all matches and eventually ended at the 9th place in 2018. The season 2018/2019 Zwolle had a very disastrous start. During the winter break of 2018/2019, Zwolle was on struggling to stay in the Eredivise, being on the 15th place. Coach John van 't Schip was fired after this. During the year 2018, Zwolle got the least amount of points in the Eredivisie; 26 points.

New coach Jaap Stam replaced his successor and managed to save Zwolle. He won with 3 - 1 against Feyenoord, 0 - 2 against Heracles Almelo, and 4 - 3 against FC Utrecht. At the end of the season 2018/2019, Zwolle ended at the 13th place, preventing relegation.

The 2 seasons following 2018/2019, PEC Zwolle repeatedly narrowly avoids relegation, ending at the 15th and 13th place. However, during the season 2021/2022, PEC Zwolle had a disastrous season once again. The coach Art Langeler quit and his assistant quit as well. This time, Dick Schreuder was enlisted as head coach to rescue Zwolle from relegation. Despite his initial successes, he failed to prevent relegation and Zwolle ended at the 18th place in 2022, being relegated to the second division in the Netherlands.

Short and record-breaking return to the Eerste Divisie
On 3 March 2023, Zwolle gained a 13–0 win over FC Den Bosch in a league game, as the team broke a broad series of records in the process. Firstly, the match became the largest win in the history of the Eerste Divisie, as well as the second largest one in the history of Dutch football (ex aequo with Ajax's 0–13 away win over VVV-Venlo in October 2020). Secondly, Zwolle became the first Dutch team since August 2002 (Heracles Almelo being the previous record-breaker) to close the first half of an official match with a 7–0 lead. In the same game, Zwolle player Apostolos Vellios scored three goals in almost twelve minutes since the starting kick-off, before netting another one later in the game: as a result, the Greek striker scored the fastest hat-trick in the history of the Dutch second tier. PEC player Lennart Thy claimed the top goalscorer's award in the Eerste Divisie for the season, having scored 23 goals in 36 appearances. Zwolle won immediate promotion back to the Eredivisie at the end of the season, finishing second in the league table.

Oosterenkstadion
The old stadium was built in 1934 and demolished in 2007. It was located at Business park Oosterenk. Since the completion in 1934 two different clubs played in the stadium. PEC from 1934 till 1957, Zwolsche Boys from 1957 till 1970. Since 1970 PEC played its games at the Oosterenk Stadium. The stadium had to be demolished because the new stadium is located at the same spot as the Oosterenk Stadium is.

PEC Zwolle Stadion
Officially since 29 August 2009, the stadium is no longer under construction. Construction started at 9 March 2007. The first game in the new stadium was against MVV. The final score was 0–0. The first goal scored in the new stadium was by FC Zwolle player Bram van Polen, coming on 22 August 2008 against Cambuur.

IJsseldelta Stadion
On 12 July 2012, the club officially announced the new name for their home ground, which is now called IJsseldelta Stadion.

MAC³PARK stadion
The name of the stadium was on 1 July 2016 changed to MAC³PARK stadion.

Rivalries
PEC Zwolle biggest rival is Go Ahead Eagles. Both clubs are located at the river IJssel, hence the name "IJssel-derby".

PEC Zwolle in the Eredivisie
† as FC Zwolle

Domestic results
Below is a table with FC Zwolle's domestic results since the introduction of professional football in 1956.

PEC Zwolle made it to the final round of the national cup four times. They only won in 2014. The first final was in 1928 against Racing Club Heemstede. The final score was 2–0. The second time they made it to the final was in 1977. The opponent that time was FC Twente. They lost 3–0 after extra time. The third time was in 2014, when they beat Ajax 5–1, subsequently claiming the cup for Zwolle for the first time in their history. The last time was in 2015 against FC Groningen. Final score 2–0.

National team players
''The following players were called up to represent their national teams in international football and received caps during their tenure with PEC Zwolle:

 * Australia
 * 🇦🇺 Trent Sainsbury (2014–2016)
 * Bulgaria
 * 🇧🇬 Filip Krastev (2024–present)
 * Burkina Faso
 * 🇧🇫 Rahim Ouédraogo (2001–2002)
 * China
 * 🇨🇳 Xie Yuxin (1987–1989)
 * Curaçao
 * 🇨🇼 Anton Jongsma (2006–2008)
 * 🇨🇼 Gillian Justiana (2009–2011)
 * 🇨🇼 Gervane Kastaneer (2021–2023)
 * 🇨🇼 Darryl Lachman (2018–2020)
 * Czech Republic
 * 🇨🇿 Tomáš Necid (2014; 2015)

 * DR Congo
 * Jody Lukoki (2014–2015)
 * Faroe Islands
 * 🇫🇴 Súni Olsen (2001–2002)
 * Finland
 * 🇫🇮 Thomas Lam (2018–2021; 2023–present)
 * 🇫🇮 Niklas Moisander (2006–2008)
 * 🇫🇮 Jussi Nuorela (1996–1999)
 * 🇫🇮 Paulus Roiha (2003–2004)
 * Japan
 * 🇯🇵 Yūta Nakayama (2019–2022)
 * Kosovo
 * Destan Bajselmani (2019–2022)

 * Liberia
 * 🇱🇷 Mark Pabai (2021–2022)
 * Netherlands
 * 🇳🇱 Cees van Kooten (1983–1985)
 * 🇳🇱 Lulof Heetjans (1931–1937)
 * 🇳🇱 Piet Schrijvers (1983–1985)
 * North Macedonia
 * Gjorgji Hristov (2003–2004)
 * Poland
 * 🇵🇱 Mateusz Klich (2012–2014)
 * Suriname
 * 🇸🇷 Ryan Koolwijk (2021–2022)
 * United States
 * 🇺🇸 Gregg Berhalter (1994–1996)

 * Players in bold actively play for PEC Zwolle and for their respective national teams. Years in brackets indicate careerspan with PEC Zwolle.

National team players by Confederation
Member associations are listed in order of most to least amount of current and former PEC Zwolle players represented Internationally

Players in international tournaments
The following is a list of PEC Zwolle players who have competed in international tournaments, including the UEFA European Championship, Copa América, CONCACAF Gold Cup, and the AFC Asian Cup. To this date no PEC Zwolle players have participated in the FIFA World Cup, or the OFC Nations Cup while playing for PEC Zwolle.

List of PEC Zwolle chairmen

 * 🇳🇱 J.B.C. Nieuwhof (1910–??)
 * 🇳🇱 P. van de Salentein (1918–20)
 * 🇳🇱 Mr. Viehoff (19??–??)
 * 🇳🇱 N. Geertsma (1926–37)
 * 🇳🇱 A. Pinkster (1937–40)
 * 🇳🇱 K. Drost (1940–42)
 * 🇳🇱 J.H.C. Gans (1942–46)
 * 🇳🇱 Michiel Wilhelm (1946–52)
 * 🇳🇱 H. Egberts (1952–57)
 * 🇳🇱 J.J. Ruiter (1957–66)
 * 🇳🇱 C.C. Duyn (1966–69)
 * 🇳🇱 W.A.M. ten Doeschate (1969–72)
 * 🇳🇱 Jan-Willem van der Wal (1972–79)
 * 🇳🇱 Jan Wiersma (1979–82)
 * 🇳🇱 Max Malcoops (1982–84)
 * 🇳🇱 Marten Eibrink (1984–88)
 * 🇳🇱 Jaap de Groot (caretaker) (1988–89)
 * 🇳🇱 Gaston Sporre (1989–98)
 * 🇳🇱 Ronald van Vliet (1998–2009)
 * 🇳🇱 Arjan Jansen (caretaker) (2009)
 * 🇳🇱 Adriaan Visser (2009–21)

List of PEC Zwolle coaches

 * 🇳🇱 Jan van Asten (1955–57)
 * 🇳🇱 Jan de Roos (1957–58)
 * 🇳🇱 Piet Vogelzang (ass.) (1957–58)
 * 🇳🇱 Herman Spijkerman (1958–59)
 * 🇳🇱 Jan de Roos (1959–61)
 * 🇳🇱 Herman Spijkerman (1961–63)
 * 🇳🇱 Cor Sluyk (1963–65)
 * 🇳🇱 Wim Blokland (1965–66)
 * 🇳🇱 Jan van Asten (1966–68)
 * 🇳🇱 Joep Brandes (1968–69)
 * 🇳🇱 Pim van de Meent (1 July 1969 – 30 June 1970)
 * 🇭🇺 Laszlo Zalai (1970–73)
 * 🇩🇪 Georg Keßler (1 July 1973 – 30 June 1974)
 * 🇦🇹 Friedrich Donenfeld (1 July 1974 – 30 June 1975)
 * 🇳🇱 Jan Verhaert (ass.) (1974–75)
 * 🇳🇱 Hans Alleman (1 July 1975 – 30 June 1977)
 * 🇩🇪 Fritz Korbach (1 July 1977 – 30 June 1982)
 * 🇳🇱 Bas Paauwe (interim) (1982)
 * 🇳🇱 Rinus Israel (interim) (1982)
 * 🇳🇱 Cor Brom (1 July 1982 – 30 June 1984)
 * 🇳🇱 Co Adriaanse (1 July 1984 – 30 June 1988)
 * 🇳🇱 Ben Hendriks (interim) (1988)
 * 🇳🇱 Theo Laseroms (1988–89)
 * 🇳🇱 Theo de Jong (1 July 1989 – 30 June 1992)
 * 🇳🇱 Ben Hendriks (1992–95)
 * 🇳🇱 Piet Schrijvers (1 July 1995 – 30 June 1996)
 * 🇳🇱 Jan Everse (1 July 1996 – 24 December 1998)
 * 🇳🇱 Dwight Lodeweges (29 December 1998 – 30 June 2001)
 * 🇳🇱 Paul Krabbe (1 July 2001 – 02)
 * 🇳🇱 Peter Boeve (1 July 2002 – 26 September 2003)
 * 🇳🇱 Gerard Nijkamp (interim) (26 September 2003 – 6 October 2003)
 * 🇳🇱 Hennie Spijkerman (6 October 2003 – 30 June 2006)
 * 🇳🇱 Harry Sinkgraven (2006)
 * 🇳🇱 Jan Everse (1 July 2006 – 2 March 2009)
 * 🇳🇱 Claus Boekweg (int.) (2 March 2009 – 10 March 2009)
 * 🇳🇱 Marco Roelofsen (int.) (2 March 2009 – V 2009)
 * 🇳🇱 Jan Everse (1 July 2009 – 30 October 2009)
 * 🇳🇱 C. Boekweg & 🇳🇱 J. Stam (int.) (30 October 2009 – 1 January 2010)
 * 🇳🇱 Art Langeler (1 January 2010 – 30 June 2013)
 * 🇳🇱 Ron Jans (1 July 2013 – 30 June 2017)
 * 🇳🇱 John van 't Schip (1 July 2017 – 19 December 2018)
 * 🇳🇱 Gert-Peter de Gunst (interim) (19 December 2018 – 28 December 2018)
 * 🇳🇱 Jaap Stam (28 December 2018 – 31 May 2019)
 * 🇳🇱 John Stegeman (1 July 2019 – 20 February 2021)

Topscorers

 * 1989–90 : 🇳🇱 Richard Roelofsen (11)
 * 1990–91 : 🇳🇱 Marco Roelofsen (12)
 * 1991–92 : 🇳🇱 Gérard van der Nooij (10)
 * 1992–93 : 🇳🇱 Martin Reynders (11)
 * 1993–94 : 🇳🇱 Remco Boere (13)
 * 1994–95 : 🇳🇱 Remco Boere (10)
 * 1994–95 : 🇳🇱 Henri van der Vegt (10)
 * 1995–96 : 🇷🇴 Lucian Ilie (7)
 * 1996–97 : 🇳🇱 Jan Bruin (11)
 * 1997–98 : 🇳🇱 Jan Bruin (14)
 * 1998–99 : 🇳🇱 Arne Slot (18)
 * 1999–00 : 🇳🇱 Dirk Jan Derksen (28)
 * 2000–01 : 🇳🇱 Richard Roelofsen (14)
 * 2001–02 : 🇳🇱 Arne Slot (12)
 * 2002–03 : 🇳🇱 Richard Roelofsen (8)
 * 2003–04 : 🇳🇱 Jasar Takak (8)
 * 2004–05 : 🇳🇱 Ruud Berger (13)
 * 2005–06 : 🇳🇱 Santi Kolk (18)
 * 2006–07 : 🇳🇱 Anton Jongsma (14)
 * 2007–08 : 🇵🇹 Tozé Marreco (15)
 * 2008–09 : 🇳🇱 Dave Huymans (8)
 * 2008–09 : 🇳🇱 Derk Boerrigter (8)
 * 2009–10 : 🇳🇱 Eldridge Rojer (12)
 * 2010–11 : 🇳🇱 Sjoerd Ars (20)
 * 2011–12 : 🇳🇱 Nassir Maachi (18)
 * 2012–13 : 🇸🇪 Denni Avdić (8)
 * 2012–13 : 🇳🇱 Fred Benson (8)
 * 2013–14 : 🇳🇱 Guyon Fernandez (10)
 * 2014–15 : 🇨🇿 Tomáš Necid (12)
 * 2015–16 : 🇳🇱 Lars Veldwijk (14)
 * 2016–17 : 🇳🇱 Queensy Menig (9)
 * 2017–18 : 🇳🇱 Mustafa Saymak (11)
 * 2018–19 : 🇳🇱 Vito van Crooij (9)
 * 2018–19 : 🇩🇪 Lennart Thy (9)
 * 2019–20 : 🇮🇷 Reza Ghoochannejhad (7)
 * 2020–21 : 🇮🇷 Reza Ghoochannejhad (6)
 * 2021–22 : 🇳🇱 Daishawn Redan (6)
 * 2022–23 : 🇩🇪 Lennart Thy (23)

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