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Magellanic diving petrel

The Magellanic diving-petrel (Pelecanoides magellani) is a species of diving petrel, one of five very similar, small, auk-like petrels found exclusively in the southern oceans. It is one of the smaller species of diving-petrels, though size differences are seemingly indistinguishable between species unless seen up close. It is probably the least known of all five species.

Taxonomy
The Magellanic diving-petrel was formally described in 1912 by the Australian born ornithologist Gregory Mathews as a subspecies of the Peruvian diving-petrel with the trinomial name Pelecanoides garnotii magellani. It is now considered as a separate species with the binomial name Pelecanoides magellani. The genus name combines the Ancient Greek pelekan  meaning "pelican" and "-oidēs" meaning "resembling". The specific epithet magellani refers to the Straits of Magellan. The species is monotypic: no subspecies are recognised.

According to HBW, this species is more closely related to the South Georgian and Peruvian diving-petrels. The diving-petrels bear strong resemblances to the smaller auk species (i.e. the Dovekie or Little Auk), though they are not closely related. This likeness is a prime example of convergent evolution, since the two have similar niches in their ecosystem, therefore they have evolved similar traits.

Description
This short, compact petrel ranges from 19-22 cm (7.4-8.7 in) in length, and weighs anywhere between 5-6 oz (males are typically heavier than females). The head of P. magellani is black, bordered by a contrasting white that leads into a distinctive white crescent extending up towards the back of the neck. The rest of the body follows a strong penguin-like black above, white below scheme, with some white streaks around the sides of the nape and on the scapulars. They also have some blackish-grey mottling on the flank region and sometimes on the sides of the breast. The upperwing is mostly black, with white edges on the secondaries; the underwing coverts are white (with some fragments of black on the "arm"), while the underside of the flight feathers are light grey. The tail feathers (rectrices) are mostly black above (but may appear brown in some lighting) with nearly invisible white tips, and mainly white to a very light grey below. The bill is mostly black, as well as the upward-facing nostrils (which are unique only to the diving-petrels), the legs and feet are a light slate-blue to light blue with black-brownish webs, and black claws, and the eyes are a very dark brown color. It only overlaps with the Peruvian diving-petrel, P. garnotii, but the two are distinguishable by the visible white crescent of the Magellanic vs. the nearly all-black head of the Peruvian.

Distribution and habitat
The Magellanic diving-petrel breeds on vegetated slopes on coastal and nearshore islands, typically in fjords and channels, in southern Chile, Argentina, and Tierra del Fuego and forages in offshore and inshore waters in the area.

Feeding
Being the most elusive of the Pelecanoides species, not much is known about the ecology of the Magellanic diving-petrel. Like all diving-petrel species, P. magellani is a strong swimmer capable of performing dives of over 10 ft to pursue prey, staying submerged anywhere from 10 seconds to potentially over a minute. The birds usual dive from the surface, though are capable of dropping a few feet from the air into the ocean. They move through the water by propelling themselves with their wings and steering with their tails and feet. The prey of P. magellani is shown to consist of small crustaceans, aquatic invertebrates like copepods, amphipods, and plankton, and perhaps small fish could be in their diet as well. They likely carry food back to their chicks via their gular pouches then regurgitating food through them.

Breeding
Breeding habits of the Magellanic diving-petrel are little known. It is known that eggs are laid from November to December, and fledglings have been spotted in March. Like its congeners, P. magellani nests in burrows in dense colonies on coastal islands. They lay one egg and are most likely monogamous like other Procellariiformes. Both parents take shifts between incubation and going out to sea to feed during the incubation period, and both take turns feeding their chick, which will reach sexual maturity anywhere from 2-3 years of age. After raising their offspring, the adults go into what is called post-nuptial moult, where they shed old feathers to grow fresh feathers, most notably their flight feathers. During this time, for all Pelecanoides species, they become flightless until their feathers have been fully replaced.

Status and conservation
The Magellanic diving-petrel is considered as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Their population is estimated anywhere from 6,700-330,000 individuals; they are under no immediate threat, but are presumed to be affected by invasive species (i.e. rats or mice) and human activity, namely periodic guano harvests, could be a threat. However, the species is not well-known, and extensive research is required to evaluate current population trends and new threats.

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Great Western Railway (Saskatchewan)

The Great Western Railway is a Canadian short line railway company operating on former Canadian Pacific Railway trackage in Southwest Saskatchewan. Great Western Railway Ltd. is an operating company that services the line and is locally owned and operated by farmers and municipalities in Southwestern Saskatchewan.

History
Abbotsford based Westcan Ltd., a railway contracting and maintenance company from BC, purchased 330 miles of track from CP and announced the launch of a new Westcan-owned short line, Great Western Railway Ltd, to provide service on these lines. The original purchase date was July 31, 2000, but this date was pushed to September 8, 2000 after overwhelming rainfall washed out 16 km of track on the Vanguard Subdivision, one of the branches that was being sold. An agreement was reached with Canadian Pacific to repair the damaged section at a cost of more than 500,000 before the takeover was completed.

In 2004 the railway was purchased by local investors from the area of Saskatchewan it serves. It is now locally owned and operated. Great Western Railway continues to serve many producer loading sites along their entire rail network, but also provide railcar storage for Class I railways and railcar companies.

GWR operates on 308 mi of former Canadian Pacific Railway's Shaunavon, Vanguard, Altawan and Notukeu Subdivisions. GWR also services 60 mi on the Fife Lake Railway, which is wholly owned by the company, and another 72 mi of the Red Coat Road & Rail on a yearly contractual basis.

Engine Roster
Great Western Railway had humble beginnings hauling hopper cars of grain for small producer loading sites, but as Great Western Railway gradually gained trackage rights over Red Coat Road & Rail and Fife Lake Railway, the railway required more motive power to provide sufficient customer service for their new customers. Up until 2011, Great Western Railway utilized an all MLW M420 roster; however, with the increased maintenance cost of operating Montreal Locomotive Works locomotives, Great Western Railway decided to purchase their first General Electric units. In March 2011 it was announced Great Western Railway would receive two former Burlington Northern Santa Fe GE B40-8Ws for the original Great Western route. In early 2017, GWRS 576 was purchased, continuing the company's effort to move into an entire G.E. fleet. Great Western Rail is currently in the process of selling their entire MLW fleet.

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111th Street station (IRT Flushing Line)

The 111th Street station is a local station on the IRT Flushing Line of the New York City Subway, located at the intersection of 111th Street and Roosevelt Avenue. It is served by the 7 train at all times.

Early history
The 1913 Dual Contracts called for the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT) and Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company (BRT; later Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation, or BMT) to build new lines in Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx. Queens did not receive many new IRT and BRT lines compared to Brooklyn and the Bronx, since the city's Public Service Commission (PSC) wanted to alleviate subway crowding in the other two boroughs first before building in Queens, which was relatively undeveloped. The IRT Flushing Line was to be one of two Dual Contracts lines in the borough, along with the Astoria Line; it would connect Flushing and Long Island City, two of Queens' oldest settlements, to Manhattan via the Steinway Tunnel. When the majority of the line was built in the early 1910s, most of the route went through undeveloped land, and Roosevelt Avenue had not been constructed. Community leaders advocated for more Dual Contracts lines to be built in Queens to allow development there.

The station opened on October 13, 1925, with shuttle service between 111th Street and the previous terminal at Alburtis Avenue (now 103rd Street–Corona Plaza). Shuttle service used the Manhattan-bound track. The line was extended to Willets Point Boulevard (now Mets–Willets Point) on May 7, 1927, and to the current terminal at Flushing–Main Street on January 21, 1928.

Later years
The city government took over the IRT's operations on June 12, 1940. The IRT routes were given numbered designations in 1948 with the introduction of "R-type" rolling stock, which contained rollsigns with numbered designations for each service. The route from Times Square to Flushing became known as the 7. On October 17, 1949, the joint BMT/IRT operation of the Flushing Line ended, and the line became the responsibility of the IRT. After the end of BMT/IRT dual service, the New York City Board of Transportation announced that the Flushing Line platforms would be lengthened to 11 IRT car lengths; the platforms were only able to fit nine 51-foot-long IRT cars beforehand. The platforms at the station were extended in 1955–1956 to accommodate 11-car trains. However, nine-car trains continued to run on the 7 route until 1962, when they were extended to ten cars. With the opening of the 1964 New York World's Fair, trains were lengthened to eleven cars.

As part of the 2015–2019 Capital Program, the MTA announced plans to renovate the 52nd, 61st, 69th, 82nd, 103rd and 111th Streets stations, a project that had been delayed for several years. Conditions at these stations were reported to be among the worst of all stations in the subway system. The Manhattan-bound platform at the 111th Street station was closed for renovation on May 15, 2023, and reopened on April 19, 2024. The Flushing-bound platform at this station was closed for renovation on May 6, 2024, and will remain closed through the first quarter of 2025.

Station layout
The station has five tracks and two side platforms. The express track is located on a flyover above the other four tracks. The two center tracks are not used in passenger service, but instead are used as yard leads of the Corona Yard, where 7 trains are maintained and stored. As a result, trains that go to/from the yard often terminate or begin at this station. Stations with flyover express tracks such as this were far more common on IRT elevated lines in Manhattan during the 19th and early 20th centuries. Due to the yard tracks, an unusual layout takes place in and east of the station. The two layup tracks only have connections to the main tracks east of the station. The eastbound track rises east of the station while the express track lowers. The layup tracks dive down and cross under the eastbound track. The westbound track then rises to level out the three tracks, which continue east.

This station has full windscreens except at the west end of the eastbound platform, which has a waist-high steel fence instead.

Exits
Exit is at the south (geographic west) end, with staircases to all four corners of 111th Street and Roosevelt Avenue. The mezzanine and stairway landings are wooden while the flooring at the fare control area is concrete. The station has a crossunder between platforms. New signs have covered the old ones. Above some of the black station signs reading "111 Street" are white signs reading "Hall of Science", identifying the nearby New York Hall of Science five blocks south.


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Sacred Reich

Sacred Reich is an American thrash metal band based in Phoenix, Arizona, that was formed in 1985. The band split in 2000, but reunited in 2006. Sacred Reich has been credited, along with Testament, Destruction, Death Angel and Dark Angel, for leading the second wave of thrash metal in the late 1980s.

History
After several albums on Metal Blade Records, Sacred Reich signed to Hollywood Records for a short stint, but later returned to Metal Blade to continue their musical career. After breaking up in 2000, the band announced in November 2006 they would play several shows in the summer of 2007 in Europe, including Wacken Open Air.

Throughout its 39-year career (with the exception of a hiatus from 2000 to 2006), Sacred Reich has performed live globally, including playing at clubs, theaters, arenas and festivals. They have performed alongside numerous acts such as Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Megadeth, Slayer, Motörhead, Sepultura, Pantera, Exodus, Testament, Anthrax, Flotsam and Jetsam, Dark Angel, Accept, Napalm Death, Obituary, D.R.I, Vio-lence, Forbidden, Holy Moses, Forced Entry, Gwar, Suicidal Tendencies, Iron Reagan, Overkill, Kreator, Destruction, Corrosion of Conformity, Queensrÿche, King Diamond, Municipal Waste, Cro-Mags, Sick of It All, Excel, Atrophy, Heathen, Armored Saint, Nuclear Assault, Crumbsuckers, M.O.D., Agnostic Front, Death Angel, Onslaught, Xentrix, Coroner, Danzig, Crowbar, Viking, Evildead, Savatage, Trouble, Cathedral and Omen.

Former drummer Dave McClain went on to join Machine Head in 1995. Lead guitarist Wiley Arnett went on to form The Human Condition with St. Madness vocalist Prophet in July 2000.

The band also contributed the Black Sabbath cover "Sweet Leaf" to the Hempilation: Freedom Is NORML compilation album to benefit NORML, and the Subhumans cover "The Big Picture" appears as the B-side of the "Open Book" promotional single. A three disk boxed set with remastered versions of Ignorance and Surf Nicaragua with additional bonus material, including the "Draining You of Life" demo tape and a live DVD, was released in Europe only in the summer of 2007 by Metal Blade Records. In the spring of 2017, the band announced their first North American tour in 21 years.

In January 2018, Sacred Reich signed to Metal Blade Records and began working on their fifth studio album, Awakening, which was released on August 23, 2019. It is the band's first full-length studio album since 1996's Heal, and their first since drummer Dave McClain and guitarist Joey Radziwill replaced founding members Greg Hall and Jason Rainey respectively.

Founding member and former guitarist Jason Rainey died on March 16, 2020, at the age of 53 from an apparent heart attack.

By September 2020, Sacred Reich had begun working on their sixth studio album.

Current members

 * Phil Rind – bass, vocals (1985–2000, 2006–present)
 * Wiley Arnett – lead guitar (1986–2000, 2006–present)
 * Dave McClain – drums (1991–1996, 2018–present)
 * Joey Radziwill – rhythm guitar (2019–present)

Touring musicians

 * Chuck Fitzgerald – drums (1996)
 * Tim Radziwill – drums (2018)

Former members

 * Jason Rainey – rhythm guitar (1985–2000, 2006–2019, died 2020)
 * Greg Hall – drums (1985–1991, 1996–2000, 2006–2018)
 * Dan Kelly – vocals (1985–1986)
 * Jeff Martinek – lead guitar (1985–1986, died 2018)
 * Ray Nay – drums (1985)
 * Mike Andre – bass (1985)

Discography

 * Studio
 * Ignorance (1987)
 * The American Way (1990)
 * Independent (1993)
 * Heal (1996)
 * Awakening (2019)

 * EPs
 * Draining You of Life (demo) (1986)
 * Surf Nicaragua (1988)
 * A Question (1991)

 * Live albums
 * Alive at the Dynamo (1989)
 * Still Ignorant (1997)

 * DVDs
 * Live at Wacken (2012)

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Cynan ab Iago

Cynan ab Iago (c. 1014 – c. 1063) was a Welsh prince of the House of Aberffraw sometimes credited with briefly reigning as King of Gwynedd. His father, Iago ab Idwal ap Meurig, had been king before him and his son, Gruffudd, was king after him.

Iago was King of Gwynedd from 1023 to 1039 but was killed (possibly by his own men) while Cynan was still young. The throne was seized by Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, a member of a cadet branch of the royal dynasty. Cynan fled to Ireland and took refuge in the Viking settlement at Dublin. He married Ragnailt, the daughter of its King Olaf Sigtryggsson and granddaughter of King Sigtrygg Silkbeard. Ragnailt appeared on the list of the "Fair Women of Ireland" in the Book of Leinster and was also descended from Brian Boru.

Cynan may have died fairly soon after the birth of their son Gruffudd, as the 13th-century History of Gruffydd ap Cynan details Cynan's ancestry but omits him from its account of Gruffudd's youth. Instead, Gruffudd's mother tells him about his father and the patrimony he should claim across the sea. Following two major Saxon invasions under Harold and Tostig Godwinson, Gruffydd ap Llywelyn was killed in 1063: the later Welsh Brut y Tywysogion reported he was done in by his own men, while the Ulster Chronicle stated he was killed by Cynan ab Iago. This may account for later records in Gwynedd calling Cynan a king or, alternatively, it may simply have been an honorary title on account of his family. If Cynan ruled, it was very briefly, for Bleddyn ap Cynfyn was installed by the Saxons the same year.

Children

 * Gruffudd

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Category talk:Dutch painters

Should we have Flemish painters
Two questions for someone who knows their Netherlands better than me.
 * Should the van Eycks be sorted under 'van' rather than 'E'
 * For Renaissance painters (and others), is it OK to include Flemish painters under Dutch painters or should we have a separate Category:Flemish painters? -- Solipsist 17:54, 29 Jul 2004 (UTC)

 * Two tentative answers:
 * In my art history books (including Janson), they are sorted under E, so we may stick to that.
 * Being Flemish myself, and considering Flanders' mostly separate history and different artistic developments (e.g. the Flemish Primitives), I'd prefer creating a separate category for them.
 * -- Spinster 18:10, 1 Aug 2004 (UTC)

 * Being Dutch, I fully agree with Spinster and I'm happy to help Pethan 17:59, 5 Aug 2004 (UTC)

sort order
40 of these painters with a surname prefixed by the article "van" sort on the surname, not the "van".

8 of these painters, including "Vincent van Gogh", sort on the article "van" first, then the surname.

It should probably be consistent. for all categories that include someone with a Dutch name. Personally, I think we should sort on the article first. -- Geo Swan 02:16, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

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103rd Street–Corona Plaza station

The 103rd Street–Corona Plaza station is a local station on the IRT Flushing Line of the New York City Subway, located at the intersection of 103rd Street and Roosevelt Avenue. It is served by the 7 train at all times.

Early history
The 1913 Dual Contracts called for the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT) and Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company (BRT; later Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation, or BMT) to build new lines in Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx. Queens did not receive many new IRT and BRT lines compared to Brooklyn and the Bronx, since the city's Public Service Commission (PSC) wanted to alleviate subway crowding in the other two boroughs first before building in Queens, which was relatively undeveloped. The IRT Flushing Line was to be one of two Dual Contracts lines in the borough, along with the Astoria Line; it would connect Flushing and Long Island City, two of Queens' oldest settlements, to Manhattan via the Steinway Tunnel. When the majority of the line was built in the early 1910s, most of the route went through undeveloped land, and Roosevelt Avenue had not been constructed. Community leaders advocated for more Dual Contracts lines to be built in Queens to allow development there.

This station opened on April 21, 1917, as Alburtis Avenue, as the easternmost station of an extension of the Flushing line past Queensboro Plaza. It was later renamed 104th Street, giving the possibility of a sealed exit at the north end, before taking its current name of 103rd Street–Corona Plaza. This station still contains signs showing Alburtis Avenue, but which now have been covered up. This station was the eastern terminal for the joint BMT and IRT services on the line until the extension to 111th Street opened on October 13, 1925.

Later years
The city government took over the IRT's operations on June 12, 1940. The IRT routes were given numbered designations in 1948 with the introduction of "R-type" rolling stock, which contained rollsigns with numbered designations for each service. The route from Times Square to Flushing became known as the 7. On October 17, 1949, the joint BMT/IRT operation of the Flushing Line ended, and the line became the responsibility of the IRT. After the end of BMT/IRT dual service, the New York City Board of Transportation announced that the Flushing Line platforms would be lengthened to 11 IRT car lengths; the platforms were only able to fit nine 51-foot-long IRT cars beforehand. The platforms at the station were extended in 1955–1956 to accommodate 11-car trains. However, nine-car trains continued to run on the 7 route until 1962, when they were extended to ten cars. With the opening of the 1964 New York World's Fair, trains were lengthened to eleven cars.

As part of the 2015–2019 Capital Program, the MTA announced plans to renovate the 52nd, 61st, 69th, 82nd, 103rd and 111th Streets stations, a project that had been delayed for several years. Conditions at these stations were reported to be among the worst of all stations in the subway system. The Flushing-bound platform at the 103rd Street station will close for five months for renovation in 2025, followed by the five-month closure of the Manhattan-bound platform.

Station layout

This elevated station has three tracks and two side platforms. The center track is used by the rush hour peak direction <7> express service. Both platforms have beige windscreens and brown canopies supported by green frames and support columns in the center and green waist-high steel fences at both ends. The station names are in the standard black plates with white lettering, though some lampposts at both ends have their original white signs in black lettering.

Exits
This station's only entrance/exit is an elevated station house beneath the tracks. A pair of staircases from either side of Roosevelt Avenue between 103rd and 104th Streets go up to the station house, where there is a token booth in the center and a turnstile bank on either side. Both turnstile banks lead to a wooden waiting area/crossunder and have a single staircase going up to either platform.

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ATC code P01

P01AA Hydroxyquinoline derivatives

 * P01AA01 Broxyquinoline
 * P01AA02 Clioquinol
 * P01AA04 Chlorquinaldol
 * P01AA05 Tilbroquinol
 * P01AA30 Tilbroquinol and tiliquinol
 * P01AA52 Clioquinol, combinations

P01AB Nitroimidazole derivatives

 * P01AB01 Metronidazole
 * P01AB02 Tinidazole
 * P01AB03 Ornidazole
 * P01AB04 Azanidazole
 * P01AB05 Propenidazole
 * P01AB06 Nimorazole
 * P01AB07 Secnidazole
 * P01AB51 Metronidazole and furazolidone
 * P01AB52 Metronidazole and diloxanide

P01AC Dichloroacetamide derivatives

 * P01AC01 Diloxanide
 * P01AC02 Clefamide
 * P01AC03 Etofamide
 * P01AC04 Teclozan

P01AR Arsenic compounds

 * P01AR01 Arsthinol
 * P01AR02 Difetarsone
 * P01AR03 Glycobiarsol
 * P01AR53 Glycobiarsol, combinations

P01AX Other agents against amoebiasis and other protozoal diseases

 * P01AX01 Chiniofon
 * P01AX02 Emetine
 * P01AX04 Phanquinone
 * P01AX05 Mepacrine
 * P01AX06 Atovaquone
 * P01AX07 Trimetrexate
 * P01AX08 Tenonitrozole
 * P01AX09 Dehydroemetine
 * P01AX10 Fumagillin
 * P01AX11 Nitazoxanide
 * P01AX52 Emetine, combinations

P01BA Aminoquinolines

 * P01BA01 Chloroquine
 * P01BA02 Hydroxychloroquine
 * P01BA03 Primaquine
 * P01BA06 Amodiaquine
 * P01BA07 Tafenoquine

P01BB Biguanides

 * P01BB01 Proguanil
 * P01BB02 Cycloguanil embonate
 * P01BB51 Proguanil and atovaquone
 * P01BB52 Chloroquine and proguanil

P01BC Methanolquinolines

 * P01BC01 Quinine
 * P01BC02 Mefloquine

P01BD Diaminopyrimidines

 * P01BD01 Pyrimethamine
 * P01BD51 Pyrimethamine, combinations

P01BE Artemisinin and derivatives, plain

 * P01BE01 Artemisinin
 * P01BE02 Artemether
 * P01BE03 Artesunate
 * P01BE04 Artemotil
 * P01BE05 Artenimol

P01BF Artemisinin and derivatives, combinations

 * P01BF01 Artemether and lumefantrine
 * P01BF02 Artesunate and mefloquine
 * P01BF03 Artesunate and amodiaquine
 * P01BF04 Artesunate, sulfalene and pyrimethamine
 * P01BF05 Artenimol and piperaquine
 * P01BF06 Artesunate and pyronaridine
 * P01BF07 Artemisinin and piperaquine
 * P01BF08 Artemisinin and naphthoquine
 * P01BF09 Artesunate, sulfadoxine and pyrimethamine

P01BX Other antimalarials

 * P01BX01 Halofantrine
 * P01BX02 Arterolane and piperaquine

P01CA Nitroimidazole derivatives

 * P01CA02 Benznidazole
 * P01CA03 Fexinidazole

P01CB Antimony compounds

 * P01CB01 Meglumine antimonate
 * P01CB02 Sodium stibogluconate

P01CC Nitrofuran derivatives

 * P01CC01 Nifurtimox
 * P01CC02 Nitrofural

P01CD Arsenic compounds

 * P01CD01 Melarsoprol
 * P01CD02 Acetarsol

P01CX Other agents against leishmaniasis and trypanosomiasis

 * P01CX01 Pentamidine isethionate
 * P01CX02 Suramin sodium
 * P01CX03 Eflornithine
 * P01CX04 Miltefosine

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Junction Boulevard station

The Junction Boulevard station (originally Junction Avenue station) is an express station on the IRT Flushing Line of the New York City Subway, located at the intersection of Junction Boulevard and Roosevelt Avenue in Corona, Queens. It is served by the 7 train at all times and by rush hour peak-direction <7> express service.

Early history
The 1913 Dual Contracts called for the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT) and Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company (BRT; later Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation, or BMT) to build new lines in Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx. Queens did not receive many new IRT and BRT lines compared to Brooklyn and the Bronx, since the city's Public Service Commission (PSC) wanted to alleviate subway crowding in the other two boroughs first before building in Queens, which was relatively undeveloped. The IRT Flushing Line was to be one of two Dual Contracts lines in the borough, along with the Astoria Line; it would connect Flushing and Long Island City, two of Queens' oldest settlements, to Manhattan via the Steinway Tunnel. When the majority of the line was built in the early 1910s, most of the route went through undeveloped land, and Roosevelt Avenue had not been constructed. Community leaders advocated for more Dual Contracts lines to be built in Queens to allow development there.

This elevated station opened on April 21, 1917, as Junction Avenue, as part of a large extension of the Flushing Line from its previous eastern terminus at Queensboro Plaza to Alburtis Avenue (now 103rd Street–Corona Plaza). It was part of the Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation, albeit served by shuttles of IRT dimensions, and the two companies jointly operated the Flushing and Astoria Lines due to the provisions of the Dual Contracts. The station was renamed Junction Boulevard in 1940.

Later years
The city government took over the IRT's operations on June 12, 1940. The IRT routes were given numbered designations in 1948 with the introduction of "R-type" rolling stock, which contained rollsigns with numbered designations for each service. The route from Times Square to Flushing became known as the 7. On October 17, 1949, the joint BMT/IRT operation of the Flushing Line ended, and the line became the responsibility of the IRT. After the end of BMT/IRT dual service, the New York City Board of Transportation announced that the Flushing Line platforms would be lengthened to 11 IRT car lengths; the platforms were only able to fit nine 51-foot-long IRT cars beforehand. The platforms at the station were extended in 1955–1956 to accommodate 11-car trains. However, nine-car trains continued to run on the 7 route until 1962, when they were extended to ten cars. With the opening of the 1964 New York World's Fair, trains were lengthened to eleven cars.

In 1981, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority listed the station among the 69 most deteriorated stations in the subway system. A renovation of the Junction Boulevard station was funded as part of the MTA's 1980–1984 capital plan. The MTA received a $106 million grant from the Urban Mass Transit Administration in October 1983; most of the grant would fund the renovation of eleven stations, including Junction Boulevard.

Station layout

This station has two island platforms and three tracks. The two outer local tracks are used by the full-time 7 local service while the middle express track is used by the rush-hour peak direction <7> express service. Both platforms have red canopies with green frames and support columns in the center and are narrower at either ends.

Exits
This station has one elevated station house beneath the platforms tracks. Four staircases from each corner of Junction Boulevard and Roosevelt Avenue go up to a mezzanine that has a token booth in the center and a turnstile bank on the east and west sides. These turnstile banks lead to a crossunder and has a single staircase going up to each platform towards the west (railroad south) end.

This station was made ADA accessible in 2007, at the cost of $6 million. From the northeast corner of the intersection this station is located at, a single elevator goes up to an enclosed overpass above the platforms with an intermediate stop at the mezzanine. The overpass has two HEET turnstiles and a gate that is automatically opened when a MetroCard is swiped at either turnstile. Inside, two elevators go down to the platforms, one for each. Previously, an "AutoGate" Reduced-fare MetroCard was required to open the gate. An emergency staircase goes down to the Manhattan-bound platform and an employee-facility is on the Flushing-bound end of the overpass.

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Paolo Costa (politician)

Paolo Costa (born 23 July 1943) is the president of the Venice Port Authority. He was elected as an Italian member of the European Parliament in 1999 and 2004, and since 2003 he was the chair of the Committee on Transport and Tourism at the European Parliament. He was elected on the Olive Tree ticket and sat with the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe group.

Before entering politics he held numerous posts in planning and economics at Ca' Foscari University of Venice, University of Reading, U.K., and New York University. He served as pro-rector of Ca' Foscari University in Venice (1992–1996). He was a member of Venice City Council (1997–2000) and mayor of Venice (2000–2005). He was chairman of the Council of AISRE (Italian Association of Regional Science) (1982–1984); member of the Scientific Committee for the Italian General Transport Plan (1985–1987), and Italian Minister for Public Works (1996–1998). He received the honour of Knight of the Grand Cross, Order of Merit of the Italian Republic in 1998.

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Diane-Louise Jordan

Diane Johnson (born 28 June 1960), better known by her stage name Diane-Louise Jordan, is a British television presenter. She was the first black presenter of the children's television programme Blue Peter, being involved in the programme from 25 January 1990 until 26 February 1996. While on Blue Peter, her co-presenters were Yvette Fielding, John Leslie, Anthea Turner, Tim Vincent, Stuart Miles and Katy Hill.

Life and career
Born in 1960, Jordan grew up in Hatfield, Hertfordshire. Her parents came over to England from Jamaica in the 1950s and were part of the Windrush generation. She studied theatre arts at Rose Bruford College, and worked as a stage actress after graduating. She appeared on children's series Corners, when she was spotted by Blue Peter editor Lewis Bronze. She became the programme's first black presenter and turned down a role in soap opera Coronation Street for the job. In 1988 she played the chemist shop assistant in the Mike Leigh film High Hopes. She later played the part of Kate Winterton in Coronation Street in September 1989.

Jordan can currently be seen presenting BBC One's religious programme, Songs of Praise. She also is vice-president of Action for Children, sits on the Council of the Prince's Trust, is a Patron of the ADHD Foundation and is a trustee for BBC Children in Need. In 1997 she sat on the Diana, Princess of Wales, Memorial Committee. She is a celebrity supporter of the Bone Cancer Research Trust (BCRT)

She married violinist Giles Broadbent in 2007. She has a daughter, Justine, previously her niece, but whom she adopted when her sister died unexpectedly. Between February 2012 and July 2017 Jordan presented Sunday Half Hour and then  Sunday Hour on BBC Radio 2. She lives in Holme, Cambridgeshire. In 2023, she was awarded an honorary degree from Loughborough University for her outstanding contribution to broadcasting and her continued work championing equality and inclusivity.

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my thanks to you as well
Got your message -- glad somebody appreciates me. =\ Battling NPOV isn't easy. Part of the reason I've focused solely on the Courtney Brown page is that I feel it's managable -- it's a battle that can be won. As to remote viewing, I'm not so sure. I agree with you that it needs to be completely wiped and rewritten -- but on the other hand, it's such a broad and, let's face it, important topic that it requires knowledge that I definitely don't have. Alas.

However, your diligence serves as a great example. Maybe when I feel that the Brown page is wrapped up, I'll graduate myself to the remote viewing level and help you out. I'm sure we can come up with something... --Malvolio80 23:06, 8 Dec 2004 (UTC)

William Hearst
I think I've pretty much sorted the mess out. I've moved the first Hearst to his own article (William Hearst (Ontario Premier). The second (with all the POV issues) already had an article (William Randolph Hearst) with all the info and NPOV so I've just deleted the rubbish and turned it into a disambig.  The same POV text was pasted into New York Morning Journal (target of a redir at New York Journal) and New York Journal American - I've cleaned up New York Journal American and made the others into redirects pointing there.  I think that these moves are the best solution, but I don't know a huge amount about Hearst or the newspaper, so please feel free to edit/rewrite everything!  SteveW | Talk 23:22, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)

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Rove Proxy!
Heh. Sorry for bringing that guy down on you. Some people just take partisanship a wee bit too far. :] --CBDunkerson 19:34, 7 October 2005 (UTC)

2005 Kashmir earthquake
Thank you for your contribution at 2005 Kashmir earthquake. Please keep it up!!! Pradeepsomani  ( talk )

Apology. Let's see if we can clear the air and get along. :-)
Dear Nightmonkey:

I'm sorry for the uncivil tone I have taken with you on Talk:Michael Moore. I was very offended by your tone but should not have handled it the way I did and I apologize. What I should have said was as follows:

1. Your response that you "...don't think, in most cases, trying to "simplify" a description of a person's political views by reducing them to one or two words is very helpful in an encyclopedia" really does not sound sincere. It is done in just about every article I can find about someone who is involved in politics. Are you really saying that you disagree with most of those instances? I should not have assumed that you were being insincere and instead should have said what I just did and invite your response, as I do now. :-)

2. My question about you trolling was a sincere one. You seemed have edited in a manner exactly what you said you thought was wrong so I didn't know whether to believe what you were saying or not. Just as it was wrong to assume your insincerity, which I apologize for, I don't think it right for you to presume my question was a personal attack rather than a legitimate question.

Sincerely, -- Lawyer2b 21:11, 22 October 2005 (UTC)

Hoodia
Thanks for the kind words about the hoodia article! I am a QuackWatch affiliate, so I always try to push past the hype to the facts about health claims. Now if we can just stay on top of the linkspam barrage! Jokestress 20:23, 19 November 2005 (UTC)

RFC started on Merecat
In light of recent events (not discussing disputed edits, edit warring and making personal attacks) this Requests for comment/Merecat has been started. Maybe you want to make an observation there, if not OK. Sincerely Nomen Nescio 18:10, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

Come back to Remote viewing?
I would welcome your thoughts about recent developments there.  · rodii ·  18:44, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

Image Tagging Image:Bernie.gif
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 * Added more reasoning to the Image Talk page. Looks better now. Thanks for the heads up. --NightMonkey 07:33, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

Farallon Islands
With regards to your comments on the likelyhood that Juan Rodriguez de Cabrillo saw the islands, it's a seemingly innocuous statement that has been brought up on my talkpage before by Tomer. The speculation that he did comes from Peter White's book which was my major source when I wrote the original article. It was written before the need for inline cites became all consuming, and thinking about it I decided to strike it altogether; as a resident of SF you'll appreciate that it is more than possible to sail past the Farallones and never actually see them. At any rate, it was never inserted just to create a link to Juan. Sabine's Sunbird talk 05:56, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

Dean Radin
Would you please be a bit more careful with your edits? There is no reason for deleting the category Parapsychologists. I had to restore it two times now. --Hob Gadling 14:40, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Doh, sorry, thanks for restoring that. --NightMonkey 00:28, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

```I think the article The Need for Responsibility in Parapsychology is extremely pertinent to Dean Radin. Spoon parties?, bent a spoon with his mind?, creative quotes and poor quality data in the Conscious Universe?, being dismissed from UNLV?. There is something wrong with this picture, especially for a four time president of the PA. User:Kazuba 20 Sept 2006
 * Please format your comments a bit better - no need to muck up another's comments. You need to put that into the content of the article before just linking to something without context. And, you need to make sure that it is worthy of sourcing. --NightMonkey 00:28, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

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I was just admiring your handling of the Choicepoint VP, etc. idiots. Thank you for rocking out and keeping wikipedia truthful. Cowicide 21:03, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

SNUS
I've noticed you are set on removing all references to SNUS sale/production in the USA. I do not want it to come across as "advertising", however I feel it is important to note that this product is now being tested and sold in the United States, with perhaps some specific information as to when/where/by whom. This is a major event in the harm-reduction tobacco community. Can we agree upon perhaps a different wording that would convey the manufacturers/products that are becoming available (namely PM Taboka and RJR Camel SNUS) without becoming labeled as "advertising" and all references subsequently removed? As it is now, it looks like SNUS is not sold in the USA at all. I think this is something the general public should be aware of. Am I not allowed to name any companies or brands in Wikipedia submissions? Should I just say "American companies" and omit their brands instead of the specifics? I've tried to word the submissions as neutrally and informatively as possible. Thanks for your consideration. deronde June 19th 2007
 * Hi Deronde. Well, the problem is this: We don't want to become just an announcement board for companies creating "new products". Can you imagine what would happen to the Cigarettes page if that were permitted? And companies from regions other than the United States are making (and removing) new brands of Snus all the time. So why should we treat the U.S. any differently. I personally live in the U.S. and order my Snus from Sweden directly, so it isn't as if there's no way to get Snus.
 * Also, another problem is that the American tobacco companies brands that they are calling Snus has not been tested as the Swedish brands have for their effect on cancer rates. Is it produced in the *exact same* manner as the Swedish Snus brands are? Just because they are calling it "snus" doesn't make it so, and, as the tobacco industry isn't quite a trustworthy source, we'll need to wait for more data. Wikipedia isn't a Newspaper, so we can afford to wait for solid sources before inclusion. I want the article to stay as readable as possible, and not suffer from too much Recentism and linkspam.
 * Cheers! --NightMonkey 23:53, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

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Showtime!
Hi there,

I created a timelapse of the editions made on the snus article which, considering the amount of edits I saw coming from you, probably hangs around your watchlist. As one of my main "actors", I figured you'd appreciate seeing what that gives over the past couple of years. The "polite" version is here, the more rock n' roll one here.

Cheers, Popo le Dog throw a bone 01:09, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

Just got a bag of Indian RMD Gutka
Being a long time Skoal, Cope, Red Man, and nasel (nose) snuff user I am just after buying a few bags of RMD Gutka for about $1.50 CDN (Canadian) each. I would say that the quote "It imparts upon its user a "buzz" somewhat more intense than that of tobacco." is an understatement. Just my two cents.142.161.162.197 (talk) 09:51, 19 November 2008 (UTC)Some.Canadian.IP.Address

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User talk:Foolip

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Horta / The Simpsons / Star Trek Reference: From: 82.36.155.165
Hi! Aside from the Horta, I do not believe there have been any other instances of sillicon-based life-forms in Star Trek. Thus, I believed that the Simpsons' episode was only referring to the Horta in that case. If you know of any other sillicon-based life-forms from Trek, I'd love to hear about them.

Thanks. From: [[User talk:82.36.155.165|talk page]

Naming convention for television articles
Hi. Seeing as you were once previously interested in a naming convention, I'd like to invite you to vote on adoption of Naming conventions (television). Voting is taking place on the Talk page and ends on Sep 13 2004. -- Netoholic 23:25, 22 Aug 2004 (UTC)

 * Your comment raised a concern in my mind. When this was being discussed before, the majority felt that (TV series) was the best dismbiguator. This is the last edit made before the convention was written - Aug 17th - so take a look at the vote and discussion sections and see if you agree. I've left a comment back on the vote page, but your vote seems not based on your actual preference, but because you perceive a group needs to re-visit it. If so, then I'd ask you to let the vote itself determine the conventions merits. For that to work, though, everyone needs to vot only on it's merits in their mind. Thanks. -- Netoholic 12:48, 23 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Village pump deletion
Please accept my sincere apologies for inadvertently deleting your post. I realized something strange had happened, because the section I was posting to ended up being duplicated, so I went back and removed the duplication. However, I didn't check the diff from before my edit, so I didn't realize that the duplication was because the duplicate section had actually replaced an existing section.

I believe the problem may have been due to a bug in section editing. Some people have complained that it doesn't always appear to work properly when edit conflicts come up, and I know that section editing can get thrown off if there is a loose piece of section markup in the text somewhere. Anyway, I hope you understand that I wouldn't deliberately delete something this way. I have now restored the section to its previous place, though I know that can't fully make up for the time it was missing from the Village Pump.

Also, thank you for inquiring politely instead of taking a hostile approach; assuming good faith about each other is especially important when we don't yet understand why someone did something we object to. --Michael Snow 16:07, 24 Aug 2004 (UTC)

 * SourceForge is the place to report bugs in the MediaWiki software used for Wikipedia. --Michael Snow 22:11, 24 Aug 2004 (UTC)

TV Naming conventions.
At some point in the past you expressed an opinion on Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (television). I have instigated a new poll on that page. I am hoping that this poll will properly allow all users who have an interest in the subject to express their views fairly before we come to a consensus. I have scrapped the poll that was previously in place on that page because I believe that it was part of an unfair procedure that was going against the majority view. I am appealing to all users who contribute to that page to approve my actions. I would appreciate it if you could take the time and trouble to read the page carefully and express an opinion and vote as you see fit. Mintguy (T) 16:54, 13 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Hi. I think the poll at User:Gtrmp/TV draft poll is overly complicated. How many options? When I first drafted the poll on the naming conventions poll it was slightly more complicated, but several people said it was too complicated, so I have simplified it. If you think it needs more options then please add them at the bottom. Mintguy (T) 23:04, 13 Sep 2004 (UTC)

 * You are entitled to you opinion and this is the last time I will bother you, but that kind of separation is exactly like what I had at first, see (here). Several people said that this (which is simpler that ther other one) was too confusing, so I simplified it. The other poll has many options that are simply unneeded, we don't need to be overly specific about everything, this is for disambiguation purposes only. Mintguy (T) 23:23, 13 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Wiki Syntax
Meep! we're both trying to edit double-quotes 005!. I'm moving on the end and will work backwards. Martin TB 14:48, 11 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * LMAO! so I went to double-quotes 009 to contine. Guess what, it looks like you're there now! eg Billy Connolly Tell me which page you want to do, and I'll pick another Martin TB 14:55, 11 Nov 2004 (UTC)

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

Article Licensing
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Pigs in Space?
I had some difficulty with the Pigs in Space reference to Star Trek, but I thought I'd got it correct in the end. Apparently it was in the wrong place, so you moved it -- could you tell me what I got wrong, in case it'll help my future editing efforts?Kaz 21:22, 8 Jan 2005 (UTC)

User:Humanbot update 13 June 2005
The spelling2 project (to work on secondary namespaces) was opened and finished. Progress charts will be available soon.

Version six-three tracks who made the edits, and rankings are available. Much of the work was done while I was asleep, explaining my low place ;).

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Cinema of China
Yes, a mistake, figures from some sources that I have forgotten (either from the net, or a previous edit brought back). It most likely should be 415 million (I must have converted wrongly from Chinese). China has a population of 650 million in 1960, so 415 million is likely the right figure. Feel free to change it. Mandel 15:44, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

 * I've corrected it. Thanks for being so eagle-eyed. Mandel 15:48, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

Naming conventions for television shows (again)
I saw that you were active in the first vote for naming conventions of television program(mes). Well it has raised it's ugly head again and I would appreciate any comments you have to make about my new proposal for naming television shows. Please leave comments here. Thanks! --Reflex Reaction (talk)• 21:42, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

Sorry
I think it was a typo.-- Jerry 17:53, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of Carsick Cars
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 * Neither of yout two assertions, that they have played many venues in Beijing, or that they shared a stage with Sonic Youth seemed to me to be an assertion of notability that rises level required by CDS A7. However, since I can see that some people would see opening for a major band as an assertion of notability, and given that the show occured outside of the band's country, I will restore the article. However I am going to nominate for AfD. That will give you five days to improve the article and/or convince a wider audience that the band is notable. I would suggest that you find a better source for the Vienna gig, as a jpg of a poster merely proves that the poster was printed, not that the gig happened. Dsmdgold 18:02, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

 * The article has been restored and nominated for deletion here. Dsmdgold 05:15, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

Min Xiao-fen
How did you find Min Xiao-fen's Chinese name? Badagnani (talk) 05:39, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

I see, it's on the Chinese version of the bio on her website. Badagnani (talk) 05:46, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

That must be a very rare surname. Badagnani (talk) 05:50, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

Do you work on Chinese rock articles? I do too. Badagnani (talk) 05:50, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

 * I created Carsick Cars, but apart from that I only clean up particularly bad entries on Chinese artists when I find them. Foolip (talk) 05:51, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

The Chinese have a lot of funny band names, such as this one and "Wood Pushing Melon." Can you add the tones for Min Xiao-Fen? As usual, Wiktionary gives more than one tone for some hanzi. Badagnani (talk) 05:56, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

Also, do Carsick Cars have a Chinese spelling? I can't find one. Badagnani (talk) 05:59, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

 * Added simplified Chinese and pinyin. Carsick Cars don't have a Chinese name that I have ever seen, nothing appears on their labels website or the album itself. Foolip (talk) 06:05, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

 * Also, more people with the surname Min exist. Foolip (talk) 06:08, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

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Your wiki
That's truly too bad about the wiki, Philip. Why did you make the decision to close it? I checked the Russian subtitles for about 15 minutes or so (first time I've seen them in action), and everything seems to be working fine. I'm looking forward to making a DVD of Princess Iron Fan and all of the subtitles by using a very nice (and free) DVD-creating program I found called DVDFlick.

I would request a few small changes to the wording of the archive.org page, though: first of all, could you change "Esn" to "Esn/Niffiwan" (my other nickname)? Second of all, could you change "by Philip Jägenstedt" to say something like "by Philip Jägenstedt and others"? (although you did most of the work, it was a wiki collaboration and you got help from a number of other people too).

Thanks. Esn (talk) 03:57, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

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Every once and a while I try to help out here. I'm a student who is deeply interested in history and education. I try to stick to things that I know about, such as the local school system. I am a firm supporter of the preservation of local history. I for one know that if every community in every place around the world were to compile their history, we would have the history of the entire world at our fingertips.

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Hugo's House of Horrors

Hugo's House of Horrors (titled Hugo's Horrific Adventure in the Microsoft Windows version) is a parser-based adventure game designed by independent software developer David P. Gray and published as shareware in 1990. The game follows the character Hugo as he searches for his girlfriend Penelope in a haunted house. To progress through the game, the player uses items and interacts with the environment to solve puzzles and access more rooms in the house. The gameplay was inspired by Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards. Hugo's House of Horrors was praised for its environment and atmosphere, but was criticized for its plot and visual design. It was followed by two sequels: Hugo II, Whodunit? and Hugo III, Jungle of Doom!, and a spin-off first-person shooter game, Nitemare 3D.

Gameplay
Hugo's House of Horrors is a parser-based adventure game, and the player interacts with the game by typing commands into the parser. This includes actions such as looking or grabbing items. Some synonyms are recognized and work as alternative inputs. Most puzzles are solved by using an item in the inventory to interact with the environment. The player controls Hugo's movement with the arrow keys on the keyboard. Pressing the key starts Hugo's movement, and pressing it again makes him stop. The numeric keypad is also supported, which allows diagonal movement.

Picking up items and completing certain actions gives the player points, and the points counter will reach its maximum once the player has completed every action and finished the game. Hugo's House of Horrors allows the player to freely save and load at any point, and it provides a boss key to hide the program. The game is short, with a successful play through offering from ten minutes to one hour of gameplay. In the Hugo Trilogy release, the text parser is replaced by a point and click interface.

As with many adventure games of the time, some puzzles result in an immediate game over if the player responds incorrectly, and the game can become unwinnable if certain items are not collected while they are available. This includes four different points in which the player must react immediately to avoid a game over. This sometimes means that the correct command must be typed and ready to submit before the player enters the next room.

Plot
The plot of Hugo's House of Horrors is limited to what is necessary to explain the game's premise. Hugo ventures to a haunted house after his girlfriend, Penelope, goes there for a babysitting job and gets kidnapped. As he explores the house, he finds a vicious hungry dog, a mad scientist, and a dining room full of classic horror monsters. No explanation is given for why these characters are present in the house or what their motivations are. Hugo discovers a secret cave underneath the house where he evades a mummy and then encounters an old man who asks him trivia questions before letting him pass. Hugo answers the man's questions and goes into the next room to find Penelope. He frees her, and the two escape from the house.

Development and design
Hugo's House of Horrors was a one-man project created by David P. Gray. According to Gray, he pursued self-employment after worrying about job security, and he chose software development after a chance encounter with a gynecologist who made money writing computer programs on the side. He founded Gray Design Associates, initially producing business oriented software before switching to video games. He had previous experience designing video games from practicing with the vector graphics system provided to him while he worked for the UK Ministry of Defence. Gray developed Hugo's House of Horrors in 1989.

Gray described Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards as the inspiration for the gameplay in Hugo's House of Horrors. He had noted the long list of credits for the game and wished to produce a similar game entirely on his own. The alliterative title was chosen as a tribute to Leisure Suit Larry, as it allowed the executable file to be titled HHH.exe, similar to Leisure Suit Larry 's LLL.exe. The gameplay is similar to that used by the Adventure Game Interpreter, the game engine used for games such as King's Quest, Space Quest, and Police Quest. Gray also took inspiration from the character design in ''Captain Comic. ''

Gray's goal in designing the game was to replicate the atmosphere he felt when he first played Colossal Cave Adventure. He likened the opening scene of Hugo's House of Horrors to text adventure games that start in front of a house. Gray intentionally did not include lengthy exposition or instructions in Hugo's House of Horrors, saying that he was impatient with these things in games. He determined that anyone who could not figure out the first puzzle themselves would probably not enjoy the game anyway. There is little dialogue in the game, and most text that appears are simple explanations of what is happening in the room. Hugo's House of Horrors uses a 16 color palette, and music and sound effects are limited to chiptune sounds produced by the PC speaker. The original game requires an IBM PC compatible computer with Enhanced Graphics Adapter or Video Graphics Array. More recent computers cannot run the game, but it is compatible with DOS emulators such as DOSBox.

Keith Stuart of The Guardian cited Hugo's House of Horrors as an early example of an indie game with horror elements. The game features several horror-themed elements, including a haunted mansion, a lightning storm, and bats. The haunted house premise arose from a cartoon image of a haunted house that Gray had purchased, choosing to design the game around this image. Gray cited Hammer House of Horror as an inspiration for the game's theme, including the character of Dr. Hamerstein, a mad scientist.

Release
Gray released Hugo's House of Horrors on January 1, 1990. He first released it by uploading it to CompuServe forums and it saw success as a shareware game. The game was a commonly featured entry in shareware adventure game compilations. According to Gray, it was the first graphical adventure game to be released as shareware. He attributed its success to the relatively limited selection of such games in shareware. After it was successful as shareware, Gray sold a retail version of the game through different vendors before signing with Sofsource. Unlike most shareware games, there were no differences in the shareware and retail versions of the game. Instead, the retail version included a book of hints. The shareware version also allowed paid registration, and according to Gray, this earned him six times as much income as the retail version. The registered version also included the book of hints.

Hugo's House of Horrors was re-released on Windows in 1995 as part of the Hugo Trilogy. When porting the game to Windows 3.1, Gray replaced the parser-based gameplay with a point-and-click interface inspired by Beneath a Steel Sky, and he added new sound effects using Sound Blaster. The original DOS game was written in Microsoft Quick C, and the port to Windows was written in Microsoft Visual C++. The point-and-click version of the game is titled Hugo's Horrific Adventure. By 2008, Gray said that he had forgotten why he changed the name.

Reception and legacy
Lee Perkins of The Age listed Hugo's House of Horrors as an example of a popular high quality shareware game in 1993. Meghann O'Neill of PC Gamer praised the game's focus on exploration and puzzles without excessive exposition. Richard Cobbett of PC Gamer criticized the game for its poor art design, its limited puzzles, its lack of narrative, and its short length. Reece Warrender of Adventure Gamers praised the game's atmosphere but criticized it for its sound design, counter-intuitive puzzles, and limited parser vocabulary. Gray himself acknowledged weaknesses in the game, describing it as short game with "rudimentary" graphics and little plot. ''

Players often compare Hugo's House of Horrors to the point-and-click adventure game Maniac Mansion, which features a similar premise and humor. Gray has responded that he had never played Maniac Mansion and was only aware of the similarities after Hugo's House of Horrors was released. Hugo's parser-based gameplay was already outdated by the time the game was created, as Maniac Mansion had already popularized the SCUMM game engine.

Gray created two sequels for Hugo's House of Horrors: Hugo II, Whodunit? and Hugo III, Jungle of Doom!. A first-person shooter created by Gray Nitemare 3D also features the characters of Hugo and Penelope and the same general plot as Hugo's House of Horrors. Fan versions of Hugo's House of Horrors have since been created. An unlicensed port was created using Adventure Game Studio in 2001, but was taken down after Gray issued a cease and desist letter. A surrealist choose-your-own-adventure modification of the game titled HHH was created as part of the 2014 Interactive Fiction Competition.

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