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User talk:Ignignot

'''One thing I take pride in, somehow, is that you can convince me that I am wrong. Try talking to me and you may actually succeed, I promise. It might not take much effort at all on your part.'''

Hello, Mister!!
Didn't you remove the "Famous/Notable People" Section on Ambidexterity? I would like to appeal on your action; First, you didn't cite any reference for ambidexterity is not acquired. Second, the people listed there were obvious ambidextrous people. And last, I have cited a line in the article itself opposing your conclusion. Please refer to the talk page for better understanding of my approach.

I am just concerned with the matter because there are just very few names there whom you did not delete, for example, Maria Sharapova. Thank you and God bless!! --Hoverflew0909 (talk) 05:40, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

 * That was a long time ago - I am not in a position to devote the time to sourcing. If someone else has the time, they should look the field of Psychology for ambidexterity tests.  There is a test for ambidexterity, which basically amounts to measuring how good your coordination is with both hands without having previously performed the action before.  You can learn to write with both hands and still not be ambidextrous, and you can be ambidextrous and not be able to write with both hands, for example.  The same applies to other actions. Ignignot (talk) 15:01, 9 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Also, I really hate lists of people with specific mental attributes - they tend to be based on rumors and anecdotes, and don't add anything in particular that someone would want from an encyclopedia. Ignignot (talk) 15:02, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

 * I, for one, have proven myself as an ambidextrous person and am somehow doubting your reason. If you have the time, will you please provide me your source as to prove your claim? Oh,and by the way, where do you get all these information? I'm sorry to say this, but you are not even a psychologist, yet you speak as if you are proficient about this certain field. Thanks!--Hoverflew0909 (talk) 13:26, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

 * Look at my most recent addition to The talk page - it includes a source. I don't know what you mean about my motivation, I am not bigoted against ambidexterous people if that is what you are implying.  I am not a psychologist but I can use google to find articles on how to test for ambidexterity.  Ignignot (talk) 15:33, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

"Absolute"
Best explanation I have seen. Guettarda 15:59, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Galileo
Hey Ig - read and old comment of yours on Talk:Evolution where you said that Galileo was excommunicated for calling the Pope an idiot. As far as I can tell from Galileo, neither of those is true - he wasn't excommunicated, he was sentenced to life imprisonment, and he didn't call the Pope an idiot. Where'd you hear that? Graft 16:07, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)

User Name
Your username is infinitely excellent.--Isotope23 20:33, 26 September 2005 (UTC)

24.253
Unfortunately there's no reason we can force a user to assume a login identity; it's entirely their choice if they want to edit anonymously, although it's obviously less social to do so. However, 24.253 seems to make mostly non-controversial edits that prompt little discussion, and when they do, s/he seems perfectly willing to give terse defenses of his/her edits... Perhaps the recent move preventing anons from creating articles will force him/her towards a login, but really it's entirely his/her decision. Graft 17:17, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

 * Honestly what I really want is for him or her to explain their edits in the blurb and to learn how to use preview. Many of the edits made are taken back at a later time (about 5 minutes later), and it ends up filling the edit history of a page with tons of minor edits that add up to a major change.  If 24.253 was willing to use preview and the edit summary blurb, he or she would be a much better editor. --Ignignot 13:16, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

Why have you written that my edits are mediocre ("very prolific and mediocre editor")? --24.253.120.206

 * Because you never use the preview button or give a summary of your edits. This results in too many edits as you switch things back and forth.  Also, since there is no summary (and since you are an anonymous ip) we have no choice but to examine your edits every time you make them.  Start using the preview button and edit summary, and you'll be a much better editor. --Ignignot 14:42, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

Pipeline articles
Don't foget to bold the article name at the beginning of the introduction. Also, the heading is External links and not External Links. Finally, you can include the name of the pipeline in the external link. I'm not sure what that EBB you are adding means. Enjoy. Vegaswikian 19:56, 18 December 2005 (UTC)

 * EBB stands for electronic bullitin board, which contains tells you what the pipeline has been doing, any important news about it, and how to contact them. It is required for all interstate pipelines by FERC.  I'll rename it to electronic bullitin board and change my articles to include the correct style.

Mediator response
The edits on Creationism should be put in other places. Mainly this is on physics topics and there are a lot of other possibilities to create new articles on Creationism and relationship with/or/and second law of thermodynamics. I am waiting your response.
 * I suggest you create new articles for Creationism and relationship with/or/and second law of thermodynamics and let the article of second law of thermodynamics free of ambiguous links. -- Bonaparte  talk  13:11, 28 December 2005 (UTC)

 * Is this mediation case still open or was the dispute resolved? WP:MEDCAB lists the case as "in mediation" but without a mediator. --Fasten 09:08, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

Hello!
Dear Ignignot: First of all, I want to thank you for voting in the arbitration elections, even if your vote was opposing me. After all, it showed you had interest in my candidacy and you did the responsable thing by voting.

I believe that Wikipedia will stay for free even if it becomes "the website of the 00's". Take Sex and The City, one of the hippiest shows of the 90s early 00s and arguably a show that defined the last decade. It was aired on HBO, and now on Cable television, which is basically, free television nowadays. It never aired on Pay Per View.

Well amigo, I hope we can be wiki-friends. Thanks for your note about my experience, I enjoyed that. God bless you!

Sincerely yours, Antonio Formula 1 Car Martin

Ban
''You have crossed the line here Scorpionman. This is the kind of stuff that gets you banned for awhile.'' Are you banning me?!! Did I call anybody names or did I insult anyone? If I didn't, why am I being banned?? Scorpionman 18:18, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

 * I didn't ban you; I can't ban you, but admins can and several are involved in the evolution discussion. You specifically called someone a religious bigot.  That goes directly against the policy of no personal attacks on wikipedia, and since you have done it more than once it is possible that you will be banned for it.  I figured I would make it explicit in the hopes that you would change your ways on your own instead of being banned for awhile.  If you are banned, it is not because of me. --Ignignot 18:22, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

 * If I didn't call a user a religious bigot, then it's not a personal attack. Besides, John Stear personally attacks creationists on his website, No Answers in Genesis. Why shouldn't we do it (Not that I did it at all)? Scorpionman 21:09, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanks!
"I always wondered what sound a flyingorca made" - Thank you, Ignignot, for the best laugh I've had in days! I don't know why, it just struck me as very funny. Over on Plastic.com there's an entirely different notion of what sound a FlyingOrca makes, but to be pedantic it's actually based on something someone else said about humpbacked whales... Anyway, cheers! - FlyingOrca 16:46, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

"Sun" article spoken version?
It's been a month since the spoken article template was placed on the Sun article -- is there a spoken word version? Just checking in. Killdevil 01:08, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

 * I have recorded the whole thing and edited it, but a few small parts need to be redone. I had been hoping to record it before it was featured on the front page, but I must have read the order wrong because it was featured a week before I had expected.  After that my efforts fell off a little but it will be finished soon. --Ignignot 13:04, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

It's been 8 months since the spoken article template was posted. Assume you're done? - Dozla 16:03, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

9 months??? Are you still working on this? DPM 22:25, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

Since there are no news about this, I have removed the spoken article template from Talk:Sun. If you come back and start again with this, please put the template again there. Thank You - John C PI 22:05, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

Hi, I was wondering if you've progressed on the Sun article. Do you need any help (maybe theres something I can do). If you don't feel like you can finish it, would you mind if I recorded it? Ara Pelodi 00:41, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

ADHD
Hi Ignignot, I have spent the last two nights re-writing and re-structuring the ADHD article. Please take a minute (or three) and read over it and tell me what you think. Please, post your response on the ADHD talk page. *Kat* 06:47, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

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Someone else chimed in with the "Holocaust" angle, and I simply responded. -- Scjessey (talk) 21:36, 8 December 2009 (UTC)
 * I think you got sucked into the soapboxing going on, is all. It happens to me too.  Ignignot (talk) 21:50, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

Talk:Climatic Research Unit hacking incident
Thank you for your contributions to the encyclopedia! In case you are not already aware, an article to which you have recently contributed is on article probation. -- TS 20:54, 6 February 2010 (UTC)

Well...
At least they avoided reductio ad Hitlerium. A Quest For Knowledge (talk) 02:51, 12 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Yeah I was going to respond to that but figured the less said, the better. Ignignot (talk) 04:49, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

Articles for deletion nomination of Horizon Pipeline
I have nominated Horizon Pipeline, an article that you created, for deletion. I do not think that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Articles for deletion/Horizon Pipeline. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time.Please contact me if you're unsure why you received this message. Ridernyc (talk) 05:24, 26 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Thank you for informing me, I have commented on the AfD page. Ignignot (talk) 12:35, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

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Flint Island

Flint Island is an uninhabited coral island in the central Pacific Ocean, part of the Southern Line Islands under the jurisdiction of Kiribati. In 2014 the I-Kiribati government established a 12 nmi exclusion zone around each of the southern Line Islands (Caroline, Flint, Vostok, Malden, and Starbuck) preventing fishing in the surrounding waters.

Geography
Flint Island is located about 740 km northwest of Tahiti, 190 km south-southeast of Vostok Island, and 220 km southwest of Caroline Island. The island is about 2.5 mi long and 0.5 mi wide at its widest point (4 x). It has a land area of 1 sqmi and rises to a height of 25 ft above sea level. The island is surrounded by a narrow fringing reef and with no safe anchorage, landing is difficult.

According to the U.S. Exploring Expedition (February 5, 1841), the island was thickly wooded with primeval forest, however the island is now mostly covered with planted coconut palms.

In the islands interior there are four lakes of brackish water with the largest, Lake Arundel being 168 meters across at its widest. The largest lake is theorized to be the remnant of a lagoon, the southernmost, Lake Chase was an old well that overflowed and the remaining lakes, Lake Mago and Lake Bunya were formed by guano mining. There is an abandoned network of tramways in the islands interior, which connect to Lake Mago and Lake Bunya, as they were formerly the largest guano mining area on the island.

There is a small landing in the north-west of the reef blasted in, which is marked by a 9 meter tall concrete obelisk on the beach.

Flint has been observed to experience much more rainfall than the other line islands, often experiencing weeks of rain at a time.

History
Flint Island was discovered by the Spanish expedition of Ferdinand Magellan on 4 February 1521, and charted as Tiburones (Sharks in Spanish) because of the many sharks that sailors fished in it. Together with Puka-Puka (named San Pablo) they were named Islas Infortunadas (Unfortunate Islands in Spanish). Flint island was rediscovered on April 8, 1809, by the American captain Obed Chase in ship Hope (belonging to Edmund Fanning). On the Island Chase had nailed an American coin to a tree, which would also make him the first known person to have set foot on it. This is likely where the modern name was coined. A now-discredited theory held that the island was named after Captain Keen, who visited in 1835, but an entry in Krusenstern's Hydrographie der grössern Ozeane, published in 1819, makes it clear the island already had this name. Flint Island was claimed under the 1856 U.S. Guano Act, but it was apparently never occupied.

It was leased by the British to Houlder Brothers and Co. of London who carried out guano digging in the central part of the island from 1875 to 1880 under field manager John T. Arundel. From 1881 John T. Arundel & Co. carried on the mining business. The excavated areas have since filled with brackish water, forming two of the four lakes. Coconut palms were planted on the island by Arundel in 1881 and copra was produced until 1891. The island was leased in 1911 to S.R. Maxwell and Co., Ltd. who employed 30 men and one manager to harvest copra from the approximately 30,000 coconut palms. The settlement was abandoned in 1929. Today the coconut palms have taken over 96% of the island and have killed all but few pisonia trees.

On January 3, 1908 a total eclipse of the sun was observed on the island by an expedition from the Lick Observatory in California. The observation point on the island was determined to be at -11.42417°N, -151.80417°W latitude.

On the 11th of August, 1974 there were 5 Tahitian workers still mining Guano, from a temporary camp, but the guano was of very poor quality and rarely actually sold.

Flora and Fauna
During the 1974 Line Islands expedition, it was reported that Flint Island was covered in a dense wild jungle of palm trees. The jungle is moist and makes prime habitation for Emoia Impar, which inhabit most of the island at a density of over 30 per square meter. Sooty Terns, Red-Footed Boobies and Frigatebirds nest in the palm trees around the beaches, and Coconut Crabs live in the fallen trees in the jungle, which made it easier for them to reproduce to cover the island at a density of 1 per square meter, which could potentially give Flint Island the largest population of Coconut Crabs in the world, the other most likely contender would be South Islet in Caroline Atoll.

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Tata Indica

The Tata Indica (from "Indian Car") is a B-segment car launched by the Indian manufacturer Tata Motors in 1998. It was the first Indian hatchback with a diesel engine. It was the first passenger hatchback from Tata Motors, with previous models being station wagons and SUVs. Indica is also considered one of India's indigenously developed passenger cars, though not the first. , more than 9.1 lakh units had been produced and the platform had spawned close to 12 lakh (1.2 million) vehicles. Annual sales of Indica were as high as 1,44,690 units in 2006–2007. , monthly sales of Indica were around 8,000 units. The models were also exported to European and African countries from late 2004. The car was discontinued in April 2018.

First generation (1998)

On 30 December 1998, Tata Motors (previously called Telco) introduced the most modern car ever to be designed by an Indian company: the Indica. Initially introduced with the caption "More car per car," the ad campaign focused on roomy interiors and affordability. Within a week of its unveiling in 1999, the company received 115,000 orders. Within two years, the Indica had become the number-one car in its segment.

Partly designed and developed by Tata Motors, it was a five-door compact hatchback with a 1.4-L petrol/diesel inline-four engine designated internally as 475DL. This was a homegrown engine derived from the engine used by Tata in their line of pick-ups and SUVs earlier, but with a shortened stroke. The original engine was designated as 483DL which stood for four-cylinder and 83-mm stroke.

The Indica offered options such as air conditioning and electric windows, which were previously restricted to upmarket imported cars in India. Three years later, the Indica was exported to European markets for the first time, and from 2003, the Indica was badge engineered and sold in the United Kingdom by MG Rover Group as the CityRover. This vehicle ceased production in April 2005 when Rover went bankrupt, and did not resume production when Rover's new Chinese owner Nanjing Automobile launched its own versions of the Rover range in 2007.

The outer body styling was designed by the Italian design house I.DE.A Institute, under contract from Tata Motors, in close collaboration interaction with Tata's in-house design team. The engine, however, was indigenous.

When first launched, the Indica prompted many complaints from early purchasers, who claimed that the vehicle did not deliver horsepower and mileage as promised. In response to the customer complaints, Tata Motors re-engineered the internals of the car and launched it as Indica V2 (version 2), which solved most of the complaints and emerged as one of the most sought-after cars in the Indian automobile industry. Later, it was again updated, now marketed as the "Refreshingly New Indica V2". This was followed by the next variant of Indica, current in early 2008, called the Indica V2 Xeta Petrol, which delivers 70 PS of power at a fuel efficiency of 14 km/L (about 33 mpg U.S., fuel consumption of 7.1 L/100 km) under standard test conditions. In Indian city conditions, fuel economy can drop to about 10 km/L (about 23.5 mpg U.S., 10 L/100 km).

Since the V1 and V2, which were visually identical, Tata had applied styling updates to the Indica in 2004, 2007 and 2012

In India, three versions were available with different trim levels.

 * Indica V2 – 1.4-L diesel (naturally aspirated engine (NA) in the DLE and DLS; turbocharged option in the DLS (TC); turbocharged and intercooled (TCIC Engine) DLG and DLX; DiCOR engine offered in the DLS and DLG)
 * Indica V2 Petrol – 1.4-L petrol MPFI with Hitachi ECU called Indica 2000, 1.2-L and 1.4-L petrol with Bosch ECU (Indica Xeta), 1.2-L LPG (GLE and GLS versions only)
 * Indicab – 1.4-L naturally aspirated diesel (DL and DLE), a low-price car with the same framework but fewer features and luxuries, aimed at cab and contract transport business fleets. It is popular among transport business people.

Originally offered with 1.4-L petrol and diesel engines, a turbocharged diesel engine was introduced in October 2005; a 1.2-L petrol engine in November 2006, and a direct injection common rail (Dicor) diesel version of Indica V2 was launched in January 2008. It features 16 valves, double overhead camshafts, a variable geometry turbocharger, and an intercooler. The top-end GLG, GLX, DLG, DLX versions and the turbo and DiCOR diesel engines, as well as the 1.4-L petrol engines have been phased out with the introduction of the next-generation Indica Vista. The turbocharged engine was reintroduced in August 2010 as the turbomax in the DLE and DLS trim levels in metros where BS IV norms were introduced. Later in March 2011, the Indica eV2 was launched with a 'CR4' engine similar to the earlier DiCor engine with features like Auto-Drive Assist and Clutch-To-Start and claims a class-leading ARAI mileage of 25 km/L

A compressed natural gas (CNG) was launched in 2001. It is offered as an option through OEM Bedini kits offered by Shrimanker Gas Services India on the Indica V2 XETA.

Faced with numerous CNG-related complaints, Tata organised a systematic recall and retrofit of Bedini equipment which included a new improved lambda sensor/electronic control unit, Bedini emulator, and new wiring harness approved and tested by both Tata and Automotive Research Association of India from 28 to 31 May 2007. With the new system, Tata aimed to improve gas delivery and performance.

In its home market, the Indica offers good interior capacity and competes with the Maruti Suzuki Swift, Maruti Wagon-R and Maruti Alto. The diesel versions, however, have little or no competition since few diesel cars exist in the Indica's price bracket.

The slightly higher-than-average net weight makes for a slightly more comfortable ride compared to lighter cars. Fit and finish continue be criticised compared to offerings from Fiat and Maruti.

In the United Kingdom, a badge-engineered version was imported by the MG Rover Group and sold as the CityRover from 2003 until the bankruptcy of MG Rover in 2005. Other popular foreign markets include South Africa where the Indica and the Indicab models (known as B Line) are sold.

The Indica platform spawned a number of variants, including the Tata Indigo three-box saloon which includes the shorter Indigo CS, long-wheelbase XL, and the Indigo Marina estate.

This range of accessories was available for the Indica: • Power steering

• HVAC – heater, ventilation, and air conditioning

• Turbocharger and intercooler

• Alloy wheels

• Power windows

• Central locking with remote keyless entry

• Ventilated disc brakes

• Four-spoke steering wheel

• Tinted windscreen

• Powerful fog lamps

• Rear spoiler with integrated LED stop (brake) lamp

• Luxurious beige/black interiors

• Night-adjust rear-view mirror

• Chrome tip on silencer, chrome lining on grill and bonnet

• Audio warnings – driver/passenger seat belt warning, door open warning

• Tachometer (selected models)

• Child lock on rear doors (selected models)

• Alloy pedals

Indica Silhouette Concept (2006)
During India's 2006 Auto Expo in New Delhi, Tata unveiled the Indica Silhouette concept car, a radical, high-performance Indica featuring rear-wheel drive, extensive bodywork, and a 3.5-litre 330 hp V6. The car is capable of accelerating from 0–100 km/h in 4.5 seconds, and maxes out at 270 km/h. The Silhouette is currently only a concept vehicle, and is completely different from the standard Indica.

Second generation (2008)

The Indica Vista was unveiled at the 9th Auto Expo in New Delhi. The Indica Vista is not a facelift of the Indica. It is built on a completely new platform and shares nothing with the existing Indica. This new version is bigger than the previous Indica, it is 3795 mm long with a wheelbase of 2470 mm. The Indica Vista has two new Fiat engines, a 1.3 L Quadrajet common rail direct injection diesel and a 1.2 L Safire MPFI VVT petrol engine. The 1.4 L TDi was available until April 2010, but was discontinued as it did not meet the Bharat Stage IV emission norms. The Quadrajet (Fiat Multijet) is produced in Ranjangaon by the Tata-Fiat joint venture. The Indica Vista, previously rumoured to be named the Indica V3, was launched in August 2008. Subsequently, a 1.4l, 90ps petrol variant was also launched. The Vista 1.2l Petrol version, also known as Safire is criticised for its poor fuel economy which can range from 5 to 9 km/L of petrol within the city.

Indica Vista Quadrajet
Tata Motors India has increased the engine line-up of Vista, an all new variant christened as Quadrajet 90 has been introduced. The Tata Indica Quadrajet 90 VX is tagged at Rs 6.03 lakh and the Quadrajet 90 ZX Rs 6.63 lakh (both prices ex-showroom-Mumbai). Quadrajet 90 engine is an 88 bhp 1.3L diesel engine which also does duty on Fiat Punto 90HP Sport and the Manza saloon. The engine has been introduced in two variants, VX and ZX. The new features introduced in the VX hatch are power windows, central locking, ABS with EBD and trip computer and features like alloy wheels and dual airbags are adds-on with the VX features on the ZX hatch.

Indica Vista D90
The Vista D90 is the most powerful Vista to date and is powered by Fiat sourced 1.3-litre multi-jet engine that belts out the maximum power of 90 PS. The car has been launched in two variants named Indica Vista D90 VX and D90 ZX+ at a price of Rs 5.99 lakh and Rs 6.83 lakh (ex-showroom Delhi) respectively.

Vista D90 VX

The Vista D90 VX is the low-end variant out of these two and comes equipped with electric ORVMs, front and rear fog lamps, intelligent rear wiper, anti-lock brakes with electronic brake force distribution, front and rear power outlets, a double-DIN stereo with USB and Bluetooth connectivity, dual tone interiors, fabric seat covers, a driver aligned instrument cluster, a Driver Information System (DIS) with average fuel consumption and distance to empty display and a two-way adjustable lumbar support for the driver.

Vista D90 ZX+

It is the new top-of-the-line variant of the Vista and features a new touch-screen infotainment system with satellite navigation, the new Driver Information System (DIS) that gets a temperature gauge, an automatic climate control system, front airbags, follow-me-home headlamps, an LED stop lamp, one-touch function for the driver's power window and alloy wheels besides the features offered on Vista D90 VX.

Indica Vista EV
The Electric versions of the Indica by the name Indica Vista EV (Electric Vehicle) unveiled in India in 2011. The electric vehicle concept car was based on the Indica Vista. Once charged, the car was expected to travel up to 200 kilometres on its full charge. The car saw limited production of a few units in the last quarter of 2008 and in Spain in 2010.

The car is powered by a 55 kW Permanent-magnet electric motor and a 26.5 kWh Lithium Polymer battery.

In 2009, the company indicated that the electric Indica would be launched locally in India in approximately 2010, without disclosing the price. The vehicle was to have been launched in Norway in 2009 and also in continental Europe and the UK.

In 2009, the UK's government (Business Secretary Lord Mandelson) has announced a £10 (€11.09) million loan to Tata to support the manufacturing of electric vehicles in the UK.

In 2010, Tata Motors' UK subsidiary, Tata Motors European Technical Centre, bought a 50.3% holding in electric vehicle technology firm Miljø Grenland/Innovasjon of Norway for US$1.93 M, which specialises in the development of innovative solutions for electric vehicles, and plans to launch the electric Indica hatchback in Europe in 2010. Electrovaya is partnering with Tata Motors and Miljø Grenland/Innovasjon to manufacture batteries and electric cars using Electrovaya's Lithium Ion SuperPolymer battery technology.

The Indica Vista EV has a 200 km range on a full charge and a top speed of 105 km/h. With 0 to 60 km/h in less than 10 seconds. To achieve this, TM4 Electrodynamic systems (a subsidiary of Hydro-Québec) provided its efficient MOTIVE series electric motor.

The Tata Indica Vista EVX was withdrawn from the Progressive Insurance Automotive X Prize, in the third round of four.

Tata Motors began production of 25 units for field testing purposes at its U.K. assembly plant in Coventry in April 2011. These models were allocated to the CABLED trial that began in the West Midlands in April 2011. The market launch in the UK was scheduled for mid 2011 but it was postponed in May 2012. The field testing will continue with Tata employees. The Indica Vista EV was expected to be priced at GB£29,000 before the GB£5,000 Plug-in Car Grant. The Indica Vista EV range is 110 mi. The price is under €30,000 in Spain. Unfortunately the vehicle has not commercially launched.

Indica Vista Concept S (2010)
A design study to highlight its design skills, the Indica Vista Concept S was displayed by Tata at the 2010 Delhi Auto Expo.

Indica Vista D90 Xtreme Concept (2013)
With the launch of the Vista D90 Tata also unveiled a new Vista based crossover concept called Vista D90 Xtreme. It will be powered by the similar 1.3 Multijet engine, tuned for more power i.e. 115 PS, the engine has been tweaked by Abarth (Performance unit of Fiat) and Tata engineers together. The car also features some designing changes like it has a raised suspension of 25mm in order to extend its off-roading capabilities. The car also features number of cosmetic changes like a tailgate-mounted spare wheel (to give it the appearance of an SUV), black cladding running through the body, roof rails, flared wheel arches and larger, 16-inch alloy wheels.

Rally version
A homologated 1500 cc 115 bhp (86 kW) Indica with sporting suspension and capable of 180 km/h was prepared jointly by Tata Motors and J. Anand of Jayem automotives.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tomato sauce piquante

As per policy, Wikipedia is not a recipe book. This article should be deleted and the content moved to WikiRecipes. Elf-friend 15:31, 30 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * Transwiki and delete. Just a recipe. -- Cyrius|✎ 00:26, 31 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * Transwiki this savory recipe to Wikibooks and delete. --Ardonik 04:03, Jul 31, 2004 (UTC)
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Talk:Hayling Island

mainland?
There is a 'mainland of the United Kingdom'. The phrase 'mainland of Great Britain' is a bit weird. Bobblewik 15:32, 30 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * I think both sound a little bit awkward. How about "British mainland"? Enchanter

 * I notice that the faq of alt.usage.english also makes the same suggestion of British mainland as . See what they say at:
 * http://www.alt-usage-english.org/english_british_uk_et_al.shtml

Sounds good to me. Thanks. Bobblewik 21:00, 30 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Hannah Mansell
Anyone know who Hannah Mansell is? — Whitepaw 17:48, 23 September 2005 (UTC)

Wind surfing invented at Hayling Island?
User:148.197.249.24 has just added this:

"If fact Hayling Island is where windsurfing was invented. Originally it was thought to be an American invention, but after a court battle the title was given to Hayling Island. Sailing is massive on Hayling Island and is where many Olimpic medal winners have raced."

It seemed rather unlikely (I lived close to the Island before starting University... never once heard it claimed that it was invented there), so I did a bit of Googling. This seems to claim it was invented in Wittering in 1963, however the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow does agree with the claim that 197.249.24 just put in; personally, I'm inclined to trust the University site the most.

- Whitepaw 20:53, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

Phantom Church
I'm a Hayling Island resident, and the rumours do exist. Obviously they're not true, but the section doesn't claim they are, it just refers to the existance of the rumours. I can clarify that they do exist, but the only evidence you'll ifnd is word of mouth. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.19.167.91 (talk) 22:05, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

Section moved to TALK
I've moved the following Phantom Church section to TALK, after perusing the actual text of the (corrected and fleshed out) citation.

The phantom church
The inundations of the 14th century caused much land to be lost to the sea from the south coast of Hayling. The losses included a church dedicated to All Saints and as in similar situations, local legends tell of ghostly church bells still ringing out from the sea-bed.

--Lexein (talk) 17:47, 14 March 2010 (UTC)
 * The cited source does not seem to support the claim of inundations, loss of land to the sea, or the loss of a church.
 * I found no citable source for the existence of "local legends" - were these invented to promote tourism? Please help.

West Winnner or West Winner - No, East Winner!
The current spelling has three n's, which I assume is a mistake but I'll let somebody with local knowledge fix it. Jason Quinn (talk) 12:36, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

I've amended the reference in the Geography section from "West Winner" to "East Winner". The sandbar extending southwards from south-west Hayling, exposed at low tide and lying eastward of the approach to Langstone Harbour, is the East Winner; the West Winner lies off the south-eastern tip of Portsea Island, on the western side of the approach to Langstone Harbour. Ref: http://www.scopac.org.uk/scopac_sedimentdb/pchi/pchi.htm and the interactive chart at http://www.langstoneharbour.org.uk/about-harbour-maps.php HaylingBrian (talk) 16:54, 16 April 2013 (UTC)

why are churches listed as 'leisure activities'?
Good point whoever brought this up. A church is a place of worship, but I cant really think of what it could be listed as otherwise.

Mengham is not a city!
Please help me. I tried changing the status that Mengham was a city to it being a town and it does not like it... Mengham has never been a city as it has no cathedral. Before I tear my hair out please help! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sgall3y (talk • contribs) 16:14, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

 * In the template, the word "city" is intended generically. In templates, the field names are not intended to be edited - only the field contents. That's why "it does not like it" if you change the field names.  But there is certainly room to parenthetically state Mengham's status, so that is what I've done. My question is this:  Is Mengham really a town, a settlement, or merely a large shopping district (as stated in the Mengham article)? Cheers. --Lexein (talk) 04:40, 21 June 2010 (UTC)

Tourism Office phone number
WP:NOTTRAVEL so I moved this here
 * Tourist Information Office at Beachlands tel 023 92467111

--Lexein (talk) 03:21, 21 June 2010 (UTC)

Online topography & history of Hayling from 1826
Complete scan available at Google Books of A Topographical And Historical Account Of Hayling island Richard Scott, Topographer. Habant, Skelton, 1826. Delightful. Might be something in here about the previously uncited "inundations". --Lexein (talk) 04:25, 21 June 2010 (UTC)

Inline URLs
The guideline WP:External links strongly deprecates inline URL links, greatly preferring inline citations, or putting such links at the end of the article in an ==External links== section. --Lexein (talk) 18:02, 13 September 2010 (UTC)

Twinned with Gorron?
I don't want to get into an edit war over this. The Gorron article has a similar claim, added 8 April 2011, by User:Legoless, if anyone wishes to investigate further. Rothorpe (talk) 01:27, 30 August 2011 (UTC)

George Sandeman
The George Sandeman buried in St.Mary's churchyard is currently described in the article as the "founder of Sandeman Port". This cannot be so, as he was born in 1792 when the Sandeman wine business had already been founded in 1790 by another George Sandeman (see http://www.sandeman.eu/homepage/en, "The Story Begins" link. Retrieved 2012-04-20). It's most likely that the George Sandeman in St. Mary's churchyard is the son of the founder of the wine business, but I haven't yet found online proof - when/if I do, I'll amend the article appropriately. HaylingBrian (talk) 20:13, 20 April 2012 (UTC)

I've now established from two separate sources that the George Sandeman referred to in the article (George Glas Sandeman) was the nephew of the founder of the wine business, and succeeded him as head of the business; it is from George Glas Sandeman that all subsequent heads of the company descended (source: http://www.aim25.ac.uk/cgi-bin/vcdf/detail?coll_id=18546&inst_id=118 ) HaylingBrian (talk) 22:13, 20 April 2012 (UTC)

Hayling Ferry Article in Draft
Please be aware there is a Hayling Ferry Article in Draft ... it is a WIP. People are welcome to contribute or voice opinions on that draft articles's talk page. If the article is accepted then some information will be consolidated on this page and reference made to the Hayling Ferry article particularly from the transport section.

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George Chichester, 3rd Marquess of Donegall

George Hamilton Chichester, 3rd Marquess of Donegall (10 February 1797 – 20 October 1883), styled Viscount Chichester until 1799 and Earl of Belfast between 1799 and 1844, was an Anglo-Irish landowner, courtier and politician. He served as Vice-Chamberlain of the Household from 1830 to 1834, as well as from 1838 to 1841, and as Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard between 1848 and 1852. Ennobled in his own right in 1841, he was also Lord Lieutenant of Antrim from 1841 to 1883 and was made a Knight of St Patrick in 1857.

Background and education
Lord Donegall was born at Great Cumberland Place, London, the eldest son of Viscount Chichester (who became The 2nd Marquess of Donegall in 1799) by his wife Anna May, daughter of Sir Edward May, 2nd Baronet. He was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford, before serving for a time as a captain with the 11th Hussars. He was known by the courtesy title Viscount Chichester from birth until 1799 and as Earl of Belfast from 1799 to 1844.

Political career
In 1818, Lord Belfast (as he was from 1799 until 1844) was elected to the House of Commons as Member of Parliament (MP) for Carrickfergus, and two years later became representative for Belfast. In July 1830 he was sworn of the Privy Council and appointed Vice-Chamberlain of the Household in The Duke of Wellington's Tory administration. In August he was returned to Parliament for Antrim. He continued as Vice-Chamberlain after Lord Grey formed his Whig government in November 1830. In 1831 he was made a Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Guelphic Order. He remained as Vice-Chamberlain until 1834, the last months under the premiership of Lord Melbourne. In 1837 he was once again returned to Parliament for Belfast. He did not initially serve in Melbourne's second administration, but in 1838 he once again became Vice-Chamberlain of the Household. He resigned when the government fell in 1841, and during the same year he unsuccessfully contested Belfast as a Liberal candidate. He was instead raised to the Peerage of the United Kingdom in his own right as Baron Ennishowen and Carrickfergus, of Ennishowen in the County of Donegal and of Carrickfergus in the County of Antrim. He sat in the House of Lords at Westminster for three years under this title before succeeding his father in the marquessate in 1844.

Lord Donegall did not serve initially in Lord John Russell's first administration, but in 1848 he returned to the government as Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard. He resigned along with the rest of the Whig government in early 1852. Apart from his political career he was also Lord Lieutenant of Antrim from 1841 to 1883. In 1857 he was made a Knight of the Order of St Patrick. At the time of his death in 1883 he was the senior member of the Privy Council.

Family
Lord Donegall married Lady Harriet Anne Butler (d. 1860), daughter of The 1st Earl of Glengall, in 1822. They had three children:

 * Lady Harriet Augusta Anna Seymourina Chichester (d. 14 April 1898); married The 8th Earl of Shaftesbury.
 * George Augustus Chichester, Viscount Chichester (26 May 1826 – 18 June 1827)
 * Frederick Richard Chichester, Earl of Belfast (25 November 1827 – 11 February 1853); died in Naples, unmarried.

After his first wife's death in September 1860, he married as his second wife Harriett Graham (d. 1884), daughter of Sir Bellingham Reginald Graham, 7th Baronet, and widow of Sir Frederick Ashworth, in 1862. There were no children from this marriage. Lord Donegall died in Brighton, Sussex, in October 1883, aged 86, and was buried in Belfast.

As both his sons had predeceased him, the larger part of the Donegall estates was inherited by his only daughter, Harriet Ashley-Cooper, Lady Ashley (later Countess of Shaftesbury and previously Lady Harriet Augusta Anna Seymourina Chichester), wife of The 8th Earl of Shaftesbury.

He owned 23,000 acres, mostly in Donegal and Antrim.

The Barony of Ennishowen and Carrickfergus died with him, while he was succeeded in the marquessate by his younger brother, Lord Edward Chichester. The Marchioness of Donegall died in March 1884.


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User:Mat cross

Primary interests

 * Mathematics (differential geometry, algebraic topology, numerical analysis).
 * 20th and 21st Century history, and international relations.
 * Punk rock.

Brief CV

 * MSc Applied Numerical Computing, Manchester, 2005.
 * Thesis: `Symplectic Integrators and Optimal Control'. Advisor: T. Shardlow.

 * MA Mathematics, UPenn, 2004.
 * Thesis: `If a Finitely Generated Group is of Near-Polynomial Growth
 * then it has a Nilpotent Subgroup of Finite Index'. Adviser: J. Block.

 * MMath, Warwick, 2002.
 * Thesis: `Causality on Spacetimes'. Advisor: J. Rawnsley.

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HMS Jaguar

Two ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Jaguar, after the feline jaguar.

 * The first HMS Jaguar (F34) was a J-class destroyer launched in 1938 and sunk 1942 by GS U-652.
 * The second HMS Jaguar (F37) was a Leopard-class frigate launched in 1957 and sold to the Bangladeshi Navy in 1978, subsequently operating as BNS Ali Haider

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Arena (British TV series)

Arena is a British television documentary series, made and broadcast by the BBC since 1 October 1975. Voted by TV executives in Broadcast magazine as one of the top 50 most influential programmes of all time, it has produced more than six hundred episodes directed by, among others, Frederick Baker, Jana Boková, Jonathan Demme, Nigel Finch, Mary Harron, Vikram Jayanti, Vivian Kubrick, Paul Lee, Adam Low, Bernard MacMahon, James Marsh, Leslie Megahey, Volker Schlondorff, Martin Scorsese, Julien Temple, Anthony Wall, Leslie Woodhead, and Alan Yentob.

History
The arts strand Arena was initially created in 1975 by the BBC Head of Music & Arts at that time, Humphrey Burton, when he founded a magazine named Arena exploring art, design, filmmaking, and theatre. In 1977, under producer and director Leslie Megahey, the strand divided into Arena Theatre and Arena Art and Design, and Arena became less of a magazine and more a home for short, distinctive and stylish films about mainly British theatre and visual arts. In 1978, Megahey became editor of Omnibus and Alan Yentob, who had been supervising Arena Theatre, took over and the two themes were merged. The series, relaunched in January 1979 and renamed simply Arena, began to adopt a format of single subject essays. It earned great critical acclaim for its enthusiasm for the popular as well as the high arts. During Yentob's time as editor, Arena had six BAFTA nominations and three BAFTA awards.

A group of radical directors, notably Nigel Finch and Anthony Wall, gathered around Yentob and Arena, including Nigel Williams and Mary Dickinson. Hits from 1979 included Who Is Poly Styrene?, La Dame Aux Gladiolas, a portrait of Edna Everage, and most notably the groundbreaking My Way, an examination of the appeal of the song, by Finch and Wall. It was the first of their collaborations, which developed a new kind of arts film, taking an unlikely subject and building a poetic meditation on its various aspects - further examples include The Chelsea Hotel (1981), The Private Life of the Ford Cortina (1982), Desert Island Discs (1982). Other successes included Megahey's portrait of Orson Welles (1982), Williams's study of George Orwell (1982),    Yentob's portrait of Mel Brooks (1981) and Wall's four-part documentary on Slim Gaillard (1989).

On Yentob's move to become Head of Music & Arts in 1985, Finch and Wall took over as joint editors of Arena until Finch's death in 1995. Following a period of uncertainty concerning the future of the arts strand, series editor Wall protected the series in a reshuffle of the BBC. Since then Arena has been transmitted outside the conventional weekly broadcast strand on BBC Two and BBC Four, and latterly on BBC Four.

Under Wall and Finch, Arena developed the idea of the themed evening, beginning with Blues Night (1985), followed by Caribbean Nights (1986), Animal Night (1989), Food Night (1990), Texas Saturday Night (1991), Radio Night simulcast with BBC Radio 4 (1993) and Stories My Country Told Me (1995), a three-and-a-half-hour presentation on Nations and Nationalism. Since then Arena has won numerous awards with regular screenings at the BFI Southbank and has continued to cover the arts and culture at the highest level, with films on Bob Dylan, Harold Pinter, The National Theatre and Spitting Image, to name but a few.

Arena developed a substantial online presence featuring the Arena Hotel, a site that turns the 600-film Arena archive into a resource to build an online hotel for the stars. The Arena Hotel was nominated for a Focal International Award in 2013. Werner Herzog has praised the series as "the oasis in the sea of insanity that is television".

Wall retired in 2018, and the strand is now overseen by commissioning editor Mark Bell.

Branding
The programme's theme music is taken from the title track of the 1975 album Another Green World by Brian Eno, himself the subject of a 2010 Arena film subtitled Another Green World.

The Arena opening titles were voted among the "Top 5 Most Influential Opening Titles in the History of Television" by Broadcast magazine in 2004.

Series editors
Anthony Wall edited Arena since 1985. He joined the series in 1978 and became one of its leading directors.

Awards and nominations
Arena has won a Primetime and International Emmys, a Grammy, nine BAFTAs, six Royal Television Society Awards, a Peabody and the Prix Italia. Arena also won the Sundance Grand Jury Prize for Paris Is Burning (1990), the Best Performance Award for Lili Taylor's role in I Shot Andy Warhol (1996) at the Sundance Film Festival, and the SFFIF's Mel Novikoff Award.

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Ragged Mountain Resort

Ragged Mountain is a ski resort located on the northern side of Ragged Mountain in Danbury, New Hampshire, in the United States, with a vertical drop of 1250 ft and spread across 250 acre. Offering three terrain parks and many glades, the resort is home to the only six-person chairlift in New Hampshire.

History
Ragged Mountain Ski Area opened in 1965, sporting seven runs, a T-bar, and a Hall double. Amidst little snowfall and the failure to install snowmaking equipment, the resort went bankrupt in 1974. That year, the state bought the area and immediately sold it to a group of people involved in the ski industry. The area closed during the 1983-84 season.

Real estate developers Al and Walter Endriunas bought the area in a few years later, installed snowmaking and added a new beginner slope, along with another T-bar. Ragged opened once more for the 1988-89 season. They installed two more double lifts in the early 1990s and another trail complex, called Spear Mountain.

In 2002, the area purchased the Summit Six-Pack detachable chairlift, an investment that caused the area to go bankrupt once more. The owners sold Ragged Mountain to RMR-Pacific, LLC, an affiliate of Utah resort developer Pacific Group in 2007. The new owners have invested over $3 million in renovations including lodge renovations, upgrades to the snowmaking capacity, and several new dining options, including a brick oven pizzeria and tavern located in the west lodge.

Ragged Mountain replaced the Spear Mountain triple with a Doppelmayr high speed detachable quad in the summer of 2014. In addition, significant upgrades were made to the Elmwood lodge, which included more seating and two new restaurants. Costs for both these projects amount to over $5 million.

In early 2019, Ragged Mountain Resort created a company-wide Sustainability Program to help foster business practices which are environmentally sustainable. As a part of this initiative, the resort has added a new digital and interactive trail map to their mobile application, launched a resort-wide recycling program, replaced older, less efficient snowmaking equipment with new lower energy alternatives and converted all lighting at the resort to LED Lights.

Expansion
Ragged Mountain has plans to develop into a four season destination. Over the past several years, tree cutting has been witnessed on Pinnacle Peak, adjacent to the main Ragged peak. Ragged officials say they plan to add at least 10 new trails and 60 acres of new skiing terrain but as of 2022 the work has not begun.

In addition to Pinnacle Peak, Ragged has moved forward with plans to renovate the 18 hole golf course, a process that could take up to two years. The course will be diminished to nine holes, in order to accommodate the tubing park, future lodging and ski trails.

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Captain N: The Game Master

Captain N: The Game Master is an animated television series that aired on television from 1989 to 1991 as part of the Saturday morning cartoon lineup on NBC. The show was produced by DIC Animation City and incorporated elements from many of the most popular video games of the time from the Japanese company Nintendo. There was also a comic book version by Valiant Comics, despite only featuring characters from games produced by Nintendo. The show is also part of an hour-long block in Season 2 with The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 and with Super Mario World in Season 3 in a half-hour block.

Origins
The character Captain N first appeared in Nintendo Power magazine, created by Nintendo staff member and magazine editor Randy Studdard. The original concept involved Captain N (originally known as "Captain Nintendo") as a Nintendo employee and the Mother Brain as a piece of programming from a Nintendo game pack that went rogue. Captain N had the power to temporarily give life to characters and items from Nintendo games.

The story left a door open for a sequel (Mother Brain is temporarily defeated but her return was said to be inevitable, and Captain N vows to stop her when the time comes). Nintendo of America, Inc. later decided to follow Studdard's ideas and create a cartoon series, opting neither to credit nor to compensate its creator. DIC Entertainment was shopped as the animation studio, and changed various aspects of the original idea while keeping the main premise of the Captain opposing Mother Brain as he interacted with a number of video game characters.

Captain Nintendo also appeared in a prerecorded Nintendo Universe tip line series by Nintendo that was updated weekly. Captain Nintendo was joined by a computer companion named Emerald to offer tips on popular Nintendo Game Paks, as well as upcoming game announcements.

Premise
At the outset of the first episode the hero of the series, Kevin Keene, a teenager from Northridge, California, and his dog Duke are taken to another universe known as Videoland when they are sucked into a vortex called the Ultimate Warp Zone that formed in his television.

To fulfill an ancient prophecy, Kevin is destined to become the hero "Captain N: The Game Master" and save Videoland from evil forces led by Mother Brain from the floating world/fortress called Metroid. By the time Kevin arrives on the scene, Mother Brain has almost succeeded in capturing the Palace of Power and conquering all Videoland. Kevin (who in Videoland is armed with a Zapper and a belt buckle shaped like an NES controller) and Duke appear suddenly on the other side of the Ultimate Warp Zone before the N Team, which consists of Princess Lana Deschain (the acting ruler of Videoland as the first episode explains the absence of her father the King), Simon Belmont, Mega Man, and Kid Icarus, none of whom show any confidence in Kevin's ability in the beginning. However, after Lana is kidnapped by the enemy shortly after Kevin's arrival, the reluctant group puts their differences aside to go on a rescue mission where Kevin eventually gains the others' confidence. During season 2, Game Boy (a human-sized supercomputer shaped like the console) joins the N Team.

In most episodes, the N Team's enemy is a group of video game villains, usually led by the boisterous and loud Mother Brain who is accompanied by her minions, the Eggplant Wizard from Kid Icarus, the thuggish King Hippo from Punch-Out!!, and the scheming Dr. Wily from Mega Man. A "villain of the week" is featured in some episodes when a particular video game becomes the setting (such as Malkil of Wizards & Warriors). Several other characters make recurring appearances, including Donkey Kong, The Count from Castlevania and Dr. Light from Mega Man. The cast of the Legend of Zelda cartoon reprise their respective roles for several guest appearances during the series.

The focus of the show is mostly action-adventure sourced from the video games they feature, with comic relief in the form of the character's interactions with one another and the environment and their quirks and catchphrases. Sometimes humor (intentionally, or unintentionally) also stems from the comparatively loose interpretations of the laws of reality that apply in Videoland.

The N Team

 * Kevin Keene (portrayed by Dorian Barag in the live-action sequences, voiced by Matt Hill in animated sequences) – the teenage leader, protagonist and main character of the series. Initially, he is a reluctant hero and is often found at odds with the rest of the N-Team. When he comes to Videoland, he is armed with a belt and holster that has a Power Pad (an NES controller-shaped device which can stop time, allow him to leap over objects or give him super speed over short distances) and an NES Zapper-like gun which dispatches or "dematerializes" enemies (possibly a nod to Nintendo's content policies at the time which forbid the use of the word "kill"). The Zapper can also shoot ice shaped like Tetris blocks. His expert use of these tools combined with his overall friendly, if competitive, demeanor eventually earns the trust of the others. In many episodes, he tries to foster a big-brotherly role to characters suffering from a particular plight. He is most often called Captain N by the other cast members, except Princess Lana who regularly addresses him by his first name. The Varsity letter "N" on his jacket is for swimming.
 * Princess Lana Deschain (voiced by Venus Terzo) – the current regent of Videoland after her father, King Charles, was banished to the Mirror by Mother Brain. She rules over all the lands in Videoland from the Palace of Power. Though she reflects a kind character typified by a princess role, she is able to keep up with the rest of the N-team through their adventures and is not afraid of conflict, having been trained to defend herself from a young age. Though she is good friends with the members of the N-Team, Lana shows a longing for her own family. She often acts as a mediator between the members of the N-team when their competitive natures lead them to infighting. Both Kevin and Simon compete for Lana's affections, but she seems to prefer Kevin over Simon and kisses him on several occasions (including the last episode). Her appearance and dress consists of boots, a two-piece dress and top, a tiara, and a necklace with three green gems. Production art showed her holding a large staff.
 * Duke (voiced by Tomm Wright) – Kevin's dog who jumped into the Ultimate Warp Zone immediately after Kevin was sucked in and ended up in Videoland as well. Although he acts intelligently, he shows occasional uncontrollable typical dog behavior, like the chase reflex. Duke is usually with Kevin through all the action in a given episode and sometimes sees his own action. Duke wears a bandanna around his neck. In the live-action scenes shown in the first two episodes as well as the intro, Duke is shown to be a Golden Retriever while he appears to be a beagle in the actual cartoon.
 * Simon Belmont from Castlevania (voiced by Andrew Kavadas) – until Captain N's arrival, vampire hunter Simon Belmont from Castlevania regarded himself as Princess Lana's highest-ranking servant. He displays extreme arrogance and vanity, often prefacing declarations of his character or capabilities by referring to himself in the 3rd person. He enjoys courting and complimenting Princess Lana, openly declaring his romantic interest in her (which she rebuffs but sometimes is flattered), but he enjoys tending to his appearance and physique even more. On one occasion when he was forced to face his worst fears in a dream world, it turned out his worst fear was a humorous form of body horror as his muscles sagged away, his teeth fell out and he lost all his hair. In his own distorted way, however, he does show regard for other members of the N-team, even if it outwardly seems back-handed. He is very competitive and he regards Captain N as a major rival for Princess Lana's attention. He wears a blue fabric outfit, pilot goggles, boots and large gloves, and carries around a backpack with a seemingly endless capacity of miscellaneous things he takes out and uses. He brandishes a whip, which occasionally has a mind of its own, but like Captain N's zapper, it can also dematerialize foes. Simon Belmont's look was at least partially based upon his voice actor Andrew Kavadas looking less like his appearance in the Castlevania game series.
 * Kid Icarus from Kid Icarus (voiced by Alessandro Juliani) – the diminutive angel Kid Icarus from Mount Icarus is very loyal to, and protective of, Princess Lana and while he shows childish behavior, he is not short on courage. He is not very physically effective in action situations and often bemoans his small stature, but is the only N Team member who can fly, and usually is a very accurate archer. His quiver holds regular arrows which can dematerialize foes, but also has various specialized gadget arrows. He often ends many words in his speech with the suffix "-icus". He comes from the world of Mount Icarus. His appearance in Season 3 resembles his sprite and box art from Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters for Game Boy.
 * Mega Man from Mega Man (voiced by Doug Parker) – almost as diminutive as Kid Icarus, Mega Man is a robot constructed by Dr. Light who is from the world of Megaland. He too is protective of Princess Lana. Despite his size, he is incredibly strong, physically durable, and extremely agile. His body is clad in multi-tone green armor and he wears a visor. He has two forearm-mounted energy blasters that function like Captain N's zapper. He occasionally begins his words with the prefix "mega-". His home world, along with Dr. Light, is Megaland. In the episode "Happy Birthday Mega Man" he is upset with the fact he is a nonliving robot and is transformed from a robot into a living man, although later in the series he is still shown to possess his robotic abilities.
 * Game Boy (voiced by Frank Welker) – debuting in the first episode of the second season ("Gameboy", aired September 8, 1990), Game Boy is a human-sized supercomputer designed like the Nintendo product of the same name, an 8-bit handheld video game device developed and manufactured by Nintendo. When the portal to Mirror World opened, King Charles sent him in his place to help Captain N. He announces himself as being "programmed to play games" but, when action arises, he is usually capable of meeting the challenge. His body exhibits elasticity when he stretches out his arms and hands from his casing. Game Boy also uses his display to materialize many things, including objects and monsters, mainly for the team's target practice. He also has an onboard computer which can analyze substances and track enemies.

Main villains

 * Mother Brain from Metroid (voiced by Levi Stubbs) – the primary villain of the series. Mother Brain is a trash-talking, abusive, power-hungry brain-looking alien in a giant bottle who comes from the world of Metroid. In the pilot episode, her troops are marching at the door of the Palace of Power, and she had already captured and banished King Charles (the King of Videoland) to the Mirror World on Excalibur. Though proud of her form and presence, she is not above any subterfuge if it gets her goal accomplished. She also displays great vanity—almost as much as Simon Belmont. She spends most of her time stationary in a control room on her floating world, Metroid, where she uses a special "mirror" to spy on the members of the N Team as she looks for weaknesses to exploit. She also has retractable prehensile tentacles she uses to lash or electrically shock her usually incompetent minions to encourage them to do better.
 * King Hippo from Punch-Out!! (voiced by Garry Chalk) – the monstrous, pear-shaped beast King Hippo is the "heavyweight" who is short on brains and big on muscle and comes from the world of Punch-Out, which is inspired by the game of the same name. He is cruel, indulgent, and sharp-tongued, but most of his ire is usually directed to his counterpart the Eggplant Wizard.
 * Eggplant Wizard from Kid Icarus (voiced by Michael Donovan) – a one-eyed human-sized eggplant from Mount Icarus. Eggplant Wizard is a main foe of Kid Icarus, but mostly serves as a target of abuse for Mother Brain due to his incompetence. He is also the chief foil for King Hippo as the two usually appear at the same time. Eggplant Wizard also has the ability to conjure various vegetable-themed gadgets to aid in mischief. Unlike King Hippo, Eggplant Wizard has shown some signs of taking the initiative to come up with his own schemes and is not above turning against Mother Brain on rare occasions.
 * Doctor Wily from Mega Man (voiced by Ian James Corlett) – the least shown of the main villains. Dr. Wily is a short, beady-eyed, and slightly grizzled old dwarf man from Megaland who is loyal to Mother Brain and arguably the most competent of her main henchmen. He is a stereotypical mad scientist who uses his genius to build wild gadgets or develop complicated schemes to defeat the N-Team. One notable episode had him using a mind-reading device to find out the greatest fears of the team members, then constructing a robot in the likeness of a school bully (Kevin's greatest fear). He speaks with a German accent and is constantly wheezing in his speech. Like the video games, Doctor Wily has used his Robot Masters on occasion.

Minor villains

 * Donkey Kong from Donkey Kong (voiced by Garry Chalk) – a gigantic gorilla from Kongoland. Mostly a solitary character, Donkey Kong is quick to anger and not happy to see visitors in what he considers his jungle. Donkey Kong must be appeased with food from the inhabitants or else he will wreak havoc on them. Donkey Kong has no loyalties and is equally dangerous to all the characters with the exception of the Videolympics episode where he joins Mother Brain's team.
 * The Count from Castlevania (voiced by Garry Chalk) – a pasty, lanky vampire in a gauche yellow suit, he is the representation of Dracula from Castlevania, but is never referred to directly as Dracula. He demonstrates the ability to control the undead and transform into a bat in order to threaten the countryside of Castlevania, but rarely teams up with any other character for his goals (with the exception of the Videolympics episode where he joins Mother Brain's team). In his Season 3 appearance (the only one of this season), he wears a more appropriate black and dark blue suit.
 * Alucard (voiced by Ian James Corlett) – the son of the Count who lives in Castlevania. He is depicted as an adolescent with typical teenage hobbies such as skateboarding and a rebellious attitude towards his father.
 * Dragonlord from Dragon Warrior (voiced by Don Brown) – a huge red dragon of near-Donkey Kong size, the Dragonlord makes multiple attempts to rule Dragon's Den, the world of Dragon Warrior. Intelligent, if somewhat gullible, he uses both his size and his magical powers to further his goal of conquering his world and ruling over all its citizens.
 * Ganon from The Legend of Zelda (voiced by Len Carlson) – a pig-like wizard, who serves as Link and Zelda's greatest enemy who has attacked Hyrule on occasion. He is a powerful warlock who wields strong magic, but Link has always previously overcome him. After Link had defeated him recently, he lost most of his power, before drinking the potion of power provided to him by King Hippo and Eggplant Wizard, regaining all his strength and power.
 * Rebonack from Zelda II: The Adventure of Link – a silver armored knight who serves Ganon. He rides a floating mechanical horse and wields a lance in battle.
 * Malkil from Wizards & Warriors (voiced by Garry Chalk) – an evil wizard from the world of Excalibur who is also a gnome. He also appears as one of the primary villains from the sister show The Power Team.
 * Medusa from Kid Icarus (voiced by Venus Terzo) – a female gorgon who is the Goddess of Darkness from Mount Icarus. She can turn anyone or anything to stone by using her gaze.

Other characters
The following characters appear in at least 2 episodes:
 * King Charles Deschain (voiced by Long John Baldry) – the original monarch of Videoland, and father of both Lana and Lyle, was captured by Mother Brain and banished to the Mirror World before the start of the show and has remained trapped there since. He is a kind and compassionate ruler who places his judgement of others above his own well-being. He has an impressive white beard and moustache, and wears ornate multicolor clothing.
 * Princess Zelda from The Legend of Zelda (voiced by Cynthia Preston) – a beautiful young woman, she rules Hyrule and protects the Triforces (here, she has all three) from evil as well as providing help to the N Team. She is a close friend to Princess Lana since before Mother Brain waged war on Videoland, and the two regard each other highly. She wields a bow occasionally to deal with foes.
 * Link from The Legend of Zelda (voiced by Jonathan Potts) – a young warrior who serves Zelda, Link is a heroic figure who is brave, friendly (if somewhat competitive), and resourceful. He also fights to defend the Triforce and Hyrule from enemies and wields a double-edged sword. He is Kevin's idol and favorite video game character. There was minor friction between them when Zelda complimented Kevin on his skills and intelligence, causing some jealousy and mild resentment on Link's part, but this was later defused when he and Kevin worked together to defeat Ganon and they became close friends. Unlike his appearance in the Legend of Zelda cartoon, Link is older and portrayed as being more mature and no longer obsessed with trying to steal a kiss from Zelda. She repeatedly kisses him voluntarily.
 * Prince Lyle Deschain – big brother to Princess Lana, Lyle left home at an undisclosed time after feeling out of place. Despite his lineage, he displays few leadership skills or heroism, and generally regards himself as clumsy in spite of his good intentions. Thinking it for the best, he left home and took up residence on the world of Tetris where he guards the Sacred Square. Lana and the other team members convince him that nobody will have any confidence in him as a leader until after he believes in himself.
 * Wombatman – a parody of Batman, Wombatman is a squat and cynical actor who portrays his character of the same name which is filmed on the Marblopolis Studio World. Kid Icarus idolizes him and identifies with the various gadgets he uses, as he comes up with similar gadget arrows in his quiver. Kid Icarus was later distraught when he found out that Wombatman doesn't do his own stunts. When his girlfriend Nikki was held prisoner, Wombatman reluctantly helped Mother Brain capture the N Team. He later helped the N Team at Kid Icarus' persuasion and started doing his own stunts.
 * Mayor Squaresly (voiced by Garry Chalk) – the mayor of Tetris. He is most fond of holidays and declares a new one when he gets the chance. He also escapes a villain, who is turning Tetris' citizens into Tetris blocks, to contact the N-Team for help.
 * Bayou Billy West from The Adventures of Bayou Billy (voiced by Garry Chalk) – Bayou Billy is the main character from the video game that Kevin could not beat. He has an alligator named Loafer for a pet and rides around Bayouland in a buggy-like vehicle. Bayou Billy helps Captain N find his lost dog by training him in the ways of bayou tracking. The tricks that Kevin learns from Bayou Billy come in handy when facing Doctor Wily's swamp creature.
 * Prince Plenty – the monarch that reigns over Kongoland, except when Donkey Kong is involved. Prince Plenty is blue-skinned like all the humanoid inhabitants of Kongoland. He is a very soft-spoken and friendly ruler who manages to keep tranquility in Kongoland, even with Donkey Kong on the loose as he has invented a machine that feeds Donkey Kong fruit and keeps him away from the city.
 * Doctor Thomas Light (voiced by Antony Holland) – the genius scientist from Megaland who built Mega Man and Mega Girl, he teams up with the N Team to fight off Dr. Wily and Mother Brain. He also serves as a father figure to Mega Man. He is the Captain N incarnation of Doctor Light.
 * Mega Girl (voiced by Lelani Marrell) – a girl robot with very similar construction to Mega Man, except her armor is pink and white. She wants to be friends with him very much, but is turned away initially as she reminds him that he is not human. She is the Captain N incarnation of Roll.

Featured video games
Because Captain N: The Game Master took place in a world where video games existed as reality, a multitude of video games were used in the thirty-four episodes of the series. In some cases only areas and elements from the game were used, but the protagonist was absent (some examples include Wizards & Warriors, Dragon Warrior, and Metroid). The following video games were portrayed at least once during the series' run with the ones that appeared having their own world in Videoland:
 * The Adventures of Bayou Billy – the setting of Bayouland.
 * Bo Jackson Baseball – the setting of Baseball World.
 * BurgerTime – the setting of Burger Time. The N Team is revealed to have a Warp Zone to this world in the Palace of Power's kitchen as seen in "Gameboy".
 * California Games – this is the setting of the self-titled beach-themed world. In "The Big Game", Kevin Keene reunites with his high school friends where they compete against Dr. Wily's Robot Masters from Mega Man 2. In "A Tale of Two Dogs", Kevin and Mega Man kill time here while waiting for Dr. Light and Dr. Wily to complete their peace-keeping robot.
 * Castlevania
 * Castlevania II: Simon's Quest – music from this game was used.
 * Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse
 * Donkey Kong – the setting of Kongoland. Music from this game was used.
 * Donkey Kong Jr. – in "Simon the Ape-Man", Simon Belmont thought he was Donkey Kong Junior when he had amnesia. Music from this game was used.
 * Dragon Warrior (now referred to as Dragon Quest) – the setting of Dragon's Den.
 * Faxanadu – the setting of the self-titled world and is home to a race of dwarves and elves.
 * Final Fantasy – the setting of the self-titled world.
 * Jordan vs. Bird: One on One – the setting of Hoopworld.
 * Kid Icarus – the setting for Mount Icarus. Music from this game is used.
 * Marble Madness – in the episode "I Wish I Was a Wombatman", the studio world of Marblopolis is structurally inspired by Marble Madness, right down to a giant black marble weapon with which Mother Brain attacks the N Team. Also in the earlier episode "The Trojan Dragon", the theme from the first level of Marble Madness can be heard several times.
 * Mega Man – the setting of Megaland. Music from this game is used and the original Robot Masters appear in "Mega Trouble for Megaland".
 * Mega Man 2 – the Robot Masters from this game are featured.
 * Mega Man 3 – the Robot Masters from this game, Doc Robot, and Gamma are featured.
 * Metroid – the setting of the self-titled world. Music from this game is also used.
 * Nemesis – music from this game is mostly used in Season 2. "The Trojan Dragon", for example, features this game's Stage 2 theme "Fortress" during the first minute of the episode. This same music was also used in the Japan-only Famicom game Gradius II.
 * Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! – the setting of Punch-Out. Music from this game is used.
 * Paperboy – the setting of News World where the Daily Sun newspaper is published.
 * Puss 'n Boots: Pero's Great Adventure – the setting of Puss 'n Boots and is inhabited by anthropomorphic animals.
 * Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves – the setting of Nottingham.
 * Solar Striker – music from this game is used. The episode "Germ Wars", among others, used the Stage 1/2 theme from this game.
 * Super Mario Bros. – in the first episode, Kevin briefly compares the Ultimate Warp Zone to this game. Many of the sound effects came from this game, such as jumping. The music for both the underground and fortress stages also is featured. Also, background music and featured songs were shared with The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!.
 * Super Mario Bros. 2 – music from this game is used.
 * Tetris – the setting of its self-titled world. Music from this game is used.
 * Wizards & Warriors – the setting of Excalibur where it is filled with giant spiders, werewolves, and other known foes. In "Nightmare on Mother Brain's Street", the N Team traveled to the world of Wizards & Warriors and battled the resident villain the wizard Malkil who also appeared on a few times on The Power Team opposite his enemy the knight Kuros.
 * The Legend of Zelda – the setting of Hyrule.
 * Zelda II: The Adventure of Link – Rebonack appears from this game.

Although nearly every major Nintendo franchise at the time was represented at some point or another in the show, the Super Mario games were noticeably absent, although a line mentioning the game is included in the pilot episode comparing the Ultimate Warp Zone that brings Captain N to Videoland to the warp zones in Super Mario Bros. This is likely due to The Super Mario Bros. Super Show, which aired around the same time and featured the characters/world of the Mario games.

Cast

 * Garry Chalk – King Hippo, Donkey Kong, Count Dracula, Rush, Bayou Billy, Malkil, Mayor Squaresly, Additional Voices
 * Ian James Corlett – Dr. Wily, Alucard, Pero, Mega Man (Season 3 only)
 * Michael Donovan – Eggplant Wizard, additional voices
 * Matt Hill – Kevin Keene/Captain N
 * Doc Harris – Narrator
 * Alessandro Juliani – Kid Icarus
 * Andrew Kavadas – Simon Belmont
 * Doug Parker – Mega Man
 * Levi Stubbs – Mother Brain (Credited as "Levi Stubbs, Jr.")
 * Venus Terzo – Princess Lana, Medusa, Kevin's Mom (voice-over only)
 * Tomm Wright – Duke
 * Frank Welker – Game Boy (Season 2 only)

Additional voices

 * Suzanne E. Balcom
 * Long John Baldry – King Charles, Little John, Clock-Man, Poltergeist King
 * Don Brown – Dragonlord
 * Len Carlson – Ganon
 * Babz Chula
 * Violet Crumble
 * Christopher Gaze
 * Tony Dakota
 * Angela Gann
 * Marcy Goldberg
 * Antony Holland – Doctor Light
 * Lee Jeffrey
 * Alex Jordan
 * Annabelle Kershaw
 * Campbell Lane
 * Blu Mankuma
 * Lelani Marrell – Mega Girl
 * Scott McNeil – Proto Man, Dr Wily (Season 3)
 * Colin Meachum
 * Shane Meier – Julio
 * Andrew Narados
 * Pauline Newstone
 * Jonathan Potts – Link
 * Cynthia Preston – Princess Zelda
 * Alvin Sanders
 * Marlow Vella
 * Mark Weatherly
 * Kurt Weldon

Crew
Writers:
 * Jeffrey Scott (13 episodes)
 * Dennis O'Flaherty (4 episodes)
 * Matt Uitz (4 episodes)
 * Michael Maurer (4 episodes)
 * Dorothy Middleton (3 episodes)
 * David Ehrman (2 episodes)
 * Sean Roche (2 episodes)
 * Calvin Kelley (1 episode)
 * Greg Klein (1 episode)
 * Paul Dell (1 episode)
 * Rick Merwin (1 episode)
 * Steven Weiss (1 episode)
 * Ted Alben (1 episode)

Madeleine Bascom – Recording Director (season 3) Marsha Goodman – Recording Director (season 1) Greg Morton – Recording Director (seasons 1–2) Doug Parker – Talent Coordinator Stu Rosen – Recording Director (season 1), Casting (season 2) Alvin Sanders – Recording Assistant (season 2)

Comic series
The Captain N comic book was published by Valiant Comics as part of the Nintendo Comics System in 1990. Despite being based on the television cartoon of the same name, the comics differed heavily from the show. Along with a more serious tone, all third-party characters (Simon Belmont, Mega Man, Dr. Light, the Count, and Dr. Wily) were absent from the comic. Samus Aran, who never appeared in the cartoon, was a recurring character who falls in love with Kevin, and becomes Lana's rival for his affections. When asked by a fan why Samus did not appear in the television series, Jeffrey Scott said that he never heard about her. An article at 1UP.COM describes Samus as "rambunctious, reckless, and gets into @#!*% contests with Lana over Kevin's affections, which makes for some of the most entertaining situations in the series". The reviewer added: "Not to say that the deadly quiet, contemplative Samus who fights for truth and justice in the more recent Metroid games isn't awesome, but there's something compelling about a Samus who's greedy and conniving – and is proud to admit it".

Mother Brain's second-in-command became Uranos, the God of the Sky based on a regular enemy from Kid Icarus. Pit's toga was changed from white to yellow and, in most of the stories, Lana's dress was purple. However, in the comics Lana has a weapon – a scepter she had in concept art, but only had a very brief appearance on one episode of the show.

In the last printed issue of the comic book, a letter column promised that Mega Man would make an appearance, but the comic was aborted abruptly and this never came into existence. The first issue was to be included as a digital reprint on the DVD set, but could not since the rights to the comic are in limbo.

Captain N & The Video Game Masters
Captain N entered broadcast syndication, and aired on local stations from 1992 to 1993 by Rysher Entertainment, Captain N & The Video Game Masters, a 65-episode package which included Captain N: The Game Master, The Legend of Zelda, The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3, and Super Mario World.
 * Video Game Masters had its own theme song, followed by a commercial break, followed by the theme song of whichever series was being shown on that day. The lyrics consisted of "The world of Captain N is here" sung four times.
 * Like The Super Mario Bros. Super Show, action/chase scenes in the first-season episodes were set to studio covers of pop music, such as Bob Seger's "Shakedown" in "Kevin in Videoland" and "Danger Zone" by Kenny Loggins in "Mega Trouble for Megaland". Due to copyright issues, these songs were removed in all later reruns and releases, and replaced by an instrumental glam-rock song from Season 2's "The Feud of Faxanadu".
 * The Zelda episodes were cut for time when aired in the Video Game Masters package and two episodes were shown in each half-hour block.
 * Many episodes also received minor changes when they were released in syndication as part of the Captain N & The Video Game Masters package. All episodes were time compressed and split into two acts instead of three to fit in the time slot for more commercials. All episodes except "The Feud of Faxanadu" used the second season intro and credits. Season 3 episodes also cut out the opening title card for each episode.

Family Channel
Family Channel played only the first 26 episodes from fall 1991 to summer 1992, while season 3 aired on NBC. Episodes were slightly time compressed to fit in more commercials, making episodes around 2 minutes shorter. Episodes were split into 4 acts instead of 2 or 3, adding an extra commercial fade. Family Channel airings also included the featured songs that played on the NBC airing, unlike later airings on WGN, Fox, and USA Network.

USA Network
Starting in the fall of 1993, USA Network briefly began showing reruns of the series on their Sunday lineup of their USA Cartoon Express animation block. Unlike other reruns, USA opted to edit scenes out of various episodes to cut the length down to their required limit in order to fit in more commercials. In 1994, it was taken off in most channels, and this was the last time the series has been shown on US TV.

Alternative versions of episodes

 * "How's Bayou": The original version of this episode that aired on September 16, 1989, differed from the version that aired on all later airings. This version featured some dialogue changes/rearrangements/etc., an alternative piece of instrumental music in the Kevin/Lana dancing scene, and several other small changes elsewhere. Additionally, in the original airing, several shots were missing their backgrounds. The Shout Factory DVD release contains this episode in its unfinished form (albeit with the cover of "Born on the Bayou" replaced with the generic "Mega Move" instrumental and the teaser shown before the intro). When it was first rerun in December 1989 (and on all subsequent reruns), the episode was shown in its finished form, but this finished version has yet to be officially released. The second version circulates online, sourced from videotapes made by viewers in the late '80s and early '90s.
 * "When Mother Brain Rules": This "clip show" episode has at least two different versions. There are many scenes with dialog but no music, and vice versa. In the second version, many of these sequences are changed around, and more color commentary (particularly by Simon Belmont) is added.
 * Some of the Season 1 and season 2 episodes ("Nightmare on Mother Brain Street", "Quest for the Potion of Power", "Invasion of the Paper Pedalers", "Three Men and a Dragon", & "Mr. and Mrs. Mother Brain") were recut to 10 minutes long for airing during season 3 as filler. In addition to being edited, the soundtrack was also re-scored (possibly to accommodate for the edits). Unlike the other four episodes, "Quest for the Potion of Power" was merely split into two parts and had new narration added in, as well as having the music redone.

VHS releases
In the early 1990s, three season 2 Captain N episodes were released on VHS tapes distributed by Buena Vista Home Video in the US ("Gameboy", "Quest for the Potion of Power", and "The Trouble with Tetris"). Each tape contained one episode.

DVD releases and changes
Captain N was released in Region 1 on February 27, 2007, by Shout! Factory and Sony BMG Music Entertainment. Although the set is called The Complete Series, there are some omissions:
 * Season 3 was considered to be part of a different series, due to sharing a half-hour block with the Super Mario World cartoon on NBC in the fall of 1991; copyright holders required that the Captain N and Super Mario World episodes be released together. Captain N & The New Super Mario World has since been released on DVD in a separate two-disc set, as originally broadcast in 1991.
 * Episode 27, "When Mother Brain Rules", which was a clip show episode, was not included on the master tapes that DiC sent to Shout! Factory, so this episode is not included on the DVD set.
 * The unfinished original version of "How's Bayou" is included in this set, rather than the revised version seen in reruns.
 * Shout! Factory received tapes containing Family Channel airings for season 2 episodes (the episodes were cut for time and split into 4 acts instead of 3). Seasons 1 and 3 use their original masters.
 * The opening "teasers" are not included on the DVD set, as these were not a part of Shout! Factory's deal with DiC. The only teaser on the disc is the one for "Kevin in Videoland", featured as a bonus feature on disc one. Some teasers for "Captain N & Super Mario World" are included on the menus of the "Captain N & Super Mario World" DVD.
 * A two-minute-long scene from the episode "Queen of the Apes" is absent from the earliest DVD releases, making the episode run two minutes shorter than the others. Missing from the DVD is the entire "underwater piranha battle" scene involving Kevin and Simon, and some of the "hoisting Mother Brain's body up a cliff" scene with Kid Icarus and Mega Man. Brian Ward of Shout! Factory has stated that this was an authoring error, and a replacement disc program was initiated.
 * Covers of pop songs used in the original broadcasts are replaced with an instrumental version of the "Mega Move" song from "The Feud of Faxanadu" due to concerns over the songs' broadcast rights. The songs in Season 2 were performed exclusively for the series and were not removed.

The DVD set is packaged in two double-disc thin packs. The booklet planned for the set was omitted due to time constraints, as no further delays were wanted.

A single-disc release titled "Adventures in Videoland", containing 4 episodes, was released by NCircle Entertainment on July 22, 2008.

Regional DVD releases
Every episode of Season 3 is available on Australian DVD alongside the entire series of the Super Mario World cartoon, just like in the US.

Pidax released the complete series along with Super Mario World in Germany (with English audio included), in 3 boxsets, but still excluding "When Mother Brain Rules".

Music

 * Haim Saban and Shuki Levy composed all the background music for the first season, while Michael Tavera took over for Season 2 and 3's background score. Tavera also provided orchestrations and arrangements for the music in Season 1.
 * The original NBC airing of "When Mother Brain Rules" in terms of music differed slightly from the syndication version that aired on the video game masters package; the NBC version kept all of Shuki Levy's score in all of the season 1 footage clips, but the syndication version replaced those with Michael Tavera's Season 2 score in the Season 1 clips.
 * Brief in-studio covers of contemporary pop music were used in chase scenes of the first season. These were removed after the show went into syndication, due to copyright issues. Original songs, loosely based on existing music, were used in action sequences in seasons 2 and 3.

Film
Actor and writer Noel Clarke revealed to Digital Spy in an interview that he was interested in developing a live action film adaptation of the series. As of 2024, the film has not started production.

Informational sites

 * The Unofficial Captain N Home Page
 * CaptainN.Net

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A Burnt-Out Case

A Burnt-Out Case (1960) is a novel by English author Graham Greene, set in a leper colony on the upper reaches of a tributary of the Congo River in Africa.

Plot summary
Querry, a famous architect who is fed up with his celebrity, no longer finds meaning in art or pleasure in life. Arriving anonymously in the late 1950s at a Congo leper colony overseen by Catholic missionaries, he is diagnosed – by Dr Colin, the resident doctor who is himself an atheist – as the mental equivalent of a 'burnt-out case': a leper who has gone through the stages of mutilation. However, as Querry loses himself in working for the lepers, his disease of mind slowly approaches a cure.

Querry meets Rycker, a palm-oil plantation owner, and a man of apparently earnest Catholic faith who does not accept his own nothingness and tries to amplify the relevance of Querry's presence in that country. Rycker's wife, a young and ill-educated woman, is absolutely bored with his prudishness and her own lack of freedom.

It is revealed that Querry is a famous architect, known throughout the world for his design and construction of churches – which he himself believes have been defiled by the religious occupants. Querry is persuaded to design and oversee a new building for the hospital.

An English journalist called Parkinson arrives at the village with the intention of writing a series of articles, to be syndicated in many European and North American newspapers, on the subject of Querry's perceived 'saintly' activities in the village, including a story of Querry rescuing his servant – an African mutilated by leprosy- who became lost in the jungle. However Parkinson also brings up Querry's past not only as an architect but also as a womaniser. It is revealed that Querry's former lover committed suicide, thus prompting his journey to the village (however his journey was not the result of feelings of guilt or grief, but rather the incident acted to magnify his growing loss of faith and vocation.) When the first article is published and received at the village, Querry becomes angered by his portrayal, not only by Parkinson, but by Rycker whom Parkinson interviewed for the story. Querry travels to the provincial capital and on the way calls in to confront Rycker. Querry learns that Rycker's wife fears that she is pregnant and that her husband does not want a child (despite having refused contraception and having effectively forced her into sex numerous times). She tells Querry to ask Rycker for permission to travel to the capital Luc to see a doctor. Following a confrontation between Querry and Rycker, Querry leaves for Luc and takes with him Mrs. Rycker so she may visit the doctor, however neither of the two inform Rycker of her departure. Querry never becomes physically intimate with her.

In Luc, Querry and Mrs. Rycker take rooms at the hotel. However, before going to sleep, Querry suspects that Mrs. Rycker is crying in the next room. When he investigates she informs him that she was actually laughing at the novel she is reading – one that would be banned at her home with the pious Rycker – and the two share a bottle of whisky. As Mrs. Rycker is going to sleep, Querry tells her a story which closely parallels his story: a man losing both faith and vocation.

The following morning Parkinson informs Querry that Rycker has arrived in Luc in pursuit of his wife and, upon discovering his wife's diary with an entry stating "Spent the night with Q", Rycker accuses Querry of having an affair. Querry, after briefly meeting Mrs. Rycker and learning that she is pregnant with Rycker's child, leaves Luc and returns to the village, where the construction of the hospital is nearing completion.

Days later Mrs. Rycker arrives at the convent near the village. She tells the sisters and priests that she has been having an affair with Querry and that she is pregnant with his child. When Querry visits her she claims that she thought of Querry whilst having sex with Rycker in an attempt to endure the man, and thus she became pregnant with what she views as Querry's child (despite it being Rycker's). Father Thomas, the temporary supervisor of the village, becomes angry at Querry for bringing shame and sin upon the village (as well as damaging his image as saintly – despite strong objections to having such an image from Querry himself). Rycker arrives at the village and demands to see Querry, who has gone to stay in Dr. Colin's room for the night. Rycker begins to walk to Dr. Colin's stating that a court would never convict him, which troubles the priests – one of whom pursues Rycker to prevent him shooting Querry. Enraged, Rycker confronts Querry. While being accused of adultery, Querry laughs at the absurdity of the accusations. Rycker misinterprets the laugh and becomes angry and shoots Querry, who then dies.

Querry is buried in the village, which fulfills his wish to never return to his old life.

Dedication and literary intentions in novel
Greene dedicated A Burnt-Out Case to Docteur Michel Lechat, a medical doctor at a leper colony in Yonda in Africa (one of a number of such colonies Greene had visited in the Congo and the Cameroons, which had inspired his novel). In his dedication to Lechat, Greene writes: "Doctor Colin has borrowed from you his experience of leprosy and nothing else. Doctor Colin's leproserie is not your leproserie.... From the fathers of your Mission I have stolen the Superior's cheroots--that is all, and from your Bishop the boat that he was so generous as to lend me for a journey up the Ruki."

In reference to the characters in the novel, Greene writes: "It would be a waste of time for anyone to try to identify Querry, the Ryckers, Parkinson, Father Thomas--they are formed from the flotsam of thirty years as a novelist."

Commenting on his literary intentions in the work, Greene wrote that it was, "an attempt to give dramatic expression to various types of belief, half-belief, and non-belief, in the kind of setting, removed from world-politics and house-hold-preoccupations, where such differences are felt acutely and find expression." Drawing a comparison between a leper-colony doctor's work and that of a novelist, Greene adds: "A doctor is not immune from 'the long despair of doing nothing well", the same "cafard that hangs around a writer's life".

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Talk:Presbyterian Church in Taiwan

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This article has lots of room for expansion :)

 * Also, the church has historically been an active proponent of human rights and democracy in Taiwan, a tradition which began during the Japanese colonial period and…

Certainly post-WWII (see, e.g., the several statements it issued at great risk to the organization and its leaders, supporting churches and other individuals) but I'd like to learn more about how its role before then. A-giau 03:56, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)

 * I second. I would love to learn more on this aspect as well. Mababa 06:57, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)

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