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Litton Cheney

Litton Cheney is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in south-west England. It lies 9 mi west of the county town Dorchester. It is sited beneath chalk hills in the valley of the small River Bride. In the 2011 census the parish had a population of 359.

On Pins Knoll, to the west of the village, was once an Iron Age settlement, excavated in 1959. On the same site, in the 4th century, there was also a Romano-British building.

The parish church of St Mary was substantially restored in 1878, though it retains features—notably the tower, chancel arch and parts of the nave and porch—from the 14th and 15th centuries and has a font bowl which is probably Norman; the site originated at this time or earlier.

From 1953 until 1979, The Old Rectory was the home of noted English engraver, designer, typographer and painter Reynolds Stone.

Litton Cheney has a small primary school 'Thorner's Church of England VA Primary School'. The school has a 'Good' OFSTED rating.

Prehistoric monuments
In 1936, the archaeologists Stuart Piggott, Cecily Piggott, and W. E. V. Young came upon what they suggested was a ruined Bronze Age stone circle near to the village. This feature consisted of a circular area measuring 47 feet in diameter that was encircled by a shallow ditch. A single sarsen stone was located on the southeast of the ditch, which the Piggotts suggested may have been the last surviving stone in a circle. A further three sarsen stones were located 90 feet to the south of the circle, but their relation to it was deemed "problematic" by the Piggotts.

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Magasa, Lombardy

Magasa is a town and comune in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy in northern Italy.

Historical and cultural profile
In position on the plateau of Denai, in the Valley of Vestino, inland of Lake of Garda, rises the small village of Magasa, whose origins go back to the Celtics; they called the place mag, the field. The Stoni and the Gallic Cenomani, then the Romans and the Lombards lived here. The Lodrone family established in Magasa from 1200 to 1807; then, for centuries, this has been nobody's land. It became part of Italy in 1919, Magasa was separated from Trentino in 1934, and became a hamlet of Turano.

The ancient administrative autonomy of 1589, was achieved again in 1947. The abundance of pastures has always been significant for the village economy. Dedicated to cattle raising which survives still today in summer mountain barns with production of milk, from which famous cheeses and butter are obtained. The historical core is a crossing of small passages with peasants' high and narrow houses; the church is dedicated to Sant'Antonio Abate, mid 18th century.

Inside, the religious building is characterized by the floor in red and yellow stones from the Denervo mountain. The pleasant hamlet of Cadria is surrounded by a magic natural atmosphere; the people are proud of their small church of San Lorenzo. The church, of allegedly of Lombards origins, was restored in 1547 and is the pilgrimage arrival on occasion of the patron's day, 10 August. An ancient ritual is renewed, instituted by testament in 1588, with the distribution to every participant to the religious celebration of one piece of bread and fifth of wine.

Today, the village of Magasa is the owner of the church and it is morally engaged to comply with the original benefactor's desire to renew the tradition. The bright sky of Cima Rest, free from any pollution, has allowed the association Astrofili di Salò to arrange an Astronomical public observatory.

The haylofts of Cima Rest
The straw-roofed haylofts of plateau Denai and Cima Rest are mentioned for the first time in a document dated 1613. Some historians have established a link between their constructive type and some low Middle Age constructions; other say that Lombards from Hungary built them in 600 a. D.

Their unique architecture is a true masterpiece of efficiency and economy. The steep roof in wheat straw is waterproof. In order not to lose the memory of the places and local culture, one of the haylofts of Cima Rest has become the Ethnographic Museum of the Valvestino.

Municipality

 * Mayor: Federico Venturini
 * Election: 30 March 2010
 * Party: Lista Civica
 * Tel.: 0365 745010
 * EmailComune: info@comune-magasa-bs.it
 * Vice-mayor: Tommaso Mazza
 * Fax: 0365 74049
 * Biblioteca Comunale: via Giuseppe Garibaldi, 1

Mayors 1948–

 * 1948–60, Giuseppe Zeni, Lista Civica;
 * 1960–64, Angelo Gamba, Lista Civica;
 * 1965, Andrea De Rossi, commissario prefettizio;
 * 1965–72, Fioravante Gottardi, Lista Civica;
 * 1972–75, Dino Venturini, Lista Civica;
 * 1975–80, Antonio Zeni, Lista Civica;
 * 1980–91, Evaristo Venturini, Lista civica;
 * 1991–99, Giorgio Venturini, Lista Civica;
 * 1999–2000, Zaira Romano, commissario prefettizio;
 * 2000–05, Ermenegildo Venturini, Lista Civica.
 * 2005–10,    Ermenegildo Venturini, Lista Civica
 * 2010–         Federico Venturini, Lista Civica

Festival and events

 * Feast of Alpine troops in August;
 * Feast of the cheese in Cima Rest in September.

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2004 editor Sarah Barnett is three times the editor (and three times the woman) Emily Braunstein is.

Somebody edited away the pseudonym reference. There will be repercussions.

 * well thanks for that, but I disagree. also, the reason links are provided is so that people can write that article, if you want to remove the Critical Critic, then put it up for deletion, I don't think it is a major page, and probably doesn't deserve to be on Wikipedia.  --Gregstephens 01:15, 13 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Whoever put the list up: can you please extend it further back than that? Michael Appleton was editor in 2003, but from that, I don't know. --Gregstephens 04:14, 30 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Votes for deletion
This page was recently nominated for deletion, and the consensus decision was to keep it, merge it with another article, and/or redirect it to another article. The deletion debate is archived here. ugen 64 22:54, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)

NPOV
someone questioned the NPOV in the controvery section, but where is the "dispute"?
 * I have no idea. And I am going to remove it unless an explanation is given --Midnighttonight 07:45, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

Magazine
When I was at Vic in the 1990s, Salient adopted a magazine format, though it was printed on newsprint. So is 'lately' in the first paragraph correct? Jack Yan 10:58, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

Lindsay Perigo
Is that reference to an article by Perigo relevant to anything or just some sort of attempt to provoke controvesy? Because otherwise it is irrelevant, as it saying "This magazine had a magazine article published in it!" It smacks somewhat of Perigo trying to make himself appear relevant and interesting, which based on his own wikipedia article, he is not. 203.109.207.170 09:37, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Unless the stories sparked a lot of criticism or debate, I don't see the point of the paragraph either. Any such criticism or debate would have to be referenced, and would have to go well beyond the pages of Salient.- gadfium 18:10, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
 * I've removed the relevant material after doing a search for third-party sources. Ballofstring (talk) 00:46, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

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George Steele

William James Myers (April 16, 1937 – February 16, 2017), better known by his ring name George "the Animal" Steele, was an American professional wrestler, school teacher, author, and actor. His career lasted from 1967 until 1988, though he made occasional wrestling appearances into the 1990s and 2000s.

Steele was known around the world as a professional wrestler for the WWE (then known as the WWF) and portrayed Swedish wrestler and actor Tor Johnson in Tim Burton's film ''Ed Wood.

Early life
Myers was born in Detroit on April 16, 1937, and was raised in Madison Heights, Michigan. During high school, he found success in track, baseball, basketball, and football. In 1956, Myers entered Michigan State University as a football player for the Michigan State Spartans, but his career as a football player was immediately cut short as a result of knee problems. In 1961, he was with the Grand Rapids Blazers (UFL).

After earning a Bachelor of Science degree from Michigan State University and a master's degree from Central Michigan University, Myers became a teacher, amateur wrestling coach, and football coach at Madison High School in Madison Heights, Michigan. There he would eventually become a member of the Michigan Coaches Hall of Fame.

Professional wrestling career
Looking to supplement his income, he got into the world of Detroit-area professional wrestling, but in order to protect his privacy, he wrestled using a mask and the name "the Student". Gary Hart served as the Student's manager and had to explain to the announcers why his client could not apply any legitimate holds or maneuvers instead relying on only his undisciplined brute strength. Myers was soon scouted by World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF) champion Bruno Sammartino and began working in Pittsburgh in 1967 on the popular Studio Wrestling TV show broadcast on WIIC-TV (later WPXI-TV) Channel 11. Sammartino had liked the character Myers developed of a wild man with incredible strength. However, he had him drop the mask, as well as the title of the Student. Looking to hide his real name, Myers opted for the alias "George Steele". According to Michigan High School Hall of Fame coach George Steele of Warren, he and Myers were coaching against each other in a high school JV match-up while both were early into their careers. At halftime, Myers approached Steele and told him about his venture into wrestling and that he was looking for a name. Myers allegedly asked Steele if he could use his name, that he liked it a lot and the future Hall of Fame coach told him no problem. Steele states in an interview available on YouTube that he was in Pittsburgh when he was looking for a stage name. Local wrestler "Jumpin'" John DeFazio suggested Jim Steele since he was in the "Steel City". He did not like the first name Jim and he suggested George which is what he eventually went with.

Working well with Sammartino, he was invited for a full run in the WWWF. He told WWWF TV commentator Ray Morgan that he was the nephew of Ray Steele (kayfabe) and had an extensive amateur background. He sold the story by using an array of armlocks on opponents, weakening them for his finisher, the flying hammerlock (Steele would lift his opponents off the mat by a hammerlocked arm). He also revealed his teaching background to interviewers that made his in-ring Neanderthal image all the more incongruous. He wrestled Sammartino to an hour-long draw at Madison Square Garden but lost the rematch. In Boston, being set up to face Sammartino for a long series in that city, he got one of the few clean wins over Victor Rivera, a top babyface, with the flying hammerlock submission, at a huge Fenway Park outdoor show. He was then relegated to a feud with Chief Jay Strongbow, and lost to Edouard Carpentier at the Garden before taking a brief hiatus to reinvent his wildman character.

Steele became a true crazy heel, acting like a wild man in the ring, tearing up the turnbuckle with his teeth and using the stuffing as a weapon as well as sticking out his green tongue (an effect accomplished by eating green Clorets breath mints). The Animal had a stooped posture and a hairless head, but a thick mat of fur on his back; wrestling broadcasters often speculated that The Animal was indeed "the missing link". At best, The Animal could occasionally manage to utter a word or two during interviews with one of them usually being "Duh-da-dahh" or "You! You go!"

As Steele recalled in a later shoot interview, his infamous "Duh-dahh" interview style happened by accident. Throughout his career, Steele prided himself on being able to cut eloquent and effective promos and ranked his mic skills with the best in the business. At a WWF TV taping in the early 1980s, he was cutting one of these promos when Vince McMahon cut him off and reminded Steele that his gimmick was the "Animal", and for an animal, he was "making too much sense". Incensed, Steele did a second take of nothing but garbled and incoherent syllables ("Duhh-dahh"). Steele did this deliberately and out of pure frustration, thinking that McMahon would acquiesce and allow Steele to cut his normal, eloquent promos. Much to Steele's shock, McMahon replied, "That's exactly what I want!", and this would remain Steele's interview style for the rest of his WWF run. Steele started to fully cultivate his gimmick of a menacing imbecile.

Steele eventually became one of the more popular and recognizable wrestlers during most of the 1980s professional wrestling boom. He turned face during Saturday Night's Main Event I when his partners in a six-man match, Nikolai Volkoff and The Iron Sheik, abandoned him to their opponents, Ricky Steamboat and the U.S. Express (Barry Windham and Mike Rotunda), leading to Steele being taken under the wing of the Express' manager, Capt. Lou Albano, who consoled him following the loss. His most famous feud was in 1986 against "Macho Man" Randy Savage, after Steele developed a crush on Savage's valet, Miss Elizabeth. The feud was meant to last only a couple of months (and end with Steele being disappointed), but it proved so popular with fans that it continued well into 1987. Steele later laughingly recalled Savage's jealousy regarding Elizabeth, his real-life girlfriend, and said he assured Savage that he had a daughter older than Elizabeth and that his infatuation was just for the show. Steele would later say that Savage was the most "jealous man" he ever met. During Savage's Intercontinental Championship match against Steamboat at WrestleMania III, Steele—who was in Steamboat's corner—twice interfered in the match. First, he took the ring bell from Savage as he attempted to use it off of the top rope. Secondly, after Savage kicked him and took the bell back, Steele shoved Savage off of the top rope, allowing Steamboat to roll up Savage for the pin to win the championship.

In 1988, Steele began carrying a stuffed animal named "Mine" to the ring. He participated in the Wrestlemania IV Battle Royal but was outside of the ring the whole time. According to Steele, he suffered a knee injury at a house show prior to the event, which was the reason he didn't get in the ring. Late in 1988, Steele retired after being diagnosed with Crohn's disease. Steele then became a road agent for the WWF until he was released in October 1990 due to budget cuts. Soon after, however, Steele was re-hired by the WWF and continued to work as an agent until the late 1990s. Though he left the WWF without any WWF championships behind him, Steele grew to become one of the most recognized and popular figures in WWF history and was inducted into the WWF Hall Of Fame class of 1995.

He returned to wrestling in 1997 working in the independent circuit. Later that year on December 29, he teamed with Taka Michinoku on Monday Night Raw losing to Taka' rival Brian Christopher and Jerry Lawler by disqualification. In 1998, during the WWF's "Attitude Era", Steele returned as part of The Oddities until leaving in 1999. He lost to Greg Valentine at Heroes of Wrestling on October 10, 1999. Then on January 10, 2000, he appeared on an episode of WCW Monday Nitro as one of three legends Jeff Jarrett had to face that night. He continued wrestling in the indies until his final match defeating Angel Armoni at All American Wrestling in Eau Claire, Wisconsin on July 29, 2001.

Eight years later, Steele made an appearance at TNA Wrestling's 2008 Slammiversary pay-per-view event as a groomsman in the wedding for "Black Machismo" Jay Lethal and SoCal Val, along with Koko B. Ware, Kamala, and Jake "The Snake" Roberts.

Steele made a surprise appearance on Monday Night Raw on November 15, 2010, during a match between Kofi Kingston and David Otunga.

Acting career
In 1994, Steele made his professional acting debut as Swedish wrestler-turned-actor Tor Johnson in Tim Burton's Ed Wood. Coincidentally, Steele was often mistaken for Johnson earlier in his career. According to Steele, a New York novelty shop once sold a Tor Johnson mask as a George Steele mask to increase sales, due to Steele's popularity at the time.

In 2008 Steele co-starred with Greg Valentine in a short film entitled Somethin Fishy, in which the two former wrestlers purchase a fishing camp. The film served as the pilot for a comedy series that was not developed further.

Steele also appeared in a Minolta commercial with actor Tony Randall.

Personal life and death
Myers had dyslexia and in 1988 was diagnosed with Crohn's disease, an inflammatory bowel disease that currently has no cure, but can be brought into remission. In 1998, doctors told Myers that his Crohn's Disease had gone into remission and that he no longer suffered from any of the disease's symptoms. In 2002, to prevent the symptoms from returning, Myers had his colon removed.

Myers was a devout Christian. He attended the First Baptist Church Merritt Island and lived in Cocoa Beach, Florida, with his wife Pat, whom he married before he entered Michigan State in 1956. Together, Pat and Jim had a daughter, Felicia, followed by two sons, Dennis and Randy.

On February 16, 2017, Myers died in hospice care due to kidney failure, at the age of 79.

Other media
Steele has four appearances in WWE video games, those being WWE SmackDown! Here Comes the Pain, WWE Champions, WWE SuperCard, and WWE 2K24, in all four games he appears as a legend character. He is also featured in all three games in the Legends of Wrestling series.

His book, Animal, was released on June 1, 2013.

A song about Steele titled "George Steele" appears on the album Charmed Life by punk rock band Half Japanese.

Championships and accomplishments

 * Big Time Wrestling
 * NWA World Tag Team Championship (Detroit version) (1 time) – with Frankie Laine
 * Cauliflower Alley Club
 * Other honoree (2004)
 * Grande Wrestling Alliance
 * GWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
 * National Wrestling Federation
 * NWF North American Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
 * Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame
 * Class of 2005
 * Pro Wrestling Illustrated
 * PWI ranked him # 267 of the 500 best singles wrestlers during the "PWI Years" in 2003.
 * Superstars of Wrestling (Newfoundland)
 * SoW Canadian Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
 * World Wrestling Federation
 * WWF Hall of Fame (Class of 1995)
 * Slammy Award (1 time)
 * Best Performance by an Animal (1987)
 * Wrestling Observer Newsletter
 * Most Embarrassing Wrestler (1987, 1988)
 * Worst Feud of the Year (1987) vs. Danny Davis
 * Worst Tag Team (1986) with the Junkyard Dog

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Talk:Ostracoderm

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Article states: "The gills of osrtacoderms were used not for feeding, but for respiration." Isn't this the normal use for gills? What am I missing? Jeffrey L. Whitledge 22:09, 2004 Oct 20 (UTC)

This is the first time "gills" were used solely for respiration. Previously they were part of the feeding apparatus. At least that is what's meant. If I'm wrong, please LMK.--DanielCD 12:12, 21 Oct 2004 (UTC)

 * That's a lot clearer now, thanks. (I just hope that it's true! :) ) Jeffrey L. Whitledge 21:06, 2004 Oct 22 (UTC)

Ostracoderm polyphyly
Ostracoderms are not a good evolutionary taxon.

"There is a number of taxa of fossil jawless vertebrates which were formerly referred to as the "ostracoderms" ("shell-skinned") because most of them possess an extensive, bony endo- and exoskeleton. The "ostracoderms" lived from the Early ordovician (about 480 million years ago) to the Late Devonian (about 370 million years ago). The relationships of the various groups of "ostracoderms" has been the subject of considerable debate since the mid-nineteenth Century, and the theory of relationship proposed here is far from definitive, yet the best supported by the currently available data. The "ostracoderms" are represented by five major groups, four of which are almost certainly clades: the Heterostraci, Osteostraci, Galeaspida, Anaspida, and Thelodonti (the monophyly of the latter being debated, Thelodonti page). In addition, there are minor groups which only include a few species: the Arandaspida, Astraspida, Eriptychiida, and Pituriaspida. The Arandaspida, Astraspida, Eriptychiida, and Heterostraci are regarded as forming a clade, the Pteraspidomorphi. Some monospecific genera, Jamoytius, Endeiolepis, and Euphanerops, formerly referred to the Anaspida, are now removed from that clade and may be more closely related to lampreys (see Hyperoartia)."

From http://tolweb.org/Vertebrata

 * Yes, it is an excellent evolutionary taxon, but it is not a phylogenetic taxon. The grpup is most certainly ancestral to the jawed vertebrates, and thus form an evolutionary grade of advanced jawless fishes. Petter Bøckman (talk) 08:47, 12 October 2011 (UTC)

Fishes
Should the first line not be 'fish' not 'fishes' ? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pureferret (talk • contribs) 11:02, 10 May 2011 (UTC)

The illustration
The illustration are shwoing to fishes, but only the one on the top is an Ostracoderm, the other one is a jawed Placoderm.84.210.60.115 (talk) 22:20, 27 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Yes, it seems to be so. I tried to clear this question; the best prooflink that I found is this. Stas000D (talk) 14:09, 9 November 2012 (UTC)
 * (update): the best candidate is Pterichthyodes, an antiarch placoderm. Stas000D (talk) 19:32, 9 November 2012 (UTC)

Contradiction?
There seem to be two contradictory statements on whether we will find ostracoderms as a group in the classification system:

"The term does not often appear in classifications today because it is paraphyletic or polyphyletic, and has no phylogenetic meaning."

and

"The Subclass Ostracodermi has been placed in the division Agnatha along with the extant Subclass Cyclostomata, which includes lampreys and hagfishes."

I doubt that these can both be true. Felsenst (talk) 00:27, 9 May 2014 (UTC)

Early fossils?
I removed 'The first fossil fishes that were discovered were ostracoderms", referring to 1830s, as it is clearly wrong (e.g. fossil sardine-like fish were known by Xenophanes (c. 570 – c. 478 BC). But if there is there perhaps a different, correct statement that was meant? Perhaps something closer to "the earliest known fossil fish were ostracoderms"? However, that doesn't seem quite accurate either as other Agnatha seem to be earlier. If anyone knows and can provide a reference, please consider a suitable edit. SciberDoc (talk) 14:12, 23 February 2021 (UTC)

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Mairano

Mairano (Brescian: Maerà) is a town and comune in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy.

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Creative geography

Creative geography, or artificial landscape, is a film editing technique invented by the early Russian filmmaker Lev Kuleshov sometime around the 1920s. It is a subset of montage, in which multiple segments shot at various locations and/or times are edited together such that they appear to all occur in a continuous place at a continuous time. Creative geography is used constantly in film and television, for instance when a character walks through the front door of a house shown from the outside, to emerge into a sound stage of the house's interior.

It was during the filming of his film The Project of the Prait Engineer, that Lev Kuleshov, pioneer of the assembly as the main pillar of a movie, began to investigate and experiment. The assembly was an unexplored field and devoted part of his career as a director to develop theoretically various articles around it. He accidentally discovered the technique that is being described: the creative geography. He lacked plans for the characters in the film watching electric poles, and to solve the problem, he decided to shoot on the one hand, the characters, looking out of the field, and on the other hand, the poles. The characters were not in the same location of the posts, in fact, they were recorded in different areas of Moscow. However, the assembly achieved the effect of creative geography, that is, it seemed that they were in the same place.

A notable and innovative example of creative geography is the TARDIS time machine on Doctor Who, which looks like a police call box on the outside but is much larger on the inside. The viewer knows that the actors are stepping into a prop and then filming at a sound stage that represents the interior, but, via creative geography and suspension of disbelief, the transition is made seamless.

An extreme example of creative geography occurred in the film Just a Gigolo in a dialogue scene featuring the characters played by David Bowie and Marlene Dietrich. Bowie and Dietrich actually filmed their respective parts separately, in two different rooms months apart: editing and shot-matching were employed in an attempt to convince the audience that these two people were in the same room at the same time. At one point, Dietrich's character gives a memento to Bowie's character: to achieve this, she handed the prop to an "extra actor", who then walked out of frame. In a separate shot, a different "extra actor" (playing the same person) walked into frame and gave the prop to Bowie.

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Malegno

Malegno (Camunian: Malégn) is a  comune in Val Camonica, province of Brescia, Lombardy, northern Italy. Malegno lies on the right bank of the river Oglio, and is crossed by the river Lanico.

History
Traces of ancient human activities are represented by two statues-stele, founded in the "Bagnolo" area, west of Malegno.

In 1758 the waters of Lanico flooded the area.

By decree of 1928 the town of Malegno was united with that of Cividate Camuno, forming a single commune until 1947.

Main sights

 * Parish Church of St. Andrew, built between 1706 and 1709.
 * former parish of St. Andrew, modified in the 15th, 16th, and 17th century.
 * Church of Santa Maria at the Bridge, near the Hospital Vallecamonica. It dates from the 14th century.

Culture
The scütüm are, in Camunian dialect, nicknames, sometimes personal, elsewhere showing the characteristic features of a community. The one which characterize the people of Malegno is Crape de Legn, Malignù, Getù.

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United States Navy Physical Readiness Test

A Physical Readiness Test, also known as a Physical Fitness Assessment, or PFA, is conducted by the United States Navy to determine the physical fitness of their sailors.

Standard testing
The Physical Fitness Assessment consists of a Body Composition Assessment (BCA) and a Physical Readiness Test (PRT), which includes a timed cardio event consisting of 1.5 mi run/treadmill or a 500 yd swim (or an alternate cardio consisting of 12-minutes on a stationary bike), timed curl-ups, and timed sit-ups.

PFA scores from lowest to highest are fail, probationary, satisfactory, good, excellent, outstanding, and maximum, with prefixes of low, medium, and high providing further granularity per NAVADMIN 061/16.

Scores for the cardio (time or calories), the curl-ups (number completed in two minutes), and the sit-ups (number completed in two minutes) are determined by age, sex, and time (for run and swim) or calories (for stationary bike).

Other branches of the DoD have similar standards.

2020 planned changes
In 2020, sit-ups were replaced with a plank exercise. Additionally, a rowing machine option was added to the aerobics test.

Elite units
Most branches of the US military use modified, enhanced tests of the regular tests of physical stamina and performance as minimum requirements for applicants to special or elite programs. Some of these programs are SEAL, SWCC, Navy Diver, EOD, and other Special Operations Forces. These tests usually include extra components so that running, swimming, and pullups are all assessed in addition to situps, pushups, and the cardiovascular portion. In some cases pushups techniques and swim strokes may be particular to a certain group, including "diver (triceps) pushups", "combat sidestroke" swim strokes done in full uniform with boots by SEAL and SWCC applicants, and strictly monitored pull-up technique. Within these communities enhanced tests may be given in place of the regular tests, deriving and reporting the data needed for the minimum requirements of the service and maintaining additional data such as swim and pullup data to meet the requirements of their special program.

Deaths
In 2019, an 18-year-old and a 20-year-old woman died due to the physical exertions of the physical tests.


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Talk:Yefet ben Ali

What is "sucessor"?--Neria 22:12, 20 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * I believe I may have mixed up Yefet with another Sage, because I could not find anything about that when I re-read the information about him just now.--Josiah 18:30, 21 Oct 2004 (UTC)

why you change it back? --Neria 20:52, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Name
Can someone write a piece about this guy's name? I mean it is not nothing for a Jew to be named "son of Ali". Why is that? Themalau 09:24, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

In Hebrew his name is ben Eli but he wrote in Arabic and ben Eli would have been arabised as ben Ali, which is how he is generally known. Belfire (talk) 13:36, 2 October 2011 (UTC)

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thematic index for Toccata and Fugue in D minor, J.S. Bach, BWV 565. Scan of older edition, copyright expired.

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Strathspey, Scotland

Strathspey (Srath Spè, ) is the region around the strath of the River Spey, Scotland, split between the Moray council area and the Badenoch and Strathspey committee area of Highland.

The term Strathspey usually refers to the upper part of the strath from the source of the Spey down to the capital, Grantown-on-Spey, whereas the anglicised form, Speyside, refers to the area from Grantown-on-Spey to the mouth of the river at Spey Bay. Recently there has been some controversy over attempts to anglicise the name into Spey Valley. The tourist area from the south starts at Dalwhinnie and continues North along the A9 towards Newtonmore, Kingussie, Aviemore and on towards Grantown-on-Spey. The Canadian merchant Robert Simpson, founder of Simpson's department store, was born there in 1834.

Speyside is one of the main centres of the Scotch whisky industry, with a high concentration of single malt distilleries in the region, including the Glenfiddich and Balvenie distilleries. Scotland's Malt Whisky Trail is a tourism initiative featuring seven working Speyside distilleries, a historic distillery and the Speyside Cooperage. The concept was created in the early 1980s. The region is a natural for whisky distillers because of three benefits: it is close to barley farms, contains the River Spey and is close to the port of Garmouth. The region also hosts the Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival.

Twin towns

 * Grantown-on-Spey, the capital of Strathspey, is twinned with Notre-Dame-de-Monts, Vendée, France
 * Speyside, the area downriver from Grantown-on-Spey, is twinned with Touques, Calvados, France

Notable residents

 * John Robert Grant (1729–1790), a Loyalist officer during the American Revolution and refugee settler in Summerville, Nova Scotia.
 * Fr. Allan MacDonald (1859-1905), a Roman Catholic priest and highly important figure in modern Scottish Gaelic literature, had family roots in Strathspey.
 * Iain Ruadh Stiùbhart (1700–1752), Jacobite Army officer and war poet during the rising of 1745.

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Malonno

Malonno (Camunian: Malòn) is a town and comune in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy, northern Italy. Neighbouring communes are Berzo Demo, Paisco Loveno and Sonico. It is located on the right bank of the river Oglio, in the Val Camonica.

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Projectionless C*-algebra

In mathematics, a projectionless C*-algebra is a C*-algebra with no nontrivial projections. For a unital C*-algebra, the projections 0 and 1 are trivial. While for a non-unital C*-algebra, only 0 is considered trivial. The problem of whether simple infinite-dimensional C*-algebras with this property exist was posed in 1958 by Irving Kaplansky, and the first example of one was published in 1981 by Bruce Blackadar. For commutative C*-algebras, being projectionless is equivalent to its spectrum being connected. Due to this, being projectionless can be considered as a noncommutative analogue of a connected space.

Examples

 * C, the algebra of complex numbers.
 * The reduced group C*-algebra of the free group on finitely many generators.
 * The Jiang-Su algebra is simple, projectionless, and KK-equivalent to C.

Dimension drop algebras
Let $$\mathcal{B}_0$$ be the class consisting of the C*-algebras $$C_0(\mathbb{R}), C_0(\mathbb{R}^2), D_n, SD_n$$ for each $$n \geq 2$$, and let $$\mathcal{B}$$ be the class of all C*-algebras of the form

$$M_{k_1}(B_1) \oplus M_{k_2}(B_2) \oplus ... \oplus M_{k_r}(B_r) $$,

where $$r, k_1, ..., k_r $$ are integers, and where $$B_1, ..., B_r $$ belong to $$\mathcal{B}_0 $$.

Every C*-algebra A in $$\mathcal{B}$$ is projectionless, moreover, its only projection is 0.

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Jack Lukeman

Jack Lukeman (born Seán Loughman 11 February 1973), usually simply known as Jack L, is an Irish songwriter, musician, record producer, vocal artist and broadcaster.

History
A native of Athy County Kildare Ireland, Lukeman attended a youth club in Athy known as Aontas Ogra at the age of 12 years old, where he was involved in artistic ventures as well as playing music there. He left school at 15. After spending a short period in the family business, he began playing music full-time at 18 cutting his teeth on the Bohemian busking scene around Europe in the early 90s. Playing across Holland, Belgium and Germany sometimes playing with art rock band Serious Women with David Constantine and Martin Clancy whom he has continued to collaborate with over the years. His first vocal performance can be heard on Serious Women's album 38SCR, called after the art-house in which they all lived and where the album was made. Lukeman first came to prominence in the summer of 1995 when he and The Black Romantics took up a residency at The Da Club (Dublin Arts Club) in Dublin selling out night after night. The band's set included interpretations of Jacques Brel along with several of Jack's own compositions. The band recorded the album Wax in 1995 before splitting in 1997.

Lukeman established himself as a solo artist and songwriter with his live work and his breakthrough 1999 multi-platinum selling album Metropolis Blue, gaining record deals and touring extensively in the US and Europe, and becoming a regular fixture on U.S college radio with the singles "Rooftop Lullabye", "Georgie Boy" and "Ode to Ed Wood".

John Walshe of Hot Press magazine stated, "Lukeman's voice is powerful and fluid. His range too is impressive, from the deep baritone resonance of 'When The Moon Is High' to the aching falsetto of the magnificent 'Rooftop Lullaby' ... this is a timeless collection of fine songs, beautifully delivered, from an artist as unique as Ireland has ever produced". He released three singles from this album: Georgie Boy, Ode to Ed Wood and Rooftop Lullaby.

Metropolis Blue was followed up with 2001's album Universe. The album was recorded in L.A, Jamaica and Dublin with Greg Wells producing the single "So Far Gone".

The album was supported in 2002 with a run of theatre shows with theatre director Raymond Keane from Barabbas Theatre Company. It was called The Little Universe and combined black box and light theatre with music and earned five star reviews in The Guardian.

2003 saw Lukeman play a 14-week residency of shows in Spirit in Dublin producing the DVD Chez Jack L.

2005 saw the release of studio album written and produced by Lukeman, Broken Songs, which included the radio hit singles "Open Your Borders", "You Can't Get Bitter", "Chocolate Eyes" and "Authentic Fake". Lukeman followed up the success of Broken Songs in 2006 with a live DVD MOMENTO, recorded at the Olympia Theatre.

In 2008, Lukeman released Burn On, an album of Randy Newman songs, which had a performance with the Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra in NYC's South Street Seaport.

In 2010, Lukeman collaborated with writer Anna McPartlin on her new book So What if I'm Broken, in which each chapter was inspired by and named after one of Lukeman's songs. The narrative consisted of the relationship between Jack L fans.

Lukeman was awarded the Edinburgh Spotlight Best Music Award at the World biggest and oldest festival, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2010 for his show "A Month of Mondays".

In May 2011, Lukeman presented a series of radio shows with fellow Irish singer Julie Feeney on Lyric FM called "High Fidelity" tracing the history of recorded song from Edison to the IPOD.

In 2013, Lukeman Released the Great Wall of China EP, a song cycle and travelogue. Kicking off The Great Wall of China Tour saw him support Jools Holland's UK tour.

In 2016, Lukeman performed at RTÉ's Centenary Concert to mark the 100 year anniversary of Ireland's 1916 Rising.

During his musical career Lukeman has worked with composer Brian Byrne, the Nelson Riddle Orchestra, the Brooklyn Philharmonic and producers Greg Wells, Craig Armstrong and Martin Clancy.

Lukeman has also performed over the years supporting or alongside U2, Ronnie Wood, Robert Plant and Jimmy Page, John Lee Hooker, Elvis Costello, Jools Holland, and Marianne Faithfull, and has appeared at venues such as Olympia Paris, Royal Albert Hall in London, and The Lincoln Center in NYC.

Albums

 * Wax (1995, with The Black Romantics)
 * Acoustico (1997, limited release)
 * Metropolis Blue (1999)
 * Universe (2001)
 * Songs from the Little Universe Show (2002)
 * The Amsterdam Album (2005)
 * Broken Songs (2006)
 * Burn On (2008)
 * The Story So Far – The Essential Collection (2009)
 * The 27 Club (2012)
 * The Great Wall of China EP (2013)
 * Northern Lights – Songs for the Winter Solstice (2014)
 * The King of Soho (2016)
 * Magic Days (2017)
 * Streamed: Best of the Lockdown Sessions Vol. 1 (2020)
 * Echo On (2022) – No. 22 Ireland

Guest appearances

 * Echoes: Ancient & Modern by Trevor Horn (2023)

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Talk:George Washington University

Wiki Education assignment: University Writing 1020 Communicating Feminism MW 1 pm
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sentence about first federal university charter is inaccurate?
The second sentence: "it was chartered in 1821 as Washington, D.C.'s first university". But Georgetown University appears to have been first: "President James Madison signed into law Georgetown's congressional charter on March 1, 1815, creating the first federal university charter". (Both Georgetown University and George Washington University are in Washington, DC.) University_charter says: "Georgetown University was the first federally chartered institution of higher education in the United States when President James Madison signed the university's charter into law on March 1, 1815." neatnate (talk) 04:17, 28 March 2024 (UTC)

Edit-warring to remove negative information
An unregistered editor is in the midst of an edit war with multiple editors to remove negative information from this article. Their most recent revert removed this image and paragraph:
 * 2024-0428 George Washington University pro-Palestinian encampment 15.jpg at University Yard, April 28, 2024]]
 * On the first day of classes in August 2022, psychology professor Lara Sheehi allegedly made anti-Semitic comments to students. Students also found anti-Semitic comments on her Twitter account. In January 2023, Jewish students filed a complaint at the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR). As a result of the OCR complaint, school administrators initiated a third-party investigation, contracting independent law firm Crowell & Moring LLP. In May 2023, Crowell & Moring cleared Sheehi of antisemitism charges, having found a lack of supportive evidence to prove the claims. Crowell & Moring, George Washington University administrators, and Jewish students all agreed to pursue remediation. Although George Washington administrators closed their investigation, the OCR investigation remains open.

This has the effect of removing not only a mention of the ongoing protests but also an ongoing investigation of the university by the U.S. Department of Education. I am very sympathetic to arguments that encyclopedia articles should not focus excessively on current news. But a brief mention of these very noteworthy events is reasonable. And focusing solely on removing negative information from the article is, of course, not how Wikipedia works. ElKevbo (talk) 21:16, 7 May 2024 (UTC)

 * There is a section on the page for "controversies" - this paragraph was there until it was moved. The picture was also added, which is meant to draw attention to its importance, so this is not just a brief mention. This paragraph needs to be moved to a controversies section, like other university pages, and this picture needs to be removed, as it does not have the function of showing GW generally- it shows a current event. 73.134.81.186 (talk) 17:14, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

 * "Controversies" sections are typically a bad practice and they're discouraged in general and specifically for articles about colleges and universities. Those events are part of the institution's history and should be placed into larger contexts for readers.
 * And the objection that the photo "does not have the function of showing GW generally" is ridiculous. Nearly all of the photos in the article show specific people, events, or buildings. Are you also going to begin removing them, too? Or are you only opposed to this one because it shows something negative about the university? ElKevbo (talk) 21:47, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

 * Nothing of that statement is encyclopedic and it's not standard to include this type of low-lying current affairs in the article. Harvard University doesn't even mention the 2012 Harvard cheating scandal - why? Because its a current affairs/news that is limited to the here and now - not relevant for an article covering the university and not the current set of students/teachers and their opinions or actions. Cristiano Tomás (talk) 17:38, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

 * It is standard, in many cases, to briefly mention when an institution is under investigation by the government or a similar body (e.g., an accreditor). And the additional text provides necessary context. I'm not opposed to trimming or otherwise editing the text, of course. ElKevbo (talk) 21:47, 13 May 2024 (UTC)
 * There is nothing brief about the text in question and quite frankly it is really only relevant to an article of the professor, not the university. Cristiano Tomás (talk) 16:41, 15 May 2024 (UTC)

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Manerba del Garda

Manerba del Garda is a town and comune in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy. It is located at the southwest side of the Lake Garda.

It is bounded by the comunes of San Felice del Benaco, Puegnago sul Garda, Moniga del Garda, Polpenazze del Garda and Soiano del Lago. Manebra del Garda is divided into the seven hamlets of Solarolo, Montinelle, Balbiana, Pieve, Trevisago, Campagnola and Gardoncino.

History
Manerba was founded, according to the legend, in devotion to the goddess Minerva. Other historians trace the name to the Gauls Cenomani, stemming from the union of the terms mon, leader, and erb, a military zone, identifying Manerba as residence of the chief of the tribe. A charter of Frederick II dating from 1 November 1221 mentions the territory surrounding the ancient Church of Manerba as Tenense, whence its current name, Valtenesi.

The presence of man in the Garda area goes back to prehistoric times: in the Manerba area are remains of a Mesolithic village, while under natural terrace located in the foothills of the Rocca (castle) are traces of a Neolithic settlement from between 4,500 and 4,000 BC, and an important necropolis dating from the Copper Age.

The Valtenesi saw the construction of several castles starting from the 13th century AD, some of which erected on the ruins of Roman forts. The tower of the castle in the center of Manerba represents the convergence point of a radial pattern that connects the towers of all the municipalities around. This is the oldest castle in the Valtenesi, built in the 12th/13th centuries on the ruins of a medieval fortress and of a settlement dating to the Iron Age, and is firmly anchored on the Manerba cliffs hanging over the southern basin of Lake Garda.

Main sights
Manerba is home to several prehistoric pile-dwellings (or stilt house) settlements that are part of the Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Manerba houses the Rocca di Manerba del Garda which is characterized by several archaeological sites.

Municipal government
Manerba is headed by a mayor (sindaco) assisted by a legislative body, the consiglio comunale, and an executive body, the giunta comunale. Since 1995 the mayor and members of the consiglio comunale are directly elected together by resident citizens, while from 1945 to 1995 the mayor was chosen by the legislative body. The giunta comunale is chaired by the mayor, who appoints others members, called assessori. The offices of the comune are housed in a building usually called the municipio or palazzo comunale.

Since 1995 the mayor of Manerba is directly elected by citizens, originally every four, then every five years. The current mayor is Flaviano Mattiotti (FI), elected on 26 May 2019 with the 53.4% of the votes and re-elected on 10 June 2024 with 74% of the votes.

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Supporting character

A supporting character is a character in a narrative that is not the focus of the primary storyline, but is important to the plot/protagonist, and appears or is mentioned in the story enough to be more than just a minor character or a cameo appearance. Sometimes, supporting characters may develop a complex backstory of their own, but this is usually in relation to the main character, rather than entirely independently. In television, supporting characters may appear in more than half of episodes per season. Some examples of well-known supporting characters include Watson in the Sherlock Holmes stories, Donkey in the Shrek films, and Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter series.

In some cases, especially in ongoing material such as comic books and television series, supporting characters themselves may become main characters in a spin-off if they gain sufficient approval from their audience.

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...And Oceans

...And Oceans, previously known as Havoc Unit and Festerday, is a metal band from Finland. It was formed in 1989 as a death metal band, but soon changed its style to symphonic black metal. It released its first album as ...and Oceans in 1998, and in the following years it pursued a less traditional, more industrial-oriented direction.

History
The band was formed in 1989 as Festerday and it originally played death metal. It changed name to ...and Oceans in 1995, and the band's debut release was the symphonic black metal album Dynamic Gallery of Thoughts, released by Season of Mist. The Symmetry of I – The Circle of O followed in 1998. The band signed to Century Media, who issued the A.M. G.O.D.: Allotropic/Metamorphic Genesis of Dimorphism album, described by AllMusic as "definitely one of the band's finest", and the band's profile was raised by a European tour with Marduk, Vader, and Mortician. The band's 2002 album Cypher was described by Allmusic as "Scandinavian cyber-metal", "sounding as if Skinny Puppy and Cannibal Corpse have spawned some kind of terrible, shrieking cyborg baby". Band members also played in Rotten Sound, Deathbound, and 6 Billion Ways to Die.

Havoc Unit
After ten years of existence as ...and Oceans and four full-length albums, the band changed its name to Havoc Unit in 2005. Its first album under the new name was h.IV+ (Hoarse Industrial Viremia), released in 2008. After five years, in 2013 band's name returned to be Festerday.

Return as ...And Oceans
On January 14, 2020, heavy metal label Season of Mist announced the upcoming release of Cosmic World Mother, a new album from the band, now reformed as ...And Oceans.

In October 2022, the band announced their upcoming album, As in Gardens, So in Tombs, would be released on January 27, 2023.

Members

 * Jos.f (Kena Strömsholm) – vocals (1989–present)
 * T.kunz (Timo Kontio) – guitar (1989–present), bass guitar (1992–1995, 1997–present)
 * Heinr.ich (Mika Aalto) – keyboards (1999–present)
 * Sa.myel (Sami Latva) – drums, bass, guitar (2002–present)

…And Oceans

 * de Monde "7Even II" (Teemu Saari) – guitar (1989–2001)
 * Martex "Cauldron, Grief, Mr. Plaster" (Jani Martikkala) – drums (1997–2001)
 * Mr. Oos (Marcus Roos) – bass (1995–1997)
 * Anti "Anzaar" – keyboards (1997–2005)
 * Pete (Petri Seikkula) – guitar (2001–2005)
 * Jallu – bass
 * Piia – keyboards, violin

Festerday

 * Teemu Kilponen – drums (1990–1992)
 * Jakke Mäki – bass (1990–1992)
 * Jari Honkaniemi – bass (1989–1990)
 * Miikka Timonen – drums (1989–1990)
 * Veijo Pulkkinen – drums (1989–1990)

Timeline

As Festerday (1989–1992; 2013–2020)

 * Festerday / Carnifex (split with Carnifex, 1991)
 * Demo II (demo, 1991)
 * Demo III (demo, 1992)
 * Iihtallan (album, 2019)

As ...And Oceans (1995–2005; 2020–2023)

 * Wave (demo, 1995)
 * Promo Tape (demo, 1996)
 * Mare Liberum (demo, 1997)
 * The Dynamic Gallery of Thoughts (1998)
 * War Vol. I (split with Bloodthorn, 1998)
 * The Symmetry of I - The Circle of O (1999)
 * ...and Oceans (box set, 2000)
 * mOrphogenesis (EP) (2001)
 * A.M.G.O.D. (Allotropic/Metamorphic Genesis of Dimorphism) (2001)
 * Cypher (2002)
 * The Dynamic Gallery of Thoughts / The Symmetry of I – The Circle of O (compilation, 2003)
 * Cosmic World Mother (2020)
 * As in Gardens, So in Tombs (2023)

As Havoc Unit (2005–2013)

 * Havoc Unit / And Then You Die (split with And Then You Die, 2007)
 * Synæsthesia - The Requiem Reveries (2007)
 * Havoc Unit / ...and Oceans (2007)
 * h.IV+ (Hoarse Industrial Viremia) (2007)

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Talk:Benchmade

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My apologies. I've gotten so used to companies that are just one among tens of thousands in their field; I didn't realize this was one which actually was notable in its field. -- Antaeus Feldspar 22:17, 20 Oct 2004 (UTC)

The following (unsigned) comment was in the article, I have moved it here:
 * I believe Benchmade was first named Pacific Cutlery.

--EngineerScotty 06:41, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

Thank you.
I ran across the Benchmade article on Wikipedia and edited the "Company Profile" link. The article is great. The Company Profile however pointed to a distributor's website which could be misleading.

Oregon Law
the article claims that there are no provisions against owning switchblades in Oregon.

I found a source at benchmade.com that confirms this, but I'd rather link to an actual legal document.

The only things I've found so far are the following:
 * "An Oregon district court wrestled with the precise issue before this Court in United States of America v. 1,044 Balisong Knives, CIV NO. 70-110 (D.C.Oregon 1970), finding that "Although a person with the requisite skill can rapidly open a Balisong knife with one hand, the knives do not have blades which open automatically by operation of inertia, gravity, or both." "

But OTOH, I've found a statute that explicitly states that:
 * "any person who carries concealed upon the person any knife having a blade that projects or swings into position by force of a spring or by centrifugal force, any dirk, dagger, ice pick, slungshot, metal knuckles, or any similar instrument by the use of which injury could be inflicted upon the person or property of any other person, commits a Class B misdemeanor."

It seems odd to me that if that snippet (from the official state website) is the relevant legislation, that Benchmade should still be stating that:
 * "If you live in the state of Oregon, please email info@benchmade.com and attach a digital photo or scanned image of your Oregon Driver License for review and approval of restricted purchases online."

Anyway, I'm still searching but if someone finds/knows anything, I'd appreciate a message :-) --User24 22:34, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

 * Hi, thanks for looking for citations. If you didn't already you can try searching the Oregon Revised Statutes here: . Let me know if you need more help. I'm not particularly interested in knives, but I used to work with ORS. Katr67 23:16, 4 November 2006 (UTC) P.S. The 2005 ORS is the most up-to-date version of the law, so that should be what is cited. Katr67 23:17, 4 November 2006 (UTC)
 * OK, I couldn't resist looking. The annotated version of ORS 166 reveals a lot of info if you search for "switchblade": ORS 166 anno. Katr67 23:21, 4 November 2006 (UTC)
 * heh, no prob; I'm into both knives and law (though my legal experience is amateur UK law)-anyway, thanks for that link; it helps, but I still don't understand fully, all the cases seem to conclude that it's fine for people to carry switchblades, but the legislation seems to pretty clearly outlaw them, unless the case history overrides the statute, or the statute is out of date. --User24 23:34, 4 November 2006 (UTC)
 * I don't know what to tell you--Oregon has some pretty weird laws, and we like it that way. :) I really should step away from the computer, but I'll look over the case law stuff when I get a minute. Maybe the article could be worded to read something like "although switchblades are illegal in Oregon, various interpretations of Oregon law say blahblahblah...." Katr67 23:44, 4 November 2006 (UTC)
 * perhaps, but I'm wondering whether it's actually central enough to the article in the first place to warrant a full investigation (such as the one I've been on tonight - d'oh!).
 * Anyhow, I'll probably dig around at some later date and if in the meantime you've found something, that'd be cool :-) thanks for the help --User24 23:49, 4 November 2006 (UTC)
 * LOL "I'm wondering whether it's actually central enough to the article in the first place to warrant a full investigation"--true dat. :) Katr67 23:58, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

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Point of View Questions
This article seems to have a significant number of borderline statements, such as "Benchmade has had several years of growth and has expanded both the variety of knives it produces and the facility itself." This is good content for a local news article or a corporate press release, but is it significant enough to belong in an encyclopedia? The tone of this whole article seems like an underhanded brand promotion. Thoughts? It is also worth noting that three-fourths of the citations are from the Benchmade site itself and others are from articles like "Oregon's Sharpest Store," which, ironically, links as unavailable to some Chinese site. - zfJames Please ping me in your reply on this page  (chat page, contribs) 20:54, 24 April 2018 (UTC)

Took a while for anyone to respond to this, but I stumbled into this and also notice a commercial tone in the article, in addition to an actual extensive product list which is not really standard issue for a Wikipedia article. Galebazz (talk) 22:05, 17 September 2021 (UTC)

 * I mean, I think that some of them are fine, as the griptillian and infidel for example are knives that benchmade is famous for making, but I think that it probably might improve the article to remove the other products. Insanityclown1 (talk) 20:46, 28 April 2024 (UTC)

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Manerbio

Manerbio (Brescian: Manèrbe) is a town and comune in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy, northern Italy. It received the honorary title of city with a presidential decree on May 14, 1997.

Toponomy
The name Manerbio derives from Latin Minervium, due to the ancient necropolis found in its territory which was sacred to Minerva, a Roman goddess.

History
The territory was inhabitated since the Neolithic. During the Bronze Age, where are actually present the Madonna della Stalla and the Fornasetta farmhouses, there were two etruscan villages. Afterwards, the Celts inhabitated the area. In the Manerbio countryside, has been founded some celtic phaleras from the 1st century BC (now contained in the Santa Giulia Museum, in Brescia) and 4200 dracme padane, silver money from the 2nd and the 1st century BC.

During the Roman era, Manerbio (lat. Minervium) was crossed by the Via Brixiana, a Roman consular road which connected Cremona (lat. Cremona) to Brescia (lat. Brixia), from which Roman roads passed and then branched out towards the entire Cisalpine Gaul. Between the 1st century BC and the 3rd century AD, in Manerbio was located a necropolis sacred to Minerva. During this period, in Manerbio was also located at least five roman villas.

During the Middle Ages, in Manerbio was located a castle which during the conflict between Guelphs and Ghibellines get besieged and destroyed by the Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV (1191) and by the King of Sicily Charles of Anjou (1271). Due to the conflict between the Duchy of Milan and the Republic of Venice, it get renewed and engaged in sieges several times.

During the Venetian rule, the town was at the head of its Quadra.

Manerbio began to be a point of reference for the neighbouring town when, due to the Battle of Solferino (1859), arose many rescue facilities which subsequently evolved in a hospital.

In 1907 started the Lanificio di Manerbio's activity, which became Marzotto in 1927. It was the biggest industrial building in the Bassa Bresciana until its closure (2003).

Transportation
Manerbio has a railway station on the Brescia–Cremona line.

Notable people

 * Angelo Aimo, Italian retired footballer

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Single malt

Single malt may refer to:

 * Single malt arrangement, a tax structure used by U.S. corporations in Ireland
 * Single malt whisky, a malt whisky from a single distillery
 * Single malt Scotch, a malt whisky from a single Scotch distillery

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Kidnapping and killing of Margaret Hassan

Margaret Hassan (Fitzsimons; 18 April 1945 – 8 November 2004) was an Irish aid worker who had worked in Iraq for many years until she was abducted by unidentified assailants in Baghdad during the Iraqi insurgency. Her captors subsequently filmed and released a video of her stating that she was living her "last hours" before she pleaded for the withdrawal of British troops from Iraq; she has not been seen since, and her remains were never recovered.

Hassan was born in Dublin, Ireland, in the final months of World War II. Her family soon immigrated to the United Kingdom, where she ended up marrying an Iraqi man who had been studying in London. She relocated to Iraq with him in the 1970s, eventually learning Arabic and becoming an Iraqi citizen. Hassan remained in Baghdad during the Iran–Iraq War and the Gulf War.

Life and career
She was born Margaret Fitzsimons in Dalkey, County Dublin, Ireland, to parents Peter and Mary Fitzsimons. However, soon after the end of World War II her family moved to London, England, where she spent most of her early life and where her younger siblings were born.

Marriage and immigration to Iraq
At the age of 27, she married Tahseen Ali Hassan, a 29-year-old Iraqi man studying engineering in the United Kingdom. She moved to Iraq with him in 1972, where she began work with the British Council of Baghdad, teaching English. Eventually she learned Arabic and became an Iraqi citizen.

She remained a Roman Catholic throughout her life and never converted to Islam as was widely reported after her death. A requiem Mass was held for her, after her death was confirmed, at Westminster Cathedral by Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor.

During the early 1980s, Hassan became the assistant director of studies at the British Council; later in the decade she became director. Meanwhile, Tahseen worked as an economist. She remained in Baghdad during the 1991 Gulf War, although the British Council suspended operations in Iraq, and she was left jobless at the end of it.

Gulf War aid efforts
Hassan joined humanitarian relief organisation CARE International in 1991, the aid group having established itself in Iraq during that year. Sanitation, health, and nutrition became major concerns in the sanctioned Iraq; she became a vocal critic of the United Nations restrictions. She was opposed to the United States invasion of Iraq in 2003, arguing before it that the Iraqis were already "living through a terrible emergency. They do not have the resources to withstand an additional crisis brought about by military action". Margaret was crucially involved in bringing leukaemia medicine to child cancer victims in Iraq in 1998.

By 2004, she was head of Iraqi operations for CARE. Well known in many of Baghdad's slums and other cities, Hassan was especially interested in Iraq's young people, whom she called "the lost generation". Her presence could draw large crowds of locals.

Abduction during the Iraq War
Hassan was kidnapped in Baghdad on 19 October 2004, and was killed some weeks later on 8 November. In a video released of her in captivity she pleaded for the withdrawal of British troops. She stated that "these might be [her] last hours", "Please help me. The British people, tell Mr Tony Blair to take the troops out of Iraq and not bring them here to Baghdad", and that she did not "want to die like Mr Bigley", a reference to Kenneth Bigley, who had been executed in Iraq only weeks earlier.

Patients of an Iraqi hospital (where her work had some effect) took to the streets in protest against the hostage takers' actions. On 25 October, between 100 and 200 Iraqis protested outside CARE's offices in Baghdad, demanding her release. Prominent elements of the Iraqi insurgency, such as the Shura Council of Fallujah Mujahideen, along with Iraqi political figures such as the Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, condemned the kidnapping and called for her release. On 2 November, Al Jazeera reported that the kidnappers threatened to hand her over to the group led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi who were responsible for the execution of Kenneth Bigley. On 6 November, a statement purportedly from al-Zarqawi appeared on an Islamist website calling for the release of Hassan unless the kidnappers had information she was aligned with the invading coalition. However, the statement could not be authenticated. Hassan's whereabouts were unknown in the video.

On 15 November, US Marines in Fallujah uncovered the body of an unidentified blonde- or grey-haired woman with her legs and arms cut off and throat slit. The body could not be immediately identified, but was thought unlikely to be Hassan, who had brown hair. There was one other Western woman known missing in Iraq at the time the body was discovered, Teresa Borcz Khalifa, 54, Polish-born and also a long-time Iraqi resident. Khalifa was found alive and rescued from her hostage takers on 20 November.

On 16 November, CNN reported that 'CARE' had issued a statement indicating that the organisation was aware of a videotape showing Hassan's execution. Al Jazeera reported that it had received a tape showing Hassan's murder but was unable to confirm its authenticity. The video showed Hassan being shot with a handgun by a masked man. It is not known who was responsible for Hassan's abduction and alleged murder.

The group holding her never identified itself in the hostage videos.

Aftermath
CARE International suspended operations in Iraq because of Hassan's kidnapping. The last CARE project Hassan completed was one for children with spinal injuries. The director of the spinal cord clinic she supported in Baghdad, Qayder al-Chalabi, called her loss a huge blow to all Iraqis. "(The killers) made a very big mistake. This was a [sic] wrong person", he said on 17 November. "We need to admire and remember her. We must have a ceremony every year to remember her". He believed that a statue should be erected in her honour.

At least eight other women kidnapped and tortured by insurgents during the conflict were found and rescued from captivity (Simona Pari, Simona Torretta, Florence Aubenas, Giuliana Sgrena, Teresa Borcz Khalifa, Hannelore Krause, Marie Jeanne Ion, and Jill Carroll). It is unclear why Margaret Hassan, who was opposed to the war, lived in Iraq for many years, held Iraqi citizenship, was married to an Arab Muslim and spoke fluent Arabic was killed; the kidnappers did not identify their group nor their aims. In 2010, her family said that they continued to hope that her remains would be found and returned to them for a Christian burial.

Investigation
On 1 May 2005, three men were questioned by Iraqi police in connection with the murder. On 5 June 2006, news reports emerged that an Iraqi man by the name of Mustafa Salman al-Jubouri has been sentenced to life imprisonment for "aiding and abetting the kidnappers" but two other men were acquitted. Margaret Hassan's family said the verdict left them "devastated and appalled". It is unclear what role the others who were acquitted played in the kidnapping or the role of the suspect who was found guilty. Al-Jubouri appealed this sentence and was given a shorter imprisonment.

Arrest of Ali Lufti Jassar al-Rawi (2008)
An Iraqi man named Ali Lutfi Jassar al-Rawi, also known as Abu Rasha, an architect from Baghdad, was arrested by Iraqi and US forces in 2008 after contacting the British Embassy in Baghdad and attempting to extort 1 million dollars in return for disclosing the location of Hassan's body. He reportedly had knowledge of an intimate detail about Hassan, known only to her closest relatives and friends, which he used to validate his knowledge of her whereabouts. Though Jassar signed statements confessing to the charges, he pleaded not guilty, stating he was forced to sign them after receiving beatings and electrical shocks during questioning. "I have nothing to do with Hassan's abduction and I did not see or talk to her," Jassar said.

On 2 June 2009, the Press Association reported that Jassar was given a life sentence by Baghdad's Central Criminal Court for being involved in Hassan's abduction and murder, and for attempting to blackmail the British Embassy. Hassan's family welcomed the court's decision but pleaded with Jassar to tell them where her body is so they can return her to Britain for burial.

Escape of Jassar from prison (2010)
On 14 July 2010, a day before Jassar was due to appear in court for retrial, it was reported that he could not be located in the prison facility where he was being held. He had been missing for a month. He had not appeared at any of the previous retrial dates, which led to concerns that he had been released. Jassar recently transferred to a Baghdad jail after being held in northern Iraq. Jassar was not found after checking with both facilities. The director of Iraq's prisoner transfer system told an appeals judge that the killer's whereabouts were unknown. Hassan's family and lawyer believe the prisoner has escaped.

On 22 August 2010 Iraq's deputy justice minister, Busho Ibrahim, said Jassar had been helped to escape from Baghdad central prison, formerly Abu Ghraib, during riots in September 2009 stating that "This guy [Jassar], he escaped from prison. People facilitated his escape, he is gone," and that "He seized the opportunity of the riots in the prison in September 2009 and he escaped. He was the only one who escaped". The minister also added that he discovered Jassar's escape about "20 or 30 days ago."


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King Kong Bundy

Christopher Alan Pallies (November 7, 1955 – March 4, 2019) was an American professional wrestler, stand-up comedian and actor better known by his wrestling gimmick and ring name, King Kong Bundy. Under this gimmick, he portrayed a pugnacious, trash-talking villain character.

He appeared in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in the mid-1980s and mid-1990s and wrestled in the main event of WrestleMania 2 in 1986, facing Hulk Hogan in a steel cage match for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship. He also headlined the inaugural Survivor Series in 1987, as well as the first edition of Extreme Championship Wrestling's flagship event, November to Remember, in 1993.

Early life
Christopher Alan Pallies was born in Woodbury, New Jersey, on November 7, 1955, to Donald Pallies, a railroad freight agent, and Margret (McCarthy) Pallies, a department store clerk. He attended Washington Township High School in Sewell, New Jersey, graduating in 1974. He had two sisters and three brothers. While in high school, Pallies wrestled heavyweight on the wrestling team. He won two regional titles. His brother Jeff, also a member of the wrestling team, later wrestled for Glassboro State, now known as Rowan University. He was a two-time Metro Conference champion.

Early career (1981–1985)
Pallies was trained to wrestle by Larry Sharpe at the "Monster Factory" in Bellmawr, New Jersey. He debuted on March 7, 1981, wrestling for the World Wrestling Federation under the ring name "Chris Canyon". His first victory was against Strong Kobayashi in WWF on July 10, 1981. In the early years of his career, he also used the name "Chris Cannon". In 1982, Pallies relocated to Texas, where he joined the World Class Championship Wrestling. He was developed by the Von Erich family as the babyface "Big Daddy Bundy" (after Shirley Crabtree's "Big Daddy" moniker), wearing blue jeans with a rope belt, but turned heel following a dispute with the Von Erich Family, and was recruited by "Playboy" Gary Hart and dramatically reintroduced as "King Kong Bundy", with the "Big Daddy" portion of his moniker replaced by the name of cinematic monster, King Kong, wearing the black singlet for the first time to signify his change. He lost his hair during the feud, adding to his signature look. Bundy was Fritz Von Erich's opponent for Fritz's 1982 retirement match at the Fritz Von Erich Retirement Show held at the Texas Stadium. He also competed in various territories such as the American Wrestling Association and Georgia Championship Wrestling where he teamed with the Masked Superstar to defeat his former stablemates the Road Warriors for the NWA National Tag Team Championship. He also had a tendency to demand a five-count (as opposed to the usual three count) for pinfalls whenever he dominated his opponent in a squash match, a gimmick he began while wrestling for Mid-South Wrestling. During this time Bundy also wrestled in Memphis often teaming with Rick Rude and Jim Neidhart against opponents such as Jerry Lawler.

WWF Championship pursuit (1985–1986)
After making a few appearances on New Japan Pro-Wrestling/World Wrestling Federation joint shows in early 1985, Bundy officially debuted in the WWF on the March 16, 1985 airing of WWF Championship Wrestling, defeating Mario Mancini. First managed by Jimmy Hart, he was immediately pushed with dominating victories over all of his opponents. Bundy also reprised his gimmick of demanding a five-count from the referee while pinning an opponent, to show how badly he had beaten his hapless opponent. He defeated S. D. Jones in what was announced as only nine seconds at the first WrestleMania at Madison Square Garden (it was actually about 17 seconds). This remained the shortest match in WrestleMania history until 2008 when Kane defeated Chavo Guerrero Jr. in a legitimate eight seconds at WrestleMania XXIV.

In September 1985, Hart traded Bundy to manager Bobby Heenan in exchange for Adrian Adonis and The Missing Link. After joining the Heenan Family, Bundy feuded extensively with André the Giant, a feud which started during an angle where Bundy interfered in one of André's matches and delivered several splashes, giving the Giant a broken sternum. They feuded for several months, including a pair of tag team matches on Saturday Night's Main Event II and III in late 1985, where Bundy, and André's other nemesis, Big John Studd, first faced André and Tony Atlas and then André and WWF World Heavyweight Champion Hulk Hogan. On September 23, 1985, Bundy faced André the Giant at Madison Square Garden in a match billed as "the Colossal Jostle". André dominated the match, with the match ending after Big John Studd came from the locker rooms to Bundy's aid and attacked the Giant, causing a disqualification. Bundy also began targeting Hogan and the WWF World Championship in late 1985. At Saturday Night's Main Event V, Hogan was dominating challenger the Magnificent Muraco when Bundy (with Heenan in tow) ran to ambush Hogan. With Muraco's help, Bundy repeatedly gave Hogan avalanches and big splashes, which caused Hogan to severely bruise his ribs. Bundy demanded a match and claimed Hogan was afraid of him, setting up their feud. Hogan demanded revenge and agreed to a steel cage match for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship as the main event of WrestleMania 2 in the Los Angeles portion of the event, which Hogan won.

Various feuds (1986–1988)
Later in 1986, Bundy reformed his tag-team partnership with Studd and began a feud with The Machines, Bill Eadie and Blackjack Mulligan wrestling under masks (as the Super Machine and Big Machine, respectively) and often joined by Andre the Giant (as the Giant Machine). The storyline was that Bundy and Studd, along with Heenan, claimed that the Giant Machine was a masked Andre the Giant, and was competing under the mask and alias to circumvent an earlier suspension (due to no-showing for an event), but none of them ever proved that Andre and the Giant Machine were one and the same. Eventually, Bundy and Studd began teaming up with Heenan in a series of six-man tag team matches against the Machines (usually, Big and Super; as Andre's health was starting to deteriorate at this time, the Giant Machine made occasional appearances, but more often than not, it was either Captain Lou Albano or a number of popular faces—often, Hogan, Roddy Piper and others—who teamed with the other Machines). Bundy and Studd were regularly beaten, but won their last match over the Super-Big version of the Machines at Madison Square Garden. Also in the latter half of 1986, Bundy and Studd received shots at the WWF Tag Team Championship against The British Bulldogs, but were unsuccessful, often losing by disqualification. Studd left the WWF shortly after their last match with the Machines, and Bundy went back to singles competition.

At WrestleMania III, Bundy was involved in a mixed six-man tag team match, teaming up with midget wrestlers Little Tokyo and Lord Littlebrook against Hillbilly Jim, the Haiti Kid and Little Beaver. During the match, after being pestered by Beaver, Bundy body-slammed him and delivered a big elbow, causing his team's disqualification and his own tag partners to turn against him. At the 1987 King of the Ring on September 4, Bundy made it to the finals of the King of the Ring tournament, where he was defeated by Randy Savage. In November 1987, Bundy defeated Hulk Hogan via a count-out on an episode of Saturday Night's Main Event XIII, but lost to Hogan in a rematch on the next episode of the series; the match was best known for the referee becoming legitimately injured when he was accidentally caught between Hogan and a charging Bundy, and Andre the Giant's post-match attack of Hogan shortly after Bundy left ringside. Although no longer appearing on the WWF's syndicated TV shows, Bundy continued to wrestle house shows in early 1988 (often losing to Bam Bam Bigelow); his last match during his initial WWF run was a televised match at Madison Square Garden in February 1988, teaming up with Butch Reed in a loss to Don Muraco and The Ultimate Warrior.

Semi-retirement (1988–1994)
After leaving the WWF in 1988, Bundy went into semi-retirement, wrestling only a handful of matches. In 1993, he wrestled in the main event of Eastern Championship Wrestling's inaugural November to Remember supercard, appearing as the mystery tag team partner of Terry Funk in a losing effort against Road Warrior Hawk and Sabu. On May 13, 1994, Bundy defeated Papa Shango at NWA New Jersey. In the summer of 1994, he made a couple of appearances for United States Wrestling Association and also feuded with "Friendly" Frank Finnegan in the WWA in 1994.

Return to WWF (1994–1995)
Bundy returned to the WWF in the fall of 1994 as a member of Ted DiBiase's stable, The Million Dollar Corporation. He had a successful pay-per-view return at the Survivor Series, when he and fellow "Million Dollar Team" member Bam Bam Bigelow survived a match against Lex Luger's "Guts and Glory" team. Bundy was then billed as a favorite in the 1995 Royal Rumble, but lasted only three minutes before being eliminated by another big man, Mabel. Bundy made his return to WrestleMania at WrestleMania XI, where he was defeated by the Undertaker, Bundy was later pushed down the card before being released in October 1995 after teaming with Kama losing to Bam Bam Bigelow and Henry O. Godwinn for a dark match for WWF Superstars of Wrestling.

Late career (1995–2007)
After leaving the WWF in late 1995, Bundy wrestled for several independent promotions in the United States including the WWA where he had wrestled in 1994. In April 1997, he resurfaced in magazines when he joined a faction managed by Kenny Casanova called "Camp Casanova" along with "Danger" Dave DeJohn and the Masked Maniac at times in USWF, NBW, and USA Power Pro Wrestling. In a match against "the Seven Foot Tall" Primo Canera III, Bundy knee-dropped his opponent and then "Bundy-splashed" him. The impact actually broke the ring, leaving the two grapplers in a pit in the center of the squared circle. This independent footage was picked up by Pro Wrestling Illustrated. His feuds against "Superfly" Jimmy Snuka, Doink the Clown, and Tom Brandi were among many main events in the northeast independent circuit. In 1999, at the Kolf Arena in Oshkosh, Wisconsin he won the AWA Superstars of Wrestling Heavyweight Championship from Jonnie Stewart. Later that same year, Bundy the reigning AWA heavyweight champion, wrestled again headlining an AWA "Super Event" at the Dee Events Center in Ogden, Utah. That night ended differently for Bundy, losing a "body-slam match" to Koszmar Polski who was managed by Ken Patera. Bundy still wrestled across the country, primarily in the Southern and Eastern United States. He generally continued to be a headliner and a crowd favorite at all events he attended. King Kong Bundy's last match is thought to have been at the Legends of Wrestling Show at the Pulaski County Fair in Somerset, Kentucky in 2007. Bundy lost to "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan in that main event. He defeated Richard Byrne in May 2007 at Big Time Wrestling in Springfield, Massachusetts in which was also his last and final match of his wrestling career.

Acting and stand-up comedy career
In 1986, Pallies appeared in television commercials and print advertisements for the Vendex HeadStart personal computer. Bundy had two guest spots and one bit part on Married... with Children, as the creators had named the lead characters "Bundy" as an homage to him. In 1987, he played Uncle Irwin, the brother of Peggy Bundy. In 1995, he appeared again as the King Kong Bundy character, teaching Bud how to wrestle. In 1988, he appeared in the Richard Pryor film Moving as Gorgo, part of a trio of ex-cons who are insolent and careless movers. In 1996, he appeared on an episode of Weird Science as himself. He is on the cover of Belgian band Belgian Asociality's 2009 album Kabaal. On April 24, 2008, he was on a Norwegian TV show called Golden GOAL!. Bundy also starred as Otto Belmar in the 2011 independent film Fight the Panda Syndicate.

After retiring from wrestling, Pallies would also try a career in stand-up comedy. He would perform regularly at various comedy clubs such as the Coffee Dot Comedy in Sea Isle City.

Personal life
Pallies was previously married and had a son named David that Pallies raised as his own. Pallies was fond of cats and had "about 10" at the time of his death.

In July 2016, Pallies joined a class action lawsuit filed against WWE which alleged that wrestlers incurred "long term neurological injuries" and that the company "routinely failed to care" for them and "fraudulently misrepresented and concealed" the nature and extent of those injuries. The suit was litigated by attorney Konstantine Kyros, who has been involved in a number of other lawsuits against WWE. The case was dismissed by US District Judge Vanessa Lynne Bryant in September 2018. Anthony Mango of Bleacher Report wrote that Pallies had a strained relationship with WWE over the years and his involvement in the lawsuit likely prevented the company from inducting him into their Hall of Fame.

Death
On March 4, 2019, Pallies died from complications of diabetes at his home in Glassboro, New Jersey, at the age of 63.

Championships and accomplishments

 * AWA Superstars of Wrestling
 * AWA Superstars of Wrestling Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
 * Continental Wrestling Association
 * NWA/AWA Southern Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
 * NWA/AWA Southern Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Rick Rude
 * Georgia Championship Wrestling
 * NWA National Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with The Masked Superstar
 * International Pro Wrestling
 * IPW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
 * International Wrestling Superstars
 * IWS United States Championship (1 time)
 * Maryland Championship Wrestling
 * MCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
 * Memphis Wrestling Hall of Fame
 * Class of 2022
 * Midwest Championship Wrestling
 * MCW Championship (1 time)
 * NWA New York
 * NWA New York Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
 * Pro Wrestling Illustrated
 * Ranked No. 147 of the top 500 wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 1995
 * Ranked No. 124 of the top 500 wrestlers during the PWI Years in 2003
 * Richmond Championship Wrestling
 * RCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
 * Top Rope Wrestling
 * TRW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
 * World Class Championship Wrestling
 * NWA American Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
 * NWA American Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Bill Irwin (1) and Bugsy McGraw (1)
 * World Wide Wrestling Alliance
 * WWWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
 * World Wrestling Federation
 * Slammy Award (2 times)
 * Bobby "The Brain" Heenan Scholarship Award (1987) with Haku, Tama, André the Giant, Hercules, and Harley Race
 * Most Evolutionary (1994) – Tied with Gorilla Monsoon

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Marcheno

Marcheno (Brescian: Marché) is a town and comune in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy. Neighbouring communes are Casto, Gardone Val Trompia, Lodrino, Lumezzane, Marone, Sarezzo, Tavernole sul Mella, and Zone. It is located in the Trompia valley.

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Marmentino

Marmentino (Brescian: Marmintì) is a town and comune in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy. Neighbouring communes are Bovegno, Collio, Irma, Lodrino, Pertica Alta, Pertica Bassa, Pezzaze and Tavernole sul Mella. It is located in the Trompia valley area.

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List of high commissioners of the United Kingdom to New Zealand

The high commissioner of the United Kingdom to New Zealand is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in New Zealand, and head of the UK's diplomatic mission in New Zealand. As the United Kingdom and New Zealand are fellow members of the Commonwealth of Nations, their diplomatic relations are at governmental level, rather than between heads of state. Thus, the countries exchange high commissioners, rather than ambassadors.

The British high commissioner to New Zealand is also the non-resident governor of the Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands, a British Overseas Territory, and formerly non-resident high commissioner to the Independent State of Samoa. Besides the high commission in Wellington, the UK government maintains a consulate general in Auckland.

List of high commissioners
The following persons have served as British high commissioner to New Zealand since 1939:

 * 1939–1945: Sir Harry Batterbee
 * 1945–1949: Sir Patrick Duff
 * 1949–1953: Sir Roy Price
 * 1953–1957: General Sir Geoffry Scoones
 * 1957–1959: Sir George Mallaby
 * 1959–1963: Sir Francis Cumming-Bruce
 * 1969–1973: Sir Arthur Galsworthy
 * 1973–1975: Sir David Aubrey Scott
 * 1976–1980: Sir Harold Smedley
 * 1980–1984: Sir Richard Stratton
 * 1984–1987: Terence Daniel O'Leary
 * 1987–1990: Robin Byatt
 * 1990–1994: Sir David Moss
 * 1994–1998: Robert Alston
 * 1998–2001: Martin Williams
 * 2001–2006: Richard Fell
 * 2006–2010: George Fergusson
 * 2010–2014: Victoria Treadell
 * 2014–2017: Jonathan Sinclair
 * 2018–2022: Laura Clarke

 * 2022–: Iona Thomas


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Marone

Marone (Brescian: Marù) is a town and comune in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy, Italy.

Territory
Marone is located on the eastern shore of Lake Iseo at about 200 m a.s.l. The territory is mainly mountainous. It borders to the north with Toline, a fraction of the municipality of Pisogne; to the east with the town of Zone and to the south with Sale Marasino.

There are two main water streams: the Bagnadore and the Opol. The latter descends from Passo Croce di Marone, receiving the Sestola stream, which has an underground channel that has been very important for the industrial development of the town.

History
In Roman times, Marone was crossed by an important consular road, the Via Valeriana, which connected Brescia (lat. Brixia) with the Camonica Valley (lat. Vallis Camunnorum) coasting Lake Iseo (lat. Sebinus lacus).

Some archaeological findings found in the remains of a Roman villa in a locality called "Cò de Ela" could demonstrate the fact that the first settlements occurred in Roman times.

In the Middle Ages, the inhabitants settled in more defensible locations, far from the lake and streams, such as Pregasso, where in the 10th century there was a castle, which was later destroyed by a fire.

Marone became the administrative centre from the second half of the 16th century, when its development as an industrial center began.

Economy
Since the 16th century, Marone has been considered one of the most important industrial centres of Lake Iseo. Currently the main activities are the processing of wool, the production of felts and the extraction of dolomite. In recent times, starting from the 10s of 2000, olive-growing has spread, from which the typical Lombard olive oil is produced. The municipality is also part of the national association "Città dell'Olio" since 2001.

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