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Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars

Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars is a military science fiction television miniseries written by Rockne S. O'Bannon and David Kemper and directed by Brian Henson. Following the original series' cancellation in September 2002, it aimed to wrap up the cliffhanger and tie up some elements of the series in general. It was broadcast on 17 and 18 October 2004. Henson and others have attributed the return of Farscape to the ongoing campaign of fans. Production began in December 2003. In May 2004 the Sci-Fi Channel, now owned by NBC Universal, announced that it would run a two-episode conclusion titled Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars.

Henson refers to the three hours as episodes 4.23–4.26, though the New South Wales Film Office refers to the production as a "2 × 2 hour telemovie" (including commercials). Production of the miniseries ended in March 2004 and, in addition to the announced airing on the Sci-Fi Channel in the US, was also scheduled to be broadcast in the UK on Sky1 on 16 and 23 January 2005, and by Five on 8 March. The Peacekeeper Wars earned a 1.7 household Nielsen rating, drawing 1.96 million viewers and making the Sci-Fi channel the #1 non-sports cable network for people aged 25–54 and 18–49 for the time period over the two nights. However, the ratings were lower than those of most other Sci-Fi Channel miniseries, and not a significant improvement.

Early fan speculation hoped that high Nielsen ratings would prove the viability of renewing the series, but since the ratings were unexceptional, continuation was ruled out. Brian Henson has stated on many occasions that he would like to bring the Farscape saga to the big screen, but there has been no development on that front for years. In October 2005, Farscape entered syndication in the US, airing on Superstation WGN and on a variety of local, cable, satellite and broadcast affiliates, but vanished from syndication after about two years. In 2013, the channel Pivot started airing the entire series in syndication. All four years' episodes were also available to Canadians and Americans on Netflix until November 2016.

On the date of the show's twentieth anniversary – March 19, 2019 – all four seasons of Farscape as well as Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars were made available on Amazon Prime Video in the U.S., United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Scandinavian countries, and several other countries around the world.

Plot
Far from the water world where John Crichton and Aeryn Sun have been crystallized in the series-ending cliffhanger, a Peacekeeper fleet under the command of Scorpius and a Scarran fleet under Emperor Staleek engage in battle. The war that has now begun between the Peacekeepers and Scarrans as a result of Scorpius's unauthorized actions will be intensified over the prize to be won: John Crichton, whose mind contains the knowledge to make wormholes into weapons of mass destruction. In the meantime, Crichton and Aeryn are reformed by the race that had "crystallized" them previously, thanks to Rygel's careful retrieval of their crystallized components from the ocean floor two months after the events of "Bad Timing". Scorpius senses Crichton's revival, and with Sikozu journeys to the water planet with his command carrier, withdrawing from the battle.

The water world itself turns out to be the last outpost of the Eidelons, a race who once used their empathic abilities to encourage peace. Since their homeworld of Arnessk was made uninhabitable 12,000 years (or "cycles") before, the surviving Eidelon have forgotten how to use their abilities. Ka D'Argo reveals that the crew of Moya, their living Leviathan spaceship, discovered and revived the Eidelon on Arnessk. Two Eidelons, one a soldier, are selected to contact the revived Eidelon, and they board Moya as Scorpius arrives in orbit. Noranti remains on the water world to educate the Eidelon descendants on their lost culture. Due to the ongoing war between the Peacekeepers and the Scarrans, Scorpius and Sikozu accompany the crew with the passcodes they will need to get out of Peacekeeper territory.

Aeryn was pregnant with Crichton's child, but when she was reconstituted there was no sign of the baby. It is soon very apparent that when Rygel ingested their crystallized particles, the particles comprising the unborn child remained inside him, and the fetus is now growing inside him. At the edge of Peacekeeper space, Moya is harpooned and boarded by Tragan bounty hunters hired by the Peacekeepers to search ships leaving their territory. After a firefight, the Tragans are repelled just before Moya starbursts to Arnessk.

On the planet, they enter the Eidelon temple in the company of their former crewmate Jool; however, the Hierarch is not encouraged to help their efforts until he meets his descendant first hand. The Hierarch reveals that Aeryn's race, the Sebaceans, were early humans taken from Earth and genetically engineered 27,000 cycles before to act as Peacekeepers after the Eidelons had departed from an area. When the Eidelons entered suspended animation, without their moderating influence, the Peacekeepers became a militaristic expansionist empire.

After the Hierarch has boarded the ship and met his descendants in the company of the former Banik slave Stark, Staleek's Scarran Decimator arrives and destroys the temple and all in it, including Jool. Moya is threatened with destruction unless everyone except Pilot leaves her. D'Argo and Chiana take his ship, Lo'La (which has a cloaking device) to seek help while the others divert the Scarrans' attention by going over to their ship. On board Lo'La, Chiana and D'Argo examine the Decimator and discover points of weakness in the structure. However, before they can take advantage of this knowledge, the Scarrans detect Chiana and D'Argo and Lo'La is destroyed while the others are taken prisoner by the Scarrans. Floating in space, Chiana and D'Argo are rescued by his estranged son Jothee, who has arrived with a ship of Luxan warriors. D'Argo shares what he has discovered about the Decimator with his son.

Under a Scarran heat probe, Crichton protests that he is unable to give Staleek the wormhole weapon knowledge he seeks. To prove it, he takes Staleek on board Farscape One through a wormhole to meet the alien known as Einstein, a member of the Ancients, the race that implanted the knowledge in Crichton's mind. There, Staleek is convinced that Crichton's knowledge does not extend to the creation of weapons, and Crichton warns him that such use of this knowledge would have disastrous consequences for the universe.

By the time Staleek and Crichton return to the Scarran Decimator, he appears convinced and even receptive, under the subtle influence of the Eidelon Hierarch, to seeking an end to war with the Peacekeepers. However, War Minister Akhna shoots the Hierarch and clears Staleek's mind. He leaves in fury and has a preservative gas released into the chamber just after Stark uses his essence-absorbing ability to store the Hierarch's power in himself and Rygel suffers a seizure, forcing Crichton to transfer the fetus back to Aeryn.

Crichton helps Sikozu adhere to the ceiling above the gas so she can pyrokinetically release a burst of flame that ignites it, blasting their prison open while the Luxans attack at the same time. They escape from the Scarrans, re-board Moya, and starburst away. On board Moya, Scorpius tries to persuade Crichton to yield the wormhole knowledge to the Peacekeepers. Crichton rages that he does not want to give the knowledge to the Peacekeepers, the Scarrans, or anyone. His only concern is for Aeryn and their soon-to-be-born child, but in order to live in a safe galaxy, he may have to take desperate measures. He flies Farscape One back to see Einstein, who unlocks the knowledge Crichton needs. Moya returns to the water world so that Stark can transfer the Hierarch's knowledge to the Eidelons there.

The water world becomes a battleground between the Peacekeepers and the Scarrans, and Moya is caught in the crossfire. Moya seeks the most immediate refuge within range — the bottom of the sea. Moya's internal sensors are damaged and she begins to take on water as a search is undertaken for Stark and the knowledge he has. After they find him terrified and awed by the personality he has assimilated on the Scarran ship, the crew of Moya takes a transport pod to the surface.

They find the Eidelon city under siege, and only a handful of survivors. During the siege, Scorpius discovers Sikozu has been relaying their position to the Scarrans in exchange for a promise for them to free her people from servitude. Scorpius leaves her behind while Moya's crew, together with what remains of Scorpius's Peacekeeper forces, fight their way out through the Scarrans.

In the middle of battle, Aeryn goes into labour and gives birth to a baby boy. Meanwhile, Jothee and Noranti have been rescuing Eidelon survivors from the burnt-out city. Stark manages to transfer the Hierarch's knowledge to the Eidelon high priestess, Muoma. It is hoped that with that knowledge, the surviving Eidelons can bring peace, but as they make their way back to Moya, they are ambushed by Ahkna's forces. Aeryn manages to shoot Ahkna before she can kill Crichton, but D'Argo is mortally wounded by a Scarran spear. He stays behind to cover their retreat as the living ship retrieves the others in her docking web.

Commandant Mele-On Grayza, now in charge of the Peacekeeper fleet since she poisoned her lover Maryk, the Grand Chancellor, squares off against the Scarran fleet above the water planet. With Rygel's and Scorpius's admonitions ringing in his ears, Crichton seats himself in a mental projection chair and uses his unlocked wormhole knowledge to show the opposing forces what they have been demanding: the wormhole weapon.

High above the water planet, a small wormhole appears. Everyone is initially unimpressed, but the wormhole begins to expand exponentially, dragging in and destroying several Scarran and Peacekeeper ships, then the nearby planet.

Caught in the gravitational pull of the wormhole, Crichton broadcasts to all sides that this is what wormhole weapons represent — not peace, not even war, but utter destruction. He informs the increasingly stunned and horrified onlookers that this single wormhole weapon will continue doubling in size until it destroys not only the solar system and then the entire rest of the galaxy, but the entire universe. As Moya's crew objects, he sardonically reminds them that even they have continuously asked for this. Weapons don't make peace, he reminds them, people make peace. He offers the two enemy fleets a choice: come to terms, or he will allow the wormhole to run its course and consume everything in existence. Commandant Grayza and a much reluctant Emperor Staleek finally agree to stand down and accept Eidelon mediation. Crichton shuts down the wormhole just as Einstein removes all the wormhole weapon's knowledge (Harvey states this from his death bed) from his mind, but then falls into a catatonic stupor.

While the peace treaty is signed, Aeryn keeps vigil over Crichton's body. Chiana decides to go with Rygel to Hyneria, where Rygel will retake his throne, to overcome her grief at D'Argo's death. Stark kneels at Crichton's bedside in thanks, removes his half-face mask for the last time as he has finally achieved peace within himself – (that side of his face now healed to merely scar-tissue). Harvey the neural clone "dies" finally; because Einstein removed all of the wormhole weapon's knowledge from Crichton's brain, he has no more reason to exist. With the wormhole knowledge out of Crichton's brain, Scorpius no longer has any need to keep chasing him, so says his goodbyes then lets himself go. Aeryn, unwilling to accept her son if it means losing Crichton, places their infant son beside Crichton (in the hopes that might revive him), and he soon "awakens" and moves to proudly hug his son, as Aeryn is moved to tears at the sight. With a vast starscape in front of them on Moya, Crichton and Aeryn announce that they have chosen for their son a name that represents strength and courage: D'Argo Sun-Crichton. They show their son the vast starfield, hopeful that their son will never have to experience war, as Crichton proclaims that "This is your playground".

Cast

 * John Crichton – Ben Browder
 * Aeryn Sun – Claudia Black
 * Ka D'Argo – Anthony Simcoe
 * Chiana – Gigi Edgley
 * Scorpius/Harvey – Wayne Pygram
 * Rygel – Jonathan Hardy (voice)
 * Pilot – Lani Tupu (voice)
 * Sikozu – Raelee Hill
 * Stark – Paul Goddard
 * Noranti – Melissa Jaffer; Amanda Wenban
 * Braca – David Franklin
 * Commandant Grayza – Rebecca Riggs
 * War Minister Ahkna – Francesca Buller
 * Jothee – Nathaniel Dean
 * Jool – Tammy MacIntosh
 * Einstein – John Bach
 * Grunchlk – Hugh Keays-Byrne
 * Muoma – Sandy Gore
 * Yondalao – Ron Haddrick
 * Maryk – Linal Haft
 * Pikal – Stephen James King
 * Caa'ta – Tim McCunn
 * Sgt. Learko/Lt. Jatog – John Adam
 * Peacekeeper Captain – Kim De Lury
 * Scarran doctor – Judi Farr

Home video release
The miniseries has been released on DVD in the US and UK by Lionsgate Entertainment and The Contender Entertainment Group respectively, as well as in Australia. The US version features both segments edited into a three-hour movie, while the UK version is a two-disc set with one segment per disc. Both versions contain a making-of documentary, with a selection of deleted scenes being exclusive to the UK disc. The Australian version has one disc with no extras. In 2014 the distributor Alive released a German region free Blu-ray of the miniseries marketed as "Farscape: Season Five- The Peacekeeper Wars", the following year other Blu-ray editions were released in the UK and Australia. there has been no mention of a Blu-ray release of the miniseries in North America.

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Brad Davis (soccer)

Bradley Joseph Davis (born November 8, 1981) is an American former professional soccer player who played as a midfielder.

Youth and College
Davis attended high school at Chaminade College Preparatory School in Missouri. When he was 16, he had the chance to move to The Netherlands and join the PSV Eindhoven academy, but Davis opted to stay at home. He joined Saint Louis University (SLU) in 2000, where he played for two seasons before leaving college soccer for the professional ranks. While at SLU, Davis was named the Conference USA Freshman of the Year his first year, and a second team NSCAA All-American as a sophomore.

Professional
Davis was selected third overall in the 2002 MLS SuperDraft by the MetroStars. On April 6, he scored his first career MLS goal, scoring the winner to give the MetroStars a 2–1 win over the Columbus Crew. He scored four goals in 24 appearances in his debut season, and was a finalist for the MLS Rookie of the Year Award. He was then traded to the Dallas Burn for the fourth overall pick in the 2003 MLS SuperDraft.

In his second year with the team, new coach Colin Clarke tried to move Davis to the center of the field to play attacking midfielder. After making little impact through several games, however, Davis returned to the left. There he had to compete with newcomer Eric Quill for playing time. Davis finished the season with only two goals and two assists despite playing more minutes than in 2003, as the Burn yet again missed the playoffs.

On MLS draft day 2005 Davis was traded to the San Jose Earthquakes with cash and the #4 draft pick in exchange for Richard Mulrooney, Arturo Alvarez and the #6 draft pick. That season he made 18 MLS appearances for San Jose, scoring two goals. Davis did not appear for them in the MLS play-offs due to a groin strain. After the 2005 season, the club moved to Houston and was rechristened the Houston Dynamo.

For the 2006 season, Davis had a team high 11 assists as the Dynamo finished second in the Western Conference and qualified for the playoffs. In the second leg of the semi-finals against Chivas USA, Davis scored on a penalty kick to tie the aggregate score. The Dynamo won the tie 3–2 on aggregate. He helped the team reach the final by getting two assists in a 3–1 win over the Colorado Rapids in the conference finals. In the final, the Dynamo defeated the New England Revolution on penalties.

In 2007, Davis missed extensive time due to a torn right meniscus he suffered in practice. He returned from injury in time for the playoffs. The Dynamo matched up with Davis's former team FC Dallas (known as the Dallas Burn while Davis played there) in the first round. He scored on a free kick in the 100th minute of the second leg to give the Dynamo a 4–2 win on aggregate. In the final against the Revolution, Davis assisted on the winning goal by Dwayne De Rosario in the 74th minute, giving the Dynamo a 2–1 win.

In 2008, Davis and the Dynamo finished first in the west, but were upset in the first round of the playoffs by the New York Red Bulls. The Dynamo had success in the North American SuperLiga that year, however the Revolution got revenge by beating Davis and the Dynamo on penalties.

In 2009, Davis had a strong season individually, being named an MLS all star and scoring 5 and assisting on 12 in MLS play, and the team finished 2nd in the west. However the Dynamo lost in the Conference Finals to the Los Angeles Galaxy. For 2010, Davis would match the previous season's stats and once again make the all star team, but this time the Dynamo would miss the playoffs.

2011 saw Davis lead MLS in assists with 16, make the all star team and finish as a finalist for the league MVP Award. However, despite helping the Dynamo advance to their third-ever MLS Cup, Davis missed the final after suffering a torn quadriceps in an Eastern Conference Final win over Sporting Kansas City. Houston would lose to the Galaxy 1–0.

During the 2012 season, he scored a personal best of 8 goals, made the 2012 all star team, and lead the Houston Dynamo to the MLS Cup final. Despite taking an early lead, the Dynamo would fall once again to the Galaxy, this time by a score of 3–1.

In 2013, he recorded 4 goals and 9 assists, made his 5th straight all star team, and again helped Houston qualify for the playoffs. However this time they would fall to Kansas City in the conference finals. Davis scored the game-winning goal in the 1st leg of the CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinals vs Santos Laguna, but they fell 3–1 on aggregate.

Ahead of the 2016 season, Davis was traded to Sporting Kansas City for picks in the 2017 and 2018 MLS SuperDrafts as well as future considerations. He retired following the 2016 season.

In February 2017, Davis and the Houston Dynamo agreed to a one-day contract, allowing him to officially retire as a member of the Houston Dynamo organization.

International
Davis has played for several youth United States national teams. He played for the U.S. at the 2001 World Youth Championship in Argentina for the Under-23 team. Davis received his first cap for the senior team July 7, 2005 in a Gold Cup match against Cuba. He also converted the clinching penalty kick in the United States' shootout victory over Panama in the Gold Cup final. Davis has also recorded four assists with the United States men's national soccer team, including the assist on Graham Zusi's goal on October 15, 2013, against Panama that eliminated Panama from the 2014 FIFA World Cup and saw Mexico qualify. Davis was included on Jürgen Klinsmann's 30-man preliminary roster for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Davis subsequently made the final 23 that will go to the World Cup. In the USMNT's first send-off game against Azerbaijan, Davis came off the bench and assisted Aron Johannsson on the United States' second goal of the night to make the score 2–0, which was also the final score. He was in the starting lineup for a group stage game against Germany.

Personal life
Davis is married to Heather Davis. Davis is a Christian. He has done charity work involving veterans, such as providing free tickets to games and helping veterans return to civilian life.

Team

 * United States
 * CONCACAF Gold Cup (1): 2005

 * San Jose Earthquakes
 * Supporters' Shield (1): 2005

 * Houston Dynamo
 * MLS Cup (2): 2006, 2007
 * Western Conference (playoffs) (2): 2006, 2007
 * Eastern Conference (playoffs) (2): 2011, 2012

Individual

 * MLS
 * MLS 50/50 Club
 * MLS All-Star (6x): 2005, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
 * MLS MVP runner-up: 2011
 * MLS Best XI: 2011
 * 3rd-most assists all-time in MLS
 * Most MLS appearances in Dynamo history
 * 2nd-most appearances in Dynamo history in all competitions
 * 3rd-most goals in Dynamo history (MLS and all competitions)
 * Most assists in Dynamo history (MLS and all competitions)
 * Dynamo team MVP (4x): 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012

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Bishop of Middlesbrough

The Bishop of Middlesbrough is the Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Middlesbrough in the Province of Liverpool, England.

The diocese covers an area of 4000 km2 of the counties of the East Riding of Yorkshire and North Yorkshire together with the City of York. The see is in the suburb of Coulby Newham in the town of Middlesbrough where the bishop's seat is located at the Cathedral Church of Saint Mary.

The diocese was erected on 20 December 1878 from the Diocese of Beverley. The current bishop is the Right Reverend Terence Drainey, 7th Bishop of Middlesbrough, who was appointed by the Holy See on 17 November 2007 and consecrated on 25 January 2008.

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User:Gcallert

The autobiography of the guy, Gcallert, is about to come.

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Roman Catholic Bishop of Plymouth

The Bishop of Plymouth is the Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Plymouth in the Province of Southwark, England.

The diocese covers an area of 12831 km2 and consists of the counties of Cornwall, Devon and Dorset. The see is in the City of Plymouth where the bishop's seat is located at the Cathedral Church of Saint Mary and Saint Boniface.

The diocese of Plymouth was one of the dioceses erected on 29 September 1850 from the Vicariate Apostolic of the Western District. The Right Reverend Mark O'Toole, the 9th Bishop of Plymouth, was appointed on 9 November 2013 by Pope Francis. In June 2022 he was translated to both the Archbishopric of Cardiff and the Bishopric of Menevia; since then the see has been vacant. In December 2023, Pope Francis appointed Canon Christopher Whitehead of the Diocese of Clifton to become the 10th Bishop of Plymouth. Bishop-Elect Christopher is to be installed on 22 February 2024.

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Talk:BC United

Requested move 13 April 2023

 * The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) – Material  Works  21:11, 28 April 2023 (UTC)

British Columbia United → BC United – The party officially changed its name today. The official name registered with Elections BC is "BC United". The article should be moved to reflect this change.-- Darryl Kerrigan (talk) 00:48, 13 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Well, I thought we should go with the official name but, in fairness for the previous name (British Columbia Liberal Party), we used the full "British Columbia" despite the official name (and one used on ballots) being "BC Liberal Party". Also for the "BC NDP", we use the longer British Columbia New Democratic Party despite "BC NDP" being the official and ballot name. So maybe we should stick with "British Columbia United" or change it to the longer "British Columbia United Party". I don't have a strong opinion either way.--Darryl Kerrigan (talk) 01:26, 13 April 2023 (UTC)
 * The political party is titled “BC United”, not “British Columbia United Party”. “BC United” is fine, or “BC United (political party)” if a need for disambiguation arises. Although, being honest, we should consider creating a separate article on BC United and leaving the article intact for the now-historical BC Liberal party.)— Autospark (talk) 08:50, 13 April 2023 (UTC)

 * Note - There is some discussion of this in the discussion below.--Darryl Kerrigan (talk) 17:19, 13 April 2023 (UTC)

 * I am tentatively leaning towards BC United as the page name. That's how they're registered and how they're branding themselves, so it makes sense to follow suit rather than 'unpack' their name for them. Yes, we do that for British Columbia New Democratic Party (registered as "BC NDP"), but the footnote says it's because the party and other sources regularly use the unabbreviated form of the name (and also probably for consistency with other NDP branches). But if nobody uses the long form, then I don't think we should be pioneering it. Of course, it's still early days, so who knows how their branding will evolve, which is why I'm only tentatively supporting it. It might be better to just wait. — Kawnhr (talk) 23:46, 26 April 2023 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Split
please tell us, why you think so Braganza (talk) 18:24, 20 April 2023 (UTC)
 * I feel that it is best that we should underline the (former) party's long and significant history as the British Columbia Liberal Party, which has governed British Columbia for a significant part of the province's existence, as well as the party itself being a section of the Liberal Party of Canada for most of the 20th century, and treat this 'rebranded' party as if it's a new, separate entity.--Autospark (talk) 21:09, 20 April 2023 (UTC)
 * The split with the federal Liberals happened in 1987. For 35 years, it operated as the "BC Liberals" without any connection to the Liberal Party of Canada. Even before that it was complex/messy, as there were coalitions and electoral cooperation agreements with local conservatives from time to time as those parties cooperated to defeat CCF/NDP and Socreds. But all of this is distant history, when the party changed its name a week ago, the name and logo is all that changed. It was a facelift. The party's leader, MLAs and policies remain the same. The party is the same entity it was before. In these circumstances, it would be odd to view these parties as separate entities. We have one article for the CCF/NDP, why should we have two here?--Darryl Kerrigan (talk) 23:02, 20 April 2023 (UTC)
 * To insert myself into this conversation briefly, I understand the desire to want to preserve the history of what used to be called the BC Liberals, but that can easily be accomplished with the simple acknowledgement on the current article as it stands, since the history of the party is already written. Plus, precedent is in favour of the opposite. Name changes for political parties have usually not garnered the need for new articles, while splits and mergers have. I think that since the party has seen no major rift as of yet, that we keep the same article, and if there is a split or merger of some sort, then we can create a new article. EnigmaticSigma (talk) 12:28, 21 April 2023 (UTC)
 * In addition to what Darryl Kerrigan said above, there just isn't anything to split at this time, or even really the immediate future. Maybe in 20 or 30 years, they'll have a distinct identity and enough history to warrant it. — Kawnhr (talk) 04:44, 21 April 2023 (UTC)

 * There could be an argument for having three articles: one on BCLP until 1987, one on BCLP from 1987 to 2023 and one for BC United since 2023. Surely, as there has been a change of name, I would at least split the article and have a new one for BC United. --Checco (talk) 05:18, 25 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Agree; whether it is into three or just two articles, there should be a split. In any case, this rename is the party firmly jettisoning the last vestiges of its history as a former affiliate/section of the LPC. (Incidentally, the old BC Liberals website used to describe the party has being "since 2001", indicating there was some intent that it was considered a 'new' party separate from the federal Liberals.)-- Autospark (talk) 15:00, 26 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Do you want to provide a link to that archived version of the website, or another WP:RS for the 2001 claim? There appears to have been one article about the BC Liberals since the founding of the project. Are you now suggesting four are needed? One from circa 1867-1987, a second from 1987-2001, a third from 2001-2023 and a fourth from 2023-present?  Do I have that right?  So the party continued as the same entity, with the same leaders, policies between these years aside from the regular change that would be expected within a party (and in the first three "transitions" continued with the same name) but for some reason we should consider the party as four different parties not one? Someone is going to have to do a better job explaining this.  It would be a pretty radical change flying in the face of long standing consensus.  Sure, consensus can change, but there would have to be compelling reasons for it to change.--Darryl Kerrigan (talk) 20:23, 26 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Agree with Kawnhr and Darryl here... all sources say BC United and BC Liberals are the exact same party. This is (again) not like when the BC Liberals came into existence and the Socreds stayed around as a continuing (albeit depleted) party.
 * Without sourcing to say BC United is a brand-new party, this issue is moot. —Joeyconnick (talk) 22:57, 26 April 2023 (UTC)
 * I'm not and never suggested four articles; my preference would be for two, one article for the BC Liberal Party and one for the BC United party. If other editors would prefer a scenario where there was a third article for the BC Liberal Party up until 1987 and a separate one for 1987-2023, then so be it. As for the archived version of the website, there are examples here and here where the party describes itself as "first elected to govern British Columbia in 2001", seemingly regarding the BC Liberal party that governed the province in the first half of the 20th century a different entity. However I would grant you that is possibly open to interpretative and therefore inconclusive.-- Autospark (talk) 13:29, 27 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Not to repeat myself, but consider the difference between the BC Liberals becoming BC United and the Reform Party becoming the Canadian Alliance.
 * The Alliance was technically, legally, the same party as the Reform Party (the Reform Party did not apply for dissolution and have the new Canadian Alliance apply for recognition; the Reform Party simply sent an application to Elections Canada to change its name and logo to that of the Alliance). However:
 * the Canadian Alliance was, at least ostensibly, a merger between the Reform Party and outside Tory elements;
 * "Unite the Right" had been a subject of active discussion for years — not just abstractly, but holding conferences and conventions to discuss it, gauge interest, etc.
 * the merger had notable opposition within the party, including two sitting MPs;
 * the establishment of the Alliance was inaugurated with a fresh leadership election — Manning had every intention of leading the new party but still had to be formally elected to the leadership, rather than simply inheriting it based on his leadership of Reform.
 * None of this applies to BCU. It was not pitched as a merger or an ideological shift, but a simple rebranding exercise because some of its members don't like the Liberal moniker. Renaming the party had been floated over the years, but had never been a major discussion until Falcon's leadership, and then it was over-and-done with in the span of a few months. The renaming effort did not seem to spawn a movement to counter it (if it did, it was pretty minor — certainly no MLAs were leading the charge). Finally, BCU did not hold a new leadership election, Falcon simply continued as leader.
 * So it's hard to see BCU as a different entity. It's the final shift away from their historical link to the federal Liberal Party, sure, but that's a process that has been slowly unfolding over three decades, with several moments one could use as a divider. So it seems strange, to me, to draw a firm line between them when recent BCL history is obviously relevant to BCU. And there isn't any other way to keep that history on one page without obviously flouting consensus (ie: if we split their history page at the 1987 disaffiliation, what does that mean for other provincial parties?). — Kawnhr (talk) 23:36, 26 April 2023 (UTC)

@, thanks for that clarification and for the citations. It doesn't seem that there is anything like a consensus developing to open up the "transitions" of 1987 or 2001 as points on which to split the article in to different articles about different BC Liberal parties. The 1987 disassociation from the federal Liberals, does not appear to have corresponded with significant changes in policy or leadership of the provincial party, or any other significant change. The 2014 wording from the website, appears to attempt to rebrand the party to some extent and focus on the last decade, in line with the slogan at the time "Today's BC Liberals". It does not seem to be a disowning of the past entity, an attempt to split from the old, or to found a new party. And it doesn't seem that anyone is arguing that 2001 should be a splitting point. Since you are not advocating for three or four articles, we seem to be back to talking about just whether we split the article into an article for the BC Liberals (circa 1903 to 2023) and BC United (2023-). I think editors positions on that are stated clearly above, but that seems to be where any further discussion is to be had (not on events of 1987 or 2001).--Darryl Kerrigan (talk) 19:40, 27 April 2023 (UTC)
 * The article should be split in two, if not in three. To start, we should have an article on the BC Liberal Party and one on BC United. In Wikipedia there are several examples of parties, which were re-incorporated, having separate articles—just think of France's Gaullist parties, notably Union for a Popular Movement and The Republicans (France), or Italy's Democratic Party of the Left and Democrats of the Left. Readers benefit from distinct articles. --Checco (talk) 20:21, 29 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Neither of these examples are comparable. In the French example, the party dissolved and a new party was formed. In the Italian example, several parties/factions merged into a new party. This is not what happened with the BC Liberal to BC United name change. It is the same party before and after, just with a different name. It is also relevant to note that the names "BC Liberal Party", "BCL", "BCLP", "British Columbia Liberal Party", and "Formerly known as: British Columbia Liberal Party" are all still registered by Elections BC as other names of BC United.--Darryl Kerrigan (talk) 22:23, 1 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you for telling us the way the party came about. I was for splitting until I saw your comment :) ValenciaThunderbolt (talk) 13:44, 5 May 2023 (UTC)
 * i personally weak support a split since its an historic rebranding
 * (and for technical reasons, the article just gets too long imo) Braganza (talk) 07:18, 29 June 2023 (UTC)

Colour
isn't BCU more teal than pink, at the bottom there is even their logo in white on tealish ground Braganza (talk) 05:37, 21 April 2023 (UTC)
 * @User:Briguychau Braganza (talk) 08:57, 21 April 2023 (UTC)
 * I have not dealt with this political party, but I think pink suits it better for two reasons
 * 1) historical continuity from the BC Liberal Party, which used a red color close to current
 * 2) The turquoise color is slightly similar to the color of the BC Conservative Party, which can be confusing. PLATEL (talk) 09:04, 21 April 2023 (UTC)
 * well, i would rather change the CPBC color, it was dark blue since 1991 when they stopped calling themselves PC. Also ÖVP still uses black to some extend but we switched to cyan

 * Braganza (talk) 09:20, 21 April 2023 (UTC)
 * I do not understand the colors of the Canadian parties at all, they are all kind of faded. Apparently this has been on Wikipedia for a long time. PLATEL (talk) 10:10, 21 April 2023 (UTC)
 * It's a PC relict I think Braganza (talk) 10:15, 21 April 2023 (UTC)
 * The main party colour is teal; the pink appears to be an accent colour.-- Autospark (talk) 10:20, 21 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Hello, if you have an opinion on the colour, I would say to bring it up here. It seems to be the majority opinion so far is to go with pink, as it's closer to the red they were when they were the Liberals. Also, teal is too close to Green (used by the Greens) and blue (used by the Conservatives).-- Earl Andrew - talk 13:20, 21 April 2023 (UTC)
 * pink isnt that different from Orange either (and the blue problem can be fixed) Braganza (talk) 17:35, 21 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Template talk:Canadian party colour Braganza (talk) 21:44, 21 April 2023 (UTC)

Name: BC United, BC United Party, United BC Party...
Further to the closed move discussion above, and 's comment there about "how their branding will evolve", it is worth noting that BC United appears to have registered BC United Party and United BC Party as other names with Elections BC. I am not eager to change the name at this time, but this might be one thing to consider if we look at this again in the future, when more reporting has occurred and the branding has developed through elections etc.-- Darryl Kerrigan (talk) 23:53, 1 May 2023 (UTC)

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Talk:List of governors of Florida

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bioguide & appletons both have john branch starting in 1844, not 1841.

Question - are the birth and death dates of a governor relavent to this list? I do not want to take it upon myself to delete them without some sort of discussion, but it seems to me the purpose of this list is just to give the governors, the time they were in office, and their party. It seems that when they were born or died is irrelevant to when they were governor. It seems that if someone was after that kind of information on a governor, they could click on the link and look the the informaition on that govenor. Please let me know what anyone else thinks. NamcoFL 19:35, Nov 9, 2004 (UTC)

 * It helps for people that don't have articles yet and currently not all governors have them. "dates unknown" is misleading for the ones with articles (in the meantime). I'd omit the note for cases where it just isn't added to the list. -- User:Docu

Ok - now all governors have articles. So, what is the opinion now? NamcoFL 00:36, Nov 11, 2004 (UTC)

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Bishop of Portsmouth (Catholic)

The Bishop of Portsmouth (Episcopus Portus Magni) is the Ordinary of the Catholic Diocese of Portsmouth in the Province of Southwark, England.

The bishop's official residence is Bishop's House, Bishop Crispian Way, Portsmouth, Hampshire.

The current bishop is Philip Egan, who was ordained bishop at St John's Cathedral, Portsmouth, on 24 September 2012, the Feast of Our Lady of Walsingham. Bishop Egan was previously the Vicar General for the Diocese of Shrewsbury and his appointment was announced by the Holy See on 11 July 2012. The bishop emeritus is the Right Reverend Crispian Hollis, the 7th bishop of Portsmouth, who was appointed on 6 December 1988. He reached retirement age (75) in November 2011, and retired as Bishop on 11 July 2012 upon his successor's appointment. Bishop Hollis acted as Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Portsmouth from 11 July 2012 until Bishop Egan's ordination on 24 September 2012.

History
In 1688 the Portsmouth area came under the authority of the Vicar Apostolic of the London District. On the restoration of the Catholic hierarchy in England and Wales in 1850 Portsmouth became part of the Diocese of Southwark. On 19 May 1882 the Catholic Diocese of Portsmouth was created, and consists of the counties of Hampshire and Dorset, together with Berkshire and Oxfordshire south of the River Thames, plus the Isle of Wight and the Channel Islands.

In October 2022 it was announced that the diocese was to reduce from 87 parishes to 24 parishes through a programme of church closures and amalgamations; a move prompted in part by falling attendances and a reduction of over 60% in the number of priests.

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Avalanche Press

Avalanche Press is an American company that publishes board wargames and has published some role-playing game supplements. They have produced The Great War at Sea and Panzer Grenadier series, as well as Red Parachutes, one of their earliest games and a detailed study of the Soviet crossing of the Dnepr River in 1943.

History
Avalanche Press was started in 1994 by Mike Bennighof and Brian Knipple. In 1996, Avalanche Press released the first game in the Great War at Sea series. Twice, the series has won the Origins Award for the best historical game of the year. They have also received many finalist nominations for the Origins Awards.

Avalanche Press was one of the publishers who began producing role-playing game supplements for the d20 System by 2002. From 2000 to 2005, Avalanche Press produced products using the open-source d20 system. The book Celtic Age won the 2002 Origins Award for Best RPG Supplement. Avalanche Press obtained the license to produce a game based on the Iron Empires comics by Christopher Moeller, and wanted to release a d20 setting book titled Iron Empires Lost Histories in 2004, and when Luke Crane contacted Moeller in 2005 to offer his help, he learned that the project was not being worked on and so Moeller reached a new licensing deal with Crane to publish it.

Avalanche Press' physical plant is located in Irondale, Alabama after previously being in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

Future games survey
On September 12, 2008, Avalanche Press posted a survey so that fans could vote on games that they would like to see made. These games include a variation of the Great War at Sea series during the age of sail, a conflict between the United States and Canada on the Great Lakes during the 1920s, an updated version of U.S. Navy Plan Orange, a game covering the German Plan Z, a World War II air combat game, a game covering the Six-Day War as well as one based on Napoleon's campaigns.

Series

 * Eagles of the Empire series
 * The Great War at Sea series—Dreadnought era naval combat
 * Infantry Attacks series—World War I tactical combat (a spinoff of Panzer Grenadier)
 * Panzer Grenadier series—World War II tactical combat
 * Rome at War series—Ancient warfare series (closely related to the Napoleonic Battles series)
 * Second World War at Sea series—World War II naval combat (a spinoff of Great War at Sea)
 * Third Reich/Great Pacific War series—World War II strategic game

0-9

 * 1898: The Spanish–American War (2000)
 * 1904–1905: The Russo-Japanese War (1999)

A

 * Afrika Korps: The Desert War (2002)
 * Airborne (2002)
 * Airborne: Introductory Edition (2006)
 * Airlines (1998)
 * Alaska's War (2007)
 * Alsace 1945 (2005)
 * America Triumphant: Battle of the Bulge (2003)
 * Avalanche: The Invasion of Italy (1994)

B

 * Battle of the Bulge (2002)
 * Beyond Normandy (2004)
 * Bismark (2005)
 * Bitter Victory: Sicily 1943 (2006)
 * Blood on the Snow (1995)
 * Bomb Alley (2002)

C

 * Chickamauga & Chattanooga (2003)
 * Cruiser Warfare (2004)

D

 * Defiant Russia: 1941 (2004)
 * Desert Rats (2004)
 * Digging (game) (1999)

E

 * Eastern Fleet (2001)
 * Eastern Front (2005)

F

 * Fading Legions (2002)

G

 * Gazala: 1942 (2005)
 * Gettysburg 1863 (2002)
 * Granada: The Fall of Moslem Spain (2003)
 * Great Pacific War (2003)
 * Great War at Sea: The North and Baltic Seas (1998)
 * Great War at Sea: The Mediterranean (1996, 2001)

H

 * Hannibal at Bay (2000)
 * Heroes of the Soviet Union (2001)

I

 * Imperium: Third Millennium (2001)
 * Infantry Attacks: Empires End (2007)
 * Island of Death: The Invasion of Malta, 1942 (2006)

J

 * Jutland (2006)

L

 * Leyte Gulf (2005)

M

 * McArthur's Return: Leyte 1944 (1994)
 * Midway (2002)

N

 * Napoleon in the Desert (2002)
 * Napoleon on the Danube (2005)

O

 * Operation Cannibal (1996)

P

 * Panzer Grenadier (1998)
 * Preussisch-Eylau (1999)

Q

 * Queen of the Celts (2007)

R

 * Red God of War (2005)
 * Red Parachutes (2005)
 * Red Steel: Clash of Armor at Kishinev (1997)
 * Red Vengeance (2005)
 * Red Warriors (2006)
 * Res Publica (1999)
 * Road to Berlin (2005)

S

 * Scotland the Brave (1998)
 * Sea of Troubles (2007)
 * Semper Fi! Guadalcanal (2003)
 * Sinister Forces (2006)
 * Soldier Emperor (2003)
 * Soldier Kings (2002)
 * Soldier Raj (2004)
 * SOPAC (1999)
 * Strange Defeat: The Fall of France, 1940 (2006)
 * Strike South (2005)
 * Survival of the Witless (1997)

T

 * Tears of the Dragon (2003)
 * They Shall Not Pass: The Battle of Verdun, 1916 (2006)
 * Third Reich (2001)
 * Tiger of Malaya (2006)

U

 * U.S. Navy Plan Black (1999)
 * U.S. Navy Plan Crimson (2008)
 * U.S. Navy Plan Gold (2006)
 * U.S. Navy Plan Orange (1998)
 * U.S. Navy Plan Red (2002)

W

 * Winter Fury (2001)

Supplements

 * All For One, One For All
 * Arctic Front (2002)
 * Aztecs: Empire of the Dying Sun
 * Celtic Age
 * Distant Oceans (2003)
 * Doom of Odin
 * Dreadnoughts (2004)
 * East of Suez
 * Edelweiss (2003)
 * Endless Sands
 * Great White Fleet
 * Greenland Saga
 * I, Mordred
 * Jungle Fighting (2004)
 * Little People
 * Nile Empire
 * Noble Knights
 * Noble Steeds
 * Player's Guide: Third Reich/Great Pacific War (2004)
 * Ragnarok!
 * Tank Battles (2003)
 * Twilight of Atlantis
 * Viking Age
 * Vlad, the Impaler
 * Zeppelins (2006)

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Geoff Braybrooke

Geoffrey Bernard Braybrooke (4 April 1935 – 9 March 2013) was a New Zealand politician. He was a member of the New Zealand Parliament from 1981 to 2002, representing the Labour Party. He was notably one of the party's more socially conservative MPs.

Early life and career
Braybrooke was born in Gillingham, Kent, England, on 4 April 1935, the son of Geoff and Edith Braybrooke, and was educated at Chatham House Grammar School in Ramsgate. It was the same school that future Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Edward Heath had attended. He attended Chatham House after he won a state scholarship and there was exposed to snobbery and exclusion by fellow students as he came from a working class family.

He joined the Royal Army Medical Corps in 1952 and served in the Korean War. In 1955, he became a police officer in London, but in 1957, he chose to move to New Zealand and re-enter the army. Braybrooke reminisced about emigrating: "I became a New Zealand citizen in 1958 and I never regretted it. I am a Kiwi by choice, not by an accident of birth. It started when I was in the Metropolitan Police and I was standing at Charing Cross in the pouring rain directing traffic. I was nearly run over a bus and later I had three pub fights to sort out. I walked past New Zealand House, which was in the Strand then, and it looked so good that I went in and made enquiries. I had to join the Army again to be accepted."

He served in the Royal New Zealand Army Medical Corps from 1957 until 1970. During his military career, he served in the Malayan Emergency and Vietnam War as a Warrant Officer. Despite serving there, he was firmly of the opinion that New Zealand should never have gotten itself involved in the Vietnam War stating "I saw all the horror and filth of war and read all the rubbish that was written about it back here and it was all to support corrupt officials. We weren't supporting democracy, we were protecting people who flew out of Vietnam with bags of gold. It was a fascist regime and a communist regime having a go at each other. But, for all that, I am not a pacifist. I believe in a strong, well-trained and well-equipped army for New Zealand's defence. But it should be for self-defence only. I do not believe in fighting other people's wars for them. I know it is hard to spend money on an army when people are going without, but New Zealand cannot afford to become defenceless." He blamed his ill-health in later life on the effects of Agent Orange in Vietnam.

In 1959, Braybrooke married Janice Cater, and the couple went on to have two children. He represented the New Zealand Army in both soccer and basketball and was later an official with the New Zealand Amateur Athletics Association. After leaving the army, he became a sales manager for a pharmaceutical research company until 1980.

Member of Parliament
Braybrooke had joined the British Labour Party when only fourteen years old, and when he moved to New Zealand, he became a supporter of the New Zealand Labour Party. In the 1969 elections, he managed Mick Connelly's campaign in the Wigram seat. He then unsuccessfully contested the seats of Franklin, Pakuranga, and Papakura in the 1972 elections, 1975 elections, and the 1978 elections, respectively. He also made an abortive attempt to become Labour's candidate for the 1977 Mangere by-election. In the 1981 elections, he was finally elected MP for Napier.

Upon entering Parliament he stated his support for the armed forces, opposition to abortion and his desire for the Labour Party to return to what it stood for under previous leader Norman Kirk (whom he admired greatly). In 1983 he was appointed as Labour's spokesperson for War Pensions and Rehabilitation by Labour leader David Lange.

During the controversial Fourth Labour Government Braybrooke was chairman of the communications and road safety select committee. After the defeat of the government in 1990 he was appointed Shadow Minister of Transport and Disabilities by leader Mike Moore. He supported Moore when he was successfully challenged by Helen Clark after Labour narrowly lost the 1993 election. Subsequently he was appointed Shadow Minister of Defence and Veterans Affairs by Clark.

Braybrooke was one of the more socially conservative members of the Labour Party and was at times he was offside with liberal-minded colleagues. According to Braybrooke his affiliation with Labour was attributed to his working class background stating in 1982 "My background was as poor as a church mouse's. I know what it is like to labour away and be broke at the end of the week and have to go without." In 1985, when his fellow Labour MP Fran Wilde attempted to overturn legal prohibitions against homosexuality, Braybrooke was active in campaigning against the change, and later opposed measures promoted by National's Katherine O'Regan to combat discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation. In 2011, near the end of his life, he said that his views had changed and he had come to accept the gay community. He opposed Helen Clark's rise to the Labour Party's leadership, remaining strongly loyal to her predecessor, Mike Moore. This led him to be involved in the failed discussions during 1995 & 1996 about forming a new breakaway party led by Moore. When he retired from politics, however, he praised Clark in his valedictory speech as "one of the great Labour leaders," and said with regard to his vote for Moore over her that "It just shows that we can all make mistakes and we can all learn. I mean that sincerely."

Throughout his career in Parliament, Braybrooke never had ambition to hold any ministerial roles, but did serve as Deputy Speaker and Labour defence spokesperson. Soon after entering parliament he stated his ideal role would have been a Labour government's Senior Whip stating "I think I would be well suited to being a senior whip. There are similarities between a whip and a sergeant major." He held the Napier seat until his retirement at the 2002 elections.

Later life and death
He died in Palmerston North in 2013.

Honours and recognition
He was an appointed a Justice of the Peace in 1970. In 1990, Braybrooke was awarded the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal. Following his retirement from Parliament, he was appointed a Companion of the Queen's Service Order for public services, in the 2003 New Year Honours.

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Joseph Solomon Delmedigo

Joseph Solomon Delmedigo (or Del Medigo), also known as Yashar Mi-Qandia (יש"ר מקנדיא) (16 June 1591 – 16 October 1655), was a rabbi, author, physician, mathematician, and music theorist.

Born in Candia, Crete, a descendant of Elia del Medigo, Joseph Solomon or Yashar Mi-Qandia is a member of Del Medigo de'Candia lineage from the Geiger family of Germany that settled first in Crete and then in Italy. Eventually, he moved to Padua, Italy, studying medicine and taking classes with Galileo in astronomy. After graduating in 1613 he moved to Venice and spent a year in the company of Leon de Modena and Simone Luzzatto. From Venice he went back to Candia and from there started traveling in the near East, reaching Alexandria and Cairo. There he went into a public contest in mathematics against a local mathematician. From Egypt he moved to Istanbul, there he observed the comet of 1619. After Istanbul he wandered along the Karaite communities in Eastern Europe, finally arriving at Amsterdam in 1623. He died in Prague. Yet in his lifetime wherever he sojourned he earned his living as a physician and or teacher. His only known works are Elim (Palms), dealing with mathematics, astronomy, the natural sciences, and metaphysics, as well as some letters and essays.

As Delmedigo writes in his book, he followed the lectures by Galileo Galilei, during the academic year 1609–1610, and was accorded the rare privilege of using Galileo's own telescope. In the following years he often refers to Galilei as "rabbi Galileo," an ambiguous phrase which may simply mean "my master, Galileo." (Delmedigo never calls him "our teacher and master, Rabbi Galileo," which would be the typical way of referring to an actual rabbi.)  Elijah Montalto, physician of Maria de Medici, is also mentioned as one of his teachers.

Works
Elim (1629, published by Menasseh ben Israel, Amsterdam) is written in Hebrew, in response to 12 general and 70 specific religious and scientific questions sent to Delmedigo by a Karaite Jew, Zerach ben Natan from Troki (Lithuania). The format of the book is taken from the number of fountains and palm trees at Elim in the Sinai Peninsula, as given in Numbers, xxxiii, 9: since there are 12 fountains and 70 palm trees at Elim, Delmedigo divided his book into twelve major problems and seventy minor problems. The book, however, was heavily censored, so only four of the original twelve major problems appeared in the published work. The subjects discussed include astronomy, physics, mathematics, medicine, and music theory. In the area of music, Delmedigo discusses the physics of music including string resonance, intervals and their proportions, consonance and dissonance. Delmedigo argued that the Jews did not take part in the Scientific Revolution because of Ashkenazi exclusive intellectual interest in the Talmud, whereas the Sepharadim and the Karaites were more interested in natural philosophy and philosophy in general. He called the Jews to reclaim their prominence in philosophy and to incorporate into the non-Jewish surrounding via the exploration of natural sciences.

Some parts of the book were as follows:
 * Ma'ayan Chatum (Closed or Sealed Fountain - Heb. מעין חתום) is the second part of Sefer Elim, containing the 70 questions and answers.
 * Ma'ayan Ganim (Fountain of the Gardens - Heb. מעין גנים) is a continuation of Sefer Elim, consisting of the following short treatises: on trigonometry, on the first two books of the Almagest, on astronomy, on astronomical instruments, on Kabbalah (mainly the Ari) and the supernatural, on astrology, on algebra, on chemistry, on the aphorisms of Hippocrates, on the opinion of the ancients concerning the substance of the heavens, on the astronomy of the ancients, who considered the motion of the higher spheres due to spirits (Delmedigo shows that their motion is similar to that of the earth), on the principles of religion, and mathematical paradoxes.
 * Chukkot Shamayim is a part of Mayan Ganim dealing with the first two books of the Almagest.
 * Gevurot Hashem is a treatise on astronomy.

He also wrote a defense of the Kabbalah called Matzreif LaChachma (Heb. מצרף לחכמה) against the attack upon it by his great grandfather Eliyahu Delmedigo. In the preface of the book the publisher writes that the author himself admitted once that when he was young (18 years old when he went to study in the university of Padua) he used to mock the Kabbalah and fiercely opposed those who studied it, but when he turned twenty seven he had a change of heart when he met two great philosophers, R' Yaakov ibn Nachmias and R' Shlomo Aravi, who were also firm adherents of the Kabbalah and they showed him how closely it resembles the philosophy of Plato, since then there was a renewed spirit within him.

Descendants
Some of Delmedigo's descendants settled in Belorussia and took on the Surname Gorodinsky (after the town of Gorodin). A member of this family, Mordechai Gorodinsky (later hebraized to Nachmani) was one of the founders of the Israeli city of Rehovot.

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Bishop of Salford

The Bishop of Salford is the Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Salford in the Province of Liverpool, England.

With the gradual abolition of the legal restrictions on the activities of Catholics in England and Wales in the early 19th century, Rome decided to proceed to bridge the gap of the centuries from Queen Elizabeth I by instituting Catholic dioceses on the regular historical pattern. On 29 September 1850, Pope Pius IX issued the Bull Universalis Ecclesiae which created thirteen new dioceses which did not formally claim any continuity with the pre-Elizabethan English dioceses of which one of these was the diocese of Salford and went on to take up the reins of part of the former Vicariate Apostolic of the Lancashire District.

In the early period from 1850 the diocese was a suffragan of the Metropolitan See of Westminster, but a further development was its assignment under Pope Pius X, on 28 October 1911, to a newly created province of Liverpool.

At the diocese's creation the territory assigned to it was the hundreds of Salford and Blackburn. The diocese currently covers an area of 1600 km2 and consists of a large part of Greater Manchester and adjacent parts of Lancashire.

The see is in the Salford area of Greater Manchester, where the Bishop's cathedra or seat is located in the Salford Cathedral, which was dedicated on 14 June 1890.

The Bishop's residence is Wardley Hall, Worsley, Greater Manchester.

The current bishop is John Arnold, formerly an Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Westminster. He was appointed by Pope Francis to succeed Terence Brain as the 11th Bishop of Salford on 30 September 2014 and was installed on 8 December 2014.

Auxiliary bishops of Salford
There have been two auxiliary bishops of the Diocese of Salford who assisted the diocesan bishop of Salford in overseeing the diocese:
 * John Stephen Vaughan, appointed on 13 July 1909 and consecrated on 15 August 1909; died in office on 4 December 1925.
 * Geoffrey Burke, appointed on 26 May 1967 and consecrated on 29 June 1967; retired on 12 September 1988 and died on 13 October 1999.

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Craig Capano

Craig Capano (born July 7, 1985) is an American soccer player, who last played for the Chicago Fire of Major League Soccer.

Capano was selected 17th overall in the 2002 MLS SuperDraft by the Fire, (the youngest player ever drafted by the Fire at the age of sixteen) having elected to forgo college to focus on his professional career. Before joining the Fire, Capano had spent two years at the USSF's Bradenton Academy training with the U-17 U.S. national team.

Capano saw little playing time with the Fire, playing 92 minutes over four games in his first season and 122 minutes over 5 games in his second. In 2004, his third season, he appeared to have reached a turning point, earning 440 minutes, scoring his first MLS goal, and being widely rated as one of the team's better players when he was finally given consistent playing time toward the end of the year. However, he saw no time in 2005 after undergoing surgery on March 7, 2005, to repair a tear in his left anterior cruciate ligament, or in 2006. He was waived at the end of the latter season.

Despite playing little in MLS, Capano was a vital player for the U-20 US national team, along with other notables such as Eddie Gaven, Freddy Adu, Danny Szetela, and Jonathan Spector. He played in all four games of the 2004 Northern Ireland Milk Cup and served as the U-20 Men's National Team captain that July, helping the squad to finish 6th, also scoring the game's lone goal on April 21 for a 1–0 win over Haiti's U-20.

As of March, 2007, Capano was known to be training in camp with New York Red Bulls. Throughout his career, Capano - widely seen as a skillful player - has battled the perception that he was too small and slight to forge a successful career in MLS.

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Clash of Arms

Clash of Arms Games is a wargaming company best known for a high level of graphics quality and moderately to highly complex games, often focusing on the Napoleonic era, but with offerings in most eras of military history. Besides boardgames, such as the La Bataille series, it has published miniature wargaming rulesets, such as Flint & Steel (winner of the Origins Award for Best Historical Miniatures Rules of 1997) and The Dawn of the Rising Sun (one of the 2004 Origins Award winners, for Best Historical Miniatures Rules).

The company's latest release is the highly anticipated The Fires of Midway, a fast-paced and exciting game which allows players to recreate all four of the 1942 carrier battles.

Founder of Theatre of the Mind Enterprises, Inc. Ed Wimble, of which Clash of Arms Games is a trademark, was named to the Clausewitz Award Hall of Fame for 2011 (a Charles S. Roberts Awards).

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User:Junklord~enwiki

JUNKLORD its a brand which is famous for its exclusive bangles and accessories,all its products are personaly handmade by 2 sisters known as DEEPIKA SHAH and KINJAL SHAH

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Decision Games

Decision Games is a wargaming company founded by Christopher Cummins that publishes Strategy & Tactics magazine. The company has bought the rights to many Simulations Publications games and is reprinting many of them, as well as creating new, original games that vary in complexity.

The company publishes several magazines, which include:
 * Strategy & Tactics, which includes a game covering various military events in every issue;
 * World at War, which covers World War II and also includes a game in every issue;
 * Modern War, which covers the period since World War II and hypothetical future wars and also includes a game in every issue;

History
The company was founded in 1988. In 1989, it started Desert Fox Games, which specialized in selling new and used wargames from various companies.

Games
Games published by Decision Games include:

Printed Board Games
 * Across Suez
 * Advanced European Theater of Operations
 * Battle for Germany
 * War in Europe
 * Wacht Am Rhein
 * Atlantic Wall
 * Hurtgen Forest

Computer Conversions
 * D-Day at Omaha Beach
 * D-Day at Tarawa
 * War in Europe
 * RAF: Lion

Original Digital Games
 * Nuts! The Battle of the Bulge
 * Battles of the Ancient World
 * Congo Merc

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The Gamers

The Gamers was a wargaming company founded and run by Dean Essig in Homer, Illinois. Their distinction was the focus on a few series, with special rules for each individual game. This made it easier to play new games within a series that was well known to the players. Homercon, a convention for The Gamers games was held each September in Homer, IL from 1990 until 2012. This company was bought out by Multi-Man Publishing in 2001 who continues to publish new materials for the original Gamers series and new games and game series designed by Dean Essig.

Games
The Gamers produce games in several different series:

 * CWB – The Civil War Brigade Series simulates battles at the brigade level during the American Civil War.
 * RSS/LoB – The Regimental Sub-System Series / Line of Battle simulates battles at the regimental level during the American Civil War.g
 * TCS – The Tactical Combat Series simulates 20th century platoon level battles.
 * OCS – The Operational Combat Series simulates 20th century battles at levels ranging from battalions to divisions.
 * SCS – The Standard Combat Series is a general system which is easy (yet still challenging) and allows simulation of a wide range of battles.
 * NBS – The Napoleonic Brigade Series simulates brigade level battles during the Napoleonic Wars.
 * BCS – The Battalion Combat Series simulates 20th century battles at the battalion level.
 * The Modern TCS series has been discontinued.

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Bishop of Aberdeen

The Bishop of Aberdeen (originally Bishop of Mortlach, in Latin Murthlacum) was the ecclesiastical head of the Diocese of Aberdeen, one of Scotland's 13 medieval bishoprics, whose first recorded bishop is an early 12th-century cleric named Nechtan. It appears that the episcopal seat had previously been at Mortlach (Mòrthlach), but was moved to Aberdeen during the reign of King David I of Scotland. The names of three bishops of Mortlach are known, the latter two of whom, "Donercius" and "Cormauch" (Cormac), by name only. The Bishop of Aberdeen broke communion with the Roman Catholic Church after the Scottish Reformation. Following the Revolution of 1688, the office was abolished in the Church of Scotland, but continued in the Scottish Episcopal Church. A Roman Catholic Diocese of Aberdeen was recreated in 1878.

List of known bishops of Aberdeen
The Bishopric of Aberdeen, as the Bishopric of Aberdeen, appears to date from the 1130s, as does the list of known bishops.

Restored Roman Catholic succession
(Any dates appearing in italics indicate de facto  continuation of office. The start date of tenure below is the date of appointment or succession. Where known, the date of installation and ordination as bishop are listed in the notes together with the post held prior to appointment.)

The modern Bishop of Aberdeen is the Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Aberdeen in the Province of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh. The diocese covers 29,068 km2. The see is in the City of Aberdeen where the seat is located at the Cathedral Church of Saint Mary of the Assumption. The Apostolic Vicariate of the Northern District (formerly the Apostolic Vicariate of the Highland District) was elevated to diocese status on 4 March 1878. The current bishop is the Right Reverend Hugh Gilbert, 11th Bishop of Aberdeen.

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Game Designers' Workshop

Game Designers' Workshop (GDW) was a wargame and role-playing game publisher from 1973 to 1996. Many of their games are now carried by other publishers.

History
Game Designers' Workshop was originally established June 22, 1973. The founding members consisted of Frank Chadwick, Rich Banner, Marc Miller, and Loren Wiseman. GDW acquired the Conflict Games Company from John Hill in the early 1970s.

GDW published a new product approximately every twenty-two days for over twenty years. In an effort to bridge the gap between role players, board wargamers and miniature wargamers, the company published RPGs with fantastic settings alongside games with realistic themes including rulesets for 15mm and 20mm miniatures set during the American Civil War, World War I, World War II, and the modern era; and boardgames involving these eras such as the Air Superiority series and Harpoon.

The company disbanded February 29, 1996 after suffering financial troubles.

Role-playing games

 * En Garde! (1975): Dueling game set in 17th-century France, often run as a play-by-mail game.
 * Traveller (1977): A science fiction game originally intended as a ruleset for generic space adventures. Revised and reissued as Megatraveller (1987) and with completely different rules and a greatly changed setting as Traveller: The New Era (1993)
 * Twilight: 2000 (1984): An alternate history game set in a Europe devastated by nuclear war, with adventures and supplements also dealing with the U.S. and Bangkok.
 * Traveller: 2300 (1987): A hard science fiction roleplaying game, set 300 years after the Twilight War featured in Twilight: 2000. Traveller: 2300 was later renamed to 2300 AD in (1988) with the release of the second edition.
 * Space: 1889 (1988): Victorian-era spacefaring game which provided for roleplay opportunities, steampunk aerial gunboat engagements and "colonial" miniature warfare with retro-futuristic elements such as Martian brave warbands and odd space creatures.
 * Cadillacs and Dinosaurs (1990): Based on the underground comic book Xenozoic Tales.
 * Dark Conspiracy (1991): a near-future horror role-playing game (RPG), created by Lester Smith
 * Dangerous Journeys (1992): Roleplaying game created by Gary Gygax, the co-creator of the original Dungeons & Dragons system.

Miniatures rules

 * Fire & Steel (Napoleonic Wars, 1978)
 * Harpoon (modern naval combat), later developed into a computer game
 * Johnny Reb (American Civil War)
 * Striker (science fiction, 1983), another Traveller based game.
 * Command Decision (20th century warfare, World War II. 1st and 2nd editions; a 3rd edition was written by Frank Chadwick and published in 1998 by EHQ and Old Glory)
 * Combined Arms (Cold War, post-WWII)
 * TacForce (20th century warfare)
 * Over the Top (20th century, WWI)
 * Star Cruiser (23rd century space warfare) a 2300AD-based game
 * Sky Galleons of Mars (Space 1889 aerial warfare, boxed board game with miniatures)
 * Cloudships and Gunboats (Space 1889 aerial Warfare, boxed board game with miniatures)
 * Soldier's Companion (Space 1889 land, air and sea warfare)
 * Striker II (science fiction, 1994), Traveller: The New Era–based game.
 * Volley & Bayonet (big battles in black powder era, 1994)

Grenadier Magazine
The Grenadier was the house magazine from 1978 to 1990, with 35 issues. It started off as a quarterly magazine, but towards the end was published sporadically. Although it covered games from all companies, it gave most of the magazine space to GDW games.

Journal of the Travellers Aid Society
Journal of the Travellers Aid Society was a magazine dedicated to Traveller published by GDW between 1979 and 1985.

Challenge
Challenge was a role-playing game magazine that replaced Journal of the Travellers Aid Society. It covered all of GDW's role playing games, not just Traveller. It was published between 1986 and 1996.

Video games

 * The Battle of Chickamauga
 * Rommel: Battles for Tobruk

Awards

 * Best Graphics of 1976 Charles S. Roberts Award, Avalanche
 * Best Fantasy/Futuristic Game of 1978 Charles S. Roberts Award, Mayday
 * Best Miniatures Rules of 1978 H. G. Wells Award, Fire & Steel
 * Best Historical Figure Series of 1979 H. G. Wells Award, System Seven Napoleonics
 * Best Miniatures Rules of 1979 H. G. Wells Award, System Seven Napoleonics
 * Best Roleplaying Adventure of 1979 H. G. Wells Award, Kinunir
 * Best Magazine Covering Roleplaying of 1979 H. G. Wells Award, Journal of the Travellers Aid Society
 * Best Fantasy or Science Fiction Boardgame of 1980 Charles S. Roberts Award, Azhanti High Lightning
 * Best Miniatures Rules of 1980 H. G. Wells Award, Tacforce
 * Best Roleplaying Adventure of 1980 H. G. Wells Award, Twilights Peak
 * Best Professional Magazine Covering Roleplaying of 1980 H. G. Wells Award, Journal of the Travellers Aid Society
 * Best Pre-20th Century Boardgame of 1981 Charles S. Roberts Award, House Divided
 * Best Professional Roleplaying Magazine of 1981 H. G. Wells Award, Journal of the Travellers Aid Society
 * All Time Best Miniatures Rules for 20th Century Land Battles of 1981 H. G. Wells Award, Tacforce
 * Best Miniatures Rules of 1982 H. G. Wells Award, Striker
 * Best Roleplaying Rules of 1984 H. G. Wells Award, Twilight: 2000
 * Best Miniatures Rules of 1986 H. G. Wells Award, Command Decision
 * Best Roleplaying Adventure of 1986 H. G. Wells Award, Going Home
 * Best Boardgame Covering the Period 1900-1946 of 1987 Origins Award, Scorched Earth
 * Best Boardgame Covering the Period 1947-Modern Day of 1987 Origins Award, Team Yankee
 * Best Miniatures Rules of 1987 Origins Award, Harpoon
 * Best Miniatures Rules of 1988 Origins Award, To The Sound of the Guns
 * Best Fantasy or Science Fiction Boardgame of 1988 Origins Award, Sky Galleons of Mars
 * Best Graphic Presentation of a Boardgame of 1988 Origins Award, Sky Galleons of Mars
 * Best Pre-World War Two Game of 1989 Charles S. Roberts Award, House Divided (2nd edition)
 * Best Roleplaying Rules of 1993 Origins Award, Traveller: the New Era

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Pablo Aimar

Pablo César Aimar (born 3 November 1979) is an Argentine former professional footballer and current assistant coach of the Argentina national team. During his career, he played as an attacking midfielder.

After starting his senior career at River Plate in 1996, Aimar amassed La Liga totals of 215 games and 32 goals over eight seasons with Valencia and Zaragoza from 2001 to 2008, before spending five years in Portugal with Benfica, winning a combined nine major titles with the three teams.

Aimar earned 52 caps for the Argentina senior team over ten years, representing the nation in two FIFA World Cups and two Copa América tournaments, as well as a FIFA Confederations Cup. He reached the final of the 2005 Confederations Cup and the 2007 Copa América with the Argentine national side.

In 2018, Aimar joined the Argentina national team as an assistant coach. During his tenure, the team won the 2021 Copa América, the 2022 Finalissima, and the 2022 World Cup.

River Plate
Aimar's football career begun in earnest when he was offered the chance to play for Estudiantes de Río Cuarto by youth coach Alfie Mercado. He trained with the club's academy three times a week and it was there that he was spotted by River Plate who offered the chance to join their own academy. Aimar's father initially prevented him from joining River as he felt he was too young to be playing football, but relented after manager Daniel Passarella personally asked him to allow his son to play. Having turned down the opportunity to attend medical school to pursue a career in football, Aimar made his debut for River on 11 August 1996 against Colón. His first goal for the club came on 20 February 1998 against Rosario Central. Aimar lifted five titles with River between 1996 and 2000, scoring 21 goals and recording 28 assists in 82 league appearances for the club, with his final appearance coming on 17 December 2000 in a 3–2 loss to Lanús.

Valencia
In January 2001, Spanish La Liga side Valencia signed Aimar from River for a club-record fee of €24 million (£13 million). He made his debut for the club the following month against Manchester United and drew praise from three-time Ballon d'Or winner Johan Cruyff for his performance after the match. The following weekend he scored on his La Liga debut, netting in a 2–0 away win over Las Palmas. Aimar immediately became a key figure in Valencia's midfield under Héctor Cúper and helped the club reach the 2001 UEFA Champions League final, where they lost to Bayern Munich on penalties.

In the season which followed, Cúper left for Internazionale, and was replaced by Rafael Benítez. Aimar appeared in a total of 33 league games and scored 4 goals as Valencia were crowned 2001–02 La Liga champions for the first time in 31 years, ending as the club's third-highest goalscorer across all competitions for the season. The season thereafter, Aimar jointly topped the Champions League assists table alongside Rui Costa of Milan with five assists to his name, this despite Valencia being eliminated at the quarter-final stage. The club endured further disappointment by ending the league season in fifth place.

The club's failures were soon forgotten, however, as Valencia completed a league and UEFA Cup double the following season. Despite making more than 30 appearances for the season and playing an influential role in the club's UEFA Cup triumph, Aimar was sidelined for large parts of the season in what was to set an injury-plagued tone to his career.

Following a breakdown between Benítez and Valencia's sporting director Jesús García Pitarch, the former left his position at the club and was replaced by Italian manager Claudio Ranieri for the 2004–05 season. A combination of injury concerns and tactical changes from the manager saw Aimar struggle under Ranieri and found himself being employed as a substitute more frequently than before. The Italian departed the club in February and was replaced by Antonio López, who in turn was replaced by Quique Sánchez Flores for the following season. With Valencia in decline, Aimar decided to leave the club at the end of the 2005–06 season having amassed over 200 appearances for the club over the course of five-and-a-half seasons.

Zaragoza
In the summer of 2006, Aimar joined fellow top flight club Real Zaragoza on a four-year deal for a reported fee of €11 million, with the club describing the deal as the most important signing in the club's history. At Zaragoza, he was reunited with compatriot and former Valencia teammate Roberto Ayala, who himself had joined the club earlier in the month. Aimar made his league debut on 27 August in a 2–3 away loss against Deportivo de La Coruña and went on to make 32 appearances across all competitions, scoring five goals and helping the club to a sixth-place finish in the league. The following season was a disastrous one for Aimar and Zaragoza as the club, fraught with poor performances and financial mismanagement were relegated from La Liga. Zaragoza's relegation saw Aimar bring an end to his time in Aragon, having made 57 appearances during his two-season stay with the club. During his stint with Zaragoza, he obtained dual-Spanish nationality, having lived in the country since 2001.

Benfica

On 17 July 2008, Aimar signed a four-year contract with Portuguese side Benfica for a fee of €6.5 million. After struggling with injuries initially, he finished the campaign with a string of strong performances and was able to add a Taça da Liga title to his name.

In the 2009–10 season, Aimar was reunited with former River Plate teammate Javier Saviola, who was let go by Real Madrid following his own injury struggles. The two combined as double trequartista to support striker Óscar Cardozo alongside fellow Argentine Ángel Di María on the wing. The quartet formed the Primeira Liga's most dangerous attack, with Benfica scoring 78 goals on their way to a league and cup double.

Aimar had become a fan favourite at the Estádio da Luz but injuries continued to plague him, and his game time reduced in the coming seasons. In spite of this, he helped the club to its third and fourth consecutive Taça da Liga titles. On 6 June 2013, after 179 official appearances, 17 goals and 34 assists, Aimar announced he was leaving Benfica and thanked the club for "five wonderful years".

Johor Darul Ta'zim
On 7 August 2013, Tunku Ismail Ibrahim, the president of Malaysian club Johor Darul Ta'zim, confirmed that Aimar had signed a two-year contract with the team. Upon arrival, he became the highest paid player ever to feature in the Malaysia Super League. He made his debut in the league six months after signing, in a 2–0 win against Perak FA. Prior to making his debut, Aimar had previously played at the Larkin Stadium, home of Johor, before with Argentina in the 1997 Youth World Cup. He ultimately made 8 appearances for the club and scored two goals before a spate of injuries resulted in him being released on 21 April 2014. Aimar did earn a champions medal for his time with JDT, though, as the club went on to lift the Super League title at the end of the season.

Return to River Plate
On 5 January 2015, Aimar returned to River Plate for the club's pre-season training, stating that he would sign with the club only if he could deal with the physical demand after having undergone surgeries to his heel and not having played since leaving Johor Darul Ta’zim in April 2014. On 31 May, he played as substitute in a home win against Rosario Central in the Primera División. Aimar announced his retirement on 14 July 2015 after River Plate coach Marcelo Gallardo informed him that he was not included in the club's squad for the semi-final stage of the Copa Libertadores. Gallardo said Aimar was "suffering" and had struggled with injuries through the pre-season.

Estudiantes de Río Cuarto
On 16 January 2018, Aimar played in a friendly match for his youth club Estudiantes de Río Cuarto. After the match, he announced that he would be joining the squad ahead of the Copa Argentina fixture against Sportivo Belgrano on 23 January, in order to fulfill his wish of making an official appearance for the club where he began and spent eight years.

The Copa Argentina match took place at Estudiantes' home stadium Estadio Ciudad de Río Cuarto. Aimar was picked in the starting line up and wore the captain's armband, coming close to opening the score with a shot that was parried by the goalkeeper, before getting subbed off in the 50th minute. The match ended in a goalless draw, which was not enough to see Estudiantes through the next round after a 2–1 loss in the first leg. His brother Andrés was also in the line-up of Estudiantes. Afterwards, Aimar confirmed that he had no intention of making a definitive comeback and that this was indeed his farewell match from football.

International career
Aimar first represented Argentina at youth levels. Along with future senior team players Esteban Cambiasso and Juan Román Riquelme he won the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship and went on to earn 52 senior caps following his debut in 1999, scoring eight international goals in total. He represented Argentina at the 1999 and 2007 editions of the Copa América, at the 2002 and 2006 FIFA World Cups, and at the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup.

In the 2002 World Cup, for which he was picked ahead of Riquelme, Aimar appeared against England, subbing in for Juan Sebastián Verón in the 1–0 loss, which led coach Marcelo Bielsa to start him against Sweden at the latter's expense.

Aimar scored the last goal of the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup during Argentina's 4–1 loss in the final to champions Brazil. He also appeared with the national side in the 2007 Copa América, scoring a goal in a 4–1 win against the United States in his team's opening group match of the competition; Argentina went on to reach the final of the tournament, losing out to Brazil once again, this time 0–3, with Aimar coming on as a second-half substitute for Cambiasso.

After several months in the sidelines, Aimar received another international callup in October 2009, for decisive 2010 World Cup qualifiers against Peru and Uruguay. In the match against the former he repaid the faith placed in him by coach Diego Maradona, assisting Gonzalo Higuaín for Argentina's opener with a through ball, in an eventual 2–1 win.

Style of play
An elegant, technically gifted and creative attacking midfielder with a small frame, Aimar was a right-footed player with a vast array of skills and an eye for goal. He excelled in a free role as an advanced playmaker where he was best able to utilise his dribbling skills, vision and passing ability to create chances for teammates and orchestrate attacking moves. Moreover, he was a free kick specialist. His skills and playing style saw him earn comparisons with Diego Maradona in his youth. Due to his talent and flamboyance, he was given the nicknames El Payaso (the clown) and El Mago (the wizard) throughout his career. As a youth, compatriot Lionel Messi stated in 2002 that Aimar was one of his biggest influences as a player. In addition to his playing ability, Aimar also drew praise for his leadership qualities; however, despite his talent, he struggled with injuries throughout his career.

Coaching career
Aimar was appointed as coach of the Argentina national under-17 football team in July 2017. His under-17 team won the South American U-17 Championship in 2019. He was part of the Argentina managerial team who won the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

Personal life
Aimar's younger brother, Andrés, was also a professional footballer and a midfielder. He represented several teams in his country – starting his career at River Plate – also playing for a few months in Israel. In October 2022 Aimar's mother died.

Club

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International goals

 * Argentina score listed first, score column indicates score after each Aimar goal.

Player
River Plate
 * Argentine Primera División: 1997 Apertura, 1999 Apertura, 2000 Clausura
 * Supercopa Sudamericana: 1997

Valencia
 * La Liga: 2001–02, 2003–04
 * UEFA Champions League runner-up: 2000–01
 * UEFA Cup: 2003–04
 * UEFA Super Cup: 2004

Benfica
 * Primeira Liga: 2009–10
 * Taça de Portugal runner-up: 2012–13
 * Taça da Liga: 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12
 * UEFA Europa League runner-up: 2012–13

Johor Darul Ta’zim
 * Malaysian Super League: 2014

Argentina U17
 * South American Under-17 Championship runner-up: 1995
 * FIFA U-17 World Cup third place: 1995

Argentina U20
 * South American Youth Championship: 1997, 1999
 * FIFA World Youth Championship: 1997

Argentina
 * FIFA Confederations Cup runner-up: 2005
 * Copa América runner-up: 2007

Individual
 * FIFA World Youth Championship Bronze Ball: 1997
 * South American Team of the Year: 1999, 2000
 * UEFA Champions League top assist provider: 2002–03
 * Trofeo EFE: 2005–06
 * Cosme Damião Awards – Footballer of the Year: 2011

Managerial
Argentina (as assistant manager) Argentina U17
 * FIFA World Cup: 2022
 * Copa América: 2021, 2024; third place: 2019
 * CONMEBOL–UEFA Cup of Champions: 2022
 * South American U-17 Championship: 2019

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Talk:Online banking

History (update)
lumps.online banking examples are PAYTM PHONEPE etc

History
I added the section on history, hoping that more information is forthcoming. I used the Nottingham Building Society Prestel system and remember it as providing features very similar to the modern internet systems. Strictly speaking the definition needs to be changed, as online banking doesn't necessarily require the internet. I've e-mailed the Nottingham Building Society to see if they have more information and whether they believe they were the world's first on-line banking system. If so it's the 25th anniversary next year. (Wiffy (talk) 23:27, 17 November 2007 (UTC))

Possible Wiki Links
I am currently testing an automated Wikipedia link suggester. Ran it on this article, here are the results:

 * Can link the internet: ...orming transactions, payments etc. over the internet through a bank's secure website. This c...
 * Can link internet access: ... short) and banking from anywhere where internet access is available. In most cases an internet...
 * Can link internet browser: ...t access is available. In most cases an internet browser such as Internet Explorer or Nets...
 * Can link mobile phone: ... to the physical device (e.g. computer, mobile phone etc)....

Notes: The article text has not been changed in any way; Some of these links may be wrong, some may be right; You can leave positive feedback or negative feedback; Please feel free to delete this section from the talk page. -- Nickj 07:05, 19 Oct 2004 (UTC)

 * Fixing all the redirects to web browser. AlistairMcMillan 04:29, 1 Nov 2004 (UTC)

The features list is pretty sparse. I would broadly categorize features of internet banking into transactional (e.g., performing a financial transaction such as an account to account transfer, paying a bill, wire transfer... and applications... apply for a loan, new account, etc.), non-transactional (e.g., online statements, check links, cobrowsing, chat), and administrative. I think it might be useful to edit the article along these lines... I'd be willing to have a go at it. Thoughts?

Eventually I will remember to sign... --Pearrari 03:04, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

Verifiability is a challenge in this space because...
 * A lot of excellent research has been done by analysts... and it is all available for sale, but only teasers are viewable on the internet unless you buy the research results. Celent, Forrester, and a slew of others do this.
 * Most of the information is verifiable on vendor sites, but then which vendor should we reference? Can't reference one without making it look like a conflict of interest... so how to beat that without messing up NPOV? I'm not sure it's even possible, much less desirable, to reference every vendor under the www.

I'm willing to contribute to the article, but I'm not up for a tug-of-war on NPOV. So I'd welcome advice and thoughts? Pearrari 15:11, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

WHY IS THERE ONLINE BANKING ?
(When it is not conducted with OnLine timing ?)

There seems to be nothing said about the advantages to both the banks and their customers of indulging in OnLine Banking.

The major advantage for customers (and the only point of this note) is the POTENTIAL (Far from being generally realized) of having one's banking position (checking) immediately available at any time -- with obvious exception of paper checks not immediately negotiated by the vendor/creditor. The time delay is not uniform across banks or creditors -- where usually the amount shows up first, then later the ID of the vendor. Why this is allowed to occur boggles my imagination !!

Even worse is the practice of some (or all ?) gasoline (and restaurant ??) transactions showing up as anonymous $1.00 transactions, only completed later, sometimes several days later.

Banks seem to think that it is OK, fine to use their past antiquated paper practices and Banker's Hours to implement OnLine Banking -- A weekend plus hoilday may lead to as much as a four days lag on posting -- not exactly "Online Time", in my opinion.

Is there an online bank out there which is TRULY ONLINE ?? . —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.157.178.230 (talk) 00:09, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

History conflicting info
There seem to be a conflict in the information in the history section about which bank offered the first online banking systems and when, it could do with a rewrite from somebody familiar with the area and some better references.Sargdub (talk) 22:35, 31 January 2016 (UTC)

E banking VS online banking
Is e-banking and Online banking different topic? as online banking is a part of e-banking the e-banking should not be redirected here. E-banking Page ?? —  Time and Update   Let's talk! 01:50, 6 November 2017 (UTC)

First By Region, China
Tencent Webank definitely is not the first internet banking service provider. --ICHx (talk) 15:39, 11 September 2020 (UTC)

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Stand and Deliver (Adam and the Ants song)

"Stand and Deliver" is a song by British new wave band Adam and the Ants, released as the lead single from their third studio album, Prince Charming (1981). It was the band's first No. 1 hit in the UK. The phrase "stand and deliver — your money or your life", used in the lyrics, is commonly associated with highwaymen in 18th century England.

Release
Adam and the Ants' previous single, "Antmusic", debuted on the UK Singles Chart on 6 December 1980. It spent nine weeks in the top 10, peaking at No. 2, but was denied the No. 1 position by the re-release of John Lennon's "Imagine" after his murder in New York City on 8 December 1980.

"Stand and Deliver" became the band's first No. 1 when it debuted at the top spot on 3 May 1981, and remained there for five weeks. Listed as the third best-selling single of 1981, it has sold 1.03 million copies in the UK. On the US Dance chart, "Stand and Deliver" peaked at #38.

Copies of the single "Stand and Deliver" b/w "Beat My Guest" were included as a free bonus item with some vinyl copies of the US version of the album Kings of the Wild Frontier on Epic Records. Epic's cassette edition appended the two tracks to each end of either side of the tape. A slightly different version of "Stand and Deliver" was then featured on their follow-up LP, Prince Charming, released in November 1981.

Music video
The costume and general plot of the video show a strong influence from the 1973 Monty Python sketch "Dennis Moore", although the highwayman scenario had also recently formed the basis for the Dick Turpin series on UK television, starring Richard O'Sullivan in the title role. It features Adam Ant dressed as a "dandy highwayman" who threatens his victims with the mirror image of their unfashionable selves and who is captured and escapes being hanged from the gallows with help from his accomplices (his band members).

The video's opening sequence of Adam Ant putting on his make-up before going out on a robbery became a defining visual image for Adam Ant in the years that followed; a still from this was used as the sleeve for the band's next single. The video also features the second appearance of Amanda Donohoe, who had also appeared in the previous video for "Antmusic". At the time, she was Adam Ant's girlfriend.

"Beat My Guest"
It was fairly common for Ant to record new versions of his pre-1980 compositions for the B-side of his singles. For this single, an old Ant song dating back at least to May 1977 was used. "Beat My Guest" was the first song Adam and the Ants played at their official debut gig at the Institute of Contemporary Arts restaurant on 10 May 1977. A full band recording was made in the same 14 July 1977 Chappell Studios recording session that had produced the version of Plastic Surgery featured in Derek Jarman's film Jubilee. The version on the B-Side of this single was recorded in August 1980 during sessions for the Kings of the Wild Frontier album and featured the band's previous bass player Kevin Mooney.

Legacy
"Stand and Deliver" has been covered by Poppy and by indie bands (Society Burning, Lynyrd's Innards, among others). Sugar Ray provided the first notable cover on their 1997 release, Floored.

In 2008, it was featured as part of the Burnout Paradise soundtrack.

In 2011, it was featured in Saints Row: The Third on the in-game radio station The Mix 107.77.

In 2015, the song was voted by the British public as the nation's 15th favourite 1980s number one in a poll for ITV.

CBBC show Horrible Histories based their Dick Turpin song on it.

No Doubt version
In 2009, American rock band No Doubt recorded a cover version of "Stand and Deliver". They performed the song while playing a fictional 1980s band, Snowed Out, in the Gossip Girl episode "Valley Girls", airing 11 May 2009, and also performed the song on their 2009 tour during the encore. It was eventually included on the deluxe edition bonus disc of the band's sixth studio album, Push and Shove, released on 21 September 2012.

"Save the Gorilla"
In 2003, Adam Ant embarked upon an ill-fated attempt to raise awareness of the plight of the endangered mountain gorilla in Central Africa by reworking "Stand and Deliver" into "Save the Gorilla." This was to have been the lead track of a five track EP (with the remaining four tracks all being covers chosen for a jungle/primate theme) of which 2000 copies were pressed. Co-writer Marco Pirroni and the original song publishers EMI Publishing blocked its release just days before its intended release on 17 November, and the EP was withdrawn. One EP track, a cover of "Jungle Rock", eventually surfaced on collaborator Boz Boorer's 2008 solo album Miss Pearl.