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Jack Cafferty

Jack Cafferty (born December 14, 1942) is a former CNN commentator and occasional host of specials. In the summer of 2005, Cafferty joined The Situation Room. He left CNN after November 15, 2012.

Career
Cafferty started his career in Reno, Nevada in 1961, as a children's show host at KOLO-TV. He later moved to KCRL-TV, where he served as the station's production manager, and followed that with daytime talk show Cafferty & Company on WDAF-TV in Kansas City, Missouri. In 1974 he became the weeknight co-anchor, and later news director, at WHO-TV in Des Moines, Iowa.

In 1977, Cafferty moved to WNBC-TV in New York City as a weekend, then evening co-anchor on the station's 6:00 p.m. news hour. In 1979 Cafferty became co-anchor of WNBC-TV's 5:00 p.m weeknight newscast, and the following year he was joined on the program by Sue Simmons. Their show was reformatted as Live at Five, and its mix of news, features and celebrity interviews would prove successful for much of the 1980s. Cafferty left WNBC-TV around Thanksgiving 1989 due to a contract dispute and at Christmas, he joined rival WNYW, where he anchored the Fox flagship station's 7:00 p.m. news and a short-lived late night show, Newsline New York. In 1992 Cafferty moved to then-independent station WPIX, and co-anchored its 10:00 p.m. newscast until joining CNN in 1998.

In the summer of 2005, Cafferty joined The Situation Room, CNN's weekday afternoon newscast. Cafferty also formerly co-anchored CNN's weekday morning broadcast, American Morning. On The Cafferty File, his nightly segment on The Situation Room, he offers commentary and personal opinions.

In October 2006, Cafferty hosted a five-part miniseries on CNN titled Broken Government detailing problems with the two political parties, government bureaucracy and the federal court system. Viewer e-mail messages replaced the news crawl that usually appears on the bottom of the screen.

Cafferty has earned many distinctions in his career, including the Edward R. Murrow Award, an Emmy award and the New York Associated Press State Broadcasters Award.

Books
Cafferty is the author of the book It's Getting Ugly Out There: The Frauds, Bunglers, Liars, and Losers Who Are Hurting America, published on September 10, 2007 by John Wiley & Sons. The book is a satirical critique of political and social issues, including the long arm of big business, the Iraq War and Hurricane Katrina, expanding on many of themes covered on Cafferty's Situation Room segment and chastising the growing culture of sensationalism and tabloid journalism in modern news media.

Portions of the book are autobiographical, describing Cafferty's childhood and short-lived military career as well as his foray into journalism. According to Cafferty: "Very little of my back story qualifies as Hallmark Card material, but it may help you to make sense of the way I see and interpret what's going on around me."

Cafferty's second book, entitled Now or Never: Getting Down to the Business of Saving Our American Dream was published by Wiley on March 9, 2009.

Bush administration
Cafferty initially supported the 2003 invasion of Iraq. He says he "bought the whole song and dance about WMDs. I was caught up in the national hysteria that followed 9/11, and was captive to the political manipulation, if you will, that took place in all of us." He revised his position when the Downing Street memo was leaked in 2005 and has since become a harsh critic of the administration.

On the Iraq War, Cafferty stated, "The Bush administration used 9/11 as an excuse to start the war in Iraq. People make a lot of money during wartime – $600 billion we've spent there so far – and a lot of that money has gone to friends of the administration, and of course there is all that oil. I don't think for a single second there was anything honorable about the decision to invade a sovereign country. They had nothing to do with 9/11 and had done nothing to the United States. But hey... what do I know?"

On February 15, 2006, when Fox News Channel commentator Brit Hume interviewed Vice-President Dick Cheney after he had shot Harry Whittington in a hunting accident, Cafferty remarked, "I would guess it didn't exactly represent a profile in courage for the vice-president to wander over there to the F-word network for a sitdown with Brit Hume. I mean, that's a little like Bonnie interviewing Clyde, ain't it?" As this is a common euphemism used at CNN to refer to Rupert Murdoch's network, Cafferty later clarified: "Get your mind out of the gutter. The F-word is Fox."

Cafferty was reprimanded by the president of CNN when he called Donald Rumsfeld "an obnoxious jerk and war criminal" on the eve of the 2006 midterm election. He made an on-air acknowledgment of having "stepped over the line", but later told the interviewer, "I will go to my grave as Jack Cafferty, private citizen, believing that these people committed war crimes."

On August 19, 2008, he wrote an article comparing John McCain to George W. Bush, concluding that "I fear to the depth of my being that John McCain is just like him."

U.S. Democratic Party
Cafferty repeatedly accused the Democratic Party of failing to honor their campaign promises to end the Iraq War: "The Democrats were handed a golden opportunity to challenge President Bush on the war when they were given control of Congress in the midterm elections in 2006. So far they have done absolutely nothing." Cafferty once stated that "It seems the Democrats are the greatest thing the Republicans have going for them sometimes." When House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said that Republicans were using filibuster tactics to block measures to withdraw American troops from Iraq, Cafferty declared: "Baloney, Madam Speaker. Appropriations bills for the war must pass the House of Representatives by a simple majority. It is completely within your power to stop the funding of the war in Iraq. You have simply chosen not to do so. In fact, I did a little homework. The Speaker of the House of Representatives decides which pieces of legislation even come to the floor of the House debate and/or a vote."

Controversial remarks
Cafferty's outspoken and provocative style of commentary has on occasion led to public outcry. Though he acknowledges his habit of "saying some pretty outrageous stuff", Cafferty has characterized this as part of his job description: "I get paid to ask questions I don't know the answers to and to complain about the things that bother me."

Air America Radio
During Cafferty's time as a co-anchor of CNN's morning program, he reported on March 31, 2004 that "It's a red-letter day here in America. Air America, that communist radio network, starts broadcasting in a little while." Cafferty was unyielding when CNN colleague Soledad O'Brien responded by saying that the new talk-radio network was not communist but liberal. He replied: "Well. Aren't they synonymous?"

Middle East
The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee has accused Cafferty of having a "simplistic" view of the Middle East. Cafferty courted controversy on September 23, 2004 while discussing terrorist demands for the release of two women scientists from an Iraqi prison and remarking: "Given the way these mutants treat women in their societies, the women are probably better off in U.S. custody. They treat women like furniture in those countries. If I was a woman, I think I’d rather be in an American jail cell than I would be living with one of those, whatever they are over there."

On November 17, 2004, touching on the kidnapping and murder of the Wall Street Journal ' s South Asia Bureau Chief Daniel Pearl, Cafferty remarked: "The Arab World is where innocent people are kidnapped, blindfolded, tied up, tortured and beheaded, and then videotape of all of this is released to the world as though they’re somehow proud of their barbarism. Somehow, I wouldn’t be too concerned about the sensitivity of the Arab world. They don’t seem to have very much. It's going to come down to them or us." The next day the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee accused Cafferty of "hateful rhetoric" and stated that he had "a history of insensitive remarks towards many minority groups".

China
On the April 9, 2008 broadcast of CNN's The Situation Room, asked to comment on the United States' relationship with China, Cafferty responded: "I think they're basically the same bunch of goons and thugs they've been for the last 50 years". The Legal Immigrant Association started an online petition calling for a formal apology, indicating that Cafferty's rant was anti-Chinese and had the effect of exacerbating negative attitudes held by Americans toward Chinese and Chinese Americans. On the April 14, 2008 broadcast of CNN's Situation Room, Jack Cafferty clarified his remarks: "Last week, during a discussion of the controversy surrounding China's hosting of the Olympic Games, I said that the Chinese are basically the same bunch of goons and thugs they have been for the last 50 years. I was referring to the Chinese government, and not to Chinese people or to Chinese Americans." CNN issued a controversial apology on April 14, to "anyone who has interpreted the comments to be causing offense." Not satisfied with CNN's response, several thousand demonstrators picketed CNN's Atlanta, Georgia and Hollywood offices and demanded that CNN remove him from the network.

A protest was held on April 26, 2008 in front of CNN headquarters in Atlanta. On the same day, a few thousand Chinese and Chinese Americans protested in front of a CNN office in San Francisco.

On May 15, 2008, according to Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang, CNN President Jim Walton sent a letter to Zhou Wenzhong, Chinese ambassador to the United States: "On behalf of CNN I'd like to apologize to the Chinese people for that. CNN has the highest respect for Chinese people around the world and we have no doubt that there was genuine offense felt by them over the Jack Cafferty commentary." CNN, however, denies that an apology to the Chinese government was ever made, stating that it was meant for the Chinese people alone.

Sarah Palin
On the September 26, 2008 edition of The Situation Room, Cafferty criticized Republican presidential candidate John McCain's vice presidential nominee, Alaska governor Sarah Palin after she did what he referred to as a "disastrous interview" with CBS news anchor Katie Couric when she could not clearly answer Couric's questions about the federal government's intervention into Wall Street. Cafferty went on to say that "if John McCain wins, this woman will be one 72 year old's heart beat away from becoming President of the United States, and if that doesn't scare the hell out of you, it should!" He went further to say that her interview with Couric was the most pathetic tape he had ever seen. When Wolf Blitzer came to Palin's defense, Cafferty snapped back indicating "there's no excuse for that, don't make excuses for her, that's pathetic!"

Nancy Pelosi
Cafferty has been outspokenly critical of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for failing to call for an impeachment against President Bush, calling her the "most awful" Speaker Congress has ever had. Cafferty sparked some national controversy among some liberal watchdog groups, particularly Media Matters for America during the January 12, 2010 broadcast of The Situation Room, in which Cafferty called her a "horrible woman" for refusing to disclose the precise cost of her trip to the Copenhagen Climate Summit, that Cafferty felt was a complete waste of tax payer money.

Reckless driving incident
Cafferty pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of an accident and misdemeanor charges of reckless driving, assault and harassment after striking a cyclist and knocking him off his bike on May 14, 2003. The bicyclist was slightly injured. A traffic officer and several pedestrians ran after Cafferty's car, but he ran at least two red lights without stopping, according to a police complaint. Cafferty was sentenced to a $250 fine and 70 hours of community service.

Personal life
Cafferty was born in Chicago. He is a recovering alcoholic, an addiction he later attributed to his father's influence. "I was actually taught to drink, without even realizing what was going on, by my dad", he said.

On the September 5, 2008 episode of The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer, it was revealed that Cafferty's wife of 35 years, Carol, had died that day of unknown causes. Cafferty acknowledged on his CNN blog that his wife had been responsible for his decision to quit drinking.

Cafferty has been a resident of Cedar Grove, New Jersey.

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Talk:Power virus

I find this concept intriguing. However, I can't find many external sources. The link referenced from the article doesn't actually use the "power virus" term, nor does it actually discuss viral applications of instruction sequences that consume a lot of power.

If the term to describe this kind of program is a neologism, perhaps we should move the article to a more suitable title and make this a redirect. — David Remahl 13:11, 28 Sep 2004 (UTC)

OK, whatever ... not a pressing matter, it seems. But the first sentence ought to be redone; this thing does not "establish a rating", but rather RUNS the CPU as hot as possible. Not at all the same thing. ;Bear 23:17, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

How is running a CPU as hot as possible different from just using as much CPU time as possible? Malicious software has always done this. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Petchboo (talk • contribs) 19:47, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

It may be possible to use as much CPU time as possible while still being fairly low power. Imagine an in-order CPU, where you just feed it a stream of random loads. It'll have to fetch the data for the loads from memory, which may leave the CPU essentially idle, not computing anything for many cycles waiting on data from memory. Even though the CPU is mostly idle from a hardware perspective, you wouldn't be able to have it do anything else at the same time, so you are using 100% of CPU time on that particular chip.

Now imagine a program which is an even mix of fp, integer, and logic operations, but doesn't load anything from memory. You might be able to fully occupy every single section of the chip and therefore use much more power than the first example, even if you had your program yield on occasion and therefore not use all available CPU time. Forkazoo 23:21, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

The whole argument of this article is bs. a cpu overheating due to continous maximum power output or 100% usage is simply a design flaw with the cooling system. the impression is made, that all systems only cool tdp and not maximum power consumption. there actually are pc's out there not just having quad core 3ghz+ for surfing and word. ^^ and they don't break all the time... changing article —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.227.186.30 (talk) 13:23, 15 December 2009 (UTC)

 * As noted above in Forkazoo's comment, a power virus does more than just making the processor go to 100% usage. Anssi (talk) 02:07, 23 January 2010 (UTC)

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Saints of the Cristero War

On May 21, 2000, Pope John Paul II canonized a group of 25 saints and martyrs who had died in the Mexican Cristero War. The vast majority are Catholic priests who were executed for carrying out their ministry despite the suppression under the anti-clerical laws of Plutarco Elías Calles after the revolution in the 1920s. Priests who took up arms, however, were excluded from the process. The group of saints share the feast day of May 21.

Canonized 16 October 2016 by Pope Francis

 * José Sánchez del Río

Beatified 20 November 2005 by Pope Benedict XVI
On 15 November 2005, Pope Benedict XVI issued an Apostolic Letter declaring the following individuals "blessed" and establishing their memorial feast on 20 November. November 20 is the official anniversary in the Mexican civil calendar of the start of the Mexican Revolution, with the promulgation of the Plan of San Luis Potosí in 1910 by Francisco Madero.
 * Anacleto González Flores
 * José Dionisio Luis Padilla Gómez
 * Jorge Ramon Vargas González
 * Ramón Vicente Vargas González
 * José Luciano Ezequiel Huerta Gutiérrez
 * Salvador Huerta Gutiérrez
 * Miguel Gómez Loza
 * Luis Magaña Servín
 * Jose Trinidad Rangel Montano
 * Andreas Sola y Molist C.F.M.
 * Leonardo Perez Larios
 * Darío Acosta Zurita

Canonized 21 May 2000 by Pope John Paul II
These saints were also canonized on 21 May 2000 but were not martyred in the Cristero War:
 * Cristóbal Magallanes Jara (1869–1927)
 * Román Adame Rosales (1859–1928)
 * Rodrigo Aguilar Alemán (1875–1927)
 * Julio Álvarez Mendoza (1866–1927)
 * Luis Batis Sáinz (1870–1926)
 * Agustín Caloca Cortés (1898–1927)
 * Mateo Correa Magallanes (1866–1927)
 * Atilano Cruz Alvarado (1901–1928)
 * Miguel De La Mora (1874–1927)
 * Pedro Esqueda Ramirez (1897–1927)
 * Margarito Flores García (1899–1927)
 * José Isabel Flores Varela (1866–1927)
 * David Galván Bermudes (1882–1915)
 * Salvador Lara Puente (1905–1926)
 * Pedro de Jesús Maldonado (1892–1937)
 * Jesús Méndez Montoya (1880–1928) He is notable for being the only canonised namesake of Jesus.
 * Manuel Moralez (1898–1926)
 * Justino Orona Madrigal (1877–1928)
 * Sabas Reyes Salazar (1879–1927)
 * José María Robles Hurtado (1888–1927)
 * David Roldán Lara (1907–1926)
 * Toribio Romo González (1900–1928)
 * Jenaro Sánchez Delgadillo (1886–1927)
 * Tranquilino Ubiarco Robles (1899–1928)
 * David Uribe Velasco (1888–1927)
 * José Maria de Yermo y Parres (1851–1904)
 * María Natividad Venegas de la Torre (1868–1959)

Beatified 25 September 1988 by Pope John Paul II

 * Miguel Pro

Beatified 12 October 1997 by Pope John Paul II

 * Mateo Elías Nieves Castillo

Luis Bátiz Sainz
Luis Bátiz Sainz was born on September 13, 1870. He attended a minor seminary from age 12, and was ordained on January 1, 1894. He worked as spiritual director of the seminary and as parish priest in Chalchihuites, Zacatecas, and was a member of the Knights of Columbus. He was noted for his pastoral zeal and capacity to organize the parish. He founded a workshop for Catholic workers and a school.

Bátiz spent a great part of his time on the catechesis of children and adults, and was very fervent in his Eucharistic adoration. He is reported to have said, "Lord, I want to be a martyr; though I am your unworthy minister, I want to shed my blood, drop by drop, for your name."

Before the closure of the churches in 1926, a meeting of the National League for the Defense of Religious Liberty discussed the possibility of armed rebellion to overthrow the government. Fr. Bátiz spoke at this meeting and was denounced to the government. When the churches were closed, he moved to a private house, where he was captured by government soldiers on August 14, 1926. Although there was a public outcry, the government decided to execute the priest. The next day, on the pretext of transferring him to Zacatecas, soldiers took him and three members of the Mexican Association for Catholic Youth, putting them in a car for transport. Underway, the four men were taken from the car and shot on the side of the road by a firing squad.

Rodrigo Aguilar Alemán
Rodrigo Aguilar Alemán was born on May 13, 1875. After his seminary training in Ciudad Guzmán, Jalisco, he was ordained a priest in 1905. He was known for his literary abilities, writing both prose and poetry. He worked in various parishes. He was a Knight of Columbus and a member of Council 2330. He was the parish priest in Unión de Tula, Mexico. After a warrant was issued for his arrest, he took refuge at the Colegio de San Ignacio in Ejutla, where he continued to celebrate Mass and administer the sacraments. Rather than escape when soldiers arrived, Father Aguilar Alemán remained at the seminary to burn the list of seminary students, and thus protect them from being known.

On October 28, 1927, the day after his arrest, Father Alemán was led to the main plaza of Ejutla for execution by hanging. He blessed his captors and gave them his pardon, giving his rosary to one of the executioners. His captors decided to toy with Father Alemán and put his convictions to the test. After placing the noose on his neck from the rope hanging on a mango tree, they repeatedly asked him, "Who lives?" expecting the answer "Long live the supreme government." Instead he shouted the Cristero motto: "Long live Christ the King and Blessed Mary of Guadalupe!" They pulled on the rope and suspended him briefly, then lowered him and asked again. This happened three times (with each time Alemán repeating the Cristero motto). The third time he was suspended, Father Alemán died. He was buried in the parish church at Tula.

Agustín Caloca Cortés
Agustín Caloca Cortés was born in San Juan Bautista de Teúl on May 5, 1898. He attended the seminary in Guadalajara, Jalisco, but was sent back to his family when the building was sacked during the Mexican Revolution. He continued his studies in a clandestine auxiliary seminary. In 1919, he was able to return to Guadalajara and was ordained on August 15, 1923. His priestly assignment was to the parish of Totatiche and to the prefecture of the seminary.

Government troops closed in to close down the seminary in late May 1927. Fr. Caloca Cortés directed the students to flee to safety and he tried to do the same, but he was captured by a group of soldiers. He was held in the jailhouse of Totatiche, together with Fr. Cristóbal Magallanes. General Goñi ordered his transfer to Colotlán, where Caloca was executed by firing squad in the burned city hall building on May 25, 1927. His heart was found to be incorrupt when his body was returned to the parish of Totatiche in 1933.

Román Adame Rosales
Román Adame Rosales was born on February 27, 1859. He studied for the priesthood in Guadalajara, Jalisco, and was ordained on November 30, 1890. He worked in various parishes, showing a profound dedication to the Blessed Virgin Mary and to catechesis, directing spiritual exercises, and parish schools. He founded the association "Daughters of Mary and Nocturnal Adoration". He built numerous chapels on the ranches. When the Calles Law forced the closing of the churches, he continued his ministry in private houses.

Adame was captured by government forces and tortured. He was taken to Yahualica, where he spent several days tied up, without food and water. On April 21, 1927, he was taken to an open grave, where he was executed by firing squad. His remains were later disinterred and brought to Nochistlán.

Atilano Cruz Alvarado
Atilano Cruz Alvarado was born in Teocaltiche on October 5, 1901. He worked as a ranch hand for his family until the parents decided to send him to Teocaltiche to learn to read and write. There he discovered his vocation and entered a clandestine seminary in 1918. Two years later, he was sent to Guadalajara to finish his training. He was ordained on July 24, 1927, and sent to Cuquío a year later, where the parish was being run from a ranch house, "Las Cruces". There, on June 29, 1928, he joined his pastor, Justino Orona Madrigal, and they prayed and discussed the situation in their parish.

In the early dawn of July 1, he was apprehended by a squad of soldiers. In the jail where he was held, Fr. Orona Madrigal and his brother were there, covered with wounds. While he was praying at the foot of the bed, the soldiers shot Fr. Cruz. His still living body was thrown onto the porch together with Fr. Orona. The two were then taken to Cuquío, where their bodies were dragged through the central square, during which they died.

Miguel de la Mora
Father Miguel de la Mora of Colima was a member of the Knights of Columbus, Council 2140. Along with several other priests, he publicly signed a letter opposing the anti-religious laws imposed by the government. He was soon arrested and, with his brother Regino looking on, he was executed without a trial by a single shot from a military officer as he prayed his rosary on Aug. 7, 1927.

José Dionisio Luis Padilla Gómez
Luis Padilla Gomez was born on 9 December 1899 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. He was an active member of the Catholic Association of Mexican Youth (ACJM) and worked closely with Anacleto Gonzalez Flores in the activities of the Association, helping the poor children and youth in a special way. The young man, known to all as Luis, spent much time praying before the Blessed Sacrament and had a deep devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary.

On the morning of April 1, 1927, Luis was arrested in his home, together with his mother and one of his sisters. He was repeatedly beaten and insulted, then sentenced to execution. After arriving at the Colorado jail, Luis met Anacleto and the others. He told Anacleto that he wanted to go to confession. But Anacleto told the young man, "No, brother, now is not the hour to confess, but to request pardon and to pardon our enemies. God is a Father and not a judge, the One who gives you hope. Your own blood will purify you". Luis knelt down in prayer, as the executioners' bullets riddled his prostrate body.

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Wealdstone F.C.

Wealdstone Football Club is an English semi-professional football club based in Ruislip, London Borough of Hillingdon, and affiliated to the Middlesex County Football Association. They currently play in the National League, the fifth level of the English football league system. Their traditional colours are royal blue and white, and they are nicknamed "The Stones" or "The Royals".

Whilst formally established in 1899, it has roots dating back to 1887 and was created through a series of local team mergers. For most of its existence the club was based at the Lower Mead stadium in Harrow until 1991. After a long period of homelessness and ground sharing with various local clubs, since 2008 they have been based at Grosvenor Vale.

The club were the first to achieve the famed non-League 'double', winning both the FA Trophy and the Alliance Premier League (now the National League) in the same season (1984–85). The latter happened two years before automatic promotions to the Football League began; Wealdstone has never been a member of the Football League so far.

The club also have the distinction of appearing in the first ever football match to be televised in the UK, when the BBC showed part of their league match against rivals Barnet in October 1946.

Early years
The club was formed at the start of the 1899–1900 season, joining Division Two of the Willesden & District League. A previous "Wealdstone F.C." existed, for workers at a local gunsmith in Wealdstone, a Middlesex village to the north of Harrow Hill - itself has its origins in a club called The Oaks. An article published by the Harrow Observer states that the Wealdstone football club formed in about 1890, playing home games in a field in Hindes Road (present-day Harrow) and meeting at the Railway Hotel, close to Harrow and Wealdstone station. This club merged into another local club called Harrow Athletic F.C. in September 1894, while other clubs bearing the Wealdstone name soon formed. A merger between clubs called Wealdstone Rovers and Wealdstone Juniors resulted in the formation of Wealdstone Albion F.C. for the 1898 season, and using the same blue and white striped colours of the old Wealdstone F.C. A year later, Wealdstone F.C. took its place. At this time their home turf was a field between Headstone Drive and Marlborough Hill, Wealdstone.

Their first game was a friendly match on 7 October 1899 against Northwood, which they won 6–1. They were promoted to the league's Division One for the 1900–01 season after Division Two was scrapped. In 1903 they moved to the College Farm Ground in Locket Road, Wealdstone, and soon after another nearby ground in what is now Byron Park. In 1905–06 the club won Division One, but on 20 October 1906 a notice was posted in the local newspaper stating that the club was to be disbanded due to 'a lack of interest' from players and supporters.

The club was soon reformed in time for the 1908–09 season, rejoining Division One of the Willesden & District League. In 1910 they moved to Belmont Road, and won Division One again in 1912–13. Following World War I the club joined the London League and the Middlesex Senior League.

At the start of the 1922–23 season, Wealdstone F.C. switched to the Spartan League and at the same time moved south to a ground called Lower Mead in what is now central Harrow; this would become the permanent home ground of the club for 69 years. The club had their record win on 13 October 1923, beating the 12th London Regiment 22–0 in an FA Amateur Cup game.

Athenian League years (1928–1964)
In 1928–29 they switched leagues again, this time joining the Athenian League. In 1929–30 the club won the Middlesex Senior Cup and the Middlesex Senior Charity Cup for the first time. On Saturday 16 November 1929, Wealdstone played Dulwich Hamlet in the FA Cup Fourth Qualifying Round, with the match ending in a record-breaking 7–7 draw; there has never been a 7–7 scoreline in any other FA Cup match before or since, and none either in the top four divisions of the League Pyramid (including play-offs), the League Cup, League Trophy, FA Community Shield, FA Trophy or FA Vase. Four days later, Dulwich won the replay 2–1.

During World War II the club continued to play, playing at Wembley Stadium in the final of the Middlesex Senior Red Cross Cup in 1942. In December 1944, they recorded their heaviest defeat ever, losing 14–0 to Edgware Town in the London Senior Cup. In 1946 the BBC showed part of Wealdstone's Athenian League match at Barnet, the first time a live match had been televised. The club also appeared in the BBC's first two live FA Cup match broadcasts, with their games against Edgware Town in the third qualifying round and Colchester United in the fourth qualifying round being shown on television during the 1949–50 season. After beating Colchester, Wealdstone reached the first round of the FA Cup for the first time, losing 1–0 to Port Vale.

In 1951–52 the club won the Athenian League, and went on to win the Middlesex Senior Cup in 1959, 1963 and 1964.

Amateur Cup win and turning professional (1964–1979)
In 1964 they switched to the Isthmian League. In 1965–66 the club reached the first round of the FA Cup again, losing 3–1 at Millwall, but went on to win the FA Amateur Cup, beating local rivals Hendon 3–1 in the final. The following season saw Wealdstone entered at the first round of the FA Cup, losing 2–0 at home to Nuneaton Borough.

The club joined the Division One North of the Southern League in 1971, turning professional. They were moved to Division One South the following season, and won the division in 1973–74, earning promotion to the Premier Division. In 1977–78 Wealdstone progressed beyond the first round of the FA Cup for the first time; after beating Third Division Hereford United 3–2 at Edgar Street in a first round replay, they went on to defeat Fourth Division Reading 2–1 at home in the second round, before losing 4–0 at First Division Queens Park Rangers in the third round.

Conference and non-league double (1979–1988)
In 1979 the club were founder members of the Alliance Premier League, the new national top division of non-League football. After finishing 19th in 1980–81 they were relegated back to the Southern League, but then made an immediate return after winning the South Division of the Southern League the following season; a play-off ensued against Midland Division champions Nuneaton, with Wealdstone winning on penalties after winning the home leg 2–1 and losing 1–0 away. Wealdstone's return to the Alliance Premier League was much more positive than their first stint, finishing 3rd in 1982–83, and then 4th the following season.

In 1984–85 the club had its most successful season to date. Under the management of Brian Hall, Wealdstone won the Alliance Premier League and also the FA Trophy, beating Boston United 2–1 in the final at Wembley Stadium. This was first occasion that the non-league "double" had been achieved by any team. However, in spite of this, Wealdstone were not promoted to the English Football League; automatic promotion from the Alliance Premier League would not be introduced until two years later, and in any case Lower Mead was deemed not to meet Football League stadium requirements so the club was not eligible to apply for election.

Following the double, a period of sharp decline soon set in; after finishing tenth the season after with an aging team, they finished 19th in 1986–87, and were eventually relegated at the end of the following season.

Decline and ground loss (1988–2004)
By the end of the 1990–91 season, financial problems caused by boardroom impropriety were seriously exacerbated by the owner selling the club's Lower Mead ground for commercial development, for which the club, after protracted legal wrangling, received only a very small share of the proceeds. They then signed up to an expensive ground sharing arrangement at Watford's Vicarage Road, and at the end of the 1991–92 season the club were relegated again, dropping from the Southern League Premier Division into the Southern League South Division.

Seeking to reduce expenditure, in 1993 the club began a two-season ground sharing agreement at The Warren, Yeading's ground. In June 1995, with the club in administration and only having two players to its name, Gordon Bartlett was appointed manager. Later that year, Wealdstone re-joined the Isthmian League to further reduce their travelling expenses, having to agree to drop a level into Division Three in the process. Yet again, they moved grounds, this time entering into a ground share with Edgware Town at their White Lion ground that was to last ten years.

After winning the Isthmian League Division Three in 1996–97, they finished second in Division Two in 1997–98 and were promoted again, this time to Division One. However, after finishing third in Division One in the 1998–99, the Isthmian League denied the club promotion to the Premier Division because required improvements at the White Lion ground were not completed until six days after a specified deadline.

Home search and recovery (2004–2019)

The club attempted to redevelop the local disused Prince Edward Playing Fields at Canons Park, owned by the London Borough of Harrow, into a new home ground. Construction of the new stadium started in 2003 but, when over 30% completed, building work was suddenly halted in April 2004 when the private company who were co-financing the project in partnership with the club went into insolvency. Unable to afford to complete the new stadium on their own, Wealdstone had to leave the project unfinished for two years. Eventually, Harrow Council, frustrated that the site remained unused and was falling into dereliction, eventually sold the property lease to Barnet F.C., who used the site as a training centre before later moving permanently in to what became The Hive Stadium in 2013. The terms of the council's lease offer indicated that the new owner should complete the stadium for Wealdstone's use, but this was ultimately ignored and the club's financial investment in the project was lost.

In 2004 Wealdstone were promoted to the Isthmian League Premier Division as a result of the creation of the Conference North and South. The club faced Dulwich Hamlet in the playoff final, with the game finishing 2–2 before Wealdstone won 5–4 on penalties. The club's first two seasons at Premier Division level saw them steer clear of relegation, with back to back 18th-placed finishes. Off the pitch, the club began a further new groundshare arrangement in 2005, this time moving to Northwood's Chestnut Avenue ground. In 2006 they were switched under FA reorganisation to the Southern League Premier Division for a single season, before returning to the Isthmian League the following season.

In January 2008, Wealdstone acquired Ruislip Sports and Social club and the associated lease at Ruislip Manor's Grosvenor Vale ground, starting the 2008-09 season there. With the ground share agreement at Northwood coming to an end and still no specific completion date in sight for the club's Prince Edward Playing Field project, Wealdstone instead decided to invest in the Grosvenor Vale stadium to upgrade the playing facilities as a priority, in order to meet the necessary ground grading requirements to play Isthmian League Premier Division football in the 2008–09 season. The club's first 3 seasons at the Vale saw the club fail to reach the playoffs, finishing 7th, 6th and then 12th. They did however reach the first round of the FA Cup in 2009-10, where they lost 3–2 at home to Rotherham United

2011–12 saw Wealdstone embark on a run the FA Trophy which saw them reach the semi-final and knock out three teams from higher divisions. A 2–1 win at home to Conference side Barrow and a 1–0 win in a replay against Dartford of the Conference South set up a quarter-final away at Cambridge United which Wealdstone won 2-1 thanks to a Richard Jolly brace, before eventually losing 3–1 on aggregate to Newport County in the semi-final. They also reached the promotion play-offs in the Isthmian Premier Division that year, but lost 2–1 to Lowestoft Town in the semi-finals. The following season saw them losing in the play-off semi finals again, this time losing 2–1 against Concord Rangers. However, in 2013–14 did win promotion as league champions, with their promotion to the Conference South being secured with a 1–0 win away to Margate.

Wealdstone did not win any of their first 9 games in the Conference South, with the run ended by a 1–0 victory away to Whitehawk. An upturn in form meant that they finished the 2014-15 season in 12th place, and they would go on to finish 13th the following season. The summer of 2016 saw the club change ownership when Peter Marsden, previously chairman of Accrington Stanley, took over the club in late July. The 2016-17 season saw Wealdstone experience a greater degree of success on the pitch, with the club pushing for the playoffs. However, their hopes were dashed when it was announced that they would be ineligible to compete in the playoffs due to missing the cut off point to meet ground grading requirements. Wealdstone's eventual 8th-placed finish would not have seen them compete regardless.

On 21 August 2017, Gordon Bartlett stepped down as Wealdstone manager after 22 years. A day later, Bobby Wilkinson, formerly of Hungerford Town, was appointed manager. Wilkinson's first season at Wealdstone ended an unremarkable 11th-placed finish in the league, although the club reached the semi-final of the FA Trophy, where they lost 3–0 on aggregate to eventual winners Brackley. In January 2019, chairman Peter Marsden was voted out of his position, and replaced by Rory Fitzgerald. On the final day of the 2018–19 season, Wealdstone rose from 10th to 7th on with a 2–1 win over Hemel Hempstead to ensure a place in the playoffs. Wealdstone began their playoff campaign with a win away at Bath to secure a semi final against Woking, which Wealdstone narrowly lost 3–2. Wilkinson subsequently left the club at the end of the season.

Title win and the National League (2019–present)
On 21 May 2019 Dean Brennan was appointed as new manager, with Stuart Maynard joining as his assistant. 10 wins in the first 11 games of the 2019–20 season saw Wealdstone rise to the top of the league. On 26 March 2020 the season was suspended due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, with Wealdstone still top of the league. On 17 June it was confirmed that the club were to be promoted to the National League as champions of the National League South, on the basis of points won per game.

The club's first season in the fifth tier for 32 years started positively, with 5 wins in the first 8 seeing the club rise to 2nd in the league. However, following a slump in form, Brennan departed his role as manager on 2 February 2021. The club subsequently appointed assistant manager Stuart Maynard as manager, with Matthew Saunders as his assistant. On 5 April, Wealdstone defeated local rivals Barnet 5–1. The club ended their first season back at National League level in 19th place.

In their second season in the National League, Wealdstone recorded a 16th-placed finish, their highest league position for 35 years. The season also saw a new attendance record set at Grosvenor Vale, when Wealdstone defeated Barnet 1–0 in front of a crowd of 2,662. The following campaign saw them host 2,817 in a 0–0 draw with Wrexham. The attendance record was broken again, in March 2023, exceeding 3,000 for the first time, when Wealdstone hosted Barnet in a 0–2 away win. In their Third season they finished 13th, exceeding the previous season's best league finish.

On the 16 November 2023, they announced plans for a new stadium after being allocated land by London Borough of Hillingdon.

On 18 January 2024, Maynard and Saunders left their roles at Wealdstone to join League Two side Notts County. Eight days later, then St. Albans City manager David Noble was named as Maynard's successor, with experienced coach Neil Banfield and former Stones captain Sam Cox joining his backroom staff. His tenure saw only 2 league wins in 15 games, leaving the club in 20th and only above the relegation zone on goal difference. 73 days after their appointment, Noble and Banfield were relieved of their duties after a 4–0 loss away to relegation rivals Boreham Wood.

First team coach Sam Cox took charge for the remainder of the season. He guided the team to 3 wins from their last 5 games, finishing in 16th and 4 points clear of Boreham Wood in 21st.

In May 2024, former Walsall and Shrewsbury boss Matt Taylor was announced as manager, joined by Paul Hughes as his assistant. This coupled with the news that the club would transition to a hybrid training model for the 2024/25 season.

Club crest
The club's crest first appeared on team shirts in the 1960s. It contains four quarters representing the traditional colours of the club (royal blue and white); the "Three Lions" representing England; a football representing the club's sport; and the emblem of Middlesex, the historic county of the London Borough of Harrow where the club is from.

Rivalry
Wealdstone's main rivals are often considered to be Barnet. The clubs were both founding members of the Alliance Premier League and played each other regularly throughout the 1980s, although games were rarely played after that with the clubs being in different divisions. The rivalry came back to prominence when Barnet moved into The Hive Stadium which was originally intended for Wealdstone. With the two clubs now playing in the same division, the rivalry has heightened after ex-Stones manager Dean Brennan joined Barnet, originally as Director of Football before becoming manager in late 2021. Other rivals have included Harrow Borough (with whom the "Harrow Derby" is contested ), Enfield, and Hendon, with Wealdstone beating the latter in the 1966 Amateur Cup final.

Notable former players
For all Wealdstone F.C. players with a Wikipedia article, see

The club's all-time leading goalscorer is George Duck. Duck scored 251 goals for Wealdstone in 370 appearances between 1972 and 1979, and additionally set unmatched scoring records for penalties and hat-tricks. In every season he played for the club Duck was top scorer in league and cup competitions.

Amongst former players who have gone on to notable careers at the highest level of professional football are Stuart Pearce, Vinnie Jones and Jermaine Beckford. Harold Smith was the first ever player to leave Wealdstone FC for a professional career, joining Notts County in 1930.

Non-playing staff
As of 24 May 2024

Management

 * As of 6 December 2023

Managerial history

 * Pre 1961 Team selection committee
 * June 1961 – April 1968 Vince Burgess
 * May 1968 – December 1969 Dave Underwood
 * December 1969 – June 1970 Howard Moxon
 * June 1970 – March 1972 Alan Humphries
 * March 1972 – March 1974 Syd Prosser
 * March 1974 – March 1976 Eddie Presland
 * April 1976 – February 1977 Geoff Coleman
 * February 1977 – September 1979 Alan Fogarty
 * September 1979 – November 1980 Ken Payne
 * November 1980 – August 1983 Allen Batsford
 * August 1983 – January 1987 Brian Hall
 * February 1987 – September 1987 Colin Meldrum
 * September 1987 – November 1987 Terry Burton
 * December 1987 – October 1989 Tony Jennings
 * October 1989 – December 1990 Alan Gane
 * December 1990 – September 1992 Brian Hall
 * September 1992 – September 1993 Dennis Byatt
 * September 1993 – June 1995 Fred Callaghan
 * July 1995 – August 2017 Gordon Bartlett
 * August 2017 – May 2019 Bobby Wilkinson
 * May 2019 – February 2021 Dean Brennan
 * March 2021 – January 2024 Stuart Maynard
 * January 2024 Alex Dyer (interim)
 * January 2024 – April 2024 David Noble
 * April 2024 Sam Cox (interim)
 * May 2024 – Present Matty Taylor
 * December 1987 – October 1989 Tony Jennings
 * October 1989 – December 1990 Alan Gane
 * December 1990 – September 1992 Brian Hall
 * September 1992 – September 1993 Dennis Byatt
 * September 1993 – June 1995 Fred Callaghan
 * July 1995 – August 2017 Gordon Bartlett
 * August 2017 – May 2019 Bobby Wilkinson
 * May 2019 – February 2021 Dean Brennan
 * March 2021 – January 2024 Stuart Maynard
 * January 2024 Alex Dyer (interim)
 * January 2024 – April 2024 David Noble
 * April 2024 Sam Cox (interim)
 * May 2024 – Present Matty Taylor
 * August 2017 – May 2019 Bobby Wilkinson
 * May 2019 – February 2021 Dean Brennan
 * March 2021 – January 2024 Stuart Maynard
 * January 2024 Alex Dyer (interim)
 * January 2024 – April 2024 David Noble
 * April 2024 Sam Cox (interim)
 * May 2024 – Present Matty Taylor
 * January 2024 – April 2024 David Noble
 * April 2024 Sam Cox (interim)
 * May 2024 – Present Matty Taylor
 * May 2024 – Present Matty Taylor
 * May 2024 – Present Matty Taylor

Records

 * Best FA Cup performance: Third round, 1977–78
 * Best FA Trophy performance: Winners, 1984–85
 * Best FA Vase performance: Third round, 1997–98
 * Best FA Amateur Cup performance: Winners, 1965–66
 * Record attendance: 13,504 vs Leytonstone, FA Amateur Cup fourth round replay, 5 March 1949
 * Biggest victory: 22–0 vs 12th London Regiment, FA Amateur Cup, 13 October 1923
 * Heaviest defeat: 0–14 vs Edgware Town, London Senior Cup, 9 December 1944
 * Most appearances: Charlie Townsend, 514
 * Most goals: George Duck, 251

Honours
League
 * Alliance Premier League (level 5)
 * Champions: 1984–85
 * National League South (level 6)
 * Champions: 2019–20
 * Isthmian League Premier (level 7)
 * Champions: 2013–14
 * Isthmian League Division Three
 * Champions: 1996–97
 * Southern League Division One
 * Champions: 1973–74, 1981–82
 * Athenian League
 * Champions: 1951–52
 * Willesden & District League Division One
 * Champions: 1905–06, 1912–13
 * Suburban League North Division
 * Champions: 1990–91

Cup
 * FA Trophy
 * Winners: 1984–85
 * FA Amateur Cup
 * Winners: 1965–66
 * Southern League Cup
 * Winners: 1981–82
 * Southern League Championship Shield
 * Winners: 1981–82
 * Southern League Championship Cup
 * Winners: 1981–82
 * Middlesex Premier Cup
 * Winners: 2003–04, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2010–11
 * London Senior Cup
 * Winners: 1951–52 (shared with Wimbledon)
 * Middlesex Senior Cup
 * Winners (11): 1929–30, 1937–38, 1940–41, 1941–42, 1942–43, 1945–46, 1958–59, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1967–68, 1984–85
 * Middlesex Charity Cup
 * Winners (9): 1929–30, 1930–31, 1937–38, 1938–39, 1949–50, 1963–64, 1967–68, 2003–04, 2010–11
 * Middlesex Junior Cup
 * Winners: 1912–13

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American Samoa national football team

The American Samoa men's national football team (Au soka Amerika Sāmoa) represents American Samoa in men's international association football and is controlled by the Football Federation American Samoa, the governing body of the sport in the territory. American Samoa's home ground is the Pago Park Soccer Stadium in Pago Pago and their head coach is Tunoa Lui.

Early history
In 1983, American Samoa entered a football team in the South Pacific Games for the first time. The territory's official first match took place in Apia, Western Samoa on August 20, 1983, and ended in a 3–1 defeat to Western Samoa. Two days later, the team recorded their first win with a 3–0 victory against Wallis and Futuna however, they were eliminated from the competition at the group stage following a 3–2 loss to Tonga on August 24.

The following year, the American Samoa Football Association (ASFA) – now known as Football Federation American Samoa (FFAS) – was founded and took over responsibility for organizing the territory's national team.

After competing in the 1987 South Pacific Games and the 1994 Polynesia Cup, ASFA became full members of the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) and the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) allowing them to compete in the FIFA World Cup qualifiers for the first time. American Samoa registered their first FIFA-recognized international during the 1998 Polynesia Cup in Rarotonga, Cook Islands when they lost 3–0 to Tonga on September 2.

World record for the worst loss in international matches
During their first qualifying campaign for the 2002 FIFA World Cup in April 2001, American Samoa was involved in a match which set the record for the largest margin of victory in international football when they lost 31–0 to Australia. The outcome of the match led to debates about the format of qualification tournaments, with the Australian manager Frank Farina and striker Archie Thompson – who scored 13 times in the match – feeling that preliminary rounds should be introduced to avoid such unbalanced matches, views shared by the international footballing body FIFA. It eventually led to the introduction of a preliminary round in the Oceanian zone qualification for the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

Stagnation
Since joining FIFA, the team has been regarded as one of the world's weakest teams and were, until November 2011, the joint-lowest ranked national team in the FIFA World ranking.

On November 23, 2011, American Samoa recorded their second and first FIFA-recognized win when they defeated Tonga 2–1 in the first round of qualifiers for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. It was also the team's first victory after 38 consecutive defeats.

The team's efforts to qualify for the 2014 FIFA World Cup were chronicled in a 2014 British documentary, Next Goal Wins, directed by Mike Brett and Steve Jamison. In October 2015, the territory achieved its highest position in the FIFA World Rankings when they reached 164th following back-to-back wins against Tonga and the Cook Islands in qualifying for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. After playing in the 2019 Pacific Games, American Samoa was removed from the FIFA World Rankings after it had not played a match in over four years. This hiatus was caused in part by the COVID-19 pandemic which forced the team out of 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification and the cancellation of the 2020 OFC Nations Cup. American Samoa would finally compete again at the 2023 Pacific Games.

Player pool
American Samoa has struggled in part because of its small player pool. The territory has a small population, and many potential players move away for education or work or choose to play other sports such as baseball. Another limiting factor is that international competition regulations often require that players hold the nationality of the country that they represent, which in the case of American Samoa is United States nationality. Although people born in American Samoa are United States nationals, foreign nationals who immigrate to American Samoa, who comprise about a third of its population, are ineligible to apply for United States nationality. An option for the team would be to recruit players from the United States, as other teams of Pacific territories have done with their parent countries, such as Tahiti drawing players from Metropolitan France.

Home stadium
American Samoa's home ground is Veterans Memorial Stadium in Tafuna. Their home was originally Pago Park, however American Samoa had never played a home match there in their history at the senior level. The stadium featured in the 2023 film Next Goal Wins and was a facility used as the national team's training ground in the build-up to the 2011 Pacific Games and the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. Matches at the stadium had to be concluded before 6:30pm because of a village curfew which limits noise and prevents the installation of floodlighting. For this reason, the association began planning to build their current facility in Tafuna in 2023. FIFA president Gianni Infantino promised the association $5 million for the project during his visit around Oceania in summer of that year.

Coaching history

 * 🇦🇸 Tiwo Kummings (2000)
 * 🇦🇸 Anthony Langkilde (2001)
 * 🇦🇸 Tunoa Lui (2001–2002)
 * 🏴 Ian Crook (2004)
 * 🇦🇸 Nathan Mease (2007)
 * 🏴 David Brand (2007–2010)
 * 🇦🇸 Iofi Lalogafuafua (2011)
 * 🇳🇱 Thomas Rongen (2011)
 * 🇦🇸 Larry Mana'o (2015–2019)
 * 🇦🇸 Tunoa Lui (2019–2023)
 * 🇦🇸 Ruben Luvu (2023–2024)
 * 🏴 David Jones (2024)

Current squad
The following players were called up for the 2023 Pacific Games.

Caps and goals updated as of 30 November 2023, after the game against Tonga.

Player records
Goalkeeper Nicky Salapu holds the record for the most appearances for American Samoa. Since his debut against Fiji on April 7, 2001, he has made 22 appearances for the national team – including the world record defeat to Australia and American Samoa's first FIFA-recognized victory against Tonga in November 2011. Ramin Ott holds the record for most goals for American Samoa after scoring three times in 15 appearances between 2004 and 2015. In total, 10 different players have scored a goal in a FIFA-recognized match for American Samoa.

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Most appearances
Youngest player
 * Jaiyah Saelua – 15 years 300 days vs. Fiji on 15 May 2004

Oldest player
 * Nicky Salapu – 38 years 308 days vs. Tahiti on 18 July 2019

Top goalscorers
First goal
 * Duane Atuelevao – 12 March 2002 vs. Tonga

Most goals in a match
 * Demetrius Beauchamp – 2 vs. Samoa on 31 August 2015

Team records

 * Biggest victory: 3–0 vs. Wallis and Futuna on 22 August 1983
 * Heaviest defeat: 0–31 vs. Australia on 11 April 2001
 * Most consecutive victories: 2; achieved September 2015
 * Most consecutive matches without defeats: 2; achieved November 2011 and September 2015
 * Most consecutive matches without victory: 37 between 24 August 1983 and 5 September 2011
 * Most consecutive matches without scoring: 7 between 27 August 2007 and 5 September 2011

FIFA World Cup
Following FIFA affiliation in 1998, American Samoa first entered the qualifying competition for the 2002 FIFA World Cup. They have entered the qualifiers for each subsequent edition but have never made it beyond the first stage. The closest they came to reaching the second phase was in qualifying for the 2018 edition when they won two of their three matches and narrowly missed out on progressing on goal difference.

 * Notes

OFC Nations Cup
Before becoming full members of OFC in 1998, American Samoa entered the 1994 Polynesia Cup which acted as the qualifying round for Polynesian national teams for the 1996 OFC Nations Cup. This was the territory's first time competing for a place in OFC's flagship competition for senior men's national teams.

The OFC Men's Nations Cup has often acted as part of the FIFA World Cup qualification process for Oceanian national teams and, as a result, American Samoa have competed in the qualifiers for both competitions in every edition since 1998. They have yet to qualify for either competition.

 * Notes

Pacific Games
American Samoa first entered the South Pacific Games in 1983. This was the first time a team representing the territory had competed in association football and they recorded one win from their three games in the group stage by beating Wallis and Futuna 3–0 – the only time American Samoa have recorded a win in the competition – but that wasn't enough to progress to the next round. American Samoa would go onto enter the 1987 edition where they were again eliminated in the group stage, losing all four of their matches.

It would be another 20 years before they again entered the competition. The 2007 edition was the last known as the South Pacific Games before becoming the Pacific Games four years later and it was also part of the qualification process for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. In their third appearance in the competition, American Samoa were again eliminated at the group stage, losing all four matches. The same fate befell American Samoa in the 2011 Pacific Games as they lost all five games to finish bottom of their group.

In 2015, the Pacific Games was an age-restricted tournament that doubled as the OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament and no team representing American Samoa took part. Four years later, they were again eliminated at the group stage however, a 1–1 draw with Tuvalu ended a 32-year losing streak in the competition.

 * Notes

Records and statistics
American Samoa played their first full international match against Papua New Guinea, which ended in a 20–0 loss. Their national team have suffered the world's biggest international defeat, by losing to Australia 31–0. American Samoa have won only against Cook Islands, Tonga, and Wallis and Futuna. American Samoa have also lost to all of these teams at least once.

Head-to-head record
The following table shows the American Samoa national football team's all-time international record. The statistics are composed of FIFA World Cup, OFC Nations Cup, Polynesia Cup and Pacific Games matches, as well as international friendlies.

Performance by competition
Up to matches played on 30 November 2023.

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Performance by venue
Up to matches played on 20 November 2023.

Historical kits
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Cash is king

"Cash is king" is a colloquial phrase sometimes used in analyzing businesses or investment portfolios. It may refer to the importance of cash flow in the overall fiscal health of a business. In corporate finance, the expression refers to the fact that only future free cash flows or dividends are relevant for valuation and not, for example, accounting earnings. For managers and investors, it may also describe the advantage of having a large percentage of cash or short-term debt instruments available either due to falling financial markets or due to the availability of investment opportunities. The phrase has also come to be associated with businesses that only accept cash, rather than card payments.

The concept of "cash is king" describes the importance of sufficient cash as an asset in the business for short term operations, purchases and acquisitions. A company could have a large amount of accounts receivables on its balance sheet which would also increase equity, but the company could still be short on cash with which it can make purchases, including paying wages to workers for labor. Unless it was able to convert its accounts receivable and other current assets to cash quickly, it could fail and be technically bankrupt despite a positive net worth.

History
The origin of "cash is king" is somewhat unclear. In George N. McLean's 1890 book How to do Business, or the Secret of Success in Retail Merchandizing, one of the "Twelve Wise Business Maxims" is "Avoid credit, remembering that cash is king, credit is a slave".

The phrase became more popular following the global stock market crash of 1987 by Pehr G. Gyllenhammar, then CEO of Swedish car group Volvo.

Since 2000, the expression, "cash is king", has occasionally appeared in articles on the investing website Motley Fool, and is part of radio host Dave Ramsey's hourly show introduction

The phrase was frequently used by billionaire property developer Alex Spanos, whose 2002 book, Sharing the Wealth: My Story, includes the phrase, used as a chapter title, and later adopted by another NFL team owner of Greek heritage, Jack Welch.

Widely used during the global financial crisis of 2007–2008 and the Great Recession that followed, the phrase was also often used to describe companies which could avoid share issues or bankruptcy.

The phrase is often used by convicted jewel thief Larry Lawton, although in a different context to mean it is best to rob cash as you do not have to sell it to a fence, potentially making the criminal process riskier. This phrase appears on his merchandise.

The phrase has been repurposed more recently to indicate opposition to the increasing trend of transactions being made using card rather than physical currency. This meaning is different to the original usage because, from an accountancy perspective, there is no significant distinction between cash held in a bank and physical currency. The original usage suggests the superiority of liquid assets over fixed assets, but in this repurposed usage, the distinction made is between physical currency and cash reserves held digitally with a financial institution.

The phrase has had its resurgence in more recent years in the form of protests over cashless societies, and the right to privacy.

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Franco-Provençal language not classified as oïl language. -- Man vyi 13:19, Sep 28, 2004 (UTC)
 * According to it is.  --  ℛ yan! |  Talk  12:53, Sep 29, 2004 (UTC)
 * According to Franco-Provençal speakers, according to the French government, and according to Franco-Provençal language article, it isn't. And since the Ethnologue info is so clearly inadequate on the oïl languages, one can hardly place much reliance on it in the face of all the other information. And why is this page necessary at all since we already have a page on the oïl languages which lists them - and which includes accurate information? Man vyi 15:29, Sep 29, 2004 (UTC)
 * The Ethnologue has in-depth information on every language spoken in the world. Are you suggesting that the project just decided to be sloppy with the Oïl languages?  Could you provide some links to back up your statements?  --  ℛ yan! |  Talk  02:42, Sep 30, 2004 (UTC)

 * The language site of the French Ministry of Culture for a start. Whether a site like Ethnologue with no official standing in French language policy decided to be sloppy or not, I couldn't say. The fact is the information is inadequate regarding the oïl languages. Have copied list over from langue d'oïl so that, until someone merges it, this page actually contains a list of the languages it purports to list. Man vyi 21:32, Oct 3, 2004 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Many of those that you have listed are probably dialects, but they probably belong on this page anyway.  --  ℛ yan! |  Talk  00:35, Oct 4, 2004 (UTC)

Proposed move
It has been proposed that Languages of Oïl be renamed and moved to Langues d'Oïl. Comments and votes on Talk:Languages of Oïl, please, if you're interested. Man vyi 09:08, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

Why?
Why does this page exist? The main article Langues d'oïl isn't that long and it already includes a more detailed family tree. It helpfully directs to this page, suggesting that there is "Further information" here. Will this ever be true? The two lists definitely need to be merged before they become completely contradictory. The question is, here or there? CapnPrep 00:37, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

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2nd New Zealand Parliament

The 2nd New Zealand Parliament was a term of the Parliament of New Zealand. It opened on 15 April 1856, following New Zealand's 1855 election. It was dissolved on 5 November 1860 in preparation for 1860–61 election. The 2nd Parliament was the first under which New Zealand had responsible government, meaning that unlike previously, the Cabinet was chosen (although not officially appointed) by Parliament rather than by the Governor-General of New Zealand.

Historical context
At this time political parties had not been established (they were not established until after the 1890 election), meaning that anyone attempting to form an administration had to win support directly from individual MPs. This made forming (and retaining) a government difficult. The Sewell Ministry, the first responsible government, led by Henry Sewell, lasted only two weeks. The first Fox Ministry, the second responsible government, led by William Fox, also lasted only two weeks. The third responsible government, the first Stafford Ministry, led by Edward Stafford, was more stable, governing for the remainder of the 2nd Parliament and for the beginning of the 3rd.

Parliamentary sessions
Parliament sat for three sessions:

Electoral boundaries for the 2nd Parliament
The 2nd Parliament, which initially used the same electoral boundaries as the 1st Parliament, consisted of thirty-seven representatives representing twenty-four electorates. Two regions of the colony (the inland regions of the lower North Island and the north-west corner of the South Island) were not part of any electorate, and so were not represented.

The 1858 Amendment changed the boundaries to:

Changes during term
The turnover of MPs was very high in the 2nd Parliament, with 32 by-elections and a supplementary election being held. This situation was partly the result of a redistribution of boundaries to seven electorates, and the creation of four new electorates – agreed upon in the Electoral Districts Act, 1858, with the total number of MPs in Parliament rising from 37 to 41, and the number of electorates rising from 24 to 28. The northern portion of the Northern Division electorate was split off and became the electorate of Marsden. The Wairarapa and Hawke's Bay electorate was split into two separate components, and. All the previously unincorporated areas in the lower North Island were divided between Wairarapa, County of Hawke,, and.

In the South Island, the southern portion of Wairau electorate, plus part of Christchurch Country, became the new Cheviot electorate. The western portion of Dunedin Country was split off and became the new Wallace electorate. The northwest of the South Island remained the colony's only territory not part of an electorate.

Members of Parliament belonging to one of the electorates that was split could choose which of the two new electorates they would want to represent, and by-elections were held during 1859 in the thus unrepresented electorates.

At the opening of the 6th session of the Parliament on 10 April 1858, the speaker read out 14 resignations.

Existing electorates
Cuff resigned in 1858 and was succeeded by William Sefton Moorhouse.
 * Akaroa

Merriman resigned on 13 March 1860. He was succeeded by Joseph Hargreaves, who was elected on 5 April 1860, and resigned on 24 July 1860. Hargreaves was replaced by Logan Campbell, who was returned unopposed on 4 August 1860.
 * Auckland Suburbs

Brodie resigned on 6 December 1859 and was succeeded by Theophilus Heale.

Brittin resigned in 1856, returned to England on 'urgent business' and did not return to New Zealand. He was succeeded in 1856 by John Ollivier, who himself resigned in 1860. Ollivier was succeeded by Isaac Cookson.
 * Christchurch Country

Hall resigned in 1860 and was succeeded by Charles Hunter Brown.

Campbell resigned in 1858. He was succeeded by Thomas Forsaith.
 * City of Auckland

Beckham resigned in 1859. He was succeeded by Archibald Clark.

In 1858, Featherston and Fitzherbert resigned their seats in Parliament. Featherston apparently wanted to return to England. Instead, he successfully stood for re-election within months. The other person returned in the same by-election was William Barnard Rhodes.
 * City of Wellington

The renamed County of Hawke (it had previously been Wairarapa and Hawkes Bay, until its southern portion was made into the separate electorate of Wairarapa). Thomas Henry FitzGerald was elected as its representative on 26 April 1860.
 * County of Hawke

John and his father William Cargill resigned in 1858 and October 1859, respectively. The first vacancy was filled by John Parkin Taylor, who retired from parliament at the end of this term. The second vacancy was filled by Thomas Gillies.
 * Dunedin Country

Brown resigned on 16 August 1856 to (unsuccessfully) contest the Taranaki superintendency. He was again elected in 1858 and resigned in 1860, when his militia service required his full attention. In between Brown's terms, John Lewthwaite (who resigned in 1858) represented the electorate.
 * Grey and Bell

Bell resigned in 1858 and was succeeded by William Fitzherbert. Ludlam, the other representative of Hutt, resigned in 1856 and was replaced by Samuel Revans, who resigned again on 22 March 1858 and was succeeded by Alfred Renall.
 * Hutt

Parker resigned in 1856 and was succeeded by Herbert Curtis.
 * Motueka and Massacre Bay

East resigned in 1860. The subsequent by-election on 16 April 1860 was won unopposed by James Crowe Richmond.
 * Omata

Greenwood resigned and Captain Jermyn Symonds was elected on 30 April 1858.
 * Pensioner Settlements

Taylor resigned on 13 April 1858 and was succeeded through an 1858 by-election by Theodore Haultain.
 * Southern Division

Sewell resigned his seat in late 1856 to return to England. He was succeeded by Richard Packer. Packer resigned in 1859. Sewell, having returned from England, won the 1860 by-election. He did not seek re-election at the end of the term, but was appointed Registrar-General of Lands towards the end of 1860.
 * Town of Christchurch

Macandrew resigned on 2 November 1858. He successfully contested the January 1859 by-election in the same electorate.
 * Town of Dunedin

FitzGerald] resigned in 1857 due to ill health. Crosbie Ward won the resulting by-election in May 1858.
 * Town of Lyttelton

Elliot resigned in 1858. He was succeeded by David Monro, who had already represented the electorate in the 1st Parliament.
 * Waimea

Travers resigned in 1859 and was succeeded by Fedor Kelling.

Smith resigned on 10 March 1858. He was succeeded by James Burne Ferguson.
 * Wairarapa and Hawkes Bay

Wells resigned in 1858. He was succeeded by Frederick Weld, who had already represented the electorate in the 1st Parliament.
 * Wairau

Ward resigned on 22 March 1858. He was succeeded by Alfred Brandon.
 * Wellington Country

New electorates
Cheviot was first created in 1859, with Edward Jollie its first representative.
 * Cheviot

Marsden was established in 1859. James Farmer was the first representative, elected on 16 December 1859.
 * Marsden

The Wairarapa electorate was created in 1859. Charles Carter was the first elected representative.
 * Wairarapa

The Wallace electorate was created in 1859 and the first elections held on 30 November. Dillon Bell was the first elected representative.
 * Wallace

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Talk:Tantulocarida

Untitled
This article is somewhat short on information because this seems to be a small and obscure subclass with very little information out there to be found. There are no pictures available online at all (especially ones without copyright issues). Details about the families are, at this point, virtually nonexistant.

Normally good sources such as the Tree of Life Project have no listing of this subphylum or any of its families, even though they all exist according to its ITIS Standard Report. ClockworkTroll 13:23, 28 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Number of species
I think that the number of species is 12 rather than 1200. --Xvazquez (talk) 18:14, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

Adult body size
If the adult grows as a bud from within the larva, the larva is larger than the adult. Does it really still deserve the title of world's smallest arthropod? We're measuring the wrong thing .... unless the measurement we have really   is for the larval stage, and the supposed "adults" are the     size of germ cells. — Soap — 00:46, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

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Thermos bomb

Thermos bomb was the informal name for the AR-4, an air dropped anti-personnel mine used by the Italian Air Force during World War II. Large numbers were used against Malta and in the Middle East. It was named for its superficial appearance to a Thermos bottle, a popular brand of vacuum flask. The bomb was a cylinder 31 cm long and weighing 3.68 kg. It could be fitted with a very sensitive motion-sensitive fuze that would detonate if any attempt was made to move it. It could be lethal in the open to approximately 35 m. Because of this, unexploded Thermos bombs were normally destroyed where they fell, either by attaching a long piece of string to them and giving it a jerk, or detonating a small explosive charge near them.

A later variant of the fuze introduced a long time delay, which triggered between 60 and 80 hours after the fuze had armed.

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User talk:Wolspo

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