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User:Tra/myskin.css

/*
 * Mediawiki 'monobook' style sheet for CSS2-capable browsers.
 * Copyright Gabriel Wicke - http://wikidev.net/
 * License: GPL
 * Loosely based on http://www.positioniseverything.net/ordered-floats.html by Big John
 * and the Plone 2.0 styles, see http://plone.org/ (Alexander Limi,Joe Geldart & Tom Croucher,
 * Michael Zeltner and Geir BÃ¦kholt)
 * All you guys rock :)
 * All you guys rock :)

width: 100%; float: right; margin: 0 0 0.6em -12.2em; padding:0; }   margin: 2.8em 0 0 12.2em; padding: 0em 1em 1.5em 1em; background: White; border: 1px solid #aaaaaa; border-right: none; line-height: 1.5em; position: relative; z-index: 2; } /* the left column width is specified in class .portlet */
 * 1) column-content {
 * 1) content {
 * 1) column-one { padding-top: 160px; }

/* Font size:
 * We take advantage of keyword scaling- browsers won't go below 9px
 * More at http://www.w3.org/2003/07/30-font-size
 * http://style.cleverchimp.com/font_size_intervals/altintervals.html

body { background: #ffe320; color: Black; margin: 0; padding: 0; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:normal; font-size:x-small; font-family:sans-serif }

/* scale back up to a sane default */ font-size:127%; width: 100%; margin: 0; padding: 0; } .visualClear { clear: both; }
 * 1) globalWrapper {

/* general styles */

table { font-size: 100%; background: White; } a { text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background: none; } a:visited { color: #5a3696; } a:active { color: Orange; } a:hover { text-decoration: underline; } a.stub { color: #772233; } a.new, a.new:visited,
 * 1) p-personal a.new { color:#ba0000; }
 * 1) p-personal a.new:visited { color:#a55858; }

img { border: none; vertical-align: middle; } p { margin: 0.4em 0em 0.5em 0em; line-height: 1.5em; }

p img { margin: 0; }

hr { height: 1px; color: #ff0000; background-color: #ff0000; border: 0px none; margin: 0.2em 0; }

h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 { color: Black; background: none; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom: 1px solid #ff0000; } h1 { font-size: 188%; } h2 { font-size: 150%; } h3, h4, h5, h6 { border-bottom: none; font-weight: bold; } h3 { font-size: 132%; } h4 { font-size: 116%; } h5 { font-size: 100%; } h6 { font-size: 80%; }

ul { line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: square; padding:0; list-style-image: url('bullet.gif');margin-left:1.5em; margin-right:0; margin-top:0.3em; margin-bottom:0 } ol { line-height: 1.5em; padding:0; list-style-image: url('none');margin-left:3.2em; margin-right:0; margin-top:0.3em; margin-bottom:0 } li { margin-bottom: 0.1em; } dt { font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0.1em; } dl{ margin-top: 0.2em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; } dd { line-height: 1.5em; margin-left: 2em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; }

fieldset { border: 1px solid #2f6fab; margin: 1em 0em 1em 0em; padding: 0em 1em 1em 1em; line-height: 1.5em; } legend { background: White; padding: 0.5em; font-size: 95%; } form { border: none; margin: 0; }

textarea { border: 1px solid #2f6fab; color: Black; background-color: white; width: 100%; padding: 0.1em; overflow: auto; } /* hide this from ie/mac and konq2.2 */ @media All { head:first-child+body input { visibility: visible; border: 1px solid #2f6fab; color: Black; background-color: white; vertical-align: middle; padding: 0.2em; } } input.historysubmit { padding: 0 0.3em 0.3em 0.3em !important; font-size: 94%; cursor: pointer; height: 1.7em !important; margin-left: 1.6em; } input[type="radio"], input[type="checkbox"] { border:none; } select { border: 1px solid #2f6fab; color: Black; vertical-align: top; } abbr, acronym, .explain { border-bottom: 1px dotted Black; color: Black; background: none; cursor: help; } q { font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-style: italic; } /* disabled for now blockquote { font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-style: italic; }*/ code { background-color: #f9f9f9; } pre { padding: 1em; border: 1px dashed #2f6fab; color: Black; background-color: #f9f9f9; line-height: 1.1em; }

/*
 * the main content area

font-size: 84%; line-height: 1.2em; margin: 0 0 1.4em 1em; color: #7d7d7d; width: auto; } span.subpages { display: block; }
 * 1) siteSub { display: none; }
 * 2) contentSub {

/* Some space under the headers in the content area */ margin-bottom: 0.3em; } .firstHeading { margin-bottom:0.1em; }
 * 1) bodyContent h1, #bodyContent h2 { margin-bottom:0.6em; }
 * 2) bodyContent h3,
 * 3) bodyContent h4,
 * 4) bodyContent h5 {

/* user notification thing */ .usermessage { background-color: #ffce7b; border: 1px solid #ffa500; color: Black; font-weight: bold; margin: 2em 0em 1em 0em; padding: 0.5em 1em; vertical-align: middle; }   text-align: center; font-size: 95%; padding: 0 0.9em 0 0.9em; } .error { color: red; font-size: larger; }   border:1px solid #aaaaaa; background-color:#f9f9f9; padding:5px; margin-top: 1em; clear: both; } /* currently unused, intended to be used by a metadata box in the bottom-right corner of the content area */ .documentDescription { /* The summary text describing the document */ font-weight: bold; display: block; margin: 1em 0em; line-height: 1.5em; } .documentByLine { text-align: right; font-size: 90%; clear: both; font-weight: normal; color: #76797c; }
 * 1) siteNotice {
 * 1) siteNotice p { margin: none; padding: none; }
 * 1) catlinks {

/* emulate center */ .center { width: 100%; text-align: center; }   margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; } /* small for tables and similar */ .small, .small * { font-size: 94%; } table.small { font-size: 100% }
 * .center * {

/*
 * content styles

/*border:1px solid #2f6fab;*/ border:1px solid #ff0000; background-color:#ffdf00; padding:5px; font-size: 95%; }   margin-top: 0.7em; font-size: 94%; }
 * 1) toc {
 * 1) toc .tocindent { margin-left: 2em; }
 * 2) toc .tocline { margin-bottom: 0px; }
 * 3) toc p { margin: 0 }
 * 4) toc .toctoggle { font-size: 94%; }
 * 5) toc .editsection {

/* images */ div.floatright, table.floatright { border-left:1.4em solid White; border-right:0px solid White; border-top:0.5em solid White; border-bottom:0.8em solid White; clear: right; float: right; margin: 0; position: relative; } div.floatright p { font-style: italic; } div.floatleft, table.floatleft { border-left:0px solid White; border-right:1.4em solid White; border-top:0.5em solid White; border-bottom:0.8em solid White; float: left; position: relative; margin-left:0; margin-right:0.5em; margin-top:0.3em; margin-bottom:0.5em } div.floatleft p { font-style: italic; } /* thumbnails */ div.thumb { margin-bottom: 0.5em; border-style: solid; border-color: White; width: auto; } div.thumb div { border:1px solid #cccccc; padding: 3px !important; background-color:#f9f9f9; font-size: 94%; text-align: center; overflow: hidden; } div.thumb div a img { border:1px solid #cccccc; } div.thumb div div.thumbcaption { border: none; text-align: left; line-height: 1.4; padding: 0.3em 0 0.1em 0; } div.magnify { float: right; border: none !important; background: none !important; } div.magnify a, div.magnify img { display: block; border: none !important; background: none !important; } div.tright { clear: right; float: right; border-width: 0.5em 0 0.8em 1.4em; } div.tleft { float: left; margin-right:0.5em; border-width: 0.5em 1.4em 0.8em 0; } .urlexpansion, .hiddenStructure { display: none; } img.tex { vertical-align: middle; } span.texhtml { font-family: serif; }

/*
 * classes for special content elements like town boxes
 * intended to be referenced directly from the wiki src

/* /* table standards */ table.rimage { float:right; position:relative; margin-left:1em; margin-bottom:1em; text-align:center; } .toccolours { border:1px solid #aaaaaa; background-color:#f9f9f9; padding:5px; font-size: 95%; } div.townBox { position:relative; float:right; background:White; margin-left:1em; border: 1px solid Grey; padding:0.3em; width: 200px; overflow: hidden; clear: right; } div.townBox dl { padding: 0; margin: 0 0 0.3em 0; font-size: 96%; } div.townBox dl dt { background: none; margin: 0.4em 0 0 0; } div.townBox dl dd { margin: 0.1em 0 0 1.1em; background-color: #f3f3f3; }
 * User styles

/* .special li { line-height: 1.4em; margin: 0; padding: 0; }
 * edit views etc

/* Page history styling */ /* the auto-generated edit comments */ .autocomment { color: gray; } margin-left: 1.4em; margin-right: 0.4em; }   background-color:#f9f9f9; border:1px dashed #aaaaaa; } /* table.diff { background:white; } td.diff-otitle { background:#ffffff; } td.diff-ntitle { background:#ffffff; } td.diff-addedline { background:#ccffcc; font-size: smaller; } td.diff-deletedline { background:#ffffaa; font-size: smaller; } td.diff-context { background:#eeeeee; font-size: smaller; } span.diffchange { color: red; }
 * 1) pagehistory span.user {
 * 1) pagehistory span.minor { font-weight: bold; }
 * 2) pagehistory li { border: 1px solid White; }
 * 3) pagehistory li.selected {
 * Diff rendering

/*    background: url('external.png') no-repeat center right; padding-right: 13px } .link-https { background: url('lock_icon.gif') no-repeat center right; padding-right: 16px } .link-mailto { background: url('mail_icon.gif') no-repeat center right; padding-right: 18px }   background: url('news_icon.png') no-repeat center right; padding-right: 18px } .link-ftp { background: url('file_icon.gif') no-repeat center right; padding-right: 18px } .link-irc { background: url('discussionitem_icon.gif') no-repeat center right; padding-right: 18px } /* disable interwiki styling */ color: #3366bb; background: none; padding: 0; } /* this can be used in the content area to switch off special external link styling */ background: none !important; padding: 0; } /*
 * keep the whitespace in front of the ^=, hides rule from konqueror
 * this is css3, the validator doesn't like it when validating as css2
 * 1) bodyContent a[href ^="http://"],
 * 2) bodyContent a[href ^="gopher://"] {
 * 1) bodyContent a[href ^="gopher://"] {
 * 1) bodyContent a[href ^="https://"],
 * 1) bodyContent a[href ^="mailto:"],
 * 1) bodyContent a[href ^="news://"] {
 * 1) bodyContent a[href ^="ftp://"],
 * 1) bodyContent a[href ^="irc://"],
 * 1) bodyContent a.extiw,
 * 2) bodyContent a.extiw:active {
 * 1) bodyContent a.external { color: #3366bb; }
 * 1) bodyContent .plainlinks a {
 * Structural Elements

/* .portlet { border: none; margin: 0 0 0.5em 0em; float: none; padding: 0; width: 11.6em; overflow: hidden; } .portlet h4 { font-size: 95%; font-weight: normal; white-space: nowrap; } .portlet h5 { background: transparent; padding: 0em 1em 0em 0.5em; text-transform: lowercase; display: inline; font-size: 91%; height: 1em; font-weight: normal; white-space: nowrap; } .portlet h6 { background: #ffae2e; border: 1px solid #2f6fab; border-style: solid solid none solid; padding: 0em 1em 0em 1em; text-transform: lowercase; display: block; font-size: 1em; height: 1.2em; font-weight: normal; white-space: nowrap; } .pBody { font-size: 95%; background: White; border-collapse: collapse; border: 1px solid #aaaaaa; padding: 0 0.8em 0.3em 0.5em; } .portlet h1, .portlet h2, .portlet h3, .portlet h4 { margin: 0; padding: 0; } .portlet ul { line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: square; list-style-image: url('bullet.gif'); font-size:95% } .portlet li { padding:0; margin: 0 0 0 0; margin-bottom: 0; }
 * general portlet styles (elements in the quickbar)

/*
 * Logo properties

z-index: 3; position:absolute; /*needed to use z-index */ top: 0; left: 0; height: 155px; width: 12em; overflow: visible; }   display: block; height: 155px; width: 12.2em; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-position: 35% 50% !important; text-decoration: none; }
 * 1) p-logo {
 * 1) p-logo h5 { display: none; }
 * 2) p-logo a,
 * 3) p-logo a:hover {

/*
 * the navigation portlet

position:relative; z-index:3; }
 * 1) p-nav {

/*   position:relative; z-index:3; }       text-align: center; } input.searchButton { margin-top:1px; padding: 0 0.4em !important; font-size: 95%; cursor: pointer; background-color: White; border: 1px solid #ff0000; }   border: 1px solid #ff0000; width:10.9em; margin: 0 0 0 0; font-size: 95%; }   padding: 0.5em 0.4em 0.4em 0.4em; }
 * Search portlet
 * 1) p-search {
 * 1) p-search {
 * 1) p-search .pBody {
 * 1) searchInput {
 * 1) p-search .pBody {

/*
 * the personal toolbar

width:100%; white-space:nowrap; padding:0 0 0 0; margin:0; position:absolute; left:0px; top:0px; z-index: 0; border: none; background: none; overflow: visible; line-height: 1.2em; }
 * 1) p-personal {

display:none; }   padding:0; margin:0; border: none; z-index:0; overflow: visible; background: none; } /* this is the ul contained in the portlet */ border: none; line-height: 1.4em; color: #2f6fab; padding: 0em 2em 0 3em; margin: 0; text-align: right; text-transform: lowercase; list-style: none; z-index:0; background: none; }   z-index:0; border:none; padding:0; display: inline; color: #2f6fab; margin-left: 1em; line-height: 1.2em; background: none; }   text-decoration: none; color: #005896; padding-bottom: 0.2em; background: none; }   background-color: White; padding-bottom: 0.2em; text-decoration: none; }
 * 1) p-personal h5 {
 * 1) p-personal .portlet,
 * 2) p-personal .pBody {
 * 1) p-personal ul {
 * 1) p-personal li {
 * 1) p-personal li a {
 * 1) p-personal li a:hover {

/* the icon in front of the user name, single quotes in bg url to hide it from iemac */ li#pt-userpage, li#pt-anonuserpage, li#pt-login { background: url('user.gif') top left no-repeat; background-repeat: no-repeat; padding-left: 20px; text-transform: none; }

/*   position:absolute; top: 1.3em; left: 11.5em; margin: 0; white-space:nowrap; width: 76%; line-height: 1.1em; overflow: visible; background: none; border-collapse: collapse; padding-left: 1em; list-style: none; font-size: 95%; }   list-style: none; }   display: inline; border: 1px solid #aaaaaa; border-bottom: none; padding: 0 0 0.1em 0; margin: 0 0.3em 0 0; overflow: visible; background: White; }   border-color: #fabd23; padding: 0 0 0.2em 0; }   background-color: White; color: #002bb8; border: none; padding: 0 0.8em 0.3em 0.8em; text-decoration: none; text-transform: lowercase; position: relative; z-index: 0; margin: 0; }   z-index: 3; text-decoration: none; }   padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; } /* offsets to distinguish the tab groups */ li#ca-talk { margin-right: 1.6em; } li#ca-watch, li#ca-watch { margin-left: 1.6em; }
 * the page-related actions- page/talk, edit etc
 * 1) p-cactions {
 * 1) p-cactions {
 * 1) p-cactions .hiddenStructure { display: none; }
 * 2) p-cactions ul {
 * 1) p-cactions li {
 * 1) p-cactions li.selected {
 * 1) p-cactions li a {
 * 1) p-cactions .selected a { z-index: 3; }
 * 2) p-cactions .new a { color:#ba0000; }
 * 3) p-cactions li a:hover {
 * 1) p-cactions h5 { display: none; }
 * 2) p-cactions li.istalk { margin-right: 0; }
 * 3) p-cactions li.istalk a { padding-right: 0.5em; }
 * 4) p-cactions #ca-addsection a {

/*   position:relative; z-index:3; }
 * the remaining portlets
 * 1) p-tbx,
 * 2) p-lang {
 * 1) p-lang {

/*   background-color: White; border-top: 1px solid #fabd23; border-bottom: 1px solid #fabd23; margin: 0.6em 0em 1em 0em; padding: 0.4em 0em 1.2em 0em; text-align: center; font-size: 90%; }   display: inline; margin: 0 1.3em; } /* hide from incapable browsers */ head:first-child+body #footer li { white-space: nowrap; } margin: 0 8px; position: relative; top: -2px; /* Bump it up just a tad */ }   float: right; height: 1%; }   float: left; height: 1%; }
 * footer
 * 1) footer {
 * 1) footer {
 * 1) footer li {
 * 1) f-poweredbyico, #f-copyrightico {
 * 1) f-poweredbyico {
 * 1) f-copyrightico {

/* js pref toc */ float: left; margin: 1em 1em 1em 1em; width: 13em; }   background-color:#f9f9f9; border:1px dashed #aaaaaa; }   display: block; color: #0014a6; }   clear: both; float: left; margin-top: 1em; } div.prefsectiontip { font-size: 95%; margin-top: 1em; } fieldset.operaprefsection { margin-left: 15em }
 * 1) preftoc {
 * 1) preftoc li { border: 1px solid White; }
 * 2) preftoc li.selected {
 * 1) preftoc a,
 * 2) preftoc a:active {
 * 1) prefcontrol {

/* /* tabs: border on the a, not the div */ border: 1px solid #aaaaaa; border-bottom: none; } /* footer icons need a fixed width */ overflow-x: auto; width: 100%; padding-bottom: 25px; }
 * IE/Mac fixes, hope to find a validating way to move this
 * to a separate stylesheet. This would work but doesn't validate:
 * @import("IEMacFixes.css");
 * > html #p-cactions li { border:none; }
 * > html #p-cactions li a {
 * > html #p-cactions li.selected a { border-color: #fabd23; }
 * > html #f-poweredbyico,
 * > html #f-copyrightico { width: 88px; }
 * > html #bodyContent,
 * > html #bodyContent pre {

/* more IE fixes */ /* float/negative margin brokenness */ display: inline; margin-bottom: 0; }
 * html #footer {margin-top: 0;}
 * html #column-content {
 * html div.editsection { font-size: smaller; }
 * 1) pagehistory li.selected { position: relative; }

/* Mac IE 5.0 fix; floated content turns invisible */ float: none; }   position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0; }   margin-left: 13.2em; }
 * > html #column-content {
 * > html #column-one {
 * > html #footer {

.printfooter { display: none; }

title: User:Tra/myskin.css


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User:Zoganes

TODO User:Zoganes/Temp/Timeline of video game controllers

license: Creative Commons - Attribution Share-Alike - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

title: User:Zoganes


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Talk:Louis Desaix

Pronunciation
prononce : [lwE shärl äNtwän' dusA' du vAgOO'] - (anonymously added)

I don't recognize that notation, but if someone does and can label it appropriately, please add it to the article. -- Jmabel | Talk 03:09, Oct 25, 2004 (UTC)

Name
the real name of Desaix is : Louis Charles Antoine Desaix not Louis Charles Antoine Desaix de Veygoux !

(You can see his birth certificate at the french page : http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desaix)

 * …As it also says on that page, "Selon l'usage de l'époque, afin de se distinguer de son frère, il prit pour nom Louis Charles Antoine Desaix de Veygoux…": "According to the usage of the time, in order to be distinguished from his brother, he took the name name Louis Charles Antoine Desaix de Veygoux…" - Jmabel | Talk 05:30, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

WikiProject class rating
This article was automatically assessed because at least one article was rated and this bot brought all the other ratings up to at least that level. BetacommandBot 07:14, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

Incorrect hyperlink?
In the first paragraph of the "Biography" section, the article links erroneously to a page about Victor, 3rd duc de Broglie. This link should direct to the page about Charles-Louis-Victor, prince de Broglie.

The name of Desaix
The name of Desaix is not Louis Desaix but Louis Charles Antoine Desaix. (As you can see on his baptismal certificate http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Extrait_acte_bapteme_desaix.jpg) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nolege (talk • contribs) 17:14, 22 July 2011 (UTC)

title: Talk:Louis Desaix


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User:Tra/monobook.css

 * 1) tw-deli, #tw-batch, #p-batch, #tw-batch-undel {display:none}

title: User:Tra/monobook.css


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Category:Exercise equipment

Equipment used in various forms of exercise.

title: Category:Exercise equipment


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User talk:AdamPG

Hello and welcome to Wikipedia! Hope you like it here, and stick around.

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Joel Surnow

Joel Surnow (born December 18, 1955) is an American television writer and producer. He is the co-creator of the action series La Femme Nikita and 24.

Life and career
Joel Surnow is of Jewish descent. He was raised in Michigan and later Los Angeles. Surnow attended the University of California, Berkeley for two years, and eventually graduated from UCLA film school in 1976.

Soon after graduation, he began writing for film; he then switched to television. His breakthrough came when he began writing for Miami Vice, in 1984. By the end of the year, Universal Studios, which owned the show, assigned Surnow to The Equalizer, as Supervising Producer, about a CIA officer turned vigilante.

He has five daughters, two from a previous marriage and three with his current wife.

Surnow was the co-creator and executive producer of the 1997–2001 television series La Femme Nikita, which was the top-rated drama on basic cable its first two seasons. In addition to being Supervising Producer and writing for The Equalizer and serving as executive story editor on the first season of Miami Vice, he has written scripts for a number of other TV series, including Nowhere Man and Wiseguy.

Following La Femme Nikita, Surnow's most successful work was on the TV series 24, which he co-created and also executive produced with Robert Cochran. In 2006, 24 won Emmy awards for Outstanding Drama Series, accepted by Surnow and his fellow producers, including Robert Cochran, and Outstanding Lead Actor Kiefer Sutherland, who also won a Golden Globe. Surnow and Cochran had previously won an Emmy for 24 in 2002, for their writing of the series' pilot episode. Surnow quit his role as executive producer of the series on February 12, 2008. His production company was Real Time Productions. In 2006, the duo made partnership with Howard Gordon, another 24 producer to develop projects at Fox under his Real Time Productions company.

Surnow also created The 1/2 Hour News Hour, a comedy show described by Surnow as "The Daily Show for conservatives". The first episode aired on February 18, 2007, receiving poor reviews. Although the initial ratings were very good, subsequent ratings dropped dramatically. The show was canceled six months later, after airing only seven episodes.,

Also in 2007, Surnow teamed up with Six Flags to create "Operation SpyGirl", a stunt show made exclusively for Six Flags Great America in association with Asylum Entertainment. The show followed the story of SpyGirl as she attempted to save Gurnee, Illinois (the park's location) from the evil Max Condor in just 24 minutes. Prior to the show's opening, Six Flags had plans to bring the Operation SpyGirl brand to some of its other parks including the now-cancelled Six Flags Dubailand, as well as a possible extension of the IP to television or film, but those plans were canceled once the show proved to be a failure with guests.

Joel made his directorial debut with Small Time; it was released by Freestyle Releasing on April 18, 2014.

Personal life
Surnow identifies as politically conservative and has spoken about being a political minority in Hollywood. His second wife is Catholic and they sent their three daughters to Catholic schools. He has stated, "I decided I liked Catholics. They're so grounded. I sort of reoriented myself".

title: Joel Surnow


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Mount Cory (Alberta)

Mount Cory is a mountain located in the Bow River Valley in southeast Banff National Park, just north of Banff, Alberta, Canada. The mountain was named in 1923 after William Wallace Cory, deputy minister of the Interior from 1905 to 1930.

The "Hole in the Wall"
The gaping "Hole in the Wall" cave is located in the upper portion of the western side of Mount Cory. The cave is a landmark easily viewed from the nearby Trans-Canada Highway. The formation is natural, despite the seemingly regular pentagonal shape of its entrance as seen from a distance. The cave is about 60 feet high and 100 feet deep and has often been visited by climbers.

Climate
Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Cory is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers. Winter temperatures can drop below -20 °C with wind chill factors below -30 °C.

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Gene Weingarten

Gene Norman Weingarten is an American journalist, and former syndicated humor columnist for The Washington Post.  He is the only two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing. Weingarten is known for both his serious and humorous work. Through September 2021, Weingarten's column, "Below the Beltway," was published weekly in The Washington Post magazine and syndicated nationally by The Washington Post Writers Group. Weingarten also writes Barney & Clyde, a comic strip with illustrations by David Clark.

Early life and education
Gene Norman Weingarten was born in New York City. He grew up in the southwest Bronx, the son of an accountant who worked as an Internal Revenue Service agent and a schoolteacher. In 1968, Weingarten graduated from The Bronx High School of Science and attended New York University, where he started as a pre-med student but ended up majoring in psychology. He was editor of the NYU daily student newspaper, The Heights Daily News. Weingarten left college three credits short of a degree.

Career
In 1972, while still in college, Weingarten's story about gangs in the South Bronx was published as a cover story in New York Magazine.

Weingarten's first newspaper job was with the Albany, New York, Knickerbocker News, an afternoon daily.

In 1977, he went to work at the Detroit Free Press. Weingarten then moved back to New York City to work at The National Law Journal.

From 1981 to 1990, Weingarten was editor of the Miami Herald Sunday magazine, Tropic. In 1984, he hired Dave Barry, giving one of America's best-known humor columnists his big break. Tropic won two Pulitzer Prizes, including Barry's, during Weingarten's tenure. In 1984 he created the Herald Hunt, along with Barry and his current editor at the Washington Post, Tom Shroder, whom he refers to frequently in his online chats as "Tom the Butcher".

The Washington Post
In 1990, Weingarten was hired by The Washington Post.

Weingarten wrote "Below the Beltway," a weekly humor column for The Washington Post that was nationally syndicated. Illustrator Eric Shansby contributed drawings to the column, which has been a long-term collaboration over 10 years.

Weingarten created and, until 2003, edited The Style Invitational humor contest for The Washington Post. As part of the contest, he often hid his connection to the Invitational, using the pseudonym "The Czar." However, Weingarten admitted responsibility in 1999, writing, "I run a reader-participation contest every Sunday in The Post. It is called The Style Invitational." He claimed credit again in 2001, acknowledging that he was editor of The Style Invitational.

In 2005, one of Weingarten's in-house critiques was leaked online, where he said The Post was suffering a failure of imagination. Selected passages were later re-posted on his column.

Weingarten hosted a popular Washington Post online chat called "Chatological Humor," formerly known as "Tuesdays with Moron." Common topics in his online chat include the art of comic strips, analysis of humor, politics, philosophy, medicine, and gender differences. Many of his columns addressing gender differences have been written in a he-said, she-said style in collaboration with humorist Gina Barreca, his co-author for I'm with Stupid. It was during one of these chats he coined the phrase "Marrying Irving.". His last chat at the Post was November 3, 2020, where he revealed that Chatalogical Humor had been cancelled, partially or wholly due to his public criticism of the Post's rollout of their new online chat software the previous week.

In 2007, for one of his "Below the Beltway" columns, he humorously enhanced his Wikipedia entry until he was caught and the edits reverted.

In his live online chat on June 22, 2009, Weingarten disclosed that he had accepted a buyout offer from The Washington Post, which meant he was retiring as a longer-form feature writer. The frequency of his online chat was reduced from weekly to monthly. His column continued under a contract with The Post, but he stopped contributing feature-length articles. , he was semi-retired from the paper, working on other projects.

In the September 26, 2021 Washington Post Magazine, he wrote his last humor column titled “The Short Goodbye.”, and in a followup comment, stated that he was not retiring, just discontinuing his regular column. However, Weingarten announced via Twitter on December 8, 2021, that he and the Post could not come to terms on a new contract, and he was no longer writing for them. His final story was "A Dog’s Life: Why are so many people so cruel to their dogs? My search to understand a hidden scourge".

The Hypochondriac's Guide To Life. And Death
Weingarten is a self-acknowledged hypochondriac. He was diagnosed with what was then a near-fatal infection of Hepatitis C, which led to the publication his first book, 1998's ''The Hypochondriac's Guide To Life. And Death.''

I'm with Stupid: One Man, One Woman
Weingarten cowrote a series of humor columns in The Washington Post with feminist writer Gina Barreca about the differences between men and women. These became the basis of the 2004 book she and Weingarten collaborated on called ''I'm with Stupid: One Man. One Woman. 10,000 Years Of Misunderstandings Between The Sexes Cleared Right Up.'' The two wrote for over two years via email and on the phone without having met in person. They eventually met for the first time while doing publicity for the book. The book is illustrated by cartoonist Richard Thompson.

Old Dogs: Are the Best Dogs
In fall of 2008, Weingarten published Old Dogs: Are the Best Dogs in collaboration with photographer Michael S. Williamson. Together they profiled and photographed 63 dogs between the ages of 10 and 17 years old over the course of two and a half years. In response to the inevitable question of which dogs remained alive, Weingarten has asserted that the answer will always be "all of them." Weingarten's inspiration for Old Dogs came shortly after the death of his dog, Harry S Truman, who is also featured in the book.

Barney & Clyde
In June 2010, Weingarten and his son Dan began publishing the syndicated comic strip Barney & Clyde, illustrated by David Clark. The comic is about the friendship between billionaire, J. Barnard Pillsbury, and a homeless man named Clyde Finster. The comic took over five years to develop, with the Miami Herald, The Washington Post, and the Chicago Tribune early supporters.

Me & Dog
In September 2014, Weingarten published Me & Dog, a picture book, in collaboration with illustrator Eric Shansby. The book is about a young boy Sid and his dog, Murphy. It is said to be the first atheist-themed children's book. Weingarten said he wrote the book in response to the lack of literature geared towards children and atheism − and a counterbalance to the prevalence of books like Heaven Is for Real.

One Day
In October 2019 Weingarten published One Day, an exhaustive look into a random day in American history. The date was chosen by children picking numbers out of a hat: It was December 28, 1986. The premise was that if you dig deeply enough, there is no such thing as an ordinary day. In 2019, it was ranked by Slate as one of the 50 best nonfiction books of the past 25 years.

Substack
In January 2023, Gene resumed his chat (now twice-weekly, on Tuesdays and Thursdays) on the Substack publishing website, now entitled "The Gene Pool". It is free to read, but participation requires a subscription ($50 per year).

Other work
Weingarten has written three screenplays, one in collaboration with humorist Dave Barry and two in collaboration with David Simon, including B Major, about a piano marathon conducted in Scranton in 1970. None of the screenplays has yet been produced.

Awards
From 1987 to 1988, Weingarten was a fellow at the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University.

In 2006, Weingarten won the Missouri Lifestyle Journalism Award for Multicultural Journalism for his Washington Post Magazine feature article Snowbound.

In 2008, Weingarten was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing for his Washington Post story, "Pearls Before Breakfast," "his chronicling of a world-class violinist (Joshua Bell) who, as an experiment, played beautiful music in a subway station filled with unheeding commuters." The night Weingarten returned from accepting his Pulitzer Prize, he received an email from a librarian named Paul Musgrave from the Richard Nixon Presidential Library, who told him that he had recently seen an article about a similar experiment that the Chicago Evening Post did in May 1930 where they had the virtuoso Jacques Gordon play his Stradivarius violin outside a subway station to see if commuters would notice the music. The article, entitled "Famous Fiddler in Disguise Gets $5.61 in Curb Concerts," showed commuters displaying the same disinterest as Weingarten described in his article. It turns out Joshua Bell had owned that same Stradivarius violin for over 10 years.

In 2010, Weingarten was awarded a second Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing for his Washington Post story, "Fatal Distraction," "his haunting story about parents, from varying walks of life, who accidentally kill their children by forgetting them in cars." Weingarten said he had a lucky break when his daughter was younger when he almost left her behind in the car when they lived in Florida.

In 2014, Weingarten was awarded the National Society of Newspaper Columnists' Ernie Pyle Lifetime Achievement Award.

Personal life
Weingarten has lived in many places on the East Coast, but as he and his family settled in the Washington, D.C., area, they lived for a time in Bethesda, Maryland. Since 2001 he has lived in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington, D.C., with his wife, Arlene Reidy, an attorney, but in a column published August 10, 2017, announced that the marriage had collapsed. He has since made several references to a girlfriend in online chats, and at least one column, and in his chat of June 2, 2019, revealed that his girlfriend was Rachel Manteuffel, a 36-year-old editor and fellow writer for the Washington Post. He has two children, Molly Weingarten, a veterinarian, and Dan Weingarten, a cartoonist.

Weingarten has stated he is an atheist. He is an amateur horologist.

Controversy
On August 19, 2021, Weingarten published a column in The Washington Post titled "You can’t make me eat these foods". The column outlines many foods Weingarten dislikes, including hazelnuts, sweet pickles, and "Indian food." It stated that Indian food is "the only ethnic cuisine in the world based entirely on one spice." Padma Lakshmi shared the article and criticized both Weingarten and The Washington Post for publishing content with racist undertones. Celebrities of South Asian descent Meena Harris, Mindy Kaling and Salman Rushdie also publicly criticized the piece.

On August 23, the Post appended a correction to the top of the original article piece: "A previous version of this article incorrectly stated that Indian cuisine is based on one spice, curry, and that Indian food is made up only of curries, types of stew. In fact, India’s vastly diverse cuisines use many spice blends and include many other types of dishes. The article has been corrected."

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Golf (card game)

Golf (also known as Polish Polka, Polish Poker, Turtle, Hara Kiri and Crazy Nines ) is a card game where players try to earn the lowest number of points (as in golf, the sport) over the course of nine deals (or "holes").

The game has little in common with the solitaire game of the same name.

Deal
Two or three players should use a standard 52-card deck. If played with four or more, a double-deck of 104 cards is ideal.

Each player is dealt six face-down cards from a shuffled deck. The remaining cards are placed face down to serve as the stock, from which the top card is taken and turned up to start the discard pile beside it. Players arrange their cards in two rows of three in front of them and turn any two of these cards face up. This arrangement is maintained throughout the game; players always have six cards in front of them.

Play
The objective is for players to reduce the value of the cards in front of them by swapping them for lesser value cards. After the last round, the highest score loses the game, and the lowest score wins the game (see scoring below).

Beginning at the dealer's left, players take turns drawing single cards from either the stock or discard piles. The drawn card may either be swapped for one of that player's six cards or discarded. If the card is swapped for one of the face-down cards, the card swapped in remains face up. If the card drawn is discarded, the player can then choose to flip a card face up.

The round ends when a player has six face-up cards (sometimes the other players are given one final turn following this), after which scoring happens as follows:

 * Each Ace scores one point
 * Each Two scores minus two points
 * Each numeral card from 3 to 10 scores its face value
 * Each Jack or Queen scores 10 points
 * Each King scores zero points
 * A pair of equal cards in the same column scores zero points for the column regardless of the rank of those cards

During play, it is not legal for a player to pick up a card from the discard pile and return it to the discard pile without playing it. A card picked up from the discard pile must be swapped with one of the current player's cards.

A full game is typically nine "holes" (hands), after which the player with the lowest total score is designated the winner. A longer game can be played to eighteen holes.

Variations
There is a multitude of variants in multiplayer golf. Some common ones include:

Single-deck golf
For two to four players. Rules are the same as in double-deck golf. Sometimes, jokers are not used.

Knocking
Golf can be played so that instead of ending the game automatically, a player must choose to "knock" instead of taking their turn. Remaining players then have one turn to draw a card to improve their hands and then scores are totaled and recorded on a running score sheet. This rule is more common for four-card golf.

Four-card golf
Suitable for 3-7 players, in four-card Golf each player receives four cards face down in a 2×2 grid and reveal two before play begins. Play proceeds similar to six-card golf. The end of a round is initiated by a player 'knocking', after which other players get one final turn.

Nine-card golf
One or two decks are involved, depending on the number of players. One deck is adequate for 1-3 players, two or more decks are suggested for 4+ players. To begin the game, each player is dealt nine cards, laying out the cards face down in a 3x3 grid. The method or pattern for how the players layout their 3x3 grid is arbitrary, as long as the cards remain face down.

The game is played as six-card golf. Once any grid contains only face-up cards, the game is immediately ended, there are no further turns, and all players must flip all their face-down cards to determine their scores. Scoring is the same as six-card golf, with players having to form a full three-of-a-kind column to have that column score zero.

This process of game play continues for nine total games or until a player exceeds 50 points.

Optional rules of this version include:
 * Horizontal and diagonal lines of three also score zero
 * Playing with jokers in the game, valued at -4 points
 * Every pair of adjacent (horizontal or vertical) equal cards scores zero
 * If the player places four cards in a square pattern (i.e. 2x2 block) of the same face-point value, this results in a negative score (e.g. -25), for those four cards
 * Instead of drawing a card, a player may choose to flip a card in their grid face up
 * Playing until a player exceeds 100 points instead of 50

Alternative scoring
There are many variants for point values of cards, including:
 * Jokers are added to the deck and score -5, or some other negative number.
 * Jokers are +15 individually, or -5 as a pair.
 * Queens score 12, 13 or 20 points each.
 * Queen of spades scores 40 points, other Queens 10 each, and Eights are zero points.
 * One-eyed jacks are wild and automatically form a pair with an adjacent card (or complete a triplet in 9-card golf).
 * Jacks score zero, Queens 12, Kings 13.
 * Jacks are worth 20 points each and when a Jack is discarded, the following player loses a turn.
 * Twos are plus 2 instead of minus 2 (usually played in games without jokers).
 * Four of a kind wins the game (not the hole) automatically (usually played in 4-card golf).
 * A player who has a 9 card straight scores -12. This hand is considered a "hole in 1". If player does not obtain correct number of cards for a straight, then all points are added as usual.
 * A player may "shoot the moon" by getting the maximum 60 points. He or she gets 0 points for the round, and all other players get 60 points.
 * When playing 8-card, 4x2, four kings on one side = -16 points.
 * In "Cutthroat Golf" the kings are worth 15 points and if drawn from the deck can be traded for any other players up card. The card they receive must then be placed in their hand.

In some versions, making a pair or triple of cards of equal rank (sometimes vertically, sometimes horizontally and sometimes diagonally) reduces those cards' scores to zero.

Cambio
Variants known as Cambio, Pablo or Cactus include "power cards". When a power card is drawn from the stock, it can either be used for its normal value or discarded to activate its power. (If a power card is drawn from the discards, it must be played as its number.) A simple version of the game played in Malaysia has the following power cards:

 * A Jack allows a player to look at one of their own cards (without their opponent seeing it)
 * A Queen allows a player to look at one of their opponent's cards (again without their opponent seeing)
 * A King allows a player to swap one of their own cards with that of their opponent
 * A Joker allows a player to change the positions of their opponent's cards

John McLeod of Pagat.com speculates that these variants are Spanish in origin, as the game is recorded as being played by students in Spain, and many of its variant names are Spanish words (cambio meaning "exchange"). The game had a commercial release as Cabo in 2010 and is similar to the 1996 Mensa Select winner Rat-a-Tat Cat.

Powers
"Powers" is an escalated version of Cambio where every card is given some sort of additional ability. The game can only end after knocking, and all cards stay face down unless a power dictates that one should be turned up. You start the game with 6 cards, and can look at any two of them, with the rest staying hidden until you swap them or look at them with a power.

On your turn, you take the top card, and put it into your deck without looking at the card with which you want to swap it, and discard. Or, you can discard the card you have drawn straight away, and instead use the power of the card instead.

The abilities are as follows:

The Black King is the only card which can have its power applied when in a player's set.

Knocker's penalties and bonuses
Some play Golf and its variations such that that a player who knocks (turns over all cards first) but doesn't end with the lowest score is penalized:
 * Knocker adds a penalty of 10 or 20 points, or...
 * Knocker's score for the hand is doubled with 5 points added, or...
 * The knocker takes a score equal to the highest scoring player for that hand, or...
 * Knocker adds twice the number of people playing.

If the knocker's score is lowest, some play with a bonus:
 * Knocker scores zero instead of a positive score, or...
 * Knocker's score is reduced by the number of people playing.

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Talk:Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

criticism
This artilce need significant changes in structure and emphasis I am generally quite unhappy with the way the article looks like although I have contributed to it too. Unfortunately it doesn't say much on the basic idea that subject and object are subordinate to quality. This might be complete nonsense as a matter of philosophy but that is one of the main issues in the book. Also, too much technical stuff on motorcycle maintence is given. The example is good in itself but it takes a whole paragraph and gives the wrong impression to an unfamiliar-with-the-book reader that the book is heavily littered with long explanations about valves, engines and spanners which is decidedly not the case. Misho-Mishu (talk) 15:13, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

One thread that seems to be missing from this account is the story of how this book came to be published. I understand that Pirsig had a remarkable 126 rejections before an editor finally accepted it for publication--and he did so thinking it would never make a bit of profit. Then it was on best-selling lists for decades. Pirsig himself comments on this in Lila--that Zen/Motorcycle was turned out to be pivotal in our culture "culture bearing", whatever that means. This article could also discuss why Pirsig considered himself to be a philosopher but philosphers do not. In Lila he specifically criticises the way that philosophy is taught in universities saying that they are not philosophy courses at all, but rather philosophology. Like trying to learn to be an artist from an art historian. — Preceding unsigned comment added by JGDove99 (talk • contribs) 10:39, 3 May 2018 (UTC)

I've introduced into the discussion (marginally) the possibility that the book may in fact be pseudophilosophy, as contended in that article.

I rather liked the book, and not being a philosopher, I would appreciate it if someone could explain what the particular strikes against the book (as "philosophy") are. This book (I haven't read the sequel) doesn't seem to set itself up as anything like a complete philosophy, in my recollection. I liked the idea of "Quality" as the medium in which the subjective and objective interact, and the attempted synthesis of Western and Eastern thought in that idea, though I'm not sure what would or wouldn't make it philosophical. I also was amused by Phaedrus' view on Plato (that his distaste for the Sophists was a result of his desperately trying to raise the Logos out of the Mythos, and he needed to blast them to secure a place for the concept of objective truth). I don't know much about the accuracy of the argument, as all I've read of Plato is the Meno, but I found it at least interesting. Assuming somebody more versed in philosophy (and having read this book) finds this entry, please answer! Vivacissamamente 02:03, 2 May 2005 (UTC)

 * Well, I would suggest you read Lila, which is really where his 'Metaphysics of Quality' was developed, and decide for yourself. Then, you can go about labeling his work with first hand knowledge and without having to defer to  'many philosophers' (who?)  and not have to append your edits with a question mark.  Marteau 14:30, 2 May 2005 (UTC)

 * (Removing my personal attack) Marteau 15:10, 3 May 2005 (UTC)

 * I felt my comment made it clear that I didn't feel I was attacking Pirsig or you, but trying to incorporate an opinion from another article (which I was so credulous as to assume was actually held by someone, rather than a vehicle of sheer malice). Wikipedia seems to collect and list positions rather than taking them, and I was listing one I had found somewhere else, so that some people more knowledgable, and possibly not already committed to a position, could balance it out or at least include an interesting critique. Presumably the philosophers, unless they are completely fictitious, had their reasons, and I thought hearing them might be more productive than erasing them because they displeased us.

 * I also thought perhaps I could learn something by asking, and it might be faster and fit better into my time than reading the book (as annoying as it is, I know, to hear people complain of limited time). You have not been very educational in this regard, instead claiming superior knowledge, putting me down, and potentially setting me up to be more receptive to the slanderers, if they will be so good as to put in their two cents. "Clueless" is rather ungenerous. Having read one book is better than reading none. Asking for information seems better than not. I understand you like Pirsig (and I liked what I read), but you have made this personal. Vivacissamamente 22:26, 2 May 2005 (UTC)

 * (Removing my unnecessary criticism) Marteau 15:10, 3 May 2005 (UTC)

 * Obviously you caught me on a bad day, and I apologize. My tone was uncalled for and counterproductive.  I gave it some thought and what set me off was due to a tendency on Wikipedia to 'label' various subjects (for example, refusing to allow some supposed hack writer to be called a 'reporter' or some popular writer be called a 'historian' and the like.  It seems that many people just out and out HATE certain subjects, and it makes them happy to cast aspersions on their scholarship or professionalism.  I don't think this is what you were doing.  I can understand why some philosophers might not consider Pirsig a serious philosopher, but I still stand by my opinion that it needs some context and some references, rather than a blanket pejorative in the first paragraph.  Again, I regret my behavior and apologize.  Marteau 15:10, 3 May 2005 (UTC)

 * I think the criticism should have been left—it created context and was probably amusing to anyone it wasn't directed at—but no matter. If you do have possible explanations of the allegations, I think this page and the pseudophilosophy page (and my knowledge) could be bettered by a discussion of what in Pirsig's work makes it philosophy or not. Perhaps it could be introduced in a section named ==Criticism== or something like that. If you're up to it, I look forward to reading it. Peace be with you. Vivacissamamente 15:29, 3 May 2005 (UTC)

 * I'm not up to the task. I'd have to think that the reasons someone could call his views 'not philosophy', though, would be a) Pirsig published books intended for mass consumption and not anything which can be considered 'scholarly' b) Pirsig was not a member of the philosophers community, having been simply an English professor.  c) A true 'philosopher' in the academic sense must have broad knowledge in philosophic fields he does not necessarily agree with in order to intelligently discuss them.  Pirsig tended to (understandably) study only those things he found interesting or of immediate use.  d) Pirsig did not follow the standard modus operandi 'real university philosophers' would do (whatever that is).  Again, this goes towards him not having to prove anything to anyone but himself, and therefore was not obliged to follow conventional practices in the philosophic community.  But those are just guesses.  I did an internet search, and the only references to Pirsing and pseudophilosophy were because of Wikipedia content ;^)  But Zen and the Art most CERTAINLY IS NOT philosophy, nor is it pseudophilosophy.  It is a novel.  Now, if one want's to debate whether his Metaphysics of Quality (which was only touche on in Zen and the Art and not developed to any real degree until 'Lila') is 'a philosophy' or not, that's a different matter. But his books are certainly not 'Philosophy Books' but rather, mass-market novel which have many interesting, philosophic-like ideas. Marteau 18:06, 3 May 2005 (UTC)

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 * The plot of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance involves a cross-country trip on a motorcycle by the author, his son and two friends. At the beginning of the novel he explicitly states that large portions of the trip were edited for the novel "for the sake of rhetoric". During the trip, however, the main character divulges his collection of material from a philosopher he names Phaedrus. Although Pirsig refers to Phaedrus in the third person, it soon becomes apparent that Phaedrus 'was' Pirsig himself prior to receiving shock treatment for mental illness. As the trip proceeds, the plot splits into three forks: the physical journey, Pirsig's musings on Quality, and the story of Phaedrus. The first is largely narrative, the second philosophical and the third introspective.

This paragraph tries to do too much.
 * 1) Distinguish between Pirsig and the novel's main character.
 * 2) Describe the three forks of the novel

I suggest that any controversy about "how much of himself" went into the novel, be treated separately - and probably further down on the page. Let's find out what the novel is about first. Uncle Ed 17:29, 20 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Furthermore, the sentence "Yet Pirsig departs from Eastern thinking by arguing that reason and logic are just as important in seeking understanding" uses the term "Eastern thinking" either too broadly or incorrectly. Eastern thinking in Buddhism uses reason and logic to legitimize their argument, specifically the law of contradiction and the law of the excluded middle, and also utilizes a mereological analysis (comparing a whole to its parts)-thus, a large section of "Eastern" thinking uses "Western" logic, so this sentence should be edited or the word "eastern" should be changed to be more specific. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 170.140.94.68 (talk) 21:43, 22 April 2007 (UTC).

Non-intellectual Zen-like view of the universe
I found the comment, "non-intellectual Zen-like view of the universe" very offenceive. To call a religion or a philosophy "non-intellectual" is rather...well non-intelectual. Is it not a fact and it doesn't seem very neutral.Fistagonfive 02:29, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

 * My understanding of Zen philosophy is very limited, but from the little that I know it becomes rather clear that non-intellectual experience is to a great extent a goal of any practitioner of the religion, as it seems to be in other Eastern religions as well. By non-intellectual what is meant is that the internal narrative of the conscious mind is silent or less prominent and reality is experienced and understood more directly and without being processed by the mind's intellectual faculties and the prejudices that go along with it. There is nothing whatsoever offensive about it. Michael%Sappir 23:05, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

 * "Non-intellectual" is not meant in a negative way here, so I don't see any need to take offense. Intellectuality is more... beside the point in regards to Zen. Its not that it does or doesn't strive for it. It "seeks" to experience the world before its processed by the mind, as then the mind is free to react to things in a genuine way and not out of pre-formed ideas and concepts. Of course any words are going to fail, so some license should be allowed. But the word Zen is also taking on a separate meaning in itself of no-mind, flow, stream-of-consciousness experience. Losing your self-consciousness on a roller coaster ride means you are in a state of being "non-intellectual" in this sense. This word fitting is poor, but we can only word things the best we can. Feel free to reword it if you see something that works better.

 * Zen teachers strive to keep their students from over-intellectualizing things, as this creates a mind-state that interferes with direct experience. They need to see... "aha! So there are multiple facets to things that I have not been seeing because my intellectual mind had me caged in an idea. But there is truthfully no "pro or con" in zen regarding the idea of being intellectual. Non-thought-embraced might even work. In today's world, we over-intellectualize just about everything. To reduce some of that isn't a bad thing.

 * I don't know if this helps, but I enjoyed writing it. --DanielCD 21:15, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

 * non-intellectualizing, non-conceptualizing Zen-like direct view of the universe

 * I thought I'd try this, but feel free to revert it if you wish. I don't mind being reverted. --DanielCD 21:20, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

To reply to the person who was offended by the term "non-intellectual" in reference to Zen Buddhism. Don't take it as an insult. Eastern philosophy and mysticism is indeed quite an intellectual view of the world. It describes the world a certain way and then, based on that analysis, lays out a didactic/normative framework. In this normative framework it prescribes a way of engaging with the world that is non-intellectual. In Taoism it is called wu wei, meaning, non-doing/undoing. It asks us to divorce our symbolic representations (ideas, concepts, language) from the pure phenomena that we experience through the senses. All semantic organization of the world is thrown out of the window and instead we are implored to experience the buzz, the bare phenomena, the given devoid of the conceptualization through which we saturate experience. It asks us to undo all that which we have learned and do away with the symbolic representations, which stand in the way of of our seeing the world as it truly is, a unified whole. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.119.233.105 (talk • contribs) 03:34, 20 January 2011 (UTC)

Pirsig sharply criticizes Great Books program?
I don't know who introduced this sentence, but just because you study the Great Authors, doesn't mean a program is a Great Books program. There are certain teachers who take the approach of trying to interpret the classics in such a way as to find as much truth as possible in them, which is presumably what Phaedrus' opponent, the university department chair was getting at, but just because such an approach employs the Great Books, doesn't make the two curriculums the same.

The Great Books program (which was abandoned long previously to Phaedrus' attendance at the University of Chicago) takes a dialectical approach called Shared Inquiry: discuss the Great Books, determine the issues involved, weigh the evidence of all sides in light of the participants understanding and experience, and sift through more relative truths in order to find more firmly established truths.

Tellingly, in his novel, Pirsig recites the merits of one of the founder of the Great Books model's approach, Mortimer Adler. Pirsig goes on by way of criticism, simply to say that he feels Adler took his studies up to a certain point in intellectual history, and did not go beyond that. Pirsig's implication in claiming that Adler had terminated the scope of his research, is that through Pirsig's own form of inquiry (which is in fact the term employed in the subtitle of his book), he thought he had discovered something new through sifting through his predecessor's ideas in light of his own understanding and experience, and with such an approach, one can hardly regard it as a renunciation of his predecessors in the Great Books tradition.

Perhaps someone else can write a replacement sentence describing Pirsig's relationship to his instructors at the University of Chicago characterizing those instructors in a more accurate manner. 64.154.26.251 02:31, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

 * Pirsig wrote in "ZAMM" that he enrolled in a class at UC taught by the department chair: I believe that dept. chair was Robert M. Hutchins, who was the editor-in-chief of the Great Books of the Western World series. Pirsig eventually became disgusted with Hutchins's Great Books-oriented view and left the class. (It's been a few years since I read "ZAMM," which I was very impressed with when I read it in '76.) Pirsig wrote vividly of his confrontation with the dept. chair, which affected his other studies. If I remember correctly, Pirsig used a scalpel analogy in describing that confrontation. —Preceding unsigned comment added by BubbleDine (talk • contribs) 04:29, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

MoQ and SoM and the Quantonics website
This website:

http://www.quantonics.com/

...is quite dense, erudite, and almost unreadable... but Doug Renselle seems to use Pirsig's philosophical interests in its construction (or did initially). If you dont do anything else, just check the list of essays devoted to 'Essence' and 'Pirsig' on the Homepage.

Can we add it to the External Links section? What do you think? Drakonicon 10:20, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

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First paragraph issue
"The title is an incongruous play on the title of the book Zen in the Art of Archery by Eugen Herrigel. In its introduction, Pirsig explains that, despite its title, 'it should in no way be associated with that great body of factual information relating to orthodox Zen Buddhist practice. It's not very factual on motorcycles, either.'"

I noticed this part immediately... mostly cause its one of the first paragraphs of this page. Does anyone have any citation for the "fact" that "The title is an incongruous play on the title of the book Zen in the Art of Archery by Eugen Herrigel."

If you go to amazon.om or any store that sells a vast array of books, you will notice that there are hundreds of different books titled [i]Zen and the Art of...[/i] Defining this one title to be the basis of which Pirsig decided to copy his title for his book needs to be cited, or omitted. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Unitepunx (talk • contribs) 15:41, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

Can't shed any light on the real source of inspiration, but a quick amazon search indicates that only 'zen the art of falling in love', 'zen in the art of archery' and 'zen in the art of flower arranging' actualy appear to pre-date the publication of z&taomm, although 'falling in love' is the only one with 'and the art' as opposed to 'in the art'; 'archery' would seem the most likely candidate. I think that we can be sure is was not 'zen and the art of snowboarding' or 'zen and the art of the internet' Mjbowell (talk) 22:56, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

 * I don't think there's any doubt the title is based on Herrigel - in the A Reader's Guide section of my 2000 edition, he specifically mentions Herrigel's book as one of the ones he read and influenced him. --Gwern (contribs) 01:59 25 May 2008 (GMT)

I suppose I'll ad my two cents on this. In my Harper Perennial Modern Classics edition, first published in 2005, there is a section in the back called "A Conversation with Robert M. Pirsig." In this section, Pirsig is quoted as saying:

"The book actually started with the title. John Sutherland was a philosophy major, and in school he took a great interest in Oriental philosophy. In fact, I first met him at a Rockefeller Foundation conference on the Sanskrit term 'dharma' for which he was conference secretary. As described in the book, we would ride for a while and stop for a beer from time time where we often discussed philosophic subjects, including Eugen Herrigel's Zen in the Art of Archery. I knew John didn't like motorcycle maintenance and I did, and I thought maybe I should write an essay for him called 'Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance' to help make my point. The idea intrigued me and that's how the book began."

Well I don't know that quoting all that was really necessary, but there you have it. -Brentdeezee (talk) 02:52, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

Non-Philosophical Content
The article currently contains a good analysis of the philosophical aspect of ZAMM, but doesn't mention that the book also has other aspects. It's a travalogue, an investigation into the father/son relationship and an essay on mental illness. —Tobyink —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.2.120.180 (talk) 08:32, 17 September 2008 (UTC)

It is interesting how different people get different things from this book and that fact itself warrants mentioning. What I got from it was that it was an autobiography, a description of the challenges of a father-son relationship, some amusing points about how one can look at the mundane and take pleasure from it, his gripes about his professional career but most of all is is a very moving and passionate account of why electro-convulsive therapy is cruel and can be very damaging. I got the impression it was a book written to get electric-shock treatment banned. There was also a moving postscript in my edition which said what came of his son. The description of the book as it stands is more of an essay on "Look how much I know about philosophy". SandJ-on-WP (talk) 13:57, 20 May 2016 (UTC)

Ethical emotivism
The definition "quality is what you want" is an example of ethical emotivism. I have added that category and have removed some weasel words. Wowest (talk) 03:29, 30 September 2008 (UTC)

Outline of motorcycles and motorcycling
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Honda CB77 Super Hawk
Section on ZATM added at Honda CB77. --Dbratland (talk) 00:38, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

Phaedrus/Wolf
Google picks up on something that Pirsig (IIRC) didn't, or didn't state explicitly: this quote from Plato's "Phaedrus":

 * As wolves love lambs so lovers love their love

Just a little thought to add to the discussion, I know this isn't directly about the article itself (but I do think it's worth mentioning that the article's treatment of the name "Phaedrus" is a bit lacking). Arided (talk) 19:47, 20 September 2012 (UTC)

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Zen isn't romanticism
Pirsig differentiates between romantic quality and his Quality, which he associates with Tao i.e Zen. Therefore I don't think the statement "..romantic viewpoints, such as Zen,..." is correct in the context of the novel and rather completely misses the point. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.16.212.107 (talk) 23:38, 22 September 2016 (UTC)

I'm new to this wikipedia, But I agree wholeheartedly. John Sutherland brings with him 5 times too much rope, and shuts down any discussion of motorcycle repair. This is a closed mind. Pirsig's notion of Quality is far closer to ZEN. an example of a practice that was influenced by Zen, that primarily focuses on quality would be the Tea Ceremony. It takes a tremendous amount of effortful practice. Zen is being awake and aware. Not just gliding through half asleep as John Sutherland seems content to do.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shikantaza

The modern Japanese Zen master, Hakuun Ryōko Yasutani says:

Shikantaza is the mind of someone facing death. Let us imagine that you are engaged in a duel of swordsmanship of the kind that used to take place in ancient Japan. As you face your opponent you are unceasingly watchful, set, ready. Were you to relax your vigilance even momentarily, you would be cut down instantly. A crowd gathers to see the fight. Since you are not blind you see them from the corner of your eye, and since you are not deaf you hear them. But not for an instant is your mind captured by these impressions.[21]

Seems similar to being awake and aware while working on a motorcycle. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Snoopy7777 (talk • contribs) 17:01, 19 August 2017 (UTC)

Undiscussed Merger of Gumption Trap
The article on gumption traps was eliminated and parts of it were merged into this page. I see no discussion about that preceding the action. It seems to me such a thing should have been raised in discussion first.Teishin (talk) 15:35, 17 August 2020 (UTC)


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Steve Bloomer

Stephen Bloomer (20 January 1874 – 16 April 1938) was an England international footballer and manager who played for Derby County – becoming their record goalscorer – and Middlesbrough. The anthem "Steve Bloomer's Watchin'" is played at every Derby home game and there is a bust of him at the Pride Park Stadium. He is also listed in the Football League 100 Legends and English Football Hall of Fame.

During his career, Bloomer was a prolific goalscorer for both club and country. A quick-thinking forward, he was able to shoot powerfully and accurately with either foot and his speciality was the daisy cutter – a low shot, hit with great power, speed and accuracy. In 535 First Division games he scored 314 goals and, after Jimmy Greaves, he is the second-highest all-time goalscorer in the top-flight of English football. He also scored 28 goals in 23 appearances for England. He helped Derby to win the Second Division title in 1911–12, and to finish second in the First Division in 1895–96; he also played on the losing side in four FA Cup semi-finals and three FA Cup finals (1898, 1899 and 1903). Bloomer also played baseball for Derby Baseball Club and helped them become British champions three times in the 1890s. After retiring as a footballer he became a coach and worked with clubs in Germany, the Netherlands and Spain. During World War I he was interned at Ruhleben, a civilian detention camp. The highlight of his coaching career came in 1924 when he guided Real Unión to victory in the Copa del Rey.

Family and early life
Bloomer was born in Cradley, Worcestershire (now the West Midlands) to Caleb Bloomer (a blacksmith / iron foundry worker) and Merab Dunn, on 20 January 1874. He was the eldest of six children. The family moved to Litchurch, Derbyshire five years later. Caleb began working for Ley's Malleable Castings foundry in Derby which was founded by Francis Ley. At the age of 12 Bloomer left school, and started working as an apprentice for a local blacksmith. This helped him to build strength.

Bloomer had an aptitude for football that he later described as "a natural gift". He first made an impression on the Derby football scene playing for St. Chad's Choir on 11 April 1887. Bloomer was on the losing side of the 1887 Derbyshire Boys' Shield under-15 final on this date, and impressed despite his team losing 14–0 to a dominant St Luke's Choir. His mother died on 27 November 1887 at 87, Yates Street in Derby.

In 1888, soon after his 14th birthday Stephen began working as a 'striker' at Ley's iron foundry, where his father Caleb, and uncle Farley worked. In 1888 he also began playing football for Derby Swifts in the Derbyshire Minor League. On 20 December 1890, at Belper he scored seven goals against Belper Town in a 22-2 win. In 1891 he appeared in the Midland League for Derby Midland, playing in a 1–1 draw with Burton Swifts on 27 March.

Derby County
Derby County merged with Derby Midland in June 1891, and Bloomer was a Derby County player for the start of the 1891–92 – the fourth season of the Football League. He chose to retain his amateur status because he wanted to help out his team Derby Swifts in their shield competition. Bloomer turned out for the third-team twice, and the second team once in this season. He signed a professional contract for Derby County on Thursday 28 April 1892. Mr. Clarke, the Secretary of Burton Wanderers also tried to sign Bloomer for his club. Two days after he signed for Derby, he tried to persuade Bloomer to sign for his club, but he refused. He was approached by Mr. Clarke again on Monday 2 May 1892, and this time signed a professional contract with Burton Wanderers but the Football Association soon ruled the contract to be invalid and reprimanded the Burton official. A hearing of the case was held at Crewe, on 25 January 1893.

An administrative error by Derby secretary William Parker meant that Ernest Hickinbottom, Jimmy McLachlan and Samuel Mills were ineligible for the opening game of the 1892–93 season against Stoke at the Victoria Ground, and Bloomer was a surprise late addition to the first eleven. Hickinbottom, McLachlan and Mills had been registered a day too late and so they could not play unless by special permission, which could not be granted in time. Bloomer later claimed many times that he scored twice during the game but contemporary reports instead credited him with scoring just one goal, which was the second of Derby's goals in the 3–1 win. The local papers credited Johnny McMillan with scoring the first goal for Derby County in this game, and Frederick George Ekins getting the third goal for the team. Steve Bloomer's performance in this game was reviewed very positively in the local papers. He remained a key member of the first team, and was also given penalty taking duties, and finished the campaign with 11 goals from 28 matches. Veteran striker and captain John Goodall helped to improve his game, helping to improve his ball control and positional skills.

He missed seven games of the 1893–94 season after Leicester Fosse half-back Peggy Lord broke his collarbone on 10 February. Bloomer recovered and claimed 19 goals from 27 appearances during the campaign.

Derby struggled during the 1894–95 campaign, and Bloomer was limited to 10 goals in 29 league games as County finished in 15th place and forced to play a test match against Notts County at Filbert Street to retain their First Division status. Notts County were leading 1–0 with seven minutes to go, but goals from Goodall and Bloomer gave Derby the win.

Bloomer opened the 1895–96 season by scoring both goals in a 2–0 win over Sunderland in the club's new permanent home at the Baseball Ground (the club had actually already played two first team games at the ground in 1892 due to scheduling conflicts at the County Ground). Derby finished the season in second-place behind Aston Villa and exited the FA Cup at the semi-finals after losing 2–1 to Wolverhampton Wanderers.

While at Derby he was top scorer in the First Division on five occasions in 1896, 1897, 1899, 1901 and 1904. In 1896, together with John Campbell of Aston Villa. He was also the leading "Rams" scorer for 14 consecutive seasons and scored 17 hat-tricks in the league. One of his best seasons came in 1896–97 when he scored 31 goals, including five hat-tricks, in 33 League and FA Cup games. Between 14 November 1896 and 5 April 1897 he scored 21 goals in 20 games. He also scored six goals for the club in a game against Sheffield Wednesday in January 1899.

Bloomer's goals helped Derby finish runners-up in the First Division in 1896 and helped them reach three FA Cup finals in 1898, 1899 and 1903. He scored in the 1898 final, a 3–1 defeat to Nottingham Forest. On 3 September 1900 Bloomer scored the first-ever goal at The Hawthorns, the 1–1 draw against West Bromwich Albion being the first match played at the ground.

Middlesbrough
On 15 March 1906 Bloomer joined Middlesbrough for a fee of £750. Among teammates at his new club were Alf Common, the first £1,000 footballer, and Fred Pentland. He was top-scorer at Middlesbrough in both the 1906–07 and 1907–08 seasons. He also scored four goals in a game against Woolwich Arsenal on 5 January 1907.

Return to Derby County
After four years at Middlesbrough he returned to the Rams in 1910 and helped them win the Second Division title in 1912. He scored his last league goal for Derby against Sheffield United on 6 September 1913 and his last match for the Derby County first team, was against Burnley on 31 January 1914 when he was 40 years and 11 days.

International
Bloomer made his England debut on 9 March 1895, scoring twice in a 9–0 win against Ireland, which helped England win the British Home Championship. The Sporting Life viewed Bloomer as being the best forward on the field for England in this game with Billy Bassett coming a close second. He scored in all of his first 10 international appearances, which remains a record for number of consecutive scoring appearances. He netted 19 times during these games, including 5 goals against Wales on 16 March 1896, winning three British Home Championships. He became England's all-time top goalscorer on 2 April 1898, when he surpassed Tinsley Lindley's total of 14 with two goals against Scotland. On 18 March 1901, he scored four goals against Wales, becoming the first player to score two hat-tricks for England and also the first to score four goals for England twice, as England once again won the British Home Championship. At the end of 1901, his goal tally stood at 25 in just 14 games. Bloomer played for England 11 times over the next 6 years, all in the British Home Championship, winning four more, bringing England's total to eight during his career, however he only scored 3 more goals during this period. He captained England once; against Scotland on 3 May 1902. He finished his international career in 1907 as England's longest serving player and England's all-time top goalscorer with 28 goals. He held the record until his tally was overhauled by Vivian Woodward in 1911.

During his international career Bloomer's teammates included his County teammate John Goodall as well as Frank Becton, Billy Bassett, Jack Reynolds, Ernest Needham, Fred Spiksley, Sam Wolstenholme and Woodward.

Prisoner in Germany
After retiring as a player Bloomer went to Germany in July 1914 to coach Britannia Berlin 92. However within three weeks of arriving the First World War broke out. When Germany declared war on Russia, his contract was cancelled at once, and Herr Fauber, President of Britannia Berlin 92 advised Bloomer to get out of Germany as soon as possible but he could not get out of the country. Britain declared war on Germany on 4 August 1914.

On 5 August 1914, Steve Bloomer, anxious to leave Germany, went to the British Consul office in Berlin. He was stopped by two gendarmes who questioned him, and his translator. Along with about a dozen others, he was marched through the streets of Berlin for about a quarter of a mile to the Alexander Platz, accompanied by a guard with revolvers and swords. At the Alexander Platz he was questioned by magistrates with others, and arrested. Bloomer was given a slip of paper with his name and description, and told to report to the police at periodic intervals. On 6 November 1914, he was interned at Ruhleben, a civilian detention camp in the Spandau district of Berlin. According to the Derby Daily Telegraph, which relayed details in a letter written from Bloomer to his wife, he was arrested as a prisoner of war on 5 November 1914, although another source gives the date of his arrest as 6 November 1914. Bloomer was one of several former professional footballers among the detainees. Others included his former England colleague Sam Wolstenholme; his former Middlesbrough teammate Fred Pentland; a Scotland international, John Cameron; John Brearley, once of Everton and Tottenham Hotspur; and a German international, Edwin Dutton, who had previously played for Britannia Berlin 92.

The camp contained between 4,000 and 5,500 prisoners. Gradually a mini-society evolved and football became a popular activity. The Ruhleben Football Association was formed and cup and league competitions were organised with as many as 1,000 attending the bigger games. The teams adopted the names of established teams and in November 1914, Bloomer captained a Tottenham Hotspur XI, that also included Dutton, to victory in a cup final against an Oldham Athletic XI. On 2 May 1915, an England XI featuring Pentland, Wolstenholme, Brearley and Bloomer played a World XI captained by Cameron. Bloomer also played cricket at the camp and in May 1915 a Rubleben XI, featuring Bloomer and Brearley, played a Varsities XI in the Rubleban Cricket League. In July 1916 a Lancashire XI, featuring Bloomer, beat a Yorkshire XI that included Wolstenholme.

In summer the prisoners turned to cricket on 'The Oval', played to packed houses. Bloomer established the camp batting record with an innings of 204 and recorded bowling figures of 6 for 15. There was athletics too. Bloomer won the 'Old Age Handicap' at the Ruhleben Olympics, sprinting the 75 yards in 9.6 seconds. Everybody in camp knew 'Steve'. When he finally left Ruhleben in March 1918, a farewell football match was staged in his honour. Bloomer was released to neutral Holland, where he was employed as a coach of Blauw-Wit Amsterdam. He was not allowed to return home until the end of the war. Bloomer later said of his time in Ruhleben, "Myself and many others would not have survived without football."

Coaching career
Immediately after World War I Bloomer briefly coached Blauw-Wit Amsterdam in The Netherlands. He returned to England on 22 November 1918, and became player-coach of the Derby County reserve team, retiring from playing in January 1920. He was coach of the Derby first team in 1921. Between May and August 1922, he was in Montréal, Canada coaching the Grenadier Guards football team during their close season. He arrived back in England on 11 August 1922, and resumed his coaching duties with Derby County.

In 1923 he became coach of Real Unión in Spain and subsequently guided them to victory in the 1924 Copa del Rey. During the 1920s the Copa was effectively a play-off to decide the Spanish champions. Teams qualified by winning their regional titles and Real Unión represented Guipuzcoa. Nine other regional champions also qualified and in the first round of the competition Real beat Sevilla FC, the champions of Andalusia, 3–1 on aggregate. In the semi-final they faced the Catalan champions, FC Barcelona, coached by another Englishman, Jack Greenwell. Greenwell's squad included the likes of Paulino Alcántara, Sagibarba and Josep Samitier. Despite this, Real beat FC Barcelona 5–1 after a replay and went on to beat Real Madrid, the champions of central Spain, 1–0 in the final.

Last years
After finishing coaching Real Union, Bloomer returned to England and to Derby where he worked the rest of his life as a groundsman and general assistant at the Baseball Ground. He died in Derby of bronchitis on 16 April 1938 aged 64.

Baseball
On 13 May 1893, he played at first base for St. James's in a 17 - 34 defeat against Vulcan, at Derby. This was the first match of the 1893-1894 Derbyshire Baseball Association. The Vulcan team contained many members of the old Derby Baseball Club which had disbanded in 1890, but had reformed again later in that same year. On 10 June 1893, Steve Bloomer played for a Rest Of League team against Derby in a 22 - 26 defeat.

Bloomer then played baseball for Derby Baseball Club, making his debut for the team at the age of 20 on 5 May 1894, at the Baseball Ground in Derby. The Derby County goalkeeper, Jack Robinson also made his debut on the same day. Derby got to the semi-final of the English cup in 1894, and lost to the Thespians. The team won the English Baseball Cup on 17 August 1895 at Derby's Baseball Ground beating Fullers in the final, with Steve Bloomer playing at first base. They won 16 matches and lost just five in that season. The English Cup was won again by Derby in 1897, when they beat Middlesbrough in the final. The trophy was won for a third time by Derby, beating Nott'm Forest 14 - 3 in the final on 19 August 1899. Bloomer captained the team in the final and played at second base.

Derby County formed a baseball team in 1900 which Steve Bloomer played for in that season. Their first game was played on 19 May 1900. It contained, with Bloomer and among others, players who were or had been, members of Derby County football team up to that date: Enos Bromage, Hugh McQueen, Jonathan Staley, John Goodall, and Jimmy Methven. They played in a local league against Derby, Ilkeston, Belper, Chesterfield and Nottingham Forest. However, both Derby baseball teams do not appear to have existed after 1900.

Legacy
A plaque commemorating Bloomer's by-then demolished birthplace in Bridge Street, Cradley, was unveiled in 2000 by former Wolverhampton Wanderers and Derby player Jimmy Dunn and Bloomer's grandson Steve Richards.

On 17 January 2009, after a long and sustained period of campaigning, a bust of Bloomer was finally unveiled inside Pride Park, Derby. Bloomer's two grandsons, Steve Richards and Alan Quantrill, unveiled the bust in the presence of Bloomer's family and relations, the sculptor Andy Edwards and thousands of Derby County fans. On 17 January 2009, a bust of Bloomer was unveiled next to the home dugout at Pride Park Stadium. He remains a legend at Derby County and the club anthem, "Steve Bloomer's Watchin'", is played and sang before every home game. He is also listed in the Football League 100 Legends and English Football Hall of Fame.

Real Unión held a Steve Bloomer Day on 21 January 2017, to pay tribute to Bloomer. In recognition of his contribution to both clubs, Real Unión and Derby County met to contest the Steve Bloomer Trophy in a friendly match in Irun on 3 October 2017, in what is intended to become an annual fixture.

On 16 February 2018, a Blue plaque honouring Bloomer was unveiled on Bloomer's former school, in Portland Street, Derby, by the Derby Civic Society, in the presence of the Mayor of Derby, councillor John Whitby. It reads:

"Steve Bloomer 1874-1938 Footballer Played for Derby County FC (1892-1914) and capped 23 times for his Country Brought up in Portland Street, he received his earliest education in this building"

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title: Steve Bloomer