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Mission of Burma in 1979
Raw...exciting...totally different....see video clip at

www.kinodv.net

 * Please sign your posts, and that doesn't really belong on Wikipedia... even on a talk page. Folkor 06:20, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
 * I didn't see the contribution to the page itself at first. Sorry. Still, the link didn't seem to actually contain any footage of Mission of Burma, and thus I removed it. Folkor 06:29, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

History
While this article provides a nice "music review" insight into Burma, it's confusing when looking for history of the band.

This article is atrociously AMATEUR. Do a little homework before you start name-dropping, kiddo -- ya come off even more clueless than the reviewers at Pitchfork... —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fishanthrope (talk • contribs)

 * Please sign your posts, and if you feel so strongly about the weakness of the article, please fix it up for us. I don't know enough about the band to be able to, but it sure sounds like you do. Folkor 06:44, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

I stopped by this article hoping for some account of what happened at their last show with Negative Fx in 1983. Apparently Negative Fx had their sound pulled and there was a riot. It seems to be indicitive of the hardcore scene's hostility to Mission of Burma, but I am not sure what role Mission played in this fiasco. The incident was mentioned brefily in the documentary American Hardcore (at roughly 53:40). I would love for this to be included, as it seems to be a big thing in the band's career, but I don't have the knowledge to do it myself. Mcor (talk) 18:52, 6 April 2011 (UTC)

Swope onstage
The fact that "Wikipedia is not paper" is not enough to justify this meaningless bit of trivia. Is it an essential introductory fact to Mission of Burma that Swope played guitar on Kinks covers 2-3 times? No. At best it's trivia, at worst it's blather. Either way, it's not needed. Bcarlson33 19:04, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

 * Rather than blather, it's fact. Swope was meaningful enough to the band to merit quite a bit of mention in Our Band Could Be Your Life, a major source for this article, and yet he almost never appeared on stage.  It's not so trivial, then, to explain what he actually did when he was on stage, is it? The fact that Wikipedia is not paper is a counter to the ridiculous claim that this fact "It belongs in the MoB book, not an introductory article."  This article is not an introductory article, or if it currently is, there is absolutely no reason why it be seen or treated as such. siafu 22:26, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

 * I'm basically in agreement that there's little reason to cut that sentence out. There is a lot of cleanup that could be done on this article but I think there are lots of other less meaningful things that should be cut first. Clarifying Swope's role in the band is somewhat important, although the Kinks thing is a bit silly. --Bk0 (Talk) 01:12, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

 * I don't think any part of the line in question is silly; it's a perfectly good line that delineates the role of an oft-overlooked member of the band. Folkor 06:45, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

 * Folkor's argument is "the line is good because it's a good line," though. That's not a justification. The line does not clarify what Swope did in the band- it very clearly states he only did this a few times. Should the article also contain anything that any member of the band did onstage 2-3 times? Breaking a string? Taking a sip of water? Spitting, perhaps? Also, to siafu's comment: the fact that something appeared in Azerrad's book doesn't mean it belongs here. This is not Azerrad's book, and all facts are not created equal. Bk0 is right- this is silly and doesn't belong here. Bcarlson33 11:23, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

 * Except it's not about spitting or breaking a string. The sentence says that when he appeared onstage it was usually to play guitar on covers.  Why that's being considered silly, I'm not sure.  Still, no justification has been presented for removing it other than Bcarlson's personal opinion, it happens to be true, and it happens to be relevant as Swope almost never appeared onstage and explaining what happened on the rare occasions when he did seems important to me.  Folkor's argument actually contains some words, which if you read them, you would find that instead of a tautology it amounts to saying that it's a good line because it explains an "oft-overlooked" piece of information. siafu 14:24, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

 * You're missing my point here. The point I was making was that Swope appeared, like, three times onstage. Each time it was for some jokey encore cover song at the end of a show. It was not part of his regular duties within the band and not representative of some important facet of the band. If the standard you're using for whether facts should be included are that a) they're true and b) they're "oft-overlooked," then why not include how many times Miller broke a string onstage? I'm sure he did that more than two or three times, and it would qualify as an "oft-overlooked fact." The sense I'm getting here is that a handful of MoB fans find this fact interesting and therefore it is important information. That's not the point of a Wikipedia article. If this must be put somewhere, put it in an article about Swope; it's a level of meaningless detail that is simply not relevant enough to warrant inclusion in this article. Bcarlson33 23:41, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

 * Actually, I got your point the first time, and since then you've just repeated it with different false analogies. The standard I'm using is not that it is simply true and oft-overlooked.  Every band breaks a string, but not every band has a phantom member who only appears on stage a handful of times, and only to perform for a "jokey encore cover song".  The fact that Swope appeared onstage only a handful of times and only for this specific reason is what makes this a notable piece of information.  He was in the band, and listed as being in the band, and yet never showed his face, making the few times that he did and what he was doing those times important.  The fact that it was "jokey" is something to smile or laugh at, but not relevant. siafu 01:38, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
 * "He was in the band and did something a couple times" still doesn't disprove my example. Roger Miller was also in the band, and he did not usually break strings, but sometimes he did. By your own criteria, Miller breaking strings is just as important as Swope playing covers a couple times onstage. I reiterate: this is a factoid that is only here because a handful of MoB fans find it interesting.
 * Moreover, the argument you're making regards a part of the text I'm not disputing- I agree that it's a unique characteristic that a band member performed offstage. My point is that the phrase "rarely appeared onstage" more than fulfills the article's needs in this regard. "Rarely" implies "not often," so the reader understands that he was usually not onstage and only appeared a few times. Bcarlson33 03:16, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

 * Everybody who plays guitar onstage will eventually break a string onstage; every band with guitar players will experience a broken string. This is not notable.  Not every band has a member who never appears onstage, and it's notable to point out that he did on occasion.  Because he only appeared onstage to play guitar for a couple of silly covers, it's not trivial to state what he was doing on the rare occasions when he did.  Your argument about breaking a string is notable by your criteria alone, and not mine.  Moreover, the reason that the "factoid" is in the article is not established and an argument ad hominem does not strengthen your position, none of your arguments for removing this piece of information have extended beyond your personal opinion that this is "trivial" (since a false analogy is no analogy), and consensus is so far in favor of retention (3 to 1).  siafu 03:38, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
 * If your argument stands up, you don't need to rely on telling me how many numbers you've got.
 * My argument about breaking strings being as notable as Swope's onstage appearances comes from the criteria I've read here. It meets the criteria people have set just as well as Swope being onstage.
 * But onto your criteria. First, I'm not arguing that the article shouldn't include mention of Swope not appearing onstage and never have; I don't know where this perception comes from. Second, lots of bands play silly covers; that in itself is hardly notable, and especially so when it happened three times at most. Third, a criteria of "details of unusual MoB moments" - that opens up the article to essentially anything that ever happened to the band. Usually they started their shows at 8 pm, but a couple times they started at 8:30. That would fit under your criteria. I would imagine doing about an hour of research would be enough to find a whole bunch of these, and they'd all fit.
 * My argument have remained the same throughout this discussion- that this is meaningless detail that fails to meet any standard of notability for this type of article. You say yourself, siafu, that the reason the bit is in there "is not established"; well, then, it has to be justified. No one has done that yet. Bcarlson33 13:32, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
 * It would not fit my criteria. You've repeatedly stated "by your own criteria..." and then proceeded to use nothing of the sort.  I said that the reason it had been inserted is not established, and it shouldn't be as it's not relevant to anything-- it could have been inserted for any reason.  What's being debated here are the reasons for retaining or deleting the comment, and those have now been clearly established.

 * Equating this to other trivial events is still a false analogy, and it's not going to sway me any more than it did last time. We're not talking about when the band started their shows, or if they ever broke a string, we are talking about what one of the band members did on the very few times he actually appeared onstage.  We do say, btw, that Miller played the guitar and Conley played the bass.   Simply saying that Swope rarely appeared begs the question: "Why rarely?"  This sentence goes to answering that question by pointing out that when he appeared it was, in particular, to play guitar on a silly cover.  Apparently you would prefer to be vague, and juding by the sheer amount of time you've spent arguing the case, think elaboration is downright dangerous-- this is a good reason to present a "what's it going to hurt?" argument, though it's hardly enough to stand on its own.

 * As for the following: "If your argument stands up, you don't need to rely on telling me how many numbers you've got." The point is that after posting no fewer than five comments you have not managed to change anyone's position.  Unless you come up with something more convincing than the analogies, this is unlikely to change.  Are you sure you want to continue? siafu 13:45, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

 * This is getting ridiculous - it's a mere 20 words or so that explain the rare case that Swope would show himself; who exactly is hurt by retaining the line? It's true that breaking guitar strings is not notable. But a fourth member of the band making himself known at a show is a bit more important than that. Also, if the line was removed, it would seem vague that he rarely appeared on stage, as it would be unclear under what circumstances or for what reason he would appear on stage. Folkor 06:39, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
 * If the best argument to keep the line is "who's it gonna hurt?" then it definitely doesn't belong. Asking people to justify something in an article is hardly "ridiculous"; that's the process of writing and editing.
 * Now, to your points: the "fourth member of the band making himself known at a show"- by your own criteria, it's still no more notable in this article than breaking a string. As to the vagueness of the line being removed - people can go elsewhere to find the information if they want it. It's not a sin for someone reading an encyclopedia article to want more information about the topic - in fact, that's the sign of a good encyclopedia article. Let 'em find it in Azerrad's book, or even on the Swope page at Wikipedia. Bcarlson33 13:32, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

In case an unsolicited opinion from an uninvolved third party is of any use: I think it is worth mentioning (perhaps parenthetically) that Swope played guitar the few times he appeared onstage with the band. But mentioning that these were Kinks covers seems a little too specific in an encyclopedic overview. FWIW I might not have given it much thought had Bcarlson33 not pointed it out. As for the reader hypothetically asking "why rarely?" I thought the answer was established, i.e. that he was doing tape manipulations offstage. -- Gyrofrog (talk) 16:28, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

 * I suppose that the question was a bit misstated- better than "why rarely?" is "why at all?" siafu 17:08, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

 * If it's that grevious a crime to leave it, put it in the Swope page and leave the bit about the Kinks covers off. I would rather see it here, but I really don't have any reason for why except that I think it's notable. I disagree that my criteria also applies to guitar strings, as no one cares about guitar strings, but traditionally, people care about band members, but as I said, take it off if you're that convinced it doesn't belong. Folkor 06:23, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

Regarding Bcarlson33's comments of 8 March 2006 "people can go elsewhere to find the information if they want it" and  "Let 'em find it in Azerrad's book":  The problem is Aserrad's book is just plain wrong regarding Swope's onstage appearances, a fact that cannot be found anywhere online or in print, but one that most fans know to be true and to which the band would readily attest. I believe what is happening here is that this article is seen by some as an opportunity to set the record straight regarding the Azerrad book, which was not always accurate but is regarded by many as gospel. This rooting out of the truth should be recognised as A Good Thing, in that here is an example of the Wikipedia concept actually cleaning up misinformation disseminated by the regular press. That said, competent writing and composition are also Good Things. In view of that, it is probably sufficient to mention in the main article that Swope rarely appeared onstage, and move the nitty-gritty about how many times and on what songs he played when he did -- since it was a rare treat -- to an article about Swope himself. WildShovel 10:58, 22 March 2006 (EST)

 * This is acceptable to me, for whatever it's worth. Bcarlson33 04:19, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

 * Cool, me too. Folkor 01:59, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

Lineup
Is Clint Conley still with the band? When I saw them in July, there were three guys on stage and he wasn't one of them -- they even mentioned his absense right before "Academy Fight Song" --♥ «Charles A. L.» 01:21, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

I saw them a few weeks ago, and Conley is still with the band. Warnerj5000 20:07, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

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Cergy

Cergy is a commune in the French department of Val-d'Oise, to the northwest of Paris. It is located 27.8 km from the centre of Paris, in the "new town" of Cergy-Pontoise, created in the 1960s, of which it is the central and most populated commune.

Although neighbouring Pontoise is the official préfecture (capital) of the Val-d'Oise département, the préfecture building and administration, as well as the department council (conseil général), are located inside the commune of Cergy, which is regarded as the de facto capital of Val-d'Oise. The sous-préfecture building and administration, on the other hand, are located inside the commune of Pontoise.

Name
The name Cergy comes from Medieval Latin Sergiacum, meaning "estate of Sergius", a Gallo-Roman landowner.

Administration
Cergy is the chief town of two cantons: Cergy-1 and Cergy-2.

Twin towns and sister cities

 * 🇺🇸 Columbia, Maryland, United States.
 * 🇩🇪 Erkrath, Germany.
 * Liaoyang, People's Republic of China.
 * 🇧🇯 Porto Novo, Benin.
 * 🇪🇸 Tres Cantos, Spain
 * West Lancashire, United Kingdom.

Cergy is also informally twinned with a village in Palestine and a village in Senegal.

Demographics
When Cergy was selected to become the center of a "new town", it was only a village. The commune had only 2,895 inhabitants in 1968. It then started to develop very quickly, exceeding 10,000 inhabitants in the mid-1970s and then 20,000 in the early-1980s. It is in this decade that its growth was most spectacular, since the city exceeded 48,000 inhabitants in 1990. The increase continued since, but at a notably slower pace, to reach 54,500 at 2004 estimates. However, in December 2001, the commune lost a portion of its territory (net 0.03 km2 with a 1999 population of 62 persons) to the adjacent commune of Courdimanche. The official census figures have thus been revised downward from the 1999 official 54,781 to 54,719, and the land area from 11.68 km2 to 11.65 km2.

Port Cergy
Port Cergy is a marina on the River Oise at pk 9. The site comprises both housing and recreational yachts as well as a boating school. The marina can hold 103 ships ranging 5 to 22m long and. The northern part of the site is reserved for restaurants and shops and have been built around a small bain.

Ham
Ham is a small village to the south of Cergy. The village used to be part of the Sergentery and then commune of Neuville-sur-Oise but has since been amalgamated in the commune of Cergy. On its territory is the outdoor leisure centre 'Base de Loisirs de Cergy-Neuville'.

Transport
Cergy is served by three stations on Paris RER line A and on the Transilien Paris – Saint-Lazare suburban rail line: Cergy-Préfecture, Cergy-Saint-Christophe, and Cergy-le-Haut. Cergy is served by direct buses from Charles de Gaulle Airport.

The bus company STIVO provides 17 lines of buses to travel within the agglomeration of Cergy.

Education

Secondary schools:
 * Junior high schools (collèges): Gérard Philipe, La Justice, Les Explorateurs, Les Touleuses, Moulin à Vent
 * Senior high schools/sixth-form colleges: Lycée polyvalent Galilée and Lycée polyvalent Jules Verne

Lycée Alfred Kastler de Cergy-Pontoise is in neighbouring Pontoise.

Tertiary education:
 * Cergy-Pontoise University
 * CY Tech, formerly EISTI (École internationale des sciences du traitement de l'information)
 * ESSEC Business School (grande école)
 * ENSEA École Nationale Supérieure de l'Électronique et de ses Applications
 * ITIN, IT-Institute (École supérieure d'informatique, réseaux et systèmes d'information)
 * Web site of Professional Bachelor’s degree in International Trade and International Tourism (Cergy-Pontoise University)

Security
Known as being a violent city in the past, with a criminal rate of 137.62 incidents per 1000 inhabitants, Cergy-Pontoise has experienced a significant decrease of violence in the past years. Reaching, in the year of 2008, a rate of 9,87 criminal incidents per 1000 inhabitants, which is still a high criminal rate.

In popular culture
The town was used as a filming location for Henri Verneuil's film I... comme Icare released in 1979, starring Yves Montand. The EDF-GDF tower designed by architect Renzo Moro is the building from which the shots were fired to assassinate president Marc Jarry. The country that the movie depicts is not named, although the United States is perhaps suggested. The filmmakers chose the modern and innovative architecture of the new city to avoid depicting any particular country.

The town was also the location of the 1987 film My Girlfriend's Boyfriend directed by Eric Rohmer.

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Haiti national football team

The Haiti national football team (Équipe d'Haïti de football, Haitian Creole: Ekip foutbòl Ayiti) represents Haiti in international football. Haiti is administered by the Fédération Haïtienne de Football (FHF), the governing body for football in Haiti. They have been a member of FIFA since 1934, a member of CONCACAF since 1961 and a member of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) since 1978. Haiti's home ground is Stade Sylvio Cator in Port-au-Prince and the team's manager is Gabriel Calderón Pellegrino.

Haiti has one of the longest football traditions in the region and were the second Caribbean team to make the World Cup, after qualifying from winning the 1973 CONCACAF Championship. It was their only appearance in 1974, where they were beaten in the opening group stage by its other three teams, who were all pre-tournament favorites; Italy, Poland, and Argentina.

In 2016, Haiti qualified for the 100th anniversary of the Copa América, by defeating Trinidad and Tobago.

Early years

Following the affiliation of the Haitian Football Federation with FIFA in 1933, Haiti was able to register for the qualifiers for the 1934 World Cup in Italy. Les Grenadiers led by coach Édouard Baker, played three games against Cuba, all at the Parc Leconte in Port-au-Prince, having lost twice (1–3, 0–6) and one resulting in a 1–1 draw.

Haiti would then reappear on the international scene almost twenty years later, since the Federation did not enter the national team for the World Cup qualifiers of the 1938 and 1950. For the 1954 edition held in Switzerland, the team under Frenchman Baron Paul found themselves in a qualification pool with the United States and Mexico. Haiti finished in last place, losing all of its matches, with a very heavy defeat conceded to Mexico 8–0. They would again withdraw from the qualifiers for the World Cup until 1970. Regionally, Haiti won in 1957 in their first participation in the CCCF Championship including a blowout victory against Cuba 6–1 and debuted in the 1959 Pan American Games. The selection is defeated heavily by the United States 7–2, and Brazil 9–1, and refused to resume play against Argentina after an arbitration decision. Victorious against Cuba 8–2, the team finished fourth in the competition. After a 1960 season without international meetings, Haiti led by Antoine Tassy, made its second appearance in CCCF Cup in 1961. Second in their group stage behind the host country, Costa Rica, the team finished last the final stage with three defeats in three games and twelve goals conceded to zero goals scored and finished fourth. The team suffered a crushing defeat in its last match to Costa Rica 8–0.

In 1961, Haiti joined the CONCACAF, born from the merger of the NAFC and the CCCF. In 1965, Haiti took part in the second edition of the CONCACAF Championship, after being eliminated in qualifying for the inaugural edition (1963 CONCACAF Championship). This continental meeting resulted in a last place finish, losing all five of its matches played; coach Antoine Tassy then resigns. However, he returned the following year again as the team's head coach, and won the Coupe Duvalier. During the 1967 Qualifiers, Haiti finished first and was undefeated atop of its group, ahead of Trinidad and Tobago. On 16 January 1967, marked its first victory in a competitive match against the Trinidadians, beating them 4–2. However, Haiti in the final round consisting of six teams, finished in fifth place, defeating Nicaragua 2–1 to avoid last place.

As part of the qualifiers for the 1970 World Cup hosted by Mexico, Haiti are engaged in group 2, in the company of Guatemala and Trinidad and Tobago. Directed by Antoine Tassy, Haiti was relevant for the first time in qualifying for the World Cup on 23 November 1968, in Port of Spain against Trinidad and Tobago. Haiti will reach rank at the top of the pool with wins against Trinidad and Tobago 4–0 and Guatemala 2–0, one draw against Guatemala 1–1, and one defeat conceded at home against Trinidad and Tobago 2–4 which enabled them to qualify to the second round. They then eliminated the United States before heading to the final round against El Salvador. Haiti lost the opening match at home 1–2, but managed to rebound and win 3–0 in San Salvador before losing again on neutral ground in Kingston in Jamaica, 1–0 in overtime.

At the CONCACAF Championship in 1969, Haiti was disqualified from the final round, when it had qualified in the field by beating the United States (the qualifying round is coupled with the qualifications for the World Cup 1970). Instead, the Federation was unable to register its team for the final round on time to the CONCACAF and therefore could not participate in the final round.

The Golden Age
The 1970s could be considered a golden age for Haitian football. Its status in the region remained very strong, being considered the third strongest team in the CONCACAF after Mexico and arguably Costa Rica. With Antoine Tassy as coach for much of this period, Haiti emerged as one of the strongest teams in the CONCACAF zone, being pooled with other regionally strong football nations such as Mexico and Costa Rica. By 1965, players like Henri Francillon, Philippe Vorbe, Guy Renold Jean François and Guy Saint-Vil were already playing in the team and would be stalwarts of the side in the coming years.

The team reached the final round of the qualifiers for the 1970 World Cup, where they faced El Salvador. After losing the first leg 2–1 at home, the team pulled off a 3–0 win at El Salvador. With each team having one win, the rules of the day dictated a play-off on neutral ground which El Salvador won to secure a place in the 1970 World Cup.

In the 1974 World Cup qualifiers, Haiti once again reached the final round in a qualifying tournament completely played at home. This time, they topped the group and qualified for their first appearance at the 1974 World Cup. In West Germany, they drew a tough group consisting of Italy, Argentina and Poland. The first half of their debut game against Italy ended in a scoreless draw, but the team surprised the football world when star forward Emmanuel Sanon scored shortly after the break to give Haiti a 1–0 lead. Although the Italians eventually came back to win the game 3–1, Sanon's goal ended goal keeper Dino Zoff's record run of 1143 minutes without conceding a goal in international matches. The team went on to lose to Poland (0–7) and Argentina (1–4) to finish last in their group.

Post 1970s
Haiti would reach the final rounds of the 1978 and 1982 qualifiers, but failed to make the cut. The years since have seen Haiti's footballing status decline markedly. In recent years, the political situation in the country has led to numerous defections from members of the football team. The team has rebuilt somewhat through the Haitian diaspora in Miami, Florida, and some Haitian home games have been played in Miami in recent years. Haiti as of recently has been rising once again as a footballing power in the CONCACAF. In a January 2010 earthquake at least 30 people with ties to Haitian football perished, including players, coaches, referees and administrative and medical representatives. Twenty others with ties to Haitian football were feared to be buried in the ruins.

Post Earthquake
In November 2011, Haiti was knocked out of the qualifiers for the 2014 World Cup by Antigua and Barbuda under the leadership of Brazilian coach Edson Tavares. In 2012, Tavares was replaced by Cuban coach Israel Blake Cantero who led the national team through the 2012 Caribbean Championship. Haiti finished third in the Caribbean Championship warranting a spot in the 2013 Gold Cup. The following year, Haiti would have a bad string of defeats against Chile, Bolivia, Oman and the Dominican Republic. In June 2013, Haiti bounced back from these shortcomings with a close 2–1 loss to reigning world champions Spain and an impressive 2–2 draw with footballing powerhouse Italy, with goals in both games scored by Wilde-Donald Guerrier, Olrish Saurel and Jean-Philippe Peguero respectively. The 2018 World Cup qualifiers had Haiti beating Grenada to reach the fourth round, where they fell off with only four points - one for a goalless draw with Panama, three for beating Jamaica in Kingston. In 2019, they made the farthest they ever had in the CONCACAF Gold Cup by going 3–0 in the group stages including a last-minute goal against Costa Rica and coming back from a 2–0 deficit against Canada in the Quarter-finals, winning the game 3–2. However, it all stopped after Mexico got away with a controversial foul which gave Mexico a penalty shot. They would lose the game 1–0.

Colours
The Haiti national team utilizes a two-colour system, composed of red and blue. The team's two colours originate from the national flag of Haiti, known as the bicolore. Although, during the Duvalier administration in Haiti, the country undergone a color change to its flag, swapping out the blue for black and it reflected in its 1974 World Cup kit and federation crest.

Since the team's inception, Haiti's kit has undergone numerous color pattern variations. The home kit has traditionally been either all blue or a variation of predominately blue shirts, with red shorts and blue socks, while the away kit has traditionally been inversely worn that is either all red or a variation of predominately red shirts, with blue shorts and red socks. Haiti has occasionally had a third kit, which has traditionally been all white, which the current kit features, along with its all blue colours at home and all red colours away. Haiti also wears the crest of the Federation on its shirt and at times on its shorts as well.

Haiti has been provided kits by a number of manufacturers, some of which have been from a few local and lesser known suppliers. The first known kit manufacturer was Adidas for the 1974 World Cup. In 2013, a five-year contract was reached with Colombian manufacturer, Saeta for $1 million. After 8 years, the Haitian Federation and Saeta are terminating their agreement. The details of the end date of their contract and the reason for the termination has not yet been released to the general public.

Results and fixtures
The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Coaching history

 * Caretaker managers are listed in italics.

 * Édouard Baker (1934)
 * Antoine Champagne (1951)
 * 🇫🇷 Paul Baron (fr) (1953–1954)
 * Dan Georgiádis (1956–1957)
 * Lucien Barozy (1957)
 * 🇦🇷 Alfredo Obertello (1959)
 * Antoine Tassy (1959) 1961; 1965–1973

 * 🇮🇹 Ettore Trevisan (it) (1973)
 * Antoine Tassy (1973–1974, 1976?, 1981)
 * Mladen Kashanine (1975)
 * Sepp Piontek (1976–1978)
 * René Vertus (fr) (1978–1979)−1980?)
 * Antoine Tassy (1980–1981)
 * Claude Barthélemy (1984–1985)

 * Ernst Jean-Baptiste (fr) (1991–1992, 1999) 1994
 * Hervé Calixte (1996–1997)

 * Jean-Michel Vaval (1997–1999)
 * 🇫🇷 Bernard Souilliez (1999)
 * Emmanuel Sanon (1999–2000)
 * Elie Jean & Sonche Pierre (fr) (2001)
 * 🇦🇷 Jorge Castelli (es) (2001–2002)
 * 🇦🇷 Vicente Cayetano Rodríguez (es) (2002–2003)
 * 🇦🇷 Andrés Cruciani (2002–2003)
 * 🇧🇷 Caetano Rodrigues (2003)
 * Maxime Augusto (2003)
 * Carlo Marcelin (fr) (2003)
 * 🇺🇸 Fernando Clavijo (2003–2004)
 * Carlo Marcelin (2004–2006)
 * 🇨🇺 Luis Armelio Garcia (es) (2006–2008)
 * Sonche Pierre, Carlo Marcelin & Wilner Étienne (2008)
 * Wagneau Eloip (2008)
 * Wilner Étienne & Sonche Pierre (2008)
 * 🇨🇴 Jairo Ríos (es) (2008–2010)
 * 🇧🇷 Edson Tavares (2010–2011)
 * Carlo Marcelin (2011)
 * 🇨🇺 Israel Blake Cantero (2012–2013)
 * Pierre Roland Saint-Jean (fr) (2013)
 * 🇫🇷 Marc Collat (2014–2015, 2017–2019)
 * 🇫🇷 Patrice Neveu (2015–2016)
 * Jean-Claude Josaphat (fr) (2016–2017)
 * Jean-Jacques Pierre (2021–2023)
 * 🇪🇸 Gabriel Calderón Pellegrino (2023–2024)
 * 🇫🇷 Sebastien Migne (2024-present)

 * Notes
 * p Denotes a player-manager

Current squad
The following players were called for the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF) matches against St. Lucia and Barbados, on 6 and 11 June 2024; respectively.

Caps and goals are correct as of 15 October 2023, after the match against 🇯🇲 jamaica.

Recent call-ups
The following players have been called up within the last twelve months.

INJ Withdrew due to an injury.

PRE Preliminary squad.

WD Withdrew from the squad due to non-injury issues.

Player records

 * The FHF's archives have been displaced by earthquakes and civil unrest; data on early Haitian players is still being investigated.
 * Players in bold are still active with Haiti.

Copa América

 * 1 Ecuador 1993 was the first time nations from outside the CONMEBOL were invited.
 * 2 United States 2016 was the first time nations from outside the CONMEBOL could qualify and host.

Caribbean Cup

 * *Draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.

Honours
Major competitions
 * CONCACAF Championship / Gold Cup
 * [[File:Med 1.png]] Winners (1): 1973
 * [[File:Med 2.png]] Runners-up (2): 1971, 1977
 * [[File:Med 3.png]] Third place (1): 2019

Minor competitions
 * CCCF Championship
 * [[File:Med 1.png]] Winners (1): 1957
 * CFU Championship / Caribbean Cup
 * [[File:Med 1.png]] Winners (2): 1979, 2007
 * [[File:Med 2.png]] Runners-up (1): 2001
 * [[File:Med 3.png]] Third place (5): 1978, 1998, 1999, 2012, 2014
 * Fair play (1): 2014
 * Pan American Games
 * Fourth place (1): 1959

Friendly competitions
 * Saint Kitts and Nevis Football Festival
 * [[File:Med 1.png]] Winners (1): 2003
 * Haiti International Tournament
 * [[File:Med 1.png]] Winners (1): 1997
 * Coupe Duvalier
 * [[File:Med 1.png]] Winners (1): 1966
 * Triangular Tournament
 * [[File:Med 1.png]] Winners (1): 1956
 * Paul Magloire President Cup
 * [[File:Med 1.png]] Winners (1): 1956

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Koishikawa

Koishikawa (小石川) is a district of Bunkyo, Tokyo. It consists of five sub-areas, 1-5 chome (1~5丁目). In Koishikawa are located two well regarded gardens: the Koishikawa Botanical Garden (operated by the University of Tokyo) in Hakusan, and the Koishikawa Korakuen Garden in Kōraku.

Train stations for accessing this locality include Hakusan Station (白山駅), Kōrakuen Station (後楽園駅), Kasuga Station (春日駅), and Myōgadani Station.

The Koishikawa Arsenal was an important military installation during the Meiji era.

Education
Bunkyo operates the local public elementary and middle schools.

Zoned elementary schools are: Kanatomi (金富小学校), Kubomachi (窪町小学校), Rekisen (礫川小学校), and Yanagicho (柳町小学校).

Zoned junior high schools are: No. 1 (第一中学校), No. 3 (第三中学校), and Meidai (茗台中学校).

Koishikawa High School is operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education. In addition the metropolis operates the Koishikawa Secondary Education School.

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Tadeusz Samuel Smoleński

Tadeusz Samuel Smoleński (1884–1909) was a Polish Egyptologist.

After research work on the history of Poland he was sent to Egypt for his health in 1905. In Egypt he learnt Arabic but after visiting the Cairo Museum and seeing the monuments he decided to make Egyptology his career.

Smoleński applied to Gaston Maspero and obtained a post in the library of the French Institute and studied Egyptian. He was later able to devote himself entirely to study, his first Egyptological work being Etat actuel des recherches egyptologiques (1906). Smoleński directed an archaeological expedition to Sharuna near Oxyrhynchus in 1907, discovering a huge necropolis of various periods; (see his article on the tomb of a Sixth Dynasty prince in ASAE8).

He also excavated another necropolis at el-Gamhud; some artifacts are in the Kraków Museums. Les peuples maritimes du nord a l'epoque de Ramses II et de Merenptah was published after his death. Smoleński was the real pioneer of Polish Egyptology and excavation and his early death cut short a career of great promise.

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Edward Andrade

Edward Neville da Costa Andrade FRS (27 December 1887 – 6 June 1971) was an English physicist, writer, and poet. He told The Literary Digest his name was pronounced "as written, i.e., like air raid, with and substituted for air." In the scientific world Andrade is best known for work (with Ernest Rutherford) that first determined the wavelength of a type of gamma radiation, proving it was far higher in energies than X-rays known at the time. Also, a rheological model suggested by him and bearing his name is still widely employed in continuum mechanics and its geophysical applications. In popular culture he was best known for his appearances on The Brains Trust.

Life
Edward Neville Andrade was a Sephardi Jew, his family having arrived in London from Portugal during the Napoleonic era, and was a descendant of Moses da Costa Andrade (not Moses da Costa as is sometimes stated). da Costa Andrade was his 2nd great-grandfather, a feather merchant in London's East End. The surname "Andrade" might nevertheless be of Portuguese origin (see notes on original pronunciation) born and raised in London he attended St. Dunstan's College in Catford, which was noted as the first school to have a laboratory for teaching secondary school age pupils. From there he attended University College London under Prof F. T. Trouton where he gained a first-class honours degree in physics in 1907. After graduating he stayed on to pursue research, choosing to study the flow of solid metals under stress, a subject to which he returned several times over the sixty-year course of his research career

In 1910 Edward Neville studied for a doctorate on the electrical properties of flames under Prof Lenard at the University of Heidelberg and then had a brief but productive spell of research with Ernest Rutherford at Manchester in 1914. They carried out diffraction experiments to determine the wavelengths of gamma-rays from radium, and were the first to be able to quantitate these, thereby showing that they were shorter than the wavelengths of then-known X-ray radiation that was produced by "Roentgen tubes". He joined the Royal Artillery during the First World War, and then became Professor of Physics at the Ordnance College in Woolwich in 1920.

Career
He was Quain Professor of Physics at University College, London from 1928 to 1950, and then Fullerian Professor of Chemistry at the Royal Institution for three years, until opposition to his attempts to reform the RI led to a vote of no confidence in him by members of the RI, following which he resigned. In 1943 Andrade was invited to deliver the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures on Vibrations and Waves, then in 1950 he developed the lectures further and presented the series on Waves and Vibrations.

Andrade was also a broadcaster, coming to fame during the War on BBC radio's The Brains Trust.
 * The Structure of the Atom (1923)
 * Engines (1928)
 * The Mechanism of Nature (1930)
 * Simple Science with Julian Huxley.
 * More Simple Science (1935) with Julian Huxley.
 * Sir Isaac Newton (1950)
 * An Approach to Modern Physics (1956)
 * A Brief History of the Royal Society (1960)
 * Physics for the Modern World (1962)
 * Rutherford and the Nature of the Atom (1964)

His papers are held by the University of Leicester

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Template talk:Sydney tasks

Suggestions for future tasks
A holler to all Sydneysiders around here. I've just added City Road, Sydney, and it could do with an expansion. Enochlau 22:42, 22 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Lots of redlinks in List of Sydney suburbs and List of Sydney railway stations.
 * Photo for Redfern railway station done -- Jasabella 09:52, 17 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Most of the redlinks above have been done now. I'll aim to add tasks for the remaining ones. -- All the best, Nickj (t) 04:36, 6 February 2006 (UTC)
 * I have removed the red links from the the LGAs of Rockdale, Hurstville, Kogarah and Canterbury. Any localities have been listed in the information for that LGA and all suburbs have their own listing. J Bar 00:39, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

 * Sydney was expanded a few days before the meetup, so it probably doesn't need to be only the template any more. (Feel free to improve it more, though!). JPD (talk) 15:46, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Sounds good, and the climate section includes all the stuff that people wanted (average temp, historical max, historical min, etc), so I've taken it off the task list now. -- All the best, Nickj (t) 00:39, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

 * All the Blue Mountains stations have stub pages at least now - most railway stations need a large fill-in of information now (ie. upgrade from stubs). (JROBBO 05:17, 21 February 2006 (UTC))

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John C. Hocking

John C. Hocking (born 1960) is an American fantasy writer, the author of a Conan novel published by Tor Books and a number of short stories. One of his stories, "The Face in the Sea", won the 2009 Harper's Pen Award for Sword and Sorcery fiction.

Writing career
According to Hocking, he wrote his Conan novel Conan and the Emerald Lotus out of dissatisfaction with the Conan novels being published in the early 1990s, "trying to put into the story all the things I thought were missing from Conan pastiche at that time." After taking three years to write it, he was proud enough of the result that he "didn't want to just drop it into a drawer ....[s]o I sent out a handful of letters, and L. Sprague de Camp responded ...that if I sent him my book he'd look it over. He liked it a lot and LOTUS was published." After its success he spent two years writing a second Conan novel, Conan and the Living Plague, under contract with Conan Properties, which was "sufficiently pleased with the book that they wanted to use it to attract a new publisher for Conan and try to break into hardcover." Publication of it and a third Conan novel Hocking had started were canceled due to a change in ownership of Conan Properties.

Hocking has since published a number of fantasy stories, most forming a series featuring the original character Brand the Viking.

Conan series

 * Conan and the Emerald Lotus (1995)
 * Conan and the Living Plague (unpublished)

Brand the Viking

 * "Vali's Wound" (2004)
 * "The Face in the Sea" (2009)
 * "The Bonestealer's Mirror" (2010)

Other

 * "A River Through Darkness and Light" (2011)

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Rutherford

Rutherford may refer to:

Australia

 * Rutherford, New South Wales, a suburb of Maitland
 * Rutherford (Parish), New South Wales, a civil parish of Yungnulgra County

Canada

 * Mount Rutherford, Jasper National Park
 * Rutherford, Edmonton, neighbourhood
 * Rutherford House, in Edmonton, Alberta
 * Rutherford Library, University of Alberta

United Kingdom

 * Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Oxfordshire

United States

 * Rutherford, California, in Napa County
 * East Rutherford, New Jersey
 * Rutherford, New Jersey
 * Rutherford, Pennsylvania
 * Rutherford, West Virginia
 * Rutherford County, North Carolina
 * Rutherford County, Tennessee

People

 * Rutherford (name), people with the surname or given name
 * Ernest Rutherford (1871–1937), 1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson, known as the father of nuclear physics
 * Rutherford B. Hayes (1822–1893), 19th president of the United States (1877–1881)

Fiction

 * Rutherford the Brave, a character from Gamehendge, the fictional setting for a number of songs by the rock band Phish
 * Rutherford, Ohio, fictional setting of the television series 3rd Rock from the Sun
 * Cullen Stanton Rutherford, a character from the Dragon Age franchise

 * Ensign Sam Rutherford, a major character in Star Trek: Lower Decks

Transportation

 * Rutherford GO Station, a station in the GO Transit network located in the community of Maple, Ontario, Canada
 * Rutherford Intermodal Yard, a large rail yard located in Swatara Township, Dauphin County, just east of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
 * Rutherford (NJT station), a train station on New Jersey Transit's Bergen County Line
 * HMS Rutherford (K558), a British frigate in commission in the Royal Navy from 1943 to 1945

Science

 * Rutherford (unit), a unit of radioactivity
 * Rutherford scattering, a phenomenon in physics which led to the development of the Rutherford model (or planetary model) of the atom and eventually to the Bohr model
 * Rutherford (lunar crater), a small impact crater on the Moon's far side
 * Rutherford (Martian crater), a crater on Mars

Economics

 * R & I.S. Rutherford Brothers of St John's, issued the first traders' Halfpenny tokens for Newfoundland in 1841

Education

 * Rutherford College (disambiguation), more than one college
 * Rutherford High School (disambiguation), several schools
 * Rutherford School (disambiguation), several schools

Other uses

 * Rutherford Institute, a public interest law firm and resource center in Charlottesville, Virginia
 * The Rutherford Journal, an academic journal
 * Rutherford (rocket engine), a rocket engine developed by Rocket Lab
 * Rutherford statistical area in Nelson, New Zealand

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Pontoise

Pontoise is a commune north of Paris, France. It is located 28.4 km from the centre of Paris, in the "new town" of Cergy-Pontoise.

Administration
Pontoise is the official préfecture (capital) of the Val-d'Oise département, although in reality the préfecture building and administration, as well as the department council (conseil général), are located in the neighboring commune of Cergy, which is regarded as the de facto capital of Val-d'Oise.

Pontoise is also the seat of the Arrondissement of Pontoise. The sous-préfecture building and administration, unlike the préfecture, are located inside the commune of Pontoise.

Sister cities
The city of Pontoise has three sister city relationships with:
 * Böblingen, Germany since 1956
 * Sevenoaks, United Kingdom since 1964
 * Geleen, Netherlands since 1962

Security
Known for being a violent city in the late 20th century, with a criminal rate of 137.62 incidents per 1000 inhabitants, Cergy-Pontoise has enjoyed a significant decrease in violence in the first decade of the 21st century. By 2008, the rate had declined to 99.87, although this is still considered high. That rate has continued to decline in the second decade.

History
Pontoise is the historical capital of the Vexin français. Its foundation dates from Roman times (Pontisara). At that time, the rock peak overhanging the river Oise supported the defense of the fort which was on the Roman road, the Chaussée Jules César, between Lutetia (Paris) and Rotomagus (Rouen). The road still exists and is now part of the N14 from Paris to Rouen. It is also known to many people as the birthplace of the alchemist Nicholas Flamel. With an over 2,000 year legacy, Pontoise still has vestiges of the past, such as medieval lanes, convents, churches and museums, and was awarded the "City of Art and History Label" in 2006. The impressionist painter Camille Pissarro made it famous through many paintings which are present nowadays in the most famous art galleries in the world.

Climate
Pontoise has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Pontoise is 12.5 C. The average annual rainfall is 666.7 mm with December as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 20.5 C, and lowest in January, at around 5.3 C. The highest temperature ever recorded in Pontoise was 40.0 C on 1 July 2015; the coldest temperature ever recorded was -12.5 C on 1 January 1997.

Transport
Pontoise is served by Pontoise station, a terminus on Paris RER line C and an intermediate terminus for suburban trains originating from Gare Saint-Lazare as well as a terminus for suburban trains from Gare du Nord. Some trains originating at Gare Saint-Lazare continue onto Gisors. For bus services, Stivo (formerly Services des Transports de l'Agglomération Nouvelle) operates within the new town of Cergy-Pontoise, and in and around Pontoise, with transport interchanges situated Place Charles de Gaulle and Parking Canrobert.

Pontoise – Cormeilles Aerodrome is the area airport.

Education
Public preschool through elementary schools include:
 * Seven preschools ('maternelles): des Cordeliers, Eugène-Ducher, de l'Hermitage, Laris, Ludovic-Piette, Jean-Moulin, Parc-aux-Charettes
 * Two primary schools: École primaire Gustave-Loiseau and École primaire des Maradas
 * Seven elementary schools (élémentaires): Paul-Cézanne, Eugène-Ducher, de l'Hermitage, des Larris, Jean-Moulin, Ludovic-Piette, Parc-aux-Charrettes

Public senior high schools/sixth-form colleges:
 * Lycée Camille Pissarro Pontoise
 * Lycée Alfred Kastler de Cergy-Pontoise, in Pontoise, also serves Cergy

There are also six private schools: École Saint-Martin-de-France (up to senior high school), École "Ella", École Saint-Louis, Établissement Vauban, Notre-Dame-de-la-Compassion (junior and senior high school)

Culture
Pontoise is one of the capitals of the impressionist movement. Many painters took as a starting point the city and its area for the creation of landscapes. Camille Pissarro lived there for seventeen years. Other artists lived or worked in the area such as Vincent van Gogh (Auvers-sur-Oise), Paul Cézanne, Paul Gauguin, Charles-François Daubigny, Gustave Caillebotte, Gustave Loiseau, etc.

Main sights

 * Cathédrale Saint-Maclou de Pontoise. It was built in the 12th century and reconstructed and enlarged in the 15th and 16th centuries. The tower, as well as the central portal, is in flamboyant style. The central body is flanked by Renaissance additions. The remaining 12th century part of the cathedral is to the back. To the North of the building is a Renaissance portal.
 * Musée de Pontoise (Musée Tavet-Delacour). The museum houses sculptures from the Middle Ages, manuscripts from the seventeenth century and paintings from the twentieth century
 * Musée Pissarro (Impressionist collections) and garden of the five senses. The Museum is situated in a bourgeois house at the entrance of the old castle.

Parks and recreation
Parks:
 * Le Jardin de la Ville
 * Le Parc des Larris
 * Le jardin partagé de Marcouville
 * Le Jardin des Cinq Sens
 * Le Parc du Château de Marcouville
 * Les jardins et la terrasse basse du Dôme
 * Le Jardin des Lavandières
 * Plaines de jeux

Notable people

 * Sébastien Carole (b. 1982), footballer
 * Yarouba Cissako, footballer
 * Koumba Cisse handball player
 * Nicolas Flamel (c. 1340-1418), reputed alchemist, probably born here
 * Jérémy Labor (b. 1992), footballer
 * Christophe Lebon (b. 1982), swimmer
 * Luc Loubaki, basketball player
 * Édouard-Alfred Martel (1859-1938), Father of modern speleology
 * Guiday Mendy (b. 1986), basketball player
 * Aly Ndom, footballer
 * Camille Pissarro, painter
 * Yoann Rapinier, athlete
 * Jacques Vallée, author, ufologist and former astronomer
 * Jean-Éric Vergne, former Formula One driver currently competing in Formula E
 * St William of Pontoise, hermit
 * Rabbi Moses ben Abraham of Pontoise, 12th-century disciple of Rabbeinu Tam and mentioned in several Tosafot.
 * Moussa Dembélé (French footballer), footballer
 * Liza del Sierra, pornographic actress.
 * A famous religious sister, Blessed Marie de l'Incarnation (1566-1618), formerly known as Madame Acarie, the foundress of the Reformed Carmelites in France, lived, died and was buried here in the Carmelite Monastery.
 * William of Pontoise (d. 1192), medieval Benedictine
 * Yacine Qasmi, moroccan footballer

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Art Gilmore

Arthur Wells Gilmore, known as Art Gilmore (March 18, 1912 – September 25, 2010) was an American actor and announcer heard on radio and television programs, children's records, movies, trailers, radio commercials, and documentary films. He also appeared in several television series and a few feature films.

Biography
Reared in Tacoma, Washington, Gilmore attended Washington State University in 1931, where he was a member of the Chi chapter of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia music fraternity and a member of the Alpha Omicron chapter of Theta Chi fraternity. In 1935, he was hired to work as an announcer for Seattle's KOL Radio. In 1936, he became a staff announcer for the Warner Brothers' radio station KFWB in Hollywood and then moved to the CBS-owned station KNX as a news reader. During World War II, he served as a fighter-director U.S. Navy officer aboard an aircraft carrier in the Pacific Ocean.

Leaving the Navy, he decided to become a professional singer and returned to Hollywood.

With a group of notable Hollywood radio stars, including Edgar Bergen, Ralph Edwards, Les Tremayne, and Jim Jordan, Gilmore founded Pacific Pioneer Broadcasters in 1966. At the time of his death, he was Chairman Emeritus of PPB. The organization presents the Art Gilmore Career Achievement Award four times each year to celebrities who have made notable contributions to the broadcasting and related industries. The organization was renamed Hollywood Media Professionals in 2019. Pacific Pioneer Broadcasters materials are at American Radio Archives.

Radio
Gilmore's announcing voice became a part of many radio programs. Drawing his inspiration from the radio sports commentators of the 1930s, he became the announcer for Amos 'n' Andy, The Adventures of Frank Race, Dr. Christian, Sears Radio Theater, Stars over Hollywood, The Golden Days of Radio and other radio shows. It was Gilmore who introduced Herbert W. Armstrong and Garner Ted Armstrong, reminding listeners to request free religious literature at the conclusion of The World Tomorrow on radio and television.

Television
With the advent of television, Gilmore heralded The George Gobel Show, The Red Skelton Show, An Evening with Fred Astaire and many others.

He narrated 156 episodes of Highway Patrol with Broderick Crawford, 39 segments of Mackenzie's Raiders with Richard Carlson 41 episodes of Men of Annapolis and all 36 episodes of ''The New Breed.

His television appearances included The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Adam-12, Emergency!, Dragnet and The Waltons. He announced Ronald Reagan's "A Time for Choosing" speech in 1964 supporting Barry Goldwater for U.S. President.

Films
Gilmore was heard in films as the voice of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in the 1942 production of Yankee Doodle Dandy, and in The Gallant Hours (1960), where he was the narrator for Japanese sequences. His dramatic voice was also heard on countless film trailers beginning in the 1940s (he narrated the trailer for the 1946 film Gilda), and on documentary films throughout the 1950s and 1960s. (He appeared on camera at the beginning of the trailer for the 1948 thriller The Big Clock.) He narrated the Joe McDoakes series of short comedies which starred George O'Hanlon, notably So You Want to Be a Detective (1948), in which he participated (with the camera as his point of view). Gilmore also served as the president of American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) from 1961 until 1963.

Recordings
In addition to his radio-TV work, he provided the narration for many collections of recorded musical works and a large number of recordings for children. Gilmore was also active in reading textbooks for the blind and dyslexic for many years.

Books
Gilmore co-authored the book Television and Radio Announcing.

Death
He died of natural causes on September 25, 2010, aged 98. Gilmore was survived by his wife, Grace; daughters Marilyn and Barbara; two grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. His nephew, Robb Weller, said that his uncle was the reason he chose to work in broadcasting.

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Piotr Ignacy Bieńkowski

Piotr Ignacy Bieńkowski (1865 – 1925) was a Polish classical scholar and archaeologist, professor of Jagiellonian University. Bieńkowski studied classical philology and history at the University of Lwów and University of Berlin (under Theodor Mommsen). He continued his studies in Vienna, Rome and Athens, habilitation at the University of Kraków.

Piotr created at Kraków the first chair of classical archaeology at a Polish university. In the season of 1910-1911 as a representative of the Kraków Academy, he took part in Austrian excavations conducted by Junker in el-Kubania heading the fieldwork at the Coptic monastery at a site called Mount of Isis.

title: Piotr Ignacy Bieńkowski