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Dieter Schnebel

Dieter Schnebel (14 March 1930 – 20 May 2018) was a German composer, theologian and musicologist. He composed orchestral music, chamber music, vocal music and stage works. From 1976 until his retirement in 1995, Schnebel served as professor of experimental music at the Hochschule der Künste, Berlin.

Career
Schnebel was born in Lahr/Baden. He began general private music studies with Wilhelm Siebler from 1942 until 1945, when he started piano lessons with Wilhelm Resch, and continued study with him until 1949 at the age of 19. He continued with music history through 1952, under Eric Doflein. Simultaneously he began to study composition, from 1950, with Ernst Krenek, Theodor W. Adorno and Pierre Boulez, among others. He entered formal studies at the University of Tübingen where he took musicology with Walter Gerstenberg, as well as theology, philosophy and further piano studies. In 1955, he left with a degree in theology, but with a dissertation about Arnold Schoenberg. Soon after, he married Camilla Riegger in 1956, and the couple had a son and daughter. Schnebel became a minister, and taught theology and religion until 1963 when he began teaching philosophy and psychology. After his first wife died, he underwent a period of psychoanalysis. In 1970 he married translator Iris von Kaschnitz (1928–2014), daughter of Marie Luise Kaschnitz, and began teaching religious studies and music in Munich, which he continued until 1976. His students included Australian composer Norma Tyer. In 1976, he began teaching in Berlin as a professor of experimental music and music research, a chair created for him. He held it until his retirement in 1995. Invited by Walter Fink, he was the sixth composer featured in the annual Komponistenporträt of the Rheingau Musik Festival in 1996, where his Schau-Stücke for voices and gestures premiered.

Schnebel died of a heart ailment in Berlin on 20 May 2018 at the age of 88. His and his wife's grave is in Dahlem Cemetery.

Cycles and style
Schnebel composed several cycles of works, sometimes over a long time. One of them was called Versuche (Essays), consisting of four works written 1953 to 1956. They concern serial techniques, exploring space by placing performers at separate positions. His religious music includes a cycle Für Stimmen (...missa est) (For voices ...), consisting of four works written 1956 to 1969). They use the human voice and organ in experimental settings of prayers and biblical texts. A cycle Produktionsprozesse is a group of compositions related to "language and body" which concerns the physical sound production, with the performers utilizing speech and breathing organs in unusual ways.

His earliest works were strongly influenced by his fellow Darmstadt students Karlheinz Stockhausen, about whose early works he wrote an extended essay, and Mauricio Kagel, about whom he edited a book. Starting in 1959, he also came under the influence of John Cage.)

Schnebel made arrangements of works by Bach, Beethoven, Webern and Wagner, called Re-Visions, sometimes using their traditional concepts to reflect new techniques and different ways of looking at them.

Awards
Schnebel's awards include the Arts Prize of Lahr in 1991. He received the first European Church Music Prize in Schwäbisch Gmünd the same year. He was a member of the Berlin Akademie der Künste from 1991, and of the Bayerische Akademie der Schönen Künste since 1996. In 2015, he was awarded the Bundesverdienstkreuz am Bande.

Works
Schnebel's works are held by the German National Library. Many of them are published by Schott Music.

Music with orchestra

 * Compositio (1955–56, rev. 1964/1965)
 * Orchestra / Symphonische Musik für mobile Musiker (1974–1977)
 * Canones (1975–1977; 1993/1994)
 * Schubert-Phantasie (Re-Visionen I5, for divided orchestra and voices) (1978, rev. 1989 as Blendwerk, for string orchestra)
 * Thanatos-Eros (Traditione III1), symphonic variations for large orchestra (1979–82, rev.1984–85)
 * Sinfonie-Stücke (Traditione III2) (1984–85)
 * Missa, Dahlem Mass for four solo voices, two mixed choirs, orchestra and organ (1984–1987)
 * Mahler-Moment, for strings (1985)
 * Sinfonie X (Tradition VI) (1987–1992; 2004/2005)
 * Mozart-Moment (1988/1989)
 * Schumann-Moment (Re-Visionen II2, for voices, winds, harp, and percussion (1989)
 * Verdi-Moment (Re-Visionen II5, for orchestra (1989)
 * St. Jago (Tradition IV2, 3 speakers, 4 singers, and ensemble: music and images to Heinrich von Kleist (1989–1991) (rev. 1995)
 * Janáček-Moment (Re-Visionen II1), for orchestra (1991)
 * Totentanz, ballet-oratorio for two speakers, soprano, bass, choir, orchestra and live electronic (1992–1994)
 * inter, for chamber orchestra (1994)
 * O Liebe! – süßer Tod..., five sacred songs after Johann Sebastian Bach for mezzo-soprano, chamber choir, and small orchestra (1995)
 * Ekstasis for soprano, speaker, two children's voices, percussion, choir and large orchestra (1996/1997; 2001/2002)

Chamber music

 * Analysis, for strings and percussion (1953)
 * Stücke, for string quartet or string octet (1954–55)
 * Fragment, for chamber ensemble and voice obligato (1955)
 * Das Urteil after Franz Kafka, Raummusik für Instrumente, Stimmen und sonstige Schallquellen (Space music for instruments, voices and other sound sources) (1959, rev. 1990)
 * Glossolalie (1959–61), instructions for composition
 * Glossolalie 61 (1959–1961)
 * Glossolalie 94 (1994)
 * Maulwerke (1968–74); staged in 1977 by Achim Freyer at the Musiktheaterwerkstatt Wiesbaden Version 2010
 * Körpersprache / Organkomposition (Body Language / Organ Composition), for 3–9 players (1979/1980)
 * Memento, for voice and accordion (1981)
 * Montiano-Song, for one or more voices and instruments (1983)
 * Beethoven-Symphonie (Re-Visionen I2), for chamber ensemble (1985)
 * Metamorphosenmusik, for voice and chamber ensemble (1986/1987)
 * Metamorphosen des Ovid or Die Bewegung von den Rändern zur Mitte hin und umgekehrt, incidental music for 11 voices and 11 strings (1986–87)
 * Mit diesen Händen, for voice and cello with curved bow (1992)
 * Baumzucht (J. P. Hebel), musical reading after Johann Peter Hebel for speaker and chamber ensemble (1992/1995)
 * Schau-Stücke (Body Études) (1995)
 * Keine grossen Sprünge, for two performers
 * Kopfschütteln, for five performers
 * Schlängeln, for two performers
 * Magnificat (1996/97)
 * String Quartet No. 2 (2000–2007)
 * Flipper, chamber music for Spielautomaten, actors, instruments and tape (2002/2003)
 * String Quartet No. 3 "Im Raum" (2005–2006)
 * Drei Kafka-Dramolette, Der plötzliche Spaziergang, Entschlüsse and Gib's auf! (2009)

Vocal

 * Für Stimmen (… missa est): I. dt 31,6 for 12 vocal groups (1956–58), II. AMN for 7 vocal groups (1958–67), III. :! (madrasha II) for 3 choir groups and magnetic tape ad lib. (1958–68), IV. Choralvorspiele I/II for organ, side instruments, magnetic tape and amplifier (1966–69)
 * Maulwerke, for amplified voices and electronics (1968–74)
 * Körper-Sprache, for 3–9 performers (1979–80)
 * Bach-Contrapuncti (I, VI, XI) (Re-Visionen I1, for voices (1972–76); revised as O Liebe! – süsser Tod (1984–95)
 * Motetus I, for two choruses (1989–93)
 * "Mein Herz ruht müde", for alto voice and piano (1994)
 * Motetus II, for two choruses (1997–98)
 * Behütet ... : Psalm 121, for chorus (SSMezAATTBarBB), with organ or synthesizer ad lib. (2012)

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Contax i4R

The Contax i4R is a digital camera manufactured by Kyocera. The i4R was announced on 28 September 2004. Its design was one of the more unusual of Contax's designs. Kyocera released it to the public in November, 2004 with a price of 299 GBP. The i4R features a Carl Zeiss Tessar T* 6.5mm f/2.8 lens. Its image pickup device is a charge-coupled device with 4.19 × 106 gross pixels. The i4R is PictBridge-compliant. Besides its usually small size for the time, its other unusual feature was its ability to focus down to about two inches (five centimetres).

Kyocera announced its plans to discontinue the Contax brand in April 2005, and exited all camera activity in September 2005.

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Easy Company (comics)

Easy Company is a fictional comic book World War II US Army infantry unit led by Sgt. Rock in stories published by DC Comics. The group first appeared in Our Army at War #81 (April 1959), and were created by Bob Haney and Ross Andru.

Publication history
In the stories, the unit saw action in every combat zone in the European Theatre. Unlike actual units, the unit has at least one African-American member, which was in defiance of racial segregation policy of the Army at the time.

In the graphic novel Between Hell and a Hard Place, Sgt. Rock explained that he gave nicknames to Easy Company men because during battle, they would be required to do things their civilian identities might not be able to live with; once the war was over, the nicknames could be left behind once the soldiers resumed their civilian lives. This accounts for the proliferation of unusual character names in Easy Company over the years.

The characters of Sergeant Rock and Easy Company appeared in new monthly stories published in Our Army at War (title changed to Sgt. Rock in March 1977) until Sgt. Rock #422 (July 1988). While no longer appearing in a monthly book, Easy Company appear from time to time in World War II stories in other DC publications, including comic book miniseries Between Hell and a Hard Place (2003), The Prophecy (2005), and The Lost Battalion (2008–2009).

"The Combat-Happy Joes"
Core members of Easy Company included:
 * The Skipper - Easy was always commanded by an officer, usually referred to by Rock as "the skipper" and holding the rank of captain or lieutenant. At least one company commander, a "retread", was shown in the rank of major.
 * Sergeant Frank Rock - The "topkick" or senior NCO of "Easy Company", with the Rank of "Master Sergeant". Rock was a steelworker from Pennsylvania who enlisted in the U.S. Army the day after the attack on Pearl Harbor. He was later promoted to sergeant after the Battle of Three Stripe Hill, in which he held off a German attack single-handed after they killed everyone else in his unit, earning him the nickname "the Rock of Easy Company". He was usually depicted carrying a belt of .50-caliber bullets over his shoulders despite the company's lack of heavy machine guns. Rock supposedly died "from the last bullet fired in the last battle on the last day" of World War II, but retconned continuities have him survive the war to later become a General.
 * Bulldozer - Rock's second-in-command, holding the rank of Corporal. He is notably large and strong man. Real name: Horace Eustace Canfield, Bulldozer is usually seen using a machinegun or an automatic rifle. Note: an earlier character named Sergeant Nichols first had the nickname "Bulldozer".
 * Wildman - A history professor from Colorado before the war, noted for his bright red full beard. His nickname derives from turning into a "Wildman" when engaged in battle. Real name: Harold Shapiro, though some sources list his first name as Joseph.
 * Jackie Johnson - An African-American trooper and ex-heavyweight boxing champion, whose character was an amalgamation of Jackie Robinson and Joe Louis. He is notable as one of the first non-stereotypical African-American characters in comics.
 * Little Sure Shot - An Apache sniper who always decorates his helmet with feathers. Real name: Louis Kiyahani.
 * Ice Cream Soldier - A small soldier whose nickname derives in part from being at his best in combat during cold weather, and in always being "cool in combat". Real name: Phil Mason. In stories post-2000, his nickname is further shortened to "Ice".
 * Four Eyes - A bespectacled soldier and, ironically, one of Easy's best sharpshooters.
 * Zack Nolan - Easy's original bazooka man. He lost one arm in combat, but returned for a final mission. Some sources list his surname as Taylor.
 * Long Round and Short Round - Zack's replacements on the bazooka, always working as a team.
 * Canary - A soldier known for always whistling in any circumstances not requiring silence.
 * Worry Wart - Asolid soldier, constantly worrying about whether his number was almost up.
 * Farmer Boy - He refused to let the war stop him from doing what he was born to do.
 * Junior - He lied about his age to enlist in the Army. Real name: William West.
 * Sunny - He earned the nickname "Sunny" because he was always smiling. Real name: Samuel S. Gordon.
 * Tag-a-Long - He got the nickname "Tag-a-Long" due to his shadowing Sgt. Rock's every move, including following Sgt. Rock into dangerous solo missions. Real name: Thomas.
 * Wee Willie - he was called Wee Willie because of his small size.
 * Tin Soldier - He was an actor who became a soldier. Real name: Randy Booth.

This does not include anonymous replacements and one-time characters who are frequently killed off in the stories. Easy Company's lieutenants, when they appear at all, are frequently killed off within the first few pages. Letters columns in the 1980s included a roster of all characters introduced into the series; several dozen character names were listed, including some anonymous soldiers.

In other media
The Easy Company appear in the Justice League three-part episode "The Savage Time", consisting of Sgt. Rock (voiced by Fred Dryer), Bulldozer (voiced by Ted Levine), Wildman, and Ice Cream Soldier. Additionally, they are briefly joined by a temporarily depowered, time-traveling Green Lantern. The Easy Company join forces with the U.S. Armed Forces, Steve Trevor, the Blackhawks, and the time-traveling Justice League to foil Vandal Savage's plot to help Nazi Germany win World War II and eventually conquer the world.

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Gameplay screenshot from Crystalis for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES).

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George Eulas Foster

Sir George Eulas Foster, (September 3, 1847 – December 30, 1931) was a Canadian politician and academic.

Foster was a Member of Parliament (MP) and a Senator in the Canadian Parliament for a total of 45 years, 5 months and 24 days. He enjoys the unique distinction of having served in the cabinets of seven Canadian Prime Ministers: Macdonald, Abbott, Thompson, Bowell, Tupper, Borden and Meighen.

He coined the phrase "splendid isolation" to praise British foreign policy in the late 19th century.

Two factors thwarted whatever ambitions he may have had to become Prime Minister himself: his legally questionable marriage in Chicago to his newly divorced former landlady, and his later involvement in a trust company scandal.

Background
Born in Carleton County, New Brunswick, Foster received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of New Brunswick in 1868.

He taught in various high schools and seminaries until 1870 when he was appointed Professor of Classics and Ancient Literature in the University of New Brunswick. He shortly afterwards studied in Edinburgh, Scotland, and Heidelberg, Germany, resuming his professorship in 1873. He resigned in 1879 and became a noted temperance lecturer.

Politics
Foster entered politics with his election to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1882 federal election as a Conservative MP representing New Brunswick. He joined the Cabinet of Sir John A. Macdonald as Minister of Marine and Fisheries in 1885, and was promoted to Minister of Finance in 1888. Foster retained this position after Macdonald's death and through the successive governments of Prime Ministers Abbott, Thompson, Bowell and Tupper. He led a group of seven cabinet ministers who resigned temporarily in January 1896 to force the retirement of Bowell, who denounced them as a 'nest of traitors'. Foster's debates with Sir Richard Cartwright, the former Liberal Minister of Finance under Prime Minister Mackenzie, are the stuff of Canadian Parliamentary legend.

With the defeat of the Tories in the 1896 election, Foster retained his seat and joined the Opposition. He was a prominent supporter of Canada's involvement in the Anglo-Boer War from 1899 to 1901. He lost his seat in the 1900 election but returned to parliament in 1904, this time representing the riding of Toronto North in Ontario. He remained an Opposition MP until his party returned to government in the 1911 federal election under Sir Robert Borden and he continued in the government under Arthur Meighen.

During his final years in cabinet, Foster served as Minister of Trade and Commerce, and received a knighthood (KCMG) in 1914 for his work in the Royal Commission on Imperial Trade; he was named to the Imperial Privy Council in 1916 and elevated to GCMG in 1918. He served as a Canadian delegate to the 1919 Versailles Peace Conference. He was acting Prime Minister in 1920, when Borden was absent due to ill health. From 1920 to 1921, he was chairman of the Canadian delegation to the first assembly of the League of Nations. In 1921, he was appointed to the Canadian Senate in which he served until his death.

"Splendid isolation"
Foster is known for coining the term "splendid isolation" in January 1896 when praising Britain's foreign policy of isolation from European affairs.

The term was popularized by Lord Goschen, First Lord of the Admiralty, during a speech at Lewes on 26 February 1896: "We have stood here alone in what is called isolation – our splendid isolation, as one of our colonial friends was good enough to call it." The phrase had appeared in a headline in The Times, on 22 January 1896, paraphrasing a comment by Foster to the Parliament of Canada on 16 January 1896: "In these somewhat troublesome days when the great Mother Empire stands splendidly isolated in Europe."

The ultimate origin of "splendid isolation" is suggested in Robert Hamilton's Canadian Quotations and Phrases, which places the Foster quotation beneath a passage from the following paragraph from Cooney's Compendious History of Northern New Brunswick and Gaspé (reprinted in 1896) describing England's situation in 1809–1810 during the Napoleonic Wars:"In the midst of this terrific commotion, England stood erect: wrapt up in her own impregnability, the storm could not affect her: and therefore, while others trembled in its blast, she smiled at its fury. Never did the 'Empress Island' appear so magnificently grand; – she stood by herself, and there was a peculiar splendour in the loneliness of her glory."

This, in turn, echoes the stoicism of Marcus Aurelius: "Be like the promontory against which the waves continually break, but it stands firm and tames the fury of the water around it."

Death and family
His first wife was the ex-spouse of Daniel Black Chisholm, a former Liberal-Conservative Ontario MP, and his second wife was a daughter of Sir William Allan, a former British MP for Gateshead.

He died without issue. Foster and his first wife are buried in Ottawa's Beechwood Cemetery, near the grave of Sir Cecil Spring Rice.

Following his death, Foster's widow granted Canadian historian William Stewart Wallace permission to produce an authorized biography of her late husband. Wallace was provided manuscripts, papers, and diary entries handwritten by Foster, including an unfinished autobiography. Wallace's biography of Foster, titled ''The Memoirs of the Rt. Hon. Sir George Foster,'' was published in 1933.

Archives
There is a George Foster fonds at Library and Archives Canada.

Electoral record
By-election: On election being declared void

By-election: On Mr. Foster's acceptance of the office of Minister of Marine and Fisheries

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FAM

Fam or FAM is a colloquial term for 'family and friend' or an acronym of 'friend and mate' especially for intimate friends. It may also refer to:

People

 * Anthony Famiglietti (born 1978), American athlete
 * Fam Ekman (born 1946), Swedish-Norwegian children's writer and illustrator
 * Fam Irvoll (born 1980), Norwegian fashion designer
 * Konstantin Fam (born 1972), Russian filmmaker

American football
Fútbol Americano de México

Association football

 * Football Association of Malawi
 * Football Association of Malaysia
 * Football Association of Maldives

Media

 * Filipinas, Ahora Mismo, a Philippine radio show
 * Fam (TV series), an American television sitcom that debuted in 2019

Other uses

 * Fam Islands in Indonesia
 * Fam language

Acronyms

 * Fat acceptance movement, a social movement
 * Federal Air Marshal, in the United States
 * Federation of Associations of Maharashtra, an Indian trade association
 * Fertility awareness method, a set of medical practices
 * File Alteration Monitor, a UNIX system software
 * Filipino American Museum, in New York City
 * First Americans Museum, in Oklahoma City
 * Fitchburg Art Museum, in Massachusetts, United States
 * Fluorescein amidite, a chemical
 * Foreign Affairs Manual, published by the United States Department of State
 * Free Aceh Movement in Indonesia
 * Free and Accepted Masons, a fraternal organisation
 * Fuzzy associative matrix, a fuzzy logic term
 * Mexican Air Force (Spanish: Fuerza Aérea Mexicana)

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Mount Lady Macdonald

Mount Lady Macdonald is a mountain located within Bow Valley Provincial Park in the Bow River valley at the town of Canmore, which is located just east of Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada.

The mountain was named in 1886 after Susan Agnes Macdonald, wife of Sir John A. Macdonald, the first Prime Minister of Canada. The Macdonalds travelled on the new national railway through the Canadian Rockies in 1886 on their way to Vancouver.

Hikers may hike a trail that begins in Cougar Creek and continues to a helipad just short of the knife's edge ridge that leads to the top of the mountain. On the top under a cairn there is a canister in which a pencil and a list of those who have climbed there are stored.

Geology
It is composed of sedimentary rock laid down from the Precambrian to Jurassic periods. Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny.

Climate
Based on the Köppen climate classification, it is located in a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers. Temperatures can drop below -20 C with wind chill factors below -30 C. Weather conditions during summer months are optimum for climbing.

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Seven Soldiers of Victory

The Seven Soldiers of Victory (also known as Law's Legionnaires) is a team of fictional comic book superheroes in the DC Comics universe. They first appeared in Leading Comics #1 (Winter 1941), and were created by Mort Weisinger and Mort Meskin. The team was a short-lived assembly of some of the less famous superheroes in the DC Universe who have made occasional appearances since their Golden Age debut.

Pre-Crisis
The Seven Soldiers of Victory (also known as the Law's Legionnaires) is DC Comics' second super-hero team, following the Justice Society of America. Like the Justice Society, the membership of the Seven Soldiers is drawn from DC's anthology comics: The Vigilante (from Action Comics); the Crimson Avenger (from Detective Comics); the Green Arrow and Speedy (from More Fun Comics); the Shining Knight (from Adventure Comics); and the Star-Spangled Kid and Stripesy (from Star-Spangled Comics).

Unlike most superhero teams, this one includes two sidekicks, Speedy and Stripesy, as members (Stripesy is a rarity, an adult sidekick to a "kid" lead character). The Crimson Avenger's sidekick Wing also takes part in the team's adventures, and is in every other way an "eighth Soldier", but is never considered an "official" member. All but one of its members (the Shining Knight, a time-displaced Arthurian knight who rides a winged horse and uses an enchanted sword and suit of armor) are non-powered humans who rely on conventional weapons or training in place of superhuman abilities.

Per Leading Comics #1, the team's origin comes about when the criminal mastermind called the Hand (later the Iron Hand), believing himself terminally ill, gives his greatest unused schemes to five other supercriminals who he saved from the police (Big Caesar, the Dummy, the Needle, Professor Merlin, and the Red Dragon) to commit crimes across the U.S. as "the Hand's Five Fingers" and prove his genius to the world. The Hand also challenges the five criminals' enemies (the Crimson Avenger, the Vigilante, the Star-Spangled Kid and Stripesy, the Green Arrow and Speedy and the Shining Knight, respectively) to stop the criminals, presuming they will fail. However, the heroes defeat the Hand's Five Fingers. The heroes converge on the Hand's base after he reveals his whereabouts; the villain had found out a cure for his condition and decides to eliminate the heroes so he can remain free, but the heroes evade his traps. When the villain tries to use a lightning ray machine against them, the Vigilante shoots a crucial component of the device, bringing machinery down upon the Hand and apparently killing him. Deciding they work well together, the heroes form the Seven Soldiers of Victory.

The Seven Soldiers of Victory appear in the first 14 issues of Leading Comics (which changed to an all-humor format in #15).

A script by Joseph Samachson from the 1940s, in which the elflike Willie Wisher banishes the Soldiers to "the Land of Magic", where they encounter various supernatural characters, was later serialized in 1975 in Adventure Comics #438–443, with each chapter illustrated by a different artist (including Dick Dillin, Howard Chaykin, Lee Elias, Mike Grell, Ernie Chan, and José Luis García-López).

Return
The team is resurrected in Justice League of America #100–102. During the celebration of their 100th meeting, the JLA is brought to Earth-Two by the Justice Society of America, where a giant ethereal hand controlled by the Iron Hand (who turned up alive) threatens to destroy their world unless he is given control over it. Having been unable to destroy the hand themselves, the only clue the JSA could find was a mystical vision of a grave for "the Unknown Soldier of Victory". An unearthly Oracle, summoned up by Doctor Fate, Zatanna, and the Thunderbolt of Johnny Thunder, reveals to the JLA and the JSA that the Seven Soldiers had fought and destroyed a similar menace called the Nebula Man many years previously, though at the seeming cost of their existences. The Oracle then explains that the Soldiers had instead been scattered throughout history. The two teams split into smaller groups and are sent back in time by the Oracle to find them. Doctor Fate, the Atom, and the Elongated Man find the Crimson Avenger in Mexico, where he believes he is the Aztec sun god.

Superman, the Sandman, and Metamorpho rescue the amnesic Shining Knight from the hordes of Genghis Khan. Hawkman, Doctor Mid-Nite, and the Golden Age Wonder Woman find the Golden Age Green Arrow in medieval England, where he had been mistaken for Robin Hood. Batman, Hourman, and Starman retrieve Stripesy from ancient Egypt.

The Silver Age Green Arrow, Black Canary, and Johnny Thunder and the Thunderbolt save the Vigilante from a tribe of Indians in the Old West. Aquaman, Wildcat and the Silver Age Green Lantern rescue the Star-Spangled Kid from 50,000 years in the past. Zatanna, the Silver Age Flash and the Red Tornado free Speedy from ancient Greece where he had been transformed into a centaur by Circe. The Golden Age Green Lantern, Mister Terrific and the Golden Age Robin go on a quest to discover the identity of the Unknown Soldier of Victory, whose tomb lay in the mountains of Tibet where the Seven Soldiers had fallen after defeating the Nebula Man. The Seven Soldiers are reunited, but Earth-1 and Diana Prince had been attacked by the Iron Hand. She is able to overcome him, but he is no longer able to stop the giant hand. The heroes create a new Nebula Rod to deal with the giant hand, but whoever uses the Nebula Rod is certain to perish (as did the Crimson Avenger's partner Wing, revealed to be the Unknown Soldier of Victory, when the Nebula Man was stopped). While the heroes argue over who will make the sacrifice, the android Red Tornado takes the Nebula Rod and destroys the Hand, destroying himself in the process.

The only other modern meeting of the team (either in Pre- or Post-Crisis continuity) takes place in Infinity, Inc. #11, in which the Vigilante, the Shining Knight, the Green Arrow, Speedy and the Star-Spangled Kid gather at the grave of Lee Travis, the man known as the Crimson Avenger. He had died two years earlier saving Gotham City from a boatload of explosives in DC Comics Presents #38.

First team
In the original Post-Crisis retcon of the team, both Wing and the Vigilante's sidekick Stuff the Chinatown Kid are promoted to full membership, to replace the Golden Age Green Arrow and Speedy, who had been removed from active continuity. Stuff had never appeared with the team during the original Leading Comics run, while an older man named Billy Gunn helped out the Vigilante on his cases in the comic.

This retcon is changed in the late nineties, in Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E. #9. While Stuff remains a full member, Wing is not an official Soldier because his mentor the Crimson Avenger wants him to do something more important with his life. The remaining spot on the team is filled by the Spider, an archer who had originally appeared in Quality Comics' Crack Comics. This Spider is really a villain and has been working with the team's archenemy the Hand, creator of the original Nebula Man. The Spider sabotages the Nebula Rod, and sends the team to fight a fruitless battle. The villain tries to kill Wing, but he escapes and reaches the other Soldiers. They repair the Nebula Rod and use it to destroy the Nebula Man. Wing dies and his teammates are again tossed through time and later retrieved by the JLA and JSA. The only major difference between this story and the 1972 story is that this time the Vigilante is found after he had spent nearly 20 years fighting crime in the Old West.

In 2010's DC Universe: Legacies #2, TNT and Dyna-Mite are retconned into the team's original line-up. It has not yet been revealed precisely how this retcon affects the respective histories of the Spider, TNT or Dyna-Mite.

The Seven Soldiers have not reformed in the Modern Age (partly due to Grant Morrison's project). Three of the originals-the Shining Knight, the Vigilante and Stripesy (now STRIPE)-remain. The team has inspired a few legacies. The first is Stargirl, who at first carries the mantle of the Star-Spangled Kid in memory of Sylvester Pemberton. She is now a double legacy, as she also carries on the legacy of Starman. The second legacy is the new Crimson Avenger, who has appeared sporadically in the series JSA. She has yet to make an appearance One Year Later, though she is seen towards the end of Infinite Crisis. The third one is Gardner Grayle, the Atomic Knight. The last one is the new Sir Justin in Grant Morrison's project.

Second team
Another group takes the name of the Seven Soldiers of Victory in the Showcase issue of the miniseries known as Silver Age. This group, brought together to help the Justice League of America and the other major heroes and teams of the 1960s to battle the menace of Agamemno, consists of Adam Strange, Batgirl, Blackhawk, Deadman, Mento, Metamorpho and a new Shining Knight. This group's Shining Knight is Gardner Grayle from the Silver Age feature The Atomic Knights; in previously published stories that occurred after the Silver Age limited series, he becomes the Atomic Knight and joins the Outsiders. This is the only appearance of this particular assemblage.

Seven Soldiers
Seven Soldiers is a comic book metaseries written by Grant Morrison and published by DC Comics. It was published as seven interrelated mini-series and two bookend issues. The series features a new version of the Seven Soldiers of Victory fighting to save Earth from the Sheeda.

The series was bookended by Seven Soldiers #0 and #1, with art by J. H. Williams III. The rest was made up of seven mini-series: Shining Knight with art by Simone Bianchi, Manhattan Guardian with art by Cameron Stewart, Zatanna with art by Ryan Sook, Klarion with art by Frazer Irving, Mister Miracle with art by Pascal Ferry, Bulleteer with art by Yanick Paquette, and Frankenstein with art by Doug Mahnke.

The New Golden Age
In the pages of "The New Golden Age", the Seven Soldiers of Victory get back together upon being summoned by Jill Carlyle. While Jill takes the adults on a mission, Stargirl and Red Arrow find out that they are going after Clock King. They find the Seven Soldiers of Victory fighting Clock King on a ship where the original Crimson Avenger had died. Before Stargirl destroys Per Degaton's time machine that sends the ship back to its own time, Crimson Avenger tells her to find Wing. Once time is fixed, history was changed so that Lee Travis' body was found. A funeral was held by the Justice League and the Justice Society of America. The next day, Courtney joins Pat and the Seven Soldiers of Victory for breakfast.

Halo Corporation
The re-integration of the Wildstorm characters into the DCU saw a relaunch of the Wildcats title. In issue #2-3, Jacob Marlowe unveils a version of the Seven Soldiers of Victory that will serve as a public 'face' and PR cover for the covert actions of the Wildcats team. This team consists of Threshold (formerly of Dv8), Majestic, Andromache, Maul, Mother One, Agent Wax, and Pike.

Pre-Crisis

 * Crimson Avenger (Lee Travis)
 * Star-Spangled Kid (Sylvester Pemberton)
 * Stripesy (Pat Dugan)
 * Vigilante (Greg Saunders)
 * Shining Knight (Sir Justin)
 * Green Arrow (Oliver Queen)
 * Speedy (Roy Harper)
 * Wing as "unofficial eighth soldier"

Post-Crisis first team

 * Crimson Avenger (Lee Travis)
 * Star-Spangled Kid (Sylvester Pemberton)
 * Stripesy (Pat Dugan)
 * Vigilante (Greg Saunders)
 * Stuff the Chinatown Kid (Victor Leong, The Vigilante's sidekick)
 * Shining Knight (Sir Justin)
 * TNT (Thomas N. Thomas)
 * Dyna-Mite (Daniel Dunbar)
 * The Spider (Tom Holloway/Thomas Ludlow)
 * Wing as "unofficial eighth soldier"
 * The Squire (Percy Sheldrake), later The Knight accompanied them on one mission.

Post-Crisis second team

 * Batgirl (Barbara Gordon)
 * Blackhawk (Janos Prohaska)
 * Metamorpho (Rex Mason)
 * Mento (Steve Dayton)
 * Deadman (Boston Brand)
 * Adam Strange
 * Shining Knight (Gardner Grayle)

Enemies
Notable enemies in order of appearance include:
 * Iron Hand - Ramon Solomano is a master criminal.
 * Big Caesar - an enemy of Crimson Avenger who allies with Iron Hand.
 * The Dummy - a villain who dresses like a ventriloquist's dummy and an enemy of Vigilante who allies with Iron Hand. In a reversal of Doome's tactics, Dummy later uses a time machine to send the Soldiers into the past.
 * Needle - an enemy of Star-Spangled Kid who allies with Iron Hand.
 * Professor Merlin - a mad scientist and enemy of Green Arrow who allies with Iron Hand.
 * Red Dragon - an enemy of Shining Knight who allies with Iron Hand.
 * Black Star - a villain who uses "black light" to transform himself into a giant.
 * Brain - a minion of Black Star who fights Crimson Avenger.
 * Captain Bigg - a scientist, modern day pirate, and minion of Black Star who fights Star-Spangled Kid.
 * Falseface - a master of disguise and minion of Black Star who fights Shining Knight.
 * Hopper - a minion of Black Star who uses a special pogo stick and fights Green Arrow.
 * Rattler - a minion of Black Star who fights Vigilante.
 * Dr. Wilfred Doome - a scientist who uses a time machine to summon historic tyrants as his operatives like Alexander the Great, Attila the Hun, Genghis Khan, Napoleon Bonaparte, and Nero.
 * The Sixth Senses - a group of criminals that are after pieces of a "lifestone".
 * Sixth Sense - Brett is the leader of the Six Senses who attempts to assemble a "lifestone" to animate an army of stone.
 * Bloodhound - a member of the Sixth Senses with an enhanced sense of smell.
 * Eagle Eye - a member of the Sixth Senses.
 * Fingers - a member of the Sixth Senses.
 * Leo Palate - a member of the Sixth Senses.
 * Mickey Gordon - a member of the Sixth Senses.
 * Skull - a wealthy man who pays criminals to steal an experimental age-reversing device. He died when he stepped into the machine and aged to an old man.
 * Copperhead - Francisco Pizarro is a criminal who briefly turns the Soldiers against each other during an Andes treasure hunt.
 * Wizards of Stanovia - a group of wizards who suppress democracy.
 * Mr. X - a master of disguise who wagers with several of the heroes' individual enemies that he can defeat the entire team.
 * Baby-Face Johnson - a gangster and the self-proclaimed "King of the Hundred Isles".
 * Barracuda - a criminal who seeks powerful artifacts used by earlier criminals.

In other media
The Seven Soldiers of Victory appear in Stargirl, consisting of the Star-Spangled Kid, Green Arrow, Speedy, Vigilante, Shining Knight, Crimson Avenger, and Wing. This version of the group operated years before the Justice Society of America.

Collected editions
The original appearances have been collected as part of the DC Archive Editions:
 * The Seven Soldiers of Victory Archives
 * Volume 1 collects Leading Comics #1–4, 240 pages, March 2005 ISBN 978-1401204013
 * Volume 2 collects Leading Comics #5–8, 228 pages, July 2007 ISBN 978-1401213084
 * Volume 3 collects Leading Comics #9–14 & a script for #15, 288 pages, July 2008 ISBN 978-1401216948

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Mahindra Satyam

Mahindra Satyam (formerly Satyam Computer Services Limited) was an Indian information technology (IT) services company based in Hyderabad, India, offering software development, system maintenance, packaged software integration and engineering design services. Satyam Computer Services was listed on the Pink Sheets, the National Stock Exchange and Bombay Stock Exchange and provided services to a wide range of customers including 185 Fortune 500 companies.

In January 2009, the company's founder and chairman Ramalinga Raju admitted to inflating the company's assets by $1 billion, leading to criminal charges and a collapse of the company's stock price. This was known as Satyam Scandal. Mahindra Group's IT arm, Tech Mahindra, purchased a major stake in the company and in June 2009 the company renamed itself Mahindra Satyam. Mahindra Satyam merged with Tech Mahindra on 24 June 2013.

History
Satyam Computer Services was founded in 1987 and by 2008 earned revenues of over $2 billion, employing 52,000 IT professionals across the world. It was one of India's five top IT companies, and focused on the enterprise segment. It had an extensive client list including 185 Fortune 500 companies. The company was the subject of what was called India's biggest corporate scandal in January 2009 when then-chairman Byrraju Ramalinga Raju admitted in a letter to the Securities and Exchange Board of India that the corporate accounts had been falsified, adding approximately $1 billion to the company's cash and cash-related assets. The government appointed a board to oversee the sale of the company. Tech Mahindra offered to purchase a majority stake in April 2009, and the company was rebranded as Mahindra Satyam in June 2009.

Tech Mahindra announced its plan to merge with Mahindra Satyam on 21 March 2012, after the boards of both companies gave their approval. The Bombay Stock Exchange, the National Stock Exchange, and the Competition Commission of India (CCI) also approved. Shareholders unanimously approved the move in January 2013. The merger ran into delays due to ambiguity over jurisdiction between investigating agencies and the government, and two tax cases totaling over ₹ 27 billion. On 11 June 2013 Andhra Pradesh High Court approved the merger, after the Bombay high court gave its approval.

A new management structure was announced for the new entity, led by Anand Mahindra as Chairman, Vineet Nayyar as Vice Chairman and C. P. Gurnani as the CEO and Managing Director. The merger was announced to be complete on 25 June 2013, creating India's fifth largest software services company with a turnover of US$2.7 billion. Mahindra Satyam shareholders received two shares of Tech Mahindra stock for every 17 shares of Mahindra Satyam stock they owned. Shares in the new entity began trading on 12 July 2013.

On 24 July 2013, a division bench of Andhra Pradesh High Court admitted a petition filed by Ekadanta Greenfields and Saptaswara Agro Farms challenging the Mahindra Satyam-Tech Mahindra merger order. The two firms argued that their objections to the merger had not been considered in full.

Finances
After the scandal hit, the company's revenue collapsed and the new chairman, Vineet Nayyar, suggested that a turnaround would take three years. By the April–June quarter of 2011, the company was profitable once again. In 2013 Mahindra Satyam declared a 30% dividend. Nayyar commented "The turnaround of Mahindra Satyam is symbolically and practically complete. The merger (with Tech Mahindra), which is in its penultimate phase, will open a new chapter for the company. We thank all stakeholders for supporting us during this crucial phase".

Tax evasion
Before the asset inflation scandal hit, the Income Tax Department had issued notices to the company seeking ₹ 6.17 billion tax, for the assessment years from 2003–04 to 2008–09 after disallowing exemptions claimed by the software firm. The Central Board of Direct Taxes attached the properties of Mahindra Satyam on 30 January 2012, after issuing notices to the company seeking payment of the tax. The Andhra Pradesh High Court stayed the order in February 2012.

Maytas acquisition
In December 2008, Satyam founder B. Ramalinga Raju made a final attempt to conceal his falsification of the Satyam Computer Services balance sheets by acquiring Maytas Infrastructure and Maytas Properties for $1.6 billion, despite concerns raised by independent directors. Both companies were founded by Raju's family members (Maytas is "Satyam" reversed) and were owned by Raju's sons. This eventually led to a review of the deal by the government, and a veiled criticism by the then Vice President of India Hamid Ansari. Several of Satyam's clients responded by re-evaluating their relationship with the company. Satyam's investors lost about inr 33000000000 in the related panic selling, as Satyam's shares fell 55% on the New York Stock Exchange. Four members of the board of directors resigned on 29 December 2008.

Accounting scandal
On 7 January 2009, Chairman Raju resigned after publicly announcing his involvement in a massive accounting fraud, in which he had inflated the company's cash assets by over $1 billion. In a letter to the Securities and Exchange Board of India, he explained that "what started as a marginal gap between actual operating profit and the one reflected in the books of accounts continued to grow over the years ... It has attained unmanageable proportions as the size of the company operations grew significantly".

In 2015, Raju was sentenced to seven years in jail and fined about $800,000.

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GTD

GTD may refer to:
 * Gender, Technology and Development, a scientific journal
 * Geometric theory of diffraction
 * Gestational trophoblastic disease
 * Getting Things Done, a time management method and associated book by David Allen
 * Global Terrorism Database, maintained at University of Maryland
 * Volkswagen Golf Mk7, Grand Tour Diesel car
 * Gourinathdham railway station, in West Bengal, India
 * Grapevine trunk disease
 * Grand Tourer Daytona, a class in the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Weinrich

Weinrich
Seems like a vanity, inappropriately titled- no useful information...Jelly441 05:20, 30 Sep 2004 (UTC) Delete Dsmdgold 04:32, 1 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. non-notable. Mikkalai 05:39, 30 Sep 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. Non-notable. Just a genealogy.   — Gwalla | Talk 21:10, 30 Sep 2004 (UTC)


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Classification: Theatre: Genres: Musical theatre: Musicals Musicals presented as a musical film and/or as a musical theatre production.

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New World Street, Warsaw

Nowy Świat, known in English as New World Street, is one of the main historic thoroughfares of Warsaw, Poland. It comprises part of the Royal Route (Trakt królewski) that extends from Warsaw's Royal Castle and Old Town, south to King John III Sobieski's 17th-century royal residence at Wilanów.

Geography

Nowy Świat runs from Three Crosses Square northwards, intersecting Jerusalem Avenue and Świętokrzyska Street (Holy Cross Street). Near the Warsaw University campus and the Nicolaus Copernicus monument it changes into Krakowskie Przedmieście (Cracow Suburb Street), which then runs all the way to the Royal Castle at Castle Square.

At its southern end, at Three Crosses Square, Nowy Świat changes into Ujazdów Avenue, which changes into Belweder Street, which becomes Sobieski Street as it continues coursing south, ultimately to arrive at Wilanów.

History

Until the 16th century, Nowy Świat was a main road leading to numerous aristocratic palaces and villages south of Warsaw. The street's present name was coined in the 17th century, after the city had begun growing substantially (c.1640). By the turn of the 18th century, the fields along Nowy Świat had become densely urbanized, mostly with wooden palaces and manors. Gutters had been constructed, and the street itself was paved with cobblestones.

In the Napoleonic period, Warsaw grew substantially and Nowy Świat was almost completely rebuilt. Wooden manors gave way to stone and brick, mostly three-story, neoclassical buildings. By the end of the 19th century, the buildings had been expanded and Nowy Świat had become one of the principal business streets of Warsaw. It was also one of the more heavily trafficked streets, with numerous shops and restaurants that attracted Varsovians as well as tourists. Larger new buildings replaced the earlier ones, and the character of the street changed. In the early 20th century, almost all trace of neoclassical architecture was lost as new buildings were erected mostly in art nouveau style.

During the Warsaw Uprising (August–October 1944), Nowy Świat was almost completely destroyed. The Germans reduced most of its fine building as it was one of the most important streets in the center of Warsaw. At war's end, it was decided to rebuild Nowy Świat. As restoring its prewar art nouveau state would have been prohibitive, it was reverted to its early-19th-century appearance. Post-war reconstruction of the street was directed by the architect Zygmunt Stępiński.

Today, Nowy Świat boasts many shops, restaurants, and cafes. It is considered to be a prime location for luxury retailers.

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National Quilt Museum

The National Quilt Museum, located in Paducah, Kentucky, is an art museum that exhibits fiber art and quilting from around the world. The museum is recognized by USA Today as one of the world's top quilt displays. This textile museum supports local and expert quilters by providing workshops and other educational activities.

The National Quilt Museum was established by Bill and Meredith Schroeder of Paducah and opened to the public on April 25, 1991. It is the only museum dedicated to contemporary quilts and quiltmakers. The main gallery is devoted to a rotating selection from the museum's collection of over 600 quilts. Its two other galleries exhibit rotating fiber art exhibits throughout the year. Its founding executive director was Victoria Faoro. The museum also features a traveling exhibit that is made up of quilts and fiber art.

In addition, the museum also offers educational opportunities for adults and kids at all skill levels. In 1993 the museum hosted the first African American Quilters Forum and in 1995 the museum developed "Gatherings", an exhibit and conference celebrating quilt documentation projects completed across the country.

The museum was honored in May 2008 when the U.S. Congress designated it the National Quilt Museum of the United States. May Louise Zumwalt, former executive director of the museum, said "Though it does not mean we will receive national funding, it does recognize that we are a quilt museum with national significance." This designation brings additional attention and helps increase the number of visitors. The museum averages 40,000 visitors per year.

In July 2021, Matt Collinsworth became chief executive officer of the museum.

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Grotto Mountain

Grotto Mountain is a mountain located in the Bow River valley, across from Canmore, Alberta, Canada. It is a popular hiking spot among locals and is home to the Rat's Nest Cave.

The mountain was named for a grotto-like cave within it.

The pictographs where the creek first narrows into canyon area warning of FALLING ROCK ! Made ~3000 years ago perhaps by the Hopi tribe, stand under there long enough you will be hit by rock slides as the paintings exhibit broken things and animals ...

There are two main scrambling routes:
 * Northwest Variation - from the ACC clubhouse, ascends the northwest side of the mountain on a good hiking trail. At tree line, the trail narrows to the false summit. From there, it is a gradual ascent to the summit with brief stints of scrambling but mostly hiking.
 * Direct route. Ascends directly under the summit. Shorter but more arduous.

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La'Roi Glover

La'Roi Damon Glover (born July 4, 1974) is an American former football defensive tackle who is the defensive line coach for the St. Louis BattleHawks of the United Football League (UFL). He played college football for the San Diego State Aztecs. Glover enjoyed a 13-year career in which he made six-consecutive Pro Bowls and was a four-time All-Pro selection. He spent five seasons with the New Orleans Saints (1997-2001), four seasons with the Dallas Cowboys (2002–2005) and finished his playing career with the St. Louis Rams (2006–2008).

Early years
Born in San Diego, California, Glover graduated from Point Loma High School of San Diego in 1992. At Point Loma, Glover lettered in football, wrestling, and track, and he earned awards in all three sports. Under coach Bennie Edens, he was part of the 1990 Pointers team that included Dan White and J. J. Stokes. During the 1990 season, Glover totaled 77 tackles, 17.5 sacks, six fumble recoveries and six forced fumbles, earning the honor of San Diego Co-Player of the Year. In 1991 as a senior defensive lineman, he was named San Diego section co-Player of the Year, USA Today second-team All-America and CIF Player of the Year, Cal-Hi Sports first-team, the Los Angeles Times Lineman of the Year.

He is the third player from Point Loma High School to have his jersey (No. 76) retired along with Marcel Brown (No. 22) and Eric Allen (No. 25).

College career
Although he had various college offers, he chose to follow his older brother Darcel Glover to San Diego State University and remain close to home.

While attending SDSU, Glover was a four-year starter in football. As a senior, he had 4.5 sacks and 36 tackles, was a defensive captain, won Aztec Outstanding Defensive Lineman honors, an All-Western Athletic Conference second-team selection, and was chosen to play for the West squad in the East–West Shrine Game. As a sophomore, he was a second-team All-Western Athletic Conference selection. As a freshman, he won All-Western Athletic Conference honorable mention honors. He graduated from San Diego State in 1999 with double major in public administration and sociology.

In 2010, San Diego State athletics inducted Glover to the Aztec Hall of Fame. As of 2010, Glover ranked third all-time at San Diego State with 44.5 tackles for loss and fourth all-time in sacks (18.5).

Oakland Raiders (1996)
The Oakland Raiders drafted Glover with the 34th pick in the fifth round of the 1996 NFL draft. In his NFL debut on November 19, Glover made two tackles against the Minnesota Vikings. His only other game in the season was next week on November 26 against the Seattle Seahawks on defensive line and special teams.

Barcelona Dragons (1997)
In the spring of 1997, Glover played for the Barcelona Dragons of the World League of American Football. Earning all-league honors, Glover helped the Dragons win World Bowl '97 and ranked third in the league with 6.5 sacks and adding 36 tackles.

New Orleans Saints (1997–2001)
The day after the Raiders waived him, Glover signed with the New Orleans Saints on August 25, 1997. Although he started only 2 of 15 games played in 1997, Glover recorded 6.5 sacks, one forced fumble, a recovered fumble, and 24 tackles. In 1998, Glover started 15 of 16 games and had 59 tackles, 10 sacks, three forced fumbles, and an interception. Glover then made 8.5 sacks, 46 tackles, a forced fumble, and a fumble recovery in 1999.

"Glover proved everybody wrong, especially our defensive coaches in New Orleans who initially thought he was too small to play in the middle of our 4-3," said former Saints president/general manager Bill Kuharich who gives credit to pro personnel man Chet Franklin for spotting Glover. "He turned out to be the greatest waiver claim in the history of the Saints."

He was a solid starter during his three seasons with Mike Ditka, but his career blossomed when Jim Haslett was hired as the Saints coach in 2000 and decided to move him to the three-technique tackle within a great front four group.

That season, he led the NFL with 17 sacks – a rare feat and second most ever by a defensive tackle – and was named NFC Defensive Player of the Year. He also became a unanimous first-team All-Pro selection and earned a Pro Bowl berth as he helped lead the Saints to a division championship and first-ever playoff win. He was also voted the New Orleans Saints defensive MVP. Amidst his accolades, Glover boasted 53 tackles, three forced fumbles, and a fumble recovery. In the Saints' come-from-behind 28-27 victory over the San Diego Chargers in Week 2 (September 10), Glover twice sacked Chargers quarterback Ryan Leaf and forced 4th-and-22 in the Chargers' final drive.

During his tenure in New Orleans, he was also a recipient of the Saints "Man of the Year" and "Unsung Hero" awards. In 2013, the team elected Glover to the Saints Hall of Fame for the Class of 2013. Glover was the lone choice of the Saints Hall of Fame Media Selection Committee.

Dallas Cowboys (2002–2005)
Following an impressive five-year run with the Saints, the Dallas Cowboys quickly swooped in and signed Glover to a multi-year deal. At the time, the team had endured back-to-back 5-11 seasons.

During his time with the Cowboys, Glover solidified his place as one of the best defensive tackles in the NFL. He also provided a veteran locker room presence, helped anchor a young defensive line and was an integral part of the transformation from a losing team into one that returned to the playoffs. While in Dallas, he earned four consecutive Pro Bowl nominations (2002-2005) and was named All-Pro in 2002 and 2003. He played in all 64 games during his four seasons with the Cowboys, registered 21.5 sacks and forced five fumbles.

His last season with the team in 2005, the defense switched to a 3-4 alignment, where he started splitting playing time with Jason Ferguson and was eventually relegated to a backup role in early December. He was released at the end of the year, because he wasn't seen as a good fit for the new defense and salary cap considerations.

Glover made the most of his relatively brief stay, leaving as one of the best players in franchise history and one of its best free agent signings. He is the only Cowboys player to make the Pro Bowl in his first four seasons with the team.

St. Louis Rams (2006–2008)
In 2006, Glover signed as a free agent with the St. Louis Rams, reuniting him with Jim Haslett. He was the Rams 2007 Walter Payton Man of the Year.

On June 22, 2009, Glover officially announced his retirement from the National Football League. After a decorated professional career, he was named to the NFL 2000s All-Decade team.

During his career, he played 13 seasons, went to six straight Pro Bowls, had 433 tackles and 83.5 sacks, eight forced fumbles and two interceptions. He was an extremely durable player and compensated for a lack of size with great tenacity and textbook technique.

Coaching career
Glover was hired by the Los Angeles Chargers as their assistant defensive line coach on April 9, 2019. He missed the team's week 13 game against the New England Patriots in 2020.

Glover was officially hired by the St. Louis BattleHawks on September 13, 2022. On July 24, 2023, he was named as a guest assistant coach for the Saints for training camp and the preseason via the Bill Walsh Diversity Coaching fellowship.

Personal life
He is married to Spring, and they have three children: La'Roi Jr., Noemie and Sophia. Glover earned a Master of Business Administration degree from Fontbonne University in St. Louis, MO in 2012.

In 2010, the St. Louis Rams hired Glover as the Director of Player Engagement, where he helps players make the transition to pro football and assist them with various off-field matters.

Glover is a guest member on the Football Night sportscaster team of San Diego television station KNSD (NBC 7/39).

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Talk:Pension

The problem:
Paragraphs without a single citation, blatant bias in sections about government funded programs, and extremely outdated sources make this page a joke. Anyone within classical studies want to add more to the history section? Or is this a "good for me but not thee" topic at this point. 68.172.36.77 (talk) 04:40, 21 June 2023 (UTC)

 * The edits on this page are truly freakish as well. Seek help.
 * "There is another unknown
 * secret. As the "plague" used to come, now the "other" has come."
 * Get someone who isn't a creep injecting conspiracy and right wing propaganda (or bots) to edit this page and maybe someone could learn anything about pensions. 68.172.36.77 (talk) 04:49, 21 June 2023 (UTC)

Fundamental definition is wrong
The page starts with "A pension (/ˈpɛnʃən/; from Latin pensiō 'payment') is a fund into which amounts are paid regularly during the individual's working career, and from which periodic payments are made to support the person's retirement from work." This isn't always true. The UK state pension for example is not based on a fund. Current payments are made from general revenues. There is no direct connection to the national insurance payments made by the recipients or by current contributors and which are supposedly used to pay for it. The total paid in is notably smaller than the total paid out!

The pension schemes of some state enterprises do not have a fund behind them either. Others do, as do private schemes. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.97.62.77 (talk) 17:27, 6 December 2023 (UTC)

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I got this in an email from the director after requesting images of quilts:

 * We don't have any images right now that are within public domain. All of our quilts are copyright protected for the quilters.

 * Susan Talbot-Stanaway, Executive Director
 * Museum of the American Quilter's Society
 * 215 Jefferson Street
 * Paducah, KY 42002-1540

 * 13:52, 2 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Misplaced apostrophe
This society presumably has more than one member, so should be spelled American Quilters' Society. Awien (talk) 23:11, 30 July 2008 (UTC)
 * They use the apostrophe as listed. - PKM (talk) 17:02, 23 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Sigh! Awien (talk) 22:36, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

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ESCM (album)

ESCM (initialism for Electric Sky Church Music) is the second studio album by American electronic musician BT, released on September 22, 1997.

Background and recording
Following Ima, Transeau branched out to create club anthems such as "Flaming June", while also drawing inspiration from drum and bass as well as hip hop. ESCM also features Transeau adding live guitar, bass and drums to songs, as well as the use of a strings ensemble.

The majority of the album was produced and mixed by Transeau at Blue House on a Hill Studios, with the exception of string recordings that were done at Abbey Road Studios in London. "Solar Plexus" was recorded partially at Omega Studios in Rockville, Maryland.

Amongst the tracks recorded during the sessions but left unreleased were the track "Lemon Balm and Chamomile", written with Che Malcolm, and "Flesh", written with Jan Johnston. The latter track would later be remixed for a single release by Johnston in 2001.

Release
The album was released on 22 September 1997 and supported by three singles; "Flaming June", "Remember", and "Love, Peace and Grease", all of which charted in the UK.

Like Ima, ESCM was also mixed to sound like one continuous mix. For US pressings, the loungy drum and bass track "The Road to Lostwithiel" was replaced with the more straightforward "Lullaby for Gaia". Both songs were later made available, in unmixed form, on the retrospect album, 10 Years in the Life. The US pressing also features an edited version of "Love, Peace, and Grease".

The cover of the album and its singles feature an interpretation of a Monolith from Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Track listing
All tracks by Brian Transeau except where noted.

Personnel

 * Simon Hale – strings arrangement on "Firewater", "The Road to Lostwithiel" and "Remember"
 * Thomas Henry Culhane, Ph.D. – vocals on first half of "Firewater" and on "Memories in a Sea of Forgetfulness"
 * Paul van Dyk – additional production on "Flaming June"
 * Jan Johnston – vocals on "Lullaby for Gaia" and "Remember"
 * Vini Reilly – flamenco guitar on "Remember"
 * BT – all other vocals, instruments and programming

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Charles Doherty

Charles Joseph Doherty, (May 11, 1855 – July 28, 1931) was a Canadian politician, lawyer, and judge from Quebec. He served as Minister of Justice from 1911 to 1921 and was one of Canada's representatives at the Paris Peace Conference.

Early life and education
Doherty was born in Montreal, Canada East, the son of Marcus Doherty, an Irish-born judge of the Supreme Court for the Province of Quebec and Elizabeth (O'Halloran) Doherty. He attended St. Mary's (Jesuit) College and received a Bachelor of Laws degree from McGill University in 1876 winning the Elizabeth Torrance Gold Medal for highest academic achievement.

Career
Doherty was admitted to the bar in 1877. He was a candidate for the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for the electoral district of Montreal West in the 1881 election, but was defeated. In 1885 he served as a lieutenant with the 65th Battalion, Mount Royal Rifles in the North-West Rebellion. He ran for office again for Montreal Centre in the 1886 election.

Doherty was created a Queen's Counsel in 1887. He worked as a lawyer and also taught civil and International law at McGill University prior to being appointed a judge on the Quebec Superior Court from 1891 until 1906. During this time he served as the president of the main Irish fraternal organization in Montreal, St. Patrick's Society in 1902 and 1903. In 1909 he became a professor of international and civil law at McGill University.

He was elected as the Conservative candidate to the House of Commons of Canada for the electoral district of St. Anne in the 1908 federal election. When the Tories won the 1911 election, the new Prime Minister, Sir Robert Borden, brought Doherty into the Canadian Cabinet as Minister of Justice.

Doherty played a role in the creation of the Canadian Bar Association in 1912 and served as its president in 1914.

At the end of World War I, Doherty was one of the Canadian delegates to the Paris Peace Conference, and served as Canadian delegate to the League of Nations from 1920 to 1922. He was appointed to the Imperial Privy Council in the 1920 New Year Honours for his service at Versailles, allowing him to use the title of "The Right Honourable".

Doherty remained Minister of Justice in the government of Arthur Meighen until its defeat in 1921.

Archives
There is a Charles Joseph Doherty fonds at Library and Archives Canada.

Electoral record
By-election: On Mr. Doherty being appointed Minister of Justice, 10 October 1911

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/NATO at the 2004 Summer Olympics

NATO at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Huh? Are they nearly the same? Mikkalai 05:38, 30 Sep 2004 (UTC)

 * No idea about the intentions that were at the origin of this article. Even if I think I saw some clues, I'm not Sherlock and might be mistaken. Anyway I decided to add my modest contribution and play the game. And frankly, keep or delete, I don't care, except that I would hesitate to encourage the VfD craze, and my natural tendency could be in the end to vote for why not keep. --Pgreenfinch 07:25, 30 Sep 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete'. Original research and pretty pointless at that. --G Rutter 08:27, 30 Sep 2004 (UTC)
 * delete pointless crap --Jiang 09:04, 30 Sep 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. I can see no merit in this whatsoever. Average Earthman 09:09, 30 Sep 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. What a conundrum for Pgreenfinch!  Either vote delete, as it is obvious, and set a precedent for his pet article European Union at the 2004 Summer Olympics; or vote keep, and be seen to support a ridiculous article! -- Chuq 12:19, 30 Sep 2004 (UTC)
 * No problem, dear Chuq, and thanks for caring about my well-being, and also for the fun. I enjoy this trap that is only a trap in the eyes of the trapper. Just remember the -stan case, which was built as a trap also, but which article at the end was kept. Fun, wasn'it? Well, now I just watch, I might be needed as the famed swing voter, although it doesn't seem so, but it is the most comfortable situation, believe me ;-)) --Pgreenfinch 12:57, 30 Sep 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. Ambi 13:02, 30 Sep 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. Utterly pointless (particularly as the membership of the EU and NATO substantially overlap). -- Necrothesp 13:09, 30 Sep 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. Complete waste of time, by an IP with an interesting history, my guess is that it is an attempt to prove a point. Andrewa 14:22, 30 Sep 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep if European union stays The article proves it's point well, if european union at the 2004 summer olympics stays then it sets a precedent that this has to stay too(although the article could use signficent cleaning up). Edit: The article is bloody brillant now, keep it. Chuckf
 * If even its creator, doesn't consider it noteworthy enough to vote to keep, then it's time to speedy delete it. And as a mostly sidenote, the article doesn't prove any point -- I remember no suggestion by top NATO officials about the NATO teams competing under one flag for example, nor have multiple sources cared to make this same calculation. Aris Katsaris 16:13, 30 Sep 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. This is vandalism of Wikipedia in order to make a point in an argument. See here: As such it's time to delete the article and start contemplating restrictions on the idiot who abuses the system of Wikipedia and wastes our time just in order to win some sort of pissing contest. Aris Katsaris 16:13, 30 Sep 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete: joke. Wile E. Heresiarch 16:17, 30 Sep 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. Please don't create joke articles to "prove a point". Goodness knows I've been tempted sometimes, though...   — Gwalla | Talk 21:11, 30 Sep 2004 (UTC)
 * I don't care whether we keep the article or not, but it should certainly be where I have moved it at NATO at the 2004 Summer Olympics.--Samuel J. Howard 00:27, Oct 1, 2004 (UTC)
 * I for one can't wait to find out how NATO performed against the Commonwealth. Delete Dsmdgold 04:29, 1 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. This is a joke about the "keep" decision for European Union at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Also the EU is mostly a subset of NATO. Alfio 12:36, 2 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep. Makes as much sense as the EU at the Olympics page.  We're being inconsistant if we get rid of this.  RickK 04:57, Oct 1, 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. Definitely a joke article with no clear objective. --*drew 07:15, 1 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * I don't see how we can delete this while keeping the EU article. It is no less valid in the context of the Olympics. -- Cyrius|✎ 05:30, 5 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Well thought, Cyrius, you convinced me. All the more as this brillant Nato results, which we should congratulate, would not have been possible without the oustanding contribution from the athletes of the EU (60% of the Nato medals). With that interesting precision, the article is now a pure jewell. My "why not keep" vote becomes "strong keep" ;-)). --Pgreenfinch 07:20, 5 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. Original research. D AVODD  [[User_talk:Davodd|« TALK »]] 22:04, Oct 5, 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. Pointless, all it does is add up all of the NATO medals and compares them to the EU totals of medals, which is not worthy info. Also since some of the EU is in the NATO, so it overlaps. Colonel Cow 00:18, 6 Oct 2004 (UTC)


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IEEE 802.9

The 802.9 Working Group of the IEEE 802 networking committee developed standards for integrated voice and data access over existing Category 3 twisted-pair network cable installations. Its major standard was usually known as isoEthernet.

IsoEthernet combines 10 megabits per second Ethernet and 96 64-kilobits per second ISDN B channels. It was originally developed to provide data and voice/video over the same wire without degradation by fixing the amount of bandwidth assigned to the Ethernet and B-channel sides.

There was some vendor support for isoEthernet, but it lost in the marketplace due to the rapid adoption of Fast Ethernet and the working group was disbanded.

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Talk:Second derivative test

Reference to Second partial derivative test should be deleted
The article on the second partial derivative test is pretty poor. In particular, the only case which is discussed in any detail is a function of two variables. I added a few sentences to the article pointing out that the eigenvalues of the Hessian are, in the general case, the quantities of interest, but there's no information on that page (e.g. a proof) that does not already appear on this page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.211.98.79 (talk) 14:56, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

Functions of Two Variables
This article should be expanded to include functions of more than one variable, e.g. f(x,y) = x^4 + y^4 -4xy + 1. I will probably come back to this page later and fix this when I have time (in a week or two?), but if anyone wants to do it before me, feel free. Eck

Inflection points
What about the inflection point when the second derivative is zero?

 * Exactly, also accordig to http://mathworld.wolfram.com/InflectionPoint.html.

 * $$\ f^{\prime\prime}(x) = 0$$ is a necessary, but not a sufficient, condition for an inflection point. Oli Filth 18:50, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

Consider this..
What about [ f(x):=x^2, f2(x):=2 ]? Consider [ x0:=3, r:=1 ]. [ f2(x) ] is continuous on [ x = 2..4 ] and [ f2(3)>0 ], but [ f(x0) ] is NOT a minimum of [ f(x) ]. - 149.159.92.56

 * x0=3 is not a critical point (the derivative there is 2x=6, not 0). —Steven G. Johnson 04:30, Jan 5, 2005 (UTC)

Third derivative?
I could not understand what to do when the second derivative is zero. What am I to do with the third derivative? Could someone describe this better? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.177.17.70 (talk) 06:31, 27 November 2009 (UTC)

Revamp
I revamped the article. It was a mess, full of accumulated errors, the most serious of which confused concavity and extrema. Some more work could be done but I have to say I don't really care enough to do it. I just didn't want gross inaccuracies on a site some of my calc students might visit. 50.132.8.186 (talk) 06:19, 18 April 2013 (UTC)

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Down with Love

Down with Love is a 2003 romantic comedy film directed by Peyton Reed. It stars Renée Zellweger and Ewan McGregor and is a pastiche of the early-1960s American "no-sex sex comedies", such as Pillow Talk and Lover Come Back (both starring Rock Hudson, Doris Day, and Tony Randall) and the "myriad spawn" of derivative films that followed; Time film critic Richard Corliss wrote that Down with Love "is so clogged with specific references to a half-dozen Rock-and-Doris-type comedies that it serves as definitive distillation of the genre." Randall himself plays a small role in Down with Love, "bestowing his sly, patriarchal blessing" on the film, which also stars David Hyde Pierce (in the neurotic best friend role often played by Randall or Gig Young), Sarah Paulson, Rachel Dratch, Jeri Ryan, and Jack Plotnick, who spoofs the kind of role Chet Stratton played in Lover Come Back.

Typical of the genre, the film tells the story of a woman who advocates female independence in combat with a lothario; the plot reflects the attitudes and behaviour of the early pre-sexual revolution 1960s but has an anachronistic conclusion driven by more modern, post-feminist ideas and attitudes. Though the film received a mixed critical response at the time of release and underperformed at the box office, it has since undergone a critical reappraisal and grown a cult following for its subversion of rom-com conventions.

Plot
In 1962, aspiring author Barbara Novak arrives in New York to submit her book, Down with Love, to Banner House publishing. It is about freeing women from love, enjoying sex without commitment, and replacing the need for a man with things such as chocolate. Barbara believes that her rules will help boost women in the workplace and the world in general.

When Banner House's male executives reject the book, Vikki Hiller, Barbara's editor, suggests Barbara meet with Catcher Block—a successful writer for Know magazine and a notorious ladies' man—to help promote the book. However, Catcher repeatedly avoids meeting Barbara until, fed up, she insults him. Catcher's boss and best friend, Peter MacMannus, and Vikki develop a mutual attraction, but neither is brave enough to express their feelings. Peter feels overshadowed by Catcher's strong personality, and Vikki wants to see strength in her lover, even assuming Peter must be gay.

Barbara and Vikki persuade Judy Garland to sing "Down with Love" on The Ed Sullivan Show to promote the book. Sales skyrocket, as women around the world rebel against their men; Catcher now wants to meet Barbara but she rejects him. The breaking point comes as Barbara appears on a national TV show and discusses a chapter from her book—"The Worst Kind of Man"—and cites Catcher Block as the perfect example, causing the women he dates to reject him.

Catcher schemes to prove that Barbara really wants love and marriage like every other woman. He poses as Major Zip Martin, a polite and attentive astronaut with a Southern accent. Barbara is immediately infatuated with a man who seems unaware of her celebrity, in contrast to the men who now avoid her since her book was published. As "Zip" takes her to fashionable New York locations, he maintains sexual tension by feigning naivete and a desire to remain chaste until he is "ready" for a physical relationship. His plan becomes complicated after he starts falling for her.

When Barbara encounters Catcher/Zip at a party, which nearly exposes his true identity, he decides to take things to the next level. He tells her Catcher Block wants to interview him for an exposé on the NASA space program and asks her to be there. At his apartment, he sets everything up to record her saying she loves him. Just as they are about to have sex, one of his lovers, Gwendolyn, walks in. Not knowing who Barbara is, she exposes Catcher's identity, forcing him to confess to Barbara.

Barbara then reveals she is actually Nancy Brown, one of Catcher's many former secretaries, who had fallen in love with him while working at Know. She had turned down a date with him, refusing to be another fling. She wanted to be different from the other women he knew, and make him fall in love with her. Catcher proclaims he wants to marry her, but Gwendolyn, having overheard Barbara Novak's name, thanks her for what she has done for womankind.

Barbara realizes she does not want love or Catcher, as she has become a real "down with love" girl. Vikki and Peter's relationship also changes when she insults him for helping Catcher. Peter says he is indeed like any other man, and takes Vikki to Catcher's apartment to have passionate sex with her.

Days later, Catcher is completely depressed and has failed to win back Barbara. Even his exposé, which he wrote on how falling in love with her made him a better man, is ruined now that Barbara has told her story in her own magazine, Now. Catcher goes to Now on the pretense of a job interview. He tells Barbara how much she has changed him and wishes there could be a middle ground for them, somewhere between her confident blonde persona and her original brunette self. After he leaves her office, she surprises him on the elevator, showing him a bright-red hair style. She has found the middle ground and wants to be with him. They elope to Las Vegas, inspiring Vikki and Peter to also get married.

The end credits show that Barbara and Catcher's marriage has resulted in a new book aimed at ending the battle of the sexes. The pair sing "Here's to Love".

Style
The sets, costumes, cinematography, editing, score, opening credits, and visual effects (including split-screen shots during phone calls heavily laced with double entendres between the two leads), echo the style of Hollywood sex comedies from 1959 to 1964 (from Pillow Talk to Sex and the Single Girl). The New York City skyline of 1962 was digitally recreated for backdrops. A greenscreen technique was used to simulate unconvincing 1960s rear projection using restored street footage from the late 1950s and early 1960s. In accordance with the film's style, the 1950s 20th Century Fox logo with the CinemaScope logo, a wide-screen process introduced in the 1950s, developed and owned by 20th Century Fox, was utilized with the addition of the byline for News Corporation and the 1998 version of the fanfare, composed by Alfred Newman. The Regency Enterprises logo is in pink, and contains a saxophone jazz rendition of its theme.

Box office
Down with Love was chosen as "the perfect film" to open the second Tribeca Film Festival, where it made its premiere. The film opened first in New York, and was released countrywide a week later on May 16, 2003. The film was released as counter programming against The Matrix Reloaded. Though the film was highly anticipated, it performed far below box office expectations in comparison with other rom-coms released in the same year, such as How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days and Something's Gotta Give, both of which grossed over $100 million. Down with Love ultimately made just $39.5 million worldwide on a $35 million budget.

Critical response
At the time of its release, Down With Love received extremely varying reviews. Chicago Sun-Times critic Roger Ebert spoke of the film fairly positively, saying parts were "fun" and describing Zellweger's speech at the end as "a torrent of words [pouring] out from her character's innermost soul". A. O. Scott in The New York Times praised director "Reed's buoyant homage", Zellweger's Doris Day-like ability to "swivel engagingly between goofiness and sex appeal", McGregor's Sinatra-like "wiry, wolfish energy" and screenwriters Ahlert's and Drake's "canny cocktail of period vernacular and deliberately labored double entendres", finding the movie "intelligent and amusing" with "a glorious, hectic artificiality". But he questioned "the point of the exercise" compared with Todd Haynes' Far from Heaven, which "plunged into the subtext of those old movies", whereas Down with Love, being an "updating and a critique", "snips that subtext away", making it "less sophisticated than what it imitates".

Conversely, The San Francisco Chronicle Mick LaSalle wrote, "Down With Love is superior to Far From Heaven", which "seems naive in comparison" because "Down with Love is a very smart, very shrewd movie, and the smartest, shrewdest thing about it is the way it masquerades as just a fluffy comedy, a diversion, a trifle. Hardly a trifle, Down With Love distills 40 years of sexual politics into 100 minutes, using the romantic-comedy conventions of an earlier time to comment on the governing social assumptions of yesterday—and today, as well... The brilliance of Down With Love is that it slyly reminds us that our modern perspective, like every 'modern perspective' that preceded it, is doomed to obsolescence and isn't some final stage of enlightened social thought."

Opposing opinions occurred even at the same newspaper, as with The New York Observer, where Rex Reed's review was headlined "Down With Down With Love!" but Andrew Sarris's headline countered with "It's Affectionate and Smart, And I'm Down With Love".

Richard Corliss of Time admired Orlandi's costumes and Laws' design for their "giddily precise exaggeration" and wrote that the script "has a gentle heart to humanize its sharp sitcom wit," advising his readers to "stay for the movie's denouement: a two-minute speech that wraps up the plot like Christmas ribbons around a time bomb". But he found the film to be "miscast at the top" and "conflicted about its subject—it both derides and adores what it means to parody" and that director "Reed often uses a gong where chimes would do." Corliss concludes: "As you see, we too are conflicted about this film. We want to love it, but like a Rock Hudson rake, we keep finding fault in its allure. We want to hate it, but like Doris Day, we finally can't say no".

In the years after its release, Nathan Rabin, Jonathan Rosenbaum, and Richard Brody have been among the critics and film theorists that have continued to write in praise of the film. Rabin wrote that Chicago critics by and large embraced Down With Love, noting: "It got two thumbs up from Ebert & Roeper and was No. 2 on Rosenbaum’s Top 10 list in the Chicago Reader." Rosenbaum called it a "masterpiece" and wrote, "If a more interesting and entertaining Hollywood movie than Down with Love has come along this year, I've missed it".

Down with Love holds a 60% approval rating at review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on reviews from 179 critics, with an average rating of 6.10/10. The site's consensus states: "Looks great, but Zellweger and McGregor have no chemistry together, and the self-satisfied, knowing tone grates". On Metacritic, the film has a score of 52 out of 100 based on 39 critics' reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".

In August 2018, Vanity Fair put Down With Love at Number 13 on their list of the top "25 Best Romantic Comedies of All Time". In June 2017, Jonathan Rosenbaum named Down With Love one of his "25 Favorite Films of the 21st Century (so far)". In 2023, Beatrice Loayza of The New York Times wrote of the film’s cult following, saying "its meta-referential charms" have been embraced by a "younger generation…that better understands the role-playing nature of gender and romantic courtship…The film mocks, but it also transports with its eye-candy visuals and coy performances, reminding us that a suspension of reason is required to perform gender, to be sucked into a rom-com and, even, to fall in love."

Music
The film's title comes from the song "Down with Love" as sung by Judy Garland, who is seen singing it on The Ed Sullivan Show in one scene.

The song "Here's to Love" sung by Zellweger and McGregor during the closing credits (and in its entirety on the DVD release as a special feature) was a last-minute addition to the film. Songwriters Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman appear in the number as the bartender and the pianist. According to the DVD commentary, it was added at the suggestion of McGregor, who pointed out the opportunity the filmmakers had to unite the stars of two recently popular musical films (his Moulin Rouge! and Zellweger's Chicago).

The songs "Kissing a Fool" and "For Once in My Life", sung by Michael Bublé, previously appeared on Bublé's 2003 self-titled album.

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AEA Red Wing

The Red Wing (or Aerodrome #1) was an early aircraft designed by Thomas Selfridge and built by the Aerial Experiment Association in 1908. It was named for the bright red color of its silk wings — chosen to achieve the best result with the photographic materials and techniques of the day.

On 12 March 1908 Frederick W. Baldwin piloted the aircraft off the frozen Keuka Lake near Hammondsport, New York in what would be the first public demonstration of a powered aircraft flight in the United States as well as the first flight by a Canadian pilot.

Contemporary accounts described the flight as the "First Public Trip of Heavier-than-air Car in America." Reports entitled "Views of an Expert" stated that Professor Alexander Graham Bell's new machine, the Red Wing, built from plans by Lieutenant Selfridge, was "shown to be practicable by flight over Keuka Lake, Hammondsport, New York, 12 March 1908 by F. W. Baldwin, the engineer in charge of its construction."

The aircraft covered 319 ft (97 m) at a height of around 20 ft (6 m). This was said to be the longest "first flight" by either an aircraft or a pilot, up to that date. On March 17 Baldwin attempted a second flight, also from the ice of Keuka Lake, before crashing 20 seconds after takeoff. A portion of the tail gave way, bringing the test to an end. The Red Wing was damaged beyond repair.

title: AEA Red Wing