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User talk:Stebbiv

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"(We don't need EVERY detail about his family tree, okay?)"
Hello Stebbiv: I am almost in an editing war regarding an article [that I did not write] about Einar H. Kvaran. the last edit came with the comment "(We don't need EVERY detail about his family tree, okay?)" I figured that if every Icelander on wikipedia suggested that in fact we do need every detail - or at least a lot of them - then perhaps this person would back off a bit. If you go to the article and look at the history you will pick up the thread. Carptrash 03:38, 6 September 2005 (UTC) PS I just added myself to the Icelandic wikipedians list as being associated with Iceland, as oppoesed to living there.

WikiProject Iceland
Maybe you are interested in this project... --Michkalas 14:18, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

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Without the Aid of a Safety Net

Without the Aid of a Safety Net is the first live album by the Scottish band Big Country, released in 1994. It contains a portion of the tracks from a concert at The Barrowland Ballroom, Glasgow, and was recorded on 29 December 1993. The full concert was released in 2005, labelled as 2CD Expanded Edition: The Complete Concert. This version features eight tracks not on the original release.

In June 1994, the album peaked at No. 35 in the UK Albums Chart.

Critical reception
Upon its release, NME remarked, "Unfortunately for Big Country, 1983 is now a very long time ago – not that you'd guess it from this authentically sweaty live greatest hits set. 'Wonderland' and 'Chance' are as sturdily anthemic as ever, but this is strictly for those lad(d)ies who already love their Big Country."

Track listing

 * 1) "Harvest Home" (3:27)
 * 2) "Just a Shadow" (3:33)
 * 3) "13 Valleys" (5:04)
 * 4) "The Storm" (4:51)
 * 5) "Chance" (3:44)
 * 6) "Look Away" (4:20)
 * 7) "What Are You Working For" (4:00)
 * 8) "Steeltown" (5:38)
 * 9) "Ships" (6:06)
 * 10) "Wonderland" (5:54)
 * 11) "In a Big Country" (6:21)

The cassette and CD releases include these additional tracks:
 * "Peace in Our Time" (3:20)
 * "Long Way Home" (6:01)
 * "Lost Patrol" (6:10)

2005 release
All tracks written by Stuart Adamson, Tony Butler, Bruce Watson and Mark Brzezicki, unless stated otherwise.

Disc one

 * 1) "Introduction"
 * 2) "Harvest Home"
 * 3) "Peace in Our Time"
 * 4) "Just a Shadow"
 * 5) "13 Valleys" (Adamson)
 * 6) "Winter Sky"* (Adamson, Watson)
 * 7) "The Storm"
 * 8) "Chance"
 * 9) "Tracks of My Tears"* (William Robinson, Marvin Tarplin, Warren Moore)
 * 10) "Rockin' in the Free World"* (Neil Young)
 * 11) "All Go Together"* (Adamson, Watson)
 * 12) "We're Not in Kansas"* (Adamson)
 * 13) "Look Away" (Adamson)
 * 14) "What Are You Working For" (Adamson)
 * 15) "Steeltown"

Disc two

 * 1) "Stuart and the Audience"
 * 2) "Ships (Were Where You)" (Adamson, Watson)
 * 3) "Wonderland"
 * 4) "Long Way Home" (Adamson)
 * 5) "Alone" (Adamson)
 * 6) "In a Big Country"
 * 7) "The Audience - Encore"
 * 8) "Lost Patrol"
 * 9) "(Hey Hey My My) Out of the Blue (Into the Black")* (Neil Young)
 * 10) "Fields of Fire"*

All tracks marked (*) were previously unreleased.

Personnel

 * Stuart Adamson - guitar, vocals
 * Mark Brzezicki - drums, percussion, vocals
 * Tony Butler - bass guitar, vocals
 * Bruce Watson - guitar, mandolin

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Talk:Air Force One/Archive 1

If you're wondering why I'm linking stuff to the VC-25A redirect page instead of this one, it's because most of the links are related to the current, specific AF1 model. If the current model changes or the Air Force One page is enhanced to cover earlier models, VC-25A specific stuff should be moved to the VC-25A page. --Markonen

Doomsday Plane
Does anyone out there have any information about the so-called "Doomsday Plane", which was apart of the Air Force One fleet during the Cold War. I would add information about it, but unfortantely I don't have any hard facts. --Mrbrown 07:16, 12 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Are you talking about the NEACP aircraft? kmccoy (talk) 13:12, 13 Jul 2004 (UTC)

British Air Trafic Control?
Does anyone have ny more infomation about the incident with British in traffic control in Nov. 2003?

 * Can't help you with that, I'm afraid, even though I am British. However, I thought I'd just comment on the paragraph where you say the range is '7,800 miles - half way round the world'.  Perhaps it would be best left at 7,800 miles given that half way around the world is, stricly speaking, more like 12,000 miles given that the circumference at the equator is around 24,000 miles.  Just a thought - and I'll leave it to you to change the article.  Regards Jerry 08:31, 2 Oct 2004 (UTC)

 * PS - I've just come across this BBC item on the ATC incident. As you'll see there is no suggestion that the US authorities 'lied' to British ATC, however an air traffic controller seems to have told a pilot of a British Airways aircraft (BA isn't mentioned in the BBC News article but is on other pages identified via Google) that what the pilot thought was Air Force 1 was a Gulfstream.  It's not clear whether the controller in question actually knew that AF1 was AF1 and I very much doubt whether it would be possible to obtain primary source material which could prove this one way or the other.

"SAM designation"?
So what's a "SAM designation"? It's never explained or linked that I can see. It just pops up in the History section. I'm having a hard time searching for it due to search engine confusion with surface-to-air missiles. -- Cyrius|✎

 * 'Special Air Mission' according to this page Jerry 22:49, 5 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Tom Harris
Who the heck is Tom Harris and why is he an authority about Air Force One? --ZeroOne 21:35, 6 Oct 2004 (UTC)

 * Tom is the Editorial Director at HowStuffWorks.  Besides, who the heck are any of us, and why are we authorities on anything?  :-)  --Blrfl

When did Air Force One start?
The article has a sentence that begins 'From its inception' but doesn't say when it was incepted (or indeed why or whether there was any controversy surrounding it). The earliest reference is to 1962, but someone on the FAC page has suggested the Eisenhower had a plane. Could someone elucidate? Jongarrettuk 21:51, 6 Oct 2004 (UTC)

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User:Stan Still

Stan is a bowling pinsetter mechanic in central New Jersey. He almost got a degree in art, but then he split for a few years and is scrambling to finish his degree now that he has learned that he could end up working in a bowling alley forever. He is involved in many really worthwhile projects, like ameteur night at the local comedy club, working on the website for a local community radio station, and not taking care of his commitments and obligations.

He spends a lot of time reading too.

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Article case sensitivity
Hi, Strannik, welcome to Wikipedia and thanks for your work on Marvel Age. You might want to know that articles titles (and links to them) on Wikipedia are case-sensitive, except for the first letter of the first word. Therefore "Runaways (Comics)" would not point to the same article as "Runaways (comics)" (the latter is correct). —Lowellian (talk)  12:55, Oct 27, 2004 (UTC)

Image for deletion
Hi Strannik, I put an image you uploaded, Image:Runpromo.jpg, up for deletion because I uploaded a better quality version of it as Image:Marvel_Runaways.jpg. Fritz S. 14:49, Mar 2, 2005 (UTC)

Runaways
Is it really necessary to have every other word wikified in the parents' descriptions from the Runaways comic page? Or haven't you noticed the anonymous user who created the page has a tendency to wikify rather indiscriminately? "New Age", for example, is wikified twice in the same article. --Pc13 21:19, 7 Mar 2005 (UTC)

 * Well, maybe not every other word. I mean, I think common sense words such as "businesspeople" and "hollywood actors" can be safely dewikified. Terms like "New Age", which are less common and not nearly as self-explanitory as one might think, should stay wikified. Cultural references should definitely stay wikified.

P.S. Pardon my half-arsed spelling. As you probably noticed, it's not really my forte --Strannik 01:58, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)

 * Thanks for making the ROM-Turbo-Torpedo connection, which I was unaware of. However, the present ROM article makes no mention of Turbo or Torpedo (though this site lists Torpedo as "Rom's Greatest Ally"), and we currently lack an article for Turbo (comics). Do you think you could work on either or both of those, if you're fairly well-informed on the subjects? PS: as Runaways is an American comic, the American spelling of "armor" is appropriate (see WP style guide). -leigh (φθόγγος) 19:34, May 19, 2005 (UTC)
 * Actually, I got that info from the site you mentioned. I stumbled upon it while searching for Turbo info. But, if you need to, I'd be more then happy to help you with the Turbo aticle. Actually, how about we call it Torpedo (comics, since much of the backstory took place before Mickey and her friend got the armor and used it to establish a Turbo identity. --Strannik 00:28, 22 May 2005 (UTC)

Disquiet (book)
Hello, fellow expat! I just wanted to ask if you've read the novel Disquiet by Strugatsky brothers? Because I have not, so I can write nothing about it... If you can write anything about it (even if that's gonna be a stub), do it please. That's the last article about the Noon Universe novels... --Koveras 13:17, 11 September 2005 (UTC)

 * Not yet. But, since the thing is up in [Библиотеке Мошкова], I can read it now. I'll get back to you as soon as I'm done. --Strannik 16:18, 11 September 2005 (UTC)

Please contact us
Hello Strannik! we are a company working on an international commercial website about the movies Night Watch and Day Watch. We're looking for people who have a very good knowledge of the film's universe and the books they are based upon. If you are interested in participating as author or editor, Please write to nightwatch.site@googlemail.com Thanks!

Kirill Yeskov
Hi, Strannik, can you add more data on this guy's bio and/or books? Thanks, Ghirla | talk 13:33, 26 December 2005 (UTC)

 * Nope. Sorry. I have no idea who that guy is. I can look it up, of course (knowing Russian helps ;) ) --Strannik 03:52, 28 December 2005 (UTC)

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Again, welcome! Alex Bakharev 09:30, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

FSU Metro Project
WRT to your contributions on Saint Petersburg Metro, perhaps this might interest you...--Kuban Cossack 14:33, 26 January 2007 (UTC) It's ready...please join! --Kuban Cossack 14:27, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

Wanted/Bomb Queen
Hello there. Just out of curiosity, do you have a source for the author claiming that the cover was not done with 'Wanted' in mind? Jayunderscorezero 10:30, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
 * One of the Bomb Queen threads in the Shadowline sub-section of Image Comics official forum. He was discussing his own changes to Bomb Queen wikipedia article and mentioned, in the same breath, that Wikipedia was wrong in that regard. I'll look it up later today, when I don't have a class to rush to.--Strannik 14:58, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

Grazhdansky Prospekt
Вы вернули в статью Grazhdansky Prospekt предложение про то, что это одна из восьми станций с банкоматами в вестибюле (изменив все-таки "восемь" на "немногие"). Во-первых, на мой взгляд, эта информация неэнцеклопедична, это все равно что про каждую станцию говорить, есть ли там скамейки или газетный киоск. Но это, конечно, спорно. А во-вторых, что более важно, эта информация очевидно неверна. Не в том смысле, что на станции "Гражданский проспект" нет банкомата, а в том, что это вовсе не "одна из немногих" таких станций. Я живу в Петербурге и могу с уверенностью заявить, что банкоматы есть почти на всех станциях, за редким, пожалуй, исключением. Geevee (talk) 07:18, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Виноват. Я только что сообразил что я перепутал банкоматы с автоматоми для продажи жетонов, которые, когда я был в Питере последний раз, действительно были редкостью. С тех пор правда многое изменилось. My apologies --Strannik 18:43, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Извинения принимаются :) А если не секрет, когда вы были в Питере? Кстати, а сами вы откуда? Geevee (talk) 19:13, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Я родился в Питере. Моя семья переехала в США примерно десять лет назад (восновнои потому что мои родители не могли найти работу по спецальности). С тех пор я несколько раз ездил в Питер, в основном во время каникул. Последний раз я там быд в прощлом году, во время весенних каникул.--Strannik 21:06, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

Superpowers
Your information is great, but it really can't be written like a press release. (Phrase like "slated to appear," etc.). I'd like to recommend the more encyclopedic tone of the following:

 * The publisher Dynamite Entertainment said in 2007 that Daredevil would be one several public domain Golden Age characters that would appear in the comic-book series Superpowers, by writer Jim Krueger and artist Alex Ross

Thanks. --Tenebrae 01:26, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

 * Fair enough.--Strannik 05:35, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

FYI: Superpowers (comics). Thanks for doing the spadework. If you are interested there are similar projects with public domain characters in the works: The Next Issue Project and The Twelve  which look like they'll need some work tracking down the right characters, starting some entries to fill in gaps, etc. and some of the characters are the same so there is quite a bit of crossover. If you are interested. (Emperor 22:28, 7 August 2007 (UTC))

 * Cheers. Good work. (Emperor 19:31, 12 August 2007 (UTC))

Not sure if you are interested but this might be up your alley. It might be worth a few paragraphs on public domain characters and the re-appearance of them in different forms (with the sheer number of projects recently - I have another quote around somewhere on this last point) (Emperor 03:15, 24 August 2007 (UTC))

My apology
I'm sorry that I misconstrued your edits, which I must say read very hype-y and promotionally to me, as indicating that you were affiliated with the publisher of The Next Issue Project. I made an assumption, and, taking you at your word, I was wrong and I apologize. Thanks for being understanding and for communicating. --Tenebrae 23:58, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Apology accepted. Besides, I was a little pig-headed when it came to my edits. --Strannik 00:04, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

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Excellent work on the articles related to Staunton, Virginia. Please, however, be careful about your spelling/typing. I did have to fix a number of spelling/typographical errors on your recent edits. Thanks! SchuminWeb (Talk) 23:37, 3 August 2010 (UTC)

 * Sorry about that. I'll be more careful next time. --Strannik (talk) 00:05, 4 August 2010 (UTC)

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Hi Kevin - simple internationalism. Wikipedia has an international usage basis, and 95% of the world's population uses metric measures for preference, with about 90% having no knowledge of the imperial system at all. - MPF 15:45, 14 Oct 2004 (UTC)

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I'm new to Wikipedia, but find it fascinating and am interested in contributing. Feedback and suggestions welcome!

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Talk:Ravenswood School for Girls

Alumnae
Plural of alumna, former student. Are you saying that boys attend the school? And it must be lowercase. See Manual of Style (capital letters). -- Usgnus 15:44, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

Well at first boys went but it later turned into an all girls school it is in the Centenary Bokk

Pending changes
This article is one of a number (about 100) selected for the early stage of the trial of the Pending Changes system on the English language Wikipedia. All the articles listed at Pending changes/Queue  are being considered for level 1 pending changes protection.

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Comments on the suitability of theis page for "Penfding changes" would be appreciated.

Please update the Queue page as appropriate.

Note that I am not involved in this project any much more than any other editor, just posting these notes since it is quite a big change, potentially

Regards, Rich Farmbrough, 23:41, 16 June 2010 (UTC).

Head girl speech
Firstly, per WP:SCH/AG and common sense, we do not discuss Non-notable students by name. Second, although the BBC is a good source, the pillar policy on NPOV requires we cover the issue from both sides. Surely the school had an opinion on her opinion. If not, well, it's just some kid's opinion, and not really worthy of inclusion on one of the top 10 most read websites in the world. John from Idegon (talk) 07:57, 6 January 2016 (UTC)

 * "Take care to maintain a neutral point of view when describing a school." That includes noting criticism.  I've no problem with including the schools reply to criticism, but lack of it is not a reason to remove this. Most of the rest of the article reads like a prospectus.  This girl is selected by the school to be the head girl, so it's not just some kid's opinion. Her opinion is significant because of who she is, and because it's got international attention.  It is said that there is a court case which prevents the school from responding.Rathfelder (talk) 14:45, 7 January 2016 (UTC)

 * You suggested we needed more sources. I found more sources. There seem to be plenty. Your position appears to be that schools should not be criticised on Wikipedia.  Rathfelder (talk) 15:29, 7 January 2016 (UTC)

 * You "cherry-picked" my argument. Your quote from a guideline does not trump the policy. Let me bullet this for you so perhaps you might have some more clarity on the issues:

 * The girl's name is out. There isn't any compelling argument to be made there. Per policy (WP:BLP1E) and school article guideline (since you quoted it above you must know where to find it). Seriously, you wanna plaster a child's name onto this very popular website over a school speech? She's going to have to get a job someday.

 * The tone of the material you are inserting is entirely negative. There is nothing in it about the school's view of the situation. Your argument that the somewhat promo tone overall in the article justifies that is a red herring. If the article sounds promo, tone it down. Most private school articles do sound a bit promo. I've seen much worse. This is where the pillar policy NPOV comes in and the guidelines for school articles are not on point here.

 * Lastly, and I did not make this argument before, this is a current story and Wikipedia is not a newspaper. You have a couple different articles on her speech and an article on a lawsuit. We generally do not discuss lawsuits until they resolve. And any way you want to spin it, the young lady's speech is one child's opinion of the school she attended. I'm one of the coordinators of Wikiproject Schools and I know of no school article in which we include students opinions of their schools. Opinions are just that and not verifiable. The fact that she said it is, but that lends no credence to her opinion, nor does a stellar academic record or the fact that the school made a decision that they certainly regret now to honor her.

 * Your assertion that discussion must ensue prior to removal of content is false. Once content is challenged by removal, discussion and consensus must occur prior to replacement. There is a BLP violation here. Do not replace the edits you have repeatedly reinserted without consensus. Continuing on the path you are on is going to lead to sanctions for you.

 * And just in case you are not clear, you do not have a consensus for inclusion. As long as the only participants in this discussion are me and you, most likely you won't. I cannot anticipate any argument you could make that would cause me to change my mind. There are several accepted methods to draw more attention to this article, and a couple methods of dispute resolution you can avail yourself of. Please do not continue to edit war. Removing BLP violations is exempt from WP:3RR and my reverts have most assuredly been that. John from Idegon (talk) 08:26, 8 January 2016 (UTC)

 * I don't care whether we include the girl's name. But it does appear that there are issues with the management of the Uniting Church in Australia.  This is not the only school affected, and it seems to have continued for several years.  The fact that there is no school article in which we include students opinions of their schools does not seem to be something to be proud of.  There is no policy that the views of those who use organisations services should be excluded, is there?  The article, like most articles about schools, is full of the opinions of the management. Rathfelder (talk) 08:45, 8 January 2016 (UTC)
 * 3RR exemptions are only for unambiguous BLP violations. This clearly isn't one, as you now have two people disagreeing that it is.  I would suggest working together on this rather than blindly reverting. Laura Jamieson (talk) 09:12, 8 January 2016 (UTC)

 * I don't see the problem with this section, to be honest. But in including the section we don't have to actually name the girl, even if her name is in pretty much every news source you find if you search for the school on Google.  That should sort any issues regarding BLP and we don't exclude negative issues from school articles if they are well sourced. Laura Jamieson (talk) 09:10, 8 January 2016 (UTC)

 * The content doesn't violate the BLP policy in any away. Is it verifable? Yes. Is it NPOV? Yes. Is there NOR? Yes. The incident has been covered by various respected news organisations, hence notable. Now, it's neutrally worded, I don't see how an experienced editor like you can't see that. It doesn't seem to be biased to the student or the school in any way. You've used your flawed understanding of the BLP policy to exempt yourself from the 3RR rule. Not cool, not cool at all. --QEDK ( T ❄  C ) 09:28, 8 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Also, BLP1E applies if the subject here had her own article, which however is not the case. --QEDK ( T ❄  C ) 09:31, 8 January 2016 (UTC)

Again, NOTNEWS? That has nothing to do with whether the content being added is a plus or minus to the school. It's a current story. As far as NPOV, only the Mail made any attempt at an even story. There is very little journalism in any of the sources. The head girl, whose parent's are suing the school over issues predating the speech is hardly to be considered a reliable source and the so called criticism comes from her and only from her. The Mail made an attempt to at least talk to other students. The other students basically said the best girl was NOT credible. No attempt was made to solicit any opinion from parents of current or past students, there is no indication of negative reports with any regulatory agencies. In short you want to include a highly negative, long paragraph based on the opinion of one girl who quite probably might have a reason to be pissed off. This is ridiculously unbalanced. I don't know what you are basing your assertion of mismanagement on, but that kind of thing requires facts, not just a peed off child's opinion. Never mind that NOTNEWS is good enough reason not to include it. John from Idegon (talk) 10:04, 8 January 2016 (UTC)
 * You are edit-warring against consensus now. In fact, that's 4 reverts in the last 24h.  Please stop.  Also, you removed all the other edits made - which are uncontroversial - as well as removing the contested material. Laura Jamieson (talk) 10:26, 8 January 2016 (UTC)

 * I've requested full protection for the article and will request WP: DR in the morning. I accept QEDKs chastising over the girl's name and appreciate the one consensus we have reached, to leave her name out. However, negative disputed info should be omitted until a consensus is reached. The original editor has not replied to either of my posts and Ms. Jamieson did not even give me the time to reply before replacing the vontent. She also offered no substantial arguement, simply a vague statement regarding facts not discussed here and ILIKEIT. Consensus is not a vote. It is an agreement. Please make a useful arguement. The sources suck. The edits are not reflecting the quality of the sources, and no supported arguement has been proffered disputing my allegation that this all just represents the opinion of one pissed off child. John from Idegon (talk) 10:39, 8 January 2016 (UTC)
 * What exactly do you mean by "negative disputed info"? This article only lists the allegations of the student, nothing else. And, you do realise that you'll face a BOOMERANG, right? Also, let's take note of the sources that suck, according to you: Daily Mail, The Independent and BBC News. Seriously? --QEDK ( T ❄  C ) 11:11, 8 January 2016 (UTC)
 * The controversial info appears to be well-sourced. The sources are quite good. It's the only part of the article that doesn't read like a brochure.  John Nagle (talk) 23:53, 8 January 2016 (UTC)

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Tata Safari

The Tata Safari is a mid-size SUV produced by the Indian automobile manufacturer Tata Motors since 1998. The first-generation Safari has been designed as a seven-seater SUV with a foldable third row, roomy interior; on the market it has positioned itself as an alternative from the competitive price to other brands off-road vehicles.

Safari was re-introduced in 2021. Unlike the first generation, the second-generation Safari is a front-wheel-drive, monocoque crossover SUV, sharing its underpinnings with the Tata Harrier.

First generation (1998)

The first-generation Safari was presented in 1998 in India. The Tata range in the nineties saw the expansion into new markets with newer models such as the Indica city car and the Safari. Exports to Europe took place during the same year, with sales in the UK in 1999.

The Safari is powered by the same engine used in the Tata Telcoline, a 2.0-litre Peugeot XD88 turbodiesel unit with 87 PS power. It came with a synchromesh forward five-speed manual gearbox, with a 4WD option and 235/75x15 tyres. Compared to the Indian model, the European Safari presented some changes in particular accessories to meet the needs of European customers, the bumpers were different in colour compared to the rest of the bodywork. The name Safari was adopted to emphasize the supposed off-road qualities of the vehicle. In reality, the car was also designed for road use. The Safari is 4.65 meters long from one bumper to the other but the presence of the outer spare wheel increases the size up to 4.81 meters. The weighs of the vehicle is 1920 kg kerb for the 2WD version, adding an extra 110 kg for the 4WD variant.

In 2017, Tata announced that the Safari Dicor was phased out with the Safari Storme being the only model remaining on sale, until that, too, was discontinued in 2019 due to BS6 norms.

Evolution

During the commercial life of the model, various aesthetic and mechanical updates were presented: in 2005 an important facelift was presented that saw the adoption of a new bumper shield, new optical groups and chrome grille, new interior and rear redesigned with graphics of the unpublished lights. New Borg Warner transmission unit and revised braking system. The engine adopted by the 2005 version was the new 3.0-litre four-cylinder diesel common rail Dicor with 116 PS at 3000 rpm and 300 Nm of torque between 1600 and 2000 rpm. The 3,0 litre derived from a commercial Mercedes-Benz engine used in Tata 407 then upgraded.

In December 2006, at the Bologna Motor Show, a further update saw the adoption of the 2.2-litre Dicor diesel common rail engine from the PSA Group and revisited with AVL support. The 2.2-litre engine was Euro 4 compliant and replaced the previous unit in European markets while in India, the 3.0-litre engine remained in production. The updated model went on sale during Spring 2007.

In 2010 an aesthetic facelift introduced a new chrome grille, new interior trim, new interior instrumentation with wood inserts for the central console and new body colours.

Chassis
The Safari uses Telcoline's Tata X2 body-on-frame platform with a redesigned and strengthened rear axle to adapt it to off-road use with part-time all-wheel drive (rear-wheel drive with the option of traction in off-road situations only) with grafting system an electric control up to 60 km/h, self-locking rear differential and manual block front hubs, then eliminated in favor of the fully automatic solution). The front suspension is a double swinging trapezium and torsion bar, while a rigid bridge system with five pulling arms and coil springs has been adopted at the rear. The front brakes are a ventilated disc combined to the rear which is a self-adjusting drum. The braking system is the anti-accumulation system ABS brakes plus electronic brake force distribution EBD from the second series called EX2 (the first series, EX version was not equipped with ABS-EBD and fitted full brake discs, not self-ventilating).

Engines
The engine of the first version was a 2.0-litre four-cylinder diesel (1948 cc effective), equipped with indirect injection and KKK turbocharger with two valves per cylinder distribution capable of delivering 92 horsepower Euro 2. The engine is derived from the Peugeot XD88 unit built under license by Tata in India and used by Tata Telcoline and Sierra. With the Euro 3 standard power was reduced to 87 horsepower.

A 2.1 litre 16V petrol engine was added in 2003. Is a straight-4 naturally aspirated developed by Tata Motors and AVL delivering 135 horsepower. In 2005, the 2.1 litre was discontinued.

The 3.0 Dicor engine (acronym for Direct injection common rail) is the first direct injection diesel engine fitted by the Indian company, a modern four-cylinder engine (derived from a Mercedes-Benz commercial unit), with common rail injection and sixteen valve distribution. It delivers maximum power of 116 hp and complies with Euro 3 regulations. Maximum torque is 300 Nm delivered between 1,600 and 2,000 rpm. The 3.0 Dicor diesel has been removed from the European price list in 2007 with the entry of the 2.2 Dicor engine but for the foreign markets the production of 3.0 has continued since it has found a robust and elastic engine despite the few horsepower in relation to the displacement.

The 2.2 Dicor engine (based on the PSA Group 2,179 cc DW12 unit, revisited by the Austrian company AVL and produced in India) is always a four-cylinder 16V with common rail direct injection and intercooler, delivers 140 hp with maximum torque of 320 Nm available between 1,700 and 2,700 rpm. The new engine delivers several more horsepower than the previous units but consumption is lower than in the past: on the mixed cycle the Tata declares 7.7 L to travel 100 km, with average emissions of 205 grams of carbon dioxide emitted per kilometre. The 2.2 Dicor engine is the first Euro 4 approved engine made.

Safari Storme (2012–2019)
The Tata Safari Storme was unveiled in January 2012 during the 11th Auto Expo 2012 and was launched in October 2012. The Safari Storme has new front and rear lights, new grille and redesigned bumpers, the rear spare wheel has been moved under the floor and the tailgate is new. More than 100 changes have been done in comparison to the Tata Safari Dicor. The body shell is completely new. But the overall design silhouette remains unchanged though.

The Tata X2 platform has been modified at the rear with the adoption of the new five-arms multi-link suspension (the same of the Tata Aria ) which has a stronger hydro-formed chassis sections. It will have an upgraded BorgWarner G76-Mark II gearbox.

Its Varicor (Variable Turbine Technology) 32-bit Electronically Controlled, Direct Injection Common Rail engine is available in 5-speed manual transmission capable of 150 PS at 4000 rpm and 320 Nm at 1700-2700 rpm of maximum torque. This engine is a major revision of the previous Dicor engine. In 2015, the new 2.2 Varicor 400 engine was introduced and is available with 6-speed manual transmission in both the 4x2 and 4x4 flagship versions. The 2.2 Varicor 400 engine is an evolution of the previous Varicor and is capable of 156 PS at 4000 rpm and 400 Nm at 1750-2500 rpm of maximum torque. The Dicor engine is not available in Safari Storme.

In December 2016, Tata Motors was contracted to provide around 3,192 Safari Stormes, as the official vehicle of Indian Army, becoming the successor of Maruti Gypsy. The Tata Safari Storme had to fend off competition from the Mahindra Scorpio, and both vehicles are said to have undergone rigorous analysis which included them being tested on snow, high-terrain as well as marshy lands.

The Storme passed the Army's GS800 (General Service 800) vehicle classification which calls for a hard top vehicle with a minimum 800 kg payload and air-conditioning.

The Storme is in service with the Indian Army and Border Security Force, and has also been exported to the Seychelles for the Seychelles Police Force. In 2019, ten Safari Stormes were handed to the Tatmadaw by the Indian ambassador to Myanmar.

Second generation (2021)
In January 2021, it launched the All New Safari. It features the 2 litre I4 turbocharged diesel engine, also found in the Tata Harrier and the Jeep Compass. It comes in either six- or seven-seat configurations, with the 6-seater version only found in the top-spec XZ Plus. At the time of introduction, the lineup began with the XE as the lowest equipment level, followed by the XM, XT, XT Plus, XZ, and XZ Plus versions.

On 22 February 2021, the company announced the launch of the Safari Adventurer Persona edition which uses the same colour as shown on the Tata Buzzard and also launched in Orcus White in 2022 (the standard car is available in colours such as Daytona Grey, Orcus White, Royal Blue and Tropical Mist). It was the official sponsor of Vivo IPL2021. It launched the Safari Gold in two colours, Black Gold and White Gold. It gets cosmetic updates as well as some feature additions.

The Dark edition was launched by the company in January 2022. A special Kaziranga edition was launched as well. A 4x4 version of the car is rumoured to be in production but there is no confirmation by the company yet.

Facelift
The Tata Safari facelift was revealed alongside the Harrier facelift on 6 October 2023.

Safety
Tata Safari Rated 5 Star Along with Harrier in Global NCAP under its new protocol (based on Latin NCAP 2016) in 2023:

Also Tata Safari Rated 5 Star Along with Harrier in Bharat NCAP in 2023 (similar to Global NCAP 2023, based on Latin NCAP 2016):

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Werner von Fritsch

Thomas Ludwig Werner Freiherr von Fritsch (4 August 1880 – 22 September 1939) was a member of the German High Command. He was Commander-in-Chief of the German Army from February 1934 until February 1938, when he was forced to resign after he was falsely accused of being homosexual. His ousting was a major step in Adolf Hitler's establishment of tighter control over the armed forces. Just over a year later, before the outbreak of World War II, Fritsch was recalled as Colonel-in-chief of the 12th Artillery Regiment. He died in battle in Poland early in the war, the second German general to perish in that conflict after Wilhelm Fritz von Roettig.

Early life
Fritsch was born in Benrath in the Rhine Province of the German Empire. He entered the Prussian Army at the age of 18; in 1901, he transferred to the Prussian Military Academy. In 1911, he was appointed to the German General Staff, where he served during World War I.

Weimar rule
During the interwar period, Fritsch served in the Weimar Republic's Armed Forces (Reichswehr). In 1924, Fritsch wrote a letter to where he expressed his hatred of democracy and his hope that General Hans von Seeckt would carry out a putsch to establish a military dictatorship. Fritsch declared he was totally opposed to seeing another "black, red and gold cur" as Chancellor (a reference to the colours of the Weimar Republic's flag) and wrote that he believed that Germany was being ruined by "the propaganda of the Jewish papers". Fritsch ended his letter with a list of all whom he hated: "For in the last resort Ebert, pacifists, Jews, democrats, black, red, and gold, and the French, and these women, and the whores, and the like, all cunts with the only exception of mother, these females, I tell you, are all the same thing, namely the people who want to destroy Germany. There may be small differences, but in the end it all amounts to the same. We can trust only ourselves. Trustworthyness, Truth & love only there is among us, German Men. Prösterchen, prostata !" After the November 1938 anti-Jewish pogrom Kristallnacht, on 11 December 1938, he wrote to Baroness Margot von Schutzbar: Soon after the war I came to the conclusion that we should have to be victorious in three battles, if Germany were to become powerful again:

1. The battle against the working class — Hitler has won this;

2. Against the Catholic Church;

3. Against the Jews.

We are in the midst of these battles and the one against the Jews.

The German historian Wolfram Wette wrote that Fritsch had come close to high treason with his letter, as he had taken the Reichswehreid oath to defend democracy, and in calling for a putsch to destroy the democracy that Fritsch had pledged to defend was an act of "extreme disloyalty to the republic to which he had sworn an oath". Fritsch was heavily involved in the secret German rearmament of the 1920s in which Germany sought to evade the terms of Part V of the Treaty of Versailles, which had essentially disarmed it by limiting its army to 100,000 soldiers and forbidding it to have aircraft or tanks. As such, Fritsch, who worked closely with the Soviet Union with the secret rearmament, favored a pro-Soviet foreign policy and had an extreme hatred for Poland. In 1928, Fritsch began work on the plan that became Fall Weiss, the invasion of Poland in 1939. He was promoted to major-general (Generalmajor) in 1932 by Kurt von Schleicher, who regarded him as a promising young officer.

Nazi rule
After the Nazis came to power in 1933, Fritsch was a strong supporter of the new regime, which he saw as a radical force that, if influenced by people like himself, would be a force for the good. Wette wrote that as Fritsch was a member of "group of hardened anti-Semitics" in the officer corps, the anti-Semitism of Adolf Hitler was one of Fritsch's most important reasons for supporting the Nazi regime. Fritsch was promoted to General der Artillerie and Chief of the Army Command (Chef der Heeresleitung) on 1 February 1934, replacing General Kurt von Hammerstein-Equord. This was partly because Hitler saw him as a supporter of his regime and partly because Defence Minister Werner von Blomberg valued Fritsch for his professionalism. In February 1934, when Blomberg ordered that all soldiers who might be considered Jewish (by having at least a Jewish parent or grandparent who converted; long before the Nazis, the Reichswehr did not accept Jews) be given dishonorable discharges, Fritsch made no objection and carried out the order.

According to William Shirer in The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, Fritsch played a pivotal role when he balked at Hitler's initial proposal to the army that he succeed ailing President von Hindenburg upon his death. Fritsch ultimately betrayed the officer corps to the Führer by agreeing to that demand after consulting with his generals. On 31 December 1934, Fritsch announced that it "goes without saying that an officer [should seek] a wife only within Aryan circles" and that any officer who married a Jewish woman would be dishonourably discharged at once. In late 1934 or early 1935, Fritsch and Blomberg successfully pressured Hitler into rehabilitating the name of General Kurt von Schleicher (who had been assassinated by the Nazis during the Night of the Long Knives) by claiming that as officers they could not stand the press attacks portraying him as a traitor working for France. In May 1935 a major reorganization of the armed forces resulted in Fritsch taking the new title of Commander-in-Chief of the Army (Oberbefehlshaber des Heeres) effective 1 June.

Fritsch supported the Nazi regime but was antagonistic towards attempts to create rivals to the army, especially the SS. Shirer recalled hearing Fritsch make sarcastic remarks about the SS as well as several Nazi leaders from Hitler downward at a parade in Saarbrücken. He was also worried that Hitler would cause a war with the Soviet Union; like most of his fellow officers, he had supported the Weimar Republic's liaison with Moscow. Wette wrote, "It is indisputable that the conservative and nationalistically minded General von Fritsch affirmed the National Socialist state, and he accepted Hitler as a dictator fully and completely. Given this compatibility of outlook, one may doubt whether Fritsch's pronounced anti-Semitism reflected 'political naïveté' as the historian has asserted".

On 20 April 1936, when Blomberg was promoted to field marshal (Generalfeldmarschall), Fritsch received promotion to Blomberg's vacated rank of colonel general (Generaloberst). At this time he was also granted the rank and authority of a Reichsminister but without the formal title. On 30 January 1937, to mark the fourth anniversary of the Nazi regime, Hitler personally presented the Golden Party Badge to the remaining non-Nazi members of the cabinet and the military service heads, including Fritsch, and enrolled him in the Party (membership number 3,805,227). Fritsch was among the officers present at the Hossbach Conference of 5 November 1937, when Hitler announced that he wanted to go to war as early as 1938. He was very critical of that demand, as he knew the army was not ready. He even went so far as to threaten to resign his command.

Blomberg–Fritsch Affair
Heinrich Himmler and Hermann Göring, inspired by the resignation of Blomberg, accused the unmarried Fritsch of engaging in homosexual activity. Fritsch had never been a womaniser and had preferred to concentrate on his army career. He was forced to resign on 4 February 1938. His replacement, Walther von Brauchitsch, had been recommended for the post by Fritsch. Hitler took advantage of the situation through the replacement of several generals and ministers with Nazi loyalists, which strengthened his control of the German Armed Forces (Wehrmacht). It soon became known that the charges were false and an honour court of officers examined the Blomberg–Fritsch Affair, although it was presided over by Göring himself. The successful annexation of Austria into Greater Germany (Anschluss) of 12 March silenced all critics of Hitler, Göring and Himmler. Fritsch was acquitted on 18 March, but the damage to his name had been done.

Following his acquittal, Fritsch attempted to challenge SS leader Himmler to a duel. Fritsch composed a formal challenge and reportedly practiced his pistol skills in his free time, of which he had plenty as an officer without a command. The letter was given to General Gerd von Rundstedt for delivery, but Rundstedt, seeking to bridge the distrust between the Wehrmacht and SS, ultimately convinced Fritsch to abandon the idea. (Regardless, it is unlikely the encounter could have come about, as Hitler had forbidden highly placed party members, such as Himmler, from dueling.)

Despite the false charges, Fritsch remained loyal to the Nazi regime and maintained his firmly held belief Germany was faced with an international Jewish conspiracy that wanted to ruin the Reich. After the Kristallnacht pogrom of November 1938, Fritsch wrote in a letter to a friend on 22 November, "Of course the battle with international Jewry has now officially begun, and as a natural consequence that will lead to war with England and the United States, the political bastions of the Jews". In another letter to his friend, Baroness Margot von Schutzbar-Milchling, on 11 December 1938, Fritsch wrote: "'It is very strange that so many people should regard the future with growing apprehension, in spite of the Führer's indisputable successes in the past.... Soon after the War, I came to the conclusion that we have to be victorious in three battles, if Germany were again to be powerful: (1) The battle against the working class. Hitler has won this; (2) Against the Catholic Church, perhaps better expressed as Ultramontanism and (3) Against the Jews. We are in the midst of these battles, and the one against the Jews is the most difficult. I hope everyone realizes the intricacies of this campaign'."

Fritsch told Ulrich von Hassell, when the latter tried to involve him in an anti-Nazi plot, that Hitler was Germany's destiny and nothing could be done to change that fact.

World War II and death
Just before the outbreak of World War II, Fritsch was recalled, and chose to personally inspect the front lines as the "Colonel-in-chief of the 12th Artillery Regiment" during the invasion of Poland, a very unusual activity for someone of his rank. On 22 September 1939, in Praga during the Siege of Warsaw, a Polish bullet hit the General (either a machine gun or a sharpshooter) and tore an artery in his leg. Lieutenant Rosenhagen, adjutant to Fritsch and an eyewitness to his death, wrote in his original, official report:

"[...] In this moment the Herr Generaloberst received a gunshot in his left thigh, a bullet tore an artery. Immediately he fell down. I took off his suspenders to bind the wound. The Herr Generaloberst said: 'please leave it', lost consciousness and died, with a foolish grin on his fading face. Only one minute passed between receiving gunshot and death."

Fritsch was the second German general to be killed in combat in World War II—the first being SS commander Wilhelm Fritz von Roettig on 10 September 1939 near Opoczno, Poland. As Fritsch was the second general to be killed in action, the event was closely examined. The official verdict was that he deliberately sought death. However, according to Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel (Chief of German High Command) in his memoirs: "The widespread rumour that Fritsch was so embittered that he had deliberately sought death in action is quite false, according to what the officer who reported Fritsch's fatal injury to the Führer (in my presence) saw with his own eyes:  a stray bullet had struck the Colonel-General while he was conversing with his Staff Officers, and within only a few minutes he had bled to death."

Fritsch received a ceremonial state funeral four days later in Berlin. William L. Shirer covered the event in his diary entry dated 26 September 1939: "They buried General von Fritsch here this morning. It rained, it was cold and dark – one of the dreariest days I can remember in Berlin. Hitler did not show up, nor Ribbentrop, nor Himmler, though they all returned to Berlin from the front this afternoon."

Commemoration
Despite the controversy that had been associated with him, the "Freiherr von Fritsch Kaserne" (barracks) in Darmstadt was named after Fritsch after his death. The facilities were combined with the adjoining Cambrai Kaserne when the United States Army occupied Darmstadt in 1945. The Cambrai-Fritsch Kaserne was returned to German control in 2008.

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Mary Noailles Murfree

Mary Noailles Murfree (January 24, 1850 – July 31, 1922) was an American author of novels and short stories who wrote under the pen name Charles Egbert Craddock. She is considered by many to be Appalachia's first significant female writer and her work a necessity for the study of Appalachian literature, although a number of characters in her work reinforce negative stereotypes about the region. She has been favorably compared to Bret Harte and Sarah Orne Jewett, creating post-Civil War American local-color literature.

The town of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, is named after Murfree's great-grandfather Colonel Hardy Murfree, who fought in the Revolutionary War.

Biography
Murfree was born on her family's cotton plantation, Grantland, near Murfreesboro, Tennessee, a location later celebrated in her novel, Where the Battle was Fought and in the town named after her great-grandfather, Colonel Hardy Murfree. Her father was a successful lawyer of Nashville, and her youth was spent in both Murfreesboro and Nashville. From 1867 to 1869 she attended the Chegary Institute, a finishing school in Philadelphia. Murfree would spend her summers in Beersheba Springs. For a number of years after the Civil War the Murfree family lived in St. Louis, returning in 1890 to Murfreesboro, where she lived until her death.

Being lame from childhood, Murfree turned to reading the novels of Walter Scott and George Eliot. For fifteen successive summers the family stayed in Beersheba Springs in the Cumberland Mountains of Tennessee, giving her the opportunity to study the mountains and mountain people more closely.

By the 1870s she had begun writing stories for Appleton's Journal under the penname of "Charles Egbert Craddock" and by 1878 she was contributing to the Atlantic Monthly. It was not until seven years later, in May 1885, that Murfree divulged that she was Charles Egbert Craddock to Thomas Bailey Aldrich, an editor at the Atlantic Monthly. Murfree visited the Montvale Springs resort near Knoxville, from 1886. Although she became known for the realism of her accounts, in fact she was from a wealthy family and would have had little contact with the local people while staying at the resorts.

Fiction

 * In the Tennessee Mountains (1884) (eight stories on the life and character of the Tennessee mountaineer)(e-book at Documenting the American South)
 * Where the Battle Was Fought (1884)
 * Down the Ravine (1885)
 * The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains (1885)(e-book at Documenting the American South)
 * In the Clouds (1886)
 * The Despot of Broomsedge Cove (1888)
 * The Story of Keedon Bluffs (1887)
 * In the "Stranger People's" Country (1891)
 * His Vanished Star (1894)
 * The Juggler (1897)
 * The Story of Old Fort Loudon (1898)
 * The Champion (1902)
 * A Spectre of Power (1903)
 * The Frontiersmen (1904) (e-book at Project Gutenberg)
 * The Storm Centre (1905)
 * The Amulet (1906)
 * The Windfall (1907)
 * The Fair Mississippian (1908)
 * The Ordeal: A Mountain Romance of Tennessee (1912)
 * The Story of Duciehurst: A Tale of the Mississippi (1914)

Short fiction

 * The Phantoms of the Footbridge and Other Stories (1895)
 * The Mystery of Witch-Face Mountain and Other Stories (1895)
 * The Young Mountaineers (1897)
 * The Bushwhackers and Other Stories (1899)
 * Civil War Stories (contributor, 1900)
 * The Raid of the Guerilla and Other Stories (1912)

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Talk:Robert Fuchs (composer)

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Hrm. I have keys and etc. for the other violin sonatas (well, they're also now available on two Thorofon CDs as of the last month, but got the information out of Cobbett's Cyclopedia - sonata #2 op 33 in D, sonata #3 op 68 in d, 4 in E op 77, 5 in A op 95 ) and I'm pretty sure that Fuchs didn't teach Strauss. (I wrote that he did on a webpage myself once, but was mistaken...) Wish someone would record the operas and the mass (there may be a few- someone sent me a midi of a Kyrie from one of them, once, which was, I think, in d; the mass op 108 I see reference to is in G maj) but the former would probably take a deal of money. There's also a double bass sonata op 97 and three pieces for that combination op 96, a harp solo work op 85, and some assorted piano and 2-piano(?) works (also the two piano quartets, op 15 in g and op 75 in b) and the piano trios op 22 in C and op 72 in Bb. Have heard the first mvt of op 72, which is very fine I think...) Schissel 03:49, 13 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Note - since the person who seems to have created almost all the content of this page seems to no longer have a W account, it may be as well if I make these changes??... Schissel 02:10, 15 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Four or five string quartets?
At http://www.onb.ac.at (the Austrian national library) under an author search for Fuchs, Robert- fairly sure this is the same Robert Fuchs, the others having different jobs and not known to be composers on the side...

 * 5. [Streich-] Quartett. [Partitur.] ("Amont, 2.9.1925")
 * 17 Bl.
 * Kf. H. Böck 1953
 * Autogr.

??? Assuredly not a new discovery, but not included in the Minguet edition, or in Grove, or... how odd! Schissel | Sound the Note! 14:03, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

THE reason his compositions did not become better known?
This statement "The reason his compositions did not become better known was largely that he did little to promote them" is way too decisive. Fuchs may not have don much to promote his works, but, and mentioned later in the article, others promoted them for him. Besides, no composer promotes his/her works after his/her death, yet many composers' works do succeed post mortem, and Fuchs's have not. So this is most probably NOT the reason.

I believe that, in spite of Brahms's compliments and others' promotions, the works may not have appealed very strongly to audiences. That's all. 93.172.30.111 (talk) 07:50, 23 May 2023 (UTC)

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Radio 1 Sessions (Big Country album)

Radio 1 Sessions is the second live album released by the Scottish band Big Country, released in 1994.

Track listing

 * 1) "Close Action" (Big Country) – 3:45
 * 2) "Heart and Soul" (Big Country) – 4:48
 * 3) "Harvest Home" (Adamson, Big Country) – 4:06
 * 4) "Angle Park" (Adamson, Big Country, Watson) – 4:05
 * 5) "Inwards" (Big Country) – 4:17
 * 6) "1000 Stars" (Big Country) – 4:21
 * 7) "Porroh Man" (Big Country) – 7:28
 * 8) "Close Action" (Big Country) – 3:55

Personnel

 * Stuart Adamson - guitar, vocals
 * Mark Brzezicki - drums, percussion
 * Tony Butler - bass, vocals
 * Bruce Watson - guitar, vocals

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dikky

Dikky
Delete. According to a friend of mine, this is the story of Varg Vikernes, except many of the names have been nonsensically changed. Someone trying to be funny. -- Antaeus Feldspar 03:50, 13 Oct 2004 (UTC)

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Joel Whitburn

Joel Carver Whitburn (November 29, 1939 – June 14, 2022) was an American author and music historian, responsible for setting up the Record Research, Inc. series of books on record chart placings.

Early life
Joel Carver Whitburn was born in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, on November 29, 1939. He started collecting records in his teens, first subscribed to Billboard in 1953, and when the Hot 100 was introduced in 1958 started recording the chart placings of records on index cards. After graduating from Menomonee Falls High School in 1957, he attended Elmhurst College and the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, but did not receive a degree from either institution.

Career
Whitburn worked on record distribution for RCA in the mid 1960s, using his chart statistics to inform radio stations, before founding his own company, Record Research, Inc., in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, in 1970. He put together a team of researchers to examine in detail all of Billboard's music and video charts, and set up a licensing arrangement with Billboard.

Since then, Record Research has published reference books based on data from the various popular music charts and to date has published over 200 books, 50 of which are in the Record Research catalog. His research extends from 1890 to the present and covers many genres. Featuring each recording's peak position, date charted, weeks charted, label and information, and trivia on recordings and artists, Whitburn's books are used extensively by the entertainment industry (especially radio DJs) and music fans worldwide.

His flagship publication was Top Pop Singles, which covers the history of Billboard's popular singles charts, primarily the Billboard Hot 100. The most recent edition, Top Pop Singles 1955–2018, was released in June 2019. Whitburn was also the author of the series Top 40 Hits, published by Billboard Books. The ninth edition, covering the years 1955 to 2009, was published in 2012.

Personal life
Whitburn was an avid collector of phonograph records, with extensive collections in his underground vaults. His collection includes a copy of nearly every 78-rpm record, 45-rpm single, LP, and compact disc to reach the Billboard charts. In 2013, his collection was estimated to contain over 200,000 singles.

Whitburn was married to Frances (née Mudgett), and they had a daughter, Kim. He died at his home in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, at the age of 82 on June 14, 2022.

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General Electric LM6000

The General Electric LM6000 is a turboshaft aeroderivative gas turbine engine. The LM6000 is derived from the CF6-80C2 aircraft turbofan. It has additions and modifications designed to make it more suitable for marine propulsion, industrial power generation, and marine power generation use. These include an expanded turbine section to convert thrust into shaft power, supports and struts for mounting on a steel or concrete deck, and reworked controls packages for power generation. It has found wide use including peaking power plants, fast ferries and high speed cargo ship applications.

Design and development
The LM6000 provides 54,610 shp from either end of the low-pressure rotor system, which rotates at 3,600 rpm. This twin spool design with the low pressure turbine operating at 60 Hz, the dominant electrical frequency in North America, eliminates the need for a conventional power turbine. Its high efficiency and installation flexibility make it ideal also for a wide variety of utility power generation and industrial applications, especially peaker and cogeneration plants.

GE has several option packages for industrial LM6000s, including SPRINT (Spray Inter-Cooled Turbine), water injection (widely known as "NOx water"), STIG (Steam Injected Gas Turbine) technology and DLE (Dry Low Emissions) which utilizes a combustor with premixers to maximize combustion efficiency. The SPRINT option is designed to increase efficiency and power of the turbine, while the water injection, STIG and DLE are for reducing emissions. An alternative form of power augmentation is Evaporative Cooling, which is a water fogging system that sprays a fine mist of water into the inlet air before the air filters. This system is high maintenance and may be replaced by chillers in newer units. The SPRINT system injects demineralized water into the engine either upstream of the low pressure compressor or between the low pressure and high pressure compressors. The water injection system injects water into the primary or secondary fuel nozzle inputs, usually on natural gas fired engines.

The GE LM6000 PC is rated to provide more than 43 MW with a thermal efficiency of around 42% LHV at ISO conditions. With options, this can be increased to around 50 MW rated power.

Applications
Over 1000 LM6000 gas turbines shipped and over 21 million hours of operation. Applications include power generation for combined cycle or peak power. Other applications include combined heat and power for industrial and independent power producers.

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Canine Good Citizen

The Canine Good Citizen (CGC) program, established in 1989, is an American Kennel Club program to promote responsible dog ownership and to encourage the training of well-mannered dogs. A dog and handler team must take a short behavioral evaluation of less than half an hour; dogs who pass the evaluation earn the Canine Good Citizen certificate, which many people represent after the dog's name, abbreviating it as CGC; for example, "Fido, CGC".

The evaluation consists of ten objectives. All items must be completed satisfactorily or the team fails. Test items include:
 * Accepting a friendly stranger.
 * Sitting politely for petting.
 * Allowing basic grooming procedures.
 * Walking on a loose lead.
 * Walking through a crowd.
 * Sitting and lying down on command and staying in place.
 * Coming when called.
 * Reacting appropriately to walking by a dog and person.
 * Reacting appropriately to distractions.
 * Calmly enduring supervised separation from the owner.

Evaluators sometimes combine elements during the actual test. If a dog fails the test initially, owners can continue training with their dog and retake for the test in the future.

If all ten objectives are met, the handler can apply for a certificate and special dog pet tag from the AKC stating that the dog has earned the CGC.

Dogs do not have to be registered with the AKC to earn a CGC, nor do they have to be purebred or, in fact, registered with any canine organization. The goal is to promote good citizenship for all dogs.

Since its inception, the CGC program has become the model for similar programs around the world, is the backbone of other exams, such as those given for therapy dogs, and is a good starting point for more advanced dog training.

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