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For the purposes of this discussion, this is the last version of the vote page prior to the promotion: 04:12, 13 Oct 2004 Raul654 Rights for user "Neutrality" set "+sysop"

Promotion of Neutrality
Raul654 - Please reply and provide a synopsis as to how you came to your "83% (normalized)" consensus determination to promote Neutrality in this nomination. I informed you of three suspected votes on the support side. I come up with a percentage of 76-77% myself, and considering that the opposition stances were very well documented, I think we need to know why you (who voted "support") promoted him. I think this shows poor judgement on such a close case, as I think getting outside bureaucrat advice (even if you didn't heed Cecropia's) would have been better than simply promoting with no explanation. -- Netoholic @ 04:33, 2004 Oct 13 (UTC)
 * Even before this comment was made, I made a comment discussing my thoughts on the matter at Wikipedia talk:Requests for adminship. →Raul654 04:35, Oct 13, 2004 (UTC)
 * I'd like follow-up discussion to happen here, if possible. This could get quite long. My main question is how you "normalized" the numbers?  Whose votes are you counting?
 * Also of interest to me is why you felt it necessary to involve yourself only after Neutrality withdrew his nomination. You contacted him only after that to let him know you intended to admin him. -- Netoholic @ 04:45, 2004 Oct 13 (UTC)
 * It's very easy to see that you just don't want Neutrality to be promoted. The margin is very high, at 77% for support, 21% for opposition and 2% for abstention. Mike H 05:05, Oct 13, 2004 (UTC)
 * I'd like to respectally add that, as a bureaucrat, Raul654 has discretion in these decisions, and is under no obligation to share his reasonings or whose votes he did or did not consider with anyone, including Netoholic. blankfaze |  (беседа!)  05:26, 13 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * He is absolutely under an obligation to explain his reasoning if it is reasonably questioned. Pcb21| Pete 07:32, 13 Oct 2004 (UTC)

I'm a little confused by all of this: func(talk) 05:23, 13 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * 1) There are 17 "active" Bureaucrats. If a Bureaucrat chooses to cast a vote one way or another, shouldn't they then recuse themselves from being the "promoter", and allow one of the others to perform that job?
 * 2) Isn't it a bit nutty that a single individual decides if consensus has been reached. Surely it would not be too much of a hardship for at least 3 Bureaucrats to reach a best out of 3 determination of consensus, especially in an obviously contentious decision (less than 80%), and especially when one of the Bureaucrats has cast a vote.
 * 3) All of this seems... unseemly, especially after Raul654 choose to contact Neutrality after Neutrality choose to withdraw.
 * As for your "unseemly" comment, I don't really see how... The way I perceived it was Raul654 was planning on promoting Neutrality, as time was almost up, and the nomination was well within the margins of success, and then was confused when Neutrality removed the nomination. blankfaze |  (беседа!)  05:26, 13 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * OK on point 3. func(talk) 05:30, 13 Oct 2004 (UTC)

I concur wholeheartedly with func on points 1 and 2 above. Acegikmo1 05:34, 13 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Personally, I think what Func is proposing is a form of instruction creep. A better solution would be to promote fewer bureaocrats (we have more than enough already). And, just for the record, this is all speculative. What I did was fully in line with policy as it currently exists. →Raul654 05:42, Oct 13, 2004 (UTC)

 * OK on point 2. "Instruction creep" is a very strange name, but the point is clear. Too much bureaucracy can get silly. I am still uncomfortable with someone both voting and promoting in a contentious decision. It seems a clear conflict of interest. I'm not questioning whether or not policy was followed, I'm questioning the policy itself, (admittedly, this probably isn't the best page on which to do so). func(talk) 05:49, 13 Oct 2004 (UTC)

 * I agree that your promotion of Neutrality was justified. But I also think that this was a case in which two different bureaucrats may have acted differently.  There needs to be a better mechanism for dealing with such a situation.  Acegikmo1 05:56, 13 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Since I contacted Raul654 on this, I'll put in my two cents. My objection was the fear that this would start another battle royal for reasons I stated to him. There is no question in my mind that he acted in good faith and within guidelines. He decided promotion was appropriate and was willing to defend his reasoning—as I have pontificated from time to time, this is the heart of management. the community has expressed explicitly that this is what they want bureaucrats to do. As an aside, if we have to scare up extra bureaucrats to make promotions, no one will ever get promoted! -- Cecropia | explains it all ® 13:29, 13 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Neutrality did not have the requisite number of votes. Nor did Raul654 explain how he came to give Neutrality adminship, or how he came up with the 83% figure, when the actual figure is closer to 70. Therefore, the adminship should be withdrawn. -- Xed 16:10, 13 Oct 2004 (UTC)

 * Policy was followed, withdrawing adminship would set a bad precedent for ignoring policy. I do think, however, that a firmer set of rules (or "instruction creep", whatever), should be considered for the future. Various users have repeatedly said that "adminship is no big deal...", well guess what, it clearly is, and as Wikipedia grows larger and larger, the tasks of the admins and bureaucrats are only going to become more and more important. It is important to think about setting precedent for the future... and I don't think a very good example was set here. func(talk) 16:54, 13 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * It would be in Neutrality's interests to withdraw himself, since many (including me) will not take him seriously as an administrator after this debacle. Xed 17:16, 13 Oct 2004 (UTC)

 * Why don't you just add him to your "Rogue Admin" list, that should solve the problem. ;-) Jayjg 17:47, 13 Oct 2004 (UTC)

 * Hmm, I made Wik's list, too bad Wik is no longer maintaining it :) Pakaran. 17:52, 13 Oct 2004 (UTC)

 * People, the whole point about voting for something is to determine a majority. Now I don't know what the criteria are for a successful vote. Is it a clear majority? If so then Neutrality has won the vote. If it requires a higher vote then it seems he got at least 3/4 of the vote which would win most organisational votes even in situations where a higher majority is required. If the concern is that serious objections should be weighted higher than serious support (like a "black ball" in a club membership vote) then is that policy? I have nothing personal against Neutrality and my only contacts have been pleasant. I initially voted for Neutrality and then withdrew my vote after seeing some significant anger and condescension. I felt that was not a good combination in an admin who is, by their position, likely to have abuse hurled at them, usually by the newer members. However, if the vote has gone Neutrality's way then good luck to him and let us all get on with it and accept it. Ongoing hostility towards Neutrality will not help the project. Personally I have no problem with the decision. I disagree with it but it has occurred. If it has followed the rules then I am happy to accept it. I didn't realize that Neutrality had withdrawn his nomination. Perhaps he has learnt from this feedback, which has been fairly brutal, and that may make him more even tempered and more humble in future disputes. We all grow. Why don't we all get behind Neutrality and support him. Basically Neutrality is a nice person, but he does seem a little insecure and does get hostile when this insecurity is attacked. If we all support him then he will feel more secure and less likely to be hostile and condescending. As he progresses as an admin and gains more confidence then hopefully this will translate into more sensitivity. It's simple really. If you support the project as a whole then support the decision and the person in that position. --CloudSurfer 18:37, 13 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * The requirements for promotion are generally considered to be 75 percent and above; some think that adminship should have a lower requirement, while others think it should be higher. [[User:Neutrality|Neutrality (hopefully!)]] 19:39, Oct 13, 2004 (UTC)
 * I believe it's 80. You didn't make the grade. Xed 19:43, 13 Oct 2004 (UTC)

 * If 75% is the rule, then at the very least, we shouldn't be using the word "consensus". Its connotation is of near- almost total- support. Wikipedia has to be the only place in the world where ignoring 1/4 of all votes would be considered "consensus". Note: I have nothing against Neutrality, I'm not really familiar with his edit history. I just think there was something wrong with how this vote went, from a policy point of view. func(talk) 19:49, 13 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * I agree, it was an archetypal example of the rules of Wikipedia being bent --- Xed 20:21, 13 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Re the concerns people had about user Neutrality - he's already starting to throw his weight about. I saw on his talk page that a reporter (Curtis Krueger St. Petersburg Times krueger@sptimes.com) had left a message asking people to tell him about The Wikipedia. I left a polite message and said: "You need to go to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Neutrality and check out "oppose" and also look at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Rex071404 and similar pages to get a clearer picture of user Neutrality Mr. Krueger."

Mr. Krueger also said: "... know anyone else who would be interested in talking to me today or tomorrow" and I said: "You might try user Rex071404. I don't know if he's interested but I'll put a note on his Wikipedia talk page.WikiUser 20:45, 14 Oct 2004 (UTC)"

I then found that Neutrality had taken control of my talk page restoring selectively many paragraphs I'd deleted and saying:

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Vandalism
Your vandalism of my userpage is not appreciated. I see you have a history of such actions. I advise you to stop this immediately, lest you find yourself blocked. Regards -- Neutrality (hopefully!) 21:46, Oct 14, 2004 (UTC)"

So he sees any comment he doesn't like as "vandalism" and threatens an immediate ban. I think we need to get up a petition re concern about his behaviour and try to have him de-selected as an Administrator. I feel he will drive new users away for example if he treats them this way. See my page for more tedious details at:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:WikiUser

I also don't like the conflict of interest of Jwrosenzweig and Raul654. In the Arbitration on Rex071404 They haven't finished their (mighty) judgement, yet they've already taken action against Rex071404 and not against Neutrality and -when they haven't finished judging the case- gone off and voted for Neutrality to be an Administrator. They should withdraw from either the voting or the Arbitration case, they can't do both. Seeems like a conflict of interest to me:

"26. Support -- Neutrality's obviously deserving and dedicated. ... ...I trust Neutrality to keep this in mind, and have great faith in N's ability to be a trustworthy admin. Jwrosenzweig  20:02, 6 Oct 2004 (UTC)"

By the way he also says: "but I hope N. will consider being extra careful when interacting with new users, especially if admin powers are invoked"

Some hopes! WikiUser 19:33, 15 Oct 2004 (UTC)

What the...? Please allow me to make sure I understand this: a reporter asked a Wikipedia user for information about the project, and you decided to point him in the direction of a contentious internal policy decision??? WikiUser: what you did was pure vandalism. Neutrality acted in an entirely correct manner with regards to your actions. You choose to make your personal grudge reflect badly on the Wikipedia project in front of a reporter. That's just idiotic. If I have misrepresented what you did, please let me know. func(talk) 20:19, 15 Oct 2004 (UTC)

You've edited the wrong section. Now everyone will have to use "edit whole page" link. You're breaking the personal abuse Guidelines by saying my edit was vandalism. I have no personal grudge, that's also personal abuse as it's a lie. You haven't accused all the other 17 voters against Neutrality of having a personal grudge. Looks like you've got a personal grudge against me from the record then. " and you decided to point him in the direction of a contentious internal policy decision???" Bless gracious! Look how can you have the nerve to come on here with this nonsense? The Request For Arbitration and Neutrality's talk page are secret? Come off it. I'm -like all Wikipedia users- in the general public same as this reporter is. No part of Wikipedia is secret. Sectret from who? Yes you've mis-represented what I did.WikiUser 20:33, 15 Oct 2004 (UTC)

WikiUser "Vote" and Remarks
I moved these from the project page since the nomination is finished. That page should be left "as-is" for the historical record -- Cecropia | explains it all ®

 * 1) WikiUser 20:51, 13 Oct 2004 (UTC)I strongly oppose. People who want to know more about the way Neutrality operates on The Wikipedia should see the request for arbitration he's involved in against Rex071404 at:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Rex071404

See the evidence page and related pages too. Unfortunately "related pages" here means many pages and thousands of lines to read. I haven't read all the material involved, but have read thousands of line of it, and this is the reason I am against Neutrality being made an administrator. For example you'll see on the "John Kerry" history page (around 24th of july '04) that he removes several paragraphs and marks this as a minor edit. He also marks reverts as minor edits. I feel the things I've read on the above pages by him show he's not suited to the position and may drive away people that are new to the Wikipedia. I particularly don't like the way he and the other's are ganging-up against one person- in the way that often happens on discussion-boards.

I feel it's wrong of him not to mention the huge arbitration case at "questions for the candidate" - instead he says; "my Wikipedia experiences have been very positive".

And when he says; "The only serious conflict I've had was with a user that was severely disruptive. In the end the user was sanctioned by the Arbitration Committee and left Wikipedia.", if he means Rex071404 that's not true as has been shown to be the case.

I think he would fit in very well with the current "board of arbitrators" and you can't say worse than that.

I also don't think that Jwrosenzweig, Raul654 or any other arbitrator should be voting for him when they claim they haven't yet decided about the request for arbitration he's involved in. It means of course that they must already have pre-judged the issue, in their friend's favour - by definition.

Censorship of a Newbie
I have only just completed my 48 hours sentence imposed on me by this candidate.

While I now know that I should not contribute in the area of my expertise, it gave a Newbie to WikiPedia a sour introduction to the process. I was ambushed with accusation and no detail on claims of 'self promotion' and 'Link Spamming'. This in response for attempting to fill the void on that topic.

I respect the establishment of the wikipedia process. But I beg for it's own legacy that wikipedia treat volunteers with due respect and understanding. weide 03:59, 5 Dec 2004 (UTC) ref: Talk:Republican_Party_%28United_States%29


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Michael Ballam

Michael Lynn Ballam (born August 21, 1951) is an American opera singer, educator, and arts administrator.

He is the founding general director of Utah Festival Opera and a professor of music at Utah State University. He has served on the faculty of the Music Academy of the West, where he also studied, and as a guest lecturer at Stanford, Yale, Catholic University, and Manhattan School of Music.

Early life and education
Michael Ballam was born in Logan, Utah to Grant Lamb Ballam, a pharmacist, and his wife, Marianne Fullmer. He was raised in River Heights, a town adjacent to Logan. Ballam credits his great-grandfather, an immigrant from Denmark, as an inspiration for his pursuit of music and Latter-day Saint Christianity.

In 1956, he made his stage debut at Logan's Capitol Theatre, now the Ellen Eccles Theatre. He attended Sky View High School in the neighboring town of Smithfield, where he was cast as Wang Ta in Flower Drum Song and Billy Bigelow in Carousel, among others. After graduation, he attended the nearby Utah State University to pursue a degree in music education. He continued to sing in musical theater productions and expanded his repertoire to include opera, oratorio, and concert recital works.

At the age of 24, Ballam became the youngest recipient of a Doctor of Music with Distinction in the history of Indiana University. At Indiana, his ten roles performed included Andres in Wozzeck, the title role in The Tales of Hoffmann, and Rodolfo in La bohème. In 1976, he was the first student to perform the title role in Parsifal.

Professional work
Ballam has performed with many national houses, including the San Francisco, Metropolitan, Houston Grand, Washington National, San Diego, and Michigan Operas. In 1978, he premiered the role of Beelzebub in Penderecki's opera Paradise Lost at Chicago Lyric Opera. Ballam also premiered the role of Coyote in Mollicone's 1998 opera Coyote Tales.

Ballam's recital venues have included Kennedy Center, Carnegie Hall, Royal Albert Hall, Notre-Dame, and the Salt Lake Tabernacle. Ballam has also performed as a soloist at the White House and the Vatican.

As an actor, Ballam has starred in Clubhouse Detectives, as the Apostle Paul in the BYU Studios biopic The Chosen Vessel, as well as Lucifer in the 1990 temple film used in the endowment ordinance.

Ballam is also an oboist and pianist.

Illness
In 1987, Ballam was performing La Traviata in Caracas when he suddenly lost his ability to sing. He returned to his home in New York City and visited his ENT. After testing, Ballam was informed that the cause of his illness was a mystery and that he should prepare for a poor prognosis. Physicians in Denver and Houston provided similar perspectives. He returned to his family in Logan, Utah. It was later discovered that Ballam had suffered from a sinus infection that had progressed into his cranial cavity as a bone infection and subsequently into his lungs. Doctors operated on his skull and prescribed a regimen of antibiotics. Ballam recovered quickly.

Utah Festival Opera
When Ballam returned to Logan in 1987, he joined the music faculty of Utah State University. He was soon notified that the Capitol Theatre, where Ballam first performed as a child, was to be torn down to make room for a parking lot. Ballam ran a successful, multi-million dollar campaign to save, restore, and expand the building, which had fallen into disrepair. Upon completion, the theater had its name changed to the Ellen Eccles Theatre, honoring the community service and character of Ellen Stoddard Eccles (1867-1957) and her family. In subsequent years, Ballam has also led the restoration and renovation projects of several other historic cultural landmarks in Logan, Utah, including the Utah Theatre and the Dansante Building.

In 1992, Ballam founded Utah Festival Opera, which presented its first season in the summer of 1993. Since its inception, Ballam has stood as general director of the company, as well as one of its recurring performers. Most Utah Festival Opera productions are performed on the stages of the Ellen Eccles and Utah Theatres. The repertory company has continued to grow, now staging six shows and several concerts each summer.

For the 30th anniversary season in 2022, Ballam reprised his role as Cervantes/Don Quixote in Man of La Mancha.

Additional contributions
Ballam has authored over forty publications and recordings in international distribution, and produced/performed a weekly radio program on Utah Public Radio. He is frequently asked to hold lectures worldwide on the creative arts, more specifically music, and their interaction with the functions of the mind, their use in enhancing education, and as sources of therapy and motivation.

Ballam currently serves on the Board of Directors of several professional arts organizations.

Achievements

 * 1996: 100 Top Achievers in the State of Utah, awarded by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher
 * 2003: Artist Extraordinaire, appointed by Governor Olene Walker
 * 2007: Excellence in Community Teaching Award, given by the Daughters of the American Revolution
 * 2010: Gardner Award, given by the Utah Academy of Science, Arts & Letters, for “Significant Contributions in the Humanities to the State of Utah”
 * Honorary Life Membership to the Utah Congress of Parents and Teachers

Faith
Ballam is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He has written and lectured on the relationship between music and the doctrines of the Church. The Church created the position of "musical missionary-at-large" specifically for him.

In 1999, Ballam sang "Panis Angelicus" by Cesar Franck at the funeral of his friend and supporter, influential LDS author and historian Leonard J. Arrington. Ballam also sang for the 90th birthday celebration of LDS president Gordon B. Hinckley.

Family
Ballam's grandfather, Oral Ballam, was a veteran in World War II. When he returned to the United States, he was educated at Utah State University, and received an Ed. D. from UCLA. After graduation, he was granted a Ford Foundation Fellowship, which allowed him further study at Stanford and Columbia Universities. He was a public school administrator in Cache Valley before becoming a professor at USU in 1963. In 1969, he was appointed Dean of the College of Education, retiring in 1992.

Ballam is also descended from J. W. Summerhays, the patriarch of a musical dynasty in the Utah region and a singer himself. Summerhays emigrated from Europe as an LDS convert in 1866.

Michael's daughter, Vanessa, is a performer, stage director,  and former Miss Utah. She is also a theatre professor at Idaho State University and education director for Utah Festival Opera. Michael's son, Benjamin, whose mobility is affected by spina bifida, has appeared in some Utah Festival productions. Michael Ballam has four other children with his wife, Laurie. He currently resides in Logan, Utah.

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plays Lucifer
I removed this: "Latter-day Saints who have been to the temple will recognize him as one of the actors who plays Lucifer." I'm assuming it's talking about the endowment video, but I've not been endowed, so I don't know. I'm not so confident it's relevant or appropriate here. Cookiecaper 00:15, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Ballam's role as Lucifer in one of the temple films is definitely one of the things he's best known for within the LDS community. Is there a non-offensive way to mention it?

 * I've put the Lucifer reference back in, this time in more direct language so those who have not been endowed don't have to guess at the meaning. It contributes hugely to his notability in LDS circles, and I think it belongs in the article. Pterodactyler 16:36, 11 August 2005 (UTC)

 * How about this: "Ballam is widely recognized among Latter-day Saints because of an appearance in a video shown in LDS temples." A10brown (talk) 14:51, 2 October 2009 (UTC)

Anyone have a wp:RS reference for this? -- 208.81.184.4 (talk) 17:09, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

NPOV? Reads like promo material
This article sounds like Michael Ballam himself wrote it! (Those who know or have met him, will know what I'm talking about. :) ) In other words, it does not read like a Wikipedia article... it sounds more like someone is trying to sell Michael Ballam to us. - 97.117.57.136 (talk) 20:03, 5 September 2008 (UTC)

 * If you go to his personal page listed in the external links, you'll see that his bio is almost exactly the same... just longer. It's no surprise given how much he loves to talk about himself. Also, the thing about his lectures being highly popular is... questionable to say the least. I took Creative Arts 1330 at USU with him a few years ago and... well... let's just say that I was grateful when I got swine flu so that I didn't have to go to his class. I know I'm not the only former student to feel that way. 67.186.192.21 (talk) 03:28, 27 August 2012 (UTC)

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We need a disambiguation page and a new entry for "The Buffalo Skinners" Not sure of its origins, but it appeared in early 20th century cowboy song collections and was recorded here and there. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.108.80.100 (talk) 04:53, 20 December 2009 (UTC)

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Puppet
Where did Smigel get the puppet?

Star Wars
This is easily the best-known Triumph sketch. Why is it not featured more prominently in the article?

Triumph Vs. Pets.com Dog
According to the Answers web site, Pets.com didn't sue Triumph the Insult Comic Dog because he infringed on their trademark; Triumph was actually sued for defamation of character, resulting from repeated accusations that the Pets.com dog was just a rip-off of the Conan O'Brien character. I'd heard this from other sources as well, so that's what I'm inclined to beleive. M.Neko

 * The pets.com article has a referance saying Smidel sued pets.com first and they responded with a counter suit. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.107.135.210 (talk) 18:21, 18 September 2008 (UTC)

It appears editors of this page or the Pets.com page have a vested interested in making one look good over the other - conflicting accounts on who sued whom first. Don't know why 'Pets.com' would feel the need to damage control since they no longer exist and they actually have at least one source last I saw so... 2601:87:4400:AF2:E97D:E2CF:E42C:EFA1 (talk) 04:28, 7 April 2019 (UTC)

Triumph's Accent
Slavic? I thought of of it as Latin/Hispanic...? Krupo 04:41, Oct 13, 2004 (UTC)

Smigel has stated that is a Russian accent, to some extent an impression of his Grandfather.

He's called the Hungarian Insult dog, take a wild guess

--By whom is he called the Hungarian Insult Dog?

--This is an excellent discussion... FOR ME TO POOP ON!

--Looks like Krupo has never heard a latin accent. I'm spanish and I say: that accent must be russian or something, that way of pronouncing the R is not spanish at all.

--In the recent Inside the Actor's Studio with Conan O'Brien, Conan said that it was a "Russian woman's voice". Can't be arsed to actually cite it and such, so I'll just leave this tidbit here if anyone wants it. --132.170.125.87 (talk) 16:43, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

Robert Smigel interview in Time Magazine on Nov. 24, 2000:

Q: Why was that thick-accented voice the one you decided to go with?

A: Yeah, Triumph is a Borscht Belt comic, but he talks like he's from eastern Europe. Very tangled web. When I was 10 years old, that's the voice I gave to dogs. I think because my grandparents talked in that accent.

Q: And they had dogs?

A: No. [laughs] The awful explanation I have is like I subconsciously compare dogs with eastern European immigrants because they both come over, they both enter the world with wide-eyed wonder, they're both just a step behind what's going on — at first anyway. So I just imagine a dog talking "Oh, look at all of this! I can't believe it!" So every dog on this show has an eastern European accent. They are all the same accent, just different voices. Just like real dogs.

Fresh Air interview
Smigel further explains the "eastern European" accent of his dog characters around 4:10 of the following interviews: / edg ☺ ☭ 11:23, 8 July 2011 (UTC)
 * If the accent is intended to be "eastern European", then Smigel pretty much sucks at doing accents. My grandparents are east European, and to me Triumph's accent always sounded like a caricature of a Mexican/central American accent.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.89.176.249 (talk) 03:01, 12 February 2019 (UTC)

Maybe your opinion is an opinion. It's intended to be Russian - are your relatives Russian? Does it really matter? I don't think it does. 2601:87:4400:AF2:E97D:E2CF:E42C:EFA1 (talk) 04:31, 7 April 2019 (UTC)

Triumph's Breed
Looks more like a Rottweiler to me. I belive the hand puppet that is Triumph was onc sold a s a Rottweiler puppet.

Article Title: Comma Needed?
This is a very picky point, I know, but WP is the only place I've ever seen "Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog" with the comma. Perhaps this article should be moved to the commaless title? Or am I being too pedantic? Telestylo 07:50, 18 November 2005 (UTC)

Confrontation with Eminem?
You should put more details. What did he actually say that made them edit it out of the reruns? user:gwat

2004 election
triumph did a bit where he skewered everyone in spin alley during the 2004 election season. It's one of his best bits. Why is it not mentioned?

Québec Bashing
I'd just like to add, as a long-time quebecois fan of Conan's show, that the little scandal with that Québec city episode was more about the show receiving a million in government money to tape in Toronto  as a city p.r. event following the SARS crisis. Oh yeah, and the sketch was just... I dunno, but I'me sure i never seen a french beret in my home town. Altough I saw a tuque, once.

 * Faut dire que les Américains, tsé, c'est pas très calé en ce qui concerne les cultures hors-étatsunisiennes... Depuis le temps que je les vois nous dépeindre en beret et veste bleue, buvant du vin, serrant des accordéons, mangeant des escargots... Trucs qui des fois ne sont même plus français, sans parler de canadiens. Laodah 07:46, 9 February 2021 (UTC)

Debut
I seem to remember his debut being one of a number of sketches on Conan where they would field some new characters for the coming year. Triumph was one of them and every joke ended with "for me to poop on". I think "pimpbot" and the controversial "camel-toe Annie" had a similar origin.

- Also Conan says that it was Attack of the Nerds that was first real sketch, not dog show.

Criticism
Okay, I've just submitted the following entry and had it deleted in about 30 seconds by self-proclaimed net-cop Meeples:

"Many of Trimphs clips contain very obvious changes in ambient audio levels and background noise, a clear indication of post-production dubbing. These sound-bytes typically contain humorous comebacks and often occur mid-sentence or in response to statements made by members of the public, thus suggesting that Smigel's comedic skill isn't quite as spontaneous as he would have his audience believe."

I have no intention of starting a debate on the ethics of such conduct, but the fact that it does so obviously occur in numerous Trimph clips is a perfectly valid point to make. Much of Triumphs humor lies in the fact that it is presented as being spontaneous. Such deliberate video manipulation calls into question the authenticity of the clips, a quality that Wikipedia itself aspires to.

Meeples, I appreciate the efforts people such as yourself make to maintain the standard of Wikipedia articles. I would also appreciate it if in future you provide more details as to your reasons. At the very least, something a little more substantial than a pithy accusation of it being "nonsense". —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 203.82.183.148 (talk) 08:52, 31 December 2006 (UTC).

 * That sounds interesting, but it's your original research. That would be acceptable only if you have more facts and sources to support your research. --Svetovid 12:27, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

 * : I'm really interested in your methodology, can you elaborate on how you determined which lines were ADRed because they were re-written afterwards and which lines were ADRed because of bad sound and which lines were ADRed to compress time but accurately represented things he said? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.112.166.75 (talk) 18:12, 4 February 2020 (UTC)

living person
should triumph be classified as a living person biography, my reasoing is 1. he is a character of a living person and 2. he is at times controversial so it might be good to have the same restrictions.

 * I think him not being alive, or a person, could present a logical problem there. Also why is he in "Fictional Hispanics"? Bender (Futurama) would fit, although I just added him to Fictional Mexicans instead, but when did Triumph say he was Hispanic?--T. Anthony 13:08, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Terri Gross interview
Triumph appeared on Fresh Air to mock Bill O'Reilly's appearance on the same show. I'll see if I can find the date of his appearance.

Bon Jovi tour: Triumph the Earth 2000
Bon Jovi have never had a tour called "Triumph the Earth 2000". —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ninaa1988 (talk • contribs) 17:23, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

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Accent
as a non native English-speaker myself, I still seem to find that he's got some English accent, is that Scottish? Irish? or just,well, Doggish? If he speaks in some accent at all, it would be good for someone who knows which one, to point it out in the article. Mountolive  group using a loop of another pop group 15:24, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Did you not see this section on this very same Talk page, above? --anon.141.149.52.9 (talk) 03:07, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

whats with all the eminem related vandalism
didnt eminems confrontation with this puppet occur about 10 years ago? did something else happen to offend eminem fans? badmachine (talk) 08:12, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

Two sub-sections on Westminster shows
Merge 'em?  Purpleback pack  89  ≈≈≈≈  03:54, 8 November 2011 (UTC)

done 107.142.107.47 (talk) 21:25, 22 June 2016 (UTC)

Blackwolf the Dragonmaster
Why does it seem that Blackwolf the Dragonmaster is the secondary subject of this article. Can we remove those portions dealing with him? --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 16:55, 18 November 2012 (UTC)

Requested move 23 June 2017

 * The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the move request was: The page has been moved as per consenus. — usernamekiran (talk)  19:10, 8 July 2017 (UTC)

Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog → Triumph the Insult Comic Dog – Most sources do not use the comma, including NBC's 2004 "about" page for Late Night with Conan O'Brien. Similarly, this 2004 Entertainment Weekly article and the character's official Facebook page. Arbor to SJ (talk) 18:31, 23 June 2017 (UTC) --Relisting.   Anarchyte  ( work  |  talk )  09:34, 1 July 2017 (UTC)

 * Support, per WP:COMMONAME and consistency with, for example, Spot the Dog. — Amakuru (talk) 14:01, 30 June 2017 (UTC)

 * Support per nom and User:Amakuru. I'm not sure how relevant Spot the Dog is, as it is a book series title.  However, it appears that other entries in Category:Puppets are all titled sans comma as well.  —  AjaxSmack  14:31, 1 July 2017 (UTC)
 * It's relevant because the WP:MOS is a sitewide guideline. If it's acceptable to omit the comma there, then it's acceptable to omit it here. Not that without the comma either of those two phrases *could* be parsed as an imperative. "Triumph the Insult Comic Dog!" "Spot the Dog!" yes, go on on. Do both those things. Normal usage doesn't require us to make that distinction with a comma though. — Amakuru (talk) 11:26, 8 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Support per nomination, Amakuru and AjaxSmack. —Roman Spinner (talk)(contribs) 02:43, 2 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Support per common name and consistency with similar articles. ╠╣uw [ talk ] 09:48, 5 July 2017 (UTC)

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POV
At the moment the tone of this seems very US-government POV. Any criticisms of missile defense to be inserted? --Martpol, 11:36, 6 Feb 2005
 * Criticisms are in the National Missile defense page. This is only an outline of the current Agency. Bkkeim2000 (talk) 04:29, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

Future of MDA
Aditya.m4 (talk) 08:38, 20 December 2009 (UTC)
 * UAV energy relay systems
 * Hybrid counter-measures (Electronic/Analog)
 * Atmospheric control (Nimbus)
 * Subwavelength gravity collimation (Gravity slingshot effect on energy beams)
 * Encryption and signatures of control systems

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FYI http://www.mda.mil/about/about.html —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.238.16.141 (talk) 14:35, 25 February 2010 (UTC)

Section "Potential Enemies of the United States"
Problem I see with this section, it is unclear what a potential enemy is. Is it a country which has the means of attacking the United States? Or is it a country which also has the inclination to do so?

It is easy to talk about who has the means to attack the US. Obviously a number of so-called "rogue states" have this ability; so too do some US allies like the UK or France; so do some other states whose intentions are somewhere more in the middle (e.g. China, Russia).

But, to ask who might have the inclination to attack the US, is really a lot of crystal-ballgazing. Even countries which have poor relations with the US (e.g. Iran or North Korea), it is unclear whether they would actually be sufficiently foolhardy or suicidal to actually launch an attack against the US, even if they have the ability and enmity to do so.

Anyways, I am uncomfortable with this whole section, but to start I have removed the following countries which were unreferenced:
 * Pakistan has Shaheen-III missiles
 * Cuba has a stockpile of missiles that are able to reach the USA.
 * China has nuclear missiles that can easily reach any part of America.
 * India is developing long range nuclear missiles capable of reaching America.

This list was problematic in that it mixed countries openly hostile to the US (e.g. Iran, North Korea) with China which is a competitor but not openly hostile, Pakistan which is officially an ally (even if there are some doubts about what it might be doing unofficially), and India (which nowadays is quite friendly to the US, even if it wasn't always so in the Cold War.) --SJK (talk) 08:06, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

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Mazda Savanna

The Mazda Savanna is a rotary-powered automobile sold by the Japanese manufacturer Mazda between 1971 and 1978. Between 1978 and 1991, spanning two generations, Mazda sold the Savanna replacement as the Mazda Savanna RX-7. Mazda exclusively used the Savanna nameplate in Japan. It was exported as the Mazda RX-3 in its first generation from 1971 to 1978, and as the Mazda RX-7 in its subsequent generations.

For the original 1971 version of Savanna, Mazda fitted its 10A rotary engine to the Mazda Grand Familia to create a separately marketed product sold in coupé, sedan, and station wagon guises. The engine was upgraded to the larger 12A rotary in the GT model introduced in September 1972, and eventually this became the standard engine across the entire range. Coupé sales accounted for over half of total sales, influencing the design and marketing of the second generation of Savanna. The subsequent two generations, released in 1978 and 1985 respectively, fitted the rotary engines to a unique coupe body that sold internationally as the Mazda RX-7.

The rotary engine had financial advantages to Japanese consumers in that the engine displacement remained below 1.5 litres, a significant determination when paying the Japanese annual road tax which kept the obligation affordable to most buyers, while having more power than the traditional inline engines.

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Talk:Blood poisoning

I agree that this article should be merged with Bacteriaemia and probably also with under the common name of Blood Poisoning or Septicaemia. Howevern, the tone of bohe aticles is very different. Blood poisoning is written n a more broadly accessible style while Bacteriaemia seems to have bee nwritten n a more professionall style. I think that we must find a balance between these two different styles....

Blood poisoning vs bacteremia
This section titled 'Blood poisoning' is now a redirect to bacteremia. However, the section on bacteremia states that bacteremia is different from blood poisoning, and links back to here. How can this be resolved?

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Al Indelicato

Alphonse "Al" Indelicato (February 25, 1931 – May 5, 1981), also known as Sonny Red, was an American mobster and caporegime in the Bonanno crime family who was murdered with Dominick Trinchera and Philip Giaccone for planning to overthrow Bonanno boss Philip Rastelli.

Early life
Alphonse Indelicato was born in New York City. Indelicato's family came from Sciacca, Italy, landed and became a naturalized citizen when living in Utica, New York. Indelicato was the father-in-law of Bonanno associate Salvatore Valenti and ex-son-in-law of Bonanno capo, bookmaker Charles Ruvolo. Indelicato was particularly fond of a pair of custom-made red leather cowboy boots, which may have been the source of his nickname "Sonny Red".

Indelicato is a nephew to Salvatore Falcone, a heroin trafficker. Indelicato was married first to Charles Ruvolo's unidentified daughter, with whom he fathered a son, Anthony "Bruno" Indelicato. Indelicato later married Margaret Elizabeth McFhadden, but the two later became estranged.

Indelicato was indicted in 1972 for the inquiry into the murder of Joe Gallo, but was released on $15,000 bail.

Planning a coup
Joseph Massino began jockeying for power with Dominick "Sonny Black" Napolitano, another Philip Rastelli loyalist capo, after the 1979 murder of Carmine Galante. Both men were themselves threatened by another faction seeking to depose the absentee boss led by capos Indelicato, Dominick "Big Trin" Trincera and Philip Giaccone. The Commission initially tried to maintain neutrality, but in 1981, Massino got word from his informants that the three capos were stocking up on automatic weapons and planning to kill the Rastelli loyalists within the Bonanno family to take complete control. Massino turned to Colombo crime family boss Carmine Persico and Gambino crime family boss Paul Castellano for advice; they told him to act immediately.

The three capos murder
On May 5, 1981, Massino loyalists shot and killed Indelicato, Trinchera, and Giaccone, in a Brooklyn night club. On the pretext of working out a peace agreement, Massino had invited them to meet with him at the 20/20 Night Club in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn. However, Massino's real plan was to assassinate the capos. The ambush was set in the club store room, with Salvatore Vitale and three other gunmen wearing ski masks hiding in a closet. One of the gunmen was mobster Vito Rizzuto, who came from Montreal with another Canadian mobster to help Massino. Massino told the men to avoid shooting wildly so that bullets wouldn't spray around the room. Massino also brought drop cloths and ropes for disposing of the bodies afterwards.

When the capos arrived at the 20/20, Massino and Bonanno mobster Gerlando Sciascia and Frank Lino escorted them to the store room. As the men entered the room, Sciascia brushed his hand through his hair, giving the prearranged signal. Vitale and gunmen rushed out of the closet, with Rizzuto yelling "it's a hold up". Massino immediately punched Giaccone, knocking him to the floor, and also stopping Indelicato from escaping. Giaccone got up and tried to run out of the room, but was blocked up against a wall with Trinchera. The gunmen killed Giaccone with a volley of submachine gun fire. They then turned their weapons on Indelicato and Trinchera. The three capos were unarmed, as was the rule when attending a peace meeting.

After the killings, the Bonanno gunmen transported the three bodies to a lot in Lindenwood, Queens, in an area known as The Hole.

The lot was a Gambino mob graveyard; Gambino capo John Gotti arranged for his men to bury the bodies there as a favor to Massino. A few weeks later, on May 28, authorities discovered Indelicato's body and removed it from the lot.

In October 2004, after some children reported finding a body in the Lindenwood lot, FBI agents excavated the property and discovered the bodies of Trinchera and Giaccone. Among the personal items they unearthed was a Piaget watch that had belonged to Giaccone's wife. In December 2004, the bodies were positively identified as Giaccone and Trinchera.

On June 23, 2005, Massino, then a government witness to avoid the death penalty, pleaded guilty to several murders including those of Giaccone, Trinchera, and Indelicato. He received two life sentences in prison. On May 4, 2007, after being extradited to the United States, Rizzuto pleaded guilty in a Brooklyn court to reduced charges in the murder of three capos and was sentenced to ten years in state prison.

After his father's murder, Indelicato's son, Anthony, went into hiding in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Massino wanted to kill him also, but he had missed the meeting. His father brought Lino instead, who was the sole survivor of the massacre. Lino, who had escaped, was quickly won over to Massino's side. Napolitano assigned associate Donnie Brasco, who he hoped to make a made man, to kill Indelicato. "Brasco", however, was in fact an undercover FBI agent named Joseph Pistone; shortly after the hit was ordered, Pistone's assignment was ended and Napolitano was informed of their infiltration.

In popular culture

 * In the 1997 film Donnie Brasco, Al Indelicato was portrayed by Robert Miano.
 * In the 2017 Canadian TV series Bad Blood, in a flashback, Sonny Red is portrayed by Joe Di Mambro.

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Mennonite Church (1683–2002)

The Mennonite Church (MC), also known as the Old Mennonite Church, was formerly the oldest and largest body of Mennonites in North America. It was a loosely-affiliated collection of Mennonite conferences based in the United States and Canada, mainly of Swiss and South German origin. The group dated to the settlement of Germantown in 1683 and included 112,311 members in North America in 1997. Many of the conferences that were considered part of the Old Mennonite Church participated in the Mennonite General Conference from 1898-1971 and the Mennonite General Assembly from 1971-2002. The Mennonite General Assembly voted to merge with the General Conference Mennonite Church at a joint session in Wichita, Kansas, in 1995. In 2002, the two groups merged and then divided along national lines into Mennonite Church USA and Mennonite Church Canada.

Origins
The conferences that made up the Mennonite Church originated from two groups, Mennonites and Amish.

Polity and ministry
The polity of the Mennonite Church varied because of influences of various originating groups and settlement patterns. It also changed over time. The basic pattern was a conference-based polity with conferences having authority over local congregations. Conferences had authority on doctrine and practice and could discipline ministers and congregations. Congregations selected ministers and owned church buildings. The parts of the Mennonite Church with Amish origin tended to give more authority over doctrine and practice to leaders of local congregations.

The traditional pattern of ministry was a plural unsalaried ministry with a bishop, preacher, and deacon. In many conferences, bishops were assigned to several congregations, though Amish-origin congregations often had a single bishop per congregation. In the 1950s and 1960s, this pattern began to change. Congregations began calling pastors to replace preachers. In the more progressive parts of the Mennonite church, these pastors were seminary-trained and salaried. The office of bishop was renamed as a superintendent or overseer in many conferences. The office of deacon declined in usage. By the 1990s, most of the conferences participating in Mennonite General Assembly had a pastor for each local congregation and district superintendents or overseers rather than traditional plural ministry, with the significant exception of the strong bishop system in Lancaster Mennonite Conference.

Participating conferences
In 1957, the conferences that participated in Mennonite General Conference were:

 * Franconia (no official delegates to General Conference)
 * Lancaster (no official delegates to General Conference)
 * Washington County, Maryland and Franklin County, Pennsylvania (no official delegates to General Conference)
 * Ontario
 * Virginia
 * Ohio and Eastern
 * Indiana and Michigan
 * Illinois
 * Allegheny
 * Iowa and Nebraska
 * South Central
 * Alberta and Saskatchewan
 * Pacific Coast
 * Conservative Mennonite (no official delegates to General Conference)
 * North Central
 * Ontario Amish Mennonite (no official delegates to General Conference)
 * South Pacific
 * Puerto Rico
 * India
 * Argentina

In 1997, the conferences that participated in Mennonite General Assembly were:

 * Allegheny Mennonite Conference
 * Atlantic Coast Conference of the Mennonite Church
 * Franconia Mennonite Conference
 * Franklin Mennonite Conference
 * Gulf States Mennonite Conference
 * Illinois Mennonite Conference
 * Indiana-Michigan Mennonite Conference
 * Iowa-Nebraska Conference of the Mennonite Church
 * Lancaster Mennonite Conference
 * Mennonite Conference of Eastern Canada
 * New York Mennonite Conference
 * Pacific Southwest Mennonite Conference
 * Puerto Rico Mennonite Conference
 * Rocky Mountain Mennonite Conference
 * South Central Mennonite Conference
 * Southeast Mennonite Conference
 * Virginia Mennonite Conference

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Wikipedia talk:Requests for comment/Reithy

Jerde: Reithy's personal attacks and talk page behavior are minor in comparison to his vandalism and reverting. If you really have no problem with his edits, I think you need to take another look. Look where he inserted false information such as "Pablo Escobar" and "Richard Nixon" as founders of the Libertarian Party, or where he changed the "History" section to "A History of Obscurity and Irrelevance." Rhobite 04:54, Oct 13, 2004 (UTC)

Reithy continues to vandalize Libertarian Party articles, and to list members of the party on Votes for deletion as "vanity". I have no particular interest in the articles per se, so far as I know I've never even read them, let alone edit them, but Reithy's behavior is unacceptable. RickK 23:47, Oct 13, 2004 (UTC)

"For my initial and subsequent efforts to write a more balanced article, I make no apology and will persist in making the article more balanced."

 * I would just like to point out that Reithy's initial effort to "write a more balanced article" was . RadicalSubversiv E 17:10, 14 Oct 2004 (UTC)

I belive that User:Chuckschneider User:Schweppes42 and more then likely User:144.132.89.151 and user:Guido1970 are also Reithy... as soon as reithy stops editing thoese first two take up the fight for his previous edits(schewppes, then scheweppes stop and chuck, then chuck stops and 144, then 144 becomes guido). all of them editing a contenious article right from the start that Reithy was vandazling, and all of them talking like Reithy talked in terms of his edits. Can an admin please compare ip's and check this?

 * Just adding in User:Luke Wilson to this list, a new account created just after Guideo1970 ceased activity that came on to Michael Badnarik and General Motors making the excat same edits that Reithy/Guido did, with the excat same reasonings and saying the excat same things in talk about anymonous users as his other persons had previously said. Is it even within wikipedia rules to create this many different account

 * This seems quite likely. However, it's worth pointing out that the author of the above is the IP for User:Chuck F, who himself is the target of an RFC for edit warring. He's persistently mixed it up with Reithy/Chuck/Schweppes/etc., but has also reverted perfectly good edits from non-vandals (including myself) while offering little explanation and ignoring comments on talk (see the edit history for United States Libertarian Party and Ron Paul). RadicalSubversiv E 17:34, 16 Oct 2004 (UTC)

 * It certainly does seem quite likely and is scandalous. ChuckF whose own request for comment page details reversions, POV and a failure to embrace the true value of libertarian thought is clearly in league with Reithy and various other identities who have come to be known as sockpuppets. ChuckF who has adopted more new IP addresses than a German in the 1950's with a Bolivian passport is going through a phase and needs to come to terms with Reithy and sock puppets. Neither Reithy nor ChuckF should be involved in editing the Ron Paul article or other articles they have a strong view about. Go and edit something else, otherwise you'll both go mad. Oh, too late. ReithySockPuppet 22:39, 17 Oct 2004 (UTC)

What next?
Are we going to bring this to arbitration? Protection can only last so long. Mediation won't help in this case. So what's the next step to resolving this so we can get on with business? Johnleemk | Talk 07:20, 19 Oct 2004 (UTC)

 * It would help if we could get official confirmation that all these accounts that have sprung up are in fact the same IP address as Reithy. If this went to arbitration, I'd prefer the case involve both Reithy and Chuck. While Reithy's original contributions were way beyond the pale, I think they both bear plenty of the responsibility for the latest bouts of edit warring. RadicalSubversiv E 07:27, 19 Oct 2004 (UTC)

 * Whether or not the sockpuppets are the original Reithy, they have been trolling Chuck and we need an official ruling on what to do about them. Rhobite 13:27, Oct 19, 2004 (UTC)


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User:Close2franco bizzarely moved the UNZ page to Registration form. This is just to say its been rv'd. Bobboy 04:55, 13 Oct 2004 (UTC)

I will add a cite for the secondary school qualifications once I find a suitable source. In the meantime please don't remove the Citation Needed tag. Mr Bluefin 10:57, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

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Manning, Alberta

Manning is a town in northern Alberta, Canada. It is known as the "Land of the Mighty Moose". It is located on Highway 35 on the Notikewin River, approximately 73 km north of Peace River.

Manning is a service centre for the local agriculture, forestry and gas industries. It also serves the nearby rural area within the County of Northern Lights including Deadwood, Hotchkiss, North Star and Notikewin.

History
The community of Manning sprung up as a result of growing agricultural development following the First World War as the Dominion government sought to provide land to returning soldiers to participate in the workforce. The Soldier Settlement Board provided incentives to veterans to begin farming unsettled tracts on the Battle River Prairie 75 km north of the Town of Peace River and west of the Peace River. By 1921 the district would have a population of 500 and the community of Battle River Prairie (later Notikewin) would grow as a regional hub. In the late-1920s the communities of Hotchkiss and North Star would spring up in the region.

The northern communities suffered from limited medical resources, which were facilitated by mobile clinics staffed with Registered Nurses. In 1928 nurse Mary Little was assigned to the region, and in 1929 she was replaced by Dr. Mary Percy who was recruited from England. Dr. Percy would serve the area until 1937 when the new hospital was completed.

The population continued to grow in the 1930s, with farmers moving from the drought-stricken regions of southern Alberta. Pressure began to grow for the construction of a hospital in the region, and the Women's Missionary Society of the United Church of Canada began collecting funds for the construction, with the Government of Alberta agreeing to match funds collected for the new hospital.

In fall 1936 construction began on the eight bed Battle River Hospital, which was completed later on September 4, 1937, and would later become the hub of the new Aurora settlement. The land was donated by John Robertson, and resident doctor Arthur Doige was secured to operate the hospital. Construction was supervised by W.D.C. Buchanon, and the structure would include a operating room, waiting room, kitchen, and accommodation on the second floor for three nurses.

The official settlement was founded by American Patrick "Pat" Larry Craig, who purchased land on the south bank of the Notikewin River and built the Aurora hotel, secured a liquor license and constructed other buildings after the Second World War. The settlement originally intended to be founded under the name "Aurora", but was rejected by the postal authorities because of possibility of confusion with Aurora, Ontario. In 1947 the Mackenzie Highway was pushed through the region and the community became a government construction and maintenance center, and quickly eclipsed North Star and Notikewin in population. At a public meeting in 1947, the community was renamed in honour of Ernest Manning who had become Premier of Alberta four years earlier in 1943, and would serve in the role until 1968.

Manning would be incorporated as a Village on December 31, 1951, and later a Town on January 1, 1957. During the 1950s the Manning Municipal Hospital would be constructed at a cost of CA$127,000, and later in September 1962, the Great Slave Lake Railway would be completed by Canadian National Railways linking the Town to the rail network.

Climate
Manning has a subarctic climate, very close to being a humid continental climate, with both May and September averaging only fractionally under 10 C. There are vast differences between the warm summers and very cold winters, although areas much further south more eastward in Canada have equally cold winters and cooler summers. The climate data is from minor settlement Notikewin very close to the town.

Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Town of Manning had a population of 1,126 living in 471 of its 540 total private dwellings, a change of NaN% from its 2016 population of 1,183. With a land area of 3.71 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.

In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Town of Manning recorded a population of 1,183 living in 484 of its 544 total private dwellings, a NaN% change from its 2011 population of 1,164. With a land area of 4.05 km2, it had a population density of in 2016.

Attractions
The Battle River Pioneer Museum is home to many pieces of antique farming equipment, vehicles and other extraordinary items, like the albino moose and Cleave Whitaker's childhood crib.

The Manning Farmers’ Market has been a fixture in Manning for over 30 years.

Recreation venues include the Manning R.C.M.P. Centennial Pool, a paved walking trail, a curling rink, a skating/hockey arena, two outdoor ice rinks, a ski hill, a concrete skatepark, an outdoor splash park, and the Condy Meadows Golf Course and Recreation Area.

The Battle River Hospital located on Centre Street and 1st Avenue North is a $1 1/2$-storey hospital built between 1936 and 1937 to serve as the hospital for the region. The Battle River Hospital was designated an Alberta Provincial Historic Resource under the Historical Resources Act on March 11, 2009.

Infrastructure
Manning has a hospital. It also has a newly constructed RCMP detachment, fire station and skatepark, along with an indoor/outdoor pool. The town is serviced by Manning Airport, located 3.3 km northwest of the community.

Government
The Town of Manning is a municipal corporation with a council–manager government structure consisting of a seven-member Council elected every four years. The council itself consists of an at-large mayor and six councillors. The legal authority to govern as a "creature of the province" is derived from various regulations and legislation of the Alberta Legislature, of which the Municipal Government Act provides many of the powers and responsibilities for the town. The current Mayor Robert McLeod was elected over opponent Sunni-Jean Walker in the 2021 Alberta municipal elections.

Provincially, the Town of Manning is represented by the Member of the Legislative Assembly for Peace River, which is held by Dan Williams since the 2019 Alberta general election. Federally, the Town of Manning is represented by the Member of Parliament for Grande Prairie-Mackenzie, which is held by Chris Warkentin.

Education
Manning contains two public schools which are part of the Peace River School Division No. 10, Manning Elementary which provides kindergarten to grade six, and Paul Rowe High School which provides grades seven through twelve. Manning has one separate school under the Holy Family Catholic Regional Division No. 37, Rosary Separate School which provides kindergarten to grade nine.

Media
Manning is served weekly by The Banner Post

Notable People

 * Dakota House - Canadian actor, politician, writer and activist born in Manning, Alberta

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Aspartate transaminase

Aspartate transaminase (AST) or aspartate aminotransferase, also known as AspAT/ASAT/AAT or (serum) glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase (GOT, SGOT), is a pyridoxal phosphate (PLP)-dependent transaminase enzyme that was first described by Arthur Karmen and colleagues in 1954. AST catalyzes the reversible transfer of an α-amino group between aspartate and glutamate and, as such, is an important enzyme in amino acid metabolism. AST is found in the liver, heart, skeletal muscle, kidneys, brain, red blood cells and gall bladder. Serum AST level, serum ALT (alanine transaminase) level, and their ratio (AST/ALT ratio) are commonly measured clinically as biomarkers for liver health. The tests are part of blood panels.

The half-life of total AST in the circulation approximates 17 hours and, on average, 87 hours for mitochondrial AST. Aminotransferase is cleared by sinusoidal cells in the liver.

Function
Aspartate transaminase catalyzes the interconversion of aspartate and α-ketoglutarate to oxaloacetate and glutamate.

L-Aspartate (Asp) + α-ketoglutarate ↔ oxaloacetate + L-glutamate (Glu)

As a prototypical transaminase, AST relies on PLP (Vitamin B6) as a cofactor to transfer the amino group from aspartate or glutamate to the corresponding ketoacid. In the process, the cofactor shuttles between PLP and the pyridoxamine phosphate (PMP) form. The amino group transfer catalyzed by this enzyme is crucial in both amino acid degradation and biosynthesis. In amino acid degradation, following the conversion of α-ketoglutarate to glutamate, glutamate subsequently undergoes oxidative deamination to form ammonium ions, which are excreted as urea. In the reverse reaction, aspartate may be synthesized from oxaloacetate, which is a key intermediate in the citric acid cycle.

Isoenzymes
Two isoenzymes are present in a wide variety of eukaryotes. In humans:
 * GOT1/cAST, the cytosolic isoenzyme derives mainly from red blood cells and heart.
 * GOT2/mAST, the mitochondrial isoenzyme is present predominantly in liver.

These isoenzymes are thought to have evolved from a common ancestral AST via gene duplication, and they share a sequence homology of approximately 45%.

AST has also been found in a number of microorganisms, including E. coli, H. mediterranei, and T. thermophilus. In E. coli, the enzyme is encoded by the aspCgene and has also been shown to exhibit the activity of an aromatic-amino-acid transaminase.

Structure
X-ray crystallography studies have been performed to determine the structure of aspartate transaminase from various sources, including chicken mitochondria, pig heart cytosol, and E. coli. Overall, the three-dimensional polypeptide structure for all species is quite similar. AST is dimeric, consisting of two identical subunits, each with approximately 400 amino acid residues and a molecular weight of approximately 45 kD. Each subunit is composed of a large and a small domain, as well as a third domain consisting of the N-terminal residues 3-14; these few residues form a strand, which links and stabilizes the two subunits of the dimer. The large domain, which includes residues 48-325, binds the PLP cofactor via an aldimine linkage to the ε-amino group of Lys258. Other residues in this domain – Asp 222 and Tyr 225 – also interact with PLP via hydrogen bonding. The small domain consists of residues 15-47 and 326-410 and represents a flexible region that shifts the enzyme from an "open" to a "closed" conformation upon substrate binding.

The two independent active sites are positioned near the interface between the two domains. Within each active site, a couple arginine residues are responsible for the enzyme's specificity for dicarboxylic acid substrates: Arg386 interacts with the substrate's proximal (α-)carboxylate group, while Arg292 complexes with the distal (side-chain) carboxylate.

In terms of secondary structure, AST contains both α and β elements. Each domain has a central sheet of β-strands with α-helices packed on either side.

Mechanism
Aspartate transaminase, as with all transaminases, operates via dual substrate recognition; that is, it is able to recognize and selectively bind two amino acids (Asp and Glu) with different side-chains. In either case, the transaminase reaction consists of two similar half-reactions that constitute what is referred to as a ping-pong mechanism. In the first half-reaction, amino acid 1 (e.g., L-Asp) reacts with the enzyme-PLP complex to generate ketoacid 1 (oxaloacetate) and the modified enzyme-PMP. In the second half-reaction, ketoacid 2 (α-ketoglutarate) reacts with enzyme-PMP to produce amino acid 2 (L-Glu), regenerating the original enzyme-PLP in the process. Formation of a racemic product (D-Glu) is very rare.

The specific steps for the half-reaction of Enzyme-PLP + aspartate ⇌ Enzyme-PMP + oxaloacetate are as follows (see figure); the other half-reaction (not shown) proceeds in the reverse manner, with α-ketoglutarate as the substrate.

 * 1) Internal aldimine formation:  First, the ε-amino group of Lys258 forms a Schiff base linkage with the aldehyde carbon to generate an internal aldimine.
 * 2) Transaldimination:  The internal aldimine then becomes an external aldimine when the ε-amino group of Lys258 is displaced by the amino group of aspartate.  This transaldimination reaction occurs via a nucleophilic attack by the deprotonated amino group of Asp and proceeds through a tetrahedral intermediate.  As this point, the carboxylate groups of Asp are stabilized by the guanidinium groups of the enzyme's Arg386 and Arg 292 residues.
 * 3) Quinonoid formation:  The hydrogen attached to the a-carbon of Asp is then abstracted (Lys258 is thought to be the proton acceptor) to form a quinonoid intermediate.
 * 4) Ketimine formation:  The quinonoid is reprotonated, but now at the aldehyde carbon, to form the ketimine intermediate.
 * 5) Ketimine hydrolysis:  Finally, the ketimine is hydrolyzed to form PMP and oxaloacetate.

This mechanism is thought to have multiple partially rate-determining steps. However, it has been shown that the substrate binding step (transaldimination) drives the catalytic reaction forward.

Clinical significance
AST is similar to alanine transaminase (ALT) in that both enzymes are associated with liver parenchymal cells. The difference is that ALT is found predominantly in the liver, with clinically negligible quantities found in the kidneys, heart, and skeletal muscle, while AST is found in the liver, heart (cardiac muscle), skeletal muscle, kidneys, brain, and red blood cells. As a result, ALT is a more specific indicator of liver inflammation than AST, as AST may be elevated also in diseases affecting other organs, such as myocardial infarction, acute pancreatitis, acute hemolytic anemia, severe burns, acute renal disease, musculoskeletal diseases, and trauma.

AST was defined as a biochemical marker for the diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction in 1954. However, the use of AST for such a diagnosis is now redundant and has been superseded by the cardiac troponins.

Laboratory tests should always be interpreted using the reference range from the laboratory that performed the test. Example reference ranges are shown below:

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Gerald Brom

Gerald Brom (born March 9, 1965), known professionally as Brom, is an American gothic fantasy artist and illustrator, known for his work in role-playing games, novels, and comics.

Early life
Brom was born March 9, 1965, in Albany, Georgia. As the son of a U.S. Army pilot he spent much of his early years on the move, living in other countries such as Japan and Germany (he graduated from Frankfurt American High School), and in U.S. states including Alabama and Hawaii. Brought up as a military dependent he was known by his last name only, and now signs his name as simply Brom: "I get that asked more than just about any other question. It's my real name, my last name. I got called Brom all the time as a kid, and it just stuck."

Brom has been drawing and painting since childhood, although he had never taken any formal art classes. "I wouldn't exactly call myself self-taught, because I've always looked at the work of other artists and emulated what I liked about it. So you can say they taught me." Brom cites the work of Frank Frazetta, N.C. Wyeth, and Norman Rockwell as influences on his style: "Okay... Rockwell isn't the kind of inspiration most people expect from me, but he just painted things so well. To me it's not so much the genre but the way it's done, and you have to admire his technique."

Career
At the age of 20, Brom started working full-time as a commercial illustrator. By age twenty-one, he had two national art representatives, and was doing work for such clients as Coca-Cola, IBM, CNN, and Columbia Pictures. TSR, Inc. hired Brom on full-time in 1989 at the age of 24. Brom contributed to all of TSR's game and book lines, particularly the Dark Sun setting: "I pretty much designed the look and feel of the Dark Sun campaign. I was doing paintings before they were even writing about the setting. I'd do a painting or a sketch, and the designers wrote those characters and ideas into the story. I was very involved in the development process. I've been fortunate to be involved in the development end of a lot of projects I've worked on, from role-playing games to computer games." According to Shannon Appelcline, Brom "contributed the unique illustrations for Dark Sun that helped to set it apart from the other TSR games with their more typical fantasy drawings". His paintings have been published in collectible card games such as Wizards of the Coast's Magic: The Gathering and Last Unicorn Games' Heresy: Kingdom Come. Brom's paintings, along with Frank Frazetta's, were used in the development of the visual look of the game series Warlords.

In 1993, after four years at TSR, Brom returned to the freelance market, still specializing in the darker side of the roleplaying game, card game, and comic book genres. Shane Lacy Hensley came up with the idea for the game Deadlands after he saw Brom's cover to Necropolis: Atlanta from White Wolf, and got Brom to do the cover for the initial release. His artwork also appeared on book covers from authors such as Michael Moorcock, Anne McCaffrey, and Terry Brooks. Brom contributed conceptual work to computer games such as Heretic II, and several top creature houses for films such as Stan Winston Studios; he also co-created, art directed, and illustrated the Dark Age collectible card game. He has since worked as a movie concept artist, and created illustrations for comics (by DC, Chaos, Dark Horse) and computer games (for id Software, Blizzard, Sega and Activision). Brom has also been active with a line of Brom fetish toys from Fewture and a series of bronzes from the Franklin Mint and paintings for novels (by Michael Moorcock, Terry Brooks, R.A. Salvatore, Edgar Rice Burroughs).

Brom returned to TSR in 1998, doing paintings for the Alternity game, the AD&D role-playing game and its Forgotten Realms and Planescape lines, and covers for Dragon and Dungeon magazines. His work is included in the book Masters of Dragonlance Art. He has also returned to painting for book covers for TSR's successor Wizards of the Coast, including the covers for the War of the Spider Queen series and reprints of The Avatar Series.

In 2014, Scott Taylor of Black Gate, named Brom as #4 in a list of The Top 10 RPG Artists of the Past 40 Years, saying "Brom is arguably one of the greatest pure fantasy talents of his generation, and he still creates works just as sublime as he did in his 1990s glory."

In 2019, he entered the Origins Award Hall of Fame.

Books

 * Brom's Little Black Book
 * Offerings
 * Darkwerks: The Art of Brom (2000)
 * The Plucker (2005)
 * Metamorphosis (2007) (beinArt) ISBN 978-0-9803231-0-8
 * The Devil's Rose (2007)
 * The Child Thief (2009)
 * Krampus the Yule Lord (2012)
 * The Art of Brom (2013) (Flesk) ISBN 978-1-933865-50-8
 * Lost Gods (2016)
 * Slewfoot (2021)
 * Evil in Me (2024)

Novel covers

 * War of the Spider Queen: Dissolution (2003)
 * War of the Spider Queen: Insurrection (2003)
 * War of the Spider Queen: Condemnation (2004)
 * War of the Spider Queen: Extinction (2005)
 * War of the Spider Queen: Annihilation (2005)
 * War of the Spider Queen: Resurrection (2005)
 * "...and Their Memory Was a Bitter Tree..." (2008)

Movies (as concept artist)

 * Galaxy Quest (1999)
 * Sleepy Hollow (1999) (poster art)
 * Bless the Child (2000)
 * Ghosts of Mars (2001)
 * The Time Machine (2002) (uncredited)
 * Scooby-Doo (2002)
 * Van Helsing (2004)

Video game covers

 * Dark Sun: Shattered Lands (1993)
 * Dungeons & Dragons: Tower of Doom (1994)
 * Dark Sun: Wake of the Ravager (1994)
 * Doom II: Hell on Earth (1994)
 * Heretic (1994)
 * Skyborg: Into the Vortex (1995)
 * Dungeons & Dragons: Shadow over Mystara (1996)
 * Dark Sun Online: Crimson Sands (1996)
 * MageSlayer (1997)
 * Heretic II (1998)
 * Diablo II (2000)
 * Pool of Radiance: Ruins of Myth Drannor (2001)
 * World of Warcraft (2004)
 * Vanguard: Saga of Heroes (2007) (concept artist)
 * Diablo III (2012)
 * Hearthstone (2014)
 * Diablo IV (2023)

Tabletop games

 * Button Men:Brom (a series of 12 buttons for the Cheapass Games collectible game)
 * Dark Age (concept artist)
 * Deadlands, 1st edition (cover artist)
 * GURPS Magic Items 3 (cover artist)
 * Magic: The Gathering (concept artist)
 * Nightbane (cover artist)
 * South America: Rifts World Book Six (cover & internal artist)
 * Conan: Adventures in an Age Undreamed Of, (cover & internal artist)

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Dail Jones

Dail Michael John Jones  (born 7 July 1944) is a New Zealand politician. He has been a member of the New Zealand First party, and was formerly in the National Party.

Early life
Jones was born in Karachi, British India, and attended St Joseph's College Quetta and Garrison School, Quetta and Karachi Grammar School. He and his mother arrived in New Zealand in 1960, and he completed his education at St Paul's College, Auckland, and the University of Auckland, from where he earned an LLB. He began practice as a lawyer.

Member of Parliament
In the, Jones was elected MP for Waitemata, standing as a National Party candidate. As such Dail Jones was the first person from Pakistan to become a New Zealand Member of Parliament. In the following election, the Waitemata seat was abolished, and Jones was elected as the MP for Helensville. He retained this electorate until the 1984 election, when Helensville electorate was abolished. Jones contested the new electorate, but was defeated by the Labour Party candidate, Jack Elder.

Jones was Junior Whip for National in 1979. From April 1982 to June 1984, Jones was Deputy Chairman of Committees.

Jones is known as one of the few New Zealand MPs to have been injured in a politically motivated attack; in 1980, while serving as a National Party MP, he was stabbed in the chest by an elderly constituent in his electorate office leaving him with a punctured lung. The assailant, Ambrose Tindall, was obsessed about a traffic ticket totaling $15.

New Zealand First
Considerably later, in the, Jones returned to Parliament as a list MP for the New Zealand First party, which had been established during Jones' time outside Parliament. He was ranked in tenth place on the New Zealand First list. He was New Zealand First spokesperson on foreign affairs, trade, customs, the courts, and the attorney-general's role. He lost his seat in the, when he was again tenth on the party list (the lowest list MP elected in 2005 was Pita Paraone, who was ranked seventh). He was elected President of New Zealand First when Doug Woolerton resigned.

More recently, there have been frictions between Jones, Doug Woolerton and New Zealand First social liberal Brian Donnelly over the repeal of Section 59 of the Crimes Act 1961, legislation that allowed the use of parental corporal punishment against children (or spanking).

Dail Jones stated that "custard is more dangerous than second-hand smoke. ...[and] milk ... is worse than second-hand smoke".

He also attracted criticism in February 2008 from Winston Peters for suggesting that New Zealand First had received large anonymous donations.

On 15 February 2008, Jones was returned to Parliament as a list MP once more, replacing Brian Donnelly, who had been appointed as New Zealand's High Commissioner to the Cook Islands. He was tenth on the New Zealand First party list in. Two people ahead of him on the party list, Susan Baragwanath and Jim Peters, declined the position, and he resigned as party President after becoming an MP.

In March 2008, he was critical of fellow NZ First MP Peter Brown's views on Asian immigration.

In the, Jones was 14th on the New Zealand First party list, but the party lost all its parliamentary seats, winning no electorates and polling below the 5% threshold. He left politics after this election.

Honours
In the 2006 New Year Honours, Jones was appointed a Companion of the Queen's Service Order, for public services.

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