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USS Alexandria (SSN-757)

USS Alexandria (SSN-757), is a Los Angeles-class submarine nuclear-powered attack submarine and the third vessel of the United States Navy to be named for both Alexandria, Virginia, and Alexandria, Louisiana. The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation on 26 November 1984. Her keel was laid down in Groton, Connecticut, on 19 June 1987. She was launched on 23 June 1990, sponsored by Mrs. Myrtle "Tookie" Clark, wife of Vice Admiral Glenwood Clark (ret.), and commissioned on 29 June 1991. Alexandria was placed in service on 22 March 1991. A series of sea trials began 16 April and were completed 4 June.

Service history
Alexandria, together with the guided-missile cruiser USS Cowpens (CG-63), guided-missile frigate USS Gary (FFG-51), and P-3C Orion maritime patrol and reconnaissance aircraft, participated in Exercise Malabar 2004, a training exercise with the Indian Navy off the southwest coast of India that ended on 11 October 2004.

In March 2007 Alexandria was participating in the joint U.S. Navy/Royal Navy Ice Exercise 2007 (ICEX-2007), conducted in the Arctic Ocean with the Trafalgar-class submarine HMS Tireless (S88). The exercise took place on and under a drifting ice floe, about 180 nmi off the north coast of Alaska. The two submarines were taking part in joint testing of submarine operability and tactical development in Arctic waters. On 21 March 2007, Tireless experienced an explosion of a self-contained oxygen generation candle, she suffered only superficial damage, but two crew members were killed and one injured.

 * Kristian Saucier Incident

On 19 August 2016, Navy machinist mate Kristian Saucier, 29, was sentenced by a U.S. District Court judge in Bridgeport, Connecticut, to one year in prison plus six months house arrest for taking and possessing six cell phone photos of Alexandria's classified propulsion system while working in her engine room in 2009. Invoking the so-called "Clinton defense," his attorneys had argued for leniency by citing the FBI's decision not to charge Hillary Clinton for similar crimes of mishandling classified information related to her use of a private email server. On 5 September 2017, having received an other-than-honorable discharge from the Navy, Saucier was released from jail.

Some scenes for the movie Stargate: Continuum were filmed on board Alexandria. The then-captain of Alexandria, Commander Mike Bernacchi, and members of his crew played themselves. The ship was also used as a filming location for the JAG and NCIS TV series, although she was referred to there as the fictional USS Cathedral City.
 * Film set

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Wikipedia talk:Community portal/Open tasks/Archive 1

Use of message
How's this message going to be used exactly? Dori | Talk 01:03, Dec 13, 2003 (UTC)

You can use it as part of the welcome message you give to newbies. See User:Angela/useful_stuff for example. Angela. 02:31, 13 Dec 2003 (UTC)

 * I don't think that that would be a good idea. It might put off new users, as if they've been assigned a task. I think it is better to let users discover what they want to work on. Dori | Talk 19:11, Dec 13, 2003 (UTC)
 * I agree. I hope explicitly giving it to newbies is no longer necessary, since this has become part of the community main page. DrZ 00:51, 25 Feb 2004 (UTC)

I took out "Have fun!" because opentask may not be the last thing in a welcome msg. Allowing the welcomer to insert this himself allows more flexibility. --Jia ng 02:23, 10 Jan 2004 (UTC)

Questions
1) How's this message to be updated? 2) I love this mesg. When is being updated regularly, it definitely encourages me to update more often, and visit parts of w'pedia that I otherwise wouldn't. Every time I check my messages, I check the todo box (why delete it?), and especially when there is sth there touching on one of my favorite topics, I go look at it. +sj+|Talk 04:13, 2004 Jan 28 (UTC) 3) Thanks for adding more brief copyedit links! +sj+ 20:20, 2004 Feb 20 (UTC)

 * I'm glad you like it. If you ever have any suggestions of which tasks to swap, just leave a message here so one of the sysops can change the page. Angela. 04:46, Jan 28, 2004 (UTC)

I guess at long as this message is protected, it won't be up to date. Anyways, you could probably delete Haiti, while it does need work the template has been applied. DrZ 00:51, 25 Feb 2004 (UTC)

Requested article
I suggestion including a blurb about the requested articles. That's one task that pretty much everyone can do, and is prepetually open. →Raul654 13:12, Feb 6, 2004 (UTC)

 * Could it just be added as a link next to the Pages needing attention and Cleanup links? I don't think it should take up too much room. What were you thinking of writing about it? Angela. 23:20, Feb 7, 2004 (UTC)

Can a sysop please remove Unit 731 from the list? I just finished it. Why is this page protected? Sennheiser! 21:13, 8 Feb 2004 (UTC)

Please remove W.G. Grace. I finished the merging. --Sennheiser! 12:50, 10 Feb 2004 (UTC)

Please remove Steve Linford. I wrote this article. --Sennheiser! 22:42, 10 Feb 2004 (UTC)

Please remove Anno Domini. I finished the merging. --Sennheiser! 23:00, 10 Feb 2004 (UTC)

Interesting vandalism. Mabye it was a bad idea to unprotect this page afterall? --Sennheiser! 00:26, 11 Feb 2004 (UTC)

 * It seems that this vandal is none other than User:Michael! --Sennheiser! 00:32, 11 Feb 2004 (UTC)

I don't know why this was unprotected. There was no reason given for this, or even a note of the fact it had been unprotected, at either Unprotected MediaWiki messages or Protected page so I have re-protected it. I'm generally fairly against long term page protection, but for something that is being place as a msg, not a subst, on the pages of newcomers, and looks like a signed message, I think it is vital this stays protected so these people don't see vandalism on their own talk pages. Angela. 19:19, Feb 12, 2004 (UTC)
 * Neither the reason for its protection nor the fact that it is protected was ever given on Protected page. --Ed Senft! 20:20, 12 Feb 2004 (UTC)
 * It is listed. Look under semi-protected pages. All the mediawiki namespace pages are listed. Not individually, of course, as there are about 500 of them. This was discussed at Wikipedia talk:MediaWiki namespace text when the messages first came out. Angela. 23:39, Feb 13, 2004 (UTC)
 * OK, I should have made it clear that this was the reason Kaihsu unprotected the page. I guess he didn't realize. --Ed Senft! 02:03, 14 Feb 2004 (UTC)

I agree that this page should be protected. dave

Please remove egg as it no longer needs work. --Ed Senft! 15:03, 14 Feb 2004 (UTC)
 * Done. Angela. 16:44, Feb 14, 2004 (UTC)

Can I just make it known that I think this is a really bad way of greeting new users. If I had been greeted like this, I would've been really offended - Wikipedia is huge, and this message essentially says "here are three things about which you probably know nothing, but I want you to go away and sort out". Well, I'm sorry, but I'd rather stick to what I know about, thank you very much. A friendlier system than Cleanup and Pages needing attention may be needed, but a list as short as this isn't it. - IMSoP 21:21, 18 Feb 2004 (UTC)

 * Many users like to work on pages which they know nothing or little about for exactly that reason -- it's exciting to delve into a new topic and do some research on it, especially when the task at hand is one where relatively little can go wrong (such as copyedits and merging). Opentask may not be custom tailored, but it gives new users a glimpse into the vibrant community that is Wikipedia.—Eloquence 12:59, Feb 19, 2004 (UTC)

( Re: protected pages like this -- it would be nice to have an unprotected v. of the page that people making suggestions could copy directly... would save *me* time, in this case, as well as saving the admin who eventually makes the official change time. ) Now that this task is part of a constantly-viewed main page, at the top, taking up screen space, it should be as concise as possible. Suggestion (could use another update, another 1-2 edits, and another template; perhaps even a 5th category):

Open tasks: See also pages needing attention and Cleanup.
 * Wikify: Uganda pre-1900, Economy of Ireland
 * Update: Korean Workers' Party
 * Edit/merge: Huldrych Zwingli.
 * Template: Haiti (country template).
 * -+sj+ 10:19, 2004 Feb 24 (UTC)

I took you suggestion and did something similar. It's useless to ask people to apply a template w/o showing them how. I removed Haiti.--Jiang 00:57, 25 Feb 2004 (UTC)

Thank you. It *would* be glorious if there were a template-list somewhere, to which we could link the first word on that line above:
 * Template: Haiti (country template)

and just trust that it would be easy to browse to the "country template" section of that meta-page... for instance, I touched 5 or 6 albums in various stages of wikification before running across the real album template, and was I ever surprised at how nice it was!

Uganda before 1900 done
Uganda before 1900 done - copyedited, wikified redcountess 22:39, Feb 25, 2004 (UTC)

 * Thanks. :) Angela. 22:47, Feb 25, 2004 (UTC)

Colonial Cambodia done
Colonial Cambodia done - copyedited, wikified, links added.

Is this the best way to advise items on the open task list have been done? :-) redcountess 19:06, Feb 26, 2004 (UTC)

Add "make a suggestion" link
Add a line like
 * MediaWiki_talk:Opentask suggest a task for inclusion.

so that people can get straight to this talk page from msg:Opentask.

Levant wikified
Needs updating and more appropriate content, now; what's there is more about archaeology in general than the Levant in specific. Maybe an extra Detail: line for arts needing attention/clarification? +sj+ 10:57, 2004 Feb 27 (UTC)

Queue
Moved from Main Page

 * Are you familiar with Egyptian mythology? If so, help us by writing about it.
 * Neuromodulators needs to be filled in also.
 * There is a "TO DO" in the 13th section of combinatory logic.

scarf
Created scarf. Radagast 15:08, Feb 28, 2004 (UTC)

width
is there a reason we are making these lists so short? Seems like we have room to add one or two more article titles to each list. Kingturtle 21:01, 28 Feb 2004 (UTC)

 * It depends on what resolution screen you have. --Jiang

(what are you doing? those done need merging; if they do, then put them on the same page and add a divider; dont rm undone entries for no good reason)

Atop Republic is says needs merging. That doesn't tell the user anything, unless they are in the know. U.S.-North Korea relations and Peace movement don't even say needs merging at the top. How are users supposed to know? I couldn't tell they were two articles spliced into one. Anyway, that is not the protocol I am used to here. The articles I put up there DO need merging. I took them right off the Duplicate articles page...but I didn't check them closely.

We need to create a MediaWiki that says

 * :This article should be merged with ...

I'll give it a shot. Kingturtle 01:14, 29 Feb 2004 (UTC)

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South Boston

South Boston (colloquially Southie) is a densely populated neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States, located south and east of the Fort Point Channel and abutting Dorchester Bay. It has undergone several demographic transformations since being annexed to the city of Boston in 1804. The neighborhood, once primarily farmland, is popularly known by its twentieth century identity as a working class Irish Catholic community. Throughout the twenty-first century, the neighborhood has become increasingly popular with millennial professionals.

South Boston contains Dorchester Heights, where George Washington forced British troops to evacuate during the American Revolutionary War. South Boston has undergone gentrification, and consequently, its real estate market has seen property values join the highest in the city. South Boston has also left its mark on history with Boston busing desegregation. South Boston is also home to the St. Patrick's Day Parade, a celebration of the Irish-American culture and the Evacuation Day observance.

The headquarters of Reebok is in South Boston.

History

Geographically, Dorchester Neck was an isthmus, a narrow strip of land that connected the mainland of the colonial settlement of Dorchester with Dorchester Heights. Landfill has since greatly increased the amount of land on the eastern side of the historical neck, and widened the connection to the mainland to the point that South Boston is no longer considered separate from it. South Boston gained an identity separate from Dorchester, but the two were annexed by Boston in pieces, from 1804 to 1870.

During the American Revolutionary War, George Washington placed a cannon on Dorchester Heights, thereby forcing the evacuation of British troops from Boston on March 17, 1776. The British evacuated Boston and Fort William and Mary for Halifax, Nova Scotia. Fort William and Mary was replaced with a brick fortification known as Fort Independence. That fort was replaced by a granite fortification (bearing the same name) prior to the American Civil War, and still stands on Castle Island as a National Historic Landmark. Edgar Allan Poe was stationed at Castle Island for five months in 1827 and was inspired to write The Cask of Amontillado based on an early Castle Island legend.

During the 1970s, South Boston received national attention for its opposition to court-mandated school (de facto) desegregation by busing students to different neighborhoods.

In the early 21st century, property values, especially in the City Point neighborhood near Castle Island, rose to the level of some of the highest in the city. The City Point area of South Boston, labeled "East Side" by realtors, has seen a major increase in property values due to its close proximity to downtown Boston and gentrification. The "West Side" of South Boston, also known as the "lower end" by lifelong residents, though slower to begin the gentrification process also benefits from the proximity to not only downtown but also the popular South End. Additionally, the West Side is home to the first green residence (Gold LEED certified) in Boston — the Macallen Building which was featured in the movie The Greening of Southie. The City of Boston is investing in the West Side through developments like the ~150000 sqft mixed use (residential and commercial) building being developed by the Boston Redevelopment Authority on West Broadway.

Harrison Loring House
The 1865 Harrison Loring House is a Second Empire brick mansion located in South Boston. It was used as a private residence until 1913. At that time it was purchased by the Roman Catholic Church to use the space as a convent. The house located at 789 East Broadway was designated a Boston Landmark in 1981. It is associated with Harrison Loring, who owned and operated one of the first South Boston shipyards.

St. Patrick's Day Parade
The history behind the South Boston Saint Patrick's Day Parade is General Henry Knox brought 55 cannons captured at Fort Ticonderoga. In March, the troops positioned the cannons on Dorchester Heights. They had cut down trees to cannon size, hollowed them out and blackened them over fire to look like cannons. Surprise was just around the corner. On March 17, 1776, orders were given that if you wished to pass through the continental lines, the password was "St. Patrick". The British had seen all the cannons on the Heights and left Boston.

Evacuation Day was declared a holiday in the City of Boston in 1901. In celebration, the city hosted a parade based in South Boston. The Dorchester Heights Monument, a tribute to the historical event, was completed in Dorchester Heights in 1902. Major George F. H. Murray served as Chief Marshall for the parade in 1901. The state of Massachusetts recognized Evacuation Day as a holiday in Suffolk County (but not the rest of the state) in 1938. The Saint Patrick's Day Parade is both a celebration of the Irish-American culture in Boston and the Evacuation Day victory. The City of Boston sponsored the event until 1947, when Mayor James Michael Curley gave authority to the South Boston Allied War Veterans Council.

Politicians and local celebrities have participated in these annual Saint Patrick's Day Parade for years. In 1958, Senator John F. Kennedy rode with Jacqueline Kennedy in the parade. The Kennedy family were well known as participating in this parade. Robert F. Kennedy marched in 1968, Ted and Joan Kennedy also marched in 1970. The N.A.A.C.P entered a float in the Saint Patrick's Day Parade in 1964. In the mid-1960s Harvard's Irish Society joined the march. Irish nationalists unofficially marched in the Saint Patrick's Day Parade in the 1960s and 1970s. In 1972, Irish Republican Aid Committee members protested violence in Northern Ireland during the Troubles by carrying a coffin draped with the Irish tricolored flag. The Boston chapter of the Irish Northern Aid Commission marched with black armbands and a sign reading "England Get out of Ireland".

The year 1976 marked the 200th anniversary of Evacuation Day and the 75th anniversary of the parade. A reenactment of the 1776 evacuation was incorporated into the parade, with fireworks and period costumes. President George H. W. Bush declared March Irish-American Heritage Month in 1991. The application of the Irish American Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Group of Boston, or GLIB, to march in the Saint Patrick's Day Parade in 1992, the first of its kind in the history of the parade, was met with a rejection by the South Boston Allied War Veterans Council. In recent years, parade organizers have tried to make the event more kid-friendly, by incorporating "family zones" or sober places to watch the parade. The South Boston, St. Patrick's Parade is listed as the second-largest parade in the country, being viewed by nearly 600,000 to 1 million people every year, in addition to having the entire parade seen on live television.

In the 1990s, South Boston became the focus for a U.S. Supreme Court case on the right of gay and lesbian groups to participate in the Saint Patrick's Day (Evacuation Day) parade. The case was decided in favor of the parade's sponsors when the Supreme Court supported the South Boston Allied War Veterans' right to determine who can participate in their annual St. Patrick's Day parade. In 1996 local Dorchester author Paul Walkowski and Attorney William Connolly detailed the case in their book "From Trial Court to the United States Supreme Court".

Today, the St. Patrick's Day Parade marches from West Broadway to East Broadway, finishing at Farragut Road. Every year, from 10,000 to 20,000 participants join the parade.

Demographics
South Boston became known as an Irish working-class neighborhood when large numbers of Irish immigrants settled there in the mid-nineteenth century and continued to do so throughout the twentieth. Once a predominantly Irish Catholic community, in recent years South Boston has become increasingly desirable among young professionals and families who are attracted to the neighborhood's strong sense of community and quick access to downtown and public transportation. South Boston has a population of about 33,311. The median age is about 32.

The most recent census estimates South Boston's total population at 33,688. The Caucasian population is about 26,700 (79.2%). A total amount of 2,789 (8.3%) Hispanic people is counted. African American population is about 1,926 (5.7%). The Asian population makes up 4.8% (1,603). 466 people are of non-Hispanic mixed race (1.4%) and 190 people (0.6%) are identified as Others (i.e. American Indians and groups not otherwise categorized).

Seaport District

Development in the Seaport has boomed during the early 21st century. It was considered "the hottest, fastest-growing real estate market in the country" in 2014. , it was the fastest growing part of Boston and has stimulated significant economic growth in the city. The restoration of the Seaport began with the completion of the Big Dig. This $14.6 billion project buried the formerly elevated Central Artery I-93 Interstate which previously cut off the waterfront from the rest of the city.

In May 2010, Mayor Menino announced plans for the city to develop 1,000 acres on the South Boston Waterfront as an Innovation District. Inspired by the success of the 22@ model, the mayor's vision was to redevelop the then-mostly abandoned Seaport District into a hub for Information Age jobs and a new frontier for cutting-edge industries such as clean tech, health care information technology and mobile media. Between Menino's announcement in 2010 and 2017, 5,000 new jobs were created and over 200 new companies have formed. Forty percent of the companies located in the Innovation District share space in co-working spaces and incubators. Over 1,100 housing units were constructed, including 300 innovation micro-units.

Schools
Public schools are operated by Boston Public Schools.

Public

 * Excel High School
 * James Condon Elementary
 * Joseph P. Tynan Elementary
 * Oliver Hazard Perry
 * UP Academy Boston
 * South Boston High School (Former)
 * Michael J. Perkins School

Private

 * South Boston Catholic Academy
 * Saint Peters Academy

Places of worship
Catholic Churches
 * Gate of Heaven Parish – Established in 1863. The parish's large Neo-gothic church, located on the corner of E. 4th Street and I Street is a prominent feature of the South Boston skyline.
 * Saint Brigid Parish – Originally called St. Eulalia's, St. Brigid was originally a mission chapel of nearby Gate of Heaven parish. It was made a separate parish in 1908. The two parishes are now administered as a cooperative.
 * Saint Augustine Chapel and Cemetery – The oldest Catholic Church in Massachusetts, completed in 1819. It is currently administered as part of the Gate of Heaven & Saint Brigid Parish collective. It was added to the National Register of Historic places in 1987
 * Our Lady of Czestochowa (Polish)
 * Saint Monica – Saint Augustine (currently merged)
 * Saint Peter (Lithuanian)
 * Saint Vincent de Paul
 * Our Lady of Good Voyage

Albanian Orthodox Churches
 * St George Cathedral: Located near the intersection of East and West Broadway, St George is the largest Orthodox Christian house of worship in Massachusetts. As the mother church of the Albanian diocese, the Cathedral serves as episcopal seat of Archbishop Nikon, Archbishop of Boston, New England and the Albanian Archdiocese.
 * Albanian Holy Trinity Church, Kisha Shqiptare e Shen Trinise: Located at 245 D Street Boston, Massachusetts 02127.
 * St John the Baptist

Episcopal
 * St Matthew and the Redeemer (former)

Baptist
 * South Baptist Church, at 80 L Street
 * Hub Church

Presbyterian Fourth Church has been a part of South Boston since 1870. Situated between two housing projects.
 * Fourth Presbyterian Church

Shoreline of Dorchester Bay
Fort Independence, a pentagonal five-bastioned, granite fort built between 1834 and 1851, is the dominating feature of Castle Island. This 22-acre urban park is connected to the mainland by both pedestrian and vehicular causeways. Pleasure Bay, the M Street Beach and Carson Beach form a three-mile segment of parkland and beach along the South Boston shoreline of Dorchester Bay. Carson Beach offers some beautiful views and great public amenities: a rehabilitated Mothers' Rest, public restrooms, exhibit space, first aid and lifeguard functions, while the outdoor courtyards allow space for passive recreation. Carson Beach also features a walkway which allows one to walk, bike, or run along the water's edge from Castle Island to the Kennedy Library.

Fort Independence and Castle Island are on the State and National Registers of Historic Places, and the fort is a National Historic Landmark. Fort Independence is open from Memorial Day to Columbus Day, hours vary. Fort tours are conducted by the Castle Island Association in the summer months and there is interpretive signage for self-guided tours. The principal program theme, the History of Castle Island, stresses the role of the fort in harbor defense."

Thomas Park
Also known as Dorchester Heights. Atop the hill sits a tall monument commemorating the Patriot battle that drove the British out of Boston.

M Street Park
Between M and N streets and north of Broadway, the M Street Park was one of the most desirable addresses in Boston in the late 19th century, and the brownstone buildings overlooking the park on the south side of the park remain some of the best examples of this style of architecture in New England. M Street Park is also home to the first standing Vietnam memorial in the nation. Included in this memorial are all the names of the South Boston residents who gave their lives fighting for the United States.

South Boston Maritime Park
Located at D Street and Northern Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts, the park is a rectangle of green lawn, gardens, trees, benches, and paved walkways. Artwork along the paths displays fish and sea motifs, paying tribute to the city's maritime background. The roofed seating area provides partial shade and tables and chairs, an ideal spot for lunch.

Joe Moakley Park
This urban park features baseball and soccer fields, a spray area and a jogging track at 600 William J. Day Blvd., South Boston. Right by local transportation families have easy access in traveling to enjoy their day.

Castle Island Park
Site of Fort Independence (open in the summer) with beach, picnic and jogging area. Located at 2010 William J Day Blvd.

The Lawn on D
A lawn on 420 D Street on the east side of the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center.

Raymond L. Flynn Marine Park
Bay views, open lawn, athletic fields and a playground are features of this waterside park. Located on Farragut Road.

Marine Industrial Park
This 191-acre waterfront area features businesses plus a brewery, a museum and a cruise terminal.

Public housing
South Boston is home to some of the oldest public housing in the United States. In the last 30 years, they have changed from having a mostly Irish-American population to a more ethnically mixed population. The housing facilities are under the control of the Boston Housing Authority (BHA) and include West Broadway which was built in 1949 and occupies 20 acre, West Ninth Street (these three facilities are next to each other and commonly called D street), Old Colony which was built in 1941, and Mary Ellen McCormack, which is the BHA's oldest development, being constructed in 1936. It was originally called Old Harbor Village.

Other developments are Harbor Point (in Dorchester), Foley and Monsignor Powers.

As of the June 26, 2014, city officials and civilians officially celebrated the completion of the second phase of construction and redevelopment of the Old Colony housing project that took place in the neighborhood of South Boston that began construction back in 2009. The phase two completion was a huge milestone because this phase included important aspects such as high-efficiency affordable housing in town-house style and four-story elevator buildings. Part of this project was funded by a HOPE VI grant which ensured $22-million for the project to build these new public houses for the citizens of South Boston, replacing 223 original apartments along Old Colony Avenue up to Dorchester Street and over to Reverend Burke Street which were demolished. These new, affordable housing units are some of the most environmentally friendly public houses in the entire Commonwealth. In the future, the Boston Housing Authority and its partners are looking to redevelop the remaining 453 original housing units in South Boston.

Transportation
South Boston is served by two Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Red Line rapid transit stations: Broadway and Andrew. MBTA bus service links these stations to nearby residential areas via bus routes 5, 7, 9, 10, 11.

The MBTA Silver Line, a Bus rapid transit service, connects the South Boston Waterfront with South Station via a bus tunnel beneath Congress St. and Boston Logan International Airport in neighboring East Boston via the Massachusetts Turnpike and the Ted Williams Tunnel.

Institute of Contemporary Art
Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston was opened in 2006 in the South Boston Seaport District. It functions as a modern art museum and exhibition center featuring permanent and temporary exhibition, educational programs, performances, and film screenings.

New Year's Day Plunge
Every year, hundreds of people join the L Street Brownies for the New Year's Day Plunge in Dorchester Bay (Boston Harbor). The event is accompanied by spectators and reporters. This winter gathering has been taking place annually since 1904.

Boston Triathlon
Participants of the Boston's only triathlon swim in the waters of Dorchester Bay, bike through the city streets of Boston, and run along the Southie shoreline.

Notable people
South Boston has been the birthplace and home to a number of notable people, including:

 * James "Whitey" Bulger, local organized crime figure, Irish mob boss, and FBI informant.
 * William M. Bulger, former president of the Massachusetts Senate, former president of the University of Massachusetts and younger brother of James "Whitey" Bulger.
 * James Connolly, athlete and author who, in 1896, became the first modern Olympic champion.
 * John Connolly, a former FBI agent and convict who formed a working relationship with organized crime figure Whitey Bulger.
 * John Cunniff, National Hockey League hockey coach and former professional player who appeared in 65 World Hockey Association regular season games between 1972 and 1976.
 * Richard Cushing, prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Boston from 1944 to 1970, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1958.
 * John Ferruggio, led the evacuation of Pan Am Flight 93, in 1970.
 * Michael F. Flaherty, an at-large member of Boston City Council. He is a member of the Democratic Party and was elected city council president every year from 2002 to 2006.
 * Raymond Flynn, Boston's mayor from 1984 to 1993 and the U.S. ambassador to the Holy See, from 1993 to 1997.
 * Brian Goodman, film and television director, writer and actor.
 * James Healy, America's first Catholic bishop of African descent.
 * William Henry Houghton, fourth president of Moody Bible Institute, in Chicago.
 * James M. "Jim" Kelly, former Boston city councilor, council president and community activist.
 * George Kenneally, former pro-football player with a number of teams – most notably the Philadelphia Eagles.
 * David Lindsay-Abaire, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and lyricist.
 * Edward Lawrence Logan, National Guard general, politician, judge at South Boston District Court and namesake of the Logan International Airport
 * Stephen F. Lynch, Congressman, a Democrat serving in the United States House of Representatives. Former ironworker and President of Ironworkers Local 7, State Representative and State Senator, he won his primary election to Congress on September 11, 2001.
 * John William McCormack, politician who served as a member of U.S. House of Representatives from 1928 until he retired from political life in 1971. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the House Majority Leader three times and as the Speaker of the House of Representatives from 1962 until 1971.
 * Will McDonough, sportswriter for The Boston Globe and television analyst.
 * Joe Moakley, U.S. congressman serving as a Democrat and the last chairman of the United States House Committee on Rules.
 * Leo Monahan (1926–2013), sports journalist who covered the Boston Bruins
 * Pat Nee, former Irish mob associate for Whitey Bulger, arms trafficker to the Provisional Irish Republican Army, and memoirist.
 * Brian Noonan, hockey player who won the Stanley Cup in 1994 with New York Rangers.
 * John G. Ryan, President of P.F. Collier and Son Corporation, publisher of Collier's Encyclopedia, President of The Richards Company, reference book subsidiary of Grolier Incorporated.
 * Fr. Edmund A. Walsh (1885 - 1956), Jesuit priest and career diplomat, founder of the Georgetown University College of Foreign Services, head of both the American and Vatican Relief Missions during the Russian Famine of 1921, vocal anti-Communist, and special assistant to Prosecutor Robert H. Jackson during the Nuremberg Trials.
 * Kevin Weeks, former Irish mob boss, close associate of and witness against Whitey Bulger, and memoirist

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ASB

ASB or asb may refer to:

 * Ashgabat Airport, IATA code ASB
 * Antisocial behavior
 * Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003, an act of parliament in the United Kingdom, called the ASB law
 * Asymbescaline, a psychedelic drug similar to Mescaline
 * American Saddlebred, horse breed
 * Apostilb, a unit of luminance
 * Alt.sex.bondage, a Usenet newsgroup
 * Alien space bats, a term used while discussing implausible points of divergence in alternate history
 * Asociación de Scouts de Bolivia
 * Advanced stop box, an area at an intersection reserved for certain types of vehicles.
 * Arbeiter-Samariter-Bund Deutschland, a German charity
 * Artificially sweetened beverages

Education

 * Aarhus School of Business, a Danish business school
 * Adventist School Bouchrieh, a Lebanese-American school
 * Alternative Spring Break, an elongated phrase for Alternative break
 * Ancell School of Business, the business school at Western Connecticut State University in Danbury, Connecticut
 * The Alabama School for the Blind, part of the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind
 * American School of Barcelona, a private tri-lingual school (pre-K to 12th Grade) in Barcelona, Spain
 * Asia School of Business, a business school cofounded by Bank Negara Malaysia and MIT Sloan School of Management, and located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
 * Associated Student Body, a type of student organization
 * The Australian School of Business, a business school at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

Business

 * Accounting Standards Board, responsible for issuing accounting standards in United Kingdom
 * ASB Bank, one of the largest banks in New Zealand
 * Auditing Standards Board, a technical committee related to accounting in the United States
 * American Savings Bank, Hawaii's third-largest financial institution

Writing

 * A. S. Byatt (born 1936), English critic, novelist, poet and short story writer
 * Archives of Sexual Behavior, a sexology journal
 * Alternative Service Book, a prayer book of the Church of England

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Southie

Southie may refer to:
 * South Boston, a nickname for a predominantly Irish section of Boston, Massachusetts
 * Southie (film), a 1999 film

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Hello wikipedia users. Its my first time using this so here it goes!!!!

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Category:Ratites

Ratites are a category of (mostly) large flightless birds of the order Struthioniformes.

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Talk:Abby Barnes

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I'm not opposed to fictional characters having their own articles, but this is a mundane character from a film that is only moderately well-known, containing inaccurate information. I say delete. Deb 17:19, 17 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Redirect to The Truth About Cats and Dogs. — tregoweth 22:29, Oct 18, 2004 (UTC)
 * Correct and keep. Intrigue 21:51, 19 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. Not worth a redirect, nothing to merge.   — Gwalla | Talk 19:18, 21 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep - SimonP 00:28, Oct 23, 2004 (UTC)

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Mobile Suit Gundam SEED: Special Edition

Mobile Suit Gundam SEED: Special Edition (機動戦士ガンダムSEED: SPECIAL EDITION) are three special edition movies that were released following the conclusion of Gundam SEED.

Overview
These movies are a complete recap and alternate re-telling of all 50 episodes of the TV series and were first shown on television in Japan. The Special Edition episodes featured some new scenes and tweaks to previously animated scenes. The first special, The Empty Battlefield, which recapped episodes 1 to 21 of the series, was aired in two parts on Japanese TV in March 2004, followed by the next special, The Far-Away Dawn, which recapped episodes 22 to 40, in July 2004. The final special, The Rumbling Sky, which were episodes 41 to 50 aired in October 2004. While the story is overall unchanged, there are a few minor changes. In addition, several scenes were re-animated and re-dubbed.

All three movies were released on Universal Media Disc in mid-2005. Gundam SEED: Special Edition was licensed for North America by Bandai Entertainment and was released on DVDs in English, between July 11, 2005 and November 22, 2005. On October 11, 2014 at their 2014 New York Comic Con panel, Sunrise announced they will be releasing all of the Gundam franchise, including Gundam SEED: Special Edition in North America though distribution from Right Stuf Inc., beginning in Spring 2015.

In 2019, the first compilation film (The Empty Battlefield) is remastered and released for the GUNDAM “BEYOND the Cinema EXPERIENCE” TOUR, making the first of the Gundam SEED Special Edition movies to receive an HD Remaster treatment for the first time.

Changes
The transition from TV to movies allowed changes to the storyline of the show to be made for the movie versions.

Special Edition I - The Empty Battlefield

 * A brand new 55 second scene showing preparation for the assault on Heliopolis (shows more shots of Miguel and new shots of Rusty)
 * Scenes of Kira and his friends before the      going off were redone
 * Newtype flash added when Mu senses Creuset for the first time
 * Footage of GINN's battling with Moebius mobile armors outside the colony, has been removed.
 * Debut of Cagalli is retold and a new scene of her conversation with Kira with new footage
 * Athrun and Kira's first meeting during the firefight in episode 1 intercuts with scenes when they were kids instead of being shown slowly with negative colors.
 * Scene of Flay emerging from the lifepod (ep 4) and hugging Kira is redone and retold. Also a new 30 second scene of Sai and Flay conversing has been added
 * The scene with Rau and Athrun discussing the Strike's pilot is reduced to a 10-second flashback and is inserted into the scene where Athrun is lying and thinking about the loss of Rusty and Miguel
 * The Archangel's heading to Artemis and the Battle of Artemis footage had been removed.
 * Athrun's shower scene (ep 8) is lengthened and intercut with scenes of his parents; and the scene following this (his discovery of Lacus' disappearance) is completely redone and moved to be ahead of hatch opening sequence of Lacus's life pod.
 * Backstory from the first clip show is never told.
 * New 25 second clip of Lacus trip to the cafeteria on board the Archangel
 * The scene of Rau and Mu taking the opportunity to attack during the time that Kira is transferring Lacus to Athrun only for Lacus to order Rau to stand down and withdraw is removed.
 * Scene of Kira having sex with Flay is shown cut between Strike's first battle in the desert with additional new footage.
 * Cagalli's bath sequence is changed from a bath to a shower instead, probably for fanservice.
 * The scenes of Dearka and Yzak assisting Andrew Waltfeld during his final attack on the Archangel have been removed.

Special Edition II - The Far-Away Dawn

 * Kira's battles with Marco Morassim are reduced to a few frames
 * The scene where Cagalli and Athrun formally introduce themselves to each other has been moved into a flashback scene during the Zala Team's attack on the Archangel.
 * There are only a few seconds separating Nicol's death from the next battle between Kira and Athrun.
 * Tolle's death scene is redone and is more gruesome than the TV Series version.
 * A new scene is added where Kisaka comes to get Cagalli after the Archangel sends a distress signal to Orb after the battle between Kira and Athrun.
 * When Athrun meets with Lacus in the theatre, the gunmen attempting to assassinate her are removed.
 * The scene where Erica Simmons shows that she has rebuilt the Strike and equipped it with Orb's OS system and Mu's decision to pilot it has been removed, instead it shows Mu piloting the rebuilt Strike during the Orb arc without any explanation of how he received it.
 * Most of the Orb arc is shown with battle scenes being spliced together to create enlarged confrontations.
 * The footage of the Le Creuset team observing the Battle of Orb has been removed.
 * The song "Akatsuki no Kuruma" (暁の車) by FictionJunction YUUKA is played in full towards the end of the movie instead of the shortened TV edit.

Special Edition III - The Rumbling Sky

 * Rau's face is shown in the laboratory sequence.
 * Kira has a talk with Lacus about how he isn't sure if he wasn't meant to be born in the world after he found out the truth from Rau. Lacus responds by telling Kira he belongs to the world as long as he is born and exist in the world and his birth has made her a much happier woman, she then tells him she wants him to stay with her.
 * In the final battle at GENESIS, Athrun shoots down a GuAIZ Experimental Firearms Type and a CGUE D.E.E.P. Arms from SEED-MSV.
 * Clotho is killed by Dearka instead of Yzak.
 * Mu La Flaga's battered helmet is removed from the debris.

Ending and insert songs
Ending songs (in order):
 * Anna ni Issho Datta no ni (あんなに一緒だったのに; We used to be so close together) by See-Saw
 * Akatsuki no Kuruma (The Wheels of Dawn) by FictionJunction Yuuka
 * FIND THE WAY by Mika Nakashima

Insert songs:
 * Shizuka na Yoru ni (静かな夜に; In the Quiet Night) by Rie Tanaka (English version by Jillian Michaels)
 * Zips by T.M.Revolution
 * Meteor by T.M.Revolution
 * Akatsuki no Kuruma by FictionJunction Yuuka
 * Mizu no Akashi (水の証; Token of Water) by Rie Tanaka (English version by Jillian Michaels)
 * INVOKE by T.M.Revolution


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South Boston (disambiguation)

South Boston is an area of Boston, Massachusetts.

South Boston may also refer to:
 * South Boston, Indiana
 * South Boston, Virginia

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Dietlibc

dietlibc is a C standard library released under the GNU General Public License Version 2, and proprietary licenses are also available. It was developed with the help of about 100 volunteers by Felix von Leitner with the goal to compile and link programs to the smallest possible size. dietlibc was developed from scratch and thus only implements the most important and commonly used functions. It is mainly used in embedded devices.

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Chekist

Chekist may refer to:
 * Member of the Cheka, the first in the succession of Soviet secret police agencies
 * Individual associated with Chekism, a term relating to the authoritarianism of Soviet and post-Soviet secret police agencies
 * The Chekist, a 1992 Russian film

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Talk:Randy Ferbey

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He hasn't really played in 7 Nokia Briers, since there haven't been that many. Perhaps that sentence should be reworded, but I'm not sure how. --timc | Talk 17:24, 17 Oct 2004 (UTC)

NPOV
It's NPOV by saying he's the best in the world. --Spinboy 23:28, 8 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * It says "one of the best" certainly that is not NPOV. -- [[Image:Flag of Canada.svg|20px]] Earl Andrew - talk 23:31, 8 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * My bad, I thought it said "the best." --Spinboy 23:33, 8 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * It would be NPOV to NOT say that. It stands for Neutral Point of View, remember? Alx xlA 22:54, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

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A jurist is a professional who studies, develops, applies or otherwise deals with the law. The term is widely used in the United States, but in the United Kingdom and many Commonwealth countries it has only historical and specialist usage. In these countries members of the general public are largely unaware of the term and are liable to confuse it with juror. There is no alternative word for jurist in the Commonwealth. The term "legal professionals" may be used for convenience, but it is not an everyday term.

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Ellen (TV series)

Ellen is an American television sitcom that aired on ABC from March 29, 1994, to July 22, 1998, consisting of 109 episodes. Ellen DeGeneres stars as the title character of Ellen Morgan, a neurotic bookstore owner in her thirties. The title of the series was These Friends of Mine for the first season, but it was subsequently changed to avoid confusion with the NBC series Friends, which premiered in September 1994.

The series centered on Ellen's dealing with her quirky friends, her family, and the problems of daily life, set in Los Angeles. The series was one of the first in the US with a main character to come out as gay, which DeGeneres' character did in the 1997 episode "The Puppy Episode", which aired shortly after DeGeneres publicly revealed that she was gay in real life. This event received a great deal of media exposure, ignited controversy, and prompted ABC to place a parental advisory at the beginning of each episode.

The series' theme song (used in season 3 onwards) is a version of "So Called Friend" by Scottish band Texas with altered lyrics. A running gag during the third and fourth seasons was that each episode had a distinct/different opening credits sequence (often with singing and dancing and featuring popular celebrities as guest stars), resulting from Ellen's ongoing search for the perfect opening credits.

Overview
† Though listed in many sources as a main character for the season indicated, this character actually only appeared in approximately half the season's episodes.

Main
Note: Between seasons one and two, there was not only a title change from These Friends of Mine to Ellen, but two main characters disappeared without explanation.

 * Ellen DeGeneres as Ellen Inez Morgan: Ellen is the main character of the sitcom. In season one, Ellen works in a Los Angeles bookstore called "Buy the Book". In the second season, she purchases the bookstore from her boss and becomes its owner. Throughout season four, hints were made to her sexuality and near the end of season 4 in "The Puppy Episode," Ellen announced she was a lesbian. For the first one and a half seasons, Ellen lived in an apartment with roommate Adam. She lived alone after Adam moved out and then with her cousin Spence. Towards the end of season four, she bought her own house. Ellen's personality was likable and cheerful, but also somewhat clumsy and awkward, and with a persistent need to be liked. Her trademark behavior (and the main object of her comedy) was that she would digress, rambling and babbling, especially when nervous or embarrassed. An example of both her clumsiness and her need to please is found in the episode where she had Martha Stewart over for a dinner party and Ellen became highly stressed trying to organize the perfect dinner. (Seasons 1-5)
 * Joely Fisher as Paige Clarke: Appearing in seasons two through five, Paige is Ellen's somewhat vain and promiscuous best friend who works for a movie studio. Paige planned to tie the knot with her boyfriend Matt Liston, but dumped him at the altar after resuming an affair she had with Ellen's cousin Spence. When Ellen comes out of the closet, Paige has the hardest time dealing with it (even harder than Ellen's parents). In the fourth-season finale, Paige finally comes to terms with it. Paige also likes to try on clothes and work on her singing voice. Her singing voice is powerful enough to blow things off tables, as seen in season 2 episode 13. (Seasons 2-5)
 * David Anthony Higgins as Joe Farrell: Appearing in all five seasons, Joe is a dour, sarcastic Canadian who works as the barista at the coffee shop inside Ellen's bookstore. His personal life is only touched upon, usually for comic relief in constant reference to misadventures he had in Moose Jaw. In the third season he becomes a member of the core group which aside from him consists of Ellen, Spence, Paige, and Audrey. (Recurring Season 1, Main cast Seasons 2-5)
 * Clea Lewis as Audrey Penney: Audrey is Ellen's squeaky-voiced and exceedingly perky neighbor and later co-worker, seen usually in the color pink and whose catchphrase was the enthusiastic greeting "Hi, Ellen!" Ellen has something of a love–hate relationship with Audrey, often annoyed at her overly upbeat demeanor. But after Ellen comes out, Audrey is extremely supportive (and excited, saying that she thinks "it's SUPER!"), and she throws herself into the LGBT culture, ironically with more reverence than Ellen did. In her initial appearance in the first season, her personality and appearance were quite different, and Ellen complained about Audrey's dour and negative personality, but upon her reappearance later in season two she has developed her upbeat and perky demeanor. In season one, Ellen also refers to Audrey's husband, but he never appears, their off-screen divorce between seasons one and two possibly explaining Audrey's change of personality, and Audrey later dates several people, including Adam and Ron Palillo. It is revealed that she comes from a very well-off family, though she rejected her inheritance so that she could continue being an assistant at the bookstore. (Guest Season 1, Recurring Season 2, Main cast Seasons 3-5)
 * Jeremy Piven as Spencer "Spence" Kovak: Ellen's volatile but well-intentioned cousin from New York, who joined the cast in the third season. His arrival in Ellen's life coincides with the aftermath of a large Los Angeles earthquake that leads to the destruction and subsequent remodeling of the bookstore. Spence was training as a doctor, but was fired from his job for punching a patient and as a result spent the beginning of the third season bored and depressed. He begins training as a lawyer but after saving someone's life decides to resume his career in medicine. He and Paige had a love-hate relationship that began as constant fighting but later they became lovers and stayed such until a few episodes before the end of the series when the relationship ended amicably. (Seasons 3-5)
 * Arye Gross as Adam Green: Appearing in seasons one through three, Adam is Ellen's roommate and they have been friends since college. A photographer, he is completely unsuccessful with women and is frequently dumped. In the middle of the third season, Adam moves to England to work as a photographer for The Sun Times, but upon his departure, he reveals that he was harboring a crush on Ellen. She in turn lies that she has one on him too, but he finds out the truth and that creates tension between the two of them until shortly before he leaves. (Seasons 1-3)
 * Holly Fulger as Holly Jamison: Appearing only in the first season, Holly is Ellen's friend. Shy and self-conscious, she tries to avoid any trouble and is desperate to get along with the people around her. She actually would love to be the center of attention, though she doesn't dare to overcome her shyness. Her surname was never spoken or seen in the show. (Season 1 only - 13 episodes)
 * Maggie Wheeler as Anita Warrell: Ellen's friend and a main character in the show's first season. Like Holly, she does not appear in subsequent seasons and is not mentioned again. She was mentioned by Holly to be much more attractive than her but, unlike Holly, most of her romantic relationships were never shown on screen. (Season 1 only - 7 episodes)

Recurring

 * Steven Gilborn as Harold Cornelius Morgan (seasons 1-5): Ellen's father. He is often somewhat clueless about what is going on around him. At one point, he and Ellen's mother Lois announce that they want to divorce, much to Ellen's dismay. They later reconcile.
 * Alice Hirson as Lois Ellington Morgan (seasons 1-5): Ellen's mother, Lois spends much of her time nosing and interfering in Ellen's life. Before Ellen comes out of the closet, Lois is obsessed with finding Ellen a husband. At one point, she wants to divorce her husband, but they later reconcile.
 * Patrick Bristow as Peter Barnes (seasons 2–5): Ellen's friend. He was a charity worker in the second season and a recurring role until the end of the series.
 * Bruce Campbell as Ed Billik (season 4): Ed appeared in season four only as the new manager of Ellen's bookstore. He was a strict business type who frequently butted heads with Ellen over their management styles.
 * Jack Plotnick as Barrett (seasons 3-5): Paige's assistant in season three. It is implied that he also goes on to marry Peter Barnes.
 * Lisa Darr as Laurie Manning (season 5): Ellen's girlfriend. Laurie appears in eight episodes in the fifth and final season of Ellen. She and her daughter Holly (Kayla Murphy) become an increasingly important part of Ellen's life.

Notable guest stars

 * Mary Tyler Moore appeared in two episodes, one of which was an opening sequence (episodes "Lobster Diary" and "Two Ring Circus")
 * The band Texas, who sang the show's opening theme song, appeared in an opening sequence
 * The band Captain & Tennille also appeared in two opening sequences (the same one used twice) (episodes "Splitsville, Man" and "Reversal of Misfortune")
 * Ellen's real-life mother Betty DeGeneres appeared in two episodes, one of which was in an opening sequence (episodes "The Puppy Episode" and "Makin' Whoopie")
 * Ellen's brother Vance DeGeneres also appeared in two episodes ("Ellen's Choice" and "Ellen Unplugged")
 * Wayne Newton (the episode "Secrets & Ellen" is part of a Viva Las Vegas crossover with Grace Under Fire, Coach, and The Drew Carey Show)
 * Drew Carey (the episode "Secrets & Ellen" is part of a Viva Las Vegas crossover with Grace Under Fire, Coach, and The Drew Carey Show)
 * Brett Butler (the episode "Secrets & Ellen" is part of a Viva Las Vegas crossover with Grace Under Fire, Coach, and The Drew Carey Show)
 * Janeane Garofalo (episode "Two Mammograms and a Wedding")
 * Kaley Cuoco as Young Ellen (episode "The Bubble-Gum Incident")
 * Steven Eckholdt (episode "The Puppy Episode")
 * Laura Dern (episode "The Puppy Episode")
 * Oprah Winfrey (episode "The Puppy Episode")
 * Billy Bob Thornton (episode "The Puppy Episode")
 * Jenny Shimizu (episode "The Puppy Episode")
 * Demi Moore (episode "The Puppy Episode")
 * k.d. lang (episode "The Puppy Episode")
 * Gina Gershon (episode "The Puppy Episode")
 * Jorja Fox (episode "The Puppy Episode")
 * Dwight Yoakam (episode "The Puppy Episode")
 * Melissa Etheridge (episode "The Puppy Episode")

"The Puppy Episode"
In 1997, Ellen made television history when the title character came out as a lesbian in the famous "Puppy Episode" (DeGeneres herself came out concurrent with the episode on The Oprah Winfrey Show and in Time). To ensure a memorable moment, the coming out scene was made into a gag where, at an airport, Ellen turns and tells Laura Dern's character "I'm gay!" – only to realize that she had turned right into the public address microphone, announcing her sexuality to the entire terminal. Ellen DeGeneres's mother Betty can briefly be seen as one of the people in the terminal with a shocked reaction to the announcement.

The episode was ranked No. 46 on TV Guide's 100 Greatest Episodes of All-Time.

The revelation ignited a storm of controversy, prompting ABC to place a parental advisory at the beginning of each episode.

Ellen was successful enough in its early seasons to warrant annual renewal, due largely to DeGeneres's perceived appeal and comic ability, but only with Ellen's coming out did the show make its way into the wide public consciousness and hit a critical plateau. After the initial coming out frenzy, however, the show's ratings declined, and ABC began feeling the pain of a backlash regarding the "gay content" being exhibited. The final episodes of Ellen were criticized for focusing too much on gay issues. Eventually, even some members of the LGBT community, including Chaz Bono (who at the time was the media director for GLAAD), began to criticize the show's serious new tone as well. ABC cancelled the show in May 1998 after five seasons.

Viva Las Vegas
The episode "Secrets & Ellen" is part of a crossover with Grace Under Fire, Coach, and The Drew Carey Show set in Las Vegas. It features Brett Butler as Grace Kelly and Drew Carey as himself.

Ratings

 * undefinedTwo episodes that aired in Season 3, "The Tape" and "The Mugging", were filmed at the same time as Season 1 and are included in the Season 1 DVD box set as "bonus episodes", and are not included in the Season 3 DVD release.

Home media
A&E Home Video has released the entire series on DVD in Region 1. These DVDs do not have captioning or subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired.

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Hello
Nice pattern. And welcome to Wikipedia. —iFaqeer (Talk to me!) 23:30, Nov 30, 2004 (UTC)

 * I see you have been working on Islam- and Shia Madhhab-related material. Wonderful! What are your other interests? Which countries are you interested in? —iFaqeer (Talk to me!) 20:30, Dec 1, 2004 (UTC)

Ahmadiyya
Take a look at what I have done at Khalifatul Masih. What do you think? —iFaqeer (Talk to me!) 22:56, Dec 1, 2004 (UTC)

Muslim educational institutions
Just started Muslim educational institutions. Please take a look and see if you can help. —iFaqeer (Talk to me!) 00:28, Feb 26, 2005 (UTC)

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Maxell

Maxell, Ltd. (マクセル株式会社), commonly known as Maxell, is a Japanese company that manufactures consumer electronics.

The company's name is a contraction of "Maximum capacity dry cell". Its main products are batteries, wireless charging products, storage devices, (USB flash drive, with real capacity 4- 8- 16- 32- 64- 128- 256GB)  LCD/laser projectors, and functional materials. In the past, the company manufactured recording media, including audio cassettes and blank VHS tapes, floppy disks, and recordable optical discs including CD-R/RW and DVD±RW.

On March 4, 2008, Maxell announced that they would outsource the manufacturing of their optical media.

History
Maxell was formed in 1960, when a dry cell manufacturing plant was created at the company's headquarters in Ibaraki, Osaka. In 1961, Maxell Electric Industrial Company, Limited was created out of the dry battery and magnetic tape divisions of Nitto Electric Industrial Company, Limited (now Nitto Denko Corporation).

On March 18, 2014, the company was listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. In 2013, Maxell, Ltd. acquired Hitachi Consumer Electronics, Co., Ltd.’s projector design, development and manufacturing assets and resources. On October 1, 2019, Maxell Corporation of America announced it would assume responsibility for all operations related to both Hitachi- brand and Maxell-brand projector products and accessories in the North American market.

Batteries
Maxell, along with Nagasaki University, NIAIST, and Subaru Corporation (the parent company of Subaru, makers of the R1e electric car), has developed a new chemistry for lithium-ion batteries. Part of the change is dropping the expensive cobalt element and using "nano infused lithium" with manganese, with twenty times more power storage, and the ability to mass-produce it inexpensively.

Audio cassettes

During the height of the Compact Audio Cassette's popularity, Maxell's audio cassettes were held in high regard, producing some of the finest examples of the standard available. The performance of the XLII-S (CrO2) and MX (pure metal particles) cassettes was highly regarded in the pre-digital domestic recording medium.

Until the beginning of 2020, Maxell still produced UR ferric-oxide-based cassettes for the international market. Maxell has since stopped distributing their UR cassettes outside of Japan. However in 2023 Maxell has started producing and selling UR cassettes outside of Japan on online marketplaces such as Amazon.

Optical storages

Since November 2006 the Taiwanese Ritek corporation became exclusive producer of Maxell CD-Rs and DVDs.

LCD and laser projectors
Maxell now assumes responsibility for all Hitachi-brand and Maxell-brand LCD projectors and laser projectors, as well as the Lecture Capture Collaboration Station. Maxell projectors are available in a range of lumens, resolutions, sizes, and colors for classrooms, conference rooms, houses of worship, and venues.

Advertising

In the 1980s, Maxell became an icon of pop culture when it produced advertisements popularly known as "Blown Away Guy" for its line of audio cassettes. The campaign began as a two-page advertising spread in Rolling Stone magazine in 1980. The photo shows a man sitting low in a (Le Corbusier Grand Confort LC2 ) high armed chair (on the right side of the spread) in front of, and facing, a JBL L100 speaker (the left side of the spread). His hair and necktie, along with the lampshade to the man's right and the martini glass on the low table to the man's left, are being blown back by the tremendous sound from speakers in front of him—supposedly due to the audio accuracy of Maxell's product. The man is shown desperately clinging to the armrests but defiantly looking ahead at the source of the music through sunglasses.

The ad campaign was conceived by Art Director Lars Anderson. Steve Steigman was the photographer. Steigman wanted a male model with long hair in order to show the effect of the wind, but when such a model could not be found on the day of the shoot, they used the makeup artist who was hired for the shoot, Jac Colello.

The same concept was used for television spots in 1981 which ran throughout the 1980s. These commercials showed nearly the same image as the print ad, but with the chair, a drink and nearby lamp all being pushed away from the stereo by the strong force of the sound waves, though the man calmly catches his drink before it slides off the end table. Richard Wagner's "Ride of the Valkyries" was used for music. A separate ad was filmed for the United Kingdom, with musician Peter Murphy of the group Bauhaus as the man in the chair, and "Night on Bald Mountain" by Modest Mussorgsky as the music.

The "blown away guy" image became quite popular, and has been copied and parodied numerous times, including in the 1992 John Ritter film Stay Tuned (where a character's head is blown off by a "Max-Hell" tape), in the 2005 episode "Model Misbehavior" of animated sitcom Family Guy, and in the 2010 movie Jackass 3D, where Ryan Dunn sits in a chair while the blast from a jet engine sends the set blowing away. The comic strip Bloom County also parodied the ad in showing one of its characters, Milo Bloom, at home watching MTV.

In 2005, Maxell revived the "Blown Away Guy" ad campaign. As Maxell now made blank DVDs and CDs, headphones, speakers, and blank audio and video tape, the ads were updated with photos of iPods and accessories underneath the image. "Get blown away" was the headline, while the copy urged consumers to use Maxell accessories to "make your small iPod sound like a huge audio system".

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Districts of Switzerland

Districts of Switzerland are a political subdivision for cantons. In the federally constituted Switzerland, each canton is completely free to decide its own internal organisation. Therefore, there exists a variety of structures and terminology for the subnational entities between canton and municipality, loosely termed districts. Most cantons are divided into Bezirke (German for districts, singular Bezirk). They are also termed Ämter (Lucerne, singular Amt), Amtsbezirke (Bern, Amtsbezirk), district (in French) or distretto (Ticino and part of Graubünden). The Bezirke generally provide only administration and court organization. However, for historical reasons districts in cantons Graubünden and Schwyz are their own legal entities with jurisdiction over tax and often have their own Landsgemeinde.

Seven of the 26 cantons – Uri, Obwalden, Nidwalden, Glarus, Zug, Basel-City and Geneva – have always existed without the district level of government. An eighth one, Appenzell Innerrhoden, uses no intermediate level either, but calls its lowest-level subdivisions Bezirke, although they are functionally equivalent to municipalities elsewhere.

A further number of cantons are considering (or have already decided) an abolition of the district level in the future. Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Schaffhausen, Lucerne, St. Gallen and Schwyz voted in 2006 on its abolition; some voted in favour of keeping the division, some with modifications. Bern in 2006 decided a reduction of its 26 districts to ten administrative regions, which took effect in 2010. St. Gallen, Solothurn and Lucerne removed the administrative role, but retained districts for elections. In 2008 Vaud decided on a reduction from 19 to 10 districts, followed by Thurgau which combined eight into five in 2012. In 2017 Graubünden replaced the 11 districts with 11 regions. In 2018 Neuchâtel eliminated the district level.

Zurich
The canton of Zurich is divided into 12 districts (German: Bezirke):
 * Affoltern with capital Affoltern am Albis
 * Andelfingen with capital Andelfingen
 * Bülach with capital Bülach
 * Dielsdorf with capital Dielsdorf
 * Dietikon with capital Dietikon
 * Hinwil with capital Hinwil
 * Horgen with capital Horgen
 * Meilen with capital Meilen
 * Pfäffikon with capital Pfäffikon
 * Uster with capital Uster
 * Winterthur with capital Winterthur
 * Zurich comprises the city of Zurich

Bern

The Canton of Bern is divided in five regions: Berner Jura, Seeland (with two subregions, Biel/Bienne and Seeland), Bern-Mittelland, Oberland (with subregions Thun, Obersimmental-Saanen, Frutigen-Niedersimmental, Interlaken-Oberhasli) and Emmental-Oberaargau (with two subregions, Emmental and Oberaargau) The current division has taken effect on 1 January 2010, based on a 2006 decision to abolish the former system of districts.

On 1 January 2010, the 26 administrative districts (Amtsbezirke) lost their administrative role that was transferred to 10 new administrative districts (Verwaltungskreise):

 * Bern-Mittelland with capital Ostermundigen, made up of all or part of the former districts of Bern, Fraubrunnen, Konolfingen, Laupen, Schwarzenburg and Seftigen
 * Biel/Bienne with capital Biel/Bienne, made up of all of the former district of Biel and about half of the former district of Nidau
 * Emmental with capital Langnau im Emmental, made up of all or part of the former districts of Burgdorf, Signau and Trachselwald
 * Frutigen-Niedersimmental with capital Frutigen, made up of all or part of the former districts of Frutigen and Niedersimmental
 * Interlaken-Oberhasli with capital Interlaken, made up of all or part of the former districts of Interlaken and Oberhasli
 * Jura bernois with capital Courtelary, made up of all or part of the former districts of Courtelary, Moutier and La Neuveville
 * Oberaargau with capital Wangen an der Aare, made up of all or part of the former districts of Aarwangen and Wangen
 * Obersimmental-Saanen with capital Saanen, made up of all of the former districts of Obersimmental and Saanen
 * Seeland with capital Aarberg, made up of all or part of the former districts of Aarberg, Büren, Erlach and Nidau
 * Thun with capital Thun, made up of all of the former administrative district of Thun

Nota bene that the 26 Bernese districts do still formally exist and are maintained by Article 38 of the Law on the Organisation of the Executive Council and the Administration (Organization Law, LOCA/OrG) and by Article 3 al.2 of the cantonal Constitution.

Lucerne
The Canton of Lucerne used to be divided into 5 Ämter:
 * Entlebuch with capital Schüpfheim
 * Hochdorf with capital Hochdorf
 * Luzern with capital Luzern
 * Sursee with capital Sursee
 * Willisau with capital Willisau

These were abolished with the new cantonal constitution of 2007, although they will continue to be used as electoral districts.

Schwyz
The Canton of Schwyz is divided into 6 districts:
 * Einsiedeln including only the municipality of the same name
 * Gersau including only the municipality of the same name
 * Höfe with capital alternating between Wollerau and the village of Pfäffikon
 * Küssnacht including only the municipality of the same name
 * March with capital Lachen
 * Schwyz with capital Schwyz

Fribourg
The Canton of Fribourg is divided into 7 districts:
 * Broye with capital Estavayer-le-Lac
 * Glâne with capital Romont
 * Gruyère with capital Bulle
 * Sarine with capital Fribourg
 * See/Lac with capital Murten/Morat
 * Sense with capital Tafers
 * Veveyse with capital Châtel-Saint-Denis

Solothurn
From 2005, Solothurn's ten districts are merged pairwise into five electoral districts, termed Amtei. From 2005, districts only have a statistical meaning.
 * Bucheggberg, Amtei Wasseramt-Bucheggberg
 * Dorneck, Amtei Dorneck-Thierstein (unofficially Schwarzbubenland)
 * Gäu, Amtei Thal-Gäu
 * Gösgen, Amtei Olten-Gösgen (unofficially Niederamt)
 * Lebern, Amtei Solothurn-Lebern
 * Olten, Amtei Olten-Gösgen
 * Solothurn, Amtei Solothurn-Lebern
 * Thal, Amtei Thal-Gäu
 * Thierstein, Amtei Dorneck-Thierstein
 * Wasseramt, Amtei Wasseramt-Bucheggberg

Basel-Landschaft
Basel-Landschaft is divided into 5 districts:
 * Arlesheim with capital Arlesheim
 * Laufen with capital Laufen
 * Liestal with capital Liestal
 * Sissach with capital Sissach
 * Waldenburg with capital Waldenburg

St. Gallen
The canton abolished the district level in 2003, but it remains divided into eight constituencies (Wahlkreise) without administrative significance:
 * Rheintal with capital Altstätten
 * Rorschach with capital Rorschach
 * Sarganserland with capital Sargans
 * See-Gaster with capital Rapperswil-Jona
 * St. Gallen with capital St. Gallen
 * Toggenburg with capital Lichtensteig
 * Werdenberg with capital Buchs
 * Wil with capital Wil

Graubünden
Beginning in 2017 Graubünden is divided into 11 regions:
 * Albula
 * Bernina
 * Engiadina Bassa/Val Müstair
 * Imboden
 * Landquart
 * Maloja
 * Moesa
 * Plessur
 * Prättigau/Davos
 * Surselva
 * Viamala

Aargau
Aargau is divided into 11 districts:
 * Aarau with capital Aarau
 * Baden with capital Baden
 * Bremgarten with capital Bremgarten
 * Brugg with capital Brugg
 * Kulm with capital Unterkulm
 * Laufenburg with capital Laufenburg
 * Lenzburg with capital Lenzburg
 * Muri with capital Muri
 * Rheinfelden with capital Rheinfelden
 * Zofingen with capital Zofingen
 * Zurzach with capital Zurzach

Thurgau
Thurgau is divided into five districts (eight prior to 2011) and each is named after its capital:

 * Arbon with capital Arbon
 * Frauenfeld with capital Frauenfeld
 * Kreuzlingen with capital Kreuzlingen
 * Münchwilen with capital Münchwilen
 * Weinfelden with capital Weinfelden

Ticino
Ticino is divided into 8 districts:
 * Bellinzona with capital Bellinzona
 * Blenio with capital Acquarossa
 * Leventina with capital Faido
 * Locarno with capital Locarno
 * Lugano with capital Lugano
 * Mendrisio with capital Mendrisio
 * Riviera with capital Riviera
 * Vallemaggia with capital Cevio

Vaud

Vaud is divided into 10 districts:
 * Aigle with capital Aigle
 * Broye-Vully with capital Payerne
 * Gros-de-Vaud with capital Echallens
 * Jura-North Vaudois with capital Yverdon-les-Bains
 * Lausanne with capital Lausanne
 * Lavaux-Oron with capital Cully
 * Morges with capital Morges
 * Nyon with capital Nyon
 * Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut with capital Vevey
 * Ouest Lausannois with capital Renens

Valais

Valais is divided into 13 districts:
 * Brig with capital Brig-Glis
 * Conthey with capital Conthey
 * Entremont with capital Sembrancher
 * Goms with capital Münster-Geschinen
 * Hérens with capital Evolène
 * Leuk with capital Leuk
 * Martigny with capital Martigny
 * Monthey with capital Monthey
 * Saint-Maurice with capital Saint-Maurice
 * Sierre with capital Sierre
 * Sion with capital Sion
 * Visp with capital Visp

The district of Raron is divided into:
 * Östlich Raron with capital Mörel-Filet
 * Westlich Raron with capital Raron

Neuchâtel
The Canton of Neuchâtel was divided into 6 districts until 1 January 2018 when the district system was terminated.
 * Boudry with capital Boudry
 * La Chaux-de-Fonds with capital La Chaux-de-Fonds
 * Le Locle with capital Le Locle
 * Neuchâtel with capital Neuchâtel
 * Val-de-Ruz with capital Cernier
 * Val-de-Travers with capital Val-de-Travers

Jura
The Canton of Jura is divided into 3 districts:
 * Delémont with capital Delémont
 * Porrentruy with capital Porrentruy
 * Franches-Montagnes with capital Saignelégier

Schaffhausen
The Canton of Schaffhausen is divided into 6 districts:
 * Stein with capital Stein am Rhein
 * Schaffhausen with capital Schaffhausen
 * Schleitheim with capital Schleitheim
 * Oberklettgau with capital Neunkirch
 * Unterklettgau with capital Hallau
 * Reiat with capital Thayngen

Appenzell Ausserrhoden
The Canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden is divided into 3 districts:
 * Hinterland with capital Herisau
 * Mittelland with capital Trogen
 * Vorderland with capital Heiden

Appenzell Innerrhoden
In Appenzell Innerrhoden districts are the lowest administrative division as the canton has no municipalities (except for the Feuerschaugemeinde, a special-purpose municipality for the town of Appenzell). The districts are functionally equivalent to municipalities elsewhere in Switzerland, and are generally shown as municipalities on maps etc.

The Canton is divided into five districts:
 * Appenzell with capital Appenzell
 * Gonten
 * Oberegg
 * Schlatt-Haslen
 * Schwende-Rüte with capital Appenzell

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Vanity. --jpgordon {gab} 17:34, 17 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Well-dressed vanity. Delete. --Ianb 20:13, 17 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete: Wikipedia is not Monster.com, even if you do consider being well-dressed a personal quality. Geogre 21:43, 17 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. Personal ad. --Neschek 04:50, 18 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. Wikipedia is not the place to post your CV. jni 07:53, 18 Oct 2004 (UTC)
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Garçon
Doesn't seem to contain any information of value, apart from the definition of a foreign word. Deb 17:36, 17 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * It's the name you call the waiter in a French restaurant? 132.205.15.42 02:34, 22 Oct 2004 (UTC)

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Los Millares

Los Millares is a Chalcolithic occupation site 17 km north of Almería, in the municipality of Santa Fe de Mondújar, Andalucía, Spain. The complex was in use from the fourth millennium BC (c. 3000 BC) to the end of the third millennium BC (2000 BC) and probably supported somewhere around 1000 people. It was discovered in 1891 during the construction of a railway. It was first excavated by Luis Siret in the succeeding years. Excavations are ongoing. Los Millares is the type site of the Chalcolithic Millaran culture.

Site description
The site covers 2 ha and comprises three concentric lines of stone walls, the outer ring the largest, running more than 200 meters (650 feet) with nineteen 'bastions' and a gate guarded by foreworks. The road to the site is guarded by four smaller outlying stone forts. There is an extensive cemetery of eighty passage grave tombs. Radiocarbon dating has established that one wall collapsed and was rebuilt around 3025 BC.

A cluster of simple dwellings lay inside the walls as well as one large building containing evidence of copper smelting. Pottery excavated from the site included plain and decorated wares including symbolkeramik bowls bearing oculus motifs. Similar designs appear on various carved stone idols found at the site. Although primarily farmers, the inhabitants of Los Millares had crucially also learned metal working, especially the smelting and forming of copper, and the site is considered highly important in understanding the transition from the Neolithic to the Bronze Age. The Millaran culture eventually came to dominate the Iberian peninsula.

The population of Los Millares has been estimated at approximately 1000 in the timeframe 3200–2300 BC. The labor involved in its construction, the large volume of stones used, its geometric characteristics and sophisticated design all indicate multiple functionality, including defense and power.

Relationship to other prehistoric cultures
Los Millares participated in the continental trends of Megalithism and the Beaker culture. Analysis of occupation material and grave goods from the Los Millares cemetery of 70 tholos tombs with port-hole slabs has led archaeologists to suggest that the people who lived at Los Millares were part of a stratified, unequal society which was often at war with its neighbors. The Los Millares civilisation was replaced circa 1800 BC, with the arrival of Bronze by the El Argar civilisation, whose successor culture is embodied in the contemporary culture of Vila Nova de São Pedro in nearby Portugal.

Other Iberian settlements in this region of a similar age to Los Millares include the settlement of Los Silillos and Neolithic finds at.

Similarities between Los Millares architecture and the step pyramid at Monte d'Accoddi in Sardinia have been noticed.

Conservation and access
The site has been protected by a heritage designation, currently Bien de Interés Cultural, since 1931.

There is an interpretation centre at the site itself. Some finds are displayed at the National Archaeological Museum in Madrid, and others at the Museum of Almería.

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Category:World boxing champions

This category is for all of the boxers who have ever won a world boxing title in any weight class. Any boxer who won one or more of the following titles is eligible for inclusion in this category: the universal world title (using Marquess of Queensberry rules), the NBA world title (1921–1962), the WBA world title (1962–present), the WBC world title (1963–present), the IBF world title (1983–present), and the WBO world title (1988–present).

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