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Apostrophe (')

Apostrophe (') is the sixth solo album and eighteenth in total by Frank Zappa, released in March 1974 in both stereo and quadraphonic formats. An edited version of its lead-off track, "Don't Eat the Yellow Snow", was the first of Zappa's three Billboard Top 100 hits, ultimately peaking at number 86. The album itself became the biggest commercial success of Zappa's career, reaching number 10 on the US Billboard 200.

Overview
Apostrophe (') remains Zappa's most commercially successful album in the United States. It was certified gold by the RIAA on April 7, 1976 and peaked at number 10 (a career-high placement) on the Billboard 200 chart in 1974. Continuing from the commercial breakthrough of Over-Nite Sensation (1973), this album is a similar mix of short songs showcasing Zappa's humor and musical arrangements. The record's lyrical themes are often bizarre or obscure, with the exception of "Uncle Remus", which is an extension of Zappa's feelings on racism featured on his earlier song "Trouble Every Day".

Music
The first half of the album loosely follows a continuing theme. "Don't Eat the Yellow Snow" and "Nanook Rubs It" tell of a dream the singer had where he saw himself as an Eskimo named Nanook. It continues into "St. Alfonzo's Pancake Breakfast," which Zappa said was inspired by a television commercial for Imperial margarine.

As was the case with many of Zappa's albums, Apostrophe (') was a melange of archival and recent recordings; side one of Apostrophe (') and the whole Over-Nite Sensation album (released as the immediate predecessor to Apostrophe (') in 1973) were recorded simultaneously during the spring of 1973. The tracks on side two originate from various 1972 sessions with overdubs recorded in 1973 and 1974, except for "Excentrifugal Forz", where the drum track (played by Johnny Guerin) originally came from the Hot Rats sessions in 1969 (along with the bass and drum tracks for "Lemme Take You to the Beach" on Studio Tan (1978) and Läther (1996), although in the case of "Excentrifugal Forz" this is not actually noted in either the album liner notes or official correspondence),  and "Stinkfoot", where the basic track, possibly originally known as "The Bass & Drums Song", dates from the Chunga's Revenge sessions in early 1970.

"Apostrophe'" is an instrumental featuring bassist Jack Bruce and session drummer Jim Gordon, who was on tour with Zappa's band at the time of the session in November 1972. Bruce is credited on the album cover with bass guitar and co-writing the title song. However, in an interview for Polish rock magazine Tylko Rock he said that he had not played any bass guitar parts or done any co-writing on "Apostrophe (')", only the cello intro. He reminisced, "So I turned up in a NY studio with my cello, I'm listening to [Zappa's] music, pretty awful, and just don't know what to do with myself, and Frank [Zappa] says to me: "Listen, I would like you to play a sound, like this... whaaaaaang!!!" So I did what he asked me to do. Whaaaaaang!!! That was all. That was my input to Frank Zappa's most popular record! [laughs]" Bruce had studied the instrument at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and performed with it on some of his other recordings.

However, Zappa has referred to Bruce playing bass on the track in an interview: "Well, that was just a jam thing that happened because he was a friend of (drummer) Jim Gordon. I found it very difficult to play with him; he's too busy. He doesn't really want to play the bass in terms of root functions; I think he has other things on his mind. But that's the way jam sessions go."

Release and reception
Village Voice critic Robert Christgau wrote in his review: "Disillusioned acolytes are complaining that he's retreated, which means he's finally made top ten, but that's just his reward for professional persistence. If anything, the satire's improved a little, and the title piece—an improvisation with Jack Bruce, Jim Gordon, and rhythm guitarist Tony Duran—forays into quartet-style jazz-rock. Given Frank's distaste for 'Cosmik Debris' you'd think maybe he's come up with something earthier than Mahavishnu, but given his distaste for sex you can be sure it's more cerebral instead."

Apostrophe (') and Over-Nite Sensation, recorded with the same group of musicians, are the subject of a Classic Albums series documentary from Eagle Rock Entertainment, released on DVD May 1, 2007.

In July 2016, the Zappa Family Trust released a CD of alternate mixes, different takes and live versions of material from Apostrophe (') titled The Crux of the Biscuit. It includes early versions of "Down in De Dew", which Zappa considered for Apostrophe (') but later included on Läther.

Musicians

 * Frank Zappa – vocals, guitar, bass, bouzouki
 * Sal Marquez – trumpet
 * Ian Underwood – saxophone
 * Napoleon Murphy Brock – saxophone
 * Bruce Fowler – trombone
 * Tom Fowler - bass guitar
 * Don "Sugarcane" Harris – violin
 * Jean-Luc Ponty – violin
 * Ruth Underwood – percussion, vibraphone
 * George Duke – keyboards
 * Tony Duran – rhythm guitar
 * Harper May – bass guitar
 * Erroneous (Alex Dmochowski) – bass guitar
 * Jack Bruce – bass on "Apostrophe'" (see controversy presented above)
 * Ralph Humphrey – drums (side one)
 * Johnny Guerin – drums on "Excentrifugal Forz"
 * Aynsley Dunbar – drums on "Uncle Remus" and "Stink-Foot"
 * Jim Gordon – drums on "Apostrophe"

Back-up vocals

 * Lynn (Linda Sims)
 * Robert "Frog" Camarena
 * Ruben Ladron de Guevara
 * Debbie (Debbie Wilson)
 * Ray Collins
 * Sue Glover
 * Kerry McNabb
 * George Duke
 * Napoleon Murphy Brock
 * Tina Turner (uncredited)

Production staff

 * Cal Schenkel – artwork, graphic design
 * Barry Keene – engineer
 * Kerry McNabb – engineer, remixing
 * Ferenc Dobronyi – cover design
 * Bob Ludwig – technician
 * Paul Hof – technician
 * Oscar Kergaives – technician
 * Brian Krokus – technician
 * Mark Aalyson – photography
 * Bob Stone – transfers, digital remastering
 * Steve Desper – engineer
 * Terry Dunavan – engineer
 * Zach Glickman – marketing
 * Bob Hughes – engineer

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Zappa is credited as the "main performer." This credit does not appear on the album jacket and has no specific meaning. If no objections are raised, I will remove it. 66.58.219.109 23:26, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

I made one hardly noticeable edit: the back cover of the CD lists the title of track 7 as Apostrophe' (ie. the word "Apostrophe" with an apostrophe right after it). It looks confusing in quotes, because it is "Apostrophe'" Jjm905 (talk) 02:46, 24 September 2008 (UTC)

Jack Bruce
Jack was obviously joking about playing cello on Apostrophe. Jack does in fact play cello, but not on this album! I think that after the two met they realized that they really didn't get along and were not very musically compatible. Zappa's comments make a lot more sense here than anything Jack has said. Something to this effect should be added to the article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.160.93.32 (talk) 20:51, 13 March 2010 (UTC)

Jack Bruce's quote about playing cello on Apostrophe (') can't be taken seriously because:

A: There is no cello on the Apostrophe (') album or on the title song B: JB was a friend of drummer Jim Gordon who was a mutual friend with Zappa C: JB is credited on the album with playing bass and co-writing the song (Bruce/Gordon/Zappa) D: The song is a jam session with only bass, drums and guitar (Bruce/Gordon/Zappa) E: The bass playing on Apostrophe sounds just like the unique type of playing JB did with Cream F: Aside from being brilliant, JB is sometimes known for being argumentative and difficult for other musicians to work with G: As the quote clearly indicates JB made these comments while laughing about the situation! Clearly he was trying to put one over on the interviewer.

I could go on... but I think I have made my point. Thanks.--216.160.93.32 (talk) 07:18, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

Don't Eat The Yellow Snow Medley
Don't Eat The Yellow Snow and Nanook Rubs it should have a shared article because they were released as a single that became popular for Zappa. The lack of important Zappa song articles is sadly numerous. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mrmoustache14 (talk • contribs) 15:55, 24 August 2012 (UTC)

Agreed completely. "Don't Eat The Yellow Snow" would make a good article. Friginator (talk) 03:22, 26 August 2012 (UTC)

Did it, I made the article: "Don't Eat the Yellow Snow Suite." If anyone has anyway of improving it, please do! --Mrmoustache14 (talk) 05:42, 28 August 2012 (UTC)

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John B. Keane

John Brendan Keane (21 July 1928 – 30 May 2002) was an Irish playwright, novelist and essayist from Listowel, County Kerry.

Biography
A son of a national school teacher, William B. Keane, and his wife Hannah (née Purtill), Keane was educated at Listowel National School and then at St Michael's College, Listowel. He worked as a chemist's assistant for A. H. Jones who dabbled in buying antiques. Keane had various jobs in the UK between 1951 and 1955 working as a street cleaner, and a bar man, living in a variety of places including Northampton and London. It was while he was in Northampton that Keane was first published in an unnamed women's magazine for which he received £15.

After returning to Ireland from the United Kingdom, he became a pub owner in Listowel from 1955.

He married Mary O'Connor at Knocknagoshel Church on 5 January 1955 and had four children: Billy, Conor, John and Joanna.

He was an Honorary Life Member of the Royal Dublin Society from 1991, served as president of Irish PEN and was a founder member of the Society of Irish Playwrights as well as a member of Aosdána. Keane was named the patron of the Listowel Players after the Listowel Drama Group fractured. He remained a prominent member of the Fine Gael party throughout his life, never being shy of political debate.

His nephew is the investigative journalist Fergal Keane. His son John is a journalist with the Kilkenny People while his son, Billy regularly writes a column for the Irish Independent.

Influences
Keane cited many literary influences including Bryan MacMahon and George Fitzmaurice, fellow Kerry writers and playwrights.

His personal influences were numerous but, most notably he thanked his father and his wife, Mary. Keane was grateful for his father's help with early editing, for allowing him access to his personal library, and for encouraging him to continue his work until he was successful.

He was also influenced by the local population and the patrons of his pub, on whom he based some of his characters.

Awards and honours

 * 1999 Irish PEN Award

List of works

 * Many Young Men of Twenty (1946)
 * Sive (1959)
 * Sharon's Grave (1960)
 * The Highest House on the Mountain (1961)
 * The Man From Clare (1962)
 * The Year of the Hiker (1963)
 * The Field (1965)
 * Hut 42 (1968)
 * The Rain at the End of the Summer (1968)
 * Big Maggie (1969)
 * Moll (1971)
 * The One-Way Ticket (1972)
 * Values (1973)
 * The Crazy Wall (1973)
 * The Change in Mame Fadden (1973)
 * Letters of a Matchmaker (1975)
 * Letters of a Country Postman (1977)
 * The Buds of Ballybunion (1979)
 * The Chastitute (1981)
 * Man of the Triple Name (1984)
 * Owl Sandwiches (1985)
 * The Bodhran Makers (1986)
 * The Contractors (1988)
 * The Ram of God and Other Stories (1992)
 * Durango: A Novel (1992)
 * Faoiseamh
 * Pishogue
 * No More in Dust

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Spinsane
A "leader of the longest running ASCII art group, Remorse 1981"--yet +Spinsane "Remorse 1981" gets 6 google hits. No evidence of notability. [[User:Meelar|Meelar (talk)]] 21:45, Oct 17, 2004 (UTC)

 * Keep. While this page certainly does need work, I must fault you for not using a broad enough search.  Since you think Google is the authority on whats important, a plain and simple search for "Spinsane" yields 766 hits.  The name is unique; virtually of the hits are attributed to the exact same individual.  [[User:Radman1|Radman1 (talk)]]  15:34, Oct 17, 2004 (PST)
 * To quote another member of Wikipedia: "Fusajiro Yamauchi" only has 968 hits on Google, while "Mark David Chapman" has 18,300. Therefore, we should delete the history of the founder of Nintendo, since he's obviously 1/18th as important in history as the assassin of John Lennon."  Brilliant logic!  [[User:Radman1|Radman1 (talk)]]  15:46, Oct 17, 2004 (PST)
 * That's an idiotic argument since a great many references to Fusajiro Yamauchi's name will not usually rendered in western scripts. Vanity.  Delete. GWO
 * GWO, I think you failed to notice the irony in Radman1's comment. It simply means: Following the reasoning in Meelar's statements would render every article with only a few hits in google unnecessary. But then again, why would we need an entry in wikipedia if so many hits lead to other sources of information? No vote though (since I'm not accustomed to the procedures here)[ChaosCom]
 * Google hits might show the importance inversely proportional - The less info you might find about something, the more you should provide (which is Wiki's purpose basically). No vote. (Dunno much about the subject really.) Gargaj 15:05, 22 Oct 2004 (UTC)

 * According to Radman1's user page, his email address is radman (at) acid (dot) org. This page is vanity, delete.  RickK

 * I stand by this article as a biographical text and work in progress. Being quite familiar with "What Wikipedia is Not" I feel this article more than qualifies to be here and am curious where others draw the line between this and "vanity".  By Meelar's silly little metric, 766 google hits ought to be more than enough.  [[User:Radman1|Radman1 (talk)]]  22:34, Oct 17, 2004 (PST)

 * I'd just like to note that this listing was not intended as a personal attack, and I'd appreciate if you wouldn't make them in return. [[User:Meelar|Meelar (talk)]] 05:39, Oct 18, 2004 (UTC)

 * I am at a loss for words to understand how such a hardened veteran of the Wikipedia as Meelar would quiver his lower lip at the disagreement of his self-styled brilliant moves. Current theories ascribe to the pressure of his double major. --Jscott 05:42, 18 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Personal attacks will get you blocked from editing. If you can't make constructive comments, maybe you shouldn't comment at all.  RickK 07:03, Oct 18, 2004 (UTC)

 * Do not delete, I've been a fan of his radio show and I find him to be a fascinating figure in the history of networked art communities. InspiredChaos 6:05, 18 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Note: this is User:InspiredChaos's first contribution. [[User:Meelar|Meelar (talk)]] 06:09, Oct 18, 2004 (UTC)

 * Keep This page is very useful in that it gives historical information about who this person is, and what his involvement is in the ansi/ascii art scene in the past and present. Eto 23:32, 17 Oct 2004 (PST)
 * Yet again another sockpuppet. RickK 07:02, Oct 18, 2004 (UTC)
 * Hm, just because I haven't submitted much, and have only submitted info for PabloDraw, doesn't mean that I'm the same person.. Unfortunately, there isn't much I can do to validate my claim of individuality.. hehe (: Eto 00:28, 18 Oct 2004 (PST)
 * Delete. Postdlf 07:56, 18 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. Vanity IMO. Andrewa 12:24, 18 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. jni 12:29, 18 Oct 2004 (UTC)

 * Delete: Vanity. Geogre 13:19, 18 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. Vanity. --*drew 13:24, 18 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. Wow, less notable than GNAA. --Improv 20:47, 18 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * That may be going too far. -- WOT 17:46, 19 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep Delete, this is below the notability line, perhaps deserves a mention wherever the Remorse 1981 info ends up After a little more in depth research seems like we should include an article about this guy. — siro  χ  o  21:43, Oct 18, 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete: promo, nonnotable. Wile E. Heresiarch 05:00, 19 Oct 2004 (UTC)

 * Keep. This is an important group in a subculture that will not be noted in print encyclopedias.Guybrushnd
 * Sock puppet. RickK 21:20, Oct 19, 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. Rationale at Votes for deletion/Remorse 1981.   —Triskaideka 17:08, 19 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete Not notable enough, even in this context. GRider 21:55, 19 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete unless it can be proven that "Spinsane" was actually born in Juárez. ~leif 03:53, 20 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. Vanity.   — Gwalla | Talk 19:22, 21 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. Ambi 00:17, 22 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Del. "longest running ASCII art group" qualifies for Guiness & WikiRecords but is close to proof of NON-notability. --Jerzy(t) 11:52, 2004 Oct 22 (UTC)
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Tarrant Rushton

Tarrant Rushton is a village and civil parish in north Dorset, England. The village is situated in the Tarrant Valley about 3 mi east of Blandford Forum. In 2013 the civil parish had an estimated population of 80. Starting in the north east the parish adjoins Moor Crichel, Witchampton, Pamphill, Shapwick, Tarrant Crawford, Tarrant Keynston and Tarrant Rawston. The ancient church of St Mary is built of flint and stone and parts of it date from Norman times. The church accommodates 120 persons and the registers date from 1700.

At one time there was a hospital or charity in the parish dedicated to St Leonard. There has not been a post office in the parish, but there was a parish school which in 1895 catered for 45 children. Abbey Crofts which in the 1890s had a population of 7 was transferred to Tarrant Crawford. The population in 1891 was 177. The 2073 acre are light loam and used to be mainly for cultivation of wheat.

To the east of the village is Tarrant Rushton Airfield. It was built during World War II, during which it played a vital role, and remained in use until 1980.

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David Caplan

David Richard Caplan (November 15, 1964 – July 24, 2019) was a Canadian politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario who represented the ridings of Oriole and Don Valley East from 1997 to 2011 and a cabinet minister in the government of Liberal Premier Dalton McGuinty from 2003 to 2009.

Background
Caplan was born in Toronto, Ontario, and was educated at the University of Western Ontario. He worked as a commercial real estate agent with the firm of Ernest Goodman Ltd. from 1985 to 1989, and was vice-president of Taurus Metal Trading Ltd. (a recycling company) between 1989 and 1992.

Caplan was elected as a trustee to the North York Board of Education in 1991 and served in this capacity for six years, becoming the board's vice-chair in 1993. He also served on the Metropolitan Toronto School Board from 1994 to 1997, becoming its vice-chair shortly before his departure for higher office.

Caplan was the son of Elinor Caplan (née Hershorn), who served as a cabinet minister at the federal and provincial levels. His father, Mayer Wilfred Caplan, was a business person active in politics. He was married to Leigh and had two sons, Benjamin and Jacob.

Politics
In 1997, Elinor Caplan resigned her seat in the Ontario legislature to seek election to the House of Commons of Canada. David Caplan contested his mother's former riding of Oriole in the subsequent by-election, and defeated his Progressive Conservative opponent, former federal Member of Parliament Barbara Greene, by a significant margin. He subsequently served as the Liberal critic for Youth and Training.

Ontario's electoral map was significantly altered in 1996, when Progressive Conservative Premier Mike Harris introduced a bill to reduce the number of members in the legislature from 130 to 103. These changes did not apply to by-elections for the sitting legislature, but came into effect for the provincial election of 1999. As a result, Caplan was forced to face another incumbent Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP), Minister of Education David Johnson, in the new riding of Don Valley East. Johnson had surprised many observers by not running in the safer riding of Don Valley West.

In one of the most closely watched races of the campaign, Caplan defeated Johnson on election night by just over 3,000 votes. There are several public school teachers in Don Valley East, and many suspect that "strategic voting" by this group against the Tories was a leading factor in Caplan's victory. The Progressive Conservatives won the election. Caplan became his party's Housing Critic and Deputy Whip.

Like his mother, David Caplan was a prominent politician in the Jewish community of the North York area. He did not, however, join with several other politicians from this community (including fellow Liberal MPP Monte Kwinter) to support provincial funding for non-Catholic religious schools in 2001. The initiative was brought forward by the Progressive Conservative government of Mike Harris, and the Liberal Party opposed it on the grounds that it would divert money from public schools. While Kwinter publicly disagreed with his party's position, Caplan supported it and referred to the Harris government's plan as "the first step toward a voucher system".

2003 session
Caplan was easily re-elected in Don Valley East in the provincial election of 2003, defeating his Progressive Conservative opponent, former city councillor Paul Sutherland, by over 9200 votes. The Liberals won the general election, and Caplan was appointed to Cabinet on October 23, 2003, as Minister of Public Infrastructure Renewal.

Caplan was responsible for leading the modernization of the province's infrastructure and planning for future population and economic growth. He released a long-term $30 billion plus infrastructure investment strategy called ReNew Ontario, which used a private financing model expanding and building new hospitals, schools, colleges and universities, and transit and transportation systems. Caplan was responsible for the Places to Grow Act, 2005, which allows for a better way of accommodating growth across the province through the development of growth plans. The first growth plan under this legislation, the Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe, was a 25-year strategy to maximize the benefits of growth and maintain a high quality of life for the fastest growing urban region in Canada. Minister Caplan also had responsibility for several major government agencies managing public assets, including: The Ontario Realty Corporation, Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation, Liquor Control Board of Ontario, Infrastructure Ontario and the Toronto Waterfront Revitalization Corporation.

Caplan came under heavy criticism after the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation was mired in a scandal which saw retailers were winning a disproportionate number of jackpots. He stayed on despite opposition calls for his resignation.

After a cabinet shuffle on June 29, 2005, Caplan was given the additional position of Deputy Government House Leader.

2007 session
On June 20, 2008, Premier Dalton McGuity announced a cabinet shuffle that saw Caplan swapping portfolios with George Smitherman. Caplan was appointed Minister of Health, while Smitherman was appointed both the Minister of Public Infrastructure Renewal and the Minister of Energy (taking over from Gerry Phillips). There was criticism of Caplan's new portfolio, as he suffered from weight issues and was formerly a heavy smoker, but he dismissed it, saying "My own conversations between me and my doctor are private matters, (as) they are for all of us, and they'll remain private".

In May 2009, there were opposition calls for Caplan's resignation after it was revealed that eHealth Ontario CEO Sarah Kramer had approved about $4.8 million in no-bid contracts during the first four months of the agency's operation, while also spending $50000 to refurnish her office, and paying consultants up to $300 an hour. Nine senior eHealth employees were fired, reportedly for challenging the agency's tendering practices. eHealth Ontario argued that the no-bid contracts were necessary due to the rapid transition process to eHealth from its predecessor Smart Systems for Health Agency, while Caplan defended Kramer's bonus as part of her move from another agency. The opposition noted that the McGuinty government spent five years and $647 million on the Smart Systems for Health Agency, which used 15 per cent of its $225 million annual budget on consultants despite employing 166 people with annual salaries exceeding $100,000, before the project was shut down and restarted as eHealth Ontario. Premier Dalton McGuinty said he was concerned about eHealth's spending information and said that he would act upon the auditor general's report. McGuinty and Caplan said that it was tough to recruit top experts to build a provincewide electronic health records system.

On October 6, 2009, Caplan resigned his post as Health Minister in advance of a report detailing irregularities in spending and expense accounts related to eHealth Ontario, a government agency tasked with the creation of electronic health records.

He announced on July 14, 2011, that he would not be a candidate in the October 6, 2011 provincial election.

Post-political career
Caplan served as vice-chair of public affairs firm Global Public Affairs in Toronto. In December 2017, he started serving as the chief operating officer of ORBA, Ontario Road Builders Association.

Return to politics
Caplan unsuccessfully ran as councillor for Toronto City Council in the 2018 municipal election in Ward 16 – Don Valley East. He was attempting to unseat long-time incumbent Denzil Minnan-Wong who has been referred to as council's "staunchest conservative".

At the time of his death, Caplan was seeking the federal Liberal nomination in Don Valley North for the 2019 Canadian federal election.

Personal life
Caplan was married to Leigh with two children, Benjamin and Jacob. They began dating in high school when Caplan was 17.

He died at his home in Toronto on July 24, 2019, at the age of 54, after a "fire accident", according to his family.

He is the brother of restaurateur Zane Caplansky.

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Thorncombe

Thorncombe is a village and civil parish in the English county of Dorset. It was historically, until 1844, an exclave of Devon. It lies five miles (8 km) south east of the town of Chard in neighbouring Somerset. Thorncombe is situated close to the borders of both Somerset and Devon. In the 2011 census the population of the civil parish was 687.

Description
Approximately half of the population of the parish live in the village of Thorncombe, the rest are divided between the hamlets of Holditch, Hewood and Synderford, and outlying farms and houses. The layout of Thorncombe village consists of three roads which meet at a "T" in the middle of the village. These roads are Chard Street, Fore Street and High Street.

Chard Street heads north to the Somerset town of Chard. Chard Street is probably the busiest road with the Village Hall, St Mary's Primary School and the housing estates of Gribb View and Tansee Hill. Gribb View breaks from the tradition of most of the village in being mostly brick or rendered buildings, the traditional build of the village being flint-faced cottages, as this stone was readily available from the local area. Tansee Hill, of more recent build, is more in keeping with the village as it consists of both flint-faced and rendered buildings.

Fore Street heads to the east towards Venn and is a more traditional looking part of the village with flint-faced cottages and terraced housing down its length. Along Fore Street are many of the buildings which previously housed village amenities and services such as the village store, a bakery and two pubs; these are all now used for housing.

High Street heads west and towards Sadborrow and Holditch. The housing in High Street presents a traditional appearance. Halfway along High Street is the recent development of Orchard Lane. This development, like Tansee Hill, is in keeping with the look of the village with traditional-looking buildings, some of which are thatched.

Geography
The parish of Thorncombe lies within the Dorset Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It is over 5200 acre in extent and is principally agricultural land. To the east, across the valley of the River Synderford, is the ridge of Blackdown Hill (215 m), traversed by the Jubilee Trail, from which there are extensive views of the village and the area. About 4 kilometres to the southeast is Pilsdon Pen (277 m), formerly thought to be Dorset's highest point but now recognised as its second highest.

History
The original church at Thorncombe was dedicated to St Mary by William Brewer, Bishop of Exeter, in 1239. The building of the church, as well as nearby Forde Abbey (founded in 1136), was superintended by Cistercian monks from Waverley, Surrey. Thomas Chard, alias Tyblis, the last Abbot, was Suffragan Bishop to the Bishop of Exeter from 1508 and was appointed Vicar of Thorncombe in 1529, 10 years before he left Forde Abbey at the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1539.

Local legend has it that Rev. John Bragge, Vicar of Thorncombe from 1644 to 1647, was deprived of his living, probably because he was involved in a royalist plot against Cromwell, and was transported to Barbados. Although this statement appears on several websites, it is incorrect. The truth is less dramatic: Thorncombe’s parish register records John Bragge's burial in the churchyard on 5 April 1647. The Journal of the House of Lords for 3 November 1647 records the presentation of a ‘Petition of the Inhabitants of Thornecombe’. Now in Lambeth Palace Library, it confirms the date of John Bragge's demise. Signed by 62 parishioners, it states that parishioners 'have suffered above these twelve months last past their want of a preaching minister of the Gospel, by reason that John Bragge the last Incumbent by his delinquency agt State was sequestrated unto the time of his death which happened about half a year since'.

The old church stood about 50 yd to the south of the present church, where the Wellingtonia tree now stands. In 1770, the church at Thorncombe was not large enough to contain 'the fourth part of the inhabitants'. Thorncombe's population grew from around 885 in 1676 to 1,308 in 1851 and 1,189 in 1871. The present church dedicated to St Mary the Virgin, was built in 1866 to seat 400. There was a significant community of non conformists living in the parish from the late 17th century onwards. In 1689 clothier Robert French registered his Synderford home as a "Protestant Dissenting Meeting Place" and by 1723 there was a Quaker Meeting House and burial ground at Laymore, just outside the parish boundary.

Historically Thorncombe's main industries were spinning, weaving and sheep and cattle breeding. Other small industries included leather production, shoe making and flax processing. During the 18th century there was a weekly market selling 'grain and meat' and serving 'other wants' and an annual Easter fair where 'sheep and other horned cattle' and locally woven 'narrow cloth' were traded. The market ceased trading in 1773 and the last recorded fair took place in 1885. Following the national decline in small scale weaving during the 19th century due to industrialisation, Thorncombe reverted to agriculture, but this has decreased in recent times. There are still a few farms which survive around the village but most residents work in the local towns of Chard, Crewkerne and Bridport.

Famous past inhabitants of Thorncombe include the Puritan Sir Henry Rosewell; the poet, dramatist and Royalist sermoniser Robert Gomersall; the Commonwealth Attorney General, Edmund Prideaux; Queen Anne's Secretary of War Francis Gwyn; the artist Lucien Pissarro; the ethnologist Sir Raymond Firth; the anthropologist Rosemary, Lady Firth; and the art-historian Cecil Gould.

Boundary changes
Until 1844, the parish of Thorncombe was an exclave of Devon, at which time it was transferred under the Counties (Detached Parts) Act 1844, to Dorset. It was part of Axminster Hundred.

In 1836 the parish, which had been part of the Deanery of Honiton, was transferred ecclesiastically from the Diocese of Exeter to the Diocese of Salisbury. In 1982, the ecclesiastical parish was transferred to the Diocese of Bath and Wells, at which time it became a 'united benefice' sharing a vicar with the neighbouring (Somerset) parishes of Winsham and Cricket St Thomas. In 1999, the parishes joined with others to form the Chard and District Team Ministry. In 2006 Thorncombe together with Winsham was linked with Tatworth, Chaffcombe and Cricket Malherbie with Knowle St Giles to form the Two Shires Benefice.

Politics
In the UK national parliament, Thorncombe is within the West Dorset parliamentary constituency. As of 2024, the Member of Parliament (MP) is Edward Morello of the Liberal Democrats. He is the first non-Conservative MP since the creation of the constituency in 1885.

After 2019 structural changes to local government in England, Thorncombe is part of the Marshwood Vale ward which elects one member to Dorset Council.

Church
The present church, incorporating a number of items from the old church, was built in 1866–1867 at a cost of £4,000. The foundation stone was laid on 26 April 1866 by Margaret Bragge, widow of Colonel Bragge of Sadborow, and was dedicated by the Bishop of Salisbury on 15 October 1867. It was built in Perpendicular style, the windows being modelled on those of the cloisters of Forde Abbey. Inside the church is a memorial brass commemorating Sir Thomas (died 1419) and Lady Brook (died 1437) of Holditch Manor. This is one of 500 brass memorials recorded in the Lancastrian period 1400–1453.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Remorse 1981

Remorse 1981
See above entry on Spinsane. A Google search for this group reveals 68 hits once the mirrors are factored out--hardly a large number for a computer-oriented group. Not notable. [[User:Meelar|Meelar (talk)]] 21:49, Oct 17, 2004 (UTC)

 * Keep. A simple google search for "Remorse ASCII" yields another 368 hits.  What, in your book, constitutes a "large number" and since when did Wikipedia require a large number of google hits to be a valid and worthy subject?  [[User:Radman1|Radman1 (talk)]]  15:17, Oct 17, 2004 (PST)
 * Keep. I am horrified that the viability of articles are defined by their search hits on Google, a commercial service. At worst, this is arbitrary, at best, it's merely misguided censorous activity by a myopic tot. [[User:jscott|jscott (talk)]]  18:47, Oct 17, 2004 (EST)
 * Not notable. Delete this AND RaD Man, which is obviously a vanity page about User:Radman1, which User:jscott has also contributed to.  Note that, according to his User page, Radman's email address is radman (at) acid (dot) org.  Seems like the two users (or perhaps one?) have an agenda.  RickK 04:59, Oct 18, 2004 (UTC)
 * JScott IS NOT RaD Man ... Who Is Jason Scott nuff said. Alkivar 01:07, 20 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * It would appear that the purpose of Wikipedia is to keep itself the blandest, most un-reaching and extra-myopic it can manage, according to the army of bureaucrat trainees infecting this excellent social/scholarly experiment. There is something deeply ironic about a page being dismissed as a "vanity page" and called for deletion by a pair of critics who each shower their user information pages with citations of every wikipedia entry that has seen the glory of their chubby fingers. Extra bonus points for your theory that I am, in my deepest dreams, RaD Man.  --Jscott 05:11, 18 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * This seems like a troll, however I'll respond anyway (it might clear up a few things for a few other editors). User pages cannot be classed as vanity pages, because they are not encyclopaedia articles. User pages are a way of communicating to others the work you've done, keep a list of links you find useful, provide others with a bit of information about you, etc. I also note that Jscott is either trolling or is being highly sarcastic when he speaks of "this excellent social/scholarly experiment" because his user page is basically a rant about how Wikipedia is a massive failure. - Ta bu shi da yu 11:13, 22 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep. This may initially seem uninformative, but there are many a person out there that views this as historical information.  I'd think that having LESS hits in a search would make this more of a candidate for historical reasons than not..  However, basing a subject's "worthiness" by how many hits gets on a search engine is just rediculous anyway.. (:  --Eto 23:46, 17 Oct 2004 (PST)
 * Possible sockpuppet vote.--[[User:Plato|Comrade Nick @  )---^-- ]] 07:08, 18 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * I'd be wary to call Eto a sockpuppet, he's been around for a month and has simply made few edits. Better have a dev check if you're that worried.  — siro  χ  o  22:09, Oct 18, 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep. I see no justification to classify this as a vanity page and VfD, nor do I see evidence of a so-called 'agenda'. I was once part of this early computer art movement and precious little -- too little -- has been documented. Kudos to RaD Man & those who helped him in populating Wikipedia with fascinating information on the early computer art scene.--Afterimage 07:17, 18 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * First edit by this user. [[User:Meelar|Meelar (talk)]] 07:19, Oct 18, 2004 (UTC)
 * WP is for verifiable, verifiably notable info "Too little documented" is evidence that it is not yet ready for WP. --Jerzy(t) 13:26, 2004 Oct 22 (UTC)
 * Delete. Postdlf 07:58, 18 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. jni 12:25, 18 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. --*drew 12:43, 18 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete: An "underground" group where people don't use their real names and don't document what they're doing is one that cannot be verified. Delete for being unverifiable. Geogre 13:14, 18 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Define "unverifiable" and define "document what they're doing". Seems you're wrong on both counts. -- [[User:Radman1|Radman1 (talk)]]  07:12, Oct 18, 2004 (PST)
 * Keep. - If journalists used the wikipedia method of verification (the no-less-than-1000-hits-on-google method), all news would be uninformative, bland, and written for noone higher than the lowest common denominator. - Lifefeed 19:27, Oct 18, 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. Not notable. --Improv 20:48, 18 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep or Merge and redirect to ACiD Productions, I'm not comfortable deleting this outright and this is its parent company. — siro  χ  o  21:39, Oct 18, 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep It's a real part of an interesting history. No it wasn't covered by the mainstream media, but the demoscene impact was still important. This is at least as important as an article on an obscure dancer/poet/other-dead-or-dying-art jericho4.0 02:46, 19 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete: promo, nonnotable. Wile E. Heresiarch 05:01, 19 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep. For 20 years people have been making art with their computers in a consistent underground art scene. A free, net-based wikipedia seems the obvious place to chronicle this. Too bad wikipedia is more about promoting it's own tiny idea of information revolution than it is about real information --Guybrushnd 06:45, 19 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. It is, of course, difficult to assess the notability of an artist or art group, especially in its own time, and it may be the case that years or decades from now Wikipedians will decide that this group and its members were notable after all.  However, several factors make me doubt their notability at this time.  First, as ASCII/ANSI art is almost exclusively an Internet phenomenon, it seems reasonable to expect that established and notable individuals/organizations/tools in that field would score much better on the Google and Alexa tests than these do.  (I've run numerous searches on terms I found in this and related articles; many have a low number of results, and many others are difficult to judge due to significant percentages of unrelated results.)  Second, most of the information provided in these articles is very trivial and unduly focused on politics within the group and the "scene".  In contrast, little attempt is made to demonstrate a significant effect or influence on other artists or art forms (and we should expect an encyclopedic artist or group to have had such an effect).  Third, the fact that these articles are vanity articles, i.e. created by their own subjects, is worrisome.  If their subjects were really encyclopedic, it seems to me that some third party should have been inspired to write about them before now.
 * Comment 1: It seems that there are a lot of invalid votes being cast in this and related polls. The deciding administrator should remember to check thoroughly for them.
 * Comment 2: There are a number of related articles that haven't been nominated for deletion. Some of them may need to be deleted, NPOVed, or otherwise cleaned up, depending on the outcome of the votes that have been listed.   —Triskaideka 17:05, 19 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep. GRider 18:51, 19 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep. Alkivar 01:07, 20 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete Carr 18:04, 20 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Merge and redirect to ACiD Productions. Subgroup not notable on its own.   — Gwalla | Talk 19:25, 21 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. Sock-puppets galore. Ambi 00:17, 22 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. Jayjg 05:08, 22 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep: if this survives VfD, then it needs cleanup to remove peakcock terms. I support because it seems to be part of the artscene movement. - Ta bu shi da yu 11:13, 22 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Del. "Too little documented" is evidence that it is not yet ready for WP. --Jerzy(t) 13:26, 2004 Oct 22 (UTC)
 * Keep Wikipedia needs articles like thisPassw0rd 14:27, 22 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Merge with ACiD Productions and redirect. --Michael Snow 17:24, 22 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep. Farside 19:52, 22 Oct 2004 (UTC)

So... why was this deleted? I thought there was recomended minimum of a 2/3 vote for deletion, this didn't come anywhere near that. - Lifefeed
 * 10 Delete's to 13 Keep's unknown how many keeps are Sock Puppets. Either way I agree that doesnt look like 2/3rds to me. But its gone now, if you want it back you need to post it on the VfU thread Alkivar 22:49, 23 Oct 2004 (UTC)

14 valid keeps to 4 valid deletes. Looks like a valid deletion to me. RickK 04:20, Oct 24, 2004 (UTC)


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Cargo (album)

Cargo is the second studio album by the Australian pop rock band Men at Work, which was released in April 1983. It peaked at No. 1 on the Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart, No. 2 in New Zealand, No. 3 on the United States Billboard 200, and No. 8 on the United Kingdom Albums Chart. Four singles were released from the album, with "Overkill" being an international top 10 hit in Canada, Ireland, Norway, and US Billboard Hot 100. This was the last Men at Work album to feature the original lineup.

Background
Australian pop rock group Men at Work released their second album, Cargo, in April 1983, which peaked at No. 1 – for two weeks – on the Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart. In New Zealand it reached No. 2. The album was recorded and finished by mid-1982 with Peter McIan producing again, but its release was pushed back due to the continued success of their debut album, Business as Usual. On the international market, where Business as Usual was still riding high, Cargo appeared at No. 3 on the Billboard 200, and No. 8 in the UK. The lead single, "Dr. Heckyll & Mr. Jive", was issued in Australia, ahead of the album, in October 1982; it reached No. 6 there in late 1982 and peaked at No. 28 in the US the following year. The second single "Overkill" was released in March 1983 and made it to No. 5 in Australia, and No. 3 in the US. A third single "It's a Mistake" followed in June and only reached No. 34 in Australia, but peaked at No. 6 in the US. The much less successful fourth and final single "High Wire" was released in late 1983 and only reached No. 89 in Australia, but reached No. 23 on the US Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks. The band toured the world extensively in 1983.

Reception
In Smash Hits, Fred Dellar praised Cargo as "an immaculately constructed album of outback pop for in-front people". Rolling Stone's Christopher Connelly wrote that Cargo "may lack a track with the body-slamming intensity of 'Who Can It Be Now?' and 'Down Under', but song for song, it is a stronger overall effort than Business as Usual". He chiefly praised the album's dark, paranoid lyrics. John Mendelssohn of Record also felt that none of the tracks measured up to Men at Work's early hits, but went further, saying the album in its entirety is inoffensive but forgettable, with "Upstairs in My House" being the only highlight. He found the band's instrumental solos particularly dull, and assessed that Men at Work's one asset is that "Colin Hay may be the most effortlessly soulful pop singer since Sting".

In a retrospective review, AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine praised "Overkill" and "It's a Mistake" as "demonstrating more depth than anything on the debut". However, he asserted that the album parallels their debut in that it focuses on two strong singles while it is "weighed down by filler".

Track listing
The live tracks on the 2003 Remastered edition are from a concert recorded 28 July 1983 at Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD (13, 14) and from a 1983 concert in Berkeley, CA (15).

Personnel
Men at Work Production
 * Colin Hay – lead vocals (except on tracks 3 and 9), guitar, background vocals
 * Greg Ham – flute, keyboards, saxophone, harmonica, background vocals, lead vocals on track 9
 * Ron Strykert – guitar, background vocals, lead vocals on track 3
 * John Rees – bass, background vocals
 * Jerry Speiser – drums, background vocals
 * Peter McIan – production, engineer
 * Paul Ray – engineer
 * David Price – assistant engineer
 * Greg Noakes – photography
 * Ron Strykert – artwork
 * Nathan D. Brenner – international manager

title: Cargo (album)


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Template talk:SI prefixes (infobox)

Blue table
I've just edited the plain text version into the current blue table version, and am not totally happy with the result. However, I think it is an improvement on the previous version. It may need moving across to a Wiki table syntax, maybe tomorrow. Ian Cairns 21:52, 17 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Fixed spacing
I've just centred the first column - since the fixed spacing was producing uneven results. I've also widened the Short Scale column since some rows were being forced onto two rows by the additional spaces. Hopefully, this may make the template look better to more people. Please note that just because it looks fine with fixed spacing to one person, it may not look the same to others with other Wiki skins. Thanks, Ian Cairns 23:52, 12 Dec 2004 (UTC)

kilo is k and not K
Having just made the edit and subsequently investigated it, http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/prefixes.html and http://www.bipm.fr/en/si/prefixes.html both support the fact that K is not the valid prefix for 1000.

LaTeX
What are people's thoughts to puting LaTeX maths into the table. This is inspired because 10002/3 makes me want to be physically sick! Fractions need to be on two line. $$1000^{\frac{2}{3}}$$ looks a lot better, but would look wierd if only a few were like that! So what's the general opinion?

 * I think it's fine the way it is. — Omegatron 17:52, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Mancho/mincho
I could not find any reference to the supposed prefixes "mancho" (1027) and "mincho" (10-27), so I removed them from the template. — Svenlafe 07:40, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

Since
1960/1964/1975/1991 is from http://www.bipm.fr/en/si/prefixes.html (about SI proper), but maybe 1960 only marks the first use of the name "SI" with some units already in use since a CGPM predating 1960 (this should be investigated). 1795 (taken from the corresponding individual pages) is for some prefixes inherited from, originally, French legislation, although it should be investigated what the exact difference is between August 1, 1793 (apparently the real origin), April 7, 1795, and December 10, 1799. For (micro and?) mega, earlier dates are 1874 (cgs) and 1919 (mts), not verified. Giga also mentions 1947. Are there any other pre-SI dates for individual prefixes? How should they be represented in the table (choosing one, but which, or mentioning several)? Is there an article with a thorough history? — RFST 18:08, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

 * Added a note about what it is that we do have. Gene Nygaard 06:38, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
 * As you pointed out, the cgs systems existed for some time before the CGPM existed. Might need to look at the usage of its pioneers such as Gauss if you want to try to find earlier usage.  I agree that micro- and mega- in particular saw considerable use before the dates given here.  Gene Nygaard 06:40, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
 * The official introduction year for micro and mega is 1873. These prefixes were 'recommended' in the 'First Report of the Committee for the Selection and Nomenclature of Dynamical and Electrical Units' (1873) of the British Association for Advancement of Science, as part of the Centimetre–gram–second system of units:"For multiplication or division by a million, the prefixes mega and micro may conveniently be employed, according to the present custom of electricians. Thus the megohm is a million ohms, and the microfarad is the millionth part of a farad.   Ceinturion (talk) 11:26, 3 August 2015 (UTC)

Citation needed tags
The web site http://physics.nist.gov/Pubs/SP330/sp330.pdf, titled NIST Special Publication 330: The International System of Units, published in 2001 by the National Institute of Standards and Technology verifies that the CGPM first met in 1889 (page 2) and that the definiton of the micron was abrogated by the 13th CGPM (1967-8) (page 42). Therefore I am removing the citation needed tags. It is not practical to put a citation in a template, since the articles that incorporate it will have different citation styles. --Gerry Ashton (talk) 00:40, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

Da or Dk?
I am a student in school, and they taught deca- as deka. We also learned the symbol as Dk. Could someone check to find which one is right? 67.242.112.60 (talk) 00:27, 1 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Deka- is American for deca- but I think "Dk" is just wrong, it's "da" (lower case). J IM ptalk·cont 05:21, 14 February 2012 (UTC)

Incomplete data set
Please include the following:

10^27 - xona (X)

10^30 - weka (W)

10^33 - vunda (V)

10^36 - uda (U)

10^39 - treda (TD)

10^42 - sorta (S)

10^45 - rinta (R)

10^48 - quexa (Q)

10^51 - pepta (PP)

10^54 - ocha (O)

10^57 - nena (N)

10^60 - minga (MI)

10^63 - luma (L)

Source: http://plexos.com/256_bit_CPUs_should_be_enough.htm —Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.225.218.253 (talk) 08:50, 19 February 2010 (UTC)

 * this link appears to be dead, do you have a different source? I could not find anything that would indicate this list is being considered for further SI prefixes. Many different websites have different proposals for what comes after yottabyte and they all are different. Nothing should be put on Wikipedia unless there is a consensus, and particularly for this template unless there is something from the SI governing bodies like the BIPM or something. Brian Shaposky (talk) 17:27, 10 May 2021 (UTC)

Scientific notation
I've just deleted the "Scientific notation" column added by an anon last November. This was not scientific notation as such but e notation ... okay e notation is actually a form of scientific notation but the standard form is × 10n which we should prefer and which we already have. The e notation added nothing to the table: who's going to understand e notation if they don't get standard scientific notation? J IM ptalk·cont 05:20, 14 February 2012 (UTC)

The Long Scale is dead in English.
Nooo ooo ooo ... ...

The "long scale" isn't completely dead. There are a few of us sticklers who remember what a billion really is. But I'm not about to revert the recent deletion of the long scale column. For better or worse, if not completely dead in English, the long scale is pretty much dead on Wikipedia and us clingers on to the more logical original definitions are having to cop it sweet just about everywhere else. It's not ambiguous either since the numbers are written out as powers of a thousand and of ten and as decimals. So is it really worth the clutter of returning the long scale column for the benefit of a few sticks in the mud? J IM ptalk·cont 03:30, 23 March 2013 (UTC)

Tiny reference(s)
The list of references within the table is currently rendered as CSS font-size:xx-small, which makes it unnecessarily difficult to read. I'm going to adjust that to only x-small, still two steps smaller than the main text. Unician ∇ 19:41, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
 * That's an improvement, if you go and make them bigger still, don't expect any complaints from me. Jimp 10:29, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
 * I think I'll stop at x-small for now; when I tested size small, the footnote text reached the right border and wrapped on to a second line. Unician ∇ 21:20, 17 May 2014 (UTC)

Six original prefixes?
I believe that the original 1795 metric system included eight prefixes, the six familiar ones plus myria (10**4, "ma") and myrio (10**-4, "mo"). So the footnote is at least misleading as written. I suggest changing the first sentence in to footnote to either "The metric system was introduced in 1795 with eight metric prefixes, six of which are still in use." or "Six of the prefixes were introduced with the metric system in 1795."

There were also other prefixes that have appeared but have fallen out of use, but I think we can ignore those. Rwessel (talk) 03:48, 20 June 2015 (UTC)

 * I removed myrio because it is not supported by references. Ceinturion (talk) 12:24, 17 September 2015 (UTC)

Footnote
I rewrote the footnote because the title of the table is 'SI prefixes', not 'metric prefixes'. I removed some clutter from the 'adoption year' column as well. As the table is transcluded into many articles it should not contain excessive detail. Compare, for example, the much cleaner metric prefixes template, which does not need a footnote at all. Ceinturion (talk) 14:38, 28 April 2017 (UTC)

"One"
The table currently suggests the word "one" can be substituted for the prefix of the generic unit. To me, that does not seem to be right. For comparison, "2 kilogram is two thousand gram", and "2 milligram is two thousandth of a gram": in those examples the word can be substituted for the prefix. However, the word "one" is not a valid substitute; 2 gram cannot be replaced by "two one gram". Hence, the table should contain a dash. Ceinturion (talk) 16:49, 20 July 2019 (UTC)

 * This argument does not make sense to me. English substitution is not a robust test, and your choice of construction is not the only possible one.  Besides, it would also eliminate "ten": 2 decagram cannot be replaced by "two ten gram".  The word in the column might be best understood as the answer to "By what number does the prefix notation multiply a unit?", and all the words fit (aside from the trivial prefixing of "a" or "one").  Your test really tests for when the English word accepts a prefixed multiplier word, not whether it can act as a multiplier: we say "one hundred birds" and "two tenths inches", but "ten birds" and "one bird".  —Quondum 21:49, 20 July 2019 (UTC)

 * Thanks for the explanation, Ceinturion (talk) 23:50, 20 July 2019 (UTC)

Aligned decimals?
I experimented with using the decimal cell template to align the decimals in my sandbox. I'm thinking about substituting this in. I would prefer to keep the gaps, but haven't found a way to make that work. Other users' thoughts and suggestions are welcome. Feel free to tinker with the copy in my sandbox.--Srleffler (talk) 03:07, 21 July 2019 (UTC)
 * The increase in width is quite a price to pay for the alignment, though I take no particular position on this. I would suggest removing the decimal point from the integer values.  Not sure why it displays a column break in your sandbox (not there in the template's example); this and the lack of thousands separator add an element of clumsiness.  The thousands break would be best fixed by supporting such an option in the decimal cell template.  —Quondum 17:26, 21 July 2019 (UTC)
 * I included the trailing decimal because I assumed the decimal cell template needed it, but I see now that it does not. I agree that if we were going to use this, it would make sense to make a version of the decimal cell template with the gaps functionality built in. That's not a trivial exercise, though.--Srleffler (talk) 17:57, 21 July 2019 (UTC)
 * I've managed to tweak the table in your sandbox to what I think you were trying to achieve. However, we still haven't tackled the question of whether the width is worth it.  —Quondum 02:29, 22 July 2019 (UTC)
 * I see, thanks. I don't have any opinion one way or the other about the width. Looking forward to see what others think.--Srleffler (talk) 03:05, 22 July 2019 (UTC)

why only p?
Why make such a fuss about p, and not for m, y or z? Dondervogel 2 (talk) 23:47, 9 May 2021 (UTC)

 * Personally I think p is the only one that is counterintuitive. Big y and small y are consistent, both mean 10 to the same power as a multiplier/divider. Same for z. Mega and milli are so widely used that no one would ever confuse if they mean one thousand(th) or one million(th). Also, micro is represented by a greek small m, so in that sense, big M and small greek m both mean the same power of 10 as a multiplier/divider, so it is consistent. I just put the note there to help some people who might just glance at this table and not realize that big p and small p are different powers of ten. Say someone needed to check what big P was for a large measurement, then a couple weeks later, they need a super small measurement, and just assume without checking that small p is the same power of ten of what they checked that big P was a couple weeks back. Only a problem since they are not widely used/common knowledge. The notes just help people remember when they don't have the table in front of them by providing some context and clarifications.
 * Overall, no super strong feelings about it whether or not the note is there, obviously don't want to much clutter. Brian Shaposky (talk) 02:56, 10 May 2021 (UTC)

 * Looks like User:Kbrose decided the note was not worth it. No worries. However, when they reverted the edit, they also cleared some of note 2 which was unrelated, assuming that was unintentional, I went back and fixed that. Brian Shaposky (talk) 16:31, 10 May 2021 (UTC)

 * Frankly, I don't see the benefit of any of the notes. The second one is especially puzzling and its meaning is only decipherable, after multiple readings and comparisons by reading the history section of those articles. The first one is not beneficial either, if anyone wants to read details of the history, they can visit the article; here, the year alone is perfectly sufficient. I think I am going to remove them all. kbrose (talk) 17:29, 10 May 2021 (UTC)

 * I actually tend to agree with you for note 1. For note 2, no strong feelings, I'm kind of new to editing Wikipedia so you can make that judgement call. Brian Shaposky (talk) 22:47, 10 May 2021 (UTC)

Etymology of "pico"
According to the template (and the article Pico-) it originates from the Spanish word "pico". That is possible, but the word means "peak" or "beak", not "small". Could it be that it actually has an Italian origin (piccolo)? Dondervogel 2 (talk) 18:28, 10 May 2021 (UTC)
 * If from Spanish at all, it is probably from poquito. Without a reference, it should best be deleted. kbrose (talk) 19:06, 10 May 2021 (UTC)

 * Oops, thanks for pointing that out Dondervogel 2, that was just me making a mistake, I only copied the contents of the etymology columns over from the page of each of the prefixes. I'll fix it.
 * Also, if you look at the Talk:Pico-, someone says they confirmed it was Spanish, not Italian, from the 2006 edition of OED. I don't have access to that to confirm it. But I did just check a bunch of dictionary websites and they all say its spanish, meaning, "peak" or "beak".
 * As far as the references, I just assumed the references from each prefix page were good enough so I didn't have to put them individually in this table. But I guess you're right, the CPGM 1960 Resolution doesn't actually talk about etymology. Brian Shaposky (talk) 22:48, 10 May 2021 (UTC)
 * How do we know those online dictionaries are not just mirroring an error that originated here? There is a third, colloquial meaning of "pico" which is "a little bit". For example "mide 2 metros y pico" means "he is little more than 2 metres tall". Without an RS, the Italian "piccolo" (which means small) seems at least as plausible as the Spanish "pico" (which doesn't, except in this colloquial sense). Dondervogel 2 (talk) 00:11, 11 May 2021 (UTC)
 * According to Italian Wikipedia "Il nome deriva secondo alcuni[2] dalla parola italiana piccolo, secondo altri[3] dallo spagnolo pico." In English that means "According to some the name is derived from the Italian piccolo and according to others from the Spanish pico". Dondervogel 2 (talk) 00:18, 11 May 2021 (UTC)
 * I found a definition of "pico-". This reads (verbatim): "comb. form denoting a factor of 10-12 (picometre). [Sp. pico beak, peak, little bit]".
 * Source: The Concise Oxford Dictionary, Eighth Edition (1990).
 * Dondervogel 2 (talk) 08:32, 11 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Nice! Why don't you put that reference on the Pico- page where they talk about etymology, since the references for each word wouldn't really fit on this template? Brian Shaposky (talk) 16:33, 11 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Done. Dondervogel 2 (talk) 17:16, 11 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Sure, the OED gives the etymology of the word in terms of all the senses of it in Spanish, but they're all not necessarily relevant. The senses of 'peak' (as in a mountain) and 'beak' (as in a bird) are not quite relevant to the meaning in this case, though I guess the latter could be if one were to consider it in the sense of "just the beak". Analogously, the English word vice can mean 'immoral behaviour' as well as 'substitute', and the sense being implied is clear from context. This seems to be consistent with other sources as well. As for the formality of it, WordReference does not mention the sense of 'a little bit' as informal or colloquial. Getsnoopy (talk) 20:48, 19 January 2022 (UTC)
 * I think all 3 meanings mentioned by the COD are relevant here. Regarding (in)formality, I have only heard the "little bit" meaning used in a colloquial sense. That does not prove it is never used formally, but it means such use is rare. Dondervogel 2 (talk) 21:01, 19 January 2022 (UTC)

Yocto, yotta are latin, not greek
Reference: Proceedings of the 19th CGPM (1991), page 80. French text: (begin of citation) Les préfixes "zepto" et zetta évoquent le nombre sept, en latin "septem" [...] Les préfixes "yocto" et "yotta" évoquent le nombre huit, en latin "octo" (end of citation) -- Wassermaus (talk) 21:13, 15 February 2022 (UTC)
 * That seems pretty clear.--Srleffler (talk) 04:19, 17 February 2022 (UTC)

Etymology and size of template
This template has grown rather large for an infobox. I'm thinking that the etymology information unduly inflates it, and would be better covered in the individual articles where it can be explaned better than in a narrow column, with footnotes. I propose to remove it. Comments?--Srleffler (talk) 03:50, 28 September 2022 (UTC)

"English word" column
I agree with Srleffler's that etymology does not belong in this table, but rather in individual articles. I would like to suggest that the "English word" column does not belong in a template such as this for the same reason. All the necessary numeric information is already present. Any comments/objections to removing it? —Quondum 14:55, 8 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Done. —Quondum 18:51, 17 December 2022 (UTC)

 * After reading two renewable energy articles on the Web in a row haphazardly mixing quadrillions of Btus, trillions of Watts, Terawatt·hours, and petawatts of energy, I came to Wikipedia for help andwas surprised that Wikipedia's page on SI prefixes didn't give the English name for each. So I went Be Bold and added a "Number name (short scale)" column to the SI prefixes page/redirect, then realized I was editing a template (I am confused by the relationships between Metric prefixes, this template, Common metric prefixes, and SI multiples) used on multiple pages. So I saved my improvement as User:Skierpage/SI_prefixes_(infobox), and came here to talk about it. I do object to removing the word/name, it would have been better and more incremental to drop the Long scale column. There are plenty of other Web pages that mix English names and SI units, so the mapping from one to the other is clearly useful. And Wikipedia pages think so too as evidenced by:
 * en_wiki's Names of large numbers and Names of small numbers pages give the SI prefix, so why doesn't the inverse table provide the numbers' name?
 * en-wiki pages like picosecond helpfully tell you that it's a trillionth of a second, so why isn't the table of SI prefixes equally helpful?
 * Bring an "English/number name/word" column back, please. -- Skierpage (talk) 03:25, 15 February 2024 (UTC)
 * The template had just gotten too large. Infoboxes should be more targeted. Yes, conversions to number names might be useful for a few readers, but lots of bits of information could be useful; we can't and shouldn't jam everything useful into this one table.
 * We can't really have just a short scale column and not also a long scale one. --Srleffler (talk) 23:54, 17 February 2024 (UTC)

Quetta
While the pattern of zepto/zetta and yocto/yotta may suggest quecto/quetta, all sources that I’ve heard say that it’s actually quecca, as it descends from deca. Thoughts? (I had to remake this because I accidentally out in ronto/ronna without realizing that it’s not rotta) 2A00:23C4:37A4:9D01:D11B:7D92:AE15:218A (talk) 22:29, 14 December 2022 (UTC)

 * Quecca was an early suggestion, but quetta was approved. NebY (talk) 22:48, 14 December 2022 (UTC)

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Talk:Turkish Radio and Television Corporation

indian turk history

Could it be true?
"It is frequently heralded as the most widely respected broadcaster in the world."

I'm sceptical of this claim.

David Weman

 * Me too. Zfr 20:23, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * So am I, TRT is governments' private TV channel, speaking what President tells to.

 * The claim is patently ridiculous. At best it could be described as "a widely respected broadcaster internationally" (and even then such a claim would be widely disputed) but to claim its THE most widely respected broadcaster (on a par with the BBC) is laughable. Most people outside of Turkey have never even heard of it. 80.229.222.48 22:10, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

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Sound
On 7 July 2008 at 1:25AM EEST (5:25AM ICT) I watch TRT 4 Online and the test card beep is not clear

Maybe TRT could improve the audio system --Tw3435 (talk) 22:33, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

Requested move 17 July 2016

 * 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: Not moved after being open for 10 days, 1 oppose and 1 uncertain not countered. (non-admin closure) — Andy W.  ( talk  · ctb) 16:39, 27 July 2016 (UTC)

Turkish Radio and Television Corporation → TRT (Turkey) – The network is widely, even internationally known under its acronym "TRT". The full name is only understood as it is sufficiently descriptive, but is otherwise only rarely used. It should of course remain in a prominent place of the lead. PanchoS (talk) 08:56, 17 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Oppose: per WP:NATURALDIS, how many people are going to be searching for TRT (Turkey)? I'm sure lots will search for TRT and Turkish Radio and Television Corporation but not many adding (Turkey). Natural disambiguation prevents the need for parentheses, and in this case is also the WP:OFFICIALNAME. Ebonelm (talk) 17:06, 17 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Uncertain: what about Televisora Regional del Táchira ? BBC and RAI are unique internationally English speaking countries recognizable acronyms, but TRT, out of Turkey, and some European countries, for example, in South and Central America ? --Robertiki (talk) 15:50, 18 July 2016 (UTC)

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Confusing times given, clarification needed
In the subsection Closing and opening times throughout the years, there's a line that reads ''2002: TRT 1 & 2 open 24/7. 3 and 4 open 7:00-0:30''. Does that mean that 3 and 4 both opened somewhere between 07:00 and 07:30, or 3 opened at 07:00 and 4 opened at 00:30, or something else? Please clarify -- Doktor Züm (talk) 17:39, 24 February 2023 (UTC)

demonisration in ATATURK AIRPORT
would please stop this interview with this guy with a black shirt during this demo we have to listen to Quran reciting and to the speakers at the demonstration tis is very un polite 2603:6010:9200:2C8:9115:2FBF:D551:7B46 (talk) 13:28, 28 October 2023 (UTC)

Exportation of TRT Series
Hello @Onur, why did you blanked this section. Is it copyrighted or any other reasons? @Mhtbsvr. Joseph (talk) 10:12, 13 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Just tried to remove Türkiye overrides per WP:COMMONNAME but sudden bot revision blocked me to do it, so I had to revert. OnurT 12:12, 13 April 2024 (UTC)
 * @Onur I appreciate your efforts to abide by the commonname usage of Wikipedia and having a track of such an important entry. The aim of my change has a good compliance with Wikipedia purposes when the Wikipedia principle “Article Titles/Commonname” is considered. The principle reads that “When there are multiple names for a subject, all of which are fairly common, and the most common has problems, it is perfectly reasonable to choose one of the others.” I had made an attempt to change the country name use of “Turkey” into “Türkiye” with the same concern as offered by this principle.
 * The United Nations, on June 3, 2022 announced that Türkiye's international country name "Turkey" was changed to "Türkiye" in written mentions. One can reach deeper information by the UN’s website, where it can be seen that UN Secretary-General Spokesperson Stephane Dujarric stated the change of the country name was effective from June 1, 2022. NATO has also accepted the use of the name as Türkiye, as can be found on the organization’s website.
 * Furthermore, some of the world's most consulted English dictionaries, such as the Oxford Dictionary, now offer the word “Türkiye” as an alternative to the invalid use “Turkey”.
 * When we search for the word “Turkey” in the Cambridge Dictonary, which is also a highly consulted dictionary, we come across with the first definiton of Turkey to be an animal, a bird. It is hard to change the native audience’s perception of Turkey as an animal in their language and we must accept that this is the first and foremost meaning that comes to their mind when they encounter the word. Rather, we must distinguish the country’s name and thus, the name of the country should be referred to as “Türkiye”, which has a unique, distinct and primary connotation in native minds.
 * Lastly, let me note that the TRT, which is the subject of the page, also uses the word "Türkiye" on its English channels, such as the international broadcasting channel TRT World.
 * Anyway, I wouldn't call it a kind behavior if all my changes are altered due to a word usage, considering the effort I made for it :) Will repeat the changes if there are no objections. Thanks! Mhtbsvr (talk) 14:03, 15 April 2024 (UTC)


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Thornford

Thornford is a village and civil parish in north-west Dorset, England, situated in the Yeo valley 4 mi southwest of Sherborne. Dorset County Council's 2013 mid-year estimate of the population of the parish is 830.

Thornford is in Thornhackett Parish, a combined parish comprising the villages of Thornford and Beer Hackett. The Parish Council comprises seven elected members from Thornford and three from Beer Hackett, all of whom serve a four-year term of office.

The village has a general store and post office, a pub, a primary school, a Norman church, a village hall, a recreation field, a cricket club and a railway station. Thornford railway station is on the Heart of Wessex Line running between Bristol and Weymouth. Thornford is also served by Damory Coaches bus 74 running between Yeovil and Sherborne.There are four buses each way Monday to Friday and no buses run on Saturday nor Sundays

Thornford is mentioned in the Domesday Book where it is called Torneford and is listed as belonging to the Bishop of Salisbury. Archeological finds suggest Bronze Age or earlier inhabitation. A Roman villa has been excavated close to the village.

There are a number of Grade II listed buildings in the village, the centre of which, dominated by a Victorian clock tower, was designated a Conservation area in 1994. The most recent Grade II listing (in February 2008) is the British Telecom telephone box.

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Talk:Business as Usual (Men at Work album)

EPMD
Hey, I was sent here from the EPMD page :-( but their album of the same name isn't even mentioned.

-PT- There seems to be some confusion with the release date of this album. At the beginning of the article it says 1979. In the inset on the right it says August 24, 1982. On the CD I have at home it says 1981 (Australian release) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 219.89.101.211 (talk) 10:19, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

Telephone, calculator???
How did Russell Deppeler play on a calculator and a phone? Just wondering. Sounds strange. //Jalland
 * that's what the band credits said in the album. Deppeler was the band's manager.Kevin Crossman (talk) 21:11, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

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Tincleton

Tincleton is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England. It is situated near the River Frome, approximately 5 mi east of the county town Dorchester. The name of the village comes from the Old English "Tin la Ton", or "farm in a valley". In 2001 Tincleton had a population of 142. Dorset County Council's latest (2013) estimate of the parish population is 150.

The parish manor house, Clyffe House, was rebuilt in the Tudor style in 1842 by Benjamin Ferrey. In 1849 the parish church, which is dedicated to St John the Evangelist, was also built by Ferrey, in a 13th-century style. It replaced an earlier church to the south which was demolished when Ferrey's building was finished. Ferrey also designed a school, which was also built in the 1840s. This is now called The Old School House and contains Tincleton Gallery, which has information about the historical setting and the schoolchildren, with photos dating back to 1913.

The artist Simon Gudgeon operates a sculpture park, "Sculpture by the Lakes", nearby.

Politics
After 2019 structural changes to local government in England, Tincleton is part of the Winterborne and Broadmayne ward which elects 1 member to Dorset Council.

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Todber

Todber is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England. It lies in the Blackmore Vale, about 5 mi southwest of Shaftesbury. The underlying geology is Corallian limestone. In the 2011 census the parish had 55 households and a population of 140.

In 1086 Todber was recorded in the Domesday Book as Todeberie; it was in the hundred of Gillingham, the lord was Geoffrey Mallory and the tenant-in-chief was William of Mohun. It had one mill, 12 acre of meadow and 2 ploughlands.

Todber parish church was rebuilt in the Early English and Perpendicular styles in 1879, though the tower is of earlier construction.

Todber is one of four parishes — the others being East Stour, Stour Provost and West Stour — under the governance of The Stours Parish Council.

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User:Edward Grefenstette

If you want to drop me a line about something or other, I can be contacted on AIM under the screen-name "Edward Gref".

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Miss Moneypenny's

Miss Moneypenny's is a house music party club, founded in Birmingham, England, in 1986 and is hosted at a purpose-built venue in the Hockley area of the city.

Miss Moneypenny's, which styles itself as "The World's Most Glamorous Clubbing Brand", has been hosting parties and events since the 1990s. The club has been featured on BBC Radio 1, in various DJ magazines, and has been voted a top UK dance nightclub since the early 1990s.

History
Miss Moneypenny's evolved as a weekly club event out of the extravagant, one-off ‘Chuff Chuff’ rave parties, a long-running and hedonistic house music event. Chuff Chuff was founded by Mick, Jim, and Dermot Ryan, and Lee Garrick and was initially held as a fancy-dress boat party.

Miss Moneypenny's was started in the summer of 1993 as a weekly Saturday-night event in Bonds nightclub in Birmingham and with resident DJ's Russell Salsbury and Simon Owen. The "Miss Moneypennys" name was chosen because of its association with the James Bond theme suggested by the name of the venue where the night was hosted.

Miss Moneypenny's began to hold other weekly residencies, at The Canal in Wolverhampton, The Church and Liberty's in Birmingham, SKOOL in London, and specialised nights such as MP'S, which was held at the Academy, Stoke-on-Trent, and a special student night, named Jelly Baby.

Development outside the UK
Miss Moneypenny's residencies, Chuff Chuff nights, tours and radio broadcasts use the slogan "The Worlds Most Glamorous Clubbing Brand".

Miss Moneypenny’s has had residencies at venues in a number of European beach-holiday areas including a fourteen-year residency at the BCM superclub in Magaluf, Mallorca, as well as summer residencies in Tenerife, Marbella, Cyprus, Malta, Greece and Turkey. The club also had a 14-year residency at the former El Divino nightclub in Ibiza before it closed in 2009.

Compilation albums
Miss Moneypenny's has released a series of compilation albums, as well as commercial and underground dance tracks on its own in-house music record label, Miss Moneypenny’s Music.

Radio
Miss Moneypenny’s has a syndicated dance music show, presented by Miss Moneypenny's Musical Director, and longtime resident DJ, Jim ‘Shaft’ Ryan.

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Michael Le Fanu

Admiral of the Fleet Sir Michael Le Fanu (2 August 1913 – 28 November 1970) was a Royal Navy officer. He fought in the Second World War as gunnery officer in a cruiser operating in the Home Fleet during the Norwegian campaign and the Battle of the Mediterranean and then as gunnery officer in a battleship operating in the Eastern Fleet before becoming liaison officer between the British Pacific Fleet and the United States Third Fleet. After the War he commanded a frigate, a training establishment and an aircraft carrier. He served as First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff in the late 1960s. In that role, in the face of economic difficulties, he worked hard to reshape the Navy as an anti-submarine force operating primarily in the Atlantic Ocean.

Early life
Born the son of Captain Hugh Barrington Le Fanu RN (of Huguenot descent) and Georgiana Harriott Le Fanu (née Kingscote), Le Fanu was educated at Bedford School and the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth.

Naval career
Le Fanu joined the Royal Navy as a cadet in 1926 and was posted to the cruiser HMS Dorsetshire (40) in the Atlantic Fleet before being promoted to midshipman on 1 September 1931 and being posted to the cruiser HMS York. Promoted to sub-lieutenant on 1 May 1934, he joined the destroyer HMS Whitshed in the Mediterranean Fleet in March 1935 and was promoted to lieutenant on 1 June 1935. He was posted to the destroyer HMS Bulldog in the Home Fleet in September 1936 before training as a gunnery specialist during 1938 and then being posted to the staff of the Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet.

Le Fanu served in the Second World War being posted to the cruiser HMS Aurora (12) operating in the Home Fleet as gunnery officer in December 1939. While aboard Aurora, he was mentioned in despatches for his services during the Norwegian campaign in Spring 1940 and awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his actions in November 1941 when an Italian convoy was destroyed during the Battle of the Mediterranean.

Promoted to lieutenant commander on 1 June 1942, Le Fanu joined the gunnery staff of the Commander-in-Chief Home Fleet that month and then transferred to the battleship HMS Howe (32) operating as part of the Eastern Fleet as gunnery officer in March 1944. Promoted to commander on 31 December 1944, he was posted as liaison officer between the British Pacific Fleet and the United States Third Fleet in January 1945 and was awarded the United States Legion of Merit for his actions. He was also invited to attend the signing of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender in the USS Missouri on 2 September 1945.

After the War Le Fanu served on the experimental staff at the shore establishment HMS Excellent and in 1948 he became executive officer in the cruiser HMS Superb. He was promoted to captain on 30 June 1949 and became Naval Assistant to the First Sea Lord at the Admiralty. He was given command of the frigate HMS Relentless (H85) as Captain (F) of the Third Training Squadron in October 1951, and returned to the Admiralty to join the staff of the Chief Scientist in 1952. He attended the Imperial Defence College in 1953 and became commanding officer of the training establishment HMS Ganges at Harwich in December 1954. He was given command of the aircraft carrier HMS Eagle (R05) in February 1957 and was promoted to rear admiral on 7 July 1958 on appointment as Director-General, Weapons at the Admiralty. He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1960 Birthday Honours. He became Flag Officer Second in Command Far East Fleet in July 1960 and was promoted to vice admiral on 25 October 1961 on appointment as Controller of the Navy. Advanced to Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in the 1963 Birthday Honours and promoted to full admiral on 29 September 1965, he became Commander-in-Chief, Middle East in December 1965. In that role he served as Joint Commander of the three services in the Middle East during the evacuation of British Nationals during the Aden Emergency.

Advanced to Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath in the 1968 New Year Honours, Le Fanu became First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff in August 1968. In the face of economic difficulties he worked hard to reshape the Navy as an anti-submarine force operating primarily in the Atlantic Ocean. He was nominated for the post of Chief of the Defence Staff but never held the office because he was suddenly discovered to be terminally ill with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia (CLL). He was promoted to Admiral of the Fleet on 3 July 1970, on his retirement, and died in London on 28 November 1970.

Family
In 1943 Le Fanu married Prudence Grace Morgan, daughter of Admiral Sir Llewellyn Vaughan Morgan; they had two sons and a daughter.

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Toller Porcorum

Toller Porcorum is a village and civil parish in Dorset, England, situated in the Toller valley 10 mi northwest of Dorchester. In the 2011 census the civil parish—which also includes the small settlements of Higher and Lower Kingcombe to the north—had a population of 307.

Population
A rural and slowly growing area with a population of 307, Toller Porcorum is a village of approximately 160 households.

History
Like the other Toller villages of Toller Fratrum and Toller Whelme, the name was taken from the river, which is now known as the Hooke. The addition Porcorum means of the pigs in Latin; the village was in the past sometimes known as Swines Toller, but more often as Great Toller.

Toller Porcorum is also an ancient Anglican ecclesiastical parish. The church is dedicated to Saints Peter and Andrew and is remarkable for the "drooping chancel".

From 1862 to 1975, the village had a railway station on the Bridport Railway.

The Old Swan
The village pub, The Old Swan, was closed by the brewery in 1999 and has since been converted into a private dwelling. Skittles was played there.

Notable people
Despite its small size the village has been home to a number of notable people. George of Clarence was at one point the owner of the majority of the village.

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DEFA cannon

The DEFA cannon (Direction des Études et Fabrications d'Armement) is a family of widely used French-made aircraft revolver cannon firing 30 mm caliber NATO standard rounds.

Design history
The initial DEFA 551 was developed in the late 1940s. It is based on the German Mauser MG 213C, an experimental revolver cannon developed for the Luftwaffe. The MG 213 never reached production, but inspired the DEFA, the very similar British ADEN cannon, and the smaller American M39 cannon. As the DEFA 552 it entered production in 1954. In 1968 an upgraded version, Canon 550-F3, was developed, entering production in 1971 as the DEFA 553. The new version provided a new feed system, nichrome plated steel barrel, forged drum casing, and improved electrical reliability.

Overview
The DEFA 553 is a gas-operated five-chamber revolver cannon using pyrotechnic cocking and electrical ignition. It fires a range of 30 mm ammunition of various types, and is capable of continuous fire or 0.5-second or 1-second bursts.

The 553 was superseded by the DEFA 554, which incorporates a number of detail improvements. The DEFA 554 uses three, rather than two, of the chambers for reloading, increasing the rate of fire. Barrel life and mechanical reliability are improved, and an electrical control unit allows the pilot to select two rates of fire: 1,800 rounds per minute for air-to-air use or 1,200 rounds per minute for air-to-ground attacks. The 554 also provides three Pyrotechnic cocking charges rather than one, allowing the pilot to cock the weapon after take-off and have two cartridges to re-cock the weapon if necessary in flight.

Service use
The DEFA 550 series was the standard cannon armament of all gun-armed French fighters from 1954 until the advent of the Dassault Rafale in the 1980s. A pair of these weapons, with 125–135 rounds per gun, is standard fit on the Brazilian ground-attack aircraft AMX International AMX, the French Dassault MD 450 Ouragan, Dassault Mystere, Mirage III/V, Dassault Étendard IV and Dassault Super Étendard, Sud Aviation Vautour, Mirage F1, SEPECAT Jaguar, and the Mirage 2000 series. It was also used on Israeli Douglas A-4E/F/H/N Skyhawks, IAI Nesher, IAI Kfir, and IAI Lavi, the Italian Fiat G.91Y and Aermacchi MB-326K, the Indonesian A-4, and the South African Atlas Cheetah and Impala Mk.II. Various gun pod installations are available from CASA, Dassault Aviation, and Matra.

The DEFA 550 is very similar to the British ADEN cannon, and can use the same ammunition.

The DEFA 550 series has given way to the GIAT 30 series used on the Dassault Rafale, although it is likely to remain in widespread use for many years.

Variants

 * DEFA 551 for the Dassault Mystère IV, the Dassault Mystère IIC, and the Sud Aviation Vautour
 * DEFA 552 for the Dassault Super Mystère B2, the Dassault Étendard IV, and the Aeritalia G.91Y
 * DEFA 552A for the Mirage III/5/50, the Nesher/Dagger/Finger, the IAI Kfir, and the IAI Lavi
 * DEFA 553 for the Dassault Mirage F1, the Alpha Jet, the SEPECAT Jaguar, the Dassault-Breguet Super Étendard, the Mirage 2000D RMV, the Aermacchi MB-326K, the CASA C-101, the Atlas Cheetah, the Impala Mk II, the IA-58B/C, and the IA-63
 * DEFA 554 for the single-seat Mirage 2000, the AMX A-1, the IA-58D, and the IA-63

Current operators

 * 🇦🇷 Argentina: Super Étendard Modernisé, A-4 and IA-63, previously IA-58, Finger, Dagger, Mirage 5P, and Mirage III
 * 🇧🇷 Brazil: AMX, previously Mirage 2000C/B and Mirage III
 * 🇨🇱 Chile: A-36 Toqui/C-101CC, previously Mirage 50, Mirage 5 and Mirage III
 * 🇨🇴 Colombia: Kfir Block 60, previously Mirage 5
 * 🇪🇨 Ecuador: Cheetah, previously Mirage F1, Kfir, Mirage 50 and Impala Mk II
 * 🇪🇬 Egypt: Mirage 2000EM/BM and Mirage 5
 * 🇫🇷 France: Mirage 2000, previously Super Étendard, Mirage F1, Jaguar, Mirage 5, Étendard IVM, Mirage III, Super Mystère B2, Mystère IV, Mystère IIC, and Vautour II
 * 🇬🇦 Gabon: Mirage F1, previously Mirage 5
 * 🇬🇷 Greece: Mirage 2000-5 Mk2, previously Mirage F1
 * 🇮🇳 India: Mirage 2000I/TI, previously Mystère IV
 * 🇮🇷 Iran: Mirage F1
 * 🇮🇹 Italy: MB-339A & CD
 * 🇱🇾 Libya: Mirage F1, previously Mirage 5
 * 🇲🇦 Morocco: Mirage F1 ASTRAC
 * 🇵🇰 Pakistan: Mirage 5 ROSE and Mirage III
 * 🇵🇪 Peru: Mirage 2000P/DP, previously Mirage 5P
 * 🇶🇦 Qatar: Mirage 2000-5, previously Mirage F1
 * 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka: Kfir
 * 🇹🇼 Taiwan: Mirage 2000-5
 * UAE: Mirage 2000-9, previously Mirage 5, Mirage III, and MB-326K

Former operators

 * 🇦🇺 Australia: Mirage III
 * 🇧🇪 Belgium: Mirage 5
 * 🇬🇭 Ghana: MB-326K
 * 🇭🇳 Honduras: Super Mystère B2
 * 🇮🇩 Indonesia: A-4
 * 🇮🇶 Iraq: Super Étendard and Mirage F1
 * 🇮🇱 Israel: A-4, Lavi, Kfir, Nesher, Mirage 5, Mirage IIIC, Super Mystère B2, Mystère IV, and Vautour II
 * 🇮🇹 Italy: G.91Y
 * 🇯🇴 Jordan: C-101CC and Mirage F1
 * 🇰🇼 Kuwait: Mirage F1
 * 🇱🇧 Lebanon: Mirage III
 * 🇵🇹 Portugal: G.91 R/3
 * 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia: Mirage 5
 * 🇿🇦 South Africa: Cheetah, Mirage F1, Nesher, Mirage III and Impala Mk II
 * 🇪🇸 Spain: Mirage F1 and Mirage III
 * 🇹🇳 Tunisia: MB-326K
 * 🇻🇪 Venezuela: Mirage 50, Mirage 5 and Mirage III
 * Zaire: Mirage 5 and MB-326K

Video links

 * of an Argentinian IAI Dagger during the Battle of San Carlos

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