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Benigembla

Benigembla is a town and municipality located in the Pop Valley within the district of Marina Alta in eastern Spain. The town is 314 m above sea level. It is only 50 km away from Benidorm, 88 km from Alicante, 105 km from Valencia, and 23 km from Dénia. Just 7.5 km (about 5 miles) from the town, in the direction of La Vall d'Ebo in an ancient Morisco site, Pla de Petracos, there are paintings over 8000 years old and UNESCO has designated it a protected world site of cultural interest. The town of Benigembla is also of Moorish origin, like most towns in the Pop Valley. In 1609 more than 14,000 Moors of the Pop Valley that resisted the decree of expulsion, and they gathered in the mountain of El Cavall Verd or el Pop. At the end, the Moors gave up because they were running out of food, water, and basic supplies. After giving up, most of the Moors were expelled after suffering high casualties.

After the decree of expulsion of the Moors from the year 1609, the village was repopulated mostly by Majorcan and western Catalan people. The village still retains many traditions and customs of these settlers, and also the language spoken by the villagers. At the summit of "El Cavall Verd" also known as "La Muntanya del Pop", there are still some remains of an ancient castle called ´´El Castell de Pop´´. ´´El Castell de Pop´´ was owned by Al-Azraq, then by Pere d'Altafulla. Since 1329 was owned by Vidal de Vilanova and his successors. During the final period it was handed to ´´Jaume I el conqueridor´´ by the Jovada pact by Al-Azraq. Later, Peter the Great ordered its destruction, and today there are very few traces left. ´´El Castell de Pop´´gives its name to this enchanted valley in the Marina Alta.

Demography
In 1615 the town had a population of only 99 inhabitants, and it reached its peak in 1860 with almost 900 inhabitants. From the 1900s to 1960 the town lost 34% of its population, since most of the locals migrated to the U.S., France, Germany, and Algeria Today the village has approximately 606 inhabitants, according to the latest municipal census of the year 2011. About 45% percent of the population is foreign, mostly British, these newcomers which started to settle in the 1980s and in the year 2009 they already represented 36% of the population. But there are also Germans and North Americans in town. The district of Vernissa Park is largely English speaking, since most of the people that settled in the urbanisation are British.

In 1998 there were 382 inhabitants in Benigembla, and in the census of the year 2006 the population reached 563 inhabitants, and in 2022 there are 512 inhabitants. Today there is 52% of the population according to the 2022 census that is foreign, of which about 67.5% are from the United Kingdom of Great Britain, while the rest come from North America, France, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, and Eastern Europe.

It is a very flat town surrounded by mountains, which one can find very enjoyable and relaxing. The main language spoken by its local inhabitants is the Catalan language, also known locally as Valencian, which the majority of the population speak and use as their main language. After the decree of the expelling of the Moors in 1609, the town was populated mostly by inhabitants from Catalonia, and the Balearic Islands. Most of the traditions of these settlers are still carried out today, together with the Catalan language that they brought with them. In the table below we can see the different changes in Benigembla's population from the year 1857 to 2007, according to the National Institute of Statistics(1). The population has been increasing since 1998, since more of the newcomers started to register in the municipal town's census. Today the population of Benigembla is the most diverse population that has been since the existence of the town.

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Major festivities and traditions
There are two major festivities during the year. In the 3rd week of January, the town celebrates its winter festivities in honour of Sant Honorat and Sant Antoni with its fayre, and the blessing of house pets and other animals, and other activities. During the summer in August, the town celebrates its major festivity from 12 August to 17 August. During the summer festivity there are concerts, theatre, fireruns (correfoc), dancing, Valencian handball, running with the bulls, and religious celebrations. In autumn, there is usually a craft fair on the last weekend of October (darrer diumenge d'octubre).

Environment

Nestled in the Valley of Pop, on the River Gorgos at the foot of the mountains of El Cavall Verd, its relief is very wary and holds places worth visiting force throughout the municipal area of 18.4 km2, as the climb of "El Cocoll" or to "El Cavall Verd", a mountain that looks like the face of a woman, the recreational area of the "Safareig", and the camping area of "la Vall de Pop" just 750 m from the town.

The town is known from around the area for its many trails, and spectacular mountain views. The highest mountain peak of Benigembla is represented by "El Morro d'en Serra" with 1,001 m. One of the walking trails of interest in town is The Route of "El Mirabó". Other known mountains of Benigembla are: "El Cavall Verd" or "el Pop"(793 m), "La Penya de l'Altar" (949 m), "La Solana" (793 m), and also "El Mirabó" (691 m).

An interesting hiking trail is the climb to the top of "Cocoll"(1045 m), and it is a marked trail that starts in the Camí del Corral Nou, which is about 350 m from the town of Benigembla towards the road to Castell de Castells. We pass by over the well of el "l' Aljub del Frare" and by the cliff "Barrancs dels Bous"". A zigzag draw us closer to "El Corral de Malea", and then to a more open space called la "Corona". Then we arrived at the "Pla d'en Moragues" where there are planes and helicopters of the forest services. we followed then a forest track that leads to the top of Cocoll, which is very close. The views when the weather permits it, are magnificent and we can see clearly: El Cavall Verd, Carrascal d'Ebo, Alfaro, the Pla de Petracos, Serrella, Xortà, Aitana, Carrascal de Parcent.

There is a rare colony of the plant Caralluma mumbyana in the mountain of the Cavall Verd, a type of cactus with bright pink flowers that is indigenous to south-eastern Spain, that is at risk of extinction. There are only three other known colonies of the plant in the Valencian Country, and it is currently under the protection of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN). The river Xaló-Gorgos passes next to Benigembla, which borders the town from its west side to its east side, and it was designated, as a site of special community interest by the European Commission in 2005. The river Xaló-Gorgos is 55 km long, and it ends finally in the sea in Xàbia.

Economy, and Tourism
Farming and livestock were the pillars of the economy until the 1970s, but today most of the people work in the services sector, and farming is considered a complementary activity that is done basically on weekends and holidays. Still the farmers of Benigembla make wine, olive oil, and they produce almonds, figs, olives, and grapes among others.

The town also has two restaurants, two rural houses, a recreational area in The Safareig, and a camping area. The camping area is located just 1 km from Benigembla, on the road that leads to Castell de Castells. There is a swimming pool, a tennis court, and other facilities. Another site of interest of Benigembla is The Ribàs Botanical Garden next to the main square, with trees that are more than 100 years old, and other species of special botanical interest. The Ribàs Botanical Park went through a major renovation project, and 408 new vegetal species were planted

In the Living Museum of Benigembla, art comes to life in its streets. Benigembla is also known for its graffiti, or Street Art. Every year in the late spring, or at the beginning of summer, a festival is organized in which graffiti artists from all over the world participate. Among the participants is Tardor Graffiti of the Xara, the Mexican Juan Andrés Vera, or Xolaka among many other renowned international street artists.

This festival has been celebrated since 2018, filling the facades of the streets of Benigembla with art and color. One more opportunity to visit this charming town to soak up art. Many visitors come from all over to visit us because of the high quality of artwork.

Some of the exteriors of the film "Her Majesty the Minor" were filmed in the fields of Benigembla, in October 2006, a super European production of the French director Jean-Jacques Annaud, who also directed The films "Seven Years in Tibet" and "The Name of the Rose".

Architectural heritage

 * 'The Parish Church of "Saint Josep"", of neoclassical style. Eighteenth century building with a baroque bell tower.
 * "El Safareig", and its recreational area with a barbecue site. It used to be the public town laundromat.

 * The building "El Sindicat", with neoclassic elements of the French baroque and rococo style.
 * The Bridges on the road to Parcent and Murla, built by stonemasons.
 * "El Ribàs", the walls bordering part of the western part of the town and protecting it from flood waters of the river "Xaló-Gorgos" were also built by stonemasons.

 * The Parish Church of "Sant Josep" was restored and decorated in 1994, and the great bell named Maria la Gran was repaired in the same year (Hermanos Portilla 1994). Another bell is the bell known as the bell from Vernissa, which is the small one named Santa Barbera (Domingo Tormo 1808), and finally the middle one which is named Maria Bàrbara (Dominic Tormo 1868).

 * "Els Riuraus" A Riurau, typical construction of Benigembla where the grapes where preserved to dry when raining.

 * "El Sindicat", located at the corner of "El Carrer Llarg" and "El Carrer Sant Francesc Xavier", which was always the social club of the town, and it is a building from the early twentieth century, specifically it was built in 1925 by the local architect Adelí Moll. The club belonged to members of the Cooperative Saint Francis Xavier, but the Town Council purchased the site in 2005 with the objective of rehabilitating its interior and restoring its facade. This building is of neoclassical style with elements of the rococo, and French baroque, which it may be due to the influence of returning benigemblers from the emigration from Algeria. In February 2010, the Town Council started the rehabilitation of the building with a budget of around 500,000 euros. The new "Sindicat" now has three floors, so this new building has more capacity and can better address the social and cultural needs of the whole town. The building is suitable for carrying on the one hand, exhibitions, conferences, seminars or classes for seniors, among other activities, and moreover, within the premises also can be conducted recreational dancing or physical fitness, etc.

 * Also noteworthy are "the walls of the Ribàs", which protects the w0estern side of town from the flood waters built by stonemasons at least more than 115 years ago.Following the flood of 1890, which was one of the most severe, these walls, made by stonemasons, were completed at the beginning of the 20th century. The town owes Mr. Baldomero Vega de Seoane, the deputy that was able to come up with the money and project for the construction of these retaining walls. Mr. Baldomero Vega de Seoane was a deputy in the Provincial Council of Alicante/Alacant of the liberal party of Canalejas. Currently the main square of the town bears his name In this place you will also find he Ribàs Botanical Park, a park that was recently renovated in 2022. There are trees over 100 years old, and other species of special botanical interest. It is a Botanical Park that is a reference park of Mediterranean biodiversity for the entire interior of the Marina Alta region. It is located in a place of great ecological and environmental interest next to the Gorgos river. It should also be mentioned that this area is an LIC.

Politics

In the municipal elections of May 2011 the nationalist valencian party Bloc Nacionalista Valencià-Compromís won three seats in the town council with 36 percent of the votes, the socialist valencian party PSPV-PSOE won two seats with 33 percent of the votes, and the conservative party PPCV two seats with 29 percent of the votes. The candidate for the BLOC party Joan Caselles i Mengual is elected mayot with the support of the other 2 councilmen of his own party. In the municipal elections of 2007 the People's Party PPCV won three seats in the town council with 38% of the votes, the Valencian Socialist Workers' Party (PSPV-PSOE) two seats with 27% of the votes, and the nationalist Valencian party denominated Bloc Nacionalista Valencià-Compromís one seat with 20% of the votes, and another local party also obtained one seat with 14% of the votes. In 2007. Fernando Mengual i Taverner of the PPCV was elected mayor with three votes out of the seven councilmen, however his inability to work with other councilmen, the lack of democratic transparency in the decision making process, together with the lack of support of his own party, and after three major defeats to his controversial plans to build three more urbanisations, which started to provoke distrust and discontent. As a result, on 23 August 2008, a vote of no confidence was presented by the three opposition parties, which resulted in voting and proclaiming the councilman of the Bloc party, Joan Caselles i Mengual as mayor of Benigembla, with the support of the two socialist seats and the other seat from the other local party.

In the municipal elections of 2003 the PP obtained four seats, and the PSPV-PSOE three seats, but they were all pressured to resign from their seats, except one councillor, after the town council has signed in November 2004 a secret controversial plan with a known major developer, to build a massive urbanisation with 1500 new houses, and a golf course. The contract that was signed secretly would have been unsustainable for the municipal services of this town, and would have given the developer all the decision making regarding the future urban development of the town. In 2005, the major Aurelio Llinares i Mas of the PP party resigned, and Felipe Perez i Mengual took over as mayor until 2007. The plan to build 1500 houses and a golf course finally was revoked on a town council meeting on 21 May 2010 by the nationalist mayor of the Bloc party Joan Caselles, and the developer "El Grup Ballester".

The first mayor that was elected after the Franco's regime was the socialist Antoni Caselles i Pérez, then the independent Francesc Mas i Sendra for two terms, the socialist Francesc Taverner i Taverner for two terms, and the socialist Rogelio Sendra i Taverner for one term, the conservative Aurelio Llinares i Mas for 1 term, Fernando Mengual i Taverner for 1 term however a vote of no confidence in the beginning of his second year gave the mayoralty to the Bloc Party represented by Joan Caselles i Mengual, in that order. En the elections of 2011 the Bloc party's candidate Joan Caselles i Mengual took over the mayoralty for the next four years.

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Doug White (politician)

Doug White of Manchester, Ohio, is an American politician of the Republican Party who was president of the Ohio Senate for two years, from 2003 to 2005.

An Adams County Commissioner from 1985-1990, White opted to run against the Democrat Harry Mallott in 1990 for a seat in the Ohio House of Representatives. He was successful in his run, and was seated in 1991. He won re-election in 1992 and 1994.

By 1996, Senator Cooper Snyder announced his retirement from the Ohio Senate after 17 years. Subsequently, White announced his candidacy for the seat. Ultimately Snyder resigned early, allowing the Senate Republicans to appoint White to the seat early, which they did.

After the 2002 elections, the Republicans of the Ohio Senate selected White to succeed Richard Finan as leader of the party. By 2004, however, White had already served two terms in the Senate and Ohio's term limits law prevented him from running again. Thus, in the 2004 election, Tom Niehaus took White's seat and Bill Harris was chosen to be the next Senate president.

After his service in the Senate, White was director of the Ohio Department of Commerce in the cabinet of Republican Bob Taft.

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Tom Niehaus

Tom Niehaus is an American former politician who served as President of the Ohio Senate from 2011 to 2012. He also was the state senator for the 14th District from 2005 to 2012. He served in the Ohio House of Representatives from 2001 to 2004. He currently works as a principal with Vorys Advisors LLC, a wholly owned affiliate of the law firm, Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease. In this role, Niehaus provides business and strategic counsel to the law firm’s clients and other businesses and organizations. Niehaus works in the firm’s Cincinnati office and also maintains an office in Columbus.

Career
A graduate of Xavier University and Ohio State University, Niehaus spent ten years with Harte Hanks Communications, and 15 years (ten as an editor/publisher) with Community Press, a network of 27 community newspapers serving the Greater Cincinnati area.

With incumbent Representative Rose Vesper term limited and unable to run for another term, Niehaus sought to replace her. In the 2000 election, Niehaus defeated Melvin Dean and Scott Boone to win the Republican nomination with 46% of the vote. He won the general election against Democrat Ken Zuk by 10,000 votes. Niehaus was unopposed for reelection in 2002.

Ohio Senate
Midway through 2003, Niehaus and Jean Schmidt stated their intentions to run to succeed Senate President Doug White in 2004. Niehaus was supported by Senator White and former Representative Rose Vesper, while Schmidt received support from Speaker of the House Larry Householder. The primary proved to be one of the closest watched of the cycle. The campaign prompted complaints over fund-raising tactics and featured testy television spots centered on disputes over tax votes. The Ohio Taxpayers Association launched a $100,000 TV "issue ad" campaign that labeled Mr. Niehaus a tax-hiker.

Schmidt initially beat Niehaus by 62 votes. However, with a mandatory recount enacted and the counting of provisional ballots beginning, Niehaus began to close the gap, and by late March, Niehaus had taken the lead. Niehaus was certified the winner by 22 votes. Niehaus went on to defeat Democrat Paul Schwietering by 53,000 votes.

In his first term in the Senate, Niehaus served as Chairman of the Senate Environment & Natural Resources Committee. In 2008, when Randy Gardner resigned from the Senate, Niehaus was chosen by Senate colleagues to take his place as Senate majority floor leader, and after Jeff Jacobson's resignation, Niehaus again was elevated to Senate President pro tempore.

Niehaus won reelection in 2008 against Democrat Gregory Napolitano by 50,000 votes. He again was selected to serve as President pro tempore for the 128th General Assembly.

Niehaus served again as President of the Senate for the 129th General Assembly. On opening day of that assembly, Niehaus set a tone for bipartisanship, stating "I want to assure the Senate that this will be a deliberative body where all voices will be heard." As President of the Senate, Niehaus also served as chairman of the Rules and Reference Committee.

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T. Mayer (crater)

T. Mayer, or Tobias Mayer, is a lunar impact crater that is located at the western end of the Montes Carpatus mountain range along the southern edge of Mare Imbrium. It was named after German astronomer Tobias Mayer. To the west is the Oceanus Procellarum, and to the south is Mare Insularum. The crater is located a couple of hundred kilometers to the northwest of the prominent crater Copernicus.

The name T. Mayer was first given to this crater by Johann Hieronymus Schröter in 1802.

Description
This crater is embedded within a region of rugged ridges and these are attached to the exterior of the rim, most notably along the east and northeast. The rim is generally circular with the bowl-shaped T. Mayer A attached to the exterior along the east-southeast. Within the

interior is a level floor marked only by a few craterlets.

Due south of T. Mayer is a cluster of lunar domes, some of which have tiny craterlets at the summits. These domes are the result of volcanic activity.

Satellite craters
By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to T. Mayer.

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Sancho VI of Navarre

Sancho Garcés VI (Antso VI.a; 21 April 1132 - 27 June 1194), called the Wise (Jakituna, el Sabio) was King of Navarre from 1150 until his death in 1194. He was the first monarch to officially drop the title of King of Pamplona in favour of King of Navarre, thus changing the designation of his kingdom. Sancho Garcés was responsible for bringing his kingdom into the political orbit of Europe. He was the eldest son of García Ramírez, the Restorer and Margaret of L'Aigle.

Biography
Sancho VI inherited a debilitated kingdom, subject of frequent raids by the Kingdom of Castile of Alfonso VII and by the County of Barcelona of Ramon Berenguer IV, also king of Aragon, who in 1140 had agreed the partition of the kingdom in the Treaty of Carrión.

He tried to repair the borders of his kingdom, which had been reduced by the Treaties of Tudején and Carrión, which he had been forced to sign with Castile and Aragón in his early reign. By the Accord of Soria, Castile was eventually confirmed in its possession of conquered territories. In the face of a possible Castilian military takeover of further western Navarrese territories, Sancho VI re-asserted royal authority by founding several towns in 1181, including San Sebastián, Vitoria and Treviño, among others.

He was hostile to Count Raymond Berengar IV of Barcelona, but Raymond's son King Alfonso II of Aragon divided the lands taken from Murcia with him by treaty of Sangüesa in 1168. In 1190, the two neighbours again signed a pact in Borja of mutual protection against Castilian expansion.

The Kingdom of Artajona (eu:Artaxoako Erresuma) was returned from Sancho III of Castile to Sancho the Wise in 1157.

He died on 27 June 1194, in Pamplona, where he is buried.

Marriage and family
On 20 July 1153, Sancho Garcés married Sancha of Castile, daughter of Alfonso VII, King of León and Castile and his wife Berengaria of Barcelona. They had six children:

 * Berengaria Sánchez, who became Queen consort of England after her marriage in 1191 to Richard I. She died childless.
 * Sancho Sánchez, nicknamed the Strong, who succeeded his father and ruled as King of Navarre from 1194 to 1234, married first to Constance of Toulouse and then a second time to a woman believed to have been daughter of Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor or, according to other sources, of Yusuf II, caliph of Morocco.
 * Blanche Sánchez, who became Countess of Champagne after her marriage to Theobald III and Count regent after his death. Her son Theobald would become King of Navarre after the death of his uncle.
 * Fernando Sánchez, buried at the Abbey of Santa María la Real de Las Huelgas.
 * Teresa Sánchez
 * Constanza Sánchez, buried in Marcilla.

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Teresa Stratas

Teresa Stratas (born May 26, 1938) is an operatic soprano and actress from Canada of Greek descent. She is especially well known for her award-winning recording of Alban Berg's Lulu. She has now formally retired.

Early life and career
Stratas was born Anastasia Stratakis to a struggling immigrant Cretan family in Oshawa, near Toronto, Ontario. At age 13, she performed Greek pop songs on the radio. She graduated from The Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto. At age 20, Stratas made her professional opera debut as Mimì in La bohème at the Toronto Opera Festival. One year later in 1959, she co-won the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, appearing later that year with the Metropolitan Opera as Poussette in Manon. She created the title role in Peggy Glanville-Hicks' Nausicaa at the Herod Atticus Theatre in Athens in 1961, made her Covent Garden debut as Mimì that same year and in 1962, she made her La Scala debut as Isabella in Manuel de Falla's L'Atlántida. She continued her career with the Metropolitan Opera, moved into leading roles and performed with leading opera houses around the world, including the Bolshoi, Vienna State, Berlin, Bavarian State (Munich), Paris, San Francisco and at the Salzburg Festival.

Her repertoire also included Zerlina in Don Giovanni, Despina in Così fan tutte, Cherubino and Susanna in The Marriage of Figaro, Liù in Turandot, Cio-Cio-San in Madama Butterfly, Micaëla in Carmen, Marguerite in Faust, the title role in La Périchole, Gretel in Hansel and Gretel, Lisa in The Queen of Spades, The Composer in Ariadne auf Naxos, Antonia in Les contes d'Hoffmann, Mélisande in Pelléas et Mélisande, Marenka in The Bartered Bride, Desdemona in Otello, Mme Lidoine in Dialogues des Carmélites, the title roles of Salome and Lulu, Jenny Smith in Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (directed by John Dexter) and Marie Antoinette in John Corigliano's The Ghosts of Versailles. She is regarded as one of the foremost singing actresses of the twentieth century.

In March 1962, she appeared as a contestant on the CBS Game Show "To Tell The Truth." Stratas and two other contestants had to convince the panelists that each of them was the real Teresa Stratas. Dorothy Kilgallen and Johnny Carson appeared on the episode as panelists along with Tom Poston and Dina Merrill. None of the panelists believed Stratas was really herself; giving all three contestants the top $1,000 prize to split among themselves and each received a carton of Salem cigarettes, the brand sponsoring the program.

Career highlights
Among her career highlights was the creation of the role of Sardulla in the US premiere of Menotti's The Last Savage (Met, 1964). In 1974, she made a film (directed by Götz Friedrich) of Strauss' Salome with the Vienna Philharmonic under Karl Böhm. Pierre Boulez chose her to sing the title role in the first performance of Friedrich Cerha's completed version of Alban Berg's Lulu (Paris, 1979). In 1981 she performed the role of Mimi in La bohème at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. On 26 September 1989, she sang all three soprano roles in Puccini's Trittico, Giorgetta in Il tabarro, Angelica in Suor Angelica and Lauretta in Gianni Schicchi (Met). She created the role of Marie Antoinette in the premiere of John Corigliano's The Ghosts of Versailles (Met, 1991). At the opening night of the Met's 1994 season, she sang Nedda in Pagliacci opposite Luciano Pavarotti and Giorgetta in Il tabarro opposite Plácido Domingo.

Over the course of her thirty-six year career at the Metropolitan Opera, she appeared in 385 performances of 41 different roles. Her most frequently performed roles at the house include Liu in Turandot (27 performances between 1961 and 1995), Nedda in Pagliacci (27 performances between 1963 and 1994) and Mimì in La bohème (26 performances between 1962 and 1982). Her final performance with the company was on December 9, 1995, as Jenny in The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny. She was engaged to sing Marenka in a revival of The Bartered Bride during the 1996–97 season, but withdrew from the production prior to opening night, and subsequently never appeared at the Metropolitan again.

While rehearsing for Mahagonny in 1979, Stratas met the originator of her role, Lotte Lenya, who was also Kurt Weill's widow. Lenya gave her the scores of previously unpublished Weill songs which she had hoarded until that time, some of which Stratas later recorded on two albums, The Unknown Kurt Weill and Stratas Sings Weill.

She also starred in several film adaptations of operas, including Salome (1974), Amahl and the Night Visitors (1978), The Bartered Bride (1975), Pagliacci (1982) and La traviata (1983).

In 1988, she recorded the role of Julie La Verne in EMI's 3-CD set of the complete score of Kern and Hammerstein's classic musical Show Boat, conducted by John McGlinn. Also starring with her were Frederica Von Stade as Magnolia, Jerry Hadley as Gaylord Ravenal, and Bruce Hubbard as Joe. This was the first-ever complete recording of the score, using Robert Russell Bennett's original 1927 orchestrations, Will Vodery's vocal arrangements, and all of Oscar Hammerstein II's uncensored lyrics. Critics acclaimed it as the finest recording of Show Boat ever made.

In the 1980s Stratas travelled to Calcutta and worked with Mother Teresa in an orphanage and at the Kalighat Home for the Dying. In the 1990s she again took time from her career to move into a Romanian hospital to clean cots and wash and care for the sick and dying orphans.

On September 25, 2008, Teresa Stratas returned to New York for an interview with the Metropolitan Opera Guild, her first public appearance in over a decade. She lives in Florida.

Awards and recognition

 * Grammy Awards & Grammy nominations
 * Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording and Grammy Award for Best Classical Album for Alban Berg's Lulu (1981)
 * Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording for Verdi's La traviata (1984)
 * Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress – Musical for Rags (1987)
 * Nominee for Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical for Rags (1987)
 * Officer of the Order of Canada (1972)
 * Artist of the Year Canadian Music Council (1980)
 * Honorary LL D (McMaster University) (1986)
 * Honorary LL D (University of Toronto) (1994)
 * Honorary LL D (Eastman School of Music) (1998)
 * Honorary D LITT (York University) (2000)
 * Governor General's Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement (2000)
 * Star in Canada's Walk of Fame (2001)
 * MasterWorks recipient for Alban Berg's Lulu (2005)

Discography
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 * Alban Berg, Lulu, Stratas, Yvonne Minton, Hanna Schwarz, Franz Mazura, Kenneth Riegel, Robert Tear, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Paris, cond. Pierre Boulez, Deutsche Grammophon, 1981
 * Teresa Stratas – The Unknown Kurt Weill, Nonesuch 79019
 * Stratas Sings Weill, Nonesuch 79131
 * September Songs: The Music of Kurt Weill, Sony Classical, 1997
 * Verdi, La traviata. Stratas, Fritz Wunderlich, Hermann Prey. Cond. Giuseppe Patanè. Orfeo, 1965. Live performance.
 * Peggy Glanville-Hicks: Nausicaa, Scenes from the Opera. Stratas, Athens Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
 * [[Show Boat (John McGlinn recording)|Jerome Kern, Show Boat. Stratas, Frederica von Stade, Jerry Hadley & Lillian Gish. Ambrosian Chorus & London Sinfonietta, cond. John McGlinn, EMI,
 * Lehár,  Die lustig Witwe. Stratas, Zoltán Kelemen, Elizabeth Harwood, René Kollo, Werner Hollweg, Berliner Philharmoniker, cond. Herbert von Karajan, Deutsche Grammophon, 1973
 * Lehár, Der Zarewitsch. Stratas, Wiesław Ochman, Paul Esser, Lukas Ammann, Harald Juhnke & Birke Bruck. Symphonie–Orchester Kurt Graunke, cond. Willy Mattes, DVD, Deutsche Grammophon/Unitel Classica 00440 073 4314, 1973

Filmography

 * Giuditta (1970) – Stratas, Schock – operetta F. Lehar (movie made in Germany)
 * Paganini (1973) – Stratas, Theba – operetta F. Léhar directed by Wolfgang Ebert (movie made in Germany)
 * Der Zarewitsch (1973) – Stratas, Ochman – operetta F. Lehar (movie made in Germany) directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt
 * Salome (1974) – title role, conducted by Karl Böhm, directed by Götz Friedrich
 * The Bartered Bride (1978) – with Nicolai Gedda, and Jon Vickers, directed by John Dexter
 * Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (1979) – with Astrid Varnay and Richard Cassilly, directed by Dexter
 * La bohème (1981) – as Mimì, with José Carreras and Renata Scotto, directed by Franco Zeffirelli
 * Pagliacci (1982) – as Nedda, with Domingo, directed by Zeffirelli
 * La traviata (1983) – as Violetta, with Domingo and Cornell MacNeil, directed by Zeffirelli
 * Stratasphere: Portrait of Teresa Stratas (1989) – documentary
 * Così fan tutte . Stratas, Edita Gruberová, Luis Lima, Ferruccio Furlanetto, Delores Ziegler, Vienna Philharmonic, cond. Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Directed by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle. Deutsche Grammophon
 * The Blasphemers' Banquet (1989)
 * The Ghosts of Versailles (1991) – Stratas, Fleming, Horne, Hagegård, G. Quilico, Berberian, Met Opera, cond.James Levine. Directed by Colin Graham
 * Under the Piano (1996) – Teresa Stratas, Amanda Plummer, Megan Follows. Directed by Stefan Scaini
 * " The Canadians" (1961) Western starring Robert Ryan as a Mountie and directed by Burt Kennedy.Filmed in Canada.

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Talk:Kenny Loggins

Bo-tox?
The following text was in the article.

 * He appears to have received Botulinum toxin treatments, and has become the target of several comedians and fashion critics due to this alleged cosmetic alteration.

Since it is unsourced, I removed it under WP:BLP. Does anybody have a source to back this claim up? —C.Fred (talk) 02:06, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

New picture?
I don't know much about Wikipedia's guidelines, as I never edit anything, but the picture on this article just bothers me. Why is the main picture of Kenny Loggins, a star from the 70's and 80's, a picture of him in 2008 that doesn't even resemble what he looked like back when he was famous? When I first looked at this page and saw this picture, I was sure that it was a mistake, and that it was actually a picture of someone else. Can we please put up a picture of him from when he was in his prime? You don't see Michael Jackson's page having a picture from 2008; it's a picture of him when he was in his prime. I just think that it's the Kenny Loggins of the 70's and 80's that made him famous enough to warrant a Wikipedia entry, so it should be a picture of him from the 70's or 80's that graces that page. Just something to think about. -Danny —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.184.53.49 (talk) 03:26, 29 July 2009 (UTC)

 * We're using that picture because it's the best free picture available. The picture of Michael Jackson was taken by White House staff at the White House, which makes it public domain and free for us to use. As a rule, commercial pictures are under copyright and aren't free, so we can't use any promotional photos of Loggins. Basically, to use a picture from the 70s or 80s, it would either have to be taken by the US government or by a private photographer who released the image into the public domain or under Creative Commons-type license.

 * Hrm. Loggins did some of the soundtrack for Top Gun. Did he do any publicity work with the Navy? —C.Fred (talk) 03:45, 29 July 2009 (UTC)

Relation
Kenny Loggins page says that he is the cousin to Dave Loggins, Dave Loggins page says he is not related to Kenny. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.199.206.2 (talk) 11:50, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

Randy Jackson
"In 1997, Loggins released the album "The Unimaginable Life" based on his book which was co-written by Loggins's wife Julia. ... The album was produced by Loggins and Randy Jackson, and with background vocals by Skyler Jett, Lamont VanHook, and Howard Smith."
 * Is this the Randy Jackson of American Idol Fame? Or the Jackson 5? If it is either of these It would be good to add the link. WesUGAdawg (talk) 02:02, 28 May 2010 (UTC)
 * This is Randy Jackson of American Idol fame. Jackson is credited on the album and the two men are friends. Myssa22 (talk) 05:22, 31 March 2014 (UTC)

Source
We need a link for the source of the additional remarks, namely that Kenny Loggins can read minds and would not beat the baby Jesus.

I found the originals at http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/ Pavium (talk) 06:41, 23 December 2010 (UTC)

Attribution
Mgrē@sŏn 17:03, 28 January 2011 (UTC)

In Popular Culture
Do we want an "in popular culture" section? With, like, the Hyperbole and a Half comic and that Psych episode? Brauden (talk) 19:06, 8 March 2012 (UTC)

How about some archer danger zone?? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.229.87.140 (talk) 05:01, 26 June 2012 (UTC)

 * Loggins just had a guest appearance on Archer March 3, 2014 as "K-Log" and sang/recorded a duet of "Danger Zone" with Cherlene. There is a CD available. He is also a guest star on the series finale of TV show "Raising Hope," airing April 4, 2014. Myssa22 (talk) 05:24, 31 March 2014 (UTC)

Regarding the last two comments about Archer, the citation is now in "Other Media" as of 6/21/17. I would like to know why some TV and Movie appearances are in "Recent Years", however, while the Archer episode gets relegated to "Other Media"?! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 158.68.216.127 (talk) 18:29, 21 June 2017 (UTC)

Profession of the Second Wife
Is it necessary to be specific, rather than just saying that she was a health care worker. Since this specialty is very rare and unique it distracts from the topic of the article with questions like "What does a colon therapist do?" or "If they made a movie titled 'Impulsive Colon Therapist in a Midlife Crisis' what would it be about?"Autolanding (talk) 08:50, 10 March 2013 (UTC)Autolanding (talk) 08:47, 10 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Hope this is not a serious suggestion! Colon therapy can be covered on its own, and is certainly not a 'rare profession.' That someone was married and now divorced from one is hardly a necessary fact about the singer-songwriter to include on the article! Myssa22 (talk) 05:27, 31 March 2014 (UTC)

Messina Quote
I think that is a little too excessive for Wikipedia, does anyone object if I summarize and paraphrase? Doesn't seem to follow the guidelines WP:QUOTE --Monstermike99 (talk) 01:51, 31 March 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 25 February 2017
Copypaste of entire article removed

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There is a death date listed!
When I searched for Kenny Logging wiki, A death date in 1997 is listed! This needs to be fixed. Thank you. 98.178.185.188 (talk) 08:39, 3 April 2021 (UTC)

 * That vandalism was fixed a few days ago, sometimes google can be weird in what edits to articles it does and doesn't choose to display, but that's nothing we can control. ‑‑Volteer1 (talk) 09:02, 3 April 2021 (UTC)

Isabella's DOB
This page says she was born in 1988, but (when "googled") other sources say 1987 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:1C2:4E00:2100:F8D0:D9BB:7F20:36FF (talk) 16:43, 18 April 2022 (UTC)

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Talk:Pornography laws by region

US
The notion that the internet is being used for porn only to satisfy "niche markets" seems curiously outdated.

Greece
Correct that h/c adult porn is available and doesn't seem to be a big deal. I was under the impression however that it was technically illegal but simply unenforced and not prosecuted. Do we have a Greek lawyer out there (as if they'd comment for no money LOL!)? Child porn, which presumably means under 18yo, is illegal.

Korea?
Why does the content of the Article say Korea prohibits all porn yet it is Green on the map(implying it is legal)

Semi-protected edit request on 30 August 2021
Laws by Region “United States” Change from: In the United States, pornography is not unlawful at the federal level… To: In the United States, pornography is legal at the federal level…

The current wording is insuccinct.

Crimea
Crimean peninsula is filled with the same color as Russia, not Ukraine, which is against Wikipedia and UN position.

Tunisia?
Porn is completely legal in Tunisia you can enter pornography websites without any restrictions and the map says it’s illegal

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Joy Padgett

Joy Padgett (born Joy Ann Conrad, February 4, 1947 in Coshocton, Ohio) is a former Republican member of the Ohio Senate, representing the 20th district until the end of 2008. In 2006, dogged by personal scandals, she ran unsuccessfully for Lieutenant Governor of Ohio and for Congress in Ohio's 18th congressional district. Her run for Congress was the result of the decision of Bob Ney to bow out of the race and plead guilty to corruption charges.

Political career
Padgett was first appointed to the Ohio Senate in January 2004 and elected that following November. Prior to her election, she was the director of the Office of Appalachia in Governor Bob Taft's administration. Before that, she served from 1993 to 1999 in the Ohio House of Representatives and, prior to that, had been a school teacher.

In her 2004 bid for her first full term in the Ohio Senate, Padgett was challenged by Democrat Terry Anderson of Athens, Ohio, who in the 1980s had been held hostage by Islamic radicals in Lebanon when working on a story for the Associated Press. Much of her campaign centered on social issues, namely that of same sex marriage. They stated that if Anderson were elected he would allow gays to get married. These ads were typically played with the theme song from Twilight Zone saying "...men marrying men, women marrying women... What kind of world does Terry Anderson want?" Many of these commercials were considered homophobic, and drew attention and condemnation. Other ads attempted to smear Terry Anderson as a terrorist sympathizer, often ignoring the truth about his imprisonment.

The match-up was the only seriously contested Ohio Senate race in 2004. Padgett won re-election with 54 percent of the vote.

Loans, bankruptcies, and transfers
Padgett and her then-husband Donald were owners of the Main Office Supply Co. Her husband ran the business for three decades; she was the company's treasurer. The Coshocton business began experiencing financial troubles in 1999; it went from 40 employees to about eight when it closed in 2006.

In August 2004, the Small Business Administration gave the business a $737,000 loan guarantee on a loan from the JP Morgan Chase Bank. On the same day, the Padgetts renegotiated a three-year-old loan for $100,000 from the Home Loan Savings Bank in Coshocton. In October 2005, the Padgetts filed for bankruptcy for their business and defaulted on the two loans. The bankruptcy filing was subsequently tossed out by a federal judge when the Padgetts violated a court order.

On June 15, 2006, the Padgetts filed for personal bankruptcy, listing $1.16 million in debts against $202,143 in assets. Joy Padgett said most of the debt came from Main Office Supply Co. As of September 8, the Padgetts owed at least $20,000 on the local loan, and more than $720,000 on the federally guaranteed loan.

Candidate for lieutenant governor
Early in 2005, Padgett joined Ohio Attorney General Jim Petro's campaign for governor as a regional chair and worked on his behalf while he and lieutenant governor candidate Phil Heimlich campaigned. In January 2006, following Heimlich's decision to leave the ticket in order to run for re-election as a Hamilton County Commissioner, Petro named Padgett his running mate as candidate for Lt. Governor.

The primary election was held on May 2, 2006. Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell and State Representative Tom Raga were victorious over the Petro/Padgett team.

Republican candidate for Congress
On August 7, 2006, Bob Ney announced he was withdrawing his candidacy in the 2006 election. Padgett announced that Ney and House Majority Leader John Boehner, who represents another district in Ohio, had asked her to run in his place.

On August 14, 2006, Ney officially withdrew from the race for Congress. Because that occurred before August 19 (80 or more days before the election), Ohio Revised Code 3513.312 applied, thus requiring "the vacancy in the party nomination so created shall be filled by a special election." If Ney had waited until August 20, section 3513.31 of the Ohio Revised Code would have pertained and Ney's replacement in the November general election could have been named by a district committee of the Ohio Republican party.

On August 10, Ohio Attorney General Jim Petro ruled that the "sore loser" provision in Ohio law (ORC 3513.04, which says that "No person who seeks party nomination for an office or position at a primary election by declaration of candidacy or by declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate ... shall be permitted to become a candidate by nominating petition or by declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate at the following general election") did not apply to Padgett running for Ney's seat because it was for a different office. Padgett was a losing candidate for lieutenant governor in the May 2006 primary (she was paired with Petro, who was running for governor.)

Some argued that Padgett was subject to another law—a provision put into the state's budget bill in 2005 by Republicans. That provision (ORC section 3513.052(B)) prevents someone from running for office "if that person, for the same election, has already filed a declaration of candidacy, a declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate, or a nominating petition, or has become a candidate through party nomination at a primary election or by the filling of a vacancy." Petro's office was not asked for an opinion on that matter.

The Ohio Democratic Party initially indicated that it would contest Padgett's eligibility by filing a lawsuit when she became a candidate. However, on August 18, the party said that it would not, because Padgett faced six opponents in the special primary and avoiding a lawsuit would save money for their fall campaign. But a brother to one of those six candidates filed a protest before the August 19 deadline.

The Tuscarawas County elections board heard the complaint on August 20 and voted 2–1 along party lines to reject it. One Democrat, Socrates Space, abstained from voting because of a conflict of interest; his son was the Democratic nominee in the same race.

Padgett originally faced seven Republican opponents in the special primary on September 14. But on August 22, Dover mayor Rick Homrighausen announced he would withdraw and endorsed Padgett. Ney aide John Bennett also withdrew, and candidate Gregory Zelenitz was rejected by the Tuscarawas County Board of Elections. Padgett overwhelmingly won the primary election with over 9,523 of the 14,065 votes cast.

She faced Zack Space, a Dover, Ohio lawyer and hotel developer, in the November general election. Space had won the Democratic primary with 39 percent of the vote. Space easily defeated Padgett on November 6, 2006, 129,687 to 79,286.

Retirement from Ohio Senate
In September 2007, Padgett announced that she would not run for another term in 2008. Soon after, State Rep. Jimmy Stewart, R-Albany, announced he would run for the 20th District Senate seat in 2008. Stewart won the seat, and Padgett retired from Ohio politics when her term expired in December 2008. United Conservatives of Ohio gave her a 77% evaluation.

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Talk:English the Global Language

This looks to me like an essay about what might happen or has been happening to English. Is it appropriate material for an encyclopedia? Might it not be better to summarize the findings/views of the acknowledged source of these ideas in a subsection of the WikiPedia entry on the English language?

Latin (English) Alphabet.
One might also mention that the "English" Alphabet (no accents áàâä etc) is also widely used.

Many countries with alphabets that are strange to every one else, use - as a courtesy - the Latin alphabet for all manner of things such as street signs. Think of Korean, Hindi, Urdu. Even if the words remain in the orginal language, the pronounciation becomes reasonably clear in the Latin alphabet.

As a general rule, there is space on road signs for two languages only, the local one and the Latin one. This also applies to things like the languages used for air traffic control. English does have something of the upper hand, and this is not likely to change anytime soon.

Syd1435 00:40, 2004 Dec 4 (UTC)

Merge with English language artiicle might be the most appropriate
Though the material does have some encyclopedic information, I don't think it should stand alone as an article. Portions could be merged to various language related or culture related topics.

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BRG

BRG may refer to:

 * Berkeley Research Group, LLC, a global expert services and consulting firm
 * Borough Green & Wrotham railway station in Kent, England
 * British racing green, a dark green colour traditionally used on early UK racing cars
 * Brownsville and Rio Grande International Railroad, Texas
 * Mareeba Airfield, an airfield located south of Mareeba, Queensland, Australia by IATA code
 * the postal code of Birgu, Malta
 * BRG Sports, an American sports equipment manufacturer
 * Fiat BRG, a 1930s bomber of the Italian air force
 * Baure language (ISO code: brg), a near extinct language of Bolivia

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Parallel Lives

The Parallel Lives (Βίοι Παράλληλοι, Bíoi Parállēloi; Vītae Parallēlae) is a series of 48 biographies of famous men written by the Greco-Roman philosopher, historian, and Apollonian priest Plutarch, probably at the beginning of the second century. It is also known as Plutarch's Lives (Πλούταρχου Βίοι, Ploútarchou Bíoi; Plutarchī Vītae); Parallels (Παράλληλα, Parállēla; Parallela); the Comparative Lives (Συγκριτικοί Βίοι, Sygkritikoí Bíoi; Vitae Comparatae); the Lives of Illustrious Men (Vitae Illustrium Virorum); and the Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans (Βίοι Ῥωμαίων καὶ Ἑλλήνων, Bioi Rhōmaiōn kai Hellēnōn; Vitae Illustrium Virorum Graecorum et Romanorum or Graecorum Romanorumque Illustrium Vitae). The lives are arranged in pairs to illuminate their common moral virtues or failings. The surviving Parallel Lives comprises 23 pairs of biographies, each pair consisting of one Greek and one Roman of similar destiny, such as Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar, or Demosthenes and Cicero. It is a work of considerable importance, not only as a source of information about the individuals described, but also about the times in which they lived.

Motivation
Parallel Lives was Plutarch's second set of biographical works, following the Lives of the Roman Emperors from Augustus to Vitellius. Of these, only the Lives of Galba and Otho survive.

As he explains in the first paragraph of his Life of Alexander, Plutarch was not concerned with writing histories, but with exploring the influence of character, good or bad, on the lives and destinies of famous men. He wished to prove that the more distant past of Greece could show its men of action and achievement as well as the more recent past of Rome. His interest was primarily ethical, although the Lives has significant historical value as well. The Lives was published by Plutarch late in his life after his return to Chaeronea and, if one may judge from the long lists of authorities given, it must have taken many years to compile.

Contents
The chief manuscripts of the Lives date from the 10th and 11th centuries, and the first printed edition appeared in Rome in 1470. Thomas North's 1579 English translation was an important source-material for Shakespeare. Jacob Tonson printed several editions of the Lives in English in the late 17th century, beginning with a five-volume set printed in 1688, with subsequent editions printed in 1693, 1702, 1716, and 1727. The most generally accepted text is that of the minor edition of Carl Sintenis in the Bibliotheca Teubneriana (five volumes, Leipzig 1852–1855; reissued without much change in 1873–1875). There are annotated editions by I. C. Held, E. H. G. Leopold, Otto Siefert and Friedrich Blass and Carl Sintenis, all in German; and by Holden, in English.

Two of the lives, those of Epaminondas and Scipio Africanus or Scipio Aemilianus, are lost, and many of the remaining lives are truncated, contain obvious lacunae and/or have been tampered with by later writers.

Plutarch's Life of Alexander is one of the few surviving secondary or tertiary sources about Alexander the Great, and it includes anecdotes and descriptions of incidents that appear in no other source. Likewise, his portrait of Numa Pompilius, an early Roman king, contains unique information about the early Roman calendar. Plutarch has been praised for the liveliness and warmth of his portrayals, and his moral earnestness and enthusiasm, and the Lives have attracted a large circle of readers throughout the ages.

Biographies
Plutarch structured his Lives by pairing lives of famous Greeks with those of famous Romans. After each pair of lives he generally writes out a comparison of the preceding biographies. The table below gives the list of the biographies. Its order follows the one found in the Lamprias Catalogue, the list of Plutarch's works made by his hypothetical son Lamprias. The table also features links to several English translations of Plutarch's Lives available online. In addition to these 48 Parallel Lives, Plutarch wrote an additional four unpaired biographies that although not considered part of Parallel Lives, can be included in the term Plutarch's Lives. The subjects of these four biographies are Artaxerxes, Aratus, Galba, and Otho.

All dates are BC.

The two-volume edition of Dryden's translation contains the following biographies: Volume 1. Theseus, Romulus, Lycurgus, Numa, Solon, Publicola, Themistocles, Camillus, Pericles, Fabius, Alcibiades, Coriolanus, Timoleon, Aemilius Paulus, Pelopidas, Marcellus, Aristides, Cato the Elder, Philopoemen, Flamininus, Pyrrhus, Marius, Lysander, Sulla, Cimon, Lucullus, Nicias, Crassus. Volume 2. Sertorius, Eumenes, Agesilaus, Pompey, Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, Phocion, Cato the Younger, Agis, Cleomenes, Tiberius Gracchus and Gaius Gracchus, Demosthenes, Cicero, Demetrius, Mark Antony, Dion, Marcus Brutus, Aratus, Artaxerxes II, Galba, Otho.
 * Notes

 * 1)  The Perseus project also contains a biography of Caesar Augustus, in North's translation, but not from Plutarch's Parallel Lives:  P
 * 2)  Though the majority of the Parallel Lives were written with the Greek hero (or heroes) placed in the first position followed by the Roman hero, there are three sets of Lives where this order is reversed: Aemilius Paulus/Timoleon, Coriolanus/Alcibiades and Sertorius/Eumenes.
 * 3)  At the time of composing this table there appears some confusion in the internal linking of the Perseus project webpages, responsible for this split in two references.

Reception
Of the biographies in Parallel Lives, that of Antonius has been cited by multiple scholars as one of the masterpieces of the series. In 1895, George Wyndham wrote that the first rank consists of the biographies of Themistocles, Alcibiades, Marius, Cato the Elder, Alexander, Demetrius, Antonius, and Pompey. Peter D'Epiro praised Plutarch's depiction of Alcibiades as "a masterpiece of characterization." Academic Philip A. Stadter singled out Pompey and Caesar as the greatest figures in the Roman biographies. In a review of the 1859 A. H. Clough translation, Plutarch's depictions of Antony, Coriolanus, Alcibiades, and the Cato the Elder were praised as deeply drawn. The reviewer found the sayings of Themistocles to be "snowy and splendid", those of Phocion to be "curt and sharp", and those of Cato "grave and shrewdly humorous". Carl Rollyson lauded the biography of Caesar as proof Plutarch is "loaded with perception" and stated that no biographer "has surpassed him in summing up the essence of a life – perhaps because no modern biographer has believed so intensely as Plutarch did in 'the soul of men'.

John Langhorne, D.D. and William Langhorne, A.M.'s English translation, noted that Amiot, Abbe of Bellozane, published a French translation of the work during the reign of Henry II in the year 1558; and from that work it was translated into English, in the time of Elizabeth I. No other translation appeared until that of John Dryden.

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Talk:School of rock

Deletion
It is a notable movie. Definitely should not be speedied, but needs a lot of cleanup. →Iñgólemo←  (talk)  16:20, 2004 Dec 3 (UTC)

Disambiguation
Converted to dab, lots of choices 70.24.246.153 (talk) 13:47, 3 October 2011 (UTC)
 * The dab page already existed at School of Rock (disambiguation) so I have reverted your changes and added the extra links to that page. Tassedethe (talk) 01:02, 11 October 2011 (UTC)

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Talk:Pornography by region/to do

Missing regions
 * Latin America
 * Africa
 * Australia
 * South Asia

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Talk:Prisoner-of-war camp

historiography
This section didn't have any encyclopedic content or sourced statements, and near as I could tell was someone's personal or political opinions inserted at some point into the article. Lacking anything of encyclopedic value, I deemed it fitting to delete the paragraph long section. Exteric (talk) 03:40, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

Soviet Prisoner of War Camps
Why can I find no information on Soviet POW camps, especially during WWII. I remember hearing a vast majority of the German POWs would die, and some would not return to Germany until 17 years after WWII. Is there some article I am missing, as it is not on the Gulag article at all either.

--Jadger 04:39, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

 * You are right, the USSR camps were missing. I have started a stub List of POW camps in USSR, with a request for expansion. Regards Oldfarm 17:26, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

thanks a lot, I wish I knew more about the topic and I would contribute to it if I could, perhaps after my research is complete I could add some stuff.

--Jadger 21:04, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

A list of POW camps in Soviet Union in WWII has been started. Syrenab 16:55, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

World War I (1914-1918)
It seems that very little has been written about PoW camps during World War I. Can anyone recommend any books / articles on WWI PoW camps ?? Oldfarm 12:46, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

A list of German POW camps in WWI has been started. Syrenab 16:53, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

Are all prison camps prisoner of war camps? --Gbleem 16:22, 3 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * I would say no. To me there are major differences between POW camps, Concentration camps, Labor camps and Civilian Prisons (jails, gaols, penitentiaries, reformatories, etc).
 * I would consider POW camps to be as defined by the Geneva Convention at that time.
 * First Geneva Convention of 1864 on the treatment of battlefield casualties
 * Second Geneva Convention of 1906 extending the first convention to war at sea
 * Third Geneva Convention of 1929 on the treatment of prisoners of war
 * Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949 on the treatment of civilians during wartime
 * --- Oldfarm 00:51, 4 Dec 2004 (UTC)

WW1 - German
The sources given for the Uelzen camp are given as: "Deutsches Wochenschach and family memories". I cannot believe that there is a "Deutsches Wochenschach" since it translates to something like "German weekly chess"! My guess is that the "Deutsche Wochenschau" (~ "German weekly neewsreel") is meant but I cannot be sure.

Best regards, Thomy -- June 1st, 2011

Split Civil Table into it's own article
I get the feeling that the table listing out all the civil war camps raises some WP:DUE issues. It seems to occupy a very large portion of this article (an article which isn't specifically about the civil war). Can we consider moving the table to another article and hatlinking? Maybe something like List of Civil War Prinsoner-of-war camps? NickCT (talk) 11:10, 9 April 2013 (UTC)
 * While the article is about 20 screen on my laptop, the section you want to move takes up about 4+ screen which is not really that large a proportion of the article to warrant splitting. Do any other have views on this? ww2censor (talk) 18:53, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

File:Andersonville Prison.jpg to appear as POTD soon
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Polish–Soviet War
The section is a stub but it suggests it covers the whole subject.Xx236 (talk) 06:47, 21 August 2015 (UTC)

Krasnoyarsk ?
A subsection about one camp and no word about many other camps.Xx236 (talk) 07:26, 21 August 2015 (UTC)

Almost nothing about life in camps
Culture, sports.Xx236 (talk) 07:27, 21 August 2015 (UTC) 1940 Summer Olympics, POW Olympics.Xx236 (talk) 07:30, 21 August 2015 (UTC) I understand that the main article is Prisoner of war, but how to divide informations between the two articles?Xx236 (talk) 07:48, 21 August 2015 (UTC)

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David Leakey

Lieutenant General Arundell David Leakey, (born 18 May 1952) is a former British Army officer. He was Director General of the European Union Military Staff in the Council of the European Union, Brussels. In 2010 he was appointed Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, a role he held until February 2018.

Early life and family
Leakey is the son of Major General Rea Leakey and nephew of Victoria Cross recipient Nigel Leakey. Leakey was educated at Sherborne School. He is also related to the Victoria Cross recipient Joshua Leakey.

Military career
After attending the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Leakey was commissioned into the Royal Tank Regiment as a second lieutenant (on probation) on 27 February 1971. His service number was 491002. From 4 September 1971 to 1 July 1974 he was a university cadet while he read law at Fitzwilliam College, University of Cambridge. His commission was confirmed on 1 July 1974 with seniority from 1 February 1971. He was promoted to lieutenant on 1 July 1974 with seniority from 1 February 1973, and to captain on 1 August 1977. He served in the UK, Northern Ireland, Germany, Bosnia and in Canada in armoured vehicles and in tanks (Chieftain and Challenger).

Having attended the Staff College, Camberley, Leakey was promoted to major on 30 September 1984. He was appointed Chief of Staff at 7th Armoured Brigade (Germany), Military Assistant to the Chief of the Defence Staff and then Commanding Officer of the 2nd Royal Tank Regiment.

Leakey was promoted to colonel on 31 December 1993 with seniority from 30 June 1993. He was then posted to the Ministry of Defence as a Colonel Military Operations. In that role, he was responsible for Operational planning and policy affecting Eastern and Western Europe. In early 1995, he attended the Higher Command and Staff Course. In late 1995, he was the UK's Military Representative at the peace negotiations to end the Bosnian War held in the United States. The successful negotiations resulted in the signing of the Dayton Agreement and an end to the three-and-a-half-year-long war.

Leakey was promoted to brigadier on 31 December 1995 with seniority from 30 June 1995. He was appointed Commander of 20th Armoured Brigade in Germany in 1996. With his brigade, he was posted to the former Yugoslavia from 21 December 1996 to 20 June 1997. He returned to the Ministry of Defence as Director of Military Operations from July 1997 to December 1999.

In 2000, Leakey attended the Royal College of Defence Studies. He was Chief of Staff at Headquarters Northern Ireland from February to December 2001. He was promoted to major general on 15 December 2001. From December 2001 to October 2004, he was Director General of Army Training and Recruiting. On 6 October 2004, he was appointed Commander of European Union Force Althea, the European Union peacekeeping force, which replaced the NATO-led SFOR in Bosnia and Herzegovina. He was promoted to lieutenant general on 28 February 2007. From 1 March 2007 until 2010, he was Director General of the European Union Military Staff in Brussels.

Leakey retired from the military on 22 September 2010.

Later life
Leakey was appointed as Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod in the House of Lords from February 2011 to December 2017. In early 2020 Leakey argued strongly against former Speaker of the House of Commons John Bercow being appointed to the House of Lords, accusing him of bullying and explosive behaviour. Shadow Home Secretary and Member of Parliament Diane Abbott has defended Bercow, stating that as a military man, Leakey was "unlikely to have been bullied by Bercow".

Since retiring as Black Rod, Leakey has undertaken public speaking engagements including media appearances on radio and TV. He mentors senior executives and holds appointments in a number of business enterprises: Chief Strategy Officer of Scopeworker (a business management software service), Advisory Member of 2M Holdings Board (Chemicals and Gas Industry), a number of consultancy roles, and ambassador for the Hollie Gazzard Trust.

Personal life
Leakey was chairman of the National Children's Orchestra, but he resigned in June 2014.

He was appointed a Governor of Sherborne School and Sherborne School Group in 2018 and chairman in July 2020. He is also a trustee of numerous other Charitable and not for profit organisations.

He is an amateur piano player and singer. He is married with two sons. He enjoys classical music, playing squash, tennis, golf, most field sports, and chain sawing.

Honours and awards
Leakey was Colonel Commandant of the Royal Tank Regiment from 21 August 2006 to 30 July 2010 and previously Deputy Colonel Commandant since 16 July 1999. He is Honorary Colonel of the Dorset Yeomanry and Dorset Army Cadet Force as well as Colonel of Cadet Force Music.

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User talk:Aika

Thank you! The images of the Soviet leaders are also much appreciated. I see you've been editing since March, but took a long break, so I suppose I should be the first to welcome you to Wikipedia! Everyking 16:24, 3 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Switched jobs..
..and had been without a decent ISP for a while. Its good to be back, something about helping to educate the masses EN MASSE' is beyond amazing to me. Even if I only know about odd quirkey things :) --Aika 23:40, 3 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Join RWNB!
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Afro Greetings
Hey! *waving* Thanks for the kind note -- and for the much improved pic on the Afro page. The earlier photo was of black comedian Eddie Something-or-other clowning in a tacky afro wig -- possibly inserted by some redneck who thought it was funny. It really did need to be replaced. Now, can you do me a favor and find a decent photo of some really tight dreads for Dreadlocks? The blacker the brother or sister, the better, IMO. The previous photo was of some white boy with some really nasty-lookin' dreads he'd somehow tortured into locks. Someone else removed it and, I think, tried to insert another photo. But they must be a techno-idiot like me and couldn't do it. (I need to take some time and figure that out; there's a photo of a mural and maybe a couple of pharaohs that I want to insert in Afrocentrism. Anyway, thanks again.  Peace 2 u.  deeceevoice 15:31, 26 Feb 2005 (UTC)

About African-American culture
Hey. :) Thanks for stopping by my page again. Listen.  Frankly, I think the article should be voted for deletion.  There is no similar article that purports to deal with the culture of any other ethnic group in a separate article, and this type of compartmentalization lends itself to the kinds of stupid generalities this piece contains.  I figure if someone wants to know about African-American culture, they'll go to African American and follow the various links.  The subject is far too complex for a single article -- and certainly not one written by people with such limited knowledge of who and what we are and the obvious biases that go along with such abysmal ignorance.  deeceevoice 05:53, 8 May 2005 (UTC)

It's me again. I'll probably get a lot of flack for it, but I've deleted the entire, stinkin', reekin', freakin' article -- with an explanation. What I don't get is why people so obviously ignorant about a subject would attempt to write about it --and without obviously even bothering to read even the information about the topic already available on the web site. Typical, white arrogance? Naivete? WHAT? Hell, don't even bother to answer. I know better than to try to get inside people's heads. Thanks for the alert. Peace 2 u. :) deeceevoice 06:08, 8 May 2005 (UTC)

about your MMA collaboration idea
sorry it took a while to respond, i have been busy with some deadlines. what kind of colaboration did you have in mind? the problem with articles on many of the MMA fighets is that much of the information can be anecdotal. especially things like early history/growing up. i don't have any books or biographies on the people whose articles i contributed to. my information comes rather from knowing them and training with them. i don't know that i have more information (as in hard facts) that i can contribute, but i can help with writing clean up. i am pretty good at that.

for example, the article on helio is just copied word for word from his web site and because of that its way too skewed. on his own web site, it makes sense as a biography that praises him at every turn, but on an encyclopedia, it makes you wonder why it is so absolutely praising. i do agree with the person who was recently complaining that the articles on royce, rickson and helio are not npov. (although some have been improved already i think) i think those need some work to make them more neutral, and therefore more appropiate for wikipedia.

Regency Bridge
Hello. I encourage you to check out edits I just made to Regency Bridge. I accidentally found the bridge on a recent trip.

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 * All of the Soviet aircraft designers images were retrieved from www.aviation.ru with permission. Thank you for bringing this to my attention; I was unaware that Soviet Union PD images needed to be properly sourced. Aika 13:13, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

Hey
Long time! :) Thanks for stopping by and keeping in touch.  Well, I'm here, but with considerably less enthusiasm and patience.  I'm not doing any major writing (their loss).  Just tinkering around the edges and correcting mis/disinformation.

I hope you and yours are well. Peace 2 u. deeceevoice 03:06, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

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I was wondering if you would be willing to help me write either Seikichi_Iha or Shorin-ryu_Shido-kan. Tkjazzer 21:48, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

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Z22 (computer)

The Z22 was the seventh computer model Konrad Zuse developed (the first six being the Z1, Z2, Z3, Z4, Z5 and Z11, respectively). One of the early commercial computers, the Z22's design was finished about 1955. The major version jump from Z11 to Z22 was due to the use of vacuum tubes, as opposed to the electromechanical systems used in earlier models. The first machines built were shipped to Berlin and Aachen.

By the end of 1958 the ZMMD-group had built a working ALGOL 58 compiler for the Z22 computer. ZMMD was an abbreviation for Zürich (where Rutishauser worked), München (workplace of Bauer and Samelson), Mainz (location of the Z22 computer), Darmstadt (workplace of Bottenbruch).

In 1961, the Z22 was followed by a logically very similar transistorized version, the Z23. Already in 1954, Zuse had come to an agreement with Heinz Zemanek that his Zuse KG would finance the work of Rudolf Bodo, who helped Zemanek build the early European transistorized computer Mailüfterl, and that after that project Bodo should work for the Zuse KG—there he helped build the transistorized Z23. Furthermore, all circuit diagrams of the Z22 were supplied to Bodo and Zemanek.

The University of Applied Sciences, Karlsruhe still has an operational Z22 which is on permanent loan at the ZKM in Karlsruhe.

Altogether 55 Z22 computers were produced.

In the 1970s, clones of the Z22 using TTL were built by the company Thiemicke Computer.

Technical data
The typical setup of a Z22 was:

 * 14 words of 38-bit as fast access RAM implemented as core memory
 * 8192 word (38-bit each) magnetic drum memory as RAM
 * One teletype as console and main input/output device
 * Additional punch tape devices as fast input/output devices
 * 600 tubes working as flip-flops
 * electrical cooling unit, needing a water tap connection (water cooling, so to say)
 * 380 V 16 A three-phase power supply

The Z22 operated at 3 kHz operating frequency, which was synchronous with the speed of the drum storage. The input of data and programs was possible via punch-tape reader and console commands. The Z22 also had glow-lamps which showed the memory state and machine state as output.

Programming
The Z22 was designed to be easier to program than previous first generation computers. It was programmed in machine code with 38-bit instruction words, consisting of five fields:

 * 2 bits `10` to mark an instruction
 * 18-bit instruction field, thereof:
 * 5 bits condition symbols
 * 13 bits operation symbols
 * 5-bit fast storage (core) address
 * 13-bit (drum) memory address

The 18-bit instruction field did not contain a single opcode, but each bit controlled one functional unit of the CPU. Instructions were constructed from these. For example, the bit 'A' meaning to add the content of a memory location to the accumulator could be combined with `N` Nullstellen (zeroing) to turn the Add instruction into a Load. Many combinations are quite unusual by modern standards, like 'LLRA 4' means "multiply the accumulator by three".

There also was an assembly-like programming language called "Freiburger Code". It was designed to make writing programs for solving mathematical problems easier than writing machine code, and reportedly did so.

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Walter Susskind

Jan Walter Susskind (1 May 1913 – 25 March 1980) was a Czech-born British conductor, teacher and pianist. He began his career in his native Prague and travelled to London in March 1939 when Germany invaded Czechoslovakia. He worked for substantial periods in Australia, Canada and the United States, as a conductor and teacher.

Biography
Süsskind was born in Prague. His father was a Viennese music critic and his Czech mother was a piano teacher. At the State Conservatorium he studied under the composer Josef Suk, the son-in-law of Dvořák. He later studied conducting under George Szell, and became Szell's assistant at the German Opera, Prague, making his conducting debut there with La traviata; early in his career, he was often known as H. W. Süsskind (H for Hans or Hanuš).

Susskind was giving a piano recital in Amsterdam in March 1939 when Germany occupied Czechoslovakia, and his mother advised him not to return home. (She was later interned in Theresienstadt but survived the war). With the help of a British journalist and consular officials, he arrived in Britain as a refugee. He formed the Czech Trio, a chamber ensemble in which he was the pianist. Encouraged by Jan Masaryk, the Czech ambassador in London, the trio obtained many engagements.

In 1942 Susskind joined the Carl Rosa Opera Company as a conductor, working with singers such as Heddle Nash and Joan Hammond, and married (1943-1953) the British cellist Eleanor Catherine Warren. In 1944 he made his first recording for Walter Legge of EMI, conducting Liu's arias from Turandot with Hammond.

After the war, Susskind became a naturalised British citizen, and though he spent much of his subsequent career outside Britain, he said he would never dream of giving up his British citizenship.

Susskind's first appointment as musical director was to the Scottish Orchestra, where he served from 1946 to 1952. He and his wife divorced in 1953. From 1953 to 1955 he was the conductor of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (then known as the Victorian Symphony Orchestra). After free-lancing in Israel and South America he was appointed to head the Toronto Symphony Orchestra (TSO) from 1956 to 1965.

In 1960 he founded the National Youth Orchestra of Canada. In 1962 he gave the World premiere of the Four Epigrams for Symphony Orchestra by Rudi Martinus van Dijk with the CBC Symphony as part of the CBC's National School Broadcast series Finding Out about Music. While with the TSO he taught conducting at The Royal Conservatory of Music where among his pupils were Milton Barnes and Rudy Toth.

From 1968 to 1975 he was conductor of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra with which he made more than 200 recordings. During his seven-year tenure with St. Louis, he taught across the Mississippi River at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. He was also closely involved with the Mississippi River Festival, an annually recurring outdoors crossover concert series organised by the local university.

Susskind served as artistic advisor of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra from 1978 until his death in 1980.

On May 3, 1971, Susskind returned to the New York City Opera to conduct Leoš Janáček's Makropulos Case.

Susskind died in Berkeley, California, at the age of 66. His personal archives document his career as a conductor, piano accompanist and avant-garde composer. The BBC Radio 3 program Music Matters broadcast 29 Jan. 2022 an interview with Susskind's widow Janis, in the process of transferring these materials to the Exilarte Centre, University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna.

Discography (selection)
Recordings include:

 * Bartók – Bluebeard's Castle, Op. 11, Sz.48 (Judith Hellwig; Endre Koréh; Ernö Lorsy); New Symphony Orchestra
 * Bruch – Violin Concerto in G minor, Op. 26 (Yehudi Menuhin, violin; Philharmonia Orchestra)
 * Dvořák – Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104 (Zara Nelsova, cello; Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra)
 * Dvorak – Piano Concerto in G minor, Op. 33 (Rudolf Firkušný, piano; Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra)
 * Dvorak – Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 53 (Ruggiero Ricci, violin; Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra)
 * Dvorak – Romance for Violin and Orchestra in F minor, Op. 11 (Ruggiero Ricci, violin; Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra)
 * Dvorak – Mazurek for Violin and Orchestra in E minor, Op. 49 (Ruggiero Ricci, violin; Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra)
 * Dvorak – Silent Woods (Waldesruhe) for Cello & Orchestra, Op. 68 (Zara Nelsova, cello; Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra)
 * Dvorak – Rondo in G minor for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 68 (Zara Nelsova, cello; Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra)
 * Handel – Messiah (London Philharmonic Orchestra)
 * Holst – The Planets (Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra)
 * Mozart – Motet "Exsultate, jubilate", K. 165 (Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano; Philharmonia Orchestra)
 * Mozart – Piano Concerto No 20, K. 466 (Artur Schnabel, piano; Philharmonia Orchestra)
 * Mozart – Piano Concerto No 24, K. 491 (Artur Schnabel; Philharmonia Orchestra)
 * Mozart – Piano Concerto No 24, K. 491 (Glenn Gould, piano; CBC Symphony Orchestra)
 * Prokofiev – Chout ballet suite, Op. 21a (London Symphony Orchestra)
 * Rachmaninoff – Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30 (Leonard Pennario, piano; Philharmonia Orchestra)
 * Saint-Saens – Cello Concerto No. 1 in a minor, Op. 33 (Pierre Fournier, cello; Philharmonia Orchestra)
 * Sibelius – Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47 (Ginette Neveu, violin; Philharmonia Orchestra)
 * Smetana – Má vlast, Overture and Dances from The Bartered Bride (Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra)
 * Richard Strauss – Also sprach Zarathustra (Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra)

title: Walter Susskind