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Talk:John Gilbert (actor)

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I moved this photo to talk as it has no source info, and the other (somewhat earlier) photo portrait is PD-US if not simply PD. -- Infrogmation 12:51, 4 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Warning -- major expansion of article pending
I would like to do a major reworking and expansion of this article to include more information on Gilbert's career & biographical information, along with updated references and external links. Does anyone have any objections or concerns before I proceed with these changes? --Mary S 01:44, 7 May 2005 (UTC)

Image question
I'm wondering why we're using Image:OhnGilbert-actor2.jpg to illustrate the article rather than Image:JohnGilbert.jpg. They are both clearly derived from the same source, but I would tend to favor the later over the former for the following reasons: 1)Higher resolution 2)Scanned from an original period print retaining period photo hues as opposed to the late 20th century false greyscale. Other thoughts? -- Infrogmation 02:19, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
 * And another image question, both images claim to be taken around 1917. Then how can it be that the description at the article states that it is John Gilbert in The Merry Widow (1925)? Cst17 (talk) 15:06, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

It definitely looks like it is from The Merry Widow. It certainly isn't as early as 1917.81.171.233.73 (talk) 20:43, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

Why not a new picture?
I would suggest a better picture such as one from silentgents or somewhere. Also, add more pictures! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 206.251.10.148 (talk) 23:02, 3 February 2007 (UTC).

The Avril Troll Strikes Again?
I am unfamiliar as to how this could be edited into an article. But it did. I added a minor edit (of which changed nothing), but it did remove the fixed text. Pakopako (talk) 14:24, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

Year of birth
Does anyone have a reliable source on Gilbert's year of birth? This article says 1899, as does the link to his fan club site. But IMDB lists the year as 1897. Another link even says 1892! Hopefully there is something like a contemporary obituary out there that can resolve this. Mantisia (talk) 15:31, 10 July 2009 (UTC)

According to his daughter, Leatrice Fountain "He was born John Cecil Pringle on the morning of July 10, 1899. Not 1895 or 1897 - the two dates most often appearing in film biographies.  He lied about his age until he was about thirty ...,"  (Leatrice Gilbert Fountain "Dark Star"

ISBN 0-283-99260-3) 81.171.233.73 (talk) 20:48, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

Changed the birthdate to 1899. Leatrice Fountain is as reliable a source as one can get.--Susan Nunes 24 August 2010 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lhasaapso (talk • contribs) 04:37, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

He was born in 1897 according to various documents on Ancestry.com, and 1897 is his birth year according to his World War Draft card:

Remove World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 about John C Gilbert Name: 	John C Gilbert City: 	Los Angeles County: 	Los Angeles State: 	California Birthplace: 	Utah;United States of America Birth Date: 	10 Jul 1897 Race: 	Caucasian (White) FHL Roll Number: 	1530902 DraftBoard: 	14 Age:

Stutzey (talk) 23:22, 20 July 2011 (UTC)

 * Eve Golden's biography of Gilbert also asserts 1897 and even shows a picture of him as a baby from 1898. It's pretty stupid that (as well his daughter being wrong) that we are still getting his age wrong over 80 years since his death. Crisso (talk) 12:09, 19 August 2017 (UTC)

 * According to this article from 2005, regarding his daughter: "She remains the source for historically accurate Gilbert information. For instance, she just nailed down the date of her father's birth, which has been in question for decades. She reports that Linda Frank, an old friend, found a census report from 1900 that proves Gilbert was born in 1897. Until recently, she'd believed he was born in 1899." So that pretty much puts an end to the question of 1899. Crisso (talk) 20:28, 26 May 2020 (UTC)

 * If he received a draft card, does that mean that he served in the military? If so, any details? Valetude (talk) 16:21, 19 May 2021 (UTC)

The « double wedding »
story is confusing & does not seem to track w/ several other paragraphs, needs much clarification. The voice story may have several variations, but more should be said about a few sample variations. Christopher John Matthews has some opinions, & compares it to a  Sid Caesar  character who needed to have a cold infection in order to improve his voice, as well as  the_Artist_(film).

hopiakuta  Please  do   sign  your  communiqu%c3%a9 .%7e%7eThank You,   DonFphrnqTaub  Persina. 01:20, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

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Unsupported assertion
Under Career/Success and Stardom we read the following:

''Legend has it that a wedding was finally planned but Garbo failed to appear at the ceremony. Recent Garbo biographers, however, have questioned the veracity of this story.''

Legend has it? Let's stick to facts rather than rumors. Recent Garbo biographers? Which biographers? What evidence did they provide for questioning the veracity of the story? This is well below Wikipedia's standards and needs to be beefed up with facts or removed. aldiboronti (talk) 08:42, 19 May 2017 (UTC)

Orphaned references in John Gilbert (actor)
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Reference named "Mannix": From 1924 in film: . From 1933 in film:  From 1934 in film: .

Reference named "scott": From Wallace Beery: Scott Eyman, Lion of Hollywood: The Life and Legend of Louis B. Mayer, Robson, 2005, p. 191 ISBN 9781861058928 From The Big Parade: Scott Eyman, Lion of Hollywood: The Life and Legend of Louis B. Mayer, Robson, 2005 p 112 From La Bohème (1926 film): Scott Eyman, Lion of Hollywood: The Life and Legend of Louis B. Mayer, Robson, 2005 p 124 From The Merry Widow (1925 film): Scott Eyman, Lion of Hollywood: The Life and Legend of Louis B. Mayer, Robson, 2005 p 99</li> </ul>

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Punch-up with Mayer
Vidor's bride Eleanor Boardman insisted that she actually witnessed the altercation.
 * A little unlikely, as it was supposed to have taken place in the Men's Restroom. Valetude (talk) 18:18, 9 April 2022 (UTC)

His voice
Article says: "Gilbert's career declined precipitously when silent pictures gave way to talkies. Though Gilbert was often cited as one of the high-profile examples of an actor who was unsuccessful in making the transition to sound films, his decline as a star had far more to do with studio politics and money than with the sound of his screen voice, which was rich and distinctive."

Ben Hecht, who was there and a friend of Gilbert's, says otherwise in Child of the Century, p. 498: "One night Jack sat in a movie theater and heard the audience laugh at him in a picture. It was his first talkie. His squeaky boy's voice accompanying his derring-do gestures turned him into a clown." 2601:285:C001:4D0:3475:30A7:270A:A5 (talk) 22:34, 18 September 2023 (UTC)

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Hello! Project

Hello! Project (ハロー!プロジェクト) is a Japanese musical collective consisting of all female recording artists and groups under Up-Front Promotion, a subsidiary of Up-Front Group. The name was initially used as Michiyo Heike and Morning Musume's fan club name in 1999, but has since then been used to represent all female recording artists at Up-Front Promotion. Until 2014, their songs were primarily produced by Tsunku.

Hello! Project's main acts consist of Morning Musume, Angerme, Juice=Juice, Camellia Factory, Beyooooonds, Ocha Norma and Rosy Chronicle. Notable acts in the past associated with Hello! Project include Aya Matsuura, Maki Goto, Mini-Moni, W, Melon Kinenbi, Berryz Kobo, Cute, Country Girls and Magnolia Factory.

Artists
Yuko Nakazawa was Hello! Project's leader from April 15, 2001 to March 31, 2009. Ai Takahashi became the group's leader from April 1, 2009 to September 30, 2011. Risa Niigaki then became the leader from October 1, 2011 to May 18, 2012. After her departure, Sayumi Michishige became the leader from May 19, 2012 to November 26, 2014. Maimi Yajima was the leader from November 27, 2014 to December 31, 2016. Ayaka Wada was the group's leader from January 1, 2017 to June 18, 2019, with Mizuki Fukumura as sub-leader. Fukumura took over the leader role beginning June 19, 2019. After Fukumura's graduation on November 29, 2023, Erina Ikuta took over the leader role beginning November 30, 2023.

1997–2000: Beginning, Michiyo Heike & Morning Musume
In 1997, Japanese rock group Sharam Q, fronted by Tsunku, began auditions for a female vocalist. These auditions aired via the reality show Asayan, and resulted in Michiyo Heike being crowned winner. Tsunku decided to give five of the runners-up, Yuko Nakazawa, Natsumi Abe, Kaori Iida, Asuka Fukuda and Aya Ishiguro, named "Morning Musume", a chance to become a group by selling 50,000 copies of their demo single "Ai no Tane" in just five days. The girls sold the required number of copies in four days, and subsequently became an official group.

Morning Musume's debut single, "Morning Coffee," was released on January 28, 1998 on the One Up Music label and charted at #6 on the Oricon weekly chart. The group's first official appearance was a joint live in August 1998, at Shibuya Public Hall (now Shibuya C.C. Lemon Hall), under the name "Michiyo Heike and Morning Musume," (平家みちよとモーニング娘.) the fan club of the two acts was called "Hello!" The first official "units" were Tanpopo and Petitmoni, created in October 1998. The first "Michiyo Heike & Morning Musume Imotōbun Audition" took place, resulting in the "second generation" of Morning Musume to be added, made up of Sayaka Ichii, Mari Yaguchi and Kei Yasuda.

In January 1999, auditions for Country Musume were held on "Idol o Sagase!" (アイドルをさがせ!). In April of that year the girls' official fan club was renamed "Hello! Project", a name which was later used to represent an enterprise of member-changing girl groups. Auditions were once again held on Asayan between April and July, resulting in Taiyō to Ciscomoon and Coconuts Musume, with Country Musume's official formation announced. In July, the first live concert of Hello! Project, "Hello! Project '99 at Yokohama Arena," was held. The first shuffle units were formed in March 2000, releasing the "theme" of Hello! Project as a B-side. The first Hello! Project television show, "Hello! Morning," was created in April.

2001–2006: Rise to popularity, Berryz Kobo & Cute
In March 2001, Morning Musume co-founder and leader Yuko Nakazawa announced her graduation from the group, which took place in April. Nakazawa was subsequently named as leader of the entirety of Hello! Project. Nakazawa's was the first graduation in the history of Hello! Project, and garnered considerable media attention as a result.

Between April and June 2002, auditions for Hello! Project Kids were held for girls under 12 years old. Out of 27,958 applicants, fifteen elementary school girls were chosen. After making minor appearances in television, film, and music, Hello! Project Kids later debuted as Berryz Kobo and Cute, who would go on to debut in March 2004 and February 2007 respectively, also spawning offshoot auditions such as auditions for Hello! Pro Egg and Hello! Project Kansai.

2007–2010: Expansion in Asia and Smileage formation
In 2007, Hello! Project attempted to expand towards the Chinese market by inviting prospective Chinese artists to audition in secret, eventually resulting in Li Chun and Qian Lin to Morning Musume's roster. Hello! Project also set up an overseas branch in Taiwan, titled Hello! Project Taiwan, and held the "Hello! Project New Star Audition" to recruit members. In September 2008, the group Ice Creamusume was formed under a Taiwanese-affiliated label as Hello! Project's first overseas group. Duo Frances & Aiko, later named Big Small Sister, was also announced from the same audition.

In February 2009, Hello! Project also held a series of auditions in South Korea with cooperation from Mnet. However, Hello! Project failed to break into the Chinese market due to piracy and their Chinese artists failing to draw an audience. Ice Creamusume also performed below expectations. Hello! Project scaled back on initial plans to expand overseas around 2010 and refocused their interests in Japan.

On October 19, 2008, Hello! Project announced its entire Elder Club would be graduating on March 31, 2009. On February 1, 2009, at the Yokohama Arena, Hello! Project held its largest concert ever—the Hello! Pro Awards '09: Elder Club Graduation Special (決定！ハロ☆プロアワード'09 ～エルダークラブ卒業記念スべシャル～)—featuring 21 groups and 72 members. During the concert, former Hello! Project leader Yuko Nakazawa passed her leadership position to Morning Musume leader Ai Takahashi.

Later in 2009, several of the old, dormant units were revived. Tanpopo, Minimoni, Petitmoni, ZYX, Aa! and v-u-den all returned with new line-ups, and High-King returned from hiatus with its original members. These groups became a new concert unit, "Champloo".

In April 2009, Tsunku announced a new group consisting of four Hello! Pro Egg members, named Smileage, who later debuted on a major label in May 2010 with the single "Yume Miru 15".

2011–2014: Line-up and production changes
On January 28, 2011, Dream Morning Musume was formed consisting of previous Morning Musume members. On September 30, 2011, Ai Takahashi graduated and handed her position as leader of Morning Musume and Hello! Project over to fellow member Risa Niigaki, who also graduated on May 18, 2012. Sayumi Michishige was later named the group's new leader.

During the last concert of the Winter 2013 Hello! Project concert, Juice=Juice, a new unit consisting of Hello! Pro Kenshusei members was announced, They previewed their debut song at the Hello Project concert series held on March 2–3.

On November 26, 2014, Sayumi Michishige graduated and handed her position as Hello! Project's leader to C-ute's Maimi Yajima.

Tsunku revealed in his 2015 memoir, Dakara, Ikiru that he stepped down as Hello! Project's general manager sometime after Morning Musume's New York concert in 2014; however, he still remains involved with Morning Musume as their sound producer.

2015–Present: Post-Tsunku era
On January 2, 2015, during the Hello! Project 2015 winter concert, a new group consisting of Hello Pro Kenshusei members was announced and was named Magnolia Factory. On April 29, 2015, Magnolia Factory's sister group, Camellia Factory was also formed.

On March 3, 2015, Berryz Koubou performed their last concert before their indefinite hiatus, Berryz Koubou Last Concert 2015 Berryz Koubou Ikube!, at Nippon Budokan. They had been a group for 11 years, 1 month, and 17 days and graduated on the 11th anniversary of their debut.

On July 21, 2015, Hello! Project officially opened their first official smartphone app, Hello! Project Mobile or "Hello! Moba" for short. The 400 yen monthly subscription plan allowed users of the app to gain access to exclusive content such as "Hello! Gacha" or the popular Pocket Morning questionnaires. Users with the 700 yen monthly subscription plan could also gain access to "Hello! Radio".

On October 29, 2015, Riho Sayashi announced her graduation from Morning Musume '15 in order to study English and dance abroad, but would stay as a member of Hello! Project. Following her graduation on December 31, she was listed as a Hello! Project solo act.

On July 16, 2016, the formation of a new trainee branch, Hello Pro Kenshuusei Hokkaido, was announced.

On August 20, 2016, °C-ute announced they would disband in June 2017 after a concert at Saitama Super Arena. On November 5, 2016, fellow former Hello! Project Kids member Momoko Tsugunaga announced that she would also retire from entertainment after her graduation in spring 2017.

On December 31, 2016, at the Hello! Project COUNTDOWN PARTY 2016 ~GOOD BYE & HELLO!~, Yajima Maimi announced that ANGERME leader Ayaka Wada would become the new leader of Hello! Project at the start of 2017 with Morning Musume '16 leader Mizuki Fukumura as the first ever sub-leader of Hello! Project. Ayaka Wada is the first former Hello Pro Egg to hold this position.

In March 2017, a new SATOYAMA movement unit named Kamiishinaka Kana was formed.

On May 22, 2017, Buono! held their last performance, Buono! Live 2017 ~Pienezza!~, at Yokohama Arena.

On June 9, 2017, it was announced that Country Girls would change to a new system after Momoko Tsugunaga's departure. The group would become semi-active with three of the group's members joining other Hello! Project groups as concurrent members for their main activities. An announcement video was later uploaded to the Hello! Project Station YouTube channel, revealing the new placements of the transferring Country Girls members and a few promoted Hello Pro Kenshuusei, including a new group led by Reina Ichioka.

On June 12, 2017, °C-ute held their last concert, titled °C-ute Last Concert in Saitama Super Arena ~Thank you team°C-ute~, a day after the 12th anniversary of their formation. A few weeks later, Momoko Tsugunuaga graduated from Country Girls and Hello! Project at the Tsugunaga Momoko Last Live ♥Arigatou Otomomochi♥ on June 30, 2017, the day of Hello! Project Kids' 15th anniversary.

On July 15, 2017, the Hello! Project Shin Member Audition was announced at the Hello! Project 2017 SUMMER ~HELLO! MEETING~ concert and opened for applications on the same day.

On September 8, 2017, Manaka Inaba announced her return to Hello! Project after a year and half long hiatus due to health issues, which resulted in her graduating from her debut group Country Girls during her absence. She would advise Hello Pro Kenshuusei Hokkaido as their new leader, but also pursue individual activities as a Hello! Project solo act.

On October 23, 2017, a new YouTube channel titled tiny tiny was announced to start on October 26. The hosts are Sharam Q's Makoto, who is also known for being the long-time MC of Hello! Project concerts, and Noriko Kato. Each week, an active Hello! Project member or OG member is brought on as a guest to deliver "small pleasures that would unexpectedly become a great source of happiness and brighten the lives of viewers".

On February 28, 2018, an Instagram campaign, titled "Hello Pro here" (or "H!P here"), was announced in order to grow closer with international fans. Fans have been asked to take photos and videos of famous attractions and famous products where they live, while also showing their love for Hello! Project, and to post it on Instagram with the hashtag "#hp_here". Out of all the posts shared, one person will be randomly selected to appear on Hello! Project Station and speak with a member. The campaign also allows fans to promote their cities for concerts to take place there in the future. A month prior to this announcement, fans outside of Japan have also been encouraged to send in questions for Hello! Project Station's MC talk corner.

On May 1, 2018, staff announced that a new web show based on viewer feedback was being planned for summer 2018. It would include future projects with international fans similar to the "#hp_here" campaign on Hello! Project Station. The show, which was later announced as the OMAKE CHANNEL, began on August 1, 2018.

On May 11, 2018, the Hello! Project "ONLY YOU" Audition began, searching for members of a new group led by Reina Ichioka and a second new group including Kurumi Takase and Momohime Kiyono in its line-up.

On October 19, 2018, the two new groups were named CHICA#TETSU and Ame no Mori Kawa Umi, and it was announced that together they would form the combined group named BEYOOOOONDS alongside the Hello! Project "ONLY YOU" Audition winners.

On November 3, 2018, solo talent Aika Mitsui, who had been on hiatus twice since 2013, decided to graduate from Hello! Project and retire from entertainment.

On December 7, 2018, it was announced that another solo talent, Riho Sayashi, who had been on hiatus since she graduated from Morning Musume at the end of 2015, decided to graduate from Hello! Project at the end of November when her exclusive contract with UP-FRONT PROMOTION had ended.

On December 31, 2018, during Hello! Project 20th Anniversary!! Hello! Project COUNTDOWN PARTY 2018 ~GOOD BYE & HELLO!~ first part, Ayaka Wada announced that Mizuki Fukumura would become the new leader of Hello! Project after her graduation.

On December 26, 2019, Country Girls suspended activities.

On March 30, 2020, Kobushi Factory disbanded.

From April 9 to May 6, 2020, all Hello! Project stores were closed due to emergency measures established by the government to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.

On May 11, 2020, an official Hello! Project TikTok account opened up, and select songs from the current active groups were made available to use for editing in the app.

On June 15, 2020, after months of concerts and events being cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, UP-FRONT PROMOTION announced their plans for the annual summer concerts. Unlike previous years, these concerts featured the members performing solo covers of J-Pop ballads by artists outside of Hello! Project. In compliance with government policy, cheering, crowding, and closeness in the venue are prohibited, the venues were filled to 50% capacity, and wearing masks was required to enter. They made the decision to hold the concerts despite the pandemic due to the members' desire to stand on stage as soon as possible.

On February 10, 2021, the special compilation album Hello! Project no Zenkyoku kara Atsumechaimashita! Vol.7 was released as part of a seven part series. Unlike the previous six volumes, which were all released in 2014, this volume commemorated the theatrical release of the 2021 film Ano Koro, a movie based on a true story of the life of a Hello! Project fan and the camaraderie that fans form in their passionate support of Hello! Project idols. Ano Koro was released in theaters on February 19, 2021.

On March 12, 2021, the official HELLO! PROJECT STREAM ONLINE STORE website opened. Through the site, fans are able to purchase streaming tickets to access digital video recordings of concerts, events, or other shows featuring Hello! Project or M-line club acts. These recordings are not streamed live, and are available for repeated viewing during a set period of time.

On July 5, 2021, it was revealed at Hello Dream. that the Hello! Project Shin Member Audition 2021 (ハロー！プロジェクト 新メンバーオーディション2021) would start on July 20, 2021, in search of new members to join the new Hello! Project group.

On December 3, 2021 it was announced that the Mokudora 24 drama Mayonaka ni Hello! featuring Hello! Project members would begin broadcasting via TV Tokyo every Thursday starting on January 13, 2022. The drama stars Momoko Kikuchi as an avid Hello! Project fan named Mariko, and Yuno Ohara as Mariko's daughter Misaki, who runs a guesthouse. Hello! Project members would be making appearances in each episode of the drama as guest performers at the guesthouse.

On December 12, 2021, it was announced that the new group would be named OCHA NORMA and two new members from the Hello! Project Shin Member Audition 2021 would join the group.

From June 8 to June 11, 2023, the Hello! Project groups held a special concert as part of the Sayonara Nakano Sunplaza Ongakusai festival at Nakano Sunplaza, with Juice=Juice hosting on June 8, BEYOOOOONDS on June 9, OCHA NORMA & Hello Pro Kenshuusei and Tsubaki Factory on June 10, and ANGERME and Morning Musume '23 on June 11. The festival was held in celebration of the hall's 50 years of history, and also of its closure on July 2.

On January 30, 2024, a new Hello! Project shuffle unit featuring one member of the current six groups was announced as part of a collaboration with the snack company Kasugai Seika for its candy brand Tsubu Gummy. The members of the unit and their representative flavours were revealed from February 2 to 4. The line-up is composed by Morning Musume '24 member Homare Okamura representing grapefruit, ANGERME member Rin Hashisako representing apple, Juice=Juice member Ichika Arisawa representing cider, Tsubaki Factory member Yuumi Kasai representing grape, BEYOOOOONDS / CHICA#TETSU member Shiori Nishida representing peach and OCHA NORMA member Momo Kitahara representing muscat. The unit was also revealed to be named GOODM!X and released the song "Come On, Mix!" digitally on February 14.

Projects

 * 2000-2005: Hello! Project Shuffle Unit

Studio albums

 * Chanpuru 1: Happy Marriage Song Cover Shu (2009)

Compilation albums

 * Petit Best: Ki-Ao-Aka (2000)
 * Petit Best 2: Mi-Nana-Juu (2001)
 * Petit Best 3 (2002)
 * Petit Best 4 (2003)
 * Petit Best 5 (2004)
 * Petit Best 6 (2005)
 * Petit Best 7 (2006)
 * Petit Best 8 (2007)
 * Petit Best 9 (2008)
 * Hello! Project Special Unit Mega Best (2008)
 * Petit Best 10 (2009)
 * Petit Best 11 (2010)
 * Petit Best 12 (2011)
 * Petit Best 13 (2012)
 * Petit Best 14 (2013)
 * Petit Best 15 (2014)
 * Petit Best 16 (2015)
 * Petit Best 17 (2016)
 * Petit Best 18 (2017)
 * Petit Best 19 (2018)
 * Petit Best 20 2020 (2020)

Singles

 * "All for One & One for All!" (2004) (as H.P. All Stars)
 * "Busu ni Naranai Tetsugaku" (2011) (as Hello! Project Mobekimasu)

Radio

 * MBS Young Town Saturday on MBS Radio (the Kansai area)
 * HelloPro Yanen! on ABC Radio

Internet

 * Hello! Project Station (2013–)

Video games

 * Tenkuu no Restaurant Hello Project Ver. (March 1, 2001, PlayStation)

Theatre

 * Princess Knight: The Musical (August 1, 2006 – August 27, 2006)
 * Cinderella: The Musical (2008)
 * Fashionable: The Musical (2010)

Sports festivals

 * Hello! Project Daiundōkai (March 31, 2001 at Saitama Super Arena)
 * Hello! Project Daiundōkai (November 3, 2002 at Osaka Dome)
 * Hello! Project Sports Festival 2003 (November 16, 2003 at Osaka Dome)
 * Hello! Project Sports Festival 2003 (November 22, 2003 at Tokyo Dome)
 * Hello! Project Sports Festival 2004 (November 14, 2004 at Toyota Stadium)
 * Hello! Project Sports Festival 2004 (December 5, 2004 at Saitama Super Arena)
 * Hello! Project Sports Festival 2006 ~Hello!Diva Athlete~ (March 19, 2006 at Saitama Super Arena)

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Fresh Hare

Fresh Hare is a Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Friz Freleng, written by Michael Maltese, and produced by Leon Schlesinger. It was released to theatres on August 22, 1942.

Plot
In this short, the rotund early-1940s version of Elmer Fudd is portrayed as a Mountie, earnestly attempting to arrest Bugs Bunny, who is, according to several posters attached to forest trees, wanted dead or alive (preferably dead). After following the rabbit tracks to a burrow, Elmer tries to lure Bugs out with a carrot. This works, at least with Bugs' hand, and Elmer initially succeeds in getting a handcuff around the rabbit's wrist. Somehow, though, Bugs works his arm free of the cuff – out of sight in his burrow – and attaches a bomb in its place. Elmer, attached to the bomb via the other handcuff, panics when he pulls it out of the burrow. He frantically searches for his keys, only to find that Bugs has them and, leaning against a nearby tree, is nonchalantly twirling them around his finger while munching a carrot. Bugs deliberately takes his time going through each and every key, but does not find the correct one until the bomb explodes off-screen. Elmer, who is completely unharmed by the explosion, tells Bugs that he has been found guilty of committing a litany of crimes. The crimes (here corrected for Elmer's rounded-l-and-r speech) are as follows:

"Resisting an officer, assault and battery, trespassing, disturbing the peace, miscellaneous misdemeanors, public nuisance, traffic violations, going through a boulevard stop, jaywalking, triple parking, conduct unbecoming to a rabbit", and (again) "violating traffic regulations."

As Elmer reads, Bugs takes his Mountie hat and impersonates a superior officer: "Attention! Why, look at you! You call yourself a Mountie! You're a disgrace to the regiment! I'm gonna drum you out of the service!" He then tears off Elmer's uniform, revealing a tightened corset and polka-dot undershorts.

When Elmer realizes he's been tricked, he begins to give chase — after pausing to put his miraculously refurbished uniform back on. The chase eventually involves a path beneath the snow, which ends abruptly when Elmer runs into a pine tree. The impact causes all the snow to fall off the tree, which reveals Christmas decorations, and Elmer emerges from underneath with snow on his face that gives him a Santa Claus appearance. The song Jingle Bells plays in the background, and Bugs says to the astonished Elmer, "Merry Christmas, Santy!" and burrows his way out of Elmer's path.

Elmer rediscovers Bugs's footprints and follows them. He finds Bugs taunting a snow effigy of Elmer the Mountie. Bugs announces he is going to punch it square in the nose, saying Elmer can't catch him, let alone catch a cold. Elmer has crept up behind Bugs and is tapping his foot, waiting to catch the rabbit by surprise. However, as Bugs finishes his wind-up for the punch, he turns around at the last moment and slugs the real Elmer square in the nose, propelling him backward into an ice-wall and revealing a heart with an arrow through it. Bugs again burrows away.

After some more hijinks and another failed chase, a weeping Elmer gives up and labels himself as a "disgwace to the wegiment" for failing to catch the rabbit since he is a disgrace to the regiment (alluding to Bugs' earlier statement), at which point Bugs willingly turns himself in. At headquarters, Bugs is blindfolded and sentenced to death by firing squad (despite the fact that most of his alleged crimes were essentially misdemeanors). As the firing squad prepares to execute Bugs, Elmer tells him that he can make one last wish, which prompts Bugs to say, "I wish, I wish," and to break into the song "Dixie". The scene then, in a non sequitur, transitions into a minstrel show in the south (a commonly censored scene on televised airings of this short), where Elmer, Bugs and the firing squad, now all in blackface, perform the chorus of "Camptown Races", with Bugs on banjo and Elmer on tambourine, to which Bugs asks the audience, "Fantastic, isn't it?"

Edited prints
The last scene of the short was edited on multiple channels in multiple ways. On Cartoon Network and TNT, a fade-iris goes out fast enough after Bugs begins singing Dixie. On TBS, the ending audio of the short stays intact but, while it plays, it repeatedly keeps playing Bugs breaking into Dixie multiple times until the soundtrack ends as the iris fades out.

In 2003, WVTV Channel 18 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin aired the short unedited during a public domain cartoon program, without any advance warning.

Home media

 * Because the cartoon is in the public domain, this cartoon has been widely available on numerous low-cost, unauthorized public domain VHS tapes and DVDs, and on internet streaming services, most in poor quality, like a VHS condition. And also viewed with its uncensored ending.
 * This short is available as a bonus feature of the Captains of the Clouds DVD release.

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Kapitan Cina
Dowcet, I think you should return the title of the article 'Kapitan China' back to 'Kapitan Cina'.

Firstly, the reason you gave for changing it is that 'Kapitan China' is the more common English name. But this is an article about a Malay language title, not an English language title. Anyway, the title would be best translated in English into 'Captain of the Chinese', but that doing so would be high anachronistic. Most academic publications use 'Kapitan Cina'.

Secondly, if you google "Kapitan Cina" with the inverted commas, you would get 15,400 results. Googling "Kapitan China' only yields 6,540 results. Both historically and in contemporary parlance, 'Kapitan Cina' is used much more than "Kapitan China". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 180.252.44.222 (talk) 04:34, 9 January 2017 (UTC)

Iwo page move
For future reference, pages should be moved using the "move" command at the top of the page and not by copying and pasting. A copy/paste page move leaves behind the page's history, which we are required to keep for compliance with the GFDL.

I've deleted your duplicate page at Iwo, Nigeria and created a redirect to Iwo. There's no pressing need to move the page that I can see, so I didn't. -- Cyrius|✎ 03:06, 12 Dec 2004 (UTC)

 * It's okay, this can be fixed. Just hang on. -- Cyrius|✎ 03:13, 12 Dec 2004 (UTC)

 * Done. Iwo, Nigeria now has the revision history it should, and Iwo is a disambiguation page with the correct author in an edit summary. -- Cyrius|✎ 03:15, 12 Dec 2004 (UTC)

International Worker's Order
Hi Brian,

I don't know too much about the organization, but I started an article on it during the late Presidential campaign since it was peripherally in the news. I will be very interested to watch the progress of your work on it, though.

Having grown up in New York City in a Democratic/socialist family, I have a general interest in socialist and labor movements, especially the huge variety there were and are in NYC, but not too much time to actively pursue the interest there days. Cheers! -- Cecropia | explains it all ® 05:22, 14 Dec 2004 (UTC)

hmm...
[] Come out and play! Or just help plan the next meetup. +sj +  07:13, 26 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Hi Brian
Not really sure, where I got it, was on the Web, but the actual pic file is associated with the Molly Maguires, of which [ POTW ] deleted it from the [article]. I really don't think that was necessary. User presently has an [ RFC ] against him. Go.com is probably where I got it from a while back. http://go.com somewhere. Pre-1900's. Regards Scott 16:32, 29 October 2005 (UTC)
 * It appears to come from here: same file. Tearlach 12:06, 30 October 2005 (UTC)
 * One of many such instances; see Possibly unfree images. Andy Mabbett 11:19, 31 October 2005 (UTC)

Re: Mahmoud Ahmedinejad
Hey Brian. I didn't insert that statement, I just reverted the unexplained removal of it by an anonymous IP. Aside from that, I somewhat agree with the statement because Ahmedinejad is well-educated, far more than previous presidents. But like I said, I didn't insert it. Thanks -- a.n.o.n.y.m  t 16:15, 30 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Oh you meant the government itself. Well I think that would require some research although it is fairly known that Ahmedinejad looked over the past education for positions in his cabinet. I will see what I can find, but I wouldn't exactly mind rewording it slightly. -- a.n.o.n.y.m  t 16:22, 30 October 2005 (UTC)

Hey Brain. This is my final word on this whole subject. It's not really a positive thing to focus on, but let me know if there's anything else you want to know. --Aucaman 12:36, 31 October 2005 (UTC)

Scottfisher/ Molly Maguire Coffin Notice
On User talk:Scottfisher, you said:

 * Image:Molly_coffinnotice.gif says its been released in the public domain by its creator, you. However, you're obviously not the creator! I am going to assume this IS public domain though, because I know it was originally included in a trial record in 1876. Please site your exact source if you can, thanks. --Brian Z 15:47, 29 October 2005 (UTC)

I added:

 * One of many such instances; see Possibly unfree images. Andy Mabbett 11:16, 31 October 2005 (UTC)

but Scott deleted my comemnt, without responding to it; so I'm putting it here for you to see. Andy Mabbett 09:46, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

Cottonseed oil pesticide issues
Just wanted to let you know that I've removed the citation that you had for the statement that cottonseed oil is often contaminated. The link that you gave is no longer valid. Could you supply a new one? Thanks! Waitak 09:30, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

Hey Brian!
Hey, it's dell from new college. Leslie Jones told me you edited wikipedia! It's exciting to get back in touch with you. What are you up to these days? I'm still doing activism. Email me at delldot at gmail! Peace, delldot | talk 03:13, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

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A beer for you!
Dowcet (talk) 14:46, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

please integrate your addition re "Earliest arrivals"" with existing History section material on same matter
I'm not so sure that the Nootka Sound shipbuilding account needs its own section; it is unrelated also to later eras of Chinese/Chinese Canadian history and society. It was already covered in the History section, saying pretty much the same thing, and could/should be integrated there, with your further sources. As yet there is no article on the ship itself, so it remains a redlink there and on List of historical ships in British Columbia; though as I recall it was renamed and there may already be an article on the vessel under its further name(s).

Another item I contemplated including was the story of Fusang, but again it is not part of later Chinese-in-Canada history and though there are finds of Chinese coins and other goods in archaeological sites, there is no firm proof and most interpretations of that legendary-but-maybe-true story say Mexico, not BC, and it is unclear whether the Buddhist monk in charge of the expedition was even Chinese; he was from a monastery in Jilin (Kabul) and while his mandate was from the Chinese emperor of the time, there is no evidence that he was Chinese; but there is no supporting evidence for that story, either.Skookum1 (talk) 04:59, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

 * I take the above to be with reference to Chinese Canadians in British Columbia? If so, feel free to just delete my contribution, or do whatever else you please. To be honest I really wrote that section with History of Chinese immigration to Canada in mind. I thought it would be useful in both places, but the BC article is a mess I'm not prepared to untangle. --Dowcet (talk) 14:46, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

George Counter
Everything in there is referenced by cited sources which are either books (eg. Marcus Langdon's Penang the Fourth Presidency, or contemporaneous sources i.e. 19th century periodicals or newspapers.

I have added the following to the talk page of George Caunter and repeat it here for the record.

 * It really, really upsets when someone makes a sweeping statement. Please specify the original research that is being alleged. Marcus Langdon's Penang The Fourth Presidency of India 1805-1803 contains an almost complete bio of Penang's 6th Governor. Justics James William Norton Kyshe's Cases Heard and Determined in Her Majesty's Supreme Court of the Straits Settlements 1808-1884 Vol I Civil Cases also contains substantial information about Caunter. To these I have added the info found in 19th century dailies (mostly Singapore newspapers) and periodicals (especially James Richardson Logan's Journal of the Indian Archipelago, &c. &c.). Per No_original_research the phrase "original research" (OR) is used on Wikipedia to refer to material—such as facts, allegations, and ideas—for which no reliable, published sources exist. Please therefore point out which material—such as facts, allegations, and ideas— have no reliable, published sources. If you cannot do that, please remove your tag which, in the absence of your being able to support your No_original_research allegation, would be untrue. Thank you. jefferyseow (talk) 17:28, 8 June 2015 (UTC)

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Kapitan Cina
A few suggested improvements on this article: EenJavaanseChinese (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 15:05, 23 September 2016 (UTC)
 * The title of the article should be Kapitan Cina, not Kapitan China, as it is a Malay, not an English, title. Most academic articles use the term 'Kapitan Cina': for example, see The Kapitan Cina of Batavia, 1837-1942: A History of Chinese Establishment in Colonial Society by Mona Lohanda; Political Legitimacy in Southeast Asia: The Quest for Moral Authority by Muthiah Alagappa; and Golden Dragon and Purple Phoenix: The Chinese and Their Multi-Ethnic Descendants in Southeast Asia by Khoon Choy Lee.
 * I think the main body of the article should be separated from the list of individuals who held the position of Kapitan Cina: see my article, List of Kapitan Cina
 * The article needs more references, and a great deal of more work in general

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Sturgeon Lake (Ontario)

Sturgeon Lake is a lake in the Kawartha Lakes region of Ontario, Canada. It is part of the Trent-Severn Waterway. The lake is Y-shaped and has the communities of Fenelon Falls, Lindsay, Sturgeon Point and Bobcaygeon at the north-west, south, central and north-east points of the Y respectively. The lake is approximately 25 km from the southern to the north-eastern extremes, the longer axis.

Inflow and Outflow
The Scugog River flows into the lake at the southern apex. Cameron Lake also flows into this lake, via the Fenelon River at the north-western extreme. Emily Creek empties into the lake at the middle south.

The lake outflow is through the Big Bob and Little Bob channels of the Bobcaygeon River at the north-east of the lake.

Fish species
Game fish species include large and small mouth bass, muskie, and walleye.

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Karamenderes River

Karamenderes is a river located entirely within the Çanakkale Province of Turkey. It flows west from Mount Ida and empties into the Aegean Sea near the Troy Historical National Park. According to the Iliad, the battles of the Trojan War were fought in the lower courses of Karamenderes.

Known in antiquity as Scamander, Scamandrus or Skamandros (Σκάμανδρος), it was according to Homer called Xanthus or Xanthos (Ξάνθος) by the gods and Scamander by men; though it probably owed the name Xanthus to the yellow or brownish colour of its water. Notwithstanding this distinct declaration of the poet that the two names belonged to the same river, Pliny the Elder mentions the Xanthus and Scamander as two distinct rivers, and describes the former as flowing into the Portus Achaeorum, after having joined the Simoeis.

Pseudo-Plutarch (ca. 300 CE) tells us that Scamander went mad during the mysteries of Rhea and flung himself into the river Xanthus, which was then renamed to Scamander. He also says that an herb "like a vetch" grows in the river which bears a seed pod that rattles when ripe, and whoever possesses this plant "fears no apparition nor the sight of any God."

In regard to the colour of the water, it was believed to have even the power of dyeing the wool of sheep which drank of it. Homer states that the river had two sources close to the city of Troy, one sending forth hot water and the other cold, and that near these springs the Trojan women used to wash their clothes. Strabo remarks that in his time no hot spring existed in those districts; he further asserts that the river had only one source; that this was far away from Troy in Mount Ida; and lastly that the notion of its rising near Troy arose from the circumstance of its flowing for some time under ground and reappearing in the neighbourhood of Ilion. Homer describes the Scamander as a large and deep river, and states that the Simoeis flowed into the Scamander, which after the junction still retained the name of Scamander. Although Homer describes the river as large and deep, Herodotus states that its waters were not sufficient to afford drink to the army of Xerxes I.

The Scamander after being joined by the Simoeis has still a course of about 20 stadia eastward, before it reaches the sea, on the east of Cape Sigeum. Ptolemy, and apparently Pomponius Mela, assign to each river its own mouth, the Simoeis discharging itself into the sea at a point north of the mouth of the Scamander. To account for these discrepancies, it must be assumed that even at that time the physical changes in the aspect of the country arising from the muddy deposits of the Scamander had produced these effects, or else that Ptolemy mistook a canal for the Scamander. Even in the time of Strabo the Scamander reached the sea only at those seasons when it was swollen by rains, and at other times it was lost in marshes and sand. It was from this circumstance, that, even before its junction with the Simoeis, a canal was dug, which flowed in a western direction into the sea, south of Sigeum, so that the two rivers joined each other only at times when their waters were high. Pliny, who calls the Scamander a navigable river, is in all probability thinking of the same canal. The point at which the two rivers reach the sea is now greatly changed, for owing to the deposits at the mouth, the coast has made great advances into the sea, and the Portus Achaeorum, probably a considerable bay, has altogether disappeared.

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Silverstone (plastic)

SilverStone is a non-stick plastic coating made by DuPont. Released in 1976, this three-coat (primer/midcoat/topcoat) fluoropolymer system formulated with PTFE and PFA produces a more durable finish than Teflon coating.

As of 1980 Dupont required that the pans carrying the brand be a heavier weight than others on the market. After the coating was applied the cookware was subsequently "baked" in a 700-800 degree oven to affix the coating.

The process for creating Silverstone cookware begins by sandblasting the products which creates an uneven surface that encourages adherence. Then a primer layer of Teflon is sprayed on and after it is baked at high heat to "a secure mechanical grip." Gizmodo reported in 2014 that one or two more additional layers were applied after the initial layer.

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Talk:M. G. Ramachandran

Background
Hi, it is regarding these changes. I'm not sure about these, since there is some apparent discrepancy regarding his background. Have a look. - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 16:44, 5 February 2024 (UTC)

 * Look like run of the mill ethno POVPUSH removals (especially with the removal of the surnames there).That MGR was a Malayali (Nair) is a well established fact, that he also later claimed to be from a specific Tamil caste is also there. I will revert these edits and also insert his self identification in the text. Gotitbro (talk) 18:12, 5 February 2024 (UTC)

 * Thanks. - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 18:23, 5 February 2024 (UTC)
 * It is further claimed in certain articles that his mother was an Ezhava, though I am unable to find any generally reliable sources for this, e.g. here (this nonetheless provides a fascinating account of his father's life). Thus, I have left out his mother's ancestry from the article. Gotitbro (talk) 19:38, 5 February 2024 (UTC)
 * That's fine. If not mentioned in RS we shouldn't either. - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 19:58, 5 February 2024 (UTC)

 * and the IPs, do not change WP:CONSENSUS version in the background section of the subject. These are per sources with self-identification by the subject himself. If you have issues, discuss here and gain WP:CONSENSUS. Thanks. - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 10:44, 10 February 2024 (UTC)

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User:Ravishjunk

I'm Ravi Shankar Sivaraman, and you dont have to know more than this at this point of time.

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Talk:Kanchipuram district

Tourist Warning
Please leave the tourist warning on the page. It would be better in a tourist guide to Kanchipuram or Tamil Nadu; however, until a seperate page is created, this is the page that visitors to the city would find in Wikipedia. Harrasment of visitors to temples and silk shops is a problem which the local authorities appear to ignor so visitors need to be wary. Thank you.
 * A Wikipedia article is an encyclopedia article on the city, and hence not the place to put up tourist warnings. Why not put up a link to the Lonely Planet article on the city? Imc 16:30, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Because one does not exist on line.

POLLUTION AT MADAMBAKKAM,TABARAM
OTHER FACE OF MADAMBAKKAM... Respected Sir/Madam, We are the people from Madambakkam village,Tambaram Taluk,Kanchipuram district,from the below mentioned address... Madambakkam is famous for its ancient temple dedicated to Lord Shiva, is located in the suburb of Chennai called Madambakkam, near Tambaram. This temple is over 1000 years old (956-973 AD), which is said to have been built during the reign of Parantaka Chola II or Sundara Chola, father of Rajaraja Chola 1 (who constructed Brihadeeswarar Temple in Thanjavur). The temple is believed to be rebuilt of stone during the reign of Kulothunga Chola1. Near to this temple,a place alloted for buriyal ground from the ancient period onwards is purposely and wantedly used/encroached by the madambakkam town panchayat for dumping the wastages/debris/plastic covers,etc. This buriyal ground is surrounded by a residential area with nearly 300 houses,Tamil Nadu Electricity Board Sub station,a Lake with water resource. This water resource is being used by the people for drinking purpose,supplied by the madambakkam panchayat board. Due to this dumping of these wastages, the ground water got polluted,air pollution due to burning of the wastages which leads to severe respiratory problems for aged people and childrens. This has become a regular problem from panchayat, giving mental stress and regular medical expenses. This road is the connection point between madambakkam and vengaivasal panchayat. This road is being used by school childrens,college students and other working professionals to proceed with their daily studies/activities. Madambakkam village, an ancient village is stongly and very badly polluted both air,soil and water resources; and people's health is also very seriously affected. As a resident people of madambakkam,we kindly request you to protect our resources and human lives. We kindly request to take immediate measur and action for the above mentioned problems and we expect a proper and satisfactory solution,we need our buriyal ground back safely,also our residential area should be protected from pollution problems encountered due to the above causes.

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Cardiff Bay Opera House

Cardiff Bay Opera House was a proposed centre for the performing arts in Cardiff Bay, Cardiff, Wales, conceived in the 1990s as a crucial part of the Cardiff Bay redevelopment project. One aim of the scheme was to create a new home for the Welsh National Opera company, which was then based in the New Theatre in Cardiff. The Wales Millennium Centre was built in its place and it opened in 2004.

The plan, supported by the Cardiff Bay Development Corporation, was to construct a permanent home for Welsh National Opera on a site near the Inner Harbour, Cardiff Bay. An international design competition was held and was eventually won by the Iraqi-born architect Zaha Hadid. The Hadid design was called the Crystal Necklace by some in the media. However, the project failed to win financial support from the Millennium Commission, the body which distributed funds from the UK National Lottery.

International design competition

An international design competition was established by the Cardiff Bay Opera House Trust to decide on the architect for the project. The competition would eventually be in two rounds. The first round of the competition attracted 268 international competitors; it was won by Iraq-born architect Zaha Hadid. The list of architectural practices that took part in the competition included Itsuko Hasegawa, Mario Botta, Rem Koolhaas, Rafael Moneo, Manfredi Nicoletti, Pietro Marcozzi Architect, Rusli Associates, Werner Seligmann & Associates, Percy Thomas Partnership and Greg Lynn FORM. Her avant-garde design was a glass structure that surrounded the main theatre. However, her design was deemed so radical that Lord Crickhowell, as chair of the Cardiff Bay Opera House Trust, asked Hadid to submit her design again along with Norman Foster + Partners and Manfredi Nicoletti, who were asked to submit revised designs, for a second round of competition. But she again won both this and a third round. She remained confident of eventual success: ‘Give them time and space to understand. The problem is that people in this country have seen so much garbage for so long they think life is a Tesco. When the highest aspiration is to make a supermarket, then you have a problem.’

Aftermath
The project lacked support from either South Glamorgan County Council or Cardiff City Council and was savaged by the media as being "elitist" and ugly. The Millennium Commission, which gave funding to such projects from the UK National Lottery, refused to fund the project as it considered it to be financially risky. This was not helped by the successful application for funding for the Millennium Stadium, just a few miles away. Eventually, the project collapsed. The project was said to have been destroyed by lack of public support for the design and by Cardiff Council's support for the Millennium Stadium.

The decision to formally reject the bid for lottery money by the Millennium Commission was announced on 22 December 1995. Many claim that the bid failed because of the widespread unpopularity of the Millennium Commission support for the Royal Opera House in London, which was seen as elitist. Opera reported one of the tabloid headlines where The Sun claimed "The Sun stops £50m lotto handout to opera - Delight as toff scheme is KOd".

Virginia Bottomley, Secretary of State for National Heritage, announced in a news conference that the project was flawed by uncertainties in the building's financing and construction, which made it the project too risky. Lord Crickhowell interrupted that news conference to denounce the rejection. He said the decision was "...shocking and incomprehensible...If this had been a project in London, it would be getting backing...You can understand the annoyance of people in Wales that we can't get the kind of vitally important projects that London seems to be allowed."

The project was succeeded by the Wales Millennium Centre, which included a broader range of artistic offerings and was said to be more in keeping with Welsh culture, whilst retaining the opera element. The Centre opened in November 2004, on the site originally intended for Opera House.

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Talk:Fell running

BGR
At some stage it would be good to take the Bob Graham material, and other stuff on the venerable history the Lakes 24-hour records, into a separate article I think.-Linuxlad 13:19, 4 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Good idea. Could I suggest Bob Graham Round as the key word. It already occurs on Senator Bob Graham's Talk Page.  Eddie 11:14, 5 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * OK by me - though that might not be the heading that people would expect to find say the Lakes 24 hour record (and it would be nice if that were listed somewhere); similarly the Welsh 3000 record (including Beard's 3 way passage in 24 hours etc) needs a mention somewhere - it could come under peak bagging but that seems to be covering a slightly diferent activity.

Linuxlad 16:08, 5 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Maybe a few re-directions Lakes 24 hour record etc to one page. I vote for fell running to be the midwife - peak bagging contentious for venerable Bob Graham. Eddie 23:33, 5 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Mountain Marathon
Should we bring Mountain Marathon onto this page? -Eddie 11:46, 5 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Well there's not a lot of fell running done in the lower classes of say the Saunders (though we try :-)) In the meantime, could change one of the early bold entries for MM to a link?

Linuxlad 16:08, 5 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Done -see what you think. -Unknown
 * What about a category CS after the examples for a suggested starter? Eddie 23:27, 5 Dec 2004 (UTC)

General
Should we give Mountain Running, that's more international, it's own page? -Eddie 11:46, 5 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Certainly many of the fell runs in South Wales and West are not in the same class of brutality as the Ben Nevis run. Eg the early legs of the Cotswold Way, the Beacon Batch on Mendip, the late-lamented Offas Dyke run and the miriad of evening runs up the local hill in the South Wales villages. (NB Some of these indeed are martialled in a desultory sort of way IIRC).
 * Let's perhaps leave it for a bit and see who else picks into joining us, then split when the classification gets too unwieldy?. -Linuxlad 16:08, 5 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Bon idee. Eddie 23:28, 5 Dec 2004 (UTC)

POV
The latest addition is clearly by an enthusiast but is NOT NPOV in my opinion. It takes the voice of 'the writer' and includes a section 'could you do it?' Needs a substantial rewrite to be neutral, I suggest. Linuxlad 08:32, 23 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Agree --Eddie | Talk 09:37, 23 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Agreed, I've had a crack at it but it could do with some more work from someone who knows about this subject. Oh and sections/TOC would be nice.Lisiate 02:24, 11 August 2005 (UTC)

2 Histories
I have put up more headings, and because of this there is no longer a need for a manually inserted Table of Contents. As you can see, however, there are two sections titled 'History'. This is because it is addressed in both the introduction and the conclusion it seems. I think these should be fused. It's up to you guys whether or not you want it at the start or end. Tyciol 04:15, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Fell Relay Races
These particular type of events are not mentioned under any of the Fell Running headings but are a paticular branch of the sport that does attract a great deal of interest amongst fell runners. This type of event often acts as a relatively 'safe' introduction to the sport for new comers, as each relay leg, more often than not, is run as a pairing of runners. Mclark57cycling 08:29, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

 * Agree. Somebody who's more social than some of us lone runners and knows the ins-and-outs of Fell Relays? --Eddie | Talk 09:23, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

New article for Mountain running
When considering the second paragraph of this article and the description of mountain running by the World Mountain Running Association (see here), we can see that fell and mountain running are slightly different things.

The two have plenty of things in common, but the need for navigational skills sets them apart – mountain running is much more like cross country running, albeit over steep inclines. Mountain running is competing over a set and "defined path"; the so-called Route choice is entirely absent.

The separation of governing bodies makes the distinction more apparent, and the IAAF has recently incorporated mountain running into the group of athletics. This is not just a technical matter, however, as it is clear that the ethos of mountain running is pretty much identical to that of road running and cross country, just that a steep incline is an additional obstacle.

I shall look to split and create a new article for mountain running if nobody minds. Sillyfolkboy (talk) (edits) Join WikiProject Athletics!  11:07, 6 December 2009 (UTC)

 * Or you could put in a separate section that highlights (compares and contrasts) the two activities. I don't mind, but I don't have a dog in this fight.  Nobody has responded here, and its going nigh onto 2 years.  Happy editing.   7&6=thirteen (☎) 20:50, 7 October 2011 (UTC)
 * I agree with Sillyfolkboy. --Kasper2006 (talk) 17:16, 30 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Yes, fell running and mountain running have a lot in common but they are not the same thing and I think each should have an article of its own. Ejdguiseley (talk) 18:55, 30 September 2017 (UTC)

Help needed Bill Smith (Fell runner)
Will somebody who knows something about the sport follow up on the late Mr. Smith's new article? He was a "legend." He was considered to be a humble 'giant' in the sport. He recently died. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 13:20, 7 October 2011 (UTC)
 * 7&6=thirteen (☎) 14:05, 7 October 2011 (UTC)

use of term 'expeditions'
As someone not acquainted with the sport, I'm not clear what's meant by the following sentence in the section Rocks

 * "Nor does fell running involve expeditions."

It might be resolved with by linking the term to an appropriate article, but I don't see which one. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.240.146.135 (talk) 05:50, 28 October 2012 (UTC)

As someone acquainted with the sport, I don't get that either. I removed it. That whole section suffered from a bit of wordiness. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 149.32.192.34 (talk) 18:55, 21 February 2013 (UTC)

Move request
Fell running → Mountain running — per WP:NAME, as it is for World Mountain Running Association. --Kasper2006 (talk) 17:13, 30 September 2017 (UTC)
 * User:Ejdguiseley it is the same thing that I said :)--Kasper2006 (talk) 10:22, 4 October 2017 (UTC)

✅ done: mountain running. --Kasper2006 (talk) 16:04, 4 October 2017 (UTC)

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Everard im Thurn

Sir Everard Ferdinand im Thurn (9 May 1852 – 9 October 1932) was an author, explorer, botanist, photographer and British colonial administrator. He was Governor of Fiji in the years 1904–1910.

Life
Im Thurn was born in Camberwell, London, the son of an Austrian immigrant banker, and educated at Marlborough College, University of Oxford, the University of Edinburgh, and the University of Sydney. His first book, dedicated to his headmaster, was a study of The Birds of Marlborough (1870).

After his education, im Thurn travelled to British Guiana—called Guyana since its independence from Great Britain—to become (at the age of 25) curator of the British Guiana Museum from 1877 until 1882. He later became a stipendiary magistrate in Pomeroon.

In December 1884 he led the first successful expedition to the summit of Mount Roraima, in Venezuela's Gran Sabana region, along with Harry Perkins, an Assistant Crown Surveyor who was also living in British Guiana. He was a keen photographer and author of several works related to his expedition to Roraima, which were published in scientific journals, including: "The Botany of Roraima Expedition of 1884: being notes on the plants observed; with a list of the species collected, and determinations of those that are new" (Linnean Society, 1887), and "Among the Indians of Guiana: being sketches, chiefly anthropologic from the interior of British Guiana, etc.", which includes detailed observations of the Pemon Indians of Venezuela. Im Thurn went on to become a government agent in British Guiana from 1891 to 1899, and was employed on the Venezuelan boundary commission 1897–99, for which he was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 1900 New Year Honours list on 1 January 1900 (the order was gazetted on 16 January 1900), and was invested by Queen Victoria at Windsor Castle on 1 March 1900.

He then spent a couple of years back in the United Kingdom, holding several positions from 1899 to 1901, including 1st class clerk and later principal clerk in the Colonial Office. In July 1901 he moved to Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), where he was appointed colonial secretary and lieutenant-governor. He ended his colonial career as Governor of Fiji from 1904 to 1910, during which time he was knighted as a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) in the 1905 Birthday Honours. He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) in the 1918 New Year Honours, at which time he was vice-chairman of the King George and Queen Mary's Club for Overseas Forces.

He was a well-respected figure in the scientific circles of his time. Whilst in Ceylon he served as president of the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society from 1902 to 1904. He was later elected president of the Royal Anthropological Institute 1919–1920 and made an Honorary Fellow of Exeter College, Oxford.

In 1895, he married Hannah C. Lorimer, daughter of Professor James Lorimer, of the University of Edinburgh. In 1921 they moved to live at Cockenzie House in East Lothian, where he died in 1932.

In 1886, he was honoured by English botanist Henry Nicholas Ridley, who named a genus of plants from tropical South America after him: Everardia, in the family Cyperaceae.

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Battle of Szack

Battle of Szack (Shatsk) was one of the battles between the Polish Army and the Red Army fought in 1939 in the beginning of the Second World War.

Eve of the battle
During the invasion of Poland, the Polish Border Defence Corps (KOP) was severely stripped of all the reserves and heavy armament. All the available Polish forces were sent to the west to reinforce the units resisting the German invasion. When the Red Army invaded Poland on 17 September, there were barely any Polish forces to oppose them. The garrisons of the KOP were overstretched and after initial clashes and skirmishes for the border forts, the Polish units had to fall back.

The deputy commander of the KOP, general Wilhelm Orlik-Rueckemann decided to unite as many troops under his command as possible and join with the rest of the Polish forces in the west. He ordered all the KOP forces in Polesie area to withdraw. In several days he managed to gather approximately 9,000 men under his command, coming from various units spread along a 300-kilometre long strip of the Polish-Soviet border. On 19 September he ordered all his units to march towards Kowel, where his forces were to be joined by the Independent Operational Group Polesie under general Franciszek Kleeberg. However, the difficult situation and the outcome of the battles of Brześć and Kobryń forced Rueckemann's group to change its plans. The Polish units changed the direction and started to march through the forests towards Włodawa and Kamień Koszyrski.

The group found itself in a no-man's-land between the Soviet forces and the Wehrmacht and could operate freely but the morale of the troops was low. On 27 September General Orlik-Rueckemann decided to engage the Soviet forces to achieve a victory and raise morale.

Battle
The Polish forces were marching in two columns. In the early morning of 28 September the northern column reached the forests near the village of Mielniki while the southern column reached the forests east of Szack (now Shatsk). Polish reconnaissance reported that the town of Shatsk was occupied by Soviet infantry and tanks. Orlik-Rueckemann ordered both columns to form a defensive line along the border of the forest and provoked the Red Army to attack.

At 8 o'clock in the morning, the Soviet tank unit (composed mostly of the T-26 tanks) started a direct assault on Polish positions. The Polish forces did not open fire until the tanks came close. When the tanks were only some 500 metres from the Polish lines the Polish Bofors wz. 36 anti-tank guns opened fire. Soon they were joined by the infantry and the 75 mm artillery. All Soviet tanks were destroyed and the battalion of major Balcerzak was ordered to attack the town of Shatsk. The Soviet units were taken by surprise and after a short hand-to-hand fight, the Soviet forces were routed. Only a small part of the motorised infantry managed to retreat but had to leave behind all their lorries, artillery and 9 T-26 tanks. The Poles also captured the staff headquarters.

According to the orders of the Soviet 52nd Rifle Division found in the headquarters, the Soviet units operating from the Kobryń area were to "clean up the area east of Bug River from the bands of Polish officers." At 2 o'clock in the afternoon, Soviet reserve units appeared in the area and Orlik-Rueckemann decided to withdraw his troops to the forests.

Aftermath
The Polish forces withdrew unopposed and started their march towards the Bug River. The only Polish unit destroyed by the Red Army was the tabor of KOP "Polesie" Brigade, caught by surprise near the village of Mielnik by the armoured troops of the Soviet 4th Army under general Vassili Chuikov. After a brief fight, the Polish unit surrendered. Upon the surrender all the Polish officers and NCOs were shot (about 500).

The remaining Polish forces evaded capture and crossed the Bug River, where they took part in the Battle of Wytyczno.

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