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I am a belgian citizen. I read most often English articles. I have translated some in French. Wikipedia is my Bible.

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Flag captain

In the Royal Navy, a flag captain was the captain of an admiral's flagship. During the 18th and 19th centuries, this ship might also have a "captain of the fleet", who would be ranked between the admiral and the "flag captain" as the ship's "First Captain", with the "flag captain" as the ship's "Second Captain".

Unlike a "captain of the fleet", a flag-captain was generally a fairly junior post-captain, as he had the admiral to keep an eye on him, but – like a "captain of the fleet" – a "flag captain" was a post rather than a rank.

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Francis Octavius Grenfell

Francis Octavius Grenfell, VC (4 September 1880 – 24 May 1915) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross.

Early life and family
He was born on 4 September 1880 to Sophia and Pascoe Du Pré Grenfell. He was one of fifteen children. He had a twin brother, Riversdale Grenfell, also in the 9th Lancers, who was killed in action in September 1914. Their maternal grandfather was Admiral John Pascoe Grenfell and other relatives included their uncle, Field Marshal Francis Grenfell, 1st Baron Grenfell. An older brother, Lieutenant Robert Septimus Grenfell, 21st (Empress of India's) Lancers, was killed in a cavalry charge during the Battle of Omdurman in 1898. Three other brothers, Cecil Grenfell, Howard Maxwell Grenfell and Arthur Morton Grenfell all reached the rank of lieutenant colonel in the British Army. A cousin, Lieutenant Claude George Grenfell (Thorneycroft's Mounted Infantry) was killed at Spion Kop during the Boer War and two other cousins Julian Grenfell, the poet, and his brother, Gerald William Grenfell, were killed in the First World War.

An Etonian who represented his school at cricket, Grenfell joined the army in 1900 and first served in the Second Boer War in the King's Royal Rifle Corps.

Victoria Cross
Grenfell was 33 years old, and a captain in the 9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers, British Army during the First World War when the following deed during the action of Elouges took place for which he was awarded the VC.

On 24 August 1914 at Audregnies, Belgium, Captain Grenfell rode with the regiment in a charge against a large body of unbroken German infantry. The casualties were very heavy and the captain was left as the senior officer. He was rallying part of the regiment behind a railway embankment when he was twice hit and severely wounded. In spite of his injuries, however, when asked for help in saving the guns, by Major Ernest Wright Alexander of the 119th Battery, Royal Field Artillery, he and some volunteers, under a hail of bullets, helped to manhandle and push the guns out of range of enemy fire. The citation was gazetted on 16 September 1914 and read: "For gallantry in action against unbroken infantry at Andregnies, Belgium, on 24th August 1914, and for gallant conduct in assisting to save the guns of the 119th Battery, Royal Field Artillery, near Doubon the same day."

He was killed in action on 24 May 1915 and is buried in the Vlamertinghe Military Cemetery.

Legacy
His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Regimental Museum of the 9th/12th Royal Lancers housed in Derby Museum and Art Gallery, Derby, England.

Polo
All nine of the Grenfell brothers were accomplished polo players. Francis and his brother, Riversdale Grenfell, were regarded as the best in the family. Francis was rated at an 8-goal handicap. The twin brothers were on the Ranelagh team that won the American Open and on the team Freebooters, alongside Leopold Christian Duncan Jenner and the Duke of Roxburghe, that won the Hurlingham Champion Cup.

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Democracy Matters

 * For the Irish Campaign group Democracy Matters, see Democracy Matters (Ireland).

Democracy Matters is an American non-profit, non-partisan grassroots student political organization that is dedicated to deepening democracy. The organization's mission is to strengthen democracy by: (1) training young people how to be effective grassroots organizers and advocates; and (2) supporting public financing of election campaigns (“fair elections”) and other pro-democracy and campaign finance related reforms. Democracy Matters believes that it is imperative to reduce the overwhelming influence of big private and corporate money in elections and necessary to empower ordinary people—regardless of race, gender, and/or socio-economic status—to be able to participate meaningfully in the electoral and political process. Democracy Matters is also a part of the Declaration for American Democracy coalition.

Origins
Wanting to give back after having been fortunate enough to play in the NBA, former 13-year veteran NBA player and Colgate alumnus Adonal Foyle, with the assistance of his adoptive parents Jay Mandle (professor of economics at Colgate) and Joan Mandle (associate professor of sociology, anthropology and women's studies at Colgate), created Democracy Matters in 2001. Colgate University served as the test for the first Democracy Matters chapter, and after a successful first year, multiple other chapters were established across the country. Among the oldest chapters are those at Vassar College, Brown University, Syracuse University, and St. Lawrence University.

Structure of organization
Democracy Matters focuses on a bottom-up approach to political change. The organization seeks to empower and activate college students to lead the fight for campaign finance reform. Towards this end, Democracy Matters offers an internship program. When a student is selected as an intern, Democracy Matters offers individually-crafted training in political organizing, theory, and communication. Once students have undergone preliminary training, they sets forth to create (or maintain if already existence) a Democracy Matters chapter at their university. In this function, they oversee groups of other student activists committed to getting big money out of politics. Throughout its existence, Democracy Matters has worked with more than 800 interns and brought thousands of other affiliated students into the campaign finance fight.

Democracy Matters chapters are diverse in terms of race, gender, and political orientation. As such, there is no single programming curriculum for DM chapters. Students are encouraged to be creative and innovative with their campaigns and to develop their own style of political organizing. Among the many tactics used are: organizing movie screenings, bringing in well known lecturers, facilitating educational panels, and actively writing legislation and lobbying for reform on local and state levels. Students often partner with local community groups, statewide and national groups, and politicians to educate other citizens and actively promote legislation. Democracy Matters has also traditionally been geographically diverse, having had university chapters across the country.

Raising awareness
Democracy Matters members raise awareness and educate others on their campuses and in nearby communities by organizing campaigns that link the problems of the current campaign finance system to other important issues such as the environment, civil rights, foreign policy, and rising college tuition. Democracy Matters and its students aim to show that the issue of campaign finance is an interdisciplinary one, which impacts all people interested in social justice issues.

Democracy Matters' official position in terms of how to improve the US campaign finance system is through the creation of an opt-in public financing system for national and statewide campaigns. Public financing of election campaigns, similar to the successful state systems in Maine, Arizona and Connecticut also known as "Voter/Citizen-Owned Elections", or "Fair Elections" provide an alternative for candidates to be publicly funded if they refuse to accept private donations from individuals or groups. This allows ordinary citizens, who lack the fiscal means, to run for office. Once elected, these publicly financed politicians are accountable to their constituents rather than to campaign contributors. Furthermore, they can use their time working on issues important to the people they represent rather than spending many hours each day on the phone "dialing for dollars" or attending fundraisers. In this respect, Democracy Matters has been very active in the fight for public financing of elections in New York state.

Restore Democracy Fellowship
In the summer of 2015, Democracy Matters started a new program entitled "Restore Democracy" focused on making campaign finance an issue in the 2016 presidential elections. The organization funded a handful of summer interns to travel to the first two primary states, Iowa and New Hampshire. These interns were tasked with attending presidential candidates' events to ask them questions about where they stood on the issue of public financing and campaign finance reform more broadly; building new chapters at large universities in the respective states to create pressure once the school year began; and creating coalitions with local leaders towards the end of building student-adult groups for reform. The organization also attempted to get presidential candidates to sign the "Restore Democracy" pledge card, which read "I support restoring democracy by publicly financing elections and taking big money out of politics.”

During the course of this program, the group became the first organization to get Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton on the record supporting public financing of elections. The organization also got Republican Donald Trump on record saying public financing of elections was "fine". On August 3, Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders, who had previously declared his support for public financing, recorded a video endorsing the work that Democracy Matters was doing and reiterated the need for campaign finance reform.

By summer's end, Democracy Matters got both Bernie Sanders and Martin O'Malley to sign their "Restore Democracy" pledge. The fellowship program successfully established over a dozen chapters in both New Hampshire and Iowa.

Publications
Democracy Matters publishes two monthly columns. The first, eNews, highlights the organization's most active student chapters and details recent events in the world of campaign finance. The second, Money on my Mind, written by Jay Mandle, links various political problems to big money in politics. Joan and Jay Mandle have also published a book, Change Elections, Change America, which chronicles the history of Democracy Matters and explains the pleasures and difficulties of running a non-profit political organization centered around social justice.

Reception
Since founding Democracy Matters, Foyle has received multiple awards for his commitment to lasting social change. The NBA recognized Foyle for his commitment to democracy with nationally televised presentations of their "Community Assist Award". The Greenlining Institute presented him with their prestigious Change Agent Award for his commitment to campaign finance reform. Foyle also received the city of San Francisco's Sports Hero Award as well as many other awards and commendations for his work increasing the civic engagement of young people.

Foyle's commitment to Democracy Matters has also been widely hailed in the press, including in The New York Times, Sports Illustrated, USA Today, The Nation, Congressional Quarterly, Mother Jones, ESPN Magazine, and the Chicago Tribune Magazine, as well as in numerous local newspapers.

Foyle has since remained passionate about activating young people to be civically and politically engaged. In an op-ed piece, Foyle recounted the tremendous energy and creativity Democracy Matters students have brought to the work of deepening democracy.

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Baltimore Hebrew University

Baltimore Hebrew University was founded as Baltimore Hebrew College and Teachers Training School in 1919 to promote Jewish scholarship and academic excellence. It was the only institution of higher learning in Maryland devoted solely to all aspects of Judaic and Hebraic studies. Located in the northwest, Park Heights neighborhood of Baltimore, BHU conferred degrees up to the doctorate level. Though small in size, with classes having between 8 and 25 students, it had strong ties to the community and to several other local colleges and universities.

Baltimore Hebrew University merged with Towson University, officially becoming the Baltimore Hebrew Institute, in 2009. The entire BHU library is now housed at TU's Albert S. Cook Library, including special collections of rare books, Yizkor books, a collection of items related to Jewish cultural reconstruction, and testimonies from survivors of the Holocaust. The BHU building on Park Heights Avenue was demolished in October 2009.

Notable faculty and alumni

 * Robert Freedman
 * Jon S. Cardin
 * Joseph M. Baumgarten
 * Barry Freundel
 * Steven Fine
 * Eli Velder

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User talk:WiseGuy H.E.C.

=love=Please, talk as you want I only ask that you be constructive and that you do not edit others posts here.== Some have also suggested that Erisism be merged with Discordianism which is something which I am loath to do because the religion does have its differences, which is why I wrote that section. According to some, I am angering the godess by writing such things but I do not accept this at all, I am just spreading the word of Eris to others so that the information can be made availible to all to discuss and pass comment upon. It would be a different matter if I wrote about a page about a small religious caste of the Christian faith and the matter of such a deleting would not have come up. Maybe it is because there has been Discordian pranks in the past but if the Erisism article had been properly read then you would learn that it is not the duty to Eris to perform action, but to mediate on a better world.
 * I have been attacked over the past few days by other users on Wikipediawho seem to regard all of my writing of articles on Erisism as merely a Discordian prank and so should be utterly deleted. This is not the case and I am in fact revealing a true aspect of the two dictinctly different faiths that prey to the godess Eris.

Hope that you can understand, --by WiseGuy H.E.C. 22:29, 30 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Discordian Hierarchy
I agree with you that articles on Erisism should not be merged with articles on Discordianism. I see claiming to be a "leader" of the Discordian religion as an utter absurdity, and an insult to Discordians everywhere. --Carnildo 00:36, 1 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Erisism and related
I'll gladly elaborate my deletion request.

Wikipedia is an encyclopedia. Specifically, it is a secondary source of information: it disseminates information of existing sources and presents them in an encyclopedic format.

Now, why does Erisism not qualify? Quite simply, because to my knowledge (but correct me if I'm wrong) there is exactly one person serving as the external source to this article, namely you.

That brings us to What Wikipedia is not. Wikipedia is not an outlet for private mental constructs, no matter how neutrally presented. Factual accuracy is at stake: how can we possibly check it if there's only one person supplying the facts? You can get out of this by simply postulating that you're the only one qualified to supply the facts (or alternatively, that anyone can put in anything they like and it's true), but this undermines the entire concept of an encyclopedia.

And that brings us to Don't disrupt Wikipedia to illustrate a point. It's great that you can put in "authorized" articles, "proved" authentic by yourself, and, hey, there's no policy to stop you so people must accept it, right? Well, no. Wikipedia is plenty eristic, we don't need no steenkin' rules to kick this sort of thing out by community consensus.

Don't get me wrong, I appreciate that you're spreading the faith. But Wikipedia is not the medium to do it in. We're building an encyclopedia, not providing free webspace for people who construct their own subrealities, rewarding as this task may be. Please consider joining the Anarchopedia if you just want a free outlet for your ideas, setting up your own homepage if you just want attention, and joining us if you just want to help build an encyclopedia. Personally, I find the latter the most rewarding.

Praise Eris. All hail Wikipedia! JRM 08:48, 2004 Dec 1 (UTC)

Submitting to some reasonable requests.
I would firstly like to thank both User:JRM and User:Carnildo for your constructive insights on the articles. I shall reply to you both now in the order that you have posted. On a another note, it was always my proposal on 'joining you' the wider Wikipedia users and write on other subjects, it just susprised me on what was not on the site it is just that the first article I have chosen to write has caused such a stir that I have been bogged down making it more acceptable to the Wikipedia guidlines. Do you see any problem in me writing an article about Greg Hill, the main author of the Discordian bible? --by WiseGuy H.E.C. 10:34, 1 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Carnildo, you seem like a faithful Discordian since you have stood up for your Discordian beliefs. I will accept that you have all the right in the world to not accept that one branch of Discordianism is higher then the other. So due to this very reasonable request I have removed the section on heirarchy and so will accept that in a scheme of things that the Erisian cannot claim any real authority over anyone else. If a Pope can't do such a thing and now that the Polyfather Mal-2 is deceased (Blessing of Eris be upon him.) then I shall wait until there is word from Greg Hill's estate introducing a new Polyfather. I would also ask that you help if you can in improving the Erisism article so that it cannot be just seen as me as one man spurting nonsense.
 * JRM, you speak well on the rules of Wikipedia and so I thank you for making it clear. Regarding your point on it only being me writing it I have asked that the www.PrincipiaDiscordia.com forumn members start editing it to make it far more reliable. Upon your request I have removed all suggestion that the articles needs to be authenticated or even blessed. I have tried my best to keep the article very neutral in scope, just like a encycloypedia should. I am upset that merely because the article has mention of Discordianism it will be deleted out of hand and so will gain enough votes to be deleted. The philosopher Mill wrote about such an act, calling it the tyranny of the majority. I would also like ask that you personally help by editting this article to make it conform with the Wikipedia guidelines. I am happy for High Erisian Church to be deleted, I only started this because it was a term that I felt needed defining from my main article Erisism. I would be loathed to have the Erisism article merged into Discordianism but I would rather that happen then it be deleted outright (and in my personal opinion rather out of hand). I thank you again, and apologise but I cannot seem to gain access to my email address at wiseguyhec@hotmail.com.

 * Apologies if my lengthy reply bores you, but I'm also writing this for myself, to better consolidate my views on Wikipedia.
 * I am upset that merely because the article has mention of Discordianism it will be deleted out of hand and so will gain enough votes to be deleted.
 * This is indeed not a valid reason; I think the main beef people have with it is that it doesn't seem notable in any way. I happen to be an inclusionist, so I don't care about notability. I'm still sceptical about the potential for people to come and make this article encyclopedic, however. The Discordian style of writing doesn't lend itself to factual accuracy or the neutral point of view. Sentences like these would have to go, for example: "It is in fact true that the proper Erisian will lead a life of deep contemplation but it does not necessarily follow that the Erisian will fall deep into contemplative isolation away from the common man. The problem is created when the lesser mind (one who does not understand Erisism) takes the actions and the mental state of the practitioner to be one of an unstable person and they can believe that the Erisian is possibly suffering from a style of God Complex and so takes legal actions against them." Is this supposed to be factual and neutral, or is it one person pulling things from their backside? To outsiders, it can't look like anything but a hoax, that's why they're all so eager to delete it.
 * The main article on Discordianism unfortunately has plenty of this sort of unencyclopedic nonsense too. (I use "nonsense" in a positive sense—the Principia Discordia is nonsense, but that doesn't mean it's not true.) Think of it like this: can people who are not Discordians and who are not interested in becoming Discordians get factual, neutral, sensible information on Discordianism, that is "true" according to aneristic principles (i.e. "true" in the boring sense)? While Discordianism passes the test (mostly), Erisism definitely doesn't. As an outsider, this article is of no use to me. Even as a Discordian unaware of Erisism, it's of little use.
 * Some open issues that would need to be resolved:
 * Is Erisism really notable enough for its own article, or should it just be a mention in Discordianism? How many people are involved in it? 5? 10? 100? Does it have its own newsgroups? Local cabals? Lots of forums in which it is discussed? Is there indeed a base for factual accuracy or will it always be a small group more or less making things up as they go along?
 * Keep it neutral: "It's true that X" definitely isn't. "Erisists believe X" might be.
 * Warn outsiders: make clear that Erisism, being part of Discordianism, is considered fictional, a hoax, or at least quite eccentric by most people. (I'm pretty sure this is factually accurate. :-)
 * Keep it factual: where did Erisism come from? How many believers are there, estimated? How widespread is it?

 * I thank you again, and apologise but I cannot seem to gain access to my email address at wiseguyhec@hotmail.com.
 * That's alright, because I didn't intend to mail anyway. I prefer to keep wiki things on the wiki.

 * Do you see any problem in me writing an article about Greg Hill, the main author of the Discordian bible?
 * Not at all. Greg Hill was a real person, facts on his life are available, and I'm guessing there are enough interested people here to work on the article and make it worthwhile. If Kerry Thornley has a good article, so should Greg.

 * I'm pretty sure Erisism is going to be deleted, but don't worry too much about it. As it stood, the article really was unacceptable, and people had justifiable concerns about the suitability of the subject material. In general, it's safer to extend an existing article—if people have any objections to the new material, you can use that article's talk page to meet them. If on the other hand there's lots of expansion and the topic is so extensive that it warrants its own article, that's good too (and you can then point to a legitimate reason for the article's existence).

 * Please note, finally, that we're not out to get you. (Well, most of us aren't—I'm sure there are plenty of deletionists who would love to see everything on Discordianism deleted as not notable, but that's not going to happen.) We just care a lot about keeping our encyclopedia a valuable resource to the public at large. Big articles on what are not-so-serious topics tend to reflect badly on the wiki (but see Unusual articles for good examples on how such articles should be written; exploding whale is a good exponent). JRM 11:32, 2004 Dec 1 (UTC)

Eris link
Just doing a disambig round, the links to Eris, im not sure what exactly you mean, go to Eris and pick the best one.Ω§|Blacksmith2 07:07, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

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Samuel Meekosha

Samuel Meekosha VC (16 September 1893 – 8 December 1950), who changed his name by deed poll to Samuel Ingham in 1942, was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

Biography
Samuel Meekosha was born in Leeds, although his family moved to Bradford when he was a baby, and Samuel always looked on that city as his home. Samuel's mother was English and he had a Polish father; he was proud of his Eastern European roots but was such a reluctant hero that in later life he changed his surname to Ingham, from his mother's maiden name of Cunningham.

He was 22 years old, and a corporal in the 1/6th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's Own), British Army based at Belle Vue Barracks, Manningham, Bradford when during the First World War the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.

On 19 November 1915 near the Yperlee Canal, near the village of Boesinghe (Boezinge), in Belgium, Corporal Meekosha was with a platoon of about 20 NCOs and men holding an isolated trench north of Ypres. During a very heavy bombardment six of the platoon were killed and seven wounded, while the rest were more or less buried. When there were no senior NCOs left in action Corporal Meekosha took command, sent for help and in spite of more big shells falling within 20 yards of him, continued to dig out the wounded and buried men in full view of and at close range from the enemy. He was assisted by Privates Johnson, Sayers and Wlkinson who were all awarded the DCM. Their courage saved at least four lives.

Meekosha was commissioned into the West Yorkshire Regiment in 1917. He was promoted lieutenant in 1918 and captain in 1919. He transferred to the Corps of Military Accountants in 1919, retiring in 1926. He rejoined the West Yorkshire Regiment as a captain in 1940 and transferred to the Royal Army Ordnance Corps, based in Leicestershire, later the same year. He was later promoted to major.

It was reported in the 3 April 2001 issue of The Times that James Morton, Sotheby's medal specialist, said: "Meekosha was a very modest man who was quite dismissive of the act that earned him the VC. He joined up for the Second World War and because of his unusual name people kept asking him: 'Aren't you the chap that won the VC?' In an attempt to stop the questions he changed his name [to Ingham] by deed poll in 1941 or 1942."

After the First World War he became a representative for the tobacco company John Player & Sons. He died at his home in Oakdale, Blackwood, Monmouthshire, on 8 December 1950. Cremated at Glyntaff Crematorium, Pontypridd, his ashes were claimed by his family and spread on Ilkley Moor in Yorkshire.

The medal
His Victoria Cross was sold for £101,200 at Sotheby's on 3 May 2001

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