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Homeschooling project
Hello, My name Master Scott Hall (you can call me Scott). I am relatively new contributing to Wikipedia, though I have been a user of it for some time. I am currently soliciting for interest in a Wikiproject that I have proposed on the subject of homeschooling. Before finding Wikipedia, my wife and I were seriously considering, but not quite convinced, to home educate our children.

After discovering the depth, scope, and long-term goals of Wikipedia, as well as the individuals driving it, I am convinced that WP has the potential to revolutionize homeschooling. I am also convinced that home education is the right choice for my family. I have, however, been somewhat discouraged by the oversight of home education in most of the education related projects on WP. There are many potential reasons for this discrepency, but I have resolved to try to do something about it.

Although I personally have very limited experience in building complex Wikiprojects, -templates, -portals, etc., I am confident that the right team can be assembled to tackle these issues. I would like to invite you to join this effort to make Wikipedia the resource for the home education of our children. If you are interested, please visits the temporary project page I have set up. Thank you --Master Scott Hall 00:02, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

 * Update: The proposed project on Homeschooling was met with a very positive response. As a result, the project has been ugraded to an official WikiProject and can be found at WikiProject Alternative education. We have several experienced Wikipedians on board, as well as some new faces. We still need contributors with backgrounds in education, education theory and philosophy, and specific alternative education methods, such as homeschooling, charter schools, and E-learning from both teacher and student perspectives. There is also a lack of quality resources regarding anti-alternative education issues. If are interested in contributing or just have an interest, please visit the project page, or if you prefer, ask us a question. Thank you again, Master Scott Hall 18:57, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

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Pennsylvania Railroad class H8

The Pennsylvania Railroad's class H8, H9s and H10s steam locomotives were of the 2-8-0 "Consolidation" type, the last three classes of such built by the railroad. The three classes differed only in cylinder diameter and thus tractive effort, each subsequent class increasing that measurement by an inch. The first H8 was built in 1907 and the last H10 in 1916; within a few years they were replaced on heavy freight assignments by 2-8-2s and 2-10-0. They became the railroad's standard light freight locomotive, replacing all other class H 2-8-0s, and a number remained in service until the end of PRR steam locomotive operation in 1957. 968 class H8 of various subclasses were constructed, along with 274 class H9s and 273 class H10s. A number of H8 locomotives were rebuilt to H9s specification.

Class H10s was built primarily for PRR Lines West, and featured a typical Lines West tender with sloping side coal boards at the top, to enable a bigger load of coal to be carried.

Some locomotives of this type were leased to the PRR-owned Long Island Rail Road, becoming the primary freight-hauling type on that system.

Survivors
76888, an H10s built in 1915 by the Lima Locomotive Works, has been preserved by the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania. It joins two earlier examples of the H class at the museum. #7688 was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979 as Consolidation Freight Locomotive No. 7688.

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Solar (room)

The solar was a room in many English and French medieval manor houses, great houses and castles, mostly on an upper storey, designed as the family's private living and sleeping quarters. Within castles they are often called the "Lords' and Ladies' Chamber" or the "Great Chamber".

Etymology
The word solar has two possible origins: it may derive from the Latin word solaris meaning sun (often a room with the brightest aspect), or — as the solar provided privacy for its occupants — it may come from the Latin word, solus, meaning, "alone".

Function
In some houses, the main ground-floor room was known as the Great Hall, in which all members of the household, including tenants, employees, and servants, would often or could sometimes eat. Those of highest status would be at the end, often on a raised dais, and those of lesser status seated further down the hall. But a need was felt for more privacy to be enjoyed by the heads of the household, encouraged by the senior women, who wanted a daytime space to talk, read and view parts of the grounds. The solar was the key inner family room, for seclusion from the hustle, bustle, noise and smell (above all from cooking) of the great hall.

The solar was generally smaller than the great hall as it was not expected to house so many people. It was a room of comfort and status, and usually included a fireplace and often decorative woodwork or tapestries/wall hangings.

The solar was almost ubiquitous among late castles across the British Isles, such as Broughton Castle, in Oxfordshire, and Stokesay Castle in Shropshire. In the medieval house of Great Dixter, in East Sussex, it consists of three rooms and a fireplace from the late 15th century. In Windsor Castle its walls are painted green with gold stars.

In manor houses of Normandy and northern France, the solar was sometimes a separate tower or pavilion, away from the great hall to provide more privacy to the lord and his family.

The possibly related term grianán (from Irish grian, "the sun"; often anglicised as "greenawn") was used in medieval Ireland for a sunny parlour or reception room. By extension it was used to refer to any summer palace or noble house.

Paradigm examples
In England from north to south:
 * Edlingham Castle in Northumberland, castle in ruins but solar tower is mostly intact.
 * Tattershall Castle, Lincolnshire, has hall and large solar block later converted into a tower.
 * Longthorpe Tower, Peterborough, an extension to an existing fortified manor house.
 * Beverston Castle near Tetbury, dating from the 13th century, has a surviving but ruined solar in the south tower of the west range, with a vaulted undercroft below.
 * Highclere Castle near Newbury — its suite of rooms used by the owning family are demonstrated in the serial TV Downton Abbey, but the house is post-medieval.
 * Great Dixter, in Northiam — home of the late British gardener and author Christopher Lloyd, has a recreated solar.

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User talk:No1PuffyAmiYumiFan

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User talk:Joseph Myers

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To do at OEIS
Neil Sloane mentioned to me that he'd like some more decimal expansions sequences in the OEIS.

 * Position where one first sees A_k(n) in the decimal expansion of C

 * Try various sequence numbers k (powers of 2 A000079 is another obvious candidate) and the obvious 10 or so constants C (Pi, e, log 2, etc)

I thought perhaps you might be interested. Del arte 15:51, 6 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Eureka
Ta for the limerick. I see you're editor of Eureka online. You may be interested to know that I've included a reference to Eureka 51 at Mathematical Tripos, re Graham Nelson's critique of Part III. JackyR | Talk 22:49, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

The Code Sourcery article
Could you expand the Code Sourcery article a bit? Due to your connection, you probably shouldn't comment on how good or bad a company it is, but objective things such as:
 * how old it is
 * who are the top management
 * where is it based
 * how many staff does it have
 * how many developers does it have
 * Is all the software it develops released as free software, and if not, what approximate portion is
 * does it have a free software policy
 * what are it's main products or services, current and past

Thanks. Gronky 19:52, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

Edit
Don't remove the link just the meet the MoS without adding a link to the same page somewhere else. The MoS isn't that important compared to maintaining the link structure. — Omegatron 14:05, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

Mathematics CotW
Hey Joseph, I am writing you to let you know that the Mathematics Collaboration of the week(soon to "of the month") is getting an overhaul of sorts and I would encourage you to participate in whatever way you can, i.e. nominate an article, contribute to an article, or sign up to be part of the project. Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks--Cronholm144 18:04, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

P.S. Welcome to Wikiproject Mathematics!

Math Template
hey Joseph, I am rating several articles that you have rated recently. Thanks for your effort, and I hope you keep it up. One minor thing though, could you add this when you add the template, it makes it easier for future editors. Thanks!--Cronholm144 08:33, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

A new Oxbridge user box
Joseph Myers...I am currently in the process of writing a user box for all of the colleges that are part of Oxbridge. This template is meant to replace your current college template. Please take a look at the work in progress and comment on it. My main concerns are college abbreviations and color choice. I am using scarf colors for the colleges. Thank you. - LA @ 17:26, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

Cambridge meetup!
Hi, this is just to let you know of a proposed Cambridge meetup - suggested dates currently Saturday 18 October or Sunday 19th October. If you're interested, please give an idea of which day might be best for you there - & if you know of anyone else who might like to attend do let them know! Cheers, Dsp13 (talk) 14:07, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

Cambridge meetup
The second Cambridge meetup is confirmed for this Saturday, 3pm, at CB2 on Norfolk Street: Meetup/Cambridge 2. Hope to see you there. Charles Matthews (talk) 16:09, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

Meetup
FYI, the fourth Cambridge meetup will occur on the afternoon of Saturday 1 August. Charles Matthews (talk) 19:01, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

Cambridge meetup 14 November
Another Cambridge meetup is set for the afternoon of Saturday 14 November. Please contribute to the page and come along if you can. Charles Matthews (talk) 19:40, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

Meetup in Cambridge, 27 March
See Meetup/Cambridge 6 - much as before. We'd be glad to see you. Charles Matthews (talk) 20:00, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

WikiProject East Anglia
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Women in Red World Contest
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Pseudopanax

Pseudopanax (Latin for "false ginseng") is a small genus of 7 species of evergreen plants which are endemic to New Zealand. Flowers of the genus occur in terminal umbels.

Taxonomy
A 2000 molecular study established that several species within the genus were only distantly related to the core group of New Zealand species related the type species P. crassifolius. They were removed to the genus Raukaua.

Distribution and habitat
Pseudopanax occur in forest or scrub environments. The genus contains some remarkable small trees with distinctly different juvenile and adult forms, such as Pseudopanax crassifolius and Pseudopanax ferox (commonly referred to as 'lancewood' and 'toothed lancewood', respectively).

Cultivation
Many of the species are popular in New Zealand gardens, but are rather rare in cultivation elsewhere, requiring mild, moist conditions similar to those in New Zealand, without extremes of temperature in winter and summer. They reportedly grow well in Southern California and warmer parts of Great Britain. A number of cultivars have been developed, mostly of Pseudopanax lessonii. These include 'Gold Splash', which has yellow variegated leaves, and 'Nigra' which has dark purple-brown foliage. A National Trust listed specimen of Pseudopanax crassifolius exists on the Alton property at Mount Macedon, Victoria, Australia, which is 21 metres high and has an 11.5 m spread. Its age is estimated at 100 years.

Host plant
In New Zealand various species in this genus have been shown to be the host plant for the larvae of Scolopterus penicillatus, a common endemic weevil. The larvae develop in recently dead bark.

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Fictional characters produced by Gold Key Comics.

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1830 in rail transport

January events

 * January 7 – The Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road opens its first section, 1+1/2 mi, in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.
 * January 9 – Ground is broken in Charleston, South Carolina, for the first railroad to use steam locomotives in South Carolina, the South Carolina Canal and Rail Road.

February events

 * February 4 – The Camden and Amboy Rail Road, the first railroad to be built in New Jersey, is chartered.

March events

 * March 15 – The New Orleans, Louisiana, City Council approves the right of way for the construction of the Pontchartrain Rail-Road.

May events

 * May 3 – Ceremonial opening of the Canterbury and Whitstable Railway in England. The steam locomotive Invicta is used on a level section of the route.
 * May 22 – The Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road completes construction on the line between Baltimore and Ellicott's Mills, Maryland.
 * May 24 – The first revenue trains on the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road operate between Baltimore and Ellicott's Mills, Maryland, a distance of 13 mi.

August events

 * Construction begins on the Mohawk and Hudson Railroad between Albany and Schenectady, New York.
 * August 28 – In a race between the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road's Tom Thumb and a stagecoach near Ellicott's Mills, Maryland, the horse and coach wins.

September events

 * September 15 – The Liverpool and Manchester Railway, the world's first purpose built passenger railway operated by steam locomotives, opens in England from Liverpool Road, Manchester, to Edge Hill, Liverpool.
 * September 18 – Robert Stephenson is appointed to survey the London and Birmingham Railway.

November events

 * November 11 – The first transit of mail via railways occurs between Liverpool and Manchester, England.

December events

 * December 25 – The South Carolina Canal and Rail Road begins operations.

Unknown date events

 * The Boston and Maine Railroad is formed to build a railroad between Boston, Massachusetts, and Portland, Maine.

January births

 * January 2 – Henry Morrison Flagler, visionary and builder of Florida East Coast Railway (d. 1913).
 * January 30 – Thomas Fremantle, director of London, Brighton and South Coast Railway from 1868 and chairman 1896–1908 (d. 1918).

April births

 * April 5 (probable date) – Robert F. Fairlie, Scottish-born steam locomotive designer (d. 1885).

July births

 * July 29 – Robert Harris, president of Northern Pacific Railway 1884-1888 (d. 1894).

September deaths

 * September 15 – William Huskisson, the popular MP for Liverpool, at the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, misjudges the speed of the approaching locomotive Rocket and is run over, becoming the world's first railway passenger fatality (b. 1770).

Miscellaneous
The board game 1830: The Game of Railroads and Robber Barons and its video game adaptation has players lead railroad companies in the United States during the year 1830.

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Antestor

Antestor is a Norwegian Christian extreme metal band formed in 1990 in Jessheim. Credited for starting the northern European Christian black metal scene, Antestor is the only Christian band to have an album released by Cacophonous Records, which has also released records by bands such as Dimmu Borgir, Sigh, and Cradle of Filth. The band's only release on Cacophonous, The Return of the Black Death, proved influential for the Christian black metal movement, and has sold over 10,000 copies.

In the late 1990s, they dubbed their musical style as "sorrow metal" rather than black metal because the early Norwegian black metal scene was publicly affiliated with Satanism in Norway. According to HM magazine, the progressive elements on the debut album, Martyrium, were possibly ahead of their time in the Norwegian extreme metal scene.

The group has gone through several line-up changes over the years, and currently Antestor consists of the founding guitarist Lars Stokstad (Vemod), vocalist Ronny Hansen (Vrede), bassist Erik Normann Aanonsen, guitarist Robert Bordevick, and drummer Henning Børven. The original vocalist Kjetil Molnes (Martyr) and drummer Svein Sander (Armoth) left the band around 2000, and the members of a fellow Norwegian black metal group, Vaakevandring, joined Antestor. The reputable Norwegian extreme metal drummer Jan Axel Blomberg (Hellhammer) played session drums for their 2005 album The Forsaken and Det tapte liv EP. A fourth studio album, Omen, was released in 2012.

Crush Evil era
In 1990, the band was formed under the name Crush Evil by Lars Stokstad, Kjetil Molnes, Øyvind Hope and Erling Jørgensen in Jessheim, Norway. Paul W joined them as a drummer later on. Back then, the band's music style was a mixture of death metal, doom metal, and thrash metal. In 1991, they recorded and released their first demo, The Defeat of Satan, which contains three songs and an outro. The band is Christian and over the course of their career have received death threats because of this.

The existence of the band itself caused a debate in the metal underground. For example, during the early 1990s, Bård Faust of Emperor brought up the subject when he discussed with Euronymous, guitarist/vocalist from the seminal black metal band Mayhem, in his zine Orcustus about the Norwegian scene. Faust asked: "Don't you think that something is terribly wrong when it has gone so far that we have a Christian "death metal" band here (Crush Evil)? Any advice on how we should kill them?" Euronymous replied to this: "It's bad enough to have a couple of society bands, but a Christian band is too much. But don't worry, we have plans. They will not continue for a very long time." However, the band persevered despite these threats. Antestor was never forced to split apart, and in an almost ironic twist of fate, Jan Axel Blomberg (better known as Hellhammer, the drummer for Mayhem) was Antestor's session drummer on their latest two releases.

Martyrium (1993–1996)
In 1993, Vegard Undal joined the band as a bassist and Svein Sander became their drummer. During that time, they changed the name Crush Evil to Antestor, which is Latin for "to call to witness" or "testify". Despair was their first self-released demo, and was released under the band name Antestor. The demo starts with an intro and ends with a cover of an old Norwegian hymn, called Jesus, Jesus, Ver Du Hjå Meg ("Jesus, Jesus, Be With Me"). Strawberry Records pressed 600 copies of the recording.

In December 1994, Antestor recorded their first full-length album titled Martyrium. Arctic Serenades Records was originally supposed to release that album, but because of unknown reasons that never happened, and the band tried to get another label to release the album. American-based label Morphine Records would subsequently distribute bootleg copies of the album in 1997. In an interview, the drummer Armoth said: "...we were in contact with a label called Morphine Records. But that was about signing a deal for the Martyrium album. But we never signed a contract but that guy, Burrito, made several promotapes and sold every bit of it illegally 'cause he didn't have a contract." However, the tape copies circulated in up to fifth generation copies and their audience grew fast. Martyrium was the last album that emphasized the band's death/doom direction.

On June 3, 1994 Antestor appeared on a local television program called "BootlegTV" where youth could practice and experience recording and video production. Usually local bands from Oslo played on that program which was broadcast on the television station TVNorge. During the course of this program, Antestor played five songs from Martyrium. On June 6, 1995 Antestor was featured on the Norwegian weekly newspaper Morgenbladet's article about the phenomenon of Christian black metal, surrounding the black metal parody controversy of the Australian unblack metal group Horde's 1994 album Hellig Usvart. In the article, vocalist Kjetil Molnes explains the band's stance on if a Christian band can play black metal: "We identify ourselves as black metal as a music style, not black metal as an ideology or belief."

The Return of the Black Death (1997–1998)
In 1997, Antestor recorded a promotional CD titled Kongsblod. The promo-CD caught the interest of British Cacophonous Records, one of the biggest labels with experience in the black metal style and helped established groups such as Cradle of Filth and Dimmu Borgir start their career. Cacophonous signed a record deal for 2 albums with Antestor. In 1998, Cacophonous released Kongsblod under a different name, The Return of the Black Death, and changed the original cover art of a famous Norwegian painting to artwork by Joe Petagno, a well-known American heavy metal cover art creator.

Cacophonous being a secular label releasing material by a band that held Christian beliefs generated some interest in the metal scene. In an interview with Art for the Ears Webzine, published on December 12, 1998, Armoth said: "We sent the CD and a short biography. They just wanted to sign us because of the music. And that's exactly what we wanted to do." 2 years later in a 2000 interview with the Finnish The Christian Underground Zine issue 4, the fanzine's interviewer asked Antestor: "However, you had a record deal with Cacophonous Records (ex-Cradle of Filth, Bal-Sagoth). What kind of experiences did you get from that?" The band replied: "Pretty bad, actually. I can not say they did anything else than released the album. No money, no royalties, nothing." The interviewer also asked: "Did the record company set any demands concerning your image?" Antestor replied: "Nothing like that. They just said that it is not recommendable for us to proclaim exactly everywhere that we are a Christian band, and they censored the words 'Lord' and 'Jesus' from our lyrics. We ourselves removed a few texts because we did not want to provoke unnecessarily."

The Return of the Black Death was mostly well received by both Christian and non-Christian black metal fans and critics. For example, the British metal magazines Kerrang! and Terrorizer both gave the album 4 points out of 5. Musically, The Return of the Black Death is a mixture of black metal and doom metal. The album relies on hypnotic, cold atmosphere and showcases influences from Norwegian folk music, which led some to label Antestor as Viking metal. Unlike previously, around this time the band themselves said they felt uncertain whether a Christian band can play black metal, because the movement was still strongly associated with Satanism. The drummer Svein Sander says in the 1998 interview:

We don't even call our music black metal... We call it Atmospheric Sorrow Metal. Because that's more neutral. Then people wouldn't say, "oh, you play black metal, you are Satanists". There really is a sorrow sound, sad sound, in our music. And it's kinda cold, winterly, Nordic in a way.

The Forsaken (2000–2009)

In 2000, Antestor was signed by Endtime Productions, a metal record label that also helped to start the career of the Norwegian metal band Extol. The original vocalist Kjetil Molnes (Martyr) left Antestor. However, the breakup of another Christian metal band in Norway, Vaakevandring, led to several former Vaakevandring members joining Antestor. Namely, Ronny Hansen, adopting the new moniker Vrede, became Antestor's new vocalist, and Morten Sigmund Mageroy (known in Antestor as Sygmoon) stepped in as the new keyboardist. Ann-Mari Edvardsen, who has sung in the Norwegian gothic metal group The Third and the Mortal, joined the band as a female vocalist. For the first time in their career, Antestor began using the infamous corpse paint masks as a part of their live shows and overall image.

In 2000, Endtime Productions released Martyrium with cover art done by the reputive Swedish metal music cover artist Kristian Wåhlin. Antestor toured the United States with Extol that year, playing small venues and finally performing at Cornerstone Festival. Over the next several years, the band remained somewhat quiet; they did not release any more albums until 2003, when they re-released their two earliest demos on one CD, titling it The Defeat of Satan. The drummer Svein Sander left the band during this time, and Antestor would not find a new full-time drummer for several years.

In 2004, Antestor changed their style into a more modern black metal, and released their first set of new songs since The Return of the Black Death in an EP called Det tapte liv ("The Lost Life"). Det tapte liv concentrated less on the black metal aspects of Antestor's style, instead focusing more on instrumental songs. However, it hinted at what the band was preparing for their 2005 full-length, The Forsaken. The cover arts for both releases were once again done by Kristian Wåhlin, and the cover for the EP depicts the Borgund Stave Church. Hellhammer played all drums on both of these releases. In an interview with the Russian metal site Metal Library on January 7, 2007, Blomberg was asked what did his Mayhem colleagues and record company think about his participation in Antestor, and he said: "To be honest, it was a big 'fuck off!' to them all. I will repeat again that I decide what I do and I play not only in black metal groups." The band also asked Hellhammer to play live for them, but Blomberg refused. Hellhammer also went to state: "In my opinion, black metal today is just music. I will tell you that neither I nor other members of Mayhem never really were against religion or something else. We are primarily interested in music." Ronny Hansen commented on Blomberg's appearance:

First of all Jan Axel "Hellhammer" is a total professional. He started up together with the secular scene and worse (laughs) but he doesn't care if it's secular or Christian. He knew from the start what Antestor stands for. And maybe if we get the chance, we are more than willing to use him again. Cause his drumming is outstanding. I think that he is the very best drummer in the scene and we are just very lucky to have borrowed his brilliance.

New drummer Tony Kirkemo joined the band later in 2005 as live session drummer. The band played live shows rarely and only at explicitly Christian music festivals. Examples of performances the group have made in 2000s include the concerts at Bobfest in 2000 in Stockholm and 2004 in Linköping, and at the Nordic Fest 2004 in Oslo.

Some of the members still play in the black metal band Vaakevandring, who played a reunion concert in 2007 together with Antestor at the Endtime Festival held at the end of March 2007 in Halmstad. Antestor performed the concert with numerous session musicians. In this concert the band announced that this is their last live show for a while.

Omen (2010–present)
After three years of hiatus, on January 29, 2010, the band launched an official Facebook page. Later they announced new members: Bassist Thor Georg Buer (Grave Declaration), guitarist Robert Bordevik (Grievance, Vardøger), drummer Jo Henning Børven (Grave Declaration, Morgenroede) and keyboardist Nickolas Main Henriksen (Aspera, Desdemon). With this line-up, the band played a stage show at Nordic Fest 2010 in Oslo. On November 4, 2010 they announced signing to Bombworks Records to record a new album and an EP. After some line-up changes in mid-2011, Erik Normann Aanonsen (Moddi) joined on bass while Thor Georg switched to guitar, and the show at the Norwegian Seaside Festival was with that line-up. The album has been recorded and will be mixed and mastered in Sweden. Guitarist Thor also left the band to focus on his college education, but stated he may return if the opportunity arises. The fourth album, Omen, was released on November 30, 2012. A Brazilian tour was announced for early 2013. During the Belo Horizonte leg of this tour, the band faced a protest organized by Black Metal/Anti-Christianity radicals who rejected the possibility of a Christian black metal band to perform in the city. Since the radicals were already announcing their intentions via Internet, the local police had assigned one private policeman in addition to the 30 security guards present to help guaranteeing the security of the show. At one point, the officer had to fire some shots towards the sky to control the rioters. A video posted on YouTube shows a group of radicals screaming "Fuck You Antestor!" outside the venue and the local police escorting the band members. After the show, the band posted a public statement about the incident, thanking their fans for coming despite the risks involved, and blessing the radicals: "We are proud to call you our brothers and sisters in Christ. Last but not least we must thank the gig securety and the Belo Horizonte police for escorting us though the angry mob. [...] We do not hate the angry mob who came to hurt us. In fact, our message in our shows is to love your enemy. So God bless everybody who stood outside chanting: Fuck Antestor! Hope we can talk like reasonable people someday over a fresh squeezed juice. Extra special hails to our fans who had the balls to come although they knew it could be dangerous. Antestor salutes you and be blessed." In a newspaper interview with the Norwegian Christian newspaper Dagen two days following the band's safe return to Norway, bassist Erik Normann Aanonsen said that he had prepared himself for the worst-case scenario that the tour could end in death, and he reiterates the band's gratitude to the aggressive Brazilian Satanists stating: "We're now twice as big in Brazil as we were before we went there."

On April 12, 2015, guitarist Robert Bordevik announced his departure from the band. After Bordevik's departure, Rolfsen returned to the band as their guitarist. Bordevik also returned to the band, as their bassist.

On the band’s Facebook page in 2022 they announced to their fans that they have new songs written. But due to not getting a record deal yet, they said they couldn’t release a new album yet.

Music
While the band's style on the first publications was primarily death/doom with correspondingly slow songs and death growl singing, the band began playing black metal on the 1998 album The Return of the Black Death. On that album the band showcased screaming vocals, tremolo guitar riffs and drum passages with increased speed typical for the black metal genre. Keyboard is also in a central role, which for the typical black metal is used to perform epic interludes and dominates the soundscapes. For example, over the first three minutes of the song "Sorg", only the keyboard melody leads the performance.

With the third album The Forsaken the band developed more in the direction of a more technical style, as it is apparent on the style of The Return of the Black Death. The band's musical development resulted in that The Forsaken includes several guitar solos. Also the quality of production compared to The Return of the Black Death improved. Through the introduction of the two ex-members of Vaakevandring, the style became more melodic and atmospheric.

Lyrics
Antestor's lyrical themes include hope and despair, but also deal with the personal Christian faith of the band members. Therefore, many metal fans oppose classifying Antestor's style to the category of black metal, as their lyrics are often contrary to the ideology of black metal. The lyrics are mostly in English. Norwegian texts are also rare for the group, but on the album The Return of the Black Death the Norwegian language dominates the lyrics. On this album, only part of the lyrics are listed in the booklet; words directly referring to Jesus Christ and God were omitted. The song "A Sovereign Fortress" dealt with, for example, the acknowledgments of God who protects and supports the lyrical I since birth. It is portrayed in the chorus of this song as:

You Are My Hope, O Lord, My Trust, O Lord, Since Boyhood From Birth I Have Leaned Upon You My Protector Since I Left My Mother's Womb (Antestor: The Return of the Black Death, song 2: "A Sovereign Fortress"; Cacophonous Records, 1998)

"Sorg" (Norwegian for: grief, sorrow, sadness), however, deals with the themes of the sorrow and the search for hope, with the song based on darker imagery, and the lyrics are not explicitly Christian yet are not negative in the end. An example (in the Norwegian language):

Another song that is also a dark, but this takes on Christian theme, is "Ancient Prophecy". The lyrics tells that the man was sinful, and no one can escape the court of God. Antestor process in their lyrics also topics such as suicide, doubts about the certainty of salvation, and longing death, all of which are rare themes for a Christian band, however common to several subdivisions of Black metal, such as DSBM. An example from the text "Betrayed" from the album The Forsaken:

Will Suicide Break The Ring of Curse Or Is There Just Another Hell Waiting Out There Will Suicide Break The Ring of Curse Tomorrow I'll Be Gone, So Don't Look For Me (Antestor: The Forsaken, song 6: "Betrayed"; Endtime Productions, 2005)

Appearance
Antestor are one of the few bands in the Christian metal scene who use corpse paint in their appearances and on photos. One example is the booklet photos in the album The Return of the Black Death, depicting Antestor in Norsemen outfits and black and white face paints at a snowy Norwegian mountain location. Sometimes the group uses art blood, as known for the session bassist Ravn Furfjord's (Frosthardr) appearance at the Bobfest 2004 concert. The band explains that corpse paint "is the same for us as masking is for actors or mimes; One way to express certain feelings in the battle we are in. The main purpose is to concentrate on God and not to break a lance in side issues like these."

Reception
According to Vrede in an interview with Intense Radio on December 13, 2007, "by various sources, The Return of the Black Death has sold over 10,000 copies and still keeps selling."

Very few published reviews of the band's albums exist, yet the ones that are available are positive, often good and some excellent. Michael Bryzak writes in the liner notes of The Defeat of Satan / Despair that, although the first album was not officially released until 2000, "Martyrium was rightfully considered a cult classic."

The group's position in the Norwegian metal scene was controversial from the beginning. Bryzak writes that "standing up for their faith in Life and Hope, Antestor received serious death threats during this time from some of the major bands and key players of the scene." When asked if the band ever played with other groups in the black metal scene, Antestor said in a 2000 interview with Tcu zine: "We played with some early form of the band Old Man's Child once. Apparently they expressed their opinion of us with their legs and walked out of the venue during our set. It was their way of saying 'screw you Christians.'" In the liner notes of Martyrium, Antestor corresponds in a slightly bitter tone: "For those of you who despised us, disbelieved in us and misplaced your anger upon us, may God have mercy on your poor souls!"

On Antestor's achievements, Bryzak wrote that "The birth of northern Europe's Christian extreme metal scene can be attributed to only one act, Antestor." In 2010, HM Magazine ranked The Return of the Black Death number 40 on their Top 100 Christian metal albums of all-time list with Beck stating about the album, "Devastatingly dark, TRBD set the standard for Christian black metal." Jamie Lee Rake of HM Magazine wrote of the Endtime Productions re-release of Martyrium, wondering if the progressive elements of the album made the band unnoticed innovators in the early Norwegian extreme metal scene:

Throughout Martyrium's nine tracks, there are touches of more progressive deathiness: piano and other keyboards, those nearly operatic female vocals, etc. Some of these touches have become nearly commonplace among some of Antestor's metallic competitors, such as Emperor and their side projects. Might Antestor have been a band of believers who were actually (sit down for this one) innovating in their scene?

Members

Current

Former

Session musicians

 * Jan Axel Blomberg (Hellhammer) (2004) – session drums on The Forsaken
 * Ann-Mari Edvardsen – session vocals on The Forsaken
 * Tora – session vocals on Martyrium

Live musicians
 * Fionnghuala (Slechtvalk) – vocals (2000, 2007)
 * Ravn "Jokull" Furfjord (Frosthardr) – bass (2005–2006)
 * Trond Bjørnstad (Vaakevandring) – bass (2007)
 * Pål "Savn" Dæhlen – drums (2001–2003)
 * Tony Kirkemo – drums (2003–2006)
 * Gustav "Gurra" Elowson (Crimson Moonlight) – drums (2007)

Timeline

 * Note: Martyrium was recorded in 1994, with some bootleg copies leaked, but not officially released until 2000

Discography
Studio albums
 * The Return of the Black Death (1998)
 * Martyrium (2000, recorded in 1994)
 * The Forsaken (2005)
 * Omen (2012)

EPs
 * Det tapte liv (2004)

Demos
 * The Defeat of Satan (1991)
 * Despair (1993)
 * Kongsblod (1998, promotional)

Compilations
 * The Defeat of Satan (2003)

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Paul Killick

Paul Killick is a British professional ballroom dancer and an International Latin American Dance Champion. He appeared in the first two series of the television show Strictly Come Dancing. Killick specialize in Latin dance and has won The World Cup, World Trophy, World Masters, World Series, Universal and British Professional Latin American DanceSport Championships.

Killick is also a choreographer, coach, television personality, dance judge, and the owner and director of the Arthur Murray International studio in Beverly Hills.

Competitive dance career
Killick represented Great Britain in competitive Ballroom and Latin American Dancesport in the Juvenile, Junior, Youth and Amateur divisions. He won the title of World Amateur Latin Champion in 1993, dancing with Inga Haas.

In 1994, Killick began dancing professionally with Oksana Forova. In 1996, he began dancing with Vibeke Toft, participating in several competitions. In October 1998, Killick began dancing with Karina Smirnoff, and again participated in several competitions. This partnership ended in July 1999.

Killick then partnered with Hanna Karttunen. They danced together for five years and were highly ranked. Together they won the United Kingdom Open Champion, International Champion, World Series Champion, World Masters Champion, Dutch Open Champion, United States Open Champion, Asian Open Champion, Kremlin Cup Champion and four-time British National Champions.

Killick received the Ballroom Dancers' Federation "Most Outstanding Contribution to Dance" honour in both 1994 and 2004. He has won The World Cup, World Trophy, World Masters, World Series, Universal and British Professional Latin American DanceSport Championships on six occasions. Killick represented Great Britain throughout his career and has won several international DanceSport Championships before he retired from competitive Latin dancing in 2004.

Other work
Killick has danced for the Royal Families of Monaco, Japan, Denmark, and the Prime Ministers of Germany, Finland, and Russia.

Killick was involved in the development and creation of "Strictly Come Dancing" on the BBC in the UK and appeared in seasons one and two of the series, as well as its spin-off, "Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two." In series 1, he danced with Verona Joseph, reaching the fourth round. In series 2, he danced with Carol Vorderman and reached the second round.

Killick choreographed productions for both screen and stage, including "Unforgettable Boleros" with Gloria Estefan, Ricky Martin, Celia Cruz and Ricardo Montalban for PBS; "Stephen Sondheim 75th Birthday Tribute Concert" at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in London's West End and "An Evening of Ballroom Dancing with Paul Killick" at the Cadogan Theatre in London.

Post retirement
Killick is an adjudicator for several National and International Ballroom and Latin DanceSport competitions. He has organised multiple competitive DanceSport events, including The Killick Klassik DanceSport Event in Palm Beach, Florida, The Killick Royale Cup in Beverly Hills, California, The World Pro-Am Stars and The World Challenge DanceSport Championships in Hong Kong. Killick also coaches and choreographs for Ballroom and Latin DanceSport's competitors.

Killick was appointed as the Director and owner of the Arthur Murray International flagship studio in Beverly Hills. He also runs his own dance studio in London.

He is a member of the World Dance Council, the National Dance Council of America and the British Dance Council. He partnered with International Dance Shoes to produce The Killick Klassiks. Killick has also been involved with Childline, Cancer Research UK and Variety Club.

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Klaus Goldschlag

Klaus Goldschlag, (March 23, 1922 – January 30, 2012) was a Canadian ambassador.

Early life
Born in Berlin, Germany, to the lawyer Walter Goldschlag (d. 1930) and his wife Charlotte, née Blumenthal. The family on his fathers side were assimilated Jews and beonged middle class and included lawyers and merchants.

His paternal uncle, Gerhard, was the father of the infamous nazi collaborator Stella Goldschlag and another uncle, George, was a writer.

Goldschlag attended orthodox school and was one of the top students in his class.

During the Nazi regime he became a Jewish semi-orphan living at the Baruch Auerbach home for Jewish children in Berlin Nazi Germany. His father had died in 1930 due to a chronic illness contracted during WWI and his mother not having sufficient money to raise him had to leave him at the orphanage in 1933 while she went into hiding. She was only able to visit him occasionally.

In 1934, Alan Coatsworth, a Toronto fire-insurance broker and a Methodist who wanted to finance the escape of a refugee from Nazi Germany and through communication with two rabbis Maurice Eisendrath from Toronto and Leo Baeck in Germany, Coatsworth was made aware of Goldschlags situation, and in 1937 helped him leave Germany and adopted Goldschlag.

Goldschlag attended Vaughan Road Collegiate and it was the wish of Coatsworth that he became a rabbi. In 1939 his mother was able to leave Germany emigrated to the Dominican Republic. She and her son was reunited in the 1940s.

Career
After earning his master's degree in Arabic at the University of Toronto, he joined the diplomatic and foreign affairs department.

Public service
Goldschlag was ambassador to Turkey (1967–1971), Italy (1973–1976) and the Federal Republic of Germany. Goldschlag also served as Deputy Under-Secretary of State for External Affairs. In 1981 he received the Outstanding Achievement Award for public service of Canada. In 1983, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.

Death
Goldschlag died of pancreatic cancer on Jan. 30,1989.

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Fable (disambiguation)

A fable is a story intended to illustrate a moral.

Fable(s), The Fable(s), or A Fable may also refer to:

Literature

 * Aesop's Fables, a collection of fables from ancient Greece
 * La Fontaine's Fables, several volumes by Jean de La Fontaine 1668–1694
 * Fables, Ancient and Modern, a 1700 book by John Dryden
 * Fables, several volumes by Ivan Krylov, beginning in 1809
 * Schleicher's fable, an 1868 reconstructed Proto-Indo-European text by August Schleicher
 * Fables, an 1885 cycle of satirical fairy tales by Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin
 * A Fable, a 1954 novel by William Faulkner
 * Fables (Lobel book), a 1980 children's picture book by Arnold Lobel
 * Fables (comics), a Vertigo comic book series launched in 2002
 * The Fable, a 2014–2019 manga series by Katsuhisa Minam, and two film adaptations
 * Business fable, a type of motivational fiction

Performers

 * Fable (singer) (born 1995), English musician and singer
 * The Fables (band), a Canadian Celtic rock group

Albums

 * Fable (album), by Faye Wong, 2000
 * A Fable (album), by Tigran Hamasyan, 2011
 * Fables (England Dan & John Ford Coley album), 1972
 * Fables (Jean-Luc Ponty album), 1985
 * Immaculate Machine's Fables, by Immaculate Machine, 2007
 * Fables, by 8stops7, 2012
 * Fable, an EP by Switchblade Symphony, 1991
 * Fable, an EP by Vallis Alps, 2017

Songs

 * "Fable" (song), by Robert Miles, 1996
 * "Fables", by the Dodos from Time to Die, 2009

Video games

 * Fable (1996 video game), an adventure game by Simbiosis Interactive
 * Fable (video game series), a video game series by Lionhead Studios
 * Fable (2004 video game), the first of the series
 * Fable (upcoming video game), reboot of the series

Other uses

 * Fable (TV play), a 1965 British installment in the Wednesday Play series
 * Fables, a cartoon series produced by Screen Gems 1939-1942
 * The Fable (El Greco), a 1580 painting by El Greco

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Talk:Panama City Beach, Florida

Redneck Riveria nickname
As far as the Redneck Riviera nickname goes, most of the Gulf Coast from somewhere east of Mobile, through the Panhandle's coast and down into the gulf-side of the Peninsula claims to be the Redneck Riviera. Shouldn't this be a separate page?

WCW Nitro in first paragraph
Is it really neccessary to mention WCW Nitro in the first paragraph? It's fine at the end of the page in the trivia section, but I really wouldn't consider the "final episode of wcw nitro" as important as what the beach is.66.119.27.235 17:30, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

Girls Gone Wild
It should be noted that Girl Gone Wild has been filmed and has been eliminated within the city limits of Panama City Beach, Florida. --216.229.227.141 (talk) 14:18, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

maddie
i wanted to no if there is school tomarrow in bat county — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.76.153.203 (talk) 05:10, 29 August 2012 (UTC)

History
There is a humongous history to Panama City Beach, several countless tourist trap locations and many many places on the beach including the names of everything. I think there should be section added to the PCB Page about it's history. I have several sources we can use to cite and even some literature. This could be a fun project for anyone interested. I myself will take on the responsibility if no one else will.

Spring Break and Issues
As anyone that is not under a rock knows that PCB has been initiated with issues surrounding Spring Break. I feel this is a relevant to the subject of Panama City Beach, FL within this encyclopedia. Before I go to the work of composing a section, as I know there are those that will not want to see it, I would like to get a consensus, and your thoughts. I have many photos that I have taken, so there will be no copyright issues, and of course, media from all over the globe has reported on it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mt6617 (talk • contribs) 00:13, 30 March 2015 (UTC)

Going to make changes.... if you have suggestions, comments, rules, let me hear them now, not after. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.42.38.193 (talk) 01:28, 1 April 2015 (UTC)

I feel that this article should not be a news source. The spring break issue is current and if it's felt, that after a Period of time, it is a historical contribution rather than a news contribution, so be it. I don't think this article should air dirty laundry unless of historical importance. Kbrackins (talk)| — Preceding undated comment added 16:45, 5 April 2015 (UTC)

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The Lillingtons

The Lillingtons were a pop-punk band formed in 1995 in Newcastle, Wyoming. The band is composed of its original members, vocalist and lead guitarist Kody Templeman, drummer Tim O’Hara, bassist Cory Laurence, and later added rhythm guitarist Alex Volonino.

History
The original lineup consisting of Kody Templeman, Zack Rawhauser, Cory Laurence, and Tim (Timmy V) O'Hara as a four-piece only recorded the first 7","I Lost My Marbles", produced by Joe King of The Queers for his More Bounce to the Ounce compilation CD. The band continued as a three-piece after Zack quit.

Their first full-length album, titled Shit Out of Luck, was released on Clearview Records in 1996. Following the release of their first album the band changed their lyrical focus. In 1999 they went into the studio with producer-engineer Mass Giorgini to record a new LP. This was done with the band's own money, and without the benefit of a record label. The result was Death by Television, released on March 30, 1999, an album that took sci-fi movie-themed songs such as "War Of The Worlds" and "Invasion Of The Saucermen" and combined them with tracks that made references to other retro themes, such as "X-Ray Specs." The recordings instantly created a buzz. Successful label Fat Wreck Chords offered to release the album, but the band had already accepted an offer. They signed with Panic Button Records, an imprint of influential punk label Lookout! Records that was overseen by Ben Weasel and John Jughead Pierson of Screeching Weasel fame.

The band spent the next two years touring heavily within the punk scene and disbanded after teaming with Giorgini for their final Panic Button/Lookout! release, the spy-themed LP The Backchannel Broadcast, which was released in February, 2001. The album included the song "Wait It Out", written by Ben Weasel and later re-recorded by The Riverdales for their record Phase Three.

John Jughead (of Screeching Weasel and Even in Blackouts) filled in as second guitar on many tour stops on the Death by Television and Backchannel tours. Other notable appearances on these tours include Ben Weasel (at The Fireside in Chicago, his first stage appearance since 1995), and Lurch Nobody. Timmy V left the band after Death by Television and was replaced by Austin, Texas drummer Scott Holubec. The band played a one-off show with Even in Blackouts in March 2003. In May 2003, drummer Scott Holubec left the band, and was replaced by Brandon Carlisle of Teenage Bottlerocket. In August, the band announced they would be breaking up.

Red Scare Industries reissued Death by Television and Backchannel Broadcast in 2005. The band split for a few years before reuniting with all original members to release a new album, The Too Late Show in 2006 with no plans on reuniting for a tour to support due to the members' other commitments.

Templeman is currently a member of Laramie, Wyoming Punk rock band Teenage Bottlerocket. Drummer Timmy V was the touring drummer with Albuquerque, New Mexico all girl three-piece The Eyeliners, and plays drums in his own project Stabbed in Back, a punk rock band that is influenced by early DC bands.

The band reformed in 2013 to play Riot Fest, and played a few shows in the Northeast in 2014. In November 2015, the group supported The Queers for a couple of shows. In early January 2017, it was announced that the band was in the studio recording a new album. On April 13, it was announced that an EP, titled Project 313, would be released via Red Scare Industries on June 9. On June 20, the band announced their new album was finished and would be released via Fat Wreck Chords in 2017.

Studio albums

 * Shit Out of Luck (1996)
 * Idiot Word Search (split with Nothing Cool) (1997)
 * Death by Television (1999)
 * The Backchannel Broadcast (2001)
 * The Too Late Show (2006)
 * Stella Sapiente (2017)

EPs

 * I Lost My Marbles (1996)
 * Lillington High (1996)
 * Project 313 (2017)
 * Can Anybody Hear Me? (A Tribute To Enemy You) (2021)

Compilations

 * Technically Unsound (2005, box set)

Compilation appearances

 * Joe King Presents: More Bounce To The Ounce (1997)
 * I Can't Believe It's Not Water (1997)
 * Lookout! Freakout (2000)
 * Lookout! Freakout Episode 2 (2001)
 * AMP Magazine Presents, Vol. 4: Punk Pop (2005)
 * Punk Rock Generation, Vol. 2 (2007)
 * Plea for Peace, Volume 2 (2007)
 * Red Scare Industries: 10 Years Of Your Dumb Bullshit (2014)

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Talk:Austin Powers (character)

Impact on popular culture
Shouldn't there be a section devoted Austin Powers' impact on pop culture? Such as "Groovy Baby", "Oh Behave", and "Shagadelic", for example.

 * This is Wikipedia, so you know what to do: be bold!

 * Mercury7523

I'll just gonna say it, there NEEDS to be a reference to the ERB episode James Bond vs. Austin Powers somewhere in the "In Popular Culture" section or somethin' like that. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.141.65.72 (talk) 18:01, 1 May 2017 (UTC)

 * Atlant 16:57, 20 September 2005 (UTC)

there is now, and it is totally ~GROOVY!~

Moving of info
I don't know what the rules would be here, but it seems that some of this could be moved to the pages of the individual movie pages. But I don't know the first thing about exactly what, so I won't mess around with it.67.70.96.73 20:10, 15 October 2005 (UTC)

What does this mean ?
"Use of obscure impressions" Should it be "expressions" ?77.96.59.93 (talk)  —Preceding undated comment added 05:46, 1 October 2013 (UTC)

mess around with what??? i don't get it... T_T

Actors and acctresses who play the characters
I think that the charcters in the characters section should link to whoever played them.

--82.38.60.227 10:34, 16 October 2005 (UTC)

Ya BABY!!!!!! THAT WOULD BE SHAG-EDELIC!!!!!!!!!

Scott Evil
"Scott Evil -Seth Green- Dr. Evil and Frau Farbissina's love child. Scott is the result of an implied difficult childhood, and is constantly shown as an immature young adult."

Wouldn't it be more proper to say that he is often the more level-headed of the badguys, while Dr.Evil is the immature one? Bjelleklang -  talk 23:32, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

"Zip it, scott. Look i'm 'zippy longstockings'" that does prove that dr. evil is kinda immature, but that is also what makes him totally awsome!!!!!!!!!!

Is there a yiddish speaker in the house?
This might be one for the trivia section: I heard from someone that Frau Faubissina's name has a meaning when translated...

Next
Will they ever make a 4th Austin Powers film? The Republican 02:12, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

probably not, but it would give me great pleasure if they did!!!

I dunno, having a 4th movie may be a bit of a strain on the character, we don't wan't him to lose his MOJO BABY!!!! YA!!!!!

The way they ended 'Goldmember' with Scott cursing Austin seemed to me like a good setup for a 4th flick...Libraryboy13 (talk) 23:10, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

Removal of some sections
Check history for which. An article on the character should not have a list of characters from the movie.JONJONAUG 04:06, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

Ah, I see. It's a combnation page of the series and the characters. Someone oughta fix thatJONJONAUG 04:06, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

there is a sentence in this article that goes something like: "this is highly certainly correct..." the idea that this is grammatically correct is too fantastic to be even rediculous

Rather like the above, then. Locuteh 21:44, 13 January 2009 (GMT) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.68.165.82 (talk)

Splitting The Page
I'm not sure I agree with having one giant page about the character of Austin Powers AND the movie series. As the article stands right now, it's a very odd hybrid of both -- I think this article should be JUST about the character himself, with the other topics moving into separate areas (assuming they don't already exist). Amnewsboy 13:08, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

I agree, there should be a page for Austin, one for each movie and one for Dr Evil and then one for supporting characters and then one for minor characters Danrduggan 13:44, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

 * Agreed Astonmartini 02:25, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Agreed. --Soetermans 20:33, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

agreed, some body

Orignal sources
Would it be correct to say that the Loadybots of the first 2 films were drawn from 'Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs', a mis 60's Vincent price film. No direct source just a vague memory of the movie, baby. 82.29.179.92 15:11, 18 October 2006 (UTC)fishwaver

 * They were Fembots, and I believe Fembots existed in a very similiar style in the original The Bionic Woman. Douglasnicol 17:12, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

Redirect
There are separate entries for the Austin Powers character and the Austin Powers series. To my mind anyone searching for Austin Powers would be interested in the films (which is the larger aricle) rather than the character and therefore propose that the redirect be made to the series. I'll give this a couple of weeks to see if there is any response before making a change. Barfbagger 11:10, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

Austin powers character's quotes
"Oh behave"-austin Powers (the groovy man himself!!!)

"I put the GER in swinger baby!"-Austin Libraryboy13 (talk) 23:11, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

"Let's hop on the good foot and do the bad thing"-Austin Libraryboy13 (talk) 23:11, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

"I'm telling you, it's not mine!"-Austin (refering to the Swedish made penis enlarger) Libraryboy13 (talk) 23:11, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

"Things To Do Before I Die"
I thought that part in "Goldmember" was rather funny, and I think it would be interesting to post Austin's "list" on his page here. I took the liberty of closely examining the film's footage and I've successfully copied it here. It's interesting to note that all the items on his list were crossed off, except for the last one (and although he crossed off the objective about the Japanese twins, it seems he wasn't able to complete that one after all). We can only assume that he did in fact cross out the last objective at the end of "Goldmember."

THINGS TO DO BEFORE I DIE

Become International Man of Mystery

Save world from certain doom

Find true love

Go to outer space

Travel through time, backward and forward

Be cryogenically frozen

Catch Dr. Evil in the first act

Threesome with Japanese twins

Earn Daddy's respect

--Promus Kaa 05:57, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

Outfit Based on Cliff Richards?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iArJm9gBvg&feature=related Does anybody have any facts?--85.197.198.240 (talk) 22:19, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Austin Powers.jpg
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Move discussion in progress
There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:Austin Powers (film series) which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. —RM bot 15:45, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

Original research
I cut down on the personality section, since it was almost entirely original research and written with an in-universe style. It was based on the writer simply watching the films and quoting things, which is not in keeping with Wikipedia policy.Catherinejarvis (talk) 18:31, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

dr. evil
What if people don't know that dr. evil is austin power's brother? that would spoil the movie! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.90.58.4 (talk) 17:17, 11 January 2014 (UTC)

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1960 in rail transport

January events

 * January 1 – The New York Central Railroad drops its membership in the Railway Express Agency, citing large losses.
 * January 3 – Washington, D.C., ends suburban and overhead trolley car operations.
 * January 5 – Closure of Swansea and Mumbles Railway in Swansea (by now operated by electric trams).
 * January 20 – The Cartier Railway opens Canada's northernmost railway to date between Port Cartier and Gagnon, Quebec.
 * January 21 – The Settle rail crash in England kills 5 people.

February events

 * February 22 – Canadian Pacific Railway operates its last steam locomotive powered train in regular service as freight train number 76, led by 4-6-2 number 1262, arrives in Montreal.

March events

 * March 18 – Western Region of British Railways 2-10-0 standard class 9F 92220 Evening Star is named at Swindon Works to commemorate its completion as the last steam locomotive built for B.R.
 * March 20 – The Pioneer Zephyr trainset makes its final revenue run on a trip from Lincoln, Nebraska, to Kansas City, Missouri. It then continues through Galesburg, Illinois, to Chicago, Illinois, in preparation for its final disposition.
 * March 27 – The last regularly scheduled steam-powered passenger train on a major U.S. railroad runs from Durand to Detroit, Michigan, on the Grand Trunk Western Railway. Grand Trunk Western runs this train in two sections, due to the many people who want to see and ride history. Grand Truck Western Class 4-8-4 Class U3b #6319 pulls the first section, and #6322 the second.

April events

 * April 25 – Canadian National Railway operates its last steam locomotive in regular service, 4-8-2 #6043, on train No. 76 from The Pas to Winnipeg.

May events

 * May 22 – The St. Louis–San Francisco Railway (the "Frisco") combines the Firefly with the Sunnyland.
 * May 26 – The Pioneer Zephyr trainset is donated to Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry.

June events

 * June 18 – The Middleton Railway, at Leeds in England, becomes the first standard gauge line in Great Britain to be operated by volunteers as a preserved railway, initial services being worked by a diesel locomotive.

July events

 * July 1 – The Midosuji Line in Osaka, Japan, is extended from Nishitanabe to Abiko.

August events

 * August 1 – München Hauptbahnhof station reconstruction completed.
 * August 7 – The Bluebell Railway, in Sussex, England, begins regular operation as the first standard gauge steam-operated passenger preserved railway in the world.

September events

 * September – Grand Trunk Railway loses its New England railway post office and discontinues passenger service between Montreal and Portland, Maine except seasonally from July 1 to Labor Day in September.
 * September 1 – Disgruntled railroad workers effectively halt operations of the Pennsylvania Railroad in the United States, marking the first shutdown in the company's history (the event lasts two days).
 * September 6 – Last Gull passenger service between Boston and the Maritimes over the Boston & Maine, Maine Central, Canadian Pacific and Canadian National railroads.
 * September 10 – Last slip coach working, at Bicester North on the Western Region of British Railways.
 * September 12 – Official inauguration by the London Midland Region of British Railways of electric services between Crewe and Manchester Piccadilly at the new standard for main line electrification, 25 kV overhead wire at 50 cycles.

October events

 * October 15 – The Erie Railroad and the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad merge to form the Erie Lackawanna Railroad; Harry W. Von Miller, former Erie president, is chosen as the president of the new railroad.
 * October 25 – Barges collide with one of the columns of the Severn Railway Bridge (England) in heavy fog, causing two of its twenty-two spans to collapse. The steel and cast iron bridge is never repaired.
 * October 29 – Last State of Maine Express passenger service between New York City and Portland, Maine over the New Haven and Boston & Maine railroads.

November events

 * November 1 – The Chicago and North Western Railway acquires the assets of the Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway.
 * November 14 – Stéblová train disaster, Czechoslovakia: 117 are killed and 110 injured in a head-on collision.

December events

 * December 4 – Opening of Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation Line 1 (present Asakusa Line) between Oshiage and Asakusabashi Stations in Tokyo, Japan. Keisei Electric Railway also begins through service onto Line 1 via the Oshiage Line.
 * December 10 – Japanese National Railways KiHa 80 series diesel multiple units enter public service on Hatsukari services, replacing steam.
 * December 27 – The Romanian Railways officially start the electrification of the Predeal to Brașov line, by mounting the first catenary pole in Predeal station.

Unknown date events

 * A new Soo Line Railroad is formed through a merger of the original Soo Line, Wisconsin Central Railway and the Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway.
 * The Dade County, Florida, Metropolitan Transit Authority (operator of Miami-Dade Transit) is formed.
 * Operating losses increase for low ridership trains in the United States when railway post office service is discontinued.
 * Completion of reconstruction of Napoli Centrale railway station in Italy (designed by Pier Luigi Nervi and others) and the Finland Station (Finlyandsky vokzal) in Leningrad, Soviet Union.

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