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Bike lane

Bike lanes (US) or cycle lanes (UK) are types of bikeways (cycleways) with lanes on the roadway for cyclists only. In the United Kingdom, an on-road cycle-lane can be firmly restricted to cycles (marked with a solid white line, entry by motor vehicles is prohibited) or advisory (marked with a broken white line, entry by motor vehicles is permitted). In the United States, a designated bicycle lane (1988 MUTCD) or class II bikeway (Caltrans) is always marked by a solid white stripe on the pavement and is for 'preferential use' by bicyclists. There is also a class III bicycle route, which has roadside signs suggesting a route for cyclists, and urging sharing the road. A class IV separated bike way (Caltrans) is a bike lane that is physically separate from motor traffic and restricted to bicyclists only.

Effects
According to a 2019 study, cities with separated bike lanes had 44% fewer road fatalities and 50% fewer serious injuries from crashes. The relationship was particularly strong in cities where bike lanes were separated from car lanes with physical barriers.

Research published in 2020 showed insights from communities where on-road cycling for transportation is less common, particularly in the Southeast U.S. and reported that potential bikers say separated bike lanes would make them more likely to participate in active transportation. However, scientific research indicates that different groups of cyclists show varying preferences of which aspects of cycling infrastructure are most relevant when choosing a specific cycling route over another; thus, to maximize use, these different groups of cyclists have to be taken into account.

A 2021 review of existing research found that closing car lanes and replacing them with bike lanes or pedestrian lanes had positive or non-significant economic effects on nearby businesses.

United States
According to the National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) bike lanes are an exclusive space for cyclists by using pavement markings and signage. Bike lanes flow in the same direction as motor vehicle traffic and is located adjacent to vehicle movement. Conventional bike lanes provide limited buffer space between vehicles cyclists, as those with protective space are referred to as buffered-bike lanes. Buffered bike lanes are similar to conventional lanes but provide a buffered space between vehicles and cyclists hence the name. The extra space can be between moving vehicles and/or parked vehicles and is typically 3 feet, the width of a car door. Contra-Flow Bike Lanes allow cyclists to travel in the opposite direction of vehicle traffic flow. Contra-Flow lanes are found on one-way streets that then allow two-way directional traffic for cyclists. Left-Side Bike Lanes are lanes placed on the left side of one-way streets, or along a median on two-way divided streets. The Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) by the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration (FHA) gives standards of how bike lanes should be implemented regarding pavement markings and signage. These can include the word, symbol, and arrow size to be used in a bike lane and the width of the lane itself, which ranges from 5–7 feet. Cities across America are actively expanding their amount of bike lanes, such as in Boston, Massachusetts, where they have created city-wide goals, Go Boston 2030, to increase their bike network.

Europe
In France, segregated cycling facilities on the carriageway are called bande cyclable, those beside the carriageway or totally independent ones piste cyclable, all together voie cyclable. In Belgium, traffic laws do not distinguish cycle lanes from cyclepaths. Cycle lanes are marked by two parallel broken white lines, and they are defined as being "not wide enough to allow use by motor vehicles". There is some confusion possible here: both in French (piste cyclable) and in Dutch (fietspad) the term for these lanes can also denote a segregated cycle track, marked by a road sign; the cycle lane is therefore often referred to as a "piste cyclable marquée" (in French) or a "gemarkeerd fietspad" (in Dutch), i.e. a cycle lane/track which is "marked" (i.e. identified by road markings) rather than one which is identified by a road sign. In the Netherlands the cycle lane is normally called "fietsstrook" instead of "fietspad".

Asia
Commuting via bicycle is quite common in some Asian countries like Japan, in which bicycle ridership has been increasing dramatically since the 1970's. Despite this fact however, many parts of Japan have been slow to adopting effective and safe means of transport, so in recent times there have been steps taken to promote biking in the nation's largest city, Tokyo. Many bike lanes in Tokyo have been constructed to allow the 2 directional flow of traffic in only one lane but add a physical separation between pedestrians, bike lanes, and the roads. In addition to these types of bike lanes, there are other forms of bike lanes within various parts of the Tokyo wards that do not protect bicycle users from pedestrians but do from the road. These lanes are designated typically with signs overhead and some form of painted line to denote a lane for pedestrians and a lane for bikers, yet these rules are often not adhered to. In addition to these forms of bike lanes in Tokyo, there are several other types which mostly consist of some alteration of the aforementioned two, or are simply just painted lanes on the side of the road. In other parts of Japan, such as the city of Fukuoka, there are clear types of bike lanes being implemented to promote biking in the city: "Bicycle roads, Bicycle lanes, Sidewalks shared between pedestrians and cyclists with markings, and Sidewalks shared with pedestrian with no markings."

Other countries in Asia like China have larger networks of bike paths and lanes dedicated for cycling infrastructure. The city of Nanjing, China has several types of bike lanes: protected, unprotected, and shared lanes. These lanes are similar to that of other nations, in which the separated bike lanes are done either through physical barriers of some form or are entirely separate street paths. Unprotected bike lanes are painted on the street with vehicles but denote their own lane, and shared bike lanes are not denoted but implied that bikes shall share the entirety of the road with cars on that stretch of land. In addition, Chinese bike usage is relatively high compared to other nations, and as such, cycling is taken into account when designing interchanges on the road. As such, many interchanges include various paths for bicycle users to take so that they do not have to come into direct contact with motorized vehicles. Lastly, there has been increasing concern over the nature of biking accidents in China; a case study in Shanghai found that a desperate need for the shifting of bicycle lane type to protected from unprotected is the most needed change in particular.

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Color in Your Life

Color in Your Life is the third studio album by American band Missing Persons, released in 1986. It was the band's last studio album with the original line-up, with the sole exception of Chuck Wild, who left the group in 1985 and was not replaced. The album was produced by Bernard Edwards.

Critical reception
The Philadelphia Inquirer panned the "thoroughly cheesy vocalist Dale Bozzio." The Los Angeles Times noted that the album "features sudden screeching guitar solos slicing through the electronic haze ... those moments come out of nowhere and disappear just as quickly, leaving only that incessant dance beat." The Dallas Morning News called Color in Your Life "a surprisingly feeble effort, filled with colorless, uninspired music." The Omaha World-Herald deemed "I Can't Think About Dancin "obnoxiously repetitive."

Track listing
All songs by Missing Persons (Dale Bozzio, Terry Bozzio, Warren Cuccurullo, and Patrick O'Hearn), except where noted.

 * 1) "Color in Your Life" – 5:00
 * 2) "I Can't Think About Dancin – 5:16
 * 3) "No Secrets" – 4:29
 * 4) "Flash of Love" – 4:15
 * 5) "Go Against the Flow" – 5:54
 * 6) "Boy I Say to You" – 4:38
 * 7) "Come Back for More" – 3:41
 * 8) "Face to Face" – 3:33
 * 9) "We Don't Know Love at All" – 5:02

CD bonus tracks
 * 1) "Hot to Cold" [*] (D. Bozzio, T. Bozzio, W. Cuccurullo) – 3:40
 * 2) "It's a Must" [*] (D. Bozzio, T. Bozzio, Cuccurullo) – 4:34
 * 3) "Words" [live 1981] (T. Bozzio, Cuccurullo) – 4:23
 * 4) "Destination Unknown" [live 1981] (D. Bozzio, T. Bozzio, Cuccurullo) – 3:20
 * 5) "Mental Hopscotch" [live 1981] (T. Bozzio, Cuccurullo) – 3:04
 * 6) "Hello, I Love You" [live 1981] (John Densmore, Robbie Krieger, Ray Manzarek, Jim Morrison) – 2:30

* previously unreleased

CD bonus tracks (2021 Rubellan Remasters edition)
 * 1) "Hot to Cold" (D. Bozzio, T. Bozzio, W. Cuccurullo)
 * 2) "It's a Must" (D. Bozzio, T. Bozzio, Cuccurullo)
 * 3) "I Can't Think About Dancin (single version)
 * 4) "I Can't Think About Dancin (extended version)
 * 5) "I Can't Think About Dancin (dub version)

Personnel

 * Dale Bozzio – vocals
 * Terry Bozzio – synthesizer, percussion, drums, vocals
 * Warren Cuccurullo – guitar, vocals
 * Patrick O'Hearn – synthesizer, bass, vocals

Additional personnel
 * Carl Carwell – background vocals
 * Roy Galloway – background vocals
 * Mark Isham – brass
 * Robert O'Hearn – synthesizer
 * Phil Perry – background vocals

Production

 * Producer: Bernard Edwards
 * Engineers: Josh Abbey, Sabrina Buchanek, Bill Freesh, Casey McMackin
 * Assistant engineer: Jon Ingoldsby
 * Mixing: Michael Barbiero, Victor Deyglio, Bernard Edwards, Steve Thompson
 * Mastering: Kit Watkins
 * Programming: Jeff Bova
 * Overdubs: Mark Isham
 * Vocal arrangement: Terry Bozzio
 * Liner notes: Ken Sharp

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Amandao

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another random name meaning like Carolyn to me is nosense - Melaen 19:56, 17 Dec 2004 (UTC)
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same again. nosense Melaen 19:57, 17 Dec 2004 (UTC)
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Linear phase

In signal processing, linear phase is a property of a filter where the phase response of the filter is a linear function of frequency. The result is that all frequency components of the input signal are shifted in time (usually delayed) by the same constant amount (the slope of the linear function), which is referred to as the group delay. Consequently, there is no phase distortion due to the time delay of frequencies relative to one another.

For discrete-time signals, perfect linear phase is easily achieved with a finite impulse response (FIR) filter by having coefficients which are symmetric or anti-symmetric. Approximations can be achieved with infinite impulse response (IIR) designs, which are more computationally efficient. Several techniques are:
 * a Bessel transfer function which has a maximally flat group delay approximation function
 * a phase equalizer

Definition
A filter is called a linear phase filter if the phase component of the frequency response is a linear function of frequency. For a continuous-time application, the frequency response of the filter is the Fourier transform of the filter's impulse response, and a linear phase version has the form:

 * $$H(\omega) = A(\omega)\ e^{-j \omega \tau},$$

where:
 * A(ω) is a real-valued function.
 * $$\tau$$ is the group delay.

For a discrete-time application, the discrete-time Fourier transform of the linear phase impulse response has the form:

 * $$H_{2\pi}(\omega) = A(\omega)\ e^{-j \omega k/2},$$

where:
 * A(ω) is a real-valued function with 2π periodicity.
 * k is an integer, and k/2 is the group delay in units of samples.

$$H_{2\pi}(\omega)$$ is a Fourier series that can also be expressed in terms of the Z-transform of the filter impulse response. I.e.:

 * $$H_{2\pi}(\omega) = \left. \widehat H(z) \, \right|_{z = e^{j \omega}} = \widehat H(e^{j \omega}),$$

where the $$\widehat H$$ notation distinguishes the Z-transform from the Fourier transform.

Examples
When a sinusoid$$,\ \sin(\omega t + \theta),$$ passes through a filter with constant (frequency-independent) group delay $$\tau,$$  the result is:

 * $$A(\omega)\cdot \sin(\omega (t-\tau) + \theta) = A(\omega)\cdot \sin(\omega t + \theta - \omega \tau),$$

where:
 * $$A(\omega)$$ is a frequency-dependent amplitude multiplier.
 * The phase shift $$\omega \tau$$ is a linear function of angular frequency $$\omega$$, and $$-\tau$$ is the slope.

It follows that a complex exponential function:

 * $$e^{i(\omega t + \theta)} = \cos(\omega t + \theta) + i\cdot \sin(\omega t + \theta), $$

is transformed into:

 * $$A(\omega)\cdot e^{i(\omega (t-\tau) + \theta)} = e^{i(\omega t + \theta)}\cdot A(\omega) e^{-i\omega \tau}$$

For approximately linear phase, it is sufficient to have that property only in the passband(s) of the filter, where |A(ω)| has relatively large values. Therefore, both magnitude and phase graphs (Bode plots) are customarily used to examine a filter's linearity. A "linear" phase graph may contain discontinuities of π and/or 2π radians. The smaller ones happen where A(ω) changes sign. Since |A(ω)| cannot be negative, the changes are reflected in the phase plot. The 2π discontinuities happen because of plotting the principal value of $$\omega \tau,$$ instead of the actual value.

In discrete-time applications, one only examines the region of frequencies between 0 and the Nyquist frequency, because of periodicity and symmetry. Depending on the frequency units, the Nyquist frequency may be 0.5, 1.0, π, or ½ of the actual sample-rate. Some examples of linear and non-linear phase are shown below.

A discrete-time filter with linear phase may be achieved by an FIR filter which is either symmetric or anti-symmetric. A necessary but not sufficient condition is:
 * $$\sum_{n =-\infty}^\infty h[n] \cdot \sin(\omega \cdot (n - \alpha) + \beta)=0$$

for some $$\alpha, \beta \in \mathbb{R} $$.

Generalized linear phase
Systems with generalized linear phase have an additional frequency-independent constant $$\beta$$ added to the phase. In the discrete-time case, for example, the frequency response has the form:

 * $$H_{2\pi}(\omega) = A(\omega)\ e^{-j \omega k/2 + j \beta},$$
 * $$\arg \left[ H_{2\pi}(\omega) \right] = \beta - \omega k/2 $$ for $$ -\pi < \omega < \pi $$

Because of this constant, the phase of the system is not a strictly linear function of frequency, but it retains many of the useful properties of linear phase systems.

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2006 in rail transport

January events

 * 🇮🇳 January – New Kolkata railway station for long-distance passengers officially inaugurated in Chitpur.
 * 🇮🇳 January 5 – Railway workers across India begin voting on whether or not to hold a strike against Indian Railways in February. The union's demands center around pay scales, pensions, and private investment into the railway.  A Northern Railway Mazdoor Union spokesperson stated that the decision to hold the strike vote was made at the recent All India Railwaymen's Union convention in Mumbai; Western Railway Mazdoor Sangh union members protested at the convention by burning an effigy of Indian Finance Minister P Chidambaram.  Voting is scheduled to conclude on January 8, and the vote count, which is expected to begin on January 9, will be monitored by external observers.
 * 🇨🇳 January 6 – China's Minister of Railways Liu Zhijun announces details of a 160 billion yuan ($20 billion) plan for railway construction there in the coming year. The ministry expects to begin construction on as many as 87 new railway projects in 2006, including thirteen new express passenger train routes and opening new electrified lines.  The plan also includes the acceleration of eleven express passenger route projects already under construction.

February events

 * 🇹🇲 February 7 – Workers in Turkmenistan begin the final phase of construction on the Trans Karakum railway that will connect Ashgabat to Dashoguz, crossing the Karakum Desert. The new railway connection is expected to cut travel times between the two cities in half, bypassing the current circuitous route from Ashgabat through Mary and Lebap provinces and along the border with Uzbekistan.  Once construction is completed, the official opening ceremony is expected to be held at the new Ichoguz station on the border between Ahal and Dashhowuz provinces.
 * 🇦🇺 February 13 – Genesee & Wyoming (G&W) announces that it has sold its 50% share in operations (the other 50% was owned by Wesfarmers) of the Australian Railroad Group (ARG) in Western Australia to Queensland Rail (QR) and Babcock & Brown (B&B). The deal, valued at $974 million (A$1.55 billion), splits the holdings between operations and infrastructure elements with QR purchasing the above-rail operations and B&B purchasing the below-rail infrastructure. In a concurrent deal, G&W is purchasing Westfarmer's share of ARG in South Australia for $15 million (A$22 million), which is renamed Genesee & Wyoming Australia and operated as a subsidiary company of G&W.
 * 🇹🇭 February 20 – Officials in Thailand affirm that they will consider World Heritage Railway status for the Thailand-Burma Railway, also known as the Death Railway. Thousands of British, Dutch and Australian nationals perished in the railway's prisoner of war construction camps during World War II, and the railway's construction served as the inspiration for the 1957 film The Bridge on the River Kwai. The campaign to gain heritage status is being led by Takashi Nagase, an English language teacher in Japan, who had served as an interpreter for the Japanese military during the war.

March events

 * 🇺🇸 March – Guilford Rail System changes its name to Pan Am Railways.
 * 🇰🇷 March 1 – South Korean railroad strike of 2006: Members of the Korean Railway Workers' Union begin a strike action against Korean National Railroad (Korail). Systemwide passenger service is reduced by 60% and freight service is also drastically reduced during the strike.  Union members called the strike to protest Korail's practice of replacing regular long-term positions with short-term contract positions.
 * 🇮🇪 March 9 – Groundbreaking ceremonies are held in Dublin, Ireland, on Spencer Station, the first new railway station to be built in the city in more than 100 years. The first shovelfuls of dirt were turned by Minister for Transport Martin Cullen. The new station, which is valued at €30 million, will serve the Maynooth and Navan lines and is planned as part of an extension of the city's Luas light rail system to the north docks area. The new station, part of the Transport 21 plan announced in 2005, is expected to open in mid-2007.
 * 🇦🇷 March 24 – Officials with the Portuguese firm Mota-Engil announce that the company will begin building a trans-Andean railway line in April 2006 that will connect Argentina and Chile. Construction of the new Transandino del Sur railway will begin near the Argentine city of Zapala and will run from there for the 50 km to the Chilean border; Mota-Engil expects to complete this section by 2008.  From the border, the contract to build the segment to the Chilean city of Lonquimay, 170 km further, will be up for international bidding.
 * 🇯🇵 March 27 – Second phase of the Kintetsu Keihanna Line opens for service between Ikoma Station and Gakken Nara-Tomigaoka Station, bringing railway service further into Kansai Science City.

April events

 * 🇬🇧 April 1 – The London passenger rail services of West Anglia Great Northern and Thameslink are merged under First Capital Connect in a new franchise that will continue for six years. The new franchisee plans to overhaul the trains with new liveries and on-board services as well as an £8 million program of upgrades for several major stations.
 * 🇨🇳 April 7 – Officials with BNSF Railway announce that the railway will become the first United States railroad to open an office in China when its office in Shanghai opens later in April. Both Canadian National Railway and Canadian Pacific Railway, which both maintain track and operate in the US, already maintain offices in China, but this will be the first office for a US-headquartered railway. The office is hoped to help BNSF with logistics planning for containerized shipments between the US and Asia.
 * Flag of the African Union.svg April 10–14 – Conference of African Railway Ministers discusses integration and gauge standardisation.
 * 🇭🇰 April 11 – Hong Kong's Executive Council formally approves the merger of Kowloon-Canton Railway (KCR) and Mass Transit Railway (MTR). Officials close to the negotiations estimate a passenger fare reduction for as many as 2.8 million riders on the first day that the merger is effective. The proposal includes a formula for future fare adjustments. The resulting company will use the MTR name and identity; it will be responsible for the daily operation of both KCR and MTR systems.  Although up to 700 layoffs are predicted due to job duplication, officials estimate that the combined company could be looking to hire 1,300 more employees within a few years.
 * 🇨🇭 April 24 – Bern–Lötschberg–Simplon railway merges with Regionalverkehr Mittelland to form the new BLS AG, operating primarily in the Swiss Canton of Bern.
 * Flag of the Basque Country.svg April 25 – Officials with the governments of Spain and the Basque autonomous region sign an agreement outlining the proposed Basque Y railway service. The service would provide passenger and freight rail transport between the three Basque provincial capitals of Vitoria, Bilbao and Donostia and connections to the high-speed Madrid-Vitoria-Paris rail corridor.  The agreement puts the section between Vitoria and Bilbao under Spanish control, and the section in Gipuzkoa province under Basque control.

May events

 * 🇨🇳 May 9 – The last train from Beijing South railway station departed at 23:09, and the station then stops services for preparing the rebuild. The new Beijing south will be the starting station of high-speed trains include Beijing-Tianjin high-speed rail and Beijing-Shanghai Express Railway. The rebuild work is scheduled to be completed in 2008.
 * 🇬🇷 May 11 – Transport and Communications Minister of Greece, Mihalis Liapis, announces a €2 billion pledge by the government to rehabilitate the country's rail network. One of the projects included in the pledge is an expansion of passenger rail service between Athens and Thessaloniki. OSE, the national railway of Greece, is expected to submit orders for new equipment valued at over €750 million in the following week.
 * 🇩🇪 May 13 – Inauguration of Nuremberg–Munich high-speed railway.
 * 🇺🇸 May 16 – In ceremonies held in Washington DC, the 2005 E. H. Harriman Awards for employee safety on American railroads are presented. Recipients in class A (line-haul railroad companies with more than 15 million employee hours per year) are: Gold – Norfolk Southern Railway (for the 17th consecutive year); Silver – BNSF Railway; and Bronze – CSX Transportation.  In class B (between 4 and 15 million employee hours per year), the recipients are: Gold – Canadian Pacific's U.S. subsidiary (formerly Soo Line Railroad); Silver – Kansas City Southern Railway; and Bronze – Metra.  In class C (less than 4 million employee hours per year), the recipients are: Gold – Florida East Coast Railway; Silver – Pan Am Railways; Bronze – Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railroad.  The final group, switching and terminal railroads, recipients are: Gold – Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis; Silver – Conrail; Bronze – Belt Railway of Chicago.

 * 🇮🇪 May 22 – Mark 4 InterCity Coaches enter service in the Republic of Ireland.
 * 🇩🇪 May 26 – Berlin Hauptbahnhof is ceremonially opened by Chancellor Angela Merkel, who arrives together with transport minister Wolfgang Tiefensee in a specially chartered InterCityExpress from Leipzig. A "Symphony of Light" is performed immediately following the dedication. Reamonn and BAP perform at Hauptbahnhof, and there are also events at the other new stations: Gesundbrunnen, Potsdamer Platz and Südkreuz. Full public operation begins 2 days later.

June events

 * 🇬🇧 – Fastline Freight begins revenue operation.
 * 🇮🇳 June 5 – Indian Railways begins construction on a new rail bridge that will become the highest railroad bridge in the world. The bridge, crossing the Chenab River at 359 metres (1,178 ft) above the river and connecting Katra and Laol in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir, will also include the world's largest supporting arch.  The arch will span 1,315 m (4,314 ft).  Construction is expected to be completed by 2009.
 * 🇫🇷 June 6 – In a precedent-setting case brought by European Green Party legislator Alain Lipietz and his sister, SNCF, the national railway of France, is ordered to pay almost $80,000 in reparations for transporting members of their family to the Drancy deportation camp during World War II. SNCF argued at trial that they were at the time under orders of the German military; the railroad further argued that the German military threatened to shoot any railroad official who disobeyed their orders. The court disagreed with SNCF concluding that there was no way that SNCF could have avoided knowledge of the prisoners' likely deportation to concentration camps and that SNCF made no effort to either protest the transportation or to transport them in a humane manner.
 * 🇯🇵 June 20 – Hankyu Railway announces that it has completed its stock purchase for control of Hanshin Electric Railway in a transaction totalling about $2.2 billion. Hankyu now owns a 63.7% interest in Hanshin, which is planned to be operated as a subsidiary company beginning later in 2006. The purchase makes the combined company the third largest railway in Japan by revenue, and the second largest in the Kansai region.
 * 🇨🇳 June 26 – Shanghai South railway station opens for limited service; the first regular train out of the station is train N521 bound for Hangzhou. The station features the world's largest circular transparent roof and can accommodate up to 16,000 passengers at once. Formal opening ceremonies are currently scheduled for July 1.

July events

 * 🇨🇳 July 1 – China's President Hu Jintao presides over a ribbon cutting ceremony in Golmud to officially open the Qingzang railway for service. The first train over the newly constructed line carried about 900 passengers to Lhasa. With the highest point on the new line at 5,072 m (16,640 ft) above sea level, the Qingzang railway is now the highest operating railway in the world.
 * 🇫🇷 July 2 – SNCF's president Louis Gallois leaves the French railway company for Airbus. He's been replaced by Anne-Marie Idrac, former president of the RATP. Louis Gallois had been SNCF's president for 10 years, and SNCF's employees applauded him as he was leaving.

August events

 * 🇷🇺 August 3 – The power car of the first RUS 250/330 high speed trainset built by Siemens is delivered in a ceremony at Saint Petersburg, Russia. A total of six 10-car trains are being built by Siemens for use between Saint Petersburg and Moscow; in service, the trains are expected to reach speeds up to 250 km/h (155 mph) and are designed for speeds as fast as 300 km/h (186 mph). Although current trackage between the two cities could not currently support such speeds, a Russian Siemens official stated that construction is underway to upgrade existing track and build new track.
 * 🇨🇳 August 10 – Officials in China announce plans to extend the Qingzang railway beyond Lhasa to Tibet's second-largest city, Xigaze, which would add another 170 mi of track to the already controversial line. Chinese officials anticipate the extension to be completed in 2009.
 * 🇺🇸 August 29 – Amtrak announces the selection of Alexander Kummant to become president and CEO of the company effective September 12 to succeed David L. Gunn. David Hughes, who had stepped in as interim president, will step down from that position but will remain with the company. Before Amtrak, Kummant had served as a vice president for Komatsu America Corporation and as a Regional Vice President for Union Pacific Railroad.

September events

 * 🇫🇮 1 September – Helsinki-Lahti railway opens. Finnish Railways start 220 km/h operations.
 * 🇫🇮 September – The new federal railway agency of Finland will begin work.

October events

 * 🇻🇪 October 15 – Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez presides over the opening ceremonies for the first new above-ground train line constructed in Venezuela for more than 70 years, the Ezequiel Zamora Mass Transportation System.

November events

 * 🇻🇪 November 3 – Los Teques Metro Line 1, Ayacucho to Ali Primera route, officially regular operation service to start and first section in Altos Mirandinos, Venezuela.

December events

 * 🇯🇵 December 24 – Opening of Imazatosuji ("orange") Line of Osaka Municipal Subway, Japan, using 80 series linear motor units.
 * 🇨🇳 December 30 – Guangzhou Metro's Line 4 extension from Xinzao to Huangge (except Guanqiao, Qingsheng) opens.

Spring events

 * 🇺🇸 Spring – The first test runs are scheduled to take place on a one-mile segment of the new light rail transit system in Phoenix, Arizona.

Unknown date events

 * 🇺🇸 – The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority expects to switch from tokens to a farecard system that will be called "The Charlie Card" in honor of the unfortunate hero of "Charley on the MTA" (a.k.a. "M.T.A.").
 * 🇨🇦 – GO Transit in Toronto, plans to begin construction to add a third track on the Lakeshore West and Lakeshore East lines and a second track on the Georgetown line.
 * 🇺🇸 – Union Pacific Railroad and CSX Transportation will launch new produce unit trains between Washington and New York states.
 * – Vietnam expects to begin construction to upgrade the Hanoi–Lào Cai railway line.
 * 🇺🇸 – The Deadwood, Black Hills and Western Railroad expects to begin passenger train service between Rapid City, Piedmont, Sturgis, Whitewood and Deadwood, South Dakota.
 * 🇬🇧 – Feasibility tests of airport-style security systems will be performed at London Paddington station as random passengers are asked to pass through detectors and have their bags X-ray scanned. The test period is expected to last about six months.
 * 🇨🇦 – Royal Hudson steam locomotive 2860 is expected to return to excursion service after its overhaul.

Accidents

 * 🇲🇪 January 23 – The Bioče train disaster in Montenegro kills at least 45 people, including five children, and injures another 184 injured. It is the worst train disaster in Montenegrin history.
 * 🇺🇸 June 14 – Two BNSF Railway trains collide near Madera, California injuring all 4 crew members. The cause was drug driving by one of the engineers.

 * 🇪🇸 July 3 – An accident on Valencia Metro kills at least 41 and injures 40. The driver seems to have driven too fast, causing the breaking of a wheel and the derailment of the train. This accident occurs in the very center of Valencia, Spain, as the city makes ready for Pope Benedict XVI's arrival July 8.

 * 🇮🇳 July 11 – A series of bombs explode aboard commuter trains on the Mumbai Suburban Railway in India. An additional bomb is also found, but defused, at the Borivali station. The blasts claim at least 200 lives, and cause hundreds of injuries. The bombs explode during the evening rush hour on trains plying on the western line of the suburban train network, which forms the backbone of Mumbai's transportation network.
 * 🇪🇬 August 21 – Qalyoub rail accident – A passenger train from Mansoura runs past a signal and crashes into a stopped passenger train in Qalyoub, Egypt, killing 57 and injuring 128 more. Four passenger cars derail in the accident which closes the line in the country's Nile Delta region.  The train is estimated as travelling at more than 50 mph at the time of the collision. In the wake of the accident, Egyptian Railways director Hanafi Abdel Qawi is dismissed.
 * 🇩🇪 September 22 – 2006 Lathen maglev train accident – A Transrapid magnetic levitation (or "maglev") train collides with a maintenance vehicle near Lathen, Germany, killing 23 people. This is the first ever fatal accident on a maglev train.
 * 🇺🇸 October 9 – A BNSF Railway coal train rear-ended a local train in a siding near Cactus, Texas injuring both crew members. The cause was a misaligned switch.
 * 🇮🇹 October, 17 - A train crash happened in Vittorio Emanuele station, on the line A's Rome metro, the injuries was 110 and the deaths was 1 (Alessandra Lisi)
 * 🇬🇧 December 30 – Heavy rainfall causes a landslide on an embankment near St Blazey, Cornwall, blocking the Atlantic Coast Line.

February deaths

 * 🇺🇸 February 5 – W. Thomas Rice, president of Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad 1955–1957, Atlantic Coast Line Railroad 1957–1967, Seaboard Coast Line Railroad, cofounder of CSX Transportation, dies (b. 1913).
 * 🇺🇸 February 24 – Emery Gulash, prolific and widely published photographer of mid-20th century Midwestern United States railroading, dies (b. 1918).

April deaths

 * 🇨🇦 April 7 – Ian David Sinclair, president of Canadian Pacific Railway 1969–1981, dies (b. 1913).

June deaths

 * 🇺🇸 June 5 – Edward L. Moyers, president of MidSouth Rail and Illinois Central Railroad, chairman and CEO of Southern Pacific Railroad, "Railroader of the Year" for 1995, dies (b. 1928).

September deaths

 * 🇬🇧 September 12 – Chris Moyes, Chief Executive Officer for Go-Ahead Group 2005–2006 (b. 1949).

October deaths

 * 🇷🇺 October 8 – Vasilie V. Magdei, Chairman of Ulaanbaatar Railway 2004–2006.

Japan

 * Awards presented by Japan Railfan Club
 * 2006 Blue Ribbon Award: Odakyu Electric Railway 50000 series VSE EMU
 * 2006 Laurel Prize:
 * Nagoya Railroad 2000 series μSky EMU
 * Aichi Rapid Transit 100 series Linimo
 * Hiroshima Electric Railway 5100 series Green Mover Max tramcar
 * Fukuoka City Transportation Bureau 3000 series EMU

North America

 * 2006 E. H. Harriman Awards:

 * Awards presented by Railway Age magazine:
 * 2006 Railroader of the Year: Richard F. Timmons (American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association)
 * 2006 Regional Railroad of the Year: Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad
 * 2006 Short Line Railroad of the Year: Georgia Midland Railroad

United Kingdom

 * Train Operator of the Year:
 * 2006: Midland Mainline

title: 2006 in rail transport


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Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Ciz

Case Opened on December 17, 2004

Case Closed on January 10, 2005

Decision Amended 15:51, January 26, 2006

Please do not edit this page directly unless you wish to become a participant in this case; editing this page implicitly authorizes the other participants to enter a complaint against you which may be considered by the Arbitrators as may your behavior. Comments are very welcome on the Talk page, and will be read, in full. Evidence, no matter who can provide it, is very welcome at /Evidence. Evidence is more useful than comments.

Arbitrators will be working on a proposed decision at /Proposed decision.

The parties
Complaint by User:FT2 against User:Ciz requesting a temporary injunction.

Statement of complaint
Please limit your statement to 500 words

An article which requires some delicacy due to strong views, and has for the most part been well run in a civil manner, has been disrupted the past 2 months by User:Ciz?. Having run the gamut of reasonable discussion, contributors to the page in question request arbitration and a long term full wikipedia ban. In the meantime Ciz continues to engage in large scale vandalism, inappropriate editing, personal attacks, and ranting.

Ciz is also: 24.61.31.36 and 66.30.122.120

Votes for referral (with request for full wikipedia ban): Votes for referral (view on wikipedia ban not known or against): Votes against referral:
 * 1) FT2
 * 2) Schneelocke
 * 3) Fubar Obfusco ("FOo")
 * 4) Premeditated Chaos
 * 5) Paranoid
 * 6) Zetawoof
 * 7) JAQ
 * 8) GRider
 * 1) Sillydragon (view on ban not known)
 * 2) ContiE (wants ArbCom to decide what action is appropriate)
 * (None)

Notes:
 * Votes for referral do not count views expressed for removal of Ciz on other pages.
 * There is further evidence being complied, mostly of Ciz' actions and personal attacks on the talk page. Due to the volume of posts many of Ciz' posts have not in fact been documented.  We believe the above is certainly complete as it stands for a decision to accept or recuse, and probably for a decision to be made as well.
 * Last - please check history of main evidence page and this request prior to review. Ciz has a track record of vandalising complaints against him.

The Zoophilia (talk) article is a reference used by those seeking to understand this affinity or attraction (dictionary.com) between humans/animals, in both its sexual and nonsexual form. There is a great deal of formal research, law and history on the social, legal and psychological aspects of these subjects, and since it is factual and sourced, NPOV has seemingly been reached some time ago on most of it.

It seems Ciz is willfully attempting to polarise the article and use it as an advocacy article against the one topic of bestiality, by entirely ignoring all discussion to the contrary regarding the actual article or its subject.

The article has gone through reverts, vandalism, serious personal attacks, deletion and editing of others views, slanderous accusations, putting words in others mouths, VIP, RFC, RfM, and has now been voted pretty unanimously by every current contributor plus a few lurkers for ArbCom.

Both the RFC, and the vote re ArbCom referral (on the talk page), were also vandalised by Ciz, as was the Adolph Hitler article.

Since that vote, Ciz has persisted. He has posted the article to VfD (unanimous 27-0 keep, 4 votes to delete Ciz), and continued to vandalise the article and also the provisional ArbCom evidence page and others evidence sections on multiple occasions despite many directions to desist.

I am unaware at present of any significant contribution made by Ciz to any topic other than this one topic, and as described above, and in two cases his contributions were edits related to his furry/zoophilia obsession with respect to Sonic the hedgehog and friends. In essense, he has acted as a vandal with a single viewpoint who has proven unable or uninterested in the wiki approach or policies, and has little interest in anything beyond his own view.

We feel that should he develop a significant personal interest in a different article, these same issues will probably arise there too, as fundamentally he does not want to contribute collaboratively and has at no time shown the slightest ability or care for doing so. Indeed his idea of collaboration is insults and slander, often on highly spurious grounds.

He also clearly shows that despite many many reminders and requests, he is uninterested in complying with such a simple request as the ArCom /Evidence hearder statement to place his evidence in his section, and refrain from editing others posts. This statement is made not once, but twice (once in bold) in the /Evidence header, and has been added to by many other people, as well as being listed as a complaint.

Accordingly it is the majority sense of those presenting this request that a total and very long term ban from Wikipedia is appropriate, and this is what is requested.

We ask the ArbCom to agree that we have acted with appropriate patience and reserve, but despite much patience, many flames, and much time, there is just no sign whatsoever of any intent to change, nor any significant indication Ciz wants to change enough to participate appropriately in Wikipedia for the foreseeable future.

Failing which a long term ban at least from this article, and other tangential or related pages and issues.

I also ask for findings clearing other editors of inappropriate misconduct, particularly sysop Schneelocke and myself. Ciz has made many personal attacks, against pretty much every other editor. I would like findings that other than specific named cases (if any), Ciz has failed to produce evidence of the degree needed to demonstrate the significant misconduct he alleges or to justify his personal attacks, and accordingly his accusations are deemed without merit, that these people have in fact acted reasonably and with due restraint in their many attempts to explain and help Ciz understand, and that (other than as deemed by the Arbitration Committee) those accused by Ciz are cleared of any accusations by Ciz for abuse of admin powers, inappropriate POV editing, etc. (Added Dec.29) (Many of the users on the debate seemed bias in support of bestiality, with some being furries. Only one of those users stated she was playing devil's advocate and did think it was abusive, while the other users ignored the question on their views on the topic, and in fact have come to the defense of bestiality --Ciz 12:16, 3 Jan 2005 (UTC) ) .''

(The original details, evidence and supporting links are still visible at User:FT2/Arbitration re Ciz, but are for the most part superseded by the evidence presented)

 * This request posted by: FT2 21:53, Dec 16, 2004 (UTC). Minor wording modifications and additional request added FT2 18:11, Dec 29, 2004 (UTC)

Statement by affected party
Please limit your statement to 500 words

One, I wonder how neutral FT2 is on this subject. He compared usage of the term bestiality instead of zoophilia to (these are his words) '''<sarcasm>A bit like how there shouldn't be articles discussing "Abortion", "Gay" or "Capitalism" because these arent real words, they were invented by baby killers, homosexual paedophilic predators and greedy ruthless social parasites respectively, to sound more attractive? Good job we have people to spot these imaginary words in the dictionary :P</sarcasm FT2 16:24, Nov 3, 2004 (UTC) '''. - '''We feel that should he develop a significant personal interest in a different article, these same issues will probably arise there too, as fundamentally he does not want to contribute collaboratively and has at no time shown the slightest ability or care for doing so. Indeed his idea of collaboration is insults and slander, often on highly spurious grounds.''' I doubt that. One, as I said earlier I have another account (with several contributions) that I didnt use because I dont want it to be associated with this bestiality debate. Two, I feel very strongly about this subject because I believe it to be animal abuse and I do not like how the article on it is noticably slanted in favor of it. Unless I got involved with the Childlove article (which I do not plan on doing; this topic is disturbing and draining enough) I cannot see myself getting as riled up somewhere else as I am here.--Ciz 18:42, 22 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Arbitrators' opinions on hearing this matter (5/0/1/0)

 * I am willing to accept, as attempts at dispute resolution have proved so fruitless that mediation would be an obvious waste of energy and time . Sorry, I missed that mediation had already been attempted without success -- wholehearted support, then. Jwrosenzweig 22:14, 16 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Accept, and recommend a temp injunction while under consideration ➥the Epopt [[TINC| of the Cabal ]] 22:30, 16 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Accept. Agree with Epopt. →Raul654 19:23, Dec 17, 2004 (UTC)
 * Fred Bauder 19:47, Dec 17, 2004 (UTC)
 * I will remain recused in this case - due to past mediation work -- sannse (talk) 00:42, 10 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Neutralitytalk 05:43, Jan 10, 2005 (UTC)

Temporary injunction
Pending resolution of this matter User:Ciz is banned from any Wikipedia pages other than his or her user pages and pages relating to this arbitration.

 * Pased 6 to 1 and enacted on 6 January 2005

Final decision (none yet)
All numbering based on /Proposed decision (vote counts are there as well)

No personal attacks
1) No personal attacks.

 * Passed 8-0.

Disruption
2) Don't disrupt Wikipedia to prove a point.

 * Passed 8-0.

Controversial changes
3) Wikipedia users are usually expected to discuss changes which are controversial; while this does not necessarily mean discussing the edit before making it, if an edit is reverted a user should make an attempt at discussion before changing it back.

 * Passed 8-0.

Second accounts
4) Creating a second account for a given class of edits does not itself constitute sockpuppet abuse. However, it does not give an editor free rein to use that account abusively.

 * Passed 8-0.

Controversial edits
1) Ciz has engaged in controversial edits of Zoophilia against consensus.
 * Passed 8-0.

Personal attacks
2) Ciz has engaged in personal attacks on editors of Zoophilia.
 * Passed 8-0.

Lack of discussion
3) Ciz has made no civil attempt to discuss changes with Zoophilia with editors there.
 * Passed 6-0.

Ciz is a secondary account
4) Ciz edits under another account, DrBat, that he does not wish associated with zoophilia topics . This does not in itself constitute creating a sock puppet for an abusive purpose.
 * Passed 8-0.

Ciz/DrBat's good contributions
5) DrBat is an upstanding member of the community, and has made numerous legitimate contributions.
 * Passed 6-0.

Prevention from editing Zoophilia
1) Ciz (using whatever account or IP address) is prevented indefinitely from editing Zoophilia and its closely related articles, including their talk pages.
 * Passed 7-1.

''The Arbitration Committee amended this item to read as follows by open motion adopted 15:51, January 26, 2006. Motion adopted 9-0.''

1) Ciz (using whatever account or IP address) is prevented indefinitely from editing Zoophilia and its closely-related articles, or any editing related to the subjects of zoophilia, bestiality, animal sexuality, or human-animal relationships in any article, including their talk pages. Whether an article or page concerns these subjects shall be determined by the enforcing administrator.

Attack parole
2) Ciz (using whatever account) is placed on standard personal attack parole indefinitely. If he makes any edits which are judged by an administrator to be personal attacks, then he shall be temp-banned for a short time, up to one week.
 * Passed 8-0.

Good behaviour
3)If Ciz can demonstrate at a later date willingness to discuss and accept consensus without resorting to personal attacks, then Ciz may apply to have the above restrictions reduced or lifted.
 * Passed 8-0.

Attempts to edit Zoophilia
1) If Ciz (using whatever account or IP address) edits Zoophilia, its closely related pages, or their talk pages, any changes made may be reverted by any editor and any administrator may, at his/her discretion, block Ciz for up to 24 hours. :Passed 8-0.

''The Arbitration Committee amended this item to read as follows by open motion adopted 15:51, January 26, 2006. Motion adopted 9-0.''

1) If Ciz (using whatever account or IP address) edits Zoophilia or its closely related articles, or makes any edit which relates to zoophilia, bestiality, animal sexuality, or human-animal relationships in any article, or their talk pages, such changes made may be reverted by any editor and any administrator may, at his/her discretion, briefly block Ciz (up to a week in the case of repeat violations). After 5 blocks the maximum block shall increase to one year.

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Yemen national football team

The Yemen national football team (منتخب الْيَمَن الْوَطَنِيُّ لِكُرَّةُ الْقَدَم) represents Yemen in men's international football and is administered by the Yemen Football Association.

When Yemen was split into North and South, two national teams existed. The current Yemeni national team inherits the records of North Yemen.

Despite being the 5th most populated country in the Middle East, Yemen has never achieved the same success as those with much smaller populations, only qualifying for the AFC Asian Cup once after unification in 1990.

1965–1966
A team representing the Sultanate of Lahej debuted at the 1965 Arab Games in Cairo, Egypt, losing both of their matches: 9–0 to Sudan and 16–1 to Libya. Meanwhile, despite a 4–0 drubbing by Syria, North Yemen beat Oman 2–1.

In April 1966, North Yemen debuted at the 1966 Arab Cup in Baghdad, Iraq, placed in Group 2. They lost their first match 4–1 to Syria and were then crushed 7–0 by Palestine three days later. On 5 April, they suffered an even heavier loss, 13–0 to Libya, thus finishing bottom of the group.

Also in 1966, North Yemen entered the Games of the New Emerging Forces in Cambodia and lost their opener 5–3 to Palestine.

1984–1989
Following the tournament in Cambodia, North Yemen did not play a match for eighteen years, returning in 1984 in an attempt to qualify to the 1984 Asian Cup. This was their first entrance of the competition. They were placed at the qualifiers in Group 3 with all matches held in Calcutta, India in October 1984. North Yemen lost the first match on 10 October, 6–0 to South Korea, for whom Park Sung-Hwa scored four goals and Chung Hae-Won two. Two days later, they lost 2–0 to hosts India. On 15 October North Yemen lost 4–1 to Pakistan and three days later by the same score to Malaysia. North Yemen finished at the bottom of the group.

North Yemen entered its first World Cup qualification campaign with the aim of securing a place in the 1986 World Cup in Mexico. They were placed in Group 3 of the West Asia zone in the first round of the qualification campaign. North Yemen played their first match at home to Syria in Sana'a on 29 March 1985 and lost 1–0 to a 70th-minute goal. On 5 April, they lost 5–0 to Kuwait in Kuwait City. On 19 April, North Yemen lost 3–0 away to Syria at the Abbasiyyin Stadium in Damascus. On 26 April, while hosting Kuwait, North Yemen scored their only goal in the group as they lost 3–1 in front of 10,000 people.

In August 1985, North Yemen competed at the 1985 Arab Games in Rabat, Morocco and was placed in a group with Saudi Arabia, Algeria and the United Arab Emirates. They lost 2–0 to the Saudis on 5 August, 3–1 to Algeria on 7 August, and on 9 August beat the UAE 2–1 for their first ever victory.

On 15 October 1985, North Yemen played opposition from outside Asia and Africa for the first time, losing a friendly 2–0 to Mexico at home.

Reunification of the North and South (1990s)
In the 1990, the North and South of Yemen re-united which prompted what is now the national team of Yemen to be merged from North Yemen.

Upon being a new country, their captains alternated between matches to promote a "unified" Yemen.

Starting in 1993, their first big task would be the qualification to the 1994 FIFA World Cup, because they did not enter the AFC Asian Cup in 1992, nor the Arab Cup. Yemen lost three games, against China once, and Iraq twice. They drew with Jordan twice, and won against China and Pakistan. This placed them third, five points from Iraq who were first, and ultimately ended their first ever World Cup qualification campaign.

The qualification campaign for the 1996 Asian Cup saw them get thrashed by Saudi Arabia as they lost 4–0 in the first leg, but put a fight in the second leg as they lost 1–0. Despite finishing last, on points with Kyrgyzstan, Yemen's only redeeming event was a narrow 1–0 win against Kyrgyzstan, despite getting beat 3–1 in the return leg.

More years went by as Yemen continued to struggle, not only in Asia, but in the Middle East. The qualification campaign for the 1998 World Cup raised some spirits as they came in second above Indonesia and Cambodia. For the Yemenis, this was an ample progress as Uzbekistan, with 16 points, had stomped the first stage with having twice as many points as second-place Yemen at 8 points. While adding on to the fact that Yemen lost 1–0 to Uzbekistan, and despite losing 5–1 in the return leg, this gave the Yemenis a hopeful future for the upcoming tournaments.

2000s
Yemen started the millennium by attempting to qualify for the 2000 AFC Asian Cup. The Al-Yemen A'Sa'eed started off the year with a 3–0 win against Nepal following with a 0–1 loss to Turkmenistan. After this, it came to light that Kuwait had thrashed Bhutan 20–0 in the qualifiers which prompted doubt in the national team. Yemen lost 2–0 to Kuwait (with an own-goal added) and ended the qualification campaign with their highest win as they stomped Bhutan 11–2. These matches put Yemen at 6 points finishing above Nepal and Bhutan at third place of fifth.

The following year, in 2001, would be a high-point for the Yemeni fans as they watched their national team barely lose out on the advancement of the second round of the qualification campaign of the 2002 FIFA World Cup. They lost to United Arab Emirates who finished at top with 12 points while Yemen, along with India, sat at 11 points with Yemen scoring three more goals than India, despite the same goal-difference of six. They lost in both legs to United Arab Emirates.

However, for the Yemenis, disappointment would strike as they bombed their next big competition, the 2002 Arab Cup. This would be their first appearance since 1966 when they played as North Yemen, in which they also failed losing all three games and having a goal difference of −23. In 2012, they drew 2–2 with Saudi Arabia but lost to Lebanon 4–2, Bahrain 3–1 and Syria 0–4.

The qualification for the 2004 AFC Asian Cup would arrive as the next test for Yemen. The Yemenis were left stranded on the cusp of qualification as they were beat to the last spot by Indonesia by 3 points.

Days later, they would face yet another big tournament in quick succession which was the 16th Arabian Gulf Cup hosted by Kuwait. They came in dead last out of seven. They finished with 1 point, drawing with Oman and a goal difference of −16. But within a few months, the 17th Arabian Gulf Cup arrived, after their poor showing in the previous tournament. However, the Yemenis once again, to everyone's expectations, failed to register a win with the only point coming from a 1–1 draw to Bahrain while losing 0–3 to Saudi Arabia and 3–1 to Kuwait.

Yemen would next look towards the qualification campaign of the 2006 FIFA World Cup. But the Yemenis would soon end it on a short note, as they finished bottom of the group with 5 points under Thailand, United Arab Emirates and North Korea (who won the group with 11 points) and one win, two draws and three losses.

A short time later would find the Yemenis preparing for the 18th Arabian Gulf Cup. Despite, as expected, finishing the group last, they finished with two losses against United Arab Emirates and Oman and the lone draw to Kuwait.

Months later would see Yemen enter the qualification campaign of the 2007 AFC Asian Cup and were knocked out, once again. While Japan and Saudi Arabia qualified comfortably, Yemen achieved their only two wins against India.

2010s
The next task for the Yemenis was the qualification campaign for the 2010 FIFA World Cup which was cut shorter than usual. In the first round, Yemen scored three goals without reply against Maldives, in the first leg. In the return leg, Maldives replied with two goals but in the end, it was not enough, and Yemen passed to the next stage. The second stage saw Yemen draw 1–1 with Thailand with the second leg finishing 1–0 in favor to Thailand thus knocking them out 3–2 on aggregate. This was the first time Yemen did not reach the group stages of a World Cup qualification stage.

Yemen started off the new year by hosting the 20th Arabian Gulf Cup for the first time. As hosts, they played in the May 22 Stadium in Aden against Saudi Arabia and lost 0–4. Yemen would go on and lose 2–1 and 0–3 to Qatar and Kuwait respectively thus crashing out of the group stages only scoring one goal while conceding nine.

The qualification campaign for the 2011 AFC Asian Cup was acceptable for Yemeni' standards. Grouped with Japan and Bahrain, and Hong Kong, they achieved two wins, one draw and three losses. They opened with a defeat of 2–1 to Japan and finished with holding Japan to the last minute for a 3–2 defeat.

Ten years later of their last participation, they entered the 2012 Arab Cup where they were grouped with Morocco, Bahrain and Libya. To the bewilderment of many football experts, Bahrain finished last with Yemen finishing third with three points.

However, in 2013, Yemen would participate in the 21st Arabian Gulf Cup, and they would record their worst run in the tournament where they were grouped with Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Iraq. They didn't record any goal and conceded six goals losing all three games.

As recent record showed, the Yemenis finished with their worst World Cup qualification campaign for the 2014 World Cup. They faced Iraq which they lost 2–0. The return leg was played in the United Arab Emirates due to the civil unrest in Yemen. This match saw Yemen and Iraq play out to a draw which ended Iraq going through 2–0 on aggregate and thus knocking Yemen out in the knock-out stages.

In December 2013, they sunk to their lowest rank ever on the FIFA rankings at 179th. From the start of January 2013 to December 2013, they lost half of what they had previously, going down nearly 50 points. This calling came for the Yemen Football Association to make a serious signing, when they signed Vladimir Petrović as the coach who had experience in Europe as a player and of Red Star Belgrade fame. Vladmir Petrović quit as Yemen's manager in May 2014.

Because of this, Yemen dropped to their lowest and worst in Yemen's football: 186th. In preparation for the 22nd Arabian Gulf Cup, they hired Czech youth teams' manager Miroslav Soukup to attempt to revive the national team. Once again, Yemen was eliminated without winning a match, but for the first time in their Gulf Cup history, they didn't finish last.

Debut at the 2019 AFC Asian Cup
The 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification happened with the outbreak of the civil war, leaving majority of the national team's players and staff to escape to Djibouti by boat, which made headline by the media. Yemen only managed to defeat two opponents, Pakistan and the Philippines, while they lost to other opponents, thus Yemen ended their qualification with bottom record. During the 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification, which was the first attempt of Yemen to qualify to the tournament as an unified nation, Yemen has defeated Tajikistan 2–1 on 23 March 2017, while maintaining four consecutive draws against Nepal and Philippines. Yemen had a big chance to qualify to its first international tournament in its history as a unified country. Finally, with the help from the Philippines when they defeated Tajikistan 2–1 in Manila, Yemen had finally qualified to the 2019 AFC Asian Cup for the first time in its history beating Nepal 2–1 in the last fixtures.

Group F
In the team's maiden AFC Asian Cup, Yemen was grouped in Group D with Iraq, Iran and Vietnam. Their opening campaign was against Iran, which participated in the previous 2018 FIFA World Cup and had almost eliminated Spain in the progress. Yemen played well in the first ten minutes and almost scored a goal, but aftermath saw Iran completely dominate Yemen and the latter suffered a heavy 0–5 defeat to Iran. Yemen later fell to Iraq 0–3 after being unable to repel Iraqi pressure, and later lost to Southeast Asian opponent Vietnam 0–2 which saw Yemen finished last with no goal and no point. All three opponents of Yemen would soon progress from the group stage.

Yemen later participated in the 2019 WAFF Championship where they were grouped with host Iraq, Palestine, Syria and Lebanon. The Yemeni side was eliminated from the group stage this time, but they managed to finish in third place, even above Lebanon and Syria, thanked for a 2–1 over the former and a 1–1 draw to the latter. Despite this, Yemen once again failed in the 24th Arabian Gulf Cup, scoring no goal and conceded nine, but the Yemenis successfully gained a goalless draw to Iraq to win its first major point since 2014 edition.

2020s
Between these competitions, Yemen participated in the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC second round where they were grouped with Uzbekistan, minnows Singapore and fellow Arab rivals Saudi Arabia and Palestine. During their first games, Yemen got two points after two 2–2 draws over minnows Singapore away and more importantly, the encouraging draw to powerhouse Saudi Arabia in Bahrain, with the Yemenis taking the lead twice, to end their losing streak to Saudi Arabia since 2002. Yet, Yemen slumped later after receiving a 0–5 demolition from Uzbekistan, before beating Palestine 1–0 to gain its first major win in this qualification round. However, disappointment would soon return when Yemen suffered a heartbreaking loss to Singapore 1–2 and put its qualification at risk. Ultimately, Yemen failed to gain any further momentum, losing to both Saudi Arabia, Uzbekistan and Palestine in the end.

Yemen played in the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification first round against Sri Lanka in where they would play their home ground in Saudi Arabia due to the ongoing civil war in Yemen. On 12 October 2023, Yemen secured a 3–0 win over Sri Lanka at the Damac Club Stadium in Khamis Mushait.

Results and fixtures
The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

2024

 * Notes
 * Yemen play their home matches at a neutral venue due to the ongoing Yemeni civil war.

Coaching history

 * Caretaker managers are listed in italics

 * Zaki Osman (1970)
 * 🏴 Alan Gillett (1977)
 * Timur Segizbayev (1979–1982)
 * Dr. Azzam Khalifa 1 (1989–1990)
 * 🇧🇷 Luciano de Abreu (1993–1994)
 * 🇾🇪 Ali Saleh Abad (1996)
 * 🇾🇪 Omar Bashami (1996)
 * 🇾🇪 Mojahed Al Saraha (1997)
 * 🇮🇶 Hazem Jassam (1997)
 * 🇾🇪 Salem Abdel Rahman (1997)
 * 🇮🇶 Hazem Jassam (1997–1999)
 * 🇧🇷 Roberto Fernandes (1999)
 * Zoran Đorđević (1999–2000)
 * 🇧🇷 Luciano de Abreu (2000–2002)
 * 🇪🇬 Mahmoud Abou-Regaila (2002)
 * 🇩🇪 Torsten Spittler 2 (2002)
 * 🇾🇪 Abdullah Saqr Baamer 3 (2002)
 * 🇮🇶 Hazem Jassam (2002–2003)
 * 🇾🇪 Ahmed Ali Qasem (2003)
 * Milan Živadinović (2003–2004)
 * 🇾🇪 Amine Al-Sunaini (2004)
 * Rabah Saâdane (2004–2005)
 * 🇾🇪 Ahmed Alraay (2006)
 * 🇪🇬 Mohsen Saleh (2006–2009)
 * 🇾🇪 Hamza Al Jamal (2009)
 * 🇾🇪 Sami Hasan Al Nash (2009)
 * Srećko Juričić (2009–2010)
 * 🇾🇪 Amine Al-Sunaini (2010–2012)
 * 🇾🇪 Sami Hasan Al Nash (2012)
 * 🇧🇪 Tom Saintfiet (2012–2013)
 * 🇾🇪 Sami Hasan Al Nash (2013)
 * 🇷🇸 Vladimir Petrović (2013–2014)
 * 🇨🇿 Miroslav Soukup (2014–2015)
 * 🇾🇪 Amine Al-Sunaini (2015–2016)
 * 🇾🇪 Ahmed Ali Qasem (2016)
 * 🇪🇹 Abraham Mebratu (2016–2018)
 * 🇸🇰 Ján Kocian (2018–2019)
 * 🇾🇪 Sami Hasan Al Nash (2019–2021)
 * 🇾🇪 Ahmed Ali Qasem (2021)
 * Nenad Nikolić (2021–2022)
 * 🇾🇪 Amin Al-Sanini (2022)
 * Adel Amrouche (2022)
 * 🇨🇿 Miroslav Soukup (2022–2024)
 * Noureddine Ould Ali (2024–present)

 * Notes
 *  Dr. Azzam Khalifa served as the first coach of the unified Yemen football team.
 *  Torsten Spittler, the youth national team coach, was selected by the YFA to take charge of the team at the 2002 Arab Cup with a squad composed of youth team and senior players. However, after one friendly match, the FA overturned this decision and appointed Hazem Jassam instead.
 *  Abdullah Saqr Baamer served as caretaker coach during the 2002 Arab Cup due to coach Hazem Jassam being unable to obtain a visa as he was blacklisted by the host nation of Kuwait.

Current squad
The following 23 players were called up for the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification matches against 🇧🇭 bahrain and  on 5 and 11 June 2024 respectively.

Caps and goals correct as of 12 June 2024, after the match against .

Former squads

 * 2012 Arab Cup squads
 * 2019 AFC Asian Cup squads

Records

 * Players in bold are still active with Yemen.
 * Players in bold are still active with Yemen.

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Category:German philologists

German philologists.

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Talk:Seiyu Group

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The Seiyu, Ltd. is the company's official name. See: http://www.seiyu.co.jp/english/corporate_e.shtml Christopher Mahan 20:02, 17 Dec 2004 (UTC)

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Arnold Josiah Ford

Arnold Josiah Ford (23 April 1877 – 16 September 1935) was a Barbadian American spiritual leader, recognized as a pioneering figure of the Black Hebrew movement.

Biography
Ford was born in Barbados to Edward Thomas Ford and Elizabeth Augustine Ford. He grew up to become a musician in the Royal Navy before settling in the United States. Talented as a linguist, poet, musician and composer of many Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League (UNIA-ACL) songs, Ford co-authored The Universal Ethiopian Anthem with Benjamin E. Burrell. Ford officially functioned as director of UNIA Band, Orchestra, Band of the African Legion, and the Liberty Hall Choir. He published the Universal Ethiopian Hymnal in 1920.

Following Garvey’s arrest and conviction, Ford founded the Beth B’Nai Israel Synagogue in a Harlem storefront, and declared himself to be a rabbi. He was never recognized as such by the wider Jewish community. In 1930 he and a small group of Black Jews went to Ethiopia, where they participated in the coronation of Emperor Haile Selassie. They created a school, and acquired 800 acre of land for the purpose of uniting Black Jews of the Diaspora with their brothers already in Ethiopia. He died there in 1935. His daughter Arlein Ford Straw became a composer, music educator, and church music director in New York City.

While Ford's religious congregations did not survive, his influence is strongest through Wentworth Arthur Matthew, one time student of Ford, and founder of the Commandment Keepers. Ford provided Matthew with a certificate of rabbinic ordination from Ethiopia, signed by himself as the "Chief Rabbi of Ethiopia".

Shais Rishon, a Black Orthodox Jewish writer and activist, has claimed that "Ford never belonged nor converted to any branch of Judaism."

title: Arnold Josiah Ford