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Talk:Case Black

Clarify
Someone who knows more about this shoudl help clarify some of these facts. The website source linked here contains a very brief description in broken English.

cat Croatia?
Croatia was part of Yugoslavia at the time and didn't participate in the battle as a separate combatant. -- DIREKTOR  ( TALK ) 06:29, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

Allies
Churchill and Roosevelt didn't recognize them until November (personally, I see this as deliberate nitpicking o your part), but other Allied powers such as the USSR did. It is generally accepted that world war 2 had two, not three sides. If one was not the Axis, and was actually fighting against them, he logically belonged to the other side. -- DIREKTOR  ( TALK ) 21:20, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

 * Such simplifications do not hold water. Partisans also fought against "Yugoslav Army in the Fatherland", which was a recognized Allied force.--Thewanderer (talk) 03:32, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
 * it was recognized as such, but it's obvious that it wasn't. -- P rim E vi L 22:51, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

Of course. -- DIREKTOR  ( TALK ) 22:54, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

 * Well, unfortunately we do not base verifiability on your opinions.--Thewanderer (talk) 00:12, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

! This is, naturally, not my opinion: the Chetniks were indeed fighting openly for the Axis by the Fifth Offensive. This is the main reason they lost international support weeks later. For sources I suggest you refer to the Chetniks article and the OKW reports. -- DIREKTOR  ( TALK ) 09:39, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

I dont why is flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina on axis side... Bosnia and Herzegovina formed as statehood only in november 25. 1943, after Sutjeska Battle... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.238.195.242 (talk) 21:10, 26 December 2010 (UTC)

casualties
30000 axis casualties and 6000 allied ^^ i guess all writers of these funny arcticels are from this area, arent they ? "the skilled yugoslavien soldiers" ... can u stop writing such bullshit figures ? —Preceding unsigned comment added by HROThomas (talk • contribs) 22:46, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

369th divison (SS- no way!)
if someone overseeing the article could plese correct this one, as they were not ss but regular wermacht volunteers http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/369th_%28Croat%29_Infantry_Division Kolpo. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.178.197.47 (talk) 19:21, 21 June 2011 (UTC)

As there were no objections since I posted the comment I removed the SS marking myself, they were not Waffen SS but foreign Wermacht "volunteers"... --Kolpo-san (talk) 17:18, 5 September 2011 (UTC)

Move to Case Black
Following agreement here (Talk:Battle_of_Kozara), I am moving this article to 'Case Black' per the German name. Please read the discussion for reasoning. The scope of the article will not change. Peacemaker67 (talk) 03:04, 27 June 2012 (UTC)

This operation was conceived as an operation against both the Partisans and the Chetniks?
Jozo Tomasevich says in his work "The Chetniks" (page 251 and 255, note 164):

 * "While the Partisans and the Chetniks were locked in the battle during the early spring, the Germans prepared their Operation Schwartz, the aim of which was the disarming of all Chetniks and the destruction of all Partisans in Montenegro and Sandjak "
 * "Proof that Operation Schwartz finally evolved almost exclusively into an operation against Partisans, though it was conceived as an operation against both the Partisans and the Chetniks, is best indicated by German estimates of losses inflicted upon the two groops:...estimated that the Partisans had 12,000 killed and 1,500 captured, and the Chetniks only about 3,000 captured and disarmed."

This work of Jozo Tomasevich is already used in this article and many other related articles so I guess it meets the requests of WP:RS for this topic. Any thoughts?--Antidiskriminator (talk) 22:27, 23 August 2012 (UTC)
 * What are you suggesting? That this quote should be used in the article? Please be clear about what you are proposing or suggesting. It just reads as a rhetorical comment at present, what action do you think should be taken? Peacemaker67 (talk) 01:05, 24 August 2012 (UTC)
 * I presented the source which explains that:
 * this operation was conceived as an operation against both the Partisans and the Chetniks
 * the aim of this operation was the disarming of all Chetniks and the destruction of all Partisans in Montenegro and Sandjak.
 * At the end of my comment I wrote "Any thoughts?"--Antidiskriminator (talk) 07:55, 17 September 2012 (UTC)
 * I certainly have no objection to the inclusion of the fact that the disarming of the Chetniks was part of the operation, or that they were disarmed, this was essentially a preliminary phase of the operation. My understanding is that the Chetniks were disarmed without firing a shot, and that the Italians protested. Peacemaker67 (talk) 08:34, 17 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Yes, I remember all that. The original conception was that the operation would attack the Partisans and also disarm the Chetniks - that is to say, not engage in combat with them. The Italians basically said they could not do so since they relied on Chetniks too much, and in the end, the plan was changed and the Chetniks were not disarmed. In fact, soon afterward the Italians capitulated and the Germans themselves inherited their "use" of the Chetniks.

 * The fact that the Germans initially also wanted to disarm the Chetniks (who were collaborating with the Italians), but didn't, is really a marginal point. If you wish to insert a note to that effect I myself have no problems with that. But please make sure to do so in a neutral way. Please avoid placing undue emphasis. Most importantly though, it is important to avoid misleading formulations along the lines of "Schwartz was initially conceived as an operation against the Chetniks and the Partisans". It must be made clear that the Chetniks were merely to be disarmed. Could you post your draft here first to avoid any possible edit wars? -- Director  ( talk )  08:51, 17 September 2012 (UTC)
 * And captured.--Antidiskriminator (talk) 09:07, 17 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Until this matter is properly covered this article should be properly tagged. Would it be better to use Template:Coverage or Template:Incomplete?--Antidiskriminator (talk) 09:44, 17 September 2012 (UTC)
 * I think that both would be the best choice.--Antidiskriminator (talk) 10:09, 17 September 2012 (UTC)
 * That would be WP:UNDUE. WP is not about tagging, it is about editing. I note, once again, that you very rarely edit article space. Putting tags on things you don't like on WP isn't constructive, it's disruptive. Either produce your draft for discussion or drop the WP:STICK. If it is so important that is needs to be discussed here, then it is important enough to produce a simple short draft of a paragraph or few sentences explaining this minor aspect of an operation that as far as I am aware cost no Chetnik lives, but cost the lives of 12,000 Partisans. Tagging without any intention of constructively adding to the article or producing a draft is just disruptive and POV. Peacemaker67 (talk) 10:54, 17 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Antidiskriminator, please refrain from tagging the article with completely unwarranted tags for no reason whatsoever. No "feel good tags". This is a barely-relevant point regarding the initial planning of the operation. Put forward a proposal (or give up), but again, please do avoid the above-outlined POV pitfalls. -- Director  ( talk )  12:59, 17 September 2012 (UTC)

 * I don't agree with you.
 * No, that would not be undue weight. One of the main aims of this operation has not been presented to the readers and readers could be mislead with the current text of the article. Therefore appropriate tag should be added, either to the top of the article, or to the top of the section.
 * WP is certainly not about misleading the readers.
 * WP is about content, not about contributors. What matters in this discussion are arguments, not the number of my edits in article space.
 * Tagging some misleading article or its section is actually constructive. Especially if it is based on extensive elaboration on the talk page, with sources, pages, quotes.... all with intention to prevent misleading of the readers. --Antidiskriminator (talk) 14:04, 17 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Well, we will see what the community thinks about your justification for your disruption if you continue with this nonsense. Peacemaker67 (talk) 14:07, 17 September 2012 (UTC)
 * @Antidiskriminator, please feel free to add your sourced information into the article . If there's a problem, someone will probably revert you and then we can discuss from some kind of starting point. If there isn't one, we're done. I'm merely making it clear what the problems will likely turn out to be, so that we might avoid them altogether.

 * Not only were the Chetniks supposed to be merely disarmed, but they were also not in fact disarmed (with one known exception, the pro-German collaborating commander who took his orders from them, not the Italians). This is a minor point, so please do not place too much emphasis on it. Chetniks generally had little or nothing to do with Fall Schwartz. Most importantly: do not use misleading phrasing ("against Chetniks"), but please make it clear from the outset that the Chetniks were to be disarmed and not actually attacked (and then weren't). -- Director  ( talk )  14:46, 17 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Jozo Tomasevich says "against both the Partisans and the Chetniks" and "the Chetniks only about 3,000 captured and disarmed". --Antidiskriminator (talk) 15:23, 17 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Yes and that's a textbook example of an out-of-context, misleading quote. The author makes it perfectly clear that they were to be disarmed. Merely stating the operation was "against Chetniks" quite unambiguously implies that the Chetniks were to be attacked - that is not the case. Please avoid that formulation (though I get the feeling that might have been the idea).

 * Re the second quote, please note the word "only". 3,000 Chetniks is a small portion of their number. In general the operation did not include as one of its goals the disarmament of the Chetniks - and the author states that as well. To suggest otherwise is also misleading. -- Director  ( talk )  16:53, 17 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Yes, "3,000 Chetniks is a small portion of their number" but please keep in mind that this operation was aimed against all Partisans and all Chetniks "in Montenegro and Sandjak". See above quote from JT.--Antidiskriminator (talk) 09:51, 18 September 2012 (UTC)
 * No, "against Partisans and Chetniks" is unacceptable wording given that the Chetniks were not to be attacked - but merely disarmed. -- Director  ( talk )  11:14, 18 September 2012 (UTC)
 * The source says "about 3,000 captured and disarmed". Please revert yourself.--Antidiskriminator (talk) 11:36, 18 September 2012 (UTC)
 * What? then use those words, and not the contested wording. Keep these nonsense tags out of the article since you apparently do not understand what they're for. -- Director  ( talk )  12:21, 18 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Please be so kind and respect WP:NPA. "Comment on content, not on contributor"--Antidiskriminator (talk) 12:39, 18 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Antidiskriminator, misquoting policy in every post and falsely accusing other editors of various infractions - is an attack in and of itself. I posted no personal attack. As far as non-imaginary breaches of policy are concerned, you may rest assured you will not find any (especially since I note a certaimn focus on my behavior).
 * You posted a tag when noone opposes any addition. You merely came onto this talkpage, started an argument, and then decided to tag it - without ever proposing or adding any changes to it. Tags are not added simply because you don't feel like actually making the edit. -- Director  ( talk )  13:58, 18 September 2012 (UTC)

I found German report about this operation (link to Serbian language translation). It says that this operation to destroy Chetniks and Partisans (za uništenje četnika (srpsko-crnogorskih nacionalista) i komunista) was conducted since 1 May 1943. In period between 1st and 12th May Germans prepared and concentrated their forces (Pripreme i koncentracija snaga od 1 — 12. 5. 43.) and then captured Šahovići and Kolašin and broke trough into mountain Sinjajevina in period 13-19 May. (Zauzimanje Šahovića i Kolašina. Prodor u planinu Sinjajevinu od 13. do 19. 5). At the end of this report Chetniks are presented as captured in this operation. Chetniks are not mentioned in the text of this article. --Antidiskriminator (talk) 15:15, 2 June 2014 (UTC)
 * It is a primary source, and essentially you appear to be saying what I have said from the beginning, the disarming of some of the Chetniks was part of a preliminary operation, and the collaboration with the Germans (and subsequent disarming) of other Chetniks was part of the operation itself. I believe that I have identified the date of commencement of Case Black in another context, and I believe the reference for it was Tomasevich. I would not be accepting a primary source over Tomasevich if that is what you are suggesting. I will add that I have not edited this article much, and it still needs quite a lot if work. If you have a reliable secondary source, be bold. Peacemaker67 (send... over) 23:58, 2 June 2014 (UTC)

 * --Antidiskriminator (talk) 07:17, 24 September 2019 (UTC)
 * This sort of partial quote doesn't provide the full context for the statement. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 07:20, 24 September 2019 (UTC)
 * --Antidiskriminator (talk) 08:11, 24 September 2019 (UTC)
 * --Antidiskriminator (talk) 08:21, 24 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Please provide a translation for any Serbo-Croat quotes. Thanks, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 09:01, 24 September 2019 (UTC)
 * [Operation "Schwarz" was conducted not only to liquidate communists but, it can be said, primarly to liquidate Chetniks of Draža Mihailović, because communists were ready to fight against Allies together with Germans, in case they invade Adriatic coast.]--Antidiskriminator (talk) 09:45, 24 September 2019 (UTC)
 * [Operation "Schwarz" was conducted not only to liquidate communists but, it can be said, primarly to liquidate Chetniks of Draža Mihailović, because communists were ready to fight against Allies together with Germans, in case they invade Adriatic coast.]--Antidiskriminator (talk) 09:45, 24 September 2019 (UTC)

 * --Antidiskriminator (talk) 10:57, 24 September 2019 (UTC)
 * --Antidiskriminator (talk) 10:57, 24 September 2019 (UTC)

Some images of from in this operation
--Antidiskriminator (talk) 09:09, 1 May 2014 (UTC)
 * be WP:BOLD. Peacemaker67 (send... over) 11:11, 1 May 2014 (UTC)

Explanation why Germans conceived operation against Chetniks - Western Allied landing in Yugoslavia
There is a major fact neglected by this article but very important for placing the subject in context:
 * (Based on Jozo Tomasevich in "Contemporary Yugoslavia", page 94 or work of Jozo Tomasevich "Yugoslavia during the Second World War", page 94): "....since the Chetniks were known as pro-Western....In the event of a Western Allied landing in Yugoslavia they (Germans) wanted to have the Chetniks out of the way beforehand. Thus, for example, on May 14-16, 1943, the Germans disarmed about 2,000 Montenegrin Chetniks of Pavle Djurišič."

--Antidiskriminator (talk) 07:42, 17 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Yes, that was before widespread Chetnik-German collaboration ensued in late 1943. But please explain what the Chetniks have to do with this article? You're aware what the scope here is? -- Director  ( talk )  07:58, 17 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Explained by this edit in the above section.--Antidiskriminator (talk) 08:02, 17 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Yes, I remember all that. The original conception was that the operation would attack the Partisans and also disarm the Chetniks - that is to say, not engage in combat with them. The Italians basically said they could not do so since they relied on Chetniks too much, and in the end, the plan was changed and the Chetniks were not disarmed. In fact, soon afterward the Italians capitulated and the Germans themselves inherited their "use" of the Chetniks.

 * The fact that the Germans initially also wanted to disarm the Chetniks (who were collaborating with the Italians), but didn't, is really a marginal point. If you wish to insert a note to that effect I myself have no problems with that. But please make sure to do so in a neutral way. Please avoid placing undue emphasis. Most importantly though, it is important to avoid misleading formulations along the lines of "Schwartz was initially conceived as an operation against the Chetniks and the Partisans". It must be made clear that the Chetniks were merely to be disarmed (the disarmament of 2,000 of Djurisic's Chetniks is not to be applied to the "Chetniks" in general). Could you post your draft here first to avoid any possible edit wars? -- Director  ( talk )  08:51, 17 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Based on this comment of yours :"there's no question that the German offensives Weiss and Schwartz were all because of the possibility of an Allied landing in the Balkans" I assume that you realized what was the main reason for this opearation which is not presented to the readers at all. Until this issue is resolved I will place appropriate tag on this article.--Antidiskriminator (talk) 12:23, 18 September 2012 (UTC)
 * That's a very basic, uncontested piece of information. The Germans wanted to attack the Partisans and disarm the Chetniks (generally secure the area), because of the threat of an Allied landing in the Balkans. They did not disarm the Chetniks, but they did attack the Partisans. If its not in the article - then add it in there, don't discuss here or place inappropriate tags in the article. I will not repeat myself once more: it is not appropriate to tag an article simply because you're not willing to do an edit. Are you here merely to argue? Or do you plan on actually contributing at some point? -- Director  ( talk )  22:06, 18 September 2012 (UTC)

map
It would be good if someone would edit File:Map Operation Schwarz.JPG and remove the text "Bosniac-Croat Federation" and "Republika Srpska" because they're anachronistic. A note should also be added to explain that the borders are of the Socialist Republics established soon after (but probably not as early as 1943). --Joy [shallot] (talk) 14:00, 12 December 2012 (UTC)
 * I do not support using a map with current borders. It doesn't provide proper context and is anachronistic. Any map used on this article should show the NDH borders. Peacemaker67 (send... over) 22:42, 12 December 2012 (UTC)
 * I fixed the map up as best I could (it actually labeled Bosnia and Herzegivina "NDH"), but I myself am indifferent as to whether we use it in the infobox or not. I wouldn't remove it from the article, though. -- Director  ( talk )  22:45, 12 December 2012 (UTC)

Reasons for war
9.1.2014 When discussing a war, please provide some lead up or reason. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Katyids (talk • contribs) 17:30, 1 September 2014 (UTC)

Vojska.net is not a reliable source
This comment has been largely copied from my talk page, as the editor involved has continued to revert my removal of it from this article, and has not engaged in discussion on this talk page or responded on my talk page. Vojska.net is basically a gaming site, not "a reliable, third-party, published source with a reputation for fact-checking and accuracy", per WP:RS. It does have some "military history" information on it, but of the many pages on vojska.net regarding Yugoslav/NDH/German etc orders of battle, only a very small percentage even contain information about where the information on that page is drawn from (ie the sources it uses). There is no footnoting at all. The author of vojska.net does not claim any academic qualifications (so far as I am aware). The lack of sources, footnoting, academic qualifications of the author, or any indication that it has a reputation for fact-checking and accuracy, or is reliable are all reasons why it does not meet WP:RS. This cannot be dismissed as "my POV", it is an assertion based on the observable facts regarding the website, and if an editor thinks it is reliable, then a contrary view would need to show that the site was in fact reliable and had a reputation for fact-checking and accuracy. No such assertion has been made, merely a suggestion that we should "compromise". The reason that "fanboi" websites are not considered reliable is because...they don't meet WP standards for sources. In that respect vojska.net is no different to axishistory and other similar websites, which really fall into the "fanboi" category. It would be far more suitable to use a primary source like German records, than a "fanboi" website. At least those primary records are part of a national archival collection. In the case of casualty figures, which vary wildly between the German records and the Partisan ones, in-line attribution is appropriate. Regards, Peacemaker67 (send... over) 04:02, 2 September 2014 (UTC)

Contrary to your assertion, I DID respond at your talk page but you continued to be of an opposing opinion so we remained at an impasse. EkoGraf (talk) 10:07, 5 September 2014 (UTC)
 * All you have produced is your unsupported opinion, and opinions are like arseholes, everyone has one. I, on the other hand, have pointed to specific reasons that vojska.net does not meet a core WP policy, WP:RS. You have not made any comments refuting anything I have said about the reliability of vojska.net. Peacemaker67 (send... over) 01:27, 6 September 2014 (UTC)

Infobox Casualties
It says casualties were 2/3 killed and wounded, but then says up to 7543 killed. Then in the bulk text, it states "In total there were 7,543 partisan casualties, more than a third of the initial force."

1) So were there 7543 killed, no wounded or 7543 casualties?

2) And if it was 7543 casualties, this means there were 1/3 killed wounded rather than 2/3 killed and wounded.

I have no source information available, so I don't want to change this without really understanding what the truth is. But as it is written now, doesn't really gel together. I propose someone who has access to the source info to please clarify and update. Fscb06 (talk) 11:04, 30 March 2020 (UTC)

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Alaska Wild Berries

 * U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service image of berries. I found it visually appealing. Illustrates the berry article. --[[User:Neutrality|Neutrality/talk]] 04:43, Dec 21, 2004 (UTC)
 * Nominate and support. --[[User:Neutrality|Neutrality/talk]] 04:43, Dec 21, 2004 (UTC)
 * Tasty. Support. Fredrik | talk 05:04, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Oppose. Poor focus, especially on the left hand side. Enochlau 06:32, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Mind the resolution. If you want it to look perfectly sharp at the pixel level, just size it down to 25%; it will still be large enough at that size. Fredrik | talk 23:56, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Indeed so. It looks much better now (with the auto-resizing). Change to support. Enochlau 15:11, 23 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Support. Yum -- Chris 73 Talk 00:47, Dec 22, 2004 (UTC)
 * Support. A good image when zoomed out. Just out of interest, why didn't you upload a resized versions, as the full image looks pretty bad. --Fir0002 23:14, 23 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Comment. Sorry! just looked at it now and it was a resized version. --Fir0002 23:18, 23 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Support - Solipsist 11:16, 25 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Support - I used the GIMP to resize it, but it might have compressed further (creating more artifacts)... Image:Alaska Wild Berries Resized.jpg ugen64 04:07, 30 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Promoted: +7 / - 0 - Solipsist 19:58, 7 Jan 2005 (UTC)

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Belle Mead, New Jersey

Belle Mead is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located within Montgomery Township, in Somerset County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the CDP's population was 5,569, reflecting an expansion of the CDP from 0.74 sqmi in 2010 to 4.03 sqmi in 2020.

History
Up until about 1875, Belle Mead, then named Plainville, was considered to be part of the community of Harlingen. It was a quiet farming region when about that time a New York City contractor named Van Aken bought up all the local farms and set out to develop a city. He had the farms laid out into lots, some streets put through and named after the style of New York. He donated land for the railroad station that had a dining room underneath (the station was torn down in February, 1940). There is an abandoned train station in Belle Mead. When Van Aken went broke, the property was sold to a U.S. Senator, John R. McPherson, who changed the name from Vanaken to Belle Mead in honor of his daughter, Edna Belle Mead McPherson, according to one popular story.

Woods Tavern in Belle Mead was a popular stop for travelers for more than 100 years and played an important social and political role. Horace Greeley spoke there in 1872 as part of his campaign for President of the United States. The tavern burned down in 1932.

The Belle Mead Army Depot was the nation's largest military supply facility during WWII. The depot operated until 1991, and no buildings remain. Now a Superfund site, it is undergoing remediation and part is a county park. James Baldwin, the 20th-century author and civil rights advocate, lived in Belle Mead in the early 1940s while working at the depot.

Dr. John Summerskill and his wife, Mimi LaFollette Summerskill established the LaFollette Vineyard in Belle Mead in the 1970s. President Bill Clinton and 14 Democratic governors met for a strategy session and press conference at the vineyard during the 1992 presidential campaign.

The abandoned train station was built by Reading Railroad in the 1930s, and was removed from service in 1984. Since then, restoration projects have been announced, but none have progressed any further than cleaning up tree debris and graffiti.

The Belle Mead section straddles the northern portion of Montgomery Township and the southern portion of Hillsborough Township. For many years residents of Belle Mead had been served by the Belle Mead Post Office located on Route 206 in Montgomery Township having ZIP code 08502. In the late 1990s, Hillsborough Township was granted its own post office serving all of its residents (ZIP code 08844), including that section of town formerly serving the Belle Mead area. Since that time the Belle Mead post office and its associated ZIP code (08502) serves only the remaining area of Belle Mead located in the northern section of Montgomery Township.

Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, Belle Mead had a total area of 0.740 square miles (1.917 km2), all of which is land.

Demographics
Belle Mead is demographically notable for having the fastest-growing Asian population of any U.S. community as enumerated by the U.S. Census Bureau, increasing from four individuals in 2010 to a majority of its residents in 2020.

2010 census
The 2010 United States census counted 216 people, 78 households, and 62 families in the CDP. The population density was 291.8 /sqmi. There were 80 housing units at an average density of 108.1 /sqmi. The racial makeup was 92.13% (199) White, 0.93% (2) Black or African American, 0.00% (0) Native American, 1.85% (4) Asian, 0.00% (0) Pacific Islander, 4.63% (10) from other races, and 0.46% (1) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 8.33% (18) of the population.

Of the 78 households, 39.7% had children under the age of 18; 71.8% were married couples living together; 5.1% had a female householder with no husband present and 20.5% were non-families. Of all households, 15.4% were made up of individuals and 7.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.77 and the average family size was 3.03.

25.9% of the population were under the age of 18, 4.2% from 18 to 24, 25.9% from 25 to 44, 30.6% from 45 to 64, and 13.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42.5 years. For every 100 females, the population had 100.0 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 102.5 males.

Notable people

People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Belle Mead include:
 * Wade Baldwin IV (born 1996), basketball player for Maccabi Tel Aviv of the Israeli Basketball Premier League.
 * Mike Ford (born 1992), first baseman for the Seattle Mariners.
 * Brandon Grosso (born 2000), racecar driver in the ARCA Menards Series.
 * Ricky Proehl (born 1968), wide receiver who played for 17 seasons in the NFL.
 * Elliott F. Smith (1931–1987), politician who served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1978 to 1984, representing the 16th Legislative District.
 * Arlene White Lawrence (1916–1990), bishop and the third president and general superintendent of the Pillar of Fire Church.

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User:Michael Kahn

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Newcastle International Sports Centre

Newcastle International Sports Centre, known as McDonald Jones Stadium for sponsorship reasons, is a multi-purpose sports stadium located in Newcastle, Australia. The ground is home to the Newcastle Knights (National Rugby League) and Newcastle Jets FC (A-League). It is owned by the Government of New South Wales and is administered by Venues NSW. Due to past sponsorship deals, the ground has been previously known as Marathon Stadium, EnergyAustralia Stadium, Ausgrid Stadium and Hunter Stadium. Newcastle International Sports Centre is also known as Newcastle Stadium when in use during AFC competitions due to conflicting sponsorship reasons.

History
Work began on the stadium on 1 December 1967, and was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II on 10 April 1970. It was originally known as the International Sports Centre, and is still part of the ISC complex to this day. The playing surface back then was originally oval shaped to allow both codes of rugby, soccer and cricket to be able to make use of it.

The Newcastle Knights secured a lease on the stadium in 1986, and converted it from an oval to a rectangle layout. During the 1988 Great Britain Lions tour, the Newcastle Knights, in their first season, hosted a match at the ground. On that occasion the Lions, captained by Ellery Hanley, defeated the Knights 28–12.

In 1992, local tyre outlet Marathon Tyres became the naming rights sponsor for the stadium, and it was renamed Marathon Stadium. That year the Knights played Great Britain for a second time as part of the Lions Tour of Australasia. The Ellery Hanley captained Lions took the Knights apart winning 22–0. Later in the 1992 NSWRL season, the Knights qualified for their first ever Finals series.

Towards the end of 2001, energy supplier EnergyAustralia took over naming rights, and thus the stadium became EnergyAustralia Stadium. In February 2011 it was announced that the stadium would be renamed Ausgrid Stadium after EnergyAustralia was renamed Ausgrid.

Before redevelopment, the stadium had a capacity of 28,000, including 5,000 in the main grandstand. The ground attendance record for a sporting event at the venue prior to the redevelopments is 32,642, which was set when the Knights took on the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles in July 1995.

Following the retirement of former Knights captain Andrew Johns, the new eastern grandstand was renamed The Andrew Johns Stand in honour of Johns in front of a packed crowd before the Knights vs Brisbane Broncos NRL match on 22 April 2007.

The name (Newcastle International Sports Centre) is used primarily by those who wish to mention stadiums by original names, such as non-commercial organisations like the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, and those with other corporate interests such as FIFA or the Asian Football Confederation.

On 16 October 2011, the venue's all-time record sporting attendance was set with 32,890 attending the Australia vs New Zealand Rugby League test match.

In October 2016, McDonald Jones Homes, a local Newcastle company, was named as the new naming rights sponsor of the stadium. This new deal left behind a five year gap between naming rights sponsors at the ground.

2003–05
The stadium underwent redevelopment during the years 2003–05, funded mostly by local and state government grants.

Factors that brought on the redevelopment included:
 * non-compliance of National Rugby League (NRL) stadium criteria, especially the dressing rooms;
 * failure to attract major sporting events to the area, specifically the 2003 Rugby World Cup;
 * inadequate and ageing spectator and corporate facilities;
 * covered seating capacity well below best practice and NRL standards;
 * minimal areas within the grandstand to increase members' patronage both during a sporting event and on non-match-days;
 * poor facilities for media officials;
 * unsatisfactory temporary spectator facilities to the north and south of the western stand;
 * the perceived need for the incumbent State Labor government to contribute to the public infrastructure in a region of safe seats.

The first stage of the redevelopment was completed in early 2004. This consisted of;
 * The construction of the lower level of the Eastern Stand (brought into operation for the 2004 NRL season and Anzac Test between Australia and New Zealand). This level holds 7,700 people.
 * The relocation of corporate boxes and seating to the North and South stands.

The second stage of construction began in 2004 and was completed in 2005. This consisted of:
 * The construction of the Eastern Stand's second level of seating and corporate boxes;
 * a new video screen; and
 * remedial work for the Western Grandstand, including updating the media facilities.

2008–11
During the 2007 NSW Election campaign, the Premier Morris Iemma promised $30 million towards an upgrade of the stadium, conditional on the Federal Government matching the funds.

On 1 April 2008 the federal government confirmed $10m towards the development of the Western Grandstand. This was in addition to the $30m commitment from the state government. This was a critical step for the stadium's development for the upgrade to be in by 2011. The A$40 million contributed to an expansion of the stadium's capacity to eventually hold over 40,000 as well as general improvements in the stadiums facilities.

From 2008 to 2010 the stadium was upgraded again to around 33 000 seats, with a hope for the stadium to be involved in the 2015 Asian Cup and 2018 World Cup were Australia be the host of those tournaments (Australia did host the Asian Cup, but not the World Cup). As part of the announcement, Morris Iemma stated that the capacity of 33,000 could be increased to the 40,000 necessary for World Cup Hosting, through temporary seating. The total cost of the upgrade was estimated as $60 million, with $50 million from the state government and $10 million from the Federal Government. Although construction was slated to take place during both the Newcastle Knights and Newcastle Jets seasons, developers stated that there would be minimal effect on attendances due to the staged approach.

The stadium development was planned to be carried out over four stages.

 * Stage 1 (now completed) included dressing, warm up and medical rooms, with showers, toilets, ice baths and 855-seats of the spectator concourse in the stadium's south-west.
 * Stage 2 (now completed) replicates Stage 1 on the northern side of the Western Grandstand and also included the main western stand's lower concourse.
 * Stage 3 (now completed) demolished the old western Grandstand and is replacing it with one similar to the eastern stand.
 * Stage 4 (undertaking preparation) will involve building the northern and southern ends of the ground, replacing the grass hills with seated areas.

Newcastle Knights Centre of Excellence
In June 2018, plans were announced for a Centre of Excellence for the Newcastle Knights located at the southern end of the ground at a cost of $20 million with $10 million provided by the NSW government with the other $10 million funded by the Knights' owners The Wests Group.

Transport
The nearest railway station is Broadmeadow. Newcastle Transport operate a shuttle service from Queens Wharf on match days.

Rugby league
The Newcastle Knights of the National Rugby League team have been tenants of the ground since their formation in 1988.

In October 2011 the ground hosted a rugby league one-off test match between Australia and New Zealand. This event set a new ground attendance record for a sporting event of 32,890.

Soccer
During the National Soccer League competition, three clubs have played their home ground games at this stadium. They are Newcastle KB United (1978–84); Newcastle Rosebud United (1984–86) and Newcastle United (2000–04). The NSL competition folded in 2004.

In 2005, the newly formed national competition (A-League) began to operate. Newcastle United Jets was part of the newly formed competition, and have played at this ground ever since.

The stadium also hosted two 2015 AFC Asian Cup group stage matches, and also a semi final between Australia and the United Arab Emirates and a third place playoff between United Arab Emirates and Iraq.

In February 2017 it was announced that the National Premier Leagues Northern NSW Grand Final would be taking place at the ground in September that year. In the Grand Final between the Edgeworth Eagles and Lambton Jaffas a crowd of 4174 was on hand to see the Jaffas clinch the title beating the Eagles 2–0 deep into Extra Time.

The 2018 A-League Grand Final was held at the venue, contested by the Newcastle Jets and Melbourne Victory, on 5 May 2018.

Baseball
The Hunter Eagles were formed for the 1994–95 Australian Baseball League season after purchasing the Sydney Wave's licence. The Eagles played in the Australian Baseball League until the end of the 1997–98 season.

Rugby union
In 2012, it was used for the first match of the 2012 Scotland rugby union tour of Oceania. Scotland won the match, beating Australia 9–6.

The New South Wales Waratahs played a home fixture of their Super Rugby season from 2019 in Newcastle whilst the Sydney Football Stadium was rebuilt.

Rugby league test matches
The venue has hosted three Australia internationals and one Rugby League World Cup game. The results were as follows; Hunter Stadium was also chosen as the host venue for the 2016 Anzac Test between Australia and New Zealand on 6 May.

Rugby league tour matches
The Newcastle Knights twice hosted the Great Britain Lions at the stadium.

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Thiepval Barracks

Thiepval Barracks is a British Army barracks and headquarters in Lisburn, County Antrim.

It is also the site of the stone frigate HMS Hibernia, of the Royal Navy Reserve in Northern Ireland.

History
The barracks were built in 1940. They are named after the village of Thiepval in northern France, an important site in the Battle of the Somme and site of the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme.

From 1954, the barracks contained the operational headquarters of No 31 Belfast Group Royal Observer Corps (ROC) who operated from a protected nuclear bunker on Knox Road within Thiepval Barracks. Converted from a 1940s anti-aircraft operations room (AAOR), the bunker would support over one hundred ROC volunteers and a ten-man United Kingdom Warning and Monitoring Organisation warning team, responsible for the famous four-minute warning in the event of a nuclear strike on the UK. The ROC would also detect radioactive fallout from the nuclear bursts and warn the public of approaching fallout. The two organisations were stood down at the end of the Cold War.

In early 1970, the barracks also became home to 39 Infantry Brigade and provided the headquarters for the Ulster Defence Regiment. The brigade, as 39 Airportable Brigade, was involved in The Troubles in Northern Ireland, eventually taking on responsibility under HQ Northern Ireland for an area including Belfast and the eastern side of the province, but excluding the South Armagh border region. For most of the conflict, signals support for the brigade was provided by 213 Signal Squadron. From September 1970, the brigade was commanded by (then) Brigadier Frank Kitson.

On 7 October 1996 the Provisional Irish Republican Army penetrated the heavily fortified base to detonate two car bombs. The first detonated at 15:35 GMT followed by the second around ten minutes later close to the base's medical facilities where victims were gathering. Warrant Officer James Bradwell (43) was killed and 21 soldiers and 10 civilians were injured. This bombing was the first major attack on a military base in Northern Ireland since the ending of the IRA's ceasefire with the 1996 Docklands bombing.

The 39 Infantry Brigade took on some units from 3 Brigade when that brigade was disbanded on 1 September 2004. The HQ 8 Infantry Brigade, based in Shackleton Barracks, Ballykelly, County Londonderry, was disbanded and handed over responsibility to HQ 39 Infantry Brigade at Thiepval Barracks on 1 September 2006.

On 1 August 2007, the brigade was amalgamated with 107 (Ulster) Brigade when the new non-deployable brigade HQ, the 38 (Irish) Brigade, was formed in the province.

Since 2009, Thiepval Barracks has been home to the stone frigate HMS Hibernia, Northern Ireland's only Royal Naval Reserve unit. The unit numbers approximately 100 officers and ratings, and is also home to University Royal Naval Unit (URNU) Belfast.

Current units
The barracks remain home to:

British Army

 * Headquarters, 38th (Irish) Brigade

 * 2nd Battalion, The Rifles
 * Battalion Headquarters & HQ Company, 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Regiment
 * 157 Coy (Det), 102 Battalion, REME
 * 54 MI Coy, 5 Military Intelligence Battalion, Int Corps
 * 32 AEC Gp, Educational and Training Services Branch

Royal Navy

 * HMS Hibernia
 * URNU Belfast

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Geeta Zutshi

Geeta Zutshi (born 2 December 1956) is a former Indian track and field athlete. She established several national and Asian running records in the 800 metres and 1500 metres events.

Zutshi won the women's silver medals for the 800 m in 1982, and for the 1500 m in both 1978 and 1982. As the top Indian woman athlete at the 1982 Asian Games in New Delhi, she took the oath on behalf of the competitors during the opening ceremony. For her achievements she has been awarded the Arjuna award and the Padma Shri.

She has inspired other Indian women, such as Bachendri Pal, the first Indian woman to successfully climb Mount Everest. As a child, Pal began to aspire to national fame after seeing a newspaper photograph of Zutshi with Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.

She was coached by Mohammad Ilyas Babar. After 17 years in the United States, she returned to India in July, 2002, and took over as coach of the Indian junior athletics team (800 m and 1500 m).

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User:Warthog

I created this sock puppet account to watch the "LC (lower case) vandal" without harrassment from him/them. He has a tendency to create and re-create offensive hoax articles.

To monitor the frequency of his activity, watch Deletion log. His vandalism tends to occur in sporadic rashes.

This vandal uses many sock-puppet accounts, and it is possible that there is more than one person behind this.

He has at least a two-year track record of creating patent nonsense, usually in new orphan articles, under sock puppet accounts. He almost never uses proper capitalization or spelling.

Please feel free to add LC-written hoax articles and LC vandal accounts on this page when you see them.

His articles should be deleted as soon as they emerge.

Examples of hoax articles
The LC vandal has a tendecy to re-create the same deleted article. If any of these links turns blue, please speedy-delete the article.

 * Bukkacracy (21/12)
 * Necrobation (21/12)
 * Rape hawk (21/12)
 * Thapster (21/12)
 * Your hero (21/12)
 * Penodactyl (23/12)
 * Wickypedia (23/12)

Your hero is his vanity page. He claims to have been born on "Febuary [sic]] 3, 1987" and create "all the articles Wikipedia needs".

Observed LC vandal accounts

 * User:Disgustipator talk (21/12)
 * User:Gunk Wizard talk (23/12)

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User talk:Disgustipator

Thanks for experimenting with Wikipedia. Your test worked, and has been reverted or removed. Please use the sandbox for any other tests you want to do. Take a look at the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia. Thanks. DJ Clayworth 04:41, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Please stop creating offensive "joke" articles. You will be banned. Warthog 04:46, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)

This is your final warning. DJ Clayworth 04:51, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Blocked
Humorous vandalism is still vandalism. You have been blocked for 24 hours for vandalism. We welcome constructive edits from you after the block expires. SWAdair | Talk 09:23, 22 Dec 2004 (UTC)

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Tikhov (disambiguation)

Tikhov may refer to:

 * Gavriil Adrianovich Tikhov (1875–1960), Belarusian astronomer, and several objects names for him:
 * 2251 Tikhov, a main-belt asteroid
 * Tikhov (lunar crater)
 * Tikhov (Martian crater)

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Trouvelot (disambiguation)

Étienne Léopold Trouvelot was a French astronomer and entomologist.

Trouvelot may also refer to:

 * Trouvelot (lunar crater)
 * Trouvelot (Martian crater)

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User:Caedwa

My name is Chris Edwards.

I'm currently working in the Peer-To-Peer group at the University Of Melbourne. My homepage is at www.chris-edwards.org

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User:BigBoxValleyKid

Wikipedian since 20-Dec-2004

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User talk:Wiesenthaler

Request for Arbitration
Following the various tos-and-fros on WP:VIP, I have made a request for arbitration. You are one of a handful of users in the "Various" request. Sockatume 21:50, 23 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Request withdrawn; turns out issue was resolved by actions of folk on WP:VIP. Sockatume 22:04, 23 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Please stop reverting stable versions of pages without discussion in the talk pages. Jewbacca 04:44, Dec 21, 2004 (UTC)

 * I am reverting your deletions to Yasser Arafat, because you're deleting properly referenced information, not because I agree or disagree with it. Slim 05:27, Dec 21, 2004 (UTC)

 * Why did you vandalize my User page, revert legitimate edits to List of ethnic slurs and attempt to delete my questions from your User Talk page? --Wiesenthaler 05:29, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)

 * Please, someone block user Wiesenthaler (the artist formerly known as Alberuni) from Wikipedia. It seems to be an obsession for him/her. This troll just added over a dozen "ethnic slurs" for Jews, most of which are just variations of "big nose" (Jews aren't blessed with button noses like you Pakis are, huh?). I don't know why Alberuni's IP address wasn't blocked in the first place. -- CPS 04:25, 22 Dec 2004 (UTC)

These are the sections User:SlimVirgin twice deleted from her User Talk page and : --Wiesenthaler 05:34, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)

What is your justification for reverting to Jewbacca version?
On List of ethnic slurs without engaging in Talk? --Wiesenthaler 05:13, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)

What is your justification for vandalizing my User page?
How would you like it if I did that to yours? --Wiesenthaler 05:16, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)

What is your justification for attempting to hide these questions without answering for your malfeasance? --Wiesenthaler 05:25, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Reverting to Goldberg's version of Yasser Arafat is not vandalism
Goldberg's version is the accurate and superior version. Because you disagree and are engaging in an edit war to protect the Jewish-preferred version of the Arafat character assassination version does not give you the right to declare everyone who disagrees with you a vandal. In fact, it makes you the vandal and gives everyone else the right to revert your edits to it. What is your excuse for deleting the Jewish ethnic slurs in List of ethnic slurs? Is that also vandalism in your opinion, because you are offended as a jew? --Wiesenthaler 05:22, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)

 * You admitted you were a sockpuppet. Who's sockpuppet are you?  And why don't you edit under that username instead.  Thank you. Jewbacca

 * I choose not to edit under my usual username because I usually avoid dealing with editors like you and I don;t want you and your Jewish friends vandalizing the pages that I usually editThat's what sockpuppets are for. There's nothing wrong with using sockpuppets as long is it isn't in violation of voting or three revert rules, etc. --Wiesenthaler 05:28, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)

 * Alberuni chose to edit under this name because he/she was blocked and because he/she has no social life outside of Wikipedia. -- CPS 04:53, 22 Dec 2004 (UTC)

 * It is very interesting page. many comments even on a user. first I am intrested how can you say.
 * ...he/she has no social life outside of Wikipedia ...
 * May be you know him personally! neighbour or some thing?

 * Considering that Alberuni never seems to leave his computer desk, I probably know him better than his neighbors do. I wasn't sure if Alberuni was a man or not, but that started making sense when I saw this link.

 * How can you say it? I mean his username password might have been shared? So I'll like you to withdraw from your earlier statement. Zain 03:53, 25 Dec 2004 (UTC)

 * And doesn't it imply he is very dedicated wikipedian! Any how i don't mean it, but that page popped on my watch list. i checked it and saw very intresting comments. Couldn't resist to comment.

 * Zain 05:05, 22 Dec 2004 (UTC)

 * Alberuni is certainly a dedicated Wikipedian, but the other editors don't want him here. You are the only person who talks to him, do us a favor and tell him to grow up. -- CPS 09:42, 23 Dec 2004 (UTC)

 * And I am the only person he is not intrested to talk!! Please see on his talk page. he never contacted me back. I don't know he responds to all you guys but never to me. i can't understand why. So as he responds to you more then me. So can you ask him to contact me. I'll like you to convay my messege to him.

 * Zain 03:53, 25 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Vandalism
Please read and heed Talk:Yasser_Arafat. Please discuss major changes on the talk page before making them. A content dispute is one thing, but wholesale slashing of articles without discussion is something else entirely. That would be considered vandalism if a random passerby did it, and it will be considered vandalism if you do it. Actually, I think content disputes have the potential to make articles better because there is another point of view that someone is trying to express, or because the article contains content that it actually shouldn't. A content dispute can be a good thing. An edit war will get you blocked. SWAdair | Talk 05:37, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)

 * You should bear in mind that the 3RR does not apply in cases of reverting vandalism, and you are clearly vandalizing Yasser Arafat because you're deleting large amounts of properly referenced material without discussion or explanation. Slim 04:45, Dec 21, 2004 (UTC)

 * I made legitimate edits to Yasser Arafat. You clearly vandalized my user page then tried to hide the evidence of my questions on your talk page. You are a vandal and a biased editor. --Wiesenthaler 06:59, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Edit war will get me blocked?
My edits are kosher. Why don't you warn Jewbacca and SlimVirgin as they are violating three revert rule? --Wiesenthaler 05:50, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Neither of those users have violated the 3RR. You have, by creating a sockpuppet to continue reverting.  Don't try to deny it.  The editing pattern gives you away.  Anyone looking at the edit history would be justified in coming to that conclusion.  Wiesenthaler could be blocked at any time for violation of the 3RR and the burden of proof would be on you, not the blocking admin.  Please do discuss major changes before making them.  Please do not use this sockpuppet to evade the 3RR again.  There is nothing wrong with disagreeing with the content of an article.  How you are going about attempting to hijack the article is wrong.  If you would like to bring more attention to the article, you may want to consider listing it at Requests for comment.  SWAdair | Talk  05:56, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Jewbacca made four reverts in less than five hours. He should be blocked for this violation. --Wiesenthaler 06:37, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)

 * One of those is not a revert, but the removal of a superfluous External Link to balance at the External Links section. Jewbacca 06:51, Dec 21, 2004 (UTC)

 * Partial reverts are also applicable under the three revert rule which you have violated. You should be blocked. --Wiesenthaler 06:53, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)

 * Nope. Not a revert. I won't block him. - Ta bu shi da yu 08:17, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)

 * Sorry, but is not a revert. It's merely a copy edit, with the removal of one link. This has already been pointed out to you. None of your information was removed! It's not like a wholesale revert and the addition of information. I must say, I was initially pretty pissed off that Jewbacca had violated the 3RR, then I doublechecked the edits and found that this link isn't actually a revert. So no, I won't be blocking. Though I would have if that last one had been a full on revert of your info. - Ta bu shi da yu 06:00, 22 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Evidence of Jewbaca's vandalism to my User page
Jewbacca claims that he followed guidelines of tagging a sockpuppet page when the user admits he is a sockpuppet. But he vandalized my page before I admitted to being a sockpuppet. Here is his vandalism at 03:50, 21 Dec 2004. Here is my admission at 04:54, 21 Dec 2004:. Therefore Jewbacca is a vandal, just like SlimVirgin. --Wiesenthaler 07:01, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Sockpuppets and the 3RR
Please see this notice that I placed on my talk page. If this account is used again to violate the 3RR, it will be blocked. SWAdair | Talk 08:45, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)

 * You are wrong as I've told you many times. You are calling me a liar, not assuming good faith, threatening and abusive. You should be de-sysoped and banned. --Wiesenthaler 19:18, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)

I want to talk with you Zain
AOA

I want to talk with you in details plz be in contact.

Zain 21:01, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)

 * Please email me and send ur email address
 * Zain 03:37, 22 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Arab-Israeli conflict
Wiesenthaler, please do not revert Arab-Israeli conflict again or you will be blocked for violating WP:3RR. BLANKFAZE | (что??)  08:09, 22 Dec 2004 (UTC)

This is your first warning.
I would advise against harassing Jewbacca. This is your first warning. - Ta bu shi da yu 08:16, 22 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * I was not aware that he was doing this. Please provide link and I'll check it out. - Ta bu shi da yu 08:21, 22 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Unblocked
I have unblocked you. - Ta bu shi da yu 21:55, 22 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Blocked as sockpuppet
Since this account has admitted to being a sockpuppet, and this account has likewise been hurling personal attacks left and right, it has been blocked permanently, per Blocking policy. The operator of this account is welcome to resume using his/her other account. —Charles P. (Mirv) 23:11, 22 Dec 2004 (UTC)

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Crash Bandicoot: Warped

Crash Bandicoot: Warped, known in Europe as Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped, is a 1998 platform game developed by Naughty Dog and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation. It is the third game in the Crash Bandicoot video game series following Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back.

The game's story takes place immediately after the events of the second game. When the ruins of Doctor Neo Cortex's space station crash-land on Earth, they unleash an evil entity known as Uka Uka, Aku Aku's evil twin brother, who joins with Cortex and the time-obsessed Doctor Nefarious Tropy as they plan to gather powerful crystals that lay scattered across time, and use their energy to enslave the Earth. The game follows the main characters Crash and Coco Bandicoot as they travel through time and prevent the villains from gathering the crystals by collecting them themselves.

Crash Bandicoot: Warped was lauded by critics, who noted a high quality in many areas, including gameplay, graphics and audio, and the game has been considered one of the best video games of all time. It went on to sell nearly 6 million units, making it one of the best-selling video games for the PlayStation. In Japan, the game surpassed the sales of its two predecessors and became the first non-Japanese PlayStation title to sell over 1 million copies in the country. A remastered version was included in the Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy collection for the PlayStation 4 in June 2017, and ported to other platforms in June 2018.

Gameplay

Warped is a platform game in which the player controls Crash and Coco Bandicoot, who must travel through time and gather 25 crystals scattered across time before Doctor Neo Cortex and Uka Uka do so. Much of the game takes place in the Time-Twisting Machine, which acts as the hub area of the game. The Time-Twisting Machine is split up into five chambers; only the first chamber is initially available. Each chamber has five buttons that open portals to different levels. The goal in each level is to find and obtain the crystal hidden in the area. In some levels, the crystal will be located at the end of a level or must be earned by completing a specific challenge. Some levels contain a "Bonus Platform" that leads to a special bonus area, where the player must navigate through a separate area and collect everything in sight. As no lives are lost in the bonus areas, the bonus areas can be played through as often as the player desires until the bonus area can be cleared. After completing all five levels in a chamber, a sixth button that opens a portal to a boss level will appear. By defeating the boss, the next chamber will become available for play. When all 25 Crystals are found and all five boss characters are defeated, the game is won.

Crash and Coco start the game with five lives. A life is lost when they are struck by an enemy attack or suffer any other type of damage. More lives can be earned by collecting 100 "Wumpa Fruits" or breaking open a special crate to collect a life. If the player runs out of lives, the game is over. However, it can be continued by selecting "Yes" at the "Continue?" screen. Crash has the ability to jump into the air and land on an enemy character, spin in a tornado-like fashion to knock enemies off-screen, slide across the ground and perform a body slam to break certain objects. These abilities can be expanded on by defeating boss characters, often resulting in more powerful attacks or increased jumping and running prowess.

Boxes play a prominent role in Warped and can be broken with all of Crash's techniques. Boxes contain helpful items or can augment Crash's mobility. Check Point boxes allow the player to return to a specific point in the stage upon losing a life. TNT Boxes explode after a three-second fuse when jumped on, while Nitro Boxes explode upon any physical contact. All of the Nitro Boxes in a level can be detonated at once if a green-colored box with an exclamation point (!) on it is touched; contact with this box is necessary in obtaining the level's gem, as Nitro Boxes count towards the total number of boxes broken in the level.

Besides crystals, gems, both regular and colored varieties, can be collected for extra accomplishment. Gems are rewarded to the player if all of the crates in a level are broken open or if a secret area is completed. There are a total of 45 gems in the game. Colored gems are found in special levels and lead to hidden areas. There are 5 colored gems in the game. "Relics" can be won by re-entering a level after its crystal has been obtained. To obtain a Relic, the player must initiate the "Time Trial" mode by touching the floating stopwatch near the beginning of the level and race through a level in the designated time displayed before entering a level. Scattered throughout the level are yellow crates with the numbers 1, 2 or 3 on them. When these crates are broken, the timer is frozen for the number of seconds designated by the box. As no lives are lost in the Time Trial mode, the level can be played through as often as the player desires. Sapphire, Gold and Platinum Relics can be won depending on how low the player's final time is. The first five Relics the player receives unlocks access to a level in the "Secret Warp Room". Every five Relics thereafter open up another level in the Secret Warp Room. The levels in the Secret Warp Room must be won before the game can be completed.

Plot
The shattered remains of Doctor Neo Cortex's space station crash-land on Earth and set free a powerful entity known as Uka Uka, the mastermind of Cortex's previous schemes. He regroups with Cortex and additionally recruits Doctor Nefarious Tropy, the inventor of a device named the Time Twisting Machine which will allow Cortex's minions to collect the Crystals and Gems from their original places in time. At the home of the Bandicoots, Aku Aku senses Uka Uka's return and informs the Bandicoots that Uka Uka is his evil twin brother, whom he had locked away long ago to defend the planet. He then leads the Bandicoots to the Time Twisting Machine, which they can use to collect the Crystals and Gems before Cortex does so. Crash and Coco venture throughout time and defeat adversaries such as Tiny Tiger, Dingodile and Doctor N. Gin. The defeat of N. Tropy causes the Time Twisting Machine to gradually fall into disarray. Upon the defeat of Cortex and Uka Uka after collecting all the crystals and gems, the Time Twisting Machine implodes and traps Uka Uka in a timeless prison with Cortex and N. Tropy who have been turned into infants.

Development
Production of Warped began in January 1998, with Naughty Dog given only ten and a half months and a budget of over $2 million to complete the game. It was released in North America on November 3, 1998, and in Europe on December 11, 1998. Programmers Andy Gavin, Stephen White and Greg Omi created three new gameplay engines for the game. Two of the three new engines were three-dimensional in nature and were created for the airplane and jet-ski levels; the third new engine was created for the motorcycle levels in the style of a driving simulator. The new engines combined make up a third of the game, while the other two-thirds of the game consist of the same engine used in the previous games. Jason Rubin explained that the "classic" engine and game style was preserved due to the success of the previous two games and went on to say that "were we to abandon that style of gameplay, that would mean that we would be abandoning a significant proportion of gamers out there." An arbitrary plane z-buffer was created for the jet-ski and flooded Egyptian levels of the game. To create a completely fluid feel for the water on these levels, an environment map that reflects the sky was fitted onto the surface of the water. A real shadow was given to the Crash character at the request of the Sony Computer Entertainment America producers, who were "sick of that little discus that's following him around." To create an "arcade" experience in the airplane levels and to differentiate them from flight simulators, the enemy planes were programmed to come out in front of the player and give the player ample time to shoot them before they turn around and shoot the player rather than come up behind the player and hit them from behind. The Relic system was introduced to give players a reason to return to the game after it has been completed.

The soundtrack of the game was produced by Mark Mothersbaugh and composed by Josh Mancell of Mutato Muzika. The sound effects were created by Mike Gollum, Ron Horwitz and Kevin Spears of Universal Sound Studios. Clancy Brown voiced the dual role of Doctor Neo Cortex and Uka Uka, while Brendan O'Brien voiced the dual role of Doctor N. Gin and Tiny the Tiger. Additionally, Michael Ensign voiced Doctor Nefarious Tropy, William Hootkins voiced Dingodile and Mel Winkler voiced Aku Aku. A small sampling of the game's levels was prominently displayed at Sony's Electronic Entertainment Expo booth in Atlanta, Georgia. Around this time, the video game industry wondered if Crash Bandicoot: Warped was just more of the same of the previous installment. The release of Crash Bandicoot: Warped was accompanied by marketing campaigns by Sony and Pizza Hut. The Japanese version of Crash Bandicoot: Warped was one of the first video games to support the PocketStation, a peripheral that downloads minigames from PlayStation games. A playable game demo of the Insomniac Games game Spyro the Dragon is available in the final product and can be accessed by entering a cheat code at the title screen.

Character and level design
American Exitus artist Charles Zembillas, who was a character designer and art director for the previous two games, reprised his role for Warped. Uka Uka was created as a presence that would cause Doctor Neo Cortex to cower in fear. The emotion sketches depicting Cortex begging for forgiveness inspired the shot design and animation for the game's cinematic introductory sequence. Because the game's plot involved time travel, the time-traveling Doctor Nefarious Tropy was conceptualized. Zembillas drew the first sketches of Tropy (and the doodle he created as Naughty Dog was describing the character to him) on January 22, 1998. Tropy's wearable time-traveling device was conceptualized early on in the character's design evolution and initially appeared as a belt-like contraption that featured a digital read out displaying the year Tropy intended to travel to. Tropy's piston-driven, smog-generating time machine was made to reflect his unhealthy obsession with time. The Dingodile character was conceptualized by Naughty Dog employee Joe Labbe II, who requested a character that was a cross between a dingo and a crocodile. Zembillas drew the first sketches of Dingodile on February 4, 1998. At certain points, the character alternatively wore an Australian style hat, had a "mop of scruffy hair" and walked on all fours. Naughty Dog initially wanted Dingodile to be a fire-breathing character before Zembillas suggested giving him a flamethrower to make him "much more interesting". The final sketches of Dingodile were drawn on February 12, 1998.

When conceiving Coco Bandicoot's companion in the Chinese levels, it was decided that a "cute and huggable critter" that fit the Chinese theme was needed. A panda was originally considered but was rejected due to its similarity to the polar bear seen in Cortex Strikes Back. A tiger cub, Pura, was chosen as an alternative. When creating the Triceratops chase sequences in the prehistoric levels, a minion of Doctor Cortex was initially animated riding the beast. Whenever the triceratops got stuck, it would thrash the minion around. The rider was ultimately removed for technical reasons. The Tyrannosaurus hatchling that Crash mounts in the prehistoric levels was drawn with chicken-like proportions by Naughty Dog's Bob Rafei. The shark seen in the game's underwater levels was one of Jason Rubin's first PowerAnimator models. The model was originally built for the first Crash Bandicoot game, but was not used until Warped.

The "time travel around the world" theme of Warped allowed the Naughty Dog artists to stretch beyond the limits imposed by the island-themed setting of the previous games; each time theme has distinctly unique structures and color palettes. To demonstrate the effect that color has on the mood of an environment, level sketches, such as those of the Arabian or medieval levels, were recolored to alter the depicted time of day from day to night. Naughty Dog aimed to visually distinguish Warped from previous installments by "opening up the environment" and allowing greater distances to be visible without draw-in or fog; to achieve the image of endless rolling hills and distant castles seen in the Medieval levels, level of detail was accounted for by introducing new technologies into the game engine and changing the way some of the background elements were constructed. The most detailed textures of Warped are located in the Egyptian Tomb levels in the form of decorative paintings. To keep the image of an endless highway in the motorcycle levels from being boring, roadside details such as cacti and telephone poles were added to the scenery. Additionally, distant mesas were added to help break up the horizon. To give the desert highway some character, full-service gas stations and diners were added to the roadside to evoke a "1950s America" flavor. The Great Wall of China is portrayed during its construction stage to add visual variety and provide gameplay obstacles. Initial ideas for the submerged Atlantis stage varied from an ancient Roman-esque city in ruins to a high-tech submerged city of alien origin.

Reception
Warped received "universal acclaim", according to review aggregator Metacritic. Johnny Ballgame of GamePro concluded that the game was "a very strong contender for PlayStation game of the year" and that the "rowdy rowdy" gameplay will keep your head spinning for days." Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine considered the game to be "the best 2.5D platformer ever released." Ryan MacDonald of GameSpot said that Crash Bandicoot: Warped is "easily the best Crash yet," describing how all of its aspects were superior to previous installments in the series, and concluded that the game was "the most fun I've had with a 3D platform game in a long, long time." Mark Cooke of Game Revolution called the game "a barrage of good things" and said that the game's elements "all come together perfectly." Scott Alan Marriott of Allgame ("All Game Guide" at the time) considered the game to be "so impressive to watch that you'll have to keep one hand firmly below your chin to keep it from falling to the floor."

The game's graphics were lauded by critics. Johnny Ballgame praised the game's graphics as "incredibly clean" and "detailed", citing the water in the jet ski levels as "the most realistic-looking waves of any PlayStation game we've seen so far". Randy Nelson called the game "drop-dead gorgeous", detailing that "the textures are impeccable, the animation's top-notch, and the special effects kick some serious booty." Ryan MacDonald called the game "one of the most beautiful PlayStation games ever", citing the game's "smooth" character animations, "bright" and "colorful" landscapes, "gorgeous" lighting effects and a "refreshingly fast and steady" frame rate. Mark Cooke praised the game's "smooth" and "cartoonish" animation as "top of the line, bested by no other game" and its "limitless" rendering distance and "beautiful" 3D models as "the pinnacle of PlayStation rendering". However, he criticized the absence of death animations for the enemy characters. Scott Alan Marriott described the graphics as "unbelievable" and said that "everything is crystal clear, colorful, smoothly animated and extremely detailed."

The game's audio was also critically praised. Johnny Ballgame said that the sound "gets you pumped to play, especially the wicked drum beats that blare when you're charging through a level with the invincibility mask." He also commented positively on the other audio effects, such as "the boiling lava", "the raging pterodactyls" and the "zany movie voice-overs". Randy Nelson was thankful for the game's increased musical diversity in comparison to Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back. Ryan MacDonald praised the music, sound effects and character voice-overs as "outstanding" and "extremely well done" and noted that the onscreen lip-synching is "almost perfectly matched to the voice." Mark Cooke said that the game's "over-exaggerated" voice-acting is "like those in good cartoons, and sometimes even better", and cited an "equally cartoonish" aspect in the music. Scott Alan Marriott described the voice-acting as "five-star quality all the way" and noted that the music "captures the level setting(s) perfectly."

By February 1999, 2.9 million copies of Warped had been shipped to retailers worldwide; the NPD Group reported sell-through of 862,506 copies in North America alone by the end of January. At the 1999 Milia festival in Cannes, it took home a "Gold" prize for revenues above €15 million in the European Union during the previous year. By 2002, Warped had sold over 5.7 million units worldwide, making it the thirteenth best-selling PlayStation video game of all time. The game's success resulted in its re-release for the Sony Greatest Hits lineup on August 23, 1999, and for the Platinum Range in 2000. Crash Bandicoot: Warped was a bestseller in Japan, and was the first non-Japanese PlayStation title to receive a "Platinum Prize" in Japan for selling over 1 million units. Game Informer placed the game 26th on their top 100 video games of all time in 2001 noting the game's difficulty not hard like the first game and not too easy like the second game and praising the platforming action as “fantastic”.

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Trumpler

Trumpler or Trümpler may refer to:

Surname

 * Hans-Konrad Trümpler (born 1960), Swiss rower
 * Robert Julius Trumpler (1886–1956), Swiss-American astronomer

Astronomy

 * Trumpler (lunar crater), a lunar impact crater
 * Trumpler (Martian crater), a crater in the Phaethontis quadrangle of Mars
 * Trumpler classification

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Tyndall (disambiguation)

Tyndall is the name of an English family taken from the land they held as tenants in chief of the Kings of England and Scotland in the 11th, 12th and 13th centuries.

Tyndall may also refer to:

People

 * Arthur Tyndall (1891–1979), New Zealand civil engineer, public servant and judge
 * Arthur Mannering Tyndall (1881–1961), English physicist
 * Charles Tyndall (1900–1971), Anglican Bishop of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh
 * Denis Tyndall (1890–1965), Anglican priest
 * Edward Tyndall (born 1973), director of the 2012 documentary Reconvergence
 * Emily Tyndall, a stage name of Emily Dunn (actress)
 * George Tyndall (1946 or 1947–2023), American gynecologist investigated for multiple instances of alleged sexual abuse
 * Humphrey Tyndall (1549–1614), English Anglican, churchman, President of Queens' College, Cambridge, Archdeacon of Stafford, Chancellor of Lichfield Cathedral and Dean of Ely
 * John Tyndall (1820–1893), Irish physicist
 * John Tyndall (poet) (born 1951), Canadian poet
 * John Tyndall (politician) (1934–2005), English far-right politician
 * Kate Tyndall (born 1983), Australian rules footballer
 * Louisa Charlotte Tyndall (1845–1940), wife and assistant of the physicist John Tyndall
 * Robert Tyndall (1877–1947), United States Army major general and mayor of Indianapolis
 * Thomas Tyndall (1723–1794), English merchant and banker
 * William Tyndale (c. 1494–1536), also spelled Tyndall, English biblical scholar and linguist
 * William T. Tyndall (1862–1928), American politician
 * William Tyndall (MP), Member of Parliament for Bristol (UK Parliament constituency) in 1558

Places

 * Tyndall, Manitoba, Canada, where Tyndall stone is quarried
 * Tyndall, South Dakota, United States, a city
 * Tyndall Air Force Base, near Panama City, Florida, United States
 * Tyndall Branch (Deep Creek tributary), Delaware, United States
 * Tyndall Glacier (disambiguation)
 * Tyndall River, Chile
 * Mount Tyndall, California, United States
 * Mount Tyndall (Tasmania), Australia
 * Pic Tyndall, a minor summit below the Matterhorn between Italy and Switzerland
 * Tyndall Mountains, Graham Land, Antarctica
 * Tyndall (lunar crater)
 * Tyndall (Martian crater)

Science and technology

 * Tyndall National Institute, a European hardware research centre located in Cork, Ireland
 * John Tyndall Award, awarded to individuals who contribute to fiber optics technology

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Reg Vermue

Reginald Vermue is a Canadian indie rock singer from Guelph, Ontario. Born in Trenton, Ontario, he has recorded music under the stage names Gentleman Reg and Regina Gently. His musical style has been compared to Elliott Smith, Aimee Mann, The Smiths and Cat Power. He had a cameo role in the 2006 film Shortbus.

Most recently he began performing with a new band called Light Fires with James Bunton from the band Ohbijou, debuting songs in October 2010 at Pop Montreal. In Light Fires, Vermue performs in drag, adopting the alternate persona Regina Gently.

Career
His first album, The Theoretical Girl, was released in 2000 on Three Gut Records. He released two more albums, Make Me Pretty in 2002 and Darby & Joan in 2004, on Three Gut before the label dissolved in 2005.

He subsequently signed to Arts & Crafts in 2008. His first release for that label, Little Buildings in 2008, was a compilation of tracks from his Three Gut albums. The album was created for release in the United States, where his earlier albums had never secured wide distribution. At the same time, he also released "You Can't Get it Back", an advance single from his first album of new material for Arts & Crafts, Jet Black, which was released in full on 24 February 2009. Jet Black  was the first proper studio album that he released in the United States.

Members of Royal City and The Constantines have regularly appeared as Vermue's band, live and on recordings, as well as long-time drummer Greg Millson, who now performs with Great Lake Swimmers. Vermue was also a member of The Hidden Cameras for several years and has performed with Broken Social Scene, sung backup for Sufjan Stevens, and often guests with Owen Pallett. He also appeared on a tribute CD for The Breeders, Hellbound, performing the song "Doe".

Songs by Gentleman Reg have appeared in such films as Shortbus, Wilby Wonderful, Twist, The End of Silence, Late Fragment, and on the television show Queer as Folk.

Vermue, who is openly gay, appears in a cameo role in the 2006 John Cameron Mitchell film Shortbus. In it, his character claims to be an albino — although Vermue is fair-skinned and has very light blond hair, he is not in fact an albino. Songs by Gentleman Reg are featured on the soundtrack of the film.

In 2019 Vermue released "Good People", the first single to be credited to Regina Gently as a solo act. The following year he released Don't Wait to Love Me, the first full-length Regina Gently album.

Albums

 * The Theoretical Girl (2000)
 * Make Me Pretty (2002)
 * Darby & Joan (2004)
 * Little Buildings (2008) (U.S. only release)
 * Jet Black (2009)
 * Heavy Head (2009) (Digital only release)
 * Leisure Life (2012)
 * Light Fires (2013)
 * Don't Wait to Love Me (2020)
 * Songs I Already Sang (2024)

Compilations

 * "Doe" on Hellbound: A Tribute to The Breeders (2001)
 * "05.07.02" on Recordings From CKLN's Wired for Sound: 2001–2002 – a live recording of "Give Me a Chance"
 * "Over My Head (4 track)" on Friends in Bellwoods (2007)
 * "For Trust" on Friends in Bellwoods II (2009)
 * "Happens All the Time" (Eric's Trip cover) on Have Not Been the Same, Vol. 1: Too Cool to Live, Too Smart to Die (2011, as Light Fires)

Soundtracks

 * Wilby Wonderful by Daniel MacIvor, 2004
 * Shortbus by John Cameron Mitchell, 2006

Guest vocal appearances

 * "Communication" from Morning Noon Night by Jim Guthrie (2002)
 * "Library" from Has a Good Home by Final Fantasy (2004)
 * "Bring My Father a Gift" and "Take Me Down to Yonder River" from Little Heart's Ease by Royal City (2004)
 * "Reward and Respite" from Attic Salt by Kepler (2004)
 * "Hotline Operator" from Tournament of Hearts by Constantines (2005)
 * "Blizzards" from Swift Feet for Troubling Times by Ohbijou (2007)
 * "In the Beginning" b/w "Stars" from Unreleased by Isis Salam (2010)
 * "Smalltown Boy" from Cenotaph by Buck 65 (2010)
 * "Wait & See" from Special Affections by Diamond Rings (2010)
 * "Flare Gun" from Heartland by Owen Pallett (2010)

As a member of The Hidden Cameras
Reg appeared on several of their albums and singles in different capacities.
 * The Smell of Our Own (2003)
 * The Hidden Cameras Play the CBC Sessions (2003)
 * Mississauga Goddam (2004)
 * I Believe in the Good of Life CD single (2004)
 * Awoo (2006)

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Von Kármán (disambiguation)

Theodore von Kármán was a Hungarian-American mathematician, aerospace engineer and physicist.

Von Kármán may also refer to:

 * Von Kármán (lunar crater)
 * Von Kármán (Martian crater)
 * Von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics
 * Von Kármán ogive
 * Von Kármán constant
 * von Kármán Wind Turbulence Model
 * Theodore von Karman Medal

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About me
Architect and Software Developer J2EE, HTML5, Android. M.Sc. in Computer Science (University of Bremen, Germany)

Designing and developing something to exceed existing practices and limits is what drives me and where I occasionally succeed on a small scale. Other than that I love skiing and reading.

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List of X-1 flights

The Bell X-1 was the first crewed airplane to exceed the speed of sound in level flight and was the first of the X-planes.

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Lakshman Joo

Swami Lakshman Joo (9 May 1907 – 27 September 1991), born Lakshman Raina and also called Lal Sahib by his followers, was a mystic and scholar of Kashmir Shaivism.

Biography
Lakshman Joo was born in a Kashmiri Hindu Brahmin family in the city of Srinagar in Kashmir. He was the fifth child in a household of four boys and five girls.

His mother's name was Arnyamali Raina.

At the age of five he was introduced to the path of spirituality by his elder brother Maheshvaranath. Up to the age of eight his spiritual progress in the lineage of Kashmiri Shaivam was monitored by his family priest, Pandit Swami Ram Joo (1854-1915), and later by his chief disciple Swami Mehatab Kak (1870?-1942). At the age of 19, it is said, he experienced a clear taste of Self-realisation. Shortly afterwards he left home, as he wrote, "in search of the Supreme" and moved to the famous ashram of Sadhamalyun (Sadhuganga) in Handwara. Persuaded by his father to return to Srinagar, he continued to study Sanskrit and Shaiva philosophy under the guidance of a scholar named Maheshwar Razdan.

From 1934 to 1935, Lakshman Joo moved to an isolated place above the village of Gupta Ganga near Nishat suburb of Srinagar where his parents built him a house. This was where Abhinavagupta had lived nine centuries ago. In 1962 he moved down the hill to a place closer to the famous Dal Lake a few hundred metres from the Nishat Gardens. Around the age of 30 Lakshman Joo traveled in India, spending time on a Mumbai beach and a short time with Mahatma Gandhi at Sevagram and then with Sri Aurobindo at Pondicherry. From there he found his way to Tiruvannamalai to meet Ramana Maharshi. There he spent some weeks and later commented; "I felt those golden days were indeed divine".

Little was known about the Swami for almost three decades (1930-1960), as it was his habit to spend the winter months in silence and seclusion. Still, in the summer he had occasional visits from both scholars and saints. The Indian Spiritual Master Meher Baba visited his ashram in 1944. In 1948 Lilian Silburn from the National Centre for Scientific Research, Paris, visited the Swami. She would return regularly for the next ten years, during which time she studied the major texts of Kashmir Shaiva philosophy, all of which were published in French. It was through Silburn that André Padoux, another prolific scholar of Kashmir Shaivism came to meet the Swami. Paul Reps, the American artist, author and poet stumbled across the Ashram in 1957. With Swami Lakshmanjoo he studied the ancient text of Vijnana Bhairava Tantra, and later published the 112 practices of transcending in the fourth chapter of his book Zen Flesh, Zen Bones. This teaching also influenced Osho, and formed the basis of The Book of Secrets.

It was a few years later, in 1965, after attending a Sanskrit conference in Varanasi, chaired by the renowned Sanskrit Tantra scholar Gopinath Kaviraj, that the word quickly spread that the tradition of Kashmir Shaivism was alive and well, and fully embodied in the person of Swami Lakshman Joo. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi visited the Swami each summer from 1966 to 1969. The two saints formed a lasting relationship. Baba Muktananda, of Siddha Yoga also visited on two occasions. Until his death in 1991, Swami Lakshmanjoo freely taught, giving weekly lectures on the mystical and philosophical texts of Kashmir Shaivism. Many of these lectures were audio recorded by John Hughes and later published. Lakshman Joo's interpretation of Kashmir Shavism attracted the attention of both Indian and western Indologists. The Swami has correspondence with Professor Giuseppe Tucci of the University of Rome La Sapienza, and his regular visitors included scholars, such as, Jaideva Singh, Professor Nilkanth Gurtoo, Acharya Rameshwar Jha, Jankinath Kaul "Kamal", Raniero Gnoli, Alexis Sanderson and Mark Dyczkowski.

In 1991 the Swami traveled to the United States and established the Universal Shaiva Fellowship where he designated John Hughes and his wife Denise to continue publishing his teachings of Kashmir Shaivism. In India the teachings of Lakshman Joo are carried on by Ishwar Ashram Trust, an organisation founded shortly after his death.

Selected publications
Posthumously:
 * 1933 – Gitartha Samgraha (Abhinavagupta's commentary on the Bhagavad Gita)
 * 1943 – Hindi translation of Sambpanchashika
 * 1958 – Sri Kramanayadipika (Hindi) on the 12 Kali-s
 * 1964 – Hindi translation of Utpaladeva's Shivastotravali
 * 1982 – Lectures on practice and discipline in Kashmir Shaivism
 * 1985 – Kashmir Shaivism: The Secret Supreme, edited by John Hughes (the essence of the first fifteen chapters of Abhinavagupta's Tantraloka)
 * 1986 – Hindi commentary by Swami Lakshman Joo on Abhinavagupta's Bhagavad Gitartha Samgraha
 * 1987 – Hindi translation of Panchastavi
 * 1992 – Self Realization in Kashmir Shaivism, Oral Teachings of Swami Lakshmanjoo, edited by John Hughes
 * 2002 – English translation of Shiva Sutras, edited by John Hughes
 * 2002 – Shiva Sutras of Vasugupta along with original audio recordings
 * 2005 – Revelations on Grace and Spiritual Practice, original audio and DVD recordings
 * 2006 – Trika Rahasya Prakriya, Sanskrit verses with Hindi commentary
 * 2007 – Vijnana Bhairava, original audio and transcript, introduction by John Hughes
 * 2009 – Bhagavad Gitartha Samgraha of Abhinavagupta (Revisited), Chapters 1–6, translated by Swami Lakshmanjoo, DVD
 * 2013 – Bhagavad Gītā in the Light of Kashmir Shaivism, Chapters 1-18, translated by Swami Lakshmanjoo, DVD
 * 2015 – Paramarthasara with Abhinavagupta's commentary, translated by Swami Lakshmanjoo, original DVD and transcript.
 * 2016 – Abhinavagupta's Tantraloka, chapter One, translated by Swami Lakshmanjoo, original audio and transcript.
 * 2016 – Spanda Karika of Vasugupta, and Spanda Sandoha of Kshemaraja, translated by Swami Lakshmanjoo, original audio and transcript.
 * 2016 – Stava Cintamani of Bhatta Narayana, translated by Swami Lakshmanjoo, original audio and transcript.
 * 2016 – Shaivismo de Cachemira. El Supremo secreto, translation into Spanish of Kashmir Shaivism. The Secret Supreme.
 * 2017 – Shiva Sutras. El Despertar Supremo, translation into Spanish of Shiva Sutras. The Supreme Awakening.
 * 2019 – Abhinavagupta's Tantraloka, chapters Two and Three, translated by Swami Lakshmanjoo, original audio and transcript.

Kashmir Shaivism – Library
Over a period of nineteen years John Hughes recorded Lakshman Joo's translations of the following texts. Transcripts of these lectures are maintained in the Universal Shaiva Fellowship library.

 * Bhagavad Gitartha Samgraha of Abhinavagupta, translation and commentary by Swami Lakshman Joo, original audio recordings (Kashmir, 28 Nov. 1978 to 3 June 80).
 * Bodhapancadashika of Abhinavagupta, translation and commentary by Swami Lakshman Joo, original audio recordings (Kashmir, 18 to 22 Oct 1980).
 * Dehastadevatacakra of Abhinavagupta, translation and commentary by Swami Lakshman Joo, original audio recordings (Kashmir, 25 Oct to 12 Nov 1980).
 * Interviews with Swami Lakshman Joo: Questions by John Hughes, Alexis Sanderson, Alice Christenson, original audio recordings (July 1974).
 * Janma Marana Vicara: translation and commentary by Swami Lakshman Joo, original audio recordings (Kashmir, May 1975).
 * Kashmir Shaivism, The Secret Supreme (Lectures in English), Swami Lakshman Joo, original audio recordings (Kashmir, 1972).
 * Kashmiri Lectures on Practice and Discipline, Swami Lakshman Joo, original audio recordings (Kashmir, 1980).
 * Paramarthasara (Abhinavagupta's commentary): Swami Lakshman Joo's comments on John Hughes' reading, original audio recordings (Kashmir, 26 April to 6 Sept 1972).
 * Parapraveshika of Kshemaraja: translation and commentary by Swami Lakshman Joo, original audio recordings (Kashmir, 12 to 15 Nov 1980).
 * Pratyabhijna Hridayam of Kshemaraja: Swami Lakshman Joo's answers John Hughes questions: original audio recordings (Kashmir, 26 April 1972).
 * Paratrishika Laghuvritti of Abhinavagupta: translation and commentary by Swami Lakshman Joo, original audio recordings (Kashmir, 25 May 1974 to 6 July 1974)
 * Paratrishika Vivarana of Abhinavagupta, translation and commentary by Swami Lakshman Joo, original audio recordings (Kashmir, 26 May 1982 to 24 Aug 1985).
 * Revelations on Grace and Practice: A collection of Swami Lakshman Joo's original audio recordings plus transcript, ed. John Hughes (USA, 9 May 2005).
 * Shivastotravali of Utpaladeva: translation by Swami Lakshman Joo, original audio recordings (Kashmir, June 1976 to Sept 1978).
 * Shiva Sutra Vimarshini of Vasugupta: translation and commentary by Swami Lakshman Joo, original audio recordings (Kashmir, 7 June 1975).
 * Spanda Karika of Vasugupta: translation and commentary by Swami Lakshman Joo, original audio recordings (Kashmir, 5 to 26 Aug 1981).
 * Spanda Sandoha of Kshemaraja: translation and commentary by Swami Lakshman Joo, original audio recordings (Kashmir, 29 Aug to 9 Oct 1981).
 * Special Verses on Practice Swami Lakshman Joo, original audio recordings (Nepal, 1988).
 * Stavacintamani of Bhatta Narayana: translation and commentary by Swami Lakshman Joo, original audio recordings (Kashmir, 26 Nov 1980 to 17 July 1981).
 * Tantraloka of Abhinavagupta (Chapters 1–18): translation and commentary by Swami Lakshman Joo, original audio recordings (Kashmir, 1976 to 1981).
 * Vatulanath Sutras of Kshemaraja: Swami Lakshman joo, original audio recordings (Kashmir, 1975).
 * Vijnana Bhairava: translation and commentary by Swami Lakshman Joo, original audio recordings (Kashmir, 1975).
 * Vijnana Bhairava Questions: Swami Lakshman Joo, original audio recordings (Kashmir, July 1985).

Audio recordings in Kashmiri

 * Kalika Stotra of Shivanandanatha, Recitation by Swami Lakshman Joo and devotees (Kashmir, 1977).
 * Maharthamanjari of Maheshvarananda, translated by Swami Lakshman Joo (Kashmir, 1977).
 * Paratrishika Vivarana, translated by Swami Lakshman Joo (Kashmir, 1982–83).
 * Shiva Sutra Vimarshini of Vasugupta, translated by Swami Lakshman Joo (Kashmir, 1978).
 * Shiva Stotravali of Utpaladeva with Kshemaraja's commentary, translated by Swami Lakshman Joo (Kashmir, 1975–85).
 * Stuti Kushmanjali, translated by Swami Lakshman Joo (Kashmir, 1977).
 * Tantraloka of Abhinavagupta (selected chapters), translated by Swami Lakshman Joo (Kashmir, 1975–85).

DVD recordings in English

 * Bhagavadgitarthasamgraha of Abhinavagupta, translation and commentary by Swami Lakshman Joo, original video recordings (Nepal, 1990)
 * Paramarthasara of Abhinavagupta, translation and commentary by Swami Lakshman Joo, original video recording (Nepal, 1990)
 * Revelations on Grace and Spiritual Practice, Selections from translations and commentaries on Bhagavadgitarthasamgrah (video), Paramarthasara (video), and Tantraloka (audio). (Los Angeles, 2006)
 * Special Verses on Practice by Swami Lakshman Joo, original video recordings (Nepal, 1988).

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Hi!! This is my user talk page! Right now it is temporarily down but will be up agian soon.

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I've moved the page you created, Ab2525:GDFL, to a page in your user space, User:Ab2525/GDFL. As it was, it was in article space. I've fixed the link on your user page for you. If you have any questions, let me know. --barneca (talk) 17:54, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Andreas Ranheim

Andreas Ranheim
Hoax. I don't know much, but I do know this guy didn't write The Wealth of Nations... Cdc 04:50, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * We all know that Adam Smith was Lithuanian, not Norwegian. Delete. Gwimpey 05:09, Dec 21, 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete — They say a thousand Swedes ran through the weeds chased by one Norwegian, but Andreas Ranheim isn't that one Norwegian. Eliminate it as if it were a plague of thieves roaming the fjords. —ExplorerCDT 05:48, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete - Either grossly misrepresented or simply false. - 81.70.91.207 09:38, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. utcursch 09:54, Dec 21, 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. Jeltz 10:48, 2004 Dec 21 (UTC)
 * Actually, the quotes are translatable: "Is this a steaming load?"  "Ya, you betcha!"  Delete.  Edeans 07:18, 22 Dec 2004 (UTC)


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Molly Hatchet (album)

Molly Hatchet is the debut studio album by American rock band Molly Hatchet. It was released on September 1, 1978, by Epic Records. The cover is a painting by Frank Frazetta entitled Death Dealer. Starting off both the album itself and the recording career of the band, the first song famously begins with lead singer Danny Joe Brown growling "Hell yeah!"

"Dreams I'll Never See" is a cover of The Allman Brothers Band's song "Dreams" from their debut album, via Buddy Miles's reworking of the song from Them Changes (1970).

Personnel

 * Molly Hatchet
 * Danny Joe Brown - vocals, harmonica on "The Price You Pay" & "I'll Be Running"
 * Dave Hlubek - guitar
 * Steve Holland - guitar
 * Duane Roland - guitar
 * Banner Thomas - bass
 * Bruce Crump - drums

 * Additional musicians
 * Tom Werman - percussion
 * Jai Winding - keyboards
 * Tim Lindsey - additional bass

 * Production
 * Tom Werman - producer, mixing at Record Plant, Los Angeles
 * Anthony Reale - sound engineer, The Sound Pit, Atlanta
 * Richard Schoff - sound engineer
 * Mike Beriger - assistant engineer
 * Frank Frazetta - cover painting

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should have a section about how mediocre this group was compared to its success
One of the most below-average of the Southern Rock bands. Plenty of critical RS available out there.

"Dreams I'll Never See"
Does anyone know who owns the copyright to "Dreams I'll Never See" by Molly Hatchet? Danny L. Holt (talk) 06:51, 11 April 2024 (UTC)

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