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Dwight-Englewood School

The Dwight-Englewood School (D-E) is an independent coeducational college-preparatory day school, located in Englewood in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The school teaches students from pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade in three functionally separate schools. The Lower School, formerly known as the Bede School, serves students in pre-kindergarten through 5th grade in Drapkin Hall. The Middle School, which used to be in Umpleby Hall, is now in the new middle school building which was finished in 2019, serves students in 6th through 8th grade. The Upper School serves grades 9 through 12, and it houses its administration in the Leggett building and the Campus Center. Other buildings are the Hajjar STEM Center, Swartley Arts Center, the Imperatore Library and the Modell Sports Complex.

As of the 2019–20 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,040 students (plus 28 in PreK) and 125.9 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 8.3:1. The school's student body was 49.4% (514) White, 24.4% (254) Asian, 11.5% (120) Black, 9.0% (94) American Indian/ Alaska Native, 5.1% (53) Hispanic and 0.5% (5) Native Hawaiian/ Pacific Islander.

Dwight-Englewood is a member of the New Jersey Association of Independent Schools and has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools since 1999.

Awards, recognition and rankings
Dwight-Englewood was awarded the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education, the highest award an American school can receive, during the 1986-87 school year.

History
In 1889, the Dwight School for Girls was founded as a college preparatory school by Euphemia S. Creighton and Ellen W. Farrar. The name is chosen to honor then-president of Yale University, the Rev. Timothy Dwight V, whose educational philosophy they admired. The Englewood School for Boys was established in 1928 as a college preparatory school. In 1973, the two schools formed a nonprofit corporation known as Dwight-Englewood School. In 1993, Dwight-Englewood School and The Bede School merged to add students in Pre-K through sixth grade.

Campus
The school's campus consists of 15 buildings totaling 318000 sqft. The campus covers 45 acres. The principal educational facilities are:

Leggett Hall - 21 Upper-School Classrooms - Middle School Drama & Latin Classes - Headmaster's Office - Upper School Principal and Deans Offices - Hulst House - Wireless Internet Access

Campus Center - Hajjar Auditorium - Shenck Auditiorium - 9 General Classrooms - Student Coop and Bookstore - Cafeteria - Student Lounges - Bells Classroom - Choir Room - Arts Display Spaces - Wireless Internet Access

Hajjar STEM Center - Wireless Internet Access- 8 Science Labs with Fume Hoods, Chemical Working Surfaces, etc. - 7 classrooms - Math and Science Department Offices- Massoud Steps Meeting Area- Robotics Lab

Imperatore Library - 35,000+ Volumes - Computer Workspaces - Student Lounge - 4 Language Classrooms - Taub Technology Center - Wireless Internet Access

Swartley Art Center - Photography Studio - Ceramics - Art History - 2 Studio Arts Classrooms - Music Practice - Art Gallery - Printmaking Facilities - Wireless Internet Access

Khubani Performing Arts Center - Theatre - Music Instruction Rooms - 1 Sound and Lighting Booth - 1 Projection Booth

Modell's Sports Complex 2 Gymnasiums - Dance/Aerobic Studio - Weight Room - 2 On-Campus Fields - 2 Additional Fields - 5 Tennis Courts

Lower School Building 15 Classrooms - Cafeteria - Gymnasium - Library - Computer Room - Wireless Internet Access

Umpleby Hall - 28 Middle-School Classrooms - 2 Science Labs - Wireless Internet Access

Graham House - Admissions Office - Alumni Office - Business Office - Development Office

Middle School Building A 10910 sqft Middle School facility was built, replacing the Library Circle area of the campus and the now-demolished Generoso Pope Science Hall.

There are also plans for a 14284 sqft multi-story auditorium to be built on campus to replace what is currently Umpleby Hall.

Organization
Internally, the school has Principals for the lower, middle, and upper schools, as well as deans of students. The overall executive position which oversees all three schools is that of the Head of School. Since January 2023, head is Jeremy Gregersen. Within the schools, there are departments for Math, English, History, Science, Language, Physical Education, Technology, Human Development, and Arts. Each department has a department chair. Additionally, each grade in the middle and upper schools has a class dean who helps the students in their grade and manages certain grade-specific activities. Some class deans also teach various subjects at school aside from their role as class dean.

Athletics
The Dwight-Englewood Bulldogs participate in the North Jersey Interscholastic Conference, which comprises small-enrollment schools in Bergen, Hudson County, Morris County and Passaic County counties, and was created following a reorganization of sports leagues in Northern New Jersey by the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA). Prior to the realignment that took effect in the fall of 2010, Dwight-Englewood was a member of the Bergen County Scholastic League. With 388 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2019–20 school year as Non-Public A for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 381 to 1,454 students in that grade range (equivalent to Group I for public schools). The school was classified by the NJSIAA as Non-Public Group III for football for 2018–2020. The school has many athletics programs, including boys' lacrosse, girls' lacrosse, boys' baseball, girls' softball, boys' football, coed golf, girls' field hockey, boys' basketball, girls' basketball, girls' volleyball, boys' tennis, girls' tennis, coed spring and winter track, coed cross country and coed ultimate frisbee.

The boys tennis team won the Non-Public B state championship in 1991 (defeating Moorestown Friends School in the final match of the tournament), 2008 (vs. Sacred Heart High School), 2010 (vs. Moorestown Friends), and won the Non-Public A state title in 2000 (vs. Christian Brothers Academy), 2002 (vs. St. Augustine Preparatory School). The boys' tennis team won the 2002 Non-Public B state championship and was the runner-up to Holmdel High School in the Tournament of Champions, falling by the score of 3-2 in the finals. In spring 2008, the boys' tennis team finished with a record of 21-1 and won the Bergen County Groups 1-2, North Jersey Group B Sectional, and Non-Public B state championship with a 5-0 win over Sacred Heart. The team's only loss was in the Tournament of Champions semi-finals to ultimate runner-up Westfield High School by the score of 3-2. In 2010 the boys' team won the North Jersey Group B sectional, knocking off tournament favorite Newark Academy 3-2, and won the Group B title once again, against Moorestown Friends 4-1, before falling in the Tournament of Champions semifinal to Westfield, 3$1/2$-1$1/2$, t finish the season with a record of 26-4.

The ice hockey team won the McInnis Cup in 1994.

The wrestling team won the Non-Public Group B state championship in 1999.

The girls tennis team won the Non-Public A state championship in 2001 (vs. Red Bank Catholic High School). The girls' varsity tennis team won the Bergen County Small Schools title in 2010, finishing the season with a record of 18-1 and earning Courtney Baiardi Stasi recognition by The Star-Ledger as its Coach of the Year for the season.

Robotics teams
The Dwight-Englewood Upper School robotics teams compete in FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC), an international robotics competition for students in grades 7-12. The Dwight-Englewood varsity robotics team, Critical Mass (FTC 207), was founded in 2005. D-E's Junior Varsity and Freshman teams (FTC 13048 Absolute Zero and FTC 13663 Quantum Smashers, respectively) were founded in 2017.

The Varsity team has competed at state, regional, and international levels. In the 2014-2015 FTC season, Critical Mass competed at the East Super-Regional Championship Tournament, and in the 2016-2017 season, the team won the Vermont FTC Championship and placed 13th in the Edison division at the FIRST Tech Challenge World Championship. In 2017-2018 season, the team won the New Jersey FTC Championship and went on to place 18th in the Edison division at the world championship.

The Fifth-Grade opera
In fifth grade, students compose and write an original opera. They form an opera company and go through all the steps necessary to stage a full production—script writing, libretto, costumes and makeup, set design, lighting, and publicity. This project is part of the Metropolitan Opera's program, "Creating Original Opera." 2022 will be the 33rd year of opera production at the Lower School, as the 2020 Opera was unable to be completed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Student government
The Dwight-Englewood Student Government is divided into many initiatives. There are three groups of initiatives, which include a Curriculum, Facilities, and Life/Spirit Group. Within each group, there are multiple initiatives. Each initiative focuses on a certain issue such as workload or the Coop. There is also a President and a Vice-President, along with a Head for each Group and Initiative. There is also the position of Class Coordinator within each grade.

Before, the Student Government was divided into four Committees, Life, Spirit, Facilities, and Curriculum. The Student Life committee focused on things such as social events, and student privileges. The Spirit Committee concurrently worked with the life committee on social events, and they also hosted Spirit Week, Coffeehouse, and the MAGIC field day. The Facilities Committee addressed needs that include mending infrastructure around campus, and Maintenance Appreciation Day.

2021 allegations
In May 2021, the Foundation Against Intolerance and Racism (FAIR) sent a letter to the school criticizing their lessons on gender identity and race. FAIR said that lessons at the school taught students that teach young children that people are in danger because of whiteness, that racism is exclusively associated with whiteness, and say without qualification that white people have more opportunities than "non-white" people. FAIR also criticized lessons on gender identity and pronouns, claiming that they were age-inappropriate and that asking students to share their pronouns or use other schoolmate's pronouns may violate their religious rights.

In June, FAIR started a campaign to support Dana Stangel-Plowe, who resigned from the Dwight-Englewood School due to what she called "essentialist, racialist thinking". In her resignation letter, which was published by FAIR, she stated "this year, administrators continue to assert D-E's policy that we are hiring 'for diversity,' D-E has become a workplace that is hostile toward educators based solely on their immutable traits."

Head of School's 2022 resignation
On May 2, 2022, a little over a month before the end of the school year, the Dwight-Englewood community was informed that Head of School Dr. Rodney De Jarnett had resigned "effectively immediately." In an email to parents and students, Board President Robert E. Miller stated, "Dr. De Jarnett's resignation follows conduct inconsistent with Dwight-Englewood School's values and standards of behavior."

Popular culture references

 * In 2005, chef/author Anthony Bourdain returned to Dwight-Englewood to film a segment for his TV show, "Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations".
 * In 1998 film Rounders, the character played by Matt Damon mentions the school.

Notable alumni
School alumni include many honored with the Distinguished Alumni Award:
 * Robert A. Agresta (born 1983, class of 2001), corporate lawyer and investor
 * Liam Aiken (born 1990; class of 2008), actor
 * Bob Bakish (born 1963, class of 1981), CEO of Paramount Global
 * Peter Balakian (born 1951; class of 1969), poet and writer
 * Anthony Bourdain (1956–2018; class of 1973), chef, author, TV host
 * Dick Button (born 1929; class of 1947), figure skater
 * Claudia Cohen (1950–2007), gossip columnist, socialite, and television reporter
 * Tyson Etienne (born 1999), professional basketball player for the College Park Skyhawks
 * Lucy Fisher (born 1949, class of 1967), film producer
 * Danny Forster (born 1977, class of 1995), designer and host of the Science Channel series Build It Bigger
 * J. Christopher Giancarlo (born 1959, class of 1977), U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission chairman
 * Lesley Gore (1946–2015, class of 1964), singer
 * Michael Gore (born 1951, class of 1969), songwriter
 * Allison Hirschlag (born 1984), television actress, Guiding Light
 * Jason Itzler (born 1967 as Jason Sylk), founder of NY Confidential, an escort agency
 * Dave Jeser (born 1977, class of 1991), co-creator, Drawn Together
 * Michael Kazin (born 1948, class of 1966), historian, Georgetown University professor, and co-editor of Dissent magazine
 * Larry Kudlow (born 1947, class of 1965), former Ronald Reagan Office of Management and Budget economic advisor, economic advisor to Donald Trump, and CNBC host
 * Michael Leiter (class of 1987), former National Counterterrorism Center director
 * Anne Morrow Lindbergh (1906–2001, class of 1924), author and former wife of Charles Lindbergh
 * James Lord (1922–2009, class of 1940), author
 * Paul Lucas (1961–2020, class of 1979), playwright
 * Bruce C. McKenna (born 1962, class of 1980), television and movie screenwriter
 * Elfrida von Nardroff (1925–2021), game show contestant who in 1958 won $220,500 (equivalent to $ million in ) on the fixed game show Twenty-One, more money than any other contestant on the show
 * Karen O (born 1978, class of 1996), vocalist for pop rock band Yeah Yeah Yeahs
 * Daphne Oz (born 1986, class of 2004), daughter of Mehmet Oz, author, public speaker and co-host of the television show The Chew
 * Tim Peper (born 1980, class of 1999), actor
 * Florence Rice (1907–1974, class of 1925), film actress
 * Anna Rochester (1880–1966, class of 1897), labor reformer, journalist, political activist, and Communist
 * Lucinda Rosenfeld (born 1969), novelist
 * Sophia Rosenfeld (born 1966, class of 1984), historian
 * Brooke Shields (born 1965, class of 1983), model and actress
 * George Shultz (1920–2021, class of 1938), former U.S. Secretary of State
 * Matt Silverstein (born 1979, class of 1990), co-creator of Drawn Together
 * Mira Sorvino (born 1967), actor
 * Margaret Bailey Speer (1900–1997, class of 1917), educator and college dean in China
 * Robert Whitman (1935–2024), visual and performance artist best known for his pieces of the early 1960s combining visual and sound images, actors, film, slides, and evocative props
 * Cyma Zarghami (born 1962, class of 1980), president of Nickelodeon and MTV Networks' Kids & Family Group

Notable faculty

 * Peter Balakian (born 1951), poet and author
 * Bruce Smith (born 1946), poet

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Falerone

Falerone is a town and comune in the province of Fermo, in the Italian region of the Marche, southeast of Urbisaglia.

The impressive remains of the ancient Roman city of Falerio Picenus lie about 2 km from Falerone in the village of Piane di Falerone.

History

Falerio Picenus was probably founded as a colony for his veterans by Augustus after his victory at Actium in 29 BC. This area of the river Tenna plain had been densely populated by the Piceni since the archaic age and the city became a centre of some importance in the region of Picenum.

A question arose in the time of Domitian between the inhabitants of Falerio and Firmum as to land which had been taken out of the territory of the latter (which was recolonized by the triumvirs), and, though not distributed to the new settlers, had not been given back again to the people of Firmum. The emperor, by a rescript, a copy of which in bronze was found at Falerio, decided in favor of the people of Falerio, that the occupiers of this land should remain in possession of it.

In the Late Antiquity the city decayed, and in the Middle Ages it followed the history of the local lordships.

The city
The economic and strategic importance of the area derived from the proximity of the Tenna river and the junction of the road coming from Fermo: one branch went along the river to Ascoli, the other towards Urbs Salvia. The city had an orthogonal (Hippodamian) street plan centred around the two orthogonal axes: the cardo, in a north-south direction coinciding with the current Via del Pozzo, and the decumanus which connected the theatre to the amphitheatre from east to west. From these two main streets the secondary ones branched off, which constituted the structure of the urban settlement. The city's perimeter stretched for about two miles.

Main sights

Considerable remains of the theatre with a capacity of around 1600 seats were excavated in 1838 and are still visible. Of the monumental construction, attributable to the Augustan age although completed under Tiberius and subsequently renovated several times, the first two levels of the cavea, the orchestra, the two side entrances, the proscenium and remains of the stage apparatus can still be admired. The cavea has a diameter of about 50 m and the third level was built on a vaulted gallery fronted by an arched façade of which numerous bases remain with semi-columns once covered with marble. The proscenium that delimits the orchestra is also well preserved with a structure of semicircular niches also decorated with marble. When the theatre was first excavated in 1777 with the sole purpose of enriching the Pope Pius Clementinus museum in Rome, the walls were still covered with coloured marbles and bronze fittings. From the theatre came two statues of Ceres and two more are in the Louvre. Its prestigious status in the city is shown by its embellishment with the statues donated by Antonia Picentina, priestess of Diva Faustina (wife of emperor Antoninus Pius) towards the middle of the second century AD.

The amphitheatre dates to the first century AD and held 6000 spectators. Its elliptical plan with the major east-west axis 120 m long, while the smaller one was about 105. It probably had twelve access doors, four of which gave directly into the arena, while the other eight gave access to the podium and seats which were divided into three different orders.

Between the two is a water reservoir (called Bagno della Regina) connected with remains of baths.

Finds
Part of the De Minicis collection that remained in Falerone was transferred to the Town Hall in 1928 together with other finds donated by private individuals. The collection, in a completely renovated and expanded layout in recent years, was later housed in two wings of the former Convent of San Francesco.

The museum includes important finds including three large statues: two female twins from the Antonine age and one in a toga. There is also a male statue of Hellenistic tradition, a marble torso of a youthful deity, perhaps an Eros, and a female head. The main finds also include a headless herm of Heracles and a small torso of a male deity.

The epigraphic section is important, with a rich collection of inscriptions. Among which the most important are a dedication to Octavia of the Augustan age and another to the Goddess Cupra. Part of the section is a bronze tablet with the transcription of Domitian's rescript of 82 AD which deals with the dispute between the Faleronese and Fermani on the border territories.

Numerous finds from Falerio Picenus are also exhibited in important Italian and foreign museums. In the National Archaeological Museum of the Marche in Ancona there are a mosaic and other architectural elements, while in the Louvre in Paris there are a Perseus and a Nike. A precious mosaic floor is exhibited in the Vatican Museums, while in nearby Fermo a head of the emperor Augustus and a bronze steelyard are visible.

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Roger Marquis, 2nd Earl of Woolton

Roger David Marquis, 2nd Earl of Woolton (16 July 1922 – 7 January 1969), styled Viscount Walberton from 1956 to 1964, and the Hon. Roger Marquis from 1939 to 1956, was the son of the 1st Earl of Woolton and his wife Maud (née Smith). His first wife was the Hon. Lucia Edith Lawson, the daughter of Edward Lawson, 4th Baron Burnham. They were divorced in 1953, having had no issue together. In 1957 he married (Cecily) Josephine Gordon-Cumming (born 11 December 1925), the elder daughter of Major Sir Alexander Gordon-Cumming, 5th Baronet.

The second Lady Woolton bore him two children:
 * Simon Marquis, 3rd Earl of Woolton (born 24 May 1958)
 * Lady Alexandra Susan Marquis (born 12 January 1961)

After his death, Lady Woolton married secondly on 22 September 1969 the 3rd Baron Forres, but was divorced in 1974. She married thirdly in 1982 (as his second wife) the 3rd Earl Lloyd George (1924–2010).

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Thunderclap Newman

Thunderclap Newman were an English rock band that Pete Townshend of the Who and Kit Lambert formed in 1969 in a bid to showcase the talents of John "Speedy" Keen, Jimmy McCulloch, and Andy "Thunderclap" Newman.

Their single, "Something in the Air", a 1969 UK number one hit, remains in demand for television commercials, film soundtracks and compilations. The band released a critically acclaimed rock album, Hollywood Dream, and three other singles from the album, "Accidents", "The Reason" and "Wild Country".

From 1969 until 1971, the nucleus of the band consisted of the songwriter John "Speedy" Keen (vocals, drums, guitar), Andy "Thunderclap" Newman (piano) and Jimmy McCulloch (guitar). Pete Townshend (using the alias "Bijou Drains") played bass guitar on their album and singles, all of which he had recorded and produced at the IBC Studio and his Twickenham home studio. The band augmented its personnel during its tours: in 1969 with James "Jim" Pitman-Avery (bass guitar) and Jack McCulloch (drums). The band folded in April 1971.

In 2010, at the instigation of music business manager Ian Grant, Newman formed a new line-up with Mark Brzezicki, Nick Johnson, Josh Townshend and Tony Stubbings, who released an album titled Beyond Hollywood and remained active until 2012.

Career
In 1969, Townshend created the band to showcase songs written by the former Who chauffeur, drummer/singer/guitarist Speedy Keen. Keen wrote the opening track on The Who Sell Out album, "Armenia City in the Sky". Keen, Newman and McCulloch met each other for the first time in December 1968 or January 1969, at Townshend's home studio, to record "Something in the Air". Townshend produced the single, played its bass guitar under the pseudonym Bijou Drains, and hired GPO engineer and Dixieland jazz pianist "Thunderclap" Newman (born Andrew Laurence Newman, 21 November 1942, Hounslow, Middlesex, died 29 March 2016) and the fifteen-year-old Glaswegian guitarist Jimmy McCulloch. Before then, Townshend had planned to work on projects for each of the musicians, but Kit Lambert prevailed upon Townshend, who was working on what became the rock-opera Tommy, to save time by coalescing the three musicians into the collective project that became Thunderclap Newman.

"Something in the Air", which Keen wrote, was number one on the UK Singles Chart for three weeks, replacing the Beatles' "Ballad of John and Yoko" and holding off Elvis Presley. Originally titled "Revolution", but later renamed because the Beatles had released a song of that name in 1968, the B-side of "Hey Jude". By December 1969, the single had been awarded a gold disc for worldwide sales of more than a million.

"Something in the Air" appeared on the soundtracks of the films The Magic Christian (1969) and The Strawberry Statement (1970), the latter having helped the single reach number 25 in the United States. In the UK and US, a follow-up single, "Accidents", came out in May 1970 and charted at No. 44 for only a week, but did not chart at all in the US. "Something in the Air" was also in the film Kingpin (1996) and is used on the soundtrack. It was also used in Almost Famous (2000) and is on the soundtrack, and was also used in a 2008 television episode of My Name Is Earl.

The critic Nathan Morley described "Accidents" as the band's masterpiece. "One would", he wrote, "have to listen to Wagner in a funeral parlour for something even more morbid than Thunderclap Newman’s 'Accidents', which chronicles the deaths of various hapless children who all meet a very nasty end – Poor Mary falls in a river whilst waiting for the Queen to sail by and little Johnny is killed by a speeding car. That said, the song, orchestration and performance are simply brilliant. It is captivating and without doubt their best recording."

Thunderclap Newman had not planned to undertake live performances, but the band relented when, to their collective surprise, "Something in the Air" became a chart success. The trio, augmented by Jim Pitman-Avery (bass guitar) and McCulloch's elder brother Jack (drums), undertook a 26-date tour of England and Scotland, in support of Deep Purple, from July 1969 to August 1969. On 8 August, Pitman-Avery and McCulloch announced their intention to leave the band. Within weeks, they had formed the country-rock band Wild Country with Terry Keyworth (guitar) and Stuart Whitcombe (keyboards). That year, the band appeared in television programmes in Britain (How Late It Is, Top of the Pops) and Germany (Beat-Club).

In October 1970, Thunderclap Newman released its critically acclaimed album, Hollywood Dream. Produced by Townshend, the album peaked at #163 on the Billboard 200. That year, they released three singles: "Accidents/I See It All", "The Reason/Stormy Petrel" and "Wild Country/Hollywood Dream". On 7 November, they appeared on Ev (a.k.a., The Kenny Everett Show). In early 1971, the founding trio reformed with the Australian musicians Roger Felice (drums) and Ronnie Peel (bass guitar).

On 6 March 1971, New Musical Express (NME) reported the band's personnel change: "Thunderclap Newman has finally settled down into a five-piece group, with two new members being brought in—although on certain dates, the outfit may be augmented by a brass section. Permanent line-up now comprises Newman (piano), Speedy Keen (rhythm guitar and vocals), Jimmy McCulloch (lead guitar), Ronnie Peel (bass) and Roger Felice (drums). Dates include University of Sussex (tomorrow, Saturday), Sheffield University (12 March) and Nelson Imperial (14). A Scottish tour is being set for the end of April." With its new line-up, Thunderclap Newman supported Deep Purple from January 1971 to April 1971, during a 19-date tour of England and Scotland. At some time during those months, the band supported Leon Russell during a tour of the Netherlands and supported Deep Purple during a tour of Scandinavia. They played the club circuit and avoided playing in ballrooms. That year, Thunderclap Newman made a cameo appearance in the British movie Not Tonight, Darling (1971).

Thunderclap Newman broke up around 10 April 1971, days before they were scheduled to start a tour of Scotland, and weeks before they were scheduled to be part of a package tour with Marsha Hunt and others during the Who's 12-week tour of the US.

The members of the band had little in common. In a 1972 NME interview, Newman said that he got on with Keen's music but not with Keen personally, while the exact opposite was true with regard to McCulloch.

In 2008, Newman appeared on an episode of the British television programme Those Were The Days to comment upon the night of the first Moon landing, when Thunderclap Newman had performed an almost-night-long concert.

Separate ways
McCulloch had stints with a dozen or more bands, including John Mayall, Stone the Crows, and Paul McCartney's Wings but, on 25 September 1979, at the age of 26, he died in his home of heroin-induced cardiac arrest. His body was discovered by his brother, Jack, two days later.

In 1973, Keen released a solo album for Track, entitled Previous Convictions, which featured McCulloch and Roger Felice on some tracks. He began recording a double album as a follow-up. Frustrated by his lack of progress at Track, he took the demos to Island Records, which pared it down to the single album Y'know Wot I Mean? and released it in 1975. Its single, "Someone to Love", received significant airplay but failed to sell.

Discouraged, Keen ceased recording after one more single in 1976. He tried his hand at record producing, working with the punk band Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers on their first album L.A.M.F. in 1977, and also produced Motörhead's first album before leaving the music industry.

Keen suffered from arthritis for several years, and was recording his third solo album, when he unexpectedly died of heart failure on 12 March 2002, at the age of 56.

In 1971, Newman recorded a solo album, Rainbow, and played assorted instruments on Roger Ruskin Spear's first album.

In 2002, Newman was eventually coaxed out of retirement by István Etiam and David Buckley (ex-Barracudas). Another three musicians were added to the line-up and in late 2005 the Thunderclap Newman Band was formed. It was an international collection of six musicians of various nationalities and with different musical backgrounds. Under the leadership of Andy Newman, the band set out to celebrate the music of Thunderclap Newman and to honour the legacy of John "Speedy" Keen and Jimmy McCulloch.

One of the aims of the band was to perform Hollywood Dream for the first time ever in its entirety, alongside material written by Keen and McCulloch after Thunderclap Newman had gone their separate ways. With two more songwriters, David Buckley and István Etiam, there were plans to add new songs to the existing material.

In February 2008, former music critic of The Times, David Sinclair, supported the Thunderclap Newman Band at the Windmill in Brixton, London, with his band, the David Sinclair Trio (now David Sinclair Four). In his band blog, Sinclair said: "Of the original guys who made the record (Hollywood Dream), only the keyboard player is alive, which is tragic. Newman was already something of an eccentric in 1969. He has gathered an endearingly quirky bunch of talented, multi-national musicians around him who were some of the friendliest people we have encountered on the circuit."

New York Waste Magazine reviewed Thunderclap Newman Band's gig at the Half Moon in Putney, London in March 2008: "This was the big return for Thunderclap Newman, the band with the big hit Something in the Air. Andy Newman has resurfaced with a great new band performing all the great songs from the back catalog and some new ones too. Andy and his band sounded great and there is definitely Something in the Air!"

Despite good press reviews and numerous successful performances, disagreements within the band started to emerge. Andy Newman accepted an offer from Big Country's manager, Ian Grant, to assemble a new band around him and, in March 2010, the Thunderclap Newman Band was disbanded.

The Thunderclap Newman Band was: Andy 'Thunderclap' Newman (UK) – keyboards, soprano sax, clarinet, oboe, David Buckley (US) – vocals, guitar, István Etiam (HU) – rhythm guitar, lap-steel guitar, harmonica & vocals, Stefanos Tsourelis (GR) – lead guitar, Brian Jackson (UK) – bass guitar, Antonio Spano (I) – drums.

In February 2010, Newman performed as Thunderclap Newman at the Con Club in Lewes, Sussex, with a new line-up: Tony Stubbings (bass guitar), Nick Johnson (lead guitar), Mark Brzezicki (former Big Country, drums) and Josh Townshend (nephew of Pete Townshend, on rhythm guitar and vocals). Soon thereafter, the band released a CD entitled Beyond Hollywood, a live album with three studio re-rerecordings of Thunderclap Newman songs.

Thunderclap Newman supported Big Country on a 2011 tour of the UK. The band played 15 concerts between 2010 and 2012, the last one in June 2012 at the Isle of Wight festival. That was the last one ever, and after that the band stopped performing.

Andy "Thunderclap" Newman died on 29 March 2016, at the age of 73.

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Adalbert Falk

Paul Ludwig Adalbert Falk (10 August 1827 – 7 July 1900) was a German politician.

Falk was born in Metschkau (Mieczków), Silesia. In 1847, he entered the Prussian state service, and in 1853, he became public prosecutor at Lyck (now Ełk). In 1858, he was elected a deputy and joined the Old Liberal Party. In 1868, he became a privy councillor in the ministry of justice.

In 1872, he was made minister of education and, in connection with Otto von Bismarck's policy of the Kulturkampf, was responsible for the Falk Laws, or May Laws, against the Roman Catholic Church. In 1879, with his position becoming untenable because of the death of Pope Pius IX and the change of German policy with regard to the Vatican, he resigned his office but retained his seat in the Reichstag until 1882.

He was then made president of the supreme court of justice at Hamm, where he died in 1900.

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Talk:Hydrostatic test

It is fallacious to talk of pipelines as "lower pressure". Many pipelines currently operate at pressures in the 2000-4000psi (15-30MPa) pressure range.

"Pipeline hydrostatic tests are normally carried out at a minimum of 1.25 x operating pressure, not 1.5." -- This is wrong. According to ASME B16.5, hydrostatic pressure is equivalent to 1.5 times the stress ratio of hot/cold times the design pressure. It has nothing to do with 1.25 or the operating pressure.

Currently National Grid in the UK are testing a new pipeline and its associated AGI's to 150% of maximum operating pressure. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.133.224.124 (talk) 12:57, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

This is a very poor article. For example, 150% is not 1.3. Also note that ASME VIII Div 1 is the bible for pressure testing of pressure vessels - 1.3 X maximum allowable working pressure. I've never heard of testing by volume change - it is by pressure loss or leak. "Rejection Elastic Expansion" shows a clear lack of knowledge of "permanent deformation". Elastic Expansion means it will return to its original shape. Any rejection would have to be to "Inelastic Expansion", although I have never heard of this criteria.

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User:AndyPope

AndyPope is a Wikipedia user and contributor.

He was born on the 10th of October, 1976, in Ascot, Berkshire, England. He holds a BSc in Artificial Intelligence and Psychology. Currently he is resident in Takaoka-shi, Toyama-ken, Japan.

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Jay Hernandez

Javier Manuel "Jay" Hernandez (born February 20, 1978) is an American actor. After making his television debut in NBC's Hang Time, he made his film debut opposite Kirsten Dunst in the romantic drama Crazy/Beautiful (2001). He has since starred in numerous films, including Friday Night Lights (2004), Hostel (2005), Bad Moms (2016), and as Chato Santana / El Diablo in Suicide Squad (2016). From 2018 until 2024, he played Thomas Magnum in the reboot of Magnum P.I.

Early life
Hernandez was born on February 20, 1978, in Montebello, California, the son of Isis (née Maldonado), a secretary and accountant, and Javier Hernandez Sr., a mechanic. He has a younger sister, Amelia, and two older brothers, Michael and Gabriel. He met his wife, actress Daniella Deutscher, when he was 14 years old and she was 17. He attended Don Bosco Technical Institute in Rosemead, California, but transferred to Schurr High School in Montebello for his senior year. While riding an elevator in a high-rise in Los Angeles, he was approached by talent manager Howard Tyner who suggested he had what it took to have a successful career in Hollywood. He enrolled Hernandez into acting school and sent his pictures to casting agents.

Career
From 1998 to 2000 Hernandez played Antonio Lopez on the NBC series Hang Time. His name break came with his role opposite Kirsten Dunst in the 2001 Touchstone Pictures feature Crazy/Beautiful. He has since appeared in several major Hollywood films, including lead roles in Carlito's Way: Rise to Power, the 2005 horror film Hostel and World Trade Center. He appeared in the action/crime film Takers (2010).

He appeared in the 2005 crime prequel Carlito's Way: Rise to Power as Carlito Brigante, the role originated by Al Pacino in the 1993 film of the same name.

Hernandez portrayed Paxton in Eli Roth's Hostel (2005) and its 2007 sequel, Hostel: Part II.

In 2015, he appeared in Max as a US military sergeant assigned with the titular rescue dog, which was traumatized by his previous handler's death.

In 2016, he starred as Jessie Harkness in the comedy film Bad Moms, and as metahuman ex-gangster El Diablo in the superhero film Suicide Squad.

On February 20, 2018, Hernandez was cast as Thomas Magnum in CBS drama series Magnum P.I. reboot. It premiered on September 24, 2018. After four seasons, it was canceled in May 2022, before being rescued by NBC with a two-season order that June.

Personal life
In 2006, Hernandez married his former Hang Time co-star Daniella Deutscher.

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Simon Marquis, 3rd Earl of Woolton

Simon Frederick James Marquis, 3rd Earl of Woolton (born 24 May 1958), styled Viscount Walberton between 1964 and 1969, is a British peer and businessman.

He was a hereditary member of the House of Lords from 1979 until 1999.

Biography
Woolton is the son of Roger Marquis, 2nd Earl of Woolton, and his second wife, Josephine Gordon-Cumming, now Countess Lloyd George of Dwyfor.

He graduated from St. Andrews University in 1981 with an MA degree in Economics and Modern History. He married the Honourable Sophie Birdwood, daughter of the 3rd Baron Birdwood, in 1987. They had three daughters before divorcing on 13 May 1997:
 * Lady Olivia Alice Marquis (born 16 April 1990)
 * Lady Constance Elizabeth Marquis (born 14 October 1991)
 * Lady Claudia Louise Marquis (born 3 March 1995)

On 28 October 1999, Lord Woolton married Mary Carol Davidson. Davidson has two daughters from a previous marriage.

He was a director of New Boathouse Capital and was Chief Financial Officer of Quayle Munro.

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New York Tunnel Extension

The New York Tunnel Extension (also New York Improvement and Tunnel Extension) is a combination of railroad tunnels and approaches from New Jersey and Long Island to Pennsylvania Station in Midtown Manhattan.

It was built by the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) at the beginning of the 20th century to improve railroad access throughout the greater New York City area, and led to the line's then-new passenger facility, Pennsylvania Station.

Planning
The PRR had consolidated its control of railroads in New Jersey with the lease of United New Jersey Railroad and Canal Company in 1871, thereby extending its rail network from Philadelphia northward to Jersey City. Crossing the Hudson River, however, remained a major obstacle. To the east, the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) ended at the East River. In both situations, passengers had to transfer to ferries to Manhattan. This put the PRR at a disadvantage relative to its closest competitor, the New York Central Railroad, which already served Manhattan via its Grand Central Station.

Early tunnel and bridge proposals
Various plans to build a physical link across the Hudson River were discussed as early as the 1870s, and both tunnel and bridge projects were considered by the railroads and government officials. A tunnel project for the Hudson and Manhattan Railroad (H&M), a rapid transit line, began in 1874, and encountered serious engineering, financial and legal obstacles. The project was halted in 1880 after a blowout accident that cost 20 lives. (Work on the H&M tunneling project, later known as the Uptown Hudson Tubes, continued intermittently but was not completed until 1906; it was opened to passenger trains in 1908. )

The technology of tunnel-building was still primitive and risky in the 1880s, and this gave impetus to a major bridge design proposal promoted by engineer Gustav Lindenthal. The bridge would be situated between Hoboken, New Jersey and 23rd Street in Manhattan. However, due to the congested shipping conditions in New York Harbor, the design called for an enormous bridge span that would have been twice that of the Brooklyn Bridge. At one point, plans for the bridge called for it to carry 14 tracks. Although Congress granted Lindenthal's company a charter in 1890 for construction of a bridge, the huge $27 million project cost would have to be shared by several railroads. The Panic of 1893 made large capital investments nearly impossible for some time, as one third of the nation's railroads failed. Some foundation masonry was laid on the Hoboken side in 1895, but the PRR was unsuccessful in getting other companies to share in the expenses, and the bridge project was abandoned.

Revised plans
The PRR, working with the LIRR, developed several new proposals for improved regional rail access in 1892. They included construction of new tunnels between Jersey City and Manhattan, and possibly a tunnel via Brooklyn and the East River; new terminals in midtown Manhattan for both the PRR and LIRR; completion of the Hudson Tubes; and a bridge proposal. These ideas were discussed extensively for several years but did not come to fruition until the turn of the century. In 1901 the PRR took great interest in a new railroad approach just completed in Paris. In the Parisian railroad scheme, electric locomotives were substituted for steam locomotives prior to the final approach into the city. PRR President Alexander Johnston Cassatt, upon his return from Paris, adapted the method for the New York City area in the form of the New York Tunnel Extension project, which he created and led the overall planning effort for. The PRR, who had been working with the LIRR on the Tunnel Extension plans, made plans to acquire majority control of the LIRR so that one new terminal, rather than two, could be built in Manhattan. The PRR acquired the LIRR in 1900. A board was created to study each of the proposals to bring the PRR directly into New York. The team ultimately found that a direct approach was better than any of the alternatives.

The original proposal for the PRR and LIRR terminal in Midtown, which was published in June 1901, called for the construction of a bridge across Hudson River between 45th and 50th Streets in Manhattan, as well as two closely spaced terminals for the LIRR and PRR. This would allow passengers to travel between Long Island and New Jersey without having to switch trains. In December 1901, the plans were modified so that the PRR would construct the North River Tunnels under the Hudson River, instead of a bridge over it. The PRR cited costs and land value as a reason for constructing a tunnel rather than a bridge, since the cost of a tunnel would be one-third that of a bridge. The North River Tunnels themselves would consist of between two and four steel tubes with the diameter of 18.5 to 19.5 ft. The New York Tunnel Extension quickly gained opposition from the New York City Board of Rapid Transit Commissioners, who objected that they would not have jurisdiction over the new tunnels, as well as from the Interborough Rapid Transit Company, which saw the New York Tunnel Extension as a potential competitor to its as-yet-incomplete rapid transit service. The project was approved by the New York City Board of Aldermen in December 1902, on a 41-36 vote. The North and East River Tunnels were to be built under the riverbed of their respective rivers. The PRR and LIRR lines would converge at New York Penn Station, an expansive Beaux-Arts edifice between 31st and 33rd Streets in Manhattan. The entire project was expected to cost over $100 million.

The PRR created subsidiaries to manage the project. The Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York Railroad and the Pennsylvania, New York and Long Island Rail Road, were the New Jersey and New York parts, respectively. The PNJ&NY was incorporated February 13, 1902, and the PNY&LI was incorporated April 21, 1902. They were consolidated into the Pennsylvania Tunnel and Terminal Railroad (PT&T) on June 26, 1907.

Design and construction

The design and construction aspects of the project were organized into three principal divisions: the Meadows, North River, and East River divisions. As of 2021, there are revived plans to renovate and expand the Meadows and North River divisions as part of the Gateway Program.

Meadows Division
The original PRR route in New Jersey ran to the Exchange Place ferry terminal in Jersey City. The Meadows Division project built a new, approximately 5 mi route from the PRR main line at Harrison, New Jersey, northeast to the west end of the new tunnels. This involved constructing a new station at Harrison, Manhattan Transfer, along with a rail yard, to provide for changing between steam and electric locomotives. Northeast from this new station the double track line was built. It crossed over the Hudson and Manhattan Railroad and Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad on the Sawtooth Bridges; the Hackensack River on the Portal Bridge; and on embankment through the Hackensack Meadowlands to the west portal of the tunnels under Bergen Hill in the Palisades.

North River Division
The North River Division ran from the west portal of the tunnels to Manhattan. The PRR ultimately decided to build a pair of single-track tunnels under the river, called the North River Tunnels, between Weehawken and midtown Manhattan; the two tunnels continued seamlessly west from Weehawken to the west portals. In later years "North River Tunnels" came to refer to the whole length of tunnel from the western portal in North Bergen to 10th Avenue in Manhattan. The two tracks fan out to 21 tracks just west of Penn Station.

Construction on the North River tunnels began in 1904 under the supervision of O'Rourke Engineering and Construction Company. Boring operations were completed on October 9, 1906. Service from New Jersey to Manhattan began on November 27, 1910, once Penn Station was completed.

East River Division
The East River Division managed construction of tunnels running across Manhattan, and under the East River to Queens. The East River Tunnels are four single-track tunnels that extend from the eastern end of Pennsylvania Station and cross the East River. East of the station, tracks 5–21 merge into two 3-track tunnels, which then merge into the East River Tunnels' four tracks. The tunnels end and the tracks rise to ground level east of the Queens shoreline. The tunnels connect to Sunnyside Yard, a large 75 acre coach yard that could hold up to 1,550 train carriages. Construction proceeded concurrently with the North River tunnels.

The tunnels were built by S. Pearson and Son, the same company who had built the Uptown Hudson Tubes. The tunnel technology was so innovative that in 1907 the PRR shipped an actual 23 ft diameter section of the new East River Tunnels to the Jamestown Exposition in Norfolk, Virginia, to celebrate the 300th anniversary of the nearby founding of the colony at Jamestown. The same tube, with an inscription indicating that it had been displayed at the Exposition, was later installed under water and remains in use. Construction was completed on the East River tunnels on March 18, 1908. LIRR service to Penn Station began on September 8, 1910.

Operation during the PRR era

By the time construction was complete, the total project cost for the station and associated tunnels was $114 million (equivalent to $ billion in ), according to an Interstate Commerce Commission report.

The North River Tunnels carried PRR trains under the Hudson; for some years PRR electric engines also pulled Lehigh Valley Railroad or Baltimore and Ohio Railroad trains to New York. The East River Tunnels carried LIRR and PRR trains to the Sunnyside Yard in Queens. As part of the New York Connecting Railroad improvement project, a connection from the East River Tunnels to the New Haven Railroad tracks was also built. New Haven trains began running through the East River Tunnels, serving Penn Station, in 1917 after the Hell Gate Bridge opened.

The electrification of the New York Tunnel Extension, including the station, was initially 600-volt direct-current third rail. It was later changed to 11,000V alternating-current overhead catenary when electrification of PRR's mainline was extended to Washington, D.C., in the early 1930s. In New Jersey the third rail ended at Manhattan Transfer, where all trains stopped to change steam and electric engines. Two electrical substations were built for the project: one in Harrison, New Jersey, and the other in Long Island City, New York.

After the New York Tunnel Extension opened, some PRR suburban trains continued to serve the Exchange Place station, where passengers could board the PRR ferry, or the Hudson Tube system (later called PATH), to downtown Manhattan. The ferry from Exchange Place ended service in 1949, and the Exchange Place PRR terminal closed in 1961.

One branch, the freight-only Harrison Branch, split off the line just east of its west end and ran west to a connection with the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad's Harrison Cut-off and the Erie Railroad's Paterson and Newark Branch.

Trackage rights
The following non-PRR railroads used the line:

 * Baltimore and Ohio Railroad during World War I
 * Lehigh Valley Railroad
 * New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad

Operation by successor railroads
The PRR merged into Penn Central Transportation in 1968. All of Penn Central's property was conveyed to Amtrak on April 1, 1976, when Conrail's system was formed. The Tunnel Extension is now part of Amtrak's Northeast Corridor; New Jersey Transit and the Long Island Rail Road use the western and eastern sections, respectively, to reach New York Penn Station.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Pepsi Fast Food Festival

The Pepsi Fast Food Festival

 * Pepsi + "Fast Food Festival" = 0 hits. Mikkalai 06:39, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * The three restaurant chains listed used to be Pepsi subsidiaries, but I can't find anything that really looks relevant under "$RESTAURANT festival" either. Disgorge unless some useful context magically appears. iMeowbot~Mw 07:00, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * One thing puzzles me: the contributor made a number of reasonable edits earlier. Mikkalai 07:05, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Yep, it did cross my mind that this may be an internal company name for something, but what was it, a concert series or something? Methinks the writer is too close to the subject to recognize the obscurity. iMeowbot~Mw 07:26, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * This contributor tends to alternate between useful edits, and bad edits (adding bad data, horrible grammar, often cut and pasted; incorrect punctuation; endless tweaking of articles and not using the Preview button, refusal to use talk pages...) —tregoweth 16:41, Dec 21, 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. Also delete the Category "Fast Food Festivals". Jeff Knaggs 08:04, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. What is a fast food festival? - 81.70.91.207 09:44, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. —tregoweth 12:27, Dec 21, 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete - Indeed, why would I go to a fast food festival, when there's megadoubleplussuupersize fast-food to be had on every cruddy street? Cdc 17:05, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete as unverified, unless much better evidence provided that such an event exists and is notable. [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith (talk)]] 18:38, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)
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Bruce Atkinson

Bruce Norman Atkinson (born 15 May 1953) is a former Australian politician. He was a Liberal member of the Victorian Legislative Council since October 1992, representing Koonung Province from 1992 to 2006 and Eastern Metropolitan Region from 2006 to 2022. He was the President of the Legislative Council from 2010 to 2018.

Personal affairs
Atkinson was born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, and attended Mitcham High School. He undertook a cadetship with the Leader group of newspapers after graduating, and worked as a journalist for a period. However, he soon made a move into the business world, first into small business, and later into several more prominent operations, including a stint managing a shopping centre. He has also been a writer for the Foodweek and Inside Retailing publications since 1981, and operates his own business consultancy firm, The Atkinson Group.

Local Politics
He was elected to the Nunawading city council in 1975, and served as a councillor there for 17 years. This included two terms as mayor in 1981–1982 and 1990–1991.

State Politics
In the lead-up to the 1992 state election, Atkinson won Liberal Party pre-selection for the moderately safe upper house seat of Koonung Province. He was elected, and served on the Family and Community Development Committee from 1992 to 1996. In 1996, he was promoted to ministry in the Kennett Government, as Parliamentary Secretary for Planning and Local Government.

Atkinson subsequently spent four years on the backbenches, during which time he did not serve on any committees. After a significant loss of the shadow ministry following the Liberal Party's defeat at the 2002 state election, Atkinson was appointed as the party's spokesperson for small business. He was also appointed to serve on the Housing and Economic Development Committees, and was Deputy Chair of the latter.

In January 2004 he was appointed spokesman for sport and recreation. In December 2006 he was elected Deputy President of the Legislative Council and relinquished his shadow ministry positions. In 2009 he was appointed Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Business Development. Following the Coalition's victory in the 2010 state elections, Atkinson was elected President of Victoria's Legislative Council.

Atkinson was reappointed to the role of Legislative Council President in December 2014, defeating Labor nominee Gayle Tierney. In 2019, media reported that Atkinson was an honorary member of a foreign influence organization known as the World Trade United Foundation, which has ties to the United Front Work Department of the Chinese Communist Party. In response, Atkinson claimed that he derived no financial benefit from the organization and that his title was solely honorific in nature. In May 2019, Atkinson became vice chairman of a water technology company that is linked to World Trade United Foundation.

On 9 June 2022, Atkinson announced that he would not be contesting the 2022 Victorian state election.

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Shenzhou 7

Shenzhou 7 was the third human spaceflight mission of the Chinese space program. The mission, which included the first Chinese extra-vehicular activity (EVA) carried out by crew members Zhai Zhigang and Liu Boming, marked the commencement of the second phase of the Chinese government's Project 921.

The Shenzhou spacecraft carrying the three crew members was launched 25 September 2008, by a Long March 2F (CZ-2F) rocket which lifted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center at 21:10 CST. The mission lasted three days, after which the craft landed safely in Siziwang Banner in central Inner Mongolia on 28 September 2008, at 17:37 CST. The Shenzhou 7 EVA made the Chinese space program the third to have conducted an EVA. EVAs had previously been conducted by the space programs of the Soviet Union (later Russia) and the United States.

Crew
The crew for Shenzhou 7 was announced on 17 September 2008.

Backup crew
Of the back-up crew, only Chen Quan had not previously flown in space.

Mission highlights
Shenzhou 7 was the first Chinese space mission to carry a three-person crew for several days and conduct a full operation. A total of six astronauts were trained, three to conduct the mission and three others to serve as a backup crew.

The Long March 2F rocket launched the Shenzhou 7 into an initial elliptical orbit of 200 x 330 kilometres inclined at 42.4 degrees on 25 September 2008. About seven hours later the spacecraft raised its orbit to a more circular orbit of 330 x 336 km. After three days in space, deorbit manoeuvres began on 28 September at 08:48, and the return module landed at 09:37 UTC at coordinates 42.278°N, 111.355°W.

China has been congratulated by a number of foreign leaders for the successful completion of the mission, which marked a number of developments for China's space program, including several first-time achievements.

The Shenzhou 7 Mission won the 2009 Space Achievement Award from the Space Foundation.

Spacewalk

On 27 September, Zhai Zhigang, wearing a Chinese-developed Feitian space suit, conducted a 22-minute space walk, the first ever for a Chinese astronaut. Zhai slipped out of the orbital module in a head-first position at around 16:43 (0843 GMT) and wandered around the orbital module, retrieved experiment samples and waved the Chinese flag in space. The spacewalk lasted about 20 minutes, with Zhai returning to the orbital module at 17:00. The first space walk was limited in scope: cables were used to tie Zhai to the handrail outside the orbital module, and his moving route was restricted to areas near the exits. Liu Boming, wearing a Russian Orlan-M suit, stayed in the airlock in the orbital module to provide help if necessary. Liu also conducted an EVA, standing up at 08:58 UTC to hand Zhai a flag. The third astronaut, Jing Haipeng remained in the re-entry module to monitor the general situation of the spacecraft. By 09:00 UTC both astronauts were back inside and the hatch was closed. The space walk was broadcast live on Chinese media, and two cameras provided panoramic images.

The Feitian spacesuit is similar to the Orlan-M (known as Haiying, 海鹰, in Chinese) in shape and volume and are designed for spacewalks of up to seven hours, providing oxygen and allowing for the excretion of bodily waste. According to Chinese media reports, spacesuit materials with such features as fire and radiation resistance were developed by several civilian corporations and national institutes. Each suit was reported to have cost 30 million RMB (about US$4.4 million). Except for the gloves of the Feitian suit, the space suits were not brought back to Earth.

A fire alarm was reported to the control center at the beginning of the EVA, but it was confirmed to be a false alarm.

Solid lubricant experiment
Scientists conducted a solid lubricant exposure experiment during the mission. A piece of equipment the size of a book was installed on the outside wall of the orbital module, and was later retrieved during the space walk, after having been exposed in space for more than 40 hours. The experiment was aimed to study a lubricant which will be used for space-based moving components in future space facilities.

Release of miniaturized satellite

A miniaturized satellite was released during the mission on 27 September at 19:24, after Zhai returned to the spacecraft. The satellite was a cube about 40 cm long, with a mass of 40 kg; it carried boost devices and two 150-megapixel stereo cameras. The satellite's tasks included testing the mini-satellite technology, observing and monitoring the spacecraft, and testing the tracking and approaching technology used for space rendezvous and docking.

The miniaturized satellite took photos and videos near the spacecraft, then maneuvered to about 100 to 200 km away from the spacecraft. After the return module separated from the spacecraft and re-entered the atmosphere, the satellite caught up to the orbiting spacecraft using a liquid ammonia engine, then continue to orbit around the spacecraft. The mini-satellite will work for about three months.

Data relay satellite
China launched its first data relay satellite, called Tianlian I (天链一号), from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center on a Long March-3C carrier rocket on 25 April 2008. The Tianlian I satellite will be used to speed up communication between the Shenzhou 7 spacecraft and the ground stations, and to increase the amount of data that can be transferred to the ground. The Tianlian I satellite alone can cover 50 percent of the orbit of Shenzhou 7—whereas the Yuanwang space tracking ships, along with China's ten ground observation stations, have a coverage of only 12 percent—and thus will increase the total coverage to about 62 percent of the mission.

Subsystems
The Shenzhou 7 project consists of seven subsystems, with the Chinese military responsible for launching, recovering, crew, and tracking subsystems, China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation responsible for the carrier rocket and spacecraft itself, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences responsible for the payloads on board the spacecraft (other than the crew).

Water training pool
A columniform water training pool of 23 m in diameter and 10 m in depth, located in China Astronaut Training Center, simulates the weightlessness experienced in space. A model of the Shenzhou orbital module has been used in the pool to train the crew for the space walk.

Modifications to the CZ-2F carrier rocket
Special attention has been paid to solving vibration problems that were encountered 120 seconds into the Shenzhou 5 mission. These vibrations were described by Shenzhou 5 astronaut Yang Liwei as hard to endure. Corrective measures were implemented for the Shenzhou 6 mission, but since then more improvements have been added to the carrier rocket, to the pipes of the second stage, and to more than thirty other parts of the spacecraft..

Modifications to the spacecraft
The Orbital module has been modified and its solar panels removed in order to allow for the EVA experiment. For this same reason, in contrast to previous Shenzhou missions, it will not remain in space after its separation with the departing crew in the Return module. Handrails have been added to the external wall of the Orbital module to allow the space walking astronaut to reach specific experiment areas.

More cameras have been installed on this spacecraft than on the Shenzhou 6 vessel, in addition to those covering the Orbital module and the Return module.

New space tracking ships
Two new, recently commissioned Yuanwang-class tracking ships, Yuanwang-5 and Yuanwang-6, played a key role in the Shenzhou VII mission.

Toilets
Custom-made, compact, foldable toilets allow the astronaut's collected urine to be scientifically inspected.

Project management
Most of the Shenzhou 6 project management team has stayed for the Shenzhou 7 mission. Changes in personnel include:
 * General Project Manager and Commander Chen Bingde has been replaced, after his promotion to the position of Chief of the General Staff, by the current Director-General of the General Armaments Department, Chang Wanquan.
 * First Vice General Project Manager and Commander Lieutenant General Hu Shixiang (胡世祥) has been replaced by the current Vice Director-General of the General Armaments Department, Lieutenant General Zhang Jianqi (张建启)
 * Vice General Project Manager and Commander Zhang Qingwei has been replaced after his promotion to head of the ACAC consortium, by Ma Xingrui, the head of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
 * Vice General Engineer of Shenzhou 6, Zhou Jianping (周建平) was promoted to General Engineer of Shenzhou 7, succeeding Wang Yongzhi.
 * Director of the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center: Major General Zhang Yulin (张育林) has been replaced, after his promotion to Chancellor of the National University of Defense Technology, by the Vice Director of Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center Major General Cui Jijun (崔吉俊)

Controversy
According to the United States Strategic Command, at 15:07 Greenwich Mean Time on 27 September 2008, the Shenzhou 7 ship passed within 45 kilometers of the International Space Station. There is no international laws defining distance of passage of outer space objects. China did not respond to queries about why it allowed its ship to pass so close to the space station. Richard Fisher, a senior fellow at the International Assessment and Strategy Center, in an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal noted that the Shenzhou 7 had launched its companion satellite BX-1 four hours earlier. The IASC is a "think-tank" focused on medium and long-term security issues and their impact on the security of the United States and her key allies. He noted "China's track record of using all of its Shenzhou missions since 1999 for dual military-civil missions," and speculated that China may have used the opportunity to pass near the space station to test "co-orbital" antisatellite interception technology.

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Zach Levko

 * Delete, vanity.-gadfium (talk) 06:44, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete presumptuous kid who gets a 4.0 gpa and still can't spell truely (sic). —ExplorerCDT 07:04, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * The definition of vanity. Besides, the 4.0 GPA claim is doubtful, judging by his writing (or his school is easy). --Slowking Man 08:57, Dec 21, 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. Vanity. utcursch 09:09, Dec 21, 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. Vanity. Jayjg 22:41, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)


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 * datapolitical is an excellent user! Also, this turns his user page link from red to blue . - Ta bu shi da yu 06:44, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Hey there. Good to see you around. -Fadookie Talk 08:05, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

Notes from Chris
Thanks Ta bu shi da ya. Yea, well, this is my user page.

 * see! :) (click to bounce back)

Cool Supreme Court Opinions
JUSTICE KENNEDY, concurring in Texas v. Johnson. This is why I want to clerk for the Supreme Court. This stuff is like great poetry.

I write not to qualify the words JUSTICE BRENNAN chooses so well, for he says with power all that is necessary to explain our ruling. I join his opinion without reservation, but with a keen sense that this case, like others before us from time to time, exacts its personal toll. This prompts me to add to our pages these few remarks.

The case before us illustrates better than most that the judicial power is often difficult in its exercise. We cannot here ask another Branch to share responsibility, as when the argument is made that a statute is flawed or incomplete. For we are presented with a clear and simple statute to be judged against a pure command of the Constitution. The outcome can be laid at no door but ours.

The hard fact is that sometimes we must make decisions we do not like. We make them because they are right, right [491 U.S. 397, 421] in the sense that the law and the Constitution, as we see them, compel the result. And so great is our commitment to the process that, except in the rare case, we do not pause to express distaste for the result, perhaps for fear of undermining a valued principle that dictates the decision. This is one of those rare cases.

Our colleagues in dissent advance powerful arguments why respondent may be convicted for his expression, reminding us that among those who will be dismayed by our holding will be some who have had the singular honor of carrying the flag in battle. And I agree that the flag holds a lonely place of honor in an age when absolutes are distrusted and simple truths are burdened by unneeded apologetics.

With all respect to those views, I do not believe the Constitution gives us the right to rule as the dissenting Members of the Court urge, however painful this judgment is to announce. Though symbols often are what we ourselves make of them, the flag is constant in expressing beliefs Americans share, beliefs in law and peace and that freedom which sustains the human spirit. The case here today forces recognition of the costs to which those beliefs commit us. It is poignant but fundamental that the flag protects those who hold it in contempt.

For all the record shows, this respondent was not a philosopher and perhaps did not even possess the ability to comprehend how repellent his statements must be to the Republic itself. But whether or not he could appreciate the enormity of the offense he gave, the fact remains that his acts were speech, in both the technical and the fundamental meaning of the Constitution. So I agree with the Court that he must go free.

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Kennedy station

Kennedy is the eastern terminal station on Line 2 Bloor–Danforth of the Toronto subway system. Opened in 1980, it is located east of the Kennedy Road and Eglinton Avenue intersection. With the adjacent Kennedy GO station on the Stouffville line of GO Transit, Kennedy is an intermodal transit hub and the fifth busiest station in the system, after, , , and , serving a total of approximately 0 customer trips a day.

The station's main complex consists of four floors with wheelchair accessible entrances. The ground level is the bus terminal surrounded with ten platforms that serve 16 Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) bus routes. Wi-Fi service is available at this station.

Kennedy station was previously the southern terminus of Line 3 Scarborough before it was permanently closed on July 24, 2023. The line was opened in 1985. The station's bus terminal is being expanded to handle replacement buses.

Construction to expand the station began in 2017 to add a platform for the future Line 5 Eglinton, which will terminate at the station when its first phase opens in 2024.

Station complex
The station is located south of Eglinton Avenue, east of Kennedy Road. The station complex consists of four levels. Trains of the former Line 3 Scarborough previously ascended via a bridge to the platform located at the top level of the station complex. The ground floor (third floor, but labelled 2 in the elevator) consists of ten bus platforms surrounding the main building. Three satellite pedestrian entrances to the station can be found at the South Parking Lot, next to the Don Montgomery Community Centre, and the passenger pick-up and drop-off roundabout on Transway Crescent. (A fourth entrance, at the service road of Eglinton Avenue, was demolished in 2018 and no longer exists.) Below the ground level is the concourse that spans the length of the station, connecting to all pedestrian entrances. Below the concourse is the platform for subway trains on the Line 2 Bloor–Danforth.

Four park and ride lots, that had a combined total of 729 spaces, used to be located around the station. As of August 21, 2023, these lots no longer exist.

Line 2 Bloor–Danforth
Line 2 Bloor–Danforth was opened on February 25, 1966, and was extended westwards to Warden station on May 10, 1968, and to Kennedy station on November 21, 1980.

An extension of Line 2, called the Scarborough Subway Extension, is under construction that will make Kennedy a through-station. From Kennedy station, the three-stop, 7.8 km extension will travel east under Eglinton Avenue, then north under Danforth Road and McCowan Road to terminate at Sheppard Avenue.

Line 5 Eglinton
Kennedy is being expanded to become the eastern terminus of Line 5 Eglinton. The Line 5 station will be underground, south of Eglinton Avenue East, and about 30 m north of the Line 2 platforms.

The main entrance to Kennedy station at the southwest corner of West Service Road and Transway Crescent was demolished and has been replaced by a new entrance to access the Line 5 concourse to be located one level above the Line 5 platforms. Two elevators will connect the Line 5 concourse to the Line 5 platform. Two north–south passages will connect the Line 5 concourse to the existing Line 2 concourse. There will be few changes to the Line 2 concourse. A secondary entrance on the east side of the existing GO rail corridor serves as the main entrance to the GO station.

Line 3 Scarborough

In 1985, Kennedy station was expanded to serve Line 3 Scarborough, an elevated light metro line with six stations. In 2023, Line 3 was decommissioned and is planned to be replaced by a Line 2 extension to Scarborough City Centre.

Although Line 3 trains had bidirectionally operated metro trains, the tracks for Line 3 extended beyond the top-floor platform into an above-ground turning loop, similar to those found on the Toronto streetcar system. This was because Line 3 had been planned as a dedicated right-of-way streetcar line rather than a metro line. As such, the top-floor platform was designed to operate streetcars. Line 3 was later built as a medium-capacity rail transport line to use the Intermediate Capacity Transit System train models built by Bombardier Transportation. The line began using two-car trains, which were able to travel along the turning loop, but was later converted to use four-car trains, which could not be operated along the tight loop. Thus, the use of the loop for reversals was discontinued after 1988, although the loop's elevated structure remains over the passenger pick-up and drop-off building and was occasionally used as a tail track to store trains. The station platform was reduced to a single track and began using the Spanish solution of unloading and boarding passengers at Kennedy. Original floor finishing and platform edge markings for the planned light rail can also be seen along the current tracks.

Public art
Kennedy station used to feature a mural titled A Sense of Place by artist Frank Perna. The mural was completed in 1997 and used to wrap around the station's main entrance, but when the entrance was demolished in 2018, half of the mural was destroyed.

As part of a program to install artworks at major interchange stations along Line 5 Eglinton, Kennedy station will feature two new artworks when the line opens. A mural titled Reorganization of One Hedge by artist Dagmara Genda will consist of photographs of leaves taken from the same hedge that will be printed on the glass of a skylight. A second artwork, titled Locations of Meaning by artist Joseph Kosuth, will consist of etched tiles with stainless steel inserts, each spelling the word "meaning" in one of 72 languages used in Toronto.

Surface connections

There are two bus platforms at Kennedy station. Platform A, within the fare-paid zone, contains bus bays 1 through 10. Bus platform B, opened on October 8, 2023, is located outside of the station building on the south side of platform A and contains bus bays 11 through 18, primarily serving buses running express to Scarborough Centre station. As of February 18, 2024, bus bays 6 through 10 are closed for construction related to the Scarborough Subway Extension.

While the subway is closed, passengers may board buses outside the station near Transway Crescent. TTC routes serving the station include:

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Florida Department of Transportation

The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) is a decentralized agency charged with the establishment, maintenance, and regulation of public transportation in the state of Florida. The department was formed in 1969. It absorbed the powers of the State Road Department (SRD). The current Secretary of Transportation is Jared W. Perdue.

History
The State Road Department, the predecessor of today's Department of Transportation, was authorized in 1915 by the Florida Legislature. For the first two years of its existence, the department acted as an advisory body to the 52 counties in the state, helping to assemble maps and other information on roads.

The 1916 Bankhead Act passed by Congress expanded the department's responsibilities and gave it the authority to: establish a state and state-aid system of roads, engage in road construction and maintenance, acquire and own land, exercise the right of eminent domain, and accept federal or local funds for use in improving roads.

The Office of Motor Carrier Compliance created in 1980 transitioned from the Florida Department of Transportation to the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) division of the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FLHSMV) on July 1, 2011. The consolidation is a result of Senate Bill 2160, passed by lawmakers during the 2011 Legislative Session, and placed the commercial vehicle licensing, registrations, fuel permits, and enforcement all under the purview of DHSMV.

Structure
The Florida Transportation Commission, made up of nine commissioners chosen by Florida's Governor and Legislature, provides oversight for the state's department of transportation (DOT).

The department consists of seven geographic districts. In May 1994, an eighth district was formed for the state's Turnpike System. In April 2002, the Turnpike district expanded as Florida's Turnpike Enterprise (FTE) and operates as the business unit for the department. The FTE owns and maintains 511 mi of toll roads.

Each district is managed by a district secretary. The department also owns and maintains other toll roads and bridges: the Garcon Point Bridge, Sunshine Skyway Bridge, Alligator Alley, the Beachline East Expressway, the Pinellas Bayway, and the Seminole and Lake County portions of otherwise Central Florida Expressway Authority owned roads. Tolls on all department-owned facilities are collected by Florida's Turnpike Enterprise. In addition, FDOT operates and manages several park-and-ride lots and Commuter Assistance Programs throughout the state. The seven districts each have a Districtwide Commuter Assistance Program.

Districts
Florida has seven transportation districts and a separate unit for tolled facilities under Florida's Turnpike Enterprise. Each district is managed by a district secretary. Each district also has major divisions for administration, planning, production, and operations.

Notable projects
In 1954, the State Road Department completed the original Sunshine Skyway Bridge, the first fixed span to connect Saint Petersburg directly to Bradenton. This greatly shortened the travel time between the two cities, as before cars would have to either use a ferry or drive about 70 mi around Tampa Bay. A parallel span was completed in 1971 to make the bridge Interstate standard, and it became part of I-275. After the newer, southbound span was destroyed in 1980 when the SS Summit Venture collided into it, a replacement bridge was finished in 1987.

In 1974, FDOT completed Florida's Turnpike, a 312 mi limited access toll highway that connected the panhandle area through Orlando to Miami. The turnpike is part of an initiative to finance transportation with user fees.

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Talk:Al-Afdal Shahanshah

Biography assessment rating comment
The article may be improved by following the WikiProject Biography 11 easy steps to producing at least a B article.--KGV (Talk) 06:00, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

 * He was assassinated in 1121

Was he assassinated by Hassan-i-Sabah and/or the Hashshashin? --Stbalbach 06:49, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)

 * That seems likely...I couldn't find anything that said that specifically, but I'll keep looking. Adam Bishop 16:33, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)

 * Aha, Steven Runciman says he was assassinated by the Hashshashin. I've added that here. Adam Bishop 01:05, 23 Mar 2005 (UTC)

 * Well, now I see that Ibn al-Qalanisi says he was definitely *not* assassinated by the Hashshashin, that was just an excuse made by the caliph. I'll add that too. Adam Bishop 18:50, 18 August 2005 (UTC)

 * This article....

Why is his father's article (Badr Al-Jamali) also linked to here? they should be seperated. (RollingWave (talk) 02:39, 10 May 2012 (UTC))

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Wikipedia talk:Requests for comment/Kris45

"adding statements not commonly agreed on" is not in itself a problem. That's part of being a wiki.
 * I wasn't sure how to phrase "lies which might be true to a negligible proportion of the population". It's not impossible that to someone, "sideburns" signifies "redneck", but that's certainly not true in general; the stereotypical haircut of rednecks is most certainly a mullet.

''Adding statements that are not widely accepted is not a problem though, unless the editor who is adding them is trying to disrupt the editing process. Given how poor the page already was, perhaps he felt that it was anything goes.''

You don't provide any evidence of trying to resolve the dispute. You just give talk pages. On Xlogold's talk page, I see several editors' ordering Xlogold to do this or that; none at all trying to resolve a dispute. I can't see anything on Talk: Sideburns that even begins to be an attempt to resolve a dispute. I see someone making an accusation of vandalism.
 * It's hard to resolve a dispute when the other party never responds.

''Frankly, I wouldn't have responded to curt demands like that. They're what I call "polite attacks". You are not opening a dialogue by making peremptory orders to another editor.''

The mullet article is terrible. Mullets are famous for belonging to hockey players? Associated with central Europeans in Britain? The first is shockingly Americocentric; the second is just wrong. Some chavs have mullets but central Europeans? What are you on? And since when was the description of Ian Botham as a rural thug NPOV, even if it is true? The Beastie Boys coined it? What, when they were in nappies? It's been around since the '70s at least. Suggesting that this editor has fallen foul of "check your facts" is amusing at least. But the article is a joke. You can hardly blame a relative newcomer for mistaking it for something not serious.Dr Zen 06:50, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * (Well, if you find something wrong with the article, fix it...)

Which is what the editor in question arguably began by doing.

 * Yes, the article isn't very good, but that's no reason to let someone make it worse. I have no interest in mullets, i was just trying to deal with what i saw as vandalism on the part of the user. I think if you'll examine the "user contributions" of these users you'll find that their contributions fall more into vandalism than not.

''I daresay. I'm simply trying to help you see that there is a much broader process than you think. You don't simply tittletattle to RfC if you're not getting your way. You should genuinely try dialogue. Be kind not confrontational, if you can. And when you do make an RfC, you should put a lot more effort into making a good case, not just for onlookers such as me, but for the person you are wanting comment on. Let them see the detail of the problem. That gives them a good chance to reform if they want to; and, having been given the chance, if they spurn it, then your case for further action is very much stronger.''

 * I will admit i might have been too harsh dealing initially with this user, which might have given him a bad attitude towards our site. My dealings with the user began when he stuck two images of Coke cans awkwardly into middle of the Coca-Cola article, and i removed them until we could figure out somewhere it would make sense to put them, and he became offended. It degraded from there. That's no excuse on his part, though. -℘yrop (talk) 20:02, Dec 21, 2004 (UTC)

''No. I agree. But understanding and sympathy go a long way, Pyrop. Give the guy the chance. Let him have a bit more of the cuddle and a bit less of the slap. I do agree with you that he needs slapping, but it doesn't hurt to give it that little bit extra, does it?'' in italicsDr Zen 00:10, 22 Dec 2004 (UTC)


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Talk:X-Force

Move content to separate articles
I really feel that most of the information on the second X-Force/X-Statix should be moved to X-Statix, with only a short paragraph in this article and a link. The same should be done for X-Cutioner's Song. Notice that I cut out a lot of the Cable background, as well as other characters: that information should go in the respective character articles, as Cable (comics) already does. -leigh (φθόγγος) 08:43, Dec 21, 2004 (UTC)

Also, will this article lead with "X-Force is/was a series" or "X-Force is/was a team"? The distinction is important, because it colors the rest of the article. Personally, I vote for the latter. That mentality allows us to do the "Introduction / Publication history / Fictional biography" structure that has worked so well in articles like Wolverine (comics) and The Flash. Actually, this latter question should really be discussed on Wikipedia talk: WikiProject Comics, to develop a consistent universal policy, so I'll copy this paragraph there.-leigh (φθόγγος) 08:43, Dec 21, 2004 (UTC)

 * Moving all X-Statix related stuff to an X-Statix page is fine with me and moving the Cable bits was a fine decision. I am also not overly concerned with either series or team so do as you wish. - User:Rorschach567

All images by Liefeld
Every single image on this page was drawn by Rob Liefeld. I find this incredibly depressing. -leigh (φθόγγος) 10:03, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

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C-Class rated for Comics Project
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Wolfsbane
I thought Wolfsbane became associated with the team because they were trying to assist her after she was brainwashed. Lots42 (talk) 07:33, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

Kosch
Who is this Kosch character who was supposedly a member of X-Force in the vol. 2 miniseries? I remember Liefeld introducing some pretty forgettable characters in the mini, but I don't remember any of them actually JOINING the team. Does anybody have any further info on this character? Thanks! DeadpoolRP (talk) 21:38, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

 * Anybody know? Is Kosch a real character? Should I delete him? DeadpoolRP (talk) 04:15, 20 September 2010 (UTC)

Movie? I've fallen for that one before.
The Deadpool article says "According to Rob Liefeld, Deadpool will appear in the X-Force movie" and gives this citation from IGN (December 2013). The imminent/stalled/imminent/indefinitely-stalled/nearly-greenlit nature of the oft-rumored Deadpool aolo movie makes me a bit skeptical of the notion that an X-Force movie will make it to the big screen.

Even though the news apparently comes right from Liefeld, the possibility should only be considered rumor at present if it is to be mentioned at all in this article. It could be that Liefeld is intentionally overstating the status of the project in order to generate more buzz around it. Even so, it does make sense that Fox would be looking for ways to turn their Marvel properties into a cinematic phenomenon like Disney/Marvel's Avengers franchise. Starling2001 (talk) 20:32, 8 March 2014 (UTC)

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