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Ellen Foley

Ellen Foley (born 1951) is an American singer and actress who has appeared on Broadway and television, where she co-starred in the hit NBC sitcom Night Court during its second season. In music, she has released five solo albums, but she is best known for her collaborations with rock singer Meat Loaf, particularly the 14× Platinum selling 1977 album Bat Out of Hell.

Early life and education
Foley was born in St. Louis, Missouri, the daughter of John and Virginia B. Foley. She attended Webster University.

Vocalist
Foley gained public recognition through singing a duet with Meat Loaf on the hit single "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" from the 1977 album Bat Out of Hell. Foley's part was recorded individually and in one take with Meat Loaf present in the room so she could sing in character. Although Karla DeVito (who toured with Meat Loaf in support of the album) is featured in the music video, DeVito is lip synching to Foley's vocals.

Her debut album Night Out was released in 1979; the album's single "What's a Matter Baby" reached No. 7 in the Dutch charts and No. 92 on the US charts. The single "We Belong to the Night" reached No.1 in the Netherlands. The album, which peaked at No. 152, was produced by Ian Hunter and Mick Ronson. Foley recorded a duet with Ian Hunter in 1980, "We Gotta Get Outta Here". Her creative relationship with Hunter led her to singing backing vocals on the Iron City Houserockers' 1980 album Have a Good Time but Get Out Alive!, produced by Hunter, Ronson, and The E Street Band's Steven Van Zandt.

She also sings in the title cut of the 1979 Blue Öyster Cult album Mirrors and on The Clash album Sandinista! (released in 1980) in the songs "Hitsville UK" and "Corner Soul", and on the unreleased track "Blonde Rock 'n' Roll". In 1981, all four members of The Clash appeared on her album The Spirit of St. Louis, and Mick Jones and Joe Strummer co-wrote a number of songs for the album. Jones produced the album, which featured members of The Blockheads and peaked at No. 137 on the US charts. In 1982, she provided backing vocals on The Clash's song "Car Jamming" from the album Combat Rock. The Clash's hit song "Should I Stay or Should I Go", written and sung by Jones, was about the turbulent relationship he shared with Foley at the time.

She released her third solo album Another Breath in 1983; it failed to chart. In 1984, she sang backing vocals on Joe Jackson's album Body & Soul and had a large role in the music video for Utopia's "Crybaby".

Foley was one of four female vocalists to front the group Pandora's Box, formed by Jim Steinman in the late 1980s. Their album Original Sin, released in 1989, was the first to feature the song "It's All Coming Back to Me Now" (vocals by Elaine Caswell); both Celine Dion and a duet between Meat Loaf and Marion Raven had separate chart successes with that song in some countries, years later.

Broadway, film and television
Foley studied acting at HB Studio in New York City. She has appeared on Broadway in such shows as Me and My Girl and the revival of Hair, and off-Broadway in Beehive. Foley originated the role of The Witch in Stephen Sondheim's Into the Woods at the Old Globe Theater in San Diego, but was replaced by Bernadette Peters before the musical opened on Broadway. Foley eventually played the role on Broadway from August 1, 1989 until the show's closing on September 3, 1989.

Her best known television acting role is that of Billie Young on Night Court for season two (1984–85), after which she was succeeded by Markie Post as Christine Sullivan, who had been Reinhold Weege's first choice for the public defender part, but Post had been unavailable while under contract on the television series The Fall Guy on ABC. Foley was reportedly let go from the series because producers felt her relationship with star Harry Anderson was more like that of a brother and sister than as potential paramours. She had roles in Miloš Forman's film adaptation of the stage musical Hair (1979), as well as in the movies Fatal Attraction (1987), Married to the Mob (1988) and Cocktail (1988). Foley was in the short-lived 1977 series 3 Girls 3, co-starring with Debbie Allen and Mimi Kennedy.

Other pursuits
In the mid-2000s, she taught voice at the School of Rock (founded by Paul Green) in Manhattan.

Personal life
In 1990, Foley married writer Doug Bernstein, co-author of the Off-Broadway revue Showing Off.

Studio albums

 * Night Out (1979) Epic - [NL #1; UK #68; AU #13; CAN #71]
 * Spirit of St. Louis (1981) Epic - [NL #35; UK #57; AU #61]
 * Another Breath (1983) Epic
 * About Time (2013)
 * Fighting Words (2021)

Note: all of these were issued by Epic within the U.S. on vinyl LP. They have been reissued on compact disc by Wounded Bird Records.

Compilations

 * The Very Best of (1992)

Singles

 * "We Belong to the Night"/"Young Lust" (1979) - [AU #15; NL #1; South Africa #7]
 * "What's a Matter Baby"/"Hideaway" (1979) [NL #7; US #92]
 * "Sad Song"/"Stupid Girl" (1980)
 * "Stupid Girl"/"Young Lust" (1980)
 * "The Shuttered Palace"/"Beautiful Waste of Time" (1981) - [AU #48]
 * "Torchlight"/"Game of a Man" (1981)
 * "Torchlight"/"Le palais" (1981)
 * "Boys in the Attic"/"Beat of a Broken Heart" (1983)
 * "Nightline (Single Version)"/"Beat of a Broken Heart (1983)
 * "Nightline (Dance Mix - Long Version)"/"Nightline (Dance Mix - Short Version)" "Nightline (Dub)" [12" Maxi-Single]
 * "Heaven Can Wait" (2015)

With Pandora's Box

 * Original Sin (1989)

Guest appearances

 * "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" (1977) (from Bat Out of Hell by Meat Loaf)
 * "Mirrors" (1979) (from Mirrors by Blue Öyster Cult)
 * "Hitsville U.K.", "Corner Soul", "Washington Bullets" and "Blonde Rock 'n' Roll" (1980) (from Sandinista! by The Clash)
 * "We Gotta Get Out of Here" (1980) (from Welcome to the Club by Ian Hunter)
 * "Junior's Bar" (1980) (from Have a Good Time but Get Out Alive! by Iron City Houserockers)
 * "Car Jamming" (1982) (from Combat Rock by The Clash)
 * Body and Soul (1984) (by Joe Jackson)
 * "Going All the Way (A Song in 6 Movements)" (2016) (from Braver Than We Are by Meat Loaf)

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PRSL

PRSL may refer to:

 * Puerto Rico Soccer League
 * Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines

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Istanbul Protocol

The Manual on Effective Investigation and Documentation of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, commonly known as the Istanbul Protocol, is the first set of international guidelines for documentation of torture and its consequences. It became an official United Nations document in 1999; the most recent revision was in June 2022.

The Istanbul Protocol is intended to serve as a set of international guidelines for the assessment of persons who allege torture and ill treatment, for investigating cases of alleged torture, and for reporting such findings to the judiciary and any other investigative body.

Background and purpose
The Manual on the Effective Investigation and Documentation of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment contains internationally recognised standards and procedures on how to recognise and document symptoms of torture so the documentation may serve as valid evidence in court.

As such, the Istanbul Protocol provides useful guidance for doctors and lawyers who want to investigate whether or not a person has been tortured and report the findings to the judiciary and any other investigative bodies.

A revised, expanded version was published by the UN in June 2022.

Non-binding document
The Istanbul Protocol is a non-binding document. However, international law obliges governments to investigate and document incidents of torture and other forms of ill-treatment and to punish those responsible in a comprehensive, effective, prompt and impartial manner. The Istanbul Protocol is a tool for doing this.

The Istanbul Protocol was drafted by more than 75 experts in law, health and human rights during three years of collective effort. While the extensive work was initiated and coordinated by the Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (HRFT) and the Physicians for Human Rights USA (PHR USA), it involved more than 40 different organisations, such as the International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims.

The initial steps to work on a manual for the investigation and documentation of torture and other forms of ill treatment were taken at an international meeting in 1996 organised by the Turkish Medical Association and were inspired by the daily needs and practices experienced by the HRFT and the Society of Forensic Medicine Specialists in Turkey. In particular, the efforts to investigate the death of Baki Erdogan during custody became a decisive factor.

Baki Erdogan died during his 11th day in custody after having been transferred to the state hospital in Turkey. The autopsy and official forensic report stated that as a result of a 10-day hunger strike, he died of acute pulmonary oedema.

The Turkish Medical Association carried out an independent investigation and submitted an alternative medical report which disclosed numerous flaws in the autopsy and medical assessment made by the official medical experts.

The point of reference for the development of the alternative medical report was the Minnesota Protocol, the United Nations, Model Protocol for a Legal Investigation of Extra-Legal, Arbitrary and Summary Executions, Doc. ST/CSDHA/12, created in response to the conclusion of the Special Rapporteur on Summary or Arbitrary Executions, appointed by the Economic and Social Council in 1982.

The alternative report stressed that the official forensic investigation was deficient and false and not in accordance with the standards set out in the Minnesota Protocol. Furthermore, in light of the collected evidence and other findings, the cause of death was determined to be Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS), a result of the use of torture.

Upon finalisation of the Istanbul Protocol in 1999, an article on the Protocol was published in the international medical journal The Lancet.

The Istanbul Protocol is published by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in its Professional Training Series in the six official UN languages.

International recognition of the Istanbul Protocol
The Istanbul Protocol was submitted to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on 9 August 1999. Both the UN General Assembly and the then UN Commission on Human Rights (since 2006, the UN Human Rights Council) have strongly encouraged states to reflect upon the Principles in the Protocol as a useful tool to combat torture.

The UN Special Rapporteur on Torture stressed in his General Recommendations of 2003 the importance of the Istanbul Principles in the context of establishing independent national authorities for investigation; promptness and independence of investigations; independence of forensic medical services by governmental investigatory bodies and obtaining forensic evidence.

On 23 April 2003, the UN Commission on Human Rights, in its resolution on human rights and forensic science, drew the attention of governments to these principles as a useful tool in combating torture. Likewise, reference was made to the Istanbul Protocol in the resolution on the competence of national investigative authorities in preventing torture.

In addition to recognition by the UN system, the Istanbul Protocol has also been adopted by several regional bodies.

The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights deliberated on the importance of the Istanbul Protocol during its 32nd ordinary session in October 2002 and concluded that investigations of all allegations of torture or ill-treatment, shall be conducted promptly, impartially and effectively, and be guided by the Istanbul Principles.

The European Union has referred to the Istanbul Protocol in its Guidelines to EU Policy towards Third Countries on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment adopted by the General Affairs Council in 2001. The EU guidelines mention that states should “conduct prompt, impartial and effective investigations of all allegations of torture in accordance with the Istanbul Rules annexed to CHR resolution 2000/43” and should “establish and operate effective domestic procedures for responding to and investigating complaints and reports of torture and ill-treatment in accordance with the Istanbul Rules.”

Other institutions and organisations have reiterated the UN and other bodies’ recommendations in their reports, statements, and comments (including the Advisory Council of Jurists and the Asia Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions). These references can roughly be summarised into three categories:

 * References that cite the Istanbul Protocol as a useful tool in the efforts to combat torture and strongly encourage governments to reflect upon the principles contained in the Protocol;
 * References that stress that all investigations and documentation of torture allegations should be conducted promptly, impartially and effectively, and be guided by the Istanbul Principles;
 * References that say that states should establish and operate effective domestic procedures for the investigation and documentation of torture allegations in accordance with the Istanbul Protocol.

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Seven (Bob Seger album)

Seven is the seventh studio album by American rock singer-songwriter Bob Seger, released in 1974.

Background and recording
Seven was the first Seger album to feature 'The Silver Bullet Band', which he would steadily rely on for the rest of his career. The album gained notorious recognition and is a fan favorite despite its rarity. The very successful tour for this album was kicked off with Seger and his newly formed Silver Bullets as the opening act for Kiss. Kiss asked Seger and the band to support them for a few shows. After seeing the band's first set, they offered Seger the rest of the tour, which gained the band much-needed recognition.

Early vinyl copies of the album featured the word 'contrasts' at the bottom of the cover, leading people to believe the album had two titles. Others believed the album was titled 'Seven Contrasts'. However, Contrasts is the name of the artwork featured on the album. The word in parentheses is simply a reference to the artwork rather than an actual subtitle or title of the record.

A later bootleg of the album released in the 1980s was entitled Seven Worlds.

Reception
Although the album failed to make the Billboard Top 200 albums chart, the single "Get Out of Denver" reached number 80 on the Pop Singles chart. Critics and longtime Seger fans tend to regard the album as a lost classic, much like its predecessor Back in '72. For example, Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic retrospectively gave the album 5/5 stars, calling it "one of [Seger's] strongest, hardest-hitting rock records". Summing up, Erlewine wrote: "Only nine songs, lasting just over a half-hour, but it's one of the most infectious sets Seger ever cut, proving that he wasn't just a dynamite rocker, but he had the songs to match. And, again, it didn't have any success – it didn't even chart, actually. That doesn't change the fact that this is one of his very best albums."

Personnel
Silver Bullet Band
 * Bob Seger – guitar, vocals
 * Drew Abbott – lead guitar (A5, B1, B4)
 * Tom Cartmell – saxophone (A2, B2)
 * Rick Manasa – organ, piano (A5, B1, B4)
 * Robyn Robins – Mellotron (B4)
 * Chris Campbell – bass guitar (A4, A5, B1, B4)
 * Charlie Allen Martin – drums (A5, B1, B4)

Additional musicians
 * Dave Doran – lead guitar (A2)
 * Jim McCarty – lead guitar (A1, B2), slide guitar (A3)
 * Charlie McCoy – rhythm guitar (A1, A3)
 * Bill Meuller – lead guitar (A4)
 * David Briggs – piano (A1–A3, B2, B3)
 * John Harris – organ (B3)
 * Bobby Woods – piano (B3)
 * Tommy Cogbill – bass (A1–A3, B2, B3)
 * Kenny Buttrey – drums (A1–A3, B2, B3)
 * Randy Meyers – drums (A4)

Production

 * Producers: Punch Andrews, Bob Seger
 * Engineer: Gene Eichelberger, Jim Bruzzese, Greg Miller
 * Cover art by Thomas Weschler
 * Photography by Thomas Weschler, Scott Sparling

Charts
Singles – Billboard (United States)

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Schoharie Creek

Schoharie Creek is a river in New York that flows north 93 mi from the foot of Indian Head Mountain in the Catskills through the Schoharie Valley to the Mohawk River. It is twice impounded north of Prattsville to create New York City's Schoharie Reservoir and the Blenheim-Gilboa Power Project.

The Erie Canal crossed over the creek by an aqueduct at Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site.

Two notable bridge collapses have occurred on Schoharie Creek. In 1987, two spans of the New York State Thruway collapsed. On August 28, 2011, the covered Old Blenheim Bridge collapsed due to flooding from Hurricane Irene.

Watershed and tributary streams
Schoharie Creek is part of the drainage system of the Hudson River watershed and a direct tributary of the Mohawk River. Tributaries of Schoharie Creek, listed from upstream to downstream, include:

East side

 * Gooseberry Creek
 * Red Kill
 * East Kill
 * John Chase Brook
 * Batavia Kill
 * Hunterfield Creek
 * Platter Kill
 * Keyser Kill
 * Little Schoharie Creek
 * Stony Brook
 * Fox Creek
 * Bowman Creek

West side

 * Roaring Kill
 * Cook Brook
 * West Kill
 * Little West Kill
 * Johnson Hollow Brook
 * Bear Kill
 * Mine Kill
 * West Kill
 * Cole Brook
 * Panther Creek
 * Pleasant Valley Creek
 * Line Creek
 * Cobleskill Creek
 * Cripplebush Creek
 * Fly Creek
 * Wilsey Creek
 * Irish Creek

Watershed
Before European colonization, the watershed was mostly forested with a few small areas cleared by Native Americans for hunting. Early European settlers attempted to farm the land, but soon abandoned it due to the short growing seasons, steep slopes and rocky soil. Between 1800 and the early 1900s, mills, the tanning industry, quarrying for bluestone, logging, railroads, and resorts cleared the Catskills of most of its forest cover.

Starting in the early 1900s, these industries began to decline and areas that were previously cleared have grown back into forest. As of 2001, approximately 85% of the Schoharie Creek's watershed has been classified as forested.

Water quality
New York's Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) rates the water quality of Schoharie Creek in different sections. The section from Cobleskill Creek to Pleasant Valley Brook is rated Class C, which is most suitable for fishing, but can also be suitable for primary and secondary contact recreation.

Stream flow on the lower Schoharie is significantly influenced by the Schoharie Reservoir. Flow from the reservoir is restricted when the dam is not open, and the lack of flow mostly during the summer increases water temperature, which negatively affects the fishery. Also this section flows through an agricultural valley, which contributes to increased sediment in the creek. This increases streambank erosion and sediment loadings, and during high flows, cause the creek's turbidity to increase. Biological tests were conducted in Fort Hunter in 2001, then in Burtonsville in 2001, and showed non-impacted water quality conditions at both sites.

Discharge
The United States Geological Survey (USGS) maintains many stream gauges along Schoharie Creek. The first station is 1.2 mi east of Lexington in operation since 1999, had a maximum discharge of 40500 cuft per second on August 28, 2011, as Hurricane Irene passed through the area, and a minimum discharge of 4.8 cuft per second on August 21–22, 2002. Another station by Prattsville in operation since 1902, 0.2 mi upstream from Schoharie Reservoir, had a maximum discharge of 120000 cuft per second on August 28, 2011, with no minimum discharge recorded.

Below the Schoharie Reservoir is the station by Gilboa in operation since October 1975, 0.5 mi downstream from the Schoharie Reservoir dam, had a maximum discharge of 111000 cuft per second on August 28, 2011, and a minimum discharge of 0.04 cuft per second on many days from June to October 1976, and September 11-13, 1980. Another station by North Blenheim in operation continuously since October 1970, 1.2 mi upstream from bridge on State Highway 30 in North Blenheim, had a maximum discharge of 111000 cuft per second on August 28, 2011, and a minimum discharge of 0.04 cuft per second on many days from June to October 1976, and September 11-13, 1980. The station by Breakabeen in operation since July 1975, 1.1 mi downstream from Keyser Kill, had a maximum discharge of 134000 cuft per second on August 28, 2011, and a minimum discharge of 1.7 cuft per second on October 14, 1988.

Further downstream the station by Middleburgh in operation from July 1927 to September 1939 and since December 2017, slightly downstream of the bridge at intersection of State Highways 30 and 145 in Middleburgh, had a maximum discharge of 47800 cuft per second on March 18, 1936, and a minimum discharge of 2 cuft per second on September 1, 1939. Outside the period of record, it had an estimated maximum discharge of 130000 cuft per second on August 28, 2011. The station in Schoharie is located upstream from bridge on County Highway 1A has been in operation since December 2017, takes gauge height measurements only. It had a maximum gauge height of 13.42 ft on August 14, 2018 and a minimum gage height of 4.47 ft on many days between September 22 and October 1 in 2019. The station in Esperance is located by the US Route 20 bridge has been in operation since December 2017, takes gauge height measurements only. It had a maximum gauge height of 10.85 ft on April 15, 2019 and a minimum gage height of 0.78 ft on July 22, 2018. Outside the period of record, the flood of August 2011 reached a stage of 33.70 ft from floodmark. The station in Burtonsville in operation since October 1939, 15 mi upstream from the mouth, had a maximum discharge of 128000 cuft per second on August 29, 2011, and a minimum discharge of 2.4 cuft per second on September 24–25, 1964.

Turbidity
The USGS station along the creek near Burtonsville, collects turbidity data every 15 minutes. The maximum daily suspended sediment concentrations (SSC) mean was 1460 mg/L on June 14, 2013, and the minimum was 2 mg/L on October 1–2, 2014. On June 14, 2013, the maximum daily suspended sediment discharge was 48,400 tons (48400 ST) on June 14, 2013, and .16 tons (.16 ST) on October 1–2, 2014.

History
In the 18th century, areas of the south (or right bank) side of Mohawk Valley were sparsely settled in the face of the periodically warlike and always militant Iroquois peoples, who, while diminished by European diseases during colonial times still retained ample war powers after the French and Indian War ended in 1763. Reorganized by then as the Six Nations the tribes had conducted internecine war with other powerful eastern tribes until the 1770s, weakening or eliminating the power of the Delaware, the Susquehanna, and Shawnee tribes— affecting Amerindian populations and power both East and West of the Alleghenies as far south as northern Kentucky in the west, and southern Maryland in the east. By the end of the French and Indian War, they were the one remaining group of eastern native peoples that retained sufficient military power to give even the British authorities pause. Consequently, those authorities cultivated political arrangements with the Iroquois and as a prelude to the revolution, the British Crown acted to block trans-Appalachian settlements before the opening of the American Revolution, one of the lesser known grievances of many held by the settlers. During the Revolution, farms in the valley acted as a breadbasket providing important food supplies to the Colonial forces. The lower Mohawk valley was a scene of uneasy native Amerindian–Colonial Settler contention throughout most of the 18th century until after the American Revolutionary War's Sullivan Expedition pacified the region by permanently weakening the Six Nations of the Iroquois. That campaign was a direct result of two atrocities in the region: The May 1778 Battle of Cobleskill (or Cobleskill Creek Massacre) signaled a new guerrilla war offensive by mixed troops of Loyalists and members of the four Iroquois tribes allied to the British in 1778. The incursions resulted in three major raids with major loss of life ranging from Southern New York to Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.

New York State Thruway bridge collapse
On the morning of April 5, 1987, after 30 years of service, two spans of the New York State Thruway bridge over Schoharie Creek near Fort Hunter collapsed. Five vehicles fell into the flooded river, resulting in ten deaths. A subsequent investigation of the collapse determined the cause to be scour. At the time, the creek was higher and flowing faster than normal due to excessive rains in the area. Twelve hours before the Schoharie Creek Bridge collapsed due to heavy rainfall, the rush of water through the Blenheim-Gilboa Pumped Storage Power Project 40 mi upstream hit a historic high. To cope with the overload, the dam released water into the Schoharie Creek according to the rate at which it was entering the reservoir from upstream, adding to the load in the creek. The segment of NY 5S near Fort Hunter was reconfigured to carry westbound Thruway traffic while the bridge was rebuilt. The eastbound replacement bridge was completed and fully open to traffic on December 7, 1987, and the westbound replacement bridge was opened on May 21, 1988.

Old Blenheim Bridge
The Old Blenheim Bridge, one of the longest and oldest single-span covered bridges in the world, formerly spanned the creek. The bridge was destroyed on August 28, 2011 by flooding resulting from Hurricane Irene.

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Philips van Almonde

Philips van Almonde (29 December 1644 – 6 January 1711) was a Dutch Lieutenant Admiral, who served in his nation's maritime conflicts of the 17th and early 18th centuries.

Philips was born in Den Briel, the son of Pieter Jansz van Almonde, a wealthy burgher. Van Almonde learned the maritime profession under his uncle, the frigate commander Jacob Cleidijck, becoming a cadet on his ship the Wapen van Dordrecht in 1661. He was appointed lieutenant in 1664 by the Admiralty of the Maze. During the Battle of Lowestoft in the Second Anglo-Dutch War he in 1665 took over command from his incapacitated uncle and was on return confirmed in his command on 14 August. He distinguished himself in the Four Days Battle of 11–14 June 1666, where Lieutenant-Admiral Michiel de Ruyter defeated a fleet under George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle. In 1667 he was made a full captain. In 1671 he was captain of the Harderwijk.

On 6 October 1673, during the Third Anglo-Dutch War, he was made a Rear-Admiral, after having distinguished himself as captain of the Wassenaer in the Battle of Solebay and captain of the Delft during the Battle of Schooneveld and the Battle of Texel.

In 1674 Van Almonde on the Ridderschap van Holland carried out actions against the French west coast. The following year, he accompanied Tromp's squadron in the Mediterranean. In late May and early June 1676 he commanded a squadron during the battles of Bornholm and Öland in the Baltic Sea as part of a Danish-Dutch fleet under Niels Juel and Cornelis Tromp. In the second battle the numerically superior Swedish navy was soundly defeated, granting naval supremacy to Denmark. In 1676, following De Ruyters' death, Van Almonde led the mediterranean fleet back to Holland. On 5 April 1684 he was appointed Vice-Admiral by the Admiralty of Amsterdam. During the Glorious Revolution he commanded the rear of stadtholder William III of Orange's invasion fleet.

He achieved his greatest fame, however, during the War of the Grand Alliance ("The War of the League of Augsburg"), in which the Netherlands and their allies ("The Grand Alliance") faced off against Louis XIV's France. On 28 March 1692 he was made Lieutenant-Admiral. Van Almonde on De Prins commanded a squadron in the battle at La Hougue (also known as the Battle of Barfleur) on 29 May 1692. There he assisted in Admiral Edward Russell's victory over the French, who were under the command of Tourville, by launching his long boats against the trapped French ships.

In 1702, during the War of the Spanish Succession, Van Almonde was behind a plan to seize richly-laden Spanish treasure galleons arriving from the West Indies. On 23 October, he convinced English Admiral Sir George Rooke to attack the treasure ships despite the lateness of the year and the fact that the vessels were protected by French ships-of-the-line. The Dutch and English forces in the Battle of Vigo Bay destroyed the enemy fleet in the harbor of Vigo. The English took four ships-of-the-line and six galleons, while the Dutch took six warships and five galleons that had been treasure-laden but were unloaded just before the attack. In 1706 he put down command of the Dutch fleet headed for Portugal upon hearing that he would be subordinate to an English Vice-Admiral. On 20 December 1708 he was transferred to his old Admiralty of the Maze at Rotterdam; as this was seen as the most ancient Dutch admiralty, the most honourable function in the Dutch fleet was now his.

Van Almonde later moved back to his Haaswyk estate at Oegstgeest, near Leyden, where he died on 6 January 1711. His memorial stands in the Katherine Church at Briel, where he was buried on 30 December 1712.

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Cia. Hering

Companhia Hering (Cia Hering) is a Brazilian textile and retail clothing company, being the leading clothing textile company  in Latin America. The company has 805 stores. The company is one of the oldest Brazilian companies still in activity, founded by German brothers Bruno and Hermann Hering, in 1880. It was founded in Blumenau, Santa Catarina, and its headquarters and major factories are still in this city. Hering is the major employer in the city (excluding public service jobs).

Hering exports its products worldwide. Currently, the company operates stores in Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay and Venezuela.

Brands
Cia. Hering brands are:

 * Hering with 617 stores is the company's clothing brand best-known in Brazil. Its style is casual day and daytime.
 * Hering Kids with 109 stores has the same characteristics as Hering, but is for children.
 * PUC with 56 stores is also for children, but the clothes are more colorful and sophisticated. It has been already for more than 30 years in the market.
 * Dzarm with 3 stores is a brand specialized in clothes and accessories for streetwear. The jeans and mesh are the main items of the brand. In 2007 it launched the fragrance Dzarm. Dzarm is part of the casting of the brand's São Paulo Fashion Week, the largest and most important fashion week in Latin America and one of the world's most important.

Stores
Cia Hering opened its first Hering Store in 1993. Today there are 827 stores in operation in Brazil and the world, most installed in shopping malls, being 606 Hering Stores, 76 Hering Kids, 82 PUC stores and 1 Hering for you.

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User talk:Zarvok

Recent Articles
I read your work on Cayley's formula. Thanks, it saved me on the test I just had.

rule of product
I think you're confused if you think pairwise disjointness is relied on here. I've fixed it. Michael Hardy 23:15, 11 Mar 2005 (UTC)

 * You're right, of course. Sorry for the error, your version is much better.  --Zarvok

Premeditation
Thanks for flagging the article for Wiktionary. I've registered an account now. Cheers. jw 00:41, 01 Apr 2005 (UTC)

I've sorta been taking a WikiVacation...
If you want to help out, go ahead. I kinda tired of it, because it seems no one else was into doing more than nominating one or two COTW's. ral315 04:51, Apr 6, 2005 (UTC)

Manchester, New Hampshire
Hi Zarvok, My apologies, I didn't explain the revert on the article's talk page (I'll do that in a bit, and add the original complaint from WP:CP).

NBG axioms
You're welcome. Randall Holmes 15:06, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

The instructions for clearing a copyright violation like this is to revert the article to the version before the first violation occurred, thus removing not only the violation, but any possible derivative work. The instructions are at WP:CP

The copyrighted material was added by User:Dfollensbee last July and so the article was reverted back that far. Unfortunately, this also deleted a lot of good edits, including your own. Sorry about that, copyright violations really suck. --Duk 00:15, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)

ZOMG OUR KERNEL IS DONE!!!
Carmiendo 20:54, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

212.248.236.248
The above user has now been blocked for forty-eight hours, as per your comments on WP:AIV.  (aeropagitica)   (talk)   14:21, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

Singular they
Yes, I see your point and I don't entirely disagree. I changed it anyway because:
 * 1) That article had been edited by an IP who, in a series of edits, went through it and changed several uses of the word he to they, when referring to a hypothetical backgammon player, which strikes me as just as silly as my reaction to singular they and unwarranted on an article that is stable and in good shape.
 * 2) Not everybody agrees with Liberman. (I did look up singular they before reverting.)
 * 3) It grates on my ears. (Is it possible for something to grate on one's ears when one is reading it?)

You will also note that my edit summary mentions that the manual of style does not require gender-neutral pronouns so there was no good reason for the edit I was reverting. Quite honestly, I didn't like the edit, didn't like the agenda I perceived behind it, but didn't want to revert without some kind of rational-looking edit summary. Curses, caught crimson-fisted.

By the way, how did you happen to notice the edit? Are you stalking me or do you play much backgammon? (This is a joke. Do not report me to an incidents noticeboard.) --Steven J. Anderson (talk) 03:58, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Did you just call me reasonable? I protest bitterly against this base calumny. Now where's that WP:NPA template? --Steven J. Anderson (talk) 04:20, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

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Beehive (New Zealand)

The Beehive (Te Whare Mīere ) is the common name for the Executive Wing of New Zealand Parliament Buildings, located at the corner of Molesworth Street and Lambton Quay, Wellington. It is so-called because its shape is reminiscent of that of a traditional woven form of beehive known as a skep. It is registered as a Category I heritage building by Heritage New Zealand.

Construction began in 1969 and was completed in 1981. Since 1979, the building has housed the offices of government ministers. Thus, the name "Beehive" is closely linked with the New Zealand Government. It is often used as a metonym for the New Zealand leadership at large, with "the 9th floor" specifically referring to the office of the prime minister, which is based on that floor. Cabinet meets on the top floor.

History
In the 1960s the government proposed an extension of Parliament House, which had only been partly built in 1922. Prime Minister Keith Holyoake had wanted to complete the original plan, but the government architect persuaded him to approve a modern building which would house parliamentary offices. In 1964, English architect Basil Spence provided the original conceptual design of a round building rising in steps. The detailed architectural design was undertaken by the New Zealand government architect Fergus Sheppard, and structural design of the building was undertaken by the Ministry of Works. W. M. Angus constructed the first stage, beginning in 1969the podium, underground car park and basement for a national civil defence centre. Gibson O'Connor constructed the ten floors of the remainder of the building.

Bellamy's catering facilities moved into the building in the summer of 1975–1976 and Elizabeth II, Queen of New Zealand, unveiled a plaque in the reception hall in February 1977. The Prime Minister, Robert Muldoon, formally opened the building in May 1977. The government moved into the upper floors in 1979. The annexe facing Museum Street was completed in 1981.

In the late 1990s, there was consideration of moving the Beehive behind Parliament House and finishing Parliament House according to the 1911 original plans. The plan was scuttled due to public outcry at the cost. Renovations were carried out and the interior was modernised between 1998 and 2006 to plans by Christchurch architecture firm Warren and Mahoney. In 2013 and 2014, the roof was repaired and windows replaced.

In July 2015, Heritage New Zealand declared the Beehive "of outstanding heritage significance for its central role in the governance of New Zealand". Blyss Wagstaff of Heritage New Zealand called it "one of the most recognisable buildings in the country". Heritage New Zealand assigned the highest rating for a historic place, Category I, to the building. The original application for the heritage designation was made by Lockwood Smith, a former Speaker of the House of Representatives. The heritage registration with the list number 9629 became effective on 24 July 2015. The tunnel to Bowen House is specifically excluded from the heritage registration.

Facts and figures

The building is ten storeys (72 metres) high and has four floors below ground. The entrance foyer's core is decorated with marble floors, stainless steel mesh wall panels, the columns clad in Takaka marble and a translucent glass ceiling.

The Beehive's brown roof is made from 20 t of hand-welted and seamed copper. It has developed a naturally weathered appearance. A tunnel runs under Bowen Street from The Beehive to parliamentary offices in Bowen House.

The Beehive's circular footprint (see rotunda) is generally considered an elegant and distinctive design feature. However it is also quite impractical, as many of its rooms are wedge-shaped, curved or asymmetrical. An extension has been built at the front to allow for a new security entrance. A new, bomb-proof mail delivery room has already been built at the rear of the building.

The Beehive has, since 1992, featured as part of the design of the New Zealand twenty-dollar note. A survey commissioned by the Reserve Bank of New Zealand found that the Beehive is "a New Zealand icon and as such is readily recognisable".

Art work
The Beehive is extensively decorated with New Zealand art and was designed to showcase the country's creative artists. On the inner wall of the Banquet Hall is a mural by John Drawbridge 42 m long and 4.8 m high portraying the atmosphere and sky of New Zealand. The foyer contains a textile wall hanging Forest in the Sun by Joan Calvert and Guy Ngan which was commissioned for the building. It was hung in 1977 when the Queen opened the building, removed in 2003 during refurbishments and re-hung in 2023.

Offices and facilities
The top floor is occupied by the Cabinet room, with the prime minister's offices directly beneath on the ninth floor (and part of the eighth). The upper portion of the Beehive also contains the offices of other ministers; senior ministers are situated at proximity to the prime minister's office according to their ranking in Cabinet. The seniority of a minister is reflected in how far up the building they are. Some ministers, especially junior ministers, are instead based in Bowen House.

Other facilities within the building include function rooms and a banqueting hall on the first floor of the Beehive, which is the largest function room in the parliamentary complex. The parliamentary catering facilities of Bellamy’s include a bar known as Pickwicks or 3.2 (due to its position in the building on the third floor and second corridor), Copperfield's café, and the Member's and Member's and Guests restaurants. The building also houses, in its basement, the country's National Crisis Management Centre. The Beehive contains a theatrette, commonly used for government press conferences. Other facilities include a gym and a swimming pool. The building is also used by members of Parliament who hold meetings or are discussing bills or new laws.

Public access
The New Zealand Parliament has a visitor centre located on the ground floor of the Beehive. Tours were suspended in 2020 to limit the spread of COVID-19. The public gallery and select committee meetings remained open to the public, subject to review.

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Talk:The Family International/Archive 2

Comment
The article should describe where it started. Where in the UK? Andries 00:09, 11 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Court Cases
The pro-COG editors have tried to claim that the group has never been successfully charged with anything. Various sources have stated that this is anything but the case. In fact, a reading of the ruling by Justice Ward would appear to be more of a condemnation of their past than a vindication. Thorwald

 * Can you please provide the links to the Court cases you list? You say "(see links below)" but I can only find links to UK, Argentina, and France. Can you add the links to Brazil, Italy, Japan, Norway, Peru, Spain, Sweden, USA, and Venezuela? --Audiofree
 * Audiofree (please sign your posts): Firstly, I assume you meant me here. Secondly, I wasn't the one who added this list. Finally, you can find this list from the group's official web site: http://www.thefamily.org/dossier/. Of course, I shouldn't need to suggest that any information about the outcomes of these court cases described by them would necessarily be biased. PS: A similar list can be found at: http://www.cesnur.org/testi/TheFamily/se_thefamily.htm (note: this site has Dr. J. Gordon Melton as one of its primary editors). Thorwald 02:44, 16 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * On June 21, 1979 William T. Gillie, a Judge in Franklin County, Ohio awarded $1,000,000.00 to a plantiff against the THE CHILDREN OF GOD, DAVID BRANDT, AKA DAVID BERG, AKA MOSES DAVID, et al. A copy of the judgement is available here: . Indian Joe 18:27, 27 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Leadership, Regional Offices, and Management
A stub intended for discussion on the title. Thorwald 18:05, 16 Dec 2004 (UTC)

 * I'm wondering about the general make up of this entry, listing all of this in an encyclopedia seams a bit odd, I’ve gone through quite a few other religious groups in this wiki and have not found many of these long lists. It would seam like if this info was somewhere and linked, that would be one thing, but to list all these names? Where does it stop? We may end up with hundreds of names if we keep going down this line. Audiofree
 * (Note from Gcom, I'm sorry I broke the paragraph above, which is from Audiofree, and below this paragraph and the next which are mine, it makes it look like the above note was from me but it was from him/her) I also have questions in particular when it comes to people who are not particularly interesting who are no longer affiliated with the group. However, I believe that current leadership of The Family is interesting, in particular when their role can be expanded upon. A simple listing of "famous" family members is pretty useless, but the people who guide and run The Family and their role does seem interesting and relevant. gcom 20:48, 2004 Dec 16 (UTC)
 * I would also conjecture that some listings of names, unless they are relevant in some way to general interest in the group, such as current leadership, or past leadership that has some particularly interesting role, are simply a vindictive backlash due to the group's own secrecy and lack of transparency, which perhaps places it subtly in the POV camp, so I would suggest a purging by a non-member who can perhaps parse the interesting and relevant from the irrelevant. I'd rather not take this role. gcom 20:48, 2004 Dec 16 (UTC)
 * I would like to see this removed down to a link to an external website where this info can be listed. I also find the same true of the two new entries by Gcom, listing Finances and such, again I think this wiki entry should be dedicated to the history of the COG and present beliefs and such, not a listing of every internal working of the group which would be of no interest to most that read this article, again I think the info could easily be gone into in depth on an external website, with a single link from here. Audiofree
 * Audiofree: How do you know Wikipedians would find information on the group's current and former leadership to be "of no interest"? As a Wikipedian myself, I find this information especially interesting. While reading through sources (i.e. Justice Ward's ruling), I found it difficult to keep track of all the names thrown about. As part of this group's history and current make-up, I find these names essential to understanding this group and following all of the who-said-what/who-did-what dialogue. This is an encyclopedic article and it is meant to be exhaustive on the subject. Thorwald 02:21, 17 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Audiofree: About the names in the Leadership section vs. the names in the References: There are various formatting standards and none are required. However, the important thing is to be consistent with the citation formats. It is common to write names as, "Doe J and Brown D" where the first name can be easily obtained from the reference cited. This is not true, however, with the names of Leadership in this group as no reference is listed and their first names are, thereby, not easily obtained. Do you understand the difference? It was for the above reasons that I applied a standard and consistent format to the names in the References section but not in the Leadership section. I am still in favour of reverting the names in the References section to how I formatted them (i.e. "Doe J and Brown D") but not in the Leadership section. I will, however, wait for discussion on this before reverting. Thorwald 20:08, 4 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Thorwald: Try googling for “Melton GJ” vs “Melton Gordon” I think full names should stay.Audiofree
 * Audiofree: True. However, you don't have to Google for anything; the full reference is listed there. All a user/reader has to do is either click on the link(s) provided or go to the source. My vote is still for my format. However this is resolved, as long as we are consistent within the References section it is fine with me. Thorwald 23:19, 4 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Audiofree: You really want those names in the article, don't you? I do, however, think it is fair that they are listed under your new section (as long as it doesn't grow into hundreds of names). The idea behind these sections, in my opinion, is to allow the user to understand who these people were or are when reading through documents such as Lord Justice Ward's ruling, etc. Thorwald 22:28, 5 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Programs and Projects
The original text stated that the list in this section would include those programs or projects which were affiliated with the group. This list was compiled from sources and many of them state their affiliation with the group on their web sites or 990 Forms (-pages 19-23,, , -pages 24-46, -pages 18-28, and -pages 19-31). The sources indicate that some of them are no longer active. The sources also suggest that this list is by no means complete. Thorwald

The pro-COG editors claim that, "those listed are not Family-sponsored. Some are operated by Family members in conjunction [with] non-Family members; some are personal initiatives, etc". Since this article is not attempting to list only those "Family-sponsored" initiatives, this argument is irrelevant. The purpose of this list is to provide information on all those programs and projects which are somehow affiliated with this group. For a much larger list (though not complete), please visit. Thorwald

Leadership
The pro-COG editors claim that "this continues to include a fictitious list of current Family leadership. If this encyclopedia deems itself a serious one, be accurate." Since this list was added by me, I assume by "fictitious" they mean to suggest that I invented these names. Thorwald

Allow me to explain where I got this list: This list originally contained 19 names. These names were taken from the sources. Of these 19, four were listed as "former leader". Of the remaining 15, eight are listed as associated with the Family Care Fundation (FCF-EIN: 33-0734917, -page 4,, and ). These names were taken directly from the FCF web site. The final seven were also taken from the sources and were said to be not only current leaders but leaders at a rather high level. Thorwald

I would ask the pro-COG editors to point out the specific names on this list that are fictitious and back up their claims with sources. If they can show that any of these names do not belong on this list, I will concede that I am wrong. The idea of this list is to show not only current leadership but also former leadership. Thorwald

 * My sense is that any lists currently on there now are not presenting themselves as definitive, so they don't seem to be a problem...I filled in some gaps in what some people do gcom 04:44, 2004 Dec 16 (UTC)

Tithing
I added a new section on finances. It's meant to be a starting point since I'm sure there's lots more interesting info. gcom 04:44, 2004 Dec 16 (UTC)

Can someone doublecheck my notes on tithing because I'm not certain I broke it down right (memory fails) gcom 04:44, 2004 Dec 16 (UTC)
 * Update: I actually think the last 1% of tithe goes to the Family Aid Fund (FAF), however I won't edit this again until I have it confirmed gcom 07:28, 2004 Dec 16 (UTC)

Audiofree tried to delete these two sections, which was, IMHO, out of line. I have restored the two sections. See discussion at bottom of page. Samboy 02:02, 17 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Secrecy
I added a new section on secrecy since it's such a strong trait of the group, it's mean to be a stub to start people off. gcom 04:44, 2004 Dec 16 (UTC)

 * I think the new additions to Recent Teachings, Secrecy, and Finances are great and make for interesting reading. The only problem I see is a half-paragraph at the end of "Secrecy" saying "people have conjectured that there is widespread corruption".  This is double wuss-speak: not only did these unnamed "people" claim corruption, they weren't even bold enough to allege it, they merely "conjectured" it.  It's also unclear what the term 'corruption' refers to in this context.  Can we please clarify, or remove this bit? ThePedanticPrick 19:48, 17 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Point taken, and removed for want of something better to clarify. It seems like there's something here to be said, but I don't have any clarity on what it should be so deleted for now. gcom 22:24, 2004 Dec 17 (UTC)
 * I don't think this adds much, I think this info should be on an external site and maybe linked. This article is getting very long and hard to navigate. I think we should in general be finding ways to make it more concise and readable. I don’t think this topic would be of much interest to many as well as the other one you added. Not that it can’t be posted in some other form or linked, but I just think that adding large entries when there is conflict on entries that are already posted is not the best. Lets get the other entries worked out and finalized before adding more. Audiofree
 * It is my opinion that Audiofree is attempting to avoid addition of NPOV material that he/she deems too much information, there's no other practical purpose for deleting something as relevant to their history as their finances and the secrecy they shroud their leadership in. Let's just be clear about this: most members *never* saw a picture that was less thatn 20 years old of David Berg or Karen Zerby until the mid and late 90s respectively. If that isn't relevant then I don't know what is. I will abstain from reinstating my own material, and allow a third party (who is *not* a member of the group) to reinstate it in an attempt to validate my opinion on this issue. Thanks for any feedback. gcom 20:31, 2004 Dec 16 (UTC)
 * I will also comment to Audiofree that *this is an encyclopedia*. I'm not quite sure which part of that does not imply exhaustive material on a subject. This is not a place to summarise, it is a place to expand. Please who come to this article are obviously trying to find compiled information that is interesting and relevant on this group. If you wish to have NPOV material removed in the future I suggest you follow the advice on this page (and your own commitment) and discuss the removals first. gcom 20:37, 2004 Dec 16 (UTC)
 * I have restored the sections deleted. It is not OK to delete sections from a page without serious discussion. Samboy 02:09, 17 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * But you can just add? This was posted without any discussion at all.Audiofree
 * That's a fair question. It seems to me that adding NPOV material is fundamentally different than deleting NPOV detail, and so my answer would be yes it is okay to add NPOV material at will. I think that the action of deleting NPOV material in itself could be construed as a POV action or suppression of information at least in a case like this. There's no way I can prove intent though, so that's why I didn't revert my own changes back, since of course I have to ask myself what if my NPOV material was crap and truly of no value to the encyclopedia. I'm not an expert on this topic, so it would be interesting to know what the Wikipedia community says about this. gcom 17:00, 2004 Dec 17 (UTC)

 * I have clarified the first sentences in this section, and added a new section immediately before it on relations with governmental authorities, which seems necessary in order to get a properly well rounded picture of this groups relationship with outside authorities. --Details2 30 June 2005 16:43 (UTC)

Statistics
The pro-COG editors argue that this section should include only "recent statistics". I assume by "recent" they mean within the last few years. The original purpose of this section was to give a history of their membership. That is from the beginning (c. 1970s) through to today. The statistics were, once again, taken from the sources. The sources generally agree on the early statistics. However, they all suggest that the recent statistics released by the group (via their website ) are to be taken as suspect. It is only natural for an organization to portray strength in numbers and exaggerate them. Since I am unaware of a way to independently confirm the number of members in this group, I would suggest any statistics given by the group be taken as suspect and if they are to be included in this article that some sort of disclaimer be attached. Thorwald

 * Merged the statistics from the IP, with the statistics that were posted already, don’t see why both can’t be there. And as far as finding exact numbers or independently confirming them. I would think that saying “Recent statistics by The Family International” would show that these are internal statistics claimed by the group. I don’t know how else you could come up with a current number, and having a recent count is relevant to the article. Audiofree

Contributions by 168.143.113.5
It looks like 168.143.113.5 has made a number of contributions which are more sympathetic to the Family than the general consensus of the article. I have reverted most of this IP's changes (as has Thorwald before me). However, this contributer has offered some information I felt worth keeping, so I have incorporated their contributions in to the page while retaining information 168.143.113.5 wants deleted from the page. If anyone has anything to say on these edits, please bring up the issues here. Samboy 23:25, 30 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * The pro-COG editor (168.143.113.5) seems to want to turn this article into a propaganda piece for the COG/Family. This is _not_ the place for this kind of stuff. I believe we, pre-168.143.113.5, editors maintained a good NPOV. His/Her contributions do not follow that guideline. The stuff we wrote was taken from many credited sources. Thorwald 03:15, 1 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * It's tough to keep one's patience when trying to hold the line while dealing courteously and inclusively with obvious POVs and agenda'ed editors. Yet, the chance to include all views and tell a more complete story is (we hope) worth it. Hang in there. --Gary D 04:31, Dec 1, 2004 (UTC)
 * I suggest we ask for protection on this page until these pro-COG editors cease in their efforts. I am all for various POVs but not when it is so strongly biased in favour of one opinion. They are not just adding other POV, they are erasing _all_ those POV which might have the slightest non-supporting views. Anyone else agree. I am trying to be patient, Gary D :). Thorwald 01:09, 2 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * You Thorwald seam to have stronger POVs then 168.143.113.5, just because you got to write your one-sided edits first doesn’t make them right.
 * Dear Nameless, why not let your contributions stand on their own merit? Can you back them up with some supporting material?  The problem with deleting information you disagree with is that it effectively silences those who disagree with you.  That's not really fair, is it?  Castro and Kim Il Jong silence those who disagree with them.  I'm not trying to compare you to a dictator, I'm just making a point.  Plus, it just leads to revert wars.  When you don't cite your source, you amount to little more than an unknown voice crying in the wilderness saying "This is the way it is!"  Only an moron would give that voice credibility based solely on the Wikipedia logo on the top of the screen.  The reality of Wikipedia is that it is a democracy, and we all know that the "truth" doesn't always prevail in a democracy;  rather, everyone has the right to voice their opinion, no matter how wrong they are.  ThePedanticPrick 19:33, 4 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Audiofree: Firstly, this article wasn't written by me alone. It is the work of many editors over many months. We did not make up the material we wrote, we have taken it from many sources (see References, Links, etc.). Secondly, I am curious which parts of the article (pre-168.143.113.5 and pre-Audiofree) you find to be "one-sided" or strongly POV? Since this is an encyclopedic article and the idea is to have NPOV, we editors have gone to great lengths to do just that. For an example, not all readers/editors are Christian. Thus, they wouldn't want to read something like, "...and Jesus, who is the son of God..." because they don't believe that to be the case. It would be better to write sometime like, "...and Jesus, who Christians believe to be the son of God..." instead. Another point is that it is very difficult to represent all POVs equally without turning this article into a book. The POV we have tried to do is a NPOV and reflecting the generally accepted information. Finally, everyone, in my opinion, is entitled to their POV but that does not mean is has to be expressed here. Some people may believe the world is flat, but do we have to include that by writing "...many scientific observations have shown the world to be spherical. However, some people believe it to be flat..." (a poor example, I know and I certainly don't think that you are in that camp). I understand the COG/TF believes all criticism of their beliefs to be mere persecution and wrong . . . but isn't that obvious? Should an article contain something like, "...so-and-so was convicted of something. However, so-and-so believes he/she is innocent..." (another poor example)? PS: It is "than" not "then" ;) Thorwald 05:20, 3 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * I suspect there are some difficulties with going out to the wider WP community and asking for page protection: 1) they will likely say to come back and tough it out; 2) they will likely ask what has been done to attempt to negotiate with the pro-COG editors, and say to try again; 3) they are likely to ask what makes this version so much better than the other version that page protection is in order, and they are unlikely to take discussions specific to COG history or source disputes as sufficient; 4) they will warn that page protection is a very short-term thing and not any sort of a permanent answer; and 5) there is a good likelihood they will freeze the page on the pro-COG version, as I believe it may even be a sort of informal policy to freeze the page on the version the requestor does not like. I really think there is room here for my suggestion above that the article be reformatted to include attributions to both critics and supporters. I propose reverting the article to your latest version, then basically taking each block of text the pro-COG editor(s) has/have added, preface it with, "Supporters say...", and add it back in. That way, if it is necessary to go out to the community for drastic measures like page protection, eminent balance and reasonableness can be shown, which is an absolute minimum requirement for such a thing. Plus, if your version has balance and attribution and their version doesn't, it's more likely that your version will be the one chosen to freeze on. I've walked the tightrope on Uri Geller and been through the Prem Rawat wars, and I've learned that in the long run you simply have to deal with the opposing editors, no matter how strong the POV on either side, because unless they're simply blanking the page and writing FUK FUK FUK across it, WP will hold them on an equal footing with you. There is nothing I have seen the pro-COG editors write or do on this page that will get them banned, so unless they voluntarily go away, coexistence strategies are probably a necessity. --Gary D 07:10, Dec 2, 2004 (UTC)

Audiofree removed two sections; I restored them
Audiofree tried to remove two sections of this page, "Secrecy" and "Finances" in this edit; I put the sections back. I don't see anything from Audiofree about removing two entire sections on the talk page. Samboy 02:00, 17 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Recent Teachings
The original paragraphs in Recent Teachings that I wrote way back in March 04 were getting pretty old in the tooth. I have left the majority of the content but filled it out with what I hope is more varied information. In particular I added more detail on prophecy since it's probably the single most influential change to come about after Berg's death. gcom 16:52, 2004 Dec 17 (UTC)

Universal Reconciliation was also a huge altering of fundamental beliefs, although one that's perhaps not as widely understood in a wider historical or religious context. And the easing up of restrictions on same-sex activity among females is notable partly because it was so cracked down on during the 80s and among religious groups The Family is fairly uncommon in it's acceptance today of female bisexuality, so the purpose was not an attempt to draw attention to salacious details, but an honest attempt to remember details of when it again became "okay" gcom 16:52, 2004 Dec 17 (UTC)

Questions

 * Is 'Prisca Kelley' a typo? Did the author mean to type 'Priscilla'?
 * No. 'Prisca' is really her name. That is, she spells it that way. Thorwald 05:07, 23 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * The words "legal action" sound pretty vague to me (in the sentence "no legal action has successfully been brought against the Family") Should we change it to something more specific?
 * Is the Family Care Foundation really non-religious? Or have they a Christian bent?
 * They very much have a 'Christian bent' to their organization. See their "About Us" section. Thorwald 05:07, 23 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Huntington Beach, California
It started in Huntington Beach, California. http://www.thefamily.org/about/history.php

Maybe it's time to go bi-coastal?
There's now a pro-COG anon editor online, currently contributing a substantial amount of material differing with the existing account. Maybe it's time to move the article into a, "critics say X, supporters say Y" NPOV mode? --Gary D 20:02, Nov 30, 2004 (UTC)

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Brandon West

Brandon West (Brandon-Ouest) is a provincial electoral division in the province of Manitoba, Canada. It encompasses the southwestern part of the City of Brandon.

History of the riding
The original riding of Brandon West existed from 1886 to 1888, after the city and riding of Brandon was divided into two electoral divisions. It was eliminated in 1888, when the city became a single division again.

The modern riding of Brandon West was created in 1968, when the City of Brandon was again divided into two electoral districts. It was formally brought into being in the provincial election of 1969.

The riding is surrounded by Brandon East to the east and by Spruce Woods in all other directions. The City of Brandon itself is located in the southwestern region of the province.

The riding's population in 1996 was 19,808. In 1999, the average family income was $56,860, and the unemployment rate was 6.30%. The service sector accounts for 16% of industry in the riding, followed by health and social services at 15%.

Brandon West includes the more affluent section of Brandon, and has usually elected Progressive Conservative members. It was sometimes said that Brandon West voters elected Tories and Brandon East voters elected New Democrats to ensure that the city would have a member on the government side regardless of the provincial outcome.

Scott Smith of the New Democratic Party won the seat in 1999, and retained it with over 60% of the vote in 2003. He lost the seat in 2007 to Progressive Conservative candidate Rick Borotsik by just 56 votes.

In the 2018 redistribution, the part of the riding north of the Assiniboine River was moved to Spruce Woods.

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Itaú Unibanco

Banco Itaú Unibanco S.A. is a Brazilian financial services company headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil. Itaú Unibanco was formed through the merger of Banco Itaú and Unibanco in 2008. It is the largest banking institution in Brazil, as well as the largest in Latin America, and the seventy-third largest bank in the world. The bank is listed on the B3 in São Paulo and in NYSE in New York.

Itaú Unibanco has operations in Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Panama, Paraguay, United States and Uruguay in the Americas, as well as in Luxembourg, Portugal, Switzerland and the United Kingdom in Europe; China, Hong Kong, Japan and United Arab Emirates in Asia. It has over 33,000 service points globally, including 4,335 branches in Brazil and 55 million customers globally.

Itaúsa, a large Brazilian conglomerate ranking among Fortune magazine's top 500 corporations in the world, serves as the parent company. Outside Brazil, Itaú Unibanco has offices in Asunción, Buenos Aires, Cayman Islands, Dubai, Hong Kong, Lisbon, London, Luxembourg, Montevideo, Nassau, New York, Miami, Santiago, Shanghai, Tokyo, and Zürich.

In 2022, Itaú was considered the most valuable brand in Brazil.

History
In September 2006, Banco Itaú bought BankBoston's assets in Brazil, Chile, and Uruguay.

On November 4, 2008, Banco Itaú and Unibanco announced the merger that resulted in Banco Itaú Unibanco. The institution was born with R$575 billion in assets, a net equity of around R$51.7 billion and a portfolio of combined credit of R$225.3 billion. The new bank had 4,800 branches and service branches, representing 18% of Brazil's banking network, and 14.5 million account holders (18% of the market). In terms of credit volume, it represented 19% of the Brazilian system and in total deposits, funds and managed portfolios, 21% by 2008. In the insurance and pension plan market, the new group had a 17% and 24% share, respectively. The wholesale operations (corporate) totaled more than R$65 billion, serving more than 2,000 economic groups in Brazil. The private banking (wealth management) business had become the largest in Latin America, with approximately R$90 billion in assets under management.

On August 22, 2009, Banco Itaú Unibanco and insurance company Porto Seguro announced their alliance. The alliance combined residential and automobile insurance operations and included an operating agreement that provided exclusive access to offer homeowner and vehicle insurance products to clients of Banco Itaú Unibanco in Brazil and Uruguay.

In June 2013, the bank agreed to buy Citibank Uruguay's retail banking operations.

In 2014, Banco Itaú announced that it was merging with Chilean bank Corpbanca. As a result, Itaú bought Helm Bank, Corpbanca's operation in Colombia and Panama, and rebranded it under the Itaú name.

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Beautiful Loser

Beautiful Loser is the eighth studio album by American rock artist Bob Seger, released in 1975. This album marked Seger's return to Capitol Records after a four-year split. His previous record with Capitol was Brand New Morning in 1971.

The album relied mostly on session musicians from the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, but the Silver Bullet Band members were used separately on some songs and together on "Nutbush City Limits," a cover song of the hit by Ike & Tina Turner.

Track listing
Note
 * The liner notes credit "Nutbush City Limits" to the Silver Bullet Band, while the album as a whole is credited to only Bob Seger.

Personnel
Track numbering refers to CD and digital releases of the album.

 * Bob Seger - lead vocals (all tracks), guitar (tracks 4, 5, 9), slide guitar (track 3), harmonica (track 3), piano (track 4)

Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section (all tracks except tracks 4 and 7)
 * Barry Beckett - grand piano, organ, synthesizer, electric piano
 * Pete Carr - lead guitar, acoustic guitar
 * Roger Hawkins - drums, percussion
 * David Hood - bass guitar
 * Jimmy Johnson - rhythm guitar
 * Spooner Oldham - organ, electric piano

Muscle Shoals Horn Section (track 3)
 * Harrison Calloway - trumpet
 * Ron Eades - baritone saxophone
 * Charles Rose - trombone
 * Harvey Thompson - tenor saxophone

Silver Bullet Band (track 7)
 * Drew Abbott - guitar
 * Chris Campbell - bass guitar
 * Charlie Martin - drums
 * Robyn Robbins - organ

Additional musicians
 * Drew Abbott - guitar (tracks 2, 3)
 * Kenny Bell - guitar (track 3)
 * Pete Carr - guitar solo (track 6)
 * Tom Cartmell - saxophone (track 7)
 * Paul Kingery - guitar solo (track 7)
 * Robyn Robbins - Mellotron (track 4)
 * Stoney & Rocky - background vocals (track 3)

Production
 * Punch Andrews - production (tracks 4 and 7 only), mixing
 * Jim Bruzzesse - engineering
 * Jerry Masters - engineering
 * Steve Melton - engineering
 * Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section - production (all tracks except 4 and 7)
 * Bob Seger - production (all tracks), mixing
 * Greg Smith - engineering

Charts
Album - Billboard (United States)

Singles - Billboard (United States)

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Splash page

Splash page may refer to:

 * Splash page (comics), a comic book page that is mostly or entirely taken up by a single image or panel
 * A splash screen on a website or software

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Dowling v. United States (1985)

Dowling v. United States, 473 U.S. 207 (1985), was a United States Supreme Court case that discussed whether copies of copyrighted works could be regarded as stolen property for the purposes of a law which criminalized the interstate transportation of property that had been "stolen, converted or taken by fraud" and holding that they could not be so regarded under that law.

Background
Paul Edmond Dowling ran a bootleg recording business distributing Elvis Presley records through the United States Postal Service. Dowling, a zealous Presley fan, worked with William Samuel Theaker to produce records of unreleased Presley recordings such as those from concerts and television shows. The two men used the services of a record-pressing company in Burbank, Los Angeles County, California.

Dowling's trial and appeals
The federal government brought its initial case against Dowling in the United States District Court for the Central District of California, arguing his guilt on the basis that he had no legal authority to distribute the records. Dowling was convicted of one count of conspiracy to transport stolen property in interstate commerce, eight counts of interstate transportation of stolen property, nine counts of copyright infringement, and three counts of mail fraud. The charges of mail fraud arose out of his use of the United States Postal Service to distribute the records.

Dowling appealed all convictions besides those of copyright infringement and the case moved to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, where he argued that the goods he was distributing were not "stolen, converted or taken by fraud", according to the language of 18 U.S.C. 2314 - the interstate transportation statute under which he was convicted. The court disagreed, affirming the original decision and upholding the conviction. Dowling then took the case to the Supreme Court, which sided with his argument and reversed the convictions. From the Reporter of Decision's syllabus:

"The phonorecords in question were not 'stolen, converted or taken by fraud' for purposes of [section] 2314. The section's language clearly contemplates a physical identity between the items unlawfully obtained and those eventually transported, and hence some prior physical taking of the subject goods. Since the statutorily defined property rights of a copyright holder have a character distinct from the possessory interest of the owner of simple 'goods, wares, [or] merchandise,' interference with copyright does not easily equate with theft, conversion, or fraud. The infringer of a copyright does not assume physical control over the copyright nor wholly deprive its owner of its use. Infringement implicates a more complex set of property interests than does run-of-the-mill theft, conversion, or fraud."

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Solidarity Youth Movement

Solidarity Youth Movement Kerala is the youth wing of the Islamic organisation Jamaat-e-Islami Hind in the state of Kerala in India. The movement's stated objective is to "liberate the generation of youths from moral bankruptcy and debauchery and to transform them into a radical vanguard fighting for the betterment of society". It, along with its parent organisation Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, has shared common ground with India's left-wing parties on issues related to Indo-US relations and globalisation. The organisation has brought to mainstream the issues concerned with the marginalized communities. Solidarity Youth Movement have also initiated legal battles against controversial legislations like NIA.

History
The Students Islamic Organisation of India is the youth and student wing of the Jamaat-e-Islami Hind all across India. In 2002, the Kerala chapter of the organisation decided to transform SIO into a completely student organisation in Kerala and launch a new wing for the youth. Solidarity Youth Movement, Kerala was thus formed on 13 May 2003 at Muthalakulam Grounds, Calicut. Dr Koottil Mohammed Ali was elected as its first state president and Hameed Vaniyambalam its General Secretary. It held its first state conference at Palakkad on 23 April 2005. The organisational structure today includes 14 district committees, 110 area committees and more than 1000 individual units across the state of Kerala.

Activities
Solidarity Youth Movement Kerala organizes International Islamophobia Conference Kerala, which will be held on 16–18 December 2016 at Kozhikode in Kerala, India. Solidarity organized New Kerala Development Forum to discuss development issues of Kerala in March 2011 The movement played an influential role in bringing into public attention the grassroots struggle against the Coca-Cola factory at Plachimada, Palakkad and campaigned to boycott Coca-Cola in areas where it commands considerable influence. It led the agitation against a proposed Express Highway by the Kerala Government and views privatisation of roads as a "system which denies it for the underprivileged by levying tolls on the roads ". It also opposes the Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) system of road development, and recommends an "all inclusive development of railway and waterway supported by good roads" as the solution for developing the transportation infrastructure of Kerala. Solidarity also lent support to tribal struggles for land reforms to distribute land to the adivasi groups at Chengara, Mukkaal Cent Colony in Kollam district, and Elamkulam colony. It played role in bringing these issues into the attention of the general public and the government of Kerala. It also vehemently opposes the corporatisation of retail sector, fearing that it would seriously impact farmers, traders and the cultural basis of the society.
 * International Islamophobia Conference
 * Malabar Nivarthana Prakshobham
 * New Kerala Development Forum (2011)
 * Agitations

Solidarity involves itself in humanitarian services, mostly in tribal and backward regions of Kerala. The organisation completed a Rs 5,000,000 project for relief efforts to the victims of the harmful pesticide Endosulphan in villages in Kasargode district, north Kerala. A total of 17 new houses were built and another 17 were repaired as part of the project. More than 100 patients were given regular treatment and 244 families were provided daily food ration. 100 students were given educational aid 10 families were supported with employment schemes.
 * Large scale projects

Solidarity has also constructed around 500 houses for the poor across Kerala and recently launched an initiative to provide drinking water to 50 villages in Kerala.

Noted social activists as C. Radhakrishnan, Medha Patkar, Ajit Sahi, Arundhati Roy, Sandeep Pandey, Ram Puniyani, Yvonne Ridley, Claude Alvares and Kuldip Nayar have addressed its gatherings.

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Ricky Ray Rector

Ricky Ray Rector (January 12, 1950 – January 24, 1992) was an American convicted murderer who was executed for the 1981 murder of police officer Robert Martin in Conway, Arkansas. After killing a man in a restaurant and fleeing, Rector spent three days on the run before he agreed to turn himself in. However, instead of giving himself up, he shot the police officer who had negotiated his surrender in the back. He then shot himself in the head in a suicide attempt. The attempt effectively resulted in a lobotomy.

A 1991 request for a writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court was denied, with Justice Thurgood Marshall dissenting. Despite Rector's mental state, then-Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton made a point of returning to Arkansas to oversee Rector's January 24, 1992, execution during the 1992 U.S. presidential election campaign.

Murders and trial
On March 21, 1981, Rector and some friends drove to a dance hall at Tommy's Old-Fashioned Home-Style Restaurant in Conway. When one friend who could not pay the $3 cover charge was refused entry, Rector became incensed and pulled a .38 caliber pistol from his waist band. He fired several shots, wounding two and killing a third man named Arthur D. Criswell, who died almost instantly after being struck in the throat and forehead.

Rector left the scene of the murder in a friend's car and wandered the city for three days, staying in the woods or with relatives. On March 24, Rector's sister convinced him to turn himself in. Rector agreed to surrender, but only to Officer Robert Martin, whom he had known since he was a child.

Martin arrived at Rector's mother's home shortly after 3 p.m. and chatted with Rector's mother and sister. Shortly thereafter, Rector arrived and greeted Martin. As Martin turned away to continue his conversation with Rector's mother, Rector drew his pistol from behind his back and fired two shots into Martin, striking him in the jaw and neck. Rector then turned and walked out of the house.

Once he had walked past his mother's backyard, Rector put his gun to his own temple and fired. Rector was quickly discovered by other police officers and taken to the local hospital. The shot had destroyed Rector's frontal lobe.

Rector survived the surgery and was put on trial for the murders of Criswell and Martin. His defense attorneys argued that Rector was intellectually impaired and not competent to stand trial. However, after hearing conflicting testimony from several experts who had evaluated Rector, Judge George F. Hartje ruled that Rector was competent to stand trial. Rector was convicted on both counts and sentenced to death.

Execution
Rector was subject to a unique overlap of controversies in 1992, during his execution in Arkansas. An oft-cited example of his mental insufficiency is his decision to save the dessert from his last meal "for later," which would have been after his execution. In 2002, the U.S. Supreme Court banned the execution of people with intellectual disabilities in Atkins v. Virginia, ruling that the practice constitutes cruel and unusual punishment.

Last meal
For his last meal, Rector requested and received a steak, fried chicken, cherry Kool-Aid, and pecan pie. As noted above, Rector left the pie on the side of the tray, telling the corrections officers who came to take him to the execution chamber that he was "saving it for later." The slice of pecan pie was not disposed of until Rector had been executed.

Execution
Rector was executed by lethal injection. It took medical staff more than fifty minutes to find a suitable vein. The curtain remained closed between Rector and the witnesses, but some reported they could hear Rector moaning. The administrator of the State Department of Corrections Medical Program said "the moans did come as a team of two medical people—that had grown to five—worked on both sides of his body to find a vein. That may have contributed to his occasional outbursts." The state later attributed the difficulty in finding a suitable vein to Rector's great weight and to his having been administered an antipsychotic medication.

Rector was the third person executed by the state of Arkansas since Furman v. Georgia, after new capital punishment laws were passed in Arkansas, which came into force on March 23, 1973.

Role in 1992 presidential campaign
By 1992, Bill Clinton was insisting that Democrats "should no longer feel guilty about protecting the innocent" and indicated his support of capital punishment. To make his point, he flew home to Arkansas mid-campaign to affirm that the execution would continue as scheduled. Some pundits considered it a turning point in that race, hardening a soft public image. Others tend to cite the execution as an example of what they perceive to be Clinton's opportunism, directly influenced by the failed presidential campaign of Michael Dukakis, who was portrayed by Republicans as soft on crime.

Bill Clinton's critics from the anti-capital punishment sector have seen the case of Rector as an unpleasant example of what they view as Clinton's cynical careerism. The writer Christopher Hitchens, in particular, devotes much of a chapter of his book on Clinton, No One Left to Lie To, for what he regards as the immorality of the then Democratic candidate's decision to condone, and take political advantage of, Rector's execution. Hitchens argues that among other actions, Clinton was attempting to deflect attention from the ongoing Gennifer Flowers sex scandal.

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Kaipara

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 * Kaipara (New Zealand electorate), a former Parliamentary electorate
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Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell album cover, illustrated by Michael Whelan.

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Sarah Douglas (actress)

Sarah Douglas (born 12 December 1952) is an English actress. She played the Kryptonian supervillain Ursa in Superman (1978) and Superman II (1980), Pamela Lynch in the 1980s primetime drama series Falcon Crest (1983–85), and Jinda Kol Rozz in one episode of Supergirl in 2018.

Her other roles include evil Queen Taramis in the 1984 film Conan the Destroyer and Mrs. Averill in the A Christmas Prince Netflix film series.

Early life
Douglas was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, the second daughter of Beryl ( Smith), a physiotherapist who often worked upon RSC actors, and of Edward Douglas, a career member of the Royal Air Force. Having been educated locally at Alcester Grammar School, she then trained with the National Youth Theatre and the Rose Bruford College before turning professional.

Career
Eventually, Douglas's career took her in front of the camera with small appearances in the 1973 film The Final Programme (alternatively known as The Last Days of Man on Earth) and Rollerball in 1975. After this, Douglas became known to British television audiences in the 1970s by appearing in The Howerd Confessions, the TV version of Dracula, The Inheritors, Space: 1999 and Return of the Saint, and appeared in the films The People That Time Forgot and the controversial and rarely seen film The Brute (1977), in which she played an abused wife. Douglas' first major role was that of Ursa in Superman (1978) and Superman II (1980), having beaten 600 actresses to the part. In 1984, she played another fantasy villainess in Conan the Destroyer as the evil Queen Taramis. Douglas also continued to appear on television, and was a series regular in the short-lived British sitcom Thundercloud in 1979. Throughout the 1980s, she went on to appear in a variety of guest roles in UK and US series such as The Professionals, Bergerac, Hotel, Magnum, P.I., Sledge Hammer! and Remington Steele. However, her most prominent television role is that of Pamela Lynch in the primetime soap opera Falcon Crest, which she played for two seasons from 1983 to 1985. She also played another "Pamela" in the 1984 television miniseries V: The Final Battle.

In the 1990s, she returned to science fiction, guest-starring in Babylon 5 (in the 1994 episode "Deathwalker"), and in Stargate SG-1 (in the 1998 two-part episode "The Tok'ra"). Douglas has also appeared in a variety of genre films, including Solarbabies, The Return of Swamp Thing, Beastmaster 2, Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge and Return of the Living Dead 3. She also voiced characters in episodes of several animated TV series, including Iron Man, The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest, Superman: The Animated Series, Heavy Gear and Batman of the Future.

In 2003, Douglas returned to the UK to appear in a nationwide tour of Hamlet playing alongside actress Emily Lloyd. The following year, she completed a run in London's West End in the play Roast Beef playing the role of Clytemnestra. Also in 2004, Douglas completed an audio commentary for the Special Edition DVD of Conan the Destroyer.

In 2006, she performed in the audio drama Sapphire and Steel: The Mystery of the Missing Hour alongside David Warner. Also in 2006, she was reunited with many of her Superman co-stars in Los Angeles as a new version of Superman II (known as Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut) was released with previously unseen footage. At the same time, a new Superman DVD boxset was released, featuring an interview with Douglas.

Douglas went on to appear in the 2007 Sci-Fi Pictures original film Gryphon, playing the mother of Jonathan LaPaglia's character.

In 2008, Douglas worked on further audio productions, and reunited with David Warner for a new BBC Audio CD entitled The Brightonomicon. She has participated in the audio recordings for Stargate Atlantis. Another 2008 screen credit was as a cancer-stricken transsexual in the BBC daytime series Doctors.

In 2009, Douglas completed work on a series of radio plays for the BBC. The first to air on BBC Radio 4 was Cry Babies, in which she performed alongside Alex Jennings. The play, written by film critic Kim Newman, was aired on 9 March 2009. A second play, with Derek Jacobi, aired on 13 March 2009 on Radio 4.

Douglas then appeared in the television film Witchville which premiered on SyFy on 22 May 2010.

In June 2010, Douglas voiced the character of Professor Meadows in the video game "Blood of The Cybermen", part of the Doctor Who: The Adventure Games series which was made available for free download from the official Doctor Who website. She is also credited as the voice of 'The Entity' in the third game, simply named "TARDIS". She plays Jones, a class 14 super computer, in the fourth adventure game in the series, "Shadows of the Vashta Nerada".

In 2012, Douglas voiced the recurring role of Scar in Green Lantern: The Animated Series. She is also involved with a sci-fi audio series entitled The Flashback, which has been in production on both sides of the Atlantic. 2012 also saw the release of the comedy horror film Strippers vs Werewolves, in which Douglas appeared. The film co-stars Robert Englund, Steven Berkoff, Adele Silva and Billy Murray. In October 2012, Douglas completed recording an audiobook version of the Age of the Five fantasy novel trilogy by Trudi Canavan for Big Finish Productions. After this, she returned to the London stage appearing in The Hallowe'en Sessions at the Leicester Square Theatre from 29 October to 3 November 2012 to positive reviews.

In September 2015, Douglas made a couple of appearances in Emmerdale as a hospital consultant as a surprise for her mother Beryl, an avid fan of the show.

In 2016, Douglas appeared in writer/director Kenneth Mader's quantum time travel thriller "Displacement" as the mysterious Dr. Miles.

In 2017, Douglas joined the cast of the Netflix film A Christmas Prince as Mrs Averill, a palace advisor. She reprised the role a year later in A Christmas Prince: The Royal Wedding and in 2019 for the third film A Christmas Prince: The Royal Baby

In January 2018, the directors of Supergirl continued the tradition of casting former Superman stars in new roles and cast Douglas as Jinda Kol Rozz in the episode "Fort Rozz".

Personal life
Douglas married actor Richard LeParmentier in 1981. They later divorced in 1984, and he died in 2013.

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