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San Francisco Seals (ice hockey)

The San Francisco Seals were a minor league hockey team which played in the Western Hockey League from 1961 to 1967.

Pro hockey returns to California
After his Spokane Comets were eliminated from the 1960–61 WHL playoffs, owner Mel Smith announced that he was considering moving the Comets to either San Francisco or Los Angeles. Los Angeles Sports Arena general manager Bill Nicholas had already told the National Hockey League that he would affiliate with the WHL if he were not awarded an NHL expansion franchise by the summer of 1961. As a result, WHL president Al Leader visited both the Cow Palace in Daly City and the Sports Arena to evaluate their availability for WHL play.

On April 23, 1961, the WHL granted an expansion franchise for San Francisco to former Vancouver Canucks owner Coleman (Coley) Hall, on the condition that an ice surface be installed in the Cow Palace. At the same time, the WHL approved the relocation of the Victoria Cougars to Los Angeles, where they were renamed the Los Angeles Blades. The San Francisco franchise, named the "Seals" in honor of the city's former minor league baseball team, and Blades were California's first pro hockey teams since the San Francisco Shamrocks and Los Angeles Monarchs left the Pacific Coast Hockey League, as the WHL was then known, in 1950.

Under coach Max McNab, the Seals debuted on Oct. 13, 1961 with an 8–3 road loss to the Seattle Totems at Civic Arena. Their first home game at the Cow Palace took place a month later, with the Seals losing 5–3 to the Edmonton Flyers on Nov. 17. The Seals finished 29–39–2 in their first season and were eliminated by Spokane two games to none in their first-round playoff series.

Championship years (1962–63 and 1963–64)
Following McNab's departure to take over the Vancouver Canucks, the Seals lured coach and general manager Norman "Bud" Poile south from the defending champion Flyers. Poile had won three championships in eight seasons at Edmonton; with the Seals, he would add two more.

Poile's teams generally led the league in penalty minutes, and his 1962–63 Seals fit the mold. Led by hard-nosed players such as Orland Kurtenbach, Larry McNabb, Nick Mickoski and Charlie Burns, the Seals developed a fierce rivalry with the Portland Buckaroos, perennial WHL front-runners. For the next two seasons, Portland-San Francisco games had the atmosphere of a heavyweight title fight, and games between the two routinely attracted crowds of 8,000 or more. The Blades were another rival; Cow Palace crowds loved to hate defenseman "Big Burly Bill Burega."

After finishing 44–25–1 in the 1962–63 regular season, the Seals eliminated Los Angeles in three games in the first round of the playoffs, then outlasted the Buckaroos in seven rugged semifinal contests, taking the seventh and final game 3–1 at Portland.

In the 1963 Lester Patrick Cup finals, the Seals faced the Totems, with all seven games played at the Cow Palace due to scheduling conflicts in Seattle. Trailing 3 games to 1, the Seals came back to win the last three games – the last two in overtime – and captured San Francisco's first pro hockey championship. Kurtenbach scored the Cup-winning goal 4 minutes into overtime of the Seals' 4–3 Game 7 victory.

Even though the WHL contracted in 1963–64 – Edmonton and Calgary both requested a leave of absence following the playoffs – the Seals finished a distant fourth during the regular season behind the Denver Invaders, who had relocated from Spokane. But superb play from forward Al Nicholson and goalie Bob Perreault helped the Seals win the final three games of their first-round playoff series against Portland. The Seals would go on to become the first team to win back-to-back Patrick Cup titles, defeating the Blades in six games in the only all-California final. Around this time Hall sold the team to a 25-man group led by Mel Swig.

Move to Oakland and transition to the NHL
In 1965, while the Seals were en route to missing the playoffs for the only time in their existence, the NHL announced that it planned to expand through the creation of a second six-team division – a move prompted by the desire for a new U.S. television contract, as well as rumors that the WHL and American Hockey League were considering merging to form a rival major league. The WHL and AHL played an interlocking schedule in 1965–66, but by then the NHL had made up its mind.

In February 1966, the NHL selected San Francisco-Oakland as one of the six expansion markets, along with Los Angeles, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Minneapolis–St. Paul and St. Louis. Rather than build a brand new expansion club, Barry Van Gerbig purchased the team from the Swig group, with intent of bringing the club into the NHL as the expansion team. In the process he became the Seals' new owner and prospective governor for the team's entry into the NHL. By then, Poile had turned over the coaching reins to player-coach Charlie Burns; the Seals reached the 1966 WHL playoffs and were one game away from their third finals appearance, but lost the last two games of their first-round playoff series against the eventual WHL champion Victoria Maple Leafs, which prevailed 4 games to 3.

Following the playoff defeat, van Gerbig began preparing the Seals for their move to the NHL. He relocated the club from the Cow Palace to the brand-new Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum across the bay in Oakland for what was their final WHL season in 1966–67, changing their name to the California Seals. Former Chicago Black Hawks coach Rudy Pilous took over as coach, alternating duties with Burns, as the Seals recorded only their second winning record (32–30–10). The Seals' six-year run in the WHL ended when they were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs by Seattle; California's final WHL game was a 4–1 loss to the Totems on April 15, 1967, at the Seattle Center Coliseum.

Tom Thurlby, one of the first five players signed by the Seals on September 7, 1961, was the only Seal to remain with the team for all six of its seasons in the WHL. He would also play 20 games for the NHL Seals in 1967–68.

When the club joined the NHL, Gerbig retained a portion of the club's WHL roster — Charlie Burns, George Swarbrick, Gerry Odrowski, Tom Thurlby and Ron Harris. The rest of the club was built through an expansion draft.

After the WHL
As the organization left behind its WHL history and started anew as an NHL expansion franchise, the team retained the "California Seals" name in an effort to appeal to fans in both San Francisco and Oakland. However, after only a few months, the team had failed to attract many fans from San Francisco, and the name was changed to the Oakland Seals. When Oakland A's owner Charlie Finley bought the Seals in 1970, he renamed them the California Golden Seals; Finley would quickly lose patience with the struggling franchise and ended up selling the team back to the NHL.

The ongoing struggles of the Seals in the NHL had them the subject of relocation talks multiple times, with moves being considered to Vancouver for 1968 and Denver in 1975; both markets would end up getting separate NHL teams in the form of the Vancouver Canucks and Colorado Rockies. By 1976, minority owners George and Gordon Gund convinced principal owner Melvin Swig to relocate the franchise to Richfield, Ohio as the Cleveland Barons. In 1978, the Gund brothers, now sole owners, agreed to merge their organization with another flailing NHL club, the Minnesota North Stars, effectively cancelling the Seals/Barons' NHL franchise.

The NHL would return to the San Francisco Bay Area with the foundation of the San Jose Sharks, created when the Gund brothers sold their interest in the North Stars in 1990 to accept an expansion franchise for 1991. In 1993, the North Stars relocated to Texas to become the Dallas Stars. Neither NHL franchise recognizes the NHL records of the Seals/Barons franchise as their own, let alone the records of the predecessor WHL franchise.

Season-by-season record
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes

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Citroën Acadiane

The Citroën Acadiane is a small commercial vehicle derived from the Dyane and only available in left-hand drive, produced from 1977 to 1987. Production totalled 253,393. The Visa-based C15 van eventually replaced the Acadiane.

Citroën had already used the prefix AK for its light commercials, so it was an obvious pun to name the AK Dyane "Acadiane" (similar pronunciation in French). There was no connection beyond the pun with the French-speaking region of Louisiana that is home to Cajun (Acadiane) cooking, or with l'Acadie, now part of Nova Scotia.

The Acadiane differed from the Dyane on which it was based in having heavier-duty suspension, a slightly altered chassis and a rear-brake limiter whose action was dependent on the load.

The Acadiane was also fitted with wind-down windows in the driver's and passenger's doors. The Dyane car had horizontally-sliding windows.

The payload was approximately 500 kg, but handling was impaired when fully loaded.

The Acadiane was available in commercial (two-seater) form or as a "Mixte", with sliding rear windows and a removable rear bench seat. Citroën and many other manufacturers continue to this day (Berlingo et al.) with the option of rear seats in a vehicle clearly designed as a commercial. The Mixte version also had a passenger sun visor, missing in the more basic commercial version. In line with many Citroën light commercials, the roof of the rear bodywork was corrugated to add extra rigidity at little cost.

The Acadiane cruised on the flat comfortably and economically at 55 mph.

Top gear in the four-speed box was usually referred to as overdrive. This had been so since the earliest days of the 2CV. In most circumstances it was best used as such. Progress could be maintained in top, but further acceleration was unlikely. As the motor thrived on revs, third made a perfectly good gear to get up to 80 km/h. The Adadiane came from the factory with Michelin 15x135 tyres, 10mm wider than those fitted to the 2CV and Dyane cars.

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Talk:Greymouth

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Hi, If any one knows anything about Greymouth please help me I need it by tuesday 7 feburary. I need to know what its known for e.g Wellington is known for the beehive. PLEASE HELP ME!!!!!!!

hi, i need help with my home work whaaaa :'(
HI can u help me im doing my home work on it i also have to do the bay of islands, tasman sea, Animal farming in new zealand, Some main dams in New Zealand and all the main Volcanos. i really need help !!
 * We won't do your homework for you, but there's lots of resources here to help. See Dams in New Zealand and Category:Volcanoes of New Zealand for two of your subjects. Use the search box. If you want to ask questions, you'll find more people will see them at the Reference desk-gadfium 19:29, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

Maori land?
What's the current status of the CBD re Maori ownership? --Snori 06:32, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
 * A bit late replying, but I'll add something about it to the article. —Giantflightlessbirds (talk) 11:45, 8 September 2020 (UTC)

Education..
New Zealand secondary education only goes to year 13 (not year 15 as suggested in article). Can someone correct this please? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 166.179.217.58 (talk) 05:56, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

Shantytown, New Zealand
I am looking for some additional photographs of the locomotives and rolling stock of the museum in Shantytown, New Zealand. Please upload them onto Wikimedia Commons, if you have or take any. --NearEMPTiness (talk) 12:08, 10 October 2015 (UTC)

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User talk:Miroku Sanna

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 * Hmm, I'm not sure. I think it might have been that "8 hourly" is sorta ambiguous between "eight every hour" and "once every eight hours", but I think that if that were the case then I would have just changed it to the correct one.

 * Okay, well being it's quite unclear right now, I'll revert it. Thanks --85.76.35.157 13:44, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

Adam Golsby 3/10/06 Français V 5e heure Un Rapport sur L’Édit de Milan L’Édit de Milan, c’est le document qui permit les Chrétiens de pratiquer sa religion. Il était signé en 313 par Constantin 1, empereur de l’Empire Romain en l’ouest, et par Licinius, empereur de l’Empire en l’est. Il y a une idée fausse commune que l’Edit était motivé par les politiques, et voulait gagner l’aide des Chrétiens pour permettre Constantin de maintenir son pouvoir. Ça n’est pas vrai. Pendant il serait stupide d’escompter un motif politique, à cause de la brillance politique de Constantin, les Chrétiens étaient un group petit démographiquement. Si on ait été gagner son soutien, il n’aurait pas un effet grande. Il eut un effet monumental sur le monde, car sans l’Edit, il était possible que l’Eglise Chrétien n’existerait pas.

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Chocolate fountain

A chocolate fountain is a device for serving chocolate fondue. Typical examples resemble a stepped cone, standing 2–4 feet tall with a crown at the top and stacked tiers over a basin at the bottom. The basin is heated to keep the chocolate in a liquid state so it can be pulled into a center cylinder then vertically transported to the top of the fountain by an Archimedes screw. From there it flows over the tiers creating a chocolate "waterfall" in which food items like strawberries or marshmallows can be dipped.

History
"Chocolate fountain machines" were invented by Ben Brisman and popularized in 1991 by a Canadian company called Design & Realisation. They did not become very popular until Design & Realisation began displaying these fountains at the National Restaurant Show in Chicago, starting in the early 1990s.

Jay Harlan (an entrepreneur and former Marriott catering executive) collaborated with D & R to introduce the chocolate fountain to the U.S. hotel and resort industry. Jay Harlan's company (Buffet Enhancements International) began distributing the D & R fountain in the U.S. in 2001. It was not long after 2001 that Buffet Enhancements copied and improved the D & R fountain idea and began manufacturing their own American-made version.

Types
Chocolate fountains can be categorized as commercial-use and personal-use. Commercial chocolate fountains can be categorized as Auger system and Pump system.

Commercial chocolate fountains usually range in size from about 20" inches to 50" inches tall and are designed for use in professional environments such as catering. These fountains are normally constructed of food-grade stainless steel and, as such, are quite durable. Depending on the model, commercial chocolate fountains may hold as much as 35 pounds of chocolate. Originally, chocolate fountains consisted of multiple tiers that formed curtains of chocolate. New models on the market now have a 'cup' design, dropping chocolate from cup to cup which can be much more chocolate efficient than traditional models, and save quite a lot of money.

Home chocolate fountains range in size up to about 19" tall. They are primarily made of plastic and may have some stainless steel components (although all-stainless models do exist) and are usually dishwasher safe.  Home chocolate fountains normally hold 6 or fewer pounds of chocolate.

Chocolate
Melted chocolate is very temperamental, so rich couverture chocolate, which is high in cocoa butter, is commonly used to ensure consistent flow. If the cocoa butter content of the chocolate is too low, an additive must be mixed in to decrease viscosity. (Vegetable oil is most commonly used to do this.) But even couverture chocolate—unless specifically designed for fountains—often still requires an additive to make it flow smoothly. Because of this, it is highly recommended that chocolate formulated specifically for fountains be used to avoid the need for the addition of vegetable oil, as the oil gives a slimy, gritty taste and texture to the chocolate. Few chocolate fountains are capable of melting chocolate directly in the basin, so chocolate is typically melted in a microwave or double boiler before pouring it into the fountain.

The fluid dynamics of home chocolate fountains are particularly problematic (it is a so-called non Newtonian fluid ), since the gravitational forces are much lower than the viscous forces; this means that small chocolate fountains need a very high proportion of vegetable oil. There is a trade-off between looks and taste: if perfect smooth flow may be sacrificed, it is possible to use non-oily chocolate.

A cheaper alternative to couverture chocolate is chocolate-flavored syrup, also called "chocolate coating". Chocolate coating is already in liquid form and costs much less than couverture chocolate, though some connoisseurs prefer gourmet Belgian couverture despite the added expense. Another alternative is to use dark chocolate, such as 70% cocoa chocolate. This contains much less sugar, so it is not so sticky; a small quantity of hot water may be added to thin it further.

Increasing popularity
Originally, the market was entirely commercial, with chocolate fountains costing a large amount of money and requiring significant upkeep. The popularity of chocolate fountains grew to a point of demand at a consumer retail level as people who had seen commercial models at catered events inquired about purchasing their own fountains. Then, at the end of 2004, the Hellmann Group began marketing the Nostalgia Chocolate Fountain for personal use.

This expansion into the retail market caused the demand to peak drastically. As a result, the catering industry saw more requests for chocolate fountains at events. Flavoring oils such as mint, orange, and cappuccino were developed to give the chocolate extra taste. Caterers began adding food coloring to white chocolate to make it coincide with special holidays or events. Caterers and home users created special recipes for a variety of fondues that would flow well in a fountain; some of the more popular recipes included caramel, cheese, maple syrup, ranch dressing, and BBQ sauce. Because of the growing practice of using chocolate fountains for other types of fondue, chocolate fountains became interchangeably referred to as "fondue fountains".

Today, commercial chocolate fountains are a common fixture at well-to-do galas, weddings, and catered parties; while home chocolate fountains are more commonly seen at birthday parties and friendly gatherings.

New models often incorporate more than one flavour of chocolate and a 'cup' design in place of the traditional tiered models. These models are designed to cater to new customer desires, to decrease the amount of chocolate needed and chocolate wastage.

The Jean-Philippe Patisserie at the Bellagio Casino in Paradise, Nevada is home to the world's tallest chocolate fountain.

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User:Pbergamo

My name is Pierpaolo Bergamo. Usually people call me "Paolo". I like to add Acronyms I did not know and I tried to look for in Wikipedia and I did not find. I am also involved in Italian Wikipedia in a number of topics, such as my home town Rovigo and Sport in general, especially Rugby.

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Christoph Gudermann

Christoph Gudermann (25 March 1798 – 25 September 1852) was a German mathematician noted for introducing the Gudermannian function and the concept of uniform convergence, and for being the teacher of Karl Weierstrass, who was greatly influenced by Gudermann's course on elliptic functions in 1839–1840, the first such course to be taught in any institute.

Biography
Gudermann was born in Vienenburg. He was the son of a school teacher and became a teacher himself after studying at the University of Göttingen. He began his teaching career in Kleve and then transferred to a school in Münster.

Gudermann introduced the concept of uniform convergence in an 1838 paper on elliptic functions, but only observed it informally, neither formalizing it nor using it in his proofs. Instead, Weierstrass elaborated and applied uniform convergence.

His researches into spherical geometry and special functions focused on particular cases, so that he did not receive the credit given to those who published more general works. The Gudermannian function, or hyperbolic amplitude, is named after him.

Gudermann died in Münster.

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Wikipedia:Categories for deletion/Possibly offensive images

 * Category:Possibly offensive images listed for deletion on February 1, 2005. Consensus was to delete. The associated template was previously deleted.

This category is bound to stir up edit wars/controversy because of the frustratingly nebulous "offensive" epithet. What use the category has is beyond me, other than legitimating someone's offense at an image. A number of policy proposals are under discussion, such as Image censorship and Graphic and potentially disturbing images. Suffice it to say, image tagging per "offensiveness" will not become policy anytime soon. Oh, and quite POV. T IMBO  ( T A L K )  05:17, 1 Feb 2005 (UTC)
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 * Keep if the attached template is kept, delete if it is deleted. The template issue should be resolved before the category issue. —Ashley Y 05:27, 2005 Feb 1 (UTC)
 * Delete. inherently POV. Evil Monkey∴Hello? 06:54, Feb 1, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. I'm offended at this category.  Philistine, anti-intellectual, and inherently POV.  Postdlf 07:08, 1 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Oppose all censorship.  RickK 07:10, Feb 1, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, or if not that then find some way to include all images in this category without exception. It's POV otherwise. Bryan 08:18, 1 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. We have no consensus on tagging of offensive or possibly offensive images, and this is just another invitation to POV pushers to edit war. --Tony Sidaway|Talk 09:19, 1 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. All images are likely to be offensive to someone. What are we going to do, set up a committee to decide which images are OK and which ones aren't? Grutness|hello? [[Image:Grutness.jpg|25px|]] 09:23, 1 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. I'm with the POV-ness comments. — OwenBlacker 12:45, Feb 1, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete for inherent bias. Tuf-Kat 22:13, Feb 1, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete until/unless there's some actual policy involved here. Gamaliel 22:48, 1 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, this is not the way to solve the offensive-to-some-people images problem. --fvw *  01:00, 2005 Feb 2 (UTC)
 * Delete. Information doesn't want to be filtered. Isn't a major technique of indoctrination the protection from' information? --Wetman 08:34, 4 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Ignorance is strength, as the man on the screen in my flat says. Postdlf 01:55, 5 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Good Lord. -- RyanFreisling @ 01:20, 5 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete - We should have any categories that start "Possibly." -Willmcw 03:50, 6 Feb 2005 (UTC)


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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chocolate fountain

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was KEEP. dbenbenn | talk 18:55, 26 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Chocolate fountain
Removed the link to Divalicious's Rental business...added link to Chocolate Fountain Legend and photos...

Note: Article has been rewritten to remove advertising. Mgm|(talk) 09:36, Feb 15, 2005 (UTC)

Advertising. RickK 06:01, Feb 14, 2005 (UTC)
 * OK, I can live with the changes that MacGyverMagic made. RickK 20:55, Feb 15, 2005 (UTC)

*Delete. Advertising. Mgm|(talk) 09:11, Feb 14, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Ad. utcursch 06:13, Feb 14, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Advert. jni 08:49, 14 Feb 2005 (UTC) Change vote to keep. jni 13:23, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep now it's been rewritten. Mgm|(talk) 09:36, Feb 15, 2005 (UTC)
 * I've rewritten it to take out the advertising and possible copyvio. Keep or merge with Fondue. Kappa 09:51, 14 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete or possibly merge as Kappa suggests. Right now, the technique described is probably still patented by the company that makes these devices, so it's probably not a generic device right now. Ergo, in my opinion, this is still sort of advertising. However, I can see the argument to include in generic fondue article. HyperZonk 17:34, Feb 14, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep I've been convinced by Andrew L. -- HyperZonk 18:08, Feb 15, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, I see no way to un-ad this trivial mess. Someone else did, however. Keep as re-written... Wyss 21:05, 14 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep as rewritten by Kappa. I disagree that there are any subjects that cannot have unbiased articles.  If we can manage to have NPOV articles about the Iraq war, abortion, gay rights, gun control, and other genuinely controversial topics, surely we can manage to write about a fondue server without it turning out to be an ad!  Chocolate fountains are definitely made by more than one company, I'm 100% sure of that, so it's no more an ad than an article about cars, computers, phones, or any other product.  Besides, even if it was made by one company, big deal... there are lots of specific-product articles on WP, such as dozens of cel-phone models.  Furthermore, I disagree that these are particularly trivial: a search for "Chocolate fountain" OR "chocolate fountains" brings 134,000 Google matches Andrew Lenahan - St ar bli nd  22:57, Feb 14, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Notable enough to have many sites selling or renting it, as a Google search shows. Even if it is made by a single company (I second Starblind's argument above). JoaoRicardo 03:10, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, although moving to chocolate fondue is a possible future direction. Mmmmm, chocolate. Gazpacho 09:32, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, ad. JamesBurns 08:11, 26 Feb 2005 (UTC)

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Oakland Oaks (ABA)

The Oakland Oaks were a charter member of the original American Basketball Association and the first West Coast basketball team to win a major professional championship. Formed in February 1967, the team played in the ABA during the 1967–68 and 1968–69 seasons at the Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena. The team colors were green and gold.

On February 2, 1967, longtime entertainer and business entrepreneur Pat Boone, S. Kenneth Davidson and Dennis A. Murphy (who would later co-found the World Hockey Association) were awarded a team in exchange for $30,000. Initially, Boone received a 10 percent share of the franchise to serve as president, but he had limited involvement in team operations and rarely attended home games because of his outside interests.

An earlier Oakland Oaks basketball team played in the American Basketball League in 1962, along with a baseball team that had played for nearly a half century in Oakland, with the latter and the ABA Oaks both using the oak tree and the acorn on its logos.

Beginnings
The team had widely varying performances in its two years of existence. In their first season, the Oaks finished 22–56 and had the second-worst performance of any professional basketball team ever in a major league, of 1485 such team-seasons (through 2015, according to the Elo rating system); only the 1946–1947 Pittsburgh Ironmen had a worse year.

They were probably noted more for a major contract dispute with the cross-bay San Francisco Warriors of the established National Basketball Association over the rights to superstar player Rick Barry than for any on-court accomplishments. Barry, a former NBA Rookie of the Year who led the Warriors to the NBA finals in 1966–67, was so frustrated by team management's failure to pay him certain incentive awards that he sat out the 1967–68 season. He joined the Oaks in the following year, leading the franchise to the ABA championship in 1968–69.

The first and last great year
The road to the championship was led by pioneering owner, S. Kenneth Davidson, who aggressively pursued Barry and one-time Warriors head coach Alex Hannum, signing them for an unprecedented $85,000 per year. His efforts drove a historic turnaround from last place to first in one year. Unfortunately for Barry, he tore ligaments in his knee after colliding with Ken Wilburn late in a game versus the New York Nets on December 27, 1968. He tried to return in January, but he only aggravated the injury and he subsequently sat out the rest of the season, only appearing in 35 games as a result. Regardless, the Oaks won 60 games on the season.

In the playoffs, the Oaks outlasted the Denver Rockets in seven games in the semifinals then swept the New Orleans Buccaneers in the Division Finals to advance to the ABA Finals versus the Indiana Pacers. After a split of the first two games, the Oaks won an overtime thriller 134–126 to take a 2–1 lead in the series. Then they won the fourth game to set up a clinching opportunity in Oakland. In Game 5, the Oaks won 135–131 in overtime to clinch the series and league title Warren Jabali was named Playoffs MVP on the strength of 21.5 points and 9.7 rebounds per game in the postseason. In the nine playoff games in Oakland, the Oaks averaged just 3,401 attendance a game (30,615 total). The highest came in Game 5 of the Finals, when 6,340 were on hand.

Demise
With or without Barry, the team proved to be a poor investment for Boone, who became majority owner after Davidson left the group. Despite winning the ABA championship, the Oaks were a failure at the box office, due in large part to the proximity of the NBA Warriors nearby. The team was sold and moved to Washington, D.C., for the 1969–70 season, where it was renamed the Washington Caps.

After one season in the nation's capital, the franchise moved to Norfolk, Virginia for the 1970–71 season and became the Virginia Squires. The team disbanded after the 1975–76 season, keeping it out of the ABA–NBA merger which occurred just weeks later.

Basketball Hall of Famers
Notes:
 * 1 Inducted as a coach.

Seasons
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 * 1968–69 ||60 ||18  ||.769 ||Won Western Division Semifinals Won Western Division Finals Won ABA Finals||Oakland Oaks 4, Denver Rockets 3 Oakland Oaks 4, New Orleans Bucs 0 Oakland Oaks 4, Indiana Pacers 1
 * 1968–69 ||60 ||18  ||.769 ||Won Western Division Semifinals Won Western Division Finals Won ABA Finals||Oakland Oaks 4, Denver Rockets 3 Oakland Oaks 4, New Orleans Bucs 0 Oakland Oaks 4, Indiana Pacers 1
 * 1968–69 ||60 ||18  ||.769 ||Won Western Division Semifinals Won Western Division Finals Won ABA Finals||Oakland Oaks 4, Denver Rockets 3 Oakland Oaks 4, New Orleans Bucs 0 Oakland Oaks 4, Indiana Pacers 1

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Citroën C15

The Citroën C15 is a panel van produced by the French manufacturer Citroën from late 1984 until 2006. It was the successor to the Citroën Acadiane, which had replaced the Citroën 2CV vans that pioneered the box van format from the 1950s to the 1970s, although the Acadiane continued in production alongside the C15 initially. The name refers to the car's 1500 kg French gross vehicle weight rating and indicates its position beneath the C25 and C35 in Citroën's commercial vehicle range at the time.

Design
The C15 was based on the Citroën Visa (discontinued 1988), and mainly used a 1769 cc XUD or 1868 cc (DW8 on late models), naturally aspirated (non turbo) diesel engine. Until the early 1990s, it was also available with a petrol PSA TU engine. At the time of introduction, the engines were the 60 PS XUD (C15D) or the 47 PS 1124 cc petrol TU1 (C15E). The diesel engines also powered vehicles several classes larger. Both Bosch and Lucas/CAV/Roto diesel injection systems were used. The TU petrol-engined versions were sold until the beginning of the 1990s. The engines and drivetrains were taken from the Citroën Visa lineup.

While the car was mostly the same as a regular Citroën Visa ahead of the B-pillar, the cargo area was unique. The C15 had a lengthened wheelbase, and a sturdier rear axle shared with the Peugeot 305 Break and Citroën BX since it had to carry heavier loads than the Visa. The very curved sides of the windscreen, enabled the use of a very large single wiper on the long narrow windscreen, without it catching the windscreen seal. The shape of the bumper and plastic trim on the front of the van, like those of the Visa car, were designed to aerodynamically reduce the deposition of dirt on the headlights, and to reduce the risk of stone chips to the headlights, bonnet and windscreen.

The heating and ventilation system, (even though it used only a water control valve for temperature control and not air mixing), could provide cold air from fascia side vents, to the face while warming the car. The central directable fascia vents could be pointed directly at the windscreen in front of the driver, to blow hot air to keep it clear in extreme misting conditions. There was also an additional mid-level vent. The C15 also had height adjustable halogen headlights, and multi speed/intermittent front wipers, which was better than most commercial vehicles of the time.

As well as standard van configuration, the vehicle later became available with rear side windows and a rear seat, (a layout which had been pioneered in the 2CV), which can be seen as a forerunner to today's compact utility vehicles such as the Ford Transit Connect, Opel/Vauxhall Combo, Peugeot Partner/Citroën Berlingo and Renault Kangoo. The C15 was also available without the rear bodywork, as a chassis only model. This encouraged various conversions such as the campervan called the RomaHome built by British company Island Plastics. This small camper was suitable for two people. Rare pickup truck versions were also made. By December 2005, when it was discontinued in most countries, production had reached 1,181,471. The last three built were given to:
 * The government of Vigo city in Spain, where the production of this car was held for last few years
 * Museum of Citroën cars in Aulnay
 * One for the Vigo car factory, where it was built

The original Visa was built for about ten years, but the C15 had a twenty-one-year production run. During that time there were various minor changes and upgrades made. Models with 600 kg and 800 kg load capacities were introduced (the original was 500 kg). Trim details were changed to give it a facelift in September 1989, when a lower grille with three cross bars was introduced, with the turn signals now mounted in the bumper and with an offset Citroën logo. In 1992, side plastic trims were added, and the bonnet trim again changed somewhat.

Variants and history
The C15 was introduced in the United Kingdom in 1985, initially badged with the pun 'van blanc' or 'van rouge' according to body colour. Models for the United Kingdom were always shipped without rear side windows, as is usual for vans in Britain, due to tax regulations. European models had side windows, and a combi version called Weekend, with an easily removed rear bench seat. There was also, in France at least, a rather rare stretched version, which was about 0.5 meters longer than a normal C15.

Early models had a single wide rear door, but this was awkward for loading in a tight space and prone to sagging or to snapping off in a high wind, so, after a year or two, only conventional two door versions were sold with fold back hinges.

Numerous changes were made to the engine ancillaries over the years. Early diesel-engined models had an inline electrical fuel heater, which invariably stopped working after a couple of years. Later models instead had the fuel pass over the thermostat housing to warm it up instead.

The fuel filter moved from the wing to the top of the thermostat housing. The oil filler moved from the crankcase cover to the dipstick housing. The front indicators were originally combined with the headlights, but later replaced by side lights (moved from the headlight reflector) and separate indicators were fitted in the bumper.

Dangel made a 4-wheel drive version in 1992.

In February 1997, the catalyzed diesel C15 was commercialized.

The C15 was officially replaced by the Citroën Nemo during the year 2007.

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Citroën M35

The Citroën M35 was a coupé derived from the Ami 8, and equipped with a Wankel engine and a hydropneumatic suspension. The bodies were produced by Heuliez from 1969 to 1971.The longitudinally mounted rotary engine had a nominal capacity of 498 cc delivering 49 bhp and 50 lbft of torque. According to factory figures the car had a performance roughly on a level with that of a Morris 1300. It could accelerate from 0 to 62 mph (100 km/h) in 19 seconds, 10 seconds faster than an Ami 8, and reach a top speed of about 90 mph. The M35 also used a larger 11-gallon (43-liter) fuel tank to improve range, as the fuel tank in the standard Ami 8 was deemed too small. The engine was so smooth running that Citroën fitted an audible alarm that went off as the car approached its redline of 7,000 rpm. The engine was supplied by a company formed in 1967 by NSU and Citroën called Comotor.

The M35 was an experimental vehicle and was not officially sold - rather it was supplied to loyal Citroën customers to get their comments on the usability of the design. Due to its experimental status, each car featured a banner at the bottom of the rear window which read in French “This Citroën M35 prototype fitted with a rotary piston engine is undergoing long term testing at the hands of a Citroën customer.”. Many aspects of the M35 made it to regular production. The rotary engine was deemed satisfactory and a dual rotor version of it was used in the GS Birotor in 1974; the gearbox used in the M35 was the GS 1015's gearbox (albeit with a normal shift pattern); certain suspension parts found their way into the GS line when it was introduced in 1970 and the seats that reclined just above the waist were found in none other than the SM.

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NorthPark Mall (Iowa)

NorthPark Mall is a shopping mall located in Davenport, Iowa. As Davenport is part of the Quad Cities of (Davenport and Bettendorf in Iowa; East Moline, Moline, and Rock Island in Illinois) the mall serves the population of these cities. The mall is located northwest of the intersection of U.S. Highways 61 (Welcome Way) and 6 (Kimberly Road) at 320 West Kimberly Road. NorthPark Mall is one of two shopping malls operating in the Quad Cities area, the other being SouthPark Mall in Moline, Illinois.

Like SouthPark Mall, this mall is operated by Macerich. The mall's anchor stores are Dillard's, JCPenney and Von Maur. There are 2 vacant anchor stores that were once Sears and Younkers. It is the third largest shopping mall in the state of Iowa.

History
NorthPark Mall opened on July 11, 1973. The original anchors were JCPenney, Younkers, and Montgomery Ward, which closed when the chain went out of business in 2001 and was replaced by Dillard's two years later. A multimillion-dollar expansion in 1981 brought Sears and Petersen Harned Von Maur to the mall. Today, the mall houses up to 160 shops and five anchor stores. NorthPark has been remodeled and renovated several times through the years.

Mall offers educational activities and games for children, live piano music weekend in April and other regular events.

On April 18, 2018, it was announced that Younkers would be closing as parent company The Bon-Ton was going out of business. The store closed on August 29, 2018.

On May 31, 2018, Sears announced that its store would also be closing as part of a plan to close 78 stores nationwide. The store closed on September 2, 2018.

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Wikipedia says I've been a member of this site for over 15 years. Well, how 'bout that.

Not much to talk about, really. Suggested some minor things here and there. Nothing that stands the test of time probably.

If you're reading this... take care, and have a good day. Better days than I've had. Good luck--maybe you don't need it, but never turn it down when someone offers.

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This article needs to be rewritten in regular format rather than just listing facts. Ganymead 06:09, 14 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * well I've had a go - it looks more like a standard actor's bio page now. -- Mariocki talk 04:46, 20 May 2005 (UTC)

 * This is one of the worst pages I've seen on Wikipedia. It mentions nothing really.-- unopeneddoor talk 6:07 PM, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

I'm probably wrong, but is Skeet Ulrich related to Lars Ulrich? --Micoolio101 00:05, 21 June 2006 (UTC)Micoolio101
 * No.
 * Lol. Ulrich is such a common surname. In Germany alone, there are hundreds of thousands of Ulrichs.

PIC
that's a terrible pic - can we find something that's not grainy? Mike.lifeguard 14:33, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

FATHER INCONSISTENCY?
The article says he was raised by his father after his parents' divorce. It also says that D.K. Ulrich was his stepfather. I find it odd that he would have his stepfathers' surname if he was raised by his father. That seems like something that would be likely to happen if his mother raised him and he wasn't close to his father. Apofisu 14:05, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

Has anyone noticed his likeness to Johnny Depp?

Incorrect year for role in 'Takedown'
The article mentions under the Career heading that he played Kevin Mitnick in the film Takedown in 2004. However according to IMDB, the film was made in 2000 (and I also recall seeing it in 2001). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.245.71.23 (talk) 21:51, 24 January 2008 (UTC) I know he's hot! And looks a lot like Johnny Depp! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.16.14.203 (talk) 16:20, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

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Accursius

Accursius (in Italian Accursio or Accorso di Bagnolo; c. 1182 – 1263) was an Italian jurist. He is notable for his organization of the glosses, the medieval comments on Justinian's codification of Roman law, the Corpus Juris Civilis. He was not proficient in the classics, but he was called "the Idol of the Jurisconsults".

Biography
Accursius was born at Impruneta, near Florence. A pupil of Azo, he first practised law in his native city, and was afterwards appointed professor at Bologna, where he had great success as a teacher. He undertook to arrange into one body the tens of thousands of comments and remarks upon the Code, the Institutes and Digests. Accursius assembled from the various earlier glosses for each of these texts a coherent and consistent body of glosses. This compilation, soon given the title Glossa ordinaria or magistralis, and usually known as the Great Gloss, was essentially complete at about 1230. While Accursius was employed in this work, legend has it that, hearing of a similar one proposed and begun by Odofred, another lawyer of Bologna, he feigned indisposition, interrupted his public lectures, and shut himself up, till with the utmost expedition he had accomplished his design.

After the middle of the 13th century, the Gloss had grown to be the starting point for every exegesis of the Corpus Iuris, and was even given force of law in some jurisdictions. The authority of the Gloss is probably due to Accursius' very exhaustive coverage of the civil law, in the course of which he not only pointed out its problems but unlike his predecessors also offered solutions for them. Indeed, modern research has shown that Accursius' work contains nearly 100,000 glosses. The best edition is that of Denis Godefroy, published at Lyon in 1589, in six folio volumes.

Apart from his work as a glossator, Accursius was also engaged very profitably as a legal consultant.

He lived and taught during the later years of his life at Bologna where he died in 1263. It was acknowledged that after his death the legal science in Italy suffered a decline.

Family
Three of his four sons were also jurists: Cervottus, Guilelmus and the noted Franciscus. The latter is buried with his father in one of the arcs lining the street near the Basilica of San Francesco, Bologna. There was a legend that he had a daughter, Accursia, who was also a jurist.

Recognition
For his magnum opus, Accursius was extolled by the lawyers of his own and the immediately succeeding age as the greatest glossator, and he was even called the idol of jurisconsults, but those of later times formed a lower estimate of his merits. Eventually, 16th century humanists, including Rabelais in his Gargantua and Pantagruel, polemically criticised Accursius' Gloss.

Accursius' majestic residence on the Piazza Maggiore was later expanded into the Palazzo Comunale, or the town hall.

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Talk:Prosauropoda

Monophyletic?
Why does this say that prosauropods are monophyletic? That is exactly the opposite of what Sauropodamorpha states <font: Monial>[[User:Innotata|''innotata'']]<font> <small>([[User_talk:Innotata|Talk]] &#124 [[Special:Contributions/Innotata|Contribs]])</small> (talk) 16:40, 12 November 2009 (UTC)

Taxonomic Ranking
"Archosauria" isn't a class, and shouldn't be represented as such. See vertebrate taxonomic hierarchy according to Benton 2004

 * Benton, M. J. (2004), Vertebrate Paleontology, 3rd ed. Blackwell Science Ltd

This is a well-respected text-book (I have the 2nd edition, which has a similar but less upto date taxonomic hierarchy), and should be used as a guidline. In it, Sauropsida is the Class, Archosauria has an intermediate informal rank of Division. Is it possible to add the option of taxonomic rank: Division to the taxobox? M Alan Kazlev 00:38, 28 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Not presently, and I'm not sure it should be added. It seems like adding any more ranks would just make for overly long and complicated taxoboxes (remember the purely cladistic, page-long boxes a few folks tried last year?). In my opinion Class, Subclass, Infraclass, Superorder, Order, Suborder, Infraorder, Superfamily, Famly, Subfamily is way more than enough. If a link to Archosauria in the taxobox is really necessary, such as on a page discussin an order-level taxon, unranked_ordo can be used. Or, use Infraclass Archosauromorpha instead, which is actually more useful now that Archosauria is no longer considered a Superorder like its counterpart Lepidosauria.Dinoguy2 20:25, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

Technical Diagnosis
re "cleaning up" the Technical diagnosis, in plaeontological literature you always find stuff like this. Ok i guess it can be rewritten and expanded out so every technical term gets its own phrase or sentence, but that would really make it a very long and rather dull essay. Maybe it can be converted to a point list? Anyway i'm not well up on this sort of thing; i find the technical diagnoses pretty boring, although theya re necessary in the paleontological science M Alan Kazlev 02:21, 9 May 2005 (UTC)

Anchisauridae?
Whoever insists on removing Anchisauridae from Prosauropoda needs to add it elsewhere; there is only a single passing reference to the genus and a link on a cladistic diagram for the family. This is far too important of genus for this. Just because ONE source removes it from Prosauropoda, does not mean this has been accepted by a majority of researchers. And if you remove it, THEN ADD IT TO WHERE YOU BELIEVE IT SHOULD BE!!! The result has orphaned BOTH the family and the genus. Also, is it really proper for the clade to link to the genus, but there be a seperate link to the famly? CFLeon (talk) 02:05, 16 June 2010 (UTC)
 * "Slow down there, pardner". Prosauropoda has kind of been blown to hell, and more or less consists of "Plateosaurus and its best friends".  Usually the massospondyls end up there too, but not always.  Anchisaurus doesn't always sort out as a true prosauropod in the sense of a clade, but it is a prosauropod in the sense of a grade (non-sauropod sauropodomorph).  If anywhere, it would go at Sauropodomorpha, but it wouldn't go in the Benton-gram (at least not without a citation), as Benton doesn't include Anchisauridae in that reference. J. Spencer (talk) 03:06, 16 June 2010 (UTC)

total rewrite - help needed
This article needs a total re-write. It is massively outdated, recent studies have trashed any notion of a monophyletic group, and even the "grade" idea is crumbling hard considering that Sarahsaurus comes out as a close relative of Plateosaurus in the Yates matrix, but as a basal sauropod(!) in the Upchurch et al. matrix.

I am a biomech guy, I have little knowledge and understanding of phylogeniy and taxonomy. Is there anyone knowledgeable in these areas willing to help me? HMallison (talk) 22:57, 6 December 2010 (UTC)

 * I know about Anchisaurus and Ammosaurus. That's two of them (well, really just one). J. Spencer (talk) 01:24, 7 December 2010 (UTC)

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Talk:Neal Donald Walsch

Wikipedia is not a chat room. There is no need to edit a "quotation of a day" in an article. If you want to put it on your User space, please do. RickK 06:12, Feb 14, 2005 (UTC)

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Jonathan matthews
Joke and/or vanity page. Speedy deletion? Ganymead 06:18, 14 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * I've marked it as speedy. utcursch 06:19, Feb 14, 2005 (UTC)
 * Speedy deleted twice now. RickK 06:26, Feb 14, 2005 (UTC)
 * And a good call too. Entire content was Jon Matthews is jus some guy who loves his Mindy :). Just mark things like that with . Andrewa 09:30, 14 Feb 2005 (UTC)

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It is often assumed that acjelen was invented by the Sumerians in the region that is Iraq today, around 4000 BC.

I wrote my first article from scratch on Quiddler in late November 2004. I was unfortunately not logged in at the time and using a friend's computer. I also wrote the articles Win Jones, Orticulation, Alex Sanchez, Björklunden, and created album stubs for Appalachian Journey, Appalachia Waltz, Uncommon Ritual, and Short Trip Home. I am proud of the work I did on Concert, Sissy, and Disciple (now split). I created my first template in the summer of 2006: Americana classical fusion to easily navigate between the various Meyer, O'Connor and Fleck classical/bluegrass recordings.

I left Wikipedia in late 2007 over frustrations at changes to the focus and spirit of the wiki. I am, however, returning after ten years to see if I would like to resume regular editing again. I know that I will be rusty and will have to learn the changes to policy and practices that have occurred since 2007. Please be patient.

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Talk:Malaclypse the Younger

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Isn't the Malaclypse of Illuminatus!, the ancient philosopher dude, supposed to be Malaclypse the Elder? It's been a while since I read the book...
 * I believe both Malaclypsi appeared in the book, the elder and the younger.

Pope?
I'm removing this bit about the polyfather being equivalent to Pope because I think it's entirely untrue. Unless you mean =Pope=, and that's only true because all Discordians are =Pope='s. If someone can offer some argument for it, please put it back in. bmearns, KSC(talk) 16:53, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

Elder the Father?
I don't recall the Mal the Elder being the father of Mal-2, but I'll double check. If anyone has any information one way or the other, please note it here and update the article if neccessary. bmearns, KSC(talk) 16:56, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
 * The Principia only states that he is "patron and namesake" of Mal-2--Das-g (talk) 02:14, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

Identity
I do not think there remains any serious dispute over the identity of Malaclypse the Younger as Greg Hill. The theories regarding Timothy Leary and Richard Nixon were mentioned in Robert Anton Wilson's foreword to Principia Discordia ed.4, and can not be found in any primary source other than that; and at least the latter is obviously a joke. Greg Hill is never named in the newer editions of Principia Discordia (except in the afterword), but in the recently-uncovered First Edition, he and Kerry Thornley identify themselves by name. I think the section about his identity should be reworded to express it as a purely historical debate; it's all but certain by now. --Adam Atlas 16:45, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

Dates
Why are there no dates in this article? Mention of Nixon makes me think this might be 1970's but otherwise it could also be 15th century Italy for all I know... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.153.174.22 (talk) 14:03, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Rewrite needed with factual basis
Malaclypse the younger is a FICTIONAL character invented by a REAL person, Robert Anton Wilson. This article contains numerous, HUMEROUS statements of nonsense, such as “In 2006 a copy of the first edition of the Principia Discordia was discovered in the John F. Kennedy Assassination Archive, proving Malaclypse the Younger to be Gregory Hill,” which are neither factual, verifiable, nor encyclopedic. Yeah, I get it, it’s a funny funny joke but it also undermines the credibility of Wikipedia as a whole to have this kind of gibberish in here. A rewrite which explains this is an article about a FICTIONAL character would be appropriate Rich.lewis (talk) 16:49, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
 * I can't tell if you're joking or not. Malaclypse was a real person, a copy of the Principia was really found in the JFK archive, and the object known as "Xena" was really given the official name "Eris".  I think the burden is on you to show that these things didn't happen. DenisMoskowitz (talk) 22:17, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
 * The burden to show that facts ARE verifiable is on whoever put the facts in Wikipedia in the first place. It is logically impossible to show anything did NOT happen or does NOT exist, that is you can't prove a negative.  I don't wish to prove any of these things did not happen, but if they DID happen I'd like a reference to a verifiable source included in the article, either that or the statements that they ARE fact be removed.   And, lets please not get the IAU involved in this either, they've got nothing to do with it.  131.107.0.73 (talk) 17:24, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Based on the Village Pump discussion it seems like Malaclypse's existence has been accepted. I'm removing the hoax tag. DenisMoskowitz (talk) 19:44, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Does anyone still dispute the factual accuracy of the article, or can we go ahead and remove the disputed tag, too? Peregrinoerick (talk) 18:12, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

 * I'm OK with the removal. I skimmed the article a bit, and fantasy and reality seem to be clearly separated now --Enric Naval (talk) 20:16, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

merge of greg hill
I proposed to merge Gregory_Hill_(writer) inside this article, since his claim to notability is having this fictional character living inside of him. See the Talk:Kerry_Wendell_Thornley and the link there to village pump discussion --Enric Naval (talk) 10:34, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

 * Well I agree too. the only statement on the Greg hill page is a reference here.  If that's not a true statement the "other" Greg Hill article is not noteworthy anyway.  131.107.0.73 (talk) 17:26, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

 * Yeah, the Greg Hill article really ought to be just a redirect to Malaclypse the Younger, since that's the name under which he's actually a notable figure. Peregrinoerick (talk) 00:58, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

 * By now, it is. --Thnidu (talk) 00:11, 27 July 2017 (UTC)

No sources, not funny
I (sometimes) get Discordian joke(s), I hope. However, this article is not even funny or profound. The non-RSes, if any, are obsolete by now so the article has turned into yet another hoax page. Let us fix it so that it describes a Wikipedia-worthy person or concept. Zezen (talk) 17:06, 12 November 2015 (UTC)

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JFK "First edition"
Article states:

In 2006, a copy of the first edition of the Principia Discordia was claimed to have been discovered in the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection in the National Archives, proving Malaclypse the Younger to be Gregory Hill.[5]

This is, however, false. These documents are not the whole first edition (which is reproduced in Adam Gorightly's Historia Discordia), but are some pages of early editions and other assorted material. I know I wrote about this is my book Chasing Eris, but don't want to violate rules on self-promotion, however I'm sure there's other sources that will support this change. 213.205.242.7 (talk) 10:10, 15 February 2020 (UTC) (Clutterbuck)
 * I'm adding a reference and sources as requested. Alden Loveshade (talk) 00:29, 19 March 2021 (UTC)

Clarification on Award
An editor removed reference to the Order of the Pineapple, making the statement "Removed reference to Order of the Pineapple. This was created after Kerry Thornley's death." The editor may be mistaking Kerry Thornley with his associate Gregory Hill, who reportedly wrote as Malacylpse the Younger.

As their Wikipedia articles state, Kerry Wendell Thornley passed away in 1998; Greg Hill died in 2000. An Order of the Pineapple certificate dated 1994 is featured on the kerrythornley.com website at http://www.kerrythornley.com/misc/pineapple.html. The Order of the Pineapple website (with which I am admittedly somewhat associated) at op.loveshade.org says the award was first presented in 1982. While not an "official" source, the Order of the Pineapple Wiki at pineapple.fandom.com includes photos and statements from people named to the order who were involved before 1998.

Therefore I have restored the reference to the Order. Alden Loveshade (talk) 23:19, 18 March 2021 (UTC)

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Gurglebean
Vanity. Ganymead 06:21, 14 Feb 2005 (UTC)

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 * Delete – speedily, if possible. Vanity or just plain nonsense. --MarkSweep 06:38, 14 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, article as it stands is un-encyclopaedic, possible personal attack. Megan1967 08:44, 14 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, sounds like a threat from a psychopath, but that's just my opinion. --Sn0wflake 18:30, 14 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete - it's been a too long a day to see rubbish like this Brookie 19:40, 14 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Speedy Delete #3, vandalism. Wyss 21:03, 14 Feb 2005 (UTC)


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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The yellow monster

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The yellow monster
Non-notable nonexistant comic strip. RickK 06:22, Feb 14, 2005 (UTC) This page is now preserved as an archive of the debate and, like some other VfD subpages, is no longer 'live'. Subsequent comments on the issue, the deletion, or the decision-making process should be placed on the relevant 'live' pages. Please do not edit this page.
 * Keep I have no interest in this kind of material, but what's the harm? It's well-written, and we want to represent human knowledge, after all. Researchers years from now will look at all sorts of ephemera like this article. Zantastik 08:05, 14 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Mileage varies on the "well-written" part of your statement. --Calton 13:38, 14 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * I have never understood where people get the idea that Wikipedia's goal is to represent "human knowledge". That has never been a stated goal of Wikipedia on any policy or definition page, and that "goal" has been refuted over and over again.  RickK 20:52, Feb 15, 2005 (UTC)
 * Maybe so, but there are tons of now-defunct webcomics, because it's so easy to start one at Keenspot. "The author of the comic is believed to have lost interest and has ceased updating the comic. Lack of an adequate fan base is likely the cause." I fail to see what's so notable about this one. Weak delete. Radiant! 08:38, 14 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Defunct webcomic that was never notable. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a general knowledgebase of human activity. Future researchers can easily satisfy their curiosity for odd things with the 4000+ articles listed in Orphaned articles instead. jni 08:41, 14 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. This was not of individual interest even when it was running, so wouldn't deserve an article now. Indeed, it isn't even worth mentioning in an article on webcomics themselves. As part of a statistical analysis on the mayfly level of lifespan of the average webcomic it may qualify as one point on a data set, but that's pretty much it. The level of human knowledge we include has to have a limit somewhere - I mean, I'm human, and I know what colour my coffee mug is, so it's human knowledge, but hey, who cares? Average Earthman 12:43, 14 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Completely non-notable. And for the benefit of future historians, my coffee mug is cobalt blue. --Calton 13:38, 14 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. I do not drink coffee.
 * Delete, mine has a pic of Sylvester the cat. Wyss 21:00, 14 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Fails to meet webcomic inclusion guidelines, by a long shot. If I had a penny for every half-hearted attempt at a webcomic abandoned by its creator before it was two years old...   — Gwalla | Talk 02:07, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, agree with Gwalla. GRider\talk 22:08, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, even though it is 'non-notable', that's not grounds for deletion under current policy. Dan100 12:40, Feb 20, 2005 (UTC)


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Leukoreduction

Leukoreduction is the removal of white blood cells (or leukocytes) from the blood or blood components supplied for blood transfusion. After the removal of the leukocytes, the blood product is said to be leukoreduced.

Benefits and costs
It is theorized that transfusions that contain white blood cells may cause adverse effects through multiple mechanisms. White blood cells may themselves harbor infectious disease and some pathogens will be more concentrated in white blood cells than the rest of the blood product. It is also theorized that the donor white blood cells may suppress the recipient's immune system by interacting with it.

An April 2007 meta-analysis by Dr. Neil Blumberg and others and covering 3093 patients who received leukoreduced blood was published in the scientific journal Transfusion. According to the meta-analysis, use of leukoreduced blood reduced the frequency of post-transfusion infection by 50%. In a previous study, Blumberg and others reported that a change to universal use of leukoreduced blood at Strong Memorial Hospital at University of Rochester reduced post-transfusion infection by 33-45%.

However, other scientific studies question the effectiveness of leukoreduction. A March 2007 study by researchers at University of South Alabama Medical Center found no reduction of mortality or length of hospital stay in 439 trauma patients who received leukoreduced transfusions compared to 240 patients who did not. University of Washington researchers reported in October 2006 that a study of 286 transfused injury patients showed no reduction in mortality or length of stay, although a 16% reduction in rate of infection was shown with marginal statistical significance.

Leukoreduction has the inadvertent effect of removing approximately 10% of red blood cells from a processed unit of Red Blood Cells. Because blood from persons who possess the sickle cell mutation is difficult to filter, leukoreduction is often not performed on donors who may have the sickle cell gene, which is most common in people of African descent.

Dr. Blumberg, the lead author of the meta-analysis covering 3093 patients, stated in the press that the cost savings due to universal leukoreduction exceeds the cost of performing the leukoreduction. The cost of leukoreduction is an increase of approximately US$30 per unit of blood product.

History of availability
Universal leukoreduction is currently not practiced in all countries.

As of 2008, most developed nations have adopted universal leukoreduction of transfusions (defined as the routine application of this blood-processing step to all units of whole blood, red blood cells, and platelets prior to storage) with the notable exception of the United States. Canada, Britain and France adopted universal leukoreduction in the late 1990s. Germany adopted it in 2001. Leukoreduced products are commonly available in the United States and some hospitals use only leukoreduced blood while others only use leukoreduced products in certain patient populations. For example, Strong Memorial Hospital began universal use of leukoreduced blood in July 2000; University of South Alabama Medical Center began use in January 2002. Woodlands Medical Centre is beginning a randomised controlled trial to look into the benefits of transfusing leukoreduced whole blood for the ICCU patients.

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Louise-Victorine Ackermann

Louise-Victorine Ackermann (née Choquet) (30 November 1813 – 2 August 1890) was a French Parnassian poet.

Life
Ackermann was born in Paris, but spent her younger days in more rural surroundings near Montdidier, south-east of Amiens. In 1829, her father, having undertaken her early education, in the philosophy of the Encyclopaedists, sent her to school in Paris.

In 1838, Victorine Choquet went to Berlin to study German, and there married Paul Ackermann, an Alsatian philologist, in 1843. After little more than two years of happy married life her husband died, and Madame Ackermann went to live in Nice with a favorite sister. In 1855, she published Contes en vers, and in 1862, Contes et poésies.

Very different from these simple and charming contes is the work on which Madame Ackermann's real reputation rests. She published in 1874 Poésies, premières poésies, poésies philosophiques, a volume of sombre and powerful verse, expressing her revolt against human suffering. The volume was enthusiastically reviewed in the Revue des deux mondes for May 1871 by Elme Marie Caro, who, though he deprecated the impiété désespérée of the verses, did full justice to their vigour and the excellence of their form.

Soon after the publication of this volume Madame Ackermann moved back to Paris, where she gathered round her a circle of friends, but published nothing further except a prose volume, the Pensées d'un solitaire ("Thoughts of a Recluse", 1883), to which she prefixed a short autobiography. She died at Nice on 2 August 1890.

Published works
Louise Ackermann's published works as cited by An Encyclopedia of Continental Women Writers.

 * Contes et Poésues, 1862.
 * Le Deluge, 1876.
 * Pensées d'une Solitaire, Precédées d'une Autobiographie, 1882.
 * Oeuvres, 1885.
 * Ma Vie, 1885.
 * Première Poésies, 1885.
 * Poésies Philosophiques, 1885.
 * Contes, 1955.
 * Poésies Philosophiques, 1971.

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The Cover to The Jackson 5's first LP, Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5.

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David Hodges

 * Delete This would make a great article, but a link to a website does not an article make. We need at least a substub. Hell, I'll probably write one myself. Zantastik 06:24, 14 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment: This was apparently never listed on vfd, so I'm putting it on today's page. —Korath (Talk) 00:00, Apr 3, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, not notable, artist vanity. Megan1967 03:27, 3 Apr 2005 (UTC)

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Nomination of Free Congress Foundation for deletion
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