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A Well Respected Man

"A Well Respected Man" is a song by the British band the Kinks, written by the group's lead singer and rhythm guitarist Ray Davies, and originally released in the United Kingdom on the EP Kwyet Kinks in September 1965. It was also released as a single in the US and Continental Europe.

Written as a satire on the British upper class, the song was inspired by Ray Davies's interest in music hall and scorn for wealthy tourists he encountered on a 1965 vacation. The song served as an important step for the band in pivoting from raucous rock and roll to Anglocentric character studies. The song has since become one of the Kinks' most successful and best remembered, with critics singling out the song for its influence and lyrical wit.

Background
Ray Davies composed the song based on a negative experience at a luxury resort in 1965. After a disappointing American tour, Ray was sent by Kinks managers Grenville Collins and Robert Wace to a resort in Torquay, where upper-class guests, who knew of his musical career, tried to coax him into joining them for a golf game. Ray recalled:

"They tried to make me one of them saying, "Come on, play golf with me." I took an instant dislike to them because the establishment draws you in and makes you one of them and that's as far as you can go. You can't break out. People like Lennon realized that."

The encounter prompted Ray to "use words more, and say things" with his songwriting. He described it as "the first time [he] actually stood back from what [he] was", a marked departure from the "boy-girl teenage angst" that had motivated his earlier songwriting. "A Well Respected Man" was then written as a reflection of this experience, while also utilizing the mannerisms of the upper-class Collins and Wace.

The song also includes the word "fag", interpreted by Americans as a reference to homosexuality. However, Davies later said that this was not intended: "I had naively meant a fag to either be slang for a cigarette or, at worst, that the well-respected man had been at public school, where [he performed] the most humiliating tasks."

Music and lyrics
Musically, it marked the beginning of an expansion in the Kinks' inspirations, drawing much from British music hall traditions (a style which was to feature prominently on later 1960s songs such as "Dedicated Follower of Fashion" and "Mister Pleasant"). Ray commented on the influence of music hall on the song, "For years and years, I denied it. ... I think that's because music hall is, in rock and roll terms, quite an uncool thing to be associated with. ... Whereas the blues is. But music hall was undeniably an important influence". Ray cited George Formby as an influence, while Dave Davies commented, "I don't think Ray would have written 'Well Respected Man' without Robert [Wace] showing him Noël Coward".

Ray also sings the song in his pronounced British accent; he commented, "While lots of bands sang in American accents, we were singing in London accents". The song was a more laboured track than previous Kinks tracks, with Pete Quaife commenting, "I remember trying to stay awake making 'Well Respected Man'. It was so boring. I had no input whatsoever".

Lyrically, the song is notable as being the first of Ray Davies' compositions to overtly address the theme of British class consciousness. Indeed, the song offers a satirical commentary on the entrenched mores and conventions of the English upper and middle classes, while hinting at the frustration and casual hypocrisy that underlie this fastidiously maintained veneer of respectability.

Release
Pye refused to release "A Well Respected Man" as a single in the UK because the record company wanted a song more similar to the band's raunchier previous hits. As a compromise, the song was released on the EP Kwyet Kinks, which turned into a surprise hit by reaching number one on the EP charts. Ray considered releasing more EPs in the satirical vein of "A Well Respected Man" following the success, but ultimately decided not to given the other commitments the band had.

On the back of the success of Kwyet Kinks in the UK, Reprise Records, the band's American label, released as the song as a single in the United States during October of that same year. It reached number 13. It was also released on the album Kinkdom in the United States. Following the success of "Dedicated Follower of Fashion", "A Well Respected Man" was also released as a single in mainland Europe in March 1966 (although pressed in the UK, it was an export-only issue).

The song has also appeared in the band's live setlist, where the band would occasionally lead the crowd in a sing-along of the song's chorus. During the 1970s, the song was sometimes performed in a medley with "Death of a Clown" and "Sunny Afternoon".

Critical reception
Cash Box described it as a "very catchy folkish number with a message lyric." Record World described it as a "jaunty and yet bitter song about conformity" that is one of the Kinks' best songs.

Retrospective writers have been similarly effusive in their praise of the song, with many naming it one of the band's best and most influential songs. GQ stated of the song, "You can feel the venom and how undeniably accurate it is in portraying a certain type of man that is still on the same train every time in 2020". The Independent wrote, "It was the first of many acutely observed character studies, and offered hints of the music hall influence that would permeate Ray’s future work".

"A Well Respected Man" remains one of the band's most popular and best known songs. It is one of four Kinks songs included on The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's list of the 500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll along with "You Really Got Me," "Waterloo Sunset," and "Lola".

Personnel
According to band researcher Doug Hinman:

 * Ray Davies – lead vocals, acoustic guitar
 * Dave Davies – backing vocal, electric guitar
 * Pete Quaife – bass
 * Mick Avory – drums

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February 2005
Added season 4 information about the character. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.239.162.207 (talk • contribs) 22:31, 19 February 2005 (UTC)

Schenectady
As is being discussed on the Memory Alpha, who ever keeps putting this city in the article please STOP. Mike Sussman, the writer of the episode and the display in "In a Mirror, Darkly Part II" put the original graphic used to make the screen on his website and has said himself that they used Upstate New York, never giving a real city. - A.J. 22:49, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
 * That bio of Jon Archer on that last link you posted has different writing on it than the actual bio on-screen from the episode. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Blade82 (talk • contribs) 15:02, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

August 2006
If Archer IV is named after him, then who is Archer I, II and III named after?????? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.74.68.235 (talk • contribs) 21:49, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Trek lore seems to name planets sequentially from the named star -- so, if the star's name is Bob, then the first planet is Bob I, the second Bob II, etc. So, the star is named after Archer, and the first planet is Archer I, then Archer II, etc. --EEMeltonIV 22:13, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
 * The first planet is Archer Prime, then Archer II, etc. I think the only time "I" is used is in Angel I, which the title card reads Angel One. Also, remember that Ceti Alpha VI exploded and changed the orbit of Ceti Alpha V. SilverWoodchuck47 (talk) 00:03, 22 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Knowing Archer, those planets were probably destroyed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.60.236.254 (talk) 04:31, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

Memorable quotes
I removed this section. "Quotes" is a bit vague -- certainly this isn't an exhaustive list of all her quotes. What're the criteria for inclusion? It looks like this might more aptly be called "Memorable" quotes or "WP:ILIKEIT quotes" -- but that's subjective/non-NPOV. "Notable" quotes would be more significant, but lacking a citation about what makes them memorable, that doesn't work either. Lastly, straight-up quotes should be over in Wikiquote. If someone wants to move them over there, by all means... --EEMeltonIV 11:45, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

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Merge Porthos here
The dog doesn't have any real-world significance. It would probably be more appropriate to put the dog, briefly, in this article. Thoughts? --EEMeltonIV 10:50, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I agree. I am a fan of Star Trek, and the show, and I for one don't believe his dog should get his own article.  Keiko O'Brien for example, doesn't even have her own article, and she's a bit more important to the show than Porthos, hehe.  I say merge the articles, but I don't even think that he needs his own section on the article, just a mention.  Same goes for Spot and Data.  Ejfetters 07:33, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I believe that Porthos should continue to have his own page. As the Porthos page points out, Porthos has a much stronger presence in the series than Spot (referenced above). An entire episode focused on Porthos, and he appeared on the show quite regularly. I'm not sure what "real-world significance" means in the first entry, but for many viewers, especially children, Porthos is a source of much amusement and curiosity and a stimulus for Web exploration and learning. In fact, Porthos' page is the one and only page we've ever visited among the Enterprise entries. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cfwrites (talk • contribs) 04:35, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Oppose, it is a notable fictional dog. No reason why it shouldn't have its own article. Also this article is loaded (contains a lot of material) which makes a merger improper. -- Cat chi? 16:03, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
 * hahahahahahahahaha. -- Ned Scott 06:55, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Porthos (Star Trek) is up for deletion. -- Ned Scott 07:06, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
 * And re. this article being "loaded" -- it is loaded with plot summary more apt for Memory Alpha; this page, too, needs an overhaul/keel haul. --EEMeltonIV 11:50, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Support — A sentence or two here seems appropriate; a whole article on a non-notable fictional dog does not. --Jack Merridew 11:06, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

Porthos has a whole section for itself, wow. Considering how annoying and uninteligent Archer's character was (and they gave him a ship), that was only matched by Tucker's simple-mindedness and accent (he should have been a truck driver), the dog does indeed earn this.. but why stop here? Hell, make a wikiporthos. There's so much to tell.Hah, Porthos' entry is longer than Archer's 'place in history'. Put some more data and it will start to look like the dog was at the helm of the whole thing.Also, i wonder what Porthos' mirror universe counterpart was like. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.60.236.254 (talk) 04:27, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

Porthos: weather or not he has an article or a section or a footnote Hoshi Sato was never Portho's caretaker that was Phlox's job. Try watching Star Trek before writing Star Trek articles. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.96.139.42 (talk) 04:58, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

In the 2009 film directed by JJ Abrams, Scotty remarks that his stationing on a class n planet is perhaps the result of a failed long-range transporter experiment involving 'Admiral Archer's' beagle. It can be presumed that Scotty killed Porthos. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.2.128.41 (talk) 11:09, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Yeah he is talking about Archer, but you can't assume it is Porthos. 71.68.49.116 (talk) 07:42, 11 May 2009 (UTC)
 * No reason that it can't be Porthos. For all we know, Porthos had a few time travel adventures or something. For that matter, if Porthos is stuck in a transporter beam, that means he might turn up somewhere in the 24th century but on the other side of the alpha quadrant, this is assuming that transporter beams travel at the speed of light. Or possibly, a transporter malfunction beamed him into an alternate universe where there's better acting and scriptwriting than there was in the '09 Trek movie. 199.36.12.25 (talk) 21:38, 25 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I replaced some weasel words claiming that viewers are "led to believe" that this can't be Porthos but "one of a long line of pet Beagles in Archer's life." We have no evidence that there is a "long line of pet Beagles". Maybe (assuming it wasn't Porthos) it was his only other beagle. The argument that is making some people assume that it can't be Porthos goes exactly like this: "Porthos would be over 70 Years old by the time Scott was born. In the real world, dogs don't live that long. Therefore, Porthos from Star Trek can't live that long." Hope this clears everything upMr. ATOZ (talk) 15:41, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

USS Archer NCC-44278
I'm watching Nemesis right now, and I noticed that one of the starships in Star Fleet Battle Group Omega (group awaiting Enterprise at sector 1045) is USS Archer. Scene is about 70 minutes into the movie. Is there any information about this ship? Could she be named after Cpt.Johnatan Archer? Mchl 18:12, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

In-Universe
I don't know how this can be written in anything other than an in-universe style. Surely we don't need a comment after each sentence reminding people that someone who lives in the 23rd century is a fictional character! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.140.155.206 (talk • contribs) 21:05, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

Image for Porthos
I feel that Image:Porthos-where no dog had gone before2.jpg is better than Image:Archer with Porthos.jpg as it shows the actor "acting" rather than posing therefore it better identifies the "character". -- Cat chi? 18:05, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
 * The only reason I prefer the other image is because it is more of a close up. If you can find one that can entail both images that would be preferrable. Ejfetters 22:42, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
 * We can crop it a bit. The thing that bothers me a bit is that there were at least 3 different dogs acting the role. The one with the Ferengi may also be a good image. -- Cat chi? 00:18, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

Space Pirate?
Should Archer be added to the category Space Pirates for his act of piracy in "Damages"? JCDenton2052 (talk) 22:46, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
 * In short, no. I explained in more detail on your talk page. Categories are there for the basic, most notable characteristics, not for every detail. A single episode makes up about 1% of the series. Furthermore, since there is no mention of that episode or "space pirates" in the article, adding the category would fail WP:V since users would not be able to verify the space pirate claim.-Andrew c [talk] 15:49, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

Archer and April
So both Archer and Robert April have been referred to as the first captain of the starship Enterprise by people working with the series. This is quite contradictory. I wonder if there's ever been any kind of "official statement" saying that Jonathan Archer is really the first captain of Enterprise, sort of an admission of retconning?

Either way, I suppose they're both the first captain of Enterprise. Archer's the first captain of Enterprise as a Starfleet vessel, and April's the first captain of the United Federation of Planets starship Enterprise. --- cymru lass (hit me up)⁄(background check) 19:46, 6 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Different Enterprises. Archer commanded NX 01 the first Starship Enterprise. April commanded NCC 1701, the first Constitution class starship a hundred years later. As an aside, in one of the novels, Kirk and his father were passengers aboard NCC 1701 under April. Dloh cierekim  03:12, 18 April 2017 (UTC)

Coincidence??
This character shares the first name of one, and the surname of another former British Conservative MPs who were both jailed (on unconnected perjury related convictions) not terribly long before this TV programme was made, i.e. Jeffrey Archer and Jonathan Aitken. Is this a coincidence? It seems remarkable if it is. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 31.124.128.229 (talk) 01:29, 26 January 2013 (UTC)
 * You can find the following at IMDB, and there are a few online articles that back this up. I was rather surprised there was nothing about it in the article, as that was the sole reason I looked it up.The first name of Captain Archer was initially to have been Jeffrey. While the (American) producers of the show didn't see any problems with this name, UK fans pointed out the link to disgraced author, actor and politician Jeffrey Archer after learning of the name over the Internet. The name was changed to Jackson, but there was exactly one person in the country named Jackson Archer. To avoid lawsuits, Jonathan was chosen for a name because there were 20 Jonathan Archers. Livingston 06:14, 28 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Sources confirm they had at one point intended to name the character Jackson Archer. I find it difficult to believe they ever considered naming him Jeffrey Archer, Google was already widely used by 2001, but contemporary sources also suggest that was true. -- 109.79.180.133 (talk) 22:50, 25 May 2021 (UTC)

Empress Sato
I've reworded the sentence about Hoshi's theft of Defiant and the throne from Darkly Universe Archer. In the episode, she claims the throne, backed by Defiant's superiority. According to Memory Beta, she becomes empress and has name sake successors. Dloh cierekim  05:45, 18 April 2017 (UTC)

Production
Casting of Bakula was apparently "a wish list choice that worked out."

That might be useful if anyone is willing to start a Production section to add real world details to this article. (I've other articles I'm trying to improve so I'm unlikely to ever get around to doing it myself.) -- 109.77.204.50 (talk) 11:59, 15 May 2021 (UTC)

“8th-best Star Trek captain”
The section is pretty dumb, particularly the first paragraph. In every ranking of the captains that's referenced, Archer places dead last (except for the one where he's ranked above the two captains who turn out to be evil). But this article phrases it as "nth-best captain", which is misleading, to say the least. That said, I don't think we should change it to "ranked last", because he's still regarded rather positively. Honestly, I'm tempted to just delete most of the section—is it really informative to readers if The Wrap says he's the "29th-best main cast character"? —  Will • B  [talk] 23:23, 16 May 2024 (UTC)

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Niko Bagration

Niko Bagrationi (ნიკო ბაგრატიონი; Николай Багратион, Nikolay Georgievich Bagration) (1868–1933) was a Georgian nobleman who fought as a volunteer officer in the Boer army during the Second Boer War (Anglo-Boer war). He was also known in Georgia as Niko the Boer (ნიკო ბური, Niko Buri).

Son of Prince George Nikolaevich Bagration. A member of the Mukhrani branch of the Bagrationi family (formerly a royal dynasty of Georgia), he was born at the Mukhrani castle near Tbilisi (then Tiflis, Imperial Russia). He represented Georgian nobility at the Russian Tsar Alexander III’s coronation in 1881.

In 1899, he attended the Paris international exhibition and was going to leave for big-game hunting when he heard that the Anglo-Boer war had broken out. He later wrote in his memoirs that although he had never heard of the Transvaal until then, its struggle for independence reminded him of his motherland. Thus, he was the first volunteer from Russia to arrive in Pretoria where he was welcomed by the Boer statesman Paul Kruger and his generals. Prince Bagrationi quickly won popularity among the Boers and was promoted to colonel. Later, he was taken prisoner by the British and summoned by Lord Kitchener to explain his conduct – a memorable confrontation in which he accused Kitchener of atrocities. He escaped execution because of his royal descent and was exiled to St Helena, where he remained very cheerful and organizing sports and other activities for his fellow prisoners.

He was soon released, and Bagrationi returned to France and then to Georgia, where he wrote a memoir, Burebtan ("With the Boers"; published in Tbilisi, 1951), about his experiences in South Africa. After the Sovietization of Georgia in 1921, he openly opposed Bolshevik rule and lost his property, but surprisingly survived the 1920s purges that targeted Georgian nobility. He ended his days in poverty, selling cigarettes at the Tbilisi marketplace, still dressed in princely garments.

Prince Bagrationi married, in 1902, Anna Buchkiashvili (1883-1959). They were the parents of
 * Constantine (1903, died infant)
 * George (1905, died infant)
 * Natalia (1903, Tbilisi, - 1979, Paris), married at Paris, in 1931, Jean Eugène Marie Victor Tourangin (1885-1977)
 * Rusudan (1905, Tbilisi, - 1986, Tbilisi), married Ivane Chikvaidze (1900-1979)
 * Alexandre (1908-1934)
 * Irina (1916, Tbilisi, - 2000, Paris), a participant in the French Resistance during World War II

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Untitled
I moved this stub from Arpad, in Syria to Arpad (Syria). It seems a bit daft to have in in the title, the comma does just fine. In other article, editors want to to link to Arpad in the text, and Arpad (Syria) is easy to pipe-link. Gareth Hughes 22:33, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Arwad
Is Arpad (Syria) different to Arwad?

Related to the hebrew word for Vampire?
Arpad has the same sound as the word Vampire in hebrew.. any one knows of any connection? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.90.216.102 (talk) 11:48, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

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Virginia State Route 150

State Route 150 (SR 150) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Virginia. Known as Chippenham Parkway, the state highway runs 15.19 mi from Interstate 95 (I-95) and SR 895 in Bensley north to Parham Road and River Road near Tuckahoe in Henrico County. SR 150 is a four- to six-lane circumferential highway that connects the Chesterfield County suburbs of Richmond with western Henrico County and, via SR 895, eastern Henrico County and Richmond International Airport. The highway is a freeway except for a short stretch east of SR 147 in Richmond. SR 150 has junctions with all of the radial highways south of the James River, including I-95, U.S. Route 1 (US 1), US 301, US 360, US 60, and SR 76.

Route description
SR 150 begins at an interchange with I-95 (Richmond–Petersburg Turnpike) and SR 895 (Pocahontas Parkway) in Bensley in eastern Chesterfield County. The interchange has two parts: SR 150 proper has a standard semi-directional three-way interchange with I-95. West of where the ramps from I-95 come together, the center four lanes of SR 150 continue east as SR 895, which crosses the James River on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Bridge. SR 895 has three ramps of its own with I-95, all of them long and towering due to the bridge's height, necessary because the river is just east of I-95 at this point and is navigable. The ramps between I-95 and SR 150 and SR 895 merge as the freeway crosses CSX's Bellwood Subdivision. SR 150 heads west as a six-lane freeway that has a cloverleaf interchange with US 1 and US 301, which follow Jefferson Davis Highway.

West of the U.S. Highways, SR 150 crosses Falling Creek and has a pair of right-in/right-out interchanges with SR 1607 (Strathmore Road), which leads to Defense Supply Center, Richmond and the Aviation branch of the Defense Logistics Agency. The state highway crosses over SR 1607 and CSX's North End Subdivision and has another pair of right-in/right-out interchanges with SR 1601 (Dalebrook Drive), a discontinuous street within a pair of residential subdivisions. SR 150 curves northwest as it passes through its diamond interchange with SR 637 (Hopkins Road) in Meadowbrook. The state highway has a cloverleaf interchange with SR 10 (Iron Bridge Road) then crosses Falling Creek again and follows Pocoshock Creek through a partial cloverleaf interchange with SR 651 (Belmont Road) near Belmont.

North of SR 651, SR 150 forms the boundary between the independent city of Richmond and Chesterfield County. The state highway heads north through a partial cloverleaf interchange with US 360 (Hull Street Road) and a cloverleaf interchange with US 60 (Midlothian Turnpike) as the highway passes along the eastern edge of the suburb of Bon Air. SR 150 has partial cloverleaf interchanges with SR 686 (Jahnke Road) and SR 76 (Powhite Parkway), a toll radial freeway, next to Powhite Park. There is no direct access from northbound SR 150 to southbound SR 76 or from northbound SR 76 to southbound SR 150; those movements require using SR 686. The state highway continues north as a four-lane freeway that enters the city of Richmond at its crossing of Norfolk Southern Railway's Richmond District. SR 150 has a partial cloverleaf interchange with Forest Hill Avenue, then veers west and passes through several at-grade intersections in the Southampton Hills neighborhood of Richmond.

SR 150 becomes a freeway again at its partial cloverleaf interchange with SR 147 (Huguenot Road). The state highway's next two interchanges are with Stony Point Parkway and provide access to the Stony Point Fashion Park shopping center. The first interchange is a partial cloverleaf interchange; the second is a right-in/right-out interchange for southbound traffic. North of the Stony Point complex, SR 150 crosses the James River, CSX's Rivanna Subdivision, and the defunct James River and Kanawha Canal on a gradual S-curve via the Edward E. Willey Bridge just east of Bosher Dam. The state highway passes under River Road before reaching its northern terminus at an at-grade intersection with a connector road to River Road. The highway continues north as Parham Road, the primary circumferential arterial highway of Henrico County.

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Georges Bédard

Georges Bédard (born c. 1946 in Ottawa, Ontario) is a former member of Ottawa City Council representing the ward of Rideau-Vanier. This ward covers Lower Town, Sandy Hill, and Vanier. Born and raised in the area Bédard currently lives in Sandy Hill. He attended Carleton University, where he obtained a degree in political science. He first became involved in local politics in the successful effort to block the construction of the King Edward Expressway. He was first elected to city council at a young age in 1974 and served on the council until 1980. During this period he was best known for his efforts at preserving heritage structures. Upon leaving the council he became president of the Heritage Canada Foundation. He is also among the founders of the Franco-Ontarian Festival, and of Ottawa's Pollution Probe. He later joined the federal civil service serving as a land claims negotiator. He also had a number of other duties including serving as president of Ottawa's Tulip Festival. In the 2003 Ottawa election he returned to Ottawa's city council, replacing Madeleine Meilleur who had become a member of the provincial legislature. Meilleur endorsed Bédard's return to city council and he elected with 42% of the vote with his closest rival getting 27%.

He was re-elected in the 2006 Ottawa election with 47% of the vote to his closest, Bruce McConville, 45%, the narrowest margin of victory of any of the incumbent councillors. He lost the 2010 Ottawa election to Mathieu Fleury.

Homelessness
In July, 2006 Bédard became vocal about the concentration of services offered to homeless people in Ottawa. Bédard has been critical of adding to the six shelters which are located in his Rideau-Vanier ward, arguing that concentrating homeless services in one spot ghettoizes the area and makes it harder for people to escape poverty and homelessness. City Council has passed Bédard's motion on having an interim moratorium on creating any more special needs housing in Rideau-Vanier until zoning review is completed. The review resulted in new zoning rules that limited the number of shelters per ward, allowed shelters in other parts of the city where they were not allowed before, and prohibited shelters and social services from residential zones. . This meshed with Bédard's earlier study, which limited group homes to 10 persons or less and allowed them in all residential areas.

Bedard was also successful in preventing the opening of new nightclubs, bars and pubs in his ward, and has tried unsuccessfully to get some of the area's bus shelters removed, saying that drug dealers and panhandlers use them.

Anti-noise by-law
In February 2010, Bédard proposed a by-law to city council which would allow the city to fine people $300 for engaging "in loud, boisterous, threatening, abusive, insulting or indecent language" or becoming "a nuisance to the general public using the highway or to adjacent property owners". The proposed by-law is aimed specifically at the Byward Market which is within Bédard's ward. The proposed by-law came under attack by the Ottawa Panhandlers Union, whose spokesman say the proposed by-law is unconstitutional. The Canadian Civil Liberties Association also opposed the proposed by-law.

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Battle of Basiani

The Battle of Basiani was fought between the armies of the Kingdom of Georgia and the Seljukid Sultanate of Rum in the Basiani Valley, 60 km north-east of the city of Erzurum in what is now northeast Turkey. The date of the battle has been debated, but recent scholarship tends to favor the years 1203 or 1204. According to modern Turkish historians, the site of the battle is usually identified as the castle of Micingerd (Mazankert).

Date
According to the contemporary Muslim chronicler Ibn Bibi, the battle took place in 598 AH (October 1, 1201 – September 19, 1202). Modern scholars date the battle variously between 1202 and 1206: 1202, 1203, 1203/1204, 1204, 1204/1205, 1205, 1206 but in recent times preference has been given to around 1203, or between 1202 and 1204.

Background
At the end of the 12th century, the Sultanate of Rum plunged into chaos due to Turkmen raids, Crusades and fierce power struggles among the descendants of Kilij Arslan II (1156-1192). In 1197, Rukn ad-Din Suleiman Shah, the fifth son of Kilij Arslan II, captured Konya and forced his brother Kaykhusraw I to leave the country and go into exile in Constantinople. Rukn ad-Din began a policy of expansion, challenging Byzantium, Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia and Kingdom of Georgia, uniting much of Anatolia under his rule.

The rise of the Georgian kingdom under King David IV the Builder continued under the reign of Queen Tamar, who managed to defeat a large Muslim coalition at the Battle of Shamkor in 1195.

Alarmed by Georgia's success, Sultan Rukn ad-Din Suleiman Shah, gathered the Muslim Anatolian beyliks against Georgia. The interests of Georgia and the Sultanate of Rum clashed on the southern coast of the Black Sea, where both sought to take advantage of Byzantine weakness and establish their own footholds.

Sultan Rukn ad-Din prepared for war to weaken the power of Christian Georgia and to conquer it. Between 1201 and 1203, Rukn ad-Din with detachments under the command of his brother, Mughis ad-din Tughril Shah of Elbistan, Mengujekid Bahram Shah of Erzincan, possibly with the help, of the Harput Artuqids as well as local Turkmen warriors, captured Erzurum and replaced the vassal of Georgia, Saltuk, with his brother Mughisuddin Togrul Shah.

Rukn ad-Din's messenger delivered letters to Tamar, demanding surrender and threatening extermination of disobedient Christians. Stating that "every woman is simple-minded...you...simple-minded queen...murderer and tax collector of Muslims." Tamar's first response was polite: "You rely on gold and numerous warriors, I... on the power of God".

The ambassador also transmitted an oral afterword: Rukn ad-Din would make Tamar his wife if she accepted Islam, otherwise he would make her his concubine. Zakaria II Mkhargrdzeli hit the ambassador, and told him: "If you were not an ambassador, it would be proper to cut out your tongue first and then cut off your head" and pointed to the expectation of Rukn ad-Din's divine judgement carried out by Georgians.

The Battle
The Georgian army, numbering 65,000–90,000 troops, was ready for battle within ten days, and as soon as Rukn ad-Din's envoy left, it entered the battlefield under the command of David Soslan. It was composed of Zakaria and Ivane Mhargrdzeli, Shalva and Ivane Akhaltskheli, and other famous commanders. "The Story of Queen Tamar" describes how the army assembled in Vardzia before moving to battle, and how Tamar addressed the troops from the balcony of the church. As Tamar's chronicle states, "Tamar herself walked at the head of her troops, barefoot, with her face washed with tears."

Rukn ad-Din gathered his troops: he was helped by his brother-in-law, the Emir of Erzincan, but he was let down by Erzurum, who remembered that he was a vassal of Georgia. According to Muslim (Arabic and Turkish) sources he had 400,000 troops. Their numbers vary from 150,000 to 400,000 troops.

Summoning his allies, Rukn ad-Din's massive army moved towards the borders of Georgia and encamped near Basiani. The Georgian army was deployed strategically, with western (Abkhaz-Imereti) and eastern (Kartli, Hereti and Kakheti) units on the sides and a substantial force in the centre of 40,000 warriors under the command of Shalva and Ivane Akhaltsikheli, with Zakaria II Mkhargrdzeli commanding the vanguard. During the night, the Georgians first made a surprise attack with their advance group and caused confusion among the enemy troops. The Sultan managed to gather his forces and counterattack, but his army was surprised by coordinated flank attacks that defeated his troops.

Rukn ad-Din's forces fought so determinedly that the Georgian horsemen had to fight on foot and faced defeat until other Georgian regiments led by David Soslan struck from the flank and surrounded the Turks. Historian Ibn Bibi blamed the Rukn ad-Din's standard bearer's horse, which slipped and fell, for starting the rumour of Rukn ad-Din's death and demoralising his army.

Aksaray attributes the defeat to the Seljuks being ambushed, whereas, the Georgian chronicle emphasises the courage of the Georgian soldiers and God's help, although it admits that the Georgians were almost defeated at one point.

Aftermath
The battle of Basiani inflicted heavy casualties on both sides. Rukn ad-Din was forced to retreat back to Erzurum and the Georgians captured the battle banners. Many of the Sultan's allies were captured by the Georgians, among them the Emir of Erzincan, an ally of the Sultan.

In the "Historical Collection", Armenian historian Vardan Areveltsi boasts that David "filled Georgia with captivity and plundering Turks". In fury for attacking a former vassal, Queen Tamar ordered that Emir of Erzincan (Bahramshah) be sold into slavery for the price of one iron horseshoe.

The victory at Basian secured the Georgian advantage in the region. Using her success in this battle, Queen Tamar annexed Arran and Dvin, also subjugated the Emirate of Kars, the Shah-Armenids and the emirs of Erzurum and Erzincan.

Despite the defeat, Tughril Shah, brother of Sultan Rukn ad-Din, retained control of Erzurum. However, later in 1206, the Georgians captured recalcitrant cities of Erzurum and Kars.

After the victory, Archbishop Anton Gnolistavisdze, acquired an Arabic medical treatise, which he translated into Georgian, creating the "Book for Doctors" (Tsigni saakimoi), one of the earliest works of Galenic medicine in Georgia.

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Giorgi Mazniashvili

Giorgi Mazniashvili (გიორგი მაზნიაშვილი) (6 April 1871 – 9 September 1937 ) was a Georgian general and one of the most prominent military figures in the Democratic Republic of Georgia.

Early life and education
Mazniashvili was born on 6 April 1871 in the village Sasireti, Tiflis Governorate, Russian Empire (present day Kaspi Municipality, Shida Kartli, Georgia). Having taken a proper military education, he was later promoted to colonel of the Russian army.

Career
Wounded in the Russo-Japanese War, he was visited at a hospital by the Tsar Nicholas II, who awarded him Saint George's Cross and invited to the palace. He fought also on the battlefields of World War I, but returned to Georgia after the February Revolution in 1917. He formed two national divisions and secured the capital Tbilisi from the chaotically retreating and increasingly Bolshevik Russian soldiers.

In April 1918, on the basis of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, the Turks occupied Batumi, from where, in violation of the agreements, they continued their offensive into the Georgian province of Guria, reaching Ozurgeti. On 8 April, Mazniashvili with the Georgian army counterattacked and defeated the Turks at the Battle of Choloki.

In June 1918, he served as a governor general of Abkhazia and crushed there a pro-Bolshevik revolt; then he took Gagra, Sochi and Tuapse in the first phase of the Sochi conflict.

From October to December 1918, he served as a governor general of Tbilisi. During the December Georgian-Armenian war 1918, he was appointed a commander-in-chief and successfully defended the Georgian borders from the troops of General Dro and Stepan Shahumyan. In 1919 he served as a governor general of Akhaltsikhe and Akhalkalaki and was moved, on 6 October 1920, as a commandant in Tbilisi. During the Soviet invasion of February 1921, he repulsed the Red Army from the Soghanlughi heights at the outskirts of Tbilisi. The war, however, was lost. Mazniashvili did not follow the country's leaders in exile.

In 1921, the Bolsheviks approached Giorgi Mazniashvili, to retake Batumi. In a conversation, Bolshevik leader Sergo Ordzhonikidze told Mazniashvili to side with Bolsheviks or face repression as the Menshevik general. Giorgi Mazniashvili agreed by replying: "I am neither Menshevik nor Bolshevik general, I am general of Georgia". He organized a military force from the remnants of disorganized and disoriented Georgian army. Mazniashvili was supported by the Red Army division and the local communists. Russian troops were sent into the city, but they did not fight. On March 18–19, the Georgian units under the command of General Giorgi Mazniashvili fought at the Battle of Batumi against the Turkish soldiers commanded by Kâzım Karabekir and managed to defeat them. On March 20, the Turks left Batumi. After defeating Turks, Mazniashvili surrendered it to Bolsheviks.

The newly established Soviet government of Georgia declared him outlaw, but later General Mazniashvili served in the Georgian Red Army and commanded a division. Soon, the division was disbanded due to the reduction of staff and Mazniashvili was appointed as an infantry inspector.

Later life and death
On September 1921, he was arrested on charges of being a counter-revolutionary and he was convicted. In 1923, he was sentenced to be shot, but later the sentence was commuted to exiled to Persia whence he moved to France. In a few years, he was allowed to return and he lived in his native village Sasireti, far from political life. During the Great Purges, however, he was arrested and executed without a trial in 1937. In the 1950s, Mazniashvili's son, a World War II veteran of the Soviet army, submitted a request for a political rehabilitation of his father, but this was turned down by the authorities.

Legacy
Mazniashvili is the author of the popular Soldier's Memoirs. In 2013, he was posthumously awarded the title and Order of the National Hero of Georgia.

Ancestry
According to historian Ucha Murghulia, Mazniashvili's father was Georgian officer of Russian Imperial Army Ivane Mazniashvili. However, according to other versions, attested by his stepchild's descendent Anouki Areshidze, Giorgi Mazniashvili's father was an ethnic Russian officer Ivan Maznev and his mother was an ethnic Georgian Kristine Glurjidze.

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Nicolas Jacobsen

Nicholas Jacobsen is a hacker who had illegal access to the private information of T-Mobile customers for at least a year. He was arrested after an investigation by the United States Secret Service in October 2004 and pleaded guilty at trial as part of a plea agreement.

Jacobsen's cyber targets were reported to include Paris Hilton's T-Mobile Sidekick II, in addition to exposing documents emailed to an agent by the Secret Service.

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Eurostar Italia

Eurostar Italia was the brand name given to high-speed trains operated by Trenitalia in Italy. The brand was discontinued and replaced with Le Frecce in December 2012.

History
Eurostar trains, which were launched in 1997 to replace the Pendolino trains, were always for the line from Milan to Rome and its expansions. The Italian state railroad claimed the name "Eurostar" prior to the Eurostar connecting London to Paris.

Since 2006 with the opening of the high speed lines the category gradually declined in several subcategories and the original gradually downsized. In June 2012, the category Eurostar was divided into various subcategories under a new branding, indicating various high-speed services. The new categories created were Frecciarossa for the fastest trains (300 km/h), Frecciargento for the next category of trains (250 km/h), and Frecciabianca (200 km/h). The final Eurostar services connecting Rome with Ravenna and Reggio Calabria operated until December 2012.

The name Eurostar was used under license from Iveco, which owns the trademark and used the name for one of their trucks. Despite the identical name, there is no relation between this service and the Eurostar railway service that runs through the Channel Tunnel.

Routes
Various categories used until June 2012 were:

 * Eurostar Alta Velocità Frecciarossa (Turin-Milan-Florence-Rome-Naples), now only Frecciarossa
 * Eurostar Alta Velocità Frecciargento (Rome-Venice, Rome-Reggio Calabria, Rome-Lecce), now only Frecciargento
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 * Eurostar Italia Business, discontinued after opening high-speed line Milan-Rome
 * Eurostar Italia Alta Velocità Fast, now included in Frecciarossa and Frecciargento
 * Eurostar Italia Fast, now included in Frecciarossa and Frecciargento

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Armanen
hi Yasha -- List was obviously no "Nazi", since he died in 1919, but the "Armanen runes" are difficult to put in any context but fascism. List was a "volkisch" and clearly anti-Semitic author. Of course, the "Armanen runes" are based on the real runes, but by saying "Armanen", you imply that you mean List's use of them. I was saying that the "infatuation" of the Nazis was related to List, not the runes themselves, of course, they are plain old futhark. dab (ᛏ) 15:32, 1 Mar 2005 (UTC)

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Giorgi Kvinitadze

Giorgi Kvinitadze (გიორგი კვინიტაძე; Георгий Иванович Квинитадзе, Georgy Ivanovich Kvinitadze; his real surname was Chikovani, ჩიქოვანი) (August 21, 1874 – August 7, 1970) was a Georgian military commander who rose from an officer in the Imperial Russian army to commander-in-chief of the Democratic Republic of Georgia. After the Red Army invasion of Georgia, Kvinitadze went into exile to France, where he wrote his memoirs of the 1917–1921 events in Georgia. In 2013, he was posthumously awarded the title and Order of National Hero of Georgia.

Biography
Born into the family of a colonel of the Russian army in Tiflis or Dagestan, Kvinitadze entered the Tiflis Cadet Corps in 1884, and then continued his military education at St Constantine Infantry School, St Petersburg, which he graduated from in 1894, being commissioned as a podpuruchik in the 153rd Vladikavkaz Infantry Regiment. He then served in Russian Poland. During the Russo-Japanese war (1904–1905) Kvinitadze was promoted to captain. In 1910, he graduated from the General Staff Academy and was dispatched to the Caucasian Military District headquarters.

During World War I, in 1916, Kvinitadze was promoted to colonel and appointed a chief of staff of the 4th Caucasian Rifle Division. After the Russian Revolution of 1917, Kvinitadze, now major general, served as a Deputy Minister of War for the Transcaucasus federal government before becoming the Commander in Chief of the army of a newly independent Georgia in 1918. He resigned shortly thereafter due to his disagreement with the Menshevik leadership of the country. Later that year, however, he returned to military service in the capacity of Chief of Staff during the war with Armenia. In 1919, he commanded the Georgian troops that defeated Muslim revolutionaries in the Akhaltsikhe province, and occupied, on April 20, 1919, the hitherto Turkish-held city of Artvin. He helped establish a military school in Tiflis and served as its Commandant before being made Commander-in-Chief of Georgian army again early in May 1920, when the Bolsheviks attempted a coup d'état. He happened still to be on the spot when the Bolsheviks assaulted the military school as a preliminary to a coup. Kvinitadze, with his cadets, put up a stout resistance and successfully defended the building. Days later, he, in the head of the Georgian army, rolled back an attempt by the Soviet Russian troops to penetrate from Azerbaijan. During the Red Army invasion of Georgia of 1921, he was reappointed the Commander-in-Chief. After Georgia's defeat in the war in March 1921, Kvinitadze left for France, where he first worked as a clerk for Pathé Records and then ran a small business producing matsoni. He died in Chatou suburb of Paris in 1970 and was buried at the Georgian cemetery of Leuville-sur-Orge. Kvinitadze's remains were reburied with full military honors to the Mtatsminda Pantheon in Tbilisi on 26 May 2021. A street in Tbilisi, where Georgia's Ministry of Defense is located, was named after Kvinitadze in 2006.

Family
In 1911, Kvinitadze married Princess Mariam Makashvili (August 28, 1889 – April 27, 1960). They had three daughters: Ida, Tamar and Nino. Ida (b. 1912) married (1943) Georgian émigré general Giorgi Chkheidze (1907–1970). Tamar (b. 1913) married (1938) the Georgian émigré Georges Odichelidze (1899–1970), French officer of World War II. Nino (b. 1920) married (1955) a Dutchman Peter Claude Holland d'Abo (b. 7 October 1917); they are the parents of the British-French actress and former Bond Girl, Maryam d'Abo.

Memoirs
Kvinitadze's Russian-language book My Memoirs from the Years of Independence of Georgia, 1917–1921 (Мои воспоминания в годы независимости Грузии, 1917–1921) first appeared in Paris in 1985 and was published in a Georgian translation in 1998. Writing most of the memoir in 1922, a year after Georgia's sovietization, Kvinitadze provides new details and personal observations about the troubled years of 1917–1921. In addition to being a military chronicle written by a participant of those events, Kvinitadze's memoirs are a political commentary, directing harsh criticism at the Mensheviks, accusing them of undermining the state and alienating the Georgian people with their socialist and internationalist rhetoric, incompetence and failure to defend the country against the anticipated foreign intervention.

Along with Zurab Avalishvili’s historical works, Kvinitadze’s memoirs are considered one of the best firsthand accounts of Georgia’s short-lived independence written abroad.

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User talk:Vellocet Malchickawick

The "Is Your Son a Computer Hacker?" article was a troll joke. You can read about the troll site it was posted on here -- in other words, it wasn't serious, it only wanted to make you think it was serious to outrage you. By the way, welcome to Wikipedia! ✏ Oven Fresh ²  22:50, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Classic Rock
I've seen from your user page that you like a lot of music. I am putting together a survey for the best classic rock song. I was hoping that you would participate. More information is on my user page. 02:14, 18 November 2005 (UTC)

Favorite Songs
My survey has changed. I am now continuing my mission for the best songs, but now I am accepting all genres. I'm giving you a chance to revote for your top ten favorite songs of any genres (not just classic rock which is still the best). I've made a executive decision to keep the existing survey results and just add on to that with the new entries. My feeling for doing this is because classic rock is the most influential genre in music currently so it should be expressed more in the survey. Thank you for contributing in the past, and hopefully in the future. ROCK ON. RENTASTRAWBERRY  FOR LET?   röck  03:29, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

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Multiplayer BattleTech 3025

Multiplayer BattleTech: 3025 is a PC MMORPG developed by Kesmai during the same period as Microsoft's MechWarrior 4: Vengeance. The game occupies the fictional 31st century universe of BattleTech and focuses centrally on the large robotic war machines called BattleMechs ('Mechs) and the individuals who pilot them. The game was released as a beta in 2001 and shut down with little explanation on December 6, 2001.

History
Multiplayer BattleTech: 3025 is the third online incarnation of the BattleTech series. The first was Multiplayer BattleTech: EGA, available on the GEnie game service, followed by Multiplayer BattleTech: Solaris.

Kesmai originally farmed out development of the title to Israeli developer 2 AM, but the resulting product was considered a failure and resulted in the game being pulled back into Kesmai studio under the lead of Nick Laiacona and Matt Shaw. During this period Kesmai focused on reengineering the 3D combat portion of the game to use the studio's internal K3D rendering engine. Development continued after Kesmai's purchase by Electronic Arts and included an overhaul of the galactic conquest portion of the game.

Gameplay
Players of 3025 connected to an MMOG-style server, selected an affiliation in the form of a Great House, selected a planet, then descended to the surface to engage in a virtual four-on-four battle with opposing players. The results of such battles were planets being won and lost for the five major houses, shifting the borders of various factions in the Inner Sphere. 3025 used many more of the original BattleTech rules than the MechWarrior series.

Reception
A Game Pressure review described the game as a MMOG with 150 types of combat robots and MMO-typical gameplay, experience tracks and in-game factions, but only awarded 2.3 out of 10 points.

GameSpot editor Trey Walker raised doubts whether Electronic Arts (E.A.) would continue developing the game in late October 2001 and noted that E.A. had announced massive layoffs of staff who worked on online content while keeping quiet on the future of BattleTech: 3025 and on the criteria they would use to determine whether they would work towards an official release version.

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Charles Frederick, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp

Charles Frederick, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp (Karl Friedrich, Herzog von Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp) (30 April 1700 – 18 June 1739) was a Prince of Sweden and Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp and an important member of European royalty. His dynasty, the Dukes of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp, were a cadet branch of the ancient House of Oldenburg, which at that time was ruling Denmark-Norway. His mother was a sister of Charles XII of Sweden. Charles Frederick married a daughter of Peter the Great and became the father of the future Peter III of Russia. As such, he is the progenitor of the Russian imperial house of Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov and the patrilineal ancestor of all Russian emperors starting with Peter III, except for Catherine II.

Early life
Charles Frederick was born in Sweden, the son of Frederick IV of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp and his consort, Hedvig Sophia, daughter of King Charles XI of Sweden. He became reigning duke in infancy, upon his father's death in 1702 at the Battle of Kliszów, co-ruling, however under guardianship till 1717, with his father's cousin King Frederick IV of Denmark in the Duchy of Holstein, a Holy Roman imperial fief, and the Duchy of Schleswig, a Danish fief, there as a vassal to the Danish-Norwegian king. All his life he was a legitimate claimant to the throne of Sweden, as pro forma heir to Charles XII, who was his maternal uncle.

Charles Frederick's parents had been offered refuge by maternal uncle, Charles XII of Sweden, during the outbreak of the Great Northern War, and they resided in Stockholm. Charles Frederick succeeded to the dukedom at the age of two, upon the death of his father in the Battle of Kliszów. His mother became his regent, and they continued to reside in Stockholm. Actual daily co-rule in the Duchies of Schleswig and Holstein was left to administrators. His mother is said to have raised him tenderly but firmly, but she died in 1708, when Charles Frederick was only eight years old. He was then placed in the care of his great-grandmother (his mother's paternal grandmother), Queen Dowager Hedwig Eleonora of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp, who reportedly spoiled him terribly, resulting in making him passive and indolent. His mother, and later Hedwig Eleonora, both supported and worked for his right to be considered heir of Sweden after his childless uncle.

Since his guardians sided with Sweden against Denmark-Norway in the Great Northern War, Danish troops ravaged the Gottorp ducal share in the duchies during that war and conquered its northern portions in 1713, including the ancestral ducal seat Gottorp castle near Schleswig city in the homonymous duchy. In 1721 Frederick IV of Denmark-Norway, being the liege lord in Danish Schleswig who had enfeoffed Charles Frederick with the ducal title in Schleswig in 1702, officially withdrew this fief.

Swedish career
Charles Frederick met his uncle Charles XII for the first time in 1716. He was declared of legal majority in 1717, and was then given some military responsibility. Charles Frederick was in a tense relationship to his aunt Ulrika Eleonora, whose followers pointed him out to be too rude and arrogant and in lack of any sense of responsibility to be a suitable heir to the throne.

Upon the death in 1718 of his maternal uncle and second cousin, Charles XII of Sweden, Duke Charles Frederick was presented as claimant to the throne. However, his aunt Ulrika Eleonora the Younger (1688–1741) managed to wrest the throne for herself, claiming that her elder sister had not "acquired the consent of the Parliamentary Estates" for her marriage to his father, according to laws of succession laid down in Norrköpings arvförening. The duke's party asserted that the absolute monarchy in Sweden, which his grandfather King Charles XI had created, made that marriage clause irrelevant. Upon the news of the death of his uncle, he was reportedly too grief-stricken to take any action. Ulrika Eleonora's husband Frederick I, however, who was also present with him in Tistedalen, rushed to assist her in claiming the throne. When Charles Frederick was confronted with Ulrika Eleonora, he was forced by Arvid Horn to greet her as queen. He asked to be granted the title Royal Highness and to be recognised as her heir, but when her husband instead was given the title, he left Sweden in 1719. In 1723, he was granted the title Royal Highness in his absence, but his pro-Russian policy made him impossible as heir to the Swedish throne.

Charles Frederick withdrew from Sweden, eventually settling in Russia, where in May 1725 he married Grand Duchess Anna Petrovna, elder daughter of Tsar Peter the Great. Meanwhile, the so-called Holstein Party in Sweden continued to advance Charles Frederick's claims. The party made preparations and awaited the childless Ulrika Eleonora's death, but Charles Frederick died before his aunt and left his claims to his infant son. By this time however, Sweden had enacted new laws of succession which specifically excluded Charles Frederick and his heirs because of their Russian politics, because at that time, Russia and Sweden had a strained relationship. The exclusion of Charles Frederick and his progeny from the Swedish succession avoided the personal union of Sweden and Russia, because Charles Frederick's only child would become Tsar Peter III of Russia.

The question then became who was to become the next king of Sweden after the death of the childless incumbent. The so-called "Hat faction" in Sweden managed to elect Charles Frederick's first cousin Adolph Frederick, who was his father's younger brother's son and thus belonged to the same Oldenburg dynasty, as Crown Prince of Sweden.

Later life
Charles Frederick left for Hamburg, as the Gottorp ducal share in the duchies of German Holstein and Danish Schleswig had been occupied by Denmark since 1713. Having lost the title as duke of Schleswig, succeeded to have the occupation of the ducal share in German Holstein removed by application to his Holstein liege lord, the Holy Roman Emperor. In 1720, Sweden and Denmark-Norway concluded the Treaty of Frederiksborg, in which Sweden pledged to cease its support of the House of [Schleswig-]Holstein-Gottorp. Duke Charles Frederick opposed the treaty, made by a Swedish government which he regarded as rebellious against his own right to the Swedish succession; the treaty also made virtually impossible the regaining of his lost ducal share in the northern duchy of Schleswig. (This was to be a motivation for his son Peter in 1762, upon his Russian accession, to start preparations for the use of Russian troops to reconquer the lost lands from Denmark-Norway.)

Duke Charles Frederick was married to Anna Petrovna, Tsesarevna of Russia and elder daughter of Tsar Peter I and Marta Skavronskaya (who would later become Empress Catherine I of Russia). As Charles was the Swedish heir, Peter saw the marriage as politically useful. Charles Frederick was officially engaged to Anna by Tsar Peter. After the death of Peter in 1725, he was given a place in the council, his own court, palace and income by Catherine I of Russia and married to Anna. Anna was not enthusiastic about the marriage, because of his reputation of consorting with prostitutes. Charles Frederick, then commander of the palace guard in St. Petersburg, attempted to secure his wife's succession to the Russian throne upon the death in 1727 of her mother, the Empress Catherine I of Russia. His attempt failed, but his son by Duchess Anna Petrovna, Charles Peter Ulrich (who - as Duke of Holstein-Gottorp - succeeded in the ducal share of Holstein in 1739), eventually became Russian tsar in 1762, as Peter III.

Charles Frederick and Anna left for Gottorp ducal share of Holstein in 1727, taking residence in Kiel Castle, where Anna died following the birth of their son in 1728. Charles Frederick spent the rest of his life in Holstein-Gottorp at Kiel. His prime concern was to secure his son's succession to the Russian throne. He did support his followers in Sweden also, but did not pay much attention to Holstein-Gottorp. Before a member of the family of Holstein-Gottorp was to sit on either the Swedish or the Russian throne, Duke Charles Frederick died in 1739 in Rohlfshagen, today part of the town of Rümpel. His grave is in the Cloister Church at Bordesholm.


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 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 REDIRECT to user interface. —Korath (Talk) 18:03, Mar 5, 2005 (UTC)

Web user interface
This article is quite poorly written and I think anything on this article that is relevant is already in user interface. -- Hedley 22:51, 19 February 2005
 * Delete or wikify, I agree, if something says its like something yet something else, then we have a problem. -- Riffsyphon1024 22:55, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Redirect to user interface. There is such a term as Web user interface. But most of the relevant information can be put into the user interface article. Zzyzx11 00:12, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * This article hasn't expanded at all in the fortnight since I (probably optimistically) marked it as a sub-stub. I'm inclined to go with Zzyzx11. Redirect. Uncle G 01:10, 2005 Feb 20 (UTC)
 * Keep stub and request expansion. Web user interfaces are a new generation of UI on par with addressable text user interfaces and graphical user interfaces. Gazpacho 13:48, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)

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Annita Pania

Annita Pania (born Anastasia Pania, 25 April 1970) is a Greek television hostess.

Before presenting her first dating show, "To Chryso Coufeto" ("The Golden Sugarplum"), she was a teacher of French language and a songwriter.

Biography
She was married to composer-songwriter Nikos Karvelas, who provided a steady stream of songs for the "talents" of her TV show, "Je t'Aime". Recent underground hits include "To 'ho Anagi Poly" ("I need it desperately") and "Sex, Gardouba kai doner", the latter being a hymn to unrequited love and eating banquets.

On 1 January 2008, she gave birth to a son. In November 2008, Pania and Karvelas were arrested by the police after a police chase, which started off with them running a red light. The incident supposedly started when the car driven by Karvelas ran a red light. Police then began to chase them and turned their sirens on to pull them over. Karvelas continued on, running further red lights and driving erratically. Pania and Karvelas allege that they were listening to a new song that Karvelas wrote, with the volume up high, did not hear any sirens and were not aware of any police chasing them. They also deny ever running the red light.

Later, the couple claimed that the policemen not only were overzealous, commanding and rude (using the word "re") but also threatened them with their weapons. Pania also mentioned later on TV that she does respect the police, but on the other hand the couple would not comply to bullies, "cops" and "baskines" (pejorative word signifying policemen with improper attitude), whose insulting behavior rather reminded of the Greek Junta. The couple vowed to take the subject up in court.

Pania and Karvelas were later charged in court, found guilty and sentenced to 14 and 10 months in jail respectively, though they were allowed to buy out their sentences.

She has released a book, "I Ekdikisi tou Colochartou" ("The Revenge of the Toilet Paper," ISBN 960-397-489-7).

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Actually this is my favorite. I like the fogginess (is this is word?) of the coast and the sun at the time of day you chose to take it...sun rises and sets seem to be best, no?
 * Thanks again. A better word for fogginess would be mist (ocean mist). This photo was taken about an hour and a half before sunset.  The Yaquina Bay Bridge photo was taken during the sunset.  I would love to get back to the same locations in the morning, but they are 3+ hours from where I live. Cacophony 02:09, Feb 21, 2005 (UTC)

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Arizona–Arizona State football rivalry

The Arizona–Arizona State football rivalry (also known as the Duel in the Desert) is a college football rivalry between the University of Arizona Wildcats (UA) and the Arizona State University Sun Devils (ASU).

One of the longest football rivalries, the winner receives the Territorial Cup, created for the 1899 champion between schools in Arizona and which the NCAA has certified as the oldest rivalry trophy in college football. Although the Territorial Cup did not change hands as a regular part of the competition until 2001, the rivalry between the two schools continued after 1899, a semi-regular event until becoming an annual event, uninterrupted, from 1946 onwards. In the entire history of the rivalry, the game has never been contested anywhere beside Tempe or Tucson, and alternates between the two respective campuses. Games in odd-numbered years are played in Tempe at ASU, and even-numbered years in Tucson at UA. It is part of the wider Arizona–Arizona State rivalry, which crosses 20 varsity intercollegiate sports.

History
The rivalry dates to 1899 in the Arizona Territory, when the University of Arizona in Tucson played the Normal School of Arizona of Tempe – which later evolved into Arizona State University – as part of the Arizona Territorial Football League Championship. (Arizona achieved statehood in 1912.)

The championship was a four-way series that also included Phoenix Union High School and Phoenix Indian School. Arizona and the Normal School met on November 30, 1899, for a Thanksgiving Day match at Carrillo Gardens in Tucson. Contemporary newspaper stories indicate that this was the first game for the university squad, while the Normal team was comparatively more experienced and better trained. The event drew 300 enthusiastic fans and was followed by a post-game Thanksgiving celebration for both teams hosted by the university. The "Normals", as they were called, won the game 11–2; as they had previously defeated the other schools, they were declared champions and received the Territorial Cup.

The two teams played each other sporadically for the next decades, and have played almost every year beginning in 1925 (when Arizona State became a four-year college). The rivalry became particularly heated in the late 1950s amid the political contention over turning Arizona State College into an official university, a change opposed by the University of Arizona and many of its alumni. In 1958, the year the measure was to be put to a statewide vote, Arizona State defeated Arizona 47–0. The blowout win was a major point of pride for Arizona State, which became a university later that year.

Another heated game came in 1968. The contest was expected to decide which team would go on to the Sun Bowl, but before the game, Arizona coach Darrell Mudra issued an ultimatum to the Sun Bowl committee that his team would not play in the bowl unless they were selected regardless of who won. The committee chose Arizona, who promptly lost to Arizona State 30–7 in what became known as the "Ultimatum Bowl"; Arizona proceeded to lose the 1968 Sun Bowl 34–10 to the Auburn Tigers. The events led to the creation of the Fiesta Bowl as a default bowl for Arizona State should they receive no other bids. It went on to become part of the highly lucrative Bowl Championship Series and part of the College Football Playoff system.

The rivalry series has been known for having decades being dominated by each team, with ASU having the advantage during the 1960s and 1970s, and UA dominating the early years, as well as the 1980s and 1990s.

In the modern era of the game, it has often been played on the day after Thanksgiving. It has most recently been scheduled for the Saturday after Thanksgiving to accommodate network television coverage. Starting with the 2009–2010 school year, both schools created a “Territorial Cup Series” that encompasses each of the 20 varsity intercollegiate sports that Arizona and Arizona State compete head to head in, apparently due to the schools believing that the rivalry happens in all sports and not only in football. Each sport is worth 1 point in the year-long competition. While the series has yet to have an official sponsor like other rivalry series between two universities, both UA and ASU have tracked down and promoted the series each season. The school that records the most points during the school year wins a trophy that is named after the Territorial Cup football trophy. If both schools finished tied, the winner from the previous year retains the trophy. As of the 2020–21 season, UA leads the series and is in possession of the trophy.

Rivalry name
The rivalry has had several nicknames, including the “Battle of Arizona”, the “Grand Canyon Rivalry” (not to be confused with the rivalry between Northern Arizona and Southern Utah that shares the same name), “Desert Wars” (due to Arizona being known for having a desert climate), the “Cactus War” (named after Arizona's prominent feature, the saguaro cactus), and the “Phoenix–Tucson rivalry” (due to both schools being located in state's two largest metropolitan areas, with ASU in Tempe, Phoenix's east suburb, and UA located within the Tucson city limits), with the most famous nickname for the rivalry being the “Duel in the Desert” (or the “Desert Duel”), since both schools wanted to battle for pride and to be the best team in the state, not only in football, but in all sports.

Territorial Cup
In 1899, and continuously since 2001, each year's winner receives the Territorial Cup, a traveling trophy. The trophy was originally used in 1899 for the series that involved the teams' first ever meeting. As the Normal School won all three of its games, it was declared champion and awarded the trophy. The cup's name refers to the fact that Arizona was a U.S. territory at the time; it, along with New Mexico, became a state in 1912.

After the tournament the trophy's whereabouts were unknown until 1980 when it was rediscovered in the basement of a church adjacent to Arizona State's campus. The cup was put on display in the Alumni Association headquarters and then the University Archives. It was later authenticated as the original cup by the NCAA, making it the oldest rivalry game trophy in college football.

In 2000, Arizona contacted Arizona State about displaying the cup on their campus. The following year, then ASU President Lattie Coor ordered that the Territorial Cup be shared as a traveling trophy, to be displayed by each year's winner. Coor and then UA President Peter Likins signed a protocol governing the cup's use and care. Each year the tradition is celebrated at a pre-game reception for boosters. A replica version was also made and is the trophy presented to the winner after the game.

The cup is silver plate over Britannia base metal and was manufactured by Reed & Barton of Taunton, Massachusetts. It was a standard style priced at $20 ($462.05 in 2010 dollars) in Reed and Barton's 1910 catalog. The inscription reads "Arizona Football League Championship 1899 Normal".

Series history
Arizona State University was previously known as the Normal School of Arizona (1899–1901), Tempe Normal School (1901–1925), Tempe State Teacher's College (1925–1928), Arizona State Teacher's College (1928–1945), and Arizona State College (1945–1958). Arizona State did not come under the control and patronage of the state's Board of Regents until 1945 and the teams did not play each other every year until 1946.

In the early part of the rivalry series, the games were played in Tucson due to the fact that ASU's home stadium held very few fans. In 1931, ASU hosted the game for the first time. Arizona dominated the early portion of the series, winning 20 of the first 22 meetings, by having more physical and better-trained players than ASU. The Sun Devils had a reign of dominance from 1949 to 1981, winning 24 of 33, including a 13–2 stretch from 1965 to 1979, under the leadership of ASU's legendary coach Frank Kush. The Wildcats got the best of ASU from 1982 to 1998, going 13–3–1, under the guidance of coaches Larry Smith and Dick Tomey and a dominant defensive unit that was one of the nation's best in the early 1990s.

Arizona State vacated their 2021 victory due to NCAA violations including tampering, recruiting inducements and impermissible tryouts. Arizona won the 2023 meeting by a score of 59–23 and has a two game win streak. With both teams leaving the PAC12 Conference beginning with the 2024 football season, UA won the series between the two teams during their time in the PAC10/PAC12, 23–21–1.

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