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Chamarajendra Wadiyar X

Chamarajendra Wadiyar X (22 February 1863 – 28 December 1894) was the twenty-third Maharaja of Mysore between 1868 and 1894.

Adoption and accession
Chamarajendra Wadiyar X was born in the old palace in Mysore on 22 February 1863, as the third son of Sardar Chikka Krishnaraj Urs of the Bettada-Kote Urs branch. His father died about a week before his birth. His mother, Rajkumari Putammani Devi, was the eldest daughter of Maharaja Krishnaraja Wodeyar III. Following the failure of a male heir, Krishnaraja Wodeyar III decided to adopt Chamarajendra. The adoption was done on 18 June 1865 and was recognised by the Government of British India on 16 April 1867.

Krishnaraja Wadiyar III died on 27 March 1868, and Chamarajendra Wadiyar X ascended the throne at the royal palace, Mysore, on 23 September 1868. However, since 1831, the Kingdom of Mysore had been under the direct administration of the Raj via Mysore Commission which had earlier deposed Krishnaraja Wodeyar III on allegations of misrule. Later, the Privy Council of the United Kingdom ordered the reversal of the Company's decision to annexe Mysore. By an instrument of rendition in 1881, the princely state of Mysore was reconstituted and restored to the Wadiyar dynasty. Chamarajendra Wadiyar X was groomed by the British to take charge of the administration. He was officially handed the reins of governance on 25 March 1881.

Reign
Although his reign proved to be a brief one, he left an indelible mark on the Kingdom of Mysore. He was aptly aided by C. V. Rungacharlu (1881–1883) and K. Seshadri Iyer (1883–1901) two of Mysore's most competent dewans.

He instituted the Mysore Representative Assembly in 1881. This was the first modern, democratic legislative institution of its kind in princely India. He sponsored the famous journey of Swami Vivekananda to Chicago in 1893. He gave primacy to women's education and founded the Kannada Bashojjivini School. He gave a fillip to the industrialisation of the Kingdom of Mysore by instituting several industrial schools and conducting the annual Dasara Industrial Exhibition. He facilitated the founding of Agricultural Banks to help finance farmers and initiated life insurance for government employees.

Many of the most famous landmarks of Mysore and Bangalore owe their existence to him. Prominent among these are:
 * Bangalore Palace, Bangalore
 * Lalbagh Glass House, Bangalore
 * Oriental Research Institute Mysore, Mysore (established in 1891 )
 * Maharaja's College, Mysore (1889)
 * Maharaja's Sanskrit School, Mysore
 * Government Office, Mysore
 * Lansdowne Bazaar, Mysore
 * Dufferin Tower, Mysore
 * Mysore Zoo, Mysore
 * Fern Hill Palace, Ooty

Patronage
Chamarajendra Wadiyar X was a great patron of arts and music; his court boasted of artists like Veene Subbanna, Veene Sheshanna, Mysore Vasudevachar, Veena Padmanabhaiah, Mysore Karigiri Rao, and Bidaram Krishnappa, among others.

The maharaja was a violin virtuoso himself and used to daily provide accompaniment to Veena Subbanna's vocal and Veena Sheshanna's veena performances. His favourite kriti's included Sujana Jeevana and Lavanya Rama. He was also a connaisseur of Javali's Kritis (Javalis are a genre of Carnatic music).

Family
In May 1878, Chamarajendra Wadiyar married Maharani Kempananjammanni Devi, daughter of an arasu (royalty) of Kalale, a prominent nobleman of Mysore state. They had four sons and three daughters, of whom the following survived to adulthood:
 * 1) Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV, succeeded his father as Maharaja of Mysore.
 * 2) Prince Kanteerava Narasimharaja Wadiyar, father of Maharaja Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar.
 * 3) Princess Jayalakshammani, (1881–1924), married in 1897, her youngest maternal uncle, M. Kantaraj Urs, was the Diwan of Mysore between 1919 and 1922. Jayalakshmi Vilas Palace, Manasa Gangotri, now Post-Graduate Centre of the University of Mysore, was built as her residence.
 * 4) Princess Krishnajammani, (1883–1904), married in 1896, Col. Desaraja Urs, Commander of the Mysore Armed Forces, from the Bagle family of Mogur in Mysore State. Karanjivilas Palace, now Indian Postal Training Centre, was built for her. They had one son and three daughters. She and her three daughters died of tuberculosis. The royal family built the Krishnajammanni Sanitorium in her memory. Her son Rajkumar C Desaraj Urs had three children – Rajkumar Prithviraj Urs (m. Shivamala Ghatge and had 4 daughters and one son, Yogendra Prithviraj Urs), Col Desaraj Urs, and Geeta Devi Urs.
 * 5) Princess Cheluvajammani (1886–1936), married in 1900, Sardar M. Lakshmikanta Raj Urs, a nobleman of Mysore State. The Cheluvambavilas Palace, now the headquarters of CFTRI, was built as her residence. There is also a maternity hospital and park named after her.

Chamarajndra Wadiyar died of diphtheria, in Calcutta, on 28 December 1894, aged 31. He was succeeded by his 10-year-old son, Krishnaraja Wadiyar IV. His wife, Maharani Kempa Nanjammani Vani Vilasa Sannidhana Avaru, served as regent of Mysore during the minority of their son.

Places in honour

 * Chamaraja Road, Vadodara: It was named after Chamaraja Wodeyar who was a close friend of Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III to mark the friendship between Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III. Similarly a road in Mysore as Sayajirao Road. Chamaraja Road starts from Eastern gate of Lakshmi Vilas Palace and has other prominent landmarks like Khanderao Market, which hosts the office of Vadodara Municipal Corporation and others before terminating near Bhagat Singh Chowk.
 * Chamaraja (Vidhana Sabha constituency), a constituency in Karnataka Legislative Assembly
 * Chamaraja Road, Mysore, a road in Mysore
 * Chamaraja Road, a road in Vijayawada
 * Chamaraja Road, a road in Srinivaspur
 * Chamarajpet, a neighborhood in Bangalore
 * Chamarajapuram, a neighborhood in Mysore

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Florentius Volusenus

Florentius Volusenus (c. 1504 – 1546 or 1547) was a Scottish humanist most noted for his De Animi Tranquillitate. "Florentius Volusenus" is a latinization of uncertain derivation; his first name is variously suggested as Florence or Florens, and surname as Wolson, Wolsey, or Wilson. In his letters written in English he refers to himself as Volusene.

Early life
He was born near Elgin, studied Philosophy at Aberdeen, and in the dialogue De Animi Tranquillitate says that the description of the abode of tranquillity was based on a dream that came to him after a conversation with a fellow-student on the banks of his native River Lossie. He was then a student of Philosophy of four years' standing.

In Paris
Proceeding to Paris, he became tutor to Thomas Wynter, reputed son of Cardinal Wolsey. He paid repeated visits to England, where he was well received by the king, and, after Wolsey's fall, he acted as one of Thomas Cromwell's agents in Paris. He was in England as late as 1534, and appears to have been Rector of Speldhurst in Kent.

In Paris he knew George Buchanan, and found patrons in the cardinal Jean de Lorraine and Jean du Bellay. He was to have gone with du Bellay on his mission to Italy in 1535, but illness kept him in Paris. As soon as he recovered he set out on his journey, but at Avignon, by the advice of his friend Antonio Bonvisi (d. 1558), he sought the patronage of the bishop of the diocese, the learned and pious Paul Sadolet, who made him master in the school at Carpentras, with a salary of seventy crowns. Volusenus paid frequent visits to Lyon (where Conrad Gesner saw him, still a young man, in 1540), probably also to Italy, where he had many friends, perhaps even to Spain. A letter addressed to him by Sadolet from Rome in 1546 shows that he had then resolved to return to Scotland, and had asked advice on the attitude he should adopt in the religious dissensions of the time. He died on the journey, however, at Vienne in Dauphiné, in 1546, or early in the next year.

Work
Volusenus's linguistic studies embraced Hebrew as well as Greek and Latin. His reputation, however, rests on the beautiful dialogue, De Animi Tranquillitate, first printed by S. Gryphius at Lyon in 1543. From internal evidence it appears to have been composed about that time, but the subject had exercised the writer for many years. The dialogue shows us Christian humanism at its best. Volusenus is a great admirer of Erasmus, but he criticises the purity of his Latin and also his philosophy.

His own philosophy is Christian and Biblical rather than classical or scholastic. He takes a fresh and independent view of Christian ethics, and he ultimately reaches a doctrine as to the witness of the Spirit and the assurance of grace which breaks with the traditional Christianity of his time and is based on ethical motives akin to those of the German Reformers. The verses which occur in the dialogue, and the poem which concludes it, give Volusenus a place among Scottish Latin poets, but it is as a Christian philosopher that he attains distinction.

The dialogue was reissued at Leiden in 1637 by the Scots writer David Echlin, whose poems, with a selection of three poems from the dialogue of Volusenus, appear, with others, in the famous Amsterdam collection Delitiae Poetarum Scotorum hujus and printed by Johannes Blaeu in 2 vols. in 1637. Later editions of the dialogue appeared at Edinburgh in 1707 and 1751 (the latter edited by G. Wishart). All the reissues contain a short life of the author by Thomas Wilson, advocate, son-in-law and biographer of Archbishop Patrick Adamson. Supplementary facts are found in the letters and state papers of the period, and in Sadolet's Letters.

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List of settlements in the Larissa regional unit

This is a list of settlements in the Larissa regional unit, Greece.

 * Achilleio
 * Aetolofos
 * Agia
 * Agia Sophia
 * Agioi Anargyroi
 * Agios Georgios, Farsala
 * Agios Georgios, Kileler
 * Agnanteri
 * Aigani
 * Akri
 * Alexandrini
 * Amouri
 * Ampelakia
 * Ampelia
 * Ampelonas
 * Amygdalea
 * Amygdali
 * Anatoli
 * Anavra
 * Argyropouli
 * Armenio
 * Asprochoma
 * Azoros
 * Chalki
 * Chalkiades
 * Chara
 * Damasi
 * Damasouli
 * Dasolofos
 * Deleria
 * Dendra Tyrnavou
 * Dendra, Farsala
 * Dilofo, Farsala
 * Dilofo, Kileler
 * Dimitra
 * Dolichi
 * Domeniko
 * Doxaras
 * Drymos
 * Elafos
 * Elassona
 * Elateia
 * Eleftheres
 * Eleftherio
 * Eretria
 * Evangelismos
 * Evangelismos, Elassona
 * Falanni
 * Farmaki
 * Farsala
 * Flampouro
 * Galanovrysi
 * Galini
 * Gerakari
 * Gerania
 * Giannota
 * Giannouli
 * Glafki
 * Gonnoi
 * Itea
 * Kalamaki
 * Kallipefki
 * Kallithea Elassonos
 * Kallithea, Farsala
 * Kalochori
 * Kalyvia
 * Kalyvia Analipseos
 * Karitsa
 * Karya
 * Kastri
 * Kato Vasilika
 * Katochori
 * Kefalovryso
 * Kileler
 * Kleisoura
 * Koilada
 * Kokkino Nero
 * Kokkinogeio
 * Kokkinopilos
 * Koutsochero
 * Koutsoufliani
 * Krania, Elassona
 * Kranea, Tempi
 * Krannonas
 * Krini
 * Kritiri
 * Kryovrysi
 * Kyparissos
 * Kypselochori
 * Larissa
 * Lefki
 * Livadi
 * Lofos, Elassona
 * Lofos, Farsala
 * Loutro, Elassona
 * Loutro, Larissa
 * Lygaria
 * Lykoudi
 * Magoula
 * Makrychori
 * Mandra
 * Marmarini
 * Mavrovouni
 * Megalo Eleftherochori
 * Mega Evydrio
 * Mega Monastiri
 * Megalovryso
 * Melia
 * Melissa
 * Melissochori
 * Melivoia
 * Mesochori
 * Metaxochori
 * Mikro Vouno
 * Mikrolithos
 * Milea
 * Moschochori
 * Myra
 * Namata
 * Narthaki
 * Nea Lefki
 * Nees Karyes
 * Neo Perivoli
 * Neraida
 * Neromyloi
 * Nessonas
 * Nikaia
 * Niki
 * Olympiada
 * Omolio
 * Omorfochori
 * Ossa
 * Palaiokastro
 * Palaiopyrgos
 * Paliampela
 * Paliaskia
 * Parapotamos
 * Perichora
 * Petroto
 * Platanoulia
 * Platykampos
 * Polydameio
 * Polyneri
 * Potamia
 * Pournari
 * Praitori
 * Prinias
 * Psychiko
 * Pyrgetos
 * Pythio
 * Rachoula
 * Rapsani
 * Revmatia
 * Rodia
 * Sarantaporo
 * Sitochoro
 * Skiti
 * Sklithro
 * Skopia, Elassona
 * Skopia, Farsala
 * Skotoussa
 * Sotirio
 * Sotiritsa
 * Sparmos
 * Spilia
 * Stavros
 * Stefanovouno
 * Stomio
 * Strintzios
 * Sykaminea
 * Sykia
 * Sykourio
 * Tempi
 * Terpsithea
 * Tsapournia
 * Tsaritsani
 * Tyrnavos
 * Valanida
 * Vamvakou
 * Varkos
 * Vasilis
 * Verdikoussa
 * Vlachogianni
 * Vounaina
 * Vryotopos
 * Vrysia
 * Ypereia
 * Zappeio
 * Zoodochos Pigi


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The Muppets' Wizard of Oz

The Muppets' Wizard of Oz is a 2005 musical fantasy television film directed by Kirk R. Thatcher, and the third television film featuring the Muppets. The film stars Ashanti, Jeffrey Tambor, Quentin Tarantino, David Alan Grier, Queen Latifah, as well as Muppet performers Steve Whitmire, Dave Goelz, Bill Barretta, and Eric Jacobson. A contemporary adaptation of the 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum, the story follows young Dorothy Gale, who works in her Aunt Em's diner, but dreams of becoming a singer somewhere beyond her small Kansas town. Swept up by a tornado, in her trailer home with pet prawn Toto, she lands in Oz and embarks on a journey to meet the Wizard who can help make her dreams come true.

Following The Walt Disney Company's acquisition of the rights to the Muppets in 2004, pre-production took place throughout February 2004, and principal photography began seven months later. The Muppets' Wizard of Oz was co-produced by The Muppets Holding Company, Touchstone Television, Fox Television Studios, and The Jim Henson Company, marking the latter company's final involvement with the Muppets after more than five decades of ownership. ABC made several changes after the initial script was written, ultimately deciding to adapt plot elements from Baum's original novel as well as the 1939 musical film adaptation. The Muppets' Wizard of Oz became a musical, and included five new songs composed by Michael Giacchino.

It is the first Muppets film without the involvement of veteran performer Jerry Nelson following his 2004 retirement from physical performing. His characters of Lew Zealand and Floyd Pepper were respectively performed by Bill Barretta and John Kennedy. Barretta also debuts as the new permanent performer of Dr. Teeth, a character originally performed by Jim Henson. The production also marked the feature film debut of Eric Jacobson as the performer of Sam Eagle, a character originally performed by Frank Oz.

The Muppets' Wizard of Oz premiered on April 27, 2005, at the Tribeca Film Festival, and made its television premiere on ABC’s The Wonderful World of Disney on May 20, 2005. The film received mixed to negative reviews from critics, who felt that the film was too mature for young audiences and that the cameos and popular culture references were unnecessary.

Plot
Dorothy Gale is an orphaned teenage girl living in a trailer park in Kansas with her Aunt Em and Uncle Henry. Her dream of becoming a singer is slim, but when she overhears that the Muppets are looking for a backup singer, Dorothy hurries to the audition and gives them a demo CD. In returning home, the civil defense sirens sound as a tornado is headed for Dorothy's trailer park. When Aunt Em and Uncle Henry run into the county storm shelter for safety, Dorothy hurries back to her family's mobile home to get Toto, her pet prawn. She does not make it out in time, and the two are swept by the tornado across the vast fields of Kansas. When Dorothy climbs out of the wreckage, she finds that Toto can talk and that she is in Munchkinland, part of the vast Land of Oz.

The Munchkins inform Dorothy that the land's ruler the Wizard, has the power to grant her wish of becoming a famous singer. She meets the Good Witch of the North and receives a pair of magic silver slippers from the Wicked Witch of the East, who was killed when Dorothy's trailer fell on her. Dorothy and Toto embark on a journey on the yellow brick road to meet the Wizard of Oz.

On her journey, she meets a Scarecrow (Kermit the Frog), a Tin Thing (Gonzo), and a Cowardly Lion (Fozzie Bear). They are also seeking the Wizard of Oz to give them a brain, heart, and courage, respectively. The group meets various obstacles before arriving at the Emerald City and meeting the Wizard. Before he grants their wishes, the Wizard sends Dorothy and her friends to retrieve the Wicked Witch of the West's magic eye, a tool she uses to see anything she desires in the Land of Oz.

The Wicked Witch of the West sees them coming and sends the Flying Monkeys to deal with them. The Witch and the Flying Monkeys capture Dorothy, Toto and Lion while Scarecrow and Tin Thing are dismantled. Toto calls the Munchkins, who set him and Dorothy free and hold up the witch. Dorothy kicks the witch into her own "bottled water bath," which contains tap water (to which she is severely allergic). This causes the Wicked Witch of the West to melt. Dorothy finds the magic eye floating in the tub unharmed and grabs it.

Dorothy gains control of the Flying Monkeys and has them rebuild Scarecrow and Tin Thing. Then she and her friends travel back to the Emerald City to have their wishes granted. When they all storm into the Wizard's room, they discover it is merely a Hollywood effects stage and that the Wizard is just an ordinary man. He asked for the witch's eye so that she could not see him for who he really was. Even so, he still proceeds to grant their wishes. Dorothy finally becomes a singer in the Land of Oz, but realizes that all she ever really wanted was to go back home and be with her family. After traveling back to Munchkinland, she meets Glinda the Good Witch of the South, who tells her that by clicking her heels together three times, she will be able to go anywhere she desires. Saying "take me home to Aunt Em", Dorothy is spun by the slippers' magic into Kansas and finds out that she has been chosen to sing with the Muppets.

Cast

 * Ashanti as Dorothy Gale: A Kansas teen dreaming of leaving her home and becoming a singer.
 * Queen Latifah as Aunt Em: Dorothy's aunt and co-owner of the family diner in Kansas.
 * David Alan Grier as Uncle Henry: Dorothy's uncle and co-owner of the family diner.
 * Jeffrey Tambor as Francis Cornfine / The Wizard of Oz: The legendary Wizard of Oz. This is Tambor's second appearance in a Muppet film, the first being Muppets from Space.
 * Quentin Tarantino as himself: In a short appearance with Kermit the Frog, Tarantino discusses violent ideas on how to stop the Wicked Witch of the West.
 * Extended version:
 * Kelly Osbourne as post-makeover Dorothy Gale: Appears in a brief cameo as Dorothy when she first comes out of the Magic Makeover Machine in Emerald City.

Muppets performers

 * Steve Whitmire as:
 * Kermit the Frog as Himself/Scarecrow: A scarecrow in search of a brain. Scarecrow is constantly mocked by the crows in Oz, as he is defenseless and cannot do anything to stop them. Prior to Dorothy's journey, Kermit organizes a talent scout for a star for a new show. After her return, he hires her.
 * Beaker: He appears as an Emerald City Technician. Beaker also appears at the end in the Muppets' show.
 * Rizzo the Rat as Himself/Mayor of Munchkinland. He occasionally aids Dorothy when she is in danger. Prior to Dorothy's journey, Rizzo is seen assisting Bean Bunny in loading equipment into the Muppets' bus. He returns for the Muppets' show in the climax.
 * Bean Bunny: Prior to Dorothy's journey, Bean Bunny is seen assisting Rizzo the Rat in loading equipment into the Muppets' bus.
 * Statler as Kalidah Critic #1. He heckles Dorothy and her friends as they try to cross a log.
 * Foo-Foo: Foo-Foo appears as the pet dog of the Wicked Witch of the West.
 * Dave Goelz as:
 * The Great Gonzo as Himself/The Tin Thing: A robot in search of a heart. Originally human, the Tin Thing was turned into a robot by the Wicked Witch of the West who was angry at him for asking to leave her palace and marry his fiancée, Camilla the Chicken. He also appears at the end of the film in the Muppets' show.
 * Dr. Bunsen Honeydew: He appears as an Emerald City Technician. He also appears at the end of the film in the Muppets' show.
 * Waldorf as Kalidah Critic #2. He and the other Kalidah Critic heckle Dorothy and her friends as they try to cross a log.
 * Zoot: He performs backup for the songs "Naptime", and for "The Witch is in the House", and appears at the end of the film in the Muppets' new show.
 * Bill Barretta as:
 * Pepe the King Prawn as Toto: Dorothy's pet prawn and first companion on her journey. In Kansas, Toto was a prawn that lived in a fish bowl in Dorothy's room.
 * Dr. Teeth: He performs "Naptime", and also performs in "The Witch is in the House". He appears again at the end of the film in the Muppets' show.
 * Johnny Fiama: He appears as one of the henchmen of the Wicked Witch of the West, and is supposedly her love interest.
 * Lew Zealand: He briefly appears in Emerald City at the red carpet event, asking Dorothy to sign his boomerang fish.
 * The Swedish Chef: He provides the Bran Flakes for the Wizard.
 * Bubba the Rat: He assists the Mayor of Munchkin Land in getting Dorothy and the Lion out of Poppyfields.
 * Eric Jacobson as:
 * Miss Piggy as herself: She appears early on with Kermit, and tries to get rid of Dorothy. She returns at the end of the film for the Muppets' show. She also appears as the Four Witch Sisters of Oz:
 * The Wicked Witch of the West: The Wicked Witch that terrifies all that meet her.
 * Tattypoo the Good Witch of the North: The Good Witch that gives Dorothy the silver slippers.
 * Glinda the Good Witch of the South: The other Good Witch that shows Dorothy how to get home.
 * The Wicked Witch of the East: The original owner of the magic slippers who was killed by Dorothy's falling mobile home.
 * Fozzie Bear as Himself/Cowardly Bear: A nervous and frightened lion stand-up comic that accompanies Dorothy and the others on their journey. Fozzie shows up at the end of the film in the Muppets' show.
 * Animal: He performs in the songs "Naptime" and "The Witch is in the House", and appears at the end of the film in the Muppets' new show.
 * Sam Eagle: He appears as the Guardian of the Gates.
 * Brian Henson as:
 * Sal Manilla as Sal, a Flying Monkey: He accompanies Johnny for much of the film.
 * Kevin Clash as:
 * Clifford: He appears as the manager of the Poppy Field Club.
 * Mulch: He appears briefly in Poppyfields.
 * Black Dog as a Flying Monkey
 * John Kennedy as:
 * Angel Marie as a Flying Monkey: A servant of the Wicked Witch of the West.
 * Floyd Pepper: He performs in "Naptime" and "The Witch is in the House", and appears at the end of the film in the Muppets' new show.
 * Rickey Boyd as:
 * Scooter: He appears as the Wizard's Assistant.
 * Crazy Harry as a Flying Monkey
 * Tyler Bunch as:
 * Janice: She performs in "Naptime" and "The Witch is in the House", and appears at the end of the film in the Muppets' new show.
 * Aretha as a Flying Monkey
 * Julianne Buescher as
 * Wizard's Green Lady and Chicken Forms
 * John Henson as
 * Sweetums as a Flying Monkey: He provides the keys for the Cowardly Lion's escape from his cage.
 * Mike Quinn as
 * Calico as a Flying Monkey
 * Allan Trautman as
 * Crow: He bothers the Scarecrow.
 * Old Tom as a Flying Monkey
 * Drew Massey as
 * Spotted Dick as a Flying Monkey
 * Alice Dinnean as:
 * Camilla the Chicken: The Tin Thing's girlfriend. The two are reunited later on in the film.

In addition, Whitmire and Goelz make on-screen cameos as audience members at Aunt Em's Diner during the finale.

Production
When The Walt Disney Company acquired the Muppets franchise from The Jim Henson Company in February 2004, the Muppets were re-introduced to the public by marketing products and guest appearing on television shows such as Good Morning America and America's Funniest Home Videos. After a new film titled The Muppets' Wizard of Oz was announced by The Jim Henson Company, Fox Television Studios, Touchstone Television, and the Muppets Holding Company signed on to help produce it. This was the last Muppets production to be produced by the Jim Henson Company once Disney purchased the rights to the Muppets franchise.

Filming took place throughout September 2004 in Vancouver, British Columbia. Before filming, ABC announced that the production would adapt elements from the original 1900 book, rather than the 1939 film, such as the Silver Shoes instead of the Ruby slippers. On August 25, 2004, it was announced that Hilary Duff, Jessica Simpson, and Ashanti had auditioned for the role of Dorothy Gale, but Ashanti had won the part. When asked about how she felt about working with the Muppets, Ashanti replied, "I love children, and to me, the Muppets are just like little kids." She also stated, "The director had to give me a few pointers and tips for acting with them, but the most important thing that I learned was to keep eye contact." Also in August 2004, BBC News reported that Quentin Tarantino would appear in the film.

Music
Michael Giacchino, who had previously worked on the video game Muppet Monster Adventure, would become an Academy Award-winning composer. Giacchino worked alongside Jeannie Lurie, Adam Cohen, Debra Frank and Steve L. Hayes to write five original songs for the film: "Kansas", "When I'm with You", "The Witch is in the House", "Nap Time" and "Good Life".

"When I'm with You" was nominated for a Primetime Emmy in the Outstanding Music and Lyrics category. Ashanti and the Muppet cast, mainly Barretta and Jacobson, contributed the vocals for each of the songs. Ted Kryczko produced the album, Booker T. Washington White prepared the songs for recording, and Paul Silveira and Brandon Christy mixed the songs.

Soundtrack
The Muppets' Wizard of Oz official soundtrack was released on May 17, 2005. The album was an enhanced soundtrack titled Best of Muppets featuring The Muppets' Wizard of Oz as it was not a film-specific soundtrack, but a compilation album featuring the Muppets' best songs from The Muppet Show as well as songs from the film.

Track listing

Release
The Muppets' Wizard of Oz premiered on April 27, 2005, at the Tribeca Film Festival. The television premiere was on May 20, 2005, at 8:00 pm on ABC in the US. It aired in Canada on CBC Television, and in the UK on December 18, 2005. In the US, the film's official soundtrack was released on May 17, 2005. Buena Vista Home Entertainment released the DVD and VHS in both the US and in international territories. The film was released to Region 1 DVD and VHS on August 9, 2005. The Region 2 DVD was released on April 3, 2006. The film was rated U by the British Board of Film Classification, K-3 in Finland, and G in Australia. The DVD and VHS were released under the title Extended Version in the US and Anniversary Edition outside the US. The extended version contains less than 15 minutes of footage cut from the feature film, including the footage of the Kelly Osbourne and Quentin Tarantino cameos. The DVD and VHS included an extended interview with Quentin Tarantino, a blooper reel, and a behind-the-scenes look at the film guided by Pepe the King Prawn. In the US, the DVD and VHS release of the film was in a 1.33:1 (pan and scan) aspect ratio, whereas the international versions are in the original 1.78:1 (anamorphic widescreen) aspect ratio. During Macy's annual Flower Show promotion, the store's windows along Broadway displayed flower arrangements illustrating six scenes from the movie, while the store sold The Muppets' Wizard of Oz-related merchandise, such as plush dolls.

Critical reception
7.75 million viewers watched The Muppets' Wizard of Oz on its television premiere night in the United States; it ranked as the forty-second most-watched television program of the week. Michael Schneider of Variety wrote that it "performed solidly ... particularly with adults 18–34, teens and kids." The film received negative reviews from critics. At Rotten Tomatoes, the movie currently holds a 38% rating, based on 8 reviews.

For the film's positive response, Kevin Carr stated that "When you dig down and actually find (and watch) the new Muppet material, some of the magic is still there." MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher said that, "It's not on a par with the Muppet movie madness of old, but it's darn close." According to the Bums Corner's review the film was a "treat for all ages, and that it was a colorful, musical, humorous romp." Keith Allen of Movie Rapture gave the film 2.5 stars out of 3, explaining that the film's humor was surprisingly clever, and that the film would frequently make you laugh. Mutant Reviewers commented that although the Muppet deal with Walt Disney was "disappointing", the film managed to be funny and witty. In contrast, David Nusair of Reel Film Reviews warned that the film was "strictly for kids." Nusair stated that although Ashanti can sing, she cannot act. Joshua Tyler of Cinema Blend explained that Dorothy visiting the Wizard of Oz to become a star instead of going back home was a big mistake, and that it showed how shallow society has become. R.J. Carter of The Trades gave the film a B−, also stating that Dorothy's wish to become a star was a selfish one. Ultimate Disney's review found that the extended DVD version of the film did more harm than good; Andy Dursin of The Aisle Seat said that the original film was "dull" and that the extended version was an improvement. Cold Fusion Video felt that although the film was entertaining, it lacked the heart and wit of Jim Henson's Muppet films. Bryan Pope of DVD Verdict said that the film drained the Muppets of their spirit and was slightly gratuitous. Techtite TV reviews felt that the film was done poorly on all levels, and that the film was on the higher end of TV-PG.

Other reviewers felt that the film's attempt to appeal to an older, more mature audience was ultimately a bad idea. Kerry Bennett of Parent Previews warned that it sometimes steered "dangerously off course" due to an excess of sexual content and violence. Referential humor to the marriage of Jennifer Lopez, Manolo Blahnik style silver shoes, and properties such as Girls Gone Wild, The Passion of the Christ, Apocalypse Now and Kill Bill: Volume 1 were seen as too mature. Cold Fusion Video judged the Kelly Osbourne cameo in the extended edition as "pointless". Dursin contrasted the two guest appearances and found that the Tarantino cameo dragged the film down. Critics were split on the merits of ABC's modernized adaptation to rely on plot elements from the original novel instead of the iconic 1939 film.

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John Milner

John David Milner (December 28, 1949 – January 4, 2000) was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a first baseman and left fielder from to  for the New York Mets, Pittsburgh Pirates and the Montreal Expos. Milner was a member of the 1973 National League pennant-winning New York Mets team, as well as a member of the 1979 world champion Pittsburgh Pirates team. A native of Atlanta, Georgia, he grew up a huge Hank Aaron fan, even appropriating his idol's nickname, "the Hammer".

New York Mets
Milner was drafted by the New York Mets in the 14th round of the 1968 Major League Baseball Draft out of South Fulton High School in East Point, Georgia, where he was All-State in baseball, football and basketball. He batted .307 with 58 home runs and 168 runs batted in over three seasons in their farm system before making his major league debut with the Mets in September. He earned the job of "left-handed bat off the bench" on the opening day roster in by batting .296 with a team high three home runs during spring training, and quickly moved into a platoon with Cleon Jones in left field. In the first game of a September 8 doubleheader with the St. Louis Cardinals, Milner became the first Mets rookie in franchise history to record a five-hit game. For the season, he batted .238 with a team high 17 home runs and 38 runs batted in to finish third in National League Rookie of the Year balloting behind teammate Jon Matlack. For 1973, Milner was moved to first base. He was leading his team with a .328 batting average, five home runs and thirteen runs batted in when he suffered a hamstring injury against the Houston Astros on April 25, an injury that plagued him for the rest of his career. He returned to the club in mid-May, but went into a 12-for-82 slump that saw his batting average fall to .216. He returned to form by the end of the season to lead his team with 72 runs batted in and a career high 23 home runs as the Mets completed their improbable run to their second National League East crown.

The Mets pulled off the surprise victory over Cincinnati's "Big Red Machine" in the 1973 National League Championship Series, but lost in seven games to the Oakland Athletics in the 1973 World Series. Milner batted .250 in the post-season with three runs batted in and four runs scored. Though he was not credited with a run batted in, his at-bat in the twelfth inning of game two drove in two runs for the Mets' extra innings victory.

On September 11, 1974, Milner tied a major league record by making twelve plate appearances in the Mets' 25 inning marathon with the Cardinals. That season, he led his team in home runs for the third year in a row with twenty, and also led his team with seventy runs. For his career with the Mets, Milner batted .245 with 94 home runs and 338 runs batted in.

Milner was dealt from the Mets to the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first four-team blockbuster deal in Major League Baseball history on December 8, 1977 that also involved the Texas Rangers, Atlanta Braves and a total of eleven players changing teams. The Pirates also acquired Bert Blyleven from the Rangers. The Mets got from the Braves Willie Montañez and from the Rangers Tom Grieve and Ken Henderson who was sent to New York to complete the transaction three months later on March 15, 1978. The Rangers received Al Oliver and Nelson Norman from the Pirates and Jon Matlack from the Mets. Adrian Devine, Tommy Boggs and Eddie Miller were traded from the Rangers to the Braves.

Pittsburgh Pirates
Milner found himself in more of a reserve role with Pittsburgh, with the 333 at-bats he logged in being his fewest outside of his injury plagued  season. His finest season with the Pirates came in, when he hit sixteen home runs and drove in sixty backing up Willie Stargell at first and Bill Robinson in left field. Milner was held hitless in nine at-bats in the 1979 National League Championship Series with the Cincinnati Reds, but was 3-for-9 in the World Series with a run batted in and two runs scored.

Milner developed and refined a reputation as a reliable pinch hitter who thrived in pressure situations during his tenure with the Pirates. On August 20,, he was traded to the Montreal Expos for Willie Montañez, who was also part of the four team trade on December 8, 1977 (Montañez landed with the Mets). Milner reached the post season for the third time in his career as the Expos won the second half of the strike shortened 1981 season. He was 1-for-2 in the 1981 National League Division Series against the Philadelphia Phillies with a runs batted in during the fourth game. When Milner was released by the Expos midway through the season, he rejoined the Pirates. He was released by the Pirates the following spring, and retired.

Career stats
A pure fastball hitter with lightning-quick wrists, Milner posted a 1.066 walk-to-strikeout ratio (504-to-473) for his career. Milner hit ten career grand slams, including three with the Mets in.

Pittsburgh drug trials
After his playing career, Milner was called to testify at the cocaine distribution trial of Curtis Strong. He stated during his testimony that he used cocaine from 1978 through, and that he bought two grams of cocaine for $200 in the bathroom stalls at Three Rivers Stadium during a June 13, Pirates-Astros game, and on September 30,. He also claimed to have used a liquid form of amphetamines called "red juice" he acquired from Willie Mays while both played with the Mets, and that "greenies" (also an amphetamine) were often anonymously placed in his locker while he played with the Pirates. Dale Berra and Dave Parker both attributed the greenies to Willie Stargell. However, both he and Mays denied the claims made against them. Berra also claimed to have shared cocaine with Milner, Parker, Lee Lacy, Lee Mazzilli and Rod Scurry while all were members of the Pirates.

Death
Milner died of cancer in East Point, Georgia on January 4, 2000.

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In a Priest Driven Ambulance

In a Priest Driven Ambulance (With Silver Sunshine Stares) is the fourth album by The Flaming Lips, released in 1990. It is the first Flaming Lips album to feature Jonathan Donahue (also of Mercury Rev) and drummer Nathan Roberts. This line-up would subsequently be signed by Warner Bros. Records and go on to record the follow-up album Hit to Death in the Future Head. It is a concept album primarily focused on frontman Wayne Coyne's fascination with religion.

A music video for the song "Unconsciously Screamin" was shot at a religious theme park called Holy Land USA in Waterbury, Connecticut, as well as Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts and City Gardens in Trenton, New Jersey. It was directed by Jim Spring and Jens Jurgensen.

The album was re-released as a CD with two bonus tracks on January 17, 1995, although the full name with subtitle appears only on the vinyl release. It was also re-released in a two-CD special edition in 2002 under the title The Day They Shot a Hole in the Jesus Egg. The first disc of this release, composed of the entire Priest album and numerous bonus tracks, was also released as a limited-edition two-record vinyl release on pink vinyl.

"Unconsciously Screamin'" was released as an EP in 1991 to promote the album. Two of the B-sides were featured as bonus tracks on the 1995 re-release.

Limited edition vinyl-only reissue
In a Priest Driven Ambulance was reissued in 2005 on pink vinyl. The reissue is on four sides and contains the bonus tracks “Lucifer Rising”, “Ma, I Didn’t Notice”, “Let Me Be It”, “Drug Machine”, and “Strychnine/Peace, Love, and Understanding”. The cover has promotional photos and the inside sleeve has a story about the early Lips by Scott Booker.

 * "Drug Machine" is the Sub Pop single rerecording of "Drug Machine in Heaven"; the song in its original form was featured on Telepathic Surgery.

Influences
The song "Take Meta Mars" is closely modeled on the Can song "Mushroom" off the album Tago Mago.

Personnel
Adapted from AllMusic.
 * Wayne Coyne – vocals, guitar
 * Michael Ivins – bass
 * Jonathan Donahue – guitar
 * Nathan Roberts - drums
 * Dave Fridmann – recording engineer, producer
 * Michele Vlasimsky – executive producer, photography

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User:AlbertCahalan~enwiki

Mostly I work on the Cookbook.

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I might be more quickly reached over there.

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I often use humor in serious discussions. Don't let it throw you. Humor makes a dry argument much more readable. I shouldn't need to say it, but This applies to talk pages. Note that User:Derek_farn was rude enough to edit my user page.

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The Primal Urge

The Primal Urge is a 1961 science fiction novel by Brian Aldiss. A satire on sexual reserve, it explores the effects on society of a forehead-mounted "Emotion Register" that glows when the wearer experiences sexual attraction. The book was banned in Ireland.

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why'd you unblock 212.50.183.100?
he's blanking articles, and has been warned repeatedly.. what's the point? Pfalstad 19:16, 3 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Yup, that one seems to deserve a block, I've reblocked him. See WP:AN for why he was unblocked in the first place. --fvw *  19:24, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

Finite length unterminated transmission line
Take a look at User:Alfred_Centauri/sandbox. The bottom line is (if I haven't made any mistakes) that there is no combination of waves on a finite length unterminated TL that give the constant voltage zero current condition as LC claims there is. Alfred Centauri 01:12, 15 October 2005 (UTC)

Your website is very impressive!
THanks for pointing me to your website with the simulations. I am very impressed with all the work you have done there and it obviously shows a great knowledge of physics not to mention great skill in writing java applets!. Now that I have met you in person, so to speak, I have a better idea of how to put my arguments and statements. I assume that you too (like Alfred Centuari) are a lecturer in physics. I by contrast, I am but a poor ex EE.

However I still like to keep my mind active and hence I find discussions on WP to be useful (if a little time consuming).I also assume from your replies so far that you are a conventional physisict as far as EM theory goes (ie you accept all Maxwells stuff and the absolute necessity of vector calculus to prove any problem beyond doubt).

I shall hope therefore to learn a great deal from you by way of any future discussions. However, please remember that it is a great many years since I graduated, Many things have been forgotten, some teaching has changed, some things were never covered, and most importantly my degree was in Electronics engineering and not Physics. So I ask your patience if sometimes I seem a bit slow on the uptake. --Light current 17:48, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

 * (Do I reply here or on your page?) Thanks, glad you liked my website.  I am not a lecturer, but just a programmer with an amateur interest in physics.  I like to learn about electronics, but have not picked up a soldering iron since college.  I certainly like to stick to conventional EM theory.  But I have learned from our discussions; I've certainly been forced to put my own ideas in order!  Like I said, I think Catt has some good ideas, but takes them too far.  You certainly know a lot more about transmission lines than I, so I hope to learn there.  I think it's important to have a rigorous mathematical theory behind EM, but that doesn't mean I like math, or am good at it; I'm better at coming up with computer simulations to see what's going on.  And practical experience is nice too.  :) Pfalstad 18:39, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

Hey, I'm a physics major at Harvey Mudd College and I love your site. A few years back, your vector calculus applet saved my butt when I needed a physical interpretation of curl. I recently got a lot of use out of your quantum mechanics applet and I even showed it to my class to demonstrate tunneling. Basically, whenever I'm hopelessly confused by a subject, the first thing I'll do is turn to your website and see if there's a relevant applet there (and even if there isn't, it's a great way to waste time). Keep up the good work!--71.133.93.69 03:22, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

Hey!
Yea, i was just joking too! >_<!!! You from the 'sota territory? Anyways, dos (thats two in spanish) questions for you, since you are more experienced and i am just a trawiki (wiki in training).

1) How do you upload an image and insert it into an article 2) How do you block those are being disruptful to articles, with repeated violations?

Hey continued
Hey thanks for the response, i greatly appriciate it. I used to live in Edina too, thats where i grew up. I lived on Benton and Hansen Rd, if you know where that is. Anyways, thanks again, and enjoy!--Gephart 21:49, 25 October 2005 (UTC) Gracias por nachos for your time. Lequicho --Gephart 06:00, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

Thank you
I completely forgot about my merge suggestion of Total recall, thank you for completing it. Nihiltres 05:09, 12 November 2005 (UTC)

Einstein, Sr., Age Five
I had the same thought :-/ CH 23:40, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

Displacement current
Paul, Ive just been glancing at talk:Displacement current, and re-read your submission of 5 Oct 2005. I didnt really study it closely at the time as I and Alfred Centauri were in a heated discussion, but now I find that it concurs (as far as I can see) with my view of the interpretation of displacement current-- ie its not really a current(flow of charge or anything elese for that matter) but there is a magnetic field (associated with it?). Maybe there's only the magnetic and electric fields (the current is assumed). Thats what I think anyway - its all to do with EM radiation, not currents as such.

I think we all now realise that you dont need displacement current to explain the charging of a capacitor any more (See Ivor Catts article) and previous length discussion on talk:capacitor (Ithink). Would you concur with me on this? Also, are you happy that the article page now says what you think it should, or should I still be looking for 'errors' on the page. THanks! Hope you are well--Light current 22:45, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

 * I think I agree. I am happy with the displacement current page as-is.  Feel free to look for errors anyway, though.  :)  Pfalstad 23:55, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

Just come across another problem quoted by Nigel Cook. When a capacitor is in series with a load, how exactly does the energy get from one plate to the other. Does this need displacement current?. If so, how is this didsplaement current generated? --Light current 20:37, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

 * The energy is transmitted when the field goes across the places. And, the energy goes through the wires on either side of the plate.  Pfalstad 20:43, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

Ahh but there can be no energy flow across (perpendicular to) the plates beacuse the Poynting vector points in a direction parallel to the plates-- no?. --Light current 20:52, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

 * Right you are! Interesting.  Well, then the energy goes down the wires.  It doesn't go across the plate.  Pfalstad 20:58, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

What, and by passes the capacitors as if they werent there?--Light current 21:17, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

 * No, I meant it stops at the capacitors as if they were an open circuit. Pfalstad 21:53, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

If thats the case, how does energy get to the load?

capacitor | |   -| ||                     | |               |--|  ac source                            |  | Load (resistor) | |                                       |--|    |

--Light current 21:58, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

PS shall we move this to talk:displacement current to avoid clogging up your talk page?--Light current 21:59, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

 * Here is fine; my talk page is little-used. The energy gets to the load by the bottom wire.  And to anticipate your next question, if you put another cap at the bottom, then I don't know what happens.  There must be some energy flow across the cap...  I can't simulate the fields with the resistor present, so I don't know what the poynting vector looks like in that case.  Pfalstad 22:12, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

 * Ok, consider the case where there is a capacitor on either side of the load. Straighten everything out so the wire, caps, and resistor are in a line.  Consider the time when current is maximum (voltages across each cap = 0).  There is a magnetic field around the wire/caps/resistor.  The electric field lines lead from the top wire to the bottom wire; near the resistor, they are parallel to the wire.  If you work out the poynting vector, you'll find that it's pointing to the resistor.  Energy is flowing from the wires into the resistor.  It's not flowing across the caps, though; it just goes around them.  Weird.  Pfalstad 22:24, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

Interesting! Im going to think about that for a while. Needless to say, I dont know the answer.--Light current 22:30, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

Do you mean arrange cct as below: ? |                                                                 |___                                    ____  C (Zo is very low) |                   Energy flow   |--| ->      |  |                                  |  | R Load ac source(Zout=R)      |  | |--|                                   |___                                    ____  C (Zo is very low) |       |
 * yes.

I've drawn the Cs as little transmission lines to help us in thinking about this cct. This arrangement of components would indicate that the energy gets shared between the 3 components initially but we know that the Cs do not charge up and can therfore hold no energy. If they do not hold energy, they must reflect it.

Ah ha! Maybe the energy stolen by the capacitors in the first few ns (2 way transit time of TL) is given back to the load or source after reflection. Probably given back to the source actually assuming matched source and load resistances. (ie the capacitors introduce a small but positive mismatch to the source) Any reaction to my thoughts?--Light current 23:07, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

 * Well the capacitors definitely charge, and they hold energy when charged. I'm not sure I understand what you are saying.  Pfalstad 23:16, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

No. The capacitors do not charge up because you have an ac source! (the voltage on each side of each capacitor is the same--roughly). Charging means holding separated charges on each plate and having a steady voltage diffrence between the plates (Q=CV)-- we dont have that here. In normal circuit theory, large capacitors act like a low impedance to the ac and so dont drop any voltage. In the em field representation, they dont drop any voltage because their characteristic impedance is so low compared with the resistance of the load. Understand so far?--Light current 23:43, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

 * There you go again, assuming the high-frequency limit without saying it. Ok, in that case the caps charge very little.  I don't think I understand enough about your cap-as-TL model to say whether the energy is reflected or what happens to it.  Pfalstad 23:52, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

Sorry. Yes I am assuming the capacitors heve low impedance compared to the resistor. But thats what you expect for coupling capacitors isnt it? OOPs looks tho I didnt mention that. But the argument still holds for any size capacitor.

Any way so far so good. What Im trying to show here is that energy can get to the resistor without the need for displacement current going from one plate to the other in the capacitors. EM energy can flow up and down the transmission line capacitors which are o/c at the far end of course. My propostion is that it all must happen by EM fields.

 * I don't think anyone disputes that the transmission of energy across the capacitor all happens by EM fields. I certainly don't.  I don't understand how the TL representation helps.  Of course I mentally picture a TL as a chain of caps and inductors.  I suppose you have lots of experience with TL's, so perhaps they are more comfortable for you to work with.

Now in one limit, if we make the capacitors smaller and smaller the energy transferred to the resistor will tend to zero. In this case all the energy must be reflected back to the source by the capacitors. In the other limit, where C-->oo, none on the energy is reflected back to source. So the only effect the capacitors have is to decide how much of the incident radiation is reflected!

Current does NOT need to pass from one plate to another. Energy enters the resistor sideways. Energy enters the capacitors sideways and is reflected (to a greater or lesser degree). Nigel Cook is WRONG!! HA HA!! (See : Talk:displacement current to see what Nigel said).--Light current 00:19, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

Musings
It may be better to consider what happens if the source is a step of voltage to help work out the reflection scenario. Im not totally happy with what Ive said so far in that it doesnt completely explain the energy flow into and out of the capacitors. Im going to sleep on it! But I feel were on the right track here!!--Light current 01:03, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

The thing I have to be careful of is (as Alfred Centauri once said) not to mix a network approach with a field theroy approach as they can cause contradictions. So what Im going to do here is assume the field theory distributed component approach. This means that all connnections are TLs, capacitors must be considered TLs and the resistor... well just call it an ideal load for now.

BTW if I use a step waveform as input, that will cause the caps to charge eventually, so I dont want to do that. I must use a single frequency continuous wave (CW) as input. and estimate the standing waves on all transmission lines i suppose!--Light current 17:52, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

When the energy hits the capacitors (TLs) it induces counter propagating current in both conductors of the TL that cuold actually be measured. This current must be the same as that flowing thro' the resistor. Hence in a network theory sense, the energy can be considered to be transported across the capacitor by the em wave travelling down it. Now is that what you call displacement current? I call it em energy!--Light current 01:58, 23 December 2005 (UTC)

 * Why are you so fixated on displacement current? It's bad terminology, of course.  You can call it em energy, em wave, displacement current whatever you want.  Pfalstad 02:42, 23 December 2005 (UTC)

Well, I think the terminology that some people are using is confusing the issue and causing unneccesary arguments. I f its thought of as em energy I have no problem with it being able to travel across empty aspace. I DO have a problem with current (of any sort) traversing empty space. Any way, its not my only hobby horse. i do edit lots of other pages as well!--Light current 03:01, 23 December 2005 (UTC)

 * Well we agree then. I'm not even sure that "displacement current" is mentioned much in the textbooks I've seen.  I see it when Maxwell's equations are introduced and that's about it.  Pfalstad 03:19, 23 December 2005 (UTC)

Now, it should be possible to replace the phrase 'displacement current' on each and every occaision with the term 'em energy' without causing brain ache or contrdictions. May be this is what all the fuss has really been about?? Im going to try this and see if it still makes sense to me (Not in the articles!!).--Light current 03:34, 23 December 2005 (UTC)

 * That "yet" had better be a joke.. Pfalstad 03:37, 23 December 2005 (UTC)

Do you think Im stupid?? No dont answer that!--Light current 03:43, 23 December 2005 (UTC)

Ok sorry
I didn't realise at the time, won't make any further revisisions today

please dont kill me >_< --Mistress Selina Kyle 20:33, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

Electric susceptibility
I wonder if you could have have a quick look at Electric susceptibility. Im trying to rewrite the lead para in a non technical way and wanted to know whether you have any suggestions as to how to describe susceptibility simply but accurately.--Light current 18:49, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

stupid sort
Thanks for the heads-up. --cesarb 18:37, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

Danko Georgiev
Dear Pfalstad, I wish to ban Danko Georgiev from Wikipedia for his repeated accusations of Fraud to me regarding my experiment on the talk pages. My experimental results were verified by faculty from Harvard and other schools. I will not allow this idiot to ruin my reputation. He must be repudiated by the Wikipedia community. Any help you can offer in this regard would be appreciated.-- Afshar 06:58, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

Edina Article
I gave you sources, or put them on the talk page, regarding Carl Pohlad living in Edina. I dont understand why you keep reverting and citing that no sources have been named. Please stop vandalising the article. Thanks.--Geppy 21:24, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

Chris Daughtry Page
Thank you for providing the source for the material I deleted. I was not saying that the information was untrue, but merely that it needed to be sourced. I grow tired of those pages that have information such as "fans have said blah blah blah" and the source comes down to some Joe Blow's posting on an internet blog. Thank you again for providing a solid source. Batman2005 02:40, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

momentum
Hey, I noticed you removed the part refereing to momentum as "the tendency for an object to continue in its direction of travel" or something - on the inertia page. I want to know what was "incorrect" about it. (btw, next time could you post something about deletions like that on the talk page, or the editors page - even if its a small comment?). We had a small discussion about how to conceptually explain momentum on its talk page. I finnally finnally came up with that conceptuality. Perhaps it doesn't really belong on inertia's article - but I'd like to hear your opinion anyway. thanks. Fresheneesz 09:14, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

Apology re. potential energy
I apologize for being too quick on the trigger reverting your re-addition of the gravitational potential energy equation example. However, even after figuring out what was actually going on in the example, I think it's best to replace it with something simpler instead of reverting my revert, as it managed to confuse at least three editors who considered themselves competent enough to change it or review the change made (myself included). I've put further comments at Talk:Potential energy. --Christopher Thomas 07:01, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

Edits by --Michael C. Price on Afshar experiment page

 * Dear Pfalstad, --Michael C. Price insists on using unsubstantiated claims without proper references on the article page. Regardless of the nature of his claims, I have requested that he does so, but instead he has produced at best irrelevant quotes from non-peer-reviewed sources. His edit follows:

Though Afshar's work is still the subject of ongoing interpretation and discussion, a significant portion of the scientific community is of the opinion that Afshar's experiment does not refute complementarity.

Some general criticisms are:

 * Bohr's philosophical views on the Complementarity Principle are generally seen in accordance with the Schrodinger wave equation. Since the latter is obeyed in Afshar's experiment it is not obvious how complementarity can be violated.

 * The modern understanding of quantum decoherence and its destruction of quantum interference provides a mechanism for understanding the appearance of wavefunction collapse and the transition from quantum to classical. As such there is no need, in the decoherence view, for an a priori introduction of a classical-quantum divide as enshrined by complementarity.  Any experiment that claims to violate complementarity needs to address this issue.

As Michael claims, those statments are supposedly "popular views" that preexisted my experiment, and as such must be present in peer-reviewed publication predating my work. All I have asked him to do is to provide such valid ref.s but he has persistently avoided doing so and instead engaged in personal attacks. He seems to have a lot of time on his hands to be on Wikipeida constatntly, but I don't. This is turning to oneupmanship, and I don't have time for such antcis. Maybe he would heed your request. Thanks!-- Prof. Afshar 13:51, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
 * P.S. I will be discussing this issue with Michael Price on the article talk page, and would highly appreciate if you could monitor our discussion and interject when you deem fit. I'm afraid it might get a little testy, as Michael has been persistent on personal attacks. Thanks very much for your help. Best regards.-- Prof. Afshar 17:02, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

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 Why is it so difficult for "Pfalstad" and other "forum lizards" to accept the fact that Letterboxing & Geocaching are two parts of the same hobby? Saying that "Letterboxing is not Geocaching" is like saying an apple is a fruit and an orange is not! Both have logbooks that require signing. A geocache has "trade items" and a letterbox doesn't, so what?. A letterbox has a rubber stamp and a geocache doesn't, so what again?. The whole purpose of both hobbies is to enjoy the great outdoors and just have fun! Yours Truly: 64.40.61.174(changes as needed).

Utilization of a revert tool
Please refrain from using a revert tool as you did here. Reverting with a tool like that is specifically meant to be used for reverting vandalism not good faith (if naïve) edits. Thanks. (→ Netscott ) 16:56, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Will do, sorry. I thought that might have been a bad idea.  Pfalstad 18:09, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

Re: Martin Anderson.

I can live with that. Billollib 19:17, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

reverting images
"I love Wikipedia, and I'm puzzled why people like to trash it." Are you talking about yourself? Please do not respond. I'm not interested in reading it.--22:52, 24 June 2007 (UTC)Mbz1

 * Yes, I can see that from reading what's left of your talk page. Your new images are much improved.  Pfalstad 03:50, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

Magnetic field talk page
"Get ready for a lengthy rant about an Orwellian cabal of fanatics dropping any traces of dissent down the memory hole. ;-) Pfalstad 15:40, 18 July 2007 (UTC)"

 * That's a safe bet!

 * I'm fascinated with this notion that the STR is sufficient to deduce the magnetic field. I'm sure that there is more than one way to show this.  One realization that I came to this morning is that a relativistic four-force field must be four-velocity dependent.  It cannot be any other way for the simple reason that, in the STR, the four-momentum and the four-force must be orthogonal and the only way to ensure this is four-velocity dependence.  Thus, a 'magnetic' (i.e. 3-velocity dependent) 3-force  must be part of any force-field compatible with the STR.  Have I missed something here?

 * Further, since the four-force depends on the four-velocity of particle, a four-force 'field' good for any particle doesn't exist. Instead, we need a rank 2 anti-symmetric tensor field that, when contracted with a four-velocity, gives a four-force field for that particular four-velocity.  Alfred Centauri 17:30, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

 * Don't ask me, I don't know much about STR... I just look up the references.  :)  Trying to come up with proofs for these guys is a waste of time, since it's OR, and they won't believe your proofs anyway.  Pfalstad 20:50, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

 * Oh, it's not for them, it's strictly for my own enjoyment. Thinking deeply about this subject is a hobby of mine, I suppose.  Oh well, time to cut some grass.  Later,  Alfred Centauri 21:00, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

 * Paul, I think I've got it. I haven't seen this anywhere else but I'm certainly not smart enough to be the first one to see this.  Here's the deal.  Consider a general potential energy (and associated force field) that is a function of position only.  It's easy to show (by inserting this into the relativistic Lagrangian) that this cannot be consistent with the STR (more specifically, it isn't consistent with the invariant speed of the four-velocity).  The most simple modification is to ensure Lorentz invariance of the potential by taking the scalar product of the four-velocity and a general potential four-vector that is a function of position but has units of momentum - a potential momentum four-vector.  When you put that term in the relativistic Lagrangian, you immediately get a force that is in the exact form of the Lorentz force - but this is for a general potential (momentum) function of position.  No a priori appeal to any electric or magnetic phenomena.  The bottom line is that the simplest force field consistent with the STR is of the form of the Lorentz force - that is, there is a velocity dependent component that is perpendicular to the velocity.  Neat!  Alfred Centauri 03:51, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

Alfred Centauri, I accept that you are fascinated with the idea that the magnetic field can be deduced from STR. But I fear that your fascination has been causing you to want to give too much primacy to the idea on a basic 'magnetic field' article.

I do also believe that you have been mislead and that magnetism cannot be derived from STR. STR is only a linear transformation with extra gamma and beta factors. To get Maxwell's equations you would need a curl/cross product operator in the transformation.

There are three ways that I know of that have been suggested, but I have spotted the flaw in all of them. Purcell produces an electric charge from a neutral current by doing differential Lorentz contractions on the particles of the wire. This derivation is bogus on quite a number of counts.

The one that you are talking about brings a current term in Coulomb's law simply by comparing it with the four vector that you talk about.

Then of course there is the Lorentz transformation on Maxwell's equations which restores the vXB term that Heaviside removed in 1884.

Even these three methods mutually contradict each other.

If you are really interested in magnetism, I genuinely believe that you should read more Maxwell. I think that relativity has mislead you.

Regarding the rant about the cabal, I do think that there was a sub conscious attempt on your part and that of a number of others, to delete material that is in general circulation but that somehow threatens your relativity vision of the magnetic field.(217.44.98.235 22:37, 20 July 2007 (UTC))

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Please see my comment here  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gilisa (talk • contribs) 08:12, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

Moose /not unlike
Just letting you know I undid this edit. I assume you did not notice that it was a direct quotation from a source. Beeblebrox (talk) 18:32, 30 May 2013 (UTC)

 * Upon further examination it seems clear you were scanning Wikipedia for all instances of this term and removing it wherever you found it. I don't see any reason for doing that, "not unlike" is a perfectly valid turn of phrase and is not perfectly synonymous with "like" as your edits would seem to imply. Beeblebrox (talk) 01:31, 31 May 2013 (UTC)

 * Wow, you must be even more bored than I am. Pfalstad (talk) 16:27, 3 June 2013 (UTC)

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Florence Wilson

Florence Wilson may refer to:

 * Florence Austral, Australian opera singer (maiden name)
 * Florentius Volusenus, which can be translated as Florence Wilson, Scottish humanist
 * Florence Wilson (figure skater), Canadian figure skater in Canadian Figure Skating Championships
 * Mary Florence Wilson (1884–1977) American librarian for the League of Nations
 * Romer Wilson, pen-name of Florence Roma Muir Wilson

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Elastic fiber

Elastic fibers (or yellow fibers) are an essential component of the extracellular matrix composed of bundles of proteins (elastin) which are produced by a number of different cell types including fibroblasts, endothelial, smooth muscle, and airway epithelial cells. These fibers are able to stretch many times their length, and snap back to their original length when relaxed without loss of energy. Elastic fibers include elastin, elaunin and oxytalan.

Elastic fibers are formed via elastogenesis, a highly complex process involving several key proteins including fibulin-4, fibulin-5, latent transforming growth factor β binding protein 4, and microfibril associated protein 4. In this process tropoelastin, the soluble monomeric precursor to elastic fibers is produced by elastogenic cells and chaperoned to the cell surface. Following excretion from the cell, tropoelastin self associates into ~200 nm particles by coacervation, an entropically driven process involving interactions between tropoelastin's hydrophobic domains, which is mediated by glycosaminoglycans, heparan, and other molecules. These particles then fuse to give rise to 1-2 micron spherules which continue to grow as they move down from the cells surface before being deposited onto fibrillin microfibrillar scaffolds.

Following deposition onto microfibrils tropoelastin is insolubilized via extensive crosslinking by members of the lysyl oxidase and lysyl oxidase like family of copper-dependent amine oxidases into amorphous elastin, a highly resilient, insoluble polymer that is metabolically stable over a human lifespan. These two families of enzymes react with the many lysine residues present in tropoelastin to form reactive aldehydes and allysine via oxidative deamination.

These reactive aldehydes and allysines can react with other lysine and allysine residues to form desmosine, isodesmosine, and a number of other polyfunctional crosslinks that join surrounding molecules of tropoelastin into an extensively crosslinked elastin matrix. This process creates a diverse array of intramolecular and intermolecular crosslinks These unique crosslinks are responsible for elastin's durability and persistence. Maintenance of crosslinked elastin is carried out by a number of proteins including lysyl oxidase-like 1 protein.

Mature elastic fibers consist of an amorphous elastin core surrounded by a glycosaminoglycans, heparan sulphate, and number of other proteins such as microfibrillar-associated glycoproteins, fibrillin, fibullin, and the elastin receptor.

Distribution

Elastic fibers are found in the skin, lungs, arteries, veins, connective tissue proper, elastic cartilage, periodontal ligament, fetal tissue and other tissues which must undergo mechanical stretching. In the lung there are thick and thin elastic fibers.

Elastic fibers are absent from scarring, keloids and dermatofibromas and they are decreased greatly, or are absent in anetodermas.

Histology
Elastic fibers stain well with aldehyde fuchsin, orcein, and Weigert's elastic stain in histological sections.

The permanganate-bisulfite-toluidine blue reaction is a highly selective and sensitive method for demonstrating elastic fibers under polarizing optics. The induced birefringence demonstrates the highly ordered molecular structure of the elastin molecules in the elastic fiber. This is not readily apparent under normal optics.

Defects and disease
There is evidence to believe that certain defects of any components of the elastic matrix may impair and alter the structural appearance of elastic and collagen fibers.

Cutis laxa and Williams syndrome have elastic matrix defects that have been directly associated with alterations in the elastin gene.

Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency is a genetic disorder where elastin is excessively degraded by elastase, a degrading protein released by neutrophils during the inflammatory response. This leads most often to emphysema and liver disease in affected individuals.

Buschke–Ollendorff syndrome, Menkes disease, pseudoxanthoma elasticum, and Marfan's syndrome have been associated with defects in copper metabolism and lysyl oxidase or defects in the microfibril (defects in fibrillin, or fibullin for example).

Hurler disease, a lysosomal storage disease, is associated with an altered elastic matrix.

Hypertension and some congenital heart defects are associated with alterations in the great arteries, arteries, and arterioles with alterations in the elastic matrix.

Elastosis
Elastosis is the buildup of elastic fibers in tissues, and is a form of degenerative disease. There are a multitude of causes, but the most commons cause is actinic elastosis of the skin, also known as solar elastosis, which is caused by prolonged and excessive sun exposure, a process known as photoaging. Uncommon causes of skin elastosis include elastosis perforans serpiginosa, perforating calcific elastosis and linear focal elastosis.

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Talk:Fox McCloud

Legs not prosthetic
Dylan Cuthbert issued a tweet stated that they're not prosthetic legs. I'll find the tweet when I get to a computer where Twitter isn't blocked... WhisperToMe (talk) 02:47, 30 December 2016 (UTC)
 * From this YouTube video: "Star Fox's Legs Weren't Cut Off - 5 Facts & Busted Myths from Series' Co-Creator Dylan Cuthbert." Game Xplain. May 24, 2016: 2:45 - He is being livestreamed playing the game and is directly answering that the legs haven't been amputated. And Miyamoto in "Interview with Miyamoto: Star Fox Zero" by the JWittz, March 3, 2016, at 7:54 is asked about the legs and also answers no. WhisperToMe (talk) 04:16, 30 December 2016 (UTC)

Dylan Cuthbert didn't design any of the Star Fox characters: Takaya Imamura did: if anyone was going to debunk any theories it would be Imamura. Also, in the very video you provided, Miyamoto doesn't say anything at all denying or confirming that the legs were amputated. The fact that their legs were amputated also doesn't need any exposition beyond what is plainly visible, across all of the official media, and even in-game. The only source showing Fox or any of the other characters to have organic feet is fanart], so their legs are prosthetic. 2606:A000:1500:4095:BC1B:DEA1:6466:E9F1 (talk) 20:55, 27 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Imamura, Cuthbert, and Miyamoto worked together on the same team. As long as one doesn't contradict the other, I don't see a problem. In any case it's necessary to get an explicit, reliable, published source to say something (in that the legs are prosthetic) or else it can't be stated on Wikipedia, since simply supposing something from official art would count as Original research which is expressly forbidden. I'm not having a statement in the article saying "His legs are not prosthetic" - I'm merely removing any statements which says they are prosthetic. WhisperToMe (talk) 15:04, 18 June 2017 (UTC)
 * I must also add,, that Miyamoto clearly addressed the interviewer's question on whether the legs were amputated or whether it was a "design choice" - "design desu" was what he said, and the person translating confirmed this. It's clear that anything about the legs should be excluded from the article; no reliable sources discuss them, and both Cuthbert and Miyamoto say they were not amputated. WhisperToMe (talk) 19:04, 17 November 2017 (UTC)

 * By that logic, we need an explicit, reliable, published source to say that Fox McCloud has two legs instead of four (the same kind of firsthand observation is used in both cases). A mere image is enough evidence to prove what needs to be proven in such a situation, and there are quite literally thousands upon countless thousands of such images from various official Nintendo media, displaying clear and unmistakable Hinge joints in the place of Fox's ankles, attached to metallic legs and feet with blatantly obvious rivets in them. All artwork failing to show these features invariably show his feet covered in boots: Fox has never been shown with exposed organic feet of any kind in any official media at the time of this writing. The evidence of his legs being mechanical is extremely pervasive, and explicit as-is upon observation of his uncovered feet: no deeper explanation or better references than Nintendo's own official media are needed in this case. Until that changes, the statements will remain. Idazmi (talk) 19:26, 21 July 2017 (UTC)
 * I think Cuthbert put to rest.
 * Sorceror Lance: @dylancuthbert dunno anyone asked, but do you know if the Starfox crew had robotic legs or were they hi-tech boots?
 * Cuthbert: High tech boots - it’d be a bit weird to say the least if they all had no legs :)
 * Sorceror Lance: it's been a long-standing fan theory seeing the old puppets & art they had their legs amputated to reduce blood flow to withstand g-forces
 * Cuthbert: Lol that’s pretty hard core for Nintendo :)
 * This is not about including a statement that Fox has four legs. It is about excluding a statement saying his legs were amputated.
 * You are welcome to ask the OR noticeboard but I doubt they will allow original research statements about McCloud's legs. I just went ahead and alerted the OR noticeboard to this anyway.
 * WhisperToMe (talk) 07:09, 17 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Why are we having this discussions at all?, that's not how Wikipedia works. You seem to be a fairly new editor, may I suggest you take a moment to read the guidelines? It might be "blatantly obvious" to you, but your own conclusions is not what we can base articles upon. We're talking about a fictional character: what is Fox's fictional backstory? Can you point to a player manual where it says that his legs were amputated? A comic book maybe? Or what do reliable sources say? We've got a custom Google search engine for that. I couldn't find any information on the matter. Until you can prove otherwise, the statements will not be part of the article. soetermans . ↑↑↓↓←→←→ B A TALK 09:08, 17 November 2017 (UTC)

It seems like no reliable source has ever picked this story up. Therefore, it's not really worth covering either way. Whether this fictional character has his legs amputated or not is apparently not "notable" enough for reliable sources to dig into it. ~ Mable ( chat ) 10:22, 17 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Agreed. While an editor attached an article from Nintendoeverything.com I can't find anything about its publishing/editorial standards, so it doesn't seem to count. The matter should not be discussed at all in the article unless say Game Informer, Gamepro, or some other major gaming magazine brings it up. WhisperToMe (talk) 14:02, 17 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Nintendoeverything.com is unreliable and has frequently posted incorrect information (numerous issues for Switch game announcements). It should be removed wherever its being used. -- ferret (talk) 14:46, 17 November 2017 (UTC)

Ridiculous fan theory based on old game assets, with no reliable secondary coverage or even primary statements that it is the case. -- ferret (talk) 12:14, 17 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Clear violation of our WP:OR policy. Do not include. Sergecross73   msg me  19:10, 17 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Note that User:Masem made a comment agreeing that it is original research at No_original_research/Noticeboard WhisperToMe (talk) 12:49, 18 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Yeah, very clear-cut case of original research. (And remarkably far-fetched original research at that. People really conclude that his legs have been amputated just because his boots are a metallic color? Next they'll be insisting that Sonic the Hedgehog's backside is composed of a mass of water which he controls with telekinesis, because looking at the artwork you can clearly see that it's blue.)--Martin IIIa (talk) 14:48, 24 November 2017 (UTC)

Somebody did end up finding a Game Informer article which talks about it. The writer (Ben Reeves, a Game Informer employee) did believe in the robotic legs "theory", but he stated "Nintendo has never commented on this fact". (and as User:Masem said, we now have statements from Cuthbert and Miyamoto saying it's not true) - Masem believes that now we can comment on the fan theory but not state it as truth. IMO it would be nice to find additional RSes that talk about it. It would also be nice to contact Reeves and show him Cuthbert's and Miyamoto's statements to see if he will update the article. WhisperToMe (talk) 18:06, 25 November 2017 (UTC)

Shigeru Miyamoto has never stated that the Star Fox characters legs were not mechanical in any context, including the JWittz interview you linked. In fact, at 8:26 in that video, Miyamoto's translator directly states that it was an artistic choice he deliberately made to explain why Fox has humanoid legs instead of the legs of a fox, directly implying that he is a cyborg in the style of Rocket Raccoon. Also, while Dylan Cuthbert was the programmer of Star Fox under Argonaut Software, he was not the character design artist, nor did he create the scenario. Cuthbert is also not directly affiliated with nor employed under Nintendo. Idazmi (talk) 07:36, 8 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Context is key. Watch the whole Miyamoto segment from 7:53 and it's clear it's an either-or-question: Miyamoto was asked either metal legs or a design choice ("Speaking of Star Fox's crew[...]do they amputate their legs[...]or is that just a design, is everyone crazy?"). Since he said design, he did not choose the "metal legs" choice. And since they're all on the same team, it's fair to say "the creators" said no. Anyway, as others say, it's a minor aspect of the character. I think a sentence or two is fine but no more than that. WhisperToMe (talk) 11:15, 8 December 2017 (UTC)
 * This is clearly a fan theory (which may or may not have been an internal Nintendo thing back in the 90s - the definitely decided not to roll with it later). However it is a notable fan theory - which would make sense mentioning it, backed up by sources, that it is a fan theory. If a rapper, Quentin Miller, who lost a foot embrace this and even releases a "Falco" mixtape - we can say this umm, has some legs. Quentin Miller seems to be embracing that idea with the name of his latest mixtape Falco. Falco is a character from the video game series Star Fox. Falco is the wingman to Fox McCloud and Falco just happens to have metal legs. Just like Falco, Quentin Miller is ready to takeoff and shoot for the stars..Icewhiz (talk) 09:20, 8 December 2017 (UTC)

 * There is a lack of sourcing and community consensus to add this as a fact. So let's wrap these discussions up. Sergecross73   msg me  09:37, 8 December 2017 (UTC)
 * The linked Game Informer article can be used to source the fact that this fan theory exists (and that Nintendo has commented on it). Definitely doesn't deserve more than one sentence on it, per due weight. I don't really care whether it is mentioned or not either way, as it's a really minor aspect of this character (per the low number of sources commenting on it). ~ Mable ( chat ) 10:51, 8 December 2017 (UTC)
 * BTW Idazmi added the leg theory stuff all over again - Idazmi, I think it's better to hash it all out on the talk page, then add it later. WhisperToMe (talk) 14:50, 8 December 2017 (UTC)

Proposed sentence: "There is a fan theory stating that Fox McCloud, along with other Star Fox members, had his legs amputated and replaced with metal prostheses,(Game Informer source) and this is referenced in a song by rapper Quentin Miller; Cuthbert stated that the characters' legs were not amputated, and Miyamoto stated that the appearance of metal legs was a design choice rather than an indication that the legs were amputated." WhisperToMe (talk) 04:40, 9 December 2017 (UTC)
 * I'm mostly okay with that - I think the part about Quentin Miller should be moved to the end, or omitted entirely though. I don't think it's good to place it between the other two sentences like that. Sergecross73   msg me  15:56, 11 December 2017 (UTC)
 * I'm cool with changing the order around, so I'll put it in the end :) WhisperToMe (talk) 09:30, 13 December 2017 (UTC)

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Suggestion: Add Fox McCloud to the Animal superheroes category
I propose to add this page to the category Animal superheroes.

Although McCloud is not a superhero in the typical sense, I observe that characters such as Crash Bandicoot, Sonic and Spyro are also listed there, to whom the same could be argued to apply, and therefore think that it would be sensible to include Fox McCloud on said list.

If there are additional pages for the rest of the Star Fox team, they could also be added to the category, as several other franchises referenced by this category also have multiple characters listed, such as those from the Captain Carrot comics. 2A02:C7D:16D0:4F00:9986:D999:81D9:26A6 (talk) 21:47, 24 April 2018 (UTC)
 * The definition of superhero is "a benevolent fictional character with superhuman powers". Does Fox specifically possess any superhuman powers? ~ P*h3i   (📨)  07:11, 25 April 2018 (UTC)
 * On another note, I have created a discussion on the topic of Crash Bandicoot's placement in the category. I have not with Sonic the Hedgehog or Spyro as they possess superhuman powers; abnormally high speed (atypical of a hedgehog) and icy breath (atypical of a dragon). Spyro's argument is weaker although it has some merit. ~ P*h3i   (📨)  07:16, 25 April 2018 (UTC)

Chief protagonist
The lead section of the article describes Fox as the chief protagonist of the Star Fox saga, which I find redundant. I mean, he is already the protagonist, what makes him chief among others? Last time I checked, Star Fox doesn't have multiple and rotating protagonists or an ensemble cast. Yes, Star Fox 2 and Star Fox Command have multiple playable characters but that doesn't mean that Fox is no longer the sole protagonist of the saga. Am I missing something? Leader Vladimir (talk) 16:57, 1 August 2021 (UTC)

Rationale for making Fox a high-importance article
I think Fox qualifies as high-importance with regards to WP:VG, he was listed in the "Greatest Gaming Icons" magazine and is extremely well-known, if not for Star Fox than for his heavy popularity in Smash. However, since he is listed as one of the mid-tier examples WikiProject Video games/Assessment, I thought that I would ask for agreement on this. If people agree, I can change his name to someone else on the table. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 19:31, 18 December 2023 (UTC)

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B.R.M.C. (album)

B.R.M.C. is the debut studio album by American rock band Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, released on Virgin Records on April 3, 2001.

"Spread Your Love" was used in 2003 Vin Diesel film A Man Apart and features in the TV show Skins. It has also been used in a series of commercials for Ketel One vodka as well as The Cosmopolitan hotel in Las Vegas. The NME rated the song as the 27th best song of 2002.

Track listing
All tracks written and composed by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club.

 * 1) "Love Burns" – 4:05
 * 2) "Red Eyes and Tears" – 4:00
 * 3) "Whatever Happened to My Rock 'n' Roll (Punk Song)" – 4:38
 * 4) "Awake" – 6:12
 * 5) "White Palms" – 4:55
 * 6) "As Sure as the Sun" – 7:27 (5:52 on some releases)
 * 7) "Rifles" – 5:30 (7:02 on some releases)
 * 8) "Too Real" – 4:55
 * 9) "Spread Your Love" – 3:45
 * 10) "Head Up High" – 5:35
 * 11) "Salvation" – 6:06

 * Japanese edition bonus tracks
 * 1) "Screaming Gun" – 3:14
 * 2) "At My Door" – 4:45
 * 3) "Down Here" – 3:33

 * EU edition bonus tracks (2008 reissue)
 * 1) "At My Door" - 3:33
 * 2) "Screaming Gun" – 3:14
 * 3) "Tonight's With You" – 5:53
 * 4) "Loaded Gun" – 6:08

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Sanma Akashiya

Sanma Akashiya (明石家 さんま) is a Japanese comedian, TV presenter, radio personality and actor most commonly known as Sanma-san. His real name is Takafumi Sugimoto (杉本 髙文). His talent agency is Yoshimoto Kogyo and his shishô (master) back when he studied rakugo is Shōfukutei Matsunosuke.

Together with Beat Takeshi and Tamori, Sanma is said to be one of the "Big Three (Japan)" television comedians of Japan. He is known for his ability to endlessly carry a conversation. His protruding front teeth are often ridiculed, even by himself.

Akashiya married actress Shinobu Otake in September 1988. They met on the set of the drama series Danjo Shichinin Natsumonogatari. At the time, Otake had one son from her previous marriage with her husband who had died. The marriage lasted 4 years as they divorced in September 1992. The two remained friends after and are sometimes seen on variety television programs together. They have one daughter, Imalu Otake, born in 1989. Imalu went on to become a tarento in 2009 under the name IMALU.

Present

 * Odoru! Sanma Goten!! (踊る!さんま御殿!!) (Nippon TV) (1997–Present)
 * Tūkai! Akashiya TV (痛快!明石家電視台) (MBS TV) (1990–Present)
 * Honmadekka!? TV (ホンマでっか!?TV) (Fuji TV) (2009–Present)
 * Sanma Improvement Committee (さんまのお笑い向上委員会) (Fuji TV) (2015–Present)

Specials

 * Shin jijitsu! Orinpikku-mei bamen saikyō-kin medal award (as guest) (NTV, July 22, 2024)

Nippon TV

 * Yasukiyo no Odedameshi Undameshi (やすきよの腕だめし運だめし)) (Yomiuri TV) (1981 - 1982)
 * Me-kata de Dōn! (目方でドーン!)) (1982 - 1983)
 * Sanma-Kazuki no Itchokami de Yansu (さんま・一機のイッチョカミでやんす)) (1989 - 1990)
 * Koi no Karasawagi (恋のから騒ぎ) (1994 - 2011)
 * Akashiya Shuppan (明石家出版)) (1997)

TBS TV

 * Young Oh! Oh! (ヤングおー!おー!) (MBS TV) (1980-1982)
 * Nessen! Kayō Derby (熱戦!歌謡ダービー) (1981)
 * Asobi Sugi Janaino!? (遊びすぎじゃないの!?) (1985)
 * Akashiya Takokusekigun (明石家多国籍軍) (MBS TV) (1994)
 * Okashiya? Sanma! (おかしや?さんま!) (2003)
 * Akashiya-san Channel (明石家さんちゃんねる) (2006-2008)
 * Sanma-no Karakuri TV (さんまのからくりTV) (1992 - 1996)
 * Sanma-no Super Karakuri TV (さんまのSUPERからくりTV) (1996 - 2014)

TV Asahi

 * Do-Up Kayo TV (Do-Up歌謡テレビ) (1984 - 1985)
 * Sanma no Hit Match (さんまのヒットマッチ) (1985)
 * Sanma no Chūzai-san (さんまの駐在さん) (ABC TV) (1985 - 1986)
 * Sanma no Gomenne Wagamamade (さんまのゴメンねわがままで) (1986)
 * Sanma no Nandemo Derby (さんまのナンでもダービー) (1993 - 1995)
 * Akashiya Cream Land (明石家くりぃむランド) (ABC TV) (2006)

TV Tokyo

 * Saturday Night Show (サタデーナイトショー) (1981 - 1984)
 * Omoshiro Purenūn (おもしろプレヌーン) (1984)

Fuji TV

 * Dare ga Kabayanen Rock and Roll Show (誰がカバやねんロックンロールショー) (Kansai TV) (1979 - 1980)
 * Waratteru Baai Desuyo! (笑ってる場合ですよ!) (1980 - 1982)
 * Quiz Manzai Grand Prix (クイズ漫才グランプリ) (1981)
 * Oretachi Hyoukinzoku (オレたちひょうきん族) (1981 - 1989)
 * Shinryū-Sanma no Scoop Itchokusen (紳竜・さんまのスクープ一直線) (Kansai TV) (1983)
 * Quiz! Okane ga Daisuki (クイズ!お金が大好き) (1984)
 * Waratte Iitomo! (森田一義アワー 笑っていいとも!) (1984 - 1995, as Friday regular member)
 * TV-kun, Domo! (テレビくん、どうも!) (1985 - 1988, with real name, Takafumi Sugimoto)
 * Sanma no Manma (さんまのまんま) (Kansai TV) (1985 - 2016)
 * "Appare Sanma" Series (「あっぱれさんま」シリーズ) (1988 - 2009)
 * Appare Sanma Daisensei (あっぱれさんま大先生)
 * Yappari Sanma Daisensei (やっぱりさんま大先生)
 * Sanma Daisensei ga iku! (さんま大先生が行く!)
 * Appare!! Sanma Daikyōju (あっぱれ!!さんま大教授)
 * Appare!! Sanma Shinkyōju (あっぱれ!!さんま新教授)
 * Fujisankei Group Kokoku Taishou (フジサンケイグループ広告大賞) (1991 - 2011)
 * Professional Baseball News (プロ野球ニュース) (1992 - 1993)
 * Akashiya Sanma no Sports Suruzo! Daihōsō (明石家さんまのスポーツするぞ!大放送) (1993 - 1997)
 * Sanma no Hiro Bar (さんまnoひろバァー) (1995)
 * Nama Sanma Minna de Iikimochi (生さんま みんなでイイ気持ち!) (1995)
 * Takeshi-Sanma no Yūmeijin no Atsumarumise (たけし・さんまの有名人の集まる店) (1997 - 1999)
 * Akashiya Mansion Monogatari (明石家マンション物語) (1999 - 2001)
 * Sanma no Tengoku to Jigoku (さんまの天国と地獄) (2000 - 2002)
 * Akashiya Ukennen Monogatari (明石家ウケんねん物語) (2001 - 2002)
 * Odaiba Akashijō (お台場明石城) (2004 - 2006)
 * Saturday Night Live Japan (サタデー・ナイト・ライブ JPN) (2011, 2012 (Satellite TV))

TV series

 * Seven Men and Women, Summer Story (男女7人夏物語) (TBS, 1986)
 * Seven Men and Women, Autumn Story (男女7人秋物語) (TBS, 1987)
 * Furuhata Ninzaburō (Fuji TV, 1996), Oshimizu
 * Hatachi no Koibito (ハタチの恋人) (TBS, 2007)
 * Jimmy: The True Story of a True Idiot (Netflix, 2018), himself

Radio

 * MBS Young Town Doyōbi (MBSヤングタウン 土曜日) (MBS Radio, with Haruna Iikubo and Haruka Kudo)

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