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Charles Duncan

Charles Duncan may refer to:

Politics and law

 * Charles T. Duncan (1838–1915), American lawyer and Virginia state judge
 * Charles Duncan (politician) (1865–1933), British politician and trade unionist
 * Charles Duncan Jr. (1926–2022), U.S. Secretary of Energy under President Jimmy Carter

Others

 * Charles Duncan (captain) ( 1786–1789), British ship captain and maritime fur trader
 * Charles Duncan (stonemason) (1823–1891), Scottish-born Utah stonemason
 * Charles Duncan (artist) (1887–1970), American avant-garde painter
 * Charlie Duncan (1889–?), Scottish footballer
 * Charles Stafford Duncan (1892–1952), American painter
 * Charles K. Duncan (1911–1994), United States Navy admiral
 * Charles "Scottie" Duncan (fl. 1937–1940), American baseball player
 * Charles Duncan (British Army soldier) (1920–1943), British soldier posthumously awarded the George Cross

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Gates (character)

Gates (Ti'julk Mr'asz) is a fictional character and member of the Legion of Super-Heroes in the DC Universe. Like all natives of the planet Vyrga, Gates has a largely insectoid body. He is also noted for his strong political views, tending towards socialism.

Fictional character biography
Gates was the third non-biped member (after Quislet and Tellus) in the history of the Legion (the first after the 1994 reboot). He was also unique amongst Legionnaires in being their only unwilling member, having been drafted by his planetary government to represent them in the Legion, whom he perceived as being militaristic and inherently fascist. Apparently Gates is one of few free-thinkers on his homeworld, the rest being unindividualistic conformists.

Gates has played key roles in many missions; his tactics enabled Star Boy to defeat Validus of the Fatal Five and he was able to resist the Emerald Eye's possession. Gates was part of the Legion team that was stranded in the 20th century for a time, where he came up with the strategy to defeat Mantis, and forged a close friendship with teammate Brainiac 5. Gates also joined Ultra Boy in helping out at soup kitchens during their stay.

Like many of the Legionnaires that were original to the Post-Zero Hour continuity, Gates did not appear in the "Threeboot" continuity.

Gates reappeared with his Legion in Final Crisis: Legion of 3 Worlds #2. In the later issues he shows disdain towards the Legion of New Earth for having few non-humanoid members. In #4, he is tasked with bringing the three versions of Brainiac 5 to the Fortress of Solitude, along with Light Lass. In #5, following the villains' defeat, Gates decided to remain with the pre-Crisis Legion.

New 52
In The New 52 timeline, Gates made his first appearance in Legion Lost, where he and several other Legionnaires were trapped in the 21st century. He was thought killed in the time bubble/transporter accident that stranded the Legionnaires in the past, but in fact survived, though physically damaged. He and his teammates would reunite with their 31st century comrades and, in another time travel adventure, encounter the present day Justice League United and together battle the cosmic threat Infinitus.

Powers and abilities
Gates has the ability to create glowing green, circular teleportation "gates", which people and objects can travel freely through to emerge from a partner gate at a location he himself defines mentally (it is also possible to make the trip in reverse, traveling from the partner gate to the original gate). Gates' "gates" have been shown to have sharp edges; he accidentally severed Ra's al Ghul's arm once while teleporting.

Equipment
As a member of the Legion of Super-Heroes, Gates is provided a Legion Flight Ring, which allows him to fly and protects him from the vacuum of space and other dangerous environments.

In other media

 * Gates appears in Adventures in the DC Universe #10.
 * Gates makes a cameo appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes.

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Aldolase A

Aldolase A (ALDOA, or ALDA), also known as fructose-bisphosphate aldolase, is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the ALDOA gene on chromosome 16.

The protein encoded by this gene is a glycolytic enzyme that catalyzes the reversible conversion of fructose-1,6-bisphosphate to glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate (G3P) and dihydroxyacetone phosphate (DHAP). Three aldolase isozymes (A, B, and C), encoded by three different genes, are differentially expressed during development. Aldolase A is found in the developing embryo and is produced in even greater amounts in adult muscle. Aldolase A expression is repressed in adult liver, kidney and intestine and similar to aldolase C levels in brain and other nervous tissue. Aldolase A deficiency has been associated with myopathy and hemolytic anemia. Alternative splicing and alternative promoter usage results in multiple transcript variants. Related pseudogenes have been identified on chromosomes 3 and 10.

Structure
ALDOA is a homotetramer and one of the three aldolase isozymes (A, B, and C), encoded by three different genes. The ALDOA gene contains 8 exons and the 5' UTR IB. Key amino acids responsible for its catalytic function have been identified. The residue Tyr363 functions as the acid–base catalyst for protonating C3 of the substrate, while Lys146 is proposed to stabilize the negative charge of the resulting conjugate base of Tyr363 and the strained configuration of the C-terminal. Residue Glu187 participates in multiple functions, including FBP aldolase catalysis, acid–base catalysis during substrate binding, dehydration, and substrate cleavage. Though ALDOA localizes to the nucleus, it lacks any known nuclear localization signals (NLS).

Mechanism
In mammalian aldolase, the key catalytic amino acid residues involved in the reaction are lysine and tyrosine. The tyrosine acts as an efficient hydrogen acceptor while the lysine covalently binds and stabilizes the intermediates. Many bacteria use two magnesium ions in place of the lysine.

The numbering of the carbon atoms indicates the fate of the carbons according to their position in fructose 6-phosphate.

Function
ALDOA is a key enzyme in the fourth step of glycolysis, as well as in the reverse pathway gluconeogenesis. It catalyzes the reversible conversion of fructose-1,6-bisphosphate to glyceraldehydes-3-phosphate and dihydroxyacetone phosphate by aldol cleavage of the C3–C4 bond. As a result, it is a crucial player in ATP biosynthesis. ALDOA also contributes to other "moonlighting" functions such as muscle maintenance, regulation of cell shape and motility, striated muscle contraction, actin cytoskeleton organization, and regulation of cell proliferation. ALDOA likely regulates actin cytoskeleton remodeling through interacting with cytohesin-2 (ARNO) and Arf6.

ALDOA is ubiquitously expressed in most tissues, though it is predominantly expressed in developing embryo and adult muscle. In lymphocytes, ALDOA is the predominant aldolase isoform. Within the cell, ALDOA typically localizes to the cytoplasm, but it can localize to the nucleus during DNA synthesis of the cell cycle S phase. This nuclear localization is regulated by the protein kinases AKT and p38. It is suggested that the nucleus serves as a reservoir for ALDOA in low glucose conditions. ALDOA has also been found in mitochondria.

ALDOA is regulated by the energy metabolism substrates glucose, lactate, and glutamine. In human mast cells (MCs), ALDOA has been observed to undergo post-translational regulation by protein tyrosine nitration, which may alter its relative affinity for FBP and/or IP3. This change then affects IP3 and PLC signaling cascades in IgE-dependent responses.

Clinical significance
Aldolase A (ALDOA) is highly expressed in multiple cancers, including lung squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC), renal cancer, and hepatocellular carcinoma. It is proposed that ALDOA overexpression enhances glycolysis in these tumor cells, promoting their growth. In LSCC, its upregulation correlates with metastasis and poor prognosis, while its downregulation reduces tumor cell motility and tumorigenesis. Thus, ALDOA could be a potential LSCC biomarker and therapeutic drug target.

Aldolase A deficiency is a rare, autosomal recessive disorder that is linked to hemolysis and accompanied by weakness, muscle pain, and myopathy.

Interactions
Aldolase A has been shown to interact with:
 * PLD2,
 * actin,
 * GLUT4,
 * phospholipase D2,
 * light chain 8 of dynein,
 * erythrocyte anion exchanger Band 3 protein,
 * ryanodine receptor,
 * Cytohesin-2, and
 * V-ATPase (vacuolar-type H+-ATPase).

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HMS Polyphemus (1782)

HMS Polyphemus, a 64-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 27 April 1782 at Sheerness. She participated in the 1801 Battle of Copenhagen, the Battle of Trafalgar, and the Siege of Santo Domingo. In 1813 she became a powder hulk and was broken up in 1827.

Early career
Polyphemus was laid down at Sheerness in 1776. On 26 April 1778, His Majesty King George III visited Sheerness to inspect the dockyards. There he saw Polyphemus, which was standing in her frame to season. She was launched in 1782 and commissioned under Captain William C. Finch, who then sailed her to Gibraltar.

She was part of a British fleet under Admiral Richard Howe successfully resupplied Gibraltar, then under siege by Bourbon forces. Shortly after, the British fleet met the Franco-Spanish fleet under Admiral Luis de Córdova y Córdova on 20 October 1782. The consequent battle of Cape Spartel was indecisive. Polyphemus was part of the second division of the van, and suffered four men wounded.

In late 1782, Admiral Sir Richard Hughes took a squadron that included Polyphemus, under Captain Thomas Sotheby, out to the West Indies. On their way the British encountered a French convoy off Martinique. The action of 6 December 1782 lasted 40 minutes, during which time HMS Ruby (1776), under Captain John Collins, captured the French 64-gun ship Solitaire, under Jean-Charles de Borda. Solitaire had 35 men killed and 55 wounded whilst Ruby had only two men wounded. Two days later the squadron arrived at Barbados. The Royal Navy took Solitaire into service as HMS Solitaire. Polyphemus shared with Ruby in the head money for the capture of Solitaire, while the other vessels of the British squadron did not, suggesting that Polyphemus assisted Ruby.

At the end of the war in 1783, her crew was paid off in June. Then she received some repairs between December 1783 and December 1784.

French Revolutionary Wars
In December 1793, after the outbreak of war with France, Polyphemus underwent fitting that at Chatham that took until June 1794. Captain George Lumsdaine commissioned her in April.

Irish station
Polyphemus and HMS Santa Margarita (1779) shared in the recapture on 21 September 1795 of the vessel Hibberts. Polyphemus was operating off Queenstown, Ireland, on 22 October when she took possession at Cork of the Dutch 64-gun ship Overijsel (or Overyssel), which the Royal Navy took into service as HMS Overyessel. Polyphemus then became the flagship for Vice-Admiral Robert Kingsmill, at Queenstown, before undergoing repairs in May and June 1796 at Plymouth. In August Polyphemus left the East India fleet west of the Canaries and returned to Plymouth two weeks or so later.

In December 1796, Polyphemus and HMS Apollo (1794) were off the Irish coast when they captured the 14-gun French privateer schooner HMS Deux Amis (1796), of 100 tons bm and 80 men. The Royal Navy took her into service under her existing name. On the 31st Polyphemus captured the Tartar.

There was only a handful of ships based at Cork under Rear-Admiral Kingsmill, principally Polyphemus and a frigate squadron, in late December 1796 when the French launched the Expédition d'Irlande, an attempt to create a republican uprising in Ireland. Polyphemus seized the transport FRENCH FRIGATE Justine on 30 December and HMS Jason (1794) captured the transport FRENCH FRIGATE Suffren shortly afterwards, although the French frigate FRENCH FRIGATE Tartu recaptured Suffren. On 5 January 1797 Polyphemus captured Tartu, of 44 guns and 625 men (including troops). The Royal Navy took her into service as HMS Uranie. Polyphemus also captured another transport, but the weather being bad and night falling, she did not take possession. Lumsdaine reported that the transport was leaky and making distress signals, but that he was unable to assist. He thought it highly likely that she had sunk. This may have been the Fille-Unique, which sank in the Bay of Biscay on 6 January.

Between November 1799 and March 1800 she underwent repairs at Chatham. She was recommissioned in 1799, again under Lumsdaine.

Baltic service
Captain John Lawford was appointed to command of Polyphemus on 1 August and took up his position on three days later. She sailed from Yarmouth on 9 August 1800, with a squadron under Vice-Admiral Archibald Dickson in HMS Monarch (1765) bound for Denmark. Because of lack of wind the faster sailing vessels had to tow the slower ones and it was 15 August before they reached The Skaw. The next day the whole squadron advanced as far as the mouth of the Sound where the Danes had anchored three 74-gun ships, later increased to four, between Kronberg Castle and the Swedish shore. Because of gales the Admiral sheltered his squadron in Elsinore Roads and then went in HMS Romney (1762) as far as Sophienberg Castle to talk with Lord Whitworth, who was negotiating with the Danish government. After matters were resolved the squadron returned to Yarmouth in September.

In March 1801, Rear-Admiral Thomas Graves raised his flag on Polyphemus, replacing Kingsmill. Polyphemus was with the fleet under the command of Admiral Sir Hyde Parker that bombarded Copenhagen on 2 April. The British objective was to break up the second League of Armed Neutrality, which also included Sweden and Prussia, that Tzar Paul I of Russia had established.

During the battle, Polyphemus and HMS Desiree (1800) came to the assistance of the 50-gun fourth rate HMS Isis (1774), which was being hard-pressed by the Danes' 56-gun ship Provesteenen, and succeeded in silencing her. Polyphemus lost six men killed, and 25 men wounded. In 1847 the Admiralty awarded the Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Copenhagen 1801" to all surviving claimants from the battle.

The division of the North Sea fleet commanded by Admiral Thomas in Polyphemus returned to Yarmouth from the Baltic Sea on 13 July and then sailed to join Admiral Dickson's squadron blockading the Dutch fleet in the Texel. At some point Graves transferred his flag to HMS Defiance (1783).

In April 1802 Polyphemus went into ordinary, following the Treaty of Amiens that ended the war.

Napoleonic Wars
After war with France resumed in 1803, Polyphemus underwent fitting out at Chatham between March and September 1804. Captain Robert Redmill recommissioned her in July for the Channel, but apparently was only temporarily in command.

Polyphemus joined the Cadiz squadron under Admiral John Orde. She shared with HMS Donegal (1798) and HMS Defence (1763) in the proceeds from the capture on 26 November of the Spanish ship Virgen del Rosario.

In late November or early December (different records disagree), Polyphemus, under Lawford's command, captured several Spanish ships. One was the San Joseph (alias Favourite). The snow Saint Josef had been sailing from La Guayra to Cadiz with a cargo of indigo, cocoa, cochineal, and cotton. Another was the Santo Christo, which had been sailing from Montevideo to Cadiz with a cargo of hides and copper. She also captured the St Edward. The St Edward (or Edward), was sailing from Vera Cruz to Cadiz with a cargo of cocoa, cochineal, and cotton, and $98,539. Lastly, Polyphemus captured the Bon Air, which was sailing from Vera Cruz to Cadiz with a cargo of cocoa, indigo, and cochineal, and $20,000.

Three days later Polyphemus and HMS Lively (1804) captured the Spanish frigate Santa Gertruyda off Cape St Mary. A frigate of 40-guns, she was armed only with 14, and was sailing from Peru and Mexico to Coruna when Polyphemus captured her. Polyphemus and Santa Gertruyda separated in a gale that damaged the Spanish ship, which nonetheless reached Plymouth on 10 January 1805, in tow by the armed defence ship Harriet, which had encountered Santa Gertruyda some days after the gale. Santa Gertruyda was carrying $1,215,000, and merchandize. Once she arrived in Plymouth, the Royal Navy took her into service as HMS Santa Gertruda (1804), but did not commission the 40-year-old ship. Instead she served as a receiving ship.

Lawford was still in command on 8 February 1805 when Polyphemus captured Marianna. She arrived in Plymouth a few days later.

Trafalgar
Under Redmill, Polyphemus took part in the Battle of Trafalgar in October 1805. She fought in the Lee column, and lost two men killed and four wounded. She engaged the French ships FRENCH SHIP Neptune and FRENCH SHIP Achille and after the battle captured the SPANISH SHIP Argonauta. Lastly, Polyphemus towed HMS Victory, carrying Nelson's body, back to Gibraltar.

Parliament voted a grant of £300,000 to the participants in the battle, payable in September 1806. Then in March 1807 there was a distribution of prize money for the hull, stores, and head money for four French and two Spanish ships captured at Trafalgar. In 1847 the Admiralty awarded the Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Trafalgar" to all surviving claimants from the battle.

In January 1806, Polyphemus and the frigate HMS Sirius (1797) were escorting a convoy from Gibraltar when they encountered a French squadron under Admiral Willaumez. The French succeeded in capturing two of the merchant vessels and four of the French fleet unsuccessfully chased Sirius for two hours, but forcing her to separate from the convoy.

On 3 April 1806 Polyphemus, HMS Fame (1805), and HMS Africa (1781) were off Madeira, having escorted the East India Fleet southward. Seventeen days later, Polyphemus shared in the capture of the Spanish ship Estrella. One week later Polyphemus, Fame, and Africa shared in the capture of the Spanish ship San Pablo and her cargo. St Pablo (or St Pablus), was sailing from Vera Cruz with a valuable cargo.

French coast
In July 1806, she was with Lord St. Vincent's squadron off Ushant. On 14 July her boats, together with others of the squadron, were taken by the Iris to Captain John Tremayne Rodd in Indefatigable off Rochefort to attack two French corvettes and a convoy at the entrance to the Garonne. The weather on 15 July appeared suitable for the attempt but after the boats left a strong wind blew up and although they managed to capture the corvette or brig Caesar, they could not prevent the convoy escaping up river. The French were expecting the attack and put up a strong resistance. The British lost six men killed, 36 wounded and 21 missing. Indefatigable alone lost two killed and 11 wounded. Polyphemus had two men lightly wounded. The 21 missing men were in a boat from HMS Revenge (1805); a later report suggested that most, if not all, had been taken prisoner. The majority of the boats were either shot through or so badly stove in that they were swamped, and had to be cut adrift from the brig as she was brought out under fire from the batteries and the ex-British brig HMS Teaser (1804). The vessels claiming prize money included HMS Pilchard (1805) and the hired armed lugger Nile, in addition to the various ships of the line and frigates. This cutting out expedition resulted in the participants qualifying for the Naval General Service Medal with clasp "16 July Boat Service 1806".

Caesar, of 18 guns, had a crew of 86 men according to her roster, and was under the command of lieutenant de vaisseau Louis François Hector Fourré. She was five years old, coppered, 88' by 23', and "appears fit for His Majesty's Service", according to Rodd. The Royal Navy took her into service as the brig HMS Cesar. Head money for the capture was paid in June 1829.

In July 1806 Polyphemus was recommissioned. Captain Joseph O. Masefield replaced Redmill in September.

In the action of 25 September 1806, a British squadron of six ships of the line that was keeping a close blockade of the port as part of the Atlantic campaign of 1806 intercepted a French squadron comprising five frigates and two corvettes, sailing to the French West Indies with supplies and reinforcements. The British ships, under the command of Commodore Sir Samuel Hood sighted the French convoy shortly after it left Biscay port of Rochefort. The British caught the French convoy after a five-hour pursuit, although they had become separated from one another during the chase. The British captured the French frigates Infatigable, Minerve, Armide, and Gloire. Polyphemus shared in the prize money for these four frigates.

Captain John Broughton replaced Masefield in October.

Americas
In 1807 Polyphemus, under the command of Captain Peter Heywood, became the flagship of Rear-Admiral Sir George Murray, off South America.

In March Murray's squadron carried troops from the Cape of Good Hope to South America in support of a second failed attempt to wrest the River Plate area from the Spanish. A detachment of sailors and marines from Polyphemus served on shore in the Advance Brigade during the disastrous (for the British) attack on Buenos Aires. Admiral Murray evacuated Lieutenant Crowley of Polyphemus, who had been wounded, and his men, aboard the frigate FRENCH FRIGATE Néréide.

Polyphemus remained in the River Plate area, carrying out surveying and merchant vessel protection duties. Between January and February 1808 Polyphemus underwent a refit at Portsmouth.

Heywood remained in command until May 1808, when Captain William Pryce Cumby replaced him. Cumby had been lieutenant and then acting commander of HMS Bellerophon (1786) at Trafalgar.

Polyphemus became the flagship of Vice-Admiral Bartholomew Samuel Rowley. In July she sailed for Jamaica, convoying a large fleet of merchantmen, and taking the Vice-Admiral to take up his appointment as chief of the station. Since he resided on shore with his flag in HMS Shark (1779), Polyphemus was able to undertake cruises against the enemy.

On the morning of 14 November Cumby sent his boats, under Lieutenant Joseph Daly in the barge, to chase a schooner attempting to enter the harbour at San Domingo. An hour later the British succeed in boarding the schooner despite facing a hail of grape and musketry. Their quarry proved to be the French navy schooner Colibry, of three carriage guns and a crew of 63 men under the command of lieutenant de vaisseau Deyrisse. The French lost one man killed and five wounded; Polyphemus had one man killed.

On 17 April 1809, a British squadron captured the French 74-gun FRENCH SHIP D'Hautpoul during Troude's expedition to the Caribbean. The initial distribution of prize money excluded Polyphemus and Tweed, who appealed. Polyphemus's appeal succeeded. On 28 April Polyphemus recaptured Carlotta, Duncan, master, and sent her into Jamaica. Carlotta had been sailing from St Batholomew's to Jacmel when a French privateer captured her.

In June 1809 Cumby received command of a squadron consisting of Polyphemus, HMS Aurora (1777), HMS Tweed (1807), HMS Sparrow (1805), HMS Thrush (1806), HMS Griffon (1808), HMS Lark (1794), HMS Moselle (1804), HMS Fleur de la Mer (1807), and HMS Pike (1804). They sailed from Port Royal on 7 June with troops under Major-General Hugh Lyle Carmichael to assist the Spanish forces besieging the French in the city of San Domingo.

On 1 July Polyphemus anchored at Caleta and loaded eight of her 24-pounder guns into Sparrow for landing at Palenqui for the use of the batteries west of the city. Captain Burt of Sparrow then transported two of the guns from Andre Bay to the east battery, nearly 30 miles across almost impassable country. The French garrison surrendered on 6 July. Cumby signed the terms of capitulation in his capacity as senior officer in command of "His Majesty's Ships and Vessels before the City of Santo Domingo." One payment of prize money occurred in October 1832.

Captain Cumby was appointed to HMS Hyperion (1807) in March 1811. His successor on Polyphemus was Captain T. Graves; Captain Douglas later replaced Graves. Under Douglas's command, Polyphemus recaptured Diana and Fame on 13 and 14 September.

In August 1812 Polyphemus and HMS Barbadoes (1803) escorted a fleet of 47 merchant vessels sailing from Jamaica to London. On the 20th, the US revenue cutter James Madison started shadowing the fleet as the fleet sailed some distance off Savannah, Georgia, seeking to capture what she could. Two days later, Barbadoes succeeded in capturing James Madison after a seven-hour chase.

The British immediately fitted out James Madison for the protection of the fleet. They put two officers and 40 men on board, drawn from Barbadoes, and those men of James Madison's existing crew that were willing to change sides. On 26 August a hurricane came up that scattered the vessels of the convoy. It also totally dis-masted Barbadoes, which limped back to Jamaica, and sprung Polyphemus's main and foremasts. James Madison was able to regather 21 vessels of the convoy. On 3 September an American privateer schooner of 14 guns started shadowing James Madison and the vessels she was escorting. During the subsequent four days the privateer stayed close enough to exchange occasional shots with James Madison, but did not succeed in capturing anything. On 3 October Polyphemus and James Madison arrived separately at Portsmouth. Prize money for the capture was payable in March 1815.

In October Polyphemus detained the American vessel Amazon, from Philadelphia, and sent her into Portsmouth. Amazon arrived there on 4 October.

Fate
Polyphemus paid off at Chatham in November 1812. In 1813 she was converted to serve as a powder hulk, and she was eventually broken up in 1827.

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Jon Silkin

Jon Silkin (2 December 1930 – 25 November 1997) was a British poet. He was also the founder of Stand magazine in 1952.

Early life
Jon Silkin was born in London, in a Litvak Jewish family; his parents were Joseph Silkin and Doris Rubenstein. His grandparents were all from the Lithuanian part of the Russian Empire. His uncle was Lewis Silkin, 1st Baron Silkin. He was named Jon after Jon Forsyte in The Forsyte Saga, and attended Wycliffe College and Dulwich College. During the Second World War, he was one of the children evacuated from London (in his case, to Wales); he remembered that he "roamed the countryside incessantly" while in Wales, collecting "fool's gold" and exploring old Roman mines.

For a period of about six years in the 1950s, after National Service, he supported himself by manual labour and other menial jobs. By 1956, he rented the top-floor flat at 10, Compayne Gardens, Hampstead, (51.5463°N, -0.1822°W), the house of Bernice Rubens, who later won the Booker Prize, and her husband Rudolf Nassauer, also a published novelist, later. Silkin, in turn, sublet rooms to, among others, David Mercer, later a prolific TV and West End dramatist, and Malcolm Ross-Macdonald, then a diploma student at the Slade School of Fine Art and later a novelist; his first novel, The Big Waves (Cape, 1962) is a roman à clef of life in that flat, in which Silkin features as "Somes Arenstein". All three men lived by teaching English as a foreign language at the St Giles School of English in Oxford Street.

Poetry
He wrote a number of works on the war poetry of World War I. He was known also as editor of the literary magazine Stand, which he founded in 1952, and which he continued to edit (with a hiatus from 1957 to 1960) until his death.

His first poetry collection, The Peaceable Kingdom was published in 1954. It contains his moving poem "Death of a Son": ... He turned over on his side with his one year Red as a wound He turned over as if he could be sorry for this And out of his eyes two great tears rolled, like stones, and he died.

The collection was followed by several more. The Lens Breakers was published by Sinclair Stevenson in 1992. He edited several anthologies and books of criticism, most notably on the poets of the First World War. He lectured and taught widely, both in Britain and abroad (in among other places the United States, Israel, and Japan).

Silkin founded Stand in 1952 in London. He began an association with the University of Leeds in 1958, when he was awarded, as a mature student, a two-year Gregory Fellowship, and where he read for a degree in English. Stand moved with him to Leeds, and the archives of Stand are now at the university. In 1965, Northeast Arts offered funding, and he moved to Newcastle upon Tyne, where he lived until his death.

He was working with Cargo Press on his collection Testament Without Breath at the time of his death in November 1997.

Works

 * The Portrait and Other Poems (1950)
 * The Peaceable Kingdom (1954)
 * The Two Freedoms (1958)
 * New Poems 1960 (1960), editor with Anthony Cronin and Terence Tiller
 * Living Voices (1960)
 * The Re-Ordering of the Stones (1961)
 * Flash Point: An Anthology of Modern Poetry (1964). Only the introduction is by Silkin; the selection, survey and notes are by Robert Shaw
 * Flower Poems (1964) second edition 1978
 * Penguin Modern Poets 7 (1965), with Richard Murphy and Nathaniel Tarn
 * Nature with Man (1965)
 * Poems New And Selected (1966)
 * New and Selected Poems (1966)
 * Against Parting by Natan Zach (c. 1967), translator from Hebrew
 * Three Poems (1969)
 * Poems (1969) editor with Vernon Scannell
 * Pergamon Poets VIII (1970), editor with Vernon Scannell
 * Amana Grass (1971)
 * Killhope Wheel (1971)
 * Out of Battle: The Poetry of the Great War (1972)
 * Air That Pricks the Earth (1973)
 * Poetry of the Committed Individual: A "Stand" Anthology of Poetry (1973), editor
 * The Principle of Water (1974)
 * A 'Jarapiri' Poem (1975)
 * The Peaceable Kingdom (1975)
 * Two Images of Continuing Trouble (19760
 * The Little Time-Keeper (1976)
 * Jerusalem (1977)
 * Into Praising (1978)
 * Out of Battle, the Poetry of the Great War (1978)
 * The Penguin Book of First World War Poetry (1979), editor
 * New Poetry 5: An Arts Council Anthology (1979), editor with Peter Redgrove
 * The Lapidary Poems (1979)
 * Selected Poems (1980)
 * The Psalms and their Spoils (1980)
 * Autobiographical Stanzas: 'Someone's Narrative' (1983)
 * Footsteps on a Downcast Path (1984)
 * Gurney: A Play (1985)
 * The Ship's Pasture (1986)
 * Selected Poems (1980) new edition
 * The Penguin Book of First World War Prose (1989), editor with Jon Glover
 * The Lens-Breakers (1992)
 * Selected Poems (1993)
 * Wilfred Owen: The War Poems (1994) editor
 * Watersmeet (1994)
 * The Life of Metrical & Free Verse in Twentieth-Century Poetry (1997)
 * Testament Without Breath (1998)
 * Making a Republic (2002)
 * Complete Poems (2015)

Poetry of the Committed Individual (1973)
A Stand anthology, edited by Silkin. The poets included were:

Dannie Abse – David Avidan – John Barrell – Wendell Berry – John Berryman – Alexander Blok – Johannes Bobrowski – Bertolt Brecht – T. J. Brindley – Joseph Brodsky – Alan Brownjohn – León Felipe – Antonio Cisneros – Peter Dale – Gunnar Ekelöf – Hans Magnus Enzensberger – Roy Fisher – Paavo Haavikko – John Haines – Michael Hamburger – Tony Harrison – John Haynes – John Heath-Stubbs – Zbigniew Herbert – Nazim Hikmet – Geoffrey Hill – Anselm Hollo – Miroslav Holub – Peter Huchel – Philip Levine – Emanuel Litvinoff – George MacBeth – Sorley Maclean – Christopher Middleton – Ewart Milne – Norman Nicholson – Tom Pickard – Maila Pylkkönen – Miklós Radnóti – Tom Raworth – Tadeusz Różewicz – Pentti Saarikoski – Jon Silkin – Iain Crichton Smith – Ken Smith – Vladimir Soloukhin – William Stafford – Marina Tsvetayeva – Giuseppe Ungaretti – César Vallejo – Andrei Voznesensky – Jeffrey Wainwright – Ted Walker – Nathan Whiting – James Wright – Yevgeny Yevtushenko – Natan Zach

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Talk:Transhumanism/Archive 2

Split long article
Might this longish entry be better presented as a series of pages? JasonS 03:34 Jan 13, 2003 (UTC)

 * absolutely yes, its way too long as it is, and it is very biased.

Dnagod 20:56, 9 Feb 2005 (UTC)

NPOV
In the interest of ensuring transhuman is NPOV: Who decides what the definition of transhumanism is?

 * Every philosophy and discipline has a "father" who defines its principles. If these principles are widely accepted by his peers and the public at large over time, they become authoritative but not absolute.

This element of humanism, is that from huxley or someone else?

 * Max More.

Does the man who invented the word, Julian Huxley decide the definition of Transhumanism, does one in modern times who publically states the definition decide or does the World Transhumanism Association decide?

 * See my previous answers. More's definition simply won out.

I would like clarity as to who ultimately determines what transhumanism means because the definition used by the WTA and other groups differs. More importantly, what gives one authority or the command to be able to define in an undisputed what transhumanism is, so that other POV's can be excluded?

 * See my previous answers.

For instance I have reviewed the entire transtopia.org, prometheism.net and cosmotheism.net site, and I can't seem to figure out how you could label it as disputed in the links section?

 * They are labeled disputed because there is a dispute within the transhumanist community and on wikipedia about whether transtopianism, promotheism and cosmotheism are legitimate forms or offshots of transhumanism. The reason for this dispute is because these ideologies hold views that are imcompatible with the humanistic and scientific roots of transhumanism.

What is to say the world transhumanism association isnt disputed?

 * Even if it was, that's not the issue since the WTA and the Extropy Institute are not by themselves authorities on the definition of transhumanism as much as they are organizations representative of modern transhumanism.

I can see how one might label cosmotheism as white racial separatist, but prometheism.net and transtopia.org I would like more discussion as to why it is disputed as a transhumanism group. And why is Cosmotheism a disputed offshoot? Cosmotheism was developed in the 1960's and 1970's which came before extropy and WTA, so why is it an offshoot? I thought offshoot meant, that something existed and a branch or seed came off that plant. Can you please define offshoot and explain who decides what is or is not transhumanism?

 * You are absolutely correct about cosmotheism not being an offshoot of transhumanism. I will remove any mention of it from the article. As for the issue of dispute, see my previous anwers.

More on this humanism element of Transhumanism, is that from huxley or someone else? Thanks.

 * See my previous answers. You can also read the writings of Max More for more information. Loremaster 21:58, 12 Feb 2005 (UTC)

 * The whole emphasis in prometheism, cosmotheism and transtopianism is the transformation of humans to higher states of being using any and all science that is available now, and embracing any emerging technologies that exist in the future. This is what defines a transhuman organization, not politics or religion, but the goal of human transformation through science to higher states of being.

Cosmotheism dispute revisited
Why does the link to cosmotheism keep getting deleted? Just because that article had a banned user associated w it doesn't make it any less relevent. Sam [Spade] 20:56, 4 Aug 2004 (UTC)

 * Spade, I don't mean to be offensive but stop playing dumb! The link keeps getting removed not because the article was associated to a banned user, who may or may not be a good acquaintance or even friend of yours. As I have said before, the issue is one of accuracy. Strictly speaking, cosmotheism is a form of classical pantheism that identifies God with the cosmos, that is, with the universe as a unified whole. Transhumanism is a form of modern humanism that affirms the possibility and desirability of fundamentally improving the human condition through applied reason, especially by developing and making widely available technologies to eliminate aging and to greatly enhance human intellectual, physical, and psychological capacities. According to these basic definitions that we all accept, the two concepts are obviously NOT related and of no relevance to each other. Bottom line: I am the one who keeps removing the mention of "cosmotheism" from the Article and will keep doing so every single day if necessary. Loremaster 23:19, 4 Aug 2004 (UTC)

 * Your attitude in this statement is generally is anti-wiki, and specifically you make a Faulty generalization, assuming that the classic definition of Cosmotheism is the one we are discussing, when in truth the relevant variety is William L. Pierce's Cosmotheism. Sam [Spade] 23:40, 4 Aug 2004 (UTC)

 * I have explained myself in your talk page so I won't bother repeating myself. However, while not related to secular transhumanism, I will grant you that William L. Pierce's cosmotheism is arguably related to Christian transhumanism and eugenics so I have moved your link to those pages. I hope this finally ends this dispute once and for all. Loremaster 18:17, 5 Aug 2004 (UTC)

 * Cosmotheism has nothing to do w Christianity. Have you researched this? I have noticed a positive correlation between arrogance and ignorance in my life. Sam [Spade] 03:44, 6 Aug 2004 (UTC)

 * I never said that cosmotheism has something to do with Christianity. However, the similarities between cosmotheism and Christian Transhumanism are obvious since both are millinarian religions. As I said many months ago, I have researched this topic and I have visited those dubious websites linked to below. This is why I am again removing any reference to Cosmotheism from the Transhumanism article for reasons I have already explained in the past and for the following one as well: Cosmotheism, transtopianism and prometheism hold views that are incompatible with transhumanism. Lastly, I am disappointed that you would resort to a personal attack, however underhanded it may be, after you lectured me about anti-wiki behavior... Loremaster 00:34, 7 Aug 2004 (UTC)

 * Loremaster you are wrong, biased, unfair and have a personal agenda which goes against the very principles of wikipedia and neutrality. Let me break some reality to you. The man who invented the word transhuman - Julian Huxley, was an avid, open, public and published supporter of state sponsored coercive eugenics, selective breeding communities. So when people try to hijack his term and say it means something else, it is not only ignorance, arrogance and foolishness - its an outright LIE. If anything the WTA is NOT a transhuman organization because they are against eugenics. If Julian Huxley where alive today, he would wonder why these groups hijacked his terms and made it into something it is not. Transhumanism includes eugenics, to say otherwise is a LIE. This doesnt mean transhumanism is only eugenics, it is saying that eugenics is a subset or part of the transhuman philosophy, which is attaining higher states of physical and mental being. Eugenics might be a slow method, but none the less it is still valid. To say other wise is patently false and a lie. Stop trying to hijack transhumanism for your own agenda. NO one, absolutely no one has the final say on what transhumanism is or is not and all points of view regarding transhumanism. the WTA does not now or will ever have the final say on what transhumanism is and the web sites prometheism, cosmotheism and transtopia.org are relevant, valid and important web sites that belong perminently listed in transhumanism. In fact I dare say that transtopianism (transopia) is a much more highly evolved and thoughtout meme set than WTA, but that is just my personal opin. Prometheism, Cosmotheism and Transtopianism are all clearly transhuman philosophies and I would appreciate it if you kept your personal biases OUT of ruining wikipedias neutrality, fairness and POV support. Dnagod 17:59, 8 Feb 2005 (UTC)

 * This issue of whether or not prometheism, cosmotheism and transtopianism are legitimate forms of transhumanism has already been debated ad nauseum and a consensual conclusion was reach to end this dispute a long time ago. Therefore, I will not repeat myself except to say that this article is about apolitcial and secular transhumanism. You are more than welcomed to create new articles for these fringe philosophies and groups. Loremaster 21:16, 8 Feb 2005 (UTC)

 * Although cosmotheism was conceived of and created by Dr. William Pierce in the 1960's and early 1970's it was still created after the term "transhumanism" was created and therefore is valid to be linked to in the disputed links section. Even though cosmotheism would most likely not be disputed by the creator of the word transhumanism, as Julian Huxley was a Eugenicist. I fail to see how even with transhumanism redefined that cosmotheism would be disputed or even worthy of being deleted, it seems you might be playing a personal agenda here loremaster by deleting this link. Dariodario 13:39, 13 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Human Cognome Project
I'd like to incorporate a mention of the Human Cognome Project into this article, as it is relevent to human brain augmentation and AI research. Any suggestions? -- Dave User:Sydhart

 * I've added it to the Transhumanism and technology section. Loremaster 21:38, 8 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Pseudo Transhuman web site links
Why is transtopia.org, prometheism.net and cosmotheism.net labelled pseudotranshuman organizations? To me that represents bias as to why those web sites would be labelled pseudo, what makes a web site pseudo?

On the front page of prometheism.net it states the following

(Prometheism is) The First Sovereign Transtopian & Neo-Eugenic Libertarian Religious-State.

In the principles sections of prometheism it states

Our Promethean Species embraces Conscious Evolution

Our immediate aim is to create a neo-eugenically enhanced race that will eventually become a new, superior species with whatever scientific means are available at the present time. In the short-term, this will be achieved via neo-eugenics, ie. voluntary positive eugenics, human cloning, germ-line engineering, gene therapy and genetic engineering.

In the long-term, when the science becomes available we intend to utilize transhuman technologies: nanotechnology, mind uploading, A/I and other variations of ultra exo-tech.

Our goal is to enable total and unlimited self-transformation, consciousness and expansion across the universe of our species.

It also states note the key words - Transhuman Technologies... and the embracing of transhumanism and extropy.

We Define neo-eugenics as conscious evolution (these words are interchangeable). Purposefully directed evolution via voluntary positive neo-eugenics (including voluntary selective breeding), cloning, genetic engineering and ultimately any and all transhuman technologies. Neo-Eugenics means harnessing all science, technology and knowledge available now or in the future, guiding it with spirituality, ethical considerations and higher consciousness, ultimately towards achieving total and unlimited self transformation. The term Neo-Eugenics embodies the sciences and philosophies involved in Biotechnology, Extropy and Transhumanism all merged in a philosophy of spiritual Conscious Evolution.

http://prometheism.net/principles.htm

I believe removing prometheism from this page, will be cause to bring this issue to arbitration to confirm that the individual who keeps removing it obviously is biased and lacks an understanding of what transhumanism. NPOV. thats your problem brian NPOV and blatant bias.

Dnagod 22:22, 7 Feb 2005 (UTC)

 * FYI, please place new comments in Talk pages at the bottom. Thanks, -Willmcw 22:40, 7 Feb 2005 (UTC)

 * This issue of whether or not prometheism, cosmotheism and transtopianism are legitimate forms of transhumanism has already been debated ad nauseum and a consensual conclusion was reach to end this dispute a long time ago. Therefore, I will not repeat myself except to say that this article is about apolitical and secular transhumanism. You are more than welcomed to create new articles for these fringe philosophies and groups. Loremaster 21:16, 8 Feb 2005 (UTC)

 * Dear Loremaster, Please show me where these debates are, and please explain how a leftist-marxist WTA is a secular organization? Since when is lefist-marxism secular? Where did I get this term leftist-marxist from? James Hughes publically describes himself as a post-marxist socialist, who is the secretary and co-founder of the organization and also the individual who wrote the vast majority of the policies and philosophies for the organization WTA (world transhumanism organization). So how can that be secular? Extropy, comes out into the open publically claiming to be a right wing conservative organization which has huge threads and discussion on supporting and promoting gun rights. How are these things NOT political? Theres no such thing as secular in Transhumanism, every transhuman organization has a political agenda. Thank you for your kind consideration. Dnagod 20:25, 9 Feb 2005 (UTC)

 * 1. The debates can be found on this page and by looking at previous versions of the Transhumanism article.
 * 2. You seem to be confusing secular with political: Left Marxism or Post-Marxist socialism are not religions. On the contrary, they are secular political ideologies. So even if the WTA was "leftist-marxist" it would be still be a secular organization. Regardless of whether or not the WTA or the Extropy Institute are political organizations, this article is not about them specifically. It's about transhumanism. Loremaster 22:49, 9 Feb 2005 (UTC)

 * Under this guise, cosmotheism and prometheism are clearly self-defined spiritual or religious transhuman organizations, the question at hand is whether transtopianism (transtopia.org) is secular or religious. I think from the content on the site it is clear that transtopianism is not a religious organization. Could you please define for us why prometheism and transtopianism are not humanist or based in humanism, where as extropy and other organizations which are heavily noted are considered humanism. This seems to be the central crux of one of the many disputes.

Manifestos
Extropy and a lot of the other sites listed under manifestos are linked else where in the article, so I felt it important to also include these manifestos

 * Principles of Prometheism
 * Principles of Transtopianism

Please do not revert to childish insults, and a biased personal agenda removing these links, they belong their and represent Principles which I dare say are some of the most interesting, fascinating and creative principles.

Don't abuse your privileges here and force your agenda on this topic of transhumanism, all perspectives are welcome here whether you like it or not.

Dnagod 17:26, 8 Feb 2005 (UTC)

 * This issue of whether or not prometheism, cosmotheism and transtopianism are legitimate forms of transhumanism has already been debated ad nauseum and a consensual conclusion was reach to end this dispute a long time ago. Therefore, I will not repeat myself except to say that this article is about apolitical and secular transhumanism. You are more than welcomed to create new articles for these fringe philosophies and groups. Loremaster 21:16, 8 Feb 2005 (UTC)

What makes you think transtopianism (transtopia.org) is not secular?

 * I never said it was. However, it is clearly political. Loremaster 19:01, 9 Feb 2005 (UTC)

STOP removing these links, you are biased, emotional, unfair, unbalanced and lacking in neutrality.

 * Principles of Prometheism
 * Principles of Transtopianism

These links are to stay, and you have no right to remove them. They are valid and legit links, Do not abuse your privileges on this project or you will be revoked.

Dnagod 02:55, 9 Feb 2005 (UTC)

 * Not taking sides on the issue of those links themselves, I should point out that Loremaster has exactly the same rights you do when it comes to editing this article and that removing links that aren't relevant to the subject of an article is not an "abuse of priviledges". Furthermore, I should mention the policy "no personal attacks" that we have here. Please refrain from attacking users instead of making arguments about the subject of the debate you're having with them, it's not going to help matters any. Bryan 03:41, 9 Feb 2005 (UTC)

 * I am not biased, emotional, unfair, unbalanced and lacking in neutrality. I've already explained why these fringe ideologies are incompatible with the humanistic and scientific roots of transhumanism. However, to end this dispute, I created the Fringe ideologies and groups section to include these controversial links. Someone removed this section but I added it back because I knew someone like Dnagod would eventually come along and add these links in sections where they shouldn't be. This article is about Transhumanism not its dubious offshoots. Loremaster 19:01, 9 Feb 2005 (UTC)

The man who invented the word Transhumanism (Huxley), was an open, avid and published advocate of state sponsored coercive eugenics, selective breeding, and elitist eugenic communities. Therefore you are wrong, and thus the specific issue of VOLUNTARY eugenics does NOT violate in anyway, shape or form, being part of transhumanism. You are wrong, biased, unfair, unbalanced, and lacking in neutrality. Transtopia.org and prometheism.net DO NOT SUPPORT COERCIVE EUGENICS in their PRINCIPLES, THEY SUPPORT VOLUNTARY - EUGENICS - READ VOLUNTARY. Forgive the capitalization, but I do that for emphasis, not to scream.

please stop removing these links, you are biased, emotional, unfair, unbalanced and lacking in neutrality. These are not personal attacks, these are stated facts that you have not read the prometheism.net web site.

 * Principles of Prometheism
 * Principles of Transtopianism

These links are to stay, and you have no right to remove them. They are valid and legit links, Do not abuse your privileges on this project.

I ask you to bring arbitration and discussion on this fact. Your censorship, bias and personal agenda will not win. Go to prometheism.net right now and find one place on this site that says prometheism supports COERCIVE EUGENICS. you will not find it anywhere. Prometheism.net clearly states that it only supports voluntary eugenics. Read the sworn oath on prometheism.net

The Sworn Oath of Prometheism (front page of prometheism.net)

We Prometheans are voluntarily coming together to purposefully direct the creation of a new post-human species. A species with higher intellect, creativity, consciousness and love of ones people. A communion of intellect and beauty, for the simple reason that it can be done. This creation is what gives us purpose and meaning. No other justification is required for this program to advance our Promethean species.

Next I want you to read the Principles of prometheism http://www.prometheism.net/principles.htm

2. Our Promethean Species embraces Conscious Evolution

Our immediate aim is to create a neo-eugenically enhanced race that will eventually become a new, superior species with whatever scientific means are available at the present time. In the short-term, this will be achieved via neo-eugenics, ie. voluntary positive eugenics, human cloning, germ-line engineering, gene therapy and genetic engineering.

5.  Total Freedom, Liberty and Self-Determination

Our Libertarian religious nation is founded on the principles of total freedom of speech (including offensive language and language which hurts peoples feelings), freedom of thought, the right to bear arms, liberty, progress, productivity and the pursuit of individual happiness.

Membership to our Sovereign libertarian neo-eugenic nation is VOLUNTARY ONLY. We REJECT all totalitarianism and believe COERCIVE neo-eugenics is counter to the ideal of individual freedom. The promethean governments sole purpose is to protect the rights of the individual. We DO NOT wish to STERILIZE anyone or FORCE anyone to practice neo-eugenics.

DNA or genetic capital is the most valuable commodity in the universe. Our primary goal is to promote positive and voluntary neo-eugenics by channeling national resources to the best, brightest and most creative.

We Define neo-eugenics as conscious evolution (these words are interchangeable). Purposefully directed evolution via voluntary positive neo-eugenics (including voluntary selective breeding), cloning, genetic engineering and ultimately any and all transhuman technologies. Neo-Eugenics means harnessing all science, technology and knowledge available now or in the future, guiding it with spirituality, ethical considerations and higher consciousness, ultimately towards achieving total and unlimited self transformation. The term Neo-Eugenics embodies the sciences and philosophies involved in Biotechnology, Extropy and Transhumanism all merged in a philosophy of spiritual Conscious Evolution.

This is from the principles of prometheism.net Last Updated: 3/13/03 this means that prometheism is NOT FRINGE, it does not support the fringe philosophy of FORCED COERCIVE EUGENICS. Again the capitalization is not screaming, its meant to provide emphasis. Also my comments about you not being very knowledgeable about prometheism.net and transtopia.org are not meant as personal insults or personal attacks, but as an observation.

Dnagod 20:06, 9 Feb 2005 (UTC)

 * Dnagod, you're the webmaster for these sites, so it is you who is being biased. SlimVirgin 20:14, Feb 9, 2005 (UTC)

 * Don't make these links live again. You've been inserting multiple links to your websites on talk pages for the last few days, but it isn't going to work so give it up. We also know you're connected to User:Paul Vogel. SlimVirgin 20:29, Feb 9, 2005 (UTC)

 * Why are these links not valid to be listed on transhumanism under manifestos? Please explain, and dont throw this BS at me that they arent valid because im the webmaster and writer of these manifestos. So what? So what if I wrote both of these documents? It doesnt mean they are not valid to be included under transhuman manifestos.

 * Wikipedia has a rule against self-promotion. You may refer to your own published material if you're a recognized author with a reputation for expertise in a particular area. You are not. If you feel you are, please give us your name so we can check that out. At things stand, you're trying to use Wikipedia as free commercial space for your personal websites, and you won't be allowed to do it. The harder you try, the greater the number of people who will oppose you. SlimVirgin 04:38, Feb 10, 2005 (UTC)

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Virginians Against Drug Violence

Virginians Against Drug Violence is an organization devoted to ending the drug war in Virginia. It was founded in 1990 by Lennice Werth. Prominent members include Roy Scherer and Michael Krawitz. The organization reviews the Virginia General Assembly's bills every year, sending out emails to a network of citizens and urging them to contact their legislators on relevant issues. It recent years they have moved much of their notifications to social media, primarily Facebook. Their activists persuaded the legislature to carve out an exemption in the marijuana cultivation law so that individuals growing cannabis for their own use would be prosecuted only for simple possession. Virginia thus has more lenient laws on cultivation than even California. In addition, their activists successfully lobbied the General Assembly to keep medical marijuana legal for cancer and glaucoma, and to put marijuana in a class by itself, as opposed to being a scheduled controlled substance. More recently they have has worked with Virginia NORML and Cannabis Commonwealth.

title: Virginians Against Drug Violence


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E-procurement

E-procurement (electronic procurement, sometimes also known as supplier exchange) is a collective term used to refer to a range of technologies which can be used to automate the internal and external processes associated with procurement, strategic sourcing and purchasing.

Examples of e-procurement include e-auctions, e-tendering, automated issue of purchase orders and related receipting and invoicing processes, internet ordering, use of purchasing cards, and the use of information and networking systems such as electronic data interchange and enterprise resource planning systems.

E-procurement can be used across the business-to-business, business-to-consumer and business-to-government marketplaces.

Scope
One Indian project refers to e-procurement as a "value chain", consisting of indent management, e-Informing, e-Tendering, e-Auctioning, vendor management, catalogue management, purchase order integration, Order Status, Ship Notice, e-invoicing, e-payment, and contract management. Indent management is the workflow involved in the preparation of tenders. This part of the value chain is optional, with individual procuring departments defining their indenting process. In works procurement, administrative approval and technical sanction can be obtained in electronic format. In goods procurement, indent generation activity is done online. The end result of the stage is taken as inputs for issuing the NIT.

Other elements of e-procurement can include request for information, request for proposal, request for quotation, RFx (the previous three together), and eRFx (software for managing RFx projects).

Alongside the increased use of e-procurement, needs for standardization arise. Currently, there is one globally developed open extensible markup language based standard framework built on a rich heritage of electronic business experience. It consists of five layers - messaging, registry and repository, collaboration protocol, core components and business processes.

History
It was first used by IBM in the year 2000, when the company launched its Replenishment Management System and Method, designed by Mexican communications engineer Daniel Delfín, who was then the procurement director at IBM's largest production plant, and programmed by Alberto Wario, an IT programmer. The system was designed to solve IBM's complex procurement process for the plant in Guadalajara, Mexico, then the largest personal computer production plant in the world, with a production value of 1.6 billion dollars a year. Three years after the system was implemented, the production of the plant grew to 3.6 billion dollars, after which, the company used the system in its secondary production plants, and later sold licenses to external companies around the World.

Jari Tavi identified three stages in the evolution of e-procurement technology: initial systems were functional for procurement professionals but did not address user need; a second generation used web-based technology and aimed to support end-users as well as meeting procurement teams' needs but lacked flexibility and usability. The third generation secured more of the user-focused flexibility and usability which had previously been lacking.

In the European Union, e-procurement for the public sector was first introduced with the Directives 2004/17/EC and 2004/18/EC of 31 March 2004. These directives, which were subsequently revised in 2014, set up the framework for transparent and equal opportunities for public procurement including the mandatory use of electronic communication for publishing opportunities, the standardization of procurement processes, electronic tender submission procedures, handling of objections etc. for all public procurement made in the EU above certain thresholds.

E-Informing
E-Informing does not directly take part in the purchasing process, this process rather precedes the purchasing. It is the process of gathering and distributing purchasing information both from and to internal and external parties, using the internet technology. Information sharing refers to the extent to which critical and proprietary information is communicated to one's supply chain partner thus more efficiency and high performance of the supply chain. In information sharing, also information quality is considered. That includes accuracy, timeliness, adequacy, and credibility of information exchanged.

This process occurs especially in Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP).

e-Tendering
Electronic tendering ("e-Tendering") is a process for sending and receiving tenders by electronic means, rather than the old paper-based method. Instead of inserting documents into an envelope and posting them, we - and you - will now exchange them securely via the Internet. It also reduces the time and streamlines tendering operations, making the process faster. It is a business-to-business process.

e-Auctioning
E-auction is the process of conducting an auction to sell assets, natural resources or other goods through online competitive bidding. Compared to physical auction, electronic auction provides complete transparency and enables more parties to take part.

Vendor management
It occurs when contracting authority aims to control costs, drive service excellence and mitigate risks to gain increased value from their vendors throughout the procurement process. Contract management departments are often established in order to ensure the most effective deal.

Catalogue management
Catalogue management is a strategic process that starts when suppliers publish their product portfolio electronically and products are made available to buyers in order to procure goods and services electronically, and appears while managing the product catalog to ensure the quality of the product data across the sales channels. The product content can be hosted either by the supplier or buyer.

e-Purchasing
As opposed to e-Tendering, e-Purchasing is used in procurement of goods and services that are of low value and high volume. It electronically simplifies the purchasing process of such goods and services. For this type of procurement, catalogues are one of the key components that often occurs. Key components of this system are often complex and thus system development is often needed. The process starts from publication of items online by the suppliers, and continues to the electronic selection, order, reception, and finishes with payment by the purchasing side.

e-Ordering
Process of creating and approving purchasing requisition, both placing purchase orders and receiving goods and services ordered, while using a software system based on internet technology which greatly improves the supply chain performance. When talking about e-ordering, ordered goods and services are generally non-product related, in other words - indirect. In case of Enterprise Resources Planning (ERP) the goods and services ordered are product related. Both the supporting software system as well as ordering catalogue system are designed to be used by all employees of an organization.

e-Invoicing
E-Invoicing is any method by which an invoice is electronically presented to a customer for payment. In larger companies, accounts payable departments are responsible for the invoices to be approved, processed, and paid.

e-Contract Management
This type of management consists of management of receivables, payments, contract settlements, contract variations, performance securities, and auditing and control activities, and as opposed to its classical form, e-Contract Management is its electronic improvement.

In the public sector
E-procurement in the public sector is emerging internationally. Hence, initiatives have been implemented in Bangladesh, Mongolia, Ukraine, India, Singapore, Estonia, United Kingdom, United States, Malaysia, Indonesia, Australia, European Union.

Public sector organizations use e-procurement for contracts to achieve benefits such as increased efficiency and cost savings (faster and cheaper) in government procurement and improved transparency (to reduce corruption) in procurement services. E-procurement in the public sector has seen rapid growth in recent years. Act 590 of Louisiana's 2008 Regular Legislative Session requires political subdivisions to make provisions for the receipt of electronic bids.

E-procurement projects are often part of the country's general e-Government efforts to better serve its citizens and businesses in the digital economy. For example, Singapore's GeBIZ was implemented as one of the programmes under its e-Government masterplan. The Procurement G6 leads the use of e-procurement instruments in Public procurement.

An example of successful reform is shown by Ukraine Prozorro. The result of collaboration between Ukrainian government, business sector, and civil society. This system was developed by the international anti-corruption organization, Transparency International Ukraine, with the help of volunteers, NGOs, business community and state bodies of Ukraine, the WNISEF fund, the EBRD and other partners.

Vendors
This field is populated by two types of vendors: big enterprise resource planning (ERP) providers which offer e-procurement as one of their services, and the more affordable services focused specifically on e-procurement.

Benefits
Implementing an e-procurement system benefits all levels of an organization. E-procurement systems offer improved spend visibility and control and help finance officers match purchases with purchase orders, receipts and job tickets. An e-procurement system also manages tenders through a web site. An example is the 'System for Acquisition Management (SAM)' which on July 30, 2013, combined information from the former Central Contractor Registration and Online Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA), in the United States.

In the case of government procurement, the benefits might be efficiency, transparency, equity, fairness and encouragement of local business. Because e-procurement increases competition, lowers transaction costs, and has potential to minimize time and errors in the bidding process, efficiency is achieved. Because of easier accessibility and openness of the internet, more people can attain earlier pieces of information, which increases transparency. Neutrality to location and time ensures equity and fairness.

Disadvantages
Because the vendor is obtaining more information about the customer than in case of normal supply chain management structure, major disadvantage of e-procurement might be incentive of the vendor to take advantage of the customer.

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In Bed with Medinner series 2

This is a list of episodes of In Bed with Medinner episodes in broadcast order, from broadcast series 2.

Programme one

 * Production code: 9C24383
 * First aired: 8 April 1994
 * Running time: 51:45

Summary
Bob Mills escapes from The Prisoner's village and arrives home at his pad just in time to entertain his mates.

Tonight, the truth behind Bob's part in The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's album and the emotional support he offered to the wives of the Beirut kidnap victims (but not Sunny Mann). He'll also be talking us through Britain's most diplomatic hard man Pauk Sykes, who has devised an ingenious way of dealing with shark attacks and raffling off an ivory necklace, which is beautiful and belonged to him. A Liverpudlian man unaccountably caught in a car with a woman shows us how to avoid the unwanted attentions of the local police and there are two monster-hunting scientists who share a beard between them. There's also Boy George and his record company boss who likes to dance as he eats, some nearly wild deer causing sexual excitement for a female wildlife programme presenter, 'Catweazle' at the BPI Awards and Nigel Dempster's prowess as a live link man.

Bob goes out and about to show us his impressive collection of motorcycles and the 'Casualty' Location Man demonstrates how a well-known TV hospital series stages its dramatic accidents.

Music comes from The Damned who play "I Need a Life", "Love Song" and play out with "Neat Neat Neat".

Credits

 * Presenter – Bob Mills
 * Guest artists – Emma Bernard, Danny Swanson, The Damned
 * Director – Mike Toppin
 * Producer – Brent Baker
 * Executive producer – Jeff Pope
 * Researcher – Beverley Taylor
 * Film researcher – Nick Ray
 * Production manager – Tamara Howe
 * Production coordinator – Jackie Penn
 * Production assistant – Janice Ward
 * Vision mixer – Kay Harrington
 * Make up – Charmaine Gruhn

Programme two

 * Production code: 9C24385
 * First aired: 15 April 1994
 * Running time: 50:30

Summary
Studio-based late-night satire presented by Bob Mills.

Blind Dates, An Under-age Drinker, The Hardest Man In Britain, A Callow Youth's Morbid Fear Of Oil Tankers, A Burglar Outraged By Police Attempts To Catch Him.

Music comes from The Buzzcocks.

Credits

 * Presenter – Bob Mills
 * Guest artists – Emma Bernard, Danny Swanson, The Buzzcocks
 * Director – Mike Toppin
 * Producer – Brent Baker
 * Executive producer – Jeff Pope
 * Researcher – Beverley Taylor
 * Film researcher – Nick Ray
 * Production manager – Tamara Howe
 * Production coordinator – Jackie Penn
 * Production assistant – Janice Ward
 * Vision mixer – Kay Harrington

Programme three

 * Production code: 9C24382
 * First aired: 22 April 1994
 * Running time: 50:17

Summary
Studio-based late-night satire presented by Bob Mills.

Live music from Gary Numan who performs "Cars", "Scar", and "Are 'Friends' Electric?".

Credits

 * Presenter – Bob Mills
 * Guest artists – Emma Bernard, Danny Swanson, Gary Numan
 * Director – Mike Toppin
 * Producer – Brent Baker
 * Executive producer – Jeff Pope
 * Researcher – Beverley Taylor
 * Film researcher – Nick Ray
 * Production manager – Tamara Howe
 * Production coordinator – Jackie Penn
 * Production assistant – Janice Ward
 * Vision mixer – Kay Harrington

Programme four

 * Production code: 9C24384
 * First aired: 29 April 1994
 * Running time: 50:56

Summary
Bob Mills locks the doors and lets down the shutters to entertain his pals with another selection of top video clips and mementoes of his incredible life.

Tonight, a man who likes to discuss shaving on first dates, and another who likes to discuss salt. There's also rare footage of Bob's sister's wedding, including his mum's party piece and a small contretemps at the reception. The repossession of Rod Hull's house is recreated, with 'Emu' playing a starring role, and Ulrika Jonsson meets Bob for a high-powered TV dinner. The "Casualty Location Man" (Bob) is out and about again, stalking an old man who looks like he could easily topple over and be decapitated by a taxi, Lovely.

Bob reveals the real reason behind Graham Taylor's extraordinary behaviour during England's World Cup qualifying campaign. He's called Phil Neal - a man with a very annoying habit of repeating everything his boss says. Bob takes to the streets to try it out for himself. There's also Marlon Brando swallowing a bug.

Bob's pals Stiff Little Fingers pop along to thrash out three songs: "Alternative Ulster", "Harp", and "At the Edge".

Credits

 * Presenter – Bob Mills
 * Guest artists – Emma Bernard, Danny Swanson, Ulrika Jonsson, Stiff Little Fingers
 * Director – Mike Toppin
 * Producer – Brent Baker
 * Executive producer – Jeff Pope
 * Researcher – Beverley Taylor
 * Film researcher – Nick Ray
 * Production manager – Tamara Howe
 * Production coordinator – Jackie Penn
 * Production assistant – Janice Ward
 * Vision mixer – Kay Harrington
 * Make up – Charmaine Gruhn

Programme five

 * Production code: 9C24386
 * First aired: 6 May 1994
 * Running time: 50:11

Summary
Studio-based late-night comedy show involving clips from television programmes, music, and recorded sketches, presented by Bob Mills.

Tonight: Chats About A Regional Crimes Show, A Vet Who Eats What He Cures, A TV Gardener Who Prunes Quite Violently And Identical Twin.

Live music from Nick Heyward.

Credits

 * Presenter – Bob Mills
 * Guest artists – Emma Bernard, Danny Swanson, Nick Heyward
 * Director – Mike Toppin
 * Producer – Brent Baker
 * Executive producer – Jeff Pope
 * Researcher – Beverley Taylor
 * Film researcher – Nick Ray
 * Production manager – Tamara Howe
 * Production coordinator – Jackie Penn
 * Production assistant – Janice Ward
 * Vision mixer – Kay Harrington

Programme six

 * Production code: 9C24387
 * First aired: 13 May 1994
 * Running time: 50:50

Summary
Bob Mills arrives home again after a busy night out with supermodels, pop stars and statesmen to chat to his mates about his favourite shows and play his top songs.

Tonight, a full exposé on a North London Christian group who earnestly believe the planet is being run by Lucifer. The proof is there for all to see - mainly in the bar codes used on gallon bottles of motor oil. Bob follows their traumatic journey up the A1 in a van with a dodgy wheel. It's alright - God provides them with a replacement. There is a bicycle-riding drugs dealer whose business is interrupted by an old man falling over on him and KEITH CHEGWIN pops up just when you'd least like him to. Britain's top TV investigators turn their attention to the scourge of car boot sales, where they manage to find a power drill with slightly loose connections. It's a scandal that shocks Bob to his very core but the people at the car boot sale seem to take it in their stride.

The "Casualty Location Man" (Bob) is out and about again. This week he finds the perfect spot for a really serious accident. It's an empty children's paddling pool in a local park - just the place where kids might do their ankles in. Lovely.

Terry Hall pops in with his band to sing three songs: "Stuck in the Middle", "No No No", and "Thinking of You", and Bob's Welsh love children go home on a coach.

Credits

 * Presenter – Bob Mills
 * Guest artists – Emma Bernard, Danny Swanson, Terry Hall
 * Director – Mike Toppin
 * Producer – Brent Baker
 * Executive producer – Jeff Pope
 * Researcher – Beverley Taylor
 * Film researcher – Nick Ray
 * Production manager – Tamara Howe
 * Production coordinator – Jackie Penn
 * Production assistant – Janice Ward
 * Vision mixer – Kay Harrington

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Reference to "After Walker Evans" by Sherry Levine
Should After Walker Evans be included be included in the article? I think it's appropriate to include it under Legacy section, but I'm not familiar with the guidelines of Wiki editing so I don't want to jump in without confirmation. D.song.149 (talk) 06:50, 5 January 2018 (UTC)

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Talk:The Perfect Drug

Untitled
Sorry: I forgot about the "move" option and simply made a new page for the proper title of this CD. Old page with the old history is still here:

So, all of these now redirect to "The Perfect Drug" Versions: --Tripps 17:41, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * The Perfect Drug
 * Perfect Drug Versions
 * The Perfect Drug Versions

US + EU != entire world
At the very least, the JP cd has a different catalogue number and should be included. The AU cd, while sharing the catalogue number with the EU cd, reportedly has different track times. ~

Unsourced: Least favourite song
I noticed this article listed under 'articles with unsourced statements since Jun 2007'. The unsourced statement appears to be the part about how Trent Reznor described the song as his least favourite due to the overblown video. Surely the source is the radio broadcast itself as mentioned in the article?

If it helps, I think I recorded that show and I may still have it. I don't know quite what I would have to do to enable that to be used as a source (upload a sound clip perhaps?) but if someone could tell me I'll do it.86.140.106.166 10:55, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

 * The [citation needed] tag was inappropriate - I've replaced it with a citation to the radio show. There's no need for the copyrighted sound clip. Thanks. –Pomte 19:41, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

Vandalism
The song's length is not nearly as long as stated in the info box; it's only about five minutes. I believe this is vandalism. --MosheA (talk) 22:33, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

 * Those are the EP lengths. --jh51681 (talk) 10:58, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

Rockband Scores
I propose the removal of the bit about the player getting a perfect song. It is not relevent to this particular article. Furthermore, I would also like the part about it being 'hard' deleted as it is an opinion. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.103.163.73 (talk) 02:42, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

If you have not seen the song, it is without a doubt considered either the hardest or second hardest song on Rock Band. The only song that could compete is Blinded by Fear. Though the fact one person got a perfect percentage on it doesn't belong (Like the Buckethead song "Jordan") it should still be mentioned that it is a complex song. Ledgo (talk) 12:01, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

Tesla contraption?
There appears to be some kind of electricity-generating device in the video that I'm thinking resembles some sort of Tesla-made generator. Does anyone know if it is authentic?Rickremember (talk) 02:21, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

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User:Chance0

My controbutions (edits)

 * Theresa Russell
 * William_Glasser
 * Autonomy
 * Talk:Autonomy
 * Psychotherapy
 * Talk:Psychotherapy
 * Julia_Roberts
 * Alcoholism
 * Brittany_Murphy
 * Penélope Cruz

Stubs

 * Buona Vista
 * Avlona
 * David Flair

Comments
Thanks, Chance0. Great improvement. Probably should add his DVD/Videos to the bibliography. frankatca Frank Ferguson, Lexington, MA FFerguson@aol.com

We might mention that this is for William_Glasser

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1992 Kurdistan Region parliamentary election

On 19 May 1992 elections were held to the Kurdistan National Assembly, the parliament of the Kurdistan Region in Iraq. At the time, the National Assembly had 105 seats, of which 5 were reserved for the Assyrian community. Parties had to achieve more than 7% of the vote to be elected. There were 178 polling stations around the region.

The election resulted in a narrow victory for the Kurdish Democratic Party, which won 51 seats, its main rival, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan's Alliance won 49 seats. However, due to fraud allegations KDP gave up one seat to the PUK so that each would have 50 seats, they proceeded to form a unity government which lasted until May 1994, when the Kurdish Civil War broke out.

On 4 June 1992, KDP Secretary General Jawhar Namiq Salim was elected Speaker of the Kurdistan National Assembly and prominent PUK member Fuad Masum was elected Prime Minister of Kurdistan Region.

Results
1 The PUK's list included the Struggle Party and the Kurdistan Toilers' Party, which won 4 seats.

Dahuk Governorate
Note: Dahuk included the Aqrah and Shekhan Districts which were officially part of Nineveh Governorate.

Erbil Governorate
Note: The Makhmour district was at this time still under control of the Iraqi government, no elections were held there.

Diyala Governorate
Only two areas in the Diyala Governorate were under Kurdish control: Darbandikhan and Khanaqin.


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A Welcome Message
I am hoping the box below is just a general boilerplate welcome and not the result of bad style! Or maybe it's to get me to use &mdash; (—) instead of --, who knows? HyperZonk 17:55, Feb 16, 2005 (UTC) Hello and welcome to Wikipedia. Thank you for your contributions.

You might find these pages useful:

 * How to edit a page

 * How to write a great article

 * Article naming conventions

 * Wikipedia's Manual of Style

You can always experiment in the sandbox.

If you like, you can introduce yourself at the new user log, or write something about yourself on your user page.

One more thing: if you leave a note on any kind of discussion page it's always helpful to sign your post with four tildes ( ~ ), which is automatically converted to your username and the date and time. Don't do this in articles themselves though as they are not 'owned' by any particular contributor.

If you have any questions, see help, leave a question at the help desk, or feel free to drop me a line on my talk page.

Thanks again and happy editing!

— Trilobite (Talk) 17:38, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Hello. The welcome message was indeed a standard one and certainly not a criticism of any edits you may have made. In fact it appears from a brief glance at your contributions that you've got the hang of everything very quickly. Perhaps I need to rephrase the welcome: it is simply a few suggested links new users might find useful. We try to give a welcome message of some kind to all newly-registered users, as a lot of the time they don't know where to look for information on guidelines and policy. My apologies if I inadvertently criticised the standard of your work! -- Trilobite (Talk) 00:53, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Infobox quest
(Continued from "A Welcome Message" above.) I figured as much ... just having a little fun, here. But I consider you, based on what I have seen so far, a distinguished wikipedian, so if you ever do have hints or tips for me, please let me know. As a matter of fact, I've been trying to find the definitive guide to boxes of all sorts. Is the markup above the answer when you want to do something of that nature, or is there a slicker template? HyperZonktalk 01:09, Feb 19, 2005 (UTC)

 * Ha! I wouldn't call myself a distinguished Wikipedian. I have just been here long enough to get used to how it all works. For example, I am not one of the 400 or so administrators. As for boxes, I'm not sure that there is a definitive guide, because Wikipedia just uses standard HTML markup for this. Tables can be made using a special markup recognised by the wiki software (see how to use tables). One place where you may notice boxes is for standard template messages reproduced across a series of articles. So for example, the Gibraltar House of Assembly article has a box at the side, which is inserted into the article using . What this means is that the contents of the Template:Politics of Gibraltar page is inserted at that point. The Template namespace (which means all the pages whose names begin with "Template:") tends to be full of boxes of all sorts, so for example Template:Cleanup uses the HTML   tag like you've used above. I hope this goes some way to explaining how boxes are used in Wikipedia. The best thing to do is to have a look round at some articles to see how certain things are implemented if you want to create something similar yourself. — Trilobite (Talk) 12:18, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)

 * Thank you, I had a suspicion that such was the case. I had a heck of a time finding a definitive guide to those subject dependent boxes, too ... but I think I have now at Infoboxes, Infobox templates, Information templates, Miscellaneous templates, Infobox templates, Taxoboxes, and through the various WikiProjects. However, that is the problem that originally caused me to ask the question; these infobox-like structures are described in many different places as several different things. I have a feeling that someday I will be inspired to begin a meta-project to bring all of the items in this class into one easy-to-browse space. Note that I am not now talking about the simplest boxes like the VfD and cleanup templates (I was in my original question), but the more complicated infobox-like structures. Also, I am aware that these structures serve several different purposes (quick facts in a uniform layout, quick navigation of related subjects, etc.), but I still think they are all of a type in some ways. BTW, I'm reasonably sure that I still haven't found all of the places where such structures are defined. Help alway appreciated from anyone! HyperZonktalk 19:22, Feb 20, 2005 (UTC)

Definitive Infobox-like Structure Directory
In progress. Here is the list of current places to find infobox-like lists ... please add any that you know of that aren't here.
 * Infobox
 * Infobox templates
 * Information templates
 * Miscellaneous templates
 * Infobox templates
 * Taxoboxes
 * WikiProjects: Boxes created by tags, and what-have-you

Wabash Case
Hey there. Thanks for editing the Wabash case I've expanded from a stub (Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railroad Company v. Illinois). I've noticed, however, that you had removed the Bench section and incorporated it instead into the main body text. In writing the article, I followed the outline listed at WikiProject_U.S._Supreme_Court_cases which includes, among other things, a Bench section. Has that been revised? Thanks again for the contribution, and cheers from a fellow San Franciscan (well...Berkeley currently, but San Francisco resident at heart ;D). RidG (talk)  22:30, Mar 2, 2005 (UTC)
 * My error, see my reply to RidG on his/her talk page. HyperZonktalk

DVB ASI
Thanks for the note on my talk page. You are correct, I was influenced by your "proprietary internal schema" comment. I did more research and changed my vote on that VfD. Barno 17:36, 7 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Chicago aldermen
Hi there! Since the discussion seemed finished, I've closed up the Deletion_policy/Local_politicians discussion for now. I believe consensus has been established that local politicians deserve mention in Wikipedia, but not in a separate article UNLESS they have done something exceptional. Would you please check if you find this a reasonable conclusion, and leave a short note on that page's talk page? Thanks.

Yours, Radiant! 10:13, Mar 8, 2005 (UTC)

National longevity recordholders
I created the National longevity recordholders article and after defending it from efforts to deleted it,return to find that it has been changed enormously.I strongly prefer things being organized the way I had them,though I'm willing to discuss reasons with you.Key issues of difference (now that you understand what a supercentenarian is,a field of study that I have worked on for years) are: Those are what I can think of now.I'm not going to do a "mass revert",as has gotten people mad at me elsewhere,but I want you to understand these issues...Louis Epstein/le@put.com/12.144.5.2 04:03, 18 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Nations ordered by age of the recordholder (you alphabetized them instead).
 * Overall recordholder goes first and is female unless stated otherwise,as mentioned in the introduction,overall recordholder then followed by recordholder of other sex where known.
 * Recognized/documented cases only,as for the list I maintain (linked under References in the Supercentenarian article),the Guinness Book of World Records,or some other authority (Margaret Dolan of Ireland does not qualify,for instance).
 * Only countries where someone has reached at least 112 or it will get too large.

I'm sorry,I've given you weeks to respond and I'm going ahead with a revert at this time.--Louis E/12.144.5.2 16:47, 5 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * If you would have taken the effort to look at my user page, you would have noted that I was on jury duty. However I note from your own talk page that you seemingly can't be bothered to consult community consensus and edit by it. As I have noted, I don't really have any interest in the supercentenarian subject, so I will leave you to your games on that page, despite the fact that several people agree that alpha is the correct order, and that anything other than the supercentenarian cutoff is artificial. Your imputation of "rules" by the way is particularly smelly as you can't be bothered to conform yourself to the simplest and most widely accepted rules of style. Sorry if you feel like you are being "discriminated against" because of your "unpopular" views regarding spaces after punctuation, but that's just tough. Your way is currently wrong. Go complain to the ghost of Dewey; his spelling preferences never made the grade, either. HyperZonktalk 15:34, Apr 6, 2005 (UTC)

 * I looked before...and felt the time you had indicated your jury duty would last had certainly expired.I don't see any good reason for alphabetical order,and having spent years compiling the most widely-used list of supercentenarians I know how much the complications increase as you lower cutoff ages.Where did I say "rules" here anyway?--Louis E./le@put.com/12.144.5.2 16:25, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)

New LGBT noticeboard.
Hi, I've created a LGBT noticeboard for wikipedians to post issues and concerns. Please take a look. Thanks. -- Samuel Wantman 08:04, 8 May 2005 (UTC)

Welcome back...
...from jury duty. It seems relatively unusual to get assigned to such a long trial. I hope it was interesting, at least. -- Beland 04:08, 9 May 2005 (UTC)

So, not so much jury duty now.
Well, as I hope is obvious, I got dragged into other things after jury duty ended (it was a somewhat long trial, but it certainly didn't last more than a few weeks). You know, work, then other interests came to the fore, and then more work. I doubt I'll spend anywhere near as much time editing here as I did for a month or so back in early 2005, though ... HyperZonktalk 22:29, 7 November 2005 (UTC)

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Charles Pillsbury (attorney)

Charles A. Pillsbury is a mediator, lawyer, and community activist in New Haven, Connecticut, where he is the co-director of the Center on Dispute Resolution at Quinnipiac University School of Law. He also served as the first executive director of Mediators Beyond Borders International from November 1, 2009, through January 31, 2014. He is the great-grandson of Charles Alfred Pillsbury, founder of the Pillsbury Company in 1872. He is also the source of the surname (and some perceived character traits) of the comic strip character Mike Doonesbury, created by Pillsbury's college roommate, Garry Trudeau.

Early life
Pillsbury was born on October 5, 1947, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the son of George Sturgis Pillsbury and Sally Lucille (Whitney) Pillsbury. He attended boarding school at St. Paul's School, graduating in 1965 as the school's "scholar-athlete". In October 2015, he publicly disclosed through a Hartford Courant op-ed that he was sexually abused as a student there. He received his B.A. from Yale University in 1972 and his J.D. from Boston University School of Law in 1975.

Career
Pillsbury practiced law from 1975 to 1989. He served as the executive director of Community Mediation, Inc. from 1989 to 2009, and of Mediators Beyond Borders International from 2009 to 2014 He has served as the co-director of the Center on Dispute Resolution at the Quinnipiac University School of Law since 2013.

Pillsbury became actively involved in politics when he worked on the presidential campaign of Democrat Eugene McCarthy in 1968 in New Hampshire. This surprised some because his father, George, was a Republican state senator and was actively supporting Richard Nixon, and because his grandfather, Wheelock Whitney Sr., had previously run against Eugene McCarthy for U.S. Senate in 1964.

2002
Pillsbury ran for United States Congress as a Green Party candidate in Connecticut's 3rd congressional district in 2002. He received 9,050 votes, for 4.9% of the total vote.

2010
Pillsbury challenged Democratic incumbent Rosa DeLauro in CT's 3rd congressional district. Connecticut Republican Party treasurer Jerry Labriola Jr. also ran. DeLauro was re-elected to another term.

Personal life
Pillsbury is married to the Rev. Allie Perry. (He has four children by his former wife, Jean Sanderson.) They live in New Haven, Connecticut.

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Ideology
Could we please have a section for what she believed in? It's annoying that there are articles on politicians that don't mention things they did in office. What legislation did she sponser? What legislation did she want to sponser that was defeated? 128.114.227.254 (talk) 20:42, 30 November 2020 (UTC)

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Common name
Regarding the move of this page, Hattie Caraway (67%) and Hattie W. Caraway (31%) are the only iterations of Caraway's name that constitute over 5% of references to her on newspapers.com. Star Garnet (talk) 23:34, 14 June 2023 (UTC)

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