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Croatian brands

The following products could be described as hallmarks of Croatian trade. Croatiastreet awards its own quality seal (Hrvatska kvaliteta) to the best Croatian products every year. Croatian Chamber of Economy confers the Izvorno hrvatsko (lit. 'Original Croatian' or 'Authentic Croatian') seal to Croatian products and services that undergo rigorous assessments to be recognised as a result of innovation, research and development by Croatian people and enterprises.

Wines
Croatian wines (vino, pl. vina in Croatian) have gained in quality, but are still largely unknown to the world wine market. It is a matter of the developing Croatian economy to make these wines more popular in the world, and it is up to Croatian wine producers to start large-scale production for international markets.

White wines

 * Bogdanuša
 * Debit (grape)
 * Graševina
 * Grk Bijeli
 * Kujundžuša – from the region of Imotski
 * Malvasia Dubrovačka
 * Malvazija Istarska
 * Pošip
 * Pušipel
 * Traminac
 * Vugava – from Vis Island
 * Žlahtina – from the Island of Krk

Red wines

 * Babić
 * Crljenak Kaštelanski – also known as Zinfandel
 * Dobričić
 * Drnekuša
 * Plavac mali – includes regional variations Dingač and Postup
 * Teran

Dessert wines

 * Prošek

Beers
Apart from the great abundance of imported international beers such as Heineken, Tuborg, Gösser, and Stella Artois, homebrewn beers (pivo) can also be found in Croatia. (Fans already know that the brewery in Split produces Bavarian Kaltenberg beer by licence of the original German brewery.)
 * Favorit – brewed in Buzet, Istria
 * Kaj – produced in the Croatian region of Podravina by Carlsberg Hrvatska (kaj means "what" in Croatian in Kajkavian dialect)
 * Karlovačko – brewed in Karlovac
 * Osječko – from Osijek
 * Ožujsko – the name referring to the month of March; brewed in Zagreb
 * Pan – produced by Carlsberg Hrvatska (formerly known as "Panonska pivovara")
 * Staro Češko – Czech beer from Daruvar (home to a Czech minority), brewed in Croatia
 * Tomislav – the name referring to King Tomislav; brewed in Zagreb
 * Velebitsko – brewed in Pazarište, Gospić
 * Vukovarsko – brewed in Vukovar, Syrmia

Liqueurs and spirits

 * Drenovac
 * Kruškovac – made from pears
 * Lozovača
 * Maraschino
 * Pelinkovac
 * Šljivovica
 * Travarica
 * Vlahovac – made from herbs

Coffee

 * Franck

Mineral water
Concerning water quality, Croatian water is greatly appreciated all over the world, and has a leading position in Europe with regard to its water resources. Due to a lack of established industries there has also been no major incidents of water pollution.
 * Bistra – produced by Coca-Cola
 * Cetina – water from the river Cetina, which flows through the Dalmatian hinterland
 * Jamnica – winner of the Paris AquaExpo (the so-called Eauscar) for best mineral water of 2003
 * Jana – also belongs to Jamnica, best aromatized mineral water (Eauscar 2004)
 * Lipički studenac

Juices

 * Badel 1862
 * Cedevita – sherbet with vitamin C
 * Dona
 * Jamnica juices – To sokovi
 * Maraska
 * Vindija juices – Vindi sokovi

Meat products

 * Derma d.d. Varazdin with Derma spices and Derma artificial and natural casings (hogs, sheep, etc.
 * Gavrilović high quality meat products
 * Koka Varazdin with "Cekin" and "Vindon" brands (Koka is part of the Vindija food corporation)
 * Various "PIKs" (poljoprivredno-industrijski kombinat – agricultural industry, usually meat processing), e.g. PIK Vrbovec, PIK Bjelovar, PIK Rijeka, PIK Đakovo

Milk and cheese

 * Lura – Dukat milk products
 * Vindija – milk products
 * Zdenka – cheese

Salts and herbs

 * Sea salt from the Island of Pag, from Peninsula of Pelješac Ston, and from Nin near Zadar
 * Vegeta – herbal salt produced by Podravka

Fish products

 * Mackerel and sardines from the Island of Brač

Sweets

 * Koestlin – cookies, sweets
 * Kraš – chocolates, sweet jars, Domaćica - famous chocolate tea biscuit Bajadera – famous praline, Životinjsko carstvo (Animal Kingdom) - famous chocolates, Kiki - famous caramels, etc.
 * Ledo ice cream
 * Podravka jams

Other

 * Adriatica.net – a leading Croatian online travel agent
 * BioGnost – pharmaceuticals and biomedicine
 * Borovo – shoes
 * Croatia baterije – batteries
 * Croteam – game making company
 * Crotram Končar TVŽ Gredelj – electrocompany of trams and train vehicles
 * Crotram – Croatian consortium for production of tramways
 * Efke – photographic films, papers, and chemicals
 * Generalturist – Croatian travel specialist since 1923
 * Ghetaldus – eyewear
 * HS Produkt – firearms manufacturing company; HS2000, VHS assault rifle
 * HUP Zagreb – luxury hotels, business hotels and city hotels in Zagreb
 * INA – oil, natural gas and fuel producer
 * KONČAR Group – electronics
 * Koncern Agram – insurance and bank conglomerate
 * Petrokemija – chemical industry
 * Pliva – pharmaceutical drugs
 * Product-Of-Croatia – database with Croatian products and brands
 * Rimac Automobili – electric car and technology company
 * TOZ-Penkala – biros, coloured crayons
 * Tvornica Duhana Rovinj (TDR) – cigarettes
 * Varteks – textiles

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Talk:Enigma (German band)

Kapelle Antiqua Choir
Does anyone know what happened to the Kapelle Antiqua Choir? I have been searching for their original chant recordings with no success. I find it difficult to believe they have completely disappeared now, especially given the attention received from the Enigma lawsuit. I also noticed that the hyperlink attached to their name in this article has been disabled. Have they disappeared completely?

Sadness versus Sadeness
The spelling of 'Sadeness' as 'Sadness' on the English release is an incorrect spelling, and should be mentioned in the article if the other parts related to this fact are also included.

 * Both spellings were definitely used ...

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(Please leave the above links on this page for future reference) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.183.128.212 (talk • contribs)

It's intentional wordplay conjugating Sade and "sadness." Maquis de Sade is mentioned in the song's lyrics, which focuses on morality and sadomasochism.

The latter image you linked to would actually be the misprint, because Engima records have leveled the "Sadeness" spelling throughout every other printing. 98.86.95.85 (talk)

Era was led by Frank Peterson?
Under Influence it says that both Era and Gregorian was led by Frank Peterson. I cannot find any reference to evident this. On the Era (music project) page, only Eric Levi is mentioned. Can anyone clarify this statement?

Requested move 3 May 2019

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The result of the move request was: moved per rough consensus — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 17:45, 11 May 2019 (UTC)

Enigma (musical project) → Enigma (German band) – This disambiguator is bad. "Musical project" is not listed in WP:MUSICDAB as an option, and in my opinion, it is a pretentious attempt to make a plural neutral description of the "act". More importantly, it is needlessly long and does not actually disambiguate - it is ambiguous with Enigma (British band), which introduces the band as another "musical project". I understand the concept of these "projects": bands that aren't actually bands, they tend to be controlled by a single person but are often referred to as a collective, so WP has to pick between them (eg Owl City).

I believe (band) to be a suitable disambiguator, for consistency with the British band, and because M83 (band), another "project", seems to have no problem using it, though (group) would also work, should this be the consensus. (Note: I recently moved (UK band) to (British band) which is the preferred demonym used in examples at WP:MUSICDAB)  Lazz _R  13:28, 3 May 2019 (UTC)

 * "Band" for this Enigma is a stretch, but "musical project" does not clearly disambiguate from Enigma (British band). (Also nb Era (musical project).)  —  AjaxSmack  23:34, 5 May 2019 (UTC)
 * The term Band would be incorrect use for Enigma as there are no band members behind it, it's just Michael Cretu. Therefore, I believe Project is more suitable.--Harout72 (talk) 13:18, 6 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Support per Enigma_(musical_project) the other band is also a musical project if one likes. In ictu oculi (talk) 19:38, 8 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Support per nom. Musical project is not a useful disambiguator. To the lay reader, it could indicate a band, an album, a concert, musical theater, or even a noise-making sculpture. bd2412  T 17:13, 11 May 2019 (UTC)

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Will enigma ever perform at Glastonbury festival
I would give a kidney to have a front row seat at Glastonbury festival to feed my spirit watching enigma perform live,after all I do carry a spare kidney lol, but seriously will enigma ever perform at Glastonbury music festival. Toxicblue 01 (talk) 13:47, 16 May 2022 (UTC)

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Action for Blind People

Action for Blind People was a national sight loss charity in the United Kingdom, that provided help and support to blind and partially sighted people of all ages. In 2017 the organisation merged with the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) with which it had been in a partnership since 2009.

History
Action for Blind People was founded in 1857 as the Surrey Association for the General Welfare of the Blind and later became the London Association for the Blind. The Association's main activities in the early days were teaching blind people to read and to learn practical trades. Opportunities and attitudes towards blind and partially sighted people have changed over the years, along with the nature and the scale of the Association's work. As a result, their title was changed to Action for Blind People in 1991.

RNIB Group
Action for Blind People formed a partnership with the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) in April 2009 and became part of RNIB Group.

This enabled both organisations to provide a unique combination of complementary strengths and expertise to help an ever-increasing number of people with sight loss. Working together in this way allows both organisations to share skills and deliver services in line with the UK Vision Strategy and RNIB Group Strategy.

Organization
Action had 17 regional teams across England and four Resource Centres. Action for Blind People operates a Mobile Sight Loss Information service that travels around the UK. Action for Blind People also runs four hotels, but in 2009, the hotels were rebranded as Vision Hotels. Action local teams are based in Birmingham, Bristol, Carlisle, Exeter, Leeds, Liverpool, Loughborough, Manchester, Middlesbrough, North London, Norwich, Preston, Salisbury, South London, Stafford, Stoke and Wallsend.

Vision Hotels
Action for Blind People originally ran the hotels under the Action for Blind People name, but in 2009, the hotels were rebranded as Vision Hotels.

Vision Hotels are three AA 3 star hotels in South Devon, Somerset and Lake Windermere.

The Cliffden Hotel is in Teignmouth, South Devon. The Lauriston Hotel, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset Windermere Manor, Windermere, Cumbria.

The hotels were put up for sale in 2016, as the charity reportedly could not afford the upkeep of three hotels.

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I have to take a dump
This page is obvious nonsense Schmiddy 16:08, Feb 11, 2005 (UTC)

 * It was an obvious speedy deletion candidate (Content was: Please excuse me, my friends, but I have to take a dump.). I handled it accordingly, i.e. I deleted it directly. andy 16:20, 11 Feb 2005 (UTC)


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Talk:Contemporary views on race

If this article is primarily on human races, it is surprising that there is no section on anthropological views. Physical anthropology is the branch of science that specifically specializes in human evolution and genetic variation. Slrubenstein 16:09, 11 Feb 2005 (UTC)

It'll take a lot of trial and error to get the right salient comparisons. If you've got an idea, go for it. --Rikurzhen 20:53, Feb 11, 2005 (UTC)

Fact
I added the "citation needed" tag because I have no idea of who is this guy and no references are provided. His claims are so outlandish that they should be assorted with a citation or a book, something to put him into context. And "others think" is totally unreferenced. "African" race? Wow !!! If that's not a "clash of civilizations" POV... Lapaz

 * It is amazing that someone who claims to know so much about the history of the concept of race doesn't know who Luigi Cavalli-Sforza is. He's probably one of the most famous living geneticists out there, and though he claims to not believe in typological notions of race he is the main scientific force behind the controversial Human Genome Diversity Project and the Genographic Project. --Fastfission 03:41, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

Dark Tichondrias's changes
"Genetic views on race" is an awkward expression, and much of the article discusses biological race in general, or is stub sections meant to discuss non-molecular biology topics. I think expanding the article in the originally planned directions is a better idea than the move. The Human genetic variation already has coverage of that topic in more detail than in this article, and is probably the place for additional material on the subject. There is also Race in biomedicine.

Biopiracy refers to something completely different than the charge of reifying pre-assumed racial categories. The Cavalli-Sforza article has the source for this quote, and it turns out to be a concern about possible commercial use of data that would be collected for the proposed Human Genome Diversity Project, not about theory of racial classification.

Also, on Rikurzhen's earlier material:

I did not see anything in Cavalli-Sforza's book that gave particular emphasis to a four-race concept. Cavalli-Sforza mainly discusses tree models with a different number of branches at each level, while recognizing that there has also been cross-mating which is not described by a tree model.

--JWB 16:41, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

 * JWB, thank you for your contributions. I also prefered the previous title. If I've misremembered CS's book, then please correct the text. There's no need to keep something that's a mistake. If you're intersted in expanding the article, you may have a suggestion for other literature that attempts to enumerate "races". --Rikurzhen 23:33, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

 * Thanks, I will move the article back to the previous title after waiting for feedback from others, then try to edit as you suggest.--JWB 17:28, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

The previous title would be fitting to change back to if contemporary views were added instead of just genetic views. --Dark Tichondrias

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Talk:PW

I've looked at the Pennywise article & followed up the link to the All Music entry, and can find no reason to believe that the band's name is ever abbreviated to PW. Is this just an attempt to advertise the band's article? Mel Etitis ( Μελ Ετητης ) 16:09, 11 Feb 2005 (UTC)

PW is an abreviation for "potable water" in plumbing. As a rating on pipes and fittings, it means it can be used for potable water, and is pressure rated. (I'm not a plumber, so I didn't put this directly into the artical)

 * You don't need to be a plumber — just sure of your facts. I'll add it, but do feel free to do it yourself if you find another omission. --Mel Etitis  ( Μελ Ετητης ) 19:59, 27 July 2005 (UTC)

Oh
dont care it

Wait, what — Preceding unsigned comment added by Baytuş (talk • contribs) 14:29, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

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A Game of Hide and Seek

A Game of Hide and Seek is a 1951 novel by Elizabeth Taylor.

A Game of Hide and Seek was published again in 1986 by Virago Press and Penguin Books, with an introduction by Elizabeth Jane Howard. In 2012 NYRB Classics issued a reprint of the novel with an introduction by Caleb Crain.

The novel is set in England, with a time-frame divided between the inter-war years and the peace after 1945, and is focused on the characters of Harriet Claridge and Vesey Macmillan, childhood acquaintances whose missed connection haunts them over decades. The novel explores their relationship, its effect on those around them, as they seek each other's love for more than 25 years.

Plot
Harriet Claridge and Vesey Macmillan are loose acquaintances of the same age who meet as Harriet's mother, Lilian, and Vesey's aunt, Caroline, are close friends who met as young suffragettes. The summer they are 18 Vesey is sent to spend time in the countryside with his aunt before he is sent to Oxford. Harriet is frequently with Caroline as she tutors Vesey's young cousins. Harriet develops a crush on Vesey who only casually returns her feelings. Vesey assumes he will naturally become great and dreams of becoming a writer. Harriet, who is considered by her family to be unexceptional, has no dreams aside from being with Vesey. Sensing how deep the attachment is on Harriet's side, Vesey's aunt writes to her sister to request Vesey return home early.

With Vesey gone and the summer over, Harriet manages to get a job working as an assistant in a clothing shop and begins to date Charles Jephcott, her much older next door neighbour who had previously been jilted at the altar and is reluctant to recommit to another woman.

Over Christmas Vesey returns for a quick visit. Harriet's feelings for him are renewed enough that she rejects Charles when he proposes to her. Her mother dies shortly after, leaving her an orphan, and in the meantime Charles continues to care for her.

Nearly 20 years later Vesey and Harriet meet again when Vesey happens to be in town performing in Hamlet. Vesey is now a mediocre actor in an unremarkable theatre troupe while Harriet is a middle-class housewife, married to Charles, and mother to a teenage girl named Betsy. Harriet still has feelings for Vesey and he feels a renewed and stronger attraction to her. Vesey tries to persuade her that while he is in town they should have an affair. Charles, who is aware of Harriet's earlier attraction to Vesey and is a deeply jealous man, forces Harriet to invite Vesey over in order to reassure him that nothing is going on between them. Instead the meeting has the opposite effect and only furthers Charles' jealousy while continuing to stoke Harriet's feelings for Vesey.

Vesey returns to London but continues to have an emotional affair with Harriet who begins to visit him. The two are ultimately unable to consummate their affair due to Harriet's deep guilt over betraying Charles. In order to end their limbo, Vesey finally decides to tell Harriet he is moving to South Africa to take over his estranged father's business. Harriet returns to Charles and confesses that she has been seeing Vesey. Surprised by her confession he decides to forgive her and the two recommit to their marriage.

The South African trip is a lie as Vesey remains estranged from his father and is beginning to fall ill and plans to move back in with his mother. He and Harriet see each other a final time before he moves away.

Reception
In a 1951 book review in Kirkus Reviews the review summarized; "A shaded, subtle recording of lonely lives which find no real contact—or comfort—with each other... the insights here are finedrawn, the conclusions inescapable. For her audience—which is established if selective." In reviewing the 2009 reissue, Elizabeth Day of the Guardian wrote "Taylor's forte as an author is acute observation and the devastating precision of her understated prose. Her brilliance is particularly evident in this, her fifth novel, set in her familiar milieu of middle-class married couples whose unfulfilled lives are crisscrossed with unspoken tension and stifled ardour." She further observed it "showcases much of what makes Taylor a great novelist: piercing insight, a keen wit and a genuine sense of feeling for her characters." Writing for The New Republic, Britt Peterson wrote "The ambiguous ending, Taylor’s best, like a perfect bubble that never bursts, is a moving refusal to render final judgment on any of the imperfect, well-meaning bumblers who make up the story."

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Talk:FN MAG

Buttstock Question
Is the FN MAG buttstock interchangable with the retractable stock of the FN Minimi? User:EX STAB

No. The mag butt mounts on the weapon by sliding downwards on grooves clicking into a locked position. The Minimi butt is mounted on the weapon by two takedown pins. A complete redesign of one of the weapons receivers would be required to make the butts interchangeable. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pissedpat (talk • contribs) 05:42, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

Stub?
Surely this articel has most everything the average reader ever needs to know about the weapon. GraemeLeggett 08:57, 31 May 2005 (UTC)
 * If you look at the things that many of the US weapons have, such as history of creation and deployment, remarks or opinions of soldiers in the field, and so on, this article appears incomplete. Otherwise, I have no real reason not to remove the designation. I don't really care. Avriette 11:57, May 31, 2005 (UTC)
 * Thanks Graeme. Any time you want to destub and shiny up stuff, it's good by me. :) Avriette 12:23, May 31, 2005 (UTC)

table
template → table... why GraemeLeggett 07:07, 3 November 2005 (UTC)

Operators
One operator of the weapon is missing: Austria. As far as i know, when the leopard 2 a4 tanks were purchased from the netherlands, they already came with FN MAGs installed. Despite the MG74 being the standard GPMG, the FN MAG was adopted as the weapon for the leopard tanks (and beeing exclusively used on the leopards).

M240 joined 2 this artical
hey im trying to get the m240 be joined to this artical who agress. this is like the m16 there are many differnt names in many fdfiffernt countries but it always gos to countrys of orgins name.(Esskater11 23:20, 23 May 2007 (UTC))

 * FOR - I'm for it, just like the M249 will be merged with the MINIMI soon. I've got a big rework of this article planned, maybe in a few days I'll take care of it. Koalorka 15:16, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

 * AGAINST - You'll lose too much specific info on the M240. D.E. Watters 20:45, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

 * Oppose - I understand the reasonable logic behind this proposal as well. However, the history of the adoption and subsequent use of the M240 by the United States military in my mind is too large a piece to be placed in an article for the FN MAG58 as whole.  The M240 has spawned an entirely separate series of variants as well, and only a portion have direct equivalents within the MAG58 family.  FN Markets the two systems separately.  This is the same reason why I support the continued separation of the FN Minimi and M249 articles.  The M240 article should be kept for the depth it goes into on the topic and the FN MAG58 for the information on the system at base and its original development history.  -- Thatguy96 15:45, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

 * The M240B is nothing like this weapon, it in fact is the bigger brother of the M249 SAW, both in assembly and in mechanics. The weapon being discussed is more reminice of the M60, which was phased out by the 240B. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.101.17.152 (talk) 09:07, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

 * AGAINST Was once asked to reduce M240 to a redirect -> FN MAG in German wiki. Refrained from doing it. Bad idea there, bad idea here as well. M240 specifics warrant a separate article. --Atirador (talk) 21:28, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

 * SUPPORT It's the same gun, people. --Asams10 (talk) 03:03, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

 * SUPPORT It dosent need a rich detailed history of a guns operations in an army -- Climax-Void  [[Image:Hammer and sickle.svg|35 px]] Chat  or  My Contributions

 * Oppose The weapons are dissimilar enough to merit different pages. The FN-MAG has variable headspace, while the M-240 has fixed headspace. Considering that headspace one of the main distinguishing features of any machinegun, that difference is pretty striking. EvilCouch (talk) 09:28, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Why does the MP5 and all its variants only have one article then? -- Climax-Void  [[Image:Hammer and sickle.svg|35 px]] Chat  or  My Contributions
 * Comment Why is there a page for each model of Glock pistol? WP:OTHERSTUFF is not an argument for or against this merge proposal. EvilCouch (talk) 02:02, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

 * I call BS on the headspace claim. The original M240 was simply an MAG Model 60-20. That's the only difference, the name.... The 240D has an electric trigger, different charging handle, flash hider and gas valve. The M240C is fed from the right, that's it. The M240E1  has a V-shaped butterfly trigger. The M240G is a MAG 60-20 but with a different gas valve and flash hider. The M240B is an upgraded M240G and it has a perforated heatguard, Picatinny rail, new stock and an ammunition container. That's it. I don't care how much misinformed opposition this merger gets but it will go through. If not, anyone with a bit of nationalist flare will create an article for what their country calls the MAG in their country's service. We're talking about over 40 "variants" here... MAKES NO SENSE, and is against policy. Most of the M240 article is either repeated from the MAG or useless "fluff". Koalorka (talk) 17:32, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

 * Comment The FN MAG article asserts that it has variable headspace. Speaking as a former M240B gunner, I can tell you without reservation that gunners do not set the headspace of the M240. Also, you have it backwards about the M240 repeating info from the FN Mag article; the FN MAG article copied from the M240 one. I know this because I was the one to write the Operation section. EvilCouch (talk) 01:54, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

 * I would like to see a source for that claim, it's fiction IMO. I'm also a C6 gunner, basically the Canadian designation for the 60-20, bolt headspace was never a factor. Even if the M240 was the first to be written about in detail (likely due to the fact that the designation is far more common than the original MAG name) makes the merge even easier. Koalorka (talk) 02:07, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

 * Exactly the L108A1 SAW is the British name for the FN Minimi, it could have a few small minor changes but it doesnt need its own article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.110.130.216 (talk) 19:06, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

 * SUPPORT The article should be about the weapon, not its use by one particular army. Nobody is demanding a separate page for the L7 GPMG, which has a much longer service history that the M240 does and has nearly twice as many distinct variants. The previous claim that the M240 is not an MAG, but a bigger version of the M249, is BS. So is the headspace claim; the L7 has fixed headspace, and it's just a standard MAG58 (as is the M240). Basically, to say that the M240 merits a separate article is just chauvinism. By all means have an article on US use of the FN MAG, but don't try to pretend it's a different weapon, because it isn't.FergusM1970 (talk) 12:35, 9 Apr 2008 (GMT)

 * Actually some were, but the separate L7 page also got merged in (which is why you'll notice the description of British service and the listing of their variants is much more detailed than others). -- Thatguy96 (talk) 13:46, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

 * The M240 does seem to have evolved into its own class so I would not support any sort of merge proposal, however I do recommend maintaining the M240 information within the MAG article, since the evolution did start at the MAG and then move towards US production and subsequent design enhancements. Koalorka (talk) 14:47, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

Design
"The downward locking bolt drives the belt feed system, which is a similar type to that of the MG42" Correct me if I am wrong, but I believe that this weapon uses a breech block, not a bold. And if my weapon had a downward locking bold I would be taking it to an armouror fast, as that would indicate a major malfunction in my weapons operation. Pissedpat 05:48, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Bolt and Breech Block are almost synonymous from what I can tell. A bolt is defined as "2. 	a sliding bar in a breech-loading firearm that ejects an empty cartridge and replaces it and closes the breech" 1 whereas a breech block is defined as "a movable piece of metal for closing the breech in certain firearms." 2  If a bolt closes the breech, and a breech block is a piece of metal for closing the breech on certain firearms, then they are the same.  No dictionary definition is available quickly online, but Bolt Carrier Group should be equally synonymous. -- Thatguy96 15:07, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

Initials
Quick question: doesn't MAG stand for Mitrailleuse d'Appui Generale rather than Mitrailleur A Gaz? I recall Ian Hogg making a point about this in one of his publications and normally consider him to be a fairly sound authority, but I thought I'd put this in the discussion to see what's the general consensus rather than attempt to unilaterally change the article!

 * Since nobody's voiced any objections, I've changed it! Chris 12:28, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

 * I Agree. I too know about some of Ian Hogg's work and nevertheless i´ve always seen MAG as being Mitrailleur à Gaz. Whoever changed it back, PLEASE, say why!--Artur claro (talk) 20:55, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

 * For god's sake: It's 'Mitrailleuse à Gaz" (Gas operated Machine-Gun, opposed to 'Blow-Back' which is the working-mechanism of most other Machine-Guns). ANY Belgian can tell you that(Certainly if, like I, he used one during his military service in Belgium). So I changed it back to its correct meaning. 81.245.170.60 (talk) 20:30, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

 * Then we have a discrepancy somewhere because most sources state that the G is an abbreviation for Generale and not Gaz. Koalorka (talk) 20:47, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

 * For God's sake, I even owned one (Though demilitarised and had to hand it in in 2007 due to severe restrictions in Belgian gun-laws). Ive known it to be called 'Mitrailleuse à Gaz' since 1982 (The year I used one during my military service in Belgium). But if you don't believe ME, then just have a look at the French section (If you can read it, that is)! Some of you are seriously 'Off their Rockers', even calling me a 'Vandal' just BECAUSE I MAKE AN EDIT! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.245.170.60 (talk) 21:02, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

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"Gimpy"
Can I ask for clarification that the GPMG really is nicknamed the "gimpy" by the forces? I heard ages ago, although I forget where (as usual), that it was never actually referred to as "gimpy" by its users but that the name was a snappy-sounding creation for a TV programme. I'm inclined to think that whoever made that claim was probably just being contrary, but I thought that the question was worth raising. -- Chris  ( blather  •  contribs )  20:49, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

The GPMG was certainly often referred to as a "Gimpy" throughout my fifteen years of TA service, although that was very much a nick-name. It was also commonly referred to as the "GPMG". During platoon level infantry officer training and at Sandhurst it was invariably referred to by the directing staff as "The Gun" or "Gun". Since we were invariably trained by regular infantry NCOs from multiple regiments I can only conclude that "Gimpy" was a common way to refer to it throughout the British Army. I also remember that it was incredibly heavy to carry and quite unpopular if you were saddled with it on exercise.

Steve UK 8 September 2006

The Royal Marines do not refer to it as a Gimpy and consider that to be army slang. I've heard it called "The Gun" or "The General" but most commonly it's just called a GPMG.

Chris UK 11 Oct 2006

interwiki of zh:T-74排用機槍
Plz help me to stop the interwiki of zh:T-74排用機槍, the T-74 only a ROC(Taiwan) variants .-ZH Evers (talk) 14:13, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

Duplicate M240 information
If there is not going to be a merge in the foreseeable future, then why have this duplicate information on the FN MAG page? It is not relevant to the MAG if the M240 is not included as there is no connection to MAG models in any of the descriptions. It is duplication of information in the M240 article, however, which is linked from in the paragraph above. I left mention of the various models, but if people want information on them, they should go to the M240 page until such time as it is merged into this one. -- Thatguy96 (talk) 14:47, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

I second this, the five paragraphs of M240 information under "Variants" is redundant and would be better served with a link to the 240 article. Considering doing it myself but don't like deletion so... Corella (talk) 09:32, 18 February 2010 (UTC)

WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Tag & Assess 2008
Article reassessed and graded as start class. --dashiellx (talk) 18:50, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

Meaning of the word MAG
O.K. Yes, it's me again: MAG (Also, PLEASE, see the French article) means: "Mitrailleuse à Gaz".

Three editors reverted my contribution? Yes, but ALL three based on the same reference!

Now, here's a reference that says I'm right (For God's sake: The whole of Belgium knows it's "Mitrailleuse à Gaz", and that's what they told me in the army too), I just don't know how to put the reference in the article!

http://www.air-defense.net/index.php?index=20&num_art=201

Am I now allowed to make a contribution without being called a vandal? 81.245.169.130 (talk) 22:28, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

 * Uh, that's an aircraft site first and you've been BANNED! This is a sock puppet edit. --Nukes4Tots (talk) 22:36, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

 * He's not banned, he's blocked. For 12 hours.  And the block was based on your claim he's a vandal, which he doesn't seem to be.  Could you please, please just talk to him?  --barneca (talk) 22:47, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

KSP58 redirect
"KSP58" presently redirects here, as the Swedish military designation of this weapon. It can also refer to Conspiracy 58, however, which means that the standard hatnote redirect for redirect targets should be used, so that anyone who types in "KSP58" looking for the mockumentary is informed about why he's ended up here and where he should go. However, this hatnote is constantly getting removed from this article (last time today). Does this mean that you would want KSP58 deleted altogether? Of course, probably only Swedes will type it in (for either meaning), but I still think it's important enough to exist. Or does it mean that you would prefer KSP58 to be a disambiguation page instead? I think the weapon meaning is much more important than the mockumentary meaning, so it should redirect here (per WP:PRIMARYTOPIC), but then the hatnote is needed (per WP:DLINKS). I'm struggling to understand what solution the removers of the hatnote are implicitly proposing. — JAO • T • C 15:10, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

 * Wow, I'll have to say that the other one is a pretty weak article. I'd have to argue against a disambig page because this is the English Language wiki.  I find it really difficult to believe that English-language searchers would be typing in KSP58 and have their searches frustrated by the lack of a hatnote.  I don't think either a hatnote or disambig is appropriate on English Wikipedia. --Nukes4Tots (talk) 16:33, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

 * It would be unwarranted advertising for a poorly developed and entirely irrelevant article that practically no English speaker is familiar with under its Swedish translation. Koalorka (talk) 18:02, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

 * Irrelevant? Yes, indeed, that's the point of hatnotes (had it been relevant, it could have been treated in the article). Also, the purpose of these links is not to generate traffic (and I have no personal interest in doing so), and avoiding incoming links has never been Wikipedia's way of dealing with poorly developed articles. But as I said, I certainly agree that if there are to be exceptions to the redirect-hatnote guideline, then this would probably qualify. It's just that I always interpreted the guideline as not allowing such exceptions, but I guess it's possible that I'm simply using a too strict interpretation and at any rate, it's definitely not worth putting up a fight about. — JAO • T • C 14:58, 1 May 2009 (UTC)

 * You say that you don't have a personal interest in the article, but you do seem to have a skewed view of its importance. If it were a direct link to a direct article, then great.  But we're talking about a redirect from the Swedish translation of a nickname for an obscure television show? I'm not entirely sure you're looking at this from an objective point of view.  What is the gain from putting a hatnote at the top of the article? The traffic stats on the MAG article show 25K hits while the same stats for your article show 750... not thousand.  Your stats jumped 50% when you put the hatnote here... but that's not saying much. I'd be willing to bet that a long-term hatnote would double or tripple the stats for your article.  Hatnotes are not meant to be advertising for articles, they are meant to be disambig statements for what one would reasonably assume somebody would be looking for. --Nukes4Tots (talk) 15:46, 1 May 2009 (UTC)

 * First, it's not a translation (how do you translate something that's in Swedish into Swedish?). Second, it's not in any way "my" article, I did not create it and I am not sure if I have edited it at all. Third, I must say I am a bit insulted by the 3RR warning you gave me, considering that I have never edited this article more than once in any given month, and especially considering that you posted it an hour after my statement that I would not fight over this and readd the hatnote. Can't you just accept that I have conceded? — JAO • T • C 18:26, 1 May 2009 (UTC)

 * Translation: KSP58 is a sweedish abreviation. The English abreviation would be "CSP58" or "C58".  You're REALLY out in left field on this one. I use the term "your" in place of the actual article name as it's so obscure, I don't feel the need to memorize the name.  The 3RR warning was entered in error.  I apologize for any children that might have suffered as a result of your diminished mood resulting from the erroneuous warning.  I looked at your edit history and mistook your sincere edits to the talk page as continual edits of the aritcle. To be sure, you stated that the hatnote was constantly being removed from this article.  I took a logical leap between the edit summaries and the fact that you were bemoaning the fact that the hatnote "kept" getting removed... my bad.  I failed.  I will be more diligent in the future. My bad. Still doesn't change the fact that a hatnote is inappropriate in this article. --Nukes4Tots (talk) 22:05, 1 May 2009 (UTC)

 * All right, apology accepted, sarcasm cheerfully ignored (plus I do see how my words could give the impression of an actual edit war going on). And as I have said (and now say for the third time), I won't readd the hatnote, so don't worry. (And yes, KSP58 is a Swedish abbreviation. Do you think that everything that's ever written in Swedish is translated from another language? "Conspiracy 58" is the translation, not the other way around.) — JAO • T • C 22:21, 1 May 2009 (UTC)

Long paragraphs in the Users list section
The Users list is meant be to just a list. Paragraphs of detailed information should be incorporated into the "body text" sections. The UK entry in the list is particularly long even though there already is an entire subsection for British versions. Any information in the Users section that is not already included in the British versions section can be moved there and the rest discarded as unnecessary duplication. Other long explanations appended to entries in the Users list can similarly be moved to relevant text sections. Only very brief notes/remarks that really cannot fit in elsewhere should be allowed to stay in the Users list. Roger (talk) 08:42, 18 January 2011 (UTC)
 * You have my support. Feel free to be bold and make changes. ⋙–Berean–Hunter—►  ((⊕)) 13:57, 18 January 2011 (UTC)
 * I've started off the process with a simple cut and paste of the UK text. Please help to clean up any duplication of information or inconsistensies between the two bodies of text and integrate them into a coherent section. Roger (talk) 15:55, 18 January 2011 (UTC)

Norwegian Armed Forces
The source in question does indeed say Norway is a user of the FN MAG. The text would not read logically with any other interpretation.

Quote: 'The contract includes the manufacture and delivery of 1,900 MINIMI™ 5.56 machine guns together with spare parts and accessories up to the end of 2012. The contract also includes optional quantities and additional services to be provided by FN Herstal to the NDLO over a 15-year period.'

The MINIMI™ 5.56 light machine gun is the newest addition in line with the FN MAG™ medium machine gun and the FN M2HB-QCB heavy machine gun already in use by the Norwegian army.

To paraphrase that: "A number of FN Minimi machine guns were just purchased. The Minimi is the newest weapon to join the MAG and the M2HB in use with the Norwegian army." In fact, a comment on the press release at an alternate source even affirms this interpretation:

Quote: 'Since I’m Norwegian Army, I thought I’d clear a few things up. Subase: The Ultimax may be the better choice, but it wasn’t submitted for the trails. IIRC there were only two candidates, The FN MINIMI PARA and the HK MG4. As for 7.62 GPMG’s in use by us Vikings, The Rheinmetal MG3 and the FN MAG will remain in service. The MG3 has been the workhorse of the infantry since the late 50′s.' ROG5728 (talk) 08:25, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

List of manufacturers
Infobox says FN, article mentions several others in passing, scattered among the various sections. Could use a separate listing:
 * FN in Belguim
 * RSAF and Manroy in Britain
 * FNMI and Colt in the US (https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=4d321b1b0988c8142b1c2feffd3f7e7a&tab=core&_cview=0)
 * H&K in Germany (http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2009/10/21/hk-redesigned-l7a2-and-the-me-redesigned-7-62-gpmg/)
 * FFV in Sweden
 * DGFM in Argentina
 * China?
 * India: government arsenal
 * Pindad in Indonesia
 * ST Engineering in Singapore
 * Mexico: government arsenal

Sure there are more. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.175.221.121 (talk) 02:21, 3 April 2012 (UTC)

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Abbreviation for MAG
I'd like to point out that the source used for the meaning "Mitrailleuse d'Appui Général" states first that the abbreviation means "Mitrailleuse À Gaz". There was apparently an editing war about that 10 years ago, I think it would be best to at least give the two meanings. 194.78.163.162 (talk) 08:48, 23 April 2018 (UTC)

HK121
It says that the HK121 (aka MG-5) is "a derivative" (assumably of the FN MAG). However it does not bear any similarity apart from obvious things like same caliber and being gas operated, open bolt. But that is basically it, as far as I know. I'm no gun nut however, so maybe someone with a bit deeper knowledge can correct the link.--91.41.37.38 (talk) 12:20, 7 September 2018 (UTC)

Numbers produced
I edited the article, because the previous version stated that over 1 million of these machine guns had been produced, but referred to a link which leads to an archived site from FN Herstal, and there it says:

''FN Herstal is the original designer and manufacturer of the FN MAG® general purpose machine gun. With 200,000 units manufactured and adopted by over 90 countries around the globe (all climate types), the FN MAG® machine gun is the unbeatable worldwide reference in its category in terms of accuracy and reliability.''

The french wikipedia-article states:

''With more than 150 000 MAG, L7 and other M240 produced, the Belgian machine gun has been used in many conflicts around the world and history including the Congolese Crisis (1960-1967), the Bush War in Southern Rhodesia (1965-1979), the War on the South African Border (1966-1990) the Six Day War (1967), the Yom Kippur War (1973) or the Border War between Cambodia and Thailand (2008); the French army used it in the Central African Republic ( Operation Sangaris ) and then in Mali ( Operation Serval and then Operation Barkhane ) in the years 2010. The North-Irish Conflict (1969-1998), the Falklands War (1982) or the Operation Barras (during the Sierra Leonean Civil War in 2000) saw the use of L7s''

So, where does the 1 million+ come from, which btw. is an extremly unrealistic number. You might get to 1 million if you include all copies (especially the chinese) and every alleged "derivative" (what that is should be defined as well, I don't think the HK121 is a derivative). But FN gives the number of 200.000+, and there is no source for the number of copies and derivatives.

2003:D1:B708:BA01:3DA9:52E4:FE9B:372D (talk) 18:24, 14 September 2019 (UTC)
 * You are correct. You can see here that 1 year ago someone added "1 million produced" without providing a new source.--Le Petit Chat (talk) 21:24, 14 September 2019 (UTC)

Usage in Iranian assassination
Hey peeps I think it's worth adding a small section about the use of this gun as a remote-control weapon. I've added a sentence to the intro but not sure about where to add the details, I don't know much about guns. I've quoted the original source which is the NY Times; you can also read the details in this article which isn't behind a paywall. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/18/world/middleeast/iran-nuclear-fakhrizadeh-assassination-israel.html Very interesting! Good job on a great page, team Sholto.mac (talk) 04:14, 20 September 2021 (UTC)

Barrel
Is the barrel really not straight as shown in ?--Kitchen Knife (talk) 00:26, 7 April 2022 (UTC)

Merge?
As it has been many years since it was last brought up. I propose the page on the m240 be merged with this, there is no special reason as to why the m240 needs a dedicated page, it is based upon the FN MAG. There is already a long standing precedent of folding other nations variants into this page, I see little reason as to why the US variants should be treated as a special case when it is the same weapon. RLS 84 (talk) 21:05, 14 May 2022 (UTC)

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National parks of Wales

The national parks of Wales (parciau cenedlaethol Cymru) are managed areas of outstanding landscape in Wales, United Kingdom where some forms of development are restricted to preserve the landscape and natural environment. Together, they cover 20% of the land surface of Wales and have a resident population of over 80,000 people. Each National Park Authority is a free-standing body within the local government framework.

At present, Wales has three national parks: Snowdonia (Eryri), created in 1951, Pembrokeshire Coast, created in 1952, and the Brecon Beacons (Bannau Brycheiniog), created in 1957, as well as five areas of outstanding natural beauty (AONB), which form some of the protected areas of Wales. One of the AONBs, the Clwydian Range and Dee Valley has been proposed to be replaced by a new national park, which would become Wales' fourth national park.

The three national park authorities work in partnership as 'National Parks Wales' (NPW) which promotes their purposes and interests. NPW identifies issues of joint interest and a way of agreeing outputs. Information and experiences are shared by NPW between various people concerned with the three National Parks.

Land within these areas remains largely in private ownership; these parks are not truly national parks according to the internationally accepted standard of the IUCN but they are areas of outstanding landscape where certain types of activity are slightly more restricted. National Parks are "national" as they are considered to be of special value to the whole nation.

The Environment Act 1995 notes that the National Parks of Wales have two purposes:
 * To conserve and enhance the natural beauty, wildlife and cultural heritage of the National Parks; and
 * To promote opportunities for the understanding and enjoyment of the special qualities (of the Park) by the public

Administration
Following the Environment Act 1995, each national park has been managed by its own national park authority, a special purpose local authority, since April 1997.

Around half the members of each national park authority are appointees from the principal local authorities covered by the park; the remainder are appointed by the Senedd, some to represent the community councils, others selected to represent the "national interest". The National Park Authority is also the sole local planning authority for the park. Together the national parks are visited by an estimated 12 million people each year and almost three quarters of the population of Wales visit the Parks each year.

Snowdonia (Eryri)
Formed in 1951, Snowdonia (Eryri) is the largest national park in Wales, and includes the highest mountain in Ireland, England and Wales, and Wales' largest natural lake. The area is steeped in culture and local history, where more than half its population speak Welsh Fossil shell fragments on the summit of Snowdon date from over 500 million years ago and the ancient ‘Harlech Dome’ of which Snowdon and Cadair Idris form the northern and southern extents respectively, was created in the Cambrian Period before the volcanoes erupted. The more recent Ice Age glaciers were at their peak 18,000 years ago in Snowdonia and formed the distinctive U-shaped valleys including those at Llanberis and Nant Gwynant in the north and Tal-y-llyn Lake in the south.

The park is governed by the Eryri National Park Authority (Snowdonia National Park Authority), which is made up of local government and Welsh Government representatives. Its main offices are at Penrhyndeudraeth.

Pembrokeshire Coast
Formed in 1952, this is the only national park recognised primarily for its coastline; it covers almost all the Pembrokeshire Coast, every offshore island, the Daugleddau estuary and large areas of the Preseli Hills and the Gwaun Valley. It is an ecologically rich area recognised as of international importance for a wide range of high quality habitats and rare species. The park contains thirteen Special Areas of Conservation, five Special Protection Areas, one marine nature reserves and seven national nature reserves as well as sixty Sites of Special Scientific Interest. The park also contains a wealth of human history and culture, including the UK's smallest city, St Davids and Iron Age forts. Within the park there are also a total of sixty geological conservation sites ranging from small roadside quarries and isolated crags on hilltops to many kilometres of coastline.

The Park is managed by Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority, which has around 130 staff and a committee of 18 members. The Chief Executive is Tegryn Jones. The Authority also manages the entire length of the Pembrokeshire Coast Path, a 186 mi national trail which lies almost entirely within the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park. More than 26,000 people live within the park. 58.6% of the population could speak Welsh in 2011.

Brecon Beacons (Bannau Brycheiniog)
The last of the three national parks, formed in 1957 as the Brecon Beacons National Park and retitled to its Welsh name in 2023, the park straddles the divide between rural mid Wales and industrial South Wales. It stretches from Llandeilo in the west to Hay-on-Wye in the northeast and Pontypool in the southeast, covering 519 sqmi and encompassing four main regions – the Black Mountain in the west, Fforest Fawr and the Brecon Beacons in the centre, and the Black Mountains in the east, where the highest point is Waun Fach 811 metres (2,661 feet).

It is formed from sedimentary rocks from the mid Ordovician through to the late Carboniferous though it is the Devonian Old Red Sandstone which is the rock most identified with the park, since it forms the larger part of the different mountain massifs including South Wales' highest point Pen y Fan at 886m. Like many other upland national parks it is glacial activity during the Quaternary ice ages which is responsible for many of the well-known landforms. The west of the park is also designated as Fforest Fawr Geopark in recognition of its geological interest, and includes Waterfall Country. A number of former tramroads and the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal running down the Usk valley dating from the Industrial Revolution now serve as recreational facilities.

The Bannau Brycheiniog National Park Authority (Brecon Beacons National Park Authority) is a special purpose local authority with wide-ranging responsibilities for the conservation and enhancement of the landscape and the promotion of its enjoyment by the public, and in particular exercises planning functions across the designated area of the park.

List of national parks
In the 1990s, an independent panel chaired by Professor Ron Edwards from Cardiff University reviewed the operation of the Parks over a period of 40 years, which culminated in a report known as "the Edwards Report" and subsequent establishment of "free-standing, independent authorities" through the Environment Act 1995 and set up in 1996.

In 2004, the Welsh Government published an independent review of the National Parks and 3 years later produced a policy statement on National Parks and NPAs. In 2014, the 'Commission on Public Service Governance and Delivery' recommended that NPAs collaborated further with each other, with local authorities, with Natural Resources Wales etc., to share expertise, avoid duplication, and to maximise the use of resources.

Proposed national parks
Two areas of Wales have been proposed by campaigners to become national parks:
 * North East Wales National Park, replacing the Clwydian Range and Dee Valley AONB, has been proposed since 2010, with Welsh Labour supporting a new national park in north-east Wales in their manifesto for the 2021 Senedd election.
 * Bids for the Cambrian Mountains to get national park status have been made since the 1960s, with their 1973 bid rejected by the Welsh Office. Campaigns for a Cambrian Mountains national park in Mid Wales still continue.

National Parks Wales
The three national park authorities work in partnership as National Parks Wales (NPW) which promotes their purposes and interests. NPW identifies issues of joint interest and a way of agreeing outputs. Information and experiences are shared by NPW between all people concerned with the three National Parks.

In their The Review of Designated Landscapes in Wales (May 2015) they noted that:
 * The current model of involving both national and local interests, managed by an independent National Park Authorities (NPAs), has struck an appropriate balance between managing these tensions and delivering outcomes of benefit to the whole of Wales.

Funding
The three NPAs receive 75% of their national funding from the Welsh Government, and 25% from a National Park levy. The Welsh Government compensates local authorities in terms of the levy for National Parks.

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Bomberman Hero is a platforming video game and the second Bomberman game for the Nintendo 64. A further departure from the 16-bit Bomberman titles after Bomberman 64, it gives Bomberman more character moves, and has more levels, bosses, and weapons. However, in a break from the Bomberman series formula, it lacks a multiplayer mode. This game was released on the Wii Virtual Console service in 2011.

Gameplay
Bomberman Hero controls very differently from Bomberman 64. In Hero, the character can jump, has a life meter, faces tougher bosses, and has the ability to throw bombs farther, thus, making Hero a more platform-oriented experience. There are several different areas to be encountered, each with about five different stages. A unique feature is that it is possible to play with an extra advancement, such as a jet pack or a submarine.

There are several different types of bombs in addition to the regular ones. Ice bombs turn enemies into a block of ice which can be moved around and used to jump on to get to higher places. Salt bombs only harm slugs, which are invulnerable to all other weapons. Control bombs explode when remotely detonated; a useful ability against certain bosses.

Much of the game's replay value is in the sub-mission of scoring the number of target points per stage, which awards Bomberman a certain number of stage points (1 through 5) at the end of each level. Stages can be replayed, in order to secure the highest possible score within the stage. Medals are awarded on a per-planet basis, awarded based on the total number of stage points at the planet's completion (red, blue, bronze, silver, and gold). Getting a perfect score on every planet (or rather, a gold medal on each one) will award mini-games to be accessed on the options screen.

Plot
A princess steals a secret data disk from an evil empire, and she safely smuggles out the information through a robot, but is captured herself. Bomberman is training in his headquarters when news arrives about the princess being captured. Bomberman chases after the Garaden Empire to save the Princess, but the Empire claims back the disks to rebuild their leader, Bagular, whose body was destroyed in Super Bomberman 3.

Bomberman travels through four worlds: Planet Bomber, Primus Star, Kanatia Star, and Mazone Star. Towards the middle of a world Bomberman encounters Nitros, a mysterious recurring mini-boss similar to Bomberman. For the first three worlds, Bomberman chases after Princess Millian only to find that she has been transported to the next world. While on Mazone area three, Bomberman finds Princess Millian safe in a laboratory. She tells him to find the rest of the disks. After giving the disks to Princess Millian, she turns out to be Natia in disguise. Natia sends the disks needed to rebuild Bagular to the Garaden base. After Bomberman battles Natia and Cronus, he sets out towards Garaden Star.

Within Garaden Star, Bomberman encounters Nitros. After a battle, Nitros snaps out of his brain-washed state, explains himself to Bomberman, shares his power with Bomberman, and tells him to defeat Bagular for him. Bomberman encounters the recently resurrected Bagular and engages him in battle. As a final act of desperation, Bagular self-destructs Garaden Star in an attempt to kill Bomberman.

If a perfect score is achieved on every level and all the Adok bombs are collected, a new cut-scene takes place after the destruction of Garaden Star. A mysterious figure says "Bagular you fool, you lost again! It Evil Bomber's turn!" and the final world, Gossick Star, appears. There Bomberman battles Evil Bomber, believing him to be the real mastermind of the operation. After defeating Evil Bomber, Bomberman flies away in a ship with Princess Millian.

Development
It was originally planned as a Bonk/PC Kid game known as Ultra Genjin, but became a Bomberman game during development. Jun Chikuma composed the game's soundtrack in the genres of drum and bass and acid techno.

Reception
Bomberman Hero received generally mixed reviews. GameSpot said, "Despite the uninspired plotline, Bomberman Hero is a rather surprising success. In a departure from Bomberman 64, Bomberman Hero boasts a number of new gameplay features that make this a completely new Bomberman game." In a mixed review, IGN heavily criticized the lack of multiplayer mode, stating, "Nintendo and Hudson serve up a decidedly average 3D Bomberman sequel -- without a multiplayer mode."

Edge criticized the graphics for featuring intrusive distance fog and the same texture pattern, which make it difficult for the player to judge depth. However, the magazine concluded that, as a Japanese platformer, the game should not be overlooked, and favorably compared its rewarding exploration with that of Yoshi's Island. The game received the Player's Choice label, indicating sales of at least one million units.

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Alan Brownjohn

Alan Charles Brownjohn (28 July 1931 – 23 February 2024) was an English poet and novelist. He also worked as a teacher, lecturer, critic and broadcaster.

Life and work
Alan Charles Brownjohn was born in London on 28 July 1931. He was educated at Merton College, Oxford. He taught in schools between 1957 and 1965.

In 1960 he married the writer Shirley Toulson and in 1962 both were elected as Labour councillors in the Wandsworth Metropolitan Borough Council, and Brownjohn stood as the Labour Party candidate for Richmond (Surrey) in the 1964 general election, polling in second place. He and Toulson divorced in 1969.

Brownjohn was an inspirational English teacher at Beckenham and Penge Boys Grammar School until 1965. He moved to lecture at Battersea College of Education and South Bank Polytechnic until 1979, when he became a full-time writer. He participated in Philip Hobsbaum's weekly poetry discussion meetings known as The Group, which also included Peter Porter, Martin Bell, Peter Redgrove, George MacBeth and Edward Lucie-Smith.

Brownjohn was a Patron of Humanists UK.

Reviewing Brownjohn's Collected Poems (Enitharmon Press, 2006), Anthony Thwaite wrote in The Guardian: "...he is a social poet in the sense that if people in the future want to know what many lives were like in the second half of the 20th century, they should read Alan Brownjohn - observant, troubled, humane, scrupulous, wry, funny."

Alan Brownjohn died on 23 February 2024, at the age of 92.

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