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Steve Harley

Stephen Malcolm Ronald Nice (27 February 1951 – 17 March 2024), known by his stage name Steve Harley, was an English singer-songwriter and frontman of the rock group Cockney Rebel. He had six UK hit singles with the band in the mid-1970s, including "Judy Teen", "Mr. Soft", and the number one "Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)".

Early life
Harley was born on 27 February 1951 in Deptford, London, the second of five children. His father Ronnie was a milkman and semi-professional footballer; his mother Joyce was a semi-professional jazz singer.

During the summer of 1953, aged two, Harley contracted a severe case of polio and the doctors told his father he was going to die. He survived, but spent four years in hospital between the ages of three and 16. He underwent major surgery in 1963 and 1966. After recovering from the first operation, aged 12, Harley was introduced to the poetry of T. S. Eliot and D. H. Lawrence, the prose of John Steinbeck, Virginia Woolf and Ernest Hemingway, and the music of Bob Dylan, which pointed him to future careers involving words and music. While in hospital he wrote poetry, finding inspiration in Dylan's ballads.

From the age of nine, Harley took classical violin lessons and he played in his grammar school orchestra. Aged 10, he began learning the guitar after his parents had given him a nylon-string Spanish guitar for Christmas, and he started to write his own songs.

Harley was a pupil at Edmund Waller Primary School in New Cross, London. He attended Haberdashers' Aske's Hatcham Boys' Grammar School until the age of 17. Aged 15, he took his O-level exams in his hospital bed. He left school without completing his A-level exams.

Career
In 1968, at the age of 17, Harley began his first full-time job, working as a trainee accountant with the Daily Express, despite having gained only 24% in his mock O-level maths exam. From there he progressed to become a reporter, having wanted to be a journalist since the age of 12. After being interviewed by several newspaper editors, Harley signed to train with Essex County Newspapers. Over three years, Harley worked at the Essex County Standard, the Braintree and Witham Times, the Maldon and Burnham Standard and the Colchester Evening Gazette. He returned to London to work for the East London Advertiser (ELA), where he covered the story of the Kray murder at The Blind Beggar pub in Whitechapel. At the age of 21, unwilling to write a story about a woman who had taken two tins of food from a shop, Harley determined to get sacked, an objective he achieved by not wearing a tie and growing his hair long. Among Harley's peers who made successful careers in national journalism were John Blake and Richard Madeley, who took over Harley's desk at the ELA in 1972.

Harley started his musical career in 1971 playing in bars and clubs, mainly at folk venues on open-mike nights. He sang at Les Cousins, Bunjies and The Troubadour in London on nights featuring John Martyn, Ralph McTell, Martin Carthy and Julie Felix, who were popular musicians in the London folk scene. In 1971, he joined the folk band Odin as rhythm guitarist and co-singer and there met Jean-Paul Crocker, who became the first Cockney Rebel violinist. He also recorded a number of his own songs as demos that year using his classical guitar at Venus Recording Studios in Whitechapel. Harley then began busking around London in 1972, including on the Underground and in Portobello Road, while also writing songs. He left the folk scene and formed the band Cockney Rebel in 1972, as a vehicle for his own work. The name was taken from an autobiographical poem he had written at school.

Cockney Rebel (1972–1977)
The original Cockney Rebel consisted of Harley, Crocker, drummer Stuart Elliott, bassist Paul Jeffreys and guitarist Nick Jones. Jones was replaced by Pete Newnham, but with the arrival of keyboardist Milton Reame-James, Harley felt the band did not need electric guitar and settled on the combination of Crocker's electric violin and Reame-James' Fender Rhodes piano.

In 1972, Mickie Most discovered the band at a London nightclub, The Speakeasy Club, and offered them their first contract with his RAK Publishing. This influenced the A&R department at EMI Records to offer the band a three-album deal. Cockney Rebel recorded their debut album, The Human Menagerie, with producer Neil Harrison in June and July 1973. Their debut single, "Sebastian", became a hit across Europe but failed to chart in the UK. When released in November 1973, The Human Menagerie also failed to chart, although the album was well-received critically and gained cult status.

The lack of UK success caused EMI to feel that the band had yet to record a potential hit single. In response, Harley re-worked the unrecorded song "Judy Teen", which was released in March 1974 and peaked at number 5 on the UK singles chart. In February and March 1974 the band recorded their second album, The Psychomodo, which was produced by Harley and Alan Parsons. It was released in June and peaked at number 8 in the UK Albums Chart. Between May and July 1974, the band toured the UK to promote the album, but tensions developed as the tour progressed. They received a 'Gold Award' on 18 July for outstanding new act of 1974, but a week later, with the tour finished, several members left. Crocker, Reame-James and Jeffreys chose to quit after Harley refused their demands to write material for the group, despite the initial understanding that Harley was the band's sole songwriter. Following the band's split, "Mr. Soft", taken from The Psychomodo, reached number 8 in the UK as a single.

Left without a permanent band, Harley soon began auditioning new musicians. Meanwhile, Harley and Parsons did some studio work with Dutch singer Yvonne Keeley, with whom Harley began a relationship, and EMI released her version of "Tumbling Down" as a single in August 1974, backed by another Cockney Rebel cover, "Loretta's Tale". Harley's debut solo single "Big Big Deal" was released in November 1974. The song failed to enter the UK top 50; however, it did enter the unnumbered BMRB's UK Breakers chart. By this time, a new line-up of Cockney Rebel had been finalised. With original drummer Stuart Elliott remaining in the band, the new line-up included guitarist Jim Cregan, keyboard player Duncan Mackay and bassist George Ford. Renamed Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel, they recorded the album The Best Years of Our Lives in November and December 1974, with Harley and Parsons again producing.

The lead single from the forthcoming album, "Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)", was released in January 1975. It became the band's biggest hit, reaching the number one spot on the UK Chart and receiving a UK Silver certification in February. It was also Harley's only Billboard chart entry in the US, reaching number 96 on the Hot 100 in 1976. In a 2002 television interview, Harley described how the song's lyrics were directed at his former band members who, he felt, had abandoned him. As of 2015, the song has sold around 1.5 million copies in the UK. The Performing Rights Society have confirmed the song as one of the most played records in British broadcasting and over 120 cover versions of the song have been recorded by other artists.

The Best Years of Our Lives was released in March 1975 and reached number 5 in the UK. A second single from the album, "Mr. Raffles (Man, It Was Mean)", was also a success, peaked at number 13. The band embarked on a UK and European tour to promote the album, and then recorded their fourth studio album, Timeless Flight, in the summer. During the same period Harley also produced Dutch singer Patricia Paay's album Beam of Light, with members of Cockney Rebel performing on many of the tracks. Later in the year, Harley and the band went on tour in the US as a support act to the Kinks. As the band had not achieved commercial success there, the compilation A Closer Look was released exclusively for the US market.

Timeless Flight was released in February 1976 and peaked at number 18 in the UK. Two singles from the album, "Black or White" and "White, White Dove", both failed to enter the charts, although they did reach number 2 and number 6 respectively on the BMRB's UK Breakers chart. Another UK and European tour followed the album's release, then the band recorded their fifth album Love's a Prima Donna between June and September 1976. In July they released a cover of George Harrison's "Here Comes the Sun", which reached number 10 in the UK and became the band's last top 40 single, discounting a later re-release of "Make Me Smile". Love's a Prima Donna was released in October 1976 and peaked at number 28, with a second single, "(I Believe) Love's a Prima Donna", reaching number 41. In the US, "(Love) Compared with You" was released as a single. For Mackay's second solo album Score, recorded in August and September 1976, and released in 1977, Harley wrote the lyrics to four tracks and provided lead vocals on "Time is No Healer".

In November 1976, Harley provided backing vocals on T. Rex's song "Dandy in the Underworld", which was released as a single from the album of the same name in 1977. In December 1976, the band embarked on an eight-date UK tour to promote Love's a Prima Donna. During the early part of 1977, Harley provided lead vocals on The Alan Parsons Project's song "The Voice" for their album I Robot. In July, Harley disbanded Cockney Rebel, the announcement of which was followed by the release of a live album, Face to Face: A Live Recording, which reached number 40 and spawned a single, "The Best Years of Our Lives".

Beginnings of solo career (1977–1979)
After Cockney Rebel's split, Harley signed to EMI for a further three years. He began recording his debut solo album in London and then flew to Los Angeles in February 1978 to complete it. He subsequently decided to emigrate to the US and purchased a house in Beverly Hills. Harley stayed there for nearly a year to gain new experience and inspirations, but later admitted that during his time in America he was not inspired to write a single song. The album Hobo with a Grin was released in July 1978, but was not a commercial success, nor were its two singles, "Roll the Dice" and "Someone's Coming", although "Roll the Dice" was a radio hit. On the album, the tracks "Amerika the Brave" and "Someone's Coming" featured Marc Bolan's last studio performances, recorded shortly before his fatal car accident in September 1977.

Harley returned to London at the end of 1978 and recorded his second solo album, The Candidate, in February 1979. On 12 May, Harley and Peter Gabriel appeared as guest stars at one of Kate Bush's Hammersmith Odeon concerts during her Tour of Life. The show was staged as a benefit concert for the family of lighting technician Bill Duffield, who had died after a tragic fall earlier on Bush's tour. Duffield had previously worked for Harley and Gabriel. The concert was Harley's first performance on stage in over two years. The Candidate was released in October 1979 and was another commercial failure, although its single "Freedom's Prisoner" was moderately successful, peaking at number 58. In October, Harley performed a one-off show at the Hammersmith Odeon. Following the disappointing sales of The Candidate, EMI dropped Harley from their label.

1980–1989
During the 1980s, which he later described as his "wilderness years", Harley took time off from the music business while his two children were growing up. In July 1980, he undertook a short UK tour with a new line-up of Cockney Rebel and this was followed by a UK Christmas tour. The latter tour followed the release of the EMI compilation The Best of Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel in November. During the same year, "Somebody Special" and "Gi' Me Wings", two songs co-written by Harley, were released by Rod Stewart on his album Foolish Behaviour. "Somebody Special", as the album's third single in 1981, reached number 71 on the US Billboard Hot 100, and "Gi' Me Wings" reached number 45 on the Billboard Top Rock Tracks chart.

In 1981, Harley provided vocals on the song "No Name" for Rick Wakeman's album 1984. He also made an appearance to perform the song at Wakeman's concert at the Hammersmith Odeon. Harley and his band embarked on another small UK tour during Christmas 1981. In March 1982, the Midge Ure-produced single "I Can't Even Touch You" was released under the band's name. Despite expectations that it would become a hit, the single failed to reach the UK Singles Chart. In August 1982, Harley made his acting debut as the 16th-century playwright Christopher Marlowe in the rock musical Marlowe at the John Crawford Adams Playhouse at Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York. In June 1983, Cockney Rebel played a one-off concert in London and Harley released the single "Ballerina (Prima Donna)", which was written and produced by Mike Batt. It was one of Harley's most successful singles of the decade, peaking at number 51 in the UK. In July, the band performed at the Reading Festival, followed by a one-off concert at London's Camden Palace in December 1984. It was the band's last show until 1989 and was filmed for a special TV broadcast. In 1985, it was also released on VHS as Live from London.

In 1985, Harley signed a five-album recording contract with RAK Records. "Irresistible", recorded with Mickie Most as producer, was released as his debut single for the label in June 1985 and reached number 81 in the UK. Harley originally offered the song to Rod Stewart, who encouraged Harley to record it in the hope that it would put him back in the charts. Later that year, Mike Batt recommended Harley to Andrew Lloyd Webber for the recording of the title track of the upcoming The Phantom of the Opera musical, which Webber intended to release as a single to promote it. Harley's audition was successful and the song was recorded as a duet with Sarah Brightman. It was released in January 1986 and reached number 7 in the UK charts. Harley then successfully auditioned to play the title role on stage and spent five months working on the part, including rehearsal with producer Hal Prince. He was later surprised to be replaced by Michael Crawford.

While rehearsing for the musical, Harley released the non-album single "Heartbeat Like Thunder" in April 1986, though it was a commercial failure. In June 1986, a newly remixed version of "Irresistible" was issued as the lead single from Harley's forthcoming solo album El Gran Senor, but it failed to chart. When RAK folded and was sold to EMI shortly after, the album was shelved. Later that year, Harley starred again as Marlowe when the musical of the same name ran in London and his performance was described by one leading critic as "a major and moving performance." During the same period, Harley undertook an English 'A' level course, to which he devoted three hours of study each day. He passed in June 1987 with a 'B' grade.

In 1988, Harley provided vocals on Mike Batt's song "Whatever You Believe", alongside Jon Anderson. On 3 May 1988, the trio performed the song at a live TV broadcast at Battersea Park in London as part of the Thames/LWT charity fundraising effort for the ITV Telethon. Later in November, a studio version was released as a charity TV tie-in single under the name Anderson, Harley & Batt. Following its use in a TV advert for Trebor Softmints, "Mr. Soft" was re-issued as a single in 1988.

In 1989, Harley assembled a new line-up of Cockney Rebel and returned to touring in the UK and Europe. He would continue performing as both a solo artist and with various incarnations of Cockney Rebel until his death. To promote the band's 1989 summer tour, Harley released the solo single "When I'm with You", which was recorded in early 1989 with ex-Cockney Rebel members Duncan Mackay and Jim Cregan at London's Point Studios. In October 1989, concert footage from the tour was released on VHS as The Come Back, All is Forgiven Tour: Live. In late 1989, Harley was scheduled to play the title role in a feature film based on the true story of John 'Babbacombe' Lee, an Englishman famous for surviving three attempts to hang him for murder. The film never raised the necessary funding and the project was cancelled in the early 1990s.

1990–1999
Throughout 1989 and 1990, Harley continued touring and recording material for a new album. During 1990, he also contributed lead vocals on "Harrow on the Hill", a track from the album Poetry in Motion featuring the words of Sir John Betjeman and music by Mike Read. In October 1991, Harley was invited to play the Night of the Proms, where he performed "Sebastian" and "Make Me Smile".

By the early 1990s, Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel had re-established themselves as a major live act across Europe. In 1992, EMI released a new compilation album, Make Me Smile – The Best of Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel, along with a re-issue of "Make Me Smile" as a single, which reached number 46 in the UK. Harley's solo album Yes You Can was released in Europe in 1992 and the UK in 1993. It featured older songs dating from the El Gran Senor period and some new tracks. "Irresistible" was released as a single from the album in Europe and "Star for a Week (Dino)" was released as a promotional single in the UK.

In 1995, the compilation Live at the BBC was released; it included some early Cockney Rebel sessions from 1974, and a 1992 session. The same year saw another re-issue of "Make Me Smile", which reached number 33 in the UK. Harley released a new studio album, Poetic Justice, in 1996, which was a critical success. In 1997, Harley participated in the Granada Men & Motors TV music quiz show Elvis Has Just Left the Building, hosted by Mike Sweeney, with Noddy Holder and Clint Boon as team captains.

In 1998, Harley embarked on his first acoustic tour "Stripped to the Bare Bones" with Cockney Rebel's violinist and guitarist Nick Pynn accompanying him. The pair played over a hundred dates, including fifty-four concerts in the UK, and coincided with the release of a new compilation album, More Than Somewhat – The Very Best of Steve Harley, which reached number 82 in the charts. The live album Stripped to the Bare Bones, with tracks recorded at The Jazz Café in London during March 1998, was released in September 1999. In 1999, the new compilation The Cream of Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel was released, Harley formed his own label "Comeuppance", and he began presenting the BBC Radio 2 programme Sounds of the 70s, with the first series featuring eight editions.

2000–2009
In 2000, Harley re-issued his first two solo albums, Hobo with a Grin and The Candidate, on CD through Comeuppance, and between March and May he embarked on the acoustic tour "Stripped Again", accompanied by Cockney Rebel guitarist Robbie Gladwell. The twelve editions of the second series of Sounds of the 70s aired across 2000 and, with high listening figures for the first two series, Harley accepted the BBC's offer to present the show all year round. To accommodate his touring schedule, he began the new deal by pre-recording three shows at a time. The show continued for the next eight years and the last programme aired on 27 March 2008. It reached an audience of over 400,000 weekly.

In 2000, Harley began working on a new studio album and opened talks with various record labels. Although no album materialised for a few years, the single "A Friend for Life" was released in April 2001 and reached number 125 in the UK. The song, co-written with Jim Cregan, was originally offered to Rod Stewart, who would record his own version for his 2015 album Another Country. In 2001, Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel embarked on their first tour in four years, "Back with the Band".

Harley was involved with the charity Mines Advisory Group from 2002. He became an ambassador for the charity and led two fundraising treks, one around Cambodia in 2002 and the other across Death Valley in 2007. In 2002, Harley was awarded a Gold Badge of Merit by the British Academy of Composers and Songwriters. In 2003, he released the live album Acoustic and Pure: Live, featuring recordings from various UK concerts played during the previous autumn with Cregan. Towards the end of the year, Harley travelled to Cologne to collaborate with German artist Guido Dossche on the song "Ich Bin Gott", which was issued as a single in Germany in 2004.

In 2004, the live album Anytime! (A Live Set) was released under the name The Steve Harley Band. During June of that year, Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel played at the Isle of Wight Festival and the full performance was released on DVD in 2005 as Live at the Isle of Wight Festival. In June 2005, a newly recorded version of "Make Me Smile" was released, dubbed the "30th Anniversary Re-mix", and reached number 55 in the UK.

A new studio album, The Quality of Mercy, was released in 2005; it was Harley's first studio album to be released under the Cockney Rebel name since 1976. The band embarked on their biggest UK and European tour since the 1970s to promote it, with over 50 dates set between September and December 2005. The album was a critical success and also charted at number 40 in Norway in early 2006. "The Last Goodbye", released as a single from the album in 2006, peaked at number 186 in the UK Singles Chart and number 21 in the UK Independent Singles Chart.

In 2006, EMI released The Cockney Rebel - A Steve Harley Anthology, a CD box-set compilation album spanning the recording career of Cockney Rebel and Harley's solo work. In 2007, Harley starred with Mike Bennett in the West End premiere of the Samuel Beckett plays Rough for Theatre I and Rough for Theatre II. The plays ran for a week in July at London's Arts Theatre. In 2008, Harley released a book, The Impression of Being Relaxed, which is a collection of diary entries he had published on his website between 2000 and 2008. In 2009, Harley received a Special Award from Childline Rocks for his charity work at Classic Rock magazine's award ceremony in London's Park Lane Hotel. His efforts raising money for the Mines Advisory group and several schools for Disabled Children were cited in a speech delivered by blues guitarist Joe Bonamassa.

2010–2024
In May 2010, Harley released a new album, Stranger Comes to Town, which he described as a "protest album". It peaked at number 187 in the UK and spawned two digital singles, "Faith & Virtue" and "For Sale. Baby Shoes. Never Worn". Earlier that year in February, Harley, a self-confessed technophobe, attributed poor literacy rates and the moral corrosion of British society to modern technology.

In April 2012, Harley embarked on a promotional tour of Australia, with Australian guitarist Joe Matera accompanying him. The pair made a number of appearances on radio and TV and performed live acoustic sessions. In October 2012, EMI released the remastered four-disc box-set anthology compilation Cavaliers: An Anthology 1973-1974, which chronicled the recording career of the original Cockney Rebel line-up.

On 24 November 2012, Harley and his band, along with the Orchestra of the Swan and their Chamber Choir, performed the first two Cockney Rebel albums, The Human Menagerie and The Psychomodo, in their entirety for the first time at the Birmingham Symphony Hall. The performance was released as a double-CD and DVD in October 2013, titled Birmingham. The album reached number 158 in the UK Albums Chart and number 36 in the UK Independent Albums Chart. The same show was performed live four more times in 2014 at Manchester's Bridgewater Hall, Sage Gateshead, London's Royal Albert Hall, and again at the Birmingham Symphony Hall.

In January 2015, "Make Me Smile" re-charted at number 72 in the UK, after Top Gear presenters Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May urged viewers to download the song, as part of their discussion that Harley had recently received a speeding fine. Later in September, Harley's first new song of five years, "Ordinary People", was released as a digital single. In November, Harley and the surviving members of the original second line-up of Cockney Rebel reunited for a 16-date UK tour to celebrate the 40th anniversary of The Best Years of Our Lives album. The band were also accompanied by the MonaLisa Twins.

In 2015, Harley pledged to help raise funds for a new memorial to his late friend Mick Ronson. He played for free at the Hull City Hall in April 2016 to help kick-start the appeal. In November 2016, Harley was one of a number of musicians who teamed up with British Members of Parliament and the Royal Opera House Thurrock Community Chorus to record a charity version of the Rolling Stones song "You Can't Always Get What You Want" in memory of Labour MP Jo Cox. The song was released as a single in December 2016, with all proceedings going to the Jo Cox Foundation, and reached number 136 in the UK Singles Chart, number 24 in the Singles Sales Chart and number 9 in the Independent Singles Chart.

Harley released Uncovered in February 2020, an album made up of two Harley originals and nine interpretations of songs he said he wished he had written. The planned UK and European tour to promote the album was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with only the first nine shows played as planned. Two shows were, however, played in September 2020, both in the acoustic trio format, though bassist Oli Hayhurst accompanied the trio on the second of these shows. In addition, Harley held an online question and answer session via Zoom in mid-December 2020. The success of this event led to further Zoom Q and A events: two in November 2021 and one in November 2022.

In the aftermath of the pandemic, Harley's live shows resumed in August 2021, and the rescheduled 2020 tour took place between May and July 2022. In October 2023, after touring earlier in the year, Harley was forced to cancel all upcoming late 2023 and early 2024 shows, citing "a medical procedure followed by a period of recuperation". Harley later revealed that he had cancer, and was forced to cancel or postpone all shows scheduled for 2024. This included the "Come Up and See Me... And Other Stories" tour, on which Harley was due to perform acoustic versions of his songs with his bandmate Barry Wickens, tell anecdotes and take part in Q&A sessions.

Personal life
Harley was in a relationship with Dutch singer Yvonne Keeley from 1973 to 1979, and they lived together in London.

Harley met air stewardess Dorothy Crombie in October 1979 on a flight to Newcastle and they married at Marylebone Register Office in February 1981. They had two children and lived in Clare, Suffolk, near the North Essex border. In 1991, the pair celebrated their tenth anniversary with a wedding blessing ceremony at their local church in Belchamp Otten.

Harley was involved in racehorse ownership from 1984, and racing became his main pastime until his death in 2024.

Illness and death
In December 2023, Harley announced on his website that he had cancer. He died at his home in Suffolk on 17 March 2024, aged 73.

Studio albums

 * The Human Menagerie (1973) (as Cockney Rebel)
 * The Psychomodo (1974) (as Cockney Rebel)
 * The Best Years of Our Lives (1975) (as Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel)
 * Timeless Flight (1976) (as Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel)
 * Love's a Prima Donna (1976) (as Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel)
 * Hobo with a Grin (1978)
 * The Candidate (1979)
 * Yes You Can (1992)
 * Poetic Justice (1996)
 * The Quality of Mercy (2005) (as Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel)
 * Stranger Comes to Town (2010)
 * Uncovered (2020)

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Eischoll

Eischoll is a municipality in the district of Raron in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.

History
Eischoll is first mentioned in 1250 as Oiselz. In 1336 it was mentioned as Oysol and in 1418 as Eysoll.

Geography
Eischoll has an area,, of 13.8 km2. Of this area, 28.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 45.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 2.3% is settled (buildings or roads) and 24.1% is unproductive land.

The municipality is located in the Westlich Raron district. The village is located at 1230 m above the left bank of the Rhone river.

Coat of arms
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules on a Plate a cross bottony sable.

Demographics
Eischoll has a population of. , 2.9% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (2000–2010 ) the population has changed at a rate of -8%. It has changed at a rate of -5.2% due to migration and at a rate of -2.6% due to births and deaths.

Most of the population speaks German (485 or 97.0%) as their first language, Albanian is the second most common (10 or 2.0%) and French is the third (2 or 0.4%). There is 1 person who speaks Italian.

, the population was 50.0% male and 50.0% female. The population was made up of 238 Swiss men (48.4% of the population) and 8 (1.6%) non-Swiss men. There were 238 Swiss women (48.4%) and 8 (1.6%) non-Swiss women. Of the population in the municipality, 375 or about 75.0% were born in Eischoll and lived there in 2000. There were 90 or 18.0% who were born in the same canton, while 20 or 4.0% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 15 or 3.0% were born outside of Switzerland.

, children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 24.6% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 56% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 19.4%.

, there were 202 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 260 married individuals, 33 widows or widowers and 5 individuals who are divorced.

, there were 197 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.5 persons per household. There were 59 households that consist of only one person and 13 households with five or more people. , a total of 194 apartments (65.8% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 85 apartments (28.8%) were seasonally occupied and 16 apartments (5.4%) were empty. The vacancy rate for the municipality,, was 2.96%.

The historical population is given in the following chart:

Sights
The entire village of Eischoll is designated as part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.

Politics
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the CVP which received 75.99% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP (15.93%), the SP (4.24%) and the FDP (1.83%). In the federal election, a total of 256 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 62.9%.

In the 2009 Conseil d'État/Staatsrat election a total of 218 votes were cast, of which 10 or about 4.6% were invalid. The voter participation was 55.1%, which is similar to the cantonal average of 54.67%. In the 2007 Swiss Council of States election a total of 249 votes were cast, of which 5 or about 2.0% were invalid. The voter participation was 62.6%, which is similar to the cantonal average of 59.88%.

Economy
, Eischoll had an unemployment rate of 0.9%. , there were 37 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 13 businesses involved in this sector. 20 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 5 businesses in this sector. 43 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 13 businesses in this sector. There were 199 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 31.2% of the workforce.

the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 75. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 22, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 18 of which 4 or (22.2%) were in manufacturing and 14 (77.8%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 35. In the tertiary sector; 4 or 11.4% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 18 or 51.4% were in the movement and storage of goods, 7 or 20.0% were in a hotel or restaurant, 4 or 11.4% were technical professionals or scientists, 3 or 8.6% were in education.

, there were 15 workers who commuted into the municipality and 133 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 8.9 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. Of the working population, 18.6% used public transportation to get to work, and 54.8% used a private car.

Religion
From the, 475 or 95.0% were Roman Catholic, while 10 or 2.0% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. There were 12 (or about 2.40% of the population) who were Islamic. 1 (or about 0.20% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic or atheist, and 2 individuals (or about 0.40% of the population) did not answer the question.

Education
In Eischoll about 194 or (38.8%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 21 or (4.2%) have completed additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule). Of the 21 who completed tertiary schooling, 85.7% were Swiss men, 14.3% were Swiss women.

During the 2010-2011 school year there were a total of 55 students in the Eischoll school system. The education system in the Canton of Valais allows young children to attend one year of non-obligatory Kindergarten. During that school year, there was one kindergarten class (KG1 or KG2) and 10 kindergarten students. The canton's school system requires students to attend six years of primary school. In Eischoll there were a total of 4 classes and 55 students in the primary school. The secondary school program consists of three lower, obligatory years of schooling (orientation classes), followed by three to five years of optional, advanced schools. All the lower and upper secondary students from Eischoll attend their school in a neighboring municipality.

, there were 40 students from Eischoll who attended schools outside the municipality.

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Charles Saumarez Smith

Sir Charles Robert Saumarez Smith (born 28 May 1954) is a British cultural historian specialising in the history of art, design and architecture. He was the Secretary and Chief Executive of the Royal Academy of Arts in London from 2007 until he stepped down in 2018. He was replaced by Axel Rϋger, who took up the position in 2019.

He was previously director of the National Portrait Gallery from 1994 to 2002 and director of the National Gallery from 2002 to 2007. He has published various articles and books, including The Company of Artists:The Origins of the Royal Academy of Arts in London and was a judge at the World Architecture Festival 2014 in Singapore and the Young Masters 2014 awards in London.

Saumarez Smith was knighted in the 2018 Queen's Birthday Honours List.

Biography
Charles Saumarez Smith was born in an old rectory in the Wiltshire village of Redlynch, near Salisbury. The son of William Hanbury Saumarez Smith, a former Indian civil servant and the great-grandson of the 19th-century Archbishop of Sydney William Saumarez Smith. His older brother was the London bookseller John Saumarez Smith.

He was educated at Marlborough College, where a Gainsborough portrait belonging to the school first awakened his interest in art. He then studied history and history of art at King's College, Cambridge, gaining a double first, and, following graduation, was awarded a Henry Fellowship to study at the Fogg Art Museum in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He studied for his doctorate under Michael Baxandall at the Warburg Institute, London, and was awarded a PhD in 1986 for his thesis entitled "Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle and the architecture of Castle Howard". Meanwhile, he was appointed Christie's Research Fellow in the History of Applied Arts at Christ's College, Cambridge and taught part-time in the Department of Art History and Theory at the University of Essex.

In 1982, Saumarez Smith was appointed by Sir Roy Strong as an Assistant Keeper at the Victoria and Albert Museum, where he helped to establish the V&A/RCA MA Course in the History of Design and was a contributor to The New Museology, published in 1989. In 1990, his PhD thesis was published by Faber and Faber under the title The Building of Castle Howard and was awarded the Alice David Hitchcock medallion. In the same year, he was appointed as Head of Research at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. In 1994, he published a book on 18th century interior design, before becoming director of the National Portrait Gallery. There, he and his staff more than doubled visitor figures by staging exhibitions of contemporary photographers, including Annie Leibovitz, Richard Avedon, Bruce Weber and the fashion photographer Mario Testino. He also presided over the building of an extension to the NPG in 2000, the Ondaatje Wing, designed by Sir Jeremy Dixon and Edward Jones. From 2001 to 2002, Saumarez Smith held the Slade Professorship at the University of Oxford, where he lectured on "The State of the Museum".

Saumarez Smith was a candidate to be Director at the V&A and the British Museum before becoming the director of the National Gallery in 2002. The main success of his directorship was the purchase of Raphael's Madonna of the Pinks in 2004 for £22 million, raised by a successful public appeal. However, few other major acquisitions were made by the National Gallery under Saumarez Smith due to the inflated prices commanded for Old Master paintings. He was a vocal critic of Tony Blair's government for giving too little money towards museum funding, and for not creating tax incentives for potential donors to museums.

2006 saw the opening of a new ground-floor entrance hall at the National Gallery, designed, like the Ondaatje Wing, by Dixon Jones architects. This project was already begun under Saumarez Smith's predecessor Neil MacGregor. In 2007, news broke of a power struggle between Peter Scott, head of the Gallery's board of trustees, and the director. At the same, time it became known that Saumarez Smith was applying for the newly created post of Secretary and Chief Executive at the Royal Academy. He resigned from the National Gallery on 26 July 2007 and was succeeded by Martin Wyld, head conservator at the Gallery, as acting director, until Nicholas Penny was appointed permanent director in the spring of 2008.

In his time at the Royal Academy, Saumarez Smith was responsible for restoring the Keeper's House to its former glory and the development of plans for 6 Burlington Gardens, a Grade II*-listed building designed by Sir James Pennethorne immediately north of the Royal Academy, including the appointment of the architect Sir David Chipperfield. In the lead-up to the RA's 250th anniversary in 2018, Saumarez Smith oversaw annual fund-raising, revenue funding for the RA, and capital fund-raising for the capital project, which included a successful application to the Heritage Lottery Fund for a grant of £12.7 million. He presided over the exhibition programme including Anish Kapoor, Bronze, Sensing Spaces, Anselm Kiefer and the 2012 blockbuster David Hockney, the Bigger Picture which was the most visited exhibition of that year in the UK. In 2014 Saumarez Smith appointed White Cube exhibition curator and broadcaster Tim Marlow as the first Director of Artistic Programmes.

Saumarez Smith is a former Visiting Professor at Queen Mary, University of London, a Trustee of Charleston and the Royal Drawing School, an enthusiastic blogger, and in the past an occasional panellist on the BBC's Newsnight Review. He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2008 New Year Honours.

In 2019 Saumarez Smith became the first Professor of Architectural History at the Royal Academy.

Portraits
There are thirteen portraits of Saumarez Smith in the National Portrait Gallery Collection including two photographs by Mario Testino and an oil painting by Tom Phillips. A 2010 painting by Royal Academician Leonard McComb exists.

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Waster

In martial arts, a waster is a practice weapon, usually a sword, and usually made out of wood, though nylon (plastic) wasters are also available. Nylon is safer than wood, due to it having an adequate amount of flex for thrusts to be generally safe, unlike wooden wasters. Even a steel feder has more flex than most wooden wasters. The use of wood or nylon instead of metal provides an economic option for initial weapons training and sparring, at some loss of genuine experience. A weighted waster may be used for a sort of strength training, theoretically making the movements of using an actual sword comparatively easier and quicker, though modern sports science shows that an athlete would most optimally train with an implement which is closest to the same weight, balance, and shape of the tool they will be using. Wasters as wooden practice weapons have been found in a variety of cultures over a number of centuries, including ancient China, Ireland, Iran, Scotland, Rome, Egypt, medieval and renaissance Europe, Japan, and into the modern era in Europe and the United States. Over the course of time, wasters took a variety of forms not necessarily influenced by chronological succession, ranging from simple sticks to clip-point dowels with leather basket hilts to careful replicas of real swords.

Used commonly in the modern historical European martial arts community, the term refers to wasters fashioned to resemble western European weapons like the longsword or arming sword. Historically, the term "waster" was used in English to refer to cudgels or clubs used as weapons, in addition to wooden swords. The increasingly popular historical martial arts reconstruction groups, as well as the live action role-playing and renaissance festival groups, have provided an ample market for commercial waster retailers. As the martial art has grown and academic interest has risen in weapons other than the longsword and arming sword, other types of wasters have been produced commercially.

The concept of wooden practice weapons is not limited to the historical european martial arts. Some Japanese martial arts involving swordsmanship, such as kenjutsu and iaido, use bokken or shinai as practice weapons. Eskrima, a martial art from the Philippines, also uses a type of rattan stick as a practice weapon in place of a blade. The martial art of singlestick is more or less entirely derived from the use of wasters as practice weapons in place of broadswords.

Use
Historically, students and soldiers used wasters as inexpensive and expendable training tools. The cost of high quality steel weapons, especially swords, would have made them a poor choice for practice weapons. Constant training would fatigue the blade, rendering it far less effective and reliable as a weapon. To prevent the destruction of an expensive weapon and to permit the necessary training and sparring intrinsic to any martial art, wooden practice weapons were created.

Today, especially in the reconstruction of historical European martial arts and Historical reenactment, wasters have experienced renewed interest. Wasters provide a number of benefits to the modern practitioner, many of which would have applied to historic trainees as well. The wood construction coupled with unsharpened edges and blunted tip, crossguard, and pommel of wooden swords provides a safer alternative to practising with a sharpened or unsharpened steel weapon. Wasters do not cut flesh, but provide a decidedly blunt impact. The lower cost of ownership in comparison to a steel weapon of the same variety makes the waster a much more affordable and expendable tool. Many modern wasters are fashioned to replicate the original weapon with accuracy, including functional integral sword parts. This functionality allows the wooden weapon to be handled more like its steel counterpart.

Wasters are not without their faults. The all wooden construction usually makes wasters somewhat lighter and differently balanced than steel weapons. The difference of material properties between wood and steel creates a difference in performance when training and sparring. The wood wasters tend to recoil from strong contact with other wasters as may occur in a strong parry or absetzen, a phenomenon colloquially referred to as "waster bounce". Steel weapons do not display this attribute to the same extent, usually binding and sliding with minimal rebound instead. The use of wooden wasters is somewhat safe as it lacks a cutting edge, but does not equate a safer alternative to steel training swords. The use of wood with rounded edges prevents any cutting injury when sparring but because wooden weapons typically are typically thicker bladed (compared to flat steel training swords like feders) while being of similar weight to steel weapons, they impact much harder than the thin blades of steel training swords (whose weight is concentrated at the hilt rather than the thin blade, compared to the evenly weighted waster). In addition, because of the waster's strong wooden construction, it does not bend at thrusts like feders or some steel training swords. It is for those reasons strong cuts or thrusts to unprotected body parts during sparring may lead to significant blunt force injuries (with the wooden weapon acting like a bludgeon).

Modern historical martial arts reconstruction organizations, including the Association for Renaissance Martial Arts and the Chicago Swordplay Guild use wasters as the primary training tool of new practitioners. Wasters are used to learn, practice, and later spar with a variety of techniques including cuts, slices, thrusts and wards. During flourishes, a waster may be substituted for a blunt sword, especially if a lack of experience is a concern. Participants may also use wasters against a pell, a training pole roughly simulating a human target. As the individual becomes more skilled, they will begin to use blunt steel weapons which offer a more realistic set of properties in comparison with a sharpened metal blade.

Construction
Modern commercial producers use primarily Hickory, a hard and resilient wood, in the construction of their wasters. Some producers allow individuals to accent the waster with wood of other types including Jatobá and Purpleheart. Manufacturers usually apply a coating of linseed oil or other protective liquid and instruct users to regularly apply it. This prevents splintering and works to create a stronger, more enduring tool. Different specimens of wood, even of the same variety, are not necessarily identical in performance, and may display different characteristics during use.

The form of modern wasters follows from their use as replica training swords. Blades on wasters have a lenticular (lens-shaped) or diamond cross-section and defined edges. This shape continues into the hilt, which features a grip with an oval-shaped cross section oriented in the same plane as the blade. An integral part of historical swords, this oval shape permits the wielder to know the sword's rotational blade alignment by feeling for the position of the oblong grip in their hand. The pommel acts as suitable counterweight for the blade and a stable gripping surface, providing the sword's intrinsic balance and allowing the user a weighted leverage point for more powerful manipulation of the weapon. A functional cross acts as it does on a steel sword, protecting the hands and assisting in a number of guards and parries. During half-swording, the cross and pommel may also function as a striking portions of the weapon, used directly to cause injury as in the mordhau.

History
Wooden practice swords have been in use since the Late Bronze Age, with an original sword found on Orkney's Mainland in Scotland still in existence at the National Museum of Edinburgh. A similar find in Ireland adds historical backing to the Irish myth, the Táin Bó Cúailnge, in which the use of a wooden training sword is mentioned. Egyptian soldiers practiced a sort of sport fencing using blunt sticks as a sort of primitive waster. The Romans used a form of wooden sword, the rudis, for combat training. Translations of Roman poets Horace and Juvenal provide evidence of this training weapon in use. One translation of Juvenal's poetry by Barten Holyday in 1661 makes note that the Roman trainees learned to fight with the wooden wasters before moving on to the use of sharpened steel, much in the way modern reconstruction groups progress. In fact, it is also found that Roman gladiators trained with a heavy wooden sword against a straw man or a wooden pole known as a palus (an early relative of the later wooden pell). Wasters are mentioned in period works, including The Book of the Courtier. A number of Fechtbücher also mention the use of wasters or depict them in use by models showing proper technique.

During the 16th century, the Dussack came into use in German fencing schools. A true waster, the dussack was made almost entirely of wood (in all but one known case) and acted as safe and cheap training weapon. The weapon's unique shape did not lend well to the replication of traditional cruciform-hilted swords like the arming sword or longsword. Instead, the dussack resembled the großes Messer or "great knife", a weapon found more often amongst the common people than longswords, the cost of which allowed only relatively wealthy individuals to purchase them.

Swords

Longsword wasters are generally between forty-two and fifty inches long and are also known colloquially as Hand-and-a-Half swords, allowing the use of both hands on the hilt while using them. These weapons incorporate a ridge or fuller, defined edges, and other sword components commonly found on steel swords. Many of the fundamentals taught by Johannes Lichtenauer and his students Sigmund Ringeck  and Hans Talhoffer  frequently involve the longsword.

Arming sword wasters span the broad gap of thirty-two to forty-two inches in length and, like their historical counterparts, have a shorter hilt than a longsword, allowing only one full hand to hold the grip. These wasters also commonly feature defined edges, pommels, and other typical sword elements. Arming swords are featured heavily in the combat of Manuscript I.33, the oldest manuscript on sword-and-buckler fighting, dating approximately to the turn of the 14th century.

The ceremonial rudius, a wooden gladius given ceremonially to gladiators when they won enough battles to become free men, is produced by some current day vendors and is twenty-eight to thirty inches long. The producers warn that the rudii are for ceremonial purposes, however, and should not be used in mock combat. In this sense, the waster supersedes its place as a tool for combat and becomes primarily a work of art.

Dussacks and falchion, two-handed sword, cut and thrust sword, gladius, Viking sword and rapier wasters are not widely available from commercial vendors, but may be special ordered or hand-crafted.

Daggers
Rondel dagger wasters, like the daggers themselves, are generally about eighteen inches in length, with a twelve-inch blade and six inch hilt. These weapons may forgo defined edges altogether and take on a more cylindrical shape as the rondel dagger acted historically as a thrusting and stabbing weapon. Hilted dagger wasters are also available, featuring functional crosses and defined edges, often found in lengths of about 18 inches.

General references

 * Clements, John. Get Thee a Waster! – Used within Use & History sections.
 * Little Raven. Frequently Asked Questions – Used within Use, Construction & Types sections.
 * New Stirling Arms. About Our Wasters – Used within Use, Construction & Types sections.
 * Purpleheart Armoury. Frequently Asked Questions – Used within Use, Construction & Types sections.

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Um, shouldn't the fact that FEER was effectively closed down in 2004 be noted in the entry? How many people would even consider the new monthly 'FEER' to be the 'genuine article'? Bathrobe

 * Dunno, you seem to know a lot about what happened. How about making an edit or two? —thames 15:15, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)

avoiding plagiarism
hey jmsc ppl, i think the best way to avoid plagiarism, is to make a habit of leaving behind your sources here in the discussion page for others to double check, afterall it's the whole group's responsibilty to ensure no one plagiarises intentionally or accidentally. 0101CHUNGjhk 15:59, 8 October 2005 (UTC) 0101CHUNGjhk

Far Eastern Economic Review Group Members

 * The photos should not distract from the text. Need to place them better.
 * Section on History of Far Eastern Economic Review (modified and simplified from articles "Telling Asia’s Story" By L. Gordon Crovitz, senior vice president at Dow Jones, editor and publisher of the REVIEW from 1992 to 1996.) This section should just be an external link or reference. DO NOT copy and paste entire article onto the wiki – even if its been shortened, it is still plagiarism.
 * The entry needs organizing for better presentation.
 * More comments see WebCT discussion section 0101TA 15:52, 14 October 2005 (UTC)

0101CHANyc - Clarification to 0101TA
Dear 0101TA,

i am 0101CHANyc, the student who write the part:

History of Far Eastern Economic Review (modified and simplified from articles "Telling Asia’s Story" By L. Gordon Crovitz, senior vice president at Dow Jones, editor and publisher of the REVIEW from 1992 to 1996.)

indeed i haven't intended to copy or plagiarize the original passage. if you could compare the original one with mine, you can see i do digest the whole passage and write the whole part in my own words.

my version is not a shortened version, but a modified version of the original. by my own wording and understanding of the original, i attempt my best to make the passage shorter and easier to read with all relevant facts and ideas particularly suiting the purpose of the title "History".

i have addressed the source of my idea of this writing in order to, first, avoid any confusion of plagiarism; second, assure the readers of the creditability of my ideas (as the ideas are from the authority)

However i should appologize for giving any impression or confusion to you for plagiarism, right now i will add an external link on top of my passage to give a clear way for the reader to seek my source. or Dear Sir or Madame, do you think i should delete my whole passage? please kindly give me some advice.

i am now afraid of any degrade which i will receive, for i have plargiarized something? in fact i work very work to digest and rewrite the passage for the only purpose to contribute to our page.

Re: 0101CHANyc - Clarification to 0101TA - History of Far Eastern Economic Review
Please don't copy the entire article to the wikipedia.

Just link it at the end of the page.

0101CHANyc - Second Clarification to 0101TA, Please kindly read it
Dear 0101TA, i am sorry to have caused confusion, However i really HAVEN"T COPIED ANYTHING from the website, the article here is entirely written and edited by me with very much DIFFERENCE from the original article, which does not suit the purpose of "History".

the passage i have written here is refined and specially designed for the purpose of "History" WITHOUT any straight copying from web, since my own version DOES NOT exist in the web outside Wiki. please kindly compare the two.

i know your kind advice is to prevent us to commit plagiarism, however i really HAVEN'T and i ONLY acquire and REFINE (not copy) the information from the official web, which EVERYBODY SHOULD BE DOING THE SAME because that is the only way we can get and ENSURE our information and ideas for our entries and data to be accurate, therefore everybody uses the official info, BUT I HAVE ALREADY, to prevent plagiarism,

1) READ the passage THOROGHLY and ONLY GET THE RELEVANT INFO

2) APPLY the RELEVANT INFO and write my passage IN MY OWN WORDS

3) ADDRESSED THE SOURCE of my REVISED version at the begining of my passage

Indeed if i have copied anything i will delete it without insisting, Sir, but would you kindly understand my feeling, i really haven't copied anything, i am just doing the same thing my classmates do, to use the info in your own words and address the source.

my passage is long but it doesn't necessarily mean that it is a copy, it is long because i really work on it hard and enjoy doing so.

Sir, sorry for any confusion i caused, but please kindly consider and examine my case and inform me whether i have committed plagiarism. IF I HAVE, I WILL BE WILLING TO REMOVE MY PASSAGE, for the whole page and for my whole group.

The reason i give out my passage is not for impressing the marker by the Quantity of my entries but instead, and most importantly i truly wish to make, by giving them accurate and detailed information, a profound Wiki page that helps people to understand FEER, i can assure that my entries will never be a duplicate from the original which serves only as a propaganda of the original source.

History Section of FEER
Dear FEER groupmates, Don't get stuck on what is or is not plagiarism. What your entry needs right now is editing. Trim each of your sections so that it is accurate, concise and of neutral point of view -- avoid phrases like "premier magazine report" or "Review acquires the “Thought leadership" and earns its reputable influence throughout Asia" -- according to whom? Many of your sections can be combined (for example, Inaugurator and History section, some should be reorganized, for example, Influence section should go before Editorial team.  I would suggest you STOP adding to the entry and only edit.

Note on plagiarism -- copying whole sentences like "Politics and economics being connatural, it will be inevitable that this publication may at times appear to transgress its primary objective by reporting on, and dealing with, political affairs" even if you refer to the original passage is both redundant and unnecessary, unless you think it is something that should be quoted. The languagee sounds out of place. Can anyone tell me what "connatural" mean?

According to the FEER fact sheet, it says they have 20,000 subscription copies, yet your entry also says the circulation is roughly 100,000. Which one is it? You may need to carefully distinguish what facts belong to FEER when it was a weekly magazine to a monthly magazine. 0101TA 11:04, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

To 0101CHANyc
REMEMBER PLZ DON'T COMMIT IT AGAIN

Ownership
Was FEER previously owned by the HongkongBank? — Instantnood 22:46, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

This article seems to suggest so. — Instantnood 22:07, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

Singapore ban
Is the feer.com website banned in Singapore too? — Instantnood 22:04, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
 * What do you imagine Singapore to be? A mini PRC?--Huaiwei 12:08, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Far Eastern Economic Review (the actual magazine) and feer.com aren't banned in mainland China, are they? — Instantnood 18:26, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
 * You obviously didnt get what I was saying...as usual. :D--Huaiwei 23:21, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Am I asking about Singapore or the PRC? — Instantnood 20:38, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
 * You honestly have acute English comprehension issues, so I arent sure if that question needs an answer? ;)--Huaiwei 09:26, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

 * Is feer.com accessible in Singapore? Yes or no? — Instantnood 20:46, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

 * Yes, feer.com is accessible in Singapore.--M3rrick 13:53, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks. — Instantnood 11:08, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

Removal of POV
This sentence tried to indirectly add a point of view to this article:
 * Just a day earlier, PM Lee had called for "responsible journalism" in his speech at the 7th Asian-European Editors' Forum.

The reference does not mention the FEER and it can therefore only be assumed that PM Lee was referring to the journal. If we were to leave the article unchanged it would suggest the FEER article was "unresponsible" which is a POV. It needs to be said that Hugo Restall rejects this accusation. However, I am also open to deleting the whole sentence because, like I said, PM Lee does not mention the FEER. --Ghormax 13:13, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
 * I was the one who added that sentence. I added it without the intention to introduce POV, but to point out the fact that coincidentally, the PM chose to highlight "responsible journalism" in a forum just as the issue was beginning to rumble. I added this to indicate the sg govt's current stand, which is not neccesarily a stand of mine.--Huaiwei 13:26, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

I added a POV template to the "Criticism of Dow Jones" section. Although this is a criticism section, it is heavily biased, and not objective. This can probably be resolved by proper citation of the sources, and presenting quotes as such. I corrected one improper citation that looked like a POV statement, but was actually a poorly sourced paraphrase; by making it a proper quotation, it became more objective. I don't have the time to do more, but perhaps that technique could resolve the POV issues. -- Chituokol1 (talk) 13:56, 29 July 2011 (UTC)

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About the section Independent Journalistic Establishments:

The title phrase also appears in the first sentence, and I don't understand what it's supposed to mean. Did FEER sponsor journalistic projects independent of FEER? Or were they projects independent of local institutions but part of FEER? Did FEER publish good articles and someone called those articles "establishments"? If someone can, either add content that follows the section title or edit the section title to fit the section's content.

And this is in the section: "the report on where chairman Mao Zedong, the Cultural Revolution and the economic opening initiated by Deng Xiaoping." I don't know how to edit it.

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Juana María de los Dolores de León Smith

Juana María de los Dolores de León Smith, commonly known as Lady Smith (27 March 1798 – 12 October 1872), was the wife of General Sir Harry Smith, Governor of the Cape Colony.

Biography
Born into an old Spanish noble family, she was a descendant of Juan Ponce de León.

In 1812, at the age of fourteen, she found herself orphaned and only with a sister, when her home town Badajoz was besieged for the fourth time during the Peninsular War. After the siege ended in a successful but very bloody storming by the British and Portuguese forces, the sisters sought protection from the chaos of the siege, and chanced upon some British Army officers they found camping outside the city walls. One of them was the then Captain Harry Smith, of the 95th Rifles Regiment, whom she married a few days later.

Instead of letting herself be sent home to her husband's family, she chose to accompany him with the army. She remained with him throughout the rest of the war, accompanying the baggage train, sleeping in the open on the field of battle, riding freely among the troops, and sharing all the privations of campaigning. Her beauty, courage, sound judgment and amiable character endeared her to the officers, including the Duke of Wellington, who spoke of her familiarly as Juanita; and she was idolized by the soldiers.

With the exception of his stint in the War of 1812 she accompanied her husband in all his deployments, most notably in two postings in South Africa, where Sir Harry (he had been knighted in the meantime) served as Governor of Cape Colony and High Commissioner.

Juana Smith was given a pension of £500 by Parliament on 5 December 1848 in recognition of her husband's services to the country.

Known as Lady Smith in her later years, Juana Smith is commemorated directly in the name of Ladysmith, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa and Ladismith, Western Cape, South Africa, as well as indirectly in the name of Ladysmith, British Columbia, Canada. She also has a road named after her, Ladysmith Avenue, in Whittlesey, England, the town of her husband's birth.

Lady Smith is sometimes said to have introduced the cantaloupe (Cucumis melo cantalupensis) to South Africa, where it is known as spanspek (or spanspec or sponspe(c)k), which in Afrikaans literally means 'Spanish bacon' (Spaanse spek). However, the Oxford English Dictionary shows that the term 'Spanish bacon' had been in use since at least the eighteenth century.

Representations in fiction
Juana Smith and her husband are the central characters in the historic novel The Spanish Bride (published 1940) by Georgette Heyer, which spans the period from just before their meeting after the Battle of Badajoz to the aftermath of the Battle of Waterloo in the latter part of the Napoleonic Wars. The couple also appear at the end of Georgette Heyer's An Infamous Army (published 1937) and are referenced in Sheila Walsh's historical romance novel Improper Acquaintances (published 1984). Juana Smith is also briefly noted in the afterword of Sharpe's Company (published 1982) by Bernard Cornwell.

Although it focuses primarily on her husband, Juana Smith is a central character in the 1984 book The Other Side of the Hill by Peter Luke, which recounts their meeting and first few years of their marriage during the latter part of the Peninsular War and the Waterloo campaign.


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Talk:The Mission (1986 film)

Intervention of the Spanish in the mission battle
I would like to start a discussion about a thing I read in the article and I dont agree with. The edition says the Spanish army is between the forces that take part in the "battle in the Mission" against the indians and some of the jesuits and that the Spanish commander was the one who ordered to kill the unprotected priest, ladies and children. That is not said in any part of the film. Why they were Spaniards and not Portugese? Taking into account that the Indians were protected by the Spanish King laws (Leyes de Indias) I doubt any Spanish commander would take part in a battle against poor and disarmed indian ladies, children and priests.

The real "Guarani War" saw several fights and a big battle between the Spanish-Portugese army and the Guaranis, but after the joint army won the last battle they found no resistance when they occupied the Missions. So no Spanish commander ordered in the real world to kill any disarmed priest, ladies and children. Please give your opinion and vote if the article should define the soldiers entering the Mission and the commander of them as Spanish or don't specify it.

Thank you all. --Ebanobre (talk) 20:16, 22 March 2012 (UTC)

 * Hey. I have watched the film several times, and I will do it again just because of that conversation. Maybe some details in the movie are made up, but the cruel truth is that Spanish Conquistador weren't merciful. Try to think about the cruelty of human nature and you would notice that it is possible to do things which can be seen in that movie. Irena Plahuta (talk) 22:31, 22 March 2012 (UTC)

Watching the movie it's fairly clear both Spanish and Portuguese troops take place in the final battle. The troops who attack by land are definitely Spanish, the ones who come by boat Portuguese. They're easily distinguished by uniforms: powder blue and white for the Spanish, darker blue and red for the Portuguese. Historical reality does not factor into a fictional portrayal. --96.247.149.7 (talk) 20:11, 24 June 2012 (UTC)

That's false. If spanish conquistador were or weren't merciful is irrelevant, the fact is that the troops were portuguese and not spanish. It's clear not only on film, on Robert Bolt's screenplay too. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.155.108.71 (talk) 04:22, 14 November 2012 (UTC)

The troops in white are Spanish. We see them escorting the Cardinal's carriage earlier in the film - when he arrives at what has already been shown to be a Spanish colony. At the end of the film the Cardinal holds the Spanish Governor to be complicit in the massacre - why would he do that if it had been a purely Portuguese affair? An actor named Rafael Camerano is even credited as the "Spanish Commander" in the end titles, if you don't believe me you can look it up on IMDB here: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0131450/. Whether the Spanish were involved historically is irrelevant. The film features Spanish troops; Spanish troops should be mentioned in the article. 90.246.42.145 (talk) 13:31, 29 July 2013 (UTC)

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"Wrong?"

Could WikiPediaLike compile feedback with the question "Yes?", regional editors selecting for cultural profile?

In other words, if One thinks the movie sucked, that is not an answer. "Creative Cooperation" could be a tag I guess. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.198.165.16 (talk) 19:31, 4 November 2012 (UTC)

 * Not quite sure what you are on about but if it is about the feedback feature at the bottom of the article that is for feedback about the article not about whether you liked the film or not. MarnetteD | Talk 20:10, 4 November 2012 (UTC)

Critical reception section?
Where is the critical reception section of this film? There are just a few sentences in the lead paragraph about how the film was viewed when it came out, and while those statements are presumably factual, they imply that the movie was universally acclaimed, which I know for a fact, having read the reviews at the time, is not true. The reader needs a sense of how it was received, the political context in which it was made, and how it is generally viewed today. Dylanexpert (talk) 13:36, 28 August 2014 (UTC)

Analysis of musical themes in need of clarification?
In the past week I've been making a study of The Mission and analyzing its themes and reuses of music. I find the current breakdown of the film's themes to be slightly confusing on these two lines:

"Beginning with a liturgical piece (On Earth as It Is in Heaven) which becomes the "Spanish" theme, it moves quickly to the "Guaraní" theme, which is written in a heavily native style and uses several indigenous instruments. Later, Morricone defines the "Mission" theme as a duet between the "Spanish" and "Guaraní" themes."

On study of the film, I'm worried that these lines aren't worded quite right. The soundtrack piece "On Earth as It Is in Heaven" begins with the Spanish theme, and then gradually becomes a duet between the Spanish and Guarani themes. But not only is the "Mission" theme itself not a duet between these two themes, right now I can't find a context of the Mission theme being a duet between themes at all.

Maybe finding the actual quote from Morricone can clear up the confusion, but right now neither this article nor the article specifically devoted to the soundtrack can give me a reference. Maybe have a 'citation needed'? — Preceding unsigned comment added by FiverBeyond (talk • contribs) 22:22, 20 February 2015 (UTC)

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User talk:Metaphorman

Hello, I'm the Metaphorman. At least that's the name wiki let me pick. I'm a professional author, and wanna be screenwriter for Hollywood. In another life (before the crash of 2001) I was one of those software developers with million dollar stock options in a dot-com that never panned out.

My biases.... democrat, agnostic, book collector, computer addict, male, late-thirties.

 * Hello Methaphorman. I have read in detail the edit war that has ocurred in the Speed Reading article, and I personally think that you should point out you have a bias in that topic. Thanks for reading. Pentalis 05:16, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

Synthetic memory
At its current state, this page just seems to be a less-detailed duplicate of false memory. I'm not sure what term you were looking for, but it doesn't seem to be found yet. Perhaps we could merge this article into false memory anyway, to avoid reader confusion? GinaDana 04:43, 6 September 2005 (UTC)

Well, I thought of using the term "true memory" when I was writing another article... However "true memory" refers to memory of things long past that have been induced. If you look at the "true memory" article, the focus is in keeping with what is generally found in the literature that describes "false memory". This is quite different than the focus of the "synthetic memory" article. The idea behind the "false memory" term is for more recent memories, such as someone mis-remembering what they read in a book or trying to recall something for a police officer that reflects memory recall that is hopelessly distorted. I couldn't find the proper term anywhere in any of my textbooks - they simply describe the phenomenon without giving it a name. I had heard this name used once upon a time in far far away, so I used it. It might not be the most appropriate for an encyclopedia, but how else to introduce it or describe it? If you can merge it into the ture memory article without scrambling the generally accepted meaning of "true memory"

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Unicycle hockey

Unicycle hockey is a team sport, similar to rink hockey where players try to hit the ball with their sticks into the other team's goal, except that each player must be mounted on a unicycle to play the ball. A team is composed of five players (plus substitutes), but there is no dedicated goalkeeper role (although one player usually stays back in that position).

The governing body for unicycle hockey is the International Unicycling Federation which publishes the rules for all unicycle sports. The most recent set of rules for unicycle hockey was published in 2015.

The court used is between 35 and 45 metres in length, and 20 to 25 metres wide. It should have either beveled or rounded corners, and barriers on all sides. The goals are also set back from the end walls so that players can go behind them, similarly to ice hockey.

Any stick which is legal for ice hockey, other than that of a goalkeeper, can be used. The unicycles can have a maximum wheel diameter of 24 inch and a tennis ball is used.

Competition
There are three national unicycle hockey leagues: Australia, with 8 teams in 2016; Germany, with 89 teams; Switzerland, with approximately 20 teams

In addition to these leagues, there are clubs and teams in other countries, including United Kingdom, France, Denmark, Sweden, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan and Korea.

International competition in the sport takes place at the biennial Unicon world championships and regional tournaments including Eurocycle and APUC.

History
The first known instance of hockey on unicycles is a short segment in the 1925 film Variety, which shows two performers on a stage, one using a field hockey stick to push a ball around.

In 1960, unicycle hockey was mentioned as one of the activities of the Albuquerque Unicycle Club, founded in 1957, and then the only known unicycle club in both United States and the world. In 1971, the game was being played in Japan.

In 1976, a unicycle hockey club called 'Wheel People' was founded in California and ran for about ten years. In 1985, LaHiMo became the first German unicycle hockey club, based in Langenfeld. The first British Unicycle Hockey team of the modern era was formed by the apprentices of David Mariner, a manufacturer of DM Unicycles, by the company DM Engineering, in Wimborne, Dorset, U.K. The formation of LUNIS, a north London based team in 1987, meant that competitive Unicycle Hockey matches could be played in the U.K., with a national competition in 1988 at Covent Garden in London, won by LUNIS. In 1990, Jens Stemminger founded the Uniwheelers in Bremen. Radlos was the third German club, in Frankfurt from 1991, and others soon followed, leading to the foundation of the German league, still the world's largest.

In the early 1990s, the sport was introduced to Switzerland by Jojo Mühlmeyer, a Lahimo/Radlos pioneer.

The first European championship was held at the European Juggling Convention in Birmingham in the United Kingdom, in September 1993.

The following year, the first unicycle hockey world championships took place at Unicon VII in Minneapolis, in the United States, won by Germany. Every Unicon since has included a hockey championships. The current world champions, from Unicon XIX in Ansan, Korea, are Swiss Team.

Notable players

 * Ted Jorgensen
 * Robert Williams (artist)

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please don't create articles about yourself and your friends. This is an encyclopedia. RickK 09:13, Feb 18, 2005 (UTC)

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Jane Dornacker

Jane Carroll Dornacker (October 1, 1947 – October 22, 1986) was an American rock musician, comedian and traffic reporter. She gained fame as an associate songwriter for the San Francisco rock band The Tubes; she also led her own band, Leila and the Snakes.

Career
Dornacker was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the daughter of John L. Dornacker. Her family lived at 1701 Las Lomas Road, NE Albuquerque, in a house built in 1928 by her grandfather, Dr Edward C. Matthews, a physician. She had two sisters, Ann and Mary. She was a performer from a young age, and wrote a six-act play while she was in Monte Vista Elementary School; at 8, she sang all the parts in an opera of her own composition "in a language no one could understand".

In her late high school years, Dornacker was a featured performer in a number of local Albuquerque dramatic productions. In March 1964 she played Sophie in Jerome Kern's Roberta; in August she appeared in Maxwell Anderson's The Bad Seed and in October, she played Christina in Sidney Howard's play The Silver Cord.

In 1965 Dornacker moved to San Francisco and in the same year vied to become San Francisco State University's Homecoming Queen. Her campaign saw her riding a bicycle enclosed in a cage; she described herself as an 'Earth Mother' and declared that she was magic. Although she won election to the position, she withdrew stating that she 'didn't want the responsibility'. She did not pursue her college degree beyond this first year.

She married Bob Knickerbocker, whom she had met at university, and their daughter Naomi was born in 1969. They divorced after eight years of marriage; Knickerbocker would die of a heart attack in July, 1986.

Music
Dornacker was the lead singer (Leila), keyboardist, and songwriter of the 1970s/1980s San Francisco "tack" rock group Leila and the Snakes. Pearl E. Gates and Pamela Wood provided supporting vocals. Their repertoire included "Rock and Roll Weirdos," "Pyramid Power" and a spoof version of Peggy Lee's "Is That All There Is?". Dornacker described the group as closer to musical theatre than rock music: "I worked with a couple of girls I knew from dance classes, and we did nutty dance routines and songs, and I did these long, rambling monologues.' Gates and the band became Pearl Harbor and the Explosions without Dornacker. Guitarist Miles Corbin formed the surf instrumental band the Aqua Velvets.

Dornacker came to the attention of Bill Spooner of The Tubes when he came to see Leila and the Snakes, and he asked her to be a part of the group's live show. "For a better part of two years," she later recalled, "I was out on the road with them." She toured with The Tubes as backing singer and dancer. She co-wrote the song "Don't Touch Me There" for the group with the ceramicist and musician Ron Nagle. The song was sung by Re Styles and appeared on The Tubes' second studio album, Young and Rich (1976), and was released as a 7" single. "Cathy's Clone", written entirely by Dornacker, appears on the third Tubes album, Now.

Dornacker also provided lead vocals on "Christopher Columbus" (1978), a song by R. Crumb & His Cheap Suit Serenaders.

Other groups Dornacker formed included Jane Door and the Door Knockers and The Final Solution.

Acting
Dornacker built on her early experience as an actress throughout her career, notably in works by Sam Shepard including the 1977 jazz opera Inacoma at San Francisco's Magic Theatre. She was featured in, and created, other works for the Overtone Theater including Jane Door and the Five or Four Children, which was staged in October 1980 alongside work by two men who were important to her career: Shepard, creator of a "percussion event", and Wes "Scoop" Nisker's The Last News Show. She also appeared in The Stand-Up, Anita Sperm and as Nurse Murch in the film The Right Stuff, which also had Shepard in the cast.

Stand-up comedy and radio
Dornacker's music and acting had long had a comedic element. She developed a career as a stand-up comic in San Francisco. In 1979, she told journalist Leslie Goldberg: "To me, the funniest things are visual things. Like Jonathan Winters. I mean it doesn't matter, even if it's a bad script or if it's a Cheetos commercial, he's always funny. He just is."

She gained some success in stand-up and was a notable comedian in San Francisco in the early 1980s. In 1982, along with Kit Hollerbach, Nora Dunn, Susan Healy, Paula Poundstone and the improv group Femprov, she participated in a benefit for Big Sisters Friday at Great American Music Hall in San Francisco. She also cohosted a television show with Wes "Scoop" Nisker, Video West, on channel 26 (KTSF) on Wednesday and Saturday nights in 1979. Dornacker and Nisker were the MCs for the Bay Area Theater Critics' Circle Awards in May, 1983.

Dornacker's work as a traffic reporter in the early 1980s emerged from her media work with Nisker. She was initially employed in this role by KFRC, a popular Top 40 radio station. She worked with Don Rose, who was that station's morning disc jockey at the time. She was noted for her exceptionally fast speech, so fast it required concentration to understand her. As she did traffic, she would tell her daughter Naomi to get up and get to school.

She moved to New York City to become a much-loved, raspy-voiced "trafficologist”.

Death and aftermath
Dornacker was aboard during two unrelated crashes of the helicopters leased to WNBC Radio, approximately six months apart. She survived the first crash, on April 18, 1986, but was killed in the second.

On October 22, 1986, Dornacker was giving one of the station's N-Copter traffic reports during the Joey Reynolds Show on WNBC in New York City. At 4:44 p.m., the Enstrom F-28 helicopter she was aboard plunged into the Hudson River from an altitude of roughly 75 ft. Her last words were, "Hit the water, hit the water, hit the water!" The F-28 helicopter nose-dived, struck the top of a chain link fence at a river pier, crashed into the Hudson River very near to the Manhattan shore and sank in 15 to 20 ft of water. Both occupants were trapped for nearly 10–15 minutes before help arrived. Dornacker died on her way to Saint Vincent's Catholic Medical Center. Pilot Bill Pate, the only other occupant, was severely injured but survived.

In the subsequent investigation, the NTSB found that the sprag clutch that was installed in the helicopter, which was on lease to WNBC Radio by Spectrum Helicopters of Ridgefield Park, New Jersey, was a military surplus part which was not designed for use in a civilian aircraft, and that the part had not been adequately lubricated. It directly led to a mid-air seizure of the main rotor blades.

Dornacker's 16-year-old daughter, Naomi, was orphaned, having lost her father, Bob Knickerbocker, three months earlier. Naomi received $325,000 in a settlement with owner Spectrum Helicopters of Ridgefield Park, New Jersey, and the maker of the helicopter.

Shortly after the incident, several on-air interviews with WNBC Radio staff described the incident and their feelings in detail, including how other news organizations "pumped news" into the WNBC Radio newsroom as they were all in shock. Joey Reynolds broke down on-air when talking about Dornacker's daughter. WNBC played other interviews with friends and recordings of Dornacker talking about the first helicopter crash earlier that same year. Her music was also played during these tribute shows, including "Don't Touch Me There", which she had co-written for The Tubes.

A memorial concert in celebration of Dornacker took place at The Warfield Theatre in San Francisco on Saturday, November 22, 1986, with performers including Jerry Garcia, The Tubes, Bobcat Goldthwait, Jeremy Kramer, Sluts a Go Go, Carol Doda and Dennis Quaid.

A memorial to Dornacker is located in Wayne, New Jersey, where she was living at the time of her death.

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 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was KEEP. —Korath (Talk) 15:18, Feb 28, 2005 (UTC)

Jane Dornacker
Non-notable reporter whose death, while sad, is not encyclopedic. RickK 09:15, Feb 18, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, tragic but not notable. Gazpacho 09:15, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Blanked by author - could be speedied. sjorford →•← 09:38, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep if article rewritten. Megan1967 10:03, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep if rewritten. Jane Dornacker may have been a non-notable reporter, but originally was well-known in the San Francisco Bay Area as a rock musician (toured with The Tubes and co-wrote their song "Don't Touch Me There", and led Leila and the Snakes before it morphed into Pearl Harbor and The Explosions) and stand-up comic. Not up to Ashlee Simpson level, maybe, but good enough for Wikipedia. --Calton 11:19, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Redirect to The Tubes then, and merge a summary of her other history in there. Radiant! 12:12, Feb 18, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep if rewritten. Capitalistroadster 14:39, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * No vote. Interesting, even while googling for "Jane Dornacker" with a handicap of only matches that include the word helicopter this turns up 1140 google hits, and 2300 by name only.   She is listed as a "famous person" who died in an "aviation accident" on planecrashinfo.com.  Thank you for spotting this Rick, if only I could have raised this issue myself.  So the question here is: what is the existing precedent?  Are we currently hosting articles on any other newscasters/reporters, living or deceased on Wikipedia?  If so, why?  Does the fact that her death happened live, while on the air, and then in turn received global press coverage, significantly increase her notability as a result in contrast to other reporters?  Do the 1140 google matches for this individual become more meaningful after taking into consideration that this accident occured nearly 20 years ago in 1986?  If you believe this is non-encyclopedic Rick, please explain why and what one must accomplish within their lifetime to "justify" an article on Wikipedia.  GRider\talk 17:16, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * People die all the time. The manner of the death might make them notable, but I fail to see how this person's does.  If she hadn't died, would she rate an article?  I doubt it, unless she had done something more noteworthy since the time she died.  RickK 19:54, Feb 18, 2005 (UTC)
 * Please explain why you consider this to be non-encyclopedic, and what one must accomplish within their lifetime to "justify" an article on Wikipedia. Is the manner in which someone died not worthy of consideration when determining notability? GRider\talk 17:01, 21 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep expanded and wikified. Just barely clears my notability bar due to additive effect of death on air and limited rock music fame. HyperZonktalk 17:22, Feb 18, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. GRider did some work in making it presentable. I think this belongs. – flamurai (t) 17:48, Feb 18, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep if expanded to include information discussed here. Gamaliel 17:52, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * I'll see what I can dig up. --Calton 13:29, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Just about a keep for me, but it really needs some work doing on it HowardB 17:58, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Weak keep. None of the factors would be sufficient alone, but when you add the music career and the acting career (although the latter sounds like it must have been pretty minor) it's enough. Isomorphic 20:04, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. I think the killed on the air is notable enough. Not like there have been many. --Woohookitty 00:00, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Jane Dornacker was also a rock musician and breifly a movie star. damicatz 20:28, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * It's a stretch to call her a movie star, frankly, though it was a real Hollywood movie she was in. --Calton 13:29, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. It's a borderline keep IMO even without the information above.   When asking myself the question, "Is Wikipedia a better encyclopdia with this information or without it?" I find myself answering with the former and not the latter.  I would like to see an expansion, however. BenSamples 21:31, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep - David Gerard 23:51, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, cleanup. Legitimate subject, poor article.   — Gwalla | Talk 01:50, 21 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Well-known. --jpgordon∇∆∇∆ 06:19, 21 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Duh, keep. —RaD Man (talk) 02:49, 25 Feb 2005 (UTC)

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