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Talk:The Champ (1931 film)

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IMDb says it was directed by Franco Zeffirelli, which is what i thought too, so I'm gonna change it to that. --195.7.55.146 12:31, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Seperation
This article should be split in two, oner for the 1931 version of "The Champ," and one for the 1979 version. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.218.198.220 (talk • contribs) 03:37, 26 November 2006

A similar film
I remember having once seen a very similar film from the fifties. There the father was a clown and a drinker, but the rest of the plot is very much the same. Does anyone know the name of that movie?80.141.154.28 (talk) 18:52, 25 October 2011 (UTC)

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The result of the move request was: Moved. Nathan Johnson (talk) 16:11, 24 May 2013 (UTC)

– This 1931 film was mentioned to me in another discussion. Stats of the 1979 film are close to or higher than of this 1931 film. Even when the 1931 film received accolades (Oscars, praise, etc.), which would help it meet long-term significance criterion, I'm not convinced that readers are looking for the very old 1931 film. In other words, either long-term significance and usage criteria do not overcome each other, or usage overcomes the other. George Ho (talk) 19:20, 14 May 2013 (UTC)
 * The Champ → The Champ (1931 film)
 * The Champ (disambiguation) → The Champ
 * Support Doesn't seem to meet WP:PRIMARYTOPIC. --BDD (talk) 20:13, 14 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Support it might be WP:PRIMARYTOPIC to real movie buffs, but a Franco Zeffirelli remake with Jon Voight and Faye Dunaway is more likely to get rented. In ictu oculi (talk) 02:52, 15 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Support per IIO -- 65.94.76.126 (talk) 04:40, 15 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Support If it were just between the 1931 & and 1979 films I would probably hand it to the 1931 film on grounds of its influence, but it is such a generic title (see The Champ (disambiguation) and Champ) it is obviously eminently more sensible to disambiguate. Betty Logan (talk) 08:50, 15 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Support per Betty; I agree that it is a generic title for which disambiguation suffices without concern for a primary topic. Erik (talk | contribs) 14:01, 15 May 2013 (UTC)
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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Terra Incognita

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Terra Incognita
This has no useful content, and is just a link to an online game. --Brendanfox 12:37, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete and redirect to Terra Australis Incognita. Radiant! 15:39, Feb 15, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, ad, RD would help. Wyss 17:22, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete advert --BenWilson 17:24, Feb 15, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep see below for current thoughts. HyperZonk 16:18, Feb 16, 2005 (UTC) Delete for being shameless promotional material. HyperZonk 18:10, Feb 15, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete as above. Brookie 18:47, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment there are over 200,000 Google hits for that term. There is quite a number of hits for a science fiction magazine by that name. Perhaps the present article can be deleted and a new one written up, which includes alternate meanings for that term? No vote as yet. Megan1967 01:32, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * If it's an oft-used Latin phrase, maybe we should setup a disambig for it? Radiant! 08:49, Feb 16, 2005 (UTC)
 * Disambig per above sounds good. Kappa 09:22, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment. In my opinion, the Latin phrase (now accepted by many dictionaries as English) probably belongs in the Wiktionary. The original internet game advertisement belongs neither in Wiktionary nor Wikipedia, as all of the delete votes above should make clear. If it is generally felt that Terra Australis (referred to by Radiant! above as Terra Australis Incognita, which redirects to Terra Australis) should also be a target, then we should indeed have a disambiguation page. I have been bold without doing the probably needed transwiki. HyperZonk 16:18, Feb 16, 2005 (UTC)
 * Disambig has been implemented; unless anyone has anything to add, move to close discussion. Alba 02:41, 17 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Turn into disambiguation page, with the original use in the top - Skysmith 11:04, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep stub and fix capitalization. Gazpacho 02:22, 17 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep in its current form. Susvolans (pigs can fly) Did you know that there is a proposal to treat dissent from naming conventions as vandalism? 09:58, 25 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep as a disambiguation page. JamesBurns 06:53, 27 Feb 2005 (UTC)

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Don Lydon

Donal John Lydon (born 7 August 1938 in Dublin) is a psychologist and a former Irish politician. He was a Fianna Fáil member of Seanad Éireann from 1987 to 2007, being elected on the Labour Panel.

Professional career
Lydon was educated at St Eunan's College in Letterkenny, County Donegal; University College Galway; University College Dublin and Trinity College Dublin. His bachelor's degree was in sociology and English; his postgraduate work was in the area of education and psychology. Lydon has also worked as a consulting psychologist. For a number of years, he was a non-executive director of Connsbrook Productions Limited and a non-executive of Corona Holidays Limited in Dublin.

He has published a number of papers in professional journals, mostly in the area of alcoholism or psychopathology in adolescents.

Lydon was awarded a Council of Europe Medical Fellowship in 1977 in order to go abroad to study "Residential Treatment of Disturbed Adolescents". He was the first psychologist in Ireland to receive such a fellowship.

Political career
He was a member of Dublin County Council from 1985 to 1993 and was a member of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council from 1994 to 2002. He was first elected to Seanad Éireann in 1987 and was elected at all subsequent elections until his defeat at the 2007 election. He has at various times been the Senior Senate Spokesman on Justice, Senior Senate Spokesman on the Department of the Taoiseach and European Affairs, Senior Senate Spokesman on European Affairs, and laterally held the position of Spokesman on Foreign Affairs with Special Responsibility for Overseas Development Assistance and Human Rights.

He has served as a member of the Joint Parliamentary Committee on Women's Rights, the Joint Services Committee, the Joint Parliamentary Committee on Social, Community & Family Affairs and was laterally a member of the Joint Parliamentary European Affairs Committee.

In February 1993, during a meeting in the council chamber of Dublin Corporation, he famously grabbed the Green Party TD Trevor Sargent in a headlock when Sargent waved a cheque, sent to him by a builder. Sargent asked the rest of the council had they been sent any checks, and if they thought that this was a case of the building sector attempting to bribe the council.

Lydon was nominated as a candidate for the 23rd Seanad in 2007 and stood as a member of Fianna Fáil. His proposers included Senator Tom Morrissey, former Fianna Fáil Senator Margaret Cox and Fianna Fáil TD Ned O'Keeffe. He lost his Seanad seat in the 2007 election.

He was a member of the Irish Council of the European Movement and served as vice-chairman from 1991 to 1993. He was also a member of both the Council and Executive of The Institute of European Affairs.

Bribery investigation
The Criminal Assets Bureau secured a freezing order from the High Court on 26 July 2007 based on its investigation of corruption in respect of bribes allegedly paid to councillors by Frank Dunlop to secure the rezoning on 16 December 1997 by Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council of 107 acre of land assets owned by Jackson Way Properties at Carrickmines. This rezoning was investigated by the Mahon Tribunal in 2003. Lydon stood charged with corruption following his district court appearance on Friday 22 October 2010 along with 3 other former FF councillors. The charges were dropped after a medical condition prevented Dunlop from giving his full testimony.

Senate expense claims
In 2004, Lydon changed his place of residence from Dublin to Donegal to qualify for a different travel and subsistence rate, despite living and working in Dublin. Lydon's yearly claim for travel and subsistence varied from €37,000 to €39,000 during the years 2004 to 2006, (in 2007 he claimed €24,000 as he only worked for 7 months). It has been reported that there will not be an investigation into his expenses as "there is no provision for looking into the expenses claims of former members of the Oireachtas"

On 27 March 2012, after being named in the final report of the Mahon Tribunal for receiving corrupt payments, Lydon resigned from Fianna Fáil before he could be expelled.

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Terry Leyden

Terry Leyden (born 1 October 1945) is an Irish former Fianna Fáil politician who served as a Senator (elected on the Labour Panel) from September 2002 to March 2020, and previously during December 1992 (after being nominated by the Taoiseach). He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1977 to 1992, and as a Minister of State from March to December 1982, and from 1987 to 1992.

He was elected to Roscommon County Council in 1974, and re-elected in 1979 and 1985. Leyden was elected to Dáil Éireann at his first attempt, in the 1977 general election, when he was returned to the 21st Dáil as a TD for the Roscommon–Leitrim constituency. He was returned for the new Roscommon constituency at the 1981 general election, and re-elected a further four times before losing his seat at the 1992 general election in the new Longford–Roscommon constituency.

From March to December 1982, he served as Minister of State at the Department of Transport and Minister of State at the Department of Posts and Telegraphs. He then served as Minister of State at the Department of Health from 1987 to 1989, and as Minister of State at the Department of Industry and Commerce from 1989 to 1992.

Following his Dáil defeat he sat very briefly in the 19th Seanad, having been nominated by the Taoiseach Albert Reynolds on 2 December 1992. After the 19th Seanad last sat on 17 December 1992 he stood unsuccessfully in the 1993 election to Seanad Éireann on the Administrative Panel, and was unsuccessful again in 1997 when seeking election on the Industrial and Commercial Panel.

Leyden was re-elected to Roscommon County Council in 1999, a position that he held until the ending of the dual mandate in 2003 – because by that time he was also a Senator. Leyden was also a member of the Western Health Board from 1992 to 2002, and was chairman from 2001 to 2002.

He was elected to the 22nd Seanad on the Labour Panel in September 2002 and re-elected in 2007, 2011 and 2016. He was the Fianna Fáil Seanad spokesperson on Children and European Affairs.

In May 2010, he invoked Parliamentary privilege and accused The Irish Times columnist Fintan O'Toole of incitement to riot, which O'Toole denied. This came about as a result of the latter's addressing of a demonstration against the bank bailouts proposed by the government, which later turned violent.

In July 2013, he claimed that Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini were "good Christians" while speaking in the Seanad. On realising the absurd nature of his comments, he apologised to the chair and admitted he was distracted.

For many years, between 1992 and 2017, he was a member of the Irish delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, headquartered in Strasbourg.

He was a member of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland by virtue of inclusion on the "Minister's List". Prior to his inclusion on the RIAI register he was a member of the Irish Architects Society, the majority of whose members did not have formal qualifications for entry on the architect's register.

He was the Fianna Fáil Seanad spokesperson on Communications, Climate Change and Natural Resources. He retired from politics at the 2020 Seanad election.

In June 2024, he was appointed as an Honorary Consul for the Republic of Azerbaijan.

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John Hanafin

John Gerard Hanafin (born 27 September 1960) is an Irish former Fianna Fáil politician, who was a member of Seanad Éireann from 2002 to 2011. He was elected by the Labour Panel. Hanafin is the brother of the former cabinet minister Mary Hanafin and the son of the former Senator, Des Hanafin. He was first elected to the Seanad in 2002 and re-elected in 2007. He was a member of North Tipperary County Council representing the Thurles area from 1988 to 2003.

He called for a yes vote in unsuccessful 2002 abortion referendum, which would have rolled back the X Case.

On 7 July 2010, he resigned the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party whip, along with Labhrás Ó Murchú and Jim Walsh, in protest at the Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010 which gave some legal recognition to same-sex couples. He rejoined the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party on 23 November 2010.

He favours the gold standard.

Hanafin lost his seat at the 2011 Seanad election. He was nominated to the Industrial and Commercial Panel for the 2016 Seanad elections but was unsuccessful in regaining a Seanad seat.

In September 2015, Hanafin was appointed as Honorary Consul to the Russian Federation in Thurles, County Tipperary. He resigned as Honorary Consul of the Russian Federation over the invasion of Ukraine. He stated no conflict is worth a human life and called for an immediate cessation of the conflict and peace talks.

At the Fianna Fáil Árd Fheis in 2017, Hanafin advocated again for retention of the 8th Amendment, linking abortion to a lack of supply of babies for adoption.

In November 2017, Hanafin entered talks with serving politicians about establishing a rural, anti-abortion political party.

He was an unsuccessful Fianna Fáil candidate at the 2020 Seanad election.

He was called to the Bar of Ireland in 2019.

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Liam Fitzgerald

Liam Joseph Fitzgerald (born 1 September 1949) is an Irish former Fianna Fáil politician.

Fitzgerald was born in Doon, County Limerick and educated at the Christian Brothers school in Doon, St Patrick's College, Dublin and University College Dublin. He worked as a teacher before becoming involved in politics.

He was elected to Dáil Éireann at the 1981 general election as a Fianna Fáil TD for the Dublin North-East constituency. He lost his seat at the February 1982 election but regained it in the November 1982 election.

In 1991, he was a key member of the so-called "gang of four" that proposed a motion of no confidence in the Taoiseach and leader of Fitzgerald's party, Charles Haughey (the other members of the group were Noel Dempsey, Seán Power and M. J. Nolan). Haughey resigned in early 1992 and Albert Reynolds became Taoiseach, but Fitzgerald remained on the backbenches. He lost his Dáil seat again at the 1997 general election, but was then elected to the 21st Seanad by the Labour Panel; he was re-elected in 2002 to the 22nd Seanad.

Fitzgerald resigned the party whip on 27 March 2007, and stated his intention to run as an independent candidate in the next general election. It has been said that he did this as a response to the cancellation of the candidate selection convention in Dublin North-East. However, he did not stand at the 2007 general election.

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Michael Finucane

Michael Finucane (born 1 February 1943) is an Irish former Fine Gael politician.

He was elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fine Gael Teachta Dála (TD) for the Limerick West constituency at the 1989 general election, and held his seat until failing by one vote to be re-elected at the 2002 general election. He was then elected a member of the 22nd Seanad Éireann for the Labour Panel, but in 2007 he was not elected to the Dáil or Seanad.

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Geraldine Feeney

Geraldine Feeney (born 9 September 1957) is a former Irish Fianna Fáil politician, who was a member of Seanad Éireann from 2002 to 2011. After standing unsuccessfully on the Cultural and Educational Panel in 1997, she was first elected by the Labour Panel in 2002 and was re-elected in 2007. She lost her seat at the 2011 Seanad election.

She took up a position as an ordinary member for the Standards in Public Office Commission on 10 December 2020.

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Maurice Cummins

Maurice Cummins (born 25 February 1953) is a former Irish Fine Gael politician who served as Leader of the Seanad and Leader of Fine Gael in the Seanad from 2011 to 2016. He was a Senator for Labour Panel from 2002 to 2016.

He was first elected as a Senator in 2002, for the Labour Panel, and was re-elected in 2007 and 2011. He was a member of Waterford City Council formerly Waterford Corporation from 1979 to 2002, and was Mayor of Waterford in 1995–96. He was an unsuccessful Dáil candidate for the Waterford constituency at the 1992, 1997 and 2002 general elections.

He was the Leader of the Seanad from May 2011 until April 2016 when he lost his seat.

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Fergal Browne

Fergal Browne (born 11 September 1973) is an Irish Fine Gael politician from County Carlow in Ireland. He was as a member of Seanad Éireann, elected by the Labour Panel from 2002 to 2007.

A member of Carlow Town Council from the 1999 local elections until the abolition in 2003 of the dual mandate, Browne was elected as Mayor of Carlow town in July 2002. At the 2007 general election he stood in the Carlow–Kilkenny constituency, but did not win a seat. After his defeat, he stood for the 23rd Seanad on the Cultural and Educational Panel, but was unsuccessful. He was elected to Carlow County Council in 2009 for the Carlow East local electoral area. He was re-elected to Carlow County Council in May 2014 and was elected as chairman (Cathaoirleach) for 2014 to 2015.

His father John Browne was a senator and a TD for Carlow–Kilkenny.

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Denton, Norfolk

Denton is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. Denton is located 3.8 miles north-east of Harleston and 13 miles south of Norwich.

History
Denton's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for an enclosed farmstead or settlement in a valley.

In the Domesday Book, Denton is listed as a settlement of 49 households in the hundred of Earsham. In 1086, the village was divided between the estates of King William I and Eudo, son of Spirewic.

The village boundaries include the remaining earthworks of Denton Castle which was likely built in 1088 by William d'Albini and subsequently abandoned in 1254. Today, the castle is a scheduled monument and in the ownership of the National Trust.

Geography
According to the 2011 Census, Denton has a population of 326 residents living in 149 households.

Denton falls within the constituency of South Norfolk and is represented at Parliament by Richard Bacon MP of the Conservative Party.

St. Mary's Church
Denton's parish church is of Norman origin and dedicated to Saint Mary. The church tower holds evidence of three major rebuilding efforts, the most notable in the Eighteenth Century in the Tudor Perpendicular Style. The stained glass dates back to the Medieval period, with some examples installed by Le Grys Manfylde in the mid-Sixteenth Century.

Village Life
Despite its small population, Denton has an extremely active community and even won the 2008 Pride in Norfolk Award for a village under 500 people in population. The village went on to win the 2009 Calor Village of the Year Competition. The Parish Council fund the Village Website which aims to provide comprehensive coverage of the community and its activities.

War memorial
Denton war memorial takes the form of a carved marble plaque inside St. Mary's Church. It lists the following names for the First World War:
 * Second-Lieutenant John W. C. Bolland, 10th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
 * Leading-Seaman John Davison (1889–1915), HMS Princess Irene
 * Corporal Ernest R. Wooltorton (1888–1915), 2nd Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
 * Lance-Corporal John J. Revell (d.1918), 1st Battalion, Dorset Regiment
 * Private William E. Aldrich (d.1918), 4th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment
 * Private Benjamin C. Grimmer (1886–1917), 5th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment
 * Private Henry W. Beckett (1891–1917), 17th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment
 * Private Charles E. W. Oakley (d.1916), 1st Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
 * Private John Nobbs (d.1917), 11th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
 * Private Samuel Barnes (1886–1916), 9th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment

And, the following for the Second World War:
 * Sapper Jack E. Sheldrake (d.1941), Royal Engineers

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Richard M. Brewer

Richard M. Brewer (February 19, 1850 – April 4, 1878), was an American cowboy and Lincoln County lawman. He was the founding leader of the Regulators, a deputized posse that fought in the Lincoln County War.

Early life

Brewer was born on February 19, 1850, in St. Albans, Vermont. At the age of four, he and his family moved to Boaz, Wisconsin. He moved on to Missouri before arriving in Lincoln County, New Mexico. He tried farming as a profession, and bought a farm in Lincoln County with this in mind. In the spring of 1871, he began working for Lawrence Murphy, but soon left that job for unknown reasons. By 1876, he was working as a cattle foreman for cattleman John Tunstall, owner of one of the largest farms in the area.

The Lincoln County War
On February 18, 1878, Tunstall was murdered. After the murder, a posse was deputized to serve arrest warrants on his killers, with Brewer chosen to lead the posse. The Regulators originated from that posse, which included Billy the Kid and Jose Chavez y Chavez.

Brewer established a bond of friendship with Billy the Kid, Jose Chavez y Chavez and the rest of Billy the Kid's gang, and he was often accompanied by gang members. Being one of the founders of the Regulators, Brewer sometimes assumed a leadership role when around Billy, Chavez and the rest of their company. He was the first leader of the Regulators during the early stages of the Lincoln County War. He was known to be the most mature of the group by all accounts, and the rest of the Regulators accepted him in that role.

The confirmed killings claimed to have been carried out by the Regulators during Brewer's period as leader were those of Sheriff William Brady, William Morton, deputy George W. Hindman, lawman/outlaw Frank Baker, Buckshot Roberts, and fellow Regulator William McCloskey, whom the Regulators believed to have betrayed them. Brewer did not agree with the killing of Sheriff Brady and Deputy Hindman, but supported and participated in the other murders.

Although most of those killed by the Regulators throughout their existence were publicly credited to Billy the Kid, most historians agree that there are doubts as to whether he was the actual killer in most cases, and agree that often their victims were killed during a shootout, with many members of the Regulators firing at the same time. It was, however, Billy the Kid who became known, and through whose notoriety, the fame of the Regulators spread.

Death
Brewer was killed by an old American Bison hunter by the name of "Buckshot Roberts", during the Gunfight of Blazer's Mills, on April 4, 1878. Five other Regulators were wounded during this battle. Buckshot Roberts was also shot and killed during the gunfight, either by a shot fired by George Coe, whose finger was shot off by Roberts, or Charlie Bowdre.

Portrayal in popular culture

 * In the 1988 movie, Young Guns, Brewer was played by Charlie Sheen.
 * In the 2015 Television Movie "Billy the Kid: New Evidence", Brewer was played by Gerard "Jard" Griesbaum.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Counts Bianchi

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Counts Bianchi
Once more, WP is not a genealogy database. Radiant! 12:44, Feb 15, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, genealogy. Wyss 17:15, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete as above. Brookie 18:45, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, geneaology. Megan1967 01:38, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Strong keep. Wikipedia should have articles on all titles and honours, and this seems to be part of a series on Maltese nobility. sjorford →•← 16:54, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)

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Patrick Trueman

Patrick Trueman is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Rudolph Walker. He made his first appearance on 13 September 2001. On 7 December 2015, Walker filmed his 1,000th episode as Patrick.

His storylines include reconciling with his adoptive son Paul Trueman (Gary Beadle) and biological son Anthony Trueman (Nicholas Bailey), being the possible father of Denise Fox (Diane Parish), to whom he is a father figure, a friendship with both Dot (June Brown) and Jim Branning (John Bardon), his marriage to Yolande Duke (Angela Wynter), an affair with Pat Evans (Pam St Clement), the death of his adoptive son Paul, being assaulted by an unknown assailant in his own shop, dealing with Ben Mitchell (Joshua Pascoe) and his father Phil Mitchell (Steve McFadden) starting a vendetta against him, a relationship with Cora Cross (Ann Mitchell), being injured after falling from a ladder, discovering that Denise's fiancé Ian Beale (Adam Woodyatt) had sex with prostitute Rainie Cross (Tanya Franks), suffering two strokes, a relationship with Claudette Hubbard (Ellen Thomas), becoming embroiled in Claudette's feud with her son Vincent Hubbard (Richard Blackwood), marrying his childhood sweetheart Sheree Trueman (Suzette Llewellyn) and discovering he fathered her son, Isaac Baptiste (Stevie Basaula). After the breakdown of his marriage to Sheree, Patrick reunites with his ex-wife Yolande, who he supports through her sexual assault by her pastor Gideon Clayton (Howard Saddler).

For his portrayal of Patrick, Walker won the British Soap Award for Outstanding Achievement at the 2018 British Soap Awards.

Storylines
Trinidadian Patrick arrives in Walford for his former wife Audrey Trueman's (Corinne Skinner-Carter) funeral, reuniting with his two sons, Paul Trueman (Gary Beadle) and Anthony Trueman (Nicholas Bailey), after decades apart. After a period of adjustment, the Trueman brothers accept Patrick; however, Paul grows suspicious of him and secretly performs a DNA test, where it is revealed that although Anthony is Patrick's biological son, Paul is not. It transpires that Paul is the son of Patrick's best friend Milton Hibbert (Jeffery Kissoon). Despite the upset, Patrick and Paul maintain a father-son relationship. Patrick becomes close friends with pensioner Jim Branning (John Bardon), who helps him woo Yolande Duke (Angela Wynter) with love letters after Patrick has a holiday romance with her in Trinidad. As a result, Yolande moves to Walford, leaving her strict Christian husband Victor (Ben Thomas), whose attempt to bribe Patrick to finish with Yolande ultimately fails. Patrick and Yolande marry and briefly foster a young girl named Katie (Parhys-Jai Cato) in 2004, though they find it difficult when she is returned to her mother. Paul starts dealing drugs for Andy Hunter (Michael Higgs), ultimately leading to his death when he tries to double-cross Andy. Patrick is devastated to lose his son and begins a vendetta against Andy.

Patrick rents the car-lot, hiring Pat Evans (Pam St Clement) to do bookkeeping. Patrick and Pat begin a casual affair, which Yolande discovers when Stacey Slater (Lacey Turner) informs her; Yolande slaps Pat, who retaliates. Yolande threatens to leave, but Patrick persuades her to rebuild their marriage. Yolande remains resentful and almost strays with Aubrey Valentine (Joseph Marcell), a member of Patrick's former band, The Five Hectors; Aubrey tries to destroy Patrick but fails and the Truemans remain together. Denise Fox (Diane Parish) discovers that a member of Patrick's band is her father although she is unsure which member. Patrick takes a DNA test and it is revealed that he is not Denise's father, but he pretends he is as he has grown attached to her. The truth comes out while Patrick and Denise holiday together; despite initial upset, Denise and the Truemans remain close. Patrick sees Denise as the daughter he never had and acts as grandfather to her two daughters Chelsea (Tiana Benjamin) and Libby (Belinda Owusu).

After purchasing the Minute Mart grocery store, Patrick and Yolande run it together. Patrick is assaulted there, and although Chelsea and her friend Dean Wicks (Matt Di Angelo) claim the assailant is Sean Slater (Robert Kazinsky) in a set-up, it is later revealed to be Craig Dixon (Rory Jennings), whom Patrick had disagreed with over the sale of alcohol. Patrick becomes fearful of leaving his house, but eventually overcomes this with support from his wife and friends. After Yolande impresses a Minute Mart official, she is offered a management position in Birmingham. Yolande accepts and prepares to move, however Patrick is less keen. Yolande leaves for Birmingham in October 2008, leaving Patrick behind to sell their house under the premise he will join her later. However, Yolande ultimately decides she is happier without Patrick and ends their marriage, leaving Patrick devastated; they divorce in 2009. The Fox family move in with Patrick, including Denise's lover Lucas Johnson (Don Gilet), a religious fanatic. When Patrick discovers Lucas is withholding information about a tryst he has had with his ex-wife Trina (Sharon Duncan Brewster), Patrick orders him to confess. Lucas responds by blackmailing Patrick, threatening to tell Denise about his criminal past during the 1958 Notting Hill race riots when Patrick was convicted of assault. Patrick's past was revealed anyway, by Chelsea's boyfriend Theo Kelly (Rolan Bell), who is in league with Tommy Clifford (Edward Woodward). Tommy claims to be writing a book about black culture, but it is eventually revealed that he is the man who killed Patrick's fiancée, Ruth, in a fire in the 1950s. Patrick is furious, but eventually relents to Tommy's dying wish and forgives his criminal act moments before his death.

After attending an over-50s dance, Patrick starts a relationship with Liz Turner (Kate Williams), Denise's former mother-in-law. However, Patrick tires of her quickly and Liz moves away when it is revealed that Lucas is a serial killer who has murdered her son, Owen Turner (Lee Ross). Lucas is eventually imprisoned after holding Denise, Patrick, Libby and Chelsea hostage. Denise is supported through emotional recovery by Patrick and her sister Kim Fox (Tameka Empson). Kim purchases the B&B in Walford; Patrick and the Fox sisters run the business together, while Patrick also works as a potman in The Queen Vic.

When Patrick sees Ben Mitchell (Joshua Pascoe) kissing Duncan Willis (Steven France), Ben throws a brick through Patrick's window and confronts him. Ben's father, Phil (Steve McFadden) sees Patrick defending himself against Ben, and starts feuding with Patrick; Phil's aggression towards Patrick only ceases when Ben admits to Phil that he threatened Patrick so as not to divulge that he is gay. Patrick has a brief dalliance with Rose Cotton (Polly Perkins), and later loses his home when Kim's B&B is burnt down during on Christmas Day. Patrick begins to keep stolen fireworks and alcohol in his home's basement for Alfie Moon (Shane Richie), which enhance the damage done by the fire and results in Kim being unable claim insurance. Patrick moves in with Rose and her sister Dot Branning (June Brown), but he is devastated when his friend Heather Trott (Cheryl Fergison) is murdered. The trauma of the murder deeply affects Patrick, and he decides to leave Walford temporarily to visit his son Anthony, returning a few months later. Patrick becomes friends with Cora Cross (Ann Mitchell). At a funeral of one of Patrick's old friends, they pretend to be in a relationship. Although Patrick has feelings for Cora, she insists they are just friends and their kiss was meaningless. After Patrick admits that he likes her as more than friends, they decide to start a relationship, taking it slowly. Patrick is disgusted when Ben is unmasked as Heather's killer, and it emerges that Jay Brown (Jamie Borthwick) helped cover it up. The whole square rejects Jay, but Patrick softens towards him when he remembers how he was victimised in the past and takes Jay to live with him as he has nowhere else to go. When Patrick becomes unwittingly involved with the return of Cora's adopted daughter, Ava Hartman (Clare Perkins), Cora ends the relationship, but they remain friends.

When Patrick falls off a ladder, injuring his arm and leg, Denise and Kim vow to take care of him. However, when they are too busy, Denise hires Magda Bakowska (Wanda Opalinska) to look after Patrick. This frustrates him and when Magda leaves him on his own, Patrick becomes intoxicated and lashes out at Denise, culminating in her falling and cutting her face. Patrick soon reconciles with Denise, and recovers from his injuries. Patrick befriends Betty Spragg (Tessa Wyatt), and picks her as his dance partner over Cora. Cora is jealous, and makes fun of Betty behind her back, which angers Patrick and puts a strain on their friendship. Cora's granddaughter, Abi Branning (Lorna Fitzgerald) and Kim plot to get Cora and Patrick back together, locking them in a shed. Patrick then ends his friendship with Betty and resumes a relationship with Cora. Cora and her grandson Dexter Hartman (Khali Best) move in with Patrick briefly, but the relationship ends after Cora makes hurtful comments towards Dot following the death of her son Nick Cotton (John Altman).

Patrick suffers a number of mini-strokes, but recovers quickly and decides against visiting a doctor. He finds out that Ian had sex with prostitute Rainie Cross (Tanya Franks), so threatens Ian that he will tell Denise. After seeing Ian and Denise leaving, Patrick leaves Denise an urgent voicemail and then suffers a major stroke in the middle of the street and is hospitalised. Patrick loses the ability to speak and is very confused. Anthony returns to Walford to visit Patrick, but Patrick mistakes Anthony for his deceased stepson, Paul. Anthony reveals to Denise that he cannot look after Patrick, so gives Denise £2000 to look after him. Despite Ian's attempts to ensure the safety of his secret by putting Patrick in a care home, he eventually agrees to let Patrick live with him and Denise. However, Rainie reveals the truth to Denise. She tells Ian she forgives him, but when she discovers that Patrick knew but could not tell her because of his stroke, she decides to leave Ian. They then find Patrick's house broken into and trashed. Denise struggles to look after Patrick, but eventually he recovers from his stroke. He dislikes Kim's husband Vincent Hubbard (Richard Blackwood), and is suspicious of him but eventually Patrick accepts him, and is glad when Vincent finds an old record Patrick recorded with his former band.

Patrick starts dating Vincent's mother, Claudette Hubbard (Ellen Thomas). When Denise discovers Lucas's son, Jordan Johnson (Joivan Wade), is in trouble, Patrick is against helping him, but eventually bonds with Jordan's son JJ Johnson (Zayden Kareem) and is against Jordan and Denise visiting Lucas in prison, warning them that Lucas will manipulate them. He then discovers they are helping Lucas get work in the prison and tries to stop it, unsuccessfully. Patrick is shocked when he walks in on Vincent choking Claudette and gets him to stop, but Vincent reveals that Claudette murdered his father, Henry, many years ago, so Patrick attempts to call the police. As Claudette tries to stop him, she falls down the stairs and strikes her head on a brick. Patrick says he will get help but is then caught up in Denise's problems as Jordan is arrested for helping Lucas try to escape from prison. When Patrick returns to Vincent, he has buried Claudette, believing she is dead. He swears Patrick to secrecy or they will both be accused of murder. Unknown to them, Claudette, who has survived her ordeal, later escapes the basement. With Jordan in prison and JJ's mother dead, Denise vows to care for JJ until Jordan is released, but Patrick secretly calls social services. He confesses this to Denise, who is angry at Patrick. When Patrick says he cannot cope with covering up Claudette's death, Vincent offers him tickets to go to Trinidad for holiday, to which Patrick reluctantly agrees. However, Patrick sees Claudette in the square. He tells Vincent, who soon realises it is true. When Claudette returns, Patrick confirms to Vincent's foster sister Donna Yates (Lisa Hammond) that Vincent is telling the truth about Claudette killing his father. Claudette tries to threaten to show the police her neck bruises if Patrick calls the police on her, but Donna and Vincent make her leave. Patrick makes Vincent vow to protect his family and stop his dodgy dealings, he then leaves for Trinidad and he returns a few weeks later.

Eventually Patrick and Claudette reconcile and tell their friends and families they are dating again. Denise then reveals she is pregnant so Patrick supports her. Claudette becomes jealous of Patrick's friendship with Dot and dislikes Patrick's ideas for spending time together. Claudette lies to Patrick about her plans for their evening to stop him visiting Dot, and when Patrick finds out Claudette lied, he tells her to accept their friendship. Patrick realises Dot is having problems with her sight and she confides in him that she thinks she is going blind. Patrick takes Dot to lunch, forgetting that he agreed to meet Claudette; Claudette confronts him so he ends their relationship, calling her an evil woman. Claudette then leaves. Patrick supports Dot by booking a doctor's appointment and going with her.

Patrick is reunited with Yolande as he is celebrating his 77th birthday in The Queen Vic. Patrick and Yolande enjoy remembering old times and they flirt as they dance to Trinidadian music. Yolande later leaves for Birmingham and promises Patrick that they will keep in touch. Patrick befriends Ted Murray (Christopher Timothy) and they start playing chess together, and Patrick reveals that he has an internet girlfriend called Renee. Patrick wins a large sum of money on a bet, which he plans to use to see Renee in Trinidad, but he gives the money to Ted so he can go to Australia to see his son. Denise then finds out that Renee has been divorced several times, all from Caribbean expatriates in the UK, so warns Patrick.

In July 2019 Patrick goes on holiday again to Trinidad. Later, he returns in September, alongside new wife Sheree Trueman (Suzette Llewellyn). Denise is initially cautious of Sheree and warns Patrick against her, however he reassures her. Sheree notices Ted is suffering from loneliness since the death of his wife Joyce (Maggie Steed), and so sets him up with her mother Wanda Baptiste (Anni Domingo). In January 2020, Isaac Baptiste (Stevie Basaula) arrives in Walford and is later revealed to be Sheree's son. Patrick is later revealed as his father. In 2020, Lucas returns to Albert Square and fearing that he might hurt Denise or her young son Raymond Dawkins (Michael Jose Pomares Calixte), Patrick asks Phil to attack Lucas. This proves successful, however when Lucas comes looking for answers, unbeknown to him, Denise has temporarily moved in with her civil partner Jack Branning (Scott Maslen), and instead talks with Patrick, where he confesses to Lucas. Patrick becomes more angry with Lucas and eventually collapses, suffering another stroke. Lucas reluctantly calls an ambulance and flees the scene. Patrick is rushed to hospital and later slowly says Lucas' name, revealing to Denise that he was at the scene and needs to be found.

In 2023, Patrick gets back together with Yolande after she returns to Walford when her ex partner Anton finds out about Patrick and Yolande’s affair.

Other appearances
Patrick also makes cameo appearances in the Internet spin-off series EastEnders: E20. In series 1, Fatboy (Ricky Norwood) convinces Patrick to sell him alcohol from the shop, despite having no identification. In episode 3 of series 2, Stevie Dickinson (Amanda Fairbank-Hynes) attempts to buy drinks from Patrick in the shop but her payment card is declined. In episode 5, Naz Mehmet (Emaa Hussen) goes to the shop asking for items of food that Patrick does not sell, and he asks her not to shop there anymore. She later asks him if he has seen Stevie.

Introduction
Patrick was introduced by John Yorke as a replacement parental figure to the Trueman brothers; Anthony (Nicholas Bailey) and Paul (Gary Beadle), following the departure of Audrey Trueman (Corinne Skinner-Carter), the mother of Anthony and Paul who was killed off in September 2001. Patrick first appeared at Audrey's "rum-fuelled wake" as her estranged husband. Patrick has gone on to be one of the longest running characters in the serial, having appeared continuously for over two decades.

Characterisation
Walker was keen to play a comic element to the character; telling Larry Jaffee of Walford Gazette, "Before joining, I told the producer comedy is an area I would like to explore with the character because there was not enough of it in the show. Patrick treats a lot of things with a certain amount of humour. His way of escaping a problem is to find something funny to do or say or sometimes to get himself out of a tight corner. That’s really the sort of foundation. I try to put as much humour as possible into the character."

In 2018, Patrick was described by Bailey as "charisma personified" and a "Caribbean alpha male" who "stands his ground" and "takes no nonsense". Yorke revealed that a lot of Patrick's character traits come from ideas from Walker himself, so the character is not stereotypical. The character is known for his trademark laugh, trilby hat and his catchphrase, "Yeah, man!".

Relationships
Yolande Trueman (Angela Wynter) was introduced in 2003 as a love interest for Patrick. Following their screen marriage in 2004, the characters were involved in the BBC's season "Taking Care", which covered issues "surrounding a different kind of childhood". The Truemans were involved in a storyline about fostering after they decided to foster a 14-year-old boy, JJ, following an encounter with him at their Bed and Breakfast. In 2007, executive producer Diederick Santer used Patrick and Yolande to cover a storyline about racism, that according to the producer, was inspired by the 2007 Celebrity Big Brother race row, sparked by supposed racist bullying of Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty by UK celebrity Jade Goody. In the storyline, the characters Jay Brown and Sean Slater used racist phrases to the Truemans, and their reaction to the insults. Santer commented, "The Celebrity Big Brother race row kicked off as I took charge of my first scripts. I thought it was fascinating because it showed there was a real need for a debate about race in Britain. [Big Brother] didn’t do it particularly well, so I thought it could be something EastEnders should do. Our stuff won’t be overly moralistic or preachy but it will tackle this serious issue head on." Wynter was axed from EastEnders in 2008, ending Patrick and Yolande's screen union. Wynter commented, "Patrick and Yolande’s marriage is the only representation of a black union in British TV, which I am very proud to have played." Discussing Wynter's axing, Rudolph Walker said: "I really enjoyed working with Angela, because apart from anything else, she was a tremendous help to me – we've known each other a long time. I have to be thankful for the time she was in the show, and I'm in regular contact with her. I know she does watch EastEnders and while she obviously misses being part of the cast, she still enjoys it. Whether she's keeping an eye on Patrick or Rudolph, I can't be sure!"

Racism
In February 2009, EastEnders aired its first episode consisting of an entirely black cast. The episode focused up on Patrick and the Fox family. It concentrated on Patrick reminiscing about London in the 1950s after his arrival from the Caribbean. The script involved discussion about racism, with reference to the real life occurrence of the 1958 Notting Hill race riots in London. Taking the discussion of racism further, the characters considered it lessened in the 21st century, but that it still existed, possibly in more subtle forms. The episode averaged 8.37m (35.6%) viewers. It was part of a wider storyline concentrating on Patrick's past, and the murder of his fiancée during the race riots. Actor Edward Woodward was brought in especially for the storyline as Tommy Clifford, the man who killed her and subsequently sought his redemption before he died.

Reception
Following the airing of EastEnders' first all-black cast episode in the show's history in 2009, the BBC received criticism for not adequately advertising the event. The programme-makers refuted these claims, insisting that the storyline received the same publicity treatment as the soap's other ongoing plots. A spokesperson told media website Digital Spy: "Everyone at Elstree has been truly shocked and surprised by the attention that an episode with an all-black cast has had, given that we live in such a diverse and multicultural society. [The] episode focuses on Patrick Trueman sharing his experiences of being a young man living in 1950s Britain with the family he lives with (the Foxes) which does mean it is solely an all-black cast on screen. Patrick and the Foxes are an integral part of Albert Square and this is no different from other episodes where we've concentrated on one particular family or storyline in the past." Additionally, the BBC received "183 complaints about the episode's 'unnecessary' content, while some viewers felt aggrieved by the nature of an 'all-black' cast. Some 57 complaints, meanwhile, were logged before it aired." The BBC responded, "It is not unusual for EastEnders to devote a whole episode to a single storyline or set of characters, and this episode was one of these occasions. This was an opportunity to explore in some depth the background and experiences of Patrick Trueman, one of EastEnders' longest-standing and most popular characters. There have been many 'all-white' episodes in the show's 24-year history, and we do not believe there is any reason why an 'all-black' episode should not be included within the series. Some viewers felt it was unnecessary to raise the subject of the Notting Hill race riots. These form part of the character's experience, as well as British history, and we feel it was absolutely legitimate for these characters to discuss them."

On 2 June 2018, Walker was awarded the "Outstanding Achievement Award" at The British Soap Awards 2018 for portraying the role of Patrick for 17 years.

In 2020, Sara Wallis and Ian Hyland from The Daily Mirror placed Patrick 24th on their ranked list of the best EastEnders characters of all time, saying that he has "always been the go-to guy for a friend in need" with his "trademark trilby, twinkly eyes and taste for rum", as well as calling the mystery attack on him "vicious".

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René Leriche

Henri Marie René Leriche (12 October 1879 – 28 December 1955) was a French vascular surgeon and physiologist.

He was a specialist in pain, vascular surgery and the sympathetic trunk. He sensitized many who were mutilated in the first World war, he was the first to be interested in pain and to practice gentle surgery with as little trauma as possible.

Two symptoms have the name Algoneurodystrophy and the aortic iliac obliteration. He has trained many students, such as Michael E. DeBakey, Jão Cid dos Santos, René Fontaine et Jean Kunlino.

Biography
He came from a family of Lyonian doctors, his father Ernest Leriche is confessed near the civil court of Roanne (after studying law in Paris) and his mother Anne Chamussy, married to Leriche, belong to the elite industrial region. Rene Leriche was the third child of seven siblings. He is the brother of Marc Leriche, a French sculptor. He attended at the school of Maristes.

In 1893, he obtained a bachelor's degree in rhetoric. He then poses a question of following the footsteps of his grandfather, his great-uncle and his uncle in the path of surgery, École Militaire de Saint-Cyr to take on a military career. In March 1894, he changed his mind and wrote to his parents that he wanted to become a surgeon. He completed his bachelor of philosophy to enter the Faculty of Sciences of Lyon in November, and prepared the PCN (Physics, Chemistry, Natural Sciences).

In 1899-1900, Leriche did his military service in the 98th Infantry Regiment. He was an intern in 1902, then a doctor of medicine by supporting a thesis on the technique of surgical resection in the treatment of stomach cancer in 1906, under the direction of Antonin Poncet. In Lyon, he became friends with Alexis Carrel, whom he later meet in New York. René Leriche married Louise Héliot Calenborn on 27 September 1910 in Lyon. His wife comes from an old Germanic Catholic Family. A doctor herself, she will be his closest collaborator.

First World War
At the beginning of the war, he was assigned in a surgical ambulance automobile in the Vosges. After a short visit to Creil in a triage and regulation hospital, he was appointed to the Panthéon hospital. Then he goes to the Russian hospital in the Carlton Hotel. In April 1917, wishing for a long time return to the front, René Leriche joined Robert Proust and his team of Auto-chir (ACA n o 17). Leriche was asked by the Lyon histologist and radiobiologist Claudius Regaud to enter the training he was preparing for to serve as a "School of Medicine and War Surgery in HOE 4 de Bouleuse, near Reims.

It became such a renowned centre of instruction and improvement for all physicians and surgeons who passed it that it was decided to admit into active formation the newly-arrived Americans. René Leriche found several great names in medicine: the brilliant specialist in thoracic surgery Jean-Louis Roux-Berger (well ahead of what was done elsewhere), Lemaître who will remain the creator of the primitive suture of the wounds, the neurologist Georges Guillain, Lyon radiologist Thomas Nogier and pathologist Pierre Masson. However, he had the support for assistant Paul Santy and convert for his department of fractures and joint lesions.

A young doctor, freshly arrived, hastened to meet him: Georges Duhamel. With the help of Paul Santy, Leriche undertook very extensive research work on osteogenesis and was particularly interested in repairing fractures with experiments carried out on rabbits, and he was already pursuing scholarly reflections on the role of vasa motricity in the site of trauma. That required many cuts histological and as many X-rays or photographs, but the environment and the organization of the very large 3,000-bed field hospital permitted it. He became chief surgeon on 28 December 1917.

During the war, Leriche's idea was to differentiate the traditional white linen in which the wounded were brought from the laundry of the aseptic surgical operating rooms. He chose blue and had the surgical rooms painted blue. All the linen of the operating rooms is also blue: operating linen, casaques, caps, masks. The colour would be adopted worldwide, and the convention will make it possible to minimise infectious contamination.

Interwar period
He became a surgeon of the hospitals in Lyon in 1919. A stay in the United States allowed for him to meet Simon Flexner (who advocates "smooth" surgery) at the Rockefeller Foundation and then William Halsted in Baltimore but a number of surgeons also had an influence on him. In 1924, he was the holder of the chair at The University of Strasbourg, who responded to the call of the dean Georges Weiss after the death of Louis Sencert. He introduced the important notion of non aggressive surgery. In 1925, during his inaugural lecture at the chair of surgical clinic of the University of Strasbourg. He said that surgery should no longer be limited to the correction or removal of anatomical lesions but should address the treatment of functional disorders.

He cured and amputated Marshal Joffre at the end of his life. In 1936 he succeeded Charles Nicolle at the Collège de France in Paris, where he occupied the chair of Experimental Medicine from 1937 to 1950. This enabled him to continue his research by creating a laboratory for experimental surgery and conceptualizing his theories on Physiology and pathology. In the wake of Claude Bernard, Leriche states that "the disease appears above all as a functional perversion.

Second World War
Back in Lyon after the armistice of 22 June 1940, he declined the post of health minister who was offered by the French head of state, Philippe Pétain. He, however, accepted the presidency of the National Order of Physicians, created in October 1940 by the Vichy règime, which strengthened the state's hold over the organization of medicine, supported the numerus clausus in medical studies and applied an important role in the exclusion of Jewish doctors by participating in their denunciation and especially the process of despoiling "vacant" practices.

Several years after the war, he would say that he left because he disagreed with the directive of the state. On 23 January 1941, Leriche was made a member of the National Council of Vichy France. He was also decorated with the Order of the Francisque. He justified his attitude by stating, like other defenders, that the régime served as a shield against the occupiers. Like many people engaged in the collaboration with Vichy, he would be hardly troubled and minimised his involvement.

Post-War
At the Liberation of France, he was expelled from the official circuits. However, he was elected a member of the Academy of Sciences and of the National Academy of Medicine in 1945.

He corrected the proofs of his autobiography shortly before his death. The book was published in 1956, under the title, chosen by the publisher, Souvenirs de ma vie morte.

Works and publications

 * Thesis of medicine under the direction of Antonin Poncet, Resections of the stomach for cancer: technique, results, immediate, remote results, Lyon, 1906
 * Titles and scientific work, Lyon, Imprimeries réunies, 1907 (read online [Archive])
 * About the surgical treatment of the pericardial symphysis and mediastino-pericarditis, Bulletin de la Surgical Society of Lyon, Paris, Masson, January 1911 (read online [Archive])
 * Pure asepsis and physical
 * l means in the treatment of war wounds at their various stages. Chemotherapy or Physiotherapy, Bulletin of the Surgical Society of Lyon, Paris, Masson (read online [archive]), January–February 1916
 * (En) With the assistance of the consultant surgeon of the British forces in France, The treatment of fractures, vol. 1, University of London Press (read online [archive])
 * (En) With the assistance of the consultant surgeon of the British forces in France, The treatment of fractures, vol. 2, University of London Press (read online [archive])
 * (En) Some researches on the peri-arterial sympathetics, Annals of Surgery, October 1921 (read online [Archive])
 * Surgery of the sympathetic system. Indications and results, Annals of Surgery, September 1928 (read online [Archive])
 * (En) The problem of osteo-articular diseases of vasomotor origin. Hydrarthrosis and Traumatic Arthritis: Genesis and Treatment, Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 1928 (read online [Archive])
 * (En) The Listerian Idea in 1939, British Medical Journal, 1939 (read online [Archive])
 * Pain surgery, Paris, Masson & Cie, 1940
 * Surgery at the Order of Life, Paris / Aix-les-Bains, O. Zeluck, 1944
 * Surgery, Discipline of Knowledge, Nice, La Diane Française, 1949
 * Arterial aneurysms and arteriovenous fistulas, Paris, Masson & Cie, 1949
 * The philosophy of surgery, Paris, Flammarion, Bibliothèque de philosophie scientifique, 1951
 * Memories of My Dead Life, Editions du Seuil, 1956 (ISBN 2020020785)

In collaboration

 * Report presented by Antonin Poncet and René Leriche, Pathogenesis of spontaneous ankyloses and particularly vertebral ankyloses, French Association for the Advancement of Science, Lyon Congress, 2–7 August 1906
 * ( In ) with André Morel, The Syndrome of Thrombotic Obliteration of the Aortic Bifurcation, Annals of Surgery, February 1948

Eponymy

 * Leriche operation: sympathetic denervation (or sympathectomy) by arterial decortication for the treatment of arteritis of the lower limbs.
 * Leriche syndrome: thrombotic obliteration of the aortic bifurcation
 * Sudeck-Leriche syndrome or complex regional pain syndrome (or algoneurodystrophy).
 * Classification of Leriche and Fontaine: degree in four stages of arteritis obliterans of the lower limbs
 * The plane of Leriche: The surgical plane between a blood vessel adventitia and the loose areolar tissue surrounding it

Titles

 * Doctor of Medicine (1906)
 * Surgeon of the Hospitals (1919)
 * Professor at the Collège de France (1936)

Decorations

 * Order of the Francisque
 * Grand Officer of the Legion of Honor
 * Croix de guerre 1914-1918
 * Interallied Medal 1914-1918
 * Commemorative War Medal 1914-1918

Other honors

 * International Medicine of Surgery (1931)
 * Lister Medal (in) 19 (1939)
 * Member of the Academy of Sciences (1945)
 * Member of the National Academy of Medicine (1945)

Hommage

 * A lane and a pavilion of the civil hospital of Strasbourg bear its name.
 * Postal Stamp, designed by André Spitz, engraved by René Cottet, issued by France on 27 January 1958.

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Cyprian Brady

Cyprian Brady (born 26 June 1962) is an Irish former Fianna Fáil politician. He was a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin Central constituency from 2007 to 2011. Brady is a former civil servant who for 20 years, ran the constituency office of the former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern.

Political career
In 2002, Brady was nominated by the Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, as a member of the 22nd Seanad Éireann.

2007 general election
In late 2005, Brady and his brother Royston, a former Lord Mayor of Dublin and unsuccessful candidate for the European Parliament, were both reported to be in contention for a Fianna Fáil nomination in the Dublin Central constituency. Although Dublin Central was the constituency of the then Taoiseach Bertie Ahern and was considered a strong Fianna Fáil constituency there was stiff competition from other parties. In 2002 the second Fianna Fáil TD Dermot Fitzpatrick had been elected in 2002 with a narrow margin of just 79 votes over the Sinn Féin candidate Nicky Kehoe.

The rivalry between the brothers led to a public call from a third brother, Fulton Brady, to "put an end to it". Royston was not one of the four contenders nominated for at the selection conference in March 2006, when Cyprian Brady and Councillor Mary Fitzpatrick were selected as Ahern's two running-mates. Fitzpatrick was the daughter of the outgoing TD Dermot Fitzpatrick.

At the 2007 general election, held under Ireland's single transferable vote system, Brady polled just 939 first preference votes (2.7%) in the first count. However he was elected on the fourth count, due in large part to a pre-arranged electoral strategy seeing large transfers from his running mate, the Taoiseach Bertie Ahern, and became only the second ever TD (after Brian O'Higgins) to be elected with less than 1,000 first-preference votes.

His election became the subject of a public interest (in large part because his running mate was the sitting Taoiseach), covered in national newspapers and on the RTÉ Radio 1 news programme Drivetime and on the weekly Documentary on One which had been covering the campaigns of the three female candidates in the constituency.

Mary Fitzpatrick, daughter of the outgoing Fianna Fáil TD and the third Fianna Fáil candidate in the 4-seat constituency, received 1,725 first-preference votes and 1,362 (whereas Brady received 2,403). On the night before polling day, 24 May 2007, Fitzpatrick distributed leaflets to households asking people to vote for her as their first preference. In the early hours of the following morning, a letter had been hand-delivered from Ahern's office to 30,000 voters in the constituency, urging them give their first preference to the Taoiseach and their second to Brady. Since Ahern was expected to be elected with a large surplus, and the overall Fianna Fáil vote was likely to be large enough to elect two candidates, the destination of the Taoiseach's transfers would determine whether Brady or Fitzpatrick won the second Fianna Fáil seat in Dublin Central. After Ahern's transfers secured Brady's election, Fitzpatrick complained that "I didn't think they'd go out to completely undermine me and shaft me." Ahern's election agent Chris Wall blamed Fitzpatrick, saying "She was asked not to do this sort of thing. Having then done it, she therefore effectively set in train a motion she wasn't going to be able to stop." Brady said "An election is an election and not everybody can win", adding "Mary is a colleague of mine and she is a very good councillor. It's not really fair for Mary to be blaming anybody".

2011 general election
In January 2011, he was selected as a Fianna Fáil candidate in Dublin Central for the 2011 general election along with Mary Fitzpatrick. Former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern said his loyalties this time would be with the sitting TD (Brady), and there was no hope of Fianna Fáil winning two seats in the constituency. He lost his seat having received 1,637 votes (4.7%).

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Michael Brennan (Progressive Democrats politician)

Michael Brennan (born 24 September 1946) is an Irish former politician from Adare in County Limerick who served as a member of Seanad Éireann.

Brennan was a Fianna Fáil member of Limerick County Council for over 20 years, and served as chairman of the council in 2000. He contested the 1997 general election as an Independent candidate having failed to get a Fianna Fáil nomination to run for the party. He later rejoined Fianna Fáil and was nominated by the Taoiseach to Seanad Éireann in 2002, but left the party again on 29 April 2004 to join the Progressive Democrats (PD), after a dispute arising from the end of the dual mandate.

Under the Local Government Act 2001, members of the Oireachtas could no longer serve as local councillors, and Brennan's wife Rose sought a Fianna Fáil nomination to stand for election as his successor in the Bruff Electoral Area. She did not win a nomination, and speculation that she would be imposed as a candidate by the national party did not happen. Rose Brennan also defected to the Progressive Democrats, and was elected as a PD County Councillor for Bruff. She subsequently became Vice Cathaoirleach of Limerick County Council, and in the 2009 local elections she was elected as a Fine Gael member of the council for the Adare area.

At the 2007 general election Brennan stood as a candidate for the Progressive Democrats in the Limerick West constituency. He polled 1,935 first preferences, 4.79% of the vote on a quota of 10,108 and did not win a seat. Brennan was not returned to the Seanad in the 2007 election.


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John Dardis

John Dardis (born 25 July 1945) is an Irish former Progressive Democrats politician who served as a senator from 1989 to 2007. He is a retired farmer and former agricultural journalist.

Early and personal life
Dardis was educated at the Dominican College in Newbridge, County Kildare and at University College Dublin, where he graduated with a degree in Agricultural Science. He is married to Beatrice Lane, and has one son and two daughters. He lives in Newbridge.

Political career
Dardis served in Seanad Éireann from 1989 until he retired in 2007, being nominated by the Taoiseach in 1989, 1997 and 2002, and elected by the Agricultural Panel in 1992 (this was facilitated by an electoral pact with Democratic Left ). He was also a member of Kildare County Council for twelve years, representing the Kildare town electoral area from the 1991 local elections until he stood down from the council in 2003 on the abolition of the dual mandate under the Local Government Act 2001.

He stood for election to Dáil Éireann for the Kildare constituency at the 1992, but was unsuccessful. After the division of the constituency, he stood again in the Kildare South constituency at the 1997 general election and again in 2002, but was defeated on both occasions. He also stood for election to the European Parliament in the Leinster constituency at the 1989 and 1994 elections.

Salmon drift-nets
In October 2005, Dardis launched a Progressive Democrats (PD) policy document which advocated a ban on the use of drift nets to catch salmon in Irish waters, and called for "fair and appropriate" compensation for licence-holders. The policy was agreed at the party's conference in Galway.

The PDs' policy contradicted that of the coalition government (with Fianna Fáil) of which they were part, and came days before a report of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Marine and Natural Resources recommended similar measures. The party was accused of "political opportunism" by the Green Party of only taking an interest in the issue in advance of a Government policy shift, and Tommy Broughan of the Labour Party said ""The PDs had seven years to do something about this and they did nothing. Now they are taking a sudden interest in the issue on the eve of our report coming out." In a letter to The Irish Times, Dardis – who is a keen angler, – replied that the party had opposed drift-netting since 1999.

The governmented then established an Independent Salmon Group to review policy, and the group's report in October 2006 recommended radical measures to halt "the catastrophic decline of Irish salmon stocks", including both a ban drift nets and on angling for salmon in major rivers including the Liffey, Boyne, Barrow, Nore and Suir.

In November 2006, the government imposed a ban on drift-netting with effect from January 2007, accompanied by a €30m hardship fund. The decision was publicly criticised by the junior minister responsible, Pat "the Cope" Gallagher, whose Donegal South-West was one of the most-important drift-netting area. He said that he did not accept the basis of the scientific report on which the Cabinet had agreed the policy change. The decision was supported by angling groups, but opposed by sea-fishermen, some 400 of whom marched on the Dáil. The drift-netters' anger was directed at the Cabinet Minister, Noel Dempsey, with one poster in the village of Passage East in County Waterford reading "'Noel Dempsey should be hanged, not Saddam – Fianna Fail Out".

Dardis responded that the government had to act on the scientific advice, and said that "the future of a species that has been central to Irish life has been secured by today's decision".

Conflicts of interest in planning
In June 2006, Dardis raised concerns about potential conflicts of interest in the planning system, when local council planning officials take up new jobs with development companies operating in the same area. He told the Seanad that "no less than a former county manager of a local authority has taken up a senior position with a development company", noting that the move came only three months after the manager had approved planning permission for a large and controversial development by the same company.

2007 election
In 2005, Dardis took office as Chairman of the Progressive Democrats Parliamentary Party. He had been expected to stand again in Kildare South at the 2007 general election but announced his decision in March 2007. Noting that it would be hard for the party to win a seat in the three-seat constituency, he said "We had hoped that the most recent electoral boundary changes would result in a fourth seat for Kildare South but this did not happen". He was instead appointed as chair of the party's election campaign.

In the election, the PDs lost six of their eight seats in the Dáil, including that of the party leader Michael McDowell. Dardis subsequently headed a committee to examine the options for the party leadership, which recommended that the role be taken on by a senator or councillor to take on the party leadership (the party rules then required that the position must be held by a TD). A meeting of the party's General council on 16 February 2008 changed the rules to allow any senator, councillor or any party member with the support of 20 other members to stand for the party's leadership.

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Maurice Hayes

Maurice Hayes (8 July 1927 – 23 December 2017) was an Irish public servant and, late in life, an independent member of the 21st and 22nd Seanads. Hayes was nominated by the Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, in 1997 and re-nominated in 2002. He also served, at the Taoiseach's request, as Chairman of the National Forum on Europe in the Republic of Ireland.

Hayes was voted European Person of the Year in 2003.

Early life
Hayes was born in Killough County Down, Northern Ireland, in 1927. He completed a PhD in English at the Queen's University Belfast, then taught at St Patrick's Grammar School in Downpatrick. He left teaching to become town clerk of Downpatrick the then administrative centre of County Down, succeeding his father in the role.

Public service career
In the troubled politics of Northern Ireland, where political parties tend to be sharply split along pseudo-ethno-nationalistic lines, Hayes was viewed as an even-handed observer. He wrote or contributed to major policy reports, such as the Patten Commission dealing with reforms to the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC), the police force later renamed the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI).

Writing
Hayes also wrote numerous pieces of journalism, notably, and regularly, for the Irish Independent. He was the author of three books of memoirs, Sweet Killough: Let Go Your Anchor; Black Puddings with Slim: A Downpatrick Boyhood; and Minority Verdict: Experiences Of A Catholic Civil Servant, as well as author or editor of works on conflict research, community relations and Irish writing.

Memberships
Hayes was a former Northern Ireland Ombudsman and Boundary Commissioner, and was Permanent Secretary of the Department of Health and Social Services. He was a former chairman of the Community Relations Council and the Acute Hospitals Review Group.

He was chairman of The Ireland Funds in the Republic of Ireland, a branch of a major charitable group with worldwide contributors, which has made significant grants to groups dealing with social and business problems.

Hayes was also a long-serving non-executive director of Independent News & Media Plc, retiring in 2009 towards the culmination of a long running battle for control of the group between the O'Reilly family and Denis O'Brien led to a re-structuring of the Board.

Hayes was nominated by the Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, in 1997 and re-nominated in 2002.

He also served, at the Taoiseach's request, as Chairman of the National Forum on Europe in the Republic of Ireland. The approach he devised to educate the population on the arguments over European issues was so successful that many other European countries adopted similar methods.

In later life, Hayes was a member of the Royal Irish Academy and the Research Ethical Committee of Queen's University Belfast medical school, and a governor of the Linenhall Library, Belfast. He was a long-serving member of the Scholarship Board of the O'Reilly Foundation. He was also a board member at Regtel.

Hayes was asked by Mary Harney, when she was the Minister for Health in the Republic of Ireland, and the HSE to conduct a review into a scandal in the radiology department at Tallaght Hospital on the outskirts of Dublin.

Personal life
Hayes was a county hurler, who in the mid-1950s became County Secretary of the Down Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) and set a ten-year plan for the county football team to become the first from Northern Ireland to win an All-Ireland football final. Within five years, Down had won their first All-Ireland trophy in 1960. They followed it with further successes in 1961, 1968, 1991 and 1994. No other Northern team won an All-Ireland title until Derry won the football title in 1993.

Hayes died in Downe Hospital after a long illness on 23 December 2017 at the age of 90.

Awards
Hayes was voted European Person of the Year in 2003.

He also received honorary doctorates from his alma mater; from both Queen's University Belfast and University of Ulster in the UK, as well as Trinity College, University of Dublin and National University of Ireland in the Republic of Ireland.

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Brendan Kenneally

Brendan Kenneally (born 1 April 1955) is an Irish former Fianna Fáil politician. He was a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Waterford constituency, he was first elected to Dáil Éireann at the 1989 general election. In February 1992, he was appointed as Minister of State at the Department of Tourism, Transport and Communications by the Taoiseach Albert Reynolds, serving until January 1993. He was re-elected at subsequent elections until his defeat at the 2002 general election. He then became a member of the 22nd Seanad, nominated by the Taoiseach. He regained his Dáil seat at the 2007 general election.

Kenneally's father Billy Kenneally also served as a TD for Waterford from 1965 to 1982, and his grandfather William Kenneally served as a TD for Waterford from 1952 to 1961.

The Sunday Tribune reported that while a senator, between 2005 and 2007, Kenneally ran up total expenses amounting to €139,189. On 3 August 2009, the Irish Independent revealed that Kenneally was one of the TDs with the highest expense claims in Dáil Éireann in 2008. He claimed €73,857 in expenses. He lost his seat at the 2011 general election.

In 2016, after his cousin was convicted of 1980s sexual abuse of boys, Brendan Kenneally revealed that he had been approached in 2002 by one victim's family but had not informed the Garda because the victim did not want him to. This caused controversy in 2020 for Mary Butler, his successor as Waterford Fianna Fáil TD, who apologised for allowing him to canvass for her in the general election and for renting an office from him.

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Michael P. Kitt

Michael Paschal Kitt (born 17 May 1950) is an Irish former Fianna Fáil politician who served as Leas-Cheann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann from 2011 to 2016, a Minister of State from 1991 to 1992, and from 2007 to 2009. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Galway East constituency from 1975 to 1977, 1981 to 2002, and 2007 to 2016. He was a Senator from 2002 to 2007, after being nominated by the Taoiseach and from 1977 to 1981 for the Administrative Panel.

Early life
Born in Tuam, County Galway, Kitt was educated St Jarlath's College, Tuam; St Patrick's College of Education, Dublin; University College Dublin and University College Galway. He qualified as a teacher before becoming involved in politics.

Politics
In 1975, following the death of his father, Michael F. Kitt, he was elected to succeed his father on Galway County Council. In the Galway North-East by-election on 4 March he was elected to the 20th Dáil, being returned on the first count with a 7% majority over the Fine Gael candidate Paul Connaughton Snr.

Kitt lost his Dáil seat at the 1977 general election but was subsequently elected to Seanad Éireann by the Administrative Panel, serving until 1981 as a member of the 14th Seanad. He was re-elected to the Dáil at the 1981 general election for the new Galway East and retained his seat until 2002.

During this period he served as a Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach for three months from November 1991 to February 1992. He lost his Dáil seat at the 2002 general election but was subsequently nominated by the Taoiseach to serve as a member of the 22nd Seanad. He was re-elected to the Dáil at the 2007 general election. In June 2007, he was appointed by Bertie Ahern as Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs with responsibility for Overseas Development. In May 2008, when Brian Cowen succeeded as Taoiseach, he was appointed as Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government with special responsibility for Local Services. He served in this position until April 2009 when he was dropped when Cowen reduced the number of junior ministers from 20 to 15.

On 31 March 2011, he was elected as Leas-Cheann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann, serving for the 31st Dáil.

He did not contest the 2016 general election and retired from politics.

Family
Michael Kitt comes from a political family. He is a son of Michael F. Kitt, who was a TD for various Galway constituencies (1948–1951 and 1957–1975), and a brother of Tom Kitt, a TD for Dublin South from 1987 to 2011, and of Áine Brady, a TD for Kildare North from 2007 to 2011. His brother-in-law Gerry Brady also served as TD for Kildare in 1982.

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John Minihan

John Minihan may refer to:

 * John Minihan (photographer) (born 1946), Irish photographer
 * John Minihan (politician), Irish politician

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Tom Morrissey (politician)

Thomas Morrissey (born July 1956) is a former Irish politician and member of Seanad Éireann and businessman. He was nominated by the Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern to the 22nd Seanad in 2002 as a member of the now defunct Progressive Democrats. He was subsequently appointed to the Progressive Democrats Front Bench as Transportation spokesperson in September 2002. During his time as a Senator, Morrissey served on the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport. He also served as Chairman of the Progressive Democrats Parliamentary Party.

Morrissey was first elected as a Fine Gael representative for the Castleknock ward in the 1991 local election with 1,172 votes (15.8%). He was an unsuccessful Dáil candidate for Fine Gael in Dublin West in the 1992 general election and 1996 by-election receiving 1,179 (3.2%) and 3,728 (13.1%) votes respectively. He then joined the Progressive Democrats and was unsuccessful in the 1997 and 2002 general elections in Dublin West. He received 7.6% in 1997 and 7.9% in 2002. His second successful local election was in 1999 when he was elected as a Progressive Democrat member for Fingal County Council, again in the Castleknock ward receiving 1,218 votes (14.1%).

In 2006 he decided to run as a candidate in the 2007 general election for the Dublin North constituency. He failed to be returned having received only 1,355 votes (2.6%). His support for the privatisation of Aer Lingus may have been a factor on that occasion. In the same year, he also failed in his candidacy for Seanad Éireann.

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Pat Moylan (politician)

Pat Moylan (born 12 September 1946) is an Irish former Fianna Fáil politician and member of Seanad Éireann.

Born in Banagher, County Offaly, where he still lives, he is married with three sons and one daughter.

A member of Offaly County Council from 1975 to 2004, Moylan was elected in 1997 to the 21st Seanad by the Agricultural Panel. In 2002, he was nominated by the Taoiseach Bertie Ahern as a member of the 22nd Seanad, where he was Fianna Fáil spokesperson on Tourism, Sport and Recreation and was a member of the Joint House Services Committee. He was elected to the 23rd Seanad by the Agricultural Panel in 2007.

He was elected as Cathaoirleach (chair) of the Seanad on 13 September 2007. He did not contest the 2011 Seanad election.

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Kate Walsh (politician)

Kate Walsh (1 March 1947 – 24 April 2007) was an Irish Progressive Democrats politician and community activist from Celbridge, County Kildare. In 2002 she was nominated by the Taoiseach as a member of Seanad Éireann.

Walsh was elected to Kildare County Council at the 1999 local elections, when she stood as an independent and won over one-and-a-half quotas on the first count. She later joined the Progressive Democrats (PDs), and stood unsuccessfully as a PD candidate for Dáil Éireann in the Kildare North at the 2002 general election. She was unsuccessful again at the by-election in 2005. Walsh was Mayor of Celbridge from 1982 to 2007.

She died on 24 April 2007 from complications related to diabetes, after a long illness.

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Visions of Atlantis

Visions of Atlantis is an Austrian symphonic metal band from Styria, founded in 2000. Inspiration came both from successful Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish and from the myth of Atlantis, as well as a pirate theme in recent albums.

Eternal Endless Infinity and line-up changes (2000–2004)
Fascinated by the myth of Atlantis, Werner Fiedler, Thomas Caser, Christian Stani, and Chris Kamper decided in August 2000 to work out a concept inspired by the secret of Atlantis. Late in summer mezzo-soprano Nicole Bogner joined the project, and this was the birth of Visions of Atlantis. A first demo, Morning in Atlantis was released in 2000.

In 2001 they signed with TTS Media Music/Black Arrow Productions, and in 2002 their first album, Eternal Endless Infinity was released.

In 2003, the band saw some changes in line-up, replacing Christian Stani with Mario Plank and Chris Kamper with Miro Holly.

Cast Away and Nicole's departure (2004–2005)
Now with Napalm Records, which released the band's second studio effort Cast Away worldwide in November 2004. To mark the release, Visions of Atlantis produced their first official music video to the track "Lost", which received significant airplay on VIVA and MTV, and made it possible for the band to present the album. The song "Lemuria" from the album was used by the organizer of the 2011 World Athletics Championship in Daegu (Kor) as beginning of the medal ceremonies. In early 2005, Visions of Atlantis did their tour across Europe, while being supported by labelmates Elis and Celtic rock based band Lyriel.

In late 2005, Bogner left the band due to commitments elsewhere.

New singer and Trinity (2005–2007)
After Nicole left the band, she was replaced by American soprano singer Melissa Ferlaak (formerly with Aesma Daeva) and Wolfgang Koch replaced Werner Fiedler. In 2006, Martin Harb, who already played with VoA on their tour in Mexico in 2003, replaced Miro Holly. In May 2007, VoA released their 3rd album Trinity, mastered at Finnvox Studios and recorded at Bavarian Dreamscape Studio ). The following autumn brought Visions of Atlantis to the United States, where the band toured together with Epica for 6 weeks and won numerous new fans.

Departure of Melissa Ferlaak and Wolfgang Koch (2007–2008)
Upon returning, the band went through changes in the line-up. On 28 November 2007, a message was posted on the official VoA website saying that Melissa Ferlaak and Wolfgang Koch had left the band, both citing personal reasons. Following this Visions of Atlantis announced a few days later that their ex guitarist, Werner Fiedler, had rejoined the band.

Joanna Nieniewska and Maxi Nil (2008–2009)
After Melissa's departure, Visions of Atlantis not only looked for a replacement for a singer, but also wrote the material for the fourth album. The band advertised on their website the position for a female vocalist for several months, and on 3 September 2008, they finally announced that they had found a new female singer; however, her identity was not revealed until 1 February 2009, as the 20-year-old Austrian soprano vocalist Joanna Nieniewska.

On 29 July 2009, VoA announced that because of health problems, Joanna Nieniewska is no longer in the band but will continue to support VoA behind the scenes.

The band announced the replacement vocalist, Maxi Nil from Greece, and was also known for her work with On Thorns I Lay, guest with Moonspell and her former band Elysion.

Delta and Maria Magdalena EP (2010–2011)
On 3 December 2010, VoA announced the new title of their 4th studio album Delta which was released on 25 February 2011 worldwide.

On 18 July 2011, bass player Mario Lochert left the band due to crucial internal differences. In a recent interview Harb said that the band is not planning on replacing him. Instead, they will continue without a bassist as a fixed band member.

In August 2011, the band announced the title of their first EP Maria Magdalena. It was released on 21 October 2011.

Death of Nicole Bogner and Ethera (2012–2013)
On 6 January 2012, Visions of Atlantis announced on their Facebook and MySpace pages that former singer Nicole Bogner had died at the age of 27 after suffering from a severe disease over a long period of time. The band said that they were saddened to have lost their first vocalist, and expressed their gratitude to Bogner for her time with the band.

On 27 January 2012, the band announced the title Ethera for their upcoming album, which was scheduled to be released in 2012. Ethera was released on 22 March 2013. It was the first album with guitarist Christian Hermsdörfer and with no official bassist. It was dedicated to Bogner's memory.

Line-up changes and The Deep & the Dark (2013–2019)
On 6 December 2013, Visions of Atlantis announced on their Facebook page that most of the line-up was parting ways with Visions of Atlantis, leaving the only remaining and founding member Thomas Caser on drums. This decision was mostly because of a desire from the parting members to play their own style of music, whilst the band was orientating to go back to its classic style. Thus, it welcomed back some of its old members: Werner Fiedler (guitars), Chris Kamper (synths), and Michael Koren (bass). Maxi Nil was replaced by Clémentine Delauney, and Mario Plank by Siegfried Samer. Michael Koren was replaced by Herbert Glos on bass in late 2017, and Werner Fiedler by Christian Douscha at the same time. Chris Kamper left the band in 2015.

Their sixth studio album The Deep & the Dark was released on 16 February 2018.

Wanderers and Pirates (2019–present)
After extensive tours with Serenity and Kamelot as well as several festival shows in 2018, the band released their first live album The Deep & the Dark Live @ Symphonic Metal Nights on 16 February 2019, which featured new male lead singer Michele Guaitoli (from Italian symphonic metal band Temperance) sharing lead vocal duty with Siegfried Samer, the former having permanently replaced the latter at the end of the Symphonic Metal Nights IV tour in late 2018.

The band released their seventh studio album Wanderers on 30 August 2019 via Napalm Records. The album again featured Clémentine Delauney and Michele Guaitoli sharing lead vocal duties.

During the pandemic in 2020, Visions of Atlantis released their first live DVD / Blu-ray with the title A Symphonic Journey To Remember on 30 October. The show was recorded at Bang-Your-Head festival in Germany back in 2019 together with the Bohemian Symphony Orchestra of Prague.

The band released their eighth studio album Pirates on 13 May 2022. This album took Visions of Atlantis to a higher level than before. With more orchestral arrangements and choirs, the band not only fascinated the fans but also received a great response from the press. The first official fan club VoA Sailors has existed since 29 August 2022.

The band released their ninth studio album Pirates II – Armada on 5 July 2024. Prior to the album's release, the band released two singles, "Monsters", and "Tonight I'm Alive". Like its predecessor, the new record was highly praised by the press.

Band members

 * Current members
 * Thomas Caser – drums (2000–present)
 * Clémentine Delauney – female vocals (2013–present)
 * Christian Douscha – guitars (2017–present)
 * Herbert Glos – bass (2017–present)
 * Michele Guaitoli – male vocals (2018–present)

 * Touring
 * Raphael Saini – drums (2011)
 * Babis Nikou – bass, male vocals (2013)

 * Former members
 * Christian Stani – male vocals (2000–2003)
 * Nicole Bogner – female vocals (2000–2005; died 2012)
 * Miro Holly – keyboards (2003–2006)
 * Mario Plank – male vocals (2003–2013)
 * Melissa Ferlaak – female vocals (2005–2007)
 * Wolfgang Koch – guitars (2005–2007)
 * Martin Harb – keyboards (2006–2013)
 * Joanna Nieniewska – female vocals (2009)
 * Maxi Nil – female vocals (2009–2013)
 * Mario Lochert – bass (2009–2013)
 * Christian Hermsdörfer – guitars (2011–2013)
 * Werner Fiedler – guitars (2000–2005, 2007–2011, 2013–2017)
 * Chris Kamper – keyboards (2000–2003, 2013–2017)
 * Michael Koren – bass (2000–2009, 2013–2017)
 * Siegfried Samer – male vocals (2013–2018)

Discography
Studio albums
 * Eternal Endless Infinity (2002)
 * Cast Away (2004)
 * Trinity (2007)
 * Delta (2011)
 * Ethera (2013)
 * The Deep & the Dark (2018)
 * Wanderers (2019)
 * Pirates (2022)
 * Pirates II – Armada (2024)

Orchestral albums
 * A Pirate's Symphony (2023)

Live albums
 * The Deep & the Dark Live @Symohonic Metal Nights (2019)
 * A Symphonic Journey to Remember (2020)
 * Pirates Over Wacken (2023)

EPs
 * Maria Magdalena (2011)
 * Old Routes – New Waters (2016)

Demos
 * Morning in Atlantis (2000)

Singles
 * "Lost" (2004)

Videos
 * "Lost" (2004)
 * "New Dawn" (2011)
 * "Winternight" (2016)
 * "The Silent Mutiny" (2018)
 * "The Deep & the Dark" (2018)
 * "The Last Home" (2018)
 * "A Journey to Remember" (2019)
 * "Nothing Lasts Forever" (2019)
 * "Legion of the Seas" (2022)
 * "Melancholy Angel" (2022)
 * "Master the Hurricane" (2022)
 * "Clocks" (2023)
 * "Armada" (2024)
 * "Monsters" (2024)
 * "Tonight I'm Alive" (2024)

Lyric videos
 * "Return to Lemuria" (2017)
 * "Words of War (Live)" (2019)
 * "Heroes of the Dawn" (2019)
 * "A Life of Our Own" (2019)

Live videos
 * "Heroes of the Dawn" (2020)
 * "Release My Symphony" (2020)
 * "Wanderers" (2020)
 * "Pirates Will Return" (2023)

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ciantar-Paleologo

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Ciantar-Paleologo
More gratuitous genealogy. Also 'used from such and such site with permission' doesn't necessarily conform to the WP license. Radiant! 12:52, Feb 15, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, genealogy, possible copyvio, reads as if there's an underlying political agenda. Wyss 17:09, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Question: Are they related to the Palaeologus dynasty which has its own article? User:Dimadick
 * There appears to be a relation, even if they are separated by five centuries. The Palaeologus are from the Byzantine Empire, and the Ciantar seem to have been given the title after the fall thereof. Possible merge. Radiant! 11:46, Feb 16, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete as above. Brookie 18:44, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment - "used with permission" in this case means the guy who runs that site uploaded these articles himself. You might want to talk to User:Tancarville - there are tons of Maltese nobility articles. Adam Bishop 22:53, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep - David Gerard 23:00, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, cleanup and expand. Megan1967 04:15, 23 Feb 2005 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Communes of the Province of Vercelli

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Communes of the Province of Vercelli
(edit) Okay, I now know where Vercelli is and why it is notable, but still this list contains only one town which is "Little more than the main street and a few side streets." Radiant! 12:52, Feb 15, 2005 (UTC)

 * Go to your nearest encyclopaedia, open it to its entry for Vercelli, and I'm sure that it will tell you where Vercelli is. If you're lucky, it might even tell you where the Province of Vercelli is, too.  ☺ This list should have been marked  (and renamed) long ago.  Let's give it another try. Keep and Move to "List of ...". Uncle G 17:03, 2005 Feb 15 (UTC)

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