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Misja Helsloot

Misja Helsloot (born 21 January 1973, in Rotterdam) is a Dutch Trance and Progressive DJ.

In 1992, Helsloot, at the age of nineteen, started to purchase albums and organize his own parties. Mixing music with a friend, Misja worked hard for six years until he became friends with DJ Tiësto in 1998. Tiësto allowed Misja to mix his album In Trance we Trust 001. It was later released in September of the same year to a good reception in his home country the Netherlands, and also caught on in Israel and Norway. A year after his CD was released Misja started his own record label, C4, which was a sublabel of Basic Beat Recordings of Rotterdam. Misja released his first CD on C4 titled The Creation - Day One.

In 1999 as well, Misja played at Hyperstate in Denmark, and again played the same festival in 2001 in Norway. With success getting larger in Europe he was invited to a number 10 spot on the Forbidden Paradise CD compilation. In September 2000, one month after appearing on Forbidden Paradise, The Creation - Day Two was released to the public. In August 2001, along with Roland K and Maarten v Oosten, Misja founded his own independent label, Gesture Music. Nearly a year later, under the new company the first production by Misja was released, Misja Helsloot - First Second. Other major DJs, including Paul van Dyk picked up on it and it was played and mixed throughout many clubs. Now holding a respected place on the trance circuit, after playing at Love Fields and Dance Valley in the summer of 2002 in the Netherlands, Misja travelled the world doing parties from Tel Aviv to Miami. At the same time Misja's career had taken him back to the beginning with his release of In Trance We Trust 007. In 2004 Misja opened on the main stage of Trance Energy, one of the largest trance parties in the world.

In 2006 Misja organised his very own Create events, with editions in his hometown Delft, Amsterdam and The Hague. In 2009, he put the focus on studio work and released his debut album ‘All Inclusive’– including collabs with Signum, Sied van Riel and Leon Bolier. Ten years later, his second artist album dropped on Black Hole Recordings ‘What The Helsloot’. Featuring a collection of solo work, as well as collabs with the likes of Xijaro & Pitch, Fred Baker, Woody van Eyden, Lumin-8, AxelPolo and vocalists Natalie Gioa and Cari.

Throughout the years, Misja has had releases on labels like Aly & Fila's Future Sound of Egypt, Universal Nation, In Trance We Trust and Armada Music, earning him a stage at shows like A State of Trance, Electronic Family and Luminosity Beach Festival. In 2017, he launched an Open To Close concept – kicking off in Amsterdam’s Dhoem Dhaam in 2017, followed by editions in The Hague, Prague (CZ) and Bergen (Norway).

In 2022, Misja decided to join forces with Dutch producer Michael de Kooker, with whom he started a collaborative side-project named Hel:sløwed. Since its kick-off, the Hel:sløwed project has had releases on labels like Armin van Buuren’s A State of Trance, Ferry Corsten’s Flashover Recordings, Grotesque, Spinnin’ Records and Tiësto’s AFT:HRS.

12 Inch

 * Back From Your Past (First Second, 2004)
 * First Second (First Second, 2004)
 * A Different World (Gesture Music, 2002)
 * First Second (Gesture Music, 2002)
 * The Beast Within' (Basic Beat, 2001)
 * E-Mocean (Black Hole, 1998)

Mix CDs

 * Deep Trance (Water Records, 2004)
 * Back From Your Past (Gesture Music, 2004)
 * Capital (Combined Forces, 2002)
 * In Trance We Trust 007 (Black Hole, 2002)
 * Forbidden Paradise 11 (Basic Beat, 2001)
 * Oslo Central vol. 2 (Arcade Norway, 2001)
 * The Creation - Day Two (Basic Beat, 2000)
 * Forbidden Paradise 10 (Basic Beat, 2000)
 * The Creation - Day One (Basic Beat, 2000)
 * In Trance We Trust 001 (Black Hole, 1998)

Albums

 * All Inclusive (Cloud9 Dance, 2009)
 * What The Helsloot (Black Hole Recordings, 2019)

Singles

 * 2018: Moving Souls (with Xijaro and Pitch) [Future Sound Of Egypt]

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Honda VTR1000F

The Honda VTR1000F (frame designation "SC36") was a 90° V-twin sport bike produced by Honda from 1997 to 2005. Known worldwide as the Firestorm, in the USA it was marketed as the SuperHawk.

In 2005, the VTR1000F was discontinued.

Innovation
The VTR1000F was introduced in 1997 using an all new 90-degree V-twin engine and a HMAS (Honda Multi-Action System) fork and shock. The bike also ushered in several new design concepts for Honda such as the semi-pivotless frame, where the engine is a stressed member with the swingarm bolted directly to it. Other innovations were side radiators, single-casting engine case, connecting rods with cap screws instead of nuts, and 38 mm intake valves, the largest Honda has ever used on a production motor at that time. It had the largest carburetors ever put on a production motorcycle (48 mm). In order to overcome response irregularities typical for larger V-twin engines, Honda specified different camshaft profiles and intake manifold dimensions for the two cylinders, and the power control of the engine was praised in motorbike surveys. Cycle World list a quarter-mile time and speed of 11.03-second/124.26-mph.

Model history
In 1999, the VTR1000F featured new silver wheels.

From model year 2001, Honda introduced a number of upgrades. These included increasing the tank from 16 liters (4.23 US gallons) to 19 liters (5.02 US gallons), internal modifications to the front forks, black wheels, smaller indicators, and a less extreme riding position (thanks to mildly raked clip-on bars). A new LCD dash display comprised fuel level, engine temperature, dual trip mileometers, odometer and clock. A Honda Ignition Security System (HISS) immobiliser also became standard. The US model "Superhawk" never received the larger tank, instead retaining the original 16 liter (4.2 US gallons).

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Talk:Potassium benzoate

New research
There is some new research suggesting that sodium benzoate (and the similar salt potassium benzoate) causes cellular injury.

http://news.independent.co.uk/health/article2586652.ece

Where does the article say that salt potassium benzoate does the same thing? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.96.2.207 (talk) 14:11, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

For me it would be really strange if stuff which is used as food preservant, and therfore kills bacteria and germs in great number is not causing cellular injuries. But for now we should add this info with a reference to the original paper and not a newspaper article from a journalist with limited scientific knowledge.--Stone (talk) 14:54, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

Simpsons
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The Froghurt that Homer Simpson is offered in the 4th season of The Simpsons Halloween Special, is cursed because it contains potassium benzoate.

is this significant enough to retain in the article? RJFJR 05:13, Feb 3, 2005 (UTC)

 * Considering we've only got two sentences otherwise, I'd say we need all the info we can get. Everyking 05:35, 3 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Seeing as how it's unquestionably the most famous reference to a fairly obscure chemical, it should be on the page. I mean, it doesn't hurt.

here is it: potassiumbenzoate.ytmnd.com

Speaking fo the Simpsons, when whats-his-face says Ptassium Benzoate is bad... how is it bad?

 * I've been trying to track down some information on Potassium Benzoate, but it's not easy going. For the most part, it seems to be a safe food preservative used in food, especially liquids. The only reason it is probably considered "bad" is that some people consider all chemicals and other "non-natural" elements in their food "bad." I'd really like to include the Homer Simpson quote, and I think it would be appropriate if we could even put together a paragraph or two; but it's probably not appropriate with a one-sentence stub, where it would literally take up 75% of the article. EWS23 | (Leave me a message!) 03:12, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

How about lets add the chemical make-up of this product in the website, for I need it!

Motion for inclusion?
How about including the Simpsons quote (from the Season 4 Treehouse of Horror episode) as an item of trivia? I have seen plenty of examples of this practice on many other wikipages.
 * As before, I'd really like to have more information on this page before including the quote, as the quote would take up a large chunk of the article. However, it seems as if there's not much more to say about this compound, and the Simpsons reference is really its only claim to fame. Before we even consider putting it on, we should agree on what form it would be in. Would we like to use the expanded version as follows?
 * Shopkeeper: Take this doll, but beware, it carries a terrible curse.
 * Homer: That's bad.
 * Shopekeeper: But it comes with a free frozen yogurt, which I call frogurt!
 * Homer: That's good.
 * Shopkeeper: The frogurt is also cursed.
 * Homer: That's bad.
 * Shopkeeper: But it comes with your choice of topping!
 * Homer: That's good.
 * Shopkeeper: The toppings contain potassium benzoate.
 * Homer stares blankly.
 * Shopkeeper: That's bad.
 * Homer: ...Can I go now?
 * Obviously this is long, but it has all of the context for understanding the quote. Any suggested shortnings? EWS23 | (Leave me a message!) 18:53, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

 * What I'd do is make mention of the quote and it's mention of the fact that the toppings contain said thing in them and go from there --Conan-san 21:13, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

 * That's good! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.97.230.121 (talk) 00:17, 15 April 2010 (UTC)

 * However, the quote is still not in the article.

 * That's bad. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pmcizhere (talk • contribs) 00:07, 17 October 2020 (UTC)

Man chowder
I removed the line because I found no referenz for it! Stone 12:34, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

by "anerobic" does it mean anaerobic?
 * Probably. "Anerobic fermentation" yields 325 Google hits, while "anaerobic fermentation" yields 45,700 hits. I've changed it now. E WS23 | (Leave me a message!) 21:48, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

With out air! Stone 21:59, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

From the same sentence, "If the intra cellular pKa changes to 5 or lower..." Isn't pKa constant? Should this be pH instead? --71.227.190.111 19:51, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

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Simpsons
I see from the history of the article that the reference to potassium benzoate in a Simpson's episode has been repeatedly added and repeatedly removed. There doesn't seem to be a consensus to either include or exclude it. Any thoughts? ChemNerd (talk) 11:46, 20 April 2011 (UTC)
 * I think it should be kept, since it's probably how most people have ever even heard of this chemical. Usually that much dialogue is too much for an article, but it really needs it for the full context. PaulGS (talk) 01:02, 21 April 2011 (UTC)
 * There are probably few people who could recognize potassium benzoate, and those that could probably have no knowledge of that Simpsons episode. I'm not opposed to having "In popular culture" sections in chemistry articles, but mere passing references such as this one really aren't appropriate.  In this case, it is just mere trivia.  The Simpsons have no relevance to potassium benzoate, and potassium benzoate has no relevance to the Simpsons.  The section should be removed.  And in any case, the dialog entirely superfluous.  -- Ed (Edgar181) 11:38, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

Anybody who reads ingredient labels on the foods they eat will be familiar with potassium benzoate. It is unlikely that being mentioned once on some TV show, even a popular one, will have had any effect whatsoever on people's awareness of this chemical. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.5.113.110 (talk) 15:21, 26 April 2011 (UTC)
 * It's about more than just simple awareness. The show specifically (albeit humorously) refers to the additive as "bad". Given the concerns about sodium and potassium benzoate as food additives (see Benzene in soft drinks as an example), this would seem to be relevant. --Dante Alighieri | Talk 01:33, 22 September 2011 (UTC)

I think it should be added under a "In popular culture" section. It's a fact, live a little. The average person would not know of this word if it wasn't mentioned in that show. It's like a mnemonic. 14.2.127.179 (talk) 02:11, 2 October 2016 (UTC)

Hi I only know about this obscure chemical because of the Simpsons episode (that's actually how I found this page). I vote we keep it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.154.157.102 (talk) 14:59, 30 June 2022 (UTC)

Benzoic Acid
removed this from the other names section. benzoic acid and potassium benzoate are definitely not the same thing. I would be ok with "benzoic acid anion" maybe, but there are already too many discrepancies in the other names section of chemicals on wikipedia already — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.244.15.159 (talk) 21:21, 16 May 2014 (UTC)

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Murchison River

Murchison River may refer to the following:

 * Murchison River (New Zealand)
 * Murchison River (Tasmania)
 * Murchison River (Western Australia)
 * Murchison River (Nunavut) (Kuuk)
 * Murchison River Gorge

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Lucie Pépin

Lucie Pépin (born September 7, 1936) is a Canadian nurse and former politician. Pépin served in both the House of Commons and Senate.

Career
A Registered Nurse by profession, in the 1960s, Pépin served as head nurse in the gynecology department and then at the family planning clinic of Notre-Dame Hospital in Montreal, and was cross-appointed to the Université de Montréal's faculty of medicine. In the 1970s, she was an administrator at the Canadian Committee for Fertility Research in Montreal, and a lecturer at the Université de Montréal. From 1979 until 1984, Pépin was vice-president and then president of the Canadian Advisory Council on the Status of Women.

Politics
Pépin entered the House of Commons of Canada in the 1984 election when she became the Liberal Member of Parliament for Outremont, Quebec succeeding Marc Lalonde. She was defeated in the 1988 election, during which abortion was a key issue. Some have suggested that she lost the ultra-conservative Hasidic vote, and thus the seat, because of her pro choice stance.

From 1993 to 1997, she was a commissioner on the national parole board. In 1997, she was appointed to the Senate of Canada on the recommendation of Prime Minister Jean Chrétien, and served as Speaker pro tempore of the Upper House from 2002 to 2004. Until her retirement, she was a member of the Senate Standing Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology.

On September 7, 2011, Pépin retired from the Senate upon reaching the mandatory retirement age of 75.

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Giacomo Biffi

Giacomo Biffi (13 June 1928 – 11 July 2015) was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He was Archbishop Emeritus of Bologna, having served as archbishop there from 1984 to 2003. He was elevated to the cardinalate in 1985.

Biography
Biffi was born in Milan and studied at the seminaries of the Archdiocese of Milan. He was ordained to the priesthood by Cardinal Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster, O.S.B., Archbishop of Milan, on 23 December 1950. From 1951 to 1960, Biffi taught dogmatic theology at the Seminary of Milan, also publishing numerous works on theology, catechetics and meditation. He received a doctorate in theology from the Faculty of Theology at Venegono in 1955; his thesis was entitled: La colpa e la libertà nell'odierna condizione umana.

From 1960 to 1975, he did pastoral work in the Archdiocese of Milan, serving as a parish priest at Santi Martiri Anauniani in Legnano (1960–1969) and later at Sant'Andrea in Milan (1969–1975). Biffi became Episcopal Vicar for Culture in 1974, and a canon theologian of the metropolitan chapter of Milan on 1 February 1975. He also served as director of the Istituto Lombardo di Pastorale and the Commission for the Ambrosian Rite.

On 7 December 1975, Biffi was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Milan and Titular Bishop of Fidenae by Pope Paul VI. He received his episcopal consecration on 11 January 1976 from Cardinal Giovanni Colombo, with Bishops Bernardo Citterio and Libero Tresoldi serving as co-consecrators. Within the Italian Episcopal Conference, he served on commissions for doctrine, catechetics, culture and liturgy.

Following the death of Enrico Manfredini, Biffi was named Archbishop of Bologna on 19 April 1984 and installed on the following 1 June. He was elected President of the Episcopal Conference of Emilia-Romagna on 7 July 1984. Pope John Paul II created him Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni Evangelista e Petronio in the consistory of 25 May 1985. Biffi preached the Lent spiritual exercises for the pope and Roman Curia in 1989. He retired from the governance of the archdiocese in December 2003 and was succeeded by Carlo Caffarra.

Biffi was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the 2005 papal conclave that selected Pope Benedict XVI. According to a leaked diary, he received one vote on the fourth ballot and subsequently discovered it was of Joseph Ratzinger.

In 2008, he turned 80 and lost the right to participate in future conclaves. He died on 11 July 2015.

Views
In 2000, Biffi told a Bologna conference that the Antichrist would most likely be a prominent philanthropist promoting the ideas of ecumenism, vegetarianism, and pacifism. Many of these predictions originate from the 19th century Russian philosopher Vladimir Solovyov, in whom Biffi is well-studied. Biffi believed that ecumenicism promotes the dilution of Catholic doctrine (a view common among conservative Catholics) and thereby encourages the acceptance of the Antichrist.

He also held views that, while conservative, are in agreement with the Catholic teaching on homosexual acts, freemasonry, and feminism. Biffi has stated that an "ideology of homosexuality" threatens to marginalize whoever disagrees with the homosexual agenda, and that Catholics must prepare for persecution by homosexual activists and their allies.

Cardinal Biffi also once said that the Italian government should favour Catholic immigrants to offset the number of Muslim immigrants to protect Italy's "national identity". He has denounced journalists as "rats".

In 2007, Biffi expounded on many of his views by publishing Memorie e digressioni di un italiano cardinale (Memoirs and digressions of an Italian cardinal).

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Talk:Arcology

Obscure
What does the statement that Wright assumes a more rigid democracy than the US actually has actually mean? Sethian (talk) 13:57, 27 August 2023 (UTC)

 * A possible addition to the culture sections are the massive multi-level 1-10 billion people cited in Warhammer 40k. I do recognize that it does harm the environment and therefore might not be mentioned. Either way a mention might be helpful XxyxX15 (talk) 12:35, 19 January 2024 (UTC)
 * You'd need a secondary source per WP:IPCV. DonIago (talk) 18:24, 24 January 2024 (UTC)

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Caleb Pusey House

The Caleb Pusey House, built in 1683 near Chester Creek in Upland, Pennsylvania in the United States, is the oldest English-built house in Pennsylvania. It is the only remaining house that William Penn, the founder of Pennsylvania, is known to have visited. Caleb Pusey was a friend and business partner of Penn's. They came over together in 1682 along with prefabricated mills intended for grinding flour and cutting lumber. Pusey served as manager of the mills until his retirement in 1717.

Since about 1960, the building and grounds have been owned by the Friends of the Caleb Pusey House, Inc. The house was in very poor condition, but was restored and the property has since been operated as a historic house museum.

Caleb Pusey
Caleb Pusey was a Quaker last maker (a maker of wooden foot molds for cobblers) and a friend and business partner of William Penn, the founder of the Province of Pennsylvania. A native of the parish of Lambourn, England, Pusey came to Pennsylvania from England in 1682 with his wife, Anne Worley, and her two sons from her first marriage, Francis and Henry. They traveled with Penn on his ship The Welcome, and brought with them prefabricated grist and saw mills which they planned to erect in the province and Pusey was to be the manager. Many of the passengers were Quakers who were leaving to escape religious persecution. Anne's first husband died while in prison for refusal to attend the Church of England.

The voyage of the Welcome was tragic; there was small pox aboard and 30 of the 100 passengers died. Pusey had 250 acres of land, sold and deeded to him by Penn, which he would use to cultivate crops, 100 acres of which was adjacent to Chester Creek, near the intended site for the mill. It was near the small Swedish settlement of Upland. Pusey's land was called the Landingford Plantation.

Pusey served in many official positions at various times. These include Chester County Sheriff, Pennsylvania assemblyman for Chester County, Chester County Tax Collector, and justice of the provincial supreme court. He was also involved with the local Quaker community, and wrote a number of pamphlets, several in defense of William Penn. Pusey retired in 1717, and the Pusey family moved to Marlborough Township, near present day Longwood Gardens, where he died in 1727.

The name Pusey actually refers to a village that was formerly part of Berkshire County, England. It became common practice, in Pusey's time and earlier, to use the place of family origin as a surname. Caleb's father and grandfather both wrote "alias Pusey" following their names when they signed their wills, indicating that they had adopted that name.

Caleb Pusey House
There was not much time between their arrival in 1682 and the onset of winter, and they were only able to complete the construction of a pit-house, which they used as a residence. The pit house was half below ground and half above ground, and was similar to ones built elsewhere in the area. It was common at that time to refer to such a dwelling as a "cave." Pusey's cave had a fireplace, a wooden floor, and one or two small windows. In 1683 the main above-ground house was built using native stone. It was attached to the pit-house, which then became the east wing of the house and came to be used as a workshop. The initial construction of the main house consisted of a single room which had a large attic or loft that was used for storage and sleeping and had a gable roof. There was a fireplace in the western wall which contained a large brick baking oven. At a later (unknown) date, another room was constructed which shared that western wall, so that the chimney was then in the center of the house. The new room is known as the west room, the original above ground room is known as the east room, and the pit-house room is referred to as the east wing. The west room encloses a well which was previously outside. It also contains a large iron basin called a stand-kettle on the back side of the east room's fireplace. The stand-kettle can be heated from below with a fire, so that it can be used for various purposes such as heating water and scalding poultry. There is a small access door on the front of the house to the space below the stand-kettle where the fire is set. The west room is similar in size to the east room and they initially shared a common roof. The west room did not have its own fireplace.

A couple of theories were put forth regarding time of construction of the west room. There are records from a Quaker friends meeting at the house in 1696, in which men and women were in two separate rooms, suggesting that the west room was in existence at that time. (This argument seems to assume that the pit-house/east wing could not have been the second room.) It's also been suggested that the west room construction was necessitated by the destruction of the east wing in a fire, which likely happened in or after 1723, when Pusey no longer lived there.

After Pusey left in 1717, the Landingford property was owned by a succession of people, including industrialist John Price Crozer. The house was privately owned and occupied until roughly 1950. Around 1752, The roof of the east room was changed from a gable roof to a gambrel roof. The purpose was to increase the usable attic space to accommodate more storage and sleeping space.. The change in roof style can be seen as a line in the brickwork on the east wall of the house. The chimney of the main house was destroyed in a fire. The date is unknown and it's not clear if this was a different fire than the one that destroyed the east wing. The chimney was rebuilt at the back of the house, rather than the center, and used by two corner fireplaces, one in each room. The house was divided at this time and used by two families. The attic regions were also separate and were accessed by separate spiral staircases. The baking oven was moved outside, as it was considered a fire hazard. The chimney and fireplace were later returned to their original forms and locations during restoration of the house in the 1960s.

The house can be found at 15 Race Street, Upland, Pennsylvania, and is one of the oldest houses in the state. Viewed from Race Street, which runs past the front of the house, the original east room is on the right and the west room is on the left. The partially below-ground east wing was not restored, but would have been found to the right of the east room.

Excavations
Between 1962 and 1970, archaeological excavations were conducted at the Caleb Pusey House. It was discovered early on that there used to be a cellar below the east room of the house which had been filled in and forgotten, probably in 1899 (see foundation drawing). This was fortunate from an archaeological perspective because the fill that was used was from a refuse pile containing a vast trove of artifacts that had been discarded over a period of many years. It contained numerous coins, broken pottery and other items of interest. It is thought that this was done because the rear wall was being forced inwards from the force earth behind it and so by filling in the cellar the owners hoped to prevent this problem from getting worse over time. The cellar was completely excavated and is currently (Oct 2023) empty except for a sump pump. It is accessed via a spiral staircase, the lower part of which is stone and original. The stairs are accessed through a door in the floor at the north east corner of the east room.

Another discovery was the buried remains of the cave (or east wing) just to the east of the east room. It extended significantly further in the front than the other rooms and was accessed by a separate entrance with a stairway of 5 or 6 steps going down to the floor which was below ground. In the foundation plan, the steps are in the alcove in the front wall of the east wing, and the fireplace was in the alcove at the right rear. After construction of the main house, this below-ground room came to be used as a workshop for various projects. It was eventually destroyed by a fire and its chimney also collapsed at that time. After this, the pit was filled in so that the remnants of the room were all completely buried and soon forgotten. A coin minted in 1723 was found during the excavation, indicating that the fire likely occurred after that date. Caleb was no longer living there at that time. Also found were glass panes that were lined in lead. Since all lead was collected during the revolutionary war for making bullets, this would suggest that the destruction of the east wing occurred between 1723 and 1776. It has been suggested (though not proven) that the fire was caused by a small copper still, the remains of which were found beneath the collapsed chimney. Presumably either the still itself exploded due to a blockage or ethanol vapors were produced which filled the room and then exploded. If sufficiently violent, such an explosion could have been responsible for the chimney collapse and also the deformation of the eastern wall of the main house. It was decided not to restore the cave, but instead to mark the outline with a low stone wall. The enclosed space has sometimes been used as a garden.

A filled in well was found inside the west room. The fill was carefully removed and the well restored. A newly minted coin from 1699 was found at the bottom, possibly dropped or thrown in by William Penn who returned from England in that year and visited with Pusey in December.

A cooling cellar was discovered in front of the west end of the house. It had been abandoned and filled in, probably sometime during the 1700s. It's labeled "west wing" on the foundation plan.

Artifacts were found from the entire time period that the house was occupied, although a large proportion were from 1752 to 1786. Artifacts include portions of dolls, doll dishes, various lead toys, hand made dominoes, marbles, ceramic material, earthenware, coins, pewter items, brass items, silver items, iron pulley wheel from the well, milk pan, pots, pitchers, knives, and a very large number of pipe stem and bowl fragments.

Restoration
By 1960 the house was in a terrible state of repair and possibly in danger of collapse. Funding was sought in order to do a full restoration of the property, much by private donations and matching funds from the government. The property, including the Crozer Schoolhouse next door, was acquired by the Friends of the Caleb Pusey House, Inc. Restoration was carried out in the 1960s, immediately following the archaeological excavations. Restoration included strengthening the walls, rebuilding the chimney, fireplace, and oven in their original locations at the center of the house, replacing the roof with the dormer window removed, and painting the interior walls. The restored house is said to be 85% original. Period English furniture and other items were added to the house to show how it might have looked when Pusey and his family lived there. A corner cupboard that belonged to Pusey and may have been a gift upon his retirement in 1717, was placed in the north west corner of the west room. Bricks have been interspersed randomly through the construction, probably replacing missing stones. The loft now has a door on the east end which has to be accessed by ladder on the outside of the house as there currently is no interior stairway.

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.

Chester Mills
The mills were assembled in 1683 on Chester Creek and were the first proprietary grist mill and sawmill in the province. They were located about 40 rods (1/8 mile) upstream from the house. They were operated successfully at this site until the great flood of 1687 when the mills and their dam were swept away. Efforts were immediately started to replace them. This work was completed, probably by 1689, at a new site that was slightly upstream from the original mills. Unfortunately, the new dam was subsequently destroyed by a "great freshet" (flood), although the mills apparently survived. (Note another source says the original mills and dam were lost in 1683 and the second dam was lost in 1687.) It was decided as a result to build a new dam about a mile upstream, below a tributary known as Baldwin's run, and send the water down to the mills in a mill race or canal. The race is shown on Samuel Lightfoot's 1730 map, which also shows the Pusey house, Chester Creek, and the mills. (On current maps, Baldwin's Run enters Chester Creek near the west end of Worrilow Rd. on the opposite side of the creek.) Land was purchased for this purpose from Thomas Brassey and William Woodmansey (Woodmansey is parcel #86 on the 1687 map). The completed dam was at a site previously used for fording the river, and the top of the dam henceforth became part of the Kings Highway. As a result, a lot of travelers passed by the Pusey house, often stopping to visit. This arrangement was successful for a while, but by 1693 the mills had greatly deteriorated and Pusey was persuaded to donate 5 acres of his plantation for the construction of a new mill. This site was slightly downstream from Pusey's house and the race was extended to reach it (see 1730 map). On current maps, the site was near the southern end of Upland Ave. in Upland, PA. The river makes a sharp right angle bend to the left at the mill site, which is shown on the 1730 map can also be found on current maps. The location of the house is marked on the 1730 map; it's just above the mill race and below the word "plantation." Note that the creek and the mill race flow from left to right on the map (approximately west to east). The earlier mill locations are not marked but can be assumed to be in the indicated mill lands upstream from the house. The race has been filled in and is no longer visible. On current maps, the race travelled along the south side of Race Street, while the house is on the north side. The mills were operated for many years at this third and final site. In 1708, a fulling and dyeing mill was added for the processing of wool. The mills burned down in 1858.

Weather vane
A now famous historic weather vane once sat atop of the Chester Mills, bearing the initials of the three men who owned and operated the mills in 1699. Henry Graham Ashmead, in his 1884 book on Delaware County history states: "Doubtless when repairs were made to the mill, in 1699, the rude iron vane bearing the initials W. P. (William Penn), S. C. (Samuel Carpenter), C. P. (Caleb Pusey), and the date, 1699, was placed on the building. When Richard Flower owned the property the old vane surmounted the dwelling-house of the owner, but on gusty nights, turning in the wind, it squeaked and groaned so noisily that it was taken down. In 1870, Reese W. Flower presented it to the Historical Society of Pennsylvania ..."

Crozer Schoolhouse
Also located on the property, just to the left of the Pusey House, is the Crozer Schoolhouse, which was built in 1849 by John Price Crozer for the children of millworkers at his factory. The upstairs later became a repository for thousands of artifacts that were dug up on the property by archaeologists. The downstairs is currently set up as a school room and also has some displays showing off a few of the artifacts. Crozer also built the Upland Baptist Church and millworker housing in the area.

Pennock Log House
The Pennock Log House, which was built by a descendant of Pusey's in 1790, was originally located in Springfield Township. In 1965 it was disassembled and moved to a site across the street from the Caleb Pusey House by the Friends of The Caleb Pusey House. It unfortunately developed some serious structural problems causing one of the walls to collapse and it had to be demolished and removed in or about 2021.

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Murchison River (Western Australia)

The Murchison River is the second longest river in Western Australia. It flows for about 820 km from the southern edge of the Robinson Ranges to the Indian Ocean at Kalbarri. The Murchison-Yalgar-Hope river system is the longest river system in Western Australia. It has a mean annual flow of 208gigalitres, although in 2006, the peak year on record since 1967, flow was 1,806gigalitres.

Basin
The Murchison River basin covers an area of about 82000 km2 in the Mid West region of Western Australia. It extends about 550 km inland from the Indian Ocean, onto the Yilgarn Craton east of Meekatharra and north of Sandstone. Rain generally falls in the upper basin during summer cyclones, so for much of the year the Murchison River does not flow, leaving a dry sandy river bed and intermittent permanent pools.

The eastern reaches of the basin contain large chains of salt lakes, which flow only following rainfall. The drainage lines from these lakes merge to form the Murchison River about 90 km north-northeast of Meekatharra. The river flows west, southwest, and west to the Indian Ocean.

Within the basin are the towns of Kalbarri and Meekatharra; the hamlets of Ajana, Binnu, Barrel Well and Murchison; and the mining ghost towns of Galena, Geraldine, Abbotts, Chesterfield, Peak Hill, Yaloginda, Reedy, Nannine, Quinns, Burnakura and Gabanintha.

Course
The Murchison River rises on the southern slopes of the Robinson Ranges, about 75 km north of Meekatharra in central Western Australia. From there it flows in a westerly direction for about 130 km to its junction with its largest tributary, the Yalgar River, then west for another 100 km before turning south-southwest for 120 km, at which point it is joined by the Roderick River, about 30 km east of Murchison Settlement. Another 70 km to the south-southwest it joins another important tributary, the Sanford River. Over the next 100 km it makes a number of sharp turns, taking it about 70 km to the west. It then flows to the southwest, flowing under the North West Coastal Highway at the Galena Bridge. Entering the Kalbarri National Park, it flows first to the northwest and then to the north, flowing through the Murchison Gorge, and passing through a number of tight bends known as the Z Bend and The Loop respectively. It eventually turns to the southwest, passing through one more dogleg before discharging into the Indian Ocean at Kalbarri, the only town on the river.

Murchison Gorge
Murchison Gorge is a deep gorge in near pristine condition. It is popular with tourists, and there are a number of tourist lookouts. It is also of geological interest, as it exposes a section through the Tumblagooda Sandstone, a geological sequence rich in Ordovician trace fossils. The maximum age for initiating major down-cutting of the Murchison Gorge, in response to regional Quaternary tectonism, is Late Eocene (33.9–38 million years ago).

Estuary
The final 18 km of the Murchison River, from the Murchison House ford to the mouth, are estuarine, and consist of a sequence of long sandbars and shallow pools mostly less than a metre deep. The estuary is permanently open to the sea, so is constantly affected by tides and the inflow of saline sea water. When river flow is low, the estuary accumulates sediment from the ocean, narrowing the river channel; this sediment is evacuated to the ocean during periods of high flow, but high flow also brings sediment into the estuary from upriver. Because of the high sediment load, and continual stirring by wind and river flow, the water is turbid.

The mouth of the estuary is a small delta, closed by a sandbar except for a narrow channel. Although this channel is permanently open, it is usually very narrow and shallow, and so is now dredged every year to allow passage by western rock lobster fishing boats.

History
The Murchison River was named by the explorer George Grey, whose boats were wrecked at its mouth on 1April 1839, during his second disastrous exploratory expedition; the name honours Grey's patron, the Scottish geologist Sir Roderick Murchison. Murchison's advocacy had been essential in securing official support for Grey's Western Australian expeditions.

Murchison House Station, one of the oldest stations in Western Australia, was established by Charles Von Bibra on the banks of the river toward the western end in 1858.

The estuary and river mouth was used as a holiday destination by families from the Galena mines in the 1920s and 1930s, and a military holiday camp was built there during World WarII.

In 1951 the town of Kalbarri was gazetted at the river mouth, and by the end of the 1990s the population was about 2,000. In 1963 the Kalbarri National Park was gazetted, formally protecting the lower reaches of the river, including the gorge.

The Galena Bridge, carrying North West Coastal Highway over the river at Galena, was opened by the Main Roads Department in December 1983.

Flooding
Flooding occurred in 1866 resulting in the Geraldine Mine being drowned; more flooding occurred in 1882.

The southern branch flooded out to a distance of 6 mi from the river bank in 1884 and the main homestead at Moorarie Station was washed away with about 3,000 ewes and lambs.

The river was once again flooded in 1900 following heavy rains with the river estimated to be running 8 mi wide, road to Cue and Peak Hill were submerged under 10 ft of water. Roads were cut for up to a fortnight resulting in food shortages in many isolated towns. Ernest Lee Steere of Belele Station reported that over 5 in of rain fell in less than a fortnight. Further downstream the river was reported to be running 15 mi wide and at depths of up to 70 ft; despite the damage, pastoralists were jubilant at how quickly the grasses were growing.

Heavy flooding occurred along the course of the river in March 1926 following heavy rains upstream. 15 to 20 men were stranded at the Three Sisters Mine on the north side of the river, at Galena, and were rescued by dinghy.

Flooding again occurred in 1939 and 1942, and once more following another significant rain event in February 1945 that resulted in flooding and the old Galena Bridge being swept away, effectively stranding the citizens of Carnarvon. A ferry service was established using a fishing boat. Bananas were the main item that urgently needed to be sent across for transport to market.

Following Cyclone Emma in 2006, much of the catchment area received 100 mm of rainfall. The river swelled, reaching a width of over 20 km in places, and Kalbarri had to be sandbagged to protect it from floodwaters.

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Petrus Borel

Joseph-Pierre Borel d'Hauterive, known as Petrus Borel (26 June 1809 – 14 July 1859), was a French writer of the Romantic movement.

History
Petrus Borel was born at Lyon on 26 June 1809, the twelfth of fourteen children of an ironmonger. He studied architecture in Paris but abandoned it for literature.

Nicknamed le Lycanthrope ("Wolfman") and the centre of the circle of Bohemians in Paris, Borel was noted for his extravagant and eccentric style of writing, foreshadowing Surrealism. He was occasionally captured in drypoint by Marcellin Desboutin.

Petrus Borel was not commercially successful and was eventually directed to a minor civil service post by his friend Théophile Gautier. Borel is considered to be one of the poète maudits, like Aloysius Bertrand or Alice de Chambrier, and is said to have influenced Baudelaire and Breton.

Petrus Borel was the subject of a 1954 biography by Irish literary critic Enid Starkie called Petrus Borel: The Lycanthrope. In 1959 Tom Moran translated Borel's 1833 Champavert: Contes Immoraux (Seven Bitter Tales) via Theo. Gaus' Sons, Brooklyn.

Death
Petrus Borel died at Mostaganem in French Algeria on 14 July 1859.

Works

 * Rhapsodies (Poems, 1832)
 * Champavert: Contes Immoraux (Short stories, 1833)
 * L'Obélisque de Louqsor (1836)
 * Robinson Crusoe (Translation, 1836)
 * Comme quoi Napoléon n'a jamais existé (1838)
 * Madame Putiphar (Novel, 1839)
 * Le Trésor de la Caverne d'Arcueil (Novella, 1927)

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Norihiro Inoue

Norihiro Inoue (井上 倫宏) was a Japanese actor from Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.

Biography
He graduated from Hosei University in 1982, and soon after in 1985, began acting in numerous TV dramas, anime television series, and stage plays.

Inoue died of esophageal cancer on February 28, 2022, at the age of 63.

TV drama

 * Sanada Taiheiki (1985, NHK Shin Ōgata Jidaigeki, as Kimura Shigenari)
 * Taiheiki (1991, NHK Taiga Drama, as Shijiyu Takasuke)
 * Tokugawa Yoshinobu (1998, NHK Taiga Drama, as Inaba Masakuni)
 * Aoi Tokugawa Sandai (2000, NHK Taiga Drama, as Kajyūji Kōtoyo)
 * Love Complex (2000, Fuji TV)

Theatre

 * Pisaro (1985, PARCO Gekijō)
 * Higeki Fēdoru (1986, Engeki Shūdan)
 * Kana te Dehon Chūshingura (1990, Tōho)
 * Bara to Kaizoku (1996, Engeki Shūdan)
 * Yūrei (1997, Engeki Shūdan + Kinokuniya Southern Theatre)
 * Électre (2002, Engeki Shūdan)
 * Rupture (2007, Engeki Shūdan)

Anime television series

 * Code Geass - Lelouch of the Rebellion (2006) (Schneizel El Britannia)
 * School Rumble ni Gakki (xxxx) (Tenma and Yakumo's father/Narration)
 * Detective School Q (xxxx) (Dengaku Shimada)
 * Chikyū Bōei Kigyō Dai-Guard (xxxx) (Eijirō Sakurada)
 * Negima?! (xxxx) (Takahata T. Takamichi)
 * Hanada Shōnen-shi (xxxx) (Takeshi Murakami)
 * Harukanaru Toki no Naka de ~Hachiyō Shō~ (xxxx) (Emperor)
 * PEACE MAKER Kurogane (xxxx) (Keisuke Yamanami)
 * Mahō Sensei Negima (xxxx) (Takahata T. Takamichi)
 * Detective Conan (xxxx) (Masaru Ōta)
 * Yamiyo no Jidaigeki (xxxx) (Nobunaga Oda, Hanzō)
 * Kipper (xxxx) (Kipper)
 * Rosario+Vampire (xxxx) (Bus Driver)
 * Master Keaton (1998) (Taichi Hiraga-Keaton)
 * Kindaichi Case Files (1999) (Morio Wada)
 * Fruits Basket (2001) (Kazuma Sohma)
 * Gunslinger Girl (2003) (Marco)
 * The World is Still Beautiful (2014) (Aki)

Anime films

 * MARCO: Haha wo Tazunete Sanzenri (1999) (Marco as an adult)
 * Metropolis (2001) (Atlas)
 * Harukanaru Toki no Naka de ~Maihitoyo~ (2006) (Emperor)

OVA

 * Master Keaton (1998) (Taichi Hiraga-Keaton)
 * Ginga Eiyū Densetsu (2000) (Alfred Rosas (young))

Dubbing roles

 * Agent Carter (Edwin Jarvis (James D'Arcy))
 * Avengers: Endgame (Edwin Jarvis (James D'Arcy))
 * American Beauty (Brad Dupree (Barry Del Sherman))
 * The Art of More (Arthur Davenport (Cary Elwes))
 * Batman Begins (2007 NTV edition) (Carl Finch (Larry Holden))
 * The Big Lebowski (VHS/DVD edition) (Jesus "Da Jesus" Quintana (John Turturro))
 * Boardwalk Empire (Dr. Valentin Narcisse (Jeffrey Wright))
 * Bridget Jones's Baby (Mark Darcy (Colin Firth))
 * Bridget Jones's Diary (Mark Darcy (Colin Firth))
 * Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (Mark Darcy (Colin Firth))
 * Close Encounters of the Third Kind: The Final Cut (Claude Lacombe (François Truffaut))
 * Das Experiment (Berus (Justus von Dohnányi))
 * The Day the Earth Stood Still (Dr. Michael Granier (Jon Hamm))
 * Edges of the Lord (Gniecio (Olaf Lubaszenko))
 * ER (Mark Greene (Anthony Edwards))
 * Exit Wounds (Matt Montini (David Vadim))
 * Firewall (Bill Cox (Paul Bettany))
 * Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi (Ben Kingsley))
 * Gattaca (Jerome Eugene Morrow (Jude Law))
 * The Genie from Down Under (Bruce)
 * Gone with the Wind (Ashley Wilkes (Leslie Howard))
 * The Happening (Julian (John Leguizamo))
 * Iron Man (Ho Yinsen (Shaun Toub))
 * Iron Man 3 (Ho Yinsen (Shaun Toub))
 * Jason X (Professor Brandon Lowe (Jonathan Potts))
 * The Last Song (Steve Miller (Greg Kinnear))
 * Lethal Weapon (Captain Brooks Avery (Kevin Rahm))
 * Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (Eddie (Nick Moran))
 * O Brother, Where Art Thou? (Pete Hogwallop (John Turturro))
 * Oscar and Lucinda (Oscar Hopkins (Ralph Fiennes))
 * Playing by Heart (Roger (Anthony Edwards))
 * Predestination (The Bartender/Temporal Agent (Ethan Hawke))
 * Seven Pounds (Ezra Turner (Woody Harrelson))
 * Star Trek: Enterprise (Malcolm Reed (Dominic Keating))
 * There's Something About Mary (Ted Stroehmann (Ben Stiller))
 * Thunderbirds (Brains (Anthony Edwards))
 * Tokyo Trial (Radhabinod Pal (Irrfan Khan))
 * Twilight (Carlisle Cullen (Peter Facinelli))

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Talk:Demolition derby

How did Wikipedia go this long without an entry on this? Thanks! BenFrantzDale 05:26, Feb 3, 2005 (UTC)

I removed this sentence: A popular PC game series of the 1990s, "Carmageddon" allowed players to choose from various vehicles to race on a course while wrecking other competitors and also attempting run down pedestrians. While it's true, I don't think it's relevant. Lot's of racing games involve trying to destroy your opponent, and this one really didn't have anything to do with demolition derbies. -LtNOWIS 01:34, 5 Apr 2005 (UTC) --- The page needs a Glossary or a link to a Glossary... example: I was trying to find out what "Stadium Shot" meant.

I agree, but until someone can actually provide a viable glossary (I'm afraid I don't really know enough about the subject to write one myself) I'm going to delete the currently-empty 'glossary' section. It just looks messy. Jimeree 17:45, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

Worlds largest demoliton derby?
While this is true on the number of cars I'm sure it is not the largest...the company who puts on the show (JMProductions) calls all their demoliton derby events "the worlds largest demolition derby".

In short this should be deleted...

Team Demolition Derby?
Why is there no entry for Team Demolition Derby? While it is admittedly unknown (Joliet, IL is the ONLY known place for this type of racing to exist on an official basis), it carries it's only history and deserves a bit of recognition, IMHO.

Read more below...

LynnyrdSkynyrd 05:59, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

From http://www.chicagolandspeedway.com/cgi-bin/r.cgi/rt66_schedules.html?SESSION=klH8wJPh9&N=&e_cat=Dirt+Oval&event_id=1956

 * The Team Demolition Derby that was postponed on May 26, 2007 has been rescheduled for Saturday, September 22, 2007. Tickets that were purchased for the May 26 date can be redeemed for the rescheduled September 22 date or they may be exchanged in advance for another dirt oval event during the 2007 season.

Route 66 Raceway will once again host the popular Team Demolition Derby.

Team-Style Demo Derby Racing: Team demo style racing is fast and catastrophic, with 50 mph head-on collisions, heavy side swipes and cars totaled in just one hit. Team demo always has eight teams. Each team has four cars, squaring off two teams at a time, in a round-robin until there's a winner. To win the evening's event, the team must win three rounds.

The one-of-a-kind Team Demolition Derby will have four events at Route 66 Raceway with the fourth event serving as the Finals. Team Demos are a Saturday night favorite for fans who want to see an adrenaline pumping two hour spectacular where eight pro teams face off in what can only be described as roller derby with automobiles.

From http://www.teamdemo.com/about.shtml

... In the early 1950s, the promoters of the old 87th Street Speedway in Chicago began running Team Demolition Races using brand name manufacturers such as the Ford Team vs. the Chevy Team, the Dodge Team takes on the Chrysler Team, etc. Soon after, Raceway Park in Blue Island followed with its own team races. Veteran announcer Wayne Adams tells us that “Back then, they would put concrete in the doors and steel bars behind the bumpers for reinforcement.” That’s all illegal today.

In the late 1950s, promoter Howard Tiedt of Santa Fe Speedway in Hinsdale started demolition races using eight teams. This format continued until Santa Fe’s closing in 1995. In 1999, the new Route 66 Raceway in Joliet picked up where Santa Fe left off and continues to host Team Demolition Derby, The Tournament of Destruction, with standing room only crowds. ............

Other variations of demolition derby are also not mentioned; such as those types put on by the Crash-a-Rama promoters and others, such as 'chain racing', skid plate racing, boat-and-trailer racing, (called 'caravan racing' in the UK), and other variations, all involving the eventual destruction of the participant vehicles. wilke339 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 107.211.212.206 (talk) 18:00, 18 May 2013 (UTC) As well, the concept of "team demolition derby" needs to be explained, generally two teams of four cars each, (example: the red-car team vs. the blue-car team), where the object of the race is that the first team that can get at least one car to complete four laps around a small track, is the winner. The intent of two or more of the drivers on each team is not to complete the laps, but rather to use their vehicles to forcefully prevent the other team's cars from completing the laps. wilke339

Toy
There is a section for video games but what about the Smash Up Derby toy? topher67 (talk) 00:37, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

American naturally but...
Opening para atm: "originated in the United States and quickly spread to other western nations....". Did it? Is it like, you know, English and apple pie and manifest destiny, or did it really? I see there's Banger Racing in the UK as a subcategory of Stock Car, and that's close, but it says there that "this is not a Destruction DerbGM with a girl in Michigan and this has just come ct I'll survive. Hakluyt bean (talk) 04:54, 27 September 2008 (UTC)

In Banger racing the cars follow a racetrack as they attempt to force competing cars to drop out while demolition derbies just try to ram each other not go anywhere. In a way it is more like roller derby with cars than demolition derby. RichardBond (talk) 06:45, 11 June 2009 (UTC)
 * "Demolition derbies originated in the United States and quickly spread to other western nations. In Europe, this type of event is called banger racing"

Yeah, it quickly spread. I guess that's why the banger racing page is in english only. And this page has articles in german, polish and some obscure dutch low-saxon. Seriously, I don't think this sport has spread very much in Western Nations out of North America. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.195.215.53 (talk) 22:13, 19 September 2010 (UTC)

There appears to be a factual discrepancy in this article. The "Rollover competions" section states, "Also included at many demolition derbies in the US and UK are rollover competitions..." and yet in the "History" section it states, "In 2011, the UK witnessed its first ever demolition derby". It doesn't seem logical to talk about something that happens at "many" events when supposedly the first one only happened last year. However, I dispute the statement in the "History" section as I attended several "Stock Car" or "Banger" races at Walthamstow Stadium in the 1970's which finished with a last-car-moving competition. As the Wikipedia article on "Banger Racing" states, "On many occasions, though, the last event of the day at a banger racing event may be a demolition derby". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.81.28.204 (talk) 13:21, 23 March 2012 (UTC)

There's an inconsistency in the 2nd paragraph. It starts with "demolition derby was invented in america" and finish with 'the first demolition derby was held in australia". either it was invented in americal or australia, not both! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.137.218.196 (talk) 12:15, 3 September 2016 (UTC)

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Mike Hancock (Canadian politician)

Mike Hancock is a former mayor of the city of Brantford, Ontario, Canada. He was elected to the position in the 2003 municipal elections, defeating three-term incumbent Chris Friel by 11,668 votes to 11,653. He did not stand for re-election in 2010 municipal elections and was replaced by the returning Friel.

Born in Toronto and educated at York University, Hancock worked for Dun & Bradstreet of Canada as an analyst and then manager from 1961 to 1971. From 1971 until his retirement in 1998, he took a series of senior positions in the federal government's employment department. He moved to Brantford in 1981.

Brantford leadership
Hancock was first elected as Ward Three city councillor in 1988, and re-elected continuously until his mayoral run. Hancock took a fiscally conservative position on municipal tax levels and advocated for the reduction of the city's debt, which was eliminated. He chaired the council's finance committee from its formation in 1990 until a new structure for committees in 1998; from 1999 to 2003 he chaired the Corporate Services Sector Committee; in 2002, the city became debt-free.

From 1998 to 2003, he was executive director of the Brant Skills Development Group, supporting skills training for youth in Brant County.

In his 2003 Inaugural Address, he identified council's top challenges as developing new industrial lands, and revitalizing Brantford's downtown, especially by growing to accommodate Brantford's rapidly growing population of post-secondary students and by reconditioning brownfield lands.

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Ivey's

Ivey's (J.B. Ivey & Company), a former department store chain, was acquired by Dillard's, Inc. in 1990. Ivey's was based in Charlotte, North Carolina, and was founded in 1900 by Joseph Benjamin (J. B.) Ivey.

History
J. B. Ivey opened the first Ivey's store on February 19, 1900, on North Tryon Street in Charlotte, North Carolina. The initial location, "one and half blocks from the town square," resulted in poor sales. Later in 1900, Ivey moved the store location to the first block of West Trade Street. The business grew and relocated to 13 North Tryon Street in fall 1914.

George M. Ivey, J. B. Ivey's only son, joined the company in 1920 and moved to convert the firm from a partnership to a corporation, which was completed in 1922. The company built a new store in Charlotte in 1924, which remained the only Ivey's store until 1935. Ivey's opened a store in Greenville, South Carolina, in 1935, and in Asheville, North Carolina, in 1937. Ivey's became a publicly-traded corporation in the 1940s.

Ivey's was purchased by Marshall Field's in 1980. Marshall Field's itself would be purchased by BATUS Retail Group in 1982. Field's and its The Crescent, Frederick & Nelson, and Ivey's divisions joined other BATUS divisions, Gimbel's, Kohl's, and Saks Fifth Avenue. BATUS sold Ivey's to Dillard's in 1990, prior to the sale of Marshall Field's to Dayton Hudson Corporation. Ivey's typically offered more upscale merchandise than another Charlotte-based chain, Belk, which was a competitor to Ivey's in many Southern cities. The two chains were frequent neighbors at many malls and in many downtowns.

Locations
In 1975, Ivey's had 20 stores in the following locations:

Florida

 * Clearwater
 * Pinellas Park
 * Daytona Beach
 * Jacksonville
 * Merritt Island
 * Orange Park
 * Orlando
 * Winter Park

North Carolina

 * Asheville
 * Chapel Hill
 * Charlotte
 * Gastonia
 * Greensboro
 * Raleigh

South Carolina

 * Greenville

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Acorn Community

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was Keep 8 - Delete 4 = Merge 2 -> Keep. -- AllyUnion (talk) 10:07, 10 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Acorn Community
It's a commune of "less than 20" somewhere in backwoods Virginia. Delete. Postdlf 05:28, 3 Feb 2005 (UTC) This page is now preserved as an archive of the debate and, like some other VfD subpages, is no longer 'live'. Subsequent comments on the issue, the deletion, or the decision-making process should be placed on the relevant 'live' pages. Please do not edit this page.
 * Delete. Xezbeth  06:37, Feb 3, 2005 (UTC)
 * Strong keep. Settlements are inherently notable, even "somewhere in backwoods"; especially "somewhere in backwoods". It is an offspring of Twin Oaks, hence growing, not dwingling. Mikkalai 07:20, 3 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Strong keep. A Commune (intentional community) founded in the United States in the 1990s is rare and likely to be intriguing, and this one is. If they had even fewer people, but a municipal charter, they'd automatically be notable, and yet they're far more socially, economically and psychologically distinct than just another municipality. There's enough culture in this place that this former member comments on life in its gay minority! It is "daughter community" of Twin Oaks, a highly notable and historic commune close by whose article indeed references Acorn Community in its article. The dismissive "somewhere in backwoods Virginia" tweaks me uncomfortably, as it sounds like systemic bias. Samaritan 07:23, 3 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Notable settlement [Personal attack removed].--Centauri 11:20, 3 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * I found a Website for the commune, and while it seems well-enough established, I'm not sure that it really rises to the level of encyclopedic notability in and of itself. However, in this day and age the idea that any communes at all would thrive is interesting to me.  I would support creating an article about well-established communes that are functioning modern-day.  Maybe even just expand Commune (intentional community). Katefan0 19:30, Feb 3, 2005 (UTC)
 * If someone wants to take on the task of creating Thriving intentional communities or such as that, I'd think this would be a good one to include. But as the page stands I don't think it's inherently encyclopedic enough to warrant keeping it. Delete in current form. Katefan0 21:04, Feb 5, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep it. —RaD Man (talk) 20:01, 3 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment—I didn't find anything online about it that wasn't written by its participants. What is the evidence that this particular one is notable?  And yes, a municipality of fewer people would be notable, because as a municipality it would have official government recognition, a listing in the census, and perhaps most importantly, the ability to pass laws.  Municipalities, even small ones, therefore necessarily have an impact and notability beyond the people who live in them, and are verifiable beyond what the residents say about it.  What impact has this had outside of the less than 20 who live there, and how would we verify anything about it without any external sources?  I might change my mind if we could get some outside information.  (p.s., I live in Virginia) Postdlf 20:05, 3 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment: Neutral. Could it maybe be merged into Twin Oaks? As it stands, it's a bit ad-copy-ish. There may be an article worth having, but this isn't it yet. I can think of 20 intentional communities I've known, at least approximately this size and of many years duration (though not all survive). In general, I wouldn't consider them worthy of individual encyclopedia entries. -- Jmabel | Talk 20:09, Feb 3, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep but cleanup and expand. Let's hear more about the "rocky history" and the differences with Twin Oaks. I'm sure there's an interesting article here somewhere. GeorgeStepanek\talk  00:27, 4 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Not notable.  I can't imagine how anybody can think this is remotely encyclopedic.  RickK 00:38, Feb 4, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, I wont dispute that some communes are notable, however Acorn Community just isnt that noteworthy from others that would warrant an individual article. Apart from the description of the commune, the article itself does not establish notability. Megan1967 01:22, 4 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge. Gamaliel 01:56, 4 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. We have articles on established cities with less than 10 people; communes are rare these days; and this one gets around 700 Google hits (for "Acorn Community" Virginia), so it appears to be for real.  As GeorgeStepanek indicated, let's see what sort of potential can come from this article.  --Idont Havaname 02:55, 4 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Not notable. I don't see how an intentional community can be inherently notable. JoaoRicardo 05:19, 4 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Wikipedia is not paper, keep it for now to see if it expands.
 * Above vote was by User:ShaunMacPherson. --Idont Havaname 18:16, 5 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. This document is notable and encyclopedic.  GRider\talk 18:46, 7 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge into Twin Oaks and redirect HowardB 06:52, 8 Feb 2005 (UTC)


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Talk:International English/Archive 2

Outside view
I confess that I had seen this disagreement earlier but had hoped to stay out of it because my involvement has some possibility of damaging my relationship with either of you. But I hope things will work out in a way satisfactory to all of us. I can't review everything yet, but I hope what I can do now will be a good start. Maurreen 18:38, 30 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Analogies
"International English" is somewhat analogous to "ghost" or "array".

Regardless of whether ghosts exist, there is a commonly understood concept of "ghost". Regardless of whether "International English" exists, there is a concept (or two or three) of "International English" that is understood by a number of people, and that understanding has been documented (although the documents may be lacking).

An "array" is essentially an "assemblage". But many people use the word to mean "variety". I say that usage is incorrect, and I fix it when I can.

Jallan is not saying that "International English" actually means "British English". At least roughly speaking, Jallan is saying that some people use it to mean the same thing. As far as I can tell, that statement is both true and verifiable. Maurreen 18:38, 30 Dec 2004 (UTC)

"Original research"
Whether Jallan's work is original research I will not address now. I can see how that question is debatable. But, as far as I can tell, user:Jallan/International English does not meet the criteria as outlined at No original research, which says: "A wikipedia entry (including a part of an article) counts as original research if it proposes ideas."

Between the references Jallan has provided and use of the expression "International English" elsewhere in Wikipedia, my view is that Jallan is not proposing anything new.

It could be argued that Jallan is "defining new terms". But I see that as a weak argument, in that Jallan is reporting definition by others. One of the better examples is this:
 * Bible Society: Machine Assisted Translations: Anglicisations ("The standard English of India, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, the Commonwealth and some other countries where English is used follows the conventions of British English. It is often therefore called International English to distinguish it from American English.") Maurreen 18:38, 30 Dec 2004 (UTC)

 * The use of a single website to justify a concept is a bit of a stretch, and hardly counts as an authoritative source; I've seen a website which argues that Jesus Christ was philosophically a Klingon Warrior. I was involved in this 'International English" argument some years back, and at the core of the dispute was that the issue that apart from the fact that Microsoft lists "International English" as their "Other" English option in some of their software, this is not a term with any real validity. If you are using it to mean "English which is not American" then the term is appallingly americocentric. If you are using it to mean "English as a lingua franca of modern global communication" then the term "Global English" is generally used for this purpose. An article named "English as a Global Language" is probably far more relevant for the text as it stands right now, and it could certainly mention that "people have suggested the terms "International English" and "Global English" to describe this subject" or something to that effect. But to imply that there is a formally recognised thing as "International English"  is plainly misleading.Manning 14:41, Jan 2, 2005 (UTC) (AKA MMGB)

Authoritative references
I think all of us involved in this discussion would prefer more authoritative references. But at least in the abstract, I disagree with excluding less-than-ideal sources when those are the best that can be found. In my view, that makes the perfect the enemy of the good.

On the other hand, I think it would be worthwhile to point out in some appropriate way that there is a lack of better sources. The easiest way to do this might be: "'International English' is not listed or defined in the following dictionaries: blah, blah, and blah." Maurreen 18:38, 30 Dec 2004 (UTC)

 * Hi Maurreen, Just a couple of points: (1) I don't believe anyone was insisting on academic sources for every point, but it's important to point out, if it's true, that there is no such thing as an "international English" style manual, or an "international English" dictionary; or if there are such things, they should be used as references; (2) You say: "International English" . . . is understood by a number of people, and that understanding has been documented . . " But understood by whom? Documented where? Again, this is just my plea for references; (3) "[S]ome people use [international English] to mean [British English]." Who are these "some people," and where is this use documented? It isn't enough to produce the website of a Harry Potter fan, particularly when the academic viewpoint is that global English (a term linguists have used to refer to the rapid evolution of the language) has detached itself entirely from its origins, and that no nation can take ownership of it; yet that inherent contradiction in the article wasn't even acknowledged.

 * My only interest is that the article doesn't contradict itself, and that claims be properly referenced to reputable sources, but by "reputable," I don't necessarily mean "academic." As you say, the perfect shouldn't be the enemy of the good. In case it helps, the last edit I thought was fine is here, November 30, by Stevertigo. There are a couple of claims in there that would benefit from references, but basically I'd have no problem with you (or anyone) inserting that material, and then building up from there, if no one else objects.

 * By the way, Maurreen, the discussion as to whether this is a legitimate subject for Wikipedia go back to 2001 if you read the archives. See below for example. Slim 04:18, Dec 31, 2004 (UTC)

 * The comments from 2001 (by MMGB and myself) that you put here (and which I have removed) were referring to a completely different article than the present one. You cannot use our opinions on that article to justify your own opinions on the current article. I'm pretty sure I never said that International English isn't a legitimate subject for Wikipedia. I merely considered it unnecessary, and objected to the nonsense that a certain Wikipedian was filling the article with. The article that I really objected to is long since gone - the wiki didn't keep a permanent record of all old versions in those days, and the page history only shows what it looked like after I had chopped the worst of the garbage from it. --Zundark 11:14, 31 Dec 2004 (UTC)

 * Zundark, it's regarded as very poor Wikiquette to delete other people's edits from Talk pages, so please leave the above alone. I've deleted yours as I left that in only to show the date. What matters about the quote above is not the version it was referring to, but that it says: "I've been researching this for weeks . . . All my references provide only two valid meanings for it: as a term used in the computer industry, and as a reference to "English as a utility language for international communication." Slim 11:33, Dec 31, 2004 (UTC)

 * Pasting in other people's comments out of context is very poor Wikiquette. I merely undid it, and I have undone it again. If you want to replace it, please ask MMGB's permission first. The comment is on the archive page anyway, so there is no need to repeat it here. --Zundark 12:03, 31 Dec 2004 (UTC)

 * Since when did we have to ask permission to copy/paste people's comments? Under the GDFL everything you and I wrote all those years ago is fair game. And besides, even though the original article is gone, I think my original comments which Slim copied are still relevant. You are free to disagree with Slim's actions, but to delete the comments Slim copied was poor form. Let others decide if the comments are or are not in context and/or relevant. Manning 14:48, Jan 2, 2005 (UTC)

 * I didn't mean to suggest that the GFDL requires Slim to ask your permission, only that I would in that case drop my objection. The GFDL certainly allows Slim to insert your comments, and it allows me to revert if I consider the insertion misleading. For what it's worth, I too consider that your comments of November 2001 are still relevant, except perhaps for the remark that "this article simply has to go". Anyway, I'm glad to see that you are taking an interest in this article - it gives me more reason to believe that it will turn out well. I'm keeping out of it this time around. --Zundark 19:15, 2 Jan 2005 (UTC)

No, Zundark, article Talk pages are not supposed to have comments deleted from them, except in cases of vandalism. Slim 05:54, Jan 3, 2005 (UTC)

Request
Just in case anything goes badly … if either of you ever thinks what I'm doing here is not helping, please let me know. Maurreen 08:44, 31 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Codification
I agree with the general sentiment here: "It's important to point out, if it's true, that there is no such thing as an "international English" style manual, or an "international English" dictionary."

But I often disagree with using absolutes. We can't know with any certainty that there is no such thing as an "international English" style manual, or an "international English" dictionary."

From Web searching, it appears that there are some "International English" reference books. From cursory knowledge, it also appears (and only appears, I don't state this definitively at all) that those do not codify any particular variety. Maurreen 08:44, 31 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Usages
I also agree with this sentiment expressed earlier by Jeff Q:

 * The statement that "International English" is frequently assumed to mean "British English" is no doubt accurate, and it's important to note that this happens. However, it is also true to say that "its" is frequently mistaken for "it's", "affect" and "effect" are commonly confused, and millions of people couldn't identify where the U.S., Britain, Australia, or Canada are on a map without colors and labels (and frequently not even then). It's not so much a question of what is common, but what is correct. If there are no language authorities who are willing to state that International English is essentially British English, then that should strongly suggest that this usage is just plain wrong. It would be acceptable, however, if this is the case, to mention this usage and point out that it's misleading or possibly incorrect.

And this: "If there are conflicting meanings (which is obviously the case), they should all be listed." Maurreen 08:44, 31 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Contrast with American English
Maybe the article could say something along the lines of this: "The expression 'International English' is sometimes used in contrast to 'American English'." Maurreen 08:44, 31 Dec 2004 (UTC)

 * By who? I'm sorry, but the above is americocentrism of the worst kind. Why not define "foreigners" as "people who don't live in the USA"? We all understand that Americans have no grasp of the outside world - we don't need the 'pedia to remind us. Manning 15:05, Jan 2, 2005 (UTC)

 * To answer Manning's question "By who?", here is one example, from Zoney, an Irishman, at Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style (jguk's changes): "By International English of course, I mean specifically non-US."
 * In my view, the rest of Manning's comments immediately above are at best irrelevant. They do nothing toward improving the article. Maurreen 19:27, 2 Jan 2005 (UTC)\

Maurreen, as you know, Wikipedia articles can't use other Wikipedia articles as sources, and especially can't use other editors' comments as sources. Can you find an external, authoritative source that says or implies "International English is sometimes used in contrast to American English"? Slim 05:59, Jan 3, 2005 (UTC)

 * My answer was more in response to Manning's statement of Americocentrism than anything else. Maurreen 06:08, 3 Jan 2005 (UTC)

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Terry Mercer

Terry M. Mercer (born May 6, 1947) is a former Canadian Senator who represented Nova Scotia from 2003 to 2022.

Career
From 1974 to 1978, Mercer worked as Executive Assistant to Nova Scotia's Minister of Labour and Housing. Mercer then acted as an administrator and fundraiser for numerous charitable organizations such as the Kidney Foundation of Canada, St. John Ambulance, the Nova Scotia Lung Association, the YMCA and the Canadian Diabetes Association and is currently Past Chair of the Association of Fundraising Professionals' Foundation for Philanthropy in Canada.

As Senator
A long-time fundraiser and organizer for the Liberal Party of Canada, Mercer was National Director of the Liberal Party during much of Prime Minister Jean Chrétien's tenure as party leader. Mercer was appointed to the Senate representing Nova Scotia by Chrétien in November 2003, shortly before the Prime Minister's retirement.

In February 2013, Mercer became a subject of criticism for having spent the most out of any senator in the previous year.

On January 29, 2014, Liberal Party leader Justin Trudeau announced all Liberal Senators, including Mercer, were removed from the Liberal caucus, and would sit as independents. The senators referred to themselves as the Senate Liberal Caucus even though they were no longer members of the parliamentary Liberal caucus.

With the Senate Liberal Caucus facing losing official parliamentary caucus status in 2020 with a third of its caucus facing mandatory retirements on their turning age 75, Senator Joseph Day announced that the Senate Liberal Caucus had been dissolved and a new Progressive Senate Group formed in its wake, with the entire membership joining the new group, including Mercer.

With Senator Day's mandatory retirement in January 2020, on December 12, 2019, Senator Jane Cordy tweeted that her colleagues in the PSG had selected her as the new leader, ostensibly effective that same date. Additionally, she subsequently announced later that day Senator Mercer would be moving into the Whip/Caucus Chair role, that Senator Dennis Dawson would become the new Deputy Leader, and that the interim monikers were being removed at the same time. Senator Mercer retired on May 6, 2022, upon reaching the age of 75, as required by the constitution.

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Kenji Nomura

Kenji Nomura (乃村 健次) is a Japanese voice actor from Okayama Prefecture affiliated with Aoni Production. Known for playing characters large in size, he has starring roles in anime shows, including Mitsunori Kugayama in Genshiken, Chairman Harabote in Kinnikuman: Ultimate Muscle, Lorenzo in Ristorante Paradiso, and Gilles de Rais in Drifters. He also voices in a bunch of supporting roles in anime series including Battle Spirits, First Love Limited, Jormungand, Kanokon, Valkyria Chronicles, Yes! PreCure5, and Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's. He voices several villain characters in One Piece.

Television animation

 * 1996
 * Detective Conan (Mamoru Onitsura, Hiroki Oi, Andre Camel (episode 1072-onwards))

 * 1997
 * Kindaichi Case Files (Mikihiko Wakaouji)
 * Yume no Crayon Oukoku (Prime Minister Chameleon)

 * 1999
 * Cybuster (Izaki)
 * Ojamajo Doremi (Akira Fujiwara)
 * One Piece (Kuromarimo, Braham, Bobby Funk, Jack)

 * 2001
 * Baki the Grappler (Yūjirō Hanma)

 * 2002
 * The Twelve Kingdoms (Koukan)
 * Digimon Frontier (Arbormon, Petaldramon)
 * Genma Wars (Katsu - ep 1)
 * Kinnikuman the Second (Buffaloman, Scarface,The Adams)

 * 2003
 * Ashita no Nadja (Rosso)
 * Fullmetal Alchemist (Delfino - ep 11)
 * Papuwa (Magic Sōsui, Gustav)
 * Peacemaker Kurogane (Harada Sanosuke)
 * Zatch Bell! (Big Man, Faust (ep 57), Kiichiro Endō)

 * 2004
 * Daphne in the Brilliant Blue (Wong)
 * Genshiken (Mitsunori Kugayama)
 * Kinnikuman the Second: Ultimate Muscle (Harabote Muscle, Destruction, Tomokazu)
 * Samurai Champloo (Villager - ep 17)
 * Zipang (Yōkichi Kadomatsu)

 * 2005
 * Eyeshield 21 (Makoto Otawara)
 * Futakoi Alternative (Gen-san the Tofu Seller)
 * Gallery Fake (Shinha)
 * Ginga Legend Weed (Hiro, Shōji)
 * Honey and Clover (Fujiwara Luigi - ep 14)
 * Trinity Blood (Marquis of Hungaria Gyula Kádár)
 * Xenosaga: The Animation (Captain Matthews)

 * 2006
 * Bakumatsu Kikansetsu Irohanihoheto (Kakashi no Keishin)
 * Kinnikuman the Second: Ultimate Muscle 2 (Buffaloman, Harabote Muscle, Tomokazu)
 * Super Robot Wars Original Generation: Divine Wars (Masked man)
 * Tactical Roar (Kunio Okamachi)
 * The Wallflower (Black-suited person - ep 3)

 * 2007
 * Bleach (Yammy Llargo)
 * GeGeGe no Kitarō (Kimura - ep 5)
 * Genshiken OVA (Mitsunori Kugayama)
 * Genshiken 2 (Mitsunori Kugayama)
 * Moonlight Mile (Capote)
 * Shakugan no Shana Second (East-Edge)

 * 2008
 * A Certain Magical Index (Toya Kamijo)
 * Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's (Demak)

 * 2009
 * Valkyria Chronicles (anime) (Largo Potter)
 * Ristorante Paradiso (Lorenzo Orsini)

 * 2010
 * A Certain Magical Index II (Toya Kamijo)
 * SD Gundam Sangokuden Brave Battle Warriors (Sousou Gundam)

 * 2011
 * Beelzebub (Takeshi Shiroyama)
 * Shakugan no Shana Final (East-Edge)
 * Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal (Housaku Yasai)

 * 2012
 * JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (Santana)
 * Jormungand (William Nelson)
 * Jormungand Season 2: Perfect Order (William Nelson)
 * Uchuu Kyoudai (Takio Azuma)

 * 2014
 * Bakumatsu Rock (Otose)
 * Akame ga Kill! (Sten)
 * Karen Senki (Older Butcher)
 * The World is Still Beautiful (Jaina)

 * 2015
 * Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? (Gareth Landrock)
 * The Testament of Sister New Devil (Valgar)
 * The Testament of Sister New Devil Burst (Volga - ep 8)

 * 2016
 * Divine Gate (Palomides)
 * Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World (Ricardo Welkin)

 * 2017
 * Dragon Ball Super (Toppo)
 * Fate/Apocrypha (Kairi Shishigou)
 * Mahojin Guru Guru (Satanachis (ep. 10), Boss)

 * 2018
 * Cells at Work! (Effector T Cell)
 * Golden Kamuy (Tatsuuma Ushiyama)
 * A Certain Magical Index III (Toya Kamijo)

 * 2019
 * Fairy Gone (Ewan Breeze)
 * BEM (Joel Woods)
 * Fire Force (Flail)
 * The Case Files of Lord El-Melloi II (Kairi Shishigou)
 * Special 7: Special Crime Investigation Unit (Rokusuke "Sniper" Endō)

 * 2020
 * BNA: Brand New Animal (Kōichi Ishizaki)
 * Great Pretender (Lewis Mueller)

 * 2021
 * Hortensia Saga (Lugis F. Camellia)
 * The Faraway Paladin (Reystov)

 * 2022
 * Parallel World Pharmacy (Bruno de Médicis)
 * Shinobi no Ittoki (Kurōdo Dazai)

 * 2023
 * Giant Beasts of Ars (Guun)
 * Mashle (Andrew Olore)
 * Undead Unluck (Void)
 * Ron Kamonohashi's Forbidden Deductions (Schedule Instructor)

 * 2024
 * Fluffy Paradise (Sol)
 * Kingdom 5 (Raido)
 * Sengoku Youko (Jinun)
 * Shibuya Hachi (Moyai)
 * The Blue Wolves of Mibu (Hirayama Goro)

ONA

 * The Way of the Househusband (2021) (Sawatari Yakuza A)

OVA

 * Hunter x Hunter OVA 3 (2004) (Bopobo, Franklin Bordeaux, Nickes)
 * Final Fantasy VII Advent Children (2005) (Loz)
 * Strait Jacket (2007) (Reegs)
 * King of Thorn (2009) (Ron Portman)
 * Air Gear: Kuro no Hane to Nemuri no Mori (2011) (Dontores)

Theatrical animation

 * Crayon Shin-chan: The Storm Called: Operation Golden Spy (2011) (Azuma)
 * City Hunter the Movie: Shinjuku Private Eyes (2019) (PMC Captain)
 * Detective Conan: Black Iron Submarine (2023) (Andre Camel)

Tokusatsu

 * Seijuu Sentai Gingaman (1998) (Desphias (ep. 33))
 * Kyukyu Sentai GoGo Five (1999) (Beast Baron Cobolda (eps. 1 - 48))
 * Mirai Sentai Timeranger (2000) (Hell's Gate Prisoner Harbal (ep. 42))
 * Kaettekita Tensou Sentai Goseiger last epic (2011) (King Beebi)
 * Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger (2013) (Debo Hyougakki (ep. 1, 20 - 23, 35))
 * Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger (2021) (Mobile Commander Barashitara)

Video games
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 * 2004
 * Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War (Captain Marcus Snow)
 * 2005
 * Yakuza (Yukio Terada)
 * 2006
 * JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Phantom Blood (Dio Brando (young))
 * Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria (Brahms)
 * Tales of the Tempest (Forest Ledoyen)
 * Wild Arms 5 (Nightburn Acklund)
 * 2008
 * BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger (Iron Tager)
 * 2009
 * Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Tag Team Force 4 (Demak)
 * BlazBlue: Continuum Shift (Iron Tager)
 * 2011
 * Bleach: Soul Resurrection (Yammy Riyalgo)
 * Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Tag Team Force 6 (Demak)
 * 2012
 * Kid Icarus: Uprising (Magna)
 * BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma (Iron Tager)
 * 2nd Super Robot Wars Original Generation (Alteur Steinbeck, Euzeth Gozzo)
 * 2015
 * Dragon Ball Z: Dokkan Battle (Yammy Llargo)
 * BlazBlue: Central Fiction (Iron Tager)
 * 2016
 * Yakuza Kiwami (Yukio Terada)
 * Overwatch Reinhardt (Japanese Dub)
 * Dragon Quest Heroes II (King Dalal)
 * Final Fantasy XV (Wedge Kincaid)
 * 2017
 * Tales of the Rays (Forest Ledoyen)
 * Nobunaga no Yabou Taishi Takeda Shingen
 * Yakuza Kiwami 2 (Yukio Terada)
 * 2018
 * BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle (Iron Tager)
 * World of Final Fantasy Maxima (The Immortal Dark Dragon)
 * 2019
 * Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown (AWACS Long Caster)
 * Starlink: Battle for Atlas (Hunter Hakka)
 * 2020
 * One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 (Jack)
 * 2022
 * Fate/Grand Order (Minamoto no Tametomo)
 * Ace Combat: Assault Horizon (Doug 'D-Ray' Robinson)
 * Armored Core 4 (Berlioz)
 * Bullet Witch (Darkness)
 * Bleach - Heat the Soul 4 (Yammy)
 * Fullmetal Alchemist and the Broken Angel (Trainjacker)
 * Fushigi Yūgi: Suzaku Ibun (Ashitare)
 * Injustice: Gods Among Us (Uncredited voice)
 * Lamento Beyond the Void (Bardo)
 * Mega Man Powered Up (Guts Man, Yellow Devil)
 * Metroid: Other M (Anthony Higgs)
 * Ratchet and Clank series (Captain Qwark)
 * Rockman ZX Advent (Diaburn the Gazelroid)
 * Sonic Riders (Storm the Albatross)
 * Soulcalibur Legends (Barbaros)
 * Super Robot Wars UX (Jack Smith, Sousou Gundam)
 * Unlimited Saga (Iskandar, Knight of the Round Table)
 * Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth (Brahms)
 * Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria (Brahms, Dylan)
 * Saint Seiya Awakening (Bear Geki)

Live-action

 * Djimon Hounsou
 * Blood Diamond (Solomon Vandy)
 * Push (Agent Henry Carver)
 * Elephant White (Curtie Church)
 * Guardians of the Galaxy (Korath)
 * Air (Cartwright)
 * Captain Marvel (Korath)
 * The King's Man (Shola)
 * A Quiet Place Part II (The Man on the Island)
 * 100 Streets (Max (Idris Elba))
 * 12 Angry Men (VHS edition) (Guard (Tyrees Allen))
 * 2 Fast 2 Furious (2006 TV Asahi edition) (Roman Pearce (Tyrese Gibson))
 * 300 (The Persian Messenger (Peter Mensah))
 * Against the Dark (Tagart (Tanoai Reed))
 * Ant-Man (Peachy (Robert Crayton))
 * Armageddon (Bear (Michael Clarke Duncan))
 * The A-Team (Bosco "B. A." Baracus (Quinton Jackson))
 * Battleship (Lieutenant Colonel Mick Canales (Gregory D. Gadson))
 * Black Lightning (Jefferson Pierce/Black Lightning (Cress Williams))
 * Captain America: The First Avenger (Gabe Jones (Derek Luke))
 * Charmed (Drake (Billy Zane))
 * Cinderella (Captain (Nonso Anozie))
 * Coming 2 America (Reem Junson (Tracy Morgan))
 * Dr. Dolittle (Baby alligator)
 * Dumbo (Rongo the Strongo (DeObia Oparei))
 * Ender's Game (Sergeant Dap (Nonso Anozie))
 * The Expendables 2 (Toll Road (Randy Couture))
 * The Eyes of Tammy Faye (Jerry Falwell (Vincent D'Onofrio))
 * First Sunday (Durell Douglas Washington (Ice Cube))
 * Gamer (Hackman (Terry Crews))
 * Get Smart (2011 TV Asahi edition) (Agent 91 (Terry Crews))
 * The Girl on the Train (Dr. Kamal Abdic (Édgar Ramírez))
 * Godzilla (Captain Russell Hampton (Richard T. Jones))
 * The Green Hornet (Chili (Chad Coleman))
 * Happiness (Allen (Philip Seymour Hoffman))
 * The Hate U Give (Uncle Carlos (Common))
 * Here Comes the Boom (Niko (Bas Rutten))
 * His Dark Materials (Iorek Byrnison)
 * Hobbs & Shaw (Loeb (Rob Delaney))
 * Idiocracy (Secretary of Defense)
 * Independence Day: Resurgence (Dikembe Umbutu (DeObia Oparei))
 * Inferno (Christoph Bouchard (Omar Sy))
 * Invictus (Linga Moonsamy)
 * Knockaround Guys (Taylor Reese (Vin Diesel))
 * The Mentalist (Dennis Abbott (Rockmond Dunbar))
 * Nacho Libre (Ramses (Silver King))
 * No Country for Old Men (Carson Wells (Woody Harrelson))
 * Obsessed (Derek Charles (Idris Elba))
 * Oz (Simon Adebisi (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje))
 * Paddington (Grant (Kayvan Novak))
 * Pineapple Express (Dale Denton (Seth Rogen))
 * Polar Storm (The President of the United States (Roger Cross))
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Aegyptopithecus

Aegyptopithecus ("Egyptian ape", from Greek Αίγυπτος "Egypt" and πίθηκος "ape") is an early fossil catarrhine that predates the divergence between hominoids (apes) and cercopithecids (Old World monkeys). It is known from a single species, Aegyptopithecus zeuxis, which lived around 38-29.5 million years ago in the early part of the Oligocene epoch. It likely resembled modern-day New World monkeys, and was about the same size as a modern howler monkey, which is about 56 to 92 cm long. Aegyptopithecus fossils have been found in the Jebel Qatrani Formation of modern-day Egypt. Aegyptopithecus is believed to be a stem-catarrhine, a crucial link between Eocene and Miocene fossils.

Aegyptopithecus zeuxis has become one of the best known extinct primates based on craniodental and postcranial remains.

Discovery, age and taxonomy
Aegyptopithecus was discovered by Elwyn Simons in 1966 in the Gabal Qatrani Formation, located in the Faiyum Governorate of central Egypt. Aegyptopithecus zeuxis fossils were originally thought to be between 35.4 and 33.3 million years old, based on initial analysis of the formation in which they were found. However, analysis by Erik Seiffert in 2006 concluded that the age of the Gabal Qatrani Formation should be revised. His assessment of more recent evidence indicates an age of between 30.2 and 29.5 million years ago.

If Aegyptopithecus is placed in its own genus, then there is one documented species named A. zeuxis. The type specimen for the species is CGM26901. Its scientific name means "linking Egyptian ape".

There is controversy over whether or not Aegyptopithecus should be a genus on its own or whether it should be moved into the genus Propliopithecus.

Morphology
Aegyptopithecus zeuxis was a species that had a dental formula of, with the lower molars increasing in size posteriorly. The molars showed an adaptation called compartmentalizing shear, which is where the cutting edges involved in the buccal phase serve to surround basins in such a way that food is cut into fragments that are trapped and then ground during the lingual phase.

The canines of this species were sexually dimorphic. The ascending mandibular ramus of this species is relatively broad. The orbits are dorsally oriented and relatively small which suggested that this was a diurnal species. This species showed some postorbital constriction. The interorbital distance of Aegyptopithecus zeuxis is large much like that found in colobines.

A sagittal crest developed in older individuals and extends over the brow ridges. This species had an auditory region which is similar to that found in platyrrhines, having no bony tube and the tympanic fused to the lateral surface of the bulla.

The humerus has a head which faces posteriorly and is narrower than primates that practice suspensory behavior. The humerus also shares some features with extinct hominoids: a large medial epicondyle and a comparatively wide trochlea. This species had an ulna that compares to the extinct members of the genus Alouatta.

On the foot bones, this species had a grasping hallux. Aegyptopithecus zeuxis shares characteristics with haplorrhines such as a fused mandibular and frontal symphyses, postorbital closure, and superior and inferior transverse tori.

Based on dental dimensions and femoral remains the body mass of A. zeuxis is estimated to be 6.708 kg.

The functional length of the femur is estimated to be 150 mm, which is larger than Cebus apella and smaller than Alouatta seniculus.

Brain size
In Egypt’s Fayum Depression a subadult female cranium, CGM 85785, was discovered by Rajeev Patnaik. This specimen’s cranial capacity was found to be 14.63 cm3 and reanalysis of a male endocast (CGM 40237) estimates a cranial capacity of 21.8 cm3. These estimates dispel earlier ones of approximately 30 cm3. These measurements give an estimated male to female endocranial ratio of approximately 1.5, indicating A. zeuxis to be a dimorphic species.

The olfactory bulb to endocranial volume ratio is considered to be on the lower end of the strepsirrhine spectrum, perhaps as a result of the organism’s rostrum.

In relation to other anthropoids, the frontal lobes of A. zeuxis are considered to be rather small but the olfactory bulbs are not considered to be small when taking into account the body size of A. zeuxis.

Overall, the brain to body weight ratio of A. zeuxis is considered to be strepsirrhine-like and perhaps even non-primate like.

Behaviour
Aegyptopitheccus zeuxis is thought to have been sexually dimorphic. Tooth size, craniofacial morphology, brain size, and body mass all indicate this. Due to A. zeuxis being sexually dimorphic, the social structure is thought to have been polygynous with intense competition for females.

Locomotion
Three femoral remains were found in Quarry I (DPC 5262 and 8709) and Quarry M (DPC 2480). Paleomagnetic dating puts the sites at 33 Ma, consistent with the Oligocene epoch.

Based on estimated femoral neck angle (120-130 degrees) of aforementioned remains, the femur is similar to that of a quadrupedal anthropoid. The greater trochanter’s morphology is inconsistent with that of leaping primates, serving as further evidence of the animal’s quadrupedalism.

Aegyptopithecus is thought to have been an arboreal quadruped due to the distal articular region of the femur, which is deeper than that of “later” catarrhines. Also, based on overall femoral morphology, A. zeuxis is thought to have been robust.

The phalanges of the hands and feet suggest powerful grasping consistent with arboreal quadrupedalism.

In conjunction with the femur, the humerus suggests arboreal quadrupedalism. This is based on the pronounced brachialis flange and stabilizing muscles on brachial flexors rather than extensors.

In addition, the ulna and distal articular surface of the humerus indicate that A. zeuxis was not only an arboreal quadruped, but also large and slow. This is consistent with evidence extrapolated from femoral morphology.

Diet
Studies in dental microwear and microsutures focusing on its molars, suggest that Aegyptopithecus was probably a frugivore. It is also possible that Aegyptopithecus ate hard objects on occasion.

Habitat
Aegyptopithecus lived in the Fayum area of northern Egypt. Today, this area is semiarid and lacking in vegetation. At the time of Aegyptopithecus’ existence, the Oligocene, this area was heavily vegetated, subtropical, had many trees and had seasonal rainfall.

title: Aegyptopithecus