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User talk:POofYS

==Latest discussion==

Template:Inusefor
You might be interested in Template:Inusefor. I notice you often take a while actively developing your articles and this would let people know you're not done yet.

I like how you are contributing a lot to Korean articles. - Stoph 02:43, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * Thanks, most kind of you. There has also been quite a lot of very good advice given by other wikipedias on correcting errors, and the support by everyone has been most appreciated and respected. I will use the template whenever possible. Sometimes a bit difficult as I run three screens and two computers at once.

POofYS 07:43, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Earlier discussions...."Webography"
Please stop using "Webography" in headers; it's a horrible neologism, and we don't use it. I've corrected it in every article you've started, and you still add it. Mel Etitis ( Μελ Ετητης ) 09:00, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * Thanks for the correction. Work is being done to tidy up articles.

POofYS 07:45, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Blocked as multiple-person account
This account has been blocked as a multi-person account. [|Role accounts] are not allowed on English Wikipedia - David Gerard 17:37, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * As indicated, one head editor ONLY, multiple researchers. One person only using the account. Researchers are being encouraged to their own accounts. Thanks for the caution.

POofYS 07:49, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)

One Editor confusion solved

 * As indicated, this account is managed by a single individual, who co-ordinates research. The research upon which it is based is supplied triply by: books, periodical articles, and indeed quite reasonably conversation and raw data from a variety of people. Homogenously all reports indicate the same style. Seems a fast way to get the job done. Of course there could be 100 accounts instantly created by 100 people, and then what would emerge is fragmented entries, some of a few lines, and with no coordinating function to guide accurate and responsible writing. I shall quibble you on the use of "multiple people" incessantly, simply isn't thecase - as at no time in this discourse has there even been an indication of multiple hands, but a plurality of sources of information to ensure accuracy; and as well put together a jolly difficult task which so far has not been given a try. That a lot of people who supplied accurate research to an editor contributed is quite wonderful, should they decide to set up accounts that is their choice. One hopes that will be the case in the future. However at this present time, the editor of these works controls the works. One person.

When it is turned over to another person, a new account will be set up. And if multiple hands contribute, multiple accounts will be set up.

This is all a good deal of work to lay down roads.

The words of Quintilian bear repeating on matters: That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes. POofYS 02:15, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * 1) One of the problems was that, no matter how many times I put in quite a lot of work converting new articles into Wikipedia style (changing 'Webology' (ugh!) into 'External links', correcting section headers, etc.), the next new article made exactly the same mistakes, meaning that all that work had to be done again. One mark of an individual is the ability to learn from mistakes...
 * 2) Quintillian didn't write the policies and guidelines for Wikipedia. Mel Etitis ( Μελ Ετητης ) 10:24, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)

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Happy editing! Mel Etitis ( Μελ Ετητης ) 11:51, 20 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Why are you adding "battle of Incheon" to the top of this page? This gives the appearance of vandalism. -- 02:27, 8 Feb 2005 (UTC)

The page is hacked about every hour by someone, so I decided to see if he would even respect the Incheon military anniversary - it wasn't. Sort of sad.

 * It's not appropriate to disrupt an article by putting extra unrelated material at the top. This gives the appearance of vandalism, and this is why I and others automatically reverted those modified versions — I simply assumed it was routine vandalism.  However, I believe you have also committed clearcut vandalism (blanking) at other articles as well, including Atheism and Baron d'Holbach.  What was the purpose of this?  -- 06:44, 8 Feb 2005 (UTC)

No idea how this happened. There may have been errors switching back and forth on the internet, and the terminal as well was unattended for a short period. One hopes things are righted as our only interest in Wikipedia is on Korean subjects.

Korean ceramics, & other worries
I've left this message on the relevant Talk pages:
 * It's a good idea to start an article with a reasonable amount of detail, rather than with one (plain text)sentence — especially as you don't have a user name. Editors on the look out for the many spoof, vandal, or substub articles added by anon users to Wikipedia every day are likely to assume that yours is one of them, as I did.
 * If you open a Wikipedia user account (free, easy, and very useful), you can develop an article in your own User-space, adding it to the encyclopædia when it's ready.
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 * Always sign your comments on pages like this one with four tildes ( ~ ), even if you don't have an account; it makes it possible for others to contact you, as well as to find out something of your editing history.

However, the above exchange adds to my worries. Thiis User account seems to be being used by more than one person; moreover, the account is, you say, sometimes left open for anyone to wander along and use. That's not acceptable. First, you should never leave your computer unattended while in a password-protected site; secondly, why not open a User account for each person?

I'll add my Welcome message (above), as it contains links that some of the people using this account need to check. Mel Etitis ( Μελ Ετητης ) 11:51, 20 Mar 2005 (UTC)

 * Ceramics experts will soon be having accounts and there extensive list of publications will indicate that the material emplaced within the Korean Ceramics article is accurate.

 * Received your message and appreciate your aim in providing more accurate and comprehensive information on Korean ceramics. Certainly there is limited information on Wiki sites, and frankly in western publications as well.  When I began working on the Wiki pottery articles about three months ago, they had a strong British perspective.  I have been trying to provide more American terms and methods, as well as what information I learned in college regarding Japanese ceramic history and methodology.  Korean information would be very welcome.  However, please keep in mind that Korean terms -- translated into English -- may have a very different meaning to the practicing clay people who will be your primary English readers.  While your information may well be accurate, it could easily be misunderstood.  Please see my notes regarding  the semantics over Pottery (generally preferred in my circle - and apparently in England) and Ceramics (much too broad and often misused here).  Once your articles are written, let's set up some kind of clay tree for the Wiki clay articles and refine definitions.  Hopefully we can reach concensus -- and perhaps find others out there in the international clay community.  Good luck in your efforts.  Comments welcome.  WBardwin 22:03, 21 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Please sign in
The associated User page is being written to by 64.230.187.6. There's no way to be sure that what's being written is correct; assuming that this User is POofYS, could you sign in before editing the page (and articles) please? Only then can we know what's going on. Mel Etitis ( Μελ Ετητης ) 10:36, 23 Mar 2005 (UTC)

 * Now User:70.49.97.90 is manually signing comments as POofYS; please follow Wikipedia customs and account rules.
 * It's even more important that you read the Help articles (some listed above) about what Wikipedia is and what it isn't, and how users should approach editing. Generally speaking, editors are eager to help, and concerned to produce a better encyclopædia; it's better to try to reach understanding than to confront other editors, and to accuse them of prejudice and censorship.
 * It's best to trust native speakers regarding the proper use of English terms. Mel Etitis ( Μελ Ετητης ) 10:59, 25 Mar 2005 (UTC)

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Need Help
Hi there, I need help, I just overhauled the Hanjin page, but I can't fix the little table on the right because I do not know what goes there. Can you fill it in correctly? WikiDon 08:14, 18 May 2005 (UTC)

Hi
I just put a note on the talk page of your article on wealth in Korea. BTW I was in Dea Gue a couple of years ago and I was struck by the beauty of the blue vases in the local museum. Keep up the good work.Steve Dufour 07:34, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks
The Press Office of Yi Seok is again circulating information, with regards his latest tours of the USA, Hawaii, and most recently China. We will be adding at last photographs and updates on further information.

Proposed deletion of Korean Confucian art

The article Korean Confucian art has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern: "The coverage (references, external links, etc.) does not seem sufficient to justify this article passing General notability guideline requirement WP:BEFORE did not reveal any significant coverage on Gnews, Gbooks or Gscholar. This seems like a bad translation and unlikely redirect for Korean art (while Confucian art is a low quality mess). This topic does not exist on Korean Wikipedia. If you disagree and deprod this, please explain how it meets them on the talk page here in the form of 'This article meets criteria A and B because...' and ping me back through WP:ECHO or by leaving a note at User talk:Piotrus. Thank you."

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Proposed deletion of Jang Ju-won

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Talk:Cabbagetown, Toronto

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Anyone have a picture of the Cabbagetown flag? Krupo 02:28, Feb 8, 2005 (UTC)

How about a better picture, showing several houses? For copyright reasons, it would be easiest for someone to just take a picture, release the rights, then upload it.

Naming Convention
The WikiProject Toronto naming convention for locations in the city would use Cabbagetown, Toronto, which was the name of this article until April 2007, when someone renamed it, with no rationale provided. Should we rename it back? RayGates 00:23, 18 August 2007 (UTC)

Copywright
Relatively new to the Wikipedia Community. Still learning my way around.

http://www.crpmuseum.com/index.php?article=35 - the description for this group can be removed.

http://cabbagetownhcd.ca/cabbagetown-heritage-conservation-districts/cabbagetown-northwest-hcd/ - This was posted on Wikipedia with permission by a board member of this committee. — Preceding unsigned comment added by StudioLAND (talk • contribs) 15:50, 17 August 2018 (UTC)

Copyright problem removed
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Anne of Avonlea

Anne of Avonlea is a 1909 novel by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery (published as L. M. Montgomery). The first sequel to Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables (1908), the book covers the second chapter in the life of Anne Shirley, from the age of 16 to 18, during the two years that she teaches at the Avonlea school on Prince Edward Island.

Title
Anne now takes her place among the "important" and "grown up" people of Avonlea society, as its only schoolteacher. She is also a founding member of the Avonlea Village Improvement Society (A.V.I.S.), which tries to improve (with questionable results) the Avonlea landscape.

Themes
Montgomery was brought up with a traditional Scots Presbyterian education. John Knox's famous dictum "A school in every village, a college in every town" had been embraced by the Presbyterian church, and Montgomery was brought up in a culture that greatly valued education. At the same time, Montgomery's education had been extremely disciplinarian. Montgomery had followed the theories of educational reformers like John Dewey, and this tension between traditional education vs. the new theories was reflected in Anne of Avonlea as Anne spends much time arguing about the merits of whipping students. vs persuasion as teaching methods. In the book, Anne has her students write essays about their thoughts and feelings in place of rote learning.

Plot summary
Anne is about to start her first term teaching at the Avonlea school, although she will still continue her studies at home with Gilbert, who is teaching at the nearby White Sands School. The book soon introduces Anne's new and problematic neighbour, Mr. Harrison, and his foul-mouthed parrot, as well as the twins, Davy and Dora. They are the children of Marilla's third cousin and she takes them in when their mother dies while their uncle is out of the country. Dora is a nice, well-behaved girl, somewhat boring in her perfect behaviour. Davy is Dora's exact opposite, much more of a handful and constantly getting into many scrapes. They are initially meant to stay only a short time, but the twins' uncle postpones his return to collect the twins and then eventually dies. Both Anne and Marilla are relieved (Marilla inwardly, of course) to know the twins will remain with them.

Other characters introduced are some of Anne's new pupils, such as Paul Irving, an American boy living with his grandmother in Avonlea while his widower father works in the States. He delights Anne with his imagination and whimsical ways, which are reminiscent of Anne's in her childhood. Later in the book, Anne and her friends meet Miss Lavendar Lewis, a sweet but lonely lady in her 40s who had been engaged to Paul's father 25 years before, but parted from him after a disagreement. At the end of the book, Mr. Irving returns and he and Miss Lavendar marry.

In the chapter entitled, "An Adventure on the Tory Road," Anne and Diana discuss the eponymous " 'Tory' Road," constructed and landscaped by " 'the Tory government'," provincial "Conservatives...'when they were in power just to show they were doing something.' " A resident also reminisces about adolescent courtship in her father's roadside home "twenty years ago." The Conservative majority dissolved amidst the 1867 Land Question politics of the Tenant League and regained the provincial government between 1870-91. 1896 Dominion elections similarly inspired author L.M. Montgomery to fictionalize "Conservative" reactions to Liberal "Grit" ascension in the 1917 Anne's House of Dreams. Both novels traverse multiple temporalities and timelines in a politics of post-Confederation memory.

Anne discovers the delights and troubles of being a teacher, takes part in the raising of Davy and Dora, and organizes the A.V.I.S. (Avonlea Village Improvement Society) together with Gilbert, Diana, and Fred Wright, though their efforts to improve the town are not always successful. The Society takes up a subscription to repaint an old town hall, only to have the painter provide the wrong colour of paint, turning the hall into a bright blue eyesore. The trials and travails of the A.V.I.S. further represented the lackluster results of an imagined bipartisan effort to interweave "Liberal" notions of rural "secularization" with "Conservative" temporal ideas on urban "modernities."

Towards the end of the book, Mrs. Rachel Lynde's husband dies and Mrs. Lynde moves in with Marilla at Green Gables, allowing Anne to go to college at last. She and Gilbert make plans to attend Redmond College in the Autumn.

This book sees Anne maturing slightly, even though she still cannot avoid getting into a number of her familiar scrapes, including selling Mr. Harrison's cow after mistaking it for her own, accidentally rubbing red dye on her nose before meeting a famous author, and getting stuck in a duck house roof while peeping into a pantry window.

Characters
Anne Shirley - Once an impetuous and awkward orphan, Anne has matured and now serves as the teacher of the Avonlea school. She is described as being slim and lithe, having starry grey eyes and hair that charitable friends describe as auburn. She still has not lost her imaginative, creative spirit and charms nearly everyone she meets.

Marilla Cuthbert - The woman who took Anne in five years before, along with her late brother Matthew. To the outsider, she may still seem austere, but Marilla has become more emotionally demonstrative and, what was once described as the "glimmerings" has developed into a fuller sense of humour.

Gilbert Blythe - Anne's childhood enemy and now good friend. Gilbert is also a teacher at the nearby White Sands School. He is in love with Anne but does not yet admit it to her.

Diana Barry - Anne's bosom friend since childhood. Diana is described as having beautiful black hair and a rosy complexion. She is less imaginative than Anne, but remains a completely loyal friend.

Rachel Lynde - Marilla's best friend and neighbour, an outspoken and opinionated, but well-intentioned woman. Though she still argues with Anne, she is genuinely fond of her.

Davy Keith - One of the twins whom Marilla takes in. Davy is mischievous, naughty, loves to eat sweets and rarely does what he is told. He has blonde hair in ringlets all over his head, one dimple, roguish hazel eyes, a snub nose and is often smiling.

Dora Keith - Dora, Davy's sister, is his opposite. She does everything she is told without mistake and is very docile. She has fair, long, sleek curls, mild hazel eyes, a straight nose and "prunes and prisms" mouth.

Jane Andrews - Anne's childhood friend, also a teacher at the Newbridge School.

Fred Wright - A friend of Gilbert's, who plans to follow in his father's footsteps as a farmer. Fred and Diana become engaged, although he falls short of Anne's romantic vision of a dashing dream husband.

Mr. J.A. Harrison - Anne and Marilla's bad-tempered new neighbour. Anne wins him over and they become good friends. He has a grounded, practical attitude and blunt, sometimes hurtful, manners. He inherited a foul-mouthed parrot named Ginger who comes between Mr. Harrison and those he holds dearest even, at times, Anne, who it persists in referring to as a "red-headed snippet."

Paul Irving - One of Anne's students, an imaginative young boy and a fast friend for Anne. He was raised in the United States and has come to Avonlea to live with his paternal grandmother.

Anthony Pye - another of Anne's students, and initially her most difficult. He tests Anne's patience, by releasing a mouse in class, to the point that she finally snaps and gives him a whipping. Although she is horrified at herself afterwards, she does win his respect, and his behaviour improves.

Miss Lavendar Lewis - An imaginative, attractive, old maid with snow white hair who Anne and Diana come across on their way to a friend's place. She lives in Echo Lodge. She also becomes good friends with Anne.

Charlotta the Fourth - Miss Lavendar's maid. Her real name is Leonora and she is the youngest of four girls who have all been employed by Miss Lavendar. Her eldest sister was named Charlotta and Miss Lavendar kept referring to Charlotta's three sisters as "Charlotta" as well. Charlotta is well-meaning, but a bit awkward, and addresses everyone as either "Sir" or "Ma'am".

Stephen Irving - Paul's father and Miss Lavendar's sweetheart from her youth. The two had an argument before Paul was born and Mr. Irving left for the States and married Paul's mother. They are once again reconciled by Anne many years after Mr. Irving's first wife's death.

Priscilla Grant - An old classmate of Anne's from Queens Academy.

Series
Montgomery continued the story of Anne Shirley in a series of sequels. They are listed in the order of Anne's age in each novel.

Film, TV or theatrical adaptations
The 1975 miniseries Anne of Avonlea, a sequel to the lost 1972 miniseries Anne of Green Gables starring Kim Braden as Anne, is based on this novel as well as the following book, Anne of the Island.

The book formed the basis for the 1987 CBC Television miniseries Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel, which aired as Anne of Avonlea on the Disney Channel in the United States, as the sequel to the 1985 film Anne of Green Gables.

The first act of the musical Anne & Gilbert is based on this novel, with the second act based on Anne of the Island.

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Sofronio Española

Sofronio Española, officially the Municipality of Sofronio Española, is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Palawan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 37,416 people.

It is the province's newest municipality, officially established on June 5, 1995, and Iber Chou became the first Municipality Mayor., when Republic Act No. 7679 partitioned the town from Brooke's Point. It was named after former Representative Sofronio Española.

History
The creation of the Municipality of Sofronio Española took nearly three decades. Resolution No. 120 dated December 12, 1988 of the Sangguniang Bayan of Brooke’s Point proposed the separation of its northern barangays, namely, Abo-Abo, Isumbo, Panitian, Labog, Punang, Iraray, Pulot Shore, Pulot Center and Pulot Interior, into a new municipality. The proposed municipality is to be called Sofronio Española in honor of the late Congressman Sofronio Española of the then lone district of Palawan. Barangay Resolution dated April 16, 1990 of Barangay Pulot reinforced this move requesting Hon. Ramon V. Mitra, Jr., then Speaker of the House of Representatives, to facilitate the creation of the new municipality.

On July 9, 1992, Hon. Alfredo E. Abueg, Jr., then congressman of the Second District of Palawan, filed House Bill No. 60, an Act Creating the Municipality of Sofronio Española in the Province of Palawan. To expedite the approval of this bill, Board Member Cipriano Barroma sponsored Sangguniang Panlalawigan Resolution No. 120 on April 16, 1993.

The House of Representatives approved Republic Act 7679, the law creating the Municipality of Sofronio Española in the Province of Palawan on August 3, 1993, and by the Senate on November 25, 1993. Finally, the law creating Sofronio Española was lapsed into law.

Section 1 of RA 7679 states that Barangays Pulot Center, Pulot Shore (Pulot I), Pulot Interior (Pulot II), Iraray, Punang, Labog, Panitian, Isumbo and Abo-Abo are to be separated from the Municipality of Brooke’s Point and constituted into a distinct and independent municipality of the province to be known as the Municipality of Sofronio Española. The seat of government shall be in Barangay Pulot Center.

Geography
Sofronio Española is located in the southern part of Palawan along its eastern seaboard, beginning at kilometer 128.1 to kilometer 166 of the National Highway (Puerto Princesa City, South Road). It lies approximately between 8 53’3.58” to 9 11’26.26” North and 117 51’24.42” to 118 7’35.58” East. It is bounded on the north by Narra, on the south by Brooke’s Point, on the east by the Sulu Sea, and on the West by Quezon. It is 163 km from Puerto Princesa.

Barangays
Sofronio Española is politically subdivided into 9 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.
 * Abo-abo
 * Iraray
 * Isumbo
 * Labog
 * Panitian
 * Pulot Center
 * Pulot Interior (Pulot II)
 * Pulot Shore (Pulot I)
 * Punang

Climate
Sofronio Española is characterized by type I climate – a pronounced wet and dry season. The wet season is from May to November, while the dry season is from December to April. The prevailing winds in the municipality are the Northeast Monsoon (Amihan) and the Southwest Monsoon (Habagat). The Northeast Monsoon blows the sea into fury from November to March. The Southwest Monsoon is stronger than the Northeast Monsoon with gusts of up 60kph or more and usually blows from June to September. In between the two-monsoon wind is the lull season. This is usually during the months of April and May of every year. During this period, the sea is as smooth as glass, and since it is also the peak of the dry season, it is the best time for sea travel and other sea activities.

Demographics
In the 2020 census, the population of Sofronio Española was 37,416 people, with a density of undefined PD/km2.

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Anne of the Island

Anne of the Island is the third book in the Anne of Green Gables series by Lucy Maud Montgomery. The plot sees Anne Shirley leave Green Gables in Avonlea, Prince Edward Island, for the first time to attend Redmond College in Kingsport, Nova Scotia.

Title
While studying away from Prince Edward Island, and in particular when visiting the place of her birth, Anne finds herself identifying the Island as her true home. Several times, she denies being a "Bluenose", as those born in Nova Scotia were nicknamed, and considers herself an Islander to the core.

Plot summary
Anne leaves Green Gables and her work as a teacher in Avonlea to pursue her original dream (which she gave up in Anne of Green Gables) of taking further education at Redmond College in Kingsport, Nova Scotia. Gilbert Blythe and Charlie Sloane enroll as well, as does Anne's friend from Queen's Academy, Priscilla Grant. During her first week of school, Anne befriends Philippa Gordon, a beautiful girl whose frivolous ways charm her. Philippa (Phil for short) also happens to be from Anne's birthplace in Bolingbroke, Nova Scotia.

The girls spend their first year in boardinghouses and decide to set up house thereafter in a lovely cottage called Patty's Place, near campus. Meanwhile, Anne's childhood friend Ruby Gillis dies of consumption (tuberculosis) very soon after finding her own true love. The girls enter their second year at Redmond happily ensconced at Patty's Place, along with Queen's classmate Stella Maynard and her "Aunt Jimsie" (their chaperone), while life continues in Avonlea. Diana Barry marries Fred Wright and Davy and Dora continue to keep Marilla busy.

Midway through their college years, Gilbert Blythe, who has always loved Anne, proposes to her but Anne rejects him; although she and Gilbert are very close, she holds sentimental fantasies about true love (all featuring a tall, dark, handsome, inscrutable hero) and does not recognize her true feelings for Gilbert. Gilbert leaves, his heart broken, and the two drift apart.

Anne later welcomes the courtship of Roy Gardner, a darkly handsome Redmond student who showers her with attention and poetic gestures. However, when he proposes after two years, Anne abruptly realizes that Roy does not really belong in her life, and that she had only been in love with the idea of him as the embodiment of her childhood ideal.

Anne is so ashamed of her treatment of Roy that she fears having wasted her entire Redmond experience. She returns to Green Gables, a "full-fledged B.A.", but finds herself a bit lonely. Diana gives birth to her first child, and Jane Andrews, an old school friend, marries a Winnipeg millionaire. Having received an offer to be the principal of the Summerside school in the autumn, Anne is keeping herself occupied over the summer when she learns that Gilbert is gravely ill with typhoid fever. With shock, Anne finally realizes the depth of her true feelings for Gilbert, and endures a terrifying night of fearing that he will die without knowing her feelings. In the morning, Anne gratefully learns that Gilbert will survive. Gilbert recovers over the summer, bolstered by a letter from Phil assuring him that there is really nothing between Anne and Roy. After several visits to Green Gables, Gilbert and Anne take a late summer walk in Hester Gray's garden, and finally become engaged.

Characters

 * Anne Shirley - Now a student at Redmond College, Anne has become an elegant, smart young woman.
 * Marilla Cuthbert - The stern, upright woman who took Anne in when she was just a girl. She lives at Green Gables with Davy and Dora Keith, her deceased third cousin's twins.
 * Gilbert Blythe - Anne's childhood rival and now good friend. Gilbert is now studying at Redmond College and is in Anne's class. After many years, he finally admits his love for Anne and proposes to her. He is rejected the first time but after an illness, he proposes again, and Anne accepts him.
 * Charlie Sloane - An old schoolmate who has feelings for Anne, but who Anne has always felt indifferent towards and is now in her class at Redmond College. He proposes to Anne but is rejected.
 * Priscilla Grant - Anne's friend from Queen's Academy, Priscilla is one of Anne's roommates at Patty's Place.
 * Stella Maynard - Anne's friend from Queen's Academy, Stella is one of Anne's roommates at Patty's Place.
 * Philippa Gordon - Anne's new friend from Redmond College, Philippa (or Phil for short) is playful and charming and can't choose between her beaus. However, she is also a loyal friend and plays an essential role in bringing Anne and Gilbert together at the end.
 * Roy Gardner - A handsome Redmond student whom Anne at first thinks is her dream man having become friends after he shared his umbrella with her. He courts Anne for two years. Anne is at first enamoured by his romantic gestures, but eventually finds him rather dull and humourless and rejects his proposal.
 * Diana Barry - Anne's kindred spirit since childhood. The two remain best friends, even as Diana marries and starts a family.
 * Davy Keith - One of the twins whom Marilla took in, Davy is mischievous but sweet at heart, and idolizes Anne. He has fair, fuzzy ringlets all over his head, one dimple, roguish hazel eyes, a snub nose and is often smiling.
 * Dora Keith - Davy's sister. Completely the contrary of her brother, Dora meekly obeys every instruction carefully. She has sleek curls, hazel eyes, a straight nose and "prunes and prisms" mouth.
 * Rachel Lynde - Formerly Marilla and Anne's neighbour, who has since moved to Green Gables after the death of her husband Thomas. Although outspoken and demanding, she is well-intentioned and kindhearted.
 * Ruby Gillis - Anne's childhood friend. Ruby is fair and beautiful and prepared to marry when she discovers that she is gravely ill and dies later in the book.
 * Jane Andrews - Anne's childhood friend. Jane is a teacher who meets and marries an older millionaire, much to Mrs. Andrews' delight.
 * Billy Andrews - Jane's slow-witted brother, who is Anne's first proposal. Too bashful to go courting, he uses his sister as an intermediary. Anne is disappointed but amused by the situation's lack of romance and rejects him.

Series
Montgomery continued the story of Anne Shirley in a series of sequels. They are listed in the order of Anne's age in each novel.

Adaptations
The last two episodes of the six-part miniseries Anne of Avonlea (1975), starring Kim Braden, are based on Anne of the Island.

The second act of the musical Anne & Gilbert is based on Anne of the Island. The first act is based on Anne of Avonlea.

The television mini-series Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel (1987), starring Megan Follows, was largely inspired by this book.

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Anne's House of Dreams

Anne's House of Dreams is a novel by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery. It was first published in 1917 by McClelland, Goodchild and Stewart. The fifth in a series of eight, the book chronicles Anne Shirley's early married life as she and her childhood sweetheart, Gilbert Blythe, begin to build their life together in Four Winds, Prince Edward Island.

Plot summary
The book begins with Anne and Gilbert's wedding, which takes place in the Green Gables orchard. After the wedding, they move to their first home together, which Anne calls their "house of dreams". Gilbert finds them a small house on the seashore at Four Winds Point, an area near the village of Glen St. Mary, where he is to take over his uncle's medical practice.

In Four Winds, Anne and Gilbert meet many interesting people, such as Captain Jim, a former sailor who is now the keeper of the lighthouse, and Miss Cornelia Bryant, an unmarried woman in her 40s who lives alone in an emerald-green house and deems the Blythes part of "the race that knows Joseph". Anne also meets her new neighbour, Leslie Moore, who lost her beloved brother at the age of 12 and her father at 14, and then was forced by her mother to marry the mean-spirited and unscrupulous Dick Moore at 16. She felt free for a year or so after Dick disappeared on a sea voyage, but Captain Jim happened upon him in Cuba and brought him home, amnesiac, brain-damaged and generally helpless, and now dependent on Leslie like a "big baby". Leslie becomes friends with Anne, but is sometimes bitter towards her because she is so happy and free, when Leslie can never have what Anne does.

Anne's former guardian Marilla visits her occasionally and still plays an important role in her life. Marilla is present when Anne gives birth to her first child, Joyce, who dies shortly after birth (as Montgomery's second son did). After the baby's death, Anne and Leslie become closer as Leslie feels that Anne now understands tragedy and pain—as Leslie puts it, her happiness, although still great, is no longer perfect, so there is less of a gulf between them.

Later in the story, Leslie rents a room in her house to a writer named Owen Ford, who is the grandson of the former owners of Anne's House of Dreams, the Selwyns. Owen, who is looking to write the Great Canadian Novel, finds the inspiration he was looking for in Captain Jim's shipboard diary, and transforms it into "The Life-Book of Captain Jim". While Owen is finishing the novel, he and Leslie independently realize they have feelings for each other, but both know they cannot do anything about them. Owen leaves the Island and Leslie is even more miserable being trapped in her marriage to Dick.

Gilbert examines Dick Moore and suspects that if Dick underwent surgery on his skull, he might recover his faculties. Anne and Miss Cornelia are both opposed to the surgery, fearing that Leslie's life will become infinitely harder if Dick returns to himself, but Gilbert feels obligated to let Leslie know there is a chance for Dick. Leslie consents, and Dick undergoes the surgery in Montreal; when he awakens, he reveals that he is actually Dick's cousin George, who accompanied Dick to Cuba and was with him when Dick died of yellow fever twelve years before. George resembles Dick strongly because their fathers were brothers and their mothers were sisters, and both had the same peculiar eye colouring abnormality (heterochromia) by which Captain Jim recognized "Dick" in Cuba years before. Leslie, abruptly set free by this news, returns home, and considers taking a nursing course to get on with her life. Owen Ford returns to the Island to court Leslie after Miss Cornelia informs him of what has happened, and they become engaged. While this is going on, Anne gives birth to her second child, a healthy son. He is named James Matthew, for Anne's guardian Matthew Cuthbert and for Captain Jim.

At the end of the book, Owen Ford's book is published, and Captain Jim dies with a smile on his face after reading his advance copy. Miss Cornelia, thought to be a confirmed spinster, announces that she has decided to marry Marshall Elliott, who may be a Grit but at least is a Presbyterian; she says she could have had him at any time but refused to marry him until he cut his long hair and shaved his long beard off, which he had refused to do for twenty years until the Grits came into power. Finally, Anne, Gilbert, Jem and their housekeeper, Susan Baker, move to the old Morgan house in the Glen, later to be named Ingleside. Anne is greatly saddened to leave the House of Dreams, but knows that the little house is outgrown and Gilbert's work as a doctor requires him to live closer to town.

This book introduces Susan Baker, the elderly spinster who is the Blythes' maid-of-all-work.

Characters

 * Anne Blythe (née Shirley) — The heroine. She marries Gilbert and moves in with him at the House of Dreams.
 * Gilbert Blythe — A doctor who marries Anne before they move into the House of Dreams, from which he commutes for work.
 * James Matthew Blythe — Anne and Gilbert's young son, named for Captain Jim and for Matthew Cuthbert.
 * James "Captain Jim" Boyd — A former sailor who minds the nearby lighthouse. He loves Leslie Moore like a daughter.
 * Miss Cornelia Bryant — Anne's neighbor who despises men. Outspoken and independent middle-aged woman, who has strong and deep rooted opinions. Fervent Presbyterian. She has a warm heart and takes care of the well-being of the children of the poor families. Excellent cook, industrious sewer and skilled embroiderer.
 * Marshall Elliot — A Grit that refused to shave his beard and cut his hair until the Grits became powerful in politics again. He ends up marrying Miss Cornelia, the sweetheart of his youth.
 * Owen Ford — A young writer who rents Leslie Moore's extra room for one summer and falls in love with her.
 * Leslie Moore (née West) — A quiet member of the town. When she was 16, her mother pressured her to marry an unpleasant man and Leslie acquiesced because her mother was to die soon. Her husband Dick, was a drunken louse who treated everyone poorly until he went on a trip to Cuba and came back with crippling brain damage that reduced him to the capacity of a child. Forced to continue caring for him for more than a decade before the beginning of the novel, Leslie has given up on the ambitions of her childhood and resigned herself to her depressed existence. Leslie is remarkably beautiful with long golden locks well into her knees and very intelligent, but never had the opportunity to study.
 * Susan Baker — Anne and Gilbert's housekeeper.

Series
Montgomery continued the story of Anne Shirley in a series of sequels. They are listed in the order of Anne's age in each novel.

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Staffelführer (, "Formation leader") was one of the first paramilitary ranks used by the German Schutzstaffel (SS) in the early years of that group's existence. The later SS rank of Staffelführer traces its origins to the First World War, where the title was used by commanding officers of the Deutsches Heer's Luftstreitkräfte aircraft squadrons initially named as Feldflieger Abteilung as observation-only units in 1914, and during 1916, became known as Staffeln.

The rank of Staffelführer was first created in September 1925 when the SS was officially formed along the lines of the previously disbanded Stosstrupp Adolf Hitler, which had been a personal Sturmabteilung bodyguard detachment tasked with the personal protection of Adolf Hitler at Nazi Party rallies and meetings.

The early SS was formed into several Zehnerstaffeln, or "groups of ten". Each SS unit comprised no more than ten SS-Mann under the command of an SS-Staffelführer, or squadron leader. The Staffelführer in turn answered to a local SS-Gauführer, or district leader, who answered to the national leader of the SS, known as the Reichsführer-SS.

By April 1926, the basic SS unit had become the larger SS-Sturm which comprised as many as fifty SS troopers. The rank of Staffelführer, at this point, became known simply as SS-Führer. In 1929, the rank of SS-Führer was officially renamed as SS-Sturmführer. By 1930, the rank of SS-Staffelführer had all but disappeared from the SS. It reappeared the following year, in 1931, as a rank of the NSKK.

In the early years of its existence, SS-Staffelführer had no particular insignia and holders of the rank simply wore paramilitary uniforms with a variety of Nazi insignia. By 1929, an SS-Staffelführer could be identified by a swastika armband with a white circular stripe.

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Anne of Windy Poplars

Anne of Windy Poplars—published as Anne of Windy Willows in the UK, Australia, and Japan—is an epistolary novel by Canadian author L. M. Montgomery. First published in 1936 by McClelland and Stewart, it details Anne Shirley's experiences while serving as principal of a high school in Summerside, Prince Edward Island over three years. A large portion of the novel is presented through letters Anne writes to her fiancé, Gilbert Blythe. Chronologically, the book is fourth in the series, but it was the seventh book written.

The book's United States copyright was renewed in 1963.

Plot
The novel takes place over the three years between Anne's graduation from Redmond College and her courtship to Gilbert Blythe. While Gilbert is in medical school, Anne takes a job as the principal of Summerside High School, where she also teaches. She lives in a beautiful house called Windy Poplars with two elderly widows, Aunt Kate and Aunt Chatty, their housekeeper, Rebecca Dew, and their cat, Dusty Miller.

During this time, Anne must win over the clannish Pringle family, as well as her icy vice-principal, Katherine Brooke. Along the way, she meets many of Summerside's more eccentric residents and becomes involved in helping many romances, which do not always turn out as planned. She also befriends the lonely Elizabeth Grayson, a motherless member of the Pringle family who lives next door to Windy Poplars. She frequently visits Marilla at Green Gables.

At the end of the novel, Anne departs Summerside to return to Avonlea for her wedding to Gilbert. Many of the town's residents express their appreciation for how she has helped them over the years, including Katherine Brooke and Elizabeth Grayson.

Characters

 * Anne Shirley - Moving from Green Gables in Avonlea to Windy Poplars in Summerside, Anne takes a job as principal of Summerside High School while her fiancé Gilbert finishes medical school. Over three years, she must win over the snobbish Pringles who rule the town, befriend the resentful vice-principal, and help the lonely girl who lives next door.
 * Aunt Kate MacComber - The owner of Windy Poplars who was previously married to a splendid sea captain.
 * Aunt Charlotte "Chatty" MacLean - A sweet and frivolous old widow at Windy Poplars who likes to read novels and play cards.
 * Rebecca Dew - The housekeeper at Windy Poplars.
 * Elizabeth Grayson - A lonely and unhappy 8-year-old girl who lives next door to Windy Poplars. Her mother died when she was born and her father works abroad. Little Elizabeth dreams about "Tomorrow" and changes her name based on her mood.
 * Mrs. Campbell - Little Elizabeth's cold and unloving great-grandmother.
 * Martha Monkman - Mrs. Campbell's elderly maid. Better known as "the Woman", she is just as strict and cruel as her employer, telling Elizabeth that "Tomorrow" will never come.
 * Katherine Brooke - The sarcastic and bitter vice-principal of Summerside High School. She wanted the principal job and resents Anne for getting it.
 * Jen Pringle - A student at Summerside High School who is highly intelligent but dislikes Anne and causes trouble in class.
 * Sophy Sinclair - A non-Pringle student in Anne's class. She is a plain and quiet girl who longs to play Mary, Queen of Scots in the school play.
 * Lewis Allen - An orphaned pupil who does housework to pay for his board.
 * Ellen Pringle - An elegant and sweet-looking woman who lives with her sister in a mansion called Maplehurst.
 * Sarah Pringle - Miss Ellen's sister who bosses the entire Pringle clan.
 * Pierce Grayson - Little Elizabeth's distant father who moved to Paris after his wife died.
 * Valentine Courtaloe - The local dressmaker who knows everything about everyone in Summerside, living and dead.
 * Trix Taylor - A jolly twenty-year-old who seeks Anne's help when her father's attitude threatens her sister's engagement.
 * Esme Taylor - Trix's sweet, timid sister who is madly in love with a college professor and fears he will not propose because of her family.
 * Cyrus Taylor- The father of Trix and Esme who is prone to sulky fits.
 * Dr. Lennox Carter - A modern languages professor at Redmond College and the object of Esme's affection.
 * Mrs. Gibson - A demanding eighty-year-old who is waited on hand and foot by her timid, middle-aged daughter Pauline.
 * Pauline Gibson - Mrs. Gibson's daughter who takes care of her and dares not do anything without asking her mother.
 * Nora Nelson - The last of six sisters to be single who fought with one of her former sweethearts and fears she may never marry.
 * Jim Wilcox - Nora's suitor whom she has dated on and off for four years.
 * Hazel Marr - A newcomer in Summerside who does not love her wealthy beau enough to marry him.
 * Terry Garland - Hazel's beau who considers their engagement to be nothing more than childish nonsense.
 * Mrs. Raymond - The mother of Gerald and Geraldine, eight-year-old twins whom Anne looks after while Mrs. Raymond attends a funeral.
 * Geraldine Raymond - The daughter of Mrs. Raymond and Gerald's twin sister.
 * Gerald Raymond - The son of Mrs. Raymond and Geraldine's twin brother.
 * Ivy Trent - A girl whom the Raymond twins dislike. She never does wrong and loves to show off her immaculate clothes.
 * Sibyl "Dovie" Westcott - A pretty, likeable 19-year-old girl whom Anne convinces to elope against her father's wishes.
 * Jarvis Morrow - A successful young lawyer and Dovie's fiancé who cannot win her father's approval.
 * Franklin Westcott - Dovie's somber, widowed father who has never allowed his daughter to have any suitors.
 * Minerva Tomgallon- The last remaining member of her family who lives alone and rarely goes out except to church. She invites Anne over for dinner and tells her the tragic lives of her relatives.

Series
Montgomery continued the story of Anne Shirley in a series of sequels. They are listed in the order of Anne's age in each novel.

Windy Poplars vs Windy Willows
Montgomery's original title for the book was Anne of Windy Willows, but her US publisher requested that she change the title because of the title's similarities to The Wind in the Willows. Additionally, her publisher requested some cuts to the book, mainly for perceived gory or terrifying content. Montgomery complied, and the edited novel was published in the United States and Canada as Anne of Windy Poplars. Her UK publisher, however, did not see the need for the edits and published the unabridged version under the original title, Anne of Windy Willows.

Adaptations
A film version of the novel, the sequel to the 1934 film Anne of Green Gables, was released in 1940 with the return of Anne Shirley (formerly billed as Dawn O'Day). The film recorded a loss of $176,000.

The novel also serves as the primary source for the television mini-series Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel (1987).

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Abrogans

Abrogans, also German Abrogans or Codex Abrogans (St Gall, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 911), is a Middle Latin–Old High German glossary, whose preserved copy in the Abbey Library of St Gall is regarded as the oldest preserved book in the German language.

Dating from the 8th century, the glossary contains approximately 3,670 Old High German words in over 14,600 examples and is therefore a valuable source for the knowledge of the oldest Upper German language. It was named by German researchers after its first entry: abrogans = dheomodi (Modern German: demütig = modest, humble).

On several occasions the South Tyrolean bishop Arbeo of Freising († 783 or 784) or the Benedictine monk Kero are named as authors.

General Information
The German Abrogans is a Latin-Old High German thesaurus, which was not, however, produced from a collection of Latin-Old High German translations, but structured on a pure Latin, alphabetically sorted thesaurus. This Latin-Latin glossary, the Latin Abrogans, was probably compiled in Italy (possibly in the important southern Italian monastery Vivarium) of numerous older late-antiquity and early medieval glossaries. Thus arose a dictionary in which rare expressions, above all from biblical Latin, were explained.

The dictionary was likely finally translated into German in the second half of the 8th century in the old Bavarian bishopric Freising, which came under control of the bishop Arbeo (he was bishop here from 764 to 783). At the same time both the Latin key word and its Latin reproduction were entered with the Old High German equivalents. For example:

This arrangement often led to poor translations around the middle of the 8th century, for example translations in which parts of speech were erroneously exchanged. Nevertheless, the Abrogans offers tremendous material for linguistics, which still today is not yet completely analyzed. It includes about 700 words that do not appear in any other Old High German texts.

Tradition
No specimens from the time of origin of the glossary in the 8th century have been saved. Only three younger Alemannic copies of the Bavarian document are preserved. The best, albeit mangled handwriting is the direct copy of the archetype that was made around 810 in Murbach for Charlemagne (Baesecke) or in Regensburg under Bishop Baturich (Bernhard Bischoff). (Paris, Bibl. Nat., cod. lat. 7640, f. 124r-132v).

Literature

 * Bernhard Bischoff (Publisher.): Die „Abrogans“-Handschrift der Stiftsbibliothek St. Gallen. Das älteste deutsche Buch. Zollikofer, St. Gallen 1977. (German)
 * 1) Faksimile.
 * 2) Kommentar und Transkription.
 * Jochen Splett: Abrogans deutsch. In: Verfasserlexikon. Band 1. 1978. Sp. 12–15. (German)
 * Jochen Splett: Abrogans-Studien. Kommentar zum ältesten deutschen Wörterbuch. Steiner, Wiesbaden 1976, ISBN 3-515-02086-1, (Zugleich: Münster, Univ., Habilitations-Schrift, 1972). (German)

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Anne of Ingleside

Anne of Ingleside is a children's novel by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery. It was first published in July 1939 by McClelland and Stewart (Toronto) and the Frederick A. Stokes Company (New York). It is the tenth of eleven books that feature the character of Anne Shirley, and Montgomery's final published novel.

Chronologically, Anne of Ingleside precedes Rainbow Valley, which was published years earlier. In addition, a short story collection The Blythes Are Quoted, written in 1941-42 yet not published until 2009, concludes the Anne stories.

The book's United States copyright was renewed in 1967.

Plot summary
Seven years after Anne's House of Dreams, Anne visits Diana Wright and her daughter, Anne Cordelia, in Avonlea following the funeral of Gilbert's father. When she returns home to the old Morgan house, now named "Ingleside", she is greeted by her five children: James Matthew ('Jem'), the eldest, now aged seven; Walter Cuthbert, who is about six and often thought to be a bit of a 'sissy' because of his love for poetry; fraternal twins Anne ('Nan') and Diana ('Di'), who are five and look nothing alike, Nan with brown hair and hazel eyes, and Di with red hair and green eyes; and finally Shirley, two years old and Susan Baker's favourite, as she took care of him as an infant while Anne was very sick following his birth.

The book includes the dreadful, seemingly eternal visit of Gilbert's disagreeable, oversensitive aunt Mary Maria Blythe, whose visit was only supposed to last two weeks but stretches on for months and who only leaves when Anne unintentionally offends her by arranging a surprise birthday party, much to the relief of the family.

During the novel, which spans a period of about six years, Anne and Gilbert's youngest child is born and is named Bertha Marilla Blythe. She is also called Roly-Poly, or, generally, 'Rilla'. The novel includes a series of adventures which spotlight one of Anne's children at a time as they engage in the misunderstandings and mishaps of youth. In many of the adventures, the honest Ingleside children are taken in by children who tell lies in order to seem more interesting: Nan is deceived by a lying schoolchild into thinking that she was actually switched at birth; Walter is convinced by an older boy that his mother is dying; and Di gets two stories, in both of which she makes friends with schoolgirls who deceive her. In other stories, oldest child Jem deals with the loss of a pet, and youngest child Rilla somehow gets the idea that it is shameful to be seen carrying a cake, and goes to great lengths to avoid doing so. The Blythes' third son Shirley is present in the book, but oddly gets no solo "spotlight" story of his own, which is also the case in Rainbow Valley, the next volume in the series.

At the end of the book, Anne worries that Gilbert has grown distant and possibly doesn't love her anymore. She and Gilbert spend a disagreeable evening with the widowed and childless Christine Stuart, who was once Anne's rival (or so she thought) for Gilbert's love. Suddenly realizing how tired Gilbert looks, Anne begins to wonder if she has been taking Gilbert for granted. At the end she is proven wrong, as Gilbert's lack of attention was caused by worry over one of his patients. He surprises Anne with an anniversary gift and a promise of a trip to Europe for a medical congress.

Series
Montgomery continued the story of Anne Shirley in a series of sequels. They are listed in the order of Anne's age in each novel.

Editions

 * ISBN 0-553-21315-6 (paperback, 1992)
 * ISBN 0-14-036801-9 (paperback, 2005)

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Dirty Pair

Dirty Pair (ダーティペア) is a series of Japanese light novels (the first one being a fix-up) written by Haruka Takachiho and illustrated by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko that was later adapted into anime and manga versions. The first stories that make up the first volume were first published on the S-F Magazine. The franchise has been published in multiple formats, and adapted into various other media, resulting in eight novels and several shorter stories, a television series, two OVA series, two OVA features, a feature film, a number of graphic novels, and two short Japanese radio series. The 1985 television series won the Animage Anime Grand Prix prize for that year.

The stories take place in the years 2138–2143, by which time humanity has spread across some few thousand star systems. A corporation called the World Welfare Works Association (WWWA or 3WA) helps member systems of the United Galactica (UG) federation deal with various planetary-scale problems, for profit, by sending agents called "trouble consultants". The series focuses on a team of trouble consultants in that section, named Kei and Yuri, who have a reputation for leaving a trail of destruction behind them, for which they are known publicly as the "Dirty Pair", a nickname they hate.

Premise
Kei and Yuri are the two members of Trouble Consultant team 234, code named "Lovely Angels". Almost every mission they are involved with ends up in disaster, though not failure: They typically capture their target fugitive, but end up destroying a city in the process, earning the nickname the "Dirty Pair", a moniker they openly hate being called. They are always cleared of any wrongdoing by the 3WA's Central Computer because the extreme collateral damage is never actually determined to be their fault, although their mere presence tends to worsen the situations for which they are hired. In some but not all continuities, they have joint extrasensory perception powers, usually limited to precognition. This talent was the reason they were recruited in the first place.

Characters
Kei is a hot-headed tomboy with red hair and tanned skin who wears a silver-white uniform. She favors large weaponry and prefers to "shoot first, ask questions later". The more aggressive of the two, she is attracted to manly, muscular men.

Yuri is of Japanese ethnicity, and wears a golden-yellow uniform. She often uses non-gun weaponry such as energy whips or throwing cards. While the more feminine of the two, she is known to become very violent when crossed. She is the more bottom-heavy of the team and is also a coy flirt who prefers cultured, refined men. Her most recognized weapon is the Bloody Card, a technologically enhanced throwing card that can be used to take down several people at once.

Development
The inspiration for Dirty Pair novels was a visit to Japan by the British Australian science-fiction author A. Bertram Chandler, probably in 1978. On his itinerary was a stop at the young Studio Nue, which Takachiho co-founded. As something to entertain their guest, two of the staffers there, Yuri Tanaka and Keiko Otoguro, hit upon the idea with Takachiho of taking Chandler to a tournament of the All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling organization, which was a member of the World Women's Wrestling Association (WWWA). The card included the highly-popular wrestling (and singing) team, the Beauty Pair. Something that passed among the foursome during that match led Chandler to remark to Takachiho something to the effect that "the two women in the ring may be the Beauty Pair, but those two with you ought to be called 'the Dirty Pair'."

This became the germ of an idea for a novella Takachiho decided to write, transplanting the rough-housing of pro-wrestling to the realm of space-opera mystery stories, with which he already had experience in his already successful Crusher Joe series. The team code-name "Lovely Angels" is also a play on the names of certain women's teams of the time, such as the Queen Angels.

Light novels
The light novels are written by Haruka Takachiho with illustrations by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko. Between 1980 and 2007, eight novels were published. The first four books were originally serialized in the Japanese publication S-F Magazine. The first two light novels have been released in English translation from DH Press: the complete first book appeared in September 2007, and the second book appeared in April 2008. Previously, English translations existed for the first story (published as one of a series of short books for Japanese students of English) and the fifth book, which was originally released in Japanese and English translation on the Microsoft Network during 1997–99.

List

 * ダーティペアの大冒険 (Daatipea no Daibouken (The Great Adventure Of The Dirty Pair), 1979; book: 1980 ISBN 4-15-030121-2), won the 1980 Seiun Award
 * ダーティペアの大逆転 (Daatipea no Daigyakuten (The Dirty Pair Strike Again), 1985; book: 1985 ISBN 4-15-030262-6), won the 1985 Seiun Award
 * ダーティペアの大乱戦 (Daatipea no Dairansen (The Dirty Pair's Rough and Tumble), 1985–87; book: 1987 ISBN 4-15-030300-2)
 * ダーティペアの大脱走 (Daatipea no Daidassou (The Dirty Pair's Great Escape), 1991–92; book: 1993 ISBN 4-15-030876-4)
 * ダーティペア外伝 独裁者の遺産 (Dokusaisha no Isan (Legacy of the Dictator)—Dirty Pair Side Story #1, 1997; book: 1998 ISBN 4-15-030655-9)
 * ダーティペアの大復活 (Daatipea no Daifukkatsu (The Dirty Pair's Great Resurrection), 2004 ISBN 4-15-030876-4)
 * ダーティペアの大征服 (Daatipea no Daiseifuku (The Dirty Pair's Great Conquest), 2006 ISBN 4-15-030921-3)
 * ダーティペアの大帝国 (Daatipea no Daiteikoku (The Dirty Pair's Great Empire), 2007 ISBN 4-15-030991-4) —conclusion of the preceding novel
 * ダーティペアの大跳躍 (Daatipea no Hiyaku (The Dirty Pair's Leap), 2018 ISBN 4-15-209822-8)／ISBN 978-4-15-209822-1)

Television series
An anime television series based on the novels, simply titled Dirty Pair, ran for 24 episodes on Nippon Television affiliates from July to December 1985, winning the Animage Anime Grand Prix prize for that year. Scripts had been written for two additional episodes, that were produced after the TV-series had aired, and released as an OVA in January 1987. In subsequent re-airings those two episodes were added to the original show making the series 26 episodes long.

The Dirty Pair anime has a closer setup to the original light novels by Haruka Takachiho more than any of the other incarnations. Unlike the light novels, the universe of the anime has a more comical atmosphere and presents the typical styles of a 1980s inspired future. The Lovely Angels and the WWWA reside in a location known as Eleanor City where Kei (voiced by Kyouko Tonguu) and Yuri (voiced by Saeko Shimazu) live in an apartment together in the city's famous Damocles Tower. The chief of the 3WA in this version is Gooley Andrew Francess along with Calico who serves as second in command. The Lovely Angels also have two assistants, a genetically modified feline named Mughi, and a small robot known as Nanmo.

The TV series (including the two extra OVA episodes) was licensed for a release by Nozomi Entertainment, who released it into two box sets on November 2, 2010, and February 8, 2011, respectively, each containing 13 episodes. These releases contain Japanese dialog with English subtitles. David Williams from Sentai Filmworks did confirm that he offered to produce an English dub with Seraphim Digital for the re-release, but was declined for unknown reasons. Dirty Pair was aired in North America on the Showtime Beyond channel.

On October 1, 2021, Nozomi Entertainment launched a Kickstarter campaign to release the original television series on Blu-ray, along with the creation of a new English dub to be produced by Headline Studios. The following day, after raising 75% of their $275,000 goal, Nozomi announced in an update that Jessica Calvello would be reprising her role as Yuri from the OVA series dub for the new dub of the original series. An update on October 13 revealed that Pamela Lauer, who last played Kei in the ADV dub of Project Eden in 2005, would be coming out of retirement to reprise her role. On October 30, after reaching $600,000, an update revealed that Jason Douglas would reprise his role as Gooley. The campaign closed on October 31, 2021, with a final pledge tally of $731,406.

OVAs
A 10-episode OVA series was released on December 21, 1987, through April 21, 1988. ADV released the OVA series on five English dubbed and subtitled VHS tapes from November 11, 1998, to January 25, 2000, each containing two episodes. The series was later released to bilingual DVD in two five-episode volumes on July 17 and October 23, 2001. A complete collection was released on December 27, 2005. Nozomi Entertainment later license-rescued the OVA series, and re-released it in a remastered bilingual DVD set on January 3, 2012. This series has been called Original Dirty Pair or Dirty Pair 2 in English.

The series featured two stand-alone OVA hour-long features: Affair of Nolandia (ノーランディアの謎) (1985) and Flight 005 Conspiracy (謀略の００５便) (1990). The first revolves around a plot with the pair tracking down a psychic girl, while the second concerns the pair investigating a mysterious spaceship explosion. Both OVA features were released onto English dubbed VHS on November 23, 1994, and February 21, 1995, respectively by Streamline Pictures and Orion Pictures. They were later re-licensed and re-dubbed by ADV Films and released to bilingual DVD on November 4 and December 2, 2003, respectively. ADV later re-released them to DVD, along with Project Eden, on November 8, 2005, in a 3-DVD boxset. They were later re-licensed by Nozomi Entertainment, who released them in a bilingual DVD set (with both Streamline and ADV dubs) with Project Eden on May 8, 2012.

Film
Dirty Pair: Project Eden, known in Japan as Dirty Pair: The Movie (ダーティペア), is a feature-length anime film based on the Dirty Pair anime series originally released in Japan on November 28, 1986.

Dirty Pair Flash
Dirty Pair Flash were three OVAs series totaling 16 episodes, 1994–1996. The story premise and character designs are very different from any of the other versions.

Comics
The American comic company and manga translator Studio Proteus acquired rights to create comic versions of The Dirty Pair in 1989; the first two graphic novels were published by the since-defunct Eclipse Comics. Later the rights were transferred to Dark Horse Comics. The first three series were written by Toren Smith and Adam Warren and drawn by Warren—after that Smith left the project and Warren took over writing completely.

Manga
The Great Adventures of the Dirty Pair (ダーティペアの大冒険) is a 2010-2011 manga adaptation by Hisao Tamaki serialised by Tokuma Shoten in Monthly Comic Ryū, that is a retelling of the original Dirty Pair light novel of the same name, but with significant character redesigns. It was released in English by Seven Seas Entertainment in an omnibus volume on December 17, 2019.

Radio series
A fifth version of the "DP Concept" made its debut on 1 October 2006 in a 26-week radio series on FM Osaka, entitled "Lovely Angel: Kei & Yuri". A streaming Internet broadcast of successive episodes became available beginning 15 October. The story involves a case in which the Lovely Angels assist the FBI on a case which takes them along the route of the old Route 66. The series features Horie Yui as Yuri and Minagawa Junko as Kei. While Takachiho participated in the selection of the voice artists, he was not involved in the writing for this series. Additional information on the series, in Japanese, can be found at Nihon Sunrise's site.

A second radio series, "Daatipea91: Kunoichi" began on FM Osaka on 15 October 2007. This time written by Takachiho himself, it places eighteen-year-old Kei and Yuri in Japan in the year 1791 as student ninjas who find themselves embroiled in political affairs of the period. Horie Yui and Minagawa Junko reprised their voice roles. Again, a streaming broadcast was available. This series was re-broadcast during March to April 2009.

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User talk:Astronautics~enwiki/Neo-nazi watchlist

I already have 1000 pages in my watchlist so to me, this page isn't too big yet. Thanks for putting it together, it's a good idea. Rhobite 02:36, Feb 8, 2005 (UTC)

 * Great idea - I've already transferred over a few links from my own watchlist that weren't already here. Is there any point to highlighting (adding asterisks) to the especially frequented ones? I've noticed certain trends. -Willmcw 09:32, Mar 5, 2005 (UTC)
 * You can if you like, but they won't show up on "related change". silsor 14:00, Mar 5, 2005 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much to this. We should create an anti-nazi taskforce or something like that. I don't know if anyone else finds it that urgent but anti-fascism is one of the foundations of my politics so I may see it a different way. :) --Tothebarricades.tk 02:59, May 3, 2005 (UTC)
 * The page wasn't created to stamp out any particular view within Wikipedia, but rather to watch out for a feared wave of biased users coming in off certain racist Internet forums. It didn't really happen, though. silsor 03:06, May 3, 2005 (UTC)
 * Does this mean we can use it for comedic purposes now? 68.225.242.19 22:44, 18 October 2005 (UTC)


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Bobby Taylor & the Vancouvers

Bobby Taylor & the Vancouvers were a Canadian soul band from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The group recorded for the Gordy Records division of Motown Records in 1968, where they had a top 30 hit single, "Does Your Mama Know About Me". As a producer and solo artist, Bobby Taylor contributed to several other soul recordings, both inside and outside of Motown. Taylor is most notable for discovering and mentoring The Jackson 5. Tommy Chong was a member of Bobby Taylor & the Vancouvers before he became famous as a comedian.

Career
Bobby Taylor, born Robert Edward Taylor on February 18, 1934, in Washington, D.C., was raised in Washington. As a young man, he moved to New York City and sang in doo-wop groups with singers who later joined successful acts such as Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers and Little Anthony and the Imperials. In 1958 he began his music career as a member of The Four Pharaohs, who released a few locally-selling recordings in the Columbus, Ohio area.

In the early 1960s, while they were in San Francisco, Taylor met Little Daddy and the Bachelors, made up of vocalist Tommie Melton, guitarist Tommy Chong, bassist Wes Henderson, pianist Bernie Sneed, and drummer Floyd Sneed (later the drummer for Three Dog Night). While in Calgary they were known as the Calgary Shades. The word Shades in the group's name referenced the fact that the band was interracial. Chong (later famous as one-half of comedy duo Cheech and Chong) is half Chinese. The other members were Black, white, and Aboriginal. Taylor was of Black, Puerto Rican, and Native American heritage.

"Little Daddy & The Bachelors" recorded a single, "Too Much Monkey Business" / "Junior's Jerk". Melton and Chong performed a Vancouver dance hall in 1962 called the Blues Palace, a former movie theatre, opening for Ike & Tina Turner.

Although Little Daddy & The Bachelors built up a small following, things soured when they went with Chong's suggestion and had themselves billed as "Four Niggers and a Chink" —or, bowing to pressure, "Four N's and a C", before taking on the moniker Bobby Taylor & the Vancouvers.

Bobby Taylor & the Vancouvers join Motown
In 1965, Supremes members Florence Ballard and Mary Wilson heard the band—whose repertoire consisted primarily of Motown covers—at the Elegant Parlour in Vancouver, and alerted Motown CEO Berry Gordy Jr. Gordy brought the Vancouvers to Motown Records in Detroit, Michigan, and signed them to his Gordy Records imprint. By this time the evolving lineup consisted of Taylor, Henderson, and Chong along with guitarist Eddie Patterson, organist Robbie King, and drummer Duris Maxwell (aka Ted Lewis), the latter three having come as a package when the original Vancouvers merged with another local group, the Good Shepherds. Claims have been made that future star guitarist Jimi Hendrix played with them in those early days, but Chong has been quoted as saying that any such appearance is a product of Taylor's "imagination." Hendrix and Taylor knew each other from their early days in the Seattle-Tacoma area and Hendrix's summers with his grandmother in Vancouver. Hendrix later jammed onstage with the Vancouvers in Europe.

The group recorded its debut album, an eponymous release, and their debut single, the Tommy Chong co-composition "Does Your Mama Know About Me," peaked at number 29 on the Billboard Hot 100, and #44 in Canada.

For a July, 1968, engagement at the Regal Theater in Chicago, Bobby Taylor & the Vancouvers had a local-area family band, The Jackson 5, as their opening act. Impressed with the group, Taylor personally brought them to Detroit and the Motown offices, arranging an audition for them with Motown executive Suzanne de Passe. De Passe and Berry Gordy were impressed with the Jacksons, and the group was signed to the label within a year.

They released two further singles, "I Am Your Man," (US #85, US R&B #40, Can. #80) produced by Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson, and the Smokey Robinson-written and produced "Malinda" (US #48, US R&B #16, Can. #59), which would appear on their 1968 studio album. The Vancouvers performed in support of Motown artist Chris Clark. However, Clark and Motown producer Johnny Bristol fired Chong and Henderson for missing a gig to apply for Green cards. The group broke up shortly afterwards, when Chong attempted to have the Vancouvers' contract halved, so that he, Taylor, and Henderson would constitute the group, while Robbie King, Eddie Patterson, and Ted Lewis would simply be regarded as sidemen and session artists. Taylor auditioned for the then-vacant lead singer position in The Temptations (following David Ruffin's expulsion from the group), but was turned down.

Taylor on his own
After the Jackson 5 signed to Motown in March 1969, Taylor became the group's first producer. He supervised the bulk of their first album, Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5, recording the Jacksons on a number of soul covers, including The Miracles' "Who's Lovin' You". Berry Gordy would later move the group to California and take personal control of their sound. Although Taylor would briefly join the Jacksons in California, he did not receive credit for working on the group's early singles such as "I Want You Back" and "ABC" alongside Gordy's team known as The Corporation. In addition to those, he produced most of their covers of older rhythm and blues songs.

As a solo artist, Taylor was shifted to Motown's V.I.P. label and continued as a solo artist. Although his "Oh, I've Been Blessed" later attained a cult following, Taylor's solo singles failed to sell well. By 1971, Taylor had departed Motown because of a financial dispute, recording sporadically into the mid-1970s.

Taylor later successfully sued Motown. Moving to the United Kingdom, Taylor started an offshoot group, Bobby Taylor & the New Vancouvers, and recorded an album for Ian Levine's Motorcity Records. By 1990, Taylor had left the music world, but he returned for a one-off performance and Q&A in 1998.

Later in life, Taylor suffered from throat cancer, which he had treated by various holistic doctors.

On July 22, 2017, Bobby Taylor died in Hong Kong, aged 83.

Bobby Taylor & the Vancouvers discography
All items issued on Gordy Records unless otherwise noted.

Singles

 * 1968: "Does Your Mama Know About Me" (US #29, US R&B #5)
 * 1968: "I Am Your Man" (US #85, US R&B 40)
 * 1968: "Malinda" (US #48, US R&B #16)

Albums

 * 1968: Bobby Taylor & the Vancouvers
 * 1990: Find My Way Back (Motorcity Records)

Bobby Taylor solo discography

 * 1969: "Oh, I've Been Bless'd" (V.I.P. Records)
 * 1969: "My Girl Has Gone" (Gordy Records)
 * 1970: "Blackmail" (V.I.P. Records, promo-only)
 * 1971: "Hey Lordy" (Mowest Records)
 * 1972: "There Are Roses Somewhere In The World" (Sunflower Records)
 * 1973: "I Can't Quit Your Love" (Tommy Zs7 Records)
 * 1973: "Why Play Games" (Playboy Records) (US R&B #83)
 * 1973: "I Can't Quit Your Love" (Philadelphia International, by "BT & TB"—Bobby Taylor and Thom Bell).

Albums

 * 1969: Taylor Made Soul (Gordy Records)
 * 2006: Motown Anthology (Hip-O/Select)

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Talk:Ice blocking

Red bull?
The page claims "mixing colouring agents such as red bull into the ice prior to blocking." As a former actual ice blocker, this seems unlikely, since Red Bull is way more expensive and less colorful than food coloring (and, has a high enough sugar content that by the time it was colorful, it would also be acting as an antifreeze). Barring a citation, I'm removing this edit. -- Kaszeta 14:03, 30 Mar 2005 (UTC)

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Mitt Romney - Wikipedia article refers to here, should return citation to it. I don't get from article how fast blocks go: is this an all-day trip down the hill, or do they actually slide? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 155.247.231.155 (talk) 19:04, 2 June 2011 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hardmob

 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 Speedy Delete. Per the deletion log:

 * 07:17, 2005 Feb 18 Jni deleted Hardmob (Vandal sandbox, see its VfD entry for further discussion)

Hardmob
Page has no useful content... and looking back through all its edits, none of them appear to be very much better. Talk page also looks like a sandbox. -Goldom 02:39, 8 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Speedy Delete as joke/attack page. It's actually a Brazillian video-games forum, if anybody cares. Andrew Lenahan - St ar bli nd  03:00, Feb 8, 2005 (UTC)
 * Yes, delete.HowardB 06:01, 8 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, not notable, possible prank/joke. Megan1967 07:53, 8 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Speedy Delete, silly vandalism. Wyss 20:13, 8 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * delete (the guy is creating this insistingly also in wiki.pt) muriel@pt 00:54, 10 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Well, I speedy deleted it as a vandal sandbox. Every revision was either a CSD #3 (General class) or a CSD #1 (Article class) case. Given that also this VfD-page was (successfully) vandalized, there is not much point in voting any more. Move along, move along... jni 07:17, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)

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Talk:Matt Clement

Who is Matt Clement
Anyone think he looks like John Brown? Lincoln is who people used to compare him to. Thrown in here for old times sake. He lost his goatee though. --Lord Voldemort (Dark Mark) 19:06, 21 July 2005 (UTC)

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Infobox timeline
It was agreed upon here in topic #36 Baseball player infoboxes that players listed on the roster, even if they spend the entire year on the DL, should be listed as playing for the team. Jackal4 (talk) 00:39, 6 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Umm where? I see this. It's very clear that DL for the season is never included. JustSomeRandomGuy32 (talk) 00:50, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

 * Apparently it isn't, but anyway, I haven't seen any other article that doesn't have years they didn't play because they were injured. Clement spent the entire season listed as a member of their team. Jackal4 (talk) 01:14, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

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Talk:Damokles

This page was voted on for deletion at Votes for deletion/Damokles. The consensus was to redirect it. dbenbenn | talk 02:41, 8 Feb 2005 (UTC)

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Talk:Lilith (comics)

On 25 Jan 2005, this article was nominated for deletion. See Votes for deletion/Lilith (comics) for a record of the discussion. Rossami (talk) 02:43, 8 Feb 2005 (UTC)

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Category:Early music groups

Groups specializing in the performance of early music (music from antiquity to the end of the Baroque era, approximately 1750)

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Talk:The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead

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I noted on the "Grand Forks Herald" page, you include that "The editorial viewpoint is centre-left." In the interest of fairness, should it not be included that the Forum's viewpoint is center-right? As far as I know, more people consider the Forum conservative than consider the Herald liberal. What's the criteria here?
 * -- 24.111.60.193, 20:45 7 Feb 2005

Glad to have your input. I didn't want to simply state the editorial viewpoint, I wanted to include paragraphs to give people some background on the paper. I could have put up "The editorial viewpoint is conservative.", but as you can see with the articles on the Grand Forks Herald, Minot Daily News, and Bismarck Tribune, I also included some brief details on the histories of the papers. Without that same kind of information on the Forum, I didn't feel comfortable taking the leap.

Also bear in mind that there are plenty of articles still left to be made in Category:Newspapers of North Dakota, and only the four largest papers have been given articles so far.

Before I close, I would also recommend registering a username and ending your comments with the proper signature code ( -~ ) before contributing on the Talk pages, as it tends to be confusing to users.

Best Regards, Alexwcovington (talk) 08:27, 8 Feb 2005 (UTC)

-Is there some factual basis for stating the editorial viewpoint as center-right? This seems like pure conjecture. Sorry for not creating a user name and following convention; I just noticed this and thought it should be looked at. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.129.126.116 (talk) 21:01, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

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Dordi Nordby

Dordi Agate Nordby (born 8 April 1964 in Bærum) is a retired Norwegian curler from Snarøya. Nordby has amassed an array of medals in major international competitions over a career spanning three decades, including two world championship gold medals and two European championship gold medals.

Career
Having made her international debut for Norway as early as 1981, Nordby played for her country at the curling exhibition event in the Calgary Winter Olympics, where the team won a 'bronze medal' - which of course had no official status. She first won a medal at the world championships in 1989, playing third in the Norway team that finished as runners-up. As skip of the team in 1990 and 1991, Dordi reached the pinnacle of her career to date by leading Norway to back-to-back gold medals.

Although she has yet to quite recapture that form, the Norway team she has almost invariably continued to skip at major championships has maintained a remarkable consistency, netting bronze medals in 1993, 1995, 1996, 2000 and 2002, and a silver in 1997. She has so far, however, failed in her quest to win a 'real' Olympic medal for Norway, finishing fifth in Nagano in 1998, seventh in Salt Lake City in 2002, and fourth in Turin in 2006.

Nordby suffered a blow when the international career of her long-term lieutenant Hanne Woods finally succumbed to a long-term knee complaint. However, the promising junior Linn Githmark was co-opted to play third in the team at the 2004 World Championships, and a transition was successfully achieved as Norway picked up a silver medal, with yet another bronze following in 2005. However, as of the 2005 European Championships, Githmark is no longer on the team.

In 2003 Nordby won the Frances Brodie Award, which is an award that is presented to the player deemed to have displayed the best sportsmanship throughout the championship, as voted on by all of the players competing. She also brings a thermos of coffee to every game she plays, and used to be a chain-smoker, but says she has quit smoking after 25 years. Nordby has said she will continue curling until "my knees break". However, after a disappointing 2006 European Curling Championships in which she failed to qualify Norway for the 2007 Worlds, Nordby announced her retirement from the sport in January 2007.

In 2019 Nordby was inducted into the World Curling Hall of Fame, and was awarded the Elmer Freytag Award.

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Robert Earl Keen

Robert Earl Keen (born January 11, 1956) is an American country singer-songwriter and entertainer. Debuting with 1984's No Kinda Dancer, the Houston native has recorded 20 full-length albums for both independent and major record labels. His songs have had cover versions recorded by many musicians, including George Strait, Joe Ely, Lyle Lovett, The Highwaymen and Nanci Griffith. Keen has toured extensively in the US and abroad throughout his career.

Early life and education
Keen was born and grew up in Houston, Texas, United States. As a teenager, he was an avid reader who excelled in writing and literature classes. Keen was a fan of the British rock band Cream, and was influenced by country music by artists Willie Nelson, Norman Blake, Jesse Winchester, Flatt and Scruggs, Bill Withers, Gary Stewart, and Jimmie Rodgers.

After graduation from Sharpstown High School, Keen started playing guitar himself shortly thereafter, learning to play classic country covers out of a songbook the summer before starting college at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in English in 1978 and began writing songs and playing bluegrass and folk music with friends, including his childhood friend (and future longtime fiddle player in his band) Bryan Duckworth. During his college years Keen lived with future musician Lyle Lovett.

Career
In 1978, Keen graduated from Texas A&M and moved to Austin, Texas. He performed in nightclubs and live music venues in Austin, including Cactus Cafe, Emma Joe's, Alamo Lounge and Liberty Lunch, Anderson Fair in Houston, and Gruene Hall in New Braunfels. In 1983, Keen won the New Folk competition at the Kerrville Folk Festival in Kerrville, Texas. That same year, he began making his self-produced first album, No Kinda Dancer.

Following the release of this album in 1985, Keen moved to Nashville with his future wife, Kathleen Gray. He signed a publishing deal, a new independent label deal, and signed with a national booking agent. While in Nashville, Keen and Gray worked at Hatch Show Print shop.

Keen returned to Texas in 1987 and released his second album, The Live Album, in 1988, followed by his third album, West Textures in 1989. West Textures featured the first recording of Keen's signature song, "The Road Goes on Forever." Fellow Texan Joe Ely recorded the song on his 1993 album Love and Danger, along with another Keen song, "Whenever Kindness Fails". Keen's own version of "Whenever Kindness Fails" appeared on his fourth album, 1993's A Bigger Piece of Sky. In 1994, he released Gringo Honeymoon followed by No. 2 Live Dinner in 1996.

Keen has continued to write and record music, while also maintaining a prodigious tour schedule. His 1997 album, Picnic, marked the beginning of his on-again, off-again relationship with major labels (both that album and 1998's Walking Distance were issued on Arista Records, and 2001's Gravitational Forces, 2009's The Rose Hotel and 2011's Ready for Confetti were released on Lost Highway Records). Keen's other albums include 2003's Farm Fresh Onions (Audium/Koch Records) and 2005's What I Really Mean and 2006's Live at the Ryman (both on E1 Music). The producers with whom he has worked on those albums have included John Keane, Gurf Morlix, Gary Velletri, and Lloyd Maines. In 2022, his concert tour was listed as one of the most successful in the world.

His band includes:
 * Bill Whitbeck — bass, upright bass, vocals
 * Tom Van Schaik — drums, vocals
 * Brian Beken — fiddle, acoustic guitar, electric guitar

In August of 2011, Keen was contacted by a member of U.S. Navy about a fan of his, Petty Officer First Class Jason Workman of Seal team 6, who had been killed on August 6, 2011, with 29 other Brave Americans in Wardak Province, Tanji Valley, Afghanistan. Keen went to the memorial service for POFC. Workman and played his signature song I’m coming home. Keen covered all of his own expenses for travel and only wanted to show a token of his gratitude to a fan who made the ultimate sacrifice for his country.

In January 2022, Keen announced that he would stop touring and performing publicly after September 2022. His final tour was named the "I'm Coming Home Farewell Tour" and the final leg was played September 1, 3 and 4 at Floore's Country Store in Helotes, Texas. Approximately 3,000 people attended the last show on September 4 for nearly two-and-a-half hours. Despite the claims of playing his final shows and farewell tour, Keen proceeded to do several shows in 2023 and lists a 2024 tour on his website with a dozen stops. Instagram posts on Keen's account containing photos from his "I'm Coming Home Farewell Tour" were later edited to remove reference to the "farewell" part of the tour.

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Category:Dialogues of Plato

These are the dialogues ascribed to Plato in antiquity. Many of these frequently feature Socrates and are an important part of the Socratic dialogues.

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