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NPOV?
This article is not npov. It advocates by including too many counter-arguments. Now, I couldn't care less about the topic, but I feel that the "principle of reaching objectivity" is not taken into account during the production of the article. What "real encyclopedia" (and Wikipedia is a VERY real encyclopedia) has a conclusion in any of its articles? None that I've read. - Sigg3.net 14:30, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)

 * I'd rather have the article deleted. It is generally laughed at, and the believers are mostly confined to a certain a Swedish province.--Wiglaf 18:03, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)

 * In fact, there are so many problems with the content that I will stay away from editing it any further.--Wiglaf 14:35, 19 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * Objectivity can't be to refrain from listing the available counter-arguments to a regionalist crackpot theory, just in order to not to make it look as off-the-mark as it actually is. If this theory is indeed considered notable enough for Wikipedia, a reasonable summary of the extensive evidence available against it must be allowed into the article, otherwise Wikipedia will be spreading delusion rather than knowledge. The heading "Conclusions" could possibly be renamed to something indicating its about the academic consensus' conclusions, rather than Wikipedia's own. / Alarm 15:29, 27 July 2005 (UTC)

 * This is not an updated article, not an objective article and not an objective one. It should be deleted, or at least given a full rewrite. The only sources listed are two of the strongest adherents of the "Sveaskola" and nothing is said about Viktor Rydbergs start of the theory (he died before the Nazis were formed), no names of prominent writers (Verner Lindblom, Mac Key, etc.) and nothing is mentioned about the fact that we only have one source claiming there ever was a temple and religous centre in Uppsala. And that one is Adam of Bremen's text, which is not objective either. Please rewrite or delete. /Khan, 16:47, 18 september 2009

Vote for Deletion
This theory derives from the nazi "archaeologist" Darré, Hans Reinerth and Eric Oxenstierna. The Swedish nazi amateure Carl-Otto Fast and more recent pronazi dillettants are still using this sick theory. It has nothing to do with facts. It must be deleted.

Opposing notes of interest for not placing Ubsola in Uppland
Several interesting notes have been raised against the common theory of Svealand being the ancient home of Sveas and the Ása cult, e.g. the following:

 * 1) Gamla Uppsala holds several mounds, of which the most famous, the three great mounds known as the kings' mounds are visible from far away. These are said to be the mounds of three famous mythological kings, Ane (Aun), his son Egil—also known as Ongentheow and sometimes Angantyr—(father of Ottar and Ale), Adils (Ottar's son), living sometimes around 450–550 A.D.
 * 2) Also, it is an indisputable fact that the county of Uppland holds several findings from around the Iron Age that indicate that a kingdom was ruled from here.
 * 3) Furthermore, an often named place in the myths and sagas is Fyris Wolds, a vast field near the temple site of Uppsala. The river passing the modern city of Uppsala is in fact called the Fyris (Fyrisån). Fyris survives as the name of a mediaeval royal estate on the location and in the names of two small lakes. The application of the form to the river, is however from the 17th century.
 * 4) In Snorri Sturluson's Heimskringla, the Ynglinga saga being part of the history of ancient Norwegian kings, the place Ubsola (Upsalum) is said to be located by the lake Lagen/Logen, which Snorri means should be the lake Mälaren, dividing Uppland and Södermanland and hosting the capital of Sweden, Stockholm, at its eastern shores. The ancestor of the Ynglinga family is said to be Frey, the God that came to Scandinavia together with Odin. When Odin found the place to be, he named that country (or place, castle, town...) Sigtuna. In the days of Snorri, this town existed (and is archeologically proven to have existed around 1000 A.D.) to the north of Mälaren.
 * 5) The same location is pointed out by Adam of Bremen, who was a bishop in Hamburg that wrote the history of the domain of northern Europe, including Scandinavia until Lund was given an archbishop seat in the 12th century. However, he did not explicitly state that the temple was located in Uppland.

This kind of promoting serves no purpose on Wikipedia. / Fred-Chess 21:51, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

Tone of this article
I don't know a lot of this "Götaland hypothesis" (which might be a better name for it than calling it a theory?), but as science mostly is right, I suppose it is right with regard to this question too. However, I find the tone of the article problematic. Between the lines I see tendencies of the author mainly wanting to ridicule and pointing fingers to the theory's supporters, rather than only presenting historical facts. It is hard for me to prove this feel though, partly as English is only my 3rd or 4th language, but I would appreciate a rewrite of some of the text's sentences/paragraphs, with regard to this issue. Even articles on the worst forms of misleading scientific nonsense (if that characterizes the Götaland hypothesis), should be written in a neutral tone. Fomalhaut76 (talk) 09:47, 9 April 2015 (UTC)

 * I don't know about the tone, but it certainly is badly structured. I'm not versed enough in the actual claims of the proponents to actually fix it, but in some cases the article is very vague.
 * Andejons (talk) 19:59, 9 April 2015 (UTC)

 * It should probably be clarified from the start that it is a conspiracy theory, and the name "theory" is not really a problem here since many crackpot ideas are called "theories", like Out of India Theory, Moon landing conspiracy theories, Masonic conspiracy theories, and so on. As for the tone of the article, I have no idea about how to give the subject a more neutral sounding tone.--Berig (talk) 15:39, 24 November 2020 (UTC)

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Yūjirō Ishihara

Yūjirō Ishihara (石原 裕次郎) was a Japanese actor and singer born in Kobe. His elder brother was Shintaro Ishihara, an author, politician, and the Governor of Tokyo between 1999 and 2012. Yujiro's film debut was the 1956 film Season of the Sun, based on a novel written by his brother. He was beloved by many fans as a representative youth star in the films of postwar Japan and subsequently as a macho movie hero. His early death from liver cancer was a major public event in Japan.

Life and career
Ishihara grew up in Kobe, Otaru, and Zushi. His father, an employee of Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, was from Ehime Prefecture, and his mother was from Miyajima, Hiroshima. Ishihara attended Otaru Fuji Kindergarten and then Otaru City Inaho Elementary School. During his elementary school years he participated in competitive swimming and skied on Mt. Tengu. He then attended Zushi City Zushi junior High School, where he began playing basketball. He aimed to enter Keio Senior High School, but did not pass the entrance examination. He enrolled at Keio Shiki Boys' Senior High School, but in 1951 was admitted to Keio Senior High School. Afterward he entered the political science department of the school of law at Keio University, associated with the high school, but reportedly spent all his time playing around.

Wanting to become an actor, he auditioned at Toho, Daiei Film and Nikkatsu, but did not pass any of his auditions. However, in 1956, with help from producer Takiko Mizunoe and his brother Shintaro, he received a bit-part in the film adaptation of Shintaro's Akutagawa Prize-winning Season of the Sun, making his film debut. Afterwards he withdrew from Keio University to work for Nikkatsu, playing the lead in the film adaptation of Shintaro's novel Crazed Fruit.

At the 1958 Blue Ribbon Awards Ishihara won the prize for best new actor for the 1957 films Washi to taka and Man Who Causes a Storm. He would go on to become one of the representative stars of the Showa Era with his twin acting and singing career, but his life was one made harder by illness and injury.

In 1960 he married actress Mie Kitahara, his co-star in a number of films beginning in 1956 with Crazed Fruit.

Ishihara, together with Akira Kobayashi, was the main male star at Nikkatsu on Nikkatsu's move into the Roman Porno soft porn market. Yūjirō founded Ishihara Promotion to make films. Kurobe's Sun which he produced was a great success but some movies he produced failed and he was forced to appear in the television dramas although he was reluctant to appear.

He survived a 1978 oral cancer of the tongue, and a 1981 aortic aneurysm, supported by friends, family and his legion of fans. However he was later diagnosed with liver cancer and died at Keio University Hospital in 1987 on July 17 at 4:26. He was 52 years old. His final appearance as an actor was in the final episode of popular detective television drama Taiyō ni Hoero!. In Taiyō ni Hoero! Ishihara kept on playing the role of Shunsuke Todō for 14 years and gained new popularity.

Throughout his life Ishihara used alcohol and tobacco, and ate meals that were lacking in vegetables; this unhealthy lifestyle is generally acknowledged as contributing to his early death.

Legacy and memorials
Yujiro Ishihara was called a Japanese Elvis Presley and his films and music are still followed by lovers of the Shōwa period. On the anniversary of his death, 17 July, his mourning ceremony is often rebroadcast on television.

His grave is a granite gorintō, at Sōji-ji temple in Tsurumi, Yokohama, Kanagawa. A memorial museum opened on June 21, 1991, in Otaru, Hokkaido.

In 1996 his older brother, Shintaro, published a biography, Otōto (弟), (Younger Brother), that won the Mainichi Bungakusho Special Prize and became the basis of a drama broadcast by TV Asahi in 2004.

His image features on a 1997 Japanese postage stamp.

Selected filmography

 * Gesshoku (1956)
 * Season of the Sun (太陽の季節, Taiyō no Kisetsu, 1956) - Mr. Izu (supporting role)
 * Crazed Fruit (狂った果実, Kurutta kajitsu, 1956) - Takishima Natsuhisa
 * The Baby Carriage (乳母車, Ubaguruma, 1956) - Muneo Aizawa
 * Chitei no Uta (地底の歌, 1956) - Fuyu, the Diamond
 * Ningen gyorai shutsugekisu (1956)
 * Jazz musume tanjō (ジャズ娘誕生 Jazu musume tanjō, 1957) - Haruo Nanjô
 * This Day's Life (今日のいのち Kyo no inochi, 1957)
 * Sun in the Last Days of the Shogunate (幕末太陽伝 Bakumatsu taiyōden, 1957) - Takasugi Shinsaku
 * Washi to taka (1957) - Senkichi
 * I Am Waiting (俺は待ってるぜ Ore wa matteru ze, 1957) - Jôji Shimaki
 * Man Who Causes a Storm (嵐を呼ぶ男 Arashi o yobu otoko, aka A Storming Drummer, 1957) - Shoichi Kokubu
 * Shorisha (1957)
 * Subarashiki dansei (1958)
 * Yoru no kiba (literally "Fang of the Night") (1958) - Kenkichi Sugiura
 * Rusty Knife (錆びたナイフ Sabita naifu, 1958) - Yukihiko Tachibana
 * A Slope in the Sun (陽のあたる坂道 Hi no ataru sakamichi, 1958) - Shinji Tashiro
 * Fūsoku 40 metres (風速４０米 Fūsoku yonjū mētoru, 1958)
 * Red Quay (赤い波止場 Akai Hatoba, 1958) - Jirô Tominaga
 * Kurenai no tsubasa (1958)
 * Ashita wa Ashita no Kaze ga Fuku (1958)
 * Arashi no naka o tsuppashire (1958)
 * Wakai Kawa no Nagare (1959) - Kensuke Sone
 * Sekai o kakeru Koi (1959) - Yûji Muraoka
 * Tôgyû ni kakeru otoko (1960) - Tôu Kitami
 * Aitsu to watashi (1961) - Saburo Kurokawa
 * Dôdôtaru jinsei (1961) - Shûhei Nakabe
 * Arabu no Arashi (1961) - Shintaro Munakata
 * Ginza no koi no Monogatari (1962) - Jirô Ban
 * Nikui An-chikushô (1962) - Daisaku Kita
 * Zerosen Kurokumo Ikka (1962)
 * Wakai Hito (1962) - Shintarô Masaki
 * Hana to Ryu (1962)
 * Alone on the Pacific aka Alone Across the Pacific (太平洋ひとりぼっち Taiheiyo hitori-botchi, 1963) - The Youth
 * Red Handkerchief (1964)
 * Tekkaba Yaburi (1964)
 * Kuroi Kaikyo (1964) - Akio Maki
 * Taking The Castle (1965) - Tozo Kuruma
 * Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines (1965) - Yamamoto
 * Seishun to wa nanda (1965) - Kensuke Nonomura
 * Nakaseruze (1965)
 * Yogiri yo Kon'yamo Arigatō (1967) - Tôru Sagara
 * Hatoba no taka (1967) - Keinichi Kusumi
 * Kimi wa koibito (1967) - Ishizaki - director
 * Kurobe's Sun (黒部の太陽; Kurobe no Taiyō, 1968) - Iwaoka
 * Wasureru Monoka (1968)
 * Samurai Banners (風林火山; Fūrin Kazan, 1969) - Kenshin Uesugi
 * Eiko e no 5,000 kiro (1969)
 * Hitokiri (1969) - Ryoma Sakamoto
 * Arashi no yushatachi (1969) - Shimaji
 * Fuji sanchō (1970) - Gorō Umehara
 * Machibuse (1970) - Yataro
 * Aru heishi no kake (1970) - Hiroshi Kitabayashi
 * Men and War Part I (1970) - Shinozaki
 * A Man′s World (1971) - Tadao Konno
 * Yomigaeru daichi (1971) - Kazuya uematsu
 * Kage Gari Hoero taiho (1972) - Jubei Muroto
 * Kage Gari (1972) - Jubei Muroto
 * Tōga (1978) - (Special appearance)
 * Arcadia of My Youth (わが青春のアルカディア Waga Seishun no Arcadia, 1982) - Phantom F. Harlock I (voice) (final film role)

TV drama

 * Taiyō ni Hoero! (太陽にほえろ!) (1972-1986) - Shunsuke Tōdō (Boss)
 * Daitokai Series (大都会) (1976-1978) - Gōro Munakata / Ryuta Takigawa
 * Haguregumo (浮浪雲) (1978)
 * Seibu Keisatsu (西部警察) (1979–84) - Kogure

Hit songs

 * Arashi wo Yobu Otoko (1958)
 * Ginza no Koi no Monogatari (銀座の恋の物語) (1961)
 * Red handkerchief (1962)
 * Futari no Sekai (1965)
 * Yogiri yo Konyamo Arigatou (1967)
 * Brandy Glass (ブランデー グラス) (1977)
 * Waga Jinsei ni Kuiwanai (1987)
 * Kita no Tabibito (1987)

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A mari usque ad mare

A mari usque ad mare (D'un océan à l'autre, ; From sea to sea) is the Canadian national motto. The phrase comes from the Latin Vulgate translation of Psalm 72:8 in the Bible:

"'Et dominabitur a mari usque ad mare, et a flumine usque ad terminos terrae' (King James Bible: 'He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth')."

History
An early use of the phrase was by George Monro Grant, who wrote a book called Ocean to Ocean about the geographic span of Canada, and who was Sandford Fleming's secretary and a Presbyterian minister who used the phrase in his sermons. His great-grandson Michael Ignatieff suggests that Grant used the phrase in a nation-building effort during the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway. The use of the word "dominion" in the verse reflected the common use of the name "Dominion of Canada" for the new country.

The motto was first officially used in 1906 on the head of the mace of the new Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan. This phrase was suggested for a national motto by Joseph Pope, then-Under Secretary of State, when the Canadian coat of arms was redesigned in 1921. Pope was a member of the four-person committee appointed by the federal government to redesign the coat of arms (the other members were Thomas Mulvey, A.G. Doughty and Major-General W.G. Gwatkin). No motto had been included in the original design. Major-General W.G. Gwatkin proposed in memoriam in spem ("in memory, in hope") as a motto, but Pope's proposal garnered more support. The draft design was approved by Order in Council on April 21, 1921, and by the Royal Proclamation of King George V on November 21, 1921.

As part of the Canadian coat of arms, the motto is used as a mark of authority by various government agencies and representatives. It is also present on all denominations of Canadian banknotes, and on the cover of Canadian passports. On its own, it appears on all federal government proclamations.

Proposed amendment
In March 2007, the premiers of Canada's three territories called for the amendment of the motto to reflect the vast geographic nature of Canada's territory, as Canada has coastlines on the Arctic, Atlantic, and Pacific Oceans. Two suggestions for a new motto are A mari ad mare ad mare (from sea to sea to sea) and A mari usque ad maria (from the sea to the other seas). The expanded informal version of the motto ("from sea to sea to sea") is used in speeches and writings about Canada, representing inclusiveness toward northern residents and the growing significance of the Arctic in Canada's political and economic future. A Canwest Global-commissioned poll showed proponents of amending the motto outnumbering opponents in the ratio of three to one, with one-third of those polled neutral.

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James Reston

James "Scotty" Barrett Reston (November 3, 1909 – December 6, 1995) was an American journalist whose career spanned the mid-1930s to the early 1990s. He was associated for many years with The New York Times.

Early life and education
Reston was born in Clydebank, Scotland, into a poor, devout Scottish Presbyterian family that emigrated to the United States in 1920. In September 1920, Reston sailed with his mother and sister to New York City as steerage passengers on board the SS Mobile, and arrived and were inspected at Ellis Island.

The family settled in the Dayton, Ohio area, and Reston graduated from Oakwood High School in Oakwood, Ohio. In In 1927, he was a medalist in the first Ohio High School Golf Championship. He was the Ohio Public Links champion in 1931, and in 1932 was a member of the University of Illinois' Big Ten championship team.

While at Illinois, he was a member of Sigma Pi fraternity and was a roommate of John C. Evans, a Sigma Pi brother.

Career
After working briefly for the Springfield, Ohio, Daily News, he joined the Associated Press in 1934. He moved to the London bureau of The New York Times in 1939, but returned to New York in 1940.

In 1942, he took a leave of absence to establish a U.S. Office of War Information in London. In 1945, following the end of World War II, he rejoined The New York Times as a national correspondent in Washington, D.C..

In 1948, he was appointed diplomatic correspondent. In 1953, he became bureau chief and columnist.

Reston served as associate editor of The New York Times from 1964 to 1968, executive editor from 1968 to 1969, and vice president from 1969 to 1974. He wrote a nationally syndicated column from 1974 until 1987, when he became a senior columnist. During the Nixon administration, he was on U.S. president Richard Nixon's list of political opponents.

Reston was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1980.

Reston interviewed many of the world's leaders and wrote extensively about the leading events and issues of his time. He interviewed President John F. Kennedy immediately after the 1961 Vienna summit with Nikita Khrushchev on the heels of the Bay of Pigs invasion.

In 1989, Reston retired from The New York Times.

In his 2013 book, The Brothers: John Foster Dulles, Allen Dulles, and Their Secret World War, Stephen Kinzer portrayed Reston as a key contact for Central Intelligence Agency director Allen Dulles, alleging that he collaborated with the CIA's Operation Mockingbird, in which the agency sought to influence global reporting and journalism.

Personal life
Reston married Sarah Jane Fulton on December 24, 1935, after meeting her at the University of Illinois. They had three sons: James, a journalist, non-fiction writer, and playwright; Thomas, formerly Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for public affairs and the deputy spokesman for the United States Department of State}U.S. State Department; and Richard, the retired publisher of the Vineyard Gazette, a newspaper on Martha's Vineyard purchased by the elder Reston in 1968.

Death
Reston died on December 6, 1995, in Washington, D.C., at age 86.

Works
Reston's books include:

 * Prelude to Victory (1942)
 * The Artillery of the Press (1967)
 * Sketches in the Sand (1967)
 * Deadline (1991) (memoir)

Awards
Reston won the Pulitzer Prize twice. The first was in 1945, for his coverage of the Dumbarton Oaks Conference, particularly an exclusive series that detailed how the delegates planned to set up the United Nations. Decades later, he revealed that his source was a copy boy with The New York Times who was a member of the Chinese delegation. He received the second award in 1957 for his national correspondence, especially "his five-part analysis of the effect of President Eisenhower's illness on the functioning of the executive branch of the federal government".

In 1955, he was given the Raymond Clapper Memorial Award by the American Society of Newspaper Editors.

In 1986, he was one of twelve recipients of the Medal of Liberty. He received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1986 and the Four Freedoms Award in 1991.

He was also awarded the chevalier of the Légion d'honneur from France, the Order of St. Olav from Norway, Order of Merit from Chile, the Order of Leopold from Belgium, and honorary degrees from 28 universities.

Legacy
Writing in The Washington Post shortly after Reston's death, Bart Barnes observed that "Mr. Reston's work was required reading for top government officials, with whom he sometimes cultivated a professional symbiosis; he would be their sounding board and they would be his news sources." But former Times editor R. W. Apple Jr. noted in Reston's obituary that he "was forgiving of the frailties of soldiers, statesmen and party hacks—too forgiving, some of his critics said, because he was too close to them".

Reston had a particularly close relationship with Henry Kissinger and became one of his stalwart supporters in the media. At least eighteen conversations between the two are captured in transcripts released by the Department of State in response to FOIA requests. They document Reston volunteering to approach fellow Times columnist Anthony Lewis to ask him to moderate his anti-Kissinger texts and offering to plant a question in a press conference for the secretary.

A. G. Noornai, reviewing the 2002 biography of Reston, described how his closeness to Kissinger later damaged him further:

"Nixon had been re-elected. Kissinger returned from Paris with a peace deal. Reston praised him highly. Nixon, however, decided to bomb North Vietnam to demonstrate his support for the South. Reston did a story on December 13, 1972, based on his talks with Kissinger citing obstruction by Saigon, which was true. But he did not, could not, report what Kissinger had suppressed from him—he was privy to the decision to bomb Hanoi. That happened five days after the story was published. Kissinger now tried to distance himself from it and Reston was taken in by his claims. Kissinger 'undoubtedly opposes' the bombing, he wrote and tried to explain Kissinger's compulsions. Reston's line had not gone unnoticed. The December 13 column was the last straw. It harmed his reputation. Reston had spiked the Pentagon reporter's story because it conflicted with his perceptions. The reporter was proved right."

In his review of Reston's memoir, Eric Alterman wrote in The Columbia Journalism Review:

"To read Reston on Henry Kissinger today is, as it was during the Nixon administration, a little embarrassing. (Reston once titled one of his columns 'By Henry Kissinger with James Reston'.) Nothing in his experience in Washington, Reston says over and over in these memoirs, 'was ever quite as good or as bad as the fashionable opinion of the day', and he thinks of Kissinger as a prime example of this. [...] But in praising Kissinger, Reston is praising a man who regularly misled him, who wiretapped NSC staff members to determine who was leaking to reporters when they revealed his unconstitutional maneuverings, and who urged Nixon to prosecute Reston's newspaper for its constitutionally protected publication of the Pentagon Papers. During the infamous 1972 Christmas bombing of North Vietnam, Reston wrote of Kissinger that 'he has said nothing in public about the bombing in North Vietnam, which he undoubtedly opposes.... If the bombing goes on ... Mr. Kissinger will be free to resign.' The only problem with the interpretation, however, was that the bombings were Kissinger's idea. He misled Reston about his own position and then misled the White House staff about these conversations, finally admitting the truth when confronted with his phone records."

Reston also displayed his affinity for the powerful when Edward Kennedy drove his car off the bridge at Chappaquiddick Island, resulting in the death of Mary Jo Kopechne. Summering at nearby Martha's Vineyard, Reston filed the first account of the incident for The New York Times; his opening paragraph began "Tragedy has again struck the Kennedy family." Managing editor A. M. Rosenthal edited the text to make Kopechne the subject.

Acupuncture
Reston wrote for the Times that in July 1971, he suffered appendicitis while visiting China with his wife. After his appendix was removed through conventional surgery at the Anti-Imperialist Hospital in Beijing, his post-operative pain was treated by Li Chang-yuan with acupuncture that "sent ripples of pain racing through my limbs and, at least, had the effect of diverting my attention from the distress in my stomach." Paul U. Unschuld, an academic translator of traditional Chinese medical texts, credits Reston's article with the rise of traditional Chinese medicine in the body of alternative medicine of the West. There were popular misconceptions at the time that the acupuncture was used instead of anasthetics during the operation itself, but this was false, with Reston having been given a standard injection of benzocaine and lidocaine to anasthetise him prior to the operation.

Cultural references
In the 1962 novel Fail-Safe, by Eugene Burdick and Harvey Wheeler, the unnamed President of the United States refers to Reston during an impending nuclear crisis when he says that "someone will crack and start to call Scotty or one of the wire services or some damn thing."

Portrayals
Reston is played by Kenneth Welsh in the TV movie Kissinger and Nixon.

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Drayton Manor Resort

Drayton Manor Resort is a family theme park, zoo and accommodation in the grounds of the former Drayton Manor, in Drayton Bassett, Staffordshire, England, UK. It covers 180 acre, of which about 113 acre are in use, and hosts about 1.5 million people each year. It is the fourth-largest amusement park in the UK by land area at 280 acre. The park is also home to Thomas Land and Drayton Manor Zoo, home to over 500 animals, including Red pandas, Eurasian lynx, Sumatran tigers and a variety of monkeys and gibbons.

On 3 August 2020, Drayton Manor Park was sold to Looping Group, who own two other attractions in the UK, West Midlands Safari Park and Pleasurewood Hills.

History
The land on which the theme park was built once belonged to the Peel family. Drayton Manor mansion, built for Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet in 1835, had been reduced to ruins by 1926, with only the clocktower surviving at the park entrance. The British Army requisitioned it as a training post during World War II. After the war, entrepreneurs George and Vera Bryan borrowed £6,000 and bought the land (and the 17 huts that the army had constructed during their stay). In 1950, they opened a small amusement park with just a handful of children's rides. In 1954, Mrs. Molly Badham, who later opened the nearby Twycross Zoo, partnered with the Bryans and opened a zoo to complement the amusement park. The amusement park grew slowly in the 1950s, '60s and '70s, but, in the late '80s, the park began to install bigger and more thrilling rides to attract customers from all over the United Kingdom and to compete with rival theme parks. In 1992 Colin Bryan, George Bryan's son, became managing director of the park.

On 9 May 2017, an 11-year-old girl fell out of a raft on the Splash Canyon Rapids ride. She then climbed an 'algae-covered travelator' before slipping and falling into a deeper pool of water where she drowned. According to Drayton Manor's director, George Bryan, park staff responded immediately and rescued the girl from the water. The girl was airlifted to Birmingham Children's Hospital, but was proclaimed dead from her drowning soon after arrival. The park was temporarily closed after the incident, and the ride remained closed until summer 2021.

In February 2020, the park suffered flood damage from Storm Dennis. Following this, the park was required to remain shut until July 2020.

On 3 August 2020, the park entered administration and was bought by the Looping Group who own various parks, zoos and aquariums around Europe such as Pleasurewood Hills and West Midlands Safari Park. However, the Bryan family still play a key part in running the business, with William Bryan's role being managing director, even though under new ownership.

In December 2020, the park suffered a fire within the Thomas Land area of the park. The blaze started in a toilet block and was deemed accidental by investigators.

At the end of 2021 the park announced that something big was coming with the teaser Invading 2022 in a Nordic Viking style, hinting at the fact there was to be a new area in 2022 called Vikings. After a soft opening on 17 May the intricately-themed area officially opened on 28 May, featuring three new rides and the rethemed Buffalo roller coaster.

In either 2021 or 2022 the park announced a rebrand and a new logo, renaming from 'Drayton Manor Theme Park' to 'Drayton Manor Resort'.

In July 2023, it was announced that the park would be opening an Intamin family thrill Lift and Launch Coaster, which is due to open in 2024.

Rides and attractions
Drayton Manor is split into various themed areas, consisting of rides and attractions.

Zoo
Drayton Manor is also home to a 15 acre zoo. It contains over 100 species from all over the world.

Events
Drayton Manor offer a range of family-friendly events throughout the season.

Pumpkin Smash Bash
Open from 10:30 am – 5 pm daily, this event is tailored towards the park's younger visitors. The signature attraction is 'The Castle of Spooks' which offers a 15-minute experience where guests get to meet Halloween characters and take part in spooky activities including scary stories, interactive games, and trick or treating. The park's signature area Thomas Land is dressed with creepy decorations, pumpkins and spooky entertainment.

The Haunted Manor
Advertised as the 'Ultimate Halloween Event', this event runs on selected dates throughout October, from 5–9:00 pm. Aimed at the park's older visitors, on top of the scare attractions, guests get to experience night rides, live DJ, characters and fireworks. The event was named 'Night at the Manor' in its first year.

– Previous Haunted Manor attraction. – Current Haunted Manor attraction.

Drayton Manor Hotel
In 2009, plans for a hotel at Drayton Manor were submitted to Lichfield District Council. Planning permission for the hotel was granted in 2007, though the applicants felt that the scheme could benefit from further improvements without increasing the site area required.

The 4-star hotel with 150 well-appointed contemporary guest rooms including 15 Thomas & Friends themed bedrooms is designed to primarily meet the demand from park visitors as the park is attracting families from all over the UK, especially since the arrival of Thomas Land.

Camping and Caravanning Club
The Camping and Caravanning Club have a site at Drayton Manor. On the site there are 90 pitches, glamping tents (available through Ready Camp) and a children's playground.

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George Hepburn (bishop)

George Hepburn (died 9 September 1513) was the son of Adam Hepburn and brother to Patrick Hepburn, the first Earl of Bothwell.

He was a churchman, and served firstly as postulate Abbot of Arbroath, before becoming Lord High Treasurer of Scotland for a brief spell in 1509. Serving in that role only for a short time, he was consecrated as Bishop of the Isles in 1510 and was also Commendator of the Abbeys of Arbroath and Icolmkill.

He was killed at the Battle of Flodden in 1513, as was his brother Adam and his nephew, also Adam, the second Earl of Bothwell.

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R.E. Virton

Royal Excelsior Virton is a Belgian football club, based in the city of Virton, in Luxembourg province. The club will participate in Belgian National Division 1 from 2023 to 2024 after relegation from Challenger Pro League in 2022–23. They were purchased by Al-Ittihad midfielder N'Golo Kanté on 30 June 2023.

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Alfonso II of Naples

Alfonso II (4 November 1448 – 18 December 1495) was Duke of Calabria and ruled as King of Naples from 25 January 1494 to 23 January 1495. He was a soldier and a patron of Renaissance architecture and the arts.

Heir to his father Ferdinand I's Kingdom of Naples, Alfonso held the dukedom of Calabria for most of his life. In the 1480s Alfonso commanded the Neapolitan forces in Tuscany in 1478–79. He helped reverse the Ottoman invasion of Otranto in Apulia in 1480–81, and against the Republic of Venice in 1484. In 1486 Alfonso's repressive conduct towards the Neapolitan nobility prompted a revolt; the violent excesses of suppressing this uprising further discredited Alfonso and King Ferdinand. Under Alfonso's patronage the city of Naples was remodelled with new churches, straightened roads, and an aqueduct supplying fountains.

Alfonso became King of Naples in 1494 on his father's death. Within a year he was forced by the approaching army of Charles VIII of France to abdicate; he was succeeded by his son Ferdinand II of Naples. Alfonso went into an Olivetan monastery at Mazara del Vallo, on Sicily, where he survived until 18 December 1495.

Biography
Born in Naples, Alfonso was the eldest child of Ferdinand I of Naples by his first wife, Isabella of Clermont. In 1463, when Alfonso was fifteen, his maternal great uncle Giovanni Antonio del Balzo Orsini, Prince of Taranto, died, and he obtained some lands from the inheritance. When his mother died in 1465, he succeeded to her feudal claims, including the title King of Jerusalem.

Alfonso's education was at his father's humanist court. His tutor between 1468 and 1475 was the humanist Giovanni Pontano, whose De principe describes the proper virtues and manner of life becoming to a prince; the work took the form of letter of advice to the twenty-year old Alfonso, then Duke of Calabria, in 1468. Pontano dedicated a further treatise on courage, De fortitudine, to Alfonso in 1481, after his victory over the Ottoman invasion of Otranto, and remained close as his personal secretary until Alfonso's abdication. As a condottiero, Alfonso fought in the most important wars of the age, such the war following the Pazzi Conspiracy (1478–1480) and the War of Ferrara (1482–1484). Alfonso had shown himself a skilled and determined soldier, helping his father in the suppression of the conspiracy of the barons (1485) and in the defense of the Kingdom's territory against the Papal claims.

When his father died, the kingdom's finances were exhausted and the invasion of Italy by King Charles VIII of France was imminent. Instigated by Lodovico Sforza, who wished to stir up trouble to allow him to seize power in Milan, and with papal support, Charles decided to reassert the Angevin claim to Naples. He invaded Italy in September 1494 and was able to move swiftly south along the peninsula. Alfonso managed to regain the support of Pope Alexander VI, who invited Charles to devote his effort against the Turks instead. Alfonso was crowned on 8 May 1494 by the papal legate Juan de Borja Lanzol de Romaní, el mayor.

Charles, however, did not relent; by early 1495 Charles was approaching Naples, after having defeated Florence and the Neapolitan fleet under Alfonso's brother Frederick at Porto Venere. Alfonso, terrified by a series of portents, as well as unusual dreams and despised by Neapolitans, he abdicated in favor of his son, Ferdinand II. He then fled to a Sicilian monastery. He died in Messina later that year.

Appearance and personality
At a young age he was described by ladies and ambassadors as a very handsome young man, "So pretty you couldn't say", but "so alive that he couldn't sit still for half an hour". Doctors and ambassadors were surprised by his physical endurance, as he was able to keep himself healthy while eating and drinking very little and often in a hurry, being continuously busy in different activities during the day and resting a few hours at night, which he spent continuously with his wife.

He was nicknamed the Guercio by the people because he had his left eye marked, but it is not known whether from illness, from injury or from birth. According to other historians, this was instead because of his grim look and the habit of looking crooked. Francesco Pansa judges instead that he was squinting.

He had exceptional military skills and spent most of his life on the battlefields, leading a soldier's life. Andrea Bernardi says that, following the death of the famous leader Roberto Sanseverino, Alfonso remained the first armigero of Italy.

However, he was greatly feared and hated by the Neapolitan people for having offended their subjects with "most cruel insults and offenses", for having been guilty of the most heinous crimes, such as "violating virgins, taking other women for his pleasure" and practicing "Detesting and abominable vice of sodomy".

For example, the anonymous author of the Chronicum venetum reports - but it should be remembered that the Venetians were sworn enemies of the Neapolitans and of the Aragones in particular - who "wanting to narrate tyranny, cruelty, lustful and dishonest appetites, betrayals, the assassinations, the murders of King Ferrante and of Alfonso d'Aragona, his eldest son, Duke of Calabria, father of betrayals, conservative of rebels, a great book would not be enough for me: I believe that Nero was a saint among these tyrants". Beyond the possible exaggerations of enemy faction, many episodes of Alfonso's life confirm these aspects of his character, such as the fact that he expropriated numerous lands without offering any compensation to the legitimate owners (who, it is said, died of pain) for the construction of the villa of Poggioreale, and that in the same way he evicted the nuns of La Maddalena for the construction of the villa called della Duchesca. He also obtained for the Como – family friends – the splendid garden that Francesco Scannasorice owned adjacent to their palace: the man had refused numerous times to cede the garden to the Como, despite the generous offers of money, but he did not dare to oppose a refusal to the fearsome Duke of Calabria. The Neapolitans were so terrified that at the death of King Ferrante they all ran to barricade themselves in the house shouting "inside! inside!", not even if they were chased by enemies. His wife Ippolita Maria Sforza herself experienced its cruelty when, newly married, jealous of her husband, she sent her own trusted servant, Donato, to keep an eye on Alfonso in his travels, and Alfonso's reaction towards Donato was of such recklessness that Hippolyta wrote to her mother in her own letter: "This thing about Donato that I will never forget [...] not a wound to the heart, but I think it opened in the middle, so much was my pain and it will be".

It was no coincidence that, when the situation of the kingdom became desperate, Alfonso decided to abdicate in favor of his son, since he was so hated for his vices and cruelty as vices Ferrandino loved for his virtues and justice.

Loves
According to the Successi tragici et amorosi by Silvio Ascanio Corona, a seventeenth-century collection of novels in which the secrets of the members of the Aragonese court of Naples are collected – or at least it seems – Alfonso had many mistresses, thus not differing from his father Ferrante.

His first mistress was Isabella Stanza, bridesmaid of his mother Isabella of Chiaramonte; the relationship, however, did not last long. As soon as the mother – a very chaste and very religious woman – had a hint of the relationship, she married Isabella to Giovan Battista Rota, a nobleman very fond of the Aragonese faction, and thus to distance her from her son.

After her, Alfonso had his best-known mistress, Trogia Gazzella, whom he led to court. Tired of Trogia, he fell in love with Francesca Caracciolo, called Ceccarella, who, faithful to her husband, did not correspond with him. Alfonso had her kidnapped and, for several days, abused her at will until the woman's father and husband urged King Ferrante to persuade his son to release her. Ceccarella then retired to the convent of San Sebastiano, where shortly after, she died of pain. Alfonso, outraged, then had her father, Muzio Caracciolo, slaughtered, while her husband Riccardo, fearing for his life, took the monastic habit.

An other mistress was Maria d'Avellanedo, a Spanish noblewoman and bridesmaid of his stepmother Giovanna, then married to Alfonso Caracciolo, knight of the seat of Capuana, then a nobleman of the Montefuscolo family, then married to Galeotto Pagano of the seat of Porto, and Laura Crispano, whom he had by force and who he then married to his waiter Angelo Crivelli Milanese.

Renaissance culture
Alfonso participated in the brilliant Renaissance culture that surrounded his father's court. His lasting contribution to European culture was the example set at his villas of La Duchesca and especially Poggio Reale just outside Naples, which so captivated Charles VIII of France during his brief sojourn at Naples during February–June 1495, that he was inspired to emulation of the "earthly paradise" he encountered.

Poggio Reale, which Giorgio Vasari said was designed by Giuliano da Maiano and was laid out in the 1480s, has utterly disappeared and no extensive description has survived. Decades later, Vasari reported, "At Poggio Reale [Giuliano da Maiano] laid out the architecture of that palazzo, always considered a most beautiful thing; and to fresco it he brought there Pietro del Donzello, a Florentine, and Polito his brother who was considered in that time a good master, who painted the whole palazzo, inside and out, with the history of the said king." There are no archives to connect Giuliano or his brother Benedetto with the project; for documentation only a section and plan, reproduced with apologies for its inaccuracy, by Sebastiano Serlio. Serlio's reproduction seems to show an idealized plan, identical on all four sides, ranged around a court with a double arcading.

It is clear that the Aragonese court at Naples introduced the Moorish garden traditions of Valencia, with its shaded avenues and baths, sophisticated hydraulics that powered splendid waterworks, formal tanks, fishponds and fountains, as a luxurious and secluded setting for court life, and combined them with Roman features: Alfonso's Poggio Reale was built around three sides of an arcaded courtyard with tiers of seating round a sunken centre that could be flooded for water spectacles; on the fourth side it opened onto a garden that framed a spectacular view of Vesuvius.

It was all unlike anything experienced by the French king, who retreated from Italy, loaded with tapestries and works of art, and filled with building and gardening ambitions, but he would die young only three years later.

Marriage and children
Alfonso's wife was Ippolita Maria Sforza, whom he married on 10 October 1465 in Milan. His mistress, by whom he also had children, was Trogia Gazzella.

He had three children with Ippolita: And two with Trogia : By Maria d'Avellanedo he had two sons, Francesco and Carlo, both of whom died at a young age.
 * King Ferdinand II of Naples (26 August 1469 – October 1496), married Joanna of Naples
 * Isabella of Aragon, Duchess of Milan and of Bari, Princess of Rossano (2 October 1470 – 11 February 1524), married her first cousin Gian Galeazzo Sforza, Duke of Milan, January 1490.
 * Piero, Prince of Rossano (31 March 1472 – 17 February 1491), Lieutenant General of Apulia, died of an infection following leg surgery.
 * Sancia of Aragon (born 1478 in Gaeta)
 * Alfonso, Duke of Bisceglie and Prince of Salerno (born 1481 in Naples)

From Laura Crispano he had a little girl who died in swaddling clothes.

In popular culture
Alfonso II of Naples is portrayed by Augustus Prew in the Showtime series The Borgias, although he is portrayed as much younger and flamboyant than his historical counterpart was in the 1490s. Sancia of Aragon is portrayed as his half-sister rather than his daughter. In the European series Borgia written by Tom Fontana, where he is played by Raimund Wallisch, his portrayal is more historically accurate in terms of his age and Sancia being his daughter. In Da Vinci's Demons he is played by Kieran Bew and is depicted as a sadistic warlord, bitterly jealous of Lorenzo the Magnificent.

William Shakespeare's play The Tempest features two fictional characters: "Alonso, King of Naples" and "Ferdinand, son to the King of Naples" who may have been named after Alfonso II and his son Ferdinand II.

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Swatantra Party

The Swatantra Party was an Indian classical liberal political party that existed from 1959 to 1974. It was founded by C. Rajagopalachari in reaction to what he felt was the Jawaharlal Nehru-dominated Indian National Congress's increasingly socialist and statist outlook.

The party had a number of distinguished leaders, most of them old Congressmen, like C. Rajagopalachari, Minoo Masani, N.G. Ranga, Darshan Singh Pheruman, Udham Singh Nagoke and K.M. Munshi. The provocation for the formation of the party was the left turn that the Congress took at Avadi and the Nagpur Resolutions.

Swatantra stood for a market-based economy and the dismantling of the "Licence Raj" although it opposed laissez-faire policies. Swatantra was not a religion-based party, unlike the Hindu nationalism of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh. In 1960, Rajagopalachari and his colleagues drafted a 21-point manifesto detailing why Swatantra had to be formed even though they had been Congressmen and associates of Nehru during the struggle for independence. Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru was highly critical of Swatantra and dubbed it as belonging to "the middle ages of lords, castles and zamindars".

In Parliament
N.G.Ranga rebuked the Nehru government for being ill-prepared in defence on November 8, 1962 in a speech during parliamentary debate.

Minoo Masani, the party MP from Rajkot, voiced his opposition to the bank nationalisation bill by Indira Gandhi's government on 25 July, 1969.

Electoral history
In the 1962 general election, the first after its formation, Swatantra received 7.89 percent of the total votes and won 18 seats in the third Lok Sabha (1962–67). It emerged as the main opposition to the dominant Congress in four states: Bihar, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Orissa. By the next general election in 1967, Swatantra had become a significant force in some parts of India; it won 8.7 percent of the votes and became the single-largest opposition party in the fourth Lok Sabha (1967–71) with 44 seats. In 1971, Swatantra joined a "Grand Alliance" of parties from across the political spectrum that aimed to defeat Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. The party secured eight seats by winning 3% of the votes. The next year, in 1972, its founder, Rajagopalachari, died, and Swatantra declined rapidly. By 1974, it had dissolved, with many of its members joining the Charan Singh-led Bharatiya Lok Dal.

Fundamental principles
First and foremost, the Swatantra Party committed to social justice and equality of opportunity of all people "without distinction of religion, caste, occupation, or political affiliation".

The party felt that progress, welfare and happiness of the people could be achieved by giving maximum freedom to individuals with the state minimising intervention. The state should replace its intervention with fostering the Indian tradition of helping other people directly.

In particular, the party believed that the state should adhere to the Fundamental Rights guaranteed by the Constitution of India and, in particular, should compensate individuals if their property had to be acquired for public purposes. It also believed in giving citizens full freedom to educate their children as they wanted. It recognised the need for increasing food production and sought to do so by giving peasants full land rights and incentives for increasing production in agriculture. In industry, it sought to reduce state presence only to the minimum necessary to supplement private enterprise and in national services like the Indian Railways. It sought to do away with controls on trade and commerce. However, it committed against unreasonable profits, prices and dividends. It believed in placing equal emphasis on the development of capital goods industries, consumer goods industries and rural and small industries. In the fields of taxation and state expenditure, it believed in thrift and called for taxation to suffice for carrying on of administration and social and economic activities taken upon by the state but should not depress capital formation and private investment. The government should also desist from running abnormally large deficits or taking foreign loans that are beyond the capacity of the country to repay. In particular, it resisted unnecessary expansion of the bureaucracy.

While standing for minimising state intervention in the economy, the Swatantra Party committed to securing a fair deal for labour, correlating wages to increased productivity and workers' right to collective bargaining. It also gave their members full freedom to question and criticise any point not included in the fundamental principles of that party.

Others
Party's fundamental principles had not covered several issues like foreign policy, national language, state reorganisation and religious and social reform.

The party was generally opposed to communism and in 1969, urged the Indian government to ban the three major communist parties in India at that time, the CPI, CPI(M) and the Naxalites, because of their open or tacit support for armed struggles, which the Swatantra Party viewed as a major security threat to the nation.

In foreign affairs, it opposed non-alignment and a close relationship with the Soviet Union and advocated an intimate connection with the United States and Western Europe.

Decline and legacy
In 1969, the Congress party split, leading to consolidation of right-leaning votes under Congress (O).This proved detrimental to the electoral prospects of the Swatantra party. By 1971,the Swatantra party had disintegrated due to infighting and changed political scenarios. The party made some tactical mistakes like joining the Grand Alliance against Indira Gandhi's Congress in 1971 instead of fighting on an issue-based common programme.This resulted in the decimation of the party in the elections of that year. After the death of Rajaji in 1972, personality clashes took a further toll. All this occurred while Indira Gandhi pressurised the royalty to support her. This resulted in Swatantra losing the backing of princes. Another potential benefactor,the business community couldn't advocate for the party since they were too reliant on state patronage. Moreover, big business houses like Birla benefitted from the protectionist aspects of the Nehruvian state and didn't see Swatantra policies as being advantageous. Finally the party was dissolved on August 4, 1974 by party president Piloo Mody who merged it with Charan Singh's Bharatiya Kranti Dal.The few independent state units except for Maharashtra later merged with Janata Party in 1977.

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John Nelson

John Nelson may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

 * John L. Nelson (1916–2001), American musician, father of singer Prince
 * John Nelson (conductor) (born 1941), American conductor
 * John Nelson (visual effects artist) (born 1953), American visual effects supervisor
 * John Randall Nelson (born 1956), painter and sculptor based in Phoenix, Arizona
 * John Allen Nelson (born 1959), American actor in film and television
 * John Mark Nelson (born 1993), songwriter and producer based in Minneapolis, Minnesota
 * John Arthur Nelson, director, actor, and writer

Politics

 * John M. Nelson (1870–1955), American political figure from Wisconsin
 * John E. Nelson (Maine politician) (1874–1955), American political figure from Maine
 * Jock Nelson (John Norman Nelson, 1908–1991), Australian politician
 * John E. Nelson (Nebraska politician) (born 1935), American political figure in Nebraska
 * John B. Nelson (born 1936), American political figure in Arizona

Sports

 * Candy Nelson (John W. Nelson, 1849–1910), American baseball player
 * John Nelson (pitcher), American baseball player
 * John Nelson (English cricketer) (1891–1917), English cricketer
 * John Nelson (soccer, born 1905) (1905–1984), Scottish-born American soccer player
 * Byron Nelson (John Byron Nelson, Jr., 1912–2006), American golfer
 * John Nelson (footballer) (born 1934), Australian rules footballer
 * John Nelson (swimmer) (born 1948), American swimmer
 * Johnny Nelson (born 1967), British boxer
 * John Nelson (New Zealand cricketer) (born 1975), New Zealand cricketer
 * John Nelson (infielder) (born 1979), American baseball player
 * John Nelson (soccer, born 1998), American soccer player

Others

 * John Nelson (British Army officer) (1912–1993), Commandant of the British Sector in Berlin
 * John Nelson (convert), 16th-century English convert to Islam
 * John Nelson (lawyer) (1791–1860), Attorney General of the United States in the 19th century
 * John Nelson (martyr) (1534–1578), Catholic priest, killed for refusal to acknowledge Queen's supremacy over Church in England
 * John Nelson (merchant) (1654–1734), American colonial figure in Boston
 * John Nelson (physician), physician, president of the American Medical Association
 * John Nelson (police officer) (1928–2003), American policeman, regarded as founder of police special forces units
 * John Nelson (businessman) (born 1947), chairman of Lloyd's of London
 * John Yeates Nelson (1850–1932), Australian public servant

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I'm an Israeli student, I'm a very active contributor to he.wiki, where I'm a sysop. Go to my hebrew user page

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Illecillewaet River

The Illecillewaet River is a tributary of the Columbia River located in British Columbia, Canada. Fed by the Illecillewaet Glacier in Glacier National Park, the river flows approximately 62 km to the southwest, where it flows into the north end of Upper Arrow Lake at Revelstoke. The river's drainage basin is 1202 km2.

History
The Illecillewaet has been of importance since the discovery in 1881 of an approach along the river to what is now known as the Rogers Pass across the Selkirk Mountains. This pass, discovered by a surveyor for the Canadian Pacific Railway named Albert Bowman Rogers, ultimately became the route through the Selkirks of Canada's first transcontinental railway. In 1962 the Trans-Canada Highway was constructed along the Illecillewaet west of Rogers Pass.

Natural history
The watershed surrounding the river was quickly recognized to be of exceptional ecological significance, and Glacier National Park was established in the area in 1886, followed by Mount Revelstoke National Park in 1914.

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Overlap with hazardous waste
I think there is a bit of overlap between this article and the one called hazardous waste. I've tried to clarify in both articles how they relate to each other but I think more could be done to make sure they fit better together like puzzle pieces. EMsmile (talk) 16:54, 18 May 2022 (UTC)

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The Shapeshifters

The Shapeshifters is the current alias of English house producer Simon Marlin and a former duo comprising Marlin and Swedish producer Max Reich, from Gothenburg. The Shapeshifters have been signed to Defected Records since 2008, and the duo were previously signed to Positiva. They are best known for their debut single "Lola's Theme", which went to No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart in July 2004.

Formerly producing and touring as a duo with Max Reich, Marlin has continued working and performing under the Shapeshifters moniker as a solo act since 2017.

His physical releases in the United States fell under the name Shape:UK, in part due to a trademark conflict with the Los Angeles-based hip hop group the Shape Shifters.

Biography
The Shapeshifters are best known for their debut single "Lola's Theme", which went to number 1 on the UK Singles Chart in July 2004. The track was originally released as an instrumental promo in 2003 and was inspired by Marlin's ex-wife, Lola.

Their second single, "Back to Basics", was released in March 2005 and reached number 10 on the UK chart, while the third single "Incredible" reached number 12. Their debut album, Sound Advice, was released in March 2006 and peaked at number 76 in the UK Albums Chart, before being released in the United States on Ultra Records in September 2006. The fourth single which featured Nile Rodgers of Chic, was called "Sensitivity" and charted at number 40 in July 2006.

In 2008, after four years with Positiva Records, the Shapeshifters signed to Defected Records. Their first release for Defected was "Treadstone" in April 2008, and this was subsequently followed by "Chime", a re-work of the Orbital track. "Chime" was also notably remixed by Martijn ten Velden. In September 2008, the Shapeshifters released The Shapeshifters – In the House—a mix album was part of the In the House series. In September 2008, the Shapeshifters also released "Lola's Theme ('08 Re-Edit)". This was originally an exclusive remix that the Shapeshifters used in their own DJ sets, but due to major demand and exposure, this title was released as a digital download through their own Nocturnal Groove record label. Upon its release this title spent seven weeks at number 1 on the Beatport sales chart.

In July 2009, the Shapeshifters released the Young Dubs EP which included "Sideways" and "Nocturnal". Throughout 2009, the Shapeshifters also remixed Natalie Imbruglia's single ("Want") and collaborated with Frankie Knuckles on "The Ones You Love" which was released on Nocturnal Groove. They also remixed Candi Staton ("Musical Freedom") and compiled the digital compilation, Nocturnal Grooves: Vol. 2 – Mixed by the Shapeshifters as well as working alongside Empire of the Sun and Kleerup remixing "We Are the People" and "Longing for Lullabies". The Shapeshifters first release of 2010 was Summerdayze 2010 – Mixed by the Shapeshifters—a compilation album released to coincide with their Australian tour in January 2010 and further singles such as "Helter Skelter" and "She Freaks" followed. Within the year, both "Helter Skelter" and "She Freaks" gained over 1,000,000 views on YouTube. In 2010, the Shapeshifters remixed "Broken Arrow" by Pixie Lott and "Looking Forward" by Jason Chance. In April 2010, the Shapeshifters began the Nocturnal Groove Radio Show, a weekly radio show broadcast through a range of international radio stations across the world, which is also available as a podcast on iTunes and is available to stream from the Nocturnal Groove website and the Shapeshifters' pages on social networks like Facebook and SoundCloud.

The Shapeshifters have also worked on productions and remixes for George Michael, Faithless, Frankie Knuckles, Christina Aguilera, Moby, Leona Lewis, Todd Terry and Danny Howells. In 2011, the Shapeshifters released "Waiting for You" – their first collaboration with Shermanology – and remixed "I'll Take You There" from Frankie Knuckles's Director's Cut project. As well as remixing Human Life's "In It Together", the Shapeshifters also released another remix album titled Nikki Beach – In the House: Mixed by the Shapeshifters via Defected Records.

In the summer of 2013, the duo released the album Analogue to Digital...And Back Again, with digital (download) and physical (CD) versions, which contains productions remixed by other producers in part one and remixes in part two. This album contains a huge part of their production work from the years 2008 to 2013.

In the late 2010s, as DJs, the Shapeshifters continue to release records and tour the world and return to Ibiza for a 12th consecutive year at the Pacha and Space nightclubs in 2016. In 2017, the group played for Glitterbox at the new Hi Ibiza.

During the summer of 2017, Max Reich stepped away from the outfit, leaving long term studio partner Marlin to carry on producing and touring. In 2017, the Shapeshifters released a new remix package of their hit "Lola's Theme", notably including a remix of "Purple Disco Machine".

In the late 2010s, Marlin released the singles "When Love Breaks Down" (2017) and "Try My Love (On for Size)" (2018), both successfully acclaimed by fans, other producers and DJs. Moreover, in 2018, according to official sources, Marlin continues to tour under the Shapeshifters name mainly in Europe.

The Shapeshifters collaborated with Chic's lead singer Kimberly Davis in 2019 and 2020 on the tracks "Life is a Dancefloor" (2019) and "Second Chance" (2020) which were released on Glitterbox, a sublabel of Defected Records.

In 2022, Marlin released the studio album "Let Loose". The Deluxe Edition of the album was released in 2023.

Awards and nominations
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" ! scope="col" | Award ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Category ! scope="col" | Nominee(s) ! scope="col" | Result ! scope="col" class="unsortable"| Ref. ! scope="row"|Brit Awards ! scope="row"|Hungarian Music Awards ! scope="row" rowspan=4|International Dance Music Awards ! scope="row"|Popjustice £20 Music Prize ! scope="row"|Smash Hits Poll Winners Party !scope="row"|World Music Awards
 * 2005
 * British Single of the Year
 * "Lola's Theme"
 * Nominated
 * 2007
 * Best Foreign Dance Album
 * Sound Advice
 * Nominated
 * rowspan=3|2005
 * Best Underground Dance Track
 * rowspan=2|"Lola's Theme"
 * Nominated
 * rowspan=3|
 * Best House/Garage Dance Track
 * Nominated
 * Best New Dance Artist (Group)
 * Themselves
 * Nominated
 * 2007
 * Best House/Garage Dance Track
 * "Sensitivity"
 * Nominated
 * Best House/Garage Dance Track
 * "Sensitivity"
 * Nominated
 * 2005
 * Best British Pop Single
 * "Lola's Theme"
 * Nominated
 * 2004
 * Best Dance Act
 * rowspan=2|Themselves
 * Won
 * 2006
 * World's Best DJ
 * Nominated

Albums

 * 2004: Shapeshifters Present House Grooves (Virgin)
 * 2005: Shapeshifters Present House Grooves Vol. 2 (Newstate)
 * 2006: Sound Advice – No. 76 UK (Positiva)
 * 2008: The Shapeshifters – In the House (Defected)
 * 2009: Nocturnal Grooves: Vol. 1 – Mixed by the Shapeshifters (Nocturnal Groove)
 * 2009: Summadayze 2010 – Mixed by the Shapeshifters (EQ Recordings)
 * 2010: Nocturnal Grooves: Vol. 2 – Mixed by the Shapeshifters (Nocturnal Groove)
 * 2011: Nikki Beach – In the House: Mixed by the Shapeshifters (Defected)
 * 2013: Analogue to Digital...And Back Again (Nocturnal Groove)
 * 2022: Let Loose (Glitterbox Recordings)

Remixes

 * 2003: Mr Mike – "Do It Again" (Peppermint Jam)
 * 2004: Danny Howells and Dick Trevor featuring Erire – "Dusk Till Dawn" (Cr2 Records)
 * 2004: Patrick L – "Things We Wanna Do" (Onephatdeeva)
 * 2005: We Deliver featuring Erire – "Breathe Again" (Nocturnal Groove)
 * 2005: George Michael – "Flawless" (Sony)
 * 2005: Candi Staton – "You Got the Love" (Positiva)
 * 2006: G-Club featuring Haze – "Faith" (G-Club)
 * 2006: Frankie Knuckles – "I've Had Enough" (Noice Music)
 * 2007: Christina Aguilera – "Ain't No Other Man" (Sony)
 * 2007: Leona Lewis – "Bleeding Love" (Sony/BMG)
 * 2008: We Deliver featuring Erire – "Supernatural'" (Nocturnal Groove)
 * 2008: Todd Terry All Stars – "Get Down" (Strictly Rhythm)
 * 2008: Moby – "I'm in Love" (Mute)
 * 2009: Kleerup featuring Titiyo – "Longing for Lullabies" (Positiva)
 * 2009: Natalie Imbruglia – "Want" (Universal-Island)
 * 2009: Empire of the Sun – "We Are the People" (Virgin/EMI)
 * 2009: Candi Staton – "Musical Freedom" (Nocturnal Groove)
 * 2010: Pixie Lott – "Broken Arrow" (Mercury)
 * 2010: Jason Chance featuring Michelle Weeks – "Looking Forward" (Stealth)
 * 2011: Frankie Knuckles presents Director's Cut featuring Jamie Principle – "I'll Take You There" (Nocturnal Groove)
 * 2011: Frankie Knuckles & Director's Cut – "Your Love"
 * 2011: Human Life – "In It Together" (Defected)
 * 2011: Cee Lo Green – "Bright Lights Bigger City" (Elektra)
 * 2012: Something Good feat. Sansa – "Before Dawn"
 * 2013: Soulmagic – "Someone Like You"
 * 2013: Little Boots – "Broken Record"
 * 2013: East & Young – "Starting Again" (Ultra Music)
 * 2014: Lovebirds featuring Lisa Shaw – "Holdin On" (Defected)
 * 2015: IDQ – "Where Are You" (Love Inc)
 * 2015: Cee Lo Green – "Music to My Soul"
 * 2016: Full Intention – "Just Go Back"

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Subdivisions of Uzbekistan

This article discusses the administrative-territorial division of the Republic of Uzbekistan. The Article 68 of the constitution of Uzbekistan defines: "The Republic of Uzbekistan shall consist of regions, districts, cities, towns, settlements, kishlaks and auls (villages) in Uzbekistan and the Republic of Karakalpakstan."

Divisions
The top level is formed by the regions (viloyat, вилоят, plural viloyatlar), the autonomous republic of Karakalpakstan and the independent city of Tashkent. The regions Karakalpakstan and Tashkent are further divided into districts (tuman, туман, plural tumanlar) and cities of regional subordination. The districts are divided into cities of district subordination, urban-type settlements (shaharcha, шаҳарча) and citizen assemblies of villages (qishloq fuqarolar yig'ini, қишлоқ фуқаролар йиғини).

, there is one autonomous republic, 12 regions and one independent city:

Of the 120 cities, one is of republican subordination (Tashkent), 31 are of regional subordination and 88 are of district subordination. There are 1,067 urban-type settlements.

Pre-history
Before the October Revolution, the territory of modern Uzbekistan was divided between the Trans-Caspian, Samarkand, Syrdarya, and Ferghana regions of the Russian Empire, as well as between its vassal possessions—the Bukhara Emirate and the Khanate of Khiva. After the establishment of Soviet power in Turkestan in 1918, the territory of present-day Uzbekistan (except for the territories of the Bukhara Emirate and the Khiva Khanate) was merged into the Turkestan ASSR with a center set in Tashkent. In 1920, Soviet power was established in Bukhara and Khiva, which led to the Bukhara and Khorezm People's Republics being established. Later, the Khorezm People's Soviet Republic was transformed into Soviet Socialist Republic on October 30, 1923 followed by the establishment of the Bukhara People's Soviet Socialist Republic on September 19, 1924.

On September 16, 1924, an extraordinary session of the Central Electoral Commission of the Turkestan ASSR ruled to go forward with the national-state delimitation. This implied the establishment of the Uzbek SSR as part of the USSR. It comprised part of the lands of the former Samarkand, Semirechye and Ferghana Oblasts, as well as the Bukhara and Khorezm SSRs abolished at that time. This decision was put forward by the 2nd session of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee on October 14, 1924 and later approved by the 12th All-Russian Congress of Soviets on May 11, 1925. The date of foundation of the Uzbek SSR is considered October 27, 1924. Its center became Samarkand. Moreover, the Tajik Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic was formed as part of the Uzbek SSR.

1924–1938
In 1925, oblasts were introduced in the Uzbek SSR. The oblasts were dividend into uyezds, and those, in turn, were divided into volosts. As of January 1, 1926, the administrative-territorial division of the Uzbek SSR were as follows:

However, oblasts and uyezds were abolished in the same year. Instead, they were converted into 10 okrugs: Andijan, Bukhara, Zeravshan, Kashka-Darya, Samarkand, Surkhan-Darya, Tashkent, Ferghana, Khodjent and Khorezm. The okrugs were further divided into rayons (analogous to districts).

In 1929, the Tajik Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic and the Khodjent Okrug withdrew from the Uzbek SSR to become the Tajik SSR. This decision was approved by the CEC of the USSR on December 5, 1929.

In 1930, Tashkent became the capital of the Uzbek SSR. In the same year, all okrugs, as elsewhere in the Soviet Union, were abolished, and their constituent territories were transferred to the direct subordination of the soviet republic. In 1931, there were 71 rayons (districts) in the Uzbek SSR (which were divided into 1494 village councils) and 9 cities of republican subordination (which managed another 204 village councils).

In 1935, some of the rayons of the Uzbek SSR were merged into Kashka-Darya Okrug.

On December 5, 1936, the Kara-Kalpak ASSR was transferred to the Uzbek SSR from the RSFSR.

1938–1987
On January 15, 1938, the Uzbek SSR underwent again some transformations to comprise the newly established Bukhara (including Surkhan-Darya Okrug), Samarkand, Tashkent, Ferghana and Khorezm Oblasts.

According to data on October 1, 1938, the administrative-territorial division of Uzbekistan were as follows:

On March 6, 1941, Andijan and Namangan were taken off the Fergana Oblast to become separate regions, and the Surkhan-Darya Okrug was transformed into the Surkhan-Darya Oblast. On January 20, 1943 part of the Bukhara Oblast was withdrawn to enter a part of the Kashka-Darya Oblast. As a result, by January 1, 1947, the administrative-territorial division of the Uzbek SSR became as follows:

By a decree of the Presidium of the USSR Armed Forces dated February 13, 1956, part of the lands of the Hungry Desert and the Bostandyk (now Bostanlyk) district were taken from the Kazakh SSR and given to the Uzbek SSR. In 1963, a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR also ruled that 36.6 thousand sq. km of underutilized lands of Chimkent and Kzyl-Orda belonging to Kazakh SSR be allocated to Uzbekistan.

On January 25, 1960, the Kashkadarya and Namangan Oblasts were abolished. The former became mostly part of the Surkhan-Darya Oblast, while the latter was distributed between Andijan and Ferghana Oblasts. Shortly thereafter, on February 16, 1963, a new Syrdarya Oblast was established from the parts of the newly acquired agricultural lands of Samarkand and Tashkent regions (the center originally set in Yangiyer, however starting from November 1963 in Gulistan).

On February 7, 1964 the Kashkadarya Oblast was restored followed by the Namangan Oblast on December 18, 1967.

On June 28, 1971 the Dzhetysay, Kirov and Pakhtaaral rayons of the Syrdarya Oblast of the Uzbek SSR that had very small areas were transferred from to the Chimkent Oblast of the Kazakh SSR.

On December 29, 1973 the Jizzakh Oblast was established from the part of the Syrdarya Oblast. Navoi was the last oblast to be established from the parts of the Bukhara and Samarkand oblasts on April 20, 1982. Consequently, as of January 1, 1987, the administrative-territorial division of the Uzbek SSR was as follows:

Post 1987
On September 6, 1988, the Jizzakh and Navoi oblasts were abolished. At the same time, the former was merged into the Syrdarya oblast, whereas the latter joined Samarkand. In May 1989, most of the former Navoi Oblast was transferred to the Bukhara Oblast. However, the Jizzakh Oblast was restored in February 1990 followed by the Navoi oblast in 1992.

After the Uzbek SSR became independent and turned into the Republic of Uzbekistan, the Karakalpak Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic was renamed to the Republic of Karakalpakstan. Furthermore, oblasts were renamed into viloyats (English: regions), while rayons became tumans (English: district). In the early 1990s, a number of regions and cities of Uzbekistan that bore Soviet ideological names were renamed. The last (as of 2012) major change in the administrative-territorial division of Uzbekistan was the transfer of the Yangiabad District from the Syrdarya region to Jizzakh in 1999.

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Talk:John Dickinson

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Misc
Is this the same John Dickinson who wrote the Olive Branch Petition in 1775 ? -- 64.229.205.2 8 July 2005 15:50 (UTC)

Yes, he is the same author of that petition.Patent.drafter (talk) 16:47, 21 June 2008 (UTC)

I am a student at Dickinson College, named for John Dickinson. There is much talk around the campus history departments cocerning Dickinson's birthdate, and it is generally agreed to have occurred on the second.

John Dickinson
What did Dickinson fear would happen if the Townshend duties were collected?

According to Dickinson, what was the “dangerous innovation” in the Townshend duties, which were designed to impose duties on trade?

"As a result the family was enormously wealthy wierdos"?
The following line does not look up to the usual Wikipedia standards.

"As a result the family was enormously wealthy wierdos."

Bill_Starr (talk) 20:31, 1 February 2010 (UTC) Hi!!!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.192.126.84 (talk) 15:08, 15 September 2010 (UTC)

Date of Birth?
There seems to be some debate about the actual date of Dickinson's birth. Some sources say November 2, some say the 13th, some even say December. I've edited the article to a more "born in November 1932". Wkharrisjr (talk) 13:14, 16 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Both these dates refer to the same day, in the Julian and the Gregorian calendars (Maryland, along with Britain and the other colonies, used the Julian calendar up to 1752). This was noted in January 2013 (see here), but was changed for no obvious reason in October 2016 (here). So I've corrected it, and edited it to give both dates again. I trust everyone is OK with that.. Moonraker12 (talk) 00:35, 30 January 2019 (UTC)

Notes vs. References
I added a citation/note for the statement that Dickinson was elected as President of Delaware in 1781 "nearly unamimous[ly.]" I also added an entry in the bibliography/references section.

What is the distinction between Notes and References? Should all notes refer to a corresponding entry in the bibliography/Reference section? I realize this is not specific to this article, but if someone could point me in the right direction, I would appreciate it.

SeanMon (talk) 08:22, 10 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Additionally, I think the References section should be alphabetized by authors' last names. SeanMon (talk) 08:24, 10 June 2013 (UTC)

Zeeter (talk) 18:15, 4 July 2013 (UTC) Edited the John and Mary's College section. John and Mary's/Dickinson College is neither the first University in the country nor the first college. That goes to the University of Pennsylvania (first university) and Harvard University (first college, later a university but after Penn's status as a university). Frankly, Dickinson doesn't even make the discussion list of first colleges or university.

Move request to 'John Dickinson'
Dickinson's prominence should be enough to have the name directed to this page. There is a disamb. in place now, which is where the name feeds to, but if the 'top' direction is kept then there shouldn't be a problem code-wise. Thoughts? Thanks. Randy Kryn 23:40 9 February, 2015 (UTC)
 * The current disambiguation is horrible. 216.8.131.43 (talk) 15:46, 1 July 2015 (UTC)
 * It seems okay, except that this John Dickinson should be the primary topic. A formal requested move is probably the way to go. Randy Kryn 22:02, 1 July 2015 (UTC)
 * I mean that "(Pennsylvania and Delaware)" is a bizarre disambiguation for a person. Please propose a move. 216.8.131.43 (talk) 13:10, 6 July 2015 (UTC)

Requested move 8 May 2016

 * The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the move request was: Move. There's consensus that this subject is the primary topic of the name. Cúchullain t/ c 13:14, 16 May 2016 (UTC)

– John Dickinson the founding father is far more notable and significant than any other "John Dickinson" on Wikipedia, and is the WP:PRIMARYTOPIC. John Dickinson the founding father has great enduring significance and gets the most views, so he is most likely to be sought when the reader searches up John Dickinson, not disambiguation. I see this was proposed above, but it did not happen because a formal move request was never opened. any thoughts/reason why?  Taylor Trescott  - my talk + my edits 02:37, 8 May 2016 (UTC)
 * John Dickinson (Pennsylvania and Delaware) → John Dickinson
 * John Dickinson → John Dickinson (disambiguation)
 * Support, based on the |John_Dean_Dickinson|John_Dickinson_(inventor)|John_Dickinson_(judge)|John_Dickinson_(bishop)|John_Dickinson_(rugby_league)|John_Dickinson_(author) Page View Statistics, which are pretty convincing.-- JOJ Hutton  03:47, 8 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Oppose have to say it's a common name which isn't recognisable without context. Notifications for this RM should go on all the affected articles: In ictu oculi (talk) 08:05, 8 May 2016 (UTC)
 * John Dean Dickinson (1767–1841), lawyer and U.S. Representative from New York
 * John Dickinson (inventor) (1782–1869), founder of the paper mills at Apsley and Nash Mills in Hertfordshire, England
 * John Dickinson (judge) (1806–1882), judge and politician in colonial New South Wales
 * John Dickinson (bishop) (1901–1993), Assistant English Bishop of Melanesia
 * John Dickinson (rugby league) (born 1934), rugby league footballer of the 1950s for England, and St Helens RLFC
 * John Dickinson (author) (born 1962), English author of young adult novels
 * yes IIO we get it other people have this name. There's no need to paste the DAB page like this in discussions. Nohomersryan (talk) 16:04, 8 May 2016 (UTC)

 * Supportper the pageviews and significance, clearly the primary topic. Nohomersryan (talk) 16:04, 8 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Support, per primary topic and lasting significance. Dickinson is a major U.S. founding father and had a direct role in many founding events. Another page that should have a primary topic name change is Robert Morris (financier), another major founder who likely has primary topic status. Randy Kryn 20:14, 8 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Support per page views and search results. SST flyer 08:07, 9 May 2016 (UTC)

 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page or in a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.

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Stu Francis

Stuart G. G. Francis (born 30 January 1948 in Bolton, Lancashire, England) is a British comedian with a camp style of delivery who achieved celebrity as lead presenter on the children's television programme Crackerjack (1980–1984). His principal "co hosts" were initially the Krankies and later, on alternating editions, Basil Brush and The Great Soprendo. He went on to host Ultra Quiz in 1985 and Border TV's Crush a Grape in 1987, a children's game and variety show in a similar vein, if not carbon copy, to his era of Crackerjack. He also released a single in 1983 (rereleased in 1985) called "Ooh! I could crush a grape".

After attending Brownlow Fold Junior School and Smithills Base School, both in Bolton, he worked as a bluecoat entertaining guests at Pontins holiday camps. He then switched to comedy and appeared in summer seasons at clubs and in theatres.

Francis is committed to protecting the environment.

Catchphrases
Francis had numerous catchphrases on Crackerjack, mostly based on his prolific "Ooh! I could crush a grape!!". Other variations included: "I could pop a balloon", "I could rip a tissue", "I could jump off a doll's house", "I could wrestle an action man", "I could duff a daffodil", "I could test drive a Tonka", "I could pummel a peach", and "I could eat a whole sausage roll".

Another catchphrase was "There's points to be won, and there are penalties to pay!" used on Crackerjack's final game Take A Chance, where the "penalty" was a gunging to either an unfortunate celebrity and/or to Francis himself.

Television
Television appearances include:
 * Jokers Wild
 * Ultra Quiz (1985)
 * Live from Her Majesty's (1985)
 * The Comedians (1971)
 * Crackerjack hosted 1980–1984, guest 2020
 * Cheggers Plays Pop (1983) episode 6.7
 * CiTV (1983) Presenter (1983–1985)
 * The Keith Harris Show (1986) episode 3.5
 * Stupid Punts (2004)
 * Our Survey Says: The Ultimate Game Show Moments (2005)
 * Sooty (2013) Series 2, episode 14 “Cow Capers”

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Sheung Shui

Sheung Shui (, literally "Above-water") is an area in the New Territories, Hong Kong. Sheung Shui Town, a part of this area, is part of the Fanling–Sheung Shui New Town in the North District of Hong Kong. Fanling Town is to its southeast.

History
Shek Wu Hui used to be the marketplace of the Sheung Shui area, before the development of Sheung Shui Town. Bounded by Lung Sum Avenue, San Fung Avenue and Jockey Club Road, it was the main market in the Sheung Shui area from the 1930s onwards. Today some private residences can be found towering over the old flats in the hui (market). The majority of the buildings still standing were repaired in the 1950s.

Sheung Shui Wai, originally lived in by the Liu clan, is a walled village. The ancestral hall Liu Man Shek Tong in the village is one of the declared monuments of Hong Kong.

The Fung Kai No. 1 Secondary School, located near Sheung Shui Wai and originally established by the Liu clan, is the largest secondary school in Hong Kong, in terms of area covered. More than one turfed football pitch can be found inside the school campus. Because of its green and ample campus, the school used to serve as a scene for local educational television programs.

Public estates

 * Choi Yuen Estate (彩園邨)
 * Tin Ping Estate (天平邨)
 * Tai Ping Estate (太平邨)
 * Ching Ho Estate (清河邨)
 * Cheung Lung Wai Estate (祥龍圍邨)
 * Po Shek Wu Estate (寶石湖邨)

Home Ownership Scheme Courts

 * Yuk Po Court (旭埔苑)
 * Choi Po Court (彩蒲苑)
 * On Shing Court (安盛苑)
 * Sunningdale Garden (順欣花園)
 * Tsui Lai Garden (翠麗花園)

Private estates

 * Lung Fung Garden (龍豐花園)
 * Metropolis Plaza (新都廣場)
 * Sheung Shui Centre (上水中心)
 * Sheung Shui Town Centre (上水名都)
 * Woodland Crest (奕翠園)
 * Venice Garden (威尼斯花園)
 * Noble Hill (皇府山)
 * Royal Green (御皇庭)
 * Royal Jubilee (海禧華庭)
 * On Kwok Villa (安國新村)
 * Pearl Vista (明珠華軒)
 * Glorious Peak (顯峰)

Villages in the Sheung Shui area

 * Hakka Wai (客家圍)
 * Tsung Pak Long Tsuen (松柏塱村)
 * Tai Tau Leng (大頭嶺)
 * Sheung Shui Wai (上水圍)
 * Wai Loi Tsuen (圍內村)
 * Man Kok Tsuen (文閣村)
 * Ha Pak Tsuen (下北村)
 * Sheung Pak Tsuen (上北村)
 * Chung Sam Tsuen (中心村)
 * Tai Yuen Tsuen (大元村)
 * Hing Yan Tsuen (興仁村)
 * Po Sheung Tsuen (莆上村)
 * Mun Hau Tsuen (門口村)
 * Fu Tei Au Tsuen (虎地拗村)
 * Hung Kiu San Tsuen (紅橋新村)
 * Wa Shan Tsuen (華山村)
 * Tin Ping Shan Tsuen (天平山村)
 * Wu Nga Lok Yeung (烏鴉落陽)
 * Shek Wu San Tsuen (石湖新村)
 * Ling Shan Tsuen (靈山村)
 * Ng Uk Village (吳屋村)
 * Siu Hang Tsuen (小坑村)
 * Siu Hang San Tsuen (小坑新村)
 * 新界五大氏族The Great Five Clans in New Territories-侯氏(HAU)
 * Ho Sheung Heung (河上鄉)
 * Yin Kong Tsuen (燕崗村)
 * Kam Tsin Tsuen (金錢村)
 * Ping Kong (丙崗)

Shopping centres in Sheung Shui Town

 * Lung Fung Garden (龍豐花園)
 * Metropolis Plaza (新都廣場)
 * Sheung Shui Centre (上水中心)
 * Sheung Shui Town Centre (上水名都)
 * Landmark North (上水廣場)

Community facilities in Sheung Shui Town

 * Lung Sum Avenue Sports Centre (龍琛路體育館)
 * North District Park (北區公園)
 * North District Sportsground (北區運動場)
 * North District Town Hall (北區大會堂)
 * Shek Wu Hui Municipal Services Building (石湖墟市政大廈)
 * Shek Wu Hui Playground (石湖墟公園)
 * Sheung Shui Public Library (上水公共圖書館)
 * Sheung Shui Swimming Pool (上水游泳池)
 * Tin Ping Sports Centre (天平體育館)

Public services in Sheung Shui Town

 * North District Hospital (北區醫院)
 * Shek Wu Hui Jockey Club Clinic (石湖墟賽馬會診所)
 * Shek Wu Hui Post Office (石湖墟郵政局)
 * Sheung Shui Fire Station (上水消防局)
 * Sheung Shui Library

Schools in Sheung Shui Town

 * Hong Kong Taoist Association Tang Hin Memorial Secondary School (香港道教聯合會鄧顯紀念中學)
 * Sheung Shui Government Secondary School (上水官立中學)
 * Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Kap Yan Directors' College (東華三院甲寅年總理中學)

Sheung Shui is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 80. Within the school net are multiple aided schools (operated independently but funded with government money); no government schools are in this net.

Transport
Sheung Shui Town and the rest of the Sheung Shui area is served by the Sheung Shui station of the East Rail line in the Sheung Shui's town centre. This line takes them into Kowloon within 40 minutes, and then onto surrounding areas through connections with other MTR lines.

Many KMB routes and minibus routes serve Sheung Shui. Residents can take buses to other parts of North District, western New Territories (including Yuen Long Town, Tuen Mun new Town and Tsuen Wan new Town), Tai Po newTown, Sha Tin new Town, most parts of Kowloon, parts of northern Hong Kong Island and the Hong Kong International Airport. The KMB bus terminus and the green minibus terminus are located by Landmark North in Sheung Shui Town. Also, a non-schedule red minibus terminus is located at San Hong Street in Sheung Shui Town.

Taxi ranks are located around the town, including outside the MTR station, Landmark North shopping centre and on side roads branching off of San Fung Avenue. Ma Sik Road is a road connecting Sheung Shui and Fanling in Hong Kong. It is an U-shaped road.

Cross-border activities
Due to their proximity to the Shenzhen border, towns in the northern parts of Hong Kong, notably Sheung Shui and Yuen Long, have become hubs for parallel traders who have been buying up large quantities of goods, forcing up local prices and disrupting the daily lives of local citizens. Since 2012, there has been a vertiginous increase in mainland parallel traders arriving in the North District of Hong Kong to re-export infant formula and household products – goods popular with mainlanders – across the border to Shenzhen. Trafficking caused chronic local shortages of milk powder in Hong Kong, forcing the government to impose restrictions on the amount of milk powder exports from Hong Kong.

The first anti-parallel trading protest was started at Sheung Shui in September 2012. As government efforts to limit the adverse impact of mainland trafficking were widely seen as inadequate, so there have been further subsequent protests in towns in the North District including Sheung Shui.

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Picture of Antonio Villaraigosa
I am unsure of the status of that picture, but I do know it came from http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=17966 ... It probably should be replaced with a new picture, since there are much larger pictures of him now he is the mayor, especially at http://www.antonio2005.com/multimedia?id=0003. I curently can not find one site that says any picture can be used, so for the time I guess the current one can stay unless someone decides to remove it, or someone gets one that can be used. --  AlexTheMartian | Talk 08:36, May 23, 2005 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Vazhavilla

 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 delete. -- AllyUnion (talk) 12:53, 4 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Vazhavilla
Non-notable. Vanity page about a family in India. Android79 14:49, Feb 18, 2005 (UTC)
 * Concur. delete. Radiant! 15:42, Feb 18, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, not notable, genealogy, family vanity. Megan1967 23:19, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Sounds suspiciously like someone trying establish the family's credentials in order to get the children married. Delete. -- Brhaspati 05:33, 2005 Feb 20 (UTC)

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Nathan Miller (Rhode Island shipbuilder)

Nathan Miller (March 20, 1743 – May 20, 1790) was an American shipbuilder and merchant from Rhode Island. He was a delegate for Rhode Island to the Confederation Congress in 1788. Although reappointed to the Congress in 1789, he did not attend that year.

Born in Warren, Rhode Island, Miller attended private school and became a shipbuilder and merchant. He served as a member of the Rhode Island Legislature from 1772 to 1774, and in 1780, 1782, 1783, and 1790. In 1772, he was also commissioned a brigadier general in the Rhode Island Militia, serving in this capacity until 1778, although having duties "of an administrative nature, rather than as a field general".

On January 8, 1764, Miller married Rebecca Barton, with whom he had four children. Miller died in Warren at the age of 47.