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Libby Kennedy

Libby Kennedy (also Kennedy-Fitzgerald) is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Neighbours, played by Kym Valentine. She made her first appearance during the episode broadcast on 3 October 1994. Valentine auditioned for the role when she was 15, and upon being cast as Libby, she relocated from Sydney to Melbourne, where the show is filmed. Libby was introduced along with her parents and brothers during a period of low ratings for the show. Valentine departed on 2 October 2003, before returning for six months the following year and a single episode on 27 July 2005. She returned on a permanent basis on 12 November 2007.

Libby's storylines have included being involved in a motorbike accident, the loss of her husband Drew Kirk, giving birth to Ben Kirk, marrying Daniel Fitzgerald and subsequently separating from him. In 2008, Valentine was forced to take sick leave for one month and executive producer, Susan Bower, made the decision to temporarily recast McLeod's Daughters actress Michala Banas in the role for a month. Valentine temporarily left Neighbours in 2010 due to ill health and, after returning to filming briefly, took indefinite leave the following year. Valentine's contract with the series lapsed later in 2011, with Libby having not appeared on-screen since 26 May. Valentine reprised the role for a three-week guest appearance in June 2014, and for the show's then final episode on 28 July 2022.

Creation and casting
In 1994, Neighbours ' storyliners decided to introduce the "solid" Kennedy family. They felt that they needed to take the show back to its roots when it seemed that all the houses on Ramsay Street were populated with misfits and distant relatives. The show was also suffering from low ratings, and the Kennedys were brought in to "bring a fresh burst of energy". Alan Fletcher and Jackie Woodburne were cast as Karl Kennedy and Susan Kennedy, with Benjamin McNair and Jesse Spencer cast as brothers Malcolm Kennedy and Billy Kennedy.

The role of the Kennedy's daughter went to actress Kym Valentine. She first auditioned for the role of Libby when she was 15 in her home town of Sydney. She recalled: "I'd been in Home and Away, and in a sitcom called My Two Wives, but Neighbours was a much bigger thing. For starters, it is filmed in Melbourne, so getting the part meant that I had to move there. I didn't know anyone at all, so it was pretty terrifying."

Valentine began working on Neighbours when she was 17. She admitted that leaving her family behind in Sydney was the hardest part about joining the show, but she "seized" the role of Libby and was determined to be a success. The Kennedys were described as a believable family, and Valentine thought it down to the actors' close bond off-screen. She said they were "like a surrogate family to me, and still are." Discussing her longevity in 2000, Valentine explained that she stayed with Neighbours as it provided her with work, and she felt she was still learning and being challenged by the role.

Characterisation
Upon her introduction to Neighbours, Libby was described as an opinionated girl who makes a stand on "any and every issue." She is as a communist and her political views frustrate her father. She initially wants to go into a government job, but she studies journalism at university instead. The teenage Libby was said to be bright, inquisitive and "prim and proper." Her "wise beyond her years" side has followed her into adulthood and Libby is now a "passionate and idealistic" woman. She is hard working, honest, headstong and focused on her career and life goals. Libby has a humorous and quirky side, which Valentine loves acting out. The BBC said "there's no keeping that irrepressible sense of humour down. She loves a good laugh."

On Valentine's return to the Neighbours set in January 2011, she decided to cut her long hair off in favour of a short hairstyle. It was also revealed that Libby would return with a new attitude to life. She has spent time at a health retreat, learnt the "art of Zen" and now refuses to judge anyone. Valentine said that Libby wants "to detach from negativity." She added "She looks at her situation – single mum, still living with her parents – and starts to focus on her career at the school."

Departure and return
On 5 June 2003, Valentine filmed her final scenes before taking six months maternity leave from the show. She became the first ever actress to take maternity leave from Neighbours. Valentine stated "I was so clucky a few years ago, and I was sussing it out, just what would happen out of curiosity and how they would deal with it. I couldn't believe it – it's an amazing stroke of luck that for nearly 20 years that the show's been going, and they haven't had any long-term cast member fall pregnant. Trust me to be the first." Valentine also admitted that the producers had difficulty hiding her pregnancy before she left. On-screen, Libby takes a break from Erinsborough.

Valentine decided to depart Neighbours in 2004, so she could pursue other acting roles and spend time with her daughter. However, she did make a brief return in 2005 for the show's 20th anniversary episode, "Friends for Twenty Years". In 2007, Neighbours suffered a decline in ratings and plans were made to take storylines "back to basics", so they would be less controversial and focus more on relationships and family dynamics. It was then announced that Valentine would be reprising her role of Libby. Of her comeback Valentine said "I really felt like I was coming home and it was very easy to slip back into the role of Libby, she's like an old friend. Plus she was older and the writers were able to do a lot more with her so it was a great time to return." Valentine initially intended to return to Neighbours for a brief time.

Temporary recast
On 4 July 2008, Valentine collapsed on a flight home from New York and was diagnosed with pneumonia and a collapsed lung. Valentine was told that she needed to rest for a month and that she could not return to work on Neighbours. news.com.au initially reported that Libby would be written out of scenes for a week. However, as the character was involved in too many storylines, executive producer Susan Bower realised that she could not be suddenly written out of the show and she took the decision to temporarily recast the role of Libby. Bower called McLeod's Daughters actress Michala Banas and asked her to take over the role. Banas only had four days to research Libby's history on the show and learn the scripts before she began filming. Banas told the Herald Sun "It was crazy, a whirlwind. I spent the first week of filming really stressing about it – am I doing this right, is this what Libby would do, am I making the right choices? I felt this real sense of responsibility to Kym and to the character and to the show. I just wanted to do the best job I could for everyone."

Banas explained that Libby is a strong woman with a lot of energy and she tried to keep the essence of the character in her portrayal. However, she said that the only way she could "tackle" the role was to make Libby her own. She added "I came to the realisation that I can't be the same Libby as Kym is – it's impossible." Banas was reunited with Brett Tucker, her co-star from McLeod's Daughters, for Libby's storylines. Of her character being recast, Valentine said "It is like handing over a child to be looked after by somebody else". She later returned to the set on 15 September 2008. In May 2009, a short video was created which made light of the recast. The clip, featuring Valentine, Fletcher and Woodburne, saw Susan and Karl questioning Libby over why she changed her head.

Marriage to Daniel Fitzgerald and surrogacy
Libby's relationship with Darren Stark (Todd MacDonald) comes to an abrupt end after he kisses Janae Timmins (Eliza Taylor-Cotter), but Libby soon finds romance again with Daniel Fitzgerald (Brett Tucker). Valentine told TV Week that Libby decides that she has had enough of Darren and their relationship is over for good. Then over the next few months there is a hint of romance for Libby and Dan. Tucker said that there is "an immediate attraction" for Dan when it comes to Libby. Dan hides some secrets from Libby and when she discovers them, there is "an emotional upset." Valentine explained "Libby will begin to feel like she's being constantly let down by men. She can't seem to take a trick. Guys just keep disappointing her." Tucker added that it was never planned for Libby and Dan to have a trouble free relationship, although he previously thought otherwise. When she was asked to choose between Dan and Drew, Valentine chose Dan and she explained "I do honestly think that Dan is more her match. [...] I just think Dan and Libby are very similar like with their careers – they've got a lot more in common, they're both teachers and they're both very articulate and educated. I think maybe Libby and Dan can entertain each other a little bit more, in many different ways, than Libby and Drew could." Libby and Dan's relationship does not run smoothly and Dan's ex-wife Samantha (Simone Buchanan) causes problems for them. Sam lies to Dan that she is pregnant with his child and when the lie is exposed, Libby sees Dan is upset that he does not have a child. Valentine told Digital Spy; "when Libby sees how upset Dan is about it all, she desperately wants him to have his own child. So for the next few months, we've got this long-term storyline based around Libby wanting to have a baby with Dan which we all know is incredibly risky because she could die if she has another baby."

Libby and Dan later marry. During an interview, Susan Bower said that there is nothing interesting in watching an on-screen marriage that is working and she highlighted her plans for the couple; "It's a very, very slow, long burn and there's some wonderful humour and the fact there's the Brady Bunch a bit. We are making stories about what happens in people's lives and there's the good and the bad." Libby and Dan decide to have a child via surrogacy. Libby's mother, Susan offers to become the surrogate after Libby is unable have any more children. Following a fight with the hospital board, Susan becomes pregnant. However, this causes friction between her and Dan. Following a fall, Susan loses the baby. Alan Fletcher said he was pleased at the way the surrogacy scenes were handled and he added "The notion of a mother being a surrogate for their daughter is something you can't pretend is not controversial. The writers embraced that and showed how Susan's decision divided the community, and has potential to divide the family". The show's timeslot presented difficulties for the storyline and the writers were forced to tone the plot down to comply with guidelines. The surrogacy saga puts pressure on Libby and Dan's marriage and it falls apart. Valentine drew on her own experience of going through a divorce to film the scenes. She revealed that she was "really really proud" of how they portrayed the end of Libby and Dan's marriage and she said that she put her "heart and soul" into the storyline. She added "It was the most intimate storyline I've ever done in my life. I got the chance to really exorcise some demons."

Second departure and returns
In 2010, Valentine took three months off from Neighbours due to ill health. In July of that year, she spent a week in hospital with a lung problem and in December she checked herself into a clinic as she was suffering from exhaustion. Valentine said "I'm very grateful to the producers for allowing me time off to get healthy again and this year is already looking fantastic." Valentine returned to the set in January 2011.

A few months after her return to filming, Valentine took indefinite leave from Neighbours. Fiona Byrne of the Herald Sun reported the actress was undergoing treatment in hospital for a depressive illness. Susan Bower said Valentine had the support of the production team and her character would be written out of the show in a "nice and neat way." Byrne added "It has been done so when she is ready to return she (Libby) can walk straight back into the show." Byrne's colleague, Luke Dennehy reported Valentine's contract was up for renewal at the end of 2011. In September 2011, Byrne said Valentine was unlikely to return to Neighbours, though this was not confirmed by the show.

On 11 March 2014, it was announced that Valentine would be returning to Neighbours as part of a storyline to celebrate 20 years of Karl and Susan Kennedy. Valentine's return came a few months after she filed a complaint against FremantleMedia. She told Sarah Thomas from The Sydney Morning Herald, "I'm really looking forward to catching up with old friends at Neighbours as well as getting to know many of the new cast. Playing Libby was a very important part of my life and I can't wait to reintroduce audiences to her." Libby returned on 11 June 2014.

Valentine reprised the role for a cameo appearance in the show's final episode, which was broadcast on 28 July 2022.

1994–2005
Following her arrival, Libby meets Brett Stark (Brett Blewitt) and they become best friends. Brett later forms a crush on her. Libby gets a part-time job at Philip Martin's (Ian Rawlings) newsagent. When she is threatened by a thief, Karl is convinced the job is not safe, but she goes back to work there. She leaves for a cadetship at the Erinsborough News. Libby develops a crush on Luke Handley (Bernard Curry) and he begins to develop feelings for her too. They share a kiss, but Karl is disapproving of the relationship and Luke is uncomfortable with the age difference. Luke then tells Libby that they can only be friends. Libby begins a relationship with Sonny Hammond (Tom Hutchings), but she grows uncomfortable when Sonny wants to take things further. After breaking up with him, Libby and Brett lose their virginity to each other. Despite feeling awkward, they both agree that it was the right thing to do. Brett leaves to go travelling and he gives his pet Galah, Dahl, to Libby.

Brett's older brother, Darren, moves to Ramsay Street and Libby begins a relationship with him. Darren cheats on Libby with Catherine O'Brien (Radha Mitchell) and Libby is upset by Darren's betrayal. Darren decides to leave Erinsborough, but stays when Libby tells him she loves him. However, he later kisses another woman and Libby ends their relationship for good. Drew Kirk (Dan Paris) moves to the town shortly after Darren leaves and falls in love with Libby. Libby is initially oblivious to Drew's love for her and she begins dating her university lecturer, Mike Healy (Andrew Blackman). Libby and Mike's relationship upsets her parents as he is much older than her and recently separated from his wife. Libby continues seeing Mike until he starts dating his wife again. Libby and Drew eventually start a relationship and Libby becomes good friends with new neighbour, Stephanie Scully (Carla Bonner). Drew proposes to Libby and she accepts, but weeks before the wedding, Libby and Steph are involved in a motorbike accident. Libby is told that she would never carry a baby to full term as a result of her injuries. Libby pushes Drew away, but they eventually reconcile and they marry. Libby then finds out that she is pregnant and decides to keep the baby despite the risks to her life. Libby goes into labour whilst locked inside a barn at a rodeo in Oakey. When she is found, she is taken to the hospital and she gives birth to Ben (Noah Sutherland). Just a year later, Drew dies after being thrown from a horse leaving Libby devastated.

Libby becomes a teacher at Erinsborough High. She helps Taj Coppin (Jaime Robbie Reyne) with his assignments and he develops a crush on her. When Taj turns eighteen, he pursues Libby but she ignores him. When he offers to walk her home one night, Taj invites Libby to his house and they sleep together. Libby goes away for a while and Taj realises that they cannot have a relationship and leaves Erinsborough. Libby is offered a teaching job in Adelaide and she accepts and moves away. When Karl and Susan split up, following Karl's relationship with Izzy Hoyland (Natalie Bassingthwaighte), Libby returns home. Libby is shocked to see Darren working as an electrician and is impressed that Darren has matured and gets on well with Ben (now Sean Berends). They start their relationship again and Libby and Ben move to Shepparton with him.

2007–2022
Libby and Ben (now Blake O'Leary) return to Erinsborough for a short stay, but when Susan is diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, Libby decides to move back home. Libby is questioned about Darren, but she avoids talking about him and attacks Karl about his past infidelity. Darren arrives in Ramsay Street and reveals that he cheated on Libby. Darren tries to reconcile with Libby, but she insists that their relationship is over. Darren then kisses Janae Timmins, which ends his relationship with Libby for good and he returns to Shepparton alone.

Libby returns to teaching at Erinsborough High and she develops feelings for Daniel Fitzgerald. They begin dating, but Libby calls the relationship off when Dan's estranged wife, Samantha (Simone Buchanan), arrives in town. Dan asks Sam for a divorce, but Libby refuses to get involved with him. Libby and Ben move in with Steph and Libby begins a relationship with Lucas Fitzgerald (Scott Major), not knowing that he is Dan's brother. When she finds out the truth, she cuts both men out of her life. Libby and Dan both go for the job of Head of Senior School, but Libby forgets her notes during her interview. Dan gets the job, but turns it down after hearing about what happened to Libby. Dan then tells Libby that he loves her and they begin dating. Dan moves in with Libby and Ben, he later proposes and Libby accepts. Samantha returns and announces she is pregnant with Dan's child. Libby calls off the wedding and she accuses Sam of using her pregnancy to try to win Dan back. Steph tells Libby and Dan that she overheard Sam talking about the baby and that Dan is not the father. Sam admits the truth, before leaving once more. On the day of her wedding, Libby begins to feel unwell, but manages to get through the ceremony. However, she collapses and is rushed to hospital, where she finds out she is pregnant. Libby believes the baby is a girl and she and Dan decide to name her Grace after Susan's mother. Libby later loses the baby and when she begins hemorrhaging, Dan gives his permission for the doctors to perform a hysterectomy.

Libby suggests trying surrogacy to have a baby. Steph initially offers to carry the baby, but Libby turns her down and Susan offers instead. Libby and Dan accept and Susan later becomes pregnant. Dan begins to question Susan's interference in his and Libby's lives. Karl tries to defuse the situation by taking them on a break, so they can talk. Dan and Susan argue and Dan announces that he should never have agreed to the surrogacy, upsetting Libby. Libby and Karl later find Susan, following a fall, and rush her to hospital, where she miscarries the baby. Libby blames Dan for the loss of their child and she ends their marriage. Dan leaves Ramsay Street without saying goodbye, to Libby's shock and confusion, and she and Ben move back in with Susan and Karl. Libby meets Doug Harris (Mahesh Jadu) at Ben's dance class and they initially get off to a bad start, but begin dating. Libby is unaware that Doug is Karl's boss, until he takes a phone call from him. Karl later walks in on Libby and Doug kissing.

Libby is shocked to find out that Steph and Toadfish Rebecchi (Ryan Moloney) are back together and that Steph is pregnant. Libby finds it hard knowing her best friend is pregnant. She clashes with the new school principal, Michael Williams (Sandy Winton), over some of his ideas for the school. Libby acts as bridesmaid for Steph and Toadie's wedding. Libby is shocked to learn that Dan has been injured in an accident and is not happy that Steph and Toadie tried to keep it from her. Paul Robinson (Stefan Dennis) plays a recording of a conversation between Steph and Dan over the radio where she confesses he is the actual father of her child, which Libby hears. Finally realizing why Dan abruptly left the street, Libby tells Steph that they are no longer friends. Toadie reveals his part in covering up the secret, which devastates Libby further. She later splits up with Doug following an argument. Libby and Lucas sleep together, but agree to keep things casual between them. Ben is accepted into an arts boarding school and Libby finds it hard to let him go. Libby makes up with Toadie, but tells him that she cannot do the same with Steph. After Lyn Scully (Janet Andrewartha) reveals her concerns over Steph's mental state, Libby decides to go and find her. She tracks her down to a motel and they talk. Steph gets angry and races off on her motorbike and accidentally kills Ringo Brown (Sam Clark). Libby helps Steph realise that she is suffering from postpartum depression and goes to the hospital with her to talk to Doug. Libby is shocked to see Sam back in town for Steph's trial. Karl and Susan discover that Libby is prepared to lie about Steph's state of mind at the time of the accident and they beg her to tell the truth. Libby gives her evidence in court, but Sam exposes her lies. Steph is sent to prison for six years, which shocks Libby. She then decides to visit Ben.

After attending a health retreat, Libby returns to Ramsay Street. She defuses an argument between Susan and Lyn and then comforts Toadie. Karl and Susan believe Libby's new attitude to life is just a phase, which she denies. Paul tries to get Libby to support his bid to join the school board. Libby draws up a five-year plan, which includes her becoming principal. Libby later supports Michael's no uniform policy and she tells Paul that it will fail. Libby then accepts Michael's offer of mentorship. Karl tries to set Libby up with Jonathan Swan (Gary Abrahams), a doctor who works at the hospital with him. After her first mentoring session with Michael does not go well, Libby leaves to visit Ben indefinitely.

Three years later, Libby returns to Erinsborough with Ben (now Felix Mallard), when Susan asks her to become acting deputy principal of Erinsborough High for three weeks. Libby goes to see Paul to tell him how sorry she was to learn of his niece Kate Ramsay's (Ashleigh Brewer) death. She then offers him some advice about how to cope with his loss. When Susan falls ill, Libby becomes acting principal and has to cope with several problems on her first day. When Ben gets into a fight with another student, Libby has to suspend him. Libby realises that Karl and Susan want her to come back home permanently and she is angry when she learns that they have tried to trick her. Karl and Susan apologise, and Libby admits that she has enjoyed being back in Erinsborough. Ben later tells Libby that he wants to leave as everywhere reminds him of Drew. Libby and Ben decide to go to Oakey to get to know Drew's roots, before going home to Ballarat.

Eight years later, Libby sends Toadie a video message congratulating him on his wedding to Melanie Pearson (Lucinda Cowden).

Other appearances
In 2005, four novellas based on characters from Neighbours were released. The books were available to buy at some Australia Post outlets and on the internet. Libby and Darren Stark were the focus of one of the books entitled Facing Tomorrow. It explains what happened after the couple left Erinsborough in 2004 and followed their new life together. Of the books, a spokeswoman said "It's different to what happens in the show; it's more like a fantasy of what happens, might have happened, in the show, they would take about an hour to read if you're a quick reader".

Reception
For her portrayal of Libby, Valentine has earned various awards nominations. In 2008, she was nominated for Sexiest Female at the Inside Soap Awards. The following year she received a nomination for Best Actress and in 2010 was nominated for Best Daytime Star. Libby and Susan's surrogacy storyline was nominated for Best Baby Drama at the 2010 All About Soap Bubble Awards. In June 2002, Libby came third in a poll run by Newsround to find viewer's favourite Neighbours character. She received 19.33% of the vote.

In January 2009, Ruth Deller, of television website Lowculture included Libby in her monthly list of best and worst soap characters. Libby was placed at number ten on the worst characters list. Deller said "Libby's always had the tendency to be a bit smug and self-absorbed, but she's taking it to ridiculous levels at the moment. And her and Fitzy (or her and Lucas) is clearly a wrong thing indeed". Virgin Media compiled a list of their sexiest soap couples, Libby and Dan were featured and they stated that they believed the couple were a "match made in soap heaven" and that "nothing can stand in the way of their love apart from Sam". Soap opera reporting website Holy Soap opined that Libby's most memorable moment was collapsing at her wedding, finding out she was pregnant and subsequently losing the baby.

To celebrate Neighbours' 25th anniversary Sky, a British satellite broadcasting company profiled 25 characters of which they believed were the most memorable in the series history. Libby is in the list and describing her they state: "When Libby first joined the programme, she seemed to spend most of her time trying to out-do Ruth Wilkinson in the ugly short-wearing stakes. Then she got all curvy sexy, and as an adult Libby has seen three of the hottest Ds in the Greater Erinsborough area: Darren, Drew and Dan. Her feisty newshound days are long behind her too as she's become a teacher, which apparently in Australia requires no formal training. Interesting."

British newspaper, The Guardian, included Libby in a feature called "Soaps' most bizarre recasts". Of the character's temporary recast, they said "A staple of Neighbours since 1994, we've watched Libby Kennedy get married, get widowed, get married again, get divorced and – for one confusing month – turn into a completely different person. They added that the recast was the "most confusing Neighbours moment since that time Bouncer got married in his dreams". British weekly magazine NOW compiled a special gallery to decide whether Libby was best played by Valentine or Banas. They describe Libby has never having any luck in her love life and since Drew's death has been doomed it's got worse.

In June 2014, Kerry Barrett from All About Soap was pleased to see Libby return, saying "We were just as thrilled as the Kennedys were to see lovely Lib back in Erinsborough. And when Karl asked if she had anything to go home to, we thought how brilliant it would be if she stayed." Libby was placed at number thirty-four on the Huffpost's "35 greatest Neighbours characters of all time" feature. Journalist Adam Beresford branded her "the classic girl next door" type who was "principled, driven and kinda self-righteous." In 2016, Katie Baillie writing for Metro included Libby on a list of the "worst Neighbours characters" ever. She stated that Libby was dubbed "saint Libby" by viewers, owing to her "judgemental and self-righteous attitude" despite romancing a student. Baillie also criticised her for constantly moving home as an adult. In 2015, a Herald Sun reporter included Libby and Steph's bike accident in their "Neighbours' 30 most memorable moments" feature.

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Rafael Leonardo Callejas Romero

Rafael Leonardo Callejas Romero (14 November 1943 – 4 April 2020) was the President of Honduras from 27 January 1990 to 27 January 1994, representing the National Party of Honduras (PNH).

Early life and education
Callejas was born on 14 November 1943 in Tegucigalpa in Honduras. He studied agricultural economics at Mississippi State University becoming an expert on financial and economic issues connected to agronomy. At Mississippi State University, Callejas earned a Bachelor of Science degree in 1965 and a Masters of Science degree in 1966. Also in 1966, Mississippi State University's Department of Agricultural Economics published Callejas' thesis titled Hog Production Opportunities in Mississippi. In 1990, Callejas was named Mississippi State University's Alumni of the Year and was invited along with U.S. Vice President Dan Quayle to deliver the university's commencement address.

Career
Between 1967 and 1971 Callejas worked at the Council for Economic Planning (CONSUPLANE). In 1968, Callejas was made the Director of Economic Planning by the then President Oswaldo López. in 1975 another General and President, Juan Alberto Melgar, named Callejas Minister for Agriculture and Natural Resources. When another general and President Policarpo Paz took over in a coup in 1978, Callejas remained in this post. During the transition to democracy culminating in November 1981 elections, which were won by the Liberal Party of Honduras (PLH), he rose within the ranks of the National Party of Honduras (PNH), and in 1982 presided over their central committee. He supported former President Ricardo Maduro's Unidad y Cambio (Unity and Change) movement within the PNH that brought the party more towards the center, and a liberal economic path. Callejas then created his own faction, the Movimiento Nacional Callejista (National Callejista Movement), to advance his candidature in the 1985 presidential elections. At the time both main political parties allowed various candidates to stand, and while Callejas gained the highest vote of any candidate with 42.6%, the PLH candidates gained 51.5% of the total vote, and therefore it was their most voted for candidate, José Azcona del Hoyo, with 27.5% of the vote, who became president.

Football
Until 2015, Callejas was President of the Federación Nacional Autónoma de Fútbol de Honduras (FENAFUTH). Under his tenure, Honduras qualified for the FIFA World Cups in 2010 and 2014, the first time Honduras qualified for two consecutive World Cups. During his tenure, Honduras qualified for all major football soccer competitions in all age brackets, including the Summer Olympics.

President (1990-1994)
His election in 1989 marked the first time since 1932 that power was transferred peacefully between Honduras' two major parties.

Callejas was once again the PNH candidate in the 1989 elections where a reported 200,000 identifications from deceased Honduran citizens were used. Callejas won with 52.3% of the votes, becoming the first PNH President since 1972. He had to confront severe economic problems, and he followed the advice of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) by cutting public spending, resulting in many public servants being laid off, and by devaluing the Lempira. At the time of the devaluation of the Lempira, the Honduran Central Bank, presided over at the time by Ricardo Maduro Joest, did not have any dollars available to the general public. Instead, people were given back devalued Lempiras causing a great deal of hardship in what was already one of the poorest countries in the western hemisphere. Gasoline supplies were non-existent when he took office and long lines of cars were seen at the gas stations trying to obtain fuel. This led to many strikes and a lot of social agitation, until his government successfully negotiated with the United States the write-off of a $US430 million debt, in September 1991.

He presided over a liberal reformist government, opened the Honduran economy to local and foreign investment and managed steady growth during the last three years of his presidency, although during the fourth year of his term fiscal indiscipline led to a new set of economic measures being imposed by the following government. Poverty was reduced by 8% under his tenure. Infrastructure was a priority and large investments in the rich Sula Valley area were made resulting in more than 90 kilometers of four-lane highways.

His government had some important accomplishments in the social area, such as the creation of the Family Assistance Program (PRAF) and the Honduran Fund for Social Investment (FHIS). Expatriates of the previous Military and Liberal governments were allowed to return to Honduras, with no risk to their lives, and the irregular forces of the Nicaraguan counter-revolutionaries, the Contras, were required to leave Honduras in April 1990 after intense negotiations.

Accusations
Callejas was accused of 7 counts of corruption during his term. He was also accused by an aide in the George H. W. Bush administration, resulting in a Bush executive order denying him U.S. visa status.

In 2005, the Honduran Congress revoked the law by which ex-Presidents, among other former officials, had legal immunity. Mr. Callejas voluntarily presented himself to court (first person to do so after the law was revoked). Mr. Callejas then faced trial. He was acquitted by the Honduran Judiciary of all of the counts which were presented against him.

On 3 December 2015, Mr. Callejas was indicted in U.S. Federal Court in connection with the ongoing 2015 FIFA Corruption Case. 12 days later, he flew to the United States and was taken into custody. A few days later, he was released on bond. He was represented by the noted criminal defense attorney Manuel Retureta of Retureta & Wassem, PLLC in Washington, DC. On 27 March 2016, he pleaded guilty to accepting $500,000 in bribes in 2012 to be shared with another football official.

In December 2016, Callejas was banned for life by the FIFA Ethics Committee.

Death
Callejas died on 4 April 2020 of leukemia. Muere elexpresidente de Honduras Rafael Leonardo Callejas Romero

Publications

 * Hog Production Opportunities in Mississippi, Mississippi State University Department of Agricultural Economics, (Starkville, MS), 1966.
 * Plan de Gobierno, 1990-1994: cambio : participación, bienestar y dignidad nacional, República de Honduras, (Tegucigalpa, Honduras), 1990.
 * Declaración del Gobierno de la República de Honduras sobre la prevención y el control del alcoholismo, la drogadicción y la farmacodependencia, Instituto Hondureño para la Prevención del Alcoholismo, Drogadicción y Farmacodependencia, República de Honduras, (Tegucigalpa, Honduras), 1990.
 * La Modernización del Estado: Exposiciones del Presidente de la República y los cuatro candidatos a la Presidencia, lunes 5 de julio de 1993, República de Honduras, (Tegucigalpa, Honduras), 1993.
 * Las Relaciones Entre Chile y Honduras: nuevas perspectivas a la luz del proceso de paz en Centroamérica, Consejo Chileno para las Relaciones Internacionales, (Tegucigalpa, Honduras), 1993.

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Democratic Party of Nauru

The Democratic Party of Nauru (DPN) is a political party in the Oceanian nation of Nauru.

Foundation and leadership
The DPN was founded after the January 1987 elections by former President Kennan Adeang after he had been ousted by Hammer DeRoburt for the second time in two months, with Adeang claiming it had the support of eight of the eighteen MPs. The party succeeded the informal Nauru Party headed by Bernard Dowiyogo which existed since the 1970s. Dowiyogo then supported the DPN in the Parliament.

Goals and influence
The most important goal of the DPN was to prevent an expansion of power by DeRoburt and to force the role of the Parliament. In 1989 DeRoburt had been ousted in a vote of no confidence by Kenos Aroi who had been supported by Adeang and his entourage but only for four months. Bernard Dowiyogo is the last DPN member to have been President of Nauru (2003). Afterwards, the DPN increasingly lost influence; considering it hasn't attained a seat in the Parliament since Dowiyogo's death in 2003.

In 2003 the son of Kennan Adeang, David Adeang, founded the Nauru First party.

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Bridge of No Return

Located in the Joint Security Area (JSA), the so-called "Bridge of No Return" crosses the Military Demarcation Line (MDL) between North Korea and South Korea.

History
The bridge was used for prisoner exchanges at the end of the Korean Armistice in 1953. The name originates from the final ultimatum that was given to prisoners of war brought to the bridge for repatriation: they could either remain in the country of their captivity or cross the bridge to return to their homeland. However, once they chose to cross the bridge, they would never be allowed to return, even if they later changed their minds.

The last time the bridge was used for prisoner exchanges was in 1968, when the crew of USS Pueblo (AGER-2) was released and ordered to cross into South Korea via the bridge. The bridge was actively used by the North Koreans up until the Korean axe murder incident in August 1976, at which time the United Nations Command (UNC) demanded that the Military Demarcation Line within the Joint Security Area be enforced and clearly marked. Within 72 hours, the North Koreans had built a new bridge (dubbed "The 72-Hour Bridge") on the northern half of the JSA and the original Bridge of No Return was no longer used.

The Military Demarcation Line runs through the middle of the bridge. At the end of either side of the bridge are guard houses of the respective countries. The North Korean building is called KPA#4 while the United Nations Command checkpoint was called CP#3 (it was abandoned in the mid-1980s). CP#3, which is surrounded by trees, was only visible from one other UNC site during the winter months, OP#5 (now renamed to CP#3). The North's Korean People's Army (KPA) had made numerous attempts to grab UNC personnel from the old CP#3 and drag them across the bridge into North Korean territory.

Because of this proximity to North Korean territory, being surrounded on all access routes by North Korean checkpoints, and repeated attempts to kidnap the UNC personnel working there, CP#3 was often referred to as "The Loneliest Outpost in the World". As of 2003, the bridge was considered to be in need of repair. According to a report on CNN, the US government has offered to fix the bridge or even replace it, but North Korea has denied permission.

Major events

 * Operation Little Switch, April 1953. This operation was a test case for prisoner repatriation, one of the four main issues of contention during two years of negotiation. 605 sick, wounded, and/or injured UNC prisoners were exchanged for 6,030 sick or injured North Korean prisoners.
 * Operation Big Switch, April–September 1953. Based on the success of the repatriations undertaken earlier, a general exchange of prisoners began in late April. During Operation Big Switch, prisoners were brought to Panmunjom, on the banks of the Sachong River. Each prisoner was then asked if he wished to cross the river and return to his countrymen or remain with his captors. Once the choice was made there was no turning back—hence the name Bridge of No Return. During this time 13,444 UNC prisoners returned to UNC countries, and 89,493 KPA and CPV prisoners returned to their countries. In March 1953, a further 25,000 KPA soldiers held in ROKA camps had been released into South Korea on President Syngman Rhee's orders in an attempt to wreck the armistice negotiations.
 * Release of the crew of the USS Pueblo, December 23, 1968. On January 23, 1968, the USS Pueblo was captured by North Korean naval forces in international waters off the coast of North Korea. After being held prisoner for 11 months, the crew was released and allowed to walk across the bridge while a forced confession by the captain of the vessel was broadcast over loudspeakers. This action was the first in a series of events that escalated tensions between North Korea and the United States and its allies.
 * Korean axe murder incident, August 18, 1976. This was the killing of two United States Army officers by North Korean soldiers in the Joint Security Area, near the Bridge of No Return, over the attempt to trim a poplar that obstructed vision between checkpoints, and heightened tensions on the border. This was followed by Operation Paul Bunyan, which ended in the felling of the tree by Task Force Vierra.

Ceremonies on the bridge
U.S. Army soldiers who are stationed at Camp Bonifas or Camp Liberty Bell in the Joint Security Area are offered the opportunity to have their promotion or reenlistment ceremonies held in the center of the Bridge of No Return. The bridge is split in half by the Military Demarcation Line which separates North Korean territory from South Korean territory. During a U.S. or ROK (Republic of Korea) ceremony, two guards are posted at the Demarcation Line facing west (toward North Korea).

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of cities in Lebanon

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was keep -- AllyUnion (talk) 14:56, 26 Feb 2005 (UTC)

List of cities in Lebanon

 * Delete There's a category Category:Cities in Lebanon, so why a list? 500LL 16:06, 13 Feb 2005
 * Keep. There seems to me to be a community preference for retaining separate lists and categories. JuntungWu 17:54, 13 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. There are similar articles for most of the countries. Grue 19:27, 13 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, list duplicates categories without adding anything significant, pointless. Megan1967 00:29, 14 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * KeepCategories don't replace lists. Wincoote 01:22, 14 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * No but this list says nothing. More than half of the listed cities dont exist as articles. A good example of a list that says something is eg. List of assassinated people - annotated entries. Encyclopaedias are meant to be useful. Megan1967 06:26, 14 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Grouping related things that don't have articles is probably the main merit of lists now that there is also a category system. Wincoote 20:57, 14 Feb 2005 (UTC)

 * Keep, some on the list may not have their own articles. Wyss 01:32, 14 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Does not duplicate the category: some cities in Lebanon don't have articles yet. -Aranel (" Sarah ") 02:23, 14 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Categories are not lists.  RickK 06:28, Feb 14, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. The apocalypse is near; I agree with RickK.  —RaD Man (talk) 02:17, 17 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, there is already a category for this. JamesBurns 08:02, 26 Feb 2005 (UTC)

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Eastern barred bandicoot

The eastern barred bandicoot (Perameles gunnii) is a nocturnal, rabbit-sized marsupial endemic to southeastern Australia, being native to the island of Tasmania and mainland Victoria. It is one of three surviving bandicoot species in the genus Perameles. It is distinguishable from its partially-sympatric congener – the long-nosed bandicoot – via three or four dark horizontal bars found on its rump. In Tasmania, it is relatively abundant. The mainland population in Victoria is struggling and is subject to ongoing conservation endeavors.

Description
The eastern barred bandicoot weighs less than 2 kg and has a short tail and three to four whitish bars across the rump. The eastern barred bandicoot has two separated populations, one on the mainland of Australia and one on the island of Tasmania. The Tasmanian form is somewhat larger than the mainland form as the average adult mass is 750 g in Victoria and 1,000 g in Tasmania. It lives for just two to three years and is not gregarious. Males occupy large home ranges compared to females and only consort with females for mating.

This species is nocturnal. It emerges from its nest at dusk to forage for a variety of invertebrates including crickets, beetles and earthworms. During the day it rests in a grass-lined nest. When foraging, it uses its long nose to probe deep into the soil and then digs eagerly when it locates food. Females have 8 nipples and can produce a maximum of 5 young in one litter with an average of 2 to 3 young. Gestation lasts just 12 days — this is one of the shortest gestation periods of any mammal. Young are weaned at 55 days and emerged juveniles remain dependent upon the mother and forage with her until day 86. Given ideal conditions, females can have up to five litters per year although reproduction becomes depressed in summer and ceases altogether in times of drought.

Distribution and conservation status
The eastern barred bandicoot was once distributed across the basalt plains of southwest Victoria, and in Tasmania. Due to predation by introduced foxes and cats, along with land-clearing for farming practices, the Victorian subspecies is critically endangered. Since 1989, eight reintroduction sites have been established across the bandicoot's former range. The conservation of eastern barred bandicoots in Victoria now depends upon the success of captive breeding and reintroduction programs. Keys to this conservation plan include maintaining an insurance population in captivity, conducting research to improve breeding and reintroduction success and increasing community awareness and support for this rare marsupial.

A management plan, developed in 1987 and revised in 1989, recommended the first reintroduction of the eastern barred bandicoot in Victoria at Woodlands Historic Park, 20 km northwest of Melbourne. Animals were translocated from the last remaining free-ranging mainland population in Hamilton, western Victoria to captive breeding facilities at Woodlands to establish a population in 1988. The captive-bred offspring formed the basis for reintroductions into the Nature Reserve, known as the Back Paddock, a 400-ha section of the park with a predator-resistant fence to keep out feral predators.

Populations at four sites are now extinct (Floating Islands Nature Reserve, Lanark, Cobra Killuc Wildlife Reserve and Lake Goldsmith Nature Reserve), functionally extinct at Woodlands Historic park, declining at Mooramong and increasing at Hamilton Community Parklands and Mount Rothwell. The last remaining wild population, which was once found along the Grange Burn (a creek) in Hamilton, has also been declared extinct. The estimated population size for the Victorian eastern barred bandicoot in 2008 was 150 individuals.

Eastern barred bandicoots have been successfully released on Phillip Island, French Island and Churchill Island in Victoria's Westernport.

On 15 September 2021, Victoria's Environment Minister Lily D'Ambrosio announced that the conservation status of the Victorian species has changed from "extinct in the wild" to "endangered", as its population had jumped from 150 to 1,500 over the course of thirteen years. This was the first time in Australia's history that such a change in conservation status had been made.

The Tasmanian subspecies (P. g. gunni) is vulnerable to extinction. This species is more widespread than its mainland cousin because Tasmania provides large areas of suitable habitat and because the island lacks the bandicoot's main predator, the red fox.

Recovery efforts
In the state of Victoria, a recovery team oversees actions aimed at conserving the Victorian subspecies. Representatives of government agencies, NGOs and private conservation groups collaborate to develop and implement actions to improve the species' outlook. Groups include Conservation Volunteers, Zoos Victoria, Parks Victoria, Mount Rothwell Biodiversity Interpretation Centre, University of Melbourne, Conservation Enterprises Unlimited, and the National Trust of Australia (Victoria).

An effective recovery tactic currently in use is the exclusion of invasive predators from populations of threatened eastern barred bandicoots through the extensive use of conservation fences. Non-native predator species that are fenced out from endangered populations include feral cats and red foxes. Another important feature of conservation fences are that they restrict the spread of infectious diseases among the few remaining animals.

Phylogeny

The eastern barred bandicoot is most closely related to the other species of bandicoot in its genus, of which only two species are still extant today. These surviving relatives are the western barred bandicoot (Perameles bougainville) and the long-nosed bandicoot (Perameles nasuta). It is also closely related to the desert bandicoot of the same genus, but this species has become extinct. There are about 20 other bandicoots in the same family, Peramelidae. They share similar features of long pointed snouts, and small ears. The bandicoots are closely related to the bilbies, which share the same order, Peramelemorphia. These are all from the infraclass Marsupialia, shared of course with other species such as koalas and kangaroos, which means they diverged from placental mammals about 100 million years ago.

In popular culture
The species is the basis for the popular videogame character Crash Bandicoot, and was selected from a number of Tasmanian mammals by creators Andy Gavin and Jason Rubin for its appeal and relative obscurity.

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Barnwell, Northamptonshire

Barnwell (formerly Barnwell All Saints and Barnwell St Andrew) is a village in North Northamptonshire in England, 2 mi south of the town of Oundle, 78 mi north of London (via the A1 road) and 14 mi south-west of Peterborough. The River Nene runs north of the village, separating it from Oundle.

The villages name origin is uncertain. 'Warrior's spring/stream', 'Beorna's spring/stream' or 'burial-place spring/stream'.

Demographics
The 2001 census showed there were 362 people living in the village, 171 male, 191 female, with average age 40.54 years in 150 households. The population shown at the 2011 census was 369.

Governance
The village has a parish council and. since 2021, is part of North Northamptonshire. It was formerly governed by East Northamptonshire District Council, where it was in Barnwell Ward, and Northamptonshire County Council where it was in Thrapston division.

Barnwell is part of the parliamentary constituency of Corby.

Facilities and other buildings
The village has two Church of England churches reflecting the fact that the village is formed from two separate ones. St Andrew's is Grade I listed; it is externally mostly 13th-century including a tower. There are monuments to Christopher Freeman (d.1610) and Rev Nicholas Latham (d.1620). All Saints' is also 13th-century but only the chancel remains after the rest was demolished in 1825 and that retains the Montagu monuments: Henry Montagu (d.1625), Dame Letice Montagu (d.1611). All Saints is Grade II* listed. Poet Mary Rolls' husband Henry Rolls was rector first at St Andrew's (1818) and then All Saints (1819).

South-east of the church are Latham's Almshouses (founded 1601, rebuilt 1874).

Barnwell railway station on the Northampton to Peterborough line closed in 1964. The building remains preserved as a private residence on the corner of Well Lane and the A605.

There is a traditional pub The Montagu arms in a thatched building.

Barnwell St Andrew Church of England Primary School was closed by the county council in 2005 in spite of protests. Children now attend the primary school at Oundle.

Barnwell Country Park
Like many similar areas on the River Nene, the Barnwell Country Park was developed from abandoned sand and gravel workings on the flood plain of the river just south of Oundle in the part of the area known as Rockingham Forest. The park is bounded on the north-west and south-west by a flood channel loop of the River Nene, known as 'the Backwater', and on the east by the A605 Barnwell Road. It consists of a series of willow-fringed lakes, short mown grass, coarser vegetation, conservation grassland and small wooded areas. The lakes, picnic meadows, river and the resident water birds make the park very attractive to visitors and in particular young families. The irregular shapes of the lakes provide different views around each corner and give a sense of "progressive revelation" to visitors.

The park is flat and very accessible with a network of stone paths suitable for prams and wheelchairs. There is a Ranger Service, on hand to answer visitors' queries and to provide general assistance. In 2007 to 2008, 191,874 visits were made to the park (electronic car counter, assuming 3.5 people per car). From the 2007 visitor surveys, picnicking, dog walking, leisurely strolls, feeding the water birds, fishing and watching the wildlife are the main reason for visits. There is a hard-standing car park for 50 cars and the recreational meadows are used for overflow parking.

The park, totalling 37 acre, was owned by Northamptonshire County Council. The Ordnance Survey grid reference is TL 036874.

Barnwell Castle
Barnwell Castle is in the northern part of the village and believed to have been built around 1266. It is described as 'the first example in Britain of the most monumental type of castle architecture. The site is private property but can be seen from the road.

Barnwell Manor
Barnwell Manor is the historic former home of the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester and is part of the Barnwell Castle Estate. The manor was granted to the Montagu family in 1540 by King Henry VIII. In 1938 Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, bought the house and estate and the family still retain it but now live in an apartment in Kensington Palace, London.

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Talk:Mop

origins
Not exactly joelibyan. It seems that the basic idea was created in the United States but then it was improved in Spain. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.31.99.165 (talk) 08:16, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
 * In Spain the vase was changed as today and the conic, one piece "dryer" aplied.

--77.210.161.217 (talk) 05:47, 22 September 2010 (UTC)

dry mop
Shall we introduce the dry mop that used disposable non-woven cloth to generate static electricity to pick up dust particles? -- Toytoy 16:12, Feb 13, 2005 (UTC) No. That is in no way a mop. 67.180.197.208 (talk)

That picture seriously doesn't illustrate what a mop looks like. I'd rather see a picture of Michael Richards in UHF proclaiming 'life is like a mop'.

I agree that the picture does not illustrate the common household mop.

Sponge mop
We haven't included the sponge mop, which is common at least in New Zealand. It has a sponge on the end with a mechanism attached to the handle which folds the sponge in half to squeeze out excess water. Ppe42 09:11, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

Yes, it is common in the US also, at least for casual home and small business use. Larger businesses and institutions usually don't bother with them, or else they contract out to professional cleaning services, which don't use them either. 173.16.124.196 (talk) 21:16, 31 December 2008 (UTC) == origins == when i was in spain, i was told the mop originated in spain... anyone have any info? -- joelibyan

Link
Should the wringer link under the picture really go to wiktionary? If done purposely, why so?
 * Good point. I think it must be edited.--77.210.161.217 (talk) 05:48, 22 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes. The picture does not display a wringler, but a dryer. The dryer is the main point in the new mops. Please stop reverting as a consensus seems reached--Kim FOR sure (talk) 02:40, 24 September 2010 (UTC)

mop
I looked at the listing for "mop" & found the following 2 statements:

"The inventor Jacob Howe received a patent for a mop in 1837. U.S. Patent 241"

"The mop was invented by Thomas W. Stewart, an African-American inventor. It was awarded Patent Number 499,402 on June 13, 1893"

I know nothing about patents, but is it true that the mop has been patented twice?

I checked the listing originally because I also was told that the mop was invented in Spain.

Jbprochnow 01:29, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

this article contradicts itself. flag it!

Professional mops
Expanded the article with flat mops and different types of mops. I will try to add pictures of these kinds of mops as soon as possible.Bjornwireen (talk) 23:21, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

What was used before mops were invented?
My question is: how were floors cleaned before the invention of the mop? I would have assumed that mops "just evolved", that like most basic tools, they probably had several unknown, unnamed inventors centuries or millenia ago, but evidently this is not the case if the patent was first awarded in the 1800s, and the stick not added until the 1950s! Does this mean that before that, people had to get down on all-fours and push the mops around by hand (before 1956)? Shanoman (talk) 21:23, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

I've seen in Asterisk comics they had a cloth that they pushed around with a blunt stick when mopping marble. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 114.77.164.244 (talk) 03:13, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

It seems the mop has been around for a long time - including using a stick for the handle. Dictionary.com states "late 15c., mappe "bundle of yarn, etc., fastened to the end of a stick for cleaning or spreading pitch on a ship's decks,". I'm not sure what features were added later to make the item patentable. 82.31.154.124 (talk) 14:33, 13 January 2015 (UTC)Moriarty

Irony
How ironic it is that the Cleanup tag has been applied to the entry for Mop. ;-) 71.185.144.127 (talk) 23:38, 17 November 2010 (UTC)

 * Extremely XD  Atomic putty? Rien!  16:35, 25 May 2023 (UTC)

Sponge mop
This article seems to focus to much on the more traditional yarn mop and ignores the more modern sponge mop. There needs be a section on the more common household sponge mop, which has largely though not completely replaced the yarn mop in the household, which should include a picture of a typical sponge mop as well as a description of the various built-in wringing mechanisms in sponge mops. Here are some links to the different types of sponge mops on the market today: http://www.homedepot.ca/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CatalogSearchResultView?D=900748&Ntt=900748&catalogId=10051&langId=-15&storeId=10051&Dx=mode+matchallpartial&Ntx=mode+matchall&recN=112376%204294964789&N=0&Ntk=P_PartNumber http://www.acehardware.com/product/index.jsp?productId=1277643&CAWELAID=277202453 http://www.amazon.com/Quickie-Auto-Sponge-045-4-Mops/dp/B0002T7NI6 http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q=sponge+mop&hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&hs=d2e&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&prmd=ivns&biw=1136&bih=830&um=1&ie=UTF-8&cid=1439028568723741289&ei=Xr8XTZfGH4bSsAPK_5XtCg&sa=X&oi=product_catalog_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CF8Q8wIwATgK#

Thomas W. Stewart
Jacob Howe received the first U.S. patent for a mop in 1837. Then, in 1893, 56 years later, Thomas W. Stewart received a patent for a mop. According to my quick perusal of the patent records, at least 300 mop related patents were issued by the USPTO within that time. Can someone explain the significance or importance of Mr. Stewart's particular contribution to mop technology that it bears mention here so prominently, while the other 300+ are exluded? Ultranothing (talk) 07:43, 2 February 2013 (UTC)

No, apparently. Nobody is willing to say. Ultranothing (talk) 14:56, 18 June 2020 (UTC)

Cooking / Barbecue
It seems that a lot of barbecue cooking techniques use a similar tool which is CALLED a mop and the technique runs under the name of mopping. It sounds as if it is some kind of basting derivative, but as the technique is called mopping, shouldn't it be either included or a distinguation page be created?--5.146.47.110 (talk) 18:12, 27 August 2016 (UTC)
 * For the moment, neither. The tool is more like a brush (it has non-absorbent bristles) than a mop, so it's not a primary form of mop which requires inclusion here as a section. Mopping (barbecuing) might be justified, but that's a Write The Article First before linking it.
 * There are plenty of mops as artist's paintbrushes and brushes for wood finishing. If we started to collect a few of those as articles then we might justify Mop (disambiguation), but we're nowhere near there yet. Andy Dingley (talk) 19:09, 27 August 2016 (UTC)

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Miracle Mop of Joy Mangano
What is the difference of the Mop invention of this article and the invention of the Miracle Mop of Joy Mangano ?

Thanks

--AXRL (talk) 14:36, 2 May 2019 (UTC)
 * It's almost identical to the classic string-headed mop (which is now getting rare, in favour of flat sponge mops).  The Miracle Mop has the advantage that it can be used to wring itself out.  The classic mop needs a "mop bucket", a bucket with a specifically shaped drainer on the top. These are either bulky steel buckets, or plastic buckets with plastic strainers that break fairly quickly, requiring the replacement of the bucket.
 * With the Miracle Mop, the handgrip of the handle acts as a wringer for it.
 * Mopping wise, it's like a string mop. They're good for dirty floors (they can move a lot of dirt), but they don't get into corners so easily and they're not as good as some sponge mops for giving an immediate shiny-clean finish, without changing the rinse water. Andy Dingley (talk) 15:53, 2 May 2019 (UTC)

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SS Robert E. Peary

SS Robert E. Peary was a Liberty ship which gained fame during World War II for being built in a shorter time than any other such vessel. Named after Robert Peary, an American explorer who was among the first people to reach the geographic North Pole, she was launched on November 12, 1942, just 4 days, 15 hours and 26 minutes after the keel was laid down.

Construction
Robert E. Peary was built at the Permanente Metals Corporation No. 2 Yard in Richmond, California and was the 47th ship built at the yard. The record set in her construction was the result of a competition between shipyards to see which could build a Liberty ship the fastest. The Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation had built another Liberty ship, SS Joseph N. Teal, in only ten days between 13 and 23 September 1942. The yard's owner, Henry J. Kaiser (who also owned the Richmond Shipyards), was asked by a reporter if it could have been done quicker. He replied that it could have been constructed in eight days but had been delayed to allow President Franklin D. Roosevelt to attend.

Roosevelt agreed to a proposal to build a ship in half the time. To meet the deadline, the Richmond Shipyard prefabricated as much of the vessel as possible at its No. 2 Yard and pre-positioned the sections to enable the workers to assemble it with maximum efficiency. The keel was laid at 12:01 am on 8 November 1942. The rest of the ship was built from prefabricated 250-ton sections with the engines already in place. The bottom shell unit was installed first, followed by the inner-bottom unit to support the boiler, engine and pump. The boilers were put in place by mid-morning, followed by transverse bulkheads and the shaft tunnel. The upper deck was completed on the second day, with the installation of the lower forepeak, more bulkheads and the fantail. The masts, derricks and superstructure were installed on the third day. During the final day the wiring, welding and painting was completed along with the installation of the forward gun platform and the inner stack. She was launched at 3:27 pm on 12 November, after around 250,000 individual parts weighing 14000000 lb had been assembled. After 26 minutes of speeches, Mrs. James F. Byrnes, the wife of the head of Roosevelt's Economic Stabilization Office, christened the ship and it was sent down the slipway into San Francisco Bay. It was delivered for service on 15 November, setting an additional record of 7 days, 14 hours and 32 minutes from laying the keel to delivery.

The record speed of the construction was a propaganda effort intended to show that the United States could produce ships faster than they could be sunk. Normally, the Permanente yard took an average of about 50 days to build a Liberty ship. In fact, though, it could not realistically be done much faster as there was not enough steel or capacity to build them at such a pace. The ship was referred to as a "stunt ship", though Henry Kaiser referred to it as an "incentive ship" because of the boost that it provided to his workers' morale. Nonetheless, the extreme rapidity of the Robert E. Peary construction illustrated how successfully US shipyards had adopted methods of mass production that had been pioneered in the motor industry; at the start of the Liberty ship program, the ships took an average of 1.4 million man-hours and 355 days to build, but by 1943 the figures had come down to under 500,000 man-hours (or 57 man years) and an average of 41 days.

Service career
Robert E. Peary sailed on her maiden voyage on 22 November. She was operated by the Weyerhauser Steamship Company and first served in the Pacific Theatre, sailing to Noumea, New Caledonia before heading onwards to Guadalcanal. She sailed to the Atlantic Ocean, in April 1943, and operated there for the remainder of the war on the convoy routes to Europe, ferrying prisoners of war from North Africa and serving off Omaha Beach on D-Day. She was withdrawn to the Wilmington Reserve Fleet in December 1946, and was scrapped in June 1963, at Baltimore, Maryland.

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Tilt (American TV series)

Tilt is an American drama television series set against the backdrop of the (fictional) World Championship of Poker tournament in Las Vegas, and with the tagline "You're playing poker. They're playing you." The series first aired on January 13, 2005, and is the second original drama series from ESPN, following Playmakers. It was created by Brian Koppelman and David Levien, who co-wrote the poker-themed feature film Rounders.

The series title refers to being "on tilt", which is poker jargon for letting frustration or other emotional stress interfere with one's poker-playing judgment. While that term is applicable to any form of poker, only one form of the game—no-limit Texas hold'em—is featured in the series. This was presumably meant to capitalize on the growing popularity of no-limit hold'em in the mid-2000s (decade), which was due in part to ESPN's own coverage of the annual World Series of Poker (WSOP), the event upon which the "World Championship of Poker" (WCOP) depicted in Tilt is presumably based.

Tilt is a nine-episode mini-series and was not renewed beyond that. A DVD set of the entire nine-episode run of the series was released on June 14, 2005, about three months after "The Last Hand" ran on ESPN.

Plot
Most of the series takes place within the confines of the fictitious Colorado Casino in Las Vegas. There, a group of professional poker players has banded together to take down legendary gambler Don "The Matador" Everest (Michael Madsen) in a cash game. Each player has his own reason for wanting to hurt Everest, including a cop, Lee Nickel (Chris Bauer), who wants to see him in prison for killing Nickel's brother.

Everest, as it turns out, is a sophisticated poker cheat. His preferred cheating method is collusion with hired partners (Everest calls them his "horses") at the same table, who signal their hole cards to Everest by flashing subtle hand signs. Toward the end of the series, during the "World Championship of Poker" tournament, Everest's horses also help him advance in the tournament by accumulating chips during their own play, then "dumping" them to Everest by intentionally losing to him and passing them during breaks. Everest runs his cheating racket in much the same manner as a Mafia boss, treating his loyal partners lavishly but also coming down brutally on those who violate his trust (up to and including murder, thus giving his "Matador" nickname a whole new literal meaning), and bribing Colorado Casino officials and even local law enforcement to turn a blind eye toward his illegal activities.

One member of the group arrayed against Everest, Eddie Towne (Eddie Cibrian), manages to gain the Matador's trust and is offered a role as one of his horses. This enables Towne to learn firsthand how Everest operates, and eventually to set up a high-stakes game involving himself, his partners and Everest, in which he and his partners plan to use the Matador's own signaling system against him. Unfortunately for them, they learn the hard way that Everest was onto them from the beginning. Towne is brutally cast out of Everest's stable, and his partners are forced to abandon their stake money to Everest (as the price for not having charges pressed against them for their own attempt at cheating).

No longer able to break Everest at the poker table, Towne's group decides to take a different approach: Join forces with Nickel to try and turn Everest's associates against him. Nickel has also gained another ally: erstwhile Colorado Casino President Bart "Lowball" Rogers, recently ousted for crossing Everest one too many times. Lowball stakes Towne and his partners the $10,000 buy-in for the WCOP tournament, so that they can keep Everest preoccupied while he and Nickel put the heat on his henchmen.

Meanwhile, one of Towne's partners, Clark Marcellin (Todd Williams), brings Everest's cheating racket and attendant murders to the attention of an undercover FBI agent. In between WCOP playing sessions, Towne and his partners help the agent build a federal case against Everest. Ultimately Everest and Towne become the last two players left in the WCOP tournament. Towne wins the heads-up battle, only to learn later that Everest had deliberately thrown the hand—and had his daughter bet enough money on Towne to more than cover the prize difference between first and second place. Everest is then arrested by the FBI, but in the closing moments of the final episode a key witness against Everest is found hanged in a shower tub, as an apparent suicide.

Cast

 * Chris Bauer as Lee Nickel
 * Eddie Cibrian as Eddie Towne
 * Kristin Lehman as "Miami" (Ellen)
 * Don McManus as Bart "Lowball" Rogers
 * Todd Williams as Clark Marcellin
 * Michael Madsen as Don "The Matador" Everest
 * Michael Murphy as Jimmy Molloy

Cameos
The series featured cameo appearances by a few real-life poker personalities, all portraying themselves: Mike Golic and Mike Greenberg (ESPN morning talk show hosts on Mike and Mike in the Morning) appeared. Golic played one of the poker players in the tournament. He can be seen at the buffet table eating a donut during one of the tournament breaks. Greenberg played as a bartender when Clark Marcellin (Todd Williams) went to a bar after the loss of his job.
 * Phil Hellmuth (professional poker player and 1989 WSOP main event champion)
 * David Williams (another pro poker player, and runner-up to Greg Raymer in the 2004 WSOP championship)
 * Lon McEachern and Norman Chad (commentators who cover the WSOP in real life and its fictional counterpart, the "World Championship of Poker", in the Tilt series)
 * Daniel Negreanu (professional poker player and 2004 Card Player Magazine Player of the Year. Also a multiple WSOP bracelet winner)
 * T. J. Cloutier (professional poker player and author, multiple WSOP bracelet winner)
 * Erik Seidel (professional poker player and multiple WSOP bracelet winner)

Production
Filming took place primarily in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, although scenes were shot in Las Vegas in December 2004.

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Michael LeBoeuf

Michael LeBoeuf is an American business author and former management professor at the University of New Orleans.

Biography
His eight books have been published in over a dozen different languages, serialized in magazines and newspapers worldwide and adapted to produce 16 different audio and video cassette programs. LeBoeuf is also a consultant, and frequently speaks to businesses of all sizes ranging from Fortune 500 companies to small banks and medical practices.

LeBoeuf is a Professor Emeritus at the University of New Orleans, where he taught for 20 years before retiring in 1989.

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Talk:Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen

Title
I've moved Spiegl's comments on the translation of the title to the end of the article--they seemed a bit unweildy right at the start, and it's probably too fine a point to bother the reader with so early on. I've also removed the comment, apparently included to support the idea that Songs of a Travelling Journeyman is a better translation than the usual Songs of a Wayfarer, that "The subject-matter of the songs has little to do with travelling": this is true, of course, but the songs also have little to do with being a journeyman, so it seems a bit irrelevant (if the title must reflect the content of the songs, then Songs of a Lovesick Whiner may be best). By the way, if we could source Spiegl's comments exactly, that would be good (were they made in one of his books? an article? a broadcast?). --Camembert

 * Other sources besides Spiegl have the same comment about Geselle. Mitchell (Gustav Mahler:The Wunderhorn Years, p 120) takes the translation for granted in his Mahler in translating several contemporaneous Mahler letters also (from a Google book search...) Expect other examples easy to find?... Schissel | Sound the Note! 16:08, 29 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Adding "Travelling" to "Journeyman" seems like overkill to me. Wouldn't "journeyman-man" be even more literal? ;-) Sparafucil (talk) 22:49, 8 July 2014 (UTC)

Verb tenses
I just listened to this on PBS. In this text (fourth song) Mein Gesell' war Lieb und Leide! Auf der Straße stand ein Lindenbaum, I believe that "war" is past tense, and the PBS translation had it so. I think I heard the soloist sing "steht" instead of "stand", which I believe should be present tense. Yes, see http://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=10696 I guess that gives me the right to change that one word... Disclaimer: My German knowledge is elementary and from a long time ago, so I hesitate to change the translation.50.47.203.172 (talk) 06:01, 7 August 2011 (UTC)
 * I've sung both ways; it's one of the discrepancies between the piano and the orchestra versions. E. Ezust's site gives the original "steht" as in the piano version; the [1897 publication] changed it to "stand". Sparafucil (talk) 22:00, 8 July 2014 (UTC)

Author?
I looked this atricle up to find out who wrote the words. I think it says that Mahler himself wrote them but, if so, I think this should be spelled out. Bukovets (talk) 13:31, 8 July 2014 (UTC)
 * It's pretty well spelled out but could be in the lead, I agree. Sparafucil (talk) 22:49, 8 July 2014 (UTC)

First song cycle?
"Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen ('Songs of a Wayfarer') is Gustav Mahler's first song cycle. While he had previously written other lieder, they were grouped by source of text or time of composition as opposed to common theme." This begs the question of whether Das klagende Lied (Mahler) is a cycle. just on the basis of WP:lead I removed it until a secondarily-sourced discussion in the body of the article can be added.

As much a questions as a comment
I've always thought "Songs of a Wayfarer" had a melancholy feel to it (and thus reflects the music), perhaps because I grew up familiar with the folk song "I Am a Poor Wayfaring Stranger." There is something lonely and isolated about the lone traveler on foot -- a very Germanic romantic notion. Journeyman brings more to mind an apprentice, workman, a craftsman. I rather like to think of the songs as the companion of this traveling fellow, that is all he has as company, solace, expression on his solitary sojourn. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:252:D7B:5E20:66B9:E8FF:FED4:B608 (talk) 17:18, 17 June 2016 (UTC)

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Fixed income arbitrage

Fixed-income arbitrage is a group of market-neutral-investment strategies that are designed to take advantage of differences in interest rates between varying fixed-income securities or contracts (Jefferson, 2007). Arbitrage in terms of investment strategy, involves buying securities on one market for immediate resale on another market in order to profit from a price discrepancy.

Fixed-income securities are debt instruments issued by a government, corporation, or other entity to finance and expand their operations. The purchasing of any fixed-income security is known as a loan from the investor to the issuer. These ‘loans’ made from the investor to the borrower are in exchange for regular income payments to the investor, as well as the investor receiving the capital returned upon maturity of the loan.

The mechanics of the agreement are similar across all variations of fixed-income instruments, whereby there is a fixed tenor and schedule of income payments. Repayment of capital at maturity is expected and will only not occur if the issuer defaults or becomes insolvent. The following are examples of fixed-income securities:

 * Treasury bills
 * Corporate bonds
 * Municipal bonds
 * Credit default swaps

The mechanics of the strategy are to purchase a fixed-income security and resell it at a higher price. The strategy is used when there are signs of mispricing of fixed-income securities in the market, whereby, for example, fixed-income arbitrage funds will take a short or long position on the security to benefit when the price is later corrected in the market. Fixed-income securities differ from equities, whereby for fixed-income securities dividends are non-discretionary. The strategy is most commonly used by investment banks and hedge funds globally. See also Fixed-income relative-value investing.

Swap Spread Arbitrage
Within the fixed-income markets, an interest-rate swap is a derivative that exchanges the cash flows generated from a fixed-rate loan (a fixed-income security) to the cashflows generated from a floating-rate loan. The group receiving the fixed-rate (E.g. receiving the fixed-rate on a Treasury Bond), better known as the Yield to Maturity Swap Rate (‘YTMsr’), pays the floating Bank Bill Swap Rate (‘BBSW’). For every time period, the arbitrageur's net payment is the YTMsr – BBSW, then this is multiplied by the notional principal amount (E.g. A$10,000) and the time between payments (E.g. 6 months). The group paying the fixed-rate, which is the owner of the Treasury bond financed at the repurchased rate, will also receive a fixed-coupon on the yield to maturity (E.g. yield to maturity of the treasury bond), whilst paying interest on the repurchase agreement, known as repo financing. The swap spread is the yield to maturity on the Treasury bond minus the fixed-rate of the swap.

Swap Spread = Yield to Maturity of Swap – Yield to Maturity of Treasury Bond

The result of this equation is most often positive. Since the swap's floating rate is the BBSW, we find that the swap will be above the yield to maturity of the Treasury Bond as the swap is almost always above the repurchase rate (RBA, 2021). This is because the BBSW is used as a benchmark for the pricing of AUD derivatives and securities, hence the repurchase rate of the Treasury Bond should be higher.

Yield Curve Arbitrage
Yield Curve Arbitrage involves taking long and short positions at different points along the yield curve. This strategy involves identifying points on the yield curve that show a mismatch in pricing, this mismatch results in either rich or cheap points. This will involve investors re-modelling to see points in which the bond's actual yield differs from the model-implied yield and will bet on the reversion of the curvature. Once this has been identified the investor will seek to profit off either the rich or cheap points on the yield curve by going short or long bonds. They will hold these investments until the trade converges, and then the trade can be liquidated for profit. In taking short and long term positions on the yield curve the investor is hedging their investments. An example of this would be betting against a government bond, whilst also buying two bonds on either side of the original bet (Karsimus, 2015).

Mortgage Arbitrage
Mortgage Arbitrage strategy is used by fixed-income traders, whereby they trade what are known as Mortgage-backed securities (MBS's). MBS's are securities that are a grouping of mortgages that are collateralized by real estate and guaranteed by an agency. An agency in this case is where the principal has hired the agent to perform a service on their behalf, in this case of MBS's, a bank could be the agent for the security. Collateralization is when the value of an asset is used to secure a loan, whereby if a default occurs, the issuer of the loan can seize the asset and consequentially sell the asset, in this case of MBS's, it would be the selling of the real estate assets to offset the losses from the loan.

Through the securitization, the group of mortgages held by the group, e.g. a bank, is then grouped into a MBS and then sold off to investors as units or certificates. This process of passing on the group of mortgages to the investor is known as a ‘pass-through security’. The cash flows generated from the mortgages, net of the commissions charged by the originator of the mortgages, pass through the original financial institution through to the now, owner, of the security. Simply speaking, the now, owner of the security receives their share of the overall mortgage payments, by payment of both interest and principal. Mortgage pass-throughs differ from bonds as each cashflow from a mortgage pass-through will include both interest and principal, whereas typical bonds pay only interest, with the principal returned at the end of the tenor. Another key difference is that as the principal is reduced, the payments for each cashflow differ with time, hence the amount of interest received on each cashflow will decrease as the amount of capital declines on the principal. Hence since the security is self-liquidating, once all mortgages in the MBS's are paid, the investment is completed. This strategy is focused on traders receiving income rather than capital gains.

In terms of mortgage arbitrage strategy, the trader invests in long term MBS's and hedges the risk on the interest rate by shorting government bonds or swaps. This is an attempt to profit from the MBS's yield being higher than the government bond yield. The reason that MBS's tend to have a higher yield is because of the general risk that the assets that they are secured by pose. This risk is default risk.

Low interest rates pose a negative impact to MBSs. An environment with lower interest rates allows those with mortgages to make more prepayments, which consequently reduces the maturity of the loan, as well as the principal, resulting in less interest being earned from the asset, higher interest rates also negatively affect MBS, as an increase in interest rates effect the ability for individuals to make payments on their mortgage, which increases the risk of default. Lastly, the strategy can also face liquidity risks. An example of increased liquidity risk occurring would be in a climate whereby a crisis occurred (E.g. the GFC in 2008), whereby market liquidity begins to drop, subsequently making it more difficult for individuals or groups to borrow.

Volatility Arbitrage
Fixed-income volatility arbitrage is a strategy designed to profit from pricing differences in a fixed income security's forecasted future price-volatility and the implied volatility of options based on the same asset. Similar to the case of finding the real price of a stock, in this strategy the arbitrageur must make a judgement on whether implied volatility of a security is overpriced or under-priced. An example of this would be in the opportunity in which a stock option is considerably under-priced because the implied volatility of the asset was too low, in a move to profit off the mispricing the arbitrageur would subsequently choose to open a long call option combined with a short position in the underlying stock.

Capital Structure Arbitrage
Capital structure arbitrage is a strategy used globally in finance, designed to profit from current market mispricings in security classes issued from a single company. It is in the mispricing of these securities that arbitrageurs attempt to profit from. Such mispricings occur when an arbitrageur buys undervalued securities and sells overpriced securities, like other arbitrage strategies.

This strategy is specifically designed to profit from the mispricing of a company's debt and its other securities. In employing this strategy it is common for arbitrageurs to use a structural model to measure the richness and cheapness of credit default swap spreads. The structure model is designed to calculate the fair value of such credit default swap spreads (CDS spread) based on a Company's debt and other securities. If the model indicates that the current market CDS spread is materially different than that of the predicted spread, the arbitrageur must decide whether the market misprices equity value of the CDS market is not producing fair prices. different mispricing cases, in both instances the arbitrageur will attempt to profit from identifying such mispricings by selling credit protection and delta-hedge it by selling short delta equities and expect convergence to occur. Assuming that CDS bid-ask spreads and equity prices move in the same direction, if either the CDS spread widens or the equity price increases, the equity position can cushion the loss on the CDS position. Similarly, the CDS position can cushion the loss on the equity position. In the case that the CDS spread is materially lower than the predicted spread from the structured model, then one would buy credit protection and hedge such a position through purchasing delta shares.

Who uses it? Why?
Fixed-income arbitrage is a strategy that involves a substantial level of risk. The strategy itself provides relatively small returns that can be offset with huge losses given varying market conditions and poor judgement calls. Due to the risk-return nature of the strategy, it is not often used by common investors. It is more often used by asset rich groups, such as hedge funds and investments banks that have significant capital that can be deployed to capitalise on the smaller-riskier returns.

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Talk:Almost periodic function

Quasiperiodic function vs Almost periodic function
Is the link to Quasiperiodic function really necessary? I thought that one was the same as "almost periodic", and I would suggest the redirect from Quasiperiodic function be made to point here, rather than to Quasiperiodic tiling. Suggestions? Oleg Alexandrov 16:15, 13 Feb 2005 (UTC)

PS. I ran into this when considering copying the PlanetMath article quasiperiodic function. Oleg Alexandrov 16:15, 13 Feb 2005 (UTC)

No, they are very different. At least, 'quasiperiodic' has at least two meanings. Charles Matthews 16:36, 13 Feb 2005 (UTC)

 * Got it. One day it might be nice to actually have an article on that. Oleg Alexandrov 17:08, 13 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * I suggest to put a "not to be confused with" in this article and in the quasi periodic article 79.179.42.44 (talk) 18:59, 18 February 2012 (UTC)

The set of epsilon-periods must be "evenly space" or "relatively dense"
The assertion "He proved that this definition was equivalent to the existence of ε almost-periods, for all ε > 0: that is, translations T(ε) = T of the variable t making |f(t+T)-f(t)|<ε" is wrong.

The correct form is to say that given any positive ε, there exists a positive L(ε) such that for any real x, the interval [x, x+L(ε)] contains an ε almost-period, that is, a τ such that
 * f(t+τ)-f(t)|<ε, for all real t.

Note that if T makes |f(t+T)-f(t)|<ε it is not necessary that |f(t+2*T)-f(t)|<ε, that is, that k*T, k integer, form a set of ε almost-periods, hence the necessity of the L(ε). User:jcpspbr 2006-08-29

 * Made the correction. Acipsen (talk) 14:48, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

 * Interesting & helpful comment, the last phrase could be worth figuring on the main page. BTW, that part of the main page is quite elliptic (e.g., "for all t" is systematically missing ; T(ε) is misleading since there are many such T, etc.. Of course, once one knows what this section is supposed to explain, it is easily understandable... ;-) — MFH:Talk 08:38, 29 August 2018 (UTC)

Almost-periodic Operators
See Spectra of Random and Almost-Periodic Operators - "It was the requirements of this theory that motivated the initial study of differential operators with random coefficients in the fifties and sixties, by the physicists Anderson, 1. Lifshitz and Mott ..."

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Deacon John Moore

Deacon John Moore (born June 23, 1941, New Orleans, Louisiana) better known as Deacon John, is a blues, rhythm and blues and rock and roll musician, singer, actor, and bandleader. John Moore was given the name "Deacon" by one of his band members. He did not like the name at first. He thought everyone would assume he was a gospel singer and never get gigs. However, based upon his early reputation, and at the urging of a music promoter, he decided to keep it and has been "Deacon John" ever since.

Biography
Moore grew up in New Orleans' 8th Ward. He plays guitar and is the brother of the Creole scholar Sybil Kein. He is a cradle Catholic.

He was active on the New Orleans R&B scene since his teens, and became a session man on many hit recordings of the late 1950s and the 1960s, including those by Allen Toussaint, Irma Thomas, Lee Dorsey, Ernie K-Doe, and others.

His band The Ivories at New Orleans' Dew Drop Inn attracted an enthusiastic following, sometimes upstaging visiting national acts Moore was hired to open for. While highly regarded locally and by his fellow musicians, lack of hit records under his own name kept him from the national fame achieved by a number of his peers.

In 2000 Moore was inducted into the Louisiana Blues Hall of Fame.

He is featured in the documentary segment Going Back to New Orleans: The Deacon John Film and the concert CD, Deacon John's Jump Blues (2003).

he remains a local favorite on the New Orleans music scene. On July 25, 2006 Moore became president of the local branch of the American Federation of Musicians.

On April 10, 2007, Moore's son Keith was shot and killed at the age of 42, in New Orleans. Keith was locally famous in New Orleans as ambient noise artist, Jambox Pyramid, and member of the punk band Manchild. In addition, Keith co-founded the experimental music event Noizefest in 2005 with local producer Sir Stephen, as an alternative, modern addition to the Jazzfest festivities.

In January 2008, Deacon John was selected to close the Inauguration of Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal by performing "God Bless America" with the 156th Army Band and a Navy fly-over of jets, and later headline the Governor's Inaugural Ball.

In 2008, in ceremonies and performance at the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts, Deacon John was inducted into The Louisiana Music Hall of Fame.

Acting career
Moore had his first taste of acting 1987 by appearing in the horror film Angel Heart. Moore did not appear on the big screen again until 2013 when he had a cameo in another horror film, The Last Exorcism Part II. Moore also guest starred in a few episodes of Treme during 2010.

Discography

 * 1990 Singer of Song (Singer of Song)
 * 1999 Live at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 1994 (RedBone)
 * 2003 Deacon John's Jump Blues (Vetter) CD & DVD

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