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The Fat and the Furriest

"The Fat and the Furriest" is the fifth episode of the fifteenth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on November 30, 2003.

Plot
Homer goes to Sprawl-Mart, and he buys Marge a "Kitchen Carnival" for Mother's Day, a machine that houses a cotton candy maker, a vat of liquid caramel, and a deep fryer. Eventually Homer uses it to make a giant ball of deep-fried, caramel-covered, cotton candy. When it becomes too dirty and inedible, Marge orders him to take it to the dump. While there, he is confronted by a large grizzly bear, from whom he cowers. The bear eventually wanders off without attacking, annoyed by Homer's tearful cowering. The incident becomes well known due to a nearby hunter with a camera.

Homer becomes a nervous wreck, hallucinating bears like Winnie-the-Pooh, Paddington Bear, Smokey Bear, the Snuggle Bear, Teddy Grahams, the Chicago Bears, and an "Intensive Care Bear." To add insult to injury, the hunter's tape is shown on the news, and Homer is mocked by many. Homer hires the hunter, named Grant, to assist him in confronting the animal. Homer makes a near-useless suit of armor: despite Marge's objections, Bart, Lenny and Carl join him as they start on their quest.

The four of them make camp in the woods. As his homemade armor is hot, Homer eventually takes it off and bathes in a stream, where he is again attacked by the bear. With Bart, Lenny and Carl dancing to the radio and paying no attention, the bear drags Homer to his cave. Deciding to die facing the bear as a man, Homer later discovers that the bear is only angry and hostile because of the painful electrical prod that Grant attached to the bear's ear. To make sure of it, Homer takes the tag off the bear and tries it on himself, resulting in a lot of pain before taking it off. Because of being freed from the electrical prod, the bear reverts to his friendly state, licking Homer and giving him a bear hug as a thanks.

Realizing this, Homer becomes friends with the bear. In the meantime, Marge and Lisa have discovered Homer, Bart, and the suit of armor missing, and Marge hires Grant to help track Homer down, though Lisa disapproves of Grant's methods to take down the bear. Homer decides to take the bear to a nearby wildlife refuge, but on the way, they are attacked by Grant and other hunters. To ensure the bear's survival, Homer dresses the bear up in the homemade armor, which surprisingly resists the gunfire and allows the bear to reach the wildlife refuge where he is promptly attacked by Stampy the elephant, but then fights back against him for good. It is then the whole family declares to be proud of Homer for his efforts of saving the bear from the hunters, to which he responds that he loves nature.

Cultural references
The creation of bear-proof armor after surviving a bear attack (but not Homer's public cowardice) was inspired by Troy Hurtubise, whose story was told in the documentary Project Grizzly. Sprawl-Mart is a parody of Wal-Mart. The Bible cartoon shown at Sprawl-Mart is a parody of the Christian animated series VeggieTales.

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German Mills Creek

German Mills Creek is a river in the municipalities of Markham, Richmond Hill, Toronto and Vaughan in the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario, Canada. It is part of the Great Lakes Basin and is a left tributary of the East Branch Don River. It originates in Vaughan (near Bathurst Street and the King–Vaughan Town Line), flows south through Richmond Hill and Markham, and empties into the East Branch Don River in the East Don Parklands in Toronto, south of Steeles Avenue between Bayview Avenue and Leslie Street. It is part of a number of streams, swamps and swales located near the Oak Ridges Moraine. The creek's approximate length is 10 km.

It is named after the pioneer settlement German Mills, founded by William Berczy in 1796. The settlement disappeared after a few years, but the creek retained the name. The Richmond Hill portions of the river snake through residential development with a very narrow greenbelt on either side of the creek. The Markham sections run through a mix of residential, commercial and light industrial areas.

Duncan Woods Creek is a small left tributary that flows northwest to German Mills Creek in Toronto, at the southeast corner of Steeles Avenue and Leslie Street.

There are a few undeveloped portions along the creek, mostly as parks in Markham.

Parks

 * German Mills Settlers Park, (26 hectare or 65 acre natural area park)
 * Wycliffe Park, Markham
 * German Mills Creek Channel Lands, Richmond Hill
 * German Mills Creek Park, Richmond Hill
 * Bestview Park Fitness Trail, Toronto
 * Bestview Park
 * East Donlands Park
 * Maple Valley Park
 * Valley View Park
 * Doncrest Valley
 * Langstaff Park
 * German Mills Trail
 * Toll Bar Park

Communities

 * Elgin Mills, Richmond Hill
 * Hillsview, Richmond Hill
 * Langstaff, Richmond Hill
 * Doncrest, Richmond Hill
 * German Mills, Markham
 * Hillcrest Village, Toronto

Development

 * Newark Industrial Park
 * David Dunlap Observatory
 * Beaver Creek Business Park

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Submersed

Submersed (sometimes typeset as SubmerseD) is an American rock band from Stephenville, Texas. They first disbanded in 2008, reuniting in late 2021, early 2022.

History
Submersed was signed to Wind-up Records, and worked with Alter Bridge guitarist Mark Tremonti on its debut studio album, In Due Time, which featured the singles "You Run", "Hollow", and the title track. In support of the album, the band performed in several cities across the US and Canada, sharing stages with Trapt, Crossfade, Seether, Rob Zombie, Chevelle, Mudvayne, Taproot, Alter Bridge and others.

After a short break and the departure of guitarist Eric Friedman, the band continued work on their second studio album with producer Rick Beato. Their sophomore and final album, Immortal Verses was released on September 18, 2007, and featured two singles: "Better Think Again" and "Price of Fame". The band toured the US again, sharing stages with 12 Stones, Evans Blue, Fuel and others.

As disclosed in a blog on Submersed' Myspace, the band parted ways and was dropped from Wind Up Records. In the blog entry written by vocalist Donald Carpenter, he explained the breakup: I know that all of you are wondering, what happened to Submersed? Well, the answers is... A lot.. This business and struggle to make it took its toll on the members... Two weeks before "Price of Fame" was slated for release, Tj, Kelan and Justin decided to move on with their lives and left SubmerseD. Garrett and I believing in "Price of Fame" made the choice to press on and see what could happen. Well, nothing happened... the single never had a chance... mind bottling... The fact is, is that a majority of our fanbase is unaccounted for due to Burning, making it impossible for the labels to understand just how many people really support us out there... When it comes down to it now, SubmerseD no longer has a place on Windup's roster and will be dropped shortly... I was trying to wait until things were a little more official before an announcement but you guys and gals are smart and I felt you deserved an explanation now rather than later. On November 24, 2008, the band posted a blog on their MySpace that simply said "SUBMERSED WILL BE BACK!" No other details have been disclosed.

Post-break-up
After the disbanding of Submersed, Donald Carpenter joined Million Man Army with Mike Moye and Nothing In Return with Lance Arny. After Million Man Army disbanded and Donald left Nothing In Return, he formed Eye Empire with former Dark New Day members, Corey Lowery and B.C. Kochmit., but as of April 2014 was no longer a member. Donald later became the vocalist for the band Apollo Under Fire.

As of November 2020, Donald Carpenter had finished recording the debut album of his new project Blisskrieg, along with guitarist Todd Whitener, bassist Jesse Vest, and drummer Matt Taul, all former members of the bands Days of the New and Tantric. In early 2021, they released their album 'Remedy'.

Eric Friedman played lead guitar for the Los Angeles band Daughters of Mara. After Daughters of Mara disbanded, Eric joined Creed as a touring guitarist during their 2009 and 2010 tours. In 2012, he is currently a member of the supergroup Projected and of Tremonti as well, which also features Submersed drummer Garrett Whitlock.

On March 4, 2019, SubmerseD had a partial reunion as Donald Carpenter, Eric Friedman, and Kelan Luker played a one-off acoustic set of SubmerseD songs for "Lukerpalooza," a benefit/remembrance concert for Seth Luker, SubmerseD's longtime manager (and Kelan's brother). The show took place at the Twisted J Live in Stephenville, Texas, and also featured sets by Drowning Pool, Tremonti, and others. They played a 6 song acoustic set, including To Peace, Dripping, Flicker, You Run, Unconcerned, and Hollow.

Members

 * Original members
 * Donald Carpenter – vocals (2003–2008)
 * Garrett Whitlock – drums (2003–2008)
 * Eric Friedman – lead guitar, backing vocals (2003–2006)
 * TJ Davis – rhythm guitar (2003–2008)
 * Kelan Luker – bass (2003–2008)
 * Touring members
 * Justin Finley – lead guitar (2006–2008)

Discography

 * In Due Time (2004) (No. 16 Billboard Heatseekers Albums)
 * Immortal Verses (2007) (No. 35 Billboard Heatseekers Albums)

List of other songs

 * "Complicated" featured in soundtrack of The Punisher.
 * "Broken Man", "Leave" and "Come To Me" from All Things Becoming of an End album
 * "Holyland", a very early version of "Flicker". The song is a completely different one on its own, and sounds nothing like Flicker, but it does share the lyrics for the chorus, and the odd melody can be heard on "In Due Time". It has been performed live.
 * "Lonely Road", "Everything", and "Keep You Waiting" are B-sides from Immortal Verses
 * "Guilty Pleasure" is a possible B-side from Immortal Verses, but is not known.
 * "You Run" single contains two different versions of "You Run" other than the In Due Time version.
 * "Best Of Me" is an unreleased track from 2003.
 * An acoustic version of "Come To Me" from 2003-2004.
 * "O Holy Night" -- origin unknown.

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Bomber (album)

Bomber is the third studio album by English rock band Motörhead. It was released on 12 October 1979 by Bronze Records, their second with the label.

Background
By 1979, Motörhead had been together for four years and had amassed a loyal following in both punk and heavy metal circles. After recording an album for United Artists that the label shelved, the band released its eponymous debut LP in 1977, but it was with 1979's Overkill that the band hit their stride. The title track landed in the UK Top 40 and, after appearing again on Top of the Pops, the band returned to the studio that summer with legendary producer Jimmy Miller to record what would become Bomber. However, the band did not have the opportunity to work up the songs on the road, as they had with their previous album. Joel McIver quotes singer and bassist Lemmy in his book Overkill: The Untold Story of Motörhead: ""I wish we'd played the songs onstage first, like we did with the Overkill album, if we could've played them for three weeks on the road it would have been less slick.....Listen to the way we play them live and compare that to the album.""

Nonetheless, Bomber would peak at No. 12 on the UK albums chart, their strongest showing up to that point.

Recording
During the recording of this album, Jimmy Miller was increasingly under the influence of heroin, at one point disappearing entirely from the studio and being found asleep at the wheel of his car. The album features the band's first anti-heroin song – "Dead Men Tell No Tales". Miller had produced some of the Rolling Stones most heralded work from 1968 to 1973 but, after struggling through the sessions for 1973's Goats Head Soup, had been shown the door. In the documentary The Guts and the Glory, drummer Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor marvels: ""We used to think that we were bad at being late, but he would be, like, half a day late, or even more late, you know, and his excuses were marvellous.""

In his autobiography White Line Fever Lemmy states: ""Overkill was supposed to be something of a comeback album for Jimmy Miller, which is exactly what it turned out to be for him. He had got very heavily into heroin (which likely began when he was working with the Stones) and he had lost it for a couple of years...but months later, when we were working with him on Bomber, it was sadly clear that he was back on smack.""

The band returned to Roundhouse Recording Studios in London with additional recording taking place at Olympic Studios. This album caught Lemmy at his most ferocious, hitting hard at the police in "Lawman", marriage and how his father left him and his mother in "Poison", television in "Talking Head" and show business in "All the Aces". This album is the first to have a picture of the band on the cover, which features all three members inside a plane. The title track was inspired by Len Deighton's novel Bomber. On one track, "Step Down", Eddie Clarke is featured on vocals. In his memoir, Lemmy reveals that: ""[Clarke] had been bitching that I was getting all the limelight, but he wouldn't do anything about it. I got sick of him complaining, so I said, 'Right, you're gonna fucking sing one on this album'...he hated it, but really, he was a good singer, Eddie.""

During the recording of Bomber, Motörhead played the Reading Festival, performing alongside other acts like the Police and The Tourists.

Artwork
Adrian Chesterman illustrated the album cover, depicting Lemmy, 'Fast' Eddie Clarke and a bug-eyed Phil 'Philthy Animal' Taylor bearing down from the gunner cockpits of a Heinkel 111 bomber in the Blitz. Fascinated by military regalia, Lemmy insisted the plane be German because: "The bad guys make all the best shit".

Chesterman explains: "I suggested the Heinkel plane. They wanted this photo-realistic effect, so I designed the thing with the detached bomb coming towards you.

"I worked in airbrush in black and white, which I would then tint", he adds. "That's why my work always looked very doomy. To get the lighting right, I got a little Airfix kit of a Heinkel 111, made it up and sprayed it black". He then took photos to get the reflection underneath. Chesterman took the call on a Friday and met up with the band the next day.

"They wanted the artwork within a week, I suggested meeting them at midday. I don't think they were accustomed to getting up that early, because they all looked decidedly grumpy. Phil had a tin of Special Brew in his hand. The pictures of them in the plane were so small, I needed passport-sized photographs, which I cut out and painted in. I had to get them to snarl and look like they were shooting machine guns. Lemmy is curling his lip up. And Phil just had that expression permanently".

Despite Clarke being "a bit pissed off" at his "girly hair", Motörhead loved it. The effect was completed by a chrome Snaggletooth on the side of the plane. Such was the sleeve's impact that the band insisted on the now infamous Bomber lighting rig for their accompanying tour – a 40 ft Heinkel replica that moved from side to side over the stage.

Release
The single "Bomber" was released on 1 December 1979, five weeks after the album; the single's initial pressing of 20,000 on blue vinyl was soon sold out and was replaced by black vinyl. The album was released on 27 October 1979 and like the single, was initially pressed on blue vinyl. The Bomber Tour followed, for which a 40 ft aluminium-tube "bomber" was made; this had four "engines", whereas the plane depicted on the album sleeve (which bore a resemblance to the Heinkel He 111) had two. This lighting-rig could move backwards and forwards, and side-to-side – the first to be able to do so. The album cover features art by English commercial artist, Adrian Chesterman who was also responsible for creating cover art for, amongst others, Chris Rea for his 1989 The Road to Hell album.

In White Line Fever, Lemmy calls Bomber "a transitional record" but admits "there are a couple of really naff tracks on it, like 'Talking Head.'" In 1980 interview with Sounds, Clarke compared the LP unfavourably to Ace of Spades, stating "Bomber felt wrong. It wasn't all there".

Critical reception
One critic suggests that the album is well regarded by the fans, and packed full of essential Motörhead tracks, with "Dead Men Tell No Tales", "Stone Dead Forever" and the title track itself being "phenomenally good" metal songs, adding that, with the exception of the bluesy "Step Down", the tracks are full of the characteristic sound of the classic line-up of Lemmy, Clarke and Taylor, with Clarke's solo in "All the Aces" described as "blistering" and Lemmy spitting out intentions to "poison his wife" in the life-reflecting "Poison" making it a sound of metal-dripping brilliance.

Jason Birchmeier of AllMusic writes, "There are a couple killers here, namely "Dead Men Tell No Tales," "Stone Dead Forever," and "Bomber," but overall, the songs of Bomber aren't as strong as those of Overkill were. Granted, this is somewhat of a moot point to raise, as Bomber is still a top-shelf Motörhead album, one of their all-time best, without question."

Reviewer Kory Stone of Rolling Stone in a combined retrospective review of Overkill and this album calls it, in a positive light, the "slower, scuzzier sister" of the previous album while also stating that it "Showed that three musicians could play as heavy as any larger-sized band." And in another article in which it included 20 of the bands best songs, "Dead Men Tell No Tales" and the title track are two songs that made the list.

In 2011, Motörhead biographer Joel McIver wrote, "Some think that the effort of writing two killer albums in the space of a year was too much for Motörhead at this early stage, and that Bomber – released on 27 October, seven months after its predecessor – couldn't hope to match up to Overkill".

A special double CD reissue of the album was released in June 2005 to coincide with Motörhead's 30th anniversary tour. The bonus tracks on the second CD, however, have all previously been available. In 2005, Bomber was ranked number 397 in Rock Hard magazine's book of The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time.

Track listing
Disc one includes the original album without bonus tracks.

Personnel
Per the album's liner notes.

Motörhead
 * Lemmy – lead vocals, bass guitar
 * "Fast" Eddie Clarke – guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals on all versions of "Step Down"
 * Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor – drums

Production
 * Jimmy Miller – producer
 * Trevor Hallesy – engineer
 * Darren Burn – mastering
 * Nigel Brooke-Hartz – mastering
 * Adrian Chesterman – design
 * Joe Petagno – Snaggletooth (the Bomber has it painted on the side)

2005 deluxe edition remaster
 * Nick Watson – mastering
 * Steve Hammonds – release coordination
 * Jon Richards – release coordination
 * Sleeve Notes – Malcolm Dome – sleeve notes
 * Mick Stevenson – project consultant, photos and archive memorabilia
 * Curt Evans – cover design

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Hockley (disambiguation)

Hockley is a village in Essex, England.

Hockley may also refer to:

Places

 * In England:
 * Hockley, Cheshire, a location
 * Hockley, Kent, a location
 * Hockley, Nottingham, an area of Nottingham City Centre, Nottinghamshire
 * Hockley, Solihull, West Midlands, on the border of Coventry
 * Hockley, Staffordshire, an area of Tamworth, see location
 * Hockley, Tendring, part of Frating, Essex
 * Hockley, West Midlands, an inner suburb of Birmingham, West Midlands
 * Hockley-in-the-Hole, London
 * Hockley Heath, West Midlands
 * Hockley Railway Viaduct, near Twyford, Hampshire
 * In the United States:
 * Hockley (Gloucester, Virginia), an estate listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places
 * Hockley, Texas, Harris County, USA
 * Hockley, Virginia (disambiguation), several places
 * Hockley-in-the-Hole, Maryland, a historic site in Anne Arundel County, Maryland
 * Hockley County, Texas, USA
 * In Canada:
 * Hockley, Ontario

Other uses

 * Hockley (surname)

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Brush with Greatness

"Brush with Greatness" is the eighteenth episode of the second season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It originally aired on Fox in the United States on April 11, 1991. In the episode, Marge enrolls in an art class after Lisa encourages her to revive her former interest in painting. When she wins first prize in a local art competition for a portrait of Homer on the couch in his underwear, Mr. Burns commissions her to paint his portrait. In the subplot, Homer is determined to lose weight after getting stuck in a water slide at an amusement park.

The episode was written by Brian K. Roberts and directed by Jim Reardon. Beatles member Ringo Starr guest starred as himself, while Jon Lovitz starred as Marge's art teacher, Professor Lombardo. The episode features cultural references to films such as Rocky and Gone with the Wind.

Since airing, the episode has received mostly positive reviews from television critics, who praised its central focus on Marge, as well as Starr's role. It acquired a Nielsen rating of 12.0 and was the second highest-rated show on Fox the week it aired.

Plot
The Simpsons go to the Mount Splashmore water park. The park's rescue crew is forced to close the water slide ride after Homer is stuck inside. The crew remove the blocked section of pipe using a large crane, with Homer still stuck inside. That night, the news media poke fun at Homer's massive size during their coverage of his mishap at the water park.

After learning that he weighs 260 lb, Homer vows to go on a diet and get more exercise. While Homer is looking for his weights in the attic, Bart stumbles upon several old paintings of the drummer Ringo Starr that Marge had made as a high school student. Marge reveals she was scolded by her art teacher for painting Starr, on whom she had a crush. She sent a painting to Starr for his "honest opinion", but she never got a response back. After Lisa suggests that Marge take a painting class at Springfield Community College, she paints Homer asleep on the couch in his underwear, earning praise from her teacher, Professor Lombardo. The painting wins the college art show, earning Marge fame and newspaper headlines.

Mr. Burns asks Marge to paint his portrait for a new wing of the Springfield Art Museum. Marge agrees, although she resists Homer's plea to paint Burns as a beautiful man. While Burns is taking a shower at the Simpsons' house, Marge inadvertently sees him naked. Homer finds he has lost 21 pounds from his exercise regimen and now weighs 239 lb. After Burns disparages Homer's weight and his daughters, Lisa and Maggie, Marge throws Burns out of the house. She is ready to quit until she receives a response from Starr, who, though decades late, praises her portrait of him. Homer encourages Marge to finish the painting.

Marge's painting of a naked, frail and weak Burns is unveiled at the opening of the museum wing, much to the shock of both Burns and the crowd, causing Smithers to faint. She explains that the portrait shows that behind all of Burns' evil, he is a frail and vulnerable human being who is by extension just as beautiful as any other living creature in the world. With that in mind, the crowd praises Marge's portrait; even an impressed Burns does the same before thanking Marge for a job well done.

Production

Al Jean and Mike Reiss originally pitched the idea of Marge taking an art class and churning out depressing paintings, with the family realizing she was secretly unhappy. James L. Brooks took that pitch and came up with the Burns commission plot as well as the idea she would paint him as frail and naked. The script was written by Brian K. Roberts and directed by Jim Reardon. Prior to writing the episode, Roberts had been an audio and visual editor on the show. Musician Ringo Starr made a guest appearance in the episode as himself. He was the first Beatle to appear on the show; both George Harrison and Paul McCartney would later guest star in the season five episode "Homer's Barbershop Quartet" and the season seven episode "Lisa the Vegetarian" respectively. When the story of Marge's having a crush on Starr was pitched out, Roberts took the opportunity to write Starr into the script because he had always wanted to meet a Beatle. He then sent the script to Starr, who was then in southern France. Starr agreed to do the guest appearance after reading only two lines, and he told Roberts he would be able to do it when he visited Los Angeles a few weeks later. The staff was thrilled, and they immediately decided to expand his role. When Ringo arrived to record and saw the part was longer, he told the staff, “you’ve written me a bloody novel.” The Simpsons creator Matt Groening said of the guest appearance: "We were so excited that we got Ringo Starr coming in to do the show and we recorded him over at the Complex in West Los Angeles. We were given a list of rules about what we couldn't do to Ringo, such as 'Don't touch him', 'Don't approach him', and 'Don't ask for his autograph'. But of course when he shows up in this big limo, Brian brings out a big poster and asks him to sign it!" Roberts explained that he had not received the memo with the rules so he showed up with a copy of the script cover and asked Starr to sign it. Groening asked Starr if he wanted to be animated the way he was in Yellow Submarine or the way he was in the cartoon series The Beatles. Starr chose Yellow Submarine because he did not like his appearance in the cartoon. In addition to Starr, the episode features a guest appearance by Jon Lovitz as Lombardo and the doughnut delivery man who delivers doughnuts to the nuclear power plant. Lombardo's physical appearance was based on an art teacher Reardon had in art school.

Cultural references

The line for the H2WHOA! ride reproduces the staircases in the lithograph Ascending and Descending by M. C. Escher. The way Krusty removes the clown make-up from his face resembles the way The Joker removes his make-up in the 1989 film Batman. When Homer announces he is going on a diet, he says: "As God is my witness, I'll always be hungry again!", a reference to the famous line "As God is my witness... I'll never be hungry again!" from the film Gone with the Wind. Homer exercises in a way similar to how Rocky exercises in the 1976 film Rocky. The music that plays as Homer approaches the scale is the main theme from the film The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. A copy of Andy Warhol's painting Campbell's Soup Cans is visible at the art gallery.

Reception
In its original broadcast, "Brush with Greatness" finished thirty-seventh in the ratings for the week of April 8–14, 1991, with a Nielsen rating of 12.0, equivalent to approximately eleven million viewing households. It was the second highest-rated show on Fox that week, following Married... with Children.

The episode received positive reviews from television critics. Many lauded the use of Starr; for instance, IGN ranked his performance in the episode, along with Paul McCartney's performance in "Lisa the Vegetarian" and George Harrison's performance in "Homer's Barbershop Quartet", as the tenth best guest appearance in The Simpsons ' history. They added that "Although none of these appearances were really large, the fact that the most popular band of all time appeared on The Simpsons is a large statement on the popularity and importance of the show."

Doug Pratt, a DVD reviewer and Rolling Stone contributor, wrote that "Brush with Greatness" has a "well thought-out" plot and he enjoyed the use of Starr and Marge's previously undiscovered talents. Paul A. Cantor, author of the book Gilligan Unbound: Pop Culture in the Age of Globalization, said that "once again Brian K. Roberts proves his genius with 'Brush with Greatness' in a superb work where Marge cultivates her wonderful artistic side". DVD Movie Guide's Colin Jacobson wrote: "From the opening at Mt. Splashmore through Homer's diet and the unveiling of Mr. Burns' controversial portrait, the episode packed a lot of great material. It also expanded Marge's character in a pleasing way, as it avoided any semblance of sappiness; we needed a break from sentiment after 'Old Money'. Overall, 'Brush with Greatness' provided a terrific episode."

The authors of the book I Can't Believe It's a Bigger and Better Updated Unofficial Simpsons Guide, Warren Martyn and Adrian Wood, wrote: "A superb episode, with Marge rightfully centre stage. Despite his general unpleasantness, Mr. Burns' gratitude to Marge is both welcome and unexpected. And the dig at Water Parks is spot on." In October 2008, Ringo Starr posted a video on his website in which he said he was too busy to answer fan mail and that all mail sent to him after October 20 would be thrown out. Although Starr did not mention "Brush with Greatness" in the video, several media sources compared his announcement to his portrayal in the episode.

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Niles Eldredge

Niles Eldredge (born August 25, 1943) is an American biologist and paleontologist, who, along with Stephen Jay Gould, proposed the theory of punctuated equilibrium in 1972.

Education
Eldredge began his undergraduate studies in Latin at Columbia University. Before completing his degree he switched to the study of geology under Norman D. Newell. It was at this time that his work at the American Museum of Natural History began, under the combined Columbia University-American Museum graduate studies program.

Eldredge graduated summa cum laude from Columbia College of Columbia University in 1965, and enrolled in the university's doctoral program while continuing his research at the museum. He completed his PhD in 1969.

Paleontology
In 1969, Eldredge became a curator in the Department of Invertebrates at the American Museum of Natural History, and subsequently a curator in the Invertebrate Paleontology section, a position from which he recently retired. He was also an adjunct professor at the City University of New York. His specialty was the evolution of mid-Paleozoic Phacopida trilobites, a group of extinct arthropods that lived between 543 and 245 million years ago.

Evolutionary theory
Eldredge and Stephen Jay Gould proposed punctuated equilibria in 1972. Punctuated equilibrium is a refinement to evolutionary theory. It describes patterns of descent taking place in "fits and starts" separated by long periods of stability.

Eldredge went on to develop a hierarchical vision of evolutionary and ecological systems. Around this time, he became focused on the rapid destruction of many of the world's habitats and species. In his book Unfinished Synthesis (1985), he proposed an extended evolutionary synthesis.

Throughout his career, he has used repeated patterns in the history of life to refine ideas on how the evolutionary process actually works. Eldredge is proponent of the importance of environment in explaining the patterns in evolution.

Eldredge is a critic of the gene-centered view of evolution. His most recent venture is the development of an alternative account to the gene-based notions of evolutionary psychology to explain human behavior.

He has published more than 160 scientific articles, books, and reviews, including Reinventing Darwin, an examination of current controversies in evolutionary biology, and Dominion, a consideration of the ecological and evolutionary past, present, and future of Homo sapiens.

Since 2013, Eldredge has been listed on the Advisory Council of the National Center for Science Education.

Publications

 * With J. Cracraft (eds.) 1979. Phylogenetic Analysis and Palaeontology. Columbia University Press, New York
 * With J. Cracraft. 1980. Phylogenetic Patterns and the Evolutionary Process. Method and Theory in Comparative Biology. Columbia University Press, New York, 349 p. Japanese edition, Soju Shobo, 1990
 * 1982. The Monkey Business: A Scientist Looks at Creationism. Pocket Books, New York. 157 p. Japanese edition, 1992
 * With I. Tattersall. 1982. The Myths of Human Evolution. Columbia University Press, New York. 197 p. Japanese edition arranged through Columbia U. Press.; Spanish edition 1986: Fondo de Cultura Economica, Mexico; Portuguese ed.: 1984, Zahar Editores, Rio de Janeiro; Italian ed., 1984: Boringheri
 * With S. M. Stanley (eds.). 1984. Living Fossils. Springer Verlag, New York.
 * 1985. Time Frames. Simon and Schuster, New York. 240 pp. Great Britain: Heilman; Princeton University reprint edition. Italian edition, 1991, hopefulmonster editore
 * 1985. Unfinished Synthesis: Biological Hierarchies and Modern Evolutionary Thought. Oxford University Press, New York
 * 1987. Life Pulse: Episodes in the History of Life. Facts on File, New York. Pelican edition (Great Britain)
 * (ed.). 1987. Natural History Reader on Evolution. Columbia University Press, New York
 * 1989. Macroevolutionary Dynamics: Species, Niches and Adaptive Peaks. McGraw Hill, New York. Japanese edition: McGraw Hill Publishing Co., Japan, Ltd.ëë
 * With D. Eldredge and G. Eldredge. 1989. The Fossil Factory. Addison Wesley Publishing Co., Reading, Massachusetts
 * 1991. The Miner's Canary: Extinctions Past and Present. Prentice Hall Books, New York; English edition: Virgin Publishing, Ltd.; Korean edition: Moeum Publishers; Italian edition: Sperling & Kupfer. German Edition: Spektrum; U.S. paperback edition: Princeton University Press
 * 1991. Fossils: The Evolution and Extinction of Species. Photographs by Murray Alcosser. Abrams, New York; Australian edition: Houghton Mifflin; English edition: Aurum Press; German edition: Belser Verlag
 * (ed.). 1992. Systematics, Ecology and the Biodiversity Crisis. Columbia University Press, New York
 * With M. Grene. 1992. Interactions: The Biological Context of Social Systems. Columbia University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts
 * 1995. Reinventing Darwin: The Great Debate at the High Table of Evolutionary Theory. John Wiley and Sons, New York; English edition: Orion; Italian edition: Giulio Einaudi Editore
 * 1995. Dominion. Henry Holt and Co; paperback edition, University of California Press, 1997
 * 1998. Life in the Balance: Humanity and the Biodiversity Crisis. Princeton University Press. Portugal: Dinalivre; China/Taiwan: International Publishing Co.; Poland: Proscynski; Japan: Seidosha; Spain: TusQuets; Italy: Giulio Einaudi Editore
 * 1999. The Pattern of Evolution. W. H. Freeman and Co., New York
 * 2000. The Triumph of Evolution...And the Failure of Creationism. W.H. Freeman and Co., New York
 * (ed.). 2002. Life on Earth: An Encyclopaedia of Biodiversity, Ecology and Evolution. ABC-CLIO, Santa Barbara, California
 * 2004. Why We Do It: Rethinking Sex and the Selfish Gene. W.W. Norton, New York
 * 2005. Darwin: Discovering the Tree of Life. W.W. Norton, New York
 * 2014. Extinction and evolution : what fossils reveal about the history of life, ISBN 978-1-77085-359-1; Firefly Books, Toronto
 * 2014. Concrete Jungle. New York City and Our Last Best Hope for a Sustainable Future. University of California Press, Oakland.
 * 2015. Eternal Ephemera: Adaptation and the Origin of Species from the Nineteenth Century through Punctuated Equilibria and Beyond. Columbia University Press, New York, New York.
 * 2016. With T. Pievani, E. Serrelli, and I. Tëmkin (eds.). Evolutionary Theory. A Hierarchical Perspective. University of Chicago Press, Chicago.

Personal life
Eldredge enjoys playing jazz trumpet and is an avid collector of 19th century cornets; he has more than 500 in his home in Ridgewood, New Jersey.

Eldredge possesses a chart of the historical development of cornets (the musical instruments), which he uses as a comparison with that of the development of trilobites. The differences between them are meant to highlight the failures of intelligent design by comparing a system that is definitely designed, with a system that is not designed.

Political activism
In January 2017, Eldredge became an 'Initiator' for the Refuse Fascism movement launched in the United States just months after the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election. The movement was an effort to deny Barack Obama's successor - Donald Trump - from taking office on Inauguration Day (January 20, 2017) The group's aim was to 'stop the Trump-Pence regime before it starts.'

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A view of the Mendip TV Mast near its base, which could not be fitted into the picture.

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Talk:Gitxsan Nation

Comment
Greetings! As a member of the Gitxsan people, I am pleased to see this stub. I'd like to add to it, and perhaps to add to the definition of "micronation". There's a whole class of "First Nations" residing in Canada who enjoy the status called "Nation" for very good legal reasons.

But back to the Gitxsan Nation thing. I'll bone up on the protocols first, and then come back.

Regards, Russell Collier Hli Gyet Hl Sagayt Sagat

 * Somewhere there's a whole other page, indexing articles on various Gitxsan people, but at the moment I can't find it; I'm not First Nations myself but have been an active contributor to the BC component of the WikiProject Indigenous peoples of North America and well as WikiProject British Columbia. Lately I've been going through various types of articles needed for both these projects, trying to make sure they're all integrated in format and categorizations; long story to explain but for a "quick" run-down on the what, wherefore, why and so on see Talk:Stó:lō, User talk:OldManRivers (OldManRivers is Skwxwu7mesh), Talk:Squamish Nation and its sister talkpages Talk:Skwxwu7mesh Uxwuimixw and Talk:Skwxwu7mesh Uxwumixw and also the talkpages and category/article listings at the Indigenous peoples' project, which you can get to through the template I've just placed above.  There's bits and pieces of this topic matter/guidelines discussions all over talkpages here and there, but you might find some others on my talkpage.  It's a complex web of often seemingly-parallel articles that results if all guidelines are applied; ranging from separate articles for Indian Act-governmental bodies to traditional-nation articles (such as your intent with this one) to ethnographic articles to separate articles for specific communities/reserves and so on.  The reasons for this are partly cross-Wiki standards more than any effort to "cut people up" into different categorizations; what the upshot comes out as is that the same content might be found in three different categories/articles.  Best to leave that whole discussion for now and let you read through the links and the range/content of the Indigenous peoples project; I'm going to try and research how many articles there are on Gitxsan topics, and probably will recommend the creation of a separate Category:Gitxsan.  And while I'm here, let me ask if THAT is the preferred spelling over "Gitksan", so when the category is made we've got it right.  Also suggest you look over the articles in Category:Nisga'a which show the range of potential article-coverage for any given nation, although that category hasn't yet been brought fully into line with the guidelines/standards of the Indigenous peoples' project parameters yet (I also write/edit on forty different other topics than FN stuff, so there's only so much I can do at once....).Skookum1 21:15, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
 * PS please sign your posts with four tildes ~, which if you have an account will automatically add your username as well as the time and date; if you don't have a userID please create one - you can use "Hli Gyet Hl Sagayt Sagat" or whatever you want, suggest no spaces though that's not a rule.Skookum1 21:15, 19 January 2007 (UTC).

Name/content of article
This is a note to the effect that, by emergent naming conventions for BC aboriginal peoples and governments, this should be a government page, but the name of the Gitxsan national government appears to be the Gitxsan Chiefs' Office, where this should maybe be a redirect to. And note that the treaty body is Gitxsan Treaty Society Board of Directors Gaayuuhadayet (People in the helm of the canoe) and, though maybe (?) synonymous with the Chiefs' Office the treaty groups, such as Te'mexw and Maa-nulth, are a separate type of government article from band/tribal council governments. Ultimately this article, or where it's redirect to, should be in Category:First Nations governments in British Columbia, as is also the case with its subgovernments, i.e. village/band governments; the hereditary chieftaincy articles, once written (if not already) should be a subcategory of that; "traditional governments".Skookum1 (talk) 16:50, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
 * More on that - it appears the Office of the Hereditary Chiefs is the full name of the official body; but is it the Office of the Hereditary Chiefs of the Gitksan and Wet'suwet'en or separately as Office of the Hereditary Chiefs of the Gitksan and Office of the Hereditary Chiefs of the Wet'suwet'en? And in that formation, is it the 'k' or 'x' spellign?Skookum1 (talk) 03:23, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

Assessment comment
Substituted at 16:20, 29 April 2016 (UTC)

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Talk:Shadowman (comics)

Fanboy Alert
The introduction contained a large paragraph written in a narrative, "in-fiction" voice, providing an accounting of the character's origins that was excessively verbose while simultaneously vague on details (e.g. Jack is attacked by some unspecified "thing"). I deleted this paragraph, although it's largely regurgitated under "Publication History", inlcuding the inappropriate narrative style. I didn't remove this, because some of the essential details of events should remain, just not with all the ellipses and other book-jacket wankery. 74.174.59.10 (talk) 22:51, 8 November 2012 (UTC)

Death
Is there a good reason for removing the mention of him being unable to die before that date? The section which I remember was in a cross-over issue between Archer and Armstrong and Shadowman. Admittedly, since this was in an Archer and Armstrong issue, it could be that they were playing it for a joke, but, for instance, the main villain separated Shadowman's limbs from his body during the issue (at which point, oddly enough, the logo on the front of his suit also had separated limbs, possible proving it was supposed to just be comedic), commenting on how while he knew Shadowman could not die until his intended date, he could still be harmed. -Fuzzy 20:52, 1 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Since I mentioned that Shadowman died in 1999 (Both VH-0 time and RL time) I figured that saying that he couldn't die until that date would've been a bit redundant. --Strannik 01:15, 4 Feb 2005 (UTC)

 * His arms and legs were removed in a voodoo reality (I think it all happened in his head, I'd have to go back and read the book again to check) i.e. it didn't really happen. If his arms and legs were removed he would likely die. The first mention of his death in 1999 was in Shadowman #4, during the Unity crossover. He meets his love, Elya, who is from the future. She tells him that he will die fighting Master Darque in 1999. It's not so much that he can't die before but that he isn't destined to. Lw99dds 12:23, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

Recent edit with video game information
Or at least I think it's from the video game... it doesn't quite gibe with what I know of the Valiant character and it does fit with what I know of the video game. I changed the headings to clearly indicate that it pertains only to the video game. Also, the format is a bit odd, feels like it was directly ripped from a strategy guide or an instruction manual, has the same feel. Either way, it diesb;t quite fit in.

-Fuzzy 20:52, 1 Mar 2005 (UTC)

 * Actually, the Acclaim Comics (VH-2) version of Shadowman is simular, but not quite identical to the video game verson. --Strannik 00:55, 2 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the clarification. ^_^ My experience with the Valiant comic is limited to one issue where he does a crossover with Archer and Armstrong and the occasional promotional mention of him in advertisements and talk pages. My roommate had the first game, though, and the combination of how familiar it all sounded and that the description basically entailed him having one enemy and one plot seemed to tip me off that this was a video game representation. *shrug* I figured that if I was wrong, someone would correct me right quickly. -Fuzzy 13:11, 2 Mar 2005 (UTC)

 * I'm skeptical of the game selling successfully - having owned the PSX version, the play control was terrible, and it just wasn't very fun. I've also never really seen it for sale used, so I really wonder how many were even pressed.  I've made the same comment over at Valiant Comics as the same line appears there. MSJapan 03:31, 28 December 2005 (UTC)

 * The PSX version of the game was by far the weakest version of Shadowman. Don't judge the game based on that piss-poor effort, please. NighTrekr 04:30, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

 * I bought the game a few years ago second hand from a store that had 3 copies. I've seen it regularly sell on ebay (I know because I've been looking for the special edition package that came with a comic). I liked the game but my version was the PC version so it might have had better control. Lw99dds 12:23, 4 January 2006 (UTC)
 * The game sold millions of copies. That's what made it 'successful.'  That does not mean, however, that Acclaim didn't print more than that.  This is why they're for sale everywhere for low prices.  As for control, the N64 version's controls were impeccable and astounding and I couldn't have been happier with them. meccaneer 23:35, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

Split
The video game was taking over the article, so I split it off onto another page. Ace of Sevens 10:46, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

It's not different continuities
To whoever said that the game and comics seem to take place in different continuities, I'd like to debate that point. Seriously. V2 of the comics is clearly the entire backstory of the video game character. All that stuff about the mob hit and the money is from the instruction manual, IIRC, and I honestly don't think it should be counted--the game doesn't reference it specifically as far as I know. (And no, I'm not saying that all instruction manual stuff is automatically non-canon, that'd be stupid--but this is One Of Those Cases where it's just oddball. See: Metal Gear's original NES release, or possibly Contra's.) That, and the game specifically mentions Tommy Lee Bones from the first four issues of Volume 2. I have the game script from the PC version, I can reference if need be. The references to Micheal St. James being the Shadowman preceeding Mike are simple, because in V2 it's explained that Mike is the first Shadowman (at least in a very long time) to "embrace the Shadow" and gain the ability to go to Deadside (an ability I'm assuming Jack Boniface lacks). Obviously, Micheal St. James was the last one to do that prior to Mike, with several totally mortal Shadowmen stepping in between that time.

These are all very convincing evidence that proves that the Shadowman game is in the same continuity as the comics.

 * The game is based on the Acclaim version of Shadowman rather then Valiant version. The "comics" section of the article describes the Valiant version. Thus, there is no contradition. --Strannik 21:32, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

Except the Acclaim version is a direct sequel to the Valiant comics...The first four issues (and several others, I'm guessing) confirm this. Onslaught Six 05:28, 3 September 2006 (UTC)
 * The comics explicitly establish on several different occasion that Acclaim Comics take place in Acclaim Universe, or Valiant Heroes 2 universe, which is different from the original Valiant Universe, or Valiant Heroes 1 universe. I can give you a number of examples to prove that point. In the end, the Acclaim version is different from the Valiant version. --Strannik 06:04, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

 * The fact that the Acclaim COMICS follow up the Valiant COMICS is generally irrelevant as to whether the GAME is within continuity here. The fact is, the events of both games seem to wildly ignore the storylines of the comics. No Unity plot in 1999, no Master Darque, and the instruction manual mentions a Shadowman named Cole Cardinaux between Maxim and Jack- even though the comics state that Maxim and Jack were the only ones. The games fall outside fo the Valiant/Accaim shared universe. There were also no references to Deadside at all within the Valiant books, which almost excludes the Valiant series- keeping in mind that in V2, some Deadside goons kill Jack in 1997- 2 years before he is to die(a goof which Unity 2000 tried to fix by pulling an alternate Jack out of a parallel world, but by then it was already a mess. It wasn't even the SAME Master Darque). The events of the games do not directly tie in with the comics.
 * and now that I think about it, it's probably not too likely that Maxim created the Paths of Shadow in Deadside, given that the Prophecy and the note with it, in addition to sealing the doors and such, were carried out by Legion himself. He wrote a fake prophecy knwing he could goad a future Shadowman into fulfilling it and delivering the dark souls to him. There's also an inconsistency between the comics and games by that point in the timeline- in the 1999 comics, Mike no longer had the mask in his chest, but had the power- of which he seemed to have some use of in the day. Nettie was also dead and he worked as a radio talk show host. The Wild At Heart was destroyed. The game takes place in late 1999, Nettie is alive, Mike has the mask and the bar is intact.

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List of Series Creators Neccessary?
I've noticed someone went through and listed in many Valiant-related pages all the writers and artists who worked on that particular series. Is this neccessary? It seems like a list of miscellania, and I truly don't see how this is important. Xbriskox (talk) 21:08, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

Wow
This article is horrible. It needs a lot more tags than just the one calling for additional citations.24.255.171.220 (talk) 15:48, 7 July 2010 (UTC)

 * I agree. This is the worst article I can recall reading at Wikipedia. "The game is one of the video game industry's most acclaimed, garnering a rating of 9.1/10 on the prestigious IGN website." Prestigious IGN website?! LOL! --216.116.14.89 (talk) 00:29, 5 February 2016 (UTC)

159.205.238.61 (talk) 01:12, 18 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Meanwhile the video game's page reports its aggregate scores at <80%, which makes it VERY far from "one of the video game industry's most acclaimed". Needs to get cleaned up.

You realize that the Shadowman comic series was and still is there most successful comic yet. It's the only comic that is widely known and got a lot of praise. Yes it may be shocking to you that a series you never heard about is actually quite popular (probably because you don't keep up with comics or you just got into them) but for us who have been reading these comics for years, it's very much possible. Foreverxnature (talk) 13:42, 7 June 2016 (UTC)
 * This comment actually has nothing to do with what the other people are saying. Nobody disputes the popularity of the comic, only the way the article is written (and also the counterfactual claim that the game was one of the most acclaimed ever). 159.205.238.61 (talk) 01:13, 18 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Someone should add the collected Garth Ennis & Ashley Wood TPB run of Shadowman that's available to the Collected section of this page.2601:49:1:5316:2C59:E2D6:64DE:2609 (talk) 06:02, 4 July 2018 (UTC)

Shadowman Console?
"The Shadowman video game franchise proved so successful that Nintendo released a limited edition Shadowman themed N64 console." um.. is this real? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.234.96.237 (talk) 18:45, 24 July 2010 (UTC)

The mention of a Shadow Man limited edition N64
In the Video Games section, there is a mention of a console that says "Nintendo released a special Shadow Man themed limited edition N64 console." but to my knowledge this console does not exist. I even checked a database of all special edition N64 consoles and there is no Shadow Man one. I didn't delete it though because if someone wrote this then maybe they know something I don't but I have been unable to find this console anywhere on the net. 2601:5C4:300:4502:311F:9E1E:30CC:AE86 (talk) 15:37, 21 June 2022 (UTC)

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Red River Broadcasting

Red River Broadcasting was a television broadcasting company based in Fargo, North Dakota. It operated Fox affiliates in the Fargo, North Dakota and Duluth, Minnesota–Superior, Wisconsin television markets.

Curtis Squire, Inc., a holding company in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, owned 100% of Red River Broadcasting. The company, which formerly owned Regis Corporation, is owned by Anita, Bill, David, Drew, and James Kunin. Kathy Lau is the COO.

In addition to television stations, Red River Broadcasting once operated radio stations through a sister company named Red Rock Radio. At its height, Red Rock Radio owned a total of 25 stations in Minnesota and Wisconsin. However, following the death of Myron Kunin in 2013, his surviving family members decided to liquidate his broadcasting assets and sold the stations to various buyers.

Minnesota

 * KQDS, Duluth (now KJOQ)
 * KQDS-FM, Duluth
 * KAOD, Babbitt (simulcast KQDS-FM, now KZJZ)
 * KBAJ, Deer River (simulcast KQDS-FM)
 * WXXZ, Grand Marais (simulcast KQDS-FM, later WFNX)
 * WWAX, Hermantown (now WWPE-FM)
 * KZIO, Two Harbors
 * KGHS, International Falls
 * KSDM, International Falls
 * KGPZ, Coleraine (now WDKE)
 * KRBT, Eveleth
 * WEVE-FM, Eveleth
 * KFGI, Crosby
 * KLKS, Breezy Point
 * WWWI, Baxter
 * WWWI-FM, Pillager
 * KKIN, Aitkin
 * KKIN-FM, Aitkin
 * WCMP, Pine City
 * WCMP-FM, Pine City

Wisconsin

 * WLMX-FM, Balsam Lake (now WZEZ)
 * WXCX, Siren
 * WHSM, Hayward (now WBZH)
 * WHSM-FM, Hayward
 * WXCE, Amery

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Huitzilihuitl

Huitzilihuitl or Huitzilihuitzin (Nahuatl language; English: Hummingbird Feather) (1370s – ca. 1417) was the second Tlatoani or king of Tenochtitlan. According to the Codex Chimalpahin, he reigned from 1390 to 1415, according to the Codex Aubin, he reigned from 1396 to 1417 and according to the Codex Chimalpopoca, he reigned from 1403 to 1417.

Family and childhood
Huitzilíhuitl was born in Tenochtitlan, and was the son of Acamapichtli, first tlatoani of the Mexica, and Queen Tezcatlan Miyahuatzin, and had a half-brother Itzcoatl. His maternal grandfather was Acacitli. Only 16 years old when his father died, Huitzilihuitl was elected by the principal chiefs, warriors and priests of the city to replace him. At that time, the Mexica were tributaries of the Tepanec city-state of Azcapotzalco.

Reign
Huitzilíhuitl, a good politician, continued the policies of his father, seeking alliances with his neighbors. He founded the Royal Council or Tlatocan and established four permanent electors to advise the new king, in his inexperience, at the beginning of each reign.

He married Ayauhcihuatl, daughter of Tezozómoc, the powerful tlatoani of Azcapotzalco, and obtained a reduction of tribute payments to the symbolic level. Their son Chimalpopoca would succeed his father as tlatoani. After the death of Ayaucíhuatl, Huitzilíhuitl married a second time, to Miahuaxihuitl. They had a son, Moctezuma I, who also succeeded to the throne as the fifth Huey Tlatoani of Aztecs.

During his reign, the weaving industry grew. It provided cotton cloth not only for Tenochtitlan, but also for Azcapotzalco and Cuauhnāhuac. The Mexicas no longer had to dress in coarse ''ayates" of maguey fibers, but were able to change to soft, dyed cotton.

Huitzilíhuitl also wanted to introduce potable water into the city, bringing it to the island from the mainland over the brackish water of the lake. But the nobles not approving the cost, he was unable to put his plan into operation. He constructed a fort on a rock on the island.

In 1409, the ruler of Texcoco, Techotlala, died and the throne passed to Ixtlilxóchitl I. In the following years, relations between Ixtlilxóchitl and Tezozómoc of Azcapotzalco deteriorated, breaking into open hostilities c. 1416.

In spite of having given his daughter Matlalchihuatzin in marriage to Ixtlilxóchitl, Huitzilíhuitl joined his father-in-law in making war on Texcoco. He assisted in the conquest and sacking of the cities of Tultitlan, Cuauhtitlan, Chalco, Tollantzingo, Xaltocan, Otompa and Acolman. Huitzilíhuitl profited from the booty of these conquests and also from the traffic of the canoes on the lakes surrounding Tenochtitlan.

Death
Huitzilíhuitl died, probably in 1417, before the end of the war between Azcapotzalco and Texcoco. His successor, his son Chimalpopoca, continued to support Tezozómoc and Azcapotzalco.

Personal life
Among his wives were Queen Ayauhcihuatl, Queen Cacamacihuatl, Queen Miahuaxihuitl, and Queen Miyahuaxochtzin.

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User talk:Eddieuny

Quixtar
First off: By no means am I discounting your concern or suggesting you did anything "wrong" by your post to the Requests for Advocacy page.

Advocacy's purpose is generally to get involved with disputes between users. The more specifically defined the dispute, the more clearly it can be dealt with. A dispute between two active, registered users is the cleanest cut; an explicit dispute between a registered user and an anon is less clear cut, a passive or tacit conflict between a user (such as User:The Mule) and non-engaging anons is less clear cut, and so on.

It seems pretty clear that Quixtar is the target of vandalism by anonymous sources who deliberately want to inject or emblazon anti-Quixtar sentiment onto Wikipedia. It is pretty doubtful that you will get any of them to a rational discussion level; certainly they don't honestly think that Scamway and Quixscam are the real names of these companies, so I wonder what sort of rational discussion could be had with them on the topic.

When it comes to acts of anonymous vandalism, generally the convention seems to be that more responsible users revert the vandalism to the previous non-vandalized version of the page. (See How to revert a page to an earlier version.) Page protection is pretty uncommon, and will probably only be granted if constant, highly repetetive vandalism can be shown. In this case, I don't think the level of problems is at the level where protection would be granted.

You can certainly join in with the efforts to undo the vandalism by adding Quixtar to your watchlist, and when you see it come up as edited recently, especially by an anonymous user, clicking the "Diff" or "Hist" links can lead you to see the changes that were made, and how far back to revert the page to a non-vandalized version.

To revert a page, you can click the date and time link of a known-good version of the page, and then Edit the page you are taken to. A blurb at the top of the editing page will alert you that you are editing an outdated version of the page -- this is what you want. Without changing anything in the edit box, you should add a note to the Edit Summary (e.g. "revert vandalism to last by User:The Mule"), and click Save. This will reapply the last known good version of the page as the current page.

If vandalism to the page becomes far too much to handle this way, then Requests for page protection may be your next step.

Regards, - Keith D. Tyler  [ flame ] , Member's Advocate, 20:17, Feb 2, 2005 (UTC)

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Storm Track

Storm Track was the first magazine for and about storm chasing. The magazine was in circulation between 1977 and 2002.

History and profile
Storm Track was started in 1977 by chasing pioneer David Hoadley following an informal meeting of storm chasers at an American Meteorological Society conference. In the beginning, it was published in newsletter format in Falls Church, Virginia, but in time assumed a magazine format and was published bimonthly throughout its history. In 1986, editorship was handed over to Tim Marshall, a storm damage engineer (and meteorologist). Production of paper issues ceased in 2002 after a 25-year run; however, an accompanying website started in 1996 and continues primarily in the form of a large discussion board.

Storm Track, among other topics, published storm chase accounts, discussions of issues affecting storm chasing, history of storm chasing and meteorology, meteorological analysis and case studies, climatology, reviews, biographies, photography, cartoons, poetry, and classifieds.

Storm Track was a non-profit publication aimed at scientists and amateurs interested in severe storms. Rich Herzog was an associate editor since 1991 and Phil Sherman an assistant editor from 1986–1990. Another associate editor and a founding member was Randy Zipser. Gene Rhoden contributed significantly to the cover design in 1986. It was published with Master Graphics in Dallas, Texas. Tim Vasquez was online editor. Most articles and photographs were submitted by subscribers. More than 180 people wrote articles for the magazine. David Hoadley made all the drawings and sketches and did many of the cartoons which were known as "Funnel Funnies". It began with 10 subscribers in 1977 and grew to several hundred over the years. Circulation peaked at nearly 1,000 in mid-1996 in association with the release of Twister.

In 2015, ownership of the Storm Track Brand was transferred to Steve Miller. Since the 2015 change in ownership, the discussion board has been updated to the newest edition of Xenforo. Additionally, a Storm Track mobile app was released (which has since been removed, with the newest update of Xenforo rendering it obsolete), along with the launch of a Discord server In July 2019, Storm Track launched Stormtrack TV, a 24-hour online television channel, in partnership with Helicity.

As of April 2018, the support functions of the Spotter Network forums have been housed at the Storm Track forums.

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Talk:Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir

Untitled
Should the title of this article (in the en encyclopedia) be converted to an anglicised version of the name? (perhaps with the original language version in parentheses) -- WhiteDragon 20:18, 2 Feb 2005 (UTC)

I agree that in the English Wikipedia, article titles should be in English and use the 26 letters of the English version of the Latin alphabet. However there is little consensus about this as can be seen on Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (use English). I will put up a redirect at Thorgerdur Katrin Gunnarsdottir. --Bjarki 18:09, 3 Feb 2005 (UTC)

See Naming conventions (thorn) for an extensive discussion of this example. - Haukur 20:23, 7 January 2006 (UTC)

Religion
Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir is listed as Roman Catholic in the infobox. I don't have any proof otherways, but finds it odd, as the Icelandic native population mainly consists of Lutherans. I suggest to add a reference to the claim, or remove it. Grrahnbahr (talk) 03:37, 9 February 2013 (UTC)

Father
The article used the present tense, "Her father is". However Katrin's father died on 21 November 2016). I have made the appropriate change.

Requested move 18 February 2023

 * 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 after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: not moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) Sceptre (talk) 16:16, 25 February 2023 (UTC)

Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir → Thorgerdur Katrín Gunnarsdóttir – We should use the normal letters of the English alphabet, e.g. we refer to the Norse god as Thor. PatGallacher (talk) 14:35, 18 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Support per WP:USEENGLISH. Rreagan007 (talk) 16:22, 18 February 2023 (UTC)

 * Support per WP:USEENGLISH. Estar8806 (talk) 18:03, 18 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Oppose WP:USEENGLISH says to follow the usage of reliable English-language sources. No sources for the name Thorgerdur Katrín Gunnarsdóttir have been provided, and I can’t find any. 98.97.15.31 (talk) 21:16, 18 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Here you are: PatGallacher (talk) 22:26, 18 February 2023 (UTC)
 * There are two different spellings on that page. One is the current title and the other is also not the proposed title. 98.97.15.31 (talk) 03:29, 19 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Ok, the version on that page doesn't use the diacritics. However I suggest that that is a minor issue, compared to avoiding Icelandic characters. PatGallacher (talk) 11:54, 19 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Pat - have you looked in the Iceland bios? In ictu oculi (talk) 15:30, 19 February 2023 (UTC)
 * I don’t think the absence of sources to support the move is a minor issue. 98.97.15.31 (talk) 18:13, 19 February 2023 (UTC)

 * Oppose here on en.wp all living bios have their own names, all, except one: we only anglicize Serbian olympic tennis gold medalist Ana Ivanovic as the editors who did that say that Ana is ashamed of being Serbian and has said she wants to be British. I don't believe this, but they do. But here there is no evidence that this Icelandic lady politicain Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir is ashamed of being an Icelander. Until evidence is forthcoming that this Icelander has played tennis at Wimbledon she should be allowed her own name, like everyone else on en.wp, except Ana. In ictu oculi (talk) 15:18, 19 February 2023 (UTC)

 * BTW see under T for Category:Members of the_Althing, and then look at every other Iceland category and article body. In ictu oculi (talk) 15:29, 19 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Þór Saari
 * Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir
 * Þórhildur Sunna Ævarsdóttir
 * Þorsteinn Víglundsson
 * Þórunn Egilsdóttir
 * Þórunn Sveinbjarnardóttir
 * Þráinn Bertelsson
 * Þuríður Backman
 * Tómas A. Tómasson
 * Tryggvi Þór Herbertsson

 * Strong oppose It is the correct spelling of her name using latin characters. The english Wikipedia uses the latin character of non-english subjects, see Luka Dončić, Boban Marjanović, Eiður Guðjohnsen, Hamad Međedović etc. Alvaldi (talk) 16:13, 19 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Other examples, Kåre Willoch - the former prime minister of Norway, Ana Brnabić - the prime minister of Serbia, Göran Persson - the former prime minister of Sweden, Đorđe Rakić - former professional footballer. Alvaldi (talk) 16:21, 19 February 2023 (UTC)
 * It should also be noted that similar request moves have generally been rejected by the community in the past, see Gerhard Schröder, Lech Wałęsa, Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir, François Mitterrand, Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson. Alvaldi (talk) 17:43, 19 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Alvaldi. Not just for Icelandic, these moves have been thoroughly rejected time and time again for everyone except Ana the trophy of the Tennis Names debacle. In ictu oculi (talk) 12:02, 20 February 2023 (UTC)

 * Reply I don't have a problem with diacritics, since many people just ignore them. However the Icelandic letters thorn and eth are confusing to some people. PatGallacher (talk) 16:37, 21 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Wikipedia is an encyclopedia. If we have to, for a lack of a better word, "dumb" down the information on it we might as well merge it with Simple wiki. The name Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir is accurate and the redirect of Thorgerdur Katrin Gunnarsdottir to Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir solves any searching problems people might have. Peoples lack of knowledge with thorn and eth should be solved with educating them about them, not removing them and pretend they don't exist. Alvaldi (talk) 16:54, 21 February 2023 (UTC)
 * It is certainly the role of Wikipedia to educate people, but it should do so in an accessible way. Should we include all sorts of non-Latin characters in names, including the characters of the Cyrillic and other alphabets?  And if not, why make an exception with these two Icelandic characters? PatGallacher (talk) 02:02, 24 February 2023 (UTC)
 * @PatGallacher But they are Latin characters and both where even part of the english alphabet in the past. Some examples of new letters to the standard Latin alphabet are the Runic letters wynn ⟨Ƿ ƿ⟩ and thorn ⟨Þ þ⟩, and the letter eth ⟨Ð/ð⟩, which were added to the alphabet of Old English. Like Z and Y, they are part of many current latin characters borrowed from other alphabets. Alvaldi (talk) 09:00, 24 February 2023 (UTC)
 * yes but the question arises why target this particular living person. There was a reason for targeting Ana Ivanovic among all European bios for Anglicizing, but what has this lady done that all other Iceland politicians haven't? She's never even touched a tennis racket for all we know. In ictu oculi (talk) 17:02, 21 February 2023 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
 * Oppose lacking an source to the angelized name, so opposing and following policy on this one. As for typing icelandic letters for americans/brits, see mw:Extension:ULS.--Snævar (talk) 00:32, 23 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Oppose, special letters in the Latin alphabet are usually used (for names of persons and places in many languages), from François Villon to Bodø, except if a different spelling is strongly established. Gestumblindi (talk) 00:04, 24 February 2023 (UTC)

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Talk:Rostov-on-Don

Gateway
Have to erase the historically and politically incorrect statement on Rostov-on-Don being the proverbial *Gateway to the Caucasus*. That is the reflection of the old rivalry between the city of Rostov and the city of Stavropol. All the history books and monographs clearly state that Stavropol, founded back in 1777, has been the Gateway ever since. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.212.174.140 (talk) 20:18, 2 February 2005 (UTC)

 * Anecdotal, but I talked to two Chechens who were visiting Rostov and they called it the gateway and the capital. —Preceding unsigned comment added by AllenHansen (talk • contribs) 10:44, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

 * I think that Rostov IS to be called The Gateway to the Caucauses both logically and by number of occurances in modern texts and speech. Its evident that the way from Europe passes throu Rostov crossing the main natural obstacle here - the Don. Therefore it IS the gates at the trading / transport way from Europe (which is definitely the main direction).
 * I suppose that one should not judge by the historical background just because this is his/her specialization. It refers more to the modern society and linguistics rather than to history. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.80.111.240 (talk) 14:36, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

Chikatilo
I wonder if mentioning the serial killer Chikatilo is appropriate in this article. I would certainly edit it out. ISasha | talk 9:52, Feb. 17, 2006 (MSK)

Rostov-on-THE-Don perhaps?
Why do you write Rostov-On-Don? The Don is a river, therefore it should be Rostov-on-the-Don! Note, that the german translation is already correct "Rostow-am-Don" (am = an dem = on the). http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rostow_am_Don —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 134.34.13.172 (talk) 16:47, 19 February 2007 (UTC).
 * According to the English dictionaries and encyclopedias I consulted, the name of the city in English is "Rostov-on-Don" ("Rostov-na-Donu" is also used); see, for example,, , and . Same goes for Komsomolsk-on-Amur and other similarly called locations.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 16:56, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I live in Rostov-on-Don, and its name is writing as "Rostov-on-Don" in English. 195.151.56.242 21:37, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Chikatilo again
I have to erase the sentence about Chikatilo because he didn't live in Rostov he lived in Novcherkassk. He was tried in Rostov though.

Serge — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sgi va (talk • contribs) 15:03, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

History - collapse of communism :D
'the collapse of communism' should be replaced by 'the collapse of USSR'. One should know that communism did not collapse because there were no communism, it was said to be in process of building. it was the Soviet Union which collapsed.

@Sgornul —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.80.111.240 (talk) 14:48, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

Great Patriotic War
The term "Great Patriotic War" is not used outside of the former Soviet Union. In all English speaking countries it is called World War II. Since this is an English-language article, I am going to change it to the conventional term used in English.Udibi (talk) 04:57, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

 * My revision was promptly reverted. Again, I must stress that the term "Great Patriotic War" is a Soviet propaganda term for WWII, and one that is completely alien to almost all native English speakers.  As such, "Great Patriotic War" does not constitute a valid blue link.  However, this term appears to have considerable importance to the former-Soviets on Wikipeida.  I will attempt a revision that uses conventional English terms yet also makes note of the Soviet term.Udibi (talk) 03:33, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

Great person who was born (1885) and died (1942) at Roston-on-Don
Sabina Spielrein, physician and one of the first female psychoanalysts. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.115.102.186 (talk) 19:23, 8 February 2012 (UTC)

Copyedited
Let's keep improving!! Myrtlegroggins (talk) 09:50, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

Map
Too bad there isn't a map with Rostov in the middle, instead of on the left edge. We can see where it is within Russia, but not where it is relative to locations that an Englsh-speaking wikipedia reader would be familar with, e.g. eastern Europe, the Black Sea, Turkey, etc. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.88.11.121 (talk) 03:57, 17 September 2013 (UTC)

notable people x 2
Have I drunk too much? Am I seeing double? Or there are 2 "notable people" sections? :) Azylber (talk) 05:42, 17 September 2013 (UTC)
 * There is a simple test. Close one eye, and if you are still seeing doubles, chances are there are really two sections... or you drank way too much :)
 * Anyway, I've merged the sections and removed the duplicates. Thanks for spotting this! Cheers,—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); September 17, 2013; 12:56 (UTC)

Collage
I want to suggest a new image to Rostov-on-Don infobox. Smarchenk (talk) 11:00, 29 December 2013 (UTC)

 * That's nice! Does it meet all the copyright requirements? Regards, Myrtle. Myrtlegroggins (talk) 11:13, 30 December 2013 (UTC)

 * It's an excellent collage for a full screen.  However, please bear in mind that we are not all of us as young as we were, and some of us even try and access wikipedia using "telephone" handsets.   Do you not think that there is simply too much detail that for many people will be pretty miroscopic to provide what is intended as an instant visual introduction to the subject?     But that's only one person's reaction.  Maybe other folks with perfect vision will think I'm wrong.   Have a good new year celebration (western Gregorian calendar) either way.   Regards Charles01 (talk) 11:32, 30 December 2013 (UTC)

 * Can we use each picture as part of a gallery for the article? Regards, Myrtle Myrtlegroggins (talk) 12:23, 30 December 2013 (UTC)

 * All the images are taken from commons.wikimedia and have a license Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported. Each picture can be used for the gallery. Smarchenk (talk) 18:37, 30 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Would you like me to create a gallery and then we may compare to see how each looks? Happy New Year, Myrtle Myrtlegroggins (talk) 21:52, 30 December 2013 (UTC)

 * Your judgement is as good as anyone else's.  Do what improves the entry in your judgement.   No doubt one fine day someone (possibly you, possibly another) will make improvements to your improvements.  That's how the process works.   (I see that at least one of the pictures is already included in the entry - or else one very very much like it.)  Regards Charles01 (talk) 08:48, 31 December 2013 (UTC)

There is a bad news. The top image (Stela «City of Military Glory» with red flags) and right bottom image (Pokrovskaya church) break a law "No FOP in Russia" :(see commons:Commons:Freedom_of_panorama). -- Andrew Krizhanovsky (talk) 13:19, 3 January 2014 (UTC)

 * Oh, what a shame. Thanks for letting us know. There is a nice gallery at Myrtlegroggins (talk) 21:29, 3 January 2014 (UTC)

 * Hey! The gallery looks good. I've done a little on layout and a few little typos. Cheers, Myrtle Myrtlegroggins (talk) 08:09, 4 January 2014 (UTC)

 * Collage - is very ugly picture. What could be worse? Nothing. Avedon (talk) 09:23, 21 June 2021 (UTC)

No need for 'the'
In British English it's absolutely standard practice to have no article in place-names that include 'on' or 'upon'. Consider, for example: Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Stoke-on-Trent, Stratford-upon-Avon, Henley-on-Thames, etc. (This is in reply to an earlier, rather old suggestion that 'the' should be included). Norvo (talk) 23:34, 20 July 2014 (UTC)

Timeline of Rostov-on-Don
What is missing from the city timeline? Please add relevant content. Thank you. -- M2545 (talk) 11:02, 19 May 2015 (UTC)

 * It is the missile strike from Sep. 7th (which I personally added in) 174.165.213.3 (talk) 04:16, 10 September 2023 (UTC)
 * But you did not provide any reliable sources so hence I reverted it twice. A09 (talk) 12:45, 10 September 2023 (UTC)

"Unknown Insurgents" Buried at Rostov-on-Don Cemetery.
Should this be mentioned in the article? https://en.censor.net.ua/photo_news/311953/hundreds_of_unknown_insurgents_buried_at_rostovondon_cemetery_photos https://en.censor.net.ua/photo_news/330566/new_cemetery_with_hundreds_of_graves_of_unknown_russian_fighters_appeared_in_rostov_photos — Preceding unsigned comment added by Eastmain (talk • contribs) 15:26, 25 June 2018 (UTC)

Starbucks
"Other facilities" section mentions that there's a Starbucks and claims that that is rare in this region of Russia. Given that there are now two and there are several in a relatively close city I think this is wrong. There was no citation to justify the rarity of Starbuckses so maybe the whole mention should go? If this was the first city in the region to get one and that was considered a notable event locally then maybe there's a news source that covers it, otherwise it's unnecessary. Dichohecho (talk) 12:27, 9 April 2019 (UTC)

Paragraph: "Notable people"
Good morning. The paragraph "Notable people" is organized and structured very badly, to the point that I would rather not change anything, because I could be wrong, since in some parts it is not understandable at all, and in all other parts almost nothing is understood. For example, it's not clear (due to the incorrect or lack of use of commas, to distinguish one known person from another) who is who (e.g., the name of a singer is present, but his genre (i.e. 'classical') is not specified; the singer in question is Yuri Bashmet; its genre is not "pop", but "classical" (within the subparagraph "Musicians, composers and singers")). Could someone take care of the paragraph I refer to and put it in order? JackkBrown (talk) 13:39, 17 May 2023 (UTC)

Move discussion in progress
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Indeterminate (variable)

In mathematics, particularly in formal algebra, an indeterminate is a symbol that is treated as a variable, but does not stand for anything else except itself. It may be used as a placeholder in objects such as polynomials and formal power series. In particular:

 * It does not designate a constant or a parameter of the problem.
 * It is not an unknown that could be solved for.
 * It is not a variable designating a function argument, or a variable being summed or integrated over.
 * It is not any type of bound variable.
 * It is just a symbol used in an entirely formal way.

When used as placeholders, a common operation is to substitute mathematical expressions (of an appropriate type) for the indeterminates.

By a common abuse of language, mathematical texts may not clearly distinguish indeterminates from ordinary variables.

Polynomials
A polynomial in an indeterminate $$X$$ is an expression of the form $$a_0 + a_1X + a_2X^2 + \ldots + a_nX^n$$, where the $$a_i$$ are called the coefficients of the polynomial. Two such polynomials are equal only if the corresponding coefficients are equal. In contrast, two polynomial functions in a variable $$x$$ may be equal or not at a particular value of $$x$$.

For example, the functions
 * $$f(x) = 2 + 3x, \quad g(x) = 5 + 2x$$

are equal when $$x = 3$$ and not equal otherwise. But the two polynomials

 * $$2 + 3X, \quad 5 + 2X$$

are unequal, since 2 does not equal 5, and 3 does not equal 2. In fact,
 * $$2 + 3X = a + bX$$

does not hold unless $$a = 2$$ and $$b = 3$$. This is because $$X$$ is not, and does not designate, a number.

The distinction is subtle, since a polynomial in $$X$$ can be changed to a function in $$x$$ by substitution. But the distinction is important because information may be lost when this substitution is made. For example, when working in modulo 2, we have that:

 * $$0 - 0^2 = 0, \quad 1 - 1^2 = 0,$$

so the polynomial function $$x - x^2$$ is identically equal to 0 for $$x$$ having any value in the modulo-2 system. However, the polynomial $$X - X^2$$ is not the zero polynomial, since the coefficients, 0, 1 and −1, respectively, are not all zero.

Formal power series
A formal power series in an indeterminate $$X$$ is an expression of the form $$a_0 + a_1X + a_2X^2 + \ldots$$, where no value is assigned to the symbol $$X$$. This is similar to the definition of a polynomial, except that an infinite number of the coefficients may be nonzero. Unlike the power series encountered in calculus, questions of convergence are irrelevant (since there is no function at play). So power series that would diverge for values of $$x$$, such as $$1 + x + 2x^2 + 6x^3 + \ldots + n!x^n + \ldots\,$$, are allowed.

As generators
Indeterminates are useful in abstract algebra for generating mathematical structures. For example, given a field $$K$$, the set of polynomials with coefficients in $$K$$ is the polynomial ring with polynomial addition and multiplication as operations. In particular, if two indeterminates $$X$$ and $$Y$$ are used, then the polynomial ring $$K[X,Y]$$ also uses these operations, and convention holds that $$XY=YX$$.

Indeterminates may also be used to generate a free algebra over a commutative ring $$A$$. For instance, with two indeterminates $$X$$ and $$Y$$, the free algebra $$A\langle X,Y \rangle$$ includes sums of strings in $$X$$ and $$Y$$, with coefficients in $$A$$, and with the understanding that $$XY$$ and $$YX$$ are not necessarily identical (since free algebra is by definition non-commutative).

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User talk:HiFlyer

WP:RfD and Fulmination
Hi, WP:RfD is for Redirects. Fulmination is not a redirect. I have therefore removed the tag. You will need to list it on WP:VfD to get it deleted. Thanks! Noel (talk) 20:21, 2 Feb 2005 (UTC)

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Image source problem with Image:Tweezer.jpg
Thanks for uploading Image:Tweezer.jpg. I noticed that the file's description page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is unclear. If you did not create this file yourself, you will need to specify the owner of the copyright. If you obtained it from a website, then a link to the website from which it was taken, together with a restatement of that website's terms of use of its content, is usually sufficient information. However, if the copyright holder is different from the website's publisher, their copyright should also be acknowledged.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of things to do in an elevator

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was SPEEDY DELETED. dbenbenn | talk 00:15, 8 Feb 2005 (UTC)

List of things to do in an elevator
Chain-letter e-mail joke, possibly a copyvio, unencyclopedic. -- Curps 20:25, 2 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * This should be speedied, it's already been VfD'ed under a different name. It was called 50 things to do in an elevator . Kappa 21:25, 2 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Thanks for pointing that out. It's now speedied. -- Curps 22:01, 2 Feb 2005 (UTC)

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User talk:Kevin Lousy

Hi, and welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that you've made a number of edits to the Gay slang page. While most of your edits have been very good, there are a few that appear to be your own opinion. Please remember that Wikipedia is not a soapbox, and that all of our articles strive towards the neutral point of view. - jredmond 20:26, 2 Feb 2005 (UTC)

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