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Hermann, Fürst von Pückler-Muskau

Prince Hermann Ludwig Heinrich von Pückler-Muskau (born as Count Pückler, from 1822 Prince; 30 October 1785 – 4 February 1871) was a German nobleman, renowned as an accomplished artist in landscape gardening, as well as the author of a number of books mainly centering around his travels in Europe and Northern Africa, published under the pen name of "Semilasso".

Early life and military career
Pückler-Muskau was the first of five children of Count Carl Ludwig Hans Erdmann von Pückler-Muskau-Groditz (1754-1811), and his wife, Countess Clementine of Callenberg (1770-1850), who gave birth to him at age 15. He was born at Muskau Castle (now Bad Muskau) in Upper Lusatia, then ruled by the Electorate of Saxony. He served for some time in the Saxon "Garde du Corps" cavalry regiment at Dresden, and afterwards traveled through France and Italy, often by foot. In 1811, after the death of his father, he inherited the Standesherrschaft (barony) of Muskau. Joining the war of liberation against Napoleon I of France, he left Muskau under the General Inspectorate of his friend, the writer and composer Leopold Schefer. As an officer under the Duke of Saxe-Weimar he distinguished himself in the field. Later, he was made military and civil governor of Bruges.

Tours of Great Britain and beyond
After the war he retired from the army and toured Great Britain for a year, moving with ease in aristocratic circles. He attended plays at His Majesty's Theatre, Haymarket and Drury Lane (admiring performances of Eliza O'Neill), studied parkland landscaping, and in Wales visited the Ladies of Llangollen in 1828. He remarked on the “coarseness and brutality” of the British theatre audiences as compared with the staid Continental audiences.

In 1822, in compensation for certain privileges which he resigned, he was raised to the rank of "Fürst" by King Frederick William III of Prussia. In 1817 he married the Dowager Countess Lucie von Pappenheim, née von Hardenberg, daughter of Prussian statesman Prince Karl August von Hardenberg; the marriage was legally dissolved after nine years, in 1826, though they did not separate and remained on amicable terms.

He returned to England in 1828 where he became something of a celebrity in London society spending nearly two years in search of a wealthy second wife capable of funding his ambitious gardening schemes. In 1828 his tours took him to Ireland, notably to the seat of Daniel O'Connell in Kerry. On his return home he published a not entirely frank account of his time in England. The book was an enormous success in Germany, and also caused a great stir when it appeared in English as Tour of a German Prince (1831–32). A daring character, he subsequently traveled in Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, and Sudan and explored ancient Nubia. He is documented as having visited the site of Naqa in modern-day Sudan in 1837. He also visited the nearby site of Musawwarat es-Sufra, and in both places, he carved his name in the stone of the temples. In the same year, at the slave market in Cairo, he purchased an Ethiopian Oromo girl in her early teens, whom he named Mahbuba ("the beloved"). He took her to Asia Minor, Greece, and Vienna, where he introduced her to European high society, but Mahbuba developed tuberculosis and died in Muskau in 1840. Later he would write that she was "the being I loved most of all the world."

Later life
He then lived in Berlin and Muskau, where he spent much time cultivating and improving Muskau Park, which still exists today. In 1845 he sold this estate, and, although he still lived from time to time at various places in Germany and Italy, his principal residence became Branitz Palace near Cottbus, where he laid out another splendid park.

Politically he was a liberal, supporting the Prussian reforms of Freiherr vom Stein. This, together with his pantheism and his colourful lifestyle, made him slightly suspect in the society of the Biedermeier period.

In 1863 he was made a hereditary member of the Prussian House of Lords, and in 1866 he attended — by then an octogenarian — the Prussian general staff in the Austro-Prussian War. He was decorated for his 'actions' at the Battle of Königgratz, even though the then 80-year-old Prince had slept throughout the day of the battle.

In 1871 the prince died at Branitz. Since human cremation was illegal at that time for religious reasons, he resorted to an ingenious evasion of traditional burial; he left instructions that his heart be dissolved in sulphuric acid, and that his body should be embedded in caustic soda, caustic potash, and caustic lime. Thus, on 9 February 1871, his denatured remains were buried in the Tumulus - an earth pyramid surrounded by a parkland lake at Branitzer Castle.

Dying childless, Pückler-Muskau's castle and estate passed to the heir of the princely title, his nephew Heinrich von Pückler, with money and other assets going to his niece Marie von Pachelbl-Gehag, née von Seydewitz. The prince's literary estate was inherited by writer Ludmilla Assing, who wrote his biography and posthumously published correspondence and diaries unpublished during his lifetime.

Artist
As a landscape gardener, he is considered of European importance. As a writer of travel books, he holds a high position, his powers of observation being keen and his style lucid, animated, and witty. This is most evident in his first work Briefe eines Verstorbenen (4 vols, 1830–1831), in which he expresses many independent judgments about England and other countries he visited in the late 1820s and about prominent people he met. Among his later travel books are Semilassos vorletzter Weltgang (3 vols, 1835), Semilasso in Afrika (5 vols, 1836), Aus Mehemed Ali's Reich (3 vols, 1844) and Die Rückkehr (3 vols, 1846–1848). Andeutungen über Landschaftsgärtnerei (1834, "Remarks on Landscape Gardening") was the only book he published under his own name and was widely influential.

In 2016, the Bundeskunsthalle in Bonn dedicated an exhibition to the eccentric prince, with the title "Die Gartenlandschaften des Fürsten Pückler". Two of his gardens are listed on the UNESCO Lists of World Heritage Sites: one at Bad Muskau, the other Babelsberg near Potsdam, with both considered high points of European 19th-century landscape design.

There are also drawings and caricatures that he created, but did not publish.

Publications

 * Briefe eines Verstorbenen (4 vols), 1830-31 (including a description of the Park of Warwick, which influenced strongly Edgar Allan Poe's The Domain of Arnheim)
 * Tour of a German Prince, 4 vols, London, Wilson 1831-32 (translation of Briefe eines Verstorbenen by Sarah Austin)
 * Andeutungen über Landschaftsgärtnerei[,] verbunden mit der Beschreibung ihrer praktischen Anwendung in Muskau (the only publication featuring him as author), 1834
 * Tutti frutti; aus den Papieren des Verstorbenen., 5 vols, 1834
 * Semilassos vorletzter Weltgang, 3 vols, 1835
 * Semilasso in Afrika, 5 vols, 1836
 * Der Vorläufer, 1838
 * Jugend-Wanderungen, 1835
 * Südöstlicher Bildersaal (on Greece), 1840
 * Aus Mehemed Ali’s Reich (on Egypt), 3 vols, 1844
 * Die Rückkehr, 3 vols, 1846–48
 * Briefwechsel und Tagebücher des Fürsten Hermann von Pückler-Muskau (letters and diaries), 9 vols, ed. Ludmilla Assing, Hamburg 1873–76, Bern ²1971
 * Liebesbriefe eines alten Kavaliers. Briefwechsel des Fürsten Pückler mit Ada von Tresckow (love letters), ed. Werner Deetjen, 1938
 * Bettina von Arnim/Hermann von Pückler-Muskau: »Die Leidenschaft ist der Schlüssel zur Welt«. Briefwechsel 1832-1844, complete edition with commentary by Enid Gajek and Bernhard Gajek, Cotta, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-7681-9809-X

Fürst-Pückler-Eis
His name is still used in German cuisine in Fürst-Pückler-Eis (Prince Pückler ice cream), a Neapolitan style combination of strawberry, vanilla and chocolate ice cream. It was named in his honour by Royal Prussian court cook Louis Ferdinand Jungius in 1839.

In Roberto Bolaño's novel 2666 the dessert named after Fürst Pückler is mentioned as an example of one's reputation being defined unexpectedly by accomplishments of lesser significance.

Orders and decorations

 * Kingdom of Prussia:
 * Grand Cross of the Order of the Red Eagle
 * Knight of the Royal Order of the Crown, 1st Class
 * Grand Commander's Cross of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern
 * Knight of Honour of the Johanniter Order
 * Kingdom of Hanover: Commander of the Royal Guelphic Order, 1st Class
 * Kingdom of Bavaria: Grand Cross of the Merit Order of the Bavarian Crown, 1818
 * French Empire: Officer of the Legion of Honour
 * Russian Empire: Knight of the Order of St. Vladimir, 3rd Class
 * Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach: Grand Cross of the Order of the White Falcon, 22 February 1850
 * Sweden: Commander Grand Cross of the Order of the Polar Star, 6 April 1819

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Trunking
You removed every single wikilink from the Trunking article and removed a few useful sentences - why? In my view that is Vandalism. -- RHaworth 07:28, 2005 Feb 19 (UTC)

EH?
 * Note the date - the above was a reference to this edit which was what alerted me to this project in the first place. -- RHaworth 12:47, 2005 Apr 8 (UTC)

On reflection, I think I know why the wikilinks have disappeared and in case you have not worked it out for yourself: When copying an article for editing elsewhere, always copy it from the edit box not from the "rendered" version. That way you will copy it with the wiki markup in place.

When I am doing major mods to an article, I like to copy it elsewhere so I don't generate lots of lines of edit history for the article itself. Just click on this link: User:Vandenbr/sandbox to create yourself a suitable page.

-- RHaworth 13:10, 2005 Feb 19 (UTC)

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Hi, {Rodger}. It is cleanup time. The students' work is marked, and I am left with the unenviable task of removing their half-truths and misconceptions, many of which they have picked up from otherwise reasonable web pages.

I did copy from the edit page of "teletraffic trunking" and pasted it in the edit page of "trunking" to effect the initial merge. trunking still works for me, as it correctly points to wiki entries elsewhere. All I removed was the text declaring the page to be a stub. {Ian}

My mod history is long because there seems to be no way I can edit live. Perhaps I should try Firefox's tabs, and have one tab open for viewing and one for editing?

Grade and Quality of Service
You completely replaced Grade of service and almost completely replaced Quality of service with articles of your own. Please explain why your versions (now on other titles) are superior to what was there before.

Wikipedia is a collaborative project. Please try and collaborate.

-- RHaworth 08:26, 2005 Mar 7 (UTC)

Fixed
This is now fixed with a link from gos to teletraffic gos. The article on QoS seems to be well balanced between previous and new material.

Deletion policy debate
You will see that I have placed a Votes for deletion boilerplate on many of your articles. -- RHaworth 08:26, 2005 Mar 7 (UTC)
 * Do not remove any of these - if you do I shall seek to have you blocked.
 * Please, please discuss on the deletion policy page what you, Caltox, Barry22 and Y.bata are doing. Sign your comments with ~.

Images
It seems you didn't bother to pay much attention to the upload page when you uploaded Image:LimitedSwitch.gif and Image:TrafficTable.gif. Please read Uploading images and Image use policy, and then choose an appropriate tag from Image copyright tags. Thank you. — Trilobite (Talk) 13:58, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Later
I need to study the ins and outs of putting the tag in. While I generated the image myself, I would like to retain copyright, but do not mind people making what I understand to be fair use of it to understand 'availability'.

PLEASE STOP WORSHIPPING CAPITAL LETTERS SO MUCH!!!!!
Hello. I've just moved two of your articles and cleaned them up. Now lots of links need to get fixed. Engset calculation now has a lower-case c; but from your edit history the same may need to get done with dozens of your articles, and maybe hundreds of links will need to get fixed.

Please help clean this up. Michael Hardy 21:53, 10 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Reply
HEAR HEAR!. Thanks for your help. The text the students put in suffer also from to much capitalization of concepts. Sometimes, I think it is a reminder to later on make a link.

Thanks
At last, a response to all the comments we have been throwing at you. Many thanks. Your contribution in Deletion policy/Teletraffic Engineering would have been more reassuring if you had been properly logged in when you made it - have you ever looked at a wiki edit history?

Done
Couldn't remember my alter ego.

One important thing that your group need to do is to sort out the copyright position on the pictures. (See warnings in User talk:Y.bata.)

In your case: can be converted to a Wiki table and no one will worry about it being a copyright violation. Full availability, limited availability, and gradings is an article I have listed as "keep - under a more sensible title" but there is no point in keeping it if the picture has been deleted as a copyvio.

-- RHaworth 20:22, 2005 Mar 14 (UTC)

Copyright issues on diagrams
Both jpgs are from my material, so the students have not been bad except that they should have referenced my course material. Will fix this later.

Trade in services
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Proposed deletion of High-loss calculation

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Nomination of High-loss calculation for deletion
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Löwe

Löwe or Loewe (German for "lion") may refer to:

People

 * Loewe (surname)

Business

 * Loewe (electronics), a German television sets and other electronics maker
 * Loewe (fashion brand), a Spanish luxury clothing and accessories brand
 * Löwe Automobil, a German automotive parts manufacturer

Military

 * Panzer VII Löwe, a WW2 German tank project
 * HNoMS Gyller (1938), a Norwegian warship captured by Nazi Germany and renamed Löwe

Other

 * Nordische Löwe, a ship owned by the Danish East India Company
 * Der Löwe (1944–1973), a racehorse and stud stallion

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Virginia State Route 895

State Route 895 (SR 895), also known as the Pocahontas Parkway and Pocahontas 895, is a controlled-access toll road in the U.S. state of Virginia. It connects the junction of Interstate 95 and State Route 150 in Chesterfield County with Interstate 295 near Richmond International Airport in Henrico County, forming part of a southeastern bypass of Richmond. Due to a quirk in the evolution of the road, the long-planned designation of Interstate 895 could not be used. (Another former I-895 is now a boulevard in The Bronx, New York, signed as New York State Route 895.)

Richmond is located on the Fall Line of the James River. The 8.8 mi roadway features the costly high-level Vietnam Veterans Memorial Bridge over the shipping channel of the navigable portion of the tidal James River downstream from the deepwater Port of Richmond to allow ample clearance for ocean-going vessels to pass under. Two people were killed in accidents during the construction of the bridge.

The toll collection facility features the Richmond area's first high-speed open lanes, allowing vehicles to travel through the toll facility at highway speeds with an E-ZPass (formerly Smart Tag) electronic toll collection transponder.

Route description
SR 895 begins as a continuation of SR 150, also known as the Chippenham Parkway, in Bensley. From SR 150's southern terminus, SR 895 begins to rise in elevation to a massive interchange between SR 895, SR 150, and I-95. Most movements between the three roads can be made by this interchange, but there is no ramp directly connecting I-95 southbound with SR 895 eastbound. At the highway's highest point, the road leaves Chesterfield County and enters Henrico County and crosses the James River on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Bridge. The high vertical clearance is needed for marine traffic on the James River heading to the Port of Richmond therefore negating the need for a drawbridge. As the highway descends to ground, it curves to the northeast and approaches the one toll plaza on the route. Two lanes head straight through the plaza serving as open road toll lanes for E-ZPass customers; three booths to the right serve cash and credit card users.

Past the toll plaza, SR 895 has a trumpet interchange with South Laburnum Avenue. South Laburnum Avenue connects to SR 5 (New Market Road) about 0.6 mi from this interchange. Nearly 3 mi past this interchange, the highway curves to the east southeast and has another trumpet interchange, this time with Airport Drive, a connector to the Richmond International Airport. The Airport Drive interchange is also the only interchange along SR 895 with a signed exit number, in this case, exit 3. The highway ends at a trumpet interchange with I-295, an eastern bypass of Richmond. This route is often called the "Pocahontas Parkway".

Route mileposts are typically numbered by starting at the western end and increasing to the east, but SR 895's mileposts begin at the eastern end at I-295 and increase heading west.

Public-private construction
The highway was built without the use of toll revenue bonds through a public-private partnership. Though the road had been planned for many years, sufficient state and federal construction funds were not available when the road was finally desired. In 1995, the Virginia General Assembly passed the Public-Private Transportation Act allowing private entities to propose bids for designing, constructing, financing and operating transportation improvements. The selected proposal was submitted jointly by Fluor Daniel and Morrison-Knudsen, and an agreement was reached.

Interstate designation
The road was originally planned as Interstate 895. However, in January 2002, when the Virginia Department of Transportation sought the Interstate designation from the Federal Highway Administration, it was informed that the expressway was not qualified for such a designation, as federal statute 23 USC 129(a)(1)(A) provides that federal funds may not be used for a tolled Interstate. Thus, toll roads using no federal funds and free roads of any funding source are eligible for Interstate designation, but toll roads that use federal funds are not. In this case, $9.28 million of the preliminary engineering (out of a total $324 million cost) was funded by the federal government, and the project ultimately opened as a toll road, disqualifying the road as a bearer of an Interstate shield.

SR 895 is one of only two routes that violates Virginia's numbering convention, in which primary state highways are numbered below 600. The other such route is the unsigned SR 785, planned as Interstate 785.

Acquisition by Transurban
In May 2006, the Pocahontas Parkway was acquired by Transurban, an Australian corporation that runs toll roads. Transurban, which owns and operates the CityLink tollway in Melbourne and the M2 Hills Motorway toll road in Sydney, said that it had agreed to acquire a 99-year concession on the Pocahontas Parkway for a total cost of US$611 million (A$815 million).

Write-off and transfer to creditors
In June 2012, Transurban wrote off its 75% stake in the roadway, and reportedly considered bankruptcy. Later, in June 2013, it was announced that earnings for the road did not cover debt service, and that Transurban was planning to relinquish ownership to the consortium of European banks that provided over $300 million in financing for the project. Despite the de facto bankruptcy, normal operations for the road are expected as current revenue is sufficient to cover operating costs. On May 15, 2014, nearly a year after Transurban walked away, the toll road was transferred to DBi Services, based in northern Pennsylvania.

Criteria to be built successfully as toll road
Since there are non-toll alternative routes available, certain criteria were considered before determining that the road could be successfully built and financed through tolls.

 * 1) The relatively short road had high construction costs due principally to the requirement for a high-level bridge across the James River.
 * 2) Of local motorists, the principal beneficiaries are businesses and residents of Chesterfield County, although very little of the roadway is actually located within that county. Thus, agreement among the regional local governments to spend limited resources on a costly roadway which primarily benefits only a single jurisdiction was problematic.
 * 3) The new road saves considerable time and mileage for many users, allowing a cost/benefit decision by users to make use of the new road and payment of tolls more likely.
 * 4) Planned better access to the Richmond International Airport via an additional exit will increase usage in the future.
 * 5) The newer toll collection technology reduced operating costs and enhanced the time saving aspect for users.

Problems
Several unforeseen problems impacted the project.

 * 1) The loss of Interstate designation. This may have ended up becoming marginal, as the major volume is local users, many of whom were long aware of the high costs in time and mileage of alternative routing.
 * 2) The soil on the south side of the James River included shrink-swell clay which necessitated deeper foundations than originally planned.
 * 3) In a final design phase, officials of the City of Richmond (city limits are just north of the bridge) protested the lack of access to and from I-95 in the direction of the city. With the prospect of airport access from Route 895, Richmond feared losing tourist business. A compromise reached provided a costly ramp for traffic headed toward the city, but not one for return traffic.

Exit list
The exit list is listed from east to west.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/À la folie... pas du tout

 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 redirect. -- AllyUnion (talk) 12:03, 4 Mar 2005 (UTC)

À la folie... pas du tout
I'm not sure what this is but its not encyclopedic. -- Riffsyphon1024 06:37, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * This is an entry for French film He Loves Me...He Loves Me Not that was made in 2002. This should be Moved to an entry under the English title and expanded. IMDB entry. Ganymead 07:12, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I don't speak French. -- Riffsyphon1024 07:18, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Move to He Loves Me...He Loves Me Not Glaurung 07:47, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep as a redirect. Megan1967 10:31, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Move to He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not. Movie starred Audrey Tautou and is quite notable. Mike H 07:26, Feb 21, 2005 (UTC)
 * Redirect -- Longhair 07:59, 21 Feb 2005 (UTC)

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Yale Dramatic Association

The Yale Dramatic Association, also known as the "Yale Dramat," is the second oldest college theater company in the United States. Founded in 1901 by undergraduates at Yale University, the Dramat has been producing student theatre in the United States for over a century.

Background
Though no formal theatre company existed at Yale during its first two centuries of existence, dramas and comedies were enjoyed by students from the earliest days. When Professor William Lyon Phelps, '87, commenced his teaching during the 1890s, he began a literary Renaissance that culminated in his sponsorship of the Dramatic Association, founded by Henry D. Wescott, Class of 1901, as a club for students interested in public performances of plays. The first meeting of the organization, chaired by Wescott, occurred on February 2, 1900.

History
As archivist Gerasimos Tsourapas described its first days: "For its premiere production, the new organization chose The Second Shepherds' Play, the medieval English comedy that offers both sacred and profane variation on the birth of Christ: the religious could take comfort in the play's theological interests; the secular could delight in the naughty pranks of the protagonist. All in all, a good choice to allay the fears of those distrustful of the theater. As if to reinforce the high moral tone of the inaugural performance, the Dramat Executive Committee added Wescott's own adaptation of Chaucer's The Pardoner's Tale. Frank Lea Short, a New York theatrical figure, was hired to direct; Phelps and Professor Albert Cook served as literary advisors. Although both plays called for small casts, an 'audience-within-the-play'— some one hundred extras—was placed on stage as well; no doubt someone realized the importance of getting as many people involved in the new venture as possible. On May 13, 1900, the first production of the Yale Dramatic Association opened to the universal applause of town and gown."

Cole Porter was undoubtedly the best-known of the Dramat's early Twentieth-Century figures. Not only did he perform both male and female roles, but he wrote and directed three "smoker" productions and composed the totemic song "The Queen of the Yale Dramat" (1911) satirizing drag roles. His first show, And Still the Villain Pursued Her, poked fun at melodramas, while the second, Kaleidoscope, was a send-up of college life.

Since Porter's days the Dramat has fostered the careers of many distinguished actors, for example in the World Premiere production of Arthur Miller's The Crucible in 1957, (in two acts) prior to Broadway. In 1960 Sam Waterston and Austin Pendleton starred in Waiting for Godot. The Dramat was the first company to perform Thornton Wilder's one act play, The Long Christmas Dinner.

During the 1970s the company expanded its range and sophistication, with daring productions such as The Frogs, a musical adaptation of the Aristophanes comedy by Stephen Sondheim and Burt Shevelove, staged in the pool of Payne Whitney Gymnasium. Ted Tally, a future Academy Award winning screenwriter for Silence of the Lambs starred opposite Alley Mills of television's The Wonder Years. While Meryl Streep trod the boards at the Drama School, Mark Linn-Baker and Robert Picardo delighted audiences on the Dramat stage.

The 1980s saw additional steps forward, with original works by undergraduates such as Tina Landau, class of 1984. Her In the Image of Kings was a provocative treatment of lunatic monarchs. Since then the Dramat has maintained its high standards with both classics and modern masterpieces, musicals, reviews, light operas, and the occasional spoof in the tradition of Porter.

Administration
The Dramat is run by an eleven undergraduate member executive board which oversees the daily business of the Dramat, which includes selecting repertoire for performance and choosing or hiring directors for its productions. The Dramat's membership includes around 100 Yale undergraduates as well as many honorary and life-time members.

The Dramat played a large part in the founding of the Yale School of Drama and the construction of its main facility, the University Theater (also known as the UT).

Notable alumni

 * Stewart Alsop, writer and newspaper columnist
 * Peter Bergman: comedian, playwright, founder of The Firesign Theatre
 * Dick Cavett, television personality, comedian, and talk show host
 * John Conklin, scenic and costume designer
 * Bradford Dillman, actor and author
 * Jodie Foster, actress
 * Paul Giamatti, actor
 * Mark Alan Hewitt, architect and author
 * August Heckscher II, author and intellectual
 * George Roy Hill, film director
 * Bill Hinnant, actor
 * Skip Hinnant, actor and comedian; Bill's younger brother
 * Peter H. Hunt, director, lighting designer
 * Lewis A. Lapham, journalist and shipping executive
 * Mark Linn-Baker, actor
 * Ron Livingston, actor
 * Richard Maltby, Jr., Tony Award-winning director and lyricist
 * Jefferson Mays, Tony Award-winning actor
 * Edward Norton, actor
 * Claes Oldenburg, sculptor
 * Austin Pendleton, actor, playwright, and director
 * Robert Picardo, actor
 * Bronson Pinchot, actor
 * Cole Porter, composer of musicals
 * Philip Proctor: actor, member of The Firesign Theatre
 * Rex Robbins, actor
 * Sidney Dillon Ripley, secretary of Smithsonian Institution
 * David Shire, songwriter and composer (often in collaboration with Richard Maltby as lyricist)
 * Ted Tally, screenwriter and playwright
 * Alex Timbers, director
 * Sonny Tufts, actor
 * Stephen Vincent Benét, writer
 * Thornton Wilder, writer
 * Sam Waterston, actor
 * James Whitmore, actor
 * Monty Woolley, director and actor

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Wikipedia Campus Ambassadors wanted in Troy, Alabama
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Dick Irvin

James Dickinson "Dick" Irvin Jr. (or II) (July 19, 1892 – May 16, 1957) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player and coach. He played for professional teams in the Pacific Coast Hockey Association, the Western Canada Hockey League, and the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1916 to 1928, when he had to retire from repeated injuries. Irvin was one of the greatest players of his day, balancing a torrid slap shot and tough style with gentlemanly play. For his playing career, Irvin was named to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1958. After playing, Irvin built a successful career as a coach in the NHL with the Chicago Black Hawks, Toronto Maple Leafs, and Montreal Canadiens. He won one Stanley Cup as a coach with Toronto, three more with Montreal, finishing with over 600 wins as a coach. He also served in the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the First World War.

Early life
Irvin was born in Hamilton, Ontario, one of 10 children, six boys and four girls. Two of the boys died in infancy, and the four girls all died of tuberculosis at an early age. His father James Dickinson Irvin Sr. was a butcher. The family moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba, when Dick Jr. was eight.

Irvin played hockey from an early age, following in the footsteps of his oldest brother Alex. Their father would drive his sons and other boys to games by horse and sleigh, relying often upon the horses' sense of direction in winter blizzards to return home safely. The family flooded the driveway of their home to create an ice rink which the Irvin sons would play on. Irvin also set up a shooting area in the attic of the home, where he would shoot a puck at the doorknob of an old door mounted sideways against a wall.

Irvin first played senior hockey with the Winnipeg Strathconas at the early age of 12. The Strathconas were reserve team to support the Winnipeg Monarchs. During the 1914 Allan Cup, Irvin was ruled ineligible to compete for the Monarchs. Team president Fred Marples declared that the Monarchs refused to defend the cup without Irvin. After three days of negotiating, the Monarchs agreed to play without Irvin in a one-game Allan Cup challenge versus the Kenora Thistles, instead of the customary two-game series decided on total goals scored. The Canadian Amateur Hockey Association was established later in 1914, which determined player eligibility for the Allan Cup. Irvin was declared eligible for the Monarchs and won the 1915 Allan Cup after the team had defeated the Melville Millionaires over two games 7 goals to 6 (3-4, 4-2). There were no further challenges, and Irvin and the Monarchs ended the season as Allan Cup champions.

Irvin was also considered a top baseball player and he played on the Winnipeg Dominion Express team with his brothers Alex and George. Irvin was also a competitive curler.

Career
Irvin began his professional career in 1916 with the Portland Rosebuds of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association and was the fourth leading scoring rookie tallying 35 goals. Before the following season, the Canadian government instituted a draft in August 1917 and Irvin was conscripted into the Canadian Expeditionary Force in November 1917. Irvin was taken on by The Fort Garry Horse regiment in April 1918 and arrived in England in May 1918. He was transferred to France in August 1918 and in October was transferred to a signals unit as a motorcycle rider. The war ended in November 1918 and Irvin arrived back in Halifax in May 1919.

Irvin was reinstated as an amateur and he played three seasons with the Regina Victorias senior club. He returned to professional hockey in 1921 with the Regina Capitals of the Western Canada Hockey League. In 1926, at age 34, he entered the National Hockey League (NHL), signed by the newly formed Chicago Black Hawks. Irvin was made the team's first captain, and had an impressive campaign, finishing second in the league in scoring. In their first season, the Black Hawks led all NHL teams in scoring, led by Irvin and Babe Dye. Irvin's second season turned to tragedy as he fractured his skull, which led to retirement after the 1928–29 season, during which he had also added coaching duties. The Hawks had finished with the worst record in the NHL in both of his last two seasons as a player.

Irvin was hired as head coach of the Black Hawks in 1930, and in his first season behind the bench led the team to 24 wins, 17 losses and 3 ties. The Black Hawks made it to the Stanley Cup Finals but lost and the Black Hawks released him in September 1931. That November, the Toronto Maple Leafs were winless after five games and manager Conn Smythe convinced Irvin to coach the Leafs. In his first season coaching the Leafs (the first in the brand-new Maple Leaf Gardens), he achieved immediate success by winning the Stanley Cup. Irvin would lead the Leafs to the finals six more times, but could not deliver another Cup to Toronto.

By the end of the 1939–40 season, which ended with yet another loss in the finals, Smythe believed that Irvin had taken the Leafs as far as he could and decided to replace him with former Leafs captain Hap Day, who had retired. Smythe also knew that he would be away in the war and felt that Irvin would not be tough enough without Smythe to back him up.

Meanwhile, the Montreal Canadiens had just suffered a ten-win season (still the worst winning percentage in franchise history), and were looking for a new coach. Knowing that the Canadiens were in serious straits off the ice as well as on it, Smythe suggested that the Canadiens hire Irvin, solving both teams' issues. Although Smythe knew he was giving the Leafs' biggest rival a boost, Smythe knew that three teams had already folded during the Depression and didn't want the Canadiens to join them. Soon afterwards, Canadiens general manager Tommy Gorman picked Irvin up and drove him to Montreal to become coach of the team. Irvin and players from the Canadiens were featured in the instructional film Hockey Fundamentals in December 1941, produced by the Quebec Amateur Hockey Association to benefit local minor ice hockey players.

Irvin didn't take long to turn the Canadiens around. He had them back in the playoffs in his first season, and in his fourth season took them all the way to the Stanley Cup—the first of six finals appearances and three Cups. Helped by star players Elmer Lach, Doug Harvey, goalie Bill Durnan and a young Maurice Richard, the Canadiens were just beginning to blossom as an NHL dynasty. Although Irvin found his greatest success in Montreal, he came under fire for encouraging "goon" tactics, especially after Montreal fans rioted in protest of Richard's season-ending suspension for attacking a referee. He was already well known for looking the other way when stick-swinging duels broke out in practices. Although they made it to the Cup Finals (losing to the Detroit Red Wings), internal pressure forced Irvin to step down.

He returned to the Black Hawks as head coach for the 1955–56 season, taking the reins of a moribund team that had only made the playoffs once in the past 10 years and finished last in the past two seasons. Irvin was unable to turn the team's fortunes around, and the Black Hawks again ended the year in last place, despite the emergence of Ed Litzenberger as a scoring star. Irvin was to coach the Black Hawks again in 1956–57, but he became so ill with bone cancer that he had to retire before the season began. He died a few months later at age 64 in Montreal.

A year later, Irvin was elected into the Hockey Hall of Fame. His coaching career included four Stanley Cups with 692 regular season wins. Among the seven coaches with four Stanley Cup championships, only Al Arbour and Scotty Bowman have more wins than Irvin.

Playing style
When PCHA president Frank Patrick signed Irvin to his league for the 1916–17 season, to play with the Portland Rosebuds, he claimed the 23-year old former Winnipeg amateur centre ice man was "the greatest forward who ever came into the Pacific Coast League" and predicted that before the end of the season Irvin would be "one of the best players in the country." Patrick hailed Irvin as a "natural-born goal getter" who "scores from almost any possible angle."

After a slow start in Portland, where Irvin himself was convinced that he was not to be given a chance to properly display his worth as a player, later on confessing that he had had early thoughts on leaving the league and returning home to Winnipeg, he was finally injected into a game in Portland and made good with a vengeance. At the end of the season he had lived up to Frank Patrick's high expectations and he almost caught up with the top point producers in the league, finally finishing 4th in goals and 5th in points despite his slow start to the season where he sat on the bench for most of the first five games.

Irvin was not only clean playing but also a clean living individual who did not touch either alcohol or nicotine, figuring a perfect health would be one of his best assets, to go along with his deceptive wig-wagging moves and his dangerous shooting ability on the ice.

Personal
Irvin kept a home in Regina, Saskatchewan, for most of his life, before buying a home in Mount Royal in 1954. Irvin married Bertha Helen Bain and fathered two children, daughter Fay and son James Dickinson Irvin III (known as Dick, Jr.) who is a noted Canadian television sports announcer. He was a noted pigeon fancier. Irvin died at his Mount Royal home. According to his obituary in the Montreal Gazette, Irvin "died after a lingering illness. [He] had to retire because of the illness that was finally to snuff out his colorful life." He was interred in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto.

Irvin was portrayed in the 2005 Maurice Richard biopic The Rocket by Canadian actor Stephen McHattie.

Tribute
Upon learning of Irvin's death, NHL president Clarence Campbell issued this statement which appeared in the Montreal Gazette on May 17, 1957: "Everyone in the hockey world mourns. [We have lost] one of the greatest figures the game has ever known."

Awards and achievements

 * Allan Cup Championship (1915)
 * Stanley Cup Championships as a coach (1932 – Toronto, 1944, 1946, and 1953 – Montreal)
 * Lost in the finals a record 12 times as a coach (1931 – Chicago, 1933-35-36-38-39-40 – Toronto, 1947-51-52-54-55 – Montreal)
 * NHL First All-Star Team Coach (1944, 1945, 1946)
 * NHL Second All-Star Team Coach (1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1941)
 * Inducted into the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame and Museum in 1983
 * Selected to Manitoba's All-Century First All-Star Team and named Coach of the Century
 * Honoured Member of the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame

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Cheo Feliciano

Cheo Feliciano (3 July 1935 – 17 April 2014) was a Puerto Rican singer and composer of salsa and bolero music. Feliciano was the owner of a recording company called "Coche Records". He was the first tropical singer to perform at the "Amira de la Rosa Theater" in Barranquilla, Colombia, and in 1987 he played the role of Roberto Clemente's father in the musical Clemente.

Early years
Feliciano (birth name: José Luis Feliciano Vega ) was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico, where he was raised and educated. His parents were Prudencio Feliciano and Crescencia Vega. As a child, he was nicknamed "Cheo" by his family - a colloquial version of his name José, normally used by close friends and family. However, the name stuck and became part of his everyday name (using the nickname avoided confusion with José Feliciano, another major Puerto Rican singer to whom he is not related). At a young age he was influenced by the bolero music of the Trio Los Panchos. When he was only eight years old he formed his first group with his friends and named it "El Combo Las Latas". They were so poor that their musical instruments were made out of cans. After finishing his primary education, Feliciano attended the Escuela Libre de Música Juan Morel Campos in Ponce, where he studied percussion.

Musical career and singing debut
In 1952, Feliciano moved with his family to New York City and settled down in Spanish Harlem. Here he auditioned as a percussionist in the "Ciro Rimac's Review" band - giving him his first professional musical job. Bandleader Tito Rodríguez, heard Feliciano play and offered him a job in his orchestra. He accepted, but after playing for some time with Tito, he left the band to play the conga for Luis Cruz. Despite leaving, he always remained on friendly terms with Tito. Feliciano also played percussion for Kako y su Trabuco orchestra. He was also a roadie for Mon Rivera.

In 1955, Rodríguez found out that Joe Cuba was in need of a singer for his sextet. Aware that Feliciano was also a talented singer, he recommended Cuba that he try out for the position. Feliciano auditioned and became a vocalist for the Joe Cuba Sextet. He was the rare baritone among salsa singers, and his deep voice and quick wit as an improviser made him a favorite among the Latino public.

On October 5, 1957, Feliciano made his professional singing debut with the Joe Cuba Sextet, singing the song "Perfidia". He remained with the sextet for 10 years. In 1967, he joined the Eddie Palmieri Orchestra and sang for them for two years. However, at the same time he began using drugs at 21 years old. His increasing addiction led him to heroin, which in turn threatened his life and career. He decided to quit drugs "cold turkey" and eventually joined Puerto Rico's rehabilitation center, Hogares CREA. Feliciano credits Tite Curet Alonso, the author of most of his hits and his best friend, with pushing him through his rehabilitation. As a result, he was a vehement anti-drug spokesperson, who volunteered to assist in the rehabilitation of fellow salsa artists who fell prey to drug addiction.

Return to music
In 1971, Feliciano came back to music with the album Cheo, his first solo recording. The album, which featured compositions by Feliciano's friend Tite Curet, broke all sales records in the Latino music market. The album included: During the 1970s, Feliciano recorded fifteen albums for Fania Record Co. and had hits with "Amada Mia" and "Juan Albañil". He also recorded one of his first albums bolero music titled La Voz Sensual de Cheo. The album was recorded in Argentina, with a band directed by Jorge Calandrelli. Feliciano also participated in the first salsa opera Hommy.
 * "Anacaona" and
 * "Mi Triste Problema"

In 1982, Feliciano started his own recording company called "Coche Records". In 1984, he was honored by artists like Rubén Blades and Joe Cuba in a concert entitled Tribute to Cheo Feliciano. The next year, he became the first tropical singer to perform at the Amira de la Rosa Theater in Barranquilla, Colombia. In 1987, he landed the role of Roberto Clemente's father in the musical Clemente. Feliciano also became a hit in Spain, and was a regular in the Tenerife Carnival. He also sang in the 1992 Universal Exposition in Seville.

In 1990, Feliciano recorded another album of bolero music, titled Los Feelings de Cheo. He also traveled all over Europe, Japan, Africa, and South America. In Venezuela, he had a reunion with Eddie Palmieri. In 1995, Feliciano won a Platinum Record Award for La Combinación Perfecta.

In 2000, Feliciano recorded Una Voz, Mil Recuerdos as a tribute to various Puerto Rican singers. The album was listed among the 20 outstanding recordings of the year by the National Foundation of the Popular Culture of Puerto Rico. In 2002, he recorded Cheo en la Intimidad. In 2012, Feliciano and Ruben Blades released a collaboration album titled Eba Say Aja where both artists performed each other's previously recorded songs. In the same year, Feliciano became part of Sergio George's group called Salsa Giants whom he was touring with at the time of his death. Feliciano was very active and continued traveling and performing all over the world until his last day.

Personal life
Feliciano met Socorro "Cocó" Prieto León in New York, when she was 15 years old. They married on October 5, 1958 and had four children together. Feliciano dedicated his 1993 album, Motivos, to his wife.

Health
In June 2013, Feliciano confirmed that he was suffering from liver cancer and was already undergoing chemotherapy. Doctors discovered the illness when they were treating him for a dislocated shoulder. Early in 2014, Feliciano celebrated being "cancer-free".

Death
Feliciano died in the early hours of 17 April 2014 in a single car accident on Highway 176 in the San Juan's barrio of Cupey, after losing control of his vehicle and hitting a concrete utility pole. His wife, Coco, told reporters that Feliciano did not like to wear a seat belt. Puerto Rico Governor Alejandro Garcia Padilla declared three days of mourning.

A memorial service in honor of Feliciano was held at the Roberto Clemente Coliseum in San Juan on 20 April 2014. The service was attended by thousands of people from all over the island. Many fellow artists paid their respects to Feliciano with songs and by keeping guard by Feliciano's coffin. Artists and groups like Danny Rivera, José Nogueras, Fania All-Stars, Gilberto Santa Rosa, Rubén Blades, Víctor Manuelle, Andy Montañez, and Tito Nieves were present. The next day, his body was taken to the city of Ponce, where he was born. A public service was held at the Ponce Convention Center, led by Governor Alejandro García Padilla and Mayor María "Mayita" Meléndez. After that, a private ceremony was held for the family and close friends inside La Piedad Cemetery. Although the public was not allowed entrance at first, the gates were opened once the family finished their memorial.

Feliciano's petition was to be buried at the Panteón Nacional Román Baldorioty de Castro. Puerto Rico Department of Health does not allow for burials at the Panteon, but interment of remains are permitted after five years. Ponce Mayor Maria Melendez stated she would issue a municipal order to transfer Feliciano's remains to the Panteon, if possible after one year.

Influence
Through his career, Feliciano was recognized as a pioneer in the salsa genre, and many artists considered him an influence. Gilberto Santa Rosa, Ruben Blades, Alex D'Castro, Jerry Rivas (of El Gran Combo) and his friend Gerardo (of NG2) are among some of the singers that mentioned Feliciano as an influence. Rivas referred to him as "my inspiration", while Blades has admitted that he began his career copying Feliciano's style and tone.

with Joe Cuba Sextet

 * Cha Cha Cha's To Soothe The Savage Beast (1958)
 * Steppin' Out (1962)
 * Hangin' Out (1963)
 * Diggin' the Most (1963)
 * El Alma Del Barrio (1964)
 * We Must Be Doing Something Right (1965)
 * Comin' at You (1965)
 * Bailadores (1965)
 * Red Hot and Cha Cha (1966)

With Eddie Palmieri

 * Champagne (1968);
 * Eddie Palmieri (1981)

Solo

 * Cheo (1971)
 * La Voz Sensual de Cheo (1972)
 * Felicidades (1973)
 * With a Little Help from My Friend (1973)
 * Looking for Love (1974)
 * The Singer (1976)
 * Mi tierra y yo (1977)
 * Estampas (1979)
 * Sentimiento, tú (1980)
 * Profundo (1982)
 * Regresa el amor (1985)
 * Sabor y sentimiento (1987)
 * Te regalo mi sabor criollo (1987)
 * Como tú lo Pediste (1988)
 * Los Feelings de Cheo (1990)

 * Cantando (1991)
 * Motivos (1993)
 * Soñar (1996)
 * Un Solo Beso (1996)
 * El Eterno Enamorado (1997)
 * Cheo en Cuba (1997)
 * Pinceladas Navideñas (1998)
 * Una voz... Mil recuerdos (1999)
 * En la Intimidad (2002)
 * Salsa Caliente De Nu York (2003)
 * Romántico (2004)
 * Navidad más excelente de Cheo Feliciano (2005)
 * Pura salsa (2006)
 * La herencia (2007)
 * A Man And His Music (2009)
 * Historia de la salsa (2009)

Popular singles

 * "A las Seis" (1962),
 * "El Pito" (1967)
 * "Busca lo Tuyo" (1968), Eddie Palmieri
 * "Anacaona" (1971)
 * "Mi Triste Problema" (1971)
 * "Salomé" (1973)
 * "Nabori" (1973)
 * "Mapeye" (1973)
 * "El Ratón" (1974), Fania All Stars
 * "Canta" (1976)
 * "Los Entierros" (1979)
 * "Amada Mía" (1980)
 * "Juan Albañil" (1980)
 * "Sobre Una Tumba Humilde" (1980)
 * "Ritmo Alegre" (1981), Eddie Palmieri
 * "Trizas" (1982)
 * "Yo No Soy Un Ángel" (1991)
 * "Mentiras" (1991)

Awards and recognitions

 * 1975 - The Golden Cup - Venezuela
 * 1976 - "Most Popular Artist" by Latin New York magazine
 * 1977 - Daily News Front Page Award for "Best Latin Vocalist"
 * 1985 - Owl of Gold (Panama); The Silver Chin Award (Miami, Florida)' Golden Agueybana Award (Puerto Rico)
 * 1983 & 1984 - Honorable Son of Ponce
 * 1999 - A tribute in his honor from the Puerto Rican Senate
 * 2008 - June 20 declared Cheo Feliciano Day in New York City
 * 2008 - Latin Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
 * In Ponce, he is recognized at the Park for the Illustrious Ponce Citizens.

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Duophonic Records

Duophonic Ultra High Frequency Disks Limited (also known as Duophonic Records or Duophonic Super 45s) is a British independent record label formed by English-French rock band Stereolab in 1991. The label has two imprints: Duophonic Ultra High Frequency Disks for UK Stereolab releases licensed to various labels worldwide, and Duophonic Super 45s for releases of other artists and certain Stereolab UK-only releases. Duophonic's first release was Stereolab's debut EP Super 45 (1991), limited to 880 copies; of these, forty copies had handmade covers that were produced by Martin Pike in his father's garage.

Bands that have released records on Duophonic include Broadcast, the High Llamas, Labradford, Tortoise, Pram, Yo La Tengo, the Notwist, and Apparat Organ Quartet. Daft Punk, one of the most successful electronic bands of the 1990s, released their first songs under the name Darlin' on the 1993 Duophonic compilation Shimmies in Super 8. Duophonic's most successful release is Stereolab's Emperor Tomato Ketchup (1996), which was licensed to Elektra Records outside the UK and has sold over 60,000 copies worldwide.

Duophonic is managed by Martin Pike, and is owned by Tim Gane (34%), Laetitia Sadier (34%), and Pike (32%). Although founded in 1991, the label did not become a limited company until 25 August 1993, when Pike relocated from Horsham, West Sussex, to East Dulwich in the London Borough of Southwark. From there, Pike also runs Associated London Management [2008] Ltd, a company dedicated to the management of bands such as Stereolab, Broadcast, Deerhunter, Atlas Sound, and the High Llamas.

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Ian Brown (journalist)

Ian Brown (born 1954 in Lachine, Quebec) is a Canadian journalist and author, winner of several national magazine and newspaper awards.

Brown is currently the host of Human Edge and The View from Here on TVOntario, and has hosted programming for CBC Radio One, including Later the Same Day, Talking Books, and Sunday Morning. He has also worked as a business writer at Maclean's and the Financial Post, a feature reporter for The Globe and Mail, and a freelance journalist for other magazines including Saturday Night. He is an occasional contributor to the American public radio program This American Life.

Ian Brown was the editor of What I Meant to Say: The Private Lives of Men a 2006 collection of twenty-nine essays by prominent Canadian writers, including Greg Hollingshead, David Macfarlane, Don Gillmor, Bert Archer, and Brown himself, who asked his contributors to write on subjects that they'd like to discuss with women but had never been able to.

Ian Brown has also published four books, including Freewheeling (1989) about the Billes family, owners of Canadian Tire, and Man Overboard. The Boy in the Moon: A Father's Search for His Disabled Son., a book-length version of Brown's series of Globe and Mail features dealing with his son Walker's rare genetic disorder, Cardiofaciocutaneous Syndrome (CFC), was published in the fall of 2009.

Ian Brown's newest book is ''Sixty: The Beginning of the End, or the End of the Beginning? A Diary of My Sixty-First Year'' (2015). Brown began keeping a diary with a Facebook post on the morning of February 4, 2014, his sixtieth birthday. As well as keeping a running tally on how he survived the year, Brown explored what being sixty means physically, psychologically and intellectually.

In January 2010, Ian Brown won British Columbia's National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction for his book The Boy in the Moon: A Father's Search for His Disabled Son. The award is Canada's richest non-fiction prize and offers the winner a $40,000 prize. In February, 2010, the book won the Charles Taylor Prize, a $25,000 prize which recognizes excellence in literary non-fiction.

Brown is married to Globe and Mail film critic Johanna Schneller.

Non-fiction

 * Freewheeling: The Feuds, Broods, and Outrageous Fortunes of the Billes Family and Canada's Favorite Company (1989)
 * Man Overboard: True adventures with North American Men  (1993)
 * What I Meant to Say: The Private Lives of Men (editor) (2006)
 * The Boy in the Moon: A Father's Search for His Disabled Son (2009)
 * Sixty: The Beginning of the End, or the End of the Beginning? A Diary of My Sixty-First Year (2015)

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Talk:Woodrow Lloyd

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I have tagged File:Woodrow_Stanley_Lloyd_portrait.jpg, which is in use in this article for deletion because it does not have a copyright tag. If a copyright tag is not added within seven days the image will be deleted. -- Chris  00:35, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

Article title should just be Woodrow Lloyd
The title of this article should be Woodrow Lloyd, without the Stanley. According to WP:UCN the Wikipedia style-guide on how to name articles, the article is supposed to use the most common name for the subject of the article. In this case it is just Woodrow Lloyd. Therefore, I am requesting that the article be moved to Woodrow Lloyd.--Abebenjoe (talk) 10:32, 18 December 2011 (UTC)

Why no mention of family other than merely his wife's name?
They had a son born in 1953 and quite likely others. Masalai (talk) 08:31, 16 February 2014 (UTC)

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Crystal (New Order song)

"Crystal" is the twenty-fifth single by English rock band New Order. The song was released on 11 July 2001 as the first single from their seventh studio album, Get Ready (2001). "Crystal" entered the UK Singles Chart at number eight, attracting considerable attention and critical praise as the band's comeback single, their first original since 1993. The song also found success internationally, peaking at number three in Canada, number seven in Finland, and reaching the top 50 in Germany, Ireland, Italy, and Sweden. "Crystal" appears as the first track on the album in a version different from the single release, with an extended intro and coda.

Release
Singer-guitarist Bernard Sumner originally gave the song to German record label Mastermind for Success, and it was recorded by label artist Corvin Dalek. However, DJ Pete Tong heard the song and declared it to be the best New Order single since "Blue Monday", leading Sumner to reconsider the gift and have New Order record and release it.

A version of the single was also released in Japan to promote the release of the New Order DVD 316, and has a different cover that resembles the 316 cover. B-sides for the single were 4 live audio tracks taken from the DVD. The single was B-sided by a variety of remixes, and an original song titled "Behind Closed Doors", which was produced by Arthur Baker. All versions feature extensive backing vocals from Dawn Zee, mostly wordless. Zee has continued to perform with New Order on all their successive studio albums.

After the song was released, a remix contest was held in which there were thousands of entries around the world.

Critical reception
Joe Tangari of Pitchfork called the song as "possibly one of New Order's best singles". Drowned in Sound rated it a 9/10 and described it as "fantastic" and the "confident, strutting return of a band that knows that the music industry has missed it." Stereogum placed the song at number ten in the list of their top ten best New Order songs.

Promotion
The main music video, set to the album version, was directed by Johan Renck, produced by Nicola Doring through London production company Jane Fuller Associates and cinematographed by Fredrik Callinggård. It does not feature New Order; instead, it depicts a younger band miming to New Order's music and words. At the end, a large number of people come on stage to pull them off-stage.

The fictional band is named "The Killers" (the name appears on the bass drum in the video). This name later inspired a real band of the same name, who lifted a number of elements of the layout of the set in the "Crystal" video for their own video "Somebody Told Me". In 2005, at Scotland's T in the Park festival, New Order performed the song with The Killers' frontman Brandon Flowers singing the main vocals in a guest performance. In 2013, at a gig in Manchester, Bernard Sumner joined The Killers onstage to perform the song. Also in 2013, Brandon Flowers joined New Order in Bogota, Colombia, to perform this song. When The Killers were on-stage, Sumner joined them to play "Shadowplay", a Joy Division song covered by The Killers. In March 2016, at The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas, New Order performed "Crystal" with The Killers' frontman Brandon Flowers singing the main vocals in a guest performance.

The DVD single contains an alternate music video, set to the "Special Circumstances Mix (Digweed & Muir Bedrock Radio Edit)" of the song. Directed and produced by Gina Birch and Simon Tyszko, the video depicts a motorcycle ride through city streets at night, viewed through two side-by-side shots filmed with sub miniature video cameras mounted in boots.

The cover art for the CD and DVD shows actress and model Nicolette Krebitz with her trousers below her knees.

Track listings

 * Numerous "Crystal" 12-inch records were released, with the Bedrock, Lee Coombs and John Creamer & Stephane K remixes each released on individual 12-inch singles.

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User:Nobbie

I'm Nobbie, passionate about languages, 23 years old.

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Human Edge

Human Edge is a Canadian television series, which premiered on TVOntario in 1989. The program presents international documentary films on social issues.

The series was hosted in its first season by Michael Ignatieff. He was succeeded by Mary Lou Finlay in the second season, by Catherine Olsen in the third and fourth seasons, and by Ian Brown in the fifth season; Brown hosted for the remainder of the show's run.

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Ben Jones

Ben Jones may refer to:

Australia

 * Ben Jones (Australian rugby league, born 1980), Australian rugby league player for the Canberra Raiders
 * Ben Jones (Australian rugby league, born 1990), Australian rugby league player for the North Queensland Cowboys

Canada

 * Ben Jones (ice hockey) (born 1999)

United Kingdom

 * Ben Jones (footballer, born 1880) (1880–?), English soccer player
 * Benny Jones (footballer, born 1907), see 1931–32 Rochdale A.F.C. season
 * Ben Jones (footballer, born 1992), Welsh football player
 * Benjamin Jones (cyclist) (1882–1963), British 1908 Olympic gold medalist and Empire Games champion
 * Ben Jones (rugby union, born 1983), English rugby union player, currently playing for Worcester Warriors
 * Ben Jones (English rugby league) (born 1988), English rugby league player for York City Knights
 * Ben Jones (rugby union, born 1998), Welsh rugby union player
 * Ben Jones-Bishop (born 1988), English rugby league player for Leeds Rhinos
 * Reuben Jones (1932–1990), British athlete

United States

 * Ben A. Jones (1882–1961), American thoroughbred horse trainer
 * Ben Jones (halfback) (1899–1929), American football halfback
 * Ben Jones (offensive lineman) (born 1989), American football offensive lineman
 * Ben Jones (racing driver) (1903–1938), American racecar driver

In the arts

 * Ben Jones (American actor and politician) (born 1941), American actor and politician
 * Ben Jones (British actor) (born 1972), British actor
 * Ben Jones (American cartoonist) (born 1977), member of the collective Paper Rad
 * Ben Jones (DJ) (born 1977), British radio DJ
 * Ben Jones (musician) (born 1982), English singer, songwriter, musician and producer
 * Ben York Jones (born 1984), American actor and screenwriter

Other

 * Ben Jones (co-operator) (1847–1942), British co-operative and political activist
 * Ben Jones (Grenadian politician) (1924–2005), Grenadian politician
 * Ben Jones (Welsh solicitor) (1914–1989), Welsh solicitor and Liberal Party politician
 * Benjamin Jones (economist) (born 1972), professor at Kellogg School of Management
 * Benjamin F. Jones (born 1966), American historian and academic administrator
 * Detective Sergeant Ben Jones, leading character in the British TV series Midsomer Murders

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John D Buchanan

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was DELETE. jni 15:57, 26 Feb 2005 (UTC)

John D Buchanan
Self promotion page with links to essays written by Mr. Buchanan. Mostly advertising for his book.Ganymead 07:04, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Just self-promotion. Nothing notable. Zzyzx11 08:23, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, self-promotion. Megan1967 10:32, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Non-notable. Carrp | Talk 15:31, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, obviously promotional. See also: Create Your Own Art School Success. Tverbeek 16:19, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * I disabled the external links so that Mr Buchanan doesn't get any Google rank increase from this little exercise in vanity. Delete. DJ Clayworth 04:29, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)

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 * Delete, apparently a serial self-promoter. Alai 05:19, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. ComCat 08:45, 25 Feb 2005 (UTC)


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Lija

Lija (Ħal Lija) is a small village in the Eastern Region of Malta. It forms part of the Three villages of Malta, along with Attard and Balzan. Lija has a baroque parish church and seven other small chapels. The parish church is dedicated to Our Saviour. Lija became a parish in 1594, after the small community detached itself from the neighbouring town, Birkirkara. It has a population of 3,162 as of 2021.

Culture

Lija is mostly known for its fireworks displays that attract thousands of locals and tourists during the festa period held in the first week of August. These displays are very well renowned and claimed to be the best around the island. The Lija fireworks team also won an international fireworks competition held in Monaco back in 1980. In 2006, the Lija fireworks factory placed second in a Fireworks festival organised at the Grand Harbour in Malta's capital, Valletta.

Lija has several old houses and large citrus gardens. The Lija Belvedere Tower and Villa Francia are a main attraction. The official University Residence of the University of Malta is also situated in this village.

Lija Athletic F.C. is the village's football club. This club has been promoted to Malta's Premier (highest) Division five times in its history, most recently being in the 2020/21 season. Considering the small size of the village and the resource and financial limitations, this was deemed to be a huge success by local sports enthusiasts. Lija Athletic, with the collaboration of the Local Council, inaugurated a new synthetic pitch on 6 July 2007 (Jum Ħal Lija or "Lija Day"). This pitch is situated in the village's primary school grounds. This year, 2024, the club is celebrating its 75th anniversary since its foundation in 1949.

British author Anthony Burgess, whose works include A Clockwork Orange, resided in Lija for three years (1968-1970). At Lija there is also Villa Parisio, where politician Mabel Strickland, daughter of Lord Gerald Strickland, lived.

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Mari Evans

Mari Evans (July 16, 1919 – March 10, 2017) was an African-American poet, writer, and dramatist associated with the Black Arts Movement. Evans received grants and awards including a lifetime achievement award from the Indianapolis Public Library Foundation. Her poetry is known for its lyrical simplicity and the directness of its themes. She also wrote nonfiction and edited Black Women Writers (1950–1980): A Critical Evaluation (Doubleday, 1984), an important and timely critical anthology devoted to the work of 15 writers. Evans died at the age of 97 in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Early life and education
Evans was born in Toledo, Ohio, on July 16, 1919, to Mary Jane Jacobs and William Reed Evans. Evans's mother died when Mari was seven years old. Evans's father strongly encouraged her to develop and cultivate her writing ability throughout her life.

Evans attended local public schools before enrolling at the University of Toledo in 1939. She majored in fashion design, but left in 1941 without earning a college degree.

Career
After leaving college, Evans decided to pursue a career as a musician. This decision prompted her to move to the East Coast, where she began to collaborate with various jazz musicians, including Wes Montgomery, a native of Indianapolis, Indiana. In 1947, Evans left the East Coast and moved to Indianapolis. After she settled in the city, she worked for the Indiana Housing Authority before joining the U.S. Civil Service.

Evans gained notoriety as a poet during the 1960s and 1970s and became associated with the Black Arts Movement, an effort to explore African-American culture and history through the arts and literature. In addition to Evans, other prominent members of the movement were Amiri Baraka, Gwendolyn Brooks, Nikki Giovanni, Etheridge Knight, Haki R. Madhubuti, Larry Neal, and Sonia Sanchez, among others. Evans was also an activist interested in social justice issues and a critic of racism. As she later remarked, "From the time I was five . . . I was aware that color was an issue over which the society and I would war."

Evans began a series of teaching appointments in American universities in 1969. During 1969–70 she served as writer-in-residence at Indiana University – Purdue University at Indianapolis, where she taught courses in African-American literature. Evans accepted a position the following year as an assistant professor and writer-in-residence at Indiana University in Bloomington, where she taught until 1978. From 1968 to 1973, Evans produced, wrote, and directed The Black Experience, a weekly television program for WTTV in Indianapolis. Later, she explained that the program was her attempt to represent African-Americans to themselves.

In 1975 Evans received an honorary doctorate of humane letters degree from Marian College. She continued her teaching career at Purdue University (1978–80), Washington University in St. Louis (1980), Cornell University (1981–85), the State University of New York at Albany (1985–86), and Spelman College.

Writing
Although her most renowned collection of poetry, I Am a Black Woman (1970), and many of her early poems preceded the Black Arts Movement, these works coincided with the Black Arts poets' messages of black cultural, psychological, and economic liberation. Themes of love, loss, loneliness, struggle, pride, and resistance are common in Evans's poetry. She also used "imagery, metaphor, and rhetoric" to describe the African-American experience, the focus of her literary work, and explained that "when I write, I write according to the title of poetry Margaret Walker's classic: 'for my people'."

Evans's writing focused primarily of the issues of race and identity. Her poems frequently featured African-American women. She also became "known for her intensity and no-nonsense candor". Although her first poetry collection, Where is All the Music?, did not attract critical acclaim, her second poetry collection, I Am a Black Woman (1970), brought her international attention and notoriety. This second collection called for social change and included her best-known individual poem, "I Am a Black Woman". Evans's other memorable poems include: "Celebration", "If There be Sorrow", "Speak the Truth to the People", "When in Rome", and "The Rebel", among others. Her later works included poetry collections, Nightstar 1973–1978 (1981), considered one of her best poetry collections, and A Dark and Splendid Mass (1992).

In her later work, Evans began to use experimental techniques and incorporate African-American idioms in ways that encouraged readers to identify with and respect the speaker. Her poems were also characterized as "realistic", "hopeful", "sometimes ironic", and enthusiastic. In her poem "Who Can Be Born Black", she concludes with the lines: "Who/ can be born/ black/ and not exhult!" In addition, Evans spoke of the need to make Blackness both beautiful and powerful. In her poem "I am a Black Woman", the final stanza reads: "I am a black woman/ tall as a cypress/ strong/ beyond all definition still/ defying place/ and time/ and circumstance/ assailed/ impervious/ indestructible/ Look on me and be/renewed." She is also well known for the line: "I have never been contained except I made the prison."

Although she is primarily known for her poetry, Evans also wrote short fiction, children's books, dramas, nonfiction articles, and essays. She also edited the "ground-breaking anthology", Black Women Writers (1950–1980): A Critical Evaluation (1984), and wrote Clarity As Concept: A Poet's Perspective (2006), a collection of essays. Evans tackled social issues in her writing, even in her children's books. ''Dear Corinne, Tell Somebody! Love, Annie (1999), for example, is about child abuse and "I'm Late"'' (2006) deals with teen pregnancy.

In 1975 Evans attended the MacDowell Writers Colony and in 1984 she attended the Yaddo writers retreat.

Community service
Mari Evans was an activist for prison reform, and was against capital punishment. She also worked with theater groups and local community organizations including Girls, Inc. of Greater Indianapolis and the Young Men's Christian Association. In addition, Evans volunteered in elementary and secondary schools.

Personal life
Evans, who was divorced and the mother of two sons, led a quiet life in Indianapolis. She enjoyed playing the piano and "was a fan of the Indiana Avenue jazz scene" during the 1940s and '50s. In addition, Evans was a member of Indianapolis's Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, but attended Broadway United Methodist Church in her later years.

Death and legacy
Evans died in Indianapolis on March 10, 2017, at the age of 97. Funeral services were held at Saint Luke's Methodist Church in Indianapolis due to the large crowd that expected to attend.

Evans was "often considered a key figure of the Black Arts Movement" and among the most influential of the twentieth century's black poets. Although she was well known in East Coast "literary circles", Evans and her poetry were not as well known in Indianapolis, where she lived for many years. A literary critic noted that Evans used "black idioms to communicate the authentic voice of the black community is a unique characteristic of her poetry." I Am a Black Woman (1970), her best-known poetry collection, won the Black Academy of Art and Letters First Poetry Award in 1975, and includes her best-known poem, "I Am a Black Woman". Black Women Writers (1950–1980): A Critical Evaluation, a collection of more than forty essays related to the literary contributions of fifteen women writers, including Evans, is considered "an important addition" to the limited scholarly work on the subject of black women authors.

Poetry

 * Where is all the Music? (1968)
 * I am a Black Woman (1970)
 * Nightstar 1973–1978 (1981)
 * A Dark and Splendid Mass, Harlem River Press (1992)
 * Continuum, Black Classic Press (2007)

Children's books

 * J.D. (1973)
 * Look at Me! (1974)
 * Rap Stories (1974)
 * Singing Black: Alternative Nursery Rhymes for Children (1976)
 * Jim Flying High (1979)
 * Dear Corinne, Tell Somebody! Love, Annie: A Book About Secrets (1999)
 * 'I'm Late': The Story of LaNeese and Moonlight and Alisha Who Didn't Have Anyone of Her Own, Just Us Books, (2006)

Dramas

 * River of My Song (1977))
 * Eyes
 * Portrait of a Man (1979))
 * Boochie (1979))
 * The Pro (1979)
 * New World (1984)

Nonfiction

 * Black Women Writers (1950–1980): A Critical Evaluation, New York: Doubleday (1984)
 * Black Women Writers: Arguments and Interviews, London: Pluto Press (1984))
 * Clarity as Concept: A Poet's Perspective: A Collection of Essays, Chicago: Third World Press (2006)

Awards and honors

 * John Hay Whitney fellowship, 1965–66
 * Woodrow Wilson Foundation grant, 1968
 * Indiana University Writers Conference Award, 1970
 * First Annual Poetry Award, Black Academy of Arts and Letters, 1970
 * Honorary doctorate in humane letters from Marian College, 1975
 * MacDowell fellowship
 * Copeland fellowship, Amherst College, 1980
 * National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Award, 1981
 * Featured on Ugandan postage stamp, 1997
 * Grammy Award nominatee for her liner notes to The Long Road Back to Freedom: An Anthology of Black Music, 2002
 * African American Legacy Project of Northwest Ohio Legend Honoree, 2007
 * Indianapolis Public Library Foundation's Indiana Authors Lifetime Achievement Award, 2015
 * Mural of Evans by Michael "Alkemi" Jordan was installed on an exterior wall of a building along Massachusetts Avenue in Indianapolis, 2016

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Berkley, Virginia

Berkley was an incorporated town in Norfolk County, Virginia. Chartered by an Act of Assembly in 1890, the Town of Berkley was located directly across the Eastern Branch Elizabeth River from the City of Norfolk in the South Hampton Roads area.

History
In the 18th century, Berkley developed port facilities and a shipyard on the Elizabeth River across from Norfolk. In the 19th century, it was the rail terminus of the original Norfolk Southern Railway, a regional railroad extending 600 miles to Charlotte, North Carolina (and a predecessor of the modern Norfolk Southern rail system headquartered in Norfolk).

Both the Town of Berkley and Norfolk County are extinct as jurisdictions. Fearing annexation ambitions by its larger neighbor, the City of Norfolk, in the late 19th century, the town leaders petitioned the Virginia General Assembly to become an independent city (which would have created immunity from annexation), but the effort failed. On January 1, 1906, the Town of Berkley was annexed by the City of Norfolk, and is now considered a neighborhood of that city. (Remaining portions of Norfolk County were consolidated with the City of South Norfolk in 1963 to form the City of Chesapeake).

On 13 April 1922, the "negro belt" of the city suffered a large fire that destroyed two hundred homes. Press reports said that the fire began in a lumber mill and spread rapidly.

In the 21st century, the Berkley Bridge on I-264 links Berkley with the downtown area of Norfolk. It is one of a few drawbridges on the Interstate Highway System. Berkley also is the site of the juncture of the Downtown Tunnel (across the river to Portsmouth) and Interstate 464 (leading to Chesapeake).

Berkley North Historic District
The Berkley North Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. It encompasses 255 contributing buildings in one of southeast Virginia's oldest and most diverse communities, now part of the City of Norfolk. It includes a variety of early-20th century commercial and residential architecture, some of it designed by the area's most important firms. Notable buildings include the Lycurgus Berkley House (c. 1873), Norfleet House (1900), St. James Episcopal Church and adjacent chapel, Antioch Baptist church, Berkley Avenue Baptist Church (1885-1888), Merchants' and Planters' Bank, Seaboard Bank Building (1921), former Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church, and the Mary Hardy MacArthur Memorial.

People from Berkley

 * Peggy Hopkins Joyce (May 26, 1893–June 12, 1957), Broadway actress and New York City socialite, was born in Berkley.
 * Mary Pinkney Hardy "Pinky" MacArthur (May 22, 1852–December 3, 1935), wife of United States Army Lieutenant General Arthur MacArthur, Jr. and mother of General of the Army Douglas MacArthur, was born, raised and married at her Hardy family plantation, "Riveredge", in Berkley. A memorial to her stands at the north end of South Main Street, near the former site of the mansion.
 * William Henry Lewis (November 28, 1868 - January 1, 1949), the first African American appointed as an Assistant US Attorney (in Boston) and the first African-American US Assistant Attorneys General. Born to freedmen parents, he grew up in Berkley and went North to complete college, where he played football, and received his law degree.
 * Kenneth Cooper Alexander (born October 17, 1966, in Norfolk, Virginia and grew up in the Berkley area), an American politician of the Democratic Party. From 2002 - 2012, he served in the Virginia House of Delegates; he was elected in 2012 to the Senate of Virginia., and since 2016, is the Mayor of Norfolk.
 * Minnie Madrey (1912-2001) late civic leader and activist of Berkley.
 * Rev. Dr. Jake Manley, Sr. (1924-2013), pastor of the Bethany Baptist Church (South Norfolk) and community leader. The church he pastored was founded in Berkley, before relocating to South Norfolk area of Chesapeake.

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Charlotte Delbo

Charlotte Delbo (10 August 1913 – 1 March 1985) was a French writer chiefly known for her haunting memoirs of her time as a prisoner in Auschwitz, where she was sent for her activities as a member of the French Resistance.

Early life
Charlotte Delbo was born in Vigneux-sur-Seine, Essonne near Paris in 1913, to Charles Delbo from the French department of Sarthe, and Ermini (née Morero) who moved from Italy to France at the age of 18-years.

She gravitated toward theater and politics in her youth, joining the French Young Communist Women's League in 1932. She met and married George Dudach two years later. Later in the decade she went to work for actor and theatrical producer Louis Jouvet and was with his company in Buenos Aires when Wehrmacht forces invaded and occupied France in 1940.

She could have waited to return when Philippe Pétain, leader of the collaborationist Vichy regime, established special courts in 1941 to deal with members of the resistance. One sentenced a friend of hers, a young architect named Andre Woog, to death. "I can't stand being safe while others are guillotined", she told Jouvet. "I won't be able to look anyone in the eye."

Resistance and arrest
Accordingly, she returned to Paris with Dudach, who was already active in the resistance as the assigned courier for the internationally famous poet Louis Aragon. The couple spent much of that winter printing and distributing pamphlets and other anti-Nazi Germany reading material. They became part of the group around communist philosopher Georges Politzer, and took an active role in publishing the underground journal Lettres Françaises.

On 2 March 1942, police followed a careless courier to their apartment, and arrested George and Charlotte. The courier was able to escape from a back window.

Time in camps
Dudach was shot on the morning of 23 May after being allowed to bid his wife farewell. Delbo was held in transit camps near Paris for the rest of the year; then on 23 January 1943 she and 229 other Frenchwomen, imprisoned for their resistance activities, were put on a train for the Auschwitz concentration camp, in what became known as Convoi des 31000. It was one of only a few convoys of non-Jewish prisoners from France to that camp (most were sent to the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp or other camps for political prisoners) and the only convoy of women. Only 49 returned; she wrote about this experience later in Le convoi du 24 janvier (published in English as Convoy to Auschwitz).

Other Frenchwomen of note on that convoy were Marie-Claude Vaillant-Couturier, daughter of magazine editor Lucien Vogel and Communist Resistance activist, who would later testify at the Nuremberg Trials of war criminals; France Rondeaux, a cousin of André Gide; Vittoria "Viva" Daubeuf, daughter of Italian socialist leader and future deputy prime minister Pietro Nenni; Simone Sampaix, daughter of the editor of L'Humanité; Marie "Mai" Politzer, wife of sociologist Georges Politzer; Adelaide Hautval, a doctor who would save many inmates and testify against Nazi medical atrocities; and Hélène Solomon-Langevin, daughter of physicist Paul Langevin. It was partly thanks to the presence of several scientists among the prisoners (others were Laure Gatet and Madeleine Dechavassine) that a few, Delbo included, were selected to farm kok-saghyz and survived.

Most of the women on the convoy, however, were poor and uneducated and nearly all Communists. One of their number, Danielle Casanova, would be eulogized as a Communist martyr and role model for many years. Delbo later debunked much of the Casanova legend. She paid more tribute to her working-class friends such as Lulu Thevenin, Christiane "Cecile" Charua (later married to historian and Mauthausen survivor Jose Borras), Jeannette "Carmen" Serre, Madeleine Doiret, and Simone "Poupette" Alizon, many of whom figure prominently in her memoirs.

The women were in Auschwitz, first at Birkenau and later the Raisko satellite camp, for about a year before being sent to Ravensbrück and finally released to the custody of the Swedish chapter of the International Red Cross in 1945 as the war drew to a close. After recuperating, Delbo returned to France.

After the war
She wrote her major work, the trilogy published as Auschwitz and After ("None of Us Will Return", "Useless Knowledge" and "The Measure of Our Days,") in the years immediately after the war but held off on publishing the first part until 1965 to give the book the test of time, because of her fear that it would not do justice to the greatest tragedy humanity had known. The final volumes were published in 1970 and 1971.

The play "Qui Rapportera Ces Paroles?" (Who Will Carry the Word?) is about Delbo's experience at Birkenau.

In later years, she abandoned Communism, influenced like other resistor-survivors (David Rousset and Jorge Semprún among them) by the exposure of concentration camps in the Soviet Union.

Her political views remained strongly left: during the Algerian War she published "Les belles lettres", a collection of petitions protesting colonial French policy. She never remarried.

During the 1960s, she worked for the United Nations and philosopher Henri Lefebvre, who had worked with Politzer before the war.

She died of lung cancer in 1985.

Commemoration
A library in Paris is named after her: Bibliotheque Charlotte Delbo.

Work
While little-known by most readers, within the Holocaust-literature community Delbo is widely respected and her work is beginning to be assigned as part of most college-level courses on the subject.

This relative obscurity is partly due to her work only recently having appeared in English translation; also because the Holocaust-literature canon has tended to focus on writers such as Anne Frank, Primo Levi and Elie Wiesel who have been in print for far longer.

But it is her technique that has been the biggest hurdle to overcome. Like Tadeusz Borowski, another non-Jew sent to Auschwitz for resistance activities, she chose a less comfortable way of relating her experience than the more straightforward narratives of Levi and Wiesel.

Her guiding principle was, as she regularly described it, ''Essayez de regarder. Essayez pour voir'', or roughly translated when it occurs as a refrain in her work, "Try to look. Just try and see."

Delbo's work has been very influential already for a number of other scholars in addition to Haft and Lamot, such as Lawrence L. Langer, Nicole Thatcher, Geoffrey Hartman, Marlene Heinemann, Robert Skloot, Kali Tal, Erin Mae Clark, Joan M. Ringelheim, Debarati Sanyal, and many others. Feminists are showing an increasing interest in her work, though Delbo did not identify herself as a feminist.

English translations
A limited-edition English translation of Aucun de nous ne reviendra (None of Us Will Return), translated by John Githens, was published in 1968 by Grove Press.

A translation of Qui Rapportera Ces Paroles? (Who Will Carry the Word?) was completed by Dr. Cynthia Haft and appears in 'The Theatre of the Holocaust' edited by Robert Skloot and published in 1982 by the University of Wisconsin Press. A translation of the whole Auschwitz and After trilogy, by Rosette Lamont, was only published in the U.S. in 1995, ten years after the author's death.

Delbo is one of the female French Resistance members in the book A Train in Winter by British biographer Caroline Moorehead, published in 2011.

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