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Talk:Alberto Moravia

Well,
that's not a bad start. I have (and have read) all of Moravia's works in thr original and also have some other resources. So I should be able to add something to this one. I must now take a break though. Perhaps I shall start after the Holidays.

--Lacatosias 16:58, 30 December 2005 (UTC)

Excellent work here. I've tidied up the grammar here, though the themes section needs either references or deletion due to it seemingly being original research. Kedlav 09:45, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

Stub
I'm currently working on a large expansion of this entry. It should be ready by tommorow or the day after.--Lacatosias 16:23, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

Cleanup
I went through and cleaned up most of the article. Two sections could use some looking over and I marked them as such--Acebrock 17:32, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

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The International Playboys

The International Playboys were an American modern rock band formed in 2000. Since their inception, the group went through numerous lineups, including four ex-drummers. Its final roster included Monty Carlo (Colin Hickey), The Count (Chris Knudson), Cap'n Sextastic (Jake Morton), and Joe Danger (Joe Brennan).

The group was based out of Missoula, Montana and was a staple at the Northwest nightclub Jay's Upstairs during the early 2000s. Upon its closing, The International Playboys dedicated more time to their touring act, which crossed North America several times a year. The band played their final show before parting ways on August 2, 2007.

Biography
The International Playboys were a fusion of classic rock 'n roll, 80s acid jams, jarring vocals, and stage showmanship. The band was well known for their wild presence, sweaty dimestore suits, and the wild unkempt hair of lead vocalist Monty Carlo, who was referred to by critics as "Joe Cocker, punk rocker".

The International Playboys released three studio albums. Their debut, First Album (2002), was given "props for their blend of unibrow Van Halen-meets-Candy Snatchers bad-boy rock" in a 2003 issue of Maximumrocknroll. SLUG Magazine called it "a skull-fracturing heap of primitive rock n’ roll comparable to James Brown on crack fronting a hyperactive band raised on Chuck Berry and The Ramones." The band's second album, Sexiful (2004), was described in a Punk Planet review as "irresponsibly entertaining music that once outraged parents." Cobra Blood Hangover, released in 2006, was compared by Allmusic's Stewart Mason to such bands as the Darkness, Jet, and Wolfmother. Mason remarked that three albums into the band's career, their "tongue-in-cheek celebration of '70s boogie raunch" had not yet gotten old. A review in Maximumrocknroll stated that the album's music has "lots of deep end, unexpected tempo changes, and a lyrical sense of the absurd."

In 2004, the band starred in the short musical film Ghouls Gone Wild!, which fictionally chronicled their grave misadventures while on tour. After taking a wrong turn, the band ended up stranded in a haunted ghost town, attacked by its ghoulish residents.

In 2006, The Playboys were named Pabst Blue Ribbon's Montana Band of the Year and were signed to Australian Cattle God Records.

Touring and Beyond

 * The band took part in several cross-country tours, playing alongside such groups as Japan's Guitar Wolf, Captured by Robots, NoMeansNo, Ghoultown, The Fireballs of Freedom, Volumen, and The Spiders. In August 2012 the band played an epic reunion show in Missoula during a citywide music festival.

Discography

 * First Album (2002)
 * Sexiful (2004)
 * Cobra Blood Hangover (2006)

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Soviet submarine S-178

С-178 (S-178) was a Project 613B (NATO: Whiskey-class submarine) diesel submarine of the Soviet Navy. On October 21, 1981, in the Sea of Japan, the submarine under the command of Valery Marango was hit by a cargo ship. The collision killed 32 sailors.

Collision and loss
On 21 October 1981, S-178, under the command of Captain Third Rank V.A. Marango, was transiting on the surface at 9 kn, returning to base after two days of sound trials. The sea state was 2 (less than one-metre waves) and night time visibility was unlimited. The starboard diesel was under repair, so the propulsion plant was aligned port diesel, starboard electric motor. For convenience, the diesel mechanics and electricians had opened the watertight doors between compartments. In addition, the cooks had opened other watertight doors so that they could serve dinner.

At 19:30 local time, S-178 received permission to save time by entering Golden Horn Bay, in downtown Vladivostok, through a combat training range. The port officer who granted that permission had just assumed the watch, and was unaware that the off-going watch officer had granted similar permission to the refrigerated stores vessel RFS Refrizherator-13 to leave Golden Horn Bay through the combat training range.

Watchmen on RFS-13 noticed navigation lights which they took to be a fishing trawler. At about the same time, the pilot of RFS-13 noted a contact on radar which was showing decreasing range and zero bearing rate, indicating a collision course. On S-178, sonar reported detection of another vessel, but that report was lost in the relaxed atmosphere prevailing on the submarine after dinner.

Nautical "rules of the road" and the rules of navigation in Vladivostok port agree that the ship should yield the right-of-way to the submarine; however, master V.F. Kurdyukov of RFS-13 chose not to alter course. The lookouts on S-178 did not spot RFS-13's running lights against the background of the lights of Vladivostok until the ship was upon them. The captain gave the orders "hard right rudder" and "Signalman, illuminate that vessel", but too late to have any effect.

At 19:45 Refrizherator-13 struck S-178 at an angle of 20–30 degrees on the port side of the sixth compartment at a speed of 8 kn, tearing a hole about two square metres in area. The sixth compartment flooded completely in 15 to 20 seconds. The boat rolled sharply, throwing the 11 men on the bridge into the water. The inrushing water made it impossible to close the watertight doors between the sixth, fifth, and fourth compartments. Approximately 40 seconds after the collision, S-178 had taken on about 130 tons of water, and sank. She hit bottom, rolled 28 degrees to starboard, in 31 meters of water.

Eighteen men died immediately. The 26 survivors in the forward compartments were unable to stop the flooding of the third compartment, so retreated into the first and second compartments about half an hour after the wreck. Four men were trapped in the seventh compartment, including the Chief of Staff of the submarine brigade Captain Second Rank V.Y. Karavekov. When leakage into the seventh compartment reached 15 tons an hour, Karavekov made the decision to escape from that compartment and make a free ascent to the surface. However, they could not open the escape trunk's top hatch. It transpired later that they had not equalized the pressure across the hatch. Four hours later, communications with the seventh compartment ended.

On the surface, RFS-13 rescued seven of the 11 men thrown from the bridge and at 19:57 informed the port authorities of the accident. At 20:15 search and rescue forces were alerted, and steam ships Zhigulis and Mashuk, and the Project 940 Lenok rescue submarine BS-480 Komsomolets Uzbekistan had arrived at the scene of the accident.

At 21:00 the crew of RFS-13 located the emergency buoy from S-178. At 21:50 salvage ships arrived at the scene. Vice-Admiral Golosov commanded salvage operations.

Beginning at 08:45 on 22 October, Komsomolets Uzbekistan began attempting to rescue the trapped crew, but locating the sunken submarine took about 17 hours. The rescue submarine dived three times, without success. Divers finally reached S-178 on 23 October at 03:03. By this time, the trapped crew had despaired of rescue and had begun attempting free ascents. At 20:30 on 23 October, Captain Lieutenant Kubynin, the senior officer among the survivors, was the last of the crew to leave S-178. Three men who reached the surface later died, and three others who left the boat were never found on the surface; it is possible they came up under maneuvering ships and were killed by their screws. Their loss brought the death toll to 31 men.

On 24 October work began to raise the sunken boat. First, pontoons lifted her up to a depth of 15 meters and she was towed into shallow water. Divers then removed the bodies of the victims. On 15 November 1981 S-178 was raised. After her torpedoes were removed, she was dry docked. Repair was deemed impractical, and she was stricken. Her commander, Captain Third Rank Marango, and Kurdyukov, the master of RFS-13, were both sentenced to ten years' imprisonment.

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John Toll

John Toll, ASC (born June 15, 1952) is an American cinematographer and television producer. Toll's filmography spans a wide variety of genres, including epic period drama, comedy, science fiction, and contemporary drama. He won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography in both 1994 and 1995 for Legends of the Fall and Braveheart respectively, and has also won numerous BAFTA, ASC, and Satellite Awards. He has collaborated with such directors as Francis Ford Coppola, Edward Zwick, Terrence Malick, Mel Gibson, Cameron Crowe,  The Wachowskis, and Ang Lee.

Outside film, he has shot several commercials, the pilot episode of Emmy Award-winning drama series Breaking Bad, and has served as chief cinematographer on the Netflix original series Sense8 by the Wachowskis, on which he also got executive producing credit in its second season.

Life and career
Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Toll began work on his first film Norma Rae, in 1978 as a camera operator. He won back-to-back Academy Awards for Best Cinematography in 1994 and 1995, for the movies Legends of the Fall and Braveheart. He is also only 1 of 4 cinematographers to win back-to-back Oscars.

He was also nominated for an Academy Award for his work on The Thin Red Line and won an Honorable Mention at the 49th Berlin International Film Festival. He was also nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for the pilot of Breaking Bad.

He has been a regular collaborator for acclaimed filmmakers such as Francis Ford Coppola, Edward Zwick, Cameron Crowe and The Wachowskis. He was presented with the ASC's Lifetime Achievement Award on February 14, 2016.

Personal life
Toll is married to Lois Burwell who also worked on Braveheart as the make-up artist (for which she also won an Oscar).

Awards and nominations
Academy Awards

BAFTA Awards

Satellite Awards

American Society of Cinematographers

Other awards

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Talk:Southern England Chalk Formation

The one line Geology section was too short and somewhat inaccurate, so I've corrected and expanded it a bit. --Portnadler 13:09, 16 November 2005 (UTC)

Though perhaps there once was, there is now no 'Southern England Chalk Formation' - there is however a Chalk Group which is composed of the three stratigraphic formations, upper, middle and lower. In the light of this, I'd be minded to transfer suitable material from this article to the main Chalk Group article and keep this page just as a redirect. Any thoughts? cheers Geopersona (talk) 06:29, 17 February 2012 (UTC)
 * This answers a question that I recently posted on the talk page of the Chalk Group article, and I see that you've tidied up the inconsistency at that article as well. I'd support your suggestion of making this a redirect; I'm assuming that if/when you move material from here to Chalk Group, you'd make some reference to chalk formation being an old term - then readers will know how the term fits into the history of geological study? PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 08:26, 17 February 2012 (UTC)
 * You're right - some historical explanation is required - in fact I see that my comment above is already out of date - having learnt in the process of tidying the Chalk Group article that the three formation division is old hat now! cheers Geopersona (talk) 14:46, 17 February 2012 (UTC)
 * I think different authors have understood the term 'formation' here in different ways. Confusingly the word is used by geologists in a tightly defined way to describe a particular association of rock strata whih is mappable across a tract of country - but is also used more generally by non-specialists to apply (in the term 'rock formation') to physical features which consist partly or wholly of rock. The collection of chalk downlands through southern and eastern England may be thought of as a rock formation in this second sense but it is not a formation in the first. Indeed in modern times the chalk responsible for this collection of landforms is fitted to the Chalk Group, itself divided into two 'sub-groups' which are then further divided into formations in the first sense of the term (still follow me?). I think there is probably justification for having an article on the assemblage of chalk landforms in S and E England but, to reduce confusion, it should not include the word 'formation' in its title. Perhaps this article, after suitable editing, could be re-named 'Chalk landforms of England' or something similar? cheers Geopersona (talk) 06:29, 20 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Chalklands of England? Pterre (talk) 09:12, 20 February 2012 (UTC)

I think that to reform/rename in this way could produce a really interesting little geographical article, one which could compare and contrast how the various chalk landscapes present themselves in the landscape (they're not all the same, obviously) and which also could help educate people that the chalk downs of area are just part of a wider assemblage. However care would be needed to avoid too much replication, bearing in mind that each individual range of chalk hills (well, most of them) already have their own articles, and there is already a downland article. I can see a suite of related articles: Obviously these articles would have a lot of interwiki linking between them. At the moment I'm undecided on what would be the best title for the proposed renamed article, though I agree that 'formation' shouldn't be in the title. PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 08:54, 21 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Chalk - the rock
 * Chalk Group - the geological unit containing the rock
 * 'Chalk landforms of England' (or whatever title is used) - how the geological unit expresses itself in the landscape, explaining amongst other things why, for example, the North Downs have their scarp face facing the South Downs, or why Salisbury Plain is a broad plateau and in that respect unlike the Purbeck Hills.
 * 'Range of chalk hills X' - descriptively geographical articles on each range of hills, going into more local detail about particular hills and valleys than the above article
 * Downland - article describing what 'downland' is in an ecological/biological/agricultural/habitat kind of way (with mention of how/why it is formed)

Proposed merge to Downland
As this article has remained mostly unchanged since the earlier discussion in 2012, I propose that, at least for now, this article is merged with the Downland article, with which it substantially overlaps. Mikenorton (talk) 14:52, 30 July 2020 (UTC)
 * I would support that proposal. Geopersona (talk) 15:39, 30 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Support. Thank you for making this proposal. It would seem to me that most of the geological content of this article is covered in the Chalk Group article and that the geographical content is better included with the more biologically focused Downland article. One of my frustrations with Wikipedia is that there is a tendency over time for large topics to be split into ever smaller stubs (which are then never improved). This fragmentation neither succeeds in helping the 'specialist' (who needs more detail) nor the 'lay person' (who might find a broader overview more useful). The myriad of articles on chalk, chalk downland, the Chalk Group, North Downs, South Downs etc is a classic example and just confuses rather than clarifies. Mertbiol (talk) 10:23, 2 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Support. The first sentence of this article includes a wikilink for the article's subject that redirects to another article, which is hardly supportive of the subject's notability (as a stand-alone article). GeoWriter (talk) 11:57, 3 August 2020 (UTC)

✅ - I would be grateful for suggestions on how to improve the article further at Talk:Downland. Mikenorton (talk) 10:15, 11 October 2020 (UTC)

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Maibara, Shiga

Maibara (米原市) is a city in Shiga Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 38,259 in 14761 households and a population density of 150 persons per km². The total area of the city is 250.39 sqkm.

Geography
Maibara is located in northcentral Shiga Prefecture, on the eastern shore of Lake Biwa, and extending inland to the Ibuki Mountains and the border with Gifu Prefecture. Parts of the city are within the borders of the Biwako Quasi-National Park. Mount Ibuki is in the northeastern part of the prefecture. It is the highest peak in the prefecture. The Anegawa River and Amanogawa River pass through the city. About 70 percent of the city is forest.

Neighboring municipalities
Shiga Prefecture Gifu Prefecture
 * Nagahama
 * Hikone
 * Taga
 * Ōgaki
 * Ibigawa
 * Sekigahara

Climate
Maibara has a Humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) characterized by warm summers and cool winters with heavy snowfall. The average annual temperature in Maibara is 13.5 C. The average annual rainfall is 1810 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 25.3 C, and lowest in January, at around 2.1 C. The highest temperature ever recorded in Maibara was 36.2 C on 14 July 2018. The coldest temperature ever recorded was -12.2 C on 4 February 2012.

Demographics
Per Japanese census data, the population of Maibara has seen relatively little fluctuation over the past century.

History
Maibara is part of ancient Ōmi Province and the route of the Tōsandō (later the Nakasendō) highway connecting Heian-kyō with the eastern provinces passed through the area. Maibara is home to three former post stations: Banba-juku, Samegai-juku and Kashiwabara-juku, and was the location of a port on Lake Biwa where travelers could shorten their journey by taking boat to Ōtsu-juku. During the Muromachi and Sengoku periods, the Kyōgoku clan domained most of Ōmi Province from their base in what is now Maibara. Most of the area came under the control of Hikone Domain during the Edo period.

With the establishment of the modern municipalities system on April 1,1889, the village of Irie was established. It was raised to town status on November 15, 1923, becoming the town of Maihara. On February 14, 2005 Maihara merged with the neighboring towns of Santō and Ibuki (all from Sakata District) and was raised to city status, changing its name from "Maihara" to "Maibara" at that time. The new city name was based on the name of Japan Railways' Maibara Station which many people in Japan knew as a station on the Tōkaidō Shinkansen Line.

The adjacent town of Ōmi was merged into Maibara on October 1, 2005. Maibara was struck by an F2 tornado on June 29, 2018. The tornado caused major damage to homes and injured 8 people.

Government
Maibara has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city council of 18 members. Maibara contributes two members to the Shiga Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the city is part of Shiga 2nd district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan.

Economy
The economy of Maibara is centered on agriculture and light manufacturing. There are several industrial parks in the city.

Education
Maibara has ten public elementary schools and seven public middle schools operated by the city government. There are two public high schools operated by the Shiga Prefectural Department of Education. The prefecture also operates one special education school for the handicapped.

Railway
JR Tōkai – Tōkaidō Shinkansen JR Tōkai – Tōkaidō Main Line JR West – Biwako Line JR West – Hokuriku Main Line Ohmi Railway – Main Line
 * Maibara
 * Kashiwabara - Ōmi-Nagaoka -  Samegai - Maibara
 * Maibara
 * Maibara - Sakata
 * Maibara

Highway

 * JP Expressway E1.svg Meishin Expressway
 * JP Expressway E8.svg Hokuriku Expressway

Local attractions

 * Mount Ibuki — With an elevation of 1,377.4 meters, Mount Ibuki is Shiga Prefecture's tallest mountain and a popular spot for skiing in winter and camping and hiking in the warmer months. A gondola and ski lifts carry visitors to the top which affords fine views of Lake Biwa and the surrounding area. The nearest station is Omi-Nagaoka Station.
 * Samegai Trout Farm — Established over a century ago, this is the largest trout farm in Asia and with many ponds. There is a shallow pond where children can try catch (and release) the trout. Riverside restaurants serve fresh trout.
 * Nakasendō stage towns — The Nakasendō was an old highway linking Kyoto with Edo (present-day Tokyo). The highway had 67 stages and the three in Shiga were Kashiwabara-juku, Samegai-juku and Banba-juku in Maibara city. Even today, you can see remnants of these stage towns established for highway travelers to lodge and trade.
 * Amanogawa River — In June, fireflies come out at night. Parts of the river are designated as a protected areas for fireflies.
 * Lake Biwa — The lakeshore road is very scenic on fine days.
 * Kamaha Castle ruins, National Historic Site
 * Tokugen-in, bodaiji of the Kyōgoku clan, rulers of most of Ōmi province in the Muromachi period, and National Historic Site
 * Kyōgoku clan ruins, sites related to the Sengoku-period Kyōgoku clan, a National Historic Site

Festivals and events

 * Samegai Baikamo Flowers — Underwater flowers which bloom in Jizogawa River
 * Maibara Hikiyama Festival — Parade of ornate floats which have a small stage featuring kabuki performed by children. Early October.

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Wikipedia talk:Political dispute

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What if the difference between a political dispute and a POV warrior is that, in a political dispute, people calm down and compromise as they are more heard, while a POV warrior simply escalates to get more of what they want? If that's so, then we need to have a way to detect how positive feedback vs negative feedback operate to encourage/discourage such conflicts.

In other words, granting less leeway to POV warriors has become customary at Wikipedia. But maybe granting more leeway to people who are actually in a political dispute, for instance, George W. Bush vs. John Kerry (talk about edit war!), actually will calm things down more.

Worth discussing. As is the whole need for a polity to start to deal with the inherent political differences on a more sophisticated level than just to say NPOV dispute. The systemic bias issue for instance is now being countered by WikiProject_Countering_systemic_bias - long overdue. So dealing with political disputes AS political, might be the next step. Especially since wiki politics now intersects with politics as usual IRL, as Green Party of Canada Living Platform makes obvious, and as the October Bush vs. Kerry edit war / trollfest makes obvious.

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Talk:Nadezhda von Meck

Moved comment
The following comment was left in the article (under "Relationship with Tchaikovsky"):

"Comment: Pressure from her family together with her failing health is probably the main reason for cutting off her support to Tchaikovsky."

If there's a good source for this, the text should be better incorporated into the article. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 128.36.52.214 (talk) 23:44, 21 January 2007 (UTC).

 * This is actually a fairly well-known fact. Brown, Holden, Poznansky and Warrack all mention it in their respective biographies of Tchaikovsky.  Jonyungk (talk) 07:38, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

Lead: "formidable businesswoman"
Quite ambiguous, isn't it? NVO (talk) 18:02, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

Small point
"In 1985 Galina donated to Columbia University a collection including her translation of 681 letters written by Tchaikovsky to his family." Unless I misunderstand, should this not be "her" family (i.e.Galina's)?Hikitsurisan (talk) 21:29, 8 August 2009 (UTC)

Rubinstein
The Rubinstein photo appears to be misplaced in the article, as in, in the wrong section. However, the prominence of the photo is, according to wp tradition, far from out of place. In fact it deserves MORE prominence. I suggest putting it at the front of the article and putting the photo of Nadezhda von Meck down at the bottom. Better yet, just remove the picture of her and make the whole article about the female friends of Rubinstein with only a photo of him. Compare discussion about Rachmaninoff and Horowitz. The only thing I can't figure out is why so many people have such a low regard for Wikipedia and why nobody ain't cofin' up no mony fo' the place. i'm just so stooopid. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 8.21.183.195 (talk) 04:07, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

A word of caution concerning WP biographical articles
Unsourced claims and especially fecklessly done substantial assertions do not have a place in a encyclopaedic work like wikipedia. This is not the place to just make point of some kind. Furthermore I truly have a dislike of trying label people or retrospectively try to guess, speculate on somebodies inner most convictions. Even a the tone plain speculation is also incorrect when not the slightest substantiation is present. Major Torp (talk) 21:59, 22 February 2014 (UTC)

Exactly how many times did she and Tchaikovsky meet by chance?
Here we say it was twice. Elsewhere I've read it was once. The details are invariably absent.

Can we please find some good citations that reveal exactly: Did they ever mention these chance meetings in their letters to each other, or to others? --  Jack of Oz   [pleasantries]  00:04, 21 March 2014 (UTC)
 * how many times their paths crossed by chance
 * when these happened (dates)
 * where it was
 * what their reactions were (if known)
 * etc?

 * OK, I've been doing some research. All boldings are mine.  Alexander Poznansky, in Tchaikovsky: The Quest for the Inner Man, p. 344, says:

 * Three noteworthy incidents marked Tchaikovsky's stay at Simaki. The most unsettling, for Tchaikovsky at least, was his only face-to-face encounter with Mrs. von Meck during the whole of their relationship. Describing this "most embarrassing occurrence" in a letter to Anatoly on 15 August, Tchaikovsky wrote that the day before he had driven to the forest around four o'clock in complete confidence that he would not meet Mrs. von Meck, who customarily dined at that time.  As it happened, he had gone out somewhat earlier than usual, while she was late. "I met her nose-to-nose", he told his brother. "It was terribly awkward.  We were face-to-face for only an instant, but all the same, I was dreadfully embarrassed, although I did tip my hat politely.  She, it seemed to me, became utterly distracted and did not know what to do.  And … behind her were two more carriages with her whole family".

 * This makes it clear the chance encounter occurred on 14 (26) August 1879. That very evening, as soon as he got back to his cottage, he wrote von Meck a note, Poznansky continues.
 * "Forgive me, for God's sake, Nadezhda Filaretovna, for having miscalculated the time. I landed right in your way …".

 * She responded, saying there was no need for any apologies, indeed she was delighted to see him. She even invited him to visit her own home at a time when she would be away, to see the paintings and other objets d'art she had newly acquired, an invitation he readily accepted.  In her reply she also made an allusion to having earlier glimpsed him at the opera when they were both holidaying in Florence.  After that earlier occasion, she had written to him saying it was reassuring to know he really existed – see  (Note 1).  This may be the same occasion of which Tchaikovsky wrote to Anatoly on 5 (17) December 1878:
 * "We saw each other once at the theater, but there have not been the slightest hints of a desire to meet, so in this respect I am quite at ease" (Poznansky, p. 316-17). Poznansky goes on: "It is not clear whether their both being at the theater was wholly accidental or arranged by Mrs. von Meck in order to see him, as seems not unlikely."

 * Then there was his letter to his other brother Modest of 15 (27) December, written after von Meck had left Florence but while he was still there. He said "the sight of her deserted villa brought tears to his eyes".  He went on, "I have grown so used to communicating with her daily, to watching her pass by every morning with her whole entourage, and what at first constrained and embarrassed me now constitutes an object of the most genuine regret". (Poznansky, pp. 319-20)

 * So, this all seems quite categorical.
 * (a) They came face to face exactly once, in Simaki on 26 August 1879.
 * (b) They saw each in an opera audience exactly once, in Florence in 1878.
 * (c) He saw her and her entourage passing by on an unspecified number of occasions during that Florence sojourn, but there's no indication she saw him or was even aware he was watching her.

 * Does anyone know of any other personal encounters whatsoever?

 * Note 1: I would have sourced the Florence letter better, but tchaikovsky.research.net is not my friend at the moment. Anyone know what their problem is?  --   Jack of Oz   [pleasantries]  02:16, 21 March 2014 (UTC)

Was Nadezhda a baroness?
I have come across a number of references, including this one: https://books.google.co.nz/books?id=q8sHfp4YXzYC&pg=PT159&lpg=PT159&dq=tchaikovsky+baroness&source=bl&ots=naK0kaXsIK&sig=dT1e0ExFtj0Exiw5XARhX_kTtDA&hl=mi&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjhrqbd7IffAhUOVH0KHeKRBhMQ6AEwCHoECAEQAQ#v=onepage&q=tchaikovsky%20baroness&f=false

giving Nadezhda von Meck the title Baroness. Was she indeed a baroness?

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Russian [Empire] Businesswoman
I understand why it should be thought that 'Russian' suffices for the lead. But if you read the description of what her husband achieved in building up a business, which she inherited, which was building railways across the expanding Russian empire, then the description makes more sense - although it probably isn't actually necessary.

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Titusville, New Jersey

Titusville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Hopewell Township, Mercer County, New Jersey, in the United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 633. The area includes a post office with its own ZIP Code (08560), several restaurants, gas stations, a firehouse, and a small cluster of homes. Washington Crossing State Park, dedicated to George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River in 1776, is adjacent to the community.

History
Titusville is just north of the Johnson Ferry House in adjacent Washington Crossing, the scene of George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River during the American Revolutionary War. In 1831, the ferry was replaced by the Washington Crossing Bridge, linking it with Washington Crossing in Pennsylvania.

In 1851, the Belvidere-Delaware Railroad opened to Titusville and a station was built in the town. Passenger service ceased at Titusville in April 1952 but passenger trains to other towns continued operating until October 1960. Freight continued to run on this portion of the line until 1976. Track was subsequently removed for the Delaware & Raritan Canal State Park recreational trail in the early 1980s.

Historic district
The Titusville Historic District was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 17, 1983, for its significance in architecture, industry, religion, and transportation. It includes 100 contributing buildings.

Geography
Titusville's central feature is a small village that sits on a bluff overlooking a picturesque stretch of the Delaware River, with stairwells connecting the village to private docks on the river. The community is bisected by New Jersey Route 29 (River Road), a busy road that runs along the east side of the Delaware. The Delaware and Raritan feeder canal runs parallel to the river just to the east of the village, which is connected to River Road by several two-lane bridges. A biking/walking trail follows the canal, constructed when the former Belvidere-Delaware Railroad line was removed in the early 1980s. Opposite the canal from the river, extending eastward, are a number of small residential streets, a county park centered about Baldpate Mountain, and the homes ringing the base of the mountain and county park.

Washington Crossing State Park, an 800 acres tract of woods, fields, and streams, borders the community to the north and east. The park covers the gradual slope from Bear Tavern Road down to the Delaware River.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Titusville CDP has a total area of 0.55 sqmi, of which 0.47 sqmi are land and 0.08 sqmi, or 15.2%, are water.

Titusville is home to Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc., a division of Johnson and Johnson.

Notable people
People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Titusville include:
 * William H. Blackwell (1882–1963), fruit farmer and politician
 * Robyn Jones (born 1985), professional soccer goalkeeper who played two years for the Philadelphia Independence of Women's Professional Soccer

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The current picture of Mr. Thompson is apparently a screen-grab from a video, and it's pretty awful. Aren't there any better public-domain pictures available? Or could the one from Microsoft's website be considered fair use? https://news.microsoft.com/leadership/ (click on "Board Members"). RenniePet (talk) 14:40, 21 March 2018 (UTC)

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Resurrection Blues

Resurrection Blues (2002) is Arthur Miller's penultimate play. Though Miller was not known for his humor, this play uses a pointed comedic edge to intensify his observations about the dangers, as well as the benefits, of blind belief: political, religious, economic and emotional.

Plot
The story is set in an unnamed third world Latin American country. The plot revolves around a captured prisoner who may or may not be the second coming of Christ, though Miller deliberately leaves the divinity of his unseen protagonist ambiguous. He is said to be able to perform miracles such as walk through walls, a major problem for the prison guards, and, because of his popularity among the impoverished citizens, the military dictator of the nation has sentenced him to be crucified. This creates many moral dilemmas with the play's cast of characters, which include a wealthy land-owner who is the cousin of the dictator, his depressed daughter—a close friend of the accused—and an American television production team that arrives to broadcast the crucifixion.

Characters
The plot has six central characters:

 * General Felix Barriaux – the dictator of the country who orders the crucifixion. For a dictator, he is a poignant and witty character who holds some sympathy for the audience despite his obsession with money and power. He has been played by actors ranging from Munson Hicks to Maximilian Schell.
 * Henri Schultz – cousin to Felix and owns a large chain of pharmaceutical companies, but is reluctant to be a businessman and retires to teach philosophy. He once joined a revolutionary group to fight against Felix but it was unsuccessful. Ironically there is still a familial bond of friendship between Felix and himself and he spends the play trying to dissuade Felix from the crucifixion. He has been played by James Fox and Patrick Husted.
 * Jeanine Schultz – daughter of Henri, she is a modern form of Mary Magdalene as she is in love with the man about to be crucified and opens the play having tried to commit suicide. She too was caught up with the revolution but when her father gave up, she held on to the spirit her comrades were shot by Felix when they were captured, but she was spared. She has been played by Patricia Ageheim and Neve Campbell.
 * Skip L. Cheesboro – the producer of the American television special that is to be made about the crucifixion. He is a no-nonsense man who, in his own words, admits that "some of us have to be shallow so others can be deep." He has been played by Doug Wert and Matthew Modine.
 * Emily Shapiro – the TV special's director who is, at the beginning of the play, unaware of the crucifixion. It is suggested that a relationship with Skip may have existed but when she finds out about the crucifixion, she is shocked and repulsed by Skip for even suggesting filming it. She then has a relationship with Felix whom she begs to call off the crucifixion. She is seen to be the voice of reason within the play and has been played by Gretchen Egolf and Jane Adams.
 * Stanley – a disciple to the prisoner and is interrogated by Felix when he escapes. A self-proclaimed hippie, he addresses the approachability of 'Christ' saying that he himself in unsure whether he is Christ or not. He produces a lot of wit at the same time as introducing new ideas. He has been played by Douglas Rees and Peter McDonald.

Other characters include the filming crew, an omnipresent military and the captain of the police, who respects Henri Schultz because of his wealth.

Production history
There was originally a reading that Jerry Zaks directed so that Miller could see what he had. The cast included Nathan Lane as Felix Barreaux, Bill Murray as Skip Cheeseboro, Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Emily, and Richard Libertini.

World premiere in Minneapolis
Resurrection Blues originally premiered August 9, 2002, at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, Minnesota, under the artistic direction of Joe Dowling. This world premiere was directed by Minnesota native David Esbjornson. The cast featured John Bedford Lloyd as General Felix Barreaux, Jeff Weiss, and Laila Robins. Arthur Miller chose the Guthrie Theater for the play's debut, citing the quality of its audiences and the outdatedness of premiering a play on Broadway. Miller continued to work on the script up until his death in 2005 although the Minneapolis production of the original script fared far better than the later production at the Old Vic in London.

Philadelphia
The East Coast premiere of Resurrection Blues debuted at the Wilma Theater in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on September 2, 2003. The production was directed by Jiri Zizka. The cast featured Munson Hicks, Patrick Husted, Lindsay Smiling, Gretchen Egolf, Doug Wert, William Zielinski, Miriam A. Hyman, Patricia Ageheim, Douglas Rees, Jennifer A. Brown, David Dallas, Patrick Doran, Ralph Edmonds, Karen McArthur, and Michael Speer.

San Diego
The West Coast premiere was presented at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego, California, running in March 2004 to April 25. Directed by Mark Lamos the cast featured John de Lancie as Felix Barriaux, Daniel Davis, Chris Henry Coffey, Bruce Bohne, Dana Slamp and Jennifer Regan. The Los Angeles Times reviewer wrote: "...the play is still flailing in several directions and not wholly achieving its goals...The proposed crucifixion victim appears only as a glowing light. Despite eyewitness accounts of his human form, he may be divine or at least an inspired figment of the imagination, Miller suggests. He must decide whether to be crucified or to disappear. This is an interesting tangent, but it further removes the play from the nitty-gritty of the political realities that drove Miller to write. His continuing sense of adventure at age 88 is awe-inspiring, but the play itself isn't."

Miller worked with the director and cast through the rehearsal process to find a more straightforward message than in the previous production.

London
The UK premiere was in March 2006 under the artistic direction of Kevin Spacey at the Old Vic. The play was directed by Robert Altman. The play suffered mass criticism despite boasting a "distinguished" cast that included James Fox, Maximilian Schell, Jane Adams (Emily) and Neve Campbell. It was forced to close early especially after the actress playing Emily (the American film director) left the production. Spacey said the cast suffered from "nerves the like of which I've never seen". Charles Spencer, reviewing for The Telegraph noted that "Miller was apparently revising the play right up to his death last year, after two earlier drafts had flopped in the States." The New York Times reviewer observed: "Between the relentless public attention and the sometimes scathing reviews, Kevin Spacey has had a rough year and a half as artistic director at the Old Vic Theater. But nothing was so disastrous as the debacle surrounding 'Resurrection Blues,' a star-laden production that drew horrendous reviews and closed a week early this spring, just in time for the announcement that the theater would go dark until September."

Chicago
The Eclipse Theatre Company produced the Chicago debut of Resurrection Blues as part of its 2010 season, which focused on Arthur Miller. Eclipse Theatre, known for its "one playwright, one season" approach, also mounted After the Fall and A Memory of Two Mondays. Their fully staged production of the play was directed by Nathaniel Swift and featured Nina O'Keefe, Ron Butts, Matt Welton, Joe McCauley, Rebecca Prescott, and J. P. Pierson. Reviewer Paige Listerud wrote, "A little miracle is taking place at the Greenhouse Theatre Center—Eclipse Theatre is brilliantly executing a late and oft misunderstood play by Arthur Miller ."

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I added some text about the history of the work and about the initial reaction to it. I also added the new picture because I really dislike Image:Havis Amanda 2002.jpg. It really doesn't do justice for the statue and the main focus is on the drunken students. I left it in because it represents the current acceptance of the work and hopefully someone will write something about the Vappu celebrations concerning Manta. --Laisak 17:27, 2 September 2005 (UTC)
 * I was surprised there was no mention of Mantan lakitus too. Maybe I'll write something myself, but I'm not terribly familiar with the tradition myself (I've never participated in it, at least). — J I P | Talk 19:11, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

Legend of the origin of the statue's name
I vaguely remember reading in Helsingin Sanomat (Kuukausiliite or Nyt-liite) a few years ago, that it is said that her name stems from one of the gentlemen at the reveal exclaiming "Det är ju Havis' Amanda!" - at the beginning of the 20th century "Havis" was a nickname for an establishment on "Merikatu" street in Helsinki, after the street's Swedish name "Havsgatan". It was suggested in the paper, that "Amanda" was one of the ladies of the establishment, frequented by many of the gentlemen of the time. It would need verifying by finding the reference, but it may be of interest to the article, if someone is interested in researching the subject. 80.186.63.171 (talk) 17:37, 6 May 2011 (UTC)

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Redland City

Redland City, also known as the Redlands and formerly known as Redland Shire, is a local government area (LGA) and a part of Greater Brisbane in South East Queensland, Australia. With a population of 159,222 as of June 2021, Redland City is spread along the southern coast of Moreton Bay, covering 537.2 km2. The city borders the City of Brisbane to the west and north-west and Logan City to the south-west and south, while its islands are situated north of the City of Gold Coast.

The Redlands first attained city status on March 15th, 2008, having been a shire since 1949, when it was created by a merger of the Tingalpa and Cleveland Shires. Despite this status, Redland City consists largely of suburban and coastal communities, featuring a somewhat disjointed urbanisation around major suburbs interspersed with bushland. Unlike many neighbouring LGAs, there is no clear city centre.

Major suburbs include Capalaba, Cleveland, Victoria Point, Thornlands, and Redland Bay. The latter is the city's namesake, due to the colour of its fertile soil. North Stradbroke Island and smaller nearby islands, most notably those of Southern Moreton Bay, comprise the eastern portion of the Redlands. The city's boundaries correspond to those of the federal division of Bowman.

In the, the Redland City had a population of 159,222 people.

History

The area now known as the Redlands was initially inhabited by the Jagera, Turrbal, and Quandamooka people. Some locations derive their names from Aboriginal languages, and known historic sites within the area include a bora ring at Mount Cotton. The Quandamooka are recognised as the traditional custodians of North Stradbroke Island, and more recently applied for native title over much of the Redlands' surrounding islands and mainland.

Jandai (also known as Janday, Jandewal, Djendewal, Jundai, Goenpul and Jandawal), is one of the Aboriginal languages used on Stradbroke Island.

Europeans first entered the Redlands in the late 18th century while mapping Moreton Bay: James Cook made observations of the then-undivided Stradbroke Island; Matthew Flinders landed on Coochiemudlo Island in 1799; and Robert Dixon later surveyed and named much of the area.

By the 1840s, the coastal township of Cleveland was in contention to become a major port replacing Brisbane, but was ultimately not chosen due to the region's existing sandbars and shipwrecks, and an unfavourable review from Governor George Gipps during his 1842 visit. Louis Hope and other land purchasers began to develop significant infrastructure at this time. On 11 November 1879, under the Divisional Boards Act 1879, the Tingalpa Division was created to govern the area to the east of metropolitan Brisbane. The area around Cleveland split away to form the Cleveland Division on 30 May 1885. Under the Local Authorities Act 1902, both became Shires on 31 March 1903. The Tingalpa council met at Mount Cotton.

On 1 October 1925, a sizeable portion of the Shire of Tingalpa (suburbs west of Tingalpa Creek, including Upper Mount Gravatt and Rochedale) became part of the new City of Brisbane along with 20 other local governments. On 9 December 1948, as part of a major reorganisation of local government in South East Queensland, an Order in Council renamed the Shire of Cleveland to be Shire of Redland and amalgamated part of Shire of Tingalpa into it (the other part of Tingalpa amalgamated to form the Shire of Albert).

The twentieth century saw significant population growth in the Redlands, preceded by the construction of the Cleveland railway line. Peel Island became a leper colony, while North Stradbroke Island became a hub for sand mining, and is also associated with the Indigenous rights movement as the home of poet Oodgeroo Noonuccal and academic Aileen Moreton-Robinson. On 15 March 2008, Redlands was granted city status.

In June 2018, the Redland City Council approved a marketing campaign to brand the city as "Redlands Coast" with the tagline "naturally wonderful". The campaign seeks to attract tourists to the city's 335 km of coastline (due to a number of islands which form part of the city).

Geography
Although most of the population resides on the main urban conglomeration based around the centres of Capalaba, Cleveland and Victoria Point, over 6,000 people live on islands in Moreton Bay that are part of the city. These are North Stradbroke, Coochiemudlo and the Southern Moreton Bay Islands of Karragarra, Lamb, Russell and Macleay. Tingalpa Creek rises on Mount Cotton, forming Leslie Harrison Dam, and marking the majority of the area's western boundary.

Environment
Redland City has many immediately recognisable animals and plants such as koalas, migratory shorebirds, flying foxes and scribbly gum forests. It is also home to over 1,700 other recorded native species, many of which are under threat from population growth and its associated effects such as habitat clearing and fragmentation, road construction, pollution and expanding development. The council area is also home to Venman Bushland National Park, and the Eprapah Scout environment training centre. In April 2013, the Redland City Council illegally cleared vegetation from public land on the foreshores of Moreton Bay. The council has been required by the State Government to restore the cleared vegetation and install signage about the restoration. Trees felled included many sheoaks.

The city's koala population has declined significantly in recent years. In 2010, it was estimated that only 2,000 koalas remained, a 65% decline since 1999. Figures from a count in 2012 have not yet been released by the Queensland Government. The Redland City-based Koala Action Group has warned that: "Rampant expansion of urban areas will lead to the loss of the koala populations that are vital to the long-term survival of the species."

The city boundaries include internationally significant coastal wetlands within the Moreton Bay Ramsar site. Tidal flats, mangroves and seagrass beds provide important habitats for fish, crustaceans, and:
 * large numbers of the nationally threatened green turtle and the loggerhead turtle
 * the internationally vulnerable dugong, a large sea mammal from the order Sirenia which also includes manatee species
 * 43 species of shorebirds, including 30 migratory bird species listed by international migratory bird conservation agreements, such as the vulnerable eastern curlew and the grey-tailed tattler, that use this area in their journey through the East Asian–Australasian Flyway.

Freshwater systems in the Redlands catchment do not meet set ecosystem health values, according to the Healthy Waterways Report Cards for both 2013 and 2014.

Fire ants have been detected in a number of Redland City suburbs, with Sheldon and Mount Cotton being assessed by BioSecurity Queensland as high-risk, and requiring treatment by ground teams.

Transport

Queensland Rail operates the Cleveland railway line, which connects the Redlands with Brisbane as part of its City network. The line runs parallel with the Brisbane River to its south, passing through Brisbane's Cannon Hill and Wynnum, before crossing Tingalpa Creek to enter Redland City. Northern suburbs of the city are serviced by five stations: Thorneside, Birkdale, Wellington Point, Ormiston, and Cleveland, where the line terminates.

The TransLink (South East Queensland) bus network is prevalent in the Redlands. Bus stations at Capalaba and Victoria Point feature regular city-bound and outbound connections, with direct services to Carindale, Eight Mile Plains, Loganholme, and the Brisbane CBD during peak hour.

Plans for extending the Eastern Busway to Capalaba bus station were "paused" in 2011 but a new planning study commenced in 2022.

The Gateway Motorway and Pacific Motorway are located further west within the City of Brisbane. Major roads are accessible from these highways, such as Old Cleveland Road, Mount Gravatt-Capalaba Road, and Mount Cotton Road, which enter the Redlands from Chandler, Burbank, and Cornubia, respectively.

Culture and heritage
Redland City has a number of important cultural facilities, including the Redland Art Gallery, Redland Museum, and Redland Performing Arts Centre.

The city also has many heritage-listed sites, including:
 * Multiple historic sites of Cleveland, such as the Cleveland Point Light, Old Cleveland Police Station, Cleveland Pioneer Cemetery, Grand View Hotel, and the historic pine trees near the Point
 * The church, public hall, causeway and public reserve in Dunwich, North Stradbroke Island
 * Whepstead Manor at Wellington Point
 * The Industrial Ruins on Macleay Island
 * The Ormiston House Estate and Fellmongery
 * Norfolk Island Pine Trees
 * Serpentine Creek Road Cemetery in Redland Bay.

Libraries
The Redland City Council operate public libraries at Amity Point, Capalaba, Cleveland, Dunwich, Point Lookout, Russell Island and Victoria Point. There is a mobile library serving Alexandra Hills, Mount Cotton Park, Redland Bay, Thorneside, Victoria Point, and Wellington Point.

Economy
For the year ending 30 June 2014, Redland City's Gross Regional Product (GRP) was estimated to be 4.77 billion dollars. Key industry sectors include health care and social assistance, retail trade, education and training, sand mining, construction and tourism.

During the year ending in June 2014, an estimated 41,506 jobs were located in Redland City, along with an estimated 74,089 employed residents, meaning 32,035 (or 47.1%) of Redland City's employed residents who work travel outside of the area to do so.

Mining
North Stradbroke Island, one of the world's largest sand islands, has been the subject of sand mining operations since 1949. In 2010, Queensland's Labor Government announced a phase-out of the sand mining industry over a 17-year period, with up to 80% of the island to be covered by national park. In April 2011, the government then extended key expired mining leases to allow mining to continue at the main Enterprise sand mine until the end of 2019, while Sibelco was interested in an extension to 2027. 2013 saw the LNP Government pass legislation allowing sand mining on the island for an extra 16 years: from 2019 to 2035. For mining to continue past 2019 at the Enterprise sand mine, the lease owner (currently Sibelco) would have to apply for an extension in 2019, under legislative amendments passed by the Newman Government in November 2013. However, if the amendments are repealed by a future government before 2019, the mine will close on 31 December 2019, the closure date legislated by the government in April 2011.

The circumstances leading up to this legislative amendment have been referred to Queensland's Crime and Misconduct Commission. On 6 June 2014, North Stradbroke Island's traditional owners, the Quandamooka people, initiated a legal challenge saying, on the grounds that the LNP Government's extension of mining contravened the Federal Native Title Act. In May 2016, legislation passed by the Palaszczuk Ministry did confirm that sand mining on North Stradbroke will end by 2019.

Mainland quarries are located in the suburb of Mount Cotton, and have drawn their own criticisms concerning allegations of pollution and OHS breaches.

Development
Toondah Harbour in Cleveland is the location of the Stradbroke Island Ferry Terminal, used by water taxis and vehicular ferries to provide access to North Stradbroke Island. Cleveland's Toondah Harbour and Redland Bay's Weinam Creek were declared Priority Development Areas (PDAs) under the Economic Development Act 2012 on 21 June 2013. PDA designation allows development to be fast-tracked, but also means that local communities and interest groups have less opportunity to comment on issues of concern.

The Government and Redland City Council have proposed PDA development schemes which have attracted community opposition. On 23 February, approximately 30 people attended a rally to protest against the Government's plans to "carve up" the G.J. Walter Park as part of its Toondah Harbour redevelopment proposal. On 4 March 2014 a petition with 1,211 signatures calling for the Government's Toondah Harbour PDA plan to be withdrawn was tabled in the Queensland Parliament.

On 31 May 2014, an approved development scheme was released together with a lengthy report on the 583 submissions received during the consultation period.

On 18 September 2014, the Government and Council announced that Walker Corporation had been selected as preferred developer for both the Toondah Harbour and Weinam Creek priority development areas.

In the, the population of the Redland City was 147,010. The median age was 41 years old, 3 years older than the nationwide median. The male-to-female ratio was 49-to-51. The most commonly nominated ancestries were English (32.1%), Australian (25.2%), Irish (9.0%), Scottish (8.6%), and German (4.5%). 72.5% of people were born in Australia, while the other most common countries of birth were England (6.7%), New Zealand (5.4%), South Africa (1.7%), Scotland (0.9%), and the Philippines (0.5%). Indigenous Australians accounted for 2.3% of the population. The most commonly spoken languages other than English were Afrikaans and Mandarin (0.5% each), German (0.4%), and Italian and Spanish (0.3% each). The most common religious affiliations reported were none (29.8%), Catholic (21.1%), Anglican (17.9%), and Uniting Church (6.1%).

Council
Redland City Council has a Mayor, and a Councillor for each of its 10 divisions. Elections are held every four years and voting is compulsory.

Jos Mitchell was elected mayor at the 2024 election.

Mayors
Other notable members of the Redland Council include:
 * 1961–1980: John Philip Goleby, Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Redlands

Suburbs
Redland City consists of the following suburbs and localities:

 * Alexandra Hills
 * Birkdale
 * Capalaba
 * Cleveland
 * Coochiemudlo Island
 * Mount Cotton
 * North Stradbroke Island
 * Amity Point
 * Dunwich
 * Point Lookout
 * Ormiston

 * Redland Bay
 * Sheldon
 * Southern Moreton Bay Islands
 * Karragarra Island
 * Lamb Island
 * Macleay Island
 * Russell Island
 * Thorneside
 * Thornlands
 * Victoria Point
 * Wellington Point

Redland City also includes a number of uninhabited or sparsely populated islands in Moreton Bay, including:
 * Peel Island
 * Cassim Island, near Cleveland: a low-lying area of mangroves with seagrass around it which provides a high value habitat for wading birds and other fauna, named after William Cassim, an early Cleveland hotel keeper.

Demographics
The following table lists of the population of Redland City and its predecessor local government areas:

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Ambrogio Minoja (22 October 1752 – 3 August 1825) was a classical composer from Italy, born in Ospedaletto Lodigiano, in the territory of Lodi, in the region of Lombardy. He was professor of composition and writer on vocal music, having written Solfeggi, and Lettera sopra il canto (Luigi Mussi, Milan).

Biography
Minoja began his musical studies when he was fourteen years old, acquiring further musical training from renowned professor Nicola Sala, in Naples. On his return to Milan from Rome in 1772, where he stayed for a short period of time, he was appointed first klavier player at the theatre, succeeding then Giovanni Battista Lampugnani as director of music. From 1789 to 1809 he was maestro al cembalo at Teatro alla Scala (1789–1809). A highly esteemed composer, chapel-master and honorary member at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Milan, he became inspector of studies at the conservatory from 1814 to 1824.

Musical works
Minoja was a composer of opera and church-music. He composed two operas, which were performed successfully, Tito nelle Gallie (1787) and Zenobia (1788), a march and a funeral symphony on the death of General Hoche, having him received then a gold medal from Napoleon Bonaparte, and four Quartets known by the title of I Divertimenti della Campagna.

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Talk:John Sykes

POV
Terms such as "acclaimed", "most successful", "striking statement", etc. must be sourced. They are subjective terms with no objective substance. -- Cain Mosni 11:45, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

Also, there's no mention of Sykes getting HOE'D by Coverdale. Super oversight.
 * What?!

With Whitesnake
John Sykes did not participate in Slide it in album, came to Whitesnake in place of Micky Moody. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.48.224.184 (talk) 22:17, 8 November 2008 (UTC)

 * While he did not participate in the original UK recording, he re-recorded several parts for the US release. [IP didn't sign post]

 * Incorrect! Geffen records did not accept the album as mixed in the UK - they demanded a re-mix and Sykes overdubbing some guitar parts to give it a more 'modernized American' sound. The UK and US mixes and solos are different and the running order and song selections are different. 50.111.48.57 (talk) 03:27, 18 May 2019 (UTC)

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Talk:List of radio stations in Connecticut

Doesn't it make more sense to title this "Radio Stations in Connecticut"? This is kind of like calling the "Richard Feynman" entry "Article about Richard Feynman". Titles of things aren't suppose to have the type of the thing they are in them.

 * This list and its title follow established Wikipedia format. Virtually all lists appear with "List of..." ahead of them.  Additionally, no encyclopedia would capitalize "stations," and certainly not Wikipedia.  As a reminder, please sign your comments. – Beginning 01:41, Feb 12, 2005 (UTC)

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Tom Greenhalgh

Thomas Charles Greenhalgh is a multimedia artist and singer-songwriter best known for his work with the Mekons.

Education
He attended Sevenoaks School in Kent with future members of the Gang of Four (Andy Gill and Jon King) and the Mekons (Kevin Lycett and Mark White, whose father taught art at the school), and they spent "a lot of time in the art room."

After Sevenoaks, the five attended the University of Leeds, the birthplace of a number of punk bands. As students in the Fine Arts program, Greenhalgh, Lycett, White and Jon Langford formed the Mekons in 1976; they worked closely with the Gang of Four and the Delta 5, bands that included students from the same programme. In the politically charged atmosphere of the late 1970s, they participated in events such as Rock Against Racism.

While primarily credited as a guitarist in the early Mekons recordings, Greenhalgh's roles as lead singer and songwriter came to the forefront after the band regrouped and evolved stylistically in the 1980s.

Music and art
The Mekons have been known for their visual art projects as well as their music, the four main contributors being Greenhalgh, Langford, Lycett and Eric Bellis (Rico Bell). Each has a distinct style; Greenhalgh's work often incorporates elements of collage, painterly brushwork and unusual, flattened perspective. His illustration for the cover of The Curse of the Mekons and United is one of the band's most recognisable logos. The Mekons have held a number of gallery exhibitions, and have also participated in projects such as Art-Tube 01. While a member of the London-based music community, he participated in the music conference musicalliance (now known as modal), for which he set up the Mekons' art installation Untitled at the Spitz.

Along with Lycett, Greenhalgh has served as the primary web-master for Mekon-related sites such as the Wonderful World of the Mekons and OOOH! With fellow Mekon Lu Edmonds and others, Greenhalgh has also worked on Ellipsis's project for PORT: Navigating Digital Culture (1997).

Greenhalgh has taken part in a number of Mekons-related projects, many of which include Jon Langford. In 1985, he was The Three Johns' sound engineer for their first American tour; a recording of their Chicago performance has been released as Live in Chicago. As a member of the Jelly Bishops, he collaborated with Langford and John Hyatt, releasing the album Kings of Barstool Mountain (1988). He and Langford appear in Gary Lucas's 1993 video, "Skin the Rabbit," and they share song-writing credits for "On the Streets," featured on The Return of Rico Bell (1996). Greenhalgh has also performed on the Langford-organised Pine Valley Cosmonauts albums, contributing a cover of Hank Williams's "Angel of Death" to 2003's anti-death penalty benefit, The Executioner's Last Songs Vol. 2 & 3. His guitar (and Langford's vocals) can be heard on fellow-Mekon Sally Timms's "Corporal Chalkie" from her 2004 album, In the World of Him.

On 13 June 2007, Greenhalgh's new band King Tommy's Velvet Runway débuted in London. This band features Therese Daniell on keyboards and guitar, Tam McGibbon on banjo, John Langley on drums and Meiling Daniell-Greenhalgh on vocals and violin. The band's first album, Dance on the Volcano, saw a special limited edition release in 2007.

Independent projects
With Kevin Lycett, Steve Goulding, and John Gill, Greenhalgh has also been a member of Edward II and the Red Hot Polkas, appearing on Let's Polkasteady (1987) and Two Step to Heaven (1989). With Lycett and Robert Worby, he participated in Leeds Metropolitan University's A Christmas Pudding for Henry (1999) with the mecity multimedia project. Since around 1991, he and Worby have collaborated on Plate, recording yet-unreleased experimental electronic music. With fellow-Mekon Sarah Corina, he has recorded some songs on ukuleles and banjoleles, a sample ("Lowlands of Holland") of which was heard on ResonanceFM's Clear Spot in 2002, a program that also featured Lu Edmonds.

Greenhalgh produced Michelle Shocked's cover of the Beatles' "Lovely Rita" for the compilation Sgt. Pepper Knew My Father (1988). He also produced Mush's second album, Face in Space (1998). In 1998, he worked on a remix with the Knights of the Occasional Table. In 2000, Curve guitarist Alex Mitchell and he (as DJ Sparky Lightbourne and DJ Tommy Tomtom) appeared at the Foundry in Shoreditch.

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Talk:History of French animation

This one
This one's in a pretty bad state. I've added the "notable animations" bit, which is a start - anyone got anything they can add to it? I'll probably come back to it later. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.79.220.162 (talk • contribs) 13:43, 25 September 2005

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History of French animation → French animation – The american animation and japanese animation doesn't have history in title as well as all things related to french animation is included not just history Changeworld1984 (talk) 12:29, 2 December 2023 (UTC) — Relisting. -- Maddy from Celeste (WAVEDASH) 16:05, 9 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Note: I changed the capitalisation of the proposed title to keep it at sentence case. BegbertBiggs (talk) 18:18, 2 December 2023 (UTC)

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 * Comment: See Category:History of animation by country. There are a number of articles in there and they are not named consistently. This probably needs more of a topic-wide examination and a multi-article RM in one direction or the other.  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  09:53, 3 December 2023 (UTC)
 * True. There is consistency in naming. I am going to do same on other articles too.
 * An article should cover all the things about a topic not just history. Changeworld1984 (talk) 02:40, 7 December 2023 (UTC)

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What happened to him after the coup d'etat? --Soman 18:49, 23 September 2005 (UTC)

 * Good question - the limited sources I've consulted on him so far have little to say about him after he was exiled from Indonesia in the 1920s, let alone after 1965. My guess would be that he laid low as much as humanly possible after Suharto came along; '65-'71 was a dangerous time to be a former communist party chairman in Indonesia, to say the least. In fact, maybe there's some interesting story about how he escaped being killed in the anti-communist purges - but I don't know. He was a pretty old guy by then, too, of course... CDC   (talk)  21:24, 23 September 2005 (UTC)

When he returned to Indonesia in the early 1960s, Semaun distanced himself from the Communist Party (PKI) and was aligned with the Tan Malaka-inspired Murba party. Because Murba were enemies of the PKI they survived the anti-communist purges of 1965-68. Adam Malik, another Murba person, was foreign minister and then vice-president under Soeharto. Semaun and his old comrade Darsono lived in Jakarta for the last years of their lives Adrian Vickers (talk) 23:27, 13 July 2021 (UTC).

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Chhattisgarh Vikas Party

Chhattisgarh Vikas Party was an extremely short-lived group of twelve MLAs who had defected from the Bhartiya Janata Party and announced the grouping's name with the suffix 'Party' in order to circumvent the anti-defection law and merged into the Congress Party the next day.

Chhattisgarh Vikas Party was a vehicle to carry the defectors safely into the party of choice without inviting the wrath of the anti-defection law. It would be wrong to call the grouping a political party. political party in Chhattisgarh, India.

CVP was formed on December 20, 2001, when 12 members of the state legislative assembly belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party broke away. CVP was led by Tarun Chatterji. CVP was recognized by the Congress-affiliated Speaker of the assembly. The following day CVP merged into the Indian National Congress.

Members of the CVP were Haridas Baradwaj, Ganguram Baghel, Sakrajit Nayak, Madan Singh Deheria, Paresh Agrawal]], Sohanlal, Shyama Dhruba, Premsingh Sidar, Vikram Bhagat, Lokendra Yadav and [[Rani Ratnamala Devi along with Tarun Chatterji.

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Akimbo (on-demand service)

Akimbo was a video on demand system that allowed subscribers to download television shows, movies, and other video to a set-top box on demand.

Before adopting the name Akimbo, the company also operated under a number of other names including StaticTV and Blue Falcon Networks.

Company
Based out of San Mateo, California, the company employed approximately 80 people at its peak. It was founded by Steve Shannon, a former executive of ReplayTV, a TiVo competitor that was to become a unit of D&M Holdings, and is now owned by DirecTV.

History
Akimbo had released a software version of its on-demand system that ran on any computer running Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005. The software version was compatible with media center extenders such as the Xbox and Xbox 360.

The service was initially announced in February 2004, when Akimbo demonstrated its product at the Demo 2004 conference in Scottsdale, Arizona.

It was launched in October 2004, and signed on with Amazon as their official retailer.

Initial reactions were mixed, with criticisms of high prices of unknown content being levelled at it, although the user interface was regarded as intuitive and responsive.

From December 2004, AT&T Homezone began to offer some of Akimbo video content through its set top boxes, a result of a partnership deal inspired by AT&T's deep investments in the company.

Akimbo had also released its new RCA Akimbo Player which was a set top box that offers up to 100 hours of recording and was connected to the Akimbo Video On Demand Service.

On August 1, 2007, Akimbo finalized the dissemination of its Video on Demand service.

On June 2, 2008, Akimbo went out of business.

Criticism
With the initial launch of the service, complaints were rampant regarding the cost of the set-top-box (about $300), and then the added cost for users to purchase video content. Users would be able to buy or rent video content which would then be downloaded to their player for viewing. Akimbo would purchase the rights to provide content from content providers, then allow the content providers to set the cost of their content. This resulted in erratic pricing and exorbitant costs for users, as content owners would often set prices of $5–$9 for a 30-minute show, and load the show with commercials.

Akimbo also struggled with video quality, using Windows Media as the video type. Videos often were encoded in standard definition with the audio and video out of sync, audio cutting out part way through a video, and or pixelation and distortion to the video.

About a month after launching the Akimbo service, the company had about 120 active set-top boxes, about 60 of which were being used by employees or investors. On average only about 20 of those 120 players downloaded any content during a month. At the time when the company began its first round of lay-offs, about a year and a half after the initial launch, the number of users had grown to only about 140.

Equipment
Akimbo's hard-drive-equipped set-top box connected to a broadband connection and stored the chosen full-resolution programs using Akimbo's TiVo-like guide.

Programming
The initial content was somewhat eccentric, including Turkish-language shows, independent films, British dramas from Granada TV and pornographic movies. American networks such as CNBC, Cartoon Network and VH1 Uno were also among the offerings from its 200 content partners, as well as WPVI-TV (6ABC), Philadelphia's ABC affiliate.

Channels which were available on Akimbo were:

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