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JCPenney 1979
Why was the addition of the JC Penney 1979 availability removed. Is there any evidence that someone could not order an Intellivision from that catalog?
 * Tons, including other sources linked in the article already. They had planned a much larger 1979 roll out, but because of production delays they cut back to a single test market in Fresno through the department store Gottschalks.  All of this, and a price increase too, happened after JC Penny had printed their catalog.  I have no idea whether they just gave refunds or IOUs, but either way, no one was getting an Intellivision from JC Penny in 1979. Indrian (talk) 00:32, 17 October 2020 (UTC)

I see nothing that suggests that jcpenney orders weren't fulfilled. If they can deliver intellivisions to stores in california i see no reason they couldn't ship intellivisions direct to jcpenney catalog customers. The suggested retail price was $299 in 1980, retailers set prices how they like. All the cartridges in that catalog were completed in 1978 except poker and blackjack in early 1979. The catalog exists and should be included in the article. Removing it makes the article inaccurate. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.67.43.219 (talk) 15:01, 17 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Sadly, you have no idea what you are talking about. It's all there in news and trade publication reports of the time plus David Chandler's documents already linked on this site.  Mattel had big plans for 1979, they were all destroyed by the supply problems.  Unless you have some proof that someone actually received a console through JC Penny in 1979, which you won't find since it did not happen, you have no grounds for saying people could actually get a console through the catalog despite the listing.  Saying it was in the catalog is accurate, but saying it was available nationally in 1979, as your edits did, is simply not true. Indrian (talk) 17:20, 17 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Also, on the price thing. I am not in any way talking about retailer discretion to charge what they want relative to their own margins.  Earlier in 1979, Mattel announced that the MSRP for the Intellivision would be $250.  Late in the year, they announced that their costs were higher than anticipated and the MSRP would actually be $275. The notice specifically stated that pricing in the JC Penny catalog and similar outlets would be guaranteed through early 1980.  Then even later than that, Mattel announced that the planned national rollout with a significant presence in multiple major cities was cancelled due to supply issues, and they pulled back to the extremely limited test market in Fresno.  The reason they chose Fresno is because they honestly had no idea how much inventory they would have and Gottschalks proved very understanding and was fine just taking whatever they could get.
 * Anyway, the above is just further illustration that plans can change very quickly and just because something is advertised by a retailer does not mean it will actually come out. Christmas catalogs have to be prepared months in advance so shoppers have an opportunity to see what's out there before the start of the Christmas buying season.  Sometimes companies providing product for a catalog are just not able to hold to a prior commitment.  The Intellivision debacle is just one example of this.  Catalog advertising or newspaper advertising is one sign for historians that a product may have been available, but it has to be cross-referenced with other sources.  All other known sources, both internal and external to Mattel, demonstrate that Mattel had to scrap its plans to sell the system at major national retailers, whether in the physical stores or via mail order, in 1979.  This is why history is not just locating one source and assuming it tells the complete story about an event. Indrian (talk) 19:10, 17 October 2020 (UTC)

I appreciate all that and I am not disputing that their plans were scaled down. Nor am I saying that intellivisions were in jcpenney stores nationwide. I was very clear intellivision was not in stores nationally until 1980. Yes, I'm familiar with Dave Chandler's documents as I'm the one who put it in the article. I'm just saying that we know intellivision was in the jc penney catalog. We also know that intellivisions were manufactured and available in early december 1979 with plenty of time to reach customers by christmas. We also know that the supply of intellivision lasted beyond christmas and into the new year. Suggesting that an intellivision was not delivered to a jcpenney catalog customer is speculation. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.67.43.219 (talk) 19:32, 17 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Well, I would argue its also speculation to state that JC Penny was actually able to sell the system to anyone in 1979. That said, I have been rechecking sources, because I do want to get this right.  In January 1980, Advertising Age reported that "Mattel sales executives at the [1980 Winter CES in Las Vegas] said that Intellivision was offered in Fresno before Christmas as a test and in other markets in limited quantities."  So it did sell some units outside of the test market.  We can't be sure Penny actually sold any, but we can state that it appeared in the JC Penny catalog, was test marketed in Fresno, and was available in other markets in limited quantities.  That does not go against the sources.  I would still not do what you did in the original edit, however, which is state it was nationally available.  Even this Advertising Age article speaks of "other markets" instead of saying "nationally." All indications are that the limited national rollout began in March 1980 in select department stores followed by full national distribution in August. Indrian (talk) 22:51, 17 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Just wanted to say it all looks pretty good now. Thanks for tweaking things with some different sources. Indrian (talk) 06:43, 25 October 2020 (UTC)

Decade (Intellivision IV)
The History and Development section is in chronological order. The Intellivision IV was started before the Intellivision III and should be in that order. It's not "in the sky planning". They were developed by different teams. Decade started by the team that did the original intellivision shortly after that was finished. The intellivision iii was a quick-fix response to colecovision, developed by an outside consultant, and cancelled. Decade was never cancelled.

It's not correct to say "there was never any intention of it releasing first". At the time Decade development started there was no concept of the intellivision iii. Therefore the original plan was for decade to be the follow-up to the intellivision. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.67.43.219 (talk) 11:14, 23 October 2020 (UTC)

Is it the only game console if e.g. Aquarius exist?
@WhatGuy wrote "It remained Mattel's only video game console until the HyperScan in 2006.". Aquarius existed, but perhaps it was not "a video game console" ? Anttir717 (talk) 19:50, 26 August 2022 (UTC)
 * It's a home computer. Indrian (talk) 22:16, 26 August 2022 (UTC)

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San Mateo Arboretum

The San Mateo Arboretum is an arboretum in San Mateo, California containing old stands of pine, oak, cedar, and redwood planted over 100 years ago on the William Kohl property by John McLaren. The Arboretum is located in San Mateo's Central Park, which also houses the San Mateo Arboretum Society near the Kohl Pump House area of the park.

The San Mateo Arboretum Society is a volunteer run, nonprofit, founded in 1975 by Marion Panaretos. They host horticultural-themed events and classes, as well as working on the rose garden, the plant nurseries and the native plant garden within the park. The gardens, particularly the rose garden is popular for weddings.

Within Central Park there is a Japanese tea garden designed by Nagao Sakurai, that was dedicated in 1966. This garden contains cherry trees, Japanese maples and bonsai and marks the sister-city relationship between San Mateo and Toyonaka, Japan.

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Kap Shui Mun Bridge

The Kap Shui Mun Bridge (KSMB) in Hong Kong, part of Lantau Link of Route 8, is one of the longest cable-stayed bridges in the world that transports both road and railway traffic, with the upper deck used for motor vehicles and the lower deck for both vehicles and the MTR. It has a main span of 430 m and an overall length of 750 m. It spans the Kap Shui Mun marine channel between Ma Wan and Lantau islands and has a vertical clearance of 47 m above sea level. The bridge was completed in 1997.

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The total length of the Kap Shui Mun Bridge includes a 70 m approach span on the Lantau side. There is a column in each of the back spans of the cable stayed bridge, making four 80 m spans, adding to the 430 m main span. This makes the total length 820 m. The 503 m Ma Wan Viaduct was constructed under the same contract as the KSMB. The viaduct connects the KSMB to the Tsing Ma Bridge, forming the Lantau Link, which was built to provide access to the new airport. The navigation clearance of 47 m is part of the reason that the H-shaped towers are 150 m tall.

The Kap Shui Mun Bridge is not symmetrical, in that the 160 m back span length (two 80 m spans) is less than half of the main span length (which would be 215 m). To provide the balance that symmetry will normally provide, part of the bridge has a composite structure. The center 387 m of the main span uses a steel-concrete composite to make the structure lighter. The back spans and the rest of the main span are concrete. Using the lighter steel cross section in the majority of the main span serves to equalize the horizontal forces on the towers and balance the bridge.

Because the lower deck carries both rail and traffic, the cross section is designed as a Vierendeel truss. This means that there are no diagonal members in the cross section and that vehicles and rail cars drive through the openings provided by the Vierendeel design.

Along with the Tsing Ma Bridge and Ting Kau Bridge, it is closely monitored by the Wind and Structural Health Monitoring System (WASHMS).

Concrete strength of towers: Grade 50/20 or 50MPa

Crane strike
The bridge has a height restriction of 41 metres for vessels passing underneath. On 23 October 2015, a barge attempted to pass under the bridge with a broken-down crane that could not be lowered. The crane had a maximum height of 43 metres, but was tilted slightly to 41 metres. The bridge has an actual clearance of 47 metres, but potentially due to the high tide and wave action, the crane struck the bridge and damaged its underside. The Tsing Ma Bridge has a higher height clearance of 53 metres but a source said the captain of the tugboat towing the barge may have opted to take Kap Shui Mun to save time.

The strike triggered the Ship Impact Detection System to issue an alarm and both the road and railway were shut down immediately, severing Lantau Island and the airport from the city from about 7:40 pm to 10:00 pm. The government's contingency plan to implement emergency ferry service between Tsuen Wan and Tung Chung failed as the ferry operator took almost two hours to ready the service. Some travelers attempted to reach the airport via the Discovery Bay Ferry Pier, although many missed their flights.

The Highways Department inspected the bridge and found that only the inspection platform rails were damaged by the collision, and that the structural integrity of the bridge was not jeopardised. In the days following the incident there were calls in local media for the government to build a second link to the airport. In fact, such a link was already under construction: the Tuen Mun–Chek Lap Kok Link road tunnel was being constructed as part of the Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge project. This opened in 2020.

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List of University of Calcutta people

This is a list of notable people connected to the University of Calcutta.

Fourteen heads of state and government, and four Nobel laureates have been associated with the university.

Fellows

 * Joseph Baly, Archdeacon of Calcutta, 1872–1883
 * Lal Behari Dey, Bengali Indian journalist who became a Christian missionary
 * Ralph Thomas Hotchkin Griffith, British Indologist
 * Thomas Holbein Hendley, British medical officer in the Indian Medical Service and Indian art connoisseur
 * Nawab Abdul Latif, Bengali nineteenth-century educator
 * James Wood-Mason, British zoologist, director of the Indian Museum in Calcutta

Science and technology

 * Dipak K Banerjee, BSc, MSc & PhD in Chemistry from the University, Professor of biochemistry
 * Chandramukhi Basu, one of the first two female graduates of the British Empire; first female head of an undergraduate academic institution in South Asia
 * Sasanka Chandra Bhattacharyya, natural product chemist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate
 * Katyayanidas Bhattacharya, philosophy professor, Presidency College, Calcutta
 * Santanu Bhattacharya, chemical biologist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate, N-Bios laureate
 * Birendra Bijoy Biswas, molecular biologist
 * Nirmal Kumar Bose, Census Commissioner of India
 * Barun De, Chairman, West Bengal Heritage Commission, Calcutta
 * Amlan Dutta, former Vice Chancellor of Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan
 * Asim Duttaroy, medical scientist
 * Mircea Eliade, religious scholar and philosopher
 * Prafulla Chandra Ghosh, English literature scholar
 * Sankar Ghosh, Chairman of Department of Microbiology and Immunology at Columbia University; co-founder of Theralogics Inc.
 * K. S. Krishnan, philosopher
 * Dhan Gopal Mukerji, socio-cultural critic; first successful man of letters in the early 20th-century United States
 * Kamini Roy, first female honours graduate in the British Empire; first feminist author in India
 * Prafulla Chandra Roy, chemist
 * Sir Jadunath Sarkar, Vice Chancellor of the University of Calcutta
 * Debi Prasad Sarkar, immunologist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate
 * Brajendra Nath Seal, Vice Chancellor of Visva-Bharati University and the University of Mysore
 * Ashoke Sen, string theorist
 * Dinesh Chandra Sen, scholar of early Bengali literature
 * Ranjan Sen, biophysicist, N-Bios laureate
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Loto-Québec

Loto-Québec is a crown corporation in the Canadian province of Quebec. Established in 1969, it is responsible for overseeing lottery and gaming in the province.

The corporation operates lottery games such as draw games and scratch cards, casinos and gaming halls, bingo parlors, video lottery, and online gambling via its Espacejeux service. It is a member of the Interprovincial Lottery Corporation, and administers national games within the province.

Organization
Loto-Québec's activities are managed by several subsidiaries:

 * The Société des casinos du Québec operates four casinos in the province (Casino de Montréal, Casino de Charlevoix, Casino du Lac-Leamy, and Casino de Mont-Tremblant) as well as restaurant and hotel services.
 * The Société des établissements de jeux du Québec operates a network of around 12,000 video lottery terminals in bars, brasseries, and two gaming hall entertainment complexes in Quebec City and Trois-Rivières. It also operates a bingo network and a Kinzo hall. All profits from these activities are paid to non-profit organizations that hold bingo licenses.
 * Casiloc inc. is responsible for construction projects, acquiring furniture and equipment, and renting casino premises. It is also in charge of purchasing property for the lottery, video lottery, and bingo sectors of operations.
 * Lotim Inc. owns the building at 500 Sherbrooke Street West in Montréal that houses the head offices of Loto-Québec and its subsidiaries.
 * Technologies Nter develops or acquires, integrates, and operates computer systems that support Loto-Québec's business objectives.

Loto-Québec employs more than 5,000 people including nearly 4,500 in its four casinos.

The corporation has a program for the acquisition of contemporary Quebec art in its Collection Loto-Québec. The collection holds more than 4,900 works of art created by roughly 1,200 Quebec artists.

History
In 1969, the Government of Quebec passed the Act respecting the Société des loteries du Québec, and created a government corporation to operate legalized games of chance in the province. The first draw made by the newly formed government corporation was held on March 14, 1970, and the lottery, called Inter Loto, had a jackpot of C$125,000, while tickets cost $2.

At the time, no law specified which level of government would have jurisdiction over the operation of games of chance. For this reason, the Government of Canada created a lottery in 1972 to finance the 1976 Summer Olympics to be held in Montreal. In 1976, that organization became known as Loto-Canada. However, due to sustained pressure from the provinces, Loto-Canada was dissolved in 1979, and the management and operation of games of chance fell under provincial jurisdiction. Provinces are however required to transfer a part of their lottery profits to the federal government. In 2006, this transfer amounted to C$14.1 million.

In 1976, Loto-Québec held its first million-dollar draw in a lottery called Super Loto.

On June 12, 1982, Lotto 6/49 became the first pan-Canadian lottery, with a jackpot of C$500,000.

In 1993, a weekly game show produced by Loto-Québec and Canadian broadcaster TVA made its debut as La Poule aux œufs d'or. Each week, contestants will choose one of twenty-four golden eggs to win cash prizes. The show was first hosted by Guy Mongrain and is currently hosted by Sébastien Benoît and Julie Houle.

On May 25, 2004, activists and public personalities came together to create the EmJEU coalition (Ethics for moderation in gambling). While not prohibitionist or anti-gambling per se, coalition members demanded secure and ethical administration at Loto-Québec and for the entire games of chance industry. They were in part responsible for a public debate on the place games of chance should have in Quebec society and all related issues. In short, EmJEU members demanded the same kind of legislation and regulations for gambling that governed the tobacco industry.

On June 22, 2005, in partnership with Cirque du Soleil, Loto-Québec proposed to relocate the Casino de Montréal in the Peel Street Basin, close to the Old Port's Cité du Havre, to become part of a world-class entertainment complex that would include a hotel, performance hall and other components. The project came under fierce criticism from the population of the area, the EmJEU coalition and the Montreal public health authority, which issued a Public Health Warning. The project also led to a polemic on the place games of chance should have in Québec. Following the March 10, 2006 publication of the government-ordered Guy Coulombe report that imposed strict conditions on the project, Cirque du Soleil withdrew from the controversial project and the casino relocation proposal was dropped.

On March 30, 2006, Loto-Québec became an official partner in the Casinos Développement Europe group through its Casino Mundial subsidiary, with a 35% share ownership position. The other two partners are Bridgepoint Capital (55%) and a group of senior managers of this group formerly known as Moliflor Loisirs (10%). This corporation operates 20 French casinos and is the third largest of its type in France.

On November 2, 2006, the Quebec Cabinet authorized Loto-Québec to open four gaming halls in Québec, to be known Ludoplexes, in Montreal, Quebec City, Trois-Rivières, and Mont-Tremblant. This authorization allowed Loto-Québec to reach a new stage in its 2004 development plan. The plan has, among other features, a reduction in the number of VLTs intended to tighten access. The number of VLTs dropped 20%, from 14,301 in 2006 to 11,410 in 2009 while the number of VLT locations went from 3663 to 2327 – a drop of 36%. The 11,410 video lottery terminals generate sales of $670 million. Quebec public health authorities (Serge Chevalier, sociologist) estimates that the majority of revenues from these terminals come from problem gamblers, a conclusion that Loto-Québec contests.

The Trois-Rivières casino opened on October 25, 2007, and the Quebec City casino opened on December 6, 2007. On June 24, 2009, the Casino de Mont-Tremblant was inaugurated, replacing the originally planned gaming hall in that location.

On September 15, 2008, one of the biggest class action lawsuits in Canadian history began in Québec Superior Court in Quebec City. Begun in 2002 by former compulsive gambler Jean Brochu, the suit accused Loto-Québec of encouraging the use of VLTs without informing users of the danger of developing a dependency on this type of game of chance. An out-of-court settlement between the parties was reached in December 2009.

In March 2009, Loto-Québec announced a plan to renovate the Casino de Montréal at C$100 million.

On April 1, 2009, Loto-Québec was awarded the highest available level of international certification (Level 4) in the field of responsible gaming by the World Lottery Association (WLA), which is a worldwide organization of 140 lottery corporations.

On January 26, 2010, the Government of Québec authorized the Société des loteries du Québec to offer online gaming and made its decision public on February 3 of the same year. The announcement was controversial.

Despite opposition from regional Santé publique du Québec managers and the EmJEU coalition for a government moratorium and pre-implementation studies to assess the social and health impacts of the new Loto-Québec gaming offering on the population of Quebec, Loto-Québec's factual arguments were convincing: online gaming is already a reality with more than 2,000 illegal gaming sites available and practically no responsible gaming measures in place. The corporation maintained that it sought to "channel its irreproachably trustworthy gaming offering in a controlled way and in a secure environment." Given the determination to move forward on the part of the Government and Loto-Québec, a petition was circulated and tabled in the National Assembly of Québec. Nonetheless, Loto-Québec launched its Espacejeux.com on December 1, 2010.

On March 23, 2010, Quebec Superior Court Justice Gratien Duchesne approved the December 2009 out-of-court settlement of the video lottery terminal class action suit. In the agreement, the plaintiffs acknowledged that video lottery terminals were not the cause of compulsive gambling, thus confirming the position taken by Loto-Québec.

For the sake of fairness, the Government of Quebec agreed to refund the cost of therapy for compulsive gamblers during the 1994-2002 period, upon submission of receipts and independent of which games were played. Québec Medicare covers such costs since 2002.

The agreement capped the total amount of indemnity payments at $50 million, whereas the plaintiff had claimed damages of around $800 million for their estimated 120,000 compulsive gamblers in Québec (this figure has been contested by Loto-Québec).

On October 19, 2010, the Société des bingos du Québec (SBQ) launched Kinzo, a new bingo hall concept that features shorter games and a lounge-like atmosphere with bar service, designed to appeal to younger clientele than traditional bingo halls.

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Live at Five (WNBC)

Live at Five was a local afternoon television news program that aired on WNBC (channel 4), the NBC flagship television station in New York City. The hour-long program was broadcast from Studio 6B at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in Midtown Manhattan. Featuring a mix of news, features and interviews, the Live at Five concept was first introduced in 1979 by WNBC news director Ron Kershaw and Bob Davis; its final broadcast aired on September 7, 2007.

History
Live at Five was born of necessity; the 5 p.m. broadcast was part of a two-hour early evening news block called NewsCenter 4 which combined features and hard news, and attempted to compete with old movies and syndicated programming that aired on its competitors in the time period. The first anchors of Live at Five were Pia Lindström and Melba Tolliver; Jack Cafferty joined the anchor chair a few months later. When ratings for the news block crumbled in 1980, WNBC decided to pour its resources into its 6 p.m. newscast, which would feature its best reporters, while the 5 p.m. newscast would be more of an interview and lifestyle program with news headlines featured at the top of the show.

In October 1980, Sue Simmons joined the WNBC and Live at Five team from Washington, D.C. sister station WRC-TV. Simmons had several co-anchors, or as she colloquially called them "anchor husbands", including Cafferty, Tony Guida, Matt Lauer, Dean Shepherd and Jim Rosenfield. From 1980 to 1991, announcer Don Pardo performed the talent introductions and other voice overs, usually live in-studio.

In the 1980s, the show reached popularity with guests ranging from Jimmy Carter to Orson Welles to Little Richard. The show's impressive guest lineup was fodder for a running joke on NBC's Late Night with David Letterman, which taped simultaneously across the hall from WNBC's news studio in Studio 6A, where Letterman complained that Live at Five got better guests than he did. It was not unusual for Letterman to venture out of his studio with a portable camera, and interview Live at Five staffers manning the doors, or guests coming and going, or even crashing, live and unannounced, the Live at Five set. The program continued to maintain an impressive guest lineup well into the 2000s, with everyone from Broadway stars to NFL football players to politicians coming to Studio 6B to be interviewed.

Live at Five was originally cancelled in September 1991 and replaced by a traditional newscast known as News 4 New York at 5, anchored by Simmons and Chuck Scarborough. This format did not stay long, however – Simmons was paired with Matt Lauer for a new iteration of Live at Five, originating from the Window on the World studios used for NBC's Today. Shortly afterwards, Live at Five was moved back to 30 Rockefeller Center and adopted a more traditional news-based format in September 1993.

In 2005, Jim Rosenfeld left WNBC to return to WCBS-TV (channel 2). His replacement was Perri Peltz, who worked for WNBC in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The 5 p.m. edition of WABC-TV (channel 7)'s Channel 7 Eyewitness News also had two female anchors; first with veterans Roz Abrams and Diana Williams, then with Sade Baderinwa when Abrams left for WCBS-TV in 2004; and in April 2006, WCBS switched to the two-female-anchor format at 5 p.m. with Roz Abrams and Mary Calvi, who anchored together until November 6, 2006. At one point in time, three major market stations had leading female anchors at 5:00 p.m.

Several stations throughout the United States (among them many NBC affiliates) attempted to copy the Live at Five format or just rebranded their newscast "Live at Five" or some variant thereof.

WNBC's Live at Five broadcast was discontinued on September 10, 2007, in favor of a new 7 p.m. newscast anchored by Chuck Scarborough. The syndicated entertainment newsmagazine Extra replaced Live at Five at its former timeslot. For a while, WNBC moved its 5:30 newscast back to 5 p.m. (bumping Extra to the 5:30 slot), but did not return the Live at Five name to the newscast. Once again, Sue Simmons anchored the program, with David Ushery as co-anchor; the current 5 p.m. newscast continues to use the general News 4 New York brand rather than the Live at Five brand.

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I've removed a wikify tag from this - didn't agree it needed any. YMMV. --Tagishsimon (talk)

It might be cool to plot # of Featured Articles on the same graph, since it would fit naturally alongside # of words per article... +sj +  01:12, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)

If anyone's going to update this it would be nice to see comparison on a static set of articles, say cutting off the creation date at a various specific points to see how much the avg article is increasing in size since then. In other words what is the average number of words for articles created before Jan 1 2003, Jan 1, 2004, etc. My assumption is that the average new article is much smaller than a developed article, and taking newly created articles out of the picture would add an important dimension and usefullness to the study of the number of words per article. - Taxman Talk 19:06, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

I wish Wikipedia would update the average for words per article. There is 3 full years of data missing. Almost 4 now. Graphs are nicer than looking at raw data. --Monkey225 (talk) 10:10, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

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Shepetivka

Shepetivka (Шепетівка; Szepetówka) is a city located on the Huska River in Khmelnytskyi Oblast (province) in western Ukraine. Shepetivka is the administrative center of Shepetivka Raion (district). It hosts the administration of Shepetivka urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population:

Shepetivka is an important railway junction with five intersecting transit routes. It is located 100 km away from Khmelnytskyi, the oblast's capital.

The city is located near historic city of Iziaslav, the center of Ruthenian Zasławski princely estate.

History
A settlement called Shepetovka, belonging to the prince Ivan Zaslavsky, was first mentioned in a written document in 1594. In the 16th century Shepetivka didn't differ from other settlements of Volhynia. The settlement had a community and a windmill. It was given Magdeburg Rights at the end of the 16th century. This contributed the settlement's expansion and growing population. At the turn of the 16th and 17th centuries, the peasantry was intensively enslaved. Population of Shepetivka also suffered from frequent attacks of the Crimean Tatars. Peasants and craftsmen responded to the feudal oppression with the revolt in 1591-1593, led by Krzysztof Kosiński, and the revolt in 1594-1596, led by Severyn Nalyvaiko. When during the Ukrainian war of liberation from Poland in July 1648, peasant-Cossack regiments of Maxym Kryvonis had conquered Polonne, the inhabitants of Shepetivka joined the troops.

At the end of the 17th century, Shepetivka became property of Lubomirski family, and in 1703, of the Sanguszko family. And at the end of the 18th century, it became part of Iziaslav county, Volhynian Governorate. In 1866, Shepetivka became the capital of the county.

The first written mention of Shepetivka was in 1594.

In 1795, it became part of Iziaslav County, Volhynian Governorate. The first railway station was built in 1873.

In 1923, it got the status of a town, becoming the capital of Shepetovka district. In 1932 it became the capital of Shepetivka Raion, Vinnytsia Oblast. In 1937 Shepetivka Raion became part of Kamianets-Podilskyi (since 1954 Khmelnytskyi) Oblast. In 1991, Ukraine became an independent state, and Shepetovka became part of the state (and the town name took on the Ukrainian variant of "Shepetivka").

Shepetovka was a town with extensive settlement by Jews, similar to the surrounding region. There were 20,000 Jews counted in a census in the late 1670s, and 52,000 in the 1760s. Several important rabbis were active in the region in the 1700s, including Rabbi Pinchas Shapira, who is buried in Shepetovka. Significant emigration from Shepetovka occurred between 1880 and 1925.

During World War II, the Jewish population of Shepetovka was decimated. Hundreds of people were executed over the summer of 1941, and thousands more in the summer of 1942. Some Jews were evacuated to Uzbekistan and survived the war.

Until 18 July 2020, Shepetivka was incorporated as a city of oblast significance and served as the administrative center of Shepetivka Raion though it did not belong to the raion. In July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Khmelnytskyi Oblast to three, the city of Shepetivka was merged into Shepetivka Raion.

Local media
There are several media types represented in Shepetivka:

 * newspapers
 * Shepetivskyi Visnyk is a city district publication (founders - Shepetivka city and district councils, RSA, the editorial staff of the newspaper); circulation is up to 7800 copies per week; comes out twice a week
 * Den za dnem is a regional information-analytical weekly; weekly circulation — 7600 copies
 * TV
 * TV and Radio Company LLC Like TV (former Chance)
 * radio
 * editorial office of the city district radio broadcasting

Notable people

 * Valentina Matviyenko, Chairwoman of the Federation Council of Russia, former governor of Saint Petersburg, was born in Shepetivka
 * Ignacy Jan Paderewski, pianist, composer, and Polish prime minister, lived near Shepetivka as a child
 * Nikolai Ostrovsky, Soviet writer, the author How the Steel Was Tempered, lived here during his childhood and adolescent years
 * Rabbis Pinchas of Korets lived about 30 miles from Shepetivka, but died and is buried in Shepetivka.
 * Rabbi Simcha Sheps, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Torah Vodaas grew up in Shepetivka (according to the Torah Vodaas Haggadah)
 * Serhiy Klimovych, Hero of Soviet Union., was born and died in Shepetivka
 * Valentin Kotyk, the youngest-ever Hero of Soviet Union.
 * Aizik Vaiman, notable orientalist.

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William Denny

William Denny may refer to:
 * William Denny (MP) (1578–1625), English lawyer and politician
 * William Denny, deputy governor of the Province of Pennsylvania, 1756-1759
 * William Denny Jr. (born 1930), American politician in the Mississippi House of Representatives
 * William Denny and Brothers, British shipbuilder based in Dumbarton, Scotland
 * William Alexander Denny or Bill Denny (medical researcher) (born 1943), New Zealand chemist
 * William F. Denny (c. 1860–1908), American vaudeville performer and pioneer recording artist
 * William H. P. Denny (1811–1890), American newspaper editor and publisher and politician in Ohio
 * William Joseph Denny or Bill Denny (1872–1946), South Australian politician

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hardcore match

 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 merge. Mindspillage (spill yours?) 03:03, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Hardcore match
See Also: Ladder match and Tables, Ladders, and Chairs Match

 * Delete as dictionary definition. Feco 19:16, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, dictionary definition, gamescruft. Megan1967 07:13, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge this and Ladder match into Types of wrestling matches. Probably some other articles that could go there, but the Tables&c one is pretty big already. Radiant_* 08:32, Apr 14, 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge or keep this variation on a "sport". Kappa 11:37, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge all wrestling-match type articles into one big one... easier for navigation, and links can always point to sections. -- 8^D gab 06:31, 2005 Apr 18 (UTC)
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Tamenaga Shunsui

Tamenaga Shunsui (為永 春水) was the pen name of Sasaki Sadataka (佐々木貞高), a Japanese novelist of the Edo period.

Works
In Japan, he is best known for the romantic novel Shunshoku Umegoyomi (春色梅児誉美) (1832–1833), the representative text in the ninjōbon genre. He followed up to this with sequels and his son, who called himself Shunsui Tamenaga Junior, continued the series. In Japan, he is considered a major writer of the Edo period, remembered for disobeying the Tenpō Reforms. He also wrote a version of the Chūshingura called "Iroha Bunko".

In Western literature, he is probably better known for his humorous story Longevity, which was translated by Yei Theodora Ozaki for her book Japanese Fairy Tales in 1903, and since then has been reprinted in some children's Asian fairy tale collections.

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LTU Austria

LTU Austria (legally LTU Billa Lufttransport Unternehmen GmbH) was an Austrian airline based in Vienna. It operated charter services to destinations in the Mediterranean and Red Sea. Its main base was Vienna Airport.

History
The airline was established in 2004 by Billa, parent company of Austrian tour operator ITS-BIlla. It obtained its air operators certificate on 1 April 2004. It was wholly owned by Billa. LTU Austria has ceased operations as they have transferred their Airbus A320-200 to LTU in 2008.

Fleet
During their history, LTU Austria exclusively operated Airbus A320-200 aircraft. OE-LTU featured a fully economy class specification, meanwhile OE-LTV utilised a 24 seat business class cabin alongside 144 economy class seats. Following the airlines closure, the remaining aircraft in their fleet was transferred to Air Berlin.

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Cabal (novella)

Cabal is a 1988 horror novella by the British author Clive Barker. It was originally published in the United States as part of a collection comprising a novel and several short stories from Barker's sixth and final volume of the Books of Blood.

Plot
Boone, a young man suffering from an unspecified mental disorder, is told by his trusted psychiatrist, Decker, that he is responsible for brutal serial murders in Calgary, which Boone has no recollection of committing. After a suicide attempt, Boone is taken to a clinic and told by a fellow patient named Narcisse that he knows the location of Midian, a semi-mythical city that welcomes monsters. Believing that Boone is an emissary of Midian, Narcisse reveals Midian's location to him and maniacally savages his own face with a razor. Horrified, Boone escapes the clinic.

Following Narcisse's directions, Boone locates Midian, which lies beneath a cemetery. At the cemetery, two denizens of Midian, known as Night Breed, reveal themselves and attack Boone; one of the assailants bites into Boone's neck, but he narrowly escapes. Decker appears and reveals to Boone that Decker himself had committed the murders and framed Boone as a scapegoat. Boone is shot dead by the local policemen, who had been pursuing him alongside Decker. Boone's body is placed in a morgue, but it later mysteriously disappears.

Boone's lover, Lori, is unable to cope with what she has been told about Boone, so she travels to Midian for answers. Along the way, she makes friends with Sheryl, who accompanies her, though Sheryl stays in town and does not enter the cemetery. Lori encounters a small, frail creature writhing in pain at the cemetery. One of the Night Breed, Rachel, begs Lori to bring the creature to her. When she does so, the creature transforms into a human child: Rachel's daughter, Babette. As thanks, Rachel says she knows Lori has come for Boone, but the Night Breed leader, Lylesburg, silences Rachel and refuses her entrance to Midian.

Decker seduces Sheryl, kills her, and reveals his identity to Lori. Lori narrowly escapes Decker and returns to Midian, where a revived Boone saves her against Lylesburg's wishes. As punishment, Lylesburg exiles the couple. Boone and Lori return to her hotel, where they discover Decker has massacred many people. The police arrive and, though Lori flees, Boone uncontrollably eats some of the dead bodies before getting arrested. Decker convinces the bigoted police chief, Eigerman, to go to Midian and capture or kill everyone living there. Eigerman sends a small squad of officers to scout Midian, and they kill one of the Night Breed. Babette telepathically tells this to Lori.

Lori meets up with Narcisse, and together they help Boone escape from jail. Eigerman and Decker organize a lynch mob to attack Midian, including a priest named Ashbery. Boone, Lori, and Narcisse find that Eigerman's men have overrun Midian and that many of the Night Breed have been killed, forcing them out from the underground by setting the city aflame. Decker kills Narcisse during the battle, but Boone kills him. Eigerman's men are chased off by the Night Breed, but Midian is completely destroyed, and many Night Breed have been killed. Eigerman and Ashbery form a team to eradicate the Night Breed. Baphomet, the creator of Midian, re-baptizes Boone as "Cabal" and grants him new power, tasking him with finding a new home for the Night Breed, a task he accepts.

Editions
In 2013, small press publisher Fiddleblack released an "annotated, limited edition" of the novella, titled Cabal & Other Annotations. The hand-numbered books were limited to a run of 300 and contained a collection of essays from Barker-centric contributors such as Peter H. Gilmore and Nicholas Vince, as well as artwork by Barker himself and a sizable appendix of scholarly footnotes by horror philosopher Eugene Thacker.

Adaptations

 * Nightbreed (1990), film directed by Clive Barker.
 * A television adaptation is in development at SyFy, directed by Michael Dougherty and written by Josh Stolberg.

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2005 North Rhine-Westphalia state election

The 2005 North Rhine-Westphalia state election was held on 22 May 2005 to elect the 14th Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia. The outgoing government was a coalition of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and The Greens led by Minister-President Peer Steinbrück.

The result was a landslide defeat for the SPD, as the party suffered its worst result in 50 years at 37% and was ousted from government for the first time since 1966. The opposition Christian Democratic Union (CDU) under Jürgen Rüttgers won a commanding victory with 45% of votes and came just short of a majority in the Landtag. The Greens also suffered losses, as did the Free Democratic Party (FDP), with both finishing on 6.2%. The CDU subsequently formed a coalition with the FDP, and Rüttgers was elected Minister-President by the Landtag on 22 June.

The result had important ramifications outside North Rhine-Westphalia: such a crushing defeat for the SPD in a stronghold state was viewed as an indication of unpopularity of the federal government led by Gerhard Schröder. On the evening of the election, Schröder announced he would seek an early federal election.

Electoral system
The Landtag was elected via mixed-member proportional representation. 128 members were elected in single-member constituencies via first-past-the-post voting, and 53 then allocated using compensatory proportional representation. A single ballot was used for both. The minimum size of the Landtag was 181 members, but if overhang seats were present, proportional leveling seats were added to ensure proportionality. Since the previous election in 2000, an electoral reform had been passed which reduced the number of single-member constituencies by 23 and the overall size of the Landtag by 20 members. An electoral threshold of 5% of valid votes is applied to the Landtag; parties that fall below this threshold are ineligible to receive seats.

Background
In the previous election held on 14 May 2000, the SPD suffered losses and slid to 43% of the vote, while the CDU recorded another poor performance with 37%. The Greens also declined to 7% while the FDP recovered to 10% and re-entered the Landtag. The outgoing SPD–Green government retained a reduced majority and was renewed for a second term.

In November 2002, Minister-President Wolfgang Clement resigned to join the second Schröder cabinet as minister for economics and labour. He was succeeded by state finance minister Peer Steinbrück, who continued the coalition with the Greens.

Parties
The table below lists parties represented in the 13th Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia.

A total of 22 parties and lists ran in the election, as did 17 independent candidates. A total of 1,343 candidates stood for election, of which 273 (20.3%) were women. Only the four parliamentary parties as well as The Republicans and Labour and Social Justice ran candidates in all 128 constituencies. Due to the single-vote system, the number of constituencies in which each party stood determined how much of the electorate they were able to reach, and thus how many votes they could gather.

Campaign
Peer Steinbrück, who had been Minister-President for two and a half years by the time of the election, stood as lead candidate for the SPD. As in 2000, the CDU nominated state chairman Jürgen Rüttgers. Environment minister Bärbel Höhn led the Greens for a fourth time, and the FDP put forward Landtag group leader Ingo Wolf. The SPD and Greens aimed to continue their coalition, while the CDU and FDP sought to oust them with a coalition of their own. Polls showed the two blocs neck and neck at the start of the year, but the CDU and FDP established a strong lead by the start of March. Minister-President Peer Steinbrück remained popular and led Rüttgers in terms of personal polling; the SPD relied heavily on his personal image and placed less emphasis on the party brand, which was dragged down by federal issues The SPD also faced a challenge from the left in the form of WASG, a party founded by trade unionists and disgruntled SPD members opposed to the federal government's Agenda 2010. Important topics in the campaign were coal mining subsidies, wind energy, education, and the high unemployment rate.

Aftermath
Immediate coverage of the election was overwhelmed by its impact on federal politics: only half an hour after the polls closed, first SPD chairman Franz Müntefering and then Chancellor Gerhard Schröder announced the government's intention to seek an early dissolution of the Bundestag. A federal election had originally not been due until September of 2006, but Schröder and Müntefering felt the need for a renewed mandate for the government's agenda in light of a string of defeats on the state level, of which North Rhine-Westphalia was the most significant as it was a longtime stronghold of the SPD. The result also marked the defeat of the last incumbent SPD-Green state government. This led to a knock-on effect as Schröder quickly brought and deliberately lost a motion of confidence in the Bundestag and subsequently dissolved it. With the election looming, parties were forced to accelerate the selection and announcement of candidates; Angela Merkel was announced as the CDU/CSU's Chancellor candidate just a week after the election in North Rhine-Westphalia. These developments greatly overshadowed the state election and its local consequences, which receded into the background of coverage.

Polling conducted by Forschungsgruppe Wahlen reported that the poor economic situation, unpopular federal government, and weak perception of the state government were the most decisive factors in the outcome. On the key issue of unemployment, voters trusted the CDU much more than the SPD.

Government formation
The CDU and FDP quickly began negotiations for a coalition government. The former were led by Jürgen Rüttgers, while the FDP were led by lead candidate Ingo Wolf and state chairman Andreas Pinkwart. The draft coalition agreement was presented less than a month after the election on 17 June, and quickly ratified almost unanimously by both parties.

The new Landtag was inaugurated on 8 June, and Regina van Dinther was elected

President. Jürgen Rüttgers was elected Minister-President two weeks later on the 22nd, winning 99 votes in favour to 87 against. His cabinet took office on 24 June.


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Katherine Gottlieb

Katherine Gottlieb was the president and CEO of the Southcentral Foundation, an Alaska Native Healthcare Organization.

Life
She graduated from Alaska Pacific University with a Bachelor of Arts degree, a master's degree in business administration, and an honorary doctorate.

Southcentral Foundation's Nuka system of health care grew from fewer than 100 employees to more than 2,000; and from an operating budget of about $3 million to $323 million. Funding for SCF is 45 percent from the Indian Health Service, 50 percent from third party insurers or Medicaid, and the remaining 5 percent from foundation or grants. Gottlieb resigned from her position at SCF on August 3, 2020, two weeks after the organization fired three dentists, including her husband Kevin Gottlieb for falsifying health records.

Awards

 * 2015 Baldrige Foundation Harry S. Hertz Leadership Award
 * 2013 National Indian Health Board Award
 * 2004 MacArthur Fellows Program

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Revision by Consequentially
User:Consequentially, you have summarised your recent revision of this page as "formatting, shuffled things 'round a bit". You have done substantially more than that: specifically, you have deleted substantial parts of the item. You may have 'good' reasons for having done that, but please do not 'hide' the fact by omitting it from your summary, and please provide explanations on the Talk page as appropriate.

Amongst other things, I note that you have deleted the section referring to other monarchs. As you will see from the history, I specifically added that only 10 days ago and summarised as "added section Monarchs to make less UK specific". I felt it inappropriate to single out the UK Queen for special mention while ignoring all other female monarchs (especially living ones), but did not have time to list them all; indeed it may not be appropriate to list them all here if there are suitable lists elsewhere. I have therefore reinstated this section.

Why delete Queen (album)? "Articles with a clarifier in parentheses" are primary candidates for inclusion in disambig. pages as indicated in Manual of Style (disambiguation pages).

Why delete some "Queens" items but leave others?

Why delete the "See also" section? Manual of Style (disambiguation pages) specifically states: "'There may be a 'see also' section for similar terms which may be confused, misspellings, and the like, but don't use 'see also' for any legitimate use of the main title word.'"

When tidying a disambig page, please ensure that the links do not point to Redirect pages. I have also amended the red links so that they point to current articles.

I have now further cleaned up the page, reinstating links to related terms, and other pertinent links deleted by Consequentially. TrevorD 13:04, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

 * As much as I'd like to write this off as a learning experience, I understand that I took the Be Bold mantra a bit to far. I agree with the changes you reverted, and, after reading your explanations, have come to see the changes as reckless. Honestly, I only figured out how to read past updates after looking at the revision history for this page, so my removing your reference was mostly ignorance. I appreciate you being tolerant of newbie mistakes, and explaining things out for me so I'll stand less a chance of making them again in the future. Consequentially 01:39, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

Effeminate homosexual
Queen (noun ~ NOW'EN): A flamboyant homosexual, usually male, always FABULOUS. JayKeaton 00:05, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Drag queen. --Helium4 (talk) 07:49, 11 June 2013 (UTC)

Disambiguation or queen regnant?
should this be a disambiguation page? shouldn't it rather go to queen 'regnant'--Godal 22:04, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

I've just gone through the what links here, and ignoring user pages the vast majority needed changing to Queen . Also historically there have probably been more queen consorts than Queen regnants, so I suggest leaving this as a disambig page. Jonathan Cardy (talk) 12:50, 28 June 2008 (UTC)

Borg queen
I have a strange feeling that possibly the Borg queen article must be added to this disambiguation page. She was a primary antagionist in Star Trek: First Contact as well as Star Trek: VOY--Megamanfan3 (talk) 13:56, 16 September 2008 (UTC)
 * There is no Borg Queen article, it is currently a redirect. Even if it were an article, it would not qualify for inclusion under the Partial title rule. MickMacNee (talk) 14:12, 16 September 2008 (UTC)

Queen of pop etc
Queen is also used to refer to a woman or homosexual man who is at the top of their profession or the best at something, for example, Madonna is often referred to as the queen of pop. Nietzsche 2 (talk) 11:58, 20 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes, the article could perhaps use a See also link to Honorific nicknames in popular music. --2001:1C06:19CA:D600:D083:16D9:8D1F:9C3A (talk) 04:40, 18 July 2023 (UTC)

Problems
The band and their album are listed twice. People named Queen (e.g., Ellery Queen) are not listed or referenced. Matchups 17:39, 4 March 2011 (UTC)

Requested move

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

The result of the move request was: Not moved) Mike Cline (talk) 18:49, 17 September 2012 (UTC)

Queen → Queen (disambiguation) – Queen should redirect to Monarch, just as King does, as this is clearly the primary topic for this word. The band and the insect behavior are mere runners-up. Ego White Tray (talk) 02:33, 9 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Oppose. Page views for Monarch in the last 3 months 94439. Page views for the band 1071409. No evidence that Monarch is the primary topic. Tassedethe (talk) 03:35, 9 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Support. Pageviews are not the only way to measure primacy; as with Apple, sometimes the common noun is the primary topic regardless of pageviews.  Powers T 19:11, 10 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Support, per Powers T. Freddie Mercury's band may be better known in English-speaking countries for now, but that's partially because the name of the group is the same in all languages whereas the concept embodied by the common noun would be translated into local languages, and over time & space, the monarch-related concept is more universal in scope. Yet since there have been far more queens who were consorts than monarchs, the latter isn't a satisfactory redirect. FactStraight (talk) 19:34, 10 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Please clarify - are you saying that Queen consort is a better target than monarch? Ego White Tray (talk) 03:28, 11 September 2012 (UTC)
 * No, I'd prefer this move request in order to acknowledge that the concept relating to royalty -- "the highest ranking female in some hereditary hierarchichal societies, usually called kingdoms" -- is primary topic, most other usages being derivative, deserving of mention in the main article space with links to articles elaborating the variations: A "queen-bee" is not called such arbitrarily, but because her function matches the overall concept (one could probably even make that case for the rationale behind the band's choice of name). FactStraight (talk) 17:45, 11 September 2012 (UTC)

 * Oppose – the current Queen disambiguation page makes more sense than assuming someone is looking for Monarch. Dicklyon (talk) 05:12, 11 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Support. Clear case of WP:PRIMARYTOPIC as far as I can see. Of course the primary meaning of "queen" is a female monarch. Page views are irrelevant and misleading, as most people aren't going to use Wikipedia to look up the meaning of "queen", but that doesn't mean it's not primary. -- Necrothesp (talk) 09:33, 11 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Oppose. The term is obviously ambiguous in common usage and a disambiguation page is appropriate. older ≠ wiser 12:42, 11 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Oppose because even within royalty there is the substantial non-monarch meaning of Queen consort, as well as more minor alternatives. Pam  D  13:03, 11 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Support per WP:MOSDAB and WP:CONCEPTDAB
 * Oppose - Ambiguous term, usage varies also according to different regions of the world. "The Queen" would refer to one's "own" monarch (or consort), if there is one, otherwise it's ambiguous also. "Queen" as a stand alone "word", outside of context means different things to different people, based on point of view, and there is no "world-wide" all encompassing use.--MrBoire (talk) 21:25, 13 September 2012 (UTC)
 * That's a rather extraordinary claim, that people using the word "queen" without context are likely to mean something other than the plain meaning of the term. Powers T 01:07, 15 September 2012 (UTC)
 * In places without a reigning female monarch, the "plain meaning of the term" is as likely to be Queen, Queen, or Queen as anything. I.e, the term is "plain"ly ambiguous. older ≠ wiser 02:24, 15 September 2012 (UTC)
 * I disagree; those uses would seem to be primary only in certain contexts or cultures. Like if you're in Cupertino and start talking about Apples... yet the fruit is still the primary topic.  Powers T 19:48, 15 September 2012 (UTC)

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

big gas tank truck semitrailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkWeZ1YPI88 Worker killed while venting tanker (title), in the first seconds of video the semitrailers or the tanks on them (?) are named "queens". Possibly only the extraordinary size of the tanks is described by "queen".--Helium4 (talk) 08:13, 11 June 2013 (UTC)

King and Queen pages
I started at discussion at the politics page about ideas about creating uniform king and queen pages.-- CaroleHenson (talk) 18:03, 21 November 2016 (UTC)

Queen Mother
The article says "Queen mother, the mother of a monarch" This is an incorrect definition. A monarch's mother is not automatically the Queen Mother, unless she is a Queen Dowager, previously Queen Consort. For example, Victoria's mother was never married to a king, and was thus not the Queen Mother. I think we should change it. I changed it, but someone instantly reverted it. I think the reversion is wrong. We should have a more accurate definition. Pete 14:12, 27 October 2018 (UTC)

Edit request
Please add entries for

 * drag queen, which has the very common short form "queen"

and a see also to
 * Queen-mother (disambiguation)

-- 64.229.88.43 (talk) 21:33, 31 July 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅ Handmeanotherbagofthemchips (talk) 18:18, 1 August 2022 (UTC)

English
Queen Siyamthanda Shabangu Born 5 April 2011 She is a traditional doctor that know as Nkonjan here mother is Nomhle Melody born in 16 July 1994 She has three children the fast born Is Queen       here father is Arick Shabangu born in 1982 he is traditional doctor too 41.121.105.205 (talk) 18:36, 20 September 2023 (UTC)

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Talk:Transpositional pun

Ill Wind?
Saxophone: An ill wind nobody blows good.

I had always believed this title was given to the oboe.

complete suckage - this article needs WORK
"These are the souls that time men's tries" is a triple pun, which was originally used in a headline in the NYTimes.

I first saw this in 1967 on the timing scoring building at Sebring, Florida for the 12 Hours of Sebring Race. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.78.247.174 (talk) 16:18, 21 October 2019 (UTC)

There's only a few perfect triples in English. Another is the sign to Ken Kesey's ranch: "No Left Turn Unstoned".

Again, this article SUCKS.

70.235.87.152 02:19, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

Probably not worth including here
But I'll mention it on the Talk page anyway, since it's my favourite example of this pun: "A hard man is good to find." - Mae West
 * Terraxos (talk) 17:07, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

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The Short-Wave Mystery

The Short-Wave Mystery is Volume 24 in the original The Hardy Boys Mystery Stories published by Grosset & Dunlap.

This book was written for the Stratemeyer Syndicate by Leslie McFarlane in 1945. Between 1959 and 1973 the first 38 volumes of this series were systematically revised as part of a project directed by Harriet Adams, Edward Stratemeyer's daughter. The original version of this book was rewritten in 1966 by David Grambs resulting in two different stories with the same title.

Revised edition
The Hardy boys are drawn into a mystery when a group of thieves steals a collection of stuffed animals from an estate sale. Later, the Hardy boys notice a station wagon carrying stuffed animals, but when they try to give chase, the car gets away, leaving only a broken ham radio antenna behind. While they are discussing the case that their father Fenton Hardy is working on, they learn that he is after a group involved in industrial espionage and that this group uses code words very similar to what the boys have been hearing transmitted over the ham radio bands.

When the Hardy boys visit the estate to investigate the remaining stuffed animals, they are knocked unconscious and someone steals the remaining animals. They manage to get their hands on two of them and convince their friend Chet Morton, who has recently taken up taxidermy as a hobby, to open them up looking for whatever may be hidden inside. After the Lectrex plant is raided, the boys go with their father to investigate, and they notice a stuffed fox that had been on a ledge in the conference room has mysteriously disappeared.

The Hardy Boys travel to Canada (somewhere near Moosonee and Moose Factory) to solve the theft of the stuffed animals and to break up an industrial spy ring, which was the source of the leak of info coming from the Lectrex factory in their hometown of Bayport. As the boys piece together parts of this mystery, they solve the industrial spying case their father was working on, they solve the mystery of the coded transmissions on the ham radio bands, and they find out why a group was stealing the stuffed animals.

Original edition
The Hardy Boys hear a mysterious call for help on their shortwave radio set: "Help -- Hudson". Meanwhile, Fenton Hardy is investigating nation-wide thefts of radio equipment by a group of criminals called "The Hudson Gang". But of more immediate concern is the theft of several auction items, at an auction attended by Chet Morton and the Hardy Boys. The stolen items are mostly animal skins and carcasses intended for use in taxidermy, Chet's latest hobby.

Investigating all the seemingly unrelated mysteries leads to some connections. Spike Hudson, leader of the Hudson Gang, uses a house near Bayport as a hideout—a house which has vicious-looking stuffed animals hidden around it at strategic points to discourage unwanted snooping. At the house, Frank is caught by one of Spike's henchmen when he tries to bring the police, and the criminals leave him bound and gagged while they make their getaway. He is later freed by Joe. And the "Help -- Hudson" message, though initially thought to be from or about Spike Hudson, seems to instead be from a group of stranded researchers trapped somewhere on the isolated coast of Hudson's Bay...near to where Spike Hudson has another hideout. Soon, the Hardy Boys are travelling by plane to the fictional White Bear River in remote Northern Ontario, Canada (references in the book place it most likely somewhere near Moosonee and Moose Factory) to try to solve the thefts, rescue the researchers, and break up The Hudson Gang.

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Santa Clara, Cuba

Santa Clara is the capital city of the Cuban province of Villa Clara. It is centrally located in the province and Cuba. Santa Clara is the fifth-most populous Cuban city, with a population of nearly 245,959.

History
Santa Clara was founded by 175 people on 15 July 1689. 138 of them represented two large families already living in the area, who owned land next to the new city. The other 37 came from seven other families and included a priest and governor, all originating in the coastal city of San Juan de los Remedios.

The population of Remedios had to choose between leaving their city, constantly being besieged by pirates, or staying. While most decided to stay, 37 people traveled south to the interior. On 1 June 1689, they arrived at a hill, joining two other families already present at the site. According to tradition, a mass was celebrated under a tamarind tree and Santa Clara was founded. Since then, the place under the tree has been known as Loma del Carmen. A second-generation church was built in a park along the plaza. A monument commemorating the event is surrounded by a fourth-generation tamarind tree.

The settlement was originally called Cayo Nuevo, which was changed to Dos Cayos, Villa Nueva de Santa Clara, Pueblo Nuevo de Antón Díaz, Villa Clara, and finally Santa Clara.

Construction of the city began near Loma del Carmen. Following the Spanish standards, a perfect squared layout with a central plaza (Plaza Mayor, today known as Parque Vidal) was developed. The first buildings erected were the cabildo (city council) and a palm tree church. The latter building was replaced in 1725 with a brick one. It remained at the center of the Parque Vidal as Catedral de Santa Clara de Asís until 22 August 1923. It was demolished so that the plaza could be expanded and a new church built nearby. This decision by the mayor is still criticized to this day. Although the church was not of the finest architecture, it was one of the oldest colonial structures in the city and a part of its fabric. After the expropriation by the mayor and city council, religious officials complained and the court awarded 77,850 pesos in fines as a settlement to the church.

Soon after the city was founded, a theater, a chamber of commerce, meeting clubs, public libraries, and dance halls were erected as well. Positioned nearly in the center of the country, the city became a popular travelers' stop and a prominent transport hub; these conditions supported its steady growth. By the 19th century, Santa Clara was bigger and more populated than nearby towns, including what was once Remedios. As a necessary stop between Havana and the east of the country, the city became the capital of Las Villas province.

Marta Abreu de Estévez
Two well-known figures are associated with Santa Clara: Marta Abreu de Estévez, a beloved native daughter known as "the Benefactress of the City", and Ernesto Che Guevara, a political activist and leader of the Cuban Revolution. Guevara is buried here, where he waged the final battle of the revolution that toppled the Fulgencio Batista government in 1958.

Abreu is notable for the numerous projects she and her family promoted through their philanthropy, intended to enhance the life of the citizens of Santa Clara. Abreu and her husband Luis Estévez, who became the first vice president of the young republic in 1902, were well-known sympathizers and contributors to the Cuban rebels' cause during the War of Cuban Independence against Spain. (This was the initial phase of the Spanish–American War; the US became involved in supporting some forces seeking independence.)

Abreu's legacy includes institutions all over the city: an electric plant building, several schools, an asylum, public laundry stations by the Belico River (two still exist, although in poor condition), the fire station a block off the Parque Vidal, and the train station near Loma del Carmen.

The most notable building is the Teatro La Caridad (a theater named in honor of the patron saint of Cuba, La Virgen de la Caridad – Our Lady of Charity). The theater can be seen from one of the corners of the Parque Vidal. Abreu was the project's sole financial sponsor. She supervised the design and construction of the theater. Although it is not as grandiose as the Teatro Tomás Terry in Cienfuegos city, the proceeds of the theater have been designated to support two schools that Abreu founded for the city's poor children. The schools, one for girls and one for boys, were located just behind the theater. Teatro La Caridad is one of the seven major theaters still standing from the colonial era in Cuba. Abreu also donated her own palace to the city; it was used as a provincial government palace and later adapted for use as a public library. Today, it houses the Biblioteca Martí (Martí Library), also located on the Parque Vidal. It is an example of neoclassical architecture and has highly decorated interiors. Santa Clara's university is named after Abreu. She is buried in the Colón cemetery of Havana.

Battle of Santa Clara

Santa Clara was the site of the last battle of the Cuban Revolution in late 1958. Two guerrilla columns attacked the city; one was led by Ernesto Che Guevara and the other by Camilo Cienfuegos. Guevara's column first captured the garrison at Fomento. Using a bulldozer, Guevara's soldiers destroyed railroad tracks and derailed a train full of troops and supplies sent by Batista. At the same time, Cienfuegos's column defeated an army garrison at the Battle of Yaguajay not far from town. On 31 December 1958, the combined forces of Guevara and Cienfuegos (along with other revolutionaries under William Alexander Morgan) attacked Santa Clara. The battle was chaotic, and the defenders became demoralized. Some fought; others surrendered without a shot. By the afternoon, the city was captured. This victory for Castro's troops is seen as the decisive moment in the Cuban Revolution, as Batista fled Cuba less than 12 hours later.

Geography
Located on a plain below a hillside, in the middle of the surrounding province, Santa Clara is 71.5 km from the Caribbean Sea (at Cienfuegos) and 51.7 km from the Atlantic Ocean (at Caibarién). The municipality borders with the municipalities of Cifuentes, Camajuaní, Placetas, Manicaragua, and Ranchuelo.

The city is divided into several divisions (repartos):

 * America Latina
 * Antón Díaz
 * Bengochea
 * Brisas del Capiro
 * Camacho
 * Capiro
 * Cardoso
 * Centro
 * Chambéry
 * Domínguez
 * El Carmen
 * El Gigante
 * El Vaquerito (Puerto Escondido)
 * Escambray
 * Escambray Este
 * Escambray Norte
 * José Martí
 * Las Minas
 * Los Sirios
 * Moro
 * Osvaldo Herrera (Dobarganes)
 * Páez
 * Raúl Sancho (Condado)
 * San Daniel
 * Sandino
 * Santa Catalina
 * Sub Planta
 * Tenería
 * Tirzo Díaz
 * Universidad
 * Vigía
 * Vigía Sur
 * Villa Josefa
 * Virginia

There are 18 wards (consejos populares) of Santa Clara. They include Centro, Caprio, Santa Catalina, Vigía, Sandino, Hospital, Escambray, Chambery, Virginia, Condado Norte, Condado Sur, Abel Santamaría, and José Martí are a part of the Urban area. Camacho Libertad, Antón Díaz, Aereopuerto, Univerisidad, Manajanabo, Sakenaf, Hatillo-Yabú, and Camilo Cienfuegos are part of the Semi-Urban area and San Miguel is in the Rural Area.

Demographics
In 2022, the municipality of Santa Clara had a population of 245,959. With a total area of 514 km2, it had a population density of 480 /km2.

Attractions
Parque Vidal is located at the center of the city, taking up an entire square block. In the park, there is a statue of Marta Abreu, who is admired by the people of Santa Clara. Bordering the park is the Santa Clara Libre (formerly the Santa Clara Hilton), Gran Hotel, Teatro La Caridad (a National Monument of Cuba ), Plaza del Mercado Central, the former city hall, and the Colonia Española de Santa Clara center of dance, exhibiting the most attractive and unique traditional customs of hinterland Cuba.

Parque Vidal is one of the most quintessential Cuban places in Cuba. During the afternoons, people, especially singles, visit the park to meet others. Although not widely practised in recent times, the custom was to walk around the park. The women walk along the inner part of the park, while the men walk along the outer side. Another lost custom is for locals to set up a platform and perform improvisations with their guitars on late Sunday afternoons. They dressed for that day with their guayaberas and highly polished shoes.

Santa Clara is home to a mausoleum that houses the remains of Che Guevara and sixteen of his fellow combatants killed in 1967 during the Bolivia campaign. There is also a reconstruction of Guevara derailing the train during the Battle of Santa Clara.

Prior to 1 January 1977, Santa Clara was located in Las Villas Province. On that date, as part of a general administrative reordering of Cuba's provinces, Las Villas Province was reordered into the provinces of Villa Clara, Cienfuegos, and Sancti Spíritus. Santa Clara is in the province now known as Villa Clara.

Other local landmarks include:
 * Parque del Carmen (Carmen's Park) – foundation site of the city
 * Parque de los Martires (Martyrs' Park)
 * Parque de la Pastora (Our Lady Shepherdess Park)
 * Parque de la Justicia (Justice's Park)
 * Parque del Tren Blindado (The Armored Train Park-Museum ) – a National Monument of Cuba
 * Mausoleo Che Guevara (Monument and Mausoleum of Ernesto "Che" Guevara)
 * Catedral de Santa Clara de Asís (Saint Claire of Asis Cathedral)
 * Boulevard 1889
 * Centro Cultural El Mejunje (Cultural Centre "El Mejunje")
 * Loma del Capiro – a hill overlooking the city
 * Villa Clara Provincial Museum – showcases a collection of art and social and natural history
 * University "Marta Abreu" of Las Villas – the province's secondary education institution

Transport

Santa Clara is crossed by the Carretera Central highway (CC) and Autopista A1 motorway. A ring road serving the city is directly linked to the motorway. The main railway station, Santa Clara railway station, is part of the principal line of the country, the Havana-Santa Clara-Camagüey-Santiago. Abel Santamaría Airport, located 11 km to the north, is the city airport, serving flights to Italy, Canada, France, and Poland, along with domestic and other flights.

Education
Santa Clara is home to the University "Marta Abreu" of Las Villas (Universidad Central "Marta Abreu" de Las Villas (UCLV)), which is composed of a number of faculties: The university offers bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees and boasts the graduation of 35,000 engineers, licensees, architects, medics, and veterinarians, of which 1,000 are foreigners from 47 countries. Additionally, it has educated more than 310 doctors and more than 1600 magisters. The university collaborates with institutions from Germany, Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, France, Spain, Peru, Mexico, and Venezuela.
 * Electrical Engineering
 * Agricultural Sciences
 * Mathematics, Physics, and Computer Sciences
 * Humanities
 * Law
 * Psychology
 * Social Sciences
 * Construction
 * Managerial Sciences
 * Mechanical Engineering
 * Chemistry and Pharmacy
 * Distance Education

Santa Clara is also home to the Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Villa Clara, founded in 1966.

Notable people

 * Marta Abreu (1845−1909), benefactress
 * José Bernal, artist
 * Yuniesky Betancourt, Major League Baseball shortstop
 * Mike Cuellar, Major League Baseball pitcher
 * Aledmys Díaz, Major League Baseball shortstop
 * Newton Estape Vila, photographer and journalist
 * José Fernández (1992−2016), Major League Baseball pitcher
 * Mirka Francia, Cuban-Italian volleyball player
 * Rubén González, pianist
 * Benny 'Kid' Paret (1937−1962), boxer
 * Moraima Secada, singer
 * Miguel Díaz-Canel, 17th president of Cuba
 * Gerardo Machado y Morales, general, 5th president of Cuba (1925–1933)
 * Marilyn Pupo, Cuban-Puerto Rican actress and television host
 * Dafnis Prieto Cuban-American drummer, composer, bandleader, and educator
 * Eslinda Núñez, actress

Twin towns/Sister cities
Santa Clara is twinned with:
 * 🇨🇴 Cali, Colombia (1994)
 * 🇪🇸 Oviedo, Asturias, Spain (1995)
 * 🇺🇸 Bloomington, Indiana, United States (1999)
 * 🇷🇺 Cheboksary, Chuvash Republic, Russia (2004)
 * 🇧🇷 São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil (2005)

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Talk:Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Company

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What's everyone's favorite Leinie beer? Mine is Sunset Wheat, because it tastes like blueberry pie. --Nimper 02:22, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
 * I like Honey Weiss and Berry Weiss Werecowmoo (talk) 01:45, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

How does one pronounce Leinenkugel? 68.43.247.47 21:21, 3 December 2005 (UTC)
 * LY-NEN-KOO-GUL (more or less . . .) --Michael K. Smith 14:10, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

Active Beers
Northwoods and Amber Light are no longer being brewed.
 * Northwoods is produced in small batches, most recently in Feb 2008.Werecowmoo (talk) 01:45, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Apple Spice is no longer being made either..... much to my discontent. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.48.131.202 (talk) 03:22, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

Big Eddy RIS is amazing — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.55.14.120 (talk) 02:11, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

WikiProject Food and drink Tagging
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Ownership ambiguity - SABMiller owns them now - what's the history?
There's very little regarding the actual ownership of the company and whether it has changed hands historically much.

How long as SABMiller owned the company? What's the history? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.134.128.13 (talk) 04:18, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

Berry Weiss
Why are you not selling this item anymore? 74.84.12.43 (talk) 22:22, 3 May 2022 (UTC)

Where can I buy the cherry ale beer
Cherry Ale beer 108.201.117.8 (talk) 18:54, 15 June 2024 (UTC)

title: Talk:Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Company


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Styrian Spirit

Styrian Spirit was an airline based in Graz, Austria, the capital of Styria. It operated services to scheduled and charter destinations within Europe.

The airline also operated as Slovenian Spirit and Salzburg Spirit on routes to and from Salzburg and Maribor, Slovenia. Two of its aircraft were painted in Salzburg Spirit and Slovenian Spirit livery.

History
The airline was established on December 25, 2002, and started operations on March 24, 2003. It ceased operations on March 24, 2006, and filed for bankruptcy after failing to secure fresh financing.

On March 24, 2006, Styrian Spirit abruptly canceled all flights. The carrier later announced it was declaring bankruptcy.

Destinations
Styrian Spirit final destinations prior to airline closure (December 2005):
 * 🇦🇹 Austria
 * Graz
 * Salzburg
 * Klagenfurt
 * 🇩🇪 Germany
 * Berlin
 * Stuttgart
 * 🇫🇷 France
 * Paris
 * 🇵🇱 Poland
 * Kraków
 * 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
 * London-Luton
 * 🇸🇮 Slovenia
 * Maribor
 * 🇨🇭 Switzerland
 * Zürich

Fleet
The airline operated a fleet of 4 Bombardier CRJ-200s and 1 Bombardier CRJ-700.

title: Styrian Spirit