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Springfield Model 1861

The Springfield Model 1861 was a Minié-type rifled musket used by the United States Army during the American Civil War. Commonly referred to as the "Springfield" (after its original place of production, Springfield, Massachusetts). It was the most widely used Union Army shoulder weapon during the Civil War, favored for its range, accuracy, and reliability.

Overview
The barrel was 40 in long, firing a .58 caliber Minié ball, and the total weight was approximately 9 lb. The Model 1861 had a general effective range of 200 to(-) but could reliably hit man-sized targets out to 500 yd when used by marksmen, and used percussion caps which were much more reliable and weather resistant to fire (rather than the flintlocks of the 18th century; the last U.S. flintlock musket was the Springfield Model 1840). Well-trained troops were able to fire at a rate of three aimed shots per minute while maintaining accuracy up to 500 yd, though firing distances in the war were often much shorter.

The most notable difference between the Model 1861 and the earlier Springfield Model 1855 was the elimination of the Maynard tape primer for the Model 1861 (the Maynard primer, a self-feeding primer system, was unreliable in damp conditions, and the priming mechanism was expensive and time-consuming to produce). Further, unlike the Model 1855, the Model 1861 was never produced in a two-banded rifle configuration.

The Model 1861 was aimed using flip-up leaf sights. The sight had two leaves, one for 300 yd and the other for 500 yd, and with both leaves down, the sight was set for a range of 100 yd. By contrast, the British Enfield Pattern 1853, favored by the Confederate military, utilized a ladder-sight system with 100-yard (91 m) increments, using steps from 100 to(-) and a flip-up ladder for ranges beyond 500 yd. While the Enfield's sights did allow more precise sighting, the simple flip-up leaves found on the Model 1861 were more rugged and were less expensive to produce. The Enfield's sights also extended to 900 yd (and further, on later models), compared to the 500-yard (460 m) maximum range of the Model 1861's sights, but for the average infantryman hitting anything beyond 600 yd with either weapon was mostly a matter of luck. While the sight designs were very different, the two weapons were otherwise very similar, and had very similar effective ranges.

The Model 1861 cost around $15 each at the Springfield Armory where they were officially made.

Overwhelmed by the demand, the armory opened its weapons patterns up to twenty independent contractors. The most notable producer of contract Model 1861 rifled muskets was Colt, who made several minor design changes in their version, the "Colt Special" rifled musket. These changes included redesigned barrel bands, a new hammer, and a redesigned bolster. Several of these changes were eventually adopted by the United States Army Ordnance Department and incorporated into its successor, the Springfield Model 1863 which was a slightly improved version of the Model 1861.

History
The Model 1861 was relatively scarce in the early years of the Civil War (many troops were still using Springfield Model 1842 smoothbore muskets and Springfield Model 1816 flintlock muskets converted to percussion cap primers due to better reliability and weather resistance, both in .69 caliber). It is unlikely that any of these were available for use in the First Battle of Bull Run. However, over time, more and more regiments began receiving Model 1861 rifled muskets, though this upgrade appeared somewhat quicker in the Eastern Theater of Operations. Over 1,000,000 Model 1861 rifled muskets were produced, with the Springfield Armory increasing its production during the war by contracting out to twenty other firms in the Union.

The number of Model 1861 rifled muskets produced by the Springfield Armory was 265,129 between January 1, 1861 and December 31, 1863.

The Model 1861 was a step forward in U.S. small arms design, being the first rifled shoulder weapon adopted and widely issued as the primary infantry weapon (earlier U.S. martial rifles such as the Harpers Ferry Model 1803 rifle were issued to riflemen rather than the infantry as a whole and production and issuance of the Model 1855 prior to the war had been limited by comparison to the Model 1855). However, some argue that its impact on the Civil War has been overstated. While more accurate in the hands of an experienced marksman, the rifled musket's accuracy was often lost in the hands of recruits who received only limited marksmanship training (the emphasis was on rate of fire). Further, most Civil War firefights were waged at a relatively close range using massed-fire tactics, minimizing the effect of the new rifled musket's long-range accuracy. Lastly, the .58 caliber bullet, when fired, followed a high parabolic trajectory. As a result, many inexperienced soldiers who did not adjust their sights would shoot over their enemies' heads in combat. There are numerous accounts of this happening in the war's earlier battles. With this in mind, soldiers were often instructed to aim low. Due to the width of the front sight on the Model 1861 Special the only bayonet that would fit was the Collins manufactured bayonet.

With the introduction of modern brass ammunition after the war, the Model 1861 served as the starting point for several breechloaders, most of which were converted Model 1861 and Model 1863 rifled muskets, culminating in the Springfield Model 1873 and its successors which would serve through the Indian Wars and all U.S. military actions until the end of the 19th century.

Modern usage
The Model 1861 is very popular today among Civil War reenactors and collectors alike for its accuracy, reliability and historical background. Original antique Springfields are expensive, so companies such as Davide Pedersoli & C., Chiappa Firearms (Armi Sport) and Euro Arms make modern reproductions at much more affordable prices.

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Vasant Kunj

Vasant Kunj is a neighbourhood located in South West Delhi district, Delhi, India. The area is home to several businessmen, actors, cricketers and the former prime minister of India, Manmohan Singh. It is located close to Indira Gandhi International Airport and the commercial hub of Gurgaon. In the early '90s, Vasant Kunj was the agriculture-based land of Kishangarh Village.

Locality
Vasant Kunj was once farmland and was acquired by the government in the 1960s. The areas surrounding Vasant Kunj consist of farmland and the area is famous for palatial farmhouses. The locality is surrounded by greenery, with the South-Central Ridge of the Delhi Ridge encompassing the area and this forest is called Sanjay Van. The other residential areas in proximity are Chattarpur, Saket, Malviya Nagar, Mahipalpur, Lado Sarai, Ber Sarai, and Neb Sarai. The residential part of Vasant Kunj is divided into 5 Sectors – A, B, C, D and E. Each Sector is further divided into Pockets, for example, C1, C2, C3 up to C9. These pockets are further divided into blocks A, B, C ,D, E, F, G, and H until required

In history
Sultan Ghari tomb in Vasant Kunj is considered as the first Islamic mausoleum in Delhi. The historic Qutb Minar complex is located close to Vasant Kunj.

Economy
Bloomsbury India has its head office in the Vishrut Building (Building No. 3) in the DDA Complex in Vasant Kunj. Also the corporate offices of the Bharti Enterprises, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. and Oil and Natural Gas Corporation are located in the area near Ambience mall. Research Center of American multi-national IBM is located at ISID Campus in Vasant Kunj.

DLF's Ambience, Promenade and Emporio located in Vasant Kunj has been touted as a fashion destination. Vasant Kunj is now famous for its Malls, build on land auctioned by DDA, as one of its largest value actions. The Malls include DLF Emporio, DLF Promenade, Ambience Mall. Another Mall that stands alone is the Vasant Square Mall.

Vasant Kunj has two Police Stations, divided into North and South.

Vasant Kunj also has two forests with access to the public. The Sanjay Van on JNU Road and the forest behind the Grand Hotel. There are also two big natural water bodies in Vasant Kunj, one behind Sector A, Pocket B & C and the second on the JNU road.

The Grand, a five-star luxury hotel, is located on Nelson Mandela Marg, Vasant Kunj. Export Promotion Council for Handicrafts (E.P.C.H.) is located at Sector C in Vasant Kunj.

Education
TERI University is located in Vasant Kunj. The new integrated, spacious campus of School of Planning and Architecture is undergoing construction off Nelson Mandela Marg. Jawarlal Nehru University (J.N.U.) including IIMC (Indian Institute of Mass Communications) is surrounded by Vasant Kunj on its west and south. They also have management school known as The Jagannath International Management School. Shaurya CRPF Officers Training institute is also located in the Vasant Kunj's institutional area near sector C.

Some of the prominent schools in the neighbourhood includes Delhi Public School- Vasant Kunj, Vasant Valley School, G.D. Goenka Public School, D.A.V public school, Bhatnagar International School, Ryan International School, The Heritage School, Bloom Public School and Deep Public School.

Some of the playschools and nursery schools are Tender Feet Nursery School, Aadyant Global School, Steady Steps International Preschool.

Sports
Vasant Kunj Sports Complex is one of the most prominent sports complexes set up by DDA. Beeya's Riding Facility in Vasant Kunj is a nationally recognized horse riding club.

Health care
Indian Spinal Injuries Centre, Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, Fortis Flt. Lt. Rajan Dhall Hospital are some of the prominent hospitals located in Vasant Kunj. Others include New Delhi Children's Hospital & Research Centre (NDCHRC).

Government offices
Central Reserve Police Force's Officers training institute- Shaurya, Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority, National Book Trust, International Centre for Alternate Dispute Resolution are located in Vasant Kunj Institutional Area.Indian Aviation Academy. It also features the South Delhi police station.

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Would it not make sense to combine this page with ASA? three links could easily be incorporated into the ASA disambiguation page. Or move ASA to here, either would work.70.49.36.110 23:23, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * Indeed. However, it may be too onerous to find all the links into this page and to update them. As well, in the future people may end up re-creating this page... Instead, I chose to keep both pages, using ASA for the related initialisms and Asa for names. ppblais 03:26, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

The article is too much US-centric! Do you think that all the things in the world are divided into 2 groups: "US" and "non-US"? Why don't you use "UK" and "non-UK" or "China" and "non-China" ? Needs to be rewritten. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.169.197.100 (talk) 10:34, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Exactly. I came to this talk page to make precisely that point, but I see that you have already done so eloquently. I'll fix it. Phil Bridger (talk) 14:11, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

Requested move
do not move. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 22:01, 15 April 2009 (UTC) This will allow "ASA" to redirect to "Aspirin". Also request a disamb. marker back to "ASA (disambiguation)" for other uses. ASA is well understood throughout much of the world to refer to aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid), while the other uses of ASA are not nearly as well known. Facts707 (talk) 20:40, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Request move of this page to "ASA (disambiguation)".
 * Oppose. People call the analgesic "Aspirin" here in England. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 20:52, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
 * The proposed move will only affect people searching for "ASA". People searching for "Aspirin" will continue to go straight to the Aspirin article.Facts707 (talk) 20:56, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
 * I updated the request wording slightly so that the proposed secondary redirect will have "ASA" going to "Aspirin" (instead of indirectly through the acet... acid). This should make things a little clearer and less controversial. Thanks for your comment A.A. Facts707 (talk) 21:04, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
 * There was a discussion of moving Aspirin to Acetylsalicylic acid 5 months ago, which was rejected. This seems to be a very reasonable request. It will not affect the Aspirin article, only the ASA redirect. Even though to a photographer, ASA has only one meaning. However, there aren't as many photographers in the world as take ASA. Aspirin got 186,000 page views last month, film speed only 26,000, but of course how many actual photographers would ever need to look up ASA? Not many. 199.125.109.126 (talk) 21:45, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Oppose Far too many ambiguous uses and no convincing evidence that there is primary topic. older ≠ wiser 22:42, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Oppose Over 50 different meanings for ASA. No evidence presented that ASA primarily refers to aspirin. Tassedethe (talk) 23:11, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Aspirin 200,903
 * American Samoa 50,405
 * Congruence (geometry) 40,022
 * Film speed 25,928
 * Alaska Airlines 18,176
 * American National Standards Institute 12,931
 * ASA score 6,774
 * Atlantic Southeast Airlines 5,218
 * American Heart Association 4,395
 * Football Federation Australia 3,275
 * Anglo-Saxon economy 2,751
 * Society of Actuaries 2,527
 * Society of Actuaries 2,527
 * Advertising Standards Authority 2,406
 * Alpha Sigma Alpha 2,073
 * United States Army Security Agency 1,252
 * American Sociological Association 1,155
 * Accessible surface area 1,127
 * American Speed Association 1,089
 * Auditory scene analysis 1,002
 * ASA carriage control characters 729
 * Adaptive simulated annealing 722
 * American Statistical Association 686
 * Acoustical Society of America 677
 * ASA (automobile) 677
 * Allmennaksjeselskap 651
 * Americans for Safe Access 601
 * Atlético Sport Aviação 594
 * American Student Assistance 542
 * American Society of Anesthesiologists 532
 * American Scientific Affiliation 517
 * Autism Society of America 498
 * Austrian Service Abroad 402
 * Amateur Softball Association 376
 * Agremiação Sportiva Arapiraquense 352
 * Anti-Soviet agitation 317
 * American Staffing Association 259
 * Association for Social Advancement 258
 * Aeropuertos y Servicios Auxiliares 249
 * Australian Society of Authors 233
 * British Swimming 220
 * Adaptive Security Appliance 218
 * Astronomical Society of Australia 199
 * Air Services Agreement 197
 * American Society of Agronomy 190
 * ASA Aluminium Body 186
 * African Studies Association 184
 * Albany Students' Association 164
 * Aid to Southeast Asia 162
 * Association of Southeast Asia 150
 * American Sailing Association 146
 * American Society of Appraisers 137
 * Australian String Academy 112
 * Adult Soccer Association 96
 * Alexander-Smith Academy 93
 * Aviation Supplies and Academics, Inc. 84
 * Airline Superintendents Association 74
 * Advanced surface ablation 57
 * American Seniors Association 0
 * The above are page views for March 2009. Looks like a primary usage to me. 199.125.109.126 (talk) 01:01, 11 April 2009 (UTC)
 * The data is rather meaningless as it shows nothing about what people expect at "ASA". older ≠ wiser 01:12, 11 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Note 1: American Samoa's ISO 3166-1 two-letter code is "AS". It's 3 letter code is "ASM".
 * Note 2: ASA in geometry means "Angle-Side-Angle" and can be used to determine if two triangles are congruent.
 * Note 3: The term "ASA" for film speed was supplanted by "ISO" in 1987 (eg: "ISO 100").
 * Note 4: "ASA" for Alaska Airlines refers only to its ICAO code, not the commonly used IATA code.
 * Note 5: The American National Standards Institute has not been called "ASA" since 1966.
 * Thus the ranking of the other 5 of the top 6 are likely not being driven by "ASA". Facts707 (talk) 14:17, 12 April 2009 (UTC)
 * The data is nonetheless still entirely meaningless for determining what people might expect by searching for "ASA". A somewhat more meaningful measure: try Googling "ASA". Neither aspirin nor acetylsalicylic acid appear in the top 100 hits! While I'll be the first to concede that Google is not definitive, that is not a very good showing for a subject claiming to be primary topic for a term.

 * Support most common usage is aspirin, most commonly recognized usage is aspirin. 70.29.213.241 (talk) 07:34, 11 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Oppose - as Tassedethe, no evidence that ASA is primarily used to refer to aspirin. In my experience it is not. Knepflerle (talk) 15:00, 11 April 2009 (UTC)
 * WP guideline WP:PRIMARYTOPIC is the guideline that should be applied here. It says When there is a well-known primary topic for an ambiguous term, name or phrase, much more used than any other topic covered in Wikipedia to which the same word(s) may also refer (significantly more commonly searched for and read than other meanings), then that term or phrase should either be used for the title of the article on that topic or redirect to that article. I would think "significantly more" would be over 50% overall and 15 points ahead of the runner-up; or 35-50% overall and 20 points ahead. (Fictious eg: 35% for "orange the fruit" and 10% for "orange the color" would give "orange the fruit" the redirect for "orange".) In this case, ~60% of the market and 35 points ahead of the runner-up is "significantly more". —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.50.82.130 (talk) 13:37, 12 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Oppose. ASA is ambiguous and there is clearly no primary use.  Just because aspirin may in fact be acetylsalicylic acid which can also be know as ASA is not a reason to change this into a redirect. Vegaswikian (talk) 21:13, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

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Michael Jordan: Chaos in the Windy City

Michael Jordan: Chaos in the Windy City is a side-scrolling action video game developed by Electronic Arts and published by Ocean for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. The game was released in North America in November 1994 and in Europe in 1995. A Sega Genesis version was planned, but never released.

Gameplay
The game played much like other two-dimensional platform games of its time, collecting keys and defeating enemies with a variety of different techniques. The player controls Michael Jordan on a quest to save the rest of the players for an All-Star charity game, who have all been kidnapped. The player attacks enemies using different basketballs, each with its own ability; for example, the freeze ball can freeze the ground and create a slippery surface, the bomb ball makes a large explosion, and so on. The player must find keys throughout the game to unlock different doors and rescue teammates. Michael can also slam dunk for a secondary attack. This is also used to activate power-up baskets and various checkpoints along the way.

Plot
A little before the Scottie Pippen charity game, Michael Jordan's teammates are abducted by mad scientist Maximus Cranium. The protagonist must save them before it is too late.

Reception
GamePro gave the game a positive review. While they acknowledged that the blatant product placement is annoying, and criticized the controls as extremely difficult, they gave the game a positive recommendation based on its varied gameplay and "intense, complex levels". Nintendo Power commented on the game stating that "Michael has some cool moves" and noted the game's "good graphics" and that the "play control seems loose at times" and that it had "generic platform game enemies with simple AI". A reviewer for Next Generation gave it two out of five stars; although commending its concept, the magazine was critical to its backgrounds as "redundant" and that the mazes are "repetitious". Super Play gave the game an overall score of 83/100, praising the game for having many levels and sub levels despite noting its bizarre plot.

In September 1997, Nintendo Power had 12 staff members vote for the ten worst games of all time, with Michael Jordan: Chaos in the Windy City  placed at seventh worst. The article said the game was not too poor, but was a waste of a license.

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Sherburn in Elmet

Sherburn in Elmet (pronounced ) is a town and civil parish in the district and county of North Yorkshire, England. It is to the west of Selby and south of Tadcaster.

It was part of the West Riding of Yorkshire until 1974.

It is one of three placenames associated with the post-Roman kingdom of Elmet, the others being Barwick-in-Elmet and Scholes-in-Elmet. At the 2011 census, it had a population of 6,657.

History
The name derives from Old English "scir" (bright, pure) and "burn" (bourne, stream, spring). The earliest record of the name ('Scyreburnan') dates from 963. Elmet refers to a little-understood post-Roman, Brittonic (non-Anglo-Saxon) kingdom in the area around what is now the Leeds conurbation, the precise boundaries of which are not known, but are thought to have been located at bodies of water, such as the Ouse, Aire and Wharfe rivers.

Sherburn is situated on a low hill of Permian limestone jutting out into the valley of the River Ouse, so the name may refer to the clarity of the water on the hill compared with the muddy streams on the alluvial plain below. This limestone ridge is still an important source of clear water, for example for the brewing industry at Tadcaster six miles to the north.

The Roman road connecting Castleford with Tadcaster and York ran along this ridge, and the current Low Street/Finkle Hill north–south route through the town marks its line, but little evidence of Roman settlement has been found.

An earthwork adjoining All Saints' Church is the site of Hall Garth, sometimes erroneously called 'Athelstan's Palace', a high-status dwelling given (along with the manor of Cawood) by King Athelstan to the Archbishops of York to mark his victory over the combined Scots/Norse forces at Brunanburh in 937. Hall Garth cannot be dated back with certainty to the Kingdom of Elmet prior to its absorption into the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Northumbria in 616/7 (see Wikipedia entry for Elmet) and may have been an Anglo-Saxon rather than a Brittonic foundation. The existing church, a Grade I listed building, contains features dating from c.1120: "C12 nave and north aisle, C13 chancel with C14 south aisle and extension to north aisle, C15 south aisle chapel, and later additions and alterations including C16 clerestory, north aisle windows and heightening of tower. East end restored in 1857 by Anthony Salvin and C19 vestry". It was built on the site of an earlier Anglo-Saxon church.

The town was part of the wapentake of Barkston Ash in the West Riding of Yorkshire.

The Battle of Towton was fought nearby in 1461 and local legend tells that King Edward IV, who won the battle, used the church tower as a point for surveying the battle lines. In fact the battle, the main action of which occurred between 3–4 mi away, could not have been seen with any clarity from the church tower, which was not then as tall as it is today.

During the English Civil War, the town was garrisoned by the Royalists for King Charles I; it was close to their stronghold at Selby and the northern capital of York, and commanded the approaches from both the south and the west. In 1645, the Parliamentarians attacked Sherburn and defeated the garrison. On 15 October 1645 the Battle of Sherburn-in-Elmet took place. A Royalist force commanded by Lord Digby and Sir Marmaduke Langdale attacked and initially defeated the Parliamentarian garrison now based in the town. However, another Parliamentarian force, under Colonel Copley, counterattacked and routed the Royalists. Thus was defeated the last significant Royalist force in the North during the First English Civil War.

Notable residents
Ernest Popplewell, Baron Popplewell, CBE (10 December 1899 – 11 August 1977). Ernest was conferred the dignity of a Barony of the United Kingdom for life, by the name, style and title of Baron Popplewell, of Sherburn-in-Elmet in the West Riding of the County of York.

Transport
The village is served by Sherburn-in-Elmet railway station with services to York railway station, Hull Paragon Interchange and Sheffield railway station, with a second station (South Milford railway station) in nearby South Milford providing services to Leeds and Hull. Arriva Yorkshire buses go to Leeds, Tadcaster and Selby.

Media
Local news and television programmes are provided by BBC Yorkshire and ITV Yorkshire. Television signals are received from the Emley Moor TV transmitter. Local radio stations are BBC Radio York on 103.7 FM, Greatest Hits Radio Yorkshire (formerly Minister FM) on 104.7 FM, YO1 Radio on 90.0 FM, Heart Yorkshire on 106.2 FM and Capital Yorkshire on 105.1 FM. The town is served by the local newspapers, The York Press and Wetherby News.

Education
Sherburn in Elmet has two primary Schools and one secondary school. Its primary schools are Sherburn Hungate Primary School and Athelstan Primary School. Its secondary school is Sherburn High School, which is located on Garden Lane.

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This page didnt give me any information! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.235.57.1 (talk) 15:46, 2 October 2009 (UTC)

I still didn't understand what Dwelling means! O_O

"Residences" listed at Redirects for discussion
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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Castlevania games

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was redirect to Castlevania. – ABCD 01:08, 5 May 2005 (UTC)

Castlevania games
It's duplicating information that is already in the main Castlevania article, and that article is nowhere near lengthy enough to need partitioning. – Seancdaug 23:26, Apr 20, 2005 (UTC)
 * Damn. This really should just be a redirect to the Castlevania page. I don't know what on earth possessed me to list it, and I sincerely regret doing so now. In the interests of not confusing the bleeding heck out of everyone, I'm going to leave this up here for the recommended 24 hours, but I apologize for wasting everyone's time (technically speaking, I suppose this counts as a redirect vote...). – Seancdaug 23:43, Apr 20, 2005 (UTC)

 * Redirect, as above. -- 8^D gab 01:23, 2005 Apr 21 (UTC)
 * Concur with speedy redirect. --TenOfAllTrades | Talk 04:24, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. This is a good guide to games in the Castlevania series. --SuperDude 04:42, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)

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Gestumblindi

Gestumblindi is a personal name appearing in two medieval Scandinavian legendary texts: Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks and (in the Latinised form as Gestiblindus) in Saxo Grammaticus' Gesta Danorum. A figure of this name also appears in several later Scandinavian folk tales as Gest Blinde.

Etymology
Although generally attested in medieval sources as one word, the name Gestumblindi in rendered in the U-recension of Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks as Gestr inn blindi, which means both 'Gestr the Blind' and 'the blind guest'. It is thought that the transparently meaningful Gestr inn blindi is the origin of the name Gestumblindi. The adoption of the name by Óðinn in Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks is unlikely to be coincidental: 'since the one-eyed Óðinn is celebrated elsewhere not only for his half-blindness, but also for his propensity to wander the various worlds in the guise of a guest (and indeed using the name Gestr, "guest")'.

Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks
In Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks, Gestumblindi is a powerful man who has angered King Heiðrekr. This summary is based on the R-recension of the saga, as edited by Christopher Tolkien; the other medieval redactions are substantively similar.

After a violent youth, King Heiðrekr has settled down in his kingdom of Reiðgotaland and become a wise king. He has in his hirð twelve men whom he entrusts to offer a just judgement to any of his enemies. Heiðrekr's enemies may also win their case against the king by posing riddles that Heiðrekr cannot answer.

Heiðrekr sends a message to Gestumblindi saying that he must come to a settlement with the king or risk his life. Gestumblindi sacrifices to Óðinn, asking him for assistance. Shortly thereafter, a stranger appears at Gestumblindi's homestead. They exchange clothes and Gestumblindi goes into hiding, and everyone believes the visitor—implicitly Óðinn—to be Gestumblindi himself.

The person thought to be Gestumblindi then goes to King Heiðrekr, takes up the option to challenge Heiðrekr to solve riddles, and, depending on the manuscript, presents around thirty-seven. Heiðrekr solves them all until, finally, Óðinn/Gestumblindi asks Heiðrekr "What did Odin whisper in Baldr's ear before Baldr was cremated?"—an unsolvable riddle of the kind known as a neck-riddle. Heiðrekr, realising that his visitor is Óðinn, becomes very angry and tries to strike Odin with his sword Tyrfingr, but Óðinn turns into a hawk and flees. Óðinn curses Heiðrekr to be killed by slaves, which transpires in the following chapter. (Heiðrekr's sword cuts off a piece of the bird's tail, which the saga says is why the hawk has a short tail.)

Gesta Danorum
Saxo Grammaticus relates that Gestiblindus was a king of the Geats who gave himself and his kingdom up to Frodi, the king of Denmark on condition that Frodi would defend him against Alrik, the king of Sweden. Like the Gestumblindi of Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks, then, he relies on a champion to get him out of difficulty. The stories are not otherwise similar, however.

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 * This contradicts with the Mypocardial Infarction page. Eyu100

I deleted hypocalcemia, which is not generally considered during the secondary survey when faced with PEA arrest. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 162.129.250.1 (talk) 19:17, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

 * Yes, but if the hypocalcaemia was known before the arrest, treating it will be useful! JFW | T@lk  16:36, 20 July 2011 (UTC)

Review
This might be useful: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2009.05.019 JFW | T@lk  19:54, 30 August 2011 (UTC)

Special report
10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.113.004490 JFW | T@lk  22:51, 2 December 2013 (UTC)

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Hird

The hird (also named "Håndgangne Menn" in Norwegian), in Scandinavian history, was originally an informal retinue of personal armed companions, hirdmen or housecarls. Over time, it came to mean not only the nucleus ('Guards') of the royal army but also a more formal royal court household.

Etymology
The term comes from Old Norse hirð, (meaning Herd) again from either Old English hir(e)d 'household, family, retinue, court' or perhaps the old German cognate heirat 'marriage', both of which can mean "body of men" or more directly linked to the term for hearthguard, or men of one's own home and hearth.

History
While the term is often used in Norse sagas and law codices, it is a medieval term – the sagas were primarily written down in the 12th century using the language of their own time. There is some uncertainty as to what the term replaced, although the term hlid or lið is used in Danish sources for the warrior following of Canute the Great.

By the reign of Håkon IV (1204–1263) the Norwegian hird was no longer exclusively focused on the military function, and had acquired several subdivisions on continental patterns, with squires (kertilsveinr, literally "candle-men", which were ceremonially required to hold candles at hird ceremonies), men-at-arms (hirdmenn) and knights (skutilsveinr, literally "table-men"). In addition there were gestir, who received only half pay and served as a sort of intelligence service, and were not allowed to sit at the king's table for supper, apart from Christmas day and Easter day, when the entire hird was assembled and sections of their law code, the Hirdskraa was read or recited. The upper levels of the hird were a recruitment ground for numerous royal officials, and most external officials were also incorporated into the hird. Somewhere during the reign of Magnus VI the older laws of the Hird were incorporated into the Hirdskraa law code. During the reign of Håkon V (1299–1319) the Norse titles were dropped entirely in favor of continental titles. Emphasis was put on the Norwegian king's hird as a community of equals, a chivalresque corporation of warriors in which, technically, the king was the first among equals.

Hirdman
Hirdman (plural Hirdmen) is a word in Scandinavian languages (notably Norwegian and Swedish), literally for a member of a Hird 'household, family'.

It is used as a title, originally, even in Norse mythology, for informal companions or retainers of the powerful, in the unruly old (often still pagan) times especially as companions in arms, later more refined like courtiers, a development not unlike that of the thegn or the Roman comes.

When the Norwegian royal hird had developed into a formal court, hirdman became the title of the highest of its four ranks, those magnates who were allowed to sit in the royal council (the closest feudal equivalent of a cabinet) and thus had a say in governmental and other important matters.

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1893 Sea Islands hurricane

The 1893 Sea Islands hurricane was a deadly major hurricane that struck the Sea Islands which was near Savannah, Georgia on August 27, 1893. It was the 7th deadliest hurricane in the United States history, and was one of the three deadly hurricanes during the 1893 Atlantic hurricane season; the storm killed an estimated 1,000–2,000 people, mostly from storm surge. This is also the storm that made United States Life-Saving Service Keeper Dunbar Davis famous, by rescuing four ships. The long-term effects included strengthening Jim Crow at the expense of local Blacks.

Meteorological history
Modern analysis of historical records has allowed the history of this storm to be pieced together, although the analysis is only an estimate since few accurate meteorological records were taken.

On August 15, 1893, a tropical storm formed east of Cape Verde. It likely passed directly through the islands on the 16th, leaving their vicinity during the evening of the 17th. It became a hurricane on the 19th, while crossing the Atlantic between the Cape Verde Islands and the Lesser Antilles. The hurricane continued to strengthen, attaining Category 3 status on August 22 while located northeast of the Lesser Antilles. By the evening of the 25th, the storm was approaching the Bahamas. During the approach it began to deviate from its westerly course and arc west-northwest. It is believed that the first effects of the storm were beginning to be felt in the Sea Islands area, with the winds steadily increasing during the night of the 25th.

Some of the inhabitants anticipated the storm and left the islands as quickly as possible. The conditions soon rapidly deteriorated on the island and the hurricane passed over sometime on the 26th. By now the hurricane was turning more and more towards the north. It moved parallel to the coast for about one hundred miles before making landfall.

Landfall occurred near Savannah, Georgia, on August 27. Reports from the time say that wind during landfall was around 120 mph, making it a category 3 storm. Pressure in Savannah was measured at 960 mbar; modern estimates put the pressure around 954 mbar at landfall, and possibly as low as 931 mbar out at sea. This would have made the hurricane most likely stronger than a Category 3 storm on the Saffir–Simpson Hurricane Scale. The hurricane passed north over South Carolina on August 28 and moved up the U.S. East Coast before becoming extratropical over Atlantic Canada. The storm likely intensified to a Category 4, or 5, but there are no reports of this occurring.

Impact
The hurricane carried with it a heavy storm surge (16 ft, according to Clara Barton, although the modern NOAA SLOSH model calculates that some areas may have been inundated up to 30 feet ), which caused great destruction along the coastline and offshore Sea Islands in Georgia and South Carolina. An estimated 1,000 to 2,000 people were killed (mostly by drowning), putting it on-par with 2005's Hurricane Katrina as the sixth-deadliest hurricane in US history. St. Helena was estimated to have 6,000 African-Americans living there while 2,000 were women. The majority of the African-Americans owned land there and some rented. A lot of structures in that area were not elevated higher than 2 feet; therefore, they were covered by the first waves that went above the normal water mark.

Although the hurricane was devastating, the American Red Cross did not arrive until October 1, possibly because of ongoing efforts following another hurricane that hit South Carolina in June. After the Red Cross arrived, a warehouse of clothing and food was started at Beaufort, South Carolina, to provide services to the affected. Relief efforts were impeded by a second Category 3 hurricane that struck just north of the area, near Charleston, South Carolina, on October 13. During a massive 10-month relief campaign, success was declared, with the Sea Islands population living in decent houses producing their own food again. Damages from the storm totaled to at least $1 million (1893 USD), equivalent to $ million in.

Damage was reported as far north as Maine. Some areas, particularly New York City and Long Island, were already reeling from what later came to be known as the 1893 New York hurricane that had struck the region just days before, on August 24, and were damaged anew by this storm. "Immense" damage was reported to shade trees and telegraph and telephone wires in Washington. In Annapolis, Maryland "hardly a tree was left standing" and Baltimore reported the worst flooding since 1868. In New Jersey, damage was "heavy" in the New Brunswick area, and many trees were downed and roofs were blown off in Trenton. Damage was heavy all along the New Jersey coast and breakers were described as the biggest ever witnessed. Railroad tracks were under four feet of water between Bay Head and Berkley. In New York, several people died in The Rockaways, and a number of people were killed at points along the Hudson River when tow boats were destroyed. Crops were heavily damaged in Pennsylvania and upstate New York. Boats were wrecked and sunk in the Dunkirk area. In Brooklyn, where 13 houses under construction were destroyed, damage was "severe" and Gravesend Bay was "littered with the wrecks of small yachts and boats." In Coney Island, roofs were lifted off big buildings and carried for blocks. Waves topped the seawall by 15 feet at Battery Park. Damage was heavy at resorts on Long Island and it was the worst storm on the New England coast in 20 years.

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WBKI-TV (1983–2017)

WBKI-TV (channel 34) was a television station licensed to Campbellsville, Kentucky, United States, which served the Louisville area. Last owned by LM Communications, LLC, it was most recently affiliated with The CW. LM Communications maintained a local marketing agreement (LMA) with Block Communications, owner of Fox affiliate WDRB (channel 41) and Salem, Indiana–licensed MyNetworkTV affiliate WMYO (channel 58), for the provision of certain services. WBKI-TV's transmitter was located in Raywick, Kentucky. In 2014, all of WBKI-TV's operations were consolidated at WDRB and WMYO's shared studio facility on West Muhammad Ali Boulevard (near Route 150) in downtown Louisville. Previously, WBKI-TV maintained separate studios at the Wright Tower on Dutchmans Lane in Louisville's Bowman section (along I-264/US 60/Henry Watterson Expressway), while the WDRB/WMYO facilities only housed WBKI-TV's master control and some internal operations.

Even though WBKI-TV broadcast a digital signal of its own, the station's broadcasting radius did not reach the northern portions of the Louisville market, particularly on the Indiana side. Therefore, the station was simulcast over WMYO's digital subchannels in order to reach the entire market. Following the sale of WBKI-TV's spectrum in the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)'s incentive auction, WBKI-TV ceased broadcasting on October 25, 2017 (with its license canceled on October 31); its channels are now broadcast solely through WMYO (which assumed the WBKI-TV call sign on February 12, 2018) on that station's license.

History
In 1980, local businessman William "Billy" Speer, doing business as Green River Broadcasting, applied for a broadcast license to launch a television station in the Campbellsville area in 1980; the construction permit was issued sometime in 1981, and the station became licensed on August 10, 1982, as WGRB. The station was scheduled to begin its first broadcast on February 1, 1983, but a delay in delivering the transmission antenna caused the station to delay its inaugural broadcast day. The station finally signed on the air on July 27, 1983. It originally operated as an independent station, serving mainly rural areas on the far southern fringe of the Louisville market, and portions of the newly formed Bowling Green market. The intention Speer had in launching the station was to give the area's inhabitants a "voice" in the media in an area where a local television station was not available in the area; Louisville's VHF stations provided, at best, a Grade B signal to Campbellsville proper, but some television viewers in the area would have to rely mostly on cable television service to view network-affiliated stations in Louisville, Bowling Green or Lexington. Without a network affiliation, syndicated programming played a huge role in the station's broadcast schedule. The station's first studio and transmission facility was located on the Adair–Taylor County line along Kentucky Route 55 near Cane Valley.

In 1992, the station became the Fox affiliate for the southern section of the Louisville television market. Although Louisville's Fox affiliate, WDRB (channel 41), broadcast at the maximum five million watts of power, the station's signal was marginal at best in the southern part of the market. Additionally, cable television did not have much penetration in this portion of the market, leaving much of the area without any access to Fox programming until WGRB joined Fox. WGRB thus became one of the few known cases in which a separately owned station carried a network that already had an affiliate in the same market (similar to situations such as ABC affiliates WCVB-TV and WMUR-TV in the Boston–Manchester market or NBC affiliate WHIZ-TV in Zanesville, Ohio, about 60 mi east of Columbus which has WCMH-TV for their NBC affiliate).

WGRB dropped Fox in 1997 and joined The WB, bringing that fledgling network's programming to the southern portion of the market. However, the main WB affiliate for Louisville, WBNA (channel 21, now an independent station), was a conservative religious station, and its owner, Evangel World Prayer Center, frequently preempted most of the network's more adult-oriented programs. Frustrated with the preemptions, The WB made WGRB the network's exclusive Louisville outlet in 1998. At the same time, WGRB announced plans to build a new transmitter tower that would be located closer to Louisville and upgrade its analog signal to a full five million watts of power. The station activated this new, more powerful tower in Raywick, Kentucky, in 1999. Along with an upgraded transmitter, the station changed its call letters to WWWB on November 29, 1999, likely done in tribute to the now legendary and iconic "Dubba, Dubba, Dubba, Dubba, Dubba, WB!" jingle that the network utilized at the time in its image campaign. Then on September 19, 2000, the station changed its calls again to WBKI-TV, standing for "WB Kentuckiana". For most of the remainder of both The WB and Kids' WB's run, WBKI was one of the network's strongest affiliates.

On January 24, 2006, the Warner Bros. unit of Time Warner and CBS Corporation announced that the two companies would shut down The WB and UPN and combine the networks' respective programming to create a new "fifth" network called The CW. On March 1, the Cascade Broadcasting Group, then-owner of WBKI-TV, announced that channel 34 would become the market's CW affiliate, becoming one of the first outlets outside of the core CBS Television Stations and Tribune Broadcasting groups to announce an affiliation agreement with the new network. It came as no surprise that WBKI-TV was chosen as the CW affiliate, as that network's representatives were on record as preferring the "strongest" WB and UPN affiliates, and WBKI-TV had been one of the strongest WB affiliates in the country. Meanwhile, UPN affiliate WFTE (channel 58, later MyNetworkTV affiliate WMYO) announced it would join another newly created network, MyNetworkTV.

WBKI-TV became a charter CW affiliate when the network launched on September 18, 2006. It was decided that the station would continue using the WBKI-TV call letters to avoid audience confusion and maintain a reference to its Kentuckiana service area. In February 2007, Cascade Broadcasting took over the operations of W24BW (known unofficially as "WYCS") with an option to purchase the station outright.

Cascade filed for bankruptcy in 2008, resulting in WBKI-TV and W24BW being put up for sale at auction; the winning bid was submitted by Fusion Communications. The transaction was approved by the FCC; the deal was finalized in August 2009. Later that year, Fusion moved the station's operations from its longtime facility on Alliant Avenue in St. Matthews to the Wright Tower in downtown Louisville. In March 2012, Fusion defaulted on a loan from Valley Bank. Since Fusion had pledged WBKI-TV as collateral, Valley seized control of the station and auctioned off its assets to a local buyer on April 6, 2012.

WBKI-TV was then acquired that June by LM Communications, a company run by Lexington-based radio station owner Lynn Martin; LM immediately took over the station's operations through an LMA prior to receiving FCC approval of the deal. Shortly afterward, on June 22, LM announced that it had entered into an LMA with Block Communications, owner of WDRB and WMYO, in which Block took over WBKI-TV's operations and began sharing select programming with channel 34. LM officially closed on the purchase on November 27. Although most of WBKI-TV's operations remained separate from WDRB and WMYO, certain operations between the station and its two sisters were merged. With the opening of an additional 11,000 sqft of space at the latter duopoly's Muhammad Ali Boulevard studio facility on May 5, 2014, WBKI-TV reassigned up to 10 employees from the Wright Tower offices into the shared WDRB/WMYO facility.

On April 13, 2017, the FCC announced that WBKI-TV had successfully sold its spectrum in the 2016 spectrum auction for $20.7 million without any channel sharing agreement. WBKI-TV ceased broadcasting October 25, 2017, and surrendered its license October 31, with its programming remaining available in the market via WMYO-DT3.

On February 12, 2018, Block Communications returned the WBKI-TV calls to the air as part of several shuffles which saw what was WMYO become the newly called WBKI-TV, and WBKI's CW schedule become the primary 58.1 channel in order to return carriage of The CW to satellite providers and AT&T U-verse, with WMYO's main MyNetworkTV schedule moving to WBKI-DT3 and that declining service having that same carriage removed as a result.

Subchannels
The station's signal was multiplexed:

History of the original WBKI-DT2
In 2009, WBKI-TV added VasalloVision to a new second digital subchannel 34.2. Broadcasting of VasalloVision ended in August 2012. On September 1, 2014, the subchannel was reactivated to carry Weigel Broadcasting's Movies! network. After the station shut down, a new fourth subchannel of what was WMYO became the Movies! affiliate for the Louisville market.

Analog-to-digital conversion
WBKI-TV discontinued regular programming on its analog signal, over UHF channel 34, on February 17, 2009, the original date on which full-power television stations in the United States were to transition from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 19. Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers displayed the station's virtual channel as its former UHF analog channel 34.

Spectrum sale and channel sharing
On April 13, 2017, the results of the FCC's 2016 spectrum auction were announced, with LM Communications successfully selling WBKI's UHF spectrum for over $20.65 million; LM indicated that the station would go off the air without entering into any channel sharing agreements. WBKI's channels were completely merged with those of WMYO. WBKI's principal signal at the Raywick transmitter was shut down on October 25, 2017.

Primary coverage area
WBKI-TV's transmitter was located 60 mi south of downtown Louisville. This was as close as it could get to Louisville while providing a city-grade signal to its city of license, Campbellsville. Under FCC rules at the time, a broadcast station (television or radio)'s transmitter could be no farther than 15 mi from its city of license. As a result, the station's main transmitter only provided "rimshot" coverage of Louisville itself despite its power and height. It was all but unviewable over-the-air in much of the Indiana side of the market, even in digital. To make up for this shortfall in coverage, WBKI-TV set up a Class A translator on channel 28 at the Kentuckiana tower farm northeast of Floyds Knobs shortly after becoming a WB affiliate.

WBKI-TV was the first Louisville-area station to exclusively transmit a digital signal. Before Cascade Broadcasting was forced into bankruptcy, the company asked for permission to move WBKI-TV's license to Bardstown, an outer suburb of Louisville. Presumably, this change would have allowed it to build a new full-power transmitter closer to Louisville and shut down the channel 28 repeater. The station subsequently chose to keep its license in Campbellsville, and upgrade WBKI-CA to digital as well. The repeater was not mandated by federal law to shut down its analog signal during the 2009 transition because it was not a full-power outlet. The FCC provided Class A and low-power stations a grace period of two years after the original digital transition deadline in order to switch to digital. In 2010, Fusion sold WBKI-CA to religious broadcaster Daystar, which now operates it as an owned-and-operated station of the network; however, it retains the WBKI-LP call letters (which it took after surrendering its Class A status in May 2013).

When Block entered into the LMA with WBKI-TV, WDRB general manager Bill Lamb promised to give WBKI-TV a significant technical overhaul. Part of that overhaul came on July 16, 2012, when WBKI-TV's programming began to be simulcast on WMYO's third digital subchannel (downconverted to 720p HD), finally giving the station full coverage in some form across the entire Louisville market over-the-air.

Out-of-market coverage area
WBKI-TV claimed the largest coverage area of any television station in Kentucky due to the location of the station's transmitter near the geographical center of the state of Kentucky. The station's over-the-air signal provided at least secondary coverage (Grade B signal or better) from the Dale Hollow Reservoir area along the Tennessee state line to parts of Southern Indiana in areas along the Ohio River. Besides most of the Kentucky segment of the Louisville market, it served large portions of the Lexington and Bowling Green markets. Consequently, WBKI-TV maintained solid coverage on most cable systems in these areas for most of its tenure as an affiliate of The WB. For all intents and purposes, it was Lexington's default WB affiliate, and even operated a "virtual channel" on primary cable systems in that area with separate identifications, especially after then-UPN affiliate WBLU-LP dropped its WB affiliation in September 2003; that station aired WB programming off-schedule as a secondary affiliation for four years.

In addition, WBKI-TV was also the default over-the-air WB affiliate for at least the eastern half of the Bowling Green market area as "WBWG", the WBKO-operated WB outlet in that area, was a cable-only member of The WB 100+ Station Group. Indeed, Nielsen counted the station as part of both the Louisville and Bowling Green markets before the station relocated its transmitter to Raywick.

With the launch of The CW, under new affiliation terms inaugurated by the network, WBKI-TV was dropped from most cable providers in the Bowling Green and Lexington areas since that network respectively launched onto subchannels of ABC affiliate WBKO and CBS affiliate WKYT-TV. In spite of the existence of the subchannel-only affiliates in both markets, WBKI-TV could still be seen over-the-air in much of the western portion of the Lexington market, the eastern portion of the Bowling Green market, and on about 20 other cable systems in central and southern Kentucky. The station was also available on cable in portions of the Nashville market, including parts of far southern Kentucky (e.g. Cumberland, Clinton, and Monroe counties) as well as three counties (Clay, Macon, and Pickett) in Tennessee. This ended sometime around 2010 when Nashville's then-CW affiliate WNAB (now a Dabl affiliate) claimed market exclusivity in those areas.

General entertainment
The station cleared all programming from The WB, Kids' WB and The CW from 1997 until its 2017 shutdown. Throughout its life on the air, the station's broadcast schedule encompassed a wide variety of syndicated programming outside of network programming. The station offered a variety of older and a few recent sitcoms, and a few first-run reality shows such as Blind Date and Elimidate. This station was also known in the market to air movies on weekend afternoons. In addition, WBKI-TV also carried programming from the Shop at Home Network during overnight hours until that network's 2008 shutdown. The station has also aired several locally produced shows as well.

Sports programming
WBKI-TV also broadcast a selection of sports programming for much of its life on the air. It was the flagship station for Ohio Valley Wrestling for a number of years. From 1992 into the early- and mid-2000s, the station broadcast Jefferson Pilot Sports coverage of select Southeastern Conference football and (beginning in 2001) basketball games, including those involving the Kentucky Wildcats. From 2002 to 2006, the station also aired preseason games of the National Football League's Tennessee Titans produced by WKRN-TV of Nashville. The station also had a history of airing select broadcasts of Notre Dame Fighting Irish football. It also shared some Big Ten Conference basketball game broadcasts with WFTE/WMYO. The station also produced a few local sports-related programs. Most recently, the station aired ESPN Plus-operated Big 12 Network broadcasts of football and basketball games of the Big 12 Conference until that syndicated package was discontinued in 2014.

Newscasts
When the station launched in 1983, it produced a nightly newscast that lasted only a few months before shutting down its news operations and taking other steps to control expenses; the station filed for bankruptcy on August 8, 1984, only a year after its launch.

As a Fox affiliate, the station returned to producing newscasts in 1994, when they formed a partnership with Bowling Green's Fox affiliate WKNT (now NBC affiliate WNKY) to form a two-station cooperative "network" after the two station began a jointly-broadcast newscast. This joint news operation even employed students from Western Kentucky University in varied aspects. This lasted until sometime around late 1996 or early 1997 due to low ratings, especially on WKNT's part as WBKO continued to dominate in the Bowling Green area's news ratings.

For several years in the mid- and late-2000s, WBKI-TV produced a local weekday morning entertainment and lifestyle show titled Louisville Live This Morning. An hour-long program that aired in a magazine-type format, the program aired weekdays at 10:00 a.m. In late 2005, WBKI-TV entered into a news share agreement with ABC affiliate WHAS-TV (channel 11) to produce a nightly prime time newscast for the station; the program, known as WHAS 11 News at 10:00 on WBKI, premiered on January 2, 2006. During the late 2000s, WBKI-TV also carried a weeknight 5:30 p.m. newscast titled The CW World Report, a half-hour program that focused on national and international stories; it was produced by Fusion Communications' sister operation Independent News Network and was produced out of INN's studios on Tremont Avenue in Davenport, Iowa. After Block Communications began operating WBKI-TV under the LMA with WDRB and WMYO, the station chose not to renew the news share agreement with WHAS. Instead, WDRB opted to launch its own newscast on channel 34 (as a result, WDRB became one of the few Fox stations to produce a newscast for another station in the same market). On September 17, 2012, WDRB began producing a half-hour weeknight 7:00 p.m. newscast, the WDRB Local Evening News at 7:00 on WBKI, which utilizes the same anchor team as that seen on WDRB's 6:30 p.m. newscast. This resulted in a rare situation in which two competing stations produced newscasts for another station in the same market; WHAS-TV continued to produce the 10:00 p.m. newscast in the interim. The weekend editions of the prime time newscast were dropped after the September 30, 2012, broadcast; the weeknight editions followed suit one month later on October 26, leaving only the WDRB-produced early newscast.

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Ukrainian Orthodox Church

Ukrainian Orthodox Church most commonly refers to:

 * Orthodoxy in Ukraine, the sum of Orthodox churches in Ukraine
 * Orthodox Church of Ukraine
 * Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate)

Ukrainian Orthodox Church may also refer to:

 * Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada, under jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
 * Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA, under jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
 * Ukrainian Orthodox Vicariate Sighetu Marmației, a vicariate of the Romanian Orthodox Church serving Eastern Orthodox believers from Romania's Ukrainian community
 * Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate (UOC-KP) (1992–December 15, 2018; 20 June 2019–), a church in Ukraine that dissolved itself to form the Orthodox Church of Ukraine
 * Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church (UAOC) (1922–December 15, 2018), a former church in Ukraine that dissolved itself to form the Orthodox Church of Ukraine
 * Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church Canonical (1924–) with canonical origin from the Polish Orthodox Church
 * Ukrainian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church (2008–), an independent Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church that was established from the official Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, which self-identifies as both Orthodox and Catholic
 * Ukrainian Autonomous Orthodox Church (1941–44), a short-lived Ukrainian church that existed when Ukraine was occupied by Nazi Germany during the Second World War
 * Living Church (May 1922–July 26, 1946), an independent liberal church

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Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church (Renovated)
What is the "Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church (Renovated)"? Can anyone provide any references or links? Qe2 (talk) 11:04, 18 May 2009 (UTC)

Etymology
Looking at the history of this page, it seems that users have vied with each other to order the churches. I propose establishing some type of neutral, scientific hierarchy, and have edited the page to fit the following structure:

 * 1) Churches in Ukraine
 * 2) Churces Outside of Ukraine
 * 3) Historical Churches

Within each category, I have then listed the churches in alphabetical order. (Even though this means that the Churches in Ukraine are basically ranked from smallest to largest.) Out of respect for the fact that the UOC-MP is legally incorporated as "UOC", I have alphabeticized under that name, but added a note to explain why M comes before K in this list.

I would welcome suggestions on other objective structures. Qe2 (talk) 08:22, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

 * To conform with consensus reached at talk:History_of_Christianity_in_Ukraine, I have relisted the Orthodox Churches in Ukraine according to number of adherants, as measured by consistent scientific surveys. Qe2 (talk) 05:34, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

 * If anyone has additional data, please do share it here or at talk:History_of_Christianity_in_Ukraine. Please do not just change order without any reason or support. Qe2 (talk) 08:10, 18 May 2009 (UTC)

Old talk
Currently the UOC article is a redirect to History of Christianity in Ukraine. I suggest to make this an article about both UOC-KP and UOC-MP and redirect each of them into this article. It seems to me logical since these two churches currently claim both the jurisdiction and the name. The histories of the two are so intertwined that it is impossible to tell the story of one church without invoking the other all the time. As of today, most of these churches' history is the history of their rivarly. Opinions? -Irpen 20:19, Jun 11, 2005 (UTC)

In my opinion it is better to expand "History of Christianity in Ukraine" and include information about all Christian churches in Ukraine even Protestant/Old Believer sects etc. in the article. The main focus should be on post-'Baptism of Rus' developments especially Orthodox vs. Unia. Every major contemprorary church in Ukraine deserves its own article...However, if you really want to merge the articles and think its gonna be better then go ahead. Fisenko 03:41, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * I agree with you that expanding the History article would be the best thing ideally. This was my original intention when I created that article by moving the rudiment UOC stuff there. However, the expansion of History article is not happening unfortunately. I hoped that I or someone else will write the article but so far it got only some occasional patchwork. OK, I suggest we keep a History article in our todo list and I will try to write here a brief summary of 90s - today events about two UOC churches rivalry. -Irpen 08:08, Jun 12, 2005 (UTC)

Disambig
The official name of the "UOC-MP" is just "UOC". UOC-MP is the label applied to it by UOC-KP and sometimes (but not universally) used in the media. Just to be sure I am explaining this right, to say "UOC under the patriarch of Moscow" or "UOC, autonomous under the Patriarch of Moscow" is correct. So say that the name of the church is Ukrainian Orthodox Church - Moscow Patriarchy is not correct. --Irpen 22:08, 4 November 2005 (UTC)

Move-and-redirect proposal
In light of the large number of incoming links to this page, some of which refer to a broad concept of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church rather than a specific version of it, I propose to move this page to Ukrainian Orthodox Church (disambiguation) and redirect the existing title to History of Christianity in Ukraine. Cheers! bd2412 T 16:10, 1 June 2011 (UTC)
 * If there are no objections, I intend to implement this proposal in 24 hours. Cheers! bd2412  T 14:46, 7 June 2011 (UTC)

Requested move 25 December 2023

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

The result of the move request was: moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) Bensci54 (talk) 17:21, 3 January 2024 (UTC)

Ukrainian Orthodox Church (disambiguation) → Ukrainian Orthodox Church – The (disambiguation) suffix isn't necessary. Ukrainian Orthodox Church is currently a redirect to an only partially related article, for unclear reasons. Chessrat ( talk, contributions ) 19:49, 25 December 2023 (UTC)

 * How is the article about the Orthodox Church in Ukraine only partially related to the phrase "Ukrainian Orthodox Church"? :) Anyway, let's look at the reader behavior - |Ukrainian_Orthodox_Church_(disambiguation) page views comparison between primary redirect and hatnote destination indicates there could be a lot of ambiguity and a lot of traffic to the hatnote, however WikiNav shows only 32 identified clicks on the hatnote in October, compared to 147 views of the primary redirect (~22%). A look into the clickstream archive shows that ratio to have been 19 vs 131 in September (~15%) and 25 vs 177 in August (~14%). The overall higher traffic to the disambiguation page could be because there are other incoming redirects there, one of which also went here until 2022, while the other's been there since 2017. Ultimately it seems to be a choice of whether it's best to use a short list format to resolve this ambiguity or longer prose section format as it is in the history article. --Joy (talk) 09:16, 26 December 2023 (UTC)

 * Support per Joy, using a concise list format to address this ambiguity is a far superior approach compared to employing a lengthier prose section. This DAB page offers a clear and structured way to present information. Each item is distinct and easily identifiable. In contrast, prose can sometimes confuse the reader. Yorkporter (talk) 19:36, 26 December 2023 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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Yellow-bellied marmot

The yellow-bellied marmot (Marmota flaviventris), also known as the rock chuck, is a large, stout-bodied ground squirrel in the marmot genus. It is one of fourteen species of marmots, and is native to mountainous and semi-arid regions of southwestern Canada and western United States, including the Rocky Mountains, Sierra Nevada, and the Great Basin, often (but not exclusively) living above 6500 ft. The fur is mainly brown, with a dark bushy tail, yellow chest and white patch between the eyes, and they weigh up to approximately 5 kg. They live in burrows in colonies of up to twenty individuals with a single dominant male. They are diurnal and feed on plant material, insects, and bird eggs. They hibernate for approximately eight months starting in September and lasting through the winter.

Description
Yellow-bellied marmots usually weigh from 1.6-5.2 kg when fully grown, though males typically weigh more than females. The weight fluctuates quite drastically through the year, with the least measured in early spring and the most measured in early autumn. Adult males typically weigh between 3-5 kg and adult females typically weigh between 1.6-4 kg. They measure from 47-68 cm in length, have a short tail measuring 13-21 cm with buffy, reddish and black hairs and hindfoot measuring 7-9 cm.

They have a rather frosty appearance with some of the guard hairs having pale tips with dark bands. The yellow-bellied marmot has a broad and flat skull, dark head, and a dark nose with a white furry patch. The pelage comprises coarse, long outer hairs and woolly, shorter underfurs. They have a brown coat, a white patch of fur on the snout in front of the eyes. Due to the bright yellow fur on their belly, sides of the neck, and throat, they get their scientific and common names. Their ears are small and round, measuring 1.8-2.2 cm in length, having a short white muzzle. Their back is reddish-brown in color with grizzled black and light-grey tan. Their feet are yellowish to dark brown to in color. They gain additional fat reserves in the autumn, in preparation for hibernation.

Distribution and habitat
The yellow-bellied marmot lives in southwestern Canada and western United States, including the Rocky Mountains and the Sierra Nevada. Northwards, its range extends into the southern British Columbia and goes eastwards up to the montane and basin regions of Wyoming, eastern Montana, Colorado, and southern Alberta. Southwards, its range extends into northern New Mexico. It inhabits steppes, meadows, talus fields, and other open habitats, sometimes on the edge of deciduous or coniferous forests. In Colorado, they are found from as low as 5400 ft to over 14000 ft of elevation. In central and eastern Washington, they are common at low elevations.

They are found in valleys, meadows, and foothills, and tend to occupy open areas which are free of vegetation. Their territory is about 6 acres around a number of burrows dug during the summer. They choose to dig burrows under rocks, as it is less likely to be visible to predators. These predators include foxes, dogs, coyotes, wolves, and eagles. Upon seeing a predator, the yellow-bellied marmot whistles to warn the others in the area, after which it typically hides in a nearby rock pile until there is no more threat.

Behavior
Marmots reproduce starting at around two years of age, and may live up to an age of fifteen. They reside in colonies of about ten to twenty individuals. Each male marmot digs a burrow soon after it wakes from hibernation, and starts looking for females to reproduce. By summer, it may have up to four female mates. Litters usually average three to five offspring per female. Only about half of those pups survive and become yearlings. Marmots have a "harem-polygynous" mating system in which the male reproduces with two or three females at the same time. Female offspring tend to stay in the area around their home, while male offspring typically leave when they are yearlings and will defend one or more females.

Yellow-bellied marmots spend about 80% of their lives in their burrows, 60% of which is spent hibernation. They often spend mid-day and night in a burrow as well. These burrows are usually constructed on a slope, such as a hill, mountain, or cliff. The hibernating burrows can be up to 5-7 m deep; however, the burrows constructed for daily use are usually only 1 m deep. Their hibernation period varies on elevation, but it is typically from September to May. Occasionally, they climb trees and other flora, though they are usually terrestrial.

Diet
Yellow-bellied marmots are diurnal, and are less active during the night. They are omnivores, but generally eat a wide variety of plants, as they are generalist herbivores. They mostly feed on grass, grains, leaves, flowers, legumes, bird eggs, and insects. Occasionally, they are also known to eat fruits and bark of fruit trees. In food choice experiments, yellow-bellied marmots are known to reject plants containing defensive compounds. Due to this, they consume flowers of lupines, larkspur, and columbine, but avoid their shoots containing toxic compounds. Their food choice depends upon the fatty acid and protein concentrations, which are well present in cinquefoil, cow-parsnip, and leaves of dandelion, which are also present in their diet. In late summer, however, grasses, forbs, and seeds make up most of their diet. They also like to feed on alfalfa and clover. They drink less water, as their plant diet mostly serves their water requirements.

Status and conservation
Since 1996, it has been listed in the least concern category of the IUCN Red List of Endangered species. As there are no major threats to this species and it is protected in several areas throughout its range, there is not much concern for serious conservation efforts to be put in place.

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H4

H4, H04, or H-4 may refer to:

Science and mathematics

 * ATC code H04 Pancreatic hormones, a subgroup of the Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System
 * Histamine H4 receptor, a human gene
 * Histone H4, a protein involved in the structure of chromatin in eukaryotic cells
 * Hydrogen-4 (H-4), an isotope of hydrogen
 * H4, a symmetry group in the fifth dimension; see H4 polytope
 * H-4, a huge eruption of the Hekla volcano around 2310 BC

Technology

 * H-4 SOW, a precision-guided glide bomb used by the Pakistan Air Force
 * H4 (chronometer), an 18th-century marine chronometer designed by John Harrison
 * Zoom H4 Handy Recorder, a handheld digital audio recorder
 * , level 4 heading markup for HTML Web pages, see HTML element

Automobiles and roads

 * H4, a halogen headlamp bulb
 * H4, development name of the Hummer HX concept car
 * H-4, shorthand for a 4-cylinder horizontally-opposed or "flat four" engine
 * H4 Dansteed Way, a road in Milton Keynes, England

Aviation

 * GEN H-4, a Japanese helicopter design
 * Hughes H-4 Hercules (Spruce Goose), the largest flying boat ever built
 * Héli Sécurité Helicopter Airlines (IATA code), based in France; see List of airline codes (H)
 * Inter Islands Airlines (IATA code), a former airline  based in Cape Verde

Ships and submarines

 * HMS H4, a 1915 British Royal Navy H-class submarine
 * HMS Tenedos (H04), a 1918 British Royal Navy Admiralty S-class destroyer
 * USS H-4 (SS-147), a 1918 United States Navy submarine

Rail

 * GNR Class H4, a class of British steam locomotives

Other uses

 * Halo 4, a video game created by 343 Industries for the Xbox 360
 * H4 (film), a 2013 film
 * H-4 visa, issued by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
 * British NVC community H4, a heath community in the British National Vegetation Classification system
 * H4 (classification), a cycling classification used in para-cycling

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Kroton (Cyberman)

Kroton is a fictional character who appeared in the Doctor Who Magazine comic strip based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. He was a companion of the Eighth Doctor. The character is separate from the Krotons, the villains of the 1968 serial The Krotons.

Kroton is a Cyberman, a member of the cybernetically augmented race that is one of the most persistent enemies of the Doctor. However, unlike other Cybermen, Kroton still retains human feelings despite undergoing cyber-conversion. Kroton first appeared in the comic strip Throwback — The Soul of a Cyberman, published in Doctor Who Weekly #5-#7 (as it then was), written by Steve Moore and drawn by Steve Dillon.

Character history
In Throwback, the Cybermen invade the planet Mondaran but continue to encounter heavy human resistance. Among the reinforcements from the Cyberman colony world, Telos is a Junior Cyberleader Kroton, who discovers that he sympathizes with the rebels. He helps the surviving rebels escape the planet, even to the point of killing his fellow Cybermen to defend the rebels. However, uncertain about the meaning of his own existence, he does not stay with the humans, but pilots his ship alone into space, planning to let his power supplies run down. In his battles with the doctors, he gained many battle wounds but fell to a glorious death.

However, Kroton survives, encountering a pleasure cruiser that is caught in a time warp (Ship of Fools, DWW #23-#24). Despite the passengers' lack of concern, he manages to access the robot pilot of the ship and free it from its endless looping through time. Unfortunately, the ship has been trapped in the time warp for 628 years, and when time catches up with the passengers, they all instantly age and die, leaving Kroton alone with only the robot pilot for the company.

Kroton did not reappear until nearly 19 years later, in Unnatural Born Killers (DWM #277), where he fights off a Sontaran raid on a primitive human village; in the time since his last appearances, he has become more proactive and physical as well as speaking more colloquially. The story set up his appearance less than a year later in The Company of Thieves (DWM #284-#286) where he meets the Eighth Doctor and his companion Izzy on a freighter that has been captured by space pirates. After initially mistaking him for a typical Cyberman and trying to kill him, the Doctor realizes that Kroton is different. Together, they deal with the pirates who are attempting to capture an intelligent super-weapon. At the conclusion of that story, the Doctor welcomes Kroton aboard the TARDIS.

The TARDIS next takes the Doctor, Izzy, and Kroton to the museum planet Paradost, where memories can be accessed and enhanced by means of mnemonic crystals. However, Kroton refuses to use them, believing that remembering his life before cyber-conversion would be too painful. The travelers' visit coincides with the launch of a jihad by the planet Dhakan's Church of the Glorious Dead. The wholesale slaughter turns out to be the work of the renegade Time Lord known as the Master, who had survived his last encounter with the Doctor and had been contacted by Esterath, a cosmic being that controls the Glory, the focal point of the Omniversal spectrum which underlies all existence. Esterath is dying and needs to pass control of the Glory over to the worthier of two adversaries, and tells the Master that he and the Doctor had been chosen.

While the Doctor and the Master grapple in the Omniversal spectrum, Izzy and Kroton deal with the person who led the massacre on Paradost: Cardinal Morningstar, actually an immortal samurai named Sato who had found eternal life without meaning much as Kroton had. The Master had found Sato and used him to alter Earth's history and make it Dhakan. Sato and Kroton fight, but Kroton is unable to defeat Sato physically.

In the spectrum, the Doctor loses his battle with the Master. As Sato is also about to prove victorious over Kroton, Izzy uses a mnemonic crystal to make Sato realize the full import of his part in the slaughter of Paradost, and Sato falls unconscious. Izzy also makes Kroton use the crystal, causing him to remember his pre-conversion life and finally come to terms with it. As the Glory arrives to acknowledge its new controller, the Master steps forward to claim it but is rejected.

It is then revealed that the true adversaries chosen by the Glory were not the Master and the Doctor, but Sato and Kroton. Both of them were made immortal by technology, but Kroton won by choosing hope over despair. Kroton takes his place as the new controller of the Glory, restoring the proper timeline, banishing the Master to parts unknown, and granting Sato his wish of an honorable death. The Doctor and Izzy continue their journeys without him (The Glorious Dead, DWM #287-#296).

Other appearances
In the Eighth Doctor novel The Scarlet Empress, Time Lady Iris Wildthyme mentions that at some point during her travels, she encountered and befriended Kroton. The Doctor, however, gives no response, which may imply that the events of the novel take place before his meeting with Kroton. However, Throwback is "narrated" by the Fourth Doctor, who describes it as a recounting of an incident in the Time Lord archives.

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List of Kansas state parks

List of state parks in the U.S. state of Kansas operated by the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks:

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User:MR Hurtin

I'm MR Hurtin, a Wikipedia user from Southern California.

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Talk:Chris Lewis (cricketer)

NPOV
One of the most talented English cricketers of the 1990s, being an aggressive lower-order batsman, fine fast-medium bowler and an able all-round English fielder, he never did justice to his undoubted talent, despite playing 30 test matches. Maybe someone, who knows something about cricket, can change this sentence. Sarcelles 23:33, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * did some work to de-POV and wikilink Feco 20:25, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)

WikiProject class rating
This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as stub, and the rating on other projects was brought up to Stub class. BetacommandBot 08:29, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

Source material
--Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 15:22, 24 January 2019 (UTC) --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 15:26, 24 January 2019 (UTC)

Connection with organized crime
I know that drug smuggling is usually associated with organized crime but what is the exact connection? This is not explained by the article. Was Lewis an active participant, or was he duped to be a mule by someone? What about the wider organisation that enabled his offending? How Lewis became involved in this smuggling needs a better explanation, so a link to organised crime can be sustained and also so inclusion in WikiProject Organized Crime can be justified, otherwise it is just a crime. - Cameron Dewe (talk) 06:43, 20 November 2021 (UTC)

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Aleksander Michał Lubomirski (d. 1675)

Prince Aleksander Michał Lubomirski (died 1675) was a Polish noble (szlachcic).

Aleksander owned cities and estates of Dąbrowa and Otwinów. He was starost of Perejesław and Nowy Sącz.

He married Katarzyna Anna Sapieha, who was Paweł Jan Sapieha's daughter.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Amby

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was delete. — Xezbeth 05:52, Apr 29, 2005 (UTC)

Amby
"What an amby summer this is!", "Amby-dextrous"?! Hoax, dicdef, and as such should be deleted. --Dmcdevit 23:35, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, for all the reasons stated above. – Seancdaug 23:53, Apr 20, 2005 (UTC)

 * Delete, dictionary definition. Megan1967 05:03, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Yay! Fake dicdef! Mo0 [ talk ] 06:16, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete as per above Dsmdgold 18:12, Apr 21, 2005 (UTC)

 * This page is now preserved as an archive of the debate and, like some other VfD subpages, is no longer 'live'. Subsequent comments on the issue, the deletion, or the decision-making process should be placed on the relevant 'live' pages. Please do not edit this page.

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Talk:Terran Confederacy

No more redirect of article
This article is extremely notable. Gold Nitrate 05:36, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

 * This approach to the article (which was originally written by me anyway) does not conform to WP:FICTION. This is not to say that the Confederacy should not be covered - a whole series of rewrites for the StarCraft lore articles is underway and the Confederacy will be featured in those, but until then the Confederacy, or any other faction, does not have enough coverage to warrant an article and should remain as a redirect. -- Sabre 10:17, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

What about Epsilon Squadron?
What about the Epislon Squadron? They were in brood war, correct? TomStar81 23:36, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * No, I don't think they were. Whenever you fight Yellow Terrans, they are acting as placeholders, and most likely are not the true Epsilon Squadron. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.216.220.2 (talk • contribs)

All the spoliers?
do we need all the "warning plot or spolier ending details below? It seems that all the sections have at least one.

RanDawg 18:45, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

What happened to the flag?
What happened to the flag? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.174.135.175 (talk • contribs)

 * 69.148.130.115,aka "some guy" on the design team, has stated that the flag is not representive of the Terran Confederacy, check the comments on the article history. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.122.3.120 (talk • contribs)

 * However, this is simply not the case. I refer you to the Episode I cutscenes of Open Rebellion, where the camera shows a Confederate flag and then draws out to reveal it to be on a comms satellite, and to The Inguaration, where at least two Battlecruisers are clearly shown with the Confederate flag moments before destruction. Rather than going with what "some guy" claiming to be on the design team says, I suggest that we go with fact from the game. I'm putting it back in, and I will do so again if it is removed again. -- S@bre 16:08, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Ok, I looked at those cutscenes a bit closer. It isn't the exact Confederate flag as we know it, it's been spiced up a bit. Take a look:
 * Reference 1: Satellite from Rebel Yell cinematic 3.
 * Reference 2: Battlecruiser hull from Rebel Yell cinematic 4.
 * Reference 3: Battlecruiser bridge from Rebel Yell cinematic 4.

As you can see, it only has nine stars, a white border throughout and indents across the sides. Accordingly, I've editted the flag to represent the insignia in the cinematics. The first one is what we were using, the standard Confederate navy jack. The second one is an editted version of that file, made to mirror the cinematic references:

I'm not sure I've got the licensing correct though, -- S@bre 09:43, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Clean-up
I'm going to try to clean up this article. It's long and messy, most of it is copied straight from the StarCraft wikia and that alone is reason to change it. I'm starting with the Squadrons, cutting them down a brief summary of what they do rather than the current running narrative. I've also ditched the small squadrons from silly tooltips at the Blizzard site or from Maps of the Month (which shouldn't be considered canon). We know nothing about these squadrons so there is no point in including them and the military section should be kept to significant squadrons. -- S@bre 16:57, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

 * I've now done sections 2, 3 and 4, and have readied the reference section with the basic set of references for citing most of the changes. I'll fully reference everything once I redo section 1. -- S@bre 19:52, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

 * I'm currently redoing section 1 and saving as I go. Please don't edit other bits in the section until I've done. -- S@bre 09:42, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

 * Ok, I'm done. I've cut down the history section significantly, and have attempted to move away from the horrible narrative present in the previous version. Please note, due to the lack of any real time or event distinction between SC and BW (BW just rolls smoothly on from where SC finished, they could easily have been together in the original release), the entire thing is referred to as the Brood War in the novels and implied by Blizzard. This makes more sense than two separate wars involving the same factions (with a couple of new ones moving in and out) in the same time with mostly the same objectives. So please leave that in. Please also leave it as Cerberus Squadron, it is much tidier than having a Cerberus Recon Squad stuck amongst the other squadrons. -- S@bre 11:08, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

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User talk:Zensufi

Feel free to post comments regarding my revisions here!

Zizek's anti-Metaphysics
I like what you have done for this section. However, I think it lacks the slightly gentle curve that an entry, stylistically should have. That is to say, that the first sentence should sum up his anti-metaphysics, rather than jump into the parallax view, which though it is excellent that you have read this latest of texts, should be mentioned later in the section. I will make an attempt at a stylistic edit. Let me know what you think. DocFaustRoll 17:34, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

I'd like to see our efforts as collaborative rather than the result of my needing to pee on your work as I see some do on Wikipedia. I'd love it if you re-edited what I edited to fix what you think should be fixed. That last sentence may, for example, go off the deep end. DocFaustRoll 02:40, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

Syphilis and Nietzsche
Welcome! Your edits were really no problem at all. This kind of information (almost speculation, if you realize how hard things like this are to verify) gets debated back and forth all the time. That's part of the "game" here, after all. A syphilus discussion is also on the Nietzsche talk page right now. They have some references there, but I've only read one of them and found it lacking in scholarly reliability. Let's both do some research and maybe someone else will chime in. Thanks for checking in. WBardwin 02:36, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)

nice work on rapport
thanks for expanding the studies on rapport. The other ones need some work, but perhaps you could improve the relevant summary of rapport on the Neuro-linguistic programming article. --Comaze 12:42, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

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Compound (fortification)

In military science, a compound is a type of fortification made up of walls or fences surrounding several buildings in the center of a large piece of land. The walls can either serve the purpose of being tall, thick, and impenetrable, in which case they would be made of wood, stone, or some other like substance; or dangerous to attempt to scale, in which case they could be made of barbed wire or electrified. Compounds can be designed to double as living spaces and military structures in the middle of hostile territory or as a military area within a country's territory; they are also used by civilians and government officials (IE: Embassies) and those who want to protect against threats to themselves or their property.

A number of survivalists own fortified compound-like structures as a means of protection in case civilization breaks down or their government becomes abusive.

The term compound is also used to refer to an unfortified enclosure, especially in Africa and Asia. See compound (enclosure).

Specific group usage
Insurgent, militant, and terrorist groups alike have been known to maintain their own compounds which commonly feature training camps. The CSA, Al-Qaeda, various Ku Klux Klan factions, The Taliban, Aggressive Christianity Missionary Training Corps and ISIS are some of the organizations who use such.

Large outlaw motorcycle clubs will typically use a compound for a particular chapter's headquarters. In motorcycle subculture, these are commonly referred to as "clubhouses".

Many new religious movement organizations and cults have used compounds to facilitate their own privatized practices or activities. Additionally, they can serve as a residency for followers of that particular commune. Mount Carmel Center, Tama-Re, YFZ Ranch, and Gold Base are some of the most notable of these.

Due to their offensive imagery and paraphernalia, large neo-Nazi and white supremacist groups will operate secluded compounds that can serve as a headquarters for a certain organization. In this particular movement, they are also used to hold gatherings and serve as venues for Nazi punk, Rock Against Communism and White power music concerts. The most famous of these would be the now-defunct Aryan Nations compound in Hayden Lake, Idaho.

Other examples

 * Murphy Ranch - a now-defunct compound that belonged to the Silver Legion of America; designed for the group's Nazi activities in the United States during WWII.
 * The Knights of the KKK currently operate a compound within Zinc, Arkansas.
 * The headquarters of Imperial Klans of America consists of a heavily guarded 28-acre compound in Dawson Springs, Kentucky.
 * Elohim City
 * Bab al-Azizia
 * Camp Nordland
 * Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad
 * Camp Siegfried

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Talk:Fud

Mindspillage (spill yours?) 05:39, 7 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Page move
Since this page has been turned to a DAB since the AFD, I renamed it. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Ginkgo100 (talk • contribs) 22:43, 6 January 2007 (UTC).

redirect
Isn't the title and redirect backwards? I.e, as an acronym, shouldn't the article title be FUD and the redirect Fud?

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B11

B11, B.XI or B-11 may refer to:

Transportation

 * B11 (New York City bus) serving Brooklyn
 * Bundesstraße 11, federal highway in Germany

Vehicles

 * HMS B11, a B-class submarine of the British Royal Navy
 * Bavarian B XI, an 1895 German steam locomotive model
 * Bensen B-11, a Bensen Aircraft model
 * Douglas YB-11, a bomber designed for the United States Army Air Corps
 * Nissan B11, a version of the Nissan Sunny
 * Volvo B11R, a coach bus chassis manufactured by Volvo since 2011

Other uses

 * B-11 recoilless rifle, a Soviet 107 mm weapon
 * Gareth Bale, a professional footballer from Wales
 * Boron-11 (B-11 or 11B), an isotope of boron
 * Caro-Kann Defence, Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings code B11

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