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Sam Jones (basketball, born 1933)

Samuel Jones (June 24, 1933 – December 30, 2021) was an American professional basketball player who was a shooting guard for the Boston Celtics in the National Basketball Association (NBA). A five-time NBA All-Star, for his quickness and game-winning shots, especially during the NBA playoffs, he was nicknamed "Mr. Clutch" and "The Shooter". Jones has the second most NBA championships of any player (10), behind only his teammate Bill Russell (11). He was also one of only three Celtics (along with teammates Russell and K. C. Jones) to be part of each of the Celtics' eight consecutive championships from 1959 to 1966. Jones is a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

Early life
Jones was born in Laurinburg, North Carolina, on June 24, 1933. He attended Laurinburg Institute.

College career
He studied and played college basketball at North Carolina Central University (then North Carolina College). There, he was a four-year letterwinner for Hall of Fame coach John McLendon and coach Floyd Brown. Jones scored 1,745 points and was a three-time All-CIAA league selection. His number 41 was later retired by the Eagles. He also served in the United States Army for two years. He was intending to become a teacher after graduating.

Jones was originally drafted by the Minneapolis Lakers as the eighth pick of the 1956 NBA draft. However, he opted to return to college to earn his degree upon completion of military service, and therefore voided the Lakers' rights to him under NBA rules.

Boston Celtics (1957–1969)
Boston Celtics Hall of Fame coach Red Auerbach subsequently took a trip south to scout North Carolina players who had just won the national championship. Former Wake Forest coach Bones McKinney told Auerbach he could visit Chapel Hill, but the best player in the state was a few miles away. Eventually, the Philadelphia Warriors selected North Carolina's Lennie Rosenbluth with the sixth pick of the 1957 NBA draft. Boston selected Jones two picks later, even though Auerbach had never seen Jones play.

Jones made his NBA debut on October 22, 1957, recording one rebound in three minutes played against the St. Louis Hawks. He was a reserve for his first few seasons before replacing Bill Sharman as a starter, and earned his first all star appearance in 1962.

Jones was one of only six Boston Celtics to have ever scored 50 points in an NBA game. At the time of his death in 2021, he owned Boston's sixth-best single-game scoring output (51 points vs. Detroit Pistons on October 29, 1965). He also recorded 22 points and 5 rebounds in Game 7 of the 1966 NBA Finals as the Celtics won their eighth straight NBA Finals. Jones ultimately played twelve seasons in the NBA with the Celtics, scoring 15,411 points to go along with 2,209 assists and 4,305 rebounds. He was the franchise's career scoring leader at the time of his retirement in 1969.

Coaching career
After retiring from basketball, Jones coached at Federal City College (now known as University of the District of Columbia) from 1969 to 1973 and at North Carolina Central University, his alma mater, in 1973–74. He was an assistant coach for the New Orleans Jazz in 1974–75.

Player profile
Jones was known as a clutch scorer. He participated in five All-Star Games, and is usually recognized as having been one of the best shooting guards of his generation. Jones was named to the All-NBA Second Team three straight years (1965–67) and he played on 10 championship teams (1959–66 and 1968–69) — a total exceeded only by teammate Bill Russell in NBA history.

Jones' perfect form when shooting a jump shot, along with his great clutch shooting, led opponents to nickname him "The Shooter." He was particularly adept at shooting the bank shot, in which the shooter bounces the ball off the backboard en route to the basket. Many coaches, including UCLA's great John Wooden, believe that when a shooter is at a 20- to 50-degree angle to the backboard and inside 15 feet, a bank shot is always the preferred shot. At 6-foot-4, Jones was the prototype of the tall guard who could run the floor and bang the boards, and had a rangy offensive game that gave opponents fits. One of the "Jones Boys" in Boston, Sam teamed with K. C. Jones in the Celtics' backcourt to create havoc in NBA arenas around the country.

Jones led Boston in scoring five times, and he averaged 20 points or better in four consecutive seasons (1965–1968). He scored 2,909 points in 154 playoff games (18.89 PPG), 92nd best in history as of the 2021 postseason.

Honors
Jones was inducted into the NAIA Basketball Hall of Fame in 1962. Seven years later, he was inducted into the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame —the first African-American thus honored. Jones was named to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1984. He was named to the NBA 25th Anniversary Team (1971), as one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History (1996), and the NBA 75th Anniversary Team (2021). He was part of the inaugural class inducted into the American Basketball Hall of Fame in 2019. In the 2021–2022 NBA season, the Boston Celtics wore a black band with the number 24 on their jersey, to honor Jones who died that year.

Personal life
Jones was married to Gladys Chavis until her death in 2018. Together, they had five children. He lived for several decades in Silver Spring, Maryland, during which time he often served as a substitute teacher in the Montgomery County public school system. He resided in St. Augustine, Florida, in retirement.

Jones died on the evening of December 30, 2021, in Boca Raton, Florida. He was 88 years old.

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Talk:Samir Azzouz

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This man was on trial for terrorism, he was not convicted. Because the case is brought to a higher court, he stays a suspect. In the Netherlands it is normal to not list the last name untill the suspect is convicted. That is the reason I moved the pagetitle.--Jeroenvrp 12:46, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * Even on the Dutch Wikipedia, this is a subject of heated discussion. Why go with a convention from Dutch news media on an English encyclopedia? - Andre Engels 15:04, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * Samir is known as Samir A in the Netherlands. He's still not convicted, so I removed the page to Samir A again. I think that even wikipedia has to follow the rules.

 * Well you actually only moved the talk page. We do not have to go by Dutch convention and I think it's much better to go by the full name. violet/riga (t) 15:32, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)

It was requested that this article be renamed but there was no consensus for it to be moved. violet/riga (t) 15:32, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Even besides the question if this article should exist on a Wikipedia (does every suspected terrorist need to be described?), I think the ethical convention of the Dutch media should be the main course to follow for Dutch criminal suspects on every Wikipedia... Puck 18:21, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Why? Why should the Dutch media have any say in what goes outside of Holland?David Cannon 01:43, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * It's seen as a protection of the privacy of suspects. The Dutch media believes that mentioning the full name of suspects may hurt them or their families after their release when they are innocent. I personally think it is a bit silly since the rise of the Internet, because every foreign media mentions the full name of suspects.

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Alternatively, the article could be put up for deletion.

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Talk:Saoshyant

Interpretation
In the Zoroastrian religion, saoshyant refers to one who will "make existence brilliant".

"Since He is (the One) to be chosen by the world therefore the judgment emanating from truth itself (to be  passed) on the deeds of good thought of the world,  as well as the power, is committed to Mazda Ahura whom  (people) assign as a shepherd to the poor." --Yasna 27:13, the Ahuna Vairya prayer

Noting this similiarity of this figure to that of the Jewish messiah and the Christian Jesus Christ, along with the fact that it is from the same geographic area and predated both by a century or more, many speculate that the very idea of a "christ-figure" has it's origins in this belief. This is, as of yet, unsubstantiated by concrete evidence. '

 * Yeah, when you read the Zoroastrian texts themselves, you'll see how different the two are. First of all, the post-Jesus texts don't count obviously. When we throw those out, all Saoshyant is one of the various minor gods who comes at the end of time (with his helpers) and makes all the living things on earth come back to life and then never die or decay anymore. (This isn't the place to discuss who stole the idea from whom, (scholars don't seem to buy into the idea that ideas can evolve independently) but I can give you a list of about 20 scholars who are on either side) Yasht 19:19 speaks of the same things that Saoshyant is supposed to do in Yasht 19:89 but doesn't mention him by name. Saoshyant is not some great king who will come one day and make Persia into a great nation after the Persian exiles are brought back, and will more or less, rule the world. Just compare the various texts. The difference in subject and motivation is so great, it's not even necessary (as it usually is) to check when the texts were written. Just for the heck of it, if we want to use the same standards applied to the Bible, we should point out that the Yashts (the older Gathas don't mention Saoshyant in the same way, read the article) weren't written until the Persians had made contact with the Jews. The Yasht that deals mainly with Saoshyant doesn't even mention him (couple sentences back) in his only role (while what he's supposed to do IS) until the very end and I should note that the Avesta wasn't even compiled until two centuries after Jesus died. With this evidence, I propose that the Saoshyant was the name of some deity that got promoted when the magi heard about Jesus and thought he was a good idea (They similar things later on). The texts were redacted (the word that lets you make any text be written in any period you want) to mention him and it's obvious they forget to put his name in the beginning of Yasht 19. While unlikely, and I don't even agree with my idea, so is the opposite when you consider the text themselves.69.254.76.77 (talk) 04:41, 16 August 2009 (UTC)

I checked out the above quotation from the Zend Avesta. It didn't agree with what you've put forth. What translation did you use? --65.30.154.179 12:46, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * Umm, it predated it by quite a bit longer than a century. The Ýathā Ahū Vairyō (or Ahunwar, or Ahunavar...) is translated (as well as transliterated) so many different ways, here is just one other translation:

 * "As the Ahu is excellent, so is the Ratu (one who rules) from (his) sanctity, a creator of mental goodness, and of life's actions done for Mazda; and the Kingdom (is) for Ahura, which to the poor may offer a nurturer."

 * However; this passage has nothing to do with the Saoshyant directly, though it could apply to the Saoshyant as it applies to every person! Though 'shepherd' is a correct translation, it is not necessarily the Christ-like epithet. For more on the meaning of the Ahunwar see [Zoroaster.com]'s word-for-word translation and explanation by a Zoroastrian priest (An 'Ervad' is a rank of priest, which is also a scholar of the scriptures).

 * Out of curiousity I googled the word 'Saoshyant' and came up with the same new-age "make existence brilliant" quote in a number of pages. The real meaning is much less spectacular. Indeed the Saoshyant to be born of a Virgin mother with a halo of light around his head to redeem mankind at the day of judgement couldn't have NOT inspired Christian soteriology. It's just the shoddy references I'm criticizing. There is soooo much crap out there on Zoroastrianism, I don't begrudge anyone or think less of them for getting the wrong information and ideas.
 * Halos don't exist in the bible first of all, only art. Secondly, the "virgin birth" you speak of, comes from (correct me if I'm wrong) the Denkard which is a 10th century AD text. Also, while these girls may be virgins, they're still getting Zoroaster's sperm that's been sitting in that lake for the last couple years. That's a little different. Either way, it doesn't matter due to the enormous discrepincies in dates. 69.254.76.77 (talk) 05:00, 12 September 2009 (UTC)

 * I have so many articles on my Zoroastrian to-do list, but I'll get back to this one hopefully sooner than later. Khiradtalk

Pronunciation
How is one supposed to pronounce the word "Saoshyant"? I have heard it spelt as "Sow-she-ann" before, but I would rather hear it from a specialist in Zoroaster culture than some layman over the Web.
 * IMHO, it's more likely /sao'ʃjant/ rather than "[soːʃjʌnt]" currently supposed in the article (it's not an English world, but some kind of old-Iranian one). --Djadjko (talk) 22:11, 11 May 2015 (UTC)
 * I am aware of its origin and I'm a linguist, which is why I put in the pronunciation in the first place. Avestan has a highly peculiar spelling and the romanisation is worse. Ogress smash! 01:03, 12 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Well, then it should be clarified, whether it's an English pronunciation or an Avestan one; from my (amateur linguist) point, it was just doubtful that "-ao-" letter combination produces [o:] sound in a non-English word. --Djadjko (talk) 22:09, 12 May 2015 (UTC)
 * It's IPA and a non-English word, what exactly do you want me to explain? Ogress smash! 22:24, 12 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Does the suggested IPA transcription ("[soːʃjʌnt]") stand for English pronunciation or for Avestan one? (Compare: "Paris" article, the beginning). --Djadjko (talk) 22:47, 18 May 2015 (UTC)
 * How would the IPA pronunciation for an Avestan word be the "English pronunciation"? Comparing "Paris" is irrelevant because French was the language of importance to English speakers from about 1066 to about 1800. It's apples and oranges. This is an exceedingly specialised Avestan and Zoroastrian term, how would there be an English pronunciation for it? Ogress smash! 00:10, 19 May 2015 (UTC)
 * On the English term pronunciation: I'm not sure, but it could be some sort of a scientific professional jargon or adaptation for English speakers to make the pronunciation easier. OK, it would be better for me to put any foreign-loaned scientific term as an example, instead of Paris :) Well, so you claim "[soːʃjʌnt]" is an IPA transcription for the pronunciation of an Avestan word "Saoš́iiaṇt̰". Can you then please provide the source for that Avestan spelling and that IPA transcription? (For me, the IPA transcription looks a bit doubtful, especially "[oː]" corresponding to "-ao-" in the provided modified-Latin transliteration of an Avestan word). --Djadjko (talk) 02:13, 20 May 2015 (UTC)
 * There is an entire wikipedia page about Avestan phonology. Given they suggest a slightly different timbre, I have made that adjustment, not that it will help you in any way since you keep asking about high-level details of a subject you apparently know nothing about. Ogress smash! 08:05, 20 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Well, OK, let it be. But it's better to make references to reliable sources in such highly special, non-obvious (as for an amateur linguist) cases. Wikipedia is not for original researches; feel free to cite any relevant publications (including yours, if any). I'm going to add Citation needed. Thanks. --Djadjko (talk) 01:49, 9 September 2015 (UTC)

Ushídar-Máh and Shah Bahram Varjavand
According to the Bahá'í writings the Báb is identified with Ushídar-Máh and Bahá'u'lláh with Shah Bahram Varjavand. Those pages did not exist, and I have created them today, redirecting them to Saoshyant. Is this redirect correct or not? If not, what should it be? If correct, could these names be added on this page as well? Wiki-uk (talk) 13:01, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

 * Neither is the Saoshyant.
 * Varjavand is a Kayanian king briefly mentioned the apocalyptic Zand-i Vahuman Yasn (compare Peshotan). Also, (and besides the fact that one should avoid honorifics in WP article titles, Kayanians are not called 'Shah's, but 'Kavi's or 'Kay's), that form of the name is the Bahá'í form, and is not typical to indigenous Iranian literature, where his name is not 'Bahram Varjavand' but 'Varjavand', whose stock epithet is "the victorious", i.e. Bahram. Also, Varjavand is a hero figure and not a savior figure, and anyway the prophecies of the Zand-i Vahuman Yasn haven't been fulfilled (they would have taken place in 1575-1576). :-)
 * 'Ushidar[-]mah' (or 'Aushedar[-]mah' or 'Hushedarmah' as briefly mentioned in this article) is the second of the three saviour figures that are born "of the seed of Zoroaster" (the first is Ushidar/Aushedar, the third is the Saoshyant). Besides, no one will ever find an article whose title is written with the Bahá'í-typical diacritical marks.
 * Second, (and assuming the titles were fixed) they would redirect to Zoroastrian eschatology, or better yet, make the reference in the Báb/Bahá'u'lláh more encyclopedic and describe the implication in place (i.e. don't leave the reader to go off to some other article). So, for example, in the Bahá'u'lláh article, one would say [Bahá'u'lláh claimed to be ...] the immortal Varjavand, a hero figure of Zoroastrian eschatology ;... Of course, the self-identification as a pre-defined saviour figure is the standard way to start a new religion, and naturally always heretical to an established religion, so if don't want to find such critique being attached to Bahá'u'lláh/Báb I wouldn't recommend transporting such claims into non-Bahá'í articles. -- Fullstop (talk) 17:57, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
 * OK, I have changed the redirects to Zoroastrian eschatology Wiki-uk (talk) 12:28, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

3k or 6k years
"Zoroastrian tradition envisions three future saviours, one for the end of each 1,000-year period that comprise the last 3,000 years of the world."

My research into Zoroastrianism shows that they believe world history is 6K years long and divided into 3 2k periods. Maybe a source can be provided for this 3k years claim to clear things up. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.85.54.137 (talk) 00:28, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Carl Hudson

 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. – ABCD 23:01, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Carl Hudson
Like Craig Seal, somebody related to the probably non-existent and anyway utterly unnotable "Dexillon" corporation, and a bigwig in the fictional Order of Sir John Franklin. Yawn. Delete. -- Hoary 12:47, 2005 Apr 7 (UTC)

 * PS and delete the redirect Lord Hudson, too. -- Hoary 12:50, 2005 Apr 7 (UTC)

 * PPS the author of the article removed the VfD notice; I reinstated it and warned him about vandalism. -- Hoary 13:04, 2005 Apr 7 (UTC)
 * Delete, more tedious fictional nonsense. Average Earthman 13:21, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Not sure. The order appears to be connected with something called The Church of the Seven Planes. — RJH 17:29, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment: The above-linked Church of the Seven Planes website offers ordination to anyone who e-mails them such a request. Not sure what Seal/Hudson/Franklin/Dexillon's connection is, but probably one of them got himself ordained minister in a non-influential everyone's-a-priest bogus "religion".  Delete this whole group of hoax postings including the "Lord So-and-so" redirects.  Barno 19:54, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete Dsmdgold 22:47, Apr 7, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, not notable, vanity. Megan1967 02:32, 8 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, Nothing wrong with the references, the order has been recognised as one of a definable nature as for its titles to appear in holders passports in the UK. We would also point out that although the church of seven planes may give ordinations freely, to our knowledge none of the related persons have any connections with the church except membership of the corresponding order. We would also point out that the church in question has been recognised and has legal status as a church in the united states, therefore, regardless of personal beliefs this is a legal church and a legal order. We therefore vote to keep. Dexillon 00:08, 10 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * "We", Dexillon? How many of you are there, and why doesn't each have his or her own username? Incidentally, I note that all your "contributions" to WP have been related to the seeming nobodies Seal and Hudson, and the ludicrous "Order" of which they claim membership. -- Hoary 01:39, 2005 Apr 10 (UTC)
 * Delete, more vanitas. Radiant_* 09:34, Apr 11, 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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Papal ban of Freemasonry

The Catholic Church first prohibited Catholics from membership in Masonic organizations and other secret societies in 1738. Since then, at least eleven popes have made pronouncements about the incompatibility of Catholic doctrines and Freemasonry.

From 1738 until 1983, Catholics who publicly associated with, or publicly supported, Masonic organizations were censured with automatic excommunication. Since 1983, the prohibition on membership exists in a different form. Although there was some confusion about membership following the 1962–1965 Second Vatican Council (Vatican II), the Church continues to prohibit membership in Freemasonry because it believes that Masonic principles and rituals are irreconcilable with Catholic doctrines. The current norm, the 1983 Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith's (CDF) Declaration on Masonic associations, states that "faithful who enroll in Masonic associations are in a state of grave sin and may not receive Holy Communion" and membership in Masonic associations is prohibited.

The most recent official Holy See documents about the "incompatibility of Freemasonry with the Catholic faith" were issued in 1985, and in November 2023 by the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith.

In eminenti apostolatus
In 1736, the Inquisition investigated a Masonic lodge in Florence, Italy, which it condemned in June 1737. The lodge had originally been founded in 1733 by the English Freemason Charles Sackville, 2nd Duke of Dorset, but accepted Italian members, such as the lodge's secretary Tommaso Crudeli. Also in 1736, on 26 December, Andrew Michael Ramsay delivered an oration to a masonic meeting in Paris on the eve of the election of Charles Radclyffe as Grand Master of the French Freemasons. In March 1737 he sent an edited copy to the chief minister, Cardinal André-Hercule de Fleury, seeking his approval for its delivery to an assembly of Freemasons, and his approval of the craft in general. Fleury's response was to brand the Freemasons as traitors, and ban their assemblies. This ban, and the Italian investigation led, in 1738, to Pope Clement XII promulgating In eminenti apostolatus, the first canonical prohibition of Masonic associations.

Clement XII wrote that the reasons for prohibiting masonic associations are that members, "content with form of natural virtue, are associated with one another" by oaths with "grave penalties" "to conceal in inviolable silence whatever they secretly do together." These associations have aroused suspicions that "to join these associations is precisely synonymous with incurring the taint of evil and infamy, for if they were not involved in evil doing, they would never be so very averse to the light [of publicity]." "The rumor [of these doings] has so grown that" several governments have suppressed them "as being opposed to the welfare of the kingdom." Clement XII wrote, that these kinds of associations are "not consistent with the provisions of either civil or canon law" since they harm both "the peace of the civil state" and "the spiritual salvation of souls."

Quo graviora
Pope Leo XII attempted to assess the extent and influence of anti-social organizations. He inserted and confirmed the texts of, , and in his 1825 apostolic constitution Quo graviora, "to condemn them in such a way that it would be impossible to claim exemption from the condemnation".

Reiteration of ban on membership by subsequent popes
The ban in In eminenti apostolatus was reiterated and expanded upon by Benedict XIV (1751), Pius VII (1821), Leo XII (1825), Pius VIII (1829), Gregory XVI (1832), Pius IX (1846, 1849, 1864, 1865, 1869, 1873).

Humanum genus
"The decisive impetus for the Catholic anti-Masonic movement" was Humanum genus, promulgated by Pope Leo XIII in 1884. Leo XIII wrote that his primary objection to Masonry was naturalism, his accusations were about pantheism, rationalism, and naturalism; but not about Satanism. Leo XIII analysed continental Grand Orient type philosophical "principles and practices." While naturalism was present everywhere in other types of lodges, "the subversive, revolutionary activity characteristic of the Grand Orient lodges of the continent" was not. Leo XIII "emphasises that 'the ultimate and principle aim' of Masonry 'was to destroy to its very foundations any civil or religious order established throughout Christendom, and bring about in its place a new order founded on laws drawn out of the entrails of naturalism'."

Praeclara gratulationis publicae
In Praeclara gratulationis publicae, Leo XIII namely stated about Freemasonry: "Although We have spoken on this subject in the strongest terms before, yet We are led by Our Apostolic watchfulness to urge it once more, and We repeat Our warning again and again, that in face of such an eminent peril, no precaution, howsoever great, can be looked upon as sufficient. May God in His Mercy bring to naught their impious designs; nevertheless, let all Christians know and understand that the shameful yoke of Freemasonry must be shaken off once and for all; and let them be the first to shake it off who are most galled by its oppression–the men of Italy and of France. With what weapons and by what method this may best be done We Ourselves have already pointed out: the victory cannot be doubtful to those who trust in that Leader Whose Divine Words still remain in all their force: I have overcome the world."

1917 code of canon law
Under 1917 Code of Canon Law (1917 CIC), which was in effect from May 1918 to November 1983, Catholics associated with Masonry were: automatically, i.e. latae sententia, excommunicated (canon 2335), deprived of marriage in the Catholic Church, excluded from Catholic associations, deprived of Catholic funeral rites, invalidated from novitiate, invalidated reception of personal jus patronatus, with additional penalties against clergy, religious, and members of secular institutes.

Under 1917 CIC, books which argue that "Masonic sects" and similar groups are "useful and not harmful to the Church and civil society" were prohibited.

Uncertainty following the Second Vatican Council
The Catholic Church began an evaluation of its understanding of Masonry during (but not at) Vatican II. Throughout the jubilee of 1966, Pope Paul VI granted every confessor the faculty to absolve censures and penalties of 1917 Code of Canon Law's canon 2335 incurred by penitents who completely separated themselves from Masonic association and promised to repair and prevent, as far as possible, any scandal and damage they caused.

After a four-year investigation in five Scandinavian Bishops' Conference (CES) countries, the CES decided in 1967 to apply the 1966 post-conciliar norms in De Episcoporum Muneribus, "which empowers bishops in special cases to dispense from certain injunctions of Canon Law." The CES permitted, within its jurisdiction, converts to Catholicism to retain their Swedish Rite membership, "but only with the specific permission of that person's bishop."

In early 1968, The Tablet reported that Vatican sources had "been quoted as saying that Catholics are now free to join the Masons in the United States, Britain and most other countries of the world. However, the European Grand Orient Lodge of Masons, established primarily in Italy and France, is still considered anti-Catholic or, at least, atheistic," and that "the CDF 'let it be known that Catholics joining the Freemasons are no longer automatically excommunicated. The Church's new attitude has been in effect for more than a year.' The Church's Code of Canon Law drawn up in 1918 and shortly to be reformed, provided for automatic excommunication of Catholics 'who enroll in the Masonic sect or in secret societies conspiring against the Church or the legitimate authorities.' Vatican sources added that this wording would be changed to modify the Church's position when the new Code of Canon Law was completed." These reports apparently caused consternation in the Vatican, and were quickly corrected. The Holy See publicly said that 1917 CIC canon 2335 was not abrogated, and denied it planned to "change profoundly" its historic prohibition against Catholics joining Masonic groups, although confidential sources said "a change in attitude in the future was considered possible."

Informal dialogues between Catholic Church and Masonic representatives took place after Vatican II in Austria, Italy and Germany. In Austria, Freemason Karl Baresch, representative of the Grand Lodge of Austria, informally met Cardinal Franz König, president of the Secretariat for Non-Believers, at Vienna in 1968. Later, a commission of Catholic Church and Masonic representatives conducted a dialogue and produced the 1970, an interpretative statement directed at Paul VI; Cardinal Franjo Šeper, prefect of the CDF; and other Catholic authorities. It "contained serious faults in philosophical-theological and, above all, historical terms," according to Professor Zbigniew Suchecki, and "was never officially recognized by" the Catholic Church.

In 1971, Bishop Daniel Pezeril, auxiliary bishop of Paris, accepted an invitation from the Grande Loge de France to lecture. This was the first official reception of a Catholic bishop after 1738.

While some speculated about post-conciliar revision of canon law and how norms would be legislated and enforced, the canonical prohibition against Catholics joining Masonic groups remained in force in 1974.

The Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales (CBCEW) stated in 1974 that consultations with the world's bishops failed to produce consensus about the Catholic Church's relationship with Masonry. The wrote that many bishops had asked it about how to weight and interpret 1917 CIC canon 2335. The divergent replies it gave reflected different situations in various countries. The CDF reiterated that 1917 CIC canons which establish a penalty are subject to strict interpretation, so canon 2335 applied only to Catholics who were members of Masonic associations that machinate against the Church. The CBCEW interpreted as instructing bishops that 1917 CIC canon 2335 "no longer automatically bars a Catholic from membership of Masonic groups" since it is subject to strict interpretation, and that "a Catholic who joins the Freemasons is excommunicated only if the policy and actions of the Freemasons in his area are known to be hostile to the Church." So, the CBCEW defined norms within its jurisdiction, that Catholics, who believed that membership in Masonic associations "does not conflict" with their "deeper loyalty" to their incorporation in the Catholic Church, should "discuss the implications of such membership" with their parish priest. Likewise, Catholics in Masonic associations were "urged to seek reconciliation."

German Bishops' Conference
In 1980, after six years of dialogue with representatives of the United Grand Lodges of Germany and investigation of Masonic rituals, the DBK produced a report on Freemasonry listing twelve conclusions.

Among the DBK's conclusions were that Freemasonry denies revelation, and objective truth. They also alleged that religious indifference is fundamental to Freemasonry, and that Freemasonry is Deist, and that it denies the possibility of divine revelation, so threatening the respect due to the Church's teaching office. The sacramental character of Masonic rituals was seen as signifying an individual transformation, offering an alternative path to perfection and having a total claim on the life of a member It concludes by stating that all lodges are forbidden to Catholics, including Catholic-friendly lodges.

Šeper's clarification
The 1981 CDF Declaration concerning status of Catholics becoming Freemasons said that the 1974 CDF reply had "given rise to erroneous and tendentious interpretations." The 1981 CDF declaration also affirmed that the prohibition against Catholics joining Masonic groups had not changed and remained in effect.

1983 code of canon law
The Catholic Church abrogated and replaced 1917 Code of Canon Law (1917 CIC), with present 1983 Code of Canon Law (1983 CIC) which took effect in November 1983. 1917 CIC canon 2335 developed into the 1983 CIC's canon 1374. Unlike the abrogated 1917 CIC canon 2335, however, 1983 CIC canon 1374 does not name any groups it condemns; it states: "A person who joins an association which plots against the Church is to be punished with a just penalty; one who promotes or takes office in such an association is to be punished with an interdict."

This omission led some Catholics and Freemasons, especially in America, to believe that the ban on Catholics becoming Freemasons might have changed, and caused confusion in the church's hierarchy. Many Catholics joined the fraternity, basing their membership on a permissive interpretation of Canon Law and justifying their membership by their belief that Freemasonry does not plot against the Church.

The Catholic Church uses two parallel codes of canon law: the 1983 CIC in the Latin Church of the Catholic Church and the 1990 Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches (1990 CCEO) in the sui iuris Eastern Catholic Churches of the Catholic Church. 1983 CIC canon 1374 and 1990 CCEO canon 1448 §2 are parallel canons. 1983 CIC canon 1374 differentiates between being a member of a forbidden association and being an officer or promoter but 1990 CCEO canon 1448 §2 does not.

Declaration on Masonic Associations
In 1983, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, with the personal approval of Pope John Paul II, issued a Declaration on Masonic Associations, which reiterated the Church's objections to Freemasonry. The 1983 declaration states that "faithful who enroll in Masonic associations are in a state of grave sin and may not receive Holy Communion. ... the Church's negative judgment in regard to Masonic association(s) remains unchanged since their principles have always been considered irreconcilable with the doctrine of the Church and therefore membership in them remains forbidden. "stipulated that neither"  nor  "allowed an individual bishop or bishops' conferences to permit Catholics to belong to masonic lodges."

Continued ban after the declaration
A USCCB committee concluded in its 1985 Letter to U.S. Bishops Concerning Masonry that "the principles and basic rituals of Masonry embody a naturalistic religion active participation in which is incompatible with Christian faith and practice." "Those who knowingly embrace" masonic "principles are committing serious sin" and, according to Law's parenthetical commentary on Whalen, that offense might be punishable under canon 1364. According to that canon, an apostate, heretic, or schismatic incurs a latae sententiae excommunication and clerics can be punished with additional expiatory penalties including dismissal from the clerical state. Caparros et al. elucidates that, in cases where "registration into an association entails apostasy, heresy, or schism" then the offense is punishable under canon 1364. Nevertheless, citing, Caparros et al. states that "those masonic associations that would not be covered by" canon 1374 have "principles are still seen to be incompatible with the doctrine of the Church." Every delict in canon law is a sin. The "distinction between penal law and morality" is, according to the USCCB committee, that not all sins are violations in canon law – so in a case where a sin is not also a violation or delict in canon law, it is a fallacy to conclude that "it is permissible to commit it." "Referring specifically to the secrecy of masonic organisations," "reiterated the ban on masonic membership" in. According to, the "argues that Masonry establishes a relativistic symbolic concept of morality unacceptable to Catholicism."

In 1996, Bishop Fabian Bruskewitz, of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lincoln, legislated that Catholic members of masonic associations in the diocese, incur a latae sententiae censure of a one-month interdict during which they are forbidden to receive holy communion; those who continue membership incur a latae sententiae censure of excommunication. Those excommunications which were challenged through a process of canonical recourse were affirmed by a judgment of the Holy See in 2006.

In 2000, David Patterson, executive secretary of the Masonic Service Bureau of Los Angeles, asked Cardinal Roger Mahony "whether a practicing Catholic may join a Masonic Lodge." Father Thomas Anslow, Judicial Vicar of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles, replied to Patterson that "the matter is too complex for a straightforward 'yes' or 'no' answer. But at least for Catholics in the United States, I believe the answer is probably yes." Because he was "unaware of any ideology or practice by the local lodges that challenges or subverts the doctrine and interests of the Catholic Church," Anslow wrote that his "qualified response" is "probably yes." Anslow publicly retracted his 2000 letter in 2002, with the explanation that his analysis was faulty. He wrote that, according to the reflection about the  declaration, "the system of symbols" used in Masonry can "foster a 'supraconfessional humanitarian conception of "the divine that neutralizes or replaces the faith dimension of our relationship with God."

In 2002, the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines decreed that:
 * a Catholic who is a "publicly known" Freemason – who "actively participates" or "promotes its views" or "holds any office" – and refuses to renounce his membership after being warned in accord with 1983 CIC canon 1347, "is to be punished with an interdict," in accord with 1983 CIC canon 1374, including: exclusion from receiving the sacraments; prohibition against acting as a sponsor in Baptism and Confirmation; prohibition against being a member of any parish or diocesan structure; and denial of Catholic funeral rites, unless some signs of repentance before death were shown, regardless, to avoid public scandal in a case where a bishop allows funeral rites, Masonic services are prohibited in the church and prohibited immediately before or after the Catholic funeral rites at the cemetery.
 * a Catholic who is a Freemason, "notoriously adhering to the Masonic vision," is automatically excommunicated under canon 1364 and is automatically censured in accord with 1983 CIC canon 1331
 * a Freemason is prohibited from acting a witness to marriage in the Catholic Church, and prohibited from being a member of any associations of the faithful

The Masonic Information Center pointed out in 2006 that, which prohibits membership in Masonic associations, "remains in effect."

Bishop Gianfranco Girotti, regent of the Apostolic Penitentiary, told the 2007 Freemasonry and the Catholic Church conference, at the Pontifical Theological Faculty of St. Bonaventure in Rome, that doctrine has not changed. Girotti, quoting the declaration, reiterated that masonic philosophy is incompatible with Catholic faith. Likewise, reacting to the news of an 85-year-old Catholic priest, Rosario Francesco Esposito, becoming a member in a Masonic lodge, Girotti told Vatican Radio in May 2007 that the declaration "." Girotti called on priests who had declared themselves to be Freemasons to be disciplined by their direct superiors.

In 2013, a Catholic priest at Megève, France, was "stripped of his functions at the request of the" CDF for being an active member of the Grand Orient de France.

In 2023, the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith reiterated that Catholics are forbidden from joining Freemasonry, quoting the 1983 Ratzinger document. The decision was signed by Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, prefect for the Dicastery, and approved by Pope Francis.

Current position of the Church on Catholics joining the fraternity
The Catholic Church's current norm on Masonic associations is the 1983 CDF Declaration on Masonic associations. The 1983 CDF declaration states that Catholics "who enroll in Masonic associations are in a state of grave sin and may not receive Holy Communion."

The 1983 CDF declaration clarified the omission of association names in 1983 Code of Canon Law (1983 CIC) by stating that the "editorial criterion which was followed" did not mention association names since "they are contained in wider categories." 1983 CIC canon 1374 states that a Catholic "who joins an association which plots against the Church is to be punished with a just penalty; one who promotes or takes office in such an association is to be punished with an interdict." This contrasted with the 1917 Code of Canon Law (1917 CIC), which explicitly declared that joining Freemasonry entailed automatic excommunication. The omission of association names, like Masonic associations, from the 1983 CIC prompted Catholics and Masons to question whether the ban on Catholics becoming Freemasons was still active, especially after the perceived liberalization of the Church after Vatican II.

A number of Catholics became Freemasons assuming that the Church had softened its stance. The 1983 CDF declaration addressed this misinterpretation of the Code of Canon Law, clarifying that:

"...the Church's negative judgment in regard to Masonic association remains unchanged since their principles have always been considered irreconcilable with the doctrine of the Church and therefore membership in them remains forbidden."

The "irreconcilable principles" that the Church believes Freemasonry possesses include a "deistic God," naturalism, and religious indifferentism.

Near the time that the 1983 CDF declaration was released, bishops' conferences in Germany and America also released independent reports on the question of Freemasonry. The conclusions of the German Bishops' Conference (DBK) in its 1980 report on Masonry and cited by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) in its 1985 letter included that "research on the ritual and on the Masonic mentality makes it clear that it is impossible to belong to the Catholic Church and to Freemasonry at the same time."

Some of the doctrines are incorporated into Catholic social teaching which are, in the Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church, to appreciate democratic political systems which are accountable to the governed and to "reject all secret organizations that seek to influence or subvert the functioning of legitimate institutions."

According to Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, president of the Pontifical Council for Culture, and  "are significant texts as they address the theoretical and practical reasons for the irreconcilability of masonry and Catholicism as concepts of truth, religion, God, man and the world, spirituality, ethics, rituality and tolerance."

Freemasonry's position on Catholics joining the fraternity
Masonic bodies do not ban Catholics from joining if they wish to do so. There has never been a Masonic prohibition against Catholics joining the fraternity, and some Freemasons are Catholics, despite the Catholic Church's prohibition of joining the freemasons.

Catholic fraternal societies
Freemasonry was an important catalyst in the founding of the Knights of Columbus and the Knights of Peter Claver in the United States and the Knights of the Southern Cross in Australia, because one of the attractions of Freemasonry was that it provided a number of social services unavailable to non-members (e.g., devout Catholics).

Michael McGivney, a Catholic priest in New Haven, Connecticut, wished to provide Catholic men with a Catholic fraternal organization, an alternative to Freemasonry with the attractiveness of selected membership and secret initiation, but neither oath-bound nor secret. Thus he founded the Knights of Columbus, believing that Catholicism and fraternalism were not incompatible and wished to found a society that would encourage men to be proud of their American Catholic heritage. McGivney was beatified by Pope Francis in 2020.

The KoC, though accepting African-American members early on in its history, soon came to identify in many of its councils with segregationist and anti-black viewpoints, leading to the denial of membership to many prospective black candidates. As a result, the Josephites founded the Knights of Peter Claver in 1909, which as of 2021 is the largest and oldest Black Catholic organization in America.

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Action of 27 August 1661

Action of 27 August 1661 was a naval battle that took place on 27 August 1661 near Milos, Greece between the Republic of Venice and the Knights Hospitaller over the Ottoman Empire.

Venice/Malta
20 galleys and 2 galleasses

Turkey
36 galleys - 5 sunk, 4 captured

Result
The result was a victory for Venice and Malta over the Ottoman Empire.

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Cycle decomposition

In mathematics, the term cycle decomposition can mean:
 * Cycle decomposition (graph theory), a partitioning of the vertices of a graph into subsets, such that the vertices in each subset lie on a cycle
 * Cycle decomposition (group theory), a useful convention for expressing a permutation in terms of its constituent cycles

In commutative algebra and linear algebra, cyclic decomposition refers to writing a finitely generated module over a principal ideal domain as the direct sum of cyclic modules and one free module.

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Action of 29 September 1662

The action of 29 September 1662 took place between Kos and Kalimnos, Greece, when a Venetian fleet attacked and defeated the regular Turkish cargo fleet and its escort which were on their way to Alexandria.

Venice
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Ottomans
Tre Naranceri 40 - Burnt Gran Duca - Captured San Carlo/Filippoto - Captured ? (pink) - Captured 13 other ships 5 galleys 36 saiks - 28 sunk or captured

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Category:History of neuroscience

A list of topics related to the history of neurosciences, encompassing neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, neurobiology, neurochemistry, neurophysics, neuropharmacology, psychopharmacology, neuropathology, psychiatry, neurology, neurosurgery, neuroimaging, clinical psychology, and several others.

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User talk:DJ Clayworth/Archive2

User:8.4.80.68
Just wait a few hours and you'll see that I've been right all along. --8.4.80.68 20:37, 1 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Historicity of Jesus
What, you don't think the Pauline Epistles section should be there at all? Good luck in removing it. Even though it isn't directly related to the article, you'll get reverted by CheeseDreams. Have fun! I've already put a disputed tag on them. As always, be bold and if you feel that a section shouldn't be there then remove it but make a note why on the talk page. - Ta bu shi da yu 05:53, 16 Dec 2004 (UTC)

 * Let's try it. Two of us should be able to out revert him. But we'll talk first. DJ Clayworth 05:55, 16 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Talk:Ambition (card game)
has been repeatedly page-moved, first by User:VFD (I fixed those moves) and now by User:4FD, whom I just blocked. I don't have time right now to fix those -- I have to go on Real-Life patrol. Would you look into it? He will probably create another ID to continue, so it might not be productive to fix it immediately. Thanks for any help you can provide. SWAdair | Talk 06:05, 16 Dec 2004 (UTC)

thanks for fixing the Ravitch article...
You're pretty good. I was thinking I had screwed up the case on his name, but it looked perfect, because you fixed it a few seconds after I saved it incorrectly. Morris 20:05, Dec 20, 2004 (UTC)

 * Glad to be of service. DJ Clayworth 20:11, 20 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Ex-Wikipedia Support Group
Upon your request http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Ex_Wikipedia_Support_Group/ TrollVandal 19:12, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)

I'll make immediate use of it as soon as I've finished these 2769 edits... DJ Clayworth 19:38, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Email address
You mentioned that you don't want to give out your email address when opening an account on a certain forum. Have you used http://mailinator.com/ before? (Unfortunately, it appears to be down at the moment.) Basically you can make up any address you like, such as pinkbunny@mailinator.com and check your mailbox on the web. Zero privacy, but good enough as a single-use address in a number of situations. Cheers, --MarkSweep 06:57, 23 Dec 2004 (UTC)

 * Meanwhile, I'm using a despammed.com forwarding address. It doesn't cut out all spam, it occasionally cuts non-spam, once every three months or so it goes down for a few hours and kills all incoming messages, but it costs nothing, it's fine for my purposes, and The Boss (no relation) is a Good Guy. -- Hoary 03:48, 2004 Dec 24 (UTC)

Language of no
Could you please restore Language of no? It wasn't a CSD. --fvw *  14:29, 2004 Dec 24 (UTC)

 * I believe it was and is. See Talk:Language of no. DJ Clayworth 14:36, 24 Dec 2004 (UTC)

4chan
consensus has been (mostly) reached on 4chan. See the talk page for the decision, and could you unprotect so changes can be carried out? I think we got input from most serious non-anon authors of the current text. hfool 00:27, 25 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Pagan Holiday - Santa Claus
Just wanted to thank you for mentioning the Santa Claus article on the VfD page for Pagan Holiday... it's one of the most interesting I've ever read on the topic, and great fun! Wyss 19:40, 1 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Talk Page
Don't vandalize my talk page, nigga.

-The Avenger

 * Oh, we can be racist in just so many different ways, can't we. DJ Clayworth 05:30, 2 Jan 2005 (UTC)

mind your own business
you need to mind your own business, DJ JOOEJOE

 * Preventing vandalism is my business. DJ Clayworth 05:17, 4 Jan 2005 (UTC)

stop vandalizing my talk page
(anonymous post removed)

 * Keep going, sport. We in Wikipedia find threats to sue unintentionally hilarious. Hoary 05:23, 2005 Jan 4 (UTC)

Oh dear, 172.158.192.55 has taken another dump on my talk page. Time to pull the plug on him? -- Hoary 05:28, 2005 Jan 4 (UTC)

 * Frankly I would ignore him. He doesn't seem to be doing anything else, so I suspect if we just pay him no attention he will go away. I'm going to be keeping an eye on him anyway. DJ Clayworth 05:34, 4 Jan 2005 (UTC)

 * Well, that's me wrong. Give him a few more chances to get bored and then I'll give him a final warning. DJ Clayworth 05:38, 4 Jan 2005 (UTC)

 * More silliness at List of famous gay, lesbian or bisexual people. Uh-oh, I see that I "have new messages". Who can this be? Hoary 06:38, 2005 Jan 4 (UTC)

 * Actually I think you may have fallen foul of Sollog. He seems to be the one currently fixated on Jimbo being a pornographer. Maybe things are a little slow in the earthquake prediction business right now. Maybe 'gay obscenity dude' and Sollog are the same person. DJ Clayworth 15:29, 4 Jan 2005 (UTC)

 * The current "special" user is a customer of AOL. Poor chump -- I think even Ennis uses a real ISP. Also, Ennis has more difficulty expressing himself. Hoary 07:20, 2005 Jan 6 (UTC)

(anonymous post removed)

Anon
Hi. I was just reading your talk page and wondered what "anonymous post removed" was all about. Im not trying to be stupid, I'm just new. Thanks!--Scott Peterson 11:49, 10 Jan 2005 (UTC)

 * Hi. No trouble. And may I say "welcome to Wikipedia". I hope you'll have a good time here. How's the editing going so far?

 * An anonymous user posted an obscene and insulting message to me, which I didn't want hanging around in my talk page. However it's normal policy NOT to remove things from talk pages, as some people try to delete things to make an argument seem to be going in their favour. So rather than just edit it out I replaced it with the message you see. If you really want to know what the insults were (and they aren't very interesting) you can look at the history. DJ Clayworth 18:50, 10 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Image Copyright Tags
I've been tagging images with copyright tags and came across Image:RidgewayPath.jpg – which btw is a great picture – which you uploaded but has no copyright tag. I've tagged it as for now. If you have qualms with that, please feel free to re-tag it yourself. Thanks for the image too! --MaxPower 15:04, 2005 Jan 11 (UTC)

 * No problem with GFDL. Thanks. DJ Clayworth 17:51, 11 Jan 2005 (UTC)

The Eastern Orthodox Cosmological model
Hi DJ,

First off, let me say that the text you read was rather harsh and a bit misleading.

In order to answer your question I need to explain something. The Orthodox Church believes that man was created in a state of possible perfection. Sexuality, as we understand it, did not exist. Had we not fallen from that state sexuality would not be what it is today. Our current perceptions about sexuality and indeed, about the whole universe are myopic because of the fall of mankind, the sin of Adam and Eve. This is constantly expressed in Orthodoxy by our rejection of carnality. When we fast, when we prepare for communion, when we celebrate the Liturgy, we are required to refrain from sex in order to recapture the original state of mankind within ourselves. St Paul understood this when he explained that the best path is one of Virginity. At the same time, our current state is one of fallen mankind and as a result we have these nagging and powerful carnal drives. And so, St paul tells us that sex within the context of marriage is allowed as an alternative to sin. This is likewise backed up by St John Chrysostom. So a more correct way to state the Orthodox position is that the Best path is one of virginity, but if you can't handle it, then get married, its OK.

Phiddipus 21:16, 12 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Stand Watie/source
I came across this while doing a Random page exercise. There is already an article Stand Watie (A). I see that yours is lifted wholesale from http://www.nativeamericans.com/StandWatie.htm which certainly gives more info than A, but also contains much that disqualifies it as a Wiki article - far too much other info which can be more easily found in all the other articles about the American Civil War It wasn't until I had done a "hatchet job" on it that I discovered the existing article! Anyway, may I suggest that you look through what I have now made of it all?

If you agree with what I've done, I think it ought to be merged, or even replace A

Peter Shearan 08:43, 15 Jan 2005 (UTC)

The article is called Stand Watie/source - but you will now find my rewrite, and not your comment, of course. You need to look under the article history I guess Peter Shearan 06:19, 16 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * DJ I think you must have forgotten writing the following comment at the head of the article:
 * I rescued this extensive biography of Stand Watie from the cache pages of Google. Since it was by far the most extensive biography I could find I decided it shouldbe preserved. If there was somewhere else I could put it I would. DJ Clayworth 19:33, 24 Mar 2004 (UTC)

 * My goodness, I'd forgotten that completely. Stand Watie was one of the first things I wrote on Wikipedia, and the only source I could find was in the cache pages of Google. Rather than lose the text I just pasted it into Stand Watie/source, intending to come back and use it for a more extensive rewrite later. I never did, of course. Nowadays I would put it on a subpage of my talk page. Stand Watie/source was never intended to be an article in its own right. Rather than rewrite it I would merge the info into Stand Watie and delete the source. DJ Clayworth 06:27, 16 Jan 2005 (UTC)

what do you mean by ur test has been reverted? what test? who areyou? i am just looking around the encyhoclbpedia.

y did u git rid of my stuff?

it was funn yhow randy moss did that stuff so i thot that it should go in the encylospedie.

 * If you really think it's important put it in the article Randy Moss. DJ Clayworth 03:33, 17 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Introduction
I noticed you reverted the page, but it's actually meant for test editing, so reverting it might just confuse the anons who have used it for testing. Rdsmith4— Dan | Talk 22:32, 19 Jan 2005 (UTC)

 * So it is. I never read the darn thing before. You learn something new every day. DJ Clayworth 22:35, 19 Jan 2005 (UTC)

User:170.211.237.1
Hi DJ,

I noticed you giving User talk:170.211.237.1 a warning for vandalism. In fact he has already had two 24hr blocks (once by gadfium and once by me). So far all their edits have been vandalism and they are gathering quite a list at Vandalism in progress. So it might be more appropriate to make that another block. -- Solipsist 18:51, 25 Jan 2005 (UTC)

 * It was a close call, but in fact he/she hasn't done anything since I warned him/her. I usually like to give one warning just before a block. Often all the vandal needs to know is that they can't do this without being noticed and they give up. DJ Clayworth 14:49, 26 Jan 2005 (UTC)

SASE
I thought that tyhe title needed to be caps'ed because it is often appervated using those letters; however, if I'm totally wrong, feel free to more it back if possible. humblefool 23:31, 27 Jan 2005 (UTC)

 * In general articles take lowercase letters unless normally capitalised. I agree with saving the capitalised version as a redirect. DJ Clayworth 18:48, 29 Jan 2005 (UTC)

spelling
Thanks for your work on Hadith Of The Cloak :) --Striver 03:42, 28 Jan 2005 (UTC)

 * You're welcome. DJ Clayworth 18:49, 29 Jan 2005 (UTC)

User:66.20.28.21
From WP:AN: ''This user, subject to arbitration committee restrictions has now created a userid User:Dixietwat (which British users will probably find funny) and is carrying on his agenda. DJ Clayworth 22:35, 7 Feb 2005 (UTC)''
 * You don't seem to be a developer. Can you provide proof of this? I've already been asked to take action against this user yesterday and proof of block evasion, will be enough to act on it. Mgm|(talk) 10:13, Feb 8, 2005 (UTC)

 * I'm not a developer and I don't have proof, but User:Dixietwat has an editing pattern exceptionally similar to User:66.20.28.21. He made an identical bizarre addition to Republican Party of Kansas, also Bob Dole, Dwight D. Eisenhower and Kay Summersby. His very first edit on Wikipedia was to revert a reversion I had done on 66.20.28.21 and make a sarcastic comment about me.

 * Also he is not technically under a block - the arbitration committee ruled that he could continue editing provided he did not make controversial edits and stayed away from certain articles. I gave 66.20.28.21 a 24hr block a few days ago for violating these conditions, and I've reverted his edits and reminded him that we are watching him. I wasn't going to give him another block unless he made more controversial edits, but if I did I would block both IDs. DJ Clayworth 15:02, 8 Feb 2005 (UTC)

from INDIA
hi DJ,

i amd 15 and i was initially trying to vandalize the talk pages of many users.Later I read your comments at 'Adolf Hitler' and at other places. I am truly inspired by your work. I am moved by it.I swear not to try destroying other's pages anymore.You have really changed me.I am really interested in getting into regular contact with you(maybe we can partner each other to poof off the other vandalizers!!!)

Anyway, I was wondering if you'd give me some info about hacking on the internet(read that you're a programmer). Can you tell me how it works?And some tips? Advice maybe. And one more thing. I have no idea how these talk pages work.I have already made one. How do i use it? Post in a note at " usertalk:Nikhilbandale "  I WILL BE MOST GREATFUL IF YOU SEND ME A MAIL AT nikhilbandale@indiatimes.com AND ENLIGHTEN ME ON ABOVE MENTIONED TOPICS.  Nikhil bandale

nikhilbandale@indiatimes.com [1400hrs Indian time, 13 Feb 2005.]

List of signatories to the death warrant of Charles I
Thanks for moving this article from underneath me - I thought the article name was already long enough as List of regicides, etc., but now it is even longer.

You'll note that the article contains, or was intended to contain, a section with details of associates who were prosecuted as Regicides even though they were not signatories. As such, the new name is inappropriate. Please revisit the article and remove this section.

Also, this article is filed in categ Regicide under Charles I. If you read the category description, you'll notice that the current scope of the category is Charles I - as such this article is a major article in the category as currently defined. Please revisit the category and adjust its scope. Thanks, Ian Cairns 19:39, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)

 * Reply at Talk:List of signatories to the death warrant of Charles I. DJ Clayworth 19:42, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)

HELP to deal with vandal
Hi DJ Clayworth. I need your help to deal with deliberate personal attacks and vandalism against me. This anon 84.154.xx.xx who vandalized earlier Safavids page 8 times before AllyUnion put a page protection, now switched on my userpage and simply terrorizes me with his stupid insults. Today he vandalized my userpage (see page history) 3 (THREE-!) times, this time operating under IP # 84.154.50.175. He not only vandalizes the page, but writes explicit personal insults. He even dared to insult me publicly again in Wikipedia vandalism in progress right after your and my posts. Please, take appropriate measures to punish this mad man. I very much hope you can help me to get rid of this importunate fly.--Tabib 19:06, 25 Feb 2005 (UTC)

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Administration for Children and Families

The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is a division of the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). It is headed by the Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services for Children and Families. It has a $49 billion budget for 60 programs that target children, youth and families. These programs include assistance with welfare, child support enforcement, adoption assistance, foster care, child care, and child abuse. The agency employs approximately 1,700 staff, including 1,200 federal employees and 500 contractors, where 60% are based in Washington, DC, with the remaining in regional offices located in Boston, New York City, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Kansas City, Denver, San Francisco, Missouri and Seattle.

Mission statement
"The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), within the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), provides national leadership and creates opportunities for families to lead economically and socially productive lives. ACF's programs are designed to help children to develop into healthy adults and communities to become more prosperous and supportive of their members."

History
ACF's direct predecessor, the Family Support Administration, was created in 1986 by bringing together six existing major programs within HHS. ACF was created in its present form on April 15, 1991, by merging the Office of Human Development Services, the Family Support Administration, and the Maternal and Child Health Block Grant Program. Section 6 of Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1953 provided the legal authority for the reorganization.

Organization

 * Assistant Secretary
 * Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary
 * Administration for Native Americans
 * Administration for Children, Youth and Families
 * Children's Bureau
 * Family and Youth Services Bureau
 * Office of Community Services
 * Office of Family Assistance
 * Office of Refugee Resettlement
 * Office of Trafficking in Persons
 * Deputy Assistant Secretary for Early Childhood Development
 * Office of Child Care
 * Office of Head Start
 * Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy
 * Deputy Assistant Secretary for External Affairs
 * Office of Human Services Emergency Preparedness and Response
 * Office of Regional Operations
 * Office of the Assistant Secretary
 * Office of Administration
 * Office of the Chief Information Officer
 * Office of Legislative Affairs and Budget
 * Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation
 * Office of Communications

Major goals
ACF is responsible for federal programs that promote the economic and social well-being of families, children, individuals and communities. ACF programs aim to achieve the following:
 * families and individuals empowered to increase their own economic independence and productivity;
 * strong, healthy, supportive communities that have a positive impact on the quality of life and the development of children;
 * partnerships with individuals, front-line service providers, communities, American Indian tribes, Native communities, states, and Congress that enable solutions which transcend traditional agency boundaries;
 * services planned, reformed, and integrated to improve needed access;
 * a strong commitment to working with people with developmental disabilities, refugees, and migrants to address their needs, strengths, and abilities."

Major programs

 * Administration for Native Americans (ANA)
 * Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF)
 * Administration on Developmental Disabilities (ADD)
 * Assets for Independence (AFI)
 * Office of Child Care (OCC)
 * Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE)
 * Children's Bureau (CB)
 * Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB)
 * Office of Head Start (OHS)
 * Healthy Marriage Initiative (HMI)
 * Office of Community Services (OCS)
 * Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)
 * Community Services Block Grant (CSBG)
 * Social Services Block Grant (SSBG)
 * Office of Family Assistance (OFA) / Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)
 * Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR)
 * President's Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities (PCPID)

Other initiatives, clearinghouses and resources

 * Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives (CFBCI)
 * Child Welfare Information Gateway
 * Fatherhood Initiative
 * "Insure Kids Now!" Campaign
 * National Child Care Information and Technical Assistance Center (NCCIC)
 * National Clearinghouse on Families and Youth (NCFY)
 * National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse
 * National Healthy Marriage Resource Center (NHMRC)
 * Office of Child Support Enforcement Tribal Resources

Abstinence education
For fiscal year 2006, ending September 30, 2006, Congress appropriated $50 million for state grants for abstinence education programs. Such programs teach that abstaining from sex is the only effective or acceptable method to prevent pregnancy or disease, and give no instruction on birth control or safe sex. In October 2006, revised guidelines by ACF specified that states seeking grants are "to identify groups ... most likely to bear children out-of-wedlock, targeting adolescents and/or adults within the 12- through 29-year-old age range". Previous guidelines didn't mention specific ages, and programs focused on preteens and teens.

ACF also administers the Community-Based Abstinence Education Program, which is focused on funding public and private entities that provide abstinence-until-marriage education for adolescents from 12 to 18 years old. For fiscal year 2005, 63 grants were awarded, totaling $104 million to organizations and other entities; in fiscal 2001, grants totaled only $20 million. In October 2006, the Government Accountability Office reported that ACF does not review its grantees' education materials for scientific accuracy and does not require grantees of either program to review their own materials for scientific accuracy. GAO also reported that most of the efforts to evaluate the effectiveness of abstinence-until-marriage education programs included in GAO's review have not met certain minimum scientific criteria.


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WinSCP

WinSCP (Windows Secure Copy) is a file manager, SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP), File Transfer Protocol (FTP), WebDAV, Amazon S3, and secure copy protocol (SCP) client for Microsoft Windows. The WinSCP project has released its source code on GitHub under an open source license, while the program itself is distributed as proprietary freeware.

Program
Its main function is secure file transfer between a local computer and a remote server. Beyond this, WinSCP offers basic file manager and file synchronization functionality. For secure transfers, it uses the Secure Shell protocol (SSH) and supports the SCP protocol in addition to SFTP.

Development of WinSCP started around March 2000 and continues. Originally it was hosted by the University of Economics in Prague, where its author worked at the time. Since July 16, 2003, the program and its source code is licensed under the GNU GPL. It is hosted on SourceForge and GitHub.

WinSCP is based on the implementation of the SSH protocol from PuTTY and FTP protocol from FileZilla. It is also available as a plugin for Altap Salamander file manager, and there exists a third-party plugin for the FAR file manager.

Features

 * Graphical user interface
 * Translated into several languages
 * Integration with Windows (drag and drop, URL, shortcut icons)
 * All common operations with files, both remote and local
 * Support for SFTP and SCP protocols over SSH, FTP protocol, WebDAV protocol and Amazon S3 protocol.
 * Batch file scripting, command-line interface, and .NET wrapper
 * Can act as a remote text editor, either downloading a file to edit or passing it on to a local application, then uploading it again when updated.
 * Directory synchronization in several semi or fully automatic ways
 * Support for SSH password, keyboard-interactive, public key, and Kerberos (GSS) authentication
 * Integrates with Pageant (PuTTY authentication agent) for full support of public key authentication with SSH
 * Choice of Windows File Explorer-like or Norton Commander-like interfaces
 * Optionally protects stored site information with master password
 * Optionally import session information from PuTTY sessions
 * Able to upload files and retain associated original date/timestamps, unlike FTP clients

Apart from the standard package, three portable versions are also available: A generic package and two customized versions for LiberKey and PortableApps.com. The portable version runs on Wine on several POSIX-compliant operating systems, such as Linux, macOS, and BSD.

Some older versions of the WinSCP installer included OpenCandy advertising module or bundled Google Chrome. Since version 5.5.5 (August 2014) the installer does not contain any advertisement.

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Administration on Aging

The Administration on Aging (AoA) is an agency within the Administration for Community Living of the United States Department of Health and Human Services. AoA works to ensure that older Americans can stay independent in their communities, mostly by awarding grants to States, Native American tribal organizations, and local communities to support programs authorized by Congress in the Older Americans Act. AoA also awards discretionary grants to research organizations working on projects that support those goals. It conducts statistical activities in support of the research, analysis, and evaluation of programs to meet the needs of an aging population.

AoA's FY 2013 budget proposal includes a total of $1.9 billion, $819 million of which funds senior nutrition programs like Meals on Wheels. The agency also funds $539 million in grants to programs to help seniors stay in their homes through services (such as accomplishing essential activities of daily living, like getting to the doctor's office, buying groceries etc.) and through help given to caregivers. Some of these grants are for Cash & Counseling programs that provide Medicaid participants a monthly budget for home care and access to services that help them manage their finances.

AoA is headed by the Assistant Secretary for Aging. From July 2016 to August 2017, Edwin Walker served as Acting Assistant Secretary for Aging. The Assistant Secretary reports directly to the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Lance Allen Robertson was confirmed in August 2017, and served until January 20, 2021. On January 20, 2021, Alison Barkoff was sworn in as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, and was named as Acting Assistant Secretary. On March 9, 2022, President Biden Nominated Rita Landgraf, the former Secretary of the Delaware Department of Health and Social Services, to serve as his first Assistant Secretary. Confirmation is pending.

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Metal-Forum of Ukraine

Metal-Forum of Ukraine ("Метал-Форум Україна") is the greatest international exhibition of Ukraine in the metal branch. This trade fair is held in autumn of every year on KyivExpoPlaza in Kyiv the capital of Ukraine. The conference "Metal: Management, production, trade and consumption" is part of the Metal-Forum. The participants discuss the economics of the metal market as well as new technologies.

Ukraine is one of the top ten steel producers in the world.

The Metal-Forum of Ukraine 2008 will be held from 22 to 24 October 2008.

The organisers of Metal-Forum of Ukraine are:
 * Ukrainian National Research and Information Center for Monitoring Commodity Markets DerzhZovnishInform
 * Ukrainian Association of Metal Traders
 * Infor-Metal
 * The Industrial Association Metallurgprom

The exhibition is sponsored by the Ministry for Economics and Questions of European Integration of Ukraine and the Ministry for Industrial Policies of Ukraine.

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Tupoumālohi

Tupoumālohi (born sometime in the 18th century, died 1812) was the 16th Tui Kanokupolu of Tonga from the death of his uncle Maafuolimuloa, the 15th Tui Kanokupolu on 22 April 1799, until his own death in 1812.

According to: His installation took place on May 29, 1799 at the Pangai Green in Kolovai in Hihifo (Tongatapu). He established his capital at Nukualofa, the current Tongan capital. He died on Haapai in 1812.

According to more established scholars: Exact date of installation unknown, probably somewhere around 1808 in Mua. Left office within the year. Defended without success a great fort in Nukualofa against Fīnau Ulukālala II in 1807. (Nukualofa in that time was a small settlement, it would not be made capital of Tonga until 1851 by Tāufaāhau, but it was already the residence of the Tui Kanokupolu chiefs since Mumui around 1795).

References and notes

 * I.C. Campbell; Classical Tongan kingship; 1989
 * E. Bott; Tonga society at the time of Captain Cook's visit; 1982
 * S. Lātūkefu; Church and State in Tonga; 1974

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Joe Lapchick

Joseph Bohomiel Lapchick (April 12, 1900 – August 10, 1970) was an American professional basketball player, mostly known for playing with the Original Celtics in the 1920s and 1930s. He is commonly regarded as the best center of his era, overshadowed (if anything) in his later years only by Tarzan Cooper. After ending his playing career in 1937, Lapchick became head coach at St. John's University, a position he held until 1947, when he took over the New York Knicks in the NBA. Lapchick coached the Knicks until 1957, leading them to three consecutive NBA Finals appearances (1951–53). He returned to St. John's, coaching them until 1965.

Early life
Born in Yonkers, New York to Czech immigrants, Lapchick as a boy helped his struggling family make ends meet by scrounging for coal near railroad tracks. At age 12 the youngster started playing basketball around his neighborhood, wearing a uniform his mother had made for him. Like many youngsters of the era, he stopped going to school after the eighth grade.

Playing career
While working as a caddie and in a factory, the 15-year-old found he could make $5 to $10 per night playing for local basketball teams. At age 19 he was suiting up for four different touring teams, such as the Holyoke Reds, Brooklyn Visitations, and Troy Trojans, and pocketing up to $100 per game. Basketball became his life.

Lapchick was rangy at 6-foot-5, making him a valuable commodity at a time when a jump ball was held after every basket. "I played one manager against the other," he said years later. "I bargained with the managers for every game. When there was a clash of dates, I took the best offer."

In 1923 he joined the fabled Original Celtics (a team that was the second incarnation of the New York Celtics, which had disbanded during World War I). At first the team eschewed league play, choosing instead to barnstorm throughout the Northeast and wow crowds with its razzle-dazzle style of play. Conditions were spartan. When a large cut on Lapchick's wrist became infected with uniform dye, a teammate rubbed off the scab with a towel and doused the wound with whiskey. Luckily for Lapchick, the treatment worked.

The Celtics joined the American Basketball League in 1926 and won two straight titles. So dominant were Lapchick, Nat Holman, and the rest of the Celtics that the league insisted the team disband. The team disbanded in 1928. Lapchick and two other former Celtics then joined the Cleveland Rosenblums, a team owned by a department store magnate who had named the team after himself. With Lapchick starring at the pivot, the "Rosenblum Celtics" won two straight ABL titles. The Rosenblums folded during the 1930–31 season and Lapchick and four of his teammates signed with the Toledo Red Man Tobaccos.

The Great Depression forced an end to the ABL in 1931. Still a young man, Lapchick re-formed the Celtics with Dutch Dehnert, Davey Banks, Nat Hickey, Johnny Beckman, Carl Husta and him. They hit the road for five years, with Lapchick handling driving duties, and Kate Smith singing "God Bless America" at games.

Coaching career
In 1936 Lapchick landed the coaching job at St. John's University, New York City. In 11 seasons he steered the Redmen to a 180–55 record and two consecutive National Invitation Tournament titles, in 1943 and 1944. Overwhelmed by stress, Lapchick fainted during the second half of the 1944 final game. In 1947 he passed up a then-astronomical offer of $12,000 per year to stay at St. John's, opting instead to accept a job as coach of the New York Knickerbockers of the fledgling Basketball Association of America. Landing Lapchick was a big boost to the league, which was in only its second year of operation. He signed Nathaniel "Sweetwater" Clifton to the Knicks, one of the league's first African-American players.

Though a slick player and an admired coach, Lapchick was perhaps best known for his obsessive worrying and anxiety during games. He lived every second of every game as though it were the last tick of the clock. Stress related health problems ended his professional coaching career and caused an occasional on-court fainting spell and even a few heart attacks. Lapchick was respected for his motivational coaching style, which focused less on mechanics than on eliciting peak performances from his players. Stressing a freewheeling offensive approach and smooth ballhandling, Lapchick built winners at both the college and pro levels. As a player, Lapchick had sharp passing and shooting skills that made him one of the first great pro centers and that helped his teams win several championships.

Continuing to emphasize his themes of personal achievement and responsibility, Lapchick was hired by the New York Knicks for the 1947-48 season, the second in team history. He finished 2nd place in his first year and lost in the first round. The Knicks finished 2nd in the next two seasons, which saw them lose in the Division Finals each time before having it all come together in the 1950–51 season. They finished 36-30 for a third place in the Eastern Division, but they beat Syracuse in a best-of-five series that went the distance to reach their first NBA Finals. They met the Rochester Royals, also making their first NBA Finals. The Knicks lost the first three games of the series, which had scores of 92–65, 99–84, and 78–71. The Knicks suddenly pulled off three straight close wins to even the series at three going into Game 7 in Rochester. They trailed by six at halftime but managed to reel in a late 74–72 lead in the final minutes of the fourth quarter. Rochester utilized a handful of free throws and jump balls (at the time, jump balls were done after a made free throw in the last three minutes of a game) to prevail 79–75. The Knicks improved by one win the following year but repeated a trip to the Finals with wins over Boston and Syracuse. The Knicks met the Minneapolis Lakers, who had won two league championships in the past three seasons under coach John Kundla and player such as George Mikan. The two teams split the first four games, which included wins for each team in overtime. Minneapolis won 102–89 to have the Knicks on the wall for Game 6, but they won 76–68 to force Game 7 on the road. In Game 7, the Lakers led by six after one quarter and never looked back in an 82–65 victory. The following year, the Knicks went 47–23 for their first ever division title (sixteen years later, the Knicks would set a new mark for wins). They then beat Baltimore and Boston to reach the Finals for the third straight year. The Knicks met the Lakers again and actually pulled off a 96–88 win on the road for Game 1. However, the Lakers would win the next four games, two of which came by two points to win the series in five games. Under Lapchick, the Knicks were the first NBA team to reach the Finals in three consecutive seasons. Coincidentally, the next team to reach the Finals three straight times and lose three in a row would be the Lakers, who reached the Finals in 1954 to set a three-peat before later losing three in a row from 1968 to 1970. The Knicks won the division again the following year but lost in the one-time Round-robin tournament used for the playoffs that saw the Knicks lose four games combined to Boston and Syracuse with no wins. Lapchick's final full season came in 1954, where they went 38-34 and lost in the Division Semifinals to Boston. He did not finish out the 1955 season, which saw him leave after going 26–25 to be replaced by Vince Boryla for the final 21 games.

Ultimately, Lapchick led the Knicks to eight straight winning seasons and eight trips to the playoffs, including three straight NBA Finals from 1951 to 1953. The 1953–54 Knicks were more than just a team of talented players; eight of them went on to coach pro or college teams, a tribute to Lapchick's leadership. Though a great motivator, Lapchick was a wild man on the sidelines, stomping on his coat, smashing chairs, and tossing various objects into the air. Stress-related health problems forced him to quit near the end of the 1955–56 season. He left the Knicks with a 326–247 NBA coaching record.

Lapchick rested for only a month before returning to St. John's, where in nine more seasons he led the Redmen to two more NIT crowns, giving them a record four titles. Lapchick wasn't just his players' basketball coach; he monitored their academic performance as well. The school's mandatory-retirement rules forced Lapchick, a two-time college Coach of the Year, to step down after the 1964–65 season at age 65. He had several heart attacks that year. The season ended with the Redmen upsetting Villanova, 55–51, in an emotional NIT Championship Game.

Describing his final season at St. John's, Lapchick told the Washington, D.C.–based Evening Star: "I used to double up with chest pains. Sometimes I couldn't even talk to the team during halftime."

Later years and legacy
Lapchick turned to writing. In 1968 he wrote 50 Years of Basketball, a book that was both a compilation of stories from Lapchick's early days as a player and an explanation of his coaching philosophy. As one of basketball's most prominent elder statesmen, Lapchick also stayed active as a spokesman for the sport. He died of a heart attack in Monticello, New York, in 1970 at age 70. As a star center with the Original Celtics and other barnstorming teams, a college coach at St. John's, an NBA coach with the New York Knicks, and an ambassador of the sport, Lapchick cast a broad shadow across the game and its history. From star player to successful coach to popular author to respected dignitary, Lapchick played a variety of roles in his more than 50 years in the game of basketball. He was an eminently influential figure who helped nurture the sport from its crude beginnings into its modern form.

Legacy and honors

 * Lapchick was elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a member of the Original Celtics in 1959 and as an individual in 1966.
 * In his memory, St. John's created an annual preseason college basketball tournament entitled the Lapchick Memorial Tournament.
 * Jeremy Piven portrayed him in the 2023 movie Sweetwater.

Family
Lapchick married Elizabeth Sarubbi in 1931; they had one daughter and had two sons. Barbara Lapchick was one of the original Ford models and graduated from Barnard College. Dr. Richard Lapchick is a human rights activist working for racial equality, an internationally recognized expert on sports issues, a scholar and an author. Lapchick is the Endowed Chair and Director of the DeVos Sport Business Management Program at the College of Business Administration, University of Central Florida. He is also President/CEO of the National Consortium for Academics and Sport (NCAS), a school outreach program which focuses on teaching youth how to improve race relations, and develop conflict resolution skills. Joseph Lapchick graduated from the USMA and took a commission in the USAF. He earned a PhD at Harvard. He was superintendent of schools in Aspen, Colorado, and later an area superintendent in Philadelphia.

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Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ; pronounced "ark" by initiates and often "A-H-R-Q" by the public) is one of twelve agencies within the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The agency is headquartered in North Bethesda, Maryland, a suburb of Washington, D.C. (with a Rockville mailing address). It was established as the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR) in 1989 as a constituent unit of the Public Health Service (PHS) to enhance the quality, appropriateness, and effectiveness of health care services and access to care by conducting and supporting research, demonstration projects, and evaluations; developing guidelines; and disseminating information on health care services and delivery systems.

History
AHRQ's earliest predecessor was the National Center for Health Services Research and Development, established in 1968 within the PHS Health Services and Mental Health Administration. When that administration was split up in 1973, it became the Bureau of Health Services Research within the PHS Health Resources Administration, It was renamed the National Center for Health Services Research in 1975. In 1978 it was transferred to the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health. In 1985 it was renamed the National Center for Health Services Research and Health Care Technology Assessment.

In 1989, the agency became its own operating agency within PHS, and was renamed Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR) under the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1989.

However, AHCPR became controversial when it produced several guidelines that some thought would reduce medical drugs and procedures. This included concern from ophthalmologists on a cataract guideline and concern by the pharmaceutical industry over a reduction in the use of new drugs. When the agency produced a guideline that concluded that back pain surgery was unnecessary and potentially harmful, a lobbying campaign aided by Congressmen whose backs had been operated on changed the name of the agency and scaled back the guidelines program, which existed as the National Guideline Clearinghouse. until it was defunded in 2018.

AHCPR was reauthorized December 6, 1999, as the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) under the Healthcare Research and Quality Act of 1999, which amended Title IX of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 299 et seq).

Funding
The 2015 budget for AHRQ is US$440 million, $24 million less than FY 2014. Within this total, the budget includes $334 million in Public Health Service (PHS) Evaluation Funds, a decrease of $30 million from FY 2014, and $106 million from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Trust Fund, an increase of $13 million above FY 2014.

The FY 2015 budget is intended to ensure the Agency continues its progress on health services research to improve outcomes, affordability, and quality. The budget also supports the collection of information on health care spending and use through the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) and Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS).

In July 2018, the National Guideline Clearinghouse (NGC) and the National Quality Measures Clearinghouse (NQMC), two longtime online resources from the AHRQ, were shut down because federal funding ceased to be available to them. Other stakeholders were exploring options for hosting the NGC ]; should that happen, it will return to the web.

Leadership
Carolyn Clancy M.D. was the director from 2002 to 2014. Richard Kronick, Ph.D. was director from 2013 to March 2016. Sharon Arnold Ph.D. was acting director from February - April 2016, replacing Richard Kronick in February 2016. Dr. Andrew Bindman was the director of AHRQ from April 2016 until January 2017. Prior to joining AHRQ, Dr. Bindman served as faculty of UCSF School of Medicine. Gopal Khanna, MBA was appointed as Agency director on May 9, 2017, and resigned on January 11, 2021, in response to the January 6 Capitol riot. Following Khanna's resignation, deputy director Dr. David Meyers, M.D. served as acting director from 2021 to 2022. Robert Otto Valdez was appointed director on February 27, 2022.

Divisions
The Agency has multiple offices and centers including the Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement (CEPI), the Center for Financing, Access and Trends, the Center for Delivery, Organization and Markets, the Center for Quality and Patient Safety, the Office of Management Services, the Office of Extramural Research and Priority Populations, and the Office of Communications. The Office of Communications was previously known as the Office of Communications and Knowledge Transfer.

Within CEPI, the Evidence-Based Practice Centers (EPCs) develop evidence reports and technology assessments on topics relevant to clinical and other health care organization and delivery issues—specifically those that are common, expensive, and/or significant for the Medicare and Medicaid populations. With this program, AHRQ serves as a "science partner" with private and public organizations in their efforts to improve the quality, effectiveness, and appropriateness of health care by synthesizing the evidence and facilitating the translation of evidence-based research findings. Topics are nominated by Federal and non-Federal partners such as professional societies, health plans, insurers, employers, and patient groups.


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Removing VfD notices
Dexillon, I see you removed a VfD notice. The VfD notice reads in part: Please do not remove or deface this notice or blank, merge, or move this article while the discussion is in progress. Removing it is considered vandalism. Please do not do this again. -- Hoary 13:02, 2005 Apr 7 (UTC)

Notability of Craig Seal
Hello again. You emailed me to say:

 * Craig Seal has been added as we have discovered several references to him recently. I now find him listed on the deletion list.

 * Craig Seal does hold the titles indicated as have been checked on numerous occasions by ourselves as we to belived that he must be a fake, but our tests have proven otherwise.

 * I would therefore ask that you leave this page as active and do not persue the deletion.

You seem to misunderstand deletions. I don't have to pursue any deletion. The process has started; it now takes its course. Indeed, I couldn't even cancel it if I wanted to. Perhaps you'd like to provide your "references" and other arguments on the VfD page. -- Hoary 13:15, 2005 Apr 7 (UTC)

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