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Canadian currency tactile feature

The Canadian currency tactile feature is a feature on the Canadian Journey and Frontier series of Canadian banknotes to aid people who are visually impaired to identify the notes. The feature indicates the banknote denomination in the upper left corner of the face side of the bill using a series of raised dots. It was suggested by Bruno Thériault, an administrator for the Canadian National Institute for the Blind, and designed by Susan Lederman, a professor of psychology at Queen's University.

Although similar in appearance to braille, it differs because standard Braille was deemed too sensitive. The currency denomination must be recognized easily, thus the banknotes use full braille blocks (or cells) of 6 dots, $⟨⟩$. The $5 bill has one cell, with the $10, $20, and $50 denominations each having one more cell than previous. The $100 bill has two cells arranged such that there is a space of two empty cells between them: $⟨⟩$.

A very similar system of tactile raised dots is now being implemented in a new series of notes for the Costa Rican colón.

The U.S. Treasury has announced that the new $10 note will also have a tactile feature.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Winceyette

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Winceyette

 * Spoof/Goof. Delete. Mwanner 17:30, Apr 12, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Irrelevant.  --Onlyemarie 17:32, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)

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The Dreams Our Stuff Is Made Of
Hi - just found your article on this fascinating book. As some other editors have pointed out, this needs a lot of rewriting for neutral point of view; right now it's more of a review than an encyclopedia article. Describing the scope of the book and summarizing Disch's arguments: good. Calling anything "brilliant" or "highly amusing" or "eminently readable": bad. ←Hob 15:55, July 13, 2005 (UTC)

I like the new version, and I made a few more tweaks for format and flow. By the way, it helps if you log in with your username before you make edits to articles or talk pages, and sign talk page comments with ~ - I had to look back at the history of the article to remember who was talking to me. Anonymous edits are OK too but then it's harder to tell what's going on. ←Hob 10:43, July 27, 2005 (UTC)

Thanks a lot - you've been a big help :) Euchrid 06:28, 28 July 2005 (UTC)

The Citadel of Chaos
Hiya, I've added the infobox to The Citadel of Chaos to begin with. Hope you like. Keep up the good work. Cfailde 16:13, 13 September 2005 (UTC)

Skyfall
Skyfall is also the name of a novel by Catherine Asaro. I'm building it up. Can you help. Like, can we resolve this conflict of name together? It would help me learn. Thanks! JamieJones 01:30, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

The thing to do here is to change the Skyfall page from a redirect to Legend of Skyfall to a disambiguation page which provides links to both entries. I've done that, but feel free to change it as I know nothing about the Asaro books and you may want to alter the details. Euchrid 07:06, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

Fighting Fantasy
Hello Alex — I thought I should write you a note since you seem to be one of the major protagonists in the Wikipedia Fighting Fantasy pages. I'm interested in contributing to this collection of pages and it seems sensible to have some discussion with people about this.

First off, I've made a rewrite of Moonrunner and added Legend of the Shadow Warriors to Wikipedia, and I'd really like to have your comments.

Second, it's noticeable that the pages for the different gamebooks are very uneven in style and content, and it might be worth rewriting a lot of these to bring some sort of uniformity. Of course, some books' wikipages will have to have extra sections or details, but I think we can bring a lot of improvements to what's there right now.

The basic form I have in mind would follow what I've done for those two books: (i) an intro along the lines that you provided, giving the technical info, followed by (ii) a spoiler warning; and (iii) an overview of the book, not in a separate section since it will be short. This would be followed by the "See also" section containing the usual links, and if necessary a Notes section to give footnote references. All books would also have a Fighting Fantasy infobox. A possible additional section, where necessary, could be Errata (one or two books have misprints and errors in them).

What do you think? —WebDrake 18:28, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

Format of articles
The resemblance to the format you used is not coincidental: I saw the way you'd laid out Moonrunner, liked it, and decided it was worth extending to the rest of the articles. :-) I probably should have credited you in my comments on the FF Talk page but I wasn't sure if the format was your invention, or somebody else's.  Anyway, I'm glad you like the work — Stephen Hand's books are some of my favourites as well! —WebDrake 17:39, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
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Batman
Check it. AnthonyTheGamer (talk) 00:03, 9 April 2012 (UTC)

FYI, it isn't. But OK. Choyoołʼįįhí:Seb az86556 > haneʼ 05:28, 9 April 2012 (UTC)

Dan Clowes
Hey, I'm willing to help out a bit with Dan Clowes articles, but I probably won't do anything big, content-wise. I think he deserves better, but there are so many other alternative cartoonists that deserve better who are higher in my personal comics pantheon. I've been devoting a lot of time to Chester Brown, but there's still so much work to be done on his articles. I broke down early this year and completely rewrote Maus (up for GA review at the moment), and it took me months. I couldn't believe how little attention that "obscure" article got, and I posted at the WikiProject Comics discussion page more than once about it.

Just remember that you're working for Truth and Justice, and don't get discouraged by the great vacuum-like response you'll likely get.  C üRly T üRkey  Talk Contribs 03:19, 11 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the response, and nice work on the Maus article, it looks great. Makes me want to read it again.Euchrid (talk) 04:45, 11 May 2012 (UTC)
 * It only gets better each time you reread it---the sign of a truly great book.  C üRly T üRkey  Talk Contribs 05:30, 11 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Oh, I went and created stubs of Wilson (comics) and Mister Wonderful (comics).  C üRly T üRkey  Talk Contribs 06:48, 11 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Nicely done. I've put my Pussey stub in as well. A few others have made minor edits, interesting to see how it develops.Euchrid (talk) 00:32, 12 May 2012 (UTC)

Obama Controversies Not Mentioned
If you want some points that have been getting kept out of the Obama article for years, controversies they don't want mentioned no matter how prominent, here are some examples.

 * Opposed medical care for newborn infants, was a major issue in both the 2004 and 2008 elections and brought up by Alan Keyes, Hillary Clinton, and John McCain. Newt Gingrich brought it up in 2012. I've written this page covering it, which includes 50 prominent sources. Some major sources include:
 * Disqualified all four opponents in first election, in 1996, so he could run unopposed. He used a team of lawyers to disqualify the petition signatures of opponents on technicalities after the filing deadline. I've written this section covering it. Some major sources include:
 * Struck a deal with Illinois Senate leader to get all legislation from other Illinois Senators directed to his desk in 2003, building his entire legislative record in one year, in preparation for the 2004 elections so he could become a U.S. Senator. I've written this page covering it. Some major sources include:

--98.220.198.49 (talk) 08:49, 14 May 2012 (UTC)

 * ...I have no idea why you have written this on my talk page.Euchrid (talk) 11:28, 14 May 2012 (UTC)

New Page
Could you help me The Multiverse (talk) 02:14, 20 May 2012 (UTC) create a new page? I know who/what I am going to write about I would just like to know how to get it stated.
 * I find the best way to go is to find another page about something similar - ie a similar book, movie whatever - and emulate it's structure. What are you wanting to write about? Euchrid (talk) 02:23, 20 May 2012 (UTC)

I was planing on writeing about Thunder sword a Character from Secret Wars II #1. — Preceding unsigned comment added by The Multiverse (talk • contribs) 02:44, 20 May 2012 (UTC) If you think that they're notable, go for it. BTW, these conversations are a lot easier if you sign your comments.Euchrid (talk) 03:05, 20 May 2012 (UTC)

Sorry about that i thought i did The Multiverse (talk) 16:31, 20 May 2012 (UTC).

Batman's Temporary Powers Section By Anthonythegamer
Don't worry, I supported his finding with this primary source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman:_In_Darkest_Knight Gachingy (talk) 02:31, 6 July 2012 (UTC)
 * I'm not really sure what you're getting at here. If you're going to suggest that 'once had a power ring' can be added to Batman's powers, it's still not notable.Euchrid (talk) 03:03, 6 July 2012 (UTC)
 * The fact is that Batman had a superpower which is very important to the Batman article that reads that he had no superhuman powers but we are not discussing about your deletions. Gachingy (talk) 20:45, 7 July 2012 (UTC)
 * The fact that Batman once wore a power ring is not a notable part of the character. Batman has been consistently in print since 1939; listing everything that he's ever done, in every medium, isn't feasible or desirable. It's an extremely minor part of the character, and as the article is supposed to be a general overview of the topic, not an in depth fan analysis (such as might be on the DC Wiki or the Batman Wiki) it doesn't warrant inclusion. If we started including things like that, soon we'd have to include Rainbow Batman, or Zebra Batman, and the article would be a) a million miles long and b) of no use to the casual, non-fan reader, who should be who the article is written for. Euchrid (talk) 03:59, 8 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Also, one Wikipedia article cannot be a primary source for another article. Euchrid (talk) 04:00, 8 July 2012 (UTC)

Thank you
thanks for the tip your right I did get carried away there Algonquin7 (talk) 06:08, 24 July 2012 (UTC)

Template: Wasteland Series
What is going on over here? You people don't even know how to respect guidelines of a talk page. Who the hell gave you those stars you have on your profiles? You don't deserve it because you're totally senseless. If you think this template is a waste of time then think and just go away from here but I'm going to stick by it and maintain it. It's people like us who keep wikipedia clean unlike you and Niemti who just don't want to separate a cancelled game from the published ones just because it's a single game and creates clutter. You don't deserve to be an editor. --MegaCyanide666 (talk) 07:18, 26 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Let me give you some honest advice. Learn to take these things less personally. You proposed an edit and consensus went against you - that's going to happen from time to time. It happens to everyone. When it does, you need to either find a fresh argument for your change or, better yet, move on and find something else that you can work on. The great thing about Wikipedia is that there's always more work to be done, and getting hung up on one minor change (and despite what you seem to think, a template's categories ARE a minor change) doesn't help anyone. If you explode with rage every time a change you suggest doesn't stick then your time here will be very unpleasant, and ultimately very short. Euchrid (talk) 21:19, 26 July 2012 (UTC)

Re: IP editor inserting misogynist rants into archives
Thanks for bringing this to the attention of the community. The IP self-identifies as a troll and I believe their comments should be deleted on sight. Viriditas (talk) 11:16, 13 August 2012 (UTC)

Hello
Hello I'm a new user,I have just joined today. I'm a fan of Wikipedia because of the vast content of information it provides. I wast just reading the article on the video game 'Wasteland' and while there I found your name and comments on the talk page. When I came to your user page I saw an apprentice editor notice over there. I basically want to request you if you could make your apprentice because I'm somewhat newbie. I know how to edit articles and about talk pages. I'll like to learn more. If you cannot then can you tell me what is an apprentice editor and how do i become one. And please if you can tell me the difference between a normal editor and an administrator. Thank you very much! ThePariahOne (talk) 08:25, 24 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Also is it possible for a normal editor to become an administrator and if yes how does one become an administrator. Thank you. ThePariahOne (talk) 08:52, 24 August 2012 (UTC)

Batman
Hi. Thanks for the assumption of good faith, and for the explanation of the consensus, of which I was unaware. If you don't mind my asking, can this consensus be found on the Comics Project page? Or in a consensus discussion? Thanks. :-) Nightscream (talk) 12:31, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
 * No problem, I try to always assume good faith unless it's obvious it's not the case. As far as the use of the phrase 'fictional character', I was probably incorrect to say 'consensus' - 'convention' might have been the better phrase. What I mean is that I've never actually seen a discussion on the topic, but all the high-profile character articles I've seen use the phrase, and I think that it should be consistent. If you think that it should be the other way around, or is important, maybe start a discussion about it on the Comics Project Page? Euchrid (talk) 20:13, 11 October 2012 (UTC)

Captains Outrageous
Hello, thanks for the contribution to the Captains Outrageous article. I did all the "Hap and Leonard" books by Joe Lansdale. I kept the summeries brief for 2 reasons: 1. So the plot won't be spoiled and 2. So people will go by the books. I don't think a complete summery does the author, who actually created the book, any good. But feel free to add to the articles. I also did an article on Hap and Leonard. 03:08, 22 October 2012 (UTC) PKDASD (talk) 03:09, 22 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Firstly, I relocated this comment from my user page to my talk page, which is the more correct location for it. Secondly, it's standard practice for a plot summary to include the entire novel's plot. Whether or not it 'does the author any good' isn't really a consideration. The policy on spoilers makes this pretty clear, as does the guide to writing plot summaries. Nice work on the Hap and Leonard article, though, it's great to see them getting greater coverage.Euchrid (talk) 03:34, 22 October 2012 (UTC)

Re: "creepy" plot summary justifying rape
Hi. Regarding your comment at the Z for Zachariah page, you completely misunderstand. If you look at the Talk section, there is an explanation of the "attempted rape" scene. No attempt is made to "justify rape," which is ludicrous. The point is that the narrator is unreliable (hysterical), and the situation is far more complicated than a case of attempted rape. Also, the plot summary in the article in no way alters facts or attempts to "justify rape." It simply describes the facts without treating Ann's biased interpretations as facts, and it includes facts that Ann and some readers like to ignore because of bias against Loomis after he recovers. Much of this is explained in the Talk section. There is nothing "creepy" about the article or interpreting Ann as an unreliable narrator. Please don't take such an extreme position about it. Seoulseeker (talk) 22:07, 21 November 2012 (UTC)
 * The more important point that I was trying to make is that there is NO room for interpretation or opinion in a WP plot summary. Neither your opinion nor mine of what the author intended, or what anything in the book means, is important. The plot description should describe the facts of the story and nothing more. Any interpretation or opinion needs to be in a separate section or come for a verifiable source. Euchrid (talk) 01:17, 22 November 2012 (UTC)

Yes, I agree completely and said the same on the article's Talk page. The current summary does describe just the facts of the story without interpretation. Your reference to an attempted rape scene is an interpretation of the scene. Yet you seem to think the summary should present Ann's views of events as facts instead of describing things neutrally and clarifying what's her opinion. My phrase "logical necessity" is in a section about Loomis's character, not the plot summary, and it refers to what would be needed at some point for having children and continuing the human race, which both characters want. It's unjust (and assumes very twisted thinking on my part--thanks!) to say that the passage claims rape is a logical necessity! If there's anything specific in the summary that you think is inaccurate, biased, or unimportant to mention, I'd like to know. I'm actually trying to make a good article, not a misleading and creepy one. Thanks. Seoulseeker (talk) 09:15, 22 November 2012 (UTC)

Scope of WikiProject USA
Hi! I saw this edit summary

Actually I believe it is very reasonable, as a WikiProject should cover everything in its scope. But if there is a sub-project, one would normally emphasize that instead of the larger country project. WhisperToMe (talk) 06:49, 26 February 2013 (UTC)
 * The point I'm making is that Homosexuality in the Batman Franchise is not within the scope of Wikiproject America. There is nothing about America, or inherently American, in it's content. Euchrid (talk) 07:32, 26 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Batman is a comic book character of American origin (DC Comics is an American company and both men who created Batman were Americans), and much of the analysis comes from American sources anyway. If Batman was Canadian, it would fall under WikiProject Canada. If South African, under WP South Africa, etc. Batman is American, so it is inherently American. WhisperToMe (talk) 07:47, 26 February 2013 (UTC)
 * But if, as you suggest, you were to add literally the article for every book, comic, album and movie published in America to the Wikiproject, as well as every article related to those texts, you would be adding hundreds of thousands of articles, the Wikiproject would be swamped and no work could be done. At the end of the day, though, I'm just one person - I suggest that you take this up on the talk page of either the Wikiproject or the Homosexuality article to seek a consensus one way or the other. Euchrid (talk) 20:15, 26 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Yes, I would indeed be adding hundreds and thousands of articles... AFAIK most articles related to the USA have already been tagged either in the USA project or in a sub-project. Anyhow I started Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_United_States WhisperToMe (talk) 23:54, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

Gotham City
Hi. Please do not add material to articles without citing a source, as you did with this edit to Gotham City. Thanks. Nightscream (talk) 05:41, 28 February 2013 (UTC)

Dave Gilbert (game designer)
Now that you created a split article, I wonder if you can trim down too much info and then withdraw move request. ...Or you can say "withdraw" without closing the discussion, so I'll help you close it. What do you think? --George Ho (talk) 06:30, 2 March 2013 (UTC)

james holmes is a converts islam
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2296440/Dark-Knight-killer-James-Holmes-Muslim-prays-times-day.html http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/mar/21/aurora-theater-shooter-james-holmes-converts-islam/ http://stream.aljazeera.com/story/201303211847-0022628 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.25.104.115 (talk) 06:49, 22 March 2013 (UTC)
 * As I expressed in my edit summaries, the Daily Mail is a high unreliable tabloid. I wouldn't accept anything posted there as a reliable source. The Washington Times article is a reprint of the Daily Mail one, as it says in the body of the article. The Al Jazeera article is actually suggesting that the other reports are false, so I'm not sure how you feel this adds to your case. Euchrid (talk) 06:53, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

Grammar "corrections"
Hi Euchrid, I noticed that a few days ago you reverted back to your earlier bold introduction of an expression that is grammatically dubious. From your edit summary "This is correct grammar. People of both genders can play Grow.)" it's clear that there is some confusion about the grammatical rules underlying this issue. Right now the issue is moot as you've removed the entire line, but if you intend to make it a regular practice to replace the terms "he" and "she" with "they" then this issue is bound to come up for you again in the future.

Traditionally in English and standard in formal (encyclopedic) writing, there are very specific rules for pronouns like "he", "she", and "they". The two most directly implicated here are these:
 * Pronouns always refer to an antecedent noun.
 * Plurality and gender of a pronoun must match that of the antecedent noun to which it refers.

When you replace a pronoun like "he" or "she" with one like "they" then you must be very careful to replace other components of the sentence so that it retains its clarity and precision. A sentence like "A fool and his money are soon parted" uses a traditional gender-neutral construction known as the "generic he" to refer to the antecedent noun, "a fool". Importantly, the plurality of the sentence is maintained as the singular "he" matches the singular "a fool". We could alter the statement to say "A fool and her money are soon parted" or to say "Fools and their money are soon parted", but altering it to "A fool and their money are soon parted" breaks the second of the above-listed rules of traditional/formal grammar. For many readers familiar with formal writing, this construction is confusingly ambiguous. It introduces questions like "Are there third parties from whose money the fool is soon parted? Or has the author changed his meaning half-way through the sentence and is now referring to a group of fools?"

It's an admirable goal to make Wikipedia a gender-neutral encyclopedia, and luckily gender neutrality can often be very easily achieved while still following the traditional rules of formal grammar. Let's look, for instance, at the original sentence you'd altered: There are a number of ways to make this more gender-neutral than the use of the "generic he" without distorting the grammar, using colloquial expressions, or introducing ambiguity and confusion. Here are a few examples of grammatically correct but gender neutered alternatives: In any of these gender-neutral variation we have agreement between plurality and gender of the pronoun and its antecedent noun.
 * "To help the player limit the number of times he must play through the game, components of the game world go through a leveling up process"
 * "To help the player limit the number of play-throughs, components of the game world go through a leveling up process"
 * "To help the players limit the number of times they must play through the game, components of the game world go through a leveling up process"
 * "To help the player play through the game in a limited number of times, components of the game world go through a leveling up process"

Again, this is all moot since you've completely excised the line now, but it might be worth your time to consider spending more time rewording sentences like this in the future rather than merely swapping singular pronouns with plural ones that break the traditional rules of formal grammar. The meaning is the same if you use these rewordings, but the precision and clarity are preserved, grammar-sticklers will be satisfied, and you won't run into those problems that commonly arise when altering English variations. You're of course free to ignore this suggestion as well. Happy editing. -Thibbs (talk) 14:05, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

Reply
I'm pretty sure i got most of those plots from another page on wikipedia, but feel free to re write longer ones. Koala15 (talk) 14:09, 19 April 2013 (UTC)

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Some baklava for you!

 * Thanks! Euchrid (talk) 21:13, 27 May 2013 (UTC)

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Depression Quest DYK
Just to let you know that I've submitted Depression Quest for DYK, and I've named you as one of the co-authors - see Template:Did you know nominations/Depression Quest. Best — Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 15:45, 25 August 2014 (UTC)

Sights (Lastovo town)

 * Text about sights in Lastovo (town) is from this sights. My images from Lastovo: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:O_crkvi_kraj_Kne%C5%BEeva_dvora.JPG, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:O_%C5%BEupnoj_crkvi.JPG , https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:O_Crkvi_svetog_Vlaha.JPG , https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:O_Crkvi_svetog_Josipa.JPG , https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:O_Crkvi_svete_Marije.JPG , https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:O_lastovskim_fumarima.JPG.

--August Dominus (talk) 13:36, 29 August 2014 (UTC)
 * I'm sorry, I don't understand what you mean by this. If you're trying to use these images as sources for the section that I tagged as being unreferenced, that would most likely constitute original research. You need to find written sources that back up each of your statements. Euchrid (talk) 07:12, 30 August 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Depression Quest
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Creature of Havoc Talk
Greetings. Our friendly neighbourhood IP editor is back and being more than a little uncivil. It seems this person's only interest on Wikipedia is to police this article and enforce his own flawed version of the text. I've restored the AfD text this person wiped from the Talk Page, but may need some help with the article proper. Is it possible to have it semi-locked so only registered users may edit? Regards Asgardian (talk) 11:20, 6 September 2014 (UTC)
 * I'd love to help - I don't know which of you is right, but I agree that the IP is not being at all collaborative - but I'm not actually an admin. If you apply at Requests for page protection it usually gets looked at within a few hours. Euchrid (talk) 12:52, 6 September 2014 (UTC)

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Orange County Airport (disambiguation)

Orange County Airport is the original name of the John Wayne Airport in Santa Ana, Orange County, California

Orange County Airport may also refer to:

 * Orange County Airport (New York), a general aviation airport in Montgomery, Orange County, New York
 * Orange County Airport (Texas), a general aviation airport in Orange, Orange County, Texas
 * Orange County Airport (Virginia), a general aviation airport in Orange, Orange County, Virginia

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Jack Comer

Jack "Spot" Comer (12 April 1912 – 12 March 1996) was a Jewish gangster who rose to rule London's underworld.

Early life and rise to the top of London's underworld.
He was born Jacob Colmore in Mile End, London, the youngest of four children. Comer's father was a Jewish tailor's machinist who, to escape anti-Semitic pogroms, had emigrated to London with his wife from Łódź, Poland, around 1900. It was a bad time for Jewish immigrants and refugees who arrived in the Britain during this period. Anti-Semitism was both in the streets and the corridors of power. This antagonistic environment was, in part, organised by British Brother's League. To assimilate more into English society, the family changed their name from Comacho to Colmore, and later to Comer. His mother's maiden name was Lifschinska.

Comer grew up in a Jewish ghetto street in Fieldgate Mansions, Whitechapel, along the west side of Myrdle Street, across from the Irish in terraced houses along the east side. At the age of seven, Comer joined his first gang, which was made up of boys from the Jewish side of Myrdle Street who fought their Catholic rivals from the other end of the street. Proving his abilities as a street fighter, Comer soon joined Alfred Solomon's gang, The Yiddishers, and saw a route out of poverty. As was custom to gangs, Comer got a nickname. He was called "Spot" because he was always "on the spot" when there was trouble, although others claim it was because of a mole on his left cheek.

In pre-Second World War Britain, anti-Semitism and fascism was a feature of everyday lives for Jews. Comer gained a reputation amongst Jews as a someone to call for protection. Sometimes paid and other times for the principle, he often found himself in violent encounters with anti-Semites. He was involved in the Battle of Cable Street and other attacks on Oswald Mosley's Blackshirts. In the post-war era, Comer is said to have been involved in funding the 43 Group, a group of Jewish ex-servicemen and women who took direct action to violently oppose and disrupt the actions of the fascist Union Movement and other far-right and extreme-right groups.

Rapidly becoming a powerful force in the East End, and having built a reputation running "muscle" in Leeds, Birmingham and other northern nightclubs, Comer and his gang began to violently take control of racecourses across Britain. After wresting the courses from many of gangs across the country, the money from racecourses abruptly ceased as they closed with the outbreak of war. After being conscripted into the Army, from which he was discharged for beating an anti-Semitic superior officer, Comer returned to London to expand his control. Spreading his influence outside of the East End into the West End, Comer made huge profits from running drinking clubs and gaming rooms, as well as taking "protection" money from businesses across the capital. Although his rise to the top was violent, Comer's real skill was bringing together criminals of different capabilities for "jobs". Muscle, burglars, safe crackers, forgers, fences, hi-jackers and thieves were brought together to suit the job at hand. On top of this, there were MP's and police on his payroll and, at his strongest, up to a thousand men on call to face any threat to his empire. It was organised crime in a way that had not been seen in London before. It was under Comer's leadership that criminals such as Billy Hill, the Kray twins and Freddie Forman were able to rise in London's underworld.

Decline and later years
From the mid 1950s, after over a decade at the top of London's underworld, Comer's control of the East and West End was challenged. Billy Hill was a talented and smart thief who had written to Comer asking to work for him whilst Hill was serving time. Comer took a shine to Hill and on his release from prison Hill was picked up, taken to Savile Row for a suit and then on to meet Comer. Recognising Hill's talent for crime, Comer took him under his wing and gave Hill a few spielers (gambling clubs) to run. Eventually, when Hill had amassed enough money and clout he made his move against his mentor.

Trouble with the law and a systematic attack on his sources of income by Hill and others led to Comer being squeezed out. In 1954, after publishing derogatory articles at the behest of Billy Hill, Comer attacked Sunday People crime journalist Duncan Webb and was fined £50. He was accused of possession of a knuckle-duster and convicted of grievous bodily harm. Although a small fine for Comer, the court case took over a lot of his time. Similarly, in 1955 he was arrested following a knife fight with Albert Dimes. Dimes had refused to pay protection money to Comer, who confronted him in Frith Street, Soho. Dimes fled but was cornered by Comer in a green grocer. After Comer was cleared of the stabbing charge, he said it was because of "the greatest lawyer in history", his barrister Rose Heilbron.

In 1956, Comer and his wife were ambushed and viciously attacked by a group of eight men armed with clubs and knives about 100 yards outside their Paddington flat. Two of the attackers, "Mad" Frankie Fraser and Bobby Warren, were each sentenced to seven years in prison. Whilst recovering from his injuries, Comer's enemies "grassed" him up to the police for attacking and cutting a petty criminal, Tommy Falco. In all probability, the wound was most likely inflicted by Falco himself or others to frame Comer. The result was that, while Comer was imprisoned awaiting trial, Billy Hill was able to take over Comers' West End interests. Comer decided to retire from organized crime.

During the next few decades, the former "King of the Underworld" would often be seen at boxing matches and undertook various jobs over the years, including being an antique furniture dealer. He died in Isleworth at 83; his ashes were spread in Israel.

In popular culture
Comer is a major character in the 2019 film Once Upon A Time In London.

Comer is mentioned in the 1985 song "Ghosts of Cable Street" by The Men They Couldn't Hang, where he is referred to as "Jack Spot".

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Soichi Noguchi

Soichi Noguchi (野口 聡一) is a Japanese aeronautical engineer and former JAXA astronaut. His first spaceflight was as a mission specialist aboard STS-114 on 26 July 2005 for NASA's first "return to flight" Space Shuttle mission after the Columbia disaster. He was also in space as part of the Soyuz TMA-17 crew and Expedition 22 to the International Space Station (ISS), returning to Earth on 2 June 2010. He is the sixth Japanese astronaut to fly in space, the fifth to fly on the Space Shuttle, and the first to fly on Crew Dragon.

His third flight was on board the Dragon 2 capsule for the SpaceX Crew-1 mission which launched successfully on 15 November 2020 and landed on 2 May 2021. This makes him the third astronaut to fly on three different launch systems.

He became a part-time lecturer at the graduate school of the University of Tokyo since 2011, a project professor since 2021. he is a project professor at the Department of Aerospace Engineering, Nihon University.

He retired from astronaut duty and quit JAXA on 1 June 2022. He assumed the honorary director of CupNoodles Museum since 7 June 2022, the chief executive fellow of the Institute for International Socio-Economic Studies and the advisor of IHI Corporation since 1 July 2022. He is the representative of MiraiSpace Co., Ltd. (合同会社未来圏).

Personal life
Soichi Noguchi was born in 1965 in Yokohama, Japan. He considers Chigasaki, Japan, to be his hometown. He holds flight instructor certificate as CFII and MEI. Noguchi was a Boy Scout. His hobbies include jogging, basketball, skiing and camping.

Education
Noguchi graduated from Chigasaki-Hokuryo High School (Chigasaki, Kanagawa) in 1984, and then studied at the University of Tokyo, earning a B.S. degree in 1989 and an M.S. degree in 1991, both in Aeronautical Engineering. Later on, he furthermore obtained a Ph.D. degree in Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies in 2020, also from the University of Tokyo.

Engineering career
After graduation, Noguchi worked for Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries, assigned to the research and development department of their Aero-Engine and Space Operations division. He worked on aerodynamic design of commercial engines.

Astronaut career
Noguchi was selected as an astronaut candidate by the National Space Development Agency of Japan (now part of JAXA) in June 1996. In August 1996, he reported to NASA's Johnson Space Center for NASA astronaut training. Noguchi qualified as a mission specialist after two years, and received training on Russian space systems at Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in 1998. He was assigned to technical support for the Japanese Experiment Module of the International Space Station.

In 2013, Noguchi served as cavenaut into the ESA CAVES training in Sardinia, alongside David Saint-Jaques, Andreas Mogensen, Nikolai Tikhonov, Andrew Feustel and Michael Fincke.

STS-114
In April 2001 Noguchi was assigned to the crew of STS-114 as a mission specialist, which at that point the flight was targeting launch to the ISS in 2003 aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis, he was assigned to the crew alongside NASA astronauts Eileen Collins (Commander), James Kelly (Pilot) and Stephen Robinson (Mission Specialist), they were also scheduled to be joined by the Expedition 7 crew, who would remain aboard the ISS, replacing the Expedition 6 crew who would land aboard STS-114.

Noguchi and the crew trained for this flight until February 2003, when STS-107, the flight immediately prior to STS-114, broke up while returning to Earth, destroying the Space Shuttle Columbia and killing the seven astronauts on board; following this all shuttle flights were delayed. Since STS-114 was scheduled to be the next mission to fly following STS-107, its designation and crew were assigned as the "return to flight" mission, their flight remained relatively similar although new tasked needed to verify the changes made to the shuttle and the shuttle flight plan were added to the flight. Also, the delay in shuttle flights meant the launch of Expedition 7 was moved from STS-114 to Soyuz TMA-2, leaving three more seats to be filled on STS-114, NASA astronauts Charles Camarda, Wendy Lawrence and Andrew Thomas were added to the crew to take their place.

STS-114 launched aboard Space Shuttle Discovery on 26 July 2005, over two years since the Columbia disaster. The shuttle docked to the ISS two days later, the crew joined the Expedition 11 crew consisting of Russian Commander Sergei Krikalev and American Flight Engineer John Phillips. Prior to docking to the station, Discovery and its crew performed the first-ever rendezvous pitch maneuver, which allowed the two crew members aboard the station to photograph and observe the shuttle's heat shield, allowing them to discover any possible damage on the spacecraft's heat shield. The maneuver was added following the Columbia disaster, which was caused by damage to the heat shield.

During his first stay aboard the station, Noguchi performed three spacewalks, all three alongside Robinson. On the first excursion outside, the two tested new techniques for repairing damaged tiles on the shuttle's heat shield, while the second and third spacewalks were both dedicated to upgrading and maintaining the space station, replacing a Control Movement Gyro which had suffered a mechanical failure in 2002 and installing an External stowage platform which was brought up aboard STS-114. Over the course of the three EVAs Noguchi spent 20 hours and 5 minutes outside the station.

Noguchi and his crew mates returned to Earth on 9 August 2005, carrying over 7,055 pounds of equipment and trash down from the station inside of a Multi-Purpose Logistics Module, which had been used to bring up supplies to the station two weeks earlier. Discovery's landing at the Kennedy Space Center wrapped up a 13-day, 21 hour, 32 minute and 48 second spaceflight.

Expedition 22/23
Following STS-114, Noguchi was assigned as a backup ISS Flight Engineer for JAXA astronaut Koichi Wakata, who became the first Japanese astronaut to live long duration aboard the space station. Following his assignment as a backup for Wakata, JAXA assigned Noguchi to the crew of ISS Expedition 22/23 alongside Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov and NASA astronaut Timothy Creamer.

Noguchi and his two crew mates launched on 21 December 2009 aboard Soyuz TMA-17, he became the first JAXA astronaut and second Japanese citizen (following Tokyo Broadcasting System reporter Toyohiro Akiyama) to fly on a Soyuz spacecraft, the trio spent two days in free flight, before docking to the ISS and joining the Expedition 22 crew, joining American Commander Jeff Williams and Russian flight engineer Maksim Surayev.

During Expedition 22, the crew were visited by Space Shuttle Endeavour during its penultimate flight, STS-130, which delivered the Node 3 module and the Cupola to the station. During this flight Noguchi was also in space with his former STS-114 crewmate Stephen Robinson, who was mission specialist on STS-130. Soyuz TMA-16 returned to Earth on 18 March 2010, carrying Surayev and Williams and officially ending Expedition 22, following which Noguchi, Kotov, and Creamer transferred to Expedition 23, with Kotov taking command of the station. Shortly after they were joined by Soyuz TMA-18, carrying Russian cosmonauts Aleksandr Skvortsov and Mikhail Kornienko as well as American astronaut Tracy Caldwell Dyson.

Expedition 23 was visited by two Space Shuttle missions, STS-131 and STS-132. STS-131 delivered new supplies to the ISS aboard Space Shuttle Discovery, the flight also carried JAXA mission specialist Naoko Yamazaki, who joined Noguchi on the station for a short while, marking the first time two Japanese citizens were in space at the same time. Space Shuttle Atlantis launched to the station carrying the Russian Rassvet module to the station towards the end of Expedition 23.

Noguchi, joined by Kotov and Creamer undocked from the station and returned to Earth on 1 June 2010, the trio touched down in Kazakhstan following 163 days in space, bringing Noguchi's total time in space to 177 days.

Expedition 64/65
On 7 November 2017 JAXA announced Noguchi had been assigned to the crew of Expedition 62/63 as a flight engineer, scheduled for launch toward the end of 2019. On 31 December 2018 he revealed his personal patch for the flight, during a tweet revealing the patch he also announced his mission would be launched aboard a Commercial Crew Vehicle, although it was not made clear whether his flight would take place aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon or Boeing Starliner.

In March 2020 he was assigned to SpaceX Crew-1, the first operational flight of a SpaceX Dragon 2 spacecraft. Noguchi launched alongside NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover, and Shannon Walker, on 15 November 2020. As well as Noguchi, all were members of the Expedition 64 crew on the International Space Station. He is the third person, and first non–American, to launch aboard three different spacecraft; the Space Shuttle, the Soyuz, and the Dragon 2.

During his third stay in space, he conducted his fourth career spacewalk with Kathleen Rubins on March 5, 2021, spending almost 7 hours outside the ISS.

He currently holds the world record of the longest gap between two consecutive spacewalks by the same person - 15 years and 214 days.

Other highlights
Noguchi voices himself in episodes 13 and 26 of the anime series Uchū Kyōdai (Space Brothers), which aired on 24 June 2012 and 29 September 2012 respectively.

On 2 August 2015, Noguchi spoke to 33,628 fellow Scouts during the Arena Event at the 23rd World Scout Jamboree, held in Japan.

In 2021 he was recognized as a Genius 100 Visionary and contributed his vision of the future to the Genius 100 Foundation and shared it during his induction ceremony which was held on March 14, 2021, while he was aboard the International Space Station.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Karin Stoiber

 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 keep. Mindspillage (spill yours?) 03:34, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Karin Stoiber
This articel was already deleted in the de.wikipedia.org - Reason: Not relevant. No services on own account. All relevant information is already in Edmund Stoiber. The user who wrote the article is banned in de.wikipedia.--Hoheit 17:33, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC) ( behalten or nicht löschen = keep ; löschen = delete ) The banned german original article you can find here on a discussion-site : Note for those who speak german : The "löschen"-faction - leaded by two admins - they don´t mean the article, they say the First Lady of Bavaria is "not relevant"
 * A Redirect to Edmund Stoiber won't hurt. Martg76 20:28, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, the first ladies seem to have been an election issue. RickK 05:14, Apr 13, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, cleanup and expand. Seems to be notable. Megan1967 07:30, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, Hi folks, first a Thank you to Dmcdevit for correcting my poor english.User "Hoheit" is right - this article is banned on wikipedia.de - after a discussion with no clear result.

It´s grotesque. Greetings MutterErde 13:43, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, Karin Stoiber is the First Lady of Bavaria and therefore prominent, a very important person. Unfortunately the German Administrators of the famous Hamburger Wikipedia-Stammtisch „Unscheinbar“ and „Skriptor“ and their companions often make tyrannizing motions for deletion. „Unscheinbar” and „Skriptor” punishs their political opponents by means of the members of the Chatmob always with blocking- and banning-campaigns: „The user who wrote the article is banned in de.wikipedia!” They regards their political and misogynous opinion as standard. But Wikipedia needs political neutrality. --Manfred Riebe 20:08, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * Keep. Frau Stoiber is a celebrity in Germany who regularly appears in magazines and on TV. I don't agree that she is only what she is through her husband, as one administrator argues. Linguini 22:09, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. If she's irrelevant on German Wikipedia, she's certainly irrelevant here. A reference to her at Edmund Stoiber is sufficient. (I do like the link to the Grateful Deaf, though.) --Angr/comhrá 05:30, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep Notable Bavarian First Lady. Does she like Dunkin Donuts Bavarian creme donuts? Klonimus 06:44, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * BTW:These Donuts have nothing to do with Bavaria or Germany...
 * Delete. She is only the lady at the side of her husband. Another "Scout" from Germany (gell, Mutti) 82.83.246.35 12:57, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Gender equality: „She is only the lady at the side of her husband.” :-))

Most of the First Ladies were forgotten, if they are not married with a war criminal or with a chancellor, who took black money and so on:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherie_Blair

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Bush

This page is protected from editing until disputes have been resolved on the discussion page. Protection is not an endorsement of the current version. To see other versions, use the page history. Are politicians paying money, that her wives don’t registrated or were protected from editing in the German Wikipedia?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eva_Braun

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magda_Goebbels

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannelore_Kohl

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christiane_Herzog

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monika_Hohlmeier

Manfred Riebe 09:38, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * Keep, but the above comment does not make sense to me. Grue 19:19, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)
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Mortal Fear (Cook novel)

The novel Mortal Fear by Robin Cook in 1988 deals with the issues of euthanasia hospital and increasing cost of keeping elderly people alive. The piece's villain espouses views that the elderly and incapacitated deserve to die in order to lighten the burden on the overtaxed medical system—quite contrary to the view of "do no harm" held by both the novel's main character and author.

Plot summary
Dr. Jason Howard is a general practitioner at Good Health Plan (a fictitious Boston hospital); he was formerly a resident at Massachusetts General. When a patient of his is admitted complaining of heart problems and later dies, Jason finds that, though having received a clean bill of health less than a month before, that the heart attack came totally out of left field and the patient looks decidedly older than he ought to at 56. Soon two more cases come to his attention, both healthy a month before, now dead, both looking older than their years.

Alvin Hayes, a former classmate of Jason's at Harvard, asks to speak to him about his recent strange caseload. Hayes is a shifty, twitchy man whose personal life is a subject of some question who seems unduly paranoid, and Jason wonders if the resident mad scientist has gotten into something illicit. At dinner Hayes, while talking about his genetic research on aging, suddenly begins expelling blood violently. He dies a gory death right there in the restaurant. Jason begins investigating the connection between the man's sudden demise, his nervous demeanor, and the patients in his hospital who have all been admitted with what seems to be a mutant strain of progeria that killed them in mere days.

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Loris (disambiguation)

Loris is the common name for the strepsirrhine mammals of the subfamily Lorinae.

Loris may also refer to:

Mammals

 * Slender loris, a genus comprising two species;
 * Red slender loris
 * Gray slender loris
 * Slow lorises, in the genus Nycticebus
 * Pygmy slow loris, in the genus Xanthonycticebus

Places

 * Loris, South Carolina, a city in South Carolina

People

 * Hugo von Hofmannsthal (1874–1929), writer, early pen name Loris
 * Loris Abate (1928–2020), Italian jewelry designer and businessman
 * Loris Azzaro (1933–2003), French-Italian fashion designer
 * Loris Baz (born 1993), French motorcycle racer
 * Loris Benito (born 1992), Swiss footballer
 * Loris Campana (1926–2015), Italian road bicycle and track cyclist
 * Loris Capirossi (born 1973), Italian Grand Prix motorcycle road racer
 * Loris (drag queen), Swiss drag performer
 * Loris Facci (born 1983), Italian swimmer
 * Loris Fortuna (1924–1985), Italian politician
 * Loris Kessel (1950–2010), Swiss racing driver
 * Loris Karius (born 1993), German footballer
 * Loris Francesco Capovilla (1915–2016), Italian Roman Catholic prelate and cardinal
 * Loris Reggiani (born 1959), Italian motorcycle racer
 * Loris Stecca (born 1960), Italian world champion boxer
 * Loris Tjeknavorian (born 1937), Iranian-Armenian composer and conductor

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Talk:Nuclear football

Inaccurate
The President has sole aurhority and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs has no command role. Idiots 2401:7400:401A:D815:3942:D45F:1869:74DD (talk) 13:34, 16 September 2023 (UTC)1

Lead image accuracy
I understand that the old lead image was removed due to legal concerns, but I have doubts that the new image is accurate. While it is CC licensed, it comes from DeviantArt user MarcusBurns1977, who likes to recreate images of Cold War era firearms. While some of these are reasonably accurate, like the OTS-21 (compare his recreation vs. an actual photograph), some are highly inaccurate, like the GM6Lynx (recreation vs. actual photos). There is absolutely no reason to believe that this image is a truthful depiction of the nuclear briefcase, considering that this artist has almost certainly never seen one and has a weak track record for accuracy anyways. As such, I'll remove the image. InvisibleUp (talk) 06:08, 4 March 2024 (UTC)

 * A potential source for a new lead image is https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/nuclear-vault/2023-07-09/presidential-football-eisenhower-george-w-bush/part-iii-photos. These were released by the George W. Bush Presidential Library under the FOIA, which should make them public domain, but I can't verify this. InvisibleUp (talk) 06:25, 4 March 2024 (UTC)

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T. Canby Jones

T. Canby Jones (September 21, 1921 in Karuizawa, Japan – February 13, 2014) was an advocate of the War of the Lamb, a Quaker peace activist, a professor emeritus of Wilmington College in Ohio, and was a student of Thomas R. Kelly. T. Canby Jones died in Paoli Memorial Hospital, suburban Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Jones was a son of Esther Alsop Balderston Jones (1894(?)–1967) and Thomas E. Jones (1888–1973), who was president of Fisk University, 1926–1946, and of Earlham College, 1946–1958. He graduated from Westtown Friends' Boarding School (1938), Haverford College (1942), and Yale University (1955), where he earned divinity and Ph.D. degrees.

During World War II he was a conscientious objector, serving primarily in a Civilian Public Service camp in Trenton, North Dakota. He married Helen Eunice Meeks while in CPS on August 19, 1945. Immediately after the war he and his wife went to Finnmark province in north Norway where they did postwar reconstruction work under the auspices of the American Friends Service Committee.

He served as a Professor of Religion & Philosophy at Wilmington College from 1955 until his retirement in 1987. His book publications include George Fox's Attitude Toward War; A Documentary Study (Friends United Press, 1984), "The Power of the Lord Is Over All": The Pastoral Letters of George Fox (Friends United Press, 1989), and Thomas R. Kelly As I Remember Him (Pendle Hill, 1989).

He was a founding member of the Friends Association for Higher Education (FAHE), and a charter member of Campus Friends Meeting in Wilmington, Ohio. His professional and personal papers are held by the S. Arthur Watson Library Special Collections, Wilmington College (Ohio).

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User talk:DropDeadGorgiasSucks

Please stop adding nonsense to Wikipedia. It is considered vandalism. If you want to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you. Mel Etitis ( Μελ Ετητης ) 17:36, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Please stop. If you continue to vandalize pages, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia.

This account has been blocked from editing indefinitely. The account name constitutes a personal attack on another User, and the account has beenused only for childish vandalism. Mel Etitis ( Μελ Ετητης ) 19:38, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)

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Burnside, Highland

Burnside is a predominantly residential area of Thurso, Caithness, in the Highland council area of Scotland.

Much of the district was built up during the latter half of the 20th century, and this development began in the region of the bridge which carries the A9 road over Wolf Burn, at. A belt of agricultural land still separates the district from central Thurso.

Wolf Burn flows through the district to enter Thurso Bay and the Atlantic Ocean, midway between Thurso town centre to the east and Scrabster Harbour to the west.

A bishop's castle (Scrabster Castle) was established near the mouth of Wolf Burn while Caithness was part of the Norse earldom of Orkney: foundations are all that now remain.

'The New Weigh Inn' hotel (or motel) is on the eastern edge of the district, at a junction of the A9 road with the A836.

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Talk:Checkpoint Charlie

Dates
Be careful about dates. I think the dates I've given are accurate, but different sources give all sorts of different answers about precise timings. So if you find a source which disagrees with the article, don't automatically "correct" the article; on the other hand, if you are sure of the facts, please do! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 129.67.43.240 (talk • contribs) 01:19, 4 May 2005 (UTC)

Checkpoint Charlie Monument Destroyed?
It appears the monument has been dismantled very recently. If no one takes up the editing of the article, perhaps I will.

See the following link

--Joanneva 8 July 2005 11:20 (UTC)

 * See also de:Freiheitsmahnmal —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 129.67.43.240 (talk • contribs) 21:15, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Checkpoint Charlie is not DESTROYED!!! It is STILL there. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 85.37.191.167 (talk • contribs) 07:54, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

Joanneva is referring to the crosses incident, in which a memorial consisting of crosses for each person killed on the wall was removed by the city under dubious circumstances. I will add this later if no-one else does. Pr oh ib it O ni o n s  (T) 11:10, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Cleanup
I did some cleaning up the best I could, i mostly just reorganized and rewrote what was already there. I did not add any new information. Someone with knowledge of the subject needs to work on the 'Diplomatic Row' section (and probably reorganize it). I honestly did not understand the information as it was presented. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 161.253.39.188 (talk • contribs) 06:39, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

images
historical image would be good, not just recent tourist photos. thanks. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 80.229.160.150 (talk • contribs) 20:49, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

Risk of Escalation
The statement in the Diplomatic Row section that "both superpowers' leaders understood that Berlin was not worth general war" is not supported and there is much evidence to the contrary. During this time, the Eastern Bloc was furious with the status quo arrangement concerning Berlin as they were losing hundreds or thousands of citizens daily between East and West Berlin. Khruschev had risked open war just three years prior to this event to try to swallow up West Berlin into the GDR by signing a treaty of formal recognition with the latter. The position of Ike and deGualle was to counter any use of force in Berlin (which would have been unavoidable in any attempt to absorb West Berlin given the sizable Nato presence there). Berlin was a showcase for both sides in the Cold War as to their respective superiority and it is possibly the only theatre in the entire world that both East and West were prepared to risk direct confrontation to defend. This statement should be modified or deleted in the article. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Degivct (talk • contribs) 19:38, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

 * I disagree but of course this is not NPOV so should not have been in the article. Thanks for removing it. (Mountain Goat (talk) 21:26, 29 January 2008 (UTC))

new at wikipedia. sorry. is that picture of that guy in the links section a verifiable fact? i was in berlin this past summer, and saw what the House on Checkpoint Charlie said was the ORIGINAL sign. This guy also claims to have the original sign? Explanation?

Newman Smith High School
Removed the comment Today, Checkpoint Charlie can also be found guarding the entrance to Newman Smith High School in Carrollton, Texas. In order to receive the official "thumbs up" signal from him, you must present a green ID. Otherwise, you'll have better luck trying to jump the fence. as the article on that school makes no reference to Checkpoint Charlie in any way.

Septegram 22:25, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

 * Hahahaha. He's the school's parking lot security guard.  It's just his nickname.  You're right, though: no reason to keep it.  Oscabat 07:41, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

Death of 1,000 cuts
The article has just been progrssively diembowelled. I have put back the mosst recenttly deleted 'present day' section but wwould someone also replace the other parts? Thanks TobyJ (talk) 09:33, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
 * I added back the other sections--Work permit (talk) 04:19, 13 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Brilliant. TobyJ (talk) 10:27, 13 September 2008 (UTC)

Emigration restrictions, the Inner German Border and Berlin loophole
Reverted. Very interesting sections, but not specific to checkpoint charile--Work permit (talk) 06:15, 12 June 2009 (UTC)
 * The one revert I noticed was huge -- changed nearly every section in the article to an old version, including this section. Re the background info on the Berlin Wall and Emigration restrictions, that was was very short summarized bit of information (with see tags) to provide some context for Checkpoint Charlie and its importance.  Readers would otherwise not know even a basic few sentences about the Wall's erection and reasons therefore, and a few sentences on these items comprise rather standard background for an article regarding the most famous checkpoint in that wall.Mosedschurte (talk) 20:06, 23 June 2009 (UTC)

 * Ok, I restructured the article, I think it flows better now--Work permit (talk) 02:38, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
 * I changed it to "Background" -- the 1950s emigration restrictions weren't really Cold War, but an internal Eastern Bloc issue causing emigration -- and chron'd the initial Berlin Wall material. The incidents that happened later are in a "Related incidents" section.Mosedschurte (talk) 03:00, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

Revert to very old article version
Noticed a few weeks ago that a full blanket revert to a very old article version was made that deleted numerous additions by several editors in most sections of the article, as well as format fixes etc., conforming Lede to WP:Lede summary (actually had individual street names in it), etc.Mosedschurte (talk) 19:55, 23 June 2009 (UTC)

Fact check
Nice article - I was wondering about the stats here though "Emigration through Berlin began to swell, with 1,444,000 in 1949, 199,000 in 1960 and 207,000 in the first seven months of 1961 alone" Has someone added an extra 4 to the 1444000? Swelling down from 1 million to 200,000 is a bit odd isn't it? Surely it should read 144,000 - 199,000 - 207,000? Anyone got access to the source to check it? --Joopercoopers (talk) 09:50, 20 October 2009 (UTC)

 * Hmmm - this is probably a fairly reliable source and suggests an entirely different bevvy of stats ......--Joopercoopers (talk) 09:53, 20 October 2009 (UTC)

 * That 144,000 figure in the last source was for 1959. However, a figure close to a million may be correct for the late 40s as several million Germans moved out of the eastern territories of the former German Reich, Poland, etc. Alandeus (talk) 11:59, 20 October 2009 (UTC)

 * The refugees from the eastern territories are a different subject than refugees from east germany into west germany. Mixing up those two statistics would be misleading, and even then the over 1 mio figure for one year is implausible.

 * Here and here are statistics for refugees from East to West Germany, they are mostly in agreement. Note that the first one lists refugees through West Berlin/other borders/overall in separate columns, the second one lists only the overall figure. So the current claim "Emigration through Berlin began to swell, with 1,444,000 in 1949, 199,000 in 1960 and 207,000 in the first seven months of 1961 alone" is wrong on two counts. First the 1.4 million figure is bullshit, and secoondly the other figures are overall refugees, not just through Berlin. Anorak2 (talk) 12:28, 20 October 2009 (UTC)

 * That first statistic is perfectly credible. Taking those figures, the statement should read "Emigration through Berlin began to swell, with 91,000 in 1959, 152,000 in 1960 and 125,000 until the Wall was erected." Shall we put the above statement in, preferably with a reference to its source? A 1949 figure is not particularly interesting here anyway. By '49 the bulk of the millions of refugees had already moved. Alandeus (talk) 14:08, 20 October 2009 (UTC)
 * I think taking those few years in isolation is statistically dangerous because of the 'damn lies' of statistical analysis thing. We can't arbitrarily take a small sample size and infer a 'swell'. Looks more to me like a pretty steady stream with the odd blip. As suggested elsewhere, it looks rather more like the cumulative effect of high number of immigration, or possibly, the higher intellectual make up of those numbers that prompted the wall.......I think we need better sources with analysis rather than the bare stats - anyone near a library? --Joopercoopers (talk) 22:10, 20 October 2009 (UTC)

 * I've fixed the numbers using the citations. I also cited the use of the word "swell".  The specific quote from the referenced article is "Communist authorities tensely watched the numbers swell during the three years before construction of the Berlin wall".  The numbers 144,000 in 1959, 199,000 in 1960, 207,000 in the first half of 1961 are cited in both references.  I think it is important to quote wp:rs on emigration as it relates to construction of the Berlin wall. These sources quote total emigration as a factor in the walls construction.  One can add the additional statistics as well.--Work permit (talk) 02:10, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

We need to reconcile the 2 1/2 million number (1949-1961) to the 3 1/2 million in the preceding paragraph. --Work permit (talk) 02:17, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

Arbitrary deletions
As one of the final 4 MPs in Charge of the Checkpoint, I find it interesting that my additions keep getting deleted. Calling us irrelevant trivia is wrong. Mikelsey5 (talk) 04:43, 24 June 2017 (UTC)

"spy movies and books"
The section Checkpoint is currently unsourced and asserts, "Checkpoint Charlie is frequently featured in spy movies and books." Searching for that sentence elsewhere on the Internet turned up a HuffPost Life article which word-for-word matches that paragraph. However, that paragraph in Wikipedia predates the article. The article bears a date in 2011; the sentence about "espionage movies and books" was introduced 22 Feb 2006 by 161.253.39.188, and amended to "'spy' movies and books" later that year.

A little more searching turns up various lists of movies (of dubious reliability) that feature Checkpoint Charlie. However, the "What Links Here" list for this page contains at least a few pages for movies and books... perhaps the assertion about movies and books is sufficiently obvious that it doesn't need a citation? DavidLeeLambert (talk) 13:23, 2 November 2018 (UTC)

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Denis Latin

Denis Latin (born 14 February 1966 in Šibenik) is a Croatian television host.

He began to work on HRT in 1987 and two years later, in 1989, he graduated from Faculty of Political Science in Zagreb. In 1990 he became the announcer of Dnevnik, the daily news program on HRT, and with the age of 24 was the youngest person ever to announce this program. In 1993 he started to host his own talk show Latinica that ran on private network Mreža, but is now aired on national television HRT. More than 300 episodes so far have been broadcast.

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Parlez-moi d'amour

Parlez-moi d'amour (speak to me about love) may refer to:

Music

 * "Parlez-moi d'amour" (song), a 1930 French song by Jean Lenoir, considered a French standard, the classic recording sung by Lucienne Boyer
 * "Parlez Moi D'Amour (Let's Talk About Love)" (song), a 1982 song by June Pointer off the eponymous album June Pointer

Film

 * Speak to Me of Love (film; Parlez-moi d'amour), a 2002 French drama film starring Sophie Marceau
 * Parlez-moi d'amour (film), a 1983 film by Patrick Conrad
 * Speak to Me of Love (1975 film) (Parlez-moi d'amour), a 1975 French drama film
 * Che femmina... e che dollari! (film), also released as Parlez-moi d'amour, a 1961 film starring Dalida
 * Speak to Me of Love (1935 film) (Parlez-moi d'amour), a 1935 French comedy film

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Goose Bay Airport

Goose Bay Airport may refer to:

 * CFB Goose Bay, a Canadian Forces Base in Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador (IATA: YYR)
 * Goose Bay Airport (Alaska), an airport in Goose Bay, Alaska, United States (FAA: Z40)

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Minor League Baseball
Hey, Will, thanks for your good work on the milb teams' pages. →Vik Reykja 23:14, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)

NASCAR
Hi. Adding a "Perceptions of NASCAR" section was discussed in the talk page. It is highly approporiate to include that section in the article because Wiki wants opposing points of view in an article. Anyone you talk to wo doesn't like NASCAR will tell you its either because (1) only rednecks watch it (according to them) or (2) the sport is boring. I do agree in finding more demographics to either support these perceptions or disprove them. But, I think those general opposing POV statements should remain (and, no, I don't agree with them).69.134.50.153 22:22, 26 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Thanks for adding some counterpoints to the Perceptions section. I wonder if the argument that their are more tracks in PA and WI counter the perception that their are rednecks in NASCAR (what if the people going to thos tracks are rednecks, are all those tracks NASCAR sanctioned).  I would still like to find more demographic information regarding the fan base that would show whether they are redneck or not (political orientation, living conditions, etc).  Otherwise, good job. 69.134.50.153 16:35, 27 July 2005 (UTC)

OVC
It took me a bit to find any information on the Kentucky International Convention Center and it's "arena". I see you are sometimes busy with arena articles as well. Good job on those that I've seen! Patken4 22:57, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

Conference Tournement Locations
Out of curiousity, how are you finding the men's basketball tournement locations? I've tried looking at conference websites, only to find most don't have anything, particularly the smaller ones. Is there a website that I haven't found yet? Thanks in advance. Patken4 21:57, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

Clash of Champions Venues
I found some information on most of the venues that didn't have articles. I can't find much on Center Stage Theatre in Atlanta other than a few concerts were held there in the 90's. Thanks for alerting me to the page, though! Patken4 22:17, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

League of the South
The league is obviously outside the mainstream. Most southerners do not espouse its views. Disagree? 155.84.57.253 21:36, 5 June 2006 (UTC)
 * I disagree on the grounds that what you deem to be "mainstream" is your judgment. The group exists with close to ten thousand members in dozens of states nationwide...it should be called a "group" without your qualifiers. WillC 21:39, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

 * Nambla also has at least a thousand members in states throughout the country. Would you classify them as outside the mainstream?  What is your breaking off point?  Clearly 10,000 out of millions is not a significant membership.  Would you accept "small" as a description? 155.84.57.253 21:45, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

 * if morris dees is on the opposite end of the spectrum, why no qualifiers for the splc? WillC 22:16, 5 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Everybody who has ever lived in the South, white, black or purple, knows what it means when you fly a confederate flag. There is no ambiguity there, no uncertainty. None. Mervyn Emrys (talk) 18:36, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

Thomas Jefferson
Nope, you're right, I was confused. Goochland, at one time, encompassed what's now over half a dozen counties. Jefferson was born in Shadwell then. Shortly thereafter Albemarle was broken off which, in turn, was divided up not too long after that, including dividing off some of what is now Goochland. One begat the other begat the other; at the point when Jefferson was born, Goochland had not yet produced Albemarle. Had he been born somewhat later -- which is what I was thinking -- then he would have been born in Albemarle before it spawned a portion of Goochland.

How confusing. --WaldoJ 01:26, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

Venues
Is the Atlanta Memorial Auditorium the same as the Municipal Auditorium (Atlanta)? The dates for the venues opening and closing match those I found here. Also if you click list of other venues link on the top left of the page, just underneath the venue information, you might more info on other venues from the Southern Conference. As for the John Jay Center, I couldn't find much Google search Yahoo search. With the Charles L. Sewall Center opening in 1985, there may not be much out there on their old gym. Patken4 16:52, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

NOVA Response
I've double checked both the article's history and talk page history and I cannot seem to find the instance when you claimed I deleted your work. Can you please cite the time?

As for your comment, talk pages are not about voicing one's opinion if they are not constructive criticisms to better the article. I've noticed that you have added some information, but without any citations. Would you be able to find something that is acceptable to WP:CITE? The Northern Virginia article is fraught with issues, but with a good deal of elbow grease, we can work on improving it together. Cheers! Zidel333 (talk) 13:24, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

Dunning and his School
I am having an interesting time at the Dunning School article. The level of scholarship is appalling, and I am going through it with a fine toothed comb. Please feel free to look at it and see if I'm out of line. I also see where the article on Dunning is largely stolen from a site that is black listed by Wikipedia for surprise : Plagiarism! You can find the page on Google by entering "Dunning lent academic respectability" I think the plagiarized material should go. If they want it, they need to cite it.Die4Dixie 22:57, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Just take a look at the talk page for slavery, and the talk page for Dunning School and see what you think. Same editor both places."Strong Tone of Academic Racism in this article makes me sick" is the section on the slavery page. Thanks Die4Dixie 00:01, 18 December 2007 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Die4Dixie (talk • contribs)

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Theca

In biology, a theca (: thecae) is a sheath or a covering.

Botany
In botany, the theca is related to plant's flower anatomy. The theca of an angiosperm consists of a pair of microsporangia that are adjacent to each other and share a common area of dehiscence called the stomium. Any part of a microsporophyll that bears microsporangia is called an anther. Most anthers are formed on the apex of a filament. An anther and its filament together form a typical (or filantherous) stamen, part of the male floral organ.

The typical anther is bilocular, i.e. it consists of two thecae. Each theca contains two microsporangia, also known as pollen sacs. The microsporangia produce the microspores, which for seed plants are known as pollen grains.

If the pollen sacs are not adjacent, or if they open separately, then no thecae are formed. In Lauraceae, for example, the pollen sacs are spaced apart and open independently.

The tissue between the locules and the cells is called the connective and the parenchyma. Both pollen sacs are separated by the stomium. When the anther is dehiscing, it opens at the stomium.

The outer cells of the theca form the epidermis. Below the epidermis, the somatic cells form the tapetum. These support the development of microspores into mature pollen grains. However, little is known about the underlying genetic mechanisms, which play a role in male sporo- and gametogenesis. The thecal arrangement of a typical stamen can be as follows:

 * Divergent: both thecae in line, and forming an acute angle with the filament
 * Transverse (or explanate): both thecae exactly in line, at right angles with the filament
 * Oblique: the thecae fixed to each other in an oblique way
 * Parallel: the thecae fixed to each other in a parallel way

Zoology
In biology, the theca of follicle can also refer to the site of androgen production in females. The theca of the spinal cord is called the thecal sac, and intrathecal injections are made there or in the subarachnoid space of the skull.

In human embryogenesis, the theca cells form a corpus luteum after a Graafian follicle has expelled its secondary oocyte arrested in second meiosis.

Thecal shape is also important in graptolite and pterobranch taxonomy.

In dinoflagellates that are armoured their covering is made up of thecal plates.

In other taxonomic groups
In microbiology and planktology, a theca is a subcellular structural component out of which the frustules of diatoms and dinoflagellates are constructed.

title: Theca