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Mobile business development

Mobile business development is a category of business development which focuses on attracting new customers in the Mobile Web markets. There are large efforts being made to make innovative mobile ICT services work. Examples of these services include mobile tourist guides and shopping guides for potential consumers. As an emerging trend, technology and service providers combine their expertise and resources to design these services. This incorporates designing several models: the Value network, a Value proposition, a Revenue model and a Technological architecture.

Economic value
Together contributors need to create a business model that forms the blueprint of the cooperating network of organisations intends to create economic value from technological innovation. Therefore, it is useful to define the different relevant issues: Customer Value of services, Organizational arrangements, Technological architecture, and possible financial arrangements.

A business model is:

 * 1) An architecture for the product, service and information flows, including a description of the various business actors and their roles.
 * 2) A description of the potential benefits for the various business actors.
 * 3) A description of the sources of revenues.

Collaboration engineering
To facilitate the collaboration between the contributors, the methods can be used to act as a guideline for successful innovation during the pre-product phase. Most methods are based on the innovation prototyping method (3), which emphasizes on the balance between different viewpoints.

Mobile business is a communication process, which is based on technology, using software along with electronic assets to be used in different locations. Although this is a relatively new industry, it’s experiencing rapid technological advancements, such as audio and video features, as well as on-screen drawing capabilities, which are transmitted over (secure) networks and enable real time conferences, with possibility of multi-party attendance. These real time conferences are achieved through the use of cellular, wireless and broadband technology, which are not subject to location to work. The mobile technological advancements have enabled the video conferences to be taken beyond the limits of offices, boardrooms, lecture rooms etc. and prove a real collaboration between business and mobile. Mobile business includes a large number of elements, which undergo big advancements and changes every year, and provide us with countless options to disburden our lives. Some of those elements were already mentioned before (audio, video, telestration – on-screen drawing), with addition of collaboration tools, mobility, telepresence systems and transmission technologies. In present times (especially during the pandemic), the video mobile data traffic is well over two thirds. The most important drivers of mobile business use are remote worker and mobility.

Value for business
When using technology in order to be more competitive, the use of mobile adaptation strategy presents a totally new view of the business in today’s world. In fact, not using mobile technology, could drop ones competitive strength completely. The mobile business not only makes individual employees more efficient, but it can also improve the workflow of entire company. For the employees on the field, the use of mobile devices for business purposes means that they can capture and share the data instantly. The business processes and projects can be kept up to date continuously and thoroughly, which results in quick and smooth process. In order to make sure the mobile business collaboration is successful, firstly, the (mobile) process improvement has to be well thought out, without any disruptions on the corporate culture level. This means that the mobile platform (which business intends to use) is simple enough for all employees to use (their technical skills have to be taken under consideration), as well as containing the ability to cater to all of the necessary business needs. Another point to be considered is to not only look at the text side of things, but employ video and image capturing techniques as well. With this point under consideration, the organization will be able to share their data instantly with its members, which means that actions can be taken as soon as the data is captured. The third important thing in mobile business collaboration, is to define the results to which the business strives, before the implementation of mobile platform. By doing so, the business can measure whether the mobile implementation was a success or not, and by how much it contributes to business (money and time wise). And lastly, the compatibility has to be ensured for cross-devices. People use either iOS or Android devices, and the mobile platform shouldn’t only be limited to one of those operating systems, because broader adaptations are often the ones that lead to success. If all the above-mentioned points are put under consideration, the business can achieve a frictionless and bottle-neckless mobile business collaboration.

Organizational arrangements
The relative large amount of contributing organisations in innovative ICT services has been the cause of important changes that took place in the value chain of these services. Traditionally, one company would perform all necessary activities that make the service work. Nowadays, this is often divided between specialized contributors. This invokes the creation of and ad hoc value net, which replaces the more traditional value chain. In this value web there is less hierarchy and it is more adaptable to changes in roles or contributors. There are also no restrictions on the flow of data between the value net, instead it can flow in all directions all the time.

The following definition of a value net can be found in the book "Value Nets: Breaking the Supply Chain to unlock hidden profits", by David Bovet and Joseph Martha, John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 2000:

''A value net is a business design that uses digital supply chains to achieve both superior customer satisfaction and company profitability. It is a fast, flexible system that is aligned with and driven by new customer choice mechanisms. A value net is not what the term supply chain conjures up. It is no longer just about supply, but it is also about creating value for customers, the company and its suppliers.''

The value net differs from the traditional value chain in the sense that it is not a sequential, rigid chain. Instead, it is a dynamic, high performance network of customer/supplier partnerships and information flows.

Customer value of services
The Value Proposition model is used to represent the value of the service from the perspective of the end-user (Customer, Consumer). This model is often surprisingly complex for the design of mobile ICT services. This is because the characteristics are very different from physical products. The SHIP-acronym can be used to define four important characteristics of mobile ICT services (3):

 * 1) Simultaneously produced and consumed. This mean that the end-user is part of the production of content, and that the producer is also present during the transaction.
 * 2) Heterogeneous. This means that there is a (almost) unique instance of the service made for each end-user.
 * 3) Intangible. Although the service is intangible, they are often coupled to physical products.
 * 4) Perishable. The value of the service disappears after consumption by the end-user.

A value proposition model incorporates the consequences of these characteristics into the development process. This model can be in the form of a textual/graphic model, or even a demonstration version of the proposed service. The composition of the Value Proposition forces the designers to think about different important characteristics of mobile ICT services, the FBBM method addresses the following issues in this context 10:

 * 1) Context in which the service will operate, e.g., in a ‘shopping mall’, or at the ‘office’.
 * 2) The proposed target group, e.g., ‘museum visitors’, or ‘travelling business people’.
 * 3) Added value in comparison of existing services, ‘easier to use’, or ‘gives more information’.
 * 4) Estimation of its use, e.g., ‘how often will consumers use it?’, and ‘what does it mean to the user?’.

The information about service-characteristics that are gathered in this part of the Method is usually sketched in use-cases diagrams. This illustrates the part how the proposed services would interact with the end-user.

Financial arrangements
A Revenue model is used to identify all cash flows concerning the service. These are all costs and revenues that are the result of economic activities. Therefore, the value of each activity must be measured (or approximated) using performance indicators. In the model, the cash flows can be described qualitative at first (high, medium, low) and more in detail at later stages of the development process. The model uses lines representing in- and outgoing cash flows between the value activities and the actors drawn the model. The meta-model consists of the financial arrangements, which describe the costs and the revenues of a service, using performance indicators.

Technology architecture
The Technology Architecture model is used to give an overview of the technical functions, and infrastructure needed to provide the service. It associates application components from application architecture with technology components representing software and hardware components. The components are assembled and configured to constitute the enterprise’s technological infrastructure. Technology architecture provides a more concrete view of the way in which application components will be realized and deployed. For example, the way information is stored, or content is generated and broadcast. Technology architecture provides a more precise means of evaluating responses to constraints, notably by estimating hardware and network sizing needs or by setting up server or storage redundancy. It also ensures the delivered application components work together, confirming that the required business integration is supported.

The meta model
After exploring possible or desired Customer value of services model, Organizational arrangements model, financial arrangements Model and Technological Architecture model, are finalized. This means that they take on their concrete form by actual companies and organizations. This means that the contributing organizations have to fill-in their positions in the value net and decide and negotiate the various design choices for the models.

A good mobile business development method should have a metadata model can be similar to the meta models below.

The outcome, in the form of a business model can be used to communicate an innovative ICT project outline to investors/participants. It describes the proposed value chain in great detail, because it consists of an overview of the sub models (Customer Value of services, Organisational arrangements, Financial arrangements and Technological architecture) that are balanced. In the total scope of the development of an innovative IT service, a business plan is very helpful in the decision process within the organisations of the participants.

Situational method engineering
Methods can be designed with the use of Situational method engineering. Situational method engineering can be described as the creation of an ad hoc method from fragments (method fragments) from known methods. This enables the creation of development methods to be me suitable for any development situation.

In case of mobile business development, there are methods available for specific parts of the business model design process and ICT development. Situational method engineering can be used to combine these methods into one unified method that adopts the characteristics of mobile ICT services.

The method fragments frequently used in mobile development are (6):

 * 1) Quality Function Deployment — Quality function deployment (QFD) is a structured methodology that incorporates mathematical tools used to identify and quantify customers' requirements and translates them into key critical parameters. For a complete description of the QFD method, see this page in Wikipedia.
 * 2) Brainstorm Techniques — The FBBM method uses some brainstorm techniques known for a long time in application development. They are used in development sessions.
 * 3) Financial Analysis — The methods incorporated in financial analysis are targeted at calculating the prospects of a firm. By including financial analysis methods in a method, business can calculate important factors like the consumer-price of their services and their Return on Investment (ROI) beforehand.

Benefits of mobile business development
In today’s world, mobile devices are becoming more and more important. Developing mobile business can therefore prove to be extremely beneficial aspect of one’s business. Firstly, mobile devices allow greater mobility and accessibility of large amounts of data and are being used on daily basis by a vast majority of population. Through mobile devices, businesses thus gain quicker access to a larger number of potential consumers. Developing mobile business can therefore help a business to increase its brand awareness and overall recognition. Businesses can also develop mobile business to better cultivate customer loyalty as this is extremely important. The use of mobile application can also prove to be extremely beneficial as it can be utilized as a direct marketing channel. Mobile applications do provide numerous functions; they can provide general info, prices, booking forms, search features, user accounts, messengers, news feeds and much more. Furthermore, mobile business gives your targeted audience another way to reach and contact you. Lastly, it can greatly improve customer engagement and attract new customers as it does make certain parts of your services easier and less-time consuming for the potential customer. For example, instead of calling a restaurant to make a reservation, booking a table through a mobile app would make the whole process quicker and would require less effort from users, which are nowadays constantly seeking instant gratification.

Shopping mall
''Shop owners in all large shopping mall have a plan to enrich the shopping experience in their mall. They want to develop a wireless application to be used on smart phones or on PDAs, which will be made available for rent at the entrance. The application will have an informative and an entertainment component. This way, the shop owners hope that they will create added value for their customers and improve their competitiveness.''

Because there are many contributors to the development of the application (shop owners, (wireless) network provider, hardware provider), the business model is very complex in this case.

The contributors have composed their interpretation of the Value Proposition, the Value Network, the Revenue model and the Technological architecture in a first quick scan. At several more sessions during the pre-product development stage, these work models were compared and balanced. This process then was repeated until all contributors are satisfied with the resulting business model. The end result is a thought through, and working innovative application that is slowly starting to generate more sales for the participants.

Museum
''The museum of modern arts has become inspired by other museums to use modern technology to guide its visitors through the museum. It plans to develop a wireless application that runs on museum owned pda's that are lent out to visitors at the entrance. The application uses gps to determine the position of the visitor and streaming video and audio to take on the role as museum guide.''

The museum board has demanded the creation of a solid business model. The business model will be the basis for future decisions about the project and to explain the project to the museums donators.

The museum has found a partner for its project, a wireless Internet provider (WISP) will provide the network and hardware for the application. The WISP can use the museum for promotional activities in return.

Together they have composed their interpretation of the Value Proposition, the Value Network, the Revenue model and the Technological architecture in a first quick scan. At several more sessions during the pre-product development stage, these work models were compared and balanced. This process then was repeated until both contributors are satisfied with the resulting business model. The end result is a rich media application that is beneficial to the visitors experience and a clear display of wireless capability for future clients of the WISP.

Scientific papers

 * 1) From Idea to Business Blueprint, Timber Haaker & Marc Steen, January 2003, Telematics Institute.
 * 2) Learning about the Business Blueprint in the Dolmen Sessions, Timber Haaker & Marc Steen, February 2003, Telematics institute
 * 3) Designing Mobile information services:User requirements elicitation with GSS design and application of a repeatable process, Mariëlle den Hengst, Elisabeth van de Kar, Jaco Appelman, Delft University of Technology, Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 2004.
 * 4) Brokering Based Balancing of viewpoints — Experience from pre-product development of mobile services, Mervi Ranta and Henrik Asplund, PM&RG, Dept. of Computer science and Development, Helsinki University of Technology (News 2003)

Articles

 * 1) From Idea to successful collaboration (Dutch), Timber Haaker, Henry de Vos & Mark Steen, Management & Organisation, September/October 2004
 * 2) Successful innovation aided by business models (Dutch), Timber Haaker, 2004

Journals

 * 1) Ercim News, European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics, July 2003

Books

 * 1) Value Nets, Breaking the supply chain to unlock hidden profits, David Bovet, Joseph Martha, Mercer Management Consulting, 2000, John Wiley & Sons Inc.
 * 2) Freeband Business Blueprint Method, Manual, Timber Haaker, Karin Oerlemans, Marc Steen, Henry de Vos, January 2004, Telematics Institute.

Reference websites

 * Business Models for Electronic Markets, Paul Timmers, April 1998
 * Freeband Essentials(Archived page) and Freeband B4U Project(Archived Page)

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Coma (1978 film)

Coma is a 1978 American mystery thriller film based on the 1977 novel of the same name by Robin Cook. The film rights were acquired by director Michael Crichton, who also wrote the screenplay, and the movie was produced by Martin Erlichmann for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The cast includes Geneviève Bujold, Michael Douglas, Elizabeth Ashley, Richard Widmark, and Rip Torn. Among the actors in smaller roles are Tom Selleck, Lois Chiles, and Ed Harris.

The story was adapted again into a two-part television miniseries broadcast in September 2012 on A&E television network.

Plot
Dr. Susan Wheeler, a surgical resident at Boston Memorial Hospital, is devastated when her friend, Nancy Greenly, a young healthy woman, is left brain dead after undergoing a routine procedure there. Her suspicions are aroused when, soon after, another young and otherwise healthy patient also falls comatose during knee surgery.

Susan investigates and discovers that over the previous year, an unusual number of other fit, young patients have suffered the same fate and that all surgeries took place in operating room #8. Those patients also had a tissue-type sample taken before being transferred to the Jefferson Institute, a remote care facility. Susan's physician boyfriend, Mark Bellows, believes it is merely a coincidence.

Susan offends the Chief of Anesthesiology, Dr. George, by asking to review the relevant patient charts. Increasingly isolated and under mounting pressure from superiors and colleagues, Susan also begins doubting Mark's trustworthiness. She visits the hospital morgue where a postmortem is being performed on Nancy, who has since died. Susan asks the pathologists about ways someone could deliberately be put into a coma without detection. One pathologist suggests carbon monoxide poisoning.

Dr. Harris, the chief of surgery, has twice reproached Susan about her recent behavior and interaction with Dr. George. He warns that she could be dismissed and insists she speaks with a psychiatrist as a condition of her staying on; he is sympathetic, however, and has her take the weekend off to cope with her grief and stress over Nancy's death. She and Mark spend a relaxing weekend at the seaside. While driving back to Boston, Susan sees a highway sign for the Jefferson Institute and wants to go there. Mark waits in the car while Susan enters the austere building. Nurse Emerson greets Susan and explains the facility is closed to visitors, but says there is a physicians' tour on Tuesday.

Soon after, Kelly, a hospital maintenance worker who tipped off Susan that her suspicions about OR #8 are correct, is fatally electrocuted by an unknown man. Based on his assertions, Susan searches in the hospital basement and finds a tank with a line leading from it, through the ventilation system, to OR #8. The man who killed Kelly has been stalking Susan. Late one night, he attempts to attack her at the hospital. After a brief struggle, Susan barely escapes and traps him in the anatomy lab's cadaver cooler.

Susan joins the tour for what is apparently an advanced, low-cost care facility for comatose patients. She leaves the tour to secretly investigate the restricted areas. Susan discovers that the institute is a front for an international human organ black market. Patients' organs are being sold to the highest bidder. Boston Memorial purposely induces comas in select patients whose organs match potential buyers. The patients are rendered brain-dead via carbon monoxide being pumped from a hidden tank in the basement to the anesthesia equipment in operating room #8. The line is controlled by a radio signal.

Jefferson security spots Susan on surveillance cameras, but she escapes atop an ambulance as it leaves the compound to transport harvested organs to the airport. Susan, believing Dr. George is the operation's mastermind, rushes to Dr. Harris to share what she has discovered. Dr. Harris offers Susan a drink, and she quickly becomes incapacitated and experiences severe abdominal pain mimicking appendicitis. Susan realizes she has been drugged and that "Dr. George" is actually Dr. George Harris. Susan, barely conscious, is rushed to surgery where Dr. Harris will perform an appendectomy. As Susan is prepped for surgery, the staff inform Dr. Harris that OR #7 is ready. His vehement insistence on using OR #8 arouses Mark's suspicions. Mark locates the gas line going from the basement to OR 8 and destroys it. To Dr. Harris' shock, Susan awakens after surgery. Two police officers called by Mark are waiting outside to arrest Dr. Harris.

Cast

 * Geneviève Bujold as Dr. Susan Wheeler, surgery resident at Boston Memorial Hospital
 * Michael Douglas as Dr. Mark Bellows, surgery resident at Boston Memorial Hospital and Susan Wheeler's romantic partner
 * Elizabeth Ashley as Mrs. Emerson, a nurse at the Jefferson Institute
 * Rip Torn as Dr. George, chief of anesthesiology at Boston Memorial Hospital
 * Richard Widmark as Dr. George Harris, chief of surgery at Boston Memorial Hospital
 * Lois Chiles as Nancy Greenly
 * Hari Rhodes as Dr. Morelind, hospital psychiatrist at Boston Memorial Hospital
 * Richard Doyle as Jim, a pathologist at Boston Memorial Hospital
 * Lance LeGault as Vince, a truck driver
 * Tom Selleck as surgery patient Sean Murphy
 * Joanna Kerns as Diane
 * Ed Harris as a pathology resident
 * Alan Haufrect as Dr. Marcus
 * Philip Baker Hall as a doctor (uncredited)

Production
Michael Crichton was a friend of Cook. They met when Crichton was doing post-doctoral work in biology at La Jolla's Salk Institute and Cook was a Navy physician stationed at San Diego. Crichton described the film as like a "Western...if the doctors are the bad guys, they are also the good guys." Crichton says that even though the lead in the book was a female the studio talked about getting Paul Newman to play it, but he fought it. "If a man had done the movie, it would be a much more conventional thing." Tom Selleck was cast in the film for his appearances in Salem cigarette advertisements.

Crichton, a graduate of Harvard Medical School, sought to avoid depicting graphic details of medical procedures in order to avoid frightening the audience away from seeking medical care.

Filming started on June 20, 1977 in Massachusetts. Shooting took place at Boston City Hospital and the University of Southern California's dissection room. Filming also took place at the MBTA subway, Rockport, Marblehead, Los Angeles City Hall, Century City, and Culver City Studios.

The mysterious, Brutalist-style building that served as the film's "Jefferson Institute" was at the time of filming a regional headquarters of Xerox Corporation. It is located on 191 Spring Street in Lexington, Massachusetts and as of 2021 is the offices of Mimecast.

Michael Douglas called the film "the first time I've been offered a project with a good story laid out well, a good cast, and a good director." The film cost $4.1 million but this was off-set by a pre-sale to TV worth $3 million.

Reception
Stanley Kauffmann of The New Republic wrote "Coma is a thriller, rotten; but it's really worse than that. It's a disgrace to the several physicians involved in it".

Despite Crichton's intentions against scaring audiences from hospitals, many physicians and hospital administrators claimed this occurred. Variety mentioned the film as a possible cause of the drop in organ donor numbers. It also claimed that a hospital in Tampa had to remove the number "8" from the door to an operating room because of patient complaints.

The film currently sits at an 81% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on an aggregate of 27 reviews.

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Pokai
Nonsense article - Gobeirne 19:37, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)
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J. P. Coleman State Park

J.P. Coleman State Park is a state park in the U.S. state of Mississippi. It is located 10 mi north of Iuka off Mississippi Highway 25, on the banks of the Tennessee River and Pickwick Lake. The park is named for James P. Coleman, a former governor of Mississippi.

Activities and amenities
The park features boating, waterskiing and fishing for smallmouth bass on 47500 acre Pickwick Lake, primitive and developed campsites, cabins, cottages, motel, swimming pool, visitors center, picnic area, and a miniature golf course.

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Non-notable, though probably very worthy, pastor. DJ Clayworth 19:39, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)
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USS Guardian (MCM-5)

USS Guardian (MCM-5) was an Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship of the United States Navy, and was the second Navy ship to bear that name. The hulls of the Avenger-class ships were constructed of wood with an external coat of fiberglass.

Guardian was laid down on 8 May 1985 by Peterson Builders, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin; launched on 20 June 1987; and commissioned on 16 December 1989. In 2010, she became the first mine countermeasures vessel in the Seventh Fleet modified for a mixed-sex crew, with separate head facilities.

On 17 January 2013, Guardian ran aground on Tubbataha Reef, in a protected area of the Philippines in the middle of the Sulu Sea. The vessel was turned and pushed further onto the reef by wave action. Unable to be recovered, the vessel was decommissioned and struck from the US Naval Vessel Register on 15 February 2013. After removal of fuel and useful equipment, and after the upper superstructure was cut and lifted off of the minehunter, the wooden hull was sequentially chainsawed into four sections and lifted off of the reef by the dynamic positioning crane vessel MV Jascon 25. The bow section was cut and removed by crane on 26 March 2013. It was originally planned to cut the hull into three pieces, but the stern section had to be cut in half again. The last stern section was removed by crane from Tubbataha Reef on 30 March 2013.

History
In late November 2007, Guardian and sister minesweeper USS Patriot (MCM-7) tried refueling and seeking refuge from an approaching storm in Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour, but were denied entry without explanation by China. Both ships were eventually refueled at sea and returned safely to their homeports in Japan.

In February 2010, Guardian became the first mine countermeasures vessel in the Seventh Fleet to receive the Women-at-Sea modification, which was intended to allow the small vessel to accommodate a mixed-sex crew. The modification added no additional sleeping space, but did provide for separate head facilities for female crew members. However, with the exception of a very few officers, all mine countermeasures vessels in the Seventh Fleet were still manned by all-male crews at that time.

January 2013 grounding

On 17 January 2013, following a port call and fuel stop in Subic, Guardian proceeded across the Sulu Sea, and entered the Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park. At 2:25 am she ran aground on Tubbataha Reef, about 130 km south east of Palawan in the Philippines. About 90 minutes after the grounding, she was seen on park radar at approximately 04:00 hours local time. At the time of the accident, the ship was travelling from Subic Bay in the Philippines to Indonesia. The extent of any damage to the reef was unknown, but there was no evidence of fuel leaks. Philippines officials estimate the damage to the reef at 1,000 square meters.

The second night aground the ship shifted and began taking heavy persistent seas to her port side. A petty officer navigated a tangle of machinery and pipes in the ship's bilge while it filled with water to construct shoring to reinforce the ship's hull, greatly slowing flooding and allowing the ship to maintain power. The sailor was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal for his actions.

The next day, 18 January 2013, the US Navy evacuated all 79 crew members from the minesweeper to USNS Bowditch (T-AGS-62), a survey ship and MV C Champion, a submarine and special warfare support vessel. During the evacuation, another petty officer, one of two SAR swimmers aboard, saved the lives of two of his shipmates for which he was also later awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal. On 19 January 2013, an assessment team deployed to plan and execute the vessel's extraction. On 20 January 2013, Navy Times reported the ship was taking on water in multiple places and experiencing a slight list to port.

Originally, only the bow section of Guardian rested on the reef, but wave action pushed the entire vessel onto the reef, 20 to 30 m from the edge. The guided missile destroyer USS Mustin (DDG-89), and salvage ship USNS Salvor (T-ARS-52) arrived in the area to help in the intended extraction, as well as tugboats and Philippine Navy and Coast Guard vessels. It was intended for Guardian to be removed from the area by crane ships from Singapore, then be placed on a barge or other ship, since she was too damaged to be towed due to multiple hull penetrations. During the time the cranes traveled from Singapore to the Philippines, preparations were made for the lift. 15,000 gallons of fuel were transferred from the tanks in Guardian to other ships, then refilled with seawater to keep the vessel stable. Dry food stores and the personal effects of Guardian's crew were removed as well. Salvage workers reinforced the wood-and-fiberglass hull of the minesweeper with Kevlar lines to mitigate stresses from waves hitting the vessel. Then, salvage workers from Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit One chopped the superstructure and wooden hull of the ship into multiple pieces.

On 29 January 2013, the US Navy announced the ship would be cut into three sections on the reef prior to removal, resulting in a total loss. Guardian was decommissioned and struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 15 February 2013. On 27 February 2013, salvage workers began disassembling Guardian, a process estimated to take a month. The bridge deck was removed on 4 March 2013, and on 30 March 2013, the stern section of the ship was lifted off the reef, completing the removal process. In February 2013, Guardian was replaced with sister-ship USS Warrior (MCM-10) in the Seventh Fleet, with the crew of Warrior returning to San Diego, and the crew of Guardian taking over Warrior.

On 8 April 2013, the US Navy turned over digital navigation charts and other evidence, documents and data of Guardian to the Philippine Maritime Casualty Investigating Team (MCIT) and responded to "Technical and Substantive" queries. The MCIT conducted their own independent investigation and made recommendations for future navigation of the area. On 26 July 2013 it was reported that a chart produced by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency was inaccurate by up to 8 nmi. This chart was used by the crew of Guardian, and played a significant role in the grounding. Despite this, significant errors by the crew and commanding officers were also reported, including that they should have noted the inaccuracies in comparison to other charts.

Original estimates were that 4,000 m2 of reef was damaged but a survey done after removal, by the World Wide Fund for Nature–Philippines and the Tubbataha Management Office, measured the damage area at 2,345.67 m2. On January 20, 2015, the United States government paid to the Philippine government a total of 87 million Philippine pesos, (or US$1.97 million). 59 million Philippine pesos for the reef damage and another 29 million pesos to reimburse services provided by the Philippine Coast Guard.

The US federal government apologized for the incident and relieved four officers: the Commanding Officer, the Executive Officer, and two junior officers: the Officer of the Deck, and the Assistant Navigator and Quartermaster of the Watch at the time of the mishap. "'The initial investigation findings clearly indicate that (the four) at the time of the grounding did not adhere to standard US Navy navigation procedures,'"

The US government has acknowledged that the grounding was entirely preventable and caused by human error and a failure of leadership to provide adequate oversight and direction in planning and executing the Navigation Plan.

Chart error
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) admitted that the coastal scale Digital Nautical Chart (DNC) supplied to Guardian was flawed due to human error on the part of the NGA. This mislocated the Tubbataha Reef by 7.8 nmi east-southeast of its location. NGA was aware of this error in 2011, and modified a smaller scale electronic chart. NGA failed to publish a correction for the larger scale chart that Guardian was using before the navigation officer ran the ship aground.

Awards

 * Navy Unit Commendation
 * Meritorious Unit Citation (2 awards)
 * Navy E Ribbon (6 awards)
 * Combat Action Ribbon
 * National Defense Service Medal with star
 * Southwest Asia Service Medal with one campaign star
 * Global War on Terrorism Service Medal

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Aldershot railway station

Aldershot railway station is located near the town centre of Aldershot in Hampshire, England. It is 35 mi down the line from London Waterloo. It is on the Alton Line, part of the National Rail network, with train services and station facilities provided by South Western Railway.

It has the three-letter code AHT. The station's National Location Code (NLC) is 5623.

History
The London and South Western Railway opened the station in 1870. It became part of the Southern Railway in the 1923 Grouping. The station then passed to the Southern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.

Network SouthEast operated and served the station after British Rail Sectorised itself in 1982. South West Trains has operated and served the station since the Privatisation of British Railways in 1996.

Services
Train destinations are normally London Waterloo, Alton, Guildford, Farnham and Ascot.

Trains are usually routed to London Waterloo via Woking with three services in the morning peak scheduled to go the longer, slower route via Ascot (included as part of the normal Aldershot to Ascot service) and two returning via this route in the evening.

The typical off-peak service (Monday to Saturday) from the station is:
 * 2 trains per hour to London Waterloo,
 * 2 trains per hour to Alton,
 * 2 trains per hour to Guildford,
 * 2 trains per hour to Ascot,
 * 4 trains per hour to Farnham.

Ticket machines

There are two new TicketXpress ticket vending machines which now reside outside the entrance to the booking hall, making them accessible when the station booking hall is closed. They are available at all times, except when remotely disabled when there is no service, such as at Christmas. These new machines sell tickets to many stations in Great Britain and accept major credit and debit cards.

The QuickFare self-service ticket machine (removed October 2006) accepted coins and banknotes and issued tickets to a variety of local destinations, as well as issuing tickets for the station car park. Discounts were available for holders of most Railcards. QuickFare ticket machines were used by British Rail and the Train Companies for many years, providing easy access to tickets at unstaffed stations and at times when ticket offices were closed.

The QuickFare ticket machine at Aldershot station was inside the booking hall on platform one. The place where it once stood is now occupied by the "scu" (the control centre that operates the new gateline).

Rolling stock
Services are mainly run using a four, eight or twelve car Class 450 and 2 cycles can be carried per train. Class 444 Desiro five-car units are seen from time to time.

Up to 2005, ex-British Rail slam-door EMUs were used on the Alton Line, many of which were berthed at the carriage sidings south of Farnham station. The carriage shed at Farnham was built in 1937 around the time that the line was electrified.

The most commonly operated EMUs in recent years were Class 411, Class 421 and Class 423 units. These trains were withdrawn in 2005, except for a very few that were transferred to the Lymington Branch.

Platforms
The station has three platforms. The station entrance and ticket office is by Platform 1, which is served by trains towards Woking and London Waterloo. Tracks by Platforms 2 and 3 are signalled for bi-directional operation; these are generally served by Alton-bound and Ascot-bound trains respectively.

Platforms 2 and 3 are reached by way of the original subway and a more recent covered footbridge. Lifts are incorporated into the footbridge for disabled access.

Local features
As trains approach Farnham to the south, the mileage suddenly jumps to a higher one. This is because mileages between the site of Farnham Junction (by the electric substation just before the A31 flyover bridge) and Alresford (the end of the line that formerly continued to Winchester) are reckoned from London Waterloo via Guildford and the now closed line via Ash Green and Tongham. The line from Waterloo via Ash Vale and Aldershot was built significantly later than that via Guildford and Ash Green.

About 450m north-east of the station (towards Ash and can be seen from near the end of platform 1) is Aldershot Railway Tunnel, also known as Redan Hill Tunnel. It is 76 yards long.

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Talk:Ulster Unionist Party

"More moderate"?
At Northern Ireland Protocol, there is a sentence in the (current) last paragraph Later that month, the more moderate Ulster Unionist Party put forward compromise proposals to change the protocol to better protect Northern Ireland's place in the UK Internal Market. The phrase "more moderate" clearly fails wp:NPOV: can anyone come up with a better one? --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 19:06, 2 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Meanwhile, I have cited 'moderate' using . Improvement welcome. --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 19:25, 3 October 2021 (UTC)

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Talk:Daryl Gates

Old comments
Why is there a completely different article at Darryl F. Gates?

 * Thanks for catching that. I've added "merge" tags so that the two articles can be combined (hopefully under the correct spelling). Cheers, -Willmcw 20:03, Apr 25, 2005 (UTC)

Actually, it is spelled DARYL, it even says on his book!

POV issues
This article was obviously written by a Gates apologist (probably some Jack Dunphy-wannabe who lives in a KKK-infested housing tract in Simi Valley). I'm slapping a neutrality dispute tag on it. --Slightlyslack 10:42, 27 September 2005 (UTC)

 * OK, I've gone through and made a fair number of changes and radically improved the writing. Unlike the guy who wrote all of the Gates-worshipping crap before me, I actually listed some references.  Imagine that.  POV tag now gone.--Slightlyslack 09:26, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

This sentence seems POV to me: "While evidence of systematic racism among the rank-and-file and by Gates himself was not clear-cut, it was undeniable that the paramilitary approach he espoused was seriously lacking in certain areas". It has been tagged for citation but DG is still alive so it really needs to be cited immediately or deleted. Is there anything at Christopher Commission we can use? Thundermaker (talk) 18:51, 22 September 2009 (UTC)

DARE
Please provide evidence as to the ineffectiveness of the DARE program.

 * Confusion as to Marijuana as a gateway drug? The argument is that people buying cannabis often come into contact with other drugs by association with dealers, not that smoking the drug itself sets you up neurologically to look for a better high/fix and go looking intentionally for other narcotics, so surely at face value it IS a potential gateway drug, but on the same level, it could be argued that it should be legalised and thus removed from the criminal market and proximity with other narcotics?!

 * There is a surplus of information about the ineffectiveness of the DARE program on the DARE program's Wikipedia page: . This is entirely uncontroversial: every single reputable published study of DARE has concluded that DARE is either ineffective or counterindicated (there is some, but not conclusive, evidence that the DARE program increases likelihood of drug use among participants). Synergetics (talk) 17:15, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

 * And there's also a huge amount of information on the ineffectiveness of DARE right here:   HOPE THIS HELPS  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.173.69.99 (talk) 16:23, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

Edits made by anonymous IPs
Is "Jack Dunphy" making these or something? --Slightlyslack 10:34, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Whoever is deleting info, please give an explanation. -Willmcw 04:05, 8 November 2005 (UTC)

Casual drug users "ought to be taken out and shot."
The above quotation and its reaction are worthy of inclusion. It was initially reported by the LA Times, I believe. He made a point of referring to marijuana users (or those who "blast" pot, according to him) and considered it to be worthy of "treason." --AWF

Veins
Is there any truth to what he said about blacks' veins not opening fast? Could this be because maybe some of them who have died were suffering from hardened arteries and high blood pressure? --Apathy 02:58, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

 * Whether it happened to be true or false, Gates wasn't qualified to say. But I think the main objection to that statement was that he referred to non-blacks as "normal people", tacitly implying that an entire race is abnormal.  Also that he wasn't willing to consider the possible culpability of his officers in the high custodial death rate.  Thundermaker (talk) 00:08, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

We cares about rap songs
Who gives three drums of monkey p*ss what some hoodlum gangster rappers that belong in jail think about Gates. It's irrelevant to the article and obscene.
 * Gates remains a controversial (and heavily disliked) figure in Los Angeles 16 years after he retired. Time has not diluted the controversies related to his tenure as chief. For example, the recent controversy about Special Order 40, promulgated by Gates, and the current discussion on the Los Angeles City Council whether to keep it in force or modify it. The article in its current form seems to provide as good of a balance as possible. Although, I personally didn't know he was still alive until his recent appearance in the film Street Kings76.79.213.82 (talk) 00:22, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

More like "who cares about evil, unscientifically militarist, dead racist pigs?". The only reason any people in the future would want to read about this absurd waste of humanity is if they heard about him on a hip-hop track, or maybe if they were doing on search on the War on Colored Poor people (it's impossible to wage a war on objects). Omgtotallyradical (talk) 04:11, 8 December 2015 (UTC)

WikiProject class rating
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Gates on television
I was just watching an old 1950s TV show called "You Asked For It." In a segment about modern methods of crime detection, they went to the LAPD for answers, and who was there to give them answers but Officer Daryl Gates. It was him, no doubt. Mr. Gates seemed destined for notoriety from the beginning. I'll not mention it in the article because it's not notable, and there are no citations. 209.77.230.206 (talk) 03:36, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Decorations
Gates is a veteran of WWII, and if you're going to list any decorations or military awards, it should be for that service, not those hokey LAPD "awards" such as the Papal visit ribbon, etc. His WWII ribbons are visible in a couple portrait photos. P1340 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.105.29.234 (talk) 17:53, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

Birthplace, biographical details need checking
Reviewing his various obituaries today, I note that they are occasionally at odds with one another on details, and that there may be biographical details in the current Wikipedia article that may be at odds with the obits. Starting with his birthplace--the L.A. Times says Glendale, the Daily News says Huntington Park, the Wikipedia article currently says Highland Park (no footnote, though), New York Times (perhaps less interested in the specifics of SoCal geography) just says "Los Angeles". Exact place of death may also be unclear--New York Times and L.A. Times say Newport Beach (apparently based on an LAPD announcement) but I am coming across Orange County-based sources that say Dana Point or San Clemente. I will try to stick to the most authoritative sources, and I would call this issue to all editors' attention.--Arxiloxos (talk) 18:11, 16 April 2010 (UTC)
 * The issue with birthplace is sometimes due to the location of the hospital versus the family home. For example, if the family lived in Highland Park but went a few miles to a hospital in Glendale then it's easy to see how biographers might use either location as his birthplace. That may be hard to resolve. If he died at home then that should be easier to determine.   Will Beback    talk    00:21, 19 April 2010 (UTC)
 * The place of death conflict actually seemed to resolve itself subsequent to my post above--the NYT and LAT obits both changed to Dana Point. Birthplace is still not as clear, but Glendale seems to be the most likely.--Arxiloxos (talk) 01:19, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

 * Gates was born in Huntington Park on Aug. 30, 1926, and raised in Glendale.
 * Former LAPD chief Gates praised for innovation, but some tactics drew fire. Rick Orlov. Whittier Daily News. Whittier, Calif.: Apr 16, 2010.
 * A native of Glendale, Calif., and a University of Southern California graduate, he was mentored by legendary police Chief William Parker after becoming his personal driver.
 * Daryl Gates, L.A.'s police chief during 1992 riots, dies. John Antczak And Robert Jablon Associated Press. Deseret News. Salt Lake City, Utah: Apr 17, 2010. pg. A.8
 * Born in Glendale, Gates grew up in poverty in Highland Park.
 * Report on King Beating May Alter Gates' Legacy Police: The Christopher panel is expected to release its findings Tuesday, putting him in the spotlight again.; JANE FRITSCH. Los Angeles Times (pre-1997 Fulltext). Los Angeles, Calif.: Jul 8, 1991. pg. 1

We can always split the difference and say he was born in Glendale or Huntington Park.  Will Beback   talk    02:58, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

 * Thank you. Lou Cannon and The Historical Dictionary of Law Enforcement also point to Glendale (the latter indentifying Gates's autobiography, which I don't have and which isn't available for preview at Google Books, as a source). Rick Orlov's article is the only one I've seen that says Huntington Park, although it has been widely reprinted.--Arxiloxos (talk) 04:03, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

Rodney King and Los Angeles Riots Section
This section states:

"Within minutes of the announcement of the verdict, white truck driver Reginald Denny was dragged from his vehicle while stopped at the intersection of Florence and Normandie Avenues in South Central Los Angeles and severely beaten by several black teenagers as news helicopters hovered above."

However, the article on the riots states:

"The acquittals of the four accused Los Angeles Police Department officers came at 3:15 p.m. local time."

"At approximately 6:45 p.m., Reginald Oliver Denny, a white truck driver who stopped at a traffic light at the intersection of Florence and South Normandie Avenues, was dragged from his vehicle and severely beaten by a mob of local black residents as news helicopters hovered above, recording every blow..."

I am not a historian, but I believe the article on the riots is correct. Also, there is little to support the contention that National Guard troops failed to contain the riots. Finally, there is no hyperlink to the actual article on the Riots.

I would propose placing a hyperlink to the full article on the riots, and editing the second paragraph in this section to state:

"The 1992 Los Angeles riots, which began when a jury acquitted four white Los Angeles Police Department officers accused in the videotaped beating of black motorist Rodney King following a high-speed pursuit, brought an end to Gates's police career."

As far as other paragraphs go, I am not in a position to make recommendations, but the tone of this section seems to be biased. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.74.160.4 (talk) 20:23, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

Regarding the excerpt above, the riots did not end Gates's career. He had announced his intention to retire in 1991, and his successor was named on April 16 1992, before the riots began. I'm updating the entry now. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Evelyn727 (talk • contribs) 19:58, 4 May 2012 (UTC)

Obscenity controversies?
Does anyone know why this article is in Category:Obscenity controversies? I don't see anything about that in the article, though it may refer to something that's been removed. Robofish (talk) 12:11, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

NPOV
The section on Rodney King has clearly been written to push a particular agenda. "hoodlum" and "felon" While felon is accurate, hoodlum is unnecessary. The section further states facts which are in dispute as if they are not "resisting arrest" and so forth. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.47.239.238 (talk) 18:51, 15 September 2012 (UTC)

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This article reads like it was written by a college freshman as an assignment/opinion piece. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:6C50:B40:3DF0:683E:968F:CCB:E628 (talk) 03:36, 18 October 2021 (UTC)

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Talk:Philip Rieff

VfD
This page submitted for deletion April 17 2005. The result was keep. See Votes for deletion/Philip Rieff. Smoddy (Rabbit and pork) 19:43, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Basic info missing
Where was he born? Was his marriage to Sontag his only marriage? Did he only ever have one child? Where did he die, and what of? Nietzsche 2 (talk) 11:24, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Copyright violation
Some material in this article has been taken directly from this 2005 article in the Chronicle of Higher Education, without citation or in-text attribution.

 * Chronicle: "In it he argued that Freud's renegade disciples -- Carl Jung, Wilhelm Reich, D.H. Lawrence -- had failed to grasp his fundamental pessimism and had instead spun off utopian fantasies of cultural liberation. More broadly, he warned that urbanization and modernity were giving rise to a hollow "gospel of self-fulfillment." The central fact of the age, he said, was the emergence of "psychological man," a figure with no sense of duty and little sense of history."

 * Wikipedia: "He argued that Freud's renegade disciples -- Carl Jung, Wilhelm Reich, D.H. Lawrence -- had failed to grasp Freud's fundamental pessimism, and instead had spun off utopian fantasies of cultural liberation. More broadly, he warned that urbanization and modernity were giving rise to a hollow "gospel of self-fulfillment." The central fact of our age, he said, was the emergence of "psychological man," a figure with no sense of duty, and little sense of history."

 * Chronicle: ..."he denounced "Kant's mistake in regarding religion as the apprehension of our moral duties as divine commands." Mr. Rieff believes that an authentic religious culture is not about citizens' intellectual understanding of rules of right and wrong, but about structures of authority, myth, and meaning that are so deep that people are only half-aware of them."}}

 * Wikipedia: "He denounced Kant's conception of religion as moral duties as divine commands. Rieff believes that an authentic religious culture is not about our intellectual understanding of rules of right and wrong, but about structures of authority, myth, and meaning that are so deep that people are only half-aware of them. "

 * Chronicle: "The book uses 39 paintings and other artworks as launching points for meditations on what Mr. Rieff calls the "third culture" -- an empty, permissive realm where no authority is recognized."

 * Wikipedia: "The book uses paintings and other artworks as launching points for meditations on what Mr. Rieff calls our "third culture" -- an empty, permissive realm where no authority is recognized."

 * Chronicle: "He wrote his master's thesis on the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge's notion of the "clerisy" -- that is, an informal class of learned people who preserve and maintain a country's cultural heritage."

 * Wikipedia: "He wrote his master's thesis on the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge's notion of the "clerisy" -- that is, an informal class of learned people who preserve and maintain a country's cultural heritage."

It appears to have been added here by on November 20, 2010. The same person has been causing issues elsewhere with different IP addresses, some of which have been range-blocked. There's a good chance that the rest of the article may be a copyvio too. We could revert to the version before the anon made his edits, but as that's entirely unreferenced too, it might be safer to go back to a stub. SlimVirgin talk| contribs 16:34, 9 December 2010 (UTC)

 * Noting here per the copyright instructions that I've created a new stub at Talk:Philip Rieff/Temp. SlimVirgin  talk| contribs 20:27, 11 December 2010 (UTC)

 * Of course you could just provide a reference to the "Chronicle of Higher Education Journal", but that would not suit your agenda would it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.211.84.10 (talk • contribs)

 * It would not suit Wikipedia's policies. It is not permitted to copy or closely paraphrase content from previously published sources unless they can be verified to be public domain or compatibly licensed with Wikipedia. Please see Copy-paste for more information about the use of sources. We request that, aside from brief and clearly marked quotations, you contribute content in your own words. Information is free, but language and structure generally are not. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 00:12, 18 December 2010 (UTC)

Plagiarism!
It seems that SlimVirgin has now banned me from replying to her criticisms on the Roger Scruton talk page! What a truly nasty woman. I therefore give my reply (given that she is mainly talking about this article) on this talk page.

I am very familiar with Philip Rieff's writings. I have several of his books (6 to be precise - nearly all his output) and I am happy to discuss with others who are familiar with his work (which of course excludes the increasingly hysterical "Slim Virgin" whose knowledge of the writer being discussed is as usual approximately zero) what is the best short summary of his ideas, but SlimVirgin has now blocked my access to the Rieff article as well!

I recall there was an existing entry (written by others) on Philip Rieff which I updated by adding some information on his last books (not "Charisma" that I can recall but certainly his "Sacred Order/Social Order" trilogy) the summary of which I took directly from my reading of his books. I also recall adding (in the hope that I was improving them) to the summaries that people had already given of his previous books.

"Slim Virgin" objects that some of the phrases used (I presume my additions) in the summaries were taken (without acknowledgement) from a summary of these books already given by David Glen. I think it is wholly appropriate that David Glen should get a reference, and as far as I am aware nobody is disputing that an addition of a reference to David Glen would be an improvement, and that it would have been better if I had made an explicit reference to his summaries, but I do not think that SlimVirgin has quite grasped the fact that David Glen (at least in those phrases that were used in his summaries of his early books) is supplying a precis of the words and sentences and paragraphs and thoughts of David Rieff! What is being attempted by David Glen (and the Wikipedia article on Philip Rieff) in other words is a short summary of the contents of the early books by Philip Rieff. The focus is not on David Glen or myself, or on anybody else, except David Rieff! The most important question is - Is it an accurate summary of the words, sentences, and paragraphs and thoughts written by David Rieff?

In "The Triumph of the Therapeutic: Uses of Faith After Freud" Rieff does indeed argue that Freud's renegade disciples disciples, Carl Jung, Wilhelm Reich, D.H. Lawrence, failed to grasp his fundamental pessimism, and instead spun off utopian fantasies about cultural liberation. More broadly, Rieff did indeed warn that urbanization and modernity were giving rise to a hollow gospel of self-fulfilment, and that the central fact of our age is the emergence of psychological man, a figure with no sense of duty, and little sense of history. When talking about Kant Rieff does claim that an authentic religious culture is not about the citizens' intellectual understanding of rules of right and wrong, but about structures of authority, myth, and meaning that are so deep that people are only half-aware of them. A lot of that is a direct paraphrase of Rieff's own words. It is a summary in short by David Glen of Rieff. In other words it is a reliable summary of what Rieff is saying in those early books. All credit to David Glen for producing an accurate brief summary, or at least, credit should have been given to David Glen, but it is precisely because they are an accurate summary of David Rieff's words that they ended up being used in the Wikipedia entry.

Looking at the Glen article I note the phrase explaining Rieff's use of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's notion of the "clerisy", that is, an informal class of learned people who preserve and maintain a country's cultural heritage, also came from David Glen. I do not know if SlimVirgin is familiar with Coleridge, but Samuel Taylor Coleridge does talk about a "clerisy" which is the informal class of learned people who preserve and maintained a country's cultural heritage. That probably explains why I used that phrase. I have no objection to David Glen getting credit for using that precise sequence of words, although I am wondering why the use of such a straightforward definition of what clerisy means without crediting David Glen for putting together that exact phrase is causing SlimVirgin such hysterics?

Slim Virgin then complains that I "did the same in the Scruton article" copying Roger Scruton's words without in-text attribution (although she admits that I provided citations) and sees herself as very loving and tolerant for not removing it. I have to remind myself at this point that it is an article about Roger Scruton. It is not about me, or SlimVirgin, it is about the words, sentences, paragraphs, and thoughts of Roger Scruton." Yet again the key question is - Are they an accurate summary or not? The complaint is not that they are inaccurate, it is that they are too accurate because they are taken from his words!

She then repeats the false allegation that I am User Yorkshirian (on the grounds that somebody once said it) and that I was banned from contributing to the talk page on Right-Wing politics (another lie) or at least I should have been for being so rude, and tops it off with her claim that I "cannot be trusted" - her clinching evidence for this being that I too closely based my summary of Roger Scruton on his actual words.

This would be laughable if it were not so pathetic.

P.S It seems that the phrase "The book uses 39 paintings and other artworks as launching points for meditations on what Mr. Rieff calls the "third culture" -- an empty, permissive realm where no authority is recognized." (which is nearly all a direct quote from Mr Rieff) was also mentioned

(85.211.84.10 (talk) 03:25, 11 December 2010 (UTC)).

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Flavor Unit

The Flavor Unit is a crew of emcees and DJs from New York City and Northern New Jersey. It is now known as the Unit. The original version of the crew centered on producer the 45 King. It was Mark's connections to radio personalities DJ Red Alert and DJ Chuck Chillout that initially got the crew noticed, but the original members also all had formidable rhyme skills and wrote streetwise lyrics. The 45 King eventually fell into serious drug abuse and Queen Latifah took over the name; it became her umbrella organization. Flavor Unit Management is run by Latifah, one of the original members of the Flavor Unit, and Shakim Compere. Past management clients were Monica, Outkast, Faith Evans, Total, SWV, Almighty RSO (a group featuring Ray Dog, better known today as Benzino), Groove Theory, Monifah, Gina Thompson, LL Cool J, Zhané, Donell Jones, and Naughty By Nature.

Members
Names marked with an asterisk denote artists who were managed by Flavor Unit but were not part of the original crew.

 * Apache (deceased)
 * Black Sheep*
 * Channel Live*
 * Chill Rob G
 * The 45 King (deceased)
 * Freddie Foxxx*
 * Lakim Shabazz
 * Latee
 * DJ Cee Justice
 * Lord Alibaski
 * Naughty by Nature*
 * Nikki D*
 * Queen Latifah
 * Rowdy Rahz*
 * Storm P*
 * Zhané*

Discography

 * 1990: The 45 King presents The Flavor Unit (Tuff City)
 * 1993: Roll Wit The Flava
 * 2000: Flavor Unit 10th Anniversary (Flavor Unit Records)
 * 2002: The Unit: 100% Hater Proof (Flavor Unit Records)

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Campeonato Rondoniense

The Campeonato Rondoniense is the football league of the state of Rondônia, Brazil. Between 1945 and 1990, the league was an amateur competition. The professional league started in 1991.

Format
First Division

 * First stage: double round-robin, in which all teams play each other home-and-away games.
 * Second stage: home-and-away playoffs with the top 4 teams of the first stage.

The winner of the second stage is crowned the champion.

The team last placed in the first stage is relegated to the second division.

As in any other Brazilian soccer championship, the format can change every year.

Clubs
2023 First Division

 * Note
 * Pimentense (6th in 2022) withdrew from the tournament and was replaced by Guaporé.

Titles by team
Teams in bold stills active.

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David May (footballer)

David May (born 24 June 1970) is an English football coach and former professional footballer. As a player, May was a centre-back and right-back from 1988 to 2006. He played in the Premier League for Blackburn Rovers and Manchester United, collecting numerous trophies in a nine-year spell at Old Trafford that included two Premier League titles, two FA Cups and the UEFA Champions League.

May went on to play in the Football League for Huddersfield Town and Burnley before finishing his career with non-League club Bacup Borough.

Blackburn Rovers
May started his career with Blackburn Rovers as a trainee before graduating to the first team in the 1988–89 season, mostly playing as a right-back but sometimes playing at centre-back. He made over 100 appearances for the club and was a regular player in the Blackburn team which was promoted to the new Premier League in 1992 and finished as runners-up to Manchester United in the 1993–94 season, having finished fourth a year earlier. May retained his regular place in the Blackburn team after they reached the Premier League, despite the many millions that manager Kenny Dalglish spent on rebuilding the squad ready for a title challenge.

Manchester United
In July 1994, Manchester United bought May for £1.2 million, as he was apparently unhappy at Blackburn in his final months due to the breakdown in contract negotiations. Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson had been searching for a defender to add to the squad, and specifically needed an Englishman who would not be affected by the restrictions on foreign players in European competition that were in place at the time. He was also thinking about the future, as centre-back and captain Steve Bruce was in his 34th year and Gary Pallister was approaching 30.

Injuries to first-choice right-back Paul Parker meant that May was often used as a right-back in his first season, and rarely played in his preferred centre-back position due to the strong partnership of Bruce and Pallister. As May underperformed, by the end of the season, Gary Neville had emerged to become the new first-choice right-back, while Parker was rarely used the following season and then left the club.

Manchester United finished the season in second place in the Premier League, losing out to May's old club Blackburn Rovers.

May finally managed to establish himself in the team towards the end of the 1995–96 season as an understudy for Bruce, who was struggling with a hamstring injury, and scored the first goal in the final match of the season against Middlesbrough. The 3–0 victory clinched the title for Manchester United. He was also in the starting line-up for the 1996 FA Cup Final victory over Liverpool, while Bruce was not even selected as a substitute.

Bruce departed to Birmingham City soon after, and May became a regular starter in the 1996–97 season, making over 40 appearances and often being paired with Gary Pallister, although a third centre-back, new signing Ronny Johnsen, had been signed in the summer of 1996 and was a regular in the first team. His contributions were important as United retained the league title and also reached the semi-final of the Champions League after a 4–0 victory over Porto in the quarter-final, in which May scored the first goal. His form meant that he received a late call-up to the England national team for a friendly against Mexico, but he never actually won an international cap.

The purchases of Henning Berg and Jaap Stam as well as the emergence of Wes Brown limited his chances further during the late 1990s and he saw very little action with the first team. However, towards the end of the treble-winning 1998–99 season, May enjoyed a brief comeback as Ferguson rotated his squad to cope with the mounting fixture congestion and United were challenging for the league title, FA Cup and European Cup. He was also named in the starting line-up for the 1999 FA Cup Final as Stam was being rested for the Champions League Final against Bayern Munich. May was named on the bench for that match, and is remembered for the way he led the celebrations after the match, despite not playing one single minute in the Champions League that season. A popular chant with the crowd was "David May, superstar! Got more medals than Shearer!" – in reference to the lack of success enjoyed by May's former Blackburn colleague Alan Shearer, who was one of the finest strikers of his generation but won just one trophy in a career which lasted nearly 20 years at the highest level.

The following season, May was loaned out to Huddersfield Town, where he played under Steve Bruce. In his first appearance for the Terriers, however, he picked up an injury and had to return for treatment to Old Trafford, where he remained for another three years, but often sidelined by injury and playing mainly in the reserve team. May's last four seasons with United saw him make only 12 appearances in total for the club. Due to his lack of appearances, May collected only two Premier League winner's medals, despite being a squad member for six winning campaigns. May's final competitive appearance for Manchester United came in the League Cup on 3 December 2002 against Burnley.

Burnley
At the end of his contract with Manchester United in the summer of 2003, May was given a free transfer and snapped up by Burnley manager Stan Ternent, an old friend of Ferguson's, to bolster his leaky defence. In September 2003 he scored in a 2–1 win against Stoke City, while at the end of the month he was sent off against Wimbledon for two yellow cards.

In December 2003, May was headbutted by Ternent following a disagreement at the club training ground. They later settled their differences.

He played 39 times for Burnley during the 2003–04 season, and captained the team on a number of occasions.

Bacup Borough
May joined non-League club Bacup Borough in November 2004 where he finished his playing career.

Coaching career
After retiring as a player with Bacup Borough, May was appointed assistant manager at the club. In 2007, he moved to Dubai to coach football at a school.

Personal life
May was born in Oldham, Lancashire.

Since retiring May has become a wine importer. He is still a keen supporter of former club Manchester United, although he grew up supporting Manchester City. As of 2007, he was a regular presenter of Thursday Focus on MUTV, his old club's TV station. May is also co-host of the Official Manchester United Podcast.

Honours
Blackburn Rovers
 * Football League Second Division play-offs: 1992

Manchester United
 * Premier League: 1995–96, 1996–97
 * FA Cup: 1995–96, 1998–99
 * FA Charity Shield: 1994, 1996
 * UEFA Champions League: 1998–99

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Porto Metro

The Porto Metro (Metro do Porto) is a light rail network in Porto, Portugal and a key part of the city's public transport system. Having a semi-metro alignment; it runs underground in central Porto and above ground into the city's suburbs while using low-floor tram vehicles. The first parts of the system have been in operation since 2002. It is a separate system to Porto's vintage trams.

The network has 6 lines and reaches seven municipalities within the metropolitan Porto area: Porto, Gondomar, Maia, Matosinhos, Póvoa de Varzim, Vila do Conde and Vila Nova de Gaia. It currently has a total of 82 operational stations across 67 km of double track commercial line. Most of the system is at ground level or elevated, but 8 km of the network is underground. The system is run by ViaPORTO.

History
Metro do Porto S.A. was founded in 1993, and Line A (blue line) between Senhor de Matosinhos and Trindade in central Porto was the first Porto Metro line to open, in 2002. The line was extended in 2004 to Estádio do Dragão, in time for the Euro 2004 Football championship.

On April 14, 2005, Line B (red line) opened. The Casa da Música concert hall (which has a station on the combined ABCEF line) opened on the same day. Lines A and B are the last legacy of a line which once went from Trindade to Famalicão, originally narrow gauge, opened in 1875, completed in 1881 and switched to metre gauge in 1930. (The stretch from Varzim to Famalicão is now a bicycle trail.)

Line C (green line) opened on July 30, 2005, reaching the centre of Maia. An extension to ISMAI opened in March 2006. Line C uses a stretch formerly part of the Guimarães line which joined the current line at Lousado.

Line D (yellow line) proved the most problematic to excavate and opened in 2005. The line runs from João de Deus and Vila Nova de Gaia in the south before crossing the River Douro and passing through central Porto en route to São João Hospital in the north. The São João Hospital and IPO stations were not brought into service until April 2006 due to safety concerns. In October 2011, it was extended to Santo Ovídio. The metro added three new stations at the end of June 2024, Manuel Leão, Hospital Santos Silva and Vilas d'Este. The extension began in March 2021 and added 3.15km to the line to the southern edge of Vila Nova de Gaia.

Line E (violet line) opened on May 27, 2006, connecting the Airport Francisco Sá Carneiro and Campanhã. Several weeks later, the line was extended to Estádio do Dragão. An end-to-end journey takes 33 minutes, with services departing every 20 minutes.

Line F (orange line) opened on January 2, 2011, connecting the Porto city centre to the Gondomar region in the east, this line runs between Senhora da Hora and Fânzeres.

Lines A, B, C, E & F follow the same course within the City of Porto (between Estádio do Dragão and Senhora da Hora). The transfer point between Line ABCEF and Line D is at Trindade in central Porto; from Trindade to Senhora da Hora, the right of way recycles the original Porto-Varzim-Famalicão/Maia-Trofa-Guimarães trunk line.

Costs and financial results
As of 2007, the total cost of the Porto Metro public transport system stands at 3.5 billion euros - over 1% of Portugal's GDP. The first phase of the project alone, which was led by the mayors of several Grande Porto (Greater Porto) municipalities including Valentim Loureiro as a chairman of the state-owned company, was 140% more expensive than initially planned – a slippage of over 1,5 billion euros. The Porto Metro state-owned company has reported losses every year, reaching a record loss of 122 million euros in 2006.

Rolling Stock
The Metro uses modern Eurotram low-floor, articulated trams. Flexity Swift LRVs are used on line B, Bx and occasionally line C since 2008, and can reach 100 km/h. They also have more seats, and can, in common with most modern light rail systems, recover 30% of the total of consumed energy during braking. New LVRs from CRRC Tangshan, dubbed CRRC Tram or CT, are being implemented on the network, running since 2023 on line C.

The majority of services run with two LRVs coupled together. The Eurotram consists of four main compartments, two in each carriage linked by short corridors, and also features an articulation between the two carriages. They have a capacity of 80 seated and 134 standing passengers. The Flexity Swift consists of three components linked by articulations, with a capacity of 100 seated and 148 standing passengers. The CT consists of four articulated components, having a capacity of 244 passengers, 64 of which are seated.

Tickets
The system uses the "Andante" ticketing system. Machines in stations issue and can recharge Andante Azul - blue "Occasional" tickets, while Andante Gold is a credit-card style "Gold" tickets (which bear a scanned photograph of the holder) that can be purchased in Lojas Andante (Andante Shops). Tickets can also be topped up at Multibanco ATM terminals.

The Porto Metro operates on a proof-of-payment system. Tickets must be validated before travel by scanning them in front of the yellow machines located in stations. A validated occasional ticket allows for unlimited travel within a specified time period, currently 1 hour for the minimum 2-zone ticket, and longer as the number of valid zones increases. The gold passes allow unlimited travel within a pre-defined area, and are available in "anytime" or cheaper "10/16" (off-peak) versions. There is also a daily ticket, known as Andante 24 that allows the user to make unlimited trips within a given day in the zones chosen. For example, a Z3 (3-zone) ticket is valid for 3 zones in any direction of travel from the first validated zone. So, to cover all of the Metro, except the northernmost part of Line B (zones VCD3 and PV_VC), a Z4 ticket is needed, provided it is validated in zone PRT1.

There are no faregates within the Metro; instead, groups of fare inspectors randomly check tickets with hand-held scanners. The current penalty for travelling without a validated ticket is €120.

The metro uses the same zoning system as the majority of public transport providers in the Porto metropolitan area, which is divided by counties, and further divided into numbered sub-zones (for example, VCD3 is the third area of the Vila do Conde county). The PRT1 zone in central Porto is effectively the area contained within the VCI (Via Cintura Interna) inner ring-road, while zones PRT2 and PRT3 are the areas between the VCI and the Estrada da Circunvalação outer ring-road.

The Andante system is being rolled out across the entire Porto public transit network. STCP bus routes and some other bus routes currently accept Andante and the intention is for the entire bus, metro and suburban train network to become integrated. The same ticket cannot be used on downtown Porto trams and the cable car (Funicular dos Guindais). The Andante Azul that tourists typically use are not valid, though the Andante Gold loaded with monthly tickets may be accepted.

Line A
Line A or the Blue Line is the main and, historically, most important of the five Porto Metro lines. It has 23 stations.
 * Senhor de Matosinhos – Estádio do Dragão
 * Travel time: 40 minutes
 * Headway: 10 minutes

The line was opened between Trindade and Senhor de Matosinhos on 7 December 2002, by then Prime Minister Barroso. Until the end of 2002 travel was free of charge to allow users to familiarize themselves with the new light rail line. On June 5, 2004, on the occasion of the Euro 2004 European Football Championship, the section between Trindade and Estádio do Dragão was opened.

Service runs every 10 minutes between 07:00 and 20:00 between Senhor de Matosinhos and Estádio do Dragão, with some trips extended to Fânzeres on Line F. Between 6:00 and 7:00 and after 20:00 the frequency is 15 minutes. After 21:00 services only run between Senhor de Matosinhos and Trindade.

Flexity Outlook Eurotrams number 001–072 service the line.

Line B/Bx

 * Póvoa de Varzim – Estádio do Dragão
 * Travel time (B): 61 minutes
 * Travel time (Bx): 53 minutes
 * Headway: 30 minutes (each service)

Line B or the Red Line has 35 stations and is the longest line of the system. The line reuses, for almost its entire length, the route of the old Póvoa Line, which connected Trindade to Póvoa de Varzim. Line B was Porto Metro's second line to open. Initially the line only ran between Estádio do Dragão and Senhora da Hora, thus sharing the route with Line A. On March 13, 2005, an extension was opened between Senhora da Hora and Pedras Rubras. On March 18, 2006, after successive delays, the final section to Póvoa de Varzim was officially inaugurated.

The line has two types of services between Póvoa de Varzim and Estádio do Dragão: regular, which stops at all stations; and the Bx express, which only stops at Portas Fronhas, Vila do Conde, Varziela, Mindelo and Pedras Rubras, between Póvoa de Varzim and Senhora da Hora. From early summer 2011 the express service was expanded to operate daily.

In July 2016, Porto Metro announced that an additional infill station, Modivas Norte, will be added at The Style Outlet. The work is financed 50% by the mall management and will cost a total of €1.2 million. Although no extensions are planned, consideration was given to use the abandoned Famalicão branch to reach Barreiros, near Avenida 25 de Abril, via Mourões. Beyond Póvoa de Varzim the right-of-way has been converted into a cycle path in order to preserve the branch.

Line C

 * ISMAI – Campanhã
 * Travel time: 41 minutes
 * Headway: 15 minutes

Line D

 * Vila d'Este – Hospital São João
 * Travel time: 32 minutes
 * Minimum headway: 5 / 10 minutes

Line E

 * Aeroporto – Trindade
 * Travel time: 35 minutes
 * Headway: 30 minutes

Line F

 * Senhora da Hora – Fânzeres
 * Travel time: 39 minutes
 * Headway: 15 minutes

Funicular dos Guindais

The Metro do Porto company also operates the Funicular of Guindais, a cable-car system that was originally built in 1891 and was recently remodelled. It connects the riverside area of Ribeira to higher ground at Batalha, near the São Bento station.

Future expansion

 * Line G (Pink line): A new 2.7km, 4 station fully underground line which connects Casa da Música to São Bento through Cordoaria. The construction started in 2020 and the line is expected to go into service at the start of 2025.
 * Line H (Ruby line): A new 6.74km, 8 station line that will connect Casa da Música station in Porto with Santo Ovídio station in Vila Nova de Gaia. Construction will be put out for bid in 2023 with the line planned to enter service in 2026.

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Gordon Donaldson

Gordon Donaldson, (13 April 1913 – 16 March 1993) was a Scottish historian.

Life
He was born in a tenement at 140 McDonald Road off Leith Walk in northern Edinburgh on 13 April 1913 the son of Rachel Swan and Magnus Donaldson.

He was of Shetland descent. Donaldson attended Broughton Elementary School (adjacent to his home) and then the Royal High School of Edinburgh (1921–31), before being awarded a scholarship to study at the University of Edinburgh. He also supplemented his income by undertaking some tutoring. After graduating in 1935 with a first-class Honours Degree in History (MA), he gained his PhD in 1938 at the Institute of Historical Research in London, where he also won the David Berry Prize from the Royal Historical Society. Donaldson also has a DLitt degree.

After working as an archivist at the General Register Office for Scotland 1938–1947, he was appointed to a lectureship in Scottish History at the University of Edinburgh, largely through the offices of William Croft Dickinson. This marked the beginning of Donaldson's 32-year academic career at the University.

He served as a Reader from 1955, before succeeding Dickinson as Sir William Fraser Professor of Scottish History and Palaeography in 1963, which he held until his retirement in 1979. During his academic career, Professor Donaldson wrote or co-wrote over thirty books, and numerous articles and addresses. He also served at various times as President of the Scottish Ecclesiological Society, the Scottish Church History Society, the Scottish History Society, the Scottish Record Society, the Scottish Records Association, and the Stair Society.

In 1978 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Norman Gash, Geoffrey Barrow, Sir Fraser Noble, and John Cameron, Lord Cameron.

He was also an Honorary Vice-President of the Royal Historical Society, and in 1992 he received the St Olav's Medal from the King of Norway. When Professor Donaldson retired, he was appointed Historiographer Royal in Scotland.

He could talk about any character in Scottish history as if he knew them personally. It was his love of the sea and ships, born from his childhood in Shetland, that took him to Dysart in Fife in his retirement, where he lived in a 17th-century Pan Ha' apartment. "I cannot pass my old age without the sight of the sea and ships," he said.

He died in Windygates in Fife on 16 March 1993. He never married and left no family.

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Campeonato Roraimense

The Campeonato Roraimense is the football league of the state of Roraima, Brazil.

Format
First Division

First Stage
 * Standard round-robin, in which all teams play each other once.

Second Stage
 * Teams are divided in two groups of four.
 * First stage: standard round-robin, in which teams play each other once within the group.
 * Second stage: playoffs with the top 2 teams of each group.

If a team wins both stages, it is crowned the state champion. If not, a playoff with the winners is disputed, and the winner is declared the state champion.

As in any other Brazilian soccer championship, the format can change every year.

Clubs
2023 First Division

Titles by team
Teams in bold stills active.

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Emigrante (Tanghetto album)

Emigrante (electrotango) is the debut album by Buenos Aires-based neo-tango band Tanghetto. The album was released in 2003, reaching gold sales in early 2005 and soon became platinum and double platinum. In 2004 Emigrante (electrotango) was nominated for a Latin Grammy Award.

Although it is instrumental album, there is an underlying concept through the project: how Argentina, historically a country of immigrants, became a country of emigrants during the economic crisis of 2001. All concepts, names and texts are by Max Masri. Max brought the main composition ideas and songs and also artistic production, while Diego played most of the instruments, co-composed all the songs and made most of the arrangements. The electronic programming was done by both Max and Diego.

The music of Emigrante is a balance between the electronically generated sounds and acoustic instruments (bandoneón, piano, and guitar).

Emigrante reached platinum sales in Argentina by 2006.

As of 2018, many of the songs included in this album are still played on multiple Argentine TV stations on a daily basis.

The album spawned the music video for the song Mente Frágil, a concept vídeo with LGBTQ themes that received MTV Latino rotation.

Track listing and credits

 * 1) Inmigrante (Immigrant) [4:02]
 * 2) Una Llamada (One Call) [4:06]
 * 3) Alexanderplatz Tango [4:03]
 * 4) Al final todos se van (Everybody goes away in the end) [4:10]
 * 5) Recursos Humanos (Human Resources) [3:33]
 * 6) La Caída (The Fall) [4:48]
 * 7) El Boulevard (The Boulevard) [3:53]
 * 8) El Siguiente Capítulo (Next Chapter) [5:50]
 * 9) Vida Moderna en 2/4 (Modern Life in 2/4) [4:08]
 * 10) Montevideo [3:01]
 * 11) Mente Frágil (Fragile Mind) [4:56]
 * 12) Emigrante — Exilio del Alma (Emigrant — Exile of the Soul) [4:23]

Players
Max Masri: synths and programming

Diego S. Velazquez: guitars, piano, synths and programming

Daniel Ruggiero: bandoneon

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Boys' Brigade, Hong Kong

The Boys' Brigade, Hong Kong ( Short-form: BBHK) is a branch of the Boys' Brigade. It is a uniformed youth organisation (香港青少年制服團體) founded in 1959, currently with more than 200 companies.

Structure
BBHK is divided into four sections:
 * Anchor Lambs: ages 3–5
 * Pre-junior section: ages 5–8
 * Junior section: ages 8–11
 * Company section: ages 11–18
 * Senior section: ages 16–21

8th Company
One of the oldest companies in Hong Kong, The 8th Company of the Boys' Brigade, Hong Kong (香港基督少年軍第八分隊), BB8 for short, is still actively involved in the programme. Founded in 1969, members and officers meet weekly (Saturday 2.15pm-5.30pm) at CCC Kei Chun Church, situated in Kei Chun Primary School, Mei Foo. It currently has members in all sections, the age ranges from 5 to 20. Company members, in particular, are greatly encouraged to join church services on Sunday, too, so as to promote further spiritual growth.

37th Company
The 37th Company of the Boys' Brigade, Hong Kong(香港基督少年軍第三十七分隊), BB37 for short, is stationed in Choi Yuen Estate, Sheung Shui. It is one of the first companies to allow girls to partake in the Boys' Brigade, and is founded in 1980.

38th Company
The 38th Company of the Boys' Brigade, Hong Kong (香港基督少年軍第三十八分隊), BB38 for short, is a division founded in 1985, stationed in Sha Tin Methodist College, and is currently supported by Sha Tin Methodist Church. Members' ages range from 7–18, with both girls and boys participating. Weekly activities include foot drill, Christian education and badge courses.

50th Company
HKBB50 was a company founded in 1991 by the Hong Kong Baptist Church. The company was formed by 2 major sections: the Company section and the Junior section. With more than 80 members, the company has a team of officers and NCOs to take command. This company develops participant's discipline, Christian education and technical skills.

80th Company
The 80th Company of the Boy's Brigade, Hong Kong (香港基督少年軍第八十分隊), BB80 for short, is founded in September 2001. Stationed at Shatin Baptist Church, it is currently the company with the most members in Hong Kong, and has two meeting days, one on Saturday and one on Sunday. Pre-Juniors and Juniors can choose between Saturday or Sunday to go to, while the Company section must attend the meetings at Saturday. It is mandatory that they join church services on Saturday/Sunday, or they are denied any badges.

133rd Company
The 133rd Company of the Boys' Brigade, Hong Kong (香港基督少年軍第133分隊) or BB133 for short was formed in May, 2003. It is running by Shau Kei Wan Alliance Church (基督教宣道會筲箕灣堂), 19/F Seaview Plaza, 283 Shau Kei Wan Road, Shau Kei Wan, Hong Kong Island. The company are running Junior and Company sections while was also running Senior section in the past. The meeting time is 3:00pm, Saturday. The founder of the company is Tam Wan Chung, Steven.

135th Company
The 135th Company of the Boys' Brigade, Hong Kong (香港基督少年軍第135分隊) or BB135 for short was formed in 2003. It is supported by Yew Chung International School, Hong Kong, Somerset Road 20–22, Kowloon Tong, Kowloon. Its members take part in marching, Christian education, badge courses, etc.

204th Company
The 204th Company of Boys' Brigade, Hong Kong (香港基督少年軍第204分隊) or BB204, was founded in 2005. BB204 is supported by Christian Pun Shek Church.

227th Company
The 227th Company of Boys' Brigade, Hong Kong (香港基督少年軍第227分隊) or BB227, was founded in 2006. BB227 is supported by Cumberland Presbyterian Church Yao Dao Secondary School(金巴崙長老會耀道中學), base on 28 Hong Yip Street, Yuen Long, Yuen Long Kau Hui, Hong Kong Yuen Long, Focus on Christian Education, foot drills, badge course etc., This Company only have Company Section. the company has a team of officers and NCOs to take command. This company develops participant's discipline, Christian education and technical skills.

268th Company
The 268th Company of Boys' Brigade, Hong Kong (香港基督少年軍第268分隊) or BB268, was founded on March 28, 2009. BB268 is supported by Tsung Tsin Mission of Hong Kong Shau Ki Wan Church(基督教香港崇真會筲箕灣堂), 4 Basel Road, Shau Kei Wan, Hong Kong.

title: Boys' Brigade, Hong Kong