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Concepción Arenal

Concepción Arenal Ponte  (Ferrol, 31 January 1820 – Vigo, 4 February 1893) was a  graduate in law, thinker, journalist, poet and Galician dramatic author within the literary Realism and pioneer in Spanish feminism. Born in Ferrol, Galicia, she excelled in literature and was the first woman to attend university in Spain. She was also a pioneer and founder of the feminist movement in Spain.

Life
Her father, Ángel del Arenal y de la Cuesta, was a liberal military officer who was often imprisoned for his ideology and opposition to the regime of Ferdinand VII. He fell ill in prison and died in 1829, when Concepción was aged 9. She moved to Armaño (Cantabria) with her mother, María Concepción Ponte Mandiá Tenreiro, and then to Madrid in 1834, to attend the school of the Count of Tepa. Against her mother's wishes in 1841 she went to Law School at the Central University (now the Complutense University of Madrid), becoming the first woman in Spain to attend University, where she was forced to wear masculine attire. She also attended political and literary debates, unheard of at the time for a woman.

She graduated and in 1848 she married lawyer and writer Fernando García Carrasco. They had three children: a daughter that died shortly after birth, and two sons, Fernando (b. 1850) and Ramón (b. 1852). In her later years, her health being a permanent cause of concern, Concepción Arenal lived with her son Fernando and Fernando's second wife, Ernestina Winter.

Concepción Arenal and her husband collaborated closely on the liberal newspaper Iberia until Fernando's death in 1859. Penniless she was forced to sell all her possessions in Armaño and moved into the house of violinist and composer Jesús de Monasterio in Potes, Cantabria, where in 1859 she founded the feminist group Conference of Saint Vincent de Paul in order to help the poor. Two years later the Academy of Moral Sciences and Politics awarded her a prize for her work La beneficencia, la filantropía y la caridad [Beneficence, philanthropy and charity]. It was the first time the Academy gave the prize to a woman.

In later years she published poetry books and essays such as Cartas á los Delincuentes [Letters to delinquents] (1865), “Ode against slavery” (1866), El reo, el pueblo y el verdugo, o, La ejecución pública de la pena de muerte [Convicts, the people and the executioner, or, The execution of the death sentence] (1867). In 1868 she was named Inspector of Women's Correctional Houses and in 1871 began fourteen years of collaboration with the Madrid-based magazine The Voice of Charity.

In 1872 she founded the Construction Beneficiary, a society dedicated to building cheap houses for workers. She also worked with the Red Cross helping the injured of the Carlist War, working in a hospital in Miranda de Ebro, later being named Secretary General of the Red Cross between 1871 and 1872. In 1877 she published Penitentiary Studies.

Concepción Arenal died the morning of 4 February 1893 of chronic bronchitis in Vigo, where she was buried a day later. Her epitaph is her personal motto: "To virtue, to life, to science."

Contributions to feminism
Concepción Arenal is one of the pioneers of feminism in Spain. Her first work about women's rights was La Mujer del Porvenir [The woman of the future] (1869) where she critics the theories defending the inferiority of women based on biological reasons. She defended women's access to any level of education, although not to any job because she considered that women were not skilled to be an authority figure. She neither support women's political involvement because they were at risk of suffering retaliation and neglecting their family. However, later she also wrote: "“a serious mistake, and one of the most harmful, to impress upon women that her sole mission is to be wife and mother; it amounts to tell her that she can be nothing by herself and to annihilate her moral and intellectual self”"She had a close relationship with krausism intellectuals. She was admirer of Fernando de Castro's work about women's education and also she was a member of Ateneo Artístico y Literairo de Señoras directors’ board keeping up to date with the progress made by Asociación para la Enseñanza de la Mujer (Association for Teaching Women). Years later, she collaborated regularly with Boletín de la Institución Libre de Enseñanza [Journal of the Institution of Free Teaching] submitting articles about criminal and feminist topics.

In 1882 Arenal participated-although she was not present- in the Congreso Pedagógico Hispano-Portugués-Americano [Congress of Hispanic-Portugues-American Pedagogy] hold in Madrid and led by Rafael Mª de Labra. She presented a paper about “La educación de la mujer” [Women's education] in the fifth section of the congress dedicated to Concepto y límites de la educación de la mujer, y de la aptitud profesional de ésta [The concept and limits of women's education and her professional aptitude]. The section dealt with the debate of the similarities and difference between women and men's education, what tools were necessary to organize a good education system for women, what aptitudes women had for teaching and other jobs and women's physical education. The vice-president of this round table was Emilia Pardo Bazán. Arenal's position was supporting women's education without limitation.

Legacy
Arenal's achievements were extraordinary in a largely traditional Spain, focusing her work on those marginalised in society. She wrote not only extensively on the state of prisons for both men and women, but also on the role of women in society in works such as La Mujer del Porvenir [The Woman of the Future] (1869), The education of women, The current state of women in Spain, The work of women, La mujer de su casa [The woman of the house] (1883) and Domestic service. It is this work which made her known as the founder of the feminist movement in Spain.

A monument to Concepción Arenal was erected in 1934 in Madrid, and the Library of Law, Political Sciences and Labour Relations of the University of Santiago de Compostela bears her name. Ideologically, Arenal was a reformist deeply rooted in Christian doctrine.

Tributes
On 31 January 2015, Google Doodle celebrated Concepción Arenal’s 195th Birthday.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Traduki

 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 Already deleted. Golbez 17:38, May 17, 2005 (UTC)

Traduki
Delete, merging some contents with specific articles (see talk page). tresoldi 19:20, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)

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 * I am the author/mantainer of this project and I'm suggesting this article to be deleted, possibly moving some parts of it to specific articles (such as tokenization, etc.). This article page was set up by one developer a long time ago and probably isn't very useful nowadays. The project is not actually "dead", the development has moved to an active project on computational linguistics (at ) that, one day, could result in a "new" Traduki. However, at this time, Traduki is almost inexistent and certainly is useless - thus this article can be quite confusing. As the author, it would be really good to have an article on it, but only when the software actually cames into existence. What do you people think?
 * tresoldi 19:17, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * Comment: Improperly nominated. I'm just finishing the submission. No vote. —Markaci 2005-05-8 T 02:00 Z
 * Delete because of author's request for it to be deleted and the fact that the project does not exist yet. It does sound like a good project and the article is well developed but I have to vote delete because of what the author/mantainer of the project asked Stancel 23:25, 8 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Wow, this article is a mess.  At first I was leaning towards keep and cleanup, however considering, as noted, the project is incomplete and the author wants to ditch it, delete it is.  --Jeffrey O. Gustafson 23:59, 12 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. If User:Markaci is working on the submission, and given that this is an open-source project, the original author's intentions do not control whether this project is actually unmaintained. Whig 06:50, 13 May 2005 (UTC)
 * This page is now preserved as an archive of the debate and, like some other VfD subpages, is no longer 'live'. Subsequent comments on the issue, the deletion, or the decision-making process should be placed on the relevant 'live' pages. Please do not edit this page.

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Richard T. James

Richard Thompson James (March 27, 1914 – July 13, 1974) was an American naval engineer, best known for inventing the Slinky spring toy with his wife Betty James in Clifton Heights, Pennsylvania in 1943.

Education
James was born on March 27, 1918. In 1935, he graduated from Westtown School, a Quaker boarding school located in Chester County, Pennsylvania. In 1939, he graduated with a degree in mechanical engineering from Pennsylvania State University.

Career
In 1943 James was trying to develop a means for suspending sensitive shipboard instruments aboard naval vessels, even in rough seas, and was working with torsion springs when he accidentally dropped one. Seeing how the spring kept moving after it hit the ground, the idea for a toy was born. He bought a coil-winding machine and started the James Spring & Wire Company to mass-produce the Slinky. The following year, Betty came up with the name Slinky after leafing through the dictionary and thinking that the word described the motion of the spring. The couple made 400 Slinkys and convinced Gimbels department store in Philadelphia to carry the toy for Christmas 1945. Originally displayed in a static position, none of the toys sold but when Richard James stepped up to demonstrate the toy in action on a ramp, the entire first production run sold out within 90 minutes at a price of $1 each. The toy became a huge success, particularly after James left the operation and Betty took over the helm. In all, a total of 300 million Slinkys have been sold, with about a quarter million still sold world-wide every year.

By the 1950s, Slinky sales were declining and Richard became affiliated with an evangelical Christian sect. In 1960, Richard went to Bolivia to join Wycliffe Bible Translators, leaving behind his wife, six children, and nearly-bankrupt company in the United States. Betty James took over as CEO of James Industries. She moved the company from Philadelphia to its current Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania location and began an active advertising campaign, complete with the famous Slinky jingle. She ran the company until her retirement in 1998, and was inducted into the Toy Industry Hall of Fame in 2001.

Richard James died of a heart attack in 1974 in Bolivia. Betty died on November 20, 2008, age 90 of congestive heart failure at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Solitude Palace

Solitude Palace (Schloss Solitude) is a Rococo schloss and hunting retreat commissioned by Charles Eugene, Duke of Württemberg. It was designed by Johann Friedrich Weyhing and Philippe de La Guêpière, and constructed from 1764 to 1769. It is located on an elongated ridge between the towns of Leonberg, Gerlingen and Stuttgart in Baden-Württemberg.

History
Charles Eugene von Württemberg succeeded his father Charles Alexander as Duke of Württemberg in 1737, when he was only nine. The Duchy of Württemberg was ruled by a regency council until 1744, when Charles Eugene reached the age of majority at 16. His reign would be marked by economic difficulty, political strife, and extravagance.

By the 1760s, Charles Eugene's policies and ambitions had met with failure. He had failed to achieve increased rank and prestige from the War of the Austrian Succession or the Seven Years' War, and had diplomatically isolated Württemberg because of his jostling and means of acquiring war funds. He had repeatedly withdrawn funding from the construction of his palaces, one of which was Monrepos, in Ludwigsburg. Charles Eugene turned his attention back to Stuttgart and, in 1763, he hired of architects led by Philippe de La Guêpière to plan a new palace that received the name "Solitude". Friedrich Christoph Hemmerling was named head gardener and charged with its design and creation.

Construction
Priority during construction went towards the two wings next to the palatial building until they were completed in 1766. It was from these that the Duke closely monitored construction.

La Guêpière departed from Württemberg for his native Paris in 1768. He was succeeded as court architect and as director of construction at Solitude by his student, Reinhard Heinrich Ferdinand Fischer.

In 1770, Charles Eugene established the Hohe Karlsschule on the grounds of Solitude Palace. It was at this school that Friedrich Schiller studied in his youth and wrote The Robbers. The school moved into Stuttgart in 1775, the same year the Duke himself shifted his attention to nearby Hohenheim Palace in 1775. The last grand function held at Solitude took place in 1782, after which maintenance of the grounds ceased. From the 1830s, however, King Charles I renovated the palace, while Queen Olga met with her relatives in the palace.

Post-monarchy

Solitude was abandoned in the 20th century, the gardens fell into disrepair, and the ceiling frescoes by Nicolas Guibal were largely destroyed by water damage. The palace was used in times of war as a military hospital; during World War I, 23 soldiers died on its grounds. Between 1972 and 1983, the government of Baden-Württemberg restored the palace's interiors. From May 1968 to 1986, an autonomous dorm was located in today's academy building. Many of the residents were musicians, actors and dancers, as well as social workers, architects and engineers. Professor K.R.H. Sonderborg from the Stuttgart Art Academy, the conductor Manfred Schreier and the actress Bettina Kupfer were frequent guests.

Grounds and architecture

Solitude Palace's complex is made up by a primary palatial structure, two outbuildings, and some avenues. There was also an extensive garden, laid out by Friedrich Christoph Hemmerling along preexisting paths. Reinhard Heinrich Ferdinand Fischer drew up plans for massive expansions to the garden and palace complex from 1766 to 1772 that closely followed the principles of French horticulturalist Antoine-Joseph Dezallier d'Argenville. The south garden was used for the entertainment of residents and visitors to Solitude and offered a hedge maze, theater, orangery, riding hall, a chinoiserie house, and zoos. The surrounding forests were carefully manicured to facilitate the Chasse à courre style of coursing. The grounds were allowed to fall into disrepair from 1770 onward.

Castle Solitude was designed by a working group at the ducal court led Philippe de La Guêpière, though Charles Eugene was actively involved in the planning. The Duke desired the palace to be designed in the Rococo style, like his earlier project at Schloss Favorite. By 1763, however, the Rococo style had gone out of vogue in favor of Neoclassical architecture, and Solitude's interiors reflect this.

At first, Charles Eugene intended to build an unassuming hunting retreat. He later changed his mind, and construction would last seven years and cost around a million florins. Construction was directed by La Guêpière and Johann Friedrich Weyhing.

From 1764 and 1768, Charles Eugene constructed the Solitude Avenue, a 13 km long road from Solitude Palace to Ludwigsburg and its palace. Use of the Avenue was reserved for the royal household. In 1820, the Avenue became the standard reference for measuring distance in the Kingdom of Württemberg.

Main building

The main palatial building follows a standard Rococo plan, consisting of a large, oval-shaped hall with two halls that end in a pavilion. It is surrounded by a terrace supported on a series of arches that rises to the beletage, with a belvedere and staircases on either side. The center of the building is the White Hall, whose walls are clad in stucco marble and passed through via six French doors, flanked by Corinthian columns. The stucco work, by Valentin Sonnenschein, Johann Adam Bauer, and Ludovico Bossi, is made up by oval-shaped windows connected by flowery garlands and topped by trophies of arms and frescoes. Above the north and south entrances into the White Hall are, respectively, the coat of arms of the Duchy of Württemberg and those of Duke Charles Eugene. The ceiling fresco was painted around 1768 by Nicolas Guibal and glorifies Charles Eugene's reign with personified virtues, flanking the Ducal coronet, triumphing over their inverse aspect as Greco-Roman deities represent highlights of the Duke's reign. Peace overcomes War, Bacchus and Ceres hold grapevines to symbolize local viticulture, and Apollo, leading various forms of art personified, celebrates Württemberg's cultural achievements. On top of the cupola is a viewing platform accessed by a hidden staircase in the north end of the White Hall. Some stone cartouches bearing statements from Charles Eugene are also found on the lower facade of the main building.

Immediately to the west of the White Hall is the six rooms of the Ducal Apartment, which was used for impressing visitors. The first is an antechamber decorated with green and gold-painted stuccowork. Following this is the Marble Hall, the only room of the suite in the Neoclassical style and where Charles Eugene greeted guests, which leads into the Palm Room, so named for the golden stucco palm trees that frame its windows. The Palm Room serves as the entrance to the bedroom, to the south and decorated like the antechamber, and to two cabinets to the north. The first of the latter is the Writing Cabinet, painted in shades of gray and ornamented with more golden stucco. The second, and smaller, is the Library Cabinet, whose walls are painted in a mimicry of woodgrain.

The east wing consists of drawing rooms for visitors, namely two halls and four cabinets. The first room is the Assembly Room, painted blue and decorated with more golden stucco, and spanning the entire width of the building. Beyond is the Music Room, painted white and decorated with mirrors, yet more stucco, and overdoors painted by court painter Adolf Friedrich Harper. Attached to the Music Room are four themed cabinets: the Picture, Red, Green, and Yellow Cabinets. The Picture Cabinet displays over 30 landscape paintings on its wall panels.

The "basement" of the main building is divided exactly in half by and entered through an oval chamber directly beneath the White Hall. The walls of this chamber are covered with more trophies of arms. After 1771, the apartments were made up by a loggia, a vestibule, two cabinets, and a bedroom.

Wings
Adjacent to the palatial building are two semicircular buildings. The Western Wing contained amenities, while the Eastern was the actual royal apartment. The Duke resided on the ground floor, and his mistress on the second floor with the ducal chapel. An additional ten houses were built on either end of the wings. Since 1990, these buildings have housed the Akademie Schloss Solitude. The Graevenitz Museum, displaying works by the Stuttgart sculptor Fritz von Graevenitz, is also located here.

The palace chapel was constructed in a combination of the Rococo and Neoclassical styles. It is painted white in its entirety, except for the fresco on the flat ceiling painted by Guibal in 1766, and paired columns flank each window. Just above the columns, on the cornices are putti wielding the Arma Christi. At the chapel's entrance is the Ducal box, part of Charles Eugene's suite.

In popular culture
American journalist and traitor Jane Anderson and two others stay at an abandoned Schloss Solitude during the Second World War in the novel The War Begins in Paris (published by Little, Brown & Co. in 2023.)

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Monolith (comics)

The Monolith is a DC Comics comic book series whose title character is a superheroic golem. The Monolith is guided in his actions by Alice Cohen, a recovering drug addict whose grandmother was one of those responsible for the Monolith's creation in the 1930s.

In 2013, the publication rights reverted to the creators, Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin Gray of PaperFilms Inc.

Publication history
The Monolith was published for a total of 12 issues before being cancelled due to poor sales. The issues were cover dated April 2004 to March 2005, and were all written by Justin Gray and Jimmy Palmiotti. Phil Winslade was the penciller/inker for most issues with Tomm Coker and Peter Snejbjerg acting as replacements for a total of four issues.

The stories take place in the present (of the publication dates), with flashbacks to the events surrounding The Monolith during the Depression Era.

2004

 * Alice Cohen: The granddaughter of the first Alice. She finds herself struggling with drug addiction while trying to control the Monolith.
 * Tilt Shimura: Alice's best friend and roommate. An ex-prostitute, she is the less mature of the two. Nevertheless, she finds herself also responsible for the Monolith
 * The Monolith: A golem created in the 1930s. The creature viciously hunts those who prey on the innocent. He is psychically linked to Brooklyn and able to sense where crimes will happen. It has a very childlike personality which makes it both innocent and dangerous.

1930s

 * Alice: The grandmother to Alice Cohen. The Depression Era flashbacks are told from her point of view.
 * Rabbi Rava: The individual who was in charge of the magic knowledge that was used to create The Monolith.
 * Han: Chinese carpenter who participates in creating the Monolith.
 * Peter: Bootlegger and love of Alice whose blood was used to help create the Monolith.

Issues #1-3: Introduction
In the present the reader is introduced to Alice Cohen as she receives her inheritance from her recently deceased grandmother. This inheritance consists of a lone house in an area of Brooklyn where all the other buildings have been torn down. One of the first things that Alice discovers is a walled off section in the basement from which a voice calls to her to read stories. Alice's first choice for this is her grandmother's diary.

Alice owes money to Prince, a violent drug dealer who is determined to find and make an example out of her. Using violent methods Prince finds out Alice's location from Tilt (a friend of Alice's) who races to warn Alice that Prince is coming for her. Not long after Tilt's warning Prince arrives and breaks into the house. In desperation Alice and Tilt break down the brick wall in the basement and release The Monolith. The resulting fight is short.

The depression era portions of these issues show how and why The Monolith was created. Alice's grandmother (also named Alice) is a factory worker who rooms with others trying to get through those tough times. Her closest friends are Rabbi Rava, Han, and Peter.

The events leading to The Monolith's creation begin when the textile factory that Alice works in is firebombed by the Mafia. Peter, who also works on the side in organized crime, confronts those responsible and is murdered. Deciding that Peter's death should not be in vain Alice and her friends create a golem using knowledge Rabbi Rava has learned. Peter's blood is one of the ingredients used in its creation and as a result his personality is the basis for The Monolith's. They send their creation to hunt down those responsible for Peter's murder.

After a time The Monolith begins to hunt down and kill all criminals with no distinction made for the degree of their crime. Seeing their creation is out of control Alice, Rabbi Rava, and Han seal The Monolith in a bootlegger tunnel located beneath the house they live in.

Issues #4-5: Battle with a demon
In the present the lawyer overseeing Alice's grandmother's will gets her a job working for NYCAT (the New York Citizen's Assistance Team). NYCAT is a non-profit organization that helps lower income people in the New York area.

While Alice is dealing with her first day at this job, The Monolith leaves the house to seek out a demon that lies hidden beneath a church. This demon is named L'ono Nero and has remained in its place of hiding for decades. The Zavatinni family has been cursed all that time to guard and protect it. Giovanni Zavatinni (the current guardian) is seeking to rid himself of this curse and aides The Monolith in the fight against L'ono Nero.

In 1935 the Rocco Family is seeking revenge for the deaths of their fellow mobsters at the hands of The Monolith. Having learned the truth of its creation they seek out The Monolith's creators. Rabbi Rava is kidnapped, beaten and dropped off at the church that hides L'ono Nero. The mobsters tell the current guardian to give the Rabbi to L'ono Nero. The guardian doesn't do this but the Rabbi dies of his injuries anyway. Their brief conversation reveals that the Rocco Family has already killed Han. Alice is also taken to the church but is set free by the guardian

Issues #6-8: Batman
An arsonist calling himself the Incinerator begins to target the Arab-American and Muslim American community of New York City. His first target is a home for recent Arab Muslim immigrants in Bedford-Stuyvesant that was built through the efforts of NYCAT and the Wayne Foundation. This event gets the attention of Batman and he begins to investigate.

Both Batman and The Monolith track the Incinerator to his next target. In the resulting fight Batman is injured and The Monolith brings him back to the house. There Alice tells Batman the Monolith's origin. Batman's reaction is to tell Alice and The Monolith not to get in his way.

After a time Batman comes to the realization that he needs The Monolith to find The Incinerator. The two of them locate The Incinerator's next bomb in the New York Mosque where he has tied an Imam to the bomb to make it harder to disarm. After dealing with the bomb both The Monolith and Batman track The Incinerator to the World Trade Center site. The Incinerator is planning to blow himself up but is stopped and arrested for his crimes.

Issues #9-10: Iron golem
In 1934 mobsters kidnap Alice and Rabbi Rava. The Rabbi is forced to create a golem made of iron for these mobsters after they threaten to kill Alice if he doesn't. Rabbi Rava performs the ceremony but purposely misspeaks the words. The golem awakens anyway, but is nearly mindless and kills the mobsters.

It is at this point that The Monolith arrives to rescue his creators. During the fight the iron golem is covered in molten steel and frozen when the steel hardens. It is then thrown into the East River by The Monolith. In 1987 the iron golem is found by scuba diving salvagers and sold.

In the present Tilt has just been diagnosed as being HIV positive. Alice takes her to a dance club to take her mind off of this. In the middle of this club is a statue that is actually the iron golem still encased in its steel prison. When a gang fight starts in the club, blood is spilled on the iron golem, causing it to awaken. During its resulting rampage The Monolith arrives to protect Alice and Tilt.

Issues #11-12: The end
Alice gets a call from a woman NYCAT helped into a woman's shelter saying that the shelter isn't a shelter. This call leads Alice to a modern slave ring headed by a group of corrupt police officers. The leader of this group turns out to be Orlando Ruiz (a man Alice has just started to date) who captures Alice. Ruiz injects Alice with heroin to keep her compliant and puts her on the slave block.

Knowing that Alice is in trouble Tilt and the Monolith track her to the warehouse where she and the other women are being held. They rescue Alice and bring her back to the house to recover.

The final pages of issue twelve show Alice, Tilt and the Monolith celebrating Christmas. They engage in a snowball fight and then go back inside the house. The series ends with The Monolith remembering who he was in life and saying "My name was Peter".

Other appearances
While The Monolith was still being published, Gray and Palmiotti were also writing Hawkman. In issue #33 of that series, the Monolith and Alice guest starred in a story featuring the Monolith joining with Hawkman and Hawkgirl to defeat Solomon Grundy.

In 2006 in Crisis Aftermath: The Battle for Blüdhaven, one of the One Year Later titles, the Monolith is shown protecting the innocent in refugee camps that spring up around Blüdhaven after that city's destruction in Infinite Crisis.

In 2019, Monolith, Alice and Tilt were used in PaperFilm's graphic novel Painkiller Jane: Trust The Universe, where they team up to rescue a friend's little sister from a human trafficking ring.

Film adaptation
Lionsgate announced in August 2016 that an adaptation is in development with visual effects director Dave Wilson as director.

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The Algerine Captive

The Algerine Captive: or the Life and Adventures of Doctor Updike Underhill: Six Years a Prisoner among the Algerines is one of America's first novels, published anonymously in 1797 by early American author Royall Tyler. The novel takes the form of a fictitious memoir.

Plot summary
The Algerine Captive tells the story of the upbringing, early career, and later enslavement of fictional Boston native, narrator Updike Underhill. The first volume chronicles Updike Underhill's youth and early adulthood in America; the Preface suggests that its aim is to "at least display a portrait of New England manners, hitherto unattempted." After detailing his family history, Underhill describes his birth, childhood, and early education. Upon the encouragement of a local minister, Underhill's parents agree to prepare the narrator for college by placing him under the minister's tutelage. Underhill's classical education, through which he learns Greek and Latin, provides him with the ability to recite copious lines of poetry, which his countrymen ridicule. Not only is he mocked for his spouting of Greek poetry, which is unintelligible to all but himself, but he is actually challenged to a duel after writing an unintentionally insulting Greek-inspired ode to a young lady. Luckily for Underhill, the duel is discovered and preempted by the local sheriffs and constables before it can take place. This volume also gives an account of Underhill's failed attempt to serve as a teacher in a village school, follows his travels through the Northern and Southern states as a physician, and discusses his service as a surgeon aboard a slave ship that heads to Africa by way of London. In the final chapter of this volume, while Updike is on the African coast nursing five sick slaves back to health, he is captured and taken as a slave to Algiers.

In the second volume, Updike describes his enslavement and gives an account of the country in which and the people among whom he is confined. By setting Algiers in opposition to America, this part of the novel leads Underhill to comment on and formulate his conception of what it means to be American. When he is freed at the novel's conclusion, therefore, the message he imparts to the reader is a nation-building one: "My ardent wish is, that my fellow citizens may profit by my misfortunes. If they peruse these pages with attention they will perceive the necessity of uniting our federal strength to enforce a due respect among other nations...BY UNITING WE STAND, BY DIVIDING WE FALL."

Form of novel
Numerous formal elements distinguish The Algerine Captive. The novel's division into two volumes allows for a natural break in the narrative between life in America and in North Africa. It is thought the two volumes also differ greatly in tone: Volume 1 follows the format of "a satire and a picaresque," whereas Volume 2 is dominated by "earnestness" and abolitionist sentiment.

In addition, each brief chapter within the two volumes begins with an epigraph and an "Argument," which details the proceedings of the chapter in a summary, which sometimes misleads the reader by inaccurately representing the chapter's contents.

Reception
The Algerine Captive was popular enough that it was reprinted in England, becoming only the second American novel to achieve that distinction.

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Information Today

Information Today, Inc., is an American publishing company. It publishes Internet and technology magazines, newsletters, books, directories and online products.

Information Today was previously known as Learned Information, Inc. Learned Information incorporated on June 1, 1980; the name change was effective June 1, 1995. Learned Information Ltd, an affiliate based in Oxford, England, remained Information Today's European distributor after the name change. Likewise, Information Today remained Learned Information Ltd's distributor.

Information Today published Information Today, a newsletter (published at least since 1987 ), and other products geared toward "information users and professionals". That year, it bought Knowledge Asset Media, a company with a similar focus on knowledge management. Information Today ran a conference called Internet Librarian.

Information Today was founded by Thomas Hogan and Roger Bilboul. Its headquarters are in Medford, New Jersey.

Magazines
• Big Data Quarterly

• Computers in Libraries

• CRM Magazine

• Database Trends and Applications

• EventDV (formerly EMedia)

• Information Today

• KMWorld

• Link-Up/Link-Up Digital

• Internet@Schools

• Online Searcher – a 2013 merger of Online and Searcher

• Speech Technology

• Streaming Media

• Streaming Media Europe

• Streaming Media Producer

Newsletters

 * CyberSkeptic's Guide to Internet Research
 * The Information Advisor’s Guide to Internet Research
 * MLS – Marketing Library Services

Books

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 * CyberAge Books
 * Plexus Publishing
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a modified RX-8 with a non-standard body kit. Would it not be better to have an image of a standard production model? I could supply a picture of a standard UK car if required. Rob

 * Rob,

 * I had meant to change out this image before, but haven't had the chance (will do so in a moment, though). If you have some good RX-8 (or other) photographs, I'd like to encourage you to get an account and upload them to the Wikimedia commons.  Anything uploaded at the Commons is immediately available at all Wikimedia projects (such as the English and other-language Wikipedias) and saves us a lot of work.  There is an RX-8 page at the commons.  Because the Wikies are free projects, we encourage you to upload photographs that are released under a free license, such as the Gnu Free Documentation License (GFDL).

 * Thanks, and happy editing! --Milkmandan 19:40, 2005 Apr 21 (UTC)

I have now registered and will upload a photo/photos when I have the chance. Thanks. Umop ap!sdn 20:29, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)

"it is almost a surety that the RX-8 is still overrated by at least 35 hp (26 kW)" As stated earlier, wheel dyno's came up to 180hp. With a drive train loss of 30hp, this would make the actual power 210hp. 238 hp minus 210 would make 28 and not "at least" 35hp.

Standardization?
Now that there is multiple generations of the car, I think it would be a good idea to organize it the same way all other cars with multiple generations are organized. A separate section for each generation, with it's own picture and data sheet in the right-hand column. It looks good and reads very well in other articles, and I think this article would benefit from such a rearrangement. Agree/Disagree? EznorbYar (talk) 09:22, 13 July 2008 (UTC)
 * If you're talking about the 2009+ RX-8s as a second generation I'd have to disagree. It is the exact same platform/chassis as the previous year models with just cosmetic changes and a few mechanical tweaks.  It is akin to the Series 4 to Series 5 as seen on the 2nd generation FC RX-7.  Whether the series designations for the RX-7 came from official Mazda documentation or were created by enthusiasts I have no idea.  The point is that the 2009+ RX-8 is not a large enough change to warrant the dubbing of a 2nd generation as it is a mid-generation refresh.--Dinnercoat (talk) 17:27, 24 September 2008 (UTC)

I agree with the organization. The page is a catastrophy to look at as is in my opinion. The 2009+ isnt a mid-generation refresh, its the LAST of the RX-8s. There are a number of changes even in the motor... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.241.215.24 (talk) 19:58, 28 August 2010 (UTC)

Over Rated HP
It has been shown on the RX8, as well as certain Porches that while being dynoed, owing to the fact that the front wheels remain stationary as the rear ones spin that sensors on the car perceive that the car is doing a 'burnout' or something of similar effect that could possibly harm the drivetrain. Consequently set sensors put the car into a safe mode that eventually causes decreased power output to the rear wheels and a lessened measured HP output.
 * simple solution - disable DSC/TCS completely by holding the button for 8+ seconds. 81.241.215.24 (talk) 20:34, 28 August 2010 (UTC)

The fact that many people believe that car to be over rated HP wise is somewhat incorrect as 1/4mi. and 0-60 times support a horsepower rating given from the factory and not the one that most people speculate to be under rated.

 * This is an interesting supposition, and not one I've heard before. Can you substantiate it with sources?  --SFoskett 18:56, Jun 8, 2005 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure I understand why you think this, the 1/4 and 0-60 time HP calculations are rough estimates at best. I have seen 2 engine dynos of new stock engines, one from Racing Beat and the other from Australia if I recall correctly..  The Aussie motor performed as advertised, the USDM motor did not(see ECU talk just below this for why)81.241.215.24 (talk) 20:34, 28 August 2010 (UTC)

It should also be noted that the Japanese/Australian version having higher output due to "avaliablity of higher octane fuel" comment is entirely wrong. They use a different octane rating system than is used in the US, but their fuel grades are roughly equivilant (look up RON, MON, and AKI octane metrics). The US version of the RX-8 was "crippled" due to EPA requirements. In the higher HP configuration, the RX-8 put out a lot more heat and MazdaUSA could not guarentee that the cats would survive the required 150,000 miles (by EPA regulations). Therefore, a engine fuel mapping flash was done that had the effect of reducing HP. -- Patrick Williams, Sept 18, 2005.

Isn't the RX-8 not classifed as a sports car and actually something like a sub-compact? Tostie14 22:22, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

I thought the RX-8 has a chassis designation SE3P and classified as a GT car?

Flip Rating?
I remember seeing an article where *at the time* the RX-8 was the only car to recive a 5 out of 5 on the governments new Flip Rating scale... with Pickups being at the bottom of the scale... I donno if the fact is true now, but I know it is was the first car to recive the 5 out of 5 and may possibly still be the only one. Should be added somewhere...--Azslande 05:21, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

HP and Buy Back
Why was the info about Mazda's buyback removed? This is a significant piece of information about this vehicle.

Also, the horsepower listed in this article is overrated and should be corrected to what Mazda is now reporting. At the very least, both figures should be shown.
 * agreed, what needs to happen is have a note or mention or something if not totally seperated USDM models from the rest of the world.81.241.215.24 (talk) 20:35, 28 August 2010 (UTC)

It's now years later, and that section remains absent. Why?

285 PS in Gran Turismo 4
In Sony PS2's GT4, the RX-8 Type S (Japan-spec) is advertised as 250 PS when you are shopping for a new car, but after you buy it, the power figure becomes 284 or 285 PS... any thoughts on this? Gran Turismo shows the real power (rather than advertised) of some Japanese cars, for example, the Nissan Skyline GT-R (R34) is advertised to have an understated 280 PS but in actuality it has 332 PS. --24.125.38.214 23:46, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

the 280 hp rx-8 is a concept model with that power output. Did you notice the word concept? or are you to busy finding problem where there isnt.

Other video games featuring the rx8
"Need for speed underground 2" and "Need for speed: Most Wanted" have the mazda rx8 as a drivable car, the games should be added to the apperances in popular video games list

I'm not sure if nfs underground 1 had it as drivable.

http://www.nfsunlimited.net/mostwanted/carlist/ http://www.nfsunlimited.net/underground2/carlist/

 * After double-checking car list FAQs and my own laboured save file, I'm sure that there's no RX-8 race car in GT3. I removed that and tidied up the section a little (I hope). 88.105.79.123 14:00, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

IMHO adding video game and pop culture appearances is completely meaningless, as these days most car games will feature a myriad of current and previous sports cars. The addition of this info thus does not add to the readers experience of the article and is simply a case of WP:TRIVIA, which should be avoided. I will remove this section entirely, please discuss here if you feel it should be re-instated. Zunaid 08:42, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

 * Yeah, I should have seen that one coming. No objections here 88.105.67.26 21:27, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

FYI nealy every other car article on wikipedia has videogame appearance information. unless you hold a VOTE then randomly dleting info from one article and not teh rest proves your negative POV n the rx-7. Personally you are just vandalising the site and videogame appearances are an interesting addition to the wiki project. i have now replaced the article

Which exactly proves the point. Nearly every car these days appears in a myriad of video games, rendering such information of very little importance in relation to the rest of the article and to Wikipedia as a whole. FYI I've removed info from Nissan 350Z as well, I have no POV on any of these cars specifically. Please do not accuse other editors of vandalism, especially when they show that they are acting in accordance with a guideline (WP:TRIVIA in this case), and especially when other editors express agreement with the actions taken. I still feel the section should be removed per WP:TRIVIA, please provide a good argument for why you feel it should be kept. And please sign your posts by typing four tildes like so ~.  Zun aid  © Please rate me at Editor Review!  12:40, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

Personally, I really like having a "pop culture appearances" section in car articles, though one specifically for videogames is not necessary. Any videogame, movie, TV show, or other notable media that the car appears in should be fair game for inclusion in the article. I know that I will deliberately attempt to find a certain videogame or movie if it has a car I really like in. The only reason I own NFS: Pro Street is because Wikipedia told me it has the AE86 in. :) EznorbYar (talk) 09:19, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

Fuel Economy
The listed EPA estimates for this car are similar to cars such as the S2000, 350Z, and Subaru Impreza WRX (and STI). Unless there is evidence provided that this fuel economy is overstated, I will remove the passage describing the car's fuel consumption as "similar to a small block V8" and mention that it consumes fuel, just like any car, and that it's fuel consumption is easily comparable to many sports cars.71.235.66.254 21:12, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

 * heh, The MPG concerns for the RENESIS are legitimate and understood. In proper condition it performs as advertised.  But the factory ignition coils(when new) frequently exhibit misfiring at high rpm and degrade very quickly.  As mentioned in other sections, the ECU mapping from the factory is pig rich - I am looking at the '06 M/T OE mapping right now and there are areas where the target AFR is in the low 9's!!!  The spark plugs degrade quickly from peak performance.  And the catalytic converter commonly clogs, slowly destroying the motor along with your power/MPG/etc.  I have 65K miles on mine - swapped OE coils for GM Yukon based coils, got rid of the catalytic converter, and do not use OE ECU tuning.  I see 27mpg HWY with ease.  But in my experiences knowing owners who are not enthusiasts and those that are, the average owner gets 16mpg mixed driving.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.241.215.24 (talk) 20:20, 28 August 2010 (UTC)

weight in kg not lbs
considering the rx-8 is sold in OTHER markets NOT just the usa. the usa-centric figures do not coform to the iso standards considering this is a worldwide site the weight figures should be in KG NOT lbs

It is a "world car" as you say. However, articles should strive to be as complete as possible, thus the best solution would be to include both metric and imperial units. This goes for all figures, not just weight specifically. Since the wider world market more generally uses metric, these figures should be stated first, with imperial in brackets.  Zun aid  © Please rate me at Editor Review!  12:40, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

PZ
I edited the PZ section slightly, its available in two colours and the price was wrong. 81.179.153.196 04:41, 9 December 2006 (UTC)Kipper

design
Removed reference to fiberglass panels. From the factory, the Rx-8 has no such thing. Steel body, save for the aft doors and hood (bonnet).

 * and the bumpers, they are Metton81.241.215.24 (talk) 20:35, 28 August 2010 (UTC)

A whole article could probably be written about how mazda shaves weight, but I don't have the reference material as pertains to the rx-8. Suffice to say, Mazda will trim weight everywhere. Even the length of ignition cables play a factor.

Tigerplish 23:49, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

 * A small example is a magnesium cored steering wheel81.241.215.24 (talk) 20:36, 28 August 2010 (UTC)

The "Shinka" info says there are badges on the B-pillars. Earlier the car is described as not having B-pillars. Could someone who has actually seen this variant describe it more accurately, please?

75.30.225.121 (talk) 18:43, 20 January 2008 (UTC)mmbutler

 * My Shinka certainly has the badges.. The car has no traditional B-pillar, the area described is called B-pillar since the badging is in the same area.  Its on the black part of the door in between the front and rear windows81.241.215.24 (talk) 20:36, 28 August 2010 (UTC)

Redline it every drive?
I'm hearing from quite a few people that a driver should redline the RX-8 every drive to "clear out the carbon deposits" or something like that, and that specifically NOT doing so will result in engine failure sooner than not redlining it every drive. Pff... in second gear it doesn't redline until about 108kph... so when is someone specifically supposed to do this anyways? Anyone who can provide some credible information would be appreciated. If this is true, then it should probably be mentioned on the page. --Puellanivis 04:00, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

 * I believe the owner's manual recommends to redline the engine once a day to keep excess carbon from depositing yes. --Dinnercoat (talk) 05:20, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

 * Not true ... The manual says nothing about redlining it each drive for maintenance purposes. That said, nothing wrong with giving it a good squirt. That's what rotaries are for! -- Schellack —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.183.119.49 (talk) 01:20, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

 * you could put the car in neutral. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.56.224.188 (talk) 18:36, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

 * there is a very serious truth to this idealogy. But you will never find any hard data concerning such things, unless you have very good friends in motorsports engine builders - ie Rick Engman  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.241.215.24 (talk) 20:28, 28 August 2010 (UTC)

Top gear episode?
What was the episode number of the referenced top gear?Thomashauk (talk) 05:39, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

 * Series 3, Episode 5. Description here List_of_Top_Gear_episodes --Dinnercoat (talk) 05:30, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

 * It was actually Series 9, Episode 2. Details here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_Gear_(series_9). 28/2/08 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.5.10.153 (talk) 12:14, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

 * It was actually both. The first one was a proper review, and the second one was a competition against the Audi TT and Alfa Romeo Brera.  (Ultimately, the more powerful rear-drive RX-8 was beaten on the track by the much-more expensive front-drive TT because of the TT's iron-filing suspension wizardry.) Chaparral2J (talk) 23:15, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

2nd Generation RS ?
I have added a citation needed tag to the information regarding the 2nd generation RX-8. The only meaningful mechanical changes mentioned so far from the official Mazda press release are a lowering of final-drive ratio from 4.444 to 4.777. Aside from this there is no mention of any kind of drastic weight reduction, nor an increase in power. --Dinnercoat (talk) 05:49, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

 * well, lets see here what I can recall off the top of my head.. interior/exterior are obvious so I'm only talking mechanical.  New final drive, new transmission(possibly implimeted before the series change?), change from 2 to 3 oil injection ports in each housing, change from 6 to 4 fuel injectors, new ECU, change to a twin oil metering pump system, signifigant operational oil pressure changes...  theres more, but thats what i can think of while being sick81.241.215.24 (talk) 20:42, 28 August 2010 (UTC)

Here is a link to an incomplete collection of spec sheets and model year change documents from Mazda, pertaining to the North American models:  The North American 2009 manual transmission model was officially 19 pounds lighter than the equivalent 2007. The weight gain is even more for the automatic transmission model. The claim that the 2009 model was 90 pounds lighter should be removed. I will also say that driveshaft rigidity has no effect on rear suspension geometry on this vehicle, because the rear suspension moves independently of the differential housing. — Preceding unsigned comment added by John Stimson (talk • contribs) 15:34, 30 May 2013 (UTC)

Last section..
Is nothing more than an opinion piece without a single source and has no place in the article. It violates OR, NPOV, etc. I suggest it be removed, or at least backed up with automotive journalism sources. Until then it's just hogwash. Anyone else agree? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.23.2.81 (talk) 18:48, 15 April 2010 (UTC)

 * Agreed, but the entire article is just as poor. There are errors everywhere:

-car has 52:48 front-rear weight distribution - its actually 51:49 per Mazda -then in the racing section SpeedSource's car is mentioned. But it is not an RX-8, the motors are 13G's not 13B-MSP, it is not an RX-8 frame, suspension, brakes, transmission. it has RX-8 appearing panels, that is all.81.241.215.24 (talk) 20:52, 28 August 2010 (UTC)

The 2013 Ford Fusion that has a 2.0 Liter I4 turbo producing 231 hp and a 6-speed dual-clutch transmission is just as fast in acceleration and handling as a 228 hp Mazda RX-8. So much for Japanese rotary engined sports cars. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.10.134.231 (talk) 21:20, 3 November 2012 (UTC)

^-- you got some balls kid — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.91.174.0 (talk) 06:10, 31 January 2013 (UTC)

Japanese road tax and capacity?
A new and uncited addition claims a tax advantage in Japan as the Wankel has a small capacity, compared to a 4 stroke of similar power. Is this correct? In many jurisdictions, they take into account the Wankel's efficient use of internal volume and class it against a piston engine of larger displacement, thus closing the loophole. What does Japan do? Andy Dingley (talk) 17:13, 25 May 2015 (UTC)

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Reliability
There’s no mention of reliability what so ever in the article and I think that it must be mentioned. It is impossible to search for “RX-8” on Google and not see an article on the infamous reliability of the RX8’s 13b wankel engine. Mazda’s decision to add add a third oil injection port in each rotor housing is an acknowledgment of that fact, as well as their decision to extend the extended warranty program to every year of RX-8. RX8 owners are aware that eventually their engine will have to be rebuilt as it’s a part of ownership and is expected. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Scott Chiste (talk • contribs) 00:04, 5 July 2020 (UTC)

Missing ref
could you please fix the ref that you named "Mazda2" that has no definition? -- Fyrael (talk) 06:38, 11 February 2024 (UTC)

Spirit-R Section
The section detailing the upgrades done from the factory to the Spirit-R are incorrect and are general to either the Series 2 (2009+) models or the R3 trim. The Spirit-R is purely an aesthetic trim to my knowledge

"Mazda reworked a lot of the engine and related electronics in order to enable the engine to have the highest amount of peak power. A high-pressure fuel pump was added, as was a larger radiator with faster fans to help with cooling. The cold air intake system was upgraded, and the S-DAIS gained a second intake port, which would open at 5,500 rpm to allow more air into the engine. The oil-metering pump was upgraded to provide more oil to the rotors. A less restricted stainless steel exhaust was added with larger 3.5-inch tips. A Tochigi Fuji torque vectoring limited-slip differential was added. the engine ignition system was upgraded to the high output revision-C coils, for increased performance and engine response. A bespoke track-ready suspension with Bilstein dampers and a urethane-foam-injected front suspension cross member was added. Mazda also focused on reducing weight. The front hood, rear doors and trunk lid were made from aluminum. A magnesium steering frame, together with a lightweight carbon fiber prop shaft, was also added. "

The S-DAIS did not gain a second port, this is a the VFAD opening at 5500, not unique the the Spirit-R trim. I am unsure on the exhaust claim. The diff is the same on all models, not unique to the spirit-r. All later models came equipped with Rev-C coils. The bilstein dampers were standard on all R3/Type-RS models. Same with the foam subframe. All 04+ manual RX-8s came with a carbon composite driveshaft. 162.233.201.244 (talk) 17:09, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

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New Palace, Stuttgart

The New Palace (Neues Schloss) is an 18th-century Baroque palace in Stuttgart and is one of the last large city palaces built in Southern Germany. The palace is located in the on the Schlossplatz in front of the Jubiläumssäule column and Königsbau. Public tours of the building are only permitted by special arrangement, as the building contains some government offices. Once a historic residence of the kings of Württemberg, the New Palace derives its name from its commissioning by Duke Carl Eugen of Württemberg to replace the Old Castle in the early years of his reign. Originally, Charles commissioned Nikolaus Friedrich Thouret, but architects Leopoldo Retti, Philippe de La Guêpière, Reinhard Heinrich Ferdinand Fischer would contribute to the design, history, and construction of the palace.

The palace was heavily bombed in World War II, leaving only a shell. It was finally agreed to rebuild it in 1957.

Background
In 1737, then Duke of Württemberg Charles Alexander died leaving his nine year old Charles Eugene as duke prematurely. He was not yet old enough to rule the Duchy, so he was sent to be educated and study in the court of then King of Prussia Frederick the Great while the court of Württemberg was run by magistrates. In 1744, Charles Eugene came of age at 16 years of age, and returned to Stuttgart to assume his throne. Upon arriving, he desired a new residence proper residence which is convenable to his royal dignity and the amplitude of his royal household" in the city of Stuttgart and even threatened to move the capital back out of Stuttgart to Ludwigsburg Palace. The Württemberg Diet, who had lost the traditional role of capital of the Duchy for decades to the smaller and unfortified Ludwigsburg, insisted that the palace and seat of the power be moved back into Stuttgart because it would mean increased pride and political and economic power coming to rest in the city once again. So it was that Charles Eugene decided to build his palace upon the Schlossplatz.

However, there was some debate over the palace as the Duchy already had the large and expensive residence at Ludwigsburg, and some, like Württemberg's Oberbaudirektor Johann Christoph David Leger, argued that expansion of a previous residence like the Old Castle would suffice. Plans nonetheless went forward, and architects across Europe jumped at the chance to design the Duke's palace and submitted drafts directly to Charles, including renowned architects Alessandro Galli da Bibiena and Maurizio Pedetti as well as Balthasar Neumann, designer of the world-famous Würzburg Residence.

Construction
On 3 September 1746 the cornerstone was laid under the New Palace's first build master, Leopoldo Matteo Retti whose uncle, Donato Giuseppe Frisoni, had worked on Ludwigsburg Palace. Retti, who picked the site of an old crossbow shop for the New Palace, planned for the courtyard to face the nearby Karlsschule Stuttgart and New Lusthaus south of the palace, the Garden Wing to face the Ducal Apartments in the Corps de logis, and for the City Wing to contain the guest and state rooms. However, when construction began, it began under the direction of Johann Christoph David Leger as Retti was working on a commission in Ansbach until 1748. The following year, the facades of the Corps de logis and Garden Wing were completed, while work on the interiors would last until 1750. Unfortunately, Retti, whose work had been inspired by the Baroque architecture of France, died of an unknown illness 18 September 1751.

After Retti's death, construction of the palace fell to Parisian architect Philippe de La Guêpière, a friend of Retti. A connoisseur of then modern architectural theory, Philippe was inspired by his time in his native France and especially the magnificent Palace of Versailles, and took the palace in this direction. Under La Guêpière, the City Wing facade was finished in 1756 as well as a dome over the central structure in 1760 with decorations to the Corp de logis following in 1762. Unfortunately, a fire destroyed the interior of the Garden Wing, which La Guêpière had just finished, on the night of 13–14 November of that same year. Following the fire, an annoyed Charles Eugene decreed the speedy conclusion of construction of the White Room and Mirror Gallery for the celebration of his birthday (11 February) the following year. In 1764, construction ceased because the Duke moved his residence to Ludwigsburg and remained there for a decade. In response, La Guêpière left the Duke's court in 1768 and returned to Paris.

In 1775, the Duke returned to Stuttgart and hired Reinhard Heinrich Ferdinand Fischer to repair the palace. He would do so until his death in 1793 and his era would see the central pavilion of the Marble Hall in the Corps de Logis was decorated with a fresco by Nicolas Guibal. Czar Paul I of Russia and his wife Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg, one of Charles Eugene's nieces, visited the castle in 1775. When Charles Eugene died in 1793, New Palace was given more much needed repairs. 1789 saw the completion of the City Wing and the Garden Wing in 1791 during the rule of Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg (construction elsewhere could continue into the 19th century). In 1806, as the palace was finally nearing completion, Napoleon Bonaparte visited the New Palace. Eleven years later, von Thouret redecorated some of the rooms of the Red Marble Hall during the visit of Czar Alexander I.

When Duke and then King Frederick I died, William I moved the seat of his power back to the New Palace and hired Giovanni Salucci and later his pupil Ferdinand Gabriel and charged them with renovating the palace's Grey and Yellow Marble Halls in 1836. In 1840 and 1841 and from 1852 to 1854, the court painter Josef Anton Gegenbauer painted three frescoes in the rooms created next to the staircase on the ground floor with scenes from the history of the Duchy and the Kingdom of Württemberg. Under Duke Charles I and his wife Olga only minor changes were made to the castle, mainly made in the royal living area and by Joseph von Egle were executed. William II renounced the residency of the dukes in the New Palace, and the palace was somewhat opened to the public for the first time.

Use after 1918
After Wilhelm II of Württemberg abdicated his throne on November 30, 1918, the palace passed into state ownership. In 1919, the German Foreign Institute used the ground floor and some of the garden wing to house their offices and showrooms and some of the first and second floors became the headquarters for the local police. In the early 1920s, nearly the entire first floor became a museum displaying the royal Kunstkammer, majolica collection, and former living places of the kings of Württemberg. On 15 April 1920, Richard von Weizsäcker, future President of Germany, was born in the attic of the palace. When the German Foreign Institute moved out in 1928, the remaining unused portions of the palace were converted into German military and ancient antiquity museums. When the police headquarters moved out in 1926, the second floor housed the offices of the antiquities collection and historic preservation authorities.

In the World War II air raids on February 21, 1944, Neue Schloss was almost completely burned to the ground by Allied bombs, leaving only the facade standing. For many years, preservationists fought to rebuild Neue Schloss (once, it was nearly demolished in favor of a hotel) until 1957 when finally it was agreed in the Baden-Württemberg Landtag that the castle would be rebuilt – by one vote. Since the reconstruction that began in 1958 under the careful direction of Horst Linde, the castle has been used by the State's government, starting with the Corps de logis (Now used for representation by the State Ministry) and the two wings of the castle. The only part of the castle that was not fully restored was an air raid shelter under the building that was demolished in 1958. Today it is used by the State Ministries of Finance and Education and is now open to the public via regular guided tours.

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Black and White (1999 TV film)

Black and White is a 1999 television thriller film directed by Yuri Zeltser which stars Gina Gershon and Rory Cochrane.

Plot
A rookie Los Angeles police officer, Chris O'Brien (Cochrane), is partnered with a hard-edged officer, Nora Hugosian (Gershon). They develop a relationship at the same time that Hugosian is suspected of being a serial killer that is roaming the city.

Cast

 * Gina Gershon as Nora 'Hugs' Hugosian
 * Rory Cochrane as Chris O'Brien
 * Ron Silver as Simon Herzel
 * Alison Eastwood as Lynn Dombrowsky
 * Ross Partridge as Michael Clemence/Armin Hugosian
 * James Handy as Sergeant Wright

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FilePro

filePro is a proprietary DBMS and RAD system originally developed by Howard Wolowitz as The Electric File Clerk in 1978. He licensed it to Tandy Corporation in 1979 who first published it in 1980 as Profile II.

Although there was a Profile for the TRS-80 model I, model III and model IV, these were unrelated programs. Today's filePro started out on the Model II and was first released by Tandy as "Profile II". After passing through several owners, the code is currently the property of fPTechnologies, Inc.

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the pictures point to the wrong general, switch the picture or switch the info please. 24.12.8.97 00:36, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

 * Please explain. They look OK to me. Hal Jespersen 15:55, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
 * I think he meant that the info for McClellan is on the left and Lee on the right, while the pictures are over the wrong information. I agree that they should be switched.Silver seren 20:54, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

 * Aha, now I see; I had been looking only at the caption. That's a consequence of someone adding the battlebox after I created the image. Since all the battleboxes have the US on the left, I'll have to reverse the picture. I'll put it on my to-do list. Hal Jespersen 15:38, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

 * I was just researching something for class and noticed that on this page. I saw McClellan and the words Confederate States and I was like: huh??? Though I kinda wish he was...it would have been a much easier war. XD Silver seren 22:09, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

 * Done. Hal Jespersen 21:43, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

 * Looks good. :) Silver seren 18:39, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

Lee should be on the left sense the confederacy won the battle... —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dwood89 (talk • contribs) 19:56, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

 * We don't use that convention in these infoboxes. US is on the left, CS on the right, in all boxes, regardless of winner. Hal Jespersen (talk) 21:09, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

Campaignbox
The Seven Days Battles seems to be one of those military engagements that can be classified as both a battle and a campaign. Should this page also be put in a campaign category, and given its own campaignbox? This is what the Chattanooga Campaign does. I think a hierarchical structure would make the Peninsula Campaign campaignbox clearer. I wanted to check with the editors before making any changes since I'm new to this. Jrnold (talk) 16:45, 16 October 2010 (UTC)

 * We are using the NPS Civil War Sites Advisory Commission classification, http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/abpp/battles/bycampgn.htm#East62, that considers this all to be part of the Peninsula Campaign (March-July 1862). For economy of article construction, we decided to separate it into two overview articles: Peninsula Campaign and Seven Days Battles. (It theoretically could have been covered by one giant article.) This is exactly equivalent to the Gettysburg Campaign, where the battles after July 3 are covered by a separate article, Retreat from Gettysburg. Just because we chose to put them into a separate article does not make them part of a separate campaign. Please do not change the campaign box for the Peninsula or create a separate campaign box for the Seven Days. Thanks. Hal Jespersen (talk) 18:08, 16 October 2010 (UTC)

 * No problem. I knew someone had thought about it a lot more than I had. If that's the case, for consistency should this article be in the categories Category:Battles of the Peninsula Campaign of the American Civil War, Category:Confederate victories of the American Civil War? As it's neither a battle nor a campaign according to CWSAC. Retreat from Gettysburg is not in a Battles of category, but is only categorized as Category:Gettysburg Campaign of the American Civil War.  I'm definitely for consistency with the CWSAC taxonomy; the reason that I noticed this was that for a project I am merging dbpedia resources with CWSAC data.   Jrnold (talk) 18:08, 17 October 2010 (UTC)

 * (You need to put a leading ":" on those category links to get them to show up in regular text.) The first category that you mentioned seems to have both battle and campaign articles, so yes. The second has only battles, so no. I have to say that I don't pay much attention to these categories – I never use them myself as a Wikipedia reader – so I do not know if they are correct in the overall scheme of things anymore. It would actually make more sense to me to have campaign names in the victory categories because it is often much easier to determine the victor in a campaign than in the series of individual inconclusive battles that make up the campaign. Unfortunately, however, we would not have the neutral POV of CWSAC to help us with those classifications on campaigns and would have to argue about each individually. Hal Jespersen (talk) 20:59, 17 October 2010 (UTC)

Confusion about Army names
"The Seven Days Battles ended the Peninsula Campaign. The Army of the Potomac encamped around Berkeley Plantation, birthplace of William Henry Harrison. The Union defensive position was a strong one that Lee did not consider attacking, withdrawing instead to the defenses of Richmond. With its back to the James River, the army was protected by Union gunboats, but suffered heavily from heat, humidity, and disease. In August, they were withdrawn by order of President Lincoln to reinforce the Army of Virginia in the Northern Virginia Campaign and the Second Battle of Bull Run." To me, this passage is a little confusing. It states that the Union defensive position was strong, and that it was protected by Union gunboats. But it also says that Lincoln ordered them to reinforce The Army of Northern Virginia. I do not understand what this is trying to say. Does the person mean that Lincoln meant for the Union to reinforce some other army. Please clear this up for me. --Dhenee (talk) 22:23, 21 May 2012 (UTC)

 * Please note that the Army of Virginia and the Army of Northern Virginia are not synonyms. You have misquoted the statement in the article. Hal Jespersen (talk) 19:49, 22 May 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for clearing that up. I don't know what came over me! --71.252.174.173 (talk) 01:26, 23 May 2012 (UTC)

Days of the week
I added the day of the week on which the Seven Days started (Wednesday, June 25, 1862) and noted that June 29 was a Sunday. Today's "On this day..." mentioned Stonewall Jackson's only defeat at the First Battle of Kernstown was on a Sunday, and it's a common Civil War myth that Jackson would not fight on a Sunday. This is another time he was involved in a battle on a Sunday.Roches (talk) 13:44, 23 March 2014 (UTC)

2015 comment on vandalism
I am not a Civil War expert, but I am familiar with common military terminology. My question deals with the use of "Isis attack" in The Seven Days began on Wednesday, June 25, 1862, with a Isis attack in the minor Battle of Oak Grove, Can someone explain what is an Isis attack? CNSinColorado (talk) 23:44, 15 September 2015 (UTC)
 * That was obviously vandalism, which has been reverted. power~enwiki ( π, ν ) 20:17, 25 May 2018 (UTC)

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Walton High School (Bronx)

Walton High School was a public four-year high school located in the Jerome Park neighborhood of the Bronx borough in New York. Originally an all-girl institution, Walton became co-educational in 1977. Walton, Bayside High School, Samuel J. Tilden High School, Abraham Lincoln High School, John Adams High School, Andrew Jackson High School, and Grover Cleveland High School were all built during the Great Depression from one set of blueprints, to save money.

Walton's colors were sky blue and white. Its motto, Semper fidelis, means 'always faithful'. The school seal was an open book supported by the torch of learning, and the school crest contains the head of Athena, Greek goddess of wisdom. The wildcat was the mascot used by the Walton's sports teams. Today the sports teams are composed of the students of each of the small mini-schools within the Walton Educational Campus. The building is in the same neighborhood as the Bronx High School of Science and DeWitt Clinton High School. From the mid-1980s to its closing in 2008 it was one of the lower-performing high schools in the city. Walton was operated by the New York City Department of Education. The building now houses a of mini-schools for academic support.

The High school produced American politicians, award winning singer-songwriters, an American TV legend, Nobel Prize winners an award winning actress, director, and producer.

History
Walton High School is named after Mary Walton, a wife of General Lewis Morris, a member of the Continental Congress and a signer of the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution, as well as one of the first members of New York State's Board of Regents. Mary Walton was the mother of ten children, four of whom fought in the American Revolutionary War. The Walton and the Morris families owned land in the west Bronx from the 17th until the 19th century. Mary Walton operated a "dame school", teaching little girls of the colonial period to read, write, do basic mathematics, and keep house. Mary Walton was buried next to Saint Ann's Church in the South Bronx. Mary A. Conlon, an elementary school principal of P.S. 30 (located next to Mary Walton's burial place), founded Walton as one of the first all-girl schools in New York City. The New York City Board of Education accredited Walton as an all-girl high school on April 19, 1923. The first graduation took place in January 1926 with 126 girls.

In 1930, the current building on Jerome Avenue and West 195th Street was constructed as Walton's new home, using the same structural design as Abraham Lincoln High School and Samuel J. Tilden High School, both in Brooklyn. The school moved to its new home in 1932. Conlon continued as principal until her death in 1936, when Marion Cahil Heffernan (an assistant principal of economics at Erasmus Hall High School in Brooklyn) took over. By 1933, the student population had peaked at approximately 6,000. It was noted as the second-largest high school in the world behind its brother school, DeWitt Clinton. It was also noted that it was the largest high school in the world for girls. Walton was a prestigious all-girl institution throughout much of its history, with a high graduation rate. Its students were often inducted into the Arista honor society. Many of Walton's graduates went on to Ivy League colleges and universities. For many years the school's yearbook was named the Periwinkle, a small blue flower. With the change in demographics of the surrounding neighborhoods came the change in the overall level of excellence for which Walton had been known. The demise and eventual closing of this school saddened those who remembered Walton as it was.

In 1966, Mrs. Heffernan retired after serving thirty years as principal. The school appointed its first male principal, Daniel Feins, the former assistant principal of social studies at Christopher Columbus High School. Walton continued as an all-girl school until 1976, when the administration elected to become a co-educational high school. On September 9, 1977, boys were officially admitted to the school; however, it wouldn't be fully co-educational until 1979, when the final all-girl class graduated. In 1980, Marjorie Kipp was appointed as the new principal, and three years later, the school's pool was closed due to a deterioration from the skylight. In 1984, Phyllis Opochinsky founded the "Pre-Teaching Academy" (students work with other peers with classwork and homework, assist teachers in classrooms, write term papers on their experience in pre-teaching, and earn college credit through Lehman College). In 1986, Angel D. Orengo became the first male to have the school's valedictorian honor.

In 1990, Kipp retired and a new principal, Mrs. Nicola Genco (an assistant principal of guidance at Alfred E. Smith High School) was appointed. During her tenure she addressed security issues, employed more than twenty school safety officers and helped gain funds for the school to be renovated. In 1994 the school's $54 million modernization was officially launched and completed in 1998. Genco also oversaw faculty turnover by terminating some teachers and hiring others she deemed more qualified. Programs such as the Pre-Teaching Academy and Humanities aided Walton's good reputation. Principal Genco and her administration implemented the Walton Plan to target lateness and loitering around campus, and to encourage the faculty to show interest in every student's progress.

In 1997, Walton was named a New American High School for serving as a model for schools nationwide that have achieved high levels of success. The next year, the School Construction Authority had declared the completion of Walton's renovation. Principal Genco was concerned that not all of the building's modernization were complete. She and the SCA held a meeting and the agency threatened to close the school down. Genco consulted the news media, such as WABC-TV, WNBC-TV, the New York Daily News, etc. She addressed issues like the peeling paint around the building, lack of heat, poor architecture, and the mismanagement of the pool. In 1999, the SCA agreed with Genco, shortly before her retirement, to repair the school's roof. In 2002, another principal persuaded the agency to modernize the exterior of the building which was completed in 2005. However, the swimming pool, with mini-columns and beautifully tiled, was never repaired despite the SCA contract. On April 19, 1998, Walton celebrated its 75th anniversary by throwing a birthday party inside the lunchroom and holding a luncheon at Maestro's Restaurant for all the graduating classes throughout the school's history. The Periwinkle (yearbook) also acknowledged the anniversary.

In 1999, Valerie Vallade, an alumna of Walton, was appointed as the sixth principal and increased the graduation rate. She retired in 2002, when Patricia Friedman (former Assistant Principal of English) was appointed as Interim Acting Principal. However, truancy and unlawful activity increased. Allegedly, some faculty members berated Friedman for this and called for her resignation. A new principal, John Tornifolio, took over in 2004. In that year, Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the Department of Education labeled Walton as an "Impact School." More than twenty School Safety Officers were assigned and surveillance cameras were installed around campus. Walton High School faced a phase-out in 2005 because of overcrowding and criminal activity. Numerous advocates, such as the Walton High School Alumni Association, failed to persuade the New York City Department of Education to keep the school running. The school graduated its final class in June 2008.

Organizational houses
For many years, Walton was divided into eight theme houses:

 * Apollo House
 * Hercules House
 * Jupiter House
 * Mercury House
 * Orion House (Special Education)
 * Pre-Teaching House
 * Ulysses House
 * Welcome House (for incoming freshmen)

Demographics
When Walton opened in 1923, the school was entirely White. When Mary A. Conlon died in 1936, the school was 80% White and 20% African-American. The June Class of 1938 yearbook, however, shows no black women in any of the group photos and only three among the photos of the graduating class. In the mid-1960s, Hispanic students started to enroll in sizable numbers, and by the end of the 1960s, Walton's ethnic makeup was 40% White, 40% African-American, and 20% Hispanic. The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) code 362058002884 identifies this school.

Programs for students

 * Pre-Teaching Academy – Founded in 1984 by Phyllis Opochinsky, students work with other peers with classwork and homework, assist teachers in classrooms, write term papers on their experience in Pre-teaching, and earn college credit through Lehman College. All students must earn a grade of 80 (B) and above.
 * Humanities – Students study in interdisciplinary studies in the arts, history and participate in cultural trips.
 * Business – Computer training, accounting, resume preparation, pre co-op Program, etc.
 * Cooperative Education – Students work one week and attend school the next. It is often a paid internship, and students earn college credit.

Extracurricular activities

 * Yearbook (Periwinkle) – Founded in 1926 when the first graduating class graduated from the school, the Periwinkle is one of the most unusual and distinct yearbooks in the United States.
 * Performing Arts – Only available to students assigned to Walton. It includes drama, vocal and instrumental music, and art.
 * Cheerleading – Many students (male and female) are in the cheerleading squad. It has won six awards for six consecutive years, and championships.
 * Football – Reinstated in 2001, it is not a major city PSAL sport like the other sports in Walton.
 * Step-Team
 * Cross Country – running track
 * Tennis – One of the popular PSAL sport in Walton throughout history.
 * Basketball – Many male and female students participate in this PSAL sport and has won many championships.
 * Baseball – One of the most astounding baseball teams in New York City.
 * Softball – The most outstanding softball team in the United States.

Student support services

 * SPARK – A citywide drug/sex prevention program open to students from all grade levels.
 * PIUS XII/Good Shepherd Student Services – A community-based program designed for drop-out intervention. The program is conducted by Antonia Campopiano-Ferrara and was active in Walton since 1991.
 * College Advisory – Provides resources for students who plan to enroll in a college or university.
 * SBST (School-Based Support Team) – Provides personal and academic support to regular and special education students.

"Walton, Alma Mater"
Revised (co-educational) version
 * Walton, Alma Mater dear
 * Thy sons and daughters rise to bless thee
 * Voices ringing far and near
 * The best of mothers fair confess thee
 * We will ever love thy name
 * To thee our grateful praise we render
 * Help us to increase thy fame
 * Oh Walton, Alma mater dear.

Original version
 * Walton, Alma Mater dear
 * Thy loyal daughters rise to bless thee
 * Voices ringing far and near
 * The best of mothers fair confess thee
 * We will ever love thy name
 * To thee our grateful praise we render
 * Keep us spotless as thy fame
 * Oh Walton, Alma mater dear.

"The Loyal Pledge"
With gratitude to my parents and school; with interest in my city and with concern for my country, I pledge: As a graduate, to build on my education at Walton High School; as a citizen, to work both alone and with many to improve my city and country; and as an American, to respect my country's hopes and ideals and to support, defend and improve its constitution.

Mini-schools inside the Walton Campus

 * High School for Teaching and the Professions – Founded in 2002 from the Pre-Teaching Academy program of Walton, provides a smaller and friendlier environment to pupils.
 * Discovery High School – Founded in 2003
 * The Celia Cruz Bronx High School of Music – Founded in 2003 inside DeWitt Clinton High School, is the official school for music and the arts of the Bronx. CCBxHSM was relocated to the Walton Campus, its current location, in 2004
 * The Kingsbridge International High School – Founded in September 2005 with only four classrooms in Walton, is the sister school of the successful International School in Queens. Like its other sister schools, Manhattan International and Bronx International, Kingsbridge was implemented to help new immigrants in New York learn English through various projects. Most of the students are new to this country and many have had their educational opportunity derailed due to poverty and lack of resources.
 * International School for Liberal Arts is an Intermediate School with grades from 6th–12th. Most students in the school are Hispanics, specially Dominicans. Students are required to wear uniforms.

Principals

 * Mary A. Conlon (1923–1936)
 * Marion Cahil Heffernan (1936–1966)
 * Daniel M. Feins (1966–1980)
 * Marjorie J. Baird (1980–1990)
 * Nicola Provenzano-Genco (1990–1999)
 * Valerie J. Vallade (1999–2002)
 * Patricia Friedman (2002–2004)
 * John Tornifolio (2004–2008)

Notable alumni

 * Bella Abzug,(1920–1998), nicknamed "Battling Bella", was a lawyer, U.S. Representative, social activist and leader in the women's movement.
 * Isabel Bigley, (1926–2006) was an American actress.
 * Coko (born 1970), is an American singer-songwriter best known as the lead singer of the R&B vocal trio Sisters With Voices (SWV)
 * Gertrude Elion, (1918–1999) was an American biochemist and pharmacologist, who shared the 1988 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
 * Oswald Feliz, is an American politician and attorney serving as a member of the New York City Council
 * Shari Lewis, (1933-1998) was an American TV legend ventriloquist, puppeteer, children's entertainer, and television show host.
 * Leanne "Lelee" Lyons, (born 1973)is an American singer–songwriter and television personality. Member of the R&B vocal trio Sisters With Voices (SWV)
 * Penny Marshall, (1943-2018) was an American award winning actress, director, and producer.
 * John Morton, (born 1967) former all-New York State point guard led Seton Hall University to the 1989 NCAA National Championship game. First-round pick by Cleveland in the NBA draft, also played in the CBA and in Europe and the Philippines. Inducted into the New Jersey Sports Writers Association Hall of Fame in 2007. Assistant coach at Fordham and Seton Hall.
 * Rosalyn Sussman Yalow, (1921–2011) was an American medical physicist, and a co-winner of the 1977 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
 * Andrea Thomas, (born 1968) nationally ranked sprinter who set several national and New York State records in outdoor and indoor track. Jamaica Olympic team member in 1984 and 1988.
 * Anna Jacobson Schwartz, (1915–2012) was an American economist who worked at the National Bureau of Economic Research in New York City and a writer for The New York Times.

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Photo + citations + proper section breaks. GDibyendu (talk) 19:08, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

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Jeetendra has acted in 216 films all together.He is a highly respected actor. So there is definitely the need for separate filmography page.In the biography only the link to the filmography page needs to be given in the section ACTOR.This would help in putting quality information regarding Jeetendra in his biography and would reduce the length as well save space in wiki artcile about him. So let there be a seperate page for Fimography of Jeetendra.

There should be no merger. As the complete list of his films is in work in progress no need for merger.When http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajinikanth_filmography can be created for an actor with 150 films then how can fimography for an actor who has played leading man in 216 films can be objected to?Paglakahinka (talk) 18:09, 2 July 2011 (UTC)

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