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Mooney's Bay station

Mooney's Bay is an O-Train station along the Trillium Line located near Heron Road and Bronson Avenue in Ottawa, Ontario, which primarily serves the Government of Canada offices in the Confederation Heights area, and students from Brookfield High School. In 2011, a pedestrian and cyclist path was built to provide a direct link between Mooney's Bay Station and Brookfield Road.

The station was originally named Confederation after the area in which the station is located, Confederation Heights. On December 24, 2017, the station was renamed to Mooney's Bay (after nearby Mooney's Bay Park) to avoid confusion with the O-Train's new Confederation Line, which opened in 2019.

Facilities

 * Accessibility: Wheelchair accessible with ramp and stairs connecting to Heron Road.
 * Washrooms: None
 * Nearby: Government of Canada building 501 Heron Road, Sir Leonard Tilley Building, Canada Post, Edward Drake Building, Revenue Canada Data Centre

Service
The following routes serve Mooney's Bay station as of May 3, 2020:

Note: Route is also available via a walking tunnel at 1500 Bronson, served by bus stops 4091 to Hurdman and 5626 to Lyon.

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Broach (nautical)

A broach is an abrupt, involuntary change in a vessel's course, towards the wind, resulting from loss of directional control, when the vessel's rudder becomes ineffective. This can be caused by wind or wave action. A wind gust can heel (lean) a sailing vessel, lifting its rudder out of the water. Both power and sailing vessels can broach when wave action reduces the effectiveness of the rudder. This risk occurs when traveling in the same general direction as the waves are moving. The loss of control from either cause usually leaves the vessel beam-on to the sea, and in more severe cases the rolling moment may cause a capsize.

An alternative meaning in the context of submarine operation is an unintended surfacing of a shallow-running submarine in a deep wave trough.

Wind
Broaching caused by wind action may occur when a vessel is sailing away from the wind and its sails are suddenly overpowered by a gust of wind, causing it to heel excessively. Heeling alters the rudder's orientation, away from vertical, reducing the horizontal force which water can apply as it flows past the rudder. In extreme cases, heeling can raise the rudder out of the water. With loss of directional control, the vessel turns into the wind. In the process, the vessel may heel close to horizontal and may capsize. Such loss of control may be preceded by oscillations of the vessel's mast and course, as the person steering attempts to maintain control.

Waves
Any vessel that is traveling in the same direction and close to the same speed as large waves (relative to the vessel) risks losing directional control when the stern is lifted in the water by an overtaking wave. Near the crest of a large wave, the orbital motion of the upper part of the wave is in the same direction as the vessel's course and can be close to the same speed as the vessel. When the orbital motion of the wave minimizes the velocity of the rudder through the surrounding water, the rudder loses effectiveness and steering is compromised. The vessel is likely to swing across the waves, roll to one side, and perhaps capsize. Naval architects have only recently started to produce workable mathematical models of broaching: the complexity is due to the non-linear nature of the phenomenon. What is well understood is that "wave riding" (traveling at the same speed as the waves) creates a substantial risk of broaching. Wave action may contribute to a broach initiated by wind gusts.

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Talk:Delirium tremens

This simply isn't true
"Withdrawal from other drugs which are not sedative-hypnotics, such as opioids, marijuana, cocaine etc. do not have major medical complications and withdrawal is therefore not life threatening" Withdrawal from opioids absolutely has MAJOR medical complications! I'd imagine one would have to have been living under a rock for about fifty years to not know that. 24.67.72.62 (talk) 05:24, 27 February 2011 (UTC)

I'm not sure if it's appropriate for me to mention in this section, but reference 3 says "Alcohol is one of the more dangerous substances from which to experience withdrawal." (emphasis added); As opposed to "most" dangerous, also erroneously stated stated, this one in the lede of the article Relishcolouredhat (talk) 01:47, 13 December 2016 (UTC)
 * One of the more and one of the most is the same thing. We are also required to paraphrase. Doc James  (talk · contribs · email) 01:42, 14 December 2016 (UTC)

Removed Factual Inconsistency
"Although used rarely, an alcohol drip may be prescribed to sedate severe patients, who will then need to be "weaned" off of the alcohol."

This is factually incorrect. Alcohol is never administered by physicians to avert withdrawal symptoms except in cases of medical misconduct.

There is also no medical protocol for someone to be, "weaned off of the alcohol".

While it is true that some alcoholics in withdrawal are given ethanol this is only within the scope of co-morbidity. If the remark is to be reinstated, then a reference should be provided alongside which demonstrates medical practice advocating that alcohol be given for the purpose of averting withdrawal, and not some other issue. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.208.122.170 (talk) 14:31, 10 November 2010 (UTC)

possible error
i think theres an error with this in the article. "Unlike the withdrawal syndrome associated with opiate dependence, delirium tremens (and alcohol withdrawal in general) can be fatal." opiate withdrawal can in fact be fatal. i know a few people who work at rehab facilities. opiate and alcohol addicts, if severe enough, constantly have their hearts monitored because there have been cases of heart failure due to withdrawal. i think its more common in older or unhealthy people. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.188.195.13 (talk) 20:05, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

Certainly. Jerry Garcia died at Betty Ford Clinic while withdrawing fom Heroin.68.231.184.217 (talk) 16:02, 19 June 2011 (UTC)

heres a source. http://www.experiencefestival.com/a/Heroin_-_Withdrawal/id/1323298 i'm sure their are many others from google if this one isnt good enough —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.188.195.13 (talk) 20:11, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

The majority of heroin addicts also misuse and are often physically dependent on other "downers" as part of their poly drug using behaviour including alcohol, benzodiazepines and sometimes barbiturates. Cardiovascular problems can occur from during alcohol withdrawal and benzodiazepine or barbiturate withdrawal. Withdrawal from CNS GABAergic depressants such as alcohol, benzodiazepines and barbiturates are well known for having fatal complications during withdrawal (most notably seizures). Pure opiate withdrawal is not regarded as being a life threatening withdrawal syndrome. The common cold or even sex can kill the elderly or severely debilitated.-- Literature geek |  T@1k?  22:36, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

drawings
"drawings on wallpaper that the patient would perceive as giant spiders ready to attack her or him)"

That is an illusion, not a hallucination!

An illusion is defined ad a "deformed perception of reality", that is, perceiving something while the real object is something completely different; a hallucination is a "perception without object", that is, perceiving something while there is nothing that could generate that perception.

So, mistaking wallpaper drawings for spiders is an illusion; seeing spiders on the walls of a room where there are no spiders and nothing that could be mistaken for a spider (no drawings on the wallpaper) is a hallucination. Devil Master 13:45, 15 Apr 2005 (CET)

So, a person experiencing these symptoms is illusionating rather than hallucinating? I'm sorry, but this seems like meaningless semantics to me. I think, at least as far as popular usage is concerned, any person seeing things that do not exist, due to a medical condition or intoxication which warps the perception, can be said to be experiencing a hallucination. Of course, when you are able to see the sailboat in the Magic Eye picture, this is an illusion, but when the wallpaper becomes alive and begins attacking you, I think this can be properly characterized as a hallucination regardless of whether the vision is precipitated by some existing object or not.67.46.0.13 06:53, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

It is not a matter of semantics but is important diagnostically. Illusion-related psychoses have a different psychiatric differential than hallucination-related ones especially when considering drug intoxication. If you want to use the terms in a non-specific manner then you should be writing for the simple English domain of wikipedia.

Police contents???
Schitzos have hallucinations with police contents??? Im not a psychiatrist but even I think this is wrong??--Light current 21:39, 23 September 2005 (UTC)

Fact missing in intro: WHAT IS DT???
The article's introduction is only talking about the causes of delirium tremens, but it doesn't say what it actually is!! What kind of condition is it? If I asked you "what is delirium tremens?", would the right answer be "It's associated with alcohol, and it's fatal!"? As most other Wikipedia articles of this type would 'agree', that's not correct. Kreachure 16:22, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

Confusing
"Despite notions to the contrary, because of delirium tremens, alcohol withdrawal is the most dangerous because it has the possibility of being fatal." What does this mean? What notions? When it says "most dangerous", does it mean among kinds of withdrawal or does it mean that it's DT that makes alcohol withdrawal dangerous? NickelShoe 06:43, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Thank you, anonymous user, for clearing that up. NickelShoe 19:24, 28 December 2005 (UTC)

Disambiguation?
the article List of commercial brands of beer links here instead of an article on the beer of the same (or similar) name.
 * The correct article exists at Delirium Tremens (beer). I'm going to take the liberty of linking to that article at the top of this one. NickelShoe 20:34, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

Spambot ruined article!!!
Seems like a spambot ruined this article. Can someone put it back?

Number One on Google
ranks #1 on Google for "Delium tremens"NumberOneGoogle 18:57, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

It would be nice if someone re-wrote or added a subsection to "Causes", the current text is too technical for a general audience.

Edited Causes
I added a few lines to the causes, hope it helps

Cultural references section
I think this section contains a lot of material that may be peripheral to the main topic. It's just a very long list of fictional references, and highbrow as many of them might be, it's not explained why depictions of delerium tremens might have a special cultural significance. Alcohol use and addiction certainly are important themes in fiction, but I'm not convinced that delerium tremens itself is significant in the same way, except as an illustration of those themes. For an example of addressing the significance of fictional alcoholism, see Alcoholism. Notice it mentions a few specific examples instead of just listing off a whole ton of stuff. I also think it might be good to have an article on Alcohol use in fiction or the Cultural impact of alcohol use for this type of material.--Eloil 11:01, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

Hello. My name is Scott Seguin. This may not seem important. But the "cultural reference" to The Brothers Karamazov is simply not true. I read the book last year. And Ivan Karamazov is not an alcoholic in this novel. As a matter of fact, he is not even portrayed in the novel as drinking at all. It is claimed that Ivan hallucinates the devil in the midst of a delirium tremens, when in fact Dostoyevsky makes it clear that he is going insane due to a deep emotional conflict. This irritates me. If someone wants to write an article and claim knowledge of all these disparate facts, in my opinion you better damn well know them as facts, and not just put them up there and think to oneself, "well that sounds good." So, in short, if I can gain access to this article, I am going to delete the misformation. If it is no longer there, my work is done. --Scott Seguin, the information Nazi.

Just before his confrontation with the Devil, Ivan is described as being on the verge of белая горячка- literally "white fever". This is usually translated as delirium tremens, but it can also be used to refer to any state of fevered hallucination. Given that this article deals with DT as it relates to substance withdrawal and not as a general state of hallucination, the white fever suffered by Ivan does not fit in this article as it is brought on by emotional and spiritual conflict. Therefore I have removed the reference. Edwarddecker 22:23, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

I am the one who orginally added the Brothers Karamazov reference -- in the translation I read (by David McDuff), Ivan was described as specifically suffering from delirium tremens. A footnote by the author (McDuff, not Dostoyevsky) reads "In Dostoyevsky's Russian text, Ivan's illness is defined as belaya goryachka or delirium tremens (DTs). There seems little doubt that Dostoyevsky wishes to stress Ivan's family nature - Ivan is a Karamazov, too, with the Karamazov vices.  Although we see little or nothing of Ivan's drinking, hints of it are scattered throughout the novel (...in particular, for example, ...Ivan's constant references to 'dashing the cup to the floor').  Dostoyevsky never managed to write the 'explanation' of Ivan's illness that was to form the subject of an article in A Writer's Diary, but from his letters it is clear that he consulted several doctors on the subject of delirium tremens, the symptoms of which Ivan unquestionably displays." I do, however, understand the reasons for deletion, but I think it ought to be known that it wasn't just my own personal opinion that prompted me to make the edit in the first place. --Tim B.

I added it again for the same reason that Tim B. did. Then I discovered that I wasn't the first. I'll leave it there since I'm not sure Scott Seguin's credentials ("I read the book last year") are greater than David McDuff's. I guess it boils down to the translation from Russian. Maybe a Russian should comment. Regarding Eloil's comment, it might make sense to do away with the cultural references altogether. Such references will probably be included in their "home" articles anyway and will be easily searchable. -- Kirk D. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.212.141.200 (talk) 01:25, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

Dissapointed, re: Benzodiazepine (or in rare cases barbiturate) withdrawal
This article is written as if it's exclusively for alcohol withdrawal. Benzodiazepine withdrawal causes DTs and sympotoms just as bad if not worse depending on the dosage and duration of use. Instead of one small note regarding benzos/barbiturates (causing withdrawal), this article should encompass both scenarios. Benzodiazepine is a far larger problem than acknowledged, it's just one that is treated with...more benzodiazepines! As such, it is a grossly underreported problem (well, it isn't a problem at face value if you have a consistent supply.) It should also mention the use of alcohol to combat benzodiazepine withdrawal (not as a suggestion, just stating the facts of life.)

A small tidbit I feel I should share, there is some debate amongst the scientific community, and this is *TOTALLY* anecdotal, but having been on high-dose clonazepam, alprazolam was unable to fully cure the DTs. Klonopin, in my experience, is superior in combatting DTs. This would be long-term - it doesn't have a fast duration of action for emergencies. The fact that clonazepam is used as a very likely choice for seizure disorders backs this up a bit. It DOES, however, have a long duration of action, allowing for once a day dosing and a stable treatment regime, the key reason diazepam is used typically (because it's metabolites are extremely long-acting.) I will say I do think however that alprazolam is not 2mg to 20mg diazepam as commonly believed and this is getting around to the scientific and medical community finally.

Let me hear your feedback before I try any editing. I will look to see if I can back up my anecdotal notes (which of course I wouldn't add without a proper reference.)

Malnutrition and infection are "psychological"??
I am no expert on this topic, but the following sentence seems confusing or possibly inaccurate:

 * "It is possible that psychological (i.e., non-physical) factors also play a role, especially those of infections, malnutrition, or other underlying medical disorders - often related to alcoholism."

Malnutrition and infection are not psychological disorders. Did you mean that psychological factors lead to malnutrition and infection? And if so, that these (malnutrition and infection) exacerbate DT?

GreenRegsAndHam (talk) 23:37, 14 January 2008 (UTC)GreenRegsAndHam

I agree that this needs clarification. Maybe the author meant psychological conditions arising from infection, malnutrition, or other underlying medical disorders. If this is not clarified, I think it should be removed, as it is extremely confusing.

Mahasanti (talk) 15:38, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

Error
"High doses may be necessary to prevent mortality."

Are you sure you don't mean "to prevent death"? Mortality is even less preventable. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.120.100.220 (talk) 23:23, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

Someone please proof-read
This line is brilliant! : "Confusion is often noticeable to onlookers as individuals will have trouble constructing simple sentences or making basic calculations logic."

Magnesium deficiency

 * I read somewhere that delirium tremens can be caused by magnesium deficiency. Is this true? Anthony Appleyard (talk) 22:53, 22 June 2011 (UTC)

Delirium tremens - Latin for "shaking frenzy"

 * This is obviously a bad translation. Use google translate and it comes up as trembling delirium.Muleattack (talk) 22:17, 9 December 2011 (UTC)
 * The Google translater English to Latin is not good: "the duck swallowed the frog" became "anas devoravit ranae": wrong case, should be "ranam". Anthony Appleyard (talk) 12:31, 24 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank God that I am teetotal. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 21:30, 16 January 2017 (UTC)

Percentage
the introduction says: "...fewer than about 50% to 60% of alcoholics..." I'm not an English native speaker nor I know how many alcoholics in the US develop DT; but fewer than about 50-60% makes no sense to me. The source says "fewer than 50%", that sounds better. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.152.118.233 (talk) 16:12, 27 February 2012 (UTC)

NEJM review
10.1056/NEJMra1407298 JFW | T@lk  11:34, 28 November 2014 (UTC)

Unreffed trivia

 * In the 1945 film The Lost Weekend, an alcoholic writer named Don, played by Ray Milland, is admitted to a hospital's alcoholic ward. As one of the other alcoholic patients appears to go into delirium tremens, Don escapes the hospital and heads home to drink. Following his last consumption of liquor, he experiences DTs when an illusion of a small rodent crawls out of a hole in the wall. He then hallucinates a bat flying through the room as the bat proceeds to devour the small rodent.
 * In the 1962 film Days of Wine and Roses, public relations man Joe Clay (played by Jack Lemmon) is committed to a sanitorium twice. In the first instance, he is held in a straitjacket and in a padded room while experiencing delirium tremens.  In the second instance, Joe is committed after breaking into a liquor store and afterwards wakes in the sanitorium, strapped down to a table and sweating profusely, whereupon his Alcoholics Anonymous sponsor Jim Hungerford (played by Jack Klugman) informs him that "For two days there was a little green man chasing you around with pruning shears."
 * In the 2003 film The Last Samurai, Nathan Algren (Tom Cruise), a disenchanted ex-United States Army captain and an alcoholic, who is traumatized by his experience fighting in the Civil War and the Indian Wars, is treated by the Hirotaro family in the throes of delirium tremens after being captured in battle with samurai troops led by Katsumoto.
 * In the film Leaving Las Vegas, the main character, Ben Sanderson (Nicolas Cage), suffers from the DTs after a drinking binge, and rushes to his liquor supply to prevent them from continuing.
 * In the novel L'Assommoir (1876), by French author Émile Zola, the husband of the heroine Gervaise, an alcoholic roofer named Coupeau, succumbs to delirium tremens in a Parisian hospital.
 * Ethan Thomas, protagonist of the video game Condemned 2, has become an alcoholic since the events of the previous game and must regularly consume whiskey to prevent the violent shaking of his delirium tremens from spoiling his aim.
 * The protagonist of Malcolm Lowry's 1947 novel Under the Volcano suffers from delirium tremens.
 * In the M*A*S*H episode "Bottoms Up", an alcoholic nurse gets delirium tremens.
 * In the film Everything Must Go, the character Nick Halsey (played by Will Ferrell) suffers from delirium tremens in the movie.
 * In the "Birthmarks" episode of season 5 of the television series House MD, a patient who is an alcoholic suffers from delirium tremens while being treated in the hospital.
 * In the 1989 CBS Hallmark Hall of Fame television movie My Name Is Bill W., Bill Wilson (co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous) is admitted to the hospital where one of the doctors claims Bill is going through the early stages of delirium tremens. Later in the movie, he is strapped down to a bed appearing to once again have the symptoms of DTs.
 * The fraternity letters Delta Tau Chi (ΔΤΧ) from Animal House could be a reference to delirium tremens or possibly detox.
 * Irish folk singer Christy Moore wrote a song titled Delirium Tremens, humorously describing a man going through the symptoms, which features on his 1985 album Ordinary Man.
 * In the 2013 Bollywood movie Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola, the character Harry Mandola (played by Pankaj Kapur) suffers from DT, and has hallucinations of a grinning pink buffalo.
 * In the third episode of the third season of television show Perception, Dr. Daniel Pierce interviews a suspect who is suffering from DT.
 * On the 26th of December 1989 Huyghe Brewery in Melle, Belgium started the production of a brand of golden ale they call "Delirium Tremens". The beer is still produced today and has a Beer Advocate score of 92 and is distributed world wide.
 * In the 1974 TV film The Morning After, an alcoholic named Charlie Lester, Dick Van Dyke, In a desperate attempt to stop drinking, Charlie takes a vacation and goes alone to a seaside resort. He winds up passed out on the beach. He suffers a terrifying attack of delirium tremens and wakes up in a mental ward.
 * In the 2015 mini-comic adaptation of the novel Dead Endings, the main character is drawn with a graphical representation of Delirium Tremens as she interacts with her companion at a bar.

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Why are DTs anything other than 'adrenaline syndrome'?
Why is it not self-evident that boozers "can handle their drink" - appear relatively sober notwithstanding their high consumption - because the body combats the CNS depression of alcohol with epinephrine (adrenaline) release? Why is it not self-evident excess epinephrine is why so many alcoholics can nevertheless work like demons the following day? That is, because they're 'speeding'? And MUST drink to combat the CNS stimulation? Why is it not self-evident the symptoms of DTs are the symptoms of '[excessive] adrenaline syndrome', due to the abrupt cessation of the moderating CNS depressor - alcohol? Just as 'shell-shock' or 'battle fatigue' evidence adrenaline syndrome? That is, chronic over-exposure to adrenaline? 122.151.210.84 (talk) 04:04, 14 January 2023 (UTC)

 * Because adrenaline doesn't last long enough in a person's system to affect what they do the next day. It begins to wear off in minutes, not hours.  That's why. Ask a doctor. This isn't the place for personal opinions or non-professional theories about medicine. 174.171.71.34 (talk) 09:01, 14 July 2023 (UTC)

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Big Wolf on Campus

Big Wolf on Campus is a Canadian television series created by Peter A. Knight and Christopher Briggs that ran from 1999 to 2002. The central plot revolves around a teenage boy named Thomas "Tommy" P. Dawkins, who was bitten by a werewolf during a camping trip in the woods a week before his senior year of high school. After the bite transforms him into a werewolf, he fights against vampires, werecats, ghosts, zombies, and other supernatural entities to keep his hometown of Pleasantville safe - even though almost everyone in Pleasantville believes that their protector, dubbed the "Pleasantville Werewolf", is dangerous.

Overview
Thomas "Tommy" P. Dawkins is a teenager who is bitten by a werewolf during a camping trip. After returning to his home town of Pleasantville, of which his father is the mayor, there are sightings of the "Pleasantville Werewolf". The first person to find out that Tommy is the Pleasantville Werewolf is Tommy's goth friend Merton J. Dingle, a keen expert of the supernatural. Together, they battle other paranormal creatures that come into their town. Despite Tommy's best efforts to protect Pleasantville, almost everybody sees him as a dangerous monster, including twin brothers Tim and Travis Eckert who are obsessed with hunting the werewolf down.

In the first season, Tommy's love interest is Stacy Hanson, and most of the other characters are completely unaware of Tommy's secret. They date at some points but due to Tommy's vigilante lifestyle as a lycanthrope, his transformations interfere with their relationship. At the end of the first season, Stacy leaves for college after graduation.

Some of the antagonists in the series take a toll on Tommy, such as the werewolf who bit him. Tommy also stands against a Werewolf Syndicate who intends on using Tommy to create other werewolves, as they are unable to since they are not Alphas like Tommy.

Taking Stacy's place as Tommy's love interest is Lori Baxter, a former Catholic school girl who was expelled for vandalism. Lori is an expert fighter who realizes Tommy's secret and later befriends Tommy and Merton and joins them in fighting evil.

Along with Tommy's relationships, some of the drama they struggle with is Merton being temporarily cursed by Medusa, as well as their frequent encounters with the Syndicate. At some point Merton and Lori, on two occasions, are turned into werewolves themselves. Merton is accidentally bitten while doing dental work on Tommy, and becomes excited at the notion of becoming a werewolf, and Lori is bitten by Tommy after he is brainwashed during an encounter with the Syndicate, which results in a takeover. Both are cured before becoming permanent werewolves, but Tommy, despite his own attempts at being cured, is unsuccessful in finding a cure as he is a full werewolf. Despite this, he accepts that being a werewolf is his fate; though an unwanted one.

Cast and characters

 * Thomas "Tommy" P. Dawkins / "Pleasantville Werewolf" (portrayed by Brandon Quinn) - Tommy is a senior in high school and the main character of "Big Wolf on Campus". He was one of the most popular kids in the school and is the captain of the football team. His mother is the head reporter of Pleasantville news while his father is the Mayor of Pleasantville and he also has his couch potato brother named Dean. He has two love interests, Stacy Hanson in the first season and then Lori Baxter in the second. During a camping trip on the night before senior year, he is bitten by a werewolf known as Mr. Dunleavy, whom he meets in "Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow". He befriends social outcast Merton Dingle after Merton offers to help him with his lycanthropy. In the first season, his "wolfing out" made his relationship with Stacy Hanson difficult because he always had to leave to fight bad guys. In the second season, Stacy left for college early and his new love interest was Lori Baxter, who finds out about his secret after he has to save her from the Werewolf Syndicate. A recurring theme in the series is how he wants to get rid of his lycanthropy to no avail.
 * Merton J. Dingle (portrayed by Danny Smith) - Merton is Tommy's best friend who helps him with his werewolf problem. He is a social outcast and a goth who is often the subject of bullying, especially by Tim and Travis. Tommy Dawkins and Lori Baxter are his only friends. He has converted his basement into what he calls his "lair", in which he, Tommy and later on, Lori use as their meeting place. He has a younger sister, Becky, with whom he has a rivalry and who often calls him "a freaker", and tries to act like he doesn't exist. He is very protective of her, however, but this often annoys his sister. At the same time, she showed appreciation of Merton when he cheered her up after a potential date stood her up without explanation. He is often the comic relief of the show with his quirky personality and his often cowardly behavior, but sometimes he has been shown to have courage by risking himself to save Tommy, such as when he leapt in front of Tommy and was turned to stone by Medusa instead of Tommy. He wishes that he were a werewolf too, often asking Tommy to pass on his lycanthropy to him, and even becoming a werewolf temporarily when he accidentally pricked his finger on one of Tommy's fangs during a dental exam. He has an encyclopedic knowledge of all things to do with mythology and movies, often giving movie references to everything. He is a budding screenwriter and often tries to write screenplays, and even got one sent to Corey Haim, who came to Pleasantville once himself. Merton has had many love interests throughout the series, with the main one being Lori Baxter in the second season, sometimes fighting with Tommy over her. He is very loyal to Tommy, but there was a recurring joke in the series in that he would attempt to make deals with enemies, though Tommy ends up defeating them afterward.
 * Stacey Hanson (portrayed by Rachelle Lefevre) - Stacey Hanson is Tommy's love interest in Season one. She is the captain of the cheerleading squad and the most popular girl in school and is said to have dated seniors since the sixth grade. She has given Tommy several chances, but most of their dates are often ruined by Tommy "wolfing out", which she takes for him just ditching her. She left for college at the end of the first season, because Rachelle Lefèvre (who played Stacey) was doing the same thing.
 * Lauren "Lori" Baxter (portrayed by Aimée Castle) - Lauren "Lori" Baxter is Tommy's friend and sometime sweetheart who debuts in season two. She transferred from Pleasantville Catholic for vandalizing a tribute to the school's football star which was wrecked during a one on one scrimmage between Tommy and the ghost of that star. She is a kickboxer and often uses her fighting skills to help Tommy beat the bad guys. Both Tommy and Merton like her, but she often picks Tommy over Merton. She is the only other person apart from Merton who knows that Tommy is a werewolf. She becomes a werewolf herself temporarily when she is bitten by Tommy, who was under the spell of the Syndicate, but was turned back into a human by Merton.

Other characters

 * Tim and Travis Eckert / "T'N'T" (portrayed by Domenic Di Rosa and Rob deLeeuw) - Tim and Travis Eckert are two bullies at Tommy's school who are large and unintelligent, to the point where they have been juniors for six years. Although they admire Tommy, they are abusive toward Merton. They often try to capture "The Pleasantville Werewolf", not knowing that they're actually chasing Tommy.
 * Dean Dawkins (portrayed by Jack Mosshammer) - Dean is Tommy's older brother. He is two years out of college, unemployed, and still lives with his parents. Dean is almost always found at home, sitting in a recliner and watching television.
 * Sally Dawkins (portrayed by Jane Wheeler) - Sally is Tommy and Dean's mother. She's a local reporter in Pleasantville.
 * Bob Dawkins (portrayed by Alan Fawcett) - Bob is Tommy and Dean's father and Sally's husband. He is the wealthy and influential mayor of Pleasantville.
 * Becky Dingle (portrayed by Natalie Vansier) - Becky is Merton's younger sister. She often refers to him as "freaker". In one of her notable appearances, she is possessed by the serial killer "The Pleasantville Strangler".
 * Hugo Bostwick (portrayed by Richard Jutras) - Hugo is the eccentric security guard at Pleasantville High School. The character was dropped after season one.
 * Death (portrayed by Lawrence Bayne) - Death is an unstoppable force that mercilessly claims his victims' souls and takes them to the afterlife.
 * Sandman (performed by Andy Jones) - The Sandman is a monster made of sandbags who enslaves anyone sleeping in an attempt to trap in nightmares.
 * The Werewolf Syndicate Leader (portrayed by Marc Fiorini) - The unnamed leader of an organization of werewolves and primary antagonist of the series that attempts to use Tommy to create more. He attempts so by brainwashing Tommy but is nearly overthrown by a lycanthropic Lori. The Werewolf Syndicate Leader is killed along with the rest of the syndicate when they encounter a vampire that fed on werewolf blood.
 * Gil (portrayed by Barry Julien) - Gil is the son of the Syndicate leader. He isn't evil and has a happy go lucky personality. He is shown to be afraid of his father, but regardless he attempts to take up his seat in the Syndicate after his father's death.
 * "High Priestess" (portrayed by Sylvia Stewart) - An unnamed high priestess who convinces Merton to pay her to clear up his "skin condition" in the episode "Invisible Merton".

Production

 * Originally, Brandon Quinn had more extreme werewolf make-up. He had an allergic reaction to the glue and the look had to be altered.

 * Danny Smith, who played Merton J. Dingle wrote, produced, and sang the show's theme song. During the show, Merton tries writing a song, and actually writes the show's theme (albeit with one or two words changed).

Recurring gags

 * When he's left alone with a bad guy, Merton often asks the villain what it's like to be what they are, e.g. "So, you're a soul stealing agent of the dark dominion, what's that like?" or "So, you're a cybernetic creation who turned on his creator, what's that like?" To which they will often reply with an answer like "it puts food on the table."
 * Merton making a movie reference, then instead of talking about the movie itself, he would talk about either how the film was received or what he felt when he watched it. Tommy usually hits him and says "In the movie!" e.g. "This is like The Purple Rose of Cairo, Woody Allen's Oscar-nominated tale of longing and betrayal." "Yeah? What happened?" "The Academy snubbed him, it's all so political." "What happened in the movie!?" This was the most recognizable gag in the show. Merton made a reference to The Terminator but Tommy and Lori had already seen it. Even when Tommy was under a trance, he still hit Merton, and when they're in a parallel dimension, it is Tommy who makes the movie reference.
 * Tommy's hero worship of John Elway, having an annual speech on him and also having an autographed rookie card of him.
 * Merton trying to make a deal with his enemies when it looks like Tommy has lost.
 * Merton saying someone has a rash in order to humiliate them, usually Tommy or Becky.
 * Sometimes the villains call Tommy a dog-man, then Tommy always says werewolf.
 * The syndicate leader often explains how evil werewolves are when Gil will usually spoil the drama with a perky or innocent comment.

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Fake Administrator
"Bobber1 is an a administrator and me, Bobber2, i'm an co-administrator."

. . . sigh. . . . Of course, thanks to your link, it's easy to discover that Bobber1 is not an administrator, and that you, Bobber2, are, of course, not a co-administrator. Whatever a "co-adminstrator" supposedly is. Really, I think you have a lot to offer Wikipedia, but I also think you need to be more careful with your edits, and read some of the pages suggested above to better understand the few rules and policies we have around here. Thank you. Soundguy99 23:50, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Your edits at Ed, Edd n Eddy
Ed, Edd n Eddy does take place in Peach Creek. I don't know if that's also the name of an actual place or not, but even if it is, I doubt it was intentional.

"The cursed phone episode was made before the Lemony Snicket movie came out." How is this trivia?

"Double D's middle name is Marion, not Miriam." It probably is Marion, but since that was put under Double D's info, it doesn't belong in the trivia section. Also, that sentence seems more like something to be said on the talk page.—Boarder8925 14:26, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Not only that, cutting and pasting information from other sites is a violation of copyright. You should also know that individual episodes of television shows usually aren't notable on their own. If you have any other questions or need help, please leave word on my talk page. Thanks. - Lucky 6.9 17:27, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Please do not delete comments from an article's "Talk" page. It is a serious violation of Wikiquette Soundguy99 13:51, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Hey, bub, I asked you nicely not to delete my comments from the article's talk page, but you went ahead and did it anyway, so I reverted it. Please. If you don't like what I have to say, either write a reply or fix the articles. see civility and Don't be a dick. Soundguy99 17:16, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Removing tag
I noticed you removed the cleanup tag from An Ed Is Born a couple times. It looks like the article has still needed significant cleanup in both instances (not wikified, no category, no wiki links). Please don't remove the cleanup tag until the article is up to wiki par. Feco 07:54, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Appending "(Still in Progress)"
Also in An Ed Is Born, I noticed you put "still in progress" in the body of the article. If you're actively editing an article, you can tag it to prevent edit conflicts. However, it's good etiquette to do so only when you're actively editing somnething. If you plan to come back to an article later, don't use the inuse tag to "reserve" it. Feco 07:54, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Making comments in articles
Comments such as "We need a DVD with all episodes and holiday specials!" (which you just so happened to insert over at Ed, Edd n Eddy) are not encyclopedic. They belong on blogs and message boards, not Wikipedia. Bobber2, frickin' read this stuff! —Quickbreak 22:39, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)
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Vogons' Warning
How can you possibly think that an article which consists of nothing but a one-sentence quote is an encyclopedia article? I have also deleted the assertion from your User page that you're an admin, since you are not. RickK 23:03, Apr 28, 2005 (UTC)

Statue of Liberty/List of movie appearances
List of movie appearances sections are nice--they really tie famous places in with popular culture. The one for the Statue of Liberty though, was so long that it was overwhelming the page. I moved it to a subpage: Statue of Liberty/List of movie appearances.

Better to move it to a subpage then have someone complain that it's "in the way" and try to delete it. The Statue of Liberty is a cultural icon, so having a separate list of movie appearances for it makes sense.

Nice formatting on the list table, by the way. Very professional.

- Pioneer-12 18:08, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC)

You're becoming more than annoying
DO NOT strip Votes for Deletion headers from listed articles. It's also considered bad to move a page while it's still being voted on. And quit slapping "protected" on pages which you do not have authority to protect. RickK 19:31, Apr 29, 2005 (UTC)

I have now blocked you from editing for 24 hours. You went and deleted the VfD header after I told you that it was an inappropriate thing to do. When you come back, please learn how to be a productive member of the community, or you'll get blocked again. You might start by responding to the messages people put on your Talk page. RickK 23:30, Apr 29, 2005 (UTC)

Hitchhiker's Movie
Your edit on 16:00, 28 Apr 2005 at The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (movie) consists mostly of text from a movie review at. Can you demonstrate that you have the right to republish it? If not, I will have to remove it from the article. Ubermonkey 16:56, 9 May 2005 (UTC)

 * It's actually text from Touchstone Picture's publicity material for the H2G2 movie, which is available in PDF form on the Internet (Thank you Google!). Because of Touchstone's copyright (and I really don't think we want to get into a Copyright fight with a division of Disney, do we?) I removed ALL of the offending material from the H2G2 movie article. --JohnDBuell 22:02, 14 May 2005 (UTC)

How to disconnect
In order for me to disconnect, you must have 100 dollars and 100 cents.

Team America Copyvio
Stop copying content from other websites. AlistairMcMillan 13:11, July 26, 2005 (UTC)

Edependence Day
An article you started, Edependence Day, has been nominated for deletion. Please feel free to contribute to the discussion at Articles for deletion/Edependence Day. NickelShoe 16:24, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Big Bug Man
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Lake Simcoe Regional Airport

Lake Simcoe Regional Airport, formerly the Oro Barrie Orillia Regional Airport, is a registered aerodrome that operates as a regional airport located near Highway 11 in the township of Oro-Medonte, Ontario, Canada. The airport is operated by Lake Simcoe Regional Airport Inc., a municipal service corporation jointly owned by the County of Simcoe (90%) and the City of Barrie (10%).

The airport is classified as an airport of entry by Nav Canada and is staffed by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) on a call-out basis from Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport. CBSA officers at this airport can handle aircraft with no more than 24 passengers. The airport has published instrument approaches.

Improvements
In 2010, the City of Barrie and the Township of Oro-Medonte jointly upgraded and expanded the Lake Simcoe Regional Airport in order to improve operational safety and foster economic activity by leveraging infrastructure to meet growing demand for employment opportunities.

As part of the upgrades and expansion project, the following major works were completed:

 * Runway extensions
 * Taxiway and apron development
 * Airfield pavement rehabilitation
 * Air terminal building and parking lot expansion
 * Airport security and wildlife control fencing upgrades
 * New airport maintenance facility
 * Airport access road rehabilitation
 * Commercial lot development
 * Sanitary sewer and water distribution system upgrades

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Annan Athletic F.C.

Annan Athletic Football Club is a Scottish association football club based in the town of Annan, Dumfries and Galloway. The club was founded in 1942 and competes in Scottish League One as a member of the Scottish Professional Football League.

The club competed in Scottish junior football and English regional leagues before becoming a member of the Scottish Football Association in 1978 which made the club eligible to compete in the Scottish Cup for the first time. Annan Athletic won the South of Scotland League twice and the East of Scotland League four times before successfully applying to join the Scottish Football League (SFL) in 2008.

Annan Athletic's best finish in the SPFL was second in League Two in 2013–14 whilst its best result in the Scottish Cup is reaching the fifth round in 2021–22. The club plays its home games at Galabank in the north of Annan.

History
Founded in December 1942 as Annan Air Training Corps, the club changed their name to Annan Athletic the following April. They entered the Dumfries and District Youth League, but this competition lasted only throughout the war years, and in 1945 they joined the Dumfries and District Junior League instead. They had a fairly successful time as a junior club, reaching the fifth round of the Scottish Junior Cup on one occasion (losing 2–1 to Perth side Jeanfield Swifts).

In 1950–51 the Dumfries and District Junior League had to be wound up due to lack of officials, and the following season (1951–52) the club had to go into abeyance as the Junior Association would not release them from their membership. For the following season (1952–1953) Annan Athletic joined the Carlisle and District League and the Cumberland Football Association. This proved an astute move when Annan Athletic won every competition they entered bar one in their first season in membership.

Annan remained members of the Carlisle and District League until they moved back to Scottish football in the 1977–78 season when they joined the South of Scotland Football League. This switch, along with some upgrade work to their Galabank ground also allowed the club to compete in the qualifying stages of the Scottish Cup as well.

The club proved very successful in the South League, winning every competition that was available to them. In an attempt to get more competitive football, they joined the East of Scotland Football League in season 1987–88, although they maintained their commitment to the South League by running a reserve side. They won promotion in their first season in the East League, and two years later won the Premier Division. They became one of the league's top sides and qualified for the Scottish Cup's early rounds on various occasions.

Scottish Football League
Annan applied to join the Scottish Football League in 2000, when two new clubs were admitted, but lost out to Peterhead and Elgin City. Following the demise of local rivals Gretna in 2008, Annan applied along with four other clubs to replace them in the Third Division. They were the successful candidate, being chosen due to the standard of their facilities, ahead of Cove Rangers, Spartans, Preston Athletic and Edinburgh City.

Their first league match as a professional team ended in a 4–1 win over Cowdenbeath in the 2008–09 season. They finished 7th that season and 8th in the next season (however, they reached the semi-finals of the Scottish Challenge Cup). They were challenging for promotion to the Second Division in the 2010–11 season, their 3rd season in Scottish senior football. They finished 4th and qualified for the play-off final after a win over Alloa Athletic in play-off semi-finals (2–1, 0–0). They played Albion Rovers in the two-legged final, however, they lost the tie 4–3 on aggregate (1–3, 2–1), meaning that they missed out on promotion to the Second Division.

After the first quarter of the 2011–12 season, Annan sat top of the league, three points clear. Also, for the second time since becoming SFL members in 2008, they reached the semi-finals of the 2011–12 Scottish Challenge Cup. Later as the season progressed Annan dropped points and fell into mid table; they would then finish the season in 6th place, 8 points off the play-off places and 28 points off first position. A 3–0 defeat to First Division Falkirk ended their hopes of a first Challenge Cup Final.

During the 2012–13 season, Annan secured a 0–0 draw at home to Rangers on 15 September 2012, in what was the first-ever league meeting between the two sides. In the same season, on 9 March, Annan beat Rangers 2–1 at Ibrox, the first win for the club after the appointment of Jim Chapman as manager in January.

A second-place finish in the newly named SPFL League Two the following season included the clubs record points tally and saw them face Stirling Albion in the play-offs. After losing the first leg 3–1 the return leg at Galabank was an 8-goal thriller, Annan eventually losing 8–4 on aggregate.

In 2014–15 Annan produced an upset with a 3–2 win over Championship side Livingston in the Scottish Cup.

2015–2016 saw Annan miss out on the play-offs on goal difference as a final day 1–0 win over Queens Park proved not enough, the visitors pipping them to the spot by one goal. The season highlight once again came in the Scottish Cup after the first in what was to become a series of cup wins over Premiership side Hamilton Accies.

Forfar Athletic defeated Annan 6–4 on aggregate the following season in the play-offs, which signalled the end of Jim Chapmans reign.

Irishman Peter Murphy became only the third manager of Annan Athletic whilst an SPFL club, his first managerial role.

On 19 May 2023, they defeated Clyde 2–1 to earn a 5–2 aggregate play-off victory and seal promotion to Scottish League One, the club's first promotion to the third tier.

Rivalries
Annan Athletic's local derby rivals are Queen of the South. Meetings are rare with the teams being in different leagues, but it is an exciting fixture when they do play each other. It is often a familiar battle as many players played for both clubs; there are a lot of connections between the clubs and even people who support both teams. Two teams, Annan F.C. and Queen of the South Wanderers, played each other in the Scottish Cup in 1878 and 1879, although neither are connected to the current clubs.

The rivalry with Stranraer is less local but this has become an increasingly more competitive DG/A75 derby with many red cards seen in recent matches as the sides frequently meet in Scotland's fourth tier. Despite both clubs being in the same county, the distance between the grounds is 88 miles. Due to both being in the same division for many seasons, games against Clyde have become a day to look forward to for Annan fans as the clubs built up a rivalry which was only intensified when Annan manager Jim Chapman left to take charge of the Bully Wee and a large portion of players followed him. However the Cumbernauld side are now in the league above after winning promotion against Annan in the play-offs. Berwick Rangers are a cross-border rival of Annan despite being 88 miles (again) in the other direction. The Wee Gers were relegated to the Lowland League and therefore the sides haven't met since. Gretna F.C. 2008 are maybe more of a friendly opponent of the Galabankies with the Black and Whites frequently inviting the Black and Golds to their annual Raydale Park Cup competition. Annan have also shown kindness by welcoming the phoenix club to Galabank when their pitch was getting resurfaced. Annan took the Scottish Football League place of the now defunct Gretna in 2008.

Stadium
Annan played at Mafeking Park from 1946 to 1953, when they moved to their present ground at Galabank. The ground has a capacity of 2,504, including 500 seats.

Coaching staff

 * Manager: Willie Gibson
 * Assistant manager: Steven Bell
 * First team coach: Andy Aitken
 * Goalkeeping coach: Greg Fleming
 * Performance coach: Peter Watson
 * Performance analyst: Kieran Thomson
 * Physio: Jack Messenger
 * Sports scientists: Callum Graham and David Hasting
 * Kit coordinator: Karen Robertson

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Managers
Annan Athletic appointed their first manager in 1975; previously, the team was selected by the club's management committee.

 * 🏴 Sam Wallace (1975–1993)
 * 🏴 Stuart Rome (1993–1994)
 * 🏴 Derek Frye (1994–1997)
 * 🏴 Kevin Hetherington (1997–1998)
 * 🏴 Tony Chilton (1998)
 * 🏴 Davie Irons (1998–2002)
 * 🏴 Billy Sim (2002–2003)
 * 🏴 Harry Cairney (2003–2004)
 * 🏴 Sandy Ross (2004–2005)
 * 🏴 Kenny Brown (2005–2006)
 * 🏴 Harry Cairney (2006–2012)
 * 🏴 Jim Chapman (2013–2017)
 * 🇮🇪 Peter Murphy (2017–2024)
 * Willie Gibson (2024-

Honours

 * Carlisle and District League
 * Winners: 1952–53
 * Cumberland Senior Cup
 * Winners (3): 1952–53, 1968–69, 1971–72
 * Runners up (1): 1954–55
 * East of Scotland Football League
 * Winners (4): 1989–90, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2006–07
 * Runners up (3): 1992–93, 2002–03, 2004–05
 * East of Scotland Football League First Division
 * Winners: 1987–88
 * East of Scotland League Cup
 * Winners: 1999–00
 * Runners up: 2006–07
 * South of Scotland League
 * Winners (2): 1983–84, 1986–87
 * Runners up (2): 1982–83, 1984–85
 * South of Scotland League Cup
 * Winners (4): 1984–85, 1992–93, 2004–05, 2007–08
 * SFA South Region Challenge Cup
 * Winners: 2007–08
 * Scottish Qualifying Cup South
 * Winners: 2006–07

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Matilda Ziegler

Matilda Ziegler (born 23 July 1964) is an English actress, best known for her roles as Donna Ludlow in EastEnders, Irma Gobb in Mr. Bean, and Pearl Pratt in Lark Rise to Candleford.

Television and film career
Ziegler's first screen role was in her early twenties, during 1987–89; she appeared in the BBC One soap opera EastEnders, playing Donna Ludlow, the illegitimate daughter of series regular Kathy Beale. Donna contended with prostitution, an attempted gang rape, heroin addiction and finally suicide (dying of a heroin overdose). The final death scenes of Ziegler's character, who had choked to death on her own vomit, have been hailed as one of the most powerful anti-drug images ever screened on the programme. She left EastEnders in April 1989.

In the early 1990s, Ziegler starred in the ITV comedy Mr. Bean, where she played multiple characters, especially a three-episode stint as Irma Gobb, the title character's long-suffering girlfriend. She reprised her role as Gobb, voicing her in Mr. Bean: The Animated Series, from 2002 to 2004, and in the revived series from 2015 to 2019.

Other television credits include: Lark Rise to Candleford (2008–2010) in which she played the part of Pearl Pratt, in the BBC adaptation of Flora Thompson's novel; Harbour Lights (1999); Where the Heart Is (2000); Holby City (2003); An Unsuitable Job for a Woman (1998); The Bill (2003), and Home, alongside Anthony Sher in an adaptation of J.G. Ballard's novel.

Ziegler played Ruth, wife of car salesman Toni, in the BBC sitcom Swiss Toni (2003–04). She also appeared in the BAFTA Television Award winning drama, Sex Traffic (2004). In 2005, she played Christine Miller in the fourth series of The Inspector Lynley Mysteries, and in 2007, she guest starred in the BBC One daytime medical drama Doctors as Jess Butler. She also appeared in Outnumbered, Lewis (in the episode 'The Soul of Genius', 2012), Death in Paradise (2013), and Vera (in the episode "Young Gods", 2013).

In 2015, she appeared in an episode of Foyle's War, and in series 4 episode of Call the Midwife. In 2020 she appeared in a second season episode of The Alienist, and appeared in two episodes of The Girlfriend Experience in 2021.

Ziegler's film roles include Decadence (1994), Jilting Joe (1998), City Slacker (2012), and The Rhythm Section (2019) where she played Blake Lively's mother.

Stage and radio career
Ziegler has appeared in many stage productions, including Twelfth Night for the Royal Shakespeare Company (2001); the theatrical version of Mr. Bean; Women Laughing at the Royal Court Theatre; Volpone, Inadmissible Evidence and Machinal, all at the National Theatre; Featuring Loretta and The Memory of Water – both at the Hampstead Theatre; The Lady from the Sea, Lyric Hammersmith/West Yorkshire Playhouse (1994: TMA Award, nomination for Laurence Olivier Award) and also starred as Sheila Birling in Stephen Daldry's award winning production of An Inspector Calls at the Aldwych Theatre and for the production's Australian tour, along with Lady Sneerwell in Deborah Warner's 2011 production of The School for Scandal at the Barbican Centre.

She most recently appeared in Downstate in Chicago and at the National Theatre, a co production with Steppenwolf Theatre Company. Her radio work has included playing Dr Ruth Anderson in BBC Radio 4, Rigor Mortis (2004–06). She also featured in Giles Wemmbley-Hogg Goes Off in 2010, and as Princess Theresa of Liechtenstein in the fourth series of Cabin Pressure in 2013, a role she reprised for the show's final episode in 2014. She had previously played an air traffic controller and a paramedic in the second episode of the first series.

Personal life
In July 2004, Ziegler married actor Louis Hilyer; the couple have three children.

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Talk:Ligne claire

Chinese art
I think the "Ligne claire" style was inspired by Chinese art. If I'm correct, the article should make that clear.
 * You may be correct, but I haven't found any evidence for it. Does anyone have any sources that might indicate this? I can see what Mr. 213... means by it, but I don't want to add this unless I am sure. Mikkel 05:31, 6 May 2005 (UTC)

It might be and the frienship of Hergé with Tchang may have played a role.... Ericd 17:27, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Geoff Darrow
When I merged this and Clean line style, I brought over a reference to Geoff Darrow. In his article, it says that his style is inspired by Japanese cartoons and 1950s americana. Which is correct? Ligne claire or the ones mentioned? Mikkel 05:31, 6 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Whoo-hpph! Replying one year later, anyway, Ligne Claire is not exactly defined, but is classified vaguely as an art style with clear lines and spaces that is easily readable, and in those aspects aren't too different from common designs in both Japanese cartoons and 50's Americana. Personally, I think Geof Darrow's style could be a little too stuffed with details etc. to be real Ligne claire (Even more so than his cited inspirations). 惑乱 分からん 23:39, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
 * His style was already developed by then. In his earlier work, he did have a rougher style.  From the Chinese art that I've seen (and I've seen a lot), it is certainly not all like that simple, clear style.  I doubt there's any influence.  The Chinese didn't do everything first, despite what they'd like us to believe.  70.50.55.217 15:34, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

Images?
Wouldn't adding some images to bits such as this one Contemporary use of the ligne claire is often ironic. For example, van de Boogaart used the simple, clear style to set up a conflict with the amorality of his characters,[...] help illustrate what the editor is trying to say? CatBoris 16:38, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I guess he means that the style in Tintin etc. is considered somewhat sweet and innocent, nowadays, and therefore newer artists often make use of the style ironically with deliberate notions of ambiguity. 惑乱 分からん * \)/ (\ (< \) (2 /) /)/ * 16:41, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

Webcomics
Is the Perry Bible Fellowship's fairly frequent use of ligne-claire worth mentioning? It usually makes the shortlist of best-webcomics, and also continues to have widespread popularity in spite of the author being lazy and updating once per whenever he feels like it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.173.192.87 (talk) 13:25, 13 December 2007 (UTC)
 * I don't think it's a "typical example". There are better examples out there. 惑乱 分からん * \)/ (\ (< \) (2 /) /)/ * (talk) 14:26, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

Strong colors
Hmm, the phrase "strong colors" actually seems slightly half-true. The classic ligne claire series such as "Tintin" and "Blake and Mortimer" mostly has a rather subdued and slightly matte color scheme. It's colorful, but it's not as garish as some American comics from the same period, and gradients are basically non-existent. Scott McCloud wrote something about this in his color chapter in "Understanding Comics". Compare the Tintin image in the article. 惑乱 Wakuran (talk) 20:26, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

Files for deletion/2011_March_28
Check WP:NFCC. All opinions welcome. Thank you. walk victor falktalk 19:13, 2 April 2011 (UTC)

Steve Rolston
Canadian artist Steve Rolston could/should be mentioned. Warren Ellis called him an "ascended master" of the style (http://twitter.com/#!/warrenellis/statuses/73736413568450560) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.165.151.52 (talk) 05:25, 3 June 2011 (UTC)
 * His style isn't typical for the school. 惑乱 Wakuran (talk) 09:28, 15 October 2013 (UTC)

Image example
The illustration isn't very good. I don't think it's suitable as an example of a typical ligne claire comic. Isn't thera a fair use example that could be used? 惑乱 Wakuran (talk) 09:32, 15 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Even if Moulinsart have problems with using Hergé images (a pity, since Hergé basically is the originator of the style), there should be a lot of other suitable images to use from artists such as Bob de Moor, Roger Leloup, Jacques Martin, Ted Benoît, Joost Swarte and Willy Vandersteen. Yves Chaland is not such a good choice, since the "atom style" largely is a reinterpretation of the 50's Marcinelle School. (Joost Swarte coined both the terms "ligne claire" and "atom style" and considered the two styles to be counterparts to each other.) 惑乱 Wakuran (talk) 13:48, 19 November 2013 (UTC)

I have the same criticism against the current image, apparently made by Hannes Neubaber. It looks more like an interpretation of the 80's hip atomic school style by artists such as Yves Chaland, Serge Clerc and Ever Meulen than typical ligne claire. 惑乱 Wakuran (talk) 12:35, 3 June 2015 (UTC)

(Yves Chaland) with its wide variety of line weights is not a great example.Panchamkauns (talk) 07:28, 6 January 2021 (UTC)

Hergé being ligne claire model…
It should be stressed that the LC descriptions applied to Hergé’s art are all post-facto - he himself didn’t describe what he did as being set to any school or style of art, and was constantly evolving and changing how he drew; examination of his art actually shows that it rarely conforms to the ideals which comprise LC. The article points out that early books were in a different style to later ones, but really no two are alike, and none adheres strictly to the tenets defined by Joost Swart. So while it may be attractive to talk of the style and Hergé’s art as if they were interchangeable it isn’t the case. For example, Hergé does use hatching - you will find it throughout the series; initially he used it to define things like a black sleeve on a jacket (see the Thom(p)sons and Haddock, where an arm against a black background will have hatching), and indeed he later removed that aspect from his drawing. But he continued to hatch under cars to depict speed and shadow right up to “Tintin and The Picaros”, so it was still there. Line weights *do* vary as well - Snowy is a good example, as his fur is usually a lighter line than that used for Tintin (it can also be seen used for the bear cubs in “Destination Moon”). Colour is used effectively to render shape and volume to some objects (from the mushrooms of “Shooting Star”, who are not only airbrushed to give shape, but the distinctive red spots exist only as part of the colour not the line art, to the shiny metal bowl of Calculus’s sonic weapon, and on to the Henry Moore sculpture in “Picaros”) and shadows beneath characters in “The Crab with the Golden Claws”. Hard inked shadows are drawn in in the walk in the woods/ campfire sequence in “Castafiore Emerald”, but are avoided entirely in the earlier “Prisoners of the Sun” in the night trip to the ship to look for the Professor, demonstrating that Hergé would use whatever stylistic techniques he felt necessary to provide the result he wanted, not that he was fixed on a set of rules, or on some constant progressive quest, discarding as he went. If you want an example from someone other than Hergé where “clear line” would not necessarily be something that those cited as exponents would recognize (as something they stuck to rigidly), then E.P. Jacob’s celebrated Blake & Mortimer adventure, “The Yellow “M”’ also has a good example, where in the scenes set on the London docks in the fog, cranes in the background are only drawn in pencil, and were deliberately left un-inked (the boards are marked to the effect, so that the printer would know it was deliberate), so that when reproduced they would be less well defined, and thus all the more atmospheric. Jock123 (talk) 17:51, 17 November 2015 (UTC)

These are valid points, but in the grand scheme of things I think they are minor deviations, and Hergé hews much closer to the style as described than most artists do. Panchamkauns (talk) 07:28, 6 January 2021 (UTC)

Bruce Eric Kaplan
Bruce Eric Kaplan (BEK) of The New Yorker always struck me as an example of the Belgian clear line style. Felicity4711 (talk) 01:32, 23 June 2018 (UTC)

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Bar River Airport is a private airport located 3 NM southwest of Bar River, Ontario, Canada, and operated by Springer Aerospace Ltd. The airport has a published instrument approach.

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Llanwrda

Llanwrda is a village and community in Carmarthenshire, Wales, 4 mi southwest of Llandovery. It lies on the River Towy. The population in 2011 was 514.

Transport and other features
The village is served by Llanwrda railway station.

The south end of the community is intersected by the A40 road between Llandeilo and Llandovery and the village stands at the junction of this road with the A482 to Lampeter and Aberaeron. The community is bordered by the Carmarthenshire communities of: Cynwyl Gaeo; Cilycwm; Llandovery; Myddfai; and Llansadwrn.

6 miles from the village centre are the Dolaucothi Gold Mines.

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 * Sir John Powell (ca.1632 – 1696), a Welsh judge on the Court of Common Pleas and the Court of King's Bench.
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With this edit on 23 June 2014 you added some information about Coote's children to the article. The problem is that you added it to a sentence that had a citation for the information already there. This is a problem because it looks as if all the information in the section is sourced when it is not. Please add a reliable source for your additional information. There is a guideline which covers this problem in more detail: see WP:INTEGRITY -- PBS (talk) 08:36, 5 September 2014 (UTC)
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Hi, GreyHead. Thanks for working at adding Wikisource to Wikipedia. disambiguation pages are only for existing WP articles though and shouldn't have WS links. I created a WP article rather than delete it, but then realised the WS link is dead. I have created Robert Tait (captain) but without the WS creation and expansion of the WP article, it may well end up deleted. Thanks, Boleyn (talk) 11:20, 6 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Thank you and my apologies, part of my learning and some Sunday morning blues. The WikiSource link will be live in a couple of hours, I try to do a page each morning and afternoon and usually I'm careful not to add anything in Wikipedia until it is live. He's not the most interesting of naval officers and deletion may be appropriate. GreyHead (talk) 11:49, 6 December 2015 (UTC)

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Folly Tower, Pontypool

The Folly Tower (Tŵr Ffoledd) is a folly located within the grounds of a working farm, close to Pontypool Park, Torfaen, South Wales (Grid ref: ). It is a prominent local landmark above the A4042 Pontypool to Abergavenny road and overlooks Pontypool to the west and rural Monmouthshire to the east.

The Folly is octagonal in shape and roughly 40 ft high and is approximately 1000 ft above sea level on the eastern hill range of the Eastern Valley of Monmouthshire, just south of Mynydd Garn-Wen. Less than a mile from the folly is the Shell Grotto.

Early history
The precise date of construction is unknown but it is generally thought that the original tower was built around 1765 to 1770 by John Hanbury, a local landowner and ironmaster who owned Pontypool Park.

The local name of The Folly was in use as far back as 1865 when the Free Press of Monmouthshire described it as:

"'...an elevated spot where a Tower (formerly a Roman watch-tower) was many years since rebuilt as an observatory and which is popularly known as 'The Folly'.'"

It is thought that the tower was renovated around 1831 by Capel Hanbury Leigh. This date is derived from a keystone from the doorway bearing an '1831' inscription. The tower provides a vantage point over the local area and quickly became a popular and a well known feature of the area.

In May 1935, an estimated 15 to 20,000 people gathered at the Folly Tower to celebrate the Silver Jubilee of King George V with the lighting of a bonfire.

However, the Folly, being open to the elements, began to fall into a state of disrepair during the late 1930s. Pontypool Park Estate Office attached notices to the structure informing visitors of the potential dangers of falling masonry. Its draw on the locals though remained unstinted and local poet and illustrator Myfanwy Haycock penned the following verse in 1937:

Demolition
On 9 July 1940 the War Office ordered that, as a security measure under the Emergency Powers (Defence) Act 1939, the Folly was to be demolished. This was in the belief that its presence would be a landmark for the Luftwaffe seeking to raid the nearby Royal Ordnance Factory at ROF Glascoed to the east beyond Little Mill, Monmouthshire.

Initial rebuilding schemes
In 1946, Pontypool Chamber of Trade led the first campaign to rebuild the local landmark, but the project quickly stalled. Another attempt in the 1948 campaigns started to collect public donations to rebuild the Folly Tower; however, an attempt to get local council funding was thwarted during a local council meeting in July of that year. The council's priority at the time being post-war house building programs in the local area.

Rebuilding
At the beginning of 1990, a number of local historians and conservationists decided it was time to restore the Folly Tower to its former glory. A committee was set up to canvas various funding bodies as well as open negotiations with the National Park Authority. The creation of the Campaign for the Reconstruction of the Folly Tower (CROFT) then achieved sufficient backing so that the required £60,000 was raised to rebuild the Folly Tower. Contributions were made by The Prince of Wales' Committee and European Regional Development Fund.

In April 1990, the original foundations of the tower were unearthed and the original dimensions of the tower were obtained. Planning permission for the reconstruction was given by Brecon Beacons National Park authorities in October of the same year.

In May 1991, 175 tons of dressed stone from the recently demolished Cwmffrwdoer Primary School was donated to the campaign by Torfaen Borough Council. Rebuilding work commenced on the tower by a local building company (Davies and Jenkins) during November 1992. Building work ceased during the winter and resumed in the spring of 1993. The tower stood at approximately 20 ft (6 m) by September 1993 before work ceased again for the oncoming winter. Work restarted in the spring of 1994 and by July work on both the interior and exterior was complete.

The tower was officially reopened by the Prince of Wales on 22 July 1994. A plaque on the side of the tower commemorates the opening and reads:

"'Folly Tower, Rebuilt 1994. This scheme has been financed by the European Regional Development Fund, Torfaen Borough, Croft Pontypool, Gwent County Council, The Prince of Wales' Committee'"

Visitor information
Access to the Folly Tower is via a field which is part of a working farm. Livestock is often present, not only in this field, but on the common land surrounding the council car park. A barrier was erected in 2010 to protect the area to prevent campers and other visitors overstaying.

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Starch gelatinization

Starch gelatinization is a process of breaking down of intermolecular bonds of starch molecules in the presence of water and heat, allowing the hydrogen bonding sites (the hydroxyl hydrogen and oxygen) to engage more water. This irreversibly dissolves the starch granule in water. Water acts as a plasticizer.

Process
Three main processes happen to the starch granule: granule swelling, crystallite and double-helical melting, and amylose leaching.

 * Granule swelling: During heating, water is first absorbed in the amorphous space of starch, which leads to a swelling phenomenon.
 * Melting of double helical structures: Water then enters via amorphous regions into the tightly bound areas of double helical structures of amylopectin. At ambient temperatures these crystalline regions do not allow water to enter. Heat causes such regions to become diffuse, the amylose chains begin to dissolve, to separate into an amorphous form and the number and size of crystalline regions decreases. Under the microscope in polarized light starch loses its birefringence and its extinction cross.

 * Amylose leaching: Penetration of water thus increases the randomness in the starch granule structure, and causes swelling; eventually amylose molecules leach into the surrounding water and the granule structure disintegrates.

The gelatinization temperature of starch depends upon plant type and the amount of water present, pH, types and concentration of salt, sugar, fat and protein in the recipe, as well as starch derivatisation technology are used. Some types of unmodified native starches start swelling at 55 °C, other types at 85 °C. The gelatinization temperature of modified starch depends on, for example, the degree of cross-linking, acid treatment, or acetylation.

Gel temperature can also be modified by genetic manipulation of starch synthase genes. Gelatinization temperature also depends on the amount of damaged starch granules; these will swell faster. Damaged starch can be produced, for example, during the wheat milling process, or when drying the starch cake in a starch plant. There is an inverse correlation between gelatinization temperature and glycemic index. High amylose starches require more energy to break up bonds to gelatinize into starch molecules.

Gelatinization improves the availability of starch for amylase hydrolysis. So gelatinization of starch is used constantly in cooking to make the starch digestible or to thicken/bind water in roux, sauce, or soup.

Retrogradation
Gelatinized starch, when cooled for a long enough period (hours or days), will thicken (or gel) and rearrange itself again to a more crystalline structure; this process is called retrogradation. During cooling, starch molecules gradually aggregate to form a gel. The following molecular associations can occur: amylose-amylose, amylose-amylopectin, and amylopectin-amylopectin. A mild association amongst chains come together with water still embedded in the molecule network.

Due to strong associations of hydrogen bonding, longer amylose molecules (and starch which has a higher amylose content) will form a stiff gel. Amylopectin molecules with longer branched structure (which makes them more similar to amylose), increases the tendency to form strong gels. High amylopectin starches will have a stable gel, but will be softer than high amylose gels.

Retrogradation restricts the availability for amylase hydrolysis to occur which reduces the digestibility of the starch.

Pregelatinized starch
Pregelatinized starch (Dextrin) is starch which has been cooked and then dried in the starch factory on a drum dryer or in an extruder making the starch cold-water-soluble. Spray dryers are used to obtain dry starch sugars and low viscous pregelatinized starch powder.

Determination
A simple technique to study starch gelation is by using a Brabender Viscoamylograph. It is a common technique used by food industries to determine the pasting temperature, swelling capacity, shear/thermal stability, and the extent of retrogradation. Under controlled conditions, starch and distilled water is heated at a constant heating rate in a rotating bowl and then cooled down. The viscosity of the mixture deflects a measuring sensor in the bowl. This deflection is measured as viscosity in torque over time vs. temperature and recorded on the computer. The viscoamylograph allows us to observe: the beginning of gelatinization, gelatinization maximum, gelatinization temperature, viscosity during holding, and viscosity at the end of cooling.

Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) is another method industries use to examine properties of gelatinized starch. As water is heated with starch granules, gelatinization occurs, involving an endothermic reaction.

The initiation of gelatinization is called the T-onset. T-peak is the position where the endothermic reaction occurs at the maximum. T-conclusion is when all the starch granules are fully gelatinized and the curve remains stable.

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