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Mosborough (ward)

Mosborough is an electoral ward of the City of Sheffield, England, in the eastern part of the city, on the border with North East Derbyshire District. The population in 2011 was 17,097. It is one of the wards that make up the Sheffield South East constituency.

Halfway
Halfway lies in the extreme southeast of Sheffield at the end of a Sheffield Supertram line. Halfway was part of the historic county of Derbyshire but has been administered by Sheffield since boundary changes in 1967.

It used to be home to a bus garage which was operated by Booth and Fisher, a company who were merged into the South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive in the mid-1970s. The garage itself passed into the hands of operator SYT, then to the First and has always been seen as a minor outpost garage. It served works and school services and buses starting early from the south side of the city. The garage was closed in 2007, as a cost-cutting measure. Recently it was taken over by the Chesterfield based company TM Travel.

It is common to see public transport in Sheffield heading for Halfway. The Blue Route Sheffield Supertram terminates at Halfway with a large Park and Ride facility. The main service to and from Halfway to and from the city centre is the 120 service, jointly operated by both Stagecoach Sheffield and First South Yorkshire.

The Halfway housing estate is something of a unique experiment. Built in 1975, the estate centred in the small local shopping centre called Streetfields. The houses themselves were built on high quality farmland and to this day there are farms with orchards nearby.

The Sheffield City Council burns a lot of domestic refuse the energy from which in turn is converted to hot water used for both domestic supply and central heating. This is pumped from Bernard Road in S2 to Halfway and links directly with the homes in the Halfway locality. Well-insulated and often compact, these homes are noticeably energy-efficient.

The layout of the estate was such that no house would look directly onto another, with properties curving around meandering walkways and a complex network of through routes to Halfway Drive. This main road is the thoroughfare linking the village to both the Derbyshire county boundary and neighbouring estates of Westfield and Waterthorpe.

Despite being a well-planned and high-quality overall project, the estate today suffers in part from crime and has been called, on the Sheffield City Council website, as an area to work actively towards safer communities.

Holbrook
Holbrook was a mining village whose name was changed to Halfway (after the Halfway House pub) to avoid confusion with Holbrook near Derby.

The name is still used in several road names and commercial and light industrial trading estates, including.

Holbrook Commerce Park
The following companies are established in Holbrook Commerce Park

Holbrook Telecom Limited

High Availability Hosting Limited

Holbrook Industrial Estate
Evolution Power Tools Ltd.

Mosborough
Mosborough  was part of the historic county of Derbyshire but has been administered by Sheffield since boundary changes in 1967 and is now considered a suburb of Sheffield. It was known for sickle making and was also a coal mining area. Notable buildings include the fifteenth century Mosborough Hall, a building which may retain some Anglo-Saxon structure, and St Mark's Church. Mosborough Town had a population of 4,063 in 2011.

The suburb has many high quality houses, local independent shops and hotel conference facilities. Mosborough a small village in the 1930s and 1940s Had many more drinking places than the seven listed below. They were: In the Kellys Directory there were several other places with licences to sell ale. These were not designated as public houses.
 * The Fitzwilliam          Mosborough Moor
 * The British Oak          Mosborough Moor
 * The Queens Hotel         High Street
 * The Crown                High Street
 * The Brown Cow            High Street
 * The Black Bull           Station Road
 * The Vine Tavern          School Street
 * The Butchers Arms        High Street
 * The Royal Oak            High Street
 * The George And Dragon    High Street
 * The Blue Bell            Duke Street
 * Duke William             Duke Street
 * The Prince of Wales      South Street
 * The Alma                 South Street
 * The Coronation Club      Chapel Street
 * The Sidney               Queen Street
 * The Three Tuns           no Street given

The working men's club is the CIU affiliated Miners Welfare.

On August Bank Holiday, the locals do a pub crawl known as the Mosborough 10 for charity often in fancy dress. It has been known for people to come from as far away as Blackpool to take part in this event.

Waterthorpe
Housing Estate near Beighton named after Waterthorpe (formerly Walterthorpe) Farm

The Waterthorpe and Westfield housing estates were built from mid-1970s and were added to over a number of years. Eventually linking with both the old council estate of Beighton and the new estate of Halfway, the estates house a condensed significant number of almost wholly local authority owned properties following the phasing down and demolition of the original estates around Parson Cross and Shiregreen in the north of the city. The Crystal Peaks shopping centre was opened in 1988 to serve the south side of the city. Its original design included markets and fixed national chains including a UCI Cinema. Crystal Peaks originally had a ski theme, When one was in the central atrium there was a cable car and skiing mannequins suspended from the glass roof. The centre has always had a petrol station formerly run by BP, and up until recently was open 24-hours. Crystal Peaks was one of the most popular Shopping Centres in the country, but over time popularity and investment was falling due to the opening of Meadowhall Centre in the north of the city in September 1990. In 1998 Crystal Peaks underwent an extension called "Crystal Peaks 2" covering the west Atrium from the market downwards, where the original Playground was right down to the bus station. The Playground was moved to the east atrium near the petrol station. Later on between 2005 and 2008 the centre underwent even more developments. The Sainsbury's which was originally on the north side of the centre, was moved into much larger, newly built premises which includes a car park on the roof, in the southern wing of the centre on the former site of the cinema.

As for Waterthorpe and Westfield estates, leisure facilities are lacking as the council concentrated upon housing and not the substantial areas of parkland in most other areas of Sheffield.

Crystal Peaks bus station

Crystal Peaks bus station serves the Crystal Peaks shopping complex, Waterthorpe.

The bus station is situated at Peak Square, Crystal Peaks centre and is about 55 yd away from the Sheffield Supertram stop.

There are eight stands at the bus station and the main operators include First South Yorkshire, Stagecoach Sheffield, Stagecoach East Midlands and TM Travel.

Buses go from the bus station towards Sheffield, Rotherham, Eckington and Worksop.

Westfield
Westfield is one of the Mosborough "Townships", smallish self-contained communities that have yet to develop into communities. It is on the fringes of Sheffield, overlooks Derbyshire and is surrounded to the north by quite densely populated housing and to the south by open countryside. It has a small but well-equipped shopping centre.

The housing is mixed with private estates interwoven with public sector housing which was originally aimed at the more vulnerable and/or elderly tenants. In about 2006, the local primary school "Shortbrook School", the community centre and the doctor's surgery were burnt out. The surgery was, for a while moved to Owlthorpe then housed in a small green portakabin not far from the original site. Recently the central surgery has been reopened and the portakabin still stands there, unused. Shortbrook Primary has reopened and will have largely new staff from September 2008. Westfield Secondary School was relocated from its former position in Mosborough village and opened its doors on the border of Westfield in 2007. There are still problems with the community facilities.

Recently the former "Golden Keys" public house has been turned into a local community centre or youth "club" in Westfield centre.

The council has now agreed to invest in the recovery of Westfield. They are investing about £50,000. The local Co-op are also investing, as are the Primary Care Trust.

Plumbley
Plumbley is a hamlet in the west of the ward, and is mainly rural, bar a scattering of residences and farms. Its surrounding environs are within the South and West Yorkshire Green Belt.

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18/04/05 - Fixed the glaring error of having the Reaction Constant (K sub c) being the same as the Reaction Quotient (Q); it is the Equilbrium 'Products' (the species on the RIGHT hand side of the arrows) OVER the Equilbrium Reactants (species on the LEFT of the arrows)

Dear me...
Ok -- I foolishly MIS-edited this, the comment above is mine. I fixed that (don't do this after not having had sleep for a few days!) I added the subscript 'i's' and a little bit explaining them below.

--> Whoa! Sorry about that. That was indeed a gross error on my part. - BeardedPhysicist

OK, I finally fixed the reference. BeardedPhysicist

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Hans Heysen

Sir Hans Heysen (8 October 1877 – 2 July 1968) was an Australian artist.

One of Australia's best known landscape painters, Heysen became a household name during his lifetime for his watercolours and oil paintings of the Australian bush, in particular men and animals toiling among monumental gum trees against a background of atmospheric light. He also won acclaim for his groundbreaking depictions of arid landscapes in the Flinders Ranges. He won the Wynne Prize for landscape painting a record nine times.

Biography
Wilhelm Ernst Hans Franz Heysen was born in Hamburg, Germany. He migrated to Adelaide in South Australia with his family in 1884 at the age of 7. As a young boy Heysen showed an early interest in art. At 14 he left school to work with a hardware merchant, later taking night classes at the Academy of Arts in Victoria Buildings, Victoria Square, under James Ashton. He joined the Adelaide Easel Club in 1897 and was immediately recognised as a rising talent.

At age 20 he was sponsored by a group of wealthy Adelaide art enthusiasts E. S. Wigg, H. H. Wigg and brothers-in-law W. L. Davidson, F. A. Joyner, and miner Charles Henry de Rose, to study art for four years in France.

By 1912 Hans Heysen had earned enough from his art to purchase a property called "The Cedars" -35.0127°N, 138.8057°W near Hahndorf in the Adelaide Hills, which was his home until his death in 1968 aged 90. "The Cedars", named for its massive Himalayan cedars, has changed little since the 1920s. It remains the property of the Heysen family, but most areas, including Hans's and Nora's studios, are open to the public 10:00 to 16:30 Tuesday to Sunday, and holiday Mondays, except Christmas Day; guided tours 11:00 and 14:00.

Family
Heysen married Selma "Sallie" Bartels (1878–1962) on 15 December 1904. Her father was Adolph H. F. Bartels, a former Mayor of Adelaide. Their children were Josephine, Freya, Lilian, Nora, David, Deirdre, Michael, and Stefan. Daughter Nora Heysen also became a successful artist.

Wynne Prize
Heysen won the Wynne Prize nine times, for the following works:
 * 1904 – Mystic Morn
 * 1909 – Summer (watercolour)
 * 1911 – Hauling Timber
 * 1920 – Toilers (watercolour)
 * 1922 – The Quarry (watercolour)
 * 1924 – Afternoon in Autumn (watercolour)
 * 1926 – Farmyard, Frosty Morning
 * 1931 – Red Gums of the Far North (watercolour)
 * 1932 – Brachina Gorge

Recognition

 * In 1937 Heysen became an invited foundation member of, and exhibited, with Robert Menzies' anti-modernist organisation, the Australian Academy of Art.
 * In 1945, he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for service as trustee of the Hobart National Gallery
 * In 1959, he was made a Knight Bachelor for service to art
 * The Heysen Trail and Heysen Tunnels were named after Heysen
 * The Electoral district of Heysen in the Parliament of South Australia is named after Heysen

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/TuFat

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was delete. — Xezbeth 06:57, Apr 26, 2005 (UTC)

TuFat
vanity? should be checked out
 * Seems to be a legitimate script but still basically advertising. Delete —Wahoofive | Talk 06:08, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * delete please it seems kind of pov too Yuckfoo 06:52, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, not notable, vanity. Megan1967 08:56, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete -- I use one of his scripts, but it's not that notable -- Longhair | Talk 11:08, 23 Apr 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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SNLF

SNLF can refer to:

 * Japanese Special Naval Landing Forces
 * Sandinista National Liberation Front

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Ethel Mertz

Ethel Mae Mertz (née Potter) (alternately Ethel Louise, Ethel May, and Ethel Roberta), played by Vivian Vance, is one of the four main fictional characters in the highly popular 1950s American television sitcom I Love Lucy. Ethel is the middle-aged landlady of the main character, Lucy Ricardo, played by Lucille Ball. Ethel was most likely born about 1905, and was raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She is married to Fred Mertz, played by William Frawley, with whom she had a career in vaudeville. The two female characters are close friends, habitually scheming together; Ethel is generally the voice of reason as a counterpart to Lucy's harebrained ideas.

Background
Ethel was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where her father, Will Potter, owned a sweet shop and soda fountain with the slogan "You can lick our cones, but you can't beat our sodas!". Ethel went on to a career in music and acting, yet got her start at Albuquerque's Little Theater, singing her signature number "Shortnin' Bread".

Although Ethel's mother is apparently alive and well during the first season, viewers never meet Mrs. Potter. A flapper in the 1920s, Ethel eloped and married Fred Mertz on May 3 in either 1933 or 1927; the length of their marriage changed during the series.

Ethel worked in vaudeville with Fred before settling down and purchasing their own brownstone apartment building in New York City, containing the apartment they rent to Ricky and Lucy Ricardo, though it is stated that the building is solely in Ethel's name. Some of Ricky's shows have included Ethel and/or Fred in the production, with the effect of making Lucy determined to get in on the act.

In appearance blonde and supposedly a beauty in her youth, Ethel is unsentimental yet warm, proud, and extremely loyal, with her tendency to be sharp-tongued leading to moments of hilarity. She has a fine soprano voice, among other artistic talents, but unlike Lucy, is now unambitious and content as a housewife and landlady.

Somewhat lonely, she is devoted to Lucy and her family. Despite her common sense, she is often fascinated by the possibilities for excitement opened up by Lucy's mad schemes. Although continually complaining about Fred's penny-pinching and other faults, she defers to him far more than Lucy does to Ricky. Something of a gossip and an inveterate snoop, she often tries to read Lucy's mail, especially postcards, which she claims are fair game. At times slightly vain, as in one episode when a concert in New Mexico goes to her head, she has a thicker skin than Lucy and seldom takes offense. She is easily able to parry Fred's frequent disparaging remarks.

Ethel and Lucy, although landlady and tenant, are the best of friends, gossiping and supporting each other during difficult times. They are seen entering several business ventures together, including owning and running a dress shop and a diner, and marketing a homemade salad dressing. Though not afraid to be critical of Lucy, especially when Lucy's schemes create trouble for others, Ethel will always bail out her friend.

Occasional episodes of competition occur between them, mostly in relation to show business. When they are in competition for the same part, Ethel, having actual experience, always has the edge over Lucy, which in turn leads Lucy to mention Ethel's greater age and weight. Despite their spats, they always make up again by the end of the show. Lucy relies a great deal on her friend's more practical nature and calmer disposition.

Along with Lucy's husband Ricky and her own husband, Fred, Ethel travels to many places in the United States and Europe, such as England, France, Italy, and Switzerland. They are a childless couple. Fred and Ethel eventually move to Connecticut with the Ricardos and live in their guest house to help them raise chickens and sell their eggs for profit; they also appear regularly on The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour.

After I Love Lucy
Vivian Vance portrayed Lucille Ball's best friend in a recurring role on each of her next two sitcoms, The Lucy Show and Here's Lucy. In both sitcoms, Vance insisted her character's name also be Vivian, as she was reportedly tired of being identified as "Ethel" when spotted on the street.

Reception
According to Entertainment Weekly, she is one of the "greatest sidekicks".

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oh lol —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.252.228.120 (talk) 19:42, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

Why is this page protected?? And something about Columbus North High's tennis program should be mentioned. This past year, North went to the state (Indiana) finals in Men's (boy's) Tennis during the fall of 2007. CNHS got 4th in the state with a season-high ranking of 8 and a ranking of 9 after the finals. They were also co-Conference champions with Bloomington South. Columbus North's tennis season win-loss record was 18-5 and 6-1 for the conference.

Somebody please put this in...Dragon6257 (talk) 01:25, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

It is worth noting that, in accordance with the word of the Bartholomew Consolidated School Corporation, word of Columbus North High School, and the word of the North Publication's Stylebook, the school's official mascot is the 'Bull Dog', not the 'Bulldog'. 69.136.170.24 (talk) 22:50, 28 September 2010 (UTC)

Deleted "controversy over forced contributions for memorial gym do to no source material. After talking to many others they said no way, they said the gymnasium got attention not just for it size but it was known national for it's fundraiser to have it built no one knew of any corruption or forced donations. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.123.199.92 (talk) 00:53, 6 February 2014 (UTC)

pay attention to the maintenance tags. they are not decorations
this article has been tagged as unreferenced for over 7 years and in that time no one has bothered to add a single reference! very soon, I will be editing this page to meet guidelines. when I do, I will be removing everything that cannot be referenced to the school's website, NCES, or Indiana High School Athletic Association. I have no clue where to reference the music achievements so if you want any of that to stay you'd better find references for it. John from Idegon (talk) 06:03, 31 March 2015 (UTC)

Old website
http://web.archive.org/*/http://www.bcsc.k12.in.us/northhs seems to be where the website was to be according to http://web.archive.org/web/20001017173417/http://www.bcsc.k12.in.us/schools/north/index.htm but the older captures dont seem to work? WhisperToMe (talk) 03:37, 19 August 2020 (UTC)

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Sam Zell

Samuel Zell (born Shmuel Zielonka; September 28, 1941 – May 18, 2023) was an American billionaire businessman and philanthropist primarily engaged in real estate investment. Companies founded by or controlled by Zell include Equity Residential, Equity International, EQ Office, Covanta, Tribune Media, and Anixter.

Early life and education
Zell was born on September 28, 1941, in Chicago. His parents, Ruchla, later Rochelle, and Berek, later Bernard, Zielonka, were Jews who immigrated from Poland four months before his birth to escape the Invasion of Poland by the Nazis. In Poland, his father was a grain trader. They immigrated to the United States with their young daughter, Leah, via Russia and Tokyo, pretending to be tourists at the Bolshoi Ballet so as not to stand out. They then moved from Seattle to Albany Park, Chicago, where his father became a wholesale jeweler who also made successful investments in real estate and the stock market. In eighth grade, Zell took pictures at his prom and sold them. He later bought Playboy magazines in downtown Chicago and resold them to his classmates in Hebrew school for a 200% markup. When he was twelve, the family moved to Highland Park, Illinois, where he graduated from Highland Park High School. In 1963, Zell graduated with a bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan, where he was also a member of the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity.

While in school, Zell managed a 15-unit apartment building in return for free room and board. By the time of his graduation, he was managing several properties and was netting $150,000. Joined by his fraternity brother Robert H. Lurie, he won a contract with a large apartment development owner in Ann Arbor. In 1966, he graduated with a J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School. By that time, he and Lurie were managing over 4,000 apartments and owned 100–200 units outright. After school, he sold his interest in the management company to Lurie and moved to Chicago.

Real estate investments
After graduation, Zell worked as a lawyer for one week before deciding that the legal profession was not for him. With funding from one of the senior partners, Zell purchased a 99-unit apartment building in Toledo. In 1967, he purchased a profitable apartment complex in Reno, Nevada, later spending a lot of time in Reno, calling it a "hidden gem" from a real estate investment perspective. In 1969, he was introduced to Jay Pritzker, who provided him with funding. He acquired Arlington Towers, then the tallest building in Reno, for $9 million. To convince the owners to sell, Zell's brother-in-law conceived offshore transactions, the legality of which was described as "murky", to shield the sellers from tax liability; Zell reached a deal with the Internal Revenue Service to avoid prosecution in exchange for his testimony while Zell's brother-in-law served 2 years of jail time.

In 1968, Zell founded the predecessor of Equity Residential and was joined a year later by his former partner, Robert H. Lurie. Lurie died of cancer in 1990 at age 48. During the 1973–1975 recession, Zell was able to acquire many bankrupt properties for almost nothing as lenders did not want to foreclose and Zell provided financial plans that would enable the lenders to be repaid. During the early 1990s recession, Zell had personally guaranteed $600 million in loans and was working 80 hour weeks to resolve them. He then pursued taking in more investors to spread the risk. In August 1993, after acquiring a large portfolio from Barry Sternlicht in exchange for a 20% stake in the company, the company became a public company via an initial public offering. At that time, the company owned 22,000 apartments.

In 1976, Zell founded the predecessor to EQ Office to invest in office buildings. In 1988, he co-founded the first of four Zell/Merrill Lynch Real Estate Opportunity Partners Funds; these were consolidated into EQ Office in 1997. In 2006, The Blackstone Group acquired the company for $36 billion in the largest leveraged buyout in history at the time, then selling off the portfolio in pieces; both Zell and Blackstone had impeccable timing, selling just before the 2007–2008 financial crisis.

In 1984, Zell founded Equity Lifestyle Properties. It owns more than 400 trailer parks or mobile home parks.

Distressed investments
In 1985, Zell acquired Itel Corporation, a diversified transportation and logistics company, shortly after it emerged from bankruptcy. In 1986, he acquired Anixter, remaining in charge until it was sold in 2020. In 2004, he acquired Covanta via a 363 bankruptcy sale process.

Zell/Chilmark
In 1991, in partnership with Chilmark Partners, Zell co-founded Zell/Chilmark, a $1 billion investment fund, to invest in distressed securities. That year, it acquired $550 million in junk bonds and vendor claims against Carter Hawley stores, the parent of Broadway Stores, eventually taking control; it was sold to Federated Stores (now Macy's, Inc.) in 1995. In 1992, the fund invested $250 million in drugstore Revco, then in bankruptcy; it received $363.8 million for its stake when Rite Aid acquired the brand in 1995. In 1992, it acquired an interest in Jacor, a radio broadcast group that included a television station, which was sold to Clear Channel Communications in 1999. It acquired Schwinn Bicycle Company from bankruptcy for $60 million in 1993; it was sold for $86 million in 1997. It acquired energy company Santa Fe Energy Resources in 1993. It also acquired mattress company Sealy Corporation. In 1994, it infused $25 million into Midway Airlines for a 90% stake.

Tribune
In December 2007, in a leveraged buyout, Zell acquired control of Tribune Media, owner of the Chicago Tribune, The Baltimore Sun, Newsday, The Hartford Courant, and other newspapers as well as the Chicago Cubs and Wrigley Field. For the $8.2 billion acquisition, Zell only invested $315 million of his own money, all in the form of debt.

In a decision sharply criticized by the employees, Zell immediately put Randy Michaels, a former radio executive and disc jockey with no newspaper experience, in charge. Michaels allegedly created a hostile workplace and culture promoting sexual harassment and debasement, with executives openly discussing the "sexual suitability" of employees in the office. He also oversaw 4,200 layoffs while giving large bonuses to the executives and hosting lavish beer-and-poker parties in the office of former publisher Robert R. McCormick, long considered a shrine. Michaels resigned in October 2010.

In December 2008, less than a year after Zell acquired the company, due to the increased debt and the effects of the Great Recession, the company filed the largest bankruptcy in the history of the American media industry, listing $7.6 billion in assets against a debt of $13 billion.

In January 2009, as part of the bankruptcy reorganization, Zell sold the Chicago Cubs, Wrigley Field, and the 25% interest in Comcast SportsNet Chicago to Joe Ricketts and family for $900 million. Zell relinquished control of Tribune upon its emergence from bankruptcy in December 2012.

In 2019, Zell and other former Tribune executives paid $200 million to settle allegations of fraud for alleged "unlawful" dividends and fraudulent transfers as part of the acquisition of Tribune, from which executives received $107 million.

Education
In 1983, Zell endowed the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania's Zell/Lurie Real Estate Center. In 1999, Zell endowed the Zell Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies at the University of Michigan. He also endowed the Helen Zell Writers’ Program and the Master of Fine Arts Creative Writing Program at the University of Michigan. He funded the establishment of the Zell Center for Risk Research and the Zell Scholar Program at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management.

Arts
In 2012, Zell donated $10 million to the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago. In 2014, he donated $17 million to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

Poverty
In 2014, Zell donated $10 million to Start Early (formerly The Ounce of Prevention Fund), which promotes early childhood development in underserved communities in Illinois.

Jewish causes
Zell donated 3.1 million dollars to the Herzliya Interdisciplinary Center in Israel. Zell also donated to Israel Center for Social and Economic Progress, a free market oriented Israeli think tank founded by Daniel Doron, the American Jewish Committee and the Bernard Zell Anshe Emet Day School, a Chicago Jewish primary school named after his father. In 2015, Zell donated over $10 million to Chicagoland Jewish High School, which renamed the school to Rochelle Zell Jewish High School, after Zell's mother.

Personal life
Zell married three times and divorced twice; he had three children: son, Matthew and daughter, Joann Zell Gillis, from his first marriage to Janet (née Skolnick) Zell Kessler; and an adopted daughter, Kellie Zell Peppet, from his second marriage. His second marriage began in 1979 and ended in 1994. His third wife was Helen (née Herzog) Fadim Zell. He had nine grandchildren.

Zell was an avid motorcycle rider. He often rode his Ducati to work at high speeds and he once rode a motorcycle at 145 mi/h across the pampas. He formed Zell’s Angels, a group of mostly business tycoons who would ride motorcycles worldwide. Zell also was a skier, racquetball player, paintball enthusiast, and sports fan.

Zell had homes in Chicago, Sun Valley, Idaho, and Malibu, California. In 1998, he bought a 12,000-square-foot home in Malibu, California, designed by John Lautner for $13 million.

As of February 2023, Zell had an estimated net worth of US $5.3 billion, according to Forbes.

In May 2017, Zell's book, Am I Being Too Subtle?: Straight Talk From a Business Rebel, detailing his business philosophy on finding business and investment opportunities anywhere, was published by Portfolio.

Zell died on May 18, 2023, at the age of 81 after a short illness.

Political involvement
Zell donated $100,000 to Restore Our Future, the Super PAC supporting the Mitt Romney 2012 presidential campaign. In 2015 he donated $50,000 to the John Bolton Super-PAC. In 2019, he and his wife each donated $75,000 to the campaign of Mayor of Chicago Lori Lightfoot. He has also made smaller contributions to members of both the Democratic Party and Republican Party.

Use of foul language
Zell often used language considered "salty", "obscentity-laced", and vulgar.

Awards and honors

 * 1987, Golden Plate Award of the Academy of Achievement
 * 1999, Hall of Fame of the Chicago Association of Realtors
 * 2007, Kellogg Award for Distinguished Leadership

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Worst United States President in history

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Worst United States President in history
I can't see how this is a coherent topic worthy of an individual article. At best all it would do is collect criticism of each individual president found in their own articles. This is only going to be an echo chamber for the pundit spin of the year or the author's personal research. There are not any unified academic standards for analyzing this or even describing what it means to be the "worst president in history." Delete. User:Postdlf 03:18, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * I agree. Now the list has nearly every president. It's just a horrible mess. Delete. Mike H 03:20, Apr 19, 2005 (UTC)
 * This is vandalism I have already reverted three times. Please judge the article on its original, not its vandalized, form. LevelCheck 03:22, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * The original form is even worse. Delete in either incarnation. Mike H 04:11, Apr 19, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete: I've looked at your best copy. I disagree with you, LevelCheck, and agree with the person who posted the VfD. This article just isn't encyclopedic in nature. It's completely subjective. There just isn't any way to place an objective measure on such a subject. The title implies there is an objective measure. Also, the article is less than two hours old and already you've reverted it six times. You're in danger of getting a 24 hour block for violating the 3RR. --Durin 03:30, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Neutralitytalk 03:32, Apr 19, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete totaly POV in current forms, no sources or outside views. --Boothy443 | comhrÚ 03:33, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. D. G. 03:35, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. POV. No third party sources. Zzyzx11 | Talk 03:36, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete per above. Info about criticism of Presidents should go into their articles. Without that info, this list is uninformative. It is necessarily either POV (if you pick a few presidents) or trivial (if you list all or nearly all of them). FreplySpang (talk) 03:37, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)

I'm sorry I couldn't go far enough for your taste. I thought it was already absurd enough, but it's clear to me now you're voting on the topic, while I'm voting on the article. The TV show example I did to highlight the massive difficulties (or sheer impossibility) of keeping any article with "best"/"worst" in its title NPOV and relevant. To then suggest as casually as you did that it's perfectly fine and should be kept boggles the mind, especially if you imply that everyone else is using faulty logic. I do not at all object to the article you allude to—but the article we're voting on has got to go. The only way you can "make" this into a good article is by completely replacing it, in which case you might as well send off a decent signal by deleting it. Had this article been improved substantially in the voting period, I would have voted keep. It wasn't. It's the same rubbish it used to be. Voting keep appeals to a level of patience and trust we shouldn't need to have for articles as clearly defective as this one is—not just in execution, but in the very approach. Again: nobody's losing anything over this. An article on the same topic, done properly, would sooner benefit from seeing this go than having it stay. This argument springs from incompatible assumptions, not because we really disagree on the conclusions. JRM 07:01, 2005 Apr 26 (UTC)
 * Delete Topic is POV by definition, no encyclopedic value.    — Cortonin | Talk 04:28, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, irreparably POV. SamuraiClintonLevelCheckcruft.  RickK 04:34, Apr 19, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, Worst. Article. Ever. NatusRoma 04:41, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Agree with most of the previous statements. Jonathunder 04:52, 2005 Apr 19 (UTC)
 * Delete as POV. (vote by User:Firebug)
 * Redirect to Ronald Reagan or else delete. Klonimus 06:38, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, lacks potential to become encyclopedic. Charles Matthews 07:25, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, POV title. Totally subjective. Besides, if you list half the American presidents you're sure to hit at least one bad one. Lacks explaining references. Mgm|(talk) 08:27, Apr 19, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, POV, flamebait material. Megan1967 08:52, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. POV title, content is simply all US presidents, useless for a redirect. Sjakkalle 09:20, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC) Keep rewritten version. Sjakkalle 14:11, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Notwithstanding Klonimus's--ahem--humorous suggestion, I say delete as spurious. What could anyone have against Coolidge anyway? Dave1898 12:35, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * He was boring. ;) Dorothy Parker remarked upon hearing of Coolidge's death: "How can you tell?" Mike H 12:55, Apr 19, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Not only is this POV, but it also completely fails to explain why any of these presidents has been considered the Worst. United States President. Ever.   — J I P | Talk 12:42, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, POV, original research, useless. --Bletch 13:16, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Looks NPOV to me, as every president I've ever heard of is on the list. Apparently they were all equal in 'badness'. Delete. Radiant_* 15:01, Apr 19, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Per Sir Winston Churchill: "Democracy is the worst form of government. Except for all the rest." -- 8^D gab 15:37, 2005 Apr 19 (UTC)
 * Delete. Rhobite 21:50, Apr 19, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Since many historians have ranked Presidents in various ways, it would be possible to have an encyclopedic article on "Historians' rankings of U. S. Presidents" that would summarize the opinions of these historians in the approved "X said Y about Z" formulation. However, every such ranking or opinion should have a good solid source citation, preferably a traditional print reference with book title, publisher, ISBN, and page number. An article that says "The following United States Presidents have often been suggested for that title" with not the slightest hint of who has suggested them, when, or where is not such an article, nor is it useful guidance to anyone who would want to write such an article. Thus, "Historians' rankings of U. S. Presidents" is an encyclopedic topic, but this article has no potential to become encyclopedic. Wipe the slate clean. Let someone start over from scratch if they want to. Dpbsmith (talk) 22:46, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Any article other than the current listing of all presidents would be both highly POV and original research, and the listing of all presidents is useless. --Carnildo 23:20, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete extreme POV. —Seselwa 23:33, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Inherently POV. Shimmin 01:34, Apr 20, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Pointless. Slac speak up!  05:12, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Impeach and remove from office.   [ +t, +c ] 21:31, Apr 21, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Childish vandalism. SlimVirgin (talk) 20:45, Apr 22, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete nonsense — Helpful Dave 01:46, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete -- POV titled, and I ain't even read it yet... - Longhair | Talk 11:58, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Leaving this would just spawn bad comments... "George Bush!" "no, Carter!" "No, Lincoln he sucked worst!" "no Bill Clinton he carried on in his office!" and so on. So to avoid the inevitable flamewars, DELETE. Master Thief Garrett 03:42, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Redundant. --Headisdead 15:51, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Pointless. Strictly POV. Sango  123  17:43, Apr 24, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, strongly, it's a perfectly good topic. I have often heard debate about who is the worst president we Americans have had (I voted against him last November, for the record), so it's definitely a historical issue with some currency. I believe there have been ranking systems and such established by historians, and I think there was actually at least one complete list of presidents published, which ranked them from best to worst. I'm concerned about the number of delete votes I see here, and the logic I see being used. Everyking 11:57, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, strongly, it's not a perfectly good topic. I have often heard debate on what the best television show ever on American television has been (I voted on Six Feet Under last year, for the record), so it's definitely a historical issue with some currency. I believe there have been ranking systems and such established by media analysts, and I think there was actually at least one complete list of television shows published, which ranked them from best to worst. I'm concerned about the keep vote I see here, and the logic I see being used. JRM 17:07, 2005 Apr 25 (UTC)
 * You make a damn good case for that TV article. When are you going to write it? Everyking 18:12, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * When I can cite notable media analysts, popular polls (I know there are some of the latter) with their views on and the best television show and whatever characters or plot lines made them be regarded as such. I really can see how a popular entertainment issue like this can be worth an article.
 * To sum up the silliness: the article we're voting on is rubbish under a POV title. I love eventualism as much as the next person, but there are limits. Here's one. Feel free to "properly do" the article you so vividly breathe a semblance of life into with naught but imagination. I sincerely hope this isn't supposed to be it. Delete. JRM 18:57, 2005 Apr 25 (UTC)
 * Sarcastically parroting my logic is really obnoxious, you know. And if you want to make it work you need to pick something more patently absurd. The TV example sounds like a perfectly good article to me. Everyking 23:14, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * I know. It was supposed to be as obnoxious as your handwaving and patronizing "I'm concerned about the number of delete votes I see here, and the logic I see being used". Your concern is touching, but not productive.
 * Update: I see SethIlys has made a start in turning this article around. I'm pretty sure this is pointless for this article under this title, but an effort is an effort, and it shouldn't go unnoticed. Changed my vote to Keep, pending further rewrite, and a move to a better title. I personally think something more general than "worst president" makes for a better topic, though (Historical assessments of United States presidencies?) JRM 07:01, 2005 Apr 26 (UTC)
 * Delete. Since most people have no historical perspective (and since politics is all about exaggeration anyway,) I suspect that every incumbent president in the history of the United States was called the worst ever by some of his opponents. Isomorphic 17:19, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * We have articles about fictional spaceships, and we're voting to delete this? Now that's a lack of perspective. I presume that such an article, if done properly, would cite notable historians and popular polls (if there are any of the latter) with their views on the worst president and whatever policies or actions made them be regarded as such. I really can't see how a popular historical issue like this isn't worth an article. Everyking 18:12, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. As Everyking points out, and although it may seem a little silly, it's a subject that *does* get discussed quite a bit, both in the popular media and in academic circles. The article can discuss the arguments and counter-arguments for naming certain presidents worst ever (and reference to Bush-43 as such, which may or may not be unprecendented in American history, certainly deserves mention). I'd take a swing at improving the article (which should be at a better title) along the lines Dpbsmith proposes, if it weren't obvious already that it's going to be deleted. Like Everyking, I'm slightly concerned about people voting delete based on what an article is, rather than was it could be. -- Seth Ilys 20:17, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * And yeah, I'll put my money where my mouth is and work on it. -- Seth Ilys 20:25, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Good. You'll get to start from scratch after it's deleted, which it should be any time now considering how it's been six days since the nomination, and the votes are overwhelmingly to delete.  Postdlf 20:35, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * If it gets deleted, I will continue to work on a viable version and post it under a new title. I didn't know about this VfD until today. - Seth Ilys 20:52, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * BTW, we have List of movies that have been considered among the worst ever, List of songs that have been considered among the worst ever, List of movies that have been considered the greatest ever, and List of countries that are considered the greatest. This is hardly inherently worse than those. -- Seth Ilys 17:40, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Check the talk pages. Those haven't been so easy to keep straight either, and the titles still make people uneasy. It's hard work, but at least you're on the right track. JRM · Talk 18:07, 2005 Apr 26 (UTC)
 * Merge with President of the United States - all of them seem to be double entries. -- AlexR 20:40, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Warren Harding was so bad, he had to be listed twice! Um, abstain. --iMb~Meow 08:08, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. If it wouldn't be "hopelessly POV" (no, I don't know if anyone's used that phrase yet but JRM hates it) to mention that one or the other president (or movie) is "often considered the best" (assuming there is criticism to back it up) then I don't see why we couldn't put it in its own article. Seth's version isn't there yet, but it shows the way. Demi T/C 08:48, 2005 Apr 26 (UTC)
 * Delete - I vote for Van Buren, myself. -  Tεx  τ  urε  19:24, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, POV titles make POV articles. -- Curps 19:27, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * It's a concept. There is an issue surrounding the question of who was the worst president, and the title indicates that. I don't see how it's POV. You could write an article called "Warren G. Harding was a total loser" if that phrase happened to be notable enough for an article. Obviously the title would not be an endorsement of the view that Harding was a total loser. It would just be treating the concept. Everyking 19:41, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Straw man; obviously the phrase "Warren G. Harding was a total loser" would not be POV if the phrase were notable. Hitler has only got one ball is not POV. You forgot Poland is not POV. Evil reptilian kitten-eater from another planet is not POV. The article is not attempting to describe the phrase "Worst United States President in History", however, and it could definitely do with a better title. "Worst United States President in History" is hardly the best we can do as a label for a neutral concept. This notwithstanding the observation that a lousy title is not reason in and of itself for deletion. JRM · Talk 20:06, 2005 Apr 26 (UTC)
 * Delete. POV, no potential to become encyclopedic. --Viriditas  | Talk 04:09, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * I already voted to delete the Worst United States President in History last year. Unfortunately there was no consensus for deletion. added anonymously at 12:29, 2005 Apr 27 by Faethon387
 * Comment: the article is poor. The subject is very problematic, since at least one very prominent candidate for the position of worst ever is alive, newsworthy, and, extraordinarily, still popular among many US voters who otherwise aren't obviously insane. (Forty years ago, this would have been much easier, as we'd be complacently -- too complacently -- chuckling over comfortably long-dead Pierce, Harding, and the like.) It would be flamebait. Then again, anything related to Israel, Palestine, Iraq, "Creationism", etc etc is flamebait; yet there's no consensus to lock these articles for long periods, let alone to do away with them. Reasoned claims are made about this by well-informed and thought-provoking writers (I believe I've seen Paul Krugman writing on it), e.g. in columns in non-tabloid newspapers; moreover, as pointed out above, it seems a subject of much wider interest (let alone importance) than plenty of subjects that get their own articles, e.g. fictional spaceships. The article is doomed, but I hope that a greatly superior replacement will soon emerge. -- Hoary 03:07, 2005 Apr 30 (UTC)
 * Merge into President of the United States; this is a valid topic, but probably not of enough importance to warrant its own article. Psychonaut 23:08, 30 Apr 2005 (UTC)
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