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Martin Mill railway station

Martin Mill railway station serves the small village of Martin Mill in East Kent. The station and all trains serving it are operated by Southeastern. The booking office is open only on weekday mornings however a ticket machine (card only) on the Dover-bound platform caters for out-of-hours ticketing. For many years the ticket office acted as a Post Office for the local community.

Services
All services at Martin Mill are operated by Southeastern using and  EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:
 * 1 tph to London St Pancras International
 * 1 tph to Ramsgate

Additional services, including trains to and from London Charing Cross via Tonbridge call at the station during the peak hours.

History
The station was opened on 15 June 1881 by the Dover and Deal Joint Railway when it opened the line from an end-on connection at Deal to Buckley Junction near Dover. The line was the only one jointly owned by the rival South Eastern Railway and London, Chatham and Dover Railway and remained independent until the Grouping. The line has been described as one of the more spectacular in southern England with Martin Mill at the apex on a 400-foot-high plateau.

The station was built with two platforms either side of a double track, a signal box was located to the south with a goods yard to the south east. The goods yard could handle most types of goods including live stock and it was equipped with a 10-ton crane.

The station was host to a Southern Railway camping coach from 1938 to 1939. Two camping coaches were positioned here by the Southern Region from 1954 to 1959, then three coaches in 1960 and 1961 then they were replaced by three Pullman camping coaches from 1962 to 1967.

Military history
Martin Mill also served as an important station during both the First and Second World Wars. During the construction of Dover Harbour in 1897 a single track branch was constructed to bring in materials from Martin Mill. The track ran over the surface of the high chalk plateau parallel with the Dover-Deal main line, before climbing up to the summit just at the entrance to Guston tunnel. From there, it ascended to the cliff top, 350 ft above sea level. It then descended in a zig-zag formation on a vertiginous shelf which was cut into the cliff, leading down to the eastern part of the harbour. The route was reopened during both wars, and operated mainly by Royal Engineers to deploy mounted artillery on the cliff edge. During the Second World War, the branch served the many gun batteries along the white cliffs between Dover and St Margarets including the two 14 inch guns/cannons nicknamed Winnie (after Winston Churchill) and Pooh (after the fictional bear). The military railway was also used by three railway guns, Gladiator, Sceneshifter, and Piecemaker which were WW1 railway gun carriages bearing their original gun names but carrying 13.5" naval guns. There were three curved firing spurs on the military railway designed for use by the rail guns. During the war the batteries controlled the Dover Straits, but the larger guns fired into France, mainly at the numerous German gun batteries who were shelling the Dover area from August 1940.

This line also ran down to Dover Harbour along a cliff road.

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Walmer railway station

Walmer railway station serves Walmer in Kent, England. The station and all trains serving it are operated by Southeastern.

Facilities
The station has two platforms, connected by a subway. A ticket office is open part-time.

History
The first plans for a station here were by the Kent Railway in 1836. However, Walmer was slow to grow as a resort compared to many other towns on the Kent coastline, and progress stalled. Further schemes to connect Walmer to the railway network were proposed in November 1846 and March 1854, but neither secured sufficient funding. The London, Chatham & Dover Railway (LDCR) announced plans for a line between Walmer, Deal and Adisham in October 1872, but failed to secure the funding from Parliament.

Construction of the station was delayed owing to problems buying the relevant land, and it cost £14,000 to build. The station was opened on 15 June 1881 by the Dover and Deal Joint Railway when it opened the line from an end-on connection at Deal to Buckley Junction near Dover. The line was the only one jointly owned by the rival South Eastern Railway and London, Chatham and Dover Railway and remained independent until the Grouping. The line has been described as one of the more spectacular in southern England. Gas lighting was installed at the station by the end of the year. A station closer to the sea was proposed in 1898, but rejected.

A Pullman camping coach was positioned here by the Southern Region from 1963 to 1967. Goods services were withdrawn from the station in 1961.

Services
All services at Walmer are operated by Southeastern using and  EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:
 * 1 tph to London St Pancras International
 * 1 tph to Ramsgate

Additional services, including trains to and from London Charing Cross via Tonbridge call at the station during the peak hours.

Incidents
On 6 July 1898, a set of vehicles at the station broke free and ran down the incline towards Deal, where they collided with an empty train, causing £269 of damage.

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Should that be

"She[Audrey] was the chairperson of the HKBA" and not

"She[Audrey] was the chairman of the HKBA"?

-- Soul 1337 10:42 Apr 18, 2005 (UTC)

 * Chairperson is more likely. Deryck C. 8 July 2005 05:43 (UTC)

As far as I know, HKBA insists on calling its chief "chairman" instead of the more PC "chairperson". In fact, Eu herself prefers "chairman" to "chairperson". Check this link: http://www.audreyeu.org/public/contents/article?revision%5fid=3275&item%5fid=2107

Dispute on factual accuracy: Deryck and Instantnood are discussing whether it's the in Beijing media or the pro-Beijing media that views Audrey Eu as the evil woman. Deryck C. 8 July 2005 05:43 (UTC)

 * This dispute is solved by Instantnood with a proof that the occurence of "Beijing Media" was a translation error. Deryck C.
 * See user talk:Deryck Chan/Archive 2. — Instantnood 07:37, 29 October 2005 (UTC)

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No, "legislative council" is not a proper noun. Please read and understand MOS:INSTITUTIONS before making such changes. Your argument could be made (but would still be invalid) about any organization, such as "the university" in the context of Harvard University, or "the company" in the context of Home Depot. That's simply not what the MoS calls for. Please restore to lower case. Chris the speller  yack  14:08, 30 October 2018 (UTC)
 * From the first line of the guideline you referred to: "Also treat as a proper name a shorter but still specific form, consistently capitalized in reliable generalist sources". See e.g. DDG search for The Standard newspaper, which consistently capitalises Legislative Council on its own when referring specifically to HK LegCo. Deryck C. 14:13, 30 October 2018 (UTC)
 * When the MoS says "a shorter but still specific form" (emphasis mine), I think it means actually specific. There are lots of legislative councils. A specific form would be "Hong Kong Legislative Council", and I don't think you can shorten that without turning it back into a common noun, which is how dictionaries show "legislative council". The fact that one newspaper likes to capitalize it doesn't mean that WP should. Beware the specialized-style fallacy. Chris the speller   yack  20:24, 30 October 2018 (UTC)
 * I think "Legislative Council" is suitably specific in the context of a Hongkongese politician - it can't refer to anything else. But anyway I don't think we can come to agreement on this. Looking at the original sentence in question, I realised readers would probably be better served by rewriting it altogether and adding "Hong Kong" to the sentence, so I did that (which sidesteps the issue of lower vs upper case). Deryck C. 14:18, 31 October 2018 (UTC)

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Berto Lardera

Roberto Lardera (December 18, 1911 – February 23, 1989), informally known as Berto Lardera, was an Italian sculptor of the 20th century. He was born in La Spezia, Italy, the son of a naval engineer. He was self-taught and his leanings towards monumental, metallic sculptures may have been influenced by the sights he grew up with in the naval dockyards.

In 1947 Lardera moved to Paris, where he remained until his death in 1989. He exhibited at the Galerie Denise René and then at the Salon de Mai and the Salon des Réalités Nouvelles. Lardera's sculpture began with abstract metal structures based on two dimensions, or a flat geometrical plane, which challenged the conventional form of sculpture based around volume and enclosed spaces. Later his work became more diverse, with his geometrical constructions branching out into the horizontal as well as the vertical plane and often resulting in series based on a single theme, such as his Miracles, Aubes and Archanges series.

His sculptures are to be found the world over, in Europe, America and Japan. They show the use of a wide range of different metals, as well as different dimensions. Lardera did not produce very many prints, but his interest in using different planes and dimensions led to him making markedly "sculptural" prints. He used a unique technique, cutting forms and designs with his sculpting tools in thick iron plates from which the prints were pulled. He used no acid or chemical processes.

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The Solar Lottery
I read a synopsis of Philip K Dick's The Solar Lottery and it sounds similar. Is it so?

Translator
I don't see any quotations from an English version of the story, and several people have translated it, so Anthony Bonner probably shouldn't get a Translator credit in the infobox. 168.122.246.234 (talk) 19:42, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

Copyright violation in External links
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Just a quick question - Kreutz Sungrazers has 8 clubs from User:Dysprosia, but the text says 7/10, so one must be wrong. I'm absolutely certain it must be the text :) Worldtraveller 10:43, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)


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Shercock

Shercock ; ) is a small town and civil parish in the east of County Cavan, Ireland. As of the 2022 census, the population of the town was 574.

Shercock is 12 km west of Carrickmacross, at the intersection of the R162 and R178 regional roads. It sits on the shores of three lakes: Lough Sillan, Steepleton's Lake, and Muddy Lake. Lough Sillan is the largest of the three, covering approximately 162 hectares.

History
The town was founded in the early seventeenth century as a plantation village to accommodate mainly Presbyterian Scots who settled in this part of County Cavan. Usually, these planters gave their new settlements English or Scottish names—the neighbouring towns are Kingscourt, Cootehill, and Bailieborough—but Shercock retained its Irish name. The modern Irish-language name is Searcoig or Searcóg.

Nearly all of the surrounding townlands have kept their Gaelic names. For example, the townland of Lecks, on the Kingscourt road on the outskirts of Shercock, has been so named for a thousand years because of the flat-slabbed rocky landscape (leac is the Irish word for a flagstone).

By the mid-nineteenth century, the village and immediate area had a population of about 5,000. However, the great famines and subsequent emigration affected the county of Cavan, reducing the population by 50% between 1841 and 1891.

There were less than 300 people residing in Shercock by 1910. Despite the small population, the town enjoyed the services of a railway station and post office, which had telegraph and money-order departments. Letters arrived daily from Dublin, Belfast, and England at 8.15 am and were dispatched every 5.15 pm. The telegraph office operated from 8 am to 8 pm. Wednesday was the market day around this time.

Industry
The region is known as "Drumlin Country" owing to its topography of small hills and lakes formed at the end of the last ice age. County Cavan borders County Fermanagh and County Monaghan. Together, they form the colloquially named "Drumlin County". Shercock lies on the border between County Cavan and County Monaghan.

The Shercock area's main industry for nearly 300 years was the growing of flax for linen-making. One townland just outside Shercock is named Miltown, after the flax mill which lies ruined at its center. The industry gradually died away with the decline of the linen industry in northern Ireland.

Nowadays the town has some light industry and a small number of tourists based mainly on water sports and angling. Lough Sillan, on the edge of the town, is a noted coarse fishing lake. Annaghieran lake is situated one mile from town, and populated with Roach and Bream.

One of the enterprises which brings employment to the town is Manor Farms and Carton Brothers Chicken factory, which employs over 800 people and sources chicken from some 160 local chicken farms.

Transport
Sillan Tours Limited provides daily bus connections from Shercock to Kingscourt, Navan and Dublin. Local Link launched route 171, from Shercock to Dundalk via Carrickmacross and Inniskeen, in July 2023 with several journeys each way daily. An electric bus is used on the route. Bus Éireann route 166 links Shercock to Cavan, Carrickmacross and Dundalk on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays only.

Arts
The Shercock Drama Festival takes place annually in March, with amateur dramatics groups from around the country participating in the event. St Patrick's Hall in Shercock serves as the venue. The 36th edition of the Shercock Drama Festival took place in March 2024.

Sport
Shercock GFC, the local GAA club, play in the Cavan Senior Football Championship. In 2017, the club won the Tommy Gilroy Cup and, in the same year, received funding for the improvement of their dressing room and gym facilities.

Shercock Athletics Club provides coaching in middle distance running, cross country and track and field disciplines (sprints, jumps and throws). The Shercock AC track and the Craig Lynch High Performance Centre, both located in Shercock, have indoor and outdoor facilities.

People

 * The family of playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan (author of The School for Scandal) had an estate in Shercock.
 * Patrick Kavanagh's 1948 novel Tarry Flynn is nominally set in the countryside around Shercock; although based on characters from his native Inniskeen.
 * The great-grandfather of U.S. Rep. John Murtha, also named John Murtha, was born in Shercock c. 1858. He moved to the United States in 1882.
 * Brendan McCahey - Voice of Ireland singer

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Deal railway station

Deal railway station serves Deal in Kent, England. The station and all trains serving it are operated by Southeastern. The station is on the Kent Coast Line 9.5 mi north east of Dover Priory and 86.75 mi south east of London Charing Cross.

Early years
Deal was originally the terminus of a South Eastern Railway branch line from Minster Junction through Sandwich and opened on 1 July 1847. This meant the original services to London ran via Canterbury, Ashford, Tonbridge, Redhill and Croydon to London Bridge. Charles Dickens attended the celebrations that accompanied the opening of the line. The link south to Dover was delayed by commercial rivalry between the two Kent railway companies, the South Eastern Railway and the London, Chatham & Dover Railway. However, the companies finally agreed to build the line jointly and it opened on 15 June 1881.

The original single platform with its 2-storey 1847 building became the new 'up' platform. This line now continued south under a new flyover carrying London Road and necessitated demolition of the middle houses in Sunnyside Terrace. The siding next to this was extended to become a through siding. Finally, a new 'down' platform was built to the west with buildings similar to those at Walmer. The existence of this middle siding explains the gap between the current tracks. The footbridge, which originally had a roof, also dates to 1881.

Mileage on the line is measured from Charing Cross via Chelsfield and Canterbury West; on this basis, Deal is 90 mi from Charing Cross. Hence the milepost on the 'up' platform at Deal says 90¾ (via Canterbury) but Deal is actually only 86¾ miles from Charing Cross (via Dover).

Deal used to have extensive coal yards (bordered by St Patrick's Road), goods yards (now Sainsbury's) and a locomotive shed and turntable (now Bridgeside). The locomotive shed was shut in 1930. Albert Terrace was built in the 1860s for railway employees in a line with Lower Queen Street before the railway was extended to Dover. Hence the London Road flyover was built with a 'kink' around them. The station-master's house received a direct hit during World War 2 (although a garden wall still exists), as did the goods shed. The substantial buildings on the 'down' platform were demolished about 1970 and replaced with small CLASP-style buildings. These have since been replaced with a small modern shelter, as shown in the photograph on the right.

Signalling
Deal retains its semaphore signals at the station and at Victoria Park.

The signal box moved from the platform to the Western Road level crossing in 1939. It is a good example of a Southern Railway odeon/art deco ‘glasshouse’ signal box (a Type 13). One siding remains, occasionally used for infrastructure trains.

Former services
During the 19th and early 20th centuries Deal enjoyed a higher status than now as a resort and, with extensive Royal Marine barracks, was a terminating/originating point for a number of trains travelling routes that seem unusual nowadays. Trains to/from London could run either north or south. For example, there were direct trains to Reading via Redhill, and a daily service to Birkenhead began in 1903 and continued for many years, surviving as a daily through train to Wolverhampton until 1962. There was also a daily train to Manchester before WW1 and regular daily trains to Victoria until the 1960s. From 1948 to 1962, the peak 16:56 service from Cannon Street that divided at Ashford was unusual in having both portions call at Deal. The portion via Dover called at Deal at 19:16, to Ramsgate. The portion via Canterbury called 3 minutes later, to Dover.

Electrification
Services through Deal were electrified using the 3rd rail system at 750 volts DC as Phase 2 of British Rail's Kent Coast Electrification Scheme. Some electric trains began running in 1961, with the full service beginning with the Summer timetable on 18 June 1962. There were 2 trains per hour (tph) off-peak, mostly from Charing Cross to Ramsgate, until May 1982, when the service was reduced to 1 tph off-peak (2 tph in the peaks).

Services
All services at Deal are operated by Southeastern using and  EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:
 * 1 tph to London St Pancras International
 * 1 tph to Ramsgate

Additional services, including trains to and from London Charing Cross via Tonbridge call at the station during the peak hours.

TV
Deal and its station featured in an episode of the BBC TV Great British Railway Journeys, Series 2, that aired on BBC2 on 27 January 2011. Presenter Michael Portillo travelled from Ramsgate to Folkestone and spent the night at Deal's historic Royal Hotel. He explored local attractions including Walmer Castle and the Timeball Tower.

Current facilities and access
Deal station has a ticket office, waiting room and café. The station building also incorporates toilets (including disabled access and baby-changing facilities), staff facilities, photo machine and snack machines. There is a help-point and automatic ticket machine on the platform.

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Jackfish, Ontario

Jackfish is a ghost town in northern Ontario, Canada, located on the north shore of Lake Superior east of Terrace Bay.

The last spike on the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) track between Montreal and Winnipeg was driven in west of Jackfish on May 16, 1885. Laying one particular mile of railway in this area is said to have cost $700,000.

Jackfish was established as a train order station on the CPR following the period of railway construction between 1883 and 1885. Initially a siding or passing track was built at this location to allow east and westbound trains to operate on the single track main line. An electrical telegraph enabled the station operator to control the movement of trains with information received from a train dispatcher.

With its location as a railway siding, along a beach area, amongst Lake Superior's otherwise rocky shoreline, Jackfish became a port of commercial fishing. Fish were caught here and packed in ice and loaded aboard trains bound for markets in Toronto and Montreal.

In 1895 Jackfish was established as a port to receive coal required as fuel for steam trains travelling on the CPR. A dock outfitted with cranes allowed large ships to unload their cargo. From this point, the coal was loaded into cars and delivered to CPR coaling depots such as Schreiber and White River. With the increased activity of steam locomotives shunting cars around, a large water tower was located near the railway tracks.

In the 1930s A lumber company here sent logs by ship for use at pulp mills in the United States.

During World War II, young Canadian men of Japanese origin from British Columbia were sent to road construction camps, including one at Jackfish, to work on the construction of the Trans-Canada Highway.

With the dieselization of CPR's motive power and replacement of its steam engines in the 1950s, the fortunes of the town began to decline. The fish stocks also collapsed with the introduction of the sea lamprey into the Great Lakes.

The Lakeview Hotel at Jackfish, built at the end of the 19th century, remained a popular stopping place during the summer for a number of years. The hotel burned down in 1960. By September, 1963 two families remained in Jackfish and they moved out of the town a month later. Hence, the town site was totally abandoned by 1963.

The name Jackfish and its railroad connection still exist. The Canadian Pacific Railway operates and maintains a siding named Jackfish located just east of the original Jackfish townsite. The siding is part of the operating infrastructure making up the, a defined piece of track which extends from White River to Schreiber, Ontario. Jackfish siding is 14,000 feet in length. It is a signalled siding rated for 30 mph. The signals and switches are part of a Centralized Traffic Control (CTC) system operated by a Rail Traffic Controller situated in Canadian Pacific Railway's headquarters in Calgary, Alberta.

"Jackfish" is a common name for the Northern Pike.

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Cyrus Edwin Dallin

Cyrus Edwin Dallin (November 22, 1861 – November 14, 1944) was an American sculptor best known for his depictions of Native Americans. He created more than 260 works, including the Equestrian Statue of Paul Revere in Boston; the Angel Moroni atop Salt Lake Temple in Salt Lake City; and Appeal to the Great Spirit (1908), at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. He was also an accomplished painter and an Olympic archer.

Early life and education
Dallin was born in Springville, Utah Territory, the son of Thomas and Jane (Hamer) Dallin, both of whom had left the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints before their marriage.

At age 19, Dallin moved from Utah to Boston to study sculpture with Truman Howe Bartlett. He then studied in with Henri Chapu and at the Académie Julian in Paris.

Career
In 1883, Dallin entered a competition to sculpt an equestrian statue of Paul Revere for Boston, Massachusetts. He won the competition and received a contract, but six versions of his model were rejected. The fifth model was not accepted because of fundraising problems. The seventh version was accepted in 1939 and the full-size statue was unveiled in 1940.

Dallin converted to Unitarianism and initially turned down the offer to sculpt the angel Moroni for the spire of the LDS Church's Salt Lake Temple. He later accepted the commission and, after finishing the statue said, "My angel Moroni brought me nearer to God than anything I ever did." His statue became a symbol for the LDS Church and was the model for other angel Moroni statues on the spires of LDS Church temples.

In Boston, Dallin became a colleague of Augustus St. Gaudens and a close friend of John Singer Sargent. He married Vittoria Colonna Murray in 1891 and returned to Utah to work on The Angel Moroni (1893). He taught for a year at the Drexel Institute in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, while completing his Sir Isaac Newton (1895) for the Library of Congress. In 1897, he traveled to Paris, and studied with Jean Dampt. In 1889 and 1890 he developed a friendship with prominent European painter Rosa Bonheur. Together they traveled to Neuilly outside of Paris to sketch the animals and cast of Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show at their encampment.

He entered a Don Quixote statuette in the Salon of 1897, and The Medicine Man in the Salon of 1899 and the Exposition Universelle (1900). The couple moved to Arlington, Massachusetts, in 1900, where they established their residence and raised three sons.

At the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis, Dallin competed in archery, winning the bronze medal in the team competition. He finished ninth in the Double American round and 12th in the Double York round.

From 1899 to 1941, he was a member of the faculty of Massachusetts Normal Art School, now the Massachusetts College of Art and Design, where his more notable students included Bashka Paeff, Vincent Schofield Wickham and Ruth Johnston Surez. In 1912, he was elected to the National Academy of Design as an Associate member and became a full Academician in 1930. He also was a member of the National Sculpture Society and the National Association of Arts and Letters, as well as an associate at the National Academy of Design.

Equestrian sculptures of indigenous peoples
Dallin created four prominent equestrian sculptures of indigenous people: A Signal of Peace, or The Welcome (1890); The Medicine Man, or The Warning (1899); Protest of the Sioux, or The Defiance (1904); and Appeal to the Great Spirit (1908).

A Signal of Peace was exhibited at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition and was installed in Chicago's Lincoln Park in 1894. The Medicine Man was exhibited at the 1899 Paris Salon, and the 1900 Exposition Universelle in Paris, where it won a gold medal. It was installed in Philadelphia's Fairmount Park in 1903.

The full-size staff version of Protest of the Sioux was exhibited at the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition, where it won a gold medal. The mounted brave defiantly shaking his fist at an enemy was never cast as a full-size bronze and survives only in statuette form. A one-third-size bronze version, cast in 1986, is at the Springville Museum of Art in Springville, Utah.

Appeal to the Great Spirit became an icon of American art and is Dallin's most famous work. The full-size version was cast in bronze in Paris and won a gold medal at the 1909 Paris Salon. It was installed outside the main entrance to the Boston Museum of Fine Arts in 1912. Smaller versions of the work are in numerous American museums and in the permanent collection of the White House.

In 1929, a full-sized bronze version of Appeal to the Great Spirit—personally overseen and approved by Dallin— was installed in Muncie, Indiana, at the intersection of Walnut and Granville Streets, and is considered by many residents to be a symbol of their city. Benefactors of the city would later add to their Dallin portfolio through the purchase of the Passing of the Buffalo sculpture, which had been commissioned by Geraldine R. Dodge. A one-third-size plaster version of the Appeal was given to Tulsa, Oklahoma's Central High in 1923. It stood in the school's main hall until 1976, when Central closed its doors. In 1985, that plaster was used to cast a one-third-size bronze version, which is now in Woodward Park (Tulsa), at the intersection of 21st and Peoria Streets. There is also a version at St. John University in Wisconsin.

Death
When he died in 1944, his life was celebrated in a Unitarian service. He is buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Arlington, Massachusetts.

Legacy
More than sixty of Dallin's works are collected in the Cyrus E. Dallin Museum in the Jefferson Cutter House in Arlington, Massachusetts. Many other of his sculptures are in the vicinity.

An elementary school in Arlington, Massachusetts is named for him.

The Taylor-Dallin House in Arlington where Dallin and his family lived is a privately owned residence and has not been listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

More than 30 of Dallin's works are on display at the Springville Museum of Art in his birthplace of Springville, Utah. The Dallin House at 253 S. 300 East Street in Springville is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Dallin's papers are at the Smithsonian Archives of American Art.

The Beach Boys based the logo for their Brother Records label on Dallin's sculpture, Appeal to the Great Spirit. In 2020, the Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth College commissioned Cree artist Kent Monkman to prepare a work and he painted The Great Mystery, which reinterprets the Appeal to the Great Spirit sculpture incorporating a Mark Rothko painting in the background. The work is displayed near a mid-sized version of Dallin's sculpture.

From 2017-2020 a race horse named Cyrus Dallin raced in the United Kingdom.

Selected works

 * Model for Equestrian Statue of Lafayette (1889) at Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.
 * The Angel Moroni (1893), atop Salt Lake Temple in Salt Lake City
 * Brigham Young Monument (1893), Main and South Temple Streets in Salt Lake City
 * Sunol (1893), Harness Racing Museum & Hall of Fame in Goshen, New York
 * Sir Isaac Newton (1895), Main Reading Room, Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.
 * Don Quixote de La Mancha: The Knight of the Windmill (1898), Springville Museum of Art, Springville, Utah
 * Equestrian statue of Paul Revere (1899, dedicated 1940), Paul Revere Mall, opposite Old North Church in Boston
 * View of Hobble Creek (ca 1900), Utah Museum of Fine Arts in Salt Lake City
 * Eli Whitney Tablet (1902), Richmond County Courthouse in Augusta, Georgia
 * The Picket (1905), Battle of Hanover in Hanover, Pennsylvania
 * Victory (1909), Pioneer Park, Provo, Utah
 * General Winfield Scott Hancock (1909–10), Pennsylvania State Memorial at Gettysburg Battlefield in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
 * Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument (1909–1911) at Clinton Square in Syracuse, New York
 * My Boys (Dallin Sculpture) (c. 1910) at Robbins Memorial Library in Arlington, Massachusetts
 * Robbins Memorial Flagstaff (1914) at Arlington Center Historic District in Arlington, Massachusetts
 * Anne Hutchinson (1915, dedicated 1922), Massachusetts Statehouse in Boston
 * Alma Mater (Missouri Sculpture) (1916), Mary Institute of Washington University in Ladue, Missouri
 * Chief Justice William Cushing Memorial Tablet (1919) Scituate Historical Society in Scituate, Massachusetts
 * Governor William Bradford (1920, dedicated 1976), Pilgrim Hall Museum in Plymouth, Massachusetts
 * Pilgrim Tercentenary half dollar (1920)
 * Signing the Mayflower Compact (1921) in Provincetown, Massachusetts
 * Boy and His Dog (1923) in Lincoln, Massachusetts
 * Memory (1924) at Sherborn War Memorial in Sherborn, Massachusetts
 * Spirit of Life (1929) at Springville Museum of Art in Springville, Utah
 * Pioneer Women of Utah (1931) at Springville Museum of Art in Springville, Utah
 * Memorial to The Pioneer Mothers of Springville (1932) at Springville City Park in Springville, Utah

Indigenous American works

 * A Signal of Peace (1890) at Lincoln Park in Chicago, Illinois
 * The Medicine Man (1899) at Fairmount Park in Philadelphia
 * Protest of the Sioux (1904)
 * A one-third-size bronze version (cast 1986) is in the Springville Museum of Art in Springville, Utah
 * Appeal to the Great Spirit (1908) at Boston Museum of Fine Arts in Boston
 * Smaller bronze versions are in Muncie, Indiana and the Museum of the West in Scottsdale, Arizona
 * A one-third-size plaster version and a 1985 bronze version cast from that plaster in Tulsa, Oklahoma
 * The Scout (1910, dedicated 1922) at Penn Valley Park, Kansas City, Missouri
 * A one-third-size bronze version is in Seville, Spain, a 1992 gift from Kansas City, Missouri, Seville's sister-city
 * Chief Joseph (1911) at the New York Historical Society in New York City
 * Menotomy Indian Hunter (1911) at the Arlington Center Historic District in Arlington, Massachusetts
 * Massasoit (1920) at Cole's Hill opposite Plymouth Rock in Plymouth, Massachusetts
 * Other casts are at Utah State Capitol in Salt Lake City, Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, Springville Museum of Art in Springville, Utah, Mill Creek Park in Kansas City, Missouri, and Dayton Art Institute in Dayton, Ohio
 * On the Warpath #28 (c. 1920) at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts in Salt Lake City and Brookgreen Garden Museum, Brookgreen, South Carolina
 * Passing of the Buffalo, also known as The Last Arrow (1929) in Muncie, Indiana
 * Pretty Eagle, a portrait bust
 * Robbins Memorial Flagstaff, (1914) a Native American woman with an infant, at Town Hall in Arlington, Massachusetts
 * Sacagawea (1914) at Western Spirit: Scottsdale's Museum of the West in Scottsdale, Arizona with a plaster version at Cyrus Dallin Art Museum in Arlington, Massachusetts

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Lough Gill

Lough Gill is a freshwater lough (lake) mainly situated in County Sligo, but partly in County Leitrim, in Ireland. Lough Gill provides the setting for William Butler Yeats' poem "The Lake Isle of Innisfree".

Location and environment
Lough Gill is about 8 km or 5 miles long and 2 km or 1 mile wide. The Lough Gill system consists of the river Bonet that flows into the eastern end of the lake and the River Garavogue which drains the lake to the west near Sligo Town.

The picturesque lake is surrounded by woodlands, such as Slish Wood, Dooney Rock, and Hazelwood all of which contain popular nature trails and viewing points along the lake. The wooded hills of Slieve Killery and Slieve Daean dominate the south shore.

It is a popular location for birdwatchers.

Flora and fauna
Lough Gill has a unique microclimate and is noted for its high number of rare or scarce animal and plant species. It is part of the Lough Gill SAC (Special Area of Conservation) for habitats listed on Annex I and II of the E.U. Habitats Directive, including two with priority status: alluvial forest, orchid-rich calcareous grassland.

The vegetation of the area was dominated by mixed woodland from 4,600 BC to at least 1400 AD. Scots pine was dominant until 3,400 BC. In a scientific study, Arbutus unedo pollen was found at Slish Lake dating from as early as 100 AD, and so it is considered native to this area.

The woods surrounding the lake are dominated by oak (Quercus spp.), rowan (Sorbus aucuparia) and willows (Salix spp.). The shores of the lake are home to the world's northernmost specimens of the rare Mediterranean strawberry tree (Arbutus unedo). It is a small evergreen tree of the family Ericaceae, which in Ireland can grow to be a forest tree, reaching heights of up to 15 metres. Its Irish name is caithne.

The lake shore and surroundings support several rare plant species, including yellow bird's-nest (Monotropa hypopitys), lady's mantle (Alchemilla glaucescens), ivy broomrape (Orobanche hederae), black bryony (Tamus communis), intermediate wintergreen (Pyrola media) and bird's-nest orchid (Neottia nidus-avis).

It is also home to the following rare or protected species: sea lamprey, river lamprey, brook lamprey, white-clawed crayfish, Atlantic salmon and otter. The Lough Gill water system gets a very early run of spring salmon.

A small colony of common terns breed on the lake's islands (20 pairs in 1993). Kingfishers are also found on the lake.

Islands
The lake contains about 20 small islands, including the Isle of Innisfree, made famous by William Butler Yeats's poem "The Lake Isle of Innisfree". Other islands include Church Island, and Beezie's Island, which was inhabited until 1951.

History

In 1836 Thomas O'Connor of the Ordnance Survey noted a saying amongst the people that went "Connacht is the Grianán of Ireland, Cairbre is the Grianán of Connacht, Calry is the Grianán of Cairbre and the Hill is the Grianán of Calgaich". Gríanán is a word meaning literally "sunny place" and implies a place of great natural beauty. The hill of Grianán is at the eastern shore of Lough Gill.

In the early historic era (5th-8th centuries), the area was home to a branch of the Cálraighe. Parke's Castle, a plantation fortified house on the northern shore, was built in the early 17th century by Captain Robert Parke on the site of a former tower house of the Uí Ruairc clann. The Uí Ruairc clan ruled the area from about the 7th century up to the time of Oliver Cromwell.

Annal entries
In 1196 - Congalach, the son of Farrell O'Rourke, was slain by the men of Lúighne, on Slieve-da-én (Mountain of the Two Birds).

1346 - A war broke out between O'Rourke, i.e. Ualgarg, and Rory, the son of Cathal O'Conor; and an engagement took place between them in Calry-Lough-Gill, in which O'Rourke was routed, and all his gallowglasses slain, i.e. Mac Buirrce, and Mac Neill Cam with their people. O'Rourke was afterwards pursued by Rory O'Conor and the Clann-Donough, and was killed by Mulrony Mac Donough. This was a lamentable deed.

Recent history
The lake became part of the Hazelwood estate in the 17th century.

Mythology
The Metrical Dinnsenchus tells the following story of how the lake came to be and how it got its name. "Bright Gile, Romra's daughter, to whom every harbour was known, the broad lake bears her name to denote its outbreak of yore.

The maiden went, on an errand of pride that has hushed the noble hosts, to bathe in the spray by the clear sand-strewn spring.

While the modest maiden was washing in the unruffled water of the pool, she sees on the plain tall Omra as it were an oak, lusty and rude.

Seeing her lover draw near, the noble maid was stricken with shame: she plunged her head under the spring yonder: the nimble maid was drowned.

Her nurse came and bent over her body and sat her down yonder in the spring: as she keened for Gile vehemently, she fell in a frenzy for the girl.

As flowed the tears in sore grief for the maiden, the mighty spring rose over her, till it was a vast and stormy lake.

Loch Gile is named from that encounter after Gile, daughter of Romra: there Omra got his death from stout and lusty Romra.

Romra died outright of his sorrow on the fair hill-side: from him is lordly Carn Romra called, and Carn Omra from Omra, the shame-faced

Loch Gile here is named from Gile, Romra's daughter."

Carn Romra and Carn Omra are the names of the two large neolithic cairns on Cairns hill overlooking the lake.

Sliabh Dhá Éan is also associated with myth.

Amenities and events
The lake is home to the Lough Gill 10 km Swim for the North West Hospice in Sligo. This annual fundraiser began in 2011 raising over €34,000 to date for the hospice also winning the coveted Irish Long Distance Swimming Association swim of the year in both 2011 and 2012. It is run by a committee made up of local swimmers and friends of the family of Neill McGarry, for whom the event trophy is dedicated. 57 swimmers completed the 2012 swim.

The first man to successfully swim the English Channel, Captain Matthew Webb, used the lake as part of his training for the feat. He was a friend of W.B. Yeats's grandfather, who lived in the area.

title: Lough Gill


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A pie for you!

 * Cirt, I'm very thankful for your comment and your support. --Frank Schulenburg (talk) 03:34, 26 September 2015 (UTC)
 * You're most welcome! — Cirt (talk) 03:35, 26 September 2015 (UTC)

A brownie for you!

 * Thanks a lot, Corinne. Yes, I've been very enthusiastic about Wikipedia since the very first moment I started participating. Both the fellow Wikipedians and the mission in general have enriched my life tremendously. I'm glad this came across. --Frank Schulenburg (talk) 03:58, 29 September 2015 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Talk page stalker post. IIRC, you wrote the beautiful featured article on Bonshō. With that sense of aesthetics, I hope that you also get some enjoyment from the Gallery that will be published this week. --Pine✉  17:53, 7 October 2015 (UTC)

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Removal of video: Inquiry
Hey Frank, I'd like to inquire about your removal of a video of a page that I had made. The edit history is here. Let me know what you think! Ongmianli (talk) 17:26, 20 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Hi Ongmianli, thanks for contacting me. I was doing cleanup work as the video file will most likely be deleted on Commons. Best, --Frank Schulenburg (talk) 17:08, 21 June 2016 (UTC)

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POTD notification
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 * Thanks so much for the notification, Chris. It's always a great honor for me to have one of my pictures featured prominently. --10:40, 12 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Always a pleasure! — Chris Woodrich (talk) 13:10, 12 August 2017 (UTC)

Featured picture candidates/Tule elk

 * Thanks, Armbrust, for letting me know. Much appreciated. --Frank Schulenburg (talk) 00:36, 3 March 2019 (UTC)

Featured picture candidates/Fort Ross

 * Armbrust, thanks a lot for notifying me! Best, --Frank Schulenburg (talk) 15:50, 14 March 2019 (UTC)

Featured picture candidates/Fuyu persimmon

 * Armbrust, thanks! --Frank Schulenburg (talk) 21:49, 17 March 2019 (UTC)

Belated holiday greetings

Merry Christmas and happy new year.

↠Pine  ( ✉ )  16:20, 27 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks so much! All the best to you, your family, and your friends as well! --Frank Schulenburg (talk) 16:35, 27 December 2019 (UTC)

Featured picture candidates/Double-crested cormorant

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Egyptian Arabic Wikipedia milestone
Hello Frank, I remember that you were involved in the early days of the Wikipedia Education Program, and I think that at one time you were supporting an initiative in Egypt. I thought that you would like to know that Egyptian Arabic Wikipedia reached the 500,000 article milestone. ↠Pine  (✉)  16:06, 15 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Hey Pine, thanks for notifying me. Yes, that's an amazing accomplishment of the community on the Arabic Wikipedia and they can be very proud of their work. I'm still in touch with some of the friends in Egypt and I will never forget their hospitality on my many trips to the Middle East and North Africa. All the best, --Frank Schulenburg (talk) 16:46, 15 May 2020 (UTC)

Mail about photos
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 * Thanks, I replied. --Frank Schulenburg (talk) 23:06, 29 May 2020 (UTC)

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 * Thanks a lot, Cwmhiraeth. I'm honored to have my image being featured on the main page. I consider this particular photo one of my finest wildlife pictures. --Frank Schulenburg (talk) 13:13, 31 May 2020 (UTC)

Merry Christmas

 * Thanks so much! Hope you're doing well! Hugs, --Frank Schulenburg (talk) 04:35, 11 December 2020 (UTC)

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A goat for you!
Good photographer !

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 * Thanks so much! All the best, --Frank Schulenburg (talk) 16:11, 10 December 2022 (UTC)

Happy holidays!
Happy Holidays and Happy New Year, Frank!

The other day, I was having a conversation with someone about holiday cards and social media. It occurred to me that, in the years since I left Facebook, the site I use most to communicate with people I like isn't actually a social media site at all. If you're receiving this, it's pretty likely I've talked with you more recently than I have my distant relatives and college friends on FB, at very least, and we may have even collaborated on something useful. So here's a holiday "card", Wikipedia friend. :) Hope the next couple weeks bring some fun and/or rest. — Rhododendrites  talk \\ 18:21, 22 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks a lot, Rhododendrites! I hope you're also going to have a wonderful time over the next couple of weeks. If the weather permits, I'll go on some short photography trips. Currently, I'm still working on getting ready for my first exhibition in April. That being said, I think it's fair to say that you had an amazing run with your featured pictures on Commons. I wish next year will be as successful for you as this one! All the best, --Frank Schulenburg (talk) 20:50, 22 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Congrats on the exhibit! That's really exciting. Let me know when there are more details available and I'll drop a note at the Signpost newsroom (if you don't beat me to it). Definitely something worth sharing. I remember got a book of his video game-related Commons photography published, but yeah this is the first show/exhibit I've heard of! Good stuff. —  Rhododendrites  talk \\ 15:43, 23 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I'll keep you in the loop. I expect the museum to have an announcement on its website early next year and I also think we're going to get some news coverage. If everything goes well, Victor and some people from the Bay Area will be here for the opening. I'm currently spending my free time on getting the prints ready for framing. Best, --Frank Schulenburg (talk) 18:05, 23 December 2022 (UTC)

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Luxembourgers in Amerika
Howdy Frank, in case you are interested, I found an article about Luxembourgers in America in German, and am interested in improving both the articles about Americans and Chicagoans, if you can help me to glean any facts from this cc-licensed magazine from 1935:

https://luxemburgensia.bnl.lu/cgi/luxonline1_2.pl?action=fv&sid=azillust&year=1935&issue=25&page=15&zoom=3

Victor Grigas (talk) 18:18, 10 March 2023 (UTC)

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A barnstar for you!

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Sandwich railway station

Sandwich railway station serves Sandwich in Kent, England. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by Southeastern. The station is 8+1/4 mi south of Ramsgate on the Kent Coast Line.

History
The first proposal for a station at Sandwich was in 1836–37 by the Kent Railway. An independent line to London was considered, but the South Eastern Railway (SER) decided they would construct a branch line from the Ashford to Ramsgate line at Minster towards Sandwich and Deal. The station was opened on 1 July 1847.

Sandwich had once been a significant port in the Middle Ages, but because of changing geography had suffered a lengthy decline. It was hoped a railway would reverse this trend. In 1853, the Sandwich Improvement Association hoped to collaborate with the SER and develop a more significant seaport here, but the SER were not interested. The station initially had a very limited service, with only seven trains running each way, and between 1855 and 1865 the line was single track. A connection to Dover Priory opened on 15 June 1881.

Goods services were withdrawn on 7 October 1963.

In 2019, a major programme began to expand the station in preparation for The Open Championship at the Royal St George's Golf Club. The platforms were extended by 80 m so they could accommodate the full 12-car British Rail Class 395 trains. The work was completed in early 2021, in time for the 2021 Open Championship.

Services
All services at Sandwich are operated by Southeastern using and  EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:
 * 1 tph to London St Pancras International
 * 1 tph to Ramsgate

Additional services, including trains to and from London Charing Cross via Tonbridge call at the station during the peak hours.

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User:Frank Schulenburg

Welcome to my user page. My name is Frank Schulenburg and I started contributing to Wikipedia in 2005. I truly believe that every person on this planet should have access to knowledge. That’s what makes me come back to Wikipedia every day.

Over the course of the last couple of years, I’ve mostly edited articles on the German Wikipedia. My fields of interest are early modern history and history of sciences. After moving to the United States in 2008, I started editing articles about California and U.S. history. Other than that, I enjoy taking  photos that I upload to Wikimedia Commons.

''I am the Wiki Education Foundation's Executive Director, but this is my personal account. Edits, statements, or other contributions made from this account are my own, and may not reflect the views of the Wiki Education Foundation. In my professional capacity I use the account Frank Schulenburg (Wiki Education).''

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User talk:Manuel Strehl

The main page is my German Wikipedia page. Please visit its discussion page for faster contact!

Welcome to The Wikipedia Adventure!

 * Hi! We're so happy you wanted to play to learn, as a friendly and fun way to get into our community and mission.  I think these links might be helpful to you as you get started.
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Minster railway station

Minster railway station serves the village of Minster in Kent and surrounding villages. It is next to a junction between Canterbury West, Ramsgate and Sandwich.

Facilities
The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by Southeastern. On the Ramsgate-bound platform, there is a ticket machine offering a full range of tickets. The former booking office is still standing but no longer in use.

History
The station was opened on 13 April 1846 by the South Eastern Railway (SER) on the Ashford to Ramsgate (via Canterbury West) line. To the east is the junction station for the SER branch line to Deal via Sandwich - itself opened on 1 July 1847.

Originally there was no connection for trains running from Ramsgate SER Station to Deal and services were provided from a bay platform. Services from Sandwich and Deal terminated at Minster, where passengers then had to change trains for services towards Ramsgate. A connecting spur opened in October 1858 to resolve this issue.

Along with other stations along the line, electrification took place in 1962, with services beginning on 18 June. Goods services were withdrawn on 9 September 1963. A set of refuge sidings were retained, which closed later.

The station has had a number of names over its lifetime. It was renamed Minster Junction on 1 January 1852, then Minster Junction (Thanet) on 1 August 1901, Minster (Thanet) on 7 May 1945, and reverting to Minster around 1971.

Services
All services at Minster are operated by Southeastern using EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:
 * 1 tph to London Charing Cross via Tonbridge
 * 1 tph to Ramsgate

During the peak hours, the station is also served by trains to London Cannon Street. In addition, a small number of services on the Kent Coast Line double run to serve and reverse at Minster between Ramsgate and Sandwich and vice versa.

The station is also served by a single early morning service to London St Pancras International, operated by a EMU.

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User talk:Linulis

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Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia, ! I hope you like the place and decide to keep contributing. Here are a few good links for newcomers:
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I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian. If you have any questions, see the help pages, add a question at the village pump or feel free to ask me on my Talk page. One more quick tip: to sign your name on a Talk page like I did below, the easiest way is just to type four tildes (~~~~). To customize your signature, look here. And remember:Be Bold!
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Icesave referendum rename
Hi, you have previously voiced support for the rename of Icelandic_debt_repayment_referendum,_2010, now there's a poll going on in the talk page, I was wondering if you could cast your vote in there? Thanks! Baldur (talk) 12:36, 10 April 2010 (UTC)

Hello again. Another request for move has started and I'm hoping that this time around we'll finally be able to close the book on this one. If you could leand us your suppor then that would be great.--Icelandic Viking POWER (talk) 23:24, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

time to sort out the icesave / debt repayment / loan agreement dispute finally
hey there, this is just a bulk message inviting you to re-think the topic as was discussed more than 6 months ago and is still unresolved. feel free to jump here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Icelandic_debt_repayment_referendum,_2010#Time_to_settle_the_title_dispute.3F and help figure out how we can end this conclusively this time. --Lotsofmagnets (talk) 02:52, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

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Nicolò Grimaldi

Nicolò Francesco Leonardo Grimaldi (5 April 1673 (bap) – 1 January 1732) was an Italian mezzo-soprano castrato who is best remembered today for his association with the composer George Frideric Handel, in two of whose early operas he sang. Grimaldi was usually known by his stage name of Nicolini.

Nicolini was born in Naples, where he made his operatic début in 1685. He also sang sacred music as a soprano in the Cathedral and Royal Chapel (to which extant libretti from the 1690s identify him as virtuoso). Between 1697 and 1731 he sang many operatic roles at various Italian cities in works by composers such as Alessandro Scarlatti, Nicola Porpora, Leonardo Vinci, and Johann Adolph Hasse. Other composers who wrote major roles for him included Francesco Provenzale (who was his teacher), Pollarolo, Ariosti, Lotti, Giovanni and Antonio Maria Bononcini, Caldara, Albinoni, Leo, and Riccardo Broschi. Of more than a hundred productions in which he took part, thirty-six were in Naples, thirty-four in Venice, and fifteen in London.

Nicolini first visited London in 1708, where his fine singing and critically renowned acting were crucial to the success of Italian opera, and, more specifically, opera seria in London. In 1711 he created the title role in Handel's Rinaldo, a work whose immediate popularity was instrumental in the establishing of Handel's lengthy career in England. He also sang the title role in Handel's Amadigi in 1715 and continued to sing in London, usually in various pasticcio, until 1717. The eighteenth-century musicologist Charles Burney described Nicolini as "this great singer, and still greater actor", while Joseph Addison labelled him "the greatest performer in dramatic Music that is now living or that perhaps ever appeared on a stage". His Handel roles reveal that he possessed exceptional vocal agility and virtuosity. Between 1727–1730 he performed with Farinelli in Italy. In 1731 he planned to sing at Naples in Giovanni Battista Pergolesi's first opera seria, La Salustia, but became ill and died during rehearsals.

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Whitethorn

Whitethorn or white thorn may refer to:

Plants

 * Acacia constricta, known as whitethorn acacia, a shrub in the family Fabaceae
 * Bursaria spinosa, a small shrub in the family Pittosporaceae
 * Ceanothus leucodermis, a shrub in the family Rhamnaceae
 * Crataegus monogyna, the common hawthorn, a small tree in the family Rosaceae
 * Crataegus punctata

Other

 * Whitethorn, California, United States
 * Whitethorn (Blacksburg, Virginia), U.S., a historic house
 * Whitethorn Woods, 2006 novel by Maeve Binchy
 * Whitethorn (novel), a 2005 novel by Bryce Courtenay

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Linden Airport

Linden Airport is a mile southeast of downtown Linden, in Union County, New Jersey. Also known as Linden Municipal Airport, it is next to U.S. Route 1&9. The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a general aviation reliever airport.

History
During World War II General Motors automobile factory across the street from the airport called Linden Assembly, produced military aircraft.

When World War II started Grumman Aircraft Corporation contracted with the recently created Eastern Aircraft Corporation (a GM company) to take over the manufacture of the Wildcat and Avenger aircraft for the US Navy and its Allies. This would allow Grumman to focus on the development and production of Hellcat. The Wildcat was manufactured in Linden, NJ and towed across the street to the Linden Airport for test flying and delivery.

Construction of Linden Airport was started in the spring of 1942 and completed by October 1942. During the war Eastern Aircraft produced about 3,600 FM-1 and FM-2 Wildcats. After the war Linden Airport was turned over to the city of Linden which still owns and operates the airport under contract.

The original airport with its intersecting runways and large hangar remained intact until 1998 when the City of Linden, needing more tax-ratable property decided to divide up the underutilized airport to create a shopping center called Aviation Plaza on the north side of the field. A new airport was built on the south side complete with new taxiways, hangars and parking areas. The only remaining part of the original airport is the west to east (9-27) runway.

The airport is the only non-towered (no control tower) airport in the New York City metro area. Its close proximity to New York City and relatively light air traffic makes it an ideal location for basing news helicopters for New York's news channels. The airport is home to many sightseeing and commuter helicopters that fill the skies over New York.

In 2010 Linden Airport hosted the New York City round of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship.

Facilities
Linden Airport covers 120 acres (49 ha) at an elevation of 22 feet (7 m). Its asphalt runway, 9/27, is 4,140 by 100 feet (1,262 × 30 m).

In the year ending August 31, 2022 the airport had 57,400 aircraft operations, average 157 per day: 100% general aviation and <1% military. 27 aircraft were then based at this airport: 23 single-engine, 3 helicopter, and 1 multi-engine.

Racing venue
The airport served as a temporary road racing course for the eighteenth race of the 1954 NASCAR Grand National (now NASCAR Cup Series) season. Buck Baker qualified on the pole position for the race with a speed of 80.536 mph. Al Keller won the 50-lap race over a 2 mi course on June 13 in a field of 43 cars. The rest of the top five finishers were Joe Eubanks, Baker, Bill Claren, and Bob Grossman. Finishing sixth through tenth: Larry LaVois, Herb Thomas, Dick Rathman, Laird Bruner, and Lee Petty.

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Sigma SD10

The Sigma SD10 is a digital single-lens reflex camera (DSLR) manufactured by the Sigma Corporation of Japan. It was announced on October 27, 2003, and is an evolution of the previous SD9 model, addressing many of the shortcomings of that camera. The Sigma SD10 cameras are unique in the digital DSLR field in using full-color sensor technology, and in that they only produce raw format images that require post-processing on a computer.

Foveon X3 image sensor
Like its predecessor, the SD10 uses a sensor with the unique Foveon X3 sensor technology. The 10.2-million-pixel raw file generated from this sensor is processed to produce a 3.4 megapixel size image file. Although the image file is smaller than images from competing 10 megapixel cameras, it is made from the same number of measured data values because the Foveon sensor detects full-color data (three values) at each photosite; the actual resolution contained in its 3.4 MP images is about the same as a conventional Bayer/CFA sensor of 7–9 MP. Sigma and Foveon count each red, green, and blue sensor as a pixel, and state the camera has 10.2 million pixels; similarly, companies selling Bayer sensor cameras also count each single-color sensor element as a pixel.

Raw output only
Unlike other DSLR cameras marketed concurrently, the SD10 performs no in-camera processing to common image formats such as JPEG and TIFF. Instead, it saves images in its own .X3F format, which retains all the information the camera captured. Processing on a computer is required to use these files. Sigma provides the Foveon-written SIGMA Photo Pro application for this purpose; in addition, Adobe Photoshop CS2 supports the format, as do several other image-processing applications.

Shooting modes
The camera supports single-shot, continuous, 2 or 10 second self-timer, mirror lock-up, and auto exposure bracketing.

Exposure modes
Four different exposure modes are supported: aperture priority (A), shutter speed priority (S), manual (M) and program automatic (P).

Lens availability
The SD10 supports only Sigma SA mount lenses. Only Sigma produces lenses to fit this mount, although their range is fairly broad. Third-party converters exist for a number of other lens mounts, although no automatic features are supported. Many Canon EF mount-based lenses can be converted to Sigma AF mount retaining autofocus and camera controlled aperture setting, however optical stabilisation will not work.

Sigma Photo Pro
Postprocessing of raw X3F and JPEG of all digital SIGMA cameras

Version 6.x is no-cost download for Windows 7+ and Mac OSX 10.7+  (6.3.x). Actual versions are 6.5.4 (Win 7+) and 6.5.5 (MacOSX 10.9+).

Pros and cons
The SD10 is an unusual camera with both advantages and disadvantages compared to most other digital SLRs, and tends to polarise opinion. It has a fiercely loyal base of support and some rather vocal detractors. Commonly cited advantages and disadvantages of the camera include the following:

Pro

 * Excellent color in daylight and good light.
 * Excellent detail, comparable to 6.5 MP Bayer-sensor DSLR cameras.
 * Noise-free image of the at low ISO speeds
 * Pixel sharpness achievable
 * Moiré effects less visible when photographing high-detail patterns compared to Bayer senor based cameras; thus no need for sharpness-degrading antialiasing filters to reduce moiré effects
 * High-quality PC software allows images to be tuned easily to the best quality
 * Takes easily obtained AA or CR-V3 batteries instead of proprietary format
 * Dust protector stops dust entering the mirror box while changing lenses
 * Sports finder allows viewing area outside picture area, letting photographer see if a better composition could be made by zooming out
 * Inexpensive when it can still be found
 * Shooting-priority user interface means always ready to shoot
 * Unique histogram feature shows distribution of RGB values in zoomed-in area of image
 * Simple and intuitive menu system
 * Mirror lock up on dial
 * Removing the dust protector converts the SD10 into an infrared-sensitive camera

Con

 * Does not produce JPEG files in-camera
 * Fewer photographs per image card because no JPEG mode available. Raw files are compressed to about 8 MB per image
 * Slow to clear the shot buffer
 * Originally expensive, listing at $1599 in U.S.
 * Only takes Sigma lenses; no third party support except via adapters
 * Poor low-light performance; high-ISO modes produce noisier images
 * Image quality degrades in long exposures (over 4 seconds)
 * No built-in flash
 * Single autofocus sensor instead of three or more in competition

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Burning Shithead Festival

 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 19:45, Apr 26, 2005 (UTC)

Burning Shithead Festival
Delete. This "Burning Shithead Festival" is 100% made up. Run a Google search and you'll see that all of the results can be traced back to this article. –MementoVivere 11:08, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * Seems to be legit though no activity since 2004 -- see the archive. Keep the article.--csloat 11:11, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * The archived website that you linked to reeks strongly of irony. Even if this "festival" actually happened, the fact that a Google search of "Burning Shithead Festival" "Joshua Tree" turns up 35 results, all of which are mirrors of the original Wikipedia article, makes this not notable at the very least. –MementoVivere 11:45, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * I say Keep this article. There's a reference to it in the Burning Man article. Scott Gall 11:12, 2005 Apr 18 (UTC)
 * The problem with this line of reasoning is that the original author of the Burning Shithead Festival article, Commodore Sloat, also added the reference in the Burning Man Festival article. –MementoVivere 11:45, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Me and my friends did something similar from 1992 to 1997. I can still remember it. It was when we played Nirvana songs while burning effigies of our parents. I can also remember burning the Romanian flag one year and almost being thrown in jail for it. These things bring back memories. (And believe me, Nirvana songs sound quite funny if translated into Romanian.) NazismIsntCool 11:22, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC) PS: We called it "Burning Dolls" - I seem to have forgotten how to put it in Romanian.
 * I don't see what you and your friends doing something similar to the Burning Man Festival in Romania between 1992 and 1997 has to do with whether or not this article should exist. –MementoVivere 11:45, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * I think the point is that such parodies are not unusual. Looking through the archived pages it was around for at least 4 years as a parody of Burning Man; I think that is notable.  Also it is mentioned on other pages -- like this.  When I was involved with a website called nofuncharlie we sponsored this festival and there was a story about it on our website.  It was quite funny, and apparently got some feedback from burning man people (there was something on the website for it).  The festival definitely exists (or existed).  It's true that copies of wikipedia come up most on google but that just shows how pervasive wikipedia is, IMHO.  I think this is a legitimate parody and should not be deleted. --csloat 12:41, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep! - Just because this site is down now doesn't mean that it wasn't real for a long time. I should know, I hosted it.  I own the domain and will put the site up again when time allows.  I have been to every Burning Shithead Festival that ever existed.  If you don't believe it's real, come to the Best Western Inn and Gardens in Twenty Nine Palms California over Labor Day and see what happens there... shithead is indeed burned... This isn't even a parody of burning man, it is real!... NoFunCharlie
 * The above actually from 63.201.67.93; it was his first edit. —Korath (Talk) 14:07, Apr 18, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, unverifiable, possible hoax. And once the POV is stripped away there won't be anything left of the article anyway. --Angr/comhrá 13:32, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep! - This event is real, recurring and unique. To quote Rodney Shead "Can't we all just burn some shithead and then get along?" How long has WikiPedia been around? Since 1997 like BurningShitHead I wonder? I bet I could look that up....unless the article was deleted. Right, that's my point, keep the article. --Jumboslice 13:39, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * User's first edit. —Korath (Talk) 14:07, Apr 18, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, unverifiable, sock-supported. —Korath (Talk) 14:07, Apr 18, 2005 (UTC)
 * There is no sock puppet. I contacted the user who owned the burningshithead.com website specifically to inform him about this discussion -- that is why a new user came to vote.  I can say for sure he is not a sock.--csloat 19:00, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete per Korath. Radiant_* 15:19, Apr 18, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete out of pure spite, b/c I was never invited. -- 8^D gab 16:16, 2005 Apr 18 (UTC)
 * LOL! BD, come on out this way once the weather cools off!  We all really need to have a "West Coast Wikipedia Boogie Blast Blowout!" - Lucky 6.9 22:33, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete non-notable parody of Burning man —Wahoofive | Talk 16:24, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete hoax. --InShaneee 16:27, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete Not notable at best, hoax at worst. Johntex 16:59, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete For so very many reasons. --Lee Hunter 17:41, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete as absolute, sock-supported, burning you-know-what. Not worthy of BJAODN, either.  I live and work in this region.  Furthermore, I'm in the media here.  If it's happening in the desert, I know about it.  This ain't happening. - Lucky 6.9 18:55, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * What constitutes "happening" in your estimation? According to archive.org, the website for the festival goes back 5 years.  And here is a link to a press release from 2001 about it (from when the nofuncharlie site sponsored the festival).  There is also a mention of it still on the web here in addition to the other pages mentioned above. This may not be a huge deal, but it is a legitimate entry. --csloat 19:24, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * The fact these sites tell me zilch about this event is what I consider to be "happening." I took your opinion under consideration and checked the links you posted.  An impromtu gathering on public land isn't encyclopedic, isn't notable and barely verifiable if it's verifiable at all.  I see press releases every day.  The local papers do a good job of covering local events, even the esoteric ones.  It wouldn't be hard to remember something called the "Burning Shithead Festival."  I stand by my vote and my opinion. - Lucky 6.9 22:29, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, possible hoax, certainly non-notable. Rje 21:00, Apr 18, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete not notable CDC   (talk)  21:41, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Unverifiable. Not notable. No credible third party references. Zzyzx11 | Talk 21:47, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, nn, possible hoax, sockpuppetcruft. RickK 21:48, Apr 18, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Based on Lucky 6.9's reasoning. Capitalistroadster 01:19, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete; also agree with Lucky; I've lived in southern Cal most of my life, and I've never heard of this. And how would you get permits to do that in Joshua Tree?  In the summer?  LOL.  There's a lot more flammable stuff out there than just shitheads.  Come on, really now.  Antandrus 01:23, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * I understand most people want to delete and that's fine if it's not notable but how can you guys say it's a hoax? Are you saying somebody hacked archive.org?  Are you saying someone (presumably me) created the burningshithead pages in the year 2000 in order to play a trick on wikipedia 5 years down the road?  That's a pretty elaborate hoax.  And I'm not sockpuppetting (sockpuppeteering?) either, as a simple look at my IP will tell you.  This is a legitimate parody of burning man, even though it may not be notable in wikipedia. --csloat 02:16, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Why couldn't it have been a hoax in 2000, just as it's a hoax now? RickK 04:19, Apr 19, 2005 (UTC)
 * Did you look at the archive.org pages? If it was a hoax, it was one that was maintained and updated for four years.--csloat 05:19, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Some hoaxes, pranks and frauds have been maintained for decades. Delete, probably hoax, small-scale personal "festival" at best. We do not list every house party, for example (or at least they are usually deleted when the participants try to add them). - Skysmith 07:56, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * That's an awfully long time to be involved in a hoax with no apparent goal other than tricking wikipedia (which didn't exist when the hoax began). Interesting theory.--csloat 18:18, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Who ever said the hoax's initial aim was to trick Wikipedia? Piltdown Man was created a long time ago, and it was surely a hoax.  RickK 18:40, Apr 19, 2005 (UTC)
 * LOL... fair enough, but if it's a hoax of that magnitude it probably belongs in wikipedia, like Piltdown Man. I guess I just don't see what the goal of an elaborate hoax like this would be.--csloat 21:27, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * I believe that we've made it quite clear that we don't consider this to be a hoax, so much as a satirical website created as a joke. I disagree with your implicit assertion that having the website up for four years means that it is a "hoax" of significant magnitude, not to mention of the same magnitude as the Piltdown Man. As I have mentioned before, there is not a single reference to "Burning Shithead Festival" "Joshua Tree" (other than mirrors of the article under consideration) to be found in a Google search. –MementoVivere 09:35, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Again, fair enough; I was just responding to those who have been calling this a hoax. I agree that this festival is satire; when I originally put the page up it said this was created as a parody of burning man, and I think it is fair to say it is satirical.  Whether it is notable enough to include here is another question, but it is not a hoax or a sock puppet as many claimed here.--csloat 09:49, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Not-notable, unverifiable. Jayjg (talk)  03:13, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Notability in an encyclopedic sense not established. Jonathunder 04:42, 2005 Apr 19 (UTC)
 * Delete, notability not demonstrated. Megan1967 05:54, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete Pavel Vozenilek 02:24, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, smells suspiciously of a fake parody of the much more well-known Burning Man Festival. Most of the results link back here, heck, Google's even crawled this VfD page! And I have yet to see a photo of what it is they (supposedly?) burn--a cardboard turd? A wooden man with a turd on his head? A man holding a turd kind of like the Cho Aniki mascot? I'm curious, but it has NO PART in Wikipedia. Master Thief Garrett 09:36, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * According to the archive.org pages (poke around and read), what is burned is cereal. When does a parody become a fake parody?  Aren't all parodies "fake" in some sense? --csloat 10:18, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Ah, our good friend the Wayback Machine! Well, I don't really know. Burning cereal sounds a bit naff to me. I could grab a couple of inebriated friends, burn (object here), eventually recruit more and more friends for future years, set up a website about it, and say it is an important part of Wikipedia. Now maybe that's a bit exaggerated, and I'm not intending to offend anyone by saying that, but, really, where do we draw the line?
 * There's surely a difference between "big-budget movie parodying famous thing" and "group of friends creating mock parody of famous thing that becomes popular an as excuse to have a night of crazy partying", isn't there? I know *I* don't have the answers... Master Thief Garrett 10:38, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC)

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