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Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Worldtraveller

Worldtraveller
final (49/1/0) ending 08:25 3 May 2005 (UTC)

is an editor who's provided us with several featured articles and some great work on articles for the Wikipedia Signpost. I was surprised to see he wasn't an admin yet, despite the fact he could find good use for the rollback button in his fight against vandalism and the option to delete to facilitate complicated moves and merges. I also find his dealing with other contributors on talk pages a good example for others how to deal with each other. I think Worldtraveller would make a great addition to the administrator team. Mgm|(talk) 08:24, Apr 26, 2005 (UTC)

 * Candidate please indicate acceptance of the nomination here
 * Thank you very much for the nomination! I accept. Worldtraveller 11:02, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Support
 * 1) Of course, I support my own nominees! Mgm|(talk) 08:25, Apr 26, 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) I think we should keep it real. - Darwinek 09:36, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 3) I know this user from WP:FAC, and I'm afraid I can't agree with User:Everyking. Worldtraveller has always diligently addressed other users' concerns about the (excellent) articles he submitted to FAC. And, in case he didn't agree with objections, he has always explained why. Support. Phils 10:11, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 4) He isn't one already?  You cannot be serious.  Extreme double-plus support. —Korath (Talk) 10:38, Apr 26, 2005 (UTC)
 * 5) Support. I've seen great work from Worldtraveller, and should have made the nomination myself. - Taxman 12:09, Apr 26, 2005 (UTC)
 * 6) Support, the number of featured articles he has produced speaks for itself. Rje 12:16, Apr 26, 2005 (UTC)
 * 7) Definitely support, great editor -- Ferkelparade π 12:20, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 8) Support. Kingturtle 17:18, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 9) Support.  Worldtraveller's edits and dealings with other users look great. --DropDeadGorgias (talk) 17:38, Apr 26, 2005 (UTC)
 * 10) dab (ᛏ) 17:57, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 11) Support.  Seems to be quite civil in dealings with even obstreperous users. --TenOfAllTrades (talk/contrib) 18:11, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 12) Support.  Anyone who's willing to edit in the Ashlee Simpson Empire, and can do so without resorting to revert wars, would seem to have what it takes to be an admin. --Carnildo 18:56, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 13) Support. I see lot of help with dealing with vandals, thanks. Pavel Vozenilek 19:12, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 14) Support. Set this mop and bucket to stun. Dbiv 19:26, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 15) Certainly support. Isomorphic 20:13, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 16) Support.-gadfium 20:26, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 17) Definitely. ugen 64 21:11, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 18) M e r o v i n g i a n  (t) (c) 00:26, Apr 27, 2005 (UTC)
 * 19) Very much so. — Dan | Talk 00:43, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 20) I have been trying to think of a good way to say "me too", without saying "me too". I am useless. Me too! Grace Note 05:20, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 21) Of course.  +sj  +  05:49, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 22) Adminship is long overdue. Zzyzx11 | Talk 07:39, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 23) Support - one of Wikipedia's best editors —  his writing and scholarship are always of high quality, and he is a responsive collaborator. He would make a good admin. Fawcett5 12:15, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 24) Good dealings with this user. Support. JuntungWu 14:26, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 25) Support.  Based on edits, appears this editor will make good use of admin powers. Jayjg (talk)  17:12, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 26) Support.  No reason to believe this is anything but a good idea.   Kelly Martin 17:17, Apr 27, 2005 (UTC)
 * 27) Support. Thoroughly deserving of adminship, and I saw him on TV the other night! — Trilobite (Talk) 17:30, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 28) Support.  A TV star, wooo! Appears to be scholarly and consensus-oriented.  -- M P er el ( talk 17:52, Apr 27, 2005 (UTC)
 * 29) Support. Undoubtedly qualified. Emsworth 19:05, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 30) Support. Theo  (Talk) 23:28, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 31) Neutralitytalk 01:09, Apr 28, 2005 (UTC)
 * 32) Support. His work in the Signpost shows he knows policy, and he seems fair, balanced and knowledgable. Sjakkalle 08:29, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 33) Support. Valuable and trustwrthy editor. Mindspillage (spill yours?) 11:09, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 34) Support. If Worldtraveller isn't considered qualified, the rest of us may as well resign right now. Filiocht | Blarneyman 15:08, Apr 28, 2005 (UTC)
 * 35) Support. PedanticallySpeaking 18:22, Apr 28, 2005 (UTC)
 * 36) Support. Very good editor. SlimVirgin (talk) 18:52, Apr 28, 2005 (UTC)
 * 37) Support: You betcha. He does great work.  (How can someone be a "deletionist" when they write articles that are not only good, but featured quality?  That makes no sense.)  Geogre 18:56, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 38) Support; an obvious one. Likely to be a superb admin.  Antandrus 20:55, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 39) Support- JCarriker 22:57, Apr 28, 2005 (UTC)
 * 40) Support - A great editor who would likely make a good admin. JYolkowski // talk 23:11, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 41) Support — little doubt that he'd make a very good admin. Mel Etitis ( Μελ Ετητης ) 15:24, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 42) Hello World!--Bishonen | talk 19:37, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 43) Support: great editor, works well with others, and donates lots of lovely photos as well. Jonathunder 00:11, 2005 Apr 30 (UTC)
 * 44) Andre ( talk ) 18:23, Apr 30, 2005 (UTC)
 * 45) Support. Proteus (Talk) 21:53, 1 May 2005 (UTC)
 * 46) Support. Looking at his edits, I like him a lot better than I like myself for admin. JRM · Talk 22:07, 2005 May 1 (UTC)
 * 47) El_C 04:11, 2 May 2005 (UTC)
 * 48) Support - I may be away, but that won't stop me voting for these two. -- ALoan (Talk) 13:32, 2 May 2005 (UTC)
 * 49) Of course! David Cannon 05:13, 3 May 2005 (UTC)

Oppose Neutral
 * 1) In my experience, he's contentious and stubborn, and also strongly deletionist. Despite weeks of effort I was unable to get him to make even the slightest concession in a long-running content dispute. I think an admin ought to at least show some sort of willingness to compromise, and not be utterly intractable. We have a few admins already who think it's either their way or the highway, and I find that kind of attitude doesn't suit adminship very well. Everyking 08:52, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * For someone who's strongly deletionist, he hasn't edited deletion-related pages very much at all (30 edits total, by my count). Not to put words in your mouth, but I rather suspect the ones prompting opposition are these three:    —Korath (Talk) 10:38, Apr 26, 2005 (UTC)
 * No, my complaint regards his stated belief that an encyclopedia should be nothing more than a collection of brief summaries and his revert warring to remove verifiable content on that basis, even when another user is strongly protesting that the deleted content is in fact notable. If I thought it was just limited to that particular subject, it wouldn't bother me much. Everyking 10:59, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Personally, I find strong deletists and strong inclusionists are both equally wrong. Everyking, could you back that vote with evidence diffs? 131.211.210.10 11:29, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * I'm only a moderate inclusionist, but I'm not the one being voted on. Yeah, I could hypothetically back it with links. Perhaps I will add some later, if I feel like digging up the evidence. Everyking 11:40, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * The issue here is that Everyking wanted to include the equivalent of maps of the locations of every wart on Ashlee Simpson's butt, and no one else agreed. Wikipedia doesn't need to include every single verifiable fact in existence. I'm assuming Worldtraveller was simple unwilling to cave to Everyking's obsession. From everything I can see, Worldtraveller was acting on consensus. - Taxman 12:09, Apr 26, 2005 (UTC)
 * I don't want to rehash this stuff, nor do I think that kind of rudeness really warrants a response, but OK: I don't want Wikipedia to include every verifiable fact in existence, not by a long shot. Only notable information, and only when that information does not face a rough consensus of opposition. Instead of "unwilling to cave" you should say "unwilling to give an inch despite endless compromise proposals and attempts at reason". Everyking 12:22, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * I am afraid I believe Everyking has gravely misrepresented the situation in which our opinions clashed. I hope this link to some relevant discussion will illustrate the real nature of the dispute. Worldtraveller 16:21, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Comments
 * Kate's counting tool indicates 2704 edits since he started here. Mgm|(talk) 08:32, Apr 26, 2005 (UTC)
 * For completeness' sake, and because, while edit counting in general is dumb, just looking at a single number is worse: 1527/201 to articles/talk, 341/41 to Wikipedia/talk, 167/101 to User/talk, 263/1 to Image/talk, 36/12 to Template/talk, and 11/3 to Category/talk. —Korath (Talk) 10:38, Apr 26, 2005 (UTC)

Questions for the candidate

A few generic questions to provide guidance for voters:
 * 1. What sysop chores, if any, would you anticipate helping with? (Please read the page about administrators and the administrators' reading list.)
 * A. Rollback would certainly be very useful for a start. Would be handy to be able to do the complex page moves as well.  I know there's several areas requiring admin attention which have quite a backlog (eg WP:CfD and WP:IfD), and I'm sure I'll see what I can do to help out with that kind of work.
 * 2. Of your articles or contributions to Wikipedia, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?
 * A. I'm very pleased with each of the ten articles I've helped work up to featured status, particularly Silverpit crater and Kreutz Sungrazers, which I started from scratch. I'm also pleased with work I've done on topics which are too minor or about which there is not enough info to ever be featurable, but which nonetheless now have decent articles with images and references, e.g. Boltysh crater, post-glacial rebound, Herbig-Haro object.  I've also enjoyed writing regularly for the Signpost over the last couple of months.
 * 3. Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or do you feel other users have caused you stress? How have you dealt with it and will deal with it in the future?
 * A. As you might gather from Everyking's vote, I managed to get involved in the skirmishes over Ashlee Simpson-related articles. Unfortunately, my own perspective was that it was Everyking who was being stubborn and unwilling to make the slightest concession, and in that case I was happy to explain my views in a request for comment posted by someone else, which later led to an arbitration case backing that viewpoint.  Other than that, I don't think I've been involved in any conflicts - unless you count this, which was a pleasure to be involved in!


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Viktor Nikitich Panin

Count Viktor Nikitich Panin (9 April (28 March Old Style) 1801 Moscow – 13 April (1 April Old Style) 1862 Nice) was conservative Russian Minister of Justice (1841–1862). He was the younger son of Count Nikita Petrovich Panin by Countess Sofia Vladimirovna Orlova.

His granddaughter, Sofia Panina was a philanthropist who became active in the Constitutional Democratic Party following the February Revolution. She was subjected to a political trial following the Bolshevik seizure of power in the October Revolution.

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Alban Towers

Alban Towers is an apartment building on Massachusetts Avenue in Northwest Washington, D.C. It is listed in the National Register of Historic Places, and is considered to be one of the best examples of Gothic Revival architecture in Washington.

It is located at the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue (Embassy Row) and Wisconsin Avenue, and occupies the 221,000 square foot (21,000 m²) block between those two avenues and Garfield Street, Cathedral Avenue, and 38th Street. Diagonally across the Massachusetts-Wisconsin intersection is the St. Albans School, which occupies the southwestern corner of the grounds of the Washington National Cathedral.

History
The land Alban Towers is situated on was purchased by its developer from Washington National Cathedral in the early 1920s. It opened in 1929 as the largest apartment building in Washington, D.C. By today's standards, however, it is modest in size at six stories tall.

Its prominent architect/developer team, Robert O. Scholz, designer, David A. Baer, builder, designed the building in the Gothic Revival with tan-colored brick and limestone employed to simulate the monochrome composition of Gothic style architecture; popular in the 1920s and because it would complement the Washington National Cathedral. (Together Scholz & Baer were responsible for the construction of at least eight apartment buildings between the years 1922 and 1931. As a result, they earned a reputation as one of the more important apartment house architect/developer teams of the post-World War I decade. Representing the product of the collaboration, both whom specialized in 1920s apartment building construction, Alban Towers reflects the work of notable planners and architects who influenced the evolution of apartment construction in Washington, D.C.)

The lobbies and hallways, with their richly ornamented Gothic/Art Deco elements, were integral to the exterior scheme. Paved in quarry tiles of brown, orange, and ocher laid in a geometric pattern, the lobby is topped by plaster crown molding composed of rope and infilled with alternating roses, acorns, and thistles. These symbols of Great Britain serve to reinforce the English Gothic tenor of the building. The walls of the upper-floor hallways are covered in rough-finished stucco, lending a “sumptuous texture that is rarely found in apartment buildings.”

Billed as an apartment hotel, Alban Towers offered its residents 24-hour maid service and a public dining room. Indeed, on the ground floor of the building were housed a beauty shop, a travel agency, a grocery store, and a lunch counter. Each of the upper floors contained a maid's lounge and a bathroom facility. Constructed during the decade in which apartment construction exceeded that of single-family houses, Alban Towers attempted to compensate for smaller family space by furnishing its tenants with luxurious amenities and public areas. The relative modesty of individual apartments is offset by the grandeur of the public spaces.

Alban Towers was the Washington, D.C. headquarters of supporters of the presidential campaigns of John F. Kennedy, Eugene McCarthy, Richard Nixon, and Ronald Reagan. Its hotel suites were frequented by such celebrities as Bette Davis and Frank Sinatra. During World War II, it was discovered that Japanese spies had used the Alban Towers residence of the Japanese Naval attaché as a lookout point to the city as well as a place to tap into official radio frequencies.

Its apartments were leased by the embassies of Great Britain, Canada, Australia, South Africa, and others to house their diplomats. However, during the 1950s, this created controversy when the embassies of the newly independent African states attempted to lease some of its apartments; Washington was still a racially segregated city and the African diplomats were refused residence in Alban Towers and other area apartment buildings.

Originally, the building featured 132 units, mostly of lavish one-bedroom apartment homes, as well as a number of hotel suites. In 1930, responding to the large demand for apartment in the building, the number of units was increased by 84 with the construction of an additional two wings on the south side of the building in 1930.

In the 1960s, neglect of the owners to afford proper care and maintenance to the building led to its decline in status. In 1973 it was sold to Georgetown University for use as housing for some 450 students. In the 1980s and 1990s the building fell into a state of serious disrepair. The partnership of Edmonson & Gallagher contracted to purchase the building in 1986, but an association of tenants attempted to exercise a statutory right of first refusal, resulting in clouded title that was not resolved for several years. Sally Berk, president of the DC Preservation League, nominated the building as an historic landmark in 1990, and it was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.

In 1995, after the sale to Edmonson had fallen through, Georgetown contracted to sell the building to a partnership led by Starwood. At the time of this sale, only 30 apartments in the building were occupied. Starwood paid several tenants to leave their apartments, and paid others to move to temporary housing while renovation work was to be conducted. The building was closed and renovation work began in the summer of 1997, but was stopped shortly thereafter for undisclosed reasons and ultimately abandoned. Finally, in 1999, the building was purchased by Charles E. Smith Co. Residential Realty, which undertook a costly restoration effort. Special attention was paid to the preservation of the building's original architectural elements. The restoration included restoration architects and artisans to ensure that the original character of the building was retained. The exterior, lobby and hallways were restored, while the actual apartments, which were demolished by previous owners, were completely rebuilt to serve modern demands. The total cost of the restoration was $63 million. The building reopened in 2001.

Today, the building provides residence to many diplomats and government officials and to American University students, known to some as The AParty.

Building
Alban Towers' exterior comprises Limestone Tracery, bas-relief panels and brick, and has much Gothic-inspired ornamentation, including arched balcony openings, gargoyles, and rising spirals on the roof. The main entrance on Massachusetts Avenue features a crenelated porte-cochere with carved spandrels and corbel stones supporting its gothic arches. Also featured on the porte-cochere are eight carved heads, six male and two female. The heads include one of an aviator inspired by Charles A. Lindbergh's historic flight.

The grand lobby is spacious and designed using Tudor ideals, featuring Tudor strapwork and plaster ceilings.

The hallways (which are protected under historic preservation laws) are designed with a rough plaster finish, pointed arches, and sculptural plaster pilasters and brackets. Sculptured plaster arches and panels and friezes in the public corridors resemble the signs of the zodiac.

Today, the building offers 229 units in the form of studio and one, two and three bedroom luxury apartments between 486 and 1521 sqft as rental properties.

There are two indoor garages for the building's residents; attached and detached. The attached garage is incorporated into the building's basement level and accommodates a limited number of cars. The detached garage is located opposite the building on the building's access drive, and features two underground heated levels of parking spaces. Additionally, the detached garage serves as access to the private garages of a number of luxury townhouses — Alban Row — located above the garage on 38th Street.

The building includes a grand lobby, a party room, fitness center, swimming pool, conference center, business center and rooftop garden.

Grounds
An access drive runs behind the building from Cathedral Avenue to Garfield Street. Originally, a large park was located behind the building, but under the current ownership, it was scaled down into a nationally recognized butterfly garden, which was designed in coordination with the Washington Area Butterfly Club. The purpose of the scaling down of the park was to provide land for the Alban Row townhouses, which were built to offset the costs of the expensive restoration of 1999–2001.

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Phil King (musician)

Philip King (born 29 April 1960) is an English musician perhaps best known for being the bassist of Lush. From 2007 to 2015 he was the touring bass/rhythm guitar player for The Jesus and Mary Chain having previously toured with the group from 1997 to 1998.

Career
Circa 1987 King played bass for Felt, Biff Bang Pow! and The Servants. Featuring on the former's Bubblegum Perfume compilation. He also fronted Apple Boutique that released a single 1987. He appeared playing drums in Primal Scream's 1987 music video for "Gentle Tuesday", the opening track of the group's 1987 album entitled Sonic Flower Groove; chosen because of his haircut. The sound recordings of his drumming were not used for any release. He also worked as a researcher for NME.

Lush (1992-97)
In 1992, King replaced Lush bassist, Steve Rippon, before the release of Lush's first proper album, Spooky. In a 2008 interview with Von Pip Musical Express, King recalled how he joined Lush: "Miki called me up at work. I was a picture researcher at the NME at the time. I remember having read in the paper the story that Steve was leaving. We arranged to meet up in the not-that-famous-at-the-time pre-Britpop "The Good Mixer" in Camden Town. I lived just round the corner... We of course all got very drunk ...and I was in the band". He adds, "It was a bit of an eyebrow raiser – but also a bit of a relief really – that they didn't even want me to do an audition. In retrospect it made sense, as the most important thing when you're stuck together with someone 16 hours a day is that you get on pretty well".

Lush were added to the Lollapalooza roster in 1992 by its organizer, Perry Farrell, the Jane's Addiction/Porno for Pyros frontman, who personally requested them for his new tour program. King said, "touring America that year was the most amazing thing for me. We had a tour bus, great audiences, and drove the length and breadth of the country". The 1992 Lollapalooza tour also featured The Jesus And Mary Chain. King was with Lush until they officially announced their breakup on 23 February 1997.

Post Lush (1997-2010)
After Lush, King stated, "I did do a bit of office work here and there – Q, Vox, NME – and was even a film extra for a short period of time".

"I got a call from the NME saying did I want to come into their nice warm offices and work on the gig guide I jumped at the chance. It was while I was there that The Jesus And Mary Chain's management rang asking if I wanted to play bass for them. I turned it down the first time, so disillusioned was I with the music industry; but then thought, "Don't be stupid, it's the Jesus And Mary Chain!" and called back".

From 1997 to 1998, King toured as bassist for The Jesus And Mary Chain. In 1998, he played with Earl Brutus.

He has also played with See See Rider, Welfare Heroine, John's Children, John Howard, Brett Smiley, Jackie DeShannon, and Hangman's Beautiful Daughters.

In 2007, King rejoined The Jesus And Mary Chain as bassist.

The Fallen (2011-present)
In 2011, Vollwert Records released Paraphernalia featuring Apple Boutique's single, live recordings and demos.

In 2012, King played his Junkshop Synthshop set at The Alibi night club in London.

As of 2013, he also plays bass in The Fallen Leaves and guitar with Jim Reid. Additionally, King freelances as a picture researcher at Uncut magazine.

Lush (2015-16)
King was part of the Lush reunion between 2015 and 2016. He left the band unexpectedly on 18 October 2016. This caused the cancellation of two shows and a replacement to be recruited for the final show.

"We are very sad to announce the departure of Phil King from the band. As a result, we will no longer be able to appear at the Iceland Airwaves and Rolling Stone Weekender festivals - massive apologies to everyone who was looking forward to seeing us play there. We are in the process of acquiring another bass player and look forward to our final show at Manchester Academy on November 25th."

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alban Towers

 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 keep. sjorford →•← 17:17, 3 May 2005 (UTC)

Alban Towers
Is there enough here? I live in a historic building too, and it has some history, but I don't think it gets an article. CoolGuy 08:28, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep - everyone is right. I just wanted a second opinion.  To all: where is a better place to get an opinion on something without putting up a VFD notice.  Let me know on my talk page?  CoolGuy 22:01, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, presumably the National Register of Historic Places know which buildings are worth covering. Kappa 09:44, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, the building appears to significant for its history more so than its architecture but its history seems notable enough. Andypasto 10:13, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Nothing gained through loss.  --Teknic 10:41, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I can see keeping all of the National Registery buildings, though this needs expansion. RickK 19:32, Apr 26, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Its history and distinct architecture, if enough for the National Register of Historic Places shoudl also be enough for Wikipedia.Washingtonian 16:02, April 26, 2005 (UTC)
 * User has four edits.
 * Keep. Seems notable enough to me and the original author seems to be busy cleaning it up.  SteveW | Talk 21:34, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Notable building in notable city and the article is a good one. Capitalistroadster 00:59, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. What Kappa said.--Gene_poole 02:32, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, notability established. Radiant_* 08:51, Apr 27, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep Any building, or site, on the NRHP (or its equivalent in other countries) is notable. Dsmdgold 14:52, Apr 27, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Notable architecture. Quale 21:30, 29 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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Talk:Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

Legacy Section
Hey so this section basically says "the novel was published and then in the next few years tourism increased." This seems like a pretty undeveloped idea. I'm pretty sure it's trying to imply that tourism went up because of the book, though I really have no idea if that's true. If you look at the timeline of Savannah Georgia here on wikipedia it says that an international airport terminal opened in the city. I don't know if that's enough to account for the increase in tourism, but it's at least a possible alternative consideration.--108.36.87.136 (talk) 19:08, 26 March 2024 (UTC)

 * Both claims are sourced, so I’m not seeing that there’s a problem. Seasider53 (talk) 00:57, 27 March 2024 (UTC)

Bird Girl Statue move
I'm pretty sure that the Bird Girl statue was moved to the Telfair Museum in Savannah long before 2005. I just watched a documentary that was filmed in the mid-1990s, and it referred to the Bird Girl statue being moved there. Newager 10:10, 31 August 2005 (UTC)

can anyone identify who the 'non-existent main character (as well as pairing him with another female character' refers to?

Sophomore Effort?
For the benefit of non-Americans, can somebody who understands Americanese please translate "sophomore effort" into something more meaningful? JackofOz 02:55, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

I think your edit was correct - I don't speak Americanese either! - Also why has "boyfriend" and "relationship" got apostrophes marked around it in the main text? Is it because they are terms not being used particularly strongly; or is it someone taking the proverbial when it comes to gay relationships? I usually use the apostrophes sign when I am belittling things. --Luccent 21:41, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

In America, a sophomore is a 2nd year high school student. A better term for what you are looking for is sophomoric, indicating a lack of maturity and judgement. As far as the quotes around boyfriend and relationship I would attribute that to a non-NPOV, as homosexual relations are not well looked upon in the US for the most part. JohnCub 14:09, 4 May 2006 (UTC)
 * _ _ See Student.
 * _ _ "Sophomore" (and in fact the whole freshman ("frosh")/sophomore ("soph")/junior/senior scheme) applies equally for secondary ("high") schools and "higher" education (colleges & universities). I've always thot of the terminology as primarily a university/college tradition, and derivatively (imitatively) a secondary-school one, perhaps bcz in secondary schools continuing the numbered and unnamed grades with 9th thru 12th grades is an common equivalent, and bcz i think of college students as putting more energy into extra-curricular activities organized along "class" (i.e., year) lines. (Don't know how typical my contrary experience is; i always assumed my fraternity- and sorority-free college did less of that than most, i.e., i assumed other schools did more.)
 * _ _ My take is that "sophmoric" denotes both raw immaturity, and the kind of overconfidence in one's own maturity and sophistication that is invited by the occasion to compare yourself to those in their first year. --Jerzy•t 06:54, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
 * That "... homosexual relations are not well looked upon in the US for the most part" is some people's perception; a different perception is that live-and-let-live broadly prevails, in spite of an inexplicable insecurity in some wide circles about gay marriage, and virulent homophobia and gay-bashing in some narrow, distinctly minority, circles. --Jerzy•t 06:54, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

Sophomore = the second in a series. A sophomore effort is a second effort. A sophomore novel is a second novel. A sophomore film is a second film. A sophomore album is a second album. None of them need be sophomoric. - Nunh-huh 00:07, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Or soporific. The word "sophomore" is virtually unknown outside the USA, so it is probably best avoided in Wikipedia articles unless the context of the article demands it.  That certainly isn't the case here.  JackofOz 02:50, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

Dates
Article text & tags contradict as to year of book: '94 & '96; perhaps this is due to the HC & PB editions, which IIRC were well over the usual 12 months apart. Even so, if BP date is mentioned, it needs to be clearly labelled. (IMDb does confirm '97 for the film.) --Jerzy•t 05:50, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

Article split?
I made some minor revisions to the article - just regrouping some statements that were already here.

I did notice a section labeled "Critics" but it only spoke of the film. I expanded that section and retitled it "Film".

Is it just me, or does anyone else think there should be two articles - one for the book and one for the film? I think there is enough specific information for both to merit two articles. See Mommie Dearest and Mommie Dearest (film) for an example of what I mean....Thanks. NickBurns 18:11, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

I've followed up on the splitting of articles - added the flag to the main article.....wanted to ask for consensus, and see if anyone has an issue with this - I'll wait to see if anyone comments before I proceed. NickBurns 02:08, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

 * Oppose - purely on the grounds that there's not enough content about either to justify seperate articles; if enough can be added to enable them both to stand as sufficiently detailed stand-alone articles, then I'll change to support. MojoTas 23:12, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Support - but only if more work is done on content. otherwise I would agrees with MojoTas. :: Kevinalewis  :  (Talk Page) / (Desk)  09:55, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Oppose. Should only be split if the size of the present article becomes unwieldy; it's a long way from that now. - Nunh-huh 00:09, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Oppose - I don't think there is enough content to justify splitting. --Hypertext 08:25, 23 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Oppose for now as the two sections are just too short to need splitting at this point. This has been proposed for long enough that I'm going to remove the split tag now.  If significant expansion occurs, someone can always repropose a split later. -Aleta 16:18, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

more background
(Not sure how to describe what i'm taking issue with, but i'll try.) I think this article needs more 'background'. That is, it kind of jumps right into things without giving any context or anything. For example, see this paragraph:

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (referred to by locals as, simply, "The Book") is atmospheric and Southern Gothic in tone, depicting a wide range of eccentric Savannah personalities.

First of all, the 'referred to by locals' part is pretty confusing. No geography is mentioned or alluded to in any of the text leading up to this statement, leaving one to wonder, 'locals of what?' How could somebody know what 'locals' is referring to when the only subject of the paragraph is a book?

'[A] wide range of eccentric Savannah personalities' suffers from a similar lack of context. As someone who lives in America i must assume that 'Savannah' is referring to the well-known city in Georgia, but i've never seen the movie or read the book, and there's nothing in the article that directly suggests that, so i don't actually know that that's the case.

Those are the two biggest problems, but overall i think the article is very sparse and does not offer enough detail to someone unfamiliar with the book. I think the synopsis, in particular, needs to be written to reflect a more 'linear' description (you know, use those essay-writing skills they teach in high school); currently it's kind of jumping all over. ~ lav-chan @ 14:20, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

 * Being a local, I have never heard anyone refer to it as "The Book". Skiendog (talk) 00:35, 20 May 2011 (UTC)

Merge / Duplicate Article
Would appear that Midnight In The Garden Of Good And Evil is a direct duplicate of this article, and should be merged into this one. Agreed? Fairsing 06:06, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

Rephrase
The action that serves as a catalyst in the book is the killing of Danny Hansford, a local hustler (characterized as "a good time not yet had by all") by respected art dealer Jim Williams, an event which resulted in four murder trials, the final one ending in acquittal after the judge finally agreed to having the case moved away from the Savannah jury pool, and which is characterized in the book as a murder.

Isn't that a bit to much for one sentence? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.78.102.186 (talk) 13:18, 8 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Yes, I've broken it up now. Aleta  Sing 01:36, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

Minerva
Some interesting info: The woman who was the basis for the voodoo priestess "Minerva" in the book Valerie Fennel Aiken Boles died 9 May, 2009 in South Carolina. Berendt says Boles did not like people to take her picture or touch her because she thought it put her at risk of being hexed. Read here --Kiwipat (talk) 20:57, 9 May 2009 (UTC)

Bonaventure Cemetery and the Garden of Good and Evil
"One other error is that the garden mentioned in the title was not Bonaventure Cemetery. Minerva discussed the concept of 'good and evil' time in cemeteries and this was on the way to a cemetery in South Carolina. Bonaventure cemetery was a setting for part of the book, near the beginning but was not a part of the book after that. None of the characters were buried in the cemetery."

I removed this paragraph because I believe it's fundamentally inaccurate. The book never claims that Bonaventure Cemetery is the location of the titular Garden of Good and Evil. Berendt makes it perfectly clear at all times that he's referring to the cemetery in South Carolina, not Bonaventure, despite what people who haven't read the book might assume -- possibly due to the cover photo of Bonaventure, but that hardly constitutes an "error." There's another minor inaccuracy in this paragraph as well; after the early part of the book, Bonaventure does make another appearance, in a pivotal scene near the end. --Masterofzen (talk) 05:19, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

Useful source
Settling the borderland: other voices in literary journalism By Jan Whitt -- JN 466  18:33, 12 September 2010 (UTC)

Dictaphone Confession Source?
There is a source for a confession and quote from Berendt given here and on Williams's article. However, the text quoted does not exist in the Random House audio version. Moreover, there is no useful bibliographic information to suggest another audiobook with the content exists.

If anyone has an actual source, it would be great to have it added. Otherwise it seems like it's useless information with no verifiable source. Doobledoop (talk) 04:52, 30 June 2024 (UTC)


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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/JEM Management Corp.

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JEM Management Corp.
non-notable - although the Wendy's finger-in-chilli incident is notable, this company is not involved in it in any really interesting way (as yet). The article was written by someone with a personal connection to the company and originally contained vanity comments about himself.XmarkX 08:43, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * Delete. Truly outrageous! Mike H 21:37, Apr 29, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. psssssssssssh
 * Delete. Inclusionism only takes me so far; an article on every little company in the world is over the horizon. Mel Etitis ( Μελ Ετητης ) 11:18, 6 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. An article on "every little company"?  No.  An article on a company that owns 23 restaurants?  Yes.  Original article was quasi-vanity but at least it didn't contain the kind of puffery we often see in vanity articles about business, and the author's self-reference has been removed. JamesMLane 04:57, 11 May 2005 (UTC)
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Vaterstetten

Vaterstetten is a municipality in the Upper Bavarian district of Ebersberg. It lies east of Munich and is the district's biggest community. Vaterstetten is on the outskirts of Munich, roughly twenty minutes by S-Bahn from Marienplatz.

Location
Vaterstetten borders in the north on the community of Poing, in the northeast on the community of Anzing, in the east on the unincorporated area of the Ebersberg Forest (Ebersberger Forst), in the southeast on the community of Zorneding (all in Ebersberg district), in the southwest on the community of Grasbrunn, and in the west on the communities of Haar and Feldkirchen (all three in Munich district).

Constituent communities
The community consists of the constituent centres of Baldham, Hergolding, Neufarn, Parsdorf, Purfing, Vaterstetten and Weißenfeld.

History

Because of being on the border of the sandur of Munich, an early settlement in the southern part of today's community area is unlikely, because the tillage was disadvantaged here compared to the northern part. Consequently, the oldest town of the community is Purfing, where a settlement from the period between 750 and 600 BC was found.

Vaterstetten was founded by the Old Bavarii Fater family. Until 1056 the district of Weißenfeld (Wizzinvelt) was in the possession of the Holy Roman Emperor Henry III as a Reichsgut. The fact he instructed his wife about negotiations over his ownership on these lands on his deathbed in the year 1056, shows how significant they must have been for him.

It was here in the summer of 1800 that the Parsdorf Ceasefire was signed by Major General Franz Joseph of Dietrichstein and General Jean Victor Moreau, which later came to an end with the Battle of Hohenlinden. In 1818, when there was the Royal Bavarian territorial reform, the community of Parsdorf was founded and it replaced the former "Steuerdistricts". The administrative seat of the community was transferred to Parsdorf probably because of its important coaching inn. An increase of the population of the community began with the connection to the rail network in 1871.

In 1913 physicist and philosopher Ernst Mach settled in Vaterstetten, where he died 1916.

The district of Baldham was selected as a location for the studio of Hitler's sculptor Josef Thorak before the beginning of World War II. The building, which was created by Albert Speer, is now a branch of the Bavarian State Archaeological Collection in Munich. On 5 May 1945, the delegations of the German Army Group G and the 7th U.S. Army met here to discuss the surrender of the 200,000 German soldiers in southern Germany, which was finally signed in the neighbour community of Haar.

On 19 July 1944, a US Consolidated B-24 bomber crashed into the forest between Vaterstetten and the neighbouring town of Ottendichl (part of Haar). In 2009, the place has been marked by a memorial plaque.

The current community of Vaterstetten came into being with the municipal reform of 1978. The old community included all the same current centres as are now found in Vaterstetten, but it was named Parsdorf. On 1 May 1978, the community's name was changed to Vaterstetten, by which time the community's main centre had long been of that same name, along with Baldham. Before that reform, a part of Baldham (named Baldham-Kolonie) belonged to Zorneding.

Transport
Vaterstetten is part of the Munich Transport and Tariff Association (Münchner Verkehrs- und Tarifverbund, or MVV). The Munich S-Bahn’s lines S4 and S6 run over the Munich–Rosenheim line through the community serving the Vaterstetten and Baldham stations.

Four buslines of the Vaterstettener Innerörtlicher Personennahverkehr (Vaterstetten Local Passenger Transport, or VIP) run regularly in the local area.

The name Vaterstetten is well known to many motorists for its Autobahn roadhouse lying on the A99. The Autobahn itself runs by the community about one kilometre away. Through the community’s south end runs the Wasserburger Landstraße (officially named B304), one of Munich’s main arterial roads.

Educational institutions
Within the community stand four elementary schools, a Hauptschule, a Realschule and the Humboldt-Gymnasium Vaterstetten, as well as a folk high school and a music school.

Town partnerships

 * since 1982 with Allauch (France)
 * since 1994 with Alem Katema (Ethiopia)
 * since 2009 with Trogir (Croatia)

Regular events

 * Street Festival in June
 * Töpfermarkt (potter market) in the Freizeitpark, always in mid-October
 * Volksfest (folk festival)
 * Sonnwendfeuer (solstice festival)

Population development
(1910, 1925, 1939, 1961, 1987: census results)

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Claudio Fava

Claudio Fava (born 15 April 1957) is an Italian politician and writer. He is the Coordinator of the National Secretariat of Sinistra Ecologia Libertà (Left Ecology Freedom). He was until 2009 Member of the European Parliament for the Italian Islands with the Democratic Left (SD), part of the Socialist Group and is vice-chair of the European Parliament's Committee on Regional Development.

He was a substitute for the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs and the Committee on Fisheries and the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Biography
Fava was born in Catania, Sicily. His father Giuseppe Fava, founder of the I Siciliani monthly magazine, for which Claudio Fava also worked, was killed by the Mafia on 5 January 1984.

A graduate in law (1980) and a qualified journalist (since 1982), he was one of the founders of La Rete and was elected to the Chamber of Deputies in the Sicilian Regional Assembly in 1991. In 1992–1994, he served as member of the Chamber of Deputies of Italy. Later, he was the Regional Secretary of the Democrats of the Left (DS) in Sicily (1999–2001), and became a member of the national executive of the DS in 1999.

On 5 November 2006, he worked as an International Observer of the Nicaraguan General Elections in 2006 for the European Union. Also in November 2006, he led the European parliament's special investigation into the role of European Union member states in the operation of CIA secret prisons. The report criticized the governments of Poland and Romania for failing to cooperate with investigations, and also chastised several top EU officials.

In May 2007 at the 4th National Congress of the Democrats of the Left (DS), he supported the motion put to the congress by Fabio Mussi that opposed the formation of a larger center-left party, the Democratic Party and after its defeat and the formation of the PD subsequently left the Democrats of the Left and joined Sinistra Democratica (Democratic Left). He became the National Coordinator of Sinistra Democratica on the resignation of Fabio Mussi after the electoral defeat of Sinistra Arcobaleno (Rainbow Left) of which Sinistra Democratica was a constituent part. He is the Coordinator of the National Secretariat of Sinistra Ecologia Libertà (Left Ecology Freedom). In the European elections of 2009 he was a candidate for Sinistra e Libertà but failed to get elected.

He is also a writer and a scenarist. He co-wrote the screenplay of the movie One hundred steps (I cento passi) about the life and death of Antimafia activist Giuseppe Impastato in 1978 that won the Venice Film Festival in 2001 for the best script.

In December 2015, a new parliamentary group was created in the Camera dei deputati (Chamber of Deputies), the Sinistra Italiana (Italian Left). Sinistra e Libertà (Left Ecology Freedom) was officially dissolved on 17 December 2016, while Sinistra Italiana became a party on 19 February 2017, with only 13 of the 37 initially elected with SEL in the 2013 general election remaining in the parliamentary group. In response to this re-configuration, on 25 February 2017, 43 MPs, including Fava, created Article 1 – Democratic and Progressive Movement (Articolo 1 – Movimento Democratico e Progressista, MDP), as a left-wing interest group supporting the Gentiloni Cabinet, but being independent from the Democratic Party. Fellow prominent members include the former party chairman and candidate for the 2013 general election Pierluigi Bersani and the former House Majority Leader Roberto Speranza. 16 senators also joined the group.

On 4 September 2017, he was chosen as the candidate of the left for the presidency of the Sicilian Region in 2017, supported by SI, MDP, as well as Possible, the Communist Refoundation Party, Civil Action, Italian Communist Party, and other minor left-wing parties. The Democratic Party, on the other hand, supports Fabrizio Micari, along with Popular Alternative and other centrist parties. A recent poll by Euromedia gives Fava 9.5% and Micari a mere 14%, while the conservative candidate and the candidate of the Five Star Movement poll ahead at around 35%.

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Star Wars: Yoda Stories

Star Wars: Yoda Stories is a 1997 adventure video game based on the Star Wars franchise developed by LucasArts. The game is the second and last title in LucasArts' Desktop Adventures series, preceded by Indiana Jones and His Desktop Adventures. The game was released in March 1997 for Microsoft Windows and ported to Game Boy Color by Torus Games in December 1999.

Gameplay
Yoda Stories is a short, procedurally generated point-and-click adventure game designed for players to finish in an hour. The game has no central plot or ultimate goal. Each time a new game is started, the player is tasked to complete a random mission. This may include rescuing another Star Wars character, obtaining an object, warning the Rebels of an attack, or destroying an Imperial facility.

The player controls Luke Skywalker from a bird's eye perspective. Players move Luke across a 2D grid, equip and use weapons to defeat enemies; push and pull certain objects; and collect items into their inventory to be used later on. Each mission takes place on a new procedurally generated planet, and requires the player to complete a series of item-based puzzles, either by pushing or pulling obstacles to reveal items, using items acquired elsewhere to unlock a new item, or defeating enemies in an area. Once the final puzzle is solved and the mission is accomplished, the player is given a score based on their performance, and may choose to replay the mission or start a new game.

Due to the limitations of Game Boy Color hardware, its port of Yoda Stories is reduced to fifteen fixed missions, with simplified graphics.

Reception
The PC version of Yoda Stories was received poorly. Robert Coffey of Computer Gaming World derided the game as "really bad" and "graphically dated, featuring cookie-cutter worlds filled with big-headed, cutesified characters and silly monsters that are (almost) flat-out embarrassing". GameSpot provided similar criticisms of the game as a "half-hearted product", stating "combat is awkward and in no way satisfying" and "the backgrounds are as flat and lifeless as the gameplay". Gareth Jones of PC PowerPlay provided some praise for the game as "cute (and) fun, with plenty of lastability", praising its addictive nature.

The Game Boy version of Yoda Stories received more negative reviews. Craig Harris of IGN stated the game was "one of the technically lamest and structurally annoying Game Boy games ever developed", singling out the poor graphics, animations, sound, and controls. Yoda Stories remains IGN's lowest-rated Game Boy Color title.

Retrospective assessments of the game have been mixed. Inverse writer Brian Vanhooker supported the game as "easygoing and accessible", and interviewed lead designer Hal Barwood, who considered that the game was "ahead of its time and (that) its rough reception was unwarranted", as reviewers misinterpreted its purpose as a casual game. Richard Cobbett of PC Gamer noted that the Desktop Adventures series "(had) a fair amount of promise", although the game suffers from "a lack of assets and a lack of content".

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Laurentius Paulinus Gothus

Laurentius Paulinus Gothus (10 November 1565 – 29 November 1646) was a Swedish theologian, astronomer and Archbishop of Uppsala.

Biography
Gothus was born Lars Paulsson at Söderköping in Östergötland County, Sweden. In 1588, Gothus travelled to Germany and studied in the Rostock University for three years. He was influenced by Pierre de la Ramée (1515–1572) and his philosophy.

After receiving a Master's degree, he returned to Uppsala in time for the Uppsala Synod in 1593 where the founding dogmas of the Church of Sweden were made final. He was appointed professor of logic at the recently reopened, and now Lutheran focused, Uppsala University. In 1598 he re-transferred himself to the professorship in astronomy.

He was, along with some other professors, suspended from his duty, because of demands that professors to sign a petition supporting Sigismund III Vasa as king of Sweden. However, in 1604, his Protestant uncle Duke Charles was crowned as King Charles IX of Sweden. When a comet appeared on the sky in 1607, Laurentius declared he could interpret what this signified. The belief in astrology and the significance of heavenly signs were still strong. His interpretations made an impression on King Charles and he was re-instated him at the university.

Laurentius had acquired a belief in Ramism from the writings French educational reformer Petrus Ramus and defended his views rigorously. Later he was also involved in philosophical disputes with Jonas Magni Wexionensis (1583–1651)  who was a professor and head of Uppsala University and who was an adherent of Aristotle.

Gothus served as Bishop of the Diocese of Skara (1608–1609) and Bishop of the Diocese of Strängnäs (1609–1637). In 1628, he was tasked with the investigation of the visionary Margareta i Kumla. Her visions and alleged meetings with demons and angels were described by Bishop Gothus in a meeting of the Swedish clergy in 1629. During the reign of Christina, Queen of Sweden, Gothus served as Archbishop of Uppsala and Primate of Sweden from 1637 to 1646.

Works
Laurentius wrote many theological and astronomical works and also published calendars. He furthermore published a thorough Ethica Christiana 1615–30, a work in six parts in Swedish about Lutheranism. Following this, he in 1631 wrote a summary of this work which has been called the prime catechetical work from 17th century Sweden. He also wrote some historical works about Swedish history.

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San Francisco Belt Railroad

The San Francisco Belt Railroad was a short-line railroad along the Embarcadero in San Francisco, California. It began as the State Belt Railroad in 1889, and was renamed when the city bought the Port of San Francisco in 1969. As a state owned enterprise, the railroad asserted several unsuccessful claims to immunity from federal regulation. The railroad ceased operation in 1993.

The railroad connected the Port of San Francisco to many waterfront docks and to industries and warehouses which were adjacent to the waterfront. In its early years, it operated dual-gauged track to accommodate the North Pacific Coast Railroad and South Pacific Coast Railroad. It would eventually have 67 mi of trackage and general offices in the Ferry Building. Its function was to switch railroad cars from four major railroads to points along its system and vice versa. At the southern portion of the line, a track along King Street (passing the location now occupied by Oracle Park) connected with the Southern Pacific. A train ferry slip at Pier 43 allowed interchange with the Northwestern Pacific, the Western Pacific, and the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railroads. To reach its northern terminus, tracks passed through Fisherman's Wharf and Aquatic Park. The line was extended through the a tunnel to serve Fort Mason during World War I, and was further lengthened to the Presidio Army Base in 1917.

The Belt tracks were utilized for the 1987 San Francisco Historic Trolley Festival, with electric streetcars being operated along the line via hauled diesel generators. While this demonstration lasted only a month, it prompted interest in utilizing the disused right of way for local transit purposes. The San Francisco Municipal Railway would go on to surface their portion of the Market Street subway south of Market Street along The Embarcadero with service beginning in 1998. Simultaneously, the newly permanent F Market historic streetcar line was extended north along the former Belt Railroad right of way to Fisherman's Wharf in 2000.

The line was largely paved over to form the current Embarcadero, with rails set in the median for streetcar and light rail services. San Francisco Municipal Railway's E Embarcadero line now traverses the route between the Caltrain (former Southern Pacific) station and Fisherman's Wharf, with other lines covering portions of the route. The former roundhouse has been converted to commercial business but exists in a recognizable form on the Sansome Street, Lombard Street, The Embarcadero, and Chestnut Street block.

The San Francisco Bay Railroad is the successor to the Belt Railroad and received approval to operate the remaining 5 mi of track in 2000.

Locomotives
During its years of operation the railroad had 12 steam locomotives and 6 ALCO diesel engines:

Special trains
Over the years, the belt railroad's tracks hosted several noteworthy locomotives and trains.

In 1948, the first Freedom Train made an appearance on the State Belt Railroad.

In 1949, the California Zephyr was positioned near the Ferry Building for its inaugural ceremony.

In 1951, the Maritime Museum brought an early 4-4-0 steam locomotive and consist to the belt, as part of the museum’s grand opening.

The first civilian passenger excursion train operated over the road on July 21, 1956.

In 1972, the Flying Scotsman concluded its American tour by shuttling back and forth on a stretch of track adjacent to the Embarcadero and near Fisherman's Wharf. Owner Alan Pegler ran out of funds and the locomotive spent most of 1972 stored at an army base in Stockton, California.

In November of 1975, the American Freedom Train pulled by ex-Southern Pacific Daylight locomotive #4449 visited San Francisco. For public viewing, the train's cars were switched to the Presidio by the belt line. The locomotive itself remained on display at Aquatic Park near the foot of Hyde Street.

In March of 1977, the Canadian Pacific Royal Hudson #2860 visited the State Belt while heading down to Los Angeles.

In 1987, the tracks along the Embarcadero just south of Sansome Street hosted Railfair ’87. Diesel locomotives and steam locomotives including V&T's J.W. Bowker (2-4-0 locomotive) were on display.

Steam Locomotive Number Four
Currently Locomotive #4 is being restored by the San Francisco Trains group, with larger plans to change the old Bayshore Roundhouse, originally owned by Southern Pacific, to a historic community destination. Due to work on the Roundhouse, it has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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Wenten Rubuntja

Wenten Rubuntja (c. 1923 – 2005) was an Australian artist, Aboriginal rights activist, and historian.

Wenten was born at Bart's Creek, about 56 km north of Alice Springs. A meeting of representatives of Central Australian Aboriginal communities elected Charlie Perkins as the first Central Land Council chair and Wenten Rubuntja as his deputy in 1975.

He served as chairman of the Central Land Council in 1976-1980 and 1985-88, bringing both his humour and his deep local knowledge to bear on proceedings. He was instrumental in protecting numerous sacred sites in and around Alice Springs. And it was in part due to his efforts that, in 2000, the Federal Court of Australia made its groundbreaking ruling, recognising Arrernte native title over large areas of greater Alice Springs. (It was the first time that Aboriginals had been given title over municipal land.) In all his negotiations Rubuntja displayed a remarkable ability to integrate indigenous and non-indigenous concepts and to achieve satisfactory resolutions. He believed that white and black law were not incompatible, but had both to be properly understood by all parties. It was a vision that he also brought to his time on the Council of Aboriginal Reconciliation in 1991 and 1995. He was made a member of the Order of Australia in 1995.

Paintings
Mr Rubuntja was also an acclaimed artist both in the desert "dot" style and in the westernised landscape style, inspired by watching his uncle and legendary watercolour artist Albert Namatjira at work. His paintings can be seen in the National Gallery of Australia and the Robert Holmes a Court collection, as well as the Northern Territory Gallery and the Araluen Collection in Alice Springs.

Rubuntja was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in 1995 for "service to Aboriginal people, particularly in Central Australia".

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Talk:Survival skills

Avoid illegal immigrants, use irregular migrants
Per United Nations Human Rights, Office of the High Commissioner

Under international human rights law, the criminalization of irregular migration exceeds the legitimate interests of States in protecting their territories and regulating migration.

Criminalizing people on the basis of their migration status can lead to a number of other human rights violations, including discriminatory profiling, arbitrary arrest and detention, family separation, and the inability to access critical health care, housing, education or other rights.

The list where this term was found was fairly editorial to begin with and maybe this article shouldn't go there at all. — MaxEnt 15:21, 2 October 2023 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Shahanshah

 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 redirect to Shah. – Rich Farmbrough 18:18, 1 May 2005 (UTC)

Shahanshah
delete. dicdef. Any encyclopedic value this entry might conceivably develop would be more appropriately included under Iran-History. --KASchmidt 08:41, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Respectfully disagree that it has no potential for development outside of other pages. Personally, I'd be quite interested to read about the history and development of the title, independently of a broader history of Iranian politics and culture. If something must be done about it, though, I'd recommend merging the content into Iranian monarchy, and redirecting Shahanshah to that article. -- Vardion 09:31, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, concur with Vardion. Historic titles are encylopedic. Kappa 10:51, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep - title used for thousands of years and of significance in Iranian history. Capitalistroadster 01:12, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge and redirect to Shah (which is another stub article). Megan1967 04:45, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge per Megan. Radiant_* 08:51, Apr 27, 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge and redirect to Shah. Zzyzx11 | Talk 06:10, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge with Shah. DmitryKo 15:45, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC)

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Anúna

Anúna (stylized in all caps) is a vocal ensemble formed in Ireland in 1987 by Irish composer Michael McGlynn under the name An Uaithne. Taking the current name in 1991, the group has recorded 18 albums and achieved a high level of international success, including a significant role in Riverdance from 1994 to 1996. Almost all of their repertoire is composed or arranged by McGlynn. Despite having been based in Ireland since their foundation and providing training to many Irish singers, McGlynn announced in December 2022 that the group would cease public performance in Ireland, while continuing in Northern Ireland and beyond.

Musical style
The original name of the group, An Uaithne, "is the collective description for the three ancient forms of Irish music[...] the Goltraí (song of lament), Geantraí (song of joy) and Suantraí (the lullaby)". McGlynn reconstructed and arranged a substantial amount of early and medieval Irish music, as well as writing original pieces. Anúna do not work with a conductor in performance, and move throughout the venue at different points in concert. Their standard line-up is 12 to 14 singers from a pool of 25 to 30.

McGlynn has stated: "My interest in traditional song stemmed from my schooldays in Coláiste na Rinne (Ring College) in Dungarvan, and I also felt a need to explore and communicate my enthusiasm for medieval music, most particularly Irish medieval music, to the general public. The eclectic repertoire that characterises the music of Anúna was born in this way". McGlynn re-set and rearranged historical texts and reconstructions of medieval Irish music. These included the 12th-century pieces "Dicant Nunc" and "Cormacus Scripsit", both of which come from Irish manuscripts and featured in the repertoire of An Uaithne. Other reconstructions (including "Miserere Miseris" from the Dublin Troper and "Quem Queritis" from The Dublin Play) continue to feature in the repertoire of Anúna. McGlynn has said: "I think that one of the purposes of Anúna has been to open the door of obscurity to some of the many medieval pieces that we've recorded".

An Uaithne featured a number of traditional music arrangements done by McGlynn as part of their repertoire. He has stated: "One of the misapprehensions about my music is that I am not actually concerned with saving Irish traditional music; I am not a traditionalist. The only exposure I had [to traditional Irish song] was during my year at Coláiste na Rinne in Dún Garbhán. The songs that I set are not from a specific collection; they are more impressions of the songs I remembered." McGlynn also created new compositions that could be perceived as arrangements of Irish songs but were, in fact, new melodies composed to traditional texts. These works are not arrangements and they became a feature of An Uaithne's repertoire and continue to be part of the Anúna canon. McGlynn has stated: "People just assume that I have just found a “living” version. In fact I have done what has made solo traditional music so viable: I have created a new version. I take the songs and reinterpret them in a new way. My priority is always to create a choral version that works."

According to Stephen Eddins at AllMusic, "[...] with the intent that it would unite the discipline of classical choral singing with the unaffected spontaneity typical of Irish folk singing." McGlynn supports this in his blog: "I can now hear two types of singer on the recording. There are large, plummy voices favoured by the classically trained singers I had gathered around me for An Uaithne, but now I can hear the “others” – early music singers, traditional singers and untrained singers. There is a fight going on. The performances are rough, but hugely energetic. Many of the more classical singers or choral groupies are stuck to the inadequately learned sheet music, while the new people are singing without music and without affectation."

The genesis of the choir's vocal sound derives from a number of different sources including Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares, although he has stated that Anúna are not an expression of their culture in the same way as the Bulgarian choir because, when creating Anúna, there was no point in his pretending that there had been a culture of part-singing in Ireland. McGlynn has stated: "What I have done is to try to always create an accessibility using the concept of fragility in the voice to allow the audience to access music that otherwise they might find overtly and harmonically complex or technically demanding to listen to."

Once a group of classically trained singers, Anúna in the early 1990s began to include untrained singers with experience in non-classical music genres thus achieving the more natural timbre that McGlynn was seeking. "This is the 'Anúna' sound – powerful and fragile, immediate and human. When I developed it, it was almost as a protest against the artificial nature of choral groups I had been part of, where singers appeared to sing for themselves, never as a genuine unit and never for the audience."

The vocal timbre of the group has changed over the last thirty years according to McGlynn, "In 1994 Anúna was embryonic and restrained by the capacity of the singers to actually perform the material. I wrote for the instrument I had available to me, and the material both suffers and benefits from this restriction. Today I don't have those same restrictions, with members drawn from all over the world. Anúna now contains some of the finest choral singers on the planet, so I am gradually becoming used to the idea that I can stretch my voice as a writer considerably more than in the past."

The ensemble works on a project to project basis and draws from a pool of available singers who are located in many countries. The performers use specific performance techniques collectively titled the "Anúna Technique".

An Uaithne
McGlynn formed the choir An Uaithne in 1987 after involvement with college choirs at both University College Dublin and Trinity College Dublin, and the semi-professional RTÉ Chamber Choir. Founding members included Monica Donlon and opera singer Miriam Blennerhassett from Howth (both of whom he had met at UCD), as well as Garrath Patterson. The choir's earliest concerts featured medieval Irish and European music, contemporary choral pieces by Irish composers and Irish folk arrangements.

In 1991, An Uaithne officially became Anúna, a stylised non-phonetic rendition of the Irish an uaithne proposed by Monica Donlon's mother, Paula Donlon. In 1993, they released their disc ANÚNA, a sixteen-track CD followed (in 1994) by the album Invocation. Both albums were licensed by the Irish label Celtic Heartbeat and released in 1995. The album Anúna achieved a Billboard World Music chart placing at number 11 in 1995.

Anúna was associated with Riverdance from 1994 until 1996. They gave the first performance of the piece at the Eurovision Song Contest, spending 18 weeks at number 1 in the Irish singles chart and reaching number 9 in the UK singles chart. They featured on the CD Riverdance: Music from the Show and on the DVD Riverdance: the Show. They sang the opening choral section, "Cloudsong", with a solo by soprano Katie McMahon.

Anúna won an Irish National Entertainment Award for Classical music in 1994. In 1995, they released Omnis, followed by Deep Dead Blue in 1996. The latter gained an international release on the Gimell/Polygram label in 1999 and was nominated for a Classical Brit Award in 2000. The group left Riverdance in 1996. Anúna soprano Eimear Quinn won the Eurovision Song Contest that same year in Oslo.

In 1997, Anúna released the CD Behind the Closed Eye, an orchestral collaboration with the Ulster Orchestra, Northern Ireland's leading symphony orchestra. The choir appeared at the World Sacred Music Festival in Morocco in 1998 (returning in 2002). In 1999, Anúna performed at the first ever Irish Prom at the BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall in London.

2000–2009
2000 saw the release of Cynara, followed by Winter Songs (retitled Christmas Songs for the American release) in 2002. That same year, the group appeared at the "Proms in the Park" in Belfast, an open-air concert featuring The Ulster Orchestra at the grounds of Belfast's City Hall.

Their album Sensation, released in April 2006, was an eclectic collection with settings by McGlynn of texts by Cardinal Henry Newman, Arthur Rimbaud and Hildegard von Bingen. The title track featured a spoken recitation of the Rimbaud poem "Sensation" by the Breton singer Gilles Servat. In January 2007, Anúna recorded a series of live performances in Cleveland which have been broadcast extensively on PBS across the US in a "special" produced by The Elevation Group and Maryland Public Television. The group undertook a two-month tour of the US in autumn 2007. The album Anúna: Celtic Origins was released that same year. It was the best-selling album in Nielsen Soundscan's World Music category in August of that year. November 2008 saw the release in the US of Christmas Memories, a CD and DVD release coupled with PBS broadcasts nationally in November and December. The album entered the Billboard World Music Charts at number 6 on first week of release and spent 10 weeks in the Billboard World Music top 20 albums. The single "Ding Dong Merrily on High" reached number 26 on the Billboard "Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks" chart in December 2008.

In June 2009, Anúna released the CD Sanctus and DVD Invocations of Ireland. Sanctus featured four previously-released tracks that have been remastered and (in the case of one track, "Nobilis Humilis") have had parts re-recorded and added to the original song. Also featured are McGlynn's "Agnus Dei", Miserere mei, Deus by Gregorio Allegri and Crucifixus by Antonio Lotti. Invocations of Ireland was a 56-minute DVD filmed throughout Ireland by Michael McGlynn and featured the music of Anúna sung in the Irish landscape. The DVD was released on Columbia in Japan and was broadcast extensively on the Ovation Channel in Australia.

In July 2009, Anúna gave the first performance of Behind the Closed Eye in the Republic of Ireland at Dublin's National Concert Hall with the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra.

2010–2022
In 2010, Anúna adopted the name "Anúna, Ireland's National Choir" as their official title and inaugurated an Education and Outreach programme. The group performed again with the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland in July 2010, with Finnish violinist Linda Lampenius. The programme included a number of new pieces and arrangements including the nine-minute McGlynn fantasia The Last Rose, based on the songs of Thomas Moore.

In June 2010, Anúna collaborated on a new CD and DVD project with The Wiggles, entitled It's Always Christmas With You! and released in 2011. In September 2010, Anúna recorded an arrangement by Michael McGlynn of "Away in a Manger" with ex-Celtic Woman soloist Órla Fallon for her Christmas PBS special, which also featured David Archuleta and another ex-Anúna and Celtic Woman soloist, Méav Ní Mhaolchatha. The special was filmed in Dublin, Ireland. No fewer than five of the soloists who have been featured on Celtic Woman since 2005 (Órla Fallon, Méav Ní Mhaolchatha, Lynn Hilary, Éabha McMahon, Tara McNeill and Deirdre Shannon) have been members of Anúna.

On 27–29 January 2011, Anúna joined Irish musical pioneers Clannad for three concerts at Dublin's Christ Church Cathedral for the Donegal group's fortieth anniversary celebrations. They collaborated on five tracks, "Dúlamán", "Caislean Óir", "Theme from Harry's Game", "In a Lifetime" and "I Will Find You". Anúna also performed a version of "Media Vita" as they came onstage, integrating musical elements of "Caislean Óir".

Anúna made their Chinese debut in June 2011, touring a number of cities throughout China. They performed at the Beijing Poly Theater in Beijing and at the Shanghai Oriental Art Center in Shanghai. In July 2011, the National Concert Hall in Dublin presented the first Anúna International Summer School. The event took place between 5 and 9 July, and featured a team of international facilitators including Matthew Oltman, then musical director of Chanticleer. In September, their album Christmas Memories débuted at 95 in the Billboard 200. To finish the year, Anúna visited Japan, a trip which included concerts and workshops. This tour also included a high-profile visit to the area affected by the tsunami of 2011 and Fukushima. In April 2012, Anúna participated in the premiere of Philip Hammond's Requiem for the Lost Souls of the Titanic at St Anne's Cathedral in Belfast.

To celebrate their 25th anniversary in June 2012, Anúna released their new album Illumination, a fifteen track CD and (in May) featured on the soundtrack to the video game Diablo III. Blizzard Entertainment audio director Russell Brower said "Working somewhat against conventional expectations, Hell is a beautiful and seductive sound, provided by Dublin's uniquely astounding choral group ANÚNA". As of February 2014, the game has sold 15 million copies across all platforms. The soundtrack was nominated for a BAFTA award in 2013. In October, the choir gave a workshop at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music and hosted a series of public choral workshop events across the Netherlands in November. 2013 marked the first concert performances and workshops in Canada for the group. In 2015, Anúna sold-out Beijing's National Centre for the Performing Arts.

In 2017, as part of their 30th anniversary, Anúna performed as part of a collaborative project entitled "Takahime" in front of a sold-out audience on February 16 at Tokyo's Orchard Hall. It included a performance of Yokomichi Mario's adaptation of W. B. Yeats' "At the Hawk's Well" entitled "Takahime", directed and scored by McGlynn and Genshō Umewaka (a Japanese Living National Treasure), who said of the collaboration with Anúna: "I think Celtic choral music and Noh are similar in both being abstract arts...So we have no need to hesitate and can just make all the creative sparks we wish." The performance featured a full cast of Noh actors and musicians, with Umewaka in the role of The Hawk.

On July 30, 2017, the choir performed at the Francis Ledwidge memorial event at Richmond Barracks in Dublin; McGlynn commented "When I discovered Ledwidge for the first time through the academic work of Inchicore poet Liam O'Meara, it was like finding a kindred spirit" and "Over the last two decades I have taken his poetry around the world as Anúna has toured. Each new setting I make of his texts yields more and more layers of meaning, more subtlety and nuance. Ledwidge remains one of my greatest poetic inspirations."

In November 2017, Anúna released a video (created by Michael McGlynn) of the piece "Shadow of the Lowlands", composed by Yasunori Mitsuda. Speaking of his first encounter with Anúna through their album Deep Dead Blue, Mitsuda said "I felt that ANÚNA was a new type of chorus that I'd never heard before. My attention was drawn to the lead singer, Michael McGlynn, and I dreamt about making music with ANÚNA one day. After 20 years, my dream came true through the making of the game Xenoblade Chronicles 2". "Shadow of the Lowlands" is one of four that features on the soundtrack of the Nintendo Switch video game Xenoblade Chronicles 2. In February 2018, the group won the Outstanding Ensemble category of the Annual Game Music Awards 2017 for their contributions to the game. In April, Anúna joined Mitsuda on stage in April for a series of full concert performances of music from Xenogears to celebrate its 20th anniversary.

In November 2022, the group released a digital-only Christmas-themed album recorded in Dublin. In December 2022, the group's leader announced that a pair of performances on December 3 would be their final public performances in Ireland, saying "After 35 years it has become increasingly apparent that ANÚNA doesn't have a place within the Irish music community." He further stated that the group would "continue to perform in Nth Ireland and in a private capacity at home" as well as touring internationally.

Selected current members
Miriam Blennerhassett is an Irish mezzo-soprano, and is the current Chorus Master of Anúna, also featuring as a soloist on CD, DVD and in performance. She features as a soloist on the albums Omnis, Invocation, Sensation, Deep Dead Blue, Celtic Origins and Behind the Closed Eye. She appears as a soloist on the Invocations of Ireland and Celtic Origins. Blennerhassett is a founder member of Anúna.

Lucy Champion is an English singer. She currently holds the position Education Co-ordinator with Anúna and is a featured soprano soloist with the choir. She appears as a soloist on the albums Christmas Songs, Invocation, Sensation, Anúna, Sanctus, Cynara, Deep Dead Blue, Christmas Memories, Celtic Origins and Behind the Closed Eye. She appears as a soloist on the DVDs Invocations of Ireland and Celtic Origins. She was Concerts and Events Manager for The Ulster Orchestra in Belfast, Administrator and Education Manager for the Wren Orchestra in London, Education Manager with the National Concert Hall in Dublin and is currently a choral clinician and educator, most recently giving a series of workshops at Dublin's National Concert Hall in 2009/2010.

John McGlynn is a tenor with Anúna and an Irish singer-songwriter. He is also Michael McGlynn's identical twin brother. His distinctive guitar style features on many of Anúna's albums. Originally an architect by trade, he currently acts as a director of the choir, touring in that capacity throughout Europe and the US. He released his solo album Songs For A Fallen Angel in 2000 and has formed a trio entitled Sweet June. His arrangements and original songs appear on a number of Anúna releases. "If All She Has Is You" appears on the Celtic Origins album and concert DVD and has been covered by Celtic Woman soloist Lynn Hilary on her debut solo album. Other arrangements and original pieces include "The Fisher King", "Buachaill ón Éirne", "Siúil a Rúin" and "O Come All Ye Faithful". He features as a soloist on the albums Christmas Songs, Invocation, Anúna, Deep Dead Blue, Christmas Memories, Celtic Origins and Cynara. He appears as a soloist on the DVDs Invocations of Ireland, Celtic Origins and Christmas Memories.

Selected past members
A number of singers who have left the choir have gone on to achieve international recognition in their own right:
 * Eimear Quinn, a soprano, was a member in 1995 and 1996, and won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1996 while a member. She has recorded numerous solos with the choir, including "The Mermaid", "Diwanit Bugale", "The Green Laurel", "Gaudete" and "Salve Rex Gloriae". She appears on the albums Omnis and Deep Dead Blue.
 * Ian King, a British songwriter working in the English folk music genre, was a tenor with Anúna from 1996 to 1997. His debut album, Panic Grass and Fever Few gained four-star reviews in the Guardian and Observer newspapers in the UK, and he was featured on the 2009 thirtieth anniversary cover of the influential fRoots magazine.
 * Julie Feeney is a successful solo female artist and she sang alto with Anúna from 1997 to 2001.
 * Hozier, also known as Andrew Hozier-Byrne, was a member of Anúna from 2009 to 2012, and appears as a soloist on their 2012 release Illumination singing "La Chanson de Mardi Gras". He toured and sang with the group internationally including performances in Norway and the Netherlands.

Some of the singers who have featured as soloists in Celtic Woman are ex-members of the group:
 * Méav Ní Mhaolchatha is a soprano recording artist, who was a member of the choir between 1994 and 1998. She has recorded numerous solos with the choir, including "Midnight", "The Lass of Glenshee", "Geantraí", "When I was in My Prime" and "The Mermaid". She appears on the albums Omnis, Deep Dead Blue and Behind the Closed Eye.
 * Órla Fallon is a solo recording artist traditional music who was a member of Anúna in 1996. In 2010, her PBS Christmas Special "Órla Fallon's Celtic Christmas", also released as a CD and DVD, features Anúna on the track "Away in a Manger" performing with her.
 * Deirdre Shannon began her professional career in 1996 when she became a member of Anúna and features as a soloist on the original album release of "Behind the Closed Eye" as a soloist on the track "1901".
 * Lynn Hilary was a member of Anúna between 2000 and 2007. She has recorded numerous solos with the choir, including "Midnight", "Codhlaím go Suan", "The Last Rose", "The Road of Passage" and "Annaghdown". She appears on the albums Christmas Songs, Invocation, Sensation and Behind the Closed Eye. In 2012 she featured as a soloist on two tracks, "Siosuram So" and "Summer Song" from the Anúna album Illumination (2012). She also features as a soloist on the Anúna album Revelation (2015).
 * Éabha McMahon is a sean nós singer and joined Celtic Woman in 2015. She features as a soloist on two Anúna albums "Christmas Memories" (2008) and "Revelation" (2015).
 * Tara McNeill sang with Anúna from 2010 to 2016 and joined Celtic Woman in 2016 as featured violinist in the show.

Albums and DVD releases
The group has released many albums and several DVDs since 1991:

+ Both albums amalgamated into a single, remastered release in 2003 ++ Indicates a compilation

Recorded collaborations

 * With Barry Manilow – Thumbelina (1993)
 * With The Chieftains and Sting – "Mo Ghile Mear" from the album The Long Black Veil (1994)
 * With the RTÉ Concert Orchestra, Davy Spillane (Uilleann pipes), Kenneth Edge (saxophone), Máire Breathnach (violin), Noel Eccles (percussion) – Riverdance (1994)
 * Riverdance: Music from the Show (1995)
 * With the Ulster Orchestra – Behind the Closed Eye (1997)
 * With The Chieftains and Elvis Costello – "Long Journey Home", title track of the album Long Journey Home (1998)
 * With The Chieftains and Dadawa – "Tear Lake" from Tears of Stone (1999), Japan only
 * With The Chieftains and Brenda Fricker – "Never Give All The Heart" from Tears of Stone (1999)
 * With Secret Garden – "I Know a Rose Tree": also available on their albums: Dawn of a New Century (1999), Once in a Red Moon (2002) and the DVD A Night with Secret Garden (2000)
 * With Ashley MacIsaac – "The Wedding Funeral" from the album Ashley MacIsaac (2002)
 * With Jerry Fish and the Mudbug Club – "Be Yourself", "True Friends", "Bob & God" from the album Be Yourself (2002)
 * With Moya Brennan and Iarla Ó Lionaird – "Is Mise 'N Gaoth" from the CD Music of Ireland: Welcome Home (2010)
 * With Órla Fallon – "Away in a Manger" from Orla Fallon's Celtic Christmas (2010)
 * With The Wiggles – "The Cherry Tree Carol", "The Little Drummer Boy", "Ding Dong Merrily on High" & "We Three Kings" from the CD and DVD It's Always Christmas With You! (2011).
 * With Yasunori Mitsuda – Xenogears Original Soundtrack Revival Disc –the first and the last– (2018).

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Joseph Desmond
Non-notable; blood-relative of user who wrote the articleXmarkX 08:42, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, not notable. Megan1967 04:43, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Non-notable. Quale 05:04, 30 Apr 2005 (UTC)

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Jan Van der Roost

Jan Van der Roost (born Duffel, 1956) is a Belgian composer.

Van der Roost was educated at the Lemmensinstituut in Leuven, and followed further studies at the Royal Conservatory in Ghent and the Royal Flemish Conservatory in Antwerp. Since 1984 Van der Roost is a professor of counterpoint and fugue at the Lemmensinstituut. He is also a guest professor at the Shobi Institute of Music, the Nagoya University of Arts, and Senzoku Gakuen.

Jan Van der Roost has composed over 90 works, for a variety of musical styles, including brass band, fanfare, concert band, orchestra, and choir. He has also dabbled in composing various pieces in the style of late 17th- to early 18th-century dance music, and is often cited by jazz musician Tom Collier in his lectures as a prime example of musical transformation.

Since 1988, Van der Roost exclusively writes music on commission. He frequently incorporates characteristics of the place he received his commission from into his music. He has also integrated traditional folk music into several of his pieces.

Works
This list is currently incomplete; you can help by going to www.janvanderroost.com/en/work/ and adding more of his compositions in alphabetical order.
 * 1834 (Concert band)
 * A Highland Rhapsody (Concert band)
 * A Highland Rhapsody (Fanfare)
 * A Year Has Four Lives (Children's choir)
 * Adagio for Brass (Brass band)
 * Adagio for Winds (Concert band)
 * Adagio for Winds (Fanfare)
 * Albion (Brass band)
 * Algona Overture (Concert band)
 * Amazonia (Concert band)
 * Apollo
 * Arghulesques (for Clarinet Quartet)
 * Arpád (part 2 from 'Sinfonia Hungarica')
 * Arsenal
 * Attila! (part 1 from 'Sinfonia Hungarica')
 * Autumn
 * Avalon
 * Balkanya
 * Ballad for Bass Trombone
 * Bassonnerie
 * Beata viscera
 * Brasiliana
 * By the River
 * Cantabile e Ritmico
 * Canterbury Chorale
 * Canzona gothica (for Trombone)
 * Castellum
 * Céad Míle Fáilte
 * Centennial Prelude
 * Ceremonial March
 * Chemical Suite (for Trombone quartet)
 * Christmas Time
 * Concerto Doppio (Per due clarinetti e piano 4 aspetti sonori)
 * Concerto Grosso (for Cornet, Trombone and Concert band)
 * Concerto per Tromba
 * Concierto de Homenaje (for guitar and piano)
 * Concordia
 * Condacum
 * Contemplations
 * Contrasto Grosso (For Recorder Quartet and String Quartet)
 * Conzensus
 * Coventry Carol (From Joy To The World)
 * Credentium
 * Crescent Moon (Concert Band)
 * Cuprioles
 * Domus
 * Donar
 * Dublin Dances
 * Dynamica
 * Flashing Winds (Concert Band)
 * Glorioso
 * Images (Rental) (For Alto Saxophone and Orchestra)
 * Jupiter
 * Manhattan Pictures
 * Mercury
 * Metalla
 * Montana March
 * Nobilitas
 * Orion
 * Osakan Jubilee
 * Puszta: Four Gipsy Dances
 * Rikudim
 * Signature
 * Singapura Suite
 * Sonatina Piccola (for piccolo and piano) - commissioned by and dedicated to Peter Verhoyen
 * Spartacus - Symphonic Tone Poem
 * Suite Provencale
 * Tirol Terra Fortis
 * Volcano

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Talk:Princess Lalla Salma of Morocco

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move per Wiki naming convention re current royal spouses Mowens35 08:44, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * agree. she is current princess... Antares911 14:32, 18 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Moved --Henrygb 09:40, 22 July 2005 (UTC)

Title of article
Should this be at Lalla Salma, Princess Consort of Morocco, to match the articles on Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh? The article states that she is styled as The Princess Consort. Just trying to keep WP consistent. Thanks. Prsgoddess187 00:59, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
 * That situation is not too clear, she does not commonly seem to be known as that. In this case we take the name that is officialy used (Princess Lalla Salma of Morocco) but nothing with consort or queen or the likes. Gryffindor  21:33, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

That's okay, just trying to keep everything uniform. Prsgoddess187 02:38, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

"Lalla" is an honorific, not a name, is it not? Perhaps the article should make that clear?Lolliapaulina51 (talk) 19:38, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

Queen
I know she is not queen. But I have heard, that they were discussions about giving her such a title. But if there is no such tradition, how could that title have been discussed, if it does not excist in this country? Or have there been a queen before? Does Morocco have this title?--85.226.43.36 (talk) 16:47, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

 * Good point. As this is the english Wikipedia and modern english speakers are accustomed to a king's spouse being a queen, I'm sure its worth explaining why it doesn't seem to be the case in Morocco.--~ ~ : Lincoln Cooper : ~  ~ (talk) 00:59, 4 December 2010 (UTC)

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Divorce?
The article should reflect the important point of reports of her divorce from King Mohammed, which by now are well past the realm of rumor. The relatively pro-government Morocco World News reported on an interview in the French tabloid Gala with her lawyer (the well-known Éric Dupond-Moretti) in which he denied any tension or custody dispute between Lalla Salma and the king. The article referred to Lalla Salma as "ex-épouse" and MWN repeated that language by calling her the King's "ex-wife". There has never been any confirmatory statement, but the lack of a denial, or what in this case would be a correction, is significant and obviously noteworthy. --Varavour (talk) 16:29, 19 August 2019 (UTC)

 * should she still be refered to as his consort then? EmilySarah99 (talk) 03:11, 8 October 2022 (UTC)

NYPost: The King of Morocco’s wife, Lalla Salma is nicknamed the “Ghost Princess” by the press. Once a visible force on the international royal scene, she has only been seen a handful of times in public — but never in Morocco — over the last two years, following a rumored divorce...

I came here to read more. Zezen (talk) 07:43, 27 October 2019 (UTC)

Year long vandalism on mother's last name
Vandalism on her mother's last name going on for a year. Mostly unregistered editors perpetrated it. It is vandalism because:

-"Bennanni" has been put as her last name despite reference for Naima BENSOUDA as her mother's name;

-Also, "Bennanni" in a wrong orthograph of Lalla Salma's last name (Bennani), most likely used to have the  0 bytes addition  on the edit history. And so that it goes unnoticed;

-Finally for a year her mother's last name has been the biggest TARGET of any unreferenced edits: no source cite "Bennanni" as Lalla Salma's mother's name.

Can we protect the page? Meaning a long term protection of the page? Because really letting such frequent/repetitive deliberate obstruction of the page's project purpose is wrong. AvaBrandon2000 (talk) 19:17, 17 December 2022 (UTC)

Deleting biography headings
Hello @S0091. You have deleted Headings made of well sourced details of Lalla Salma's bio to compact all into a single heading titled: Biography. It's wrong. I couldn't revert it since you edited the source manually.

You told me on Revision History that my addition for the Mosque named in her tribute should be summarized further. Reasonable, I could have done it, but I see you did it. However, the problem is that you've deleted everyone's well referenced additions of her bio, englobing: the Foundation Against Cancer she created, her other international health engagements and the explanations about the status of her "public role": which is unprecedented in the history of the country. I think it should be remediated. Thank you.-- AvaBrandon2000 (talk) 09:37, 16 September 2023 (UTC)

 * @AvaBrandon2000 you also left a note on my talk page and just noticed this. See User talk:S0091 for my response and please keep discussion in one place in the future. In a nutshell, I have no issue with you reverting my changes but most what I removed was unsourced or poorly sourced such as Hello! which is a tabloid so not a good source to use (see WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 267).   If you think the content should be kept, you need to find reliable sources or it will likely be removed again.  S0091 (talk) 14:50, 16 September 2023 (UTC)

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Talk:Charlie Falconer, Baron Falconer of Thoroton

What's he doing now?
A lot in the intro, but what is his current occupation in politics? -DePiep (talk) 07:15, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

As both a scientific and medical illiterate, he's spearheading the New Labour equivalent of the Nazi's 'Aktion T4 Programme' to get rid of expensive-to-treat elderly and disabled people by chairing the highly biased 'Commission on Assisted Dying' -

 Comparing Hitler's decree of 1st September1939, to Falconer's recommendations to Parliament:  'Reich Leader Bouhler and Dr. med. Brandt are charged with the responsibility of enlarging the competence of certain physicians, designated by name, so that patients who, on the basis of human judgment [menschlichem Ermessen], are considered incurable, can be granted mercy death [Gnadentod] after a discerning diagnosis.'  " a legal framework that would enable those who had been diagnosed with less than a year to live to seek an assisted suicide, if two independent doctors were satisfied with the diagnosis, and were capable of taking the medication themselves, without help.."

- chocks away chaps, and let the 'Palliative Care Gas Wagons' roll! 212.139.107.154 (talk) 22:55, 5 January 2012 (UTC)drlofthouse212.139.107.154 (talk) 22:55, 5 January 2012 (UTC)
 * And, for what reason is this article called "Charles Falconer, Baron Falconer of Thoroton"? -DePiep (talk) 23:35, 11 March 2011 (UTC)
 * This article is titled as such per WP:NCPEER, he is a life peer, and as such is Baron Falconer of Thoroton.-- Tærkast (Discuss) 17:35, 4 November 2011 (UTC)

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