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Georg Gänswein

Georg Gänswein (born 30 July 1956) is a German prelate of the Catholic Church who was named Apostolic Nuncio to Lithuania, Estonia, and Latvia on 24 June 2024. He served as Prefect of the Papal Household from 2012 to 2023 and was the Personal Secretary of Pope Benedict XVI. He was a Professor of Canon Law at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross for about a decade and has been an archbishop since 2012. He is also an Honorary Canon of Freiburg Cathedral.

Gänswein is fluent in both speaking and writing Italian, Spanish, German, English, French, and Latin.

Early years
Gänswein was born in Riedern am Wald, Waldshut, Baden-Württemberg, a village in the Black Forest and part of Ühlingen-Birkendorf municipality in Germany, as the eldest son of Albert Gänswein, a blacksmith, and his wife Gertrud. He has two brothers and two sisters.

Gänswein has said that he decided to become a priest in 1974 when he was 18. He began his seminary training in 1976 and was ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of Freiburg on 31 May 1984. He spent the next two years in the Black Forest as a curate (assistant priest).

He received his doctorate in canon law from Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich in 1993, writing his dissertation about Ecclesiology according to the Second Vatican Council. He later said: "After half a year I was so fed up I said to myself, now I'm going to the archbishop and ask him to take me back into the diocese because I can't stand it anymore.... I'd always studied gladly and easily, but studying Canon Law I felt to be as dry as work in a quarry where there's no beer — you die of dryness."

Roman Curia
Gänswein moved to Rome in 1993. He entered the Roman Curia as an official of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments in 1995 and joined the staff of Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger at the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith in 1996. He became a professor of canon law at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross and taught there until 2005.

On 25 April 2000, Pope John Paul II gave him the title Chaplain of His Holiness. He replaced Josef Clemens as Ratzinger's personal secretary in 2003, when Clemens became secretary of the Pontifical Council for the Laity. When Ratzinger was elected pope in 2005, Gänswein was appointed Principal Private Secretary to His Holiness. A year later on 28 March 2006, Pope Benedict XVI gave him the title Prelate of His Holiness.

In an interview in July 2006, he described the Pope's typical day: "The Pope's day begins with Mass at 7am, followed by morning prayer and a period of contemplation. Afterwards we eat breakfast together, and my day then begins with sorting through the correspondence, which arrives in considerable quantity." He said that he accompanied Benedict to morning audiences, followed by lunch together, a "short walk," and a rest, after which he presents him with documents which require his attention.

In January 2007, Italian artist and fashion designer Donatella Versace used Gänswein as the artistic inspiration for her Fall 2007 "Clergyman Collection", thereby boosting popular recognition of Gänswein's nickname, "Gorgeous George" (Bel Giorgio). In January 2013, Gänswein's photo, without his consent, appeared on the cover of the Italian version of Vanity Fair magazine.

In 2007 he was mentioned as a possible candidate for archbishop of Archdiocese of Munich and Freising in 2007. In August 2013 he said he did not see himself returning to Germany in such a role, that he was focused on Rome and he did not expect that to change. In August 2013, anticipating his first sermon in the Freiburg cathedral since being ordained a priest, he said: "I am still a priest of the Archdiocese of Freiburg and see myself as such."

Gänswein plays tennis, and skis. He has an "amateur pilot's license".

Prefect of the Pontifical Household
On 7 December 2012, Gänswein was appointed Prefect of the Pontifical Household, replacing Cardinal James Michael Harvey, and raised to the rank of archbishop with the titular see of Urbs Salvia. Some criticized the appointment as the promotion of a personal favorite into a position to control access to the pope and whose conservative views would "confirm, reinforce and encourage" Benedict's. In this position, Gänswein arranged papal audiences both public and private, regardless of their size or rank of visitors, and handled the logistics for most large Vatican events and ceremonies as well as the pope's travels both in Rome and Italy. He was consecrated bishop on 6 January 2013 by Pope Benedict.

A few weeks later Pope Benedict resigned from the papacy effective 28 February, and Gänswein moved with him to Castel Gandolfo while continuing as prefect. He moved with Benedict again on 2 May to the Mater Ecclesiae Monastery in Vatican City.

In 2017 Gänswein suffered from hearing loss, but recovered. In 2020 he was hospitalized for a serious kidney problem.

In early 2020, following a public dispute with Cardinal Sarah, Gänswein's responsibilities were changed. Though he remained prefect, he ceased to perform the public functions of that office. The Holy See Press Office said Gänswein's role reflected a "redistribution of the various commitments and duties" of papal household staff.

Gänswein still held the prefect's title when Pope Benedict died on 31 December 2022. He met with Pope Francis on 9 January, 4 March, and 19 May 2023, still identified by his prefect's title.

In April 2023, Pope Francis told an interviewer that he had told Gänswein to vacate his Vatican City apartment within a few months and then live either in Italy outside the Vatican or in his native Germany.

On 15 June 2023, the Holy See Press Office announced that Gänswein's last day as prefect was 28 February 2023, and that "for the time being" Pope Francis had told him to return as of 1 July to his home diocese, the Archdiocese of Freiburg im Breisgau. That Gänswein had remained in Rome was an anomaly; his predecessors had received assignments that took them elsewhere. The fact that he was not given a new role was unusual. His term as prefect ended on the tenth anniversary of the end of Pope Benedict's papacy.

Later career
Having relocated to Freiburg, Germany, Gänswein lived in an apartment at the local seminary. On 17 July 2023, the Archdiocese of Freiburg announced he has been made an Honorary Canon of Freiburg Cathedral and may on occasion perform confirmations or preside at local festivals.

On 24 June 2024, Pope Francis appointed him Apostolic Nuncio to Lithuania, Estonia, and Latvia. An appointment to a diplomatic post is tradition for former papal secretaries and had been rumored for Gänswein as early as March 2023, and an assignment to the Baltic states was discussed in the press in April 2024. The Catholic News Agency described Gänswein's appointment as nuncio as a surprise as he and the pope have had quite a "strained relationship" and Francis had left him without an official role for a year. The three diplomatic posts Gänswein assumed had been vacated by Archbishop Petar Rajič just three months earlier. Gänswein becomes only the sixth active apostolic nuncio who did not attend the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, the training institute for most members of the diplomatic corps of the Holy See.

Resignation of Benedict XVI
Pope Benedict announced on 11 February 2013 that he was resigning on 28 February. Gänswein moved with him then to Castel Gandolfo while continuing in his role as head of the Pontifical Household. He moved with Benedict on 2 May to the Mater Ecclesiae Monastery in Vatican City.

Gänswein said he had known about the Pope's plan to resign for "quite some time beforehand" and had tried to change his mind, but "Pope Benedict had reached a decision. He was not to be shaken", he said. He said the news felt like "an amputation" and that "Accepting and coming to terms with my new role is painful". He resented that the press welcomed Pope Francis’ decision not to live in the papal apartments and said that "Benedict didn’t live in the papal apartments for egotistical reasons – he was also very modest". After several months working for Francis he said "At the beginning of each day, I find myself once again waiting to see what will be different today". Then after 9 o’clock in the evening he handles Benedict's affairs and correspondence.

On the first anniversary of the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI, Gänswein said that "I am certain, indeed convinced, that history will offer a judgment that will be different than what one often read in the last years of his pontificate because the sources are clear and clarity springs from them." In 2016 he said that "Vatileaks" or other issues had "little or nothing" to do with Benedict's resignation. Gänswein said that Francis and Benedict are not two popes "in competition" with one another, but represent one "expanded" Petrine Office with an "active" member and a "contemplative" one. He said that Benedict had not abandoned the papacy like Pope Celestine V in the 13th century but rather sought to continue his in a more appropriate way given his frailty and that "Therefore, from 11 February 2013, the papal ministry is not the same as before. It is and remains the foundation of the Catholic Church; and yet it is a foundation that Benedict XVI has profoundly and lastingly transformed by his exceptional pontificate."

Election of Pope Francis
Asked by German television network ZDF on March 13, 2014, whether the election of Pope Francis at the conclave the previous year had surprised him, Archbishop Gänswein said, "Well, yes, as I had favoured other candidates. I was wrong, but then so were other people." He went on to say that at the moment the Pope is the darling of the media "but that won't always be the case". He added that the Pope is not "everybody's darling".

Relationship between Benedict and Francis
In January 2015, Gänswein denied a rumour that Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI had met the previous autumn with conservative cardinals concerned that the Synod of Bishops on the Family might allow civilly remarried Catholics access to the Eucharist. He called it "pure invention". He said Francis' renewed emphasis on pastoral care meant no change in doctrine and said: "The pope is the first guarantor and keeper of the doctrine of the Church and, at the same time, the first shepherd, the first pastor."

In July 2017, some commentators interpreted a statement by Benedict as criticism of Francis. Gänswein called them "stupid people" and said they engaged in "fantasy". He said that "The emeritus pope was deliberately exploited" and that "They want to exploit him. But all this will be useless."

In 2019, after Bishop Evaristo Pascoal Spengler of Marajó, Brazil, told reporters that revisions Benedict made to canon law in 2009 could allow the ordination of women deacons, Gänswein said that assertion was "totally absurd and wrong". He said he had not spoken to Benedict about the matter and his comments "come only from me".

In his 2023 book, Nothing but the Truth: My Life Beside Benedict XVI, Gänswein wrote that Benedict was "surprised" that Francis never responded to a 2016 public letter by four cardinals. After Francis sent Benedict the text of an interview he had given and asked for Benedict's comments, Benedict, according to Gänswein, replied with annotations that critiqued Francis' responses on abortion and homosexuality. Gänswein also wrote that Benedict felt Francis' decision to restrict the use of the Latin Mass was "a mistake". The Pope answered to such allegations in the book-interview El Sucesor of Spanish Vatican correspondent Javier Martínez-Brocal, lamenting that the book was published on the day Benedict's funeral and accusing Gänswein of "lack of nobility and humanity". Similar criticism came from Cardinal Walter Kasper.

Dispute with Cardinal Sarah
In January 2020, Gänswein asked Cardinal Robert Sarah to have his publishers remove Pope Benedict's name as co-author with Sarah of a book about priestly celibacy, and to remove Benedict's name as author of the book's introduction and conclusions. He said Benedict had not participated in the writing nor authorized the use of his name. He characterized the problem as "a question of misunderstanding, without casting doubt on the good faith of Cardinal Sarah". Sarah had already denied that characterization of Benedict's role, but then asked his publishers to make changes in how Benedict's participation was represented, though his U.S. publisher refused to make any adjustment.

Following his dispute with Sarah, Gänswein ceased to perform the public functions of his position as prefect of the papal household. He no longer appeared alongside Pope Francis at the pope's weekly audiences, nor greeted heads of state and the pope's other most important visitors. His title did not change. The Holy See Press Office said Gänswein's role reflected a "redistribution of the various commitments and duties" of papal household staff.

2014 Extraordinary General Synod
In an interview in advance of the October 2014 synod of bishops on the family, Gänswein was asked about allowing divorced and remarried Catholics to receive communion. He said "this is a very delicate question, at stake is the sacramental matrimony that according to Catholic doctrine cannot be dissolved, just like the love of God for man. As far as I can see Pope Francis is following the line of his predecessors whose teaching on matrimony is very clear."

Curial reform
In April 2015, Gänswein said: “I personally can see no significant reason which would necessitate a reform of the Curia at the moment. One or two changes have been made but that is part of the normal run of things. To speak of ‘Curial reform’ is, if I may say so, somewhat of an exaggeration.” Asked whether the Vatican and the church in general are polarised at the moment, he said "There is no polarisation as far as I can see and I haven’t experienced any. Certain measures here and there have been criticised and if the criticism is justified, that can surely benefit the general climate."

In 2017, asked about the dismissal of Cardinal Gerhard Müller from his post as prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Gänswein said: "I don't want to comment on a papal staff decision. But when I heard about it I was really most upset. He is, after all, a close personal friend."

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 * Bavaria: Bavarian Order of Merit
 * 🇷🇴 Romania: Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of Romania
 * 🇮🇹 Italy: Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
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Karl Blind

Karl Blind (4 September 1826, Mannheim – 31 May 1907, London) was a German revolutionist and writer on politics, history, mythology and German literature.

Biography
While a student at Heidelberg, he was imprisoned for his revolutionary activity, perhaps in consequence of a pamphlet he wrote entitled "German Hunger and German Princes." During the risings of 1848, he participated in the uprising in the Grand Duchy of Baden led by Friedrich Hecker, and had to flee, wounded. The next year, he joined the band of liberals headed by Gustav Struve which invaded southern Germany. He was taken prisoner and sentenced to eight years' confinement, but after eight months in prison, he was freed by a revolutionary mob while being taken to Mainz. He then went to Karlsruhe, whence he was sent by the provisional government of Baden as an envoy to Paris. Expelled from France, he went to Brussels, and then in 1852 found refuge in England, where he interested himself in democratic movements, and cultivated his literary as well as his political proclivities by contributing to magazines, and otherwise. He maintained an active correspondence with other democratic leaders, like Giuseppe Garibaldi, Giuseppe Mazzini, and Louis Blanc.

Many Europeans expected a unified Germany to become a European and world leader and to champion humanitarian policies. This is demonstrated in the following letter written by Garibaldi to Blind on 10 April 1865:

"The progress of humanity seems to have come to a halt, and you with your superior intelligence will know why. The reason is that the world lacks a nation which possesses true leadership. Such leadership, of course, is required not to dominate other peoples, but to lead them along the path of duty, to lead them toward the brotherhood of nations where all the barriers erected by egoism will be destroyed. We need the kind of leadership which, in the true tradition of medieval chivalry, would devote itself to redressing wrongs, supporting the weak, sacrificing momentary gains and material advantage for the much finer and more satisfying achievement of relieving the suffering of our fellow men. We need a nation courageous enough to give us a lead in this direction. It would rally to its cause all those who are suffering wrong or who aspire to a better life, and all those who are now enduring foreign oppression."

"This role of world leadership, left vacant as things are today, might well be occupied by the German nation. You Germans, with your grave and philosophic character, might well be the ones who could win the confidence of others and guarantee the future stability of the international community. Let us hope, then, that you can use your energy to overcome your moth-eaten thirty tyrants of the various German states. Let us hope that in the center of Europe you can then make a unified nation out of your fifty millions. All the rest of us would eagerly and joyfully follow you."

After 1866, Blind's writings became less revolutionary in tone.

Karl Blind was pardoned by the Baden government in 1867.

Personal life
Karl Blind married a widow, Friederike Cohen (née Ettlinger) around 1849. They had known each other for several years and been imprisoned together in 1847. They had two children together, Rudolph (born 1850, died February 1916) and Ottilie (died 1929). She already had a daughter, Mathilde, and son, Ferdinand from her first marriage.

His stepson, Ferdinand Cohen-Blind (1844–1866) attempted in May 1866 to assassinate Bismarck and then committed suicide in prison. His stepdaughter, Mathilde Blind (1841-1896), adopted his name over her father's, and became a well-known poet.

After moving to Hampstead, London, Blind's family embraced the English education system and interests. Ottilie was involved in supporting women's suffrage, home rule for Ireland and the League of Nations. She organised working parties for the Serbian Red Cross during the First World War. She married a barrister Charles Hancock. She is now best known for her endowment in 1925 of the Ottilie Hancock and Hertha Ayrton Fellowships at Girton College, Cambridge. Rudolph was educated at University College School and the Royal Academy. He was an artist and illustrator. His best known works were The Golden Gates, Christ the Consoler, The World’s Desire (subject to two court cases, one against the artist for alleged obscenity and indecency while the other was for delivery of the picture and damages against the artist's wife), Love’s Extasy, and The Throne of Grace. He married Annie Sarah and they had 3 sons.

Works
Blind published a great number of political essays and brief articles on history, mythology, and German literature. Among his works are:

 * Fire-Burial Among Our German Forefathers: A Record of the Poetry and History of Teutonic Cremations.
 * Yggdrasil, or, The Teutonic Tree of Existence.
 * They Shall Remain Together; an Outline of the State of Things in Schleswig-Holstein, Trübner, 1861.
 * Away with the House of Peers, 1872 [pamphlet, exclusively circulated in Berlin].

Additionally, he wrote biographies of Ferdinand Freiligrath, Alexandre Ledru-Rollin, and Ferenc Deák.

Articles

 * "Russia and the East," Macmillan's Magazine, Vol. XX, May/October 1869.
 * "The Barbarossa Legend," The Cornhill Magazine, Vol. XXI, January/June 1870.
 * "Results of French Designs Upon Germany," The Fortnightly Review, Vol. XV, 1871.
 * "The French Republic and the Suffrage Question," The Fortnightly Review, Vol. XVI, 1871.
 * "Freia-Holda: The Teutonic Goddess of Love," The Cornhill Magazine, Vol. XXV, January/June 1872.
 * "Germanic Mythology," The Contemporary Review, Vol. XXIII, December 1873/May 1874.
 * "Personal Recollections about Ledru-Rollin," Fraser's Magazine, Vol. XI, New Series, January/June 1875.
 * "A Forgotten Turkish Nation in Europe," The Gentleman's Magazine, Vol. CCXLI, July/December 1877.
 * "Discovery of Odinic Songs in Shetland," The Nineteenth Century, Vol. V, January/June 1879.
 * "Conspiracies in Russia," Part II, The Contemporary Review, Vol. XXXV, April/August 1879.
 * "Conspiracies in Russia under the Reigning Czar," The Contemporary Review, Vol. XXXVI, September/December 1879.
 * "Wodan, the Wild Huntsman and the Wandering Jew," The Gentleman's Magazine, Vol. CCXLIX, July/December 1880.
 * "Scottish, Shetlandic, and Germanic Water-Tales," Part II, Part III, The Contemporary Review, Vol. XL, July/December 1881.
 * "New Finds in Shetlandic and Welsh Folk-lore," Part II, The Gentleman's Magazine, Vol. CCLII, January/June 1882.
 * "The Conflict in Germany," The Nineteenth Century, Vol. XI, January/June 1882.
 * "The 'Holy Grail' a Coral Stone," The Gentleman's Magazine, Vol. CCLIV, January/June 1883.
 * "Wagner's 'Siegfried' and the City of the Nibelungs," The Gentleman's Magazine, Vol. CCLIV, January/June 1883.
 * "Luther in Politics," The Gentleman's Magazine, Vol. CCLV, July/December 1883.
 * "Recollections of Louis Blanc," The Century Magazine, May 1887.
 * "Recollections of Louis Blanc: With Notes Concerning Alsace and Lorraine," The Century Magazine, July 1887.
 * "Garibaldi's Memoirs," The Contemporary Review, Vol. LIII, January/June 1888.
 * "Feasibility of Aerostation," The North American Review, April 1889.
 * "The German Army, with Personal Recollections – 1848 to 1889," The North American Review, August 1889.
 * "Giordano Bruno and New Italy," The Nineteenth Century, Vol. XXVI, July/December 1889.
 * "A Good Word for Jews," The North American Review, December 1889.
 * "Luther Monuments and the German Revolution of 1525," The Scottish Review, Vol. XVI, July/October 1890.
 * "Mr. Gladstone's Disestablishment of the Greek Pantheon," The Eclectic Magazine, Vol. LII, July/December 1890.
 * "The National Monument for Mazzini," Murray's Magazine, Vol. IX, January/June 1891.
 * "Modern Revolutions and Their Results," The North American Review, June 1892.
 * "Kossuth and Klapka," The Scottish Review, Vol. XX, July/October 1892.
 * "Swiss and French Election Methods," The North American Review, November 1892.
 * "The Russian Approach to India," Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, Vol. LI, January/June 1893.
 * "The Meaning of the Russian Name," The Scottish Review, Vol. XXII, July/October 1893.
 * "An Early Aspirant to the German Imperial Crowd," The Contemporary Review, Vol. LXIV, July/December 1893.
 * "Anarchy and the Napoleonic Revival," The North American Review, May 1894.
 * "Ale-Drinking Old Egypt and the Thrako-Germanic Race," The Scottish Review, Vol. XXV, January/April 1895.
 * "The German Wife," The North American Review, October 1895.
 * "The Crisis in the East," The North American Review, January 1896.
 * "After the Coronation at Moscow," The North American Review, Vol. CLXIII, 1896.
 * "The Song of the 'Aegir'," The Scottish Review, Vol. XXVII, January/April 1896.
 * "Problems of the Transvaal," The North American Review, April 1896.
 * "A Mistaken Imperial Celebration," The Nineteenth Century, Vol. XL, July/December 1896.
 * "Alexis de Tocqueville's 'Recollections' and Self-Revelations," The Forum, February 1898.
 * "The Strife of Tongues in Belgium," The Scottish Review, Vol. XXXI, January/April 1898.
 * "The Siege of Paris and the Airships," The North American Review, April 1898.
 * "In Years of Storm and Stress," Part III, Part IV, The Cornhill Magazine, Vol. V, New Series, July/December 1898; Vol. VII, July/December 1899.
 * "Odin and the Royal Family of England," The Scottish Review, Vol. XXXIII, January/April 1899.
 * "The Transvaal War and European Opinion," The North American Review, December 1899.
 * "Wayland the Smith," The Scottish Review, Vol. XXXV, April 1900.
 * "France, Russia and the Peace of the World," The Living Age, Vol. CCXXVI, N°. 2928, August 1900.
 * "Sir Francis Barry's New Excavations of Brochs," The Gentleman's Magazine, Vol. CCXC, January/June 1901.
 * "The Kaiser's Speeches and German History," The Forum, June 1901.
 * "English Neglect of Old Indian Poetry," The Forum, September 1901.
 * "Crispi and Italian Unity," The Forum, November 1901.
 * "The Strange Origin of the 'Marseillaise'," The Nineteenth Century and After, Vol. L, July/December 1901.
 * "A Pre-Historic Sun-Chariot in Denmark." In: Saga-Book of the Viking Club, Vol. III, Viking Society for Northern Research, 1902.
 * "The Prorogued Turkish Parliament," The North American Review, July 1902.
 * "Personal Recollections of Virchow," The North American Review, November 1902.
 * "Why Germany Strengthens Her Navy," The North American Review, May 1903.
 * "Macedonia and England's Policy," The Nineteenth Century and After, Vol. LIV, July/December 1903.
 * "The Germans in the United States," The Westminster Review, Vol. CLIX, 1903.
 * "French Republican Leaders and European Peace," The Westminster Review, Vol. CLIX, 1903.
 * "The New Naval Base and Russian Designs," The Westminster Review, Vol. CLIX, 1903.
 * "The 'Woden' Pedigree of the Royal Family of England," The Westminster Review, Vol. CLIX, 1903.
 * "Does Russia Represent Aryan Civilization?," The North American Review, June 1904.
 * "Czarism at Bay," The North American Review, October 1904.
 * "Germany and War Scares in England," The Nineteenth Century and After, Vol. LVIII, July/December 1905.
 * "An Unexpected French War-Cry Against Germany," The North American Review, Vol. XVI, November 1906.
 * "The Paris National Workshops of 1848," The Nineteenth Century, Vol. LX, July/December 1906.
 * "The Storm Centre in the Near East," The North American Review, Vol. 184, 1907.
 * "The New Situation in Germany," The Living Age, Vol. XXXV, No. 3274, April 1907.

In 1897 he contributed an autobiographical sketch to the Cornhill Magazine, London.

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Mount Davis (Pennsylvania)

Mount Davis (3213 ft) is the highest point in Pennsylvania. Located in Forbes State Forest near the hamlet of Markleton in Elk Lick Township, Somerset County, it lies on a gentle crest of a 30 mi ridge extending from central Somerset County southward into Garrett County, Maryland, where it is known as Negro Mountain. A parcel of land on top of the mountain has been protected as Mount Davis Natural Area.

Description
The high point was named for John Nelson Davis, an early settler, American Civil War veteran, surveyor, and naturalist known for his studies of the mountain's flora and fauna. During the Civil War, Davis served in Company E, 102nd Pennsylvania Infantry.

The summit of Mt. Davis may be ascended by car or a number of hiking trails. Its surroundings are noted for their patterns of unusual circular stone formed by periglacial action. A metal observation tower with a relief map of the region stands near the true high point. Mount Davis ranks 33rd on the list of highest natural points in each U.S. state.

History
In 1921, the USGS established that Mount Davis (3213 ft) was the highest peak in Pennsylvania. Previously the highest peak was believed to be Bedford County's Blue Knob. On June 18, 1921, the local chamber of commerce held a ceremony to celebrate the newly named highest point in Pennsylvania. In addition to the observation tower, a cabin once stood at the top of Mount Davis.

On June 6, 2022, the website listsofjohn reported it had discovered another nearby point as the true state highpoint through the use of lidar.

Trails
Trails in the park include:

 * High Point Trail: 0.8 mi
 * Mt. Davis Trail: 0.1 mi
 * Shelter Rock Trail: 1 mi
 * Tub Mill Run Trail: 2.8 mi
 * Timberslide Trail: 0.5 mi
 * Laurel Run Trail: 1.9 mi
 * Wolf Rock Trail: 0.8 mi
 * Shelter Rock Road: 1.6 mi
 * Livengood Trail: 1.1 mi

Climate
Climate on the peak is warm in the summer, and cold in the winter. Like much of Pennsylvania, Mount Davis can experience heavy winds, rain, and hail in the summer, with ice storms and blizzards in the winter. Temperature extremes range from -33 to 84 F, though frosts have been recorded in every month of the year. Summer conditions are generally mild and winters are characterized by a lot of snowfall. Average annual precipitation ranges from 38 to 42 in.

Mount Davis has a humid continental climate that is affected by the high elevation significantly enough that the area feels slightly more like a cooler version of the climate zone during the winter months. Due to its high elevation, the area is colder much of the winter than Altoona, Johnstown, or State College, despite being well south of those locations. During the summer months, the area is a retreat for other Pennsylvanians with high temperatures being cooler on average than Pittsburgh and eastern portions of the state. Mount Davis recorded many impressive record lows and is quite close to the state's all-time coldest temperature.

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Carlos Iturgaiz

Carlos José Iturgaiz Angulo (born 20 October 1965 in Santurce, Biscay) is a Spanish politician of the People's Party (PP) who served as a Member of the European Parliament from 2004 until 2019.

Education
He first studied extinct languages and then became a qualified accordion teacher.

Member of the European Parliament
Iturgaiz served as vice-chairman of the Committee on Petitions (PETI) and of the delegation for relations with the countries of Central America from 2009. He was chairman of the delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union (including Libya) from 27 February 2008 until 13 July 2009.

From 16 September 2009, Iturgaiz was a substitute member of the delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations). From 2010, he was as substitute member of the Committee on Fisheries.

Iturgaiz failed to secure his re-election in the 2014 European elections. However, when his party colleague Miguel Arias Cañete was nominated as European Commissioner in late 2014, Iturgaiz took his seat in the European Parliament. He has since been a member of the Committee on Fisheries.

In September 2018, Iturgaiz voted against the European Union triggering article 7 procedure against Hungary, due to the country's government posing a “systematic threat” to democracy and the rule of law.

Local mandates

 * 2020-         : Member of the Basque Parliament
 * 1994–2004: Member of the Basque Parliament
 * 1991–1993: Member of the Biscay Provincial Council
 * 1991–1995: Member of Bilbao City council

Mandates inside the PP

 * 1993–1996: Secretary-General of the PP in the Basque Country
 * 1996–2004: Chairman of the PP in the Basque Country

European mandates

 * 2004-2009: Member of the European Parliament, European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats
 * Since 2009: Member of the European Parliament, European People's Party (Christian Democrats)

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 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 (no consensus). Mindspillage (spill yours?) 03:08, 12 May 2005 (UTC)

Hand pay
DicDef, Transwikied already, not likely to expand, un-notable gambling term concept. Kevin Rector (talk) 16:18, Apr 26, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Wikipedia is not a dictionary. --Carnildo 22:51, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, dictionary definition. Megan1967 05:17, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep Wikipedia has hit the jackpot and needs a hand pay. Klonimus 21:54, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep this gambling term concept or merge with slot machine. Kappa 17:31, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep Tony 03:33, 6 May 2005 (UTC)
 * This page is now preserved as an archive of the debate and, like some other VfD subpages, is no longer 'live'. Subsequent comments on the issue, the deletion, or the decision-making process should be placed on the relevant 'live' pages. Please do not edit this page.


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Article Baby Steps
This stub is a developing article. Current lead is a summary of some key points to be covered. This article is a subset of the larger universe, media economics (itself another developing stub), with particular focus on the financial side of Journalism and news gathering operations and organizations. My hope is that others will help, add to it, and we might see it grown in to an informative, NPOV article. Initial links and bib entries are just starters to help article development and are reflective of some of my concerns, but are not offered to be an ultimate guide for how the article should develop. My best, Calicocat 16:18, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Noting early outline here: News Industry (1850-2005) History of media Media ownership, ownership today, budgets for newspapers, TV, Radio stations, technical budgets/broadcast operations and engineering, talent costs/contracts, promotional budgets for radio/tv/print, Techniques of promotion and costs, media pr for industry, govt relationship to industry concerns, past history of media, budgets, budget and more budgets, all types of special interest media budgets, relationship to journalism, questions of ethics in terms of too much budget, to little budget, budget for talent vs. budget for staff, printing costs, distrubtion costs, readership fig., arbitron ratings, market share, household data/demographics and budget issues, who gets local news who does not, syndication services, sat. radio, coversation to digital, high def. costs, consumer costs. Share of network budget given to news, share of news revenues, reporter budgets, expensis, Enviromental impact costs. Calicocat

Hi, I believe this stub should redirect to News media, not Mass media. Gladmax 01:46, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

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Interesting link
An interesting interview on the solar twin idea: http://www.astrobio.net/news/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=794. Marskell 23:21, 20 September 2005 (UTC)

A very interesting link in dead. Thanx and feel free to contribute to the solar twins entries Tomer Ish Shalom 04:21, 21 September 2005 (UTC)

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Ivanovka
Good morning Mr Goudzovski,

I am known as Jake12341 on Wikipedia. It was my first attempt and I only did it because I am doing an open university course on networks and one of our tasks was to edit a wikipedia site. The Ivanovka site, near Ismaylli, that i edited is where i actually live at least 3 months of the year. My wife, who is Russian, is an active member of the community there, and although not very religious herself takes a strong interest in the Baptist and Molokan beliefs there.

I bow to your experience as you have been doing this for a long time. Can you tell me exactly what was wrong with everything that i put onto the site? When i said near Baku i said 215 km. It is exactly that as i drive there every weekend from March until end of November. Was it because it was not verified?

By the way i am English and have lived in Baku for 8 years. I know Birmingham very well!! If it is the UK one!

Best regards Jake 12341

PS I would like in the future to put more stuff on the Ivanovka site, but am now not so sure/  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jake 12341 (talk • contribs) 03:54, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

 * Hello, and many thanks for leaving me the message concerning Ivanovka! In fact, I am afraid you put the information into an article about a different location with a similar name. The edit I reverted is in article about in Ivanovka in Russia, an estate of Sergei Rachmaninoff (which is quite far from Baku!). I guess (though I am not sure) you referred to this İvanovka in Azerbaijan? Best regards and thanks, Goudzovski (talk) 11:08, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

Thanks
I see that you have added onto a lot of stuff pertaining to Russia, particularly my hometown, Dubna. Keep it up, it's great that someone actually contributes that which so few can add as well as you. :)

Portal:Russia
Hi there. I see that you edit Russia-related topics. Come check Portal:Russia/New article announcements and Portal:Russia/Russia-related Wikipedia notice board. You may even want to add these boards to your watchlist. Cheers, Ghirla -трёп- 17:33, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

Railway termini
It's nice to see someone finally paying attention to the Russian railways in this project, but I would like to ask you a favor. Please don't start new articles on Kazansky and Yaroslavsky stations in Moscow and also about the Vitebsky and Moskovsky stations in St Pete. These four articles have been on my to-do list for ages, so I would like to start these four articles myself :) Thanks for understanding and keep up the good work, Ghirla -трёп- 23:59, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

Yevgeny Tolstikov
Thanks for the input! It's hard to find information about this guy in English, I guess you speak Russian so you could help a lot :) - FrancisTyers 12:59, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

 * Well, it's also hard to find much info in the Russian web.... Goudzovski 13:02, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

City templates
Hi there! Thanks for all your work with the city/town templates—it's a great relief to know that I'll have to do a lot fewer of them now :)

I just wanted to ask you in which order you are completing them. I wanted to resume working on them as well, and don't want us to accidentally duplicate each other's efforts. If you could let me know, that'd be great. Thanks!—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 16:25, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

 * I would like to complete the Northwestern Federal District first. Let me use this occasion to ask you a question: why is the Category:Cities and towns under jurisdiction of Saint Petersburg is a sub-category of Category:Cities and towns in Leningrad Oblast ? Also, why is it stated that Kolpino (which is under St.Petersburg's jurisdiction) is the largest city in Leningrad Oblast (see article about Leningrad Oblast) ? To my understanding, the two categories (and the corresponding templates) should be separate. Goudzovski 07:02, 30 June 2006 (UTC)
 * OK, good. I'm going to work on them alphabetically then, skipping over those in the Northwestern Federal District.
 * As for your second question, you are correct. Category:Cities and towns under jurisdiction of Saint Petersburg is a subcat of Category:Cities and towns in Leningrad Oblast because at the time it was the easiest way to keep track of all the mess that existed in that area.  Now would be a good time to separate the two.  As for Kolpino, that particular sentence was added by an anon all the way back in 2004.  I guess I never got around to proofreading the article on Leningrad Oblast to note this inaccuracy.  I removed the sentence about Kolpino altogether, because the "aside from St. Petersburg" part is just as misleading.  Thanks for catching this; your attentiveness to details amazes me to no end.  Cheers,—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 12:17, 30 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the answer. I just created the Template:Cities and towns under jurisdiction of Saint Petersburg, and detached these ones from the ones in Leningrad Oblast. Goudzovski 12:57, 30 June 2006 (UTC).
 * Another template will contain the municipal settlements of SPb. Goudzovski 14:01, 30 June 2006 (UTC).

Railway terminals
Done, but that actually did not need admin priviliges. Thanks for pointing this out, though.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 17:31, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

Lake infobox
Hello, infoboxes in stubs look ugly and better be avoided, cause they create ugly image jams and make the article look slovenly! Furthermore, the information you put into your infobox is already covered in the article. So what's the point? Let's keep a shorter infobox, it's much nicer this way. -- Ghirla -трёп-  11:31, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

 * OK, I see your point. Then my proposal would be to remove the infobox completely. Anyway, it dublicates the text. What's your opinion? Goudzovski 11:36, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

 * Well, I believe the article is quite alright now. We should expand it gradually, but the current infobox is OK with me. -- Ghirla -трёп-  11:46, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

Coordinates
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Mzymta
Привет! Хочу всё-таки разобраться, какая река в России из впадающих в Чёрное море самая большая? Кубань ведь впадает в Азовское море... Сами жители Адлера утверждают что всё-таки Мзымта. --Wiki 13:45, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

 * Sorry, my mistake... I have reverted my correction to the article. Thanks. Goudzovski 06:31, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

Arkhangelsk Oblast
Hi I have recently set up the Template:Arkhangelsk Oblast which includes the district raions, cities and towns in Arkhangelsk. I then realised you have created one for cities and towns. Please could you move the template on the cities Template:Cities and towns in Arkhangelsk Oblast to the covering Oblast one and add the coat of arms from yours onto mine. I think its best if we have a template that covers locations in the oblast. Ernst Stavro Blofeld 13:18, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Please also see User talk:Ernst Stavro Blofeld for my response to Ernst. Cheers,—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 17:04, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Dear Ezhiki, thanks for commenting on the point, I was confused about if the templates should be expanded or not... Goudzovski 06:27, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

Please textify your lists
Privet, I think your version of the article looks listy. This layout is an eyesore. -- Ghirla -трёп-  08:14, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

Merry Christmas

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Thanks! I don't know how I missed the fact that a sixteen-year old Chief Engineer would have been a rather weird thing in any century :)—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 21:16, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

Romanisation of Russian
Yes thank you for the information, and sorry to have stepped in where I didn't know so much. The problem is that I am largely influenced by the only system I hitherto knew which was for the former Yugoslav languages of Serbian, Macedonia and now Montenegrin. Out Romanised forms are clear and do not change accordingly, and so I felt that Russian was the same. Your link is very useful so thanks again. Evlekis 11:14, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

FSU Metro Project
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WP:SOVMETRO
Hi there, when the project was launched back in January, I thought you would be one of the few people who would make an active part of it. However at present the future of the project is at question due to its total lack of activity. I therefore ask that you join the project and help us to make it what we originally hoped it would become. --Kuban Cossack 10:52, 19 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Thank you. I am sympathic towards the project, and will help as much as I can, however I would like to abstain from joining any projects due to lack of time to contribute substantially. Sorry about that. Goudzovski 18:42, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

Thanks II
Hi, G. Thanks for fixing my Kazavskaya:-should-have-been-Kavkazskaya moment of inadvertence :)

After a while of dealing with Russian placename lists one's head (my head) tends to get in a bit of a whirl! -- Picapica 21:02, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

Birobidzhan Jewish National University/Temp
Hello Goudzovshi. I was wondering if you would have any comments on, or additional edits to Birobidzhan Jewish National University/Temp. Thanks and take care. Culturalrevival 15:25, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
 * No, I don't have any comments at the moment. Thanks. Goudzovski 18:43, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

Autonomous entities
Hi, Goudzovski! I was wondering if you would be interested to provide some input to a discussion I've been having with Untifler (starts here, continues here). We could use a fresh perspective. It's easier for Untifler when a discussion this involved is done in Russian, but feel free to comment in English if you prefer. If you are not interested, that's not a problem either. Thanks!—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 20:27, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

Jan Czerski
I have expanded the article, thanks for starting it. I'd just like to note that Czerski was a Pole, not a Russian (ethnicity, but a citizien of Russian Empire). Perhaps you could read over the article, see if any nameplaces need to be corrected (I relied extensively on Polish sources), and perhaps you could add some Russian language websites/sources/publications? --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus 19:10, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the impressive expansion of the article. I would like to edit it slightly paying attention to transcription of several places and names. In particular, do you know the English or Russian for Bogowieszczeńsk? Could it be Blagoveshchensk? Goudzovski 16:33, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the help with transliteration. All the text states is that it was near the Amur river; I'd say its a good bet this is the place - I'd suggest replacing it but mentioning the change on talk on the off chance somebody comes up with another match.--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus 17:20, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

WP:MINOR and WP:OBVIOUS
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 * Please remember to mark your edits as minor if (and only if) they genuinely are minor edits (see Minor edit). Marking a major change as a minor one (and vice versa) is considered poor etiquette. The rule of thumb is that only an edit that consists solely of spelling corrections, formatting changes, or rearranging of text without modifying content should be flagged as a 'minor edit.'   (diff)

 * Please also have a look at Guide to writing better articles, especially the section #State the obvious, in order to avoid edits like this, which I fixed. The idea is "Don't delete, improve" (AKA "Improve, don't delete"). Thank you. — Komusou talk @ 20:26, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

 * Thank you for your comments concerning style guides. Mentioning Siberian Federal District instead of Siberia looks correct for me, though I still consider it overkill. Normally the Federal district is not specified when speaking about Federation subject (at least inside Russia). However, I consider it a minor question. Regards, Goudzovski (talk) 09:52, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

This thread has been copied for centralized debate at the article's talk page, please do not further answer here but at Talk:2007 Siberian orange snow. Thanks you. — Komusou talk @ 15:23, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

Romanization of Russian
Hi, Goudzovski! Since you previously expressed interest in the WP:RUS guideline, perhaps you would be interested in reviewing a re-defined Wikipedia talk:Romanization of Russian proposal I have just submitted. I intend editors to vote on it, but any comments are, of course, also welcome. Cheers,—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 17:40, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

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For the article on Vladimir Veklser. Was just reading about a "professor Veksler" who put thick film emulsion films on the R-1A rocket for cosmic ray experiments. DonPMitchell (talk) 19:34, 22 August 2008 (UTC)

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Hello, I saw your graph of the number of stations in Saint Petersburg. There is one metro station fewer currently in Saint Petersburg (since last week), closed for more than one year.--213.159.118.174 (talk) 06:48, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

 * Thanks for info, I'll check and possibly improve the plot. Goudzovski (talk) 10:14, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

Here is the official source for this info : http://www.metro.spb.ru/27.html&new_id=121 --213.159.118.174 (talk) 07:22, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

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Do you have a source for this edit?

It's really important to add them as we go otherwise the list will become unmanageable. Headbomb {{{sup|ταλκ}}κοντριβς – WP Physics} 15:10, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

Rollback
Hi there! I've just granted you a rollbacker right; thought you might find it handy :) Plus, I see no reason why not.  Best,—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); February 25, 2010; 14:22 (UTC)
 * Many thanks! I hope that will improve my efficiency. Goudzovski (talk) 14:23, 25 February 2010 (UTC)

Infobox
Hi there! When adding infoboxes (such as the one you just did in Staraya Russa), could you please use the set of parameters documented in Infobox Russian inhabited locality? The old parameters do still work, but they have been deprecated, and another user was kind enough to agree to go through all existing articles and have the deprecated parameters replaced. Using current parameters right from the start will mean less work for him. Thanks much!—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); April 12, 2010; 15:10 (UTC)
 * Sure, thanks for pointing out where the documentation is! Goudzovski (talk) 15:12, 12 April 2010 (UTC)

Pavlovsk
Hi there! I changed the Pavlovsk page to what it was before, because it is not a disambig page (it's a set index). I also moved Mariupol mention into the hatnote, but I wanted to point out that the article about Mariupol does not mention Pavlovsk. That's something that needs to be fixed. Also, if there are any more places in Ukraine called "Pavlovsk", then the current Pavlovsk page will need to be moved to "Pavlovsk, Russia" as is, and a disambig page will need to be created at "Pavlovsk" proper. Hope it makes sense. If not, please let me know. Thanks!—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); May 3, 2010; 16:53 (UTC)

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Moscow Metro
I have reverted your reinsertion of those sections in the article. They are unsourced and the list of ground sections is completely unreadable and confusing. Apart from the list, you are welcome to reinstate other sections but only if sources are provided. I tried to but failed, unfortunately. The article must reach GA status no matter what so the ill-fated parts should be sacrificed. Artem Karimov (talk | edits) 10:55, 3 October 2010 (UTC)

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Ivanenko Sokolov details
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CKM brainfart
Thanks for catching this mistake I made. I had a brainfart there. Theta_13 isn't even the analog of the Cabibbo angle. Headbomb {talk / contribs / physics / books} 15:22, 29 July 2015 (UTC)

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Campeonato Alagoano

The Campeonato Alagoano is the football league of the state of Alagoas, Brazil.

Format
2020 First Division

The Campeonato Alagoano is divided into three stages.

 * First stage: simple round-robin, in which all eight teams play each other once. The four best-placed teams go to the Semifinals.
 * Semifinals: home-and-away playoff with the top 4 teams of the first stage (1st place x 4th place, 2nd place x 3rd place), with the two winners going to the Finals.
 * Finals: home-and-away playoff between the two qualified teams. The winner is declared the Campeonato Alagoano champion.

The last-placed team in the first stage is relegated to the second division.

 * Note: The format can change every year.

Clubs
2023 First Division

 * Note
 * Desportivo Aliança was originally established in the city of Pilar.

Titles by team
Teams in bold stills active.

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Talk:Lane Kirkland

"...and the expansion of worker rights in the world."
I moved this quote to the Talk page. It appeared in the context of something like "Kirkland's support for the Polish Solidarity trade union leading to the expansion of worker rights in the world." This is debatable. Trade union membership was virtually meaningless in the Eastern Block. However there were guarantees of full employement, health insurance, pensions, etc. Workers in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union are now technically free to join unions, the practice can be highly restricted. The economies are subject to international restructuring pressures which result in consolidation or elimination of industries and agricultural sectors. So the expansion is debatable and not without disadvantages. DJ Silverfish 16:24, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)

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