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Every Ghanaian Living Everywhere

Every Ghanaian Living Everywhere (EGLE) is an inactive political party in terms of elections in Ghana. It has not contested any elections since the 2004 Ghanaian general election. According to Ghanaian law, political parties must have a presence in all districts in order to remain registered, but due to lax enforcement, EGLE remains registered as a party as of 2019.

Electoral performance
In the 7 December 2004 general elections, EGLE was part of the Grand Coalition which won 4 out of 230 seats. Edward Mahama, the Grand Coalition candidate, won 1.9% of the vote in the presidential elections.

1992 elections
EGLE, led by Owuraku Amofa, contested the 1992 presidential election in an alliance with the National Democratic Congress (NDC) led by Jerry Rawlings. The Progressive Alliance, as it was called, put forward a single candidate for president, Rawlings, and a single vice presidential candidate, Kow Nkensen Arkaah, on 3 November 1992. They won 58.4% of the popular vote and became the first president and vice president of the Fourth Republic of Ghana.

In the 29 December 1992 parliamentary election, EGLE won 1 out of 200 constituencies, becoming the third-largest party in parliament.

2020 elections
The party did not field any parliamentary nor presidential candidates for the 2020 Ghanaian general election due to financial constraints. It decided to back John Mahama of the National Democratic Congress instead for president.

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Great Consolidated Popular Party

The Great Consolidated Popular Party is a political party in Ghana.

At the last elections, 7 December 2004, the party was part of the Grand Coalition, that won 4 out of 230 seats. Edward Mahama, candidate of the Grand Coalition won 1.9% of the vote in the presidential elections.

The party's founder and first leader, Daniel Augustus Lartey died on 28 December 2009 at the age of 83 years. His eldest son, Henry Herbert Lartey, succeeded him.

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National Convention Party (Ghana)

The National Convention Party (NCP) is a political party in Ghana that existed between 1992 and January 1996.

Formation and Progressive Alliance
The party was formed in 1992 after the ban on political parties was lifted by the military Provisional National Defence Council (PNDC) government. Its first leader was Kow Nkensen Arkaah. Kojo Tsikata is reported to have been instrumental in getting the Kwame Nkrumah Youngsters Club and the Kwame Nkrumah Welfare Society to merge to form the National Convention Party. He was the patron of both clubs. He was also instrumental along with P. V. Obeng and Ebo Tawiah in forming the electoral alliance between the NCP and the National Democratic Congress (NDC).

1992 elections
The NCP contested the 1992 presidential election in an alliance with the National Democratic Congress (NDC) led by Jerry Rawlings and Every Ghanaian Living Everywhere (EGLE) led by Owuraku Amofa. The alliance put forward a single candidate for president, Jerry Rawlings and a single vice president candidate, Ekow Arkaah on November 3, 1992. They won 58.4% of the popular vote and became the first President and Vice President of the Fourth Republic of Ghana.

In the 29 December 1992 Parliamentary election, the NCP won 8 out of 200 constituencies, becoming the second largest party in parliament.

Merger
The "Nkrumahist" parties decided to merge before contesting the 1996 elections. The People's Convention Party (PCP) and the NCP then announced the formation of the Convention People's Party on 29 January 1996. This signaled the end of the NCP as a standalone party.

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National Democratic Congress (Ghana)

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) is a social democratic political party in Ghana, founded by Jerry Rawlings, who was Head of State of Ghana from 1981 to 1993 and the President of Ghana from 1993 to 2001. Following the formation of the Provisional National Defence Council (PNDC), which ruled Ghana following the military coup d'état on 31 December 1981, there was pressure from the international community to restore democracy. The NDC was formed as the ruling party ahead of elections in 1992, in which Rawlings was elected president, and in 1996 Rawlings was re-elected as the NDC candidate. Rawlings' second term ended in 2001.

The NDC lost the presidency in the 2000 election, and it was not until the 2008 election, that they regained it with John Atta Mills as its candidate. They established the 1992 constitution of Ghana.

The NDC party symbol is an umbrella with the head of a dove at the tip. The party colors are red, white, green, and black, and the party slogan or motto is "Unity, stability, and development." Internationally, the NDC is a member of the Progressive Alliance and Socialist International.

On 9 December 2012, the Electoral Commission of Ghana declared NDC candidate John Dramani Mahama to be president-elect after a hotly contested race in which he won 50.7% of the votes cast.

The party voted solid "yes" on the 2023 Ghanaian anti-LGBT bill.

History
The National Democratic Congress was founded by Jerry Rawlings, who had been the military leader of Ghana since 1981. In 1992, the National Democratic Congress led the successful transition to multi-party competition, an example of authoritarian-led democratization. The NDC won the 1992 and 1996 elections.

2000 elections
The 2000 election was the first presidential election since 1992 that an incumbent president was not on the ballot. Jerry Rawlings' eight-year tenure had expired as per the Constitution of Ghana. John Atta Mills became the presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress at a special delegate congress held in Ho in the Volta Region of Ghana. He was popularly acclaimed the presidential candidate of the party for the 2000 presidential election. Vice-president John Atta Mills lost in 2000 to New Patriotic Party's John Kufour after two rounds of voting.

2004 elections
In the 2004 elections, the party's manifesto called for "A Better Ghana". John Atta Mills ran again for the NDC in the 2004 presidential elections with his running mate Alhaji Muhammad Mumuni. He won 44.6% of the vote, but lost to the New Patriotic Party. In the general elections held on 7 December 2004, the party won only 94 of the 230 seats.

2008 elections
On 21 December 2006, Mills was overwhelmingly elected by the NDC as its candidate for the 2008 presidential election with a majority of 81.4%, or 1,362 votes. Ekwow Spio-Garbrah was second with 8.7% (146 votes), Alhaji Mahama Iddrisu was third with 8.2% (137 votes), and Eddie Annan was fourth with 1.7% (28 votes). In April 2008, John Mahama was chosen as the party's vice-presidential candidate. On 3 January 2009, Mills was certified as the victor of the 28 December 2008 run-off election and became the next president of Ghana.

2012 transfer of power and elections
President John Atta Mills died, after a short illness, in the afternoon of 24 July 2012 while still in office. Vice President John Dramani Mahama of the NDC was sworn in as president that evening. The NDC picked John Dramani Mahama for their presidential candidate and sitting vice president Paa Kwesi Amissah-Arthur as their vice-presidential candidate for the 2012 elections.

2016 primaries
In November 2015 after securing an overwhelming 1,199,118 out of a total of 1,286,728 votes representing 95.10% party members in the presidential primaries, President John Dramani Mahama was endorsed to lead the NDC in the 2016 general elections.

2020 elections
Ahead of the 2020 elections, In February 2019, John Dramani Mahama was confirmed as the candidate of the opposition National Democratic Congress to contest in the 2020 elections, the incumbent president Nana Akufo-Addo who unseated Mahama in a 2016 election, capitalizing on an economy that was slowing due to falling prices for gold, oil and cocoa exports. He won the National Democratic Congress primaries by securing an overwhelming 213,487 votes representing 95.23 percent of the total valid votes cast with the other six contenders managing with about 4 percent of the votes.

On 25 June 2020 the NDC led by its General Secretary Asiedu Nketiah, lost a case in the Supreme Court of Ghana in which the party had sought to achieve the inclusion of old Voter ID cards in the Electoral Commission's compilation of a New Voter's Register, among other reliefs.

In the 2020 elections, 18 members of the party who sought to run as independent candidates lost their membership. All who endorsed the forms of the candidates and participated in their campaigns were also expelled.

Governments formed
Since the NDC was formed, it has formed two governments following elections, and a third following the death of President Mills. The list of governments is as follows:
 * Rawlings government (1993–2001)
 * Mills government (2009–2012)
 * Mahama government (2012–2017)

National Executives
The National Democratic Congress holds elections every four years to elect its national executives.

2018 to present
The National Democratic Congress held its national delegates conference on 17–19 November at the Ghana International Trade Fair Centre, La, Accra. Below is the full list; National Chairman – Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, First Vice Chairman – Chief Sofo Azorka., Second Vice Chairperson Sherry Ayitey, Third Vice Chairman – Alhaji Said Sinare, General Secretary – Johnson Asiedu-Nketia, First Deputy General Secretary – Madam Barbara Serwaa Asamoah, Second Deputy General Secretary – Peter Boamah Otokonor, National Organiser – Joshua Hamido Akamba, First Deputy National Organiser – Kobby Barlon, Second Deputy National Organiser – Chief Hamilton Biney Nixon, National Communications Director – Sammy Gyamfi, First Deputy Communications Director – Kwaku Boahene, Second Deputy National Communications Director – Godwin Ako Gunn, The National Zongo Caucus Coordinator – Alhaji Mamah Mohammed, The National Executive Committee Members: Madam Evelyn Enyonam Mensa, Alhaji Adramani Haribu, Sheriff Abdul Nasiru, Alhaji Babanlame Abu Sadat and Mr William Wilson Agbleke, National Youth Organiser – George Opare Addo, First Deputy National Youth Organiser – Edem Agbana, Second Deputy National Youth Organiser – Ruth Dela Sedoh, National Women's Organiser – Hanna Louisa Bissiw, First Deputy National Women's Organiser – Maame Efua Sekyi Addo, Second National Women's Organiser – Madam Abigail Elorm.

Death of the Founder
The NDC decided to hold a vigil in memory of JJ Rawlings, the founder of the party who died on 12 November 2020 at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Teletraffic GSM

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was delete. Mindspillage (spill yours?) 22:01, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Teletraffic GSM
This is a duplicate of GSM and in fact Category:GSM Standard with no new material, and a title which wouldn't be likely to be used for searching. I say delete. This has already been discussed at Deletion policy/Teletraffic Engineering, but there doesn't seem to be a consensus to delete all articles at once, so I think they need to be listed individually. N.B. if a consensus did develop on the policy page then this VFD should probably be terminated early. Mozzerati 21:13, 2005 Apr 11 (UTC)
 * Concur with that, delete. Radiant_* 09:29, Apr 12, 2005 (UTC)
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Cartman's Silly Hate Crime 2000

"Cartman's Silly Hate Crime 2000" is the second episode of the fourth season of the American animated television series South Park, and the 50th episode of the series overall. It is the 1st episode in production order of Season 4. It first aired on Comedy Central in the United States on April 12, 2000, and is the second of a four-episode run of titles ending in "2000". The episode contains a general commentary against hate crime legislation.

The episode was written by series co-creator Trey Parker, and was directed by Parker and Eric Stough. It is rated TV-MA in the United States.

Plot
The third grade girls, led by the arrogant and foul-mouthed Lizzy, challenge the boys to a sled race down Phil Collins Hill. After the boys accept the challenge, Cartman gets into an argument with Tolkien because he keeps reminding Cartman about his obesity. Cartman threatens to throw a rock at Tolkien's head if he ever calls him fat again. Kyle then calls Cartman a "fatass" instead, causing Cartman to throw the rock at Tolkien, giving him a black eye in the process, much to Kyle's shock. Because Tolkien is African-American, the FBI and the entire media overreacts to the situation. Assuming that the rock was thrown because of racism and not provocation, the government tries Cartman in a federal court. The prosecution's case, although utterly nonsensical, is accepted by the judge, who wishes to make an example out of Cartman to warn against racists. Cartman is convicted of a hate crime and sentenced to juvenile prison until he reaches the age of 21. Cartman escapes the courtroom and enlists Kenny and his toy car to try to flee to Mexico, but it goes extremely slow and they eventually fail after it runs out of battery. Cartman is taken to prison.

The boys realize that they have always taken Cartman's obesity for granted and without his weight on the back of their sled, they are doomed to lose. Clyde takes over for Cartman, since he is the second fattest in the grade (despite the fact that Clyde has normal weight like everyone else), and everyone immediately starts calling him "fatass." Clyde tries to get the boys to stop, but they sled down the hill, they find they are only average speed, as Cartman's fat 'ass' helped the boys go faster. They kick Clyde off and instead use bricks disguised as a kid (having pants and a jacket on it) to help them get faster. However, the sled goes too fast and starts to spin. Stan and Kyle manage to jump off, but Kenny flies off the sled into a tree, where he is crushed by the brick person. Stan and Kyle then realize the only way to win is to make Tolkien forgive Cartman. Tolkien is willing to forgive Cartman, but Tolkien's father, who is against hate crime laws, tells the boys they will have to convince the Governor of Colorado to free Cartman, after a failed attempt to sneak in a nail file hidden inside a cake for Cartman to bust out of jail on account of how he is not permitted to bring gifts to his cell (that and he did not understand their pig-latin message regarding the nail file). The boys then put on a presentation before the governor, complete with visual aids, in which they detail their opposition to hate crime laws, declaring it a "savage hypocracy" [sic] and arguing that all forms of crime warrant some sort of hate and that the laws serve only to encourage discrimination further. The governor is impressed, claiming that it made more sense than anything else he has heard in the last three years.

Meanwhile, Cartman adapts to life in prison by smuggling in things for his cellmate, Romper Stomper, who, along with Cartman, escapes the prison after feeling sorry for him and that he wishes to see Disneyland. They are caught by the authorities, who take Romper back to the prison, but tell Cartman that he has been pardoned by the governor. Cartman returns home, arriving at the sled race just as they are about to begin, and helps the boys beat the girls by throwing two yellow buckets (that Romper himself used as footwear until he gave them to Cartman when he tripped on a rock during their attempted escape) at the girls' sled, causing them to fall off a cliff and land on a pile of snow, after which Lizzy is carried off by a bear. The boys celebrate their victory and promise to Cartman that they will never exploit him ever again. After Pip refers to Cartman's "big fat-ass," Cartman throws a rock at Pip, but gets away with it as injuring British people does not count as a hate crime.

Cartman decides to pay a visit to Romper, who always wished to see Disneyland and grants his wish by defecating it (off-camera), having smuggled it in his anus, much to Romper's delight.

Production
As explained in the FAQ section on the official website, "When the year 2000 was coming up, everyone and their mother had '2000' in the titles of their products and TV shows. America was obsessed with 2000, so Trey Parker put '2000' in the titles to make fun of the ubiquity of the phrase."

It is the first episode to feature the voice of Adrien Beard for the character Token. According to Parker, the episode is the creator's statement against hate crime legislation, which both Parker and Stone find "silly." Phil Collins Hill is a reference to Parker losing the Academy Award for Best Original Song to Collins. When Cartman is sent to prison, the music that plays is the music from the TV series Oz.

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People's Convention Party

The People's Convention Party is a former political party in Ghana.

It merged with the National Convention Party in 1996 and became the reformed Convention People's Party.

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People's Heritage Party

The People's Heritage Party (PHP) was a political party in Ghana.

Formation
The PHP was one of the eight political parties formed when the ban on party politics was lifted in 1992 in Ghana. It claimed to follow the Nkrumahist philosophy.

Elections
The PHP did not win any seats in the Ghanaian parliamentary election in 1992. This was the first and only parliamentary election that it participated. Its candidate in the 1992 Ghanaian presidential election in 1992 was Lt. Gen. Emmanuel Erskine. He came last out of the five candidates with 1.7% of the total vote.

Merger
In 1993, the PHP merged with the National Independence Party, another party that followed Nkrumah's ideology to form the People's Convention Party.

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People's National Convention (Ghana)

The People's National Convention is a political party in Ghana. After constitutional rule was restored back in Ghana in 1992 the party was formed by former President Hilla Limann based on ideals from the People's National Party which he led in the 1979 elections and won.

1992 Elections
The PNC has contested all national elections since the inception of the fourth republic apart from the 1992 parliamentary election, which was boycotted along with other opposition parties.

2004 Elections
At the elections held on 7 December 2004, the party was part of the Grand Coalition, which won four out of 230 seats. Edward Mahama, candidate of the Grand Coalition, won 1.9% of the vote at the presidential elections.

2008 Elections
At the December 2008 elections, the party won two seats in Parliament. For the fourth time in a row, Edward Mahama was the presidential candidate. He received 0.8% of the vote.

2012 Elections
Hassan Ayariga was elected in 2011 by the party to stand in the 2012 presidential election. Ayariga received 0.22% of the vote.

2016 Elections
The party elected new officials in 2015, with Edward Mahama becoming its presidential candidate and General Secretary Bernard Mornah becoming the chairman. The new National Treasurer is now Akane Adams who is taken over from his predecessor David Apasera, a former member of Parliament for Bolga Central. Hassan Ayariga who led the party in the 2012 elections quit the party after losing to Edward Mahama and decided to start his own party All People's Congress.

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National Reform Party (Ghana)

The National Reform Party is a political party in Ghana. It was founded in 1999 by a splinter group from the National Democratic Congress (NDC).

Elections
The party contested the 2000 presidential and parliamentary elections on the 7 December 2000 but won no seats. Its presidential candidate Augustus Obuadum Tanoh ("Goosie" Tanoh) had 1.1% of the presidential vote. His running mate was Fetus Kosiba.

Officials
The chairman and leader of the party is Peter Kpordugbe, former head of the National Service Secretariat and a former member of the NDC. The general secretary is Kyeretwie Opoku.

Motto
The party's motto is "Ghana first".

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Talk:Main characters of Fullmetal Alchemist

Creators of the stone
The entry currently says: "Its worth noting that the two people in the anime who are known to have created the stone (Hohenheim, Scar) both died in the process and had Edward performed the transmutation in the fifth laboratory he would likely have died in the same manner as Hohenheim."

In the anime, Scar didn't actually die because he created the stone(he lost his arm when he gave it to Al), but rather from being shot while protecting Lust. His body only completed the transmutation circle. I think it should be changed.

the stone within only the arm but there is no way to know for sure. But in the end, whatever the circumstances, everyoone in the series who actually created a stone dies.
 * Its impossible to know what would ultimately have been Scar's death in the anime. He was shot and had various other physical damage, but his physical body was almost certainly dissolved by the his performing the transmutation that created the stone. Its possible he might have survived had he transmuted

Characters from the movie
In my opinion, characters such as Alphonse Heiderich should not be mentioned in this article, as the movie is not released and only adds spoilers. Anyone agree? Opiax 17:25, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * This is the page where all the spoilers retreat to; I can't see your point on that aspect. Apostrophe 03:09, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Well but since the movie isnt yet released, mentioning characters from it has no point... Opiax 22:43, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * It's still part of the series though...--Nate3000 06:11, 11 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep them in the article, but mention that they are movie charactors, and that more information will be added as events warrent. TomStar81 8 July 2005 02:59 (UTC)

Rose was raped?
Where does it say that? The Manga? --Nate3000 11:03, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * In the anime, at one point, she is pregnant. It is never directly said, but I think it's a pretty clear inference. 69.115.251.52 21:09, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Not necessarily..--Nate3000 06:15, 11 May 2005 (UTC)
 * I think it is. It was clear that she had feelings for Ed hoping he'd return one day and I don't see her as the kind of person screwing just any guy (besides she was imprisoned all that time). Also, how do you think she lost her voice? Just think about what a bunch of those heartless military guys would do around a beautiful young girl who's a prisoner. --Kamasutra 09:03, Jun 15, 2005 (UTC)
 * It's never directly said, but it's obvious. When talking about her, Scar tells Ed that she was captured by the millitary, and when she came back, she had lost her voice and was pregnant. Then Ed makes a terrified face. That should make it fairly obvious. --Geg 3 July 2005 17:08 (UTC)
 * Hmph. I refuse to accept that. I'll think of other explanations 'till the cows come home. Just watch. The baby: Kain left it with her before he died. The muteness: She got depressed while imprisoned, and... Her soul was paralyzed, if you will. In other words, she was dead on the inside until she saw Edward. HAHA! Problems solved. :) --Gaming King 09:04, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
 * We may never know it for sure. All we can do is to speculate. In fact, when I saw those guys from the military invading her house the first thing that came to my mind was the idea of her being raped and killed, but later on she just shows up as the "Holy Mother", and nothing is said about the military incident or the origins of that child. It's up to you to think if she was either raped or not, but there's a chance of that baby being an orphan from the war that she's taking care of; a baby child held by a young virgin 'mother' with a veil on her head (as seen in the "Holy Mother" episode) is a perfect alusion to the catholic religion, wich I think was their real intentions when making Rose appear with that baby. ~Nih 18:01, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Great theory! You could very well be correct! --Gaming King 21:12, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
 * In any case, no matter how good the theories seem, it isn't completely verifiable and can be considered original research 199.126.137.209 11:46, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

Tense problems
A lot of the writing in this article is in conflicting tenses, switching between present and past tenses. Should we do all past tense or all present tense? Ambush Commander 21:15, Apr 11, 2005 (UTC)

 * Since no one has answered, I'm going to put everything in past tense. :P Ambush Commander 03:02, May 14, 2005 (UTC)

 * You should past tense for dead people and events which have past in the series. Present for ongoing events. Tjstrf 22:11, May 27, 2005

 * Write the whole thing in past tense. Past tense just sounds better. TomStar81 02:56, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * Just because it sounds better to someone does not mean it is correct. It should all be in present tense, as that is the proper technique to use when referring to fictional characters, settings, and situations (most commonly in literature). None of these events ever actually occured in the past, present, or future. However, it has been made a stardard to refer to them in this way. --Kamasutra 12:15, Jun 23, 2005 (UTC)

 * Thats interesting. I would have assumed that because it was a work of fiction and never actually occured it should be written in past tense, not present. I would have been the last to guess that the proper technique would have be to write the whole thing in present tense. Still and all though, I stand by my past tense vote. TomStar81 19:14, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * Whether or not past or present tense sounds better is moot. When talking about works of fiction they are assumed to exist in the "eternal present" and as such are written about in something called the "literary present" tense.  Characters and events are assumed to exist out of our time (even if the fictional work is historical, as it is still fiction), and therefore cannot be said to be in the past in relation to us.  This is fundamental to all writings about fiction, and is taught in all basic comp classes.  I remember being yelled at by my teacher because half the class just didn't get this, and I know it seems rather counter-intuitive, but look at any published essay about a fictional work and it will be in this tense.  Past tense does not ever need to be used, and to clear up cases where things change throughout the story, one would say something like "At his introduction Bob is an insurance salesman. After a few years Bob quits and becomes a rock star."  All in present tense.  There could be a paragraph in the middle about Bob's work being an insurance salesman, and it would be in present tense, even though it happened before he becomes a rock star.  Some links to education resources on literary present/tense consistency: UC San Diego on Literary Present, U of Richmond on Literary Present, Purdue on tense consistency.  Unless someone has a legitimate reason to reject this universally recognized standard, I'm going to start editing the article in the next few days to conform to literary present.  I will leave any reference to things outside of the fictional universe, such as mentions of the translators, in past tense as they happened in our world in the past (this is accepted - when talking about what the author did you speak in past tense, when talking about what happened in the story you speak in present, see above links). Aegeus 04:22, 13 September 2005 (UTC)

Winged snake on cross symbol information
There is a discussion of the winged serpent on a cross symbol and its relationship to the Ouroboros in "A Dictionary of Symbols" by J.E. Cirlot (1st edition). The discussion is under the entry for "serpent". Its meaning in alchemy has to do "fixing" volatile substances but it doesn't seem like much of a leap to see it as a symbol for Dante's vision of eternal life. I made some revisions based on that source. Both the Ouroboros and the serpent on the cross have been used in alchemy, but they have meaning beyond Alchemy.

Dante could potentially have inherited it from the Elric's father, but I can't remember him ever having or using the symbol in the anime.

I think its correct to assume that the serpent on cross symbol is the opposite of the Ouroboros, but the exact meaning of the symbols for Dante and for the Homunculi is more open to interpretation. My interpretation (fixed endless live versus the cycle of life) is the best I could come up with. But I'm not sure that its 100% correct.

 * I've heard some information on this topic but, as you said, it's all speculation. What I've read is that The Ouroboros shows a sort of continuance, in the case of the homunculus eternal life. The winged snake (more commonly known as a flamel) is said to symbolize the breaking of a continuance, which is why it is used in the transmutation circle to seal a homunculus. The flamel breaks the continuance that the ouroboros stands for. --Mushrambo 06:25 PM, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

 * Sorry, but no opinions and speculation allowed. You'll need to find some good sources to back up these theores. 199.126.137.209 06:53, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

Scar's tattoo
There are unresolved issues with translating and interpretating the words on Scars tattoo. The first issue is the ordering. The sub-phrases are "dop la", "sic ca", "Terra", "A", "Ndan, Colia". I dont Latin well enough to figure out the most correct way to word the phrases together and its even more difficult given there isn't one fixed way to scan the words off the tattoo. The second issue is the meaning of "Ndan". One person in a forum said it was old Latin or Greek for the Adam of the Bible, but thats never been verified from a source. I'm more confident that colia is a Latinization of the greek Kolia which is from the hebrew meaning "voice of god".

"dop la" is "after the". "sic ca" is "sic circa" or something close to "around the time". And "terra" is land/earth.

"sic ca" is not "sicca" which is also a greek/latin term because the words are clearly seperated on scar's symbol and "sic ca" is a common latin abbreviation.

Any attempts at translation should stay as close to latin as possible. There are meanings to some of the words in other languages, but it seems very unlikely that that the phrase was intended to be a mix of unrelated languages (rather than all Latin),

Scieszka
I keep correcting the spelling of Scieszka's name, but somebody keeps changing it back. I'd appreciate it if whoever this is would stop. RiffRaff1138 20:16, Apr 23, 2005 (UTC)

 * http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/Animation/hagaren/chara/she01.htmlApostrophe 00:16, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * Why don't you drop a note on the anon's talk pages (next time they surf Wikipedia, they'll see a big message that says they have messages)? 69.115.251.52 21:12, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)

I've changed it twice, but when i logged on the other day, it was changed back. I mean, just because someone edits your page, doesn't mean that they are wrong. I even added a new sentence to an article about Scieszka, and when I checked up on it the other day, someone had edited it out and put it in a different way. It makes me mad. People should leave other people's edits alone, except in cases where they are so totally wrong, it's obvious. --AmerinKanta 19:53, 13 May 2005 (UTC)

 * I want to assure you that the edit for Sheska's name wasn't meant as a slight against you. As mentioned in the discussion of the main Fullmetal Alchemist article, the original creators and the original versions of the manga and animation takes precedence over the adaptations. That is why Sheska is listed first. (BONES actually had a fully billingual staffer help Aniplex and Square-Enix develop the standardized name spellings in Japan, which is why it is remarkably consistent compared to other projects.) The closed-captioned "Scieszka" mention was consolidated with the English DVD mention, since that spelling originates from the same source (FUNimation). The sentence about disputes was stricken for neutral point of view and because the clause about Jean Havoc should be placed (if at all) under the Jean Havoc entry instead. --Egan Loo 01:32, 14 May 2005 (UTC)

Winry's screenshot
Err. Sorry it's huge - my fault for not shrinking it enough. Should be a decent placeholder till someone finds a better shot of her, though - the last link was external and that doesn't work on Wikipedia. Still, cleans up a lot of things... Kawa 01:54, 18 July 2005 (UTC)

Movie Notes
Since the movie's out in Japan now, when should we start adding new movie characters and notes to other characters about what happens to them in the movie? Geg
 * I would say as soon as possible. This page already has a spoiler tag, so if you are here you are accepting the fact that plot details from the anime and the movie are going to be coughed up. Thats my opinion. TomStar81 00:44, 31 July 2005 (UTC)

Picture this

What happened to the pictures of Lieutenent Yoki and Hawkeye and the others that were loaded into the ariticle? And why haven't they been replaced? TomStar81 00:42, 31 July 2005 (UTC)
 * No clue... I'll do some digging and see if I can restore them. — Ambush Commander (Talk) 02:42, August 12, 2005 (UTC)
 * Okay, I don't know if the current Hawkeye picture is the one you're talking about, but I found the Yoki one. I'm adding it in. — Ambush Commander (Talk) 02:52, August 12, 2005 (UTC)
 * Much Better. Gracias, Amigo! TomStar81 01:58, 17 August 2005 (UTC)
 * No problem! :-D — Ambush Commander (Talk) 02:11, August 17, 2005 (UTC)

Comment for anonymous editors
Yup yup, try editing the page to find out. I think it's a good idea, so I was bold. — Ambush Commander (Talk) 03:05, August 12, 2005 (UTC)

I never understood why...
... we had to put their whole military title on the character page. I'm slowly moving away from that, but for backwards compatibility, I'm using anchor to emulate the old anchors. It's not done yet. — Ambush Commander (Talk) 13:40, August 17, 2005 (UTC)

Split
I propose that this page be split into the following: Dread Lord C y b e r S k u l l ✎☠ 01:26, 2005 August 29 (UTC)
 * Fullmetal Alchemist Main characters - main characters may stay on the current page.
 * Fullmetal Alchemist State Military
 * Fullmetal Alchemist Misc. characters
 * Fullmetal Alchemist Chimeras
 * Fullmetal Alchemist Golems
 * Fullmetal Alchemist Homunculi

 * Meh, if you're going to split them, split 'em to the right pages.

 * Main characters of Fullmetal Alchemist - main characters may stay on the current page.
 * State Military of Fullmetal Alchemist
 * Other characters of Fullmetal Alchemist (rename Misc)
 * Chimeras of Fullmetal Alchemist (merges with golems)
 * Homunculi of Fullmetal Alchemist

 * Otherwise, probably not a bad idea for such a huge page. — Ambush Commander (Talk) 01:38, August 29, 2005 (UTC)

 * Hmm, howabout Characters of Fullmetal Alchemist video games, too? Should be State Military characters of Fullmetal Alchemist or Military characters of Fullmetal Alchemist, regardless. --Apostrophe 08:38, 29 August 2005 (UTC)

I'm all for it. I even designed this table for the split.

What do you think? TomStar81 02:06, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

 * I think you're all MAD, but it is a good idea to split 'em, Is way too much information to read just in one page, ring a bell, and Ill help to build it when the specifications are defined so call me CharlesWiki 19:58, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

I think it'd be better formatted as such:

Takes up less space, which is preferable, I think. --Apostrophe 00:26, 3 September 2005 (UTC) -- You could do it like this...
 * Alright! its funsized! TomStar81 19:57, 3 September 2005 (UTC)

 * Characters of Fullmetal Alchemist: For the main charatcers, State Military, and other characters.
 * Chimera (Fullmetal Alchemist): For those who became chimeras, though that both types of Chimera(basic & "beast-man") could be listed as a result.
 * Golem (Fullmetal Alchemist): For those who became Golems.
 * Homoculus (Fullmetal Alchemist): For the Homocunli.

3 September 2005

 * Fixed some typos, but oppose, because doing it this way makes it unclear that it's Characters of Fullmetal Alchemist. — Ambush Commander (Talk) 22:24, September 3, 2005 (UTC)

 * Not necessary. The page is managably sized in my opinion. If we do split it though, try to keep it in as few categories as possible.--Tjstrf 03:54, 17 September 2005 (UTC)

 * It's probably going to end up being whether or not someone is bold and splits the articles.— Ambush Commander (Talk) 01:17, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

 * I went ahead and split the article up. I think it looks better now myself. TomStar81 03:00, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

Split revisited
I think the time has come to consider resplitting the article along anime and manga line. I think this would improve the overall page quality and allow the characters to develope seperately, instead of being overshadowed by one series of events. Thoughts on this idea? --TomStar81 06:47, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

 * I disagree. If this were the homunculi page, a split might eventually be warraned, as in some cases the dichotomy is quite severe- but that is not so for this page. --maru (talk) contribs 07:49, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

 * I am using "the article" as a term for all of the Fullmetal Alchemist caharcter pages; the homoculi page would be the first to be split, but I think that eventually other pages may need to be split along such line to keep their size acceptable and to allow for the fact that the anime and manga do not follow in the same footsteps. --TomStar81 20:00, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

 * In that case, I think you are being entirely too hasty. I don't think the page will grow that much and so fast we need to decide right now. The system at homunculi seems to scale enough for this page. If it isn't, then it is already set up to allow easy splits, anyway. --maru (talk) contribs 22:43, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

Split sugestion:
 * Create three new sections:
 * Manga only ("Father", Ling Yao, etc)
 * Anime only(Archer, Dante, etc)
 * Movie only(Heiderich, Noah, etc).
 * Extinct the Main Characters's page and give each one of them his/her own page(Ed, Al, Winry, etc), not including the Manga-only, Anime-only and Movie-only ones.

Alphonse vs. Alfons Heiderich
An anonymous user recently changed the name from Alphonse to Alfons. I googled both words: 249 for Alphonse and 135 for Alfons. If it's a mistake, it's a fairly common one and probably will not be resolved until the movie officially comes out in the US. — Ambush Commander (Talk) 14:44, 16 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Thats why I created and inserted the line about translations leading to multiple spelling ;-) IMHO, For the time being, I think it best to include both in his entry, so as not to create problems with user realtionships. TomStar81 04:44, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

 * The name actually is Alfons. Its not a mis-translation or a case of multiple spellings. Its a proper name in the languages. The film deliberately made it different than Alphonse. As in other cases, it would be best if Americans stopped using google hits on english-language fan sites to reinforce misinformation. The movie has been out for months and so has lots of other material.
 * I strongly disagree--the name isn't actually Alfons in English until the English-language distributor sets it. So, until then, it stands to reason that his name would still be Alphonse--Hughes was still Hughes, and Gracia was still Gracia.-Mance 00:33, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

problem with spoilers,,,
The content of this article would only seem helpful to those who have already seen the entire series, as it gives away major spoilers from the final episodes, and the dubbed version has not reached
 * Hmm, so do we say This article contains information about unreleased material in certain regions. These constitute major spoilers? — Ambush Commander (Talk) 23:48, 19 October 2005 (UTC)

Edward's final transmutation of Alphonse (anime)
There is disagreement over what happened in the final episode. My view is that:

- Edward was not ever dead. He was mortally wounded with his soul at the gate.

- Alphonse used up the Philosopher's stone to completely restore Edward's body and probably to also reattach his soul which was at the gate. I think a soul attachment happened because the alchemy Alphonse used was the multi-circle alchemy used in other soul attachments. The circles were on the building rather than on his armor because his armor was the stone and he had no body to draw the circles on.

- Edward at that point with a fully restored body marked his body with the circles for a soul attachment and created a transmutation circle probably to recover Alphonse's body.

- Equivelent Exchange does not come into play because the anime never concludes that the law of Equivelent Exchange is actually true.

- Edward is next seen on the other side of the gate. His body on the other side of the gate is missing at least an arm. I think that the missing arm indicates that he is the body of the other world's Edward rather than his own. That Edward probably lost the arm in the bombing attack on London.

- His father offers an explaination of what happened to him which in the subbed version I have seems to suggest that as previously, it was his soul that came through the gate rather than his body and soul.

 * An alternative explaination I could accept is that since the other Edward died (if he died) in London, that Edward's body had to come through the gate for similar reasons to why his father's body came through the gate. And that the arm was lost at the gate in exchange for the soul transmutation on Alphonse (as before). But the anime never really shows that happening.

Anyway, thats my view - (anonymous)

I don't believe that the body Ed has at the finale is the London body he had, the London body was killed when the Zeppelin fell on it, plus from what I observed in episode 50 Ed's arm was never hurt in anyway. The Zeppelin crushed his lower torso, plus if you look at Ed's arm at the end of the finale you can see he has his auto mail arm, auto mail doesn't exist in our world and even if Ed could build one how would he be able to move his arm? Auto mail is powered by alchemy. Also it is implied in episode fifty that when Ed entered the body in London that there was someone else in there with him when you hear someone say "who are you?". This person was probably the person who inhabited that body before, when Ed's London body died the previous soul in the body died and Ed's soul returned to the gate because his body was in the gate at the time. Observe here how Ed's london body has been crushed beneath the shoulders, not touching his arms http://fma.warcry.com/scripts/images/view_image.phtml?id=57029&site=76

Wolfcott 01:46, 3 December 2005 (UTC)

If you see the Shambala movie, you will find out that he doesn't really have his original Automail arm or really an automail arm at all but he has lost his arm. The anime ending is symbolic. I don't want to give any more spoilers than that. His father makes some comments about him falling unconcuous during the transmutation and his soul coming over, but I don't trust that the subtitles were accurate. You are right though in that the injuries are inconsistant with the other body losing an arm. So I guess it should be assumed that the arm was the price for the final transmutation of Alphonse.

 * Don't read this if you don't want to know about the movie. My theory is that Ed's body did go with his soul because in a later scene in Shambala he is seen attaching some sort of artificial limbs to his right arm and left leg which have a different power source and were also created by Hoenheim. After he goes back to Amestris Winry gives him new automail which does, for some odd reason, work in our world.Mushrambo 15:51, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

 * Don't see why it shouldn't work. It's basically attaching a bunch of machine parts to nerve endings. Very precise. This is the one element of FMA that ever bothered me. If it's mainly technology, then how the heck is it supposed to work like that? Ah well...guess it makes about as much sense as Hughes having 50 knives up his sleave. I'm mostly confused on how it works in either world...JONJONAUG 21:10, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

 * Ed did bring his body back through the Gate to London after he transmuted Al. Back in his world, they never found his body. And he couldnt have used the alternate eds body because in episode 50 we see a zepplin crash into him, so wouldn't alternate eds body be destroyed?

 * So what happened was that in in episode 51 when Al transmuted Ed, he healed ed's dead body & gave Ed back his flesh arm and leg. When ed was still in the Gate place he also got his soul and mind back.
 * In the Gate we see Al dissapear and later so does ed. ed wakes up in his original world.
 * ed then transmutes himself to get Al back. ed dissapears again.

 * Later in episode 51, it shows Ed with his father in the Other world and he has a fake arm. It looks different then the automail arm he used to have.

(SPOILER WARNING) In the movie, Ed tells Noa his father made him the fake arm and leg.

So, it was his original body he took with him. BUT in order to transmute Al and bring him back, Ed gave up his arm and leg that al had got for him.

hope that clears it up. Winryrockbell 20:54, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

opinions: moving "noah", "alfonse heiderich" and "dietlinde eckart" to "other characters" page
I propose moving these three Shambala characters off the main character page to the "other characters" page. I dont see any of them as major characters other than in the context of the movie. If one was to be kept, I would suggest "eckart". - anon December 12, 2005

Salem - where does he belong?
I don't see anything about him on any of the character pages except that he's the adopted son of Bradley and was strangled in the anime during the last episode. And is it confirmed that anime Salem really died from the strangling? I can't tell if he did. (Though I haven't watched the FMA movie, if you're wondering.) But the lack of an entry on Salem is the real problem. --Juigi Kario (Charge! * My crusades) 06:32, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

 * I wouldn't hesitate to list him as dead. He looks pretty dead when Bradley gets through with the strangling, and we never see him again, so... --maru (talk) contribs 02:37, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

Pinako?
May I ask where exactly is Pianko? Is there a profile on her anywhere? Evilgidgit 17:01, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

I added that recently so no need to worry--Jack Cox 05:51, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

Splitting page in two
Does anyone else think that the article could be split into two articles, one for anime-only characters (and anime versions of characters that appear in both but differ between the two media), and similarly one for manga-only characters/manga versions of characters? Mistamagic28 10:55, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

Character's ages
This has bugging me for some time now. We know that Edward is 16, and Al is 15, but what about the other characters? How old are Roy Mustang, Maes Hughes, Riza Hawkeye, and the others?--Summonmaster13 01:04, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

 * They never really say any of the adult characters' ages in the show. But we do know that, when they arrive in Lior in Episode 1, Edward is 15 and Alphonse is 14 -- but the series spans a few years, so it shows Edward when he's as young as 6, and he's about 16 in the last episode. So if you want definite character ages, it's better to go by year of birth. And if you pay attention to the dates and ages introduced in Episode 1, it's safe to assume that Edward was born in 1899, and Alphonse was born in 1900. They also say that Russel Tringum is a year younger than Edward, so he was also born in about 1900. I think Alicia Hughes is born on Edward's 12th birthday, meaning that she was born in 1911. Hohenheim and Dante are at least 400 years old, so we can place their birth dates somewhere in the late 1400s or early 1500s. Other than that, the ages of Fullmetal Alchemist characters are a mystery. --Wikivader 03:30, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

In the manga Roy is about 30 years old. Ed is 16, Winry is 16 and Al is 15.

 * Wikivader, when you say this, are you using "our" calendar, or the calendar used in the Fullmetal Alchemist series? --IloveMP2yea 21:50, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

Noa or Noah?
I'm not sure which spelling is official. Some people put Noa, and I think, more people are putting Noah. 69.192.62.63 15:56, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

The spelling is "Noah". Whoever spells it "Noa" is mispelling the name. --Zero 10:07, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

Edward Elric's Birthday
I'd like to see a source cited on that. As far as I've seen in the manga, anime, movie or other publications and interviews, Ed's birthday has never been given.

It has never been given only the year and that it was during the winter season.

Conquerer of Shambala
Will any of the information from the movie be added to the FullMetal Alchemist wikipage?

Edward Elric Section
I added an intro under Edward's section. All that was there before was the link to his main article. We could trim down the Alphonse section by leaving just the intro in the same manner, but we should discuss before the change. CPitt76 01:51, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

Rose Thomas?
Where exactly does her last name come from? Neither the anime nor manga mention her last name, and none of the guide books that I own state it either (including the official manga guide, the "Fullmetal Alchemist Perfect Guide Book." So...? Chibi Gohan 05:36, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

Removing "and a common member of many FMA adult doujins"
It's just silly.

Should have Scar have his own page?
Should Scar have his own article page? He is a main character in both the anime and manga...

Dante
Since this page is dedicated to the main characters who appear in both the manga and anime, I think Dante should be moved.

Rose as major character
Does Rose really belong here? It seems to me that she does not play as large a role as most of the characters here, and should be moved to Minor characters of Fullmetal Alchemist. Fullmetal2887 23:23, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

 * While we're at it, Pinako Rockbell could really be moved as well. Fullmetal2887 23:24, 13 November 2006 (UTC)


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Tiber Island

Tiber Island (Isola Tiberina, Latin: Insula Tiberina) is the only river island in the part of the Tiber which runs through Rome. Tiber Island is located in the southern bend of the Tiber.

The island is boat-shaped, approximately 270 m long and 67 m wide, and has been connected with bridges to both sides of the river since antiquity. Being a seat of the ancient temple of Asclepius and later a hospital, the island is associated with medicine and healing. The Fatebenefratelli Hospital founded in the 16th century, and the church of San Bartolomeo all'Isola dating from the 10th century, are located on the island.

History

The island has been linked to the rest of Rome by two bridges since antiquity, and was once called Insula Inter-Duos-Pontes which means "the island between the two bridges". The Ponte Fabricio, the only original bridge in Rome, connects the island from the northeast to the Field of Mars in the rione Sant'Angelo (left bank). The Ponte Cestio, of which only some original parts survived, connects the island to Trastevere on the south (right bank).

There is a legend which says that after the fall of the hated tyrant Tarquinius Superbus (510 BC), the angry Romans threw his body into the Tiber. His body then settled onto the bottom where dirt and silt accumulated around it and eventually formed Tiber Island. Another version of the legend says that the people gathered up the wheat and grain of their despised ruler and threw it into the Tiber, where it eventually became the foundation of the island.

Prior to the 3rd century BC, Roman use of the island is not mentioned by any sources.

Temple of Aesculapius (3rd century BC)

Tiber Island was once the location of an ancient temple to Aesculapius, the Greek god of medicine and healing. In 293 BC, there was a great plague in Rome. Upon consulting the Sibyl, the Roman Senate was instructed to build a temple to Aesculapius, the Greek god of healing, and sent a delegation to Epidauros to obtain a statue of the deity. The delegation went on board a ship to sail out and obtain a statue.

Following their belief system, they obtained a snake, closely associated and dear to the God, from a temple and put it on board their ship. It immediately curled itself around the ship's mast and this was deemed as a good sign by them. Upon their return up the Tiber river, the snake slithered off the ship and swam onto the island. Believing this was an incarnation of the God himself, a temple to Aesculapius was erected just where the serpent landed.

The island may have been chosen as the site for the temple to distance it from the rest of the city, as well as for access to flowing water for use in the temple.

The island eventually became so identified with the temple it supported that it was modeled to resemble a ship in reference to the story of the temple's founding. Travertine facing was added in mid or late first century by the banks to resemble a ship's prow and stern, and an obelisk was erected in the middle, symbolizing the vessel's mast. Walls were put around the island, and it came to resemble a Roman ship. Faint vestiges of Aesculapius' rod with an entwining snake are still visible on the "prow".

Additional Roman shrines

After the Temple of Aesculapius, shrines dedicated to other deities were also erected after the 2nd century BC, namely:
 * Jupiter Jurarius ("guarantor of oaths")
 * Semo Sancus Dius Fidius, also a witness of oath
 * Gaia, yet another witness of oath
 * Faunus, boundary deity
 * Vejovis, god of healing
 * Tiberinus, river god
 * Bellona, war goddess

After Ancient Rome
In time, the obelisk was removed and replaced with a cross-topped column. After it was destroyed in 1867, Pope Pius IX had an aedicula, called "Spire", put in its place. This monument, designed by Ignazio Jacometti, is decorated with statues of four saints related to the island: St. Bartholomew, St. Paulinus of Nola, St. Francis and St. John. Parts of the obelisk are now in the museum in Naples.

In 998 Emperor Otto III had a basilica, that of San Bartolomeo all'Isola, built over the Aesculapius temple's ruins on the eastern side (downstream end) of the island. This was dedicated to his friend, the martyr Adalbert of Prague; the name of St. Bartholomew was added only later. In the early 20th century, prior to the Fascist regime's restoration of ancient place names, the Tiber Island was called the Isola di S. Bartolomeo. Likewise, Cestius' Bridge was called the Ponte S. Bartolomeo.

The island is still considered a place of healing because a hospital, founded in 1584, was built on the island and is still operating. It is staffed by the Hospitaller Order of St. John of God or "Fatebenefratelli". The hospital was not built on the same spot as the temple, but stands on the western half of the island.

During the 1930s, almost all the houses on the island were demolished to allow for the enlargement of the hospital.

During WWII, when the Nazis occupied Rome in September 1943 and started rounding up the Jews, Dr. Borromeo, head of the hospital, invented an imaginary deadly and highly contagious illness he dubbed “Il Morbo di K” to keep the SS away and protect those Jews hiding inside the wards, just a stone's throw from the Ghetto.

Festivals
During summer, the island hosts the Isola del Cinema film festival.

Popular culture
The island serves as the player's headquarters in the 2010 action-adventure stealth video game Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood.

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Aberfeldy (band)

Aberfeldy are a music group formed by the singer-songwriter Riley Briggs in Edinburgh, Scotland in 2002. The band is named after the Scottish town where Riley's granddad had a caravan.

Formation
Singer/guitarist Riley Briggs formed Aberfeldy between 2002 and 2003, meeting the band in various locations in Edinburgh – Sarah and Ian through The Royal Oak bar, Ken through an advert for a punk band and Ruth through working as a barmaid in The Bongo Club. Riley's early songs, some of which were included on Young Forever, were written as a result of the breakup with his partner.

Career
In 2003, Aberfeldy recorded fourteen songs with producer Jim Sutherland at his studio above Edinburgh's Bongo Club, using only one microphone and no overdubbing. The resulting tracks were licensed to Rough Trade Records and released in 2004 as the album Young Forever. The single "Heliopolis by Night" was NME's single of the week on release.

The follow-up single "Love Is an Arrow" was featured by Lorraine Kelly on GMTV's Kelly Plays Pop section. The record sold out in less than a week, due to not enough copies being pressed. The single reached no. 60 in the UK charts. The animated video, by Chris Waitt, was nominated for an MTVU Woodie award for best animated video, but lost out to the Gorillaz.

"Summer's Gone", from the Young Forever album, saw use in a range of commercials. It was used in Argentina to advertise Quilmes beer. It was used again for a Diet Coke commercial in the USA and Canada, appearing initially during the 2007 Oscars and also during American Idol. In 2010, the song was featured in a commercial for Travelers Insurance.

Drummer Ian Stoddart (one time member of Win) departed in late 2005, and was replaced by Murray Briggs, Riley's brother, formerly of the Anarcho/street punk band Oi Polloi.

A well received second album Do Whatever Turns You On, produced by Calum Malcolm, was released by Rough Trade on 3 July 2006. However, in October 2006, Rough Trade announced that they no longer wished to work with the band, twelve weeks after the album's limited (UK & Australia only) release.

Ruth Barrie (keyboards, vocals) and Sarah McFadyen (violin, vocals) left Aberfeldy following the 2007 Tune Up Tour. Bree Wright (keyboards, vocals) joined for a short time, but did not stay with the band beyond a summer tour. Shortly afterwards Vicky Gray (violin, keyboards, vocals) and Chris Bradley (guitar, keyboards, vocals) joined the line-up.

The band completed 2007 with two gigs at the Voodoo Rooms in Edinburgh.

Aberfeldy released a single in October 2008, "Come On, Claire" with 17 Seconds Records. This was followed with their third album, Somewhere to Jump From, which was released on 6 September 2010 through Tenement Records, preceded by single "Malcolm" on 16 August 2010.

Touring
As well as touring throughout the UK, Aberfeldy have supported R.E.M. at their Loch Lomond gig, and Blondie and the Scissor Sisters at Edinburgh's Hogmanay celebrations (2004), and played at T in the Park (2005). They performed at the 2005 and 2006 South by Southwest Festival in Austin, Texas.

Aberfeldy toured the UK in May and June 2006. For part of that tour they supported The Beautiful South. During June and July 2006 the band supported James Blunt for four of his UK and European tour dates. The band also had festival dates and an extensive headline tour in autumn 2006, as well as supporting Paolo Nutini on his UK tour.

In October 2006, the band were invited to play at the Cervantino festival in Guanajuato, Mexico; the concert was seen live by over 10,000 people and broadcast on radio and TV.

Aberfeldy toured Scotland in April and May 2007 part of the Scottish Arts Council's Tune-Up Tour. They also played several open-air gigs during the summer.

Members

 * Riley Briggs – lead vocals, guitar, keyboards
 * Murray Briggs – drums
 * Ken McIntosh – bass
 * Kirsten Adamson – keyboards, vocals
 * Chris Bradley – guitar, keyboards, vocals

Albums

 * Young Forever (2004)
 * Do Whatever Turns You On (2006)
 * Somewhere to Jump From (2010)

Singles

 * "Vegetarian Restaurant" (2004)
 * "Heliopolis By Night" (2004) – UK No. 66
 * "Love Is an Arrow" (2005) – UK No. 60
 * "Summer's Gone" (2005)
 * "Hypnotised" (2006)
 * "Come On, Claire" (2008)

Additional Appearances

 * Woodland Casual (2015) by Dominic Waxing Lyrical

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Louis Roederer

Louis Roederer is a producer of champagne based in Reims, France. Founded in 1776, the business was inherited and renamed by Louis Roederer in 1833. It remains as one of the few independent and family-run maisons de champagne (champagne houses). Over 3.5 million bottles of Louis Roederer champagne are shipped each year to more than 100 countries.

History
Initially founded as Dubois Père & Fils in 1776, Louis Roederer inherited the company from his uncle in 1833, renamed it eponymously, and set out to target markets abroad. With concentrated efforts in several countries, including Russia. Tsar Nicholas II nominated Louis Roederer as the official wine supplier to the Imperial Court of Russia. Though the Russian Revolution and U.S. prohibition caused financial difficulties during the early 20th century, Roederer was re-established as a leading Grandes Marques producer and remains in descendants Rouzaud ownership. Cristal is a precursor prestige cuvée brand and was made commercially available in 1945. Former officers and generals of the Russian Imperial Army in exile, in Paris, continued to drink this champagne.

Family company
Louis Roederer remains one of the few family-owned independent companies run by real wine specialists. The stock ration in Louis Roederer's cellars represents between four and five years' sales.

Production
From a vineyard area of 240 ha, Louis Roederer produces two thirds of the grapes needed for its production, sourcing the remaining required fruit from established farming contacts.

The vintage cuvées include the Vintage, Rosé Vintage, with Pinot noir and Chardonnay in an approximately 7:3 proportion, and the 100% Chardonnay Blanc de Blancs. The prestige cuvée Cristal, is a blend of around 40% Chardonnay and 60% Pinot noir. This prestige cuvée is also available as a rosé, which contains around 55% Pinot noir and 45% Chardonnay. Both Rosé Vintage and Cristal Rosé wines are made using the saignée method.

The total annual production of Roederer is approximately 3.5 million bottles, of which 70–80% is Louis Roederer Brut Premier.

Brut Premier
Brut Premier is a non-vintage Champagne combining at least four vintage wines in a blend of 40% Pinot Noir, 40% Chardonnay and 20% Pinot Meunier, the three main grape varieties allowed in the composition of Champagne, coming from more than fifty different crus. The inclusion of reserve wines (approximately 20%) matured in oak casks for several years gives the complexity and roundness characteristic of Louis Roederer's champagnes. It is aged for three years in Louis Roederer's cellars and left for six months after dégorgement (disgorging). The dosage (residual sugar) is 9g/L.

Carte Blanche
The Carte Blanche Cuvée is also produced from three varieties : 40% Pinot Noir, 40% Chardonnay, 20% Meunier. The main difference between Brut Premier and Carte Blanche is the dosage. Carte Blanche is a Demi Sec style. Five per cent of Carte Blanche comes from wine matured in oak tuns. It is aged for three years in Louis Roederer's cellars and left for six months after dégorgement (disgorging).

Vintages
In Champagne, a vintage Champagne (Champagne Millésimé in French) is a champagne composed entirely of wines of the same year.

Vintage
Brut Vintage is composed of 70% Pinot Noir from the Montagne de Reims and 30% Chardonnay, 30% of which is wine matured in oak barrels without malolactic fermentation. It is aged, on average, for four years in Louis Roederer’s cellars and left for six months after dégorgement (disgorging) to attain perfect maturity.

Rosé Vintage
Produced using the saignée (skin contact) process after cold maceration, the Rosé Vintage is a blend of around 70% Pinot Noir and 30% Chardonnay, the percentage (20%) of wine matured in oak barrels without malolactic fermentation being smaller. The Rosé Vintage cuvée is aged for four years in Roederer's cellars and left for six months after dégorgement (disgorging) to attain perfect maturity. This Chardonnay comes mostly from Cumières, on the bank of the River Marne.

Blanc de Blancs Vintage
Blanc de Blancs Vintage is composed of 100% Chardonnay and essentially produced in the heart of the Côte des Blancs, in the kingdom of two exceptional Grands Crus: Cramant and Avize. The Chardonnay from these vineyards has great subtlety. It is aged for five years and then six more months after disgorging (dégorgement) to attain his perfect maturity.

Cristal
The first Cuvée de Prestige (Prestige Cuvée) of Champagne was created in 1876 by Louis Roederer to satisfy the demanding tastes of Tsar Alexander II and is called Cristal, referring to the aspect of the bottle. In 1876, Tsar Alexander II pointed out to his sommelier that the design of a standard champagne bottle made the beautiful color and effervescence invisible to the eye. He therefore requested of Roederer that his personal cuvée be served in bottles made of transparent crystal glass with a flat bottom (to foil the insertion of explosives in the indentation by would-be assassins), to remedy this defect. Thus was Cristal born, and the first notion of a premium cuvée. For more than a century, the appearance of the patented Cristal bottle has remained unchanged. After the fall of the Russian monarchy in 1917, the House of Louis Roederer decided to continue producing Cristal and to market it internationally.

Cristal is produced during the best years, when the Chardonnay (40%) and Pinot Noir (60%) grapes have attained optimum maturity. Cristal is aged for six years in Louis Roederer's cellars and left for a further eight months after disgorging (dégorgement).

Cristal Rosé
Cristal Rosé is created almost with the same proportions as the Cristal: a blend of 55% Pinot Noir and 45% Chardonnay, comprising 20% of wine matured in oak barrels. The Rosé aspect of Cristal Rosé is produced using the saignée (skin contact) process after cold maceration. The Cristal Rosé cuvée is aged, on average, for six years in Louis Roederer's cellars and left for a minimum of eight months after disgorging (dégorgement).

Acquisitions
The Roederer portfolio also holds Bordeaux estates Château de Pez and Château Haut-Beausejour in Saint Estèphe. In late 2006, the Rouzaud family acquired majority share in the second-growth estate Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande. The deal also included the Cru Bourgeois estate Château Bernadotte.

Also included in the Roederer Group are Champagne Deutz, Ramos Pinto Port in Portugal, Domaines Ott in Provence, Roederer Estate, Scharffenberger Cellars, Merry Edwards Winery, Domaine Anderson, and Diamond Creek Vineyards in California.

Vineyards
The 240 hectares of Louis Roederer's vineyards are distributed across the three main Champagne growing zones, the Montagne de Reims, the Vallée de la Marne, and the Côte des Blancs. Louis Roederer's vineyards cover two thirds of the company's needs, which is rare for a Champagne House. This situation gives Louis Roederer greater control over its production. Seventy five hectares are cultivated according to biodynamic principles, which makes it the largest biodynamic estate in the Champagne region.

In 2021, Louis Roederer was awarded with Robert Parker Green Emblem.

The Robert Parker Green Emblem is given in recognition of the most extraordinary cases of sustainable efforts in the wine industry. This distinction is awarded to wineries that have achieved outstanding commitment to sustainable viticulture after a thorough audit by the experts at Robert Parker Wine Advocate. It distinguishes producers that are committed to the long-term protection of the environment and biodiversity.

115 hectares of its historic vineyards have now become eligible for organic growing certification – the grapes of the 2021 harvest issued from these plots will have official “AB” organic certification (the organic certification symbol in France).

Winemaking
Every year, about 600 people are employed to pick the grapes in the Louis Roederer vineyards. The vintage lasts for ten to fifteen days. Tractors transport the grapes in 50 kg baskets from the vineyards to Louis Roederer's own press-houses in the heart of the vineyards. The musts obtained from the pressing are then transported to Louis Roederer's cellars in Reims. Upon arrival in Reims the musts are delivered either into small stainless steel tanks or into oak vats, no bigger than the equivalent of one to two hectares of vineyards, and there they begin their fermentation. The characteristics and qualities of each plot are thus preserved right up to the blending stage. In winter, each wine is tasted by the Cellar Master and his team of oenologists prior to blending and bottling in the spring.

Reserve wines
Champagne is a blend of wines from different locations. Thanks to its vineyards, Louis Roederer has a stock of wines from which to create its cuvées. Not all of these wines are used immediately. Some are set aside to age in large oak casks in the reserve wine cellar; later they will either be included in blends of Louis Roederer's Brut Premier champagne to ensure quality, or be used for the dosage in the liqueur d'expédition. The reserve wines destined for the liqueur d'expédition are selected from the best wines from each vintage. Pinot Noir and Chardonnay wines from eight to ten different crus are blended together and matured in oak vats for up to ten years. The reserve wine cellar contains several thousand liters of reserve wines.

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Cricket image sources
Hello Kroome111,

I'm trying to sort out the copyright status of all the cricket images we have, so that they don't get deleted for lack of copyright notice. I see you've added a few, which is great. But I wasn't clear which ones you'd taken yourself, or where you'd got the others from. I found these five: Can you let me know the sources of these? Thanks very much,
 * Image:Paul_Grayson.jpg
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 * Image:Andy_Flower.PNG
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 * Image:Acook.JPG

Stephen Turner 15:36, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

 * Perfect, thanks for adding the copyright tags. Stephen Turner 09:20, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

 * Kevin, I know I said this was OK, but apparently it's not. Someone deleted Image:Acook.JPG because he said the attribution was insufficient. I had a conversation with him about it, and... well, maybe it's easiest if you just read the conversation here. I suggest you upload the Alastair Cook image again, and then add the name of the photographer and either or  as applicable to all your images. Thanks, and sorry. Stephen Turner (Talk) 11:42, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

Image Tagging Image:Ggooch1.JPG
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Cricket Images
Hi there. Thanks for your many contributions of cricket images. Just so that you know, I've been moving a few of them across to Wikimedia Commons. Commons is a repositry for free images and other media. Amongst other advantages, it allows the various different language Wikipedias to use your images. I have altered all of the articles that use the images to point at the copy on Commons, so that the copies on the English Wikipedia can be deleted in seven days. Below are the copies I have made so far, I will add more as I go along! →Ollie (talk • contribs) 02:52, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

 * Image:Acook.jpg   -->    Commons:Image:Alastair Cook Essex 2005.jpg
 * Image:Ggooch1.JPG   -->    Commons:Image:Graham Gooch 2005.jpg
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National Convention Party

National Convention Party may refer to:
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For an April 2005 deletion debate over this page see Votes for deletion/Potential nominees to the Supreme Court of the United States

Glad to see it survive, that was by the skin of the teeth. Sjakkalle 13:42, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Article name change
This is ridiculous. There is only one administration that can make nominations to the Supreme Court, why does it need to be spelt out in the article name? It also means a new article will have to be created if and when the administration changes. Still, better than having the article deleted I suppose. --Etimbo | Talk 14:22, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Because the article is really not about who might be appointed to the Court, but about who the media/pundits believe that Bush is likely to pick. -- 8^D BD2412gab 21:14, 2005 Apr 13 (UTC)
 * A new president would likely have a widely different set of potential nominees, especially if it were a Democratic president. - Jord 21:11, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Should be kept and later merged
I think this article is very informative and useful. However, I do agree with the arguments in the vote for its deletion that it will be largely irrelavent once a nominee is appointed. I think this page should be kept until a nominee is appointed, and then the information should be summarized and added to the page describing the new justice (once appointed).
 * It would just have to be recreated when another Justice nears retirement - but in the eyes of the press, Justices are perpetually nearing retirement, so it would perpetually have to be recreated. -- BD2412 talk July 2, 2005 20:15 (UTC)

Wikinews
This page makes more sense on Wikinews. That said, having it around here for a couple more months won't hurt things. anthony 2 July 2005 19:55 (UTC)

Edward Prado
There is some talk of Judge Edward Prado as a potential nominee. I don't know much about him at all. SOme folks have up a website. http://www.draftprado.org/

My two cents - and why are we putting each person's views in their own section?
I think this is a useful page to have when people want to look up who current nominees are. Perhaps it could be generalized and expanded to Current United States Judicial Nominees or such, and cover all pending nominations at the federal level - SCOTUS, Circuit, Appellate, etc.

Less ambitiously, I feel this page should be called "nominees", not "candidates". The latter word sounds like people running for office to me. Roberts and anyone else covered here are nominees.

Tualha (Talk) 21:59, 26 July 2005 (UTC)

 * I think the reason they use the words candidate is because only one person will be the nominee. But there are many candidates for the nomination.  Just like when people are interviewed for a job, they are considered "candidates" for whatever position is open (in this case, a seat on the Supreme Court) - Ryanpickett2005

Plurality Catholic Supreme Court
With Rehnquist's death, the Supreme Court's membership became for the first time plurality Catholic by religious affiliation, with three Catholics (Scalia, Thomas, and Kennedy) of eight justices (also plurality Protestant with three Protestants as well as majority-minority, with five members of minority religious groupings, e.g. non-protestant). The confirmation of Judge Roberts as Chief Justice would add a fourth Catholic Justice to the Supreme Court, confirming the primacy of the Catholic plurality, and an additional Catholic named to the court would for the first time create a Catholic majority Supreme Court.

Too Much Concentration on Nominees' Religion
Since there is already a paragraph in this article concerning Catholics on the Supreme Court, the above entry seems overly redundant. Except as an interesting piece of trivia, I do not think that it matters objectively how many Catholics there are on the Supreme Court.

BoBo 00:38, 27 September 2005 (UTC)
 * I agree. This is an article about potential nominees.  If someone wants to research the religion of each candidate and list it by their name, it may have some merit (I added the birth years to each candidate several months ago, since it seemed relevant).  General trivia about the supreme court might belong in the SCOTUS article, but not in this article.  NoSeptember  01:14, 27 September 2005 (UTC)

Paul Clement
While relatively young, Paul Clement has already been confirmed by the Senate last June as Solicitor General. He was sponsored by Wisconsin Democratic Senator Russ Feingold for the Solicitor position. Clement has argued several dozen cases before the High Court, was Supreme Court Editor of the Harvard Law Review and clerked for Justice Scalia. He also has an economics degree from Cambridge University in England which means that his selection would bring a Justice with economic expertise to the court. This guy is John Roberts, only younger and, perhaps smarter (if that is possible). The court also needs a Midwesterner and his selection would sew up the state of Wisconsin for any Republican running for President in 2008. Bush needs to choose the single most qualified person, he cannot at this point fall prey to considertions of ethnic background, religion or gender as qualifications for office. Clement is the most qualified, period. And the Senate would look foolish rejecting him after confirming him just six months ago.

He has also served as an adjunct Constitutional Law Professor at Georgetown Law School the last several years. He could lecture the Senators and educate them at the hearings, too. Clement was the counsel to the Sente Subcommittee on Constitutionalism, Federalism and Property Rights in the 1990s. Clement has the broadest, most finely honed legal mind in America and the broadest exposure to most of the issues the court would face. I don't really see how any of the sitting Appeals Judges competes with him.

How about this old strategy...
I recall having read once that Presidents facing troubles with their Supreme Court nominees have sometimes opted to nominate a sitting U.S. Senator for the job, on the theory that the collegiality of the Senate makes it highly unlikely that Senators will reject one of their own. This notably happened in 1894, when Grover Cleveland overcame a string of rejections by nominating sitting senator Edward Douglass White. In any event, a pick from the Senate would not surprise me. BD2412 talk 02:26, 30 October 2005 (UTC)

It has been done in the past...: ... Also Bill Clinton offered the vacant seat in 1994 to George Mitchell who however refused...
 * Hugo Black was a Senator from Alabama
 * Sherman Minton was a former Senator from Indiana
 * Harold Hitz Burton was a Senator from Ohio
 * James F. Byrnes was a Senator from South Carolina
 * George Sutherland was a former Senator from Utah

And not forgetting the fact that Governors and especially Secretaries have been nominated and confirmed before as well: Earl Warren, Arthur Goldberg, Tom Clark, Fred Vinson, Robert Jackson, Frank Murphy, Harlan Fiske Stone, James McReynolds, William Moody, Joseph McKenna... -- fdewaele 30 October 2005 12:55 CET

First image
It's too big. The article would look better with a smaller image and, further, some of the text (of the article) on the left of the image. Daniel Quinlan 03:39, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

Sorry, I didn't get back sooner. I don't mind the slight change in size of the image. I just aesthetically don't like small pictures that leave a lot of empty space. I prefer trying to minimize empty space. I don't mind reducing the size of the Roberts swearing-in photo if and when an Alito swearing in photo is available to place underneath it as a companion piece. BoBo 22:53, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

The Great Copy 'n Paste scandal at the Wikipedia
First, let's boot the following link, paying particularly close attention, to your first sentence:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Bush_Supreme_Court_candidates

Then, let's boot the next link for a look-see at the very first sentence, on big daddy's:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_H._W._Bush_Supreme_Court_candidates

Such a wonderful, gripping, stylish opening sentence, don't you think? I vote let's copy and paste the whole kit 'n kaboodle at the Wikipedia, beginning each page: "... Speculation abounded, over potential nominations to the..." [SNIP] - asj. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 100.39.22.117 (talk) 16:40, 14 February 2016 (UTC)

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Charles Kennedy (disambiguation)

Charles Kennedy (1959–2015) was a Scottish politician and former leader of the UK Liberal Democrats.

Charles Kennedy may also refer to:

Entertainers

 * Charles Napier Kennedy (1852–1898), British artist
 * Charles Rann Kennedy (playwright) (1871–1950), Anglo-American dramatist
 * Charlie Kennedy (saxophonist) (1927–2009), big band-era alto saxophonist
 * Charles Kennedy (1947–2005), American comedian, better known as Charles Rocket

Soldiers

 * Charles Pratt Kennedy (died 1875), British army officer and founder of Shimla
 * Charles Thomas Kennedy (1873–1907), Scottish soldier and winner of the Victoria Cross
 * Charles Kennedy, 5th Marquess of Ailsa (1875–1956), Scottish peer

Sportsmen

 * Charles Kennedy (cricketer) (1849–1906), English cricketer
 * Charles Kennedy (umpire) (1871–1911), American professional baseball umpire

Others

 * Charles Kennedy (diplomat) (1831–1908), senior British diplomat
 * Charles Kennedy (economist) (1923–1997), Scottish economist
 * Charles A. Kennedy (1869–1951), U.S. Representative from Iowa
 * Charles Rann Kennedy (1808–1867), English lawyer
 * Charles Kennedy Scott (1876–1965), English organist and choral conductor
 * Charles Stuart Kennedy (born 1928), oral historian of American diplomats

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