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Minimum-Maximum

Minimum-Maximum is the first official live album release by Kraftwerk, released in June 2005, almost 35 years after the group gave its first live performance. The album features two CDs of tracks recorded on the group's world tour during 2004, including concerts in Warsaw, Ljubljana, Moscow, Berlin, London, Budapest, Tallinn, Riga, Tokyo, and San Francisco.

Like many of its studio albums, Minimum-Maximum was released in two different language versions: the band's native German, and English for the international market, although of the 23 tracks on the album, only the recordings of "The Model", "Radioactivity", "Trans Europe Express"/"Metal on Metal", "Computer World", "Pocket Calculator" and "The Robots" are actually different between the releases. The album title, an excerpt from the lyrics of the song "Elektro-Kardiogramm" (which only exists in an English-language version), is the same for both German and English versions.

In an interview for Mojo, Ralf Hütter regretted the fact that they could not include recordings from their 2004 concert in Santiago de Chile:

"We have great recordings from Santiago, Chile, but couldn’t incorporate them into Minimum-Maximum because we'd already mixed the album," says Ralf. "The Chileans were the only audience in the world who clap in time, in perfect synchronisation."

The album was also released as a double live concert DVD with DTS 5.1 sound on 5 December 2005.

The track "Planet of Visions" is a reworked version of the song "Expo 2000", based on a 2001 remix by Underground Resistance. The vocoder text "Sellafield 2" at the start of "Radioactivity"/"Radioaktivität" is included for the first time on the CD and DVD set. The intro vocoder text before "The Man-Machine"/"Die Mensch-Maschine" is included only on the DVD release.

Minimum-Maximum was nominated for the 2006 Grammy Award for Best Electronic/Dance Album.

Critical reception
Minimum-Maximum received critical acclaim. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 86, based on 17 reviews, which indicates "universal acclaim".

Disc one

 * 1) "The Man-Machine" (Karl Bartos, Florian Schneider, Ralf Hütter) Warszawa, Sala Kongresowa - 27.05.04 – 7:55
 * 2) "Planet of Visions" (Fritz Hilpert, Hütter, Florian Schneider) Ljubljana, Križanke - 24.05.04 – 4:45
 * 3) "Tour de France (Étape 1)" (Hilpert, Hütter, Maxime Schmitt, Schneider) Riga, Olimpiska Hall - 29.05.04 – 4:22
 * 4) "Chrono" (Hilpert, Hütter, Schneider, Schmitt) Riga, Olimpiska Hall - 29.05.04 – 1:29
 * 5) "Tour de France (Étape 2)" (Hilpert, Hütter, Schmitt, Schneider) Riga, Olimpiska Hall - 29.05.04 – 4:48
 * 6) "Vitamin" (Hilpert, Hütter) Moscow, Lushniki - 03.06.04 – 6:41
 * 7) "Tour de France" (Bartos, Hütter, Schmitt, Schneider) Paris, Le Grand Rex - 22.03.04 – 6:18
 * 8) "Autobahn" (Hütter, Schneider, Emil Schult) Berlin, Tempodrom - 25.03.04 – 8:51
 * 9) "The Model" (Bartos, Hütter, Schult) London, Brixton Academy - 20.03.04 – 3:41
 * 10) "Neon Lights" (Bartos, Hütter, Schneider) London, Royal Festival Hall - 18.03.04 – 5:58

Disc two

 * 1) "Radioactivity" (Hütter, Schneider, Schult) Warszawa, Sala Kongresowa - 27.05.04 – 7:41
 * 2) "Trans-Europe Express" (Hütter, Schult) Budapest, Sportaréna - 25.05.04 – 5:01
 * 3) "Metal on Metal" (Hütter) Budapest, Sportaréna - 25.05.04 – 4:28
 * 4) "Numbers" (Bartos, Hütter, Schneider) San Francisco, The Warfield - 28.04.04 – 4:27
 * 5) "Computer World" (Bartos, Hütter, Schneider) Moscow, Lushniki - 03.06.04 – 2:55
 * 6) "Home Computer" (Bartos, Hütter, Schneider) Warszawa, Sala Kongresowa - 27.05.04 – 5:55
 * 7) "Pocket Calculator" (Bartos, Hütter, Schneider) Moscow, Lushniki - 03.06.04 – 2:58
 * 8) "Dentaku" (Bartos, Hütter, Schneider) Tokyo, Shibuya Ax - 04.03.04 – 3:15
 * 9) "The Robots" (Bartos, Hütter, Schneider) Moscow, Lushniki - 03.06.04 – 7:23
 * 10) "Elektro Kardiogramm" (Hilpert, Hütter) Tallinn, Exhibition Hall - 30.05.04 – 4:41
 * 11) "Aéro Dynamik" (Hilpert, Hütter, Schneider, Schmitt) Riga, Olimpiska Hall - 29.05.04 – 7:14
 * 12) "Musique Non-Stop" (Bartos, Hütter, Schneider) Moscow, Lushniki - 03.06.04 – 9:51

Disc one

 * 1) "Die Mensch-Maschine" (Karl Bartos, Florian Schneider, Ralf Hütter) Warszawa, Sala Kongresowa – 7:55
 * 2) "Planet der Visionen" (Fritz Hilpert, Hütter, Florian Schneider) Ljubljana, Križanke – 4:45
 * 3) "Tour de France (Étape 1)" (Hilpert, Hütter, Maxime Schmitt, Schneider) Riga, Olimpiska Hall – 4:22
 * 4) "Chrono" (Hilpert, Hütter, Schneider, Schmitt) Riga, Olimpiska Hall – 1:29
 * 5) "Tour de France (Étape 2)" (Hilpert, Hütter, Schmitt, Schneider) Riga, Olimpiska Hall – 4:48
 * 6) "Vitamin" (Hilpert, Hütter) Moscow, Lushniki – 6:41
 * 7) "Tour de France" (Bartos, Hütter, Schmitt, Schneider) Paris, Le Grand Rex – 6:18
 * 8) "Autobahn" (Hütter, Schneider, Emil Schult) Berlin, Tempodrom – 8:51
 * 9) "Das Model" (Bartos, Hütter, Schult) Berlin, Tempodrom – 3:41
 * 10) "Neonlicht" (Bartos, Hütter, Schneider) London, Royal Festival Hall – 5:58

Disc two

 * 1) "Radioaktivität" (Hütter, Schneider, Schult) Tallinn, Exhibition Hall – 7:41
 * 2) "Trans-Europa Express" (Hütter, Schult) Riga, Olimpiska Hall – 3:21
 * 3) "Abzug" (Hütter) Riga, Olimpiska Hall – 1:40
 * 4) "Metall auf Metall" (Hütter) Riga, Olimpiska Hall – 4:28
 * 5) "Nummern" (Bartos, Hütter, Schneider) San Francisco, The Warfield – 4:27
 * 6) "Computerwelt" (Bartos, Hütter, Schneider, Schult) Riga, Olimpiska Hall – 2:55
 * 7) "Heimcomputer" (Bartos, Hütter, Schneider) Warszawa, Sala Kongresowa – 5:55
 * 8) "Taschenrechner" (Bartos, Hütter, Schneider) Berlin, Tempodrom – 2:58
 * 9) "Dentaku" (Bartos, Hütter, Schneider) Tokyo, Shibuya Ax – 3:15
 * 10) "Die Roboter" (Bartos, Hütter, Schneider) Berlin, Tempodrom – 7:23
 * 11) "Elektro-Kardiogramm" (Hilpert, Hütter) Tallinn, Exhibition Hall – 4:41
 * 12) "Aero Dynamik" (Hilpert, Hütter, Schneider, Schmitt) Riga, Olimpiska Hall – 7:14
 * 13) "Music Non-Stop" (Bartos, Hütter, Schneider) Moscow, Lushniki – 9:51

In the German version of the track listing (as on The Mix album) after "Trans-Europa Express" is an extra title, "Abzug", followed by "Metall auf Metall". For the international version of the album the title "Abzug" was dropped and the music incorporated as part of "Trans-Europe Express", thus making the disc appear to be one track shorter. The original 1977 German album has these track titles in a different order, though the music is basically the same arrangement.

Notebook
A special edition box set entitled Notebook, comprising both the DVDs and audio CDs plus a commemorative hardback book of tour photos, was also issued, in both German- and English-language versions. The box is designed to resemble a laptop computer, with the front cover of the book being the keyboard (with German keyboard layout).

Personnel

 * Ralf Hütter – vocals, software synthesizers, sequencing
 * Henning Schmitz – software synthesizers, sequencing, sound engineer (album mix)
 * Fritz Hilpert – software synthesizers, sequencing, sound engineer (album mix)
 * Florian Schneider – supplementary vocals, software synthesizers, sequencing

Equipment
The performances were created using 10 Sony VAIO laptops containing Mobile Intel Pentium 4 M processors. Four were used for audio, running Steinberg Cubase SX, the remaining 6 provided the video system.

Since 2002, all sounds were created using virtual technology (i.e., software replicating and replacing original analogue or digital equipment). According to an interview in 2009 with Fritz Hilpert, "the mobility of music technology and the reliability of the notebooks and software have greatly simplified the realization of complex touring setups: we generate all sounds on the laptops in real time and manipulate them with controller maps. It takes almost no time to get our compact stage system set up for performance. […] This way, we can bring our Kling-Klang Studio with us on stage. The physical light weight of our equipment also translates into an enormous ease of use when working with software synthesizers and sound processors. Every tool imaginable is within immediate reach or just a few mouse clicks away on the Internet."

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Some Pictures that I took/made
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Pictures I like
Lara as Traudl Jung

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About Me
I live in Vermont South, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

I attend The Knox School, in the City of Knox. I support the Melbourne Football Club, an Australian Rules Football club. I have faith in Logic, Causality and Empirical Reality.

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Frant railway station

Frant railway station is on the Hastings line in East Sussex, England, and serves the civil parish of Frant (although the station is actually located some 2 km from the village of that name, in the hamlet of Bells Yew Green). It is 36 mi down the line from London Charing Cross. The station and all trains serving it are operated by Southeastern.

It is also the nearest station to the Kentish village of Lamberhurst, 7 km away: an infrequent bus service (four to five journeys each way on Mondays to Saturdays) links Frant station with Lamberhurst.

History
The station was opened by the South Eastern Railway (SER) at the same time as the route, in 1851, and the original station building, which is situated on the Down (eastern) side of the line, remains in use. Designed by the company's architect, William Tress, and built of local ragstone in a Gothic lodge style, with a canopy added in 1905, it has been a Grade II listed building since 1982. The platforms are staggered: a common arrangement at early SER stations which allowed passengers to cross the line in relative safety behind two trains stopped at the station, although today the platforms are connected by a footbridge. From the 1960s until 1986, the station was served only at peak times on week days. However, since 1986, when the line was electrified, it has been served seven days a week.

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

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

Additional services, including trains to and from and London Cannon Street and Ore call at the station in the peak hours.

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Talk:University of Göttingen

Warum wird geschrieben, dass Bismarks Haeuschen ein "fortress tower" war/ist? Das glaube ich einfach nicht - es ist kein Turm. (Oder WAR es einmal???? - Unwahrscheinlich.)

Es war ein umgebauter Festungsturm im Stadtwall, der später in Privatbesitz verkauft wurde und zum Wohngebäude umfunktioniert wurde. Das ist das Bild:. Vorher hatte Bismarck in der Innenstadt gewohnt, mußte dort aber wegziehen, wegen ungebührigem Verhalten. Longbow4u 22:17, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Frog's ...uhm.. weenie
Is there any credibility to the name "frog's penis"? for the leaning tower by the SUB? I lived in Goe from before the edifice's erection until last year and never heard that epithet. More interesting would be a short discussion of the pink bicycle that was mounted on it. Kdammers 01:45, 25 September 2005 (UTC)

 * I removed the "frog's penis" caption. The real name is "Raumskulptur" (translates a spacial sculpture). I'll take a snap of the sign next time I'm down on campus. The pink bicycle was (is) mounted in a pole 100m nort of the sculpture. --Dschwen 10:50, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

 * Originally, the bike was on the Raumskulptur, presumably put up by some students in a Nacht-und-Nebel" action. The powers that be (the sculptor?) objected, so the bike got mounted at the more subdued location.   Kdammers 05:20, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

404
I get a 404 error when I click on The "Göttingen Nobel prize wonder"; the 44 Nobel prize laureates affiliated with Göttingen.

 * Fixed the link, works now. --Dschwen 10:46, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

The Latin inscription
The legend under the seal puts "Universitas" in the correct nominative case, but leaves the adjectives in the genitive (as they appear on the seal, since they refer to "sigillum".) Please fix! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.127.168.217 (talk • contribs).

 * Done, however the text currently reads "Universitas Regia Georgia Augusta". If I remember myself correctly you must choose to use either u or v (just like with i and j). Our two alternatives therefore become
 * Uniuersitas Regia Georgia Augusta, or
 * Vniversitas Regia Georgia Avgvsta.
 * I would like to get input on this from people who know Latin better than I.
 * HymylyT@C 17:35, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

 * That might in some contexts be the case, as it seems that was not the case in 1737, it is Universitas Regiae Georgiae Augustae (using both u and v), and means ''University (ie."Society") of the estate (ie. Hanover, or figuratively the Royal Court) of |Georg (August) of Britain and Hanover. That's why the rest remains in genitive (feminine), even when "sigillum"/Seal is not mentioned. (Universitas regiæ Georgiæ Augustæ->sigillum universitatis regiæ Georgiæ Augustæ). However, the uni is often called simply "Georgia Augusta" by its students, which is a personification and is nominative case since it has no noun to refer to. Search for "augusta" in this German pdf file to see the Latin alternatives.FlammingoParliament 18:11, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

 * OK. Sorry about that. I should've checked the facts first. I forgot regia could also mean estate/palace. (I figured it was feminine nominative of the adjective regius, making it "royal university" or something...) HymylyT@C 17:54, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

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Elite university etc.
According to the German Wik article, UGoe was chosen in the category Excellence Cluster, i.a. Kdammers (talk) 06:59, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

As of now, it has lost the status. http://www.ndr.de/regional/niedersachsen/harz/universitaet153.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.76.113.16 (talk) 13:43, 21 September 2012 (UTC)

"The most kisses in the world"
I just removed this from the traditions section: The Gänseliesel is probably the girl who has received the most kisses in the world. That's highly debatable, and 100% unsourced. Funny, though. Thomas1617 (talk) 02:12, 18 November 2008 (UTC)

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"Napoleon had even studied law here"
I can find no evidence whatsoever that Napoleon studied at Göttingen, and it seems (frankly) a very far-fetched claim. The only reference I can find to any connection between Napoleon and the University is that "Laplace urged the bellicose Napoleon Bonaparte to spare Göttingen entirely because of Gauss' presence there.": see  Morrisqc (talk) 03:48, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

"students such as Klemens Wenzel Lothar von Metternich, later diplomat and prime minister of Austria"
This would also seem to be a furphy: Metternich never studied at Gottingen. See. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Morrisqc (talk • contribs) 03:58, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

social science and economics faculties
i hate to break it to u guys, but the images for these two faculties are of the (from the right) the library, a buildings for seminars (which is used by all faculties), and the law building. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.135.138.225 (talk) 21:51, 30 July 2010 (UTC)

Associated research institutions
The Max Planck Institutes are mentioned twice in the section Current Status. Once in the subsection "associated institutions" and once in "Research". I would recommend removing the research part as it provides no additional information. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.76.62.65 (talk) 19:57, 9 November 2010 (UTC)

How many founders?
This article says:
 * Founded in 1734 by King George II of Great Britain and the Elector of Hanover,

This makes it sound as if there were two founders. But wasn't the Elector of Hanover in fact the same person as King George II of Great Britain? Michael Hardy (talk) 04:23, 24 February 2011 (UTC)

Lemma
Dear friends, the official English name of Georg-August-Universiät Göttingen ist "Georg-August-Universiät Göttingen", not "Georg-August University Göttingen". University of Göttingen is completely colloquial and ill chosen as there are two other universities in Göttingen. Best regards, --Trinitrix (talk) 01:10, 11 February 2012 (UTC)

Faculty of Biology (Picture)
The Picture is incorrect, in the shown building resides the Faculty of Geology, Biologists have their own building(s). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.76.113.16 (talk) 13:48, 21 September 2012 (UTC)

Faculties etc.
Just added a disturbingly long list of the faculties and all that, but it needs some pictures and I can't add any, since I just signed up. It might also need some reshaping. Cheers. --Vitruviandude (talk) 20:31, 2 September 2014 (UTC)

Notable People
The Grimm brothers did NOT compile the "first German dictionary". There were many earlier ones.--dunnhaupt (talk) 20:17, 17 June 2017 (UTC)

Pun
The photo caption "Sign at Göttingen train station displaying the motto Stadt, die Wissen schafft ('City that creates knowledge')" fails to bring to the reader's awareness the pun on Wissenschaft.Kdammers (talk) 07:59, 15 September 2019 (UTC)

Post-WWII history
There should be more than one item for the half century. For example, should the recent brouhaha over Sascha Spoun being offered and then denied the presidency (https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/09/12/university-g%C3%B6ttingen-loses-president-protest) be included? And what about the new natural science campus and the new library (and the library's role in international library co-operation)? Kdammers (talk) 08:03, 15 September 2019 (UTC)

Johann Friedrich Blumenbach
Johann Friedrich Blumenbach should be included in text and portraits. Kdammers (talk) 08:12, 15 September 2019 (UTC)

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Oppenheimer
J Robert Oppenheimer studied at the Uni under Max Born 174.127.206.50 (talk) 22:57, 12 September 2023 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sedaghat

 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?) 14:36, 4 May 2005 (UTC)

Sedaghat
I cannot see that Mr. Sedaghat passes the "average college professor" bar for notability. I don't intend this to be an attack on Mr. Sedaghat personally. Sjakkalle 09:52, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete as copyvio. Professor of chemistry, but it doesn't bother to say where. If you google, you find the Southwest Missouri State University and a very familiar looking block of text (basically, this article is cut and paste from his website, pictures and all). Googling suggests the university may arguably not be in the top 50 universities in the US midwest, let alone the world, so my arbitrary rule of thumb I came up with a couple of days ago doesn't get him in either. The publication list isn't that impressive (five journal papers and two patents, and getting a US patent is notoriously easy). So would appear to be a teaching professor at a mid ranking state university, which doesn't really impress me that much to argue for an original article to be written. Average Earthman 10:45, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Thanks for doing the checking AverageEarthman, the publication record is hardly outstanding for a science academic, I would have to say that he fails the average professor test, delete --nixie 14:20, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)
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Walt Disney World Railroad

The Walt Disney World Railroad (WDWRR) is a 3-foot narrow-gauge heritage railroad and attraction located within the Magic Kingdom theme park of Walt Disney World in Bay Lake, Florida, in the United States. Its route is 1.5 mi in length and encircles most of the park, with train stations in three different park areas. The rail line, constructed by WED Enterprises, operates with four historic steam locomotives originally built by Baldwin Locomotive Works (BLW) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It takes about 20 minutes for each train to complete a round trip on the WDWRR's main line loop. On a typical day, the railroad has two trains in operation; on busy days, it has three trains.

The WDWRR's development was led by Roger E. Broggie, who also oversaw the construction of the Disneyland Railroad in Disneyland in Anaheim, California. The attraction's locomotives were acquired from the Ferrocarriles Unidos de Yucatán, a narrow-gauge railroad system in Mexico. After being shipped to the United States, they were altered to resemble locomotives built in the 1880s and restored to operating condition. Each locomotive was also given a set of passenger cars, which were built from scratch.

The WDWRR opened to the public for the first time on October 1, 1971, the same day that the Magic Kingdom park opened. Since then, the WDWRR has become one of the world's most popular steam-powered railroads, with about 3.7 million passengers each year.

Discovery in Mexico
The development of the Walt Disney World Railroad (WDWRR) from the late 1960s to its opening in 1971 was overseen by Roger E. Broggie, vice president and general manager of Mapo, Inc., WED Enterprises' research and manufacturing branch. Broggie previously supervised the building of the Disneyland Railroad in Disneyland in Anaheim, California. From his experience with the railroad at Disneyland, Broggie determined that it was better to use existing steam locomotives, rather than building them entirely from scratch like the Disneyland Railroad's first two locomotives.

In 1968, he contacted rail historian Gerald M. Best who recently wrote Mexican Narrow Gauge, a book containing information about locomotives that could be obtained from a railroad boneyard in Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico, owned by the Ferrocarriles Unidos de Yucatán. This was a narrow-gauge system, the same gauge as the Disneyland Railroad.

In May 1969, Broggie, along with fellow Disney employee and railroad-building expert Earl Vilmer, went to Mérida to investigate. They determined that four locomotives built by Baldwin Locomotive Works (BLW) could potentially be salvaged, along with a fifth locomotive built by American Locomotive Company (ALCO) of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (formerly Pittsburgh Locomotive and Car Works), which was on display in front of the railroad company's headquarters. Broggie paid a total of US$32,750 for all five locomotives ($8,000 for each of the four locomotives in the boneyard plus an additional $750 for the fifth locomotive). The locomotives, along with an assortment of brass fittings and other spare parts given away for free, were immediately shipped by rail back to the United States.

Restoration in Florida
The five locomotives and spare parts acquired by Roger Broggie were sent to the Tampa Ship Repair & Dry Dock Company in Tampa, Florida, to receive the aesthetic and mechanical restorations necessary to run on the planned WDWRR. At the time, this was the closest facility to the Walt Disney World site in Bay Lake, Florida with the space and equipment needed to accommodate full-size railroad rolling stock. Here, Transportation Superintendent Earl Vilmer, who had accompanied Broggie on his trip to Mexico, along with Project Engineer Bob Harpur and the facility's Machinist Supervisor George Britton, were tasked with the project's completion.

The general idea for the restoration was to make the locomotives appear as if they were built in the 1880s. This would included new diamond smokestacks and square headlamps. The original, dilapidated boilers of the four locomotives built by BLW were replaced with new, smaller boilers built by Dixon Boiler Works in Los Angeles, California. Their worn-out wood and steel cabs were replaced with new ones made of fiberglass, and they were given new tenders, which used the trucks from the originals. Many of the smaller original parts on the locomotives such as the domes and brass bells on top of the boilers, the frames, the wheels, and the side rods were successfully refurbished and retained. The locomotives' fireboxes were also modified to burn ultra-low-sulfur diesel oil instead of bunker oil. Replicas of their builder's plates were also made to replace the originals. The restoration cost of the four BLW locomotives and their tenders was around $125,000 each.

The ALCO locomotive acquired along with them could not be restored. Built in 1902, this locomotive was the oldest of the five locomotives purchased and was determined to have too many problems to be rebuilt. Some of its parts were cannibalized to help restore the four BLW locomotives, including its smokestack, which was fitted to the WDWRR's No. 4 locomotive. Afterwards, the remains of the ALCO locomotive were stored out of use at WED Enterprises in Glendale, California, until they were sold to an unknown locomotive broker in the mid-1980s.

Opening to present day
The restoration of the WDWRR's four locomotives, as well as the construction of five new open-air Narragansett-style excursion cars for each of them (twenty in total), was completed in less than two years. The first completed set of five passenger cars was delivered to the Magic Kingdom park during April 1971 and the first completed locomotive arrived on May 15, 1971, several months before the park's opening. Like the steam trains running on the Disneyland Railroad during Disneyland's opening day on July 17, 1955, the steam trains for the WDWRR were the first attraction in the Magic Kingdom park to be finished, and they have been operating in the park ever since it opened on October 1, 1971. D tickets were required to ride on the WDWRR until 1982 when they were discontinued in favor of the pay-one-price admission system, allowing visitors to experience all of the park's attractions, including the WDWRR. George Britton, who was instrumental in getting the WDWRR's locomotives refurbished, became the railroad's foreman from the time the railroad opened until his retirement on April 6, 2006. He would later pass away on October 10, 2022. The WDWRR would eventually become one of the most popular steam-powered railroads in the world with about 3.7 million passengers each year. It is run by Main Street Operations, which also operates the Main Street Vehicles in the Main Street, U.S.A. section. Between 1976 and 1977, the Auto-Train Corporation sponsored the WDWRR.

For the first few months after the WDWRR opened to the public, Main Street, U.S.A. Station at the Magic Kingdom park's entrance, modeled after the former Victorian-style Saratoga Springs station in Saratoga Springs, New York, was the only stop for passengers along its route, making only complete round trips possible. On May 1, 1972, the first Frontierland Station opened near the Pecos Bill Tall Tale Inn and Café in the Frontierland section on the park's western edge. It was one of the last changes made to the WDWRR prior to the retirement of Roger Broggie on October 1, 1973.

The WDWRR's third station, Mickey's Birthdayland Station, opened on June 18, 1988, in the Magic Kingdom park's brand-new Mickey's Birthdayland section adjacent to the Fantasyland section in the park's northeast corner, and the railroad was briefly renamed Mickey's Birthdayland Express to promote it. When the Mickey's Birthdayland section was renamed Mickey's Starland in 1990, Mickey's Toyland in late 1995, and Mickey's Toontown Fair in 1996, the signage for its WDWRR station changed three times, but the station's structure remained the same.

In November 1990, the original Frontierland Station was demolished to make way for the new Splash Mountain log flume attraction and was replaced by the current Frontierland Station, which opened in December 1991 between the Splash Mountain and Big Thunder Mountain Railroad attractions. During construction of the Splash Mountain attraction and the current Frontierland Station, the WDWRR was temporarily renamed Backtrack Express and operated a single train in a shuttle mode along the section of track between the Main Street, U.S.A. and Mickey's Starland sections. Additionally, the original water tower in the Frontierland section was removed and the current one was built in the Mickey's Starland section.

In mid 2004, Mickey's Toontown Fair Station was demolished and completely rebuilt with a much shorter canopy. On February 11, 2011, the Mickey's Toontown Fair section closed to make way for the new Storybook Circus area, part of a new expansion of the Fantasyland section. The current Fantasyland Station, built on the site of the former Mickey's Toontown Fair Station, opened on March 12, 2012. The new station's area was nicknamed Carolwood Park, paying tribute to Walt Disney's Carolwood Pacific Railroad. In April 2012, the water tower and maintenance buildings adjacent to Fantasyland Station were re-themed to match the station's new design. These were the last additions made to the WDWRR before the death of Bob Harpur in November 2012.

In August 2018, a billboard sign promoting the upcoming TRON Lightcycle / Run roller coaster attraction was added next to the WDWRR's track in the Fantasyland section. On December 3, 2018, the WDWRR temporarily closed to accommodate construction of the TRON attraction in the Tomorrowland section. On December 23, 2022, the WDWRR reopened with a new tunnel adjacent to the TRON attraction. While the WDWRR was closed, many of the wooden railroad ties along the route were replaced with composite plastic ties for another 25 years of track maintenance. The stations in the Main Street, U.S.A. and Frontierland sections were repainted with new colors. The water tower at Fantasyland Station was completely refurbished. The electricity power at all three WDWRR stations were redone. During a media preview for the attraction's reopening the previous day, the Magic Kingdom employees were offered to board the new WDWRR ride experience.

On January 23, 2023, the Splash Mountain attraction containing one of the WDWRR's tunnels permanently closed to be rethemed as the new Tiana's Bayou Adventure log flume attraction. Additionally, the portion of the ride finale inside the tunnel was covered up. In early September, the original exit staircase at Frontierland Station was dismantled to accommodate the retheme. The passengers disembarking at Frontierland Station have to take a detour to the entrance stairs. At the same time, the TRON billboard was replaced with the new Fantasyland Storybook Circus farewell sign. On September 18, the WDWRR, along with several other Magic Kingdom attractions, temporarily closed due to a black bear that entered the Frontierland section. Around December, Frontierland Station began to be rethemed and renovated to match the future Tiana's Bayou Adventure attraction. In January 2024, the new staircase exit at Frontierland Station opened and it temporarily replaced the original staircase entrance, which was completely demolished. On April 23, 2024, the new entrance stairs at Frontierland Station opened. Afterwards, on June 28, 2024, the Tiana's Bayou Adventure attraction opened.

Ride experience
Beginning at Main Street, U.S.A. Station adjacent to the Magic Kingdom park's entrance, the trains of the WDWRR travel along its single track in a clockwise direction on its circular route, which spans 7809 ft around the park. It takes about 20 minutes for each train to complete a round trip on the WDWRR's main line and each of them arrives at each station every 4-7 minutes. On any given day, either two or three trains run, with two running on a typical day and three on a busy day, depending on the number of park guests. While passengers are waiting at Main Street, U.S.A. Station for the next train, they are able to observe the mutoscopes, medallions, and arcade machines in the waiting area. On the first floor of Main Street U.S.A. Station, there were four commemorative plaque frames, representing information about each of the WDWRR's locomotives. The speed limit of the WDWRR is 10 mph.

As the train departs Main Street, U.S.A. Station, it passes the Magic Kingdom monorail station, crosses an access road in the Adventureland section, travels over a small bridge, enters a small tunnel, and crosses a second access road in the Frontierland section. After entering a tunnel through the Tiana's Bayou Adventure attraction, the train arrives at Frontierland Station. While the train is awaiting to depart, a sound effect of a telegraph operator using a telegraph key to enter Morse code can be heard at the station, transmitting Walt Disney's 1955 Disneyland dedication speech.

Continuing down the line, the train passes the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad mine train roller coaster attraction and traverses a fully functional swing bridge, which crosses a canal connecting the Rivers of America to a dry dock area and the Seven Seas Lagoon. This bridge was originally located in Wabasso, Florida, and was previously owned by the Florida East Coast Railway. The train then runs through the park's northern area where numerous static and Audio-Animatronic displays of Native Americans and wild animals can be seen. Occasionally, live alligators and deer can be seen in this vicinity. Additionally, the Liberty Belle Riverboat can be seen in the Rivers of America, floating side by side with the train and sounding their whistles at each other. Afterwards, the train goes under an overpass, passes the spur line leading to the WDWRR's roundhouse where its trains are stored and maintained, and arrives at its next stop at Fantasyland Station. While the train is stopped at this station, where the railroad's water tower is used to refill the tender if needed, the train crew will perform a boiler blowdown on the locomotive and the maintenance crew will service it.

In the final segment of the train's journey around the park, it enters a two-percent grade tunnel adjacent to the TRON Lightcycle / Run roller coaster attraction. Additionally, there are some windows on the left side of the tunnel where passengers can get a glimpse of the TRON Lightcycle / Run roller coaster track. After exiting the tunnel, the train passes the Space Mountain roller coaster attraction in the Tomorrowland section, and travels over a small bridge before it arrives back at Main Street, U.S.A. Station. This completes what the park refers to as The Grand Circle Tour.

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Personal strollers and wheelchairs were allowed on board the train, excluding rental Disney strollers and electric conveyance vehicles. All of the stations had disability ramps access for the wheelchair passengers to board the train. Since October 1999, a separately-priced tour of the WDWRR named Disney's The Magic Behind Our Steam Trains Tour has been available once on Sundays-Thursdays, and includes access to the railroad's otherwise-restricted roundhouse. At the end of the tour, the guests were originally given free railroad spikes as souvenirs, but due to the September 11 attacks in 2001, the spikes were dropped in favor of the lapel pins. In 2020, the tour was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Rolling stock
When working on the line, each WDWRR locomotive consumes 25 gal of fuel and 200 gal of water per hour, and each tender can hold 664 gal of fuel and 1,837 gal of water. Each of the four locomotives takes on water at Fantasyland Station every three or four trips and pulls a set of five passenger cars with seating capacity for 75 passengers per car, for a total of 375 passengers per train. The passenger car's benches can hold 3-5 passengers each. The front passenger car had a disability ramp for the two wheelchair passengers to be loaded on. Occasionally, locomotives and their passenger car sets will be switched when either one is out of service for maintenance, overhauls, refurbishments, or repairs.

The locomotives do not contain brakes, but the passenger cars do to avoid rough stops. The locomotives' tenders each have an automatic train control box underneath, which detect red light frequencies from the signals' transmitters along the track and apply the passenger cars' brakes. In September 2007, all four locomotives were equipped with an E-stop control box. Up until early 2017, there were no handrails and side panels on most of the 200 series train set's left side to allow Disney employees, dressed up as Disney characters, to disembark at Main Street, U.S.A. Station for the daily park opening ceremonies.

In 1997, another locomotive arrived at Walt Disney World, where it was named after former Disney animator and rail enthusiast Ward Kimball. However, it was deemed too small for the WDWRR's operations and was instead sent to the Cedar Point & Lake Erie Railroad in the Cedar Point amusement park in Sandusky, Ohio, where it now operates as their No. 1 locomotive, the G.A. Boeckling.

In the past, all four locomotives received major refurbishments at the Tweetsie Railroad in Blowing Rock, North Carolina, costing nearly $4 million. Since 2010, overhauling services have taken place at the Strasburg Rail Road in Strasburg, Pennsylvania.

Opening
Early in the morning at 5:30 A.M., the first train crew arrives at the WDWRR's roundhouse to get the first train ready to run for the day's operations. The roundhouse stores the WDWRR's locomotives and passenger cars on the lower level, while the upper level houses the storage and maintenance facility for the Walt Disney World monorails. Each WDWRR train is run by an engineer and fireman in the locomotive, as well as a conductor at the rear of the train who supervises the passengers and ensures that the passenger cars' equipment is working. After Main Street Operations employees first work as conductors for more than six months, they have the opportunity to become engineers or firemen. Rookie engineers and engineers in training are nicknamed piglets and pigs, respectively; after training for six months, they are renamed hogs.

Since the locomotive needs steam pressure to operate, an air compressor hose from the roundhouse needs to be connected to the locomotive's air reservoir tank to run the atomizer and stack blower valves for the fireman firing up the locomotive every 45 minutes. Once the locomotive is fired up, the train leaves the roundhouse and stops in front of a railroad crossing while the train crew performs the safety valve test on the locomotive at around 140 psi. Afterwards, the train moves to a small bridge where the train crew performs a boiler blowdown on the locomotive. The fireman then throws a switch to let the train enter the WDWRR's main line starting at Fantasyland Station to perform the last safety check where it runs past a red light to test the passenger cars' automatic brakes. Prior to early 2017, the first train going out was the 200 series train set used for the daily park opening ceremonies; it returned to the roundhouse after the performance.

In service
When the Magic Kingdom park opens, the first two trains arrive at each station with the fireman ringing the locomotive's bell to let the passengers know that the trains are ready for boarding. Sometimes a third train will be put into operation later in the day when the park's crowd increases. Each time a train completes two trips around the park, it will stop at Main Street, U.S.A. Station for a crew rotation where the engineer takes a break, the fireman becomes the new engineer, and a new fireman takes over. Meanwhile, the train conductor at each train swapped positions with the station conductor at each station every 20 minutes. It usually takes about two and a half minutes to get some of the passengers off and more passengers on the train at each station. The conductor activates a buzzer horn in the locomotive's cab to let the engineer know if the train is ready to depart or if an emergency stop is needed. Occasionally, before the train departs at each station, the conductor will let more than one child become a Guest Conductor, where they say "All aboard!" through the conductor's microphone and are given a free Guest Conductor souvenir card. During the Magic Kingdom parade events, the trains are halted due to the parade route crossing over the WDWRR tracks in the Frontierland section.

Block signals
The WDWRR uses block signals to notify the engineers, firemen, and conductors on each train whether the track segments along the railroad's 1.5 mi of main-line track are clear or occupied by other trains. They are also used to notify WDWRR personnel when Big Thunder Mountain Railroad's transfer track is swung over the WDWRR's track to transfer trains on and off the roller coaster. The WDWRR's track is divided into seven such segments, or blocks, and each block has a track-side block signal to communicate its status. Block signals are located at each of the three stations, alongside the three main-line blocks between the stations, and alongside the spur line connecting the WDWRR's roundhouse to the main line.

Closing
The WDWRR closes each evening before the fireworks show starts, due to its track running close to the fireworks staging area. The trains make their last stop at Fantasyland Station, where the conductor throws the switch that lets the trains run in reverse along the spur line leading back to the WDWRR's roundhouse. Once the trains are back inside the roundhouse, the train crew shuts them down for the machine shop crew, which gives the locomotives and passenger cars a thorough inspection and performs maintenance or repairs if needed. After midnight, the locomotives' tenders get replenished with diesel oil. The WDWRR closes temporarily during inclement thunderstorms and hurricanes, especially during the summer months.

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Talk:Michael Robert Ryan

this was a terroble crime micheal robert ryan committed on 9th aug 1987 i dont remember it because i was only a baby at the time but what my mother said it was terrible and she said it was all over the news

Propose this page should be merged
Shouldn't this page be merged with Hungerford Massacre? Ryan is not notable for anything else is he? quercus robur 22:08, 18 September 2005 (UTC)

 * Good idea. Kirchherr 21:40, 19 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Definitely a good idea. El T 08:43, 20 October 2005 (UTC)

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I believe this is actually a professional chorus now, with a mix of paid and unpaid members, but I am not sufficiently certain to edit that into the page yet. (09:58 20 Apr 2005 (UTC) )

If so, it is a partly professional chorus and the page should say so. Also needed: when and how singers became paid, and how many; whether there is a continuing membership or whether it's a "Rolodex" group; whether or how it grew out of the Roger Wagner Chorale; what residency at the Music Center actually means, if anything; and whether the group is financially independent of the Music Center or the Philharmonic. C. Cerf (talk) 20:39, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

Unsourced article
This article doesn't cite any sources, and technically is at risk of deletion. See Verifiability for more. I'm sure that this organization is notable enough to have a Wikipedia page, but it needs at least some proper sourcing with some independent third-party cites (possibly LA Times, etc). The recently-overhauled page for the Choral Arts Society of Washington provides a decent example. Dss16 (talk) 20:56, 22 August 2010 (UTC)

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Hi Lafem —

I replied to your question here. However, one thing that you should note is that the views of an "official administrator" aren't particularly more important in solving disputes than anyone else's — when people are making editorial decisions, everyone is at the same level. Also, let me say that, though I think your interpretation is roughly correct, it is far more difficult to make these kinds of judgements when there aren't clearly defined "experts". For instance, I'd trust an expert's view on, say, string theory, but non necessarily on social issues or, say, the Opus Dei (example used only because that seems to be what you're discussing above). — Asbestos | Talk   (RFC)  15:09, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

Catholicism and Freemasonry
...has suddenly become a source of Opus Dei info (they are claiming it is a secret society on the page). I am only editing sporadically nowadays, and was wondering if you could keep a bit of an eye on that page as well - simply b/c the majority of editors there are taking a very anti-Opus Dei POV that requires some balance - plus the sources are pretty bad (for the page in general, it would seem). Thanks! DonaNobisPacem 22:23, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

 * Thanks - although I know a fair bit about Opus Dei, I am not so knowledgeable in regards to sources, and more in-depth issues (such as their constitution) - although I should have caught the pre-1982 thing! Anyways, we'll see how it goes - one editor in particular on that page has been reverting any changes favourable to Catholicism willy-nilly, but your change gives me a basis to stand on in regards to Opus Dei.  So again - thanks!

Charism
I would like you yourself to revise the paragraph, taking account of the fact that a charism is not a group or organization or movement or whatever you want to call the work that the founder, because of the charism with which God has endowed him or her, has given rise to. A religious congregation etc., too, has its charism, distinct from the personal charism of the founder, and distinct too from the congregation itself: the charism is something the congregation has, not what it is. Secondly, mentioning together the Second Vatican Council and Opus Dei seemed to imply that Opus Dei is an in some way anticipated fruit of the Council. If you want to mention both, this must be avoided in some way. How about including more of the JPII quotation you refer to? Lima 10:07, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

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Opus Dei controversy section
If the main problem is a structure prone to being interpreted as a "set em up and knock em down", may I propose that we invert the order of the critical and supporting views. Please check this private fork = Opus Dei controversy section where I propose a new ordering. I hope this satisfies all parties. :) Kindly comment on this. Thanks. Marax (talk) 08:15, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

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Hi Lafem, :) I've just been given this and am passing it on to you, because you deserve it for all the work you've put in.

Hope you can continue helping in bringing the article up to FAC. Marax (talk) 01:03, 17 March 2008 (UTC) P.S. I took the initiative to place it as well in your userpage but you might want it moved elsewhere.

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Hi Lafem, I have read your mail. The best place to put your concerns is the talk page of the project : Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Christianity. There are people from all denominations and we will happy to help you as we could - Tinucherian (talk) 10:40, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

Hi Lafem, having the honor to post the first comment here since nearly 3 full years, I just want to notify you, that your edit here seems to have untintentionally cut a sentence. I didn't change it, as I wasn't sure about. --Túrelio (talk) 12:37, 13 April 2011 (UTC)

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In your edit you cited "importance" as a reason for putting in Opus Dei. Since that's a subjective quality, it's not really a reason why one article should trump another. Not that I'm going to remove it or anything, but just so you know. Thanks. — howcheng  {chat} 17:27, 1 March 2012 (UTC)

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Opus Dei - Society
If Opus Dei is not a society "A group of people who meet from time to time to engage in a common interest; an association or organization." (Wikitionary), please tell me what it is? Neither of your sources say it is a society - in fact the word society only appears in them to refer to society in general, not Opus Dei. I do not want to start an edit war with you. Template:Opus Dei was created to include all lay Catholic spiritualities, which evidently includes Opus Dei (I doubt you would debate that), it was later considered better to rename it as "movements and societies" with the latter including all those which are not movements such as Opus Dei. You did not respond to the similarities I pointed out but simply re-posted your comments. Please respond to my comments.>> M.P.Schneider,LC (parlemus • feci) 19:25, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

 * Thank you for informing me of the revert. Let me put the argumentation this way: If Opus Dei as a prelature is included in that template, then we will have to include all Roman Catholic prelatures and dioceses too because they are composed of 99% laity which meet from time to time to engage in a common interest.

 * With all the good will the template is trying to generate, it is not helping people understand the true nature of Opus Dei, based on its God-given charism.

 * It is an excellent template for societies, but a more precise (i.e. encyclopedic) template for Opus Dei would be that for Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures.

 * If the title of the template is Catholic lay spirituality, then that would be acceptable. Lafem (talk) 09:03, 4 May 2013 (UTC)

 * I changed it to avoid Lay Catholic Spiritual Organizations as I realized it specified one type (movements) but not others. I also suggested Lay Catholic Charisms on the talk page. Since the canon lawyers are slowly catching up to the Holy Spirit, many of the other groups listed have awkward or uncertain canonical statuses (like Opus Dei in its early years). I think there is a value for combining these specific charisms / spiritualities directed at lay people but due to the multiform legal statuses (or lack thereof) a precise title seems awkward. I have no disagreements regarding Opus Dei's canonical status or that it has a specific charism directed to lay people. I think this charism directed to lay people is what unites all those groups listed in the navbox I may not have expressed it well. I want to find a way to include all these charisms directed to lay people together. (p.s. You can note in the edits that I also made the Opus Dei navbox and removed ODAN as an unreliable source from Opus Dei, and my username gives away who I am).>> M.P.Schneider,LC (parlemus • feci) 12:40, 6 May 2013 (UTC)

 * I have not doubts about your intentions, MPSchneiderLC. You are doing a service. The new title is acceptable to me. Thanks. Lafem (talk) 05:48, 7 May 2013 (UTC)

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COI vis-a-vis Opus Dei
I asked you about this at Talk:Opus Dei but you ignored the question so now I will ask a little more formally. Your honesty in this regard is appreciated.

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GAR Opus Dei
Opus Dei has been nominated for a community good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. A. C. Santacruz ⁂  Talk  16:37, 28 September 2021 (UTC)

title: User talk:Lafem


text: User talk:217.219.33.1

title: User talk:217.219.33.1


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User:Femto/elem brinellhardness mpa

 * Brinell hardness || MPa
 * Brinell hardness || MPa

title: User:Femto/elem brinellhardness mpa


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User:Femto/elem poissonratio

 * Poisson ratio ||
 * Poisson ratio ||

title: User:Femto/elem poissonratio


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User:Femto/elem youngsmodulus gpa

 * Young's modulus || GPa
 * Young's modulus || GPa

title: User:Femto/elem youngsmodulus gpa