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Dick Barnett

Richard Barnett (born October 2, 1936) is an American former basketball player who was a shooting guard in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Syracuse Nationals, Los Angeles Lakers and New York Knicks. He won two NBA championships with the Knicks. Barnett was also a member of the Cleveland Pipers in the American Basketball League. He played college basketball at Tennessee A&I College. In 2024, it was announced that Barnett would be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

Early years
Barnett attended Theodore Roosevelt High School in a segregated society. Although he struggled as a student at school, he became one of the best basketball players in the state of Indiana.

As a senior, he led his team to the state basketball championship, which was the first final where 2 predominant African American basketball squads faced each other. The team lost to Crispus Attucks High School and their future NBA star Oscar Robertson. He received All-state honors.

College career
Barnett accepted a basketball scholarship from Tennessee A&I College, to play under coach John McLendon. As a freshman, he was given the nickname "Dick the Skull". He was known for his trademark "question mark" jump shot, with an unusual technique of kicking his legs back as he released the ball with his left hand, taunting the defenders by saying, "Too late; Fall back baby".

He became a three-time Associated Press Little College All-American, helping the school to a 36-game winning streak and three consecutive NAIA national championship titles. He received back-to-back championship MVP honors in 1958 and 1959.

Barnett graduated as the school's All-time scorer with 3,209 points for a 23.6 average in 136 games, while also recording 1,571 career rebounds for an 11.6 average, a career shooting percentage of 44.8 and 80.0 from the free throw line.

In 1986, he was inducted into the NAIA Hall of Fame. In 1990, the school retired his No. 12 Jersey. In 1993, he was inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame. In 2005, he was inducted into the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame. In 2007, he was inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame, along with his coach John McLendon. In 2012, he was named to the NAIA 75th Anniversary All-Star Team. In 2016, he was inducted into the Small College Basketball Hall of Fame. In 2019 the 1957–59 Tennessee A&I Tigers men's basketball team was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame.

Syracuse Nationals
Barnett was selected by the Syracuse Nationals (now the Philadelphia 76ers) in the first round (4th overall) of the 1959 NBA draft. He was used in a sixth man role behind guards Larry Costello and Hal Greer. As a rookie, he averaged 12.4 points per game. In the 1960–61 season, he scored 16.9 points, which ranked seventh among the league's backcourt players.

Cleveland Pipers
In 1961, he signed with the Cleveland Pipers of the American Basketball League (ABL), which were owned by George Steinbrenner (the future owner of the New York Yankees) and coached by John McLendon. He was a part of the 1961–62 ABL Championship team.

On December 21, 1961, the Nationals won a court order barring him from playing that season in the rival American Basketball League.

Los Angeles Lakers
On September 7, 1962, the Syracuse Nationals sold his player rights to the Los Angeles Lakers, for $35,000, which at the time was the highest player-for-money transaction in league history. He was also used in a sixth man role with the Lakers, behind Elgin Baylor and Jerry West. He helped the team win the Western Division title after West missed 27 games with a leg injury.

Famous Laker announcer Chick Hearn nicknamed him "Fall Back Baby". Off the court, he was also known for his sharp wit. He averaged 16.8 points, 3.0 rebounds and 2.7 assists during his 3 seasons with the team.

New York Knicks
On October 14, 1965, he was traded to the New York Knicks in exchange for Bob Boozer and cash considerations. In his first season, he led the team in scoring with a 23.1 average. In 1968, he made his only All-Star appearance.

In 1970, he helped the Knicks beat the Lakers for the NBA title. In 1973, he contributed to the team winning a second championship against the Lakers. He was released on October 23, 1973. He scored 15,358 regular season points in his career. In 1990, the Knicks retired his No. 12 jersey in the rafters of Madison Square Garden.

Personal life
Barnett, who holds a PhD in education from Fordham University, is now retired from teaching Sports Management at St. John's University in New York as of 2007.

Documentary
Barnett was the subject of the 2022 documentary The Dream Whisperer. The documentary chronicles the Tennessee A&I Tigers teams that won three NAIA basketball championships between 1957 and 1959.

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ISAS

ISAS may refer to:

 * International School for Advanced Studies, a post-graduate teaching and research institute in Trieste, Italy
 * Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, a Japanese research institute currently part of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
 * Independent Schools Association of the Southwest, an association of 89 independent schools located in Arizona, Kansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas.
 * Ictal-Interictal SPECT Analysis by SPM, a method of localizing seizures

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Béjaïa

Béjaïa (بجاية, Bijāya,, ) formerly Bougie and Bugia, is a Mediterranean port city and commune on the Gulf of Béjaïa in Algeria; it is the capital of Béjaïa Province, Kabylia. Béjaïa is the largest principally Kabyle-speaking city in the region of Kabylia, Algeria.

Geography

The town is overlooked by the mountain , whose profile is said to resemble a sleeping woman. Other nearby scenic spots include the Aiguades beach and the Pic des Singes (Peak of the Monkeys); the latter site is a habitat for the endangered Barbary macaque, which prehistorically had a much broader distribution than at present. All three of these geographic features are located in the Gouraya National Park. The Soummam river runs past the town.

Under French rule, it was known under various European names, such as Budschaja in German, Bugia in Italian, and Bougie in French. The French and Italian versions, due to the town's wax trade, eventually acquired the metonymic meaning of "candle".

Climate
Béjaïa, like most cities along the coast of Algeria, has a Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa), with very warm, dry summers and mild, wet winters.

Antiquity and Byzantine era

According to Al-Bakri, the bay was first inhabited by Andalusians.

Béjaïa stands on the site of the ancient city of Saldae, a minor port in Carthaginian and Roman times, in an area at first inhabited by Numidian Berbers and founded as a colony for old soldiers by Emperor Augustus. It was an important town and a bishopric in the province of Mauretania Caesariensis, and later Sitifensis.

In the fifth century, Saldae became the capital of the short-lived Vandal Kingdom of the Germanic Vandals, which lasted for a century until about 533 with the Byzantine conquest, which established an African prefecture and later the Exarchate of Carthage.

Muslim and feudal rulers
After the 7th-century Muslim conquest, it was refounded as "Béjaïa"; the Hammadid dynasty made it their capital, and it became an important port and centre of culture.

The Casbah of Béjaïa or in French Casbah de Béjaïa [fr] was built by the Almohad Caliphate under the reign of governor Abd al-Mu'min in the middle of the 12th century (around 1154), then rebuilt by the Spaniards when the city was taken in 1510. It was then modified by the Ottomans and the French. The Casbah of Béjaïa played a role in the transmission of knowledge in the Middle Ages, the more or less long stays of scientific and literary personalities, versed in all fields of knowledge. No

According to Muhammad al-Idrisi, the port was, in the 11th century, a market place between Mediterranean merchant ships and caravans coming from the Sahara desert. Christian merchants settled funduqs (or khans) in Bejaïa. The Italian city of Pisa was closely tied to Béjaïa, where it built one of its two permanent consulates in the African continent.

The son of a Pisan merchant (and probably consul), posthumously known as Fibonacci (c. 1170 – c. 1250), there learned about mathematics (which he called "Modus Indorum") and Hindu-Arabic numerals. He introduced modern mathematics into medieval Europe. A mathematical-historical analysis of Fibonacci's context and proximity to Béjaïa, an important exporter of wax in his time, has suggested that it was actually the bee-keepers of Béjaïa and the knowledge of the bee ancestries that truly inspired the Fibonacci sequence rather than the rabbit reproduction model as presented in his famous book Liber Abaci.

In 1315, Ramon Llull was stoned at Béjaïa, where, a few years before, Peter Armengaudius (Peter Armengol) is reputed to have been hanged.

After a Spanish occupation (1510–55), the city was taken by the Ottoman Empire in the Capture of Béjaïa in 1555. For nearly three centuries, Béjaïa was a stronghold of the Barbary pirates. The city consisted of Arabic-speaking Moors, Moriscos and Jews increased by Jewish refugees from Spain. Berber peoples lived not in the city but the surrounding villages and travelled to the city occasionally for markets.

City landmarks include a 16th-century mosque and a fortress built by the Spanish in 1545.

A picture of the Orientalist painter Maurice Boitel, who painted in the city for a while, can be found in the museum of Béjaïa.

French colonial rule
It was captured by the French in 1833 and became a part of colonial Algeria. Most of the time it was the seat ('sous-préfecture') of an arrondissement (mid 20th century, 513,000 inhabitants, of whom 20,000 'Bougiates' in the city itself) in the Département of Constantine, until Bougie was promoted to département itself in 1957.

Battle of Béjaïa
During World War II, Operation Torch landed forces in North Africa, including a battalion of the British Royal West Kent Regiment at Béjaïa on 11 November 1942.

That same day, at 4:40 PM, a German Luftwaffe air raid struck Béjaïa with thirty Ju 88 bombers and torpedo planes. The transports HMT Awatea and Cathay were sunk and the monitor HMS Roberts was damaged. The following day, the anti-aircraft ship SS Tynwald was torpedoed and sank, while the transport Karanja was bombed and destroyed.

Algerian republic
After Algerian independence, it became the eponymous capital of Béjaïa Province, covering part of the eastern Berber region Kabylia.

Ecclesiastical history
With the spread of Christianity, Saldae became a bishopric. Its bishop Paschasius was one of the Catholic bishops whom the Arian Vandal king Huneric summoned to Carthage in 484 and then exiled. Christianity survived the Islamic conquest, the disappearance of the old city of Saldae, and the founding of the new city of Béjaïa. A letter from Pope Gregory VII (1073–1085) exists, addressed to clero et populo Buzee (the clergy and people of Béjaïa), in which he writes of the consecration of a bishop named Servandus for Christian North Africa.

No longer a residential bishopric, Saldae (v.) is today listed by the Catholic Church as a titular see. and still has incumbents by that title (mostly of the lowest (episcopal) rank, some of the intermediary archiepiscopal rank).

Titular see of Bugia
This titular see was for a long time, alternatively and concurrently with the city's authentic Roman Latin name Saldae (v.), called Bugia, the Italian language form (used in the Roman Curia) of Béjaïa.

The 'modern' form and title, Bugia, seems out of use, after having had the following incumbents, all of the lowest (episcopal) rank:
 * Miguel Morro (1510 – ?), as Auxiliary Bishop of Mallorca (Balearic Spain) (1510 – ?)
 * Fernando de Vera y Zuñiga, Augustinians (O.E.S.A.) (1614.02.17 – 1628.11.13), as Auxiliary Bishop of Badajoz (Spain) (1614.02.17 – 1628.11.13); later Metropolitan Archbishop of Santo Domingo, finally Archbishop-Bishop of Cusco (Peru) (1629.07.16 – death 1638.11.09)
 * François Perez (1687.02.05 – death 1728.09.20), as Apostolic Vicar of Cochin (Vietnam) (1687.02.05 – 1728.09.20)
 * Antonio Mauricio Ribeiro (1824.09.27 – death ?), as Auxiliary Bishop of Évora (Portugal) (1824.09.27 – ?)
 * George Hilary Brown (5 June 1840 until 22 April 1842), as first and only Apostolic Vicar of Lancashire District (England) (1840.06.05 – 1850.09.29), later Titular Bishop of Tlous (1842.04.22 – 1850.09.29), promoted first bishop of successor see Liverpool (1850.09.29 – 1856.01.25)

Demography
The population of the city in 2008 in the latest census was 177,988.

Economy
The northern terminus of the Hassi Messaoud oil pipeline from the Sahara, Béjaïa is the principal oil port of the Western Mediterranean. Exports, aside from crude petroleum, include iron, phosphates, wines, dried figs, and plums. The city also has textile and cork industries.

The Béni Mansour-Bejaïa line railroad terminates in Béjaïa. The airport of the city is Abane Ramdane Airport.

Cevital has its head office in the city.

Sports
The city is home to JSM Béjaïa and MO Béjaïa, two rival football clubs who won one Algerian Cup each and have represented the city in African club competitions. Both of them play at the Maghrebi Unity Stadium.

Twin towns – sister cities
Béjaïa has an official friendly relationship with:

 * Glasgow, Scotland, since 1995
 * 🇫🇷 Brest
 * 🇩🇪 Bad Homburg

Villages

 * Ilougane

Notable people

 * Zaki Hannache (born 1987), human rights activist
 * Nihad Hihat (born 1994), volleyball player
 * Rebiha Khebtani (1926–2006), politician
 * Nassim Oussalah (born 1981), footballer

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Marked as needing cleanup for obvious reasons; the head looks like it might be a copyvio, but google disagrees, and then there's the matter of the massive block of French. Keep my map though, please. :) --Golbez 05:08, Feb 11, 2005 (UTC)

This was formerly a redirect to a redirect to Talk:Béjaïa Province. But this confused the heck out of me! :-) Quartier Latin   1968  20:49, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Raymond Lull?
The page for Raymond Llull says he died at home in Palma, and that his expulsion from Tunis (I suppose Bejaia) was later expanded into a myth of martyrdom.

SmaleDuffin 17:11, 27 February 2007 (UTC)SmaleDuffin

New image
I recently uploaded this engraving by Wenceslas Hollar depicting a 1671 naval battle at "Bugia." Feel free to use it or not. Dcoetzee 06:41, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

Introduction of wax candle to Europe
During the 13th Century, the Port of Bejaia fell under the control of the Hafsid Empire when they conquered Tunis. Trading with European ports like Marseilles, Genoa, and Naples, the Port of Bejaia introduced the wax candle (in French, "bougie"). From http://www.worldportsource.com/ports/DZA_Port_of_Bejaia_1418.php — Preceding unsigned comment added by 159.121.204.129 (talk) 18:14, 22 May 2012 (UTC)

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Farningham Road railway station

Farningham Road railway station is on the Chatham Main Line in England, serving the villages of Farningham, Sutton-at-Hone, Horton Kirby and South Darenth, Kent. It is 20 mi down the line from London Victoria and is situated between Swanley and Longfield.

The station and all trains that call are operated by Southeastern.

The ticket office, on the 'up' (London-bound) side, is situated in the substantial station building. This is staffed only during part of the day; at other times a self service ticket machine can be used, located on the platform side of the station building.

The railway line was electrified as part of the Southern Railway's "Maidstone & Gillingham Electrification" scheme of July 1939. The station was previously named Farningham Road & Sutton-at-Hone.

Services
All services at Farningham Road are operated by Southeastern using, and  EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:
 * 1 tph to London Victoria via Denmark Hill
 * 1 tph to Gillingham

During the peak hours, the station is served by an additional hourly service between London Victoria and Gillingham, increasing the service to 2 tph in each direction.

On Sundays, the service to Gillingham is extended to and from Dover Priory.

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Center for Advanced Research and Technology

The Center for Advanced Research and Technology (CART) is a high tech high school in Clovis, California, United States.

The CART facility is about 75000 sqft. It offers classes in professional sciences, engineering, advanced communications, and global economics. Within each cluster are career-specific laboratories in which students complete industry-based projects and receive academic credit for advanced English, science, math, and technology.

Approach
After going through an application process, eleventh- and twelfth-grade students from the Clovis and Fresno Unified School Districts are bused to CART, where they attend three-hour classes in one of the many laboratories taught by teams of instructors covering a variety of educational courses that provide real-life career insight and personal expertise-.

Unlike most local public high schools where students move from one class to another for different subjects, the CART program implements a different technique in that each lab is taught by a minimum of three teachers each teaching a branch-off subject related to the main subject. The make-up of the course differs between the lab chosen by the student. Each teacher in the lab has a specialty. Over the course the required high school education is more than covered by each teacher in a way to encompass the main topic of the lab with the same lesson.

Courses
In addition to teaching the material from courses offered at other traditional high schools, CART offers education and experience in forensic research, biomedicine, environmental science, cybersecurity, psychology, law and policy, game design, multimedia, robotics, biotechnology, business and finance, marketing and advertising, hospitality and event management, and many, many, more.

History
Completed in May 2000, students began classes in August 2000. Purchase of the grounds for the new school was done in January 1997. Purchased property price to date is $1,894,867, the developer granted CART 5% interest in their project.

96% of 2005 CART seniors indicated they were going to a post secondary institution. 100% of 2005 CART applicants were accepted at Fresno State. 50 2005 seniors received CART scholarships totaling $37,000.


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Danish Defence Estates and Infrastructure Organisation

The Danish Defence Estates and Infrastructure Organisation (DDEO) (Forsvarsministeriets Ejendomsstyrelse/FES), is a Level.I authority, directly under the Danish Ministry of Defence. It was created in 2014 after the Construction and Establishments Service was reorganized, due to the Defence Agreement 2013-17.

Organization
DDEO holds the authority that handles all construction and building projects for all other authorities under the Danish Ministry of Defence. It does not actually do the building itself, but rather is the project manager and works out all the plans on how it should be done and who should do it.

The DDEO is also responsible for such things as property assessments, selling and buying property, legal consultation, preservations, energy, environmental issues. It also administrates the Danish Defence's 700 rental properties.

Defence Construction Service
DDEO can trace its history back to 1684, when King Christian V setup three fortifications services for Denmark, Schleswig-Holstein and Norway. In 1952, the Army Construction Service, merged with Navy Construction Service and Coast Fortification Service, to form the Defence Construction Service/DCS (Forsvarets Bygningstjeneste/FBT).

Construction and Establishments Service
In January 2007, due to the Defence agreement 2005-2009, significant changes took take place in DCS, which is to eventually evolve into Construction and Establishments Service/CES (Forsvarets Bygnings- og Etablissementstjeneste/FBE), by incorporating decentralized departments located in various military regiments, as well as the Defence Command's infrastructure department, for a more streamlined organization.

Misuse of funds
In December 2019, it was reported that there were violations of rules in 75 percent of the purchases related to the DDEO. In extreme cases, payment was given to tasks which were never completed. As a result, the director of the DDEO, Hans J. Høyer, was removed from his post and Chief of Defence Bjørn Bisserup was made acting director.


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Talk:Kai Hiwatari

Who is your wife and from which country she is? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 42.110.136.96 (talk) 07:11, 11 September 2020 (UTC)

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Why have you erased info from the trivia? Trivia is suppose to be info and random info that in some way is related! E.g. You erased the coat of arms trivia because you didn't think it was relavent???? Russiancoat of arms has a two headed bird, could be related to dranzer or Bryan's bit beast more likely. That Japanese info about the dog is true btw. Hmm maybe you should of watched Grev before posting a wikia like this.- gem 2012

A very badly written article about a Beyblade character. - Mike Rosoft 10:36, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)

I have rewritten the entire article. I hope this is alright with everyone!!!! If not, well you can edit it, can't you?- --Katashi 23:29, 27 July 2005 (UTC)

Kai getting married
I heard some rumors about a manga special that showed events after the G Revolution series and Kai got married to someone named Saori (according to the person who i heard it from it may have been a character designed specifically for the special). That person said she got this piece of info off some message board but i was unable to confirm whether it was true or not so i'm not adding anything here. I would say there's a possibity that this was bad information. it could have been made up by the person who i heard it from or just made up as some sort of prank on that Kai fans on the net. I heard the rumor from a review in fanfiction.net for the fanfic Project KAIRI. If any one can confirm if this rumor is true or not please do so -dreamflare 10:32 August 29

kai getting married ..............r u crazy!!??? he's just 16 ! how can he get married ! it's definitely a prank it can't be true ! no way, i don't believe it!

'Aw...so cute! He finally told her but there's some bad news i found out. I went to to see the messgae boards about some new beyblade stuff. In one of boards they were talking about this beyblade mnag specail in a magazine that showed what happend later to G Revolution. It showed who ddi they get married with.

Tysonx?? RayxMariah Kaix??

I don't know who she is but i think she was made for the specail. I wish it was Kairi that go married with kai though.' these were the exact words the person said in the review. her username was Mysterygirl256. The review was submitted on 2005-08-16. the following is the URL:http://www.fanfiction.net/r/2468622/0/2/. see for yourself.by the way it might not be page two by the time you see this and go check it out. -dreamflare 9:26 september 29 2005

Ooh... first time posting at Wiki... does this work...? Sorry if I mess up...

Anyway, it's pretty obvious(to me) Kai got married. He get's a kid named 'Gou', and Takao has a son named 'Makoto' and Rei gets a girl named 'Rin'. I can't confirm this, but people in FF.net have sometimes mentioned them in reviews and such, as if it were rather common information, not trying to start rumors, and remember that fanfiction.net has people from many many different places that might already have this or that manga. But nobody ever mentioned anything about who Kai married. Saori you said? Hm, I'll go by some forums and try and check that out, thanks.

Maybe I'll add stuff to these pages one day, megamis know that I have enough useless anime information in my head to pass around ^^;.

Also, maybe there could be more pics, of Kai from all thre seasons and a pic of his beyblade, bit-beast, and Kuro Suzaku. I don't know how to add pics though, and I'm hesitant to try(I don't like trying new things, which is why my first time 'talking' at Wiki is exciting for me...).

But wow, Kai seems to be pretty covered, compared to Max. Ali

-- I wanna say that noone but The author knows who kai gets married with! Saori is not REAL!!

I removed some of the first paragraph of the Season 3, seeing as it repeated exactly what was stated in the beginning of the second paragraph. Also, as the manga goes, yes Kai does marry and he has a child, although the names of the child and wife are unknown to me, although I'm sure your sources are correct --Katashi

I've heard of Kai having a son named Gou also. there was a fanlisting of him somewhere but i don't remember the URL. You could see for yourself. Go to google and type in "Gou Hiwatari" WITH the quotes and click search/ press enter. Of course, since i saw it there months ago, it might not be there anymore. -dreamflare02:10, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

Kai Hiwatari has a son, Goh Hiwatari, Tyson has a son Makoto and Ray & Mariah have a daughter, Rin. These three were shown in the manga chap. 14, a special, battling each other. Daichi Sumeragi was the DJ. Goh and Makoto's mothers are unknown and will remain unknown. Hilary can't be mom of either cuz she isn't even the manga. 110.38.202.173 (talk) 13:51, 23 November 2011 (UTC)

According to a website named beyblade series fanon wiki, Kai has a wife named Stephanie towa (katsuki tate in Japanese version). She is the cousin sister of Max and is a blader whose bit beast is requaza. She is also the mother of Gou and Rosie, kai's children. Sohana05 (talk) 12:04, 23 April 2020 (UTC)

Stephanie towa is not wife of Kai it's never stated and if Kai had got married in anime in the end like in manga I think he would marry Hilary as she is closest female character to Kai and Kai also respects her and has saved her life more than twice and TV Tokyo had confirmed that they wanted Kai and Hilary to end up together but since it wasn't a romantic show and was more focused on characters' passion for sport so they had to cut it of just to hints of their relation not showing anything concrete but hints are enough for people to see what might happen in future. Muktai Malekar s (talk) 02:15, 28 May 2022 (UTC)

Kai's Supposed 'Wife' Saori...
Yay, I found that his wife never comfirmed/shown/mentioned/etc. in the manga special, at least from the forum I checked. They had pics of pages of the manga, and while Kai's son Gou is comfirmed, there is no mention of his wife that I know of. Heck, for all we know, he doesn't even have a wife ^^. I'll come back laterz!

You could be right,Gou could be like Trunks in the DBZ anime (I don't think Bulma and Vegeta were married). Or the mother could have died in child birth. There are many possiblities--Katashi 16:08, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

Let me help you, because I have read the manga with Gou, Makoto, and Ling/Rin. Tyson and Kai's wife are NEVER mentioned in the manga.Hilary wasn't even in the manga so she can't be the wife of Tyson.The only child in the manga that we know the parents of is Ling. No one knows what happend to the mothers of Gou or Makoto. Some think that Kai and Tyson are the parents and that Gou and Makoto are brothers, but that not posable because they look like there fathers and there both guys.Another rumor is that they desided to leave it open so they wouldn't upset all of the Kai and Tyson lovers. -Catherine

But... i ve never heard of that girl in the manga nor the anime! it must be a stupid joke! or, a girl called Sinthia, might have made it up! i dont think fans should actually listen to all these stupid jokes! its sooooooooooooooooooooo untrue! YUNA

This wife "Saori" IS a made up character. Most likely from a FF or DA. Kai's wife is never mentioned in the manga. In an interview with Aoki Takao he said that the ending with Gou, Rin, and Makoto was a way of rounding things ups. If you really want to get into this marriage thing in the actual manga drawing (in the 14th volume) Kai and Takao aren't even wearing wedding rings. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.211.101.30 (talk) 04:52, 12 March 2011 (UTC)

Not that they need to wear rings as not everybody who is married wears them. It is part of some cultures and traditions, but if everybody wore them we would see so many of them. In my country they are not so frequent in daily life. And I don't think it is to upset any fans that Takao Aoki didn't design their wives/partners. Usually it is hard to design somebody so important just for such a short moment (like Draco's wife in Harry Potter's epilogue. JK Rowling later on developed her after being asked so much, but we don't know about her in the book). This happens quite a lot in books, series, and such. It is just shown somebody with children or you get to know they married or are with somebody, yet not necessary to specify with whom to leave it to the imagination.

According to a website named beyblade series fanon wiki, Kai has a wife named Stephanie towa (Katsuki Tate in Japanese version). She is the cousin sister of Max and is a blader whose bit beast is requaza. She is also the mother of Gou and Rosie, kai's children Sohana05 (talk) 12:01, 23 April 2020 (UTC)

Stephanie towa is not wife of Kai it's never stated and if Kai had got married in anime in the end like in manga I think he would marry Hilary as she is closest female character to Kai and Kai also respects her and has saved her life more than twice and TV Tokyo had confirmed that they wanted Kai and Hilary to end up together but since it wasn't a romantic show and was more focused on characters' passion for sport so they had to cut it of just to hints of their relation not showing anything concrete but hints are enough for people to see what might happen in future. Muktai Malekar s (talk) 02:16, 28 May 2022 (UTC)

 * When and where did TV Tokyo confirm they wanted Kai and Hilary together? Is there somewhere I can see it for myself? Lemielys (talk) 22:13, 13 June 2023 (UTC)
 * TV Tokyo never confirmed such a thing. Tobisenju (talk) 06:19, 14 June 2023 (UTC)

Not Kai's Falt
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I think it's not Kai's falt "because" his father abandond him.Kai has all the rights to hate   his dad.I mean i would too if my dad abandond me.I would also hate the Beyblade knowing my dad abandond me just for the beyblade.Infact maybe other kids would too!

Dranzer
Question - "Whether Dranzer is Male or Female?"

In mythology, phoenix are always male. Saying that, it's a good bet that Dranzer is male — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2605:8D80:6C0:17DD:507A:5C15:66CD:9C02 (talk) 23:24, 12 June 2017 (UTC)

I have seen on the net someone referring to Dranzer as "He" while some others refer to Dranzer as "She".

Lordhp 08:31, 8 September 2006 (UTC) Lordhp

dranzers a female, thats what i've heard anyway may be wrong :-)

-- She IS a femal!

--Dranzer is male. All of the (main four) bitbeasts are male. It says so in the first season near the end of 'Breaking the Ice' where the four (Tyson, Rei, and Max) battle Kai. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.226.76.184 (talk) 23:34, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

Dranzer could be male or female. For one its a pheonix. In the English dub version Tyson refers to Dranzer as "him" in the Breaking Ice episode, however in the original Dranzer could still be a female (there has yet to be a translation so we won't know). Also in the Fierce Battle movie Dark Dranzer takes over the girl's body rather than any of the others, maybe this is suggesting something. The other bladebreaker bitbeasts all seem to be male to start with. Dragoon has a male voice so that helps, Drigger has that weird cat moment with Mirah's bitbeast when they vs each other and Draciel just seems to be male. If you look at Dranzer it seems feminine by the way its drawn. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.211.101.30 (talk) 04:57, 12 March 2011 (UTC)

Dranzer is a male, Black Dranzer is a female. Dark Dranzer is a male. Cyber Dranzer is a cyborg and Ultimate Frostic Dranzer's gender is unknown as it was only in the manga. -39.48.74.173 (talk) 08:23, 9 November 2011 (UTC)

Dranzer is female according to japanese version Muktai Malekar s (talk) 02:19, 28 May 2022 (UTC)

Kai's Sibling???
i've heard that maybe if the creators will create a 4th season, the bladebreakers members will have some siblings appearing in the show. Kai would have a suprisingly bubbly and flirty sister who has a major crush on Ray. Tyson and Ray would have an older sister while Max has a little sister that looks like him with the blond hair and all and Kenny as well has a liile sister but without the laptop and glasses and she wears a skirt.Forbidden darkness 05:42, 12 November 2006 (UTC)forbidden darkness
 * This sounds terribly like a bad fanfic concept to me. Given how interested my acquaintances are in Beyblade, I can safely say that there is no official plans for any more series of the anime or volumes of the manga. There are an awful lot of fanficcers trying their hands at imagining what might happen after the official run -- including a lot of stories labled "Fourth Season" -- but non of that is all. Nêdunque 21:51, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

A fourth season WAS created, but without the Bladebreakers.(How I miss Kai!) Instead, a new team, Gan Gan Galaxy was introduced, with new characters and a new story. Its called Metal Fusion. 39.48.94.235 (talk) 09:10, 9 November 2011 (UTC)

Erasing trivia
I would like to edit the Trivia section, but I would need assistance to differ between useful and useless trivias. Thanks. Punkalicious 01:07, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

 * I haven't had the patience to clean it up myself, but here's my take on it:

 * The four bitbeasts used by the main characters (Dranzer, Drigger, Dragoon and Draciel) are representations of the four sacred beasts, Suzaku (Red Phoenix, Dranzer), Byakko (White Tiger, Drigger) Seiryu (Blue Dragon, Dragoon) and Genbu (Black Tortoise, Draciel).
 * This is correct. A bigger deal is made of it in the manga (vol. 1, p 169) than in the anime. I fail to see though why this is in Kai's article rather than Bladebreakers or Beyblade.
 * Out of all of the Bladebreakers, Kai says the least, and says less as the seasons go on.
 * Kai is certainly rather silent, but he has his bouts of eloquence in V-Force, so I wouldn't bet on him saying less in that series than in the first. Without access to proper transcripts there's not way of knowing the accuracy of this claim. Even if it does ring somewhat true.
 * Although a tough guy, he is shown giving a cat milk, bringing food for a family of cats and in the first ending for the third season, feeding a dog. In the original uncut Japanese version, the ending shows the dog peeing over Balkov.
 * Whether Kai is a "tough guy" or not can be debated. His taking care of stray animals is correct, I believe. It should be easy to confirm the last claim for anyone with access to the Japanese DVDs.
 * Kai's storyarc, the 'Black Dranzer' in Beyblade season 1, is one of the most popular stories amongst western fans and has been a favourite subject of fan-fiction.
 * It's certainly true that inordinate amounts of Kai-angst has been written based on Kai's supposed childhood in the abbey. But I know of no statistics to confirm the claim that it's "one of the most popular {arcs}". So by the "standards" of WP this is original research - unsourced at that.
 * He is one of only three characters designed for the original Japanese Beyblade game when Beyblades were first made to transfer over to other stories in Beyblade. The others were Jin of the Gale and Tyson.  In this game, Kai didn't have his trademark face paint until the final closing picture of him and Jin.
 * Never played the games, but this should also be possible to verify. I suggest visiting to try and find a fan that knows the games.
 * Kai's bit beast, Suzaku, could also be associated with the Russian Coat of Arms.
 * True in as much that a threetailed "phoenix" and a doubleheaded eagle are both bird-like. Opinion that's likely meant to help the case for Kai being Russian and growing up in OH NOEZ! Teh Abbey, rather than being a spoilt Japanese kid with father-issues.
 * In episode 48 of all three seasons of Beyblade Kai loses Dranzer in a battle. (Season 1: Spencer, V-force: Zeo, G-Rev: Loses Suzaku after battling Brooklyn.)
 * Kai does certainly lose Suzaku in series two and three, but I don't know if it's episode 48 in either case. In series one he gives up Suzaku in favour of Black Suzaku/Dranzer at some point, but I don't know if he loses it later. The entire first series is out on DVD, though, so this is easily confirmed.
 * Brooklyn and Kai share a distinct rivalry near the end of G-rev. Brooklyn acts a lot like Kai used to in the beginning of season one and their rivalry could be compared to Tyson and Kai as it was in the beginning of season one with Kai being the 'Tyson' of the relationship. Maybe it's a plot device to show that Kai's greatest enemy is someone who is himself or is himself.
 * Haven't seen G-Rev, but Kai's relationship to Brooklyn has been covered in the relevant section. While this claim is possible, it once again sounds like original research.
 * Kai's battle with Brooklyn is similar to Ray's battle with Bryan both of them were badly hurt but won the match in the end and gave a fighting chance to Tyson.
 * True, but I'm not sure how it's relevant.
 * The scene of Kai and Tyson relaxing in space during their match has spawned many fanfiction and fanart in terms of shounen-ai.
 * Very true. The scene has repeatedly been used to claim that Kai and Takao are an official couple - "canon" being the word favoured by the shippers. There are no official couples in the anime. I have not deleted this claim yet because it's bound to be reinserted by shippers (I think it's in the Beyblade article, too, which irks me). It is true, though that this is a large part of the basis for the Kai&Takao ship. This is covered in the linked "Shipping Manifesto", but take it out and a shipper will put it in again.

- Then again, you could say the same thing with many of Kai's scenes with Rei, particularly in the second and first seasons. Or even his teammate Yuriy.
 * The Blue Dragon (Seiryuu) and the Red Phoenix (Suzaku) are often depicted as representing the embodiment of wedded bliss or eternal rivals. (Astrology, Chinese/Japanese Mythology)
 * This is obviously a claim meant to support the Kai&Takao ship. It's absolutely unsourced - if they are "often depicted" it should be easy to substantiate it. The recent addition of "or eternal rivals" is from an IP address in Korea, so the contributor might well be right. But that, too, hasn't been confirmed in any way. I am told though that this (rivalry) is the relationship between those spirits in the anime Fushigi Yuugi.

 * Those are the facts as I know them.
 * Nêdunque 07:17, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

 * I've read enough. I did the clean-up, and it goes like this:
 * The four bitbeasts used by the main characters (Dranzer, Drigger, Dragoon and Draciel) are representations of the four sacred beasts, Suzaku (Red Phoenix, Dranzer), Byakko (White Tiger, Drigger) Seiryu (Blue Dragon, Dragoon) and Genbu (Black Tortoise, Draciel).
 * I moved this trivia to the Bladebreakers article and started a Trivia section there.
 * Out of all of the Bladebreakers, Kai says the least, and says less as the seasons go on.
 * This is true, but the last part, being a Beyblade watcher myself, is false; I erased it.
 * Although a tough guy, he is shown giving a cat milk, bringing food for a family of cats and in the first ending for the third season, feeding a dog. In the original uncut Japanese version, the ending shows the dog peeing over Balkov.
 * I can't confirm whether Kai is a tough guy or has attitude problems, but I left this trivia it because I can confirm that Kai did gave milk to a stray cat when he was in an alley. I erased the Japanese claim, since I haven't watched the jap DVD: if someone wishes to add it back, it'll be subject of discussion here.
 * Kai's storyarc, the 'Black Dranzer' in Beyblade season 1, is one of the most popular stories amongst western fans and has been a favourite subject of fan-fiction.
 * An useless trivia, if you ask me. Also, there's no statistics to prove so, so to the trash you go.
 * He is one of only three characters designed for the original Japanese Beyblade game when Beyblades were first made to transfer over to other stories in Beyblade. The others were Jin of the Gale and Tyson.  In this game, Kai didn't have his trademark face paint until the final closing picture of him and Jin.
 * Left it there, just in case it can be confirmed.
 * Kai's bit beast, Suzaku, could also be associated with the Russian Coat of Arms.
 * I don't see how this can go in the article, so I erased it.
 * In episode 48 of all three seasons of Beyblade Kai loses Dranzer in a battle. (Season 1: Spencer, V-force: Zeo, G-Rev: Loses Suzaku after battling Brooklyn.)
 * It is true that Kai does loses Dranzer in Season 1 and 2: I haven't watched the episode in Season 3 where Kai loses Dranzer...but I don't see how it can help to the article.
 * Brooklyn and Kai share a distinct rivalry near the end of G-rev. Brooklyn acts a lot like Kai used to in the beginning of season one and their rivalry could be compared to Tyson and Kai as it was in the beginning of season one with Kai being the 'Tyson' of the relationship. Maybe it's a plot device to show that Kai's greatest enemy is someone who is himself or is himself.
 * Haven't seen G-Rev, but Kai's relationship to Brooklyn has been covered in the relevant section. While this claim is possible, it once again sounds like original research.
 * Kai's battle with Brooklyn is similar to Ray's battle with Bryan both of them were badly hurt but won the match in the end and gave a fighting chance to Tyson.
 * "True, but I'm not sure how it's relevant." I feel the same way: erased it.
 * The scene of Kai and Tyson relaxing in space during their match has spawned many fanfiction and fanart in terms of shounen-ai.
 * The pairings people in the internet make, although could be loosely based on events from either the manga or the anime, is of no relevance to this article. Depending on how things go, I'll ask for a lock on this article.
 * The Blue Dragon (Seiryuu) and the Red Phoenix (Suzaku) are often depicted as representing the embodiment of wedded bliss or eternal rivals. (Astrology, Chinese/Japanese Mythology)
 * Could be true but in the meantime it won't be there.

Punkalicious 15:37, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

Also I've come back here a few times and someone keeps adding "Kai's favourite food is sausage" This is hard to state is true or not considering Kai hardly eats and you never actually see him eat anything, apart from in the Mansion with his Grandfather but that food at the time could of just been given to him and then the time Tyson mentions about Kai in pretzles but that was the english dub version which has different lines to that of the original. I keep hearing that Kai's favourite food is steak though... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.211.101.30 (talk) 05:03, 12 March 2011 (UTC)

Quotes
This section needs to be cleaned up and can someone compile all of what he said after he trounced Brooklyn?--Tempest115 20:58, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Etymology
The name 'Kai' means 'Fiery' in Scottish. the first Character of his surname 'Hi' is the Japanese Kanji for Fire, and in Chinese it is pronounced as 'Hua'. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 115.187.50.125 (talk) 11:21, 6 September 2015 (UTC) ‘Kai’ can also mean ocean or sea.

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I AM BIGGEST FAN OF KAI IN THIS WHOLE WORLD — Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.95.119.108 (talk) 12:15, 13 June 2017 (UTC)

 * lol 74.67.182.12 (talk) 05:44, 1 January 2023 (UTC)

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Pašman

Pašman is an Adriatic island off the coast of northern Dalmatia in Croatia with an area of 60.11 km2, located to the south of Zadar, surrounded by the islands of Ugljan to the northwest, Iž to the west, and Dugi Otok and Žut to the southwest. The island is inhabited by 2,845 people, according to the 2011 census.

There are 10 settlements on the island; Ždrelac, Banj, Dobropoljana, Neviđane, Mrljane, Barotul, Pašman and Kraj, belonging to the Municipality of Pašman, and Ugrinić and Tkon, belonging to the Municipality of Tkon.

Among all islands in the Croatian archipelago it is Pašman that has the biggest green surface considering its total area. It is the 12th largest island in the archipelago by land area. It is also known to have the cleanest water in the Adriatic due to the constantly changing currents.

History
In addition to rare Stone Age finds, many Bronze and Iron Age fortifications confirm the early settlement of the island. Roman writers count Pašman among the Liburnian islands. From the Liburnian period comes the oldest known name of one of the island settlements: Katan (today's Tkon). The oldest known names of the island (Flaveico or Insula Postimana) can be associated with Roman colonisation. Due to the importance of the Pašman Channel as a protected waterway, the eastern side of the island was densely populated in antiquity. Pašman belonged to the Zadar area, but no larger urban-type settlement developed on it. Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus probably mentions Pašman in the middle of the 10th century, and his records show that the island was uninhabited at the time. In the Middle Ages, most of Pašman was owned by the nobles of Zadar, citizens and church institutions. The first Benedictine estate on Pašman, St. Michael's in Neviđane, owned by the Zadar Monastery of St. Chrysogonus, mentioned in the 11th century. The island seems to have been part of the Diocese of Biograd at that time. According to some sources, the Bishop of Biograd Prestancije ceded in 1076 to the monastery of St. John in Biograd (founded 1059) the Church of St. Cosmas and Damian on the hill Ćokovac above Tkon. After the Venetian destruction of Biograd in 1125, the seat of Rogovska Abbey was moved there. After the Crusaders' Siege of Zadar in 1202, the Zadar Chapter was located on Ćokovac and the city's nobility escaped. During the Siege of Zadar in 1345, the Venetian Monastery of St. Cosmas and Damian were destroyed, the monks captured and the archives taken away. The abbey was rebuilt after the Treaty of Zadar in 1358, when a new monastery church was built. Although the Franciscan tradition connects the beginnings of monasticism on the island with the time of St. Francis, the Franciscans first appeared on Pašman in the list of monasteries of the province around 1380. The monastery of St. Duje in Kraj was built for the Franciscans of Bosnia in 1390 near the already existing Church of St. Dujam. With the transfer of the command (church property given to the administration and lease) in 1434, and the loss of land ownership due to the Ottoman conquests, the monastery gradually weakened. Ties with Bosnia were not severed despite the 1467 decision that banned Bosnian Franciscans from staying in the monastery. The settlement that was formed around the monastery by settling the population of refugees before the Ottomans forms the core of today's place. During the French rule in Dalmatia, the abbey was abolished (1808), but the religious community was rebuilt in 1956, so that it is, to this day, the only male Benedictine monastery in Croatia. The monastery Church of St. Duje was thoroughly rebuilt in the 16th century; above the church portal there is a relief of St. Jerome, the patron saint of Dalmatia, work of A. Aleši.

The Pašman Monastery of St. Cosmas and Damian was one of the centers of the spread of Glagolitic literacy in the northern Dalmatia. Numerous Glagolitic manuscripts were created in the monastery, of which the Rule of St. Benedict, whose translation from Latin into Old Slavonic was made as early as the 11th century. It is believed that it was the Pašman monks who traveled to Prague as teachers of Glagolitic and Old Slavonic.

Geography
With an area of 60 km2 and 70 km of indented coastline, it is one of the larger Croatian islands. It is connected to the island of Ugljan by the Ždrelac Bridge, and is separated from the mainland by the Pašman Channel, which in some places is only 2 km wide. It is also one of the islands closest to the mainland. It is located in the Zadar archipelago, between the cities of Zadar and Biograd at Sea.

The Mediterranean climate has developed a rich world of flora and fauna, many species of medicinal and aromatic plants, and the seabed preserves all species of shellfish and fish of the Croatian Adriatic.

The sea is clean, the beaches are pebble and rocky, with countless little docks. Near Pašman, sea currents change every 6 hours and that is why the local sea is among the cleanest on the Adriatic. On the east side of the island you can swim among natural rocks with long stone plateaus and crystal clear sea. Most facilities are located directly by the sea and the beaches.

Transport
The island can be reached by ferry from Zadar, the line Zadar-Preko (island of Ugljan) and then the state road D110 and the Ždrelac Bridge. The second ferry line departs from Biograd and leads to Tkon on the island of Pašman. All places on the island are connected by an island road. It is separated from the island of Ugljan, with which it was connected in the recent past by a shoal that could be crossed, by the Little Ždrelac canal dug in 1883, and in 1979 deepened to a depth of 4 meters and bridged by a bridge in Ždrelac. The bridge was renovated and made bigger in 2010.

Economy
Pašman is known for its beautiful sandy beaches and pine forests on the north side of the island facing the mainland. Pašman towns are small and quiet and therefore suitable for rest and relaxation. In all small villages of Pašman there are several shops, taverns and other service activities. The south side of the island abounds in untouched nature, numerous bays, blue sea, old fishermen's houses and all with a view of the Kornati National Park. This side of the island is without roads and as such is very popular for Robinson Crusoe-style holidays.

Most of the 3,100 inhabitants of typical island towns are traditionally engaged in fishing and farming, and more recently in tourism. A rich tourist offering has been developed: rooms of several categories, apartments, holiday homes, boarding houses, car camps, taverns and restaurants serving numerous types of local fresh seafood.

Summits

 * Veliki Bokolj, 274 m,
 * Oštro, 254 m,
 * Semica, 199 m,
 * Straža, 180 m,
 * Jakovljev vrh, 178 m,
 * Mali Bokolj, 164 m,
 * Cudonjin, 146 m,
 * Martinjak, 139 m,
 * Pustograd, 108 m,

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John Lort Stokes

Admiral John Lort Stokes (1 August 1811 – 11 June 1885) was a Royal Navy officer who served onboard HMS Beagle for almost eighteen years.

Biography

Born on 1 August 1811, son of Henry Stokes, of Scotchwell, near Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, and Anne, daughter of Dr George Phillips,  Stokes joined the Royal Navy on 20 September 1824. The first ship he served on was HMS Prince Regent (1814), and then in October 1825 he joined the crew of Beagle under Captain Phillip Parker King. Beagle was involved in a survey of the waters of South America. In 1828 the commander of HMS Beagle, Pringle Stokes (not related to John Lort Stokes), committed suicide and Robert FitzRoy assumed command; the ship returned to England in 1830 and was recommissioned.

From 1831 to 1836 Stokes served under FitzRoy as assistant surveyor for the second voyage of HMS Beagle, and shared his cabin with Charles Darwin who was on board in a private capacity as a self-funded naturalist.

Following this, Stokes was promoted to the rank of lieutenant, and served under Commander John Clements Wickham for a survey of Australasian waters. When Wickham was invalided in 1841, Stokes took command of the ship. While Stokes was in command, Beagle surveyed Timor and New Zealand, returning to England in 1843. When he returned he wrote an account of this voyage of the Beagle, which was published in 1846 in two volumes.

In July 1846 Stokes was promoted to captain and commanded the steamship HMS Acheron (1838) surveying New Zealand for four years. This was one of 26 hydrography surveys conducted by the British Hydrography Office around the world, and was also tasked with investigating natural resources and negotiating between British settles and the Maori inhabitants of New Zealand. Due to budget cuts, Acheron was replaced by a smaller vessel, HMS Pandora (1833) from 1851 to 1856. The charts produced by Stokes remain in use to this day.

From 1860 to 1863 Stokes commanded the ship HMS Rose, surveying the coasts of the English Channel. He retired in 1863, was promoted to the rank of rear admiral in 1863, vice-admiral in 1871 and admiral in 1877. He died on 11 June 1885 at his home in Scotchwell.

Legacy
Stokes is commemorated in the scientific name of two species of reptiles: Astrotia stokesii and Egernia stokesii.

In 1848 Stokes Inlet and Lort River on the south coast of Western Australia were named by John Septimus Roe the Surveyor General of Western Australia while leading a five-man exploration expedition, commemorating Stokes' work on Beagle surveying the Western Australian coast.

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Darrall Imhoff

Darrall Tucker Imhoff (October 11, 1938 – June 30, 2017) was an American professional basketball player. He spent 12 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA), playing for six teams from 1960 to 1972. He made an NBA All-Star team, and was also an Olympic Gold medalist. He is perhaps best remembered for being one of the defenders tasked with guarding Wilt Chamberlain during his famed 100-point game in 1962.

Early life
Imhoff was born October 11, 1938, to Clark and Lorraine (Tucker) Imhoff. He grew up in San Gabriel, California and attended Alhambra High School, Alhambra, California.

College career
After making the team as a walk-on at the University of California, Berkeley, Imhoff was a two-time All-American and was the top rebounder on the 1959 NCAA championship team and hit the winning basket with :17 remaining. He was the leading scorer and rebounder on the 1960 NCAA runner-up Berkeley team and was a member of the gold medal-winning 1960 Olympic basketball team.

As a collegian, Imhoff was feared as a shot blocker, and was a respected rebounder who was the hub around which coach Pete Newell built his NCAA champion University of California team. The Golden Bears edged Jerry West's West Virginia University team in 1959, with Imhoff rated by some the best college player in the country. In 1960, leading the nation's top-rated defense from his center spot, the 6'10" 235-pounder led Cal back to the NCAA finals before losing to Jerry Lucas and Ohio State. He was a two-time First Team All-American and a member of Berkeley's Nu chapter of Phi Kappa Tau fraternity.

Imhoff was inducted into the Cal Athletic Hall of Fame in 1988 and enshrined in the Pac-10 Hall of Honor in 2005. His jersey at Cal (No. 40) was retired during a game between Cal and Stanford at Haas Pavilion on February 14, 2009.

In 75 career games at Cal, Ihmoff averaged 10.0 points and 9.5 rebounds.

1960 Olympics
Imhoff was a senior awaiting entry into the National Basketball Association in 1960 when Hall of Fame Coach Pete Newell, now the U.S. Olympic coach, added his prize player to the 1960 United States men's Olympic basketball team for the Summer Olympic Games. Walt Bellamy and Imhoff saw action together as center and power-forward during the Rome Games, especially against the tall Soviet national team, as the Americans usually jetted out to a big lead early and then rested their starters.

The Olympic roster included Hall of Fame players Bellamy, Oscar Robertson, Jerry West, Jerry Lucas and Bob Boozer, among others. Imhoff averaged 4.5 points in the 8 games as the Team USA captured the Gold Medal.

The entire 1960 United States men's Olympic basketball team and coaching staff was inducted into the Naismith Hall of Fame in 2011.

New York Knicks
Imhoff was the most highly publicized draft pick of the 1960 NBA draft. The New York Knicks, picking third overall, made him their first pick, a move which generated much excitement for the team. The Knicks had two all-stars already, Richie Guerin and Willie Naulls, and looked for Imhoff to complete a potential contender in the league's largest city.

Imhoff, unfortunately, was not up to the pressure and had a season which fell well below hopes.

Disappointed, he was the backup center by season's end. He was the starter in a March 1962 game when Philadelphia Warriors center Wilt Chamberlain set an NBA record scoring 100 points in a game. After the season, Imhoff was traded to the Detroit Pistons for their All-Star guard Gene Shue.

Detroit Pistons
Imhoff's lack of shooting skills at the NBA level had been exposed, but he never quit working to improve. He began to see more minutes with the Pistons until he was dealt to the Los Angeles Lakers in 1964.

Los Angeles Lakers
On a star-studded team that included Jerry West, Elgin Baylor and others, Imhoff was now a respected reserve. He contributed solidly to a team that won the NBA Western Division and made it to the NBA Finals in 1965. The Lakers were encouraged enough to start Imhoff the next season. Los Angeles again took the Western Division, but were Finals runner-up again to the Boston Celtics.

Finally, in the 1966–67 season, Imhoff realised some of his potential, averaging 12 points, 13 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 blocks per game as a Laker starter. He made the 1967 NBA All-Star Team.

Following the 1967–68 season, the Lakers acquired Wilt Chamberlain from the Philadelphia 76ers in a multi-player trade that sent Imhoff to Philadelphia.

Philadelphia 76ers
The 76ers were second in the East in 1968–69, but were knocked out by Boston and Russell again in the playoffs. Imhoff was a starter again for the 1969–70 campaign and Philadelphia made it to the playoffs before losing to Milwaukee and Lew Alcindor.

Cincinnati Royals
He was traded to Cincinnati at the start of the 1970–71 season for 2 players and second round draft choice and became the starting center until he tore a cartilage and ACL and had surgery. He re-injured the knee again at the start of the next season and was put on waivers.

Portland Trail Blazers
Portland signed Imhoff to a new contract for the remainder of the 1971–72 season and finished his career at the end of Portland's bench in 1972. Imhoff retired with a bad knee and had surgery in January 1973 to repair his ACL.

Career Summary
In 801 career NBA games over 12 seasons, Imhoff averaged 7.2 points, 7.6 rebounds and 1.8 assists.

Personal
After retiring Imhoff lived in Hillsboro and Eugene, Oregon. He was the Vice President of Sales & Marketing at the United States Basketball Academy (USBA), a prestigious, internationally recognized basketball camp located in Oregon's McKenzie River Valley, about 45 miles east of Eugene prior to his retirement.

He was also active in the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, the Providence Child Center and Rotary International.

He was married to wife Susan and had three daughters, Karen, Diana and Nancy, and two sons, David and Robert.

His daughter Nancy was inducted into the Idaho State University Sports Hall of Fame in 2005.

Imhoff's grandson, Damon Jones, played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Phillies.

Imhoff died on June 30, 2017, in Bend, Oregon, of a heart attack. He was survived by his children, 18 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

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Category:People with severe brain damage

This category includes people who have severe loss of consciousness similar to a chronic vegetative state, and remain that way for a significant length of time. Rarely, they may eventually recover partially or fully, or they may never emerge to a conscious state. Some of these people did regain full consciousness, but remain severely disabled.

For people who recover consciousness but exhibit behavioral impairments or changes, consider the category "Category:People with brain injuries".


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Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Korath

Korath
[ Vote here] (1/0/0) ending 10:45 21 April 2005 (UTC)

Very good user. He is outstanding janitor. He made about 6560 edits since March 2004. I believe, that he will be a good admin. -- Darwinek 10:45, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * No thanks. I don't pass my own admin criteria; in particular, I'm prone to occasional bursts of red mist, and I've added almost no actual content to Wikipedia. —Korath (Talk) 11:21, Apr 14, 2005 (UTC)

Support
 * 1) Sure. - Darwinek 10:45, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Oppose
 * 1) Since Korath has declined nomination. (above) Would support if he accepts it. Andrew Lenahan - St ar bli nd 13:53, Apr 14, 2005 (UTC)

Neutral

Comments

Questions for the candidate

A few generic questions to provide guidance for voters:
 * 1. What sysop chores, if any, would you anticipate helping with? (Please read the page about administrators and the administrators' reading list.)
 * A.
 * 2. Of your articles or contributions to Wikipedia, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?
 * A.
 * 3. Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or do you feel other users have caused you stress? How have you dealt with it and will deal with it in the future?
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Swanley railway station

Swanley railway station is on the Chatham Main Line in England, serving the town of Swanley, Kent. It is 17 mi down the line from London Victoria and is situated between St Mary Cray and Farningham Road on the main line. The Maidstone Line branches from the main line south of Swanley and the next station on that route is Eynsford.

The station and most trains that call are operated by Southeastern. The station has four platforms.

Since March 2016, Oyster cards have been accepted at Swanley, with the station being placed into London's fare zone 8.

History
The original location of the station was at at the junction with separate platforms for the main line and the Sevenoaks branch. It was first named Sevenoaks Junction and 1871 was changed to Swanley Junction. On 27 June 1937, there was a collision between two trains near the station, resulting in the deaths of four people and with 37 injured. In 1939 a new station called Swanley was constructed approximately 440 yd further west and the original station was closed.

In May 2021, a new ticket office and station building was opened.

Location
The station is located at Station Approach, half a mile from Swanley Town Centre.

Facilities
The station has a staffed ticket office. The station has a self-service ticket machine and is also fitted with Oyster card readers. The station has passenger help points on its platforms and covered seating is available on all 4 platforms which are all fitted with passenger information screens. There are toilets located on platforms 1 and 2 as well as a passenger shop and buffet. The station has a chargeable car park (106 spaces) and a cycle rack at the station entrance. Step free access is available to all platforms from the Station Approach entrance.

Services
Services at Swanley are operated by Southeastern and Thameslink using, , , and  EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:

 * 1 tph to London Charing Cross (non-stop to London Bridge)
 * 2 tph to London Victoria (semi-fast)
 * 2 tph to London Blackfriars via Catford
 * 1 tph to Gillingham
 * 2 tph to Sevenoaks
 * 1 tph to Maidstone East (semi-fast)
 * 1 tph to Ashford International (stopping)

Additional services call at the station during the peak hours. In addition, the service to London Blackfriars is extended to and from Welwyn Garden City via Finsbury Park.

On Sundays, the services between London Charing Cross and Maidstone East do not run.

Connections
Go-Coach route 429 and Arriva Kent Thameside route 477 serve the station.

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Overcharging

Overcharging can refer to:

 * Overcharging (law), a prosecutorial practice
 * Overcharging a rechargeable battery
 * Overcharge, charging a customer too much

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Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/The Lion King/archive1

The Lion King
Although I have played a part in writing this article, it is primarily by other people, so it's hardly a self-nomination. Please criticise :-) — Timwi 10:44, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * The plot section looks kinda stubbish and weak. Everyking 12:39, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Object Cite your sources. slambo 12:46, Apr 14, 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment. Apart from the article not having sources, for some reason I can't quite put my finger on, this article just isn't as good as I expect a featured article to be. I can't pretend it isn't comprehensive, but somehow I'd expect there is more to say about this rather well known film (the two largest sections are essentially lists). Phils 13:36, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Darn - I was going to support until the lack of references was noted. I like the short - I would prefer to say succinct - plot section:  do we really neeed a blow-by-blow description of each scene? -- ALoan (Talk) 14:36, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Oh dear - given the entirely justified criticisms below, clearly my standards are not high enough :( -- ALoan (Talk) 12:52, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Object. No sources, article does not name supervising animators for the characters or identify particular voice actors/singing ghosts with their characters. No discussion of the making of the film as well. This article would need to be expanded significantly. BTW, ALoan, I think the plot section is just fine the way it is; what needs to be discussed is the making of the film and the musical. --FuriousFreddy 19:45, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * A few comments: I'm not sure the word "canon" is properly used in the first sentence, which is also grammatically borderline. The list of voice actors in the lead is tedious; these should be merged into the characters section (along with lead animators).  The implied claim that this was the first Disney animated feature to use well-known actors for voices is dubious; see the credits for Aladdin (Robin Williams), Beauty and the Beast (Angela Lansbury, Robbie Benson), Rescuers (George C. Scott, John Candy, Bob Newhart), for example -- hell, The Jungle Book in the '60s had Terry-Thomas and Sebastian Cabot, well-known actors in the day.  The first paragraph under "about the film" strikes me as desperately trying to put a very fine point on an essentially trivial distinction -- what are these if not anthropomorphic animals?   The musical, which was ground-breaking and notable in many ways not covered, is under-represented in the article (actually it probably deserves a seperate article).  The credits for the Soundtrack are muddled between performers and writers (a song isn't necessarily by the person who sings it); the wording of the entire soundtrack section is awkward.  The reference to Ataturk seems random and shaky and doesn't add to understanding of the topic.  Several places in the article use the nebulous assertions "it is said" and "could be".  Not a bad start, but I'm afraid I agree that this would need significant improvement to make it to FA quality.  Jgm 03:43, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * The word "canon" is properly used in the first sentence, as there is an official canon of Disney animated films (see List of Disney animated features). The article doesn't say it was the first to use well-known voice actors; it was the first where most of the voice actors were well-known actors. Let me see if I can copyedit that. --FuriousFreddy 13:47, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Object. There are structural problems that may speak to Phils' "for some reason I can't quite put my finger on" unease registered above: the short introductory section "About the film" is misplaced IMO; is unhelpfully titled (the whole article is about the film, right?); and is extremely unfocused: each of its three paragraphs has value in itself, but they're quite disconnected, they don't add up to anything, and so the impression is of a catch-all where the left-over bits were put, in other words of a trivia section—right at the start of the article. :-(. Something's wanted in this position—a general introduction—but this ain't it. I'm also not happy about the "Controversies" section, which is stretched to contain both criticism (in the negative sense, as in criticism of gender stereotypes in the film) and trivia like voice actors being fired. How about a separate section on criticism (in the general sense, i. e. how was the film received, both positive and negative aspects)? A short one, I agree with ALoan that succinct is good. Note that the wikiquote collection doesn't perform the function of a criticism section, as it consists of dialogue quotes from the film itself. It's clear that many hands have done excellent work on this article, but I do think that some bold overall restructuring of the fine input is wanted, as well as a little more material on the critical reception.--Bishonen|talk 08:32, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Object. The reference to Kemal Ataturk makes no sense.  And there should be some mention of the parallels between Lion King 1 1/2 and Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead.  RickK 08:43, Apr 17, 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment Right now a large portion of the article is unreadable if you don't want the spoiler. Can it be reorged a bit, or it is it too tricky? Fawcett5 16:09, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)


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Djelfa

Djelfa (الجلفة) is the capital city of Djelfa Province, Algeria and the site of ancient city and former bishopric Fallaba, which remains a Latin catholic titular see. It has a population of 490,248 (2018 census). The city lies at the junction of the N1 and the N46 roads.

History
The area is notable for its abundance of Neolithic rock carvings dating from 7000 to 5000 BC. North of Djelfa town there is an imposing physical feature known as Rocher de Sel (English: Salt Rock) that resulted from the erosion of rock salts and marls by rain. To the west of the town Megalithic funerary structures are found.

During the Roman Empire, a Roman town called Fallaba was built on the site of Djelfa. That town lasted unto late antiquity.

In the 11th century, the Fatimids sent the Banu Hilal to the Tripolitania, Tunisia and Constantine areas against the Zirids. The town became an important trading post during the Hafsid era.

During Philippe Pétain's period, a concentration camp was placed in Djelfa.

Geography
Djelfa is located at an elevation of 3,734 feet (1,138 m) in the Ouled Naïl Range of north-central Algeria, between the towns of Bousaada and Laghouat. It is situated in a transitional zone between the dry, steppe-like Hautes Plaines (high plateaus) of the north, characterized by chotts (intermittent salt lakes), and the Sahara to the south. The town was founded in 1852 as a French military post on a geometric plan. It serves as an important livestock market centre for the semi-nomadic Ouled Naïl confederation. Djelfa is on the 12,000 mile-long Africa Trail.

The surrounding region for centuries has been the meeting place of the Ouled Naïl people, who live in black-and-red striped tents and claim descent from the Islamic prophet, Muhammad.

Climate
Djelfa has a semi-arid climate (Köppen climate classification BSk), with more precipitation in winter than in summer. Snow is not unusual in winter.

Ecclesiastical history
During the Vandal Kingdom and Roman Empire the town was the seat of an ancient bishopric. The bishopric was important enough in the Late Roman province of Numidia to become one of the many suffragan bishoprics of its Metropolitan Archbishopric in Carthage. It is possible that Christianity came to the town only after the rule of Constantine the Great, as there is no record of the bishopric under the Romans. The only known bishop of this African diocese is the Catholic bishop Salo mentioned in 484. This is considerably late compared to many of the other diocese in Numidia. Bishop Salo took part in the synod assembled in Carthage in 484 by the Arian ruler, Huneric of the Vandal Kingdom; after the Synod Salo was exiled (probably) to Vandal-controlled Sicily.

Like most bishoprics in Roman Africa, it faded after the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb.

Titular see
In 1933 the diocese was nominally restored as Latin Catholic titular bishopric.

It has had the following incumbents, mostly of the fitting episcopal (lowest) rank with an archiepiscopal (intermediary) exception:
 * Titular Archbishop: Cardinal Francesco Morano (1962.04.05 – 1962.04.20)
 * Vincent Billington, Mill Hill Missionaries (M.H.M.) (1965.05.03 – 1970.12.07)
 * Alexius Obabu Makozi (1971.02.20 – 1972.07.30)
 * Rudolph A. Akanlu (1972.11.16 – 1973.04.13)
 * James Terry Steib, Divine Word Missionaries (S.V.D.) (1983.12.06 – 1993.03.24)
 * Lorenzo Ceresoli (1993.12.20 – ...), Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus (M.C.C.J.), Apostolic Vicar emeritus of Awasa (Ethiopia)

Culture
The inhabitants belong to the Ouled Naïl, also living in Biskra, M'Sila,Ghardaia and in Saharan Atlas.

Sources and external links

 * Djelfa Forums
 * GCatholic
 * Djelfa - The capital of the Algerian Highlands

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Half Baked: DVD Cover

Fair use in Half Baked
Though this image is subject to copyright, its use is covered by the U.S. fair use laws because:
 * 1) It's a low resolution copy of a Film Poster / VHS or DVD Cover.
 * 2) It doesn't limit the copyright owner's rights to sell the film in any way, in fact, it may encourage sales.
 * 3) Because of the low resolution, copies could not be used to make illegal copies of the artwork/image.
 * 4) The image is itself a subject of discussion in the article or used in the infobox thereof.
 * 5) The image  is significant because it was used to promoted a notable film.

Source

 * 1) Derived from a digital capture (photo/scan) of the Film Poster/ VHS or DVD Cover (creator of this digital version is irrelevant as the copyright in all equivalent images is still held by the same party). Copyright held by the film company or the artist.  Claimed as fair use regardless.

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Newington railway station

Newington railway station is on the Chatham Main Line in England, serving the village of Newington, Kent. It is 41 mi down the line from London Victoria and is situated between Rainham and Sittingbourne.

The station and all trains that call are operated by Southeastern.

History
The railway line between Chatham and Faversham was opened on 25 January 1858 by the East Kent Railway, which became the London, Chatham and Dover Railway (LCDR) the following year. A station on that line at Newington was opened by the LCDR on 1 August 1862.

Facilities
The station is 41 mi from London Victoria (measured via Herne Hill). Most of the line between Swanley and Dover has two tracks, but there are four tracks from a point about half a mile east of Rainham to 41 mi, at the eastern end of Newington station. The outermost two tracks are designated the "loop" lines, and the innermost two are the "main" lines. At Newington, there are two platforms, one on each of the "loop" lines; these are capable of accepting 12 car trains.

Services

All services at Newington are operated by Southeastern using EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:
 * 1 tph to London Victoria
 * 1 tph to Dover Priory via Canterbury East

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

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Spencer Haywood

Spencer Haywood (born April 22, 1949) is an American former professional basketball player and Olympic gold medalist. Haywood is a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, being inducted in 2015.

Early life
Spencer Haywood was born on April 22, 1949, in Silver City, Mississippi. He grew up in poverty and his family worked as sharecroppers.

High school career
In 1964, Haywood moved to Detroit, Michigan residing in the Krainz Woods neighborhood. In 1967, while attending Pershing High School, Haywood led the school's basketball team to the state championship.

College career and Olympics
Haywood attended Trinidad State Junior College in Trinidad, Colorado, during the 1967–68 college season, where he averaged 28.2 points and 22.1 rebounds per game. Due to his exceptional performance and talent, Haywood made the 1968 U.S. Olympic team at age 19, becoming the youngest American basketball player in Olympic history. Haywood was the leading scorer on the gold medal winning team at 16.1 points per game, and he set a Team USA field goal percentage record of .719. Haywood transferred to the University of Detroit in the fall of that year, and led the NCAA in rebounding with a 21.5 average per game while scoring 32.1 points per game during the 1968–69 season.

Haywood decided to turn pro after his sophomore year, but National Basketball Association (NBA) rules, which then required a player to wait until four years after his high school class graduated, prohibited him from entering the league. The American Basketball Association (ABA) had a similar rule, but league executive Mike Storen came up with the idea for a hardship exemption. With his mother raising 10 children while picking cotton at $2 per day in Mississippi, Haywood met the criteria. He joined the Denver Rockets after they selected him in the ABA draft.

ABA rookie season
In his 1969–70 rookie season, Haywood led the ABA in both scoring at 30.0 points per game and rebounding at 19.5 rebounds per game, while leading the Rockets to the ABA's Western Division Title. In the playoffs, Denver defeated the Washington Caps in 7 games in the Western Division Semifinals before falling to the Los Angeles Stars in the division finals, 4 games to 1. He was named both the ABA Rookie of the Year and ABA MVP during the season, and became the youngest ever recipient of the MVP at the age of 21. His 986 field goals made, 1,637 rebounds, and 19.5 rebound per game average are the all-time ABA records for a season. Haywood also won the ABA's 1970 All-Star Game MVP that year after recording 23 points, 19 rebounds, and 7 blocked shots for the West team.

NBA career and Italy
In 1970, despite the NBA's eligibility rules, Haywood joined the Seattle SuperSonics, and with SuperSonics owner Sam Schulman launched an antitrust suit against the league (Haywood v. National Basketball Association). The case went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court which found in favor of Haywood 7-2. The suit and its impact on college basketball and the NBA was the focus of a 2020 book The Spencer Haywood Rule: Battles, Basketball, and the Making of an American Iconoclast by Marc J. Spears and Gary Washburn.

Haywood was named to the All-NBA First Team in 1972 and 1973 and the All-NBA Second Team in 1974 and 1975. Haywood's 29.2 points per game in the 1972–73 season and 13.4 rebounds per game in 1973–74 are the single-season record averages for the SuperSonics for these categories. Haywood played in four NBA All-Star Games while with Seattle, including a strong 23-point, 11-rebound performance in 1974. In the 1974–75 season, he helped lead the SuperSonics to their first playoff berth. Overall, during his five seasons with Seattle, Haywood averaged 24.9 points per game and 12.1 rebounds per game.

In 1975, the SuperSonics traded him to the New York Knicks where he later teamed with Bob McAdoo. Haywood later played for the New Orleans Jazz, Los Angeles Lakers, and Washington Bullets.

During the late 1970s, Haywood became addicted to cocaine. He was dismissed from the Lakers by then-coach Paul Westhead during the 1980 NBA Finals for falling asleep during practice due to his addiction.

The next season Haywood played in Italy for Reyer Venezia Mestre (then under the sponsor name "Carrera Reyer Venezia") along with Dražen Dalipagić before returning to the NBA to play two seasons with the Washington Bullets.

Haywood's no. 24 jersey was retired by the SuperSonics during a halftime ceremony on February 26, 2007.

Personal life
Haywood currently resides in Las Vegas. He was married to fashion model Iman from 1977 until 1987, and they had a daughter, Zulekha (born 1978). He remarried in 1990 and with his wife, Linda, he has three daughters; Courtney Nikkiah, Shaakira& Isis Chanel. He has 3 grandchildren (as of early 2024); 2 grandsons from 2 of his younger daughters and a granddaughter from Zulekha called Lavina. His wife Linda(Fay) passed away in 2022 and this information was shared on Spencer's social media accounts.

He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in September 2015.

Haywood is a huge fan of jazz and has hosted weekly two-hour weekend jazz shows in Seattle (1971–1975, KYAC) and New York (1976–1978, WRVR).

Haywood was featured in the first season of the HBO show, Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty, where he was portrayed by actor Wood Harris.

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Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Palace of Westminster/archive1

Palace of Westminster
I would like to say (perhaps at the risk of being accused of immodesty) that I am proud that if the nomination passes, this will be my 50th featured article. -- Emsworth 10:51, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * Support. I may copyedit later, to reduce the German Capital Letters and make the prose somewhat less artful, but an excellent summary.  How does he do it? He must have too much time on his hands... I suppose the moral is to concentrate on one article at a time, rather than scattering your favours around willy-nilly, like certain others...  -- ALoan (Talk) 13:10, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Support. Congratulations. Phils 13:41, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Support. Hallmark of quality. JuntungWu 14:26, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment. First let me offer my congratulations to Lord Emsworth on another outstanding piece of work. For producing fifty featured articles he ought really to be given a peerage! (Oh, wait a minute...!) After reading through this article an area in which I feel it may be slightly lacking is the historical and architectural context in which the palace was rebuilt after the fire of 1834. There is some good description of the what the building is like, but not so much explanation of why it is so. I quote from Simon Schama's History of Britain (he talks before this passage about Pugin's role in the Gothic revival, which I note is linked from the article, but perhaps we need a bit more about how it applies specifically to the Palace of Westminster):
 * Just such an occassion delivered itself in 1834 when parliament burned down and a debate ensued about whether it should be rebuilt in the Gothic or neo-classical styles. The winner of the competition, Sir Charles Barry, had made drawings that amounted to an almost fantastic vision of a Gothic medieval palace; not, in truth, a structure that owed its precedent to anything truly medieval, but a decorated 'module' of pointed Gothic, extended indefinitely along the Thames as far as money and the needs of government dictated. It was a far cry, in fact, from Pugin's beautifully crafted fit between form and function. But the arguments rehearsed to justify a Gothic Revival parliament must undoubtedly have appealed to the romantic historian in Pugin. For they were all about acknowledging that the distinctive characteristic of the 'ancient' British constitution—its liberty and the rule of common law—was a medieval inheritance. The pediments and columns, the dominant squatness of classicism, were thus made to seem, somehow, not only 'foreign' but also the expression of authority, in a way which the pinnacles and pointed arches of Gothic building were not. Classicism was top down; Gothic was bottom up. Classical architecture was the visible declaration of hierarchy, built by slaves, in Ruskin's view; Gothic was about the community of craft, designed by free men. Inside a classical legislature, rulers would lay down the law; inside a Gothic parliament, they would make it accountable to the people. Such a building would not only be a dignified convenience to the law-makers; it would, by connecting them intuitively with the world that had produced Magna Carta, also ensure that they would legislate in a spirit of freedom, justice and virtue.
 * I apologise for making these comments without first working to incorporate something like this into the article itself, but I'd be interested to hear others' comments before proceeding. I am in no way, shape or form an expert on architecture, but I'd be happy to help add something to the article about this. — Trilobite (Talk) 19:33, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * I have added information on why many individuals seemed to prefer Gothic architecture. -- Emsworth 21:10, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment I agree with the above. It needs more about the building's position in architectural history.  It is one of the most important buildings of the gothic revival.  And it took so long to build that by the time it was finished, the gothic revival had moved on somewhat.  Barry and Pugin had something of a tempestuous relationships, and Pugin was not at all pleased with it in the end.  In an edit I did a long time ago, I included the famous Pugin quote, "All Grecian, Sir; Tudor details on a classic body", which I think deserves a place back in the article.  It seems to have been lost over the edits recently. Maccoinnich 20:28, Apr 14, 2005 (UTC)
 * The quotation has been added back. -- Emsworth 21:10, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * I would like more about the pre-1834 Palace. But I am probably the only wikipedian who has the information and the inclination to add it. Dbiv 11:52, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Great article, but a quickly fixable object ions; a) please can you mark which information comes from which of the references. b) Also, in the security article it would be good to see some comment about limitations of accessibility caused by security  c) something about the big ugly concrete blocks might be worth mentioning d) the public galleries shouldn't just be a matter of "tourism", but also mentioned in terms of general public accessiblity and openness e) could we please have a daytime photograph of the outside?  Mozzerati 21:05, 2005 Apr 16 (UTC)
 * I must object to objection (a), because the FA criteria only require that there be references, not that the article include paranthetical citations or footnotes. I feel that such citations only serve to clutter the article, and prefer not to use them. (b) Addressed. (c) I am not familiar with the blocks of which you speak; perhaps you would be kind enough to clarify? (d) I think that the Culture & Tourism section addresses public accessibility: it states that there is no casual access, that tickets are normally required, and that access is generally limited. (e) Addressed. -- Emsworth 21:48, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * a) I object^3, there is no request for footnotes, just for verifiability. There are many other suggestions, ranging from decent descriptions of the references (see Louis Riel) through invisible footnotes (facts from the article are listed at the bottom with page number and name of reference, references in as separate section) through HTML comments visible only to editors, name/test/page references as suggested in Cite your sources and only finally ending at footnotes.  Whilst I certainly encourage footnotes, I have no objection to any other method which allows verifiability which is a criteria directly referenced from the FAC criteria (point 1).  Please note that i) the style guides about references encourage adding descriptions and ii) there is no exaclusive list of FAC criteria which are the only ones upon which to object, they should be "the best" work on Wikipedia, (point 3) and the best nowadays is quite seriously verifiable.
 * b) thanks c) at the front (road side) of the palace are a layer of concrete blocks for crowd and car bomb control they are a big, ugly and very visible; see this BBC article for example. I was there recently, but I didn't think to take a photo of this.  If you won't be able to go there soon, I can try again in May/June and promise to take a photo if you'd like one.  e) great.  Mozzerati 10:10, 2005 Apr 17 (UTC)
 * a) If footnotes are not necessary, then I have no problem with the objection. I have added a section in HTML at the bottom of the article describing the sources used for each section. Generally, one source supplied all the info. for a particular section; specific exceptions are noted. c) Dbiv has been kind enough to add a description of the blocks. b, d, and e were previously addressed. -- Emsworth 12:59, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Great, almost everything is fixed, only one comment on d, I was trying to say it would be worth covering positive / open democracy / public access aspects of the public galleries, not just tourism. Whilst nowadays access via television and radio is available, previously the public gallery was the only way, and even now, most debates are not covered by most channels.  One last comment, there was no coverage of the gardens.  I've added something, but it's really just a list of names with some red links right now Mozzerati 16:28, 2005 Apr 17 (UTC)
 * support most objections covered. Excellent article. Mozzerati 16:28, 2005 Apr 17 (UTC)


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