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In the introductory paragraphs, "abstinence" from executing people is not the proper choice of words since it indicates a denial of personal appetites (in modern usage it is almost always sexual abstinence). I recommend changing this word choice to something like moderation, restraint, refusal, or temperance. 152.3.68.83 (talk) 17:24, 13 March 2012 (UTC)

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I have specified the dates as of Gregorian or Julian calendar dates as far as I can, but for some dates, I am not sure yet.--Jusjih 03:28, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

Trivia
I just saw a documentary on Catherine the Great on PBS in the USA where i learned that Elizabeth would have a weekly ball where the guests were to dress as a member of the opposite sex; the men hated that, and "The Tsarina's outfit fitted her remarkably well" (http://www.collider.com/dvd/archive_detail.asp?aid=2268&cid=3&tcid=3) --Jerome Potts 07:22, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Hmmm.... that's why she patronized Chevalier d'Eon... :) -- Ghirla -трёп-  14:54, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

no reference
"as beautiful" by whose opinion? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.130.142.29 (talk) 08:16, 29 December 2023 (UTC)

Why was Elisabeth so loved by the average people?
Although I don't know either way on the statement, I find it rather farfetched to claim that zero persons were executed during a span of over twenty years. Could someone provide documentation? Nyttend 21:13, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
 * I can't provide documentation. But I read somewhere that although she didn't execute people, she's not above cutting tongues, limbs or something else. As long as that person not dead. Or even exile to Siberia (a favourite pastime of the Tsars) Rad vsovereign 03:23, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

Cleanup -tone
The tone of the article is excessively laudatory. More encyclopedic and less glowing language is needed. K e rowyn Leave a note 05:07, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

Especially a section on [Bestuzhev] (does it really belong to the article on Elizabeth?) It's full of peacock words, such as "natural allies": what exactly made Austria and Britain "natural" allies of Russia? --Mzabaluev (talk) 16:33, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

This article reads like an undergraduate's history paper and not a particularly well-written one at that. The heavy reliance of four questionable sources only confirms that suspicion.—Fearlessfool (talk • contribs) 13:34, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

I agree with the other comments here. The language of this article is of poor quality. I tried to clean it up a little, but the task would take quite a bit of time. Beaudoin (talk) 21:27, 17 July 2011 (UTC)

Appart from the language, is it really nescesary to have seven depictions of Elizabeth? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 145.116.228.154 (talk) 19:32, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

Requested move

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The result of the move request was: no consensus to move Armbrust, B.Ed. WrestleMania XXVIII The Undertaker 20–0  16:00, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

Elizabeth of Russia → Elizabeth, Empress of Russia – per WP:NCROY where it is specified that when a nation had one monarch bearing a specific name, the format John, King of England or Anne, Queen of Great Britain is preferred. – Relisted Armbrust, B.Ed. WrestleMania XXVIII The Undertaker 20–0  04:27, 9 July 2012 (UTC)

 * Support as nominator. --Alexcoldcasefan (talk) 10:13, 2 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Oppose The article should remain as it is. I don't like this policy. The newly inflicted policy has not taken root on Wikipedia. I see many articles like Joanna of Castile and many others. I feel a full discussion listing all these articles should be made, but I will still oppose it. I have a feeling that this discussion isn't going to attract much attention. --The Emperor's New Spy (talk) 04:25, 7 July 2012 (UTC)
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Not Encyclopedic
This article is full of adjectives and opinions that are not backed up by any kind of reference. The language is not appropriate for Wikipedia- not how we write things. IceDragon64 (talk) 22:08, 21 September 2014 (UTC)
 * WP:BE BOLD --Ghirla-трёп- 06:26, 22 September 2014 (UTC)

2 Different Death Dates
This article gives 2 different dates for her death, which one is correct? 209.51.65.162 (talk) 18:19, 16 October 2014 (UTC)

Attempted edits by ip
Please discuss your edits and references---- Work permit (talk) 02:52, 12 September 2019 (UTC)

nothing mentioned of her policies during the Siberian conquest
Hugely overlooked (or suppressed) 104.169.21.247 (talk) 17:26, 24 October 2020 (UTC)

Apparent contradiction over death sentences
After the account of the coup, the article says, "Elizabeth had vowed that if she became Empress, *she would not sign a single death sentence*, an extraordinary promise at the time but one that she kept throughout her life." 2 paragraphs later, discussing an apparent plot to restore Ivan VI, the article says, "Ivan Lopukhin was overheard and tortured for information, with *all of those implicated sentenced to death* except for the women.

I can think of several possible explanations, but it does need sorting out. Jorvikian (talk) 13:02, 29 May 2021 (UTC)

Elizabeth the Great?
We now have a DAB at the above title, which is someplace problematic as it might be argued that none of its entries are technically valid targets, so we've ended up with something of an indirection for each. And not even the "see also" gets here, as it lists just Queen Lizzes, not Tsarinas. How often is this subject described as 'Elizabeth the Great'? Should it be mentioned here? Should the DAB have such an entry? 109.255.211.6 (talk) 00:28, 13 September 2022 (UTC)

 * A short search in Google, Google Books and Google Scholar only shows results of Elizabeth I of the UK. Thinker78  (talk) 16:28, 14 September 2022 (UTC)
 * If it's going to be a redirect, I'd certainly point it to Liz1. But that's not ideal according to WP:R, and there are certainly references to Liz2 as such, albeit these may prove to be WP:RECENTISM.  Here's a couple of references to this subject as such:  http://hermitage-magazine.ru/articles/peter-the-great-and-the-dutch-influence-on-russian-medicine/  https://www.researchgate.net/publication/338078577_The_development_of_Russian_Medicine_in_the_Petrine_era_and_the_role_of_Dutch_doctors_in_this_process  Quality not vouched for.  109.255.211.6 (talk) 18:40, 15 September 2022 (UTC)

The second photograph is Catherine 2nd not Empress Elizabeth. Catherine died of stroke and empress Elizabeth died of kidney stones.
The second photograph is Catherine 2nd not  Empress Elizabeth. Catherine great died of stroke and empress Elizabeth died of kidney stones. 2600:1700:EBE0:2EB0:F9E7:CC7A:1B44:1339 (talk) 20:58, 10 March 2024 (UTC)

Problem with Death section
When it tells about the "few people who wanted to be with her" as she died, it lists her father. That's impossible, as her father had died many years earlier. 2600:1700:BC01:9B0:14C9:B37A:AC47:4179 (talk) 19:21, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

 * Corrected wikilink, which now directs to her nephew. Buenovale (talk) 20:15, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

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Council of Rotuma

The Council of Rotuma is a municipal body on the island of Rotuma, a Fijian dependency. Owing to the unique character of Rotuma, the powers of this council are greater than those of other municipal bodies in Fiji and in some ways it approximates a legislative body, though it is in every way subordinate to the Parliament of Fiji.

Members
The Council consists of fourteen full members and three advisory members. Each of Rotuma's seven districts elects one representative to the council; the traditional Chief of each district is also a Council member ex officio. The advisory members, who have speaking rights but not voting rights, are the District Officer, the most senior Medical Officer, and the most senior Agricultural Officer, all of whom serve ex officio.

The seven chiefs are chosen according to traditional custom. The election is usually for life, although the Fijian cabinet minister responsible for Rotuma may, at his or her own discretion, dismiss a chief and order the election of a new one.

The seven elected representatives are elected for three year terms by resident Rotuman Islanders aged 21 and over. Candidacy is restricted to persons who are eligible to vote.

The full members of the Council elect a chairman from among themselves. In addition to his vote as a member of the council, the Chairman has a casting vote in the event of a tie. The present chairman is Gagaj Taimanav Taukave.

Responsibilities
The council is required to meet at least once every three months. The chairman and nine other members constitute a quorum to do business. Special meetings may be called by the chairman, on his own initiative or that of eight members of the council.

The council has the following powers and responsibilities:
 * to implement directives of the Fijian cabinet minister responsible for Rotuma.
 * to administer the Rotuman development Fund established by the Rotuma Act
 * to make bylaws relation to the environment, waste disposal, and public health.
 * to make bylaws for the promotion of the social and economic betterment of the Rotuman community
 * to regulate communal work
 * to regulate the prevention or removal of the public
 * to provide for the care of children and the elderly
 * to regulate the conservation of food supplies on Rotuma. Such regulations may provide for imprisonment of up to four months, or a fine of up to one hundred dollars, or both.

In addition, the Council historically has also had two other important responsibilities, which were effectively terminated by the military coup of 2006 and the subsequent promulgation of the 2013 Constitution:
 * to nominate 3 members of the Great Council of Chiefs. The Great Council was abolished by the Military-backed Interim Government.
 * to nominate 1 member of the Fijian Senate. The most recent Senator representing the Rotuma Island Council was Dr John Fatiaki, who served from June 2006 till the military coup of 5 December 2006. The Senate itself was abolished by the 2013 Constitution.

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Eccles, Greater Manchester

Eccles is a market town in the City of Salford in Greater Manchester, England, 3 mi west of Salford and 4 mi west of Manchester, split by the M602 motorway and bordered by the Manchester Ship Canal to the south. The town is famous for the Eccles cake.

Eccles grew around the 13th-century Parish Church of St Mary. Evidence of pre-historic human settlement has been discovered locally, but the area was predominantly agricultural until the Industrial Revolution, when a textile industry was established in the town. The arrival of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway led to the town's expansion along the route of the track linking those two cities.

Toponymy
The derivation of the name is uncertain, but two suggestions have been proposed. The received one is that the Eccles place-name is derived from the Romano-British Ecles or Eglys (eglwys in Welsh means 'church'), which in turn is derived from the Ancient Greek ecclesia via the Latin. Following the arrival in AD 613 of the invading Anglo-Saxons in Lancashire, many existing British place-names, especially rivers and hills (the River Irwell for example), survived intact. The root Ecles, found in several village names, could be an example of this. So, the suggestion is that the word denoted the site of a building, or a ruin featuring the landscape, which was recognised by the Anglo-Saxons as a church. Eccles would then have been a village founded around one such, and so Ecles may be the likely source of the modern name. In Kenyon's Origins of Lancashire (1991), however, the author casts doubt on the further suggestion that native British Church administration survived into Anglo-Saxon times, as there is not an exact correlation between Eccles place-names and pre-Domesday hundreds in south Lancashire.

An alternative etymology is derived from that known to belong to Eccles in Kent, recorded as "Aiglessa" in the Domesday Book of 1086 and so conclusively deriving from the Old English (pre 7th century) æc-læas meaning 'oak pasture'.

Early history
Pre-historic finds in the parish of Eccles include dugout boats found at Barton upon Irwell, an arrowhead, a spear and axes at Winton, which taken together appear to suggest the existence of a hunting and travelling society. Human habitation in the area may extend as far back as 6000 BC, with two separate periods of settlement on Chat Moss, the first around 500 BC and the second during the Romano-British period.

The village may have been founded by refugees from Manchester (Mamucium) during the Diocletianic Persecution in the early 4th century, although excavations in 2001–2005 revealed that the civilian settlement at Manchester had probably been abandoned by the mid-3rd century. Throughout the Dark Ages the parish appears to have been remote enough to be untouched by any local conflicts, while absorbing successive waves of immigrants from nearby towns.

The Manor of Barton upon Irwell once covered a large area; in 1276 it included townships such as Asphull, Halghton, Halliwelle, Farnword, Eccles, Workedele, Withington (latterly Winton), Irwelham, Hulm, Quicklewicke, Suynhul and Swinton. Before this date it would appear to have been even larger, but by 1320 the manor boundaries were described as "Tordhale Siche descending to Caldebroc, then to the pit near Preste Platteforde and then to another pit, then to the ditch of Roger the Clerk, then to the hedge of Richard the Rimeur, then following the hedge to Caldebroc." The manor was originally controlled by the Barton family until about 1292 when by marriage it came into the ownership of the Booth family, who retained it for almost 300 years. In 1586 the Trafford family assumed control of the manor, and established themselves in 1632 at Whittleswick, which was renamed Trafford Park.

The parish of Eccles contained the townships of Barton upon Irwell, Clifton, Pendlebury, Pendleton and Worsley. Toward the end of the Middle Ages the parish had an estimated population of about 4,000 Communicants. Agriculture remained an important local industry, with little change from the Medieval system due to a lack of adequate drainage and fertiliser. No evidence exists to demonstrate the layout of the area, but it would likely have been the same as the surrounding areas of Salford, Urmston and Warrington where oats and barley would have been grown. Local cottage industries included blacksmiths, butchers, thatching, basket weaving, skinning and tanning. Weaving was popular, using linen and wool;merchants traded in corn; badgers bought and sold local produce.

Although the local gentry supported the Royalists, the English Civil War had little effect on the area. Troops would occasionally pass through the parish and there was a skirmish at Woolden, but the only other mention of local involvement was the burial of two (probably) local soldiers in 1643. The Jacobite army passed through in 1745, in its advance and subsequent retreat.

Textiles and the Industrial Revolution
In 1795 John Aikin described the area: "The agriculture of the parish is chiefly confined to grazing, and would be more materially benefited by draining; but the tax upon brick, a most essential article in this process, has been a very great hindrance to it. The use of lime—imported from Wales, and brought by the inland navigations to the neighbourhood of our collieries—has become very general in the improvement of the meadow and pasture lands."

During the 18th century the predominance of textiles in the region is partly demonstrated in the parish registers of 1807, which show that 46 children were baptised with 34 fathers employed as weavers. In Memoirs of seventy years of an eventful life (1852) Charles Hulbert wrote:

"The principal employment of the working population of Eccles and vicinity at that time, was the manufacture of Cotton Goods on the home or domestic plan. These were not then, according to my present recollection, more than two Spinning Manufactories in Manchester, Arkwright's with its loft chimney, and Douglas's extensive Works, on the River Irwell, near the Broken bank ... At the period of my first residence in Eccles Parish, I believe the above Mills chiefly supplied the Weavers of Eccles and other parishes with twist for warps, which were purchased by the Master Manufacturers."

During the early 19th century the growth of industry meant the majority of the area's inhabitants were employed in textiles or trade, while a minority worked in agriculture. The factory system was also introduced; in 1835, 1,124 people were employed in cotton mills, and two mills used power looms. Local hand-produced specialities included striped cotton ticks, checks, Nankeens and Camrays. Two cotton mills are visible on the 1845 Ordnance Survey map of the area. The area also became renowned for its production of silk, with two mills at Eccles and one at Patricroft. Many factory workers were children under 12 years of age.

In 1830 James Nasmyth (son of Alexander Nasmyth) visited the newly opened Liverpool and Manchester Railway, and on his return to Manchester noted the suitability of a site alongside the canal at Patricroft for an engineering works. He and his brother leased the land from Thomas de Trafford, and established the Bridgewater Foundry in 1836. The foundry was completed the following year with a design based upon assembly line production. In 1839 Nasmyth invented the steam hammer, which enabled the manufacture of forgings at a scale and speed not seen before. In the same year the foundry started to manufacture railway locomotives, with 109 built by 1853. Nasmyth died a wealthy man in 1890.

The Eccles Spinning and Manufacturing Company came into being following a meeting called by the Mayor of Eccles, in which concern was expressed at the decline in local industry. Two earlier Eccles mills had been destroyed by fire, resulting in significant local unemployment. Designed by Potts, Son and Hennings of Manchester, Bolton and Oldham, it was opened in 1906. The imposing mill contained a multi-storey spinning mill, engine house and extensive weaving sheds.

Early housing in the village consisted of groups of thatched cottages clustered around and near the parish church. The influx of workers from areas around the village accompanied an increased demand for extra housing. Even after the establishment of the local board of health new properties were often built in the gardens of existing dwellings, leading to severe overcrowding. In 1852 the streets were paved with boulders, sewerage was non-existent, and water supply was a local well. During the latter half of the 19th century new housing was erected alongside the railway, and large areas of open land were soon occupied with new housing estates built for the area's more wealthy residents.

The construction of the Manchester Ship Canal provided many local residents with jobs; 1,888 people were employed on the section of the new canal at Barton. A stone aqueduct over the River Iwell dating from 1761 and designed by James Brindley was demolished and replaced by a new moveable aqueduct: the Barton Swing Aqueduct.

Post-industrial history
Eccles was not immune to the general decline of the textile industry in the 20th century. The Bridgewater Foundry ceased operations in 1940, taken over by the Ministry of Supply and converted into a Royal Ordnance Factory. The factory closed in the late 1980s, and the land is now occupied by a housing estate.

Eccles is included in the City of Salford's Unitary Development Plan 2004–2016 as part of the western gateway, a major focus for economic development during the plan period. Areas to be developed include the Barton Strategic Regional Site, Dock 9 at Salford Quays, Weaste Quarry near Eccles, and remaining land at Northbank, and the plan provides for improvements which include the A57 – Trafford Park link at Barton and provisional support for a further expansion of the Metrolink system through the area and a link between the A57 and M62 at Barton. Under this plan the town's retail environment would also be maintained and enhanced.

Governance

In 1854 the Barton, Eccles, Winton and Monton Local Board of Health was established for the northern part of the township of Barton. Eccles was incorporated as a municipal borough in 1892, part of which was in Barton poor law union, an inter-parish unit established to provide social security, and in 1933 this was expanded to include most of Barton Moss civil parish, and part of Worsley Urban District. A small part of the borough was transferred in 1961 to the County Borough of Salford. In 1974 the borough was abolished and its area transferred to Greater Manchester to form part of the City of Salford.

The Eccles area incorporates the wards of Barton, Winton, and Eccles.

Following its review of parliamentary representation in Greater Manchester, the Boundary Commission for England recommended that Eccles be split between two new constituencies; Salford and Eccles, from the existing Salford constituency and the central/eastern part of Eccles, and Worsley and Eccles South, from the existing Worsley constituency and the southern/western part of Eccles.

Geography
Eccles is 3.7 miles (6 km) west of Manchester, on the north bank of the Manchester Ship Canal. The area is along a gentle slope from 160 ft above sea level to the north, to 60 ft above sea at the south, near the Irwell. The underlying geology is made up of New Red Sandstone and pebble beds. The coal measures of the Lancashire coalfield extend south to Monton and Winton. On the surface deposits of clay and loose sands are prevalent throughout the area, along with vegetable moulds formed by rotted vegetation from the previous ice age. These areas have, when drained, provided fertile soil for local agriculture, benefited by the 19th century practice of dumping nightsoil from nearby Manchester.

Parts of the area are within an indicated floodplain. Eccles' climate is generally temperate, like that of the rest of Greater Manchester. The mean highest and lowest temperatures (13.2 °C and 6.4 °C) are slightly above the national average, while the annual rainfall (806.6 mm) and average hours of sunshine (1394.5 hours) are respectively above and below the national averages.

Overall
At the 2001 Census, Eccles was part of the Greater Manchester Urban Area and had a population of 36,610, of which 17,924 (48.96%) were male and 18,686 (51.04%) female. It occupied 812 hectares, compared with 783 at the 1991 census, a population density of 45.09 people per hectare compared with an average of 40.20 across the Greater Manchester Urban Area. The median age of the population is 37, compared with 36 within the Greater Manchester Urban Area and 37 across England and Wales.

The majority of the population of Eccles was born in England (91.94%); 2.61% were born elsewhere within the United Kingdom, 0.70% within the rest of the European Union, and 2.99% elsewhere in the world.

Data on religious beliefs across the town in the 2001 census show that 77.07% declared themselves to be Christian, 12.05% said they held no religion, and 2.26% reported themselves as Muslim.

Eccles is within the Manchester larger urban zone, and the Manchester travel to work area.

By ward
The Eccles area consists of the wards of Barton, Winton, and Eccles.

According to the Office for National Statistics, at the time of the United Kingdom Census 2001, the ward of Eccles had a population of 11,413, of which 5,546 were male, and 5,867 female. The ward of Winton had a population of 12,752, and the ward of Barton had a population of 10,434, giving the larger administrative area of Eccles a total population of 34,599.

Eccles is the ninth-most densely populated ward in Salford, and has the highest number and proportion of people aged 75 and over of all wards in Salford. Levels of crime are below the average for the city. The adult population tends to be more qualified than the city average, and primary and secondary education results are also slightly higher than average for Salford. Unemployment is below average, with people tending to work longer hours. More residents live in purpose-built and converted flats than do in the city as a whole, with a minority occupying detached houses or bungalows. Between 1994 and 2004, 367 homes were added to the ward, above the average for Salford.

Neighbouring Winton is the sixth-most densely populated ward in the region and in 2001 had proportionally more children than the city as a whole. Crime is generally below average, with falling rates of burglary in 2005. Education standards for both adults and children are below city average with minor improvements to GCSE results between 2005 and 2006. Unemployment is higher than average for Salford, with areas of severe income deprivation both to the north and south of the ward. Residents are on average more likely to live in semi-detached housing, with 208 homes added between 1994 and 2004.

To the south, the ward of Barton is the third most densely populated in Salford with little population change between 1991 and 2001. It has proportionally more over-85-year-olds than the city as a whole, with low adult and primary school education standards, but significant improvements in GCSE results of late. Some parts of Barton are amongst the worst 20% of areas in the country for child poverty, with below-city-average childcare provision. Unemployment is higher than average for Salford. Almost half the homes in the ward are terraced housing, with an extra 300 properties built between 1994 and 2004.

Economy
To the east of the town centre, the West One retail park was opened in November 2001 at a cost of £53m. It is in competition with the nearby Trafford Centre and Lowry Outlet Mall, and as a result has suffered a loss of trade. Most of its units were abandoned but following the decision by Tesco to scrap plans for a £30m Tesco Extra store in 2013 a number of new openings have improved the retail offering; The Range, Home Bargains, Smyths Toys Superstores., PureGym and Jollyes Petfood Superstore. A Morrisons supermarket is near the town centre. One of the UK's largest online lighting retailers Value lights, is also located in an 80,000 square foot distribution centre in the centre of Eccles.

Until shortly after its closure was announced on 9 May 2006, the Great Universal Stores group used the former Eccles Spinning and Manufacturing Company building in Winton. Operations have since been transferred to a site in Shaw and Crompton. The town still has a manufacturing industry. Valtris Speciality Chemicals (Ackros Chemicals prior to April 2016 ), a leading chemical additive supplier and its predecessors have occupied a site on Lankro Way since 1937, the site in Eccles employs more than 100 people working in manufacturing, research, administrative and business management roles. Americhem Europe manufactures colouring for plastics and nylon fibres, employing 75 staff with a turnover of £10m. The Eccles-based insurance broker and financial services specialist CBG Group, which worldwide employs 180 people, has its head office near the town centre. The employment agency Morson Group has its headquarters in Eccles and supplies thousands of employees to various hi-tech employers.

Eccles cakes, first produced and sold in the town in 1796, are now exported across the world.

Landmarks

The Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin is the only Grade I listed building in Eccles. There are two Grade II* listed buildings in the Eccles area. The Church of St Andrew was completed by the architect Herbert Edward Tijou in 1879. Monton Unitarian Church was completed in 1875 by Thomas Worthington.

The town's war memorial was erected in 1925. Local sculptor John Cassidy was commissioned to design the structure. Built from Portland stone and topped with a bronze figure, it was unveiled by Lord Derby in August 1925. It is now a Grade II listed building.

Eccles Library was built on a slum clearance site in the town centre. The building was funded by Andrew Carnegie and designed by Edward Potts (who also designed the canalside mill picture above), and opened on 19 October 1907. Designed in the Renaissance style, it is now a Grade II listed building. Potts had hoped that the building would become "the Eccles University". The former Lyceum Theatre on Church Street is a Grade II listed building.

Salford City Council is currently bidding for the Liverpool and Manchester Railway to be included in UNESCO's list of World Heritage Sites. Eccles railway station has recently undergone restoration work by the 'Friends of Eccles Railway Station', including clean-ups, renovation of the station garden, and a mural.

Both Monton Green and Ellesmere Park are designated conservation areas, and a Site of Biological Importance is located near Rutland Road and Chatsworth Road.

Transport
The Salford to Warrington turnpike trust was formed in 1752 and assumed control of the road from Pendleton to Irlam. Opinions as to the quality of the road were mainly negative; writing in 1795, John Aikin said "Much Labour and a very great expense of money have been expended on the roads of this parish, but they still remain in a very indifferent state, and from one plain and obvious cause, the immoderate weights drawn in carts and waggons." On the poor quality roads, the Liverpool to Manchester stagecoach took almost an entire day to make the journey. Matters appear to have improved by the 19th century, along with the opening of several more trust roads throughout the parish. In the early part of the 19th century some existing routes were widened and straightened, including the modern-day Regent Road in Salford. All the roads except one were surfaced with boulders. In 1832 a daily omnibus service from Manchester reached Eccles and Pendleton. In 1877, following the laying of tracks in the road, horse-drawn trams were used; these eventually gave way in 1902 to electric trams under the control of the Salford Corporation. Motorised buses were introduced in 1938.

The opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway on 15 September 1830 was a pivotal moment in transport history. The world's first railway constructed to carry passengers as well as freight, it signalled the beginning of the end for both the turnpike trusts and the canal system. Stagecoach services ceased as passengers started to use the faster railway. The opening day was historic for more than one reason though; Eccles became a part of an early railway accident. During a stop at Parkside railway station near Newton-le-Willows, Member of Parliament for Liverpool, William Huskisson was seriously injured by an approaching locomotive. He was taken to the vicarage in Eccles for treatment, but died of his injuries. There have been two further serious railway incidents in Eccles, the first in 1941, and the second in 1984. The line was widened in 1882, and improvements were made to the station infrastructure, however on 11 January 1971 a fire destroyed the wooden station building, which has never been rebuilt.

The Tyldesley Loopline was opened by the London and North Western Railway on 1 September 1864 with stations at Monton Green (opened 1887), Worsley, Tyldesley and Leigh. The railway provided a link between Eccles (located on the existing Liverpool and Manchester line) and Wigan. In 1870 an additional branch line from this, the Roe Green Loopline, was opened to Bolton to support the surrounding collieries, the largest of which was at Mosley Common. The London and North Western Railway also built a line from Patricroft railway station to Molyneux Junction, via Clifton Hall Tunnel (built in 1849). The line connected with the East Lancashire Railway to Radcliffe and Bury. Clifton Hall Tunnel collapsed on 28 April 1953. The Tyldesley Loopline was closed on 5 May 1969 under the Beeching axe, and the closure of the Roe Green branch line followed in October 1969.

In 1851 the Earl of Ellesmere hosted a visit to Manchester by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. They stayed at Worsley Hall, with a view of the canal, and were given a trip between Patricroft railway station and Worsley Hall, on state barges. Large crowds had gathered to cheer the royal party, which apparently frightened the horses drawing the barge so much that they fell into the canal.

The M602 motorway was opened throughout on 3 November 1971. The Borough Council had previously formed the Eccles Borough Council's General Purposes Committee, which from December 1962 began to purchase land for the route of the new road, while overseeing a powerful public relations scheme. A demolition programme commenced in January 1967, with some residents re-housed in newly built housing stock. The council also had to arrange for the purchase of land at the interchange with the present-day M60, and to re-route part of the Thirlmere Aqueduct. Construction began on 8 December 1969, along a route limited by the existence of housing estates, the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, the M62 junction at Worsley, and the Bridgewater Canal. Consideration was given to the route of the disused Eccles-Tyldesley-Wigan railway line; the height of the motorway was lowered to accommodate a new railway bridge in case the line was ever re-instated. The nearby bridge for the Clifton Junction branch railway was demolished with explosives.

In addition to the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, the town is now served by the Eccles Line of the Metrolink light rail system which, along with regular bus services, terminates at Eccles Interchange. Work on the Metrolink branch to Eccles began in July 1997 and was completed by July 2000, with the official opening ceremony in January 2001; trams leave every twelve minutes.

Education
One of the early schools in Eccles was the 18th century day school in the parish of St. Mary's, south of the Irwell on the de Trafford estate. A Catholic Sunday school was opened in Eccles during the 19th century, in a building in Back Timothy Street (now the location of Eccles Library). Another day school was also opened in cottages on Barton Lane. The first substantial school in the area however was opened in 1851 along Church Street. A boys' school was opened in 1888.

St Patrick's RC High School is currently the best-performing secondary school in Salford, with one of the highest scores in England. The Eccles area contains a number of primary and secondary schools, including (but not limited to) St. Mary's R.C. Primary School, Branwood Preparatory School, New Park High School and Monton Green Primary School.

Eccles College is a further-education college. It opened in 1973 and provides a wide range of A-level and vocational course for school-leavers.

Religion
As the population of Eccles increased during the Industrial Revolution the medieval parish of Eccles was gradually divided into smaller parishes, and surrounding townships gained their own churches. The Grade II* listed St Andrew's church in St Andrew's Parish was built in the 1870s and opened in 1879 (the tower was added in 1889). Over the next 40 years various decorative improvements were made to the building, including stone carvings, stained glass, and wall paintings (covered in 1965). Four months after the church was consecrated a church school was opened, the forerunner of the present St Andrew's Primary School. A second school in Monton (then part of the parish) opened in 1881. In 1912 Monton became a separate parish with its own church, St Paul's.

Roman Catholics living in Eccles originally attended worship at a chapel on the de Trafford estate, south of the Irwell, however the chapel was demolished and replaced by All Saints' Church. The first Rector of the Roman Catholic Parish of Eccles was, from 1879, a Father Sharrocks. The first public Roman Catholic procession in Eccles since the Reformation took place on 18 August 1889.

The area has a variety of other churches, including the Church of St James at nearby Hope, and a Baptist church. Other denominations catered for include Methodist New Connexion, Zion Methodist New Connexion, Wesleyan, and The Salvation Army (opened in 1881).

Sport
The amateur rugby union club Eccles Rugby Football Club were winners of a cup competition organised by Swinton Lions on 4 January 1881 and were first recorded as members of the Lancashire County Rugby Football Union in 1886. Eccles RFC's membership of the RFU lapsed in 1891. The club was re-established in 1897 and has maintained its existence since. Before the first world war Eccles played its rugby at Peel Green Road close to the Barton Swing Aqueduct, between the wars it played on the opposite bank of the Manchester Ship Canal at Redclyffe Road close to Barton Power Station, before moving to its current ground at Gorton Street in the summer of 1948.

The amateur rugby league club Salford City Roosters, formerly known as the Eccles Roosters, are also based in Eccles and were formed in 1977.

To the west of Eccles lies the 12,000 capacity City of Salford Stadium, home to both professional Rugby League team Salford Red Devils and professional Rugby Union team Sale Sharks along with new transport infrastructure and the Trafford Centre. Immediately west of the new stadium site is Boysnope Park Golf Club, an 18-hole par-72 parkland course with floodlit driving range.

Eccles is home to the City of Salford Volleyball Club one of English volleyball's premier women's teams, the club competes in Volleyball England's Women's SUPER8's competition as well as having a number of development teams

Public services
Eccles became the first municipal corporation in England to operate a motorised fire engine in 1901. It was supplied to Eccles Corporation by a local firm, the Protector Lamp and Lighting Co., also known for manufacturing Miners' Safety Lamps. Barton Aerodrome, the first municipal aerodrome in the UK to be licensed by the Air Ministry, was opened on 29 January 1930 on a site at Barton-on-the-Moss.

The first Power Station in Eccles was built along Cawdor Street, and opened on 14 December 1896 by Alderman W. D. Kendall. The second and much larger Barton Power Station was built in 1920 alongside the Manchester Ship Canal and Bridgewater Canal. It was opened on 11 October 1923 by the Earl of Derby, and supplied electricity to Manchester and the South East Lancashire Electricity District. It ceased generation in March 1974, operating from thereon only as a switching station, and was demolished in June 1979.

Salford Royal hospital opened in 1882 as the Salford Union Infirmary, a hospital for sick paupers, in association with the union workhouse. It was later renamed as Hope Hospital, taking the name of the nearby medieval Hope Hall, demolished in 1956. The hospital was given its current name in 2007.

Notable people
Edward Potts was a renowned architect born on 2 March 1839 in Bury. He moved to Oldham and designed many of the town's mills and was ranked with P. S. Stott as the greatest mill architect of Victorian Lancashire. He moved to Eccles in 1891 and was responsible for the design of the town's library. He was a Liberal member of the borough council from 1902 to 1905, the first chairman of the town's library committee (1904), and a Justice of the Peace in 1906. He inaugurated popular Saturday-night concerts during the winter months and, keen to reduce the incidence of infant mortality, gave a sovereign to the mother of every child who reached the age of one. He died on 15 April 1909 and was buried at Chadderton Cemetery.

The hymn-writer William Cooke was born in Eccles in 1821.

The humanitarian aid worker Alan Henning was from Eccles before he was murdered by Jihadi John.

Culture
Eccles is perhaps best known for the Eccles cake. Dating from the 18th century, they were first sold from a shop owned by James Birch in 1793. Traditionally made in the town from a recipe of flaky pastry, butter, nutmeg, candied peel, sugar and currants, they are sold across the country and exported across the world. They are sometimes referred to as "dead fly pies".

Eccles Wakes (a holiday to celebrate the dedication of the Parish Church) were celebrated annually until 1877, when the tradition was abolished by the Home Secretary. The Wakes were held over three days, beginning on the first Sunday after 25 August.

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Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi

Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi (Корсунь-Шевченківський, ) is a small city located in Cherkasy Raion, Cherkasy Oblast, central Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. The city rests on the banks of the Ros River. Population:

History
A fortress Korsun was founded in 1032 by the Kievan Rus' prince Yaroslav the Wise and served the protection of Kyiv from nomads from the southern steppe regions. The name of the city comes from the Greek city of Chersones (translated as Korsun) on the Crimean Peninsula. In 1240, Korsun was destroyed by Batu Khan. In 1584, a military base was established in the city.

In the early modern times the place belonged to the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, during which another fortress was built and the city received the Magdeburg rights. In 1630, Cossack rebels led by Taras Fedorovych attacked the town and destroyed its Polish garrison. The town was razed by Polish forces during the 1637 Cossack rebellion led by Pavlo Pavliuk. In 1648, the Battle of Korsuń during the Khmelnytsky Uprising, took place here. In 1768, during the Koliyivschyna Rebellion, the Polish garrison was destroyed by the forces of Maksym Zalizniak.

In 1793, Korsun was included into the Russian Empire. In 1903, one of the largest paint factories in the whole Russian Empire was built in Korsun. In the period of the Second World War (1941–1945), the Soviet Red Army defeated the German forces in the area surrounding Korsun (for further information, see Korsun Pocket). On February 14, 1944, Korsun was cleared of German forces.

In post-war years, the farm and agricultural economy of Korsun was soon rebuilt. Until 1944, the city was known simply as Korsun, however, it was later renamed in honor of Taras Shevchenko, a famous Ukrainian poet and artist.

In 2014, Korsun became the centre of a media campaign by Russian media, which accused Euromaidan supporters of attacking a bus convoy of anti-Maidan activists on the night of February 20–21, 2014 in Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi, allegedly burning several buses, and killing seven passengers. On April 3, 2014, Russian forces occupying Crimea said seven people had died and 30 gone missing. Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and the local police force all denied the accuracy of this account. Russian president Putin justified the military operation in Crimea by using the fictionalized accident, and the alleged killings of anti-Maidan activists near Korsun were later reflected in the Russian propaganda documentary Crimea. The Way Home.

Until 18 July 2020, Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi served as an administrative center of Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Cherkasy Oblast to four. The area of Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi Raion was split between Cherkasy and Zvenyhorodka Raions, with Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi being transferred to Cherkasy Raion.

Economy
Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi contains a railroad station Korsun, on the railroad line Kyiv-Zvitkovo. Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi also contains many industrial factories, namely some mechanical factories, a construction material factory, an asphalt factory, a winemaking factory, sewing factory, and others.

Architecture

 * A park complex belonging to the former palace of the noble Lopukhin-Demydov family, considered one of the best natural park complexes in the style of Romanticism in Ukraine. The park was constructed in 1782 by the request of the noble Stanisław Poniatowski, the King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, a writer and artist. In the middle of the 19th century, the park was decorated with many sculptures. In addition, small pedestrian bridges were added. Total area of the park – 97 hectares.
 * The palace of the noble Lopukhin-Demydov family.
 * The Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi historical-cultural preserve.
 * Museum dedicated to the history of the Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi Battle.

Famous people

 * Vasyl Avramenko, actor, dancer, choreographer, balletmaster, director, and film producer
 * Anatoli Khorozov, president of the Ice Hockey Federation of Ukraine, hotel businessman
 * Kyrylo Stetsenko, composer, conductor, critic, and teacher

Twin towns – Sister cities
Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi is twinned with:
 * 🇵🇱 Chojnice, Poland
 * 🇩🇪 Gifhorn, Germany.

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Hal Gould

Hal Gould (February 29, 1920 – June 25, 2015) was an American photographer and gallery curator. He was an advocate of fine art photography and created a venue which eventually became the Camera Obscura gallery at the Denver Art Museum.

Early life
Gould was born in Clark, Wyoming. He grew up on a ranch in New Mexico and left home at the age of 16. After holding a number of different jobs, he entered dentistry school, but was drafted into the army in 1940. After he was called to duty, he joined E Company, 19th Infantry where he served together with James Jones. Eventually he entered officer school and became a head personnel officer. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, he island-hopped with General Douglas MacArthur and remained in Japan during the occupation.

Photography
While Gould held many jobs during his life, including railroad-tie repairer, boxer, aviator, and painter, it was his pursuit of photography that would change his life. For nearly a quarter of a century he practised as a portrait photographer, eventually shifting into fine art photography. Gould's own photographic contributions to Camera Obscura Gallery include Western scenery and flora along with pictures from his various travels

Gallery curator
Gould repeatedly asked for the Denver Art Museum to display fine art photography, but director Otto Bach refused to consider the medium. To make artistic photography available to the public, Gould and others created a venue for displaying works directly behind the Denver Art Museum—eventually this would become the gallery Camera Obscura. This is now one of the oldest galleries dedicated exclusively to fine art photography. Gould's gallery gave Sebastião Salgado his first show in America, and has been publishing the Photography in the Fine Arts Quarterly since 1983.

Gould hosted his last show as curator of Camera Obscura Gallery, featuring his works and those by Gallery associate director Loretta Young-Gautier, and then closed the Gallery doors to the public after the conclusion of the open house reception for their show on April 30, 2011. According to the March 20, 2011, article in The Denver Post, Gould cites "No sales" brought on by the recent recession as the reason for closing the Gallery. Gould died on June 25, 2015, at the age of 95.

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Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1966–1969

This is a list of members of the Australian House of Representatives from 1966 to 1969, as elected at the 1966 federal election.

 * At this time, the members for the Northern Territory and Australian Capital Territory could only vote on matters relating to their respective territories.
 * The Liberal member for Corio, Hubert Opperman, resigned on 10 June 1967 to accept an appointment as Australia's first High Commissioner to Malta; Labor candidate Gordon Scholes won the resulting by-election on 22 July 1967.
 * The Labor member for Capricornia, George Gray, died on 2 August 1967; Labor candidate Doug Everingham won the resulting by-election on 30 September 1967.
 * The Prime Minister and Liberal member for Higgins, Harold Holt, was presumed dead on 19 December 1967, after disappearing two days earlier while swimming at Portsea; Liberal candidate John Gorton won the resulting by-election on 24 February 1968.
 * The Liberal member for Curtin, Paul Hasluck, resigned on 10 February 1969 to accept an appointment as Governor-General of Australia; Liberal candidate Victor Garland won the resulting by-election on 19 April 1969.
 * The Labor member for Bendigo, Noel Beaton, resigned on 9 April 1969; Labor candidate David Kennedy won the resulting by-election on 7 June 1969.
 * The Country Party member for Gwydir, Ian Allan, resigned on 30 April 1969; Country Party candidate Ralph Hunt won the resulting by-election on 7 June 1969.


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Grafton Lakes State Park

Grafton Lakes State Park is a 2545 acre state park located in Rensselaer County, New York, United States. The park is in the central part of the Town of Grafton and north of the hamlet of Grafton on NY Route 2, northeast of Albany. The park contains the Shaver Pond Nature Center.

Park description
Grafton Lakes State Park was opened in 1971. It contains several lakes, including Long Pond, Mill Pond, and Second Pond.

The park offers a beach, a boat launch and boat rentals, a bridle path, hunting (deer and small game in season), fishing and ice fishing (trout, pickerel, perch, and bass), ice skating, hiking and biking, picnic tables and pavilions, a nature trail, a playground, recreation programs, snowmobiling, snowshoeing, cross-country skiing, and a food concession. Swimming is open daily from Memorial Day Weekend through Labor Day from 10am-6pm, and gate fees are $8/car.

The park has long been used for orienteering. It was first mapped in 1980 by Mark Domonie, and drafted by Bill Jameson. The park was the site of the 1981 US Intercollegiate Championships. A permanent course (called Trim-O) was expected to be placed in the park in 2008.

Shaver Pond Nature Center
Located within the park is the Shaver Pond Nature Center, which provides outdoor recreation and environmental educational programs and is handicap accessible. The center stands at the beginning of 20 mi of trails. Besides scheduled programs, the facility may be rented for club meetings.

Shaver Pond Nature Center also houses the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation's Air and Acid Rain Deposition Monitoring Site.

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MTA Regional Bus Operations bus fleet

The MTA Regional Bus Operations bus fleet is a fleet of buses in fixed-route service in New York City under the "MTA New York City Bus" (also known as New York City Transit or NYCT) and "MTA Bus" brands, both of which operate local, limited, express and Select Bus Service routes.

Description and history
The fleet consists of over 5,700 buses of various types and models for fixed-route service, making MTA RBO's fleet the largest public bus fleet in the United States. The MTA also has over 2,000 vans and cabs for ADA paratransit service, providing service in New York City, southwestern Nassau County, and the city of Yonkers. All vehicles, with the exception of paratransit cabs, are fully accessible to persons with disabilities. Fixed-route buses are dispatched from 28 garages (20 New York City Bus and 8 MTA Bus) and one annex in New York City.

Several fleet improvements have been introduced over the system's history. The first large order of air conditioned buses began service in 1966. "Kneeling buses" were introduced in 1976, and wheelchair lifts began appearing in 1980. Also in the 1980s, stop-request cords (or "bell cords") were replaced by yellow tape strips. However, buses ordered after 2008 feature cords rather than tape strips due to the latter's higher maintenance cost. Articulated buses were introduced in 1996, and have since become prominent in the Bronx and Manhattan. Low-floor buses, designed to speed boarding and alighting and improve riding conditions for elderly and disabled passengers, were first tested in 1997 and have made up most of the new non-express buses ordered since the early 2000s. The last non-express high-floor bus was withdrawn in 2019.

Most post-2000 orders also feature stop-request buttons located on grab bars. Beginning in 2016, new orders along with buses built after 2011 will be built/retrofitted with Wi-Fi connectivity and USB charging ports. In 2023, Wi-fi connectivity was removed on all buses due to low usage from passengers.

Starting in 2016, efforts to bring an audio/visual system to the current and future fleet went underway to improve customer service and ADA accessibility thru use of next stop announcements & PSAs. Though the former Long Island Bus Division (now NICE Bus) had already deployed such a system throughout its fleet since the early-2000s, the MTA had only trialed similar systems alongside GPS tracking between 2007 and 2012 on select routes in the New York City Bus system. Current plans include the installation of digital information screens installed throughout the interior of the bus which will provide real-time information such as time, weather, advertisements, & service advisories. The screens are supplied by contract from 3 different vendors and are installed on new bus deliveries starting in 2017 while buses built after 2008 are currently receiving retrofits. A new livery was also introduced, replacing the blue stripe livery on a white base that had been in use in one variation or another since the late 1970s. The first of these buses entered service in mid-May 2016 on the Q10 route.

Buses operating on clean or alternative fuels also make up a significant portion of the fleet, particularly since the establishment of the MTA's "Clean Fuel Bus" program in June 2000. Buses running compressed natural gas (CNG) were first tested in the early 1990s, and were mass-ordered beginning in 1995. Hybrid-electric buses, operating with a combination of diesel and electric power, were introduced in September 1998 with the Orion VI, and mass-ordered beginning in 2002 with the Orion VII. These hybrid buses proved to be useful, at least the 2006-2007 models, for these models cost significantly less to repair and maintain than earlier units. As of December 2022, the fleet has over 1,100 diesel-electric buses and over 700 buses powered by compressed natural gas, which make up less than half of the total fleet. This is the largest fleet of either kind in the United States.

Zero-emission buses
In 2017, the MTA tested a fleet of ten forty-foot battery electric buses – five from New Flyer and five from Proterra, the XE40 Xcelsior CHARGE and Catalyst BE40 models respectively. These were all leases, which expired in 2021. In 2019, the MTA ordered their first battery-electric sixty-foot articulated buses, with an order of fifteen XE60 Xcelsior CHARGE buses from New Flyer, deployed on Manhattan Select Bus Service routes. In April 2021, the agency placed an RFP for forty-five new forty-foot battery-electric buses. Later in 2021, the MTA awarded New Flyer the contract for the electric bus order, set to arrive in late 2022 and 2023. 15 more buses were added to the originally 45 bus contract, making for a total of 60 buses allotted for MTA NYCT.

In 2022, the MTA announced that they would trial hydrogen fuel cell buses, funded by a grant from New York State Energy Research and Development Authority. The first two buses (New Flyer Xcelsior CHARGE H2) will be launched in The Bronx by late 2024.

The MTA announced that it would only purchase zero-emission buses from 2029, and that the entire bus fleet will be zero-emission by 2040.

Fixed-route fleet details
A roster of the fleet is shown below. Not included below are buses and vans not open to the general public (Access-A-Ride vans, taxicabs, and employee shuttle buses), retired buses, or demonstration buses. This list also does not include buses formerly operated by MTA Long Island Bus (now Nassau Inter-County Express) that are now operated under contract to Nassau County by Transdev.

Local, limited, & Select Bus Service vehicles
All buses listed below have semi-low floors.

Express bus fleet
All express buses are diesel-powered, 45 ft long commuter coaches. All buses are high-floored.

Future bus fleet
These are bus orders that will occur a few years into the future.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Larry Foard

 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 merge and redirect. Mindspillage (spill yours?) 21:16, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Larry Foard
Listed on speedy, resume cruft as it is, guy claims to have written the sofware for MUSH --nixie 03:23, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Guy did write the original version of TinyMUSH, based on the TinyMUD code, for what it's worth. --Squiddhartha 16:36, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, vanity. Programmers don't inherit the notability (slight as it is) of their programs. Wile E. Heresiarch 22:57, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge/redirect to TinyMUD Radiant_* 13:09, Apr 18, 2005 (UTC)
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Edinburgh North and Leith (UK Parliament constituency)

Edinburgh North and Leith is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (at Westminster), first used in the 1997 general election. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

In 1999, a Scottish Parliament constituency was created with the same name and boundaries. See Edinburgh North and Leith (Scottish Parliament constituency). The boundaries of the Westminster constituency were altered, however, in 2005, and the Scottish Parliament constituency retained the older boundaries until 2011. Since then, the seat has mainly been split between the Edinburgh Northern and Leith and Edinburgh Central constituencies at Holyrood, with a small area also located in Edinburgh Western.

At the 2014 Scottish independence referendum, the constituency returned an above average No vote; 60% voted for Scotland to stay in the United Kingdom, while 40% voted Yes to independence. At the 2016 referendum on UK membership of the European Union, the constituency voted to Remain by 78.2%. This constituency was the seventh-highest supporter of a Remain vote.

Constituency profile
The constituency is urbanised, affluent and left-leaning, and covers several northern communities of the city, as well as most of the former burgh of Leith, which controversially amalgamated with the City of Edinburgh in 1920. It has the highest proportion of residents living in tenements and flats of any parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, and a relatively high proportion of university graduates. It includes a mix of leafy, expensive residential areas in the South and West of the constituency and densely populated areas nearer to Leith with more young professionals and students, as well as older residents whose families have lived there during several previous generations.

It also includes Calton Hill, the shops and offices on the northern side of Princes Street, Bute House, the official residence of the First Minister of Scotland, St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral, the Edinburgh Playhouse, the Edinburgh Waterfront, the stretch of the Water of Leith from Dean Village to Leith Harbour, the Royal Botanical Gardens, the Western General Hospital and the notable private schools.

Boundaries
When created in 1997, Edinburgh North and Leith was largely a replacement for the Edinburgh Leith constituency, and was one of six constituencies covering the City of Edinburgh council area. One of those six, Edinburgh East and Musselburgh straddled the boundary with the East Lothian council area to take in Musselburgh.

Constituency boundaries in Scotland were revised for the 2005 election. The number of constituencies within the city was reduced from six to five, each now entirely within the city area, and Musselburgh was reunited with the remainder of East Lothian. A new Edinburgh North and Leith constituency was created, including the whole of the former one, but also taking in the Dean ward from Edinburgh Central and Craigleith ward from Edinburgh West.

1997-2005: The City of Edinburgh wards of Broughton, Calton, Granton, Harbour, Lorne, New Town, Newhaven, Pilton, Stockbridge and Trinity.

2005-2010: As above plus Dean and Craigleith wards.

2010-2024: Parts of the City of Edinburgh wards of Leith, Leith Walk, Forth, Inverleith and City Centre.
 * Updated as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004

2024-present: As above plus Almond ward.


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Why was this article split off the gas turbine artice? And why is this article repeated in both places?--Duk 03:25, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)

also, capstone did not invent microturbines. --Duk 03:27, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)

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Sessions
The Let it Be sessions were earlier than the Abbey Road sessions, Abbey Road was released before the production on Let it Be was complete. I've changed the wording to reflect this.Ozzykhan 19:18, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

Disc 2 Track Notations
Where are all the track notations (Mono, Take 1, etc.) on disc two? Can someone who knows them add them? I would, but I am several hundred miles from my copies of the CD's

I was under the impression that I had added the track notations. I'm on it. IAmAgentMunky 01:53, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

Merger proposal
The article for the song A Beginning gives no indication of why it is notable. I see no reason there should be a seperate article for it. Duffbeerforme (talk) 06:42, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

 * Oppose — It's certainly less notable than most other Beatle-related music, but it's part of an Oscar-winning soundtrack and included on a popular CD. — John Cardinal (talk) 14:20, 15 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Which Oscar-winning soundtrack is it part of? Duffbeerforme (talk) 06:23, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
 * I got that wrong. it's part of the soundtrack of an Oscar-winning movie. — John Cardinal (talk) 11:29, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Got it wrong twice. The soundtrack was nominated for an Oscar, but didn't win. — John Cardinal (talk) 12:58, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
 * OK, found it, it was nominated for a Grammy.
 * I don't see how being included on a soundtrack and an album makes an individual song notable. Even with a Grammy nomination for the soundtrack. Duffbeerforme (talk) 15:08, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Oppose: Enough secondary literature available, therefore enough potential to get it to C or B status. -- Avant-garde a clue - hexa Chord 2  06:35, 17 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Where is this secondary literature, did you know of this secondary literature before you suggested that this article should be deleted. Why haven't you improved the article instead of suggesting it's deletion? Still trying to make a point? Duffbeerforme (talk) 14:34, 17 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Very funny indeed. You may repeat it as often as you wish, but still I never suggested anything for deletion. I just don't know where you get this from. It may be your wish, your fetish or whatever, but that can't be my problem... BTT: For secondary literature I made a brief look at books.google.com and the results were overwhelming. There's enough 3rd party coverage to even write an A class article. And this does not include dozens of magazine articles and interviews. -- Avant-garde a clue - hexa Chord 2  17:09, 17 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Oppose : Enough with the minimalism already. WP is becoming more of a source for things we already know rather than new info. --Kaizer13 (talk) 16:22, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

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Brubeck Institute

The Brubeck Institute was a special program at the University of the Pacific's Conservatory of Music. It was founded in 2000 by noted Jazz pianist and Pacific alum Dave Brubeck. The Brubeck Institute consists of several different programs and initiatives that aim to support and promote jazz education and performance.

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Redeemer University

Redeemer University is a private Christian liberal arts and science university located in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, in the community of Ancaster. Founded in 1982, Redeemer stands in the Reformed Tradition and offers Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Education, Bachelor of Business Administration, Bachelor of Kinesiology, and Bachelor of Science degrees.

History
The college opened in 1982 as "Redeemer College", with 97 full-time and 63 part-time students. This number grew to about 250 for the 1985–1986 academic year, the final year classes met in facilities rented from the Board of Education of the City of Hamilton. In 1985 the college purchased 78 acre of land in Ancaster, Ontario for the construction of a new campus. The college occupied the new facilities in August 1986 and welcomed 279 full-time students in September. In November 1986, the college held its first graduation, with 40 students graduating.

On June 25, 1998, the Ontario Government passed Bill Pr17, which granted Redeemer College the authority to offer Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees. Prior to that time, the college conferred a Bachelor of Christian Studies degree which was recognized by the AUCC (Association of Universities & Colleges of Canada) as comparable to the Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degree.

On June 26, 2003, the Ontario Government passed Bill Pr14, granting Redeemer the authority to offer a Bachelor of Education degree to replace its B.C.Ed. degree. On December 10, 2003, the new teacher education (B.Ed.) program was granted initial accreditation by the Ontario College of Teachers, giving Redeemer the only provincially recognized Christian teacher education program (K-10) in Ontario.

In 2005, a considerable expansion to the academic facilities including the addition of the Peter Turkstra Library was completed.

Redeemer University's Arms and Badge were registered with the Canadian Heraldic Authority on September 15, 2005.

In 1989 Redeemer University College established the Forgivable Loan Program. Under this program, parents could donate money to the Redeemer Foundation that the foundation would then loan to their children to cover all or part of their tuition and related costs. If certain minor conditions were met the loan was forgiven at the end of the year. Donors received a charitable donation tax receipt. However, the Canada Revenue Agency ruled that the donations were ineligible for tax deduction since the donors had benefited, and ordered payment of back taxes and interest from donors.

In 2011, 450 parents filed a class action suit against Redeemer to recover the cost of the disallowed donations. A settlement was reached under which the institution gave back 10% of the donations and paid the legal costs of the families.

In February 2019, a $11 million donation allowed Redeemer University to lower tuition to $9800. In early 2020, Redeemer University updated its name, formerly known as Redeemer University College after a review by Ontario's Postsecondary Education Quality Assessment Board. Redeemer currently has legislation before Parliament to receive expanded degree-granting capabilities (25 total degrees), including a Bachelor of Business Administration, a Master of Education, and a Master of Science.

In 2021, the Federal Court ruled that the government had unfairly denied Redeemer University participation in the Canada Summer Jobs Program based solely on its religious opposition to same-sex marriage. In a rare move, the court also ordered the government to pay Redeemer University's full legal costs.

Programs
Redeemer University offers over 40 majors and minors.

Bachelor of Arts: Applied Social Sciences (Applied Social Sciences, Social Work), Art, Business (Business, Accounting, Management, Marketing), English (Literature, Writing), Environmental Studies, History, Kinesiology and Physical Education (Kinesiology, Physical Education), Media and Communication Studies (Digital Media and Production, Media and Culture), Music, Philosophy, Politics and International Studies (Politics and International Studies, International Development, International Relations), Psychology (Clinical, Experimental), Religion and Theology (Religion and Theology, Urban and Intercultural Ministry, Youth Ministry)

Bachelor of Science: Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Studies, Health Sciences (Health Sciences, Pre-Medicine, Professional), Kinesiology, Mathematics.

Bachelor of Business Administration: Business - Accounting, Business - Not-for-profit Management, Business - Management, Business - Marketing

Bachelor of Kinesiology: Kinesiology

Bachelor of Education: Education (Primary/Junior Division, Junior/Intermediate Division)

Bachelor of Communications and Media Studies: Digital Media and Production

Residence
Redeemer offers three styles of on-campus residence.

Townhouse:

Incoming students typically live in the Townhouse residences at Redeemer, located at Calvin Court, Luther Court, and Cranmer Court. There are 43 two-storey townhouse residences in all, each with four bedrooms, two bathrooms, a full kitchen, a dining room, a living room, and a basement. Features of a Townhouse residence are a furnished common area, dining/living room, and bedrooms, wireless and cable Internet access, local telephone access, self-locking doors and campus security patrol of campus 24/7, Residence Advisor or Housing Advisor, porch, coin laundry facilities, and parking space.

Augustine Hall:

Typically, second-year students live in Augustine Hall at Redeemer, located just past the Recreation Centre. A three-storey complex, Augustine Hall is made up of twelve 3-bedroom residences and three 2-bedroom residences. Each 3-bedroom residence includes two bathrooms, a full kitchen, dining room, living room, and an extra storage unit. Up to six students live together in these residences. One of them serves as Housing Advisor (HA) who meets with the Assistant Resident Coordinator in Student Life on a regular basis. The HA ensures everything runs smoothly as students share meals, chores and devotions together.

As of 2015, Augustine Hall has become a senior student residence for third-, fourth- and fifth-year students. The building is overseen by two fellow senior students known as Residence Life Facilitators (RLFs) who plan monthly events and ensures that each apartment is cared for.

Independent apartments:

Independent apartments are available for students with disabilities, married students, mature and senior students. The 23 apartments are located in Luther Court and in Augustine Hall. Some of the features are choice of a one or two bedroom unit, air conditioning, wireless and cable internet access, kitchen appliances, bathroom, parking space, extra storage unit, and coin laundry facilities.

Charis Live and Learn Centre:

A 77,000-square-feet facility that has 35 suites for 170 students, classrooms, and host the new Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

Student activities and traditions
LAUNCH is a week-long orientation made up of many activities and held for first-years during the first week of school in September. One part of LAUNCH is the LAUNCH Olympics, a day of events where teams of new students and a senior leader play through games, activities, and competitions and end with a mud pit tug-of-war.

The Decade Dance is held on the night of the LAUNCH Olympics; students enjoy music and wear costumes from previous decades, as well as having dance contests.

Spring Banquet is an end of the year event held at a banquet hall in Hamilton, generally in March. There is a sit-down dinner and dance held afterward.

Rooted Worship, previously named Church in the Box (CITB), is a student run worship service held once a month on Sunday evenings, and includes music and drama as well as a speaker. This tradition began in the school's "black box" but has grown over the years and is now held in the auditorium for students, staff and the community.

Hot Spot is an informal worship event intended for students. Held in the recreation centre once a month on Thursday evening; it includes a musician and a singer, and a speaker or speakers.

Chapel is a worship service held in the auditorium on Wednesday mornings for students and faculty which includes student participation in music and readings, while having an in-school or guest speaker.

Redeemer’s Got Talent is a contest where Redeemer students perform to showcase their skills in a America’s Got Talent style show.

Coffeehouse is a monthly student gathering hosted by Student Senate, either in the Commons or the Rec. Centre, where songs, skits, poetry and other talents are performed.

Spring Retreat, founded by Student President Seb Caldwell, the spring retreat is an annual trip for students to attend an overnight camp at Canterbury Hills Camp in Dundas, Ontario.

Research and faculty
The campus houses two research institutes through the Albert M. Wolters Centre for Christian Scholarship, the Pascal Centre for Advanced Studies in Faith and Science and The Dooyeweerd Centre for Christian Philosophy.

The Wolters Centre hosts on-campus events throughout the year including The World and Our Calling Lectures in January.

Partnerships
The university holds membership in the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada, the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities, the International Association for Promotion of Christian Higher Education, and the Association of Reformed Institutions of Higher Education in North America.

Athletics
Redeemer Royals fields sports teams in the Ontario Colleges Athletic Association. The Royals compete in men's and women's basketball, volleyball, cross country, soccer, indoor soccer, and badminton. They have a men's hockey team in the Niagara Christian Hockey League.

The Royals have five people inducted into the OCAA hall of fame: Terry Talsma (volleyball and soccer), Ryan Talsma (volleyball), Michelle Van Berkel (volleyball), Colin DeRaaf (volleyball) and John Byl (builder).

Athletic Facilities

Redeemer's Athletic Facilities are open to all students free of charge and also to all athletic centre members. The facilities include one squash court, two lit tennis courts, a soccer field, an indoor soccer dome, a beach volleyball sand court, a lit outdoor basketball court, a double sized hardwood gymnasium, and a workout studio/fitness centre. In September 2011, Redeemer, in conjunction with the Ancaster Soccer Club, opened a new sports complex, featuring an outdoor, artificial-turfed field, and a 10 x 70 meter domed sports field, with an adjoining field house.

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Ashley railway station

Ashley railway station is in the village of Ashley in Cheshire, England. It is located on the Mid-Cheshire line 17+3/4 mi southwest of Manchester Piccadilly.

History
The station was opened by the Cheshire Midland Railway (CMR) on 12 May 1862 when the railway opened from Altrincham to Knutsford. The CMR was amalgamated into the Cheshire Lines Committee (CLC) on 15 August 1867. The station was served by passenger trains from Manchester Central to Northwich and Chester Northgate. The CLC remained an independent entity, as a joint London, Midland and Scottish Railway and London and North Eastern Railway operation after the Grouping of 1923, until the creation of British Railways (BR). The station then passed on to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation on 1 January 1948. When Sectorisation was introduced in the 1980s, the station was served by Regional Railways under arrangement with the Greater Manchester PTE until the Privatisation of British Railways.

The station retains many of its original features and buildings, although these have been converted for residential use.

Facilities
The station is unstaffed and was, until 12 December 2010, a request stop only. Amenities here are very basic, with just a single waiting shelter on platform 2 and bench seating, timetable posters and a public telephone. Step-free access is available to both platforms. A ticket vending machine is in place for the purchase of tickets or promise to pay coupons and for the collection of pre-paid tickets.

Services
There is an hourly service (more at peak times) on weekdays and Saturdays running to Manchester via Stockport and in the opposite direction to Chester. Trains call every two hours on Sundays, although, since 2018, no longer with through running beyond Manchester Piccadilly to Southport via Bolton and Wigan Wallgate.

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