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Road America

Road America is a motorsport road course located near Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin on Wisconsin Highway 67. It has hosted races since the 1950s and currently hosts races in the IndyCar Series, IMSA SportsCar Championship, Sports Car Club of America GT World Challenge America and Trans-Am Series and the MotoAmerica Superbike Championship.

Current track and facilities
Road America is a permanent road course. It is located midway between the cities of Milwaukee and Green Bay, and classified as an FIA Grade Two circuit.

The track is situated on 640 acre near the Kettle Moraine Scenic Drive. It has hosted races since September 1955 and currently hosts over 400 events a year. Of its annual events, 9 major weekends are open to the public which include 3 motorcycle events including the MotoAmerica (AMA FIM) series, 3 vintage car events, Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) events, the United Sports Car Racing Series, the Pirelli World Challenge, and the NASCAR Xfinity Series.

Road America is one of only a handful of road circuits in the world maintaining its original configuration being 4.048 mi in length with 14 turns. The track features many elevation changes, along with a long front stretch where speeds approaching 200 mph (320 km/h) may be reached. One of the best known features of this course is a turn on the backside known as "the kink".

Road America's open seating allows spectators to venture throughout the grounds. Grandstands are available in several locations, as well as permanent hillside seating where crowds of more than 150,000 can be accommodated. Road America held one NASCAR Grand National race (now NASCAR Cup Series) in 1956 and two more Cup Series races in 2021 and 2022; NASCAR then opted to move the Cup Series and become a race in and around Downtown Chicago streets starting in 2023.

Briggs & Stratton Motorplex
In addition to the main course, the facility includes a 0.8 mi karting track called the Briggs & Stratton Motorplex inside the Carousel. The motorplex hosts two series of karting events. It hosts weekly events on Tuesdays in the summer. It also hosts approximately six Saturday events during the summer. The motorplex also hosts events sanctioned by the North Woods GP series running Supermoto and street bike racing using small displacement motorcycles.

Off road racing circuit
The Motorplex was built at the site of an earlier off road racing circuit used for several SODA events in the 1990s. The 1995 event was televised tape delayed on ESPN2 by reporters Marty Reid, Ivan Stewart, and Jimmie Johnson. The course was 1.1 mi long with 150 ft of elevation change. The track featured a blind jump nicknamed "The Hell Hole".

Tunnel
In late 2006, Road America began a project to remove the old Bill Mitchell bridge and use a tunnel as the main entrance to the paddock. The tunnel project was completed in May 2007 with the grand opening celebration on May 31 for the AMA Suzuki Superbike Championship weekend. The tunnel is 16.5 ft high and 36 ft wide and has two lanes of traffic and two pedestrian walkways on either side. With the removal of the bridge, a new spectator viewing area was created.

Open road course
In the late 1940s, road racing was gaining popularity, owing to the post World War II economy, and the influx of sporting automobiles. The Sports Car Club of America was the main organizer of these races, and in 1950, the Chicago Region SCCA and the Village of Elkhart Lake organized the first road race at Elkhart Lake.

The 1950 circuit start-finish line was on County Road P. Competitors went north to County Road J, then South into the Village of Elkhart Lake, and West on what is now County JP (then called County Highway X), and reconnected with County Road P for a total distance of 3.3 mi.

For the next two races, in 1951 and 1952, a different course was used. It was 6.5 mi long, on County Roads J, A, and P. To date, one may still drive most of the original course.

The original course was registered on the National Register of Historic Places on February 17, 2006. Signs have been installed marking key locations on the course.

Private road course
After the tragedy at Watkins Glen in 1952, where a child was killed, the U.S. ruled to discontinue motorized contests of speed on public highways. This was a major blow for competition auto racing and brought the end of a long-standing tradition. This did not permanently stop road racing, however, it did shift it to private courses. In 1955, Clif Tufte started what is now known as Road America, in a configuration that has changed little over the past 60 years. The addition of Road America as a private track meant a transition from racing through the streets of tiny Elkhart Lake to racing on a big, wide, dedicated race track.

Racing at Road America
Many different racing series have had the occasion to race at Road America. The first was the Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) on September 10, 1955. The Road America 500 is a sports car race that was part of different championships, among them the SCCA National Sports Car Championship, the United States Road Racing Championship and the IMSA GT Championship. Currently it is a points-paying race of the IMSA SportsCar Championship. The Grand Prix of Road America is an open-wheel race that was held as part of the Champ Car World Series and currently it is a part of the IndyCar Series.

Other notable series have included NASCAR's Grand National (now NASCAR Cup Series) in 1956 and NASCAR Xfinity Series since 2010, CART from 1982 until 2007, Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Racing Series, CanAm, Trans-Am, AMA, and the SCCA National Championship Runoffs from 2009 to 2013. The Stadium Super Trucks began racing at the track starting in 2018; the trucks run a shortened course that bypasses turns 6 to 12, though the full layout is used on the final lap.

Road America also holds a variety of vintage racing events, including the Brian Redman International Challenge, now the HAWK with Brian Redman.

ALMS race history
At the 2008 Road America 500 an Audi R10 TDI set an LMP1 pole time of 1:46.935. At the 2009 Road Race Showcase, Dyson Racing Team set an LMP2 pole time of 1:51.010. At the 2011 Road Race Showcase, BMW Team RLL set a GT pole time of 2:05.447, while at the same event a Porsche 997 GT3 set a GTC pole time of 2:14.126.

Cup Series
One NASCAR Grand National (now NASCAR Cup Series) race was held in 1956. The track hosted two more Cup series races in 2021 and 2022 before being planned to be replaced by the Chicago Street Race in 2023.

Xfinity Series

On December 21, 2009, NASCAR announced that with the situation at the Wisconsin State Fair Park being unclear, and losing races at the Milwaukee Mile, they would move Milwaukee's Xfinity Series race to Road America. The first race was held on June 19, 2010 and was won by Carl Edwards. In 2015, the race moved to late August during an off-weekend for the Sprint Cup Series.

 * 2011: Race extended due to three green–white–checker finish attempts and ended under caution when the three attempts to finish the race failed.
 * 2013: Race extended due to two green-white-checker finish attempts.
 * 2014, 2016, 2022–2023: Race extended due to green-white-checker finish attempt.

Indy Car / Champ Car race results
The CART Champ Car series held races at the track from 1982 to 2007, with the exception of 2005. The Verizon Indy Car Series revived the event beginning in 2016.

2005 BRIC wreck
At the beginning of the Group 6 race in the 2005 Brian Redman International Challenge, there was a large incident consisting of most of the field: The driver starting fifth (Ray Mulacek, 1969 Chevrolet Camaro) accelerated well before the green flag and tried to force his way between the wall and the car in front of him, resulting in contact with the wall. A following car checked up and was rear-ended, causing a spin that led to further contact as following cars were unable to avoid the growing incident. After just a few seconds of green flag racing, the red flag was waved. Following the initial incident, the failure of trailing drivers to heed red flags being shown at 14 and 15 (under the bridge at the crest of the hill) may have compounded the issue. Nobody was seriously injured, with the worst injury being a broken arm.

Cristiano da Matta deer incident
On August 3, 2006, Cristiano da Matta, driver of Champ Car's RuSPORT team and 2002 series champion, was involved in a collision with a deer during Champ Car open testing at Road America. The deer ran in front of his car as he was heading towards turn 6. He hit the deer with his right front tire, the deer then flew back and hit da Matta in the cockpit. Da Matta was unconscious when the safety crew extricated him from the car, and was airlifted via ThedaSTAR to Theda Clark Medical Center south of Appleton, where he underwent surgery to remove a subdural hematoma.

Death of Adam Schatz
Adam Schatz, 26, from Chicago, Illinois, died in a karting accident during the Road America Super Nationals, Championship Enduro Series on July 12, 2008.

Bump drafting was a determining factor of the crash.

During the end of the race, Schatz was in second place. On the main straight, shortly after the last turn, Schatz saw the kart in third position on his left and tried to pull ahead to be bumped. As he did so, the kart in fourth position bumped the third, speeding the third kart up. At this point Schatz was not clear as to what was happening, and as he moved to his left, the two karts made contact.

Schatz's kart veered hard left and hit the wall. The impact sent the kart flying ten feet into the air ejecting the driver onto the track. The rest of the drivers avoided Schatz, some drivers stopped and after seeing Schatz's condition, waved to get medical help.

The race was immediately stopped as medical assistance arrived on the place of the accident. Schatz had suffered brain stem and spinal cord injuries and his heart had stopped. He was revived by the doctors and taken to the Theda Clark Memorial Hospital in Neenah, Wisconsin, but his injuries proved to be too severe to survive and one week later he died.

2015 CCR Tifosi Challenge red flag wreck
During the Pirelli World Challenge weekend, drivers Steve Hill and Jim Booth were involved in an intense battle for first. The drivers contacted each other heading towards turn 5, causing Jim Booth to go airborne into the catch fence at 150 mph. This caused significant damage to the fence throwing debris into the spectator area. Booth's car was completely destroyed while Hill was able to continue the race with minor damage. Neither of the drivers, personnel, or spectators were injured during the incident.

Lap records
The official lap record for Road America is 1:39.866, set by Dario Franchitti during the qualifying of the 2000 Motorola 220 while the race lap record is 1:41.874, set by Alex Zanardi in the 1998 Texaco/Havoline 200. As of June 2024, the fastest official race lap records at Road America for different classes are listed as:

Events

 * Current

 * May: Formula Regional Americas Championship Road America SpeedTour, F4 United States Championship, Sportscar Vintage Racing Association
 * June: IndyCar Series Grand Prix of Road America, MotoAmerica Superbikes at Road America, Trans-Am Series, Indy NXT, USF Pro 2000 Championship, USF2000 Championship
 * July: Sports Car Club of America, WeatherTech International Challenge
 * August: IMSA SportsCar Championship Road Race Showcase at Road America, Michelin Pilot Challenge, Porsche Carrera Cup North America, GT World Challenge America, GT America Series, GT4 America Series, TC America Series, Porsche Sprint Challenge North America, USF Juniors
 * October: SCCA Runoffs

 * Former

 * American Le Mans Series
 * Road America 500 (2002–2013)
 * ARCA Racing Series
 * Road America 100 (2013, 2017)
 * Can-Am (1967–1974, 1977–1983)
 * CART
 * Road America 200 (1982–2004, 2006–2007)
 * Ferrari Challenge North America (1995, 2000–2001, 2005–2006, 2009, 2014, 2017, 2021, 2023)
 * Formula BMW Americas (2004, 2007–2009)
 * Global MX-5 Cup (2003, 2006, 2008–2012, 2014–2023)
 * IMSA GT Championship (1979–1993)
 * IMSA GT3 Cup Challenge (2005–2006, 2009–2020)
 * Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America (2016–2023)
 * NASCAR Cup Series
 * Kwik Trip 250 (1956, 2021–2022)
 * NASCAR Midwest Series (2001)
 * NASCAR Xfinity Series
 * Road America 180 (2010–2023)
 * Rolex Sports Car Series (2000–2001, 2011–2013)
 * SCCA National Sports Car Championship (1955–1962)
 * Stadium Super Trucks (2018–2020)
 * United States Road Racing Championship (1963–1968)

Other events outside racing
Road America is host to several non-automotive events.
 * The Tour de Road America - Bike Ride to Fight Cancer is a bike ride on the track to raise funds for the Livestrong Foundation, the Austin Hatcher Foundation, and the Vince Lombardi Cancer Clinic. The annual event has taken place every August since 2004 during the Champ Car and/or American Le Mans Series weekends, and has raised over $230,000 as of 2012. It raised over $37,000 in 2012. The 10th Tour de Road America is scheduled for August 9, 2013 during the American Le Mans / Grand Am weekend (August 9–11, 2013).
 * The Road America Inline Challenge is an inline skating race on the track in June. A fun lap is also part of the event, which has taken place since 2006.
 * The Annual Road America Walk/Run for the American Cancer Society has raised $2.5 million plus in its 33-year existence. The Walk/Run takes place in late October. The 2007 and 2008 events included a Mid-American Stock Car Series exhibition.

Video games
The Road America track has been included in multiple racing video games, including Automobilista 2, the Forza Motorsport series, CART Precision Racing, iRacing, Raceroom Racing Experience, NASCAR Heat 2, NASCAR Heat 3, NASCAR Heat 4,NASCAR Heat 5, Need for Speed: Shift, Shift 2: Unleashed, Project CARS, Project CARS 2, TOCA Race Driver 2, and Ride 3.

Wisconsin license plate
On October 4, 2021, the Wisconsin Department of Transportation introduced a special license plate honoring Road America, colored black and featuring an outline map of the Road America track (with a northward orientation; this article's infobox map features the track orientated westward) on its left side. The plate itself is fully black with all-white lettering, and has proven to be popular among state drivers for its 'blackout' design, especially among car clubs, and making vanity plate messages stand out, becoming the most requested specialty design in 2023, above specialty plates for the state's sports teams and a Harley-Davidson-specific design.

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Hordel

Hordel is a borough of the city of Bochum, Germany in the Ruhr area in North Rhine-Westphalia. It is situated in the North West of Bochum. It borders to Röhlinghausen, which now is a borough of Herne.

The last mine of Bochum, Zeche Hannover was in Hordel. In Hordel there are several former mine railways.

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Bob Einstein

Stewart Robert Einstein (November 20, 1942 –January 2, 2019), known professionally as Bob Einstein and often credited simply as his character Super Dave Osborne, was an American actor, comedy writer, and producer. In addition to creating and performing the satirical stuntman character Super Dave, Einstein was also known for his roles as Marty Funkhouser in Curb Your Enthusiasm and Larry Middleman on Arrested Development.

Einstein got his start on several television variety shows, including The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour and The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour. Einstein won two Emmy Awards as a writer and was nominated four other times. He also won a CableACE Award for acting as Super Dave, along with five other nominations.

Einstein was the son of radio comedian Harry Einstein, and the older brother of fellow actor and comedian Albert Brooks.

Background
Einstein was born in 1942 in Los Angeles. His parents were the comic Harry Einstein, best known for playing the character Parkyakarkus on radio and in the movies, and the actress-singer Thelma Leeds. On October 24, 1949, at the age of six, it was reported in the Los Angeles Times that he had contracted polio. His younger brother is comedian and writer Albert Brooks (born Albert Lawrence Einstein). He was a Beverly Hills High School graduate and a 1965 graduate of Chapman College.

Career
Einstein got his start writing for The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, for which he won an Emmy Award. The writing team also included Steve Martin and Murray Roman. He also appeared on the show as Officer Judy, a uniformed police officer who gave the Brothers a speeding ticket for playing their instruments too fast. In 1977 he won an Emmy for outstanding comedy-variety series for his work on Van Dyke and Company.

Super Dave Osborne
Einstein created the goofy stuntman Super Dave Osborne character for a variety show hosted by John Byner. The character later became a regular on the 1980 television series Bizarre, also hosted by Byner, and was a frequent guest on Late Night with David Letterman where he would show clips of his ill-fated stunts and tell long semi-crude jokes. In 1987, Einstein got his own variety show titled Super Dave, which ran from 1987 to 1991 on the Global Television Network in Canada (where the show was produced at the network's Toronto studio) and Showtime in the United States. In 1992, an animated series Super Dave: Daredevil for Hire aired on Fox. Einstein later starred in the 2000 movie The Extreme Adventures of Super Dave.

On November 12, 2009, the airing of TNA Impact!, he was the booker and host of the night. He made Super Dave's Spike Tacular, a four-episode sketch series on Spike TV reprising his Super Dave character, once again engaging in outrageous stunts.

Other roles
Einstein had recurring roles as Marty Funkhouser in Curb Your Enthusiasm and Larry Middleman in the third season of Arrested Development. He was also featured on the Comedy Central show Crank Yankers as obnoxious district selectman Tony Deloge. Einstein was also on The Man Show where he did Century Club with Adam and Jimmy. In Ocean's Thirteen he played Linus Caldwell (Matt Damon)'s father, Robert "Bobby" Caldwell, a master robber and con artist whose day job is an FBI agent.

Einstein appeared on the second season of Anger Management as Charlie Goodson's very angry neighbor, and his character in the show instantly got an unflattering nickname based on a feminine hygiene product.

Einstein voiced two characters from The Life & Times of Tim, playing the Elephant Trainer in Tim & the Elephant in the second season, and the bookie in Pray for the Jets in the third.

Einstein was the first comedian to appear twice on Jerry Seinfeld's Web series Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee.

In the 2010s, Einstein was a frequent guest on the sports talk radio program The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz. Einstein called in as a "Celebrity Prognosticator" to give his thoughts on sports and various other topics.

Death
Einstein died on January 2, 2019, at the age of 76, shortly after being diagnosed with cancer.

Curb Your Enthusiasm series creator and star Larry David said in a statement: "Never have I seen an actor enjoy a role the way Bob did playing 'Marty Funkhouser' on Curb. It was an amazing, unforgettable experience knowing and working with him. There was no one like him, as he told us again and again. We're all in a state of shock." Jerry Seinfeld paid tribute to Einstein on Twitter.

Television
As Super Dave

Other roles

Awards and nominations
Primetime Emmy Awards

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Oscar Ruggeri

Oscar Alfredo Ruggeri (born 26 January 1962) is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as centre-back. Nicknamed El Cabezón ("The Big-head One"), Ruggeri achieved success at the international level with the Argentina national team, being part of the teams that won the 1986 FIFA World Cup, two editions of the Copa América and the 1992 FIFA Confederations Cup. At the club level, Ruggeri's most successful stint was with Argentine club River Plate, where he won the 1986 Copa Libertadores (also the club's first title win in this tournament) the 1986 Copa Interamericana and the 1986 Intercontinental Cup. Known for his rough style of play when marking opposing players and aerial ability, Ruggeri is considered one of the all-time best defenders to come out of Argentina. Following his retirement as a player, Ruggeri turned to managing, where he held posts in Argentina, Mexico and Spain. His last job as a manager was in 2006 with Argentine club San Lorenzo. Since then, Ruggeri went on to have a career on Argentine television, as commentator on football shows. He is currently a member of 90 Minutos de Fútbol, which airs on ESPN Argentina Latin America.

Career
Ruggeri started his career at Boca Juniors, playing with Diego Maradona, with whom he won a league title in 1981. In 1985, he moved to rivals River Plate, where he won the Copa Libertadores, the Intercontinental Cup and another league title in 1986. In 1988, he left for Europe where he played for Spanish clubs Logroñes and Real Madrid, where he won yet another league championship. He also played for Vélez Sarsfield, Ancona in Italy, América in Mexico, San Lorenzo and Lanús, where he ended his career. During his career he represented his country in three World Cups, captaining Argentina in the final two games of the 1994 competition, after Diego Maradona was expelled from the tournament. Ruggeri was also a key piece in the Argentina teams that won the trophy in 1986 and lost the final to West-Germany in 1990.

After losing to Romania in the 1994 tournament, Ruggeri retired from international football, having played 97 international games, an Argentine record until it was surpassed by Diego Simeone.

With the Argentina national team he also won two consecutive Copa América titles (1991 and 1993), and the 1992 FIFA Confederations Cup.

Personal life
Ruggeri's son, Stephan, is a professional footballer. Ruggeri himself appeared on the 2016 edition of Bailando por un Sueño with his daughter, Candela.

Club
Boca Juniors
 * Argentine Primera División: 1981 Metropolitano

River Plate
 * Argentine Primera División: 1985–86
 * Copa Libertadores: 1986
 * Intercontinental Cup: 1986
 * Copa Interamericana: 1986

Real Madrid
 * La Liga: 1989–90
 * Copa del Rey runner-up: 1989–90

América
 * CONCACAF Champions' Cup: 1992

San Lorenzo
 * Argentine Primera División: 1995 Clausura

International
Argentina
 * FIFA World Cup: 1986; runner-up: 1990
 * Copa América: 1991, 1993
 * FIFA Confederations Cup: 1992
 * Kirin Cup: 1992

Individual

 * South American Team of the Year: 1986, 1991
 * La Liga Foreign Player of the Year: 1989
 * Footballer of the Year of Argentina: 1991
 * South American Footballer of the Year: 1991
 * Olimpia Award: 1991
 * FIFA XI: 1991
 * IFFHS Argentina All Times Dream Team (Team B): 2021

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/N.O.B

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was DELETE. Postdlf 01:40, 2 May 2005 (UTC)

N.O.B
Another un-signed band. Article claims the band formed within the past week. No allmusic listing. Niteowlneils 22:08, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * PS Just noticed the article's creator claims to be one of the band's members, making it autobiographical. Niteowlneils 22:17, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * Delete, autobiographical vanity OR false info (if he isn't really who he says he is), not notable, sorry kids, but that's showbusiness for ya! Master Thief Garrett 03:17, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)
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User:Powzapbiff

Powzapbiff is an alias for Derek Kowaluk, of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

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Keynsham Humpy Tumps

Keynsham Humpy Tumps is a floristically rich acidic grassland site situated between the town of Keynsham, and the River Avon, southeast of Bristol, England.

The site is on a south-facing slope running alongside the Bristol to Bath railway line. It consists of open patches of grassland and bare rock, interspersed with blocks of scrub.

It is the only site in Avon at which Upright Chickweed Moenchia erecta, occurs. Other locally notable plant species found here include Annual Knawel, Sand Spurrey, Subterranean Clover Trifolium subterraneus and Prickly Sedge Carex muricata ssp. lamprocarpa.

The site does not have any statutory conservation status, and is not managed for its biodiversity interest. Threats to its ecological value include the encroachment of scrub onto the grassland areas, and damage from motorcycle scrambling.

Some parts are privately-owned, though a public path crosses from north to south. Most of the land is regularly landscaped, in connection with the motorcycle activities; the rare plants survive only in a narrow band along the north edge of the site.

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Edith Lank

Edith Lank (February 27, 1926 – January 1, 2023) was an American author, advice columnist, and blogger who lived in Rochester, New York. She authored or co-authored ten books on real estate and one book on Jane Austen. Her books, including the Home Buyers Kit and Home Sellers kit, provide practical advice for real estate transactions. Her syndicated weekly real estate column appeared in more than 100 newspapers and web sites, and she answered questions sent to AskEdith.com. USA Today dubbed her the Dear Abby of real estate. She appeared on television and public radio.

Lank wrote '86 and Holding', a blog about adventures in aging, with a positive orientation towards the process of growing old.

Lank was an avid Jane Austen collector, with hundreds of editions and related material, including a unique copy of Lord Brabourne's Letters of Jane Austen annotated by family members. She was a board member of the Jane Austen Society of North America and a life member of the British society.

Lank wrote her final House Calls newspaper column at the end of June 2019, retiring from her 40+ year columnist career, at the age of 93.

Lank was born in Chelsea, Massachusetts. Lank died on January 1, 2023, in Rochester at the age of 96.

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User talk:CanadianViking

Please stop adding nonsense to Wikipedia. It is considered vandalism. If you were just trying to experiment, then use the sandbox instead. Thank you. Postdlf 22:13, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Enough with the nonsense about the beer drinking fake viking. Repost it again and I will block this account. Postdlf 22:19, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)

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Jerry Goodman

Jerry Goodman (born March 16, 1949) is an American violinist known for playing electric violin with The Flock and the jazz fusion ensemble Mahavishnu Orchestra.

Career
Jerry Goodman was born on March 16, 1949, in Chicago, Illinois. His parents were both members of the string section of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and his uncle was the noted composer and jazz pianist Marty Rubenstein. Jerry was trained in a conservatory before he began his musical career as The Flock's roadie and subsequently as a violinist.

After his 1971 appearance on John McLaughlin's album My Goal's Beyond, he became a member of McLaughlin's original Mahavishnu Orchestra lineup until the band broke up in 1973, and was viewed as a soloist of equal virtuosity to McLaughlin, keyboardist Jan Hammer and drummer Billy Cobham.

In 1974, after Mahavishnu, Goodman released the album Like Children with Mahavishnu keyboard alumnus Jan Hammer. Starting in 1985 he recorded three solo albums for Private Music -- On the Future of Aviation, Ariel, and the live album It's Alive with collaborators including Fred Simon and Jim Hines—and went on tour with his own band, as well as with Shadowfax and The Dixie Dregs. He scored Lily Tomlin's The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe and is the featured violinist on numerous film soundtracks, including Billy Crystal's Mr. Saturday Night and Steve Martin's Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. His violin can be heard on more than fifty albums from artists ranging from Toots Thielemans to Hall & Oates to Styx to Jordan Rudess to Choking Ghost to Derek Sherinian. Goodman has appeared on four of Sherinian's solo records - Inertia (2001), Black Utopia (2003), Mythology (2004), and Blood of the Snake (2006)

In 1993, Goodman joined the American instrumental band, The Dixie Dregs, fronted by guitarist Steve Morse. Goodman appeared on one studio recording Full Circle (1994), and the live album "California Screamin'" (2000). In 1996 Session violist and producer Ray Tischer featured Goodman on the award-winning CD Canciones del Sol/Britt Bossa Orchestra (band) on Tischer's original instrumental Toca del Angel.

After an absence from the public eye in live concert, he toured in 2004 and 2005 with Gary Husband in his group Gary Husband’s Force Majeure, and appeared on the DVD Gary Husband's Force Majeure - Live at the Queen Elizabeth Hall. Even more recently, he played with the San Diego-based fusion group Hectic Watermelon and with Dream Theater in their album Black Clouds & Silver Linings. Goodman has also been a part of Billy Cobham's Spectrum 40 tour.

Discography
As leader
 * 1985 - On the Future of Aviation
 * 1986 - Ariel
 * 1987 - It's Alive
 * 2016 - Violin Fantasy

With The Flock
 * 1969 - The Flock
 * 1970 - Dinosaur Swamps

With Mahavishnu Orchestra 1971–1974: First incarnation: Jerry Goodman, John McLaughlin, Jan Hammer, Rick Laird, Billy Cobham
 * 1971 - The Inner Mounting Flame
 * 1973 - Birds of Fire
 * 1973 - Between Nothingness and Eternity
 * 1980 - The Best of Mahavishnu Orchestra
 * 1999 - The Lost Trident Sessions
 * 2011 - Unreleased Tracks from Between Nothingness & Eternity

With Jan Hammer
 * 1974 - Like Children

With John McLaughlin
 * 1971 - My Goal's Beyond
 * 1979 - Electric Guitarist

With Dixie Dregs
 * 1994 - Full Circle
 * 2000 - California Screamin'

With Howard Levy, Oteil Burbridge, and Steve Smith
 * 1999 - The Stranger's Hand

As a guest artist
 * 1992 - Dave Uhrich by Dave Uhrich
 * 1994 - Fret-no-tized by Dave Uhrich
 * 1994 - El nervio del volcán by Caifanes
 * 1995 - Canciones del Sol violinist Ray Tischer's the Britt Bossa Orchestra
 * 1998 - Standing 8 with Choking Ghost
 * 1999 - Encores, Legends & Paradox, A Tribute To The Music OF ELP - Various Artists - (Jerry Goodman, Peter Banks, Igor Khoroshev, John Wetton, Simon Phillips, Robert Berry, Marc Bonilla, Jordan Rudess) Magna Carta – MAX-9026-2
 * 1999 - Brave New World by Styx
 * 2001 - Amazing Ordinary Things by Anne McCue
 * 2005 - Visions Of An Inner Mounting Apocalypse: A Fusion Guitar Tribute - Tone Center – TC 40402
 * 2007 - School of the Arts – School of the Arts (featuring T Lavitz, Steve Morse, Frank Gambale, Dave Weckl, John Patitucci) Goodman contributes violin work on 3 tracks, "No Time Flat" "Like This" and "Dinosaur Dance"
 * 2009 - Black Clouds & Silver Linings by Dream Theater
 * 2009 - A Tribute To Zbigniew Seifert - Jarek Śmietana Band (featuring Mateusz Smoczyński, Didier Lockwood, Krzesimir Dębski, Christian Howes, Mark Feldman, Maciej Strzelczyk, Adam Bałdych, Pierre Blanchard: JSR Records – JSR 0011)
 * 2018 - Night Manager - Strat Andriotis
 * 2019 - 1000 Hands: Chapter One - Jon Anderson
 * 2020 - Remember Me At Twilight - Strat Andriotis
 * 2021 - Path To Light - Denis Krupin

Sources & external Links

 * Mahavishnu Orchestra The Inner Mounting Flame CD booklet
 * Mahavishnu Orchestra The Lost Trident Sessions CD booklet
 * [ All Music Guide to Jerry Goodman]
 * 2010 interview with Jerry Goodman on Prog Sphere

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Please visit my english wiki-page or message me on my discussion board

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User:JanetMurray

I opened this account when I had the disconcerting experience of finding an entry about myself in the Wikipedia. I edited the entry (as lightly as I could, since I know way too much about the subject).... I have long been a user and an admirer of this landmark participatory reference work. I am resisting writing more entries...with difficulty and who knows for how long.

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Niels Helveg Petersen

Niels Lolk Helveg Petersen (informally Niels Helveg; 17 January 1939 – 3 June 2017) was a Danish politician. He was Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1993 to 2000, having previously held the role of Minister for Economic Affairs between 1988 and 1990. He was a Member of the Folketing for the Danish Social Liberal Party from 1966 to 1974, 1977 to 1993, and again from 1994 to 2011.

Early life
Niels Helveg Petersen was born in Odense in 1939. His parents were former cabinet minister Kristen Helveg Petersen and former Mayor of Copenhagen Lilly Helveg Petersen. He graduated from the University of Copenhagen in 1965, earning a cand.jur. degree. From 1961 to 1962, he spent a year as an exchange student at Stanford University studying Government. During his years in Copenhagen he was an active member of the youth branch of the Danish Social Liberal Party, editing their paper 'Liberté'.

Member of Parliament 1966–2011
Niels Helveg Petersen ran for election to the Danish Parliament for the first time in 1964. In 1966, he was elected a Member of Parliament for the first time in the Frederiksborg County. In 1974, he left Denmark to become a civil servant in the European Commission. He returned to Danish politics in 1977, this time being elected to parliament standing in the Funen constituency. He became leader of the Danish Social Liberal Party (Danish: Radikale Venstre) in 1978 and kept this role until 1990. During the 1980s, he supported the economic policies of the Conservative-Liberal government. At the same time, he supported the opposition on other questions such as security policies. In doing so, his party created majorities without the parties in government, a practice that became known as 'footnote politics'. In supporting different sides of parliament, he was sometimes referred to by the Danish media as a 'king maker', deciding which policies would pass and which would not. The Social Liberal's footnote politics ended in 1988 when the party entered the government coalition. In April 2008, Niels Helveg Petersen announced that he was not standing at the next election that took place in September 2011.

Minister for Economic Affairs 1988–90
He was Minister for Economic Affairs in the Cabinet of Poul Schlüter III from 3 June 1988 to 18 December 1990, when his party left the government coalition after poor election results in 1990. He consequently also stepped down as party leader.

Minister of Foreign Affairs 1993–2000
He was appointed Minister for Foreign Affairs from 25 January 1993 to 21 December 2000 in the Cabinet of Poul Nyrup Rasmussen I, II, III, and IV (except for the last part of the IV cabinet). When the European Union's Maastricht Treaty was rejected by the Danish people in 1992, it was accepted after a referendum in 1993 adding certain opt-out concessions for Denmark. As the new Minister of Foreign Affairs, Niels Helveg Petersen had to work to implement those concessions, although he had been a long supporter of greater internationalisation of Danish foreign policy. When he left the position of Foreign Minister in 2000, the official reason given was that he could no longer accept the opt-outs. He joined the newly created Council of the Baltic Sea States, which in 1993 successfully established the EuroFaculty in Tartu, Riga, and Vilnius, of which he became an active supporter.

Personal life
Niels Helveg Petersen was married to Kirsten Lee, who is also a former member of the Danish Parliament for the Social Liberal Party. His son Morten Helveg Petersen was member of the parliament from 11 March 1998 and until August 2009. His son Rasmus Helveg Petersen was member of parliament 2011-2015 and again from 2019, and a cabinet minister 2013–2015. Niels Helveg Petersen died of esophageal cancer, aged 78.

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Talk:Ron Eldard

(Ideas for article)

 * The former (replaced, but still addressable) section head, "Discussion page for Ron Eldard", describes this entire page, and should not have been used for a section title.

 * ''The following box contains a single unsigned contribution, and the signature that belonged with it:

Hi, i'm the most recent editor... I added the Trivia and External Links

If you feel like editing...
 * Add an image gallery? I have NO IDEA how to upload images
 * The website Ron Eldard Online was down when I last edited; it's a great site, and would have a lot more info for this article
 * Maybe a more formal biography, not just a bulleted Trivia list
 * Apparently, the filmography was from the International MOVIE database- it only contains his film and tv credits- could you add his stage/writing/other credits?

It's so rare to see such a hot actor who's also a really good actor... *droolslobberdrool* Ahem. Sorry about that. :D —Preceding unsigned comment added by Allicat9 (talk • contribs) 22:32, 21 April 2005

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I guess it's OK to just lift stuff straight from the IMDB so long as one is sufficiently selective? :-) Watch out for copyright...... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.133.181.255 (talk) 08:53, 27 November 2005
 * No, it's not OK -- bcz you have to comply with copyright protection.  However, copyright protects a work's way of expressing info, not the info underlying, and expressed by, a particular work. Paraphrasing their expression of the info is almost always necessary and sufficient. --Jerzy•t 05:27, 26 September 2010 (UTC)

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Oh, man, what a shame for this page to be a stub! I'm going to edit the hell out of this thing, taking the first poster's advice, of course. :) I agree, Ron Eldard is a fantastic actor and it's such a shame he's known and recognized so little.  Maria 22:21, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

Website Still Offline
As of July 2006, the website mentioned above (Ron Eldard Online) is still very definitely offline. 83.132.98.149 15:40, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

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Hi there - I'd love to add things as I go along. I am curious, though, how was the details of the death of his mother found out? Also, I do not believe he was in 28 Days. BB68 (talk) 15:40, 20 October 2009 (UTC)BB

Starring and co-starring
He's a character actor, and the rule of thumb is that they populate the stage w/ substantial characters, w/o starring. More specifically we had
 * Eldard met his former girlfriend, Julianna Margulies, in an acting class in 1991. They co-starred in NBC's hit show ER together, with Eldard playing the role of a paramedic by the name of Shep. They also starred together in Ghost Ship in 2002. Their relationship ended in 2003.

His plot-summary mentions for the 2nd ER season follow (Most eps have two independent summaries, producing duplication below.): In the first ep of the next season, "a line is drawn under" him: Of his 17 credited episodes, from that season and the next season's premier, he was noticable in 9 of them. (She was credited for all 23 of the episodes that spanned his life on the show.)  If you look at the cover of the boxed set for season 2, you'll see 7 faces; hers is one of them, and i'll save the suspense of naming the others by simply saying his is not. Basically what we have here is not them "co-starr[ing] in [it] together...." The show had, that season, an ensemble cast that included 7 principals, she being one of them. He played opposite her for part of most of her episodes (and perhaps all of his), and it sounds like he was featured in one or two of them (by being the main or barely secondary character in one of its (or their) two, maybe three, main subplots); further research might be able to show that he was one of the stars of that or those episodes, but it's far-fetched to imagine even in that case that they were co-stars for an episode, and neither co-starred with the other for that season of ER, let alone in ER as a whole. Ghost Ship is a fascinating artifact in this regard. Clearly she was the co-star of Gabriel Byrne. Now, Eldard had third billing, but read the IMDb synopsis: it names about 6 of the characters; how can it be that the third-billed actor is so irrelevant to the plot as to escape mention? Billings often reflect the importance of roles, and perhaps "Dodge" was crucial to setting the mood of the piece by dying horribly, or exhibiting horror, or both, in the opening scene without the advantage of any dialogue to win the audience's attention with: a demanding piece of acting. Or (all of this being about the business of putting asses into seats in front of specific screens) perhap Ms. Margulies agreed to deliver the asses that follow her around in return for the opportunity for the ears attached to them to associate Mr. Eldard with her and/or near-stardom, or for the corresponding eyes to increase their appetite for his Golden-Gloves bod. I haven't seen the film, so all i can tell you is that he got third billing, and i know not why. Perhaps reliable critics raved about him, saying he exceeded Byrne as a star of the show; if so, bring their reviews forth (and word his status in accord with what they say), but until then, our only presumption can be that Byrne and Margulies co-starred, and we don't have the explanation for Eldard's billing. In the meantime, i have clarified and de-hagiographied the 'graph:
 * 1) No mention
 * 2) "Carol rides along with paramedics Shep and Raul and Shep shows an interest in Carol." .... "Nurse Hathaway goes for a ride along with paramedics Shep and Raoul."
 * 3) No mention
 * 4) "Shep and Raul have a gunshot victim and when Shep contacts the ER to tell they're coming, gunfire is heard and the radio contact is abruptly cut off." ... "Carol Hathaway is concerned when paramedic Shep is caught in the crossfire while treating a shooting victim."
 * 5) No mention
 * 6) No mention
 * 7) No mention
 * 8) No mention
 * 9) No mention
 * 10) No mention (Hathaway alone)
 * 11) "Shep and Raul enter a house with about a dozen abandoned and undernourished children. They bring them to the ER where they keep the staff busy. ... Shep clashes with Malik and Benton over a racial remark ...." ... "A comment by paramedic Shep lead to accusations of racism."
 * 12) No mention
 * 13) No mention (Hathaway alone)
 * 14) No mention
 * 15) No mention
 * 16) "Shep and Raul get a call about a burning house and are the first ones on the scene. When they find out there are three children inside, Shep goes in, ignoring the fact they don't have the proper equipment. At the ER victims of the fire keep coming in and when somebody says Shep and Raul where there first, everybody starts worrying about their fate, especially Carol." ... "The team, especially Carol Hathaway, are concerned when they learn that paramedics Shep and Raoul may have been trapped in the building. It turns out one of them is severely injured and will not make it through the night. John Carter has trouble performing a procedure on one of the burn victims and Greene has to take over."
 * 17) "Shep has a new partner, ..." ... "Paramedic Shep has a new partner, but is still blames him self for Raul's death."
 * 18) No mention
 * 19) "Paramedic Shep is still showing the effects of stress after the death of his partner."
 * 20) "Shep gets more and more aggressive and shoves a boy interfering with his work. The boy ends up in the ER." ... "With Carol Hathaway on a ride along, Paramedic Shep is aggressive when attending to an injured child and uses excessive force when attending to a gunshot victim."
 * 21) In the investigation regarding Shep pushing Anh Nguyen, Carol has to testify and say what happened." ... "Nurse Carol Hathaway backs up Shep's story that he did not assault a civilian but starts to wonder if she's done the right thing."
 * 22) "Hathaway's boyfriend, Shep, is refusing to undergo his anger management treatment."
 * 1) "Nurse Hathaway meets her old boyfriend Shep - and his new girlfriend - at the July 4th picnic." (And we shall see him no more.)
 * Eldard met Julianna Margulies in an acting class in 1991, and they developed a close relationship. She was a principal of ER from its first season, and for the second (1995-'96) season and an episode longer, he was a frequently recurring character (often playing opposite her) as the paramedic Shep. He was billed just below her in Ghost Ship in 2002. That relationship ended in 2003.

(I also assumed that "met his former girlfriend" is just mis-speaking in the process of ignoring the chronology, rather than leaving out the beginning, in the process of describing their having revived a pre-'90s relationship after a chance reunion.) --Jerzy•t 07:53, 14 December 2010 (UTC)

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Paddy Kenny

Patrick Joseph Kenny (born 17 May 1978) is a former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Born in Halifax, West Yorkshire, Kenny began his career with Bradford Park Avenue before turning professional in the summer of 1998 upon signing for Neil Warnock's Bury. He was reunited with Warnock in 2002 after he joined Sheffield United where he spent much of his career and enjoyed notable success; performing in League Cup and FA Cup semi-finals, two play-off finals, and then promotion to the Premier League in 2005–06.

Kenny would later sign for Warnock once again in 2010, joining Queens Park Rangers after his time at Sheffield United ended on a sour note when he spent much of his final season on the sidelines having failing a drugs test the previous summer. During his first season at QPR he would achieve his second promotion to the Premier League and his first Championship winners medal. He remained as first choice goalkeeper the next season as QPR beat relegation on the final day of the season, before he was reunited with Warnock for the fourth time when he signed for Leeds United in 2012. He stayed at Leeds for two years, before brief spells with Bolton Wanderers, Oldham Athletic (on loan), Ipswich Town, Bury, and Rotherham United.

Early career
Kenny started his career at Ovenden West Riding in the West Riding County Amateur League. He joined Bradford Park Avenue in August 1997, playing semi-professionally whilst working as an engineer in the week. He was an ever-present in the Northern Premier League during the 1997–98 season, playing 55 games in league and cup.

He had trials at Birmingham City and Bradford City, before he was signed by Neil Warnock at Bury in September 1998 for a £10,000 fee following a recommendation from Avenue's manager Trevor Storton. With Dean Kiely in goal for the "Shakers", Kenny was loaned out to Whitby Town in the Northern Premier League to gain some first team experience in March 1999. Two months later Kiely was sold to Charlton Athletic, giving Kenny the chance to become Bury's regular goalkeeper.

He made his Division Two debut for Bury on 7 August 1999 in a 2–1 win over Gillingham at Gigg Lane. He went on to become an ever-present in both the 1999–2000 and 2000–01 campaigns. Andy Preece's Bury were relegated into Division Three at the end of the 2001–02 season.

Sheffield United
Kenny initially joined Neil Warnock's Sheffield United on loan as cover for injured keeper Simon Tracey. He made his debut for the "Blades" in a 2–1 defeat to Coventry City at Highfield Road on 10 August 2002, and subsequently went on to become first choice goalkeeper. After three months the loan deal was made permanent for a £45,000 fee. On 26 May 2003, he played at the Millennium Stadium in the Division One play-off final, as United lost 3–0 to Wolverhampton Wanderers. He was voted United's Player of the Season in 2002–03 after keeping goal as United reached the semi-finals of the FA Cup and League Cup, where they were beaten by Arsenal and Liverpool respectively.

"'Paddy is one of the best signings I've ever made. I think he's one of the best goalkeepers in the game. I wouldn't swap him for David James, Chris Kirkland, Paul Robinson or David Seaman. The first thing I did was put him on a diet. He was eating burgers, pizzas and chips - and that was in the same day. Look at the shape of him. He's the sort of player people don't pay much attention to, but he's one of the first names on the team sheet because he's so reliable.'"

He was injured for three months of the 2003–04 season, but upon his recovery he regained his first team place from loanee Paul Gerrard. Kenny featured 48 times in the 2004–05 season as United finished six points outside the play-off places. He played every minute of United's promotion campaign to the Premier League in 2005–06. In February 2006 Sheffield United faced promotion rivals Reading. With the scores level at 1-1 Reading were awarded a last minute penalty, however Kenny saved Dave Kitson's effort. In November 2006, despite being told by club manager Neil Warnock to keep a low profile, Kenny went for a night out in Halifax. He became involved in a drunken brawl outside a curry house with a former friend, who admitted to having an affair with Kenny's wife. The fight ended with Kenny having his eyebrow bitten off and requiring 12 stitches. The affair brought an end to his marriage. He continued to be a key member of the United team in their season in the top flight but was unable to help prevent the club from being relegated on the final day of the 2006–07 season. In a match against Blackburn Rovers in September 2006 Kenny saved a Lucas Neill penalty in a 0–0 draw. His opposite number Brad Friedel also saved two penalties in the same match.

Back in the Championship he maintained his position of being the club's number one keeper for the 2007–08 campaign. With the team struggling Kenny maintained fine form with the only low point coming in February; despite making several excellent saves, he mistakenly knocked the ball into his own net in extra time in an FA Cup fifth round replay against Middlesbrough, a goal which knocked Sheffield United out of the cup.

Kenny began to voice disquiet over his contract situation at the end of 2008, despite manager Kevin Blackwell insisting that the club were set to open talks on a new deal. Despite this Kenny was dropped for the Boxing Day game against Wolverhampton Wanderers after being late for training and he was placed on the transfer list a few days later. He returned to the first team after sitting out two league games and was again ever present until the end of the 2008–09 season, including an appearance at Wembley Stadium in the Championship play-off final. Although United missed out on promotion Kenny agreed a contract extension a few days later, effectively signalling his removal from the transfer list.

Only a few weeks after signing a contract extension it was reported that Kenny had failed a drug test after the previous season's play-off semi-final. Kenny tested positive for ephedrine, a banned substance, believed to have been contained in a cough medicine he bought over the counter. Following an FA hearing in September 2009, Kenny was banned from all professional football for nine months. He was not allowed to go to Bramall Lane, so had to train on his own away from his teammates and coaches. Despite an unsuccessful appeal against his ban, Sheffield United still opted to agree a new contract extension with Kenny during his enforced absence from first team football.

"'The barrister was adamant I would get three months backdated and I would be able to come back at the start of the season. So when at the hearing they said 'we agree you've not taken it to enhance performance, but we are hitting you with a nine-month ban for negligence', it was a massive shock.'"

Queens Park Rangers
Despite having only recently signed an extended deal with Sheffield United, Kenny signed a three-year contract for former boss Neil Warnock's side Queens Park Rangers in June 2010. Although Kenny did not wish to part with them, Sheffield United activated a clause that had been inserted into his contract allowing him to leave should another club table a £750,000 bid for his services. The move meant his wages were doubled to £20,000-a-week. He was voted the club's Player of the Season for the 2010–11 season as the "R's" won promotion as champions of the Championship.

Kenny continued to remain Rangers number one keeper in their first season back in the Premier League, making 33 starts and keeping seven clean sheets. QPR retained their Premier League place on the final day of the 2011–12 season, despite Kenny conceding an injury time goal to Sergio Agüero to lose the title deciding game against Manchester City.

Despite Kenny's good form during the 2011–12 season, new manager Mark Hughes decided to sign England keeper Robert Green from West Ham United before the 2012–13 campaign began, effectively ensuring that Kenny would lose his place in the first team, and as such Kenny was subsequently made available for a transfer. Soon after Kenny's departure from the club, QPR wrote a formal letter of complaint to Leeds United over abusive texts allegedly sent by Kenny to their technical director Mike Rigg and chairman Tony Fernandes. The texts were reported to have mocked the club's poor first result of the season and, in particular, the performance of Green; Kenny subsequently had his Twitter account deleted.

Leeds United
Kenny signed for Leeds United on a three-year contract in July 2012, linking up with manager Neil Warnock for a fourth time in his career. Having been allocated the number one shirt for the 2012–13 season, Kenny made his competitive début for Leeds in the first game of the season against Shrewsbury Town in the League Cup. Playing regularly for his new side, Kenny made his 500th senior career appearance on 23 October against Charlton Athletic. The 2012–13 season ended with Kenny being United's only ever present in the Championship, playing every minute of each 46 league games.

On 22 February 2014, Kenny missed his first league game since signing for Leeds, due to an ongoing injury he picked up against Nottingham Forest earlier in the 2013–14 season. Leeds signed Jack Butland on loan who went straight into the first team and made his debut in a 0–0 draw with Middlesbrough, where he received the man of the match award. Kenny wasn't named in a matchday squad after the signing of Jack Butland, with goalkeeper Alex Cairns favoured ahead of Kenny as the club's second choice goalkeeper. On 25 April, Kenny's agents brought out a statement confirming that Kenny was fit and available for selection despite his absence from the matchday squads. On 30 June 2014, Kenny was left out of Leeds' two week pre-season training camp to Santa Cristina in Italy. On 3 July, the Professional Footballers' Association investigated alleged media reports that Kenny had been dropped due to his birthdate falling on the 17th of a month, with owner Massimo Cellino having a deep superstition of the number 17. However, Kenny's agent Paul Masterton, laughed off the claims that Kenny had been dropped due to his birthdate falling on the 17th of a month. On the same day, Leeds signed goalkeeper Stuart Taylor increasing speculation about Kenny's long-term future at the club.

On 1 August 2014, Kenny wasn't assigned a Leeds squad number for the 2014–15 season, with new signing Marco Silvestri taking over Kenny's previous 1 squad number. On 18 August, Kenny left Leeds by mutual consent.

Later career
Kenny signed for Bolton Wanderers on a short-term deal on 19 September 2014 to provide competition for Andy Lonergan after Ádám Bogdán was ruled out with injury. After just two months at the Macron Stadium operating solely as an unused substitute, Kenny was loaned out to Oldham Athletic after manager Lee Johnson lost faith in Paul Rachubka. He played four matches in all competitions for Oldham – his last game for the club was a 7–0 defeat by Milton Keynes Dons, in what turned out to be his final appearance in professional football. On 19 January 2015, Bolton confirmed that Kenny had left the club at the expiration of his contract.

On 20 January 2015, Kenny joined Ipswich Town on a short-term deal. He did not feature in the 2014–15 season as Bartosz Białkowski held on to his first team place.

In August 2015 he began training with Port Vale, managed by former teammate Rob Page; though nominally only at Vale Park to maintain his fitness he was also considered for a short-term contract as first choice goalkeeper Chris Neal was out injured. On 6 November 2015, Kenny joined Bury on a short-term contract. He cancelled his contract after 13 days due to a calf injury, saying he did not wish to take money off the club if he was unable to play.

In February 2016, Kenny was signed by Neil Warnock at Rotherham United on a deal until the end of the 2015–16 season; it was the fifth time that Warnock has signed the goalkeeper.

After leaving Rotherham, Kenny reunited with former teammate Rob Page in the summer of 2016 as player-goalkeeping coach at Northampton Town.

In January 2017, Kenny left Sixfields due to new manager Justin Edinburgh appointing David Kerslake as his new assistant manager.

Maltby Main
In August 2017, Kenny joined Maltby Main of the Northern Counties East Football League. He made his league debut on 12 August in a 1–0 loss at Worksop Town; he started the match, but had to be substituted due to injury in the eleventh minute. He made one further appearance for the Miners in the FA Vase, starting against Ashton Athletic before again being substituted.

International career
Although born in England, Kenny qualified to play for the Republic of Ireland as both his parents are Irish. He was called up by manager Brian Kerr and made his debut in 2004 as late substitute in a 2–1 win against the Czech Republic, before going on to make his first start in a 1–0 friendly victory over Jamaica. Kenny won seven caps before deciding to retire from international football in 2007, asking then manager Steve Staunton not to consider him for selection to allow him to sort out personal issues. Despite declaring himself ready to play for Ireland again multiple times from 2008 onwards he was never called up again.

Managerial career
In October 2023, Kenny was appointed joint-manager of Northern Counties East League Premier Division club Goole alongside Nathan Helliwell. He stepped down one month later, citing family and work commitments.

Honours
Sheffield United
 * Football League Championship runner-up: 2005–06

Queens Park Rangers
 * Football League Championship: 2010–11

Individual
 * PFA Team of the Year: 2010–11 Championship
 * Queens Park Rangers Player of the Year: 2010–11
 * Football League Championship Golden Glove: 2008–09
 * Sheffield United Player of the Year: 2002–03, 2005–06

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Jô Soares

José Eugênio Soares (16 January 1938 – 5 August 2022), known professionally as Jô Soares (Portuguese: /ˈʒo soˈaɾis, ˈswa-, -ɾiʃ/), or Jô, was a Brazilian comedian, talk show host, author, musician, actor and writer.

Early life
Soares was born in Rio de Janeiro. Initially pursuing diplomatic service, influenced by his great-grandfather, Soares returned to Brazil for acting classes, and started his career in Rio de Janeiro in 1958.

Career
Soares' television career began at TV Rio in 1958, writing and performing in comedy shows for the station. In 1970, he began to work at Rede Globo. Soares moved to SBT, in 1988, as the host of, "Jô Soares Onze e Meia", (Jô Soares [at] Eleven-Thirty [in the evening]), which aired until 1999. In 2000, he took his show's format (very similar to David Letterman's) back to Rede Globo, where it was then named, "Programa do Jô", which ran until 2016.

His first novel, O Xangô de Baker Street (translated as A Samba for Sherlock), was published in 1995 and has been translated into several languages. It was later adapted to a movie with the same name in 2001. Soares also put out various jazz CDs, as well as producing many plays, including a recent version of Richard III.

Personal life
Jô Soares was a Roman Catholic. He expressed devotion to Rita of Cascia.

Filmography
Below is an incomplete filmography:

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Representational difference analysis

Representational difference analysis (RDA) is a technique used in biological research to find sequence differences in two genomic or cDNA samples. Genomes or cDNA sequences from two samples (i.e. cancer sample and a normal sample) are PCR amplified and differences analyzed using subtractive DNA hybridization. This technology has been further enhanced through the development of representation oligonucleotide microarray analysis (ROMA), which uses array technology to perform such analyses. This method may also be adapted to detect DNA methylation differences, as seen in methylation-sensitive representational difference analysis (MS-RDA).

Theory
This method relies on PCR to differentially amplify non-homologous DNA regions between digested fragments of two nearly identical DNA species, that are called 'driver' and 'tester' DNA. Typically, tester DNA contains a sequence of interest that is non-homologous to driver DNA. When the two species are mixed, the driver sequence is added in excess to tester. During PCR, double stranded fragments first denature at ~95 °C and then re-anneal when subjected to the annealing temperature. Since driver and tester sequences are nearly identical, the excess of driver DNA fragments will anneal to homologous DNA fragments from the tester species. This blocks PCR amplification and there is no increase in homologous fragments. However, fragments that are different between the two species will not anneal to a complementary counterpart and will be amplified by PCR. As more cycles of RDA are performed, the pool of unique sequence fragment copies will grow faster than fragments found in both species.

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Livingston (UK Parliament constituency)

Livingston is a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, to which it returns one Member of Parliament (MP). Elections are held using the first-past-the-post voting system.

It was formed from parts of traditional Midlothian and West Lothian for the 1983 general election. A similar constituency, also called Livingston, was used by the Scottish Parliament until 2011. In 2005 a small part of the Linlithgow constituency was moved into Livingston.

Boundaries
1983–1997: The West Lothian District electoral divisions of Broxburn, Calders, Livingston North, and Livingston South; and the City of Edinburgh District ward of Kirkliston.

1997–2005: The West Lothian District electoral divisions of Broxburn/Uphall, Craigshill/Ladywell, Deans/Knightsridge, Dedridge/West Calder, and Murieston/East Calder.

2005–present: The area of the West Lothian Council other than that part in the Linlithgow and East Falkirk constituency.

The constituency covers the eastern portion of the West Lothian council area, and is dominated by Livingston. It is bordered by the constituencies of Edinburgh West, Edinburgh South West, Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale, Lanark and Hamilton East, Airdrie and Shotts, and Linlithgow and East Falkirk.

Members of Parliament
The Member of Parliament for this seat had been Robin Cook of the Labour Party since its creation in 1983. Following his death on 6 August 2005, a by-election was held on 29 September, and Jim Devine was elected. On 8 February 2010, Devine was suspended from the Labour Party after he was charged with a criminal offence in relation to his parliamentary expenses. He was succeeded in 2010 by Labour's Graeme Morrice. Morrice was defeated by Hannah Bardell of the Scottish National Party (SNP) five years later. She in turn was defeated by Gregor Poynton in 2024.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gelli-ball

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was DELETE. Postdlf 01:39, 2 May 2005 (UTC)

Gelli-ball
As far as I can tell this is a game invented and exclusively played by one group of people. Not notable or encyclopedic. David Johnson [ T|C ] 22:22, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC) DON'T DELETE. I know the guy who invented it. Sure, only our school plays it, but it is really fun.
 * Delete. Not notable. Jayjg (talk) 05:22, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, not notable. Megan1967 06:59, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, no evidence of notability presented. Only two Google hits; one irrelevant, and the other one to Wikipedia Votes for Deletion (!). Dpbsmith (talk) 00:44, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, Google links back to "us"(!). Sounds fun, but, sorry, no. Unless we launch "Wikigamerules". Master Thief Garrett 03:16, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Don't Delete, Keep it, i mean only someone desperat would create, post it and also i tried it and spread it to my whole neighborhood... Ultimate Bob
 * This page is now preserved as an archive of the debate and, like some other VfD subpages, is no longer 'live'. Subsequent comments on the issue, the deletion, or the decision-making process should be placed on the relevant 'live' pages. Please do not edit this page.


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Hollandic dialect

Hollandic or Hollandish (Hollands ) is the most widely spoken dialect of the Dutch language. Hollandic is among the Central Dutch dialects. Other important language varieties of spoken Low Franconian languages are Brabantian, Flemish (East Flemish, West Flemish), Zeelandic, Limburgish and Surinamese Dutch.

History
Originally in the later County of Holland, Old Frisian or a related Ingvaeonic dialect was spoken. There is no evidence for the theory that migrating Low Franconian settlers were responsible for the change to Old Dutch in the 12th and 13th centuries. Instead, long-term language contact between Frisian speakers and Frankish speakers before the 12th century could have led to a Hollandic dialect that was partly Low Franconian and partly influenced by Frisian.

In the 16th century, Dutch was standardised, with the Brabantian dialect of Antwerp being the most influential one, according to many linguists.

During the Eighty Years' War, especially after 1585, the Sack of Antwerp and the 1580s successes of the Duke of Parma made between 100,000 and 200,000 of Brabantish and Flemish, many Calvinist, settle in the cities of Holland proper. The refugees caused a mixture of their dialects with those of the people who were already there. The new language replaced most of the original Hollandic dialects with Brabantian influences and further diluted the Frisian influences on Dutch.

That certainly slowed linguistic change by the influence on spoken language of the very conservative written standard. As a result, Standard Dutch has kept many features of late-16th-century Brabantian.

Distance from standard language
The colloquial Dutch in Holland proper (the area of the old County of Holland), particularly the Hollandic now spoken in some urban areas, is closer to Standard Dutch than anywhere else.

Shades of other dialects
In Friesland, Hollandic is spoken on Terschelling only. In the north of North Holland, especially in the region of West Friesland, and in parts of South Holland such as Scheveningen, Katwijk and other coastal places, the original West Frisian substratum of the Hollandic dialect is still an important part of the local West Frisian dialect group.

In Zaanstreek (central North Holland), a traditional region, the old Hollandic dialect, Zaans, is still found but with little West Frisian influence. Some words are similar because of the influence of migrating West Frisian farmers in the 13th to the 15th centuries. Zaans can be seen as one of the few (together with Westfries) and oldest original Hollandic dialects and is still spoken today, like the old Waterlands dialect, which exists as well in Volendam. Both Zaans and Waterlands are unintelligible for someone who does not come from that region in North Holland. However, people who speak Zaans, West Frisian or Waterlands are able to understand one another better than outsiders because all three dialects use similar words.

On the South Holland island of Goeree-Overflakkee, Zeelandic is spoken. In the east and south, the Hollandic dialects gradually become Brabantian respectively Kleverlandish. Utrechts-Alblasserwaards, spoken in the area immediately east of the coastal districts, is considered to be a subdialect of Hollandic or a separate dialect.

List of subdialects

 * Amsterdams
 * Kennemerlands
 * Huizers
 * South Hollandic (Zuid-Hollands; spoken in the southern part of the Hollandic-speaking area)
 * Utrechts-Alblasserwaards
 * Waterlands and Volendams
 * West Frisian Dutch
 * Westhoeks
 * Westlands
 * Zaans

Related varieties
Zuidwest-Limburg and Centraal zuidelijke dialecten as well as Tienen
 * Bildts, Midslands, Stadsfries, and Amelands can be grouped with Frisian varieties of Friesland. The closest cluster to this cluster is that formed by Westerkwartier and Stellingwerf.
 * Hollandic, Zeelandic and West-Veluws can be grouped as Centraal westelijke dialecten.
 * Among those, not only Hollandic borders to Centraal zuidelijke dialecten, which encompasses Brabantic and parts of Northern Dutch Limburg and Northern Belgium Limburg.
 * The group, but not Hollandic, borders to non-Groningian Low Saxon and Flemish dialects
 * The dialect of Urk is closest to the group.
 * The clusters grouping with the group including Hollandic are:

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Asia Pacific Greens Federation

The Asia Pacific Greens Federation (APGF), formerly the Asia Pacific Greens Network, is a federation of national Green parties and related organisations in countries in the Pacific Ocean and Asia, and is one of the four Federations that constitute the Global Greens.

The Federation's purpose is to promote and implement the Global Greens Charter by providing and promoting support to, coordination of, and collaboration between its member Green political parties.

The Federation is governed by APGF Council, which meets monthly and serves as the Board of Directors, and APGF Congress, which meets approximately every 5 years. APGF is led by two co-Convenors, the General Secretary, and the Treasurer. Along with other members appointed by APGF Council, these officers comprise the Management and Administration Committee, which oversees day-to-day operations.

The third Asia-Pacific Greens Congress was held in Wellington, New Zealand from June 12–14, 2015. One of the greatest achievements of the Congress was adoption of the Asia-Pacific Greens Federation Constitution. Adoption of the new Constitution marked the beginning of the Asia-Pacific Greens Federation, with a new structure and governance provisions reflecting its role within the international Green movement.

Full member parties
Full member parties:
 * Thai green party
 * Australian Greens
 * Bangladesh Green Party
 * India Greens Party
 * Uttarakhand Parivartan Party
 * National Green Party of Iraq
 * Greens Japan
 * Green Party of Lebanon
 * Mongolian Green Party
 * Nepali Greens Party
 * Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand
 * Pakistan Green Party
 * Green Party Korea
 * Green Party Taiwan
 * Green Party of Lebanon
 * Mongolian Green Party
 * Nepali Greens Party
 * Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand
 * Pakistan Green Party
 * Green Party Korea
 * Green Party Taiwan
 * Pakistan Green Party
 * Green Party Korea
 * Green Party Taiwan
 * Green Party Korea
 * Green Party Taiwan
 * Green Party Taiwan

Associate member parties
Associate member parties:
 * Green Aceh Party
 * Indonesian Green Party
 * Indonesian Green Union
 * Jordanian Democratic Nature Party
 * Palestinian Green Party
 * Green Party of the Philippines
 * Green Party Solomon Islands
 * Palestinian Green Party
 * Green Party of the Philippines
 * Green Party Solomon Islands
 * Green Party Solomon Islands
 * Green Party Solomon Islands

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The Jeff Foxworthy Show

The Jeff Foxworthy Show is an American sitcom television series created by Tom Anderson, starring comedian Jeff Foxworthy and based on Foxworthy's stand-up comedy routine. The series originally aired on ABC from September 12, 1995, to May 15, 1996, and then on NBC from September 23, 1996, to May 5, 1997.

ABC era
The first series aired on ABC during the 1995–1996 season, but was cancelled after one season. NBC picked up the show for the following season, but despite improving in the ratings, it was again cancelled after one season. In the first season, network executives considered his routine "too Southern" for a national network and based his sitcom in Bloomington, Indiana.

Jay Mohr and Bob Saget made regular or cameo appearances, as did country singers Tim McGraw and Travis Tritt.

Cast

 * Jeff Foxworthy as Himself
 * Anita Barone as Karen Foxworthy (1995–1996)
 * Haley Joel Osment as Matt Foxworthy
 * Matt Clark as Walt Bacon (1995–1996)
 * Matt Borlenghi as Russ Francis (1995–1996)
 * Dakin Matthews as Elliot (1995–1996)
 * Bibi Besch as Lois (1995–1996)
 * Debra Jo Rupp as Gayle (1995–1996)
 * Jay Mohr as Wayne Foxworthy (1996)
 * Michelle Clunie as DeeDee Landrow (1996)
 * Sue Murphy as Sandi (1995)
 * Steve Hytner as Craig Lesko (1995)

NBC era
When the show moved to NBC, in addition to the casting changes, the show's production changed. In the first series, the show was recorded on tape; the second season was shot on film. In the second season, the show was set in the fictitious town of Briarton in Calhoun County, Georgia, based on Foxworthy's real-life hometown in the South, and the series was given a redesigned opening and theme.

Haley Joel Osment was the only other actor besides Foxworthy to make the move to NBC with the series, and Jeff's wife Karen was the only character that carried over with Jeff and Matt, though the role was filled by a new actress. Jonathan Lipnicki was added to the cast as the Foxworthys' other son Justin.

Cast

 * Jeff Foxworthy as Himself
 * Ann Cusack as Karen Foxworthy (1996–1997)
 * Haley Joel Osment as Matt Foxworthy
 * G. W. Bailey as Big Jim Foxworthy (1996–1997)
 * Bill Engvall as Bill Pelton (1996–1997)
 * Jeanine Jackson as Livie Ann Pitts (1996)
 * Jonathan William Lipnicki as Justin Foxworthy (1996–1997)
 * Neil Giuntoli - Florus Workman (1996-1997)
 * Kathryn Zaremba as Nettie (1996–1997)
 * Candy Trubucco as Candy Conklin (1996–1997)
 * Dave Powledge as Ebb Conklin (1996)
 * Paula Sorge as Betty Pelton (1996–1997)
 * Darryl Theirse as Andre Tucsan (1997)
 * Harold Baines as Ernie Binderman (1997)
 * Kevin Crowley as Trey (1997)

Broadcast
Reruns aired on the USA Network from January 14, 2000 to August 4, 2001. In 2005, Nick@Nite began airing the show. It was removed from the lineup a few years later. In 2012, TBS began airing the show on Saturday mornings from 5 to 5:30 am.

In early October 2016, the sitcom came back to TV twice over: first on INSP Friday nights 10p-12a PT/1a-3a ET starting with season 2 on October 7. Then season 1 started broadcasting on Tuesday, October 11 on GetTV 5p-6:30p PT/8p-9:30p ET with repeats the following Friday night/Saturday morning at 1a PT/4a ET until 2019, and from 2020 to 2022, the show aired on Circle.

Home media
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment released the entire series on DVD in Region 1 for the first time between 2004–2009.

On August 27, 2013, it was announced that Minnesota-based Mill Creek Entertainment had acquired the home media distribution rights to various television series from the Sony Pictures Television library including The Jeff Foxworthy Show. On August 18, 2015, they re-released both seasons on DVD in a 4-disc complete series set.

Streaming
The series was formerly available on Pure Flix Entertainment's streaming service (later acquired by the show's distributor, Sony Pictures in 2021). The series is also available on Crackle and Tubi in the United States and the CTV Television Network's streaming service, CTV Throwback in Canada. As of 2021, both seasons were formerly available on NBC's streaming service, Peacock.

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Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System

The Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) is a United States program for vaccine safety, co-managed by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). VAERS is a postmarketing surveillance program, collecting information about adverse events (possible harmful side effects) that occur after administration of vaccines to ascertain whether the risk–benefit ratio is high enough to justify continued use of any particular vaccine.

VAERS, the Vaccine Safety Datalink, and the Clinical Immunization Safety Assessment (CISA) Network are tools by which the CDC and FDA monitor vaccine safety to fulfill their duty as regulatory agencies charged with protecting the public.

As it is based on submissions by the public, VAERS is susceptible to unverified reports, misattribution, underreporting, and inconsistent data quality. Raw, unverified data from VAERS has often been used by the anti-vaccine community to justify misinformation regarding the safety of vaccines; it is generally not possible to find out from VAERS data if a vaccine caused an adverse event, or how common the event might be.

Origins
The program is an outgrowth of the 1986 National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act (NCVIA), which requires health care providers to report:
 * Any event listed by the vaccine manufacturer as a contraindication to subsequent doses of the vaccine.
 * Any event listed in the Reportable Events Table that occurs within the specified time period after vaccination. The data are stored electronically by the CDC in the Vaccine Safety Datalink (VSD).

VAERS was established in 1990 and is managed jointly by the FDA and the CDC. It is meant to act as a sort of "early warning system" —a way for physicians and researchers to identify possible unforeseen reactions or side effects of vaccination for further study.

Operation
Higher-priority uses of the data include reports of death and other serious adverse events, recognizing and detecting adverse effects, and finding unexpected adverse events involving new vaccines. The VAERS data are also used to monitor known reactions to vaccines and for vaccine lot surveillance. Data mining techniques such as empirical Bayes methods can be used to improve the quality of data analysis. The system was used in 1999 to identify a rotavirus vaccine that had an increased risk of a bowel obstruction condition, and confirmatory research led to the vaccine's use being suspended.

Use in research and litigation
Many medical researchers make use of VAERS to study the effects of vaccination. VAERS warns researchers using its database that the data should not be used in isolation to draw conclusions about cause and effect. Nonetheless, raw data from VAERS has been used in vaccine litigation to support the claim that vaccines cause autism.

Litigation related to vaccines and autism has led to an increase in VAERS reports filed by plaintiff's attorneys. A 2006 article in Pediatrics found that most VAERS reports related to thimerosal, and many related to autism, were filed in connection with litigation, leading the authors to caution that inappropriate reliance on VAERS data may be a source of bias. The study's lead author stated: "Lawyers are manipulating this system to show increases [in vaccine-related adverse events] that are based on litigation, not health research." Paul Offit, chief of infectious disease at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, wrote:

"Public health officials were disappointed to learn that reports of autism to VAERS weren't coming from parents, doctors, nurses, or nurse practitioners; they were coming from personal-injury lawyers ... For the lawyers, VAERS reports hadn't been a self-fulfilling prophecy; they'd been a self-generated prophecy."

Limitations and abuse
Like other spontaneous reporting systems, VAERS has several limitations, including underreporting, unverified reports, inconsistent data quality, and inadequate data about the number of people vaccinated. Due to the program's open and accessible design and its allowance of unverified reports, incomplete VAERS data is often used in false claims regarding vaccine safety. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has warned that raw data from VAERS is not enough to determine whether a vaccine can cause a particular adverse event.

For instance, noted anesthesiologist Jim Laidler once reported to VAERS that a vaccine had turned him into The Incredible Hulk. The report was accepted and entered into the database, but the dubious nature of the report prompted a VAERS representative to contact Laidler, who then gave his consent to delete it from the database.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, raw VAERS data has often been disseminated by anti-vaccine groups in order to justify inaccurate safety claims related to COVID-19 vaccines, including adverse reactions and alleged fatalities claimed to have been caused by vaccines. Websites such as Medalerts (published by the anti-vaccine group National Vaccine Information Center) and OpenVAERS (which published a tally of vaccine adverse events and fatalities allegedly linked to COVID-19 vaccines based on VAERS data), have been linked to this misinformation. Comparative studies of VAERS, which look at relative reporting rates, have found that the data does not support these claims.

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Carleton—Mississippi Mills

Carleton—Mississippi Mills (formerly known as Lanark—Carleton and Carleton—Lanark) was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 to 2015.

This riding was created in 1987 from parts of Lanark—Renfrew—Carleton and Nepean—Carleton ridings. At first, it was named "Carleton–Lanark". The name was changed to the current name as of September 1, 2004. The riding consists of the former Townships of Ramsay and Pakenham in the Town of Mississippi Mills, the former Townships of Goulbourn and West Carleton, and the former city of Kanata all in the city of Ottawa.

Initially, the boundaries of the riding were contentious. According to a report of the House of Commons committee that reviewed all new riding boundaries created in that year's redistribution of ridings, "the Township of Mississippi Mills has strenuously protested being placed within Carleton–Lanark. It feels it does not belong to, and should not be attached to, an Ottawa-focused riding." In May 2004, Mississippi Mills town council voted to be moved out of the riding and into the same riding as the rest of Lanark County. Over 1,000 residents of the township mailed postcards to the Speaker of the House of Commons protesting the new boundaries.

Gordon O'Connor of the Conservative Party of Canada was the riding's Member of Parliament from 2004 to 2015. During this time, he served as the Minister of National Revenue and the Minister of National Defence.

Following the Canadian federal electoral redistribution, 2012, the riding was dissolved. The bulk of the riding—nearly all of the Ottawa portion—became part of Kanata—Carleton, while a smaller portion was transferred to Carleton. Mississippi Mills became part of Lanark—Frontenac—Kingston.

Carleton—Lanark
Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.

Lanark—Carleton
Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John Berndt

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was DELETE. Postdlf 01:38, 2 May 2005 (UTC)

John Berndt
Vanity. Pretty sure it fails the Music Notability Test. All I found for hits on google is the guy's main website. Guessing he's a local session musician. --Woohookitty 22:26, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, not notable, vanity. Megan1967 06:58, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, pretty much fails the Notability Test, vanity, fancruft perhaps. Master Thief Garrett 03:18, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * This page is now preserved as an archive of the debate and, like some other VfD subpages, is no longer 'live'. Subsequent comments on the issue, the deletion, or the decision-making process should be placed on the relevant 'live' pages. Please do not edit this page.


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Blue Collar Comedy Tour

The Blue Collar Comedy Tour was an American comedy troupe, featuring Jeff Foxworthy with three of his comedian friends, Bill Engvall, Ron White, and Larry the Cable Guy, who had replaced fellow comedian Craig Hawksley, who performed in the first 26 shows on the tour. The troupe toured together for six years beginning in January 2000 in Omaha, before finishing in 2006 at the Warner Theatre in Washington, D.C. The troupe also created the CMT show Bounty Hunters.

Origin
Jeff Foxworthy had already established himself as a well known, Grammy Award-winning comedian, best known for his jokes and stories about life as a redneck. According to Foxworthy, he got inspired to make the tour when he read a review for the movie The Original Kings of Comedy, and noting that the review considered the movie appealing to more of an "urban, hip" audience, which Foxworthy felt left out his usual demographic of rural audiences. Foxworthy had cast best friend Engvall in the NBC version of The Jeff Foxworthy Show, White was brought on as his comedy is based around personal experiences retold in his smoking, drinking Southern United States persona, as well as being a former opener for Foxworthy. According to White, when he was presented with the original tour concept, he admitted that he thought the idea "was retarded." Originally, Craig Hawksley was the fourth member of the tour, but after the original tour, was uncomfortable about performing in front of large audiences and chose to leave the tour. Foxworthy then asked Larry, who he had featured on his nationally syndicated, weekly, country radio show The Foxworthy Countdown, to join.

Each show initially featured White and Larry each doing 15-minute sets, followed by Engvall and Foxworthy each doing 30-minute sets, then the four comedians would gather together, sitting on stools on stage, doing varying comedy routines and jokes (such as Engvall's "Here's Your Sign" jokes and Foxworthy's "You Might Be A Redneck" routine) to close the show. Foxworthy, due to his high popularity at the time, was always the last performer. By 2004, with Larry's popularity growing, the order was shifted to Engvall, followed by White, followed by Foxworthy, then Larry, though now all of the comedians had more equal length sets.

The tour that featured these four "good ole boys" proved to be such a hit that they recorded a live album in November 2001 and the first DVD called Blue Collar Comedy Tour: The Movie in the spring of 2003. The movie underperformed at the box office, but gained high ratings when aired on Comedy Central. The movie would spawn two direct-to-video sequels: The Blue Collar Comedy Tour Rides Again, and The Blue Collar Comedy Tour: One For the Road. By 2006, each of the comedians had become so popular, that they became too busy with their own individual comedy specials and other media to keep the tour going.

DVD
After the success of the tour, album and live DVD, the comedians recorded a second live DVD called Blue Collar Comedy Tour Rides Again and a series on The WB called Blue Collar TV. Ron White was on the second DVD, and although he was not a regular on the TV show, he did make guest appearances. A third Blue Collar movie was produced for Comedy Central titled Blue Collar Comedy Tour: One for the Road, which premiered on the channel in June 2006. Blue Collar Comedy Tour: One for The Road was released on DVD in June 2006.

Films

 * Blue Collar Comedy Tour: The Movie (2003)
 * Blue Collar Comedy Tour Rides Again (2004)
 * Blue Collar Comedy Tour: One for the Road (2006)

Satellite radio
In March 2006, the group started a Blue Collar Comedy channel on Sirius Satellite Radio titled Blue Collar Radio. The station features not only various stand-up acts from the four members but various acts from other working class-esque comedians such as Brian Regan, Rodney Carrington, Kathleen Madigan, John Caponera, Rodney Dangerfield, Ray Romano, and others as well. When Sirius Satellite Radio merged with XM Satellite Radio, this brought more coverage of the channel.

Now known as Jeff & Larry's Comedy Roundup, it can be heard on Sirius XM 97.

Them Idiots Whirled Tour
As of 2011, Foxworthy, Engvall and Larry still do comedy tours together under the title Them Idiots Whirled Tour. This is keeping true to their claim that One for the Road was the last Blue Collar tour, thus respecting the fact that Ron White is not part of it. A CD and DVD of the new show from the Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania was released on March 13, 2012.

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Eaton Hall (King City)

Eaton Hall is a large house in King City, Ontario, Canada, built in the Norman style for Lady Eaton in 1938–39 on a 700-acre (2.8 km²) parcel of land (partly the Ferguson farm). Lady Eaton and her husband, Sir John Craig Eaton acquired the land in 1920 and 1922 on recommendation from their friend Sir Henry Pellatt, who owned the nearby Mary Lake property. Lady Eaton moved into Eaton Hall three years after selling her city mansion, Ardwold. The house is adjacent to a body of water named Lake Jonda (a combination of the first three letters of her son John David Eaton's first and middle names), and nestled within the temperate forests of King Township. Upon completion, it contained 72 rooms. It became a beloved gathering place for the Eaton Family, owners of the Eaton's department stores based in Toronto.

History
Site plans and surveys for the property dating from 1921 to the 1930s all refer to its location being in Eversley, a community which no longer exists. Design was started in 1932 by architects Peter L. Allward and George Roper Gouinlock, son of architect George Wallace Gouinlock (later by firm Allward and Gouinlock). Construction was completed in 1939 and was supervised by John W. Bowser of the Aurora Building Company. Its construction incorporated stones sourced from the nearby Humber River.

A history of the estate, Eaton Hall: Pride of King Township, was written by local author and historian Kelly Mathews, published by The History Press, an imprint of Dundurn Press in June 2015.

Further uses
Flora Eaton was a member of the Toronto Hunt Club. In 1929, it split into the Eglinton Hunt Club and the Toronto and North York Hunt Club. Hunters of the latter held regular outings, meeting for breakfast at Eaton Hall, riding in the adjacent Pellatt Estate, then ending the day with an afternoon tea at Eaton Hall.

During World War II, the property was used as a convalescent hospital and rehabilitation centre for the Royal Canadian Navy. About 100 people were housed here starting in July 1944, but only a skeleton staff remained by Christmas 1945.

After Lady Eaton's death in 1970, the land was sold to Seneca College, which was then a provincially funded college of applied arts and technology. It established its King Campus operations on that land in 1971, using Eaton Hall as its administrative facility. In 1977, a new facility was built for the expanding college, and Eaton Hall became a Management Development Centre until 1991, at which time it was converted to a public hotel and conference centre.

In 2021, Seneca College and the municipal government of King signed an agreement in which the college granted a ground lease to the municipality for a nominal rate of $1 per year for 99 years in exchange for tax exemption and the use of the building for events and programs by the township's residents, community groups, and not-for-profit organizations. The building will be renovated to enable hosting special events such as conferences and weddings.

Filming location
Many movies and television programs have been filmed at Eaton Hall, including Murdoch Mysteries, Death Weekend, Mrs. Winterbourne, and the final scene of the award-winning film A History of Violence.

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DABCO

DABCO (1,4-diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octane), also known as triethylenediamine or TEDA, is a bicyclic organic compound with the formula N2(C2H4)3. This colorless solid is a highly nucleophilic tertiary amine base, which is used as a catalyst and reagent in polymerization and organic synthesis.

It is similar in structure to quinuclidine, but the latter has one of the nitrogen atoms replaced by a carbon atom. Regarding their structures, both DABCO and quinuclidine are unusual in that the methylene hydrogen atoms are eclipsed within each of the three ethylene linkages. Furthermore, the diazacyclohexane rings, of which there are three, adopt the boat conformations, not the usual chair conformations.

Reactions
The pKa of [HDABCO]+ (the protonated derivative) is 8.8, which is almost the same as ordinary alkylamines. The nucleophilicity of the amine is high because the amine centers are unhindered. It is sufficiently basic to promote a variety of coupling reactions.

Catalyst
DABCO is used as a nucleophilic catalyst for:
 * formation of polyurethane from alcohol and isocyanate functionalized monomers and pre-polymers.
 * Baylis–Hillman reactions of aldehydes and unsaturated ketones and aldehydes.
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Lewis base
The reagent Selectfluor is derived by alkylation of DABCO with dichloromethane following by treatment with fluorine. A colourless salt that tolerates air, Selectfluor has been commercialized for use for electrophilic fluorination.

As an unhindered amine, it is a strong ligand and Lewis base. It forms a crystalline 2:1 adduct with hydrogen peroxide and sulfur dioxide.

Quencher of singlet oxygen
DABCO and related amines are quenchers of singlet oxygen and effective antioxidants, and can be used to improve the lifetime of dyes. This makes DABCO useful in dye lasers and in mounting samples for fluorescence microscopy (when used with glycerol and PBS). DABCO can also be used to demethylate quaternary ammonium salts by heating in dimethylformamide (DMF).

Production
It is produced by thermal reactions of compounds of the type H2NCH2CH2X (X = OH, NH2, or NHR) in the presence of zeolitic catalysts. An idealized conversion is shown for the conversion from ethanolamine:
 * 3 H2NCH2CH2OH → N(CH2CH2)3N + NH3 + 3 H2O

Uses
In chemical and biological defense, activated carbon is impregnated with DABCO for use in filters for masks, collective protection systems, and the like.

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Roman Catholic Diocese of Udon Thani

The (Roman Catholic) Diocese of Udon Thani (Dioecesis Udonthaniensis, สังฆมณฑลอุดรธานี) is in northeast Thailand. It is a suffragan diocese of the archdiocese of Thare and Nonseng.

The diocese covers an area of 50,046 km², covering five provinces of Thailand: Khon Kaen, Loei, Nongbua Lamphu, Nong Khai, and Udon Thani. As of 2001, of the 5.3 million citizens, 5,612 are members of the Catholic Church. It is divided into 56 parishes, having 31 priests altogether.

History
The Prefecture Apostolic of Udonthani was created on May 7, 1953, when the Vicariate Apostolic of Thare was split. On December 18, 1965 the Prefecture Apostolic was elevated to a diocese.

Cathedral
The Cathedral of Our Mother of Perpetual Help (Thai: อาสนวิหารพระมารดานิจจานุเคราะห์) is located in Udon Thani town.

Bishops

 * Joseph Luechai Thatwisai, appointed November 14, 2009
 * George Yod Phimphisan, C.Ss.R.: October 2, 1975 - November 14, 2009 (resigned)
 * Clarence James Duhart, C.Ss.R.: 1953 - October 2, 1975 (resigned)

title: Roman Catholic Diocese of Udon Thani