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Runaway Child, Running Wild

"Runaway Child, Running Wild" (shown as "Run Away Child, Running Wild" on the label of the original single) is a 1969 hit single for the Gordy (Motown) label, performed by The Temptations and produced by Norman Whitfield. The single was both the second from their landmark Cloud Nine LP, and the second of their "psychedelic soul" tracks penned by Whitfield and former Motown artist Barrett Strong.

Featuring all five Temptations - Dennis Edwards, Eddie Kendricks, Paul Williams, Melvin Franklin, and Otis Williams - trading verses and harmony lines, "Runaway Child, Running Wild" paints a tale of a young boy (presumably a preteen) who runs away from home after being punished for playing hooky i.e. absence from school without permission. The boy wanders the dark streets alone, eventually realizing he cannot survive on his own, but cannot find his way home, and ends up lost, frightened by strangers, unfamiliar landmarks, and his own thoughts. "Runaway child runnin' wild," the Temptations tell the boy during the chorus, "you better go back home/where you belong".

The Temptations alternately express and depict his fears, with the tension of the record building to a climax over the first five minutes of the record. At this point, the vocals fade out, and the record briefly gives voice to its young protagonist, who cries desperately for his mother before fading into the mix. "Runaway Child" then segues into an extended instrumental passage, during which Earl Van Dyke's Hammond organ, Joe Messina's electric guitar, and Dennis Coffey's distorted wah-wah pedal guitar take center stage for four minutes. After the instrumental builds the song up to a second climax, the track is stripped to the bassline and repeating hi-hat figure, and The Temptations return to the mix to issue one final admonition to the runaway: "Listen to your heart beat/it's beating much too fast/go back home/where you belong".

The single version of "Runaway Child" only features the first five minutes of the song, fading out before the instrumental section begins. Cash Box described the single as "a pulsing track with excellent and non-objectionable teen-related lyrics that should have the approval of parents through its 'drop back in' message."

"Runaway Child, Running Wild" is often cited as one of the best songs on the subject of runaways, and Temptation Otis Williams often hears from fans that the record's terrifying depiction of running away kept them from doing so as children. The single peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot Rhythm & Blues Singles, and reached #6 on the Billboard Pop Singles chart. Earl Van Dyke, who performs the prominent organ solo during the instrumental section of the record, recorded his own instrumental version of "Runaway Child, Running Wild", which was released as a single the same year.

Personnel

 * Lead and background vocals by Dennis Edwards, Eddie Kendricks, Paul Williams, Melvin Franklin, and Otis Williams.
 * Instrumentation by The Funk Brothers, with featured solos by Earl Van Dyke (Hammond organ), Joe Messina (electric guitar), and Dennis Coffey (wah-wah guitar).

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Talk:Neo-Luddism

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For a June 2005 deletion debate over this page see Votes for deletion/Neo-luddism

Anti-singularity/gray-goo motivations
I've run across neo-luddite sympathies motivated by fear of a singularity or gray-goo type event. This is mostly just the logical extreme of the standard anti-techonology arguments, but it might be worth a mention, as some people are opposed not to specific technological improvements but utimately a sudden and pronounced loss of our control over them.

 * I think we should not pour the baby out with the bathwater. There is a lot of tech that is useful and harmless. The problem starts where access to bank accounts is concerned. All events in tech can be faked and that includes transfers, payments, and invoices. Stick with cash in normal day to day activities. The IT architecture is very costly in terms of money, time, and cyber insurance. We should not be hoodwinked by the software vendors who are the main beneficiaries. No doubt we need to wind it back, but not all. 2001:8003:A070:7F00:8862:E45A:8668:6185 (talk) 02:32, 4 January 2024 (UTC)

Ted Kaczinsky
The content of this article seems overly focused on the Unabomber, clearly a figure that does not highlight the positive qualities a neo-Luddite might have. While Ted was most certainly anti-technology, why is he the most prominent “philosopher” of neo-Luddism in this article. While I agree he should be mentioned and discussed, the quantity of Ted focused content in this article would make the casual reader think that all neo-luddites share an affinity with Kaczinsky. Patdmulroy99 (talk) 23:51, 16 November 2022 (UTC)

Luddites
The article currently says that Luddism "opposes all forms of technology." This contrasts with the Wikipedia article on the movement, which says, " movement of English textile workers which opposed the use of certain types of cost-saving machinery...." Our article should be changed.Kdammers (talk) 14:19, 6 December 2023 (UTC)

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Researchers
As best as I can tell, the researchers section is totally useless/not at all in encyclopedic tone. Does anyone object to deletion? JeanLackE (talk) 15:58, 10 August 2021 (UTC)

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Lead image
Hi @CactiStaccingCrane, while I agree there should just be one image in the lead, I'm not convinced File:RhB ABe 8-12 3510 Bärentritt.jpg is the most representative option, especially because it's a relatively narrow waterfall, and the train cuts right across the middle of the image. It's a good photo, but is it the best for illustrating this article? Eddie891 Talk Work 13:20, 6 December 2023 (UTC)

 * Good point. @Eddie891, what about these pictures?
 * File:2012-11-17 10-01-45-cascade-goutte-ullysse.jpg
 * more at https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?search=Waterfall&title=Special:MediaSearch&go=Go&type=image&assessment=any-assessment
 * CactiStaccingCrane (talk) 14:13, 6 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Again, it's a good image, but not necessarily the most illustrative. What was the problem with File:Salto del Angel-Canaima-Venezuela08.JPG (in the article previously)? File:Salto del Angel-Canaima-Venezuela19.JPG is probably a better image of the same waterfall There's arguably no better waterfall than Angel Falls to put in the lead. I like File:Cascada Dynjandi, Vestfirðir, Islandia, 2014-08-14, DD 136-138 HDR.JPG alternatively, personally. Eddie891 Talk Work 14:38, 6 December 2023 (UTC)

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Talk:Color agnosia

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We could probably redirect this page to agnosia, which is a general page on different type of agnosia.

FTA "Failure to treat color agnosia may lead to brain cancer" This is not accurate. Failure to investigate may lead to late diagnosis of brain cancer. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jdanzola (talk • contribs) 16:08, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

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Sun dog (disambiguation)

A sun dog is an atmospheric phenomenon.

Sun dog or (Sundog) may also refer to:

Arts and entertainment

 * "The Sun Dog", a 1990 novella by Stephen King
 * SunDog: Frozen Legacy, a 1984 computer game for the Apple II
 * Sun Dogs (2006 film), a documentary by Andrea Stewart
 * Sun Dogs (2017 film), a comedy drama by Jennifer Morrison
 * Sun Dog, a 1984 novel by Jim Harrison
 * The Sun Dogs, a 2013 album by Rose Windows
 * Sundog, a book of lyrics curated by songwriter Scott Walker

Companies and organizations

 * Arizona Sundogs, a minor-league professional ice hockey team
 * Sundog Powerchutes, a defunct Canadian aircraft manufacturer
 * Sundog Solar, an American solar energy company
 * Sundog Software, a disk compression software developer

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Moynalty

Moynalty is a village in the north-west of County Meath in Ireland. It is located at the junction of the R194 and R164 regional roads 8 km north of Kells, near the border with County Cavan. It was part of the Kells Poor Law Union. The Borora river flows through the village. Its population in 2011 was 116 people. The village is in a townland and civil parish of the same name.

Origins of the name
According to the Annals of the Four Masters, the name Mágh nEalta was introduced into Ireland about 2000 BC when Partholon, a Greek, gave that name to a treeless fertile plain in Dublin. Because the description also described its location, the area now known as Moynalty got the name also. The name was initially used to describe the manorial lands and settlement in the area.

The Synod of Kells in 1152 restructured Catholicism on Ireland, replacing a monastic system of directing the Irish Church with a system of parishes, dioceses and archdioceses. As the old manorial village had embraced the name of the surrounding plain, the new parish assumed that name '' also.

Current village
The village was built by the grandson of James Farrell who purchased the lands of Moynalty and its hinterland in 1790. That grandson John Arthur completed the building of Moynalty Village in 1837 and it is to some extent based on a Swiss design. The village was built on one side only earning it the saying "All To One Side Like The Village Of Moynalty". It was only after 1900 that houses were built on the river side of the village.

The Donore Hoard of bronze artifacts, a bronze chain, plates, and a door knocker, decorated in an 8th-century style, were discovered in the townland of Donore, Moynalty during an excavation in 1984. The items have been housed in the National Museum of Ireland since June 1985.

There was a small lace-making industry in Moynalty. This lace making industry supplied Lace to the wife of King George at Buckingham Palace in London. The village has become a familiar face in the national Tidy Towns competition. Moynalty was awarded with the title of Best Kept Town in All of Ireland in 2011. The village also hosts the Moynalty Steam Threshing festival, held every August since 1975.

Transport
Bus Éireann route 108 provides three journeys a day (one on Sundays) to Kells and three journeys a day (one on Sundays) to Bailieborough in County Cavan via Mullagh Onward connections to Dublin and Dublin Airport are available at Kells.

Notable people

 * Matthew Gilsenan - Member of the Irish-based classical music group The Celtic Tenors was born in Moynalty in the early 1970s.
 * Senator Patrick Lynch (1867–1944) - Born in Shearke, Moynalty in 1867.
 * Kevin Doyle - CEO 999 Australia

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Ira Mellman

Ira Mellman is an American cell biologist who discovered endosomes. He serves as Vice President of Research Oncology at Genentech in South San Francisco, California.

Research
Mellman's work has examined the role of endocytosis in cell metabolism and human disease. He was among the first to characterize the endosomal system. Later projects include investigation of LDL cholesterol receptor internalization, cellular sorting machinery, and the cellular basis for immunity. He is an authority on the cell biological mechanisms and function of dendritic cells, the cell type responsible for initiating the immune response, an interest that dates back to his postdoctoral period at Rockefeller University in the lab of Ralph Steinman, who won the Nobel Prize in 2011 for his discovery of dendritic cells.

Early life and education
Mellman grew up in New York, where he lived until he enrolled at Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio. While in college he maintained an interest in music but focused on the rapidly expanding field of cell biology. Working with David Miller, he began to study Chlamydomonas and found that a significant amount of the cell wall consisted of extensin. After leaving Oberlin, he enrolled in the graduate program at the University of California, Berkeley, but later transferred to Yale University to switch to research more applicable to people. At Yale, he studied the genetics behind vitamin B12 metabolism under the guidance of geneticist Leon Rosenberg. He became interested in endocytosis and did a postdoc with Ralph Steinman and Zanvil A. Cohn at Rockefeller University and started characterizing endosomes.

Return to Yale and later years
He returned to Yale after completing postdoctoral work and remained there as a professor for over twenty years. During this time he was the Sterling Professor of Cell Biology & Immunobiology, chair of the Cell Biology Department, Scientific Director of the Yale Cancer Center and a member of the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research. Mellman has served on the council of the American Society for Cell Biology, is currently on the Board of Directors of the American Association for Cancer Research, and was the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Cell Biology from 1999 to 2008. He remains active as a senior editor for the journal.

In 2007, he was recruited to Genentech as the VP of Research Oncology to replace Marc Tessier-Lavigne. There, the company is developing understanding of immunology and along that, immunotherapy.

Mellman is a member of the United States National Academy of Sciences, a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a Foreign Associate of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).

In 1976, he married Margaret Moench; the couple have three children.

Appearances
In December 2018, Mellman spoke at the 'Antibody Engineering and Therapeutics" conference, which took place in San Diego, California.

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Collared pika

The collared pika (Ochotona collaris) is a species of mammal in the pika family, Ochotonidae, and part of the order Lagomorpha, which comprises rabbits, hares, and pikas. It is a small (about 160 g) alpine lagomorph that lives in boulder fields of central and southern Alaska (U.S.), and in parts of Canada, including northern British Columbia, Yukon, and western parts of the Northwest Territories. It is closely related to the American pika (O. princeps), but it is a monotypic form containing no recognized subspecies. The name comes from distinctive patches of grayish fur on its nape and shoulders that form a “collar.” It is asocial, does not hibernate, and spends a large part of its time in the summer collecting vegetation that is stored under rocks ("haypiles") as a supply of food for the winter. Some individuals have been observed collecting and consuming dead birds as sources of fat and protein. Thousands of trips are made during July and August to collect vegetation for winter.

Appearance
The appearance of collared pikas is similar to other members of the genus Ochotona. On the dorsal side of their bodies, they have dull grayish fur with gray patches on their shoulders and nape creating an indistinct collar, while on the ventral side they have opaque, white-colored fur. Their winter pelts are similar to O. princeps, but during the other seasons, O. collaris' fur is a darker gray and is less thick than in the winter; They only have one annual molt. During the summer, young that resemble the size of an adult are fully gray, while actual adults are tinged brown around their heads and necks. Some features that are helpful in identifying O. collaris from O. princeps are the creamy-colored fur over the facial gland, which is brown in O. princeps. Also, the skull size of O. collaris is broader, with a shorter nasal area, a greater tympanic bullae, and different teeth morphology than those of O. princeps.

Characteristics
They are petite in size with longer hind limbs than their fore limbs, with their hind limbs being about 2.9 to 3.1 cm. They have five digits on each front foot and only four on each hind foot. The soles of their feet are covered with long fur, while still exposing their digital pads on the soles of their feet. They have curved claws. They range between 130 and 200 g in body mass and 17.8 to 19.8 cm in length. For both male and females, the average weight is around 157 g, with maximum growth rates increasing moving toward the northern parts of collared pika territories. They have constricted, flat skulls with no supraorbital processes, slender zygomatic arches, and 26 teeth. While some mammals have reduced clavicles for more range of motion, the collared pika has a well-developed clavicle supporting the scapula. They do not have a pubic symphysis, therefore it does not have a pubic arch within its pelvic girdle. In addition, an interesting characteristic about the male collared pika is that it has no scrotum and the location of its testes is not visibly apparent. This indicates no sexual dimorphism; consequently, one must examine the pseudocloaca for evidence of specific genitalia to distinguish the sex of the collared pika.

Geographic distribution
O. collaris is distributed over a wide range of terrain that encompasses the west side of the Northwest Territories, almost all of the Yukon Territory, northern British Columbia, and the central and southern parts of Alaska. Around 60% of collared pikas are found in regions of Canada, with most of them being in Yukon. More specifically, in Alaska, they occur most frequently in ranges around the Yukon-Tanana uplands and Chigmit Mountains, to the head of Lynn Canal near Skagway. In Canada, they occur from Richardson Mountains, south into northwestern British Columbia and west close to the Mackenzie River of the Northwest Territories. Of the 30 existing species of pika, only two inhabit North America, O. collaris and O. princeps. In relation to the location of distribution of the American pika, O. collaris is located farther north of those regions and is separated by 800 km. This gap occurs in both British Columbia and Alberta, Canada.

Fossil history
In 1973, within the Pleistocene deposits in central Alaska, preserved specimens of collared pika were found along with some dung pellets; the Yukon territory also contained some early fossilized specimens. The studies of the size variation of the fossils showed that the morphology of Pleistocene pikas was flexible with the alteration of environments from early to middle Pleistocene in both Alaska and Yukon. During the isolation of the Wisconsin glaciation, O. collaris may have become its own species separate from O. princeps.

Habitat and ecology

Collared pika colonies are mainly found in the mountain regions and they typically inhabit rock slides near areas of vegetation and fields of meadows. For example, some collared pikas have been found living in rock piles on the isolated nunataks of Denali National Park. Due to these talus sites, the species’ range distribution is broken into several condensed areas. Their home ranges are about 30 m in diameter. Caches and dens are about 30 to 70 m apart. The way organisms respond to climate change can be a distinct and peculiar characteristic, so patterns between closely related species, such as the collared pika and the American pika, are important. Collared pikas, like most other pikas, choose to live around rock slides to use the rocks as protection against the high temperatures they must endure throughout the day; they are referred to as cold-adapted lagomorphs.

Behavior
Collared pikas are diurnal herbivores and spend time foraging through vegetation during the summer. The process of gathering and foraging for vegetation to add to their caches is referred to as “haying”, which is what they spend most of the day doing. They spend no time burrowing because they use their talus sites for protection and habitation. They are most active during the morning and late afternoon. Each individual within this species preserves its own territory and its own vegetation cache or haypile, and defends it with full force. Therefore, the collared pika is seen as an asocial species and prefers solitude. During the cold winters, the collared pika does not hibernate, but instead stays active, counting on its food sources for energy and survival, and uses the snowpack as a means of insulation. The distance in which the collared pika ventures out to forage is highly dependent on level of predation risk. When gathering food, pika rarely travels more than 10 m away from its talus site. Gathering begins to take place around the end of June or beginning of July and increases at a constant rate as time progresses. Collared pikas tend to have multiple haystacks of vegetation throughout their home range and often put the haystacks in the same location each year. However, although it has multiple haystacks, it mainly focuses on one while the others are much smaller and localized caches. As observed, collared pikas are likely to use whatever is near the rockslides, such as leaves, flowering plants, berries, or anything else they can find to add to their food caches; even feces of other animals have been found within the haystacks of collared pikas. The size of the food cache depends on the size of the shelter. This species is often kleptoparasitic and takes food from others. During their rest periods, collared pikas have been found to sit on rocks and expose themselves to the sunlight.

Reproduction
Collared pikas generally mate with their nearest neighbors and are believed to be facultatively monogamous, but they have also been predicted to participate in polygynandry and reproduce with multiple partners, because males often travel to territories of several females during the spring before mating season begins. The males receive the females around the end of spring. However, the pinnacle of the mating season arises in May and early June. Collared pikas, both male and female, are reproductively developed at one year of age. The female gives birth to two or three young each year in her nest within the talus. She typically produces one litter per year, but may produce two litters without successful weaning. Although both can reproduce at one year of age, the male’s reproductive success is reliant on acquiring habitat and drawing females. The female is the one that yields the most parental investment and is burdened by energetic constraints during gestation and lactation. Lack of sexual dimorphism makes perceiving how much the male invests in nurturing the young difficult.

The female’s gestation period lasts about 30 days and produces a litter of blind and almost hairless offspring. The young remain in the nest around 30 days before they are weaned and emerge to the surface. Juveniles remain on the natal territory for only a short time (a few days) before they become independent and disperse to find their own territories. Juvenile pikas can achieve the size of an adult around 40 to 50 days. Parturition timing for northern alpine herbivores is vital due to the brief snow-free timeframe and lack of food sources. The parturition time of most collared pikas is often synchronous in terms of breeding; however, there has been a study that has identified some correlation between variation in initiating the first litter and the variation of timing of the snowmelt. Upon finding some asynchronous breeding among pikas, due to not being able to predict snowmelt, this type of breeding could ensure some success in breeding.

Communication
Collared pikas are a fairly vocal species. Not much is known about the vocalization of collared pikas, but many studies on the American pika indicate a function of both a defensive mechanism and a warning signal against predators. As a collared pika prepares to call, it sits with a hunched back and points its nose upward. Collared pika calls sound like a recurring single sharp note with each series varying in loudness and is similar to the American pika’s short call. When interacting on a territory, collared pikas use a softer call than their normal vocalizations. Both males and females can emit vocalizations from some sort of fixed position within their home ranges, especially during the period of gathering. This territorial call informs neighboring collared pikas of haypile possession. Adult males specifically have their own call that sounds like a strong series of “kie” calls and clicking during mating season.

Population and conservation status
The estimated population density is roughly around 6.4 to 7.2 /ha. In various regions of the Yukon, the range is around 1 to 4 /ha. Both collared pikas and American pikas are commonly believed to be philopatric species. In addition, research data have shown that young collared pikas rarely disperse over 300 m away from their original den, and adults hardly ever leave an established territory. No population trend is known, but the population of collared pikas has experienced a decline since 1995 in the Yukon area, and is proposed to have a higher probability of extinction within that specific area in 10 to 15 years. Due to collared pikas being a cold-adapted species, their resilience to climate change is limited, so they have a high risk of extirpation of any populations found at lower altitudes and lower in latitude. Consequently, collared pikas have been recognized as an indicator species for the effect of climate change on alpine ecosystems.

Lifespan
The lifespan of O. collaris can be up to 7 years in the wild. The mortality rate is high during winter and they have suffered from a continuous reduction of population over time. The struggle to survive the winters and the fast-rate climate variations have affected their growing season and availability of resources, especially from the negative impact of not having snowpacks to keep them insulated or to keep their food and shelters hidden from predators.

Predation
Collared pikas are defenseless against predators and can only hide within cracks or crevices in the mountainous areas where they live; the rocks of the terrain are their only shelter. One of the main predators of the collared pika found in south-central Alaska is the stoat, but martens, weasels, foxes, eagles, coyotes, and various birds also contribute to predation. Collared pikas have also been found to be the victims of parasitism by fleas and parasitic helminthes, including some species of Sarcocystis, which have been found in their striated muscles.

Conservation risk
O. collaris has been classified as of least concern for conservation status according to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, yet as said by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada, as a result of collared pikas inhabiting areas with fast climate changes and their sensitivity to climatic variation, they are considered of special concern. Currently, no actions are being taken to preserve this species, and no threats have been acknowledged against this species. Nevertheless, the collared pika may be susceptible to the negative effects of climate change, and some investigation should be instigated to monitor the negative effects of the new unlimited, year-round hunting rules in Alaska that allow for the hunting of collared pikas.

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Tirone E. David

Tirone Esperidiao David, (born November 20, 1944) is a Brazilian-born Canadian cardiac surgeon and professor of surgery at the University of Toronto. He is an attending cardiac surgeon at the Peter Munk Cardiac Centre, Toronto General Hospital. He is known for his 2007 development of a valve sparing aortic root replacement procedure to preserve the aortic valve in patients with aortic root aneurysms such as in Marfan syndrome; it is now known as the "David Operation".

Early life and education
Born in Ribeirão Claro, Brazil, he graduated from the Universidade Federal do Paraná as a medical doctor in 1968. He completed his surgical internship at SUNY Downstate Medical Center and his general surgery residency at Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland. In 1975, he came to Toronto to train in cardiovascular and thoracic surgery at the University of Toronto.

Career
He joined the academic staff of Toronto General Hospital in July 1978. He was chief of cardiovascular surgery at Toronto Western Hospital from 1980 through 1989 and Toronto General Hospital from 1989 through 2011. In 2004, he was elected University Professor, the highest honour the University of Toronto bestows its professors. From 2004-2005, he served as president of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery.

He has published extensively in peer reviewed journals, is the author of many chapters in surgical textbooks, and is the editor or co-editor of 5 surgical textbooks.

David has received numerous awards. In 1993 he was elected as a member of the Order of Ontario, and in 1996, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.

He is also a member of the Canadian Marfan Association's Professional Advisory Board.

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Grounation Day

Grounation Day (April 21) is an important Rastafari holy day, second only to Coronation Day (November 2). It is celebrated in honour of Haile Selassie's 1966 visit to Jamaica.

Visit of Selassie to Jamaica
Haile Selassie had already met with several Rasta elders in Addis Ababa, and had allowed Rastafari and other people of African descent to settle on his personal land in Shashamane.

Haile Selassie visited Jamaica on Thursday, April 21, 1966. Some 100,000 Rastafari from all over Jamaica descended on Palisadoes Airport in Kingston, having heard that the man whom they considered to be God was coming to visit them. They waited at the airport playing drums and smoking large quantities of marijuana. Today the Rastafari celebrate that Haile Selassie visited Jamaica on April 21.

When Haile Selassie's Ethiopian Airlines flight landed at the airport at 1:30 pm, the crowd surrounded his plane on the tarmac. The day had been overcast and stormy. After about half an hour, the door swung open and the emperor appeared at the top of the mobile steps. A deafening tumult was heard from the crowd, who beat calabash drums, lit firecrackers, waved signs, and sounded Abeng horns of the Maroons. All protocol was dropped as the crowd pressed past the security forces and onto the red carpet that had been laid out for the reception. Selassie waved from the top of the steps; some interpreters have claimed that he shed tears, although this is disputed. He then returned into the plane, disappearing for several more minutes. Finally Jamaican authorities were obliged to request Ras Mortimer Planno, a well-known Rasta leader, to climb the steps, enter the plane, and negotiate the Emperor's descent. When Planno reemerged, he announced to the crowd: "The Emperor has instructed me to tell you to be calm. Step back and let the Emperor land" After Planno escorted the African monarch down the steps, journalists were puzzled by Selassie's refusal to walk on the red carpet on the way to his limousine (hence grounation, Iyaric equivalent of foundation, "uplifted" with the sound of the word ground in the sense of "making contact with the soil"). He was then driven to the King's House, the residence of Governor-General Clifford Campbell.

As a result of Planno's actions, the Jamaican authorities were asked to ensure that Rastafari representatives were present at all state functions attended by His Majesty, and Rastafari elders, including Planno and probably Joseph Hibbert, also obtained a private audience with the Emperor, where he reportedly told them that they should not immigrate to Ethiopia until they had first liberated the people of Jamaica. This dictum came to be known as "liberation before repatriation". At a dinner held at the King's House, Rastas claimed that acting Jamaican Prime Minister Donald Sangster had stamped his foot at Lulu, Haile Selassie's pet chihuahua, who, they swore, had responded with the roar of a lion.

Defying expectations of the Jamaican authorities, Selassie never rebuked the Rastafari for their belief in him as the Messiah. Instead, he presented the movement's faithful elders with gold medallions bearing the Ethiopian seal – the only recipients of such an honour on this visit. Meanwhile, he presented some of the Jamaican politicians, including Sangster, with miniature coffin-shaped cigarette boxes.

Impact
Rita Marley, Bob Marley's wife, converted to the Rastafari faith after seeing Haile Selassie in his motorcade en route to the King's House. She claimed, in interviews and in her book No Woman No Cry, that she had seen a stigma on Haile Selassie's hand as he waved to the crowd, and was instantly convinced of his divinity.

For years afterward, Planno, who became a spiritual guru of Bob Marley, would give out enlarged photographs of himself with the Emperor on the steps of the aeroplane.

The great significance of this event in the development of the Rastafari religion is that, having been outcasts in society, its adherents gained a measure of respectability for the first time. With Rasta having become acceptable, reggae music became commercially viable, leading in turn to the further global spread of Rastafari.

Haile Selassie is thought to have encouraged the Rastafari elders to learn about the Ethiopian Orthodox faith while in Jamaica, and in 1970, he dispatched Archbishop Laike Mandefro to establish a mission in Jamaica. Mandefro was formally invited by Joseph Hibbert, one of the original founders of the Rastafari Movement, to teach the Rasta community, and in 1971 Mandefro named Hibbert as a "Spiritual Organizer". During this time, Mandefro pointedly refused calls to demand that the Rastafari renounce their faith in Haile Selassie's divinity, and some 2,000 Rastas accordingly received Orthodox baptisms.

Because of Haile Selassie's visit, April 21 is celebrated as Grounation Day. The "Abu Ye! Abu Ye Abu ye! Abu ye!" chant is an element of Grounation Day festivities.

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Are there no Totnesians out there? --SqueakBox 20:47, Apr 21, 2005 (UTC)
 * Who me? Totnesmartin 11:40, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Well there's me  -- Herby talk thyme 12:13, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

Well there sure weren't when i wrote that but now there are. Great! SqueakBox 15:04, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

Charles Babbage?
Wasn't Charles Babbage born/lived/died here or something? jmd 02:27, 30 August 2005 (UTC)

It is my understanding that he had a family connection with Totnes. Was not born in Totnes but spent part of his childhood and early education in the town. Perhaps someone could find some reliable sources to back this up? --Theendlessdream 12:58, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

Pronounciation of totnes
I'm not sure I agree that the first syllable in Totnes is emphasised. I've lived there all my life and only remember hearing the second syllable stressed. Anyone agree / disagree?

 * Its kind of like the traditional thick South west accent is to pronounce it on the first syllable but standard English pronunciation (more like a middle-class accent) does indeed stress the second syllable, so agreed, SqueakBox 13:21, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

 * I don't think standard English would stress the second syllable. I just spent some time looking at a map of England and I can't find any two syllable towns which stress the second syllable. Try it: SwinDON, BrisTOL - I don't think so. Also, I don't think anybody says TotNESS. It's either TOTnes (more like TOTnus) or else as two separate words - TOT NESS, which is obviously wrong. Bob Mann insists that TOTn's is the way locals say it and TotNESS is the mark of the outsider. But I will carry out a survey in the Red Wizard on Saturday and see what turns up. Doctor K

The 'nes' in Totnes is 'ness', a headland. Try Inverness or Skegness, not so much an emphasis as even, it is the noun part, where 'Tot' a person's name - Totta - is the posessive part. So: "Totta's Ness".Thelisteninghand (talk) 19:57, 22 November 2020 (UTC)

 * You should have looked nearer to Totnes - Torquay has the stress on the second syllable. --Safalra 13:54, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

 * Bob Mann. Where have I heard that name? Red Wizard? That sounds new. Bob Mann is right, IMO, re pronunciation though I have always disliked this local/outsider dichototmy, SqueakBox 14:53, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

 * if anyone is in the red wizard around 2 on saturday would be interested in chatting about Totnes. (free coffee) theredwizard

 * Not me I live 5000 miles away in Honduras, SqueakBox 23:48, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

 * will have a coffee for you  regards from us all in totnes
 * redwizard

Leechwell
Just created a Leechwell article. If anyone wants to improve it, go ahead! Totnesmartin 15:24, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

Sharpham link
I've clarified the 'Sharpham' link to show that it's to a Buddhist training centre. My feeling is that it's not relevant to the article but as a neophyte Wikipedian I'll leave it someone with more experience to decide whether to remove it. --John Stumbles 13:16, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

New age
Totnes doesnt have a reputation for being a haven for new age travellers as far as I am aware, if you want to restore this please source. Its reputation as a New Age community clearly goes back to the twenties and the Elmhirsts and by the 90's this reputation was firmly estabklished, having been their in the late eighties this was unquestionably the case and nothing changed with the advent of the nineties, SqueakBox 17:54, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Living here now I see the new age community in a gentle decline - one or two shops have closed and several people have moved to e.g. Ashburton (which is becoming a mini-Totnes); however there are still many places left: Arcturus, Speaking Tree, Willow, Greenlife etc plus 4 alternative healing centres - and a bloke who gives "gong showers" in the market square! Totnesmartin 18:14, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Not heard of Speaking Tree but its more than 4 years since I was in Totnes! I saw Friar, classic new age geezer, in the press the other day about the Dartington closure. I have contacts still and I get that Totnes hasnt changed that much at all (still the same old sleepy towen as someone said to me recently) but alternative values have become much more mainstream recently, eg organic food, so it doesnt surprise me that Totnes's identity as a new age centre is slowly declining, SqueakBox 18:23, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

Transition town Totnes
Should I put this in? Totnesmartin 14:52, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
 * I have done so, this is a very credible looking site. I think it shows that alternative has become very mainstream in Totnes, more so than elsewhere, and its the local politicians involved which impresses me. Good find, SqueakBox 20:03, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

This should not be included on the Totnes Wikipedia entry, as Transition Town is a political organisation, passing itself off as a community based organisation, and therefore should not be included according to Wikipedia's own guidelines. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.84.209.81 (talk) 15:28, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

School of English
Glad to see that Totnes school of English's blatant publicity grab (which was completely out of place here) has been removed. Any chance they can be censured for this? Pafcwoody 00:56, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Well, I could pop round... Totnesmartin 09:41, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

Notable people - needs tidying
The list of notable is quite long now, so I think it should be sorted into some sort of order. My ideas are:
 * two lists - born in Totnes/moved to Totnes
 * A chronological or alphabetical list.

Any comments?

Totnesmartin (skiving) 13:11, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

pronunciation again
From the discussion above, it appears the pronunciation might be, that it, as tot-NESS. However, there's a question as to whether it's ever tot-NISS, or if the stress is on the first syllable, TOT-nəs. I'm getting reverted for fixing the IPA per that discussion. Does anyone know? kwami (talk) 22:30, 22 November 2007 (UTC) Both the tot emphasis and the ness emphasis are both well-established and it's not really a matter of which is "right" - in pronunciation, rightness comes from common use. Totnesmartin (talk) 16:36, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

Major edits
I got a bit carried away this afternoon, and have attacked the article with a printout of WP:UKTOWNS in my hand. Hope I've not trodden on anyone's toes - feel free to edit it further and correct any mistakes/omissions/bad phrasing etc. I've added a couple of comments in the code indicating where I think further expansion is needed. Cheers, —S MALL  JIM   21:17, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Well done and thanks! Wikipedia needs more boldness, rather than shed painting. bsrboy (talk) 21:47, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
 * There's a need for both, in moderation, don't you think? Wikignoming is very important, and being too bold can have unwanted consequences. —S MALL  JIM   22:43, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

Totnes Festival and Totnes Image Bank
I am wondering why the information I added about Totnes Festival, and the external link to Totnes Image Bank were removed. As far as I am aware, Totnes Image Bank is a unqiue and non-profitable organisation and plays an important part in documenting the history of Totnes. I am wondering why linking to would be considered prohibited.

The same kind of reasoning applies to the annual Totnes Festival.

I am totally new to editing Wikipedia so plesae excuse me if it is not the correct place to discuss this. Regards, Mik Wells 16:38, 15 September 2009 (UTC)

 * I was a bit hasty in removing the image bank link. Having looked at the content and "about us" page I realise it is probably a worthy link so have reinstated it. Apologies. As for your other edit I have a couple of issues. Firstly language wasn't encyclopaedic - "gets better by the year" and "beautiful" are subjective terms. The contribution could be expanded to include more about the festival and written in more appropriate language e.g. "Totnes Festival, which is held annually in September, is a ten day cultural celebration. It features exhibitions, workshops and performances of music, comedy and drama. The highlight is the lantern procession, where residents in fancy dress carry wicker lanterns and giant illuminated figures." (that's just an example, it could be much more detailed - perhaps a few sentences or a paragraph) You could then provide one or more references from the local press or some other source which describe the festival and procession. My second problem was with the flickr link. That is to your own photo collection, and while they are good photos, they are copyright as "all rights reserved". As you own the images why not upload one or more of them to Wikimedia commons and feature them in the article?  There is an existing category for Totnes on Wikimedia Commons to which you could add the photos. --Simple Bob (talk) 07:23, 17 September 2009 (UTC)

 * Super! You have obviously spent a lot of time on this. I appreciate your fanstastic feedback.  I see your point about the images on Flickr and I will indeed upload a few to the Wikimedia Commons.  I'll also try to write something less subjective and more detailed concerning the festival.  Again, many thanks. --Mik Wells 22:29, 17 September 2009 (UTC)

I hadn't seen this & removed the link. In my opinion the link (image bank) is not under the heading of required links. Images - uploaded to Commons would be great though. As to the festival it would have to be notable (by wiki definition) to be included. Bear in mind this is an encyclopaedia not a directory of any possibly relevant links. Thanks -- Herby talk thyme 11:47, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

Modern history
Conventionally 1485 is regarded as the beginning of modern history in England and Wales. A later date would make the Tudor period partly medieval. Beginning it at 1509 would still put 1523 into modern history and 1547 is rather too late.--Felix Folio Secundus (talk) 08:12, 26 December 2009 (UTC)

worth mentioning?

 * https://metro.co.uk/2018/07/25/town-fights-independence-britain-brexit-7758359/
 * --Kmhkmh (talk) 23:46, 18 August 2018 (UTC)
 * No. Primefac (talk) 16:29, 26 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Why not, it seems notableand appears in multiple reliable sources including the BBC and the Independent and shows Totnes notable on brexit, the most important national issue of the day., please explain why not. ♫ RichardWeiss talk contribs 16:48, 26 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Because even if they were serious, I cannot find any press coverage outside of the week that it happened, indicating that it was a "cute story" that never actually went anywhere (for pretty obvious legal reasons). Primefac (talk) 16:58, 26 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Well, I'm not sure what kind of reporting you expect or where you expect it go. The was however relatively large spread even international coverage this summer, which imho enough for being interesting tidbit in the town history, which might be worthwile to mention.--Kmhkmh (talk) 04:46, 28 August 2018 (UTC)

So-called 'Brutus Stone' controversy
The granite boulder outside 57 Fore St is a listed monument. There is no proof that it is the legendary stone and there is no proof that it is not. There is no widely accepted proof of the legend of Brutus. There are a number of historical records of a large flat stone in Totnes used for making announcements, or perhaps marking a position or boundary - the Bruiting Stone or Brodestone. It's location as stated in some of these records is not this place and this boulder is neither large nor flat. Furthermore records do exist of when and who put the granite boulder in it's position in Fore St in recent history, or allegations to that effect. Controversy exists. Is there another stone? I'm researching this. Any thought's anyone? Thelisteninghand (talk) 20:16, 22 November 2020 (UTC)

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West Mersea

West Mersea is a town and electoral ward in Essex, England. It is the larger (in terms of population) of two settlements on Mersea Island, south of Colchester.

History
Roman buildings and tesselated pavements close to the quayside have led to suggestions that a small Roman settlement and port existed on the site of the modern town, with a road linking it to the nearby town of Camulodunum (modern Colchester). The nearby burial mound to the north of the town is also Roman.

Edward the Confessor granted the island to the abbey of St. Ouen in Rouen, France, in 1046, and the Priory of West Mersea was established.

West Mersea was recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086, at which time it had a population of 84 households.

In 1963, the lifeboat station was established next to the West Mersea Yacht Club, one of the first ten inshore lifeboat stations in the British Isles. Originally served by a D class lifeboat, this was replaced by a B class, Atlantic 21, lifeboat in 1972. In 1992, a new boathouse and slipway were opened by the Duke of Kent. In 2001, a B class Atlantic 75 lifeboat was stationed at West Mersea, and then in 2015 this was replaced with the current B class Atlantic 85 named Just George, funded by £210,000 of community donations.

West Mersea today
The town is served by a community centre, various shops, restaurants, small hotels, public houses, a petrol station, bank, library, museum, and several churches, including the Norman St Peter and St Paul (Church of England), Roman Catholic, Methodist, and West Mersea Free Church, affiliated to the Baptist Union. There are four cemeteries under the care of the Town Council including a woodland burial ground.

West Mersea has a high proportion of very old people and many of the town's amenities cater for them.

As well as West Mersea Yacht Club, it also has an RNLI lifeboat station. The town hosts an annual regatta, usually in August, known as Mersea Week.

In popular culture
The North Sea at West Mersea is the inspiration for the memoir Footloose in France, beginning there at the seaside and ending at a fish restaurant on the harbour.

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Hensōjutsu

Hensōjutsu (変装術) was a Japanese martial art skill involving disguise, impersonation, and infiltration.

In some ninja clans it was known as the "Shichi Hō De" (七方出), or "seven ways of going" (one form of ninjutsu that has a person play a role much like an actor does in impersonating people). A ninja had to appear either as a priest, samurai, merchant, craftsman, performer, puppeteer, or farmer. To accomplish this, the ninja was a well studied sociologist, observing people in other towns for long periods of time until, just like actors, ninjas could blend into the crowd.

They acted like either one of the major social classes to spy on people. Ninja thus sometimes carried one or two costumes to look like the other classes and kunoichi were specialists at Hensojutsu due to the importance of close contact missions. It also included the art of camouflage, such as mesh covered with leaves, grass, mud, bark etc. It is heavily reliant upon shadows and form manipulation..such as crouching to resemble a rock, twisting to match a bush, and also includes various ways one can "meld" into foliage to virtually disappear.

This is different from other methods in that the ninja needs only to appear like someone else for a short period of time. Ninja typically must learn the character traits of another class quickly and then impersonate the members of that class. For instance, if workers were walking in large numbers toward a worksite, using this skill the ninja observes the worker, copies the same clothing and walking style of the workers, then follows the crowd in just like the other workers. A good ninja ought to be able to impersonate anybody in terms of appearance.

Animal footprints
Part of this was to tie carved wooden pads to the feet to lay tracks of animals or children so the ninja could not be tracked easily. Impressions of birds, wolves and many other animals would have been used.

Tonpo
Hensōjutsu is a sub-category of the "thirty methods of becoming invisible/escape" - it is a part of the Jintonpō (人遁法) - or "Use of People Method of attaining invisibility".

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Ballintra

Ballintra is a village in the parish of Drumholm in the south of County Donegal, Ireland, just off the N15 road between Donegal town and Ballyshannon. Ballintra lies on the northern bank of the Blackwater river (sometimes referred to as the Ballintra River). The river rises in the hills that lie inland from the town, and flows through a number of small lakes before spilling over a small waterfall in a gorge behind the village.

The Irish meaning of Ballintra, Baile an tSratha, means town by the low-lying land along a river, the village is situated close to Rossnowlagh and Murvagh beaches.

The village is situated in a limestone area, and there are a number of quarries in the area.

Built heritage
Evidence of prehistoric settlement in the area include a number of ringforts (for example in nearby Moneymore townland) and a megalithic wedge tomb (in Ballymagrorty townland).

Much of the village itself was laid-out in the late 18th and early 19th century, with the town's bridges dating from the 1780s and 1790s, and Ballintra's Anglican, Catholic and Methodist churches dating to 1795, 1845 and 1896 respectively.

Irish language decline
The 1911 census records only a handful of people in Ballintra who were Irish speakers. In his paper "Irish Speaking in the Pre-famine Period", Dr. Garret Fitzgerald remarks that "near Ballintra the language seems to have disappeared by the time of the Famine. Around Ballyshannon it also seems to have been almost extinct". As late as 1960, up to a few dozen native Irish speakers remained in Tamhnach a' Mhullaigh (known in English as Townawilly or Tawnawully). The Irish scholar and campaigner Máirtín Ó Cadhain visited the area in 1957 to record folklore stories in Irish from a family in the area.

Developments
The 2016 census indicates that approximately 35% of homes in Ballintra were built in the early 20th century or prior, with a further peak in building (20% of homes) built in the 1970s. The latter includes a number of social housing units built by Donegal County Council in the 1970s. Other developments include a bypass road built in the early 1980s.

In the 20 years between the 1996 and the 2016 census, the population of the village decreased by 12%, from 217 to 191 residents.

Amenities
Ballintra has one public house, a grocery store, a takeaway, a hairdresser, two primary schools (St. Ernan's NS and The Robertson NS), and three churches (Methodist, Church of Ireland, and Roman Catholic).

Sport
The Ballintra Races is an annual horse race run on a field close to the nearby Murvagh beach. Proceeds from the event go to support amenities in the area.

The local Gaelic Athletic Association club is called Naomh Bríd (a club which also takes players from Laghey). The local association football (soccer) club is called Copany Rovers (and also represents Laghey).

Transport
Ballintra railway station opened on 21 September 1905, but finally closed on 1 January 1960. The station was on the County Donegal Railways Joint Committee network.

By road, Ballintra lies just off the N15 national primary route from Lifford to Sligo.

People

 * Saint Assicus is buried in Ballymagroarty, Ballintra. He was St Patrick's blacksmith and was en route from Elphin to County Down when he died
 * Leonard Boyle, a Canadian scholar, was born in Ballintra
 * Matt Gallagher, Gaelic footballer, All-Ireland winner with Donegal in 1992, played with Laghey-Ballintra club Naomh Bríd
 * Thomas Morrow, who became a politician in New South Wales, was born in Ballintra
 * David Walsh, inter-county Gaelic footballer, All-Ireland winner with Donegal in 2012, is a native of Ballintra

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Daewoo Nubira

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Chevrolet Nubira (formerly Daewoo Nubira)
the article reads like a copy/paste direct from the car dealer's marketing brochure. I did a quick check for copyvio and couldn't find a source, but I think the article as it stands now is blatant advertising. Feco 20:51, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * Keep. Good topic, and some useful content. Certainly needs work, but not deletion. Andrewa 22:16, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, I've tried to rework it to make it sound more encyclopdic. -- Lochaber 09:28, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * + comment if this article is kept it should probably be moved to Chevrolet Nubira because AFAIK all Daewoo cars have now been rebranded as Chevrolet. -- Lochaber 09:28, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment: In Australia the brand and all models vanished from the new car market at the end of 2004, but there are still plenty of Daewoo Nubiras on the road here, while the only Chevs of any sort are personal imports, unlikely for this model IMO. No change of vote. Andrewa 12:13, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Since the Daewoo brand is dropped now, I moved Daewoo Nubira to Chevrolet Nubira. DmitryKo 18:00, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Not a brochure copy, contains incorrect info on hatchback/station wagon versions (sorry Lochaber). DmitryKo 10:34, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Daewoo (and Chevrolet) don't sell all models in all markets. I don't know USA policies, but I've seen new Daewoo Nubira cars in the last year, and the only Daewoo-built Chevies I've seen have been smller models than this midsize sedan.  No vote.  Barno 15:31, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment. Daewoo Nubira, Chevrolet Nubira, Chevrolet Lacetti sedan, Chevrolet Optra and Suzuki Forenza are exactly the one same car (the same applies to Daewoo Lacetti which is known as Chevrolet Lacetti/Optra5 and Suzuki Reno).
 * Comment: It seems to me that, despite some mentions of other markets, this article is now very US-centric. This model was originally sold as a Daewoo, worldwide, and in some markets has no other name. The Daewoo factory remains its source, while the Chevrolet connection is pure badging. IMO, for the article to now be headed by the current US model name is embarrassing, and I would move it back. If the Chevrolet model deserves its own article, write one. No change of vote. Andrewa 21:14, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Chevrolet Nubira is not an US name (Suzuki Forenza is), and I wouldn't want to see dozen one-string articles of XXX is what Daewoo Nubira is called in YYY pattern when Daewoo brand is dropped everywhere but Korea. DmitryKo 16:08, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Of course not. The correct thing is to have redirects from any other significant names for the model. And if it's also still called a Daewoo in Korea, ISTM even more that this is the best name for the article, but see talk:Chevrolet Nubira. Also please note that the VfD notice requests that moves do not take place during a vote. Andrewa 17:15, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * I agree with Andrewa on all three points. Barno 15:03, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep & cleanup. Automobiles usually pass the (low) bar for of notability. Shimmin 17:08, Apr 22, 2005 (UTC)

 * Keep. This is an important article on an automoblie, and should stay. User:NewGuy4

 * Keep. Cars sold in a major or medium sized market by a major company are notable enough for mine. Capitalistroadster 03:10, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)
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Darien Fenton

Darien Elizabeth Fenton (born 25 February 1954) is a New Zealand politician and was a Member of Parliament from until her retirement in 2014.

Personal life and early career
Fenton's grandfather, Fred Frost, was a Labour MP for New Plymouth from 1938 to 1943. Fenton is of Māori descent.

Fenton grew up in a Palmerston North state house. On her entry to parliament in 2005, a newspaper claimed that she might have the "most varied CV of any newcomer to Parliament", including extensive travels, and work as an extra in India in Bollywood movies and as an administrative research assistant to the Tower of London's master of armouries. In 2014 she admitted that her varied experiences in the 1970s had also left her with a heroin addiction, and that the New Zealand health-funded methadone programme '"...saved my life"'.

Before entering parliament she was active in the trade union movement, and held the offices of National Secretary of the Service & Food Workers Union Nga Ringa Tota (SFWU), and vice-president of the Council of Trade Unions. She is also the Vice-President of the Labour Party Union Affiliates Council.

Member of Parliament
Fenton stood as a list candidate for the Labour Party in the 2005 election, being ranked 43rd, and was elected to Parliament.

In 2006, her Minimum Wage and Remuneration Amendment Bill, which extended the minimum wage to contractors, was drawn from the member's ballot. The bill was sent to select committee, but the committee could not reach agreement on whether it should be passed. It was subsequently voted down by the National coalition government after the 2008 election.

In the 2008 election she stood unsuccessfully against National Party leader John Key in Helensville. Due to her place of 33 on the Labour list, she was returned to parliament.

In 2009 Fenton's Employment Relations (Statutory Minimum Redundancy Entitlements) Amendment Bill was drawn from the member's ballot. It was defeated at its first reading in May 2010.

In 2011, Fenton received public backlash when she commented on Sir Peter Leitch (known as The Mad Butcher for his chain of butchery shops) after he publicly stated he supported Prime Minister John Key. Fenton stated she would "never go near him again" and would refuse to buy anything from his stores. Fenton later apologised for her comments on the Labour Party blog.

In 2012, Fenton backed a bill that would have stopped libraries from charging for access to material and the internet. It failed at its first reading 61–60.

In May 2014, Fenton announced she would not stand for re-election at the. Since leaving Parliament Fenton has returned to Union activism currently working as National Campaign Director for the Meat Workers Union. In this role she has been campaigning for key changes in workplace safety legislation before Parliament putting greater responsibility on workplace management to ensure injured and ill employees can get access to medical treatment.

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Cong (vessel)

A cong is a form of ancient Chinese jade artifact. It was later also used in ceramics.

History
The earliest cong were produced by the Xuejiagang culture and the Liangzhu culture (3400–2250 BC); later examples date mainly from the Shang and Zhou dynasties.

Interest in the jade shape developed during the 12th–13th century Song dynasty. The shape continued to be used in ceramic and metalwork for centuries.

Description
A cong is a straight tube with a circular bore and square outer section with more or less convex sides. The outer surface is divided vertically or horizontally such that the whole defines a hollow cylinder embedded in a partial rectangular block. Proportions vary: a cong may be squat or taller than it is wide. The outer faces are sometimes decorated with mask-like faces, which may be related to the taotie designs found on later bronze vessels.

Although it is generally considered to be a ritual object of some sort, the original function and meaning of the cong are unknown. Later writings speak of the cong as symbolizing the earth, while the bi represents the heavens. The square represents the earth and a circle represents the heavens.

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...that George E. Studdy was a British artist best remembered for his creation of Bonzo the dog, a fictional character, in the early 1920s. A paper mâché Bonzo with a Crosley Pup AM radio is on display at the Smithsonian Museum in Washington, DC.

Bonzo also appeared on stage, most notably under the control of actor George Atterbury dressed in a Bonzo suit made by Chad Valley. A neon sign also appearedin Piccadilly Circus around 1925 advertising Pinnace cigarettes.

Studdy had artwork published from the earliest part of the 20th century and his contributions to The Sketch started around 1906 continuing through the First World War years and on until 1938.

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Independent Labour (Isle of Man)

The Independent Labour was a political party in the Isle of Man.

At the 2001 election for the House of Keys, Independent Labour polled 1.0% and won no seats. It was linked to the UK's Independent Labour Network, founded in 1998 by Ken Coates and Hugh Kerr.

They are no longer active however, having died out in 2002 in the Isle of Man.

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Nicholas Hill (printer)

Nicholas Hill (also Nichaolas Hyll, Montanus or van de bergh) was a native of the Low Countries who came to England in 1519 and took out letters of denization in 1544. In 1546 the first book with his name in the imprint was issued, and between then and 1553 he printed twenty-three books, mostly for other people. He appears to have done no retail trade as a bookseller and this is probably the reason his house had no sign. He died about 1553.

One of the earliest books containing copperplate engravings produced in England was printed by Hill in 1553: Thomas Gemini's Compendiosa totius anatomie delineatio, aere exarata. The plates are supposed to have been some of the first rolling press work done in England. Thirty-eight of the forty plates are copies from Vesalius' De humani corporis fabrica (Basle, 1543), and the remaining two from his Epitome of the same date. The text is similar to that used by Thomas Vicary in his Anatomie of the bodie of man (1548) but rearranged. The book also contains the only English translation of the descriptions of the drawings in the Fabrica. The translation and arrangement of the text was the work of the dramatist Nicholas Udall.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Shatty man

 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 01:42, 2 May 2005 (UTC)

Shatty man
This looks like some kind of forum/clan/private group thing of which (according to the article) there has only been 1 episode. 'Shatty Man' gets 4 Google hits. Looks totally non-notable. David Johnson [ T|C ] 20:56, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * Delete. Test by anon with no previous contributions. The Shatty Crew was formed by fff1, and only has one member, known as superguy141. superguy141 is also fff1's brother. Their ages are unknown. The Shatty Crew are hoping to grow as large as the Clock Crew, but will most likely fail. Article is an unwikified orphan, and not to be taken too seriously IMO. Andrewa 22:07, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Postdlf 22:08, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Collins.mc 00:48, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Jayjg (talk) 05:23, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, not notable, promo. Megan1967 07:02, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, agree with Megan1967.   — J I P | Talk 07:11, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, as above, kill! kill! kill! Master Thief Garrett 03:17, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)
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1st (Halifax-Dartmouth) Field Artillery Regiment

The 1st (Halifax-Dartmouth) Field Artillery Regiment, RCA, is a Canadian Army reserve artillery regiment. It is located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, at 73 Hobson Lake Drive. The unit consists of two batteries, 51st and 84th Field Batteries (87th Field Battery existing only on paper since the late 1990s). There are two units located within 1st (Halifax-Dartmouth) Field Artillery Regiment. One is in Halifax and the other is the 84th Independent Field Battery located in Yarmouth NS. Both share the same Commanding Officer.

Pre and Postconfederation
The regiment traces its lineage back to the Halifax Volunteer Artillery, which may have been in existence as early as 1776. The unit was officially recognized in 1791 and served into the mid-19th century, when it underwent a series of name changes. In 1885, the unit, then known as the 1st "Halifax" Brigade of Garrison Artillery, sent two batteries with the Halifax Provisional Battalion to participate in the suppression of North-West Rebellion.

World War I
At the onset of World War I the 1st Halifax, by then designated as the 1st "Halifax" Regiment, CA, was called to active duty. It provided home defence in Halifax and served as a training unit for new artillery recruits throughout the war. It reverted to militia status after the end of the conflict and went through another series of name changes.

World War II
In 1939, as World War II loomed, the unit, by then known as the "1st (Halifax) Coast Brigade, RCA", was again called to active service. As in World War I, the 1st Halifax served in a home defence capacity and trained new recruits. The unit was re-designated as the "1st (Halifax) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RCA" in 1942 and armed with British-made QF 3.7 inch AA guns.

Post War
After the end of World War II, in 1955, the unit was re-armed with American-made 90 mm guns and re-designated as a Medium Anti-Aircraft Regiment. It acquired its current name, the 1st (Halifax-Dartmouth) Field Artillery Regiment, RCA, in 1960 when it was issued 105 mm howitzers and merged with the 36th Medium Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RCA, from Eastern Passage, Nova Scotia.

Lineage
The unit perpetuates the No. 9 Canadian Siege Battery, CEF which was stood up by combining multiple local batteries in 1869 and then attached to the 1st (Halifax) and again made independent in 1924. Over the course of the 20th century the Siege Battery was attached and detached until on April 1, 1946, it was amalgamated to the 1st (Reserve) (Halifax) Coast Brigade, RCA. All battle honours of the No. 9 Canadian Siege Battery are born by 1st (Halifax-Dartmouth) Field Artillery Regiment.

Today
The Halifax-Dartmouth today parade at 73 Hobson Lake Drive, Halifax, NS. The unit parades 7-pm to 10-pm on Tuesday Evenings and one weekend per month in Bayers Lake, NS. Trades that are available in this unit are, Artillery Officer, Gunner, Financial Services Administrator and Human Resources Administrator. 2501 1st Halifax-Dartmouth Field Artillery Regiment Cadet Corps is affiliated with the unit. On paper the unit is composed of three batteries

 * 51 Battery (Halifax)
 * 87 Battery (Halifax)
 * 84 Battery (Yarmouth)

The Unit is under 36th Brigade, 5th Division which alongside other units of the formation, garrison the East Coast.

Mission task
Although being an artillery unit, the unit's mission task pertains to the local needs. The East Coast is unfortunately hit harder than other parts of Canada in terms of natural disasters, being prone to hurricanes and blizzards. The unit has thus ended up and adapted to the mission task of, "Light Urban Search and Rescue." "A troop of 35 members, which is trained in specialized rescue skills and the use of rescue tools, including search techniques, first aid, and structural integrity assessments, to provide support to civil authorities in situations of urban disaster emergencies."

Equipment
As any combat arms unit in the Canadian Army, members are regularly equipped with personal weapons but being an artillery unit, also with short-long range artillery.

 * Personal weapons
 * C7A2
 * C9A2
 * Self propelled weapons
 * 81-mm Mortar
 * LG1 Mark ll Howitzer

Armoury
In 2012 Regimental Headquarters (RHQ) and 51 Battery, moved from the Halifax Armoury to their new facility at 73 Hobson Lake Drive. This building, which was purpose built to facilitate an artillery battery, is often used for Basic Military Qualification Courses (BMQ) and other training courses and conferences.

Media

 * Shelldrake: Canadian Artillery Museums and Gun Monuments by Harold A. Skaarup (Feb 1 2012)
 * Officers Who Served Overseas in the Great War with the Canadian Artillery 1914-1919 by Canadian Artillery Association (Sep 1 2011)
 * Battery Flashes of W.W. II: A Thumb-Nail Sketch of Canadian Artillery Batteries during the 1939-1945 Conflict by D. W. Falconer (1985)


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Derek Bell (baseball)

Derek Nathaniel Bell (born December 11, 1968) is an American former professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball for the Toronto Blue Jays, San Diego Padres, Houston Astros, New York Mets, and Pittsburgh Pirates from 1991 to 2001. With the Blue Jays, he was a member of the 1992 World Series champions.

Amateur and minor league career
Bell is one of only eleven players to play in both the Little League World Series and the Major League World Series. In 1980 and 1981 Bell played for Belmont Heights Little League in Tampa, Florida, winning the US championship and losing to Taiwan in the world championship game both years. (Bell is also the only player to appear in the LLWS twice and later in the big-league World Series.)

When he reached C. Leon King High School in Tampa, Bell attracted the attention of the Toronto Blue Jays. Toronto selected him in the second round of the 1987 June draft, with the 49th overall pick. Bell signed with Toronto, and made his debut that same year in the New York–Penn League. He emerged as a top prospect with the Myrtle Beach Blue Jays the next year, when he was named to the South Atlantic League All-Star team. Bell's .344 batting average earned him the league batting title, and he also displayed substantial power, hitting 29 doubles, five triples, and 12 home runs in only 352 at bats. His success helped him earn a late-season promotion to class AA.

Although he continued to advance, Bell struggled for the next two seasons, batting .242 at AA in 1989 and .261 at AAA the next year, but drawing walks at an extremely low rate. Despite being younger than most players in those leagues, he re-emerged as a top prospect in 1991, repeating AAA with the Syracuse Chiefs. That year, Bell batted .346 with 22 doubles, 12 triples, 13 home runs, 57 walks, and 29 stolen bases. Bell made the International League All-Star team and won the International League Most Valuable Player Award, and Baseball America magazine named him the Minor League Player of the Year.

Toronto Blue Jays
Bell made his Major League debut on June 28, 1991, starting in left field in a 3-1 loss to the Seattle Mariners. Bell was slated to be the Jays' starting left fielder in 1992, but broke his wrist in the second game of the year and ultimately appeared in only 61 games that year as the Blue Jays' fourth outfielder. Toronto won its division that year and advanced to the World Series, defeating the Atlanta Braves in six games to capture its first championship. On Fan Appreciation Day in 1992, the team played a trick on Bell. During a break between innings, they announced that a vehicle would be given to a lucky fan, and then outfielder Joe Carter (accompanied by Dave Winfield) drove Bell's green Ford Explorer out onto the field.

San Diego Padres
Shortly before the beginning of the 1993 season, the Blue Jays traded Bell and Stoney Briggs to the San Diego Padres, in exchange for veteran outfielder Darrin Jackson. It was in San Diego where Bell first established himself as an everyday player. He was still somewhat unrefined as a player, batting .262 and striking out more than five times as often as he walked in 1993, but he also displayed a good base of pure skills by hitting 21 home runs and stealing 26 bases.

Bell improved his batting average to .311 in 1994, despite off-the-field distractions. On April 25, Bell and pitcher Scott Sanders were arrested in New York City before a game against the New York Mets, as police claimed that the pair had offered undercover policewomen $20 in exchange for oral sex. The charges were ultimately dropped on October 25. In December, Bell was part of a 12-player trade between the Padres and the Houston Astros. Along with Bell, the Padres sent Doug Brocail, Ricky Gutiérrez, Pedro A. Martínez, Phil Plantier, and Craig Shipley to Houston, receiving in return Ken Caminiti, Andújar Cedeño, Steve Finley, Roberto Petagine, Brian Williams, and Sean Fesh.

Houston Astros
After Bell joined the Houston Astros, his last name, hitting skills and speed positioned him in Houston's vaunted lineup of "Killer B's", established by Jeff Bagwell and Craig Biggio. This group of players helped lead the franchise to a new level of success that included a string of playoff appearances and second-place finishes that commenced in the 1990s. Bell went on to enjoy one of the finest seasons of his career in 1995, with a .334 batting average that was fourth-highest in the league. He drew consideration in the Most Valuable Player Award (MVP) voting, placing fourteenth place with 12 points. The team won three straight National League Central division championships from 1997−99. Bell's year-to-year performance varied considerably, but he peaked in 1998. That season, he batted .314 with 41 doubles and 22 home runs, good for an OPS of .855 as the Astros won a franchise-record 102 games.

After the Killer B's had gained national attention, journalist Dayn Perry cheerfully noted in 1999 that the Astros, "in pursuit of arcane history, used eight players whose last names began with 'B.'" including Bagwell, Paul Bako, Glen Barker, Bell, Sean Bergman, Lance Berkman, Biggio, and Tim Bogar. However, Bell's performance slipped substantially that year, and his .236 batting average and .656 OPS made him considered to be one of the worst everyday players in the league. He compounded the problem in an ill-timed confrontation with manager Larry Dierker on July 22. Dierker had returned to the field that day after having recovered from a near-fatal grand mal seizure during a game on June 13 and subsequent emergency brain surgery. Bell was upset that Dierker had moved him from second to sixth in the batting order, ranting after the game that "it's a slap in the face to be dropped to the sixth spot. I'm to the point now that I feel like I'm not wanted." Many Astros fans were upset that Bell had chosen to criticize Dierker on a day honoring him, and Dierker ultimately pulled Bell from the starting lineup later that season.

At that point, the Astros viewed Bell as an expensive liability, and on December 23, they traded him and star pitcher Mike Hampton to the New York Mets for Roger Cedeño, Octavio Dotel, and Kyle Kessel. When assembling this trade, the Astros let it be known that they would not trade Hampton unless a trade partner was willing to also take Bell in the deal.

New York Mets
When informed that he'd been traded to the Mets, Bell said, "Christmas came early for me. I'm very happy. I told my agent I'm going to run, I'm so excited." With Bell as their starting right fielder, the Mets made the playoffs as the National League Wild Card. On August 21, Bell got the opportunity to pitch the eighth inning of a blowout against the Padres. His first pitch, which Bell described as an eephus pitch, was clocked at 47 MPH, and he ultimately surrendered three hits and three walks, giving up four earned runs and one unearned run (resulting from an error by catcher Todd Pratt).

Bell sprained his ankle during the first game of the NLDS, and missed the remainder of the playoffs. Following the 2000 season, Bell's contract with the Mets expired and the team made no effort to retain his services. He later signed a two-year contract with the Pittsburgh Pirates in the offseason, following the World Series.

Pittsburgh Pirates and "Operation Shutdown"
In 2001, Bell was the Pirates starting right fielder, but he struggled at the plate; by mid-May, he was batting only .136. Bell was sent down to Triple–A Nashville, but didn't do much there either: .162 with a home run in 68 at-bats. Nevertheless, he came back to Pittsburgh in mid-June and did fairly well over the next fifteen games, hitting .261 with four homers in 46 at-bats. Still, this only raised his 2001 big-league average to .173, and Bell did not play an MLB game after July 3, when he managed a hit and two walks in a win over Cincinnati; this would turn out to be his last major league appearance.

In spring training 2002, Bell learned that he would have to compete for the Pirates' starting right field job. Despite his poor 2001 season (and the fact he was hitting just .148 that spring), Bell did not feel that he needed to prove he was worthy of being a starter.

On March 18, Bell told reporters:

"Nobody told me I was in competition. If there is competition, somebody better let me know. If there is competition, they better eliminate me out of the race and go ahead and do what they're going to do with me. I ain't never hit in spring training and I never will. If it ain't settled with me out there, then they can trade me. I ain't going out there to hurt myself in spring training battling for a job. If it is [a competition], then I'm going into 'Operation Shutdown.' Tell them exactly what I said. I haven't competed for a job since 1991."

Bell left the team on March 29, was released two days later, and never played pro baseball again. Still on the hook for Bell's guaranteed two-year, ten-million dollar contract, the Pirates paid him his $4.5 million though he did not play for them. Bell moved onto his yacht, Bell 14 (his name and uniform number), a 58 ft Sea Ray 580. New York Post writer Tom Keegan described the incident by calling Bell "the perfect Pirate given that he lives on a boat and steals money."

Personal life
Bell was the runner up to Ray Mickens at the 1999 Madden Bowl.

On April 20, 2006, Bell was charged with felony cocaine possession and possession of drug paraphernalia, after police found a warm crack pipe in the back seat of his car during a traffic stop. He was arrested again on December 2, 2008, facing three counts of possession of drug paraphernalia and one count of failure to appear in court on another charge of possession of drug paraphernalia from earlier in the year. Bell was arrested again on November 16, 2022, charged with possessing crack cocaine in Brooksville, Florida.

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Richard Behar

Richard Behar is an American investigative journalist. Since 2012, he has been the Contributing Editor of Investigations for Forbes magazine. From 1982 to 2004, he wrote on the staffs of Forbes, Time and Fortune. Behar's work has also been featured on BBC, CNN, PBS, FoxNews.com and Fast Company magazine. He coordinates Project Klebnikov, a media alliance to probe the Moscow murder of Forbes editor Paul Klebnikov. He is the author of Madoff: The Final Word, a book about Bernard Madoff. Behar is editor of Mideast Dig.

Education and career
Behar was born to a Jewish family in Manhattan and raised on Long Island. He is a 1982 graduate of New York University. Before joining Time in 1989, he was a reporter and associate editor for Forbes magazine for six years. He has also worked at The New York Times as a researcher and writer. Behar reported extensively about organized crime and the business backgrounds of politicians for Time, for whom Behar wrote a 1993 cover story on the World Trade Center bombing.

In 1991, he wrote "The Thriving Cult of Greed and Power", a Time cover story on Scientology. The acclaimed article won several awards. The Church of Scientology brought several lawsuits over the article, all of which were eventually dismissed. While investigating the story, he experienced some of Scientology's fair game tactics. He later learned that a copy of his personal credit report, containing detailed personal information, had been improperly obtained.

A 2003 report by Behar in Fortune explored Donald Rumsfeld's role in helping North Korea build its potential Nuclear weapon capacity, in an article entitled "Rummy’s North Korea Connection: What Did Donald Rumsfeld Know About ABB’s Deal to Build Nuclear Reactors There? And Why Won’t He Talk About It?" Behar is the only known journalist to have read the classified Phoenix Memo, the infamous pre-9/11 FBI document which warned the FBI about Osama bin Laden supporters enrolling in flight-training schools across the country. Reporting from Pakistan for Fortune magazine and CNN after 9-11, Behar’s “The Karachi Connection” broke ground by exposing a logistics leader of the 9-11 attacks—including his secret travels near the Afghanistan border just days before the terror attacks. A second article, "Kidnapped Nation" revealed how radical forces are undermining Pakistan's economy.

Behar and Time Inc. were sued for libel in June 2001 by the billionaire brothers David and Simon Reuben, who built one of the world's largest aluminum companies, Trans-World Group. They claimed Behar defamed them in a 2000 Fortune article. Shortly before trial, in July 2004, the suit was settled after Fortune ran a lengthy clarification.

In October 2004, Behar left Fortune to pursue book writing and various independent projects, including the launch of Project Klebnikov, a global media alliance investigating the July 2004, murder of Paul Klebnikov, who was then the editor-in-chief of Forbes Russia. Behar also served on the advisory committee of New York University's business journalism Master's program (BER), and has long been reporting and writing Madoff: The Final Word, a book about Bernard Madoff, published by Simon & Schuster. The book was initially purchased by Random House. In 2015, Behar co-wrote an article for the New York Observer that accused the Associated Press of improperly reporting civilian deaths in the 2015 Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.

In 2015, Behar and journalist Gary Weiss co-founded The Mideast Reporter, now known as Mideast Dig, a not-for-profit news site and investigative journalism project. Its aim is to deepen news coverage of the Middle East. Weiss left the venture in November 2015.

Recognition
Behar has won more than 20 major journalism awards and honors for his reporting. Behar was included among the 100 best business journalists (the "100 luminaries") of the 20th century by the TJFR business journalism trade group. In 1999, columnist Jack Anderson called Behar "one of the most dogged of our watchdogs."

Awards
Behar has won journalism awards, including:
 * Four awards in recognition of his 1991 story for Time about Scientology:
 * 1) Gerald Loeb Award for distinguished business and financial journalism in a magazine(1992)
 * 2) Conscience-in-Media Award from the American Society of Journalists and Authors (1992) "for singular commitment to the highest principles of journalism at notable personal cost"
 * 3) Worth Bingham Prize (1992)
 * 4) Cult Awareness Network's Leo J. Ryan Award
 * George Polk Award (twice): One for his 1995 story about the strong-arm tactics used by the Allstate Insurance Co. against its own employees; a second Polk for a 2008 story about China's activities in sub-Saharan Africa
 * Business Journalist of the Year Award from the City of London Corporation for articles about counterfeiting in China and organized crime in Russia's aluminum industry
 * Daniel Pearl Award for post-9/11 journalism
 * 2002 Morton Frnak Award, Overseas Press Club for post-9/11 journalism in Pakistan
 * 2008 Ed Cunningham Award, Overseas Press Club for China's activities in sub-Saharan Africa
 * Jack Anderson Award (twice) for "Top Investigative Reporter of the Year" – 1997 and 1999
 * National Headliner Award, as a member of the CNN Investigation Team, for "outstanding continuing coverage of attacks on America and their aftermath."
 * SAPA award (Society of Publishers in Asia) for best feature writing for an in-depth account of the royal family of Brunei
 * "Best of the Best" award in 2009 from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers (SABEW), for an article on China's business activities in sub-Saharan Africa.
 * Fortune was awarded the National Magazine Award for public interest for two articles written by Behar on organized crime's influence in the garbage-hauling industry (1997)
 * 2008 George Polk Award for articles in Fast Company
 * In 2013, finalist for a Loeb award for a Forbes magazine article about Hess Oil's Russian mob problem.

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