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Al-Kutbay

Al-Kutba' (الكتبي) was a north Arabian god. The name means, roughly, "the scribe"; it comes from the Semitic root K-T-B which means 'to write.' A carving at the foot of Jebal Rumm in Jordan, discovered in 1959 by J. Strugell, is dedicated to al-Kutbay. Another inscription in Wadi Es Siyyagh, on the way to the main spring of Petra contains the phrase "in front of Kutbay, this very god." Other sites around Arabia contain inscriptions dedicated to him.

Kutba' is represented as a betyl in Wadi Rum alongside al-'Uzza. The gender of this god is disputed. Because of the god's name originating from the root word K-T-B or "to write", it is considered that Kutba' was a god of intellect including writing.

Nabataeans and other mercantile Arab tribes brought the worship of al-Kutbay from Petra in Jordan to Egypt. A temple to the god has been discovered at Qasr Gheit, built in characteristic Egyptian style. An altar-base in this temple, is inscribed with the Nabataean dedication: "from Hawyru son of Geram to al-Kutbay."

In the Hellenistic era, al-Kutbay was associated with Hermes and Mercury. This Hermes association may have been a misinterpretation, as Al-Kutbay's distinction as the god of writing may be likened to Hermes Trismegistus, hence the Hermes association.

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User talk:OscarSpognardi

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Weoley Castle

Weoley Castle is a residential suburban district in south-west Birmingham, England. The area is part of the Weoley local authority electoral ward, and also comes under the Northfield local council constituency. The suburb of Weoley Castle is bordered by Selly Oak to the east, Harborne to the north, Bartley Green to the west, and Weoley Hill and Shenley Fields to the south.

Weoley Castle Square
Weoley Castle Square is a shopping area at the heart of Weoley Castle. It includes a very large traffic island and during the 1950s prefabricated bungalows of a type known locally as 'prefabs' were on this central island. Today Birmingham City Council maintains the island as a recreation area with benches trees and mown grass. Round the recreation area are a health centre, shops selling economically priced goods and a market. Shops have also been there since at least the 1930s.

Toponymy
The area takes its name from the ruins of a moated and fortified manor house, now owned by Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery. The castle ruins are a Grade II listed building, and the site became a Scheduled Ancient Monument in 1934. The castle's individual name is from the Old English "Wēo-lēah" meaning "temple clearing". Before the Christian era there may have been a heathen temple here.

Between 1960 and 1961 excavations took place at Weoley Castle which unearthed a 13th-century wooden building. The substantial stone remains and the moat can be seen from the viewing platform which is open daily. A recent Heritage Lottery, Birmingham City Council and English Heritage funded project has led to consolidation of the ruins and the creation of a community education centre where schools sessions, community meetings and events are held. The ruins are supported by a volunteer group called the Castle Keepers.

Amenities
Mitchells and Butlers were given permission in 1933 to transfer the licence from the Swan with Two Necks, Aston Street, Birmingham (which was scheduled for demolition for a new fire station) to a new Weoley Castle public house to be built at the corner of Somerford Road and Shenley Lane..

A Congregational Church was designed by Birmingham architects Harrison and Tracey and built on Castle Square in 1936. However, this became too costly to maintain, so it was demolished in 1969 to make way for a Fine Fare supermarket and apartments. A replacement, Weoley Castle Community Church was built behind it which opened on 6 June 1970.

The Weoley Cinema on Barnes Hill with a seating capacity of 1,000 opened on 1 August 1936. It was designed by the architect H.W. Way Lovegrove LRIBA and the contractors were Hodge Brothers of Northfield. It was closed in the 1960s and demolished.

A temporary library opened in 1952 in the Weoley Hill Community Centre. This temporary arrangement lasted until 1991 when a new purpose-built library was opened at a cost of £750,000. The Library located at Weoley Castle Square serves the district. It includes a local history section, a Pre-school playgroup, drop in advice from Age UK and councillors' surgeries.

Weoley Castle Museum is a visitor attraction that is also located in the suburb. Weoley Castle Walkway is an area of recreation ground that is located mainly within Selly Oak and Quinton. The Lapal Canal is within the grounds and is maintained by the Lapal Canal Trust

Housing estate
Weoley Castle was mostly developed for council housing during the 1930s. Birmingham Corporation purchased the land at Weoley Castle in 1930 in preparation for a new housing estate of 2,718 houses. In March 1931 the corporation advertised the first tender for the erection of 1,200 houses in the Woodbrooke Valley section of the new estate and in April 1932 another tender was advertised for 620 houses on the California Valley West section.

On 23 October 1933 the 40,000th council house in Birmingham was officially opened at 30 Hopstone Road by the later Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain. This made Birmingham the first local authority in Britain to build 40,000 council properties – just 15 years after building its first. The completed Weoley Castle housing estate consisted of nearly 3,000 homes.

Transport
Buses serving Weoley Castle area include:
 * 002 Weoley Castle To Merry Hill via Bartley Green, Halesowen & Colley Gate-Diamond Bus
 * 39/39A Quinton/Woodgate To Longbridge via Weoley Castle & Northfield
 * 46/46A Kings Heath/Hawkesley to Queen Elizabeth Hospital via Weoley Castle, Northfield, West Heath, Hawkesley and Walkers Heath
 * 76 Solihull to Northfield via Weoley Castle, California, Harborne, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Selly Oak, Kings Heath, Yardley Wood and Shirley - National Express West Midlands
 * X21 Birmingham to Bartley Green via Five Ways, Birmingham University, Selly Oak and Weoley Castle - National Express West Midlands

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Crocker Motorcycles

The Crocker Motorcycle Company is an American manufacturer, based in Los Angeles, California, of single-cylinder speedway racing motorcycles from 1932, powerful V-twin road motorcycles from 1936, and the "Scootabout," one of the first modern styled motor scooters, in the late 1930s. Production ceased in 1942. In 1999 Crocker Motorcycle Company was resurrected to manufacture authentic OEM replacement parts and now produces complete Small and Big Tank Crockers in southern California, following the original specifications. Michael Schacht is Crocker Motorcycle company President. According to Schacht's own information (and others) complete reproduction motorcycles have been produced. It has been alleged in various forums that some of these reproductions have been erroneously represented as being original.

Original Crocker company
Over 30 speedway motorcycles were produced before Al Crocker began work on creating a V-twin motorcycle. The first V-twin entry for Crocker had a 61 in3 (1,000 cc) "Hemi Head" producing 55-60 hp, exceeding the horsepower produced of both the Indian and Harley of the day (38-40 hp). Many Crockers were manufactured to order, with the 91+ cubic inch (about 1,491 cc) being the largest capacity production motorcycle of the time. When production ceased in 1942, approximately 100 of the V-twins had been produced in all. The remaining inventory of parts were sold in 1947 to Elmo Looper. Many of these parts went into restorations of the surviving examples, of which at least 68 exist today, according to a registry started by Charles "Chuck" Vernon and Johnny Eagles, two members of a group of original Crocker owners in Southern California. Although total production of all models is not known, it is thought by some to be around 200 units (about 40–50 speedway, 40–50 "Scootabout" scooters, and 100+ V-Twins). Al Crocker also produced an overhead valve conversion kit in the late 1920s for the Indian 101 "Scout".

The proprietor and founder of the company, Albert Crocker, ceased motorcycle production in 1942 when the war effort put a shortage on critical materials. Indian and Harley received contracts with the US Army for military motorcycle production and Crocker received a contract with Douglas Aircraft making aircraft parts. That became a more lucrative business for Al Crocker than motorcycle manufacturing, and in 1942 Crocker Motorcycle became Crocker Manufacturing. Crocker later sold out to a company named Borg Warner. Al Crocker died in 1961. Designer of many of the components, Paul Bigsby, went on to fame as a designer of guitars and particularly of the Bigsby vibrato tailpiece.

Crockers are among the most expensive motorcycles. At the MidAmerica Auctions motorcycle auction in January 2007 in Las Vegas, a 1941 Crocker big tank motorcycle sold for $230,000. At the Gooding & Co. auction in 2006 in Chandler, a 1931 Crocker 61 sold for $236,500. At the Bonhams & Butterfield 2006 auction in New York, a 1937 Crocker "Hemi-head" V-Twin brought $276,500. At the 2006 auction of Bator International in California, a 1939 Crocker 61 cubic-inch side valve model sold for $200,000. The most recent Crocker Motorcycle sold through Mecum Motorcycle Auction in Las Vegas, January 2019, and achieved a record-breaking $704,000 sale price. At the Mecum Monterey Auction, August 2019 1936 Crocker Small Tank achieved a record $750,000

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Johan Öijer

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Johan Öijer
Prank or vanity article (it is seriously difficult to tell what the intention is with many of these articles...) for a non-notable Swedish teenage heavy metal bass player. Was first posted under his last name Öijer, which I redirected to the poet Bruno K. Öijer, but later reposted under his full name, including the interesting genealogical tidbit that Bruno K. Öijer is his father's cousin. - Uppland 19:57, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. I hate to use the google test, but "Johan Öijer" only gets one hit. I only see what appears to be a concert program. -Casito⇝Talk 22:52, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Del vanity  —msh210 17:30, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete as vanity. bbx 23:21, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Actually, I consider Google to be a very good test! If it hasn't heard of someone/something yet, then who has? Master Thief Garrett 02:02, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)
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Mbuyapey

Mbuyapey is a district of the Paraguarí Department in Paraguay. It is located 182 km southeast of Asunción and has a population of around 14,512.

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Abby Singer

Abner E. "Abby" Singer (December 8, 1917 – March 13, 2014) was an American production manager and assistant director in film between the 1950s and the 1980s. His name has become famous in Hollywood as a phrase describing the second-to-last shot of the day as the "Abby Singer".

According to Burt Bluestein of the Directors Guild of America, "It all began when Abby was a 1st AD and people on the crew would ask him how many shots were left to do before lunch. Abby would answer, 'We'll do this and one more.' At the end of the day, when they asked what was to be done before the wrap, Abby would say, 'This and one more, then we're out of here.'" Abby Singer himself explains the reason behind calling out the second to last shot; "In television, we would make maybe five or six moves during the day — going from one set to another, or from one stage to another. Or we'd move from the back lot to a stage. I would say, 'Fellas, we'll do this [shot] and one more and then we're moving.' This would give the crew a chance to begin wrapping up their equipment or to call transportation for gurneys, so they'd be ready to get out quickly... I did it really to save time for the director. If we did it during the day, I could save 10 to 15 minutes each time we had to move. I could give the director another hour a day of shooting."

The last shot of the production day is referred to as a "Martini Shot," referring to the alcoholic beverage.

Abby Singer died of cancer on March 13, 2014, in California at the age of 96.

As assistant director

 * Death of a Salesman (1951) (Second AD)
 * Income Tax Sappy (1954) (as Abner Singer)
 * Shot in the Frontier (1954) (as Abner E. Singer)
 * The Jack Benny Show (1958) (as Abner E. Singer)
 * 7th Cavalry (1956) (as Abner E. Singer)
 * The Guns of Fort Petticoat (1957) (as Abner E. Singer)
 * M Squad (1957) TV Series (assistant director)
 * Hellcats of the Navy (1957) (assistant director)
 * The Guns of Fort Petticoat (1957) (assistant director)
 * 7th Cavalry (1956) (assistant director)
 * He Laughed Last (1956) (assistant director)
 * Over-Exposed (1956) (assistant director)
 * A Lawless Street (1955) [a.k.a. Marshal of Medicine Bend (USA)] (assistant director)
 * Gypped in the Penthouse (1955) (assistant director)
 * Cannibal Attack (1954) (assistant director)
 * Shot in the Frontier (1954) (assistant director)
 * Massacre Canyon (1954) (assistant director)
 * Income Tax Sappy (1954) (assistant director)

As production manager

 * Columbo: Sex and the Married Detective (1989) (TV) (unit production manager)
 * Columbo: Murder, Smoke and Shadows (1989) (TV) (unit production manager)
 * Columbo: Columbo Goes to the Guillotine (1989) (TV) (unit production manager)
 * Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974) (unit production manager)
 * Remington Steele TV series
 * "Signed, Steeled & Delivered" TV Episode (executive in charge of production)
 * "Your Steele the One for Me" TV Episode (executive in charge of production)
 * "Sting of Steele" (1983) TV Episode (executive in charge of production)
 * "Steele's Gold" (1983) TV Episode (executive in charge of production)
 * "Vintage Steele" (1983) TV Episode (executive in charge of production)
 * "Steele in the News" (1983) TV Episode (executive in charge of production)
 * "Steele Among the Living" (1983) TV Episode (executive in charge of production)
 * ''The Bob Newhart Show (production manager)
 * WKRP in Cincinnati (1978–1982) (executive in charge of production)
 * Hill Street Blues (1981–1987) (executive in charge of production)
 * St. Elsewhere (1982–1988) (executive in charge of production)
 * A Little Sex (1982) (production manager: Los Angeles)
 * First, You Cry (1978) (TV) (supervising production manager)
 * Something for Joey (1977) (TV) (production manager)
 * The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1974–1976) (unit production manager 1974–1975; production manager 1975–1976)
 * "Rhoda" (1974) TV Series (unit production manager)
 *  (1968) (TV) (unit manager)
 * The Doris Day Show (1968) TV Series (production manager)
 * The Meanest Men in the West (1967) (TV) (unit production manager)
 * Out of Sight (1966) (unit production manager)
 * Gunsmoke (1955) TV Series (production manager)

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Real Canadian Superstore

Real Canadian Superstore is a chain of supermarkets owned by Canadian food retailing giant Loblaw Companies. Its name is often shortened to Superstore, or, less commonly, RCSS.

Originating in Western Canada in the late 1970s/early 1980s, the banner expanded into Ontario in the early 2000s as Loblaw attempts to fend off competition from department stores including U.S.-based Walmart.

Loblaw has tested alternative banners at some locations in Ontario, with some labelled as "Loblaw Superstore", and a few others as simply "Superstore"; for a time, this was reflected in the chain's marketing which used a separate logo to advertise all of these banners. The company has since reverted to marketing the entire chain as Real Canadian Superstore, although some locations might retain other signage.

Overview

The stores carry a variety of goods, but the vast majority of space is devoted to groceries and about a third of each store is set aside for electronics, housewares, and clothing. Items in the latter two categories are mainly from Loblaw's private labels, such as President's Choice, Life at Home, No Name, or Joe Fresh. As with many Loblaw stores, they offer corporate-branded services such as PhotoLab photo finishing and DrugStore pharmacies. Many outlets also boast a GoodLife Fitness club, drive-through pharmacies, Mobil gas bars, photo studios, community rooms, as well as walk-in medical clinics managed by Primacy Medical.

Loblaws is working to cut costs and compete effectively with this multi-format store. Each store has a similar layout, useful for both cost efficiency and shopper ease. Also, in an effort to cater to individual customer segments, Superstore buys specific products for different regions. Superstore locations now top 20000 m2.

In the west, Superstores are operated by Loblaw subsidiary Westfair Foods Ltd. Ontario stores are operated as part of Loblaw's other banners, including Loblaws and Zehrs, although Superstore is considered a separate chain, and prices at one chain may not apply at the other. Loblaw is centralizing its head office operations, which includes the relocation of the General Merchandise personnel from Calgary, Alberta to Brampton, Ontario to consolidate operations.

In Alberta, where private liquor retailing is permitted, a chain of 30 Real Canadian Liquorstores operate, mostly in proximity to Real Canadian Superstore locations in the province.

Employees of Loblaws and the Real Canadian Superstore are members of the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) union.

History
The first Real Canadian Superstore location opened in March 1979 in a former Loblaws location in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan under the name SuperValu. Numerous other SuperValu locations opened across Western Canada before most gradually expanded into Superstore sites; the SuperValu name is still in use in British Columbia and the Maritimes, the latter branded as Atlantic SuperValu.

The similarly named The Real Superstore was used in the United States from the 1970s up until the mid-1990s by the Loblaws-owned National Supermarkets chain until the chain was purchased by competitor Schnucks.

Superstore marks the return of Loblaw's superstore format in the Greater Toronto Area after the unsuccessful launch of the SuperCentre format in the 1980s and 1990s. In the early 21st century, Loblaw brought the Superstore banner to Ontario as a response to the introduction of large grocery sections in most Canadian Wal-Mart stores and other department stores, and as a pre-emptive strike against any plans by Wal-Mart to bring its "Supercenter" format to Canada. Originally, Ontario stores were co-branded with the local Loblaw banner (i.e., "Loblaws - The Real Canadian Superstore"), but most shortened their name to reduce confusion and allow separate weekly specials for each chain.

New Ontario locations began to open under the name Loblaw Superstore in late 2007. Since December 2008, Ontario stores have used common flyers displaying a combined "Superstore: Loblaw/Real Canadian" logo. However, Loblaw has not yet said whether one banner will eventually replace the other.

Relationship with other Loblaw banners
There are no Superstore locations as such in Atlantic Canada or Quebec. However, in recent years, and particularly since 2008, Atlantic Superstore in the Maritimes and Dominion in Newfoundland and Labrador, both also owned by Loblaw, have adopted similar store formats and a similar marketing approach to RCSS. In Quebec, Maxi and Co. and some larger Provigo (previously Loblaws) locations fill the void. It is not clear whether Loblaw intends to eventually rebrand these stores to create a national "Superstore" chain.

As well, there are a handful of large-format Loblaws and Zehrs stores in Ontario – including certain locations in Markham and Kitchener – which closely replicate the selection of food and general merchandise available at Superstores. Most of these locations were built around the same time as the first Ontario Superstores, but nevertheless chose to use older brand names.

Slogans

 * 2022–present — "Save For Real."
 * 2019–2020 — "Shop Like A Mother"
 * 2018 — "Truly Super"
 * 2017 — "We’re not just a store, we’re Superstore. And we don’t do average"
 * 2008–2015 — "Big on Fresh, Low on Price"
 * 2007 — "Great brands at great prices"

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Christopher D. Thieme

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Christopher D. Thieme
Being chairman of a private equity group with international offices in five cities at the age of 25 is a remarkable achievement. Unfortunately, Google search on "Newcastle Group" + "Thieme" turns up no hits other than Wikipedia clones. Either Christopher D. Thieme is not chairman of Newcastle Group, or Newcastle Group itself is not very notable... take your pick. -- Curps 20:00, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Christopher D. Thieme is the Chairman, and Newcastle Group is quite real, but being a private, closely held company, some information about it is not well known. It manages assets of 13 billion US dollars.
 * There are plenty of private closely-held companies that are fairly secretive about their affairs. However, it ought to be possible to verify basic information.  You claim that this company exists, that Christopher D. Thieme is the chairman, and that there are $13 billion is assets... Google cannot verify any of the above three statements. -- Curps 20:56, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * What is the proof of your assetion? RickK 21:36, Apr 21, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete unverifiable. Andrew Lenahan - St ar bli nd 23:09, Apr 20, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete as unverifiable. Rossami (talk) 23:14, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete as unverifiable. There appears to be a "Newcastle Group" out there, but it doesn't appear to be the one mentioned in this article. --Carnildo 23:18, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. The micronation stuff proves it's a hoax.  RickK 23:45, Apr 20, 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment: I can state categorically that this individual is a real person, however the rest is unverifiable.--Gene_poole 04:06, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Can you tell us what your source is? That may help determine verifiability and notability. Jonathunder 05:09, 2005 Apr 21 (UTC)
 * Nobody is trying to claim that this kid doesn't exist just that he isn't what he claims to be. RickK 21:36, Apr 21, 2005 (UTC)
 * It looks like User:ExplorerCDT created the Newcastle Group article. I left a message on his talk page. Jonathunder 22:20, 2005 Apr 21 (UTC)

 * Delete, notability not established. Megan1967 04:58, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete it gives me great pleasure to vote to delete regarding an article about me.  I didn't expect to deserve a wiki article until sometime well into next year.  Now if I can only find that pesky stalker (4.188.213.145) under that Chicago ISP who keeps trying to follow me around Wikipedia (and previously vandalized my user page), I'll ring his neck...especially for writing a crappy article.  I don't even know what a micronation is, but I feel free to ask about market caps. —ExplorerCDT 22:06, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)
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