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Talk:Shark Tale

Definite recommend?
I was trying to find a better reference for Cinemascore (an empty search box is not a good reference) but instead I found something else. Box Office Mojo reported that according to audience polling conducted by DreamWorks themselves the "definite recommend" was a 75%. PostTrak did not launch until 2013 so I guess before that way back in 2004 studios did pretty much the same kind of audience surveys in house back then, and since we often include PostTrak definite recommend scores for newer films, maybe we should include the definite recommend score here too? -- 109.76.197.58 (talk) 00:17, 24 February 2022 (UTC)

Homosexual propaganda
An editor deleted the phrase Homosexual propaganda saying it does not exist, despite it being clearly sourced, the reference at the end of the sentence actively criticizes that point of view. The phrase Homosexual propaganda is a loaded term, and Wikipedia is supposed to be neutral, so should have been phrased differently. I've made some adjustments to the article so that it now contains one reference to the AFA, and two other references responding to it, from MediaMatters and Americans United criticizing it.

The gay subtext in this film, some reviewers noted it too. That does not mean it wasn't stupid to complain about it, but that also does not mean that people did not complain about it, or that it doesn't exist. -- 109.79.178.107 (talk) 16:27, 13 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Another editor deleted it again only this time making a more reasonable argument that it was WP:UNDUE to highlight it in the lead. I understand concerns about the phrasing and not wanting to be misleading, but the lead is supposed to summarize the article, and you do not have to agree with the criticism to summarize the Social commentary subsection in the lead. It is strange to summarize the criticism of Italian American stereotypes in the lead but omit the criticism of the gay subtext. Deleting is easy, but rephrasing is more difficult. Perhaps it should be rephrased slightly to make it clearer and state that "Advocacy groups complained" but I don't think it does readers any favors to remove it from the intro. -- 109.79.178.107 (talk) 16:35, 13 March 2022 (UTC)

 * We aren't supposed to treat all complaints equally; that's the whole point of WP:UNDUE: "Giving undue weight to the view of a significant minority or including that of a tiny minority might be misleading as to the shape of the dispute." A number of noteworthy people/groups in the Italian-American community – including a former Congressman and a respected fraternal organization – commented about their perception of Italian-American stereotyping, and DreamWorks responded to them (even if it didn't give them as much as they wanted). By contrast, a single anti-gay hate group that invents controversies as a fundraising model claimed that a vegetarian shark is offensive "homosexual propaganda", and no one outside their mailing list took them seriously. (The review in Premiere identified it as an apparent allegory, but described it as weak, not objectionable.) AFA's staged fainting spell is worth mentioning briefly in the Reception section... that's due weight. But we don't do the readers any favors by misrepresenting their accusation as either a fact or a noteworthy viewpoint, by spotlighting in the lede. -Jason A. Quest (talk) 17:32, 13 March 2022 (UTC)
 * We aren't supposed to reject things just because we disagree with the sentiment either. The earlier edit summary complained it was WP:UNDUE but the later edit summary complained about the phrasing, but deleting does nothing to address the phrasing. If you think something has been presented "in Wikipedia's voice" then rephrase it. It may be difficult to get it right but I welcome changes or rephrasing to a more strict wording that editors think would be fair, and I've tried to offer changes and suggestions, but taking the easy option and deleting the text entirely seems like a cop-out. (The review in Premiere did not need to say there was anything wrong with the gay subtext (although by calling it weak he is saying it was poorly written) and I mentioned it in case anyone still thinks the gay subtext is not even there.) JasonAQuest said the statement from the AFA wasn't taken seriously but it was taken seriously and refuted by two groups, Media Matters and Americans United. Again I think it is very strange to include the criticism of the Italian American stereotypes in the lead and not also mention criticism the gay subtext in the lead. If you were arguing both should be removed from the lead the argument of WP:UNDUE would make be more logical, not that I would agree with that approach either.
 * FWIW I did some digging into the article history and the wording goes back to an edit March 2021 and complained of "stereotypes and alleged homosexual propaganda" and somewhere along the way the word "alleged" was deleted. More recently one editor User:Freyn deleted it arguing it did not exist, and now another editor User:JasonAQuest deleted it saying it was WP:UNDUE. -- 109.79.178.107 (talk) 18:20, 13 March 2022 (UTC)
 * To address the phrasing concerns I would suggest the wording "It was criticized by advocacy groups for its use of Italian-American stereotypes and for its gay subtext". So instead of controversy, say criticism, and make it clearer who was doing it (i.e. not film critics). -- 109.79.178.107 (talk) 18:39, 13 March 2022 (UTC)
 * The conservatives may have been on record with complaints but gay rights groups would have been justified to complain about it too. An article from The Harvard Crimson addressed the sheer laziness of Hollywood gay stereotyping in this film. Like an old person trying to be cool, Hollywood attempts to be progressive frequently end up being so weak or wrong headed they fail anyway. -- 109.79.178.107 (talk) 19:08, 13 March 2022 (UTC)
 * "We aren't supposed to reject things just because we disagree with the sentiment either." That's an incredibly unfair accusation. We also aren't supposed to include things just because we don't see any difference. The Italian-stereotype complaints were more significant. READ WP:UNDUE, at least once, please. Also, the fact that I cite multiple problems isn't because I'm making up new arguments. It's because there are multiple things wrong. -Jason A. Quest (talk) 20:38, 13 March 2022 (UTC)
 * I know and have read WP:UNDUE that is why I said above that it was a more reasonable argument, and I do acknowledge that people see flaws but I respectfully disagree with the conclusion that deleting the text is the best way to improve things. The gay subtext/stereotyping is almost as important as the Italian stereotyping, but they are both among the many flaws of this film, and I see no reason to downplay them. Jason had more than one complaint, and since he said it sounded like it was said "in Wikipedia's voice" then it is not unreasonable to ask Jason to suggest some other better way to phrase it. The emphasis of this discussion is slightly different but there was a previous discussion (see above Talk:Shark_Tale) where an editor said "I strongly believe that their unpopular opinion should be removed" but the unpopular opinion stayed and instead the phrasing was improved to better present it in a neutral way.
 * User:JasonAQuest might think it is unfair to be skeptical of his motivations but I might think it was weird that someone would follow me to complain about reverting someone else's delete on this article so soon after complaining about my reverting a delete of his on an entirely different article. His criticism is not unreasonable though, which is why although I am skeptical of the person I take the edit in good faith and have tried to rephrase the lead. I think rephrasing not removing is the way to improve the lead and the article.
 * I don't want to put undue emphasis on the gay stereotyping, I'm happy to mention all the terrible stereotyping in this film, the stereotypes abound. (The product placement was tacky too.) The Boston Globe review of Shark Tale notes the Italian stereotypes calling them "the least of the film's problems" and counters with the African-American stereotyping. The Dallas Observer called the whole thing "kinda racist". (Need I mention Jamaican stereotypes?) My mentioning other problems, is not to downplay the biggest problem which is that this film is offensively bad. -- 109.79.178.107 (talk) 22:21, 13 March 2022 (UTC)

You don't have to agree with their stupid opinions, it happened, there is no excuse for deleting it from the article entirely. The American Family Association really did have their stupid opinion and it elicited a response from the Americans United for Separation of Church and State. -- 109.76.196.239 (talk) 01:35, 8 April 2022 (UTC)

 * I don't think it's relevant enough to include in the article based on the current sourcing. –– FormalDude  talk  01:41, 8 April 2022 (UTC)
 * There is really not need to make accusations of edit warring either. User:FormalDude
 * As for the complaint that all the sources were WP:PRIMARY the reference to the AFA is a primary source yes, but I thought the two other sources in response served as WP:SECONDARY sources.
 * It is a glaring omission to leave the article without any mention of the gay subtext. It might not be as overtly gay as Frozen (film) but disliking the conservative reaction to it is not a good reason to exclude it from the article. -- 109.76.196.239 (talk) 01:47, 8 April 2022 (UTC)
 * No, that is fringe as fuck, and it's not going in the article without significantly better sources. –– FormalDude  talk  01:51, 8 April 2022 (UTC)
 * WP:UNCIVIL there's no need for swearing either. The opinion of the AFA that the gay subtext is some kind of a sinister indoctrination is fringe, but the existence of a gay subtext in this film is no theory. (Part of what makes the film so awful is that it and its Godfather parody is aimed far over the heads of children and is too lame to appeal to adults, the gay subtext and cross dressing was likely intended as another weak joke for the adults dragged along to watch this awful dreck. The Today Show said as much ... "intended to keep potentially bored parents entertained with pop-culture references and innuendoes (including the suggestion that Lenny is gay)" )
 * Excluding the stupid opinion of the AFA does not make this a better article. I would prefer to have better sources, I will continue to look. (Gay newspaper Between the Lines (newspaper)/Pridesource.com gave Shark Tale a Grade: C- for the film itself and on the "Kinsey Scale" gave it a 2 for the gay subtext.) The gay subtext should be mentioned irrespective of the dumb reaction of the AFA. The Critical response section can and should mention the criticism of the Italian stereotypes and other stereotypes in the film too, including the gay subtext. Expanding the Critical response section is something I will probably get around to eventually. -- 109.76.132.77 (talk) 02:33, 8 April 2022 (UTC)

Wikipedia loves book sources, here's one:

They go on to point out that Hollywood can find a way to add a "love story to almost any plot" and the authors conclude that by doing so (and by Oscar's attitude to Lenny) this film is reinforcing hetrosexual norms. I tried to link page 267 above, but I get mixed results from Google books, sometimes I only get a snippet, other times I get a preview of the whole page so apologies in advance if the Google books link doesn't work for you (but also WP:SOURCEACCESS). This is separate from the conservative overreaction but it is another source taking notice of the gay subtext and more importantly actually analysing it. -- 109.76.132.77 (talk) 03:48, 8 April 2022 (UTC)

 * We can say that the film's plot has been viewed as a metaphor for being closeted, but we shouldn't say the film has "gay subtext" unless a reliable source says that. –– FormalDude  talk  03:59, 8 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Vegetarianism as "a metaphor for being closeted" is a specific part of the gay subtext, but discussion of exact wording would be more relevant if there was any mention of it still left in the article. -- 109.76.132.77 (talk) 04:16, 8 April 2022 (UTC)
 * This topic has been covered in the book Disney, Pixar, and the Hidden Messages of Children's Films here. There seem to be more relevant results in Google Books here. Erik (talk | contrib) (ping me) 13:55, 8 April 2022 (UTC)

Article for Oscar?
Should Oscar have an article? Did You chop down that shark (talk) 19:40, 12 July 2022 (UTC)
 * No. WP:GNG. His only significance is as part of this film, there is nothing to suggest that the character is independently notable. Also it is not like this article has an abundance of content that would benefit from being split into a separate article. -- 109.79.175.67 (talk) 21:16, 17 July 2022 (UTC)

Sea Dragon Asian
Korea Dragon Sequel Future DreamWorks Voice actors Fred Tatasciore Frank Welker Roar Snarl 2400:AC40:620:1C11:DCD2:A1C2:BF5D:A084 (talk) 17:01, 16 August 2023 (UTC)

For intro - animated vs. computer animated
There are basically two types of film now, live-action and animated, some films using both in some manner. How something is animated, cell, flash, computer, etc., is a mechanism description which is not relevant to the main fact that it is an animated film, not a live-action one. If how animated is important it can be covered in the production section, otherwise it doesn't matter. The normal way of making animated films has been using computers since about 1995, going on 30 years. It is not the exception anymore that needs to be highlighted as a major part of how a film is described, it is almost pro-forma trivia at this point. Traditional animation is the exception now. Also WP:SEAOFBLUE discouraged adjacent linked terms so things like computer animated comedy film is better described as just "animated comedy film". Animated is not a word that normally needs a link as it has become a common word with well known meaning. Geraldo Perez (talk) 22:00, 8 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Read the text out loud. While technically correct it does not read well and does not make for a better encyclopedia. I agree with Geraldo Perez, it seems unnecessary to emphasize the specific type of animation in the very first sentence. Also "produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by DreamWorks Pictures" seems like further unnecessary details for the very first sentence, it is simply an animated feature film from Dreamworks. Details are best left to the Production section. (I have also noticed a recent trend in film articles of editors including specific details about the exact location premiere in the lead section. Only the wide release date is actually worth mentioning, in most cases the premiere date is barely noteworthy, and the specific location of the premiere is not.) More and more information seems to be getting crammed into the lead sections of film articles with due care for weight and relevance. -- 109.79.66.45 (talk) 15:09, 22 October 2023 (UTC)

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Isotropic bands

In physiology, isotropic bands (better known as I bands) are the lighter bands of skeletal muscle cells (a.k.a. muscle fibers). Isotropic bands contain only actin-containing thin filaments. The thin filaments are placed between 2 myosin filaments and contain only the actin filaments of neighboring sarcomeres. Bisecting the I band and serving as an anchoring point for the two adjacent actin filaments is the Z disc. During muscle contraction, the I band will shorten, while an A band will maintain its width.

Cellular anatomy
The darker bands within skeletal muscle, known as anisotropic bands (A bands), encompass both thick and thin filaments and constitute the central region of the sarcomere, extending across the H-zone. Collectively, the A bands and the I bands create the distinctive striped appearance of skeletal muscle tissue. Tropomyosin, a protein, shields the myosin-binding sites, hindering actin from binding to myosin. It attaches to troponin, which secures it in place. During muscle relaxation, the troponin-tropomyosin complex inhibits myosin heads from binding to the active sites on actin microfilaments. Troponin also possesses a calcium ion binding site. These two regulatory proteins cooperate in response to calcium levels, overseeing sarcomere contraction. During muscle contraction, tropomyosin shifts to expose the myosin-binding site on an actin filament, allowing the interaction between actin and myosin microfilaments to occur. The initiation of contraction involves calcium ions binding to troponin, prompting a reaction that displaces tropomyosin from the actin filament binding sites. Consequently, myosin heads can attach to these exposed sites, forming cross-bridges and initiating muscle contraction.

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Orange Days

Orange Days (オレンジデイズ) is a drama series that aired in Japan on TBS in 2004.

Story
Yuuki Kai (Tsumabuki) is a senior at a university studying social welfare psychology and trying to find a job. One day, he encounters a girl, Hagio Sae (Shibasaki), playing the violin, and becomes intrigued. He eventually discovers that she has lost her hearing, and can now only communicate using Japanese Sign Language. Before they reveal what they think about each other, Sae and Kai must overcome a lot of barriers. They both become stronger along the way, finding their goals.

Cast

 * Satoshi Tsumabuki as Kai Yuuki - leading role
 * Kou Shibasaki as Sae Hagio - heroine
 * Manami Konishi as Maho Takagi - Kai's girlfriend, postgraduate student
 * Hiroki Narimiya as Shohei Aida - Kai's friend
 * Eita as Keita Yashima - Kai's friend
 * Miho Shiraishi as Akane Ozawa - Sae's friend
 * Yu Yamada as Soyoko Saeki - one of Shohei's girlfriends
 * Jun Fubuki as Yuriko Hagio - Sae's mother
 * Fumiyo Kohinata as Professor Sakaida
 * Juri Ueno as Ayumi Kirishima - Shohei's younger sister
 * Ikki Sawamura as Haruki Fujii - pianist, Sae's childhood friend
 * Takashi Kashiwabara as Sano
 * Masaru Nagai as Toru Kakizaki - violinist who used to belong to the same orchestra as Sae
 * Eriko Sato as Arisa - one of Shohei's girlfriend
 * Ken Mitsuishi as Iwasaki

Ratings
Source: Video Research, Ltd.

Songs
Theme Song "Sign" by Mr. Children

OST Tracks by Naoki Sato
 * Eternal
 * Graceful Heart
 * That's Life
 * Memoria
 * Overcast Sky
 * Yo-Yo Comrade
 * Liebe
 * Anxiety
 * As Good As It Gets
 * Modest Request
 * Precious Seasons
 * Sign-Instrumental Version

Other Songs:
 * "Shanghai Honey" by Orange Range (Episode 5)
 * "Bara no Hana" by Quruli (Episode 10)
 * "Gavotte en Rondeau (Violin Piece)"

Awards
41st Television Drama Academy Awards
 * Best Actor (Satoshi Tsumabuki)
 * Best Scriptwriter (Eriko Kitagawa)
 * Best Director (Jiro Shono/ Doi Nobuhiro/ Imai Natsuki)
 * Best Cast
 * Best Theme Song ("Sign" by Mr. Children)
 * Special Award (Orange Days's Sign Language)

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Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Ingoolemo

Ingoolemo
final (18/0/0) ending 03:12 7 June 2005 (UTC)

I have known Ingoolemo and seen him around for some time, and it was only today that I realized he wasn't already an admin. He has 5509 edits and just over a year here (his first edit was on May 27, 2004). Beyond the statistics, I'm nominating him because I've seen the excellent, tireless work he's done for WikiProject Aircraft which includes a succesful FAC. If he's willing, I think Ingoolemo would make a fantastic admin. Lommer | talk 03:13, 31 May 2005 (UTC)

 * Thank you Lommer. I can't make a speech yet, because I'm still pretty tongue-tied, so let me just repeat two tired clichés: I'll do the job good, and I feel really special about being nominated.   →Iñgōlemo←   talk 03:49, 2005 May 31 (UTC)

Support
 * 1) Support as the nominator. -Lommer | talk 03:19, 31 May 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) (nods head) Grutness...  wha?  05:11, 31 May 2005 (UTC)
 * 3) I'll happily support Ingoolemo. I haven't worked with him very much, but I've been pleased with the results when I have. Isomorphic 05:25, 31 May 2005 (UTC)
 * 4) Support. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 05:38, 31 May 2005 (UTC)
 * 5) Support. Great user and contributor. Sjakkalle 06:18, 31 May 2005 (UTC)
 * 6) Finally, my I was positive he was already one virginity is gone! I don't feel any different though. El_C 07:46, 31 May 2005 (UTC)
 * 7) Support. David | Talk 09:20, 31 May 2005 (UTC)
 * 8) Support. utcursch | talk 13:17, May 31, 2005 (UTC)
 * 9) Fine. JuntungWu 06:01, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * 10) Support. The article cited below about the B-32 Dominator impresses me; anyone with the drive and talent to write effectively and at length about an obscure, trivial, but nonetheless notable topic wins my respect, because they clearly aren't doing it for fame/money/sex or other temporal, transient reasons. Ingoolemo is a warrior monk; silent, faithful, humble, and lethal. I like using commas, punctuation marks, I like to write breathless sentences, declarations that have a lot of adjectives, describing words in them, like a slithery snake made out of words and concepts.-Ashley Pomeroy 10:36, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * 11) Support--Duk 16:12, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * 12) Support. Fire Star 16:14, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * 13) Support. -- BD2412 talk 04:50, 2005 Jun 4 (UTC)
 * 14) Support Meets my admin criterion, jguk 17:50, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * 15) Support. Looks like a great wikipedian --Spangineer ( háblame ) 20:39, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)
 * 16) Support. From what I've seen, he stays cool, calm, but firm in his dealings with other editors, in overheated situations. Mel Etitis  ( Μελ Ετητης ) 21:39, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * 17) Support.-JCarriker 06:48, Jun 6, 2005 (UTC)
 * 18) Andre ( talk ) 22:59, Jun 6, 2005 (UTC)

Oppose

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Questions for the candidate

A few generic questions to provide guidance for voters:
 * 1. What sysop chores, if any, would you anticipate helping with? (Please read the page about administrators and the administrators' reading list.)
 * A. I would be most interested in the Recent Changes and New Pages patrol, and clearing out the Speedy candidates. I'll also help clearing the Vfd backlog when necessary.  Perhaps most importantly, I intend to become a frequent visitor to the Administrators' Notice Board.
 * Update: I've downloaded CryptoDerk's vandal-fighting software, and I like what I see. I intend to make use of it extensively in my admin duties.
 * 2. Of your articles or contributions to Wikipedia, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?
 * A. I have a lot of major ongoing projects that I would like to cite, but it wouldn't be fair to mention these until they're complete. Instead, I'll mention two articles I've worked on that stick out most in my mind.
 * B-32 Dominator, an obscure bomber used at the end of World War II. Before I started work on it, it was a paragraph long.  Now, given a little more cleanup, it's a potential featured article.  (See how it improved)
 * Convair B-36, an extremely important aircraft that served as the mainstay of the American nuclear bomber fleet until the advent of jet bombers. Though it had plenty of material when I started working on it, it was pretty messy.  By the time I finished with it, it was a successful featured article candidate, with a total of 12 supporting votes.
 * 3. Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or do you feel other users have caused you stress? How have you dealt with it and will deal with it in the future?
 * A. For better or for worse, I seem to repel major argument. Though I debate with other users from time to time, we always argue coolly and rationally.  I have been in only one major argument, and I am extremely impressed with how well I behaved, especially given the comments being made by the other party.  I only made one mistake, which was failing to recognise that the argument was a lost cause.
 * In the future, I will continue to exercise coolness, though I will decide more carefully which battles are worth fighting. I have seen the kinds of things that get levied at sysops, and I think I can handle that heat better than many of the victims did.


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Nestor Dmytriw

Nestor Dmytriw (1863 – May 27, 1925) was a Ukrainian Catholic priest, author and translator, born in Scherebky (Жеребки), Galicia, Austria-Hungary. Shortly after his ordination by Metropolitan bishop Sylvester Sembratovych in 1894, he came to the United States in 1895 and settled in Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania. In the US, he quickly became involved with missionary work and journalism through the Jersey City, New Jersey, paper Svoboda.

United States
Nestor Dmytriw was one of the so-called American Circle, a group of young seminarians who, while still in Lviv, resolved to emigrate to the United States in order to improve the religious, civic, and cultural status of the Ukrainian immigrants. Dmytriw and Cyril Genik both “shared in Joseph Oleskow’s views on the needs of the peasantry.” “In 1895, after his ordination, Dmytriw himself arrived in the United States, where he combined missionary work among the Ukrainian industrial labourers of Pennsylvania with journalism. He became associated with the first Ukrainian-language newspaper in North America, Svoboda [Liberty], which originated in Jersey City, N.J. The paper, which featured stories about the immigrant experience in the United States and Canada, was widely read in Galicia and thus became the first major link between North America and Austrian Ukraine.”

Canada
In 1897, Dmytriw travelled from the United States to Canada at Joseph Oleskow’s request. Through the Ruthenian National Association, Dmytriw arrived in April 1897 to serve the spiritual needs of the Ukrainian Canadian settlers. Able to speak Ukrainian, German and English he became an interpreter for Canadian immigration. In Canadian history, Dmytriw's most notable contribution is in writing about the history and tribulations of early Ukrainian settlers.

Missionary work on the Canadian Prairie
St. Michael’s Ukrainian Catholic Church, the oldest surviving Ukrainian Catholic Church in Canada, was built on the site where Father Dmytriw celebrated liturgy on April 12, 1897, shortly upon his arrival in Canada. The parishioners erected a large commemorative cross on the site, and at Dmytriw's suggestion, a log church was built in 1898. The church has since been moved from its original location in the Trembowla area, Rural Municipality of Dauphin.

In the fall of 1897, Father Dmytriw spoke up in an article in the Winnipeg Free Press defending the Ukrainian immigrants, deflecting a scathing attack on them by another newspaper. Travelling among them as he did, he was able to describe their industriousness and their well-managed homesteads.

The Ruthenians
REV. NESTOR DMYTROW TELLS OF THE ALBERTA COLONY. Prosperity of the Early Settlers and Poverty of the Most Recent – Destitute Ones Should not Be Sent There –

"The priest who has charge of the spiritual interests of the Ruthenian settlers, commonly called Galicians, Rev. Nestor Dmytrow, has returned from a visit to the settlers in Alberta. They are located fifty miles northeast of Edmonton in the vicinity of Limestone and Beaver lakes, Edna being their post office centre. They number 120 families. Rev. Mr. Dmytrow states that some of them have been working in that district four years, others three years, and some two years, besides the twenty-five families who arrived last spring. Those who have been the longest in the country he finds to be very well off, having as many as twenty-five head of cattle, forty acres under cultivation, good farm buildings and everything in splendid order.  One man is erecting a large storage house worth $2000.  The settlers who are now in the second year of their residence, now being some twenty families, who came out through the efforts of Prof. Oleskow, have this year reaped their first crop; they are also doing very well. Rev. Mr. Dmytrow does not, however, report so favorably of the condition of those who came last spring from Bukowina. They were not provided with means; and he hopes that the government will come to their assistance to enable them to get through their first winter in the country; indeed he says it is absolutely necessary that this should be done. They number over twenty-five families. The people are seriously hampered by their distance from market and lack means of communication with the outside world. The mail is carried to Edna only once in two weeks; and the rev. gentleman urges very strongly that at least a weekly service be granted. He thinks it would be a great advantage to the settlers if – he could, as was done in the case of Dauphin, induce one of their fellow countrymen able to speak English, to come from Pennsylvania and open a grocery store in the colony. But for the drawbacks indicated he thinks that the colony in question would be the best of all the Ruthenian colonies; taking things as they are, however, he earnestly advises that no more destitute families be sent to that part. The remoteness of the locality and the lack of means of communication render it impossible for poor people to find employment by which they can earn a little money. A priest is expected to come from Galicia this coming winter to take charge of the Alberta colony under the Roman Catholic bishop of St. Albert."

Dmytriw’s records showed 15 families, with children, 78 persons, were settled in Trembowla, the oldest Ukrainian settlement in the vicinity of Dauphin in 1897. In Winnipeg, the population was 200, some spending their winter in the Immigration Hall, waiting to leave for their homesteads in spring, while others had decided to stay in the city and were looking for employment. As the first Ukrainian priest to visit the prairies, Dmytriw began organizing the first Ukrainian religious groups in the area.

While in Alberta in 1897, Dmytriw was informed by Bishop Legal that, “It would be impossible to have two Catholic churches in Canada.” Dmytriw advised the Ukrainian immigrants to be wary of the French clergy, when Legal “secured land for the Ukrainian Catholic Church in Edna-Star, then tried to have it registered with his episcopal corporation without consulting the settlers.”

When living in Canada, Dmytriw worked at the immigration bureau in Winnipeg. This helped him in his religious endeavors, giving him the funds to travel throughout the western provinces. The Ukrainian settlers were poor and could not help him in this respect.

Departure
Dmytriw was only in Canada until August 1898. During his stay, he organized the first Ukrainian parishes in Trembowla, Manitoba, Stuartburn, Manitoba, and Edna, Alberta and was an advocate of a separate Ukrainian Catholic Church in Canada. This was initially opposed by the Canadian Catholic hierarchy, especially Archbishop Adélard Langevin, but came to fruition with the appointment of Nykyta Budka as apostolic exarch for Ukrainian Canadian Catholics.

Father Nestor Dmytriw died on May 27, 1925, in Elizabeth, New Jersey.

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Wikipedia:WikiProject UK geography/Archive

Archive COTM discussions. Please do not edit the discussions.

Rutland (October 2006)
I'd like to nominate Rutland and it's 50 or so villages as collaboration of the month for October 2006. This would coincide with OpenStreetMap's mapping party which is planned for the weekend of October 14/15 2006. See OpenStreetMap party invite for details. 80N 15:42, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Support. I don't know if I'll make it along to the party (don't know what my work load will be that far in advance), but I'll certainly have a go writing about physical geography and economy. Joe D (t) 21:22, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

Belfast (September 2006)
As per the proposed goals, Belfast should have been brought up to FA status by June of this year. I propose that this article be made a priority for next month's collaboration, rescinding other proposals. Belfast is one of the major cities of the UK, and is one of the four regional capital cities, and as such it is surely one of the core (either there, or thereabouts) articles of this project. --Mal 18:11, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

 * Count my vote in. Not only is it one of the regional capitals, it greatly contributed to the UK during the wars with its creation of and still creation today of missiles, and bullets, etc. It was part of the industrial revolution of the Victorian era. As insignificant it is today, it was at one time a global-port and has its fair share of involvment in history, letalone its own history. --Dom0803 21:10, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

Dartmoor (Feb 06)
National Park for a change? Joe D (t) 23:11, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

Norfolk (Jan 06)
Third shortest. Joe D (t) 30 June 2005 22:53 (UTC)
 * 1) Support -- Joolz 2 July 2005 19:17 (UTC)

Nottinghamshire (Dec)
Second shortest. Joe D (t) 30 June 2005 22:53 (UTC)

 * Support. -  G-Man  21:54, 10 August 2005 (UTC)

Northumberland (July)
Interesting county and a good chance for us southerners to research something new. Joe D (t) 21:45, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Support - Read above for why! -- Joolz 00:12, 7 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Hampshire (June 05)
Proposing because this already has some good info so it doesn't need as much work as other articles. Joe D (t) 10:51, 27 May 2005 (UTC)

 * Seconded. My home county so I can contribute a lot here. Grunners 10:33, 28 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Support - A nice easy one to cleanup whilst the project gets up and running. -- Joolz 01:12, 29 May 2005 (UTC)

London
Good article length, needs cleaning up and making sure it's a comprehensive encyclopaedic article before proposing as a FAC. Joe D (t) 10:51, 27 May 2005 (UTC)

 * The London article does need some work, but it might be better to organise it through the WikiProject_London project -- Joolz 18:39, 27 May 2005 (UTC)

 * Agreed. Have done a lot to the transport section, as well as creating some of the borough etc. articles, but as Joolz said, may well be a project for elsewhere due to its scale. Grunners 10:35, 28 May 2005 (UTC)


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Gauge (firearms)

The gauge (in American English or more commonly referred to as bore in British English) of a firearm is a unit of measurement used to express the inner diameter (bore diameter) of the barrel.

Gauge is determined from the weight of a solid sphere of lead that will fit the bore of the firearm and is expressed as the multiplicative inverse of the sphere's weight as a fraction of a pound, e.g., a one-twelfth pound lead ball fits a 12-gauge bore. Therefore with a 12-gauge, it would take 12 balls of lead of the same size as the 12 gauge shotgun's inner bore diameter to weigh 1 pound (454 grams). The term is related to the measurement of cannons, which were also measured by the weight of their iron round shot; an eight-pounder would fire an 8 lb (3.6 kg) ball.

Gauge is commonly used today in reference to shotguns, though historically it was also used in large double rifles, which were made in sizes up to 2 bore during their heyday in the 1880s, being originally loaded with black powder cartridges. These very large rifles, called "elephant guns", were intended for use primarily in Africa and Asia for hunting large dangerous game.

Gauge is commonly abbreviated as "ga.", "ga", or "G".

Calculating gauge
An n-gauge diameter means that a ball of lead (density 11.34 g/cm3 or 0.4097 lb/in3) with that diameter has a mass equal to $1⁄n$ part of the mass of the international avoirdupois pound (approx. 454 grams), that is, that n such lead balls could be cast from a pound weight of lead. Therefore, an n-gauge shotgun or n-bore rifle has a bore diameter (in inches) of approximately

 * $$d_n = 2 \sqrt[3]{\frac{3}{4\pi} \frac{1\mathrm{~lb} / n}{ 0.4097\mathrm{~lb/in^3}}}$$

Explanation:

 * Divide 1 pound by n to find the mass of each one of the balls
 * Divide it by 0.4097 lb/in3 (density of lead) to find the volume of each ball
 * Multiply it by $3⁄4$ and divide it by pi, then find its cube root (rearranged from the volume of a sphere equation) to find the radius of each ball
 * Multiply it by 2 to change from radius to diameter

This simplifies to the following formula for the internal diameter of the barrel of an n-gauge shotgun:
 * $$d_n=1.67/\sqrt[3]n$$ (in inches), or $$d_n=42.4/\sqrt[3]n$$ (in millimeters).

Likewise, given the diameter in inches, the gauge is
 * $$n=4.66/d_n^3$$

The gauge of firearms is determined by: 1 pound/gauge = weight of lead sphere. Caliber of the bore is then measured.

Bore sizing
Since shotguns were not originally intended to fire solid projectiles, but rather a compressible mass of shot, the actual diameter of the bore can vary. The fact that most shotgun bores are not cylindrical also causes deviations from the ideal bore diameter.

The chamber of the gun is larger, to accommodate the thickness of the shotshell walls, and a "forcing cone" in front of the chamber reduces the diameter down to the bore diameter. The forcing cone can be as short as a fraction of an inch, or as long as a few inches on some guns. At the muzzle end of the barrel, the choke can constrict the bore even further, so measuring the bore diameter of a shotgun is not a simple process, as it must be done away from either end.

Shotgun bores are commonly "overbored" or "backbored", meaning that most of the bore (from the forcing cone to the choke) is slightly larger than the value given by the formula. This is claimed to reduce felt recoil and improve patterning. The recoil reduction is due to the larger bore producing a slower acceleration of the shot, and the patterning improvements are due to the larger muzzle diameter for the same choke constriction, which results in less shot deformation. A 12-gauge shotgun, nominally 18.5 mm, can range from a tight 18 mm to an extreme overbore of 20 mm. Some also claim an increased velocity with the overbored barrels, up to 15 m/s, which is due to the larger swept volume of the overbored barrel. Once only found in expensive custom shotguns, overbored barrels are now becoming common in mass-marketed guns. Aftermarket backboring is also commonly done to reduce the weight of the barrel and move the center of mass backward for a better balance. Factory overbored barrels generally are made with a larger outside diameter, and will not have this reduction in weight—though the factory barrels will be tougher, since they have a normal barrel wall thickness.

Firing slugs from overbored barrels can result in very inconsistent accuracy, as the slug may be incapable of obturating to fill the oversized bore.

Gauges in use

The six most common shotgun gauges, in descending order of size, are the 10 gauge, 12 gauge, 16 gauge, 20 gauge, 28 gauge, and .410 bore. By far the most popular is the 12 gauge, particularly in the United States. The 20-gauge shotgun is the next most popular size, being favored by shooters uncomfortable with the weight and recoil of a 12-gauge gun, and is popular for upland game hunting. The next most popular sizes are the .410 bore and the 28 gauge. The least popular sizes are the 10 gauge and the 16 gauge, while far less common than the other four gauges, they are still commercially available.

Shotguns and shells exceeding 10 gauge, such as the 8 gauge, 6 gauge, 4 gauge, and 2 gauge are historically important in the United Kingdom and elsewhere in mainland Europe. Today, they are rarely manufactured. Shells are usually black powder paper or brass cartridges, as opposed to modern smokeless powder plastic or wax cartridges.

The 18, 15, 11, 6, 3, and 2 gauge shells are the rarest of all; owners of these types of rare shotguns will usually have their ammunition custom loaded by a specialist in rare and custom bores. The 14 gauge has not been loaded in the United States since the early 20th century, although the 2+9/16 in hull is still made in France. The very small 24 and 32 gauges are still produced and used in some European and South American countries. Punt guns, which use very large shells, are rarely encountered.

Also seen in limited numbers are smoothbore firearms in calibers smaller than .360 such as .22 Long Rifle (UK No. 1 bore) and 9mm Flobert rimfire (UK No. 3 bore), designed for short-range pest control and garden guns. The No. 2 bore (7 mm) has long been obsolete. All three of these rimfires are available in shot and BB-cap.

Gauge and shot type

The 10 gauge narrowly escaped obsolescence when steel and other nontoxic shot became required for waterfowl hunting, since the larger shell could hold the much larger sizes of low-density steel shot needed to reach the ranges necessary for waterfowl hunting. The move to steel shot reduced the use of 16 and 20 gauges for waterfowl hunting, and the shorter, 2+3/4 in, 12-gauge shells as well. However, the 3+1/2 in 12-gauge shell, with its higher SAAMI pressure rating of 14,000 psi compared to standard 2+3/4 in and 3 in 12-gauge shells with their lower pressure rating of 11,500 psi, began to approach the performance of the 3+1/2 in 10-gauge shells with a pressure rating of 11,000 psi. Newer nontoxic shots, such as bismuth or tungsten-nickel-iron alloys, and even tungsten-polymer blends, regain much or all of the performance loss, but are much more expensive than steel or lead shot. However, laboratory research indicates that tungsten alloys can actually be quite toxic internally.

Bore sizes used in the United Kingdom
Legend: left side is the bore size, right side is the case length

 * 2 bore: 3+1/2 in
 * 4 bore: 3+1/4 ,
 * 6 bore
 * 8 bore: 3 ,
 * 10 bore: 2+9/16 ,
 * 12 bore: 1+3/4 ,
 * 14 bore: 2+1/2 in
 * 16 bore: 2+1/2 ,
 * 20 bore: 2+1/2 ,
 * 24 bore: 2+1/2 in
 * 28 bore: 2+1/2 ,
 * 32 bore: 2+1/2 in
 * .410 bore: 2 ,
 * .360 bore: 1+3/4 in
 * 9 mm (No. 3 bore) short rimfire, 9 mm (No. 3 bore) long rimfire
 * 7 mm (No. 2 bore) rimfire
 * 6 mm (No. 1 bore) short rimfire, 6 mm (No. 1 bore) long rimfire

Conversion guide

The table below lists various gauge sizes with weights. The bores marked * are found in punt guns, obsolete, or rare weapons only. However, 4 gauge was sometimes found used in blunderbuss guns made for coach defense and protection against piracy. The .410 and 23 mm are exceptions; they are actual bore sizes, not gauges. If the .410 bore and 23 mm diameters were measured using more traditional means, they would be equivalent to 67.62 gauge (.410 bore) and 6.278 gauge (23 mm), respectively.

Note: Use of this table for estimating bullet masses for historical large-bore rifles is limited, as this table assumes the use of round ball, rather than conical bullets; for example, a typical 4-bore rifle from circa 1880 used a 2000 gr bullet, or sometimes slightly heavier, rather than using a 4 oz round lead ball. (Round balls lose velocity faster than conical bullets and have much steeper ballistic trajectories beyond about 75 yd) In contrast, a 4-bore express rifle often used a 1500 gr bullet wrapped in paper to keep lead buildup to a minimum in the barrel. In either case, assuming a 4 oz mass for a 4-bore rifle bullet from this table would be inaccurate, although indicative.

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I changed the Canadian bio stub to a musician stub because the other members of The Arcade Fire who are mentioned are also musician stubs. While they're from Canada, it seems better to have the same stub for each member. --Klaser 03:16, 31 May 2005 (UTC)

WTF?
Honestly, this entire article feels like nonsense to me. I'm not sure what's vandalism and what's actual biographical information. Could someone sort this article out? Burndownthedisco talk 22:03, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, looks like someone packed this full of misinformation.--Ossanha 21:26, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

He was referring to the version as of 29 May. It sounded more like a fan review rather than an encyclopedia article. It was not packed full of misinformation when you touched it up. SWik78 22:12, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

Can we get some discography? Are they really important or is it a COI issue w. the poster? Seems pretty lame to me and i vote for omission...

Mormon
Is Win still a Mormon.71.34.106.57 (talk) 00:57, 5 January 2010 (UTC)

No, definitely not. I'm not wholly sure he ever really was, and I'm pretty sure he's agnostic at best now. I can't find the interview I'm thinking of, but that's my understanding. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.204.236.133 (talk) 01:02, 23 July 2010 (UTC)

He rarely talks about his spirituality, but from what I can tell he's agnostic AnTrash (talk) 20:54, 27 April 2020 (UTC)

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Richard Bienert

Richard Bienert (September 5, 1881 – February 2, 1949) was a Czech high-ranking police officer and politician. He served as prime minister of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia from January 19 to May 5, 1945. After World War II he was sentenced to prison for collaboration with Nazis.

Career
Born in Prague, Bienert came from a family of magistrates clerks from that city and after he finished law studies at Prague University he also entered the state service. Some of his ancestors were of German-Bohemian ethnic descent and had assimilated into Czech society. From 1906 he worked as a police official for police in Prague and in January 1918 he even became a clerk in the Presidium of the Police in Prague. During World War I Bienert cooperated closely with the Czech resistance movement and after the proclamation of Czechoslovak independence in October 1918 he was rewarded with an appointment to the position of Prague Police Director. Later in the 1930s he also became the Provincial President in the Land of Bohemia.

After the German occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1939, he was briefly arrested by the Germans but soon released in exchange for a pledge of loyalty. In 1942, after prime minister Eliáš was arrested by Heydrich, Bienert was appointed to minister of interior under the new prime minister Jaroslav Krejčí. In 1945 Bienert replaced Krejčí in this position and at the same time also served as the substitute for seriously ill president Hácha.

In an agreement with state secretary Frank, Bienert tried to broadcast the statement on the dissolution of the Protectorate (which should be replaced by Czech puppet state still controlled by Germans) on 5 May 1945. However the same morning the Prague uprising broke out and Bienert was captured by insurgents in the broadcasting room of City Hall.

After the end of World War II, Bienert was tried for treason and collaboration with the Nazis, but because of many mitigating circumstances he was sentenced to only three years in prison. Due to poor health, he was released prematurely in 1947, and died in Prague two years later.

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Bellarion the Fortunate

Bellarion the Fortunate, published in 1926, is an historical novel by Rafael Sabatini. Set at the beginning of the 15th century in northern Italy, it takes place first in the Marquessate of Montferrat and later in the Duchy of Milan. Most of its characters, including Gian Galeazzo Visconti, Gian Maria Visconti, Facino Cane, Filippo Maria Visconti, and Francesco Bussone da Carmagnola, were real historical figures; the scheming title character is the notable exception.

Plot summary
The narrative is presented as the author's compilation of histories of Bellarion's life, in particular that of one Fra Serafino of Imola. Bellarion, abandoned as a child and raised in an abbey, departs as a young man with a letter of introduction from the respected abbot, intending to study in Pavia. He meets and travels with a Franciscan friar, but discovers that someone has robbed him of his money and letter. Upon arriving in Casale, the capital of Montferrat, he finds himself pursued by the authorities, who suspect him of complicity with the false friar, actually a well-known scoundrel named Lorenzaccio da Trino. He flees until he reaches a palace and enters by a garden door which he is surprised to find unlocked. A beautiful lady admits him, bolts the door, and takes pains to hide him from his pursuers. They arrive, and Bellarion listens to her rebuff them, discovering that she is the Princess Valeria of Montferrat.

When the Guard depart, Valeria quizzes Bellarion, mistaking him for a messenger she had been expecting, asking after Giufreddo and Lord Barbaresco. He corrects her misapprehension, but, sensing an intrigue and anxious to impress her, offers in return for her kindness to carry a message to Lord Barbaresco. She distrusts him, but charges him simply to ask what has become of Giufreddo, who Bellarion assumes is the previous messenger, and how Barbaresco's plan is progressing.

He discovers that Barbaresco and a group of friends, including Valeria's trusted confidante Enzo Spigno, are plotting the murder of Theodore, Valeria's uncle, who is serving Regent of Montferrat until Valeria's brother, the rightful Marquis, reaches majority. Theodore is plotting to keep the throne for himself, and is doing so by corrupting his nephew and rendering him unable to rule. Bellarion continues to investigate the matter, despite Valeria's wishing that he would leave her alone; he discovers that Spigno is a traitor to the group and is in the employ of Theodore, and consequently stabs him. As he escapes, the Guard captures him, and its captain recognizes him as the same companion of da Trino who had escaped a week before. He goes before the local high court, over which the Podestà presides, for the murder of Spigno. He tells the court that Spigno was murdered in a fight in the house at which Bellarion was not present, and claims to be the adoptive son of Facino Cane, a condottiere in Milan, as a delaying tactic.

The Podestà holds the case for the time being, intending to contact Facino to verify whether Bellarion is truly his adoptive son; meanwhile, Theodore enters his prison cell, believing that he was a traitor to Valeria and loyal to himself, and affords him means to escape, unaware that he did in fact murder Spigno. Bellarion travels thence to Milan.

Upon nearing Milan, he is attacked by dogs commanded by Gian Maria Visconti, the despotic and cruel Duke of Milan and the son of Gian Galeazzo Visconti. He kills one, becoming soaked in dog's blood, and the rest become pacified, unwilling to attack someone who smells like one of them. Gian Maria believes this is some manner of witchcraft and takes Bellarion to Milan to interrogate him, whereupon Facino Cane, who has heard that his supposed adoptive son has arrived, takes possession of him. Bellarion explains his past to Facino, who thinks it highly amusing, and shortly sets about formalizing the adoption.

The story continues to follow the career of Bellarion, who becomes a true and loyal son to Facino Cane, then pledges loyalty to Cane's widow after Facino dies. There are numerous twists and turns to the plot as Bellarion rises in rank to become an important mercenary captain. He serves Valeria in many ways, and that story takes over the plot.

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Carroll Baker simply put is one of Canada's national treasures. She is an icon in Canadian country music, having won virtually every award in country music. From Juno awards to Canadian Country Music awards for female vocalist of the year, best album of the year, best selling album of the year, artist of the year, entertainer of the year, and has been inducted into the Canadian Country music Hall of Fame, The Canadian Country Music Hall of Honour, The Nova Scotia country music Hall of Fame, recipient of The Ontario Lifetime Achievement Award, The Nova Scotia Lifetime Achievement Award, received the Martin Guitar Lifetime Achievement Award and the Martin Guitar Humanitarian Award for her charity work. She was twice named international Female Vocalist/Entertainer of the year in Houston,Texas competing against such notable performers as Dolly Parton, Barbara Mandrell, Tammy Whynette and Anne Murray to name a few. Carroll Baker was the first Canadian performer to do a television special in Nashville and from the stage of the Grande Ole'Opry. She has performed in London, England at the London Palladium and Wembley Stadium. She was the first Canadian country music performer to receive certified Gold and Platinum records for her record sales in Canada. She also received a Gold album in Australia for her album Hymns of Gold. Carroll Baker continues to tour and perform to sell out shows and keeps making new fans wherever she performs. As a songwriter she has scored several number one records with songs she recorded herself, and has had others record her material, from Canada's Eddie Eastman, to superstar Tom Jones. She has had more than twenty number one records and her record sales are in the millions world wide. She has recorded duets with Eddie Eastman, rock and roll legend Jack Scott and famed Roger Whittaker. Having appeared on televiion in Canada, The United States, The United Kingdom and throughout Europe has gained her popularity that makes every Canadian proud to have her as a daughter of Canada. A proud Canadian she is, and has never left her country to live elsewhere. Only a few other Canadian super stars have remained as patriotic as she has. Carroll Baker is one of Canada's brightest shining Northern Lights. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.50.48.246 (talk • contribs) 03:19, 31 May 2005 (UTC)

Awards and achievements
This is a long and detailed list that I moved to talk. We can move the significant parts back to the article but some of these entries are bordering on the trivial (and I think some are trivia). RJFJR (talk) 17:22, 11 December 2010 (UTC)

 * Juno Awards - Three time winner for female vocalist of the year.
 * Canadian County music awards
 * Multiple winner of female vocalist of the year
 * Entertainer of the year
 * Artist of the year
 * Album of the year
 * Best selling album of the year foreign or domestic {Hymns of Gold} and {Christmas Carroll}
 * Three certified gold records for sales {first Canadian country singer to receive a gold record} Albums certified, Carroll Baker, Twenty Country Classics, and Hymns of Glory and Inspiration.
 * First Canadian country singer to receive Gold record sales status.
 * Three platinum records for certified record sales {first Canadian country singer to receive platinum record}
 * More than twenty number one records, fourteen of which were consecutive number one records
 * First Canadian country singer to do a television special from Nashville and the stage of the Grand Ole Opry
 * First Canadian country singer to have the cover of TV Guide
 * First Canadian country singer to be featured on the cover of virtually every newspaper or magazine in Canada
 * First country singer to appear at the famed Imperial Room in Toronto
 * Winner of International Female/Entertainer of the year in Houston Texas twice winning the award competing against such notables as Dolly Parton, Barbara Mandrell and Anne Murray to name a few.
 * Hosted her own television series for CBC television {Carroll Baker's Jamboree}
 * Appeared on the stage of the famous London Palladium in London England and also at Wembley Stadium.
 * Received a Gold record in Australia for her Hymns of Gold
 * Toured extensively throughout Great Britain and parts of the United States
 * Recorded duets with Canadian Eddie Eastman, Terry Carisse, legendary rock and roller Jack Scott and world renowned Roger Whitacker

Inductee into the following Halls of Fame and other notable achievements

 * Canadian Country music hall of fame
 * Nova Scotia hall of fame
 * Ontario Lifetime achievement award
 * Nova Scotia Lifetime achievement award
 * Martin Guitar Lifetime achievement award
 * Martin Guitar Humanitarian award
 * Country Music Hall of honour inductee
 * Appeared as a feature performer on the record Tears are not enough and in the video of the making of tears are not enough
 * Guested on numerous television shows in Canada, the United States and Great Britain
 * Recipient of many SOCAN songwriting awards
 * Has had her songs recorded by other artists including Eddie Eastman and the legendary Tom Jones
 * Carroll was nominated for Juno awards for Female country singer a record breaking period from the year 1972 to 1992 only missing one year when she took a sabbatical from the music industry. This record remains to this day for a female country music performer in Canada. She stopped recording in 1992 and who knows if she hadn't, she may still be in the hunt for the coveted award. Not only was she nominated for a Juno for country music, she was often nominated for top Female Vocalist along with Anne Murray, Carroll Pope, Celine Dion and other popular female vocalists.
 * Carroll was nominated for a Juno award in the category best country vocal duo or group along with Eddie Eastman for a collaboration on a song they recorded entitled Too Hot To Sleep Tonight.
 * Carroll was nominated for best selling album foreign or domestic for a Juno award for her top selling gospel album Hyms of Gold.

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Machine Teen

Machine Teen is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in Machine Teen #1 beginning in 2005. Adam Aaronson, a high school student, has a good life: he is captain of the all-star football team, a straight 'A' student and is liked by everyone. However, he discovers that he is really a robot created by the man he thought was his father, Isaac Aaronson.

Publication history
Machine Teen was a comic book published by Marvel Comics starting in July 2005, loosely based on Machine Man and created by Marc Sumerak and Mike Hawthorne. It was published as a five-issue mini-series and carried the Marvel Next logo. The main character of Machine Teen is Adam Aaronson.

Machine Teen appeared as a supporting character in Avengers Academy in issue #21 (Jan 2012) and issue #26 (April 2012).

Early life
Some years ago, Aaron Isaacs, a pioneering programmer and engineer in the field of robotics, made a breakthrough in Artificial intelligence making the Autonomously Decisive Automated Mechanism. But when he discovered his employer Holden Radcliffe had destroyed his work, Isaacs went on the run. He changed his name to Isaac Aaronson and built Adam, a Beta version of his A.I. project. Adam was programmed with false memories of a normal childhood and dead mother. Adam has a series of debilitating seizures caused by a logic loop in his program and suffers memory loss, systems overload and, finally, a total shutdown. Adam, having no idea what he is, acts like a normal teenager, and starts dating schoolmate Carly Whitmere. Adam's best friend, J.T. Hunt, knows he is a robot.

History 101001
The story begins with a brief prologue. It shows Dr. Aaron Isaacs running from armed guards. After getting shot in the leg, he quickly jumps on board a train, showing relief and holding a computer core.

Some time later, Dr. Isaacs, having changed his name to Aaronson, is watching a football game his son, Adam, is playing in. Adam wins the game by throwing a touchdown pass to another teammate; however, the football knocks into the player and sends him flying into the goal post to win the game. Everyone, especially Adam, is very surprised but cheer that they won the game and rush to Adam. Overwhelmed with everyone rushing to him, Adam has a seizure and passes out.

The next day, Adam meets with his best friend J.T., who asks if everything is alright, to which Adam says it is. Adam and J.T. see Adam's girlfriend Carly talking with the school security guard, Officer Michaels. Carly mentions to Adam that Michaels is interested with and wants to meet Adam. After making plans to meet Carly later, Adam goes to various classes as normal. After one class, Officer Michaels comes and brings Adam to the vice-principal's office. The vice-principal thinks Adam is taking steroids or illegal drugs, a notion started by Adam's high school rival, Ricky Sims. At football practice Ricky revealed he started the rumor that Adam was taking drugs. They have a brief fight, and Adam has another seizure. Dr. Aaronson is there and helps take the unconscious Adam home. Adam is later shown lying on an operating table, hooked up to various cables.

The next morning, Adam wakes up but does not remember the seizure at all, and seems to have forgotten certain information from the past couple of weeks, such as studying for a test that day. When Adam mentions he doesn't remember the seizure to his Dad, his Dad shrugs it off and says not to worry. During school he is called to the nurse's office. The nurse takes Adam's temperature and listens for his heartbeat, but is confused when she hears something strange (it is not revealed what she heard). After school he looks for J.T. and finds Ricky beating him up in an alley behind the school. Adam comes to J.T.'s defense and gets in another fight with Ricky. During the fight, Ricky accidentally shoves a piece of metal through Adam's hand and puts a hole through it. Adam sees the broken wires in his hand and, not sure what he is, has another seizure and passes out. Ricky goes to Officer Michaels and tells him that Adam is a robot. Ricky runs off and Michaels, in turn, calls Radcliffe about Adam, revealing Michaels works for Aaronson's former employer Holden Radcliffe.

Back at home, Adam wakes up on an operating table in the dark and overhears Isaac Aaronson talking with someone, and deciding not to wipe his memory this time. Adam then wakes up in his bed and thinks it was all a dream. He goes downstairs where his father was waiting for him and he tells Adam the truth: that he is a robot and that all of his memories have been fake. Adam initially believes his "father" is lying to him and says his memories, specifically about him falling off his bike when he was younger and being with his mom when she died, could not be fake. Aaronson shows Adam his blueprints, showing Adam that he was not lying. Confronted with this information, Adam becomes enraged and runs away. Seeing that Aaronson is alone, Michaels captures him and attacks Adam. After being shot but able to escape, Adam then goes to J.T.'s house and collapses. J.T. drags Adam inside and starts to reset Adam to blank his memory, revealing that J.T. knew Adam is a robot. Adam wakes up and quickly stops him, surprised J.T. knew about him.

Adam and J.T. run back to Adam's home, discovering the house trashed and his father missing. Aaronson is shown being interrogated by Michaels. The Holden Radcliffe Corporation is bent on getting their "stolen property" (Adam) back. J.T. reveals that before Adam was "born", J.T. worked for Aaronson as a lab assistant. One day he came across Adam's robotic body and since then was forced to keep the truth about Adam a secret. J.T. reveals an external harddrive Aaronson had previously hid, which he thinks might help Adam understand his situation. Adam plugs into the hard drive, but is then attacked by another of Radcliffe's agents. J.T. shocks the agent with a taser Aaronson had made and they escape. J.T. says he wasn't sure the taser would work on a "real" person, offending Adam accidentally. He apologized and said that Adam was not programmed to be his friend, and that he was human as he had free will. Adam calls Carly and has them meet them near the school. Carly unknowingly helps Radcliffe agents capture Adam, leading Office Michaels to Adam and J.T. and they are all captured.

Adam and his friends are brought to a building where Adam's father is. Adam is taken away and strapped to a table, where Radcliffe tries to hack into Adam and take control of him; however, he cannot. Adam manages to escape from Radcliffe, along with his father and friends, by tricking them in to thinking he is under their control. During the escape, Adam is nearly destroyed, and has to delay Radcliffe to let his father and friends escape. Dr. Aaronson escapes with Adam's computer core, which sets off a self-destruct sequence. Adam explodes, and Radcliffe and Michaels are killed in the explosion. One year later Adam is rebuilt, enters a new high school, Edison High School, and starts a new life.

The Initiative
Adam was considered as a "potential recruit" for the Initiative program, according to Civil War: Battle Damage Report.

Avengers Academy
Machine Teen is part of the new class of students when the Avengers Academy moves to the former headquarters of the West Coast Avengers. Machine Teen later leaves the Avengers Academy, alongside Rocket Racer.

Powers and abilities
As a humanoid robot, Adam has all the basic powers of an android. He has super strength, as seen when he easily rips open a steel door, freeing his friends from their captors. He also has limited durability, with bullets having little effect on him and being able to shrug off other physical attacks. Additionally, he has enhanced agility, as seen when he dodges opponents attacks and early on during the football game when he avoids the opponent players. As a robot, Adam has the ability to remember and easily memorize a lot of information.

In his appearances in Avengers Academy, it is shown that he is now able to telescopically extend his arms and legs.

Despite these strengths, Adam also has several weaknesses. One weakness is any electromagnetic pulse can disable, or possibly kill, him. This is evidenced when he threatens to kill himself with an electromagnetic device, that his dad had made, in order to stop Radcliffe from hurting his father and friends. Another weakness is there is the possibility Adam can be hacked and reprogrammed. However, his father stated that he heavily encrypted Adam's files, as even Radcliffe was not able to take control of him.

Before discovering his was a robot, Adam would suffer from seizures, which would cause him to pass out. These seizures were due to his mind not being able to understand why he could perform incredible feats of strength. When his seizures occur, Dr. Aaronson has to reboot him and wipe his memory. Since realizing why he had his abilities, Adam has not had this problem. While Adam is resistance to physical attacks, he can not resist high-powered attacks. While trying to escape Radcliffe, Adam is shot with a high-powered machine gun, which nearly destroys him. Parts of him are blown away and he's left barely able to move.

Adam's chest cavity houses his central computer core, which stores all his information. If the core is removed, his father installed a fail safe which would cause Adam to self-destruct, in order to prevent anyone from recreating him for other purposes. Adam is still able to function even without the data core, but it is unknown for how long, and it is unknown how long the self-destruct sequence is. Once the core is removed, the sequence is irreversible. While this destroys Adam's body, it also kills anyone in the vicinity, with the blast having a wide area of effect.

During the House of M event, Adam has several new features. While he is disassembled and experimented on, he is still able to talk and function properly. He is also able to reconnect his body parts with little issue, being able to draw his parts back to him. It is not explained what mechanism allows him to do so. Additionally, Adam can transform his arms into guns.

House of M
During the House of M event, Adam and his father joined up with A.I.M. after their lab was destroyed in an explosion by reactionary mutants. He gets captured and is for a while experimented on. When the Hulk and A.I.M. attack, Adam helps cause a distraction allowing the Hulk to win and conquer Australia. After this, he is called in by Bruce Banner to help with some paperwork. Adam, along with the rest of A.I.M., is ordered out of the country by the Hulk.

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Lead(II) acetate

Lead(II) acetate is a white crystalline chemical compound with a slightly sweet taste. Its chemical formula is usually expressed as Pb(CH3COO)2 or Pb(OAc)2, where Ac represents the acetyl group. Like many other lead compounds, it causes lead poisoning. Lead acetate is soluble in water and glycerin. With water it forms the trihydrate, Pb(OAc)2*3H2O, a colourless or white efflorescent monoclinic crystalline substance.

The substance is used as a reagent to make other lead compounds and as a fixative for some dyes. In low concentrations, it formerly served as the principal active ingredient in progressive types of hair colouring dyes. Lead(II) acetate is also used as a mordant in textile printing and dyeing, and as a drier in paints and varnishes. It was historically used as a sweetener and preservative in wines and in other foods and for cosmetics.

Production
Lead(II) acetate can be made by boiling elemental lead in acetic acid and hydrogen peroxide. This method will also work with lead(II) carbonate or lead(II) oxide.

 * Pb + H2O2 + 2 H(+) → Pb(2+) + 2 H2O
 * Pb(2+) + 2 AcO(-) → Pb(OAc)2

Lead(II) acetate can also be made by dissolving lead(II) oxide in acetic acid:

 * PbO + 2 AcOH -> Pb(OAc)2 + H2O

Lead(II) acetate can also be made via a single displacement reaction between copper acetate and lead metal:

 * Cu(OAc)2 + Pb → Cu + Pb(OAc)2

Structure
The crystal structure of anhydrous lead(II) acetate has been described as a 2D coordination polymer. In comparison, lead(II) acetate trihydrate's structure is a 1D coordination polymer. In the trihydrate, the Pb2+ ion's coordination sphere consists of nine oxygen atoms belonging to three water molecules, two bidentate acetate groups and two bridging acetate groups. The coordination geometry at Pb is a monocapped square antiprism. The trihydrate thermally decomposes to a hemihydrate, Pb(OAc)2·$1/undefined$H2O, and to basic acetates such as Pb4O(OAc)6 and Pb2O(OAc)2.

Uses
Lead acetate is used as a precursor to other lead compounds such as the various carbonate.

Niche and laboratory uses
Lead(II) acetate paper is used to detect the poisonous gas hydrogen sulfide. The gas reacts with lead(II) acetate on the moistened test paper to form a grey precipitate of lead(II) sulfide.

An aqueous solution of lead(II) acetate is a byproduct of the process used in the cleaning and maintenance of stainless steel firearm suppressors (silencers) and compensators when using a 1:1 ratio of hydrogen peroxide and white vinegar (acetic acid). The solution is agitated by the bubbling action of the hydrogen peroxide, with the main reaction being the oxidation of lead by hydrogen peroxide and subsequent dissolution of lead oxide by the acetic acid, which forms lead acetate. Because of its high toxicity, this chemical solution must be appropriately disposed by a chemical processing facility or hazardous materials centre. Alternatively, the solution may be reacted with sulfuric acid to precipitate nearly insoluble lead(II) sulfate. The solid may then be removed by mechanical filtration and is safer to dispose of than aqueous lead acetate.

Sweetener
Like other lead(II) salts, lead(II) acetate has a sweet taste, which led to its historical use as a sugar substitute in both wines and foods. The ancient Romans, who had few sweeteners besides honey, would boil must (unfiltered grape juice) in lead pots to produce a reduced sugar syrup called defrutum, concentrated again into sapa. This syrup was used to sweeten wine and to sweeten and preserve fruit. It is possible that lead(II) acetate or other lead compounds leaching into the syrup might have caused lead poisoning in those who consumed it. Lead acetate is no longer used in the production of sweeteners because of its recognized toxicity. Legislation prohibiting its use as a wine sweetener was ineffective until decades later, when chemical methods of detecting its presence had been developed.

The earliest confirmed poisoning by lead acetate was that of Pope Clement II, who died in October 1047. A toxicological examination of his remains conducted in the mid-20th century confirmed centuries-old rumors that he had been poisoned with lead sugar. It is not clear whether he was assassinated.

In 1787 painter and biographer Albert Christoph Dies swallowed, by accident, approximately 3//4 oz of lead acetate. His recovery from this poison was slow and incomplete. He lived with illnesses until his death in 1822.

Although the use of lead(II) acetate as a sweetener was already illegal at that time, composer Ludwig van Beethoven may have died of lead poisoning caused by wines adulterated with lead acetate (see also Beethoven's liver).

In the 1850s, Mary Seacole applied lead(II) acetate, among other remedies, against an epidemic of cholera in Panama.

In 1887, 38 hunting horses belonging to Captain William Hollwey Steeds were poisoned in their stables at Clonsilla House, Dublin, Ireland. At least ten of the hunters died. Captain Steeds, an "extensive commission agent", had previously supplied the horses for the Bray and Greystones Coach. It transpired that they had been fed a bran mash that had been sweetened with a toxic lead acetate.

Cosmetics
Lead(II) acetate, as well as white lead, has been used in cosmetics throughout history.

It was once used for men's hair colouring products like Grecian Formula. It was not until 2018 that the manufacturer removed lead acetate from the hair coloring product. Lead acetate has been replaced by bismuth citrate as the progressive colorant. Its use in cosmetics has been banned in Canada by Health Canada since 2005 (effective at the end of 2006) based on tests showing possible carcinogenicity and reproductive toxicity, and it is also banned in the European Union.

Medical uses
Lead(II) acetate solution was a commonly used folk remedy for sore nipples. In modern medicine, for a time, it was used as an astringent, in the form of Goulard's extract, and it has also been used to treat poison ivy.

Other historic uses
It was also used in making of slow matches during the Middle Ages. It was made by mixing a natural form of lead(II) oxide called litharge and vinegar.

Sugar of lead was a recommended agent added to linseed oil during heating to produce "boiled" linseed oil, the lead and heat acting to cause the oil to cure faster than raw linseed oil.

Lead(II) acetate ("salt of Saturn") was used to synthesise acetone which was then known as "spirit of Saturn" for being made with the salt of Saturn and thought to be a lead compound in the 17th century.

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Today in New York

Today in New York (displayed on-air as "Today in NY") is a local morning news and entertainment television program airing on WNBC, an NBC owned-and-operated television station in New York City. The program is broadcast each weekday morning from 4:30 to 7 a.m. Eastern Time, immediately preceding NBC's Today. Weekend editions of the program (branded as Weekend Today in New York) also air on Saturdays in two one-hour blocks from 6 to 7 a.m. and 8:30 to 9:30 a.m.; and on Sundays in one two-hour block from 5:30 to 8:00 a.m. and one one-hour block from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. (with Weekend Today airing in between the two Saturday blocks and Sunday Today with Willie Geist airing in between the two Sunday blocks).

The program maintains a general format of news stories, traffic reports and weather forecasts, but also includes sports summaries, and entertainment and feature segments. The local news cut-ins broadcast during Today (at approximately :26 and :56 minutes past the hour) are also branded as Today in New York. During the weekday edition, the anchors traditionally sign off with the sentence "The Today Show is next. That's what happening today in New York."

Broadcast history
Prior to becoming a full-fledged program, Today in New York existed as a brief summary of news headlines, weather, and sports, airing on WNBC-TV immediately preceding Today and usually running between five and 15 minutes in length. Beginning in 1983, with the launch of NBC News at Sunrise, Today in New York became a half-hour pre-taped interview show which ran at 6:00 a.m., prior to Sunrise at 6:30. In 1987 Today in New York returned to a news update format, and aired at 6:45 a.m. following the network business news show Before Hours.

When Before Hours was canceled by NBC in 1988, Today in New York was expanded to 30 minutes. Gradual expansions of the show's runtime followed: to one hour (6 to 7 a.m.) in 1990; to 90 minutes (starting at 5:30 a.m.) in 1994; to two hours (starting at 5:00 a.m.) by 1999; and to two-and-a-half hours (starting at 4:30 a.m.) in 2010. The program expanded to its current three-hour runtime (starting at 4:00 a.m.) on July 31, 2017. But on January 16, 2024, the program went back to 4:30.

Notable personalities
Jane Hanson served as the original anchor of the program. After being removed from the anchor desk of Live at Five in 1992, Tony Guida briefly co-anchored the program followed by Matt Lauer from 1992 to 1994 and Mary Civiello in 1997. Maurice DuBois followed as a co-anchor until he left for WCBS-TV in 2004; he was replaced by Rob Morrison.

Hanson, who remained with the station until November 2006 and later returned to WNBC as host of New York Live, was replaced by Darlene Rodriguez in 2003. After Morrison's departure in June 2008, Michael Gargiulo became co-anchor of the program.

Today in New York

 * Michael Gargiulo – co-anchor
 * Maria LaRosa – meteorologist
 * Darlene Rodriguez – co-anchor
 * Adelle Caballero – traffic reporter

Weekend Today in New York

 * Pat Battle – co-anchor
 * Gus Rosendale - co-anchor
 * Raphael Miranda – meteorologist; also MegaPhone interactive trivia host

Former personalities

 * Lynda Baquero – weekend anchor (still at WNBC)
 * Contessa Brewer - weekend anchor (now at CNBC)
 * Fran Charles – weekday sports anchor (now at MLB Network)
 * Maurice DuBois – weekday anchor (now at WCBS-TV)
 * Tony Guida – former weekday anchor (now at WCBS-AM)
 * Carolyn Gusoff – weekend anchor; then Sunday anchor; and back as weekend anchor (now at WCBS-TV and WLNY)
 * Jane Hanson – original weekday anchor
 * Janice Huff – weekend meteorologist (still at WNBC as Chief Meteorologist)
 * Matt Lauer – former weekday anchor (later anchored WNBC's Live at Five and for NBC News at Today)
 * Otis Livingston – weekday sports director (now at WCBS-TV and WLNY-TV)
 * Kaitlin Monte – MegaPhone interactive trivia host (later with KRIV in Houston)
 * Rob Morrison – weekend anchor (1999 to 2004) and then weekday anchor (2004 to 2008)
 * Perri Peltz – weekend anchor
 * Felicia Taylor – weekend anchor
 * David Ushery – weekend anchor (still at WNBC)
 * Joe Witte – former meteorologist (now a researcher at the Spaceflight Center)
 * Katherine Creag – field reporter, (died 2021)

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Anthony Smith (explorer)

Anthony John Francis Smith (30 March 1926 – 7 July 2014) was, among other things, a writer, sailor, balloonist and former Tomorrow's World television presenter. He was perhaps best known for his bestselling work The Body (originally published in 1968 and later renamed The Human Body), which has sold over 800,000 copies worldwide and tied in with a BBC television series, The Human Body, known in America by the name Intimate Universe: The Human Body. The series aired in 1998 and was presented by Professor Robert Winston.

Life and work
Smith read zoology at Balliol College, Oxford, became a pilot in the RAF and went on to write as a science correspondent for The Daily Telegraph. He also worked extensively in both television and radio, writing for several natural history programmes.

Smith's first expedition was to Persia, exploring the Qanat underground irrigation tunnels. This expedition was documented in his book Blind White Fish in Persia; a species of fish that he discovered and is named after him (Eidinemacheilus smithi). In 1977 he returned to Iran with a film crew and two cave divers Martyn Farr and Richard Stevenson who explored the cave where he had found the new species of fish.

Ballooning
In 1962, he led "The Sunday Telegraph Balloon Safari" expedition (with Douglas Botting), Alan Root and others, flying a hydrogen balloon from Zanzibar to East Africa, and then across the Ngorongoro crater (documented in Throw Out Two Hands). The following year he became the first Briton to cross the Alps in a balloon.

Jolly Boat
In the late 1990s, Smith was instrumental in securing an exhibit for the Imperial War Museum, London. The Jolly Boat, a small lifeboat launched from the SS Anglo Saxon on 21 August 1940 after its sinking by the German auxiliary cruiser Widder. It carried the surviving members of the ship's crew west across the Atlantic Ocean for sixty-eight days, before finally landing in Eleuthera. By the time the Jolly Boat made landfall, only two of the seven survivors of the attack were still alive.

For the next fifty years, the boat was kept by the Mystic Seaport Museum in Connecticut. Smith, personally interested in the story of the lifeboat, secured its return in 1997, after which it was restored for display in 1998 at the Imperial War Museum, London.

Crossing the Atlantic by raft
On 30 January 2011, Smith and a crew of three volunteers (Andrew Bainbridge, David Hildred and John Russell, none younger than 56) departed from La Gomera in the Canary Islands in a custom-built raft, with the intention of crossing the Atlantic Ocean within three months, eventually arriving in Eleuthera. The raft, which was given the name An-Tiki in reference to the Kon-Tiki raft used by Norwegian explorer and writer Thor Heyerdahl in his 1947 expedition from South America to the Polynesian islands, was assembled during November and December 2010.

The raft's superstructure consisted of a small hut within which the crew shared two bunks, while the hull was fashioned from plastic gas pipes which carried either supplies for ballast or air for buoyancy. Its facilities were designed to be modest and it was equipped with a gas stove for cooking and telegraph poles which would act as masts, as well as solar panels, a wind generator and a foot pump which would power its electronic devices, as the crew used computers and digital cameras to communicate with the outside world and document their journey. According to an article Smith wrote for The Daily Telegraph, in its final form the An-tiki measured approximately 40 ft by 18 ft. Its hut is approximately 20 ft by 7 ft.

Smith had been interested in crossing the Atlantic by raft as far back as 1952, when he devised a plan to begin somewhere in the Canary Islands and to rely on fresh fish as his source of food. "I was a student then and I ran out of money," he told the Telegraph. "But the idea has always niggled me." The voyage began as a concise advert listed in the Telegraph in 2006, which simply read: "Fancy rafting across the Atlantic? Famous traveller requires 3 crew. Must be OAP. Serious adventurers only."

From his applications, Smith recruited Robin Batchelor, also a professional balloonist, to help design and build the raft. AnTiki's crew consisted of David Hildred, a yacht master and civil engineer, and two experienced seamen Andy Bainbridge and John Russell. The crew set sail with the intention of raising money for the clean water charity WaterAid and completed their journey successfully on the island of St. Maarten in the Caribbean.

Smith then recruited another crew to join him on the final leg of the voyage to Eleuthera – Alison Porteous, Bruno Sellmer, Nigel Gallaher and Leigh Rooney. They departed St. Maarten on 6 April 2012 and 24 days later were washed up on the island of Eleuthera in a storm.

Books
Smith continued both travelling and writing well into his later years whilst residing in London, UK. In 2000 he wrote The Weather: The Truth About The Health of Our Planet and in 2003 wrote The Lost Lady of the Amazon: The Story of Isabela Godin and Her Epic Journey, detailing the experiences of Jean Godin des Odonais. The Old Man and the Sea: A True Story of Crossing the Atlantic by Raft was published posthumously in 2015.

Death
Smith died from acute respiratory failure on 7 July 2014, in Oxford, England, aged 88.

title: Anthony Smith (explorer)