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Lyceum of the Philippines University

Lyceum of the Philippines University (Pamantasang Liseo ng Pilipinas), also referred to by its acronym LPU, is a private, non-sectarian, coeducational higher education institution located at Intramuros in the City of Manila, Philippines. It was founded in 1952 by José P. Laurel, who was the third president of the Republic of the Philippines.

Two of LPU's prominent features are its entrance gate through the "Hall of Heroes", commonly known as "Mabini Hall", which exhibits busts of Philippine historical figures sculpted by the National Artist Guillermo Tolentino, and the "Lyceum Tower", which serves as the school's landmark.

Many disciplines are taught in the university, with International relations (diplomacy, international trade), business, communication and International Hospitality (hotel and restaurant management, tourism) consistently being the university's flagship courses.

The LPU has affiliate/branch campuses in Makati, Batangas, Laguna, Cavite and Davao.

History

Lyceum of the Philippines University was founded in 1952 by José P. Laurel, who became the third president of the Philippines, making LPU the only school founded by a Philippine president. He named the institution after lykeion, the grove in ancient Athens where Aristotle taught his pupils. Its educational vision is founded on principles that its founder, José P. Laurel, set down. It opened its gates to its first students on July 7, 1952.

The LPU Manila was built on the site where the old San Juan de Dios Hospital was located.

The university offers undergraduate and graduate programs in various fields including law, the liberal arts, diplomacy, international trade and journalism, as well as nursing, engineering, business and accountancy, mass communications, tourism, and hotel and restaurant management.

It was granted Autonomous Status by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED). It is a Category "A" teaching university in the Philippines. Category "A" assessment is the highest level in the Institutional Quality Assurance through Monitoring and Evaluation framework developed by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) as another means to assess and monitor the quality of an institution.

It is rated one of the Philippine's Top Universities by Commission on Higher Education (CHED) and the only university in the Philippines passed the accreditation of The Tourism and Hospitality Management Education, Center of Excellence or THE-ICE and hailed as one of the best Asian universities of QS 2022 ranking.

It is a member of the Intramuros Consortium which includes Mapúa University,Colegio de San Juan de Letran, and Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila (University of the City of Manila).

Four programs — Business Administration, Hotel and Restaurant Management, Liberal Arts, and Sciences — have Level 3 Reaccredited Status by the Philippine Association of Colleges and Universities Commission on Accreditation while its Computer Engineering, Information Technology, Tourism, Computer Science, Nursing, Master of Public Administration, Master of Business Administration were granted Level 2 Reaccredited Status by PACUCOA (Philippine Association of Colleges and Universities Commission on Accreditation).

In 2012, Lyceum marked its 60th foundation anniversary. The Philippine Postal Corporation, together with the LPU administration, released a commemorative stamp.

In 2013, President Benigno S. Aquino III formally recognized and awarded the Lyceum of the Philippines University – Manila with the Recognition for Commitment to Quality Management in the 16th Philippine Quality Award conferment ceremonies held in Malacañang Palace.

College of Arts and Sciences

Liberal Arts and Science programs are granted Level 3 Reaccredited Status by PACUCOA

History
The School of Arts and Sciences was one of the three original schools of the Lyceum of the Philippines University. It had an enrollment of 350 students when it first opened in 1952, with Prof. José A. Adeva Sr. as dean.

On June 15, 1953, Recognition Nos. 281 282 s. 1953 for Bachelor of Arts and Associate in Arts respectively were granted by the Department of Education.

Adeva was designated on May 17, 1962, as dean of the School of Humanities and Sciences. This was subsequently followed on May 21, 1962, by the integration of the different schools: the School of Arts and Sciences, Journalism, Foreign Service, Education, and Economics and Business Administration on May 21, 1962.

Presently, CAS is composed of the following departments: Department of Legal Studies, Department of Mass Communication and Journalism and Department of Psychology. Also in the CAS are the following General Education (GE) Departments: Department of English and Literature, Department of Filipino, Department of Humanities, Department of Mathematics, Department of Natural Sciences, Department of Physical Education, and Department of Social Science.

In terms of accreditation, the following programs are Level III 1st Re-accredited by the Philippine Association of Colleges and University Commission On Accreditation (PACUCOA): AB Mass Communication, AB Journalism, and AB Legal Studies while BS Psychology has been granted Level III Re-accredited Status.

The CAS has for its main thrust the development of its faculty, staff and students. This is achieved through faculty development seminars, classroom visitations, regular faculty meetings and periodic conferences with the Department Chairs.

The college also helps the Communication and Public Affairs Department (CPAD) in its promotion/marketing activities through the annual Brain Quest, JPL Cup and Media Forum regularly attended by public and private high schools in Metro Manila.

In 2014, the College of Arts and Sciences conducted the 1st UmalohokJUAN Awards, recognizing and awarding television and radio programs and personalities.

College of Business Administration
Business Administration program is granted Level 3 1st Reaccredited Status by PACUCOA Accountancy and Customs Administration program are granted Level 1 Formal Accredited Status by PACUCOA

History
In 1952, José P. Laurel opened the School of Commerce, headed by Senator Gil J. Puyat as its first dean, with Hilarion M. Henares as the vice dean. In 1955, the school graduated 53 students who joined the public and private sectors.

The School of Commerce was later expanded and became the School of Economics and Business Administration. In 1976, it became the College of Business Administration.

It produced seven topnotchers in the CPA Board Examination since 1992 and 14 in the Customs Brokers Licensure Examination since 1999.

College of Technology
Computer Science and Information Technology programs are granted Level 3 Reaccredited Status by PACUCOA.

History
In June 2001, the university decided to establish the College of Computer Studies (CCS) to cater to a rapidly increasing demand for IT Professionals. During the previous five years in which it was offered, the BS Computer Science Program had been under the administration of the College of Engineering (COE). When Lyceum decided to offer other Information Technology courses, the new college was established. By adding at least three new courses related to the Information Technology industry, Lyceum separated the Computer Science students from COE to set up the College of Computer Studies (CCS).

In 2015, the College of Computer Studies (CCS) and College of Engineering (COE) was merged and named College of Technology (COT).

History
In order to accommodate the increase in student population, and put together common resources and faculty, the College of International Hospitality Management (CIHM) was founded in November 1998. It was the first in the Philippines to use the appellation International Hospitality Management, the CIHM offered the BS HRM program, initially offered by the College of Business Administration (CBA) and the Bachelor of Science in Tourism (BST), originally under the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS).

The establishment of CIHM was introduced to the Council of Hotel and Restaurant Educators of the Philippines (COHREP), a professional organization of educators in the HRM program and to the Hotel and Restaurant Association of the Philippines (HRAP), a professional organization of hotels and restaurant industry members in 1999. In 2002, the CIHM also endeavored membership in the Tourism Educators in Schools, Colleges and Universities (TESCU). Participation was inactive after the first few years but in August 2009, the college joined the competitions sponsored by the organization with its new name, Union of Filipino Tourism Educators (UFTE) and has remained active since then.

CITHM Laboratory classes are in Le Cafe, an on-campus restaurant operated by students, frequented by the academic community and its guests, and a fully equipped mini hotel with a reception area, hotel suite and a housekeeping area. Aside from these, there are two mock hotel rooms that classes may use in teaching basic competencies in housekeeping. Supporting the development of skills in food and baking production, ample hands-on experiences are provided in the food laboratories, one with a basic kitchen design of ten stations, and the other laboratory with an institutional kitchen design that is close to restaurant kitchen designs, with seven stations. There are also three demonstrations laboratories, with two stations, used by the food laboratory classes from time to time. A beverage laboratory complete with a functional bar is also provided for hands-on learning on various beverage preparation and service techniques. A mock bar room has also been prepared for their increasing number of classes in Bar Management and Food & Beverage Service classes.

Students are also given industry computer applications using various programs such as Amadeus, Opera and an in-house front office software program. In lecture classes, the multimedia approach is used. The International Practicum Training Program is done through arrangements with local agencies and its partner agencies which coordinate with various establishments in Singapore and the United States of America.

In school year 2009–2010, the college's name was changed from CIHM to CITHM or College of International Tourism and Hospitality Management connected to the M.G.M. Hotels Holdings, U.S.A. CITHM is a winning School in the Philippines Culinary Cup and Apparent Host in the said yearly activity. The CITHM receives the Highest Accreditation program in its BSHRM and BSTourism respectively from COHREP. The Bay Leaf Hotel is the Highest project of the Lyceum CITHM. There is a new Bay Leaf Hotel in L.P.U. Cavite city.

Best Asian universities of QS 4 Star Quality Education Top.

History
The College of International Relations started out as the School of Foreign Service. It was administratively under the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS). It initially offered the Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service (BSFS) degree in School Year (SY) 1954–55, as authorized by the Department of Education under Recognition No. 35 Series of 1954. A total number of 1,000 enrollees in SY 1959-60 prompted its separatione from the CAS. José P. Laurel became the acting dean of the newly separated School of Foreign Service. It was later renamed College of Foreign Service. In 2005, the college was further renamed College of International Relations (CIR).

Since its establishment, the college had in its roster professors and teaching staff that included the late President Diosdado Macapagal, who became a Special Lecturer teaching Philippine Foreign Relations in 1969. Ten years later, former ambassador to the Holy See, Alberto Katigbak, in his capacity as dean of the college, initiated revisions to the BSFS curriculum.

The syllabi of practically all the CIR subjects have undergone revisions to bring them up to date, including Diplomatic Practice, Introduction to International Relations, Philippine Foreign Relations, Protocol and Etiquette, and International Organizations.

To strengthen the CIR faculty, new chairpersons were appointed. Ambassador Josue L. Villa, former Philippine ambassador to Thailand and to the People's Republic of China, joined in April 2006 as chairperson of the Department of Politics, Government and Diplomacy, and Ambassador Alfredo Almendrala, former Philippine ambassador to Myanmar and Consul General in San Francisco, as chairperson of the Department of International Trade, in addition to their appointment as special lecturer.

In addition to long-time professors Ambassador Dolores Sale, Ambassador Fortunato Oblena, and General Cesar Fortuno, new professors were added to the faculty: Ambassador Apolinario Lozada, Jr., Ambassador Phoebe Gómez; Ambassador Nestor Padalhin; Ruby Sakkam, a summa cum laude graduate of St. Scholastica College; and Gil Santos, veteran journalist and former bureau chief of Associated Press. Ambassador Aladin Villacorte, former Consul General of the Philippine Consulate General in Chicago and Consul General of the Philippine Consulate General in Xiamen, P.R. of China; Ambassador Emelinda Lee-Pineda and Ambassador Estrella Berenguel have also joined the faculty recently.

College of Nursing
Granted Level 2 1st Reaccredited Status by PACUCOA

On July 16, 2002, Perla Rizalina M. Tayco, Ph.D., an OD consultant, was commissioned by the president of Lyceum of Philippines, Roberto P. Laurel, to assist the institution in the Strategic Visioning Process towards the establishment of the College of Nursing. The application for Government Permit to operate the Bachelor of Science in Nursing was granted on the following dates.

College of Law
The College of Law has a separate campus in Salcedo Village, Makati, known as the Lyceum of the Philippines University – Makati Campus or Lyceum of the Philippines University College of Law.

Claro M. Recto Academy of Advanced Studies (CMR-AAS)
Public Administration and Business Administration master programs are granted Level 2 1st Reaccredited Status by PACUCOA.

Campuses and affiliated institutions
The Lyceum of the Philippines University has six major campuses, namely:

 * LPU Manila in Intramuros, Manila, the main campus of the university
 * LPU Makati at L.P. Leviste Street, Makati, houses the LPU College of Law
 * LPU Batangas in Batangas City, Batangas, formerly an autonomous institution named Lyceum of Batangas
 * LPU Laguna. in Calamba, Laguna, formerly an autonomous institution named Lyceum Institute of Technology
 * LPU Cavite in General Trias, dubbed as "the first and only resort campus in the Philippines
 * LPU Davao at C.P. Garcia Highway (Diversion Road), Sun City, Buhangin, Davao City, the first LPU campus outside Luzon

High schools

 * LPU International High School-Cavite Constructed as LPU Manila's High School Department.
 * LPU International High School-Batangas LPU Batangas' High School Department, which will be located in Batangas City and was scheduled to open in June 2013. It holds the mission of "Shaping Young Minds to Take the Lead!".
 * LPU International High School-Laguna Opened in June 2013 in response of the K-12 DepEd program.

Other LPU-related autonomous institutions of higher learning

 * LPU – St. Cabrini College of Allied Medicine, a joint effort between the Laguna campus of Lyceum of the Philippines University and St. Frances Cabrini Medical Center in Santo Tomas, Batangas.
 * Lyceum International Maritime Academy abbreviated as LIMA, located in LPU Batangas, which offers maritime education.
 * LPU Culinary Institute located at Intramuros, Manila.

Notable alumni

 * Rodrigo Duterte, 16th President of the Philippines, former mayor of Davao City
 * Feliciano Belmonte, Jr., representative of Quezon City's 4th District, former Speaker
 * Jinggoy Estrada, incumbent Philippine Senator
 * Alexander Gesmundo, 27th Chief Justice of the Philippines
 * Panfilo Lacson, former director-general of the Philippine National Police; current Philippine Senator
 * Robert Barbers, former Philippine Senator and Secretary of Interior and Local Government
 * Ernesto Herrera, former Philippine Senator
 * Bienvenido Laguesma, Secretary of the Department of Labor and Employment
 * Epimaco Velasco, former NBI Director
 * Antonio Leviste, former Batangas Governor
 * Grace Padaca, COMELEC commissioner and former governor of Isabela
 * Jaime Fresnedi, Congressman of Muntinlupa, Former Mayor of Muntinlupa
 * Cristy S. Fermin, showbiz columnist, TV host, radio anchor
 * Jun Cruz Reyes, National Book Awards and Palanca awarded novelist
 * Satur Ocampo, activist, journalist, writer, former Bayan Muna representative
 * Joel Lamangan, film and television director
 * Alfredo Gabot, PhilPost chairman
 * Reginaldo Tilanduca, City Mayor of Malaybalay, Congressman of Bukidnon; chairman, House Committee on Constitutional Amendments
 * Rene O. Villanueva, playwright and author; multi-Palanca awardee
 * Gary David, PBA player, Gilas Pilipinas player
 * Chico Lanete, PBA player
 * Ato Agustin, former PBA player; former head coach of the San Sebastian Stags in the NCAA; former head coach of Barangay Ginebra San Miguel in the PBA
 * Leo Austria, former PBA player; 6-time champion, head coach of the San Miguel Beermen
 * Joey Mente, former PBA player; 2001 PBA Slamdunk Champion
 * Henry Omaga-Diaz, news anchor and reporter, ABS-CBN News
 * Gus Abelgas, news anchor and reporter, ABS-CBN News
 * Susan Enriquez, news anchor, host and reporter, GMA News
 * Joel Reyes Zobel, radio personality, DZBB
 * Gerry Baja, radio anchor, DZMM, now DZRH
 * Cesar Montano, film and television actor
 * Jolo Revilla, film and television actor; Vice Governor of Cavite
 * Louise delos Reyes, film and television actress
 * Dino Imperial, film and television actor
 * Enzo Pineda, film and television actor
 * Dikki John Martinez, former National Figure Skating Champion; Disney on Ice skater
 * Johan Santos, film and television actor; former Pinoy Big Brother housemate
 * Paul Jake Castillo, actor; former Pinoy Big Brother housemate
 * DJ Chacha, radio DJ, formerly for MOR 101.9, now with 92.3 Radyo5
 * DJ Jhai Ho, radio DJ, formerly for MOR 101.9, now with MOR Entertainment
 * DJ Debbie Then, radio DJ, Magic 89.9

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The article was rewritten using my own personal knowledge of St. Thomas Aquinas High School as an alumnus of that school. Several of the facts I wrote are also present on the official school website, but they are all also general knowledge among the school's students, parents and alumni. So, I don't believe there is any copyright problem in this article whatsoever. Please point out to me what is illegally copyrighted material included in this article and I will remove it. I will do whatever is necessary to allow an article on this St. Thomas Aquinas High School to be posted on Wikipedia. It seems that my article is no different than a similar article posted regarding St. Xavier High School in Cincinnati Ohio, and that article was allowed..

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I'm going to write an article on the St. Thomas Aquinas high School in Fort Lauderdale. Its achievements seem very notable. I think that both articles should append "in (their city)" so that both can coexist. Would such a move be okay with those involved with this article? → St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Louisville.Kushboy 00:05, August 10, 2005 (UTC)

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I deleted the line about the school requiring community service for graduation. I am currently a senior at St. Thomas, and no such requirement exists. Starsquare16 16:51, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

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Someone should make an infobox for the school, since the article contains quite a bit of sufficient info to be put into it. -- Dan Leveille TALK 03:52, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

and here is your infobox
i also posted this on the school's main page  enjoy  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Drewy747 (talk • contribs) 04:36, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

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I removed quite a bit of stuff from the article as it was loaded with copyrighted and unreferenced material. The entire section on the seal was a cut-and-paste from the school's website. Not only is that a copyright violation (even with a link to the website), but it's in violation of Wikipedia's "Not a Mirror" policy. Also, unless the seal has been covered in the media somehow, it really doesn't need an entire section of its own in an article like this. If it has some significant history behind it, it can easily be included in a history section if needed. Next, there were lots of "was well known" or "is known for". Remember, Wikipedia is for a worldwide audience, so few outside (and not everyone inside) "knows about" this school for their sports or academics, or whatever. When a statement like that is made it needs to come from a reliable third-party source. Most times, schools are somewhat known locally for certain things, but once you leave that small geographic area, no one has even heard of the school. That goes with some of the word choices too, like "rigorous" or "quality", words that are point of view and are highly subjective. Unless they have a reliable and neutral source (i.e. not the school's own website), the words shouldn't be there. Most of the notable alumni were removed because, well, they aren't notable. Basically, if the person has a Wikipedia article, list them. If not, don't list them. There are rare exceptions to that policy, but the Notable alumni sections are to list notable people, not just successful people from the school. The notability has to be from Wikipedia's notability standard, not the school's. I removed the whole "clubs and activities" section because it was just about the Junior Classical League club. Those sections were mass added to numerous high school articles based on one website, regardless of whether the local OJCL chapter was even functioning or active. The article could use a referenced history section on the school itself and much more on academics (what kinds of classes are offered? Any that are unique or notable?). Remember when writing the article, it's not to promote the school; this is an encyclopedia article about the school. Be sure to read WP:BOOSTER too. --JonRidinger (talk) 04:45, 2 July 2011 (UTC)

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Electoral division of Katherine

Katherine is an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly in Australia's Northern Territory. The electorate was first created in 1987, replacing the abolished Elsey seat, and derives its name from the Katherine River. Katherine encompasses both urban and rural areas, covering an area of 6,745 km² and taking in the city of Katherine, as well as the Binjari Aboriginal Community.

History
The city of Katherine has historically been a conservative bastion, making the seat of the same name a very safe Country Liberal Party seat for most of its first three decades. Its first member, Mike Reed, was Deputy Chief Minister of the Northern Territory from 1995 to 2001. Reed retired in 2003 and was succeeded at a by-election by Fay Miller, who survived a large swing to Labor to retain the seat for the CLP. Miller narrowly held onto her seat in Labor's landslide victory at the 2005 election, weathering another massive swing to Labor that surprised commentators on election night. In the end, however, Miller was left as one of only two CLP MLAs in the Top End. She retired at the 2008 election and was succeeded by Willem Westra van Holthe, who picked up a swing large enough to revert Katherine to its traditional status as a safe CLP seat. The 2012 election saw Westra van Holthe seemingly consolidate his grip on Katherine when he boosted his majority to 22.3 percent, making it the safest seat in the Territory.

At the 2016 election, Westra van Holthe suffered a swing just barely exceeding the one he had picked up in 2012, and narrowly lost the seat to Labor's Sandra Nelson after a shock victory in the seat. It was the first time that Labor had won a Katherine-based seat. Nelson retired at the 2020 election and the seat was won by the CLP's Jo Hersey.

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James Deahl

James Deahl (born 1945) is a Canadian poet and publisher. He is known for his 1987 collaboration with Milton Acorn, A Stand of Jackpine.

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Nasi (Hebrew title)

Nasi (נָשִׂיא) is a title meaning "prince" in Biblical Hebrew, "Prince [of the Sanhedrin]" in Mishnaic Hebrew. Certain great figures from Jewish history have the title, including Judah ha-Nasi, who was the chief redactor of the Mishnah as well as nasi of the Sanhedrin.

In Modern Hebrew, its meaning has changed to "president".

Genesis and ancient Israel
The noun nasi (including its grammatical variations) occurs 132 times in the Masoretic Text of the Hebrew Bible and is usually translated "prince", or occasionally "captain." The first use is for the twelve "princes" who will descend from Ishmael, in the Book of Genesis (Lech-Lecha, ), and the second use (in Chayei Sarah ), is the Hittites recognising Abraham as "a godly prince" ( nǝśi ʾǝlohim).

In the Book of Leviticus (Vayikra, ), in the rites of sacrifices for leaders who err, there is the special offering made by a nasi.

In the Book of Numbers (Naso ), the leader of each tribe is referred to as a nasi, and each one brings a gift to the Tabernacle. In, occurring 38 years later in the Biblical story, the nǝśiʾim (נְשִׂיאִים, plural) of each tribe are listed again, as the leaders responsible for apportioning tribal inheritances.

Later in the history of ancient Israel, the title of nasi was given to the Kings of Judah. Similarly, the Mishnah defines the nasi of Leviticus 4 to mean the king.

Second Temple period
During the Second Temple period (c. 530 BCE – 70 CE), the nasi was the highest-ranking member and leader of the Sanhedrin (סַנְהֶדְרִין from ), including when it sat as a criminal court. The position was created in c. 191 BCE when the Sanhedrin lost confidence in the ability of the High Priest of Israel to serve as its head.

In the time of the Roman Republic, the Romans recognized the nasi as Patriarch of the Jews and required all Jews to pay him a tax for the upkeep of that office, which ranked highly in the Roman official hierarchy.

After the Siege of Jerusalem (70 CE), in the time of the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem and the Jewish diaspora, the office of nasi in Palestine was comparable with the office of exilarch in Mesopotamia.

Late Roman empire
This position as patriarch or head of court was reestablished several years after the Bar Kokhba revolt. This made the nasi a power which both Jews and Romans respected. The Jewish community in Mesopotamia, referred to by the Jews as Babylonia, also recognized him. The nasi had leadership and served as a political representative to the authorities while the religious leadership was led by Torah scholars. He had the power to appoint and suspend communal leaders inside and outside of Israel.

The Romans respected the nasi and gave extra land and let control of own self-supported taxes. Under Jewish law, the intercalary thirteenth month in the Hebrew calendar, Adar Bet, was announced by the nasi.

The last nasi of the Palestinian Sanhedrin was Gamaliel VI (d. 425); the Byzantine Empire subsequently issued an edict recorded in the legal code of the Codex Theodosianus of 426 that transformed the nasi tax into an imperial tax deposited into the Aerarium, or Roman treasury.

Middle Ages
The term nasi was later applied to those who held high offices in the Jewish community, and Jews who held prominence in the courts of non-Jewish rulers. The nasi were also prevalent during the 8th-century Frankish kingdom. They were a highly privileged group in Carolingian France. The Jews of Narbonne collaborated with Pepin the Short to end Muslim rule over their city in 759. The Jews accepted surrender and Pepin was able to hold off the Saracens in the Iberian peninsula. Pepin rewarded the Jews with land and privileges such as the right to judicial and religious autonomy. The heirs of the king and nasi held a close relationship until the tenth century.

17th–20th-century Jewish community in Yemen
According to ethnologist Erich Brauer, among the Jews of Yemen, the title of nasi was conferred upon a man belonging to the community's most noble and richest family. There was no direct election for this post. In general, the nasi was also a scholar, well-versed in Torah, but this was not a condition for his office. Among his duties, he was a representative of the community in all its affairs before the government. He was also entrusted with the duty of collecting the annual jizya or poll-tax, as well as settling disputes arising between members of the community.

Chabad
The term nasi was used by Menachem Mendel Schneerson to refer to the spiritual leaders of Chabad. In particular, he used the term Nesi Hador ("prince of the generation") or Nesi doreinu ("prince of our generation") to refer to his father-in-law, Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn.

Modern Hebrew
In Modern Hebrew, nasi means "president", and is not used in its classical sense. The word nasi is used, in Israel, as the title of the President of Israel and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Israel. In Hebrew, the word "prince" is now expressed by a synonym: nasi (as in Yehuda HaNasi) and nasīkh.

Much more recently, Adin Steinsaltz took the title nasi in an attempt to reestablish the Sanhedrin in its judicial capacity as the supreme court of Judaism.

List of Nesi'im
During the Mishnaic period, the office of nasi was filled as follows:

List of presidents of Israel:

Rabban
Rabban was a higher title than rabbi and was given to the nasi starting with Gamaliel the Elder.

The title rabban was restricted in usage to the descendants of Hillel the Elder, the sole exception being Rabban Yochanan ben Zakai (c. 30–90 CE ), the leader in Jerusalem during the Siege of Jerusalem in 70 CE and who safeguarded the future of the Jewish people after the Great Revolt by pleading with the Emperor Vespasian.

Rabbi Eleazar ben Azariah, who was nasi between 118 and 120 CE, was not given the title rabban, perhaps because he only occupied the office of nasi for a short while, after which it reverted to the descendants of Hillel.

Prior to Rabban Gamliel the Elder, no titles were used before anyone's name, in line with the Talmudic adage "Gadol miRabban shmo" ("Greater than the title rabban is a person's own name"). For this reason, Hillel the Elder has no title before his name: his name is in itself a title. Similarly, Moses and Abraham have no titles before their names, but an epithet is sometimes used to differentiate between biblical and historic personages, hence Avraham Avinu (Abraham 'Our Father') and Moshe Rabbeinu (Moses 'Our Teacher').

Starting with Rabbi Judah I haNasi (born 135 CE ), not even the nasi was given the title rabban. In its place, Judah haNasi was given the lofty accolade Rabbeinu HaKadosh ('Our Holy Teacher').

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Lacus Perseverantiae

Lacus Perseverantiae (Latin persevērantiae, "Perseverance") is a small lunar mare extending westward from the northwestern exterior of the crater Firmicus, with smaller extensions to the northeast and northwest at the eastern terminus. Its name is Latin for Lake of Perseverance. The selenographic coordinates are 8.0° N, 62.0° E, and it has a length of 70 km, but a maximum width of less than 15 km.

The name of the lacus was adopted by the IAU in 1979.

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Pietro Lando

Pietro Lando was the Doge of Venice from 1538 to 1545.

He had a distinguished career as Captain General of the Sea, but was forced to sign a humiliating peace treaty with Suleiman I in 1540, ceding Venice's last possessions in the Peloponnese to the Ottoman Empire. He was married to Maria Pasqualigo.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Planet of Sound

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was DELETE. JeremyA 22:34, 19 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Planet of Sound
Information could be merged into main Durham Students' Union page but certainly doesn't merit it's own page. Delete as non-noteworthy and maybe a bit of vanity as well? Al Clark 15:00, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * Delete non notable. JamesBurns 02:26, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete Vanity and non-notable. Also redirect to Trompe le Monde, while I dig out my old Pixies albums. Leithp 10:48, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * This page is now preserved as an archive of the debate and, like some other VfD subpages, is no longer 'live'. Subsequent comments on the issue, the deletion, or the decision-making process should be placed on the relevant 'live' pages.  Please do not edit this page .


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Elmer's Candid Camera

Elmer's Candid Camera is a 1940 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon short directed by Chuck Jones. The short was released on March 2, 1940, and features Elmer Fudd and an early Bugs Bunny prototype.

This is the first appearance of a redesigned Elmer Fudd, a character previously known as "Elmer" on the Lobby cards for The Isle of Pingo Pongo (1938) and Cinderella Meets Fella (1938), and even on screen in A Feud There Was (1938) and was also referred to as "Egghead's Brother" on the Vitaphone Publicity sheet for "Cinderella Meets Fella" (1938) which was shown on Michael Barrier's website (and now voiced by Arthur Q. Bryan). It is also the fourth appearance of the prototype rabbit that would later evolve into Bugs Bunny. Apart from making a fool of Elmer Fudd, the usual characteristics are absent; the voice used by Mel Blanc is a low-pitched generic voice, and his laugh is a prototype of Woody Woodpecker.

Plot
Elmer is reading a book on how to photograph wildlife. He walks along whistling as he holds the camera. He finds a rabbit and wants to take a picture of him. The rabbit finds himself a convenient victim to harass as Elmer tries to photograph him. Elmer points to where the rabbit was sleeping and tells him that he wants to take a picture of him. This tormenting eventually drives Elmer insane, causing him to jump into a lake and nearly drown. The rabbit saves him, ensures that Elmer is perfectly all right – and promptly kicks him straight back into the lake. Then, the rabbit throws Elmer's "How To Photograph Wildlife" book on his head, thus ending the cartoon as the screen irises out.

Comments by Chuck Jones
Chuck Jones would go on to express his dissatisfaction as to how the short turned out. In his autobiography Chuck Amuck: The Life and Times of an Animated Cartoonist, he stated:

"In this cartoon we find Bugs stumbling, fumbling, and mumbling around, vainly seeking a personality on which to hang him dialogue and action, or— in better words than mine—'walking around with his umbilical in his hand, looking for someplace to plug it in.' It is obvious when one views this cartoon, which I recommend only if you are going to die of ennui, that my conception of timing and dialogue was formed by watching the action in the La Brea tar pits. It would be complimentary to call it sluggish. Not only Bugs suffered at my hands, but difficult as it is to make an unassertive character like Elmer Fudd into a flat, complete shmuck, I managed. Perhaps the kindest thing to say about “Elmer's Candid Camera” is that it taught everyone what not to do and how not to do it."

Home media

 * VHS – Cartoon Moviestars: Elmer!
 * VHS – Looney Tunes Collectors Edition: Wabbit Tales
 * Laserdisc – Bugs! and Elmer!
 * Laserdisc – Golden Age of Looney Tunes Vol 2
 * DVD – Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 1
 * DVD – Looney Tunes Spotlight Collection: Volume 1
 * DVD – The Essential Bugs Bunny
 * Blu-ray – Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 2
 * Blu-ray – Bugs Bunny 80th Anniversary Collection

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Talk:EMD SW1500

Production numbers
According to, 807 of this locomotive type were produced, yet the original owners list on the article shows only 253 locomotives. Who bought the other 554 of them? slambo 14:54, Jun 10, 2005 (UTC)

The original owners list has some major holes in it, but atleast from what I have seen, I do not think that there were 807 of this locomotive produced. Some of the missing railroads are SP and PC, but they could not account for over 500 locomotives. I will have to do more research to see if I can find a more accurate number. --Spot87 07:39, 17 July 2005 (UTC)

 * The Unofficial EMD Homepage page on the SW1500 has what seems to be a more complete list, which would make a good starting point at least. —Morven 11:42, July 17, 2005 (UTC)

 * It lists 788 domestic SW1500s, as well as 5 export models, making 793 total. Close to the Marre & Pinkepank number, but not the same.  The missing locomotives are not the 60 SW1504s, either, because that would be further off. —Morven

After doing some research, it does appear that they are close to 800 SW1500s. I have seen numbers between 788 and 811. Eventually I will try to update the Original Owners list to make it more complete and accurate, not to mention easier to read. --Spot87 15:11, 17 July 2005 (UTC)

 * Looking at it, I think whoever did the list (probably me) simply stopped transcribing in the P railroads, and didn't finish the alphabet. —Morven 21:19, July 17, 2005 (UTC)

 * I have now completed the list of domestic sales from http://www.trainweb.org/emdloco/sw1500.htm. —Morven 02:12, July 18, 2005 (UTC)

The first EMD SW1500 was EMD Plant Switcher #107 built in June 1966. It was sold to the Indianapolis Union as their #23. Extra 2200 South Issue #44 from Jan-Feb 1974 lists the total production of the SW1500 as 808 units. There were 807 domestic units and one export to Brazil. SSW9389 21:56, 19 November 2005 (UTC)

Tense
As-written, the article right now is in past-tense. However, these engines are still running (even mentioned in the article), so a current-tense would be more appropriate. If no-one gives comments against this, I'll re-write the article accordingly. Skabat169 17:11, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

"Bulkier" than the SW1200?
That bit needs some rethinking. Not only is it a peculiar word to use to describe a locomotive, but it doesn't appear to hold any water.

The SW1200 had a standard operating weight of 245,000 lb compared to 248,000 lb for the SW1500, a difference of 3,000 lb as standard. The SW1200 had an overall length of 44' 5" compared to 44' 8" for a SW1500, a difference of a mere 3 inches. And they both had the same 30' distance between truck centers and the same 39 degree minimum turning radius. Even various exterior dimensions show little change, such as the SW1200 having a half an inch taller hood while the SW1500 had a cab height above the rail head that was 5.5 inches taller.

Just how were these "substantially bulkier"? Literally the only exterior dimension that grew by a fair amount was the width of the engine hood, with a 3' increase on the SW1500. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2604:6000:A645:2100:B5F8:6DE5:63D7:EC85 (talk) 22:58, 25 April 2017 (UTC)

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Common Law Cabin

Common Law Cabin (original title How Much Loving Does a Normal Couple Need?) is a 1967 exploitation film directed by Russ Meyer. The movie features Alaina Capri and Meyer regulars Babette Bardot and Jack Moran.

Plot
Dewey Hoople (Jack Moran) runs a broken down tourist trap along the Colorado River along with his French wife Babette (Babette Bardot) and his daughter Coral (Adele Rein). Business is so bad that Hoople must pay a local alcoholic (Frank Bolger as "Cracker") to entice tourists, called "suckers", to spend some time and money there.

Cast

 * Babette Bardot as Babette
 * Frank Bolger as Cracker
 * Alaina Capri as Sheila Ross
 * John Furlong as Dr. Martin Ross
 * Andrew Hagara as Laurence Talbot III
 * Jackie Moran as Dewey Hoople
 * Adele Rein as Coral Hoople
 * Ken Swofford as Barney Rickert

Production
It was co-written by Russ Meyer and Jack Moran, and filmed on location on the Colorado River in Arizona. Other portions of the film were shot in the Coachella Valley, California.

Reception
Roger Ebert later wrote the film, along with Good Morning and Goodbye, was "not among Meyer's best later work. The plots are too diffuse to maintain dramatic tension, the acting is indifferent, and there is an uncharacteristic amount of aimless dialogue. In retrospect, however, these films can be seen as Meyer's gradual disengagement from plot."

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Hitchin Oughton

Hitchin Oughton is one of the five electoral wards in Hitchin, England. It contains the Westmill estate and is named after the River Oughton. It invariably returns a Labour councillor.

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My Big Fat Geek Wedding

"My Big Fat Geek Wedding" is the seventeenth episode of the fifteenth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It first aired on the Fox network in the United States on April 18, 2004. The episode was originally planned to air on April 4, 2004, but due to the voice actors going on strike, Fox aired a rerun instead.

The story is a follow-up to the episode "Special Edna".

Plot
As Seymour Skinner and Edna Krabappel are preparing to marry, they each have their bachelor party, with Edna having hers at the Simpson house with Duffman and a topless Chief Wiggum as strippers, and Principal Skinner having his at Moe's with Homer. However, at his party, Skinner admits that he has doubts about marrying Edna. On the day of the wedding, Edna realizes that Skinner does not want to marry her, and after picturing a future anniversary in which Skinner is still unable to commit as well as continuing to be nagged by his mother Agnes, she runs away from the ceremony.

After the wedding is called off, Homer and Marge try to get Skinner and Edna to be engaged again, but their own marriage problems impede their progress. Edna returns a wedding gift to the Comic Book Guy, and the two soon fall in love. Homer gets Skinner to serenade Edna using a band made up of Bart, Milhouse, and Martin, but that fails when he learns that the Comic Book Guy and Edna are in a relationship. The family goes to the Bi-Mon-Sci-Fi-Con to confront Comic Book Guy, where they see The Simpsons creator Matt Groening. Comic Book Guy, proposes to marry Edna, and the room is ready for a Star Trek-themed mock Klingon wedding ceremony. Skinner, dressed up as Catwoman (who he thought was Catman) battles the Comic Book Guy. Edna interrupts their fight to declare that she will not marry either man. When she tells the Comic Book Guy how they had fun but are very different, he accepts her decision, though Skinner is still upset. Later, at the Simpson house, Homer asks Marge to remarry him, which is conducted in the Klingon language, and she accepts (although she accidentally agrees to give their children a Klingon upbringing).

Reception
DVD Movie Guide's Colin Jacobson said that he "never felt particularly interested in the Skinner/Edna relationship, so [the episode] falls in the red. It never quite rebounds from that deficit, as it fails to find much inspiration". He added that "A few laughs crop up along the way, but not enough to redeem it."

Screen Rant rated the relationship of Edna and Seymour one of the "10 Most Heartbreaking Separations", specifically calling out this episode saying, "After so much build-up and interference from Skinner's mother Agnes, it was sad for Simpsons fans to see that this relationship would probably never go anywhere."

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Category:Mountains of Puerto Rico

The mountains of Puerto Rico.

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Fengzhen

Fengzhen is a county-level city under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Ulaan Chab, in the central portion of Inner Mongolia, China, bordering Shanxi province to the south.

Fengzhen is about 200 km from Hohhot, the capital of Inner Mongolia.

Administrative divisions
Fengzhen is divided into 5 subdistricts, 5 towns, and 3 townships.

Other: Fengchuan Circular Economy Development Zone Management Committee (丰川循环经济开发区管理委员会)

Transportation

 * China National Highway 208

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Ashley Nicholls

Ashley Joseph Nicholls (born 30 October 1981) is an English footballer who plays for Maidenhead United.

Career
Nicholls was born in Ipswich and started his football career in the youth scheme of his home football club, Ipswich Town. In the spring of 2002, while in the youth scheme, he was loaned to Canvey Island where he played two games and scored one goal.

He was not offered a professional contract by Ipswich, so in the summer of 2002 he joined Darlington on a free transfer and stayed there for two seasons, playing 76 matches and scoring seven goals. He scored in his debut match for Darlington, against Cambridge United, his future team.

He was loaned to Cambridge United in February 2004 and joined permanently on a free transfer the following summer. His contract was due to run until the summer of 2006. As of the summer of 2005, he had played 47 matches for United, scoring once.

New Grays Athletic manager, Frank Gray signed Nicholls on a one-year deal at the start of the 2006–07 season. After a host of managers, Justin Edinburgh was finally implemented and did not see him in his future plans, releasing him in May 2007.

On 28 July 2007, he signed for Boston United after a successful trial. However, Nicholls departed at the end of the season.

Nicholls joined Conference South outfit Maidenhead United on 3 May 2008. After featuring in all but one game for The Magpies during the 2008–09 season, Nicholls signed for Bishop's Stortford on 30 May 2009.

In December 2009, Nicholls joined Conference South leaders Newport County on a one-month loan arrangement. His loan period at Newport concluded 29 February 2010. In March 2010, he joined Eastleigh. After leaving Dorchester Town, Nicholls joined Bromley on 5 June 2013. He scored his first goal for the club in a 3-1 friendly victory over Millwall on 23 July 2013, before netting again in Bromley's next pre-season match, a 2–0 win over rivals Welling United. He scored his first league goal for the club in a 3–0 home win over Staines Town on 14 September 2013. His next goal came in a 2–0 victory at home to Havant & Waterlooville on 23 November 2013.

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Kapunda Road Royal Commission

The Kapunda Road Royal Commission was a royal commission created by the Government of South Australia in 2005 to inquire into the circumstances surrounding the hit and run death of Ian Humphrey and the circumstances around the trial and conviction of Eugene McGee. The Royal Commissioner was Greg James QC. The first hearing of the commission was on 12 May 2005 and the report was delivered on 15 July 2005.

Background
Ian Humphrey was riding a bicycle on Kapunda Road, north of Adelaide, when he was struck by driver Eugene McGee, an Adelaide barrister and former police prosecutor, at 5:05pm on 30 November 2003. McGee did not stop or render assistance.

Timeline
30 November 2003

12:30pm: McGee arrives at the Wheatsheaf Hotel outside Gawler, 39 km north of Adelaide, to have lunch with his brother Craig and mother Marjorie. The tables order docket shows three bottles of white wine, a glass of port and a glass of beer are purchased.

3:50pm: Eugene and Craig McGee leave the hotel to take their mother home to Kapunda, 32 km north of Gawler.

3:40 – 4:00pm: Ian Humphrey leaves his home at Evanston Park to cycle to Freeling on the Kapunda/Gawler road. 4:30 – 4:50pm: McGee leaves his mother's house to return to Adelaide. 4:50pm: Occupants of a car travelling through Kapunda notice a dark blue/green 4WD travelling in the same direction which began overtaking them in a dangerous manner on the right. A passenger thinks the driver may have been drinking.

5:00pm: Antoni Zisimou sees a green Mitsubishi Pajero driving erratically and swaying over the centre line at a speed of about 160 km/h in a 110 km/h zone.

5:05pm: Ian Humphrey is struck and killed.

5:05pm: A car is ahead of McGee travelling in the same direction. The driver sees the impact in his rear view mirror. His wife notes the registration number of McGee's vehicle and telephones police.

5:08pm: Benjamin & Irene Voroniansky who are driving in the opposite direction stop and call an ambulance. They estimate the speed of the Mitsubishi Pajero leaving the scene to be 90 - 100 km/h.

5:11pm: McGee makes the first of three phone calls to his lawyer David Edwardson.

5:33pm: Phones his wife Barbara.

5:37pm: Phones his brother Craig.

5:42pm: Phones his mother Marjorie.

5:50pm: Phones his brother Craig. Police attend the home of Eugene McGee.

5:50 – 6:46pm: McGee makes six phone calls to relatives.

6:49pm: Craig McGee phones Eugene McGee.

6:50pm: Police attend McGee's mother's house in Kapunda and speak to Craig McGee who informs police he has not spoken to or seen his brother and does not have his mobile phone number.

6:57pm: Craig McGee phones McGee to inform him the police have been, are looking for him, and they know his car was involved in the accident.

7:24pm: Sergeant Mills phones McGee's wife Barbara who tells him she hasn't heard from McGee and doesn't know his whereabouts.

7:30pm: Diana Gilchrist arrives at accident scene while searching for her overdue husband Ian Humphrey.

7:30pm: Craig McGee drives his brother back to Adelaide via the Kapunda/Gawler road. They are stopped at a police roadblock set up to find McGee but do not identify themselves.

7:40pm: A reporter arrives at Marjorie McGee's house in Kapunda and finds McGee's car there.

8:50pm: After being informed the car has been located, Police call at Marjorie McGee's house but find it locked up with no one home.

9:09pm: Matthew Selley phones Sergeant Mills and states he is a solicitor representing Eugene McGee. Selley requests the "state of play" with regard to the collision. Mills asks for Selley's phone number so Sergeant Hassell can speak to him.

9:10 – 10:05pm: Sergeant Hassell makes several phone calls to Selley to make arrangements to interview McGee.

10:05pm: Police phone Selley who states McGee is willing to hand himself in the following morning.

10:10pm: Police phone Selley who gives them an address in Norwood where they can speak to McGee.

11:30pm: Police speak to McGee who reads from a prepared statement. McGee is arrested and taken to the City Watchhouse. Both Sergeant Hassell and Senior Constable Bell noted they could smell alcohol on McGee while he was in the police car.

Trial
Initially, the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions was unable to find a prosecutor willing to prosecute McGee as he was very well known in the legal community and there were fears the case would never go to trial. The case eventually went to trial in May 2005 where McGee was acquitted of causing death by dangerous driving, but convicted of the lesser offences of driving without due care and failure to stop and render assistance following an accident. This was due to psychiatric evidence of McGee exhibiting Posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms following the accident. Sandy McFarlane from the University of Adelaide stated the PTSD was due to "horrific experiences" during McGee's former career as a police officer and in dealing with the evidence in the Snowtown trials as a solicitor for one of the murderers. McGee admitted he had not sought psychiatric or psychological treatment for the condition until 18 February 2004 (80 days after the incident) and no evidence of his erratic or dangerous driving prior to the accident was given at trial. He was fined $2,250 and was disqualified from holding a driver's licence for twelve months.

However, there was controversy over this conviction and the alleged reluctance of prosecutors to present evidence from Tony and John Zisimou who saw McGee's blue Pajero 4WD driving erratically at around 160 km/h (100 mph) approximately 1½ minutes before the accident (McGee's vehicle was actually green but television footage showed that at night, and under artificial lighting, it looked blue). Tony Zisimou's car was the third to stop at the scene and John, a nurse, declared the victim deceased and was credited for preserving the scene for police and preventing other witnesses from leaving before their arrival. There are also alleged anomalies concerning the behaviour of police in not breath testing McGee and the opportunity that major prosecution witness Tony Felice had to give evidence. Felice saw the accident in his mirror and his wife wrote the Pajero's plate number down as it continued down the road. At trial Sergeant Hassell gave evidence that while he knew he had the power to test for alcohol, they were short staffed and under pressure so it was not something he had considered at the time.

Groups supporting cyclists and victims of crime groups staged a number of protests against the decision of the court and the Government created the Royal Commission.

Terms of reference

 * 1) Why the investigating police did not ask or require McGee to submit to a breath analysis test or blood test and did not apply for orders that such tests be conducted under the Criminal Law (Forensic Procedures) Act in order to determine McGee's blood alcohol concentration.
 * 2) Whether the principal witness, Mr Tony Felice, was given a proper opportunity to give evidence about his observations of Mr McGee's driving immediately before the collision generally and on the defence case that McGee was attempting to overtake Mr Felice from a position about 25 to(-) to the rear of Felice's car.
 * 3) Whether Mr Tony or Mr John Zisimou provided information to the police about the manner of McGee's driving prior to and following the collision.
 * 4) Why the decision was made not to call Mr Tony or Mr John Zisimou or both at trial.
 * 5) Whether it would have served the interests of justice for the prosecution to lead, at trial, evidence in rebuttal of the psychiatric evidence presented by the defence.
 * 6) If the answer to the preceding question is yes why that evidence was not presented. In particular, was there an adequate opportunity for rebuttal evidence to be presented.
 * 7) Whether it would have served the interests of justice for the prosecution to present expert psychiatric or other evidence on the sentencing hearing to support it's submission that the Court should reject the explanation given at trial for Mr McGee's failure to stop and give assistance.
 * 8) If the answer to the preceding question is "yes", why that evidence was not presented. In particular, was there an adequate opportunity to present that evidence.

Proceedings
Proceedings commenced on 12 May 2005. Evidence was heard from lawyers involved in the trial, respected psychiatrists, police officers, witnesses and members of the McGee family. Members of the public also made submissions. Craig McGee exercised his right not to answer questions on the grounds of self-incrimination. McGee was represented by SA Bar Association president Malcolm Blue QC. Blue was later appointed a Supreme Court judge.

Chris Tennant of Sydney University and another "very senior" professor of psychiatry were asked to review the psychiatric evidence and both concluded the evidence was not credible. Tennant stated; "I’ve never been more personally outraged about what I personally see as being a, in the common lingo, a mistrial, a travesty of the justice system."

Proceedings concluded on 1 July 2005 with the final report submitted on 15 July.

Recommendations
Retraining of police. More extensive pretrial disclosure of expert evidence. Courts permitted to appoint independent experts. The law be changed to allow police to be able to forcibly enter premises for searches. The penalty for death by dangerous driving to be increased to the same level as manslaughter. Increased penalties for fleeing an accident. Attempting to disguise blood alcohol levels should be an offence.

Commissioner James also produced a second closed (secret) report of recommendations for relevant agencies and ministers. It was the recommendations of this report that led to further charges being laid.

Second trial
Charges of conspiring to pervert the course of justice and perverting the course of justice were laid against McGee and his brother Craig on 26 August 2005 over allegations they worked together to "frustrate, deflect or prevent" the police investigation into the hit and run in order to prevent police gaining "evidence of the blood-alcohol reading and sobriety of Eugene McGee". On 10 March 2006 the defense asked for a stay of proceedings and the case was adjourned to 9 November, after several further stays the defense asked for a permanent stay on 17 July 2007 arguing that the publicity would mean the brothers would be unable to gain a fair trial. The stay application was rejected on 14 February 2008, however, they could not stand trial until 2 February 2010 because their lawyer would be "unavailable" until that date. On 2 February, citing as a precedent an immigration case before the British House of Lords in 1972, the case was again delayed until 17 March. The House of Lords had found that after failing to attend a meeting there was no statutory obligation for an Indian immigrant to turn himself in as he had not been directed to do so by the immigration department, which McGee's lawyer claimed was "directly analogous" to the case of McGee. On 17 March, at a hearing that lasted less than a minute, District Court Judge Peter Herriman acquitted the McGees of the conspiracy charges finding that "There was no legal obligation then falling upon Eugene to surrender himself or upon either of them to assist police."

Aftermath
McGee is still listed with the Law Society as a practising solicitor. Websites advertising his practice list McGee as a defence lawyer for charges of drink driving, culpable driving and dangerous driving offences, which has caused anger in the community. Humphrey's widow Di Gilcrist stated, "He is actually profiting from the experience and the stigma that the case has afforded him...It is a sad reflection of the criminal justice system that something so black and white could be manipulated to absolve McGee of his lack of moral and ethical responsibility" Di Gilcrist subsequently complained to the legal board that McGee's actions [following the hit-run] amounted to professional misconduct.

In April 2011, a hearing before the Legal Practitioners Conduct Board found McGee was not guilty of "infamous conduct" and ruled he could continue to practise. The Conduct Board accepted that McGee was suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and ruled that it could only consider his actions in the first few seconds after the crash and could not consider his telephone calls to family, his legal adviser or his actions to avoid police. Following the ruling, Senator Nick Xenophon said the outcome was a disgrace and the entire board should be sacked. Attorney-General John Rau stated he would review the Conduct Board's decision.

On 8 December 2011 Attorney-General John Rau closed the McGee case after Crown legal advice suggested the Conduct Board's decision could not be challenged. Opposition justice spokesman Stephen Wade said Rau could overturn the Board's ruling not to ban Mr McGee from practising and challenged him to release the Crown's legal advice. Senator Xenophon told the media; "Show us the advice, otherwise his opinion and his decision not to act lacks credibility... Only by releasing the legal advice will the Attorney-General show he has a genuine commitment to justice in the McGee case".

On 6 February 2012, McGee apologised on national television for the 2003 hit and run when he appeared in a two-part television special on the case on ABC's Australian Story. Humphrey's family claimed they had been denied justice and that McGee had never apologised to them face-to-face. McGee replied that an apology had been offered through his solicitor years before which had been rejected and it had not been repeated out of respect for the family's privacy. McGee stated: "Can I take this opportunity to extend my sympathy to the family for their loss. I'm sorry for what occurred and to apologise to them for my reaction to the accident."

Following the Attorney-General's refusal to release the legal advice supporting his decision not to overturn the Board's ruling, on 18 February 2012, Senator Xenophon made a plea for the public to contact their MPs demanding that Attorney-General Rau take action.

In October 2013, the South Australian Parliament amended the Legal Practitioners Act 1981 (SA) to replace the existing categories of "unsatisfactory conduct" and "unprofessional conduct", with the categories of "unsatisfactory professional conduct" and "professional misconduct". The changes to the definitions were designed to prevent a repeat of the Legal Practitioners Conduct Board's hearing that found McGee not guilty.

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Andrea Gritti

Andrea Gritti (17 April 1455 – 28 December 1538) was the Doge of the Venetian Republic from 1523 to 1538, following a distinguished diplomatic and military career. He started out as a successful merchant in Constantinople and transitioned into the position of Bailo, a diplomatic role. He was arrested for espionage but was spared execution thanks to his good relationship with the Ottoman vizier. After being freed from imprisonment, he returned to Venice and began his political career. When the War of the League of Cambrai broke out, despite his lack of experience, he was given a leadership role in the Venetian military, where he excelled. After the war, he was elected doge, and he held that post until his death.

Early life
Andrea Gritti was born on 17 April 1455 in Bardolino, near Verona. His father, Francesco, son of Triadano Gritti, died soon after, and his mother, Vienna, daughter of Paolo Zane, remarried in 1460 to Giacomo Malipiero, with whom she had two more sons, Paolo and Michele. Andrea had a very close relationship with his half-brothers. Andrea was brought up by his paternal grandfather, receiving his first education at his grandfather's house in Venice, before going on to study at the University of Padua. At the same time he accompanied his grandfather on diplomatic missions to England, France, and Spain.

Merchant in Constantinople
In 1476, he married Benedetta, daughter of Luca Vendramin, but she died the same year while giving birth to their son, Francesco. Widowed, Gritti moved to the Ottoman capital, Constantinople, where he engaged in trade, particularly of cereals, often in partnership with the Genoese merchant Pantaleo Coresi. He enjoyed the guidance of his great-uncle, Battista Gritti, who gave him insight on important officials and traders. Gritti's enterprise was successful and allowed him to live a prosperous life during his almost twenty-year stay in the city. At his home in the quarter of Galata, he lived with a Greek woman, with whom he had four illegitimate sons: Alvise, Giorgio, Lorenzo, and Pietro. He also became a person of prominence in the Italian community of Galata, serving as head of the Venetian community. He also enjoyed a good relationship with the Ottoman grand vizier, Hersekzade Ahmed Pasha, securing from him various accommodations and exemptions in exchange for frequent monetary donations, as well as the esteem of Ahmed Pasha's father-in-law, Sultan Bayezid II.

In 1492, the Venetian Bailo in Constantinople, Girolamo Marcello, was expelled on the charge of espionage. The post remained vacant, and Gritti assumed the task of representing Venice at the Ottoman court. Lacking an official appointment, however, his position was precarious, especially as, with another Ottoman–Venetian conflict looming in 1499, he used his commercial correspondence, sent via Corfu and the Ragusan merchant Nicolò Gondola, to transmit encoded information to the Venetian Senate regarding the movements of the Ottoman navy (referred to as "carpets" in one letter) and troop concentrations. This activity did not remain hidden from the Turks for long, however: after capturing couriers bearing Gritti's letters, in August 1499 he was imprisoned in the Yedikule Fortress, escaping execution only through his friendship with the grand vizier. According to contemporary reports, his imprisonment caused great consternation among his many friends—including Turks—at the Ottoman capital, as well as the many women who were enamoured of him.

Gritti nevertheless spent 32 months in the fortress, along with other Venetian merchants, coming close to death due to the privations of this long imprisonment. He was released after a ransom of 2,400 ducats was paid, and returned to Venice. Gritti played a role in the negotiations and conclusion of the peace treaty with the Ottoman Empire in December 1502, and then took active part in the reception of the Ottoman ambassador Ali Bey and the finalization of the treaty on 20 May 1503. Gritti's experience with the diplomatic customs of the Ottomans led to his being charged with overseeing the final formulation of the treaty's clauses, so as to remove any ambiguities and causes for misinterpretation. Finally, on 22 May, he left Venice with Ali Bey for Constantinople, bearing the draft treaty and a letter from the Doge to the Sultan. After the ratification of the treaty by the Sultan, he returned to Venice, making his report in the Senate on 2 December 1503.

Political and military career
The war and his long imprisonment put an end to Gritti's commercial career, costing him the enormous sum of 24,000 ducats. With little hope of recompense for his losses, he was forced in 1517 to ask the Senate's permission to accept a gift from the King of France as partial restitution of his losses. Rather than retiring, however, he now embarked on an active political career. He became a member of the—largely ineffective—committee tasked with recovering the losses suffered by the Venetian merchants in Constantinople, served as ducal councillor for the sestiere of Castello, and was member of the financial committee attached to the Council of Ten and of the Venetian delegation sent to Pope Julius II in October 1505, before becoming head of the Council of Ten.

War of the League of Cambrai
In 1508, as the Republic's relations with the Holy Roman Empire broke down, leading to the outbreak of the War of the League of Cambrai, Gritti was appointed provveditore generale along with Giorgio Corner. The appointment signalled the beginning of a long military career, and was remarkable given his complete lack of military background. However, it was a sign of the Gritti's unique qualities: he was held in high regard by the Venetian patriciate, which among other things meant that he was able to ensure the flow of money to the army, while at the same time being able to ingratiate himself with the Republic's mercenary captains, and to ensure that the Republic's intentions were actually carried out by them. As provveditore generale, he toured the Venetian possessions on the Italian mainland, especially inspecting the fortifications of the Trentino. He then was elected a member of the Ten, and savio del consiglio, before being elected Procurator of Saint Mark's de supra on 12 April 1509.

Gritti was soon appointed as provveditore generale to the Venetian field army, where he distinguished himself for his energy and capacity to endure hardship. With 1,500 men he reinforced the Venetian commander-in-chief, Niccolò di Pitigliano, in the Bresciano, and with 2,000 men he went to the aid of Cremona. He participated in the disastrous Venetian defeat at the Battle of Agnadello against the French on 14 May, but managed to escape to Brescia, carrying along a Banner of Saint Mark, that he later dedicated to the Santi Giovanni e Paolo church.

The battle led to the collapse of Venetian rule in the Italian mainland—apart from Treviso, all Venetian conquests of the past century were undone, and French forces reached even the Venetian Lagoon. The news provoked panic and despair in Venice, which prepared for a siege. At the same time, it became clear that not all was lost: Agnadello had involved only part of the Venetian army, and the Venetians remained disposed to continue fighting. Gritti himself, through his undaunted conduct, became a symbol of that determination. He was immediately appointed as commander at Treviso, and soon gave proof of the Venetian resolve by recapturing Padua.

Hostility to Venetian rule was widespread in Padua, among nobility and commoners alike, and Venice abandoned it in early June. When Louis XII of France disbanded his army near Milan a month later, the Venetians decided to act. Therein from 17 to 19 July, Gritti led his army in capturing Padua and its citadel, in an operation that encountered only slight resistance and resembled more a "vast, tumultuous pageant than a strictly military exercise", but whose symbolic value was immense, and which made Gritti's political fortune, ultimately opening his way to the dogeship. Gritti instituted a harsh suppression of anti-Venetian elements in Padua, with arrests, executions, confiscations of property, and the exile of over 300 people to Venice. At the same time, however, he took care to impose strict discipline on his own troops, and prevent Venetian nobles from enriching themselves at the expense of the Paduans.

At the same time, Gritti was quick to realize the importance of the burgeoning, spontaneous peasant resistance against the Imperial forces, which quickly widened into acts of guerrilla warfare. His own capture of Padua was assisted by armed peasants, and on 23 July he urged the Signoria of Venice to embrace this movement as part of a broader strategy to turn the tide of the war. As a result, the Venetian government promised the peasants suspension of all taxes and the cancellation of debts.

In 1510, following the death of Niccolò di Pitigliano, Gritti took command of Venice's army but was forced to withdraw to Venice by French advances. He continued as provveditore through end of the conflict. In 1512, he led the negotiations with Francis I of France that resulted in Venice leaving the League and allying with France.

Dogeship
Elected Doge in 1523, Gritti concluded a treaty with Charles V, ending Venice's active involvement in the Italian Wars. He attempted to maintain the neutrality of the Republic in the face of the continued struggle between Charles and Francis, urging both to turn their attention to the advances of the Ottoman Empire in Hungary. However, he could not prevent Suleiman I from attacking Corfu in 1537, drawing Venice into a new war with the Ottomans. His dogaressa was Benedetta Vendramin. Much of the events of recounted by Marino Sanuto the Younger in his diaries occur contemporaneously during Gritti's duchy.

Gritti acquired the Palazzo Pisani Gritti as his private residence in 1525.

Gritti died on 28 December 1538.

Popular culture

 * A portrait of Andrea Gritti sometimes appears in the loading screen of the PC strategy game, Europa Universalis IV. The Venetian Republic is a popular playable nation in the game.

 * a portrait of Andrea Gritti is also featured in the live action video game, MagiQuest. When you cast at the portrait, his eyes glow red.*

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List of dams and reservoirs in Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago has a number of dams and reservoirs. Reservoirs were constructed to supply potable water and are managed by the Water and Sewerage Authority of Trinidad and Tobago (WASA).

Navet Dam
The Navet Dam is one of the major reservoirs supplying potable water in Trinidad and Tobago. The dam was completed in 1962 and expanded in 1966 and 1976. It supplies Tabaquite, Brasso, Williamsville, Gasparillo, San Fernando, Debe, Penal, Princes Town, Rio Claro, South Oropouche, La Brea Moruga, New Grant, Plaisance Park, La Romaine and Fyzabad.

The Navet Dam covers an area of 3.24 km2 and has a capacity of 18,200,000m³ (4,000 million imperial gallons). It supplies 86.4 m³ per day.

Caroni–Arena Dam
The Caroni–Arena Dam is the largest dam in Trinidad and Tobago. It is located in the Arena Forest Reserve, south of Arima, in the eastern Caroni Plains. WASA supplies water to areas of central Trinidad by purifying the water from the dam. It was opened in the late 1970s/early 1980s.

Hollis Reservoir
Hollis Reservoir is a reservoir located in north Trinidad supplying Arima, Port of Spain and other areas of north Trinidad. It is also a popular tourist attraction. Located about three miles off the Valencia Road, the Hollis Dam is the oldest dam in Trinidad and Tobago. It was built between 1934 and 1936, under the reign of Sir Claud Hollis, who governed Trinidad and Tobago from 1930 to 1936. This man-made lake is fed from the waters of the Quare River and rainfall from the surrounding mountains. When full it can supply 8.2 million gallons of water to people in Arima, Nettoville, Cleaver Road, Bregan Park, D'Abadie and Arouca. With the dry season, the supply is cut in half. The Hollis catchment also supports a variety of animal life such as lappe, tattoo, howler monkeys, deer, wild hogs, caiman, tilapia and snakes. Hunting and fishing are not permitted near the dam. Visitors are allowed to picnic, courtesy of the Water and Sewerage Authority of Trinidad and Tobago. Foreign visitors and locals regularly hike from the dam into the surrounding mountains to experience the spectacular wildlife that the dam, and its surrounding area, have to offer. There are 90 species of birds that call Hollis their home, some permanent, and some migrating for the winter. Visitors and personnel are not permitted to swim at the dam.

Hillsborough Reservoir
The Hillsborough Reservoir is the major source of drinking water for the island of Tobago. Located 36.5 metres (100 ft) above sea level, the reservoir is managed by Water and Sewerage Authority of Trinidad and Tobago. It has a capacity of about 1 million m³ (225 million gallons).

Construction began in 1944 and the facility was commissioned in 1952 by Governor Sir Hubert Rance.


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Category:Mountains of Dominica

 * The mountains of Dominica — in the Caribbean.

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Hare-um Scare-um

Hare-um Scare-um is a 1939 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Ben Hardaway and Cal Dalton. The short was released on August 12, 1939, and is the third short to feature the rabbit that would evolve into Bugs Bunny.

The title is a homonym with an old nonsense expression — "harum-scarum", meaning reckless or irresponsible. This was the first use of a hare-based pun title in the Warner Bros. cartoons; it would be a device used to name many Bugs Bunny cartoons in the years to come.

Plot
A man (named as John Sourpuss in the copyright synopsis) reading a newspaper comes across an article stating that meat prices have soared and the consumers are sore. Angry, he declares that he'll hunt his own meat to get back at the government for the price inflation. He takes his dog with him, revealing he is going hunting for rabbits.

In the woods, a rabbit leads the dog into a hollow log and pushes the log down a hill, where it smashes into a tree. Meanwhile, John sees several rabbits hopping over a hill. He fires his gun several times and runs to where the rabbits were. When he gets there, he finds two spinning wheels with pictures of rabbits on them, giving the perception of moving rabbits.

He then sees the rabbit sleeping. The hunter starts pouring salt on the rabbit's tail. The rabbit quickly gets up and holds a stick of celery under the stream of salt. The rabbit then runs into a cave, and the hunter runs after him. Before he reaches the cave, a pair of elevator doors closes, which the hunter runs into.

The bunny then dresses as a female dog, successfully seducing the hunter's dog. When the dog finally realizes he's with the rabbit rather than another dog, he resumes his chase. The rabbit then pretends he's a policeman, citing the dog for numerous crimes (speeding, running on the wrong side of the street, intoxicated "driving", etc.).

After confusing the dog and running away, the rabbit begins singing a song about how crazy he is. When he finishes his song, he turns to find the hunter with his gun aimed at him. The rabbit, trying to gain sympathy, begs for his life, explaining how poor and sick he is. John begins crying, feeling sorry for the rabbit. Despite this, the rabbit shocks John with a joy buzzer. The hunter then shouts that he can whip the rabbit and his whole family. Suddenly, a large group of rabbits surround John, looking for a fight (see "Notes" below for the true ending).

Home media

 * LaserDisc – The Golden Age of Looney Tunes, Volume 2, Side 2 (unrestored, without lost ending)
 * DVD – Invisible Stripes (USA 1995 dubbed print added as a bonus, without lost ending)
 * Blu-ray and DVD – Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 2, Disc 2 (lost ending restored)
 * Streaming – HBO Max

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Lacus Spei

Lacus Spei (Latin speī, "Lake of Hope") is a small lunar mare that is located in the northeastern part of the Moon's near side. It was named by the IAU in 1976.

To the north is the crater Mercurius and to the west-southwest lies Schumacher. The crater Zeno lies to the east-northeast, closer to the lunar limb.

The main part of the lake occupies a region averaging about 50 km in diameter, with an extension leading to the northeast. The surface has the same low albedo as the larger mare features on the Moon, becoming lighter in hue near the edges. The only feature on this bay is the circular, cup-shaped satellite crater Zeno P.

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Category:Geography of Dominica

 * Geography of Dominica — in the Caribbean.

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Category:Weather warnings and advisories

See Severe weather terminology (United States) and/or Severe weather terminology (Canada) for comprehensive articles concerning specific nations' warnings, watches, advisories and related terms.


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Royal regalia in Nigeria

The Royal regalia are the attributes of power of the monarchs of the traditional states in Nigeria.

History
Modern Nigeria is a federation, composed of a plethora of governorates and kingdoms. Some of the latter had a huge significance in the history of Nigeria before they were subdued by the British during Colonial Nigeria. Nevertheless, even today, their principal rulers have been able to maintain their religious, cultural and, to a certain extent, political influence.

Description
The regalia used by these monarchs was and is still normally an object or collection of objects of a symbolic significance, such as a coat, robe, mantle, or costume with headgear of same shape or fashion.

For example, the ceremonial crown of an Oba of the Yoruba people is a cap made out of glass beads embroidered on plain weave striped and printed cotton over a metal frame.

Other objects included in a comprehensive list of regalia could be small to medium-sized statues, such as those found in the Benin Kingdom.

The regalia often had more than merely a political significance. In the southern kingdoms most especially, it was vital for the performance of religious rituals. In this case, the ruler was seen as a link between the world of the living and the spiritual hereafter. Furthermore, in the north, the Muslim emirs and sultans had religious functions as spiritual commanders. The regalia in this case did not have any connotations of a metaphysical nature, but was seen primarily as a symbol of the power of the ruler concerned.

The regalia today would be kept at the respective capital cities, usually in the palace or palaces of each state.

In April 2005, an exhibition was shown at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, which featured a selection of regalia from 16 states, including Sokoto, Kano, and Borno. The exhibition was organised by the Federal Ministry of Information. An exhibition of photos by George Osodi in London demonstrated an array of Nigerian monarchial styles. Another exhibition took place at the Newark Museum in 2015..

A controversy involving some of the crown treasures in question which is currently raging is the celebrated case of the Benin bronzes, sacred items of mostly metallic statuary that were taken by the British colonial powers after their war against the Kingdom of Benin in the 19th century. The bronzes were used for various royal rituals, and were of the highest importance in the traditional religion of the Edo.

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Prest-O Change-O

Prest-O Change-O is a 1939 Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Chuck Jones, and first released on March 25, 1939, by Warner Bros. It is the second appearance of Bugs Bunny as a manic white hare who made his first appearance in Porky's Hare Hunt, a cartoon that was produced and copyrighted in 1937 and released in April 1938, featuring him in the same early design. This is also the character's first appearance in a Merrie Melodies color film. The prototype of Bugs Bunny the screwy rabbit makes his third appearance in the next hare-based short film, Hare-um Scare-um (1939).

Plot
The Two Curious Puppies, one big and one little, are being pursued by a dog catcher until they hide in an abandoned house. They soon discover the house is owned by Sham-Fu, a magician who is unseen over the course of the short. As a result, each puppy (both of whom are separated from each other shortly after entering the house) encounters all manner of magic tricks, including Sham-Fu's pet hare. The bigger puppy is left to defend himself against the hare, itself a more than competent illusionist capable of all sorts of acts of cartoon physics, while the little one is engaged in a reckless battle with a Hindu rope and a magic wand, the latter of which he ends up accidentally swallowing, giving him bizarre hiccups throughout the rest of the movie.

The puppies and the hare all end up crashing into each other, at which point both puppies immediately attempt to pack everything back into Sham-Fu's trunk. Inexplicably, the little dog hiccups out a balloon containing the mischievous hare. However, this time, when the hare attempts another disappearing act, the bigger puppy who has had enough of the hare's tricks is able to stop it in its tracks and punches the hare as hard as possible. The scene irises out on the hare, whose eye is blackened and covered with a lampshade and sitting in a goldfish bowl with his feet sticking out.

Home media
The short was released on Blu-ray on the Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 2, Disc 2.

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EMD MP15T

The EMD MP15T is a model of diesel-electric switcher locomotives built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between October 1984 and November 1987. Instead of a non-turbocharged 12-cylinder EMD 645 engine it uses a turbocharged 8-cylinder engine. The external appearance of the engine remains similar to other MP15 models.

42 of these locomotives were built for the Seaboard System Railroad, 1200–1241 (later merged into CSX Transportation where they kept their numbers) and one unit for Dow Chemical Company, number 957.

In 2010 Progress Rail, a fully owned subsidiary of Caterpillar, purchased MP15T 1220 from CSX making CSX's total count 40.

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Northern Land Council

The Northern Land Council (NLC) is a land council representing the Aboriginal peoples of the Top End of the Northern Territory of Australia, with its head office in Darwin.

While the NLC was established in 1974, its origins began in the struggle of Australian Aboriginal people for rights to fair wages and land, including the strike and walk off by the Gurindji people at Wave Hill cattle station in 1966, as well as other activities relating to Indigenous land rights.

History
The Commonwealth Government of Gough Whitlam set up the Aboriginal Land Rights Commission, a Royal Commission, in February 1973 to inquire into how land rights might be achieved in the Northern Territory. Justice Woodward's first report in July 1973 recommended that a Northern Land Council and a Central Land Council be established in order to present to him the views of Aboriginal people.

In response to the report of the Royal Commission a Land Rights Bill was drafted, but the Whitlam government was dismissed before it was passed. The Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 was eventually passed by the Fraser Government on 16 December 1976 and began operation on Australia Day, that is 26 January 1977.

This Act established the basis upon which Aboriginal people in the Northern Territory could, for the first time, claim rights to land based on traditional occupation. In effect it allowed title to be transferred of most of the Aboriginal reserve lands and the opportunity to claim other land not owned, leased or being used by someone else.

The Northern Land Council was established in 1974.

Kathy Mills was the first woman to be elected to the Northern Land Council.

Function
The most important responsibility of the councils is to consult traditional owners and other Aboriginal people who have an interest in Aboriginal land about land use, land management and access by external tourism, mining and other businesses. This sometimes involves facilitating group negotiation and consensus-building among scores of traditional Aboriginal landowner groups, and many other affected Aboriginal people.

Many Aboriginal people in the Northern Land Council's area live in the major towns. there were about 200 communities scattered over Aboriginal land in the NLC's area, ranging in size from small family groups on outstations to settlements of up to 3,000 people.

Governance
The Northern Land Council is a representative body with statutory authority under the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976. It also has responsibilities under the Native Title Act 1993.

It is one of four in the Northern Territory. and the largest; the others are:
 * the Central Land Council (CLC) covering the southern half
 * the Tiwi Land Council covering the Tiwi Islands north of Darwin
 * the Anindilyakwa Land Council covering Groote Eylandt in the Gulf of Carpentaria.

The Full Council is the major decision-making body, consisting of 78 elected members and five co-opted women, making 83 members in total. There is also an Executive Council and Regional Councils.

The NLC’s jurisdiction covers seven regions: Darwin/ Daly/ Wagait; West Arnhem; East Arnhem; Katherine; Victoria River District (VRD); Ngukurr; and Borroloola/ Barkly.

Offices
The head office is located in Darwin.

The NLC's Top End zone is divided into seven regions with regional offices. The head office and Royalties Office are in the city of Darwin.

Regional offices representing the seven districts are in:
 * Katherine
 * Jabiru (West Arnhem)
 * Nhulunbuy (East Arnhem)
 * Tennant Creek
 * Ngukurr
 * Borroloola (Barkly/Borroloola)
 * Timber Creek (Victoria River district)

People

 * Current
 * NLC Chair is Samuel Bush-Blanasi, who has served seven terms on the council, three of those as chairman. He graduated from Kormilda College in Darwin, and is a talented artist. He was a co-founder of the Association of Northern, Kimberley and Arnhem Aboriginal Artists and of Top End Aboriginal Bush Broadcasting Association.
 * NLC Chair is Samuel Bush-Blanasi, who has served seven terms on the council, three of those as chairman. He graduated from Kormilda College in Darwin, and is a talented artist. He was a co-founder of the Association of Northern, Kimberley and Arnhem Aboriginal Artists and of Top End Aboriginal Bush Broadcasting Association.

 * Joe Martin-Jard was appointed acting CEO on 16 July 2021, and has been CEO since 22 December 2021. He was formerly CEO of the Central Land Council, and before that had worked for the federal government as well as in the private sector.

 * Past
 * Marion Scrymgour, former member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly and former CEO of the Tiwi Islands Regional Council, was CEO from March 2019 to July 2021. She was first female CEO at any NT land council.

 * John Bugy Bugy Christophersen (c. 1951–2021), who represented the Kakadu area within the West Arnhem region and was previously a longtime activist for Indigenous rights, died in April 2021, aged 69. He had been an organiser of the convoy that went to Sydney to join the 40,000-strong protest at the 1988 Bicentenary of Australia, and became the vice-president of the World Council of Indigenous Peoples in 1990. Offices closed as a mark of respect at his passing. He was also the biological father of athlete and politician Nova Peris, although she had no contact with him between the ages of 2 and 16.

 * Kathy Mills (c. 1935 – 24 April 2022) was the first woman to be elected to the Northern Land Council.

Land Rights News
Land Rights News is the longest-running Aboriginal newspaper.

In April 1976, the Central Land Council published the first edition of Central Australian Land Rights News, which ran until August 1984. In July 1976, the NLC launched Land Rights News: A Newsletter for Aboriginals and Their Friends. A major goal of these newspapers was not only to provide information to Aboriginal people on land rights issues, but also to correct misinformation, provide in-depth coverage of native title issues, and to challenge the stereotypes represented in mainstream newspapers in Australia, and to encourage its readers to take action.

In September 1985 the two land councils pooled their resources to start producing Land Rights News: One Mob, One Voice, One Land (LRN). In 1988, the newspaper won a UNAA Media Peace Award. At that time, the paper was under the editorship of NLC director John Ah Kit and CLC director Pat Dodson. In 1989, it won a print media award.

In 2002, Aboriginal journalist Todd Condie left the Koori Mail after ten years, to work on Land Rights News.

From 2011 and, Land Rights News is published three times a year in two editions: "Central Australia" and "Northern Edition", and remains the longest-running Aboriginal newspaper. It is also the only printed newspaper published in Central Australia.

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