text:
Talk:Haguenau

Not a Single Mention of the Ethnicity, Language or Religion
This reads like a French official propaganda piece about the area, but not mentioning the language, ethnicity, religion or social psychology of these French-occupied regions! Not a single word! The folks there speak lower Alemannic/Alsatian dialect of German; they are Protestant (the origins of the name Huguenots and Catholic as well. Socially they feel neither German nor French, but more Luxembourgish! Ethnically, they are the surviving Alemann tribe of the Germanic people. Even today the French word for German is "Alemannes" — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2604:2000:1383:85A8:223:12FF:FE20:7BC7 (talk) 16:37, 6 October 2019 (UTC)
 * The folks there speak French, primarily. And they don't feel Luxembourgish at all. Why would they? Luxembourg is closer to Metz than it is to Strasbourg. If anything, they feel close to the Palatinate, which is really not far away and has a culture not unlike Alsace. --Edelseider (talk) 17:57, 6 October 2019 (UTC)

Old talk
Is the second component from EBII - should be indicated as such (as confusing).

battle of Haguenau ?
There are a few references to this event, but I am not sure what the date. At least in the English historiography, this term is not used much for WWII period. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 07:05, 31 March 2013 (UTC)
 * The battle along the whole line is wiki-covered in Operation Nordwind for people who simply want to know the approximate dates, but if you want something more focused just on Haguenau itself, then I guess someone will need to dig out some sources and write it up.  Success Charles01 (talk) 15:53, 14 April 2015 (UTC)

Buildings destroyed in WW II
The current text says: "Before they withdrew, the Germans demolished bridges, useful buildings, and even the town park." This sounds like a translation of a French text that is handed out in printing to tourists by administration of the City of Haguenau on behalf of today's French Republic. This official publication is not precise for two reasons. First, "Germans" in this case would include a lot of soldiers from the Alsace, which, according to the political conception of the publishers, rather should be regarded as "French". Second, less political and much more relevant: Parts of the area within and around the old town of "Hagenawe" had been bombed in various smaller air raids by RAF and US Air Force, as well as damaged under artillery fire from US Forces. Which buildings were destroyed by German troops, which ones were destroyed by American troops? How was the town park destroyed? --92.74.111.160 (talk) 12:19, 18 September 2015 (UTC)

Hagenaw was the historic English overname for the German Hagenau.
Will list that "Hagenaw" was the historic English overname from the German "Hagenau"

 * "Hagenaw" is an old version/ an old German spelling, depicted by the British in earlier times. As a reference, regarding a family in Bavaria and Austria with such name, versions of different spelling are well documenented 188.104.35.103 (talk) 19:17, 14 September 2021 (UTC)

External links modified
Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just modified 3 external links on Haguenau. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:
 * Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20120429030323/http://www.recensement.insee.fr/chiffresCles.action?zoneSearchField=HAGUENAU&codeZone=67180-COM&idTheme=3 to http://www.recensement.insee.fr/chiffresCles.action?zoneSearchField=HAGUENAU&codeZone=67180-COM&idTheme=3
 * Added tag to http://www.recensement.insee.fr/chiffresCles.action?codeMessage=5&zoneSearchField=HAGUENAU&codeZone=121-AU1999&idTheme=3&rechercher=Rechercher
 * Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20070818205826/http://www.lorwings.net/314/outline10.shtml to http://www.lorwings.net/314/outline10.shtml
 * Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20080914021605/http://iuthaguenau.u-strasbg.fr/ to http://iuthaguenau.u-strasbg.fr/

When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs.

Cheers.— InternetArchiveBot  (Report bug) 05:42, 1 December 2017 (UTC)

title: Talk:Haguenau


text:
Eric A. Williams

Eric A. Williams was a Trinidad and Tobago politician until November 2007 and was Member of Parliament for Port of Spain South. Until his resignation from the Cabinet in January 2006, he served as the Minister of Energy and Energy Industries in the then People's National Movement government, a post he had held since December 2001. A geologist and geophysicist by training, Williams entered Parliament in 1995 when he won the Port of Spain South seat formerly held by PNM founder Dr. Eric Williams (no relative).

In a now discredited February 2004 letter to then Prime Minister and Political Leader of the PNM Patrick Manning, PNM Councillor Dansam Dhansook alleged that he had paid a TT$75,000 (approx. US$12,000) bribe to Williams in seven separate payments over the period January to July 2003; one of TT$15,000 and six of TT$10,000. The letter was made public on 27 April 2005, when it was read in the House of Representatives by Prime Minister (as of May 2010) Kamla Persad-Bissessar, United National Congress MP for Siparia. Dhansook has since publicly apologised to Mr Williams, his colleague Mr Franklin Khan, and the citizens of Trinidad and Tobago for his role in this entire matter.

On 7 January 2006 seven warrants for Williams arrest were issued on a charge of misconduct in public office for corruptly receiving $75,000 in 2003. Williams who maintained his innocence, but "senior government members" predicted correctly that he would resign his ministerial portfolio on 9 January 2006. On January 9 the seven charges were laid indictably against Williams. He was granted bail of TT$600,000.

No PNM officials appeared at his hearings over the two-year duration of the Preliminary Inquiry, other than then Mayor of San Fernando Ian Atherly and former Councillor Cynthia Pipier of the Port-of-Spain City Corporation. However, three then Ministers, Fitzgerald Hinds, then a Minister of State and now a Senator in the Opposition, Dr. Keith Rowley (who was being investigated by the Integrity Commission but has since been exhonerated while a member of the Cabinet and is now the Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the PNM) and Diane Seukeran, former MP for San Fernando West and then a Minister of State, spoke to the press in his defence.

On December 31, 2007, all charges against Mr. Williams were dismissed. His accuser Dansam Dhansook was declared to be 'manifestly unreliable as a witness' by Senior Magistrate L. Cardinez-Ragoonanan who presided over the Preliminary Inquiry into the charges.

license: Creative Commons - Attribution Share-Alike - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

title: Eric A. Williams


text:
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chris labosky

 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 - deleted - SimonP 15:35, Jun 15, 2005 (UTC)

Chris labosky
Obvious vanity page. Deltabeignet 18:29, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Dump it. Tyoda 18:35, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete drini ☎ 18:50, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete vanity, non-funny attempt at BJAODN... --Idont Havaname 19:11, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * I'm changing my vote from Delete to Speedy Delete. After having re-read the article, a lot of it is just patent nonsense.  "Singlehandedly defeated U.S. Army in Vietnam War", claiming to be Deep Throat, and saying that he "ran 3325 miles consecutively without stopping" are just a few of the very absurd things stated in this article.  Maybe it's worth BJAODN, but at any rate, it's got to go. --Idont Havaname 03:57, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Do not Delete: Hey, anybody who can beat a cheetah is okay in my book.
 * Do not Delete: Chris Labosky is a respected Wikipedia -Article Critic on four continents, holds three world records in three equally obscure body manipulation events, and has been observed killing cheetahs with frisbees on at least three different occassions (I've seen the videos); hey, if Gary Coleman's got a Wikipedia article, this guy sure as heck should
 * Don't Delete this he is too good of a runner and too good of a student to not have a Wikipedia article he is really fast if he can beat a cheetah too
 * This vote and the two before it were User:152.163.100.197. My reply to them is WP:POINT. --Idont Havaname 01:07, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, not only is his article vanity, but the votes here are idiocy. RickK 23:19, Jun 1, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete kiddie vanity. SOO glad to know he shaved his head yesterday... --Etacar11 00:49, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Speedy we don't need rubbish like this. Kel-nage 00:53, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * friends of cheetahs should not be allowed to edit articles. Delete. Uncle G 01:29, 2005 Jun 2 (UTC)
 * Do not Delete: I don't see why this article should be deleted. Over 80% of the information given in the article is legitimate.
 * This vote was by User:204.210.189.130. --Idont Havaname 19:45, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete not notable and not verifiable. Vegaswikian 06:22, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete vanity. JamesBurns 11:25, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Do not Delete Because Chris didn't even WRITE this article. I mean, come on. It's not vanity if he didn't do it. Seriously. If you don't believe it, go to www.ohsaa.org and research the Division I Austintown/Youngstown Regional Track Meet results.  I bet you will see a very familiar name in first place.  Also, he DID shave his head, he DOES like to pronounce "Nicaragua" that way, he IS AP Stats student of the year, he LOVES leaders with big muscles and loud voices.  It is the truth.  You guys are just mad because you can't run fast.
 * Vote was by another anon, User:198.234.224.6. --Idont Havaname 19:45, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, compromised by the recent discovery that Deep Throat was William Felt, and not this guy. Bob Woodward, when reached, said he hadnt heard of Labosky, but was willing to make some money off him. Seriously, vanity, or, at best, seriously non-notable.Hornplease 17:35, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Sock-supported complete nonsense. Jonathunder 21:26, 2005 Jun 2 (UTC)
 * Delete NeoJustin 02:57 June 3, 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete Shanes 04:13, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete This doesn't need VfD, just speedy delete it. Howabout1 Talk to me!  04:14, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete as obvious vanity.   — J I P | Talk 04:18, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Do Not Delete Chris is a model-american and deserves a Wikipedia page.
 * Unsigned vote by User:24.166.43.161.   — J I P | Talk 15:44, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Do not Delete. This article is certainly a laudable attempt at absurdist humor and as such represents an exemplar of pre-post-modern deconstructionist structualism and a solid refutation anarcho-syndicalist nihilistic existentialism. Anyone who reads this article and concludes otherwise only demonstrates his clear bias towards this latter school of thought; his vote should be ignored. It should also be noted that he certainly has no tolerance for either curling irons or baracudas.
 * Unsigned post was by User:Runner06. It was his first edit, which tells me that he was at least one (if not all) of those anons that voted previously in this VfD. --Idont Havaname 02:46, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment: Based on all of the above "Do Not Delete" votes, this article and its VfD might be good enough for BJAODN now. --Idont Havaname 02:50, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Do Not Delete. The recent discoveries of both the Habitat of Action Towards E-Righteousness (HATER) and an independent commission at George Washington University confirm the serious Authoritarian Complex of the Wikipedia Media Empire. see, Wiki-Facism. It is also well-known that Wikipedia has plans to buy the Christian Childrens Fund and use it to make a profit. A vote to delete this article is a vote against your rights!!
 * Unsigned comment by User:198.234.224.6.   — J I P | Talk 17:28, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment: I think that if some of the nonsense (Singlehandedly defeated Germans in World War II", "ran 3325 miles consecutively without stopping") is removed from the article by editing, I think that this could stay on, as long as it were all true. However, I will stay neutral until editing is complete. IanManka 04:03, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Unsigned comment by User:204.210.195.4, later signed by User:IanManka.   — J I P | Talk 04:36, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Do Not Delete. i love this site its so awsome omg chris is a beast from outerspace don't delete it its all true all that info ya iknow its hard to believe but wut can i say he is frickin awsome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 * Unsigned comment by User:24.166.71.129.   — J I P | Talk 04:36, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, and quickly, before this Tallmadge-cruft (cf. High evif) spreads much further. Frjwoolley 23:03, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, Speedy delete okay by me. Junk supported by sock-puppets as a prank. -- Infrogmation 19:15, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete DDerby 16:31, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, since it is a vanity article to me. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 03:32, 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.


text: Talk:Lee Hamilton

title: Talk:Lee Hamilton


text:
Ukraine International Airlines

Ukraine International Airlines PJSC, often shortened to UIA (Авіакомпанія Міжнародні Авіалінії України, ), is the flag carrier and the largest airline of Ukraine, with its head office in Kyiv and its main hub at Kyiv's Boryspil International Airport. It operates domestic and international passenger flights and cargo services to Europe, the Middle East, the United States, Canada, and Asia. Due to Russia's 2022 invasion, all flights have been cancelled since 24 February 2022. The airline has ceased all operations, and the fleet has been parked at Kyiv Boryspil with the exception of one Embraer 190, UR-EMC, parked in Odessa. The airline won't be operating until the war ends and the ban on civilian flights in Ukrainian airspace is lifted. Resumption of operations also depends on whether the fleet of aircraft - or a sufficient share of it - remains intact throughout the war.

Early history

It was established as an alternative to Ukraine Airlines, a remnant of the Soviet Era in which each country had an operating airline under financial and commercial control of Aeroflot's main office in Moscow until the Soviet Union broke up and the airliners on the ground at each airport became the property of the state in which they were grounded. In early 1992, the then Minister for Aviation in Ukraine reached an agreement on the lease of 2 B737-400s from Guinness Peat Aviation (GPA), an Irish aircraft-leasing company, and the establishment of a new airline to operate at "internationally acceptable standards of Safety, Reliability, and Service between Ukraine and Europe."

In September, 1992 GPA and the new airline appointed Dublin-based International Aviation consultancy Avia International to lead the establishment and launch of the airline. Working closely with selected ex-staff of Ukraine Airlines, the joint team succeeded in launching flights to multiple destinations on schedule, beginning with a Kyiv-London flight on 25 November 1992. Other routes inaugurated in this period connected Kyiv with Berlin, Paris, Frankfurt, Vienna, and Amsterdam.

It became one of the first "joint ventures with foreign capital" in Ukraine and the first airline in the former Soviet Union to use then-new Boeing 737-400. The founding shareholders were the Ukrainian Association of Civil Aviation and GPA.

The airline began cargo operations with a Boeing 737-200 on 13 November 1994 to London and Amsterdam.

In 1996, Austrian Airlines and Swissair became shareholders, investing US$9 million in new equity.

In 2000, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development became a shareholder by investing $5.4 million. In 2006, UIA adopted a new classification system for freight operations which allowed the airline to carry a wider range of goods, ranging from live animals to fresh food and valuable objects. Additionally, an express service was introduced to meet the needs of customers wishing to make use of expedited cargo-delivery services.

Developments since 2013

In the first half of 2013, the airline's patronage rose by 60% to passengers. According to the company's president, Yuri Miroshnikov, UIA planned to achieve the same 2013 yearly results (i.e. to reach annual patronage of ). Also in 2013, due to the demise of competitor Aerosvit, UIA launched new flights from Ukraine to Baku, Azerbaijan; Yerevan, Armenia; Larnaca, Cyprus; Munich, Germany; Warsaw, Poland; Vilnius, Lithuania; Prague, Czech Republic; Athens, Greece; Batumi, Georgia; Moscow (Sheremetyevo Airport), Yekaterinburg, Saint Petersburg, Kaliningrad, Nizhnevartovsk, Novosibirsk, Rostov-on-Don, and Sochi in Russia; and Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. On 25 April 2014, UIA began non-stop flights from Kyiv to John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City, United States.

In October 2015, the Russian government banned UIA from flying to Russian destinations as a response to a ban by the Ukrainian government on Russian airlines flying into Ukraine. Russia had annexed Crimea in 2014.

Since June 2016, most of UIA's international flights are sold with the basic "hand luggage-only tariff." If passengers booking this tariff want to check-in luggage, the airline charges fees up to US$60 per flight. Also, since the northern-hemisphere summer of 2016, UIA wet-leased an ERJ 145 from Dniproavia (also part of the Privat Group) for daily services to Chernivtsi (because the condition of the airport there doesn't allow E-190 and B737-operations).

On 14 June 2016, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine had the offices of UIA searched because of an investigation by the Bureau into passenger fees not paid to the State Aviation Fund.

In March 2018, Ukraine International announced a fleet modernization plan. While the first of three pre-owned Boeing 777-200ERs had already been delivered, the airline expected several new Boeing 737 and Embraer 195 aircraft during the year to replace its last Boeing 737 Classics.

Ukraine International ceased its membership of the Flying Blue rewards program on January 1, 2019. UIA expected losses of approximately US$50 million for 2019 and implemented cost-saving measures, according to the new CEO.

In September 2021, UIA announced plans to add two Boeing 777-300s to their fleet, primarily for charter operations.

When the Russian invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022, the Ukrainian government closed Ukraine's air space for commercial airline operations, severely affecting Ukraine International's own operations. The airline suspended their flights from 24 February of that year, hoping to restart them by 23 March,  before extending the suspension until the end of May 2022. Further extensions of the suspension were periodically announced, with the current extension announced on 10 April 2023. As of July 20, 2023, the suspension notice states that flights to and from Ukraine will be suspended "until martial law in Ukraine is lifted, and Ukrainian airspace is reopened".

Ownership
In February 2011, the Ukrainian government sold its 61.6% stake in UIA to three existing minority shareholders for ₴287 million (US$36.2 million). As of 26 July 2013, the airline was owned by Ukraine-based Capital Investment Project LLC (74%) and Cyprus-based Ontobet Promotions Limited (26%). Capital Investment Process, in turn, is owned by Ontobet. The owners are represented by Aron Mayberg, a business partner of Igor Kolomoyskyi and the former CEO of the bankrupt AeroSvit Airlines, from which partially licences and planes were transferred to Ukraine International Airlines.

Yuri Miroshnikov stepped down as president of Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) on 12 September 2019 after 15 years of managing Ukraine's national carrier and working for UIA since 1993. Yevhenii Dykhne will take on the leadership role at UIA from 18 September 2019.

Business figures
As of 22 June 2016, the ownership structure is registered as the following: 74.1627% Capital Investment Project, Ukraine and 15.9108% Ontobet Promotions Ltd, Cyprus. 2016 was the second year in a row that the company made a loss, despite seeing growth in passengers. According to a February statement by company head Yuri Miroshnikov, UIA was struggling to stay profitable in the face of growing competition from budget airlines. In 2017, the company recorded a ₴304 million loss. Ukraine International Airlines posted a net loss of almost ₴2.7 billion (about $100 million) in 2018, or about nine times more than it lost in 2017, Ukrainian media reported on 25 March, citing a UIA investor report. As of 2019, Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) was to slow down its expansion plans in order to stabilise its financial performance and climb out of the red. The head of the state air traffic regulator of Ukraine stated at 8 November 2019 that UIA owes them ₴1 billion of unpaid fees and penalties.

Destinations
UIA connects Ukraine to over 80 destinations in Europe, Asia and the Middle East, as well as to New York City and Toronto from its base at Boryspil Airport, and also operates domestic flights. UIA serves over 1000 flights per week. Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) was forced to make some involuntary changes to its summer 2019 flight schedules, with reduced frequencies and capacity on some selected routes. Although not officially a budget airline, many of UIA's worldwide flights are popular with travellers because of its low fares, they use Boryspil International Airport as a transport hub.

Due to ongoing losses, the airline suspended flights to Amman, Riga, Beijing and Minsk in November 2019. From 2020, flights to Bangkok and Krakow were also suspended. Following the 2022 Russia's Invasion of Ukraine, the airline ceased operations temporarily and suspended all flights to all destinations.

Codeshare agreements
Ukraine International Airlines has codeshare agreements with the following airlines:

 * Air Astana
 * Air France
 * Air Moldova
 * airBaltic
 * Austrian Airlines
 * Azerbaijan Airlines
 * EgyptAir
 * Iberia
 * KLM
 * TAP Air Portugal
 * Turkish Airlines

Current fleet
, the Ukraine International Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft:

Former fleet
Ukraine International Airlines previously consisted of the following aircraft:

Accidents and incidents
On 8 January 2020, Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 was shot down by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) of Iran shortly after takeoff from Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport. The IRGC attributed it to human error. The aircraft involved, UR-PSR, was a three-year-old Boeing 737-800. There were 176 passengers and crew on board with no survivors. The crash was the first fatal aviation incident for Ukraine International Airlines since beginning operations in 1992.

title: Ukraine International Airlines


text:
Chain Bridge

Chain bridges are suspension bridges built with chains. Some chain bridges built using this design have retained the name Chain Bridge. Thus as a proper noun, it may refer to:

In Hungary:
 * Chain Bridge (Budapest), a bridge over the Danube in Budapest, Hungary (completed 1849)

In Germany:
 * Chain Bridge (Nuremberg), a pedestrian bridge over the river Pegnitz in Nuremberg, Bavaria (opened 1924)

In the United Kingdom:
 * Union Bridge (Tweed), a bridge over the River Tweed between England and Scotland (opened 1820)
 * Chain Bridge, a bridge over the River Usk in Monmouthshire, Wales (opened 1829)
 * Chain Bridge (Berwyn), a bridge over the River Dee at Berwyn, Llangollen, Denbighshire, North Wales (completed 1818)

In the United States:
 * Chain Bridge (Easton, Pennsylvania), a historic change bridge spanning the Lehigh River (completed 1857)
 * Chain Bridge (Potomac River) a bridge at the Little Falls of the Potomac River in Washington, D.C. (completed 1808)
 * Chain Bridge (Massachusetts), a bridge which crosses the Merrimack River, connecting Amesbury and Newburyport, Massachusetts (completed 1810)

title: Chain Bridge


text:
Mohammed Daddach

Sidi Mohammed Daddach (سيدي محمد دداش) (born 1957 in Guelta Zemmur, Western Sahara) is a Sahrawi human rights activist imprisoned for 24 years. He is often called "North African Mandela" or "Sahrawi Mandela".

Biography
In 1973 he joined the Polisario Front, the Western Sahara national liberation movement. In early 1976, as the Moroccan & Mauritanian troops invaded Western Sahara, Daddach fled with some friends trying to reach Tindouf to join the Polisario Front troops (Sahrawi People's Liberation Army), but their jeep was gunned & intercepted by Moroccan troops near Amgala. After two years of imprisonment (first in a military base in Marrakech, then in a subterranean cell), he was forced to join the Moroccan Army.

Daddach was again arrested & badly injured in August 1979, when he tried to defect with other soldiers, and sentenced to death on April 7, 1980 for high treason. He was imprisoned in Kenitra prison. Amnesty International designated him a prisoner of conscience, and other human rights organizations also called for his release. In 1994, his death sentence was reduced to life imprisonment, and in 2001, he was freed following a royal amnesty by Mohammed VI of Morocco, who described it as coming from "affection for the sons of the Sahara".

In 2002, Daddach was awarded the Rafto Prize for his efforts, and after some difficulties obtaining a passport, he was finally able to go to collect the prize in Norway, where he also saw his mother, Enguia Bakay Lahbib, for the first time since 1975. She presently lives in exile in the refugee camps of Tindouf, Algeria.

In 2009, he was awarded with the Human Rights Award of the Badajoz Bar Association, for his defense of Human Rights. The prize was given by Guillermo Fernández Vara, president of Extremadura.

According to the Association de soutien à un référendum libre et régulier au Sahara Occidental (ARSO), he was repeatedly pressured and harassed by Moroccan security services after his release.

On 29 April 2013, he was one of the nine Sahrawis injured during demonstrations in El Aaiun. Daddach needed hospital attention for a wound in one of his knees.

title: Mohammed Daddach


text:
Category talk:User ur

Urdu Blogging
Thought I would post this here FYI:

http://ifaqeer.blogspot.com/2005/05/urdu-blossoming-on-internet.html

Should we start an Urdu Project Page? It would help in reaching across countries and continents to work on issues related to the language? Or maybe an "Urdu-Hindi-Hindustani" Project page?

—iFaqeer (Talk to me!) 18:31, Jun 1, 2005 (UTC)

title: Category talk:User ur


text:
Category talk:User ur-N

Urdu Blogging
Thought I would post this here FYI:

http://ifaqeer.blogspot.com/2005/05/urdu-blossoming-on-internet.html

Should we start an Urdu Project Page? It would help in reaching across countries and continents to work on issues related to the language? Or maybe an "Urdu-Hindi-Hindustani" Project page?

—iFaqeer (Talk to me!) 18:31, Jun 1, 2005 (UTC)

title: Category talk:User ur-N


text:
Talk:The Velvet Underground (album)

Valentin mix
Valentin's mix wasn't widely distributed in Europe. One of the sources used only mentions CDs: https://archive.org/details/seeinglightinsid0000jova/page/138/mode/2up?q=closet

The Closet mix was common in the UK and probably Europe too. The only LPs I could find with the Valentin mix are the 69 Canada, a rare 69 UK, and an 82 Japan. The more common 71 UK uses the Closet.

1969 UK: https://www.discogs.com/release/3224639-The-Velvet-Underground-The-Velvet-Underground "contains the 'Valentin' mix of the album, by MGM engineer Val Valentin, as does the Canada edition, in contrast to all other worldwide releases prior to the mid-80's which instead contain Lou Reed's alternate 'Closet' mix."

1971 UK: https://www.discogs.com/release/607032-The-Velvet-Underground-The-Velvet-Underground "Whereas Valentin's mix was used for the earlier 1969 UK issue, Reed's mix was used here."

https://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/velvet-undergound-closet-mix-vinyl-reissue.1125079/ "Well, since your only other option for the closet mix on vinyl is an original US or 1971 UK pressing, it’s an alright pressing." 92.237.185.52 (talk) 23:51, 13 September 2023 (UTC) "I think any reissues from EU during the seventies used the closet mix" — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.237.185.52 (talk) 20:51, 22 September 2023 (UTC)

title: Talk:The Velvet Underground (album)


text:
Nightlife (Thin Lizzy album)

Nightlife is the fourth studio album by Irish rock band Thin Lizzy, released on 8 November 1974 by Vertigo Records. It was produced by Ron Nevison and bandleader Phil Lynott, and was the first album to feature the band as a quartet with newcomers Scott Gorham and Brian Robertson on guitars.

Some reissue CDs, and occasionally other sources, spell the album title as Night Life, the same as the song title. However the original album title is Nightlife.

The song "Philomena" was written for Lynott's mother.

Album artwork
The album cover, designed by Jim Fitzpatrick, shows a panther-like creature in a city scene. The panther is often thought to be intended to represent Lynott, but Fitzpatrick has confirmed that the panther referred to the Black Panthers and African-American political figures like Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr.

Reception
Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic described Nightlife as an "underrated gem of a record", but a "complete anomaly within their catalog"... "a subdued, soulful record, smooth in ways that Thin Lizzy never were before and rarely were afterwards". He singles out "She Knows" as "gently propulsive, [and] utterly addictive", but adds that there are "still moments of tough, primal rock 'n' roll", such as "It's Only Money" and "Sha-La-La". Martin Popoff judged the album "more enigmatic, sincere and philosophically complex than much else rock 'n' roll out there at the time", but also "too distant from the band's heart and soul" and overtly into black music, with Lynott "searching for ways to pay homage to his racial heritage."

Cover versions

 * American metal band Slough Feg covered "Sha-La-La" on a 2006 split with Bible of the Devil, and again on their 2011 live album Made in Poland.
 * Concrete Blonde covered "It's Only Money" on their 1989 album Free.
 * "It's Only Money" was re-recorded 35 years later by Robertson on his 2011 solo album Diamonds and Dirt.
 * The Obsessed covered "It's Only Money" on their 2017 album Sacred.
 * John Norum covered "It's Only Money" on his 2010 album Play Yard Blues.
 * Sade covered “Still In Love with You” as a new track on her 2011 collection The Ultimate Collection.

Track listings
The song "Night Life" borrows the title and chorus of Willie Nelson's 1960 song "Night Life", but Nelson is not credited on the album.

On the cassette version, the positions of "She Knows" and "Showdown" were reversed.

Remastered edition
A remastered 2-CD set deluxe edition of Nightlife was released on 12 March 2012.

Singles

 * Philomena/Sha-La-La – 7" (1974)
 * It’s Only Money/Night Life – 7" (1974)
 * Showdown/Night Life – 7" (1974)

Personnel

 * Thin Lizzy
 * Phil Lynott – bass guitar, vocals, acoustic guitar, producer
 * Scott Gorham – guitars
 * Brian Robertson – guitars, backing vocals
 * Brian Downey – drums, percussion

 * Additional musicians
 * Frankie Miller – joint lead vocals on "Still in Love with You"
 * Gary Moore – lead guitar on "Still in Love with You" & tracks 7-9 on disc 2
 * Jean Alain Roussel – Hammond B3, piano on tracks 1, 4, 5 and 10
 * Jimmy Horowitz – orchestral arrangements on tracks 1, 5 and 10

 * Production
 * Ron Nevison – producer, engineer, mixing
 * Ted Sharp – engineer
 * Arnie Acosta – mastering at The Mastering Lab, Los Angeles

title: Nightlife (Thin Lizzy album)


text:
Pithamagan

Pithamagan is a 2003 Indian Tamil-language action crime drama film written and directed by Bala. The film stars Vikram, Suriya, Laila and Sangeetha. Based on Jayakanthan's short story Nandhavanathil Oru Aandi, it revolves around a man who grew away from civilisation with minimal human contact, and as a result is animalistic.

Pithamagan was released on 24 October 2003. The film became a success and Vikram won numerous accolades for his performance, including the National Film Award for Best Actor. It was remade in Kannada as Anatharu (2007).

Plot
An anonymous woman dies while giving birth in a graveyard. Her child, Chithan, is found and raised by the caretaker of the graveyard. Chithan grows up among corpses with minimal human contact and is seemingly autistic. He growls, runs like a beast, but seems to understand loyalty and is a social animal. He ventures into a town in search of food and gets into trouble as he does not understand the concept of money. He is rescued by Gomathi, a petty marijuana dealer. She sees his ability to be loyal and enrolls him into the service of her employer Sekar Vasudevan, a large scale marijuana grower. Chithan is caught during a drug raid and arrested.

Sakthi is a con artist. He gets into trouble when he cons a woman named Manju into losing all her personal effects in a game of dice. Sakthi gets sent to jail thanks to Manju's detective work. He meets Chithan in prison and starts protecting him out of sympathy and pity. Chithan starts to reciprocate to Sakthi's kindness with blind loyalty.

Sakthi serves his term and then clashes with Sekar to get Chithan released from jail. Chithan gets out but commits a crime when he obeys his master's instruction to burn the body of a murder victim. Sakthi, realising that Chithan is being used as accessory in crimes that he cannot comprehend, prevents Chithan from going back to working in the marijuana fields. At the same time, a budding romance starts between Sakthi and Manju, and Chithan too starts to see a shared spirit in Gomathi.

The police catches wind of the murder and arrests Chithan. Sakthi gets Chithan to side with the police as an informant. Sekar later attacks and kills Sakthi and dumps his body in the middle of the road. Chithan does not understand that Sakthi is dead and zones out when everyone surrounds him. While Gomathi, Manju, and the others are crying, Gomathi sees Chithan's confusion as indifference and angrily drives him away from Sakthi's body.

Chithan slowly starts to understand that Sakthi is dead as he sees him on the funeral pyre. His realisation is complete when he wakes up in the morning next to the burnt remains of Sakthi's corpse. He experiences emotions that he has never experienced before: fury, agony, betrayal, and pain that he has never felt, and decides to take revenge on Sekar.

Chithan sets fire to the marijuana fields, lets Sekar experience the pain of his loss, and then sets upon destroying him physically. He drives him through the street, taking his time by breaking a few bones at a time until he is done toying with him. He then kills Sekar by biting his neck, and leaves the village.

Cast
As per the opening and closing credits:

Production
After Nandha (2001), Bala announced his next project Pithamagan with Vikram and Suriya, the main lead actors of his previous films who received popularity after struggle. For Gomathy's role, Bala selected Rasika P. Mani after considering Vijayashanti, Malavika and Gayatri Jayaraman and also changed her name back to Sangeetha. Mahadevan and Ganja Karuppu made their Tamil debut with this film. Most part of the film was shot in Theni district.

Music
The soundtrack was composed by Ilaiyaraaja. The song "Piraiye Piraiye" is set in Pantuvarali raga. R. Rangaraj of Chennai Online wrote "The maestro has not failed his fans. Although the music is not of the racy, peppy variety, it is bound to do well due to the different approach in terms of mood and tone. It is not often that one has to compose songs to be shot on a Vettiyan. Like a Phoenix rishing from the ashes, Ilayaraja too rises to the occasion".

Release
Pithamagan was released on 24 October 2003, coinciding with Diwali. The film released alongside Vijay's Thirumalai, Ajith's Anjaneya and Arjun's Ottran.

Reception
The film received critical acclaim with praise for the story, direction, screenplay and performances of Vikram, Surya, Laila and Sangeetha. Malathi Rangarajan of The Hindu praised Vikram as "Without any dialogue to support him he carves a niche for himself in the viewer's mind with his expressions and excellent body language" and Suriya as "Who would have thought that this young man, pitted against the serious Chithan, would prove so perfect a foil?" going on to declare the movie as "..a symphony on celluloid". A reviewer at Sify noted, "..it is the expert performance of the lead actors that elevate the film above the commonplace".

Film critic Baradwaj Rangan remarked, "Bala's ingeniousness is evident everywhere .... And he gets tremendous support from his leads...It all adds up to a first-rate film that excoriates as much as it entertains". Malini Mannath wrote in Chennai Online, "It's an off-beat, sensitive and a serious film, which may lack in commercial ingredients but which a discerning viewer will find a welcome change". Visual Dasan of Kalki praised the performances of lead actors, Bala's direction, also praising Balasubramaniam's cinematography and Ilaiyaraaja's music for working equally hard with director and concluded Pithamagan is not Vikram and Surya film, it is Bala's unique work.

Other versions
Pithamagan was dubbed into Telugu and released as Siva Putrudu on 2 April 2004. The film was remade in Kannada as Anatharu (2007), with Mahedevan reprising his role. In October 2011, it was reported that Satish Kaushik bought the Hindi remake rights of the film. Later, it was reported that he wanted Salman Khan to reprise Vikram's role. However the project failed to materialise.

title: Pithamagan


text:
List of mountains of Maine

This is a list of mountains in the state of Maine.

title: List of mountains of Maine


text:
User talk:Ilai

Welcome!

Hello,, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers: I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you need help, check out Where to ask a question, ask me on my talk page, or place  on your talk page and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Again, welcome! , Nicely spotted pic duplication, SqueakBox 18:34, Jun 1, 2005 (UTC)
 * The five pillars of Wikipedia
 * How to edit a page
 * Help pages
 * Tutorial
 * How to write a great article
 * Manual of Style

title: User talk:Ilai


text:
Tim Maia

Tim Maia (, born Sebastião Rodrigues Maia; September 28, 1942 – March 15, 1998) was a Brazilian musician, songwriter, and businessman known for his iconoclastic, ironic, outspoken, and humorous musical style. Maia contributed to Brazilian music within a wide variety of musical genres, including soul, funk, disco, jazz, rock and roll, rhythm and blues, romantic ballads, samba, bossa nova, baião and música popular brasileira (MPB). He introduced the soul style on the Brazilian musical scene. Along with Jorge Ben, Maia pioneered sambalanço, combining samba, soul, funk and rock and roll. He is recognized as one of the biggest icons in Brazilian music.

Tim Maia recorded numerous albums and toured extensively in a long career. After his death in 1998, his recorded oeuvre has shown enduring popularity. A theatrical retrospective of his career, the popular musical Vale Tudo, was first staged in Rio de Janeiro in 2012.

1950s
Maia was born on September 28, 1942, in the Tijuca neighbourhood, in the northern suburbs of Rio de Janeiro. He began writing melodies while a child, the second youngest of nineteen children. Then known as "Tião Maia", he wrote his earliest songs at age eight. At fourteen, as a drummer, he formed the group Os Tijucanos do Ritmo, which lasted one year. He took guitar classes and was teaching other children in Tijuca. He gave lessons to his friends Erasmo Esteves and Roberto Carlos, fellow members of the so-called Matoso Gang. Named after the street where they used to hang out, the gang also included Jorge Ben, among others. They liked to listen to the earliest styles of rock and roll, with both Maia and Ben being nicknamed "Babulina" after their enthusiastic pronunciation of Ronnie Self's rockabilly song "Bop-A-Lena".

In 1957, Maia, Carlos, Arlênio Silva, Edson Trindade and Wellington started the vocal group The Sputniks. After a televised appearance on Carlos Imperial's Clube do Rock on TV Tupi, Imperial arranged a solo appearance for Roberto Carlos the following week. Maia got annoyed at this, leading him to insult Carlos in the following rehearsals until his bandmate left the group. After watching Carlos' concert the following week, Maia left The Sputniks, and went after Imperial for a solo appearance. Imperial eventually suggested another artistic name, Tim, which Maia accepted with reservations.

In 1959, Maia went to study in the United States, where he lived for five years. He joined a vocal harmony ensemble, The Ideals, and wrote the lyrics to "New Love", which was recorded as a demo with guest percussion by Milton Banana. (Maia also recorded the song as a soloist in 1973). The group's career was derailed in 1963 when Maia was arrested for possession of marijuana and deported back to Brazil.

1960s
After returning, Maia had a few unsuccessful jobs and arrests in Rio. Eventually he decided to move to São Paulo to try to get help to kickstart his musical career from Carlos, who was beginning to enjoy the massive success of Jovem Guarda with Esteves. Carlos was inaccessible, but Maia started to perform in São Paulo's nightlife and in Wilson Simonal's radio program, and also had a televised appearance at TV Bandeirantes with Os Mutantes. By the end of 1967 Maia managed to send a homemade recording to Carlos, who got Maia a deal for a single at CBS and an appearance on the Jovem Guarda TV program. His first single in 1968, "Meu País" backed by "Sentimento", went unnoticed, as was another single, "These Are the Songs"/"What Do You Want to Bet?", recorded in English for RGE Discos. Maia also wrote one of Carlos' hits, "Não Vou Ficar". He became more visible after 1969 when he launched his "These Are the Songs", which was re-recorded by Elis Regina in the next year in a duo with Maia. Later that year, Maia signed a deal with Polydor/Philips and recorded the successful single "Primavera".

1970s
In the 1970s, Maia started to record albums and perform shows promoting his synthesis of American soul and Brazilian music with elements of samba and baião. The movement gradually took the working-class suburbs of the north side of Rio de Janeiro, exploding in 1976 with the black movement.

In 1970, Maia recorded his first full-length LP, Tim Maia, which included the classics "Azul da Cor do Mar", "Coroné Antônio Bento", and "Primavera", and topped the charts for 24 weeks in Rio de Janeiro. His first four albums were all self-titled. Next year's Tim Maia had other hits including "Não Quero Dinheiro (Só Quero Amar)" and "Preciso Aprender a Ser Só". His fourth album, released in 1973, included "Réu Confesso" and "Gostava Tanto de Você". Angry at how the music publisher distributed the royalties, Maia opened his own, Seroma (derived from the first syllables of his first, middle and last names), to make sure he had a bigger cut of the profits.

After his fourth album, Maia left Polydor for RCA Victor, who offered him a chance to record a double album. The instrumental parts were all ready when Maia went to his composing friend Tibério Gaspar for help with the lyrics. In his house Maia found the book Universo em Desencanto (Universe In Disenchantment), revolving around the cult of Rational Culture. Maia converted to the cult, abandoned drugs and red meat, and decided to write the lyrics for the songs about the knowledge contained in the book. RCA rejected the albums ''Tim Maia Racional, Vols. 1 & 2'' for the newly found spiritual content, but Maia bought the master tapes from them and released the albums independently through label Seroma Discos, which would split its profits with the cult. While the lead single "Que Beleza (Imunização Racional)" had some airplay, at the time these records were not well received, due to inadequate distribution, and the spiritual content alienating both the radios and Maia's fans. Eventually, the artist could only perform at events promoted by the Rational Culture. In 1975, Maia got fed up with the cult, destroyed the unsold records and went back to his carefree life. The Racional albums are now regarded as classics and saw re-release in 2005.

For his return in 1976, Maia signed with Polygram and recorded an album also titled Tim Maia, which included the hit "Rodésia" (inspired by the Rhodesian Bush War), and also did a self-published album in English. In 1977 Maia signed with Som Livre, where he recorded the album Verão Carioca. In 1978 Maia signed with Warner Bros. Records and incorporated the disco sound of the period in the album Tim Maia Disco Club, which spawned the hits "Sossego" and "Acenda o Farol". In 1979 Maia recorded Reencontro for EMI-Odeon, but revolted at the label's estimated promotion costs which were the same as the money spent recording, Maia fought with the marketing executive, and in response EMI president fired Maia, releasing the album with no publicity to low sales.

1980s and 1990s
In 1980, Maia recorded another self-titled album for Polygram. The following year, with turbulent passages through all the major labels in Brazil, Maia released again through Seroma the album Nuvens, which flopped due to inefficient distribution. To earn cash for his future albums, Maia was a guest in songs by Fevers, Edu Lobo and Chico Buarque, Ivan Lins and Sandra de Sá. His collaboration with Sá, "Vale Tudo", later became a solo hit for Maia. In 1983 he had hits with "O Descobridor dos Sete Mares" and "Me Dê Motivo", included on O Descobridor dos Sete Mares (Polygram). Another milestone of his career in the 1980s was Tim Maia (1986), which had the hit "Do Leme ao Pontal (Tomo Guaraná, Suco de Caju, Goiabada Para Sobremesa)".

In 1990, Maia saw Caetano Veloso's songbook and asked editor Almir Chediak to do one for his own work. Chediak was working on such an album with bossa nova classics, and Maia requested a copy, which eventually inspired him to do a self-released album of bossa nova covers, Tim Maia Interpreta Clássicos da Bossa Nova. After a period of poor presence in the media, he was again on top after being mentioned by Jorge Ben Jor's "W/Brasil" in 1991. In the same period, Maia had another hit with his re-recording of Lulu Santos' "Como uma Onda" for a television advertisement – Santos in return recorded Maia's "Descobridor dos Sete Mares.

At the same time, he withdrew from majors, recording his next albums through Vitória Régia, including What a Wonderful World (1997), where he recorded American pop/soul classics, and Amigos do Rei/Tim Maia e Os Cariocas, with the famous vocal group. Obese and in bad health, on March 8, 1998, he was performing at the Municipal Theater of Niterói when he became ill. He was hospitalized and died at 13:03 BRT (16:03 GMT) on March 15.

Personal life

Maia lived in the United States of America from 1959 to 1964. He first resided in Tarrytown, New York, with the family of an acquaintance of his father's customer. There he learned English and did not speak much Portuguese because so few Brazilians were living in the US at the time. In 1961, Maia moved to New York City, and, in late 1963, with a group of three friends, decided to travel to the Southern United States. With a stolen car and performing small thefts to finance the journey (which got him arrested five times), Maia and friends traveled through nine states before arriving in Florida. In Daytona Beach, Maia had his final imprisonment for marijuana possession, which earned him deportation back to Brazil.

He had three sons. The first was José Carlos da Silva Nogueira (b. 1966). Maia only met Nogueira when he was already 15. Maia never legally recognized Nogueira as a son, but the two reportedly had a good relationship. A sister of Maia claims that, once he found out about Nogueira, he allowed the boy to live in one of his properties and helped him financially. Nogueira was shot and killed in 2002, in Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, four years after Maia's death.

Maia had a live-in girlfriend, Maria de Jesus "Geisa" Gomes da Silva. After some time together, they broke up. When they made up, she was pregnant with a boy, whose father refused to recognize the child as his. Maia then adopted the boy, Marcio Leonardo "Léo" Maia (b. 1974). Afterwards, Maia and Geisa married and had another son, Carmelo "Telmo" Maia (b. 1975). When Léo was 12, Tim Maia and Geisa divorced.

Tim Maia became a member of the Brazilian Socialist Party (Partido Socialista Brasileiro – PSB) in October 1997. He was rumoured to have joined the party in order to run for a seat in the Federal Senate for Rio de Janeiro in the 1998 general elections, but died before that. When asked by a reporter why he chose to join the then small PSB, he replied: "Brazil is the only country where: whores fall in love, pimps get jealous, drug dealers become addicted and the poor vote for the right-wing". His phrase would become a famous aphorism on the way Brazilians face politics.

He was also known for his easygoing lifestyle and his habit of lightheartedly missing appointments and even important gigs. Indeed, Maia had a tradition of arriving late at concerts and at times missed them altogether. He also frequently complained about the sound quality in them. Many of his missed concerts were due to what he called his "triathlon"—consuming whiskey, cocaine, and marijuana before a gig. Towards the end of his life, Tim Maia suffered from many health problems, which included diabetes, acute hypertension, obesity and pulmonary embolism. In 1996, he had a Fournier gangrene solved through an emergency operation.

Legacy and homages

After his death, Maia was the subject of numerous tributes by Música popular brasileira artists; two lavish commemorations in 1999 and 2000 were each released on CD and DVD. A biography, Vale Tudo – O Som e a Fúria de Tim Maia, was published in 2011 by one of Maia's personal friends, Nelson Motta. Motta later worked with João Fonseca on a stage version of the book – their musical retrospective Tim Maia: Vale Tudo began a successful theatrical run in Rio de Janeiro in 2012. The film adaptation Tim Maia based on the book was released in 2014.

In 2004, Som Livre released an album of posthumous duets entitled Soul Tim: Duetos. Maia's entire discography, including the never before seen third volume of Tim Maia Racional, was reissued by Editora Abril in 2011. In October 2012, American record label Luaka Bop released a Maia compilation entitled Nobody Can Live Forever.

In January 2001, Guns N' Roses guitarist Robin Finck sang "Sossego" during the Rock in Rio III festival. In 2007, TV Globo recorded a special program about Maia, Por Toda a Minha Vida, and in 2009, Globo had an episode of its show Som Brasil with Maia's songs, performed by his son Léo and Seu Jorge among other artists. TV Cultura (São Paulo's public broadcasting) released in 2012 of their Ensaio music program. Posthumously, an unprecedented album was released on digital platforms entitled "Yo Te Amo", which brings the musician's hits sung in Spanish and arrives 51 years after his original recording, made in 1970.

Discography
Maia released his first album in 1970 and recorded frequently throughout his career. The following is a representative list drawn from his extensive catalog:
 * Tim Maia (1970)
 * Tim Maia (1971)
 * Tim Maia (1972)
 * Tim Maia (1973)
 * Racional (1975)
 * Racional, vol.2 (1976)
 * Tim Maia (1976)
 * Tim Maia (1977)
 * Tim Maia Disco Club (1978)
 * Tim Maia (1978)
 * Reencontro (1979)
 * Tim Maia (1980)
 * Nuvens (1982)
 * O Descobridor dos Sete Mares (1983)
 * Sufocante (1984)
 * Tim Maia (1985)
 * Tim Maia (1986)
 * Somos América (1987)
 * Carinhos (1988)
 * Dance Bem (1990)
 * Tim Maia Interpreta Clássicos da Bossa Nova (1990)
 * Sossego (1991)
 * Não Quero Dinheiro (1993)
 * Romântico (1993)
 * Voltou Clarear (1994)
 * Tim Maia Ao Vivo (1995)
 * Nova Era Glacial (1995)
 * Pro Meu Grande Amor (1997)
 * Sorriso de Criança (1997)
 * What a Wonderful World (1997)
 * Amigos do Rei (1997)
 * Só Você: Para Ouvir e Dançar (1997)
 * Tim Maia Ao Vivo II (1998)
 * Yo Te Amo (2021)

title: Tim Maia


text:
Mirza Delibašić

Mirza Delibašić (9 January 1954 – 8 December 2001) was a Bosnian professional basketball player and coach.

Delibašić was named one of FIBA's 50 Greatest Players in 1991. He was enshrined into the FIBA Hall of Fame in 2007. In 2008, he was named one of the 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors. He is widely considered one of the best shooters in the history of European basketball.

Early life
Delibašič was born in Tuzla, PR Bosnia and Herzegovina to Izet  Delibašić, a  native of Kakanj, and Zajkana (née Mehičević) from Ljubuški. Young Mirza took up tennis, excelling at it. By the age of fourteen, he switched to basketball.

Club career
Mirza Delibašić, nicknamed Kinđe, led his club Bosna to the EuroLeague Championship in 1979. He played his first games aged 15 for KK Sloboda Dita, Tuzla's basketball club. Three years later, in 1971, he signed a contract with KK Bosna.

After leaving Bosna, Delibašić went to the Spanish Primera División, where he ended up being considered one of the best players ever to play for Real Madrid, along with the likes of Juan Corbalán, Wayne Brabender, Fernando Martín Espina, Fernando Romay, Dražen Petrović, and Arvydas Sabonis.

In his club career, he won numerous titles in European club competitions. In addition to having played together for their Yugoslav national team, Mirza Delibašić and Dražen Dalipagić, also played together with Real Madrid. Their performance in a 1983 European Champions Cup game versus Cibona, in Zagreb, is only one of the many highlights of their careers. In that game, Delibašić scored 26 points and Dalipagić 33. The game appropriately finished with a two-on-one fast-break, with Delibašić making a behind-the-back fake pass to Dalipagić, and passing by a defender for a two-handed dunk at the buzzer. Cibona's fans put aside their team's loss in the game, and showed their appreciation for the Bosnian stars performances, with a standing ovation at the end of the game.

Career ending
In early summer 1983, twenty-nine-year-old Delibašić left Real Madrid and signed with the Italian League club JuveCaserta coached by his former Bosna mentor Bogdan Tanjević.

In August 1983, the team went for preseason training and conditioning to the town of Bormio in the Italian Alps. Following the gruelling altitude training, after coming back south to Caserta, Delibašić suffered a near-fatal brain hemorrhage that would turn out to be career-ending. With Delibašić in critical condition, a private plane was immediately organized to airlift him to the Military Medical Academy (VMA) in Belgrade where he was hospitalized for months. He survived and recovered, but not enough to return to playing professional basketball thus forcing him to retire from playing basketball effective immediately at only the age of twenty nine.

National team career
En route to a place among the greatest European players, Mirza Delibašić won every major FIBA tournament with the senior Yugoslavian national basketball team, including: the Summer Olympic Games gold medal, at the 1980 Summer Olympics, EuroBasket gold two times (1975 and 1977), and the FIBA World Cup gold at the 1978 FIBA World Championship.

Professional career

 * 2× Yugoslav League Champion: (1978, 1980)
 * Yugoslav Cup Winner: (1978)
 * EuroLeague Champion: (1979)
 * FIBA Club World Cup Champion: (1981)
 * Spanish League Champion: (1982)
 * FIBA's 50 Greatest Players: (1991)
 * Bosnia and Herzegovina Sportsman of the 20th century: (2000)
 * FIBA Hall of Fame: (2007)
 * 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors: (2008)

Coaching career
Delibašić lived in Sarajevo throughout the 1992-1996 siege of the city. Simultaneously, Delibašić coached the newly established Bosnian national basketball team at EuroBasket 1993 in Germany, where they finished in 8th place.

Personal life and death
In the late 1970s, Delibašić married his girlfriend Branka. Their son Dario was born in December 1979. The couple divorced in 1980, after Delibašić moved abroad to play with Real Madrid.

In 1986, Delibašić, then retired from playing basketball and performing an administrative role at KK Bosna, married Slavica Šuka, an active basketball player with ŽKK Bosna. The same year in October, the couple had a son named Danko.

Due to his heavy drinking and smoking, Delibašić's final years were marked by persistent health problems that led to his death in 2001 in Sarajevo, aged 47. At a funeral attended by thousands, he was interred next to his close friend—singer Davorin Popović who had died earlier that year—at Bare Cemetery's Alley of Greats. After Delibašić's death, KK Bosna renamed its arena in his honor.

title: Mirza Delibašić


text:
Franklin Khan

Franklin Khan (died 17 April 2021) was a Trinidad and Tobago politician who served as Member of Parliament for Ortoire-Mayaro and Chairman of the ruling People's National Movement. In 2005, Khan was indicted on corruption charges, all of which were dropped in a court of law five years later.

He had been the first politician in Trinidad and Tobago to be indicted for corruption while his party was still in power. Khan was elected in 2002 on a PNM ticket, defeating incumbent Winston Peters. Between September 2002 and 8 May 2005 Khan served as Minister of Works, resigning in the face of bribery allegations levelled by PNM Councillor Dansam Dhansook, who is now under investigation for allegedly making false statements. Khan served as chairman of the PNM on two occasions, 2003 to 2005 and from 2011 to 2018

After having been cleared of all accusations, Mr. Khan was expected to resume his career in politics.

He has continued with his career and has held the following portfolios.

Minister of Energy and Energy Industries and Chairman of the Peoples National Movement PNM - 19 August 2020 - 17 April 2021

Minister of Energy and Energy Industries - 31 October 2016 - 9 August 2020

Minister of Rural Development and Local Government 11 September 2015 - 30 October 2016

Government Member - 4 May 2005 - 28 September 2007

Minister of Works and Transport - 15 October 2002 - 13 May 2005

He died on the morning of Sunday 17 April 2021.

title: Franklin Khan


text:
Talk:John Stewart (character)

New Page Conversation
Has the page I created been removed permanently?

Sunburst]]

 * No, its not. If you want to change it back or merge the two you can. --DrBat 22:37, Jun 1, 2005 (UTC)

 * Ok, I wont change it back, your version looks much better, I'll see if theres anything I can salvage from the prior page worth putting into the new. Thanks- Sunburst

On the Emerald Twilight comment: I removed it because while it is true in the comics that the Guardians frown upon frivolous uses of ring power, this part of the page refers to the animated continuity, which has never shown any examples of what the Emerald Twilight comic storyline refers to. It's a matter of clarity - it doesn't help to mix comic and cartoon continuity any more than the show does itself. - Alex Weitzman

Re: animated design, green eyes. Bruce Timm confirms that these were added for visual interest, and that he and his staff wanted to keep the character maskless, in the Season One dvd featurette "The Look of the League". DokterWertham —Preceding unsigned comment added by DokterWertham (talk • contribs) 16:15, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

Merge Alternate versions of Green Lantern

 * merge/nom - The section that was split from original article by an ambitious editor to form a new "Alternate versions" article for all the characters. This section was already limited, and does not need to be split off to form a stub article. It's a detriment to the original article, and at this point the alternate versions article does not need to exist. 66.109.248.114 21:25, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

 * support remerge - these should have never been split, especially w/o discussion. Characters like Gardner and Stewart were never THE Green Lantern, only A Green Lantern -- 69.182.73.240 05:42, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

 * support merge -- User:Redhead911 unilaterally created article without discussion with other editors, circumventing the consensus process. --Tenebrae 19:40, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

 * Support merge - As noted above, the characters are not alternate versions Green Lantern, they are other characters who have used the name green lantern. And based on the page's current criteria, it would eventually duplicate Green Lantern. - jc37 21:23, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

 * Support - As per above. Also, as with most of the resent bold splits (lots of alts and other media), this took what could be seen as a relevant section and made it into what comes close to a "Trivia only" article. - J Greb 22:05, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

 * Merge - there is no reason for the alternate versions entry as they all (rightly) have their own articles and the main Green Lantern article already holds them all together. (Emperor 22:25, 26 October 2007 (UTC))
 * Discussion closed with consensus to merge. 66.109.248.114 23:36, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

Trinity
I don't see the prophesy about John Stewart told to him on Maltus during the Trinity mini-series anywhere in here. --69.141.206.123 00:03, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

Recording
There's a recording of the John Stewart article introduction here:

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:John_Stewart.ogg

We'd like to put this on the article.

WikiProject Comics B-Class Assesment required
This article needs the B-Class checklist filled in to remain a B-Class article for the Comics WikiProject. If the checklist is not filled in by 7th August this article will be re-assessed as C-Class. The checklist should be filled out referencing the guidance given at Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Assessment/B-Class criteria. For further details please contact the Comics WikiProject. Comics-awb (talk) 16:50, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

Super DC Comics?
What the fuck is that? (JoeLoeb (talk) 03:14, 11 February 2009 (UTC))

 * Language
 * Someone flipped two of the parameters in the infobox.
 * - J Greb (talk) 11:50, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

Sorry, dude. Had a rough day. :( (JoeLoeb (talk) 06:41, 13 February 2009 (UTC))

C-Class rated for Comics Project
As this B-Class article has yet to receive a review, it has been rated as C-Class. If you disagree and would like to request an assesment, please visit WikiProject_Comics/Assessment and list the article. Hiding T 14:15, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

Marine Corps
The article states that in his early years, he was an architect and a marine. But the section on the TV show says that the Marine history was created for the show and only later added to the comics as a retcon. Can someone verify when the Marine aspect was added and update the bio to clarify? Thanks, Aristophanes68 (talk) 02:37, 24 December 2009 (UTC)
 * The retcon was made in Green Lantern V4 #26, adding the reference. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lordmagnusen (talk • contribs) 20:31, 21 December 2010 (UTC)

No mask?
Under "Publication History," it says "He is the second Green Lantern not to wear a mask." Who was the first? Alan Scott wore a mask. Hal Jordan wore a mask. Guy Gardner had only made one appearance (GL #59) before John's debut, but it was a "what-if" type of story... and in it, he wore a mask. --WaxTadpole (talk) 21:34, 5 January 2010 (UTC)
 * The unmasked Green Lantern mentioned would be intended to be Abin Sur. It would be more accurate to say that John was the third Green Lantern to be shown to be unmasked on duty, as Sinestro had previously been introduced into the series. Later writers indicated others who were unmasked in those days, such as Kilowog. Jallan (talk) 03:39, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

Concerning the move to Green Lantern (John Stewart)
I see the example in Naming conventions (comics), but I'm not sure that is a good move, because I just don't see that as a proper disambiguation. I reverted it per WP:COMMONNAME, and hopefully to discuss it before any change is made. John Stewart is a Green Lantern, and in every instance, he is commonly referred to as John Stewart, not Green Lantern. If it were a case where there was only one Green Lantern at a time, and the subject was only referred to as (or even most commonly referred to as) Green Lantern, it would make more sense, but that isn't the case here. John Stewart isn't the Green Lantern, and Green Lantern isn't the WP:COMMONNAME for this article's subject, John Stewart is. The article's subject is not Green Lantern, it is John Stewart, who is a Green Lantern. I don't see why the article's actual subject should be the disambiguation, and not the proper title. - SudoGhost 00:09, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

The Daily Show
i always get a giggle when I hear this green lantern's name. did Jon Stewart ever reference his superhero countarpart? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Arotto (talk • contribs) 19:10, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Alter ego: real name or GL?
There's a discussion about whether the alter ego should be *different* from the article name. Please chime in over at Template_talk:Infobox_comics_character. Thanks, Aristophanes 68   (talk)  01:13, 13 October 2014 (UTC)

John Stewart/Fatality
Since John Stewart had relations with Fatality against her will doesn't that make him a rapist? He should have known she was being influenced by the ring. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.19.234.104 (talk) 20:32, 12 June 2015 (UTC)

External links modified
Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just modified one external link on John Stewart (comics). Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:
 * Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20051215094904/http://www.glcorps.org/john.html to http://www.glcorps.org/john.html

When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs.

Cheers.— InternetArchiveBot  (Report bug) 00:30, 26 April 2017 (UTC)

External links modified
Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just modified one external link on John Stewart (comics). Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:
 * Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20060323061232/http://www.monitorduty.com/mdarchives/2006/02/alan_kistlers_p_4.shtml to http://www.monitorduty.com/mdarchives/2006/02/alan_kistlers_p_4.shtml

When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs.

Cheers.— InternetArchiveBot  (Report bug) 23:31, 28 November 2017 (UTC)

Hold The Article! 🤔
👿 “I WANT THE ACTUAL ARTICLE!”

HMM... 🤔 Something's not right in this article.

I thought Green Lantern was Jewish American at first when they created him. WikiWorldTwo (talk) 23:39, 16 June 2018 (UTC)

In Other Media
I'm sorry, but I had to edit the recent entry to "other media" that provided updated details from the Arrow series finale. Despite what many websites are stating, the power ring WAS NOT shown in the final episode. I know this for a fact because I watched it as it aired, knowing what has been speculated, I was on the edge of my seat. The scene goes as follows: John finishes packing up the moving van, then closes the door. As the door shuts, he (and the audience) notices a fireball coming out of the sky. The point of impact into the ground nearby throws John back into the van. The scene changes to show Dinah leaving Star City, as this is a montage showing Team Arrow branching off to their next individual endeavors. Dinah passes a highway sign that says something along the lines of "Oliver Queen Memorial Highway." The scene returns to John, who gets up, shakes off the hit and approaches the crater where the meteor crashed. He sees a box, picks it up, and opens it. The camera is looking up into John's face, so the audience DOES NOT see what is inside of it. All the audience sees is the reflection of a green glow on Diggle's face. The scene then switches to 2040 when The Monitor was speaking to the future Felicity that he where he is about to take her, there will be no return. This is where the audience finally gets an answer as to what happened to the future Felicity and the end of season 7.

IGN.com was one of the first websites to provide information about the finale, and they pointed out that the audience didn't get to see what was inside the box. Every other site that has posted about the finale, the writers of those articles are going off their own excitement and assumptions that John received a power ring. Yes, this is likely what happened, but we can only assume. Diggle could've been looking at a chunk of kryptonite for all we know. The one common truth that every website has posted about since the finale, is that Arrow co-creator & producer Guggenheim said they had to be purposely vague about any potential Green Lantern connection because of their agreement (contract) with DC comics. DC is very strict when it comes to other forms of media using the Lantern universe. Yes there is a Green Lantern series that will appear on the HBO & Warner Brothers streaming service. IF Diggle were to appear on that, they are keeping it under wraps. My point is, Wikipedia (this article) and other sites should stick to the facts when it comes to the Arrow series finale. '''The audience did not see a power ring. Only something glowing green from inside of it, that illuminated the face of John Diggle.''' Aidensdaddy2k9 (talk) 19:08, 29 January 2020 (UTC)

First appearance image is wrong
So in the box at the start of the page, it's not the Neal Adams cover, but a repeat of the image from Secret Origins. This just should fixed, I only ask because I'm a newbie and don't know how to upload a photo. MarvelAge91 (talk) 06:42, 21 October 2020 (UTC)

Black Lightning's Lynn Stewart as John Diggle's sister
The strong implication that Lynn Stewart is John Diggle's sister or step-sister is worth noting because it is further evidence that the character is John Stewart. After the worlds are merged, Lynn mentions she has a brother named John and a father who were both in the military. It's pretty "on the nose". The mention of the reference in the Black Lightning show is just as useful as the reference in Arrow of Diggle's stepfather whose surname is Stewart. No reason to mention one reference and not the other. Swordofneutrality (talk) 05:22, 19 October 2023 (UTC)

During the MOSAIC period, Stewartsaid that no Black person he knew celebrated Kwanzaa. I believe the reader response was rather vehement. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.23.5.11 (talk) 17:11, 27 December 2023 (UTC)

title: Talk:John Stewart (character)


text:
Talk:Plural of you

The content of this page was merged into the article [you] because it is all one topic. It did not make sense to have the content split over two pages. Tobycat 18:37, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)

title: Talk:Plural of you


text:
Talk:Taxation in the Republic of Ireland

TV license
160€ per year [www.tvlicence.ie]
 * That's not a tax, it's a license. Stifle (talk) 15:19, 10 April 2010 (UTC)

 * If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck..... -- (Unsigned)
 * ... it still might not be a duck. Jhertel (talk) 15:06, 25 November 2018 (UTC)

Updated and added upfront section on Structure of Tax
Updated the Corporate tax section (in line with the updated Corporate tax article); added a new first section on the Structure of Irish tax revenues as I think it is useful for people to be able to "scale" the relative sizes of these taxes; added a shorter sub-section on International comparisons but this needs more to give precise assessments of Income, VAT and CT against OECD average? Also re-wrote lede to give an overview of the structure of Irish taxation and the core of Irish tax policy (e.g. the OECD pyramid). Britishfinance (talk) 22:18, 24 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Fixed the sub-section on International comparisons to give the basic facts on Ireland vs. other OECD economies. Again, the big caveat with all comparisons of Irish economic statistics with other jurisdictions, it adjusting for Irish GDP distortions. Britishfinance (talk) 14:52, 25 November 2018 (UTC)