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Los Lonely Boys (album)

Los Lonely Boys is the debut album by the American rock trio Los Lonely Boys, released originally by Or Music, and re-released in 2004 by Epic Records. It features their breakthrough single "Heaven", a number one hit on the Billboard Adult Contemporary charts. The album was certified 2× Platinum by the RIAA on February 22, 2005.

The song "Heaven" appears on the music game Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol and is also playable in Guitar Hero On Tour.

Track listing
All songs composed by Henry, Jojo, and Ringo Garza; co-writers in parentheses.
 * 1) "Señorita" – 4:10
 * 2) "Heaven" – 3:47
 * 3) "Crazy Dream" – 4:47
 * 4) "Dime Mi Amor"– 3:26
 * 5) "Hollywood" – 4:16
 * 6) "More Than Love" – 3:20
 * 7) "Nobody Else" (Kevin Wommack) – 4:42
 * 8) "Onda" – 8:55
 * 9) "Real Emotions" (Wommack) – 4:04
 * 10) "Tell Me Why" (Phil Roy) – 3:24
 * 11) "Velvet Sky" (Wommack) – 4:41
 * 12) "La Contestación" (Jim Tullio) – 5:47

Personnel
As listed in liner notes.

Los Lonely Boys
 * Henry Garza - guitar, vocals
 * Jojo Garza - bass, vocals
 * Ringo Garza - drums, vocals

Additional musicians
 * Eric Darken - percussion
 * Willie Nelson - acoustic guitar ("La Contestación")
 * John Porter - acoustic guitar ("More Than Love", "Velvet Sky", "La Contestación")
 * Reese Wynans - piano, organ

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Portola Redwoods State Park is a 2800 acre state park in California situated in San Mateo County. The parks' primary watercourses — Peters Creek, Pescadero Creek and their associated tributaries — converge at Portola Redwoods State Park. Tip Toe Falls is a small waterfall along Fall Creek, a tributary of Pescadero Creek.

The indigenous Quiroste people, affiliated with the broader constellation of Ramaytush Ohlone communities based in the San Francisco Peninsula, were among the original inhabitants of Portola Redwoods State Park, where they obtained various species of fish, such as coho salmon and steelhead trout, along the waterways that wend along the region, and harvested asphaltum from Tar Creek. In addition, the Quiroste maintained trading networks with tribes further inland and exchanged a variety of coastal products, including beads cultivated from Olivella sea shells as a means of barter.

In 1769, the Portola expedition entailed an overland journey from the Pacific coastline of San Mateo County to San Francisco Bay, presaging the advent of European-American settlement and colonization in the area. During the nineteenth-century California Gold Rush, the copious redwood groves were harvested for industrial purposes, such as mining and other construction enterprises. It was not until the 1860s, however, that the park was settled by Danish immigrant and lumberjack Christian Iverson, whose surname is commemorated by the titular Iverson trail today.

By 1924, about 1600 acres — about half of the park's contemporary size — was bequeathed to the Masonic Lodge, whose Shriners subsequently sold the land to the State of California, and Portola Redwoods State Park officially opened under the auspices of the California Department of Parks and Recreation in 1945. Owing to the fundraising efforts of such environmental organizations as Save the Redwoods League, the park was later enlarged to its current dimensions.

Relatively remote and secluded, the park offers various recreational opportunities for visitors, including a variety of hiking trails ranging in length and difficulty. For instance, the 1.2 mi roundtrip Old Tree Trail confers access to the eponymous redwood tree, renowned for its longevity (estimated at 1200 years) and height of over 300 ft. In addition, the longer Peters Creek Loop offers backpackers and hikers willing to traverse 11.9 mi roundtrip the opportunity to witness some of the oldest and tallest redwoods in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Portola Redwoods State Park contains approximately 18 miles of hiking trails in the 2,800-acre park, a small car-camping campground of about 50 campsites, four group campsites, and 6 trail sites at Slate Creek Trail Camp. Portola Redwoods State Park is also home to the site of Page shingle Mill, for which Page Mill Road is named.

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Talk:Sawing a woman in half

Methods and exposure (was "How it works")
well how does it work?

 * Is it really appropriate to discuss how the illusion works on this site? Though the secret revealed here is not particularly astonishing, it doesn't really set a good precedent for any other illusions discusssed in Wikipedia. --Mattsnyder 07:13, 26 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Good question. There's been a month-long discussion here you might be interested in, it seems to be the most popular place for these discussions:Talk:Out_of_This_World_%28card_trick%29. This article is also interesting: Magic_%28illusion%29. Also, there's a box on the bottom of many magic pages: Sawing_a_woman_in_half. Browse through those pages and look in the discussion link at the top of the page; you might find some more debates. And... after the secret is revealed, no magic trick is astonishing -- hence the spoiler warning. Welcome to Wiki.--Muchosucko 08:08, 26 July 2005 (UTC)

I know many secrets of magic, and the tricks are still JUST AS ASTONISHING. Much of the trick is in presentation. So that might be a reason to keep the secret on Wikipedia.
 * Should we talk about the circular saw version of the illusion ?
 * What the heck? Expose old tricks, invent new tricks, learn new tricks, everybody improves.
 * I AM MAGIC.

 * I don't think detailed exposure of methods is necessary here - there's a lot that can be written about the history of this illusion and its variations without actual exposure. Also, while I don't like the idea of giving in to intimidation, it might spare us the repeated vandalism from magicians if we lose the exposure section. However, if the consensus is that we should still have some information about methods for the sake of completeness then I won't fight that. Perhaps the methods should be shifted to a separate entry on "secrets behind tricks"?
 * In any case, the current text and diagrams on methods are misleading. The main forms of this illusion use different methods.
 * Circusandmagicfan 16:31, 25 February 2007 (UTC)Circusandmagicfan

 * Following edits since my comment above, the "How It Works" section now seems legitimate within Wikipedia policies and within guidelines established for the Magic WikiProject. In short, those policies and guidelines say it is OK to have material on methods if it is appropriately supported by refrences to proper published sources. The material on Goldin's methods is sourced from publicly available patent files (and properly referenced) - in that respect it is hardly a case of "exposure" anyway as it is only re-publishing material that Goldin put into the public domain. It is also presented here in conjunction with mention of the history of disputes over exposure and on the significant role of sawing illusions in case law on such matters. The text doesn't go into the methods for versions other than the Goldin ones featured in the patent.
 * Circusandmagicfan 22:30, 5 June 2007 (UTC)Circusandmagicfan

 * As a professional magician, I can say that the policies about exposure make me, and others who are qualified to contribute quality information about our field, very reluctant to participate. There are some extraordinary innovations to the sawing illusion -- unmentioned in the article -- that would greatly improve the quality of the article.  Some of these innovations are unknown even to many professional magicians who are not well-read.  I do not wish to contribute this information, however, because the methods have been published (in volumes distributed for magicians and serious students of magic) and I do not want some Wikipedia user to find that material and make it public because of this policy.  In sum, the magic Wikiproject is shooting itself in the foot by discouraging the participation of those who have the most to offer.--NMarsh 17:33, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

 * Following various comments I've re-titled this section in the hope that the new title gives a better indication of the content. Firstly, the new title reflects the fact that the text discusses the special place of sawing illusions in the history of exposure. Secondly, the previous title, "How it works" (specifically the word "it") suggested a single illusion, whereas the new title recognises that there are a number of different illusions.Circusandmagicfan 17:06, 14 June 2007 (UTC)Circusandmagicfan

 * Time for some new  templates. :P ~ vladsinger

 * I thought magic spoiler warnings had bitten the dust as part of a general move against spoiler warnings across Wikipedia. But I don't have time to keep in touch with all the debates and talk pages so maybe I've missed something.17:53, 11 August 2007 (UTC)Circusandmagicfan

NMarsh: How can one describe a trick without citing a source (per policy), and how can one cite a source without exposing the method? --Damian Yerrick (talk | stalk) 20:43, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

 * Damian: Thanks for following up. Citing a source is not, in my view, exposure.  Allow me to give an example (one which is in line with the changes that I think are warranted to this article): many magicians vanish a coin, let us say that John X has a method of vanishing a coin while it is inside a spectator's hand.  I don't need any technical information about John X's method to know that it is an improvement.  The source I cite, if it is in the literature of serious magicians, may give John X's method.  It also may not (there are many articles and books in our literature which include information about magic without providing technical information, magic journals frequently include descriptions of performances by notable magicians -- without revealing the secrets that belong to the performer (we do, indeed, keep secrets from each other)).

 * A propos of the sawing article: In the 1930's there was an ingenious illusion designer who created a version of the sawing that was decades before its time. Far more deceptive than anything seen before or -- in my view -- since.  It was the kind of thing that, like the fictitious vanish in the spectator's hand, you can immediately recognize as a huge step forward without having any technical information.  Only a very sketchy and difficult-to-decipher description was available until a fuller account appeared in a new edition of the designer's book annotated by a contemporary illusion designer.  The new edition, which sold for $65 when it was available, is now out-of-print.  If someone goes to the trouble of tracking down the out-of-print book to satisfy their own curiosity, well, I don't know that I would object (though I don't, of course, speak for all magicians).  They may find the method there, they may not.  In either case, they have put forward real effort to learn; and this is what, generally speaking, matters to the magic community.  There is, however, a huge difference between that and someone plastering the method on a widely read internet site.

 * Thanks again for commenting. I hope that some kind of policy can be reached that would encourage those who know this subject best to want to contribute to wikipedia.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by NMarsh (talk • contribs) 18:54, 20 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Incidentally, this is a better article than many others I have seen on Wikipedia...and I have no personal issue with this exposure (in part because the Goldin methods are no longer being performed and knowledge of the Goldin versions actually makes subsequent versions more deceptive).

 * Thanks for recognising the positive side of this - it was my hope that the approach I've tried to promote in this article could be an example of how Wikipedia articles can deal with methods in a balanced way. I tried to initiate a debate about policy on publishing of methods at the time when I was producing a new project page for the Magic Wikiproject back in March and April. Sadly I didn't get as much response as I'd hoped for but I do think it helped to achieve a position which has a degree of credibility. I don't know if you've seen the archive of the talk from that period but if you want to know how the current policy came about then it might help to take a look. You should find it at...

 * Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Magic/Archive_1

 * ...Before the current policy there was a profusion of editing in which people were adding methods to articles without citing any sources. Not only was that a source of irritation to those who don't want methods published but it was also introducing a lot of rubbish into Wiki because some of the methods people were putting in were their own speculation or were just plain wrong. The impression I get from periodically checking my watchlist is that there is now much less of that - which I hope is viewed as a good thing by people from different sides of the debate.
 * As for any ongoing debate about policy or ethics regarding publishing of methods, perhaps that is best taken to the Talk page for the Magic Wikiproject rather than being conducted on the talk page for a specific article. It is certainly something that has wider applicability than just this article on sawing.
 * Circusandmagicfan 19:08, 21 September 2007 (UTC)Circusandmagicfan

-Exposure of magic tricks to the laymen is a vandalism against an art. It is like throw ink over the Monalisa or othe artistc expression. Is Wikipédia a place for vandalism? The freedom of expression is a cool thing. But the question is: What kind of freedom consists in destroy an artistic work? Vandalism exposing and destroying magical illusions is a dirty side of Wikipedia. (20:17, 6 August 2008 (UTC))

 * Judging by the tone of the previous post I guess we're just going to have to disagree on this. Publication of magic methods is not "vandalism against an art" - that's a ridiculous accusation. Magicians down through the ages have published their methods in many different ways, including books that were easily available to the public. If you need an explanation as to why this is OK then you should read Jim Steinmeyer's introduction to his book Hiding the Elephant in which he explains the reasons why he feels it is OK to mention methods in a historical work that will be read by non-magicians. If it's OK by one of the greatest illusion designers in the world then it's OK by me. Wikipedia has a carefully worked out policy on publishing of magic methods that is designed to make sure things don't get out of hand (see WikiProject_Magic).
 * Circusandmagicfan (talk) 21:00, 6 August 2008 (UTC)Circusandmagicfan

 * - Jim Steinmeyer say his own oppinion, about other case, and a very different way. He don´t defend the Wikipedia vandalism against an art. You defend it... not Mr.Steinmeyer.
 * We are talking about mass exposure and vandalism made by Wikipedia. To compare it with a limited historical book is a very stupid argument. You can not see the difference by yourself? Exposurers everytime pick up different situations and different attitude to justify his own vandalism.

 * I live in Brazil, when Masked Magician cames to my town, I suit him. He was arrested by the police and deported. His lawyer in his defense mentioned the "Backstage Magic" performed by Lance Burton...   Valentino´s argument was ridiculous in the same way. Why exposurers do not assume their own vandalism? Why they hide his evilness and vandalism behind the name of other people?

 * Felipe Rossini - Belo Horizonte City - Brazil  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.78.45.212 (talk) 02:52, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

 * If you really want an argument then it goes like this. Freedom to learn and to access information are important rights that contribute to a free and equitable society, much like freedom of speech. That is one of the original motivating ideas that prompted the creation of Wikipedia. Those who want to learn about methods behind magic tricks have every right to do so. There is no law or principle of justice which says that anyone, magician or otherwise, has any power to decide who can develop an interest in magic. No one is forcing anyone else to learn about methods - if people want to learn they can look, if they really prefer to remain ignorant they can stop reading.
 * Also, Wikipedia is not a place for initial publication of magic methods. Policy requires that all material about methods should be based upon cited reliable sources. In other words, methods are not to be publsihed here unless they have already been published elsewhere. So if you really want to blame someone for the availability of information on methods then blame the magicians who publish it in the first place (although personally I believe it is perfectly reasonable for those magicians to publish such information).
 * The type of magicians who take an aggressively hostile approach to publication of magic methods are very worrying people in my view. These are the type of people who cruelly threw the great David Devant out of the Magic Circle, which he had helped to found and to which he donated his library. His only "crime" was to publish ideas he himself had originated and his reason for doing so was that it was his only way to avert poverty. This was a draconian acts and people who try to perpetuate the same attitudes today are no less draconian.
 * Circusandmagicfan (talk) 17:46, 17 August 2008 (UTC)Circusandmagicfan

You wrong,

Expose professional secrets is an illegal atittude in many countries. It´s like to expose industrial secrets protected by law. The freedom of one ends when start the protected wrights of other. Why Wikipedia do not publish copiwrighted material? Because it is protected by law.

Vandals like you is very frustated people. You can not create anything... Then damage the creations of the others.

Vandals all the time justify their acts using the name of others. Why? Frustration... Only frustration and envy...

An exposured trick is a wiped out trick by greasy people. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.78.38.76 (talk) 21:19, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

 * Magic tricks are methods, and methods are not subject to copyright in the United States. They may be subject to trade secret law, but that law tends to apply only to disclosures by people who are already under non-disclosure agreements with a magician. --Damian Yerrick (talk | stalk) 15:33, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

Criss Angel performance
There's a video of Criss Angel's "pulling a woman in half" trick at metacafe and commentary at Museum of Hoaxes (which in turn cites Snopes). I tried to add a citation to the article itself, but I don't understand Wikipedia's instructions for citations. I'll try to figure it out, but here's the information in case I can't. Bradd 23:31, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

OK, I added the references to the article. I hope I did it correctly!

The future
As I said I would, I've done a bit of work re-jigging the article. Hopefully the article structure is now a bit clearer - especially in terms of explaining that we are dealing with a group of illusions that differ significantly and not one single illusion.

Although I'd normally begin an illusion article with a description of the effect I think in this case that it's best to begin with the history section, because the context it provides is useful to understanding the rest (the "history" section is based on the old "origins" section).

I think the history is the part that needs most work - ideally it should continue on from Goldin and show when the other versions of the trick were created (and by whom). When I have time I might incorporate some of the stuff from the Goldin article about his various legal battles over sawing. I don't think the history text needs to contain detailed descriptions of the effect as that seems best covered by the separate section - the history text only needs to point out any significant features or developments. I've created an "effects and variations" section and added descriptions of different versions. I think there are now at least basic descriptions of all the main versions - but obviously if anyone else knows of other versions then they are welcome to add.

Some of the text from "famous performances" has been moved into the "effects and variations" section because that is really what it was about. I think famous performances should concentrate on specific incidents or shows. So the detailed description of the Selbit sawing belongs in the "effects and variations" section but it would be good to have something about his first performance and its impact in the "famous performances" section. Perhaps Richiardi's performances of the buzzsaw should be covered under "famous performances" too.

What do you people think?

Circusandmagicfan 09:57, 10 April 2007 (UTC)Circusandmagicfan

Good work, thanks. What I'd like to see is an actual picture of the effect. Bkatcher 13:29, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Jan Glenrose
I've found a reference which seems to say Jan Glenrose was the partner of magician Fred Culpitt, who is notable as the first magician to appear on a regularly scheduled television show. Does anyone know if this is the same Jan Glenrose who performed in Selbit's December 1920 demonstration of the sawing illusion? Circusandmagicfan (talk) 19:55, 7 August 2008 (UTC)Circusandmagicfan

Paris Hilton Sawing
There were only three entries in the famous performances section. Should the Paris Hilton entry count as the fourth? I say no, it is one of hundreds of TV celebrity illusions. Bkatcher (talk) 04:14, 10 October 2008 (UTC)

 * I agree. Absolutely nothing to distinguish this from almost any other celebrity sawing stunt (and Paris Hilton's celebrity is so fatuous she barely counts as anything special). Circusandmagicfan (talk) 16:20, 10 October 2008 (UTC)Circusandmagicfan

Accidental injuries
An article like this definitely needs a section (or at least a mention) of some/any incidents in which the trick went wrong and someone was accidentally injured or killed. It is not unreasonable to assume that it has happened at some point, so it makes sense to mention it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Synetech (talk • contribs) 19:58, 14 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Do you have an incident in mind? I've never heard of accidents performing this trick. APL (talk) 23:03, 14 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Since the trick usually involves dummy legs or having the assistant in another part of the box, it would seem an injury would be unlikely. I've been a fan of this illusion for thirty years and have never heard of a real injury. Bkatcher (talk) 01:00, 15 December 2014 (UTC)

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Request for Changes to the “Death Saw” Section
Hi, I have a proposal for a change to this article. I can’t revise it myself, because I have a conflict of interest as a personal connection of David Copperfield’s. Could an independent editor please review this proposed change? Thank you.

My proposal is to remove the third paragraph from the Death Saw section, which currently reads as follows:

Reason: This entire paragraph is based on unsourced or false claims. The first sentence has no citation or source of any kind, and after doing my own search I could find no evidence (even unreliable) to support this assertion. WP: Verifiable. This appears to be unsupported promotional content. The characterization, interpretation and analysis of the sources in the rest of the paragraph is dependent on the assertions in this first sentence - otherwise, their inclusion and the analysis of them would be original research in violation of WP:NOR.

While this is sufficient in itself to remove the entire paragraph, for the sake of due diligence, I obtained PDFs of the two 1960 articles cited in the paragraph and neither one supports the assertion that these use the same “method and effect” as Copperfield's Death Saw illusion. So there is no reason for these sources or statements to appear in the “Death Saw” sub-section about Copperfield’s illusion. The first article (International Brotherhood of Magicians) does not contain the key element of “Death Saw” – the magician appearing to saw themselves in half. Instead, it describes a more traditional illusion in which a magician saws an assistant in half. The second source (Genii) is about an escape attempt, not an illusion. The escape artist evades a descending saw blade – the artist does not appear to cut themselves in half. I wish I could show you the article diagrams of these techniques as they’re pretty interesting (and determinative), but unfortunately there’s no way to upload them into Wikipedia. I can, however, provide excerpts of relevant passages from each article. International Brotherhood of Magicians (Vol. 45, Issue 3: 78-80):

Genii Magazine (Vol. 34, Issue 1: 36):

Thank you for your consideration of this request. MagicTech1902 (talk) 18:16, 22 February 2022 (UTC)

 * I've removed the paragraph. As you say, it's not fully sourced.
 * My only comment is that I'm not sure I follow your reasoning about the two allegedly similar effects. Perhaps it would be obvious if I could see the diagrams. If the effects use a similar design of gimmicked props I think the statement attributed to Jeff Davis would be valid, even if the performances are superficially different. Perhaps his exact meaning could be made more clear if a source for it could be found. ApLundell (talk) 18:32, 22 February 2022 (UTC)

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Yi U

Colonel Prince Yi U (15 November 1912 – 7 August 1945) was a member of the imperial family of Korea as a prince, the 4th head of Unhyeon Palace, and a lieutenant colonel in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. He was killed during the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.

Biography
He was born the second son of Prince Kang, the fifth son of Emperor Gojong.

At the age of five, he was adopted to be the heir of the deceased Prince Yeongseon, the 3rd head of Unhyeon Palace and the only son of the elder brother of Emperor Gojong, Prince Hui. He was taken to Japan shortly afterwards under the pretense of educational purposes.

However, unlike his elder brother, Prince Geon, he maintained his identity as a Korean, despite his Japanese education. This made him the favorite son of his father, Prince Kang, who himself attempted to escape from Korea to join the exiled Korean government. He overcame all attempts by the Japanese to marry him off to a minor Japanese noble, and married Lady Park Chan-ju of the Bannam Park clan, a granddaughter of Marquis Pak Yung-hio who was a husband of Princess Yŏnghye of Korea. They had two children, Yi Cheong and Yi Jong.

Prince Yi served in the Japanese Army and was stationed in China. Commissioned a second lieutenant on 25 October 1933, he was promoted to lieutenant on 25 October 1935, to captain on 1 March 1938, to major on 15 October 1941 and to lieutenant colonel on 10 June 1945.

Death
Prince U was transferred to Hiroshima in 1945, and on 6 August 1945, he was mortally injured by the atomic bomb blast on the way to his office, and died later that day at a medical aid station. He was posthumously promoted to the rank of colonel. On August 8, Adjutant Lieutenant Colonel Yoshinari Hiroshi (吉成 弘) committed suicide on account of not being able to save Prince Yi. Thereafter his body was moved to Korea and was buried in Heungwon on 15 August 1945, the day the war ended.

Popular culture

 * Portrayed by Go Soo in the 2016 film The Last Princess.

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Physics (band)

Physics was an instrumental band from San Diego, California, established by John D. Goff and Denver Lucas in late 1993 after the breakup of Johnny Superbad & the Bulletcatchers.

History
Featuring a rotating cast of musicians from the San Diego experimental underground but mainly composed of Denver Lucas on drums, Jeff Coad on synthesizers, John Goff, Will Goff, Jason Soares, Rob Crow, Travis Nelson, Ryan Jencks on guitar and Matt Lorenz on visuals/projections. This early incarnation came to be known as the "Black Period". Mainly inspired by theories in quantum theory and Eastern Mysticism, Physics was musically influenced by Krautrock, minimalism, early Doom/Drone, and Electronic Kosmische, though were often associated with the Math Rock genre. After the untimely death of Denver Lucas in the mid-1990s, the Physics personnel underwent numerous changes until resulting in Cameron Jones on drums which was later known as the "Gray Period" then ultimately the "White Period".

After Physics dissolved in 2000, Jason Soares and Jeff Coad went on to form the more electronic-based Aspects Of Physics also with Matt Lorenz. Will and John Goff went on to form the electronic band SSI. Rob Crow started Pinback (co-led by Zach Smith from Three Mile Pilot).

In 2015, coinciding with the release of the documentary ''It's Gonna Blow!!! San Diego's Music Underground 1986–1996'', Physics reformed for reunion shows in Portland, Oregon and Los Angeles

Discography

 * Black 7", (Dagon Productions), 1994
 * Physics 1, (Flapping Jet), 1997
 * Physics 2, (Gravity), 1998
 * 1999-11-21,(Neurot Recordings), 1999
 * ''Live: 2.7.98 (EP), (Gold Standard Laboratories), 2000

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La Crosse Center

The La Crosse Center is a multi-purpose arena in downtown La Crosse, Wisconsin, built in 1980. The arena can seat between 5,000 and 7,500, depending on the type of event.

The center is also a convention center. In addition to the arena, which offers 21600 sqft of exhibit space, two locker rooms, and three dressing rooms, there is 14935 sqft North Hall, which can open up to the arena to be used in combination; and a 38740 sqft South Exhibit Hall. All three venues total 75275 sqft of exhibit space. The complex also contains 9432 sqft of space in five meeting rooms, which can be divided into nine meeting rooms.

While both exhibit halls and the arena are used for trade shows, conventions, meetings and banquets, the arena is also used for sporting events, concerts, circuses, ice shows, and other events.

In addition, the center is home to countless exhibits and shows. One noteworthy event is the annual Bi-State Classic high school wrestling tournament. The center holds ten full-size wrestling mats and up to 55 wrestling squads.

The most recent change to the La Crosse Center was a fifty-foot skywalk spanning over Second Street in downtown La Crosse. The skywalk links a five floor parking ramp with the east end of the convention center.

The La Crosse Center is situated less than 300 ft from the banks of the Mississippi River, and Riverside Park in Downtown La Crosse.

Tenants
The La Crosse Skating Sirens began competing at the La Crosse Center in 2009. The Skating Sirens are a nationally "bouting" women's flat-track roller derby team.

It has previously been home to three indoor football teams: The La Crosse River Rats, the La Crosse Spartans and the La Crosse Night Train; and two Continental Basketball Association (CBA) teams: The La Crosse Catbirds and the La Crosse Bobcats. It most recently housed the La Crosse Showtime of the American Basketball Association. The team began playing the 2018–19 season at the La Crosse Center, but had to move from the facility prior to playing any games in 2019.

The center has fielded bids for additional teams in United Indoor Football, the United States Hockey League, and the NBA Development League.

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Santurce

Santurce can refer to:

 * Santurce (Basque: Santurtzi), a town near Bilbao, the Basque Country, Spain; the original town with the name
 * Santurce, Argentina, a town in Santa Fe, Argentina.
 * Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico, a barrio of the municipio of San Juan, Puerto Rico

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Garrett Coliseum

The Garrett Coliseum is a 12,500-seat multi-purpose arena in Montgomery, Alabama, United States. The arena is the centerpiece of the Alabama Agricultural Center, home to the Alabama National Fair. It was built in 1951 and named after W. W. Garrett, the first chairman of the Alabama Agricultural Board. The coliseum's first event was a concert by Hank Williams. In 2005 and 2006, it was home to the Montgomery Maulers of the National Indoor Football League. The arena contains 8,500 permanent seats and can seat up to 10,500 for end-stage shows, 12,500 for boxing, wrestling and center-stage concerts. The Garrett Coliseum Complex is also home to the official state horse show, by Law on the books the Alabama Open Horsemans Association State Championship Horse Show, which is held every year on Labor Day Weekend.

Garrett Coliseum is unique among indoor arenas for its bandstand which is located at the coliseum's stage end. The Coliseum also contains a 33,600-square-foot arena floor. Adjacent venues in the Alabama National Fairgrounds include the Crawford Arena with 26,243 square feet of space; Teague Arena with 7800 square feet of space; a 14,400-square-foot Exhibit Building, and the 10,500-square-foot Homer Lewis Building.

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Teen Age Riot

"Teen Age Riot" is a song by American rock band Sonic Youth, and the first single from their 1988 album, Daydream Nation. It received heavy airplay on modern rock stations and considerably expanded their audience (along with the album itself).

"Teen Age Riot" is one of Sonic Youth's most recognizable songs, yet it is something of an oddity amongst their repertoire, consisting of a traditional verse-chorus pop song structure. The song was included in The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll and is an on-disc track in Rock Band 2.

"Teen Age Riot" was the final song performed live by the band, serving as the closer for their last show at the SWU Festival in São Paulo, Brazil on 14 November 2011.

Music and lyrics
The song is about an alternate reality where J Mascis is president of the United States. In the liner notes accompanying the deluxe edition of Daydream Nation, Byron Coley quoted Thurston Moore on "Teen Age Riot": "It was actually about appointing J Mascis as our de facto alternative dream president".

The album version of the song has two distinct parts. The intro section features a repeating, hypnotic guitar melody, and Kim Gordon reciting in a stream-of-consciousness manner such utterances as "You're it, no you're it / Say it, don't spray it / Miss me, don't dismiss me / Spirit desire / We will fall." ("We Will Fall" is a reference to the Stooges' song of the same name from their debut eponymous album). After 80 seconds, all instruments stop, and Moore breaks through the fading instruments with a fast, distorted, noisy guitar riff, opening the main section of the song. The riff leads to the dynamic guitar melody that plays throughout the rest of the song with the vocal melody, sung by Moore. The riff that opens the section is repeated once again afterwards in the song, with all of the instruments accompanying it in an interlude that leads to the song's last few lines.

As with many Sonic Youth songs, the guitars were unconventionally tuned; in this case, Moore's pentatonic tuning was (reading from left to right, the lowest-pitched string to the highest-pitched string) GABDEG and Lee Ranaldo's tuning was GGDDGG, as published in a Guitar World interview with the band.

Some live performances of "Teen Age Riot" omitted the opening section sung by Gordon, notably the live version recorded and released with the deluxe edition of Daydream Nation. The opening section was also cut from the song's music video.

Critical reception
Mark Deming of AllMusic described "Teen Age Riot" as a "trippy joy", further praising the song as a "glorious experience". According to Greg Kot of the Chicago Tribune, the song is one of "the band's best, straight-ahead tunes". Michael Hand of The Guardian designated the song as a highlight from Daydream Nation, further describing the song as a "wistful opener". Nitsuh Abebe of Pitchfork praised the song, commenting that it's "the most glorious, accessible pop song of [Sonic Youth's] career". Robert Palmer of Rolling Stone also spoke positively of "Teen Age Riot", describing the song as "driving slamtempo pop power".

In 2021, it was ranked at number 157 on Rolling Stone's list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time".

Chart performance
In the United States, "Teen Age Riot" debuted at number 28 on the Alternative Airplay chart for the issue dated December 24, 1988. Over the next month, the song slowly rose on the chart before ultimately reaching a peak of number 20 for the issue dated February 4, 1989. "Teen Age Riot" spent a total of nine consecutive weeks on the chart.

Music video
The video for the song was Sonic Youth's fourth overall, excluding the low-budget Ciccone Youth videos; the band directed it themselves. It included clips of many icons of alternative music culture such as Mascis, Mark E. Smith, Johnny Thunders, Neil Young, Patti Smith, Iggy Pop, Sun Ra, D. Boon, Mike Watt, Ian MacKaye, Henry Rollins, Nick Cave, Tom Waits, Blixa Bargeld and Kiss.

Track listings and formats

 * UK and US 12-inch single (BFUS34)
 * 1) "Teen Age Riot" (Gordon, Moore, Ranaldo, Shelley) – 3:50
 * 2) "Silver Rocket" (Gordon, Moore, Ranaldo, Shelley) – 3:47
 * 3) "Kissability" (Gordon, Moore, Ranaldo, Shelley) – 3:08

 * UK and US 7-inch flexi disc single (CAT064)
 * 1) "Teen Age Riot" (Gordon, Moore, Ranaldo, Shelley) – 6:39

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Makira

The island of Makira (previously known as San Cristóbal) is the largest island of Makira-Ulawa Province in Solomon Islands. It is third most populous of the Solomon Islands after Malaita and Guadalcanal, with a population of 55,126 as of 2020. The island is located east of Guadalcanal and south of Malaita. The largest and capital city is Kirakira.

History
The first recorded sighting by Europeans of Makira was by the Spanish expedition of Álvaro de Mendaña in June 1568. More precisely the sighting and also landing in San Cristobal was due to a local voyage that set out from Guadalcanal in a small boat, in the accounts the brigantine Santiago, commanded by Alférez Hernando Enriquez and having Hernán Gallego as pilot. They charted it as San Cristóbal.

Education
The Stuyvenberg Rural Training Centre is a rural boarding centre of vocational education by the Society of Mary, located on the north coast of eastern Makira.

Environment
A 182,550 ha tract of largely forested land encompassing the eastern part of the island has been identified by BirdLife International as an Important Bird Area (IBA) because it supports populations of several threatened or endemic bird species. The site extends from the rocky cliffs of the coast to the island's central Bauro Highlands, including the catchments of the Warihito and Raro Rivers, reaching an altitude of 1,200 m, and consisting largely of tropical rainforest. The landscape is rugged, with steep-sided valleys, many streams and waterfalls, and small perched floodplains. Potential threats to the environment are logging, invasive species and human population growth.

Birds
Significant birds include Melanesian scrubfowl, yellow-legged pigeons, crested cuckoo-doves, red-knobbed and chestnut-bellied imperial pigeons, white-headed fruit doves, Makira boobooks, pied goshawks, Sanford's sea eagles, San Cristobal dwarf kingfishers, Meek's and duchess lorikeets, yellow-bibbed lories, green pygmy-parrots, Makira honeyeaters, sooty myzomelas, long-tailed trillers, dusky fantails, Makira flycatchers, white-collared and Makira monarchs, island leaf-warblers, shade bush warblers, grey-throated white-eyes, Makira starlings, Makira thrushes and mottled flowerpeckers. The Makira woodhen, or moorhen, has not been seen since 1953; the thick-billed ground dove has not been recorded since 1927 and is presumed extinct.

Other biota
Five species of restricted-range bats have been recorded, as well as a possibly new species of giant rat (Solomys). There are two species of endemic fig (Ficus).

Notable people

 * Doreen Kuper - former Honorary Consul to New Zealand
 * John Saunana - novelist, poet, and politician

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Feeding the Wheel

Feeding the Wheel is the fifth studio album by keyboardist Jordan Rudess of Dream Theater and Dixie Dregs fame. Many other musicians perform on tracks on this album including Terry Bozzio (Frank Zappa, Missing Persons), Steve Morse (Dixie Dregs, Deep Purple), and Dream Theater bandmate John Petrucci, who also worked with Rudess on Liquid Tension Experiment.

Track listing
All pieces are composed by Jordan Rudess.

Personnel

 * Jordan Rudess - All keyboards, electric guitar on track 3
 * Terry Bozzio - All drums and percussion on tracks 2-7, 9, 11
 * Steve Morse - Guitar solos on tracks 2, 7
 * John Petrucci - Guitar on tracks 2, 5, 9, 11
 * Eugene Friesen - Cello and voice on tracks 2, 4, 8, 9
 * Billy Sheehan - Bass on track 7
 * Mark Wood - Electric 7 string Viper on tracks 2, 5, 9, 11
 * Barry Carl - Voice on track 1
 * Peter Ernst - Nylon string guitar on track 3
 * Bert Baldwin - Keyboard strings on track 5, vocal effects

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bit Whore

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Bit Whore
Appears to be a dictionary/neologism page; poor attempt at being funny. MardukZero 03:13, 29 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Redirect to geek. --Sn0wflake 05:08, 29 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete However.. it made me laugh. <> Who 04:36, 29 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Being an IT tech it didnt offend me, but I'm open minded, so change vote; agree with Phil.
 * What do you call 2 IT techs?
 * One too many.

 * Delete, not notable, neologism. Megan1967 04:57, 29 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, no redirect, BJAODN, oh yes, and demean the professions of those responsible. — Phil Welch 05:02, 29 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete --Xcali 05:26, 29 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete per MarukZero and Megan1967, also no references. Quale 11:13, 29 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete --Affrodyetee 05:43, 30 May 2005 (UTC)
 * BJAODN Mozzerati
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Forum River Center

The Forum River Center (known locally as The Forum) is a multi-purpose arena and convention center in Rome, Georgia, United States. It seats 2,140 for arena football, up to 3,116 for other sporting events and up to 3,932 for concerts. For trade shows, it can accommodate 21,000 square feet (2,000 m2) of space. Meeting rooms at the Forum total an additional 14,269 square feet (1326 m2) of space. Floyd County owns the Forum. The Forum was previously home to the Georgia Fire indoor football team. Its maximum capacity was about 4,500 people.

On March 9, 2024, just before the 2024 Republican Party presidential primaries in the state, former president Donald Trump held his campaign rally in the Forum River Center.

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St. Mitchell
Notability not established Samw 03:17, 29 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. A good speedy deletion candidate, but since it made it to the VfD... --Sn0wflake 03:40, 29 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, not notable, looks like an attack page. Megan1967 04:58, 29 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Speedy delete and marked as such. — Phil Welch 05:03, 29 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Speedy delete --Xcali 05:26, 29 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete — graffito — RJH 05:46, 29 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Speedy deleted as personal attack. - Mailer Diablo 07:11, 29 May 2005 (UTC)

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Ocean Center

Ocean Center is a convention center located in Daytona Beach, Florida. It opened in 1985 and is the fifth–largest convention center in Florida.

Building and design
The Ocean Center features 205000 sqft of prime meeting space; 42000 sqft of exhibit space at the main arena, 14000 sqft of space in the Ballroom and 32000 sqft of meeting rooms. The new addition of the Exhibit Hall features 94695 sqft, ceiling heights: 22 to 45 ft, a drive-in door: 20' x 16', and 6 loading docks with self-adjusting levelers. 100000 sqft of parking lot/outdoor exhibit space was also added near the Exhibit Hall.

Thanks to a $3 million grant from the ECHO program, the county's Ocean Center has a grand entrance. The grant from the ECHO grants-in-aid program was used to create a Cultural Information Center (CIC). The funds were used for site preparation and construction of the CIC, an enhancement of 51635 sqft of lobby space with gathering areas, restrooms and concession facilities. It displays works from the "Arts in Public Places" program and has dedicated areas for permanent and visiting art works and cultural displays from all areas of Volusia County. The grand entrance also includes a new façade and entrance along N. Atlantic Avenue. Other features of the new entrance lobby and CIC is a marquee mural on the west wall above the ballrooms doors, seen from inside and outside the facility. The mural will change with the center's exhibits. The center and its displays are in the highest pedestrian traffic area for the venue.

The main arena seats 6,176 for ice hockey and arena football, 8,362 for basketball, 7,184 for the circus, 7,380 for ice shows, 8,582 for wrestling and 9,440 for concerts. The Ocean Center is also used for banquets, trade shows, high school graduations, conventions and other events.

History
In 1985, the Ocean Center opened with 60000 sqft of exhibit space and 18 breakout rooms. Christian pop singer Amy Grant performed the first concert at the Ocean Center on October 3, 1985, singing to 2,938 people. John Denver was the grand opening act two days later, performing to a crowd of 7,368.

Notable events
The Ocean Center has presented The Harlem Globetrotters, the Royal Lipizzaner Stallions and Larry the Cable Guy, among other noted performance artists. Other entertainment events have included the former Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus, monster truck shows, Miss Teen USA Pageant and WWE Live. The fun, furry characters of Sesame Street have been frequent performers at the Ocean Center. Family productions had multiple shows in 1985-86, and returned in the 1990s and 2000s. In October 1997, the Ocean Center hosted the Nice n' Easy U.S. Figure Skating Classic. Skaters included the Tara Lipinski, Michelle Kwan, Dorothy Hamill, Nicole Bobek, Rosalynn Summers, Kyoko Ina, Jason Dungjen, Todd Eldredge, Rudy Galindo, Michael Weiss, Elizabeth Punsalan and Jerod Swallow. The event was broadcast later on ABC. The Ocean Center also hosts The Passion Conferences starring Worship singer Chris Tomlin. As the Halifax area has become a separate market from Orlando in recent years, Ocean Center has hosted concerts by acts with ties to Florida, including Gloria Estefan, Eric Clapton, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, and, most recently, Pitbull (touring with Enrique Iglesias), Maroon 5 and Ariana Grande. It has also hosted acts such as AC/DC, Cheap Trick, and Faster Pussycat.

World Championship Wrestling (WCW) held their third annual Bash At The Beach pay-per-view at the Ocean Center in 1996, in which Hulk Hogan, notable as one of the largest fan favorites of all time turning heel during the final moments of the show. This in turn created the New World Order (nWo) and was a catalyst for perhaps some of the most influential times in professional wrestling.

Hulk Hogan turned heel once again in this arena, in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA)'s sixth annual Bound for Glory. He interfered in the main event and forming alliances with Eric Bischoff to help Jeff Hardy to win the TNA World Heavyweight Championship, and forming Immortal, with Jeff Jarrett and Abyss.

On June 29, 2019, All Elite Wrestling (AEW) held their Fyter Fest event. This was the promotion’s second pay-per-view event.

Sports
The Ocean Center hosted the 1988 Trans-America Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament. It is also home to a few of Bethune-Cookman University basketball games. The Harlem Globetrotters have frequented the Ocean Center arena and the Land of Magic Basketball Tournament is held there. The National Cheerleader Association and the State Cheer and Dance Competition has been hosted by the Ocean Center for more than 20 years. Many Volleyball Competitions are held at the Ocean Center including the Daytona 100 Volleyball Competition and the Florida Volleyball Festival. Gymnastic Tournaments are played at the Ocean Center including Ace Gymnastics and Pan American Gymnastics.

In 2015 the Geico Endurocross series kicked off their championship during Daytona Bike Week. Cody Webb took the main event win.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ocean Center hosted the entire 2021 College Basketball Invitational and the event returned in 2022, 2023, and 2024.

Ice hockey
The Daytona Beach Sun Devils of the defunct Sunshine Hockey League played hockey games at the Ocean Center from 1992 to 1995. In 1995, the team and league changed names to the Daytona Beach Breakers, playing in the Southern Hockey League. After the 1995-96 season both the team and the league folded.

Other events

 * Daytona Beach Garden Show – Annual event, co-sponsored by the Council of Garden Clubs of the Halifax District and the Daytona Beach News-Journal; usually scheduled in March.
 * Daytona Beach Home Show – Annual event, co-sponsored by the Pilot Club of Daytona Beach and the Daytona Beach News-Journal; usually scheduled in October.
 * National Reptile Breeders Expo – An annual event that is held every 3rd week of August for three days. This event allows consumers to view and purchase reptiles in the convention center.
 * National High School Drill Team Championships (http://nhsdtc.thenationals.net) – An event held since the building opened historically held the first weekend in May annually. This event brings together many of the finest high school Junior ROTC units performing military drill & ceremony events including military inspection, regulation drill, color guard and armed & unarmed individual and team exhibition drill. The event maintains active duty military judges and hosts roughly 4,000 people during the 3-day competition. The NHSDTC event uses every square inch of the Ocean Center Arena and Conference Center, as well as all of the breakout rooms throughout.
 * National Youth Football Championships (http://football.thenationals.net) – An event held since the building opened historically held on the American Thanksgiving weekend annually. This event brings together youth football and cheerleading programs from across the eastern North America and the occasional overseas team. The event maintains NFL cheerleaders, a youth cheer competition, as well as an elaborate awards ceremony hosting roughly 2,500 people during the 4-day competition weekend.
 * Florida Federation of Colorguards Circuit (http://ffcc.org/) – An annual championship for the state affiliation of Winter Guard International. Winter guard teams and indoor percussion ensembles perform at the Ocean Center in various divisions to compete for placement. The FFCC state championship is scheduled to remain at the Ocean Center through 2023 while using the Daytona Beach Hilton as the headquarters hotel.

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RP Funding Center

The RP Funding Center (formerly the Lakeland Civic Center and the Lakeland Center) is a multipurpose entertainment complex in Lakeland, Florida, comprising a convention center, arena and theater. Formerly, it was the home of the Lakeland Magic, the Orlando Magic's affiliate in the NBA G League and the Florida Tropics SC of the Major Arena Soccer League.

In 1991 the venue truly became one of the greats with Slayer’s Decade of Aggression live album recorded there.

About
It was home to the Lakeland Loggerheads of the World Hockey Association 2 during the 2003–04 season, the Lakeland Thunderbolts of the National Indoor Football League and later the American Indoor Football Association from 2005 until 2007, the Lakeland Raiders of the Ultimate Indoor Football League (later to be known as the Florida Marine Raiders of X-League Indoor Football) from 2012 until 2015, and the Central Florida Jaguars of the American Indoor Football in 2016. In 2018, the Florida Tarpons of the American Arena League relocated to Lakeland to use the arena for its home games.

The Tampa Bay Rowdies of the defunct North American Soccer League used the arena for indoor soccer on several occasions including three of their sixteen home games during the 1983-84 indoor season. This would also prove to be the league's final indoor campaign before suspending operations following the 1984 outdoor season.

In 1975 and 1976 the arena hosted National Hockey League exhibition matches between the Minnesota North Stars and the Atlanta Flames. Atlanta won both matches by the scores of 3–2 and 5–2, respectively. Beginning with their inaugural season (1992–93), the Tampa Bay Lightning used the center for training camp and exhibition games for several years. On September 23, 1992, hockey history was made as Manon Rhéaume became the first woman to play in an NHL exhibition game as the Tampa Bay Lightning played against the St. Louis Blues.

Elvis Presley played the Civic Center on April 27, 1975 (two shows, a matinee and an evening performance) and another evening performance on April 28, 1975. He played the center again a year later on September 4, 1976 (two performances, a matinee and an evening show).

Kiss performed here in 1976 when guitarist Ace Frehley was electrocuted leading him to later go on and write his song "Shock Me", included on the Love Gun album.

Duran Duran played the Lakeland Civic Center on March 26, 1984 as part of their Sing Blue Silver world tour.

Since 2019 it is the current home of the Central Florida Comic Con.

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Invitation to Wikipedia meetup in London

Date: 13:00 onwards, Sunday 10 August 2008

Venue: Penderel's Oak pub, Holborn WC1 map

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I noticed that you have listed yourself as a Wikipedian in London, so I thought you might like to come to one of our monthly social meetups. The next one is going to be on Sunday 10 August, which might well be rather short notice, but if you can't come this time, we try to have one every second Sunday of the month.

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London Wikimedia Fundraiser
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Article about a nonexistent record label. Wikipedia is not a crystal ball—Delete JeremyA 03:21, 29 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. --Sn0wflake 03:38, 29 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete Xcali 03:48, 29 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, notability not established. Megan1967 04:58, 29 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Speedy delete and marked as such. — Phil Welch 05:06, 29 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, as per reason above. - Mailer Diablo 07:01, 29 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, not yet notable. Thue | talk 11:52, 29 May 2005 (UTC)

 * I don't understand why this was VfDed, as it was already (and correctly) marked as a speedy; it was simply a bit of silliness by a bored adolescent. I've deleted it. Mel Etitis  ( Μελ Ετητης ) 13:05, 29 May 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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Talk:Ames room

should be, except www.illusionworks.com doesn't seem to be a real hostname, and the 'kaw' professor has ceased his website at tu-dresden.de (university.de/i1/professorsnames)
 * http://psylux.psych.tu-dresden.de/i1/kaw/diverses%20Material/www.illusionworks.com/html/ames_room.html
 * http://psylux.psych.tu-dresden.de/i1/kaw/diverses%20Material/
 * www.illusionworks.com/html/ames_room.html

two invalid links :\

Why did someone remove the links to two museum?

Not good explanation
The explanation of the Ames room is not good. I read it, saw the illustration, but didn't understand EXACTLY the shape of the room or even how it looks. Maybe a picture showing the point of view of the observer, with the appearent differnce of size between the two people CLEARLY VISIBLE, could help a lot.

Needs new illustration. The video and the drawing shows confusion to the viewer rather than explaining the actual position vs. apparent position. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.212.253.129 (talk) 17:55, 1 July 2011 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Amesroom.jpg
Image:Amesroom.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in Wikipedia articles constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

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Fair use rationale for Image:Amesroom.jpg
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Examples
In the DVD extras section of the film "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind," an Ames room is clearly shown being used to make Jim Carrey's character appear to be smaller than he actually is, for a scene where he is supposedly reliving a memory from his early childhood. The "growing and shrinking" effect is pronounced when people walk around the room during this DVD extra scene.

Van Gogh's Bedroom in Arles
The first thing I noticed about this room shape is that its horizontal dimensions correspond quite well with the unusual dimensions of Van Gogh's trapezoidal Bedroom in Arles. That painting, in turn, is sometimes mentioned among the precursors of cubism, oftentimes without acknowledging the visual distortions caused by the trapezoidal shape. It might take me years to find examples for the previous sentence, as they are over there in a pile of these doorstops we used to call books, but I'll be back. It is an imperfect example, but it appears to be a serendipitous illusion of the same family, with potentially broad application to art history. Sofa King (talk) 13:37, 16 September 2014 (UTC)

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Needs new video
I have no idea why someone would make a video to illustrate this phenomenon, but then decide the person's face needs to be blurred out. This bad blurring of the person's head is very distracting and greatly detracts from illustrating the effect. Rehcsif (talk) 17:02, 12 March 2022 (UTC)

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Ford Arena

The Ford Arena is a 9,737-seat multi-purpose arena in Beaumont, Texas, USA. The arena has 34,000 sq ft of exhibit space available for conventions and exhibitions. It also includes 7 production offices, 3 dressing rooms, a 2,448 sq ft VIP Club, a 1,107 sq ft party patio, concession stands, and restrooms. It is part of a larger suburban municipal complex called Ford Park. It is currently managed by OVG360, a division of Oak View Group.

Former
Ford Arena was most recently home to Oxford City FC of Texas (formerly the Texas Strikers) of the Major Arena Soccer League. The arena was also home to the ABA Southeast Texas Mavericks basketball team, NIFL Beaumont Drillers indoor football team, ECHL Texas Wildcatters ice hockey team, and the TBL Beaumont Panthers basketball team.

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Wikipedia:Peer review/In-N-Out/archive1

In-N-Out
After substantial content was added to this article on 17 May 2005, I have been slowly adding more information. I have two questions:
 * 1) What needs to be done to get this to be a good FA candidate?
 * 2) Even though references are cited in this article, a large amount of the content is based on either word-of-mouth or personal observations -- which is no surprise since this restaurant chain primary advertises itself by word-of-mouth, and it only sporadically promotes itself through conventional means. What do you suggest we should do about this content?

Thanks. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 03:22, 29 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Some things that struck me at first glance were...
 * I think there should be more information on the history (what happened between 1948 and 1984 or 1984 and 2004, that's a lot of time)
 * More information on the company would be nice too ( how many stores do they have? what is the estimated revenue? (since it's private that may be hard to find).
 * Stylistically, there are lots of lists (I'm not sure how the secret menu could be delistified though).
 * Sentences like, "In-N-Out strives to provide excellent customer service." make the article seem a little too much like an advertisement.
 * Has there been controversy sorrounding the bible quotes? Sounds like that could be further adressed (at least discussed in corporate culture).
 * Non-website references would be nice
 * The "legends" in the trivia section shouild go unless they are quite widespread or they have some basis in realtiy.
 * Hope some of that is useful BrokenSegue 03:42, 29 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Also see Companies, corporations and economic information

It would be nice to see a few more pictures. Perhaps a photo of one of the biblical quotes and closeup of the crossed palm trees. Also, the long list under the "Food" section should probably go into a separate article with only a summary description in the main article, and the same for the "Store layout" section. I would also move both of those sections below the "Corporate culture" section. Blank Verse  ∅  11:28, 29 May 2005 (UTC)

In N-Out comes up in movies, like the Big Lebowski, use in film etc could be added to cult following. I agree with the other reviewers about the lists, the really get negative points for excellent prose. --nixie 07:39, 30 May 2005 (UTC)

The "Bible quotes" section seems a little out of place, and needs context. What is the history, reason, purpose, etc. of the quotes? It's an interesting tidbit. Also, the sectioning seems excessive, many of the small sections, like "miscellaneous", "Cult following", "Trivia", "Bible quotes", and "Advertising", could be merged into one or a few sections. And the lead could be expanded. Finally, isn't there a lot to be said about health? --Dmcdevit 07:44, 31 May 2005 (UTC)

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Epic (Borknagar album)

Epic is the sixth studio album by Norwegian heavy metal band Borknagar. It was released in 2004 on Century Media Records.

Bassist Jan Erik "Tyr" Tiwaz left the band during recording sessions for the album; all bass parts on the album were subsequently played by drummer Asgeir Mickelson. Mickelson and vocalist Andreas "Vintersorg" Hedlund also contribute additional guitar playing to compensate for the departure of former guitarist Jens F. Ryland.

Borknagar

 * Andreas Hedlund (credited as "Vintersorg") – vocals, additional guitar
 * Øystein G. Brun – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, high-string guitar
 * Lars A. Nedland – backing vocals, keyboards, synthesizer, Hammond organ, grand piano
 * Asgeir Mickelson – drums, percussion, five-string bass, fretless bass, additional guitar

Production

 * Borknagar - production, mixing
 * Borge Finstad - production, mixing, engineer
 * Morten Lund - mastering
 * Christophe Szpajdel – logo

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Vicky Sunohara

Vicky Sunohara (born May 18, 1970) is a Canadian ice hockey coach, former ice hockey player, and three-time Olympic medallist. She has been described as "the Wayne Gretzky of women's hockey" and is recognized as a trailblazer and pioneer for the sport. In 2020, Sunohara was named to "TSN Hockey’s All-Time Women’s Team Canada," in recognition of her status as one of Canada’s best female hockey players of all time.

Sunohara is currently the head coach of the Varsity Blues women's ice hockey team of the University of Toronto. She was nationally recognized in 2019–20 and 2021-22 as the U Sports Women's Ice Hockey Coach of the Year and was named the 2019–20 Ontario University Athletics (OUA) Female Coach of the Year across all sports.

Playing career
Sunohara began to play hockey as a small child and the love of the game came naturally to her as her late father, David Sunohara, was a hockey enthusiast who played college ice hockey with the Ryerson Rams.

Sunohara's father built a backyard rink in the winters and introduced his daughter to skating at the age of two and a half. "My mother said that from the minute my father introduced me to hockey, I wouldn't do anything else," Sunohara commented, "I just loved it."

She began playing organized hockey on a boys team at age 5, but was eventually banned from the boys' leagues due to her gender. She ended up dominating every level of girls' competition.

Sunohara attended Stephen Leacock Collegiate Institute in Scarborough, a suburban district of Toronto, where she was a standout on the women's ice hockey, field hockey, soccer, and flag football teams.

Following high school, Sunohara received a full athletic scholarship to Northeastern University in Boston, where she played two seasons with the Northeastern Huskies women's ice hockey program in the ECAC Hockey conference of the NCAA Division I. In her freshman season, she led the Huskies in scoring as they claimed the 1989 ECAC Hockey conference championship title and was recognized as the ECAC Rookie of the Year. In the 1989–90 season, she led the team in scoring again and was named to the NCAA All-American team. Across 45 games with Northeastern, she scored 122 points (78 goals and 44 assists).

Sunohara also played hockey for the University of Toronto, where her team won the Ontario University Athletics women's ice hockey championships in 1990–91 and 1991–92. She was named the OUA women's ice hockey Rookie of the Year in 1990–91.

When she was not involved in international competition, Sunohara was the captain and assistant coach for the Brampton Canadettes Thunder in the Canadian Women's Hockey League (formerly the Brampton Thunder of the National Women's Hockey League). Sunohara participated in several Esso women's hockey nationals with Brampton. She was named the top forward of the tournament in 2005 and her team, the Brampton Thunder, won the national title in 2006.

Sunohara also played in the Central Ontario Women's Hockey League with the Scarborough Firefighters (1990–1994), Toronto Red Wings (1994–1996), and the Newtonbrook Panthers (1996–97).

International play
Sunohara won an Olympic silver medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan. She continued with an Olympic gold medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah, and another gold medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.

Besides the 1998, 2002 and 2006 Winter Olympics, Sunohara represented Canada in numerous international ice hockey competitions. She won seven gold medals at the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) World Championships, the first one coming in 1990. In total, she won 15 gold medals and 3 silver medals as a member of Canada's national team.

Sunohara excelled for Team Canada in major tournaments. She had 13 points in 16 games during three Olympics, and 41 points in 40 games during eight World Championships. Sunohara finished her career with Team Canada with 119 points (56 goals and 62 assists) in 164 games. As of 2020, she continued to rank in Canada's all-time top ten for games played, goals, and points.

Coaching and leadership
Sunohara is credited with helping to expand the popularity of women's ice hockey, having trained and mentored many young girls in the sport. Along with instructing at several hockey camps and clinics, she served as an assistant hockey coach at the Canadian women's national under-18 and under-19 team evaluation camps. In 2022, Sunohara was an assistant coach on Canada’s under-18 women’s ice hockey team, which won gold at the world championships. For two years, she was the Director of Women's Hockey at The Hill Academy in Vaughan, Ontario.

In 2011, Sunohara was named head coach of the University of Toronto Varsity Blues women's ice hockey team.

In 2020, Sunohara guided University of Toronto to winning the Ontario University Athletics women’s ice hockey title. U Sports, the governing body of university sport in Canada, named Sunohara the 2019–20 National Women's Ice Hockey Coach of the Year. Ontario University Athletics also named her the 2019–20 Women's Ice Hockey Coach of the Year, in addition to the Female Coach of the Year across all sports. Sunohara repeated as the U Sports Women’s Ice Hockey Coach of the Year in the 2021-22 season.

In 2022, The Hockey News ranked Sunohara as having the strongest qualifications to break the gender barrier and become the first female head coach in the National Hockey League.

Sunohara's coaching philosophy goes beyond teaching skills and she has described coaching as "more than just teaching a wrist shot or slap shot." She believes in instilling "Olympic values," like integrity, accountability, and commitment and endeavors to mold her team members into not just better players but better people.

Well known for her affable manner and engaging personality, Sunohara has been described as "one of the nicest people in all of hockey," while at the same time being a focused and intense competitor. During her tenure with Team Canada, Sunohara was counted on for her veteran leadership and was the assistant captain of the Canadian national team from 2001 until her retirement in 2008 at the age of 38.

A former Team Canada teammate, Jennifer Botterill, described Sunohara as "the most positive, supportive, energetic person you'll meet."

About Sunohara, Sami Jo Small, another former Team Canada teammate, said:

I have had the privilege of playing with some pretty amazing people but none have struck me as born leaders like Vicky Sunohara...She rallies the troops in desperate times and tells funny jokes when the pressure is mounting...She's always there for her teammates and always willing to do whatever it takes to win. She makes those around her not only better hockey players but also better people...In the ten years I played on the team I never saw another player touch as many people in such a positive way as Vicky Sunohara. Sunohara's former Team Canada coach, Melody Davidson, said of Sunohara: "She'll do everything she can for this team. She's just a tremendous person."

In 2009, David Miller, then Mayor of Toronto, remarked:

Not only is Vicky one of Canada's elite female athletes, she is a Torontonian and the granddaughter of immigrants representing the city's diversity which is one of our most important strengths. Vicky is well respected in our community and has worked tirelessly to help the youth of Toronto -- especially young girls -- develop their skills and fulfill their dreams.

Other awards and accomplishments
Sunohara was inducted into the City of Brampton Sports Hall of Fame, alongside national team teammates Jayna Hefford and Sami Jo Small. In 2006, she was named an inaugural member of the Scarborough Walk of Fame.

At the age of 36, Sunohara was named Ontario's Female Athlete of the Year for 2006.

Sunohara has been acknowledged by the Hockey Hall of Fame as one of the notable women ice hockey players of all time.

In 2009, Sunohara was selected by the Vancouver Olympic Organizing Committee to be Toronto's final torchbearer in the 2010 Winter Olympics torch relay as the Vancouver-bound Olympic flame passed through Ontario on its cross-country journey. She lit the cauldron before thousands of spectators at Nathan Phillips Square.

In 2012, Sunohara was inducted into the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame with the roster of the 2006 Canadian women's national team that participated in the women's ice hockey tournament of the 2006 Winter Olympics.

In 2018, Sunohara was inducted into the Toronto Sport Hall of Honour in the sport legends category.

In 2018, Sunohara was featured in the Canadian Olympic Committee “Virtue and Victory” campaign, showcasing the stories of athletes who exemplify both Canadian and Olympic values. Sunohara, along with Hayley Wickenheiser and Caroline Ouellette, were recognized for leadership and excellence.

In 2019, Sunohara was appointed Honorary Lieutenant Colonel of The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, a Primary Reserve regiment of the Canadian Armed Forces, based in Toronto. “I was shocked and humbled,” said HLCol Sunohara. “What came to my mind was ‘not worthy.’ But obviously I have a tremendous amount of respect and gratitude for those who serve our country. To be able to contribute in some small way is quite rewarding.”

According to Regimental Sergeant Major Donovan O’Halloran, Sunohara was a “natural choice” for this appointment, commenting:"Vicky is a leader in our community on several levels. She is a role model for the pursuit of excellence, she has achieved the highest measure of success in her sport and she continues to serve her community through coaching, mentoring and volunteering. It is a great privilege to have a woman of such distinction accept this important role."In 2020, Sunohara was named to "TSN Hockey’s All-Time Women’s Team Canada" and described as "the ultimate glue player," meaning an egoless leader who put the needs of her team above everything else and held the team together. Sunohara was the epitome of a team player.

In 2020, the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre named Sunohara a recipient of the Sakura Award, which recognizes exceptional contributions made by individuals to the promotion and exchange of Japanese culture and enhancing awareness of Japanese heritage within Canada and abroad. Sunohara's grandparents grew up in Japan; they moved to Ontario from BC after being released from World War II internment camps in that province.

Sunohara was one of six Canadian women's ice hockey players honoured during the 2021 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship. Sunohara and the other honourees were described as “some of the greatest female hockey players Canada has ever produced,” with their “legacies as trailblazers for the women’s game” having been well documented.

Personal life
Sunohara was born in Scarborough, Ontario. She is of Japanese and Ukrainian heritage. She is a graduate of the University of Toronto with a Bachelor of Physical and Health Education degree.

Following her retirement from international hockey in 2008, Sunohara and her husband Tal welcomed twin boys in 2009. As a busy mother, she coaches her sons' hockey team.

Sunohara makes frequent appearances as a guest speaker and donates a considerable amount of time to charitable and community organizations. Beginning in 2001, she served as a spokesperson for the Youth Assisting Youth program of United Way of Canada. In 2010, Sunohara was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Canadian Sport Centre Ontario (CSCO), a non-profit organization committed to assisting high-performance athletes and coaches achieve excellence in international competition.

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Nicholas Cain

Nicholas Cain is a private investigator and author of action novels.

Military career
Cain was born and raised in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. In 1972, despite a relatively high draft number of 363, he volunteered for the Vietnam War, where he served as a US Army military policeman until 1973. He also served as an MP in Aurora, Colorado at the Fitzsimons Army Medical Center, then in Thailand with the 281st MPs at Amphoe Sattahip/Vayama, and in South Korea with the 110th MPs at Daejeon. In 1975, he left with an honorable military discharge and the rank of sergeant.

He returned to Colorado where he became a state trooper in north metro Denver and subsequently a city cop in suburban Thornton, Colorado. During his ten years as a police officer, he worked a variety of assignments, yet none stayed with him as much as his tour of duty in Vietnam.

Books
Cain's experiences in Vietnam inspired him to write a non-fiction manuscript entitled Saigon Alley. After nearly every publisher in New York City rejected the proposed book, Zebra Books' Michael Seidman (coincidentally also an ex-MP) offered Cain a four-book contract, but only if he would fictionalize his manuscript and increase the sex and violence. This ultimately became the cult classic Saigon Commandos series, which, beginning in 1983, ran to 12 books. Book 9 of this series was made into a film, called Saigon Commandos by Roger Corman's Concorde Studios.

Cain went on to write the War Dogs series for Zebra, using the pseudonym Nik Uhernik. He then wrote the first eight books in Ballantine Books' Chopper-1 series, under the pseudonym Jack Hawkins. He also penned three books in the Able Team series, which was a spin-off of the immensely popular Mack Bolan Exceutioner novels.

He wrote the final installment in the Vietnam Ground Zero series, (published as Zebra Cube in the Heroes trilogy), using the pseudonym Robert Baxter. then created and wrote the six-book series Little Saigon (only four books of which were published by Lynx Books of New York before Lynx folded).

Private investigator
After writing over 30 books, Cain pulled the plug on his word processor in 1990 and became a private investigator in Los Angeles. He began teaching the Learning Annex's Course #523: How To Get Anything on Anybody in the mid-1990s, and wrote two investigative manuals to go along with it: Trick Questions (And Other Trade Secrets of an L.A. County P.I.) and So You Wanna Be A Private Eye.

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