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Scandinavian Masters

The Scandinavian Masters is an annual golf tournament on the European Tour played in Sweden. In 2020 the tournament became co-sanctioned with the Ladies European Tour and rebranded as the Scandinavian Mixed, in which both male and female golfers compete.

History
The tournament had its origins in the Volvo Open and the Scandinavian Enterprise Open, which, in 1973, became the first Swedish stop on the European Tour schedule. In 1991, the SEO merged with the PLM Open, with the resultant tournament being called the Scandinavian Masters.

The Scandinavian Masters was generally the only European Tour event to be held in Scandinavia, and in 2013 had a prize fund of 1,500,000 EUR, which was at the lower end of the scale for European Tour events held in the tour's home continent.

Until 2011, the tournament was played at the end of July or the beginning of August each year. For 2012, it moved to the first weekend in June, and was played from Wednesday to Saturday to allow players more time to travel to the following week's U.S. Open. From 2013 to 2017 it was played in late May/early June, two weeks before the U.S. Open, but in 2018 it was played in August.

In 2019 Lagardère Group passed management of the tournament on to the European Tour, which renamed it Scandinavian Invitation.

Mixed event
In 2020 the European Tour and Ladies European Tour created the Scandinavian Mixed hosted by Henrik and Annika, for the first time bringing 78 men and 78 women together to compete in the same tournament for the same prize money, but playing from different tees. Official World Golf Ranking points are offered for both tours, along with points toward the European Tour's and LET's respective season-long competitions, as well as Ryder Cup and Solheim Cup points, if applicable, which require the results to be divided between men and women.

The first event was originally scheduled to take place in June 2020, however it was cancelled like many other events at the time, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The event did return in June 2021, with Jonathan Caldwell winning the inaugural mixed event; shooting a final-round 64 to beat Adrián Otaegui by one shot. Alice Hewson was the highest placed female; finishing in third place.

The 2022 event created history as Linn Grant became the first woman to win on the European Tour. She won by nine strokes ahead of Henrik Stenson and Marc Warren. The next best-placed female was Gabriella Cowley, 14 strokes behind Grant.

Venues
The following venues have been used since the founding of the Scandinavian Masters in 1991.

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Tagged as CSD by User:Xcali, however vanity is still not a reason for speedy deletion. Agree that it's vanity and should be deleted Cyrius|✎ 21:21, 26 May 2005 (UTC)
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Anytown, USA (film)

Anytown, USA is a 2005 documentary film produced by director Kristian Fraga on the mayoral race in Bogota, New Jersey. The mayoral race was among Republican Steve Lonegan, Democrat Fred Pesce and independent Dave Musikant.

The film is described as a candid documentary on a small town that "serves as a perfect backdrop which provides a compromising look at our nation's political climate and proves that all politics is truly local".

It was screened at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film Festival on April 9, 2005, where it won the award for Best Documentary.

Synopsis
In August 2003, cuts to funding by the Bogota Borough Council threaten the Bogota High School football team, enraging many residents. With a mayoral election ahead, the stage is set for a close election between the incumbent, Republican Steve Lonegan, and former Borough Council Democrat Fred Pesce. Then, in late September, former high school athlete Dave Musikant announces he will run for mayor as a write-in candidate. The three-way race garners national attention, particularly because both Lonegan and Musikant are legally blind. As election day draws near, Musikant scores a coup by hiring Doug Friedline, Jesse Ventura's former campaign manager. In the week before election day, a rumor develops that Pesce is ill and will drop out of the race. However, Pesce continues to the end.

As election day dawns, poor weather worries Lonegan, who fears low turnout may cause him to lose. However, Lonegan wins with 1,097 votes, while Pesce has 728, and Musikant has 200. The Republicans also win the City Council. That January, Lonegan is inaugurated as Mayor for his third term. The football team goes on to the state championship, but loses in that game. Pesce also announces his retirement from politics. In September 2004, Musikant succumbs to his eight-year battle with brain cancer. Lonegan goes on to run for the Republican nomination for governor that year, after Jim McGreevey's resignation, but loses the primary.

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SV Austria Salzburg

SV Austria Salzburg is an Austrian professional football club, based in the city of Salzburg. The club was formed in 2005 by some supporters of the original SV (Austria) Salzburg after it was renamed FC Red Bull Salzburg by its new owners, who also changed the club's colours from its traditional violet and white to red and white. The club commenced participation in the seventh tier of Austria's national league system in 2006, then rose through four successive championships to the third tier, Regionalliga West, in 2010. In 2015, the club gained promotion to the Erste Liga, one tier below the Austrian Bundesliga, only to be relegated a year later.

History
The history of the old SV Austria Salzburg until 2005 is covered in the article about FC Red Bull Salzburg, as Red Bull took over and transformed the club in 2005. It is also the prehistory of the newly founded club.

The color dispute and the Violet-White initiative
When Red Bull GmbH's plans to acquire Austria Salzburg became known in April 2005, the club's supporters were positive about the plan due to the club's poor financial situation. In Austria, renaming a sports club is comparatively normal; many teams in football or ice hockey bear the name of a sponsor, usually to reorganize their finances or increase their budget. Usually, however, such changes are made with respect for the club's tradition, which is only gently altered. In this case, it was a radical reorganization of the club, which in effect amounted to a takeover of the club - Red Bull had the sole right to appoint the club's board of directors written into the club's statutes - that led to the founding of the initiative and a power struggle between Austria's fan scene and the new de facto owner.

Points of contention were the lack of acceptance of the club's history (the new management originally stated 2005 as the year of the club's foundation, which was only reversed under pressure from the ÖFB) and, above all, the traditional colours of violet-white, which remained the official club colours on paper, but in fact no longer existed. Red and white replaced the traditional colours of violet and white - not only as the colour of the jerseys - and the Red Bull logo became an essential part of the club crest.

As a reaction to the transformation of the club by the new owner, supporters founded the Violet-White initiative, whose initial aim was to preserve the club's violet and white tradition. They acted on several levels: On the one hand, negotiations were held with club officials, on the other hand, actions such as the peaceful invasion and occupation of the pitch during a friendly match were carried out.

The talks finally broke down when Red Bull only offered a purple captain's bow, a small purple logo of the new outfitter Adidas on the jerseys and purple socks for the goalkeeper as the only compromise, which was viewed as an insult by the club's traditionalists. In the course of the first half of the 2005/06 season, Austria's fan camp split into traditional violet supporters and new Red Bull supporters. Protest banners, chants, continued violet choreographies and the violet jerseys and scarves still worn by the supporters were also an expression of the rejection of Red Bull and Dietrich Mateschitz.

During the talks, but increasingly after their failure, there were various incidents between the tradition-conscious supporters and the Red Bull Salzburg management. Further agitation was caused by the conversion of the fan sector from a standing to a seated sector and bans against alleged hooligans from supporters, which were, however, partially rescinded.

Supporters' solidarity and media coverage
Throughout Austria and in many European stadiums there were solidarity rallies of fan groups with the violet supporters. Their protest is generally understood as a fight by football supporters against the progressive commercialisation of the sport and is supported accordingly. Contrary to the usual rivalries between supporters of different clubs, the developments in Salzburg have led to football supporters seeing themselves as a unit and acting together "against modern football". The aim is to preserve the tradition and identity of the respective club and to prevent the clubs from becoming mere advertising vehicles. The supporters themselves see themselves as these bearers of tradition as the players, coaches and board change. Especially in the Ultrà movement, the vehemence with which Salzburg supporters resisted the new identity of their club was welcomed and supported.

Overall, supporters of all Austrian first division clubs have shown solidarity with the Violet-White initiative with banners and choreographies, as have the supporters of most second division clubs. In Germany, the supporters of many Bundesliga clubs have also expressed their solidarity, as have some of the supporters in the lower leagues. In total, 23 football fan clubs from Austria, 53 from the rest of Europe and even two from the USA have declared their solidarity with the initiative. Such unity and support among supporters is new in Austrian and European football history. Prominent footballers and coaches such as Hans Krankl, Paul Scharner, Toni Pfeffer, Ernst Dospel and Herbert Prohaska also support the initiative of the violet supporters.

In the run-up to the 2006 World Cup, various television stations such as ZDF and ARTE also increasingly documented the activities of the Violet-White initiative and the founding of the new association in order to provide information on how football supporters deal with the commercialisation of their sport.

Foundation of a new Austria
After the failure of the negotiations with the new club managers, the majority of the violet supporters withdrew from the stadium. The aim was to found a new Austria Salzburg. The first step in this direction was the founding of the club by entering it in the register of clubs under the name Sportverein Austria Salzburg on 7 October 2005.

The founding of the club as the last step of the protest has its antecedents in England. Already in similar cases in London, where AFC Wimbledon was founded as a reaction to the move of Wimbledon FC, and Manchester (after the purchase of Manchester United by Malcolm Glazer, the protests culminated in the new club FC United of Manchester), the new clubs were able to retain their supporters over a longer period of time.

The new club quickly had around 800 members and a large following. In order to be able to start playing as soon as possible, negotiations were held with the football section of PSV/Schwarz-Weiß Salzburg, which finally led to a cooperation for spring 2006. The team played in violet and white jerseys bearing the coats of arms of both clubs. At the end of the season, however, the cooperation was terminated again, as no guarantees were given by PSV for a future outsourcing of the football section.

The lowest division and the way to the top
In the 2006/07 season, Austria started as an independent club with a completely new squad (including some footballers from their own supporters' section) in the lowest division, the Salzburg 2nd Class North A, despite the fact that they had managed to stay in the Landesliga. The venue was the UFC Salzburg-Danubia ground in Nonntal.

At the beginning of the 2007/08 season, the search for a new long-term venue came to an end. SV Austria Salzburg now plays its matches at the Max Aicher Stadion in the district Maxglan of Salzburg. The club also secured the championship title in the three following seasons, which enabled them to march through to the Regionalliga West, Austria's third-highest division. With this success, Austria also became the first club from the province of Salzburg to achieve four promotions in a row.

Promotion to professional football and bankruptcy
In the 2015/16 season, Austria played in the second-tier Erste Liga and thus in professional football for the first time since its foundation. At the end of November 2015, the club announced that it had initiated reorganisation proceedings without self-administration. Shortly afterwards, coach Jørn Andersen resigned due to a lack of sporting prospects. He was succeeded by Gerald Baumgartner, who also took over the position of sporting director. Shortly afterwards, co-coach Thomas Klochan and goalkeeping coach Alex Schriebl also left the club. On 1 March 2016, the vast majority of creditors approved the reorganisation plan. As a result, the club, which was in debt to the tune of €1.4 million, was able to finish the 2015/16 season. While ninth place would have been enough to keep the club in the sporting relegation zone despite the deduction of 6 points, the club was automatically relegated to the Regionalliga West due to the insolvency. The following season 2016/17 in the Regionalliga West ended with relegation to the Salzburger Liga (4th tier). Another financial collapse could only be avoided through donations from members. In the second year, the club was promoted back to the Regionalliga, where Austria has competed ever since.

Season 2023/24
This season was the club's 90th anniversary, reflecting once again that the it embraces the history and tradition of the original Austria Salzburg. In addition, to the anniversary, it was officially announced that the club is now debt-free and therefore has no outstanding liabilities.

Furthermore, SV Austria Salzburg met FC Red Bull Salzburg for the first time, 18 years after the takeover and the resulting refounding, in the 2nd round of the Austrian Cup. Due to the classification as a high-risk game, the match could not be played in the home ground and had to be played in the stadium Untersbergarena in Grödig, which is about 10 km away from Salzburg. The match took place in front of more than 4,000 spectators and attracted football fans from all over Europe. The first division team won 4–0.

Club honours
Champions (3): 2014, 2015, 2024 Champions (3): 2012, 2013, 2014
 * Regionalliga West:
 * Landescup:
 * 1. Landesliga: Champions 2010
 * 2. Landesliga: Champions 2009
 * 1. Klasse Nord: Champions 2008
 * 2. Klasse Nord A: Champions 2007

Former players

 * Karim Onisiwo
 * Fabio Strauss
 * Michael Perlak
 * Ernst Öbster
 * Haris Bukva
 * Manuel Krainz
 * Marco Hödl

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Tagged as CSD by User:Xcali, but vanity is not a CSD reason. Person only gets a few actual google hits, delete as vanity/self-promotion. Cyrius|✎ 21:24, 26 May 2005 (UTC)
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Dagens industri

Dagens industri (Di) is a financial newspaper in tabloid format published in Stockholm, Sweden.

History and profile
Dagens industri was founded in 1976 with two issues per week. In 1983 it increased its periodicity to five issues per week and to six in 1990. It has since started affiliate newspapers in Austria, Estonia (Äripäev), Latvia (Dienas Bizness), Lithuania (Verslo žinios), Poland (Puls Biznesu), Russia (Delovoy Peterburg), Scotland and Slovenia (Poslovni dnevnik Finance). Dagens Industri is owned by the Swedish family-owned media group Bonnier AB and is published in tabloid format.

The stated position of the editorial page is independent liberal-conservative. The newspaper's online edition, di.se, has been voted as Sweden's "best economics online site" 20 years in a row between 1999 and 2019, in a competition held by the PR-firm Hallvarsson & Halvarsson.

In January 2016, former Managing Editor Lotta Edling succeeded Peter Fellman as the editor-in-chief of Dagens industri. Fellman returned as editor-in-chief in August 2018.

Circulation
The 1983 circulation of Dagens industri was 30,000 copies. Its circulation was 100,000 copies in 2000. It was 115,000 copies in 2003. The paper had a circulation of 117,500 copies on weekdays in 2005. Its circulation was 101,700 copies in 2010.

According to the media survey Orvesto, Dagens industri had 328,000 daily readers of their printed issue during the beginning of 2017.

In March 2020, Dagens industri reached 100,000 paying subscribers, across the printed issue and online edition.

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Tagged as CSD by User:Xcali, but vanity is not a CSD reason. 20k google hits, proceduralish nomination by me only. No vote. Cyrius|✎ 21:26, 26 May 2005 (UTC)
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My name is Joe Toscano. I'm a cognitive scientist at the Beckman Institute at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. My research focuses on understanding how human listeners perceive speech. I use several approaches to study this, including event-related brain potential and eye tracking techniques, as well as computational models that simulate the processes involved in recognizing speech.

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Olly olly oxen free

"Olly olly oxen free" is a catchphrase or truce term used in children's games such as hide and seek, capture the flag, and kick the can to indicate that players who are hiding can come out into the open without losing the game or that the position of the sides in a game has changed (as in which side is on the field or which side is at bat or "up" in baseball or kickball); alternatively, that the game is entirely over.

The origin of the phrase is unknown. The Dictionary of American Regional English says the phrase may be derived from all ye, all ye outs in free, all the outs in free, or possibly ”calling all the outs in free”; in other words, all who are out may come in without penalty. Others speculate the phrase may be a corruption of a hypothetical and ungrammatical German phrase alle, alle, auch sind frei (all, all, also are free).

A number of variations exist. "Ollyoxalls" is one such variant, said to be used in Portsmouth, England. Another variant is "Ollie Ollie in come free."

In literature and the arts

 * Various songs are named "Olly olly oxen free", or a variant thereof, including songs by: the Ted Weems orchestra (sung by a young Perry Como); Terry Scott Taylor, on his 2004 album Imaginarium: Songs from the Neverhood; the metalcore band Sworn In, on their 2015 album The Lovers/The Devil; and Amanda Palmer, on her 2012 album Theatre Is Evil.
 * Olly Olly Oxen Free (1978) is a film starring Katharine Hepburn.
 * Oxenfree is a 2016 videogame by Night School Studio.
 * In the Peanuts comic strip for October 3, 1955, Lucy hollers "Olee Olee Olsen Free-O!" Violet informs her chagrined friend that it should be "Ally ally out are in free!"
 * The punk band Authority Zero released an album called Ollie Ollie Oxen Free in 2021.
 * In the 1999 video game Bugs Bunny: Lost in Time, Bugs Bunny calls out the phrase whenever the super-jump ability is activated.
 * In the song "New Way Out" on the 2005 Lemon Demon album "Damn Skippy", the phrase is used.
 * In the 2007 book "Thirteen Reasons Why" By Jay Asher, the phrase is used by some characters as a safe space to let out their feelings to one another.
 * In the song, "Drive" on the 1992 R.E.M. album "Automatic for the People" the phrase is used.
 * In the song “Bad Girls Club” on the 2013 Falling in Reverse album “Fashionably Late” the phrase is used.
 * In the song “Downtown” on the 2016 Macklemore & Ryan Lewis album “This Unruly Mess I've Made” (originally a single release in 2015) the phrase is used.
 * In the Halo franchise, "Oly Oly Oxen Free" is the name of a short melody and a phrase important among the Spartan-IIs.

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Parallax (character)

Parallax is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, primarily as an enemy of the Green Lantern Corps. It is the embodiment of the emotion of fear, and serves as the power source for the Sinestro Corps.

Publication history
Created by writer Ron Marz and artist Darryl Banks for Green Lantern vol. 3 #48 (January 1994), Parallax was originally devised as the new supervillain identity for then-former Green Lantern protagonist Hal Jordan. After Jordan sacrificed himself to reignite Earth's Sun in the 1996 crossover storyline "The Final Night" and his soul became the newest host of the Spectre, 2004's Green Lantern: Rebirth once again cast Jordan as a heroic Green Lantern and explained Parallax as an ancient entity embodying the yellow light of fear which possessed Jordan and drove him to his villainous actions. Parallax was revealed to have been once imprisoned within the Central Power Battery on the planet Oa, creating the impurity that previously rendered the rings useless against anything colored yellow.

In 2009, Parallax was ranked as IGN's 92nd Greatest Comic Book Villain of All Time.

Fictional character biography
In 1994, in an effort to generate interest in its Green Lantern comics, DC replaced Hal Jordan, who had been the primary Green Lantern since the late 1950s, with the character Kyle Rayner, and eliminated the Green Lantern Corps which had served as supporting characters in the series. This was done in the story "Emerald Twilight", beginning in Green Lantern vol. 3 #48 (Jan. 1994). After Mongul destroys his home town Coast City, Hal Jordan descends into madness, destroying the Green Lantern Corps, killing his friend Kilowog and all of the Guardians, except for Ganthet. After this, Jordan assumed the name Parallax and became a supervillain. As detailed in the crossover Zero Hour: Crisis in Time!, Parallax attempted to rewrite history to stop the destruction of Coast City by using chronal energy, pulled from the universe by the combined power of the rings of the Green Lanterns he had killed. While Kyle Rayner became the primary Green Lantern of Earth for the next decade, Hal Jordan terrorized the DC universe as the villain Parallax and attempted to make the Cyborg Superman pay for the destruction of Coast City.

Hal eventually sacrificed his life to reignite Earth's sun after it was nearly completely eaten. His soul not at peace, Hal then became the new Spectre to seek redemption for what he did as Parallax. The 2004 miniseries Green Lantern: Rebirth, written by Geoff Johns and penciled by Ethan Van Sciver, revealed that Parallax was actually the sentient embodiment of the emotion fear from the Emotional Electromagnetic Spectrum, one of The Seven Forces of the Universe, dating back to the dawn of time. Traveling from world to world, the parasite caused entire civilizations to destroy themselves out of paranoia.

The Guardians of the Universe imprisoned Parallax within the Central Power Battery on Oa using fear's opposite energy, willpower, embodied by one of the fear's counterparts, Ion. Parallax had lain dormant for billions of years, its true nature hidden by the Guardians to prevent anyone from trying to free it. Being yellow in color, Parallax eventually came to be referred to as simply "the yellow impurity", a flaw, whose nature was kept secret from the Corps, that made their rings useless against the color yellow: Parallax weakened its power over the corresponding spectrum; hence, only someone with the willpower to overcome great fear could master the power ring. Thus, when recruiting new Green Lanterns, the Guardians were careful to look for recruits who could do this. When the renegade Sinestro was later imprisoned in the Power Battery himself, his Qwardian yellow power ring tapped into Parallax's power and awakened it.

Since Sinestro harbored hatred for Hal, Parallax chose Jordan as its tool to free itself. Parallax apparently spent years influencing Jordan, causing him to experience increasing self-doubt as well as causing his hair to prematurely whiten at the temples. Jordan's grief over the destruction of Coast City let Parallax influence Jordan's subsequent murderous activity, his apparent killing of Sinestro (actually a hard light construct), and Jordan's destruction of the Central Power Battery.

After it was learned something amiss was happening on Oa, a task force (as shown in the Emerald Fallout series), which consisted of Guy Gardner, Wonder Woman, Captain Atom, Alan Scott, the Martian Manhunter, Ferrin Colos of the Darkstars, and Arisia Rrab, ventured to Oa to discover the cause of Guy Gardner's visions of its destruction that were brought about by him wielding Sinestro's power ring (which was also fueled by the power expelled by the Guardians, their rings, batteries, or Parallax himself). On Oa, the task force confronted Hal, but he easily defeated them. Only Alan Scott and Guy Gardner were even able to get a hit on Jordan. Guy proved to be the most effective against Jordan because he could absorb the energy that Jordan was using against him in the battle. Jordan still managed to quickly overpower Guy and destroy his Qwardian power ring. Jordan proceeded to send the whole task force (who were all knocked out from the beating they suffered) back to Earth.

Since Parallax was gone from the Oan Power Battery, the final power ring conferred to Kyle Rayner did not have any weakness against yellow. The young ring bearer also has some limited resistance to the fear entity's influence as Rayner is a Green Lantern who understands fear, and has the requisite strong will of a ring bearer. Despite being possessed by Parallax, the positive aspect of Jordan's personality would resurface occasionally, eventually leading the infected Jordan to use Parallax's powers to reignite the Sun during the event known as "The Final Night", and later aiding the universe's heroes to stop the rogue angel Asmodel from raising Hell to Earth and Heaven in Day of Judgment. Jordan's infected soul later bonded with the Spectre, who knew Parallax's true nature from the start and eventually expelled it from Jordan. The Spectre-Force itself left to search for its next human host. Ganthet guided Jordan's soul back to his own body, preserved after Jordan reignited the Sun. His soul and thoughts finally gaining clarity for the first time in years, Jordan was resurrected, again taking his place as a Green Lantern. Together, Kyle Rayner and fellow Green Lanterns John Stewart, Guy Gardner, a resurrected Kilowog, Hal Jordan, and Ganthet imprisoned the parasite back in the Central Power Battery on Oa.

Despite this reintroduction of the "yellow impurity", which is now referred to as the "Parallax Fear Anomaly", the power rings' weakness against yellow no longer applies, as experienced wielders are now able to consciously recognize and overcome it. It is still, however, a considerable weakness for new Green Lantern recruits and rookies, who must be taught the impurity's nature and how to combat it. During training, new recruits' rings may falter at times against yellow objects, and/or when a recruit is experiencing panic or fear.

Sinestro Corps
Sinestro's Sinestro Corps captures Kyle Rayner with the intention of making him Parallax's new host. Sinestro reveals to Kyle the existence of Ion. Sinestro also informs him that Ion is actually an energy entity that needs a host, similar to Parallax, and it is now attached to Kyle's soul. Sinestro removes the Ion entity from Kyle, who is immediately taken over by Parallax. Parallax then clothes itself in a new uniform (which appears as a combination of Kyle's original Green Lantern costume and the costume Hal Jordan wore as Parallax) and returns to Qward with the Sinestro Corps. Parallax becomes a herald of the reborn Anti-Monitor alongside Hank Henshaw, Superman-Prime, and Sinestro himself. After the massacre of several Green Lanterns, Parallax leads an assault against Hal Jordan, John Stewart, and Guy Gardner, and brings them to Qward. The "Lost Lanterns" arrive to rescue the captured Lanterns. During the battle, Parallax murders Jack T. Chance after making him experience his repressed fear of his abusive family. During his possession by Parallax, Kyle witnesses everything that Parallax does, including his murder of Jack. Kyle and Parallax confront each other in a room constructed by Kyle's memories. Kyle changes into Ion and fights Parallax and later conjures a power ring and his original costume. After fighting Parallax for a while, Kyle stabs Parallax with a pencil and regains his self-worth when he sees a painting that his mother made several years ago. Kyle walks into the painting and ends up in a field walking towards a bright, green star.

Later on Earth, Parallax is about to kill Hal's brother and family when Hal confronts him just before his power ring runs out of power. Hal then tries to free Kyle by reminding him of how fearless his mother was even on her deathbed. Parallax then absorbs Hal into himself; this twofold increase of his powers upon combining the strength of both of his hosts turns him his natural yellow color and develop a costume that more closely resembles the one he wore when Jordan was his only host. Soon after, Guy comes to Parallax with Kyle's mother's painting. This, along with Hal's aid, allows Kyle to fight Parallax from within, and the two manage to escape from Parallax. Now in its original form, Parallax begins to attack Hal, Guy, John, and Kyle. Ganthet and Sayd arrive and imprison Parallax within the Earth Lanterns' four Power Batteries. It was never revealed if sealing Parallax within the four Power Batteries had any effect on the batteries or ring-bearers themselves.

It was revealed in the third part of the Agent Orange arc that Parallax was once sealed in a box that Larfleeze stole from the Guardians of the Universe. The box was returned to the Guardians in exchange for the orange light of avarice.

Blackest Night
While Jordan and his allies defend Coast City against the Black Lantern Corps during the "Blackest Night" storyline, the Black Lantern Spectre attempts to claim him. Believing that the Spectre fears Parallax, Hal Jordan has Ganthet summon the power batteries that currently held it. Once summoned, Hal allows Sinestro to release Parallax and, once it is free, provokes it into merging with him. A resulting explosion of yellow light quickly fades and soon reveals that Parallax is in full control of Hal and eager to challenge the Spectre once more. Parallax tears into the Black Lantern Spectre's body, freeing the real Spectre and destroying the facsimile. Parallax then attempts to destroy the Spectre, who uses his own fear of it, coupled with the love Carol Ferris feels for Hal, to separate Parallax from its host. Parallax is then pulled away by an unknown force to an unknown location.

After Sinestro becomes a White Lantern, he views the history of the emotional spectrum, and discovers that Parallax was originally an insect before being transformed after becoming the first creature in existence to feel fear.

Brightest Day
During the "Brightest Day" storyline, Parallax is revealed to have been transported to planet Ryut, where a cloaked villain trapped the fear entity in an energy bubble and chained it to a monolith bearing the Sinestro Corps symbol. Around Parallax are other monoliths bearing the symbols of the other Lantern corps. Later, when Hal Jordan, the Flash (Barry Allen), and the rest of their allies try to find the emotional entities, they locate Parallax (apparently under the command of the mysterious figure) and the Scarlet Speedster becomes the latest host for the fear entity after it senses the hero's concerns for Jordan's safety from it. By inhabiting the living generator of the Speed Force, Parallax is even more powerful by combining the extradimensional energy the speedster creates with its own powers. Despite this, the embodiment of fear still desires Hal Jordan as its host as they fight. However, an intervention by the mystery villain prevents Parallax's attempts, and reveals that Jordan now has the skills to resist it anyway. As the embodiment of compassion, Proselyte, began to free the Flash from Parallax's control by reigniting his emotion for compassion over his fear, the embodiment of hope, Adara, began fighting the cloaked villain, who reveals that all this is actually a ruse so that he could capture them all — which he does — revealing himself to be the renegade Guardian Krona.

War of the Green Lanterns
When Krona attacks Oa, he places Parallax inside the Central Power Battery, restoring the yellow impurity and giving him control over almost all Green Lanterns. Hal, John, Guy, Kyle and Kilowog are able to resist Parallax's influence due to their past experience with it, but Kilowog is captured while the other four escape by removing their rings. With no other weapons available, the four Earth Lanterns use the rings of the other six Corps to fight off Krona's forces, culminating in Guy using the rings of the Red Lantern Corps and the Star Sapphires simultaneously to tear the Central Power Battery's shell away and remove Parallax. After Krona's defeat, Parallax escaped along with the other entities and is left at large in the universe.

The New 52
In September 2011, The New 52 rebooted DC's continuity. In this new timeline, it is shown that Parallax is in the Yellow Central Power Battery where the entity stays until he is released by Sinestro at the conclusion of the "Wrath of the First Lantern" story. To destroy the First Lantern Volthoom, Sinestro allows Parallax to possess his body. Contrary to previous hosts of Parallax, this time, however, Sinestro is in control of the entity instead of the other way around. Their effort in defeating Volthoom, however, proves to be unsuccessful, with Volthoom only being defeated when Hal returns as a Black Lantern and summons Nekron to restore Volthoom's mortality. After Volthoom's defeat, Sinestro as Parallax proceeds to kill the Guardians of the Universe, sparing only Ganthet and Sayd in the process. Sinestro then states his intention to travel far from Oa and release Parallax.

In the "Lights Out" story, the Entity reveals that all of the emotional entities are dying and must return to the place of their origin, except Parallax because it is currently entrapped. In the aftermath, it is revealed that Parallax is still bonded with Sinestro, who controls the entity. Later, after the Green Lantern Corps are apparently dissolved, Sinestro releases Parallax within the core of Warworld's base, to try to prevent the destruction of the new headquarters of Sinestro Corps.

DC Rebirth
In 2016, DC Comics implemented another relaunch of its books called DC Rebirth, which restored its continuity to a form much as it was prior to The New 52. Parallax is being hosted by Sinestro again as he has plans to rule the universe with fear. The power of Parallax is increased by Sinestro to one thousand percent of the power of fear to face Hal Jordan, who has returned as Green Lantern. Before Sinestro attacks him, he discovers too late that his and Parallax's powers have decreased due to Soranik Natu rescuing people from being imprisoned and escaping with them. Hal then uses his energies as a living construct to incinerate the Fear Warlord. Sinestro tries to use Parallax's powers to stop Hal, but fails as Hal destroys the base of the Sinestro Corps, Warworld, seemingly killing both Sinestro and Parallax in the process.

Parallax is revealed to have survived and found its way to Earth, having shrunk in size. It starts kidnapping children to feed on their fear and regain its strength and power. The entity possesses the body of one of the children, Zachariah Ferruci, and kidnaps another child until they are found by Superman. Parallax uses the children to fight back against Superman and flees. The next day, Parallax welcomes Superman to the place where it is keeping the children. Parallax transforms into his normal size and reveals to Superman who he is. Parallax tries to possess Superman, but Superman is able to force it out. However, Parallax begins draining the children's lives, forcing Superman to submit. Parallax possesses Superman and as it claims that nothing can hurt it anymore, Parallax is struck from behind by Sinestro, who has returned to claim it for himself. During the fight, Parallax refuses to possess Sinestro for this action, so Sinestro teleports to Qward, as the Weaponers are to restrain the entity. While Parallax apparently possesses Superman, he is contained as Sinestro attempts to remove Parallax from Superman; however, Superman tells him that he is not under Parallax's control. Parallax is possessing the Weaponers to attack Sinestro. Parallax separates from the Weaponers and tries to escape. Sinestro fails to capture Parallax and so his power is drained and he collapses; then, Superman takes his yellow ring and files into Parallax's mouth. Superman uses his fear to imprison Parallax within the yellow ring, while Sinestro is no match for Superman and flees.

Later, Superman waits for Hal Jordan to return to Earth, explaining the previous fight with Parallax. Hal imprisons Parallax within a yellow ring for transportation back to Mogo.

Parallax is eventually able to escape its prison and choose as its new host the Reverse-Flash, so it could use his connection of the Speed Force and his willpower to break through the defences of the Green Lantern Corps and shatter their Central Battery.

Powers and abilities
Parallax has immense fear-casting and mind-control powers, strong enough to easily frighten and control the likes of Superman, Wonder Woman, and even a being like the Spectre, except those who are capable of understanding and conquering inner fear such as Hal Jordan, Kyle Rayner or Batman. However, it was unable to control Alan Scott, even though he experienced fear from Parallax (Abin Sur explains that in humans fear is intellectual, which may have something to do with the ineffectuality of Parallax's powers and the fear entity itself mentioned that Alan's power differs from the fear entity, the Guardians, and the Green Lantern Corps, as they derive their powers from the emotional spectrum), although he did experience a fever which led him to increasingly weaken during Parallax's attempts. It can take possession of someone's body when they feel even the slightest fear. Parallax is also capable of creating solid light constructs, such as creating a convincing duplicate of Sinestro for Hal Jordan to kill. Parallax can create both green and yellow objects or creatures. As a being of pure energy, Parallax has no true physical form of its own; it generally changes into forms that will instill fear in its victims.

Other versions

 * An alternate timeline version of Parallax who possessed Tomar-Re appears in Booster Gold (vol. 2) #2 (2007).
 * The Hal Jordan incarnation of Parallax makes a cameo appearance in JLA/Avengers.
 * The Hal Jordan incarnation of Parallax appears in Convergence.
 * An alternate universe version of Parallax appears in Star Trek/Green Lantern.

Film

 * Parallax appears in Green Lantern, voiced by Clancy Brown and motion-captured by an uncredited T. J. Storm. This version feeds on life forces via organisms' fear and was created when Krona was corrupted by the yellow energy of fear after failing to control it. Abin Sur imprisoned the entity on the remote planet Ryut, but it later escapes and seeks revenge on the Green Lantern Corps, absorbing fear and life forces from multiple inhabited planets to strengthen itself and killing Abin in the process. After the Department of Extranormal Operations (DEO) recover Abin's body, they task Hector Hammond with performing the autopsy, during which he is infected with Parallax's DNA. It uses him in an attempt to kill Hal Jordan until he lures it away from Earth, where it is absorbed into the sun.
 * Parallax appears in Green Lantern: Beware My Power, voiced by Nolan North. This version is an alien parasite created by Sinestro to infect Hal Jordan. It attempts to use his body to obtain godhood until being killed by Green Arrow.

Video games

 * Parallax appears as a character summon in Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure.
 * Parallax appears as a boss in DC Universe Online, in which it possesses Sinestro, Arkillo, Kilowog, and Hal Jordan.

Miscellaneous
Parallax appears in Smallville: Lantern. After corrupting Hal Jordan, Parallax goes on to kill Kyle Rayner and Guy Gardner, reprogram the Manhunters to serve as its heralds, and send Yellow Lantern rings to Earth to combat the Green Lantern Corps.

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Cloud Club

The Cloud Club was a lunch club that occupied the 66th, 67th, and 68th floors of the Chrysler Building in New York City. At one time it was the highest lunch club in the world. It opened in 1930 and closed in 1979.

History
Texaco, a prospective tenant, had asked the management of the Chrysler Building to create a restaurant for executives. The Cloud Club opened in July 1930. At the time of its opening it had 300 members. As a result of the club opening, Texaco leased fourteen floors. The club was open during daylight hours and was closed in the evening.

Many famous executives based in the tower had lunch in the club. The club was only for men for several decades. In the 1950s and 1960s newer clubs opened, causing the attendance at the Cloud Club to decrease. In 1971 180 corporations supplied 300 members of the club. The club declined more as competition from other clubs increased and as companies moved offices to suburban areas. Texaco moved its employees to Westchester, New York in 1977, and the club closed in 1979.

Tishman Speyer, which took over the Chrysler Building in 1998 and refurbished it, leased the top two floors of the Cloud Club space to tenants.

Design
William Van Alen and Walter Chrysler had differing ideas of what the Cloud Club should be. The former had preferences for the modernist style while Chrysler had a preference for faux medieval and baronial styles. Charles McGrath of The New York Times wrote that the final design "reflected a somewhat uneasy compromise" between the men. Christopher Gray of The New York Times stated that the "Cloud Club was a curious mix of historic and modern."

Composition
McGrath stated that the space overall "seems almost preposterously small by today's standards" and because of all of the facilities inside it, its "backstage" areas "must have felt like a submarine - or, rather, like a very cramped airship."

The 66th floor was the point of entry into the club. Cloud motifs were used in the entry area. The pilasters and friezes were in a neo-Classical style. The bathrooms and elevator surrounds used an Art Deco style. The flooring was made of pegged planks. This floor had a bar and grill room, done in an "olde English" style, which used leaded glass doors, wood beams, chandeliers of wrought-iron, and floors in pegged planks. It also had a Tudor-style lounge decorated in oak paneling in a mortise-and-tenon style.

The main dining room, on the 67th floor, was located on the club's south side and had a capacity of 30 people. The north wall had a mural of Manhattan. The room was decorated with etched glass sconces and granite columns. The room had a view of New York City. The vaulted ceiling, in a Cathedral style, had a cloud mural. McGrath described it as having "a futuristic, Fritz Lang sort of look". A Renaissance-style staircase in marble and bronze connected the dining room with the 66th floor.

The private dining room for Walter Chrysler was located on the 67th floor. It used black etched paneling, and included an etched frieze of automobile workers. This room had a view of Central Park. There was another private dining room that was for Texaco. It included a mural of an oil refinery, the Texaco logo, and a truck. It "was reputed to be the grandest men's room in all of New York" according to McGrath. The facility also had a stock ticker room.

The service areas included a barber shop, a humidor, kitchens, and a locker room. During Prohibition alcohol was stored in cabinets in the locker room.

Food
The fruit served included "No. 18" pink grapefruits, larger than supermarket grapefruits, and melons that were produced in a farm in Upstate New York owned by a club member. The most well-known dishes were bread-and-butter pudding, black bean soup, and Dover sole.

In fiction

 * The Cloud Club is featured in Matthew Barney's Cremaster 3.
 * The Cloud Club is mentioned in the Seinfeld episode "The Voice".
 * It is mentioned in the song "The Story Of The Eggs" by the New York City band Wheatus. It is from their second seasonal EP Pop, Songs & Death Vol.2: The Jupiter EP.

Members

 * Walter P. Chrysler
 * Edward Francis Hutton
 * Condé Montrose Nast
 * Juan Trippe
 * Gene Tunney
 * Jack Frye

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Plymouth-Canton Educational Park

The Plymouth-Canton Educational Park (commonly PCEP or "The Park") encompasses three public secondary schools—Salem High School, Canton High School, and Plymouth High School—in Canton Township, Michigan, United States within Metro Detroit. PCEP is located on a 305 acre campus.

PCEP is part of the Plymouth-Canton Community Schools District, serving portions of Wayne County and Washtenaw County, including City of Plymouth, Plymouth Township, and parts of Canton Township, Salem Township, Superior Township, and Northville Township.

The original Plymouth High School (and later Salem High School)
The original Plymouth High School was built in the early 20th century on the northwest corner of Main Street and Church Street, opposite from present-day City Hall in present-day downtown Plymouth, Michigan. The district deemed the facility to be outdated by the 1960s for high school use. The facility was closed as a high school after the 1969–70 school year and used exclusively for 9th grade in 1970–71 and 1971–72.

When the first new high school opened in the present-day Plymouth-Canton Educational Park, the original Plymouth High School was converted into a middle school, dubbed Central Middle School (in conjunction with the previously constructed East and West Middle Schools). Central Middle School closed after the 2014–15 school year.

Originally planned to remain Plymouth High School, the school's name was changed to Plymouth-Salem High School after Plymouth-Canton opened. Although the school district serves much of rural Salem Township, Salem residents were not necessarily exclusive to Plymouth-Salem.

Plymouth High's colors of red, white, and blue, were split up, with Plymouth-Salem retaining blue and white, and the eventual Canton High School teams taking the red with white. Plymouth-Salem retained their "Rocks" mascot; supposedly named for the large unmovable boulder that sits outside the school. The rock was moved during the renovations in 2008.

Salem is divided into two main sections, North and South. The north side contains the swimming pool and the Gloria Logan Auditorium, and a two-level gymnasium on the south side, divided by a wide central hallway leading to the east entrance of the school. A staircase leads to the second-floor corridor near the entrance to the auditorium. The west side contains three floors of classrooms, as well as the cafeteria on the southeast side of the first floor. Administrative offices are located on the northeast side of the first two floors. The center of the second floor is dominated by the school library, and also features the studio for radio station WSDP. Stairwells on the north and south sides, referred to as the North Tower and South Tower, respectively, provide access to all three floors, and an elevator provides access for students unable to use the stairs.

In the early 1990s the North Mall was revamped, while the South Mall was eliminated in favor of an expanded cafeteria. The school underwent renovations from 2006 to 2008, and went through renovations for more office space in 2011.

In 2002, with the opening of the new Plymouth High School as part of the PCEP, "Plymouth" was dropped from Salem and Canton's name. Individually the high schools are known as Salem High School, Canton High School and Plymouth High School.

Plymouth High School
Opened in August 2002 and constructed southwest of Salem High School, the new Plymouth High School was designed by the architecture firm French Associates. The students selected to be Plymouth High's first senior class, the Class of 2006, were polled during their 6th grade year to come up with the school's colors and mascot. Their selection, the Predators (after the Nashville Predators of the National Hockey League), was met with opposition from some parents who associated it with sexual predators. As a result, the school decided to use the generic "Wildcats" nickname, while still using the saber-toothed tiger logo of the Nashville Predators. Plymouth's school colors were to be purple and white (a combination of the red and blue of Salem and Canton), but they were changed to black and silver.

Campus
The campus covers 305 acres, much of which encompasses athletic fields. Students can have classes in all three academic buildings. One advantage to the 3-in-1 idea is reduced cost: there is only one auto shop (at Canton), one culinary arts facility (at Salem), two darkrooms for photography (one at Salem, one at Canton), one varsity football field (at Canton), two swimming pools (at Salem & Canton), two soccer and football fields (at Canton and Plymouth), one Robotics Shop (at Canton), one choir complex (at Salem) one orchestra complex (at Canton), and one band complex (at Plymouth).

For most of its history, the campus has contained Canton High School and Salem High School, with a great rivalry built between the two neighbors. For many years the campus operated under block scheduling, seen as an innovative way to allow for longer periods of uninterrupted teaching time. After many years, The Park resorted back to a traditional schedule with 6 classes per day and 2 semesters of classes per year.

Prior to the summer of 2006, the Cady family barn was also a part of the campus. It has since been moved to the Canton Township Cherry Hill village area next to a historic home. The Cady family barn burned down at this new location on May 30, 2021. Included on the campus grounds is also a small strip of forest that backs a nearby neighborhood. Various trails are scattered throughout the wooded area. An Artesian well can be found in the wooded area, and is visited by earth science and ecology classes yearly. A creek that is part of the Rouge River watershed runs through the campus.

Extracurricular activities
There are clubs dedicated to different languages, cultures, and lifestyles, such as the African American Student Association, Hispanic Students' Association (HLSA), Asian Pacific American Club (APAC), Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA), Polish American Club, Indian-American Student Association (IASA), French Club, Muslim Student Association (MSA), Middle Eastern Student Association, Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA), Secular Student Alliance, and the Diversity Council. An annual Celebration of Diversity (COD) is held by some cultural clubs for support and recognition.

PCEP's radio station, WSDP 88.1FM The Park, has won awards, including the Michigan Association of Broadcaster's annual 'Station of the Year' prize, which it has won nearly every year in the past decade. The station was started in 1972 at 89.3FM.

P-CEP also has a digital student-run newspaper, The Perspective. Since 2022, it has operated as both an extracurricular club as well as a class. Articles published by The Perspective have received awards, both from 'Best of Sno' and the MIPA School of Journalism at Michigan State University.

The Park also has a Debate Club, a Quiz Bowl Team, a Model United Nations Club, a three Mock Trial teams, a FIRST Robotics Team, a Distributive Education Clubs of American chapter, Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD) chapter, and an Investment Club, among other clubs geared towards educational incentives.

Performing arts
The theatrical side of the performing arts program at the park consists of two groups: The Park Players, based at Salem High School, and The Second Stage Players, based at Canton High School.

The performing arts program began with the formation of what is now the Park Players in 1970 by a drama teacher at Salem. The first three productions were staged at Central Middle School. The first production staged in Salem Auditorium was Fiddler on the Roof in 1971; as a tradition, a revival of Fiddler has been staged on the 10th and 20th anniversary years of the auditorium (1981 and 1991), while the most recent revival was staged in 2000, the 30th anniversary of the Parkstage two fully produced, faculty-directed In the 09-10 school year, Second Stage Players produced two mainstage productions, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee in the fall, and The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) in the spring.

The Park Players have staged over 85 productions, including Neil Simon's Proposals, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Footloose, Hello, Dolly!, Jekyll & Hyde, and Smokey Joe's Cafe. During the 2009–10 school year, the Park Players celebrated their 14th anniversary. They performed three stage productions: Noises Off as their fall play, Sweet Charity as their spring musical, and Check Please/Check Please: Take Two as an in-between production.

The Park also has a Spoken Word Club and a Puppetry Club.

Marching band
The Plymouth-Canton Marching Band is part of a broader fine arts program offered in the Plymouth-Canton Community Schools. Its Wind Ensemble, Chamber Winds, and Symphony bands have consistently rated among the best in the state of Michigan. PCEP band students and alumni have performed with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, the Detroit Civic Youth Orchestra, the Michigan Youth Band, the National Honor Band of America, and the MSBOA All State Honor Band and Orchestra.

Orchestra
There are two orchestra classes. The lower orchestra is called Concert Orchestra, while the upper one is called Symphony Orchestra. The Symphony Orchestra incorporates members of the band program to create a true full orchestra while the Concert Orchestra only incorporates strings (violin, viola, cello, and bass).

Curricular Choirs
There are seven curricular choir classes at PCEP: Park Singers, Parksmen, Allegro!, Dulcissima, Encore!, Chamber Choir, and Madrigal Singers, and Festival Singers. Festival Singers is the name for the combined group composed of the members of Chamber Choir and the Madrigal Singers, which is not considered to be a curricular choir.

Park Singers
Park Singers is an entry level, SSA choral group into which soprano and alto voices are placed by default. This group has the opportunity to participate in MSVMA activities.

Parksmen
Parksmen is an entry-level TB choral group into which tenor and bass voices are placed by default. This group has the opportunity to participate in MSVMA activities.

Allegro!
Allegro! is an intermediate SSA choral group that aims to teach intermediate level sight reading and choral techniques to its members. This group has the opportunity to participate in MSVMA activities.

Dulcissima
Dulcissima is an intermediate-advanced SSAA choral group that aims to teach intermediate-advanced level sight reading and choral techniques to its members. This group has the opportunity to participate in MSVMA activities.

Encore!
Encore! is an advanced SATB choral group singing jazz, Broadway, and popular music. This group has the opportunity to participate in MSVMA activities.

Chamber Choir and Madrigal Singers
Chamber Choir and Madrigal Singers are the highest level of curricular choir at Plymouth Canton Educational Park. They function as the ambassadors of PCEP Choirs to the community.

Notable alumni

 * Andrew Bazzi (Canton, 2014) - Singer-Songwriter, music producer
 * David Burtka (Salem, 1993) - actor
 * Arul Chinnaiyan (Salem, 1988) - cancer researcher
 * Tom Davey (Salem, 1991) - Major League Baseball pitcher
 * Rajiv Dhall (Canton, 2010) - Singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and part-time actor
 * Margaret Dunning (Plymouth, 1929) - Philanthropist; attended Plymouth High School before PCEP existed
 * Ron Egloff (Salem, 1973) - Former NFL tight end
 * Dena Head (Salem, 1988) - First player ever drafted in the WNBA
 * Ken Krolicki - (Canton, 2014) MLS soccer player
 * Brandi Love (Salem, 1991) - Adult Film Star
 * Alex Nedeljkovic (Plymouth, 2014) - National Hockey League Goalie
 * Laura Packard (Canton, 1994) - Health care activist, spoke at 2020 Democratic National Convention
 * Brandi Rhodes (2001) - Professional Wrestler
 * Allison Schmitt (Canton, 2008) - U.S.A. Swimmer, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020 Olympic medalist
 * Tyler Seguin - (Plymouth, 2010) NHL hockey player
 * Jason Stollsteimer (Canton, 1996) - musician
 * Devin Thomas (Canton, 2004) - former NFL Wide receiver
 * Lisa Turner (Salem, 2000) - Casting Director
 * James Wisniewski (Canton, 2002) - Anaheim Ducks NHL defenseman
 * Michael Jordan (offensive lineman) (Plymouth, 2016) - NFL offensive lineman
 * Kristy Pagan (Salem, 2000) - State Representative Michigan 21st District
 * Trevor Nowaske (Salem, 2017) - NFL linebacker

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Scandinavian Enterprise Open

The Scandinavian Enterprise Open was a golf tournament on the European Tour that was played in Sweden until 1990, when it had a prize fund of £400,000, which was mid-range for the tour at that time.

In 1991, the tournament was merged with fellow Sweden-based European Tour event, the PLM Open, with the resultant tournament being called the Scandinavian Masters.

Tournament highlights

 * 1973: Bob Charles won the inaugural edition of the tournament; he finished two strokes ahead of Tony Jacklin, Hedley Muscroft, and Vin Baker.
 * 1974: Jacklin won by 11 strokes over José María Cañizares despite a final round 75.
 * 1977: Seve Ballesteros was struck by lightning on the 14th fairway during the second round of play. He escaped major injury and continued playing. Earlier in the same day Ballesteros got in a rules dispute when Lon Hinkle accused him of marking his ball incorrectly.
 * 1980: Greg Norman returned a 64 in the final round to win by three strokes at Vasatorp
 * 1983: Played for the first time at the newly created Ullna Course, designed by the tournament founder Sven Tumba, Sam Torrance won on the final hole over playing partner, American Craig Stadler.
 * 1987: Magnus Persson's attempt to become the Scandinavian Enterprise Open's first Swedish winner was foiled when Gordon Brand Jnr defeated him on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.
 * 1988: Ballesteros won the Scandinavian Open for a third time; he finished five strokes ahead of Gerry Taylor.
 * 1990: Stadler returned a final round 61 to win the last edition of the tournament by four strokes over Craig Parry; it was his fourth appearance, after twice finishing as runner-up.

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Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Swedish language

Swedish language
A comprehensive and well-rounded description of the Swedish language. Personally I'm especially fond of the dialect map with its many sound samples and the extensive history section. This is mostly a self-nomination, but has certainly been a collaborative effort.

I'd like to thank Alarm, Fred and Wiglaf for their additions to the article, bish for her tireless copyediting and mark and mav for their insightful comments and creative criticism at the reguest for peer review. I would also like to thank everyone who made solid groundwork on the article before I got here; users like Steverapaport, Johan Magnus, Ruhrjung and Tuomas. And special thanks to IceKarma who provided the dialect map and the vowel chart.

Peter Isotalo 21:29, May 26, 2005 (UTC)

 * Support, seems accurate and complete. I had to stop to do bits of copyediting while reading through, though. Fredrik | talk 22:16, 26 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Support, this has to be one of the very best resources on the web on the subject. Disclosure: yes, I copyedited it, but only from the viewpoint of the ignorant. Thank you for the nice compliment, Peter. (It was better before Fredrik's vote, I guess. ;-)) Bishonen | talk 02:20, 27 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment: The dialect map is an excellent idea. Let me read the article completely before voting. -- 04:28, May 27, 2005 (UTC)
 * Support. Excellent article. Comment:Though personally I'm not against long articles, this one is too long (~45K). Should consider condensing and exporting sections to satellite articles. -- 05:08, May 27, 2005 (UTC)
 * Definite support, also noting that while I think subarticles would be nice to have, I don't consider it necessary to reduce the article size; 45KB is not unreasonable for an article on this topic, in my view. Everyking 05:30, 27 May 2005 (UTC)
 * We've had language FACs ranging from around 20 to 80k previously, so I have to agree. No section has been overlooked, but neither has any of them been focused on more than is appropriate. / Peter Isotalo 17:17, May 27, 2005 (UTC)
 * comment - a veritable smörgåsbord of information, interesting and very readable - great work. A couple of things I'd like to see though:
 * Intro: perhaps a brief explanation of what's meant by prosody - I know readers can go to the link, but would be useful just to have a couple of words here as well.
 * Geographic distribution: would be nice to have a link or a cite for the claim of Swedish-speaking communities in South America
 * Former language minorities: similarly, a citation for details about the Swedo-Ukrainians would be nice, especially as there are 'no reliable reports' on their number.
 * Both riksvenska and rikssvenska appear - I'm guessing the latter is correct but not sure
 * The 'sje-sound' is described as a 'difficult and complex issue', but I don't see what the issue exactly is. Also, somehow describing for English speakers what this sound is would be very helpful.
 * Phonotactics - unlike the rest of the article I am baffled by this bit. What do all the C-subscripts mean?  And some of the jargon could be reworded more generally, like 'morpheme-initially'
 * Would it be desirable to mention how Swedish pronunciation of letters differs from English? Eg sk -> sh, y -> u, g -> y etc.
 * Once those things are looked at, I'm sure I'll be able to give the article my fyll suppåt :) Worldtraveller 13:51, 27 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Much oblige for your pointers, Worldtraveller.
 * I added a source for the number of Ukrainian Swedes, though it seems hard to find any written references for the amount of native speakers. I had to call and ask the chairman of the "Old Swedes"-association myself to get a figure of native speakers that was "around 20" and I made the phonotactic section a bit less oblique. As for the Swedes in South as well as North American, I've had my doubts about this myself and when Googling for it, I could find no information, so I hid it with a request for someone to provide references.
 * As for the infamous "sje"-sound, the wording is very intentional. The complexity surrounding the pronunciation of this sound (and especially the phoneme) is very complicated from a phonetic perspective. At least two doctoral dissertations have been written on the subject and the issue of the exact vocalization of the sound seems quite uncertain as per Ladefoged and Maddieson. It would simply not be possibly to go into any detail because it would turn the article into phonetics cruft. More information is available at voiceless dorso-palatal velar fricative and Swedish phonology.
 * I have intentionally avoided any attempts to map orthography to pronunciation since it's usually a great way of getting bogged down in minutiae, over-ambitious generalizations and plenty of contradictions. To make comparisons to even more inconsistent English spelling doesn't seem worth the effort. I believe it would only serve to reinforce popular, but very questionable and confusing ideas about orthography being anything but a very rough and all too often misleading approximation of spoken language.
 * Peter Isotalo 17:17, May 27, 2005 (UTC)
 * Great, many of my points are now answered, but I still have a couple of thoughts: first, I'm still a little bit unsure as to what the issue is with the sje-sound - hard for me as a non-linguist to understand how entire doctoral theses could be written about one sound! Would it be possible to add more detail about this?
 * And second, I'm still a tiny bit confused by the phonotactics section: is it really saying one syllable can have six consonants? And what defines the nucleus of a syllable? Worldtraveller 11:56, 31 May 2005 (UTC)
 * The nucleus of any syllable is a vowel (as far as I know). And, yes, a single-morpheme syllable in Swedish can have up to six consonants, for example: skrämts, supine passive form of skrämma ("frighten, scare").
 * Again, about the sje-sound, have you read the two other articles? I am still very hesitatant to elaborate on this issue. What with the qualified reference, I think that would suffice as to the claim of its complexity. Do you have any suggestions as to what aspect should be explained? Is it perhaps just a matter of rewording?
 * Peter Isotalo 19:31, May 31, 2005 (UTC)
 * OK, I was just being a bit dense reading the phonotactics section and not appreciating that the V represented a vowel (it's a very abstruse connection I'm sure you'll agree:)). Hope you don't mind, I reworded that sentence a little bit, hopefully it's still accurate but more foolproof.  As for the sje-sound, I'm sure just a little bit of rewording would do the trick - you say it's "still debated among phoneticians", but what exactly are they debating?  What are the differing opinions? Worldtraveller 11:23, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * A good rewording as far as I can see. I've noticed that it's really easy to get caught up in overly linguistic typology as a self-taugh amateur...
 * Whether the alleged simultanous velar and alveolar articulation of the "sje"-sound is actually physically possible is as far as I know not been resolved. Ladefoged and Madiesson (1996) have claimed that it was unlikely, but I've not seen any references to responses and the IPA still has the, despite the objections. And Ladefoged is as far as I know a very influential figure in the IPA. Adding to this complexity is the fact that most of the realizations are labialized, in some cases even labiodentally so. Off the top of my head I could imitate at least five different pronunciations of , that while sounding fairly similar (especially to non-natives) are articulated very differently.
 * Peter Isotalo 20:15, Jun 1, 2005 (UTC)

 * Comment: I have to say that I really hate that "lawngreen" color. Paul August ☎ 15:23, May 27, 2005 (UTC)
 * It follows a color-coded scheme suggested here. Paul August ☎ 15:36, May 27, 2005 (UTC)
 * Enthusiastic support I love the samples, also think the table in "Consonants" is great :-) However, I do have a condition on the support, as the following need to be addressed:
 * "As of 2002, about 5.6% of the total population are Swedish speakers, according to official statistics." - reference please
 * "The Swedish linguist Ulla-Britt Kotsinas, who is a scholar frequently cited on the subject of Rinkeby Swedish, argues that these varieties are primarily spoken by teenagers from suburbs where immigrants and immigrant descendants are concentrated. According to her, these varieties are best to be understood as expressions of youth culture: The language is a marker of belonging to a certain subculture and at the same time of opposition against a perceived mainstream non-immigrant culture that seems not to value the immigrant descendants." - reference please - Ta bu shi da yu 08:12, 30 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Eventhough Raul generously promoted the article, I'm going to adress this one pronto.
 * Peter Isotalo 13:00, Jun 2, 2005 (UTC)

 * OBJECT! For one thing the box at the top of the screen lukes like PUKE!  My what a nasty color.  Table of contents is way too complicate for this country boy.  Box of vowels and constants looks wierd on my browser.  And im going to watch grass grow.  Its more exciting than this article. -GENERAL ENDICOTT RULES!
 * Unactionable objections. A look at the user's talk page makes one suspect his/her intent. --  05:54, Jun 1, 2005 (UTC)
 * Though I am an avid fan of fellatio, I took the liberty of striking Endicott's objection after receiving this on my talk page. / Peter Isotalo 14:51, Jun 1, 2005 (UTC)
 * GeneralEndicott has been blocked indefinitely as a vandal account without a single good edit. Bishonen | talk 15:22, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Support. -- ALoan (Talk) 09:58, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Support. Great article, and my remarks on Peer Review have all been adressed. One minor quabble though: under Phonotactics, I would not only expect to read about the possible syllable structures, but also about the most common kinds of syllables ('canonical syllable structure') — open or closed, what kind of onsets are most common, etc. — mark ✎ 15:03, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * And I should add that I have no problems with the size; I thinks it's reasonable. — mark ✎ 15:04, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * As with Tbsdy's minor objection, this will be addressed later today. Peter Isotalo 13:00, Jun 2, 2005 (UTC)
 * Support, an excellent article. However, I'd like to see either explanation or removal of this apparent non sequitur: "The introduction of mandatory education in Swedish was chiefly intended as a step to avoid further Finlandization." - Mustafaa 17:36, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Support, although I am partial as one of the cited contributors ;-).--Wiglaf 17:47, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Object to this excellent article on two grounds :
 * The infobox is too bright. As I posted at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Languages: "Although I cannot source this claim, I recall from my studies of human-computer interaction that a small patch of bright colour on an otherwise monochome screen such as one full of text will hold the reader's eye so strongly as to interfere with their ability to assimulate the text. The choice of such bright colours in the infobox is hindering readability. --Theo  (Talk) 18:48, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * I can't really accept this as an actionable objection since it's part of a widely accepted infobox standard. Please discuss changes of the standard at Project Languages. / Peter Isotalo 20:15, Jun 1, 2005 (UTC)
 * The featured article criteria calls for the article to follow the standards set by the relavant wikiproject, which this article does. Take your objection to the project page and try to convince them, but this objection here is markedly invalid. →Raul654 11:14, Jun 2, 2005 (UTC)
 * OK, I have withdrawn that part of my objection. I understood the infobox standard to be a proposal. I had not appreciated that it had been accepted as policy. --Theo  (Talk) 11:27, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * The various assertions such as the ratios of Swedish speakers among various populations need specific sources. --Theo (Talk) 18:48, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Looks like they're referenced to me. Anything missing? / Peter Isotalo 20:15, Jun 1, 2005 (UTC)
 * I have now inserted comments to show where I seek sources in that section. --Theo (Talk) 11:27, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Support: An excellent article, plenty of colour, nice length. Wragge 21:19, 2005 Jun 1 (UTC)


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County of Saintonge

The County of Saintonge, historically spelled Xaintonge and Xainctonge, is a former province of France located on the west central Atlantic coast. The capital city was Saintes (Xaintes, Xainctes). Other principal towns include Saint-Jean-d'Angély, Jonzac, Frontenay-Rohan-Rohan, Royan, Marennes, Pons, and Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire.

Background
The borders of the province shifted slightly through history. Some mapmakers, such as Nicolas Sanson (1650), Johannes Blaeu (1662), and Bernard Antoine Jaillot (1733), show the province extending into Cognac, traditionally part of Angoumois, and to the parishes of Braud-et-Saint-Louis and Étauliers, part of the Pays Gabay on the right bank of the Gironde River.

In 1790, during the French Revolution, Saintonge became part of Charente-Inférieure, one of the 83 departments organized by the new government. This was renamed as Charente-Maritime in 1941, during World War II.

Today, four-fifths of the historical Saintonge province is within the modern département of Charente-Maritime. Most of the other fifth is in Charente. A small section extends north into Deux-Sèvres; all three departments are within the administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

History

The province derives its name from the Santones, an ancient Gallic tribe that once inhabited the area. They were one of the numerous Celtic peoples in Europe before the rise of the Roman Empire. During antiquity, Saintonge was part of the Roman province of Gallia Aquitania, and Saintes became its first capital.

The Tonge family, who later became Princes of Saintonge in southwest France, were present at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 alongside William the Conqueror. Along with many mercenaries who came over with William, one of the earliest recorded members of the Tonge family was in 1066, though over the years the name has been recorded as Tong, Tongs, Tongue, Tonge, and Tunge. The name originates from southwest France's Saintonge region.

Saintonge, historically spelled Xaintonge and Xainctonge, was once governed by princes. Since the Norman invasion in 1066, England and France were constantly at war for centuries. As early as 1188, Prince Wluricus Tunge de Saintonge was documented in the Domesday Book as a resident of Suffolk, England. Over time, the family expanded throughout Suffolk, Kent, Hampshire and into northern parts of the UK. Most settled in Hampshire, and part of the Tonge/Tongs family also reached the Channel Islands of Guernsey. The Tongs family in Guernsey became renowned for crafting fishing creels, baskets, bird cages and anything that could be made from wicker or cane.

The region then fell under the control of the kings and dukes of Aquitaine, the counts of Anjou, then the counts of Poitiers, before becoming integrated for centuries in the new Duchy of Aquitaine. Occupying the frontier between Capetian and Plantagenet-controlled areas during the late Middle Ages, between 1152 and 1451, it was the site of constant struggles between lords torn between their allegiance to Anglo-Aquitaine and those linked to Paris.

Saintonge was primarily attached to Anglo-Aquitaine until the mid-fourteenth century. However, errors by Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster and Edward, the Black Prince gradually contributed to weakening English power. In 1451 the province came under the control of the King of France, Charles VII, "the Victorious".

Saintonge was the birthplace of French explorer Jean Allefonsce (or Alfonse) in 1484, and of Samuel de Champlain in 1574. The latter man explored the New World and founded Quebec in North America (now Canada). The town was also one of the centers of French Huguenots, who formed a center of Protestant belief in Southwest France.

The distinctive Saintongeais dialect (patouê saintonjhouê, jhabrail) was once spoken throughout Saintonge, as well as in the provinces of Aunis and Angoumois.

The region is famous for its grapes, which are used to produce cognac and Pineau des Charentes.

Government
Following the governmental reforms of 1773, the County of Saintonge formed part of the General Government of Saintonge and Angoumois (Gouvernement-Général de Saintonge et Angoumois).

Following the decree dividing France into departments announced on 22 December 1789, the County of Saintonge was disestablished. The majority of the county formed the majority of the new Department of Charente-Maritime, while the south-eastern portion formed part of the Department of Charente, and the northernmost part formed part of the Department of Deux-Sevrès.

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Telegraph Creek

Telegraph Creek is a small community located off Highway 37 in northern British Columbia at the confluence of the Stikine River and Telegraph Creek. The only permanent settlement on the Stikine River, it is home to approximately 250 members of Tahltan First Nation and non-native residents. The town offers basic services, including Anglican and Catholic churches, a general store, a post office, a clinic with several nurses on-call around the clock, two Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers, and a K-9 school. Steep river banks and rocky gorges form the terraced nature of the geography.

The community includes Telegraph Creek Indian Reserve No. 6, Telegraph Creek Indian Reserve No. 6A, and Guhthe Tah Indian Reserve No. 12  which are under the governance of the Tahltan First Nation of Telegraph Creek. Stikine Indian Reserve No. 7, which is one mile west (downstream) and on the opposite side of the Stikine River, is under the governance of the Iskut First Nation of the settlement of Iskut, which is on the river of the same name. The two bands together comprise the Tahltan Nation.

Tahltan (or Nahanni) refers to a Northern Athabaskan people that live around Telegraph Creek, Dease Lake and Iskut.

History
The Stikine region is the traditional home of the Tahltan people, who have lived there for generations. The modern history of the Telegraph Creek and Dease Lake area dates back to the 1860s and 1870s with the Stikine and Cassiar Gold Rushes. Telegraph Creek witnessed the discovery of gold by prospectors on the Stikine River in the 1860s and was the head of navigation. In 1866, the construction of the Russian-American Telegraph line to the Yukon gave Telegraph Creek its name.

As early as 10,000 years ago, the Tahltan people used obsidian from the Mount Edziza volcanic complex to make tools and weapons for trading material. This is the main source of obsidian found in northwestern British Columbia.

In 1874, Nellie Cashman, nicknamed "the Angel of Cassiar", opened a boarding house for miners in Telegraph Creek during the Cassiar gold rush.

Author Edward Hoagland wrote extensively about Telegraph Creek in his 1969 book Notes from the Century Before: A Journal from British Columbia in which he reveals the presence of a high level of ghost activities.

Recreation
Telegraph and its surrounding areas are known for their hiking, riverboating, camping, hunting and fishing. There are organized tours lasting from half a day to several days.

The area surrounding Telegraph Creek holds five British Columbia Provincial parks:
 * Stikine River Provincial Park and Mount Edziza Provincial Park (both located near Telegraph Creek)
 * Great Glacier Provincial Park (100 km to the southwest)
 * Choquette Hot Springs Provincial Park (southwest of Telegraph Creek)
 * Border Lake Provincial Park (180 km to the south)

Access
The road between Dease Lake, BC and Telegraph Creek is beautiful but rough, with 113 km of gravel, steep gradients (up to 20%), narrow passages along canyon walls with no guardrails, and sharp-angled switchbacks. Only the first 4.7 km stretch is paved.

Telegraph Creek Road (also called Hwy. 51) should be driven with caution and awareness; it is suitable for most vehicles but is not recommended for large RVs and travel trailers. One source indicates that "the road is prone to washouts and rock slides". At times when the road is closed, the government of BC provides warnings on its www.DriveBC.ca Web site.

The community can also be reached by water, via the Stikine River from Alaska and by air.

Notable people from Telegraph Creek

 * Dempsey Bob, carver
 * Dale Campbell, carver

title: Telegraph Creek