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La vida breve (opera)

La vida breve  (Spanish Life is Short or The Brief Life) is an opera in two acts and four scenes by Manuel de Falla to an original Spanish libretto by Carlos Fernández-Shaw. Local (Andalusian) dialect is used. It was written between August 1904 and March 1905, but not produced until 1913. The first performance was given (in a French translation by Paul Millet) at the Casino Municipal in Nice on 1 April 1913. Paris and Madrid performances followed, later in 1913 and in 1914 respectively. Claude Debussy played a major role in influencing Falla to transform it from the number opera it was at its Nice premiere to an opera with a more continuous musical texture and more mature orchestration. This revision was first heard at the Paris premiere at the Opéra-Comique in December 1913, and is the standard version.

Only an hour long, the complete opera is seldom performed today, but its orchestral sections are, especially the act 2 music published as Interlude and Dance, which is popular at concerts of Spanish music. (Fritz Kreisler in 1926 arranged for violin and piano the dance from this pairing under the spurious title Danse espagnole.) Indeed the opera is unusual for having nearly as much instrumental music as vocal: act 1, scene 2 consists entirely of a short symphonic poem (with distant voices) called Intermedio, depicting sunset in Granada; act 2, Scene 1 includes the above-referenced Danza and Interludio, with the latter ending the scene, i.e. in the opposite sequence to the excerpted pairing; and act 2, scene 2 begins with the a second and longer Danza (with vocal punctuation).

The role of Salud is central to the action. It has been sung by, among others, soprano Victoria de los Ángeles, mezzo-soprano Teresa Berganza, mezzo Martha Senn, and, more recently, soprano Cristina Gallardo-Domâs.

Synopsis

 * Time: 20th century
 * Place: Granada

Act 1
Afternoon and sunset in the (gypsy) Albaicín district

A male chorus of anvil workers plies their trade at the local forge. The young gypsy, Salud, is passionately in love with a young well-to-do man named Paco. She does not know, and Paco does not tell her, that he is already engaged to a woman of his social class. Her uncle, Sarvaor (Salvador), and her grandmother (La abuela) have discovered this, and they try to prevent Salud from interrupting Paco's wedding after she learns the truth.

Act 2
A wealthier part of the city: in front of a house on whose patio wedding festivities are in progress (and visible from the street), and then in the patio itself

Confrontation (which from several perspectives is the theme of the whole opera) occurs after Salud and Sarvaor gate-crash the festivities, astonishing the bride and the guests and momentarily throwing the mendacious groom so much off his guard that he utters Salud's name before denying he knows her and ordering her ejection. Her heart broken, Salud falls dead at his feet, in what is said to be the ultimate gesture of contempt for a former lover.

Recordings
There are 11 complete recordings, as of February 2012. Cast key is Conductor / Salud, La abuela, Paco, El tío Sarvaor:
 * Halffter / Victoria de los Ángeles, Rosario Gómez, Pablo Civil, Emilio Payá - HMV, 1954
 * Toldrà / Victoria de los Ángeles, Rosario Gómez, Bernabé Martí, Joaquín Deus - Ediciones FVdA, 1958, live in Edinburgh
 * Frühbeck de Burgos / Victoria de los Ángeles, Ines Rivadeneira, Carlo Cossutta, Victor de Narké - EMI, 1965
 * García Navarro / Teresa Berganza, Alicia Nafé, José Carreras, Juan Pons - Deutsche Grammophon, 1978
 * López Cobos / Alicia Nafé, Catherine Keen, Antonio Ordóñez, Michael Wadsworth - Telarc, 1992
 * Mata / Martha Senn, Cecilia Angell, Fernando de la Mora, William Alvarado - Dorian, 1993
 * García Navarro / María José Montiel, Alicia Nafé, Giacomo Aragall, Alfonso Echeverría - RTVE (DVD), 1997, live in Madrid
 * Josep Pons / Inmaculada Egido, Mabel Perelstein, Antonio Ordóñez, Enrique Baquerizo - Harmonia Mundi, 1997
 * Frühbeck de Burgos / Maria Rodríguez, Paola Pelliciari, César Hernández, Marcello Lippi - Dynamic, 2001, live in Cagliari
 * Valdés / Ana María Sánchez, Alicia Nafé, Vicente Ombuena Valls, Alfonso Echeverría - Naxos, 2002, live in Oviedo
 * Maazel / Cristina Gallardo-Domâs, María Luisa Corbacho, Jorge de León Paco, Felipe Bou - C Major (DVD), 2010, live in Valencia

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Gnecchi-Soldo Organtino

Gnecchi-Soldo Organtino (1530 – 22 April 1609) was an Italian missionary with the Society of Jesus, of Nanban period (1543–1650). He is an example of Nanbanjin (Barbarians from the south, as the Occidental were called), who visited Japan at that period.

With a motive to promote Christianity in East Asia, Organtino joined the Society of Jesus, and he was sent to Japan in 1570 via Portuguese India and Portuguese Malacca. Earning the respect of Oda Nobunaga, Organtino built Nanban temple in Kyoto in 1576, and a monastery and church in Azuchi by Lake Biwa in 1580. He also opened a religious school. In sum, he made a great contribution to missionary work in Japan.

After he was sent to Nagasaki, he died there on 22 April 1609.

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Seah Eu Chin

Seah Eu Chin (a.k.a. Siah U-chin, Seah Uchin or Seah You Chin; 18051883) was an immigrant from South China to Singapore, later becoming a successful merchant, a prominent descendant of Seah Clan and leader in the Overseas Chinese community.

He became known as the "Gambier King" for his extensive plantations for pepper and gambier.

Early life
Seah Eu Chin was born in 1805 as the son of Seah Keng Liat, a minor provincial official of Guek-po (i.e. in Teochew dialect) Village at the Chenghai County of the former Chaozhou Fu. He was educated in Chinese classics in his youth, but decided to seek his fortune abroad. He came to Singapore in 1823, first working as a clerk, then becoming a plantation owner and finally becoming a trader and a merchant.

Plantation and mercantile activity
Seah Eu Chin was a successful plantation owner. He was the first to plant pepper and gambier (or white cutch) on a large scale in Singapore. By 1839, his gambier plantation had stretched for eight to ten miles, from the upper end of River Valley Road to Bukit Timah Road and Thomson Road. Mr Seah's holdings earned him the title: 'King of Gambier'. He made his fortune in gambier and pepper plantations. However, by the 1850s–60s, the planting of gambier and pepper was becoming less profitable in Singapore for several reasons, including the increasing scarcity of uncleared land for planting (gambier quickly exhausted the soil and so plantations had to keep shifting), the shortage of firewood from the clearing of forests, and the lack of land on Singapore Island itself.

Therefore, in his later years, he became involved in trading as a merchant and agent under the name of Eu Chin Co. which was based in North Bridge Road. His sons, especially the eldest, Seah Cheo Seah, and second son Seah Liang Seah, helped manage the business, as did his brother-in-law, Tan Seng Poh.

Family life
In 1837, he married a daughter of Tan Ah Hun, the Kapitan Cina (i.e. leader of the Chinese community) of Perak. She died soon after from the effects of smallpox, and about a year later, he married her sister with whom he had several children. His brother-in-law, Tan Seng Poh, came with his sister to Singapore to be educated there. Seng Poh was an opium and spirit farmer (i.e. he ran a government-tendered monopoly processing raw opium imported from British India. The Opium and Spirit Farm, or Excise, was the main source of income for the Straits Settlements ) and helped manage Eu Chin's mercantile firm after the latter's retirement in 1864. Most prominent among his children were Seah Liang Seah and Seah Peck Seah, both of whom also became Justices of the Peace (JP) and prominent members of the Chinese community; the former was also an unofficial member of the Legislative Council of the Straits Settlements. His eldest son, Seah Cheo Seah, was also a JP but he died only two years after his father, in 1885. He had another son, Seah Song Seah, who died in China, and three daughters, about whom very little is known.

Community leadership
In 1830, he and representatives of twelve Teochew clans set up the Ngee Ann Kun which later became the Ngee Ann Kongsi in 1845. He was the chairman of the Kongsi until his death whereupon power passed to his sons Seah Cheo Seah and Seah Liang Seah, followed by his grandson Seah Eng Tong, resulting in a Seah monopoly on power in the Kongsi until 1928. Resentment against them caused the formation of another Teochew clan association, the Teochew Poit Ip Huay Kuan.

Seah Eu Chin helped run Tan Tock Seng Hospital when it was first set up, being a member, and in some years treasurer, of its management committee.

Just as the European merchant community used Chinese middlemen in conducting their business, the Straits Settlements government relied on prominent Chinese businessmen to act as go-betweens with the Chinese community. Seah Eu Chin was the go-between with the Teochew community, which originated from the Chaozhou province of Southern China. He rendered service in helping to quell several disturbances in the community, most notably the 1854 Hokkien-Teochew Riots which broke out on 5 May 1854. The incident ostensibly began because of a dispute over the price of rice, between a Hokkien and a Teochew, but that dispute probably was only a trigger for the release of long-held resentment and animosity between the Hokkien (from Fujian province in China) and Teochew (from Chaozhou province) communities. In all over 400 people were killed over 10 days of violence. The British authorities on Singapore island met with Chinese leaders, including Seah Eu Chin representing Teochews and Tan Kim Ching representing the Hokkiens, and with their assistance helped to bring the situation to a close.

He was an early member of the Singapore Chamber of Commerce, established in 1837, and was made a Justice of the Peace in 1867. He had also been a member of the Grand Jury since 1851, and also had cases involving Chinese referred to him by the court. In 1872, he was made an honorary police magistrate, along with four other Chinese including his brother-in-law Tan Seng Poh.

Last years
Seah Eu Chin finally retired from business in 1864, to concentrate on scholarly pursuits, though he still had an interest in community affairs. For instance, his name is with that of several other Chinese on a petition submitted to the government requesting the suppression of illegal "Wah-Weh" gambling among the Chinese community. In the last decade of his life he lived in a mansion built by his son Seah Cheo Seah that was among the Four Mansions of the 19th-century Chinese in Singapore.

He died on 23 September 1883, and his widow in 1905. He was buried in the family estate near the SLF Building along Thomson Road. His tomb was re-discovered in late 2012.

Several streets in Singapore are named for Seah Eu Chin and his sons, namely Eu Chin Street for Seah, Liang Seah Street, and Peck Seah Street. Seah Street, in Bras Basah, is believed to be named after the Seah family.

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Buckskins

Buckskins are clothing, usually consisting of a jacket and leggings, made from buckskin, a soft sueded leather from the hide of deer. Buckskins are often trimmed with a fringe – originally a functional detail, to allow the garment to shed rain, and to dry faster when wet because the fringe acted as a series of wicks to disperse the water – or quills. They also served as a form of camouflage when hunting, by breaking up the outline of the wearer and allowing them to blend in with their background.

Buckskins derive from deerskin clothing worn by Native Americans. They were popular with mountain men and other frontiersmen for their warmth and durability. Buckskin jackets, often dyed and elaborately detailed, are a staple of western wear and were a brief fad in the 1970s. The American jacket/tunic known as a wamus was originally made from buckskin with fringe.

Famous wearers

 * Buffalo Bill
 * Texas Jack Omohundro
 * Wild Bill Hickok
 * Annie Oakley
 * Calamity Jane
 * Davy Crockett
 * George Armstrong Custer
 * Sitting Bull
 * Tommy Seebach
 * Theodore Roosevelt
 * Metis people
 * Seth Kinman
 * Charles Manson

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Montfort Secondary School Military Band

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Montfort Secondary School Military Band
High school bands are unencyclopedic. FCYTravis 03:40, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete non notable school band. JamesBurns 05:41, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * keep notable Chubby Chicken 15:41, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment. Above recently created account, Chubby Chicken, is voting "keep, notable" for numerous clearly non-notable (indeed bordering on speedy) articles. Please keep that grain of information in mind when counting votes. -- BD2412 talk 20:18, 2005 Jun 11 (UTC)
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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ambiquin

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Ambiquin
dictionary-def (not a great one). Only 7 googles (6 distinct, one of those is us). Rest don't seem relevant. non-notable. (valid?). We could transwiki to wiktionary but I don't think they'd want it and could do a better job, so I propose just delete RJFJR 03:42, Jun 11, 2005 (UTC)
 * 7? I get 3.  Wiktionary would want evidence that this is a word.  I cannot find any.  Since it isn't a word, it cannot represent the concept that it purports to describe.  At best this is a move to some more appropriate title and delete redirect.  However, I'm not convinced that there's a concept here, either.  All graphic representations of words can be read from different orientations.  (Consider: Have you ever read something viewed upside down?  Is that not "reading from a different orientation"?)  If the concept is different to this, there's not enough context in this article to explain what that concept actually is. Perhaps the author is thinking of ambigram, a more specific concept (see the article).  We have an article on that, and there's no need for a redirect from this non-word to that article. Delete. Uncle G 14:11, 2005 Jun 11 (UTC)
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On a Little Street in Singapore

"On a Little Street in Singapore" is a jazz song written by Peter DeRose and Billy Hill. It had some measure of popularity in the 1930s and 1940s, marked by a number of high-profile performances. Artists to cover the song included Frank Sinatra with Harry James, Dave Brubeck & Paul Desmond, Glenn Miller, Bert Kaempfert, Jimmy Dorsey and most recently Bob Dylan. Manhattan Transfer covered it again in 1978.

The music writer Will Friedwald places the song in a "long list of intercultural, interracial romances-that-can-never-be" likening the theme of the song to the "tragic mulatto syndrome" as identified by the film critic Donald Bogle. Friedwald categorises the song in this context with other Orientalist compositions such as "Poor Butterfly" and "Japanese Mammy".

Patrick Burke discussed Charlie Shavers' May 1940 recording of the song in his 2008 book Come In and Hear the Truth: Jazz and Race on 52nd Street writing that Shavers "evokes an exotic Orientalist atmosphere through the combination of an unusual melodic mode and a repeated figure in the bass and drums".

The Glenn Miller Orchestra released "On a Little Street in Singapore" with a vocal by Ray Eberle in May 1944. Anticipating the end of the Second World War, Billboard wrote that Miller would be "the hottest thing in band fronting" and described the song as "good, if a little dated" but concluded that "with tune and Miller sizzling what more can be desired?". Reviewing Bob Dylan's album Fallen Angels which included the song, Michael Hann wrote in The Guardian that "On a Little Street in Singapore" was a "throwaway number" whose "strength is all in the melody" and lacked the "romantic profundity" of the other songs on the album.

The British figure skaters Jane Torvill and Christopher Dean performed their ice dance routine in figure skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics to "On a Little Street in Singapore".

Frank Sinatra recording
"On a Little Street in Singapore" was one of the earliest recordings made by Frank Sinatra. It was recorded at a session with the Harry James Orchestra on 13 October 1939 at the same time as "Who Told You That I Cared?". It was later issued as a 78 rpm single. The arrangements of both songs at the session were written by Andy Gibson. Sinatra's version of the song was the first Sinatra recording that the future Frank Sinatra discographer Vito Marino heard. Will Friedwald, in his 1995 book ''Sinatra! the Song is You: A Singer's Art'' wrote that the recording finds Sinatra and James "making like two American sailors in a Far East opium den". Friedwald feels that Sinatra "plays it cautiously" on the song, staying close to the melody and beat, perhaps intimidated by the bolero rhythm of the song.

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Military communications

Military communications or military signals involve all aspects of communications, or conveyance of information, by armed forces. Examples from Jane's Military Communications include text, audio, facsimile, tactical ground-based communications, naval signalling, terrestrial microwave, tropospheric scatter, satellite communications systems and equipment, surveillance and signal analysis, security, direction finding and jamming. The most urgent purposes are to communicate information to commanders and orders from them.

Military communications span from pre-history to the present. The earliest military communications were delivered by runners. Later, communications progressed to visual and audible signals, and then advanced into the electronic age. Today, there are many perspectives used to examine how troops around the world communicate. ''[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/249775794_The_Essence_of_Military_Group_Cohesion#:~:text=In%20July%202006%2CArmed%20Forces%20%26%20Society%20published%20an,sketches%20a%20standard%20model%20of%20military%20group%20cohesion. The Word of Command: Communication and Cohesion in the Military]'' by Anthony King states how Military sociologists have attempted to explain how military institutions develop and maintain high levels of social cohesion. Communication plays a crucial role in fostering social cohesion in the military, as it allows soldiers to build relationships, establish trust, and work together towards common objectives.

History

In past centuries communicating a message usually required someone to go to the destination, bringing the message. Thus, the term communication often implied the ability to transport people and supplies. A place under siege was one that lost communication in both senses. The association between transport and messaging declined in recent centuries.

The first military communications involved the use of runners or the sending and receiving of simple signals (sometimes encoded to be unrecognizable). The first distinctive uses of military communications were called semaphore. Modern units specializing in these tactics are usually designated as signal corps. The Roman system of military communication (cursus publicus or cursus vehicularis) is an early example of this. Later, the terms signals and signaller became words referring to a highly-distinct military occupation dealing with general communications methods (similar to those in civil use) rather than with weapons.

Present-day military forces of an informational society conduct intense and complicated communicating activities on a daily basis, using modern telecommunications and computing methods. Only a small portion of these activities are directly related to combat actions. Modern concepts of network-centric warfare (NCW) rely on network-oriented methods of communications and control to make existing forces more effective.

Military communications equipment
Drums, horns, flags, and riders on horseback were some of the early methods the military used to send messages over distances. The advent of distinctive signals led to the formation of the signal corps, a group specialized in the tactics of military communications. The signal corps evolved into a distinctive occupation where the signaller became a highly technical job dealing with all available communications methods including civil ones.

In the middle 20th century radio equipment came to dominate the field. Many modern pieces of military communications equipment are built to both encrypt and decode transmissions and survive rough treatment in hostile climates. They use different frequencies to send signals to other radios and to satellites.

Military communications – or "comms" – are activities, equipment, techniques, and tactics used by the military in some of the most hostile areas of the earth and in challenging environments such as battlefields, on land (compare radio in a box), underwater and also in air. Military comms include command, control and communications and intelligence and were known as the C3I model before computers were fully integrated. The U.S. Army expanded the model to C4I when it recognized the vital role played by automated computer equipment to send and receive large, bulky amounts of data.

In the modern world, most nations attempt to minimize the risk of war caused by miscommunication or inadequate communication. As a result, military communication is intense and complicated, and often motivates the development of advanced technology for remote systems such as satellites and aircraft, both crewed and uncrewed, as well as computers. Computers and their varied applications have revolutionized military comms. Although military communication is designed for warfare, it also supports intelligence-gathering and communication between adversaries, and thus sometimes prevents war.

The six categories of military comms are: The alert measurement systems are various states of alertness or readiness for the armed forces used around the world during a state of war, act of terrorism or a military attack against a state. They are known by different acronyms, such as DEFCON, or defense readiness condition, used by the U.S. Armed Forces.
 * alert measurement systems
 * cryptography
 * military radio systems
 * nuclear command and control
 * signal corps
 * network-centric warfare

Cryptography is the study of methods of converting messages to a form unreadable except to one who knows how to decrypt them. This ancient military comms art gained new importance with the rise of radio systems whose signals traveled far and were easily intercepted. Cryptographic software is also widely used in civilian commerce.

Commercial refile
In United States military communications systems, commercial refile refers to sending a military message via a commercial communications network. The message may come from a military network, such as a tape relay network, a point-to-point telegraph network, a radio-telegraph network, or the Defense Switched Network.

Commercial refiling of a message will usually require a reformatting of the message, particularly the heading. A signal corps is a military branch, responsible for military communications (signals). Many countries maintain a signal corps, which is typically subordinate to a country's army.

Military communication usually consists of radio, telephone, and digital communications.

Forms of signalling

 * Military hand and arm signals
 * Morse code
 * Flag semaphore
 * Flag signals
 * Naval flag signalling
 * Signal lamp
 * Heliograph
 * Radio communications
 * Wireless telegraphy

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Presidette

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Presidette
Neologism. 21 Google hits. --Xcali 03:48, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Neologism. Not a very good one, either. :-) -- BD2412 talk 04:51, 2005 Jun 11 (UTC)
 * Mary McAleese, Vaira Vike-Freiberga, Chandrika Kumaratunga, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, and Tarja Halonen will be glad to learn that a deliberate mis-spelling of their job title hasn't really caught on. Of course, a proper encyclopaedia article would discuss electing a woman President of the United States (or some such), and neutrally cover both opposition groups (as nebulously referred to here) and those who campaign for a woman president such as ... Google, Google ... American Women Presidents (also see this) and Carol Moseley Braun. This article is not even useful as the beginnings of the above.  Delete. Uncle G 14:57, 2005 Jun 11 (UTC)
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Jack B. Johnson

Jack Bruce Johnson (born April 3, 1949) is a former American politician and lawyer. He was a Maryland state's attorney and was, from 2002 to 2010, the county executive of Prince George's County, Maryland. He was elected state's attorney in November 1994 and served as county executive from December 2002 to December 2010. On November 12, 2010, both Johnson and his wife were indicted on federal charges as part of a larger political corruption scandal in the county.

On May 17, 2011, Johnson pleaded guilty to extortion and witness- and evidence-tampering. He served most of his seven-year and three-month sentence at the Cumberland Federal Correctional Institution, with prisoner number 52777-037. On December 15, 2016, Johnson was released to a federal halfway house near Baltimore. He was released from federal custody in June 2017.

Early life and education
Johnson grew up on Johns Island, located outside of Charleston, South Carolina. The fifth of ten children, Johnson's mother was a maid and his father was a farmer who raised white potatoes, okra, and string beans. He attended a segregated high school, which he claimed heavily shaped his worldview as a young person.

In 1970, Johnson received a bachelor's degree in business administration from Benedict College, an historically black school in Columbia, South Carolina. He also served in the United States Army from 1970 to 1976. After college, Johnson's goal was to "get a nice job" where he could "wear a suit", which led him to the accounting department of a life insurance company in New York City. Johnson returned to school soon after and graduated from Howard University School of Law in 1975 with a J.D. He entered into a legal career with the Internal Revenue Service, where he spent nearly a decade from 1975 to 1984 working as an attorney for the chief counsel. For a brief period from 1984 to 1987, Johnson was associate professor of tax law at North Carolina Central University School of Law.

State's Attorney
In 1985, Johnson was recruited into politics by serving as the campaign treasurer for Alexander Williams Jr., an old friend from law school vying for the State's Attorney office of Prince George's County. Williams defeated 24-year incumbent Arthur "Bud" Marshall, thereby becoming the first black person elected to a countywide office in Prince George's. After his election, Williams hired Johnson as Deputy State's Attorney. Johnson's responsibilities in that position included day-to-day management of the office, including administration of its $5 million budget.

Williams was appointed to a federal judgeship in 1994 by President Bill Clinton, opening the state's attorney seat for another politician. Soon after the news, Johnson announced his candidacy for the seat, surprising many of his colleagues who did not perceive political ambition in Johnson. However, Johnson built a strong community network and won the Democratic primary election with twice as many votes as the runner-up. He handily won the general election that November.

Johnson's tenure as top prosecutor in Prince George's was marked by an aggressive push against police brutality in the notoriously violent Prince George's County Police Department. He fired several deputy state's attorneys for refusing to prosecute officers, and his frequent battles with the police department brought a great deal of both positive and negative attention to his office. While his allies defended his aggressive push against the police as simply pursuing justice, opponents—including the police union—questioned his intentions and accused him of political grandstanding. One circuit court judge in the county even questioned Johnson's grasp of criminal law after dismissing one of his cases.

Executive of Prince George's County
Johnson was elected county executive in 2002 and re-elected in 2006. He served until his term expired on December 6, 2010.

A November 20, 2006, article in The Washington Post detailed excessive travel expenses claimed by Johnson:

"Johnson flew business class to Senegal in December 2005 to attend a ribbon-cutting ceremony for homes built by a local developer. The cost of his travel was $6,003, charged to the county, and paid for by taxpayers. Johnson was quoted as saying, 'I always fly business class or first class. I think the people of Prince George's County expect me to. I don't think they expect me to be riding in a seat with four across and I'm in the middle.'

Johnson again generated controversy by staying at the luxurious Bellagio Hotel and The Wynn when traveling to Las Vegas for recent shopping center conventions, two of the most expensive hotels in the city."

Corruption charges
In 2010, the Office of the Maryland State Prosecutor began investigating whether Johnson and four other Prince George's County council members had solicited bribes and favors while deliberating on a one-million-dollar annual lease for a county agency.

On November 12, 2010, Jack Johnson and his wife Leslie were arrested by the FBI as part of the federal probe of political corruption in Prince George's County. They were charged with witness tampering and destruction of evidence. According to court documents filed by the FBI, Johnson is accused of taking kickbacks and bribes in exchange for helping a developer secure federal funding for housing developments. Johnson can be heard on a wiretap instructing Leslie to locate and flush a $100,000 check from the developer down a toilet at their home and to hide $79,600 in cash in her bra as FBI agents knocked at the door of their home with a search warrant. The Johnsons were charged with crimes that carried a sentence of up to 20 years in jail for each offense, but they were both released with Jack Johnson being placed on home detention with electronic monitoring. Johnson remained in office until December 6, when his term expired; Leslie was sworn in as a newly elected county council member on the same day; however, she was not eligible to remain in the office if she were convicted of a felony.

On February 14, 2011, Johnson was indicted for allegedly soliciting more than $200,000 in bribes as part of a conspiracy that dates back to 2003. While Johnson is the only person named in the indictment, two unnamed developers were named co-conspirators in the indictment. The indictment reports that the FBI recorded conversations between Johnson, a developer and the county director of housing where cash bribes were solicited.

On May 17, 2011, Johnson agreed to a plea deal in which he pleaded guilty to extortion and witness- and evidence-tampering. Following Johnson's hearing, federal prosecutors revealed that former county housing director James Johnson (no relation) and developers Mirza Hussein Ali Baig and Patrick Ricker had pleaded guilty as part of a larger corruption probe. Leslie Johnson had been scheduled to plead guilty on May 3, but the hearing was abruptly canceled. Leslie Johnson pleaded guilty to federal corruption charges on June 30, 2011.

On December 6, 2011, Johnson was sentenced to seven years and three months in Butner federal prison in North Carolina. He was also fined $100,000.

Johnson continued serving his sentence after a move to the Cumberland Federal Correctional Institution, with prisoner number 52777-037. On December 15, 2016, Johnson was released to a federal halfway house near Baltimore to serve the remainder of his sentence. He was released from federal custody in June 2017 after serving more than five years, which included a reduction for good behavior.

Personal life
Johnson had lived with wife, Leslie Johnson, who was a co-conspirator in the 2010 FBI investigation, and his three children in Mitchellville, Maryland. He is also a member of the Omega Psi Phi fraternity.

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Lotus pedunculatus

Lotus pedunculatus (formerly Lotus uliginosus), the big trefoil, greater bird's-foot-trefoil or marsh bird's-foot trefoil, is a member of the pea family (Fabaceae).

It is a herbaceous perennial growing throughout Europe in damp, open locations. As one common name suggests, it is a larger plant than related Lotus species, growing 20 - 80 cm tall, with leaflets 10 - 25 mm long and 10 - 20 mm broad. Five to twelve golden-yellow flowers 10 - 18 mm long are borne in an umbel at the tip of the upright stem.

Unlike related species, the stem is always hollow, and the sepals turn back at their tips – these sepal tips form a characteristic "green star" at the end of the flower bud. The peak flowering period in the United Kingdom is June and July.

Lotus pedunculatus occurs in a wide range of neutral, damp, open habitats, including certain fen-meadow plant associations such as Juncus subnodulosus-Cirsium palustre fen-meadow habitat.

Lotus pedunculatus is also a host plant for ovipositioning of the wood white butterfly, Leptidea sinapis.

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Serena Southerlyn

Serena Southerlyn is a fictional character portrayed by Elisabeth Röhm on the long-running NBC drama series Law & Order. She appeared in 85 episodes.

Character overview
Southerlyn joins the District Attorney's office in the 2001 episode "Who Let the Dogs Out?" as an assistant district attorney, replacing Abbie Carmichael (Angie Harmon). She worked under District Attorneys Nora Lewin (Dianne Wiest) and Arthur Branch (Fred Thompson) and Executive Assistant District Attorney Jack McCoy (Sam Waterston). She was the second longest serving junior ADA in the history of the series, having served three complete seasons and half of a fourth.

Southerlyn often disagrees with McCoy over their trial strategies in cases where she sees the defendant's crime as a by-product of social circumstances, such as homelessness or racism. She has an especially troubled relationship with Branch, a conservative who replaced Lewin as District Attorney in 2002. There is some nuance in her political outlook, however; she takes a hardline stance against illegal immigration, and sees the Miranda Warning as "trite" and a "hollow formality".

Notable conflicts in the series
In the 2002 episode "DR 1-102", Southerlyn is brought before the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division's Disciplinary Committee after promising to get legal help for a murder suspect who had taken hostages, to get him to release his prisoners. The man had a knife to a woman's throat and demanded a lawyer. Southerlyn, who happened to be in the area, volunteered to enter the store where the holdup was taking place, to negotiate the hostage's release. Since the man had asked for a lawyer, the committee attempts to paint Southerlyn's actions as fraudulent, since she was supposedly representing herself as his lawyer (which she denies), when she was in fact a district attorney. McCoy, who had been brought before the committee himself in the 1998 episode "Monster", represents her. She is reprimanded, but keeps her law license.

Southerlyn is a graduate of (the fictional) Hudson University law school. In the season 13 episode "Genius" opposing counsel is her old professor of criminal law. He goads her by saying he remembers her as an A− student; she responds that she got an A, before adding that she never approved of his clients.

In several episodes, Southerlyn is portrayed as opposing the death penalty, which often puts her in a difficult ethical position when working with McCoy and Branch, who both support capital punishment.

Departure and sexuality
Röhm left the show in the middle of the fifteenth season, and made her last appearance in the episode "Ain't No Love." She was replaced by Alexandra Borgia (Annie Parisse).

Her departure was noteworthy due to a surprising conversation between Southerlyn and Branch in the very last scene of the episode. At the close of the show, Branch fires Southerlyn because he feels she is too sympathetic toward defendants, and that her emotions get in the way of looking at the facts. A stunned Southerlyn pauses for a moment, then asks, "Is this because I'm a lesbian?" Startled by the question, Branch protests, "No. Of course not. No." Her final line is "Good.... Good." This is the first and only instance that Southerlyn's homosexuality was ever explicitly mentioned, although there had been subtle hints in earlier episodes.

In the 2002 episode "Girl Most Likely," while discussing a gay murder suspect, she notes, "Coming out's got to be a pretty tough thing to do, no matter how understanding your parents are." In the 2004 episode "Gov Love," she is uncomfortable with a case in which McCoy successfully seeks to have same-sex marriage declared illegal in New York in order to get testimony from a gay defendant's spouse. Southerlyn had objected to this and refused to assist McCoy, but her sexual orientation was never mentioned. She mentions in another episode that she dated a male college student while she was still in high school and that he is now a New York State Senator.

The decision to announce Southerlyn's homosexuality only as the character left the show was widely denounced both by fans and critics. Slate ' s Dana Stevens called the line "a cheap stunt", as did USA Today ' s Robert Bianco and numerous fans. The media director for the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) stated to Chicago Tribune television critic Maureen Ryan, "For a show that usually employs gay and lesbian characters as sensational plot devices, it's really disappointing to have one of the leads come out five seconds before she exits the show." Ryan also cited as "typical" a fan comment from Universal Television's fan forum that read, "They have never discussed her sexuality on the show before and all of a sudden, she's gay in her last two lines? Terrible writing decision." Tim Goodman of the San Francisco Chronicle joined those calling the move a "cheap stunt", adding, "but here's why it didn't work: Anyone who knows anything about gay people knows that no lesbian could ever be that bad of an actress." Diane Holloway of the Austin American-Statesman was one of many critics who chose to answer Southerlyn's on-screen question, while citing her as third runner-up for a list of "the most annoying actors on television".

"Gone and almost forgotten, but destined to live on in endless reruns on TNT. This wide-eyed 'actress' with the tedious monotone nearly ruined one of my favorite series, stumbling through cue cards and generally not acting as Assistant District Attorney Southerlyn for four seasons. Her final line upon getting fired was the only memorable one of her career: 'Is it because I'm a lesbian?' No, Ms. Rohm. It's because you have no talent."

Critic Kevin Thompson of the Palm Beach Post similarly replied, "No, it's because you're a robotic actress."

Series creator Dick Wolf later explained at the Television Critics Association press tour that he had consulted Röhm before scripting the scene — the only Wolf-authored scene in the installment — saying, "Do you want to go out with a bang or a whimper?" He characterized the scene as "unabashedly a water-cooler moment." "And the fact that we're discussing it shows that I think it worked as a water-cooler moment." Wolf also noted the effectiveness of the device by reporting that the show's main online chat room "crashed 15 minutes after the show was over," although critic Alan Pergament joked in his column that the response came not because viewers approved, but "because many fans thought the out-of-left field ending was a crime."

Critical response
TV Guide called Rohm "arguably the most inept cast member" in the series' first 18 years, with Ben Katner writing "we are dancing in the streets" upon her departure. Dusin Rowles of Pajiba described Rohm as a "disaster" and a "catastrophe". Entertainment Weekly called Rohm's performance and character "wooden". AfterEllen.com reported that Southerlyn was "one of the show's more disliked characters" due to her "cold and robotic" portrayal.

Credits
Rohm is credited in a total of 85 episodes of the Law & Order. This makes her character, Serena Southerlyn tied with Connie Rubirosa (portrayed by Alana de la Garza) as the longest-serving assistant district attorney in the original Law & Order series in terms of the number of episodes featured (not including crossovers on other shows).

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Long Live the Kane

Long Live the Kane is the debut album by American rapper Big Daddy Kane, released by Cold Chillin' Records on June 21, 1988. It was produced by Marley Marl and established both as premier artists during hip hop's golden age. Kane displayed his unique rapping technique while covering topics including love ("I'll Take You There"), Afrocentricity ("Word to the Mother(Land)") and his rapping prowess ("Set It Off"). Marley Marl and Big Daddy Kane display a sparse production style - creating beats with fast-paced drums and lightly utilized James Brown samples.

Four singles were released in promotion of Kane's first album: "Raw/Word to the Mother (Land)," "Ain't No Half-Steppin'/Get Into It," "I'll Take You There/Wrath of Kane" and "Set It Off/Get Into It." The most commercially successful of these singles were "Ain't No Half-Steppin'", which reached #53 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart, and "I'll Take You There", which reached #73 on the same chart, but also peaked at #21 on the Hot Rap Singles chart. The other two singles did not chart, but "Raw" and "Set It Off" popularized Big Daddy Kane's high-speed style and abundant use of word play. "Raw" and "Ain't No Half Steppin'" are both described as "underground sensation[s]" and "classic[s]" by Allmusic's Steve Huey. "Raw" does not appear on Long Live the Kane, but a remix which utilizes the same beat does.

Big Daddy Kane's debut album contains many tracks that were later featured on greatest hits compilations. "Ain't No Half Steppin'" alone is featured on The Very Best of Big Daddy Kane, Marley Marl's House of Hits, two "best of" Cold Chillin' Records compilations and over five additional hip-hop hit compilations. Notwithstanding "Ain't No Half Steppin'," The Very Best of Big Daddy Kane contains five songs from Kane's debut album. Allmusic's Steve Huey regards "'Raw,' 'Set It Off,' and 'Ain't No Half-Steppin' [as] flawless bids for immortality [that] haven't lost an ounce of energy."

The album is broken down track-by-track by Big Daddy Kane in Brian Coleman's book Check the Technique.

Recording & production
As is the case with many Juice Crew associated projects on the Cold Chillin' label, the production was handled by legendary beatmaker Marley Marl. This has become a source of contention among many former artists on the label, Big Daddy Kane included. According to these artists, Marl was not really responsible for the production on their songs, arguing that he contributed little to no creative input beyond engineering and programming the drums. Marl has countered the artists claims by suggesting that the rappers had limited knowledge of production equipment, and would have not gotten the same signature "boom bap" sound that was unique to the producer.

In reality, many Juice Crew rappers would indeed bring in records that they wished to sample, and choose which parts they wished to rhyme over. Marl would then hook the beat up on a sampler, and give it his characteristic sound. This artistic synergy resulted in songs like "Ain't No Half Steppin'", which according to Kane, Marl initially disapproved of because of its multiple samples. Others were already full songs before being programmed, such as "Just Rhymin' With Biz" and "Set It Off". "Set It Off" was originally made by The 45 King, and was intended for Biz Markie. However, Kane heard it and liked the James Brown sound it had, asking 45 King for the beat. The 45 King sped up the beat, and gave the song its signature sampled hook.

Legacy and influence
Big Daddy Kane's debut album is one of the most influential hip hop albums from the Golden Era. Kane's lyrics have been sampled and reused, his rapping style has been emulated as well as the beats. Nas' "Where Are They Now" - a tribute to hip hop's unknown legends - not only references Big Daddy Kane's group, the Juice Crew, but uses the same James Brown sample ("Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved") that Marley Marl used on "Set It Off." In addition, lyrics from "Just Rhymin' with Biz" have been sampled by Pete Rock & CL Smooth ("I Get Physical," "The Main Ingredient," "In the Flesh" and "Get on the Mic"), AMG ("Jiggable Pie"), AZ ("Rather Unique"), the Stieber Twins ("PBB Get's Physical"), Big L ("M.V.P."), Gang Starr ("Here Today, Gone Tomorrow"), the Beastie Boys ("So What'cha Want"), Real Live ("Real Live Shit (Remix)"), RZA ("Cameo Afro") and interpolated by Masta Ace ("Nostalgia" by Marco Polo) and Brother Ali ("Star Quality"). "Ain't No Half Steppin'" has also been sampled by various artists including Nice & Smooth ("No Delayin'"), Ed O.G. & Da Bulldogs ("I'm Different"), The Notorious B.I.G. ("Ready to Die"), Jeru the Damaja ("Frustrated Nigga"), Elzhi ("Talkin' In My Sleep"), People Under The Stairs ("Youth Explosion"), the Hieroglyphics ("One Life, One Love"), Blackalicious ("A To G"), K-Solo ("Letterman") and MF Doom ("Potholderz"). In addition, Gang Starr samples vocals from "Word to the Mother (Land)" on "Manifest", Mr. Lif samples vocals from "Raw (Remix)" on "Live from the Plantation", and Celph Titled and Buckwild sample a vocal from "Rhymin with Biz" on "Eraserheads."

On "The Listening," a 2002 song by Little Brother, rapper Phonte reminisces about the Golden Age and his influences stating:
 * "Back when 'fresh' was the word, and 'Raw' was on Prism/
 * Marley on the boards, plus Kane was Long Livin'/
 * G Rap and Ace spittin' murderous/
 * Bought Long Live the Kane, sat down and learned every word of it/
 * Sneakin' my Walkman in the homeroom, playin' it/
 * Listen for punch lines, delivery and cadences"

Reception
In 1998, the album was selected as one of The Source's 100 Best Rap Albums. In 1999, ego trip ranked it as the sixth best hip hop album released in 1988. In 1989, Spin chose it as the twentieth best album of 1988. Nas ranked the album as one of his 25 Favorite Albums.

It was certified as gold by the Recording Industry Association of America in 1989, and it remains as one of only two of Kane's albums to have sold over 500,000 copies. The other Big Daddy Kane album to reach gold status, It's a Big Daddy Thing, is the only album said to rival Long Live the Kane as the rapper's best album. AllMusic's Stanton Swihart contributes the positive reception of Long Live the Kane to Big Daddy Kane's versatility and personality: Even though he spends a good 90% of the album boasting about his skills and abilities on the microphone, and cutting those of other MCs, Big Daddy Kane consistently proves himself a thrilling artist on his debut album, Long Live the Kane, one of the most appealing creations from the original new school of rap. This debut captures the Big Daddy Kane who rocked the house at hip-hop clubs and verbally cut up any and all comers in the late '80s with his articulate precision and locomotive power – the Big Daddy Kane who became an underground legend, the Big Daddy Kane who had the sheer verbal facility and razor-clean dexterity to ambush any MC and exhilarate anyone who witnessed or heard him perform. There are missteps here, to be sure – especially "The Day You're Mine," on which Kane casts himself as a loverman over a stilted drum machine and lackluster, cheesily seductive singing (offering a glimpse of the particular corner into which he would eventually paint himself). But there are also plenty of legitimate early hip-hop classics, none of which have lost an ounce of their power, and all of which serve as reminders of a time and era when hip-hop felt immediate, exciting, fresh, and a little bit dangerous (in the figurative, rather than literal, sense), and when hip-hop spawned commercial tastes of the moment rather than surrendering to them. Although his next album would be nearly the artistic equal of the debut – and, in many ways, even bettered it – Big Daddy Kane would never sound as compelling or as fresh as on this first effort.

Track listing

 * All songs produced by Marley Marl.

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Nick O'Hern

Nicholas Simon O'Hern (born 18 October 1971) is an Australian professional golfer.

O'Hern has played on both of the world's premier professional golf tours, the European Tour, and the United States-based PGA Tour. His biggest successes though, have come at home on the PGA Tour of Australasia, where he won the Order of Merit as the leading money winner in 2006.

Personal life
O'Hern was born in Perth, Western Australia. His father was a three-handicap golfer who played baseball for Australia, and he followed him by playing baseball for Western Australia. He was also a talented tennis player, but he chose to concentrate on golf. In 2009, he was named the Number 1 Ticket Holder for the Fremantle Football Club. O'Hern has a wife and two daughters. He currently resides in Melbourne, Australia. He has published his book "Tour Mentality: Inside the Mind of a Golf Pro" in 2016.

Career
O'Hern took up golf at the age of nine and plays left-handed. He turned professional in 1994. He was successful at the European Tour qualifying school at his first attempt in 1998 and played regularly on the European Tour from 1999 through 2007. He has not won on the European Tour, but had two second-place finishes in 2003, two more in 2004 and one each in 2005, 2006 and 2007.

In 2005, O'Hern began to play quite regularly in the United States. He was not a member of the PGA Tour, but having reached the top twenty of the Official World Golf Rankings, he received a substantial number of invitations and sponsors exemptions for PGA Tour events. In 2006 he became a member of the PGA Tour on the basis of his membership of the International Team at the 2005 Presidents Cup, and has since played mostly on that tour.

Also in 2006, O'Hern won the Australian PGA Championship, after he holed out from the greenside bunker for birdie on the fourth hole of a two-man play-off with Peter Lonard. The win brought to an end a seven-year drought for O'Hern, and propelled him to the top of the PGA Tour of Australasia's Order of Merit for 2006. He has won five tournaments in Australia, and continues to play on the PGA Tour of Australasia during the northern hemisphere winter.

O'Hern has featured in the top 20 of the Official World Golf Rankings, and he is the only player who has beaten Tiger Woods in matchplay more than once. He is coached by Neil Simpson of the Mount Lawley Golf Club in Perth, Western Australia.

Knee surgery ended O'Hern's 2010 season after 11 events. He started the 2011 season on a medical exemption. O'Hern satisfied his medical exemption in May 2011 with four events remaining to retain his PGA Tour status. On 6 June, O'Hern went through sectional qualifying and secured a spot in the 2011 U.S. Open.

O'Hern has never won on the PGA Tour; his best finish is a tie for second at the 2006 Booz Allen Classic.

Ball marking
O'Hern's ball marking has become famous because of its originality. In an ode to his native Australia, O'Hern marks his Titleist Pro V1 with a drawn-on kangaroo. The marking has been featured in Titleist advertisements.

Amateur wins

 * 1991 Mount Lawley Championship

PGA Tour of Australasia wins (2)
 * Note: The 1999 Schweppes Coolum Classic was shortened to 54 holes due to rain.

PGA Tour of Australasia playoff record (1–1)

Other wins (4)

 * 1997 Port Hedland PGA Classic
 * 1998 Port Hedland PGA Classic, South West Open
 * 1999 Nedlands Masters

Playoff record
European Tour playoff record (0–1)

Results in major championships
{{legend|yellow|Top 10}} {{legend|#eeeeee|Did not play}} CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" = tied

Summary

 * Most consecutive cuts made – 4 (2004 PGA – 2005 Open Championship)
 * Longest streak of top-10s – 1

Results in The Players Championship
CUT = missed the halfway cut "T" indicates a tie for a place

Results in World Golf Championships
1Cancelled due to 9/11 {{legend|yellow|Top 10}} {{legend|#eeeeee|Did not play}} QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play "T" = Tied NT = No tournament Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.

Team appearances

 * Alfred Dunhill Cup (representing Australia): 2000
 * World Cup (representing Australia): 2004, 2007
 * Presidents Cup (International team): 2005, 2007

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I Believe I Can Fly

"I Believe I Can Fly" is a song written, produced, and performed by American singer R. Kelly from the soundtrack to the 1996 film Space Jam. It was originally released on November 26, 1996, and was later included on Kelly's 1998 album R. In early 1997, "I Believe I Can Fly" reached number two on the Billboard Hot 100. It also reached the number-one spot of the Billboard R&B Singles Chart and remained there for six non-consecutive weeks. Internationally, "I Believe I Can Fly" topped the charts in eight countries, including Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.

The song received five nominations at the 40th Annual Grammy Awards, winning Best Male R&B Vocal Performance, Best R&B Song, and Best Song Written for Visual Media, while losing Song of the Year and Record of the Year. It was ranked number 406 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time in 2004. The music video was directed by Kelly with Hype Williams and designed by visual artist and designer Ron Norsworthy.

Background and composition
In a 2013 interview with The Boombox, R. Kelly was asked about the creative process behind the song: "When I met Michael Jordan on a basketball court at an athletic club — we hooped together in Chicago — he came to me and asked me if I wanted to do a song for his upcoming movie," Kelly said. "I was like, 'Yeah!' I didn't even ask what it was. [Eventually] he let me know what it was, we went to a screening to watch it and that's when I ended up coming up with 'I Believe I Can Fly'. I knew from the first melody that was gonna be the song that was gonna take me out of R&B and into another genre of music."

Critical reception
A writer for Associated Press described the song as "majestic" and "gospel-styled", noting that "hearing R. Kelly's booming voice reach a crescendo while backed up by a choir is a rousing performance that will get many replays". Larry Flick from Billboard wrote that it is "highly inspirational" and "embodying the mind-set of the two superstars [Michael Jordan and R. Kelly]". He added, ""If I can dream it, I can achieve it." A great motivator for the children who will flock to the silver screen for Jordan". A reviewer from Chicago Sun-Times viewed it as a "warm anthem".

Ross Scarano from Complex said, "Like it or not, R. Kelly's "I Believe I Can Fly" works because of R. Kelly. There's not another singer alive with the same combination of ability, earnest conviction, and personal demons—demons that Kelly believes he needs the listener's support to fight." He added that the singer "calls on strings and a choir and every bit of strength available in his lungs and vocal chords to rise above the broad struggle described in the lyrics." David Browne from Entertainment Weekly opined that the "go-for-it lyrics and florid orchestration seem to have been written with a future Disney musical in mind."

Tom Ewing of Freaky Trigger noted "I Believe I Can Fly"'s "genuine power as a redemption song" and also called it "the most convincing self-help song". British newspaper Lennox Herald picked it as the "undoubted highlight" of the Space Jam album". Thessa Mooji from Music & Media described it as a "dramatic ballad". Music Week rated it three out of five, calling it "a smoochy gospel-tinged ballad". They added, "A huge hit in the US and should ignite here."

A reviewer for People Magazine labeled it as "schmaltzy but potent". Sunday Mirror rated it five out of ten, writing, "'I believe I can soar' sings R. Kelly but I suppose we should be thankful that he's released a proper song for once instead of those awful rap cover versions which are clogging up the charts these days. It's taken from the film Space Jam and if you bought Toni Braxton's last single and liked The Bodyguard then you will buy this for sure. I believe it will fly to the top of the charts though it makes me sore to say it." James L. Brown from USC Today deemed it a "long slow ballad".

Impact and legacy
In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked "I Believe I Can Fly" number 406 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. In 2012, Complex placed the song at number 24 in their ranking of The Best 90s R&B Songs.

Music video
The music video for "I Believe I Can Fly" was directed by Hype Williams. It begins at an old farm, where a young boy is playing with his ball. By the farm lies an autumn yellow cornfield, where R. Kelly starts singing. In another scene, a large screen by the farm are showing clips from Space Jam, while Kelly performs on the ground. Later in the video, the singer sits in an autumn forest. Behind him is the screen where the film's clips are displayed. In the last part of the video, Kelly conducts a large choir in a sports hall, accompanied by an orchestra. After Kelly has sung the last stanzas of the song, the choir claps as the video ends.

Personnel

 * Produced and arranged by R. Kelly
 * Recorded by Stephen George at Battery Studios, Chicago
 * Assistant recording engineers: Chris Brickley and Rick Behrens
 * String Orchestra recorded by Carl Robinson at United Sound Systems – Studio A, Detroit
 * Mixed by R. Kelly and Stephen George at Chicago Recording Co.
 * Assistant mix engineer: Ron Lowe
 * Programmed by R. Kelly and Stephen George
 * Lead vocals: R. Kelly
 * Background vocals: The Luv Club Choir, directed by Percy Bady
 * Keyboard: Percy Bady
 * Strings: Paul Riser and The Motown Romance Orchestra, led by Hart Hollman
 * Executive producer: Barry Hankerson

Cover versions

 * In 1997, former Wishbone star Mikaila covered "I Believe I Can Fly" on her second album "Dreams".
 * British pop singer Louisa Johnson covered this song on The X Factor (British series 12) in the final of the competition.
 * In 2003, punk rock band Me First and the Gimme Gimmes covered the song for their album Take a Break.
 * Pop singer William Hung recorded this song for his 2004 album Inspiration.
 * Jazz saxophonist Marion Meadows also covered the song from the album Dressed to Chill.
 * Late singer James Ingram sang the song on his album Forever More (Love Songs, Hits & Duets) in 1999.
 * R&B singer/actress Patti LaBelle sang the chorus of the song on her 1998 live album Live One Night Only as an addition to her signature tune "Over the Rainbow".
 * Pop singer/actress Jessica Simpson sang the song on her DreamChaser Tour in 2001.
 * The song has also been covered by Jane McDonald, Irene Reid, Etta James, Yolanda Adams (in a duet with Gerald Levert), Ruth Brown, James Ingram, Ronan Keating, Bianca Ryan, and formerly of Woe, Is Me Tyler Carter.
 * American Idol candidates Katharine McPhee, Anwar Robinson, Aaron Kelly, Curtis Finch Jr., and Jacob Lusk all performed the song in different seasons of the TV show.
 * Gospel singer Yolanda Adams performed the song at the Ronald McDonald Concert for World Children's Day in 2003.
 * The song was covered by Jermaine Paul on season 2 of The Voice.
 * The song was covered by Tim Olstad on season 3 of The X Factor.
 * The song was covered by Delvin Choice on season 6 of The Voice.
 * The song has been covered live by Faith No More in numerous tours, usually to segue into other songs.
 * The song has been covered live by James Carter's Organ Trio on Out of Nowhere.

In film and television
Other than appearing on the soundtrack for the film Space Jam, "I Believe I Can Fly" was performed by the school band in the 2002 film Drumline during the high school graduation ceremony of Devon Miles (played by Nick Cannon).
 * In the animated sequel film Ice Age: The Meltdown, Crash the possum (voiced by Seann William Scott) sings the song after Manny catapults him with a tree before he crashes into another.
 * In the 2003 film Good Boy!, Wilson briefly sings the song while diving into a pool.
 * In the first-season episode of the television series Da Ali G Show, Ali G performs the song during the opening skit.
 * In the 2005 comedy Fun with Dick and Jane, Jim Carrey sings along with the song as it is played in an elevator.
 * This song also appeared on the first American season of The X Factor, where R. Kelly performed "I Believe I Can Fly" for the first time as a duet with the eventual winner of the show is Melanie Amaro.
 * This song was also performed on the singing competition series The Voice as the last solo song for the Season 2 winner Jermaine Paul.
 * In the Fox musical television series Glee, performed a version of the song in episode fourteen of season three, "On My Way" (aired on February 21, 2012). It is a mash-up track with the song "Fly" by Nicki Minaj featuring Rihanna.
 * In the comedy's third installment The Hangover Part III, Leslie Chow sings a 12-second portion of the song, while parachuting through Las Vegas.
 * In Red Velvet's Level Up Project, Wendy Shon sang the chorus while parasailing and riding on a speed boat in Pattaya, Thailand. She also sang the chorus in Level Up Project 2 in 2017-2018 and in Battle Trip's Episode 103 while paragliding in Krems an der Donau, Austria.

Other performances
Kelly performed this song at the 40th Annual Grammy Awards.

In The TP-2.com Tour, Kelly performed a 10-minute long remix of "I Believe I Can Fly," which included dialogue from a priest, Kelly's mother, and God as characters. The remix was later featured on the bootleg release Loveland.

STS-122 crew heard this song on flight day 10 as a wake up call.

Since its release, it has become commonly associated with the NBA, most notably with Michael Jordan. The song also played at the conclusion of NBC's broadcast of the 1997 NBA Finals.

In addition to the NBA, the song also found use at other sporting events, most notably at Major League Baseball's New York Yankees home games during their four consecutive World Series runs from 1998 to 2001, the first three of which they won.

A version of the song, recorded by the Halifax community choir, was used as the backing track to a 2012 UK TV advertisement for the Halifax Bank.

On October 13, 2012, when the Space Shuttle Endeavour was being transferred from Los Angeles International Airport to the California Science Center through the streets of Los Angeles, the recording was played as the shuttle left The Forum, and the song was performed live by James Ingram later that day at Debbie Allen's live show celebrating the Endeavour's arrival at the corner of Crenshaw Blvd and Martin Luther King Blvd. (The shuttle was delayed over five hours in arriving there; to keep the crowd entertained, the performance went on only slightly delayed.)

Parodies

 * In the 1999 episode "The Best of Both Worlds" of the Nickelodeon animated television series KaBlam!, in the Life with Loopy segment, the song was spoofed as "I (Don't) Believe I Can Fly."
 * In the 2012 episode "Food Battle 2012" of the webseries Smosh, the song was spoofed as "I Believe I’m Able to Fly." It also appeared on the 2015 episode "EVERY CAT EVER".
 * In 2013, the song was parodied by sports radio show Tim & Sid, spoofing the song as "I Believe in Masai", in reference to Toronto Raptors General Manager Masai Ujiri.
 * In 2016, the song was parodied as "I'm Convinced I Can Swim" by "Art Smelly" from the soundtrack to the hit film Earth Jelly in an episode of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.

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Hindu goddess
The beauty of the Hindu goddess speaks for itself. User:DaGizza

 * Oppose the resolution is too low. This link is Broken 04:27, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Oppose. Far too small. ed g2s  •  talk  10:36, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Oppose. Unknown copyright status. Ericd 20:28, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Oppose, no copyright info. Mgm|(talk) 09:51, Jun 13, 2005 (UTC)
 * [[Image:Symbol oppose vote.png|15px]] Oppose, So low res that it hardly worth having it on wiki at all. Leaves a person frustrated, like the donkey and the carrot, a treasure chest without a key, a thumbnail you can't expand. --Fir0002 04:43, Jun 14, 2005 (UTC)
 * Oppose. Very small. -- Silversmith Hewwo 18:13, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Oppose, too small. Phoenix2 19:12, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Oppose unless a larger version is acquired (I'm looking for one right now, with little luck). As an artwork, this scale is inexcusable. When I see a photo thumbnail on Wikipedia, *especially* of an artwork, I fully expect to click through to an UBER HI-RES version. If you look at this version of the picture I just found, it seems that our copy has been somehow modified from the original, much like the "enhanced" Last Suppers floating around the web; if we're going to proudly show off an artwork we need to have The Real Thing(TM) and not some rebuilt interpretation. In closing, if this was screen-filling I would say it was beautiful and fully support it as a featured picture, but the way it is it's worthless to us.--ooops, formatting! I found and added the source of the image, not that that helps much... Master Thief GarrettTalk 03:50, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 1 / 8 / 0 --Spangineer (háblame)  14:12, Jun 25, 2005 (UTC)

 * Image deleted from WikiCommons, no license. Thuresson 18:59, 19 October 2005 (UTC)


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Wayne Curry

Wayne Keith Curry (January 6, 1951 – July 2, 2014) was an American politician. He was elected as the executive for Prince George's County, Maryland in November 1994, and served two terms as the county executive from December 1994 to December 2002. His career encompassed government, civic, and community affairs for more than 20 years.

Early life and education
Curry was born in Brooklyn, New York on January 6, 1951, and grew up in Cheverly, Maryland, where his family was among the first non-white families to integrate into this community in the 1950s. His father was a school teacher, and his mother was a homemaker and later an office secretary. He and his older brother, Daryl Curry, were the first black students to attend Cheverly-Tuxedo Elementary School in 1959. Curry earned his high school diploma from Bladensburg High School in 1968.

In 1972, Curry earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from Western Maryland College, where he was president of the freshman class. In 1969, Curry was on the junior varsity basketball team.

Following graduation, he worked as a teacher and director of the Child Daycare Center of Prince George's County. In 1974, Curry took a hiatus from the professional area, and traveled across the United States. He earned money working at truck stops and slept at campsites throughout the country.

Career
From 1975 until 1978, Curry worked in the administration of Prince George's County Executive Winfield Kelly. Kelly was the executive for Prince George's County from 1974 until 1978. Curry's career began as a staffer responsible for writing constituent reply mail. He later went on to serve as community affairs assistant, administrative assistant to the county's Chief Administrative Officer and senior assistant to the executive. While working for Kelly, he also attended law school at night, earning his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Maryland School of Law in 1980, graduating with honors. From 1980 until 1983, he worked as a real estate and development lawyer for the "Michael Companies". In 1984, Curry started his own law practice and became a well-known, successful corporate attorney.

From 1984 to 1992, Curry was General Counsel for "Dimensions Health Corporation", a major healthcare business that operates Prince George's General Hospital Center, the Laurel Regional Hospital, and the Bowie Health Center. In 1994, he returned to the county executive's office and made history when he became the first African American to serve in the County's highest elected office. He served two consecutive terms from December 1994 to December 2, 2002.

Curry served on Governor Robert Ehrlich's 2002 transition team into the Governor's Mansion. Curry was appointed Commissioner to the Maryland Port Commission in 2003 by Gov. Ehrlich, a Republican. He was prominently mentioned in the news media as a speculative candidate for Lieutenant Governor when Ehrlich ran unsuccessfully for re-election in 2006, although Kristen Cox was eventually chosen as Ehrlich's running mate.

Death
Curry died in Upper Marlboro, Maryland on July 2, 2014, from lung cancer at the age of 63.

Personal life
Curry was married to Sheila Curry and had two children.

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Mark Williams

Mark Williams may refer to:

Entertainment

 * Mark Williams (writer) (born 1951), academic, writer, critic, poet
 * Mark Williams (singer) (born 1954), New Zealand singer
 * Mark Williams (album)
 * Mark Williams (actor) (born 1959), British actor and comedian
 * Mark Williams (organist) (born 1978), Informator Choristarum at Magdalen College, Oxford
 * Mark Williams (radio host), American journalist and radio personality
 * Mark "Slave" Williams, hip hop MC, television presenter
 * Mark Williams (game designer), original artist at Hero Games
 * Mark Williams (Holby City), fictional character in Holby City
 * Mark Williams (filmmaker), American producer, director and writer
 * Mark Williams (music producer), American music producer and songwriter

Football

 * Mark Williams (Australian footballer, born 1957), with North Melbourne and Footscray
 * Mark Williams (Australian footballer, born 1958), with Port Adelaide, Brisbane, Collingwood, former coach of Port Adelaide
 * Mark Williams (Australian footballer, born 1964), with Carlton and Footscray, former coach of Sandringham
 * Mark Williams (Australian footballer, born 1983), with Hawthorn and Essendon
 * Mark Williams (American football) (born 1971), American football player
 * Mark Williams (South African footballer) (born 1966), South African former international footballer
 * Mark Williams (footballer, born 1970), Northern Ireland former international footballer
 * Mark Williams (footballer, born 1978), English footballer for Rochdale and Rotherham United
 * Mark Williams (footballer, born 1981), English footballer who played as a midfielder
 * Mark Williams (Scottish footballer) (born 1995), Scottish footballer

Other sports

 * Mark Williams (baseball) (born 1953), American former Major League Baseball player
 * Mark Williams (cricketer, born 1955), English cricketer
 * Mark Williams (rugby union) (born 1961), rugby player for the U.S. national rugby team
 * Mark Williams (snooker player) (born 1975), Welsh professional snooker player
 * Mark Williams (volleyball) (born 1979), Australian volleyball player
 * Mark Williams (bowls), Welsh former world bowls champion
 * Mark Williams (basketball) (born 2001), American basketball player

Other

 * Mark Williams (Colorado politician) (born 1962)
 * Mark Williams (politician) (born 1966), British Member of Parliament and Welsh Liberal Democrat leader
 * Mark W. Williams (1925–2013), US Army Ranger and participant in D-Day
 * Mark London Williams (born 1959), American author and journalist
 * Mark T. Williams (born 1963), educator, author and risk management expert
 * J. Mark G. Williams, academic and author specializing in depression and suicide
 * Mark Williams (engineer), British engineer

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Rollin M. Daggett

Rollin Mallory Daggett (February 22, 1831 – November 12, 1901) was a 19th-century American politician, minister, and diplomat. Daggett served a single term as a United States representative from Nevada from 1879 to 1881.

Biography
Daggett was born on February 22, 1831, in Richville, St. Lawrence County, New York.

He had served in the Nevada Territorial Council. Later he was the United States Minister Resident to the Kingdom of Hawaii from 1882 to 1885. A member of the Sagebrush School, Daggett was also a writer.

He died on November 12, 1901, in San Francisco, California and was buried at Laurel Hill Cemetery (which is no longer open).

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Talk:Bogle–Chandler case

Dispute Cause of Death
LSD overdose? While it is possible that the deceased may have been given LSD ancillary to something else, physical overdose of LSD leading to death is unknown in the medical literature. Whig 03:58, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Dalton link?
Catherine Dalton (daughter of Robert Graves and widow of nuclear scientist Clifford Dalton) alleged that Bogle was murdered to stop him investigating Dalton's 1961 death. I'm not sure whether this is worthy of mention here; I have some acquaintance with the family and first heard of the claim that way, but I don't know how widely her claims were aired. --Calair 06:13, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

Murraybank
This is the name of a CSIRO research station but the web does not make its location clear.

Bogle page
I have created a separate entry for Bogle. It is the bare bones, without a date of birth at this stage. It may be debatable whether this is better turned into a simple redirect page to the Boger-Chandler case. Either way, searching just for Gilbert Bogle ought to provide a clearer link to the mystery.Grimhim 01:40, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

 * Oops, I changed it to a redirect before seeing the above post (otherwise I would have posted here first). However I agree with Grimhim that's it's a good idea to have the redirect, and the guy doesn't appear notable enough to warrant his own article. If I'm mistaken, feel free to remove the redirect. --AbsolutDan (talk) 01:46, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

Unsourced claim removed
I have removed " apart from that of a prisoner in Brixton, London, in the 1980s. " after "Against this, LSD is considered to be a drug on which it is next to impossible to overdose, with no other associated fatalities." because it is highly unlikely and noreference is given. Cacycle 18:27, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

How about getting some sources for the rest of the article? I'm not sure where to start. It seems well-written and interesting, but not backed up at all71.63.119.49 22:59, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

LSD poisoining theory
Like most others who had encountered the drug LSD in their youth I immediatly discounted the theory advanced that the cause of death was related to an "LSD overdose".

Several years ago I read an article written upon the death of the policeman who initially advanced this theory. I found his hypothethis had been misreported in the media.

During the intial investigation the police had considered the possibility that the victims had obtained a one ounce bottle containing many hundreds of thousands of doses of LSD. At this time it was possible, provided appropriate approval was given, to order from, and obtain, these bottles of pure bulk LSD direct from Sandoz pharmaceutical Swiss warehouse; cost about $100. I have since found the approval required was rather basic, a request for the drug written on any standard University letterhead paper would do.

LSD was being used in the social scene the victims belonged to, at this time the drug was not illegal, either in the USA or Australia. Many University types were trying it.

It is certainly possible these people had encountered bulk pure LSD; there are records of other LSD overdoses (resulting from these one ounce bottles), where individuals inadvertantly ingested the pure form of the drug. Vomiting, diarreah, and possibly death were recorded as symptoms of such overdose. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 118.93.37.182 (talk) 21:06, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

Project MK Ultra involved the bulk use of pure LSD 118.93.37.182 (talk) 21:11, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

Good article, but perhaps one bad word?
The clause "... an explosion of gas from the polluted river bed may have occurred ... " might lead one to believe that there was, you know, an "explosion", like a detonation. Perhaps something like "... a burst of gas ..." might be a bit better? Old_Wombat (talk) 04:36, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

Having sex whilst being gassed with hydrogen sulphide?
Even a little bit of hydrogen sulphide stinks. Like, roolly, roolly bad. How bad would it be in a toxic dose? Is this the sort of environment that you would want to have sex in? Old_Wombat (talk) 04:43, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

 * At 1 ppm you can just notice a bad smell, at 30+ ppm H2S smells like rotten eggs but at 50-100 ppm it smells cloyingly sweet. At a level over 100 ppm, H2S paralyses the olfactory nerve (sense of smell) almost instantly and as it is invisible you would not notice it although it could make you vomit and cause breathlessness. At 200 ppm respiratory failure occurs within seconds and you die. At 1000 ppm a single breath causes instant cardiac arrest. This changing property is why this gas is considered so dangerous. Although no levels were measured at the river, there is anecdotal evidence of levels of around 100ppm being common in the area on still days. A sudden eruption of gas could easily cause levels to exceed this briefly until it dissipated. Wayne (talk) 11:45, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

OK, Wayne, thanx for that. But I am still struggling with the logistics. With H2S being a gas, it would be diffuse ("no brick wall"), so they can't go from 0 ppm to a high ppm without experiencing everything in between.

I am trying to put myself into their shoes. He takes the girl to the river. They go through the low concentration part, it smells bad. But that quickly disappears as they enter the medium concentration, upon which it becomes cloyingly sweet. Then no smell at all, due to olfactory paralysis. Finally, a suddent eruption at a fatal level, but by now they smell nothing, so they don't know that. And it kills them.

So in the excitement and anticipation of incipient sex, they hardly notice the bad smell, which after all, only lasted a short time. Is that how we think it happened? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Old wombat (talk • contribs) 12:17, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

 * H2S is heavier than air and would settle in hollows. The gas needs a breeze to dissipate and this would be inhibited by being in a hollow so it would "pool". If we assume there was little or no gas around that day and there was an eruption of gas upstream. The gas would seek the low points and at 100 - 150 ppm would be undetectable. The couple could remain doing their thing for some time before perhaps feeling a bit breathless and maybe nauseaous. They would smell and see nothing to explain this and it may be too late, their respiratory systems are already shutting down and they will likely fall unconscious before they can leave the area. I am certified as a permit required rescuer and some years back was affected myself. I was breathless and nauseaous but I was also confused (couldn't think straight) so it didn't even cross my mind that there was anything wrong at first lol. Even leaving the area may not save them as the gas already in the system can still kill. It sometimes binds with haemoglobin in the blood which reduces it's oxygen carrying capacity (and turns the blood bluish or purple depending on amount). You wont even notice this and most doctors would not realise what the colour meant. I believe there was a case in 2006 where a worker was hospitalised after breathing H2S. Two months after being released from hospital he went into a coma and subsequently died. Wayne (talk) 13:22, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

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Unclear wording
"The Coroner stood down a key female witness before she could give evidence, to protect the families." This sentence is in the Background section. It is unclear to me on these points:

1: How does it fit in with the rest of the paragraph?

2: To which families does this refer to? The families of the victims?

3: How did this protect the families?

4: What does "stood down" mean? The phrase has multiple meanings, and I am not sure which one is applicable here. IDWChen (talk) 03:16, 1 February 2019 (UTC)IDWChen

 * We may reasonably take it that the Coroner regarded the lady's testimony as being of minor relevance but potentially unnecessarily harmful to her family and Bogle's. I've clarified the wording.  In answer to your third question--How would you like it if a past affair of your wife, mother or sister were to be suddenly exposed in a court hearing and plastered all over the news media for no good purpose? Bjenks (talk) 06:57, 23 March 2019 (UTC)

Unsupported categorisation
I'm alerted by this recent edit to the fact that there is no justification for categorising the Bogle-Chandler case as a murder, even though that questionable assumption stood in the mind of police for many years. The most plausible theory advanced to date is that the deaths were accidental and caused by an emergence of H2S. I propose that we now remove all the 'murder' and 'crimes' categories. Bjenks (talk) 05:46, 23 March 2019 (UTC)

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The cover for the soundtrack Family Guy: Live in Vegas.

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Talk:James Kilgore

Edits
Not sure the proper way to do it, but if anybody is better than me at Wikipedia: basically all the previous edits from 98.155.163.122 should be reverted — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.21.186.227 (talk) 06:37, 8 June 2020 (UTC)

"Hired by his wife"
The opening sentence of the article, "James William Kilgore (born July 30, 1947) is an American research scholar, hired by his wife, at the University of Illinois' Center for African Studies in Champaign–Urbana," seems strange and unnatural to me. The fact that he was hired by his wife does not seem to be so important as to include it in such a prominent place, even if there was controversy over the circumstances of his hiring. As he is notable for reasons other than the circumstances of his hiring, I think this aside should be removed. NearNRiver (talk) 15:03, 1 October 2020 (UTC)

PhD degree from Deakin
I'm going to be bold and remove the note in the infobox questioning Dr. Kilgore's PhD degree from Deakin and replace it with a reference to said PhD. Although Dr. Kilgore has lived a controversial life, and has spent time in prison for multiple crimes, there is no evidence supporting any insinuation that his PhD was earned in anything other than a legitimate manner. Per the policy on biographies of living persons a negative insinuation of this kind should be removed immediately unless there is evidence that the university itself has revoked the degree. No such evidence seems to exist: quite the contrary, there is a reference suggesting that the PhD was awarded legitimately which I will post. Dash77 (talk) 22:32, 25 April 2021 (UTC)

Unsourced quotes about debut novel
There are several unsourced quotes about his debut novel. All can be removed if not sourced.Parkwells (talk) 19:17, 1 August 2022 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bacteriomics

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was DELETE. Golbez 06:49, Jun 18, 2005 (UTC)

Bacteriomics
non-notable: 11 googles. Possible neologism combining bacteria and economics, but is it an excepted field of knowledge? Hard to read article, I don't think it's intended as a hoax though I was suspicious. Contains a dictdef but not clear enough to transwiki to wiktionary. Propose delete RJFJR 04:03, Jun 11, 2005 (UTC)

 * It's not a hoax. The -omics is a serious development in biology relating to holistic approaches to genetics, biochemistry etc.  This therefore refers to the omics of bacteria, which could have an article written about it, but this is probably not it. There are many more hits for bacterial proteomics and even more for bacterial genomics.  My best guess is redirect somewhere, probably -omics. Dunc|☺ 11:07, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * Delete, then autoclave. As a biologist, I can emphatically state that we don't need another -omics word.  It's as bad as the recent epidemic of -izzle suffixes in pop culture. On a more serious note, it only pulls eight unique Google hits, and only one scholar.google.com hit (where it was in "scare quotes" in a conference program, since even the group that used it knew it was a neologism.)  There are no references for it on PubMed.  This is a wannabe buzzword that just hasn't gotten its big break.  If it must stay, make it a redirect to -omics. --TenOfAllTrades(talk) 16:31, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Neologism with no evidence of widespread usage or acceptance. Quale 19:28, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * This page is now preserved as an archive of the debate and, like some other VfD subpages, is no longer 'live'. Subsequent comments on the issue, the deletion, or the decision-making process should be placed on the relevant 'live' pages.  Please do not edit this page .


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User talk:Demonsthenes

Topchris Writes: Demonsthenes, I need to get in touch with you. Send me an email at bhydryr@gmail.com. It's important.

Hi?

Poll (Macedonian Slav or Macedonian) I hope that this message is of interest to you, if not please accept my apologies. There is a poll in the talk page of the 'Macedonian Slavs' article here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Macedonian_Slavs#The_poll

Some people are lobbying for changing the article's name to Macedonians without any qualifier. As it seems, a number of these people come from the Macedonian/Macedonian Slav wikipedia project. It seemed only fair to attract the attention of people that _possibly_ share or represent a different point of view. Your contributions to the discussion and the poll are welcomed.

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Heartbreaker (Led Zeppelin song)

"Heartbreaker" is a song by the English rock band Led Zeppelin from their 1969 album, Led Zeppelin II. It was credited to all four members of the band, recorded at A&R Recording and Atlantic Studios in New York City during the band's second concert tour of North America, and engineered by Eddie Kramer.

"Heartbreaker" opens the second side of the album and features a guitar riff by Jimmy Page. It also includes a spontaneous unaccompanied solo, using a pull-off technique, which was voted the 16th-greatest guitar solo of all time by Guitar World magazine. "Heartbreaker" was ranked number 320 in 2004 by Rolling Stone magazine, in their 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, and number 328 in 2010.

Recording
In a 1998 interview with Guitar World, Page commented that the guitar solo was recorded in a different studio, thereby giving a different sound than the rest of the song. He added that this was the first recorded instance of his Gibson Les Paul/Marshall Stack combination. Brett Milano of uDiscover Music rated the guitar solo as one of the 100 all-time greatest.

Personnel
According to Jean-Michel Guesdon and Philippe Margotin:

 * Robert Plant – vocals
 * Jimmy Page – guitars
 * John Paul Jones – bass
 * John Bohnam – drums

Influence
"Heartbreaker" is one of the songs featured in Nick Hornby's book 31 Songs. Record producer Rick Rubin has remarked, "One of the greatest riffs in rock. It starts, and it's like they don't really know where the 'one' is. Magical in its awkwardness." Eddie Van Halen once claimed the "Heartbreaker" solo as the inspiration behind his adoption of the tapping technique he later popularized. In one review with Guitar World, he said:

"I think I got the idea of tapping watching Jimmy Page do his "Heartbreaker" solo back in 1971. He was doing a pull-off to an open string, and I thought wait a minute, open string... pull off. I can do that, but what if I use my finger as the nut and move it around? I just kind of took it and ran with it."

Steve Vai has also commented about it in a September 1998 Guitar World interview: "This one [Heartbreaker] had the biggest impact on me as a youth. It was defiant, bold, and edgier than hell. It really is the definitive rock guitar solo."

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Talk:Michael Bortin

On 25 May 2005, this article was nominated for deletion. See Votes for deletion/Michael Bortin for a record of the discussion. Rossami (talk) 04:02, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * The problem with these pages is that the names at the SLA article are linked to here. I'm putting the redirects back and cutting the links at the SLA page.--Hjal 08:01, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

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Hal Sever

Hal Sever (c. 1910 – June 2005) was an English rugby international playing ten matches. He was educated at Shrewsbury School, which is normally regarded as a footballing school. He made his debut in 1936 as a member of the first English team to defeat the All Blacks and played an integral role in the English team in 1937 that won the Triple Crown. He played his last international game against Scotland in 1938. He played club rugby for Sale and represented Cheshire as well as playing 8 matches for the Barbarians.

Career
Sever was part of an international three-quarter line for Sale playing with Claude Davey and Wilf Wooller of Wales and Ken Fyfe of Scotland.

He made his international debut against the All Blacks in the famous "Obolensky" match when Prince Obolensky scored two tries. Sever scored the other try in a 13–0 win which was England's first against New Zealand.

Sever's most memorable performance was in the Triple Crown series in 1937. He scored vital points in each match starting with a drop goal against Wales in a 4–3 victory at Twickenham. Sever scored a matchwinning try in the next match against Ireland on 13 February 1937 in which he beat several defenders in scoring wide out. The final score was 9–8. In the final match of the series at Murrayfield, Sever scored the second try in a 6–3 victory over Scotland.

His final international match was against Scotland in 1938 at Twickenham which was the first rugby match to be televised on the BBC. According to the Guinness Book of Sporting Blunders, Sever "dramatically ran into the opposition goalpost, losing not only the ball but his teeth as well". Sever disputed this version of events in the Daily Telegraph in its edition of 26 February 1999 saying "The suggestion that I collided with the posts is absolute nonsense ... I very nearly reached the tryline, was upheld by the opposing pack and was unable to ground the ball." Scotland won the match 21–16.

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Talk:Steven Soliah

On 25 May 2005, this article was nominated for deletion. See Votes for deletion/Steven Soliah for a record of the discussion. Rossami (talk) 04:12, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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