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Brian Scalabrine

Brian David Scalabrine (born March 18, 1978), nicknamed the "White Mamba", is an American former professional basketball player who is currently a television analyst for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is also the co-host of "The Starting Lineup", which airs weekdays from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. ET on SiriusXM NBA Radio.

Raised in Enumclaw, Washington, Scalabrine attended the University of Southern California after transferring from Highline College. As a member of the USC Trojans men's basketball team, Scalabrine was the top scorer and a leader in field goals and rebounds. He also played at the center position in college.

The New Jersey Nets selected him in the second round of the 2001 NBA draft. The Nets made consecutive NBA Finals appearances his first two years, and Scalabrine played four seasons with the team. In 2005, he signed with the Boston Celtics and won a championship with the team in 2008. The Celtics also appeared in the 2010 NBA Finals. Scalabrine signed with the Chicago Bulls the following season, and played with them until 2012. Throughout his NBA career, Scalabrine served as a backup power forward.

In 2013, Mark Jackson announced that Scalabrine would join his Golden State Warriors coaching staff. In 2014, Scalabrine took a job as an analyst for Celtics games on local Boston broadcasts.

Early life and college career
Born in Long Beach, California, Scalabrine was one of four children in his family and graduated from Enumclaw High School at Enumclaw, Washington in 1996. He is of Italian ancestry. He enrolled at Highline College in 1996, played his first year with its basketball team the Thunderbirds, and redshirted his second year. As a freshman at Highline, Scalabrine averaged 16.3 points, 9.6 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 1.2 steals per game. Scalabrine recorded seventeen double-doubles, and led the team in rebounds, blocks, and free throw percentage (75%). The Thunderbirds went 31–1 in the 1996–97 season and won the state junior college championship. Scalabrine was a Northern Division All-Star in 1997 as well as part of the All-Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges Championship Tournament Team.

In 1998, he transferred to the University of Southern California (USC). In his first year with the USC Trojans, he was the only player to start all 28 games. He led the Trojans in scoring (14.6 points), rebounding (6.4), and field goals (53.1%). In scoring, blocked shots, and field goals, he was also the only Pac-10 conference player among the top 10 players in those areas. His best game performance was against American University on December 21, 1998: 26 points, seven rebounds, and two blocks. On February 13, 1999, he scored 22 points including an important three-pointer in overtime; the unranked USC won an upset victory over number-six Stanford 86–82 in overtime. He was the 1999 Pac-10 Newcomer of the Year and earned an All-Pac-10 honorable mention.

During his second season with USC, Scalabrine was named to the All-Pac-10 first team and the National Association of Basketball Coaches All-District 15 first team. He also earned a Sporting News All-American honorable mention. Again, he finished as USC's top scorer (17.8 ppg) and field goal shooter (53.1%) and was also the second-best Pac-10 scorer. He also made 40.3% of attempted three-pointers. Against the Oregon Ducks, Scalabrine scored 29 points and made 10 rebounds.

USC advanced to the NCAA tournament in 2001, Scalabrine's senior season. In the Elite Eight round, USC lost to Duke 79–69; Scalabrine scored 13 points. Scalabrine graduated with a degree in history.

New Jersey Nets (2001–2005)
Because he injured his fifth metatarsal bone during workouts in late September 2001, Scalabrine missed the first ten days of New Jersey Nets training camp. During the second quarter of the final 2001–02 preseason game, which took place against the Detroit Pistons on October 26, 2001, Scalabrine again injured his right foot. He made his NBA debut on January 31, 2002, when the Nets played against the Milwaukee Bucks. As a rookie, Scalabrine averaged 2.1 points, 1.8 rebounds, and 0.8 assists per game. He played in six playoff games his debut season and averaged 0.3 points and 0.5 rebounds. The Nets were the Eastern Conference Champions of the 2001–02 season and lost the 2002 NBA Finals to the Los Angeles Lakers in four games. In a triple-overtime victory over the Detroit Pistons in Game 5 of the 2004 Eastern Conference Semifinal series, Scalabrine scored a career high 17 points. He surpassed that high with 29 points on January 26, 2005 against the Golden State Warriors. On April 15, 2005, he played a career high 45 minutes.

During his time with the Nets, Scalabrine gained the nickname "Veal", a play on words based on the dish veal scaloppini.

Boston Celtics (2005–2010)
On August 2, 2005, Scalabrine signed a five-year contract with the Boston Celtics. A month earlier, he and the team agreed on terms that the contract be worth $15 million over the five years.

Scalabrine started in nine of 48 games during the 2007–08 season, and played on average 10.7 minutes. He averaged 1.8 points and 1.6 rebounds per game. On April 16, 2008, in the final game of the regular season, Scalabrine tied a season-high with six rebounds and played 29 minutes. He did not make an appearance in the NBA playoffs. In the 2008 NBA Finals, the Celtics defeated the Lakers in six games.

Chicago Bulls (2010–2011)
On September 21, 2010, Scalabrine agreed to a non-guaranteed contract with the Chicago Bulls. The Bulls visited the Boston Celtics on November 5, 2010, and in double overtime the Bulls won 110–105. Scalabrine played only three minutes that game. He played 18 games with the Bulls and averaged 1.1 points and 0.4 rebounds per game.

Treviso (2011)
On September 22, 2011, during the 2011 NBA lockout, Scalabrine signed with the Italian team Benetton Treviso. He left the team in December 2011 to pursue opportunities in the NBA after the lockout had ended.

Return to Chicago (2011–2012)
On December 12, 2011, Scalabrine re-signed with the Bulls. During the 2011–12 season, Scalabrine played in 28 games. In September 2012, he was offered a position as an assistant coach for the Bulls under Tom Thibiodeau, but instead opted to become a broadcaster for the Boston Celtics.

BIG3 League (2017)
In 2017, Brian joined the Ball Hogs of the BIG3 basketball league.

Coaching career
In July 2013, Golden State Warriors coach Mark Jackson announced via Twitter that Scalabrine was joining his coaching staff. During the season, Jackson reassigned Scalabrine to the Warriors' D-League affiliate after a difference of opinion on the team's direction.

Broadcasting career
In September 2012, Scalabrine announced that he had turned down an opportunity to become an assistant coach with the Bulls so that he could join Comcast SportsNet New England as a commentator. Scalabrine described the job as "a trial run", and said there was a "small possibility" he would resume his playing career overseas in 2013.

In 2014, Scalabrine wrote an essay to Boston to announce his "homecoming" to become a Comcast SportsNet announcer. His essay spoofed a famous Sports Illustrated story about LeBron James's return to Cleveland.

Personal life
Scalabrine married Kristen Couch in 2003; their wedding ceremony was held in Hawaii. They have two children. He is also a member of the sports philanthropy organization Athletes for Hope.

Fan support
Despite his limited playing time, Scalabrine became a popular player. Bulls fans referred to him as "The White Mamba", a play on Kobe Bryant's nickname of "The Black Mamba".

In 2013, in response to criticism over his bench role throughout his career and to claims that many would beat him one-on-one, Scalabrine stated, "I'm closer to LeBron than you are to me", suggesting that there is a huge difference between any (active or retired) NBA player and those outside the league. In an event organized by The Toucher and Rich Show, selected volunteers had the chance to play one-on-one against Scalabrine (until 11 points with a margin of two). The format was called the "Scallenge" and Scalabrine played four games, one against each of the voluntary contenders. Scalabrine won every game with a combined score of 44–6. In an additional game Scalabrine played against the three hosts of the show and won 11–1.

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All-Star Western

All-Star Western is the name of three American comic book series published by DC Comics, each a Western fiction omnibus featuring both continuing characters and anthological stories. The first ran from 1951 to 1961, the second from 1970 to 1972 and the third was part of The New 52 and ran from September 2011 to August 2014.

Vol. 1
The original All-Star Western began with #58 (May 1951), having taken over the number of its predecessor title, All Star Comics — a superhero omnibus that years before had introduced the enduring team the Justice Society of America. With the postwar decline in the popularity of superheroes, publisher DC Comics changed the series format and title. All-Star Western ran 62 bimonthly issues through #119 (July 1961). The cover logo did not include a hyphen until issue #108 (Sept. 1959), when it was much reduced in size and placed above the much larger logo for what was then the title feature, "Johnny Thunder". Johnny Thunder remained on the cover until the final issue, #119, occasionally sharing it with Madame .44, "the masked outlaw queen".

The first issue contained the features "The Trigger Twins", created by writer Robert Kanigher and penciler Carmine Infantino and running through #116; "Don Caballero", drawn by Gil Kane, and "Roving Ranger", penciled by Alex Toth, the writer-creator uncredited; and "Strong Bow", created by writer David Wood and artist Frank Giacoia. Other features that appeared through the years included "Super-Chief", by writer Gardner Fox and artist Infantino; and, beginning with #67 (Nov. 1952), "Johnny Thunder", featuring the masked, vigilante persona of a schoolteacher in an Old West Mormon settlement. The character had been created by writer Kanigher and artist Toth in DC's All-American Comics in 1948.

Vol. 2
The series was revived in the following decade, and ran 11 bimonthly issues (Sept. 1970 – May 1972) before changing its title and, slightly its format to become Weird Western Tales. All-Star Western vol. 2, #1 starred Pow-Wow Smith, scripted by John Broome, with art by Carmine Infantino. The next four starred the characters Outlaw and El Diablo. With issue #5, the character Outlaw was dropped, with the cover logo "Outlaw" now referring to the replacement-feature star, Billy the Kid. The Western "all-stars" now included such historical characters as Wild Bill Hickok, Buffalo Bill and Davy Crockett, in a mix of new stories and reprints, as well as DC stalwarts Pow-Wow Smith, El Diablo and Bat Lash.

Issue #10 (February–March 1972) introduced the enduring and popular character Jonah Hex, created by writer John Albano and artist Tony DeZuniga. Hex continued as the star of the comic when it changed its name to Weird Western Tales with issue #12 (July 1972), and he continued into issue #38 (Feb. 1977) of the 59-issue series.

Vol. 3
The series was revived as part of the line-wide The New 52 relaunch in September 2011, written by Justin Gray and Jimmy Palmiotti with art by Moritat. The series followed the adventures of Jonah Hex and Amadeus Arkham in an Old West-version of Gotham City, with back-up tales featuring other Western characters such as: After issue #21 the backup features stopped. Beginning with issue #21 the comic was about Jonah Hex and his adventures in the present. He meets the heroes of the present. Characters met in the present:
 * El Diablo - issues #2-3
 * The Barbary Ghost - issues #4-6
 * Nighthawk & Cinnamon - issues #7-9
 * Bat Lash - issue #10
 * Doctor Thirteen - issues #11-12, 18, and 20
 * Tomahawk - issues #13-16
 * Stormwatch - issues #17-21
 * Booster Gold - issue #19 before traveling to the present
 * Batwing - issue #21
 * Batman & Jeremiah Arkham - issue #22
 * John Constantine - issue #24
 * Swamp Thing - issue #25
 * Superman - issue #26

The series was discontinued with issue #34 (released in August 2014).

Collected editions
Vol. 2 of All-Star Western has been collected into Showcase Presents Jonah Hex:
 * Showcase Presents Jonah Hex Vol. 1 (Billy the Kid Outlaw stories, "The Night of the Snake" feature and Jonah Hex stories from All-Star Western Vol. 2 #2-8, 10-12)

Vol. 3 of All-Star Western has been collected into the following trade paperbacks:

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Organosulfur chemistry

Organosulfur chemistry is the study of the properties and synthesis of organosulfur compounds, which are organic compounds that contain sulfur. They are often associated with foul odors, but many of the sweetest compounds known are organosulfur derivatives, e.g., saccharin. Nature is abound with organosulfur compounds—sulfur is vital for life. Of the 20 common amino acids, two (cysteine and methionine) are organosulfur compounds, and the antibiotics penicillin and sulfa drugs both contain sulfur. While sulfur-containing antibiotics save many lives, sulfur mustard is a deadly chemical warfare agent. Fossil fuels, coal, petroleum, and natural gas, which are derived from ancient organisms, necessarily contain organosulfur compounds, the removal of which is a major focus of oil refineries.

Sulfur shares the chalcogen group with oxygen, selenium, and tellurium, and it is expected that organosulfur compounds have similarities with carbon–oxygen, carbon–selenium, and carbon–tellurium compounds.

A classical chemical test for the detection of sulfur compounds is the Carius halogen method.

Structural classes
Organosulfur compounds can be classified according to the sulfur-containing functional groups, which are listed (approximately) in decreasing order of their occurrence.

Sulfides
Sulfides, formerly known as thioethers, are characterized by C−S−C bonds Relative to C−C bonds, C−S bonds are both longer, because sulfur atoms are larger than carbon atoms, and about 10% weaker. Representative bond lengths in sulfur compounds are 183 pm for the S−C single bond in methanethiol and 173 pm in thiophene. The C−S bond dissociation energy for thiomethane is 89 kcal/mol (370 kJ/mol) compared to methane's 100 kcal/mol (420 kJ/mol) and when hydrogen is replaced by a methyl group the energy decreases to 73 kcal/mol (305 kJ/mol). The single carbon to oxygen bond is shorter than that of the C−C bond. The bond dissociation energies for dimethyl sulfide and dimethyl ether are respectively 73 and 77 kcal/mol (305 and 322 kJ/mol).

Sulfides are typically prepared by alkylation of thiols. Alkylating agents include not only alkyl halides, but also epoxides, aziridines, and Michael acceptors.

They can also be prepared via the Pummerer rearrangement.

In the Ferrario reaction, phenyl ether is converted to phenoxathiin by action of elemental sulfur and aluminium chloride.

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Thioacetals and thioketals feature C−S−C−S−C bond sequence. They represent a subclass of sulfides. The thioacetals are useful in "umpolung" of carbonyl groups. Thioacetals and thioketals can also be used to protect a carbonyl group in organic syntheses.

The above classes of sulfur compounds also exist in saturated and unsaturated heterocyclic structures, often in combination with other heteroatoms, as illustrated by thiiranes, thiirenes, thietanes, thietes, dithietanes, thiolanes, thianes, dithianes, thiepanes, thiepines, thiazoles, isothiazoles, and thiophenes, among others. The latter three compounds represent a special class of sulfur-containing heterocycles that are aromatic. The resonance stabilization of thiophene is 29 kcal/mol (121 kJ/mol) compared to 20 kcal/mol (84 kJ/mol) for the oxygen analogue furan. The reason for this difference is the higher electronegativity for oxygen drawing away electrons to itself at the expense of the aromatic ring current. Yet as an aromatic substituent the thio group is less electron-releasing than the alkoxy group. Dibenzothiophenes (see drawing), tricyclic heterocycles consisting of two benzene rings fused to a central thiophene ring, occurs widely in heavier fractions of petroleum.

Thiols, disulfides, polysulfides
Thiol groups contain the functionality R−SH. Thiols are structurally similar to the alcohol group, but these functionalities are very different in their chemical properties. Thiols are more nucleophilic, more acidic, and more readily oxidized. This acidity can differ by 5 pKa units.

The difference in electronegativity between sulfur (2.58) and hydrogen (2.20) is small and therefore hydrogen bonding in thiols is not prominent. Aliphatic thiols form monolayers on gold, which are topical in nanotechnology.

Certain aromatic thiols can be accessed through a Herz reaction.

Disulfides R−S−S−R with a covalent sulfur to sulfur bond are important for crosslinking: in biochemistry for the folding and stability of some proteins and in polymer chemistry for the crosslinking of rubber.

Longer sulfur chains are also known, such as in the natural product varacin which contains an unusual pentathiepin ring (5-sulfur chain cyclised onto a benzene ring).

Thioesters
Thioesters have general structure R−C(O)−S−R. They are related to regular esters (R−C(O)−O−R) but are more susceptible to hydrolysis and related reactions. Thioesters formed from coenzyme A are prominent in biochemistry, especially in fatty acid synthesis.

Sulfoxides, sulfones and thiosulfinates
A sulfoxide, R−S(O)−R, is the S-oxide of a sulfide ("sulfide oxide"), a sulfone, R−S(O)2−R, is the S,S-dioxide of a sulfide, a thiosulfinate, R−S(O)−S−R, is the S-oxide of a disulfide, and a thiosulfonate, R−S(O)2−S−R, is the S,S-dioxide of a disulfide. All of these compounds are well known with extensive chemistry, e.g., dimethyl sulfoxide, dimethyl sulfone, and allicin (see drawing).

Sulfimides, sulfoximides, sulfonediimines
Sulfimides (also called a sulfilimines) are sulfur–nitrogen compounds of structure R2S=NR′, the nitrogen analog of sulfoxides. They are of interest in part due to their pharmacological properties. When two different R groups are attached to sulfur, sulfimides are chiral. Sulfimides form stable α-carbanions.

Sulfoximides (also called sulfoximines) are tetracoordinate sulfur–nitrogen compounds, isoelectronic with sulfones, in which one oxygen atom of the sulfone is replaced by a substituted nitrogen atom, e.g., R2S(O)=NR′. When two different R groups are attached to sulfur, sulfoximides are chiral. Much of the interest in this class of compounds is derived from the discovery that methionine sulfoximide (methionine sulfoximine) is an inhibitor of glutamine synthetase.

Sulfonediimines (also called sulfodiimines, sulfodiimides or sulfonediimides) are tetracoordinate sulfur–nitrogen compounds, isoelectronic with sulfones, in which both oxygen atoms of the sulfone are replaced by a substituted nitrogen atom, e.g., R2S(=NR′)2. They are of interest because of their biological activity and as building blocks for heterocycle synthesis.

S-Nitrosothiols
S-Nitrosothiols, also known as thionitrites, are compounds containing a nitroso group attached to the sulfur atom of a thiol, e.g. R−S−N=O. They have received considerable attention in biochemistry because they serve as donors of the nitrosonium ion, NO+, and nitric oxide, NO, which may serve as signaling molecules in living systems, especially related to vasodilation.

Sulfur halides
A wide range of organosulfur compounds are known which contain one or more halogen atom ("X" in the chemical formulas that follow) bonded to a single sulfur atom, e.g.: sulfenyl halides, RSX; sulfinyl halides, RS(O)X; sulfonyl halides, RSO2X; alkyl and arylsulfur trichlorides, RSCl3 and trifluorides, RSF3; and alkyl and arylsulfur pentafluorides, RSF5. Less well known are dialkylsulfur tetrahalides, mainly represented by the tetrafluorides, e.g., R2SF4.

Thioketones, thioaldehydes, and related compounds
Compounds with double bonds between carbon and sulfur are relatively uncommon, but include the important compounds carbon disulfide, carbonyl sulfide, and thiophosgene. Thioketones (RC(=S)R′) are uncommon with alkyl substituents, but one example is thiobenzophenone. Thioaldehydes are rarer still, reflecting their lack of steric protection ("thioformaldehyde" exists as a cyclic trimer). Thioamides, with the formula R1C(=S)N(R2)R3 are more common. They are typically prepared by the reaction of amides with Lawesson's reagent. Isothiocyanates, with formula R−N=C=S, are found naturally. Vegetable foods with characteristic flavors due to isothiocyanates include wasabi, horseradish, mustard, radish, Brussels sprouts, watercress, nasturtiums, and capers.

S-Oxides and S,S-dioxides of thiocarbonyl compounds
The S-oxides of thiocarbonyl compounds are known as thiocarbonyl S-oxides: (R2C=S=O, and thiocarbonyl S,S-dioxides or sulfenes, R2C=SO2). The thione S-oxides have also been known as sulfines, and while IUPAC considers this term obsolete, the name persists in the literature. These compounds are well known with extensive chemistry. Examples include syn-propanethial-S-oxide and sulfene.

Triple bonds between carbon and sulfur
Triple bonds between sulfur and carbon in sulfaalkynes are rare and can be found in carbon monosulfide (CS) and have been suggested for the compounds F3CCSF3 and F5SCSF3. The compound HCSOH is also represented as having a formal triple bond.

Thiocarboxylic acids and thioamides
Thiocarboxylic acids (RC(O)SH) and dithiocarboxylic acids (RC(S)SH) are well known. They are structurally similar to carboxylic acids but more acidic. Thioamides are analogous to amides.

Sulfonic, sulfinic and sulfenic acids, esters, amides, and related compounds
Sulfonic acids have functionality R−S(=O)2−OH. They are strong acids that are typically soluble in organic solvents. Sulfonic acids like trifluoromethanesulfonic acid is a frequently used reagent in organic chemistry. Sulfinic acids have functionality R−S(O)−OH while sulfenic acids have functionality R−S−OH. In the series sulfonic—sulfinic—sulfenic acids, both the acid strength and stability diminish in that order. Sulfonamides, sulfinamides and sulfenamides, with formulas R−SO2NR′2, R−S(O)NR′2, and R−SNR′2, respectively, each have a rich chemistry. For example, sulfa drugs are sulfonamides derived from aromatic sulfonation. Chiral sulfinamides are used in asymmetric synthesis, while sulfenamides are used extensively in the vulcanization process to assist cross-linking. Thiocyanates, R−S−CN, are related to sulfenyl halides and esters in terms of reactivity.

Sulfonium, oxosulfonium and related salts
A sulfonium ion is a positively charged ion featuring three organic substituents attached to sulfur, with the formula [R3S]+. Together with their negatively charged counterpart, the anion, the compounds are called sulfonium salts. An oxosulfonium ion is a positively charged ion featuring three organic substituents and an oxygen attached to sulfur, with the formula [R3S=O]+. Together with their negatively charged counterpart, the anion, the compounds are called oxosulfonium salts. Related species include alkoxysulfonium and chlorosulfonium ions, [R2SOR]+ and [R2SCl]+, respectively.

Sulfonium, oxosulfonium and thiocarbonyl ylides
Deprotonation of sulfonium and oxosulfonium salts affords ylides, of structure R2S+−C−−R′2 and R2S(O)+−C−−R′2. While sulfonium ylides, for instance in the Johnson–Corey–Chaykovsky reaction used to synthesize epoxides, are sometimes drawn with a C=S double bond, e.g., R2S=CR′2, the ylidic carbon–sulfur bond is highly polarized and is better described as being ionic. Sulfonium ylides are key intermediates in the synthetically useful Stevens rearrangement. Thiocarbonyl ylides (RR′C=S+−C−−RR′) can form by ring-opening of thiiranes, photocyclization of aryl vinyl sulfides, as well as by other processes.

Sulfuranes and persulfuranes
Sulfuranes are relatively specialized functional group that feature tetravalent sulfur, with the formula SR4 Likewise, persulfuranes feature hexavalent SR6.

One of the few all-carbon persulfuranes has two methyl and two biphenylene ligands:
 * AllCarbonPersulfurane.svg

It is prepared from the corresponding sulfurane 1 with xenon difluoride / boron trifluoride in acetonitrile to the sulfuranyl dication 2 followed by reaction with methyllithium in tetrahydrofuran to (a stable) persulfurane 3 as the cis isomer. X-ray diffraction shows C−S bond lengths ranging between 189 and 193 pm (longer than the standard bond length) with the central sulfur atom in a distorted octahedral molecular geometry.

Organosulfur compounds in nature
A variety of organosulfur compounds occur in nature. Most abundant are the amino acids methionine, cysteine, and cystine. The vitamins biotin and thiamine, as well as lipoic acid contain sulfur heterocycles. Glutathione is the primary intracellular antioxidant. Penicillin and cephalosporin are life-saving antibiotics, derived from fungi. Gliotoxin is a sulfur-containing mycotoxin produced by several species of fungi under investigation as an antiviral agent.

In fossil fuels
Common organosulfur compounds present in petroleum fractions at the level of 200–500 ppm. Common compounds are thiophenes, especially dibenzothiophenes. By the process of hydrodesulfurization (HDS) in refineries, these compounds are removed as illustrated by the hydrogenolysis of thiophene: C4H4S + 8 H2  ->  C4H10  +  H2S

Flavor and odor
Compounds like allicin and ajoene are responsible for the odor of garlic. Lenthionine contributes to the flavor of shiitake mushrooms. Volatile organosulfur compounds also contribute subtle flavor characteristics to wine, nuts, cheddar cheese, chocolate, coffee, and tropical fruit flavors. Many of these natural products also have important medicinal properties such as preventing platelet aggregation or fighting cancer.

Humans and other animals have an exquisitely sensitive sense of smell toward the odor of low-valent organosulfur compounds such as thiols, sulfides, and disulfides. Malodorous volatile thiols are protein-degradation products found in putrid food, so sensitive identification of these compounds is crucial to avoiding intoxication. Low-valent volatile sulfur compounds are also found in areas where oxygen levels in the air are low, posing a risk of suffocation.

Copper is required for the highly sensitive detection of certain volatile thiols and related organosulfur compounds by olfactory receptors in mice. Whether humans, too, require copper for sensitive detection of thiols is not yet known.

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Belair Stud

Belair Stud was an American thoroughbred horse racing stable and breeding farm founded by Provincial Governor of Maryland Samuel Ogle in 1747 in Collington, Prince George's County, Maryland, in Colonial America.

Colonial period
Queen Mab and Spark were the first pair of English-bred Thoroughbred horses imported to the Province of Maryland. Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore, gave Spark to Ogle during Ogle's trip to England in 1740. The Prince of Wales presented the gift to Ogle. Later, Benjamin Tasker, Jr. brought Selima to Belair, where she became a prominent producer.

The Woodward Family
In 1898 the property was sold to the wealthy New York City banker James T. Woodward, who built large new stables in 1907. On his death, his will bequeathed the property to his nephew William Woodward Sr., who built Belair Stud and Stable into the preeminent United States racing and breeding operation of the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s.

During World War I, American horsemen were able to purchase well-bred foals from French breeders who could not afford to feed them during the extremely difficult war years. Some were bought directly by breeders, while many were purchased by brokers, who immediately resold them in America at the various thoroughbred auctions. As such, William Woodward Sr. was able to build his broodmare band on French imports.

Under William Woodward Sr., the farm produced some of the greatest thoroughbred racehorses in the United States. He was part of a syndicate of breeders who purchased Sir Gallahad III in France and brought him to America. Two of Woodward's most famous horses were Gallant Fox and Omaha, the only father-and-son horses ever to win the U.S. Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing.

Record
In 1752, Selima won the biggest prize of the era, 2,500 pistoles at Gloucester, Virginia, which marked "the beginning of the remarkable racing contests between the rival colonies of Maryland and Virginia."

From 1923 to 1953, Belair Stud horses won 631 races, placed second 568 times, and ran third 540 times. Included in their victories were numerous important stakes races. Five of their horses were voted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame. Under trainer Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons, the stable won the following prestigious U.S. Triple Crown races:
 * Kentucky Derby:
 * 1930 : Gallant Fox
 * 1935 : Omaha
 * 1939 : Johnstown
 * Preakness Stakes:
 * 1930 : Gallant Fox
 * 1935 : Omaha
 * 1955 : Nashua
 * Belmont Stakes:
 * 1930 : Gallant Fox
 * 1932 : Faireno
 * 1935 : Omaha
 * 1936 : Granville
 * 1939 : Johnstown
 * 1955 : Nashua

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Czenglish

Czenglish, a portmanteau of the words Czech and English, refers to the interlanguage of English heavily influenced by Czech pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar or syntax spoken by learners of English as a second language. The term Czenglish is first recorded in 1989, with the slightly earlier variant Czechlish recorded from 1982.

Characteristics
Examples include confusing verbatim translations (such as "basic school" for základní škola, which should be "primary school" or "elementary school"), incorrect word order in a sentence and use of inappropriate prepositions and conjunctions because of the influence of their Czech equivalents.

Another typical aspect is the absence of definite articles (due to the lack of articles in Czech) and the use of "some" in place of an indefinite article. In Czenglish and other Central European accents  is often pronounced as,  or ;  as , and  as an alveolar trill as in some Scottish accents, rather than the more standard approximant. Voiced consonants at the end of words like "big" are pronounced unvoiced ; "ng" is understood as a /ng/ sequence and therefore follows the final devoicing rule (e.g. to sing merges with to sink ).

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2005 Australian Open

The 2005 Australian Open was a Grand Slam tennis tournament held in Melbourne, Australia from 17 until 30 January 2005. Roger Federer was unsuccessful in defending his 2004 title, being defeated in the semi-finals by eventual champion Marat Safin in a rematch of the 2004 final. Safin defeated third-seed Lleyton Hewitt in the final in four sets. Justine Henin-Hardenne could not defend her 2004 title due to an injury suffered in the second half of 2004. Serena Williams, the champion in 2003, defeated Lindsay Davenport in the women's final.

Men's singles
🇷🇺 Marat Safin defeated 🇦🇺 Lleyton Hewitt, 1–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–4
 * It was Safin's 1st title of the year, and his 15th overall. It was his 2nd career Grand Slam title, his 1st Australian Open title and the last championship of his career. Safin became the second Russian player to win the Australian Open men's singles title, following Yevgeny Kafelnikov's victory in 1999.

Women's singles
🇺🇸 Serena Williams defeated 🇺🇸 Lindsay Davenport, 2–6, 6–3, 6–0
 * It was Williams's 1st title of the year, and her 26th overall. It was her 7th career Grand Slam title, and her 2nd Australian Open title. The final featured a long injury time out for Williams in the second set at 3-3.

Men's doubles
Wayne Black / Kevin Ullyett defeated 🇺🇸 Bob Bryan / 🇺🇸 Mike Bryan, 6–4, 6–4

Women's doubles
🇷🇺 Svetlana Kuznetsova / 🇦🇺 Alicia Molik defeated 🇺🇸 Lindsay Davenport / 🇺🇸 Corina Morariu, 6–3, 6–4

Mixed doubles
🇦🇺 Samantha Stosur / 🇦🇺 Scott Draper defeated Liezel Huber /  Kevin Ullyett, 6–2, 2–6, [10–6]

Boys' singles
🇺🇸 Donald Young defeated 🇰🇷 Kim Sun-yong, 6–2, 6–4

Girls' singles
🇧🇾 Victoria Azarenka defeated 🇭🇺 Ágnes Szávay, 6–2, 6–2

Boys' doubles
🇰🇷 Kim Sun-yong / Yi Chu-huan defeated  Thiemo de Bakker / 🇺🇸 Donald Young, 6–3, 6–4

Girls' doubles
🇧🇾 Victoria Azarenka / 🇳🇿 Marina Erakovic defeated 🇨🇿 Nikola Fraňková / 🇭🇺 Ágnes Szávay, 6–0, 6–2

Men's doubles

 * 🇦🇺 Richard Fromberg / 🇸🇪 Mats Wilander defeated 🇦🇺 Pat Cash / 🇦🇺 Kim Warwick, 6–4, 6–3,

Mixed doubles

 * 🇦🇺 Nicole Bradtke / 🇦🇺 Roy Emerson defeated 🇦🇺 Elizabeth Smylie / 🇺🇸 Tony Roche, 7–5, retired

Men's singles
🇦🇺 David Hall defeated Robin Ammerlaan, 7–5, 3–6, 6-1

Women's singles
🇯🇵 Mie Yaosa defeated Maaike Smit, 7–6(5), 6-1

Men's doubles
Robin Ammerlaan / 🇦🇹 Martin Legner defeated 🇦🇺 David Hall / 🇦🇺 Anthony Bonaccurso, 6–4, 6–3

Women's doubles
Maaike Smit / 🇫🇷 Florence Gravellier defeated 🇨🇦 Yuka Chokyu / 🇯🇵 Mie Yaosa, 6–3, 6-3

Seeds
Withdrawals: 🇧🇪 Justine Henin-Hardenne, 🇧🇪 Kim Clijsters, 🇺🇸 Jennifer Capriati

Men's singles

 * 1)  Roger Federer ''(semifinals, lost to Marat Safin)
 * 2) 🇺🇸 Andy Roddick ''(semifinals, lost to Lleyton Hewitt)
 * 3) 🇦🇺 Lleyton lindon Hewitt ''(final, lost to Marat Safin)
 * 4) 🇷🇺 Marat Safin (champion)
 * 5) 🇪🇸 Carlos Moyá ''(first round, lost to Guillermo García López)
 * 6) 🇦🇷 Guillermo Coria ''(fourth round, lost to David Nalbandian)
 * 7) 🇬🇧 Tim Henman ''(third round, lost to Nikolay Davydenko)
 * 8) 🇺🇸 Andre Agassi ''(quarterfinals, lost to Roger Federer)
 * 9) 🇦🇷 David Nalbandian ''(quarterfinals, lost to Lleyton Hewitt)
 * 10) 🇦🇷 Gastón Gaudio ''(third round, lost to Dominik Hrbatý)
 * 11) 🇸🇪 Joachim Johansson ''(fourth round, lost to Andre Agassi)
 * 12) 🇦🇷 Guillermo Cañas ''(fourth round, lost to Nikolay Davydenko)
 * 13) 🇪🇸 Tommy Robredo ''(third round, lost to Marcos Baghdatis)
 * 14) 🇫🇷 Sébastien Grosjean ''(second round, lost to Jean-René Lisnard)
 * 15) 🇷🇺 Mikhail Youzhny ''(second round, lost to Rafael Nadal)
 * 16) 🇩🇪 Tommy Haas ''(second round, lost to Karol Beck)
 * 17) 🇷🇴 Andrei Pavel ''(second round, lost to Bobby Reynolds)
 * 18)  Nicolás Massú ''(second round, retired against Philipp Kohlschreiber)
 * 19) 🇺🇸 Vincent Spadea ''(first round, lost to Radek Štěpánek)
 * 20) 🇸🇰 Dominik Hrbatý ''(quarterfinals, lost to Marat Safin)
 * 21) 🇩🇪 Nicolas Kiefer ''(first round, lost to Olivier Rochus)
 * 22)  Ivan Ljubičić ''(second round, lost to Marcos Baghdatis)
 * 23)  Fernando González ''(third round, lost to David Nalbandian)
 * 24) 🇪🇸 Feliciano López ''(third round, lost to Joachim Johansson)
 * 25) 🇦🇷 Juan Ignacio Chela ''(third round, lost to Lleyton Hewitt)
 * 26) 🇷🇺 Nikolay Davydenko ''(quarterfinals, retired against Andy Roddick)
 * 27) 🇹🇭 Paradorn Srichaphan ''(second round, lost to Jarkko Nieminen)
 * 28)  Mario Ančić ''(third round, lost to Marat Safin)
 * 29) 🇺🇸 Taylor Dent ''(third round, lost to Andre Agassi)
 * 30) 🇸🇪 Thomas Johansson ''(fourth round, lost to Dominik Hrbatý)
 * 31) 🇪🇸 Juan Carlos Ferrero ''(third round, lost to Guillermo Coria)
 * 32) 🇦🇹 Jürgen Melzer ''(third round, retired against Andy Roddick)

Women's singles

 * 1) 🇺🇸 Lindsay Davenport ''(final, lost to Serena Williams)
 * 2) 🇫🇷 Amélie Mauresmo ''(quarterfinals, lost to Serena Williams)
 * 3) 🇷🇺 Anastasia Myskina ''(fourth round, lost to Nathalie Dechy)
 * 4) 🇷🇺 Maria Sharapova ''(semifinals, lost to Serena Williams)
 * 5) 🇷🇺 Svetlana Kuznetsova ''(quarterfinals, lost to Maria Sharapova)
 * 6) 🇷🇺 Elena Dementieva ''(fourth round, lost to Patty Schnyder)
 * 7) 🇺🇸 Serena Williams (champion)
 * 8) 🇺🇸 Venus Williams ''(fourth round, lost to Alicia Molik)
 * 9) 🇷🇺 Vera Zvonareva ''(second round, lost to Vera Dushevina)
 * 10) 🇦🇺 Alicia Molik ''(quarterfinals, lost to Lindsay Davenport)
 * 11) 🇷🇺 Nadia Petrova ''(fourth round, lost to Serena Williams)
 * 12)  Patty Schnyder ''(quarterfinals, lost to Nathalie Dechy)
 * 13)  Karolina Šprem ''(fourth round, lost to Lindsay Davenport)
 * 14) 🇮🇹 Francesca Schiavone ''(third round, lost to Nathalie Dechy)
 * 15) 🇮🇹 Silvia Farina Elia ''(fourth round, lost to Maria Sharapova)
 * 16) 🇯🇵 Ai Sugiyama ''(first round, lost to Martina Suchá)
 * 17) 🇨🇴 Fabiola Zuluaga ''(second round, lost to Anna-Lena Grönefeld)
 * 18) 🇷🇺 Elena Likhovtseva ''(third round, lost to Karolina Šprem)
 * 19) 🇫🇷 Nathalie Dechy ''(semifinals, lost to Lindsay Davenport)
 * 20) 🇫🇷 Tatiana Golovin ''(second round, lost to Abigail Spears)
 * 21) 🇺🇸 Amy Frazier ''(third round, lost to Evgenia Linetskaya)
 * 22) 🇧🇬 Magdalena Maleeva ''(third round, lost to Nadia Petrova)
 * 23)  Jelena Janković ''(second round, lost to Tatiana Panova)
 * 24) 🇫🇷 Mary Pierce ''(first round, lost to Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro)
 * 25) 🇺🇸 Lisa Raymond ''(third round, walkover lost to Anastasia Myskina)
 * 26) 🇸🇰 Daniela Hantuchová ''(third round, lost to Elena Dementieva)
 * 27) 🇮🇱 Anna Smashnova ''(third round, lost to Venus Williams)
 * 28) 🇯🇵 Shinobu Asagoe ''(second round, lost to Li Na)
 * 29) 🇦🇷 Gisela Dulko ''(second round, lost to Mariana Díaz Oliva)
 * 30) 🇮🇹 Flavia Pennetta ''(first round, lost to Petra Mandula)
 * 31)  Jelena Kostanić Tošić ''(second round, lost to Nicole Vaidišová)
 * 32) 🇨🇿 Iveta Benešová ''(first round, lost to Ana Ivanovic)

title: 2005 Australian Open


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Closed-end leasing

Closed-end leasing is a contract-based system governed by law in the U.S. and Canada. It allows a person the use of property for a fixed term, and the right to buy that property for the agreed residual value when the term expires.

Closed-end leases are so called because they run for a fixed term, and the lessor and lessee agree in the lease contract what the residual value of the property being leased will be. In most cases (particularly in retail motor vehicle leases), the lessee has an option to purchase the property for the agreed residual value at the end of the lease term. Closed-end leases are not used for property which increases in value.

In most cases, when a closed-end lease is entered, the lessor does not already own the property being leased. Rather, the lessor agrees to purchase the property for a certain amount (the "capitalized cost") from a third party, such as a car dealer. The lessee will often be required to offer money up front as an offset against the capitalized cost (this is called the "capitalized cost reduction" although it is sometimes erroneously referred to as a "down payment"). The difference between the (adjusted) capitalized cost and the residual value is the depreciation component of the lease cost. In addition to depreciation, the lessee must also pay the lessor's cost of financing the purchase of the vehicle, which is referred to as "rent"; the rent also includes the lessor's profit.

The total lease cost can either be paid in a single lump sum, or amortized over the term of the lease with periodic (usually monthly) payments.

Closed-end leases generally provide that the lessee is responsible for insuring the property, for maintaining it in accordance with the lessor's requirements, and for paying any taxes or license fees which may be assessed on the lessor as owner of record. Open-ended(conventional) motor vehicle leases generally include a provision for determining the amount of "excess wear and tear" (or "wear and use") at the end of the lease term, for which the lessee is responsible upon returning the vehicle.

Closed-end leases have become very popular for automobile buyers in North America since the mid-1980s. Shield laws in most states allow lessors to avoid legal responsibility for the actions of their lessees, which has made it practical for automakers to offer leases direct to consumers without fear of "deep pockets" liability for injuries resulting from an accident. In those states which assess a use tax on vehicles, lessees need only pay tax on the amount of their lease payment, not on the entire value of their vehicle at the time of purchase. Finally, and most significantly, because lessees pay only for depreciation and financing, and not the entire retail cost of the vehicle, payments can be significantly lower than in loan-based financing. This allows consumers to significantly shorten their purchase cycle, increasing new-vehicle sales, which gives the automakers reason to emphasize leasing programs in their marketing.

Closed-end leases are not always the best choice for consumers. The finance companies which offer consumer car leases frequently require lessees to hold more costly insurance policies than would otherwise be necessary. Automakers often view leasing as a sales tool, and artificially inflate the lease-end residual value; this can make exercising the purchase option at the end of a lease more expensive than simply financing the vehicle over the longer term in the first instance. Finally, because of the increased financial risks undertaken by the lessor, higher credit quality is generally required to enter into a lease than to purchase a vehicle.

title: Closed-end leasing


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Brian Binley

Brian Arthur Roland Binley (1 April 1942 – 25 December 2020) was a British Conservative Party politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Northampton South from 2005 to 2015.

Early life
Educated at Finedon Mulso Secondary Modern School on Wellingborough Road, (now a Junior School), in the town of Finedon in Northamptonshire, Brian Binley joined the Conservative Party in 1958. He was an organiser with the National Young Conservatives from 1965 to 1968. He was chairman of the Wellingborough-based BCC Marketing Services Ltd, the company he founded from 1988 to 2001, when it was liquidated by the company that had bought it in late 2001.

Parliamentary career
Binley was the Parliamentary Agent for the Wyre Forest Conservative Association during the 1997 general election campaign. He was elected to Northamptonshire County Council in 1997, where he was a Cabinet Member. He was selected to contest the Labour-held Parliamentary marginal seat of Northampton South, and defeated the sitting Labour MP Tony Clarke at the 2005 general election by over 4,000 votes. Binley made his maiden speech on 25 May 2005.

He was also a Northamptonshire County Councillor for Hackleton division but did not restand for the county council at elections held in 2009.

Binley was re-elected in the 2010 general election, with an increased majority of 6,004.

In March 2012, Binley was reported as being one of the Conservative MPs to have spoken critically of Party Co-Chairman Sayeeda Warsi at a meeting of the 1922 Committee, following Lady Warsi's handling of Roger Helmer MEP's defection to UKIP and later called on her to resign saying she was guilty of "self-destructive lunacy". He was also a critic of David Cameron calling on him to "smell the coffee" after the Conservatives faced a terrible defeat in the 2012 local elections and even criticised Number 10 more widely and their attitude towards Conservative backbenchers. He also criticised David Cameron's decision to hire Andy Coulson.

Expenses
On 17 June 2009 it was revealed that Binley had claimed over £50,000 in expenses, renting a flat from his own company, BCC Marketing. Two months after beginning to rent the flat, expenses rules were changed to clarify that MPs could no longer rent properties from businesses in which they had an interest. Binley appealed to the Speaker of the House Michael Martin, whilst still claiming for the flat. Binley lost his appeal after two and a half years, during which time he still claimed for the flat in question. Binley was not required to repay the £57,000 he received while the Speaker deliberated.

Personal life
Binley lived in the constituency for over 20 years, and had two grown sons. In 2006, he became the victim of identity theft, when someone tried to divert his bank statements and unsuccessfully attempted to steal £9,000 from him whilst he was in India. The perpetrator wrote to Binley boasting of his exploits.

He received a six-month driving ban in May 2007 having totted up 12 points on his licence when caught doing 37 mph in a 30 mph zone in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire. With nine points already, he was given three more and a ban by Towcester magistrates.

In January 2013, Binley revealed he was suffering from "low-grade lymphoma affecting white blood cells" and would undergo chemotherapy. In July 2013 Binley stated he would not stand again at the next general election in 2015.

Binley died at Northampton General Hospital on 25 December 2020, aged 78.

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Talk:Dublin City University

Linking with DCU related pages
I've identified these pages of varying quality: ...which all could do with merging, deleting, updating to varying degrees as well as being better integrated with the main DUC page. --User:SSCOhA (talk) 14:24, 16 January 2017 (UTC)
 * List of Dublin City University people
 * Dublin City University Saints
 * Category:Dublin City University
 * Category:People_associated_with_Dublin_City_University
 * Category:Sport_at_Dublin_City_University
 * Category:Alumni_of_Dublin_City_University
 * All_Hallows_College
 * Category:Academics_of_Dublin_City_University
 * DCU_Students'_Union
 * DCU_Saints
 * National_Institute_for_Higher_Education
 * National_Anti-Bullying_Centre
 * The_Helix_(Dublin)
 * The_College_View
 * Dublin_City_University_RFC
 * DCU_GAA
 * St_Patrick's_College,_Dublin
 * Albert_College_(Dublin)
 * Centre_for_the_Talented_Youth_of_Ireland
 * Mater_Dei_Institute_of_Education
 * List of universities in the Republic of Ireland
 * Education in the Republic of Ireland

Untitled
I removed the paragraph referring to the seanad vote after reading this article: http://www.dcu.ie/news/press/2004/p0404c.shtml

Here is the paragraph I removed:

University graduates are currently (2004) not eligible to vote for Ireland's upper chamber, Seanad Éireann, this is under review.

 * Hi, just to note that the situation is still as per the removed paragraph - the article referenced notes a recommendation for change, but nothing has been implemented and for now only NUI and TCD graduates have a Seanad vote.

To do list
- no it isn't, the link has to be included at the bottom of the page.
 * Check association of European School of Business
 * Fill out Category:Dublin City University (largely done)
 * List more links under "in other languages", currently only Irish, French, Finnish, Italian, Japanese and Norwegian definition links are included. (Isn't that done automatically as soon as somebody writes an article on DCU in a new language?)

 * List of Dublin City University people needs to be cleaned up.
 * Remove excess of links, particularily links to research institutions and replace with link to resarch websites
 * Make it read less like a marketing blurb

[edit] Chancellors

* David Byrne (? - August 2011) (Citation needed?)# * Senator Martin McAleese (August 2011

It looks unencyclopedic to have this uncertainty about David Byrne as Chancellor. Starting date needs to be found. 15:29, 18 August 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.42.19.139 (talk)

Institutional Repository
The service has not been officially launched but it is operational. Resource and preservation metadata is being currently exposed and harvested and attendant resources accessed. The process of service advocacy continues and deposits are being added. Both platform and service are stable releases and not pilots.

The library section needs expansion and flagging the IR service needs to be cited within the overall service context.

Garret McMahon 14:15, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

 * ?? This sort of thing reads as incomprehensible to the average visitor and needs to be explained, if it even belongs in a general encyclopedia article.  217.213.169.185 18:13, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

The above is not meant to represent any wiki entry relating to the IR, it merely states the current service status to those who keep editing the entry. To call the service a 'pilot' runs contrary to the advocacy of what is a fully active service. As I stated, the IR should be mentioned within the context of services the library at DCU provides.

Garret McMahon 09:09, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

Location
DCU is in Glasnevin NOT Whitehall (see official address) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.42.79.216 (talk • contribs)
 * What offical address when i checked their website their was noting, and an osi map had whitehall printed over the top of DCU (Gnevin 12:55, 22 October 2006 (UTC))
 * If you check http://address.anpost.ie (registration required) then the addresses of DCU all include Whitehall and none for Glasnevin. Djegan 13:52, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

The old Albert College (Dublin) (which is part of DCU's main campus) has had its address as Glasnevin since 1838, a long time before Ballymun came into existance.

 * Albert College does not appear in the An Post database, but in any case I think we can take it that the boundaries of places change over time. For instance the boundaries of cities and counties have changed since 1838, see in particular Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898; now if Ballymun, Glasnevin and Whitehall have changed I cannot say for certain, but nor can I say for certain that they have not changed.

 * But what is true is that the postal service of the state, as by law established, indicates that the correct postal address for the university is "Dublin City University, Collins Avenue Extension, Whitehall, Dublin 9". Djegan 01:12, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

 * DCU has always seen itself as being in Glasnevin, and as commented above, the area, and the core building, were Glasnevin since way back. And area boundaries change very little, really, albeit new areas are made. This is not the first time I have seen the 1838 Act quoted but that was really an "administrative tidying up" piece of legislation, and had little to say on specific areas.

Then there is the odd claim re. An Post. An Post makes no claim (nor does the Ordnance Survey) to be official arbiter of locations. Postal addresses are based on sorting areas, nothing more, and whether An Post is established by statute or not is irrelevant. So although much of south Dublin is listed as "abc, def Street, Blackrock, Co. Dublin", no one would mistake most of the places in question for all being in the district actually known as Blackrock. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 217.213.169.185 (talk) 18:19, 13 May 2007 (UTC).

The old Albert College (Dublin) had its model farm in what is now Ballymun. That is the only connection with Ballymun so saying it is between Ballymun, Whitehall, and Glasnevin in the article is wrong 18:08, 22 November 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.40.215.245 (talk)

Stevenson, C., Hope against hope., 2nd DCU Conference, Solutions Focused Therapy, 15-SEP-06 - 15-SEP-06, School of Nursing, DCU, Whitehall, Dublin 9 DCU does give its address as Whitehall 13:26, 16 December 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.40.208.160 (talk)

New Acting BA Degree Source:
Source for the three year BA in Acting in conjunction with Dublin City University:

http://www.taoiseach.gov.ie/index.asp?locID=200&docID=2957 —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 136.206.11.249 (talk) 18:53, 17 January 2007 (UTC).

 * The fact that the university grants degrees at a college does not mean that the college is a college of the university. Djegan 22:11, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

Rewrite
This article needs to be rewritten as it is somewhat incoherent. We are adding lots of information which makes it somewhat incoherent. It would be invaluable to rewrite it (or sections of it) so that the article forms one coherent narrative. Any takers? Djegan 23:46, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

RE: Controversies section
There is no Controversies section in either the UCC or UCD articles even though the managment and reforms in these two institutions has been far more controversial and newspaper headline-gripping than DCU's problems.

In the recently added controversies section it says that DCU has near-corporate behaviour. As far as the corporate whoreing of universities in ireland is concerned, UCD has far surpassed DCU in that respect years ago since Dr. Hugh R. Brady took the helm as President of UCD.

TCD and UCC at least rival DCU in the university corporate whoreing leagues.

UCC has been far more controversial in the past few years with university president Prof. Gerard T Wrixon getting the University into between 60 and 100 million euro in debt. Lecturers in UCC complain of bullying and unfair employment practices.

These facts are ignored by user 83.147.172.138, yet DCU is singled out to be picked on by a user with London based ip address: 83.147.172.138 who says he's been in DCU for the past 6 years. Maybe he's thinking of another university in London with a name somewhat similar to DCU.

User 83.147.172.138, FYI The digital cafe is upstairs in the main restaurant.

There were signs up all over the main restaurant back in 2003/2004 stating that the starbucks there was the first one in Ireland.

Source for faculty number of 440: http://www.skoool.ie/skoool/parents.asp?id=4263 (21/08/2006)

 * The controversies section is not verified theirfore if citations are not provided then I will remove the section en masse. Many of the citations that where provided where simply misleading, as they did not back the claims made. Remember that editors wishing to include claims must back them up when requested, per WP:VERIFY. Also I will remove the requests by the editor as these where made in bad faith because I challenged the editor, I think its quite pointless trying to cite these requests. The best option would be to revert the article to before the controversy, the editor was simply a vandal and is currently blocked. Djegan 17:03, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

New comment on controversies: Over recent days this article has seen some frantic editing and undoing of edits on various controversies, probably done by persons with vested interests on both sides. I have edited this section to be neutral and factually accurate. I have left in the citation, but have removed the full article from the footnote, which seemed excessive. All this may need to be watched, as the first attempts to include this material were based on references to a highly defamatory website. It is also inappropriate to remove all reference to the controversies, as has been attempted. I have left untouched the reference to the Ryan Academy which has also been the subject of dispute - I know nothing about that. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.40.62.193 (talk) 17:20, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

Listcruft
I was tempted to add the template to this article today. The various "lists of societies", "lists of faculties", the (incredibly exhaustative) "lists of research groups", and even the "lists of external links" continue to grow by exponential factors.

My reading of the policy that deals with how Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information (or indeed that WP is not a directory) suggests that these lists constitute "Listcruft", and are beyond the scope of an encyclopedic article.

Maybe a website about everything and anything to do with DCU (like DCU.ie for example) might link every single research group on the campus, but is it really relative to an encyclopedic article that DCU has a "Centre for International Studies", "French Politics and Policy Group" and 150 others? There are other (and perhaps better) ways to impart the scope/breadth/depth of the DCU research groups without listing every single one...

In the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard, or - even - UL or UCC articles the relevant points remain unobscured by 100 point lists. And are easier to read because of it. (In some cases they are moved to stand-alone lists. In other cases, they just focus on the key research accomplishments).

Does anyone have an alternative view? Is there are purpose/value of these lists (in an encyclopedic context in this article) that I am missing?

Just want to open the floor before (as above) I put in the "Listcruft" template, and (subsequently) summarise/split these lists. Guliolopez 18:55, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

 * Agree. Its excessive, even as a graduate of the university this article needs reduction. Djegan 19:21, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

Could the Research Centres, Laboratories and Research Groups list be put into a new page?, this would remove most of the links in the entry and make it look a bit neater. Beta 14:17, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

I have created a List of Dublin City University faculties, schools, research centres and laboratories page. This is loosely based on List of Massachusetts Institute of Technology departments and laboratories. It is linked to in the DCU article under the research heading. Hope it clears up some of the clutter. Beta 20:00, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

 * Cool. And thanks. (Saved me a lot of effort there :)
 * I don't think the "cleanup" of this article is complete yet however. The listcruft was the most obvious problem, but there are other areas to address as well.
 * Commentary
 * The next thing to do is temper the POV commentary in this article. The below is a good example of where sections of this article breach NPOV guidelines, including loaded terms, speculation and pure point of view:
 * "Dublin City University uses the term "computer applications" very liberally.... DCU can afford to include the practical side of computer science [...] unlike the majority of Irish universities [...because it can...] cram more subject modules into a smaller time period."
 * References/links
 * After the POV cull, a serious review of how this article uses external links is probably in order. In my opinion, it is not following the MOS and other conventions for references and links. Take the two following examples:
 * where companies/entities/etc are referred to in the article, the related links in this article don't link to the WP article, but to an external source. For example, there is a link for AIB in the text, but it does link to the Allied Irish Banks article on WP - instead, it links to the DCU Allied Irish Bank website. This is not appropriate.
 * sources and references also don't follow the standard, and instead references are treated as "in line" links. For example, in this article, external references look like this:
 * "The university also collaborates on research with large multinational corporations and institutions like Google, Microsoft and the US Military."
 * While (everywhere else on the WP), references follow the convention as:
 * ''"The university also collaborates on research with large multinational corporations and institutions.
 * Under this standard, a list of references is managed at the end of the article.
 * Again, unless there is a specific reason or value in managing references/commentary beyond the convention, I'm going to start cleaning that stuff up. Guliolopez 20:09, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

Their is a lot of content (often added in a piecemeal fashion) and links (some quite unnotable) that could be dropped from this article and it would vastly improve the article, "less is more"! Djegan 13:46, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

Most of the external links are sources for the information contained within the article. It would be better to keep them in some form as sooner or later a source nazi will probably appear and blank most of the article due to the fact that if the sources are removed there will be nothing to corroborate the information in the article.

I'm not sure which information in the article is generally considered notable/unnotable. But I do know that if the information is notable, both it and its sources should be kept.

All I am trying to do is edit the article so it conforms to the standard outlined by Guliolopez above. Articles like the UCD article are just as messy if not more so in terms of linkspam, irrelevant info and piecemeal editing. Beta 15:00, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

 * As a number have commented, this article is too long, with rather silly long lists a key feature. Nothing encyclopedic about that. And parts, as mentioned in the To Do list above, read as if written by the Marketing Dept., if such exists.

Apologies for not signing the second of my three changes above. 217.213.169.185 18:21, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

What is DCU's campus size including newly acquired lands?
Does DCU own all the lands extending from the O'Reilly Library to Griffith Avenue including Hillside Farm and Elmhurst House?

[http://www.dublincity.ie/shaping_the_city/future_planning/development_plan/VOLUME%203.pdf Dublin City Development Plan 2005-2011, Volume 3 - Record of Protected Structures Page 15, Ref. 487]

California State University, Sacramento Study Abroad Program - Study in Ireland at Dublin City University

—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 89.125.22.114 (talk • contribs).

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

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Computer Applications in the history section
I'm fairly certain (as a former CA student) that the figures presented here are incorrect. CA did at one point have 300 places but that has sharply declined along with the broader number of CAO applications opting for computing degrees. Additionally, no citation or source is provided to verify the statement that CA is more in demand than computer science in Trinity. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ericchubb (talk • contribs) 11:13, 30 September 2008 (UTC)

While interesting this should not be in this section as it not a suitable location. In fact it probably should not be in the article at all. It is too specific and should probably be an article of its own. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.85.45.226 (talk) 23:04, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

College Linkage Agreements Strengthened
www.ireland.com/newspaper/ireland/2008/0205/1201903494867.html

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Arts
I've edited the Arts entry. 1. Listing awards of individuals from Drama has very little relevancy to the university itself and sets a precedent to list any awards received by any DCU student. 2. Removed the mention of current chair, relevancy to DCU? Every club/soc has a chair, they are not people of interest. 3. Citations needed for any awards won by Drama, someone care to provide these?. 4. Edited out references to the staff of DCU TV, these are not people of interest and the staff presumably changes each academic year. These entries were needlessly name dropping. Thoughts? --Robnubis (talk) 16:07, 6 October 2009 (UTC)
 * As an occasional editor on this article, agree.SeoR (talk) 09:50, 8 October 2009 (UTC)
 * I've been doing some more cleaning up. A lot of the information in the Arts section read like an advertisement, clearly added by students of the organisation themselves to promote the publications/societies in question. List of society committee members or management teams aren't notable, they change on an annual basis. This entry will be read by people looking for information about the university, name dropping just lowers the tone of the article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Robnubis (talk • contribs) 14:30, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

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Talk:Closed-end leasing

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I have transfered this material from the topic "Lease" because it is specific to one country's laws rather than adding general value to an explanation of the concept of the lease. People are free to disagree with this decision and consolidate this material back into "Lease" but I decided that I would provoke people into a decision on this page rather than simply leaving it to fester in wikify. -David91 17:08, 29 May 2005 (UTC)

can someone fix this?
The following text was removed from hire purchase. I'm not familiar enough with the topic to know if it's true or where to place it in the article:

In North America, where the word hire most commonly refers to employment, the comparable system is called Closed-end leasing, also sometimes known as lease purchase, lease option, and rent-to-own.

The top 3 Companies in North America are:

Tocharianne 17:49, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Rent-A-Center (Recently acquired Rent Way)
 * Aaron's Sales and Lease Ownership
 * easyhome (Canada)

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Jesse White (politician)

Jesse Clark White (born June 23, 1934) is an American educator, politician and former athlete from the State of Illinois. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 37th Secretary of State of Illinois from 1999 to 2023. He was the longest-serving American to hold this office. A popular office holder, White declined to seek reelection in 2022 for a seventh term. Previously, he served as the Cook County Recorder of Deeds from 1993 to 1999 and in the Illinois House of Representatives from 1975 to 1993.

Raised in Chicago, White attended Alabama State University on a sports scholarship. He was a minor league baseball player in the 1950s and 1960s. During that time, he also formed a youth sports and community organization, the Jesse White Tumbling Team, which has continued throughout his several careers. White went on to become a teacher and administrator in the Chicago Public Schools.

Biography
White was born in Alton, Illinois. He attended Alabama State University (then called Alabama State College), where he played baseball and basketball, and he graduated with a bachelor's degree in 1957. While there, he got to know then local minister, Martin Luther King Jr. He served in the 101st Airborne Division of the United States Army from 1957 to 1959. In May 1995, White was inducted into the Southwestern Athletic Conference Hall of Fame. He was an all-city baseball and basketball player at Chicago's Waller High School (now Lincoln Park High School) and was inducted into the Chicago Public League Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame in June 1995. In 1999, he was inducted into the Alabama State University Sports Hall of Fame.

In 1959, White founded the Jesse White Tumbling Team to serve as a positive alternative for children residing in the Chicago area. Since its inception, more than 18,500 young men and women have performed with the team.

White served as a paratrooper in the United States Army’s 101st Airborne Division and as a member of the Illinois National Guard. He played minor league professional baseball with the Chicago Cubs organization. In the 1960s, a Cubs' official told him he was on a shortlist to be brought up to the majors, but was dropped when he was seen at a restaurant with a white woman (who, it turns out, was interviewing him as a reporter). The Cubs honored him in 2021 by giving him a one day majors contract, making him a "Cub for life." Also in the 1960s, White began a 33-year career with the Chicago Public Schools as a teacher and administrator.

White became a political protégé of longtime Cook County Board President and 42nd Ward Democratic Committeeman George Dunne. White was elected to the Illinois General Assembly in 1974 and served for 16 years. He was elected Cook County Recorder of Deeds, in 1992 and re-elected in 1996. White was elected Secretary of State of Illinois in 1998, was re-elected in 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, and 2018. In recent years he has also served as Democratic Committeeman of Chicago's 27th Ward.

As Secretary of State
First elected to Secretary of State of Illinois in 1998, White was re-elected in 2002 by winning all 102 counties and garnering more than 2.3 million votes, the largest vote total by any candidate for Illinois statewide office in a quarter of a century. In 2006, White was re-elected to a third term, having received 63 percent of the vote statewide. White was elected to a fourth term in 2010, the leading vote-getter in the entire state.

White has been an advocate on traffic safety issues. In 2007, he initiated teen driver safety legislation giving Illinois one of the top-ranked graduated driver licensing (GDL) programs in the country. In the first full year of the new law, teen fatal crashes in Illinois dropped by over 40 percent.

White has also worked to crack down on DUI. He partnered with Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) on key DUI legislation. Effective January 1, 2009, the new law requires all first-time DUI offenders who wish to obtain driving relief to install a breath alcohol ignition interlock device (BAIID) on their vehicles. MADD called this one of the most important pieces of DUI legislation passed in Illinois in several years.

Since taking office White has worked to improve truck safety and the CDL licensing process. In his first year in office, White initiated a comprehensive highway safety package to tighten up the rules and regulations of the CDL licensing process. Most recently, White implemented a key policy change beginning May 1, 2008 in which out-of-state Commercial driver's license holders moving to Illinois must take and pass the written and road tests before they are issued an Illinois CDL. Illinois was the first state in the nation to require these tests for licensed CDL holders moving from another state. The policy change has received praise from law enforcement and trucking industry representatives.

White has improved customer services through streamlined operations and the innovative use of technology. This has resulted in shorter than ever wait times at driver licensing facilities as more customers take advantage of new, technology-based transactions that the office has developed to better serve the public. In 2006, Internet transactions accounted for over $41 million. In 2008, these transactions accounted for over $73 million.

White continues to be an advocate for organ and tissue donation. He initiated legislation creating the First Person Consent Organ/Tissue Donor Registry, which makes a person's decision to donate legally binding. Since 2006, more than 5 million people have signed up for the registry.

In 1999, White inherited an office under a cloud of corruption from George H. Ryan. White immediately pledged to restore integrity and eliminate all forms of institutionalized corruption and wrongdoing. Some key efforts included: establishing a code of conduct for employees; setting strict fundraising policies that prohibit employee contributions; hiring Jim Burns, former U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, as Inspector General and strengthened the Inspector General's office; and initiated legislation to make the position of Inspector General permanent with broad powers to root out corruption.

The Secretary of State's office administers library grants throughout the state. In 2010, White re-directed federal funds from the Illinois State Library so that local libraries throughout Illinois could maintain a revenue flow from the state despite the state's fiscal crisis.

Senate appointment of Roland Burris
In January 2009, White gained national attention for his decision to not certify Roland Burris's nomination to the United States Senate following corruption charges against former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich. White steadfastly refused to co-sign a certificate of appointment for any appointee named by the governor, Blagojevich, who was arrested in part for trying to sell this very same senate seat. Burris then filed for mandamus in the Illinois Supreme Court to compel White to certify the appointment as part of his routine administrative duties. On January 9, the Supreme Court ruled that White did not have to sign his name to any appointment made by Governor Rod Blagojevich. The Court further ruled that White had fulfilled his legal obligations regarding the appointment of Burris to the U.S. Senate by registering the appointment in accordance with state law. The document registered did not include White's signature or the State Seal. On January 12, the U.S. Senate officially seated Burris as Illinois’ junior senator.

Other
In 1999, White was inducted into the Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame as a Friend of the Community. In 2015, he received the Jane Addams Award for Distinction in Social Service from the Chicago History Museum.

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Heywood, Victoria

Heywood is a town on the Fitzroy River in the Australian state of Victoria. It is situated at an elevation of 27 metres amidst rolling green hills in an agricultural, pastoral and timbercutting district. Heywood is 357 km west of Melbourne at the intersection of the Princes and Henty Highways and 27 km north of Portland. It is on the railway line to Portland, at the junction of the presently-unused branch to Mount Gambier, South Australia. The winner of several past "Tidy Town" awards, it is often referred to as the "Jewel of the Southwest".

History
Prior to European settlement the area was occupied by the Gunditjmara Aborigines. David Edgar built the Bush Tavern on the townsite in 1842 and a settlement emerged. Formerly known as Fitzroy Crossing it became known as Edgar's. The township was surveyed in 1852 by Lindsay Clarke who named it after Heywood, Wiltshire in England. The first town allotments were sold in 1854 and a Post Office opened on 8 August 1857.

Heywood has won many Tidy Town awards.

Traditional ownership
The formally recognised traditional owners for the area in which Heywood sits are the Gunditjmara People who are represented by the Gunditj Mirring Traditional Owners Aboriginal Corporation.

Demographics
At the 2021 census, Heywood had a population of 1,815.

Sport
The town has an Australian rules football team, the Heywood Lions, which until 2011 competed in the Western Border Football League. In 2012 it transferred to the lower grade South West District Football League. Essendon midfielder Nathan Lovett-Murray, played for the Lions in his junior career.

Golfers play at the course of the Heywood Golf Club on Golf Club Road.

Climate
Heywood has a Mediterranean influenced oceanic climate with mildly warm, dry summers and cool, very wet winters.

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Holyrood Thermal Generating Station

The Holyrood Thermal Electric Generating Station built by Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro Corporation is located near the community of Holyrood, in Conception Bay, Newfoundland, Canada.

Overview
The initial installation included two 150 megawatt (MW) turbine generators which are propelled by steam heated by two large oil burning furnaces. The Number 6 fuel oil used in the plant to keep the furnaces going is delivered by shuttle tankers to the marine terminal constructed as part of the project.

Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro's Holyrood Thermal Generating Station burns No. 6 heavy fuel oil at the rate of approximately 6000 oilbbl per day, per unit at full load to produce steam at 1000 degrees Fahrenheit (540 degrees Celsius) and 13,790 kPa at a rate of over 500 megagrams per hour. In an average year it puts out pollution equivalent to 300,000 cars on the road.

In a thermal generating station, fuel is burned in a boiler to convert water to steam. The high-pressure steam is directed into a turbine that is connected to an electrical generator that produces electricity as it turns. A seawater condenser is used for cooling the spent steam from the turbine, converting it back to water that is reused in the boiler. Holyrood uses over 250,000 litres per minute of sea water for cooling on each unit and 900,000 litres per day of fresh water for make up purpose.

The plant generators operate at 16,000 volts and 7000 amperes transformed up to 230,000 volts for transmission on the island grid to all parts of the system. It generates on average 15 to 25% of Newfoundland’s electricity—up to 30% of the island’s electricity needs at peak in the winter months.

The plant has three smokestacks, one 360 ft (109.8 m) tall and two 300 ft (91.5 m) tall. These are the tallest freestanding structures built on land in Newfoundland.

History
Holyrood was placed in service in 1971 with two 150 MW units. A third 150 MW unit was added in 1980 to increase the output to 450 MW. In 1988/89 the original two units were modified to increase the plant capacity to 490 MW. In January 2014, six–1.825 MW diesel generators were installed  for the purpose of providing black start power. In 2017, these diesel generators were connected to Island Interconnected System. In 2015, a 123.5 MW diesel combustion turbine was installed.

title: Holyrood Thermal Generating Station