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Talk:The Legend of Zelda (TV series)

Len Carlson issue
Ganon's voice-actor is mentioned as Len Carlson, but the link leads to Leonard Carlson a.k.a. Lenny Lane who is an American Professional Wrestler. Could someone confirm if these two are the one and the same or is the link directed to the wrong article?

Why "cleanup"?
Why has this article been tagged for Cleanup? I can't see anything particularly wrong with it. Please clarify what you think the problem is. I'll remove the cleanup notice in a few days otherwise. --AlexChurchill 09:34, 7 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 4 days, no comments... time to be bold. --AlexChurchill 08:59, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Sorry, wasn't really watching it... aside from needing expansion( I know, that has its own template) and fact-checking, it's got some pretty awful grammar and usage. I intend to fix it up all shiny someday, but in the meantime I put the cleanup tag to encourage others to correct the problems & contribute. -- WikidSmaht (talk) 23:16, 22 October 2005 (UTC)

Link and Zelda romance?
It states in this article This may have influenced the later misconception among gamers that Link and Zelda are a romantic item, something never directly implied in any of the video games. That is not true. In Zelda II for the NES, they kissed in the end, a truly romantic gesture. --Admiral Roo 12:05, 28 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't it only implied that they kiss at the end of that game? Doesn't the curtain fall before we see such a kiss?  --L T Dangerous 05:12, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Yes it does. Only an implication. -- Hyrule 05:19, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
 * But the Zelda in "Zelda II" is not the same one as in "Zelda I". In the second part she is the original princess who was asleep for many years. So, with the actual Zelda (the one from the first part, who owns the Triforce of Wisdom, who was captured by Ganon and who resembles the Zelda in the cartoon) he really never had something like a relationship.

Handedness
I removed the sentence, "Link is incorrectly right-handed in the show."

At the time, when the show was made, only the first Zelda game was out, right? When facing left, Link's game sprite would appear one way, but when flipped, it would appear that he had switched his sword to the other hand because the sprite was merely mirrored. Nintendo had said that the reason for this was because Link always pointed his shield toward Death Mountain, or something like this. So I don't think Link's left-handedness was yet established. Therefore, the television show was not incorrect, right? --Brandon Dilbeck 22:17, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Actually, both NES games were out already, and the 3rd game was well into development. Plus, when Link faced up and down in LoZ, he held his sword in his left hand. That means in 3 out of 4 directions he held it left-handed, and the remaining direction was explained by the Death Mountain thing. So if Link was right-handed in the show, that would be incorrect. -- WikidSmaht (talk) 09:53, 4 May 2006 (UTC)
 * The Zelda 2 instruction manual states that Link holds the sword in his left hand. As the cartoon - based on both NES games - portrays Link as a right-handed swordsman, it is indeed incorrect. I would consider it noteable to mention this in the article, as Link being left-handed is as much a part of the character as the green tunic. Lysia 15:29, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
 * I have to agree with Lysia here, the Adventure of Link manual clearly depicts Link as a left handed person, and The Legend of Zelda manual official art shows the same thing. This is clearly worth mentioning. Archaic Sage 15:47, 18 October 2006 (BST)
 * How does the right handed Link in the Wii version of Twilight Princess effect this decision? Theichibun (talk) 03:25, 26 December 2008 (UTC)
 * The Wii version is a mirror of the GameCube version, to make the controls easier to use. If you pay attention to the layout (say, on the maps) you'll see it's the complete opposite of the GC version. So Link is still left-handed. I believe that in the Wii version, Zelda is depicted as left-handed, which is "incorrect", so that is further proof. HTH, Hermione1980 03:34, 26 December 2008 (UTC)

Differences
What does everyone think of separating the Trivia section into "Trivia" and "Differences Between The NES Games and the Cartoon Series"?
 * I dislike the idea of changing the Trivia name to "Differences..." as not all of the information within that area if Differences, as it mentions the fact that it Zelda made an appearance in the Captain N TV shows and the information about the Yahooligans. Although I do question one of the Trivia points on there, and that's why does the hair colour between the older games and the newer games have to be mentioned for Link? It's not unusual and most people know about that. In regards to Zelda, that's important as the games and the cartoons are depicted differently, unlike Link. Archaic Sage 14:86, 15 November 2006 (GMT)
 * In any event, a "Differences" section definitely needs to be created. I might do this myself later, though I obviously encourage anybody willing to beat me to it. Jeff Silvers 13:52, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

Airing History
I've added a few dates to the Airing History section, although the Yahooligan's date is uncertain. Further, I have also added the Not Yet Aired under Fox Kids/Jetix because they've not been aired yet. So that will need to be changed at a later date. Archaic Sage 15.08, 15 November 2006 (GMT)

Allen Stewart-Coates
Since there were so few voice actors in the 13 episode series, would adding Stewart-Coates to the cast be seen as that incongruent? Mintchocolatebear 19:33, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
 * I think adding Allen Stewart-Coates would be beneficial to the article as there are so few voice actors that it could do nothing but add substance to the article, even if he was only the Red Triforce (Triforce of Power) piece. Archaic Sage 22:29, 19 November 2006 (GMT)
 * Okay, excellent! If another person agrees, then we'll add him in. Mintchocolatebear 23:23, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

Release
I rewrote the Release section to make it more informative and it also includes a brief bit about the United Kingdom release on TV and also the fact that the DVD company are unable to release the DVD in the UK. I'd cite the sources, but I don't know what format of citation we're using on this article, or how to cite on Wikipedia. Archaic Sage 00:59, 20 November 2006 (GMT)

Ok, I see that this information is a bit late, but here is the style guide for citing Citing_sources and a page with some different citings which you can take as examples Hayley Westenra. Andrew D White 20:16, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

Episode articles
Do you think that the episodes should have separate articles? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.181.196.11 (talk • contribs)

 * There isn't really enough information about each episode, nor is any one episode really very notable. Just a plot summary, no matter how long and in-depth it is, isn't really suitable for an article.  --Brandon Dilbeck 07:11, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

Why not have an Anime?
I think that Legend Of Zelda should be an Anime. It originally was japanese after all and i consider Anime to be better than american cartoons anyway. Why not have an Anime version? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 75.45.120.151 (talk) 13:58, 4 February 2007 (UTC).

 * This talk page is for discussing changes to the article. It's not the right place to ask for more television programs.  --Brandon Dilbeck 17:49, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

Fine. But what gives? Why American? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.45.120.151 (talk)

From Game to Cartoon Question
Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't the Wizzrobe also appear in the show? I'm pretty certain he did in the episode "A Hitch in the Works" as the strange looking hooded man that was going to marry Ganon and Zelda.
 * The enemies in the game that didn't appear in the cartoon were Peahat, Leever, Ghini, Wallmaster, Wizzrobe, Bubble, Lanmolas, Moldorm, Manhandla, and Digdogger. Though Darknut was thought not to be in the series as well, it appears in the episode "That Sinking Feeling", and is the holder of the Power Bracelet.

"Miscellaneous" section
This section appears to contain several random facts, shouldn't the header for this section be changed to "Trivia"? -Damo271190 20:14, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

Sing for the Unicorn
for some reason, there was a link of that that only redirected to the same page. I removed it 199.17.142.248 (talk) 23:27, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

I found this cant tell if its real or not
http://movies.ign.com/dor/articles/863515/legend-of-zelda-movie-trailer/videos/zelda_makingof_040308.html

 * It's not real of course (hint: It was released on April 1st). But please sign your comments using 4 tildas. 68.193.130.33 (talk) 20:26, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

Copy Edit
Some thoughts as I go through this article:
 * "...based on the Japanese first and second The Legend of Zelda games..." What is "Japanese" modifying here? First (but not second)?  First and second? Games? And is this an important distinction?  I.e. is it based on the Japanese version, as opposed to some other version?  I'm going to take it out.
 * "...not directly explained in the series but instead in the episodes the items..." The video game series or the tv series?  I am going to assume you mean the video game series, because I always wondered about that myself.  And it does seem like it's explained in the tv show: by "magic."
 * "In 1992, the episodes were time compressed (sped up) and played in double episode format on Captain N & the Video Game Masters syndication block. Zelda episodes were rarely shown, but at least once, the episodes "Underworld Connections" & "Doppleganger" aired with the titles switched around." Do you mean that they were time compressed with the intention of being shown on Captain N, but ultimately they were rarely aired? Or do you mean that the they were aired all the time, except those episodes that featured the character of Zelda?  Were they aired at least once, or were the titles switched around at least once?  I'm going to leave it because I am in the dark on this one.  Maybe someone could clear this up?

Hope I did more good than harm. Braincricket (talk) 04:48, 22 November 2011 (UTC)

Link Speaks
If you haven't noticed, link says a few words in Zelda II: The Adventure of Link, i.e. "I FOUND A MIRROR UNDER THE TABLE" shouldn't that be added to the times that he had spoken?Smurfton (talk) 01:09, 8 June 2012 (UTC)

Crossover
On the "Captain N and the Gamemaster" cartoon series are two crossovers
 * 16 "Quest For The Potion Of Power" Helped by an ally, Zelda and Link have to stop Gannon from regaining power
 * 22 "Having a Ball" two villian steal the Triforce, Zelda and Link have to rescue it; the two villians are banished to their own dimension by a very angry Zelda — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.49.138.11 (talk) 01:00, 23 December 2020 (UTC)

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User:Atsi Otani/Matsudaira Katamori (archive)

Matsudaira Katamori (松平容保), (February 15, 1836−December 5, 1893) was the Military Comissioner of Kyoto in the last days of the Edo period, before the Meiji Restoration took place. The leader of the Aizu clan, both the Shinsengumi and Mimawarigumi operated under Lord Matsudaira. He was the son of the lord of Takasu in Minokuni( old Southern Gifu) and his concubine. He was one of the four Takasu brothers. He led the northern domains in their resistance against the "Imperial" army of the Choshuu, Tosa, and Satsuma domains.

Titles: -Higo no Kami 肥後守 (Governor of Higo)

-Kyoto Shugoshoku 京都守護職 (Kyoto Military Superintendent)

-Kyuudai Aizu Hanshuu 九代会津藩主 (8th generation lord of Aizu)

-Toushouguu Guuji 東照宮宮司 (Toshogu Shrine’s Chief Shinto Priest)

Childhood name: Keinosuke

Kami name: Enshrined as Chuuseiryoujin, the "god of loyalty and sincerity"

Born: 6th year of Tenpo, 12th month, 29th day (15 February 1836)

Died: 26th year of Meiji (1893), 5 December

Spouse: Toshihime (Matsudaira Toshiko), 5th daughter of 8th generation Aizu lord Matsudaira Katataka.

Concubines: Katamori was known to have had 2 concubines, Naka (daughter of Kawamura Genbei. Mother of Miné, 2nd daughter, 3rd and 4th sons, and 6th son Tsuneo) and Saku (daughter of Tashiro Sonbei. Mother of Kataharu(Keizaburou), 2nd son Tatsuo, 5th son Hideo, 7th son Yasuo).

Parents: Matsudaira Settsu no Kami Yoshitatsu (lord of the Matsudaira of Mino Province’s Takasu han), and a woman of the Komori clan, known by her Buddhist name of Zenkyou-in.

Siblings:

Eldest: premature death 2nd: Yoshikatsu, adopted into Owari Tokugawa clan. 3rd: Takenari, adopted into the Matsudaira of Iwami 4th: premature death 5th: Mochishige, from Matsudaira of Takasu, to Owari Tokugawa, and finally to the Hitotsubashi Dainagon (Greater Councilor) family of the Tokugawa. 6th: Premature death 7th: Katamori, adopted into Matsudaira of Aizu. 8th: Sadaaki, adopted into Matsudaira of Kuwana. 9th: premature death 10th: Yoshitoshi, succeeded the headship of Matsudaira of Takasu.

Adoptive sister: Teruhime (Matsudaira Teru). Original name was Hoshina Teru. Born Tenpo 3 (1832), Dec. 13. Daughter of Hoshina Masamoto, lord of Iino han in Kazusa Province. Adopted at age 10 by the 8th generation Aizu lord, Matsudaira (Hoshina) Katataka. At age 18 (in 1850), was given in marriage to Okudaira Daizen-tayuu Masamoto, lord of Nakatsu han in Buzen Province. Divorced at age 23, she returned to the Aizu mansion in Edo. Trained in naginata under Akaoka Taisuke-sensei, who also taught Nakano Takeko, the future leader of the Aizu Joushitai. Teruhime died on 28 February 1884 (Meiji 17). Posthumous name of Shoukei-in.

Children:

Adopted heir: Wakasa no Kami Yoshinori (also held title of ji-juu, or chamberlain). 10th head of the family. 19th son of the Mito Tokugawa lord, Nariaki. First known as Yokumaro. Divorced family in August of Meiji 6 (1873).

Eldest daughter: Miné. Born Meiji 2 (1869), March 31st. First known as Kou-hime. Born in a garden half a year after the fall of the castle.

Eldest son: Kataharu. 11th head of the family. Born Meiji 2 (1869), June 3rd. First known as Keizaburou. Born in the Dairyuu Temple 9 months after the fall of Tsuruga Castle. Later the lord of Tonami han. Became a baron and a captain in the Army cavalry. Member of the House of Lords.

2nd daughter: Born in January of Meiji 6 (1873). Died prematurely.

2nd son: Tatsuo (or Takeo?). Born in October of Meiji 6 (1873). Formed his own branch family in October of Taisho 7 (1919).

3rd son: Born in March of Meiji 7 (1874). Died prematurely.

4th son--?

5th son: Hideo (or Teruo?). Adopted into Yamada family. Born in October of Meiji 8 (1875).

6th son: Tsuneo. Born in April of Meiji 10 (1877). Formed branch family in May of Meiji 45. Ambassador to England. Holder of Miyauchi-daijin office. Head of the House of Councilors. Father of Princess Chichibu no Miya Setsuko.

7th son: Yasuo. Born in December of Meiji 11 (1878). 12th generation head of the clan. Rear Admiral in the Navy. Member of the House of Lords.


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Volvo SI6 engine

The SI6 (Short Inline 6) is a family of straight-six engines developed by Volvo and used by Land Rover and Volvo.

History
Volvo designed the SI6 ("short inline 6") straight-6 automobile engine for use in 2007 models. An evolution of the company's long-used straight-5 Volvo Modular engine, which itself is an evolution of the Volvo B6304 straight six engine, the SI6 can be mounted transversely for front wheel drive or all wheel drive applications. Despite the added cylinder and displacement, the engine remains compact, and is in fact 1 mm shorter than the previous straight-5. The engine was initially offered in two displacements — a 3.0 L turbocharged version and a 3.2 L naturally aspirated version. Both offered variable cam timing, though only the turbo version varies both the intake and exhaust valves. On top of the variable cam timing used on the intake cam of the naturally aspirated engine it also had variable valve lift by using Cam Profile Switching (CPS).

Production of the Volvo SI6 began at the Ford Bridgend Engine Plant in Wales in May 2006. It was assumed that the engines would be used in European Ford and Jaguar products as well as Volvos.

Nomenclature
The engine codes consist of a series of letters and digits:
 * 1st: Fuel type (B) B = Bensin (Petrol)
 * 2nd: Number of cylinders (6)
 * 3rd & 4th: Approximate displacement in deciliters, may be rounded up or down. (29 ~= 3.0 L)
 * 5th: Valves per cylinder (4)
 * 6th: Induction method (S/T) S = suction (naturally aspirated), T = turbocharged
 * 7th: Engine variant (2/4/5)

Engine codes are not necessarily unique to a specific engine as power levels can vary depending on market, manufacturer and model.

3.0
The 2953 cc straight-six engine is intercooled and turbocharged. Cylinder bore and stroke are 82x93.2 mm with a compression ratio of 9.3:1.

B6304T2
The B6304T2 has a power output of 285 PS at 5600 rpm, and produces 400 Nm of torque at 1500–4800 rpm.

Applications:
 * 2008–2010 Volvo S80 II badged as S80 T6 or S80 T6 AWD
 * 2008–2010 Volvo S80L badged as S80L T6 or S80L T6 AWD
 * 2008–2010 Volvo V70 III badged as V70 T6 or V70 T6 AWD
 * 2009–2010 Volvo XC70 II badged as XC70 T6 or XC70 T6 AWD
 * 2009–2010 Volvo XC60 badged as XC60 T6 or XC60 T6 AWD

B6304T4
The B6304T4 has a power output of 304 PS at 5600 rpm, and produces 440 Nm of torque at 2100–4200 rpm.

Applications:
 * 2011–2015 Volvo S80 II badged as S80 T6 or S80 T6 AWD
 * 2011–2015 Volvo V70 III badged as V70 T6 or V70 T6 AWD
 * 2011–2015 Volvo XC70 II badged as XC70 T6 or XC70 T6 AWD
 * 2011–2016 Volvo XC60 badged as XC60 T6 or XC60 T6 AWD
 * 2011–2015 Volvo S60 II badged as S60 T6 or S60 T6 AWD
 * 2011–2018 Volvo V60 badged as V60 T6 or V60 T6 AWD

B6304T5
The B6304T5 has a power output of 350 PS at 5250 rpm, and produces 500 Nm of torque at 3000–4750 rpm.

Applications:
 * 2014–2016 Volvo S60 II badged as S60 Polestar
 * 2015–2016 Volvo V60 badged as V60 Polestar

3.2
The 3192 cc straight-six engine is naturally aspirated. Cylinder bore and stroke are 84x96 mm with a compression ratio of 10.8:1.

B6324S
The B6324S has a power output of 238 PS at 6200 rpm, and produces 320 Nm of torque at 3200 rpm.

Applications:
 * 2007–2010 Volvo XC90 badged as XC90 3.2
 * 2007–2010 Volvo S80 II badged as S80 3.2 or S80 3.2 AWD
 * 2008–2010 Volvo V70 III badged as V70 3.2 or V70 3.2 AWD
 * 2008–2010 Volvo XC70 II badged as XC70 3.2
 * 2010 Volvo XC60 badged as XC60 3.2 AWD

B6324S2
The B6324S2 has a power output of 228 PS (165 kW; 225 hp) at 6200 rpm, and produces 300 N⋅m (222 lb⋅ft) of torque at 3200 rpm. Applications:
 * 2010 Volvo S80 II badged as S80 3.2
 * 2010 Volvo XC70 II badged as XC70 3.2
 * 2010 Volvo XC60 badged as XC60 3.2

B6324S4
The B6324S4 has a power output of 241 PS (177 kW; 238 hp) at 6200 rpm, and produces 320 N⋅m (236 lb⋅ft) of torque at 3200 rpm.

Applications:
 * 2011–2014 Volvo S80 II badged as S80 3.2
 * –2014 Volvo XC70 II badged as XC70 3.2
 * –2014 Volvo XC60 badged as XC60 3.2

B6324S5
The B6324S5 has a power output of 243 PS at 5600 rpm, and produces 320 Nm of torque at 3200 rpm. In its PZEV version power output is reduced to 234 PS and produces 300 Nm of torque.

Applications:
 * 2011–2014 Volvo XC90 badged as XC90 3.2
 * 2011–2014 Volvo S80 II badged as S80 3.2
 * 2011–2014 Volvo V70 III badged as V70 3.2
 * 2011–2015 Volvo XC70 II badged as XC70 3.2
 * 2011–2014 Volvo XC60 badged as XC60 3.2

Applications:
 * 2006–2012 Land Rover Freelander 2/LR2

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Israel Brodie

Sir Israel Brodie (10 May 1895 – 13 February 1979) was the Chief Rabbi of Great Britain and the Commonwealth 1948–1965.

Biography
He was educated at Balliol College, Oxford. He served as a Rabbi of Melbourne Hebrew Congregation in Australia from 1923 to 1937 and was influential in establishing the Zionist Federation of Australia in 1927, and also sat on the local Beth Din. He was evacuated from Dunkirk, and finished the War as Senior Jewish Chaplain aka Forces Rabbi. He became Chief Rabbi soon after the war at the age of 53 when he faced a difficult time due to the ending of the British Mandate in Palestine. He presided over the post-war expansion of the United Synagogue. A dignified man of great presence, he was regarded as a mellifluous preacher. He had impeccable English connections and was a freemason, rising to the senior appointment of "Grand Chaplain" in the United Grand Lodge of England.

Through the Conference of European Rabbis, which he founded and led, Brodie took a significant part in rebuilding the religious life of European Jewry after the Holocaust. Brodie undertook tours throughout the Commonwealth, and strengthened the community in a quiet but significant manner, although the last years of his tenure were overshadowed by religious dispute. Brodie banned Rabbi Dr Louis Jacobs, who questioned the orthodox notion that the Bible had been written by the hand of God, from becoming principal of Jews' College. On his retirement, he was knighted "for services to British Jewry"; the first Chief Rabbi to be so honoured, although his predecessor was appointed to the more restricted membership of the Order of the Companions of Honour.

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Sun and Planet Gear
Hi Allan. Is your Sun and planet gear the same thing as described in the Epicyclic gearing article? If so, maybe it should be merged into that and redirected. If not, apologies. Tonywalton | Talk 11:57, 6 September 2005 (UTC)

colloidal silver / argyria
hello Allen ! Here a list of the literature i collected (+ some extra links to webpages). some info sources are in german of course, but i think around 90% in english. some articles are dificult to obtain, i may copy them for you if needed. somer newer articles are not yet included. look also at pubmed: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi there you may enter keywords like: argyria or colloidal silver the list: http://www.redecke.de/michael/silverreferences.htm  regards, michael Redecke 22:58, 6 October 2005 (UTC)

John Peel
Allan, I slightly modified and corrected the language about John's having reported for the Liverpool Echo (in his own words, he actually called in the story to the Liverpool Echo and it was printed), modified the first mariage bit (some details are unclear), and re-added his having been a computer programmer in 1965 which was in the English Who's Who, and an interesting, largely unknown facet of his career. Have a look. Cheers. -- Wikiklrsc 14:45, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Hi Allan. Thanks for your kind note. I mis-worded my edit note. I hadn't corroborated the bit about Peelie's having married an underage girl. I will leave that to you, since you have the data. I made a minor language syntax correction, too. No big deal. I did want to keep the bit about John's having been a computer programmer in 1965, etc. since very few people know about that. I mentioned it to people I know he worked with at the Beeb and they were happy to find out. Please re-correct as you see fit. I trust your integrity. Who couldn't trust a Scotsman in England ? ;) Cheers, ever, and many thanks ! ;) -- Wikiklrsc 15:38, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Hi Allan. As I mentioned, in the British Who's Who, it distinctly said computer programmer in 1965. Being closer to Peel's age than yours ;) I can vouch for the fact that he likely was doing some sort of computer programming even if it was with punched cards and wiring tabulator boards. I think we should give him what he wrote in Who's Who ! Up to you. Can we put something like "he worked with computers in the 1960's for an insurance company" ? It would be an added dimension ? Let me know. Either of us can put it in, but I will wait for your take on it. It is in Who's Who, and the way Who's Who works, is that Peel must have filled in the questionaire himself, having been invited myself to make a biography for Who's Who, but never succumbing to it. As I said, it adds a dimension of John's technical abilities which would not have been clear otherwise. Although, I am told by his colleagues and producers that he refused to use a computer and typed on a mechanical typewriter !

 * Oh, I should have looked before speaking. You did include the bit about filing computer cards. Good. Looks adequate. But it wouldn't be like Peel to exaggerate his function in Who's Who. (?) Perhaps he was doing some punched card computer programming of sorts. He said it. But I am fine with the toned down version you made. Unless you feel we can up it to what Who's Who has. Thanks ever for your kind thoughts. (Bob) -- Wikiklrsc 15:50, 26 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Thanks, mightily, Allan. The article looks great, now ! -- Wikiklrsc 16:54, 27 October 2005 (UTC)

Sources for Splendid isolation
Hello, good work on Splendid isolation, and thanks for the contribution. However, you did not provide any references or sources in the article. Keeping Wikipedia accurate and verifiable is very important, and as you might be aware there is currently a push to encourage editors to cite the sources they used when adding content. From what websites, books, or other places did you learn the information that you added to Splendid isolation? Would it be possible for you to mention them in the article? You can simply add links, or see WP:CITET if you wish to review some of the different citation methods. Thanks! Lupin|talk|popups 23:20, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

Refrence Desk Question
I just noticed you asked who the guy with the 2x4s was. He was called Oofty Goofty, and you can find a little about him in 'Eccentrics', whose authors I cannot remember. DuctapeDaredevil 18:16, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

COA
Hi Allan. I'm just replying to your question (over a month later - I'm so sorry!). Anyway, Churchill I know for a definite because he was made a Knight of the Garter so he was entitled to a coat of arms. Gladstone's I'm not too sure why he has them, but I believe the only PM not entitled to arms was Ramsay Macdonald. Thanks Craigy (talk) 20:34, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Hi again, Allan. For what it's worth I found out that those arms are actually for WEG's father, who was a baronet and then subsequently WEG's elder brother who inherited the baronetcy. This is most evident in the "Ulster Hand" in the top left corner which indicates he was a Baronet in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. I'm not sure what the 1st Viscount Gladstone's arms were, but at least we know now where they should be (and, like you say, I don't think WEG had arms). Whether or not you're interested, the bloody man in the middle is either a druid or a local, Lanarkshire savage who was hanged for kidnapping sheep and the birds should look like gledes (Gla/e/d/e-stone), from the old English word for 'kite' (part of the hawk family) and not look like beakless-ducks! :-) I've deleted the image anyway. Thanks a lot for the correspondence. Craigy (talk) 14:44, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

Thanks a ton...
...for your heads-up on dyk. Unfortunately, no one seemed to take note of it. In future, please use Talk:Main Page for such concerns as thay get addressed very fast there. --Gurubrahma 18:16, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

The matter of Dr. James R. Russell's article
Hi Allan. Perhaps you can help out. I wrote Professor/Dr. James R. Russell's article as he is indeed a world known scholar in his field and very notable. I checked that his colleague, Dr. Wheeler Thackston had an article, which he has since 2004. They are both in the same department at Harvard, and on comparable par. Dr. Russell's opus "Zoroastrianism in Armenia" is a major work published by Harvard University amongst other works of his. The article is not a vanity article and Dr. Russell who occupies the Mashtots Chair in Armenian Studies, at Harvard University, which is a very prestigious chair, is more than noteworthy. As much as Dr. Wheeler Thackston is. Dr. Russell's article is James R. Russell. I have no idea who User_talk:Dsc is and why the person flagged it. The stated objections are not valid. The warning should be removed. I don't know where else to turn to. Thanks. --- (Bob) Wikiklrsc 21:05, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

 * Hi Allan. Thanks for your kind message. It isn't really resolved. User:Sannse formerly of the Wikipedia arbitration committee had removed the warning in the light of reason, and the person User:Dsc has slapped on the warning again on Dr. James R. Russell's article without any discussion. I do hope this gets resolved but (a) I don't feel the warning is justified and it should not be there (b) the person has taken no time to discuss it as per your suggestion, and (c) I have no easy internet access on this end due to serious outages, and (d) the objection by the person does not stand up to reason and a test. I am writing this from a stand-up kiosk in a library. If you could do something appropriate, I would be appreciative. The person is acting in my opinion, irrationally. Thanks. --- (Bob) Wikiklrsc 21:02, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

Dear Allan! I give full copyright to wikimedia foundation to use the iceberg image for any purpose whatsoever. Professor. Dr. habil. Uwe Kils Uwe Kils 12:54, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

Robert W. Service
I left you a note on your Wikisource user talk page today about this authors name. --Droll 10:07, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

 * Please see my response at Talk:Robert_W._Service and at s:Wikisource:Scriptorium--Droll 21:10, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

SisterProjects template
Hi! I'm preparing to bring the disagreement over project slogans to the Communications Committee weekly meeting, and I've asked for input on the talk page where the discussion had been occurring, but perhaps it might be better if you could respond either by [mailto:amgine@saewyc.net e-mail] or on my wp talk page to these three questions:

 * On what basis does en.Wikipedia ignore another WMF project's slogan?
 * On what basis does en.Wikipedia ignore another WMF project's description?
 * Is the SisterProject template on Wikipedia using slogans or descriptions for all projects?

- Amgine 21:17, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

 * Could you direct me to the discussion on Wikisource where the decision was made regarding the Wikisource slogan and description. As a personal note, the free library is not descriptive of the contents of Wikisource. - Amgine 16:00, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

 * To clarify: A descriptive phrase regarding a library might be "Collection of literary and information documents"; most libraries have a target mission and may be described specifically regarding that mission, i.e. The Ford Library at the UofMI Ann Arbor "Biographical and primary source materials for the 38th US President." A descriptive phrase for Wikisource might be "Source documents." - Amgine 17:19, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

 * The committee did not reach any decision regarding localised logos, descriptive texts, or self-identifying slogans. Some members of the committee would like to draw up a style guide, which would cover this issue. Because no decision was reached the discussion is ongoing. - Amgine 22:16, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

William Murdoch
Alan, are you OK with me putting this up as a Good Article nominee ? Seems to me like it should be ok to pass, but maybe you've still got plans. Cheers ! Angus McLellan (Talk) 22:24, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

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How does one become an ADMIN?
Wondering about that. I've done lots of editing and have a tremendous background in history, languages, the classics, romance languages, etc. I've done a ton of editing and started a number of articles including several that are the result of unique historical research on my part. Thanks. SimonATL 01:34, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

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Hello. Regarding Suspected sock puppets/Mayor Westfall: I looked at the RD question, but I did not see an explicit edits that seem to confirm that is a sockpuppet of. Is there anything else that seems to confirm they are the same user? Iola k ana |T 12:05, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

Pages listed on Categories for deletion
Discussion on CFD - proposal to merge all subcats of Category:Members of the United Kingdom Parliament from Scottish constituencies up into the main cat. Relevant categories which would be deleted are:

I think that this is a rather important discussion for editors interested in Scotland-related articles, especially Scottish politics and Scottish biographical articles (particularly local history). Please have a read and ponder, and contribute to the debate if you like. Thanks. --Mais oui! 17:47, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

 * It would also be relevant in this context to consider the discussions in the parent category for the UK parliament: Category talk:British MPs. I find it regrettable that Mais oui! has engaged in a restructuring of that category without entering into the discussions there.  --BrownHairedGirl 17:58, 23 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Categories_for_deletion/Log/2006_July_23 is just about to close. I would really appreciate your contribution, because this debate needs some serious input. --Mais oui! 09:51, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

WikiProject Scotland

 * Pre-script: we are currently undergoing peer review, see: Peer review/Scotland.

I am beginning to think that the Scottish Wikipedians' notice board is not the best vehicle for pushing up the quality of the Scotland article (we ought to try to get it to WP:FA, in order to get into Version 0.5, or, failing that, Version 1.0), and the other key Scottish articles. It is becoming increasingly obvious to me that we really ought to start up the long-mooted WikiProject Scotland.

Most of the stuff at the notice board (at least on the bottom half) is actually WikiProject material anyway, and the Talk page is really being used as a WikiProject talk already! The notice board should be just that: for bunging up brief notices and signposts. I am thinking of launching a Wikiproject and correspondingly radically clearing out, and chopping down, the noticeboard (a re-launch if you like). The Scotland Portal concept is fine (but currently mediocre/undynamic content), but in stasis: it needs a good kick up the jacksie.

For comparison, have a look at:
 * WikiProject Norway
 * WikiProject Australia
 * WikiProject New Zealand
 * WikiProject Peru
 * WikiProject Hong Kong
 * etc.

And, if you are at a loose end, have a look at: Thoughts? Please express them here. --Mais oui! 18:56, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Version 0.5 Nominations
 * Version 1.0 Nominations
 * Version 1.0 Editorial Team/WPPlaces
 * Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Medieval Scotland articles by quality
 * WikiProject
 * WikiProject/Best practices

WikiProject Scotland
Following a successful period of consultation WikiProject Scotland has now been launched. As a participant in the Scottish Wikipedians' notice board I wonder if you may be interested in this new endeavour too? If so, please sign-up here. The WikiProject will be replacing some of the functions of the notice board, especially those in the lower half.

While I am here, please also have a look at the new WikiProject Deletion sorting/Scotland and give it a "Watch". It was started up by User:Visviva a few days ago, after long being mooted at the notice board, and effectively replaces all the AfD listings at the notice board. Being a transclusion of all the on-going discussions it is a much more useful tool.

Even if you do not want to spend too much time on the WikiProject, please give it a "Watch" and feel free to contribute to Talk page discussions: the more contributors the merrier.

All the best. --Mais oui! 11:22, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

User:AlexNewArtBot
Hi, as a WikiProject Scotland participant, please check out this  this thread and consider adding the bot results page to your watchlist so we can manually update the New Articles page. There are some false results for the first batch, but I'm sure we can collectively tune the rules to improve the output.

If we get enough people watching the results page, we'll be cooking with gas as they say :)  This looks like a great helper in finding new Scotland related material. Cheers. -- Cactus.man   ✍  01:07, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

Blood electrification article is up for deletion by deletionists
I noticed that you had contributed to the talk page of the colloidal silver page, and that your coments seemed unbiased, permitting the possibility that certain types of properly made CS are not dangerous. I have copy-pasted this next text from something I sent to someone else's talk page too... If you are interested, please read on...

Deletionist WP editors have elected the Blood electrification and sister Bioelectrification articles to be deleted.

The argument is being used that Blood electrification has not been publicized in the mainstream media or scientific / medical journals sufficiently so is "not notable" a.k.a. WP:notability.

Also they claim that patent documentation is not a reliable source and then never check the documents to see if these patent docs cite scientific journal articles as part of their basis for patent claims. Thereby, none of these deletionist contributors want to enhance the article by providing any WP:RS reference links. Furthermore, waves of these editors edit the article with different mindsets / agendas as to what they consider acceptable coverage and scope of references usable, otherwise even WP:RS sources are deleted as having been seen by individual editors as being associated, but not exactly addressing specifically microcurrents, or blood, or specific pathogen types, and so on. The article is trimmed down so much that it shrinks to non-existence--as is the initial intent by these editors with any bioelectric alternative medicine articles since their point of view (POV) is that electromedicine is quackery without exception.

Voting is done by following the deletion tag link and contributing to the deletion voting discussions. You can read the article, examine the article history, view earlier versions, view / contribute to the talk page for Blood electrification, then visit the Articles for deletion page (Afd page) for the article linked from the tags placed on the article.

All of the mainstream scentist and medical type people are voting for deletion as is their usual thing with alternative medicine pieces. Your input would be welcome. Oldspammer (talk) 15:26, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

Wikisource calls
Hi, just a quick note to let you know that Wikisource is collaborating on s:Author:John Gould, who it appears was a major contributor to The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle which you have been working on. It would be good to see you back on Wikisource.. :-) John Vandenberg (chat) 15:13, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

ArbCom elections are now open!
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Radio masts and towers

Radio masts and towers are typically tall structures designed to support antennas for telecommunications and broadcasting, including television. There are two main types: guyed and self-supporting structures. They are among the tallest human-made structures. Masts are often named after the broadcasting organizations that originally built them or currently use them.

A mast radiator or radiating tower is one in which the metal mast or tower itself is energized and functions as the transmitting antenna.

Terminology
The terms "mast" and "tower" are often used interchangeably. However, in structural engineering terms, a tower is a self-supporting or cantilevered structure, while a mast is held up by stays or guys.

 * A mast: is a guyed mast, a thin structure without the shear strength to stand unsupported, that uses attached guy lines for stability. They may be mounted on the ground or on top of buildings. Typical masts are of steel lattice or tubular steel construction.  Masts tend to be cheaper to build but require an extended area surrounding them to accommodate the guy wires.

 * A tower: is a self-supporting structure, possibly also placed on a rooftop, that accomplishes the same purpose of raising actual radiating antennas to a functional height. Since it does not require land area to anchor guy lines, towers are more commonly used in cities where land is in short supply.

There are a few borderline designs that are partly free-standing and partly guyed, called additionally guyed towers. Examples:
 * Gerbrandy tower: consists of a self-supporting tower with a guyed mast on top.
 * Blaw-Knox towers: Those few of the towers still standing do the opposite: They have a guyed lower section surmounted by a freestanding part.
 * Zendstation Smilde: is a tall tower with a guyed mast on top with guys which go to ground.
 * Torre de Collserola: is a guyed tower with a guyed mast on top where the tower portion is not free-standing.

History
The first experiments in radio communication were conducted by Guglielmo Marconi beginning in 1894. In 1895–1896 he invented the vertical monopole or Marconi antenna, which was initially a wire suspended from a tall wooden pole. He found that the higher the antenna was suspended, the further he could transmit, the first recognition of the need for height in antennas. Radio began to be used commercially for radiotelegraphic communication around 1900.

The first 20 years of commercial radio were dominated by radiotelegraph stations, transmitting over long distances by using very long wavelengths in the very low frequency band – such long waves that they are nearly unused at present. Because the extreme wavelengths were one to several kilometers long, even the tallest feasible antennas by comparison were still too short, electrically, and consequently had inherently very low radiation resistance (only 5~25 Ohms). In any antenna, low radiation resistance leads to excessive power losses in its surrounding ground system, since the low-resistance antenna cannot effectively compete for power with the high-resistance earth. To partially compensate, radiotelegraph stations used huge capacitively top-loaded flattop antennas consisting of horizontal wires strung between multiple 100-300 meter steel towers to increase efficiency.

AM radio broadcasting began around 1920. The allocation of the medium wave frequencies for broadcasting raised the possibility of using single vertical masts without top loading. The antenna used for broadcasting through the 1920s was the T-antenna, which consisted of two masts with loading wires on top, strung between them, requiring twice the construction costs and land area of a single mast. In 1924 Stuart Ballantine published two historic papers which led to the development of the single mast antenna. In the first he derived the radiation resistance of a vertical conductor over a ground plane. He found that the radiation resistance increased to a maximum at a length of $1⁄2$ wavelength, so a mast around that length had an input resistance that was much higher than the ground resistance, reducing the fraction of transmitter power that was lost in the ground system without assistance from a capacitive top-load. In a second paper the same year he showed that the amount of power radiated horizontally in ground waves reached a maximum at a mast height of $5⁄8$ wavelength. By 1930 the expense of the T-antenna led broadcasters to adopt the mast radiator antenna, in which the metal structure of the mast itself functions as the antenna. One of the first types used was the diamond cantilever or Blaw-Knox tower. This had a diamond (rhombohedral) shape which made it rigid, so only one set of guy lines was needed, at its wide waist. The pointed lower end of the antenna ended in a large ceramic insulator in the form of a ball-and-socket joint on a concrete base, relieving bending moments on the structure. The first, a 665 foot half-wave mast was installed at radio station WABC's 50 kW transmitter at Wayne, New Jersey in 1931. During the 1930s it was found that the diamond shape of the Blaw-Knox tower had an unfavorable current distribution which increased the power emitted at high angles, causing multipath fading in the listening area. By the 1940s the AM broadcast industry had abandoned the Blaw-Knox design for the narrow, uniform cross section lattice mast used today, which had a better radiation pattern.

The rise of FM radio and television broadcasting in the 1940s–1950s created a need for even taller masts. The earlier AM broadcasting used LF and MF bands, where radio waves propagate as ground waves which follow the contour of the Earth. The ground-hugging waves allowed the signals to travel beyond the horizon, out to hundreds of kilometers. However the newer FM and TV transmitters used the VHF band, in which radio waves travel by line-of-sight, so they are limited by the visual horizon. The only way to cover larger areas is to raise the antenna high enough so it has a line-of-sight path to them.

Until 8 August 1991, the Warsaw radio mast was the world's tallest supported structure on land; its collapse left the KVLY / KTHI-TV mast as the tallest. There are over 50 radio structures in the United States that are 600 m (1 968.5 ft) or taller.

Steel lattice
The steel lattice is the most widespread form of construction. It provides great strength, low weight and wind resistance, and economy in the use of materials. Lattices of triangular cross-section are most common, and square lattices are also widely used. Guyed masts are often used; the supporting guy lines carry lateral forces such as wind loads, allowing the mast to be very narrow and simply constructed.

When built as a tower, the structure may be parallel-sided or taper over part or all of its height. When constructed of several sections which taper exponentially with height, in the manner of the Eiffel Tower, the tower is said to be an Eiffelized one. The Crystal Palace tower in London is an example.

Tubular steel
Guyed masts are sometimes also constructed out of steel tubes. This construction type has the advantage that cables and other components can be protected from weather inside the tube and consequently the structure may look cleaner. These masts are mainly used for FM-/TV-broadcasting, but sometimes also as mast radiator. The big mast of Mühlacker transmitting station is a good example of this. A disadvantage of this mast type is that it is much more affected by winds than masts with open bodies. Several tubular guyed masts have collapsed. In the UK, the Emley Moor and Waltham TV stations masts collapsed in the 1960s. In Germany the Bielstein transmitter collapsed in 1985. Tubular masts were not built in all countries. In Germany, France, UK, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Japan and the Soviet Union, many tubular guyed masts were built, while there are nearly none in Poland or North America.

Several tubular guyed masts were built in cities in Russia and Ukraine. These masts featured horizontal crossbars running from the central mast structure to the guys and were built in the 1960s. The crossbars of these masts are equipped with a gangway that holds smaller antennas, though their main purpose is oscillation damping. The design designation of these masts is 30107 KM and they are exclusively used for FM and TV and are between 150-200 m tall with one exception. The exception being the mast in Vinnytsia which has height of 354 m (1161 ft) and is currently the tallest guyed tubular mast in the world after the Belmont transmitting station was reduced in height in 2010.

Reinforced concrete
Reinforced concrete towers are relatively expensive to build but provide a high degree of mechanical rigidity in strong winds. This can be important when antennas with narrow beamwidths are used, such as those used for microwave point-to-point links, and when the structure is to be occupied by people.

In the 1950s, AT&T built numerous concrete towers, more resembling silos than towers, for its first transcontinental microwave route.

In Germany and the Netherlands most towers constructed for point-to-point microwave links are built of reinforced concrete, while in the UK most are lattice towers.

Concrete towers can form prestigious landmarks, such as the CN Tower in Toronto, Canada. In addition to accommodating technical staff, these buildings may have public areas such as observation decks or restaurants.

The Katanga TV tower near Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, in central India hosts a high-power transmitter for the public broadcasters Doordarshan and Prasar Bharati.

The Stuttgart TV tower was the first tower in the world to be built in reinforced concrete. It was designed in 1956 by the local civil engineer Fritz Leonhardt.

Fiberglass
Fiberglass poles are occasionally used for low-power non-directional beacons or medium-wave broadcast transmitters.

Carbon Fiber
Carbon fibre monopoles and towers have traditionally been too expensive but recent developments in the way the carbon fibre tow is spun have resulted in solutions that offer strengths exceeding steel (10 times) for a fraction of the weight (70% less ) which has allowed monopoles and towers to be built in locations that were too expensive or difficult to access with the heavy lifting equipment that is needed for a steel structure.

Overall a carbon fiber structure is 40 - 50% faster to be erected compared to traditional building materials.

Wood
, wood, previously an uncommon material for telecommunications tower construction, has started to become increasingly common. In 2022, a wood telecommunications tower – the first of its kind in Italy – replaced a previously-existing steel structure to blend in with its wooded surroundings. One of the most commonly cited reasons telecom companies opt for wood is because it is the only material in the industry that is climate positive. For this reason, some utility pole distributors started to offer wood towers to meet the growing demands of 5G infrastructure. In the United States, for example, wood utility pole distributor Bell Lumber & Pole began developing products for the telecommunications industry.

Poles
Shorter masts may consist of a self-supporting or guyed wooden pole, similar to a telegraph pole. Sometimes self-supporting tubular galvanized steel poles are used: these may be termed monopoles.

Buildings
In some cases, it is possible to install transmitting antennas on the roofs of tall buildings. In North America, for instance, there are transmitting antennas on the Empire State Building, the Willis Tower, Prudential Tower, 4 Times Square, and One World Trade Center. The North Tower of the original World Trade Center also had a 110 m telecommunications antenna atop its roof, constructed in 1978–1979, and began transmission in 1980. When the buildings collapsed, several local TV and radio stations were knocked off the air until backup transmitters could be put into service. Such facilities also exist in Europe, particularly for portable radio services and low-power FM radio stations. In London, the BBC erected in 1936 a mast for broadcasting early television on one of the towers of a Victorian building, the Alexandra Palace. It is still in use.

Disguised cell-sites
Disguised cell sites sometimes can be introduced into environments that require a low-impact visual outcome, by being made to look like trees, chimneys or other common structures.

Many people view bare cellphone towers as ugly and an intrusion into their neighbourhoods. Even though people increasingly depend upon cellular communications, they are opposed to the bare towers spoiling otherwise scenic views. Many companies offer to 'hide' cellphone towers in, or as, trees, church towers, flag poles, water tanks and other features. There are many providers that offer these services as part of the normal tower installation and maintenance service. These are generally called "stealth towers" or "stealth installations", or simply concealed cell sites.

The level of detail and realism achieved by disguised cellphone towers is remarkably high; for example, such towers disguised as trees are nearly indistinguishable from the real thing. Such towers can be placed unobtrusively in national parks and other such protected places, such as towers disguised as cacti in United States' Coronado National Forest.

Even when disguised, however, such towers can create controversy; a tower doubling as a flagpole attracted controversy in 2004 in relation to the U.S. presidential campaign of that year, and highlighted the sentiment that such disguises serve more to allow the installation of such towers in subterfuge, away from public scrutiny, rather than to serve towards the beautification of the landscape.

Mast radiators
A mast radiator or mast antenna is a radio tower or mast in which the whole structure is an antenna. Mast antennas are the transmitting antennas typical for long or medium wave broadcasting.

Structurally, the only difference is that some mast radiators require the mast base to be insulated from the ground. In the case of an insulated tower, there will usually be one insulator supporting each leg. Some mast antenna designs do not require insulation, however, so base insulation is not an essential feature.

Telescopic, pump-up and tiltover towers
A special form of the radio tower is the telescopic mast. These can be erected very quickly. Telescopic masts are used predominantly in setting up temporary radio links for reporting on major news events, and for temporary communications in emergencies. They are also used in tactical military networks. They can save money by needing to withstand high winds only when raised, and as such are widely used in amateur radio.

Telescopic masts consist of two or more concentric sections and come in two principal types:
 * Pump-up masts are often used on vehicles, and are raised to their full height pneumatically or hydraulically. They are usually only strong enough to support fairly small antennas.
 * Telescopic lattice masts are raised by means of a winch, which may be powered by hand or an electric motor. These tend to cater for greater heights and loads than the pump-up type. When retracted, the whole assembly can sometimes be lowered to a horizontal position by means of a second tiltover winch. This enables antennas to be fitted and adjusted at ground level before winching the mast up.

Balloons and kites
A tethered balloon or a kite can serve as a temporary support. It can carry an antenna or a wire (for VLF, LW or MW) up to an appropriate height. Such an arrangement is used occasionally by military agencies or radio amateurs. The American broadcasters TV Martí broadcast a television program to Cuba by means of such a balloon.

Drones
In 2013, interest began in using unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) for telecom purposes.

Other special structures
For two VLF transmitters wire antennas spun across deep valleys are used. The wires are supported by small masts or towers or rock anchors. The same technique was also used at Criggion radio station.

For ELF transmitters ground dipole antennas are used. Such structures require no tall masts. They consist of two electrodes buried deep in the ground at least a few dozen kilometres apart. From the transmitter building to the electrodes, overhead feeder lines run. These lines look like power lines of the 10 kV level, and are installed on similar pylons.

Economic and aesthetic considerations

 * The cost of a mast or tower is roughly proportional to the square of its height.
 * A guyed mast is cheaper to build than a self-supporting tower of equal height.
 * A guyed mast needs additional land to accommodate the guys, and is thus best suited to rural locations where land is relatively cheap. An unguyed tower will fit into a much smaller plot.
 * A steel lattice tower is cheaper to build than a concrete tower of equal height.
 * Two small towers may be less intrusive, visually, than one big one, especially if they look identical.
 * Towers look less ugly if they and the antennas mounted on them appear symmetrical.
 * Concrete towers can be built with aesthetic design considerations. They are sometimes built in prominent places and include observation decks or restaurants.

Masts for HF/shortwave antennas
For transmissions in the shortwave range, there is little to be gained by raising the antenna more than a half to three quarters of a wavelength above ground level, and at lower frequencies and longer wavelengths, the height becomes infeasibly great (greater than 85 m). Shortwave transmitters rarely use masts taller than about 100 metres.

Access for riggers
Because masts, towers and the antennas mounted on them require maintenance, access to the whole of the structure is necessary. Small structures are typically accessed with a ladder. Larger structures, which tend to require more frequent maintenance, may have stairs and sometimes a lift, also called a service elevator.

Aircraft warning features
Tall structures in excess of certain legislated heights are often equipped with aircraft warning lamps, usually red, to warn pilots of the structure's existence. In the past, ruggedized and under-run filament lamps were used to maximize the bulb life. Alternatively, neon lamps were used. Nowadays such lamps tend to use LED arrays.

Height requirements vary across states and countries, and may include additional rules such as requiring a white flashing strobe in the daytime and pulsating red fixtures at night. Structures over a certain height may also be required to be painted with contrasting color schemes such as white and orange or white and red to make them more visible against the sky.

Light pollution and nuisance lighting
In some countries where light pollution is a concern, tower heights may be restricted so as to reduce or eliminate the need for aircraft warning lights. For example, in the United States the 1996 Telecommunications Act allows local jurisdictions to set maximum heights for towers, such as limiting tower height to below 200 ft and therefore not requiring aircraft illumination under US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rules.

Wind-induced oscillations
One problem with radio masts is the danger of wind-induced oscillations. This is particularly a concern with steel tube construction. One can reduce this by building cylindrical shock-mounts into the construction. One finds such shock-mounts, which look like cylinders thicker than the mast, for example, at the radio masts of DHO38 in Saterland. There are also constructions, which consist of a free-standing tower, usually from reinforced concrete, onto which a guyed radio mast is installed. One example is the Gerbrandy Tower in Lopik, Netherlands. Further towers of this building method can be found near Smilde, Netherlands and the Fernsehturm in Waldenburg, Germany.

Hazard to birds
Radio, television and cell towers have been documented to pose a hazard to birds. Reports have been issued documenting known bird fatalities and calling for research to find ways to minimize the hazard that communications towers can pose to birds.

There have also been instances of rare birds nesting in cell towers and thereby preventing repair work due to legislation intended to protect them.

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Talk:Christopher Massey

Youtube Channel
Christopher Massey's Channel seems to not work so i'm going to remove it. If anyone objects then please tell me. Micsam77 (talk) 00:56, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

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Switchel

Switchel, switzel, swizzle, switchy, ginger-water or haymaker's punch is a drink made of water mixed with vinegar, and often seasoned with ginger. It is usually sweetened with molasses, though honey, sugar, brown sugar, or maple syrup are sometimes used instead. In the U.S. state of Vermont, oatmeal and lemon juice were sometimes added to the beverage.

Switchel debatably originated in the Caribbean, but New England also holds credit as the source, and it became a popular summer drink in the American Colonies in the late 17th century. By the 19th century, it had become a traditional drink to serve to thirsty farmers at hay harvest time, hence the nickname haymaker's punch. Herman Melville wrote in I and My Chimney, "I will give a traveler a cup of switchel, if he want it; but am I bound to supply him with a sweet taste?" In The Long Winter Laura Ingalls Wilder describes a switchel-like beverage that her mother had sent for Laura and her father to drink while haying: "Ma had sent them ginger-water. She had sweetened the cool well-water with sugar, flavored it with vinegar, and put in plenty of ginger to warm their stomachs so they could drink till they were not thirsty. Ginger-water would not make them sick, as plain cold water would when they were so hot." The Vermont physician D. C. Jarvis recommended a similar drink (a mixture of honey and cider vinegar), which he called "honegar".

Switchel is experiencing a renewed interest and has become a steadily-growing category in the ready-to-drink beverage industry. As of 2015, there are several companies that produce and distribute switchel beverages throughout the US. Canada has two commercial switchel producers.

Switchel was sometimes mixed with rum, especially at sea, and it was served in the House of Representatives where it was "Flavored with the finest Jamaica rum."

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Melissa Panarello

Melissa Panarello (born 3 December 1985, in Catania, Italy), alias Melissa P., is an Italian writer.

Biography
Panarello grew up in the small Sicilian town of Aci Castello, near Catania in Italy. In 2003, she became famous for authoring the erotic novel, 100 colpi di spazzola prima di andare a dormire (translated into English by Lawrence Venuti as One Hundred Strokes of the Brush Before Bed, 2004). The novel, written in diary form, focuses on the narrator's extreme sexual life during her teenage years and is loosely based on the author's own experiences.

In December 2022, she got married and has 2 children.

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Contracting out

Contracting out may refer to:
 * Outsourcing, or contracting out business functions
 * In the UK, contracting out of the Second State Pension

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Rotorhead

In helicopters the rotorhead is the part of the rotor assembly that joins the blades to the shaft, cyclic and collective mechanisms. It is sometimes referred to as the rotor "hub". The rotorhead is where the lift force from the rotor blades act. The rotorhead is connected to the main drive shaft via the jesus bolt, and houses several other components such as the swash plate, flight control linkages and fly-bars. The rotor hub is also where the centre of gravity acts on the helicopter.

Types
Rotorheads can be classified into 3 main types:
 * Articulated
 * Semi-Rigid
 * Rigid

Articulated Rotorhead
An articulated rotorhead system is one where the individual blades are free to flap, lag and change pitch. This is done by mounting the blades on flapping and lagging hinges and pitch change bearings.

Semi-Rigid
A semi-rigid rotorhead does not have individual flapping or drag hinges but provides for flapping and lag motion through gimbal mounting. A common example of a semi-rigid rotor is a teetering rotorhead found on the Robinson family of helicopters.

Rigid
A rigid rotorhead has no flapping or lag hinges but does have pitch change bearings. The flapping and lagging movement is accommodated by flexible sections (commonly elastomeric bearings) at the blade root or blade attachment. When using composite blades, the blades can also flex to provide a flapping motion.

Benefits of rigid rotor system are:
 * Less control response lag
 * Reduced maintenance

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Talk:Chief of Staff of the Irish Republican Army

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What are the sources for this list? --Ryano 14:09, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)

This list has been compiled from many reputable sources, which I'll provide shortly.

--Damac 21:23, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Gentle reminder to Damac to cite sources. Ferg2k 07:39, 12 August 2005 (UTC)

 * On holidays at the moment, will provide sources once I'm back.--Damac 05:05, 13 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Reminding Damac almost three months have passed since he said he'd cite his many reputable sources. Ferg2k 00:50, 11 September 2005 (UTC)

 * I removed two of the cited sources from this list as the source is disputed, as Ruairí Ó Brádaigh denies that he said that in the interview with Vincent Browne, and sent wrote a open letter to the magazine to that effect, that Browne had mis-quoted him out of context.--Padraig3uk 13:38, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

Blue highlights?
What are the blue highlights for? --Mal 11:57, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

Any info on Eoin McNamee (1942) Palisades1 18:27, 10 October 2012 (UTC)palisades1

Sean Cronin
Anyone got a source on his leadership dates? Arkbar 06:21, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
 * There is mention of it here but no dates.--Vintagekits 12:21, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

Tomás Óg Mac Curtain
I always understood that Tomás Mac Curtain (son of the murdered Lord Mayor of Cork) had served for a period as Chief of Staff in the late 1930s). Why isn't he on this list?Coolavokig 14:49, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I've never heard that, but I could be wrong. I know he was O/C in the Curragh on a few occasions. I'll check my sources again to see. Any chance you might be able to help out in filling out the list of Official IRA chiefs of staff?--Damac 13:39, 28 July 2007 (UTC)

Recent edits re Gerry Adams
Would editors with a conflict of interest desist in their politically motivated whitewashing. Thanks. One Night In Hackney 303  19:54, 27 October 2007 (UTC)
 * The issue is not with a conflict of interest, but with properly adhering to our policy on biographies of living persons (the link to this policy can be accessed at WP:BLP). It's never been proven that Adams has ever been a member of the IRA, let alone the head of the Army Council.  These historians just *think* he was, largely based on sketchy "evidence" propagated by the British government during the dirty war.  He's denied this repeatedly, and this should be made clear.   gaillimh  Conas tá tú? 20:06, 27 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Well make it clear. The information is fully sourced in compliance with policy. The issue is very much a conflict of interest, I'm sure Wikipedia, you and the political party you are a member of wouldn't want a repeat of the Vatican incident. One Night In Hackney  303  20:09, 27 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Haha, mate I've tried to make it clear. I didn't "whitewash" Adams from this list - I am simply highlighting the fact that he's denied this claim repeatedly when he would have no reason for doing so (it certainly wouldn't have hurt his political career - just look at Martin McGuinness).  If you would like to tweak the article to reflect this, as you don't appear to think my efforts are appropriate, please do.  I'd love to reach a compromise here where Adams is still mentioned, but it's made clear the sketchy issues surrounding this claim   gaillimh  Conas tá tú? 20:14, 27 October 2007 (UTC)
 * You'll note the article says "who are reported to have served" (emphasis added). Has he been reported to have served as CoS? Yes, emphatically. Has he been CoS? Not relevant, given the way the article is phrased. Any "making clear" should be done without moving Adams to anywhere less prominent. One Night In Hackney  303  20:18, 27 October 2007 (UTC)
 * It is completely relevant! The article is called "List of IRA Chiefs of Staff" for goodness  sakes, not "List of people who have been named IRA Chiefs of Staff by historians with no direct knowledge of the IRA and have been called libellous by Adams himself" hehe.  :)  I thought I was actually making it more prominent by singling out Adams and giving him a full paragraph at the end, there.  Maybe we should try some sort of third party dispute resolution thing.  Not to say that we're in a  dispute (more of a conversation, if anything), but it might be unlikely that we can compromise given that I think that his not being on the Army Council (CoS, etc.) is extremely relevant and that I thought I actually made Adams' presence in this article more prominent, while you feel it's "whitewashing."   gaillimh  Conas tá tú? 23:01, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

 * No direct knowledge of the IRA? Peer-reviewed, award winning journalists that have no knowledge of the IRA? How about a direct quote about Adams' IRA membership (which he denies) from someone who obviously has plenty of knowledge of the IRA - Seán Mac Stíofáin?
 * NARRATOR: The IRA delegation to the talks would include the young Martin McGuiness, the commander of the IRA in Derry. Another young member of the delegation would be Gerry Adams. Adams was allegedly the commander of an IRA battalion in Belfast and had been jailed under the internment policy.
 * PETER TAYLOR: All were IRA?
 * SEAN MacSTIOFAIN: Yes, not Sinn Fein but IRA.
 * PETER TAYLOR: All of them.
 * SEAN MacSTIOFAIN: Yes.
 * PETER TAYLOR: Including Martin McGuiness?
 * SEAN MacSTIOFAIN: Oh, yes.
 * PETER TAYLOR: Including Gerry Adams?
 * SEAN MacSTIOFAIN: Well, all. All of them.
 * Obviously that puts Adams' denial in a rather different context doesn't it? If his whole membership of the IRA (which is reported by practically every source) is based on a British propaganda war, why is Mac Stíofáin saying he was a member? One Night In Hackney  303  07:16, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
 * No idea why Mac Stíofáin made those comments; I'm not about to speculate, and I never knew the fellow personally. Back to the topic at hand, we certainly need to reach a compromise on how to mention Adams' non-status.  The present version just won't do, and since you didn't feel my efforts were spot-on, perhaps you might tweak the article to clearly reflect Adams' denial.  Again, I'm more than willing to compromise, but please meet me part way here mate.  Cheers   gaillimh  Conas tá tú? 01:44, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
 * I fully support One Night In Hackney here. We have a former IRA C/S saying that Adams was in the IRA; we know that Adams took part in IRA talks with the British government when he held no position of any importance in SF; we have authoratative accounts from journalist/analyists who have followed the Troubles for over 30 years state beyond any doubt that Adams served as C/S. The footnote states that Adams denies this aspect of his past. As for his charge that these claims are libellous, well there's only one way for him to prove that. But he has failed, and for obvious reasons in my opinion, to pursue this charge in court.--Damac 07:45, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

 * I've nothing against the footnote claim being moved to a more prominent position, even say in a "Notes" section of its own so it's not buried away. If anyone wants to do that feel free, or I might do it myself later. One Night In Hackney  303  08:33, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Alright, cool beans. I've made an edit (feel free to revert it if you feel that we haven't, in fact, compromised as yet).  I've kept Adams on the list and used small text to prompt the reader to see the note at the bottom of the table.  In the table, I start by noting that several scholars have named Adams to be part of IRA leadership at one point or another, and conclude with Adams' staunch and long-standing denial.  Cheers   gaillimh  Conas tá tú? 03:50, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

 * Works for me. I made a slight change as the previous wording was slightly ambiguous. If you include the AC in "IRA leadership" then you're looking at 15-20 years (allegedly!) as part of the IRA leadership. One Night In Hackney  303  05:29, 3 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Looks good! I'm glad that, as per usual, we were able to reach an amicable compromise.  Cheers   gaillimh  Conas tá tú? 05:46, 3 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Well, it's great to see that his name hasn't been removed from the list, where it belongs.
 * The addition of a note has, however, affected the headings for the OIRA and CIRA C/S. Although marked as headings, they don't show as such in the article.--Damac 08:47, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

 * Fixed. One Night In Hackney  303  08:52, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

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Functions?
What does an Irish Republican Army chief of staff actually do?86.42.200.103 (talk) 06:47, 3 April 2011 (UTC)

George Plunket
George Oliver Plunkett was IRA Chief of Staff at some point in 1940-44, any information on this?

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Seán MacBride
See Talk:Se%C3%A1n_MacBride. Alekksandr (talk) 22:27, 11 October 2020 (UTC)

Joe McKelvey
Hello, Joe should be removed or reclassified as CoS (Four Courts). See the Liam Lynch article for the relevant dates and notes. The evidence and narrative supplied by Liam Deasy is more persuasive than thst of more modern works Billsmith60 (talk) 20:12, 30 January 2023 (UTC)


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Spikkestad Line

The Spikkestad Line (Spikkestadbanen) is a 14 kilometre long railway line between Asker and Spikkestad in Norway. It was originally part of the Drammen Line between Oslo and Drammen which was built in 1872. In 1973, Lieråsen Tunnel was built to shorten the Drammen Line, and much of the old line was closed down. The last train on the section between Spikkestad and Drammen ran on 2 June 1973. However, the stretch between Asker and Spikkestad was kept as a branch line for local commuter traffic.

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Stari Grad, Croatia

Stari Grad ("Old Town") (Italian: Cittavecchia or Cittavecchia di Lesina) is a town on the northern side of the island of Hvar in Dalmatia, Croatia. One of the oldest towns in Europe, its position at the end of a long, protected bay and next to prime agricultural land has long made it attractive for human settlement. Stari Grad is also a municipality within the Split-Dalmatia County.

The most ancient part of Stari Grad falls within the UNESCO Protected World Heritage Site of the Stari Grad Plain, while the entire municipality lies within the surrounding buffer zone.

Name
Stari Grad was originally named Faros (Φάρος) by the Greek settlers from the island of Paros, who arrived in 384 BC. While the name Faros is strikingly similar to the name of the Greek island the settlers arrived from, there is an alternate theory that it came from the previous inhabitants of the area. A great naval battle was recorded a year after the establishment of Pharos colony by a Greek inscription in Pharos (384 – 383 BC) and by the Greek historian Diodorus Siculus (80 – 29 BC), initiated by conflicts between the Greek colonists and the indigenous Hvar islanders, the Liburnians, who asked their compatriots for support. 10,000 Liburnians sailed out from their capital Idassa (Zadar), led by the Iadasinoi (people of Zadar), and laid siege to Pharos. The Syracusan fleet positioned in Issa was informed in time, and Greek triremes attacked the siege fleet, taking victory in the end. According to Diodorus, the Greeks killed more than 5,000 and captured 2,000 prisoners, ran down or captured their ships, and burned their weapons in dedication to their gods.

This battle meant the loss of the most important strategic Liburnian positions in the centre of the Adriatic, resulting in their final retreat to their main ethnic region, Liburnia, and their complete departure from the Italic coast, apart from Truentum. In Roman times, the town became known as Faria, which was turned into Hvar by the incoming Slav population. When the administrative capital of the island was moved to today's Hvar town on the south coast, the old town became simply known as Stari Grad (literally "old city" in Croatian).

Population
The municipality of Stari Grad has a population of 2,781 (2011 Census), of which 1,885 live in the town itself. Four other settlements fall within the municipality, namely Dol (Pop. 311), Rudina (Pop. 70), Selca Kod Starog Grada (Pop. 17) and Vrbanj (Pop. 498).

Geography
Stari Grad lies on the north side of the island of Hvar, at the end of the Stari Grad Bay, a deep water channel, protected to the north by the hills of the Kabal peninsula and by the high mountain ridge of Hvar to the south.

The island's best agricultural land opens up to the east of Stari Grad town. This fertile plain has been farmed since pre-historic times, and the Greek field layout is still largely intact, thanks to continuing maintenance over the years of its dry stone walls. In 2008, the Stari Grad Plain became a UNESCO protected world heritage site.

History

The area around present day Stari Grad was settled by the neolithic tribes of the Hvar culture who occupied the island between 3500 and 2500 BC, and who traded with other settlements around the Mediterranean. Remains of their pottery and other artifacts have been found, along with that of the Illyrian tribe that succeeded them. The settlement lay at the lower end of Stari Grad Bay, defended by two strongholds on the north and south hillsides overlooking the harbour (Glavica and Purkin Kuk).

In 384 BC, the town was formally founded by ancient Greeks from the island of Paros in the Aegean Sea. They gave the name Faros (ΦΑΡΟΣ) to their new settlement, an independent state permitted to mint its own money. The nearby plain was marked out with roads at right angles, and divided into fields of standard size. The Stari Grad Plain today represents one of the best-preserved examples of ancient Greek agriculture throughout the Mediterranean.

Illyrian king Agron ruling c. 250–231 BC. extended his rule over many cities in the Adriatic and established Illyrian control over Pharos.

In 218 BC, the Romans defeated the Illyrian army at Pharos during the Second Illyrian War, and the town was destroyed by the Roman army, but remained under Illyrian control. The town came under permanent Roman control by force in 168 BC, following the defeat of Gentius during the Third Illyrian War.

An inscription from the 2nd century BC, refers to the Farians and their delegation to the Greek island of Paros and the oracle at Delphi. It makes mention of the Roman senate and the people (who are) well disposed and benevolent towards the city of Faros from the times of their ancestors. Further inscriptions, mosaics, tombstones, stone reliefs, fine pottery, jewellery, coins, villae rusticae in the Plain tell the story of life in and around the ancient Roman town.

The first church was built in the 5th century, in the southeast corner of the town, close to the city walls, on the foundations of a prior Greek house. In the 6th century, a new church was built on the same site, a twin basilica with a baptistry dedicated to St Mary and St John.

In the 7th century, following the fall of Salona, the capital of the Roman province of Dalmatia, many of its people sought refuge in Faria and other Roman towns in the nearby islands, as noted by the historian Archdeacon Thomas of Split (1200–1268) in his Historia Salonitana.

Roman Faria was taken over by the Slavs at the beginning of the 8th century. At this point, the town received the name we know it by today – Hvar (the letter F not being part of the old Slavic alphabet). During the 10th century, Hvar came under the Narentines. Pirates from Omiš on the mainland were raiding the coastal settlements, and new villages grew up in the foothills – Dol, Vrbanj and Pitve.

In 1278, the people of Hvar chose to put themselves under the protection of the Venetian Republic. As part of the contract, they undertook to expand the existing settlement on the south side of the island as a more suitable base for the Venetian fleet. This is the site of the present day town of Hvar. The old town of Stari Grad, also referred to as "Old Hvar", remained the centre of the most densely populated part of the island, the area surrounding the agricultural plain.

During the 16th century, the town was attacked by the Turks, the first time repulsing them, but in 1571 they lost, and much of the town was burnt down. Following that loss, Stari Grad was slowly rebuilt from the ruins. During the 17th and 18th centuries, prosperity once again grew from sea-trade. The old waterfront (Stara Riva) was extended and the town underwent a major architectural and urban transformation, resulting in the town structure we see today.

In 1797 Napoleon overthrew the Venetian Republic, and Hvar briefly became part of the Austrian Empire. When the French also took over Austria, they conferred the status of an autonomous province on the town of Stari Grad. With the fall of the Napoleonic Empire, Stari Grad became part of the Dalmatian Kingdom, within the larger political body of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

The 19th century was peaceful, and a time of prosperity for the entire island. However, the advent of phylloxera destroyed the island's grapevines, and the town's sailing vessels could not compete with the new steam ships. Large numbers of people moved away to start a new life elsewhere. Today, Stari Grad is again rebuilding itself, this time with tourism as the main focus.

Culture

 * Town Music a society of local music enthusiasts, founded in 1876.
 * Theatre "Petar Hektorović" Amateur theatre troop, dating from 1893, specialises in comic plays
 * Town Library is the direct descendant of the "Croatian National Reading Room" founded in 1874. The Town Library is now located in the Town Hall, built 1893.
 * Stari Grad Museum is housed in the former Palaca Biankini. Special exhibits show a reconstruction of an ancient Greek shipwreck, the archaeological collection from the Stari Grad Plain, and a 19th-century Captain's room. In addition, the Museum houses an art collection and Juraj Plancic Gallery. (Website: Stari Grad Museum)
 * Music School "Toma Cecchini" is a branch of the Music School "Josip Hatze" in Split.
 * Faros Kantaduri traditional Dalmatian singing group founded in 1995, blending Gregorian Chant with the multipart harmonies of Dalmatian Klapa. (Website: www.faroski-kantaduri.hr )
 * St. Stevens Church Singers, some of whom are also members of Klapa "Garmica", a traditional Dalmatian singing group.
 * During the summer months, art and cultural events are organized, such as workshops on ancient Faros, classical languages and culture, archaeological restoration of mosaics and pottery, open singing, puppetry and painting for children.

Archeology
The town itself, and the surrounding area are rich in archaeological sites dating from pre-history and classical times. Permanent exhibitions in the Stari Grad Museum display the collection of artifacts found at local sites, both on land and under the sea.
 * Old Town Walls
 * Greek settlement
 * Stari Grad Plain
 * Roman Villas (villa rusticae)
 * Maslinovik – Greek tower in the Stari Grad Plain
 * Glavica – Illyrian fort above Stari Grad
 * Purkin Kuk – Illyrian fort above Stari Grad

Architecture

 * Church of St John (sv. Ivan)
 * Church of St Jerome (sv. Jerolim)
 * Church of St Roch (sv. Rok)
 * Church of St Peter (sv. Petar), church with Dominican monastery
 * Church of St Lucia (sv. Lucija), church with remains of the monastery of Dominican trećeretkinja (picokara)
 * Church of St Nicholas (sv. Nikola)
 * Church of St Stephen (sv. Stjepan)
 * Chapel of Our Lady (Kapela Gospojica) in the Stari Grad Plain
 * Chapel of St Helen (sv. Jelina) on the road to Dol
 * Tvrdalj Castle – Residence of the Renaissance poet Petar Hektorović, built 16th century
 * Trg Škor – Baroque Square dating from 17th–18th century
 * Palace Biankini – neorenaissance house with a court and garden, which today houses the Stari Grad Museum. (Website:Museum of Stari Grad )
 * House and Mausoleum of Šime Ljubića, classical style, built 1887
 * Old windmill (Mlin na vjetar), south side of the harbour

The present-day Church of St. John, together with the archaeological remains found south of it, comprises an Early Christian complex dating from 5th/6th century. The original walls are preserved up to the beginning of the barrel vault that was built during the restoration in the early Romanesque period (11th century). The church floor was decorated with geometrical and figural details of which some are preserved. In the interior is original Early Christian altar. The large rosette on the facade is from the Gothic-era adaptation of the church in the 14th century.

The Church of St. Rocco, patron of Stari Grad, was raised by the confraternity of the same name, with provisions by the poet and nobleman Petar Hektorović in the 16th century. The bell tower was added in 1783 and side chapels in 1898. The main altar is the work of Andrija Bruttapela from 1774; it is decorated with statue of St. Rocco made by unidentified Venetian workshop. St. Rocco is shown with a dog that was a faithful friend after he was abandoned by everyone. In 1898 the mosaic floor of ancient Roman baths was unearthed beneath the stairs. The place is marked with Latin inscription on one of the steps.

The Dominican monastery of St. Peter the Martyr was founded, with help of townspeople, by friar Germanicus of Piacenza in 1482. The church and the monastery were ransacked and burned by the Turks in 1571 and after that the monastery was fortified with round towers. The church was partially demolished and built anew in 1894. All that remained from the old church is the bell tower and the chapel with the tomb of the Renaissance poet Petar Hektorović. The monastery museum host the oldest Greek inscriptions from Pharos (4th century BC). The picture gallery has a number of valuable paintings of Venetian artists such as the famous "The Lamentation of Christ" by Tintoretto (1518–1594).

Notable inhabitants
Notable inhabitants and persons with the origin from Stari Grad.
 * Petar Hektorović (1487–1572), poet, author of "Ribanja i ribarskog prigovaranja"
 * Šime Ljubić (1822–1896), archaeologist
 * Jakša Račić (1868–1943), mayor of Split

Stari Grad bays
There are numerous bays on each side of Stari Grad Bay. One of the largest bays is Tiha, located on the northern side. Tiha is a perfect anchoring point as it is safe, and sheltered from all winds (the name Tiha translates to silent/calm). Zavala is a slightly smaller bay, but equally calm, with plenty of anchoring spots. The other side (south side) of Stari Grad bay, is quite higher, and offers smaller bays with hills meters away from the beach. Gracisce is one of those bays, with a pebble covered beach, and a thick pine forest just meters above. Closer to the city on the southern side there are a few beautiful beaches, such as the small sandy Maslinica bay. One more worth mentioning is Arkada, located underneath the hotel of the same name on the northern side, with a calm space for anchoring nearby.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Procartel Technologies

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Procartel Technologies
Vanity page. Cut & paste job from the website of the company (http://www.procartel.com/en/home.html) and edited by User:procartel, specially created for this purpose. There are hundreds of companies like this in India(where the company is based) and it is not noted, by which I mean it is not listed on any stock exchange(IMO) and a google search listed in a very few references. pamri 14:14, Jun 14, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. I love how a signifigant contributor to the article is User:Procartel, who removed some NPOV that was added by User:209.36.244.254. --Robojames 14:19, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * Delete With just 25 Google hits, and most of those from job sites, this is definitely non-notable. Andrew Lenahan - St ar bli nd 14:21, Jun 14, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete self promotion. JamesBurns 05:49, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
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