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Weyes
(49/17/1) ending 18:17, 27 June 2005 (UTC) 5-day extension by Raul654  Vote nullified at 04:14 23 June 2005 by mutual assent of bureaucrats Cecropia and Raul654

Ok, fine, I give up. A few days ago Jfdwolff was kind enough to nominate me for adminship, but I turned it down as I wasn't sure I wanted to commit myself that much. However it would appear that today one of the drains under the information superhighway burst and leaked large amounts of virtual sewage onto Recent Changes, which made it very hard to keep up; if the community approves I guess I'd like that mop you offered me after all. I hope you'll allow me to bend the rules a little and renominate myself so shortly after my previous RfA. --W(t) 18:18, 2005 Jun 13 (UTC)

Support
 * 1) Support. Sure; welcome to the cabal. Linuxbeak | Talk | Desk 18:20, Jun 13, 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) Support. RC Patrol could always use new people. --khaosworks 18:26, Jun 13, 2005 (UTC)
 * 3) Support - The more RC Patrol, the better. --FCYTravis 18:44, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * 4) I had asked him if he wanted to be nominated about 20 days or so ago.  He's very good at fighting vandalism.  CryptoDerk 19:26, Jun 13, 2005 (UTC)
 * 5) Support.  --Carnildo 20:12, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * 6) Support A worthwhile nominee to be the first one on whom I've voted in four months. 172 23:15, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * 7) Support.-gadfium 23:54, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * 8) I still strongly oppose this nomination, which of course means, I support! El_C 23:56, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * 9) Support, RC patroller par excellence. JYolkowski // talk 01:19, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * 10) Support. The problem with IP address etc is that spamers persistently add their links here. While this was has been solved effectively for articles like Game or Real Estate, those people selling IP tools ignore any warnings or recommendations put there. I once wrote HTML comment into Externals links section asking people to describe new links and avoid redundancies and it didn't work for long. So until the reasonable set of links gets agreed and enforced periodical cleanups are useful. Pavel Vozenilek
 * 11) Support -- the same way I voted for on the previous nomination that Weyes turned down. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 02:40, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * 12) I wish I had had the honour of nominating him. It would be really cool to give a user both their welcome message and their adminship nomiation.  Oh well.  It's great to see that you've come this far, Weyes!   Ingoolemo   talk 05:53, 2005 Jun 14 (UTC)
 * 13) Support RickK 06:06, Jun 14, 2005 (UTC)
 * 14) Support. You're not escaping the mop this time. Sjakkalle (Check!)  06:22, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * 15) Support quick, before he escapes again! David | Talk 09:24, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * 16) Support. NormanEinstein 13:58, Jun 14, 2005 (UTC)
 * 17) Support, Ghakko 17:42, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * 18) Support.  Grue  18:13, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * 19) Support. --Kbdank71 19:25, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * 20) Warmly support Weyes, especially for his RC work and his quest to make Wikipedia's external links less random. JFW | T@lk  22:26, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * 21) Support Arwel 01:30, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * 22) Support-JCarriker 11:00, Jun 15, 2005 (UTC)
 * 23) Support I think Weyes will be a fine admin. Bratsche talk  5 pillars 22:37, Jun 15, 2005 (UTC)
 * 24) Support I read the opposition below, but I think I'm going to side with Weyes on it. It seems a little gruff, but that's what some users (newbies included) seem to understand best.  He's usually pretty good at researching the situation before he jumps to a conclusion.  I think the man needs a mop.  --Xcali 05:37, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * 25) Support. I can understand if a vandal hunter becomes a bit shortheaded sometimes, as the people who oppose state as reason. I assume that Weyes will learn from any mistakes he makes in that area. Thue | talk 09:48, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * 26) Support, having read this discussion I find the supportive arguments more compelling than the opposing arguments. Radiant_ >|< 09:57, Jun 16, 2005 (UTC)
 * 27) Support. What Thue said. Shanes 12:22, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * 28) Support. Great RC patroller. --cesarb 13:40, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * 29) Strong Support I wasn't entirely sure about supporting someone who declined adminship so recently, but all the right qualifications seem to be there, and a look through some recent edits showed impressive results. Strong support. Andrew Lenahan - St ar bli nd  18:37, Jun 16, 2005 (UTC)
 * 30) Support. Edit history suggests to me he will use his admin powers responsibly. Jayjg (talk) 20:35, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * 31) Gets my support vote. Dan100 (Talk) 22:42, Jun 16, 2005 (UTC)
 * 32) Support. After careful consideration, I see Weyes would get a lot of benefit from the admin tools, and would use them for the good of Wikipedia. --Silversmith Hewwo 23:29, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * 33) Support: Please see below (in the "Neutral" section). Flcelloguy [[Image:Bass clef2.gif|25px|Cello today?]] Give me a note! Eighth note (crop).gif Desk  14:53, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * 34) El C made me vote yes (see below), although I have no idea what he means by "Please reconsider your votes, and very strongly oppose his nomination. By which I mean, support it!" :p dab (ᛏ) 16:16, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * 35) Support. We need more wikijanitors, especially ones that will brave external pruning. Although I'd like to see some more tempered words to newbies and probable vandals alike, almost all of us are guilty of poorly choosing our words and failing to assume good faith from time to time. Gmaxwell 17:30, 19 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * 36) Support, dedicated RC patroller, any doubts I may have had have been allayed by El_C's comments below. -- M P er el ( talk 00:00, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * 37) SupportGeni 02:58, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * 38) Support--nixie 06:21, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * 39) Support More wielders of the mop is fine by me. --MikeJ9919 07:26, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * 40) Support. Carbonite | Talk 14:12, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * 41) Weak support. Weyes' curtness towards new editors is indeed an issue, and I hope that this will improve (it might be an idea to refer explicitly to the edit which is causing problems, though I appreciate that this takes time), but it is not enough of a problem for me not to trust Weyes with admin privileges. His behaviour towards external links is not an issue for me. PS: My first vote on RfA, prompted by Cecropia's plea. Jitse Niesen 14:18, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC) I have to add that I am not very happy with his comment on Votes for deletion/Quantum sort2 though, iterating that the result of the previous vote was delete. Jitse Niesen 22:35, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * 42) Support. Looking through his edits, he shows an indefatigable willingness to clean up vandalism and other abuses (such as link spamming).  Mel Etitis  ( Μελ Ετητης ) 15:01, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * 43) Support. SlimVirgin (talk) 20:28, Jun 21, 2005 (UTC)
 * 44) Support --Duk 04:00, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * 45) Support. The opposing arguments ring disturbingly hollow on all counts in my view. Harro5 07:53, Jun 22, 2005 (UTC)
 * 46) Support with reservations - some of the arguments below concern me (Squeakbox's, for example), but they are balanced by a lot of good work too. Guettarda 15:40, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * 47) Support. Active in reverting vandalism. Ben Babcock 17:27, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * 48) Support thoroughly, wondering how I missed this one earlier. — Dan | Talk 21:37, Jun 22, 2005 (UTC)
 * 49) Support. Will be good. May I say also that anyone who get out the sockpuppets on the 'oppose' vote must have something going for them - David Gerard 23:12, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Oppose
 * 1) Oppose. Confuses guidelines with policies, mass blanked external links at BitTorrent, IP address and Whois, the latter 2 because I had pointed them out as 2 of the many sites containing such external links; only stopped edit warring his blanking after an admin told him to stop. This action left the sites temporarily wide open to spammers by removing the competition, but he wasn't watching the sites to remove the spamming that his actions had allowed. This all occurred very recently and shows he is not ready to be an admin, SqueakBox 18:58, Jun 13, 2005 (UTC)
 * what exactly do you mean by "left the sites temporarily wide open to spammers by removing the competition"? Also can you give a few diff of the alleged "edit warring"? The only instance of W reverting you, politely, on BT appears to be this. dab (ᛏ) 19:10, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Weyes removes the links here and here before SlimVirgin rerverts here and asks him to stop :Weyes, please don't remove the external links again. If it gets to the stage where we have dozens, then we'll need to start deleting, but at the moment, it's a manageable number. SlimVirgin (talk) 03:54, Jun 10, 2005 (UTC). He blanks the Whois links here and here. Here he accuses me of breaking policy, which I had not done (the external links he was quoting elsewhere was a guideline. There has been another spat at BitTorrent today, and none of the search engines are now there. This creates a situation where spammers like Coyote376, who wants the MadTorrent search engine to be there and no other, are more likely to want to spam (because there is no competition), and tyo be able to. He claims a consensus for his view at BitTorrent in spite of the evidence tio the contrary. I cannot understand why this user is so anti having useful external links, and fear he wants a great purge of links through many sites, making wikipedia a poorer place as a result (my opinion), SqueakBox 23:11, Jun 13, 2005 (UTC)
 * 1) Oppose. Behaviour with Ozdusters was totally out of order. Chasing off newbies who are creating content should be deprecated, not rewarded, even if that content is borderline. I don't think that people should be made admins just because they are willing to do RC patrol. There seems to be a feeling current that it's okay to be badly behaved so long as you're doing that, whereas, in truth, this is the area where the best behaviour should be employed, because it's so often the interface with newbies. Grace Note 06:59, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) Oppose Well, because this just occurred a few hours ago, I'd like to suggest that the interaction recorded here may not exhibit the kindness and assumption of new user good faith that we usually expect from administrators. On the other hand, I assume this was mostly a miscommunication, so I won't oppose just now. CDC   (talk)  19:29, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC) (See also the discussion here. -  CDC   (talk)  19:40, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC))  Moving from neutral to oppose; I'm now persuaded that Weyes would be too sharp with good-faith new users; several comments on WP:AN/I from others hasn't elicited any indication that Weyes recognizes s/he might have been off the mark.  CDC   (talk)  18:27, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * 3) I saw him reiterating the line about how we put up with too much nonsense, which sounds to me like a scary thing for an admin to say. Everyking 07:30, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Why? Jimbo says it.  RickK 06:06, Jun 16, 2005 (UTC)
 * I don't think Jimbo uses it as an argument for slapping newbies about though. Grace Note 06:10, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * 1) Oppose I commend his vigilance, however I have seen this user undo several perfectly good edits with no explanation. Also has a tendency towards antagonisation of members he disagrees with. - Marmot
 * New account which has been making many suspect edits since it was created. RickK 06:06, Jun 16, 2005 (UTC)
 * Agreed; user has already been discussed on Admin noticeboard. Linuxbeak | Talk | Desk 11:26, Jun 16, 2005 (UTC)
 * ^ An attempt to silence opposition through discrediting a perfectly valid point. Typical liberal tactic.  - Marmot
 * Marmot, that's totally uncalled for. Linuxbeak | Talk | Desk 12:19, Jun 16, 2005 (UTC)
 * MARMOT also voted below using Master Shredder as a sockpuppet. I respectfully ask that MARMOT's vote be discounted as well. Linuxbeak | Talk | Desk 23:47, Jun 22, 2005 (UTC)
 * 1) --Boothy443 | comhrÚ 07:38, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) *Would you mind telling us why? Radiant_ >|< 09:57, Jun 16, 2005 (UTC)
 * 3) *Because Boothy443 has opposed every adminship request on this page without reason, I have left him a polite comment/suggestion on his user talk page that he either provide reasons for his opposition or withdraw his votes. Flcelloguy [[Image:Bass clef2.gif|25px|Cello today?]] Give me a note! Eighth note (crop).gif Desk  21:33, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * 4) Oppose. What Grace Note said. – ugen64 14:42, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * 5) Oppose Oppose because of strict opposition to external links. --newsjunkie 19:21, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * On Wikipedia since May 1 2005, large percentage of edits are external links, hmm. Pavel Vozenilek 21:02, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * I have just checked a random sample of newsjunkie's contributions over the last week and found no external linking. This is not definitive but I feel that Pavel's observation may no longer be fair.—Theo  (Talk) 17:33, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Oppose - Master Shredder 19:24, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * User has three edits. JFW | T@lk  19:27, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * This user is a sock-puppet account of User:MARMOT, discovered in recent RFAr - David Gerard 23:12, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * 1) Oppose. I've seen this editor appear on my vandal monitor far too many times to support his candidacy for adminship.  People who are frequently reverted by administrators are not likely to be administrator material.  Kelly Martin 22:06, Jun 16, 2005 (UTC)
 * I am one of them, but I was rightly corrected. W has a knack for spotting illegitamte external links and more subtle forms of vandalism. Unless I see strong evidence to indicate otherwise, which thus far I haven't, I trust him. El_C 22:18, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * IU don't see how mass removal of links at whois and IP address can be described as  a knack for spotting illegitamte external links. My experience is the opposite, that he doesn't really know what he is doing with the external links, and would just like to remove them all. At the very least his conservative view around links is controversial, and should not be a reason to support him, SqueakBox 16:23, Jun 17, 2005 (UTC)
 * Could you give any specific edits you object to (here or on my talk page is fine)? --W(t) 20:43, 2005 Jun 17 (UTC)
 * This is an example of a conservative attitude to external links. In terms of knowing what you were doing I was referring specifically to when you left the whois and IP address without most of their external links. Here you eliminate ther external links at whois, including the one at Internic.net. An anon then replaces the internic link and a couple of others here, without, of course, replacing the competitors. A field day for spammers, in my opinion. Later another anon here again spams the site with one link. I don't doubt your good intention but I feel these actions were misguided, SqueakBox 21:39, Jun 19, 2005 (UTC)
 * 1) Strong Oppose. Far too new, far too abrasive.   Virtually no positive article space contributions, seems only interested in deleting and reverting.  Anyone doing RC patrol is appreciated, but any Admins doing RC patrol need to be much more diplomatic, even when dealing with vandals.  Treat people like dogs, they act like dogs.  It's a self-amplifying circuit I'd rather see in the hands of someone who wants to lower the hostility levels rather than raise them.  Would also like to see much better use of edit summaries. --Unfocused 19:33, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) * I disagree that you need article space contributions for adminship. Leaving alone his style, Weyes is happy with maintenance work, and I rather admire his judgement in deciding what to tackle. He actually uses edit summaries quite well where it matters. JFW | T@lk  23:24, 18 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * 3) **I'll accept our differences, but will add my reasoning. We're building an encyclopedia.  Adding content is the primary task to do that and it is much more than just deleting what isn't an encyclopedia.  If there was a specific "maintenance only" level of adminship, I might vote for that; but in my opinion, that level of adminship already exists, and it is called "editor".  Further, I'd take twenty once a week admins with great attitudes over one dedicated person who isn't very friendly.  I think Weyes will probably make a good admin at some time in the future.  Not now.  Finally, as I'm on dialup half the time and broadband the other, I've concluded that ALL edit summaries are important.  --Unfocused 00:21, 19 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * 4) Oppose on several grounds: Abrasive style, frequently uninformative edit summaries, and deletion of useful links. All these build a picture of questionable judgement. I have no doubt that Weyes is an asset to the project and is well-intentioned.  I would expect to support a nomination after a few months of courteous interaction, consistent edit summaries, and more cautious link removal. Consider this edit in which Weyes removes a link to Lexmark's company profile at Computer Business Review with the summary "rv spam". It is one of dozens of similar deletions made yesterday. I understand that CBR sells more detailed reports than those it publishes on its web-site (and is, therefore, a commercial site) but this is no different to linking to Stuff, the Daily Telegraph, or one of the many other publishing sites that sell subscriptions. Inappropriate deletions like this have been flagged to Weyes repeatedly. To be persisting with them after such warnings and while such behaviour is being discussed at RFA is not the behaviour that I seek of an admin.—Theo  (Talk) 09:43, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * A link which the user in question had just spammed to 46 articles. I think both the removal and the edit summary were entirely justified. --W(t) 15:23, 2005 Jun 21 (UTC)
 * I do not doubt that you consider your actions entirely justified. That is part of the reason for my opposition.  Another is your imprecision when addressing the crux of a debate.  The editor had pasted individual links from appropriate pages of the same site. The Lexmark report was linked to Lexmark, the Unisys report to Unisys, and so on.  Not the same link, as your phrasing implies. Each link is to a reputable information source and provides information that enhances the associated article.  I recognise that strict application of the policy can justify these reversions but admins are called upon to make judgements and to recognise when a fine judgement may merit further discussion (the extension of this RFA is an example of such referral). Your absolute confidence worries me. I would hope that I would seek the consensus on such a wholesale act before implementation. I further hope that I would use more explanatory edit summaries; in this case you could have explained why you saw it as spam.—Theo  (Talk) 17:33, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Wow, that's worse than I thought. I agree with Theo, those were valid links that were removed, personal crusade fashion (46 at a time), that should have at least been discussed on the relevant talk pages.  To check if they were linkspam, I went to Computer Business Review's website from a virgin browser window, searched for Unisys and Lexmark (as examples) and came up with the exact same URLs that were removed.  This should confirm that there were no referrer IDs encoded in them for linkspam commission payments.   If they're linkspam, someone please tell me how the commission is paid so I can watch for it in the future.  This looks like a violation of Assume Good Faith to me.  Unfocused 13:24, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * 1) Oppose seems a bit too abrasive.     17:05, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) Oppose. I agree with Theo.  -- JamesTeterenko 21:32, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * 3) Oppose for now, may support in the future. Before next nomination, I'd like to see more descriptive edit summaries, a user page with something meaningful, and a bit more diplomacy toward newbies. Jonathunder 21:34, 2005 Jun 21 (UTC)
 * 4) Oppose - Better to wait a while, especially because we don't have any reliable way to revoke adminship in case promoting was a mistake. -- Netoholic @ 00:31, 2005 Jun 22 (UTC)
 * I would like to point out that this user has voted "oppose" on an RFA before (mine, actually), citing this exact reason, and was warned by his mentor (Raul654) for violation of WP:POINT. Linuxbeak | Talk | Desk 03:28, Jun 22, 2005 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately, I do not believe this person (or you at the time of my vote) are qualified to be administrators. There would be enough willingness on my part to assume good faith though if we had a system to fix mistakes that get through the RFA process.  Stop trolling.  -- Netoholic @ 04:13, 2005 Jun 22 (UTC)
 * Yes, I most definitely agree with Netoholic on this matter. So sue me. – ugen64 04:33, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Neto, WP:NPA. Also, sofixit. Radiant_ >|< 08:28, Jun 22, 2005 (UTC)
 * 1) Oppose. Too abrasive. --Mrfixter 00:22, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) Oppose. I agree that he seems a little too abrasive. -- Joolz 00:25, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Neutral
 * Weyes seems like a good Wikipedian suitable for adminship, and I especially like his WP:AIV creation. However, I would prefer for him not to chase away newbies- otherwise, I would gladly support! Keep up the good work. Flcelloguy 19:53, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Oh, by the way, I fixed your "Vote Here" button as well.
 * I have changed my vote to support after hearing Weyes's side of the argument. I believe that he would make an excellent admin! Flcelloguy [[Image:Bass clef2.gif|25px|Cello today?]] Give me a note! Eighth note (crop).gif Desk  14:53, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * I guess too much RC patrol makes anyone a bit heavy-handed at times. I would like W to make some sort of comment to SqueakBox's accusations (that should be rather straightforward, as the evidence does in no way look condemning), and I might change my vote to support. dab (ᛏ) 07:43, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Neutral. I find Weyes' discussion with Ozdusters to be very uncivil and not in the least helpful to a newbie who was not vandalising. Weyes makes a lot of reverts and just writes rv or rvv in the edit summary. I would like to know what Weyes has to say in response to points about newbies. --Silversmith Hewwo 18:54, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * I've changed to support after hearing from Weyes and others about my concearns. --Silversmith Hewwo 23:29, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Needs careful consideration. Neutral for now. JuntungWu 15:06, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC) Neutral after consideration. JuntungWu 15:12, 18 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * 1) Moving to Neutral. Oppose. Looks like a lot of great work, but simply way too abrasive with newbies. Assume good faith and be civil. Take the information given on this vote into account, and I'm sure you'll be a shoe in admin next time. If you do get promoted, doubly take it into account. - Taxman Talk 15:15, Jun 16, 2005 (UTC). I'm moving to neutral to balance out a few very questionable oppose votes and Weyes has made a lot of good contributions. I still feel the behavior relating to Ozdusters was out of line. Even given it was a known problem user, civility is still important. Keeping it civil, even when dealing with vandals keeps your hands clean. So like I said, please keep that in mind in the future. - Taxman Talk 13:25, Jun 21, 2005 (UTC)

Comments
 * Kate's Tool says Weyes has approxiately 3800 edits. Flcelloguy 19:56, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Questions for the candidate
 * To clarify my actions which have caused people to oppose:
 * Ozdusters created a huge spree of articles with content that merely repeated the article title. He created them with the wikify and cleanup templates already one them, and some with the VfD template already on them. When the ozdusters account had accrued a number of warnings, he created a new account Sealpupsarecute and started doing the same with that account. (These articles have since nearly all been deleted, but I'm sure there's a few admins who were doing speedy deletions that day who can corroborate). I'm all for assuming good faith, but at a certain point you can't ignore accumulating evidence.
 * There has been lots of discussion on Talk:BitTorrent about removing the external links to bit torrent indexes. Everyone agreed that this made sense apart from Squeakbox, and at several points people have removed those external links but each time SqueakBox put them back. There was clearly both guideline and community support for removing them, with Squeakbox being the only one opposing it.W(t) 10:36, 2005 Jun 16 (UTC)
 * User:Ozdusters (backwards in time from last edit): * Shark related movies (limited to Jaws and Jaws 2) * Lion related movies (limited to Lion King; user adds VfD, cleanup, and expand tag to his own newly created article) <font size="+2">* Tenis related movies (limited to Wimbeldon and Mr. Deeds; both are wikified, but Oz add a wikify tag. <font size="+2">* <font size="+2">* <font size="+2">* I  believe W is being judged too harshly over this. Please reconsider your votes, and very strongly oppose his nomination. By which I mean, support it! El_C 11:09, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * I've just had another look at Weyes' contributions, and I would like to know why he/she deleted the following external links which appear to be helpful and appropriate to the articles. Poaceae, Bud, Tree. --<font color="A29EBA">Silversmith Hewwo 11:55, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * I'll take that: Those are commerical links, the majority of that user's contributions. I refer to Silversmith to what should not be linked . Apperently, though, http://www.infovisual.info/partners_en.html reveals Wikipedia as its partner alongside http://www.netref.net. Looks like this Visual dictionary is largely a commerical Wikipedia clone. El_C 13:09, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * I can't see anywhere on the site that they are selling products. They just seem to be a "visual dictionary," suggesting sites like WP might benefit from linking to it.  Did you notice the "wiki" link on the grey toolbar? It goes to the WP article that their page is linked to.  It only works if it's blue, as you can see here. But if Weyes deleted the links due to viewing the site as "commercial" then I see he was following policy.  --<font color="A29EBA">Silversmith Hewwo 14:17, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Please refer to their "Ads by Goooooogle" link. El_C 22:11, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * I see. Thanks for your help El. --<font color="A29EBA">Silversmith Hewwo 23:29, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * My pleasure, thanks for reconsidering. El_C 00:16, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)

A few generic questions to provide guidance for voters:
 * 1. What sysop chores, if any, would you anticipate helping with? (Please read the page about administrators and the administrators' reading list.)
 * A. I mainly expect to be doing RC patrol, it's kind of relaxing and you can stop and start at any time you want, which works for me. I don't think I'll become a regular maintainance page handler (like VfD, TfD, CfD, Copyvio), though I might help out incidentally if there's a large backlog to clear or something (and I should point out that I think the people that do this are doing a wonderful task at keeping Wikipedia running and are the true unsung heroes of Wikipedia).
 * 2. Of your articles or contributions to Wikipedia, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?
 * A. I haven't made any major contributions to articles (I'm not good with prose, as the metaphor above amply demonstrates), but I do think WP:AIV is becoming a useful tool to complement WP:VIP.
 * 3. Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or do you feel other users have caused you stress? How have you dealt with it and how will you deal with it in the future?
 * A. The most annoying conflict so far has been the one over the cleaning up of external links and what is and isn't appropriate (please join in the discussion here), however as with most of what I do there's no long ongoing discussion and working out compromises to be done, I can take a day off wikipedia without inconveniencing cocontributors and go play outside instead. Usually, when I come back the next day things seem a lot less important.

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Nathan Witt

Nathan Witt (February 11, 1903 – February 16, 1982), born Nathan Wittowsky, was an American lawyer who is best known as being the Secretary of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) from 1937 to 1940. He resigned from the NLRB after his communist political beliefs were exposed, and he was accused of manipulating the Board's policies to favor his own political leanings. He was also investigated several times in the late 1940s and 1950s for being a spy for the Soviet Union in the 1930s. No evidence of espionage was ever found.

Background
Nathan R. Witt was born February 11, 1903, into a Jewish family on the Lower East Side of New York City. His father changed the family name to Witt shortly after his birth. His college education was interrupted several times by the need to earn a living: he drove a taxi cab. In 1927, he graduated from New York University (NYU). It was at NYU's Washington Square College that he met Lee Pressman.

Angered by what he perceived as the judicial mistreatment and illegal execution of the anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti in 1927, he drove a taxi cab for two years to earn money for law school. He graduated from Harvard Law School in 1932, or 1933, specializing in labor law. He attended Harvard shortly after Alger Hiss had left the school, and he was a friend of Donald Hiss, a Harvard Law classmate and Alger Hiss's younger brother.

Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA)
Witt joined the Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA) in July 1933. His friend, Lee Pressman, recommended him for the job. According to accusers Whittaker Chambers, Lee Pressman, and Elizabeth Bentley, Witt—along with John Abt, Charles Kramer, Alger Hiss, and Nathaniel Weyl, among others—were part of the so-called "Ware group," a clandestine Communist Party USA group formed by AAA economist Harold Ware. Chambers also alleged that Witt became leader of the group after Ware died in an automobile accident in August 1935. Pressman said the men merely met to study and discuss left-wing political theory, but Chambers described it as a Soviet-controlled cell dedicated to committing espionage. Historian David M. Kennedy, assessing a half-century's evidence about the case, concurred with Pressman's assessment in 2001.

There is widespread disagreement as to whether Witt was actually a Communist Party member or not. Historian Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. observed that Chambers never provided evidence of Witt's party membership, just uncorroborated accusation. Labor historian Leon Fink agrees. Labor historian Nelson Lichtenstein, however, concluded that Witt "probably" was both a member of the Communist Party and held communist ideals, but historian Ronald Schatz has asserted that Witt's communist sympathies did "not necessarily" mean Party membership.

Witt never hid his communism and made it well known to others from his earliest days in the government. Chambers told Adolf A. Berle, then Assistant Secretary of State, about Witt's involvement in the "Ware group" in 1939. Berle later said that "to be blunt about it, Mr. Witt's statements and sympathies were so well known that what Mr. Chambers had said added nothing to anything that wasn't public knowledge at the time." William S. Leiserson, an NLRB Board member, knew Witt held communist beliefs almost from the first days after Leiserson joined the Board. There is general agreement among professional historians that Witt's communist views did not affect his work and did not change the outcome of any policy choices made by government agencies.

National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)
Witt joined the legal staff of the "first" National Labor Relations Board in February 1934. The National Labor Relations Act became law in June 1935, creating the "second" (permanent) NLRB. Witt was named the NLRB's assistant chief counsel ("assistant general counsel" ) in December 1935. He exerted a great deal of influence in the Review Section, the division of the NLRB which reviewed transcripts of NLRB hearings in labor disputes, revised transcripts to emphasize points of law, reviewed draft decisions of examiners for adherence to NLRB policy and law, and made oral reports to the three members of the Board. He chose (with the approval of the Board) the attorneys who staffed the Review Section, assigned cases to attorneys, and checked the drafts of Board decisions for technical accuracy. Witt recommended Pressman for a job as a trial examiner at the NLRB in 1936.

Witt was named Secretary (the highest non-appointed bureaucratic office—or "the top administrative officer" ) of the Board in October (or November ) 1937. The enormous workload and tremendous expansion in the number of personnel at the NLRB made Witt the agency's most powerful individual. He attended Board meetings, took Board minutes, prepared and served Board decisions ordering union organizing elections, granted and denied requests for oral testimony from employers, oversaw each Board member's appointments and administered the office and oversaw the staff of 250. He was the Board's chief liaison to Congress and oversaw preparation and submission of the Board's budget. He was the sole supervisor of the Board's 22 regional offices, overseeing the roughly 225 personnel in the field. He alone exercised the authority to authorize a hearing in the case of unfair labor practice (ULP) or election cases, and he alone reported on these cases (in oral, not written) fashion to the Board. Almost all correspondence, telephone contact, and telegraph contact between the regional offices and the Board passed through his office first, and his office collected nearly all the information coming in from the field regarding elections, ULPs, settlements, strikes, enforcement issues, informational inquiries, and the development of new policies.

Witt's communism was the cause of much dispute within the NLRB and eventually led to his resignation as Board Secretary. The NLRB was under intense legal, media, congressional, and public criticism in 1938 and 1939 for what many people saw as overreaching.

In July 1939, the House of Representatives created the Special Committee to Investigate the National Labor Relations Board (popularly known as the "Smith Committee" after its chairman, conservative Democratic Rep. Howard W. Smith—a "powerful, arch-segregationist and anti-Communist". ) to investigate the NLRB. The Smith Committee received testimony from hundreds of witnesses, conducted a nationwide survey regarding the impact of the NLRB, and questioned NLRB officials at length about the agency's alleged anti-business and anti-American Federation of Labor/pro-Congress of Industrial Organizations biases.

From December 1939 to February 1940, the committee "probed Witt's handling of labor cases, strikes, and controversies." The committee weakened Witt in its accusation that he "hewed" to the Communist Party line. In response, Witt wrote to the committee that "I am not now, nor have I ever been, a member of the Communist Party, a 'Communist sympathizer,' or one who 'hews to the Communist Party line'."

In December 1939, board member Leiserson testified that he believed Witt held too much power at the NLRB, that Witt had influenced the NLRB's decisions in favor of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO), and that Witt's far-left views were unacceptable. Leiserson testified that he had repeatedly voiced his concerns to board chairman J. Warren Madden, but that Madden and board member Edwin S. Smith had allied to prevent any attempt to rein in or fire Witt. Later testimony revealed that an internal NLRB study had backed Leiseron and that Madden and Smith had suppressed it, and that Witt had assisted Madden in secretly building public and expert support for the NLRB (expending federal funds in lobbying against Congress). Madden attempted to defend Witt.

By September 1940, the Smith Committee was accusing other NLRB employees, such as chief economist David J. Saposs, of harboring communist ideas. It was clear that neither Madden nor Witt could continue at the NLRB much longer. President Franklin D. Roosevelt named University of Chicago economics professor Harry A. Millis to be the new chairman of the NLRB in November 1940, after Madden's term on the Board expired in August.

Witt resigned from the NLRB on November 18, 1940, although his resignation was not accepted until after Millis was sworn in on November 27. He ended his work at the Board on December 10. Later that month, Witt joined Board member Edwin S. Smith, former Board associate general counsel Thomas I. Emerson, and four other NLRB attorneys in denying Smith Committee testimony that they were members of the Communist Party or had followed the CPUSA line in their work.

Witt & Cammer
In 1941, after leaving the NLRB, Witt joined with Harold I. Cammer (founder of the National Lawyers Guild) to form a law partnership of Witt & Cammer in New York City. (On November 24, 1947, the address for "Witt & Cammer, Esqs." was 9 East 40th Street, New York, NY. ) New clients for Witt & Cammer included the CIO (in New York), other labor organizations, and left-wing unions like the International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers (known as "Mine-Mill"). In 1941, Witt represented the Steel Workers Organizing Committee (or SWOC, later, the United Steel Workers of America).

Witt was involved in numerous labor union disputes and labor-related free speech cases in the 1940s and 1950s. He represented members of the College Teachers Union (a predecessor to the modern Professional Staff Congress union at the City College of New York) when they were accused in 1941 of being communists by the Rapp-Coudert Committee. He briefly served as legal counsel to the International Fur & Leather Workers Union in 1944 in a major due process case. He was the lead attorney for the Seamen's Joint Action Committee, a CIO-backed insurgent group which allied with three CIO longshoremen's unions to challenge International Longshoremen's Association president Joseph Ryan.

Pressman, Witt & Cammer
Meantime, Pressman, remained as chief legal counsel of the CIO itself as well as the SWOC, both of which he had joined in the late 1930s, as Witt was joining and rising in the NLRB. In February 1948, Pressman left the CIO to create the private law practice of Pressman, Witt & Cammer. The firm became one of the most prominent left-wing labor law firms in the country. (Bella Abzug started her career at Pressman, Witt & Cammer.)

In early 1948, Witt's clients included the Greater New York CIO Council. As their counsel, he spoke to the press over allegations that FBI investigators were intimidating local CIO offices. "There could not possibly be any technical violation in 1948 except for the Isacson election and the FBI agents made clear they were not investigating that."

Also in early 1948, Witt was working with fellow National Lawyers Guild member Joseph Forer of Washington, DC. On January 26–28 and February 2, 1948, a hearing of the House Education and Labor Subcommittee, chaired by U.S. Representative Clare E. Hoffman, occurred on the topic of a strike by United Cafeteria and Restaurant Workers (Local 471) and its parent, the United Public Workers of America (UPWA), CIO, against Government Services, Inc. (GSI), which had already lasted nearly a month. UPWA was a client of Forer & Rein. Hoffman refused to let UPWA head Abram Flaxer read a statement and asked questions including whether Flaxer was a communist. Witt, one of his UAW attorneys, objected to "abuse of congressional power." On January 26, 1948, UPWA negotiations director Alfred Bernstein (father of Carl Bernstein), charged that House committee agents had raided the union's offices. During January, William S. Tyson, solicitor for the Labor Department, and Robert N. Denham, general counsel for the National Labor Relations Board, both agreed that nothing in the Taft-Hartley Act prohibited GSI from bargaining with a non-complying union. However, Denham added, the Act intended to "eliminate Communist influence from unions by denying to such unions the services of NLRB."

In 1950, Witt and partner Cammer defended the New York City Teachers Union (their client) against accusations from William Jansen, superintendent of New York City schools. In 1950, the U.S. State Department revoked singer and civil rights activist Paul Robeson's passport as a means of preventing him from traveling overseas and continuing his left-wing political work. Witt and Abt were among Robeson's first attorney and initiated Robeson's eight-year battle to regain his passport.

He also represented several members of the Teachers Union accused of being communists in 1950 and 1952. (At the time, the Teachers Union was a local union representing New York City public schools teachers. It had been ejected by the American Federation of Teachers for being communist-controlled, and in the 1950s, it was part of the United Public Workers of America. It would later rejoin the American Federation of Teachers in the early 1960s and merge with another local to become the United Federation of Teachers.)

Later years
In 1955, he left Witt & Cammer and became full-time counsel to the International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers. He had a close connection to Albert Pezzati, who had been eastern regional director, national board member and secretary-treasurer  of the International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers. (Like Witt, Pezzati had come under suspicion by HUAC of Communism. )

In 1961, Witt and Joseph Forer represented the International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers in Robert F. Kennedy, Attorney General of the United States, Petitioner, v. International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers, Respondent before the Subversive Activities Control Board.

When the International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers merged with and became a division of the United Steel Workers in the 1960s, Witt was retained as associate counsel for the new division. In 1975, Witt retired as associate counsel for the miners' division of the United Steel Workers.

Allegations of communism
On August 3, 1948, in testimony to the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), Whittaker Chambers named Witt as a member (and even leader ) of the "Ware Group." When called before a one-man subcommittee of HUAC (whose sole member was Representative Richard Nixon) on August 20, Witt denied knowing "J. Peters" (ostensibly the head of the Soviet Union's political operations in the United States), Chambers, or Alger Hiss. Along with Abt and Pressman (with Cammer as legal counsel for all three ), Witt invoked First, Fifth, and Sixth Amendment rights when refusing to answer HUAC questions. Lee Pressman, also testifying that day, forced the subcommittee to admit that it was not accusing the men of espionage but rather being communists seeking to infiltrate the government (which was not a crime). A few weeks later, former Daily Worker editor turned anti-communist Louis F. Budenz testified that the CPUSA considered Witt a member. Federal law enforcement officials debated prosecuting Witt in late 1948—not for being a communist, a spy, or for committing espionage, but under a contempt of Congress charge for asserting his Fifth Amendment rights before the committee and refusing to answer its questions. No prosecution was ever made. Having refused to answer questions before Congress, "Witt understood that the public saw that as tantamount to admitting guilt" to Communist activities.

Witt later testified in February 1949 before a federal grand jury investigating illegal CPUSA activities in the United States.

Testifying again before HUAC in 1950, Lee Pressman named Witt as a member of the CPUSA and the "Ware group." Speaking before a HUAC subcommittee on September 1, Witt once more denied that he had engaged in espionage, again invoked his Fifth Amendment privileges when asked about his CPUSA and "Ware group" membership, and refused to say whether he knew Chambers, Bentley, or scores of others.

In February 1952, writer Nathaniel Weyl named Witt as a "Ware group" member before the United States Senate Subcommittee on Internal Security.

In 1952 and 1953, the McCarran Committee called Witt back to Congress. Harvey Matusow, former CPUSA member, had previously testified before Congress against his former comrades. However, in 1954, Matusow published a book, False Witness, in which he recanted his anti-communist testimony. In April 1955, the Subcommittee on Internal Security learned that Witt had obtained a cash donation from the Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers Union to help Matusow get his book published. Witt was called before the Subcommittee on Internal Security on April 18 to testify about his involvement in the Matusow affair. Witt freely admitted his legal role in obtaining the publication fee. Witt last appeared before Congress in 1955, eventually totaling six times, several times with Clinton Jencks from his client, the Mine-Mill union.

Senator James O. Eastland, subcommittee chair, then implied there was something suspicious about Witt's real name being Wittowsky. Witt engaged in a shouting match with Eastland, accusing the senator of antisemitism. Witt denied he had anything to hide. Eastland demanded to know about his membership in the CPUSA and the "Ware group," and Witt invoked his Fifth Amendment rights again. When a subcommittee member asked Witt if he had sent white lilies to Chambers (implying that this constituted a death threat), Witt categorically denied doing so.

Personal life and death
On June 19, 1930, Nathan Witt married Anna Laura Phillips. They had two children, Hal (circa 1937) and Leda (1939). (Hal Witt later worked with Joseph Forer in the 1960s on the Giles-Johnson case in defending the Giles brothers and in the Supreme Court Giles v.  Maryland.   )

Nathan R. Witt died age 79 on February 16, 1982, at Rockefeller University Hospital in New York City.

Legacy
In 1949, Edward R. Murrow had CBS News colleague Don Hollenbeck contribute to the innovative media-review program, CBS Views the Press over the radio network's flagship station WCBS. Hollenbeck discussed Edward U. Condon, Alger Hiss, and Paul Robeson. Regarding Hiss (during which case, as Loren Ghiglione has noted "Hollenbeck and his coverage of the reporting of the Hiss-Chambers case did not take sides on Hiss's guilt or innocence" ), Hollenbeck criticized press coverage. For instance, he noted how a New York Journal-American story led a story stating "The government ended its cross-examination of Alger Hiss at 3:01 p.m. today after forcing him to admit he was an associate of Mrs. Carol King, prominent legal defender of Communists, and a friend of Nathan Witt, ex-New Deal lawyer who was fired because of his Communist activities." Hollenbeck noted that the transcript differed greatly, in that Hiss had said: he had met King "once or twice," while his description of when and where he met Witt even less clear. He also noted the guilt by association tactics of fellow journalists, for example, Westbrook Pegler, who sought to discredit Eleanor Roosevelt through link to Hiss via Felix Frankfurter.

In 1977 during an interview, David A. Morse (1907–1990), recounted that in 1949, shortly after he had finished work as NLRB general counsel and become a US delegate to the International Labor Conference of the International Labour Organization (ILO): At about that time, I think there were all these questions being raised about certain people in the Labor Board; not so much about their qualifications as their political orientation and what Paul Herzog wrote there may have been as a result of that. I remember there was this chap, Nat Witt, who had been head of the unit at the NLRB, that was responsible for the examiners. I recall that he had been accused from time to time by outside groups for being much tied in with Lee Pressman and the two of them were very much tied in with the Communist Party.

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Mussenden Temple

Mussenden Temple is a small circular building located on cliffs near Castlerock in County Londonderry, high above the Atlantic Ocean on the north-western coast of Northern Ireland.

History
Perched on the cliffs overlooking Downhill Strand, it was once possible to drive a carriage around the temple: however, coastal erosion has brought the edge closer to the building. The temple was built in 1785 and forms part of the Downhill Demesne. The demesne was formerly part of the estate of Frederick, 4th Earl of Bristol, who served as the Church of Ireland Lord Bishop of Derry from 1768 until 1803. It was Lord Bristol – popularly known as "the Earl-Bishop" – who had the "temple" built. Constructed as a library and modelled from the Temple of Vesta in the Forum Romanum in Rome, it is dedicated to the memory of Bishop Lord Bristol's niece Frideswide Mussenden. Its walls were once lined with bookcases. A fire was kept burning constantly in the basement. This and its enclosed flue meant that, even in this very exposed location, the books never got damp.

Over the years the erosion of the cliff face at Downhill has brought Mussenden Temple ever closer to the edge, and in 1997 The National Trust carried out cliff stabilisation work to prevent the loss of the building.

The inscription around the building reads: "''Suave, mari magno turbantibus aequora ventis

e terra magnum alterius spectare laborem."

"Tis pleasant, safely to behold from shore

The troubled sailor, and hear the tempests roar." The quotation is from Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 2.1–2.

Built as a wedding gift to his niece, Mrs. Frideswide Mussenden, and named in her honour, this library was to be a place she could retire when she visited him. He referred to her as his "cher cousin" and it's believed he greatly admired her beauty. There was some scandal at the time about the nature of their relationship, which may have caused her some distress and hastened her death.

"I intend to build a Grecian temple in Frideswide's honour...I intend to build it on the edge of a cliff. It will give employment to the poor, to the district and employment." The Earl Bishop was clearly heart broken when Frideswide died. His notes on the building state that it was based on Bramante's Tempietto on Rome's Janiculum hill, which itself based on the Temple of Vesta at Tivoli near Rome. The building was probably the work of Micheal Shanahan who accompanied the Earl Bishop on one of his many visits to Italy.

National Trust

Now part of The National Trust property of Mussenden Temple and Downhill Demesne, the grounds encompassing Mussenden Temple, and its manor house (Downhill Castle) are open to the public all year, from dawn to dusk. The "Temple" offers views westwards over Downhill Strand towards Magilligan Point and on across to Inishowen in County Donegal; and to the east, Castlerock beach towards Portstewart, Portrush and Fair Head.

The temple obtained a licence to hold civil wedding ceremonies in 2007.

The nearest station is Castlerock railway station.

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Talk:Louise Tracy

Louise did not play polo with her husband, according to Spencer Tracy's biographer James Curtis. They rode horses together on trails near their home. 75.139.193.40 (talk) 15:52, 21 July 2014 (UTC)

Permission?
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 * If that's the case, I apologize for my reverts, but just stating so doesn't prove anything. Even so, if you truly have permission or are the original author of the content, it needs to be cleaned up, etc. Anyway, in case I'm proven wrong, I apologize again. -- claviola 19:07, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)
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NPOV
The article is shock full of unencyclopedic sentences. In fact, if the original anon author doesn't step up to increase its quality, I may nominate it for a VfD, as it seems like Louise Treadwell's is just a very small footnote in Spencer Tracy's biography.

 * I've made an attempt to clean this article up a bit. ArielS

The Hepburn connection
Although they never divorced, shouldn't there be some mention of the fact that Spencer left her years before he died and lived with his lover Katharine Hepburn? JackofOz 10:29, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

Year of birth: 1896 or 1897?
Both years are mentioned in this article! De Jaren (talk) 04:35, 14 November 2021 (UTC)

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NWA Florida Bahamian Championship

The NWA Florida Bahamas Championship was a title that existed in Championship Wrestling from Florida from 1982 until 1987. It was also known as the NWA Bahama Island Championship.

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CNX (TV channel)

CNX (short for Cartoon Network Extreme) was a short-lived British television channel operated by Turner Broadcasting System Europe in the UK and Ireland. It was aimed at a male audience, with daytime programming aimed at older children and teenagers (predominantly 12–18 years of age), and evening programming aimed at older teenagers and young adults (the 17-34 demographic). The channel was carried in the 'Entertainment' section of the Sky programme guide and was also available on cable. Although CNX was said to stand for Cartoon Network Extreme by some viewers, the channel was advertised with a promo featuring the character Brak from The Brak Show singing "C is for comedy, N is for Japanese animation, X is for extreme", as well as a promo showing Aku from Samurai Jack morphing into silhouettes of characters of shows from the channel.

History
On 24 September 2002, Turner Broadcasting System Europe announced the launch of CNX on 14 October. The channel was initially available on Sky Digital and NTL:home. At the time, Turner was in negotiations with Telewest to add the channel to their Active Digital cable service, and was soon added on 15 January 2003.

In April 2003, Turner Broadcasting System had considered launching a U.S version of CNX, but Mark Lazarus, former head of Turner Entertainment, said it was "not imminent", and never materialized.

At the beginning of 2003, the channel introduced a Toonami programming strand that would air during the daytime hours. On 9 July 2003, Turner announced that CNX would close and rebrand as a standalone Toonami channel beginning in September 2003, with a Turner spokesperson citing that the adult market being "crowded and competitive" as the reason for its closure.

On September 1, it was officially revealed that CNX would rebrand as Toonami on September 8, and on that day, CNX closed for the final time at 1am and its slot on all platforms was moved to the "Kids" sections and relabeled as Toonami, which launched at 6am on that day.

The final programming under the CNX brand was crime drama The Shield, Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue and action film Point of No Return.

Contest
In December 2002, CNX hosted an event in which six individuals undertook the challenge of watching TV continuously for 47 hours. This competition aimed to surpass the existing world record set by a man who had watched TV for 46 hours, 30 minutes, and 50.91 seconds. The attempt succeeded, with three of the participants—Steven Hayes, Adam King, and Nick Tungett—reaching and surpassing the target time.

Their achievement earned them a place in the 2002 edition of the Guinness World Records. Additionally, they were awarded a cash prize of £5,000, along with a curated collection of audio and visual equipment valued at £2,000. Concurrently, CNX organized a contest tied to the event, inviting viewers to text their predictions for the winners. The offered prize was an Plasma TV worth £3,500. However, the identity of the contest winner remains unknown at present.

Programming
The channel's programming was divided between an adult-aimed output in the evenings and younger-skewing programming under the Toonami block, which was moved to the channel in May 2003 after a few months of the former Toonami shows being shown under the CNX identity. The station primarily aired anime, extreme sports, and dramas (principally action/crime series such as The Shield and Birds of Prey). The channel's film telecasts predominantly consisted of martial arts films, anime films and action/drama.

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Chacao Municipality

Chacao is one of the five political and administrative subdivisions of the city of Caracas, Venezuela. The other four are Baruta, El Hatillo, Libertador and Sucre. This legal entity is known as the Caracas Metropolitan District. Chacao is also one of the 21 municipalities that make up the State of Miranda, Venezuela.

Geography
Chacao occupies the mid-eastern portion of the Caracas Valley, north of the Guaire River, bordering the other urban municipalities to the east, south and west, and the La Guaira state to the north, including the Avila National Park.

Economy
Chacao, along with Baruta and Los Salias, is one of the communities with lowest poverty rates in Venezuela, with a poverty rate of only 4.67% according to the 2011 census. It is home to some of the city's major financial and shopping centres, such as Centro Ciudad Comercial Tamanaco (CCCT), Sambil Shopping Mall, Centro Lido, Centro San Ignacio, as well as branches and headquarters of major local banks, and foreign institutions, stock exchanges, the most luxurious hotels in the city, and the mansions of recognized personalities in the political and economic sphere.

Many of the city's shopping malls are located within Chacao's borders. The township also controls the most transited pedestrian access to the Avila National Park (Sabas Nieves), a popular destination for caraqueños. Other attractions include a restaurant district in the neighbourhoods of La Castellana, Altamira and Los Palos Grandes, a Centre for Performing Arts (CELARG) and the Centro Cultural Chacao, a public space dedicated to concerts, art expositions, and other cultural activities. Parque del Este, the biggest urban park in Caracas, although largely in neighbouring Sucre territory, has one of its main entrances in Chacao, making it a popular recreational and exercise area for the inhabitants of Los Palos Grandes and other Chacao neighbourhoods.

The municipality has become a financial centre after many of the country's banks moved their headquarters to the formerly residential neighbourhood of El Rosal. The main street artery, Francisco de Miranda Avenue and its vicinity, rivals Caracas' old downtown in office space availability, and is preferred by foreign companies with established offices in the country. Some signature office buildings include Parque Cristal, Centro Letonia, HP Tower, Atlantic Building, La Castellana Center, Multicentro Empresarial del Este, Centro Lido, Centro San Ignacio, KPMG Tower, Forum Tower, Shell Tower, and other important architectural landmarks. Several other office buildings are occupied by government-controlled entities such as the Pequiven and Banco del Tesoro towers.

The traditional Venezuelan private sector has given way to new short-term businesses and franchises that bloom around the city thanks in part to soaring oil prices. Chacao is again an important player in this money wave craze, with commercial and residential real estate prices among the highest in the nation. The residential neighbourhood of Campo Alegre has on average the highest priced real estate in the country.

The headquarters of Estalar Airlines is in Altamira, Chacao.

Demographics
The Cathedral and Bolivar Square area, known as Pueblo de Chacao was home to Spanish, Italian and Portuguese immigrant waves, and today represents a middle class stronghold in the municipality. Small pockets of poverty, known as barrios, are also present, some of the best known are Pajaritos and El Pedregal which are surrounded by luxury condos and opulent houses.

Law and government
Former mayor Leopoldo López Mendoza, elected in 2000 and re-elected for the 2004-2008 term, has played a prominent role in anti-Chávez politics over the past eight years. On November 23, 2008, Emilio Graterón was elected mayor with 47,54% of vote. Chacao has represented a stronghold for the Venezuelan opposition. Anti-Chavez votes have steadily represented between 85 and 95% of the total votes in the borough, throughout the length of Chavez's administration.

The current Ministry of Aquatic and Air Transport has its headquarters in the Torre Pequiven. The Ministry of Transport and Communications previously had its headquarters in the Torre MTC in Chacao. The Junta Investigadora de Accidentes de Aviación Civil, the Venezuelan aircraft accident investigation agency, had its headquarters in Chacao.

History
In Cumanagoto language Chakau (Chacao) means sand, the municipality was named after the Indian Cacique Chacao, who died defending his territory in 1567, the year when the city of Santiago de León de Caracas was finally established after more than three decades of unsuccessful attempts by the Spanish. The chosen location for Caracas Plaza Mayor and Cathedral was on the west side of the valley, making the fertile lands of Chacao (on the mid-east side) an ideal location for agricultural crops and establishment of haciendas. Spanish conquistador Diego de Losada, founder of the city of Caracas, included these lands in his jurisdiction.

The township of Chacao was founded by an immigration wave of the San Bernabé earthquake victims on June 11, 1641. It was officially made a Catholic parish with the foundation of San José de Chacao church.

After repeated epidemics and calamities affected Caracas, the Town Hall and the Governor and Commander in chief of the Province, Jose Solano y Bote, in 1764 thought about transferring the entire city to this location, an idea that was rejected by Caracas Bishop Mauro Tovar.

On April 15, 1769, the residents of Chacao asked for the creation of an independent ecclesiastical parish, Lieutenant Francisco Palacios y Sojo made the request, after evaluating the economic conditions. The final separation of Chacao from the Parish of La Candelaria was granted on September 27, 1769.

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Academic audit

In academia, an audit is an educational term for the completion of a course of study for which no assessment of the performance of the student is made nor grade awarded. Some institutions may record a grade of "audit" to those who have elected not to receive a letter grade for a course in which they are typically awarded.

In this case, 'audit' indicates that the individual merely has received teaching, rather than being evaluated as having achieved a given standard of knowledge of the subject. The term 'audit' is Latin, translating as, 'he/she hears'. In other words, the audit student has experienced the course, but has not been assessed.

Some students audit a class merely for enjoyment, including purposes of self-enrichment and academic exploration, with no need or desire of academic credit. Sometimes this technique is employed by individuals who wish to take a specific course without the risk of under-performance resulting in a poor or failing grade. This may be helpful when reviewing a long-unstudied subject, or when first beginning or exploring the study of a discipline where one has little experience or confidence.

Auditing is generally an option at institutions of higher learning, such as colleges and universities, rather than grammar school or secondary school.

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Cyphostemma

Cyphostemma is a flowering plant genus in the family Vitaceae, with around 250 species distributed throughout the tropics and subtropics. These species are caudiciform and used to belong to the genus Cissus. The genus name comes from Greek kyphos, meaning hump, and stemma, meaning garland.

Within the Vitaceae, Cyphostemma is most closely related to Cayratia and Tetrastigma. All species of Cyphostemma were once included in the genus Cissus but are now considered to be distinct.

Distribution
They originate from Northeast Africa to southern Arabia, in particular from Madagascar through to Indochina.

Species

 * 1) C. abercornense Wild & R.B.Drumm.
 * 2) C. adamii Desc.
 * 3) C. adenanthum (Fresen.) Desc.
 * 4) C. adenocarpum (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc.
 * 5) C. adenocaule (Steud. ex A.Rich.) Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
 * 6) C. adenocephalum (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc.
 * 7) C. adenopodum (Sprague) Desc.
 * 8) C. agnus-castus (Planch.) Desc.
 * 9) C. allophyloides (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc.
 * 10) C. alnifolium (Schweinf. ex Planch.) Desc.
 * 11) C. amplexicaule Desc.
 * 12) C. anatomicum (C.A.Sm.) Wild & R.B.Drumm.
 * 13) C. ankirihitrensis Desc.
 * 14) C. auriculata (Roxb.) P.Singh & B.V.Shetty
 * 15) C. auriculatum (Roxb.) P.Singh & B.V.Shetty
 * 16) C. bainesii (Hook.f.) Desc.
 * 17) C. bambuseti (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
 * 18) C. barbosae Wild & R.B.Drumm.
 * 19) C. betiforme (Chiov.) Vollesen
 * 20) C. bidgoodiae Verdc.
 * 21) C. biternatum (Baker) Desc.
 * 22) C. boranense Vollesen
 * 23) C. bororense (Klotzsch) Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
 * 24) C. braunii (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc.
 * 25) C. brieyi (De Wild.) Compère
 * 26) C. buchananii (Planch.) Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
 * 27) C. bullatum (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc.
 * 28) C. burgeri Vollesen
 * 29) C. cabui (Dewit) Desc.
 * 30) C. camerounense Desc.
 * 31) C. chevalieri (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc.
 * 32) C. chloroleucum (Welw.ex Baker) Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
 * 33) C. chrysadenium (Gilg) Desc.
 * 34) C. cirrhosum (Thunb.) Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
 * 35) C. congestum (Baker) Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
 * 36) C. congoense (auct.) Desc.
 * 37) C. connivens (Lam.) Desc.
 * 38) C. conradsii (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc.
 * 39) C. cornigera Desc.
 * 40) C. cornus-africani Thulin
 * 41) C. crassiusculum (Baker) Desc.
 * 42) C. crinitum (Planch.) Desc.
 * 43) C. cristigera Desc.
 * 44) C. crithmifolium (Chiov.) Desc.
 * 45) C. crotalarioides (Planch.) Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
 * 46) C. cryptoglandulosum Verdc.
 * 47) C. cuneatum (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc.
 * 48) C. currorii (Hook.f.) Desc.
 * 49) C. curvipodum (Baker) Desc.
 * 50) C. cymosum (Schumach. & Thonn.) Desc.
 * 51) C. cyphopetalum (Fresen.) Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
 * 52) C. dasycarpum Verdc.
 * 53) C. dasypleurum (C.A.Sm.) J.J.M.Van der Merwe
 * 54) C. decurrens (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc.
 * 55) C. degraeri (Dewit) Desc.
 * 56) C. delphinensis Desc.
 * 57) C. dembianensis (Chiov.) Vollesen
 * 58) C. descoingsii Lavie
 * 59) C. desenfansii (Dewit) Desc.
 * 60) C. digitatum (Forssk.) Desc.
 * 61) C. duparquettii (Planch.) Desc.
 * 62) C. dysocarpum (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc.
 * 63) C. echinocarpa Desc.
 * 64) C. egregium (Gilg) Desc.
 * 65) C. elephantopus Desc.
 * 66) C. elisabethvilleanum (Dewit) Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
 * 67) C. eminii (Gilg) Desc.
 * 68) C. engleri (Gilg) Desc.
 * 69) C. erythreae (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc.
 * 70) C. erythrocephalum (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc.
 * 71) C. feddeanum (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc.
 * 72) C. flavicans (Baker) Desc.
 * 73) C. flaviflorum (Sprague) Desc.
 * 74) C. fragariifolium (Bojer ex Planch.) Desc.
 * 75) C. fugosioides (Gilg) Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
 * 76) C. gigantophyllum (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
 * 77) C. gillettii (De Wild. & T.Durand) Desc.
 * 78) C. glandulosissimum (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
 * 79) C. glanduloso-pilosa Desc.
 * 80) C. gracillimum (Werderm.) Desc.
 * 81) C. grahamii Verdc.
 * 82) C. grandistipulatum (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc.
 * 83) C. graniticum (Wild & R.B.Drumm.) Wild & R.B.Drumm.
 * 84) C. greenwayi Verdc.
 * 85) C. greveanum Desc.
 * 86) C. griseorubrum (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc.
 * 87) C. hardyi Retief
 * 88) C. haumanii (Dewit) Desc.
 * 89) C. hereroense (Schinz) Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
 * 90) C. heterotrichum (Gilg & R.E.Fr.) Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
 * 91) C. hildebrandtii (Gilg) Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
 * 92) C. hispidiflorum (C.A.Sm.) J.J.M.Van der Merwe
 * 93) C. homblei (De Wild.) Desc.
 * 94) C. horombense Desc.
 * 95) C. huillense (Exell & Mendonça) Desc.
 * 96) C. humile (N.E.Br.) Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
 * 97) C. hypargyreum (Gilg) Desc.
 * 98) C. hypoleucum (Harv.) Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
 * 99) C. jaegeri (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
 * 100) C. jiguu Verdc.
 * 101) C. johannis (Exell & Mendonça) Desc.
 * 102) C. juttae (Dinter & Gilg) Desc.
 * 103) C. kaniamae (Mullend. ex Dewit) Desc.
 * 104) C. kapiriense (Dewit) Desc.
 * 105) C. keilii (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc.
 * 106) C. kibweziense Verdc.
 * 107) C. kilimandscharicum (Gilg) Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
 * 108) C. kirkianum (Planch.) Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
 * 109) C. kiwakishiense (Dewit) Desc.
 * 110) C. knittelii (Gilg) Desc.
 * 111) C. kundelunguense Malaisse
 * 112) C. lageniflorum (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc.
 * 113) C. lanigerum (Harv.) Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
 * 114) C. laza Desc.
 * 115) C. leandrii Desc.
 * 116) C. ledermannii (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc.
 * 117) C. lelyi (Hutch.) Desc.
 * 118) C. lentianum (Volkens & Gilg) Desc.
 * 119) C. letouzeyanum Desc.
 * 120) C. leucorufescens Desc.
 * 121) C. leucotrichum (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc.
 * 122) C. libenii (Dewit) Desc.
 * 123) C. loandense (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc.
 * 124) C. lovemorei Willd. & R.B.Drumm.
 * 125) C. luteum (Exell & Mendonça) Desc.
 * 126) C. lynesii (Dewit) Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
 * 127) C. macrocarpa Desc.
 * 128) C. manambovensis Desc.
 * 129) C. manikense (De Wild.) Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
 * 130) C. mannii (Baker) Desc.
 * 131) C. mappia (Lam.) Galet
 * 132) C. maranguense (Gilg) Desc.
 * 133) C. marlothii (Dinter & Gilg) Desc.
 * 134) C. marunguense (Dewit) Desc.
 * 135) C. masukuense (Baker) Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
 * 136) C. megabotrys (Collett & Hemsl.) B.V.Shetty
 * 137) C. meyeri-johannis (Gilg & M.Brandt) Verdc.
 * 138) C. michelii (Dewit) Desc.
 * 139) C. micradenium (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc.
 * 140) C. microdipterum (Baker) Desc.
 * 141) C. migiurtinorum (Chiov.) Desc.
 * 142) C. mildbraedii (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
 * 143) C. milleri Wild & R.B.Drumm.
 * 144) C. molle (Steud. ex A.Rich.) Desc.
 * 145) C. montagnacii Desc.
 * 146) C. montanum Wild & R.B.Drumm.
 * 147) C. muhuluense (Mildbr.) Desc.
 * 148) C. nanellum (Gilg & R.E.Fr.) Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
 * 149) C. natalitium (Szyszyl.) J.J.M.Van der Merwe
 * 150) C. nigroglandulosum (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc.
 * 151) C. niveum (Hochst. ex Schweinf.) Desc.
 * 152) C. njegerre (Gilg & Strauss) Desc.
 * 153) C. obovato-oblongum (De Wild.) Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
 * 154) C. odontadenium (Gilg) Desc.
 * 155) C. oleraceum (Bolus) J.J.M.Van der Merwe
 * 156) C. omburense (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc.
 * 157) C. ornatum (A.Chev. ex Hutch. & Dalziel) Desc.
 * 158) C. ouakense Desc.
 * 159) C. overlaetii (Dewit) Desc.
 * 160) C. oxyphyllum (A.Rich.) Vollesen
 * 161) C. pachyanthum (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc.
 * 162) C. pachypus Desc.
 * 163) C. pannosum Vollesen
 * 164) C. passargei (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc.
 * 165) C. paucidentatum (Klotzsch) Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
 * 166) C. pendulum (Welw. ex Baker) Desc..
 * 167) C. perforatum (Louis ex Dewit) Desc.
 * 168) C. phyllomicron (Chiov.) Desc.
 * 169) C. pobeguinianum Desc.
 * 170) C. princeae (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
 * 171) C. pruriens (Welw. ex Baker) Desc.
 * 172) C. pseudoburgeri Verdc.
 * 173) C. pseudonjegerre (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc.
 * 174) C. pseudorhodesiae (Dewit) Desc.
 * 175) C. pseudosesquipedale Verdc.
 * 176) C. pseudoupembaense (Dewit) Desc.
 * 177) C. puberulum (C.A.Sm.) Wild & R.B.Drumm.
 * 178) C. pumilum Desc.
 * 179) C. quinatum (Dryand.) Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
 * 180) C. rhodesiae (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
 * 181) C. richardsiae Wild & R.B.Drumm.
 * 182) C. ringoetii (De Wild.) Desc.
 * 183) C. rivae (Gilg) Desc.
 * 184) C. robsonii Wild & R.B.Drumm.
 * 185) C. robynsii (Dewit) Desc.
 * 186) C. roseiglandulosum Desc.
 * 187) C. rotundistipulatum Wild & R.B.Drumm.
 * 188) C. rowlandii (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc.
 * 189) C. ruacanense (Exell & Mendonça) Desc.
 * 190) C. rubroglandulosum Retief & B.-E.van Wyk
 * 191) C. rubromarginatum (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc.
 * 192) C. rubrosetosum (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc.
 * 193) C. rupicola (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc.
 * 194) C. rutilans Desc.
 * 195) C. sakalavensis Desc.
 * 196) C. sanctuarium-selousii Verdc.
 * 197) C. sarcospathulum (Chiov.) Desc.
 * 198) C. saxicola (Gilg & R.E.Fr.) Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
 * 199) C. saxicolum (Gilg & R.E.Fr.) Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
 * 200) C. scarlatinum (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc.
 * 201) C. schimperi (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Desc.
 * 202) C. schlechteri (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
 * 203) C. schliebenii (Mildbr.) Desc.
 * 204) C. segmentatum (C.A.Sm.) J.J.M.Van der Merwe
 * 205) C. seitzianum (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc.
 * 206) C. septemfoliatum Wild & R.B.Drumm.
 * 207) C. serjanioides (Planch.) Desc.
 * 208) C. serpens (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Desc.
 * 209) C. sesquipedale (Gilg) Desc.
 * 210) C. sessilifolium (Dewit) Desc.
 * 211) C. setosum (Roxb.) Alston
 * 212) C. shinyangense Verdc.
 * 213) C. simplicifolium A.Björnstad
 * 214) C. simulans (C.A.Sm.) Wild & R.B.Drumm.
 * 215) C. sokodense (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc.
 * 216) C. spinosopilosum (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc.
 * 217) C. stefanianum (Chiov.) Desc.
 * 218) C. stefaninianum (Chiov.) Desc.
 * 219) C. stegosaurus Verdc.
 * 220) C. stenolobum (Welw. ex Baker) Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
 * 221) C. stenopodum (Gilg ex Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc.
 * 222) C. stipulaceum (Baker) Desc.
 * 223) C. strigosum (Dewit) Desc.
 * 224) C. subciliatum (Baker) Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
 * 225) C. sulcatum (C.A.Sm.) J.J.M.Van der Merwe
 * 226) C. taborense Verdc.
 * 227) C. tenuissimum (Gilg & R.E.Fr.) Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
 * 228) C. ternatomultifidum (Chiov.) Desc.
 * 229) C. ternatum (Forssk.) Desc.
 * 230) C. thomasii (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc.
 * 231) C. tisserantii Desc.
 * 232) C. trachyphyllum (Werderm.) Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
 * 233) C. trilobata (Lam.) M.R.Almeida
 * 234) C. triumfettoides (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc.
 * 235) C. tsaratananensis Desc.
 * 236) C. ukerewense (Gilg) Desc.
 * 237) C. upembaense (Dewit) Desc.
 * 238) C. urophyllum (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc.
 * 239) C. uter (Exell & Mendonça) Desc.
 * 240) C. uwanda Verdc.
 * 241) C. vandenbergheae Malaisse & Matamba
 * 242) C. vandenbrandeanum (Dewit) Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
 * 243) C. vanderbenii (Dewit) Desc.
 * 244) C. vanmeelii (Lawalrée) Wild & R.B.Drumm.
 * 245) C. vezensis Desc.
 * 246) C. villosicaule Verdc.
 * 247) C. villosiglandulosum (Werderm.) Desc.
 * 248) C. violaceoglandulosum (Gilg) Desc.
 * 249) C. viscosum (Gilg & R.E.Fr.) Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.
 * 250) C. vogelii (Hook.f.) Desc.
 * 251) C. vollesenii Verdc.
 * 252) C. waterlotii (A.Chev.) Desc.
 * 253) C. wilmsii (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc.
 * 254) C. wittei (Staner) Wild & R.B.Drumm.
 * 255) C. woodii (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc.
 * 256) C. zanzibaricum Verdc.
 * 257) C. zechianum (Gilg & M.Brandt) Desc.
 * 258) C. zimmermannii Verdc.
 * 259) C. zombense (Baker) Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.

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Veste Oberhaus

Veste Oberhaus is a fortress that was founded in 1219 and, for most of its time, was the stronghold of the Bishop of Passau, Germany. It is now the site of a museum, a youth hostel and a restaurant, as well as an open-air theatre dating to 1934.

The fortress is located on the mountain crest (St. Georgsberg) on the left side of the Danube between it and the Ilz and dominates the old city of Passau, which it faces across the Danube. Below Oberhaus on the promontory between the two rivers is Veste Niederhaus, part of the fortress system.

History
The fortress was built in 1219 by Ulrich II, the first prince-bishop of Passau, at the location of a previously existing chapel dedicated to St. George. The intention was to express the military strength of the bishopric and support the bishop's status as an elector of the Holy Roman Empire, granted in 1217, and also to protect against both external enemies and internal threats such as those citizens of Passau who wished to acquire the independent status of a free imperial city.

As siege techniques improved over the centuries, Veste Oberhaus was repeatedly renovated and extended, beginning in 1255–56, so that it offers an opportunity to study fortification techniques from the 13th through the early 19th century. The inscription "1499" prominent on the facade refers to one of these renovations. The most significant rebuilding took place under Leonhard von Laiming, Christoph von Schachner, Urban von Trennbach and Johann Philipp von Lamberg. Under them, the fortress developed from a Gothic citadel to an early Renaissance princely residence, a "fortified princely castle" and, finally, in the era of invasion by the Turks, a regional fortress and symbol of aristocratic status. Archeological investigations in the 1990s revealed traces of a 17th-century residential tower.

The fortress was attacked five times between 1250 and 1482, each time without success. Twice, in 1298 and 1367, the attackers were the citizens of Passau themselves in rebellion against the bishop.

Between 1535 and 1540, numerous Protestant Anabaptists were imprisoned in the castle dungeon for their beliefs. During their imprisonment, the Ausbund hymnal, still used in Amish religious services, was developed. Some of the hymn writers died while imprisoned; many were martyred.

In 1704, 1742 and 1800 the fortress was forced to surrender to various forces. Secularization in 1802 brought an end to the rule of the bishop. Napoleon made use of the fortress during his campaign against Austria, placing it under the control of his allies the Bavarians as a border outpost, but in 1805 it surrendered to the Austrian army. After the Congress of Vienna the area was controlled by Bavaria and for almost a century, until 1918, the fortress served an additional purpose as a state and military prison. It was feared as the "Bastille of Bavaria".

In 1932, the City of Passau gained possession of Veste Oberhaus and instituted a museum, the Oberhausmuseum.

Setting and buildings
The location of the fortress is the St. Georgsberg mountain, 105 m above the valley floor between the Danube and the Ilz. Steep cliffs fall off on both sides. The smaller Veste Niederhaus, connected to Veste Oberhaus by a battlement, is located below on the bank of the Danube; this addition, made after 1367, created a double fortress almost 700 m in length.

A road rises to Veste Oberhaus on the Ilz side. On foot, the castle can be reached via the 200 steps of the Oberhausleiten-Stiege stairway from the Schanzlbrücke Danube bridge. The main gate, the Ravelintor, bears the arms of Cardinal Johann Philipp von Lamberg and was built in 1703. This leads to the Kronwerke, a Baroque bailey constructed in 1674–1740, and a second defensive area dating mostly to the 16th century. From this middle defensive ring, the Burgstraße leads past the main watchtower (built around 1350) and across a drawbridge through a tower built in 1433 to the main fortress. The gate tower at this point bears the arms of Prince Bishop Leonhard von Laiming dated 1440. The buildings encircling the outer courtyard are 16th-century. The church of St. George in the inner courtyard has early and high Gothic frescoes and predates the fortress; it was renovated in Baroque style. The building erected by Christoph von Schachner in 1499–1503 with the highly visible coat of arms and date of 1499 on its facade contains a ceremonial Rittersaal (knights' hall) on the upper floor; this is connected by an open arcade to the dirnitz and princely suite, which date to the 14th–17th centuries. A cannon battery is housed on the lower story under the Rittersaal.

The so-called "Linde Battery", a terrace within the walls of the Veste Oberhaus, offers a good view of the Dreiflüsseeck (three rivers corner), the confluence of the Inn, Danube and Ilz; the differing colors of the three rivers are clearly visible from this point.

Facilities
The Oberhausmuseum includes the museum of the city of Passau, an art gallery, collections covering the history of Eastern Bavaria, Bohemia and Austria, a firefighting museum and a porcelain collection. Today, the fortress also houses a restaurant, a viewing platform on the so-called Observation Tower dating to the 18th century, an observatory and a youth hostel in the so-called General's Building dating to 1597.

In May 1933, with great fanfare, the Ostmarkmuseum was opened.

In April 1934, the former Officers' Garden became an outdoor cafe where many National Socialists were hosted.

The Baroque-era forward fortifications were replaced by a Thingplatz open-air theatre. In the form of an amphitheater in the approximate form of a quarter circle, this was designed by Ludwig Moshamer and had approximately 6,000 seats and room for approximately 18,000 standees. Ground was broken on August 26, 1934, and the facility was dedicated on September 22, 1935. The inaugural performance was of a work by Hans Baumann honoring "farmers of the border marches" and entitled Für unsere Treue gibt es keinen Tod (for our loyalty there is no death), with a cast of 1,600. In 1937 Eberhard Wolfgang Möller's Frankenburger Würfelspiel was performed; this concerned an event that happened not far away from Passau, and was to have been repeated annually, but political objections by the Austrians prevented it. In 1938, 85 boys and 162 girls born in 1927 and 1928 were sworn in there as Hitler Youth.

In July 1940, when Rüdiger von Bechelaren, the latest play by Hans Baumann, was staged, 2,000 Hitler Youth were integrated.

The theatre since World War II has again been in use.

In April 1938, Passau unveiled its Guest Suite, where National Socialist dignitaries were hosted. And the regional Donauzeitung marveled about some features at the Oberhaus George's Chapel. Ancient warrior insignia of the Germanic god Wotan, it stated, had been transferred to that Saint.

In February 1939, Margarethe Schneider-Reichel called all Orts-, Zellen- and Block-Frauenschaftsleiterinnen from the city and the Passau district to a weekend seminar at Veste Oberhaus. There, at the auditorium, they listened to the Kreisleiter before Dr. Paul Reiß from Mainkofen addressed them for three hours. The central topics were "necessary measures" that the National Socialist state was taking to control the population.

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Luís Pires

Luís Pires (15th-16th century CE) was a Portuguese explorer who accompanied Pedro Álvares Cabral in the discovery of Brazil, being one of the captains of the fleet. On leaving the Cape Verde Islands, Pires was forced by a storm to return to Lisbon, never having reached Brazil or India (the initial and official destination of the journey).

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Shark related movies

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was DELETE. Golbez 03:15, Jun 19, 2005 (UTC)

Shark related movies
Would work best as a category, if worth keeping at all. Bill 18:22, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * Delete I think we must eliminate all "something related movies" articles. Varnav 18:31, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Speedy delete - more garbage from Ozdusters. -- Cyrius|✎ 18:51, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, even though I just added Deep Blue Sea (the absence of which was just a glaring error). How about a List of movies with a "man vs. nature" theme, tho? -- BD2412 talk 21:35, 2005 Jun 13 (UTC)
 * Delete pointless list. JamesBurns 07:01, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, unencyclopedic. Radiant_ >|< 08:05, Jun 14, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, unencyclopedic, and I agree with Varnav. carmeld1 03:10, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * This page is now preserved as an archive of the debate and, like some other VfD subpages, is no longer 'live'. Subsequent comments on the issue, the deletion, or the decision-making process should be placed on the relevant 'live' pages.  Please do not edit this page .


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Talk:Write once, compile anywhere

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Cross platform libraries are not a WOCA thing, because they are needed in WORA too, right? Should it be removed from the article? --Easyas12c 18:23, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * What is meant are libraries that interface to platform dependent stuff in a platform independent way, in much the same way as a kernel abstracts the hardware it runs on. In the WORA philosophy there is only one platform, the idealized virtual machine, so a library which only depends on the virtual machine would be cross platform by virtue of the VM running on many arches. Calling that cross platform is like calling x86 machine code cross platform because there is an interpreter for it on ARM. Since "WORA" also antedates "cross platform" the WOCA meaning of "cross platform" is definately the right meaning. --MarSch 17:11, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

Despite that the slogan being "WOCA", Free Pascal tries to apply it to the entire toolchain, not just the compiler. WOBA more or less (build anywhere). 88.159.64.210 (talk) 16:22, 27 May 2011 (UTC)

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Judwaa

Judwaa is a 1997 Indian Hindi-language action comedy film, directed by David Dhawan, produced by Sajid Nadiadwala and starring Salman Khan, Karishma Kapoor and Rambha with Kader Khan, Dalip Tahil, Shakti Kapoor, Deepak Shirke, Anupam Kher, Satish Shah and Mukesh Rishi in supporting roles. The film was a box-office success. It is a remake of the Telugu film Hello Brother (1994), which in turn is inspired from the Hong Kong action comedy film Twin Dragons (1992) starring Jackie Chan.

Plot
Jayantilal "Ratan" Pandey (Deepak Shirke) is a ruthless criminal. ACP Sanjay Path "S. P." Malhotra (Dalip Tahil) arrests him. Ratan wounds himself and is taken to the hospital, where ACP Malhotra is waiting for his wife Geeta Malhotra (Reema Lagoo), who is in labor. She gives birth to twins. The doctor explains that both babies have a reflection mentality, which means that "what happens with one baby might be felt and reflected by another," depending on the proximity between them. Ratan escapes and takes one of the twins with him, injuring Geeta. ACP Malhotra chases after him. Unable to find his son, shoots a fleeing Ratan in an attempt to stop him. The kid grows up as Raja (Omkar Kapoor, then Salman Khan) and finds a girl, Neelam whom he adopts as his sister. He finds another orphan, Rangeela Prakash (Siddhanth Kapoor, then Shakti Kapoor) and becomes his friend. Together they take care of the girl and become small-time thieves.

On the other hand, Geeta goes into depression and gets paralyzed. ACP Malhotra takes her to the US for her treatment, where the other twin named Prem Malhotra (also Salman Khan) is brought up. He comes to India as a rock star for a show. He is received by Kishan Sharma (Kader Khan), who is his father's friend and wishes to marry his daughter Mala Sharma (Karisma Kapoor) to him. But Mala is in love with Raja. At the airport, Prem finds Roopa Batwani (Rambha), daughter of Sundari Batwani (Bindu), the organizer of his public shows. Prem falls in love with Roopa. Tony (Jack Gaud), Sundari's nephew, also wishes to marry Roopa. Meanwhile, Mala misunderstands Prem for Raja and starts flirting with him. One day, Raja and Prem see each other in a restaurant and find out that they are identical, which leads to hilarious misunderstandings.

Meanwhile, Raja's sister Neelam (Sheetal Joshi) sees local goon Ratanlal "Tiger" Pandey (Mukesh Rishi) who is the son of Ratan, killing an Inspector on the road and becomes a vital witness of the murder in court. Enraged, Tiger assaults and threatens her to not report his crime to the police. However, as a consequence, Tiger is badly beaten up by Raja, making him more vengeful against Raja and Neelam. To exact his revenge, he sends his henchman named Tommy (Shashi Kiran) to be the groom of Neelam but Raja and Rangeela find out his plan and marry Neelam to someone else. The court announces the death sentence to Tiger for the murder of the Inspector he shot earlier. Days pass, Neelam becomes pregnant, and she is admitted to a hospital for her delivery. Raja asks Prem to stay at the hospital as he is searching for money. Prem visits his father, ACP Malhotra. At the same time, Tiger escapes from jail to kidnap Neelam and recognizes ACP Malhotra, who shot his father Ratan and finds out that Raja is his son. He blackmails Raja to get ACP Malhotra to free Neelam. Raja, who does not know that ACP Malhotra is his real father goes to his house where Geeta also comes out from the paralysis by Raja's touch, and he comes to see the truth that they are his real parents and Prem is his twin brother. Finally, Raja and Prem come together to protect their father from Tiger. Raja finds out about his and prem's shared reflex, Nandu requests Raja to beat him so Prem would beat Tiger. And the story ends with the duo marrying their respective ladies.

Cast

 * Salman Khan as Raja  / Prem Malhotra (dual role)
 * Omkar Kapoor as young Raja
 * Karisma Kapoor as Mala Sharma, Raja's girlfriend and Kishan's daughter
 * Rambha as Roopa Batwani, Prem's girlfriend and Sundari's daughter
 * Dalip Tahil as Sanjay Path "S. P." Malhotra, Raja & Prem's father
 * Reema Lagoo as Geeta Malhotra, Raja & Prem's mother
 * Kader Khan as Kishan Sharma, Mala's father and Sanjay's friend
 * Shakti Kapoor as Rangeela Prakash, Raja's sidekick.
 * Siddhanth Kapoor as young Rangeela
 * Bindu as Sundari Batwani, Roopa's mother
 * Anupam Kher as Inspector (later Hawaldar) Vidyarthi Pratap
 * Satish Shah as Hawaldar (later Inspector) Rajesh Singh
 * Mukesh Rishi as Ratanlal "Tiger" Pandey, Ratan's son
 * Tiku Talsania as Sameer Sharma, Kishan's brother-in-law
 * Dinesh Hingoo as a Jeweller (special appearance)
 * Ram Sethi as a Waiter at Hotel (special appearance)
 * Jack Gaud as Tony
 * Sheetal Joshi as Neelam Patekar, Raja's sister
 * Shashi Kiran as Tommy
 * Kamaldeep as the Police commissioner
 * Vikas Anand as Police Inspector at the college
 * Deepak Shirke as Jayantilal "Ratan" Pandey
 * Mahavir Shah as Inspector Sharma
 * Syed Khurshid
 * Ishrat Ali as Tau, Ratan's brother & Tiger's uncle
 * Divya Bharti in a photo tribute in the starting of the film

Production
Sajid Nadiadwala planned to make a film on twins in 1996 and hired David Dhawan to direct it.

Box office
According to Box Office India, the film had a Bumper opening in 1997. The film's domestic gross was ₹28 crore (US$million), equivalent to inr 2250000000 when adjusted for inflation. Its domestic nett was ₹ 13.14crore, equivalent to inr 1263000000 when adjusted for inflation. It was the ninth highest-grossing film of the year at the Indian box office, where it sold 13.634 million tickets. Its overseas gross was US$250,000 (₹ 89.4lakh). Worldwide, the film grossed ₹24.284 crore (US$million), is equivalent to inr 2334200000 when adjusted for inflation.

Soundtrack
The soundtrack of the film contains six songs. The music was composed by Anu Malik, with lyrics authored by Dev Kohli and Nitin Raikwar. Background score is by Koti.

Reboot (Sequel)
On 9 February 2016, a reboot to the film, titled Judwaa 2, was announced. The film is once again directed by David Dhawan and produced by Sajid Nadiadwala and features David's son Varun Dhawan in the leading double role. The trailer of Judwaa 2 was unveiled to audiences on 21 August 2017 and the film was released on 29 September 2017. The only cast members from the original Judwaa appearing in Judwaa 2 are Anupam Kher, albeit in a different role, and Salman Khan in a cameo appearance, while the only songs recreated from the original "Judwaa" were the famous "Oonchi Hai Building (Lift Teri Bandh Hai)" and "Tan Tana Tan Tan Tan Tara (Chalti Hai Kya 9 Se 12)".

title: Judwaa


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RT-15

The RT-15 was a mobile theatre ballistic missile deployed by the Soviet Union during the Cold War. It was assigned the NATO reporting name SS-14 Scamp (alternately the SS-14 Scapegoat) and carried the GRAU index 8K96.

The RT-15 was an early Soviet attempt to develop a road-mobile theatre ballistic missile. It was intended to be capable of being launched from both sea and ground sites and had a maximum range of 2000–2500 km. The weapon's 'reaction time' in the normal readiness condition after its arrival at the launch site would have been 20 to 30 minutes and the 'holding time' at peak readiness (with a time of two to ten minutes before the missile could be launched) would be about a day.

RT-15 was developed by the S. P. Korolev design bureau (OKB-1) on the basis of the second and third stages of the RT-2 ICBM. The missile was carried on a T-10 heavy tank chassis in a sealed container with a striking resemblance to the US Atlas D ICBM. After missile erection, the container split longitudinally and was withdrawn.

The missile was developed in the early 1960s and was first seen on a mobile land launcher during May 1965. Six missiles were experimentally deployed with the 50th Independent Missile Battalion at the village of Lesnaya in Belorussia. The system was refused acceptance for general service, on the grounds that the launch support electronics was too bulky and fragile. The missiles at Lesnaya were decommissioned during March 1970.

Variants

 * RT-25 modernized derivative
 * RT-15M (RSM-25) MRBM and SLBM

title: RT-15


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Talk:CNX (TV channel)

Movies
Found some old TV Guides & newspapers from 2002/2003, will update with additional movies. LikesBluesMusic (talk) 17:49, 7 September 2017 (UTC)LikesBluesMusic

Untitled
This page was created to fill the gap. Updates and expansions would be appreciated.

Sasuke Sarutobi 18:25, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Record
It should be noted that they had a competion to make a world record for the longest time watching tv, this was similar the the david blane cube stunt. Where they would show the record breaker in 'action' inbetween programs and sometimes on the bottom of the screen during programs.

If any one can find any information of this please add it it would help with this articles length

Movie List
What's getting kept on the movie list? I know a few films that were on, but not included, Guns & Talks, a sequel to Heroic Trio, and a bunch of Jackie Chan films (Project A and Snake in the Eagle's Shadow). There are probably an awful lot if you want to get down to it, so it's sort of a question of what warrants listing. Personally I've been looking for the titles of 2002 (film) and Guns & Talks for ages, so I'm really happy I could find them from the article (the latter pulled from archives, when someone added it as "Guns And Talks" but it was removed). Darien Shields 04:32, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

World record attempt
I recall something on CNX that involved 3 people attempting to set/break the world record for the longest amount of time watching TV. (I never got to see the end, I had to go to school then) Could that be worth a mention in the article? undefined Neo   2.3   Hylan  15:41, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

yes that is correct. CNX was involved with trying to break the world record of watching TV. you can add that if you really wish to. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.61.104.4 (talk) 19:54, 8 October 2008 (UTC)

wat was the name of that film
hi i used to watch cnx and i saw a film that i can no longer remember the name of there was a scene were some japanese mafia types walk into an apartment building and twoo are left to watch the car and a child urinates on thaem from a balcony please help me also i saw a scene from another film were a body was found but cause of death was from falling but there wasn't a high enough building for it to fall from help —Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.89.241.61 (talk) 19:58, 18 September 2008 (UTC)

CNX (United States)
What if Turner Broadcasting System launches a 24-hour uncut network for men in the United States called "CNX"? It is from Cartoon Network, obviously. I bet this network has the uncut version of The Problem Solverz. CNX launches in the United States of America starting June 6, 2013. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.8.27.98 (talk) 01:24, 13 April 2013 (UTC)

 * Actually, you know what? Problem Solverz is a bad idea. FlapjackRulez (talk) 04:49, 27 September 2023 (UTC)

Launch Date
CNX did not start in 2002, It was either 2000 or 2001.DreamsDreams (talk) 11:56, 4 January 2015 (UTC)DreamsDreams

 * You sure? FlapjackRulez (talk) 04:48, 27 September 2023 (UTC)

title: Talk:CNX (TV channel)