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Talk:Jim Starlin

Silver Surfer, Iron Man
Some mention of Silver Surfer and of Iron Man (where Thanos debuted, despite the implicit inference in the article that it was in Captain Marvel) must be made. The fact that Infinity Gauntlet had two sequels is also overlooked, as is his recent Marvel work. 201.26.222.60 15:51, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Legion work
Not sure if this is too obscure for the main article, but...

Starlin was a fill-in writer/artist for the Legion of Super-Heroes in the early 80s, developing a seperate plot which was mostly only referenced in the occasional issues he did. This was to come to a head in a giant special issue involving a Omega, a being which threatened to destroy the universe... but DC decided to break up his special into two seperate issues, and cut a number of pages from it as well that made it somewhat disjointed (if still memorable). Starlin was so upset over this he had them take his name off the issues (it is credited as "Steve Apollo") and discontinued work on the series. .. damn forgot to sign in. anyway, here's a cite on this: |1

"masturbatory-levels of fanboyism"
"masturbatory-levels of fanboyism towards Thanos" certainly doesn't strike me as an objective assessment that would belong in an encyclopaedia. It seems childish and insulting.

"STARLINgs-l: the Jim Starlin fans group"
STARLINgs-l is a Yahoo group devoted to discussing the multiple aspects of the Art of JIM STARLIN, the Artist and Creator of characters such as Adam Warlock, Thanos, Shang-Chi, Captain Marvel -- to name a few, as well as sharing ideas and impressions about His great epics, such as His Infinity- and Life-and-Death- Books. Also the relationships between Starlin's Universe and other apocryphal writings are discussed.

2003 Thanos Series
He wrote the first six issues of this comic. Shouldn't that be added? Especially since he created the character.

Today's edits
The previous editor may or may not genuinely be Jim Starlin — there is no way to confirm, and Wikipedia, Twitter, Facebook, etc., has has been known to get people claiming to be celebrities. Regardless, that person removed material that is verified by a properly cited reliable-source citation in favor of an uncited original research claim, which is not allowed. I also restored the citation that this editor removed, without explanation, verifying the subject's marriage date. --Tenebrae (talk) 20:05, 7 November 2010 (UTC)

A Bunch of stuff
Saying that Starlin drew three issues of Iron Man is inaccurate. He did a few panels on one issue, then returned to do the complete #55/56.

He also drew (and possibly wrote; I no longer have the issues) Marvel Feature #11-12, the first solo stories to feature the Thing. These led to the omnibus book (which had previously launched the Defenders and hosted an Ant-Man series) being replaced by Marvel Two-in-One, the Thing's long-running team-up mag. The story of Adam Warlock (and Thanos) came to its end (for the 1970s at least) not in the cited Avengers Annual #7, but in MTiO Annual #2 (also written and drawn by Starlin), which followed on from the Avengers Annual story.

I believe the suicide featured in Dreadstar was the first time that had ever been depicted by a major company (it was in one of the Epic Comics issues).

I don't know what Silver Surfer (volume 3) issues won "Haxtur" Awards for Starlin/Lim, but they weren't #1-5, or 12, as is currently indicated. The late-1980s Surfer series (which ran for over a decade) was originally written by Steve Engelhart; Starlin didn't take over the scripting duties until about #35 or so.

Not only was Infinity Crusade successful, but it launched an ongoing Warlock and the Infinity Watch series (art by Angel Medina and Tom Raney, alternating) and then a companion book, The Warlock Chronicles (Raney did the art, with Tom Grindberg taking over his share of the duties on Infinity watch). For six months, Starlin (who'd never been terribly prolific in his art, with most of his work appearing on a bi-monthly schedule) was now writing three books a month (Warlock and the Infinity Watch, the Infinity Crusade mini-series, a four-part Silver Surfer/Warlock: Resurrection mini [which Starlin also drew] and, when Resurrection ended, the launch of the second Warlock title). This appears to have overtaxed him, and Starlin turned Warlock Chronicles (originally planned as an ongoing series, with twelve-issue subscriptions being sold) into an eight-issue mini-series, cutting back to one book. Six months later, with issue #31, he also left the main Warlock and the Infinity Watch title. (John Arcudi took over the writing; the book was canceled following issue #42.) Starlin moved onto doing Breed, for Malibu Comics.

Starlin also wrote a six-part "Cosmic Powers" mini-series during this latter period, something of a test-run for the ongoing Thanos series he would produce the next decade.

During his last year or so on the '90s Warlock titles, Starlin became famous for doing "silent" fight scenes, where the art would be presented without any dialogue or captions. Obviously, this simplified the burden on Starlin as a writer, but given his background as an artist, it's easy to believe that he gave detailed instructions to Medina/Ramey/Grindberg (or Patrick Oliffe, who took over the art with #29) about what he wanted and the storytelling was detailed enough to allow for the "silent" treatment. I haven't seen any articles where Starlin discusses this technique, though.

Some discussion about Starlin's role in the rights of creators to control their own characters seems needed. Long before writers and artists were allowed to own their work, Starlin apparently had agreements that prohibited anyone other than himself from using Thanos. He also was allowed to "kill off" Warlock for over a decade, and be the one to end that hiatus by reviving him, along with Gamora and Pip the Troll, two characters he had created for the 1970s Warlock series. Another character, Drax the Destroyer, whom Starlin created during his run on Captain Marvel, was used by other writers, albeit on a limited basis, and Moondragon (who first appears in Iron Man #54 [the issue before Thanos's debut] as "Madame MacEvil", but is likely also Starlin's creation) has been used fairly regularly, as a sometime Avenger (and pain in the Avengers' collective butt) and a Defender for several years in the 1980s. The Infinity Watch was comprised of all Starlin-created characters, save for Adam Warlock himself, and most of them have been little-seen since the book's cancellation. I don't know what agreements Starlin has had for control over these characters, but they do seem to be being kept aside from the rest of the "Marvel Universe".

Lastly (appropriately enough), I believe that Starlin is also responsible for introducing the character of Death into Marvel Comics. Previously, "death gods" like Hela and Pluto had been seen, but Starlin (in Captain Marvel) was the one who gave "Mistress Death" her Marvel-form. 98.149.34.15 (talk) 21:56, 30 July 2011 (UTC)

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Lopes Gonçalves

Lopes Gonçalves or Lopo Gonçalves was a Portuguese explorer of the African coast. He was the first European sailor to cross the equator, the first to reach the point where the coast turns south and the first to reach Gabon. In 1473 or 1474 he and Rui de Sequeira, pushing Portuguese exploration east along the Nigerian coast, reached the point where the coast begins to run south. He followed it south, crossed the equator, passed Cape Lopez in Gabon, which is named after him, and reached Cape St. Catherine, which is about 2 degrees south.

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John Eekelaar

John Eekelaar FBA (born 2 July 1942) is a South African former academic specialising in family law. In 2005 he retired from teaching after a forty-year career at Oxford University. He was the academic director of Pembroke College from 2005 to 2009 and is currently the co-director of the Oxford Centre for Family Law and Policy (OXFLAP).

Biography
Eekelaar was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, and earned his LL.B. from King's College London in 1963, and gained his BCL and MA from University College, Oxford in 1965 and 1967 respectively.

Eekelaar held a Rhodes Scholarship from 1963 to 1965, and was awarded the Vinerian Scholarship in 1965. He was called to the Bar in 1968 at the Inner Temple. Eekelaar has been a Tutorial Fellow at Pembroke College since 1965; he held a CUF Lecturership from 1966 to 1991, and has been Reader in Law since 1991. He was elected to a Fellowship of the British Academy in July 2001.

Eekelaar has been editor of the International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family and the Oxford Journal of Legal Studies.

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Barnt Green House

Barnt Green House is a building at Barnt Green, Worcestershire, England. It is a Grade II listed building.

It was once a residence of the local nobles, the Earls of Plymouth. Queen Victoria is reputed to have spent the night there.

The house was bought by Other Windsor, 6th Earl of Plymouth in 1811, from the previous occupants, the Yates family.

Records state that the house was built in 1651.

The building has lost almost all of its grounds and is now a wine bar and gastropub, known as the Barnt Green Inn.

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Group action (sociology)

In sociology, a group action is a situation in which a number of agents take action simultaneously in order to achieve a common goal; their actions are usually coordinated.

Group action will often take place when social agents realize they are more likely to achieve their goal when acting together rather than individually. Group action differs from group behaviours, which are uncoordinated, and also from mass actions, which are more limited in place.

Group action is more likely to occur when the individuals within the group feel a sense of unity with the group, even in personally costly actions.

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Redwall (TV series)

Redwall is an animated television series produced by the Canadian Nelvana, along with the France-based Alphanim (season 1) and Germany-based TV-Loonland AG (seasons 2–3) that ran from 1999 until 2002. The series is based on the Redwall novels by Brian Jacques. The series spans three seasons, the first based on the first book Redwall, the second on Mattimeo and the third on Martin the Warrior.

The series originally aired on Teletoon (now as Cartoon Network) in Canada, along with being independently distributed in the U.S. by American Public Television through public television stations.

Redwall
A young mouse named Matthias lives at Redwall Abbey. Reminiscing on his past life, he remembers how his family was very poor. During a particularly harsh winter, an army of Rats, led by Cluny the Scourge, attacked his village. Separated from his family, Matthias saw Cluny just before he was rescued by his sister and, with advice from voles, travelled to Redwall Abbey, with the memory of Cluny still fresh in their minds. After difficult travels, Matthias' sister collapsed, and Matthias followed soon after. When he came to, he found that he had been brought to Redwall Abbey, where the fathers of the abbey later informed him that his sister had died of exhaustion from the journey. Matthias was then raised in the abbey as a novice, yet dreamed of becoming a great warrior like Martin, the warrior-mouse that helped found Redwall. When he joined Constance the Badger in escorting some woodlanders from a feast at the Abbey, he was shocked when he spotted Cluny and his rats marching onto Redwall, taking a nearby church as their main base. Cluny and his captains went to Redwall, claiming to be travelers until they were inside, when Cluny makes his demands clear. In a fit of rage, Matthias attacked them, telling them exactly what he thought of them. Cluny and his captains were forced to leave when Constance threatened to kill them if they did not leave. When he was forced outside, Cluny instructed his only climber, the ninja-esque Shadow, to steal the image of Martin from the tapestry to reduce Redwall's morale. Shadow was successful, but was intercepted by Matthias, and fell to his death from the walls. Cluny then took the image of Martin as his war standard. However, Cluny had nightmares about Martin and Matthias for as long as the tapestry was in his possession. This was soon remedied when Matthias's friends, Jess Squirrel and Basil Stag Hare, stole the tapestry back.

After a number of battles, Matthias was busily looking for Martin's sword, theorizing that they could drive Cluny away if they found it. With old Methuselah the abbey recorder and Cornflower (a young mouse who Matthias was close friends with), they discover that Matthias was to be the next Abbey warrior, like Martin before him. Through a riddle they found under the tapestry, they discovered Martin's tomb underneath a set of stone stairs, and there they found Martin's shield and sword-belt. Next, Matthias found Martin's sheath in the roost of the Sparra, a tribe of savage sparrows living in the roof spaces, ruled by the insane King Bull Sparra. Matthias stole the sheath from the Sparra, killing Bull Sparra in the process, and befriended a young Sparrow named Warbeak. However, he learned that the sword was taken from the Sparra by Asmodeus Poisonteeth, a huge snake. On a journey to find information, Matthias met the Guosim Shrews, a tribe of argumentative shrews who told him to speak to a large snowy owl named Captain Snow for information. Snow told him that Asmodeus lives in a nearby quarry, but mocked Matthias for thinking he could stand a chance against the snake. In fact, he bet Matthias that if he got the sword, he would give up eating mice (and shrews), as well as apologise to Julian Gingivere, a vegetarian cat who used to be friends with Snow, until he banned Snow from his home because of his manners and taste in food. Matthias, after a brief return to the Abbey, set off on an expedition to find the sword, with help from the Guosim. They followed Asmodeus to the large quarry. There, Matthias found the sword, and in a fierce battle with the snake, decapitated him. Meanwhile, Cornflower discovered Martin's old battle-armour in an abbey attic.

Throughout this period, Cluny had been using various tactics to try to take over Redwall, including tunnelling in, using a battering ram, blackmailing a spice-merchant dormouse to kidnap Cornflower as ransom, burning the gates, using a siege tower, and sneaking his soldiers in with a visiting local circus. Every single time the rats failed, and Cluny began to show signs of insanity.

While Matthias was away gathering more troops to fight the rats, Cluny forced a dormouse he had captured to sneak into Redwall and open the gates from the inside. Cluny and his army entered the Abbey at last. However, Matthias came back, dressed in Martin's armour, alongside an army of shrews and sparrows that he had gathered. He found that Cluny had taken over, and was about to execute all the Redwallers (starting with Cornflower). The sight of Matthias dressed as the mouse he had seen in his dreams terrified Cluny, who sent his troops against Matthias and his army. During the ensuing battle between Cluny's army and the mixed defenders of Redwall (The Defenders of Redwall, the Guosim, and the Sparra), Cluny kidnapped Cornflower and hid in the belltower. When Matthias followed them in, Cluny ambushed him, and a duel began, which led them both up to the top of the belltower. Cluny jumped down and caught Cornflower again, threatening to kill her if Mathias did not come down to face him. Mathias swore to, if Cluny released her. Cluny released Cornflower, but Matthias cut the bellropes, causing the Abbey-bell to crash down onto Cluny, killing him instantly.

In the aftermath of the battle, Abbot Mortimer was fatally wounded. Before he died, he declared Matthias to be the Abbey warrior, and that Cornflower would be his wife.

In the epilogue, we see how life in Redwall is back to normal. The Sparra are now ruled by Warbeak who is a good ruler, and the Sparra are now friends with the Redwallers. Some of the Guosim Shrews have chosen to stay at Redwall, and have become beekeepers (even learning to speak to the bees, so they can argue with them). The new abbot is brother Mordalfus, previously known as brother Alf, who used to run the Abbey Pond. Matthias and Cornflower are now happily married and have a son, named Mattimeo (which is somehow short for Matthias Methuselah Mortimer (possibly MATThIas MEthuselah mOrtimer)). The new Abbey Recorder, John Churchmouse, signs off saying that the gates of Redwall are always open to travellers, inviting the viewer to visit if they are ever passing.

Mattimeo
Several seasons after the death of Cluny, Matthias and Cornflower had a son, Mattimeo. But one night, as the Redwallers were celebrating, they were interrupted by the masked fox, Slagar the Cruel, who was previously known as Chickenhound, who entered Redwall with a band of rodents, drugged everyone and kidnapped all of their children. Matthias, Basil Stag Hare and Jess headed out to save them, gaining new and old allies along the way, such as Orlando the Axe, the Guosim shrews, and the "Sparra".

Meanwhile, in their absence, things started to go wrong for Redwall. It came under attack by ravens, led by General Ironbeak. The ravens took all of their food and the dormitories, leaving Cavern Hole as the only free location. However, the Redwallers struck back by using Martin's armor as a ghost to scare the raven. They later saved a mountain bird named Stryk Redkite, who was being harassed and later hurt by the ravens. Eventually, Ironbeak figured out their little trick after seeing Constance the badger going to put away Martin's armour. He locked her in the gatehouse and had his troops take Cavern Hole. Constance was able to break out and save the Redwallers as a newly recovered Stryk killed Ironbeak. The other ravens left Redwall.

Matthias and company were able to follow Slagar's trail to an old buried abbey, Loamhedge, where a cult of rats who worshiped Malkariss, were enslaving others. The fight ended with the slaves stoning Malkariss to death and Matthias setting them free. Eventually, they won with the abbey sinking into the earth. At the surface, Slagar tried to get back at Matthias for the death of his mother but ended up falling into the hole from which he escaped.

Company returned to Redwall with the young ones and slaves. After seven seasons, things were going peacefully at Redwall. The slaves of Malkariss and Matthias' companions settled in Redwall. Matthias, Basil and Orlando began training Redwall's next generation of defenders.

Martin the Warrior
At the same seventh season after Matthias returned, the Redwallers listen to Tim Churchmouse, who tells the tale of how their hero, Martin, became the warrior he is known as today. In the lands of the Marshank coast, the terrible Badrang the Tyrant was increasing his piracy attacks, forcing Luke the Warrior, Martin's father, to go out to sea to combat the sea rats. He left his son his sword and told him to never let another creature take it. Years later, Martin was captured by Badrang and his sword taken. The young mouse served many years in the fortress of Marshank as a slave. When he defended an old squirrel named Barkjon, Badrang had him hung outside in the rain with hungry gulls to peck at him and was later put in the prison pit with Barkjon's son, Felldoh, and a mouse named Brome. Meanwhile, Badrang's old shipmate, Tramun Clogg, arrived to take Marshank. Brome's sister, Laterose, also known as Rose, and her friend, the mole Grumm, also arrived and began digging their way into the prison pit while Clogg began his siege. The five made it to Clogg's boats and managed to commandeer one. However, the boat had a hole, flooding it. A raging storm and a fish separated the group. Martin, Rose and Grumm ended up captured by pygmy shrews and met a hedgehog by the name of Pallum. After saving Queen Amballa's son, Dinjer, they were free to go to Noonvale, Rose's home.

Meanwhile, Brome and Felldoh washed up somewhere else, meeting the Rosehip Players, a traveling circus who agreed to help them free the slaves of Marshank. Managing to win Clogg's amusement, they got inside Marshank and freed most of the slaves. A few days later, Brome disguised himself as one of the rats to get inside, and freed the other slaves through the prison pit's tunnel.

En route to Noonvale, the company made many friends, such as the Warden of Marshwood Hill and Boldred the owl and enemies like the uncivilized cannibalistic lizards and the rogue Gawtrybe. With help from the shrews and otters, they made it to Noonvale but were unable to raise an army to defeat Badrang. However, many were drawn to Martin's cause, including the Gawtrybe as he made his way to Marshank.

Clogg took his opportunity to capture Marshank while Badrang was out. However, Badrang knew of the tunnel in the prison pit. He had Clogg's soldiers swear allegiance to him while Clogg became Marshank's one man slave operation. Felldoh became so obsessed with Marshank's fall that he began solo attacks against it. When he faced Badrang head-to-head, he was beaten to death by his minions. It wasn't until Martin arrived with his army that he forced Badrang into a corner. Martin's army burned down Marshank's gate, and began their attack. In the confusion, Martin retrieved his father's sword and slew Badrang with it. Unfortunately, Badrang had stabbed and killed Rose during the battle. The Fur and Freedom Fighters returned to Noonvale, where it will remain a secret, while Martin continued on his own path.

Redwall

 * Tyrone Savage as Matthias - The main protagonist, a young orphaned mouse who was raised as a novice among the monks at RedWall Abbey since he was young. Cluny the Scrouge murdered his parents and he was the only one in the abbey to recognize the evil rat. The arrival of Cluny provokes Matthias to take action to defend RedWall and find the legendary sword of Martin the Warrior, the founder of RedWall. Matthias is kind, noble and courageous.

 * Alison Pill as Cornflower - A young, pretty fieldmouse and Matthias's love interest, who would later become his wife. Dutiful, brave and level-headed, Cornflower is loyal to Matthias and helps him in his search for Martin the Warrior's sword and armor.

 * Janet Wright as Constance - The badger mother of RedWall Abbey. She is feared by Cluny's army because of her fierce anger, brute strength and stout courage. She is tough, yet loyal and caring for RedWall and the residents under her care. She supports Matthias's decision to fight against Cluny.

 * Chris Wiggins as Abbott Mortimer - The stern mouse leader of the RedWall monks who raised Matthias. A pragmatic pacifist, Abbott Mortimer despises fighting and is against the idea of find Martin's armor and sword. Only after experiencing Cluny's numerous attempts to invade RedWall, does Father Abbot give in to the decision to fight to protect RedWall. Abbott Mortimer is mortally wounded by Cluny's forces during the final battle and gives Matthias his blessing as RedWall's protector and Cornflower's husband with his dying breath.

 * Richard Binsley as Basil Stag Hare - A fiesty and courageous hare who assists Matthias in defending RedWall. His character was based on Brian Jacques boss, a retired Army Captain.
 * Wayne Robson as Methuselah - The ancient but kindly historian of RedWall who helped raise Matthias. He is the only monk in the Abbey to recognize Matthias as the descendant of Martin the Warrior and RedWall's protector. He was injured by Chickenhound and died several days later, of old age and the wounds he sustained.

 * Diego Matamoros as Cluny the Scourge - One of the main antagonists, a fierce and unrelenting rat warmonger who wants to seize control of RedWall. Cluny the Scrooge was responsible for the destruction of Matthias' village and the loss of his family. He is strong, quick and cunning. He has a barbed, steel claw dipped with poison at the end of his tail, which he uses to kill his enemies and anyone who disobeys his orders. For some time, he held Martin the Warrior's tapestry in his possession - which resulted in him becoming gradually delusional, mostly from nightmares of Martin pursuing him.

 * David Hemblen as Asmodeus Poisonteeth - A villainous adder who terrorizes Mossflower. He keeps Martin's sword in his lair. His reign of terror is stopped with Matthias slays him with Martin's Sword.

 * Susan Roman as Jess Squirrel - A clever, crafty and helpful red squirrel and a compatriot of Basil Stag Hare. She is Sam Squirrel's mother.

 * Graham Haley as Foremole - The mole foreman of RedWall Abbey who uses his expert tunnelling to assist the RedWallers in their defense against Cluny.
 * John Stocker as Brother Alf
 * Tracey Moore as Warbeak Sparra - A young sparrow from the Sparra tribe. At first hostile, she befriends Matthias and helps him escape from her tyrannical uncle, King Bull Sparra. As a result, Warbeak becomes Matthias's most loyal allies.
 * Marion Day as Guosim - The matriarch of the Guosim shrew tribe. She accompanies Matthias to Asmodeus's lair, where she is killed by Asmodeus.
 * Bruce Dow as Log-a-Log - A argumentative, but loyal shrew who accompanies Matthias to Asmodeus's lair. After Guosim's death, he becomes the patriarch of the shrew tribe.
 * Julie Lemieux as Sela Vixen
 * Jonathan Wilson as Chickenhound
 * Lawrence Bayne as Fangburn, Kilconey
 * Keith Knight as Squire Julian Gingivere
 * Dan Hennessey as Ragear
 * Alyson Court as Myrtle

Mattimeo

 * Tim Curry as Slagar the Cruel - A villainous fox slavetrader, revealed to be a maimed and delusional Chickenhound.
 * Michael Seater as Mattimeo - Matthias and Cornflower's young son.
 * Tyrone Savage as Matthias
 * Melissa McIntyre as Cornflower
 * Janet Wright as Constance
 * John Stocker as Abbot Mordalfus
 * Richard Binsley as Basil Stag Hare
 * Wayne Best as General Ironbeak
 * Susan Roman as Jess Squirrel
 * Graham Haley as Foremole
 * Tracey Moore as Warbeak Sparra
 * Bruce Dow as Log-a-Log
 * Catherine Disher as Winifred Otter
 * Jake Goldsbie as Vitch
 * Kyle Fairlie as Cheek
 * Sarah Gadon as Cynthia - a young vole who cries, Tess - A young female mouse and Tim Churchmouse's sister. She falls in love with Mattimeo.
 * Kristin Fairlie as Auma - A young female badger and Orlando's daughter.
 * Paul Soles as Ambrose Spike - A hedgehog farmer whose son was captured by Slagar. He joins forces with Matthias and Orlando.
 * Ali Mukaddam as Jube
 * Alex House as Sam - Jess Squirrel's son. He can now speak and is as fearless as his mother.
 * Fiona Reid as Sister May
 * Anthony Bekenn as Orlando the Axe - A courageous and fierce badger warrior and Auma's widower father. He assists Matthias and his group in tracking down Slagar the Cruel.

Martin the Warrior

 * Amos Crawley as Martin
 * Lindsey Connell as Rose
 * Diego Matamoros as Badrang
 * John Stocker as Tramun Clogg
 * Graham Haley as Grumm
 * Ali Mukaddam as Felldoh
 * Luca Perlman as Brome
 * Tracey Moore as Queen Amballa
 * Noah Reid as Keyla
 * Jonathan Wilson as Skalrag

Telecast and home media
Redwall was originally aired on Teletoon (now as "Cartoon Network") in Canada, along with being independently distributed in the U.S. by American Public Television through public television stations. As of 2024, the show is currently streaming on Amazon.

The series has been released on VHS and DVD in five languages: English, French, German, Russian and Arabic. In the U.S., all three seasons were released on DVD by Funimation, while in Canada distribution was handled by Kaboom Entertainment, and then, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment re-issued Redwall: The Adventures Begin and other series on July 1, 2016. In the United Kingdom, FremantleMedia, Abbey Home Media (through its Tempo Video label) and Just Entertainment Ltd released the series on VHS and DVD. In Australia, MRA Entertainment Group and Eagle Entertainment released several volumes of the series. In Germany, m2 Verlag GmbH - Best Entertainment and Pidax have both released all volumes of the series on DVD. In France, StudioCanal released the first two seasons on DVD.

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Jorge Álvares

Jorge Álvares (died 8 July 1521) was a Portuguese explorer. He is credited as the first European to have reached China by sea during the Age of Discovery. His starting of settlements on an island in what is now Hong Kong is still considered a significant achievement, "for establishing commercial agreements with the Chinese [and for] maintaining the peace".

Exploration
In May 1513, Álvares sailed under the Portuguese Malacca captain Rui de Brito Patalim in a junk from Pegu. The expedition was accompanied by five other junks. Álvares himself was accompanied by two other Portuguese mariners.

Álvares made first contact on Chinese soil on an island near the historic city of Guangzhou in southern China in May 1513. The location of the island, which the Portuguese called Tamão, is not exactly known except that it is in the Pearl River Delta, and scholarship has suggested islands such as Lantau Island and Lintin Island as potential candidates. Upon landing on Tamão, Álvares raised a padrão from the king of Portugal. Based on information from their captain, they hoped to find a trade. Soon after this, Afonso de Albuquerque, the Viceroy of the Estado da Índia dispatched Rafael Perestrello—a cousin of Christopher Columbus —to seek trade relations with the Chinese. In a ship from Malacca, Rafael Perestrello landed on the southern shores of Guangdong later that year in 1513.

According to a 1955 book by J.M. Braga, Álvares "learned about China’s culture, religion, finances, and military, valuable information for King Manuel I".

Death and legacy
Álvares died on 8 July 1521 in Tamão in the arms of his friend Duarte Coelho. Aside from questions as to the location of the place, historians also have no evidence as to the cause of death.

Although the manner of his death was not recorded, Tamão was attacked in 1521 by the Chinese navy; it was abandoned and the Portuguese fled to Malacca, in Malaysia. Over the subsequent years, the memories of the significance of his explorations and settlement faded. "Álvares’ role was reduced to a footnote."

According to National Geographic, "Macau may never have existed if not for Tamão" where the Portuguese learned "how China, the Pearl River Delta, and the South China Sea worked". The settlement and Jorge Álvares "kickstarted a chain of events that ultimately spawned Macau".

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The Voyager Conspiracy

"The Voyager Conspiracy" is the 129th episode of the science fiction television series Star Trek: Voyager, the ninth episode of the sixth season. It is the only episode whose title features the word "Voyager". In this science fiction story, a cybernetic crew member has behavioral problems after experimenting with her database. Seven of Nine, played by actress Jeri Ryan, takes the spotlight in this episode, in a story that explores the relationship between data and conclusions.

"The Voyager Conspiracy" was first broadcast on United Paramount Network (UPN) on November 25, 1999.

Plot
Seven of Nine decides to increase the amount of information she receives from the ship's database by directly assimilating as much of Voyager's data as possible. This allows her to draw conclusions from varied sources of data and find bugs in one of the systems. Meanwhile, the ship encounters an alien who has constructed a catapult capable of throwing a ship several hundred light years in a few hours. The crew of Voyager help him repair his array, with hopes that if they make the trip successfully they can then use it to shorten their trip home.

Seven of Nine downloads the data about the catapult, but she begins to exhibit paranoid behavior. She uses evidence concerning possible spatial-warp technology developments to convince Chakotay that Janeway might be spearheading a Federation presence in the Delta Quadrant. Although skeptical, Chakotay delays the shield modifications necessary for the catapult trip so he can examine the evidence himself.

After another regeneration/assimilation cycle, Seven has a new conclusion. She uses most of the same evidence, but this time with added incidents involving Chakotay to support her findings to convince Janeway that Chakotay might be spearheading a power grab for the Maquis with the same technology. (Seven states that Seska impregnated herself with Chakotay's DNA but in Season 3, Episode 1, the Doctor reveals that Chatokay is not the father.)

The two end up comparing stories and they realize Seven is acting irrationally. The Doctor determines that Seven has downloaded more information than she can handle.

Seven then starts suspecting a third conspiracy: that the aim of the last five years was actually to grab a Borg drone, herself. Seven steals the Delta Flyer in order to escape from Voyager. Janeway manages to beam aboard. She convinces Seven that she is ill and she returns to Voyager for treatment.

The crew successfully uses the alien's catapult to travel closer to the Alpha Quadrant, cutting three years off their journey.

Reception
In their 2011 review of Star Trek: Voyager episodes, titled I Like my Coffee Black and My Crew Lost, Tor.com this was one of six episodes that were highlighted for being good for re-watches. They point out a triple combination of acting by Jeri Ryan, interesting Seven of Nine plot, and real-world encouragement for depicting someone overwhelmed with information.

This episode may be a commentary on the conspiracy theories according to the book The Paranormal and the Paranoid: Conspiratorial Science Fiction Television. Alternatively, the book suggests that it was depiction of the character Seven of Nine experiencing paranoia. They note that Seven also struggles with psychological problems in the episode "One".

In the book Star Trek: The Human Frontier they noted this episode as example of exploring a mental illness on the show, in this case they thought it was a depiction of schizophrenia.

In 2019, ScreenRant noted this episode as one of the top ten Voyager plot twists, and was impressed by the message. They thought the moral message was "..anyone, no matter how smart they think they are, can draw a conclusion out of a pile of circumstances and be utterly wrong."

Releases
This episode was released as part of a season 6 DVD boxset on December 7, 2004.

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Adam Hollioake

Adam John Hollioake (born 5 September 1971) is an Australian cricket coach, and former player who represented England. He is currently a batting coach for the Pakistan national team. He has also competed as a professional boxer and had one fight as a mixed martial artist.

As a player, he was an all-rounder who played for Surrey and England. He captained Surrey from 1997 until 2003, winning three County Championships, and led England in One Day Internationals. He was named one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 2003. His brother, Ben, also played for England.

Since retiring from cricket in 2004, Hollioake has spent his time involved in charitable and media work as well as owning a property development business. He moved to Perth, Western Australia and later to Queensland. His property company, the Hollioake Group, collapsed in 2010. As of 2018, he works as a cricket coach in Afghanistan and for the England Lions.

Early life
Hollioake was born in Melbourne in 1971 and grew up in the mining town of Ballarat, where his family had lived for five generations. His father, an engineer, had played cricket for local sides, but Hollioake showed a preference for Australian Rules Football while attending St Patrick's College, Ballarat. The family moved to England in 1983 for 2 years where Hollioake attended St George's College in Weybridge. He then moved to Hong Kong for 3 years, and then back to Australia, where he attended Wesley College, where his brother Ben later studied.

Cricketing career
Although born in Australia, both Adam and brother Ben learned their cricket at the Hong Kong Cricket Club Junior Gappers during the time their father John was working in Hong Kong and at Wesley College in Perth. Hollioake was offered a contract by Surrey in 1989 and made his first-class debut for the county in August 1993. He was awarded his county cap in 1995, during a season in which he scored 1099 runs and took 21 wickets. He was described as an all-rounder with "aggressive batting and inventive medium-pace allsorts" and began to share captaincy duties for Surrey with Alec Stewart in 1996. He captained Surrey from 1997 until 2003, and led them to victory in the County Championship in 1999, 2000 and 2002. He went on to claim 9 trophies in his time as Surrey captain making him one of the most successful 1st class captains of all time.

Hollioake made his England debut in two One Day International matches against Pakistan in August 1996. He led the England A team on their tour of Australia in 1996–97 and was man of the series in the home One Day International series against Australia in May 1997, scoring the winning runs in all three games. He made his test debut, playing alongside his brother Ben, against Australia in August 1997, scoring 45 runs in the first innings and taking two wickets.

Although his test career lasted only four matches in 1997 and at the beginning of 1998, Hollioake achieved greater success in One Day Internationals, playing in 35 matches from 1996 to 1999. He captained the side to victory in the 1997 Sharjah Cup, England's first tournament success for ten years. Injuries and a loss of form saw him lose the captaincy after 14 matches.

After 173 first-classes matches for Surrey, Hollioake retired from cricket at the end of the 2004 season. He made an appearance in the 2005 Asian tsunami appeal charity match, taking a hat-trick, and made a brief return to Twenty20 cricket in 2007, playing in eight matches for Essex.

Charity work
Following the death of his brother and Surrey and England teammate, Ben, in a car accident in 2002, Hollioake and his family established the Ben Hollioake Fund to raise funds for CHASE hospice care for children. In 2003 he undertook 'The Journey', walking from Edinburgh to Brighton, then sailing the English channel to Dieppe, riding from Dieppe to Gibraltar and finally rowing from Gibraltar to Tangiers. The journey took over 2 months and raised several hundred thousand pounds for the Chase Charity.

In 2004 Hollioake's charity broke the world record for the number of participants in a continuous 100-metre relay. Other fundraising projects Hollioake has been involved in include Cricket Challenge, which raises money for the Queensland-based charity Paradise Kids, where members of the public compete against stars and cricketing legends, and the Battle of the Stars charity golf day.

Media work
Hollioake made several appearances on the BBC programme A Question of Sport and Sky Sports Cricket AM, as well as appearing on programmes such as the 2004 Test the Nation quiz. He worked for Sky again in their coverage of the Ashes in 2010. In 2005 Hollioake took part in a revived Superstars programme on BBC television, finishing fourth in the competition behind skier Alain Baxter, Olympic athlete Du'aine Ladejo and rower Steve Williams. In 2007 Hollioake and Ladejo formed Quiet Storm Productions, which owned the television show Australia's Greatest Athlete.

Business career
Hollioake and other members of his family owned an Australia-based property company, the Hollioake Group, which collapsed with debts of around A$20 million and was liquidated in September 2010. Following a long-running legal case, during which Hollioake and his father were sued by businessman Martin Ryman, Hollioake was declared bankrupt in 2011.

Coaching career
Hollioake coached the Hong Kong national cricket team at the 2000 ACC Trophy.

As of 2018, Hollioake coaches Afghan Twenty20 cricket team Boost Defenders, who play in the Shpageeza Cricket League. He is also a fielding coach for the England Lions.

Boxing and MMA career
On 13 April 2012, he had his pro boxing debut against Leigh Blacka (2 2 0) at the Tattersalls Club, Brisbane. He knocked Blacka down in the first and third rounds, and won the bout via a TKO in the 4th round.

Later that month he revealed that he would also be fighting as a mixed martial artist in Queensland, Australia in the light heavyweight division. Hollioake made his MMA debut in the Days of Glory promotion on 5 May 2012. The fight was resulted in a majority draw (with one judge favouring Hollioake), with Hollioake undecided about whether he would continue his MMA career in the future.

On 1 September 2012, Hollioake defeated Warren Tresidder in the modified style of MMA which will eliminate the use of knee strikes, elbows strikes and kicks but allows limited ground fighting.

Hollioake went back to boxing and on 6 October he fought 	Shane Wood	(0 1 0) at the Matrix Boxing Gym, Southport. He lost this 4 round contest by a unanimous decision, all 3 judges scoring the bout 40 - 36 in favour of Wood.

For his next fight on 12 July 2013, Hollioake had a rematch against Warren Tresidder, but this time in a 6-round contest under the laws of boxing. It was staged at Southport Sharks AFL Club and it was to be Tresidders boxing debut. The result was the same as the MMA contest, with Hollioake's hand being raised in victory by split decision. The 3 judge's scorecards were 58–56, 57–58, 58–56.

After over an 18-month break, Hollioake's next fight was 28 March 2015. He fought Monty Betham Jnr (6 1 0) at the Horncastle Arena, Christchurch. This 4 round contest was a loss by way of TKO in the last round.

Then for his last fight on 19 September 2015, Hollioake went up against Mark Scheide and won by unanimous decision.

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Virtuoso (Star Trek: Voyager)

"Virtuoso" is the 13th episode of the sixth season of the science fiction television series Star Trek: Voyager, 133rd episode overall. It was aired on January 26, 2000, on United Paramount Network (UPN). USS Voyager, the fictional starship and the show's primary setting, is making its way slowly back to Earth from the other side of the Galaxy when they encounter Qomar aliens. These advanced aliens are intrigued by the singing abilities of The Doctor (played by cast regular Robert Picardo), indeed by music itself which despite their advanced technology they have not yet discovered.

This episode was directed by Les Landau, with a teleplay by Raf Green and Kenneth Biller from a story by Raf Green. This episode includes the Voyager band "Harry Kim and the Kimtones", which have a brief performance in the episode.

Plot
Voyager encounters a technologically advanced race called the Qomar, and renders aid after a Qomar crew suffers minor injuries from a reaction with Voyager's scanners. The Qomar are extremely arrogant and dismissive to everyone, and dislike the Doctor simply for being a holographic entity. However, once the Qomar happen to hear the Doctor singing, they are immediately enthralled by him, since they never conceived the concept of music.

When the Doctor explains how music is used and how many others on the ship can perform it naturally, the Qomar invite the Voyager crew to their home system—previously off limits to outsiders—to learn more about music. The Voyager crew discover thousands of subspace channels encrypted in many ways, and tons of traffic just above the home world. The Qomar decide to transmit the Doctor's singing planet-wide, and make him a star. This accentuates his vanity, making him unpopular with his friends on Voyager. He asks to leave so he can pursue his music career on the planet. This causes more anger, as the crew believes they need his medical skills and have grown to love him as a member of the crew.

The Doctor protests, even preparing Paris to take over his position, and severely upsetting Seven of Nine, who feels like she is being abandoned. However, the aliens replace him with an upgraded singing hologram capable of a greater vocal range. The Doctor's hopes for a new life are dashed. In the end, the Doctor realizes they simply wanted him for his singing, not who he is as a sentient entity. The Voyager crew welcome him back, as symbolized by Seven delivering him a fan letter praising his talent and personality, signed by Seven of Nine.

Casting
"Virtuoso" includes several guest stars, including Kamala Lopez-Dawson, Ray Xifo, Paul Williams, Marie Caldare, and Nina Magnesson.

See also List of Star Trek: Voyager cast members

Production
The shot of the Qomar homeworld is the same one previously used in the beginning of the episode "Year of Hell."

A clarinet, standup bass, and some other instruments are played in this episode.

The background the Doctor orders for his recital is based on the one from the Teatro alla Scala's set for the opera Pagliacci.

Reception
In 2020, The Digital Fix said this was "fun episode" and allowed actor Robert Picardo to show off his singing.

Releases
This episode was released as part of a season 6 DVD boxset on December 7, 2004.

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Concurrent ML

Concurrent ML (CML) is a multi-paradigm, general-purpose, high-level, functional programming language. It is a dialect of the programming language ML which is a concurrent extension of the Standard ML language, characterized by its ability to allow creating composable communication abstractions that are first-class rather than built into the language. The design of CML and its primitive operations have been adopted in several other programming languages, such as GNU Guile, Racket, and Manticore.

Concepts
Many programming languages that support concurrency offer communication channels that allow the exchange of values between processes or threads running concurrently in a system. Communications established between processes may follow a specific protocol, requiring the programmer to write functions to establish the required pattern of communication. Meanwhile, a communicating system often requires establishing multiple channels, such as to multiple servers, and then choosing between the available channels when new data is available. This can be accomplished using polling, such as with the select operation on Unix systems.

Combining both application-specific protocols and multi-party communication may be complicated due to the need to introduce polling and checking for blocking within a pre-existing protocol. Concurrent ML solves this problem by reducing this coupling of programming concepts by introducing synchronizable events. Events are a first-class abstraction that can be used with a synchronization operation (called sync in CML and Racket) in order to potentially block and then produce some value resulting from communication (for example, data transmitted on a channel).

In CML, events can be combined or manipulated using a number of primitive operations. Each primitive operation constructs a new event rather than modifying the event in-place, allowing for the construction of compound events that represent the desired communication pattern. For example, CML allows the programmer to combine several sub-events in order to create a compound event that can then make a non-deterministic choice of one of the sub-events. Another primitive creates a new event that will modify the value resulting from synchronization to the original event. These events embody patterns of communication that, in a non-CML language, would typically be handled using a polling loop or function with handlers for each kind of event.

Hello world
Here is a "Hello, World!" program that prints to the system console. It spawns one thread with a channel for strings, and another thread which prints a string received on the channel. It uses Standard ML of New Jersey (SML/NJ) and CML. (On non linux-x86 platforms, the heap name will differ; the line with "cml_test.x86-linux" may need changing to something different.)

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Kevin Kenny

Kevin Kenny (born 3 April 1961) is an English former professional darts player who played for England and Merseyside.

Career
Kenny received 12 caps for England, winning 11 times, and 116 caps for Merseyside, winning 92. He was also a two time semi-finalist at the BDO World Darts Championships and a semi-finalist at the News of the World Darts Championship in 1983. Kenny also won the 1990 Welsh Open.

Kenny is remembered for his quarter-final match against Jocky Wilson in the 1991 BDO World Darts Championship. Jocky was a former World Champion, winning it in 1982 and 1989, and this was only Kenny's second appearance at the Lakeside. However, the match went to 3 sets all, 5 legs all, with Kenny winning the deciding leg. He also hit a 170 finish in that final set, to achieve the highest checkout of the tournament.

Kenny also could have played for Scotland as his mother was born there, and with the home internationals only days away, his mind was on Scotland until he got the call from the English squad.

After the big split in darts when the PDC was formed, Kenny stayed with the BDO and went to Las Vegas to represent England in the WDF World Cup in 1993. At the time, he was a full international anyway, but it was doubtful whether he would have taken his place in the four-man team (home internationals had a team of 12, whereas the world cup was squads of 4). Kenny represented England 12 times, winning 11 of those matches. He retired from competitive darts in 1995 aged just 34, the age when most players are just reaching their peak.

Other notable achievements was twice being on the winning team in the Champions Cup, a darts event which yearly finds the best pub darts team in the land. The fact that he and teams from Liverpool won it twice was quite special due to the size of darts in the city at the time, compared to places with more darting pedigree like Lancashire, Yorkshire, and London. Secondly winning the county men's individual averages twice, a feat which at the time had only been equalled by five-time World Champion Eric Bristow (who became great friends with Kenny and also represented Merseyside with him as well).

Kenny quit the BDO in 1994.

BDO

 * 1987: 1st round (lost to Dave Lee 0–3)
 * 1991: Semi-finals (lost to Eric Bristow 2–5)
 * 1992: Semi-finals (lost to Mike Gregory 3–5)
 * 1993: 1st round (lost to Kevin Spiolek 1–3)
 * 1994: Quarter-finals (lost to Bobby George 2–4)

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Ehrenbreitstein Fortress

Ehrenbreitstein Fortress (Festung Ehrenbreitstein, ) is a fortress in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, on the east bank of the Rhine where it is joined by the Moselle, overlooking the town of Koblenz.

Occupying the position of an earlier fortress destroyed by the French in 1801, it was built as the backbone of the regional fortification system, Festung Koblenz, by Prussia between 1817 and 1828 and guarded the middle Rhine region, an area that had been invaded by French troops repeatedly before. The Prussian fortress was never attacked.

Since 2002, Ehrenbreitstein has been part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Upper Middle Rhine Valley.

Location
Ehrenbreitstein is located on the eastern bank of the Rhine at Koblenz in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It overlooks the confluence of the Mosel and the Rhine. The peak of the hill, which shares the name, is 118 metres above the Rhine. It is the northernmost point of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Upper Middle Rhine Valley.

Previous structures
Ehrenbreitstein, the hill on which the eponymous fortress is now located, was first settled in the 4th millennium BC, and fortifications were built in the 10th/9th century BC. In the 3rd to 5th centuries AD a Roman fortification was sited there. More settlement followed in the 8th/9th centuries under the Carolingian dynasty.

In about 1000 a noble called Ehrenbert (or Erembert) erected a castle on the hill. Its initial name "Burg Ehrenbertstein" later became Burg Ehrenbreitstein.

The castle was first mentioned in an extant written document in 1139, as a property of the Archbishop of Trier. Archbishop Hillin expanded it in 1152–1169. A supporting castle (Burg Helferstein) was built on the hill known as Helfenstein to the south. It was further extended by Archbishop Henry of Fénétrange in 1286, and Archbishop John II of Baden in 1481.

During the 16th century, work began to turn the castle into a fortress that could withstand the new gunpowder weapons. One of the first cannon was the 9 ton Greif cannon. At the foot of the hill, protected by the fortress, Philipp Christoph von Sötern had the palace Phillipsburg constructed in 1625–1629. The fortress was further improved by his successors Karl Kaspar von der Leyen and Johann Hugo von Orsbeck. In 1632, it was occupied by the French and in 1637 by Imperial troops during the Thirty Years' War.

Ehrenbreitstein guarded the most valuable relic of the Trier See, the Holy Tunic, from 1657 to 1794. Successive Archbishops used the fortress' strategic importance to barter between contending powers; thus in 1672 at the outset of war between France and Germany the Archbishop refused requests both from the envoys of Louis XIV and from Brandenburg's Ambassador, Christoph Caspar von Blumenthal, to permit the passage of troops across the Rhine.

In 1688, the fortress successfully withstood a siege by King Louis XIV of France. Around 1730, Balthasar Neumann created the Schönborn-Werke, a third ring of fortifications. France did succeed in taking it in 1759, but only held it for three years.

However, in 1794, French revolutionary troops conquered Koblenz; in the following years they besieged Ehrenbreitstein three times without success. But a one-year siege, starting in 1798 during the War of the Second Coalition, brought starvation to the defenders of Ehrenbreitstein who finally handed over the fortress to French troops in 1799. By the Treaty of Lunéville, the French were eventually forced to withdraw from the right bank of the Rhine. Hence, they blew up Ehrenbreitstein in 1801 to prevent the enemy from taking hold of a fully functional fortress just a few meters away from French territory on the left bank of the Rhine.

From 1803 to 1815 the area was part of Nassau.

Today's fortress
Under the Final Act of the Congress of Vienna in 1815, the Rhineland became a Prussian province. The fortification of the Koblenz area became a Prussian military priority, because of its proximity to France and the fact that Koblenz was a bottleneck for all means of transportation (ships, railways, land transportation because of bridges). Hence, the Prussians built a system of fortification around Koblenz, the so-called Festung Koblenz ("Fortress Koblenz"), from 1815 until 1834. This referred to the strong ring of fortifications around Koblenz, of which the Festung Ehrenbreitstein was a part. Fortress Koblenz was said to have been the largest military fortress in Europe except for Gibraltar. Ehrenbreitstein could be defended by up to 1200 soldiers.

Under a peace treaty France paid 15 million francs towards a new fortress. Actual construction took from 1817 to 1828, and it was ready for service by 1834. Subsequently expanded several times, by 1886 Koblenz was classified as a fortification "of lesser importance". After the Koblenz fortifications west of the Rhine were dismantled in 1890–1903, the fortress and some lesser structures on the east bank alone covered the Rhine crossing until 1918.

During its years of active service, the fortress was never attacked. It escaped being dismantled after the end of World War I as a result of its perceived historical and artistic value. The American General Henry Tureman Allen, convinced of its historical value as a premier 19th-century fortress, prevented its intended destruction in 1922. It was occupied after 1919 by the US Army as their headquarters during the Occupation of the Rhineland. In February 1923, Allen left the fortress, and the first U.S. occupation of European territory was over. After January 1923, Ehrenbreitstein was occupied by the French Army.

During World War II, the fortress served as a place of safekeeping for archives and cultural objects (1943–56) but also harbored three flak guns (1943–1945).

After World War II, the fortress was used by the French Army, before it was handed over to the State of Rhineland-Palatinate in 1947. In 1946–1950 it served as a refugee camp and then as residential housing, during the period of housing shortages from the early 1950s into the 1960s. In 1952, a youth hostel was opened, followed by a museum in 1956. In 1972, the Ehrenmal des Deutschen Heeres (a memorial to the dead of the German army) was inaugurated. In 2011, Festung Ehrenbreitstein was part of the Bundesgartenschau (National Garden Show) in Koblenz, following a multi-year restoration in 2007–2011.

Today
The fortress is open to visitors. It is connected to the town of Koblenz across the Rhine by a cable car and by an inclined lift to the foot of the hill. Ehrenbreitstein houses several museums: Haus der Fotografie (photography), Haus der Archäologie (archaeology) and the Landesmuseum Koblenz (temporary exhibitions). There is also a Haus des Genusses, celebrating regional wine making and offering a Baroque dining experience. Permanent exhibitions at several locations inside the fortress cover the 5000 years of history of Ehrenbreitstein. There are also gastronomic establishments. The Koblenz youth hostel, with 157 beds, still occupies part of Ehrenbreitstein. The fortress serves as a venue for various cultural activities, such as open-air concerts and plays.

Cultural references
In 1822, the English translation of the castle's name, The Broad-Stone of Honour, was used as the title of Kenelm Henry Digby's exhaustive work on chivalry.

...this pulpit, I see, is a self-containing stronghold —a lofty Ehrenbreitstein... (Herman Melville, Moby-Dick)

As the vine flourishes, and the grape empurples close up to the very walls and muzzles of cannoned Ehrenbreitstein; so do the sweetest joys of life grow in the very jaws of its perils. (Herman Melville, Pierre) Here Ehrenbreitstein, with her shattered wall Black with the miner's blast, upon her height Yet shows of what she was, when shell and ball Rebounding idly on her strength did light; A tower of victory! from whence the flight Of baffled foes was watch'd along the plain: But Peace destroy'd what War could never blight, And laid those proud roofs bare to Summer's rain— On which the iron shower for years had pour'd in vain. (Lord Byron, Childe Harold's Pilgrimage Canto III, v.58)

Byron in fact refers to the previous structure, destroyed by the French, since the new fortification was only constructed after he wrote these lines.

In 1835, J. M. W. Turner completed a major painting inspired by Byron's work, entitled View of Ehrenbreitstein, or The Bright Stone of Honour and the Tomb of Marceau, from Byron's 'Childe Harold'. In April 2017, the painting was in a private collection and had an estimated value of £15m-£25m. Turner also painted a series of watercolors depicting views of the fortress and environs, some of which are held by the Tate Gallery in London.

In 1897, a monument to Emperor Wilhelm I was erected right below the Festung, but on the west side of the Rhine, known as the Deutsches Eck (German Corner). Both fortress and monument were considered as symbols for the "Guard at the Rhine", as in the song "Die Wacht am Rhein". Today the Ehrenbreitstein Fortress is used for concerts and as a museum.

World Heritage Site
In 2002, the Upper Middle Rhine Valley became a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Site includes as its northernmost point the fortress of Ehrenbreitstein.

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Talk:Samsø Højskole

This article doesn't go much of the way to describing how or why this school is notable. Weight loss centres are everywhere. With the schools web site not being in English either, I've got little hope of improving the article myself as English is my only language.

I don't see the value in a 2 line entry about a school in an English encyclopedia, linking to a non-english web site. Is this an article only Danish speaking people can now update based on the source material? -- Longhair | Talk 15:59, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)

For the June 2005 deletion debate on this article, see Votes for deletion/Samsø højskole. -- Jonel | Speak 06:13, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

The Perelman School of Medicine, commonly known as Penn Med, is the medical school of the University of Pennsylvania, one of seven Ivy League medical schools in the United States. The medical school is based in Philadelphia. Founded in 1765, it was the first medical school in the United States.

18th century
The school of medicine was founded by John Morgan, a graduate of the College of Philadelphia, later renamed the University of Pennsylvania, and the University of Edinburgh Medical School. After training in Edinburgh and other European cities, Morgan returned to Philadelphia in 1765. With fellow University of Edinburgh Medical School graduate William Shippen Jr., Morgan persuaded the college's trustees to found the first medical school in the original Thirteen Colonies. Shortly before the medical school's creation, Morgan delivered an address titled "Upon the Institution of Medical Schools in America," addressed to the trustees and the citizens of Philadelphia, in which he expressed his desire for the new medical school to become a model institution, saying, "'Perhaps this medical institution, the first of its kind in America, though small in its beginning, may receive a constant increase of strength, and annually exert new vigor. It may collect a number of young persons of more ordinary abilities, and so improve their knowledge as to spread its reputation to different parts. By sending these abroad duly qualified, or by exciting an emulation amongst men of parts and literature, it may give birth to other useful institutions of a similar nature, or occasional rise, by its example to numerous societies of different kinds, calculated to spread the light of knowledge through the whole American continent, wherever inhabited'."

That autumn, students enrolled for "anatomical lectures" and a course on "the theory and practice of physick." Modeling the school after the University of Edinburgh Medical School, medical lectures were supplemented with bedside teaching at the Pennsylvania Hospital.

The School of Medicine's early faculty included nationally prominent physicians and scientists such as Benjamin Rush, Philip Syng Physick, William Shippen Jr., and Robert Hare.

In addition to being a Penn professor of chemistry, medical theory, and clinical practice, Dr. Benjamin Rush served as a key figure in the American Revolution as a Founding Father, signatory to the United States Declaration of Independence, and member of the Continental Congress.

19th century
In the mid-19th century, notable faculty members included William Pepper, Joseph Leidy, and Nathaniel Chapman (founding president of the American Medical Association). William Osler and Howard Atwood Kelly, two of the "founding four" physicians of Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore were drawn from Penn's medical faculty.

20th century
In 1910, the landmark Flexner Report on medical education reviewed Penn as one of the relatively few medical schools of the era with high standards in admission criteria, medical instruction, and research facilities.

21st century
In 2011, the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine was renamed to the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in recognition of a $225 million gift by Raymond and Ruth Perelman. Raymond and his son, Ronald Perelman, are both alumni of Penn's Wharton School. It was the single largest gift made in the university's history, and it remains the largest donation ever made for naming rights to a medical school.

Campus and teaching hospitals
Between 1765 and 1801, medical school lectures were held in Surgeon's Hall on 5th Street in Center City Philadelphia. In 1801, medical instruction moved with the rest of the university to 9th Street. In the 1870s, the university moved across the Schuylkill River to a location in West Philadelphia. As part of this move, the medical faculty persuaded the university trustees to construct a teaching hospital adjacent to the new academic facilities. As a result, Penn's medical school and flagship teaching hospital form part of the university's main campus and are located in close proximity to the university's other schools and departments. Although they are independent institutions, the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the Wistar Institute are also located on or adjacent to Penn's campus.

The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, Pennsylvania Hospital, and the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia serve as the medical school's main teaching hospitals. Additional teaching takes place at Chester County Hospital, Lancaster General Hospital, and the Philadelphia VA Medical Center.

Medical advancements
During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the School of Medicine was one of the earliest to encourage the development of the emerging medical specialties: neurosurgery, ophthalmology, dermatology, and radiology. Between 1910 and 1939, the chairman of the Department of Pharmacology, Alfred Newton Richards, played a significant role in developing the university as an authority of medical science, helping the U.S. to catch up with European medicine and begin to make significant advances in biomedical science.

In the 1950s and early 1960s, Jonathan Rhoads of the Department of Surgery, which he would later go on to head for many years, mentored Stanley Dudrick who pioneered the successful use of total parenteral nutrition (TPN) for patients unable to tolerate nutrition through their GI tract.

In the 1980s and 1990s, C. William Schwab, a trauma surgeon, led numerous advances in the concept of damage control surgery for severely injured trauma patients.

In the 1990s and 2000s, Paul Offit, a professor of pediatrics at the School of Medicine and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, lead the scientific advances behind the modern RotaTeq vaccine for infectious childhood diarrhea.

In 2006, Drs. Kaplan and Shore of the Department of Orthopedics discovered the causative mutation in fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva, an extremely rare disease of bone.

Medical curriculum
Benchmark changes in the understanding of medical science and the practice of medicine have necessitated that the school change its methods of teaching, as well as its curriculum. Large changes were made in 1968, 1970, 1981, 1987, and 1997. The last significant change in 2022 brought about the institution of the IMPaCT curriculum, "an integrated, multidisciplinary curriculum which emphasizes small group instruction, self-directed learning and flexibility." Three themes, Science of Medicine, Technology and Practice of Medicine, and Professionalism and Humanism, were developed by focus groups consisting of department chairpersons, course directors, and students.

Biomedical Graduate Studies
Biomedical Graduate Studies, contained within the Perelman School of Medicine, was established in 1985 and serves as the academic home within the University of Pennsylvania for roughly 700 students pursuing a PhD in the basic biomedical sciences. BGS consists of more than 600 faculty members across seven Penn schools and several associated institutes including Wistar Institute, Fox Chase Cancer Center, and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. There are seven graduate programs, labeled by the school as "graduate groups," that lead to a Ph.D. in basic biomedical sciences.
 * Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
 * Cell and Molecular Biology
 * Epidemiology and Biostatistics
 * Genomics and Computational Biology
 * Immunology
 * Neuroscience
 * Pharmacology

All biomedical graduate studies students receive a stipend in addition to a full fellowship and tend to receive the degree within a median time frame of 5.4 years. There is also the option for students to pursue an additional certificate in medicine, public health, and environmental health sciences. Each graduate group has its own admission policy and training mission, and hence curriculum greatly varies.

Governance
The Perelman School of Medicine and the University of Pennsylvania Health System (UPHS) comprise "Penn Medicine". Penn Medicine is an organizational structure designed to integrate Penn's clinical, educational, and research functions. Penn Medicine is governed by a board of trustees which in turn reports to the trustees of the university. Kevin B. Mahoney serves as CEO of UPHS while J. Larry Jameson serves as Dean of Medicine and Executive Vice President of the health system.

Departments
The School of Medicine has departments in the following basic science subjects: Biochemistry and Biophysics, Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Cancer Biology, Cell and Developmental Biology, Genetics, Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Microbiology, Neuroscience, Pharmacology, and Physiology. The school also has departments in the following clinical practices: Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Dermatology, Emergency Medicine, Family Practice and Community Medicine, Medicine, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ophthalmology (See Scheie Eye Institute), Orthopaedic Surgery, Otorhinolaryngology, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Pediatrics (See Children's Hospital of Philadelphia), Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Psychiatry, Radiation Oncology, Radiology, and Surgery.

Centers and institutes
The Perelman School of Medicine, in conjunction with the University of Pennsylvania Health System, has contained within it many centers and institutes dealing with clinical medicine, clinical research, basic science research, and translational research.

Notable alumni
Among the noteworthy alumni referenced in Wikipedia entry accessible via above link are 4 graduates and/or faculty members who were awarded the Nobel Prize, 2 alumni who were awarded the Medal of Honor, and hundreds of alumni (in chronological order starting from very first 18th century graduating class) who contributed to the health and well-being of Earth.


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Arthur Champernowne

Sir Arthur Champernowne (c.1524 – 1 April 1578) was an English politician, high sheriff and soldier who lived at Dartington Hall in Devon, England.

Champernowne belonged to a large Anglo-Norman family that originated from Cambernon, in Normandy. Following the Norman Conquest of the 11th century, members of the family acquired estates in Devon. Their surname was originally spelt Champernon, and Sir Arthur Champernowne has sometimes been referred to by that spelling; he was also known by at least three other surnames: Chamborne, Chapman, and Chamberlain. (These variations may reflect, at least in part, a state of flux in English during the 16th century, including variations in the spelling and usage of surnames by individuals.)

Other members of the Champernowne family were prominent in (royal) court, political and military circles during the 16th century: Arthur Champernowne's aunt Lady Kat Ashley (or Astley; née Champernowne) was governess to Queen Elizabeth I, and Sir Walter Raleigh and Sir Humphrey Gilbert were his nephews.

Champernowne is sometimes confused with several relatives also christened Arthur, especially Sir Arthur Champernowne (also Champernon; born c. 1562), an emissary of Elizabeth I during the 1580s.

Biography
Champernowne was the second son of Sir Philip Champernowne (died 1545) of Modbury, Devon, by his wife Katherine Carew, daughter of Sir Edmund Carew, Knight, of Mohuns Ottery. When England was alerted to a possible invasion, he served in the English army at the Siege of Boulougne.

In 1549, Champernowne helped subdue a rebellion that sought to have the Latin Bible restored to a position of authority over the English-language version. The rebellion began in Cornwall, where the Cornish language was still widely spoken and English was regarded as a foreign language. He was knighted on 10 November 1549 for his part in crushing the western rebellion.

Champernowne was an ardent protestant. He flirted with the conspiracy of cousin, Sir Peter Carew to support the claim of Lady Jane Grey, but wisely settled for accepting Mary Tudor. Champernowne was installed as Member of Parliament for Barnstaple in 1552 (replacing the elected MP, Sir James Wilford, who had died).

He spent early 1554 in the Tower, but was released on recognizance of a fine of £1000, and allowed to return to Devon. Although excluded from office by the Marian regime, he was chosen a local JP in 1555. They elected him in turn for Plympton Erle in 1555, Plymouth in 1559 and Totnes in 1563.

Family
In 1546 Sir Arthur married Mary, widow of Sir George Carew, and daughter of Henry Norris (d. 1536), who had been implicated in the fall of Anne Boleyn and was beheaded. The couple had five sons and a daughter:
 * Gawen (d. 1592), married Roberte de Montgomery, daughter of Comte Gabriel de Montgomery and Isabel de la Touche.
 * Philip
 * Charles
 * George
 * Edward
 * Elizabeth, who married Sir Edward Seymour, 1st Baronet

In 1554 he exchanged with Thomas Aylworth, Lord of Dartington, the mansion house at Polsloe, Exeter for the Dartington estate, which contained the medieval Dartington Hall. By 1560 the construction of a new Elizabethan front on the foundation of the older buildings was underway and this continued for several years. His descendants continued to live in Dartington Hall until it became partly derelict and was sold in 1925.

Official Posts:
 * 1552 - MP for Barnstaple
 * 1555 – MP for Plympton
 * 1559 - MP for Plymouth
 * 1559 – Sheriff of Devon
 * 1562 – Vice-Admiral of the Devon Coasts, a post he held for life.
 * 1563 – MP for Totnes.

On the accession of Elizabeth I he developed his maritime interests: from being Sheriff of Devon in 1559–60, he put to sea. As vice-admiral appointed in 1563, his service against French pirates was noted: constant harassment along the western approaches. However, from time to time he co-operated with the privateers of Jeanne d'Albret, Queen of Navarre, against Catholic Spain. In December 1568, many of these ships were driven up the channel and into Southampton and Portsmouth to be received by Sir Arthur and Edward Horsey, in the name of the Queen of England. In 1568 he had organised the robbery of the Spanish treasure fleet which was taking money to the Duke of Alva, Regent of the Netherlands. Champernowne personally delivered 64 boxes of treasure weighing some 8 tonnes safely to the tower of London, worth some 2 million reales. Over half of the money was used by Queen Elizabeth to fund her navy, the remainder she sent on to Amsterdam.

He was a prominent supporter of protestantism and in 1572, his son Gawen married the daughter of Gabriel, Count of Montgomery, a Huguenot. The Count, whose immediate forebears were Scots, was Captain of the Scots Guards. Champernowne was at Dwercy, France for the marriage and reported back to Lord Burghley on the conditions in France. Following the massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve, the Count escaped France and was given refuge at Dartington Hall. Champernowne wrote to Queen Elizabeth proposing the raising of an army to provide relief for the protestants in France.

In 1574 he led a relief expedition which went spectacularly wrong. Montgomery had already been captured and executed in Normandy, and the English fleet could only aid the Huguenot captains of La Rochelle. Sir Arthur's daughter Elizabeth married Sir Edward Seymour of Berry Pomeroy in 1576. Champernowne was continuing to support the naval exploits against France, when he wrote his will in March 1578. He died at Dartington Hall on 1 April.

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I gioielli della Madonna

I gioielli della Madonna (English: The Jewels of the Madonna) is a opera in three acts by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari to an Italian libretto by Carlo Zangarini and Enrico Golisciani, based on news accounts of a real event. First performed in 1911, the opera's controversial themes include love between a brother and his adoptive sister, implied criticism of the Catholic Church, and an on-stage orgy.

Performance history
 I gioielli della Madonna was first performed at the Kurfürstenoper Berlin on 23 December 1911 under the title Der Schmuck der Madonna. That performance was in German, but now it is usually given in Italian. (Wolf-Ferrari stated that his operas were often first given in German simply because he had a German publisher.)

The opera was next staged in Chicago for the work's United States premiere and the opera's first performance in the Italian language in January 1912 by the Philadelphia-Chicago Grand Opera Company (PCGOC) with conductor Cleofonte Campanini and a cast that included tenor Amedeo Bassi as Gennaro, Louise Berat as Carmela, Carolina White as Maliella, Mario Sammarco as Rafaele, Francesco Daddi as Biaso, Jenny Dufau as Stella, Mabel Riegelman as Concetta, Marta Wittkowska as Serena, Emilio Venturini as Ciccillo, Edmond Warnery as Totonno, Nicolò Fossetta as Rocco, and Rosina Galli in the dancing role of Grazia. The company then toured with the production for performances at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York and the Metropolitan Opera House in Philadelphia later that year, and once again toured with that opera to New York's Met in 1914.

The Metropolitan Opera staged its own original production of the work in 1925 with Giovanni Martinelli as Gennaro, Marion Telva as Carmela, and Maria Jeritza as Maliella; a production which remained in the Met's repertory through 1927. The work was also staged in New York in 1913, this time at the Century Opera House with Elizabeth Amsden drawing particular praise for her performance as Maliella. In 1918 the Chicago Grand Opera Company staged the work with Giacomo Rimini as Rafaele, Rosa Raisa as Maliella, and Giuseppe Gaudenzi as Gennaro; a production which the company brought the Manhattan Opera House in New York in 1922. The San Carlo Opera Company toured the United States with a production of the opera in 1922 starring Anna Fitziu as Maliella and Romeo Boscacci as Gennaro.

The opera was first staged in the United Kingdom at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden on May 30, 1912 with positive reviews from the English press. However, the work was not favorably received by French critics when it was staged at the Paris Opera in 1913 with tenor Leon Campagnola as Gennaro and Vanni Marcoux as Rafaele. The opera was given in Budapest in 1913, conducted by Fritz Reiner, who also conducted the first Dresden performance the following year. The Vienna State Opera staged the opera in 1937 with Margit Bokor as Maliella.

The opera was given its Italian premiere in 1953. I gioielli della Madonna is not often performed today though it remains in the repertory. The third act intermezzo was for many years a popular concert piece. It was performed by Teatro Grattacielo in New York City in 2010. In 2013 it was performed in London at Opera Holland Park. The complete opera was revived May 2015 at the Slovak National Theatre, Bratislava, and recorded for Naxos.

Act 1
A square in Naples by the sea

Carmela's house, an inn, Biaso's hut, and Gennaro's smithy are visible. It is a lovely afternoon during the festival of the Madonna. Downtown swarms with a noisy crowd, celebrating the event in a carnival spirit. The chorus is divided into many small groups, representing the various parts of the town. Many of them end up following a band, which has crossed the square.

In his blacksmith shop, Gennaro is making a candelabra, placing it on the anvil reverentially, as on an altar. He sings "Madonna, con sospiri" (I sigh for you, Madonna).

Maliella rushes out of her house, chased by Carmela. Maliella is a wilful girl, wanting to be rid of the tyranny of her household and wishing to throw herself into the life of the city. She strikes an attitude of bravado, singing her rebellious thoughts in the "Song of Cannetella,". The crowd gathers to hear her. From the direction of the sea comes the approaching chorus of the members of the Camorra. Maliella and the crowd dance wildly. When Carmela reappears with a pitcher of water on her head, the wayward girl is dashing along the quay joyously laughing.

Carmela tells her son how she vowed to the Madonna to seek an infant girl, born of sin, and adopt her, in order to help her sickly boy. She sings, "In the open street I found her, and you miraculously recovered." There is a touching duet for mother and son, in which Carmela bids him go and pray to the Madonna, and Gennaro asks for her blessing, before he leaves to do so. Carmela then goes into the house.

Maliella runs in, with the Camorrists after her. Rafaele is in pursuit, he being the leader of the band, a handsome, flashy blackguard. When he advances to seize and kiss her, she draws out a hat pin. Laughing, he throws off his coat, like a duellist, grasps and holds her tightly. She stabs his hand, making it bleed, then throws away the pin. He laughs disdainfully, passionately kisses the wound. There is an extended scene with accepting and rejecting flowers, wearing them, tossing them away. Rafaele heads for the inn – she turns to look at him.

As the Madonna is brought past in procession during tolling of bells and cheers from the people, Rafaele pours words of passion into Maliella's ears. The image of the Virgin, bedecked with sparkling jewels—the jewels of the Madonna—is carried past. Rafaele swears that for the love of Maliella he would even rob the sacred image of the jewels and bedeck her with them—something so sacrilegious that it would never be considered. The superstitious girl is terrified.

Gennaro, who returns at that moment, warns her against Rafaele—and the men seem about to fight. But then the procession returns, and they all kneel. Rafaele and Maliella exchange looks, as she heads back to the house. He tosses her the flower she has previously despised. She picks it up, puts it between her lips, and flies indoors.

Act 2
Carmela’s Garden On the left wall a wooden staircase. Under this is a gap in the back wall shut in by a railing. It is late evening. Carmela, having cleared the table, goes into the house. Gennaro starts in to warn Maliella. She says she will have freedom, rushes up the staircase to her room, where she is seen putting her things together, while she hums, "E ndringhete, ndranghete" (I long for mirth and folly).

She descends with her bundle and is ready to leave. Gennaro pleads with her. As if lost in a reverie, with eyes half-closed, she recalls how Rafaele offered to steal the jewels of the Madonna for her. Gennaro, at first shocked at the sacrilege in the mere suggestion, appears to yield gradually to a desperate intention. He bars the way to Maliella, locks the gate, and stands facing her. Laughing derisively, she ascends the stairs again.

He goes to a cupboard under the stairs, takes out a box, opens it by the light of the lamp at the table, selects several skeleton keys and files, wraps them in a piece of leather, which he hides under his coat, takes a look at Maliella's window, crosses himself, and sneaks out.

From the direction of the sea a chorus of men's voices is heard. Rafaele appears at the gate with his Camorrist friends. To the accompaniment of their mandolins and guitars he sings a serenade to Maliella. The girl comes down into the garden. Then they sing a love duet, she promising that she will join him tomorrow. Then Rafaele's comrades signal that someone is coming.

Left to herself, she sees Gennaro's open tool box, by moonlight. As if in answer to her presentiment of what it signifies, he appears with a bundle wrapped in red cloth. He throws back the folds of the damask and spreads out on the table, for Maliella, the jewels of the Madonna.

In an ecstasy, Maliella envisions in Gennaro the man who promised her these jewels—Rafaele, and yields herself to Gennaro's embrace.

Act 3
A hidden refuge of the Camorrists on the outskirts of Naples

On the left wall is a rough fresco of the Madonna, whose image was borne in procession the previous day. In front of it is a sort of altar.

The Camorrists gather. They are men and women, all the latter of doubtful character. There is singing with dancing—the "Apache," the "Tarantelle." Stella, Concetta, Serena, and Grazia, the dancer, are the principal women. They do not anticipate Maliella's expected arrival with much pleasure. When Rafaele comes in, they ask him what he admires in her. In his answer, "Non sapete... di Maliella" (know you not of Maliella), he tells them her chief charm is that he will be the first man to whom she has yielded herself.

In the midst of an uproar of shouting and dancing, while Rafaele, standing on a table, cracks a whip, Maliella rushes in. In an agony she cries out that, in a trance, she gave herself up to Gennaro. The women laugh derisively at Rafaele, who has just sung of her as being inviolable to all but himself. There is not a touch of mysticism about Rafaele. That she should have confused Gennaro with him, and so have yielded herself to the young blacksmith, does not appeal to him at all. For him she is a plucked rose to be left to wither. Furiously he rejects her, flings her to the ground. The jewels of the Madonna fall from her cloak. They are readily recognized; for they are depicted in the rough fresco on the wall.

Gennaro, who has followed her to the haunt of the Camorrists, enters. He is half mad. Maliella, laughing hysterically, flings the jewels at his feet, shrieking that he stole them for her. The crowd, as superstitious as it is criminal, recoils from both intruders. The women fall to their knees. Rafaele curses the girl. At his command, the band disperses. Maliella goes out to drown herself in the sea. "Madonna dei dolor! Miserere!" (Madonna of our pain, have pity), prays Gennaro. His thoughts revert to his mother. "Deh non piangere, O Mamma mia" (Ah! Weep not, beloved mother mine). Among the débris he finds a knife and plunges it into his heart.

Recordings
There is an extant recording of the opera, made in 1967, featuring Pauline Tinsley, André Turp and Peter Glossop, conducted by Alberto Erede. It was issued on CD (Bella Voce #107242). A new recording was released in 2016 by Naxos Records.

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Life Line (Star Trek: Voyager)

"Life Line" is the 24th episode from the sixth season of Star Trek: Voyager, the 144th episode overall. It is one of the episodes in the Star Trek universe in which characters from elsewhere in the franchise are extended by Voyager. Reginald Barclay and Deanna Troi from Star Trek: The Next Generation make appearances, and in addition Jean-Luc Picard is twice mentioned by Troi but not seen. This is also one of the few episodes where a character actually arrives in the Alpha Quadrant, and the only Voyager episode which has a cast member receiving a writing credit.

Barclay and Troi previously worked together earlier in the season in "Pathfinder" (S6E10) and this episode continues that narrative thread and further develops their characters. In addition this brings together elements established by "Projections" (S2E3) and connects them with Pathfinder. The relationship between Zimmerman and Barclay is depicted and Jupiter Station is actually shown at Jupiter in special effects shots during this episode.

Robert Picardo plays both Voyager's customized Mark I EMH and his "father" Doctor Zimmerman, and another special effect display is shown in numerous scenes together during the episode. Doctor Lewis Zimmerman was previously in "The Swarm" (S3E4) and Deep Space Nine's "Doctor Bashir, I Presume"(S5E16).

Plot
Voyager receives a message from Starfleet Command via the improved subspace radio amplifier, stating they believe they have found a way to bring Voyager back to the Alpha Quadrant within five to six years, instead of the decades they had before them. Elated, the crew send back data regarding their journey to date. In Starfleet's reply, they learn that Lewis Zimmerman, the creator of the Doctor's Emergency Medical Hologram program, is dying and no Starfleet medical personnel can determine the reason. The Doctor expresses that because of his experiences in the Delta Quadrant, he may have more insight to Zimmerman's condition, and asks to have his program transferred via subspace to help.

After eliminating several of his extraneous subroutines to reduce the program size, the Doctor is sent to a space station orbiting near Jupiter. The station has been Zimmerman's home for the last four years, where he spent much time researching hologram technology, and the entire facility is enabled to allow the Doctor and Zimmerman's holographic female servant, Haley, free rein. The Doctor meets with Reginald Barclay, who has been assigned to help Zimmerman, before meeting his creator in person. Zimmerman quickly proves to be old and cantankerous, looking down on the Doctor as one of his earlier, outdated Mark I programs that are now all reassigned to perform menial jobs. The Doctor attempts to prove his value to allow examination, but Zimmerman ignores him, and even one point manipulating the Doctor's program to make him his pet for a few hours. The Doctor grows frustrated in trying to help, and the two stop speaking to each other.

With Zimmerman's health declining, Barclay is able to gain the help of Deanna Troi to help resolve the situation between the two. After meeting with both, she realizes that both Zimmerman and the Doctor seem to be beyond the point of reason. While discussing the situation, they realize that Haley is a far less advanced hologram program than the Doctor is, yet Zimmerman speaks openly and kindly with her. Troi suspects that Zimmerman's behavior is one of injured pride, and devises a plan where they secretly fiddle with the Doctor's files as to make it appear that his program is failing. Troi and Barclay insist that only Zimmerman can save the Doctor, just as the Doctor can only save him.

Zimmerman finally is able get past his wounded pride of the fate of his Mark Is, and fixes the Doctor's program. Zimmerman attempts to add additional programming to the Doctor, but he insists that he is good the way he is. The Doctor then examines Zimmerman, and opts to try an experimental cellular regeneration therapy he had developed while on Voyager. The process is successful, and Zimmerman is soon back in good health. Zimmerman apologizes for his behavior and tells the Doctor that he is proud of him as the only Mark I that has gone well beyond his original programming. After saying his goodbyes, the Doctor is returned to Voyager and Zimmerman continues his hologram research.

Characters
Voyager forms part of The Next Generation TV series "trilogy", and extends many elements from that Universe including characters that appeared from elsewhere in the franchise. Barclay, Troi, and the Doctor played by the same actors also appear in feature films.

Major characters in the episode:
 * Reginald Barclay
 * Deanna Troi
 * The Doctor
 * Doctor Lewis Zimmerman
 * Haley (Zimmerman's assistant)

There are also several scenes back on Voyager that include the usual primary Voyager crew members. There is also a scene by an Admiral Hayes that plays as a recording for Janeway and Chakotay.

Setting
The episode takes place in two previously introduced locations in the fictional Star Trek universe.
 * USS Voyager (At the time on the other side of the Galaxy)
 * Jupiter Station (Near Jupiter of Earth's system)

Reception
The episode was noted as one of the top twenty funniest episodes of the Star Trek franchise. (The franchise had over 700 plus television episodes at that time)

In 2017, Den of Geek included this on their abbreviated watch guide for Star Trek: Voyager, picking out this episode on their cross-overs roadmap pointing out the role of Barclay.

In 2020, Gizmodo ranked this one of the "must watch" episodes from the series.

In 2020, The Digital Fix said it was enjoyable to see Troi and Barclay, and they said Robert Picardo delivered "two terrific performances as both characters" playing both the Doctor (EMH) and Doctor Zimmerman.

title: Life Line (Star Trek: Voyager)