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Settlement details
I'd appreciate any correction to my estimate of the settlement details. Microsoft ended up saying in its 1994 10-K that it recorded a net pretax charge of $90 million to settle the Stac patent litigation. Elsewhere I have read that Microsoft invested $39.9 million in Stac, hence my claim in the article that there was a $39.9 million investment and a $50 million payment. Tempshill 18:24, 26 May 2005 (UTC)

 * There was article in Computer Reseller News on 27 JUN 94 ("Microsoft to pay $83M to settle Stac compression suit"). But embedded in an Inc. magazine article, "Patent Fending", the net payouts were $39.9M USD and $43M USD, respectively. Given INC's reputation, this is probably accurate. The other 7M USD probably went to bonuses and salaries in Microsoft's legal department for ducking the original $120M USD award! :-)  JimScott 23:27, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

doubling
was stacker better than doublespace/drivespace or was doubling and often overoptimisic estimate? Plugwash 01:07, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

Having worked for Tech Support for Stacker (WAY back in 1991/92) I was under the impression that Stacker was more stable than DoubleSpace. Easier to fix if something went wrong also. Compression only really worked on Non-Graphics/Video files. In other words, it could compress a document/text/exe/com/sys file pretty good, but could not further compress graphics or video files because they are already about as compressed as could be (at that time). So these types of files seemed to take "twice" as much space on a stacked drive. Doc —Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.21.162.200 (talk) 22:23, 29 September 2010 (UTC)

External References
The external reference to http://web.archive.org/web/20051214104645/http://www.altiris.com/previo/ is broken. —Preceding unsigned comment added by RodrigoValin (talk • contribs) 02:13, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

Lawsuit Detail
One detail I heard about was that not only did MS steal the doubling software, they left the Stac copyright notice in the source code. Anyone have any confirmation of that? Jokem (talk) 16:20, 1 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I too have heard such a rumour, maybe worth tracking down the information.--Bstard12 (talk) 02:08, 8 October 2011 (UTC)
 * When I worked for STAC in Software Quality Assurance (SQA) in 1993-1994, I believe we were told STAC lost the ~$14m counter-lawsuit due to "reverse engineering DoubleSpace" (which lead to to finding the patented STAC algorithm for compression). I'm not a valid source by Wikipedia standards, nor can I locate a third party source. Guy M 10:16, 9 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Edited (10:21, 9 January 2016 (UTC))

I never heard anything about the Stac copyright notice being left in the source code. But then I never read all the trial transcripts. One main issue was they left in part of the patented compression algorithm that was subsequently removed in Stacker because it was found to worsen the compression rate. Also as far as I know, DoubleSpace was never looked at when developing the algorithm. I don't know if the people coding the software version of Stacker looked at it to see how it hooked into the OS, but the algorithm itself was designed before DoubleSpace came out. The original market was quarter-inch cartridge tape drives which Stac was heavily involved in at the time through its chip business. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.215.138.231 (talk) 00:27, 7 December 2017 (UTC)

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Regnum

Regnum may refer to:

 * Latin for kingdom or dominion, see realm
 * Regnum, Latin word for Kingdom (biology)
 * REGNUM News Agency, a Russian news agency
 * Champions of Regnum, a computer game
 * An online database for PhyloCode

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User:Iorek Brynson

Iorek Brynson is the online moniker of one “Randal Hoelzel”. The name is a slight variation upon Iorek Byrnison, and was modified in spelling to fit more closely with Randal’s love of Nordic culture.

His presence on Wikipedia will be marked by additions and corrections of generally trivial knowledge, as he considers himself a compendium for the random and inane. He will mostly contribute to things pertaining to the realm of Marvel Comics, Star Wars, Nordic Culture, and the Esoteric arts.

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A photo of the Camera Obscura in San Francisco. This Camera Obscura is located at the Cliff House on the Pacific ocean. Credit to Jacob Appelbaum of http://www.appelbaum.net.


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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/SURREEL

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was delete. Mindspillage (spill yours?) 03:47, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)

SURREEL
This one has been hard... I have been unable to find anything about this group, except for their own page and a lot of French sites which have nothing to do with music. Unless someone manages to find their notability, I'll think it is band vanity... Sarg 18:26, 26 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Note: See also Surreel. Sarg 18:41, 26 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Note 2: See also SURREEL's (What the...?). Sarg 18:42, 26 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, not notable, band vanity. Megan1967 05:34, 27 May 2005 (UTC)
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Wigner effect

The Wigner effect (named for its discoverer, Eugene Wigner), also known as the discomposition effect or Wigner's disease, is the displacement of atoms in a solid caused by neutron radiation.

Any solid can display the Wigner effect. The effect is of most concern in neutron moderators, such as graphite, intended to reduce the speed of fast neutrons, thereby turning them into thermal neutrons capable of sustaining a nuclear chain reaction involving uranium-235.

Cause
To cause the Wigner effect, neutrons that collide with the atoms in a crystal structure must have enough energy to displace them from the lattice. This amount (threshold displacement energy) is approximately 25 eV. A neutron's energy can vary widely, but it is not uncommon to have energies up to and exceeding 10 MeV (10,000,000 eV) in the centre of a nuclear reactor. A neutron with a significant amount of energy will create a displacement cascade in a matrix via elastic collisions.

For example, a 1 MeV neutron striking graphite will create 900 displacements. Not all displacements will create defects, because some of the struck atoms will find and fill the vacancies that were either small pre-existing voids or vacancies newly formed by the other struck atoms.

Frenkel defect
The atoms that do not find a vacancy come to rest in non-ideal locations; that is, not along the symmetrical lines of the lattice. These interstitial atoms (or simply "interstitials") and their associated vacancies are a Frenkel defect. Because these atoms are not in the ideal location, they have a Wigner energy associated with them, much as a ball at the top of a hill has gravitational potential energy.

When a large number of interstitials have accumulated, they risk releasing all of their energy suddenly, creating a rapid, great increase in temperature. Sudden, unplanned increases in temperature can present a large risk for certain types of nuclear reactors with low operating temperatures. One such release was the indirect cause of the Windscale fire. Accumulation of energy in irradiated graphite has been recorded as high as 2.7 kJ/g, but is typically much lower than this.

Not linked to Chernobyl disaster
Despite some reports, Wigner energy buildup had nothing to do with the cause of the Chernobyl disaster: this reactor, like all contemporary power reactors, operated at a high enough temperature to allow the displaced graphite structure to realign itself before any potential energy could be stored. Wigner energy may have played some part following the prompt critical neutron spike, when the accident entered the graphite fire phase of events.

Dissipation of Wigner energy
A buildup of Wigner energy can be relieved by heating the material. This process is known as annealing. In graphite this occurs at 250 °C.

Intimate Frenkel pairs
In 2003, it was postulated that Wigner energy can be stored by the formation of metastable defect structures in graphite. Notably, the large energy release observed at 200–250 °C has been described in terms of a metastable interstitial-vacancy pair. The interstitial atom becomes trapped on the lip of the vacancy, and there is a barrier for it to recombine to give perfect graphite.

General references

 * Glasstone, Samuel, and Alexander Sesonske [1963] (1994). Nuclear Reactor Engineering. Boston: Springer. ISBN 0-412-98531-4..

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Shaun McNally

Shaun McNally (born December 10, 1957, Derby, Connecticut) is an American activist and former Connecticut state legislator. He served in the Connecticut House of Representatives from 1987–1992, representing Norwich and Sprague.

During his service in the state legislature, McNally served as House Chair the Planning and Development Committee. He also served as a member of the Finance, Commerce, Judiciary and Human Services committees.

Connecticut Public Service Career
McNally was staff member for former U.S. Representative Sam Gejdenson, from 1981–82, and staff on the Chris Dodd Senate campaign in 1980. In 2004, he ran unsuccessfully for Congress.

From 1995-2003, he was director of public affairs and chief internet strategist for the Connecticut Business and Industry Association (CBIA), where he was responsible for small business and manufacturing sector public policy agenda development as well as member legislative advocacy. From 2008-09, McNally served as executive director of the Connecticut Early Childhood Alliance, a coalition of organizations advocating for high-quality early childhood education.

International Democracy and Governance Work
After an unsuccessful campaign for the democratic nomination for US Congress CT-2, in 2005 McNally joined the USAID Mission in Iraq as Food Security Advisor for the Food for Peace Program. McNally later returned to Iraq as technical advisor and Deputy Chief of Party for the Local Governance Program (LGP3) (2009-2011) and later as technical advisor for the USAID-funded Government Strengthening Program (GSP) (2012-2013).

Currently, McNally serves as Chief of Party for the USAID Strengthening Somali Governance (SSG) program. From 2013-15, he led a parliamentary strengthening program in Armenia (SANAP). From 2011-12, he served as Chief of Party for the USAID/Afghanistan local governance strengthening program for the nine provinces of ISAF-North (RAMP-UP). From 2006-07, McNally was Country Director and Chief of Party for the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI) democracy and governance programs for Albania. The program worked with civil society groups, political parties, journalists, mayors and members of parliament, as well as supporting election monitoring.

Personal life/Education
McNally holds a B.A in political science from the University of Connecticut and a Master of Public Administration degree from Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government.

McNally has one daughter.

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Ascaris

Ascaris is a nematode genus of parasitic worms known as the "small intestinal roundworms", which is a type of parasitic worm. One species, Ascaris lumbricoides, affects humans and causes the disease ascariasis. Another species, Ascaris suum, typically infects pigs. Other ascarid genera infect other animals, such as Parascaris equorum, the equine roundworm, and Toxocara and Toxascaris, which infect dogs and cats.

Their eggs are deposited in feces and soil. Plants with the eggs on them infect any organism that consumes them. A. lumbricoides is the largest intestinal roundworm and is the most common helminth infection of humans worldwide. Infestation can cause morbidity by compromising nutritional status, affecting cognitive processes, inducing tissue reactions such as granuloma to larval stages, and by causing intestinal obstruction, which can be fatal.

Morphology

 * Adult: cylindrical shape, creamy white or pinkish in color
 * Male: average 15–30 cm; more slender than the female
 * Female: average 20–35 cm

The body is long, cylindrical, and fusiform (pointed at both the ends). The body wall is composed of cuticle, epidermis and musculature. There is a pseudocoelom. Respiration is by simple diffusion. The nervous system consists of a nerve ring and many longitudinal nerve cords. Reproduction is exclusively sexual, and males are usually shorter than females.

Defense mechanism
As part of the parasite defense strategy, Ascaris roundworms secrete a series of inhibitors to target digestive and immune-related host proteases, which include pepsin, trypsin, chymotrypsin/elastase, cathepsins, and metallocarboxypeptidases (MCPs). Ascaris species inhibit MCPs by releasing an enzyme known as Ascaris carboxypeptidase inhibitor (ACI). This enzyme binds to the active site of MCP and blocks the cleavage of its own proteins by the host MCP. Similarly, they inhibit trypsin by releasing the protein Ascaris Trypsin Inhibitor (pdb 1ATA).

History
Ascaris has been present in humans for at least several thousand years, as evidenced by Ascaris eggs found in paleofeces and in the intestines of mummified humans.

A. lumbricoides was originally called Lumbricus teres and was first described in detail by Edward Tyson in 1683. The genus Ascaris was originally described as the genus for Ascaris lumbricoides by Carl Linnaeus in 1758. The morphologically similar Ascaris suum was described from pigs by Johann August Ephraim Goeze in 1782.

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Lexus LX

The Lexus LX (レクサス・LX) is a full-size luxury SUV sold by Lexus, a luxury division of Toyota since January 1996, having entered manufacturing in November 1995. It is Lexus' largest and most expensive luxury SUV. Four generations have been produced, all based heavily on the long-running Toyota Land Cruiser SUVs. The first-generation LX 450 started production in 1995 as Lexus' first entry into the SUV market. Its successor, the LX 470, premiered in 1998 and was manufactured until 2007. The third-generation LX debuted at the New York International Auto Show in April 2007. The fourth-generation LX debuted in October 2021.

The first-generation LX 450 had a straight-six engine and seats for seven passengers. The second and third-generations had a V8 engine powertrain, a welded steel body-shell combined with full-size steel ladder frame (body-on-frame construction), and seats for eight passengers. The fourth-generation model has a twin-turbocharged V6 engine powertrain and seats for seven passengers as standard and four passengers as an option. The second-generation LX 470 shared exterior styling with the Japanese domestic market Land Cruiser Cygnus.

According to Lexus, the "LX" name stands for "Luxury Crossover". However, some Lexus importers use the backronymic name, "Luxury Four Wheel Drive".

1995–1997
Rapidly developed in the mid-1990s as a result of threatening US trade sanctions on Japanese luxury cars, the LX 450 started production in November 1995 and was released to the US in January 1996 as a 1996 model; Canada received the LX from 1997. The LX 450 was Lexus's first SUV and was almost entirely based on the sixth generation Toyota Land Cruiser (J80). Differences lay in a restyled, more luxurious interior and softer suspension settings. The first LX 450 rolled off the production line in December 1995.

The LX 450 was powered by a 4.5-liter, twin-cam, four-valve inline-six engine that produced 215 hp and 275 lbft of torque. Both front and rear axles were solid. Externally, the LX 450 was identical to the J80 series Land Cruiser, with the exception of the grille, side body cladding, and wheels. Side running boards give step-up access. The vehicle had additional sound-absorbing insulation.

Amenities included leather seats and seating for seven passengers in three rows, the third row accessed by tilting the second row bench seat forward. The third row could be folded to the side and the second row folded down for further space. The vehicle was pre-wired for the Lexus remote telephone system, and had a remote entry key system. The three options consisted of a console-mounted 6-disc CD changer, electronic front and rear locking differentials, and a power moonroof. At the time of its sales debut in early 1996, the LX 450 was listed in the US at a suggested base price of $47,995, an approximately $7,000 premium over the Land Cruiser, with a base price of $40,678 in 1996, but a similarly optioned Land Cruiser would cost $46,968.

Targeted against luxury SUV competitors such as Range Rover, the LX 450 sold over 5,000 units in 1996 and over 9,000 units in 1997. At its launch it sold out its initial production allocation, resulting in a two-month wait list, surpassing initial expectations which had called for 4,000 units that year. It was brought to market as US buyers showed greater interest in large SUVs, which had grown popular because of their high driver's vantage point and truck-like characteristics. Lexus customer research revealed that one in six owners were purchasing large SUVs to add to their garages. An additional factor was the US-Japan trade war of the mid-1990s. The US government threatened to place 100 percent tariffs on all Japanese luxury import cars, but not including SUVs. The LX 450 was produced as a rebadged model (in contrast with other Lexus efforts which were independently or divergently developed from Toyota vehicles), giving a model that was exempt from the tariff. Ultimately a gentlemen's agreement was reached and the threatened tariffs did not materialize.

The LX 450 replaced the Land Cruiser in the Canadian market starting after 1996, reducing internal competition (big expensive SUVs have traditionally faced a difficult market in Canada) and avoiding the issue of selling a rebadged model (except for GM, Ford and Chrysler, rebadged models in Canada have not met with success). For a 5000 lb vehicle, the LX 450 was regarded by some critics as underpowered, leading to the shortening of its model cycle (despite sales increases) and replacement with a V8-powered successor.

The LX 450 was the top-ranked full-size SUV in J.D. Power and Associates' Initial Quality Survey, with the lowest number of problems during the first three months of ownership.

1998–2002
In the mid-1990s, work started on a Lexus variant of the Toyota Land Cruiser (J100), the LX (J100). The final design by Hiroya Kitazumi was approved in 1995, with updates by Kitazumi approved in 2001 and 2004. Testing was conducted from the mid-1990s till late 1997. In December 1997, the second generation LX 470 debuted at the Los Angeles Auto Show, going on sale in the second quarter of 1998. It shared the floor pan and most body panels with the equivalent Land Cruiser, and differed in its front appearance and had a more luxurious interior. Exterior design differences included a quad-headlamp forward fascia with larger grille and different wheels. It was powered by a LEV-certified 4.7-liter V8 engine, which initially produced 230 hp, later upgraded to 235 hp, then 268 hp. The final torque value was 328 lb·ft. It was rated to tow 6500 lb with the tow package installed.

The front gained independent suspension, and the optional electronic locking front and rear differentials were dropped – although the rear locking differential was still available in Canada in 1998–1999. Suspension included Adjustable Height Control (AHC) hydraulic suspension and Adaptive Variable Suspension (AVS). The AHC could raise the vehicle for off-roading and return to a normal driving height reducing the center of gravity and wind resistance. The lowest setting for when the vehicle was stopped allowed for easier entry, exit and loading. AVS alters shock absorber firmness in under 2.5 milliseconds at each wheel, individually selecting from a range of 64 settings depending on road conditions and driver input such as steering-wheel activity, braking and acceleration. The AVS system used a switch for the driver's preferences including "normal", "comfort" and "sport" modes.

Nakamichi stereo with in-dash six-disc CD changer was optional from 1998, and became standard in 2000. A DVD-based navigation system was offered starting in 2001 with the brand new standard Mark Levinson sound system. The navigation system would become standard from 2002. electrochromic Power folding side mirrors, and a smog sensor for the HVAC system were offered. For 2000 models, Vehicle Stability Control and brake assist were made standard, along with Toyota's new A-TRAC (Active Traction Control System).

2002–2005
During 2002 for the 2003 model year, Lexus introduced minor tweaks to the exterior, a 5-speed transmission including larger standard 18-inch wheels, a new front bumper, etc. The interior was substantially overhauled, adopting the corresponding updates to the Land Cruiser's interior, and with Bluetooth and a backup camera now available. In the US, both were optional with the camera coupled with the navigation system, due to the shared screen. Lexus increased power from 230 hp to 235 hp. The updated engine now met CARB ULEV-II emission standards. Lexus added front row side torso airbags and side curtain airbags, electronic brakeforce distribution and rain-sensing windshield wipers as standard. An 11-speaker Mark Levinson premium sound system and a DVD Rear-Seat Entertainment System (RSES) were made optional. Other new features included Lexus Link, an emergency service similar to GM's Onstar, in North America.

The Night View infrared camera safety system was offered as an option in 2002, projecting information on the windshield using a head-up display; the driver could vary brightness using a dimmer knob. The 2003 LX 470 came with Variable Gear Ratio Steering (VGRS) system, varying steering ratios from 12.4 to 1 to 18.0 to 1 (previously fixed at 19.8 to 1), allowing the driver to apply less steering input to maneuver in tight places such as parking lots. By changing the ratio on the highway, minor adjustments made by the driver would not create excessive vehicular movement.

2005–2007
In 2005 for the 2006 model year, a refresher included LED tail lamps, adding VVT-i to the engine and increasing its power to 275 hp. During 2006, for the final model year, 2007, Lexus produced 400 "Limited Edition" LX 470s with Black Onyx paint, stone leather interior, and specialized badging and scuff plates.

Several awards were made for the J100 series:
 * The LX 470 was named by J.D. Power and Associates as the best luxury SUV in initial quality in 2000, 2002, and 2004.
 * Kelley Blue Book gave the LX 470 its Best to Hold Value Award in 1998, 1999, and 2000.
 * In a 2000 Edmunds.com comparison with four other premium SUVs, the LX 470 took first place.
 * In a 2003 Edmunds.com comparison, the LX 470's Mark Levinson audio system and navigation system were the highest rated in their respective categories.
 * In 2005, J.D. Power named the LX 470 the most reliable luxury SUV over a three-year period in its Vehicle Dependability Study.

2007–2010
On April 4, 2007, Lexus debuted the 2008 model year LX 570 at the New York International Auto Show. It was a complete redesign, and the first version to be debuted before its expected Land Cruiser counterpart. The design by Shinichi Hiranaka was approved in 2004, who also did the design update approved in 2010. It has a new UL EV-II certified 5.7 L 3UR-FE V8 engine. Power output is 383 hp with 403 lb·ft of torque. The more powerful engine helps give an increased towing capacity of up to 8500 lb. The engine is tied to a six-speed sequential-shift automatic transmission with an all-new 4WD system which uses a Torsen center differential. Development began on both the Land Cruiser (J200) and Lexus LX equivalent in 2002. The final design was approved in 2004, with testing being conducted into early 2007 on development prototypes and late 2007 on pre-production models. The final design patent for the J200 series Lexus LX was filed on March 27, 2007.

The LX 570 is 102 mm longer overall and 1 in wider, while retaining the same wheelbase. It loses the plastic lower body side cladding leaving the paint exposed. A third of the frame's body mass is made from high-tensile steel, along with the entire B-pillar, and all three crossmembers are hydroformed steel. Like the Toyota Tundra the tow hitch is integrated into the frame. The front suspension now uses double wishbones, replacing the torsion beam, which gives 9 in of suspension travel, while the rear continues to use a multi-link suspension with a solid rear axle for strength and durability. The LX platform has logged 240,000 test kilometers through subtropical forests, the Australian Outback and American deserts.

The LX 570 comes standard with 20-inch wheels, a four-wheel electro-hydraulic suspension with an updated six-setting AHC system that can raise the vehicle by 3 in or lower it by 2 in from its normal ride height using a knob in the center console. The front suspension's air bag spring rates are variable, but not continuously like a fully active suspension arrangement. The AVS provides more immediate damper firmness adjustments that are diagonally cross-linked through a mechanical system using hydraulic fluid, similar to the 4Runner's X-REAS system.

Other performance features include a Crawl Control (more advanced version of Downhill Assist Control) system that negotiates off-road obstacles in both forward and reverse at low speeds by automatically providing throttle and braking inputs for less experienced off-road drivers: an interior lever allows the driver to reduce speed. A multi-terrain anti-lock braking system gives shorter stopping distances on surfaces such as sand or gravel. Hill-start Assist Control (HAC) prevents rolling backwards on hills or slippery surfaces.

The interior includes amenities, standard and optional, featured in the 2007 LS 460, such as semi-aniline leather seats, four-zone climate control, a 19-speaker 450 Watt Mark Levinson surround-sound stereo system with hard-drive memory storage, a hard-drive-based navigation system, XM satellite radio with NavTraffic as standard, a two-piece power liftgate/tailgate and Lexus Intuitive Park Assist, sonar parking assistance. Other features include Bubinga wood trim, a center console cooler for storage of cold drinks, power sliding rear seats, power third row seats, and a 9 in DVD rear-seat entertainment system.

It also has the updated Lexus fifth-generation hard-drive-based navigation system with an 8-inch high-resolution VGA display. Lexus' keyless SmartAccess with an ultra-thin "smart card" key is standard with 10 airbags including knee airbags for driver and front passenger and second row side torso airbags, and the Adaptive Front-lighting System (AFS) is standard, while the Pre-Collision System (PCS) and Dynamic Radar Cruise Control systems are options. Active front headrests debut this Lexus safety feature for the first time on an SUV in the U.S. A new Wide-view Front and Side Monitor system uses a camera mounted on the grille giving a 180-degree view in front and a camera mounted on the passenger side of the side mirror helps eliminate blind spots at low speeds useful in parking lots or off-road adventures. Night View was discontinued.

In 2009, the LX 570 received J.D. Power's top score in its Initial Quality Study.

2010–2012
In 2010 for the 2011 model year, Lexus introduced a mild facelift with a new front bumper, and for sports models a stick-on body kit on the front and rear bumpers. The new front bumper gave the effect of the new Lexus "spindle" grille without redesigning any of the major bodywork components. This was the first year to have the heated steering wheel option.

2012–2015
A more substantial facelift arrived in 2012 for the 2013 model year, characterized by a new grille, bumpers, headlamps, tail lamp lenses and miscellaneous trim changes such as new wheel designs.

2015–2021
Another facelift was unveiled in August 2015 at the US Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance. The update brought significant changes with an all-new interior, and the only exterior panels carried over were the doors and the roof.

Fourth generation (J300; 2021)
The fourth-generation LX was unveiled on October 13, 2021, which is based on the J300 series Land Cruiser. Unlike the corresponding Land Cruiser, the fourth-generation LX is available in North America. For the first time, two twin-turbocharged V6 engines are offered instead of V8s: a 3.4-liter gasoline unit for the LX 600, and a 3.3-liter diesel unit for the LX 500d, both mated to a 10-speed automatic transmission.

The "F Sport" trim is offered for the first time, replacing the previous "Sport" trim. The "VIP/Executive/Ultra Luxury" trim with four individual seats is also available. The "Offroad" trim with three locking differentials is available exclusively in Japan.

Sales
Sales data, from manufacturer yearly data.

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Kingfield Stadium

Kingfield Stadium, currently known as The Laithwaite Community Stadium for sponsorship reasons, is the home of Woking F.C. in the Kingfield area of Woking, Surrey which has a capacity of approximately 6,000, of which, 2,500 are seated on grandstands.

Stands
The stadium has a number of structures, built at different times during its history.

Leslie Gosden Stand
The main stand, called the Leslie Gosden Stand, is the tallest structure on the ground. It has entirely covered seating. The stand was built in 1995 using financing from Woking Borough Council and represented the first of four phases of development.

Other stands
Opposite the Leslie Gosden Stand is the Kingfield Road End, which is a covered terrace. One side of the ground has two small seated stands and a small open terrace known as "moaners' corner". The other side is a long open terrace, called the Chris Lane Terrace, which is reserved for away fans when a match requires crowd segregation but can be used by anybody when there is no segregation in place. Above the Chris Lane Terrace there is a camera tower where the highlights are filmed from.

Attendances
The record official attendance at the ground is 7,020 for the FA Amateur Cup match between Woking and Finchley in the 1957–58 season. Unofficial reports suggest as many as 8,100 were present when Woking played Charlton Athletic in the FA Cup 1st Round on November 27, 1926 but the official attendance that day is recorded as 5,593.

Woking's all-time record home league attendance at Kingfield came on Sunday 2 January 2022, when 5,171 spectators attended the 3-2 National League defeat against Aldershot Town. Commercial director Mick Livesey announced on Twitter the following day that it had beaten the previous record of 4,900 when Woking hosted Wycombe Wanderers back in 1992.

All-time highest attendance 7,020 v Finchley, FA Amateur Cup.

Average attendance - Woking F.C.

 * 2021–22: 2,703 (National League)
 * 2020–21: 799 (National League) †
 * 2019–20: 2,138 (National League)
 * 2018–19: 2,210 (National League South)
 * 2017–18: 2,076 (National League)
 * 2016–17: 1,430 (National League)
 * 2015–16: 1,634 (National League)
 * 2014–15: 1,912 (Conference Premier)
 * 2013–14: 1,601 (Conference Premier)
 * 2012–13: 1,608 (Conference Premier)
 * 2011–12: 1,833 (Conference South)
 * 2010–11: 1,167 (Conference South)
 * 2009–10: 1,335 (Conference South)
 * 2008–09: 1,727 (Conference Premier)
 * 2007–08: 1,757 (Conference Premier)
 * 2006–07: 1,774 (Conference National)
 * 2005–06: 1,949 (Conference National)
 * 2004–05: 2,172 (Conference National)
 * 2003–04: 2,321 (Conference National)

† COVID-19 Pandemic

Other uses
Hayes & Yeading United shared the use of the stadium for three seasons; 2011–12, 2012–13 and 2013–14.

As well as hosting Woking F.C. games, matches have also been played at The Laithwaite Community Stadium by the English National Game XI and the England women's U17 team. The ground also hosted an FA Women's cup semi-final in 2014.

Following the conclusion of the 2017–18 season, it was announced Sheerwater would ground-share for the 2018–19 and 2019–20 campaigns while the team's new ground was under construction.

Nearby

 * Woking station is 1 mi north of the stadium and served by South Western Railway services from London Waterloo.

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Isaac Delahaye

Isaac Delahaye (born 9 January 1982) is a Belgian guitarist and composer, best known as the lead guitarist of Dutch symphonic metal band Epica since 2009. Prior to that he was lead guitarist in the Dutch death metal band God Dethroned. Delahaye replaced former guitarist Jens van der Valk in God Dethroned after van der Valk left in 2004. He joined the band after a request from drummer and longtime friend Ariën van Weesenbeek and after several meetings with van Weesenbeek and Henri Sattler, Delahaye was welcomed into the band on 29 June 2004. On 15 January 2009, the official announcement came that Isaac was no longer a part of God Dethroned. Soon afterwards, an announcement came from the band Epica that proclaimed Delahaye as their recently hired guitarist.

Delahaye once used exclusively Jackson Guitars, his primary ones being a green Jackson Kelly and a black Jackson Kelly that have Seymour Duncan pickups with a Floyd Rose tremolo. More recently he has been using Ibanez Guitars, primarily his custom seven version of DN500K Darkstone, which he describes as an "Integral part of the sound of Epica". In an interview with Moshville Uk he states that he uses a Les Paul Black Beauty and en Epiphone custom for in the studio for solos, due to their thinner necks than the Darkstone. He also mentions that he uses a Maton 808 custom series TE acoustic. He uses Bogner amplifiers including the Uberschall and Shiva 25th Anniversary edition and in the studio mixes his guitar sound with an Axe FX II and SansAmp. He and also has used Bogner and V-Empire 2x12 Cabinets with V30 speakers.

Delahaye was a member of the symphonic death metal band MaYaN from 2010–2013. He appeared on the album Quarterpast. He was replaced by Merel Bechtold as rhythm guitarist.

Musical style
Delahaye incorporates legato, alternate picking, tremolo picking, tapping, and use of the whammy bar in his solos.

Education
Isaac has a Bachelor of Music degree.

Extra gear

 * Gibson Les Paul Standard 7 String Limited 2016 Heritage Cherry Sunburst
 * Gibson Les Paul Standard 7 String Limited 2016 Tobacco Burst
 * InTune Picks
 * Morley + Boss Pedals
 * Sennheiser Wireless + In Ear Monitoring
 * American Music Products Straps
 * Audio Technika Mics
 * Ernie Ball Strings

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Dwarf wedgemussel

The dwarf wedgemussel (Alasmidonta heterodon) is an endangered species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.

Distribution and conservation status
This is a rare species found solely in North America's Atlantic coast streams and rivers of various sizes and moderate current.

The dwarf wedge mussel's current range extends from New Hampshire to North Carolina. The dwarf wedge mussel is federally listed as endangered and state-listed as endangered in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maryland, North Carolina, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Vermont.

It previously lived in New Brunswick, but it is locally extirpated in Canada since 1968. The Canadian Species at Risk Act listed the dwarf wedgemussel in the List of Wildlife Species at Risk as being extirpated in Canada.

Biotope
This mussel may be found in small creeks to deep rivers in stable habitats with substrates ranging from mixed sand, pebble and gravel, to clay and silty sand. In the southern portion of its range, it is often found buried under logs or root mats in shallow water (USFWS 1993), where in the northern portion of its range, it may be found in firm substrates of mixed sand, gravel or cobble, or embedded in clay banks in water depths of a few inches to greater than 20 feet (Fichtel and Smith 1995; Gabriel 1995; Gabriel 1996; Nedeau and Werle 2003; Nedeau 2004a, 2004b, 2006).

Description
The dwarf wedgemussel is possibly the only freshwater mussel from North America that has two lateral teeth on the right valve and only one on the left side. The dwarf wedgemussel is a small mussel, whose shell size rarely exceeds 45 mm in length and 25 mm high. The trapezoidal-shaped shells are colored brown or yellowish-olive, with reddish brown or greenish rays in young or pale specimens. The nacre is bluish or silvery white, and is iridescent on the posterior.

Biology and ecology
Its reproductive cycle is typical of other freshwater mussels, requiring a host fish on which its larvae (glochidia) parasitize and metamorphose into juvenile mussels. The dwarf wedgemussel is not a long-lived species as compared to other freshwater mussels; life expectancy is estimated at 10 to 12 years (Michaelson and Neves 1995).

A number of fish species have been positively identified as hosts for the dwarf wedgemussel. Michaelson and Neves (1995) confirmed the tessellated darter (Etheostoma olmstedi), Johnny darter (Etheostoma nigrum), and mottled sculpin (Cottus bairdi) as host fish for dwarf wedgemussels in the southern part of its range. Wicklow (in New Hampshire Wildlife Action Plan 2005) confirmed the slimy sculpin (Cottus congatus) and juvenile and parr of the Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) as host fish for dwarf wedgemussels in New Hampshire.

The dwarf wedgemussel is considered to be a long-term brooder. In general, dwarf wedgemussel glochidia may be released between March and June, with peak release times varying from south to north. Michaelson and Neves (1995) documented the reproductive cycle of the dwarf wedgemussel from North Carolina and observed that this species spawns in late summer, becomes gravid in September, and releases glochidia in April. Wicklow (in New Hampshire Wildlife Action Plan 2005) observed glochidia release beginning in March and continuing through June in the Ashuelot River in New Hampshire. In a study of dwarf wedgemussel reproduction in the Mill River, Massachusetts, McLain and Ross (2005) observed that most glochidia were released in April and May.

Reproductive output appears to be correlated with local population abundance. McLain and Ross (2005) documented that sites with the highest abundance of adult dwarf wedgemussels also demonstrated the highest proportion of gravid females, glochidial density, host infection, and density of juvenile mussels.

Populations
At one time, this species was recorded from 70 localities in 15 major drainages ranging from North Carolina to New Brunswick, Canada. Since the species was first listed as endangered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 1990 (55 FR 9447 9451), a number of new locations have been discovered and a number of known locations are possibly no longer extant. Based on preliminary information, the dwarf wedgemussel is currently found in 15 major drainages, comprising approximately 70 “sites” (one site may have multiple occurrences). At least 45 of these sites are based on less than five individuals or solely on spent shells. The only known occurrence in New Brunswick, Canada (Petticodiac River) appears to be historic; no live mussels or spent shells were found during a 1997 survey (Hanson 1998).

The mainstem of the Connecticut River in New Hampshire and Vermont is considered to have the largest remaining dwarf wedgemussel population, consisting of three distinct stretches of sporadically occupied habitat segmented by hydroelectric dams. It is estimated that there are hundreds of thousands of dwarf wedgemussels scattered within an approximate 75-mile stretch of the Connecticut River. The Ashuelot River in New Hampshire, the Farmington River in Connecticut, and the Neversink River in New York harbor large populations, but these number in the thousands only. The remaining populations from New Jersey south to North Carolina are estimated at a few individuals to a few hundred individuals.

Strayer et al. (1996) speculated that many dwarf wedgemussel populations, particularly in the southern portion of the range, may be threatened by low densities, small ranges. and linear structure (i.e., an entire population in one stream with no possibility of refuge from catastrophes or stochastic events). Low-density populations may lead to a loss of productivity due to reproductive impediments (e.g., the distance between mussels being too great) or loss of genetic variability. The Mill River in Hatfield and Whately, Massachusetts is an example of a river with a dwarf wedgemussel population patchily distributed over an approximate 16-mile stretch. The most reproductively robust patch is limited to a small stretch (< 1 mile) making it extremely vulnerable to a catastrophic event. The remainder dwarf wedgemussels are sparsely scattered and may demonstrate a reduced capability to reproduce as indicated by McLain and Ross (2005).

Agricultural run-off has been identified as a significant threat to dwarf wedgemussel populations in Massachusetts, Maryland, and North Carolina. In 2001, more than 25 dwarf wedgemussels and hundreds of other mussels (including state-listed species) were killed in the Mill River, Massachusetts, by waste run-off from a small farm.

Recently, severe flooding in the Baltimore and Neversink Rivers in Pennsylvania and New York, respectively, resulted in the destruction of occupied habitat and loss of dwarf wedgemussels. Surveys conducted at two sites on the Neversink River below a dam in Cuddebackville, New York, derived abundance estimates ranging from 60 to 500 dwarf wedgemussels per site (Cole et al. 2004) prior to 2005. Severe flooding in the spring of 2005 scoured the river channel and deposited cobble in at least one of the sites previously surveyed. Resurveys in 2005 of the two sites conducted after the flood event detected one fresh dead dwarf wedgemussel and no live mussels (Cole and White 2006). Surveys in 2006 indicated that the dwarf wedgemussel population in the Neversink River was adversely affected by flood events, although some live mussels were detected.

Little riverine habitat adjacent to extant populations is protected other than by state shoreline protection regulations or local land use regulations. Development of adjacent uplands continues to be a significant and pervasive threat to southern populations. In summary, it appears that the populations in North Carolina, Virginia, and Maryland are declining as evidenced by low densities, lack of reproduction, or inability to relocate any dwarf wedgemussels in follow-up surveys. Populations in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Connecticut appear to be stable, while the status of populations in the Delaware River watershed affected by the recent floods of 2005 is uncertain at this time.

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Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Mlorrey

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User:Mlorrey has refused to follow the NPOV guidelines, specifically on articles relating to gun control (see, e.g. Chris Dodd, where he wrote that "His votes and public statements in support of gun control legislation demonstrate he carries on the legacy of his father in supporting the imposition of fascim on America." . This is only one example; he has made numerous anti-gun-control edits to plenty of others (see below).

These edits seem to show a basic misunderstanding of the NPOV policy. In essence, Mlorrey holds a very strong and very uncommon set of opinions relating to gun control (namely, that all gun control is fascist) and treats this as a fact, not an opinion. There is nothing wrong with including significant points of view on appropriate pages (for example, Gun politics in the United States has a pretty good description of the controversy over gun control), but including very uncommon opinions--and giving them undue weight in articles, let alone treating them as facts--is not neutral. Especially, these statements should not be made in unrelated articles such as Chris Dodd.

I've attempted to discuss these issues with Mlorrey on article talk pages, but I'm uniformly met with hostility and derision, rather than an honest attempt to consider my points. He sees talk pages as a place to debate these issues, rather than a place to discuss how to make the article better. In addition, he is unfailingly dismissive towards anyone who he feels doesn't share his point of view (for example, he writes that "The claim that the collective view was the 'de facto' position is false revisionist history promoted by the Bradyistas" ).

Wikipedia is not a soapbox or a place for advocacy. I would politely suggest to Mlorrey that unless he is prepared to edit neutrally, he avoid gun control articles and stick to editing topics that he feels less strongly about.

Evidence of disputed behavior
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 * POV edits to gun politics in the United States. Specifically, see: "Gun control advocates answer that it is unrealistic to suppose that private citizens could oppose a government which controls the full power of the US Armed Forces, were it to become tyrannical, ignoring the question of whether it is already tyrannical simply by being too large for the citizenry to bring under control if need be". Everything after "ignoring the question" is his edit.
 * POV edits to Chris Dodd:
 * Dismissive and confrontational attitude on talk page:

Applicable policies
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 * Neutral point of view
 * What Wikipedia is not - specifically, "WP is not propaganda or advocacy" and "WP is not a discussion forum".

Evidence of trying and failing to resolve the dispute
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 * I provide a source after Mlorrey claims that a statement in the article is incorrect.
 * Mlorrey replies, saying "however I will refrain from stating my opinion of anybody who looks to the New York Times as a paragon of fairness, truth, or accuracy in reporting. The fact is that Reagan and Bush I were both lifetime NRA members and believed gun ownership was an individual right." He provides no sources to verify his allegation, which is not relevant to the dispute at hand.
 * I revert an edit calling Chris Dodd a fascist because of his support for gun control
 * Mlorrey responds with a series of rhetorical questions, including "Is there a difference between having an open mind and having one so open that one's brains fall out?", and accuses me of being a moral relativist.

Users certifying the basis for this dispute
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 * Meelar (talk) 18:39, May 26, 2005 (UTC)
 * Firebug 02:23, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC) Changing from endorsement to certification since Mlorrey has now threatened me with mediation after reverting two (yes, just two) of his POV edits.

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 * Firebug 00:28, 30 May 2005 (UTC) This user's edits flagrantly violate Wikipedia's NPOV policy. Now certifying on the basis of a similar dispute with the same user.

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I have actually provided a significant number of sources, including quotes of the individuals involved (including historically documented quotes by Yamomoto, Reagan, among others, which Meelar denies the validity of but which are documented in multiple locations on the internet.

Meelar's accusation that I present opinion as fact is also false, I present facts as facts. For example, the definition of the word "fascist" is a political agenda that includes the use of the police forces of the state to control what property private citizens can own and how they are permitted to use that property, to the point of imprisoning or killing citizens who dispute that control. This definition is the very point of gun control laws: they control what sort of guns private citizens can own (and which sorts of citizens can own them, see the history of gun control in Jim Crow legislation as well as the German National Weapons Law of the 1930's)and under what circumstances private citizens are allowed to own and use them. Ruby Ridge and Waco are prima facea evidence that gun control laws are fascist. Thus gun control laws, by their nature and implementation, are fascist. This is not opinion, this is fact, and will be a fact so long as the definition of 'fascist' is at it is and gun control does what it does. Others may have an opinion of the validity of this fact, but that does not change the existence of the fact. Presenting this position as a fact is thus NPOV. Disputing it is non-NPOV. What Meelar's real objection is that s/he is anti-gun and therefore dislikes the idea that s/he may support fascist laws.

Meelar continues his or her typical behavior of revisionism in reverting and deleting my quote of Admiral Yamomoto when he advised Tojo not to invade the mainland US, saying "there is a rifle behind every blade of grass" as an example of an instance when the very existence of the citizens right to keep and bear arms dissuaded a foreign nation from even attempting to invade another. Meelar accuses me of "cherry picking" in presenting this quote, which is a ludicrous accusation, since there have been almost no wars that the US has been involved in from which to research, in which the enemy contemplated invading the US, and demonstrated both a willingness and ability to do so (Pearl Harbor and the invasion of Attu and Sittu), going back to the War of 1812. "Cherry picking" is actually an error of statistical analysis, in which a researcher cherry picks statistical samples that support his or her argument rather than looking at the whole body of data. Presenting the one or two isolated quotes that exist because there is a dearth of documented quotes on a subject is not cherry picking, thus Meelar's complaint is non-NPOV until proven otherwise.

Nor is my comparison of Sen. Chris Dodd, or his father, Thomas Dodd, as fascists unique on wikipedia, as there is similarly extensive documentation of the fascist ties of the Bush family during the 1930's presented as fact here. If I erred at all, it was in not clearly stating whether the Dodd's are nazis, followers of italian fascism, spanish fascism, stalinists or trotskyists in particular, but I am still researching this point, cannot make a definitive labelling yet, and will present more detailed articles on this soon. Should wikipedians be dissuaded from developing articles on subjects by political supression witchhunts like the one Meelar has instigated? I don't think so, doing so would be non-NPOV.

My quotes of Ronald Reagan, in speeches before the NRA as well as in presidential interviews and debates (particularly one in which he joked he was only in favor of private citizens owning "small" atom bombs) clearly demonstrates that Reagan's policy was that gun ownership was an individual right. The claim that Ashcroft's policy declaration as being some "major shift" that was "unique", that the 'community rights' interpretation had been the accepted policy of the executive branch back to the 1930's is a claim that has ONLY been made by biased and non-NPOV gun control groups in their attempts to alienate Ashcroft's position and paint his policy as an extremist one that even other Republican Presidents did not agree with, thus Meelar's opinion, that my quotes of Reagan are false and that Ashcroft's policy was unique, represent a non-NPOV, not my position. Wikipedia should not take the word of biased gun control groups on this and should examine this issue neutrally. That is all I ask, and it is what Meelar is fighting against.

I have, on several occasions, asked Meelar, when s/he complained that something was written non-NPOV, that s/he provide an example of presenting the facts in a NPOV, which s/he has failed to respond to. Meelar has been hostile and agressive in instituting reversions without discussion and seems to hold the opinion that non-NPOV is anything that s/he disagrees with. When I have pointed out non-NPOV edits of Meelar's, I have been met by silence. If anybody should have an RFC page on them, it is Meelar, not myself. Meelar, in fact, has blown through the gun control pages on wikipedia like a buzz saw, excising vast amounts of information which s/he disagrees with. Furthermore, an examination of Meelar's user page clearly demonstrates that s/he is a Democratic Party operative in Washington, D.C. Like many Democrats, s/he is convinced of their own neutrality and middle-of-the-road status, when in reality s/he is engaged in a campaign of editing reality consensus on fora like Wikipedia to shift the political middle. Mlorrey 01:02, 31 May 2005 (UTC)

Objection
Mlorrey challenges the reality of Firebug as a person independent of being a sockpuppet of Meelar.Mlorrey 04:12, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Objection 2
Mlorrey also challenges Firebug's certification as a co-plaintiff, as Firebug intentionally initiated agression against my edits, AFTER this dispute began, which is a violation of dispute resolution protocol, in order gain this certification, and therefore is intentionally 'throwing himself in front of a bus'. This is fraud and his certification should be dismissed by whoever is ajudicating this kangaroo court.Mlorrey 04:18, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Temporary Injunction/Restraining Order invoked against Meelar/Firebug
Mlorrey has also previously requested that this be moved to mediation, but has not been notified of any mediator taking jurisdiction of this case via message or email. Therefore, this case cannot move forward, nor can the alleged co-plaintiffs take further action until mediation jurisdiction has been established. Under the Hague Service Convention, he is entitled to be served proper notice. As a website providing service in many Hague signatory nations (including the US, Canada, and Europe), wikipedia is bound by this treaty. Until such is done, Mlorrey hereby revokes Meelar/Firebug's further authority to initiate force against him or his edits in wikipedia. This is to be considered a temporary injunction/restraining order against further changes of his edits and all reversions committed by Meelar/Firebug since the date of this RFC must be reversed, until such time as an official Wikipedia mediator acceptable to both sides agrees to accept jurisdiction over this case. Mlorrey 04:28, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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Outside view
This is a summary written by users not directly involved with the dispute but who would like to add an outside view of the dispute. I don't agree with Mike 100%; But arguing that a disagreement with one user with an obvious agenda, and someone acting like that person's sockpuppet, doesn't mean Mike is violating NPOV.
 * 1) re gun politics in the United States - the article needs a rewrite by a neutral party who'll stick to facts. I'd argue that observation is not opinion.
 * 2) re Chris Dodd's politics. Perhaps one should define what is facist and what isn't in a sub section in regards to the man; Then proceed.
 * re: The talk pages exist to show a different view of the article. I say forego this nonsense are proceed to Requests for Mediation as right now it seems two people are trying to bully one person.

Users who endorse this summary (sign with ~ ):
 * 1) Alan Sinder - Sparky 22:00, 31 May 2005 (UTC)

Discussion
All signed comments and talk not related to a vote or endorsement, should be directed to this page's discussion page.

I challenge User:firebug's reality as anything other than a sockpuppet of User:Meelar. Therefore, the two person rule has not been met. I am perfectly willing to identify myself to mediators. Are firebug and Meelar (honestly)? Furthermore, there is no such thing as "threatening" with mediation. Notification of intent to litigate cannot legally be considered any form of threat. Furthermore, Firebug intentionally aggressed against my edits in order to be able to upgrade his status to certified co-complainant, this is no different from throwing oneself in front of a bus. His status as a co-plaintiff therefore should be dismissed for fraud. Mlorrey 04:08, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * First of all, this isn't a court of law. Secondly, if anyone except Mlorrey actually takes such accusations seriously, I invite User:David Gerard to run a sock check on my IP address. I have been a legitimate Wikipedia user for quite some time and do not appreciate these allegations, nor Mlorrey's bizarre and abusive behavior. Firebug 06:17, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * By the way, the only organization that has the ability to apply a temporary edit injunction is Arbcom. Users can be temporarily blocked for claiming that they have administrative powers that, in fact, they do not, and for attempting to threaten such uses in the course of content disputes. Firebug 06:19, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * I too would welcome an IP check; in addition, I note that Firebug has over 1000 edits--pretty high numbers for a sockpuppet.
 * Mlorrey appears to have some very strange legal notions, and I would feel safe in ignoring them. The Hague Service Convention, for example, appears to be a rather boring treaty providing procedural standards for international service of legal documents.  Why Mlorrey has even heard of it is beyond me, but I see no possible relevance to Wikipedia. Isomorphic 06:40, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * I haven't any opinion on the merits of the RFC one way or the other but I would like to remind everyone involved of the No legal threats policy. David | Talk 13:45, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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User talk:63.165.138.131

Proposed deletion of Wypall

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Talk:Pro-vegetarianism

This page was voted on for deletion at Votes for deletion/Pro-vegetarianism. The final result was Redirect to Vegetariansm. I read the personal essay and noted that all of the useful content is already covered in the above article, so therefore there is nothing to merge. If anyone with admin rights wishes to do so, the original personal essay can be safely deleted without breaking GFDL. --Deathphoenix 18:33, 26 May 2005 (UTC)

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Roman dodecahedron

A Roman dodecahedron or Gallo-Roman dodecahedron is a small hollow object made of copper alloy which has been cast into a regular dodecahedral shape with twelve flat pentagonal faces. Each face has a circular hole of varying diameter in the middle, the holes connecting to the hollow center, and each corner has a protruding knob. Roman dodecahedra date from the 2nd to 4th centuries AD and their purpose remains unknown. They rarely show signs of wear, and do not have any inscribed numbers or letters.

History
The first dodecahedron was found in 1739. Since then, at least 130 similar objects have been found in Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Hungary, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Switzerland and the United Kingdom, but not in the Roman heartland in Italy. In 2023, a dodecahedron in excellent condition was found by amateur archeologists in the small village of Norton Disney in Lincolnshire, UK, bringing the total to 33 of such objects found on the territory of Roman Britain.

Instances range in size from 4 to 11 cm. A Roman icosahedron has also been discovered after having long been misclassified as a dodecahedron. This icosahedron was excavated near Arloff in Germany and is currently on display in the Rheinisches Landesmuseum in Bonn.

Purpose
No mention of dodecahedrons has been found in contemporary accounts or pictures of the time. Speculative uses include as a survey instrument for estimating distances to (or sizes of) distant objects, though this is questioned as there are no markings to indicate that they would be a mathematical instrument; as spool knitting devices for making gloves (though the earliest known reference to spool knitting is from 1535,  and this would neither explain the use of bronze, nor the apparently similar icosahedron which is missing the holes necessary for spool knitting); as part of a child's toy; or for decorative purposes.

Several dodecahedra were found in coin hoards, suggesting either that their owners considered them valuable objects, or that their use was connected with coins — as, for example, for easily checking coins fit a certain diameter and were not clipped. It has been suggested that they might have been religious artifacts, or even fortune-telling devices. This latter speculation is based on the fact that most of the examples have been found in Gallo-Roman sites. It has also been suggested that they might have been an object to test the skill of a metalsmith, perhaps as part of a portfolio to demonstrate their capabilities to customers or as a way to qualify for a certain status in a collegium (guild). This speculation is based on the historic cost of bronze and the level of skill necessary to cast such an object. Some 19th-century antiquarians speculated that they might be weapons, such as the head of a mace or a metal bullet, but other scholars have suggested that the dodecahedra are too light to make an effective weapon.

Similar objects
Smaller dodecahedra with the same features (holes and knobs) and made from gold have been found in South-East Asia along the Maritime Silk Road and the earliest items appear to be from the Roman epoch. Examples include those uncovered in Óc Eo, Vietnam, by Louis Malleret, who concluded that the objects represented the influence of Mediterranean trade on the Funan economy. Similar decorative gold dodecahedrons have been found in the Pyu city-states and Khao Sam Kaeo.

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Acadia (disambiguation)

Acadia is the region of northeastern North America which was established as a French colony in the 17th century, today comprising roughly the Canadian provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, the Gaspé region of Quebec; and parts of the U.S. state of Maine.

Acadia may also refer to:

Canada

 * Municipal District of Acadia No. 34, Alberta
 * Acadia (federal electoral district), former district, Alberta
 * Acadie (electoral district), former district in Montreal, Quebec
 * Acadia (region)
 * Acadia River, tributary of the Richelieu River, Quebec
 * Acadia University, in Wolfville, Nova Scotia

Pitcairn Islands

 * Acadia Islet, part of the Ducie Island atoll, Pitcairn Islands (British Overseas Territory), in the Pacific Ocean

United States

 * Acadia National Park, in Maine
 * Acadia Parish, Louisiana, established 1886
 * A proposed partition of northern Maine; see

Biology

 * Acadia (genus), a genus in the Mycetophilidae family of fungus gnats described by Vockeroth in 1980

Transport

 * CSS Acadia, a museum ship in Halifax, Nova Scotia
 * USAHS Acadia, SS Acadia (1932) converted to Army hospital ship 1941
 * USS Acadia (AD-42), Yellowstone-class destroyer tender
 * GMC Acadia, a 2007 crossover sport-utility vehicle (SUV)

Other uses

 * ACADIA, a non-profit organization active in the area of computer-aided architectural design
 * Acadia, a Stop & Shop brand of spring water products
 * Acadia Pharmaceuticals
 * Acadia (technical partnership), a joint venture in storage between Cisco, EMC, VMWare and Intel
 * Acadia trees in RuneScape, an intentional misspelling of Acacia

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Molala

The Molala are a Native American people of Oregon that originally resided in the Western Cascades. There are few recorded sources about the Molala, the majority being unpublished manuscripts. This assortment includes the works of Albert S. Gatschet, Franz Boas, Leo J. Frachtenberg, Philip Drucker, Melville Jacobs, and Leslie Spier.

Descendants of the Molala reside on the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon, Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians, and the Klamath Tribes. In the 1950s 141 of the 882 Grand Ronde Reservation members claimed Molala descent.

Origin of name
The designation Molala is considered to have originated from the Clackamas muláliš. Variants in written literature include Molalla, Molallie, Mólale, Molále, Molele, Moolalle. Related terms used by neighboring indigenous included mólališ by the Wasco and Tenino, and mulé•lis by the Kalapuyans. The Tenino additionally referred to the Molalas as łytilpam and táytilpam, likely borrowed by the Cayuse as tlĭ-tŭn-pŭm. The Molalas were called kúikni by the Klamath.

Homeland

Molala territory once stretched across the Western Cascades; from Mount Hood and the Molalla River in the north to the Rogue headwaters in the south. Dense forests of western hemlock, Douglas fir, and western red cedar inundated the region. Fire was utilized by the Molala to create openings in these dense stands for preferred food resources.

In his 1846 work Hale placed the Molala as largely between the Deschutes River and the Eastern Cascades. In 1891 John Wesley Powell considered the Molala to have once "occupied a belt of mountain country south of the Columbia River, chiefly about Mounts Hood and Jefferson."

Tygh Valley origin hypothesis
In 1928 James Teit presented the idea that the Molala once resided in Tygh Valley. He claimed pressure from the Northern Paiute forced the Molala to relocate to the Western Cascades. Joel V. Berreman accepted Teit's hypothesis and in 1937 expanded upon it.

The three informants used by Teit were appraised as being invalid by other scholars. None were descendants or related to the Molala, Northern Paiute, or the Tenino. According to George Murdock this didn't "constitute an adequate basis for a definitive reconstruction of the history" of these native societies.

In the 1930s Tenino informants of the Warm Springs Reservation told Murdock that Molalas once had a winter village in Tygh Valley. Large quantities of Sockeye salmon and Columbia River redband trout were gathered every spring along the Deschutes River at Sherars Falls. According to Murdock, sometime in the early 19th century, coveting this bountiful resource, Tenino warriors forced the Molala to flee to the western Cascades.

During the 1960s, Rigsby interviewed several informants at the Warm Springs Reservation to match Murdock's narrative. No one recalled stories of conflict with the Molala, or of their supposed eviction from Tygh Valley. One informant stated that after the fish runs ended in the Willamette Valley, certain Molala would travel to Sherars Falls to continue fishing.

After a decade of work among the Wascos and Sahaptins of Warm Springs, David H. French determined that Sahaptin inhabitation of Tygh Valley and utilization of the Deschutes Watershed predated the 19th century. Both French and Rigsby concluded the regional resources were jointly used by Sahaptin speakers, Wasco-Wishram peoples, and the Northern Paiute. The Molala perhaps visited but didn't permanently inhabit the area during the 19th century.

Society
Molala society was centered upon winter villages. Usually these were composed of a single extended family and placed in low-elevation locations. Winter homesteads were made of red cedar and western hemlock planks and semi-subterranean. Summer homes were unexcavated and composed of either thatch or bark.

When seasonal resources became available the family would separate into smaller groups to exploit and gather them. Due to these population trends leadership among the Molala was in turn quite decentralized, localized, and task-orientated. The wealthiest individuals of a village were referred to as yaʔqánt by the Molala or simply chiefs by settlers. Assistance to relatives was the primary source of yaʔqánt influence. Ownership of slaves and horses, along with animal hides and dentalium crafts, were the primary sources of wealth in Molala society.

Subdivisions
The Molala were initially separated into two groups by scholars, although evidence of a third division exists. However, little is recorded of the linguistic and cultural diversity among the Molala peoples. The three reported groupings are the Southern Molala, the Upper Santiam Molala, and the Northern Molala.

The Southern Molala inhabited the headwaters of the Rogue and Umpqua Rivers along the bases of Crater Lake and Mount McLoughlin. They were called tulǽyaŋsi, far-off people, by the Northern Molala, while the Klamath referred to them as čakġe•nkni•, "Serviceberry-Area-People" or "People of the Serviceberry Tract."

Molala of the Santiam River are called the "Upper Santiam Molala" by ethnologists to differentiate them from the neighboring Santiam Kalapuyans. Franz Boas recorded čimbú•ihe as a native settlement outside Albany, which was later reported by Albert S. Gatschet as a Molala village located on the Santiam headwaters.

The Northern Molala principally were concentrated in the Molalla River watershed. The only recorded Northern Molala autonym is lá•ti•wi, used to mean both "Molala person" and "Molala people".

Diet
Roosevelt elk and Black-tailed deer were "economically the most important resource exploited" by the Molala peoples. While they employed pitfalls and snares, most big game hunting was accomplished by bow and arrow. Hunting dogs were trained to pursue game as well. Klamath informants told Spier that Molala dogs were small, "with short legs, the hind legs crooked. They were short-haired, had erect ears, short faces, with sometimes black marks on the upper eyelids..." A number of other animals were hunted, not for sustenance but for feathers or fur, such as the bald eagle, coyotes, and bobcats. Steelhead and Chinook salmon were captured by either basket traps or harpoons. Once gathered the meat was dried and stored for future consumption.

A number of plant resources were utilized seasonally by the Molala. In their western territories were prairies of camas bulbs, an important caloric source. Found in the drier prairies, hazelnuts and tarweed seeds were gathered in the summer and autumn. Camas bulbs were baked in earth ovens, dried, blended with hazelnuts, and stored in sacks. To east, in the higher elevations of the Cascades, Mountain Huckleberries were collected in the late summer; alongside the Cascade Blueberry, the Oval-leaf Huckleberry, and the Red Huckleberry. After being gathered huckleberries would be dried.

Located nearby Crater Lake, Huckleberry Mountain was the "single-most important berry-gathering area" for the Southern Molala and Klamath. Edible berries in the vicinity include the Littleleaf Huckleberry, Western Blueberry, Manzanita Berry, Wild Strawberry, Black Twinberry, Evergreen Blackberry, Blackcap Raspberry, Thimbleberry, Blue Elderberry, Red Elderberry, Wax Currant, and Rose hips from the local Wild Rose.

Manufacturerd items
Molala made composite bows from Pacific Yew and sinew.

Language
The Molala language is extinct. Currently it is included among the Plateau Penutian language family, with Klamath and Sahaptin being considered the closest related.

Neighoring societies
Prior to the introduction of horses in the 1820s-1830s, Molala contact with their neighbors appears to have been slight. They resided between several divergent cultural areas which were shaped by distinct ecological regions. Among the bordering peoples were the Kalapuya to west in the Willamette Valley, the Upper Chinookans to north on the Columbia River, and the Klamath to the southeast.

Upper Chinookan crafted canoes were particularly sought after by the Northern Molala. Head flattening was practiced to bolster the desirability of their women to the Chinookans. While some intermarriage with Kalapuyans was reported, the Molala attacked them for slaves. The Klamath people were intimately close to the Molala, enough to "suggest contact between these two groups throughout the entire area of Molala occupation." The Southern Molala exchanged buckskins in return for Klamath crafted beads and wocus seeds.

Groups of armed men called the haylúnci, "upstreamers", occasionally attacked Molala settlements for slaves These slavers were from the Cayuse and Nez Perce peoples. Gatschet reported the last known Cayuse raid occurred in the late 1820s. A Molala man of social prominence was killed in the attack. A Clackamas man served as an intermediary between the Molala and the Cayuse raiders to arrange for a battle. In the ensuing two day skirmish the Molalas considered themselves victorious.

Mythology
Only a few Molala myths remain extant, recorded by ethnographers in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Boas recounts a story told by the Molala of the world once being entirely covered in water. As the world ocean receded, Mount Hood became exposed first and latter the Willamette Valley.

A prominent story is the creation of the Molala people, told by Stephen Savage to Gatschet in 1877. One day near Mount Hood, Coyote encountered Grizzly Bear, who challenged them to a duel. Rather than combat, Coyotes suggests on seeing who could eat the most hot stones. However, instead of ingesting rocks, Coyote ate wild strawberries. After eating five hot stones Grizzly Bear died and Coyote studied the corpse:"He skinned Grizzly, then began cutting him up; he scattered his body in little pieces all over. Then to the Molala country he threw the heart. He said, 'Now the Molala will be good hunters: they will all be good men, thinking and studying about hunting deer. They will think all the time they are on a hunt.'"

Tensions with settlers
In late March 1848, settlers burnt down a Molala headman's household who was out hunting. William T'Vault admonished the violence for creating tension with the natives of the Willamette Valley. The violence was in retaliation for a visiting Klamath having stolen "some article of trifling value..."

During the Spring 1848, eighty Klamath people arrived in contemporary Clackamas county. This occurred during the ongoing Cayuse War, which provoked settler paranoia of indigenous violence. The Klamath were asked to leave, but they refused. Local Molala headman Crooked Finger protected the right for Klamath to reside among their Molala relatives. After a series of thefts, an armed group of settlers killed several Klamath and forced them to flee eastwards into the Cascade Mountains. One late 19th century account misremembered the violence as between settlers and Molala, rather than the Klamath.

During June 1848 a group of Molala or Klamath were suspected of stealing clothing and a horse. A militia was formed and pursued the group of natives, who abandoned the settler's horse and two horses of their own.

Treaty negotiations
In 1850 Anson Dart was appointed Oregon Superintendent of Indian Affairs. Federal orders were for the various native peoples residing west of Cascades to be forcibly relocated to reservations established to the east of the mountains. Dart started negotiations with the various Willamette Valley natives in Spring 1851 at Champoeg. He was unable to get anyone to agree to removal into Eastern Oregon. The general lack of knowledge of available food resources in the unfamiliar region caused much of the protest.

Going against his initial orders, Dart eventually acquiesced to establishing reservations in the Willamette Valley. Among the Treaties drafted by Dart were two for the Molala. In exchange for yielding much of their territory, on 6 May, the Northern Molala agreed to payments of goods, cash, and a reservation centered on the Molalla River eastwards to the Cascades. On the following day the Upper Santiam Molala agreed to similar terms, with a reservation going from Mt. Jefferson westward to the Santiam River. There were 121 or 123 Molalas total between the two groups.

Because these agreements allowed for the Kalapuyans and Molala to retain portions of the Willamette Valley, settlers protested the Dart Treaties. Their complaints reached the US Congress, which subsequently refused to approve the Treaties. Dart resigned in consequence, leaving the issue of Molala sovereignty unresolved.

Joel Palmer was the next Superintendent who negotiated a series of Treaties with Oregon Natives that were largely approved by the Federal Government. At Dayton in January 1855 he oversaw a series of negotiations that resulted in the Willamette Valley Treaty. Among others, the Northern and Upper Santiam Molala agreed to abandon the Willamette Valley in favor of a location selected by Palmer. The agreement was ratified by Congress in March 1855.

Reservation
In Autumn 1855 "the last Indian scare of any importance" in the Willamette Valley occurred. Fears arose that a force of Klamath were incoming to sack settler homesteads. After a day however a group of Molalas informed the fearful settlers no conflict with the Klamath was imminent.

During the winter of 1855-1856 the Northern Molala and Upper Santiam Molala were forced to relocate to the newly established Grand Ronde Reservation. In 1889 there were reportedly 31 Molalas residing on the Grand Ronde Reservation.

In 1857, settlers located around Molalla complained about the nearby Grand Ronde Reservation:

"'[Natives are] constantly annoying the settlers by passing to and fro over our premises, leaving fences down, and occasionally committing petit larcenies...The fact is, these Indians are a nuisance...'"

Reportedly in November 1870 an outbreak of smallpox spread among the Molala residing in Clackamas County.

To avoid the settler violence, some Southern Molala moved onto the Klamath Reservation during the mid-19th century. In April 1870, a Molala resident of the Klamath Reservation named Spike attempted to kill three people, succeeding in murdering one Klamath. He was captured and presented to Agency officials. After a short trial Spike was executed by hanging. In 1881 there 55 Molalas living among the Klamath.

At the opening ceremonies of the 1915 Siletz Fair, a Molala headman named John Williams delivered an address that was described by the Lincoln County Leader as "eloquent, patriotic and impressive." The newspaper continued to detail Williams' speech: "'He was proud of his Indian blood and urged his people to stand by their race. Fifty years of education and training has made the Indians capable of citizenship. He thought the future was bright with hope for the Indians. He urged his people to seize the opportunities that surround them and make the most of them.'"

In September 1919 Williams led a group of 60 Siletz residents to Independence. There, they were joined by 50 Grand Ronde members, and the group participated in the annual hop harvest.

Henry Yelkes was one of the last Molala yaʔqánt. He maintained a homestead on the Northern fork of the Molalla River and was held in high regard by neighboring settlers. In September 1913, during festivities in the town of Molalla, Yelkes was the guest of honor. The event was held to celebrate the opening of passenger rail service by the Portland, Eugene & Eastern Railway Company. Before the assembled crowds, the otherwise reserved Yelkes spoke: "'I am the last of the Molalla Indians. They named this place from our tribe. When I was a boy there were many of my people here Now they are all gone. My hat of deerskin and flicker feathers belonged to my grandfather. But he and the old times are gone.'"

In September 1913 Yelkes was found dead with head injuries. Two months later in November, a Clackamas County grand jury issued a warrant for Harry Clark, a mixed race native. The coroner upon examination of Yelkes' body felt he died from alcohol. In the subsequent trial the jury concluded there was a lack of evidence tying Clark to the death of Yelkes. Clark was released in January 1914.

Legacy
A private collection of Molala artifacts located in Mt Angel in 1931 included 535 flint arrowheads, an 8 inch tomahawk head, and an assortment of beadwork.

As of 2008, Molala produced beaded moccasins and woven baskets were on display at the British Museum, the Burke and Whatcom Museums of Washington, and the Museum of the Oregon Territory of Oregon City, Oregon.

Notable Molala

 * Molala Kate Chantal (c. 1844–1938), ethnographic informant and among the last speakers of Molala
 * Victoria Wishikin Howard (c. 1865–1930), storyteller

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User talk:Mlorrey

Hi, just wanted to make sure you knew. I have filed a request for comment against you. If you wish to respond, see Requests for comment/Mlorrey. And I want to urge you to look at and follow the neutrality policy. It'll make your experience here much better, and will produce a better encyclopedia. Best wishes, Meelar (talk) 18:33, May 26, 2005 (UTC)

Mediation case opening
FYI, the edit-stalking you and User:Meelar are doing I have requested mediation on.Mlorrey 21:12, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * I reverted a grand total of *two* of your edits prior to your posting this. I don't see any good-faith attempts to resolve the difficultes by other methods, and your edits flagrantly violate our NPOV policy. You cannot simply insert, as fact, criticisms of gun control. Nor does NPOV require that tiny extremist groups be given an undue level of prominence in articles. The article on Dwight Eisenhower doesn't devote half its space to John Birch Society accusations. Firebug 02:52, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Your labelling of the JPFO as 'extremist' clearly demonstrates you are the one violating the NPOV policy.Mlorrey 03:10, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Mediation
Having taken a look, I'm not sure the mediation committee is still active, and I think both you and Firebug misunderstood the purpose. It's supposed to serve as a facilitator of discussions, and can't impose consequences of any sort. Given the accusations you've brought, I think arbitration will be more helpful. I've brought a case there. Yours, Meelar (talk) 04:27, Jun 3, 2005 (UTC)

 * Just letting you know, I've filed a request for arbitration. You can make your statement at WP:RFAR. Yours, Meelar (talk) 15:13, Jun 3, 2005 (UTC)

Arbitration
The arbitration case concerning you has been accepted and opened. I apologise for not notifying you when I opened it; I completely forgot. Ambi 06:32, 7 Jun 2005 (UTC)

POV dispute
Hey Mike, cool down a bit. Calling people "sockpuppets" when they obviously aren't is not going to help your case, nor seeing everything as a campaign against you. POV disputes are very common on Wikipedia, and there's no need to react vehemently. The deletion proposal is, for all practical purposes, already defeated and the article will stay. When Firebug or someone else objects to a paragraph or removes it, consider it like an opportunity to rewrite it in a less inflammatory way, not as a personal attack. Alfio 08:14, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Re: personal attacks
Please remove your borderline threat/personal attack upon me from your home page, Mlorrey. Else, why should I be more concerned about my raising your ire than you about raising mine? --JimWae 22:31, 2005 Jun 11 (UTC)

Arbitration case
Please don't edit the section in which I present my evidence. You're welcome to add your own evidence in your section as per the top of the page, of course. I've taken the liberty of moving your comment there. Meelar (talk) 16:50, Jun 13, 2005 (UTC)

 * I understand, but you don't get to present my case either. Please follow the clear instructions on the page and add your evidence in your own section. Thanks, Meelar (talk) 18:31, Jun 13, 2005 (UTC)

Hague Service Convention, etc.
You may wish to familiarize yourself with No_legal_threats. --Tabor 06:51, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Proactionary Principle
Please could you leave the vfd discussion for the above article as an accurate record? There was no need to add your keep vote as the article was kept anyway, and your edits to the discussion have been reverted. -- Francs2000 | Talk 11:35, 18 July 2005 (UTC)

Question re. Requests for arbitration/Mlorrey
Before I vote on the proposed remedies, I want to understand your position with respect to your "injunction" and the other legalistic language you are using. Are you saying that you are intending to use real-world legal processes against Meelar and Firebug? Or are you using these terms to refer to the Wikipedia conflict resolution process? -- sannse (talk) 12:29, 1 August 2005 (UTC) (arbitration committee)

Final decision reached
The arbitration committee has reached a final decision in the Requests for arbitration/Mlorrey case. →Raul654 22:36, August 15, 2005 (UTC)

 * You have been blocked from editing to enforce the decision. Once the legal proceedings you have initiated have been completed, you may regain your editing capabilities by leaving a message here that documents the resolution of the legal proceedings.  The Uninvited Co., Inc. 22:55, 15 August 2005 (UTC)

 * I have received your e-mails in which you ask to be unblocked. I will be happy to do this, provided that you document the resolution of the legal proceedings which you purported to have initiated against Meelar and Firebug.  If you have not initiated and do not plan to initiate any legal proceedings against either of these two users, please state that and clarify the purpose of your purported injunction.  Please note that you may edit this page to respond to this request despite being blocked from editing the remainder of the encyclopedia.  The Uninvited Co., Inc. 19:29, 6 October 2005 (UTC)

 * I have repeatedly stated that I never initiated any legal proceedings in any court against Meelar or Firebug, despite their clear abuse of accepted standards of arbitration process. I initiated my injunction just as they were making things up and railroading me through a process without seeking to negotiate or discuss anything, all the while making me look like the bad guy. This episode is a clear example of how NPOV ISN'T, when people act in bad faith and learn to write with NPOV language while pursuing a biased agenda in attempting to suppress facts they dislike. I do not plan on initiating proceedings against anybody provided my own rights begin to be respected, which they have not. The wiki arbitration process violates so many commonly accepted principles of arbitration and jurisprudence I don't know even where to start, but I can start with this ban you put on me: your groups action in banning me for exercising my human rights to legal process is itself a violation of my rights under international legal conventions. Your flawed process allows a small cadre of insiders to suppress individuals they disagree with or whose statements they do not like, and THAT is most definitely, not NPOV, and violates the spirit of wikipedia.Mlorrey 21:50, 6 October 2005 (UTC)

I have received yet another pugnacious e-mail from you asking that the block be lifted. After again reviewing your response above, I decline to remove the block. After further discussion at Requests for arbitration, no one else wants to remove the block either. The Uninvited Co., Inc. 16:10, 14 October 2005 (UTC)

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Kilum-Ijim Forest

The Kilum-Ijim Forest is an area of mountain rainforest in Cameroon's North-West Region. It is found on Mount Oku and the nearby Ijim Ridge in the Cameroon mountains, with Lake Oku lying in a crater in its center. It is the largest area of Afromontane forest left in West Africa. The area is an important one for biodiversity, including the endemic Bannerman's turaco and banded wattle-eye. The forest is the focus of a successful community conservation project, the Kilum-Ijim Forest Project, which works to protect the forest. The project is a collaboration between the Cameroon Ministry of the Environment and BirdLife International, and focuses on sustainable use of the forests, local management, working to benefit both the biodiversity and local development. The programme works so well that the boundaries of the forest, as mapped by satellite imagery, are expanding, and the success of the idea has led to another sister project in Cameroon, the Bamenda Highlands Forest Project.

The Kilum-Ijim Forest is an area of massive land which has extreme biodiversity, ranging from tropical rainforest to lake Biomes. To keep the rainforest sustainable and available for future use, control of areas of the Kilum Forest have been handed over to the locals to preserve and sustain.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of software

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was delete. Mindspillage (spill yours?) 04:52, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)

List of software
The list will be un-manageablely huge. Same information is already served in Category:Lists of software. minghong 18:38, 26 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Agree with nominator. Sarg 20:10, 26 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete: Already covered by Category:Software. Also agree with nominator. --Durin 21:37, 26 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. I agree that it is a large unmaintainable list that would be better to have it generated automatically with Category:Lists of software. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 23:59, 26 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Agree with nominator. Adrian Buehlmann 07:25, 2005 May 27 (UTC)
 * Delete. is a much easier way to maintain such a list. Project2501a 23:01, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * This page is now preserved as an archive of the debate and, like some other VfD subpages, is no longer 'live'. Subsequent comments on the issue, the deletion, or the decision-making process should be placed on the relevant 'live' pages. Please do not edit this page.


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Glenn Cockerill

Glenn Cockerill (born 25 August 1959) is an English retired footballer who played more than 700 games in The Football League in a 22-year career. He was a skilled central midfielder renowned for his passing and shooting skills.

Playing career
Cockerill began his career at non-league Louth United, and made his name in the professional game at Lincoln City. He also played for Swindon Town and Sheffield United before joining Southampton in October 1985. He left the Saints in December 1993, having made 358 appearances for the club in all competitions, and later spent three seasons at Leyton Orient, before finishing his career with spells at Fulham and Brentford.

In 1988, while playing for Southampton, Cockerill was punched in the face by Paul Davis of Arsenal, breaking his jaw. Although the referee failed to spot the incident, Davis subsequently received a nine-match ban and a £3,000 fine.

Management and coaching career
In 2002, Cockerill was appointed manager of Conference side Woking. He spent five seasons as manager at Kingfield, before being relieved of his duties in March 2007. He is now semi-retired.

In August 2008 Brighton and Hove Albion Manager Micky Adams added Cockerill to his scouting network.

On 4 April 2010, he was appointed manager of Winchester City of the Wessex League although he remained in charge for only a few months, parting company with Winchester by mutual consent in September 2010.

Personal life
He is the son of Ron and brother of John Cockerill, both also professional footballers.

Honours
Southampton
 * Full Members Cup finalist: 1992

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Station keeping

Station keeping may refer to:
 * Orbital station-keeping, maneuvers used to keep a spacecraft in an assigned orbit
 * Nautical stationkeeping, maintaining a seagoing vessel in a position relative to other vessels or a fixed point

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