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Camp Rudder

Camp James E. Rudder (Camp Rudder) is host to the third and final phase of a nine-week training course, dubbed the "swamp phase", of the U.S. Army Ranger School. The camp is located on the Eglin Air Force Base reservation, co-located with Eglin AFB Auxiliary Field #6 / Biancur Field, approximately fourteen miles northwest of the main Eglin AFB airfield.

The Florida Ranger Camp was established November 15, 1951, by then Major Arthur "Bull" Simons who was named the Commander of the Amphibious/Jungle Training Committee at Eglin AFB Auxiliary Field #7 / Epler Field, which was the initial location of the camp. Colonel Simons was later the commander of the prisoner of war rescue attempt on Son Tay, North Vietnam. The Florida Ranger Camp remained at Field Seven for 20 years until it was moved to Field Six in January 1970.

The current Camp Rudder was named for Major General James E. Rudder, USA in June 1974. MG Rudder commanded the 2nd Ranger Battalion when it scaled the cliffs at Pointe du Hoc, France, during the 1944 D-Day Normandy invasion.

History
Biancur Field, Eglin Auxiliary Field #6, was named for 1st Lieutenant Andrew Biancur, USAAF, a test pilot of the Medium Bombardment Section of the 1st Proving Ground Group, killed in crash of a prototype YP-61-NO Black Widow, AAF Ser. No. 41-18883, c/n 711, on 8 January 1944 at Eglin Field.

Biancur Field, as Eglin AFB Aux Field #6, remains the airfield portion of Camp Rudder and was previously used by the U.S. Navy's Training Squadron 4 (TRARON 4 or VT-4) at nearby Naval Air Station Pensacola in the early 1960s for strike pilot training. The squadron aircraft were T2J Buckeyes and Biancur was used for Field Carrier Landing Practice (FCLP) touch-and-go landings before student pilots were allowed to land on board the training carrier of the period, the USS Antietam (CV-36). Meals for the sailors on TAD (Temporary Assigned Duty) at Biancur were supplied by the U.S. Army Rangers at Field 7. With the advent of the more advanced T-2C Buckeye and TA-4J Skyhawk II and the retirement of Antietam to be replaced by the aircraft carrier USS Lexington (CVT-16 / AVT-16), VT-4 shifted FCLP operations to Naval Outlying Landing Field Choctaw (NOLF Choctaw), a Navy airfield formerly known as Eglin AFB Auxiliary Field #10, to the west of Camp Rudder. With the Navy's departure, all Biancur Field operations passed over to the Army.

Over the years, twenty-four Army Ranger students have died while in training at Camp Rudder, including four who died in a 1955 training accident, two Ranger students who died of hypothermia in January 1977, and another four who died of exposure during cold-weather flooding in February 1995. The 1995 accident was blamed on several factors, including a sudden rise in the water level on Boiling Creek coupled with other unexpected weather changes, such as fog that delayed rescue efforts. Since 1995, more sophisticated measures have been put into place that cast an elaborate, yet invisible, safety net around the students. As students plan ambushes and negotiate swamps, field ambulances are posted minutes away. Evacuation helicopters and rescue boats are on standby and are constantly advised of changing conditions. Before students enter the water, divers check out conditions. An elaborate system to monitor weather and water conditions and depths exists at every step in the exercise.

Training remains tough for the men and women who aspire to be the Army's most elite warriors. The Army has also placed more emphasis on protecting Rangers during training. Camp officials say that with lessons learned from a training accident in 1995, and more resources thanks to allocations from the U.S. Congress, the danger of training casualties has been greatly reduced.

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Omukama of Tooro

Omukama wa Tooro (The King of Tooro) is the official title given to the king of Tooro, one of the East African kingdom of Tooro. The kingdom was founded in 1830 by Rukirabasaija Omukama Kaboyo Olimi l Amooti who was the son of Rukirabasaija Kyebambe lll Nyamutukura Amooti, the king of Bunyoro. Since that time, Tooro existed as an independent kingdom until 1967 when President Apollo Milton Obote banned all kingdoms in Uganda. The kingdoms were reinstated as cultural institutions in 1993.

The Omukama of Tooro and the other kings play a vital role in Ugandan politics as cultural leaders and agents of peace and stability in their respective kingdoms. Tooro and Bunyoro kingdoms enjoy a close relationship.

List of Abakama ba (Kings of) Tooro
The following is a list of the Abakama of Tooro, starting around 1800 AD:

 * 1) Kaboyo Olimi I, (Kasunsu Nkwanzi) c. 1830 - 1861
 * 2) Kazaana Ruhaga l, c.1861- 1862
 * 3) Nyaika Kasunga Kyebambe I, c. 1862-1863 and c. 1864 - 1874
 * 4) Kato Rukidi I, 1863-64
 * 5) Mukabirere Olimi II, c. 1874 -1876
 * 6) Mukarusa Kyebambe II, c. 1876 - 1877
 * 7) Isingoma Rukidi ll, c. 1877
 * 8) Rubuubi Kyebambe lll c. 1878 and 1879
 * 9) Kakende Nyamuyonjo c. 1878 and 1881 - 1882
 * 10) Katera Rujwenge, c 1878–1879 a period of Interregnum, 1880–1891; reverted to Bunyoro
 * 11) Daudi Kasagama Kyebambe IV, 1891–1928
 * 12) George David Kamurasi Rukidi III, 1929–1965
 * 13) Patrick David Matthew Kaboyo Olimi III, 1966–1995 interrupted by the discontinuation by the Ugandan government, 1967–1993
 * 14) Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV, 1995–present

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The Cryptogram

The Cryptogram is a play by American playwright David Mamet. The play concerns the moment when childhood is lost. The story is set in 1959 on the night before a young boy is to go on a camping trip with his father. The play premiered in 1994 in London, and has since been produced Off-Broadway in 1995 and again in London in 2006.

Productions
The Cryptogram was originally produced in July 1994 at the Ambassadors Theatre in London, starring Eddie Izzard and Lindsay Duncan and directed by Gregory Mosher.

The Cryptogram opened at the American Repertory Theater, Boston in February 1995.

It opened Off-Broadway at the Westside Theater Upstairs on April 13, 1995. The production was directed by David Mamet with a cast that featured Shelton Dane (John), Ed Begley, Jr. (Del) and Felicity Huffman (Donny). The play won the Obie Award, Best Play and Performance, Huffman for 1995.

It was produced at the Donmar Warehouse (London) in October 2006 through November 2006 with Kim Cattrall as Donny, Douglas Henshall as Del and Oliver Coopersmith as John with direction by Josie Rourke.

The play was a finalist for the 1995 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

Critical reception
The CurtainUp reviewer wrote of the 2006 Donmar production: "David Mamet’s play 'The Cryptogram', about the breakup of a marriage from a child’s point of view, has a lasting impact beyond its slight sixty five minutes in the theatre.... The dialogue brims with that distinctive Mamet style of unfinished sentences and jabbing, intercepting, interrupted conversation..... The adults are very repetitive as is the boy when his stream of questions is not answered.... It seems that what we are watching is the child’s memory of the events of that night and the day, weeks later, when he has to move out of his home. There are too many gaps that seem improbable from an adult’s point of view, like Donny’s reaction to the note from her husband leaving her. No asking, Why? No talk about a meeting with her husband..... It is very difficult for English actors to play Mamet well, to get the timing perfect but under Josie Rourke’s direction this cast pulls it off."

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The Great Louse Detective

"The Great Louse Detective" is the sixth episode of the fourteenth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on December 15, 2002. In the episode, the Simpson family wins a free spa weekend, and Homer is nearly killed when a mysterious figure locks him in a sauna. Chief Wiggum decides to hire someone who can think like a murderer in order to find the mystery assailant. Bart's arch-enemy Sideshow Bob is sent to live with the Simpsons so he can help find Homer's attempted killer, who turns out to be the son of the late Frank Grimes.

Since airing, the episode has received generally positive reviews from critics. The episode's title is a reference to the 1986 Disney animated feature The Great Mouse Detective.

Plot
The Simpsons win a free spa weekend. At the spa, Homer is nearly killed when a mysterious person locks him in a steam room with a wrench, but is saved inadvertently when Krusty the Clown unlocks the door. Homer and Marge see Chief Wiggum, who suggests they seek help from someone who can understand a murderer's twisted mind – the incarcerated Sideshow Bob. Wiggum places a shock bracelet on Sideshow Bob's ankle to discipline any bad behavior while he stays at the Simpson house. Bob asks Homer to list all the people who may want him dead, and follows him around to investigate who the assailant could be. They end up at a repair shop, where Homer chastises the mechanic, Junior.

Homer and Bob go to Moe's Tavern, where Lenny gives Bob advice on how to murder Bart. The assailant shoots at Homer, before escaping in a tow truck. Bob suggests that Homer stay out of sight to be safe, but Homer is named the King of the Springfield Mardi Gras, and must ride on a float for the whole day. Bob is sure that someone rigged the ballot in Homer's favor, but Homer takes part in the parade anyway in hopes of luring out his attempted killer. At the parade, Bob notices a brake line on Homer's float has been cut, and draws a correlation between the wrench used to lock Homer in the steam room, the wrenches in the tow truck and a smudge on the spa invitation, realizing that Junior is the killer. As the float goes out of control, Bob saves Homer by getting fired out of a cannon, hanging onto the Duff blimp, and grabbing Homer with his huge feet from above, just before the float crashes into the Museum of Swordfish.

Homer and Bob give chase on stilts to the killer, who says he is Frank Grimes Jr, the illegitimate son of Frank Grimes, and holds Homer responsible for his father's death. Junior is caught by the police. That night, Bob confronts Bart, having taken possession of the remote for his shock bracelet. Considering Lenny's advice, Bob decides to kill Bart, but realizes that he has grown accustomed to Bart's face and cannot bring himself to do it. He tries to take his leave, but gets zapped continuously by his shock bracelet (because of birds pecking the remote after it landed in their nest).

Production
"The Great Louse Detective" was written by John Frink and Don Payne and directed by Steven Dean Moore as part of the fourteenth season of The Simpsons (2002–03). American actor Kelsey Grammer guest starred in the episode, returning to voice the recurring character Sideshow Bob. Since season three's "Black Widower" (1992), the writers have echoed the premise of Wile E. Coyote chasing the Road Runner from the 1949–1966 Looney Tunes cartoons by having Bob unexpectedly insert himself into Bart's life and attempt to kill him. Executive producer Al Jean has compared Bob's character to that of Wile E. Coyote, noting that both are intelligent, yet always foiled by what they perceive as an inferior intellect.

This is one of the first episodes of The Simpsons that were animated with digital ink and paint, and marked the series' permanent switch to that technique, but the opening sequence made in cel animation is not definitively abandoned until years later. Previously, episodes had been animated using the traditional ink-and-paint process. Digital ink and paint had previously been used by the animators of The Simpsons for season 7's "Radioactive Man" and season 12's "Tennis the Menace", primarily to test the technique.

Release
The episode originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on December 15, 2002. It was viewed in approximately 8.75 million households that night. With a Nielsen rating of 8.2, the episode finished 23rd in the ratings for the week of December 9–15, 2002. It was the highest-rated broadcast on Fox that week, beating shows such as King of the Hill, Malcolm in the Middle, 24, That '70s Show, and the 2002 Billboard Music Awards. On December 6, 2011, "The Great Louse Detective" was released on Blu-ray and DVD as part of the box set The Simpsons – The Complete Fourteenth Season. Staff members Matt Groening, Al Jean, John Frink, Ian Maxtone-Graham, Matt Selman, Tim Long, Michael Price, Tom Gammill, Steven Dean Moore, Mike B. Anderson, and David Silverman, as well as cast member Dan Castellaneta, participated in the DVD audio commentary for the episode. Deleted scenes from the episode were also included in the box set.

The episode has received generally positive reviews from critics. In 2009, IGN's Leo Waldbaum listed "The Great Louse Detective" at number seven on his list of the "Top 10 Sideshow Bob Episodes". At that time, ten episodes revolving around the character had aired. Canning wrote that the episode "was a lot of fun as it put Bob in an unexpected situation with the Simpsons, interacting more with Homer than with Bart." He added that the episode "is also memorable for having Homer's attempted murderer turn out to be Frank Grimes Jr., son of Frank 'Grimey' Grimes. This was a nice reference to 'Homer's Enemy' and was a rare instance where the series carried through some continuity."

DVD Movie Guide's Colin Jacobson commented that "Over the years, we’ve gotten many a great Sideshow Bob episode, so this one has to live up to steep competition. While not a bad show, 'Louse' fails to live up to its predecessors. It does throw out some good moments, and it’s fine by Season 14 standards, but it doesn’t qualify as a Sideshow Bob classic."

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Is this park the same as the Sanjay Gandhi National Park?
 * Yes. utcursch | talk 11:18, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

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pending references

 * Interview on PRI's The World — 02 February 2005
 * audio diary from Uganda — 25 February 2005
 * audio diary from Tanzania — 03 March 2005
 * audio diary from The Gambia and Mali — 25 March 2005 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.1.214.224 (talk) 22:43, 10 June 2005 (UTC)

Cooperation with Øystein Sunde
I don't know where to put it, but Fleck appeared on norwegian singer Øystein Sunde's 1989 record "Kjekt å ha", together with many other bluegrass heros. The only sources I can find are in Norwegian, like this:. At least the lists of musicians are useful to you. Is this useful information? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.109.207.104 (talk) 22:56, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

Discography
I added a partial discography -- it seemed as though one was in order -- but I'm not wedded to the format of it at this point if other people think it would be better to organize on a strictly chronological (or alphabetical or something else...) basis. Obviously, additions would help, as well.Adbarnhart 19:59, 8 November 2005 (UTC)

 * Discography looks really good. I was planning to do this myself but just as well that I didn't. --Peter (Cactus Pete) 13:39, 9 November 2005 (UTC)

What about his appearances with the Dave Matthews Band (most notably on Before these crowded streets)? - Bookmastaflex11:02, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

Added references to his work as a sideman and noted several of his '05 projects. Feel free to move stuff around, I don't know if you want it where I put it-Isaac Benaron 12:27, 15 January 2006

This section could use some more cleanup, especially for consistency (record label names, etc). I like the organization by who he played with, but maybe it would be a good idea to take most of the minor collaborations and put them under a single heading. It might be cleaner than having lots of headings with only 1 or 2 entries each, if an appropriate style is used. -- Fru1tbat 13:08, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

Some of these albums he is clearly a guest or session musician while on others he is part of one-off trio, quartet, etc. -Acjelen 22:19, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

Hi. I don't know if you're looking for something more extensive than collaboration on a single song when you add an entry to the "with other artists" section of the discography, but he did a song with dobro and mandolin-extraordinaires Jerry Douglas and Sam Bush (respectively) called "Who's Your Uncle" for Douglas' 2005 album _The Best Kept Secret_. I'm in no position to make this change, but it's easily verified. Just trying to keep Wikipedia as all-encompassing as it can be. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.98.113.234 (talk) 17:20, 5 October 2008 (UTC)

Fleck recently appeared on pianist McCoy Tyner's new album, Guitars (McCoy Tyner album). The page about the album states: "Guitars is an album by McCoy Tyner released on his McCoy Tyner Music (a subsiduary of Half Note Records) label in 2008. It was recorded in Setember 2007 and features performances by Tyner, Ron Carter and Jack DeJohnette with Marc Ribot, John Scofield, Béla Fleck, Derek Trucks, and Bill Frisell." Fleck plays on 3 tracks. I'll try to add this and follow the current format.Tevye guy (talk) 04:38, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

 * I know it's easier to complain from outside, but the Discography section really is sloppy now. Someone should pick a method in which to list Fleck's contributions and recordings and please stick to it. I'm dizzy from looking at the article as it is, and truly, it gives no real hint as to the depth and breadth of what he plays, in particular, on the banjo, which until recent time, (possibly because of him almost entirely?) hasn't been considered an instrument used in recording genres like jazz, or, as was pointed out, alternative rock music, in the case of the Dave Matthews Band. --Leahtwosaints (talk) 21:01, 12 September 2009 (UTC)

I just thought I would add Fleck's appearance on stage with Rory Gallagher at Monteaux in 1994. A medley of Amazing Grace - Walkin' Blues - Blue Moon of Kentucky. Blew my socks off. The DVD came out in 2009 and the medley is on the album "Wheels Within Wheels" — Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.76.32.182 (talk) 05:59, 22 September 2009 (UTC)

Info box
Is the intention of the musician info box field "label" to be a list of all record labels that have released recordings by the musician or just the current label he is signed to? -Acjelen 18:56, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Chinese?
I don't even know where to put this... but doesn't she speak Chinese and have some sort of Chinese connection? Saw a video on the internet of her in China playing with some Chinese banjo guys and speaking a little Chinese. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aaw37 (talk • contribs) 22:06, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

Studying french horn in high school.
I met him and asked him about the french horn and he said he couldn't play it very well. --131.91.236.30 00:37, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

Status as a virtuoso
I feel as though it must be mentioned that he has been called a virtuoso from many, many sources. Does anyone else agree with me? I feel that that fact just goes to show what an accomplished musician he really is, even more so than such things as Grammy awards. It could be cited from numerous sources.

Also, I know the Grammy nominations were mentioned, but a lot of his collaborations are not--And when I say that, I'm talking about mostly world music. He's used the banjo in many genres and settings that have never had a banjo touch them--I don't really get that vibe from the article (of course the classical projects are mentioned, but the simple fact that he's playing jazz banjo isn't even highlighted, it seems).

Just some thoughts on the article...Take them as you will. CoffeeJanitor (talk) 04:29, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

I agree with CoffeeJanitor. His being a true pioneer of the instrument is more important than his Grammy awards. The lead paragraph merely cites Fleck as "innovative and technically proficient." This is, by any fair standard, a great understatement. Fleck is a virtuoso and true pioneer of the banjo instrument's sonic potential. Though rooted deeply in the style of bluegrass he brought the instrument into the world of jazz as well as various world music genres. There is no living banjo player as talented and that has done more as an international ambassador of the instrument. The lead paragraph really does need some expansion and beefing up. He is internationally recognized and is in high demand at bluegrass and jazz festivals throughout the world. I will take a stab and let others correct any inappropriate "gushing" (though some gushing is deserved!). — Preceding unsigned comment added by SanJoseRobert (talk • contribs) 23:22, 28 December 2020 (UTC)

Relation to Todd Rundgren?
Does anyone know if Fleck is kin to rock singer Todd Rundgren because his mother's maiden name is Fleck. Country Girl 04:38, 27 October 2014 (UTC)

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Music Documentary
I propose adding this section "Music Documentary

In the film Throw Down Your Heart, (2008), a film crew follows Béla Fleck on his travels to Africa where he collaborates with some of the best musicians in Uganda, Tanzania, Gambia, and Mali and researches the African origins of the banjo." Juliet Sabine (talk) 01:18, 28 September 2021 (UTC)

 * Can you find a news item or other WP:SECONDARY source reporting about the film? IMDb is only good for saying that the film exists. We are here to summarize for the reader what various publications say about Fleck. Binksternet (talk) 01:44, 28 September 2021 (UTC)

 * Binksternet Ah, okay. Thank you. I wanted to add the information about the documentary to let readers know it exists. I can find many reviews. Is this an appropriate link. Juliet Sabine (talk) 06:24, 28 September 2021 (UTC)

 * Yes, The New York Times is always a good source. You can share with our readers something about the journey that is interesting, summarized from the news item. Binksternet (talk) 13:19, 28 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Thank you. I will do that later this week. Since you're an experienced editor Binksternet, might I ask you about a film link I'd like to put on another page that is not music related? No rush. I come to edit just as time allows. Juliet Sabine (talk) 02:33, 29 September 2021 (UTC)

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Bahamas Football Association

The Bahamas Football Association (BFA), is the official governing body of the sport of Association football in The Bahamas. Founded in 1967 and headquartered in Nassau, the federation is a full member of FIFA since 1968 and governs Bahamian football at the international, professional, and amateur levels, including: the men's and women's national teams, BFA Senior League, youth organizations, and the beach soccer national teams. BFA sanctions the national cup Bahamas President's Cup, Grand Bahama FA Cup, and New Providence FA Cup tournaments. The BFA is also a member of the Caribbean Football Union and CONCACAF.

History
Football was introduced to The Bahamas by veterans returning to the island after World War I. Clubs from the island of New Providence arranged matches between themselves as well as playing against teams from visiting Naval ships and other vessels, which stopped in Nassau. In 1954 The Bahamas Amateur Football Association was organized with Brian Andrews, selected as the first President. Under the auspices of the BAFA, two leagues, the New Providence Sunday League and the New Providence Saturday League, developed. In 1967, the need for appropriate international membership became necessary as international matches became more frequent and the two leagues merged, forming the Bahamas Football Association. The BFA became a member of FIFA in 1968 and joined CONCACAF in 1981.

Caribbean Football Union corruption whistle blowers
In May 2011 the vice president of the Bahamas Football Association, Fred Lunn (now serving as BFA General Secretary), attended a meeting in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago in the stead of Anton Sealey, the President of the Bahamas Football Association who was attending an event in the run-up to the 61st FIFA Congress in Zürich, Switzerland. The meeting had been arranged so that the president of the Asian Football Confederation, Mohammed Bin Hammam, could address representatives of the CFU, in an attempt to persuade them to vote for him in the upcoming FIFA presidential elections. During the meeting Lunn was given brown envelope with the word "Bahamas" written on it containing US$40,000. Believing it to be a bribe in a cash-for-votes scandal, funded by bin Hammam, Lunn reported the incident to Sealey, who in turn reported it to CONCACAF General Secretary Chuck Blazer. Lunn took a photograph of the money and the envelope before returning them. He later gave journalists a digital copy of the photograph for publication.

Bahamas-based newspaper The Tribune praised Sealey and Lunn for not accepting the envelope: "The attempted bribe was an insult to the whole Caribbean. Those seeking the Caribbean Football Federation's vote obviously saw its members as coming from poor island nations who would never have seen so much money as fell from the brown envelope that was offered them. Many proved to their tempters that poor they might be, but they had pride, they had integrity and although they might never see so much money again, under such tainted conditions they would never stoop so low as to pick it up. As was pointed out, $40,000 for the Caribbean's smaller islands would be the equivalent of several years' salary."

Bahamas Men's Team
Formed when the BFA joined FIFA in 1968, the Bahamas national team, nicknamed the bahamian Slayersz or Baha Boyz) has never qualified for the FIFA World Cup as of the 2018 World Cup including when they voluntarily withdrew from the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers after playing in the first round.

Coaches

 * Randy Rogers 🇧🇸 (1987)
 * Peter Wilson 🏴 (1998–2000)
 * Gary White 🏴 (2000–2006)
 * Neider dos Santos 🇧🇷(2006–2010)
 * Paul James (2011)
 * Nesley Jean 🇧🇸(2014)
 * Dion Godet 🇧🇸(2014–2018)
 * Nesley Jean 🇧🇸(2019–2022)
 * Bruce Carrell 🇧🇸(2022-present)

Bahamas Women's Team
The Bahamas women's national football team is the national women's football team of the Bahamas. It has never qualified for a World Cup.

Bahamas beach soccer team
The Bahamas national beach soccer team represents The Bahamas in international beach soccer competitions. Excluding their participation as the host nation for the 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, they have never qualified for a World Cup.

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Goyescas

Goyescas, Op. 11, subtitled Los majos enamorados (The Gallants in Love), is a piano suite written in 1911 by Spanish composer Enrique Granados. It was inspired by the work of the Spanish artist Francisco Goya. The piano pieces have not been authoritatively associated with any particular paintings with two exceptions: This piano suite is usually considered Granados's crowning creation. It forms part of the standard Romantic piano repertoire and is sometimes recorded by pianists who are not particularly associated with Spanish music as well as being a major staple of the repertoire of those who have specialized in Spanish repertoire. It is often considered to be one of the two crown-jewels in Spanish piano repertoire along with the Iberia Suite of Isaac Albeniz.
 * El amor y la muerte (Love and death) shares its title with one of Goya's prints from the series called Los caprichos
 * El pelele (The straw man) is one of Goya's paintings.

Writing of the Goyescas
The piano writing of Goyescas is highly ornamented and extremely difficult to master, requiring both subtle dexterity and great power. Some of them have a strong improvisational feel, the clearest example of this being the fifth piece, called El amor y la muerte (Love and Death). The fourth piece in the series (Quejas, ó la maja y el ruiseñor—The Maiden and the Nightingale) is the best known piece from the suite. It resembles a nocturne, but is filled with intricate figuration, inner voices and, near the end, glittering bird-like trills and quicksilver arpeggios. Mexican songwriter Consuelo Velázquez based her 1940 song Bésame Mucho on this melody.

This piano suite was written in two books. Work on Goyescas began in 1909, and by 31 August 1910, the composer was able to write that he had composed "great flights of imagination and difficulty." Granados himself gave the première of Book I at the Palau de la Música Catalana in Barcelona on 11 March 1911. He completed Book II in December 1911 and gave its first performance at the Salle Pleyel in Paris on 2 April 1914.

El pelele (The Straw Man), subtitled Escena goyesca, is usually programmed as part of the Goyescas suite; Granados gave the première in the Teatre Principal at Terrassa, on 29 March 1914.

The suite
Book I:
 * Los requiebros (The Compliments)
 * Coloquio en la reja (Conversation at the Window)
 * El fandango de candil (Fandango by Candlelight)
 * Quejas, o La Maja y el ruiseñor (Complaint, or the Girl and the Nightingale)

Book II El Pelele is technically not part of the suite, but very often played with it.
 * El Amor y la muerte (Balada) (Ballad of Love and Death)
 * Epilogo: Serenata del espectro (Epilogue: Serenade of the Spectre)
 * El Pelele: Escena Goyesca (The Puppet/Straw Dummy: Goya Scene)
 * El Pelele: Escena Goyesca (The Puppet/Straw Dummy: Goya Scene)

Publication
Book One, consisting of the first four pieces in the suite was published in Barcelona in 1912. Book Two, which consists of the last two pieces was published in 1914.

20th century
Goyescas, Part 1, Los Requiebros as recorded by Granados on piano roll, c. 1913, Paris Alicia de Larrocha was noted for her performances of Goyescas of which she made several recordings; a version on the RCA label was a winner at the 34th Annual Grammy Awards (Best classical instrumental solo recording 1991).
 * Granados: the composer's playing of the work was captured on piano roll.
 * Alicia de Larrocha
 * Douglas Riva
 * Thomas Rajna
 * Eduardo del Pueyo

21st century

 * Garrick Ohlsson
 * Kun-Woo Paik
 * Luis Fernando Pérez

Opera
In 1915 Granados wrote a one-act opera, also called Goyescas, to a Spanish libretto by Fernando Periquet y Zuaznaba, using melodies from the piano suite. This was first performed in 1916.

A film called Goyescas was based on the opera.

The Intermezzo is primarily from the Opera and known best in its orchestral version, however there is also a rarely performed piano version of this Intermezzo as well which the American pianist Neil Galanter recorded in his release of the Goyescas Suite.

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Cngvr, an anomous user tried to remove information about the Armenian genocide, here and here.

Now, you have e-mailed me telling that you were the anonymous user. If I look at your edits in a positive way, it is vandalism and it is my duty to block you. If I look at it in a negative light, you're doing what is called "a second genocide" by removing information about exterminated people.

As far as Nureddin Pasha is concerned I give you this piece of text, and you will perhaps understand that the information you removed is relevant:

Official statistics give the Armenian inhabitants of Smyrna as twenty-five thousand and it is certain that the larger part of the men of this community were killed, besides many women and girls, also numerous Greeks. A dispatch to the “London Daily Chronicle” of September 18, 1922, says: “The lowest estimate of lives lost given by the refugees, places the total at one hundred and twenty thousand.” Reuter’s Agency, in a dispatch of the same date, makes the following statement: “From none of the accounts is it possible to give the exact figures of the victims, but it is feared that in any case they will be over one hundred thousand.” Mr. Roy Treloar, newspaper correspondent, wired as follows (September 20, 1922): “Nureddin Pasha commenced a systematic hunting down of Armenians, who were gathered in batches of one hundred, taken to the -Konak and murdered.” The “London Times” correspondent telegraphed: “The killing was carried out systematically. Turkish regulars and irregulars are described as rounding up likely wealthy people in the streets and, after stripping them, killing them in batches. Many Christians who had taken refuge in the churches were burned to death in the buildings which had been set on fire.” Mr. Otis Swift, correspondent of the “Chicago Tribune”, visited the Greek islands on which refugees had been dumped by the rescue steamers and saw many of the victims of the tragedy, whose stories and the nature of whose wounds bore additional testimony to the ferocity of the Turks. Here is a short quotation from Mr. Swift’s report: “Hospitals of the Greek islands are crowded by people who had been beaten and attacked by the Turks. In a hospital at Chios I saw a child who still lived, although shot through the face by a soldier who had killed its father and violated its mother. In the same hospital there was a family of six orphan Armenians. A four-year-old baby of this family had been beaten with rifle butts because no money had been found sewn in its clothes.” There is no doubt that many thousands of the defenseless inhabitants of Smyrna and the surrounding country were done to death by Turks. To the number actually killed on the days of the massacre must be added the deported Greeks who perished, the people who died in the flames or were killed by falling walls, those who expired on the quay and those who have since succumbed from want, injuries or grief. The extent of the catastrophe can be realized from the magnitude of the relief work that has been carried on ever since, and from the immense sums which have been raised, principally in America, for the maintenance of the widows and orphans. The following statement is from Mr. Charles V. Vickery, Secretary of the Near East Relief, 151 Fifth Avenue, New York: “In regard to the amount of money which has been spent on relief, I would say that so far as the Near East Relief is concerned the total of money and supplies contributed by the American people has amounted to approximately ninety-five million dollars. So far as I know there are no available statistics of the amounts spent by other countries. The largest contributor has of course been Great Britain, but we do not have any figures here in our office.” “In answer to your second inquiry as to how much is still necessary, would say that it is extremely difficult to make an answer that would be reliable as there are so many uncertain factors in the problem, as you know only too well. So far as the Near East Relief is concerned, our program should very rapidly diminish after another year or two and the Executive Committee has definitely adopted a resolution to the effect that there shall be some sort of coordination or amalgamation of Near East agencies at the end of five years or sooner if practicable. This resolution was adopted approximately nine months ago.” “Near East Relief will need around four million dollars a year for the next two years if present indications are reliable.” One of the most important reports connected with the fire is that of the Reverend Charles Dobson, British chaplain of Smyrna, and a committee of prominent Englishmen, all inhabitants of the district, including the British chaplains of Bournabat and Boudja. This report throws the responsibility of the fire upon the Turks, “whose fanatic elements, fed by the license of three-days’ looting, fired the city in the hope of driving out the non-Moslem and non-Jewish elements.” Such a report from such a source, leaves no doubt as to the fact that Smyrna was burned by Turks, although these gentlemen do not take into account the circumstance that the town was in complete control of Khemalist troops at the time and that regular soldiers of the Turkish army, in uniform, were seen by abundant witnesses to set the fires. It is pertinent in this connection in that it relates incidents of greater ferocity than I have yet given, but which I refrain from quoting. (The entire report can be found in the “Gibraltar Diocesan Gazette”, No. 2, vol 6, November, 1922.)

The block will end tomorrow night, and you're welcome to contribute to Wikipedia as long as you do not remove controversial information according to your own agenda. Regards, Wiglaf 22:45, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * PS, please don't remove information as an anonymous user in the future. It can easily be construed as vandalism. And before you start to "correct" Wikipedia, please consult this page and follow its guidelines: Neutral point of view. Thank you.--Wiglaf 14:23, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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Salesian College Preparatory

Salesian College Preparatory (formerly Salesian High School and Salesian House of Studies) is a private, Roman Catholic, co-educational, college-preparatory high school in Richmond, California, United States. Established in 1927, it is part of the Salesians of Don Bosco and is located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Oakland.

It is a Salesian school and is situated on 21 acres in the North & East neighborhood. It has rivalries with St. Patrick-St. Vincent High School and Saint Mary's College High School.

History
The Salesian House of Studies opened on the campus as a seminary for future Salesians. In 1960, the school became Salesian High School and began allowing boys of west Contra Costa County to attend.

In 2006, the school changed its mascot from the Chieftain to the Pride, amid nationwide controversy over the use of Native American related mascots in athletics. In 2013, the school began using iPads instead of textbooks for some classwork.

In 2014, on the 50th anniversary of its first graduating class, the school changed its name to Salesian College Preparatory. It was also named the "best faith-based high school" by Parents' Press magazine.

Charitable works
Since 1991, the school has held an annual golf tournament fundraiser at the Richmond Country Club to support disadvantaged students.

In 2015, the school raised funds to help Middletown High School after the town was devastated by the Valley Fire. Salesian also received an anonymous $250,000 donation to update the science lab for STEM studies.

Sexual abuse
As part of a larger sexual abuse scandal in the Salesian order in 2006, two instances of sexual abuse occurring between 1969 and 1979 at Salesian High School (now Salesian College Preparatory) resulted in a large settlement for one victim and a jury award to another. In late 2019 after a year-long investigation CNN reported that the Salesian order shifted around pedophile priests from the then Salesian High School for decades and pressured and intimidated victims.

Notable alumni

 * Jahvid Best, Olympic athlete, NFL player
 * Jabari Bird, NBA player
 * Jabari Brown, NBA player
 * Russ Critchfield, professional basketball player
 * Mike Dirnt, musician, songwriter, and singer (transferred to Pinole Valley High School)
 * Angel Jackson, professional basketball player
 * Kamil Loud, professional football player
 * Rick Stuart, radio disc jockey
 * Gene Taylor, professional football player
 * Cecilia Vega, ABC White House correspondent

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Albert Goldman

Albert Harry Goldman (April 15, 1927 – March 28, 1994) was an American academic and author.

Goldman wrote about the culture and personalities of the American music industry, both in books and as a contributor to magazines. He is known for his bestselling book on Lenny Bruce and his controversial biographies of Elvis Presley and John Lennon.

Early life
Albert Goldman was born in Dormont, Pennsylvania, and raised in Mount Lebanon, Pennsylvania.

Academic career
Goldman briefly studied theater at the Carnegie Institute of Technology before serving in the U.S. Navy from 1945 to 1946. He earned a master's degree in English from the University of Chicago in 1950; under the chancellery of Robert Maynard Hutchins, students who were not enrolled in the generalist "Chicago Plan" undergraduate degree program were designated as master's students and received the higher degree after five years of study.

Upon matriculating in the English doctoral program at Columbia University, Goldman began to teach literature courses at several institutions in New York City, including the City College of New York, Hunter College, Baruch College, Brooklyn College, the School of Visual Arts and the Columbia University School of General Studies. During this period, he first became acquainted with Lenny Bruce through his wife, Florence Singer, who introduced her husband to New York's vibrant jazz scene before going on to "re-raise [Goldman] as a hip Brooklyn Jew" along with her family and friends throughout his doctoral studies, effectively planting the seeds for his later interest in popular culture. Following studies under Lionel Trilling and Jacques Barzun, he completed his Ph.D. in 1961 with a dissertation on Thomas de Quincey. Goldman argued that de Quincey had plagiarized most of his acclaimed journalism from lesser-known writers; the dissertation was subsequently published as a monograph (The Mine and the Mint: Sources for the Writings of Thomas DeQuincey) by Southern Illinois University Press in 1965. He also co-edited Wagner on Music and Drama (1964), a compendium of Richard Wagner's theoretical writings.

After completing his doctorate degree, Goldman remained affiliated with Columbia, where he was an adjunct associate professor of English and comparative literature from 1963 to 1972; among his course offerings was the University's first class on popular culture. A close friend of Philip Roth, Goldman may have influenced the characterisation of libidinous academic David Kepesh, notably showcased by Roth in such works as The Breast (1972) and The Professor of Desire (1977).

In the 1960s, Goldman began to publish a diverse array of reportage and cultural criticism (running the gamut from travel writing on the Rhine to reviews of classical music and popular music) in a variety of publications, including The Atlantic, The New Leader, Commentary, The New Republic, The New York Review of Books, The Nation, LIFE, New York, Vogue, Esquire, High Times and Penthouse. Many of his early writings on popular culture were collected in Freakshow: The RockSoul BluesJazzSickJew BlackHumorSexPopPsychoGig and Other Scenes from the Counter-Culture (1971), which also served as the textbook for the later iterations of his Columbia popular culture course.

Bestseller dealing with Lenny Bruce
Goldman's breakthrough success, Ladies and Gentlemen – Lenny Bruce!! (1974), won praise from the likes of Norman Mailer and Pauline Kael, who called the book "brilliant." The book was largely positive in its appraisal of Bruce's talent, though it was criticized by many of Bruce's friends for allegedly distorting his character and for claims that Bruce had homosexual experiences.

Elvis Presley biography
Goldman's critical 1981 biography Elvis was much more controversial. In this book, Goldman drew on more than four years' research into Elvis Presley's life. But for many fans and some critics, his research was undermined by his intense personal dislike of Presley.

Goldman dismissed the performer as a plagiarist who never did anything of note after his first records at Sun Records, insisting that he was inferior as an artist to Little Richard and other contemporaries. He also portrayed Presley as nearly insane, using stories that some might see as innocuous (such as Presley taking his friends halfway across the country to buy them peanut-butter sandwiches) to "prove" that the singer had lost his grip on reality.

On the other hand, the book does include several newly discovered facts. For instance, in the course of his research, Goldman discovered that Presley's manager, Colonel Thomas Parker, was not a true Southerner, but instead a native of the Netherlands, and probably in the United States illegally. Parker had successfully covered this up to the degree that Presley himself allegedly never learned of it. (The book is harshest on Parker himself out of all the figures in Presley's life with whom it deals, with the probate attorney Blanchard E. Tual, "guardian ad litem" of Lisa Marie Presley in 1981, being identified as Goldman's primary informant on the subject of Parker as a manager.) Furthermore, the book critically deals with the singer's weight problems, his diet, his choice of performing costumes, and his sexual appetites and peculiarities. Goldman even suggests that Presley's promiscuity masked latent homosexuality. Discussing Presley's personal life, Goldman concludes: "Elvis was a pervert, a voyeur." Some critics found comments like these overly biased and judgmental.

In his review of the book in the Village Voice, rock critic and Elvis Presley scholar Greil Marcus wrote: "The real significance of Goldman's 'Elvis' is its attempt at cultural genocide. The torrents of hate that drive this book are unrelieved." He particularly objected to Goldman's constant slurs against Presley's background, including his characterisation of Presley's parents as "the original Beverly Hillbillies" without bothering to include the explanatory context that the situation comedy was actually the story of suddenly rich innocents, as Presley's parents themselves were, who were trying to cope with the fear that even money and social access would never be enough to enable them to belong. "It is Goldman's purpose to entirely discredit Elvis Presley, the culture that produced him, and the culture he helped create – to altogether dismiss and condemn, in other words, not just Elvis Presley, but the white working-class South from which he came, and the pop world which emerged in his wake." However, Marcus also admits that Goldman has significantly shown that "Elvis Presley built his own world...where the promise was that every fear, pain, doubt, and wish could be washed away with money, sex, drugs, and the bought approval of yes-men..." He notes regretfully that it "as no book on Elvis Presley before it, has been taken seriously. Despite some partially negative or carping notices, the reviewing media has accepted the book as it presents itself—as the last book we will need about Elvis Presley."

In The Boston Phoenix, rock critic Peter Guralnick declared the book "not worth reading." Guralnick said that "even given factual accuracy, scholarly integrity (a large concession), and thematic core, nothing about this book is true. It misses the point of Elvis’s life, of Elvis’s music, and of our response. It misses the humor, it misses the complexity, it misses the excitement, it misses the awfulness; and it offers as a substitute - what? The rhetoric of loathing. A single unvarying note of contempt."

In 2006, Blender called Elvis a "muckraking biography", stating that Goldman dealt with everything about Elvis Presley but his music.

Other critics liked the book. Jonathan Yardley of The Washington Post called it a "nasty book, written in spectacularly execrable prose, but the view of Presley that it expressed dovetailed in many instances with my own, and in spite of itself I found things in it to admire."

According to Rolling Stone, October 21, 1981, Elvis "is a poignant book, the result of Goldman's winning the trust and confidence of hundreds of sources, including many of Elvis' closest friends. It is also an intimate look at a side of Elvis that few even suspected existed. Many people will find some of the revelations unpleasant and view them as a needless and harmful invasion of privacy. Yet, such revelations comprise a truth about modern American heroism and success. The fact is that somehow inherent in Elvis' great fame as an American ideal and idol is a contradiction that was the seed of destruction."

Lamar Fike, the Presley insider and former member of the Memphis Mafia, who introduced Goldman to many of his sources, recalled: "The problem was Albert's personality. At first, he liked Elvis. But later, he started disliking him. And by the end of (writing) the book, I think he hated him. I said, 'Albert, you can't do this.' But I couldn't stop him."

Defending himself against his critics, Goldman told an interviewer: "People were scandalized by my use of humor and ridicule in [the Elvis biography]. Elvis was someone they were accustomed to taking in a very sentimental way. But I feel he was a figure of the most bizarre and grotesque character... The humor is a mode of perception. Of making things vivid."

Article on Bruce Lee
In 1982, Goldman wrote a very unflattering article on actor Bruce Lee which was published in two parts by Penthouse in January–February 1983.

The Lives of John Lennon
Goldman's next biography arguably aroused even more controversy than the Elvis biography. In The Lives of John Lennon (1988), a product of years of research and hundreds of interviews with many of Lennon's friends, acquaintances, servants and musicians, Goldman juxtaposes Lennon's talents against his perceived neuroticism. The book reveals a very personal side of the musician who was prone to faults, such as anger, domestic violence (exemplified by an assistant's allegation that then-girlfriend Yoko Ono's 1968 miscarriage was triggered by a beating from Lennon), drug abuse (including longstanding addictions to cocaine and heroin), adultery, and indecisiveness, but who was also a generational leader. It deals with Lennon's childhood and the impact others had on the life of the sensitive little boy, among them his aunt, Mimi Smith, his father, Fred Lennon, and Johnny Dykins. Goldman implies that strong women ruined Lennon, starting with Smith, and that he was later being held prisoner by Ono (who may have encouraged their mutual heroin addiction as a way of controlling him and his vast fortune to her own ends).

Focusing on the mistakes Lennon made and mean things he did, Goldman made many controversial allegations, among them the charge that he may have had something to do with the sudden death of his friend Stuart Sutcliffe, an early member of The Beatles. (Sources other than Goldman's book reported the cause of death as a brain hemorrhage.) Goldman also says that Lennon had a sexual relationship with The Beatles' manager, Brian Epstein, whom Goldman characterizes as a dishonest, incompetent businessman who hid behind the image of a "gentleman". Half of the book covers the personality of Ono, who is portrayed in a very bad light. Goldman alleges that, among other things, she hated Paul McCartney, arranged for customs officials at a Tokyo airport to search carefully his luggage upon his arrival there eleven months before Lennon's death and to arrest him for smuggling marijuana, neglected her children, brainwashed Lennon and pulled him away from everyone who ever meant something to him. Goldman also alleged that the two carried on constant extramarital affairs throughout their marriage, with Ono involved in one during the summer of 1980. Goldman substantially revealed that no record exists of the phone calls Ono claims to have made to McCartney and Mimi Smith the night Lennon was murdered.

Concerning Goldman's account of Lennon's consumption of LSD, Lucy Sante, in The New York Review of Books, said: "Goldman's background research was either slovenly or nonexistent."

Peter Doggett writes in You Never Give Me Your Money: The Battle for the Soul of the Beatles that Goldman's book possessed many faults, but still managed to capture significant elements of Lennon's life.

Second book on Presley
In 1990, Goldman published a second book, entitled Elvis: The Last 24 Hours, on the circumstances and events of Presley's death, arguing that the singer had committed suicide. The book drew some attention for its sensational thesis but was largely ignored.

Last project in his career and death
Goldman died of a heart attack on March 28, 1994, while flying from Miami to London. He left unfinished a biography of Doors singer Jim Morrison.

Three years before his death, Penthouse published a long excerpt from his work-in-progress on Morrison. The excerpt focused on documents that Goldman claimed to have obtained from the Paris Police Prefecture regarding the minor police investigation that had been conducted in response to Morrison's wife Pamela Courson's notification that he had died suddenly at the apartment they were renting. According to Goldman, Courson provided a detailed account of the activities she and Morrison had done together throughout the day and night of Friday, July 2, 1971. They included setting up a movie projector and screening their Super 8 film home movies that they had made during a recent trip to Spain.

According to Goldman, Courson seemingly gave police the whole truth about the early-morning hours of Saturday, except that she carefully refrained from admitting that either of them had used narcotics. According to Goldman, she even admitted that Morrison had vomited blood extensively and she grabbed a series of pots from their kitchen to catch all of it, and police believed her claim that this had happened in the middle of the night without the deceased, age 27, being under the influence of narcotics or alcohol.

Goldman's biography of Morrison was never published, nor did a publication other than Penthouse refer to the alleged contents of Paris Police Prefecture documents related to Morrison and Courson. In an obituary in the Los Angeles Daily News, Phil Rosenthal said of Goldman's last project, "At the time of his death, he was picking over Jim Morrison's bones for yet another book."

In popular culture
U2 lead singer Bono referenced his disdain for Goldman in the song "God Part II" from the 1988 album Rattle and Hum:
 * "Don't believe in Goldman
 * His type [is] like a curse
 * Instant Karma's gonna get him
 * If I don't get him first"

Singer-satirist Mojo Nixon makes a scornful reference to Goldman in his 1989 single, "(619) 239-KING", which parodied the rumors that Presley was still alive by inviting the singer to call what was, at the time of release, a legitimate phone number.

Partial bibliography

 * Wagner on Music and Drama (1964; co-edited with Evert Sprinchorn)
 * The Mine and the Mint: Sources for the Writings of Thomas de Quincey (1965)
 * Freakshow;: The gig and other scenes from the counter-culture (1971; republished as Freakshow: Misadventures in the Counterculture, 1959–1971, 2001)
 * Ladies and Gentlemen – Lenny Bruce!! (1974)
 * Carnival in Rio (1978)
 * Grass Roots: Marijuana in America Today (1979)
 * Disco (1979)
 * Elvis (1981)
 * The Lives of John Lennon (1988)
 * Elvis: The Last 24 Hours (1990)
 * Sound Bites (1992)

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Sexual Perversity in Chicago

Sexual Perversity in Chicago is a play written by David Mamet that examines the sex lives of two men and two women in the 1970s. The play is filled with profanity and regional jargon that reflects the working-class language of Chicago. The characters' relationships come to be hindered by the caustic nature of their words, as much of the dialogue includes insults and arguments. The play presents "intimate relationships [as] minefields of buried fears and misunderstandings."

The play has twice been adapted for film as About Last Night, first in 1986, then again in 2014.

Characters and plot

 * Dan Shapiro: An urban male in his late twenties
 * Bernard Litko: Dan's friend and associate
 * Deborah Soloman: A woman in her late twenties
 * Joan Webber: Deborah's friend and roommate

Scene: Various spots around the North Side of Chicago, a Big City on a Lake.

Time: Approximately nine weeks one summer.

Danny and Bernie balance their mundane office jobs with sexual banter, particularly their experiences and preferences in the bedroom. Likewise, Joan and Deborah frequently discuss the shortcomings of men while at their apartment.

The main plot point is Danny and Deborah's relationship, perpetuating much of the dialogue about men and women. Their romance is quickly established by sexual attraction, but as the play progresses and Deborah moves into Danny's apartment, they are unable to talk with each other seriously. Danny complains in frustration, "Everything's fine. Sex, talk, life, everything.  Until you want to get 'closer', to get 'better'.  Do you know what the fuck you want?" Eventually, the couple breaks up while Danny and Bernie revert to their usual talk about "broads" and what is wrong with the world.

Joan says, I don't know anything, Deborah, I swear to God, the older I get the less I know. (pause) It's a puzzle. Our efforts at coming to grips with ourselves...in an attempt to become "more human" (which, in itself, is an interesting concept). It has to do with an increased ability to recognize clues...and the control of energy in the form of lust...and desire (And also in the form of hope)...

But a finite puzzle. Whose true solution lies, perhaps, in transcending the rules themselves... (pause) ...and pounding of the fucking pieces into places where they do not fit at all.

Production history
An early version of Sexual Perversity in Chicago was first produced at Goddard College in Plainfield, Vermont by the members of St. Nicholas Theater. The production was directed by Mamet.

The play was a series of blackouts showing various people (waitresses, policemen, investment bankers) having discussions about sex. It featured:

 * William H. Macy
 * Steven Schachter
 * Alison Zucker
 * Mary Tibbetts
 * Madeleine Dammers
 * Peter Vincent

The play was subsequently reworked by Mamet with director Stuart Gordon into the four character structure that made it famous and established David Mamet as a playwright. An earlier Mamet play, Danny Shapiro and his Search for the Mystery Princess, was combined with Sexual Perversity, adding the characters of Bernie Litko and Joan Webber. It was produced and performed by Organic Theater Company in Chicago in June 1974 in a production directed by Stuart Gordon. The cast featured:

 * Warren Casey as Bernie Litko
 * Eric Loeb as Danny Shapiro
 * Carolyn Purdy Gordon as Deborah Soloman
 * Roberta Custer as Joan Webber

In December 1975, the play was mounted off-off Broadway at the St. Clements Theatre in New York. An off-Broadway production directed by Albert Takazauckas opened on a double bill with the playwright's The Duck Variations on June 16, 1976 at the Cherry Lane Theatre in Greenwich Village and ran for 273 performances. The cast included F. Murray Abraham and Peter Riegert. Subsequent cast members included Jeff Zinn.

Jake Johannsen first thought of being a comedian when trying out for the Iowa State production of Sexual Perversity in Chicago in the early 1980s.

Blancs-Manteaux Theatre
In 1980, the play was mounted at the Blancs-Manteaux Theatre in Paris, with Daniel Russo and Nathalie Courval.

West End Theatre
In 2003, Matthew Perry made his stage debut in a West End production co-starring Minnie Driver, Hank Azaria, and Kelly Reilly.

Činoherní klub
Directed by Ondřej Sokol. The play had premiered on 18 March 2004 in The Drama Club, Prague.

 * Bernard Litko .... Jaromír Dulava
 * Joan Weber .... Ivana Chýlková
 * Dan Shapiro .... Marek Taclík
 * Deborah Solomon .... Lucie Pernetová

Film adaptations
David De Silva bought the motion picture rights to Sexual Perversity In Chicago and went with David Mamet on Mamet's first trip to Hollywood, to meet with Michael Eisner, head of Paramount Pictures, regarding doing a film version of the play. Eisner was very enthusiastic about the project, but Mamet ultimately was not able to deliver an acceptable screenplay to the studio. Years later, De Silva sold the film rights to a Chicago producer, Stuart Oken. Oken produced the 1986 film, About Last Night, directed by Edward Zwick, with Demi Moore, Rob Lowe, Jim Belushi and Elizabeth Perkins in the cast. The screenplay was written by Tim Kazurinsky and Denise Declue. The title change resulted from many newspapers refusing to advertise a movie with the original title.

Mamet disavowed the movie, ruefully recalling that "as a callow youth with hay sticking out of my ears, I sold both the play and the screenplay for about $12 and a mess of porridge...."

A second film adaptation, also based on the 1986 film and again titled About Last Night, was released in 2014. This film had an African-American cast and was set in Los Angeles. The film starred Kevin Hart, Michael Ealy, Regina Hall and Joy Bryant.

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Arthur William Buller

Sir Arthur William Buller (5 September 1808 – 30 April 1869) was a British Liberal Party Member of Parliament, who in his early career served as head of a commission of inquiry into education reform in Lower Canada.

Background and education
Buller was born in Calcutta into a prominent Cornish family, the son of Charles Buller (1774–1848), MP for West Looe, and Barbara Isabella Kirkpatrick, daughter of General William Kirkpatrick. His elder brother was MP Charles Buller. He was educated at the University of Edinburgh and Trinity College, Cambridge, taking his MA in 1834, the same year he was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn.

Career
From 22 August – 2 November 1838, he served as a member of the Special Council that administered Lower Canada following the Lower Canada Rebellion. Buller also prepared a report that made recommendations on further directions for education in the province. Although many of his suggestions were implemented, two key elements of the report, encouraging the use of English over the French language and an emphasis on generic Christian rather than Roman Catholic religious education, were met with strong opposition.

After he left North America, Buller was crown attorney in Ceylon from 1840 to 1848. He was afterwards a judge of the Supreme Court of Calcutta in India from 1848 to 1858.

He was Member of Parliament for Devonport from 1859 to 1865, and for Liskeard from 1865 until his death in 1869.

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Bob Mover

Bob Mover (born March 22, 1952) is an alto, tenor and soprano jazz saxophonist and a vocalist. His father was a musician who played professionally including stints with the Charlie Spivak orchestra. He started playing the alto saxophone at age 13, studied with Phil Woods at a summer music camp and took private lessons with Ira Sullivan.

Career
In 1973, at the age of 21, Mover was a sideman for Charles Mingus for a five-month period at New York City's 5 Spot Café. By 1975 Mover was working regularly in New York City jazz clubs with Chet Baker and he made his first European appearances with Baker at La Grande Parade du Jazz in (Nice, France), Jazz Festival Laren (the Netherlands), and the Middelheim Jazz Festival (Antwerp, Belgium).

In late 1975, Mover started leading his own groups around the New York area and made his first two albums as a leader in 1976 and 1977: On the Move (Choice) and Bob Mover (Vanguard). Weekly gigs at the Sweet Basil in Greenwich Village included Tom Harrell, Jimmy Garrison, Kenny Barron, Albert Dailey, Ben Riley, Mike Nock, and Ron McLure.

Mover reunited with Chet Baker in 1981 for a European tour, playing in France, Belgium, Netherlands, Austria, and Germany, where they recorded Chet Baker Live at Club Salt Peanuts Koln, Volumes 1 and 2 (Circle). Mover recorded two more albums as a leader in 1981 and 1982, In the True Tradition and Things Unseen, both issued by Xanadu.

In 1983, he moved to Montreal and taught at Concordia University. Three years later he recorded his fifth album as leader, The Nightbathers, with pianist Paul Bley and guitarist John Abercrombie, which was an experiment in free improvisation. From 1987 to 1997, Mover lived in Toronto and toured Europe with pianists Walter Davis Jr. and Tony Castillano. With Don Thompson and Archie Alleyne, he helped found the Toronto Jazz Quartet. He accepted a teaching position at York University, giving saxophone master classes and teaching a course called "Musicianship for Jazz Singers". Mover released another album as leader called You Go to My Head with Rufus Reid, Benny Green, Victor Lewis and Steve Hall. He released an album recorded in Montreal in 1997 called Television (DSM) featuring John Hicks and Jake Wilkinson.

As leader

 * Bob Mover (Vanguard, 1978)
 * On the Move (Choice, 1978)
 * In the True Tradition (Xanadu, 1981)
 * Things Unseen! (Xanadu, 1983)
 * The Night Bathers (Justin Time, 1986)
 * You Go to My Head (Bellaphon/Jazz City, 1989)
 * Yesterdays (Jazzette, 1996)
 * Television (DSM, 1997)
 * It Amazes Me... (Zoho, 2008)
 * My Heart Tells Me (Motema, 2013)

As sideman

 * Dolo Coker, Anniversary (Xanadu, 1985)
 * Walter Davis Jr., Illumination (Bellaphon/Jazz City, 1988)
 * Steve Holt, The Lion's Eyes (Plug, 1983)
 * Lee Konitz, Affinity (Chiaroscuro, 1977)
 * Gianni Lenoci, Old Ground, New Ground (Modern Times, 1993)
 * Players Association, The Players' Association (Vanguard, 1977)
 * Players Association, Turn the Music Up! (Vanguard, 1979)
 * Ken Skinner, Maroon (Village Jazz, 1998)

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Hello, this is B-101 and I would like to become an administrator, thereby nominating myself for a second time. I believe that Wikipedia is a great website and I go to it everyday, I started using it during 2004 and became a user in August of 2004. If I become an administrator, I will be no different than the other users. Over the last few months, I have done some RC patrolling and have been putting on description for my edits. I now hope you will judge me better now.- B-101 01:41, 22 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Support
 * 1) Support- can't really see why not. He seems to be eager, has been around for a while and has accumulated quality edits (now with edit summaries for the most part!). Though some of his actions may not have been Wikipedially (is that a word?) correct, such as putting his self-nomination in the regular nomination section, we must assume good faith- after all, we all make mistakes. He has (from the edits I looked at) improved since his last self-nom. Flcelloguy 02:08, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) Good Wikipedian. ✏ Oven Fresh  ²  02:02, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Oppose Neutral Comments Questions for the candidate
 * 1) Doesn't seem to know wikipedia formating, and it seems he didn't know earlier. I might support is he fixes the problem. Howabout1  Talk to me!  00:19, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) Oppose. User has failed to provide diffs answering questions layed out by other users. Even if the user didn't know what a diff was, he could have at least asked for clarification. To me, this demonstrates a lack of caring, which is not very reassuring. Linuxbeak | Talk | Desk 20:29, Jun 14, 2005 (UTC)
 * 3) --Boothy443 | comhrÚ 07:38, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Would you be able to provide a basis for your oppose vote? Linuxbeak | Talk | Desk 11:05, Jun 16, 2005 (UTC)
 * Because Boothy443 has opposed every adminship request on this page without reason, I have left him a polite comment/suggestion on his user talk page that he either provide reasons for his opposition or withdraw his votes. Flcelloguy [[Image:Bass clef2.gif|25px|Cello today?]] Give me a note! Eighth note (crop).gif Desk  21:34, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * 1) I don't know if I can support someone who demonstrates their inability to follow directions by putting a self-nom in the regular nomination section. --Carnildo 23:12, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) Neutral I cannot vote either way unless the questions for the candidate are answered in a more complete fashion, especially the section concerning conflicts and Wikistress. Bratsche talk  5 pillars 12:48, Jun 11, 2005 (UTC)
 * 3) Use of edit summaries is too inconsistent and the quantity of activity in the Wikipedia namespace too sparse for me to be convinced that this editor has the quality and degree of community involvement that I expect of an admin.  Kelly Martin 16:07, Jun 11, 2005 (UTC)
 * 4) Based on this user's contributions within the past month, I fail to see the current need to be promoted to an admin. Any evidence of recent RC patrolling is very sparse. The activity in the Wikipedia namespace such as VFD and CFD is also sparse. I also do not see any janitorial or copyediting work on articles on various topics that are beyond this user's interests. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 14:05, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * 5) Neutral.. I agree with Carnildo. Your edits for the most part look good, but you don't seem to have a grasp on how things work. Linuxbeak | Talk | Desk 01:08, Jun 11, 2005 (UTC)
 * B-101's first nomination failed by a vote of 1/9/3, based mainly on his lack of knowledge about Wikipedia policy. As Carnildo noted, he posted his self-nom in the wrong area on this page. I'll need some proof he's grasped Wikipedia fully. Harro5 23:24, Jun 10, 2005 (UTC)
 * B-101, to get an idea of what you've done on Wikipedia, I'd ask that you answer question two a bit more thoroughly and provide links to pages you mention to help voters see how you have helped the project.
 * I will propose a deal to B-101. Reanswer the three generic questions with a little more thought into the responses, and I'll reconsider my vote to support. However, if no action is taken within 48 hours, I am changing my vote to oppose on the basis that the user isn't caring enough to be an admin. Linuxbeak | Talk | Desk 01:29, Jun 12, 2005 (UTC)
 * Okay... that's a step in the right direction but I'm looking for some specific examples. Provide at least three diffs for question 2 and at least two for question 3. Linuxbeak | Talk | Desk 13:38, Jun 12, 2005 (UTC)

 * Q. B-101, please provide some information on what Wikipedia-space activites you currently get involved in (eg:RC patrol, VfDs, peer review, etc). Harro5 05:18, Jun 11, 2005 (UTC)
 * A. Since my attempt to be an admin, I have done some RC patrolling since March.

A few generic questions to provide guidance for voters:
 * 1. What sysop chores, if any, would you anticipate helping with? (Please read the page about administrators and the administrators' reading list.)
 * A. I would do more RC patrolling and also help with page deletion. Along with adding to other pages, RC will be my highest priority as I strongly dislike those who vandalise Wikipedia. I am currently trying to get RMS Titanic to be a featured article. Vote for it!
 * 2. Of your articles or contributions to Wikipedia, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?
 * A. I would say my The Simpsons episode pages are my pride and joy since I know an awful lot about the show. I also think my info on Star Wars is wonderful. I also add to pages that I know a little about. Along with my recent edits on Titanic, I also have created some small pages (such as Smallpox (movie) and clip show). I have yet to create one truly wonderful page.
 * 3. Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or do you feel other users have caused you stress? How have you dealt with it and how will you deal with it in the future?
 * A. I don't really have any stress over edits on Wikipedia. I did once have a little conflict on Admiral Piett on using "Super Star Destroyer" or "Star Dreadnought" and on the deal with the deflector domes. This ended in a compromise. However, I am frustrated that my comments on talk pages aren't always answered on the same day. As for my stress, I agree with the Wikipedian who said that "it can't be measured like a linear equation". I also had a little problem when I said that the Trade Federation is a company and also when I was trying to save "Battle of the Cowshed" from deletion.
 * The above adminship discussion is preserved as an archive of the discussion. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the talk page of either this nomination or the nominated user). No further edits should be made to this page.


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Morganna

Morganna Roberts (born July 4, 1947 ) is an American entertainer who became known as Morganna or Morganna, the Kissing Bandit in baseball and other sports from 1969 through 1999. She was also billed as "Morganna the Wild One" when appearing as a dancer in the 1980s.

Morganna rushed the field on many occasions and kissed Major League Baseball players including Nolan Ryan, Pete Rose, Johnny Bench, George Brett (twice), Steve Garvey, Len Barker and Cal Ripken Jr. She has been described as "baseball's unofficial mascot" and "the grand dame of baseball". She also crashed National Basketball Association games, where Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was one of her most notable victims.

Early life
Morganna Roberts was born in Louisville, Kentucky. She was a baseball fan from a young age, as her grandfather took her to see the Louisville team. She grew up in a poor family; her mother Jane disowned Morganna as a baby, which led to her grandmother Virginia's taking care of Morganna for six years. Morganna was then sent to Mount Mercy Catholic Boarding School just outside Louisville. She initially wanted to be a nun but ran away from the school at age 13, hitchhiking with a friend to Baltimore, where she begged shop owners for a job while living on the street and eating out of garbage cans. She was unable to find work because she was too young to get a work permit.

Pre-kissing bandit activities
After a month, Morganna came across an ad in the window of the Flamingo Club for a "Cigarette Girl or Camera Girl. Must be 18". She told the owner she was 18, but he believed she would find greater success as an exotic dancer. Morganna, unfamiliar with the term, thought "it had something to do with a camel and veils" and agreed. Her first stage appearance went poorly; she encountered difficulty walking in high heels, and as she danced, the men in the audience kept shouting "Take it off". She believed they were heckling to have her removed from the stage, burst into tears and had to be led off by the manager. After watching the other performers, however, she learned quickly and became a popular and successful exotic dancer by the time she was 17. Her act combined stripping with comedy, wearing two 10 gallon cowboy hats on her breasts and impersonating the film critic Gene Shalit. She avoided singing, however, explaining "when I sing, people think the place is being raided."

She attracted particular attention for her mature figure, particularly her large breasts. She gave her measurements as 60 - 23 -, which she referred to as her "baseball stats". She frequently quipped that Dolly Parton was "flat-chested" compared to her. According to Morganna, by the time she was 12 she could pass for 18. She had to wear I cup bras, costing $50 each and custom-made by a firm in Columbus, Ohio: "People ask me where I get my bras and I always tell them the same people who make my bras made the domes for all the stadiums." She also maintained her strength via aerobics classes to accommodate the weight of her breasts, which she called her "stage props." Nonetheless, she insisted: "I'm not a sex symbol. I'm a comedienne. I make folks smile. I make them laugh – and that makes my day. What are we here for, if not that?"

Activities as the kissing bandit
Her on-field career began in August 1969 when, dared by a friend, she rushed onto Crosley Field in Cincinnati and kissed Reds player Pete Rose. Rose reacted with vulgar language but the following night he tracked her down and apologized with an offering of flowers. She obtained the nickname "the Kissing Bandit" from a Cincinnati sportswriter who announced her arrival with the headline: "Bandit steals kiss from Pete Rose."

Over the following years, Morganna became a familiar sight at baseball fields, basketball courts, and hockey rinks. By 1990, she had kissed 37 Major League Baseball players, 12 National Basketball Association players, and dozens of minor league baseball, basketball, and hockey players, plus various umpires, managers, and owners, and, on one occasion, The San Diego Chicken. She confined herself to kissing them on the cheek, commenting: "It's more sanitary than the lips, and that way their wives don't get upset. Besides, who wants tobacco stains all over your teeth?" On one occasion, three weeks after Morganna had kissed George Brett during a Baltimore Orioles game, Brett marched onto the stage during Morganna's performance and, to the cheers of the crowd, gave her a kiss. Most players enjoyed the running joke; Kelly Tripucka of the Detroit Pistons commented, "It was like hugging a mattress. When I saw her coming at me, I thought it was like a Mack truck. I had two options – either get hit or get out of the way. I decided to get hit."

Her pastime was not without its hazards, however; she was beaten by security guards in Cincinnati, suffered various injuries jumping from stands onto playing fields, and was hit by a pitch in Milwaukee. She was arrested and charged with trespassing nearly 20 times and was jailed briefly in Anaheim, California. She also stood trial in Houston, Texas, where her lawyer used what he called the "gravity defense" to explain her unauthorized presence on the field, arguing: "This woman with a 112 lb body and 15 lb chest leaned over the rail to see a foul ball. Gravity took its toll, she fell out on the field, and the rest is history." The judge laughed and dismissed the case. Despite the arrests and fines, her fame earned Morganna millions of dollars.

Morganna's involvement with baseball extended to being the star of her own set of bubblegum cards and becoming the part-owner of a minor league club, the Utica Blue Sox. On one occasion she gave them a pep talk when they were down 15–7 and in last place; they went on to win 40 of the next 54 games. She endorsed the "Morganna Kissing Bandit peanuts" brand from Carolina Fine Snacks, which expected a doubling of its sales as a result. She was featured in a display at the Baseball Hall of Fame, where a picture of her attempting to kiss Frank Howard was put on display. Her popularity with baseball fans grew to the point that minor-league clubs began inviting her to kiss their players as a publicity stunt. The Boise Hawks went further, hiring her to enter the field by bungee jumping from a crane, then persuading CNN to feature her jump as its "play of the day". Her appearances proved to be extremely popular, consistently doubling average attendances.

Other activities
Off the field, Morganna worked as an entertainer, doing comedy and dancing. She worked regularly as an exotic dancer in Houston, Las Vegas, and Oklahoma City, sometimes earning as much as $10,000 a week. She was occasionally hired to publicize events, making personal appearances and giving speeches at places such as car shows and trade conventions. She also dabbled with television, appearing on Johnny Carson and David Letterman's late-night talk shows and occasionally hosting Good Morning, Columbus, a local TV talk show. Morganna appeared as the mystery guest in a 1978 episode of the game show To Tell the Truth.

She appeared in Playboy magazine, in the June 1983, April 1985, and September 1989 issues. During the 1990s, she occasionally kissed minor league players. Her last notable appearance before retirement was in the Farrelly brothers' feature film Kingpin (1996), in which she appeared as herself.

She is the subject of the E:60 biopic documentary, Morganna: The Kissing Bandit, directed by Emmy-winning producer Martin Khodabakhshian, which aired September 26, 2014 on ESPN.

She appeared in an obscure ChoiceMark Corp. VHS tape named "Sports Blooper Mania" in 1989, where she hosted/presented many sports bloopers that had been captured on film; and during the tape, an ongoing storyline developed where the viewer had to keep watching to find out who she would kiss next, as she claimed she was planning to kiss someone at an ongoing ball game, as she is famous for. Morganna ended up kissing Charles Barkley, who, at the time, played for the Philadelphia 76ers. As part of the plotline, she interrupted the game, kissed Barkley, and got arrested afterward.

Personal life
At age 22, Morganna married Bill Cottrell, an accountant from Columbus, Ohio. The two met at a World Series game where he offered to help her with her taxes. Six months later, they got engaged; Morganna joked, "This man is saving you money. Better marry him!"

Prior to marrying Cottrell, Morganna was married to Howard Roberts. She has a son from that marriage, Nick.

Retirement
Morganna retired at the end of 1999 and now lives in Ohio. She no longer grants interviews, but made an exception for the 50th anniversary of her first on-field kiss by giving a phone interview with USA Today in 2019 in which she reaffirmed her retirement.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sick lax

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was DELETE. Golbez 07:39, Jun 18, 2005 (UTC)

Sick lax
This appears to be a neologism which draws 14 unique Google hits, not all of which related to lacrosse. Delete until this expression comes into popular use. --TenOfAllTrades (talk/contrib) 22:50, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment: The correct term is "stix trix". "Lax" is the term for lacrosse. "sick lacrosse" makes no sense.  At the very least, the page should be moved. And if you are interested, a good site for stix trix is here. DS1953 02:00, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete non notable neologism. JamesBurns 03:20, 11 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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The Duck Variations

The Duck Variations is a 1972 play by American playwright David Mamet. The play depicts a discussion taking place between two elderly men sitting on a park bench watching ducks. The dialogue begins with the mating habits of ducks and runs to examine law, friendship and death. The principal irony is that the men really know nothing about ducks. If they did, it would not improve their beautiful fugue on the theme of the possibility of happiness. Rather they use what experience has taught them and scattered, possibly incorrect ideas and facts to make guesses. They each assure the other that their guesses are established fact. By argument and occasional agreement a composite view of ducks and by extension, the world, begins to emerge.

Synopsis
The play is focused around two old men who randomly meet on a park bench. Although it is usually played that the two men do not know of each other (the stage directions are ambiguous—they could meet, or they could be old friends), they awkwardly begin to talk to each other. As they fumble for topics to speak upon, somehow they always end up reverting to the ducks swimming around in the lake. Although their conversations seem misguided, as they talk about the ducks, many wise conversations are actually discussed. They talk about the leader of the ducks, and how every other duck follows that leader. When the leader duck dies, then a new leader must be chosen. They also talk about how everything the ducks do has a purpose. Within the dialog of the men, they talk about why things occur naturally, friendship, and death, not only in reference to the ducks, but also in human nature.

Production history
The play was initially performed in 1972 at the Saint Nicholas Theatre, directed by Mamet.

The double bill of Sexual Perversity in Chicago and The Duck Variations was produced Off-Broadway at the Cherry Lane Theatre, from June 16, 1976 to April 17, 1977. The plays won the 1976 Obie Award, Best New American Play.

The play was presented at the Kirk Douglas Theatre, Los Angeles in 2008, as part of a program titled "Two Unrelated Plays by David Mamet," starring Harold Gould as Emil and Michael Lerner as George. According to theatre critic Charles McNulty, The Duck Variations, about seniors and death, is often paired with Sexual Perversity in Chicago, about young adults and sex.

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Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Australian national cricket captains/archive1

Australian national cricket captains
A complete list of every captain of the Australian cricket team, jguk 21:05, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Yikes, this is a great list. Support. --Spangineer (háblame)  10:46, Jun 11, 2005 (UTC)
 * Support - a lot of work's gone into this and it's a fine example of a FL. - Ian 13:45, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Support I so want to support, but, using the classic skin, the images in the first section stack sideways and flop over the top of the table . Also query whether it should be List of Australian national cricket captains. (And please can English national cricket captains be of the same standard!) -- ALoan (Talk) 16:13, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Responding in order: I don't know how to fix the pages - if a willing volunteer could help it would be appreciated. I don't think every "List" has to begin with the words of "List of", so I'm not inclined to lengthen the name in this case. I chose to improve this list to FL standard first as Ian's work on it made it less work to do so - once this one passes, I'll be looking at the other Test nations, starting with England, jguk 17:10, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Pics now displaying properly in classic skin - I put them into a borderless table - Ian 12:23, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Thanks; supporting now, but it is still more of a list of the captains rather than a full article on the captains (a proper article on Australian national cricket captains could be a featured article; this is just a list). -- ALoan (Talk) 10:24, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Support, good list with pictures and an adequate lead. Phoenix2 17:12, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Strongly object. Displays horribly at 800x600 - there's no way the pictures of Benaud and Waugh could possibly fit except at a higher resolution. We shouldn't have articles - much less featured ones - that make us look incompetent in terms of web design by having four pictures in a line that just will not fit on many settings, when the pictures could be placed somewhere else on the page. In addition, the title is misleading. It isn't an article about Australian test captains over the years - it's a list of them, and should be labelled accordingly. Ambi 03:31, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * How is it horrible? Don't the images just push up against the table and the table condenses?  That's what happens when I shrink my browser, anyway.  To where do you suggest that the pictures be moved? Or do you think that those images should perhaps not be in the list?  Also, I tend to agree with you on the name change. --Spangineer  (háblame)  11:59, Jun 12, 2005 (UTC)
 * Pics reduced slightly to cater for 800x600 resolution in deference to Ambi's comment. Looks better now. - Ian 12:46, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Thanks muchly. Now support, although I still prefer the name change. Ambi 00:17, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * Support - and ALoan there is no way "English national cricket captains" can "be of the same standard" :-) Albatross2147 08:23, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Support: wonderful, and I can live with the name. Good move to start with the Aussies! Filiocht | Blarneyman 07:34, Jun 13, 2005 (UTC)
 * support: looks great, though I would also prefer a name change. Tuf-Kat 18:06, Jun 13, 2005 (UTC)
 * Support: I was considering objecting on the basis that it didn't include the captains of the women's team(s), but given that I can only find two paragraphs on women's cricket in the whole of Wikipedia, that would seem a little petty. OpenToppedBus - Talk 15:04, Jun 14, 2005 (UTC)
 * Support - good list = Nichalp  ( Talk )= 17:35, Jun 17, 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment - in terms of format, I prefer the lists for Bangladesh (which I tinkered with last week) and India and Sri Lanka (which seem to use the same style) - the markup in the Australian table uses a single row of cells for each capitain, with lots of , whereas the other ones make use of "rowspan"/"colspan" to line things up properly.  A side benefit is that the line numbers and captain's names are properly centred.  This would not be too difficult, but a little time-consuming and fiddly, to fix. -- ALoan (Talk) 15:01, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Agree - the Asian ones also show who each series was played against which I always felt was lacking in the Australian list. They are definitely the way forward. - Ian ≡ talk 00:22, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)


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Delaware Punch

Delaware Punch was a fruit-flavored soft drink. Its formula used a blend of fruit flavors, with grape (Methyl anthranilate) being the most prominent. It was not carbonated and was caffeine-free.

Delaware Punch was created by Thomas E. Lyons in 1913. The brand was owned by The Coca-Cola Company, but has been discontinued since 2020.

Delaware Punch was named for the Delaware grape cultivar from which its flavor was derived. The grape was first grown in Delaware County, Ohio, and the drink therefore had no affiliation with the state of Delaware.

In October 2020, as part of their efforts to scale back on underperforming brands during the COVID-19 pandemic, The Coca-Cola Company announced the underperforming regional brands such as Tab, Northern Neck Ginger Ale, Coca-Cola Life, Diet Coke Feisty Cherry, Zico and Delaware Punch would be discontinued by the end of 2020, in favor of focusing more on their popular brands.

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Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Timeline of discovery of Solar System planets and their natural satellites/archive1

Timeline of discovery of Solar System planets and their natural satellites
(was Timeline of natural satellites)

Well-researched and referenced, with blue links for every satellite, including those discovered just in May. Quite an impressive array, with good historical context.--Pharos 02:17, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * Object for now - rather impressive, particularly the copious references, but "Timeline of natural satellites" is a bit cryptic - should it be named "Timeline of discovery of natural satellites in the Solar System" or similar? The lists are also rather inconsistently presented - can you get the column widths the same (e.g. using percentages) for each table. Some images would also be good - this is astronomy, after all! -- ALoan (Talk) 18:40, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Strong support - well done in fixing the objections, and I paricularly like the colour-coding for each planet. It is now a model featured list, IMHO. -- ALoan (Talk) 12:26, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment, this is a good list on an interesting topic, but it could use some pictures of the most important discoveries. Phoenix2 19:18, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Support, well done. Phoenix2 19:03, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * I object too for the reasons ALoan mentioned, plus the fact that often it's not clear which satellite goes with which planet, for some of them. Adding a column that specifies would help. --Spangineer  (háblame)  19:24, Jun 10, 2005 (UTC)
 * Maybe my ignorance is showing, but why are the planets "prehistoric"? Surely it was only recently (relatively) they were distinguished from stars, as in during Copernicus' time? By my line of reasoning, only the Earth and moon are likely to have been prehistoric. Thoughts? --Dmcdevit 21:17, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Well, the seven classical planets ("wanderers") of ancient times were the Moon, Mercury, Venus, the Sun, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn, distinguished from the stars by their motion relative to the celestial sphere. After Copernicus, with the discovery of their different motion the Sun and the Moon departed the company of the planets, and the Earth entered the ranks for the first time.  The current understanding of a planet as a "world" like the Earth rather than a type of light or perfect featureless sphere in the sky is mostly a modern concept, starting from Galileo seeing mountains chains on the Moon through his telescope.--Pharos 21:38, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * So you're saying in prehistory, they were know to be satellites, but of Earth, and not the sun? Then I think that should be noted, as well as when their true nature was discovered. You know, this sounds like we're talkning more about ancient history than prehistory, often confused. Also, Earth should be on the list, right? --Dmcdevit 22:07, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * OK, I've given the thing a major facelift and reorganization, even renamed it. What do you think now?--Pharos 07:22, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Support Very well done. I have one minor quibble. Perhaps the list should start Earth, Sun, Moon (that is move the Sun to second on the list).  I am sure that humanity noticed the Sun before they noticed the other "wanderers". Dsmdgold 15:05, Jun 14, 2005 (UTC)
 * Support. Filiocht | Blarneyman 14:23, Jun 21, 2005 (UTC)
 * Support this beauty. --Dmcdevit 06:29, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)


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Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/UK railway stations - A to UK railway stations - Y

UK railway stations - A to UK railway stations - Y
More railway lists, referenced to Multimap and LiveDepartureBoards. I list this not so much in anticipation of Featured status, but to borrow eyeballs to garner suggestions for improvements. Note that A has now been hacked to a new format, whilst Y is still in the older format --Tagishsimon (talk) 23:12, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * First, there aren't any references. This is the type of list that can be comprehensive, so you need to have references that verify that that is the case.  Second, there are alot of red links, which make the list generally less useful. Also, if it's available, some sort of volume information would be interesting – how many passengers/day, etc. --Spangineer  (háblame)  23:48, Jun 7, 2005 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Every station is referenced to LiveDepartureBoards which confirms its existence & shows train movements, and to multimap which shows location. What other refs do you imagine? Agreed that volume of trains / passengers would be nice to have, but I don't know a source. Redlinks await a wiki article (no, really!) but the /list/ is nevertheless complete. You did spur me on to add a new column of external links, but I'm not happy with their anchors - a repeat of the station codes. --Tagishsimon (talk)
 * Couldn't we find a better organizational pattern than alphabetical, which doesn't inform the reader about anything? How about by region or something? --Dmcdevit 00:07, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Alpha is handy when you want to find a station. I don't know which county/region Achanalt railway station is, but I know its first letter. It might be that a column for county would be handy, then I'd get to know such things. County? Region? Which? Agreed that additional pages listing by country or region would be interesting. --Tagishsimon (talk)
 * Object. The Featured list criteria states that "A useful list must be composed of a large majority of links to existing articles (blue links)." I don't think it can be argued that these lists meet that criteria. While the large number of external links make these more useful than most lists would be with that many red links, Wikipedia is not a web directory. Moreover, saying that "I list this not so much in anticipation of Featured status, but to borrow eyeballs to garner suggestions for improvements" suggests that you know that this page is not the appropriate place. Take them to peer review. OpenToppedBus - Talk 11:23, Jun 9, 2005 (UTC)
 * Object. The featured list criteria require a list to be useful. I'm willing to be persuaded, but I don't see the use of these lists, especially as I can go straight to National Rail's online departure boards to find it (and in that context, providing real-time train information, the list is useful - at least to anyone looking for a train in Great Britain), jguk 13:41, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)


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Estadio León

The Estadio León, unofficially known as Nou Camp, is a mid-sized football stadium with a seating capacity of 31,297 built in 1967, and located in the city of León, Guanajuato, in the Bajío region of central Mexico.

Because of its excellent location and facilities, this stadium hosted matches for the 1970 FIFA World Cup, 1983 FIFA World Youth Championship, and the 1986 FIFA World Cup. It also hosted football matches during the 1968 Summer Olympics. During those games, it seated 23,609.

On March 8, 2017, judiciary officials of the city of León determined that ownership of Estadio León is still in fact property of Zermeño Reyes y Héctor González. It is unknown if negotiations will begin for Grupo Pachuca to purchase the stadium. One possible alternative was the New Estadio León, originally proposed in 2008.

title: Estadio León