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So what does the man say in the opening seconds of Get Ur Freak On? Sounds like Japanese, though I could easily be mistaken. - CrazyRussian talk/email 18:59, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

Renamed
I've renamed it to "Miss E... So Addictive" according to All Music Guide, but "Miss E...So Addictive" seems to be a very common name. Did Missy confirm any of the names?

Inspiration
I can't back this up, and I doubt anyone cares at this point, but parts of the album, and "Get Ur Freak On" in particular are known to be heavily influenced by Mindless Self Indulgence. Rumor has it, that the head of Electra, who at that time signed both acts, gave Missy copies of Tight and FGWSSS, and told her to base at least one single off of them. This incident ultimately led to Mindless Self Indulgence leaving the label. Jimmy Urine of Mindless Self Indulgence has said that he had to listen to "Get Ur Freak On" over 50 times before he could be convinced it was a song he himself didn't write. JEMdev (talk) 06:58, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

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Additional sources
While it is knowingly difficult to find reliable sources related to composers of television theme music, I want to reiterate that this article is in desperate need of some third-party documentation, as it gets very fuzzy to attribute all of the various mentioned themes to Kalehoff, when he may have been in the employ of Score, and thus sharing credit with other team collaborators. - AppleBsTime (talk) 21:55, 30 July 2020 (UTC)

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Lake Express problems
I reverted to the "In August 2006 several trips were cancelled because of waves and mechanical problems. An August 12, 2006 article in the Muskegon Chronicle reported that the vessel was only running on three of its four engines and halted all trips for passenger comfort due to wave conditions. All ferry service was halt to fix mechanical issues on August 15 through August 18." text and added a source to back it up. The fact that the Journal Sentinel made a big deal about this page does not mean that the text is not notable. --Nick Catalano contrib talk 15:50, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

While the above information may be news, it is not appropriate content for a fact-based eycyclopedia article. It smacks of negativity. No such comparable information was provided for the rival S.S. Badger. -- Sue Martens, journalism instructor, Grand Valley State University.

 * I don't see why the mention of a distressed boater was removed. There seems to be a concern for parity with the article of a competing ferry. Regarding this ferry's relaibility record, if it's notable enough for the local papers to mention then it's worth mentioning here too. Similar info, if applicable, should be in thae article for the competing ferry. -Will Beback 05:52, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

The fact that the ferry was shut down for three days and reported in a newspaper does not make it factual for an informative encyclopedia. A reliability record belongs is a promotional brochure. Similarly, you don't see the number of airplane crashes for a particular airline in an encyclopedia article on air travel. -- Sue Martens

Media spotlight
Just a note: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel article about coverage of the ferry on this page --Nick Catalano contrib talk 17:35, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
 * This article hit the Associated Press and just made it to the front page of Slashdot as well.  Sulfur 18:56, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
 * I think we should keep it semi'd for 3-4 days or so. --Woohookitty(meow) 02:41, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
 * I agree Brookie :) - a will o' the wisp ! (Whisper...) 15:06, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
 * It's on The Inquirer, also. --Karafias 02:17, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
 * The Inquirer is generally considered a "supermarket tabloid," not a legitimate news publication. -- Sue Martens

Notability
A rescue and temporary service halt barely register a blip on the notability scale. If a significant amount of people were injured or killed, it would hold up to notability standards. — Rob (  talk  ) 18:14, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
 * I disagree. The rescue is a big deal and should be noted.  In fact I feel that some more should be written to include the fact that the ferry has been involved in several other rescue efforts.  It speaks to the value the ferry provides the public at large. TheRanger 18:21, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
 * If that part is going to be re-added, then it should be mentioned as one particular rescue in a series of other rescues; the one individual event in itself isn't notable. I still feel that a service interruption doesn't count, though; this ferry is doesn't exactly function as a major arterial for commuters. — Rob (  talk  ) 18:44, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

Lake Express
I have been cancelled on 50% of my reservations with the Lake Express. That's not much of busniess model. My questions is "how are they still in business"?

How many trips did you book? Two?

 * This topic is not relavent to this article Ajmccauley 15:24, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

Below legal accommodation for persons with disabilities
I have traveled the Lake Express ferry 3 times. The 4 th will be tomorrow. If you bring your car, you will be put in a priority waiting area in order to board the ferry. You will likely be parked near the elevator which is a plus for those with problems walking far. However, the seating for persons with disabilities is almost nom- existent. There are three seats with no tables and enough room for me with a leg brace that keeps one leg straight, to sit. However, these seats are marked for those who are "accompanying a wheelchair". No clue what that means: wheelchair user or wheelchair pusher? I am neither. I cannot squeeze into the rest of the seats because one must be able to bend both legs inorder to do so. So, three seats of dubious purpose that are accessible.. Last trip I found a kid and baggage in those seats. I had to ask a passenger to remove the baggage so I could sit. No crew help at all. I called today to make sure that they really are accessible. No luck there. I'm supposed to find a crew member if the seats are being used. I am considering a formal complaint to the US Department of Justice since this is not accommodation according to current federal law. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.41.95.182 (talk) 15:09, 28 August 2012 (UTC)

Map?
A map showing the ship's ports would be useful. Kdammers (talk) 07:28, 1 December 2012 (UTC)

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Nakina

Nakina can refer to:

 * Places
 * Nakina, North Carolina, United States
 * Nakina, Ontario, Canada
 * Nakina Airport
 * Nakina station
 * Nakina River, British Columbia, Canada

 * People
 * Nakina Smith (1913–1982), Canadian ice hockey player

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Jeeves in the Offing

Jeeves in the Offing is a comic novel by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the United States on 4 April 1960 by Simon & Schuster, Inc., New York, under the title How Right You Are, Jeeves, and in the United Kingdom on 12 August 1960 by Herbert Jenkins, London.

The eighth Jeeves novel, Jeeves in the Offing chronicles another visit by Bertie Wooster to his Aunt Dahlia at Brinkley Court, and includes recurring characters Sir Roderick Glossop and Bobbie Wickham. It is the only novel to feature Aubrey Upjohn, former headmaster of Malvern House Preparatory School, in person as a major character.

Plot
An old friend Bertie went to preparatory school with, Reginald "Kipper" Herring, is staying with Bertie for a week. Bertie eagerly accepts an invitation from his aunt, Aunt Dahlia, to her home, Brinkley Court, since Jeeves is about to go to Herne Bay on holiday. Aunt Dahlia's husband, Bertie's Uncle Tom, is trying to make a business deal with an American named Homer Cream. While the two of them are in Harrogate, Mr. Cream's wife Adela Cream, an author of mystery stories, and their son Wilbert Cream are staying at Brinkley Court. The mischievous Roberta "Bobbie" Wickham, and Aubrey Upjohn, who was once Bertie and Kipper's oppressive headmaster, will also be there, along with Phyllis Mills. She is Upjohn's stepdaughter and Aunt Dahlia's goddaughter. Upjohn hopes to stand for a local election after giving a speech at the Market Snodsbury grammar school, and Phyllis is typing his speech.

Before going to Brinkley Court, Bertie learns that Kipper, who works for a weekly paper and is vengeful towards Upjohn, wrote a scathing, anonymous review of Upjohn's recently published book. Jeeves tells Bertie that Willie Cream is a notorious troublemaking playboy known as "Broadway Willie". After Jeeves leaves, Bertie sees a jarring announcement in The Times stating that he, Bertie, is engaged to Bobbie.

At Brinkley Court, Bertie finds Wilbert Cream reading poetry to Phyllis. He then finds Bobbie, who assures him that the engagement announcement was merely to scare her mother, who dislikes Bertie, into approving the man Bobbie really wants to marry, Reginald Herring.

Upjohn is urging his daughter Phyllis to marry Wilbert. Aunt Dahlia, disapproving of Willie's reputation, wants to prevent the match. Since Brinkley Court's butler, Seppings, is away on holiday, Aunt Dahlia engages the renowned psychiatrist Sir Roderick Glossop to step in as his replacement, adopting the alias “Swordfish”, so that he may observe and report on Wilbert's behaviour. Bertie tries to keep Wilbert away from Phyllis. By letter, Jeeves informs Bertie that Willie Cream is a kleptomaniac. Uncle Tom's silver cow-creamer goes missing.

While Bobbie is away, Kipper comes to Brinkley Court. He was engaged to Bobbie, but thinks it is over after seeing the marriage announcement for Bertie and Bobbie. He is relieved when Bertie tells him the announcement was fake. Glossop searches Wilbert Cream's room for the cow-creamer, and bonds with Bertie. Bobbie ends her engagement to Kipper after reading an angry letter he wrote when he first saw the marriage announcement, and proclaims she will marry Bertie. Bertie does not want to marry her, but is prevented by his personal code from turning down any woman, so he drives to Herne Bay to get help from Jeeves. Jeeves agrees to return to Brinkley with Bertie. Bobbie soon forgives Kipper's letter, but Kipper, to spite Bobbie, becomes engaged to Phyllis.

Aunt Dahlia tells Bertie that Wilbert Cream did not steal the cow-creamer. Uncle Tom sold it to him. Meanwhile, Upjohn intends to sue Kipper's paper for libel. While his review was mostly legitimate, a small libellous portion was secretly added by Bobbie. Apologetic, Bobbie reconciles with Kipper. Glossop suggests that Kipper save his job by rescuing Upjohn from drowning. After Bertie and Bobbie fail to push Upjohn in the nearby lake, Bertie and Phyllis's dog Poppet fall in instead. Kipper dives in to help Bertie, mistaking him for Upjohn, and Wilbert dives in to help Phyllis's dog Poppet. Moved, Phyllis gets engaged to Wilbert. This initially upsets Aunt Dahlia, though it turns out that Wilbert is not actually the infamous Broadway Willie: that is his younger brother, Wilfred.

Upjohn becomes aware that Kipper wrote the scathing review and refuses to stay in the same house. Jeeves packs for Upjohn, neglecting to pack Upjohn's typed speech. After receiving the typescript from Jeeves, Bobbie makes Upjohn withdraw his libel suit before she returns it to him.

Thinking Wilbert stole it, Glossop confiscated the cow-creamer. Adela Cream finds the cow-creamer in Glossop's room and thinks he stole it. To prevent a misunderstanding, Glossop has revealed his true occupation. Following Jeeves's advice, Glossop has claimed he had been brought to observe Bertie and had recovered the cow-creamer from Bertie's room. Bertie is upset that the Cream family thinks he is a kleptomaniac, but Jeeves placates Bertie by saying that he has the satisfaction of helping his uncle. Bertie, remembering receiving gifts from Uncle Tom while at prep school, replies, "How right you are, Jeeves!".

Style
Wodehouse juxtaposes slang with formal language for comic effect. One of the ways this occurs is when Bertie tries to recall a quotation or Jeeves recites it, and Bertie then rephrases that quotation with more colloquial language. For example, Bertie and Jeeves allude to Shakespeare's Macbeth and Hamlet in chapter 11:

"'[Poppet's] belligerent attitude is simple—' 'Sound and fury signifying nothing, sir?' 'That's it, pure swank. A few civil words and he will be grappling you…what's the expression I've heard you use?' 'Grappling me to his soul with hoops of steel, sir?' 'In the first two minutes.'"

In addition to picking up literary allusions from Jeeves, Bertie learns many words and phrases from him, especially Latin terminology. While illustrating the influence that Jeeves has over Bertie, this also leads to Bertie rephrasing Jeeves's formal language in comical ways. For example, a ludicrous effect is created when Bertie combines the Latin phrase nolle prosequi, which he learned from Jeeves, with a Biblical reference when explaining to Bobbie that it was Balaam's ass that was noted for stubbornness, not Jonah's, in chapter 19:

"'Jeeves.' 'Sir?' 'To settle a bet, wasn't it Balaam's ass that entered the nolle prosequi?' 'Yes, sir.'"

When Bertie uses a word or phrase he learned from Jeeves, it is typically one that Jeeves used earlier in the same story or in a previous story. However, on a few occasions, Bertie mentions picking up a word or phrase from Jeeves that Jeeves was never depicted using earlier in the series. This occurs in chapter 1, when Bertie employs the word altruistic: "You are probably not familiar with the word, but it's one I've heard Jeeves use. It's what you say of a fellow who gives selfless service, not counting the cost".

Wodehouse occasionally has Bertie using transferred epithets, usually modifying the grammatical object of the sentence with an adjective instead of using the corresponding adverb to modify the verb of the sentence. (For example, "He was now smoking a sad cigarette and waiting for the blow to fall"). In at least one instance, Wodehouse uses a transferred epithet by modifying the grammatical subject of the sentence with an adjective to describe the emotion of the person concerned. This occurs in chapter 2: "It was plain that I had shaken him. His eyes widened, and an astonished piece of toast fell from his grasp".

Background
The expression "in the offing", used in the novel's title for the UK edition, describes something that is likely to happen or arrive soon.

The earliest extant notes for the novel, written by Wodehouse in November 1956, show that he initially planned for the plot to have Aunt Dahlia and Uncle Tom away in America, while Aunt Agatha and Lord Worplesdon were staying at Brinkley Court. This preliminary plot involves an American millionaire and the theft of the silver cow-creamer, similar to the final story, as well as Bertie reading in the paper of his engagement to someone, though it is to a girl whom he has never met. The notes indicate that Wodehouse determined some of the basic parts of the plot before deciding on the specific characters as placeholders are in place of character names, as in the following note: "X wants to marry Y, gets B. to say he is engd. to Y. Formidable mother."

After dropping the project in December 1956, Wodehouse resumed working on it in early 1958. In August 1958, he composed a list of characters, which includes several characters not present in the final version of the book. These characters include Uncle Tom's sister, Judson Coker (a character from Wodehouse's 1924 novel Bill the Conqueror), and Edwin the Boy Scout (the troublesome young brother of Florence Craye), who would have acted as a detective.

A surviving late draft for the novel shows some small changes made by Wodehouse to make Bertie's language more comical and elaborate. For example, in the sentence, "His blood pressure was high [, his eye rolled in what they call a fine frenzy,] and he was death-where-is-thy-sting-ing like nobody's business", the clause in brackets was inserted.

Like in Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit, there is a reference in the book to David Niven, the actor who portrayed Bertie Wooster in the earlier 1936 film Thank You, Jeeves!. In the novel, Bertie describes the suspected playboy Wilbert Cream as resembling David Niven.

Publication history
This story appeared in three magazines under the title How Right You Are, Jeeves. First, the story was serialized from 29 August to 19 September 1959 in the British magazine John Bull magazine, illustrated by Richard O. Rose, then published in February 1960 in the American magazine Playboy, illustrated by Bill Charmatz, and lastly published on 23 April 1960 in the Canadian magazine Star Weekly, illustrated by Gerry Sevier.

As How Right You Are, Jeeves, the story was featured in the 1976 collection Jeeves, Jeeves, Jeeves, which also included two other novels, Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves and Jeeves and the Tie That Binds.

Reception

 * Charles Poore, The New York Times (28 June 1960): "It is fast and light, yet rich in the lineaments of human experience—usually presented with a touch of egg on its face. … Mr. Wodehouse's plots make the most complex mechanisms being tossed into the air at Cape Canaveral seem rudimentary. The minute one solution to a problem at Brinkley Hall appears to be available it is capped by a new, a more nefarious ramification. It is only when the incomparable Jeeves returns from a brief vacation by the sea that an air of order begins to prevail".
 * J. M. Richardson, Birmingham Daily Post (16 August 1960): "In a world characterised by change and uncertainty, the timeless and immutable inspire particular affection. P. G. Wodehouse wrote his first Jeeves story in 1916, inaugurated a fantastic popularity and now, more than forty years and sixty novels later, Jeeves is still shimmering to the breakfast table with the sizzling eggs and b.—and it's even funnier. … No one can ever have devised a more idiosyncratic humour from more hackneyed components. The latest Jeeves is indeed vintage, although Jeeves himself is largely absent, being on holiday at Herne Bay for the shrimping, from whence he returns as a deus ex machina just in time to save Bertie".

Adaptations
This story was not adapted for any Jeeves and Wooster episode. An unabridged audiobook was produced by Audible narrated by Ian Carmichael.

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Talk:Albury Gold Cup

The first sentence of the article is "The Albury Gold Cup is a horse race in the North-East of Victoria and Southern New South Wales." Which bridge(s) does it cross? The race can't be in both states without crossing a bridge. People who write tiny stubs containing a fraction of the interesting knowledge they obviously have on a subject annoy me. Alternatively, people who write patent nonsense in an encyclopaedia annoy me too. --ScottDavis 01:28, 27 May 2005 (UTC)
 * I appreciate your point. However, Albury is in southern New South Wales but considers itself part of the north east Victoria region.  I therefore understand what the writer (who is new to Wikipedia) was trying to say.--AYArktos 01:56, 27 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Do you mean the Albury (NSW) Gold Cup is held at a track in Victoria? I also notice that it was you who deleted this author's reference to the Gold Cup from Albury, New South Wales. --ScottDavis 02:32, 27 May 2005 (UTC)
 * I deleted reference to Gold Cup as it was in same para as Golden Throw which was nonsense. I have now resinserted ref back in Albury article and redirected this stub there. --AYArktos 01:33, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Much better. Thanks. --ScottDavis 02:56, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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From a Distance

"From a Distance" is a song by American singer-songwriter Julie Gold, initially penned in 1985. Gold's friend Christine Lavin introduced the song to Nanci Griffith, who first recorded it for her 1987 album Lone Star State of Mind. A successful cover version by Bette Midler was released in 1990.

Interpretation
Julie Gold has stated that she believes in an immanent and beneficent God, and also thinks that people have a right to interpret the song any way they want, as with all art. She has stated that the song is about the difference between how things appear to be and how they really are.

Original Nanci Griffith version
Nanci Griffith recorded it first in her 1987 album Lone Star State of Mind. Nanci Griffith stated that a songwriter Julie Gold sent her the song in 1986, asking Griffith what was wrong with it, as Gold had sent it to many artists and record companies but none wanted to record it. Griffith answered that she loved it so much the moment she heard it and that she wanted to hear it performed personally by Gold. This established a relationship between the two with Griffith being the first to record "From a Distance" in her Lone Star State of Mind album.

Griffith performed it live many times and a version of her live performance on August 19–20, 1988 at the Anderson Fair, a Houston, Texas club long known for featuring folk artists in an intimate setting, appeared in her live album One Fair Summer Evening.

The Griffith version charted only in Ireland, where her version became a sleeper hit, spending 17 non-consecutive weeks in the Irish Top 30 during 1988, peaking at number nine in April.

Track listing

 * Irish 7-inch (MCA 1169)
 * 1) "From a Distance"
 * 2) "Sing One For Sister"

Bette Midler version
"From a Distance" became an international commercial success after it was covered by American singer Bette Midler for her seventh studio album, Some People's Lives (1990). World events at this time gave the song a resonance as an anthem during the Gulf War. It reached number one on the US Billboard Adult Contemporary chart and number two on the Billboard Hot 100. The song went on to win a Grammy for Song of the Year (for Julie Gold) in 1991 and a "3 Million Airs Award" from Broadcast Music Incorporated. The song also reached the top 10 in Australia, Canada, Ireland, and New Zealand. In the United Kingdom, the song peaked at number six following a re-release in 1991, having originally failed to make the top 40 when released concurrently with Cliff Richard's version.

Midler re-recorded a Christmas edition for her 2006 Christmas album, Cool Yule, with additional lyrics by Los Angeles native Jay Landers. Additional recordings of the original have been performed by Gold, Griffith, Simon Nicol (of Fairport Convention) and many others.

Critical reception
Larry Flick from Billboard described "From a Distance" as a "soothing hymn that invokes inspirational images similar to "Wind Beneath My Wings", adding that the song "proves that the Divine Miss M still has what it takes to tackle top 40 territory." Hannsjörg Riemann from German Bravo gave Midler's version two out of three, viewing it as a "tearjerker". He added, "The scandal noodle of the US show scene has a great voice, as can also be seen here. Leisurely tempo, pleasant melody, medium strong arrangement." Alison Mayes from Calgary Herald called it a "sure-hit", saying that it "should have been done by Whitney Houston".

Dave Sholin from the Gavin Report felt the singer's Grammy for "Wind Beneath My Wings" "reaffirmed her innate ability to extract every single ounce of emotion out of a song. Teaming once again with producer Arif Mardin, she seems right at home with a tune that has much of the same quality as her giant hit of last year. Bette's certain to go the distance again." Gene Sandbloom from The Network Forty found that the lyrics "manage to take in the globe (with a minimum of sugar) and deliver a song worth listening to a hundred times. The music, produced by sound specialist Arif Mardin, is a slow crescendo made to support Midler's voice without overwhelming." He added that she "again uses her "no frills" vocal approach which makes this song so genuine."

Retrospective response
In an 2020 retrospective review, Matthew Hocter from Albumism stated that the song "showcases her magnificent vocality, coupled with lyrics entrenched in hope and peace." Conversely, Midler's recording of the song ranked at number 37 on VH1's list of the "50 Most Awesomely Bad Songs Ever." and ranked at number 14 on Blender Magazine's list of "The 50 Worst Songs Ever". Criticisms focus on the song's lyrical content and the production of Midler's version.

Track listings

 * US 7-inch and cassette single (7-87820; 4-87820)
 * UK 7-inch and cassette single (A 7820; A 7820C)
 * Japanese mini-CD single (AMDY-5032)
 * 1) "From a Distance" – 4:37
 * 2) "One More Round" – 2:01

 * UK 12-inch and CD single (A 7820T; A7820CD)
 * 1) "From a Distance"
 * 2) "One More Round"
 * 3) "Wind Beneath My Wings"
 * 4) "The Rose"

Weekly charts
Original version

Christmas version

Cliff Richard version
A cover by Cliff Richard released in October 1990 (very shortly after Midler's) served as the title track to his album From a Distance: The Event, which reached number 11 on the UK Singles Charts and number 16 in Ireland.

Richard opened his 1999 concert at Royal Albert Hall with the song.

Track listings

 * UK 7-inch and picture disc single (EMI EM 155/EMI EMPD 155)
 * 1) "From a Distance"
 * 2) "Lindsay Jane II"

 * UK CD and 12-inch single (EMI CDEM 155/EMI 12EM 155)
 * 1) "From a Distance"
 * 2) "Lindsay Jane II"
 * 3) "Wired for Sound" (live)

Magdalene Survivors Together charity version
"From a Distance" became a 2011 charity single in support of Magdalene Survivors Together, a charity set up in July 2009 by Steven O'Riordan focusing on the human rights aspect of the Magdalene Laundries in Ireland. The 2011 single directed by O'Riordan had vocal participation from several artists: Sinéad O'Connor, Tommy Fleming, Brian Kennedy, Daniel O'Donnell, Ann Scott, Moya Brennan, Charlie Landsborough, Patrick Sheehy, Lumiere and the Scottish Glasgow Gospel Choir.

The track was produced by John Reynolds and Tim Oliver and mastered at Soundmastwers, London. Tesco Ireland, Beaumex Ireland and Believe Digital distributed the single online and it was made available in Tesco stores through Ireland. The proceeds would go to build an Irish national monument for the Magdalene women.

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Gender
This woman is female but referred to using male pronouns. Should be fixed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 165.106.208.130 (talk) 03:25, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

VfD
On May 19, 2005, this article was nominated for deletion. The result was keep. See Votes for deletion/Divine Brown for a record of the discussion. Mindspillage (spill yours?) 01:28, 27 May 2005 (UTC)

Replaceable
I've tagged the mugshots as replaceable. Please leave the tags on display in the article so that others will be aware that the pictures are to be deleted soon. --Tony Sidaway 06:50, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Illegitimate child
I removed the story about Divine Brown suing Hugh Grant for support of their illegitimate child "Tyrone Grant". I found no reference of this, so it looks like bullshit. As far as I know, Ms Brown's only intercourse with Hugh Grant consisted of oral sex, so unless she is some kind of mutant, I find it very unlikely that she became pregnant with his child. Wedineinheck (talk) 19:04, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

Additional TV Appearances
I added a couple of missing TV appearances. --Levontaun (talk) 04:26, 11 May 2014 (UTC)

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French ship Suffren

To date, eight ships of the French Navy have borne the name of Suffren, in honour of the 18th-century French admiral Pierre André de Suffren.

French ships named Suffren

 * FRENCH SHIP Suffren (1791–1794), a Téméraire-class ship of the line 74-gun ship of the line renamed Redoutable in 1794, famous for her defence at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, during which she killed Admiral Horatio Nelson.
 * FRENCH SHIP Suffren (1801–1815), a Téméraire-class 74-gun ship of the line.
 * FRENCH SHIP Suffren (1824–1865), a 90-gun ship of the line.
 * FRENCH IRONCLAD Suffren (1866–1897), an armoured frigate.
 * FRENCH BATTLESHIP Suffren (1899–1916), a battleship.
 * FRENCH CRUISER Suffren (1926–1963), a heavy cruiser and name ship of the Suffren-class cruiser.
 * FRENCH FRIGATE Suffren (1968–2008), a guided missile frigate.
 * FRENCH SUBMARINE Suffren, a Barracuda-class submarine which was commissioned in 2020

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Jim Davidson

James Cameron Davidson (born 13 December 1953) is an English stand-up comedian, actor, singer and TV presenter. He hosted the television shows Big Break and The Generation Game. He also developed two adult pantomime shows, Boobs in the Wood and Sinderella.

Biography
The son of a Scottish father from Glasgow and an Irish mother from Cork, Davidson was born in Kidbrooke, London, and attended Kidbrooke Park Primary School, Blackheath, and St Austin's School in Charlton. Having impressed some acquaintances of his father with impressions of celebrities, he was chosen to appear in Ralph Reader's Gang Show at the Golders Green Hippodrome aged 12 and appeared on television in the Billy Cotton Band Show. He also briefly attended a stage school in Woolwich.

Upon leaving school, Davidson worked as a drummer for pub, as well as holding a job as a supermarket shelf stacker, a messenger, air ticket clerk for a travel agency, a cashier for Wall's ice cream and for Rank Xerox (having trained as a reprographics operator) and a window cleaner.

Davidson found his way into show business when, as a regular in a pub in Woolwich, he stepped in after the pub's regular comedian had not turned up. He then became a regular on the London comedy circuit, and first auditioned unsuccessfully for Opportunity Knocks in 1975. His audition for New Faces was more successful, and he won the show by one point, coming second in the overall contest.

Television career
Davidson's success was quickly followed by many more appearances on television, including What's on Next, and several series of his own television show, The Jim Davidson Show (1979—1982), which ran for five complete series and won Davidson the TV Times award as "Funniest Man on Television".

Davidson appeared on an edition of the BBC1 series Seaside Special, shown on 20 August 1977, hosted by Tony Blackburn and David Hamilton. His appearance garnered negative reviews in The Stage, with the show's reviewer, Martyn Wade, commenting that: "...comedian Jim Davidson had already won first prize for lack of taste with crude racist jokes tracing the adventures of a black man whose nickname was Chalky and whose other names included Toilet-Roll. 'Day-light come and I gotta sign on' is a representative line from Mr Davidson's act."

He starred in TV sitcoms Up the Elephant and Round the Castle (1983–1985) and Home James! (1987–1990). His one-man show for Thames Television, Stand Up Jim Davidson (1990), was recorded at London's Royalty Theatre.

Davidson became known for Big Break (1991–2002) and as the third host of The Generation Game (1995–2002), as the successor to Bruce Forsyth and Larry Grayson. In September 2007, Davidson appeared in the third series of Hell's Kitchen (2007) in the UK, and in May 2008 he appeared in the BBC's Comedy Map of Britain.

On 2 January 2013, Davidson was set to become a housemate in the 11th series of Celebrity Big Brother, but was arrested at Heathrow Airport by police officers working on Operation Yewtree. On 3 January 2014, a year after being arrested and without being charged, he became a housemate in the show's 13th series. On 29 January 2014, he left the Big Brother house as the winner.

Touring show
Davidson's touring material developed from his original London comedy circuit show, aimed for pub and club audiences, a demographic considerably different to that of his television work. He later developed his touring material into his adult pantomime work, including productions with titles such as Boobs in the Wood, a spoof of Robin Hood, and Sinderella.

In 2006, for the first time in 14 years, he refused to play Great Yarmouth, stating that the resort was "full of overweight people in flip-flops and fat children of all colours and no class".

Recording career
Davidson has appeared in the UK singles chart under his own name with the double A-sided "White Christmas"/"Too Risky". It peaked at No. 52 in December 1980.

Business
Davidson has several business interests. He set up a company which bought or leased several seaside theatres or piers, including the Winter Gardens building in Great Yarmouth, which was converted into a nightclub. He lost £700,000 on a pantomime production of Dick Whittington and after a meeting with the Inland Revenue in 2003, he sold the company.

Armed forces and charity
Davidson has entertained the British Armed Forces, and is currently chairman of the British Forces Foundation charity, which aims to promote the wellbeing and esprit de corps of service personnel. Davidson was awarded the OBE in the 2001 New Year Honours List for his services to charity.

Davidson is a Freemason and a long-standing member of the Westminster City Council Lodge No. 2882. He was formerly also a member of the Chelsea Lodge No. 3098 (whose members are all entertainers) but has resigned; he was the founding Worshipful Master of British Forces Foundation Lodge No. 9725 on its formation in 2000.

Taxation and bankruptcy
On 27 August 2003, after a meeting with the Inland Revenue, Davidson claimed he spent £10,000 a week on back taxes, commission to agents, maintenance and school fees, and a £2.2 million mortgage: "My problem is money – I used to earn five times as much as I do now, but I still pay the same maintenance, school fees and commission to agents," he told Radio Times magazine.

On 6 July 2006, having failed to keep up payments on a £1.4 million back tax bill that he had reduced to £700,000, Davidson was declared bankrupt.

Online career
In spring 2020, Davidson launched his own YouTube channel, where he presented short videos each week, giving his take on the recent news events, and sharing his opinion on news stories and events of the day. The channel was launched at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdown in the United Kingdom. Davidson continued to upload short videos, usually on a daily basis. In December 2020, after lockdown measures were put into place in England, Davidson named his daily uploads "Lockdown Diary".

By the autumn of 2020, Davidson's online career expanded further when he launched Jim Davidson TV, his own dedicated website and a forerunner to his business venture named "Ustreme", which launched in November 2020 and replaced Jim Davidson TV.

Controversies
Throughout his career, Davidson has made jokes about women, ethnic minorities, homosexuals and disabled people in his stand-up act, which has made him a subject of frequent criticism.

Alleged bigotry
Laurence Clark, a wheelchair user, performed a show called "The Jim Davidson Guide to Equality" in response to Davidson's act at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2004. Clark stated that he would refuse to perform the show if Davidson himself was in his audience. The following year, journalist Martin Fletcher described Davidson as "extraordinarily foul-mouthed, racist, and sexist" and a "throwback", whilst quoting television critic Garry Bushell describing Davidson a "family entertainer".

In October 2006, Davidson was accused of making insensitive jokes about cancer sufferers, blind people, a woman in a wheelchair, and the recent trial over the murder of Damilola Taylor, prompting a woman to walk out of the show in disgust. Davidson vehemently denied the charge, claiming that jokes about blind people and cancer sufferers would have merited a "mass walkout". He also said the comments about the Damilola Taylor trial were taken out of context: "My actual remark was that I thought the killers should be locked away forever. And if she objects to that then that is her prerogative." Davidson was also quoted as saying "If what I was saying was true I would have got up and left myself".

In September 2007, Davidson participated in the celebrity reality TV programme Hell's Kitchen and attracted negative media attention over homophobic bullying towards TV presenter and openly gay contestant Brian Dowling. Davidson asked Dowling, "Are you on our side?" when referring to whether or not he would be participating for the boys' or girls' team. Davidson used the word "shirt-lifters" in front of him, and constantly asked if Dowling would like to try on one of "John Virgo's lovely waistcoats", which Davidson owns. Davidson later described himself as a "homophobic arsehole". The programme was broadcast on ITV on 4 September 2007. On 10 September, Davidson was asked to leave Hell's Kitchen, following further confrontations with Dowling. After Davidson's exit from the programme, the BBC reported that the broadcasting watchdog Ofcom had received 46 complaints alleging that Davidson had bullied Dowling. Ofcom concluded that nothing unacceptable had happened, but ITV, the channel which had originally broadcast the programme, issued a statement, regretting Davidson's "unacceptable remarks".

Davidson again faced controversy in December 2007, when he made a joke about rape victims during a show at the Newark Palace Theatre, in Nottinghamshire. A local paper, the Nottingham Evening Post, stated that: "there were moments when he did stray too far over the line (most notably with a routine on rape)."

Davidson has responded to accusations of prejudice by saying: "It is a difficult thing, comedy, and I'm on a loser. If I cured AIDS and fed Africa and ended Ebola and found that missing aeroplane I'd still be that horrible racist, sexist, homophobic comedian. By people, with respect, who haven't seen me. Or are judging me from the past."

Other incidents
On Saturday 30 May 1987 he had entered a fish and chip shop on Denmark St, near Bristol Hippodrome, and had told a policeman, Paul Cox, in the queue 'I have been drinking. Are you going to nick me?' He was subsequently caught in his Jaguar vehicle, with 72mg of alcohol in his blood, twice the legal limit. He claimed that his wife was arriving to pick him up, and that he had only driven a few yards. The couple had recently returned from two weeks in Barbados. When aged 33, living on Lansdowne Place in Bristol with Alison Holloway, he was convicted of drunk driving, and banned for three years and fined £300 on Wednesday 5 August 1987 at Bristol court.

In 2002, Davidson was escorted from the grounds of the Marriott Bristol Royal Hotel, after it was alleged that he had become confrontational and abusive to staff.

In October 2003, Davidson refused to go on stage in Plymouth because he objected to wheelchair users in the front row. A spokesman for the Plymouth Pavilions, where he was performing as part of a national tour, said: "Jim Davidson apparently took exception to a number of wheelchair users in the front stalls of the Pavilions Arena. Mr Davidson cited the fact that a proportion of his act was aimed at disabled customers and that he would be unable to perform under these circumstances." In a statement Davidson explained he "took the mick" out of everyone in the front row of his shows. "As all the people in the front row were in wheelchairs I feared it would appear I was specifically targeting disabled people. I asked if just some would mind moving. Much of my act depends upon audience reaction and in fact one part of the show involves getting the audience to gang up against the front row."

In 2004, comedian Jimmy Carr threatened legal action against Davidson, accusing him of having plagiarised some of his comic material. Davidson responded by saying the claims were "ridiculous", and no further action was taken.

Davidson was called on as a character witness to drug trafficker Brian Brendan Wright in 2007. Despite Davidson's testifying to Wright's character, the judge concluded that Wright was "a master criminal, manipulative, influential and powerful", and sentenced him to 30 years in prison.

On 2 January 2013, as Davidson was set to become a housemate in the 11th series of Celebrity Big Brother, he was arrested at Heathrow Airport by police officers working on Operation Yewtree. On 20 March 2013 he was arrested again over new allegations of sexual offences; however, on 21 August 2013, it was announced that no further action would be taken in relation to the allegations of historic sex abuse, due to insufficient evidence.

On 21 November 2018, Davidson was caught up in London traffic resulting from Extinction Rebellion protests which blocked a number of London bridges to raise awareness of a claimed lack of action from governments over climate change. Davidson was photographed by the BBC, allegedly shouted at police and was filmed near the front of a blockade driving a large SUV, where he remarked that Jeremy Corbyn (who was not involved) was an "environmental disaster". Davidson later told Nigel Farage on LBC radio that the reason for his anger had been that the demonstrations had almost prevented him "from getting his pie and mash".

Personal life
Davidson has written two autobiographies, The Full Monty (1993) and Close to the Edge (2001).

Davidson's numerous marriages prompted the actor Sir John Mills to send a Telemessage on the occasion of his fourth, which read simply: "Will It Last?" The marriage ended ten years later. Davidson subsequently returned the compliment to Mills and his wife on their 60th wedding anniversary, with a Telemessage bearing the same wording.

In March 2004, Davidson, a Conservative Party supporter, publicly left the United Kingdom for the tax haven of Dubai, UAE, in protest at the then-Labour party government under Tony Blair, although it was also noted by HMRC at the time that his move coincided with an unpaid tax bill of approximately £700,000. At the time, he declared that "I may as well go to Dubai and be an ethnic minority there than wait five years till I become one here." He moved back to the UK after living in Dubai for five years. He has also expressed sympathy for UKIP leader Nigel Farage, describing the party as "the Jim Davidson of the political world".

Davidson is a supporter of Charlton Athletic, the local club in the area where he grew up. In the 1980s, he was a director at AFC Bournemouth.

On 18 June 2014, Davidson attended the assault trial of former N-Dubz rapper Dappy. "Dappy is a good friend of mine. I don't know what's happened in this case but I'm just here to show him my support," Davidson said. Dappy declined Davidson's offer to serve as a character witness.

Family
Davidson has been married five times; all of them have ended in divorce. He has five children by three wives:

 * Sue Walpole (married 1971; divorced 1972), 1 child
 * Julie Gullick (married 1981; divorced 1986), 1 child
 * Alison Holloway (married 1987; divorced 1988)
 * Tracy Hilton (married 1990; divorced 2000), 3 children
 * Michelle Cotton (married 2009; divorced 2023)

Television

 * Big Break (222 episodes)
 * New Faces
 * Stand Up Jim Davidson
 * Pingwings
 * The Generation Game (143 episodes)
 * The Jim Davidson Show
 * Up the Elephant and Round the Castle (22 episodes)
 * Home James! (25 episodes)
 * Life's a Pitch
 * What's on Next?
 * Tiswas
 * Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
 * Hell's Kitchen
 * Celebrity Big Brother 13

Film

 * A Zed & Two Noughts (1985), as Joshua Plate
 * Colour Me Kubrick (2006), as Lee Pratt

Music

 * "Watching Over You"
 * "A Time for Remembering"
 * "Love, Please Stop Leaving Me"

Theatre
In 2011, Davidson toured with a play, Stand Up...And Be Counted. The play was about the failing career of a washed-up racist comic. Media commentators drew comparisons between the play's main character and Davidson's own career.

On 18 March 2011, Davidson announced the show was being cancelled because of poor ticket sales, having visited only four of the 12 planned city destinations. Davidson added that he was still in talks to bring the show to the West End at a later date. Davidson also produced and starred in a number of "adult pantomimes", which were blue-humoured versions of conventional pantomimes. These included Sinderella (1995), Boobs in the Wood (1999), Sinderella Comes Again (2004), and Sinderella 2: Scottish Romp (2015).

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Polydeism

 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 no concensus, so kept. JYolkowski // talk 13:35, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Polydeism
Appears to be a neologism. Also, who is Andrew Landrum, any why do we care what he thinks? --Tabor 01:33, 27 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete drini ☎ 02:36, 27 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete: It's getting very tiring seeing all these people reinvent Deism and feel that they need to have their own, unique, kewel name for it. Geogre 03:04, 27 May 2005 (UTC)
 * I have viewed the revision, and kudos to BD2412  talk, but I can't change my vote.  The reason is that it appears to be a term with no stable meaning or usage.  The two citations appear to use the term in different senses entirely, and the head matter remains particularly vexatious and personal. Geogre 14:56, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * That may be true (although even Deism has had different meanings at different times). The Sered book is in my Univ library, I'm going over there to have a look at it this afternoon. -- BD2412 talk 15:04, 2005 Jun 1 (UTC)
 * Ok, I looked up Sered's book and determined that her use is indeed different - she basically uses the term as a broader reference to polytheism (even where there is no 'theism' involved). She's empirically wrong, of course, because deism is not a term used to encompass all forms of spirituality, so polydeism shouldn't have any such meaning either. Bowman's use is the one that makes sense in light of the established meaning of deism. -- BD2412 talk 17:09, 2005 Jun 1 (UTC)
 * (Parenthetically, a comment: At least, before our contemporary times, Deism really only had two distinct meanings that surfaced a century or two apart.  The search for the Universal religion and the search for the Natural religion are enough alike that the two Deisms are at least in communication with each other.  Since our own day, however, folks have just been plain sloppy.  They'll call anything Deism, anything theosophy, anything polytheism, and anything Sufism.  That's why I was and remain opposed to this article.  It seems to be another example of sloppy spiritual tourism to serve original research and Deep Thoughts.) Geogre 14:38, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * I retort, sir, that your objection is actually best met by keeping this article, in order to prevent future misuses by providing the definitive argument for the term meaning what at least two scholars attribute it to mean - frankly, polydeism has only one etymologically logical meaning (a multiple-god form of classical deism), and other uses are clearly misguided (just as are recent misuses of deism), and contrariwise, polydeism is the only etymologically logical portmanteau to describe this concept, which apparently goes as far back as Hume (unless you want to throw around unweildy phrases like polytheistic deism or deistic polytheism). Wikipedia is not the place to create new terms - which this is not - but it certainly is a place to show up clearly wrongful uses for what they are! -- BD2412 talk 15:40, 2005 Jun 2 (UTC)
 * If you were to rewrite the article to strike out the Deep Thoughts and simply explain that it is a portmanteau term licensed in the exception of Deism's arguments rather than in the execution of them, I would most likely feel that it should be kept. I don't like negative articles ("The word Herb is not pronounced with a vocal H in America, but is in RP England") ("There is no place called Tralfalmadore"), but since the term occurs (in the breach, as it were), a negative would be useful here to prevent mysticophilosophicomorphism.  The 18th c. also had a search for the natural language, but we don't hear folks wanting to claim that heritage. Geogre 16:09, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * Delete the content as original research, but make the page redirect to polytheism as a plausible mistake name. --bainer (talk) 03:06, 27 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Changing to keep, after BD2412]'s rewrite. This is a very good way to discuss a topic that would otherwise be original research. --[[User:Thebainer|bainer (talk) 22:13, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete Xcali 03:21, 27 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Appears to be neologism. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 03:38, 27 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Since it was recently rewritten by BD2412, I am moving to Neutral until this user or someone else elaborates more on it. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 17:43, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, neologism, original research. Megan1967 05:51, 27 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete and redirect per TheBainer. Radiant_* 08:45, May 27, 2005 (UTC) Article has been rewritten from scratch courtesy of BD, and the new article looks encyclopedic to me, so keep. Radiant_* 08:51, Jun 1, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete -- neologism, philosophical nonsense. (i.e. If you're a deist, it doesn't matter how many gods there are because you'll never make any contact anyway.) Haikupoet 03:15, 28 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, cleanup. My vote may come too little too late, but this site indicates that the term is used in a chapter title in this 1996 book, and this site suggests that the term is used in other books as well. The term is also used quite explicitly in this 1997 document, which says:
 * Materialism (illustrated by the Epicureans), represented today by atheism, skepticism, and Deism. The materialist may acknowledge superior beings, but they do not believe in a Supreme Being. Epicureanism was founded about 300 BC by Epicurus. Their world view might be called “polydeism”: there are many gods, but they are merely superhuman beings; they are remote, uninvolved in the world, posing no threat and offering no hope to human beings. Epicureans regarded traditional religion and idolatry as harmless enough as long as the gods were not feared or expected to do or say anything.

Furthermore, I'd really like to know who this Andrew Landrum. Frankly, I'd like more time to investigate this. -- BD2412 talk 01:08, 2005 Jun 1 (UTC)
 * - just did a little rewrite along those lines, too. -- BD2412 talk 01:48, 2005 Jun 1 (UTC)
 * Keep the rewrite, well-referenced discussion of the concept. Kappa 04:34, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. I originally posted this on VfD, but with the rewrite, it seems in order as a legitimate article. --Tabor 23:46, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, I agree with Kappa Falphin 17:14, 5 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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Mayur Vihar

Mayur Vihar is an upmarket residential area is located on periphery of Delhi in East Delhi close to the city's Noida-Delhi border, situated just across the Yamuna River, and is divided into three distinct phases. As the name suggests, it has been the dwelling (vihar) of peacocks (mayur). Even today, the area has a closed sanctuary dedicated to the conservation of peacocks.

This residential area came into existence in 1979–80, back when the trans-Yamuna area, part of today's East Delhi was sparsely populated. The government decided to sell the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) flats to employees of Public Sector Units (PSU's) and semi-PSU's like the BHEL, among others. This was also an experiment to integrate people belonging to various economic bracket's i.e. High Income Group (HIG's), Middle Income Group (MIG's) and Low Income Group (LIG's) in one community. The residential units in Mayur Vihar are a relatively recent phenomenon and were developed in three phases. It is well connected by high-frequency buses and is serviced by the Blue Line and Pink Line of Delhi Metro.

Location
It is broadly situated between Pandav Nagar and Old Patparganj to the north, Mayur Vihar Phase 1 extension to the south and Trilokpuri to the east, with the Yamuna flanking it on the west. The area is accessible by the Mayur Vihar-I and Mayur Vihar Pocket-1 metro stations.

Residential Units
Phase I has DDA flats (organized into Pockets I-V) and Housing Co-Operative Society Buildings (e.g., Hindustan Apartments, Upkar Apartments, Ashiyana Apartments, Sadar Apartments, Glaxo Apartments). The first immigrants to Phase I were mainly in Pocket III and Pocket I in the early 1980s. Later, Pocket II, Pocket IV (near metro station) and Pocket V were developed. The nearest village is known as Chilla Gaon that is now surrounded by housing societies. Samachar Apartments is one of the oldest apartments in the locality. People bought land and moved in prior to 1985 at very low costs. Now, the area is considered to be an expensive real estate market with the availability of two metro lines apart from the proximity to both the central business districts of Connaught Place, New Delhi - Barakhamba Road to the east and Sector 15-18 of Noida to the south.

Pocket V of the Mayur Vihar was latest colony allotted and developed by the DDA. It is on the Main Mother Dairy Road just opp to Sanjay Lake. Societies were developed near the Main Noida link road and the area is named as Mayur Vihar Extension with a separate Metro station of the same name.

Economy
There is no significant industrial activity in the area. The economic activity taking place within the area primarily emanates from property renting and leasing, the large number of food and beverage outlets that line the Shashi Park Road and Patparganj Road, as well as the numerous fashion & lifestyle outlets (including major brands such as Raymonds, Jockey, and Woodlands) on Patparganj road centering around Acharya Niketan.

A decades-old weekly market selling everything from garments, handicrafts, food, vegetables and other knick-knacks, have sat every Monday on both sides of Patparganj Road in the stretch between Jeevan Anmol Hospital and Sagar Ratna Restaurant (the crossing of Shashi Park Road and Patparganj Road). Over the years, the market has grown and now routinely overflows into roads on both sides of Patparganj Road. The vendors sit in the road parallel to Patparganj Road as well, in front of the Pocket 1 and Pocket 2 localities. Large parts of the area become almost off-limits to traffic despite no official order by the authorities. The nearest shopping mall (Star City Mall) is located in Mayur Vihar Phase -I extension (estimated 4–6 minutes drive).

Infrastructure & Transportation
The 5.5 km-long Chilla elevated corridor Mahamaya Flyover in Noida Sector 18 and Mayur Vihar is set to be ready in 2022 with a reduced project cost of Rs. 605 crore. The flyover will rise from near the Mayur Vihar Phase-I and run till Sector 18, Noida. Currently, the Phase 3 of the Barapullah elevated corridor project is being constructed. It will connect Sarai Kale Khan and it's interstate bus terminus in South Delhi with Mayur Vihar-I in the east, significantly reducing the travel time between two sides of the Yamuna. The flyover is expected to reduce travel time for commuters between east and south-east Delhi – eventually easing vehicular congestion across the Capital. As of June, 2020 it was expected to be delayed beyond September end while the cost of construction soared by Rs. 324 crore.

Places of worship

 * Hindu

One of the oldest and most prominent temples is Shri Subha Siddhi Vinayaka Mandir on Shahid Khudi Ram Bose Marg in Pocket 3. It was established in 1989 and has expanded multiple times since. The Uttara Guruvayurappan Temple in Pocket 3 is a prominent place of worship for the Malayali community. The Mayur Vihar Kali Bari is the venue where the Bengali Hindu community celebrates all of their major religious festivities including Durga Puja. More than a thousand guests are a regular during all five days of Puja. It is situated just off Shahid Khudiram Bose Marg. Other major Hindu places of worship include two large Jain Mandirs and the Shirdi Sai Temple.

 * Christian

The Crossway Church is a vibrant Pentecostal Church in Mayur Vihar. The Worship service takes place every Sunday at 11 am in English at 182-C, 1st Floor, Street 18, Pratap Nagar, Mayur Vihar-1, Near Metro, Behind Mitra Di Chaap. Pastor Stanley Thomas Isac is the ordained minister in charge of Crossway.

The St. John's Orthodox Church is also situated in Pocket 3.

 * Sikh

The restored Sikh Gurdwara on the east side of Pocket III near the police station on Shahid Khudiram Bose Road is the largest. There is also a gurdwara in Pocket 5, as well.

 * Muslim

There is a large Masjid on Patparganj Road in Adarsh Mohalla, in front of the P Block of Pandav Nagar. There is also a Masjid and Eidgah near Kotla Village.

Parks and Recreation
There are many parks and gardens, and is much greener as compared to the northern parts of East Delhi. Across the many green zones in the area, local residents doing exercise in the morning, playing cards (by senior citizens) and cricket by youngsters during the day are a regular sight. Consequently, the area is favoured by retirees and, a large population of whom call the area home, mostly living in the apartment complexes towards the Metro line side.

Education
Some of the major schools in Mayur Vihar Phase I are ASN International Senior Secondary School, Ahlcon Public School, Ahlcon International School, Queen Mary's School, Rishabh Public School, Amity International school Mayur Vihar and St. John's Model School

Famous Residents
Himanshu Joshi, prominent Hindi writer

Mazhar Imam, famous Urdu poet, Winner of Sahitya Akademi Award and former director of DD Kashir

Senior financial journalist Subhayan Chakraborty (leading Trade and Foreign Policy coverage at Business Standard newspaper) is a long-term resident of Acharya Niketan area.

Cricketer Unmukt Chand is another famous name from the area

Famous magician Urja Jain is a former resident.

Susmit Sen of Indian Ocean used to live here, as did Nobel laureate Amartya Sen's daughters Singer Papon also resided here for a brief period, while comedian Kanan Gill went to Ahlcon Public School.

Bhavye Suneja Pilot of the Crashed Lion Air Flight 610 was a resident of this area since his childhood until he shifted to Jakarta and joined Lion AirGroup as a Pilot.

Olympic medalist Karnam Malleswari was a resident of pocket 4, Garud Apartments, for a long time.

Location
Mayur Vihar Phase-II is situated adjacent to Sanjay Lake Park and NH24 highway/Meerut Expressway Highway that connects UP to Delhi. It is the first purely residential community that can be accessed across the Yamuna from NH24. Phase 2 was set up in 1984 and continues to be one of the most sought after localities in East Delhi. It was designed in 1984 in a way that each flat/apartment faces a park or green belt. The whole area is divided into "pockets" alphabetically named A, B, C, D, E and F. The Sanjay Jheel Park increases the aesthetic sense of this complex forming the boundaries of the locality on two sides, NH24 one and East Vinod Nagar and Kalyan Vas the fourth. Over the last few years, good care has been taken for the upkeep of the gardens and lawns, trails and play areas.

Locality and Conveniences
Phase II has shopping markets developed by DDA in Pockets C, A and E. In addition, Pocket B has a Local Shopping Complex. Residents have easy access to hospitals, nursing homes, clinics, diagnostic labs, and chemist shops. Beside, Bal Bhavan Public School, two Government schools, a private college, residents have access to other public schools in Central, East Delhi and Noida. There are nearby post office, police stations, BSES, DJB, RTO, large offices within 1 to 1.5 km. Nearby areas like Vinod Nagar, Kalyan Vas, Trilokpuri, Kalyan Puri and Pandav Nagar, provide much necessary support on utility services, housekeeping and hardware, wholesale groceries and flea markets (mandis) etc. Within Mayur Vihar Phase 2, there are large banks, restaurants, eat -out joints, hospitals ( Virmani), nursing homes, old citizens club, vocational center, fitness/sports centers, branded retail outlets, coaching centers which cater to the needs of the locality as well as account for visitors from nearby locations. The gated flavor of the residential area nevertheless has ensured that unnecessary public footfall through shopping malls/movie centers/transit areas/utility and business centers are not present within the main residential space, while enabling members from all ages and walks of life to intermingle socially.

Community and Culture
Phase II has many religious and community based institutions and makes Phase II the apt example of a completely secular, heterogeneous and vibrant melting pot of communities. While Phase II has acquired a cosmopolitan character over the years, a sizeable residential population of individuals from diverse religious groups and regions of India makes it offer a rich multi-cultural environment and rich diversity unique in its kind to the people living in the place. Neelam Mata Temple is identified as a major landmark for Phase-II. Purbo Delhi Kali Bari, Arya Samaj Mandir, Radha Soami Satsang Beas, Ganesh Mandir, Baba Balak Nath Mandir (established before 1984) Ram Mandir, along with multiple Masjids and Gurudwaras have flourished with the residents throughout the past 30+ years. There are communities of Tamils, Bengalis, Sikhs and Baniyas who ensure that the festivities happen across the year. All Pockets have their own Resident Welfare Associations (RWA) which work for the development and upkeep of their area for residents, including security, local issues, maintenance and cleansing.

Location and Approximate Distances
With the Delhi Metro Phase 3, Mayur Vihar Phase 2 would have a dedicated station inside Pocket C on the Mukundpur-ShivVihar line by 2016, though it would be named Vinod Nagar East (likely due to the voter base considerations). Anand Vihar Inter State Bus terminal (ISBT) is the nearest Bus Depot with it being at a distance of approximately 4 km is quite close too. Bus Route nos. 307-A, 319, 348(Terminate),349(Terminate),542 & 543 (in NH-24)and 391 having Mayur Vihar Phase 2 stoppages. There are RTVs and DMRC connectivity routes additionally.

Mayur Vihar Phase 2 is close to Akshardham, Patparganj Noida Sector 18, Preet Vihar, Laxmi Nagar, Indirapuram, Noida Sector 62 office areas, while having the proximity to Khan Market, Kaka Nagar, Lajpat Nagar, Pragati Maidan, Friends Colony on the other side of the Yamuna.

Akshardham:3  Anand Vihar:3   CP:12 km, Noida 7 km, Khan Market: 10  Maharani Bagh: 9 km, Laxmi Nagar: 5 km, New Delhi Railway Station: 12 km, Old Delhi Railway Station: 12 km, Nizam-Ud-Din Railway Station and Sarai Kale Khan Bus Terminal: 7 km, Maharana Pratap ISBT: 12 km, Anand Vihar ISBT and Railway Station: 7 km, Airport: 35 km.

Location
Mayur Vihar Phase-III Delhi 110096 is located close to NOIDA border on one side, Kondli and Kalyanpuri on the other side. The LIG Flats are divided into 3 Pockets, A-1, A-2, A-3. Also SFS Flats and pockets are named from A-D. Other than this, MIG housing complexes are also situated here. They are named in sequences of pocket-1-6. Inside the MIG complex is the expandable LIG housing which is pocket-2,4.

There are three villages in Phase 3, Dallupura, Kondli and Gharoli. Villages are also dominated by the Gurjar community, mostly belonging to the dedha gotra. It is nearby Maharaja Agrasain College D.U. And Ryan International School.

Mayur Vihar-3 can be accessed by three main entrances. One of the main entrances is via the NOIDA mod near to Sector 11 Noida, which is also called NEW Kondli mod. It provides access to both NOIDA as well as Delhi, towards Vasundhara Enclave. The second one connects Mayur Vihar-3 via Kondli-Gharoli dairy farm towards Kalyan Puri. The third one is via Sector 11 Noida which connects Noida Sector-12/22 with Mayur Vihar-3. It can also be reached via the barren land lying between Ghazipur and the proposed paper mart site.

Residential Units
New MIG Flats, Sector-G is a newly developed society with around 480 flats and is located just opposite to SFS flats, pocket D. Nearby Landmarks are HDFC Bank, Smriti Vana and Indane Gas Agency.

Mayur Vihar-3 also consists of Janta Housing Complexes which lie near the main bus stand. They are numbered from B1-8 and C1-2, etc.

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 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. CDC  (talk)  18:16, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Sophia Elizabeth Gates
This infant is less than 7 months old and the daughter of a pair of radio personalities. No indication of either royal blood or individual notability. --Allen3 talk 01:34, May 27, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete vanity. Congrats on the baby, but this is not the place. - Etacar11 02:04, 27 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, agree with nominator.   Un  focused  02:11, 27 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete drini ☎ 02:35, 27 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete Zzyzx11 (Talk) 03:37, 27 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete Agree with nominator and Etacar11. Force10 04:57, 27 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, family vanity. Megan1967 05:50, 27 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Vanity. Harro5 09:57, May 27, 2005 (UTC)
 * Good grief. We don't have articles on her parents or their talk show, and don't want them, why would we want an article on this baby?  Extreme delete.  RickK 19:32, May 27, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete - Not notable. -CunningLinguist 03:03, 28 May 2005 (UTC)
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States and Social Revolutions

States and Social Revolutions: A Comparative Analysis of France, Russia and China is a 1979 book by Theda Skocpol, published by Cambridge University Press, that examines the causes of social revolutions.

In the book, Skocpol performs a comparative historical analysis of the French Revolution of 1789 through the early 19th century, the Russian Revolution of 1917 through the 1930s and the Chinese Revolution of 1911 through the Cultural Revolution in the 1960s. Skocpol argues that social revolutions occurred in these states because of the simultaneous occurrence of state breakdown and peasant revolution.

Skocpol asserts that social revolutions are rapid and basic transformations of a society's state and class structures. She distinguishes this from mere rebellions, which involve a revolt of subordinate classes but may not create structural change, and from political revolutions that may change state structures but not social structures. What is unique about social revolutions, she argues, is that basic changes in social structure and political structure occur in a mutually reinforcing fashion and these changes occur through intense socio-political conflict. A convergence of peasant rebellion on one hand and international pressures causing state breakdown on the other hand cause revolutionary social movements.

The book was highly influential in the study of revolutions, and has been credited with ushering in a new paradigm.

Synopsis
The book uses both John Stuart Mill's methods of agreement and difference in the case selection. The book is not intended to be generalizable: it only applies to the specific cases that are studied in the book. The book employs process-tracing. While the primary focus is on France, Russia and China, she also examines "moments of revolutionary crisis" in 17th century England, 19th century Prussia and 19th century Japan. Those additional cases prevent Skocpol from "selecting on the dependent variable" – looking only at cases where revolutions occurred as a way to understand the causes of revolution – which would have been a methodological flaw. The additional cases serve as "controls".

Before social revolutions can occur, she says, the administrative and military power of a state has to break down. Thus pre-revolutionary France, Russia and China had well-established states that stood astride large agrarian economies in which the imperial state and the landed upper classes partnered in the control and exploitation of the peasantry. However, the monarchy in each country faced an extraordinary dilemma in dealing with foreign power intrusion on the one hand and resistance to raising resources by politically powerful dominant domestic classes on the other. A revolution such as the French revolution also presented itself with a significant factor of power conducted with social, political, and economical conflicts. She describes the processes by which the centralized administrative and military machinery disintegrated in these countries, which made class relations vulnerable to assaults from below.

Reception
Criticism of Skocpol's book centers around her deemphasis of agency (role of individuals and ideology) and her mixed use of comparative methodological strategies. Ira Katznelson disputes that Skocpol's use of J.S. Mill's method of difference allows her to overcome the problems associated with many potential variables.

According to Peter Manicas, Skocpol denies claims by historians that social revolutions should be analyzed as separate and distinct movements. She also denies claims that try to over generalize what makes a revolution. Peter Manicas says that Skocpol's work is successful at creating a theory that uses generalizations but is sensitive to differences between states and situations.

According to Steve Pfaff, Skocpol's book created "a distinctive genre of neo-Weberian state-society analysis and, more broadly, served as signature work in the new historical and comparative subfields in sociology and comparative politics." He says that Skocpol presents revolutionary urban middle class in each of the states she studies as "political entrepreneurs" because they take on the reins of the revolution after the peasant class has successfully weakened the ruling government. Skocpol's book, according to Pfaff, is a clearly identifiable as a product of the politics of the 1970s. She "helped launch a new generation of comparative research on the largest and most consequential of historical questions." Pfaff goes on to say, even if Skocpol didn't explain the causes that might have triggered state crisis and the mobilization of the people, "and if, in its enthusiasm for revolution, it overestimated the gains of revolutionary transformation, the book nevertheless deserves its place among the canonical works of comparative and historical research."

Jeff Goodwin argues, in his own analysis, that Skocpol's fame comes in large part, not from a substantial number of people reading her book, but from a small number of "designated readers" critiquing her book and spreading what they believe to be her main ideas. Goodwin says, "A good part of Skocpol's fame is due to the wide diffusion of several misformulations of some key ideas." Goodwin explains three major "misformulations" scholars have made about "States and Social Revolutions".

 * The first misinterpretation of Skocpol's book says she makes the point that a revolution or a rebellions success depends solely on state institutions. According to Goodwin, however, Skocpol's argument is more complex: it states that the French, Russian and Chinese revolutions are a result of state institutions becoming more susceptible to collapse due to outside influence as well as peasant rebellion.
 * A second misperception of this book claims that Skocpol downplays the relevance of ideology in a revolution, an argument made by Pfaff, as mentioned earlier. What Skocpol means to argue, Goodwin says, is that no singular group consciously brought on the revolution.
 * A third and final argument people have claimed Skocpol to make in "States and Social Revolutions" is that a general theory on revolutions can be made simply through the comparison of a select group of revolutions. Goodwin, like Richards, says Skocpol's book does not try to create an overarching theory of revolution by using the three examples of revolutions. To the contrary, "she explicitly warns that her conjunctural explanation for social revolutions in this particular context cannot be mechanically extended to others."

Although published over thirty years ago, Theda Skocpol's book continues to influence historians and sociologists alike today. Skocpol presented a new way to look at social revolutions and analyze then through a structural and state centered perspective. Although her analysis may not be complete in the eyes of many, it offers a new perspective and fills in the holes in many theories before hers as well as the theories of her educators, including Barrington Moore Jr.

In Barbara Geddes's Paradigms and Sand Castles: Theory Building and Research Design in Comparative Politics, she writes that Skocpol's use of contrasting cases (cases where revolutions did happen and did not happen) makes her claims regarding the importance of class structures and alliances in determining revolution outcomes persuasive. But she writes that Skocpol's claim that all revolutionary outbreaks occur as a result of international crises is not well-supported. For example, Geddes notes that a revolution occurred in France but France was not at the time more threatened by external events than many of its neighbors. Geddes also argues that Skocpol's choice of cases (and exclusion of other cases) is not particularly well-supported. When Geddes expanded the number of cases to include nine Latin-American countries (which Geddes argued were within the scope conditions of the theory), Skocpol's theory of social revolution failed replication. Geddes argues that Skocpol includes a number of cases for reasons that are ill-justified.

James Mahoney and Gary Goertz found no evidence that Skocpol exclusively picked negative cases to intentionally lend support for her theory. They also argue that the new cases added by Geddes are not within the scope conditions of Skocpol's theory. In their own analysis, Mahoney and Goertz added new cases that were within the scope conditions of Skocpol's theory, ultimately finding that her theory was consistent with an expanded set of cases.

Lewis A. Coser, president of the American Sociological Association, wrote in The New York Times Book Review, "I am convinced that States and Social Revolutions will be considered a landmark in the study of the sources of revolution."

Cambridge University Press includes States and Social Revolutions in its "Canto Classics" series and the book remains in print as of 2016.

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Hi Sputnik, I remember you welcomed me to wikipedia soon after I joined. I didn't reply or anything, because I thought it was just a general welcome, but I was thankful for getting your official intro. I'm wondering if you can help me with something. I would like a thread on my talk page (no. 6: Orwell) deleted completely, if possible. The whole thing was based on a misunderstanding, as a result of which I got emotional and far too frank. No one was hurt or insulted as a result, I just feel very silly about it. I expect you probably have to be an admin to authorise it, so I was wondering if you could put me in touch with one who would be willing to help (I actually thought you were one, but I can't see it mentioned on your user page). I've tried reading the Wikipedia pages on deletion of stuff, but there is no detailed information on the procedure - it just says that you can do it under certain circumstances. Regards, The Mad Echidna 00:25, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

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We wrote a paper which is almost accepted for publication in Physics Education. The title of the paper is "Eratosthenes teaching with a globe in a school yard". We would like to incorporate in this paper your picture of the equatorial sundial in Beijing, which is  published in Wikipedia's article on sundials.

I am writing to you in order to ask your permission that we incorporate your picture in the mentioned article. In the case of your positive answer, would you be so kind to write me the e-mail address, or mail address, to which I could send the Permission form, prepared by the Publisher- Institute of Physics, London, in order that you could sign it.

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 * Awesome. -- Beland 01:25, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
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Hebrew alphabet
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You worked on improving articles about the Hebrew alphabet once. I recently noticed that in the English Wikipedia articles about the Hebrew are quite organized strangely: The articles are about the corresponding letters in all semitic alphabets, from ancient Phoenician to modern Hebrew, Arabic and Syriac. This means that single Hebrew, Arabic and Syriac letters don't get their proper treatment here, as they do on many other Wikipedias (like German, French, Catalan, Hebrew and others). I find this confusing. Was it just created like that and never fixed, or is it based on some decision to merge them?

I thought about improving this situation. I may use User:Sputnikcccp/Hebrew Alphabet in the process.

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 * In gratitude, I present you with some Wasabi. Enjoy.
 * Maybe I should give you some water to go with that? Cheers, --Dweller (talk) 07:36, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

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I am trying to remember a Jewish term that could be slang for junk. By junk I mean maybe a small collection of fairly worthless articles, or just a shelf full of stuff you treasure but is really kinda not worth a lot. It might be something like "kitch" or "ketch" and you might use it in a sentence like this, "I hope she doesn't add any more kitch to her tacky apartment!" Do you know what that word might be?

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Hello I am new in wikipedia and interesting in LGBT related topics too. Recently i added new article called . Its about nice Italian LGBT related film created at 1986. But my article was declined becouse of abcent of external links. To my opinion this is not fair, becouse I mentioned the page from IMD. Please help me to approve this article and make it better. Thanks in advance. The link of article is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/The_Flavor_of_Corn

Using your great photo of ibex in the desert in my book
Hi, there! I am an author who's working on a children's book on colourblindness. You may be aware that one of the surprising benefits of being colourblind is that it's easier to "see through" camouflage.

I wanted to use your great photo of ibex in the desert that I found on Wikimedia commons (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ibexes.jpg) as an example of this in my book.

Of course, I would credit you in the book and provide a link to your Wikipedia page.

However, I need a higher-resolution version (at least 300 dpi and about 5" wide).

Would you be able to provide me with this? (basically, the largest JPG file you have of it would be great and will probably be high enough resolution)

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