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Once Upon a Time in China II

Once Upon a Time in China II is a 1992 Hong Kong martial arts film written and directed by Tsui Hark, and starring Jet Li as Chinese martial arts master and folk hero of Cantonese ethnicity, Wong Fei-hung. It is the second instalment in the Once Upon a Time in China film series, and co-stars Donnie Yen, Rosamund Kwan and Max Mok. The iconic theme song, "A Man Should Better Himself" (男兒當自強), was performed in Cantonese by George Lam at the beginning of the film, and by Jackie Chan in the end credits. Chan also sang the Mandarin version.

Plot
The film is set in China in 1895 during the Qing dynasty. Wong Fei-hung travels by train from Foshan to Canton to attend a seminar on medicine. He is accompanied by his romantic interest 13th Aunt and apprentice Leung Foon. The situation in Canton is rather chaotic. On one hand, there are protests in the streets against the signing of the Treaty of Shimonoseki. On the other hand, the White Lotus Sect, a xenophobic cult, goes around attacking Westerners and destroying everything regarded as alien to Chinese culture. At one point, 13th Aunt is almost captured by the cult when she tries to take a photo of them, but Wong shows up, fights with the cult members, and saves her.

Wong gives a lecture on acupuncture at the seminar while a Western-trained Chinese doctor, Sun Wen, helps him translate for the predominantly non-Chinese audience. The seminar is disrupted when the White Lotus Sect shoot flaming arrows into the building; Wong, Leung and Sun manage to escape safely. Wong feels that Canton is not safe and wants to bring Leung and 13th Aunt with him back to Foshan. However, just as they are about to leave, they learn that the White Lotus Sect is attacking the Tongwen Guan, a school for Chinese children to study foreign languages. They head over and save the children. The innkeeper refuses to allow the children to remain in his inn because he is worried that the White Lotus Sect will find trouble with him.

When Wong goes to the local government office to ask if the children can take shelter there, he encounters a military officer, Nap-lan Yun-seut, who spars with him to test his skill in using the staff. Although Nap-lan is impressed with Wong's skill, he does not approve Wong's request. In the meantime, Leung and 13th Aunt bring the children to hide in the British consulate, which is under siege by the White Lotus Sect. At the consulate, Wong meets Sun Wen again and learns that Sun and his friend, Lu Haodong, are part of an underground movement planning to overthrow the Qing government and establish a republic in China. Nap-lan shows up with his soldiers and tries to enter the consulate to capture Lu but the British consul stops him. That night, Nap-lan orders his men to disguise themselves as White Lotus Sect members and break into the consulate. After some time, he leads his soldiers into the consulate under the pretext of protecting the consul and arresting the cult members while actually using the opportunity to hunt down Lu. He secretly kills the British consul when the latter sees through his ruse.

Lu disguises himself as Leung and follows Wong out of the consulate, while Leung pretends to be Lu to distract Nap-lan. Wong and Lu are then forced to travel to the White Lotus Sect's base to confront Priest Gao, the cult's leader. After fighting with the cult members and engaging Gao in a one-on-one fight, Wong defeats Gao and accidentally kills him by causing him to be impaled on a sharp end on a statue's finger, revealing that he was wearing body armour. Wong, Leung and Lu then proceed to retrieve a book, which contains the names of the revolutionaries, from a secret location. However, they encounter Nap-lan and his soldiers, and Lu is fatally shot. While Wong fights with Nap-lan to buy time, Lu and Leung burn the book to prevent it from falling into the Qing government's hands. Before succumbing to his wounds, Lu stops Leung from burning the cloth used to wrap the book and tells him to meet Sun Wen at the pier and pass him the cloth.

Wong and Leung try to escape but they are cornered by Nap-lan. Wong and Nap-lan fight using a bamboo staff and a "cloth staff" (a twisted, long piece of cloth) respectively. During the fight, Nap-lan manages to wrap the cloth around Wong's neck and tries to strangle him, but Wong manages to free himself and slit Nap-lan's throat with a sharp splinter from his broken bamboo staff. As dawn approaches, Wong and Leung make it to the pier, where they throw the cloth to Sun Wen, who opens it up to reveal Lu's design of the Blue Sky with a White Sun flag.

Home media
On 2 July 2001, DVD was released in Hong Kong Legends at Europe in Region 2.

Two years later, Hong Kong Legends DVD were released on 7 April 2003 at 3 disc set Tsui Hark's Once Upon a Time in China Trilogy.

Three years later, The Donnie Yen Collection DVD were released on 29 May 2006 at 4 disc set including two films they were New Dragon Gate Inn and 2 disc platinum edition Iron Monkey.

Alternative version
The Taiwanese VHS release distributed by Long Shong opens with a seven-minute-long recap of the first film. It also features some scenes that were cut from the international release.

Box office
Once Upon a Time in China II was a rare instance where a sequel to a Hong Kong film earned higher at the box office as compared to the previous film. It grossed a total of HK$30,399,676 during its theatrical run and holds a 93% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

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Once Upon a Time in China III

Once Upon a Time in China III is a 1993 Hong Kong martial arts film written, produced and directed by Tsui Hark, starring Jet Li as Chinese martial arts master and folk hero of Cantonese ethnicity, Wong Fei-hung. It is the third installment in the Once Upon a Time in China film series.

Plot
In the late 19th century China during the Qing dynasty Chinese sovereignty is being eroded by foreign imperialism. Empress Dowager Cixi and Li Hongzhang decide to stage a lion dance competition to showcase Chinese martial arts and restore national pride. Interested parties from all over China are invited to participate and compete for the title of "Lion Dance King".

Wong Fei-hung travels by train from Foshan to Beijing with his romantic interest 13th Aunt and apprentice Leung Foon to meet his father, Wong Kei-ying, at the Cantonese Ten Tigers Association. At the train station, 13th Aunt meets Tomanovsky, a Russian diplomat, who was her classmate when she was studying in Britain. He starts vying for her attention and annoys Wong, who is disgusted by the Western custom of kissing a woman's hand. When Wong reaches the Association, he learns that his father has been attacked by a wealthy rival martial artist, Chiu Tin-bak, and Chiu's henchman, Clubfoot. Luckily, the elder Wong sustained only minor injuries. Wong Kei-ying decides to give his blessings to his son and 13th Aunt when he sees their romantic relationship.

Before the competition officially begins, all the lion dance troupes that have gathered in Beijing are already fighting among themselves and holding another competition of their own. Wong does not participate and spectates instead. Unknown to him, Leung and his friends have secretly joined the competition out of mischief. A short chase takes place between Clubfoot and Leung when the latter annoys the former during the contest and flees. Clubfoot's legs are crushed when Leung accidentally releases a stampede of horses from a stable. Chiu abandons Clubfoot when he sees that he is now a useless cripple. Wong takes pity on Clubfoot, brings him in, and heals his legs. Clubfoot is initially hostile towards Wong, but he feels so touched and grateful to Wong that he starts bawling emotionally, and becomes Wong's new apprentice.

With the aid of a camera given to her by Tomanovsky, 13th Aunt inadvertently uncovers a plot to assassinate Li Hongzhang during the competition and learns that Tomanovsky is one of the conspirators. She warns Wong, who joins the contest to stop the assassins. In the final round of the competition, Wong, Leung and Clubfoot fight with dozens of rival lion dancers as they battle their way to the top of a scaffold. Chiu also joins the competition and carries a large and deadly lion mask. Wong ultimately defeats Chiu and wins the competition.

In the meantime, Tomanovsky fails to assassinate Li Hongzhang and is shot dead by his fellow Russians, who claim to the Chinese that he was a spy working for the Japanese. Although Wong wins the prize (a gold medal) he remarks that it is ultimately a defeat for the Chinese because of all the infighting. He then tosses the medal back to Li Hongzhang, turns his back and walks away.

Cast

 * Jet Li as Wong Fei-hung (doubled by Hung Yan-yan)
 * Rosamund Kwan as "13th Aunt" Yee Siu-kwan
 * Max Mok as Leung Foon
 * Hung Yan-yan as Kwai Geuk-chat ("Clubfoot Seven Chiu-Tsat")
 * John Wakefield as Tomanovsky
 * Lau Shun as Wong Kei-ying
 * Chiu Chin as Chiu Tin-bak
 * Wong Tak-yan as Yan
 * Ge Cunzhuang as Li Hongzhang

Reception
On Rotten Tomatoes, Once Upon a Time in China III got 67%, based on 9 reviews while Marc Salvov of The Austin Chronicle gave it 2.5 out of 5. Panos Kotzathanasis of the Asian Movie Pulse said that "[the film] is the most personal film of the trilogy".

Awards and nominations

 * 13th Hong Kong Film Awards
 * Nominated: Best Film Editing (Marco Mak, Angie Lam)

Alternate versions
The film was released in Hong Kong on VHS by Paragon Films in 1996. The opening is in Mandarin while the rest of the film is in Cantonese. It was converted from a LaserDisc and some chapters are incorrectly arranged. The film was released again in Hong Kong on DVD by Hong Kong Legends on 21 January 2002.

The Taiwanese release of the film is in Mandarin and has 15 minutes more footage than the Hong Kong version. It was distributed by Long Shong Pictures and features a 4:3 cropped image with embedded Chinese and English subtitles, and the distributor's logo on the upper left corner of the screen.

Both the Hong Kong and Taiwanese versions were released on DVD in North America by Columbia TriStar. There is also an English export version of the film called The Invincible Shaolin. In comparison with the original version, the end credits of The Invincible Shaolin are in English and some footage is cut out.

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CU-SeeMe

CU-SeeMe is an Internet videoconferencing client. CU-SeeMe can make point to point video calls without a server or make multi-point calls through server software first called a "reflector" and later called a "conference server" or Multipoint Control Unit (MCU). Later commercial versions of CU-SeeMe could also make point-to-point or multi-point calls to other vendor's standard H.323 endpoints and servers.

History

CU-SeeMe was originally written by Tim Dorcey of the Information Technology department at Cornell University. It was first developed for the Macintosh in 1992 and later for the Windows platform in 1994. Originally it was video-only with audio added in 1994 for the Macintosh and 1995 for Windows. CU-SeeMe's audio came from Maven, an audio-only client developed at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

The platform was introduced to the public on April 26, 1993, as part of an NSF funded education project called the Global Schoolhouse.

In 1994 WXYC utilized CU-SeeMe to simulcast its signal to the net and so became the world's first internet radio station.

On June 20, 1995, now defunct London cable channel Channel One used CU-SeeMe to simulcast its programme Digital World live on the internet, becoming the first UK television programme to do so. The video was frame-grabbed every 2 frames using a macro written in Windows by duo Thibault & Rav.

On Thanksgiving morning in 1995, World News Now was the first television program in the US to be broadcast live on the Internet, using a CU-SeeMe interface. Victor Dorff, a producer of WNN at the time, arranged to have the show simulcast on the Internet daily for a six-month trial period. CU-SeeMe was also used in a taped interview segment in which anchor Kevin Newman and Global Schoolhouse director and founder Dr. Yvonne Marie Andres discussed the future of computers in communication.

In March 1996, CU-SeeMe was used for the first ever live internet broadcast of a musical theatre performance with the production of Cowboys in Love: The Hank Plowplucker Story. The show was produced by The Ethereal Mutt, and the stream was a partnership between Emutt and the CIS staff at Arizona State University.

The Internet Phone Connection, written by Cheryl L. Kirk was one of the first consumer books to feature CU-SeeMe. The book outlined how to use the program to communicate across the globe.

CU-SeeMe 2.x was released as a commercial product in 1995 through an agreement with Cornell University. The full commercial licensing rights were transferred to White Pine Software in 1998.

Decline
While not directly competing against hardware-assisted video-conferencing companies, it suffered in that the nascent market was expecting hardware quality audio and video when CPUs of that time weren't really ready to support that quality level in software. Early wide acceptance of CU-SeeMe outside of the hobbyist market was limited by its relatively poor audio/video quality and excessive latency. While the commercial and freeware products were useful to hobbyists, CU-SeeMe and its accompanying server product were beginning to build a following in education - with up to 40% of commercial sales to educational establishments. A spinoff application called ClassPoint which was based on CU-SeeMe and the conference server was released commercially in 1998. It was an early attempt to add features to a real-time collaboration product specifically designed for K-12 education users.

The United States military was a large customer of the technology, making use of the CU-SeeMe Conference Server MCU for many applications, including using the T.120 server for Microsoft NetMeeting endpoints.

White Pine locked out users of version 1.0 from using its free, public videoconferencing chatrooms. As users upgraded to the commercially available version, some were frustrated to discover that others were downloading the trial version and using software registration keys readily supplied by some participants on White Pine's public chatrooms.

Acquisition
White Pine Software was briefly renamed CUseeMe Networks, then merged with First Virtual Communications. The commercial standalone client was decommissioned, and an independent company used a version of the embedded commercial CU-SeeMe client renamed "CU" as part of a fee-based video chat service called CUworld. The commercial client and server environment were developed further and were renamed "Click To Meet" and launched along with an enhanced and more scalable version of the software MCU.

On March 15, 2005, Radvision Ltd. acquired all of the substantial assets and intellectual property of First Virtual Communications, including its 'Click to Meet' (formerly CUSeeMe) and Conference Server. Radvision was acquired by Avaya in June 2012. Spirent Communications acquired Radvision's Technology Business Unit from Avaya in July 2014. The descendants of the CU-SeeMe technology live on in part in the Radvision Scopia product line.

There is still a small but active community of users of the original CU-SeeMe releases. Although there have been no releases of software from the various incarnations of White Pine since roughly 2000, freeware alternatives are available for both the Windows and Macintosh platform.

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Barry Jones (Australian politician)

Barry Owen Jones, (born 11 October 1932), is an Australian polymath,    writer, teacher, lawyer, social activist, quiz champion and former politician. He campaigned against the death penalty throughout the 1960s, particularly against the execution of Ronald Ryan. He is on the National Trust's list of Australian Living Treasures.

Early life
Barry Jones was born in Geelong, Victoria, and educated at Melbourne High School and the University of Melbourne, where he studied arts and law. He began his career as a schoolteacher at Dandenong High School, where he taught for nine years, before becoming a household name as an Australian quiz champion in the 1960s on Bob Dyer's Pick a Box, a radio show from 1948, televised from 1957. He was known for taking issue with Dyer about certain expected answers, most famously in response to a question about "the first British Governor-General of India", where he pointed out that Warren Hastings was technically only the Governor-General of the Presidency of Fort William in Bengal Presidency. Jones' appearances on Pick a Box lasted from 1960 to 1968.

Jones tried his hand at broadcasting on Melbourne radio and in 1967 was one of the pioneers of talkback radio, working at 3DB in Melbourne. His show Talkback to Barry Jones and Mike Walsh's show on Sydney's 2SM were Australia's first talkback shows. Jones believes that modern talkback shows have a much narrower focus than the original shows. He says "I was trying to convey to people a sense of what they didn't know rather than simply talk about football or pets. My emphasis was on using talkback as an instrument for exposing people to new ideas and challenging them, rather than just reinforcing the ideas they already held." Jones was a panelist on 3DB's popular program, Information Please.

Arts
In June 1968, Jones was appointed as an inaugural member of the Australian Council for the Arts. He was a member until 1973, serving as deputy chair under Dr H. C. (‘Nugget’) Coombs from 1971.

With his friend Phillip Adams, Jones played a significant role in reviving the Australian feature film industry, served on the Australian Film Development Corporation 1970–1975, was foundation chair of the Film and Television School 1973–1975, chaired the Australian Film Institute 1974-1980 and received the Longford Lyell Award for lifetime achievement in 1986. On 31 October 2008, Jones was appointed to serve on the board of the Victorian Opera. He retired in 2015. He is a strong supporter of the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM), the Australian String Quartet and the Flinders Quartet.

Sleepers, Wake!
Jones’ Sleepers, Wake!: Technology and the Future of Work, published in 1982 by Oxford University Press, went through four editions and 26 impressions, sold 80,000 copies in Australia and was translated into Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Swedish and Braille. Bill Gates read it; and Deng Xiaoping's daughters Deng Rong (in 1988) and Deng Nan (in 1994) told Jones the book had influenced their father’s thinking. It was also significant in Korea, Canada and Ireland. It canvassed the future implications of the information revolution in creating a post-industrial society, and growth of "the Third Age".

In 1982 in a speech in Hobart he predicted that by the year 2000 there would be more computers than cars in Tasmania. The scepticism provoked by the claim was highlighted by former prime minister Julia Gillard as an example of a lack of imagination about the future. Due to Sleepers, Wake!, in October 1985 he became the only Australian Minister ever invited to address a G-7 Summit Meeting, held in Meech Lake, Canada.

Political career
A member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) since 1950, Jones was a Federal candidate in 1955, 1958 and 1963, with a strong interest in education and civil liberties.

Jones's political career began in the Victorian Parliament where he represented the electorate of Melbourne as a Labor Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from 1972 to 1977, when he resigned to go into federal politics.

The year before his transfer to federal politics, Jones had unsuccessfully challenged state leader Clyde Holding.

Holding too resigned from state politics to go into federal politics in 1977 and both he and Jones would serve as ministers under Bob Hawke.

He was elected to the House of Representatives at the 1977 Australian federal election as the Labor member for the Federal seat of Lalor in Victoria, which he held until his retirement in 1998. He was Minister for Science in the Hawke government from 1983 to 1990, in which role he ensured the preservation of the CSIRO, and set up the Australia Prize, Questacon and the Commission for the Future. He was also Minister for Small Business 1987-1990 and for Customs 1988–1990. In the 1990 Australian federal election, the ALP lost ten seats in Victoria, the centre-left faction was forced to give up two ministries and Jones lost his place in the ministry.

In 1992, upon the resignation of Stephen Loosley, elected unopposed following a split vote at National Conference in 1991, he was elected National President of the ALP, serving until 2000. He became National President again in 2005–2006.

Jones was the chief architect of the ALP's Knowledge Nation education concept, as chair of the Chifley Research Centre's Knowledge Nation Taskforce. During this time he was also a member of the Council of the National Library of Australia.

In 1987 he chaired the OECD Review of the (then) Yugoslavian economy, in Dubrovnik. Jones took part in an international think tank to advise Mikhail Gorbachev on Perestroika, Moscow (June) 1990.

He was the Vice-President of the World Heritage Committee from 1995 to 1996 and a member of the Executive Board of UNESCO in Paris from 1991 until 1995, succeeding Gough Whitlam in both roles.

Jones and Ian Sinclair served as co-chairs of the 1998 Constitutional Convention on an Australian republic.

Academic career
Jones attended the selective Melbourne High School in South Yarra before continuing to the University of Melbourne where he graduated with Bachelor of Laws and Master of Arts degrees. Jones holds a Doctor of Letters from the University of Technology Sydney and honorary degrees from University of Wollongong, Doctor of Science from Macquarie University and Doctor of Laws from the University of Melbourne, and doctorates from Griffith and Deakin Universities.

In 1999 he was appointed an adjunct professor at Monash University and became a Vice-Chancellor's Fellow at the University of Melbourne in 2005–2007, and a Professorial Fellow 2007–.

He is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA); a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities (FAHA); a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (FASSA); and a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE): he was the first (and so far the only) person elected Fellow of four of the five Australian learned academies. In 1999 he was elected a Visiting Fellow Commoner at Trinity College, Cambridge. He is also a Fellow of the Australian College of Educators (FACE), a Fellow of the Royal Society of Victoria (FRSV), and a Distinguished Fellow of the Royal Society of New South Wales (DistFRSN).

Later life
Jones chaired the Victorian Schools Innovation Commission from 2001 until 2005. He chaired the Port Arthur Historic Site Management Authority from 2000 to 2004, and 2005 to 2012 and served on the boards of several medical research institutes. Jones was the founding Chair of the Advisory Board to In2science, a peer mentoring program that builds enthusiasm of Victorian secondary school students for science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM). He chaired Vision2020Australia, the peak eye-health advocacy body, 2002–14.

He appeared regularly as a member of the Brains Trust on the television quiz show The Einstein Factor. He mentioned on an episode of the show that he likes to watch his Wikipedia page grow.

In 2009, Jones joined with Malcolm Fraser, Gustav Nossal, Peter Gration, John Sanderson and Tilman Ruff to argue that Australia should play a role in the elimination of nuclear weapons.

On 9 April 2010, the Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, Senator Kim Carr, announced the formation of the Book Industry Strategy Group (BISG) with Jones as chair. The group submitted its report in September 2011.

Barry Jones Bay in the Australian Antarctic Territory and Yalkaparidon jonesi, an extinct marsupial, were named after him. He is the owner of the largest private autograph collection in Australia. The State Library of Victoria acquired part of the collection in 2020.

Stance against capital punishment
Jones has maintained a long-standing public profile as an outspoken opponent of capital punishment. He led the successful Victorian campaign to prevent the hanging of Robert Tait in 1962 but failed with Ronald Ryan in 1967.

On euthanasia
Jones's stated position on voluntary euthanasia in the past has been inconclusive but in the Australian parliament he spoke against specific elements in the Rights of the Terminally Ill Act 1995 enabling laws in the Northern Territory. He has noted that popular support is not of itself a compelling reason for its adoption. In the same frequently cited speech from 1996 he noted that "No other issue has troubled me so much because I am not sure that I am correct".

On climate change
Jones was an early advocate for action on climate change, first advocating for his cabinet colleagues to support action in 1984.

In 2022, Jones was named as an advisor to the fundraising group Climate 200.

Writings
Jones has been a prolific author of political and sociological books, including:
 * Decades of Decision 1860– : A Compendium of Modern History, Sydney: Horwitz, 1965; London, Horwitz, 1965.
 * The Penalty is Death: Capital Punishment in the Twentieth Century, Retentionist and Abolitionist Arguments with Special Reference to Australia, Barry Jones, comp., Melbourne : Sun Books in association with the Anti-Hanging Council of Victoria, 1968.
 * Joseph II: Enlightenment in Politics, West Melbourne : Victorian Historical Association, ca. 1960–69.
 * Age of Apocalypse: Compendium of History 1860 to the Present Day (also titled: Barry Jones' Guide to Modern History: Age of Apocalypse), South Melbourne: Macmillan Company of Australia, 1975.
 * The Macmillan Dictionary of Biography, edited by Barry Jones and M. V. Dixon, London: Macmillan; Adelaide: Mary Martin, 1981; South Melbourne: Macmillan, Papermac series, revised and updated edition, 1986; South Melbourne : Macmillan, 3rd edition, 1989.
 * Dictionary of World Biography, Melbourne: Information Australia, 1994; 2nd edition, 1996.
 * 'Coming to the Party', Barry Jones, ed., Melbourne, Melbourne University Press, 2006
 * Dictionary of World Biography, Canberra: Acton, ACT: ANU Press, 2013; 7th ed., 2020. Also published by ANU E Press in digital editions.
 * Dictionary of World Biography, Melbourne: Wilkinson Publishing, 2016.
 * Knowledge Courage Leadership, Melbourne: Wilkinson Publishing, 2016.
 * Looking into the Abyss: Trump, Australia & Beyond: Understanding the Age of Trump, Melbourne: Wilkinson Publishing, 2018.
 * Dictionary of World Biography, Melbourne: Wilkinson Publishing, 2016.
 * Knowledge Courage Leadership, Melbourne: Wilkinson Publishing, 2016.
 * Looking into the Abyss: Trump, Australia & Beyond: Understanding the Age of Trump, Melbourne: Wilkinson Publishing, 2018.
 * Looking into the Abyss: Trump, Australia & Beyond: Understanding the Age of Trump, Melbourne: Wilkinson Publishing, 2018.

Honours
On 26 January 1993 Jones was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) "For service to the promotion of science, the arts and film, writing and Australian politics".

On 1 January 2001 he was awarded the Centenary Medal, "For dedication to Australia as a knowledge nation".

On 9 June 2014 Jones was promoted within the Order of Australia to Companion level (AC), "For eminent service to the community as a leading intellectual in Australian public life, through contributions to scientific, heritage, musical, medical, political and public health organisations, and to the Australian Parliament".

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Talk:Pontop Pike transmitting station

How heigh is the mast? It is surely not 450 metres high! The value 450 metres corresponds surely not to its height above ground level!

 * I checked and the 450m refers to its height above the Ordnance Survey datum (sea level). --Tony Sidaway|Talk 11:56, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)

How heigh is the mast about ground level?

According to http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/town/pipexdsl/r/arar93/mds975/txmaps/northumberland.html the basement of the mast is 305 metres about sea level. Because the antennas are 450 metres about sea level, the mast is 145 metres high!

DSO Dates
Where did the exact date info for PP's DSO come from? The Whitehaven TX has only had its switch date confirmed in the last week or so and it's first to be switched this October. Also, the text claims PP will be last, but according to this page http://tx.mb21.co.uk/dso/index.asp Divis and Fremont Point are later. Chillysnow 00:27, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

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Talk:Francisco Sá Carneiro

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After the last parlamentary commission report, shouldn't this article be updated to include the (now accepted) official explanation that it was a bomb that brought the plane down?

A link to the Irangate page seems logical considering that the most probable explanation for the bombing was to eliminate the Defense Minister (travelling on the same plane) after he just announced he had very important revelations to make (in 1980). Will it seem too much "conspiration theory"?
 * I see no problem, as long as you can link it to some fairly reputable source. David Cannon 12:09, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Uncited
In recent news, one former bodyguard has come forward and claimed that there was a payment made for sabotaging the plane which resulted in the Prime Minister's death. In Portuguese law, after 25 years have passed and no one has been found guilty of the crime in question, the person involved can come forward without any repercussions. On 8 April 2012, José Esteves received from Fernando Farinha Simões an 18 page confession which asserts that the CIA and Oliver North were behind the plot to place the bomb on the plane. Because Adelino Amaro da Costa was about to denounce the covert CIA drug and gun trade that was secretly passing through Portugal he was targeted and so was Sá Carneiro because he was anti-US. The covert operation lasted for years with Oliver North's involvement. This is too contentious to stand without good citations. A scribd page isn't enough really. Sophie means wisdom (talk) 20:28, 15 May 2013 (UTC)

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Andrew Lau

Andrew Lau Wai-keung (, born 4 April 1960) is a Hong Kong film director, producer, and cinematographer. Lau began his career in the 1980s and 1990s, serving as a cinematographer to filmmakers such as Ringo Lam, Wong Jing and Wong Kar-wai. In the 1990s, Lau decided to have more creative freedom as a cinematographer by becoming a film director and producer. Apart from making films in his native Hong Kong, Lau has also made films in China, Korea and the United States. A highly prolific filmmaker, Lau has made films in a variety of genres, and is most notable in the West for his action and crime films which include the Young and Dangerous film series, the Infernal Affairs trilogy (the latter co-directed together with Alan Mak), and Revenge of the Green Dragons (executive produced by Martin Scorsese).

Early life
Andrew Lau was born 4 April 1960, and is one of six siblings. As a child, he was raised in the New Territories of Hong Kong. His father worked as a construction worker on Hong Kong Island. Since his parents did not have time to concentrate on all of their children, Lau had developed an interest in photography. Lau was also a Catholic, and would go to church every week, learning how to play a guitar. As a child and high school student, Lau admits to not liking Hong Kong, since it was a British colony.

He currently has four children, three sons and a daughter.

Career
Lau joined Shaw Brothers Studios after graduating from secondary school. He made his film debut as a semi-skilled cinematographer for Lau Kar-leung's 1982 film Legendary Weapons of China. He later served as a cinematographer for Sammo Hung's 1986 martial arts film Millionaire's Express and Ringo Lam's 1987 crime thriller City on Fire, where he became known for his use of lighting and hand-held cinematography. His work on As Tears Go By (1988), the directorial debut of Wong Kar-wai, earned him his first Hong Kong Film Award nomination for Best Cinematography. He also shot the beginning portion of Wong Kar-wai's Chungking Express in 1994 (Christopher Doyle was cinematographer for the film's second half).

Filmmaking
Lau become a film director and producer on top of still being a cinematographer. He made his directorial debut with the 1990 action film Against All. Lau went on to make films for prolific filmmaker Wong Jing, including the 1993 Category III film Raped by an Angel and the 1994 film To Live and Die in Tsimshatsui. In 1996, Lau directed and photographed the 1996 film Young and Dangerous, a film centered on Hong Kong's Triad society. The film was a huge success in Hong Kong, but also gained controversy for its glorification of Triads. The film spawned a several sequels and spin-offs, in which Lau directed seven sequels and one prequel. While filming the franchise, Lau teamed up with screenwriter Manfred Wong and film producer Wong Jing to establish BoB and Partners Co. Ltd., a company responsible for films made by the trio of filmmakers. The trio's collaborations proved to be successful with films such as The Storm Riders, The Legend of Speed, and The Duel.

In 2002, Lau established Basic Pictures, a company responsible for the films in which he served as a producer and director. That year saw the success of Infernal Affairs a crime thriller that the largest ensemble cast of any Hong Kong film that year. Infernal Affairs became a huge box-office success in Hong Kong, even being deemed as a "box-office miracle" at a time when Hong Kong cinema was said to have been lacking in creativity. Infernal Affairs also marked the first of several collaborations with co-director Alan Mak, and screenwriter Felix Chong. Other films made by the directors and screenwriter include the sequels to Infernal Affairs (Infernal Affairs II and Infernal Affairs III), Initial D and Confession of Pain.

In 2014, Lau directed an American action crime drama film Revenge of the Green Dragons, which was co-directed by Andrew Loo and executive produced by Martin Scorsese. The film has been screened at a number of international film festivals, and had also received a day-and-date theatrical and VOD release in the United States. In December 2014, Lau said that the film was able to make profit.

Other works
In 2007, Lau directed a five-minute short film for Vision Beijing, a project of the Beijing Foreign Cultural Exchanges Association and the Information Office of the Beijing Municipal Government. Lau's short film was centered on Beijing cuisine, and consisted of actors from China, Hong Kong and Taiwan serving as "ambassadors". The cast included Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Shu Qi, and Jay Chou, actors who had appeared in several of Lau's films.

In 2009, Lau directed an eight-minute commercial promoting the Acura TL luxury car. The commercial is divided into three stories and features Andy Lau as a wine manor and Gwei Lun-mei as an artist. Filming took place in San Francisco, California with an American production team.

Director

 * Against All (1990)
 * The Ultimate Vampire (1991)
 * Rhythm of Destiny (1992)
 * Raped by an Angel (1993)
 * All New Human Skin Lanterns (1993)
 * Modern Romance (1994)
 * To Live and Die in Tsimshatsui (1994)
 * Lover of the Last Empress (1995)
 * The Mean Street Story (1995)
 * Young and Dangerous (1996)
 * Best of the Best (1996)
 * Young and Dangerous 2 (1996)
 * Young & Dangerous III (1996)
 * Young and Dangerous 4 (1997)
 * The Storm Riders (1998)
 * Young and Dangerous V (1998)
 * Young & Dangerous: The Prequel (1998)
 * The Legend of Speed (1999)
 * A Man Called Hero (1999)
 * Born to Be King (2000)
 * Sausalito (2000)
 * The Duel (2000)
 * Dance of a Dream (2001)
 * God of Fist Style a.k.a. Legend of Tekken (2001)
 * Bullets of Love (2001)
 * Infernal Affairs (2002) - co-directed with Alan Mak
 * Women from Mars (2002)
 * The Wesley's Mysterious File (2002)
 * Infernal Affairs II (2003) - co-directed with Alan Mak
 * Infernal Affairs III (2003) - co-directed with Alan Mak
 * Suicide Note on Dot Social (2003)
 * The Park (2003)
 * Initial D (2005) - co-directed with Alan Mak
 * Fox Volant of the Snowy Mountain (2006) - TV series
 * Confession of Pain (2006) - co-directed with Alan Mak
 * Daisy (2006)
 * The Flock (2007)
 * Look for a Star (2008)
 * Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen (2010)
 * A Beautiful Life (2011)
 * The Guillotines (2012)
 * Revenge of the Green Dragons (2014)
 * From Vegas to Macau III (2016) - co-directed with Wong Jing
 * The Founding of an Army (2017)
 * Kung Fu Monster (2018)
 * The Captain (2019)
 * Chinese Doctors (2021)

Actor

 * Little Cop (1989)
 * Curry and Pepper (1990)
 * Inspiration Nightmare (1992)
 * Twin Dragons (1992)
 * Growing Up (1996)
 * Young and Dangerous 4 (1997)
 * As the Light Goes Out (2014)
 * Kung Fu Jungle (2014)

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Kol Nidrei (Bruch)

Kol Nidrei, Op. 47 (also known as All Vows, the meaning of the phrase in Aramaic), is a composition for cello and orchestra written by Max Bruch.

History
Bruch completed the work in Liverpool, England, in 1880,  and published it in Berlin in 1881. It was dedicated to and premiered by Robert Hausmann, who later co-premiered Johannes Brahms's Double Concerto with Joseph Joachim, the dedicatee of Bruch's most famous work, the Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor. Hausmann had requested such a cello work from Bruch.

The use of Jewish folk music as an inspiration has been seen as a reflection of the extent of Jewish assimilation into Germany by some academics. Many also mistakenly believed that Bruch was Jewish as a result of this piece, despite the composer actively working to correct that mistake in his own lifetime.

After his Violin Concerto No. 1, the Kol Nidrei is Bruch's second most frequently performed piece.

Development
It is styled as an Adagio on 2 Hebrew Melodies for Cello and Orchestra with Harp and consists of a series of variations on two main themes of Jewish origin. The first theme, which also lends the piece its title, comes from the Kol Nidre declaration, which is recited during the evening service on Yom Kippur. In Bruch's setting of the melody, the cello imitates the rhapsodic voice of the cantor who chants the liturgy in the synagogue. The second subject of the piece is quoted from the middle section of Isaac Nathan's arrangement of "O Weep for Those that Wept on Babel's Stream", a lyric which was penned by Lord Byron in his collection Hebrew Melodies (which also includes the famous poem "She Walks in Beauty").

Bruch was a Protestant and first became acquainted with the Kol Nidrei melody when his teacher Ferdinand Hiller introduced him to the Lichtenstein family, the head of which served as the cantor-in-chief of Berlin. Cantor Abraham Jacob Lichtenstein was known to have cordial relations with many Christian musicians and supported Bruch's interest in Jewish folk music. While some commentators, including Abraham Zevi Idelsohn, have criticized the lack of Jewish sentiment in Bruch's concert-hall Kol Nidrei, Bruch never presumed to write Jewish music. He only wished to incorporate Jewish inspirations into his own compositions.

"Even though I am a Protestant, as an artist I deeply felt the outstanding beauty of these melodies and therefore I gladly spread them through my arrangement (taken from a letter written by Bruch)... In his presentation, the melody entirely lost its original character. Bruch displayed a fine art, masterly technique and fantasy, but not Jewish sentiments. It is not a Jewish Kol-Nidre which Bruch composed. (Idelsohn, from Jewish Music in its Historic Development, 1929)"

The work is scored for solo cello, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, timpani, harp and strings.

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Talk:Portuguese European Constitution referendum

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Portuguese Constitution is being revised from today. Should this article have the {current} template?

Ricardo monteiro 11:35, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * I'm not sure that it should. That template is really used to warn readers that the article is undergoing a period of heavy editing and may be in a mess when they look at it. Feel free to update the article with information about the change to the Portuguese Constitution. — Trilobite (Talk) 13:05, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)


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User:AntpBe

Since this page seems to be dedicated to this, I'll introduce myself:

I was born in 1980. I live in Brussels. I'm an analyst-programmer and work in a small company. In my free time I often program, mostly for two free (GPL) projects that I started some years ago, Ant Renamer, Ant Movie Catalog (if these links are a problem, they can be removed).

One of my centres of interest is automobiles (since it is cheaper and need less space, I only collect model cars :D). I think that most of my contributions on Wikipedia will be about this, I started to translate some English pages to French.

Antp 11:36, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Contact

fr:Utilisateur:Antp

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Königsegg

Königsegg was a state in the southeastern part of what is now Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It emerged in 1192 as a lordship and was raised to a barony in 1470. It was partitioned in 1622 between itself, Königsegg-Aulendorf and Königsegg-Rothenfels.

In 1629, Königsegg was raised to an imperial estate and became a member of the College of the Counts of Swabia at the Reichstag. With the extinction of its male line in 1663, it was inherited by Königsegg-Aulendorf.

In 1804, Königsegg sold Rothenfels to Austria. In 1806, the Rheinbundakte mediatised Königsegg to the Kingdom of Württemberg. Today, the Counts of Königsegg still reside at Königseggwald Castle in Swabia and at Halbturn Castle in Austria.

Geography
Königsegg was named after Königsegg Castle, which was located in Königsegg, today part of Guggenhausen. As of 1806, it consisted of two isolated parts, one around Königsegg and one around Aulendorf.

The state had no cities; its capital was Aulendorf. It was bordered by the County of Scheer, the Mainau Commandry of the Teutonic Order, the Abbacy of Weingarten, the Principality of Fürstenberg, the Abbacy of Schussenried, the County of Waldburg and Austria.

In 1806, Königsegg had an area of about 160 km2 and a population of about 3000.

Lords of Königsegg (1192–1470)

 * Berthold I of Fronhofen (1192–1209)
 * Eberhard I (1209–1228)
 * Unknown
 * Eberhard II (1239–1268) with...
 * Berthold II (1239–1251)
 * Eberhard III (? – 1296)
 * Ulrich I (? – 1300)
 * John I (1300 – ?)
 * Ulrich II (? – 1375) with...
 * Henry with...
 * Berthold III (? – 1370) with...
 * Ulrich III
 * Ulrich IV (? – 1444)
 * John II
 * John III
 * Marquard (? – 1470)

Barons of Königsegg (1470–1663)

 * Marquard (1470–1500)
 * John IV (1500–1544)
 * John Marquard (1544–1553) with...
 * John James (1544–1567)
 * Marquard IV (1567–1626) with...
 * George II (1567–1622)
 * John William (1626–1663)

title: Königsegg


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Talk:Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: The Graphic Adventure

FM Towns
This sentence was recently added to the article:

 * it was later updated with VGA graphics and an in-game orchestral soundtrack for the FM Towns; only the VGA graphics were backported to the DOS re-released version.

I've no argument with the idea that the FM Towns version had an orchestral soundtrack and the DOS version didn't, but the word "backport" is a term of art, implying that the art assets were specifically designed for the FM-Towns and then were sort of glommed on to the DOS version as an afterthought. Are we sure this is true? If the art assets were simultaneously developed for both platforms, for instance, than the use of the word "backport" isn't really appropriate. Do we have any evidence that the art was actually backported? If not, I suggest rewriting this sentence. Thoughts? Nandesuka 11:39, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * I'm pretty sure this is true. But a quick web-search found me no evedience. - --JiFish(Talk/Contrib) 11:52, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Removed a bunch of catagories
I just removed a lot of catagories from this article. This game was not released on the systems I removed. Check here for a complete list of releases. It is probable that the editor who added them had confused this game with Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade: The Action Game, which is a very different game. --JiFish(Talk/Contrib) 13:25, 18 November 2005 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:IndianaJonesLastCrusadeBox.jpg
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Reference material
Here's what I've found: That's all for now. JimmyBlackwing (talk) 03:06, 7 October 2015 (UTC)
 * ACE review
 * Amiga Format review
 * Zzap review
 * CVG review
 * The One review
 * CU Amiga review
 * CGW preview
 * CGW review
 * Compute review
 * PC Mag review
 * Designer commentary
 * Zero review
 * Info review
 * Dragon review in issue 152 (contact BOZ for fulltext)
 * Game manual (includes designer comments)
 * MixnMojo interview
 * Side comment
 * IGN article
 * Possible material
 * Gilbert side comment
 * David Fox interview
 * David Fox retrospective
 * David Fox comments
 * Scan stash from Lucasarts' The Adventurer magazine
 * Brief retrospective in The Adventurer
 * Design process commentary
 * Side comments
 * Noah Falstein comment
 * https://web.archive.org/web/20010121190500/http://lucasfans.adventuregamer.com:80/features/interview_noahfalstein.html


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Apollo (DC Comics)

Apollo is a superhero who first appeared in the Stormwatch series, but is best known for his role in The Authority. While visually distinct, Apollo is cast in the mould of the Superman archetype.

Apollo is notable for being among the first openly gay superheroes in print, although several years behind Marvel Comics' Northstar. He married fellow Authority member Midnighter and both adopted Jenny Quantum.

Stormwatch
Warren Ellis introduced the character shortly after taking over writing duties on the Stormwatch title, when he had Apollo and Midnighter encounter the then-active Stormwatch team. The story was set in 1998, immediately after Bendix's fall, when Christine Trelane had cracked Bendix's old files and discovered evidence that two rogue former Bendix agents remained alive. In flashbacks, Apollo was introduced as a member of a "black ops" Stormwatch team so secret that no one but the first Weatherman, Henry Bendix, knew of its existence. Apollo's solar-powered abilities—including super-strength, heat vision, and a high degree of invulnerability—were presented as the consequence of Bendix's bioengineering.

The first story arc (collected in the Stormwatch trade paperback A Finer World) described how, of the seven-member team, only Apollo and Midnighter survived, going rogue after their first Stormwatch Black mission and spending five years undercover fighting for a finer world in the alleyways of America. Jackson King intercepted them on a mission to seize weapons made in the "Nevada Garden", a leftover of the first Engineer. He ordered Fahrenheit and Hellstrike to tag them with fetishes so they could be transported into SkyWatch. At first Apollo and Midnighter attacked the Stormwatch team, believing them under Bendix's orders. However, they ceased the attack once they were told Bendix was dead. With King's help, they destroyed the Nevada Garden, and Trelane gave them new lives away from Stormwatch.

The Authority (vol. 1)
In 1999, when Warren Ellis concluded his run on Stormwatch with the Final Orbit storyline which saw the team destroyed, Apollo was one of several Stormwatch characters he retained for his new Wildstorm title, The Authority. In it, Apollo (along with Midnighter) was recruited by Jenny Sparks for a new team, the Authority, under her leadership. The new series picked up themes Ellis had explored in Stormwatch, including the political potential of a team more powerful than world governments and the United Nations.

Apollo featured prominently in early story arcs, producing a miles-long wall of flame to contain super clones attacking London, rescuing civilians from disaster zones, and shooting down invaders from a parallel universe. In The Authority #10, Apollo sterilised the moon, killing the alien parasites that were using it as a base from which to attack Earth. He formed a friendship with leader Jenny Sparks, and his relationship with Midnighter was revealed in The Authority #8, written by Warren Ellis. For the portrayal of Apollo and Midnighter, the Authority received a GLAAD award.

The fourth Authority story arc saw Jenny Sparks die with the end of the 20th century and the Authority join a battle with U.S. government-backed superhumans to secure custody of her successor, Jennifer Quantum, the infant spirit of the 21st century. During this battle, Apollo was severely beaten by Storm God, a Thor pastiche, and The Commander, a Captain America pastiche. In one of author Mark Millar's most controversial scenes, it was implied that the beating was followed by a rape (The Authority #14). The rape was followed by a scene of revenge, in which it is implied that Midnighter raped the Commander with a jackhammer.

In another Millar-penned story, the Authority faced a rogue Doctor, intent on planetary destruction. Though this Doctor ultimately repented of his crimes, Apollo killed him with his eye-beams. Apollo featured also in the Transfer of Power storyline, in which the Authority was defeated, captured and usurped by sadistic, government-controlled replacements. Apollo was kept aboard the Carrier and brutalised by Midnighter's and his own replacements. The latter tried to rape Apollo before the real Midnighter returned to kill Apollo's assailant. Apollo himself then burned the head off Midnighter's replacement, later doing the same to the Machine, who had taken the powers of the Engineer.

Apollo and Midnighter were married and adopted Jenny Quantum at the end of Millar's run. From this point on, Apollo is referred to as Midnighter's husband, and vice versa.

The Authority (vol. 2)
Apollo received comparatively little attention during this volume, although his friendship with the Engineer was developed and the two became confidants.

Human on the Inside
In this standalone graphic novel, the U.S. President ordered an assault on the Authority which saw them nearly defeated by doubts, depression and human foibles. Each team member's weakness was exploited; in Apollo's case this appeared to be jealousy in his relationship with Midnighter, who confessed to Apollo that he had kissed another man. Apollo, enraged, hit Midnighter hard enough to knock him through several walls. This scene remains the only canonical indication of violence between the two.

Authority: Coup D'Etat and Authority: Revolution
Authority: Coup D'État was a Wildstorm universe crossover event, in which—following a deadly mistake by U.S. leaders—Authority team leader Jack Hawksmoor decided to remove the U.S. executive branch and have the Authority itself run the country. The takeover went smoothly, but the occupation did not go as planned. Shadowy forces intervened to destroy the Authority and put corporate interests back in power. Apollo's part in the story involved traveling with Midnighter to raid the base of Stormwatch: Team Achilles. They arrived to find it booby-trapped. After narrowly escaping with their lives, their next mission was to eliminate the U.S. military's superhuman training camp. Midnighter returned with the declaration that the program was "not so special".

In Authority: Revolution, a 12-part series by Ed Brubaker and Dustin Nguyen, Apollo was left to raise Jenny Quantum alone for three years after Midnighter, having received a sinister revelation about the future, left the Authority. The story described the break-up of the Authority after a humiliating nuclear incident destroys Washington D.C., precipitating the break-up of the team. The story turned on Jenny Quantum's decision, at age eight, to reform the team. To Apollo's initial horror she caused herself to jump in age to 14 years; after convincing him to support her, she set about rounding up the surviving members of the Authority, including Midnighter. In a painful moment between Jenny, Apollo and Midnighter, Jenny described herself to Midnighter as "the product of a broken home".

In the battle that followed, it became clear that Henry Bendix had gained control over Midnighter through a Trojan Horse strategy which delivered nanites into Midnighter's body. Midnighter fought with Jenny and then Apollo, regaining clarity for just long enough to beg Apollo to kill him if he got the chance. Apollo refused and was defeated, but Jenny was able to engage Midnighter for long enough for the Engineer to remove the mind-control implants and restore Midnighter.

Earth-50
In 2006–2007, DC Comics's year-long weekly limited series, 52, identified the Wildstorm Universe as part of the DC Multiverse. Apollo, along with other Authority characters, appeared in several DC Universe titles as part of the crossover comics that followed, including in the 2007 series Countdown: Arena, where he is shown as the closest "Earth-50" (Wildstorm Universe) approximation of DC Comics (and formerly Quality Comics) character the Ray, who is a member of the Freedom Fighters, and, as such, is also a counterpart of several other alternate versions of the Ray. However, Apollo is also traditionally viewed as a Superman analogue. Countdown: Arena writer Keith Champagne described the Ray-Apollo relationship on his blog:
 * "Because Majestic is more or less the Superman analogue from Wildstorm. Of all the Wildstorm characters, I wanted Apollo in the book and, with Superman spoken for, the best match we could come up with was The Ray due to the solar-powered connection. It doesn't necessarily mean Apollo is a Ray analogue, just that Monarch grouped him together with the other two".

Final Crisis #7 depicts Apollo and Mister Majestic as both being legitimate Superman analogues for their Earth.

World's End
The 2008 Number of the Beast Wildstorm miniseries described the devastation of Earth and set the scene for a new Authority ongoing series, World's End, by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning. In this series, Apollo is separated from Midnighter and the rest of the Authority when a thick layer of smog covers the Earth, preventing sunlight from reaching the surface. Apollo is forced to remain in the photosphere to absorb the radiation he needs to survive, visiting the surface only briefly to help the team. While on the surface, environmental conditions sap his powers, giving him a gaunt appearance and limiting his ability to fight.

He is later infected by the Warhol Fever, a superpower-inducing virus, that evolves and becomes sentient by incubating in his body. Claiming to be The Burn, the virus overrides his mind and attempts to escape into The Bleed. The Authority is forced to put Apollo in suspended animation, frozen and in an anaerobic room to keep the infection from spreading. He is eventually cured when Midnighter feeds him a piece of fruit he receives from the Century Baby, Gaia Rothstein.

When the Authority reorganises and takes the Carrier into space, Apollo elects to stay on Earth, as he might be powerless during extended space travel. Midnighter stays with him.

The New 52
Following the events of Flashpoint, the Wildstorm universe is merged with the DC Universe, creating new backstories for many characters. Along with 51 other titles, Stormwatch relaunched with an issue #1 as part of DC's The New 52 company-wide revamp. In the new universe, Apollo starts off as a superpowered young man who first comes to the attention of Stormwatch after he uses his abilities to murder a child molester. Subsequently, a website uses Photoshop to create an image of Apollo battling Superman, the idea of which ultimately convinces Stormwatch to recruit him. Jack Hawksmoor, the Projectionist, and the Martian Manhunter hunt down Apollo and attempt to recruit him into the team, but he refuses, and a fight ensues. Just as he is overpowered, Midnighter arrives and defeats the Stormwatch members and then proposes a partnership between himself and Apollo. He and Midnighter gradually realise they are attracted to one another over the course of 18 issues, before DC restored its pre-reboot characterisations and designs for Midnighter and Apollo in its March 2013 Stormwatch #19. It then restored them to the original New 52 designs with the series' final issue, Stormwatch #30, in preparation for DC's The New 52: Futures End comic series, which is set to heavily feature former Wildstorm characters. Vaguely remembering a few weeks in an "alternate timeline" (Stormwatch #19-29), Apollo and Midnighter are nevertheless now a couple again, and Jenny Quantum is a team member again.

Beginning with the new Midnighter series of 2015, Apollo and Midnighter are no longer a couple, due to conflicts over Midnighter's violent nature. They remain friends, however, with Midnighter sending Apollo a photo of himself as a boy when he discovers a file on his secret origin.

DC: Rebirth
The character appears again along with his boyfriend, Midnighter, for a six-issue miniseries titled Midnighter and Apollo, continuing in the New 52 canon. Midnighter and Apollo have gotten back together as a couple. Apollo is attacked and his soul trapped in a hell dimension where he is detained by Neron.

Writer Steve Orlando told The Advocate that "I would say I feel pressure to showcase a realistic relationship, and that means neither an unattainable, idealized vision or an overly dysfunctional one. Real relationships are work, and I want to treat Midnighter and Apollo with the same respect, passion, and intricacy we all deal with in our own relationships on a daily basis".

Powers and abilities
Apollo's powers include superhuman strength, flight, and near invulnerability (the character has been shown entering a lava flow to deactivate a volcano, and walking on the surface of the Sun). His eyes are constructed to concentrate solar energy into laser-like blasts. Apollo can also release his solar energy from other parts of his body (hands, mouth, etc.) or in an omnidirectional flare, but these moves are taxing. He can fly fast enough to circle the globe in just under 30 seconds.

Like Superman, Apollo's powers are dependent on sunlight, but Apollo's powers diminish rapidly when he is not exposed to sunlight whereas Superman's powers diminish at a negligibly slow rate. From the point of exhaustion, he can regain the capacity for flight from 20 seconds of sun exposure. Two hours in sunlight restores him to full capacity. Transporting (using the Carrier's 'Door' system) into close proximity with the Sun allows him to recharge more quickly.

Since Apollo's energy derives entirely from the sun, he can survive in anaerobic environments indefinitely. He was shown in early issues of The Authority flying without protective equipment in space, explaining he could do so by the simple method of not breathing. He also does not require food or drink, though he apparently enjoys both.

Apollo has been described a number of times as a Majestic-class superhuman, suggesting that his powers are near the level of Mister Majestic, or are at least similarly beyond the frame of reference of most superhumans. In The New 52: Futures End #4, Apollo is described by Father Time as a "Superman-level" superhuman.

Wildstorm Winter Special 2005
In Wildstorm Winter Special 2005, a story called Apollo & Midnighter: Two Dangerous Ideas features their alternate reality analogues, Pluto and Daylighter, with inverted color schemes to match. At first the real Midnighter believed that Daylighter was homophobic, but later learned that Pluto and Daylighter were a former couple that had broken up.

Gen13
In Gen13 vol. 4 #11 (written by Gail Simone), a teenage version of Apollo is a part of a team called "The Authori-teens" named Kid Apollo in the town of Tranquility, a fictional town in California. He and the teenage Midnighter, Daybreaker, would not appear to be out of the closet, although their romantic feelings for one another are still apparent.

Midnighter
In Midnighter #6, an alternate universe single-issue story set in feudal Japan, Apollo appeared as a peaceable but skillful swordsman and lover of a samurai Midnighter.

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Wikipedia talk:Requests for arbitration/Skyring/Evidence

Problems with Petaholmes' Evidence
I'm quite happy to defend my own statements and edits, but you don't think it's going a little far to attack me for edits that I clearly didn't make?

For instance, you say "Skyring claims that Australia was made a kingdom following federation. Reverted by Lacrimosus, see Talk:Canada for the reasons why this is original research." but shows that User:Gbambino made the claim that Australia is a kingdom. My contribution - my one and only edit to the article occurs with the next edit at where I correctly note that the Australian Constitution was an act of British rather than English law, as it was passed by the British Parliament, England having ceased to exist as an independent country some hundreds of years previously. User:Lacrimosus didn't revert my edit - he altered Gbambino's contribution.

Your mistake, and one you make several times, possibly out of incompetence rather than malice, is that you aren't linking to my edits, but to the edit following mine. Just because I was the last person to touch a page doesn't mean that I wrote every word of that version. In the case of Australian Republicanism my total contribution amounts to four letters, yet you are happy to attack me for a whole paragraph I didn't write!

Be fair, please! Pete 11:39, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Glad to see you've fixed that. Now, could you please follow the very clear instructions regarding evidence and fix the following, which are also in the wrong format:    TBDSY's edits TBDSY and Adam Carr's edits. Michael Snow's edits. Willmcw's edits

And so on. Can you see the pattern here? You're complaining about the edits I make, but you don't show any evidence that I've actually made any edits. You show someone else's edits, and as I demonstrated with Gbambino above, the fact that I made a single edit to the previous version doesn't mean that I wrote the whole bloody thing!

I humbly suggest that you take a look at the project page, read the paragraph beginning "As such, it is extremely important that you use the prescribed format.", take a look at the example and then follow the same philosophy. Pete 10:55, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Thanks, nixie! However, may I suggest that you take another look at your links for 27 Feb and 11 Mar? In the latter example you talk about my comments, but show a link to the edits of a different person. My edit is actually here, where I correct the statement about Sir David Smith's view. Smith moved from the "Two heads of state" view to the "Governor-General as sole head of state" view long before the vote and I later provided a link to his published statement confirming this on the discussion page. Pete 20:07, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Problems with Jtdirl's evidence.
Apart from trying to rehash the already lengthy discussion in evidence, the format is again a problem.

Be advised that I did not use Turnbull's words in the discussion referenced, so your claim that I misrepresented them is dishonest. It would help if you actually read the material before commenting on it. I now include the words of Turnbull, the founder and leader for many years of the Australian Republican Movement, to demonstrate that an authoritative republican spokesmen considers Australia to have a republican form of government. Nobody, least of all me, is denying that we also have a monarch, but the existence of a powerless and ceremonial Queen does not alter the fact of a republican government. The Republic article is instructive on this point, and I quote the current definition: "In a broad definition a republic is a state or country that is led by people who do not base their political power on any principle beyond the control of the people living in that state or country."

That includes Australia. Turnbull notes that Australian sovereignty derives from the people. However, I also urge that the article be read in its entirety in order to follow the comments on how monarchy and republic are not mutually exclusive terms. Pete 19:53, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Pete 19:53, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * Oh God. You don't even know what a republic is.

 * What I know or don't know isn't the point. I rely on the definitions of others, and if a republic is a state in which sovereignty derives from the people, as some definitions say, then Australia is a republic. The Wikipedia definition includes Australia - go tell whoever wrote this that they have their head up their bum. Edit it yourself, if you know so much. Pete 06:12, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * *sigh*. Is there no limit to your lack of knowledge on this general topic? And yet again you have completely misrepresented yet another source. (How many sources at this stage have you totally mispresented? Is there anyone you haven't misrepresentned at this stage?) Turnbull does not say that Australia is a republic. He makes the point, as his words make clear, that Australia cannot be a republic while having an hereditary monarchy. His point could hardly be clearer. Australia is a state ruled by its people. It has a potential to be a republic. But one thing is standing in its way: the existence of the monarchy. If it abolished the monarchy and replaced it with a democratically selected head of state, then Australia would be a republic. You really need an elementary course in basic constitutional law and elementary civics. Fear ÉIREANN[[Image:Flag of Ireland.svg|25px]] (talk) 05:56, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * *shrug* . Look, brother, even if your silver tongue and endless fount of flawless knowledge could convert me to complete agreement with your views, it wouldn't alter the fact that others disagree. We can't present our own views or do original research - all I need to do is point to those who hold alternate views, and if the four times elected Prime Minister of this nation disagrees with your POV, don't aim your arguments at me, because it won't change his views. Can you see this? Pete 06:22, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * Yet he doesn't either. He's yet another of your pieces of evidence that doesn't mean stand up to scrutiny. He never ever said there are two heads of state. Like George and others, he pointed out, correctly, that the Governor-General is a "de facto head of state". As anyone who has even the slightest grasp of constitutional law, or indeed a medium standard of english knows, a de facto head of state is not a head of state; they are someone who acts like a head of state. It is something every first year law student of constitutional law knows. And as everyone with an ounce of understanding of constitutional procedures knows, a king or queen in a monarchy, a prince in a principality, and a president of a state in a republic, is by definition a head of state. It is automatic. So saying that the Queen is Queen of Australia means to everyone with even the slightest grasp of constitutions that she is the head of state. Howard knows that. Keating knew that. Everyone on the planet knows that. Except, it seems, you. Fear ÉIREANN[[Image:Flag of Ireland.svg|25px]] (talk) 07:00, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * Again, what I know or don't know is immaterial. Professor Winterton says that effectively the Governor-General is the head of state, to use your phrasing. John Howard uses these exact words. Yet you try to cram words into their mouths. Neither says "the Queen is the head of state". They both qualify the term in some way. Your attempt to turn two heads of state into one by "interpreting" their words is laughable. Let me ask you this. If a man lives with a defacto wife but is legally married to someone in a distant country, then how many wives does he have? Pete 07:44, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * This old rubbish again. The answer is simple. Legally he has one. As anyone with a grasp of law knows, the legal concept of a common law wife was abolished centuries ago. Once the woman he was married to is still alive and they have not his divorced, she and she alone is his wife, and if he dies she has all the legal rights of inheritance that flow from marriage, his "defacto" (sic) wife has no legal status whatsoever. What she may have in some jurisdictions is some legal rights as his partner, but most states do not recognise a non-marital partner as having any rights at all, and even those that do usually treat a non-marital partner as having lesser rights than his wife, should he already be legally married. But then, if you were as much of an expert on law as you seem to think you are, you'd know this already. It is rather basic stuff. Fear ÉIREANN[[Image:Flag of Ireland.svg|25px]] (talk) 07:54, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * You know beans about Australian law, Irish. The defacto wife has much the same legal status as the dejure wife, especially where the legal marriage took place overseas under foreign law and the dejure wife remains overseas. An example from Northern Territory legislation:
 * ...the following matters are irrelevant:
 * (a) the persons are different sexes or the same sex;
 * (b) either of the persons is married to another person;
 * (c) either of the persons is in another de facto relationship.

 * I don't think I'm any sort of expert on law, by the way. I've never claimed to be an expert on anything, though you keep thrusting these words into my mouth.

 * You probably thought I hadn't noticed it, but I was giving you enough rope. Can we get back to the point I raised? The problem with your evidence? Remember? You claimed I misrepresented Turnbull's position. How did I do this, seeing as how I haven't quoted or mentioned Turnbull's statement from the RAC Report anywhere in Wikipedia apart from this project page? Your claim that I did something I clearly did not do is dishonest. Pete 09:26, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * Is there no end to your chronic inability to read a primary source document and not completely misundestand it??? The law in questions makes it unambigously clear that

 * marriage is dealt with exclusively by a federal act from 1961.
 * The new Act is not dealing with marriage;
 * It is exclusively dealing with non-marital spouses and partners, and dealing with the rights of people in de facto relationships not defined within the legal parameters of marriage.
 * What you call defacto (sic) marriage" is not in the Act. Nor could it be. For it is illegal in Australia, as in most of the world, to contract more than one marriage simultaneously. It's called bigamy (even you'' can hardly get that bit wrong!!!).

 * Trust you to complete misunderstand the whole legal framework of the Act and introduce in your typically inaccurate language a term the draftsmen deliverately avoided lest the implication of 2 contemporaneous marriages lead to judicial review of the principles of the Act. Your inability even to read a primary document without getting the wrong end of the stick is hilarious. I have never come across someone before who misinterprets every single source he finds, misunderstands the key points, and gets the wrong end of the stick every time. Mindboggling. Fear ÉIREANN[[Image:Flag of Ireland.svg|25px]] (talk) 10:10, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * You probably thought I hadn't noticed it, but I was giving you enough rope. Can we get back to the point I raised? The problem with your evidence? Remember? You claimed I misrepresented Turnbull's position. How did I do this, seeing as how I haven't quoted or mentioned Turnbull's statement from the RAC Report anywhere in Wikipedia apart from this project page? Your claim that I did something I clearly did not do is dishonest. Pete 10:43, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

You have mispresented Turnbull, Howard, Winterton, and almost everyone else you 'quoted' all through the debate, as well you know. The evidence has been repeatedly pointed out to you in 6 archive pages, by user after user after user. Fear ÉIREANN (talk) 14:28, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

The point I'm making here on this page is that I didn't quote Turnbull at all in the discussion, but you have stated in evidence that I misrepresented him. Your claim that I did something I clearly did not is dishonest. How about you address the point I have repeatedly made instead of scurrying away. Again. Pete 21:14, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * You have repeatedly said that Turnbull suggests that Australia is a republic.

 * No I haven't. Not even once. You said in evidence that I misrepresented him. As I didn't quote him at all until this project page, your statement is a falsehood. Pete 00:20, 7 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * He has repeatedly said it is not. Just as you have repeatedly said that Howard and Winterton have said there are two heads of state. They have repeatedly said there are not. You have repeatedly misrepresented a court case, repreatedly misrepresented things Adam said, repeatedly misrepresented things I said, repeatedly misrepresented other people's opinions. You seem incapable of actually interpreting anyone's words correctly. (Above you even misinterpreted a law about non-marital partnerships!). Fear ÉIREANN[[Image:Flag of Ireland.svg|25px]] (talk) 23:31, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * Your antics are amusing, but I'm not buying your continued evasion on this. Can you address the point I have repeatedly raised, please? Pete 00:20, 7 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Another day goes by and jtdirl remains silent on the key point of this section. Perhaps he hopes I will grow weary of pointing out his falsehood.

Jtdirl claims in his evidence I misrepresented Malcolm Turnbull in discussion, but as I didn't quote Turnbull at all except in my own evidence on the project page, the statement that I misrepresented him is clearly a falsehood. I'd like to move on to clear up further points, but I'd also like to get jtdirl to address this point honestly. Pete 01:32, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Perhaps you'd like to address this point, seeing as how you're on deck? You got it wrong twice over with this one. Not only did I not quote Turnbull previously, but I wasn't using him as an authority to say that Australia is a republic, as you misrepresent me. He makes a definitive statement that Australia is a state where sovereignty resides in the people, and I stated this above. Pete 20:41, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Problems
The only problems I can see with the evidence is that Skyring's posts are formatted incorrectly. You don't need to make a ==Level 2== heading for every date; please use ===Level 3=== headings. Harro5 05:09, Jun 6, 2005 (UTC)

 * Thanks, mate. Pete 06:16, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Infantile Exhibitionism
When are we going to get a ruling on this? So far the only effect of this referal has been to create yet another forum for Skyring's infantile exhibitionism. Adam 06:50, 7 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Patience, brother. Your Irish friend says he has more evidence coming. And what's the hurry? I've withdrawn from making any edits on matters of contention until this thing is done. Surely you don't mind if I have a say here - after all, you were instrumental in creating this project with my screen-name on it. Pete 01:26, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Au contraire, my preference was to shut you down by taking a poll on who was right and then enforcing its decision. It was others who have chosen to drag things out with yet another talk-fest. Adam 03:44, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)

So you do mind if I have a say here! As I recall, you bollixed up your poll and didn't get the ten participants you wanted in the time you specified, so you failed on your preference. Just have a bit of patience Adam. Pete 04:15, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)

I agreed to the poll being called off in favour of this arbitration process (which offered the chance of a broader consensus for shutting you down), despite my fears that it would drag on and on. I may yet be proved right. But one way of another, you will be shut down. Adam 04:53, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)

May I suggest that if you have something to say, then this is the perfect opportunity to state your complaints against me to the ArbCom plainly and honestly with links to whatever material itches your scratch. Abuse and threats on the discussion page are indicative of a reluctance to work within the system.

Please, Adam! You've been whinging for six months, here is your big chance to stand up and be heard. Are you seriously going to squib it now? Pete 05:27, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)

My views are well known to the ArbCom. Adam 06:02, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)

So you see the ArbCom process as a sham? All this evidence stuff and public deliberation is just for show and the whole thing can be fixed with a few quiet emails? Really, I wouldn't care to insult the ArbCom quite so blatantly as you have just done - what sort of a position have you put them in now? Pete 06:13, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)


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Megalong Valley

Megalong Valley is part of the Blue Mountains of New South Wales, Australia. It is located west of Katoomba. On its eastern side, the valley is separated from the Jamison Valley by Narrow Neck Plateau. The Shipley Plateau overlooks part of the valley.

Description and history
The name Megalong Valley is said to be derived from an Aboriginal word thought to mean 'Valley Under The Rock'. Megalong Valley is Gundungurra country. The first record of a European coming to the valley was of Thomas Jones, a natural history specimen collector, who followed the course of Coxs River from Hartley, New South Wales to Burragorang in 1818. The first land was taken up in 1838, by settlers who travelled from Burragorang and Camden, New South Wales.

Later in the 19th century, an oil shale mine was operated by one J. B. North. He named a nearby glen after his daughter Nellie and it is still known as Nellies Glen today. The shale mine operated from 1886 to 1896, until the reserves were exhausted. Shale was mined and taken by a horse-drawn tramway that ran in a tunnel under Narrow Neck. On the other side, it connected with the tramways from nearby coal mines and other oil shale mines at Ruined Castle. The shale then went via an inclined railway at Katoomba. In 1903, the tramway was relaid to allow stockpiled shale to be removed from the old mine site, the last activity at the old mine. There was a village, Megalong, that was associated with the shale mine; it was in ruins by the mid 1930s.

Today the valley is still used for farming, but tourism has increased since the historic Six Foot Track was restored. This track was marked out in the 19th century as a bridle trail from Katoomba to Jenolan Caves. It was called the Six Foot Track because it had to be that wide in order to accommodate two to three riders riding abreast. It fell into disuse eventually but was restored as a walking trail by the Department of Lands in 1984. It begins at the Explorers Tree at Katoomba, goes down through Nellies Glen, passes the site of the former Megalong village, then continues across Megalong Valley to Coxs River. On the other side of the river, the trail crosses some ranges before reaching Jenolan Caves Road. It then heads south to finish at Jenolan.

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Bidirectional Forwarding Detection

Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) is a network protocol that is used to detect faults between two routers or switches connected by a link. It provides low-overhead detection of faults even on physical media that doesn't support failure detection of any kind, such as Ethernet, virtual circuits, tunnels and MPLS label-switched paths.

BFD establishes a session between two endpoints over a particular link. If more than one link exists between two systems, multiple BFD sessions may be established to monitor each one of them. The session is established with a three-way handshake, and is torn down the same way. Authentication may be enabled on the session. A choice of simple password, MD5 or SHA1 authentication is available.

BFD does not have a discovery mechanism; sessions must be explicitly configured between endpoints. BFD may be used on many different underlying transport mechanisms and layers, and operates independently of all of these. Therefore, it needs to be encapsulated by whatever transport it uses. For example, monitoring MPLS LSPs involves piggybacking session establishment on LSP-Ping packets. Protocols that support some form of adjacency setup, such as OSPF, IS-IS, BGP or RIP may also be used to bootstrap a BFD session. These protocols may then use BFD to receive faster notification of failing links than would normally be possible using the protocol's own keepalive mechanism.

A session may operate in one of two modes: asynchronous mode and demand mode. In asynchronous mode, both endpoints periodically send Hello packets to each other. If a number of those packets are not received, the session is considered down.

In demand mode, no Hello packets are exchanged after the session is established; it is assumed that the endpoints have another way to verify connectivity to each other, perhaps on the underlying physical layer. However, either host may still send Hello packets if needed.

Regardless of which mode is in use, either endpoint may also initiate an Echo function. When this function is active, a stream of Echo packets is sent, and the other endpoint then sends these back to the sender via its forwarding plane. This is used to test the forwarding path on the remote system.

Standardization
In June 2011 the BFD protocol standardization process entered the Proposed Standard stage. RFC 5880 defines the BFD protocol, detecting MPLS LSP failure, using BFD to monitor connectivity across multiple network hops, and using BFD for IPv4 and IPv6. BFD's operation in conjunction with Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) and IS-IS protocols has also been outlined in RFC 5881..

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User:Hede2000

Hello! My name is Jorgen and I am from Copenhagen, Denmark. My only contributions consist of adding links to the Danish Wikipedia.

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User talk:MyNameIsClare

Welcome!

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers: I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! By the way, you can sign your name on Talk and vote pages using three tildes, like this: ~~~. Four tildes (~~~~) produces your name and the current date. If you have any questions, see the help pages, add a question to the village pump or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome! -  BanyanTree 11:42, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)
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Hi BanyanTree! Thanks for your message.

I think I may end up contributing more than I was planning, as I am quite surprised by the lack of articles on refugee issues.

MyNameIsClare 11:57, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * That would be much appreciated! The entire field is shamefully sparse on WP; I created articles on internally displaced person and forced migration only in November, and there is almost nothing on country- or region-specific displacement, nevertheless refugee assistance/protection structures. Cheers,   BanyanTree 14:56, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)

W. Mark Felt
Salve! I nominated W. Mark Felt as a WP:FAC. As you commented on the Deep Throat talk page, I'd appreciate your comments at Featured article candidates/W. Mark Felt/archive1. PedanticallySpeaking 15:49, Jun 17, 2005 (UTC)

 * Hi PedanticallySpeaking. I don't really know anything about the feature article process, so I think it would be better left to the people who know more about what criteria need to be met MyNameIsClare   talk  10:42, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Watchlist Bookmarklet
I assume you were referring to: User:JesseW. For more information on how to use bookmarklets, see http://www.squarefree.com/bookmarklets. If that isn't enough information, I can explain further. Are you using Firefox or IE (or something else)? Do you know how to create a new bookmark with it? Do you know how to edit an existing bookmarklet? I really appreciate your interest. Thanks! JesseW 22:46, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * Yes that's the one. I'm using Internet Explorer at university and Firefox at home, and I know how to make bookmarks but I've never heard of bookmarklets before. The site you posted says to just drag the bookmarklet link onto the toolbar but it does not mention how to use the plain javascript when it's not made into a link. MyNameIsClare   talk  12:39, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Very good point. To use the plain javascript, create a new bookmark, then copy the javascript text into the address part of the bookmark.  Then it will work.  Again, let me know if you need more information. JesseW 19:37, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * Thanks a lot Jesse, that works perfectly :) MyNameIsClare   talk  20:08, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Hypno toad
Thanks, but I didn't actually make it myself, it's from here. It's scary, a google search for Futurama ascii art gets 26,300 results - some people must have a lot of time on their hands! the wub  "?/!"  14:14, 28 July 2005 (UTC)

Guardian Unlimited
Just to let you know, I'm probably going to try to edit this down quite a lot once the dust settles a bit. I'm not sure it's terribly... encyclopaedic, shall we say? Still, I remember my time as a regular in the Haven well enough to let it roll for today. --OpenToppedBus - Talk to the driver 15:41, August 19, 2005 (UTC)

 * Hi Yes I agree. Still, it's a good bit of fun for a Friday afternoon :) MyNameIsClare   talk  15:54, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Please don't write about yourself. Secretlondon 15:55, 19 August 2005 (UTC)

 * I didn't really, I was reverting stuff that someone else removed MyNameIsClare   talk  15:57, 19 August 2005 (UTC)

Hi Clare. The sex lives of the Havenites are a complete mystery to me, and may they stay so ;o)  I really removed it for more gallant reasons than NPOV but the last thing I needed was to get into a debate about it with enthusiastic GU folk, so I thought taking it down on a technicality was the best way to nip it in the bud. --bodnotbod 22:25, August 19, 2005 (UTC)

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Not my block, other admin blocked 1/4th of the Tiscali range, not all of it. I asked him if the block of logged in users was intentional, and are waiting for his answer. As for now, sorry again for the inconvenience. As only 1/4th of the tiscali range is blocked, it may help to just log in again. -- Chris 73 | Talk 10:49, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Hi thanks for your reply. I also contacted Fred Bauder, before I found all this stuff about why the IP address was blocked. MyNameIsClare   talk  10:55, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

Refugee Council
I spotted that you created the Refugee Council article. It's not been updated much, and could do with expanding a bit. Any chance you could help? I think the campaigns section in particular could do with an update. Cordless Larry 22:50, 3 September 2006 (UTC)
 * I'll see what I can do. But I am not really involved with the Refugee Council myself, so mostly only know what is available on their website etc MyNameIsClare   talk  16:56, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

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