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Imperial County Airport

Imperial County Airport is a county-owned public-use airport in Imperial County, California, United States. Also known as Boley Field, it is mostly used for general aviation, but has scheduled passenger service from one commercial airline. Service is subsidized by the Essential Air Service program. The airport is located 1 nmi south of the central business district of Imperial, California, partially in the city of Imperial and partially in an unincorporated area of Imperial County. It serves nearby communities, including El Centro.

The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2021–2025 categorized it as a non-primary commercial service airport.

The first scheduled passenger airline flights began in 1943, operated by Western Airlines with Douglas DC-3s. Western's service was replaced by Bonanza Air Lines in 1953 also flying DC-3s. Bonanza was merged into Air West (later Hughes Airwest) in 1968 and was the primary air carrier serving El Centro and the Imperial Valley until 1979.

Historical airline service
Western Airlines began serving Imperial County Airport in 1943 with Douglas DC-3 flights to Los Angeles via stops in San Diego and Long Beach, and was also flying nonstop to Yuma. Western's service ended in 1953.

Bonanza Air Lines, a "local service" air carrier as defined by the federal Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB), began serving the airport in 1953, taking over the route of Western Airlines. According to its March 1, 1953 system timetable, Bonanza listed its flights to the airport as service to El Centro and was operating Douglas DC-3 prop aircraft with a daily westbound routing of Phoenix-Blythe-Yuma-El Centro-San Diego-Santa Ana-Los Angeles. Bonanza was also operating a daily eastbound DC-3 service at this time with routing of Los Angeles-Santa Ana-San Diego-El Centro-Yuma-Blythe-Phoenix-Prescott-Kingman-Las Vegas. By 1963, Bonanza had retired the DC-3 from its fleet and was operating all flights into the airport with new Fairchild F-27 turboprops. In 1964, the airline was operating nonstop F-27 propjet flights to Los Angeles and San Diego with one stop service to Phoenix via an intermediate stop in Yuma.

In 1968, Bonanza merged with Pacific Air Lines and West Coast Airlines to form Air West which continued to serve the airport with the F-27 with nonstops to San Diego and Santa Ana (now John Wayne Airport) as well as direct flights to Los Angeles, Phoenix and Tucson. In late 1970, Air West was serving the airport with Douglas DC-9-10 and McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30 jetliners with four flights a day including two nonstops to Los Angeles (LAX) and two direct flights to Phoenix (PHX) via an intermediate stop in Yuma (YUM). At this same time, one of the DC-9 jet flights to LAX operated continuing, no change of plane service to Fresno, San Francisco, Portland, OR and Seattle via intermediate stops at other Air West destinations. Air West was renamed Hughes Airwest in 1970 following its acquisition by Howard Hughes. The DC-9 jet service was suspended in 1972 but reinstated during 1974 through 1975. By 1976 Hughes Airwest reverted to operating all F-27 propjet service from the airport to Los Angeles and Santa Ana with direct service to Phoenix via a stop in Yuma. All Hughes Airwest service to El Centro ended in 1979 and was replaced by commuter carriers Cochise and Sun Aire Lines.

The following is a list of commuter and regional airlines as well as their respective aircraft types that served Imperial County Airport (IPL) from 1969 through 1999 primarily with nonstop flights to Los Angeles (LAX) and one stop to Phoenix (PHX) by way of Yuma (YUM). All service to Phoenix was discontinued in 1989. Imperial Airlines and Air Bahia flew nonstop to San Diego (SAN), and Scenic Airlines flew nonstop to both Las Vegas (LAS) and Long Beach (LGB). This information was retrieved from various editions of the Official Airline Guide (OAG) over the years:

 * Imperial Airlines, 1969-1981 - Beech 18, Beechcraft Queen Air, Cessna 402, Cessna 404, Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner
 * Scenic Airlines, 1978 - Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner
 * Air Bahia, 1980 - Piper Navajo, Piper Chieftain
 * Cochise Airlines, 1979-1982 - Convair 440, Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner
 * Sun Aire Lines, 1979-1986 - Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner. Merged into SkyWest Airlines in 1985.
 * Western Express operated by SkyWest Airlines on behalf of Western Airlines, 1986-1987 - Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner, Embraer EMB-120 Brasilia (SkyWest then began operating Delta Connection service from the airport following the merger of Western and Delta Air Lines in 1987)
 * Delta Connection operated by SkyWest Airlines on behalf of Delta Air Lines, 1987-1997 - Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner, Embraer EMB-120 Brasilia
 * Skynet Airways, 1993-1995 - Cessna aircraft, service to Long Beach.
 * United Express operated by WestAir on behalf of United Airlines, 1994-1997 - British Aerospace BAe Jetstream 31
 * United Express operated by SkyWest Airlines on behalf of United Airlines, 1997-2013 - Embraer EMB-120 Brasilia
 * SeaPort Airlines, 2013–2016, - Cessna 208 Caravan. Service to Burbank and San Diego.
 * Mokulele Airlines, 2016-current, - Cessna 208 Caravan. Mokulele was merged into Southern Airways Express in 2020.

By 1997, only one airline was serving the airport: SkyWest operating as United Express flying Embraer EMB-120 Brasilia turboprops with nonstop service to LAX as part of a Los Angeles-El Centro/Imperial-Yuma route. United Express continued providing the only service to the airport until 2013. Smaller commuter airlines using single-engine, non-pressurized aircraft now serve El Centro.

Facilities and aircraft
Imperial County Airport covers an area of 370 acres (150 ha) at an elevation of 54 feet (16 m) below mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 14/32 is 5,308 by 100 feet (1,618 x 30 m) and 8/26 is 4,501 by 75 feet (1,372 x 23 m).

For the 12 month period ending December 31, 2019, the airport had 14,368 aircraft operations, an average of 39 per day: 66% general aviation, 8% scheduled commercial / air taxi and 26% military. In April 2022, there were 32 aircraft based at this airport: 30 single-engine, 1 multi-engine and 1 helicopter.

Passenger
The following airline offers scheduled passenger service:

SeaPort Airlines previously operated Cessna 208 Caravan single turboprop engine aircraft on all scheduled flights from the airport. On January 19, 2016, Seaport Airlines announced the cessation of all service within California, citing their inability to find pilots as the reason.

Other sources

 * Essential Air Service documents (Docket DOT-OST-2008-0299) from the U.S. Department of Transportation:
 * Order 2008-12-26 (December 29, 2008): selecting SkyWest Airlines, Inc., d/b/a United Express, to provide essential air service at El Centro/Imperial, California, at an annual subsidy rate of $662,551 through December 31, 2010. SkyWest to provide 13 nonstop round trips per week to Los Angeles with 30-seat Embraer Brasilia aircraft,
 * Order 2009-5-21 (May 27, 2009): Approving Alternate Service Pattern
 * Order 2010-12-6 (December 3, 2010): selecting SkyWest Airlines, Inc., d/b/a United Express, to provide essential air service at El Centro, California, at an annual subsidy rate of $1,852,091 through December 31, 2012. SkyWest to provide 13 nonstop round trips per week to Los Angeles (LAX) with 30-seat Embraer Brasilia turboprops for $1,852,091 annual subsidy.
 * Order 2013-01-02 (January 2, 2013): selecting SeaPort Airlines, Inc. (SeaPort), to provide Essential Air Service (EAS) at El Centro, California, for $1,943,7511 annually for 29 nonstop round trips per week to San Diego (SAN) on Cessna 208 Caravan aircraft, 9-seat, single engine turboprop.
 * Order 2014-4-26 (April 24, 2014): directing interested persons to show cause as to why the Department should not terminate the eligibility ... under the Essential Air Service (EAS) program based on criteria passed by Congress in the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 (Public Law No. 112-95). We find that El Centro is within 175 miles of a large or medium hub, San Diego International Airport (SAN), a large hub, and, thus, is subject to the 10-enplanement statutory criterion. We also find that during fiscal year 2013, El Centro generated a total of 5,950 passengers (inbound plus outbound). Consistent with the methodology described above, that results in an average of 9.5 enplanements per day, below the 10-enplanement statutory criterion necessary to remain eligible in the EAS program.

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Mike Beebe

Mickey Dale Beebe (born December 28, 1946) is an American politician and attorney who served as the 45th governor of Arkansas from 2007 to 2015. He remains the last member of the Democratic Party to serve as Governor of Arkansas.

Born in Amagon, Arkansas, Beebe is a graduate of Arkansas State University in Jonesboro and the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. Beebe entered private practice as an attorney before being elected to the Arkansas Senate in 1982. Beebe served five terms in the Arkansas Senate from 1983 to 2003 and served as President of the Senate during his last term. Beebe was elected Attorney General of Arkansas in 2002, where he served one term from 2003 to 2007.

A member of the Democratic Party, Beebe ran for the governorship in 2006, winning in an uncontested Democratic primary and defeating former U.S. Representative Asa Hutchinson in the general election with 56% of the vote. Beebe was elected to a second term in 2010, defeating former State Senator Jim Keet with 64% of the vote in contrast to fellow Democrat Blanche Lincoln who lost her second U.S. Senate re-election bid in a 58%–37% landslide. Beebe, who was restricted from running in the 2014 election due to term limits, left office on January 13, 2015. As of 2024, Beebe is the very last Democrat to both serve as Governor of Arkansas and win a statewide election there to date.

Beebe currently serves on the Governors’ Council of the Bipartisan Policy Center in Washington, D.C., and has endorsed Medicaid work requirements since leaving office.

Early life and education
Beebe was born in Amagon, a small town in Jackson County, Arkansas. He was raised by his mother, a waitress, and never met his father. As a child, he moved often with his family. They lived in Detroit, St. Louis, Chicago, Houston and Alamogordo, New Mexico. They returned to Newport, Arkansas, where Beebe graduated from high school at the age of seventeen in 1964.

Beebe received a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from Arkansas State University in 1968, where he was a member of Sigma Pi fraternity. He earned his juris doctor from the University of Arkansas in 1972. Beebe served in the U.S. Army Reserve from 1968 to 1974.

Early political career
After the incumbent senator from his newly redrawn district unexpectedly dropped out of the race, Beebe was left without a primary or general election opponent and was elected to the Arkansas State Senate in 1982, where he would serve for 20 years. He never faced an opponent in his twenty-year Senate career in which he became known as one of the most effective legislators based on his pragmatic deal-making ability. During his last session in the state senate, Beebe was elected president pro tempore of the body. In 2002, he was elected Arkansas Attorney General, a position he held for the four years prior to his election as governor.

2006
On June 14, 2005, Beebe announced his candidacy for the Democratic Party's nomination to run for Governor of Arkansas. Beebe defeated former Republican Congressman and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) chief Asa Hutchinson as well as the Green Party candidate and independent candidate Rod Bryan in the general election on November 7, 2006, capturing 55 percent of the vote.

Beebe was sworn in as governor on January 9, 2007. He was elected to the Democratic Governors Association Executive Committee for 2008–2009.

2010
Beebe was challenged by Republican nominee Jim Keet, a former state legislator from Little Rock. Beebe defeated Keet 64% to 34%

First term
In his official website, Beebe outlines some of the policies he has pursued during his first term. He has outlined a plan for a balanced budget and attempted to cut middle class taxes by slashing in half the percentage of the state's grocery tax and increasing the Homestead Property Tax Credit, which can provide for the lowering of property taxes.

Beebe has focused heavily on education reform. He has called for an additional $19 million per year to be spent on assisting special needs students and has designed a program that attempts to increase the quality of teachers within Arkansas by providing alternative pay and mentoring to motivate bright students to enter education or young teachers to work in struggling rural schools. Beebe has rejected calls to allow for Social Security private accounts to be established. He has also made plans to phase out the tax on utilities for manufacturers.

He outlined a 12-point plan to make health care more accessible and affordable. Some of his proposals include using federal tax credits to make private insurance cheaper, expanding Medicaid, increasing use of preventive care to stop health concerns before they grow worse, expanding school health clinics, and using home and community-based care as an alternative to nursing homes.

Second term
In January 2011, he said that he supported a tax increase for highway funding saying "If they pass a tax increase for highways and it was reasonable, I'd sign it. I don't think it's going to happen."

In January 2012, he proposed a $163 million funding increase in a $4.7 billion state budget. He called for $117 million increase in the Human Services Department and a $56 million increase in public schools. He also called for an audit of the state's Forestry Commission's finances after a $4 million shortfall and a layoff of 36 workers.

In the 2012 midterm elections, Republicans gained control of both houses of the General Assembly for the first time since 1874 after making major gains two years earlier. This made Beebe the first Democratic Governor of Arkansas ever to face a Republican-controlled legislature. The GOP margin was 21 to 14 in the Senate, and 51 to 48 in the House (with one Green). In his 2013 State of the State address, Beebe made a comprehensive case for Medicaid expansion. In April 2013, Beebe signed into law Arkansas's "private option" to use federal Medicaid money to purchase private insurance for thousands of low-income residents. To become law, the proposal needed a two-thirds majority vote. The state's General Assembly, with Republicans in the majority, narrowly approved the three necessary bills to establish and finance the insurance program.

Beebe did not see his approval rating slip below 70 percent at any point during his tenure, according to yearly polls from the University of Arkansas. According to the FiveThirtyEight Blog, "[Beebe's] crossover appeal — and the recent history in Arkansas of producing a popular Democratic president—might suggest Mr. Beebe, who will be term-limited in 2014, would be among the more talked-about 2016 contenders"; however, Beebe ultimately did not run for president in 2016.

On November 12, 2014, two months before the end of his term, Beebe said he intended to pardon his son for a 2003 felony drug possession conviction.

Post-governorship
In March 2015, Beebe joined the Roberts Law Firm PA of Little Rock. In December 2015, he was named to the board of directors for Tyson Foods.

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Talk:List of political parties in Lebanon

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This page contained a lot of temporary coalitions: Mountain union was a coalition during the 2005 elections between the Progressive Socialist Party and the Lebanese forces; Dignity was the name of Rafik Hariri's list during the 2000 elections. This page is only about political parties, temporary coalitons during election - a common thing in lebanon - should be mentionned in articles about lebanese elections (eg: 2005 Lebanese general elections), but not here. Regarding the organisation of the parties, I didn't want to divide by religion (Chritian parties, muslim parties...), because most of the parties are secular, but not officially. I'm open for suggestions.500LL 19:24, Jun 14, 2005 (UTC)

Question
Could someone expert (or connaisseur) in the Lebanese political life verify the status of these parties listed. And I heard about these political organizations: اللقاء الديمقراطي Democratic gathering, Bristol gathering لقاء البريستول. Could someone give informations about these organizations?

--Those are not parties, these are alliances between parties. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.133.138.100 (talk) 18:23, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

defunct?
is the Communist Action Organization in Lebanon really defunct? is there a source for that? --Soman (talk) 10:18, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

I read it in "A history of modern lebanon" by Fawwaz traboulsi who was once a leader in the CAOL... I have also heard an LCP officer say that... —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mickey117 (talk • contribs) 10:58, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

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Maurice Griffiths

Maurice Walter Griffiths (22 May 1902 – 11 October 1997) was a noted yachtsman, boat designer and writer on sailing subjects. In his writing of some 19 books he focused on the creeks of the Thames Estuary and the English east coast. His books include The Magic of the Swatchways, The First of the Tide, Yachting on a Small Income, and Sixty Years a Yacht Designer. He was the editor of Yachting Monthly, the British sailing magazine, from 1927 until 1967.

Early years
Maurice's family had moved from South London to Ipswich in 1903 when his father became the East of England representative for a glove manufacturer . In London they had lived opposite a railway line and Maurice's early love was trains. His first job was with an estate agent but in his spare time he wrote articles about trains for the East Anglian Daily Times and it was train travel that soon led him to Ipswich docks where he discovered boating.

He started a small yacht brokerage and in the course of this work he learnt a lot about sailing and boat building. In 1925 he published a little book called Yachting on a Small Income, which sold well on railway station platforms.

His father died suddenly leaving the family in considerable debt and the family home had to be sold. His mother Lena, and older brother Leslie, moved to the Midlands to stay with relatives. Maurice's brokerage business folded so he decided to try his luck selling yachting articles freelance in London. It was a struggle; his health was to never fully recover from this experience.

Editorship
George Bittles, the publisher of Yachting Monthly, had bought Griffiths' book at his local railway station and believed he would be the right person to edit a new magazine called Yacht Sales and Charters, basically a yacht brokerage with its own magazine. Griffiths made such a success of this that other brokers threatened to stop advertising in Yachting Monthly if the new magazine continued. That magazine was stopped but Griffiths had proven himself and was given the position of Editor of Yachting Monthly.

In 1927 he married Dulcie Kennard whom he had met while visiting the offices of yachting magazines, trying to sell his articles. She also wrote for the yachting press under the name Peter Gerard. They were divorced in 1934.

War years
As a lieutenant commander in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Griffiths was awarded the George Medal for "gallantry and undaunted devotion to duty" in recognition of his work trawling for mines in the North Sea as well as deactivating parachute mines dropped on the London Docks during the Blitz and also his command of a group of divers clearing mines from the Suez Canal. Later in the war he had responsibility for the design and fitting of the explosive charges that sank 77 condemned ships off the coast of Normandy, where they formed part of the Mulberry Harbour used during D-Day and after in 1944.

He met his second wife, Marjorie, known as "Coppie" from her maiden name of Copson in December 1944 while based with the RNVR at HMS Vernon. Coppie died about nine months before her husband and there were no children from either marriage.

Post-War
After the war he returned to Yachting Monthly. The invention of marine plywood and fibreglass now enabled his boat designs to be mass-produced. The most successful were the Eventide 24, soon followed by the 26, and the Waterwitch 30. These, along with his other designs, proved to be good seaworthy craft but he was under no illusions about their aesthetic appeal, once saying: "If you ever see a barrel or box with rudder and sails, it'll be one of my designs."

A biography of Griffiths, The Magician of the Swatchways was written by Dick Durham and published in 1994.

Boat designs

 * EVENTIDE 24 	1957
 * EVENTIDE 26 	1957
 * WATERWITCH 30 MKI 	1957
 * WATERWITCH 30 MKII 	1959
 * MEDUSA 25 	1960
 * GOLDEN HIND 31 	1968
 * BARBICAN 33 	1972
 * ATLANTIC CLIPPER 36 	1973
 * FINESSE 27 	1980

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Thought you might want to know: I just visited William Broyles Jr.'s collection of photos from the Eastern Front, now on display at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at UT-Austin, and their background information included some mighty familiar looking maps... It was your set of Eastern Front maps, printed and mounted as a museum-style exhibit. (It was credited "Maps courtesy of Wikipedia.Org".) It seems wikipedia & your contributions are being put to good use. — B.Bryant 19:27, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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Hi Gdr,

First of all, congratulations for your maps on WW2, they are absolutely beautiful. So here is my question: which program do you use to create those maps ?

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Hello Gdr. I was looking at your maps and they are quite detailed. I'm interested in the Eastern front and was wondering where you got the information so that I could look up those sources. Thank You.

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Talk:Minestrone

Recipe
I removed this from the article:
 * Cut up an onion, a stick of celery, and a carrot; fry them in butter and salt; add a few bits of cooked ham and veal cut up, two mushrooms, and the pulp of a tomato. Cook for a quarter of an hour, and add a little stock occasionally to keep it moist.  Pass through a sieve, and use for seasoning minestre, macaroni, rice, etc.  It should be added when the dish is nearly cooked.

 * Source: The Cook's Decameron: A Study In Taste, Containing Over Two Hundred Recipes For Italian Dishes from a project that puts out-of-copyright texts into the public domain.
 * This is from a very old source, and reflects the cooking at the turn of the last century.

This is not a cookbook, it is an encyclopedia. While this article is fine (and could use more information), we don't include recipes for dishes, unless it is very public domain and simple: like how to mix a screwdriver. I beleive there is some Wikibook for recipes, but I don't have the energy to look for it. If someone finds it, the recipe above can be added to it. — Frecklefoot | Talk 19:28, Jun 14, 2005 (UTC)

Large Contribution
67.83.205.131 added a large section here, not sure where it's from, does someone want to contact him and check for copyright violation? It is signed "Contributed by alessandro petti (alexanderpetti@hotmail.com) Aug 2005 Edited by David Mckenzie"
 * — Hobart 03:43, 25 September 2005 (UTC)

Roman pasta?
The article claims that the Roman army is said to have marched on pasta faggioli. That would certainly be an interesting accomplishment, at least ten centuries before Marco Polo brought noodles to Italy. If there’s no evidence for that, it should be removed; if it’s a folk saying there should be a citation or a clarification. crism 04:46, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

 * The Marco Polo story is a myth, the origin of pasta in Italy isn't known but it predates Marco, it's thought that the Etruscans made pasta for example. 125.209.169.175 (talk) 04:47, 4 May 2024 (UTC)

Beans
Removed, following the Roman army reference:

"This seems unlikely as beans originated in the Americas. Beans were not introduced into Europe until many centuries later."

I have no idea what the Roman army marched on, but beans were known in the ancient Mediterranean... at least well enough for the Pythagoreans to make eating them a taboo! The American species isn't the only one around.

24.34.85.32 (talk) 06:05, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

Perhaps they meant tomatos? SoManyWhales (talk) 18:38, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia's guidelines require a citation for exceptional claims, claims that go against conventional wisdom, quotes, and scientific data. It does not require citations for statements that do not contradict what is common knowledge and are not questionable in nature. A Google search for "Minestrone recipe" gets 319,000 hits. It's blatantly obvious that there's no fixed recipe, or it would not be minestrone and only one recipe would be found. I'm removing the "citation needed" for the statement that there's no fixed recipe. By definition, something that's the name for a variety of soups has no fixed recipe. 208.127.242.6 (talk) 22:53, 26 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Well, I added the tags, and I've restored them, but I'm happy to talk about it here. Firstly, I disagree with your definition - where does it come from? And who says minestrone able to be vegetarian? I've been told that it has to contain bacon to be minestrone (and pasta as well) - but since I don't have a reference, I couldn't include it in the article. But maybe the bulk of those google hits are not actually using the word correctly. Or maybe there are two definitions of minestrone - a narrow definition and a loose definition. The thing is - we can't know unless we have a credible reference. So it's not common knowledge, nor is it unquestionable. StAnselm (talk) 03:39, 27 March 2009 (UTC)

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Dos Etymologos
Why are there two mutually exclusive etymologies in this article? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.224.44.77 (talk) 03:07, 21 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Seems it's been a year since this anon commented and I'd like to second this. I've heard the "big soup" explanation more often (which of course does not mean it's more accurate), while the second etymology seems to explain the origin of "minestra", Italian for soup, rather than specifically minestrone. However, my knowledge of Latin and Italian is minimal at best and this article needs more than that.

 * I removed the (big soup) claim at the top of the article and revised the Etymology section. Minestra is Italian for soup and -one is an augmentative suffix.  It could be translated as "big soup," but that is perhaps too literal.  In any case, saying that it means "big soup" does not aid understanding, but rather confuses.  Why is it big?  Is it made in large quantities?  Are the vegetables big?  And so on.  It is sufficient to say that minestra means soup and -one is an augmentative suffix.
 * Under Etymology, I made changes to improve conciseness. It is not necessary to cite every etymologically related word (i.e., "minister" and "minus"); in fact, doing so clearly caused confusion since an editor in the History section of this article refers the reader to the Etymology section for the 14th c. appearance of minestrone.  Quite apart from being OR (that's another copy-edit) it is incorrect; the 14th c. is when the verb "to minister" appeared in English.  It has nothing whatever to do with vegetable soup except for deriving ultimately from the same Latin root. Richigi (talk) 18:59, 17 November 2012 (UTC)

History of minestrone
Does anyone else think the history section is a little heavy on information that only indirectly applies to the history of minestrone? Reading it you would almost think that pulte is a synonym for minestrone (it is not). A clear (sourced) statement that pulte is the historical antecedent of minestrone is called for. I removed/abbreviated a few blocks: 1) a long quote from a researcher about Roman aesthetics (it did not pertain to Minestrone); 2) reference to the first Roman bakeries (it is enough to say Romans got bread); 3) a long analogy involving Patella Lucretiana (comparison is not needed, just say minestrone is made from leftovers).

It still needs quite a bit of work to make it more succinct and encyclopedic in style, and many statements are still unreferenced. Richigi (talk) 21:47, 17 November 2012 (UTC)

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Upper Dublin High School

Upper Dublin High School (UDHS) is a four-year public high school located in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania. It is the sole high school in the Upper Dublin School District.

UDHS is recognized as a National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence by the United States Department of Education. It is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools and certified by the Pennsylvania Department of Education. The school has a 99%+ graduation rate, and more than 95% of graduates continue on to a two- or four-year college.

Campus
After months of deliberations, the school board decided to move forward and proposed to rebuild the high school. On March 20, 2007, the voters in Upper Dublin were presented with a referendum. They approved, despite the risk of a significant tax increase. Initial estimates of the new construction is $119 million. The construction was to occur in stages on the site of the current building and demolition of the oldest wing began in summer 2008. It was completed in the Summer of 2012, on time and within budget, and was formally opened with a ceremony in Fall 2012.

Educational Support Team
The Educational Support Team (EST) is a team of faculty members offering assistance to students who are having problems in school because of drug and alcohol use or because of depression or thoughts of suicide. The Team identifies, intervenes, and refers those students for help.

Community Study
Students in the senior class are provided with the opportunity to investigate career opportunities in the final three weeks of the year. Students are required to have a community sponsor, a faculty sponsor, at least a "C" average in each course, meet attendance requirements, and have committee approval in order to participate in the Community Study Program.

Eastern Center for Arts and Technology
Students at Upper Dublin High School have the option to attend the Eastern Center for Arts and Technology, in Willow Grove. Programs taken at the Eastern Center are considered part of the high school program and count as elective credit toward graduation. They give students the opportunity to reinforce their career path after high school, get ready for employment, and get a head start in collegiate studies in that field.

Athletics
Upper Dublin High School is a AAAA and AAA member of the Suburban One American Conference of District 1 of the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA), the state high school athletic governing body. The school has 14 male varsity sports and 13 female varsity sports recognized by PIAA. The school also has a cheerleading squad. • Baseball – AAAA

• Basketball – AAAA

• Bowling – AAAA

• Cross country – AAA

• Field Hockey – AAA

• Football – AAAAA

• Golf – AAAA

• Indoor Track & Field – AAAA

• Lacrosse – AAAA

• Soccer – AAA

• Softball – AAAA

• Swimming and Diving – AAA

• Tennis – AAA

• Track & Field – AAA

• Volleyball – AAA

• Wrestling – AAA

Removal of Huckleberry Finn from curriculum
Upper Dublin High School was the subject of controversy when in July 1996, then superintendent Dr. Clair Brown Jr. announced that Mark Twain's book, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, would be removed from the school's required reading list. Brown removed the book as an administrative action, claiming that parents and students had protested the inclusion of the book in the curriculum because its frequent use of the word "nigger" made "black children uncomfortable".

September 2021 Tornado
On September 1, 2021, the remnants of Hurricane Ida made a direct hit onto Fort Washington, Pennsylvania, where Upper Dublin High School is located. The resulting EF2 tornado caused moderate damage throughout the suburb, including damage to the school. The football stadium, accessory athletic fields, natatorium, and air filtration systems all suffered damage, leaving students under virtual instruction until September 27, 2021.

Notable alumni

 * Kim Gallagher (Class of 1982) – middle-distance runner who won a silver and a bronze medal at the 1984 and 1988 Olympics
 * Suzy Kolber (Class of 1982) – American football sideline reporter, co-producer, and sportscaster for ESPN
 * Zach Pfeffer (Class of 2013) – soccer player for the Philadelphia Union and Colorado Rapids
 * Josh Singer – producer, screenwriter
 * John Tartaglia (Class of 1996) – American actor, singer, and puppeteer
 * Dorn Taylor (Class of 1975) – Major League Baseball player for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Baltimore Orioles

Honors
In 2007, the school was named the No. 1 high school in Montgomery County by The Philadelphia Inquirer. The school was also ranked No. 8 in Philadelphia Magazine's "100 Best Public and Private Schools".

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Creepshow 2

Creepshow 2 is a 1987 American comedy horror anthology film directed by Michael Gornick, and the sequel to Creepshow. Gornick was previously the cinematographer of the first film, and the screenplay was written by George A. Romero who was director of the original film. The film's stars were Lois Chiles, George Kennedy, Dorothy Lamour, and Tom Savini. It was once again based upon stories by Stephen King, and features three more horror segments consisting of "Old Chief Wood'nhead", "The Raft" and "The Hitchhiker".

Unlike the first film, Creepshow 2 only contains three stories instead of five. Originally, two additional stories, Pinfall and Cat from Hell were set to appear in the film, but were scrapped due to budgetary reasons; however, the latter has been filmed for Tales from the Darkside: The Movie. The film was Dorothy Lamour's final film before her death in 1996.

Prologue
In the small town of Dexter, Maine, a delivery truck pulls up to a newsstand. Billy, a young boy, eagerly follows the truck on his bike. The truck's back shutter opens to reveal the Creep, who drops off copies of the latest issue of Creepshow (which has the same cover as the comic in the final scene of the previous film) before vanishing. Billy picks up an issue and begins to read it.

Old Chief Wood'nhead
Ray and Martha Spruce are an elderly couple who run a small town's general store, whose décor includes a cigar store Indian named "Old Chief Wood'nhead." The Spruces are visited by Benjamin Whitemoon, the elder of a local Native American tribe, who gives them a bag of turquoise jewelry, his tribe's sacred treasures, as collateral for the debt the tribe has incurred.

Later that night, the Spruces are robbed by Benjamin's estranged ne'er-do-well nephew Sam Whitemoon, armed with a shotgun, and his two friends, Andy Cavanaugh and Vince “Fat Stuff” Gribbens. In a struggle, Sam's gun goes off and fires at Martha, killing her. Sam shoots and kills Ray as well before grabbing the jewels and driving away with the others. After they leave, Old Chief Wood'nhead comes to life and goes after the thugs to avenge the Spruces. He shoots Vince with multiple arrows, slaughters Andy with a tomahawk after smashing up his car, and uses a hunting knife to scalp Sam upon cornering him at his home. The next morning, Benjamin wakes up to find the turquoise jewelry on his bed. He visits the ruined store to find Old Chief Wood'nhead back on the porch, holding Sam's bloody scalp and a bloodstained knife, with fresh war paint on his face. Now aware of what has happened to the Spruces and what Old Chief Wood'nhead had done to the killers, Benjamin wishes the old warrior a peaceful afterlife and drives away.

Interlude 1
At the town post office, Billy receives a package from the clerk, Mr. Haig, that supposedly contains a product advertised in his comic: The bulb for a meat-eating Venus flytrap. Billy pays for the package and sets off for home. The Creep appears behind from the post office counter and begins the next story.

The Raft
In mid-October, four college students, Deke, Laverne, Randy, and Rachel, arrive at Cascade Beach, a desolate lake far from civilization, for some fun. While swimming to a wooden raft in the middle of the lake, Randy witnesses a duck being pulled under the water by an unseen force. Once all four students are on the raft, they discover what Randy was so nervous about: a large, black, blob-like creature resembling an oil slick floating on the surface of the water. As Rachel leans over the raft to try and touch the creature, it grabs hold of Rachel, pulls her into the lake, and digests her. The three panicking students remember that it's currently the off-season, meaning that there is no caretaker to rescue them anytime soon.

As time passes, Deke plans to swim to shore so he can bring back help. Before he can make a break for it, however, the blob seeps through the raft's cracks, grabs Deke by the foot, and pulls him through the raft, killing him. Noting that the creature is still hungry, Randy and Laverne manage to evade the creature as it tries to grab them from under the raft. When night falls, Randy and Laverne take turns watching for the creature, then eventually fall asleep in each other's arms.

The next morning, Randy awakens and begins to kiss Laverne. He lays Laverne on the raft and begins removing her shirt, neglecting the creature. Laverne then awakens, screaming in agony; the creature has seeped through the cracks and covered half of her face. As the blob pulls her off the raft and begins consuming her, a horrified Randy jumps off the raft to swim to shore. He makes it and shouts, defiantly, "I beat you!" However, the creature rears up from the water like a wave and engulfs Randy.

The blob returns to the lake, leaving no evidence of the students other than their discarded clothes and still-running car. Unknown to the students, there was a sign barely visible behind some thick vegetation that reads "No swimming."

Interlude 2
On his way back home from the post office, Billy is then ambushed by a gang of neighborhood bullies. The gang's leader, named Rhino, takes Billy's package, finds the Venus Flytrap bulb, and crushes it with his foot. In retaliation, Billy kicks Rhino in the groin and flees as the bullies race after him. As Billy escapes, The Creep appears from behind a tree and goes on to tell the last story.

The Hitch-hiker
Annie Lansing, an adulterous Maine businesswoman, wakes up and gets out of bed after sleeping with her gigolo lover. Annie realizes that she only has 15 minutes before her attorney husband George arrives home, so she hops into her car and races for home several miles away. A spilled ember from her cigarette causes Annie to lose control at a slippery corner, where she runs down a Dover-bound hitchhiker. Seeing that no one witnessed the incident, Annie takes off and doesn't look back. Shortly after she leaves, however, the area is crowded with a truck driver, a pair of passersby, and George, who reports the hit-and-run to the police.

Miles away, Annie thinks about what she has done and briefly considers turning herself in but ultimately concludes that no one has anything on her and thinks that everything will be fine. Before she can continue, however, the hitchhiker suddenly appears outside her window and utters "Thanks for the ride, lady!", a line he repeats throughout the story. Annie speeds off in terror, but the hitchhiker reaches through the sunroof and grabs her. She drives off the road and through the woods, where she knocks the hitchhiker off the roof with a low hanging branch. The hitchhiker appears again, opening the door to the passenger seat. Annie shoots him with a revolver multiple times but fails to kill him. She manages to kick him out of the car and run him over repeatedly. The hitchhiker then climbs onto the hood and pulls up his "DOVER" sign, which now reads "You killed me." Annie again loses control of the car and drives off the road, down a hill, and into a tree. Annie repeatedly slams the hitchhiker into the same tree, knocking herself out in the process.

A while later, Annie awakens from her accident. Not seeing the hitchhiker anywhere, Annie believes the experience was all a nightmare, so she gets back on the road and drives home, actually getting there before George. As she begins to step out of her car, the hitchhiker, gruesomely mangled and still uttering "Thanks for the ride, lady!", crawls out from under the car and attacks her. The garage door swings shut as the interior begins to fill with smoke.

Sometime later, George finally arrives home to find Annie in her still-running car, dead from carbon monoxide poisoning. The hitchhiker's bloodied "DOVER" sign sits in her lap.

Epilogue
Inside the delivery truck, the Creep prepares to drive away and bids the audience farewell, but he then spots Billy, still being chased by the bullies. Billy leads his pursuers into a vacant lot swarming with out-of-control plant growth. The bulb Rhino smashed was not the first one Billy had ordered. A quintet of Giant Venus Flytraps emerge from the surrounding weeds and devour all the thugs (though one possibly escapes offscreen).

The Creep cackles in glee and drives off to deliver the latest issue of Creepshow to another town.

In a post-credits scene, the following text appears:

Juvenile delinquency is the product of pent up frustrations, stored-up resentments and bottled-up fears. It is not the product of cartoons and captions. But the comics are a handy, obvious, uncomplicated scapegoat. If the adults who crusade against them would only get as steamed up over such basic causes of delinquency as parental ignorance, indifference, and cruelty, they might discover that comic books are no more a menace than Treasure Island or Jack the Giant Killer.

Cast
Wraparound Story
 * Domenick John as Billy
 * Tom Savini as The Creep
 * Joe Silver as The Creep (voice)
 * Brian Noodt as animation voice
 * Marc Stephan Delgatto as animation voice
 * Jason Late as animation voice
 * P.J. Morrison as animation voice
 * Clark Utterback as animation voice

Old Chief Wood'nhead
 * George Kennedy as Ray Spruce
 * Dorothy Lamour as Martha Spruce
 * Philip Dore as Curly
 * Frank Salsedo as Ben Whitemoon
 * Holt McCallany as Sam Whitemoon
 * David Holbrook as Fatso Gribbens
 * Don Harvey as Andy Cavanaugh
 * Dan Kamin as Old Chief Wood'nhead
 * Dean Smith as Mr. Cavanaugh
 * Shirley Sonderegger as Mrs. Cavanaugh
 * Kaltey Napoleon as Indian #1
 * Maltby Napoleon as Indian #1
 * Tyrone Tonto as Indian #2

The Raft
 * Paul Satterfield as Deke
 * Jeremy Green as Laverne
 * Daniel Beer as Randy
 * Page Hannah as Rachel

The Hitchhiker
 * Lois Chiles as Annie Lansing
 * David Beecroft as Annie's Lover
 * Tom Wright as The Hitchhiker
 * Richard Parks as George Lansing
 * Stephen King as Truck Driver
 * Cheré Bryson as Woman at Accident

Production
Originally, the film was planned to have five stories much like the first film, two of these consisted of Pinfall and Cat from Hell. These two segments, however, were cut from the film due to the film's budget. "Cat from Hell", which would later be used in Tales from the Darkside: The Movie, focused on a wealthy old man hiring a hitman for $100,000 to kill a black cat, which was believed to have killed three other people inside the residence he lives in and fears to be next. Unbeknownst to them, the cat soon exacts cosmic revenge on the two.

"Pinfall", which was set to appear after Old Chief Wood'nhead, told the story of two rivalry teams consisted of the Regi-Men and the Bad News Boors competing in a bowling alley owned by an aged millionaire; the owner is soon killed in a freak accident and the teams found out afterwards that he would award one of them $5 million for whoever got the highest score. Soon, things turn up for the worst of the Regi-Team when the Boors, after they were killed in a fiery car-crash purposely caused by the Regi-Team, return as burnt-up revenants and soon get their revenge on their killers. Unlike Cat from Hell which managed to be brought onto the screen through a different film, Pinfall was never shot and never appeared outside of the film's original script. However, in 2014, the segment was funded through Kickstarter by Dayle Teegarden and was successfully pledged by its backers with £1,231 put into the project against its £1,000 goal. The segment itself was also going to be put into the sequel for Tales from the Darkside: The Movie, but this never came to fruition.

During "The Raft" segment, actor Daniel Beer cited that he had almost died from hypothermia due to the water being very cold. While the crew wanted him to continue working, director Michael Gornick brought him to the hospital, as he feared the actor would leave the set and never return if they forced him to keep working. After a full recovery, he managed to finish the segment.

Release and reception
The film was theatrically released on May 1, 1987. On its opening weekend, it grossed $3,584,077 and has achieved $14,000,000 during its run in theaters.

Janet Maslin of The New York Times wrote that the film "has three suitably grisly ideas that are only glancingly developed. The episodes are marginally interesting, but each is a little too long. And each could be fully explained in a one-sentence synopsis." Todd McCarthy of Variety panned the film as an "omnibus snoozefest which is utterly lacking in chills or thrills," with all three stories "so deficient in imagination and scare quotient they wouldn't pass as even satisfactory episodes on a tv show like Amazing Stories or The Twilight Zone." Kevin Thomas of the Los Angeles Times called the film "a cut-rate sequel from those two popular masters of horror, Stephen King and George Romero, that plays like leftovers. Fans of both deserve better." Richard Harrington of The Washington Post wrote that the film "goes nowhere slowly. Part of the problem is that King's short stories simply work better in print." Allmovie awarded 1.5 stars out of 5 in a retrospective review and stated: "Despite its strengths -- a livelier pace, some creatively gory set-pieces -- this is a much cheaper-looking effort than its predecessor, with the deft guidance of Romero conspicuously absent (long-time collaborator Michael Gornick took up the directorial reins); as a result, King's gross-out sensibilities don't come off as well."

On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, it holds a 29% approval rating with a 4.30/10 average rating based on 24 reviews. The site's critical consensus reads, "Not even the melding of Stephen King and George A. Romero's writing sensibilities can elevate this spineless anthology, which is too simple in its storytelling and too skimpy on the genuine scares."

The Blu-ray reviews by Jake Keet and M. Enois Duarte suggests that the film "admittedly not as good as [the first Creepshow]", but it "still makes for a decent follow-up that offers a few amusing moments of horror-comedy".

Home media
After its theatrical release, the film was released on VHS the same year by New World Home Video. While being released by Anchor Bay Entertainment on DVD, a special edition DVD of the film was released with the cover art being a homage to the Tales from the Crypt comic books from EC. In 2013, the film was released on Blu-ray by Image Entertainment on September 3, 2013. On December 13, 2016, Arrow Video released a special edition Blu-ray in the United States. The release contains many interviews with the cast and crew along with behind the scenes footage.

Music and soundtrack
The music to the film was composed and conducted by Les Reed and Rick Wakeman. A soundtrack album was released by Waxwork Records as a double-LP record in the United States in 2017.

Sequel
Creepshow 3 was released in 2006 via Taurus Entertainment who had purchased the naming rights. The film featured no involvement whatsoever from Stephen King or George Romero. and was critically panned.

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Lariska
delete useless, no info RabidMonkeysEatGrass 19:30, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC) deletethis info is already on the Dark Hunters page Denjo
 * Comment: I was going to say the same, but then decided to turn the article into a stub; the character's name has been announced, and it will theoretically show up in the series soon. I would suggest keeping as a stub, or merging info into a Bionicle characters list. jglc | t | c 19:35, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Fancruft. Wikia c c 01:31, Jun 15, 2005 (UTC)
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The Dapper Dans

The Dapper Dans are a barbershop quartet that performs at Disneyland in Anaheim, California (since 1959), at the Magic Kingdom at the Walt Disney World Resort (since 1971), and at Hong Kong Disneyland in Lantau Island, Hong Kong (from 2005 to 2008). A quartet (from the UK) also performed at Disneyland Paris from the opening in 1992 until 1995 and were known as The Main Street Quartet. The Paris quartet, known as “Nickelodeon” before joining the park, comprised Martin Baker, Mark Grindall, Steve Green and Jim Mullen. The quartet continued together after leaving Disney and still sing together from time to time. The Bass, Mark Grindall, still works extensively in Barbershop as a successful vocal coach and choral director.

In the 1993 The Simpsons episode "Homer's Barbershop Quartet", The Be Sharps' singing voices were partly provided by the Dapper Dans. Before working on the episode, Jeff Martin had seen one of the quartet's performances and enjoyed it. When the episode's production began, he contacted the quartet, and they agreed to make a guest appearance in the episode. The Dapper Dans' singing was intermixed with the normal voice actors' voices, often with a regular voice actor singing the melody and The Dapper Dans providing backup.

Members of the Dapper Dans have included the Barbershop Harmony Society international collegiate quartet gold medalists Aaron Stratton, Paul Hesson, Chad Bennett, and Eric Monson; film and TV actor-comedian Monty Jordan; and Grammy Award winning Audio Engineer Tom Knox.

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I love listening to music. Especially Third Day, Bebo Norman and Jars of Clay.

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GRASP (SAT solver)

GRASP is a well known SAT instance solver. It was developed by João Marques Silva, a Portuguese computer science researcher. It stands for Generic seaRch Algorithm for the Satisfiability Problem.

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McClellan–Palomar Airport

McClellan–Palomar Airport (Palomar Airport) is a public airport 3 mi southeast of Carlsbad in San Diego County, California. It is owned by the County of San Diego. The airport is used for both general aviation and commercial aviation. As of March 2013, the airport was the fourth-busiest single runway airport in the United States.

Most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, but McClellan–Palomar Airport is CRQ to the FAA and CLD to the IATA. The ICAO identifier is KCRQ.

The airport is named for Gerald McClellan, an aviator and civic leader in San Diego's North County area.

The airport was the basis of part of the name of the TV production company Lorimar Television.

Facilities
McClellan–Palomar Airport covers 466 acre and has one asphalt runway, 6/24, 4897 x. The airport also has one asphalt helipad that is 40 by 50 feet (12 x 15 m).

In the year ending December 31, 2021, the airport had 140,451 aircraft operations, an average of 385 per day: 93% general aviation, 6% air taxi, <1% scheduled commercial, and <1% military. 284 aircraft were then based at this airport: 164 single-engine, 79 jet, 26 multi-engine, 14 helicopter, and 1 glider.

It opened a $24-million terminal on January 29, 2009.

As of October 26, 2010, Palomar Airport's long-term parking rates (30 day maximum) increased from $3 to $5 per day.

Airlines and destinations
In early 2020, Taos Air inaugurated seasonal skiing-oriented flights between McClellan–Palomar and Taos Regional Airport in New Mexico. Advanced Air announced new seasonal service to Mammoth Lakes on the Dornier 328JET and, occasionally, the King Air 350.

Surf Air is a private air charter company that offers flights between McClellan–Palomar, selected California cities, and Las Vegas. The company began its first flights in 2013 and expanded to San Diego by late 2014, operating from the Atlantic Aviation FBO. Clay Lacy Aviation also operates at McClellan–Palomar Airport, providing aircraft management services, charters using the company's fleet of business jets, and full-service aircraft maintenance.

Past airline service
The airport was previously served by United Express with flights operated by SkyWest Airlines. In May 2015, United Express ended service to the airport due to the phaseout of their Embraer EMB-120 Brasilia turboprop aircraft as SkyWest then transitioned to an all regional jet fleet with these aircraft requiring a runway longer than the airport's runway length.

Other airline service into the airport in the past included American Eagle operated by Wings West Airlines and United Express operated by WestAir Airlines with both commuter air carriers flying to Los Angeles (LAX) as well as America West Express (later US Airways Express) operating nonstop to Phoenix–Sky Harbor. In 1977, Scenic Airlines was flying Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner propjets nonstop to Palm Springs with direct one stop service to both Las Vegas and Phoenix. In 1995, American Eagle and United Express were operating a combined total of twelve nonstop services a day to LAX with both airlines flying British Aerospace BAe Jetstream 31 commuter propjets on the route. In 1999, Mesa Airlines was operating the America West Express nonstop service to Phoenix with three flights a day with de Havilland Canada DHC-8 Dash 8 turboprops. Imperial Airlines also served McClellan-Palomar and was based at the airport during the 1980s. Air Resorts operated flights from the airport as well during the 1980s. Golden West Airlines also operated service during the 1970s from the airport with de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter commuter aircraft. All of the airlines that previously served Carlsbad operated either turboprop or prop aircraft on their services into the airport.

BizAir Shuttle, a public charter airline with flights operated by Ultimate Air Shuttle utilizing Dornier 328JET aircraft, briefly operated scheduled service from McClellan–Palomar to LAX and McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas during the summer of 2015.

JetsuiteX (subsequently rebranded JSX) announced charter flight services to Burbank and San Jose starting October 17, 2016. However; due to low customer demand, the scheduled services to and from Carlsbad airport were canceled.

On August 16, 2017, the airport announced new commercial jet service from Cal Jet by Elite Airways, which planned to operate daily commercial flights to Las Vegas starting September 28, 2017. County officials said Cal Jet planned on operating a Bombardier CRJ700 with 63 Seats, becoming the first commercial service at the airport since 2015. Cal Jet will operate out of the main commercial terminal, with the hope of adding other cities such as San Jose, Oakland, Sacramento, and Phoenix in the near future. As of August 2017, tickets were on sale, with fares starting at $69 one-way. Cal Jet abruptly ended service in April 2018.

The airport was the headquarters for California Pacific Airlines, which planned flights on four routes from the airport. On August 27, 2018, the airline announced service would begin on November 1, 2018, with service to San Jose, California, and Reno, Nevada, to be followed by service to Las Vegas, Nevada and Phoenix, Arizona beginning November 15, 2018. This service was reduced from an initial plan to serve six destinations including Sacramento, California; Oakland, California; and Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. California Pacific Airlines ceased operations as of January 16, 2019. In January 2020, owner Ted Vallas stated that California Pacific Airlines planned to resume service in the future, but ultimately the airline's operating certificate was revoked in October 2020. Owner Ted Vallas died in November of that year.

Accidents and incidents

 * On January 24, 2006, a Cessna Citation V landing on runway 24 on a flight from Friedman Memorial Airport in Hailey, Idaho, burst into flames after crashing into a self-storage facility adjacent to the airport. All four aboard (two passengers and two crew) were killed; no one on the ground was hurt.
 * On April 29, 2007, a Cessna 182 Skylane carrying three people crashed about 1 mi offshore shortly after takeoff at 9:30 a.m.
 * On July 3, 2007, a Beechcraft 90 King Air carrying two people crashed after taking off shortly after 6 a.m. in dense fog. The aircraft hit power lines, which caused power outages for local residents and businesses. The two on board died.
 * On September 22, 2008, a Cessna 152 crashed just west of College Boulevard on the extended centerline after departing runway 24. The aircraft had two on board, who were both injured and evacuated by air.
 * On September 28, 2008, a Beechcraft Bonanza crashed southeast of the airport after the pilot aborted a landing attempt in fog. The pilot was alone and was killed.
 * On November 18, 2015, a Eurocopter AS350 Écureuil helicopter crashed at the airport, killing two people.
 * On July 16, 2022, a Socata TB-21 on approach to the airport made a forced landing on a nearby street, striking a car and causing minor injuries to two in the car and two in the aircraft. The cause of the accident is under investigation.

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Jingyu Zhou
Seems to be another PhD resume that pops up. I'm not in the field, so I am unsure as to whether or not he is well-known, but Google returns only a few hundred hits for "Jingyu Zhou," and none for "Jingyu Zhou" + "Santa Barbara", supposedly his current institution. The fact that the user who created the entry (also its only contributor) has no other edits or contributions, and is an anonymous, is also fishy. jglc | t | c 19:32, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * delete wikipedia is not a vanity listing, or I would be on Wikipedia, too. RabidMonkeysEatGrass 19:35, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete for great justice! No really, this guy isn't really notable enough.--Kross 20:09, Jun 14, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete at least until he has his first post-PhD publication with his own name at the top. -- BD2412 talk 21:49, 2005 Jun 14 (UTC)
 * Delete vanity. Grad students are by definition non-notable. --Etacar11 22:36, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete vanity. JamesBurns 06:10, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
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User:CiaPan

Hi everybody,

I'm Polish, born and living in Poland.

I contribute to pl-wiki since March 12, 2004. I often add interlanguage links and occasionally translate little parts of en-wiki to Polish. On 5 May, 2005, I started to add pl: (and sometimes other) interlanguage links to English Wikipedia.

My sandbox

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Well thanks for that I am not going to be able to spend a whole lot of time contributing but I have an interst in sailing, footy (is that in Wikipedia) and running. I may well try and add some details of sports boats and fast dinghy's that appear to be missing Esprit 12:46, Jun 15, 2005 (UTC)

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Parnelli Jones

Rufus Parnell "Parnelli" Jones (August 12, 1933 – June 4, 2024) was an American professional racing driver and racing team owner. He is notable for his accomplishments while competing in the Indianapolis 500 and the Baja 1000 desert race, and the Trans-Am Championship series. In 1962, he became the first driver to qualify over 150 mph (240 km/h). He won the race in 1963, then famously broke down while leading the 1967 race with three laps to go in a turbine car. During his career as an owner, he won the Indy 500 in 1970–1971 with driver Al Unser.

Jones won races in many types of vehicles: sports cars, IndyCars, sprint cars, midget cars, off-road vehicles, and stock cars.

Driving career
Born in Texarkana, Arkansas, Jones' family moved to Torrance, California, where he grew up (and lived in nearby Rolling Hills). He was nicknamed Parnelli by his boyhood friend Billy Calder, who hoped that the Jones family would not discover their son was racing cars as a 17-year-old minor. Jones participated in his first race in a Jalopy race at Carrell Speedway in Gardena, California. He developed his racing skills by racing in many different classes in the 1950s, including 15 stock car racing wins in the NASCAR Pacific Coast Late Model Series.

His first major championship was the Midwest region Sprint car title in 1960. The title caught the attention of promoter J. C. Agajanian, who became his sponsor. He began racing at Indianapolis in 1961.

Jones was named the 1961 Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year, an honor that he shared with Bobby Marshman. Jones led early in the race and ran among the leaders until being hit in the face with a stone, bloodying his face, blurring his vision and slowing him to a 12th-place finish.

In 1962, he was the first driver to qualify over 150 mph at the Indianapolis 500, winning the pole position at a speed of 150.370 mi/h. Jones dominated the first two-thirds of the race until a brake line failure slowed him, and he settled for a seventh-place finish.

In the 1963 Indianapolis 500, he started on the pole. This was the year the controversial Lotus-Ford rear-engined cars made their first appearance, and had ruffled the Indianapolis establishment. Before the race, the chief steward, Harlan Fengler, told the teams that he would black-flag any cars that leaked oil on the track, warning, "Don't believe me, just try me."

With Scotsman Jim Clark in a Lotus-Ford closing on Jones in the waning laps, Jones' car developed a horizontal crack in the external oil reservoir. At that moment, driver Eddie Sachs crashed on the oil-slickened racing surface and brought out a yellow caution flag, slowing the field. Agajanian, Jones' car owner, argued with chief steward Harlan Fengler not to issue a black flag, insisting the oil level had dropped below the level of the crack, and that the leak had stopped. As Agajanian pleaded with Fengler, Lotus head man Colin Chapman rushed up to join the conversation and demanded that Fengler follow the rules about disqualifying cars with oil leaks. With the end of the race just minutes away, Fengler took no action, and Jones went on to win. The Lotus-Ford team, while unhappy with the obvious favoritism displayed by race officials toward Jones and Agajanian, also acknowledged Jones' clear superiority in the event. In addition, Ford officials recognized that a victory through disqualification of Clark's biggest competitor would not be well received by the public, so they declined to protest.

Also that year, legendary vehicle fabricator Bill Stroppe built a Mercury Marauder USAC Stock car for Jones. Jones won the 1963 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb in the car, and broke the stock car speed record.

In 1964, he won seven races (and tied for a win) on his way to the USAC Stock car crown. He won the Turkey Night Grand Prix midget car event. Mercury decided to pull out of stock car racing after the season. The following year, Jones almost won Indy for a second time, finishing second behind Jim Clark.

He won five of the nine midget car events that he entered in 1966, including the Turkey Night Grand Prix. He finished fourteenth in the final points despite competing in only nine of 65 events.

In 1967, he drove in the Indianapolis 500 for owner Andy Granatelli in the revolutionary STP-Paxton Turbocar. Jones dominated the race but dropped out with three laps to go when a small, inexpensive transmission bearing broke. After 1968, turbine-powered cars were legislated out of competition.

Also in 1967, as part of his stock car contract with the Lincoln-Mercury division of the Ford Motor Company, Jones drove a Mercury Cougar for Bud Moore in the second-year Trans Am series. In April, Jones dueled with teammate, friend and rival Dan Gurney in a brutal 300 mi, 4-hour event at Green Valley, Texas in 113-degree heat, losing by inches to Gurney.

Stroppe suggested that Jones try his hand at off-road racing in front of a large crowd at a Christmas party in 1967. Jones at first said no, since he had enough of dirt. Stroppe suggested that maybe off-road racing was too hard for Jones, and the challenge started Jones' off-road career. Jones and Stroppe teamed up for the 711 mi Star Dust 7/11 race across the Nevada desert in early 1968. Jones had never driven or pre-run the Ford Bronco. Jones hit a dry wash at full speed, which broke the wheels and blew out the front tires. Jones would later have a guest appearance in the original film Gone in 60 Seconds featuring him and his Bronco which was stolen in the plot. Jones had become hooked on off-road racing.

In 1968, Jones headed a super-roster of seven drivers signed by Andy Granatelli to drive STP Lotus 56 turbine cars in an unprecedented single-team assault on the Indianapolis 500. The deaths of Jim Clark and Mike Spence, plus a serious injury to Jackie Stewart, whittled the entry to four. Jones, testing his reworked 1967 car in practice, was dissatisfied with the car's performance compared to the newer "wedge"-shaped Lotus 56 turbines, and had concluded the car was unsafe. He stepped out of the car, which was subsequently assigned to Joe Leonard, who promptly wrecked the car in practice. Jones retired from driving IndyCars, but later admitted, "If I hadn't already won Indy, they could never have kept me out of that car."

Jones entered the 1968 NORRA Mexican 1000 (now Baja 1000). Jones led until the 150 mi marker. The Off-road Motorsports Hall of Fame describes Jones' racing style: "Jones and Stroppe had to find a way to keep their vehicles in one piece. During races Jones would push the vehicles at maximum speeds until they gave way, with Stroppe telling him at top volume the entire time to take it easier on the vehicle."

Jones had a special car fabricated by Dick Russell via Bill Stroppe that looked like a Bronco, but had racing parts that could withstand rigorous jarring that off-road vehicles endure. Jones named the vehicle "Big Oly" after his sponsor Olympia Beer. Jones used the vehicle to lead the 1971 Mexican 1000 from start to finish in a new record time of 14 hours and 59 minutes. It was the first off-road racing victory by an Indy 500-winning driver. In Big Oly, Jones won back-to-back Mexican NORRA 1000s, a Mint 400, a Baja 500, along with other victories.

Capitalizing on his long history with Ford, Parnelli joined with Bud Moore Engineering to race in the SCCA Trans-Am Championship series. In 1967, to help with the vehicle launch, Jones raced a prepped 1967 Mercury Cougar. The car was not overly competitive, however Ford did win the Manufacturers Title. Jones did not race in 1968 season. Jones returned to Bud Moore and Trans-Am in 1969 to help with the debut of the Boss 302 Mustang. Teamed with George Follmer, Jones finished second in the Drivers Championship to Mark Donohue driving a 1969 Penkse prepared Camaro. Both Moore and Jones agreed that the Firestone tires were the reason they did not win the championship due to their short life compared to Goodyear, but due to Jones's Firestone sponsorship, they were required. In 1970, Moore, Jones, and Follmer returned to dominate the 1970 Trans-Am season.

Jones finished his racing career with major wins during the year 1973. He won his second Mexican 1000 in 16 hours and 42 minutes. He also won the 1973 Baja 500 and Mint 400 off-road events. Jones had a major accident at SCORE International's 1974 Baja 500, and stepped away from full-time off-road racing to become a race car owner.

Driving career summary
Jones retired with six IndyCar wins and twelve pole positions, four wins in 34 NASCAR starts, including the 1967 Motor Trend 500 at Riverside, 25 midget car feature wins in occasional races between 1960 and 1967, 25 career sprint car wins, and seven Tran-Am wins and a Drivers Championship in 1970. His fifteen wins is eighth on the all-time in NASCAR Pacific Coast Late Model history.

In 1993, Jones took part in the Fast Masters. He advanced to the final championship round and placed 6th overall.

Car owner
Jones started Vel’s Parnelli Jones Racing, which won the Indianapolis 500 again as an owner in 1970 and 1971 with driver Al Unser driving the Johnny Lightning special. The team also won the 1970, 1971, and 1972 USAC National Championships.

Jones owned the Parnelli Formula One race team from late 1974 to early 1976, although it achieved little success.

Jones returned to off-road racing as owner of Walker Evans' 1976 SCORE truck, and Evans won the championship. They teamed up for the 1977 CORE Class 2 championship.

Jones owned vehicles that took class wins at the Baja 500 and Baja 1000. His USAC Dirt Car won two championships and the Triple Crown three times.

Documentary
Jones starred in the one-hour documentary Behind the Indianapolis 500 with Parnelli Jones. Narrated by Bob Varsha, the film takes viewers behind the scenes of the Indianapolis 500, through the eyes and experiences of Parnelli Jones. In addition to Parnelli, Rick Mears, Mario Andretti, Bobby Unser, Al Unser Jr., P. J. Jones, Chip Ganassi, and others are interviewed throughout. The film was selected for the 2016 Sun Valley Film Festival, which Parnelli and Bob Varsha attended.

Businessman
Jones owned and operated several successful businesses. He owned Parnelli Jones Inc., which operated 47 retail Parnelli Jones Tire Centers in four states. Parnelli Jones Enterprises was a chain of Firestone Racing Tires in 14 Western United States. Parnelli Jones Wholesale was a reseller which sold and distributed shock absorbers, passenger car tires, and other automotive products to retail tire dealers. In addition, Parnelli Jones has several wheel manufacturers companies since the beginning of the 70s, z.b. Rebel Wheel co, US Mags and American Racing Equipment.

Death
Jones died in Torrance, California, on June 4, 2024, at the age of 90.

Awards and honors

 * He was inducted into the Off-Road Motorsports Hall of Fame in 1978.
 * He was inducted into the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame in 1985.
 * He was inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame in 1990.
 * He was inducted into the National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame in 1990.
 * He was inducted into the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame in 1991.
 * He was inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in 1992.
 * He was inducted into the West Coast Stock Car Hall of Fame in 2002.
 * He was inducted into the USAC Hall of Fame in 2012.

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Trelleborg (company)

Trelleborg AB is a global engineering group focused on polymer technology, with headquarters in Trelleborg, Sweden, with 15,646 employees and with yearly revenue of 34 billion SEK as of 2023. It became a public company in 1964 and currently trades on the Nasdaq Stockholm as a large-cap component. It has operations in 40 countries and describes its mission as the development of "engineered polymer solutions that seal, damp and protect critical applications in demanding environments".

History
The company was founded in 1905 as "Trelleborgs Gummifabriks AB" (the Rubber Factory Corporation of Trelleborg) by Henry Dunker and Johan Kock, who were both already active in the rubber industry. Initially, the company had 150 employees and produced bicycle tires and rubber for industrial applications. During World War I, the Swedish Armed Forces placed substantial orders.

By the mid-1930s, the number of employees had reached 1,000. Beginning in the 1950s, the share of revenue from sales outside of Sweden increased; in 1950, it was 4%, and in 1970, it was 40%. In 1964, Trelleborgs Gummifabriks AB was floated at the Stockholm Stock Exchange. The current name was adopted in 1977.

Between 1983 and 1991, the strategy was to act as a wide-ranging industrial conglomerate, with a particular focus on mining and metals. Later, the company's focus returned to rubber products. In 1999, the scope was further narrowed by specializing in industrial applications. In 2003, polymer-based precision seals were added to the product offerings.

In 2009 the European Commission fined several marine hose producers, among them Trelleborg AB, "...for participating in a cartel for marine hoses between 1986 and 2007 in violation of the ban on cartels and restrictive business practices in the EC Treaty (Article 81) and the EEA Agreement (Article 53)." In mid-2012, Trelleborg and Freudenberg formed a 50–50 joint venture in antivibration applications for light and heavy vehicles, TrelleborgVibracoustic.

In summer 2016, Trelleborg divested all of its shares to Freudenberg, and that concluded the Automotive antivibration journey. In August 2022, it was announced Trelleborg had acquired the Lindau-based aerospace interiors company, MG Silikon GmbH, an entity within Saint-Gobain Group. In October 2022, Trelleborg acquired US-based company, Minnesota Rubber & Plastics, from private equity firm KKR for US$950million. In March 2022 the Group signed an agreement to divest the Trelleborg Wheel Systems business area to Yokohama Rubber Company. The divestment is expected to be finalized during the first half of 2023.

Operations
Trelleborg AB is divided into the following business areas:

 * Trelleborg Industrial Solutions (hose systems, industrial antivibration solutions and selected industrial sealing systems)
 * Trelleborg Sealing Solutions (precision seals for industry, aviation and vehicles) – Founded in 1952, Trelleborg Sealing Solutions was previously a part of the Smiths Group's precision seals business. This business, Polymer Sealing Solutions, consisted of four rubber units. These were Busak+Shamban, Dowty Automotive, Shamban and Forsheda. In 2003, Polymer Sealing Solutions was acquired by Trelleborg AB. The name Busak+Shamban remained with all marketing locations, but the manufacturing locations became known as Trelleborg Sealing Solutions. As of April 2, 2007, the Busak+Shamban name was retired, with all locations being brought under the Trelleborg Sealing Solutions umbrella.
 * Trelleborg Medical Solutions – A global supplier of polymer-based integrated solutions for medical devices and biopharma

Market
Trelleborg AB was in 2018, according to Rubber & Plastics News, the third-largest player in the world market for non-tire rubber products.

The net sales for 2022 had the following geographical distribution:

Ownership
The 10 largest shareholders of Trelleborg AB, as of December 31, 2023:

Governance
Since April 27, 2023, Johan Malmquist has been Chairman of Trelleborg AB. The following table lists the chairmen in chronological order since the company was founded.

Since October 1, 2005, Peter Nilsson has been president and CEO of Trelleborg AB. The following table lists the presidents and CEOs in chronological order since the company was founded.

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Lauritsen (crater)

Lauritsen is a lunar impact crater that is located just behind the east-southeastern limb of the Moon. It is named for physicist Charles Christian Lauritsen. While it lies on the far side from the Earth, it is still possible to catch a glimpse of this area under favorable conditions of libration and illumination. The crater is situated roughly equidistant from Titius to the east and Donner to the southeast, so that the three form an equilateral triangle. To the northwest is the walled plain Curie.

This is an eroded crater with an eastern rim that is almost completely overlain by smaller craters, including Lauritsen B along the northeast. There is a break in the rim to the north and a pair of small craters lies across the northwest rim. Along the southwest side the rim is indented slightly, resulting in a nearly straight length. At the midpoint of the crater is Lauritsen Y, with a smaller crater to its south-southeast.

Satellite craters
By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Lauritsen.

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Lawrence Joseph

Lawrence Joseph (born 1948 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American poet, writer, essayist, critic, lawyer, and professor of law.

Early life and education
Lawrence Joseph was born in 1948 in Detroit, Michigan. Joseph's grandparents, Lebanese Maronite and Syrian Melkite Eastern Catholics, were among the first Arab Americans to emigrate to Detroit around 1910, where both Joseph's parents were born.

He attended the University of Detroit Jesuit High School, the University of Michigan (B.A, 1970), Magdalene College, Cambridge (B.A. 1972, M.A. 1976), and the University of Michigan Law School (J. D. 1975).

Career
Joseph, perhaps best known as a poet, won the 1983 Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize from the Pitt Poetry Series for his first book, Shouting at No One. His second book of poems, Curriculum Vitae, was published by the University of Pittsburgh Press in 1988. His most recent books of poems, Before Our Eyes (1993); Codes, Precepts, Biases, and Taboos: Poems 1973–1993 (2005), Into It (2005); So Where Are We? (2017); and A Certain Clarity (2020) are published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

Joseph is also the author of Lawyerland, a book of prose, published by FSG in 1997. Lawyerland was optioned for a film by John Malkovich, Lianne Helfon and Russell Smith's Mr. Mudd Productions. A symposium, "The Lawyerland Essays," appeared in the Columbia Law Review. His book The Game Changed : Essays and Other Prose, appeared in 2011 in the University of Michigan Press’s Poets on Poetry series.

Joseph's poems, essays and criticism have appeared in magazines and newspapers both in the United States and internationally. His essay on Motown music and Rhythm and Blues, "The Music Is," which originally appeared in Tin House, was included in Da Capo Best Music Writing 2003, chosen by Guest Editor Matt Groening. His work has been widely anthologized, and his poetry is included in The Oxford Book of American Poetry.

Joseph is also the Tinnelly Professor of Law at St. John's University School of Law in New York City. Joseph served as law clerk to Justice G. Mennen Williams of the Michigan Supreme Court. He then joined the faculty at the University of Detroit School of Law. In 1981, he moved to New York City, where he was associated with the firm of Shearman & Sterling. He joined the St. John's law faculty in 1987.

Writing as a lawyer, Joseph has published in areas of labor, employment, tort and compensation law, jurisprudence, law and literature, and legal theory. He has served as Consultant on Tort and Compensation Law for the Michigan State Senate's Commission on Courts, and as Consultant for the Governor of Michigan's Commission on Workers' Compensation, Occupational Disease and Employment and has received a grant from the Employment Standards Division of the United States Department of Labor. He is former Chairperson of the Association of American Law Schools section on Law and Interpretation.

Joseph has read from his work at numerous universities and law schools throughout the country and internationally, including Stanford University, Columbia University, Harvard University, University of Michigan, New York University, University of Pennsylvania, Georgetown University, and Northwestern University. Among his awards are also a fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation and two National Endowment for the Arts fellowships. In 2006 he was named the third recipient of the New York County Lawyers Association's "Law and Literature Award" (prior recipients are Louis Auchincloss and Louis Begley). As an undergraduate at Michigan, he received a major Hopwood Award in poetry.

He has been a member of the board of directors of Poets House, Poetry Society of America, and The Writer's Voice, and served on the International PEN Events Committee. In 1989, he lectured on law and on poetry in Jordan, Palestine, and Egypt through the cultural affairs offices of the United States embassies in each country. In 1994, he taught in the Council of the Humanities and Creative Writing Program at Princeton University.

His literary, professional, and personal papers have been acquired by the University of Michigan’s Special Collections Library and are housed at the Hatcher Graduate Library.

Joseph is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and the American Bar Association. He is married to the painter Nancy Van Goethem and lives in New York City.

Poetry

 * Collections
 * Shouting at No One (Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1983)
 * Curriculum Vitae (Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1988)
 * Before Our Eyes (New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1993)
 * Codes, Precepts, Biases, and Taboos: Poems 1973–1993 (New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005)
 * Into It (New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005)
 * So Where Are We? Poems, poetry, (New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2017)
 * A Certain Clarity: Selected Poems, poetry (Farrar Straus and Giroux, 2020)
 * List of poems

Other works
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 * Lawyerland, prose, (New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1997)
 * The Game Changed: Essays and Other Prose, criticism, (Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 2011)
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Lloyd W. Williams

Major Lloyd W. Williams (June 5, 1887 – June 12, 1918) was an officer in the United States Marine Corps who served and died in World War I.

Early life and education
Lloyd W. Williams was born on June 5, 1887, in Berryville, Virginia. While very young, his family moved to Washington, DC. Williams attended Virginia Polytechnic Institute (Virginia Tech) and graduated in 1907, as the captain of Alpha Company in the Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets. After graduating, he became a second lieutenant of the United States Marine Corps on December 11, 1909. In 1912, Williams was deployed to Nicaragua and saw combat in the capture of León during the Banana Wars.

World War I
During World War I, Captain Williams was assigned to command the division's 51st Company in the 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines Regiment.

On June 3, 1918, a brigade of Marines was sent to support the French army at the Battle of Belleau Wood. Lloyd Williams was serving as a company commander of 51st Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines. As the Marines arrived, they found French troops retreating. When advised to withdraw by a French colonel at the defensive line just north of the village of Lucy-le-Bocage, Williams bluntly replied: "Retreat, hell! We just got here!"

On June 11, 1918, Williams led an assault that routed the German defenders at Belleau Wood near Chateau-Thierry, France. Only 1 of the 10 officers and 16 of the 250 enlisted men survived or escaped injury. According to a French Major's report, after he ordered Williams to withdraw, Williams told him to "go to hell." Later, when Williams had been gassed and injured by shrapnel and lay wounded on the battlefield, he told the approaching medics, "Don't bother with me. Take care of my good men." He later died from a shell explosion as he was being evacuated.

Awards

 * Captain Williams was posthumously promoted to the rank of Major.
 * Williams received three Silver Star citations and a Purple Heart.
 * He was recommended for two other awards: (the Medal of Honor and the Distinguished Service Cross) by his commanding officer, Colonel Wise, but neither was granted.

Legacy

 * Major Williams is considered to be the first known Virginian to die in World War I.
 * The U. S. Marine Corps' 2nd Battalion, 5th Regiment adopted the motto: "Retreat, hell!", in honor of Major Williams. Fighting since 1914, 2/5 is the most highly decorated battalion in Marine history.
 * On September 12, 1919, a new American Legion post in Berryville, Virginia was named in Williams' honor.
 * In 1957, a new campus building at Lloyd's Alma Mater, Virginia Tech was named Major Williams Hall (a.k.a. "Major Bill") in his honor. The new building was a combination of two older barracks and originally functioned as both a corps and civilian student dormitory. In 1995, it was renovated and converted to academic offices for the history department in the College of Arts and Sciences. A plaque in his honor can be found in the building's front entrance.

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