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User talk:Jeandré du Toit/archive/2005

Spotty internet access.
I probably won't be able to answer any questions until Sunday the 30th, which is when I'll have regular internet access again. — Jeandré, 2005-01-15t19:15z

 * I'm back from Rondebosch, but SUSE died during an YAST kernel update, so I won't have regular internet access until I can get my PC up and running again. — Jeandré, 2005-02-02t15:50z

 * I'm running on a Knoppix live CD, and should have an up to speed PC after the new Ubuntu release (2005-04). — Jeandré, 2005-03-31t07:32z

Sandbot header enforcement.
What was wrong with this edit? I made it and a minute later sandbot deleted it. I didn't mess with the header. - I27.O.O.l 07:44, 31 Mar 2005 (UTC)

 * There is a delay between the sandbot's initial page get and the time it takes to correct the header. It just so happened that in the rare moment, you posted new content while the sandbot was doing its header re-enforcement check. -- AllyUnion (talk) 12:04, 31 Mar 2005 (UTC)

 * About the 127.0.0.1 account: my plan was to create a real account after April Fool's Day. But if I can change my name, I'll just do that.  I'm putting this in a few places because I'm not sure if Jeandré and AllyUnion are the same person. I27.O.O.l

Subscription needed for Nation article?
Re: Mary Wollstonecraft edit.

 * I didn't need a subscription to The Nation to access that article, why does it say so? -- Bgohla, 2005-06-01t15:52z

 * Reply on article's talk page and link on Bgohla's talk page. — Jeandré, 2005-06-01t18:00z, 2005-06-01t18:14z

Africa report.
Re: User_talk:Anthere

 * Hiya.

 * thanks for the note :-)

 * Sorry for not answering sooner. I have a bunch of hot issues on the backburner... so I'll come back to you as soon as possible (which should be quick, today hopefully). Meanwhile, just a question, have you heard about Wikimania and would you eventually plan to come ?

 * Anthere 10:37, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * Reply. — Jeandré, 2005-06-26t12:18z

 * Are you aware that the eye mentionned is mine ? And the cheche is me ... 2 years ago I think ? Funny that this was the example chosen. I feel very proud :-)

 * I send you a general message. It is meant for you... I mean that the main proposal (the initial one) was meant to support primarily editors from Africa. The number of which is so limited that we expanded to more areas :-( What do you think ? Anthere 19:32, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * Question about 2nd paragraph. — Jeandré, 2005-06-26t21:39z

 * Anthere answered it by email.

Soundgarden.
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 * I dont completely understand your reasoning for removing the track listing from Room a Thousand Years Wide or adding light year to the see also section. I also dont understand why you put the song titles in lowercase either. Could you please explain these to me? Also I'm taking out the song lenght because the song from the single is a different version than that on BMF. I probably should have put that there. Jobe6 00:49, July 19, 2005 (UTC)
 * Also im pretty sure that adding song lyrics is a copy vio im gonna take that out.

 * Reply at Talk:Room_A_Thousand_Years_Wide and a link to it from Jobe6's talk page — Jeandré, 2005-07-20t23:25z

Wikimania.
Hi Jeandré, this is a _seriously_ long overdue response. I checked if you were going to be at Wikimania, since you were the one who originally tipped me off about the call for papers. Mine has been accepted and I'm giving a presentation and I had hoped to be able to talk to you and thank you there. Since it unfortunately seems you're not going, I'm just saying thanks here and feeling extremely guilty about the length of time it took to do :( Cormaggio 12:45, 1 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Reply. — Jeandré, 2005-08-02t21:50z

 * Thanks - my paper is still in draft form here, and I'll be posting up my presentation slides and notes as soon as I can - though possibly not till after my talk (on Friday morning). And yes, I know, what an experience it should be - I'm really excited now! Cormaggio 23:17, 2 August 2005 (UTC)

Why delete info on Streep/Foster bios?
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 * I don't understand your deletion of NPOV on the Streep/Foster entries. It is encyclopedic in the sense of cross-references are in encyclopedias. There are commentators (critics) who believe Streep is not a "great" actress.  NPOV means all valid info on a subject should be included not censored.  Also are you against forming opinions about what they read?  Not of my edits contravenes the Style guide or is biased. Please explain and revert  66.248.122
 * 8/26/05

 * Welcome to Wikipedia. Please consider getting a username to make it easier to communicate with you.
 * Talk pages are used to discuss improvements of the articles, and are not linked to from articles. Write some NPOV text with the other editors, in the article itself. Telling people to form their own opinions on specific topics is not encyclopedic, and in the Foster case was biased. — Jeandré, 2005-08-27t18:48z

 * Thanx for the tips on discussion page form, I'm learning the nuances of Wiki editing. I didn't mean to misspell your name on the history so sorry 'bout that.  The Foster article has some new info I think people will find interesting.  Whatever my opinions of her may be I'm trying just to add relevnt. info.66.248.122.177 20:31, 27 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Don't worry about the misspelling, it's a tricky name :). Also try not to take it personally that some editors disagree with your additions, or if we get a bit snippy. What seems obvious to some, needs lots of explaining, reasoning, and cites to others. Hopefully we can come to a compromise that makes Wikipedia a better encyclopedia, which is why we're here. — Jeandré, 2005-08-28t22:22z

Wikijunior solar system proofreading.
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 * Thanks for your help over at Wikijunior Solar System
 * The work you are doing checking the facts on the Kuiper belt is really helpful. Would you be willing to use the proofreading plan?  Since there have been several people collaborating on this, it would help if you could show which sections you are working on, which are finished, and exactly which facts have been checked -- all by
 * Signing up for a section to fact-check
 * Putting in references, using the citation templates as explained in the plan.

 * On the other hand, if you think the proofreading process I have proposed has weaknesses, could you propose improvements to it? I wanted to make it easy for anyone to understand what has been done and what has not been done.

 * Thanks for your help! --SV Resolution(Talk) 13:29, 25 September 2005 (UTC)

Straightening out Iraq invasion protests article.
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 * Thanks for straightening out the Protests against the invasion of Iraq article. As you probably saw, a number of us have tried to make the article smaller, but keep it in small chunks to better manage it.  I admit, though, I'm glad to see the old format back.

 * I think the only way to truly keep that article manageable is to spin as many of the sections as we can off into their own articles, like with February 15, March 20, Million Worker March, Counter-Inaugural, and September 24.
 * Schuminweb 04:55, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

Admin support for Jcw69.
Re: Requests for adminship/Jcw69.

 * Hi Jeandré, I have been nominated as an administrator (Requests for adminship) and would kindly appreciate your support. Thank you — Jcw69, 2005-10-13t18:11:30z

 * No net access note. — Jeandré, 2005-12-17t11:30z

Poor/Wagon misquotation/paraphrase.
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 * You wrote: "What Ed Poor calls "misquotation" also seems to be a summary, and not a quotation"

 * I'm not sure I understand what you're trying to say here.

 * On my post here, I paraphrased Ed's post to Jayjg as saying how can we nail FuelWagon for wikistalking. Ed replied here with an edit summary "This misquotation alone is really grounds for banning you indefinitely from this project." and an opening sentence that says "Not what I said at all. What I actually said is this"

 * Ed's reply is in direct response to my paraphrase of his post to Jayjg, his edit summary and the opening sentence of his post say so. FuelWagon 19:34, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

 * Answer. — Jeandré, 2005-12-01t21:50z

196.25.255.242.
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 * no problem there. please don't hesitate to let me know if there's anything i can help you with.--Alhutch 17:36, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

List of fictional Elvis impersonators
The List of fictional Elvis impersonators is currently nominated for deletion. As a previous editor on that article, your opinion in this matter is valued. -Litefantastic 20:12, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

 * Delete Merge and redirect. — Jeandré, 2005-12-15t16:48z

Robert McHenry
Re and  (will User:CarlHewitt agree?).

 * Nicely done. --Dystopos 17:11, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

 * Thanks. — Jeandré, 2005-12-15t17:26z

Swahili checks.
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 * There is no such measurement in swahili that i am aware of called Fungu'lu, for the span article, it is valid, ill just put a note so that the author can add sources. Span in swahili is Futuri - Thanks: Omoo 04:47, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

 * Thanks note link. — Jeandré, 2005-12-17t12:05z

Deletion of 'green wikipedians' category.
Hi. I saw you're (like me) listed in this category which is up for deletion. Hoped you'd like to vote in favor of keeping it... Thanks! Larix 02:26, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

 * Weak keep. — Jeandré, 2005-12-20t11:47z

 * Thanks for voting! Larix 16:17, 25 December 2005 (UTC)

Meet up.
I'm going to be back in South Africa from 26 December to 25 January. Would be great to meet up with all my fellow South African editors that I have been working with from afar. Want to try to arrange a meet-up of some sorts? 08:14, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

 * Answer. — Jeandré, 2005-12-06t17:04z

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United States Office of Special Counsel (disambiguation)

The United States Office of Special Counsel is an independent U.S. government agency that protects civil service employees from unfair personnel practices.

Other offices with similar names include:
 * Special Counsel, formally known as Special Prosecutor, charged with investigating alleged misconduct in the Executive Branch
 * U.S. Department of Justice Office of Special Counsel, the predecessor to the United States Office of Special Counsel
 * Office of Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices, within the U.S. Department of Justice
 * White House Counsel (also called Counsel to the President), a staff appointee of the President of the United States


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Illini and Saluki

The Illini and Saluki are a pair of passenger trains operated by Amtrak along a 310 mi route between Chicago and Carbondale, Illinois. They are part of Amtrak's Illinois Service and are primarily funded by the state of Illinois. The service provides two daily roundtrips; Saluki being the morning trains and Illini the afternoon trains. The route is coextensive with the far northern leg of the long-distance City of New Orleans.

The Illini has operated since 1973; a previous version operated in 1971–1972 between Chicago and Champaign. The Saluki debuted in 2006. In fiscal year 2023, the Illini and Saluki carried a combined 270,017 passengers, a 20.4% increase from FY2022.

History
The Illinois Central Railroad's main line between Chicago and New Orleans ran through Champaign–Urbana and Carbondale, along the east side of Illinois. At the formation of Amtrak in 1971, the Illinois Central still operated a number of services from its Central Station in Chicago over this route, including the Illini and Shawnee (Chicago-Carbondale), the City of New Orleans and the Panama Limited (both, Chicago–New Orleans), plus the City of Miami (Chicago–Birmingham).

Amtrak retained two trains on this route: the City of New Orleans (which it named the Panama Limited) and the Shawnee. Amtrak brought back the Illini name on November 14, 1971, as a Chicago-Champaign train, operating in conjunction with the Campus. It was named for the Illini, from which the state of Illinois and the Fighting Illini mascot of the University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign get their names. Amtrak discontinued the Campus and Illini on March 5, 1972. Both trains used Central Station, which Amtrak was abandoning; Amtrak judged that the additional 35–40 minutes necessary to serve Union Station made the schedule impractical. The 1972 Illini made its last trip on March 3.

Amtrak revived the Illini on December 19, 1973, again as a Chicago–Champaign service. The restoration was part of $1.5 million expansion program which included the Black Hawk (Chicago–Rockford–Dubuque), the State House (St. Louis–Chicago), and supplemental funding for the Rock Island's two remaining Rockets (Chicago–Peoria and Chicago–Rock Island). The state desired to extend the Illini to Decatur, but doing so involved a switch from the Illinois Central to the Norfolk & Western at Tolono, south of Champaign. The connection between the lines was in poor condition, and no one would take responsibility for repairing it.

Amtrak finally extended the Illini to Decatur on July 2, 1981. Decatur had last seen service in 1971 from the Norfolk & Western's City of Decatur (Chicago–Decatur) and the Wabash's Wabash Cannon Ball (Detroit–St. Louis). Neither train had been retained by Amtrak. The new Amtrak service used the old Wabash station, which still stands and has become an antique store. Poor ridership prompted Illinois to withdraw its support for the Decatur stop, and Amtrak cut the Illini back to Champaign on July 10, 1983.

On January 12, 1986, Amtrak extended the Illini to Carbondale to replace the Shawnee, which had been canceled because of budget cuts. Service began at Gilman on October 26, 1986, and Du Quoin on August 25, 1989. The Illini service was nearly canceled in 1996, but local communities along the route pledged funds to keep it running.

A second train, the Saluki, was added on October 30, 2006, in response to increased demand on the Illini and other Illinois Service trains in the 2005–2006 fiscal year. The Saluki was named for the mascot of Southern Illinois University, which is located in the train's southern terminus of Carbondale. Its morning schedule complements the afternoon schedule of the Illini.

Amtrak ran an extra over the route, the Eclipse Express, for the solar eclipse of August 21, 2017.

The trains have stops near three major Illinois state universities: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Southern Illinois University, and Eastern Illinois University in Charleston (near Mattoon). As a result, university students account for a significant portion of passengers.

Route
The Illini and Saluki operates over the Canadian National Railway, successor to the Illinois Central. The route is 309 mi long.

The Chicago Region Environmental and Transportation Efficiency Program (CREATE) is in the preliminary design phase for the Grand Crossing Project. This project will reroute the Illini, Saluki, and City of New Orleans trains from Canadian National Railway's tracks to Norfolk Southern's Chicago Line in the Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood in Chicago. This will eliminate a time-consuming switchback on the St. Charles Air Line into Chicago Union Station.

Station Stops
The entire route is in Illinois.

Equipment
In 2021 a typical Illini or Saluki consists of:
 * 1 Siemens Charger locomotive
 * 1 Cafe/Sightseeing car
 * 4 Superliner cars

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Gigantic (song)

"Gigantic" is a song by the American alternative rock band Pixies, co-written by bassist Kim Deal and lead vocalist/guitarist Black Francis. The song appeared on the band's first full-length studio album, Surfer Rosa, released in 1988. One of the longest songs on the album, "Gigantic" was released as the band's first single later that year.

Featuring Deal on lead vocals, the song is one of Pixies' biggest hits and a crowd favorite at concerts, often played as the encore. The melody line comes from Deal's simple but effective bass playing—the same bassline is repeated throughout the song.

"Gigantic" never achieved a ranking on any major charts and was their only single release from Surfer Rosa. However, it was a fairly successful first hit for Pixies and maintains radio play to this day. The single version of the song appeared on Pixies' 2004 best-of compilation, Wave of Mutilation: Best of Pixies.

Lyrics and melody
According to Deal, the main inspiration for the song was the film Crimes of the Heart, in which a white married woman falls in love with a black teenager and the song "Gigantic" is credited to Mrs John Murphy (Kim Deal's pseudonym at the time of Come On Pilgrim and Surfer Rosa).

The song's lyrics mostly revolve around a woman's observation of an attractive black man making love to another woman, culminating in the chorus: "Gigantic, gigantic, gigantic / A big, big love". Francis later commented on the title of the song and the chorus (in the music magazine Select), saying:

"'A good chord progression, very Lou Reed influenced. I'd had the word 'gigantic' in my mind just because the chord progression seemed very big to me.'"

The melody, particularly at the beginning, differs between the album and EP version.

Single
4AD label executive Ivo Watts-Russell didn't believe there was a track on Surfer Rosa that would get much radio play, so he approached producer Gil Norton to re-record "Gigantic" and "River Euphrates" with the intention of releasing them as the band's first single. It would be the first time Norton would record with the Pixies, and the circumstances made him a bit nervous because he was a fan of the band and Steve Albini's work. Most of the changes he made would be in the way the recordings were mixed while minor alterations were made in "Gigantic"'s arrangement. The single was released in the United Kingdom on 4AD as a 12-inch single and on CD. The CD version was re-issued in 1999. (No version of this single was ever released in the United States.) The single would also include a live version of "Vamos" (a song that also appeared on mini-LP, Come On Pilgrim and their first LP Surfer Rosa) and a live cover of the song "In Heaven (The Lady in The Radiator Song)" from the David Lynch movie Eraserhead, both recorded at the Town and Country Club in London.

Based on the results of this re-recording, Gil Norton would be asked to produce the next album, Doolittle. The back cover of the 12 inch features a large leather glove.

Cover versions

 * In 1990, the Australian alternative rock band Tlot Tlot wrote a song called "Sunny Delirious" that sampled the intro of "Gigantic". In 1992, their debut album Pistolbuttsa'twinkle included the song, while their final single, "The Girlfriend Song", included an uptempo punk version of the song recorded live as a B-side.
 * The California ska punk band Reel Big Fish produced a cover of "Gigantic" for 1999's Where Is My Mind?: A Tribute to the Pixies. Reel Big Fish chose to break away from their traditional sound for this cover, producing a very poppy, highly produced dance track sounding nothing like the original song. Other bands such as Belle & Sebastian, The Frames, Pavement, Gemma Hayes, The Katies, and The Hippos have also covered the song.
 * The song was parodied by Self on the album Feels Like Breakin' Shit with a track titled "Titanic". The chorus mimics "Gigantic" with "Titanic, Titanic, Titanic / A big, big boat".
 * In 2007, OK Go covered the song for album Dig for Fire: A Tribute to Pixies.
 * In November 2009, Brighton-based indie band The Miserable Rich covered the song on their Covers EP, alongside three other eighties covers.
 * Swell Season vocalist Glen Hansard covered "Gigantic" live for the deluxe digital edition of their 2009 album Strict Joy.
 * Alternative rock band Surfer Blood performed a version of the song in June 2011 for The A.V. Club A.V. Undercover series.
 * In April 2014, a cover of the song by Phoebe Bridgers, using many various iPhone and iPod performance and recording apps, was the subject of a widely broadcast advertisement by Apple Inc.
 * In October 2014, the shoegaze/punk band Pity Sex covered the song as their second track on a split they released with Adventures on Run For Cover Records.
 * Deal began performing the song with The Breeders in 2017, becoming a staple of the band's setlist therein.
 * Storm Large includes a parodic reference to the song at the end of her song, My Vagina Is Eight Miles Wide.

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Charles Baillie

Charles Baillie may refer to:

 * Charles Baillie (papal agent) (1542–1625)
 * Charles Baillie, Lord Jerviswoode (1804–1879), Scottish politician and judge
 * A. Charles Baillie (born 1939), former chairman and chief executive officer of the Toronto-Dominion Bank
 * Charlie Baillie (born 1935), former Canadian football player and coach
 * Charles Cochrane-Baillie, 2nd Baron Lamington (1860–1940), Governor of Queensland (1896–1901)
 * Charles Baillie (swimmer) (1902–1984), later Charles Baillie Drayton, British swimmer

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User:Jgardner/WIP

Current Pages
These are my works in progress.
 * Mormon Battalion
 * List of Members of the First Presidency (LDS)
 * Chronology of the First Presidency (LDS)
 * List of Prominent Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Stuff

 * Make sure all the boxes for all of the quorum of the twelve are fixed to the new style. (B)

 * Make sure each apostle is listed on the disambiguation for their names. (N)
 * Ensure the proper categories of each apostle. (C)
 * XYZ births
 * XYZ deaths
 * Category:Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
 * Category:Latter Day Saints
 * Category:Latter Day Saint leaders
 * Category:Notable Latter Day Saints
 * Category:Notable people in Latter Day Saint history (If appropriate)
 * Fill out the text of the biography (T):
 * Dates: Find out the exact dates of ordination, or if not available, the estimated date along with the dates known. Add these dates to the list page, the chronology page, and the decade pages. (D)
 * First presidency. Find out the callings and ordinations to the first presidency including dates. (P)

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Hot box (game)

Hot Box (or simply Box) is a non-contact team sport which is similar to ultimate, but played on a smaller field and with fewer players. Like ultimate, the object of the game is to score points by passing the disc into the end zone; however, in Hot Box there is generally only one end zone and it is of much smaller size than an Ultimate end zone. In this way, hot box is a "half-court" variant of ultimate. Because of these reduced requirements, it is often played when not enough players are available to play ultimate.

Rules
For the most part, hot box follows the rules of play of ultimate. The major differences are:
 * Team size: Box is usually played with two teams of two to four players.
 * Field of play: Box is played on a square field of approximately 40 yards on a side. A single square end zone, approximately five feet on a side, forms the center of the field.  Each square is marked with four cones on the corners.
 * Turnovers: There is no out-of-bounds in box. If the disc is turned over (dropped, intercepted, etc.) inside the outer square, the team which is now on offense must clear the disc by completing a pass outside the outer box before they may score a goal.
 * Goals: When a goal is scored, the scoring team retains possession. They must clear the disc before they may score again.  It is customary for there to be a stoppage of play when a goal is scored, but in some circles the scoring team may immediately continue play.
 * No Fouls: Unlike ultimate, box is usually played more like pickup basketball, with some amount of physical contact allowed in and around the box area. Normal fouls & violations in ultimate (picks, strips, travel, contact) are typically not called.  Some games of box also allow for intentional strips, and hard (though still usually friendly) contact.

Variants
Many variations on the rules of hot box exist. Common variants include changing the dimensions of the field, using a circle instead of a square for the clear line, a stall count of 5 or 7 (instead of 10), and a "no poaching" clause which prevents defenders from guarding the endzone instead of their assigned player.

Some variant games also exist. Double box involves a short rectangular field with two small end zones rather than one; there is no clearing line, but when a team gains possession of the disc after a turnover they must attack the end zone that their opponents were not. A variant originated in Washington, DC, Boot-Box, combines Double box with the cone hitting game, Durango Boot. Two end zones are formed with a square of four cones. Before scoring a team must complete a pass across a mid line. They can then score at either end zone. One point is scored for each cone knocked over. Catching a disc and landing in an end zone scores 3 points. Games are played to 15. Invalidimate was developed in the UK as a way to include injured players in practice; the "invalid" stands in the goal and is the target receiver for both teams. Two invalids can also be used in double box, with the additional rule that every player on a team must touch the disc (including the defensive invalid) before the offensive invalid can catch a scoring throw.

A drinking variation called Beer Box was invented at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, OH. Beer Box is similar to the original half-court Box with one larger square and an inner, smaller endzone square, but this game also includes drinking cans of alcohol throughout the course of the game. For setup, the outer square is 15 yards wide on each side and the inner endzone square is 2 yard on each side. For each outer cone, a can of alcohol is placed underneath. Once any player with the disc is within reach of an outer cone, play is paused momentarily as said player is allowed to drink for 3 counts. After 3 counts, the can is placed back under the cone and play resumes. If the offensive player finishes the can at any point during the game, the marking defender must remove themselves from the game and complete a task, creating a power play for the offensive team. Once the marking defender performs a task by the designated Task Master and replaces the empty can with a brand new one, that player may enter the field of play. Similar to standard box, a goal is scored once the offensive team caught a pass in the endzone. However, once a goal is scored, play is paused while the defender guarding the scoring receiver must drink for 10 counts from the designated side beer area.

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Henry Scrope, 3rd Baron Scrope of Masham

Henry Scrope, 3rd Baron Scrope of Masham KG, also known in older sources as Lord Scrope (c. 1373 – 5 August 1415) was a favourite of Henry V, who performed many diplomatic missions. He was beheaded for his involvement in the notional Southampton Plot to assassinate the king. Some historians believe that the charge was trumped-up to punish him for other acts of disloyalty, and that there may never have been such a plot.

Family
Henry Scrope, born about 1373, was the eldest son and heir of Stephen Scrope (c. 1345 – 25 January 1406), 2nd Baron Scrope of Masham, and Margery Welles, widow of John de Huntingfield. He had four brothers and one sister:
 * Sir Geoffrey Scrope
 * Stephen Scrope, Archdeacon of Richmond, Chancellor of Cambridge
 * John Scrope, 4th Baron Scrope of Masham
 * William Scrope, Archdeacon of Durham
 * Maud Scrope, who married Baldwin Freville

Career
In 1390 Scrope accompanied John Beaufort, half-brother of the future King Henry IV, on the Barbary Crusade to Mahdia, but otherwise little is known of his early life. An annuity granted to him by King Richard II was continued by Henry IV after Richard's deposition, and in 1403 Scrope was styled 'king's knight', and fought on Henry IV's side at the Battle of Shrewsbury. His uncle, Richard Scrope, Archbishop of York, was executed on 8 June 1405 for taking part in the Northern Rising against the King; however, Henry Scrope was not involved in his uncle's failed rebellion, and was serving the King in Wales when he inherited his father's title and lands in 1406. In 1408 he accompanied Henry IV's daughter, Philippa, to Denmark for her marriage, and in 1409 went to Paris on a diplomatic mission with Henry IV's half-brother, Henry Beaufort.

According to historian James Tait, it was during this period that Scrope came to enjoy the friendship and confidence of the future Henry V, by whose influence he was appointed Treasurer of England in 1410, and made a Knight of the Garter in the same year.

Henry V succeeded his father in 1413, and in 1413 Scrope was sent on several diplomatic missions. In 1414 he accompanied Bishop Henry Chichele to Burgundy to negotiate an alliance.

Southampton Plot
In 1415 Henry V determined to invade France, and in February 1415 Scrope attended a council meeting held for the purpose of planning the forthcoming expedition. However, on 27 May 1415, Scrope was absent from a council meeting. On 31 July Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March informed King Henry that he had just become aware of a plot to murder Henry and put Mortimer on the throne.

Mortimer was the great-grandson of Lionel of Antwerp, Duke of Clarence, second surviving son of King Edward III, and his claim to the throne was thus superior to that of Henry V and his father, Henry IV, who derived their claim from Henry IV's father, John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, third surviving son of Edward III. Moreover, Edmund Mortimer's father, Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March, had been widely considered heir presumptive to King Richard II, who had no issue, and Edmund Mortimer himself had been heir presumptive to Richard II while a young child.

The three ringleaders of the plot were Edmund Mortimer's brother-in-law (and Scrope's wife Joan's stepson), Richard of Conisburgh, Earl of Cambridge, Sir Thomas Grey, whose son, Thomas, had been betrothed in 1412 to Cambridge's only daughter, Isabel, and Scrope himself.

Richard, Scrope and Grey were promptly arrested. The trial took place in Southampton, on the site now occupied by the Red Lion Inn. Grey was beheaded on 2 August 1415. The most degrading punishment was reserved for Scrope, perhaps because he had been a royal favourite. Prior to his execution, Scrope was dragged across Southampton from the Watergate to the north gate, where he and Cambridge were beheaded on 5 August 1415. Scrope's head was sent to York, to be put on a spike on Micklegate Bar.

Scrope's involvement in the conspiracy surprised contemporaries and continues to puzzle historians. Ian Mortimer claims Scrope had merely insinuated himself into the confidence of Cambridge and Grey in order to betray the conspiracy, just as Edward, Duke of York, had done with the Epiphany Rising in 1400, but was forestalled by Edmund Mortimer's revelation of the conspiracy to the King on 31 July. Pugh, however, finds Scrope's exculpatory statements at trial unconvincing, and states that Scrope never pretended that he had intended to inform the King of the conspiracy. Pugh also contends that "there was no plot in 1415 to assassinate Henry V and his three brothers and that heinous charge, by far the most sensational in the indictment, was fabricated to ensure that Cambridge, Grey and Scrope did not escape the death penalty as a well-deserved punishment for the various other offences that they undoubtedly had committed".

The Southampton Plot is dramatised in Shakespeare's Henry V, and in the anonymous play The History of Sir John Oldcastle.

Marriages
Scrope married, firstly, before 5 February 1398, Philippa Bryan (d. 19 November 1406), the widow of Sir John Devereux (d. 13 November 1396), and daughter and co-heiress of Guy de Bryan, 1st Baron Bryan.

He married, secondly, by licence dated 6 September 1410, Lady Joan Holland (d.1434), the daughter of Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent, and Alice FitzAlan, and widow, firstly, of Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, and, secondly, William Willoughby, 5th Lord Willoughby. Joan's paternal grandparents were Thomas Holland, 1st Earl of Kent, and Joan of Kent, mother of King Richard II by her second marriage to Edward the Black Prince. Joan's father was, thus, a half-brother of Richard II.

Joan was the sister of Eleanor Holland, Countess of March, mother of Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, who was the focus of the Southampton Plot.

After Scrope's death, Joan married, fourthly, Sir Henry Bromflete, Baron Vessy.

Scrope had no issue by either of his wives, and was succeeded by his brother, John Scrope, 4th Baron Scrope of Masham, who did not recover the forfeited Scrope lands until 1442.


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Acharya Aatreya

Acharya Aatreya (born Kilambi Venkata Narasimhacharyulu ) (7 May 1921 – 13 September 1989) was an Indian poet, lyricist, playwright, and screenwriter known for his works in Telugu cinema and Telugu theatre. He received the state Nandi Award for Best Lyricist in 1981 for "Andamaina Lokamani" from the film Tholikoodi Koosindi. He is popularly known as Manasu Kavi ().

Life
Athreya was born on 7 May 1921 in Mangalampadu village near Sullurpeta, Nellore district of the Madras Presidency of British India. His birthname was Kilambi Venkata Narasimhacharyulu. He took Acharya from his birth name and Aatreya his Gotra name, combined them as Acharya Aatreya and adopted it as his pen name.

As a student in Nellore and Chittoor he wrote several plays. He abandoned his studies to participate in Quit India Movement and was jailed. After being released from jail, he had worked as a clerk in a settlement office and worked as an assistant editor of the journal Zamin Raithu which is based out of Nellore.

Athreya married Padmavathi in 1940.

Career
Athreya continued his pursuit for social reform, transformation and universal peace, with his 10 Natakams [plays] and 15 Natikas, which include Bhayam ( Fear), Viswa Shanti ( Universal Peace), Kappalu ( Frogs), Goutama Buddha, Ashoka Samrat, Parivartanam, Edureeta and Tirupati. He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate Degree by Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Open University of Hyderabad, for his contributions to Telugu literature.

Athreya made his film debut in 1951. He went on to write over 1400 film songs. In 1989, he published a compilation of his works titled Naa Paata Nee Nota Palakali ( You would sing my song). ''

Death
Athreya died on 13 September 1989.

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Gene Michael

Eugene Richard Michael (June 2, 1938 – September 7, 2017), known as Stick, was an American professional baseball player, coach, scout, manager and team executive. He played in Major League Baseball as a shortstop from 1966 to 1975, most prominently as a member of the New York Yankees, for whom he anchored the infield for seven seasons. He also played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Los Angeles Dodgers and Detroit Tigers. He was a light hitter but also a quick and smooth defensive player.

After his playing career, Michael managed the Yankees and Chicago Cubs and served as the Yankees' general manager. As an executive, Michael is credited with rebuilding the Yankees team that became a dynasty in the late 1990s.

Early life and education
Michael was born on June 2, 1938, in Kent, Ohio. After graduating from Akron East High School in Akron, Ohio, he attended Kent State University. where he played college baseball and college basketball for the Kent State Golden Flashes.

He spent one season (1966-67) playing professional basketball for the Columbus Comets of the North American Basketball League.

Playing career
After signing with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1959, Michael made his major league debut with the Pirates in 1966. As a player, Michael earned the nickname "Stick" because of his slender frame.

The following year, the Pirates traded Michael to the Los Angeles Dodgers with Bob Bailey for Maury Wills. He spent one season in Los Angeles and was then purchased by the New York Yankees. He played for the Yankees from 1968 until 1974. The Yankees released Michael before the 1975 season, and he then signed with the Detroit Tigers. Michael joined the Boston Red Sox in 1976, but he did not play in any games with Boston, as he was released in May. He retired with a .229 batting average, 15 home runs and 226 runs batted in in 973 games played. Michael was a master of the hidden-ball trick, which he executed five times in his career.

Post-playing career
Weeks after his release from Boston, Michael became a coach with the Yankees. Reggie Jackson credited Michael's scouting reports for helping him hit three home runs in Game 6 of the 1977 World Series. Michael served as manager of the Yankees' Triple-A team in 1979 and as general manager of the Yankees in 1980. In 1981, Michael became the Yankees' manager. He had managed well in Triple-A, but some veteran players believed that he had been selected because he would be more likely to follow Yankee owner George Steinbrenner's orders than had predecessor Dick Howser. At one point in the 1981 season, annoyed by Steinbrenner's constant interference, he challenged Steinbrenner to fire him, and he was fired in September. He was hired again in 1982 but was fired in August after publicly criticizing Steinbrenner's interference. As a manager, he and his coaches would keep extensive data in notebooks that they studied to help make decisions. Michael finished with a record of 92 wins and 76 losses over both stints as Yankees manager. He returned to the Yankees' front office in 1983 and again served as a coach starting in 1984. He next managed the Chicago Cubs in 1986 and 1987. His managerial record with the Cubs was 114 wins and 124 losses.

In 1990, Michael was again hired, this time as general manager of the Yankees. With Steinbrenner suspended from baseball operations by commissioner Fay Vincent, Michael took advantage of his managerial flexibility by rebuilding the Yankees' farm system, developing young talent rather than trading it away as the team had done in the 1980s with little success. During Michael's tenure as general manager, the Yankees signed notable players such as Mariano Rivera, Andy Pettitte, Derek Jeter and Jorge Posada (collectively known as the Core Four) and traded for Paul O'Neill. Michael also demonstrated patience with Bernie Williams, whom Steinbrenner had wanted to trade when Williams struggled early in his career.

This foundation fueled Yankees championships in 1996 and from 1998–2000. However, Michael was fired in 1995 before the Yankees dynasty began to win World Series as a result of fallouts from the 1994 strike, which had ended the Yankees' chance to complete the season with the best record in the American League. It was the second time that the Yankees had fired Michael as a result of a strike, as he had been fired after the team slumped following the 1981 strike.

From 1996 until 2002, Michael served as vice president of major-league scouting for the Yankees. In 2002, the Red Sox tried to approach Michael about their general manager position, but the Yankees did not grant permission. In 2003, Michael was promoted to vice-president and senior advisor, a position that he held until his death.

During his time as vice president, Michael was a regular attendee at the annual Old-Timers' Day festivities, serving as the manager for both the Bombers and the Clippers teams in the exhibition game.

Personal life
During his tenure with the Yankees, Michael had been a resident of Norwood, New Jersey and had four children. He married twice, with his first marriage to Rae Reuter ending in divorce.

Michael died following a heart attack on September 7, 2017 in Oldsmar, Florida at age 79. His survivors included his second wife and four children. To honor Michael, the Yankees wore black armbands on their uniforms for the remainder of the 2017 season.

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Californians Aware

Californians Aware, The Center for Public Forum Rights, also known as CalAware, is a Carmichael, California based nonprofit organization established to help journalists and others keep Californians aware of what they need to know to hold government and other powerful institutions accountable for their actions. Its mission, firmly rooted in supporting the protections guaranteed by the First Amendment of the United States Constitution, is to support and defend open government, an enquiring press and a citizenry free to exchange facts and opinions on public issues.

Californians Aware was founded by Terry Francke, former executive director and general counsel of the California First Amendment Coalition. J.W. August is the current president, and board members include Richard McKee, CalAware President Emeritus, Cindy Ossias, the whistleblower known for exposing California Department of Insurance corruption, and Donna Frye, who narrowly missed election in 2004 as mayor of San Diego, running as a write-in candidate.

CalAware's site features database-driven content, a database-driven e-Newsletter, ecommerce fundraising, members-only area, and more. Its latest service is SunScribe, a public records request letter generator that offers supplementary fee-based options such as having CalAware send the letter in its name (preserving the requester's anonymity) and having CalAware's general counsel evaluate the legal validity of any agency response denying access.

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John Inglis

John Inglis may refer to:

Sportspeople

 * John Inglis (footballer, born 1857) (1857–1942), Scottish footballer who played as a goalkeeper
 * John Inglis (footballer, born 1859) (1859–?), Scottish footballer who played as a forward
 * John Inglis (footballer, born 1966), Scottish footballer who played as a defender
 * John Inglis (American football) (1887–1918), American college football coach
 * John Inglis (cricketer) (born 1979), English cricketer for Yorkshire
 * John Frederic Inglis (1853–1923), Kent county cricketer, also played football for Wanderers and Scotland

Other

 * John Inglis, Lord Glencorse (1810–1891), Scottish former politician and Judge
 * Sir John Inglis, 2nd Baronet (1683–1771), Postmaster General for Scotland
 * John Inglis (bishop) (1777–1850), Church of England bishop
 * John Inglis (missionary) (1808–1891), Scottish missionary to the New Hebrides
 * John Inglis (shipbuilder) (1842–1919), Scottish engineer and shipbuilder at A. & J. Inglis
 * John Inglis (trade unionist) (died 1912), Scottish trade union leader
 * John G. Inglis (1899–1990), Canadian electrical engineer and transit manager
 * John Eardley Inglis (1814–1862), Scottish soldier
 * John K. Inglis (?–2011), British biologist and writer
 * John C. Inglis (born 1954), former Deputy Director of the National Security Agency
 * John Gilchrist Inglis (1906–1972), British Royal Navy officer
 * John Inglis (moderator) (1762–1834), Scottish minister of the Church of Scotland
 * John Alexander Inglis (1873–1941), Scottish landowner, advocate and historian
 * John Inglis (civil servant) (1820–1854), East India Company civil servant
 * John Inglis and Company, Canadian firm, formerly a weapons manufacturer, then a domestic appliance manufacturer
 * John Inglis (Royal Navy officer) (1743–1807), Scottish Royal Navy officer
 * John Bellingham Inglis (1790–1870), English bibliophile

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Talk:Hall & Woodhouse

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From the introduction: "Badger Brewery is an independent family brewery... owned by the company Hall and Woodhouse, which also operates over 250 pubs." What's the reasoning behind the introduction? Ojw 17:59, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * It doesn't sound very independant, if it's owned by someone else
 * It doesn't sound like a family brewery, if it's owned by a company.

 * I assume what is meant is that Hall and Woodhouse is a small independent business. I think the Badger Brewery is their only brewery now their one in Dorchester is closed. Joe D (t) 18:02, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * Camra seem to think that anything not owned by one of the 4 big corperate mofo breweries is independant. 2 of there golden boys, wychwood and brakspear are both owned by the same company. --Pypex 15:56, 25 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Its not CAMRA's fault its mine - I had to quickly merge the Badger and the Hall and Woodhouse entries as it didnt make much sense having both and there was a lot of overlap. Please feel free to fix - I dont know much about the ownership of Hall and Woodhouse, but I giess it is not too hard to find out how much it is family owned or whether it is just the brewery. Justinc 22:53, 25 August 2005 (UTC)

The family own both the brewery and the pubs through a holding company. Like most large family owned buisnesses. 86.25.201.172 (talk) 00:24, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

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Super-Rabbit

Super-Rabbit is a 1943 Warner Bros. cartoon starring Bugs Bunny. The cartoon is a parody of the popular comic book and radio character Superman by DC Comics. Super-Rabbit was the 16th Bugs Bunny entry, and the 47th directed by Chuck Jones.

Plot
Professor Cannafraz (a Richard Haydn impression) creates a "super carrot" and uses it on his test subject – Rabbitus idioticus americanus (Bugs Bunny), who immediately consumes the proffered carrot. Armed with temporary superhero abilities that need to be replenished with additional super carrots, Bugs remembers a newspaper article about Texas hunter "Cottontail" Smith, who wants to exterminate all rabbits.

Bugs, adorned in a superhero costume complete with cape, flies to Deepinaharta, Texas, and assumes the guise of a mild-mannered forest creature by wearing oversized reading glasses and a hat. He encounters Smith, who attempts to shoot Bugs, only for the bullets to form an outline of the rabbit before harmlessly falling to the ground. Bugs then hands Smith a cannon, eats another super carrot as a precaution, then, upon being struck by the cannonball, plays basketball with it, quickly shoving Smith and his horse onto bleachers while he acts as his own cheerleader. After Bugs returns to the sky, the bemused Smith and his horse follow  the rabbit in an airplane. Using his super powers, Bugs then snatches the shell of the plane away from them, plunging Smith and the horse to the ground.

Cruising through the sky, Bugs begins to run out of power, but when he tries to recharge again, he accidentally drops his carrots and he falls to the ground. After Bugs lands, he opens his eyes to see a line of chewed carrot tops eaten by Smith and his horse-turned-Superhero, both wearing cape and costume. Bugs turns to the camera and says "This looks like a job for a REAL Superman!" He ducks into a phone booth. Both Smith and the horse are ready to attack – until the booth opens and they both snap to attention and salute. Bugs marches out in a Marine uniform, singing the "Marines' Hymn." He dismisses the two, claiming he has "important work to do!", and marches off to "Berlin, Tokyo and points East."

Reception
The U.S. Marine Corps were so thrilled that Bugs Bunny decided to become a Marine in this cartoon that they insisted the character be officially inducted into the force as a private, which was done, complete with dogtags. The character was regularly promoted until Bugs was officially "discharged" at the end of World War II as a Master Sergeant.

Cottontail Smith later appears as one of Yosemite Sam’s sidekicks in Looney Tunes: Back in Action. The character’s voice is a less raucous version of Sam’s and Foghorn Leghorn’s.

Analysis
The cartoon parodies the Max Fleischer Superman animated shorts as a figure soars across the sky from random directions. Onlookers are heard speculating on its nature: "Look! Up there in the sky" "It’s a boid" [bird], "Nah, it ain’t a boid, it’s a dive-bommah".

A Marine is described as "a real superman" by Bugs.

Home media

 * VHS – Bugs Bunny Cartoon Festival featuring "Hold the Lion, Please"
 * VHS and Laserdisc – Bugs and Daffy: The Wartime Cartoons
 * VHS – Bugs Bunny On Parade
 * VHS – Looney Tunes Collectors Edition: Running Amuck
 * Laserdisc – The Golden Age of Looney Tunes Volume 3
 * DVD – Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 3
 * DVD – Superman: The Ultimate Collection

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Wayne Lemon

Wayne Lemon is an American playwright and screenwriter.

Career
Lemon's theatrical work has been performed by Steppenwolf Theatre Company, South Coast Repertory, Hartford Stage and The Denver Centre for the Performing Arts, among others.

His plays have been featured in Hartford Stage's Brand: NEW Fall Festival of Plays, Horizon Theatre Company's New South Playworks, New Haarlem Arts Theatre's Unheard Voices for the American Theater, the Alabama Shakespeare Festival's Southern Writers' Project and the American National Theatre. His darkly comic work Jesus Hates Me was chosen as the inaugural production of the Denver Center Theatre Company's New Play Summit.

Lemon began his career as a film and theatre critic for the Austin Chronicle. Lemon has been a guest lecturer at The University of Michigan, The University of Georgia, Marquette University, George Washington University, Texas Tech University and the University of Texas. He has served as playwright in residence at theaters across America.

Other theatrical works include 8 feet of water, Drive By and Buddy Sharp. His stage work has been published by Smith & Krause, New York, as part of their Best New Playwrights series, as well as their Comedy Monologue series. Lemon has been a repeat participant in Denver Center's Playwright Slam, reading new material aloud for attendees of the New Play Summit.

Lemon currently writes for the motion picture industry in Los Angeles. Recent projects include Master Thieves (based on the book by Stephen Kurkjian) and The Presidents Club (based on the book by Nancy Gibbs and Michael Duffy) for Sony Pictures Entertainment with Matt Tolmach producing.

Lemon's debut screenplay, The Havana Affair, was named to the industry's 2015 Hit List as well as 2016's Young & Hungry List before being set up at Leonardo DiCaprio's Appian Way in association with Tobey Maguire's Material Pictures.

Critical response to Jesus Hates Me
Lemon has hit upon a genre as irreverent and at times as profane as rap, yet filled with pertinent issues and rebellious politics.--Variety

[This] irreverent dramedy about the search for meaning may offend as often as it convulses. Lemon's narrative is both wildly inappropriate and keenly idiomatic. There's a compassionate point beneath its quirky corrosion.--Los Angeles Times

Lemon is a keen observer of human flaws and frailties, skillfully merging dozens of minute details to form a seriocomic mosaic. Up close, much of it is pointedly funny. From a distance, it's sickly-sad.--Orange County Register

Through their failures and foibles, Lemon makes them wretched and pitiable — and endlessly, helplessly funny. It’s quite the dramatic challenge to mix faith and fun, catastrophe and comedy, emotional crises with entertainment. Lemon squeezes all the juice out of his characters and their sorrowful-if-they-weren’t-side-splitting lives.-- of San Diego''

Though Jesus Hates Me does have its occasional sweet moments, it's the acidic ones that make it such a treat.--StageSceneLA

Jesus Hates Me questions faith by confronting social taboos, everything from racism to blasphemy, fraud to adultery, suicide to incest — all through a lens of dark humor.--San Diego Reader

"Jesus Hates Me" can best be described as Jean Paul Satre's "No Exit" hopped up on booze, drugs, sex and a plate of Texas BBQ.--Broadway World

An exquisite comedy, featuring black lines of intriguing thought, with some of the funniest dialogue ever heard. Lemon has done an amazing piece of work.--Back Stage

Jesus Hates Me is a character study, a comedy, a dramatic statement, a fleeting discourse on religion, an exploration of belief, a brief treatise on predestination versus self-determination and a whole lot of fun. It is alive as few plays are.--Centerstage

This irreverent take on the search for meaning is hilarious, poignant, heartfelt, and a deeply vivid portrait of lives teetering on the edge of something big.--KPBS Arts

"Jesus Hates Me" will have you doubled-over with laughter at what you're watching while cringing inside by what it actually means."--Stage Happenings

Lemon's comic touch is razor sharp.--San Diego Union-Tribune

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 * Please don't remove text from articles without explaining your reason in the edit summary. This is considered vandalism and could get you blocked. Mgm|(talk) 18:00, Jun 1, 2005 (UTC)

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Talk:William Brocius

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I'm sorry I unfortunatly misspelled the last name of William B. Brocius as Brocious. The correct spelling is actually Brocius. Please consider moving article to William B. Brocius. 205.188.117.73 18:00, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * There seems to be some dispute about the spelling of his name. I've seen it both as Brocious and Brocius.  The book Wyatt Earp: The Life Behind the Legend by Casey Tefertiller as well as the Tombstone movie spell it Brocious.  I've only found web sites that spell it Brocius, but not any books so far.  For now I think we ought to leave it Brocious and have a redirect William B. Brocius.Gorrister 18:37, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * My apologies Gorrister. The reference I used was from Carl Sifakis's Encyclopedia of American Crime. Sorry for the misunderstanding. 64.12.116.131 09:54, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Brocius spelling and the middle initial
The more appropriate and common spelling of his name was Brocius. Moreover, Curly Bill's middle initial is not certain, but a 1881 letter addressed to him that was printed in the "Tombstone Epitaph" read as follows: "Wm. H. Brocius, care G. w. Turner." I would suggest changing the spelling of his last name to "Brocius," and substituting "H" for the "B" or dropping the middle initial. Steve Gatto, author of "Curly Bill, Tombstone's Most Famous Outlaw (2003).

COMMENT: I agree. Let's get it done (doing it without the middle initial and changing it to Brocius). The name is an alias anyway. I've taken the first steps by changing it to Brocius in the essay itself.

I don't know how to change article titles or links, however. We also need links from "Curley Bill" and "Curly Bill" Sbharris 18:30, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

Done. — Nightst a  llion  (?) 12:55, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

 * Thanks!

His mythical birthdate
This keeps getting changed to 1845. We have no idea when he was born. Stop it! Adding wrong history is worse than nothing. Better to admit ignorance when we just don't know. Sbharris 19:12, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

Photograph?
Found this picture at the Birdcage Theater in Tombstone last time I visited, but I'm not sure if it's legit: http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j99/defashioned/curlybill.jpg —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.91.20.215 (talk) 15:33, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

 * Nobody is, but it will have to do. A lot of old prints are unlabeled, and later picked out for tourists as being of somebody later famous, like Doc Holiday. Most of the photos of Doc, probably are somebody else. S  B Harris 05:56, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

 * To be honest I'm not sure the current photo is legitimate. The background and body is very low resolution, blown up to something absolutely ridiculous for a 19th century portrait (4000x4000), yet the head seems very high quality, like it's been edited. Is there a reason for this? I get the feeling someone edited it and put in either themselves or someone they knew as a joke. Cheef117 (talk) 06:23, 12 January 2023 (UTC)

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Brocius was known for a mean sense of humor when drunk. He was reported to have perpetrated such "practical jokes" as using gunfire to make a preacher "dance" during a sermon and making Mexicans at a community dance take off their clothes and dance naked. (Both incidents were reported by Wells Fargo agent Fred Dodge in his memoirs, and both incidents are alluded to in the newspapers of the time).[2]

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When drunk, Brocius was also known for a mean sense of humor and for such "practical jokes" as using gunfire to make a preacher "dance" during a sermon or forcing Mexicans at a community dance to take off their clothes and dance naked. Wells Fargo agent Fred Dodge reported both incidents in his memoirs, and both were alluded to in local newspapers.[3]

IS two times enough to get it across? Perhaps a third repetition, to make sure. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2603:7081:4F06:2869:904:CE87:1F:FE49 (talk) 14:03, 2 January 2022 (UTC)

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Electoral division of MacDonnell

MacDonnell was an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly in Australia's Northern Territory. It was created in 1974, and derived its name from the nearby MacDonnell Ranges. MacDonnell was an almost entirely rural electorate, covering 333,398.61 km2, and taking in the resort town of Yulara, and the remote communities of Hermannsburg, Kintore, Papunya and Docker River. There were 4,842 people enrolled within the electorate as of 2011.

MacDonnell was generally a safe seat for the Labor Party, due to its large indigenous population, but there have been three exceptions: from 1974 to 1977 (when there were no ALP members in the Assembly); from 1997 to 2005, when several factors helped deliver the seat to the Country Liberal Party candidate, who then managed to use his incumbency to his advantage and thus retain the seat at the following election. It was easily regained by the ALP at the 2005 election, amidst a territory-wide landslide result and a particularly strong candidate in former ATSIC Central Zone Commissioner Alison Anderson, ultimately sweeping Elferink away with an electoral swing of more than 30 per cent, however in 2009, Anderson resigned from the ALP, and joined the CLP in 2011.

In a redistribution conducted prior to the 2012 Northern Territory election, MacDonnell was abolished and was renamed Namatjira, after the artist Albert Namatjira.

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Sir William Rae, 3rd Baronet

Sir William Rae, 3rd Baronet (14 April 1769 – 19 October 1842), was a Scottish politician and lawyer.

Life
He was born at Old Assembly Close off the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, son of Margaret Stewart, youngest daughter of John Stewart of Blairhall and David Rae, Lord Eskgrove. He was educated at the High School in Edinburgh and studied law at the University of Edinburgh from 1785, qualifying as an advocate in 1791.

His first major role was as Sheriff of Orkney and Shetland in 1801, but in 1809 he transferred to an equivalent post as Sheriff of Edinburgh, which he held until 1819. He succeeded his father to the baronetcy in 1815.

He was Member of Parliament for Anstruther Burghs, in Fife, from 1819 to 1826, Harwich, Essex, England, from 1827 to 1830, Buteshire in 1830 and from 1833 to 1842, and for Portarlington, Queen's County, Ireland, from 1831 to 1832.

He served as Lord Advocate from 1819 to 1830 and from 1834 to 1835. In the aftermath of the Peterloo Massacre, he reported to the Home Secretary, Viscount Sidmouth, on radical unrest in Scotland. He was made a Privy Councillor on 19 July 1830.

Grant's Old and New Edinburgh tells us that he was present at the Great Edinburgh Fire of 1824, actively trying to extinguish the flames of the building on the Royal Mile at the head of Old Assembly Close as it was "the house of his birth".

He died aged 73 at St Catherines, near Mortonhall in south Edinburgh on 18 October 1842.

He is buried with his father and mother on the south-west corner of St Michael's church in Inveresk. The stone is modest.

Family
In 1793 he married Mary Stuart.

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British / Irish
Why is Jimmy Kennedy listed as a British songwriter? Surely Irish makes more sense.
 * That's what I thought, as "British" is to do with the island of Britain, not including Ireland. Jvlm.123 15:55, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
 * I changed it to the correct category - Category:Northern Ireland Songwriters. Stu   ’Bout ye!  14:57, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Northern Ireland is exact, but Irish would not be. As he was in the British Army, was a British citizen, and lived and died in Britain (UK) he might fairly be described as a British songwriter in addition to a Northern Irish one.  No reason why he can't be in more than one category.  Quite a few of us are :)  Hakluyt bean 18:47, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

id like to thank the person who wrote about my great grandpa on here, i think he deserves some credit. and he was a british citizen by the way, i have his records infront of me.Mhkennedy1 (talk) 11:29, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I've updated the article to say that Jimmy Kennedy was from Northern Ireland, which is the case. Many people throughout this small island are very proud of the achievements of this gifted Irishman. bigpad (talk) 21:04, 9 November 2009 (UTC)
 * I haven't changed the text ....  but he was born in 1902, when Northern Ireland as a political entity did not exist.    Ghmyrtle (talk) 19:46, 23 April 2017 (UTC)

Lili Marleen/Marlene
The entry states that he wrote the English lyrics to "Lili Marleen". However, I can find no version by him. Also, this reference states that he refused the request to write the English lyrics:

https://www.culturenorthernireland.org/features/music/jimmy-kennedy-irish-troubadour

Is this perhaps a confusion with Jimmy Phillips, who co-wrote the second English translation of the song? Jimmys Phillips and Kennedy are pictured together here, so evidently knew one another:

https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/from-left-to-right-jimmy-phillips-of-the-peter-maurice-news-photo/931708564

As Jimmy Phillips, a music publisher, eventually co-wrote the lyrics with Tommy (or Tommie) Connor, he may well have been the person who asked Jimmy Kennedy.

So, I don't think he translated "Lili Marleen" and that the reference to this should be changed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.8.181.234 (talk) 00:58, 7 February 2020 (UTC)

WikiProject class rating
This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as stub, and the rating on other projects was brought up to Stub class. BetacommandBot 16:05, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

Fixed Istanbul (Not Constantinople) song link
changed Istanbul IS AND WILL BE Constantinople back to Istanbul (Not Constantinople) i cant find any reference to the first song title in Google, so i'm amusing the original title is the one its meant to be. --DarkAxi0m (talk) 01:24, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

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Holyport Real Tennis Club

The Holyport Real Tennis Club, formerly the Royal County of Berkshire Real Tennis Club, operates the real tennis court at Holyport, Berkshire, England.

The court was built in 1889 by Sam Heilbut as part of his Holyport estate and is a Grade II listed building. The court is tucked behind a row of picturesque cottages on Holyport Street. The main house of the estate is now a nursing home.

The overall dimensions of the court are 111 feet by 38 feet 8 inches (33.83 × 11.79 m), with a floor of 96 feet by 31 feet 8 inches (29.26 × 9.65 m). The tambour is 18½ inches wide by 25½ inches deep (470 × 648 mm). About a two hundred members of the Holyport Real Tennis Club use the court.

In 2013 there were fears that the club would be sold to a property developer but it was saved for use as a real tennis club by a consortium of owners. Following the change of ownership the club has been run by Club Director, John Evans. In 2014, the club celebrated 125 years of play and marked the milestone with a nine day celebration, which included tournaments and a black tie ball.

In 2015 the club hosted the IRTPA Championships.

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Boston College President Thomas I Gasson, SJ (with raised spade) is joined by civic and religious leaders for the groundbreaking of Boston College's new Chestnut Hill campus

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Honda VFR750F

The Honda VFR750F is a motorcycle manufactured by Japanese automobile manufacturer Honda from 1986 to 1997. The motorcycle is a very sporty sport tourer, and is powered by a 750 cc V4 engine developed from the earlier VF750F models. The VFR was announced in 1986, after an initial press viewing at the 1985 Bol d'Or.

The previous VF700/750F models revealed Honda's new devotion to the V4 engine format, but the engines had proved unreliable because of the infamous "chocolate cams". Honda, having suffered a dent in its proven reputation for reliability, felt that the successor should be over-engineered to restore that damaged reputation; the resulting VFR was an exceptional and highly -regarded motorcycle.

Compared to its VF750F predecessor, the VFR has significant improvements:
 * greater power output (104hp up from 83hp)
 * lighter weight (20kg less),
 * a lower center of gravity
 * a wider front tire
 * shorter wheelbase (15mm)
 * six gear ratios
 * gear-driven cams.

Engine
The Honda VFR750F uses a 16-valve 748 cc liquid-cooled cast aluminium alloy 90° V4 engine, with carburettor fueling, and gear-driven DOHC cams. Its crankshaft has a 180° throw, instead of the 360° crankshaft in the VF and VFR750R (RC30). The VF's bore and stroke of70.0 x was kept for the VFR.

The gear drive for the cams is located between the cylinders. Lubrication is wet sump with a chain-driven, dual-rotor oil pump and an oil cooler. The transmission was a constant-mesh 6-speed gearbox with a wet multi-plate clutch and chain drive to the rear wheel; (an exception was the 5-speed VFR750P, which had a spacer in place of one of the gears). Valve adjustment on first-generation VFR750Fs was by screw and locknut, which changed in 1990 to shim-under-bucket, along with the valve-clearance inspection interval to 16000 mi.

Compared to the VF750, the VFR750F saw weight shaved off from almost every component. Each connecting rod lost 90 g, rocker arms 6 g, the intake valve 0.5 g, exhaust valves 1.5 g, pistons 20 g, piston rings 1.3 g per set and valve springs 17 g each.

The gear-driven camshaft system removed any lingering concerns about cam-chain maintenance, which had dogged the VF-series engines.

Chassis
The 1986 VFR750F has an alloy twin spar frame which uses the engine as a stressed member. The cast aluminium headstock connects to the rear castings via 28 by hollow extrusions. (The VFR750F was said to be the first of the 750 class of bikes to have such a frame).

Suspension
Front suspension on the RC24 Mk1 & Mk1a VFR750 comprised conventional Showa anti-dive 37 mm telescopic forks; rear suspension used a dual-sided alloy swingarm with Pro-Link progressive linkage to a single central Showa shock absorber. Rear spring pre-load adjustment could be done remotely.

RC36 MkII VFR750 bikes had non-adjustable 41 mm cartridge-style Showa front forks, a single-sided rear "Pro-Arm" swingarm with a remotely pre-load-adjustable Showa shock absorber. The suspension was later upgraded to include pre-load adjustment on the forks, and damping adjustment on the rear damper. The single-sided swingarm allows easy rear-wheel removal (with no need to remove the drive chain nor rear axle). Chain adjustment is similarly simplified. wheel alignment. On later RC36 VFR750Fs the "Pro-Arm" swingarm was modified to reduce weight.

Models
The VF750F was the successor to the VF750F, the new bike being a comprehensive redesign of the earlier unreliable model. The VFR750 appeared in the following iterations:
 * VFR750F RC24 - in Mk 1 and Mk 1A versions
 * VFR750P RC35 - Japanese-market-only police-specification model
 * VFR700F RC26 - a reduced-capacity VFR750F introduced to meet tariff restrictions in some states.
 * VFR750RK RC24 - an HRC-prepared version of the RC24 for TT F1 and endurance racing
 * VFR750FR RC36 - the Mk II second generation VFR750, with a single-sided swingarm
 * VFR750FR RC36-1 - a much-modified RC36, with new frame, fairing and reduced weight

The RC30 and RC45 750cc V4 models were road-legal racing motorcycles, so comprehensively different from the standard VFR750 bikes as to be altogether separate entities:
 * VFR750R RC30
 * RVF750  RC45 - successsor to the RC30

Production of the VFR750F ceased in 1997, its replacement being the fuel-injected VFR800Fi.

1986–1987 — VFR750FG/H (RC24)
The VFR750F (Mk1) was a completely new model (based on a thorough redesign of the VF750F) with a full fairing, alloy twin-spar frame, gear-driven camshafts, and 16 inch front and 18 inch rear wheels. The VFR750FG also had a cam sensor which was omitted from all later versions. US and Canadian models had round gauges while all other models had square gauges.

1986–1987 — VFR700F / VFR700F2 (RC26)
The 700cc VFR700F "Tariff Buster"  was introduced to meet Japan's home-market 700cc limit. Almost identical to its VFR750F sibling, it had a shorter stroke, different cams, altered ignition timing, an upgraded rear shock and fork internals, square instruments, and no "750" graphic on the lower fairing). The VFR700F was also sold in the USA.

1986–1987 — VFR750RK (RC24)
Not to be confused with the VFR750R (RC30), the VFR750RK was the HRC race-kitted version of the VFR750F, designed for TT F1 endurance, and AMA Superbike racing. The HRC kit raised the claimed power output from 105PS@10500 rpm to 125PS@12000 rpm as a result of engine changes: new titanium rods (steel for AMA), pistons which raisedcompression to 11:1, and cams with larger valves (optional titanium for the inlet valves). A new ECU amended ignition advance by 5°. Carburetters could be were modified or (optionally) replaced altogether. Kit options included a new radiator, an optional secondary radiator, modified bodywork, wider wheels, upgraded suspension (forks, shock and linkage), and handlebars to replace the standard clip-ons.

1988–1989 — VFR750FJ/K (RC24)
The 1988 MkIA VFR750 had several revisions, with fairing redesign from a two piece to three piece, a 2-position flip up screen, exhaust redesign, stronger fork legs (up to 41mm from 37mm) while retaining anti-dive on the left leg, a more reliable ignition system, and 17 inch wheels front and rear. Other changes included larger engine valves (for improved midrange) and larger carbs. The gearbox shift mechanism was upgraded to that on the VFR750R (RC30). A clock and fuel gauge instruments were added. Pillion footrest mounts were changed from being integral to the rear subframe to bolt-on cast aluminium assemblies. Larger frame castings reduced the amount of frame welding. Revised fairing side-panels allowed easier access to the engine, and the fairing cutaways for the rider's feet were much reduced in size. The change in wheel size allowed both a greater range of tyre options and a claimed improvement in handling. This model was not imported into the US.

1990–1993 — VFR750FL/M/N/P (RC36)

The VFR750F MkII RC36 saw a major redesign with a new frame and a single-sided swingarm. New forks featured cartridge dampers, and wheels were widened to 5.5 inch for wider tires. Alas, weight increased by 17 kg.

1994–1997 — VFR750FR/S/T/V (RC36-2)
The MkII RC36-2 (the last of the VFR750F models before the introduction of the VFR800Fi in 1998) received some 200 modifications in 1994: a stylish new front fairing (not unlike the Honda NR750's) and a lighter alloy frame and swingarm. Other changes included different brakes, new wheels and silencer, a new riding position, adjustable rebound damping for the rear shock, a 10kg weight reduction, and a larger capacity tank (increased from 5 to 5.5 gal (19 to 21 L)).

Japanese market only versions
Other VFR750F variants only for the Japanese domestic market included:
 * VFR750P RC35 - A police-specification model restricted to 77ps (75hp)and a five-speed gearbox, modified main stand, gear indicator, uprated alternator, crash bars, higher handlebars, and modified speedometer. This bike was not available to the general public.
 * VFR750K - A naked style training version of the VFR750F in two versions: one (also called RC24) was based on the VFR750FG; the other, (designated RC37 and available to the general public), shared the RC35's restricted 77ps power engine. It had no oil cooler, and had different footrests, handlebars, crash bars, a modified centre-stand, and gear indicator.

Specifications
Related models include the VFR400R (NC30), RVF400R (NC35), VF1000F/VF1000R (SC15/16/19/20), VFR750R (RC30), RVF750R (RC45), NR750 (RC40) and VFR800Fi (RC46).

Race history
Although this particular model was not designed as a race bike, it has been used in various races. In 1986, British racer Ron Haslam took a standard VFR750F to third place in a soaked Transatlantic Challenge race at Donington Park, UK.

A modified, 'special' VFR750F called the '6X', a 135 hp@13000RPM 188 mph full HRC prototype using, RVF cycle parts and containing titanium valves, magnesium cases and flat-slide carburettors, weighing 165 kg (dry), less than the factory RVF that was first ridden by Wayne Gardner at a Suzuka test against TT F1 machinery. Wayne broke his four-stroke lap record by 1.5 seconds. Six examples of the '6X' were built, 4 for the Domestic Championships and two for the American Championships.

The VFR '6X' was raced at the Isle of Man TT by Geoff Johnson, coming in 2nd to Joey Dunlop in both the F1 and Senior TT.

In the United States, Fred Merkel and Wayne Rainey contested the 1986 AMA Camel Pro Championship, which at the time had both Superbike and F1 races but only one championship, with the best finish of the day counting. Merkel just rode in the Superbike while Rainey did the F1 as well. Merkel won two races and Rainey seven, but the championship was won by Merkel by two points.

For 1987 Merkel's bike was passed to Bubba Shobert who took 3rd place in 1987, being beaten by Wayne Rainey and Kevin Schwantz. The points he earned during the 1987 season gained him victory in the AMA Grand National. In 1988 Shobert won three of the seven races to win the AMA superbike championship.

The engine developed in the 6X became the basis for the factory racer, the VFR750R. A race kit was available for the 1986-87 VFR from HRC for US$4,000, this including a titanium exhaust and was known as the VFR750RK.

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The Science of Things

The Science of Things is the third studio album by British band Bush, released on 26 October 1999, through Trauma Records. The last Bush album released through Trauma, peaked at number eleven on the US Billboard 200 and has been certified platinum by the RIAA. It is the penultimate Bush studio album to feature Dave Parsons and Nigel Pulsford.

The Science of Things incorporated electronic elements into Bush's hard rock sound; particularly on the album's lead single "The Chemicals Between Us". Broadly following a science fiction motif, the album's lyrical themes ranged from the 1980 murder of Dorothy Stratten, the election of Tony Blair in the UK, and environmental damage.

Background
In 1998, Gavin Rossdale retreated to a countryside house in Ireland to write demos for a new Bush album. The album was recorded over 4 weeks, at a variety of locations including lead guitarist Nigel Pulsford's home and Mayfair Studios in London. The album's musical direction of integrating electronic elements into a rock sound was, according to drummer Robin Goodridge, influenced by Deconstructed, a 1997 remix album of Bush's music.

Rossdale stated in 1999 that The Science of Things was so-named because the phrase was "a mixture of the specific, science, and the non-specific, things", a combination that Rossdale felt was "personal, and somehow intimate".

Following completion towards the end of 1998, the release of The Science of Things was delayed after the band was met with a US$40 million lawsuit from their label Trauma Records, claiming "breach of contract and nondelivery of the album". A settlement between Bush and Trauma was agreed in June 1999.

Style
Outlined by MTV to temper a "love of experimentation with a healthy dose of hard rock", in December 1999, SPIN opined that The Science of Things featured a sound "bolstered" by sporadic drum-loops and electronic effects, and that the music had the "polish" of the band's 1994 debut album Sixteen Stone, and the "energy" of Razorblade Suitcase.

Lyrics
Gil Kaufman of MTV News commented in October 1999 that The Science of Things was forged around "a vaguely science-fiction" narrative, as well as reflecting what he proclaimed to be Rossdale's "lyrical fascination with doomed relationships and the decay of modern society". "Spacetravel" was written reflecting Rossdale's feeling of detachment from being in Ireland during Tony Blair's earliest months as Prime Minister of The UK, while "Dead Meat" related to the abusive death of Canadian model Dorothy Stratten in 1980. "Disease of the Dancing Cats" was environmentally-themed; Rossdale stated in 1999 that the song was written about Minamata disease from mercury poisoning.

Reception
Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic gave a largely mixed review of The Science of Things. Although praising the record as "crafted and sequenced" and "nicely flowing", and proclaiming it superior to Razorblade Suitcase, Erlwine arraigned the record's lack of "emotional nor musical substance to make a lasting impact".

In October 1999, Dan Aquilante of New York Post, though remarking upon signs of promise in the single "The Chemicals Between Us", and commenting that the track "English Fire" had potential for live performances, gave the view that the "main problem" with the record was that the songs were not "created equally".

NME praised the album track "English Fire", but dismissed much of the music on The Science of Things as "staggeringly unimaginative modern-rock-by-numbers".

Karen Schoemer gave overwhelmingly negative feedback in Rolling Stone in November 1999. Although acknowledging the band's attempts to differentiate their style, Schoemer commented that The Science of Things sounded "exactly like the records that came before".

Retrospective
In July 2023, Stephen Hill of LouderSound included The Science of Things in a list of "10 terrible grunge albums with one classic song", describing the album as "forgettable", though noting the lead single "The Chemicals Between Us" as a standout.

Track listing
All songs written by Gavin Rossdale.

Allusions

 * In an interview, Gavin Rossdale revealed that the song "Letting the Cables Sleep" was written for a friend who had contracted HIV. This song appeared in a season six episode of ER entitled "Such Sweet Sorrow", which featured the final appearances of George Clooney and Julianna Margulies.
 * The second season of Charmed contained two songs from the album. In the episode "Awakened", the single "The Chemicals Between Us" plays in the background at P3 while "Letting the Cables Sleep" is heard at the end of the episode "Astral Monkey" where a distraught Piper cries over the loss of her doctor.
 * Apocalyptica has remixed the song "Letting the Cables Sleep".
 * "Spacetravel" features backing vocals by Rossdale's former wife, Gwen Stefani.
 * The song "Dead Meat" is referenced in the No Doubt song "Ex-Girlfriend".
 * In the 1938 novella Anthem by Ayn Rand, the protagonist and narrator states that his favorite subject in school is "The Science of Things," the title of this album.

Personnel
Bush
 * Gavin Rossdale – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
 * Nigel Pulsford – lead guitar, backing vocals
 * Dave Parsons – bass
 * Robin Goodridge – drums

Additional musicians
 * Sacha Puttnam – piano and string arrangements on "Letting the Cables Sleep", strings on "English Fire" and "40 Miles From the Sun"
 * Claire Ashby – violin on "Letting the Cables Sleep"
 * Alison Dodds – violin on "Letting the Cables Sleep"
 * David Lasserson – viola on "Letting the Cables Sleep"
 * Rosie Wetters – cello and string arrangements on "Letting the Cables Sleep"
 * Gwen Stefani – vocals on "Spacetravel"
 * Claudia Fontayne – backing vocals on "Jesus Online"
 * Winston – barks on "Altered States" (uncredited)

Technical personnel
 * Gavin Rossdale – design
 * Clive Langer – production, mixing, additional engineering on "The Chemicals Between Us" and "Letting the Cables Sleep"
 * Alan Winstanley – production, mixing, additional engineering on "The Chemicals Between Us" and "Letting the Cables Sleep"
 * Tom Elmhirst – engineering and mixing on "The Chemicals Between Us" and "Letting the Cables Sleep", Pro Tools and additional recording
 * David J. Holman – mixing on "Warm Machine", "Jesus Online" and "Prizefighter"
 * Paul Palmer – mixing on "Warm Machine", "Jesus Online" and "Prizefighter"
 * Aidan Love – programming
 * Jony Rockstar – programming
 * Robert Vosgien – mastering
 * Kim Holt – cover photo
 * Chris Cuffaro – photography
 * Peter Black – photography
 * C.B. Smith – photography
 * Kevin Westerberg – photography
 * Mixed at Cactus Studio Hollywood - "Warm Machine", "Jesus Online" and "Prizefighter"

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John Murray, Lord Murray

Sir John Archibald Murray of Henderland, Lord Murray, FRSE (1778–1859) was a Scottish judge and Senator of the College of Justice.

Life
He was born in Midlothian on 8 June 1778, the second son of Alexander Murray, Lord Henderland, Lord of Session and Justiciary. His mother was Katherine Lindsay, daughter of Sir Alexander Lindsay of Evelick, Perthshire, and a niece of the first Lord Mansfield. His brother was William Murray of Henderland FRSE.

Murray was educated successively at the Edinburgh High School, at Westminster School, and at the University of Edinburgh. At Edinburgh he was a member of the Juvenile Literary Society, of which Henry Brougham and Francis Horner were the leading spirits, and of the Speculative Society. He corresponded with Horner, till the latter's death in 1817, and his letters form a major part of the Memoirs of Horner, 1843.

In 1799, Murray passed to the Scottish bar. When the Edinburgh Review was founded, Sydney Smith, Horner, Francis Jeffrey, Thomas, and he, met for a time as joint editors in Jeffrey's house. He continued as contributor. His early career at the bar was distinguished, but he had no need to develop it further.

A liberal, Murray threw in his lot with the young Edinburgh Whig lawyers, and took part in the agitation before the Reform Bill of 1832. In December 1832, he was returned unopposed for Leith Burghs, which had been enfranchised under the bill. He was appointed recorder of the great roll and clerk of the pipe, a sinecure in the Scottish exchequer which he did not long hold.

On the elevation of Jeffrey to the bench in 1835, Murray succeeded him as Lord Advocate. He introduced a large number of bills into the House of Commons, including measures for the reform of the universities, for giving popular magistracies to small towns, for enabling sheriffs to hold small debt circuits, for the reform of the court of session, and for amending the bankruptcy law, but only succeeded in carrying a few minor reforms. In 1839, he was savagely attacked in parliament by his old friend Brougham for his conduct in the case of five cotton-spinners who were tried on a charge of murder arising out of a trade-union dispute. He answered the charges in the House of Commons.

Murray in 1839 left parliament for the Court of Session. He was knighted that year, adopting the courtesy title Lord Murray. In 1844 Murray was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, his proposer being Thomas Stewart Traill. He served as the society's vice president from 1849 to 1857. He remained on the bench till his death at his house 11 Great Stuart Street on the Moray Estate in Edinburgh on 7 March 1859. He was buried in his parents' grave, marked by an elaborate monument, in St Cuthbert's churchyard in central Edinburgh.

Family
He was brother to William Murray of Henderland FRSE (d.1854).

In 1826, Murray married Mary Rigby (1778–1861), the eldest daughter of William Rigby of Oldfield Hall in Cheshire. Their only son died in boyhood.

Character
Murray's hospitality was profuse and famous. Walter Scott in his Diary records evenings spent at Murray's house, and Harriet Martineau celebrates his tea-parties at St. Stephen's when he was Lord Advocate.

In Edinburgh and in his country residence at Strachur on Loch Fyne, and afterwards in Jura, he gathered friends round him, while Lady Murray, an accomplished musician, helped him to entertain them.

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Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/March 20/More

19th century

 * 1873 – The Staten Island Railway is reorganized through the purchase by George Law of the Staten Island Rail Road company.
 * 1880 – The first Southern Pacific Railroad train reaches Tucson, Arizona.
 * 1880 – The Miami Valley Railway, in Ohio, is sold from receivership to the Toledo, Delphos and Burlington railway.
 * 1896 – The Grand Trunk Railway purchases the Central Vermont Railway and begins operating it as a wholly owned subsidiary.

20th century

 * 1904 – The Southern Pacific Railroad completes the Coast Line between Los Angeles and Santa Barbara, California.
 * 1929 – Yaga Station in 5-chōme, Yaga, Higashi-ku, Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, opens.
 * 1949 – The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad and Western Pacific Railroad jointly launch the California Zephyr between Chicago, Illinois, and San Francisco, California, as the first train to include Vista Dome cars in regular service.
 * 1960 – The Pioneer Zephyr trainset makes its final revenue run on a trip from Lincoln, Nebraska, to Kansas City, Missouri. It then continues through Galesburg to Chicago, Illinois in preparation for its final disposition.
 * 1965 – At least 17 stations and two lines closed in Airedale and Wharfedale in West Yorkshire, England, as a result of the Beeching Axe.

21st century

 * 2004 – An agreement between the Thai and Lao governments is signed to extend the railway to Thanaleng Railway Station in Laos, about 3.5 km (2.2 mi) from the Thai–Lao Friendship Bridge, which would become the first railway link to Laos.
 * 2015 – The driver of the Dehradun-Varanasi Janata Express reports that the brakes had failed on his train; the train was diverted into a siding and crashed through the buffers at Bachhrawan, resulting in at least fifty-eight deaths and 150 people being injured. See also: 2015 Uttar Pradesh train accident


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Boulevard, California

Boulevard is a census-designated place (CDP) in the Mountain Empire area of southeastern San Diego County, California. At that time, it had a population of 359 at the 2020 United States census, up from 315 2010 United States census. The area is rural high desert along the Mexican border near the eastern extent of San Diego County.

The Boulevard area encompasses the communities of Manzanita, Live Oak Springs and Tierra Del Sol. Nearby communities in the same wire center (central office) for wired telephones include: Calexico Lodge, Jacumba, Live Oak Springs, Manzanita, Pueblo Siding, and Tierra del Sol. Default wired telephone numbers for this area follow the format (619) 766-xxxx. The ZIP code is 91905.

History
The Kumeyaay and Cocopah Indians were Boulevard's earliest inhabitants, and the area is rich in Native American history, culture and archeological resources. Today Boulevard is the headquarters of the Manzanita Band of Diegueno Mission Indians.

An area near Calexico Lodge is occasionally referred to as Eckener Pass. Reportedly, this is a reference to German Zeppelin pioneer Hugo Eckener. In August 1929, Hugo Eckener's Zeppelin Z-127 "Graf Zeppelin", a sister ship of the Hindenburg, landed here on the Los Angeles-Chicago leg of her round-the-world tour.

The town and post office were named Boulevard after US Highway 80 which ran through town. Eventually Interstate 8 was constructed, bypassing the town. Local residents report an alternate version of the origin of the name. Boulevard used to be a stage coach stop, reportedly near today's McCain Valley road, east of today's core of Boulevard. Coming from Arizona, this stop was on the first long, flat straight stretch of road, "a boulevard", after climbing the winding In-Ko-Pah mountains and passing through windier roads in Jacumba.

In January 2007, the La Posta Casino, owned and operated by the La Posta Band of Mission Indians, opened. It was the smallest casino in the county until it closed in 2012 due to its financial situation.

Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP covers an area of 3.9 square miles (10.1 km$2$), all land. However, this only includes the village area of Boulevard. More commonly, Boulevard includes rural outlying areas. The Boulevard Community Planning Group includes approximately 55,350 acres, or about 86 square miles.

Located in the East County section of San Diego County, Boulevard with its unique transitional location straddles the Tecate Divide, between the Laguna Mountains above and the desert below, providing views of the surrounding Laguna, In-Ko-Pah and Sierra de Juarez mountains.

The community is south of Interstate 8 about 50 mi west of El Centro. The US Post Office is plotted at 32.66389°N, -116.275°W although the actual post office has since moved approximately two miles west near the separation of Old Highway 80 and State Route 94. The post office, and the community it serves, has the ZIP Code 91905.

Regulatory filings show a California Department of Transportation facility described as a highway maintenance station in Boulevard. It is located in the 40000-block of Old Highway 80 on the south side at 32.66278°N, -116.26611°W as of 1993, and still exists as of 2018.

Climate
According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Boulevard has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csa" on climate maps.

Demographics
The 2010 United States Census reported that Boulevard had a population of 315. However, other sources report a population of more than 2000. The discrepancy is likely due to exactly which areas are included in the unincorporated area. The population density was 80.7 PD/sqmi. The racial makeup of Boulevard was 272 (86.3%) White, 2 (0.6%) African American, 7 (2.2%) Native American, 3 (1.0%) Asian, 0 (0.0%) Pacific Islander, 14 (4.4%) from other races, and 17 (5.4%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 44 persons (14.0%).

The Census reported that 315 people (100% of the population) lived in households, 0 (0%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 0 (0%) were institutionalized. However, Boulevard does have a prison facility, the McCain Valley Conservation Camp, as well as a border patrol facility with detention space.

There were 135 households, out of which 35 (25.9%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 66 (48.9%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 12 (8.9%) had a female householder with no husband present, 5 (3.7%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 7 (5.2%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 1 (0.7%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. 46 households (34.1%) were made up of individuals, and 17 (12.6%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.33. There were 83 families (61.5% of all households); the average family size was 2.96.

The population was spread out, with 71 people (22.5%) under the age of 18, 9 people (2.9%) aged 18 to 24, 59 people (18.7%) aged 25 to 44, 123 people (39.0%) aged 45 to 64, and 53 people (16.8%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 49.2 years. For every 100 females, there were 114.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 108.5 males.

There were 218 housing units at an average density of 55.8 /sqmi, of which 83 (61.5%) were owner-occupied, and 52 (38.5%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 2.3%; the rental vacancy rate was 17.5%. 186 people (59.0% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 129 people (41.0%) lived in rental housing units.

Government
At the federal level, Boulevard is in. In the California State Legislature, it is in, and.

Education
Local students attend Cover Flat Elementary School, Mountain Empire Junior High School, and Mountain Empire High School.

Cultural References
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour episode "Goodbye, George" involves a road trip along Highway 80 through Boulevard.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Edward Porter Felt

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was - should be transwikied - SimonP 15:38, Jun 15, 2005 (UTC)

Edward Porter Felt
Nom (& vote Del on) bio of this non-notable engineer, signif only for 9/11 (no apparent distinction among its victims) and (not as a principal) within his perhaps large, but obscure, employer. (In his first Google hit, only distinction mentioned is
 * Felt was one of the top five engineers at the billion-dollar company, and received a U.S. patent in August for a software application he designed for BEA.

). --Jerzy·t 18:06, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC) Move to memorial. I've been reading everything I can find online about this guy. Obviously intelligent, well-liked, and successful, but sadly not encyclopedic.--Scimitar 21:07, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Wikipedia is not a memorial, and there's also the Sep11 wiki, unless that project has been scrapped.... --Idont Havaname 19:14, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete or move to the memorial. Gamaliel 19:16, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Move to 9/11 memorial wiki --Carnildo 23:13, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Move to http://sep11.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Memoriam — RJH 15:06, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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