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Union Christian College, Aluva

Union Christian College, Aluva (known as UC College) is a college affiliated to Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam.

It is one of the earliest colleges in India to be established and managed by Indian Christians. It was founded in 1921 by four young graduates and teachers of Madras Christian College - Prof. K. C. Chacko, Prof. C. P. Mathew, Prof. V. M. Ittiyerah and Prof. A. M. Varki. It is situated by the banks of Periyar (river) in Aluva (Alwaye), Kerala, India.

History
The founders of the college were graduates of the Madras Christian College where they were contemporaries of Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, the distinguished Indian Philosopher, academician and statesman, and the second President of India. They increasingly felt the need to establish a college in Travancore on the lines of their alma mater, but with a commitment to ideals of Christian ecumenism and national reconstruction. The decision to establish a college was taken at a time when the churches in Travancore were involved in various legal and property disputes and would not see eye to eye. It was felt that the college would be able to bring the feuding churches together and enable it to witness the love of Christ in Indian society. The founders of the college also expected the college to contribute towards national reconstruction on the lines of national education that personalities like Mahatma Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore envisioned. In fact, Gandhi visited the college in 1925 on his way to Vaikom Satyagraha and wrote in the visitor's diary of the college: "Delighted with the ideal situation". Tagore too visited the college in 1922 and remarked about the striking resemblance of the college with his own institution, Visva-Bharati, in Shantinikethan.

The college began in an old court house situated in the 18 acres of land donated by Moolam Thirunal Rama Varma, the Maharaja of Travancore with the financial support of well wishers. It began as a residential college with 63 students enrolled in the Junior Intermediate Class in Group III, and was affiliated to the Madras University.

The college was elevated as a first grade college under University of Madras in July 1923 and it is the first non-government college in Kerala to achieve that status.

The academic life of the college was envisioned on the lines of the traditional gurukula system of education. The founders sought to make the college rooted in the best of what the eastern tradition represented and ‘keep the college near to the spirit and genius of our people.’ At the same time, they were keen to keep its doors and windows open ‘to profit from the best counsel that western educational experience can provide’, especially its ‘humanistic and liberal tradition.’ Needless to say, it is this spirit of owning one’s own civilization yet being open to ‘cultures of all lands’ that drew the attention of personalities like Gandhi and Tagore to the college.

The only missionary society to have co-operated with this Indian initiative in higher education was the Church Missionary Society (CMS) who had various mission centres in Travancore. The CMS missionaries who associated with the college as teaching faculty included Canon W. E. S. Holland, L. W. Hooper, B. G. Crowley, Stephen Neill. Well known English journalist and satirist, Malcolm Muggeridge taught at the college for a brief period. The college also received much encouragement from Dr William Skinner and Dr E. M. Macphail, both principals of Madras Christian College, and Dr L. P. Larsen, the well known Danish theologian and missionaries.

Present status
Today, the college has become a first grade college with about 2200 students, enrolled in 14 graduate and 14 postgraduate courses in diverse disciplines. The college is now affiliated to the Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, with eight of its departments being Research Centres recognized by the university, providing guidance and resources to more than 120 research scholars. It is one of the two colleges that went in for the first cycle of NAAC accreditation in 1999 and received five star accreditation. It had completed the fourth cycle of accreditation in 2017 with an A grade (3.47 score). It had also been awarded an A grade during the last cycle.

Administration
The College is owned and administered by the Association and its Standing Council, which is constituted of representatives of the Inter Church Fellowship (ICF), an association of the permanent Christian members of the faculty who belong to the co-operating Churches and representatives of the four cooperating churches. The association elects the Board of Directors; the Standing Council runs the administration of the College through its Governing Board/Executive Committee. ICF ensures the participation of the faculty in the governance of the College and also carry forward the legacy of the founding fathers.

Notable landmarks
Kacheri Malika is a three-storey building situated in the heart of the campus. In the beginning of 19th Century, this was a European Bungalow. From 1811-1896, it was used as a Zilla court of the Travancore state. It was one of the five kacheries (courts) built in AD 1811 during the reign of Maharani Gowri Lakshmi Bhai. Thereafter, till it was gifted to the college, it remained abandoned. It is built on a hill top known as Kacheri Kunnu and when it was a kacheri, the access to this hill was only by ferry. The ferry would be stationed at what was called Kacheri Kadavu. The architecture of the Kacheri Malika is a blend of Dutch, British and Indian styles. The structure, flooring, wood work of this building have been kept intact. In 1993, the Government of Kerala declared Kacheri Malika as a protected monument.

The Chapel is situated behind the Kacheri Malika. It is a place of worship that incorporates important aspects of both Eastern and Western traditions of Christianity. It is symbolic of the ecumenical tradition that the college embraces. The chapel was designed by Rev George Edward Hubbard in February 1940.

The mango tree situated in front of the administrative block was planted by Mahatma Gandhi during his visit to the college in 1925.

Mahaganitham is a sculpture commemorating the large mahogany tree that stood in front of the Kacheri Malika. The tree was struck by a lightning in 2002 and the remnants of it was designed as Mahaganitham. 'Maha' signifies the Mahogany tree and 'ganitham' Mathematics. Concepts like the Golden ratio and Fibonacci series are used in the design. More than thousand mathematical entities and geometrical shapes are engraved in the sculpture. The five Platonic bodies - tetrahedron, hexahedron, octahedron, dodecahedron and icosahedron - are present in it. An iron bell, which was used during the early period of the college, is also a part of the sculpture.

Notable alumni

 * Philipose Mar Chrysostom Valiya Metropolitan
 * Adv. A.T. Markose, Jurist, Law Professor
 * Paravoor T. K. Narayana Pillai, last Prime Minister of Travancore and the first Chief Minister of Travancore-Cochin
 * Fayiz Muhammed,Indian violinist,Composer
 * P. K. Vasudevan Nair, Communist politician and former Chief Minister of Kerala
 * Nitya Chaitanya Yati, Philosopher and Writer
 * NF Varghese, Actor
 * Sathaar, Actor
 * Lijo Jose Pellissery, Director
 * Baburaj (actor), Actor
 * Vineeth Mohan, actor
 * A. Jayashankar
 * Malayattoor Ramakrishnan
 * Mathukkutty, RJ, TV Host
 * Kalabhavan Rahman, Actor

In Popular Culture
This college was the main shooting location of Malayalam movie Premam released in 2015.

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Roman Catholic Diocese of Gulbarga

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Gulbarga in India was created on 24 June 2005. It is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Bangalore. Its first bishop is Rev. Robert Miranda. The parish church Mother Mary of Divine Grace in Gulbarga will be the cathedral for the diocese. It was the 150th diocese of India, and the 120th of Latin Rite.

The diocese covers an area of 38,752 km² of the Karnataka state previously belonging to the Archdiocese of Hyderabad and the dioceses of Bellary and Belgaum.

The total population in the diocese is 7,012,492, of which 6,425 are Catholic. The diocese is subdivided into 16 parishes.

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Talk:Tabloid television

Low quality article
This article is highly POV and full of tendentious and unsourced statements. I've removed some egregious examples. SeamusSweeney (talk) 12:29, 28 October 2010 (UTC)

Agreed, very limited article on an important topic. Most academic sources are from the 1990's, but there are quite a number of them, including a 1998 book called Tabloid Television published by Routledge, and an academic article in English about a longitudinal study of Dutch TV news. I'll check it out and start working on this. Erickaakcire (talk) 17:19, 8 September 2016 (UTC)

Improvements needed
I happened across this article and believe that the topic is very important, given today's state of local television news. However, the article is not comprehensive enough and hence I would suggest the following to further improve this article:
 * A basic history of tabloid television
 * More information about its format
 * Relationship to a station's need for ratings.

Also, I suspect that this phenomenon is not restricted to the U.S. Information concerning tabloid television in other countries should also be included. Pentawing 19:05, 16 July 2005 (UTC)

Definitely. There are quite a few 'tabloid television' type formats in Australia for one, such as A Current Affair and Today Tonight. Is there a category for these programs? Tim 00:23, 23 October 2005 (UTC)

England
So the rest of the UK doesn't have any tabloid television? Lucky us. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.147.32.51 (talk) 19:32, 12 November 2010 (UTC)

What isn't tabloid television
I don't think shows like Entertainment Tonight and post-Bill O'Reilly Inside Edition count less as tabloid TV and more of news magazine material (noted film critic and classy guy Leonard Maltin did appeared on the former during his lifetime). Espngeek (talk) 00:44, 24 April 2022 (UTC)

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Sebastián Eguren

Sebastián Eguren Ledesma (born 8 January 1981) is a Uruguayan football manager and former player who played mainly as a defensive midfielder.

Eguren started his career with Montevideo Wanderers in 1999, and went on to play professionally in Norway, Sweden, Spain, Paraguay, Brazil, and Argentina before retiring in 2016. He earned 57 caps for Uruguay between 2001 and 2013, representing his country at the 2010 World Cup and two Copa América tournaments, winning the 2011 edition.

From 2016 he worked as a coach, mainly as an assistant to Martín Lasarte.

Early years
Born in Montevideo, Eguren started his career in native country, playing for Montevideo Wanderers FC (twice) and Club Nacional de Football. With the latter, after the 0–0 Copa Libertadores game against Club Deportivo El Nacional on 12 February 2004, he tested positive for cocaine, being suspended from football for six months. He blamed the coca tea, widely drunk in the Andean countries as a medicine which alleviates the effects of altitude, and got the shortest suspension for this kind of cases (this specific match was played at 2,800 meters above sea level, in Quito).

Eguren arrived at Hammarby IF from Norwegian club Rosenborg BK, on loan during the later part of the 2006 season and, on 5 December 2006, signed a three-year contract with the Swedish side.

Villarreal
On 30 January 2008, Eguren joined Villarreal CF of La Liga, on loan until the end of the campaign. Almost immediately cast into the starting XI, he partnered Marcos Senna in centre midfield as the Yellow Submarine obtained its best position ever in the top flight by finishing second; in May the Spaniards decided to make the move permanent, and the player penned a three-year deal.

During 2008–09, more of the same: Eguren was, alongside Senna, an everpresent fixture, and the Uruguayan scored his first goal for the club in a 3–3 home draw against Getafe CF (with the Madrid side leading 3–0 at the half-hour mark). He played 32 league matches in his first full season.

In late January 2010, as he had lost his defensive midfielder position to youth graduate Bruno, Eguren was loaned to S.S. Lazio. However, the move was cancelled days later, after the player did not pass his medical.

AIK / Sporting Gijón
Anxious for playing time in order to secure a spot on the national squad for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, Eguren signed with reigning Swedish champions AIK Fotboll on 19 February 2010. According to their director of football Björn Wesström, the agreement was technically not a loan deal as the player had no contractual obligations with Villarreal until 1 July 2010 – however, he was due to return to Spain since he still had 12 months left of his contract. In early March, it was decided by the club to put the player under police protection, after he was harassed while training by fans of former side Hammarby, a fierce rival to AIK; he usually operated as a defensive midfielder previously, but manager Mikael Stahre preferred using him in an attacking midfielder or deep-lying forward role.

In late July 2010, Eguren returned to Spain but not to Villarreal, signing a three-year contract with fellow league team Sporting de Gijón. He contributed with 19 games and two goals in his second year, but the Asturians suffered relegation.

Return to South America
In July 2013, Eguren signed a one-and-a-half year deal with Brazil's Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras. He confessed that his changing of club happened because he did not have enough playing time at his previous team Club Libertad in Paraguay, where he played second-fiddle to Pablo Guiñazú. He scored twice in 12 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B games as the team from São Paulo won the title, including the equaliser on 23 November as they defeated Ceará Sporting Club 4–1 to lift the trophy.

Having played rarely in Série A for Palmeiras in 2014, Eguren returned to Montevideo Wanderers on a one-year contract the following 27 January. Days later, he was loaned for two years to Club Atlético Colón of the Argentine Primera División. On 25 July, he went back to another former club in his hometown, Nacional.

International
Eguren made his debut for Uruguay during the 2001 Copa América, entering the pitch in the 63rd minute of a 1–0 win against Bolivia, and added a further two appearances in the competition. On 28 May 2008, after a five-year absence, he scored his first goal for the Charrúas, netting in a 2–2 friendly with Norway in Oslo.

On 6 September 2008, Eguren scored his first competitive international goal, heading Diego Forlán's corner kick for the only goal away to Colombia in 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification; he added his only other of the campaign just over a year later, to conclude a 3–1 win in the reverse fixture. He was selected for the finals in South Africa, playing once for the semi-finalists (three minutes in the group stage 0–0 draw against France).

Always as a substitute, Eguren was used regularly in the 2011 Copa América as his nation won its 15th continental tournament. Manager Óscar Tabárez also took him to the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup in Brazil, where he was part of a completely changed team that beat Tahiti 8–0 in the group stage en route to finishing fourth.

Coaching career
Shortly after retiring as a player, Eguren received his first coaching job in June 2016 when he was hired as assistant to Martín Lasarte at Nacional. He followed him to Al Ahly SC, where they won the Egyptian Premier League in 2018–19.

In September 2020, Eguren was hired at Atenas de San Carlos in his country's second division, having previously been the sporting director. He left the following February, to work beside Lasarte again on the Chile national team.

Lasarte and Eguren quit the Chile national team in April 2022, having failed to qualify for the World Cup in Qatar; the assistant put the blame on the advanced age of the team's star players and the failure to develop replacements for them. Days later, he was hired in his first top-flight job as a manager, with 12th-placed Montevideo City Torque.

On his Torque debut on 6 May 2022, Eguren recorded a 2–2 draw at Club Sportivo Cerrito. He resigned from the City Football Group-owned team on 20 September, having won four and lost half of 20 league matches.

Personal life
During most of his career in Europe, Eguren did not count as a foreign player, due to the fact he was married to a Swedish woman.

Besides his musical preferences, ranging from Bob Dylan to Pink Floyd, and his literary ones (he is a fan of compatriots Mario Benedetti and Eduardo Galeano), Eguren spoke openly about politics, admiring president José Mujica, with whom he shared views in favour of legalising cannabis and abortion.

Career statistics

 * Scores and results list Uruguay's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Eguren goal.

 * + List of international goals scored by Sebastián Eguren
 * align="center"|1 || 28 May 2008 || Ullevaal, Oslo, Norway || 🇳🇴 norway || align="center"|2–1 || align="center"|2–2 || Friendly
 * align="center"|2 || 20 August 2008 || Sapporo Dome, Sapporo, Japan || 🇯🇵 japan || align="center"|1–0 || align="center"|3–1 || Friendly
 * align="center"|3 || 6 September 2008 || El Campín, Bogotá, Colombia || 🇨🇴 colombia || align="center"|1–0 || align="center"|1–0 || 2010 World Cup qualification
 * align="center"|4 || 11 February 2009 || 11 June, Tripoli, Libya || 🇱🇾 libya || align="center"|1–0 || align="center"|3–2 || Friendly
 * align="center"|5 || 9 September 2009 || Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay || 🇨🇴 colombia || align="center"|3–1 || align="center"|3–1 || 2010 World Cup qualification
 * align="center"|6 || 8 October 2010 || Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta, Indonesia || 🇮🇩 indonesia || align="center"|4–1 || align="center"|7–1 || Friendly
 * align="center"|7 || 10 June 2012 || Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay || 🇵🇪 peru || align="center"|4–2 || align="center"|4–2 || 2014 World Cup qualification
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 * align="center"|5 || 9 September 2009 || Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay || 🇨🇴 colombia || align="center"|3–1 || align="center"|3–1 || 2010 World Cup qualification
 * align="center"|6 || 8 October 2010 || Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta, Indonesia || 🇮🇩 indonesia || align="center"|4–1 || align="center"|7–1 || Friendly
 * align="center"|7 || 10 June 2012 || Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay || 🇵🇪 peru || align="center"|4–2 || align="center"|4–2 || 2014 World Cup qualification
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 * align="center"|7 || 10 June 2012 || Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay || 🇵🇪 peru || align="center"|4–2 || align="center"|4–2 || 2014 World Cup qualification
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 * }

Honours
AIK
 * Svenska Supercupen: 2010

Palmeiras
 * Campeonato Brasileiro Série B: 2013

Uruguay
 * Copa América: 2011

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People's Unity Party

People's Unity Party can refer to:
 * People's Unity Party (Finland)
 * People's Unity Party (Gabon)
 * People's Unity Party (Papua New Guinea)
 * People's Unity Party (Tajikistan)
 * People's Unity Party (Tunisia)
 * People's Unity Party – Socialist Party, a defunct political party in Iceland
 * Samajik Ekta Party (India)

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Are you really Fonzie Fan, or are you an imposter? — Stevey7788 (talk) 21:16, 15 July 2005 (UTC)

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Monetary Policy Report to the Congress

The Monetary Policy Report to the Congress is a semi-annual report prepared by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve and presented to the Congress of the United States. The Chairman of the Board of Governors is called on to offer oral testimony about the report to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Financial Services to the House of Representatives.

Monetary Policy Reports are mandated by the Humphrey–Hawkins Full Employment Act of 1978, which required the Federal Reserve to formally report on its activities to Congress. The Monetary Policy Reports were previously referred to as Humphrey-Hawkins reports.

The Monetary Policy Report is delivered twice a year, in February and July, and reports the basic state of the United States economy and its financial welfare. Each report contains two sections. The first section summarizes past policy decisions and their predicted economic impact. The second section focuses on recent financial and economic developments.

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Property dualism

Property dualism describes a category of positions in the philosophy of mind which hold that, although the world is composed of just one kind of substance—the physical kind—there exist two distinct kinds of properties: physical properties and mental properties. In other words, it is the view that at least some non-physical, mental properties (such as thoughts, imagination and memories) exist in, or naturally supervene upon, certain physical substances (namely brains).

Substance dualism, on the other hand, is the view that there exist in the universe two fundamentally different kinds of substance: physical (matter) and non-physical (mind or consciousness), and subsequently also two kinds of properties which inhere in those respective substances. Substance dualism is thus more susceptible to the mind–body problem. Both substance and property dualism are opposed to reductive physicalism.

Epiphenomenalism
Epiphenomenalism is a doctrine about mental-physical causal relations which holds that one or more mental states and their properties are the by-products (or epiphenomena) of the states of a closed physical system, and are not causally reducible to physical states (do not have any influence on physical states). According to this view, mental properties are as such real constituents of the world, but they are causally impotent; while physical causes give rise to mental properties like sensations, volition, ideas, etc., such mental phenomena themselves cause nothing further - they are causal dead ends. The position is credited to English biologist Thomas Huxley (Huxley 1874), who analogised mental properties to the whistle on a steam locomotive. The position found a level of favor amongst some scientific behaviorists over the next few decades, which then dove in response to the cognitive revolution in the 1960s.

Epiphenomenal qualia
In the paper "Epiphenomenal Qualia" and later "What Mary Didn't Know" Frank Jackson made the so-called knowledge argument against physicalism. The thought experiment was originally proposed by Jackson as follows:

Jackson continued:

"It seems just obvious that she will learn something about the world and our visual experience of it. But then it is inescapable that her previous knowledge was incomplete. But she had all the physical information. Ergo, there is more to have than that, and Physicalism is false."

Panpsychist property dualism
Panpsychism is the view that all matter has a mental aspect, or, alternatively, all objects have a unified center of experience or point of view. Superficially, it seems to be a form of property dualism, since it regards everything as having both mental and physical properties. However, some panpsychists say that mechanical behaviour is derived from the primitive mentality of atoms and molecules — as are sophisticated mentality and organic behaviour, the difference being attributed to the presence or absence of complex structure in a compound object. So long as the reduction of non-mental properties to mental ones is in place, panpsychism is not strictly a form of property dualism; otherwise it is.

David Chalmers has expressed sympathy for panpsychism (or at least for a modified variant, called panprotopsychism) as a possible resolution to the hard problem of consciousness, though he regards the combination problem as an important obstacle for the theory. Other philosophers who have taken interest in the view include Thomas Nagel, Galen Strawson, Timothy Sprigge, William Seager, and Philip Goff.

Subjective idealism
Subjective idealism, proposed in the eighteenth century by George Berkeley, is an ontic doctrine that directly opposes materialism or physicalism. It does not admit ontic property dualism, but does admit epistemic property dualism. It is rarely advocated by philosophers nowadays.

Saul Kripke
Kripke has a well-known argument for some kind of property dualism. Using the concept of rigid designators, he states that if dualism is logically possible, then it is the case.

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Talk:"Fast" Eddie Clarke

Clarke's birthplace
Was Eddie really born in the same town as Lemmy? Please verify fact. - Roda, 22:17, 15 July 2005 (UTC)
 * nope, totally my mistake, think it was Twickenham as fasteddie.com says that was his hometown, taken it out for now. Alf 21:40, 15 July 2005 (UTC)

Infobox audio sample
The guitarist project box contains a field for an audio sample of a signature solo sample or guitar style from the guitarist. I can think of a couple of nominees but someone else's thoughts on which audio sample would be a "best fit" may likely be different than mine so it's open for any nomination. 156.34.142.110 13:10, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

Snobs rehearsal studio?
I have first hand knowledge of this location in London at the time mentioned and I think this is incorrect - it's is being confused with the location Motorhead first practiced, Sound Management. As far as I'm aware, there was no rehearsal studio on the corner of Kings Road, Chelsea around 1975/1976 called "Snobs Rehearsal Studio". There was "Sound Management" which used a basement accessible from Kings Road near the corner (and leased from the Furniture Cave), and just around the corner in Lot's Road was "Manos", which used an upper floor leased from the Furniture Cave and where Donovan, Suzie Quatro and other RAK acts practiced. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Indieshack (talk • contribs) 16:15, 1 September 2016 (UTC)

Eddie's introduction to Lemmy
The article text mentions: "Clarke was working on re-fitting a houseboat, when he met drummer Phil Taylor,[3] who had recently joined Motörhead and introduced Clarke to Lemmy.". In Lemmy Kilmister's authorized biography, White LIne Fever, he states that although both Eddie Clarke and Phil Taylor were working on a boat project, that was just a coincidence. It was actually the receptionist Gertie at the rehearsal studio that Motorhead was then using who introduced Lemmy Kilmister to Clarke, since she was dating Clarke at the time. Indieshack (talk) 06:36, 3 May 2020 (UTC)

 * In that case, feel free to change the article accordingly, @IndieShack. Lemmy's own published recollection of how they met is likely to be a more reliable source for how they met than The Guardian obituary currently cited. JezGrove (talk) 19:30, 3 May 2020 (UTC)
 * I just looked back, and it was me who added the current reference to the story of how they met - I was just adding a newly published source to a claim that didn't already have one. Your source is better, so feel free to reword the article and to replace the citation I used in good faith back then with your own reference to Lemmy's biography. JezGrove (talk) 19:49, 3 May 2020 (UTC)
 * OK thanks, will do - please review my changes. Indieshack (talk) 17:37, 30 May 2020 (UTC)

Requested move 21 June 2024

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Eddie Clarke (musician) → "Fast" Eddie Clarke – I just thought of this from the RM. I think he's definitely better known by his stage name, as like "Weird Al" Yankovic. Rolling Stone obituary: "Fast" Eddie Clarke, NPR obituary: "Fast" Eddie Clarke , New York Times obituary: "Fast" Eddie Clarke , The Guardian obituary: "Fast" Eddie Clarke , ABC News obituary: "Fast" Eddie Clarke , Pitchfork obituary: "Fast" Eddie Clarke , BBC obituary: "Fast" Eddie Clarke , Hollywood Reporter obituary: "Fast" Eddie Clarke , CBS obituary: "Fast" Eddie Clarke , Entertainment Weekly obituary: "Fast" Eddie Clarke. And on and on. This is also a clear case of WP:NATURALDAB, although I would also argue that he'd be primary topic for Eddie Clarke anyway. Note that whether "Fast" Eddie Clarke or Fast Eddie Clarke doesn't really matter to me, but it's the clear common name. --Quiz shows 12:29, 21 June 2024 (UTC) The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
 * Support per nom.--Ortizesp (talk) 12:46, 21 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Comment I've retargeted Eddie Clarke to this article, per WP:ONEOTHER. 162 etc. (talk) 14:55, 21 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Move to Eddie Clarke or "Fast" Eddie Clarke, per nom. 162 etc. (talk) 14:59, 21 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Support Fast Eddie Clarke. I have no idea how "Weird Al" Yankovic has managed to survive for so long; it's completely against our standard naming procedure. -- Necrothesp (talk) 13:46, 25 June 2024 (UTC)
 * WP:NICKNAME asks us to avoid the stylization including quotation marks "unless it is found in the name in the overwhelming majority of independent reliable sources." That's the case for "Weird Al" Yankovic, and also for "Fast" Eddie Clarke. 162 etc. (talk) 16:41, 25 June 2024 (UTC)

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Fatlip

Derrick Stewart, known professionally as Fatlip, is a Los Angeles–born hip hop musician. He started his career in the hip hop group The Pharcyde.

The Pharcyde
As a member of The Pharcyde, Fatlip contributed to the critically acclaimed Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde as well as the follow-up release Labcabincalifornia. After the release of the Labcabincalifornia album, Fatlip was kicked out of the group, in part for leaving the supporting tour for their second album in favor of working on his own solo efforts.

In the group, Fatlip could be recognized for his conversational-style delivery of his verses and for having the deepest voice in the group.

Solo career
In 2005, Fatlip released his solo debut, The Loneliest Punk. It stood as his only solo album until the release of Torpor 17 years later. The album includes his single from 2000, "What's Up Fatlip?" (which was included in the soundtrack for Tony Hawk's American Wasteland and the Youth In Revolt soundtrack). The music video for "What's Up Fatlip?" was directed by Spike Jonze. During the filming process, Jonze compiled interviews with Fatlip and put them together in a documentary also titled "What's Up, Fatlip?". The album features guest appearances by Chali 2na (on the song "Today's Your Day", which is included in the skateboarding film Yeah Right!), as well as Shock G (on the song "Freaky Pumps"). The album contains songs produced by J-Swift, who was responsible for the production of The Pharcyde's first album Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde.

Fatlip appeared on MTV's Jackass sliding down an escalator rail, and this was edited into his video for "Worst Case Scenario".

Collaborations
In 2001, Fatlip was featured on L.A. Symphony's Big Broke L.A. EP on the track "What You Say".

Fatlip had a cameo in Southern rapper Ludacris's "Get Back" video.

In 2007, he collaborated with The Chemical Brothers on their song "The Salmon Dance", which is featured on their album We Are the Night.

Fatlip is featured on the track "Dream and Imaginate" by The Wascals.

Fatlip has collaborated with a crew from France known as the Jazz Liberatorz. In 2008, he appeared on their album Clin D'Oeil, on two tracks, "Ease My Mind" and "Genius At Work", the latter of which also featured Tre Hardson, Omni, and T-Love. He also appeared twice on the subsequent Jazz Liberatorz album, Fruit of the Past, on "My Style Is Fly" and "Back Packers".

Fatlip is featured on the song "Luxury Pool" from the 2008 album Stainless Style by Neon Neon.

In early 2009, Fatlip also appeared on two tracks on The Spirit of Apollo, the debut album by N.A.S.A., which was a collaboration project between Sam Spiegel and DJ Zegon. The two songs were "Hip Hop" (also featuring KRS-One and Tre Hardson) and "Strange Enough" (also featuring Karen O and Ol' Dirty Bastard.) Other artists who appeared on the album included Method Man, E-40, Chali 2na, and David Byrne, among others.

2016 saw Fatlip collaborate with Edo G on a song called "Playtimee Over", produced by Tone Spliff. Then, in 2017, Fatlip was featured on the track "Mr. Lonely" by Portland-based band Portugal. The Man. The song was included on the band's album Woodstock, and Fatlip received a writing credit for it.

In 2019, Fatlip appeared on "Aw Hell You Motherfuckin' Right", a song from A Joy Which Nothing Can Erase, the third full-length album by Toronto rapper The Mighty Rhino. The song also featured Ultra Magnus, and was produced by Myer Clarity, with scratches by DJ Digital Junkie.

In 2020, Fatlip released a collaboration with Blu and Samuel T. Herring, the latter credited as Hemlock Ernst. The song was called "Good For The Soul". That year also saw Fatlip collaborate with Percee P and Phil Da Agony on the song "For You".

Reunion with Tre Hardson
Fatlip has reunited with former Pharcyde member Tre Hardson to perform on The Over 30, Dirty Old Men Tour together.

Fatlip was featured in the song "All I Want for Christmas (Is Somebody Else)" with Tre Hardson featuring St. Imey (formerly of The Wascals) and produced by J-Swift.

Torpor: Pharcyde reunion
On February 18, 2022, Fatlip released the lead single, “Dust in the Wind”, off of his new solo album, “Torpor”, produced by Los Angeles–based production team Sccit & Siavash The Grouch. The single, featuring Krayzie Bone, marks the first time a member of The Pharcyde has collaborated with a member of Bone Thugs-N-Harmony. The second single, released on April 20, 2022, is a collaborative effort with RBX of Death Row Records & M.O titled “Wake Up” and includes a music video themed around the Los Angeles homeless epidemic. The album was officially released exclusively on CD on January 29, 2022. The next single, titled “My Bad”, was released on August 1, 2022, as the first complete Pharcyde song in over 25 years (including all 4 original members). Surrounded by controversy, the reunion song made big headlines when Rolling Stone wrote a piece detailing the on-going inner conflict within the group. The album was finally released digitally on August 23, 2022. The 4th Single, “Energy”, was released September 9, 2022, and features Sccit on the 2nd verse, as well as RBX narrating. An eclectic video for the song was released that same day. “Torpor” also includes Butch Cassidy (singer), as well as production by Jellyroll, Chris Taylor (music producer) AKA The Glove and more.

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User talk:Jordan Elder

--Jordanpack (talk) 00:36, 25 March 2009 (UTC)==Welcome from Redwolf24==

Welcome!

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Your template
I saw your template up for deletion and wanted to let you know that if you really, really want to, you can make one or more pages like User:Jordan Elder/mytemplate and then include its contents anywhere with or. I have a few of these that I use for certain purposes, usually within my user space.

I wouldn't use this for sigs, though. A few comments:
 * As you've heard, 4 tildes is easier.
 * You shouldn't use a template for sigs.
 * If you use a template for sigs, which you shouldn't, you should make sure to subst it.
 * The cool thing about your template is it meant that the date respected date preferences, so I saw it as ISO standard. Which I liked, but still they should just fix that in the Mediawiki software rather than requiring that kind of rigamarole (and encouraging the bad practice of templates in sigs).
 * I don't like colored signatures. But clearly I'm in the extreme minority here.  I'm hoping that practice just goes away eventually. :)  Personal preference.

Anyway, just sharing Mediawiki tips. :) Jdavidb (talk • contribs) 21:45, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

I have fixed your userpage query
Hope this is what you wanted, I've aligned your boxes to the right as per your request on your user page. If this is not as you want, please get back to me. Bobo. 18:44, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

Jordan Elder said: Thanks for adding the infobox to my page. I changed some stuff around as I saw fit.

I saw you had the user page query up there and I thought it would have been easier just fixing it rather than telling you on your talk page in case you were tied up and unable to get back to me. I hope this is okay, the userboxes look pretty good.

Sadly the Canada userbox is narrower than the other userboxes, but the overall width of the maximum box is the same as the length of a sensible box. If you want help with anything else, please feel free to ask. Bobo. 02:24, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

Oops
Sorry, my mistake. Won't happen again :) - ^ demon  [yell at me][ubx_war_sux] /02:33, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

Your VandalProof Application
Dear Jordan Elder,

Thank you for applying for VandalProof! (VP). As you may know, VP is a very powerful program, and in fact the just released 1.3 version has even more power. Because of this we must uphold strict protocols before approving a new applicant. Regretfully, I have chosen to decline your application at this time. The reason for this is that. Please note it is nothing personal by any means, and we certainly welcome you to apply again soon. Thank you for your interest in VandalProof.  Daniel.Bryant  02:48, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

Barnstar
Here is your barn star, and I made it a little harder now. Congratulations!

Billy Talent "Surrender"
I scanned it from the album booklet but every single for Billy Talent on the album Billy Talent II is like that. I couldn't find the single cover for it, so I made one that was perfectly fine. You should not delete it, but you can if you find the real single cover for it.

Yo.
WHY IS MY SIGNATURE NOT WORKING??? -- Jordan Elder talk, Monday July 29 2024 (UTC) 04:16, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Maybe this will work. -- Jordan Elder talk 04:18, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
 * OK, maybe it's not, but this is definitely weird. Why is this happening? The text "talk" in my signature shouldn't be bold, and it should be a link to my talk page. The date also appears twice, but in the page that I subst it from, User:Jordan Elder/coolsig, it is perfectly fine. Strange. -- Jordan Elder talk 04:22, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
 * I think it changed. -- Jordan Elder talk 04:26, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Nope, same problem. -- Jordan Elder talk 04:26, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

Working now?

 * Nope. -- Jordan Elder talk 04:29, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Well, let's try this. -- Jordan Elder talk 00:03, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
 * The extra date is gone, but the talk text is still bold, and it is not a link? WHY?? -- Jordan Elder talk 00:04, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
 * NO, don't say it. That's because I'm ON my talk page! D'oh! -- Jordan Elder talk 00:04, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Just a test of how my slightly updated signature looks now. J ordan E lder  talk 04:35, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

George Bush
I couldn't spot the difference here. What is the idiotic mistake? And do I need new glasses? Thanks.--Shtove 07:21, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
 * I've booked an eye appointment. Thanks.--Shtove 19:38, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Your VandalProof Application
Thank you for your interest in VandalProof, Jordan Elder. As you may know, VP is a very powerful program, and in fact the just released 1.3 version has even more power. Because of this we must uphold strict protocols before approving a new applicant. Regretfully, I have chosen to decline your application at this time. Please note it is nothing personal by any means, and we certainly welcome you to apply again soon. Thank again for your interest in VandalProof. Betacommand (talk • contribs • Bot) 17:42, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Your VandalProof Application
Thank you for your interest in VandalProof, Jordan Elder. As you may know, VP is a very powerful program, and in fact the just released 1.3 version has even more power. Because of this we must uphold strict protocols before approving a new applicant. Regretfully, I have chosen to decline your application at this time. The reason for this is that: You do not have experience VandalFighting. VP is intended to allow experienced vandal fighters to revert changes faster, and is quite complex. Please note it is nothing personal by any means, and we certainly welcome you to apply again soon. Thank again for your interest in VandalProof. Prodego talk  20:28, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

Welcome to VandalProof!
Thank you for your interest in VandalProof, Jordan Elder! You have now been added to the list of authorized users, so if you haven't already, simply download and install VandalProof from our main page. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me or any other moderator, or you can post a message on the discussion page. A le_Jrb talk 08:18, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

Editor review
I reviewed you. YechielMan 01:03, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

Ok
Thanks! User:Deadlocks

???
Can I add something to your page? user:Deadlocks 02:12 April 2007t̪

Roger ames
You say this article is not true. OK, I have absolutely no personal knowledge of the subject. Google appears to contradict you. Could I please ask you to detail your argument, before I delete the page?--Anthony.bradbury 23:40, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

 * OK. That's good enough for me.--Anthony.bradbury 23:46, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

King Maguire and retinue
Hi. I've made some notes and left a message at User_talk:Irishguy asking for his opinion about these editors and articles. Where're the Viking raiders when you need them? ;-)  Shenme 02:25, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

Not English
Hi there; an article written in a language other than English does not qualify thereby for a speedy deletion tag. Please add a notenglish tag, which allows time for the article to be either translated or transwikied. Or, ok, deleted.--Anthony.bradbury 21:17, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

Prince George Flag
I don't remember licensing this. Could you provide a diff? I probably changed the licensing while using WP:AWB to repair something from WP:TFD. I know extremely little about copyright, so if you think you're right, by all means, you don;t have to consult me about it. Thanks for your time. RyanGerbil10 (Don't ask 'bout Camden) 01:05, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Cool. Thanks. Yeah, I won't touch copyright TfDs unless they're clear-cut, so apparently the tag I removed was incorrect, but I have no idea what the correct tag might be. Then again, the TfD may not have been correct, either. Go ahead and change it. Thanks for digging up the diff. RyanGerbil10 (Don't ask 'bout Camden) 01:10, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Tagging of The Palmer House
I recently removed a speedy delete tag that you had placed on The Palmer House. I do not think that The Palmer House fits any of the speedy deletion criteria because While the article was a very brief stub, the hotel is very notable. I have expanded it significantly. DES (talk) 01:48, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

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Happy Birthday
--  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 02:33, 24 November 2007 (UTC)
 * FROM YOUR FRIEND:
 * You're WELCOME. --  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 22:30, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

HI!
Hi. I just wanted to say hi. please respond to me. i usually get no responces.[did i spel that right?] --Jordanpack (talk) 00:36, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

sup
sup — Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.216.180.29 (talk) 05:05, 14 December 2011 (UTC)

Input request
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Agrafa

Agrafa (Άγραφα, ) is a mountainous region in Evrytania and Karditsa regional units in mainland Greece, consisting mainly of small villages. It is the southernmost part of the Pindus range. There is also a municipality with the same name, the Municipality of Agrafa, but it covers only a small percentage of the area.

History

"Agrafa" in Greek means "unwritten", a reference to the region's remoteness and difficult terrain. As a result, the Ottomans were never able to successfully control the region. Agrafa maintained a form of self-governance and semi-independence, which included having its own militias and dispute arbitration systems. These privileges were recognized by the Ottomans in a treaty in 1525.

The fiercely independent spirit of its people, known as Agrafiotes, is matched by a harsh and forbidding landscape. The central Agrafiotis River valley is surrounded on three sides by a steep 2,000-metre wall of mountains, and on its south side the river drains via a series of narrow and often impassable gorges into the man-made Lake Kremasta. The other great river of Agrafa, Tavropos (aka Megdovas), feeds two man-made lakes: Plastiras (N) and Kremasta (S).

Most of the surrounding forests in the region were controlled by Greek Orthodox monasteries for many hundreds of years and through Ottoman rule. The residents of the Agrafa purchased tracts of land from the monasteries hundreds of years ago and these forests remain in the communal hands of the current inhabitants.

Agrafa served as a refuge for Greeks fleeing Ottoman rule and was a center of Greek literacy and culture during the 400 years of Ottoman rule. Unlike the majority of Greeks, many Agrafiotes can trace their family histories back for generations. In the 19 century the area played a prominent role in the Greek War of Independence.

In the 20th century, a lot of Agrafiotes left their villages and settled in the major metropolitan cities in Greece as well as in the United States, Canada, Australia and Germany, seeking an escape from the abject poverty and lack of opportunities in the area. The migration from the region first began in the 1920s and nearly ceased after the military junta which had ruled Greece from 1967 to 1974 was toppled. The largest Agrafiot community outside of Greece is in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Modernization
Before modernization, most people's occupations in the Agrafa involved harvesting nuts and fruits from orchards, farming, shepherding, and textile manufacturing. Most of the produce from the Agrafa are traditional cold weather crops or crops which can survive in poor soil. The proceeds of the timber sales from the forests purchased from the monasteries continue to benefit the community as a whole.

The most famous person from the Agrafa and the driving force behind modernization was the colonel Nikolaos Plastiras, who was elected prime minister of Greece after the Civil War. It was his vision to create a hydroelectric dam in the region so that nearly all of mainland Greece, excluding the Peloponnese, would be supplied with electricity, particularly the many fractured villages and rural communities. A spin-off from this project was the mass irrigation system developed to supply the farmers in the plains of Thessaly with water and increase the yields of cash crops such as cotton, and also the creation of Lake Plastira which has met increasing tourist development in the last decades.

Construction began during the 1950s. The Plastiras Dam contributed to the economic development of Greece. The majority of the workers on this project were Agrafiotes themselves.

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User talk:C14

Welcome from Redwolf24
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User talk:Sitearm

Hello, welcome to my talk page.

If you would like to leave a message or start a new discussion, please start a new section.

If you would like to continue an existing discussion, please feel free to edit within that section until we're done.

I'll assign a section if you don't, to keep things organized.

Thank you for your help! Sitearm

Archive
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Please comment on this proposal at the Village Pump:
Village pump %28proposals%29

Thanks in advance! Mamawrites 11:23, 9 October 2005 (UTC)

Archiving talk pages
Sitearm - how do I go about archiving my talk page like you have? Cheers. --PhilipO 22:15, 17 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Posted answer here. -- Sitearm | Talk 09:27, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

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Claudia de' Medici

Claudia de' Medici (4 June 1604 – 25 December 1648) was Regent of the Austrian County of Tyrol during the minority of her son from 1632 until 1646.

Early life
Born in Florence into the House of Medici, Claudia was the youngest daughter of Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany and his wife, Christina of Lorraine. She was named after her grandmother Claude of Valois, herself granddaughter of Claude, Duchess of Brittany, consort to King Francis I of France.

Duchess of Urbino
In 1620, she married Federico Ubaldo della Rovere, the only son of Francesco Maria II della Rovere, Duke of Urbino. Their only child, Vittoria, went on to marry the Grand Duke of Tuscany. Federico Ubaldo della Rovere died suddenly on 29 June 1623.

Archduchess of Tyrol
After her husband's premature death, she was married, on 19 April 1626, to Leopold V, Archduke of Austria, and thus became Archduchess consort of Austria.

Regent of Tyrol
On the death of her husband in 1632, she assumed a regency in the name of her son Ferdinand Charles who was the ruler of the Princely County of Tyrol. Claudia, along with five directors, held the post until 1646. She died at Innsbruck in 1648.

Issue
She had one child by Federico Ubaldo della Rovere:

 * 1) Vittoria della Rovere (1622–1694) married Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany and had issue,

She had five children by Archduke Leopold V of Austria:

 * 1) Maria Eleonora of Austria (1627–1629) died in infancy.
 * 2) Ferdinand Charles of Austria (1628–1662) married Anna de' Medici
 * 3) Isabella Clara of Austria (1629–1685), who married Charles III, Duke of Mantua and had issue.
 * 4) Sigismund Francis of Austria (1630–1665), Count of Tyrol and Regent of Further Austria, who married Countess Palatine Maria Hedwig Auguste of Sulzbach (1650–1681) and had no issue.
 * 5) Maria Leopoldine of Austria (1632–1649), who married Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand III (1608–1657)

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Abba Magal

Abba Magal (c. 1800) was a leader of the Diggo Oromo, and the father of Abba Jifar I.

Previously, the Diggo, based in the area of Mana, had conquered the nearby town of Hirmata that was home to the Lalo people. This victory gave Abba Magal enough wealth to compete with the dominant Oromo clan in Jimma, the Badi of Saqqa. With the help of his four sons, he began a series of wars that led to the formation of the Gibe Kingdom of Jimma.

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User talk:HisHoliness

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Papal Styles and Illegal Block
User:HisHoliness solved the long-running problem of Papal styles by moving the pope's life title to a "Trivia" section. This solution is non-controversial and is useful when the style after death differs greatly from that in life, eg. "Saint" or "Servant of God" or "Venerable". User:jtdirl, who has been involved in edit warring, reverted the edits of HisHoliness without discussion and blocked the editor.

This diff is an example of a typical edit. How is this vandalism? What justifies undiscussed reversion and blocking by an admin involved in an ongoing edit war? WikiKangaroo 22:31, 15 July 2005 (UTC)

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Secret of the Silver Blades

Secret of the Silver Blades is the third in a four-part series of Forgotten Realms Dungeons & Dragons "Gold Box" adventure role-playing video games. The game was released in 1990.

The story is a continuation of the events of Curse of the Azure Bonds. In this game, a small mining town is being threatened by monsters who were released from a glacial prison. The monsters are led by the evil Eldamar, who had been interred in the glacier by his twin brother Oswulf and a group known as the Silver Blades.

Plot
375 years ago, twin brothers Oswulf and Eldamar built a castle in a large valley in the Dragonspine Mountains and the town of Verdigris was founded below the castle. The town prospered under the guidance of the brothers. Oswulf was a paladin and Eldamar was a mage. As Eldamar became older, his obsession for immortality grew and he began studying how to become a lich. Oswulf tried to stop his brother, but failed. Eldamar became a lich known as the Dreadlord.

A horrified Oswulf could not bear to kill his own brother. He sought the help of a band of adventurers known as the Silver Blades to help contain the Dreadlord. The Dreadlord was certain that these adventurers were called upon to slay him and he began gathering armies of evil creatures to aid him. The town was overrun by monsters and the inhabitants abandoned it. With the help of the Silver Blades, they succeeded in driving the monsters out of the town and back to the castle. Oswulf was still determined not to kill his own brother, however. The Silver Blades set out to research a spell and when cast, it encased the entire valley in a glacier. Everything inside became frozen, but was still alive. Oswulf sacrificed himself so his spirit could guard the castle.

A few of the Dreadlord's followers were beyond the glacier's effects and began attempts to get through the ice, but failed. 15 years ago, they formed a group known as the Black Circle and succeeded in breaking the spell. The glacier began to melt. As the ice melted, many miners noticed the old mines of Verdigris were once again accessible and founded the town of New Verdigris. The mines contained vast amounts of gems. As the miners descended to the lower levels, monsters that had been frozen for over 300 years began to emerge and once again took over the mines.

In desperation, the miners took all their gems to the Well of Knowledge, which is said to grant wishes and provide information for those who dropped treasure into it. The party was then summoned to the town of New Verdigris by the Well of Knowledge at the wish of the townspeople. They need the party to protect them from the monsters and so begins the story of the Secret of the Silver Blades.

The party's objective is to adventure through the mountain region near Verdigris, entering areas such as the ruins of Old Verdigris, the Well of Knowledge, the mines, the crevasses, and eventually to the Dreadlord's castle. The party will face off against an evil group of humans called the Black Circle, many kinds of monsters in the mines and crevasses, and finally against the lich the Dreadlord himself.

Gameplay
To play Secret of the Silver Blades, one simply needs to create characters and form a party. The gameplay basics are identical to all games in the series. Characters can also be imported from Pool of Radiance and Curse of the Azure Bonds.

Game differences
Secret of the Silver Blades is similar to its two predecessors in gameplay and graphics. There is no overworld in this game, however. It takes place entirely in the first person maps. Graphics did improve slightly, though everything was still drawn in 16 colors.

The game includes some new features introduced with Champions of Krynn, and adds a difficulty selector that the player can use to change the power of the enemy creatures. The game world was the largest yet for a Gold Box game, and it included cut scene illustrations of the story. It is the first Gold Box game in which random encounters do not stop after a certain point.

Mages have the ability to use spells up to level 7, while clerics can reach level 6 spells.

The arrow keys are conveniently usable to select menu options as opposed to using hotkeys, which was the only way in earlier titles, though the hotkey option is still available.

There are only two known versions for MS-DOS:

Music
Like most of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons computer games, this game contains only one song. It was composed by John Halbleib, and was his last game when the developers replaced him with Tom Wahl.

Reception
Secret of the Silver Blades was very successful, with SSI selling 167,214 copies. It was the last Gold Box game to sell more than 100,000. Scorpia of Computer Gaming World in 1990 wrote that "Secret of the Silver Blades could easily have been sub-titled 'Hackmania'" because of the game's emphasis of combat, and stated that it was the most linear of the Gold Box series. She liked the game's story, and concluded that it was "a typical product in the Forgotten Realms series", most appealing to fans of Gold Box or hack and slash games. In 1993 she stated that it was the "most boring" Gold Box game and "for hard-core slicer/dicers only". The game was reviewed in 1990 in Dragon #163 by Hartley, Patricia, and Kirk Lesser in "The Role of Computers" column. The reviewers gave the game 4 out of 5 stars. According to GameSpy, "Secret of the Silver Blades would never reach the "classic" status of much of SSI's previous work".

British gaming magazine Amiga Action gave Secret of the Silver Blades an overall score of 87%, acknowledging that the game is very similar to its predecessors, but goes on to state: "The good thing is that they follow on from each other very well. "[Silver Blades is] one of the best RPGs around. If you miss this one then you're a fool". Amiga Action also praised new features in the game such as the ability to port characters from previous installments and new monsters, rating it above Champions of Krynn, an earlier installment in the series.

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Mark Levin

Mark Reed Levin (born September 21, 1957) is an American broadcast news analyst, columnist, lawyer, political commentator, radio personality, and writer. He is the host of syndicated radio show The Mark Levin Show, as well as Life, Liberty & Levin on Fox News. Levin worked in the administration of President Ronald Reagan and was a chief of staff for Attorney General Edwin Meese. He is the former president of the Landmark Legal Foundation, an author of seven books, and contributor to media outlets such as National Review Online. Since 2015, Levin has been editor-in-chief of the Conservative Review and is known for his incendiary commentary.

He has been described as "right-wing" by The New York Times, CNN, NPR, and Politico. He is known for his strident criticisms of Democrats and encouragement of primary challenges to congressional Republicans that he considers to be "Republican In Name Only" (RINO). He endorsed Ted Cruz in the 2016 Republican Party presidential primaries and declared himself "Never Trump", but reluctantly endorsed Donald Trump after he won the Republican nomination. Since the start of the Trump presidency, Levin's commentary has become pro-Trump.

Early life and education
Mark Reed Levin, one of three boys, was born in Philadelphia to a Jewish family, and grew up in Erdenheim as well as Elkins Park. His father, Jack E. Levin (1925–2018), authored several books. He graduated from Cheltenham High School after three years, in 1974. Skipping his senior year of high school, Levin enrolled at Temple University Ambler and graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa with a B.A. in Political Science in 1977 at age 19. Later in 1977, Levin won election to the Cheltenham school board on a platform of reducing property taxes. In 1980, Levin earned a J.D. from Temple University School of Law.

Legal and political career
Levin worked for Texas Instruments after law school. Beginning in 1981, Levin worked in the administration of President Ronald Reagan. Levin began at ACTION, the federal agency that oversaw VISTA and other volunteer agencies, before serving as deputy assistant secretary for elementary and secondary education at the U.S. Department of Education and deputy solicitor of the U.S. Department of the Interior. He ultimately became chief of staff to Attorney General Edwin Meese.

After leaving the Reagan administration, Levin practiced law in the private sector. In 1991, Levin joined public interest law firm Landmark Legal Foundation. At Landmark, Levin served as director of legal policy and the foundation's Washington-based Center for Civil Rights before becoming president in 1997. Under Levin's presidency, Landmark Legal filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission in 2000 alleging that the National Education Association, the largest teachers' union in the U.S., did not disclose spending on political activity in Internal Revenue Service documentation. Landmark Legal also filed similar complaints with the United States Department of Labor in 2002 regarding NEA and political activity; by 2006, the NEA and smaller American Federation of Teachers had filed new documents with the Labor Department revealing over $100 million combined in political action spending.

Following Freedom of Information Act requests in August 2012 of documents that would show if Environmental Protection Agency officials sought to delay regulations until after the 2012 presidential election, federal judge Royce Lamberth ruled in 2015 that although Landmark Legal did not establish that the EPA acted in bad faith, the EPA either carelessly or intentionally neglected Landmark's FOIA request. Lamberth previously ruled in 2013 that the EPA might have attempted to evade Landmark's FOIA request.

In 2001, the American Conservative Union awarded Levin its Ronald Reagan Award for his work with Landmark Legal. Politico reported in 2014 that Levin received a salary of more than $300,000 per year as president of the non-profit Landmark Legal Foundation, whose donors include the Sarah Scaife Foundation, the Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation and ExxonMobil. In 2018, Levin stepped down as president of Landmark Legal but remained on its board of directors.

Radio broadcasting
Levin began his broadcasting career as a guest on conservative talk radio programs. For many years, he was a contributor of legal opinions to The Rush Limbaugh Show, appearing more regularly as the Monica Lewinsky scandal developed. About this time, Sean Hannity became aware of him, and he began to feature in Hannity's radio show. Eventually, Levin gained a radio slot of his own on WABC, initially on Sundays beginning in 2002, then in the timeslot following Hannity's program in 2003. Cumulus Media Networks began syndicating The Mark Levin Show nationally in 2006.

Levin has participated in Freedom Concerts, an annual benefit concert to aid families of fallen soldiers, and uses his radio program to promote aid to military families. Levin is also involved with Move America Forward, a charity that sends care packages to soldiers serving overseas.

On February 11, 2016, Levin signed a ten-year contract extension with Westwood One, which will take his show through 2025, its 19th year.

On November 16, 2018, he was inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame.

Television shows
Since 2014, Levin has been the founding editor-in-chief of Conservative Review, a multi-platform online television network that later merged with Glenn Beck's terrestrial network TheBlaze in 2018 to form Blaze Media. Programs airing on the network include Levin, Roaming Millennial, Truth Be Told, Allie, In the Woods with Phil, Kibbe on Liberty, Louder with Crowder, America Bolling, and more.

In November 2017, Fox News announced that it had signed Levin for a weekend show titled Life, Liberty & Levin to air on Sunday nights beginning in February 2018. According to a pre-debut network news release, the program's intention was to explore "the fundamental values and principles undergirding American society, culture, politics, and current events, and their relevance to the nation's future and everyday lives of citizens." Episodes feature one or two guests for the hour-long program discussing political events, news, and history. In September 2023, Fox News announced that Levin's show would air new episodes on Saturdays as well as its usual Sunday timeslot, starting on September 16.

Writer
Levin wrote the 2005 book Men In Black: How The Supreme Court Is Destroying America, in which he advanced his thesis that activist judges on the Supreme Court (from all parts of the political spectrum) have "legislated from the bench". Commentary magazine's Dan Seligman wrote that Levin asks readers "to identify with 'originalists' who look to the text of the Constitution and the intent of its framers, and to reject the 'activists' who construe the Constitution broadly and are more concerned with getting to their own 'desired outcomes'". Slate magazine's Dahlia Lithwick wrote that "no serious scholar of the court or the Constitution, on the ideological left or right, is going to waste their time engaging Levin's arguments once they've read this book".

Rescuing Sprite: A Dog Lover's Story of Joy and Anguish is a non-fiction work written by Levin in 2007 about his experience of rescuing a dog named Sprite from a local animal shelter.

Liberty and Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto was released in 2009, and became a #1 New York Times best seller for eleven of twelve weeks, as well as No. 1 on Nielsen BookScan and No. 2 on Amazon.com's list of bestselling books of 2009. The book includes discussion of issues Levin believes need to be addressed in the United States. In Liberty and Tyranny Levin repudiates the use of the term "progressive" to describe "modern Liberals", and argues that "statist" would instead be a proper term. Liberty and Tyranny has sold over one million copies according to Threshold Editions, the book's publisher. Andrew C. McCarthy, in The New Criterion, wrote, "Levin offers not so much a defense as a plan of attack" against "America's Leftist ascendancy". Other reviewers critiqued the book as "analysis utterly useless in understanding more than half of the American political landscape" while opining that "Levin resorts to the same old misinformation to sell his brand of conservatism".

Ameritopia: The Unmaking of America was issued in 2012. In Ameritopia, Levin discusses the origins and development of both the modern day conservative and liberal political philosophies, the latter of which he refers to as "statist", through the works of some of the leading figures in American history. Included are commentaries on works by Plato, Sir Thomas More, Thomas Hobbes, Karl Marx, John Locke, Charles de Montesquieu and Alexis de Tocqueville. Conor Friedersdorf's review, published in The Atlantic, criticized the text's argument that statism is based on utopianism, and Carlin Romano, in The Chronicle of Higher Education, wrote that "Ameritopia is really Ameritastrophe. It's disastrously bad from beginning to end."

In Levin's 2013 book The Liberty Amendments: Restoring the American Republic he suggests eleven new Constitutional amendments. The book debuted at #1 on The New York Times Best Seller list. Hans A. von Spakovsky of National Review Online called the book "required reading for conservative bloggers". Ana Marie Cox, writing in The Guardian, said the book "contains some radical notions about a complete overhaul of the US constitution, but to debate the specifics of their merits is to ignore the larger insanity of the project" while noting "the ludicrousness of his specific 'fixes' and the near-impossibility of achieving them". Also in The Washington Times, Richard W. Rahn wrote, "If The Liberty Amendments can help foster a national debate about which corrective actions, including constitutional amendments, are needed to increase liberty and prosperity, Mr. Levin will have performed a great national service". Hoover Institution fellow David Davenport wrote in Forbes that Levin's book used "weak arguments".

Levin's Plunder and Deceit: Big Government's Exploitation of Young People and the Future was published in 2015, and Rediscovering Americanism and the Tyranny of Progressivism in 2017.

Levin's Unfreedom of the Press, which was released on May 21, 2019, became the number one best-selling book on Amazon.com three days before its official release, as a result of pre-order sales. Unfreedom of the Press also became a New York Times #1 best-seller on June 6, 2019, in the combined print & e-book nonfiction and hardcover nonfiction categories. Lloyd Green was critical of the book in The Guardian writing that the book "is not exactly fan fiction but it can get ahead of itself when discussing the special counsel's conclusions, ending up sounding like the 'fake news' the author and Trump both purport to abhor." Annalisa Quinn, writing for NPR, stated: "the book is largely filler. Quotations and paraphrasing make up the majority of the book's central chapters. Lengthy and irrelevant block quotes from historians about, say, colonial printing practices... give the book the air of a padded student essay." Quinn also wrote, "[Levin] conducts no interviews, presents no original research, and visits no newsrooms", and "When Levin does offer his own analysis, it can approach parody." On June 8, 2019, Levin appeared on C-SPAN2's Book TV to discuss Unfreedom of the Press, "in which he argued that the press has lowered its standards in providing objective and trustworthy journalism."

In 2021, Levin published American Marxism, a book written in reaction to the events that have transpired so far in 2021 and also seeks to characterize the Marxist attributes of the American Left. As of November 14, 2021, the book had spent 16 weeks on the New York Times Bestseller List for nonfiction.

Political views
A 2016 study which sought to measure incendiary discourse on talk radio and TV found that Levin scored highest on its measure of "outrage". The study looked at 10 prominent radio and television programs, known for incendiary discourse on political matters, and scored content on the basis of whether it used "emotional display", "misrepresentative exaggeration", "mockery", "conflagration", "slippery slope", "insulting" or "obscene language", and other factors, finding that Levin was the radio host who engaged in the most outrage. The study found that he utilized "outrage speech or behavior at a rate of more than one instance per minute." In How Democracies Die, Harvard University political scientists Daniel Ziblatt and Steven Levitsky write that Mark Levin was among the popular right-wing talk radio hosts who "helped to legitimate the use of uncivil discourse" in American politics, and contribute to the erosion of democratic norms. According to Politico, Levin has a "penchant for hysteria."

Views on politicians and other individuals
According to The Guardian, "constant attacks on Democrats and the left are important components" of Levin's modus operandi. According to Politico in May 2009, Levin pronounced "almost daily" that Obama "was a failure, a liar, and a 'statist' who is trying to destroy individual freedom." According to Rutgers University political scientist Stephen Eric Bronner, Levin tends to use "socialism" as a "catch-all term to condemn any policy that strengthens the social welfare function of the state." In July 2014, he called Jon Stewart "a knee-jerk idiot", and suggested that Stewart was a self-hating Jew. He has stated that "Nancy Pelosi's politics comes as close to a form of modern-day fascism as I've ever seen". In January 2019, he said Pelosi was "America's first fascist. And that's a fact". Levin said the new Congressional Speaker had "hijacked" the federal government by deciding to block the financing of President Trump's border wall. Levin has also mocked how Pelosi looks, referred to Beto O'Rourke as a "weak man", and called Dick Blumenthal a "pathetic, loathsome liar".

He has criticized Republicans – including Paul Ryan, Lindsey Graham, John McCain, and Mitch McConnell – with whom he disagrees. He sometimes refers to such individuals as RINOs. Levin endorsed Orrin Hatch when he faced a primary challenge in 2012, but later apologized for his endorsement when Hatch said that he would be willing to support a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants. Since then, he endorsed a number of Republican primary challengers to incumbent Republican senators. Levin supported the Tea Party Patriots' campaign to "fire" House Speaker John Boehner. Earlier in 2010, Levin criticized Glenn Beck for his criticism of congressional Republicans. He has referred to Mitt Romney as an "ass" and called CNN host Brian Stelter a "creep".

Levin supported U.S. Representative Mo Brooks in his campaign in the 2017 Alabama special election against incumbent Luther Strange, who had received a temporary appointment earlier that year.

Levin strongly defended former EPA head Scott Pruitt while he was under a dozen separate ethics investigations. Levin said Pruitt's "policies on the whole have been outstanding," and "I don't throw good people under the bus because the left targets them."

Sponsorship and conflicts of interest
During the 2012 election cycle, Levin's show was paid at least $757,000 in sponsorship by the Koch brothers-backed Americans for Prosperity to run ads for the group, a deal which began in the summer of 2010. After the sponsorship ended, Levin began making ads for the Tea Party Patriots. The Senate Conservatives Fund paid Simon & Schuster at least $427,000 for copies of Levin's Liberty or Tyranny in September and October 2013. During the same period, on his radio show and Facebook page, Levin frequently promoted the group, which has funded primary challengers of Senate Republicans. Levin did not disclose that the group had made $427,000 of purchases of his book.

Levin endorsed Orrin Hatch when Levin was being sponsored by Americans for Prosperity (AFP) which also endorsed Hatch. Levin withdrew his endorsement of Hatch when Levin was being sponsored by the Tea Party Patriots. Levin dismissed the allegations that he engages in "pay-to-play".

Barack Obama
In 2009, Levin described as "absolutely right" the statement by Sarah Palin that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) includes death panels to decide whether elderly people or sick children were worthy of medical care. In 2011, a caller to Levin's show, claiming to be a neurosurgeon, said that the Department of Health and Human Services had issued a document saying that people over age 70 would not be allowed to receive medical treatments. Levin said to the caller, "so Sarah Palin was right." The call was later revealed to be a hoax and the death panel claims were revealed to be false. In late 2013, Levin said there were similarities between a gathering of "hand-picked" supporters of the Affordable Care Act chosen by the Obama administration to Nazi Sturmabteilung or "Brownshirts" drawing comparisons of the propaganda techniques of the two groups.

Levin stated in 2013 that "the Muslim Brotherhood has infiltrated our government" and described President Obama as a Muslim Brotherhood "sympathizer". He speculated in November 2014 that, after the 2014 mid-term elections, Obama might go "full Mussolini".

In February 2015, Levin stated that President Obama was "seeking to destroy Israel" because "Obama has an affinity for Islam far more than Christianity or Judaism." He blamed Obama for the Ebola crisis: "the political policies of this administration which opens the door wide to people from the poorest parts of the world. We don't know who they are, we don't know if they have diseases."

WMDs in Iraq
In 2014, Levin claimed that the Bush administration's original WMD rationale for the Iraq War had been vindicated by citing reports of U.S. soldiers in Iraq that were wounded by the decayed remnants of Saddam Hussein's chemical weapons arsenal. The remnants in question were degraded and unusable chemical weapons shells from the 1980s. Levin faulted the Bush administration for not doing more to publicize these remnants of Iraq's former WMD program.

Donald Trump
In March 2016, Levin endorsed Ted Cruz for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination. Over a month after Donald Trump was nominated, in September 2016, Levin stated on this radio program that he would vote for Trump in the presidential election, following his declaration earlier that year that he was in the "Never Trump" camp and would never vote for Trump. He qualified his support by stating: "I take no responsibility for the dumb things he says or the dumb things his surrogates say."

Wiretap claim
In March 2017, Levin alleged that the Obama administration had used "police state" surveillance tactics against the Donald Trump campaign during the 2016 presidential election. The Associated Press said that Levin "voiced without evidence the idea that Obama had wiretapped Trump Tower". Levin protested the AP report vigorously, demanding a retraction and an apology on the grounds that his sources for the statement included The New York Times and other newspapers. His statement was reprinted by Breitbart News and reportedly became the basis of President Trump's unfounded Trump Tower wiretapping allegations. In September 2017, reports emerged of a court-ordered Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) wiretap on Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort; while certain Trump supporters alleged that this surveillance vindicated Levin and Trump's unsupported assertions, The Atlantic commented: "This is not true – Trump claimed he had been the subject of Obama-ordered, politically motivated surveillance, for which there remains no evidence."

"Deep State" conspiracy theories
Levin has said that there is a "coup" occurring against the presidency of Donald Trump waged by Obama loyalists. Levin's coup claim was referring to investigations of the Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections and of alleged obstruction of justice by Trump. He has suggested that former FBI Director James Comey used the Trump-Russia dossier "to blackmail the president." He has claimed that Special Counsel Robert Mueller engaged in a "Deep State" coup against Trump.

Trump–Ukraine scandal
After President Trump pressed the President of Ukraine to start an investigation into Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and his son, Levin strongly defended Trump's actions. Asked on Fox & Friends whether Levin was "okay" with Trump asking a foreign leader for "dirt" on Biden, Levin lashed out at the Fox & Friends host and repeatedly shouted there was "no problem" with what Trump did. Shortly thereafter, Trump praised Levin and retweeted more than 20 tweets by viewers praising Levin. Levin also accused Joe Biden of being the one who "did something illegal", though he did not provide evidence or any elaboration.

In October 2019, while Trump was the subject of the impeachment inquiry, Levin said that on his Blaze TV show: "While he's been president there hasn't even been a hint of scandal. Not a hint!" He was highly critical of Mitt Romney who increased his criticisms of President Trump during this period.

2020 election
Following the 2020 presidential election, as all significant media organizations reported Joe Biden had won, Levin told his radio audience that the Democrats were "stealing the election". He insisted on Twitter to his 2.4 million followers: "there's lots of evidence of voter fraud and election screw-ups." On the same platform, on November 5, Levin called on Republican-controlled state legislatures to disregard the results of the 2020 election and send electors to the Electoral College who would vote for Trump. The suggestion was retweeted by Donald Trump Jr.

He praised Sidney Powell, a member of Trump's legal team, for what he considered to be her patriotism after she promoted conspiracy theories about the 2020 election and sought to overturn election results. He frequently had guests on his show who led the audience to think Joe Biden's win in the presidential election could be overturned.

On January 5, 2021, Levin insisted Congress's imminent counting of the Electoral College votes was an act of "tyranny" because of the supposed fraud. He told his listeners, "If we don't fight on Jan. 6 on the floor of the Senate and the House... then we are done." Following the next day's storming of the Capitol in Washington, he continued in the same vein. "It appears nothing has changed in 24 hours... Not a damn thing. The never-Trumpers, the RINOs, the media — same damn thing," although he was critical of the rioters. Meanwhile, on the same day as the riot, Cumulus Media circulated a memo instructing its presenters, a roster which includes Levin, to cease implying the 2020 presidential election was stolen or face the end of the right to broadcast via Cumulus.

COVID-19 pandemic
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Levin downplayed the threat of the virus, arguing that the media was overreacting and that the death toll from the flu was higher than the coronavirus.

Russo-Ukrainian War
Following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Levin has supported Ukraine, saying that if Russia defeated Ukraine, Vladimir Putin would take further aggressive action. He also criticized the Joe Biden administration for its response, which he considered to be lacking, and the isolationists and the "Putin wings" of the media, Democratic Party and the Republican Party. He also called for the US to arm Taiwan to defend themselves from China and call off the negotiations with Iran. At the 2022 CPAC, Levin criticized populism and nationalism and called for the US to support Ukraine, saying that the CPAC means Conservative Political Action Committee, not "McGovern, populist or nationalist action committee" and "We love America because it’s America, not because we’re nationalists. I mean, the Russians are nationalists. The Chinese are nationalists. America First is about Americanism, first." and "You want a world war? Then become an ostrich, put your head in the sand and let the Russians roll through one country after another,"

Personal life
Levin suffered a heart attack in 2000 and had open heart surgery. He is currently married to Julie Strauss Levin

Selected publications

 * Levin, M. R. (2005). Men in Black: How the Supreme Court is Destroying America. Regnery Publishing
 * Levin, M. R. (2007). Rescuing Sprite: A Dog Lover's Story of Joy and Anguish. (1st ed.) Pocket Books
 * Levin, M. R. (2010). Liberty and Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto. (Reprint ed.) Threshold Editions
 * Levin, M. R. (2012). Ameritopia: The Unmaking of America. (Reprint ed.) Threshold Editions
 * Levin, M. R. (2014). The Liberty Amendments. (Reprint ed.) Threshold Editions
 * Levin, M. R. (2017). Rediscovering Americanism: And the Tyranny of Progressivism. Threshold Editions
 * Levin, M. R. (2019). Unfreedom of the Press. Threshold Editions
 * Levin, M. R. (2021). American Marxism. Threshold Editions
 * Levin, M. R. (2023). The Democrat Party Hates America. Threshold Editions.

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Talk:Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits

1966 release in the UK?
https://www.discogs.com/Bob-Dylan-Greatest-Hits/release/440937

Are the 1966 release versions from the UK in Discogs in error? Did they really come out on or after 27 March 1967?

https://img.discogs.com/qfHCXyMbzDzVbKlJhtnl9Wr7hUc=/fit-in/480x640/filters:strip_icc:format(jpeg):mode_rgb:quality(90)/discogs-images/R-5276192-1389372859-8725.jpeg.jpg

A copyright date is not a release date, is that the source of 1966?

Or is it the people who attest to seeing it for sale in 1966?

https://www.facebook.com/searchingforagem/posts/638484292866219?match=YnJpYW4gZ3Jpc3QsZ3Jpc3QsYnJpYW4%3D

"I recall first seeing & hearing it in the company of a bunch of friends between December 27 & 31, 1966. Furthermore, it entered the UK album charts in early January 1967, indicating a very late 1966 issue for the UK. I distinctly remember expressing my personal delight that the album included 'One Of Us Must Know' and my disappointment that 'Positively 4th Street' was absent. We encountered import copies of the USA version in Spring 1967 & were surprised that it featured fewer tracks, one of which was 'Positively 4th Street'!" — Brian Grist

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Marion Wachtel

Marion Kavanaugh Wachtel (June 10, 1873/77 – May 22, 1954) was an American plein air painter in watercolors and oils. She lived and worked with her artist husband Elmer Wachtel in the Arroyo Seco near Pasadena, California, in the early 20th century.

Early life
Marion Kavanagh was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to James Kavanagh and Jean Jo Auston Kavanagh. Her English mother and Irish grandfather were also painters.

Career
She trained at the Art Institute of Chicago, and under William Merritt Chase in New York. She was a member of the New York Watercolor Club. Later, she taught in public schools and at the Art Institute of Chicago. In 1903 she journeyed to California, where she studied under William Keith, and Elmer Wachtel, whom she married in 1904.

She painted primarily figures and portraits in the east and then changed to landscapes of the dramatic Californian and Southwestern terrain. Her medium of choice was watercolor, but she began painting in oils after her husband’s death.

Wachtel was an involved in a number of arts organizations in the Southern California area, including the California Watercolor Society, Pasadena Society of Artists, the Academy of Western Painters, and the California Art Club. She was also a member of the New York Watercolor Club, in New York City.

Posthumous exhibitions
In 2010 an exhibition of Wachtel's work and that of two other turn-of-the-century artists, Annie Harmon and Mary DeNeale Morgan was held at the Saint Mary's College Museum of Art. There were nearly 100 landscape paintings of California in the show made by the en plein air artists.

Collections
Among the collections that hold her works are:
 * California State Building, Sacramento, California
 * Cedar Rapids Museum, Iowa
 * Friday Morning Club, Los Angeles, California
 * Women's Club, Hollywood, California

Works
Some of the works by Wachtel are:
 * California Mountains, oil
 * ''Coast Mountains of California, before 1907, oil
 * Cypress Point, ca. 1900-1910, oil
 * Elmer Wachtel, ca. 1912, watercolor
 * High Sierras, oil, Laguna Art Museum, California
 * Hillside Path in Early Piedmont, ca. 1900, watercolor
 * Indian Girl, oil
 * Landscape, ca. 1918, watercolor, Laguna Art Museum, California
 * Near Santa Barbara, before 1907, oil
 * Oaks, ca. 1900-1910, watercolor
 * Sycamores, watercolor, Laguna Art Museum, California
 * Teton Park, oil

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