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Pre-Lent

Pre-Lent begins the Christian time of preparation for Easter, in the three weeks before Lent. This period launches a campaign of catechesis, reflected in the liturgical readings. Its best-known feature is its concluding three-day festival, Carnival or Shrovetide.

Western Churches
The pre-Lenten period begins with Septuagesima, first documented in Gregory the Great. It traditionally opens a period of religious instruction leading to the reception of catechumens at Easter, supported by events such as mystery plays. The traditional lectionary for the canonical hours summarizes salvation history between Septuagesima and Easter, beginning with a reading of the Book of Genesis. The last three days of pre-Lent are known as Carnival, Shrovetide, or Fastelavn, a festival ending with Shrove Tuesday or Mardi Gras.

The liturgy of the period is characterized by violet vestments (except on feasts) and a more penitential mood. From Septuagesima, Alleluia is not traditionally sung in worship. A sermon of Hildebert explains the logic of this practice:

"Moreover this day, which is, as it were, the gate of the fast, and takes away from us the song of joy, that is, Alleluia, shows our state of penitence and sorrow, teaching us that we ought to cease from immoderate joy, and remain in tears of repentance. We therefore repeat the hymn again and again, and address Alleluia itself, desirous of retaining it as a guest, and saying to it, Abide with us, for the day is far spent; and we then give it our last farewell, saying, The good angel of the Lord accompany you, that you may return again to us; that we may know that we shall not have perfect joy, until, renewed by the Body and Blood of our Redeemer, we receive that song with gladness."

A custom developed during the Middle Ages of children burying an Alleluia on Septuagesima Eve. It is possible for Candlemas (2 February) to fall after Septuagesima Sunday, creating occasional musical challenges.

The pre-Lenten period includes three Sundays, whose names refer to the approximate periods of seventy, sixty, and fifty days before Easter. The Sundays are also known by the opening word of the introit for the day:

 * Septuagesima or Circumdederunt (from Circumdederunt me gemitus mortis, ), centred on the Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard, already used for this Sunday in the time of Gregory the Great
 * Sexagesima or Exsurge (from Exsurge quare obdormis Domine, ), featuring the Parable of the Sower
 * Quinquagesima or Estomihi (from Esto mihi in Deum protectorem, ), with the story of Jesus healing the blind near Jericho

While Lutheran and Anglican liturgies continue to mark a pre-Lenten period, the Roman Rite after 1970 eliminated Septuagesima, Sexagesima, and Quinquagesima. The preconciliar rites after the Second Vatican Council also continue to mark these seventeen days. The Revised Common Lectionary does not does not associate particular readings with the Sundays before Lent, but some users of this lectionary, such as the Church of England, have retrofitted a pre-Lenten provision.

Eastern Churches
In the Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine Catholic churches, the pre-Lenten period lasts three weeks. It begins on the Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee and continues through the Sunday of Forgiveness, the day before the beginning of Great Lent. Since the liturgical day begins at sunset, and Great Lent begins on a Monday, the point at which Great Lent begins is at Vespers on the night of the Sunday of Forgiveness, with a ceremony of mutual forgiveness. In some monasteries, this ceremony is performed at Compline instead of Vespers.

Thus begins the first day of the Great Fast, which is known as Clean Monday. The weeks of pre-Lent and Great Lent are anticipatory by nature. They begin on Monday and end on Sunday, each week being named for the theme of the upcoming Sunday. The hymns used during the pre-Lenten and Lenten seasons are taken from a book called the Triodion.

The weeks of the pre-Lenten Season break are:

 * Zacchaeus Sunday (Slavic tradition) is sometimes regarded as a pre-Lenten Sunday because of its place in the Slavic lectionary. In that tradition, it is the eleventh Sunday before Pascha (Easter).  There are no hymns proper to this Sunday. Its only distinguishing feature is the reading of Luke 19:1-10, the Gospel concerning Zacchaeus. This lectionary reading is sometimes also appointed on the same Sunday in the Byzantine ("Greek") lectionary, as well.  The week following this Sunday is a normal, non-Lenten time, since it falls outside the Triodion.
 * The Publican and the Pharisee: Tenth Sunday before Pascha (70 days). The week following this Sunday is a fast-free week, lest the faithful be tempted, like the Pharisee to boast about fasting.
 * The Prodigal Son: Ninth Sunday before Pascha (63 days). The week following this Sunday is the last during which the laity may eat meat or meat products. The fasting rules for this week are the same as those for non-Lenten periods.
 * The Last Judgment or Meat-Fare Sunday (the last day meat may be eaten): Eighth Sunday before Pascha (56 days). The week following this Sunday is called Cheese-Fare Week and is a fast-free week, with the exception that meat and meat products are forbidden.
 * Sunday of Forgiveness or Cheese-Fare Sunday: Seventh Sunday before Pascha (49 days). This Sunday is the last day dairy products may be consumed. Throughout Great Lent, fish, wine, and olive oil will be allowed only on certain days.

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Hollywood High School

Hollywood High School is a four-year public secondary school in the Los Angeles Unified School District, located at the intersection of North Highland Avenue and West Sunset Boulevard in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles, California.

History
In September 1903, a two-room school was opened on the second floor of an empty storeroom at the Masonic Temple on Highland Avenue, north of Hollywood Boulevard (then Prospect Avenue). Hollywood was incorporated as a municipality in November 1903. The Hollywood High Organ Opus 481 was a gift from the class of 1924. After suffering severe water damage from the Northridge earthquake in 1994, it was restored in 2002. The campus was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 4, 2012. The school's mascot was derived from the 1921 Rudolph Valentino film of the same name, The Sheik.

It was in the Los Angeles City High School District until 1961, when it merged into LAUSD.

In the 2015–16 football season, the boys' varsity football team played in the school's third championship game led by head coach Frank Galvan. They finished the season with a 12–2 record. Coach Galvan ended his 6 year Hollywood coaching career with 4 league titles, 6 play off appearances, 1 city championship appearance, city semi finals, beating rivals 5 years straight (owning SUNSET), 25 plus all city players and ended as the winningest coach in Hollywood history. In the 2016–17 season, coached by Beverley Kilpatrick, the boys' varsity volleyball team played in the school's first-ever championship game. Their historic season ended with an overall record of 17–5.

The school's colors are crimson and white, however, the colors most students wear to show their Sheik pride is red and white. The school's spirit squad uses the popular cheer chant "Red and White, come on (Sheiks) let's fight!" at sporting events. It is rumored that this shift from crimson to red began in the 1980s when the school was repainted with red, in efforts to save budget funds. The students caught on and red has been embraced since then.

Filming location
Hollywood High has been the filming location for movies, television shows, and other productions, including:
 * It's A Wonderful Life
 * The Optimist (Season 1, Episode 6: "A Challenge")
 * Made
 * Nancy Drew
 * Neon Maniacs
 * Penn & Teller: Bullshit! (Season 5, Episode 1: "Obesity")
 * Teenagers from Outer Space
 * Tony Hawk's American Wasteland
 * Morrissey: 25 Live
 * Sex and the Teenage Mind

Skate spot
During the rise of street skating in the 90s, the school became a famous skate spot. Many skate videos were filmed there and one of the more iconic sites at the spot is the set of stairs, called the "Hollywood High 16."

Mural
In 2002, artist Eloy Torrez painted a mural of 13 famous entertainers, titled "Portrait of Hollywood", across the entire east wall of the school's auditorium. From left to right, the entertainers displayed are Dorothy Dandridge, Dolores del Río, Brandy Norwood, Selena, Lana Turner, Cantinflas, Carol Burnett, Cher, Ricky Nelson, Bruce Lee, Rudolph Valentino, and Judy Garland. In 2007, Torrez added a 50 ft tall mural of John Ritter, who died four years earlier, on the connecting portion of the building's north wall. All but five of the entertainers—Cantinflas, Lee, Selena, Del Rio, and Valentino—were students at Hollywood High School. The artist said the mural is a celebration of a diverse ethnic range of actors and entertainers.

Present-day learning academies
Known for preparing its graduates for careers in teaching and the performing arts, students have many opportunities in different fields of study. Hollywood High School offers four academies to its students, each with a different purpose.

Teaching Career Academy. Hollywood High school offers a Teaching Career Academy to students who seek to work with children as a career. Potential careers range from becoming a teacher to being a social worker. In order to give a student a little experience, the school works with other elementary schools and allows Hollywood High School students to tutor elementary school students.

Performing Arts Magnet. Performing Arts Magnet helps students develop their talents as actors, singers, and/or dancers.

New Media Technology. If students prefer to go into filmmaking, this academy offers the best opportunities. The New Media Technology academy helps students build their knowledge of technology. They are afforded hands-on experience with equipment usually found inside a film studio. This academy also provides internships to permit graduates to immediately start working in that field.

School for Advanced Studies. This academy does not focus on a specific career but helps students prepare for university life. If a student likes to be challenged, this academy offers classes that are at the same level of difficulty as a college class. This academy also aids students in their pursuit of higher-level critical analysis and scholastic achievement. The academy prepares students for their careers and helps them get into the best universities around the country.

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Undaria

Undaria is a genus of kelp that includes Undaria pinnatifida (wakame).

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East Village Radio

East Village Radio (EVR), begun in August 2003, was an Internet radio station which broadcast from a storefront studio in the East Village of Manhattan, in New York City. Originally a pirate radio station broadcasting at 88.1 MHz, the station shut down on May 23, 2014     and relaunched in conjunction with Dash Radio, June 3, 2015.

EVR's street-level studio is on 21 First Avenue at East 1st Street. According to an MTA (Metropolitan Transit Authority) study of pedestrian traffic in New York City, almost 1,800 (1,000 during off-peak travel times) pedestrians passed by the sound booth per hour.

Over 60 DJs and hosts provide 16 hours of free live programming a day, in two-hour show blocks, seven days a week. Programming features a mix of music, news, comedy and commentary. Music ranges from indie to new wave to coldwave to hip hop and post punk to vintage jazz, funk and soul to house, techno and ambient electronic.

EVR supports the free radio movement.

History
"We started out as a pirate FM station, broadcasting from an apartment above Lil' Frankie's, which was essentially the office for L.F. plus a tiny adjacent room. We'd broadcast live from there, on 88.1 FM every day from 4pm-12am. We actually put the antenna on the roof of 19 1st Avenue ourselves! It was a intensely creative time, when Frank Prisinzano, myself, Jorge Docouto, and Donielle McCarry came together and formed the beginnings...— Veronica Vasicka — EVR Co-Founder, Host of Minimal Wave"

"'He had some extra space in one of his restaurants and he and a friend came up with the idea for a radio station based off, I think, Free Radio Austin, ... They went out and bought the equipment, climbed up on the roof of the building that houses Lil' Frankie's, and started broadcasting.' — Peter Ferraro, manager of East Village Radio."

EVR first aired in August 2003, broadcasting from a small room in a walk-up building at 19 First Ave. (next door to the current location) in order to provide commercial-free music and a voice for the East Village community. EVR was transmitting at twenty watts and began broadcasting online in September 2003. During transmission, EVR was broadcasting as a pirate station on 88.1FM and reached as far west as Varick Street (which also happened to be the location of one of the FCC headquarters!). About two weeks after a New York Times article on the station, EVR received a cease and desist order from the FCC.

East Village Radio was established in June 2003, initially funded by the restaurants of Frank Prisinzano, and broadcast on the airwaves at 88.1 FM. After an article in The New York Times described the station, the FCC sent a cease-and-desist letter as the station was unlicensed to use the airwaves. Due to the difficulty of obtaining new FM licenses, the decision was made to make EVR an internet radio station.

Some time after this, it was decided to move the studio from its original location above a restaurant to a storefront booth on First Avenue in Manhattan. This was seen as a way of reconnecting EVR with the East Village community since the station was no longer literally on-the-air.

East Village Radio Festival 2008-09-06 South Street Seaport, New York, New York.

East Village Radio's DJ line-up included British multi-platinum artist and producer Mark Ronson.

"Every Friday around 7:30pm, I'd leave the studio in a mad scramble to make it to EVR by 8pm. Often times, whoever I was working with in the studio would come along too, just to hang out. I remember Amy Winehouse joining me a few times, with the sweet intention of keeping me company. Then she'd eventually get bored after ten minutes and go to the tattoo parlor right next door. I think she got two or three tattoos before I decided I should stop inviting her along, for her own sake. — Mark Ronson — Host of Authentic Shit"

One of its final guests before closing and relaunching was artist and Vector Gallery creator/curator JJ Brine on the AndrewAndrew show.

East Village radio briefly relaunched on Dash Radio in 2015.

Shows/DJs

 * Accidental Rhythm /Jason Eldredge
 * Adequate Underground / Oblib, Jubei, Ged (w/ guests Cuba & Nano)
 * All Over The Shop / Ben Allen & Stuart Rogers
 * Analog Soul /Jacky Sommer & DatKat
 * Andrew Andrew Sound Sound /AndrewAndrew
 * Authentic Sh!t / Mark Ronson
 * Atlantic Tunnel / Ed Rogers & Gaz Thomas
 * Ballers Eve / DJ Dirrty, Minski Walker & Kat Daddy Slim
 * Beyond Beyond is Beyond / Mike Newman
 * Body Control / Bruce Tantum
 * Chances with Wolves / Mikey Palms, DJ Kool Kear & Kray
 * Chillin' Island / Dapwell from Das Racist / Despot (rapper)
 * Coalition Chart Show / Mike Joyce
 * Contemporary Adult / Michael Hirsch
 * Digital Analog Therapy / Victor Vortexx & Friends
 * Death By Audio / Edan Wilber
 * Delancey Music Service / Stretch Armstrong & Eli Escobar
 * Fast Forward Reverse / TimmyG
 * Forty Deuce / Geebee, Keene & ExPee
 * Fat Beats / Monster
 * Friction on EVR / Bobby Friction
 * Jamaica Rock / Queen Majesty
 * Gay Beach / Tedward
 * Genius Club / SUZ EQ
 * Gold River Show / Jerry Jones
 * Guilty Pleasure / DJ Elhaam
 * Happy Medium / Lane LaColla
 * Hella Fabulous / Hella and Ruth
 * JetLag / Andy Rourke
 * La Décadanse / Melody Nelson
 * Ladies Please / Justin C.
 * Minimal Wave / Veronica Vasicka
 * Modern Products / Harris Smith
 * Morricone Youth / Devon E. Levins
 * Never Not Working / Oskar Mann
 * Pizza Party / Max & Kevin
 * Sandy Acres Sound Lab / Colleen Crumbcake
 * Seaport Music Radio / dj Pledge
 * Shocking Blue Sessions / Delphine Blue
 * Short Bus Radio / DJ Speculator
 * 60 Degrees / Brian Ferrari
 * Teenage Kicks / Nick and Nick
 * The Big Cover Up / $mall ¢hange
 * The Blue Label Show / Jamal Ali
 * The Continuous Mammal / Niall Van Dyke
 * The Let Out / The FADER
 * The Lillywhite Sessions / Steve Lillywhite
 * The Two for Tennis Show M.P. Messenie & Tim 'Love' Lee
 * Universópolis / Julianne Escobedo Shepherd

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No Highway in the Sky

No Highway in the Sky (also known as No Highway) is a 1951 black-and-white aviation drama film directed by Henry Koster from a screenplay by R. C. Sherriff, Oscar Millard, and Alec Coppel, based on the 1948 novel No Highway by Nevil Shute. The film stars James Stewart, Marlene Dietrich, Glynis Johns, Jack Hawkins, Janette Scott, Elizabeth Allan, Ronald Squire, and Jill Clifford.

It was one of the first films that depicted a potential aviation disaster involving metal fatigue. Although the film follows the plot of Shute's novel in general, No Highway in the Sky notably omits references to the supernatural contained in the original novel, including the use of automatic writing to resolve a key element in the original novel's story. Also, the role of Scott, the recently appointed administrator who narrates the novel, is curtailed in the film version; which means that the featured scientist, Mr Honey, comes across as more eccentric than in the novel, changing the relationship between them.

The film also introduces the term "boffin" for the under-appreciated and seemingly self-centred and eccentric scientist, as distinct from earlier usage to describe a scientist who is making vital (and appreciated) contributions.

Plot
Dennis Scott, new chief of metallurgy at the Royal Aircraft Establishment at Farnborough, is introduced to Theodore Honey, an eccentric American scientist who is testing his theory that the new Rutland Reindeer aircraft is susceptible to structural failure of the tailplane. Honey is running a fatigue test on the fin and tailplane (empennage) of a Reindeer,  using a very high vibration rate dynamic shaker in an eight-hour daily test cycle (determined by complaints from neighbours). Eventually, it will fall off. (Destructive testing was standard operating procedure in aircraft development.)

Scott gives Honey a ride home and learns that he is a widower whose wife was killed by a V2 rocket during the war. The perfect embodiment of the absent-minded professor, Honey has educated his brilliant but reserved 12-year-old daughter, Elspeth, at home, without any real understanding of a child's need for play and friends. Honey tells Scott he expects failure to occur after 1440 flight hours. Scott notes that commercial planes are building up miles faster than the experiment, and Honey becomes very upset, declaring that he is a scientist, he cannot be concerned about people.

In the company bar, Scott runs into a test pilot, an old friend from WWII, who tells him about the recent crash of a Reindeer in Labrador. The plane had flown 1407 hours. The tail was never found, the pilot was blamed, and Scott suspects Honey's theory is correct. He informs Sir John, the head of RAE, who puts the vibration test on a 24-hour basis.

Honey is sent to Labrador to examine the wreckage, but finds himself flying across the Atlantic on a Reindeer airliner. He was told that all Reindeer have only 500 hours in service, but is shocked to learn that this early production aircraft had already logged 1422 hours at takeoff. Despite the fact that his theory is not yet proven, he warns the captain, who contacts London for advice. Honey also shows the safest place to survive a crash to renowned Hollywood actress Monica Teasdale, who meant a great deal to his wife. Teasdale believes Honey and through a night of waiting she grows close to him, as does stewardess Marjorie Corder.

The Reindeer lands safely at Gander Airport in Newfoundland, and an inspection clears it to continue on its route. Honey takes drastic action to stop the flight by retracting the landing gear, dropping the aircraft on its belly and wrecking it. Honey is detained, and Corder offers to go to Elspeth when she returns to England.

The next day, Teasdale speaks to Honey's superiors on his behalf. Sir John promises to seek the truth. However, there are powerful men who demand that Honey be repudiated to discredit his unproved theory and to save the reputation of British passenger aviation, which is now awash in a sea of bad press. Sir John tells a shaken Honey that he must undergo psychological testing. Honey goes home to find the house in order and Corder spending the night with Elspeth.

Teasdale, who has also been helping Elspeth, abruptly leaves for California, deliberately allowing space for any romance between Corder and Honey to develop. Honey returns to his experiment but the 1440th hour soon passes without any structural failure. Corder is angered by his readiness to surrender and his failure to see how Elspeth is suffering.

During a board meeting, Sir David questions Honey's sanity. Honey finally objects, refusing to be railroaded. He resigns and threatens to protest at the departure of every Rutland Reindeer—and collapse them, too. He walks out. At home, Corder worries what he will live on and discovers that he has not deposited his salary in the bank for seven months. Laughing and crying, she says he has to have someone to look after him. She is going to marry him.

Meanwhile, the Reindeer that Honey disabled is repaired, but the tail falls off after its next landing. The tail spar is found in Labrador, showing metal fatigue. Scott, Sir John and Corder run to tell Honey in his lab and there is a horrific crashing noise as the tail separates, at last. Honey realizes that he failed to account for temperature fluctuations to affect the timing of the Reindeer's tail failures.

Cast

 * James Stewart as Theodore Honey
 * Marlene Dietrich as Monica Teasdale
 * Glynis Johns as Marjorie Corder, Stewardess
 * Jack Hawkins as Dennis Scott, chief of metallurgy at RAE
 * Janette Scott as Elspeth Honey
 * Elizabeth Allan as Shirley Scott
 * Ronald Squire as Sir John, Director of RAE
 * Jill Clifford as Peggy, Stewardess

Uncredited
 * Niall MacGinnis as Captain Samuelson, pilot
 * Kenneth More as Dobson, co-pilot
 * Dora Bryan as Rosie, Barmaid
 * Felix Aylmer as Sir Philip, member of the Board of Directors of BAE
 * Maurice Denham as Major Pearl
 * Wilfrid Hyde-White as Fisher, Inspector of Accidents
 * John Lennox as Farnborough director
 * Bessie Love as aircraft passenger
 * Arthur Lucas as Farnborough director
 * Pete Murray as radio operator

Production
The first writer who worked on the script was R. C. Sherriff. The story was then assigned to producer Buddy Lighton, who hired Oscar Millard to do the screenplay. Millard said he spent six months writing the script without ever looking at a Sheriff draft. In London, the producer Buddy Lighton hired Alec Coppel to rewrite some scenes that were based at the Farnborough Aircraft Establishment.

The actor Robert Donat was originally cast in the lead role, but when the deal fell through, James Stewart was cast. This would be the second pairing of Stewart with Marlene Dietrich, the first being 1939's Destry Rides Again.

No Highway in the Sky, the film's working title, became the theatrical release title for English-speaking countries apart from the UK, where it retained the novel title No Highway. As noted in contemporary sources, filming took place in 1950 at Denham Studios, with location shooting at the Blackbushe Airport in Hampshire, England, although the scene with a Gloster E.1/44 prototype was possibly staged at Boscombe Down.

In November 1950, The Hollywood Reporter claimed that Stewart underwent an emergency appendectomy in London while the film was in production.

Director Koster called it "one of my finest pictures. I thought it was a marvelous story and I had a marvelous script by very fine writers".

Reception
The film was popular at the British box office. 20th Century Fox were so impressed with Kenneth More's performance they arranged for him to be tested for other films but did not use him.

Reviews of No Highway in the Sky were decidedly mixed. Bosley Crowther of The New York Times wrote a favourable review, noting the film's "... sly construction of an unusual plot and wry suspense".

In a more recent appraisal, reviewer Dennis Schwartz opined:"American military war hero pilot James Stewart plays the eccentric Yank scientist working for a British airline [Stewart's character was not actually working for an airline but rather the government RAE Farnborough.], and it gives one of his better and more pleasing performances as someone kindhearted but a bit daffy. ... The one-dimensional characters add no emotional depth, especially when the awkward romance is tossed onto the airplane drama, but Stewart plays a likable character that translates into a rather genial pic with much appeal." Three years after the film, and six years after the publication of Nevil Shute's original novel (No Highway), there were two fatal crashes of the world's first jet passenger airliner, the de Havilland Comet. Investigation found that metal fatigue was the cause of both accidents, albeit in the main fuselage and not the tail section.

Adaptations in other media
On 28 April 1952, before a live studio audience, Stewart and Dietrich, along with a full cast, reprised their roles in an adaptation of No Highway in the Sky on the CBS Lux Radio Theatre.

A BBC Radio 4 Classic Serial was dramatised by Brian Gear in three episodes, broadcast weekly from 11 May 1986, starring John Clegg as Theodore Honey, Norman Bowler as Scott, and Margaret Robertson as Monica Teasdale.

No Highway, a BBC radio adaptation dramatised by Mike Walker with Paul Ritter as Honey, William Beck as Scott, and Fenella Woolgar as Teasdale was directed by Toby Swift for BBC Radio 4's Classic Serial in August 2010.

The central element of No Highway in the Sky (a concerned airline passenger having unique knowledge of an imminent danger, taking drastic action to eliminate it and being regarded as crazy) is comparable to that of The Twilight Zone episode "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet", starring William Shatner, although that involves damage caused by gremlin creature tearing at the wing. A similar additional scene in the 1983 Twilight Zone anthology feature film is that of the character played by John Lithgow, who like that of James Stewart, is portrayed as an engineering expert.

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Talk:Belleview Biltmore

Which George Bush?
This article links to George Bush, which is a disambiguation page. Did George H. W. Bush or George W. Bush stay at the Belleview Biltmore? GoCardinal 01:01, 14 July 2005 (UTC)

Duplicate articles

 * This article is a duplicate of Belleview-Biltmore Hotel, so I'm merging the two under that Article title, with a Re-Direct from here.  JGHowes talk  -  03:56, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

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 This page is an archive of the proposed deletion of the article below. Further comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or on a Votes for Undeletion nomination). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the debate was delete. Sjakkalle (Check!)  11:03, 25 July 2005 (UTC)

Thad Kull
Google hits suggest that this is vanity. —Cryptic (talk) 01:01, 14 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, hoax, vanity, unverifiable, etc. etc. etc. Dcarrano 01:14, July 14, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Nonsense. Pburka 02:30, 14 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. quite obviously a vanity page. suffice to say i made an article like this on my first day at wikipedia, out of sheer curiosity. perhaps we should make an effort to invite this person into the fold. --jonasaurus 02:45, 14 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete but amusing. royblumy 21:58, July 14, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete nonsense vanity. JamesBurns 09:40, 14 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete as vanity, send to Wiki-Hell. Jamyskis Whisper, Contribs 12:49, 14 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete NN A curate's egg 15:19, 14 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete Vanity/apocrypha/patent nonsense. siafu 22:40, 14 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete silliness --Stevefarrell 23:41, 14 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete nn vanity/pointless. --Etacar11 00:05, 15 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete for all aforementioned reasons. Matjlav 20:21, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
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Rockridge, Oakland, California

Rockridge is a residential neighborhood and commercial district in Oakland, California. Rockridge is generally defined as the area east of Telegraph Avenue, south of the Berkeley city limits, west of the Oakland hills and north of the intersection of Pleasant Valley Avenue/51st Street and Broadway. Rockridge was listed by Money Magazine in 2002 as one of the "best places to live".

It lies at an elevation of 187 feet (57 m). Some residential portions of the neighborhood consist mainly of relatively large homes built between the 1920s and the 1950s, although some homes date even earlier to 1909–1912. Other portions of the neighborhood consist of small bungalows and cottages. In other sections, multi-family apartment buildings add density which supports nearby transit and retail. It is also home to Claremont Country Club.

History
Rockridge is named for the outcroppings of rock at the northern end of the long shutter ridge formed by the Hayward Fault which encloses the linear valley in which the Montclair district of Oakland is situated. An example of this rock can be seen at an abandoned quarry adjacent to the Rockridge Shopping Center on Pleasant Valley Road. This quarry was operated well into the 1950s and is now used as a reservoir for the Claremont Country Club. Prior to the construction of the shopping center in the late 1960s, the Broadway side of the shopping center had a used car lot.

Much of the buildout of Rockridge in the 1920s was powered by the desire of lower-middle-class white Protestants to avoid 'undesirable' racial groups, powered by racial covenants that prohibited ownership of property by certain ethnic groups. This is reflected in the current racial makeup of the area—it, unlike most of Oakland, is mostly white.

The main thoroughfare in the area other than College Avenue is now Pleasant Valley Avenue. Originally Pleasant Valley Avenue did not cross over the hill from Piedmont Avenue to Broadway – instead it terminated at Piedmont Avenue while continuing along a large portion of what is now known as Grand Avenue. The main link between Piedmont Avenue and Broadway was the – still existing – Mather Street that would turn into 42nd by Oakland Technical High School. A short, small, street called McAdam existed at what is now the current Pleasant Valley and 51st junction but ended at Gilbert Street. The expansion of McAdam into Pleasant Valley and continuation over the hill did not happen until the 1960s.

Like many neighborhoods, Rockridge has had its ups and downs. Before the completion of Highway 24 in 1964, Miles Avenue and several other streets were laid out differently. Residents living in the area at the time, once known as "Little Italy" because of a large number of Italian immigrants, saw the decline of the neighborhood's human scale into the 1970s due to the separation of the neighborhood caused by the SR-24 freeway. In the mid to late 1970s, some storefronts on College Avenue were boarded up. However, due to the success of a number of new businesses, who together formed a "critical mass" of commercial attraction, the Rockridge commercial district began to thrive again.

Until the 1950s, electric trolley trains ran along College Avenue on what is now AC Transit bus routes 51A and 51B. Additionally, as late as 1957, the railroad tracks of the Sacramento Northern Railway ran along Shafter Avenue, crossed College Ave. near where the Rockridge BART station is now and ran along the corridor of what is now state Highway 13 (the portion after Ashby Ave.), through Montclair Village and over into Contra Costa County. Film footage of this route has been broadcast over local PBS TV station KQED in a 1990s documentary on the development of the East Bay.

The Oakland firestorm of 1991 came within 1/2 mile of College Avenue, destroying a large part of the Upper Rockridge area east of Broadway. A memorial wall was created under the Rockridge BART station, located on College Avenue, following the fire.

Commerce
The main thoroughfare in Rockridge is College Avenue. The district is bounded by 51st Street on the southern end and Berkeley's Elmwood district on the northern end. The College Avenue strip running through Rockridge is home to more than 80 restaurants, cafes and upscale retail stores, including several bookstores specializing in used and rare books. Rockridge Market Hall, a collection of gourmet food establishments, is located there.

Dreyer's Ice Cream maintains its international corporate headquarters in Rockridge on College Avenue, and, until 2019, operated its only retail ice cream parlor on the premises.

The Rockridge Branch of the Oakland Public Library is one of the most visited establishments in the neighborhood and is home to an extensive collection of children's books and audio/visual materials.

Rockridge is often mentioned in tourist guidebooks on Oakland and the East Bay.

Transportation
BART serves the neighborhood with the Rockridge Station. The area around the station provides transportation by train, bus, and casual carpool to all Bay Area airports, downtowns, and entertainment districts, while surrounded by open air markets, cafes, bars, shopping, and homes. The Rockridge BART station is located in the center of Rockridge, where College Avenue passes under the Grove Shafter Freeway (Highway 24). AC Transit bus lines 51A, 51B, and 79 serve the center of the neighborhood, while line E runs along Claremont Avenue and lines 6, 12, CB, and V run along its edges.

BART travel times from Rockridge to Montgomery Station near San Francisco's downtown financial district averages 22 minutes. Travel times to Downtown Oakland averages 8 minutes.

Community character
Many Rockridge residents are involved in their neighborhood's political, educational and cultural life. Rockridge has several community organizations including the Rockridge District Association and the Rockridge Community Planning Council. The Rockridge News is published monthly and hand delivered to every resident's home.

Rockridge is home to the community-built Rockridge-Temescal Greenbelt Park, a linear park anchored at each end by two unique community-built play structures. It is commonly known as Frog Park, for the acronym of the organization which helped build the park, called FROG, the Friends of the Rockridge Temescal Greenbelt. FROG was organized in 2001 and raised more than $100,000 from the community to create the greenbelt park. It includes two play structures built entirely by volunteers, linked by a landscaped path which follows Temescal Creek, winding from Hudson Street to Redondo and Clarke. There are also basketball courts, a dog park, butterfly garden, public art by Mark Brest van Kempen, a Lily Pad Plaza, and a series of picnic tables and benches. The community group FROG is a project of the Rockridge Community Planning Council; a FROG steering committee organizes maintenance and community clean-up activities.

Education
The Rockridge neighborhood is served by the Oakland Unified School District.

Chabot Elementary School in Rockridge, founded in 1927, serves grades kindergarten through 5th grade. Chabot consistently scores high in statewide assessments, and the Chabot PTA offers extensive after-school programs including language immersion classes and arts and music classes.

Peralta Elementary School in Rockridge, is a designated Arts Demonstration School in the Oakland Unified School District. Established in 1880 as a one-room schoolhouse, Peralta today has about 325 students in kindergarten through 5th grade.

Claremont Middle School (formerly Claremont Junior High School) has occupied its campus on College Avenue in the heart of Rockridge since 1913. The original building was demolished and rebuilt during the 1970s as part of a statewide program of retrofitting schools for earthquake safety. Claremont now serves more than 400 students in grades 6–8.

Rockridge students in grades 9 through 12 attend Oakland Technical High School.

An “alternative” public school, Far West High School, is a visual arts-focused campus for grades 7–12. It occupied the site of the former Rockridge Elementary School on Broadway Terrace, across the street from the California College of the Arts. The Oakland School Board made the decision in 1979 to close and demolish Rockridge Elementary School because of declining enrollment (less than 150 students) and fears for the earthquake safety of the original school building, a two-story structure built in 1923. The original auditorium was torn down in the 1950s, and the current one (still in use and doubling as the cafeteria) was constructed in 1959. It is now the upper campus to Oakland Technical High School.

Mentoring Academy is a private independent high school that offers individualized, self-paced, mentored instruction. Mentoring Academy, located at 5951 College Avenue, was founded by John Muster in 2012.

Post-secondary education is offered by the California College of the Arts, formerly the California College of Arts and Crafts. The school was founded in 1907 and has been located at its present site, at the intersection of College and Broadway, since 1922.

Professional education for Roman Catholic priests and friars is offered at St. Albert's College, a Dominican institution located on Birch Court near Claremont Middle School.

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Mark Twain Tonight!

Mark Twain Tonight! is a one-man play devised by Hal Holbrook, in which he depicted Mark Twain giving a dramatic recitation selected from several of Twain's writings, with an emphasis on the comic ones.

Background
The recitation's genesis was a show that Holbrook performed with his then-wife Ruby in which she would interview him portraying famous people in history, including Twain. Holbrook revised the concept into a one-man show in the 1950s, first performing it at the Lock Haven State Teachers College in Pennsylvania in 1954. He made his first New York City appearance as Twain in the off-Broadway engagement in 1959 and premiered it on Broadway in 1966. Holbrook's performance was first noticed by New York producer John Lotas at The Lambs Club in Manhattan. Lotas presented the show at the Forty-First Street Theatre, where it ran for 174 performances. He won a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play for that appearance and an Emmy Award nomination for the 1967 television broadcast (which was produced by David Susskind) on CBS. Holbrook released three Mark Twain Tonight! albums between 1959 and 1967.

The last performance on Broadway was in 2006. Holbrook was known to alternate the material that he performed. The original program from the 1959 Off-Broadway engagement included the note, "While Mr. Twain’s selections will come from the list below, we have been unable to pin him down as to which of them he will do. He claims this would cripple his inspiration. However, he has generously conceded to a printed program for those who are in distress and wish to fan themselves." This appeared on programs for the show until Holbrook abruptly announced his retirement from the show in September 2017.

The performance
In an interview with William Goldman, Holbrook explained how he structured the show. "Who wants to see an evening about a literary figure? I knew that in the first act I had to overcome that natural reluctance, so my biggest desire was to make them laugh their asses off at the start, so they'd go out at intermission and say, 'Hey, this guy's funny.' The second act became the social-comment act. I'd start with some funny material to get them again (but not too much of it, or they'd never stop laughing and take the show right away from you). In the last act I gave them the Twain they'd been expecting all along: warm, whimsical, memories of childhood."

Holbrook adapted to concerns that presenting Mark Twain as on an 1890s lecture circuit would use racial slurs acceptable in that era, but unacceptable to modern audiences. Challenging the critics, Holbrook often chose to read a passage from "Huckleberry Finn" where the orphaned, pipe-smoking, uneducated youngster, Huck, faces a poignant moral dilemma. Holbrook altered the narration to use the dialectally milder "Nigra" as the young boy wrestles with his conscience over following the law or his heart concerning "the widow's Nigra, Jim," a runaway slave. Audiences have embraced this presentation as the boy ultimately rejects the legal, societal and even religious ramifications in favor of helping the runaway on his quest for freedom. It is one of the more somber segments of a usually humorous presentation, which Holbrook has felt important to continue in the spirit of Twain's own message.

Specials
On the occasion of Clemens' 175th birthday (November 30, 2010), Holbrook performed Mark Twain Tonight! in Elmira, New York, at the Clemens Center in front of a sell-out crowd. April 21, 2010 was the 100th anniversary of his death. The evening began with the singing of happy birthday to Clemens followed by Holbrook's appearance on stage. 2014 marked the 60th consecutive year that Holbrook had performed Mark Twain Tonight!

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Michael Patrick Jann

Michael Patrick Jann (born May 15, 1970, Albany, New York) is an American actor, writer, and director best known as a cast member on MTV's The State.

Career
Jann attended New York University, where, as a freshman, he joined the then-new comedy troupe The New Group, which was eventually renamed to The State. The troupe continued performing after college, and in 1993 they gained their own series on MTV, the sketch comedy show The State, which ran until 1995. Jann and David Wain directed a majority of the sketches on the series.

In 1999, Jann directed the film Drop Dead Gorgeous, which is his feature film directorial debut. Jann produced and directed many episodes of the 2003-2009 Comedy Central series Reno 911!, which was created by several members of The State. He co-wrote the 2006 film Let's Go to Prison, along with The State members (and Reno 911! cast members) Thomas Lennon and Ben Garant. He directed most of the episodes of the 2008 HBO show Little Britain USA.

Jann has directed episodes of many other television comedy programs, including Community, Childrens Hospital, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Emily's Reasons Why Not, Flight of the Conchords, Friends with Benefits, Happy Endings, Notes from the Underbelly, Reaper, Suburgatory, Wedding Band and Daybreak.

Jann’s upcoming projects include the Western horror film Organ Trail, his second full-length feature.

Personal life
Jann is married to soap opera actress Lisa LoCicero. The two have two children: a son, Lukas, born in 2001, and a daughter, Verity Marion, born in 2015.

Filmography

 * Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999)
 * Bad News Mr. Swanson (2001)
 * Emily's Reasons Why Not (2006)
 * Most Likely to Succeed (2010)
 * Ghosts/Aliens (2010)
 * Brave New World (2011)
 * El Jefe (2012)
 * Grand Marquee (2015)
 * I Shudder (2016)
 * Organ Trail (2022)

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Talk:Overbrook High School (Philadelphia)

Vandalism
I already created a page, Overbrook Senior High School. Why vandalize the Philadelphia school's page?

Fixed!
Reverted back to the Philadelphia High School page. To anybody from the Pine Hill school, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE refer to the Overbrook Senior High School article. Leave this one alone.

I'm an alumna of OSHS, and I created the article to distinguish it from the OHS in Philly. --DodgerOfZion 00:17, 31 December 2005 (UTC)

WikiProject class rating
This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as start, and the rating on other projects was brought up to start class. BetacommandBot 10:28, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

Confirming Blavat, other alumni
Perhaps Jerry Blavat may have attended Overbrook for a while, but so far there is no documentation for that of any kind, not even in Blavat's recent 2011 memoir, where he only refers to getting his "education from the street."Mwprods (talk) 23:07, 15 February 2013 (UTC) Similar non-confirm for probable alumni Bobb Goldsteinn, Marion Ramsey, Bill Bloom, Bill Cash.Mwprods (talk) 21:50, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

Boundary map from 2012 (PDF, archived)
I found an archived PDF of the boundary of 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304023900/https://webapps.philasd.org/sp_files/boundary_maps/4020.pdf WhisperToMe (talk) 21:59, 31 December 2023 (UTC)

Paul Wallace
I deleted entry for my late uncle Paul "Hook" Wallace whom I loved, but also know well enough to realize there was never any documentation that he was ever a "professional" basketball player after his outstanding years at OHS in 1940s as an All-Public high school player. If he ever did play pro ball, it might possibly (?) have been occasionally on pseudo "teams" pitted against the Harlem Globetrotters. 70.107.78.39 (talk) 16:01, 19 January 2024 (UTC)


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Talk:Heckmondwike

Anti-BNP protests
I keep adding the text about the protests against the BNP and it keeps getting removed. I too am a resident, and I know for a fact that there were protests outside the town hall. This is backed up by source material. Please don't remove this information, unless you have a reason against it being there other than not knowing that it happened. --Sanguinus 01:03, 14 July 2005 (UTC)

Yes and the liberals went round saying "vote for us or you are a racist" I have no doubt some people voted BNP just to teach these arrogant politicians a lesson. Incidently Heckmondwike doesn't have a town hall which shows how much the incomer knows about the Town. When it was an urban district it had offices opposite what is now the sorting office.

 * Please read the source material I provided a link to before you imply that I'm making things up. The relevant line: At the end of a tense count at Batley Town Hall the results were announced in alphabetical order. / As the BNP party had arrived at the town hall earlier in the evening, anti-racist campaigners and protesters with placards greeted them with chants as a line of police kept a close eye on proceedings. --Sanguinus 08:37, 28 November 2005 (UTC)

So the protest was in Batley not Heckmondwike. Thank you for confirming what I said. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Webspit (talk • contribs) 16:02, 11 December 2005.
 * Heh, right. So what claim you said is right (though your heavy implication has been disproven), and we agree the protests took place and that they deserve to be mentioned. Thanks. Also, please sign your comments. --Sanguinus 15:12, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

If there was a protest it was only among the political classes who quite frankly are not something I take notice of - given that they couldn't even bother protesting in the right town I would guess they were just looking for a photo-op. --Webspit 15:25, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
 * The count took place at Batley town hall. Given this, why on Earth would they protest elsewhere? If the count had taken place in Heckmondwike, the protest would've taken place there. Regardless of whether you take notice of protests amongst the "political classes", it clearly merits coverage in the article on the town. --Sanguinus 15:27, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

All it merits is the comment that the political fools that are the labour, conservative and liberals parties would rather see the BNP win than stand down so an anti-BNP candidate can stand - which in my view makes them entirely responsible for both the BNP victories (we kow have Exley and the bone-idle Woger Woberts). Webspit 23:46, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
 * I think you're right that the three main parties were responsible for the election of Roger Roberts. --Sanguinus 06:01, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

Heckmondwike Grammar School
This is one of the most prominent features of the town. Should something more be made of it? NMO

Heckmondwike Choral Society
It would be appreciated if anybody can assist with some history on Heckmondwike choral society particularly from 1800-1900. It is for a project I am doing. Any useful links would be helpful. Many Thanks

Divan Centre- does it exist?
I am looking to check wether ther is in fact a divan centre in Heckmondwike, 23 Church Lane to be exact. I have paid for my superking divan on 12th October but have heard absolutely NOTHING back. Lickily I have paid through the Google checkout and have proof of payment but I am starting to get a little worried now ! Can anyone enlighten me and let me know that this place exists. They are also going by the name H & S Traders

Thanks Sue —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.128.109.47 (talk) 10:42, 20 October 2009 (UTC)

Sue, I'm sure this isn't the best place to post your query. Did you try searching the web? Have a look at http://www.divancentre.co.uk/aboutus.aspx 86.163.28.90 (talk) 19:57, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

Famous Ex-Residents
I've let the fact that Jim Davidson, Paul Oakenfold and Rod Jane and Freddy lived in the town stand, but added a 'citation needed'. The only evidence that I can find that Rod Jane and Freddy lived there is taken from http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=13978784311&topic=4888 which also suggests Rod died in 1995, which doesn't appear to be right according to http://www.facebook.com/rodjaneandfreddy?v=app_7146470109

Similarly, there is the suggestion that Jim Davidson dated Jane Beaumont, who did live in Heckmondwike, but there'sno evidence that I can find that he lived there. http://archive.cravenherald.co.uk/2000/2/26/156174.html

Paul Oakenfold - can't find anything relevant. 86.163.28.90 (talk) 19:55, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

Football club
Heckmondwike FC participated in the Midland League for the season 1914-15, competing against other teams like Halifax Town, Rotherham Town, Chesterfield, etc that went on to join the Football League. Maybe this is something worth adding. If so, search for 'Heckmondwyke' on http://www.rsssf.com/tablese/engmidlandhist.html#clubs —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.20.146.18 (talk) 13:28, 9 April 2011 (UTC)

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Władysław

Władysław is a Polish given male name, cognate with Vladislav. The feminine form is Władysława, archaic forms are Włodzisław (male) and Włodzisława (female), and Wladislaw is a variation. These names may refer to:

Mononym

 * Włodzisław, Duke of Lendians (10th century)
 * Władysław I Herman (ca. 1044–1102), Duke of Poland
 * Władysław II the Exile (1105–1159), High Duke of Poland and Duke of Silesia
 * Władysław III Spindleshanks (1161/67–1231), Duke of Poland
 * Władysław Opolski (1225/1227-1281/1282), Polish duke
 * Władysław of Salzburg (1237–1270), Polish Roman Catholic archbishop
 * Władysław I the Elbow-high (1261–1333), King of Poland
 * Władysław of Oświęcim (c. 1275–1324), Duke of Oświęcim
 * Władysław of Bytom (c. 1277–c. 1352), Polish noble
 * Władysław of Legnica (1296–after 1352), Duke of Legnica
 * Władysław the Hunchback (c. 1303-c. 1352), Polish prince
 * Władysław the White (c. 1327–1388), Duke of Gniewkowo
 * Władysław II of Opole (c. 1332 – 1401), Polish duke
 * Władysław II Jagiełło (1351–1434), Grand Duke of Lithuania and King of Poland
 * Władysław I of Płock (c. 1406-1455), Polish noble
 * Władysław of Głogów (c. 1420–1460), Silesian nobleman
 * Władysław III of Poland (1424–1444), King of Poland, and King of Hungary
 * Władysław of Zator (1455–1494), Duke of Zator
 * Władysław IV Vasa (1595–1648), King of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

Władysław

 * Władysław Anders (1892–1970), Polish general and politician
 * Władysław Bartoszewski (1922–2015), Polish politician and activist
 * Władysław Bełza (1847–1913), Polish poet
 * Władysław Bortnowski (1891–1966), Polish historian and general
 * Władysław Bukowiński (1904–1974), Polish Roman Catholic priest
 * Władysław Czachórski (1850–1911), Polish painter
 * Władysław Czartoryski (1828–1894), Polish noble and political activist
 * Władysław Daniłowski (1902–2000), Polish–American pianist, composer and singer
 * Władysław Gomułka (1905–1982), Polish politician
 * Władysław Grabski (1874–1938), Polish politician, economist and historian
 * Władysław Hańcza (1905–1977), Polish actor and theatre director
 * Władysław Hasior (1928–1999), Polish sculptor and painter
 * Władysław Horodecki (1863–1930), Polish architect
 * Władysław Filipkowski (1892–1950), Polish general
 * Władysław Franciszek Jabłonowski (1769–1802), Polish and French general
 * Władysław Komar (1940–1998), Polish shot putter
 * Władysław Konopczyński (1880–1952), Polish historian
 * Władysław Kopaliński (1907–2007), Polish lexicographer, publisher, writer and translator
 * Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz (born 1981), Polish politician
 * Władysław Kowalski (disambiguation), several people
 * Władysław Kozakiewicz (born 1953), Polish pole vaulter
 * Wladyslaw Lizon (born 1954), Canadian politician
 * Władysława Majerczyk (born 1952), Polish cross-country skier
 * Władysław Malecki (1836–1900), Polish painter
 * Władysław Marcinkowski (1858–1947), Polish sculptor
 * Władysław Pasikowski (born 1959), Polish film director and screenwriter
 * Władysław Podkowiński (1866–1895), Polish painter and illustrator
 * Władysław Raczkiewicz (1885–1947), President of Poland from 1939 to 1947
 * Władysław Raginis (1908–1939), Polish military commander
 * Władysław Reymont (1867–1925), Polish novelist and 1924 laureate of the Nobel Prize in Literature
 * Władysław Sadłowski (1869–1940), Polish architect
 * Władysław Sikorski (1881–1943), Polish military and political leader
 * Władysław Ślewiński (1854–1918), Polish painter
 * Władysław Strzemiński (1893–1952), Polish painter
 * Władysław Syrokomla (1823–1862), Polish–Lithuanian poet, writer and translator
 * Władysław Szpilman (1911–2000), Polish pianist and composer
 * Wladislaw Taczanowski (1825–1893), German politician
 * Władysław Turowicz (1908–1980), Polish-Pakistani aviator, military scientist and aeronautical engineer
 * Władysław Żeleński (disambiguation), several people

Władysława

 * Władysława Habicht (1867–1963), Polish activist
 * Władysława Majerczyk (born 1952), Polish cross-country skier
 * Władysława Markiewiczówna (1900–1982), Polish pianist and educator

Surname

 * Blanka Wladislaw, Brazilian chemist

Places

 * Władysław, Lesser Poland Voivodeship
 * Włodzisław, Goleniów County
 * Włodzisław, Sławno County

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Talk:Arthur Quinlan

Which George Bush?
Quinlan's interviewed every US President from Harry Truman to George Bush. Is that a reference to George H. W. Bush or George W. Bush? GoCardinal 01:05, 14 July 2005 (UTC)

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Talk:Hitomi (Dead or Alive)

merging
no, I don't think it should be merged into Dead or Alive (video game). if anything, it should be merged into List of Dead or Alive characters --TBH 06:07, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
 * lol, this is embarassing, I was the one that added it a while ago. --TBH 06:08, 12 October 2005 (UTC)

Mix Ups
What? Hitomi has so many mix ups its not even funny. She's top tier of the guessing game chart.

DOAXBV
I still insist that it should not be listed in the history of any characters except Zack and Lisa, and possible Tina. Those are the only 3 it bears and possible story and historical signifigance to. (Zack is pretty obvious why, Lisa because it is her origin in the series, and Tina because it actually gives history about her (the pop star thing)). The arguement that it did happen so its part of her history doesn't exactly work too well. Under that arguement it should be inserted in every character who was there, which would yeild the exact same thing on multiple pages. The only information presented is the pretense of the trip to Zack Island, which if I'm not mistaken is already on the main DOA page, and really doesn't need to be reiterated. History usually only consists of notable events. I think it is plenty fine without it.-- Oni Ookami AlfadorTalk 17:49, 18 December 2005 (UTC)
 * No, just insert it in all the Female articles, and just because its not very relevent, doesn't mean we shouldn't include it, my friend. I know, I know..... Beach volleyball is non-notable as hell and makes no sense (at the end Zack gets eaten by a shark (WTF..?!)), but Team Ninja still considers it canon anyway, so we gotta include it for completeness sake. Oh and by the way, brace yourself- They're going to release another DOAXBV in the future.... As if one wasn't punishment enough... -MegamanZero|Talk 17:55, 18 December 2005 (UTC)

 * Hey, I like it. And I dont think he got eaten.  I think the point was just to show how much crap he got himself into.  Anyways, I think as long as we noted all the characters involved, we dont need to include a written statement about it.  Its not in the articles that kasumi got chased by ninjas at the end of DOA3.  Anyways, it may be worth mentioning in the article, but not really in the history section.  I just noticed it was already mentioned up top, and its redundant to mention it again in the bottom, since it seems the body of the section is only there to validate its existence, since the main article for the vollyball game already has that information.  Maybe linking to it again in a see also category would work.-- Oni Ookami AlfadorTalk 02:29, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

 * Well it was in the articles that there were daily atempts on Kasumi's life from her former clanmates, and since the chase scene in 3 is a memory, that could be the same thing. Just playin devil's advocate... Onikage725 03:20, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

DOA2...
"(she is also in DOA2 but you need to unlock her by beating the game with EIn a few times....i think it's Ein...)"

Is this true?

 * Nope. Hitomi was introduced in Dead or Alive 3, then was included in Dead or Alive Ultimate 2, the remake, which came afterwards, and on the Xbox. -ZeroTalk 02:12, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

 * Shouldn't the article at least include at the top that she's an unlockable character in DOAU2? Something Awesome 00:21, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

I'll do it. I'll start a Trivia section. - The 4th Snake 20:47, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

Ethnicity
I removed the japanese part of her nationality. I did so beacause  that's her ethnicity, not her nationality. Just because I am of German ethnicity, that doesn't mean I am from Germany!--Uber Cuber —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.43.180.69 (talk) 21:44, 19 December 2006 (UTC).

Ethnicity
Actually, she IS part Japanese. Her father was German, mother was Japanese. So there you go. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.125.252.127 (talk) 13:23, 30 April 2007 (UTC).

Trivia
Where is the resource that says that Jann Lee and Hitomi are dating? Is this evidence from one of the DOA game's cutscenes or has it been confirmed by the creators? Just curious. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.216.174.73 (talk) 03:47, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

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Media Prima

Media Prima Berhad (doing business as Media Prima and stylized in lowercase title), also abbreviated as MPB, is a Malaysian media company based in Petaling Jaya, Selangor. It is the largest media and entertainment conglomerate in Malaysia with business interests in television, print, radio, out-of-home advertising, content creation and digital media. Media Prima employs over 5,000 staffs in total, of whom approximately 1,300 are in private-sector broadcasting. The company forms half of the mass media duopoly in the country along with Astro.

Originally established in 2001 as Profitune Berhad, the company changed to its present name in 2002 and began operations a year later after the demerger of Malaysian Resources Corporation Berhad's (MRCB) media assets. The company operates four television channels — TV3, NTV7, 8TV and TV9 and also five radio stations – Kool 101, Fly FM, Eight FM, Hot FM and Molek FM. Media Prima is also the owner of the New Straits Times Press, Malaysia's largest newspaper publisher with three national news brands – the New Straits Times, Berita Harian and Harian Metro.

Primeworks Studios, Media Prima's commercial subsidiary, responsible in produces, distributes and sells Media Prima TV networks' programs as well as helps to generate funding for content provision and also distributes TV3's online news service, Buletin TV3. The company currently ranks third in Malaysia in digital reach following the 2017 acquisition of REV Asia Holdings, one of Southeast Asia's leading digital media groups. In 2018, Media Prima became the number one choice for mobile content ahead of Google and Facebook.

Background
Media Prima traced its roots and origins back to the Malaysian operations division of Singaporean company The Straits Times Press Group, the forerunner of SPH Media. Prior to its establishment, both The New Straits Times Press and Sistem Televisyen Malaysia Berhad were formerly a subsidiaries of Fleet Holdings, an investment arm of United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) and helmed by Junus Sudin. Fleet Holdings had acquired its ownership of the Malaysian operations of The Straits Times Press Group, which consisting of the Malaysian edition of The Straits Times and Berita Harian as well as the Malay Mail, in September 1972. Following the acquisition, Fleet Holdings transferred these assets to the new company, and renamed it as the NSTP on 31 January 1973.

In 1983, the company granted a license from the Malaysian Government to operate Malaysia's first private television station, TV3, which began operations on 1 June 1984, ending the monopoly of Government-owned TV stations. It later divested its ownership of the NSTP and TV3 to Renong Berhad, a company helmed by Halim Saad in 1988. In 1993, four senior managements of Realmild Sdn Bhd held a management buyout which led Renong in turn, divested its shares in the NSTP and TV3. Subsequently, both of the companies were acquired by Malaysian Resources Corporation Berhad (MRCB), which primarily focused on construction and property development as its main core businesses. The acquisition was completed on June 25, 1993 as part of the MRCB's foray into other business and considered the largest management buyout in Malaysian corporate history.

2001–2009: Formation and early history
Media Prima was originally established on 8 October 2001 as Profitune Berhad, awhile at the same time, MRCB considering an offer to divested its equity interest in its media subsidiaries, Sistem Televisyen Malaysia Berhad (STMB) and The New Straits Times Press (Malaysia) Berhad (NSTP), in which the latter had acquired from Renong Berhad in 1993. The divestiture is part of the MRCB's reorganization plan, which saw its media business were transferred to Profitune while MRCB focused solely on infrastructure and construction business.

On 6 October 2002, Profitune changed its name to Media Prima in preparation for media competition in Malaysia. On 25 November, the company signed a second supplemental agreement with MRCB for another proposal which concerning the NSTP.

The corporate restructuring of MRCB and the spin-out of its media assets, namely TV3 and the NSTP was completed in August 2003, and the following month, MRCB spin-offs TV3 and the NSTP, marking the latter's official exit from media business.

Media Prima began operations on 23 September 2003, with the launching ceremony was officiated by the then-Deputy Prime Minister, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. Upon of its official launch, the company began to offers a cross-media solutions to its clients through the capitalisation of its broadcasting and print publication assets. On 22 October, the company takes over the listing status of the STMB on the Main Board of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad.

Not long after, Media Prima acquired 80% interest in Metropolitan TV Sdn Bhd which had a Content Application Service Provider (CASP) license which allowed it to open a television station. On January 8, 2004, 8TV was relaunched as a successor of MetroVision which was closed in November 1999. In June 2005, Media Prima acquired 100% stake in Ch-9 Media, which operates Channel 9 in a RM40.61 million deal and renamed it as TV9. In July, the company entered into a Collaboration and Assistance Agreement with Natseven TV Sdn Bhd (which operates ntv7), Synchrosound Studio Sdn Bhd (which operates now-defunct Wow FM), Questseven Dot Com Sdn Bhd and the respective companies' shareholders to provide assistance for the companies to undertake a corporate and debt restructuring scheme. On October 27, Media Prima acquired 100% stake in Natseven TV for RM90 million. The acquisition increased the company's television viewership market share to 48%, making Media Prima the owner of all free-to-air private television networks in Malaysia.

In November 2006, Media Prima acquires 70% stake in Big Tree Outdoor, followed by the entire stakes in two other outdoor advertising firms, namely UPD and The Right Channel. By December, the company became one of the main components of the Bursa Malaysia's Composite Index.

In 2007, Media Prima launches its over-the-top streaming service, Catch-Up TV,  which offers content from the company's television channels and their respective websites. The company also launched an Internet portal, gua.com.my and its music portal, guamuzik.com.my. The company also planned to expand its business operations abroad in order to be the major "regional media powerhouse".

In 2008, Media Prima established its subsidiary in the Philippines, MPB Primedia Inc. in partnership with the ABC Development Corp. (now TV5 Network) to relaunch the TV5 with new image with US$150 million media funding provided by the company. However, in October 2009, the company decided to divest its 70% of its shares in MPB Primedia to MediaQuest Holdings to prevent the liquidity of profits on the company's behalf. Also, in 2008, Media Prima launched a new subsidiary, Primeworks Studios to oversee productions of all Media Prima's television networks while promotes Malaysian TV programs to international markets.

The company announced in February 2009 that it would enter a partnership with the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting for the television program exchange.

2009–2014: Expansion of business operations
In March, Media Prima was among 6 ASEAN broadcasting companies including Mediacorp, Media Nusantara Citra (MNC) and ABS-CBN Corporation jointly to form a regional broadcasting alliance, Smart Alliance to carry out an alliance to cooperate in three areas—content, sales and marketing, and technology—and take advantage of economies of scale and combined markets that the region can offer. In October, the company signed a multi-year deal with The Walt Disney Company's integrated distribution subsidiary, Disney-ABC International Television (DAIT) Asia Pacific, which encompasses of ABC Studios programs for TV3, NTV7 and 8TV. At the same time, the company considering its offer to takeover the New Straits Times Press through a share swap to formed the largest media group.

The company, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Gama Media International (BVI) Ltd, began to divest 90% of its equity stake in Ghanaian television network, TV3 Ghana in the third quarter of 2011 and sold to Ghanaian media firm, Media General Ghana Ltd.

Media Prima signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) for three-year term to promote initiatives related to the creative industry implemented through the National ICT Initiative via MSC Malaysia.

On 14 December 2012, Media Prima launched its expanded digital business unit as Media Prima Digital. The reorganization is part of the company's wider strategy to align and optimize its existing digital business across multiple platforms.

The company is among of 20 strategic partners of the Universiti Utara Malaysia's Bachelor of Creative Industry Management (BCIM) program which was introduced on 20 August 2013.

In 2014, Media Prima began collaborating with the Universiti Sains Malaysia to provide Malay subtitles for the hearing-impaired, initially for TV3 and TV9's Islamic programming including Kopi Bersama Ustaz Kazim and Fiqh Wanita, whose programmes were reported to have reached 100,000 viewers when they were aired with subtitles. The subtitles were provided by the university's undergraduate students in translation and interpretation.

2014–present: Recent developments
The company announced in November 2014 that it would reduce the number of employees by offering them a one-time payment. According to its statement, the mutual separation scheme (MSS) will be implemented from November 14 and completed on December 15.

The company entered a conditional purchase agreement as early as October 2015 to acquire the entire stake of radio broadcasting company, Copyright Laureate, which owns and operates Ultra FM and Pi Mai FM, in a cash consideration of RM20 million. The acquisition was completed on October 21.

In early 2016, Media Prima signed a deal with South Korean company CJ Group to launch a home shopping channel, CJ Wow Shop and operated by the companies' joint-venture, MP CJ O Shopping Sdn. Bhd. In May 2017, Media Prima announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire new media startup Rev Asia for RM105 million, or about $24.2 million. The agreement will see Rev Asia being integrated into the company's platform to create the nation's largest digital media entity. In June 2018, Media Prima through its subsidiary, Rev Asia Holdings announced that it had acquired a 52% equity stake in Vocket Media Sdn Bhd worth RM2.6 million. The acquisition also simultaneously makes Vocket another new subsidiary of Media Prima.

By August 2018, Media Prima has reportedly sold the New Straits Times Press' Balai Berita site in Bangsar and the land where its printing factory is located in Shah Alam to PNB Development Sdn Bhd for RM280 million. This is the second major asset disposed by the company after selling a 21.36% stake to Malaysian Newsprint Industries (MNI) for a cash consideration of RM45.4 million on 2 May. The company will move its operations from Sri Pentas in Bandar Utama, which has been operated since the 1990s. One of the premises the group is considering moving to is at Saujana Resort, Seksyen U2, Shah Alam, which is owned by Pelaburan Hartanah Bhd. In September, the company received sponsorship from the Perak State Government to provide coverage for the 2018 Malaysia Games (SUKMA 2018).

Media Prima signs an MoU with Dailymotion on 22 October 2018 to expand digital reach and improving contents for Malaysian audiences. The company alongside Astro and DiGi Telecommunications collaborated to launch a digital learning hub, known as JomStudi in January 2019. The initiative, which supported by the Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC), provides quality educational resources in a single platform which accessible to students.

On 9 April 2019, Media Prima partnered with Grabyo to enhance its social video strategy and increase its dominance in the Malaysian digital content market. Few days later, Media Prima entered a digital partnership with iflix for free catch-up TV, shortly after the latter signed a similar partnership with JTBC Content Hub, the content distribution arm of South Korean media company JTBC. As part of the partnership, the company will make more than 1,000 hours of content from its library through exclusive Tonton-branded channels on the platform to increase Malaysia's local content offering.

In April 2020, Media Prima consolidated its advertising functions in different business segments into a new subsidiary called Media Prima Omnia. On November 1, 2020, Media Prima acquired the remaining 49% stake in CJ Wow Shop from CJ Group and renamed it as Wow Shop. The acquisition is part of its plan to capitalize on the strong prospects of the home shopping and e-commerce industry.

In July 2021, the company announced to reacquired its Bangsar headquarters, the Balai Berita from PNB Development in a RM156.4 million deal. Media Prima collaborated with Celcom Axiata and South Korean telecom company, LG Uplus Corp in October 2021 to exploring the potential 5G content and services cutting across VR and AR for Malaysian market.

The company, through its content production and commercial arm, Primeworks Studios, partnered with South Korean broadcasting company, Seoul Broadcasting System (SBS) to produced the Malaysian version of the Korean reality show, Master in the House. The program premiered on TV3 on 15 January 2022. The company entered a strategic partnership with the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission in August 2022 in their effort to broadening an anti-corruption program.

In November, Media Prima began collaborating with Chinese television network Hunan Broadcasting System to co-produce programmes as well as broadcast the latter's produced content.

In June 2023, the company become as a official media partner for Visit Melaka Year 2024 campaign.

The company was named as a strategic media partner for the Malaysia-China Macro Entrepreneur Health Forum and the Asian Celebrity Charity Gala Night 2023 (MCEH 2023) which took place on 25 and 26 November 2023 at The Majestic Hotel, Kuala Lumpur.

Institutional ownership
As of July 2019, tycoon Syed Mokhtar Albukhary through his company, Aurora Mulia owns 24% of equity stake in Media Prima, which makes him the third largest controlling shareholder of the company. Malaysian political party, the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), previously holds 11.09% of its interest in the company before divested its shares to Syed Mokhtar. Aurora Mulia acquired more 7.9% stake in Media Prima and raised its stake in the company to 31.22% in September 2019.

In 2021, former second Finance Minister, Johari Abdul Ghani through his own investment company, JAG Capital Holdings became the second largest shareholder of the company after acquiring 109.7 million shares, followed by another 54.37 in March.

Apart from Aurora Mulia and JAG Capital Holdings, Media Prima's ownership also consisted of several other shareholders, including Morgan Stanley & Co. Int. and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group.

Assets and subsidiaries
Media Prima owns major of media and entertainment companies in Malaysia, and has a multiple services and products such as television and radio broadcast, content production, program and film distributor, television production, film production, advertising, print publication, new media and digital platforms and music label and recording. Under its TV broadcasting subsidiary, Media Prima TV Networks, the company operates four terrestrial TV networks – TV3, ntv7, 8TV, TV9, an educational TV channel, DidikTV and a home shopping channel, Wow Shop (formerly CJ Wow Shop) as well as five radio stations under its radio broadcasting subsidiary, Media Prima Audio (formerly Media Prima Radio Networks and later Ripple) – Kool 101 (formerly Kool FM and later Buletin FM), Fly FM, Eight FM (formerly One FM and later 8FM), Hot FM and Molek FM as well as a podcast platform Audio+ (formerly Ais Kacang).

Other companies that operate under the Media Prima group are print publishing subsidiary the New Straits Times Press–in which the company owns more than 98% of equity interests–which owns three major print and online news brands the New Straits Times, Berita Harian and Harian Metro and their respective weekend editions as well as online newspaper archive KLiK (formerly NSTP e-Media and later News & Image Bank or NIB). It also owned printing subsidiary Print Towers, tertiary education reference website Mind Campus and learning portal FullAMark; commercial subsidiary, Primeworks Studios that provides content output in diverse categories covering television, cinema, and digital platforms; new media subsidiary REV Media Group (formerly Alt Media and later Media Prima Digital) which owns the Tonton streaming service and multiple online portals such as Oh Bulan!, MyResipi, Vocket, Mashable SEA and TechNave; integrated solution provider Media Prima Omnia (or simply Omnia) which offers creative services and integrated marketing solutions across all the company's platforms. The company also owns out-of-home advertising business under its advertising arms, which consists of Big Tree, The Right Channel, Kurnia Outdoor, Gotcha, UPD, and Big Tree Seni Jaya, as well as an art gallery, Galeri Prima (formerly NSTP Art Gallery).

The company's former assets including English newspaper the Malay Mail (which was sold to Redberry Media Group in 2012), book and magazine publishing company, Berita Publishing (which was part of the NSTP until 2000 when it was sold to Alaf Positif), education arm Malaysia Institute of Integrative Media (MIIM; formerly Akademi TV3; sold to SAL Group of Colleges in 2003), pay-television service Mega TV and Ghanaian free-to-air TV network, TV3 Ghana, which all of these were operated long before Media Prima was established.

Board of directors

 * Group Chairman
 * Datuk Seri (Dr.) Syed Hussain Aljunid
 * Group Managing Director
 * Rafiq Razali
 * Independent Non-Executive Director
 * Abdullah Abu Samah
 * Dato' Sivananthan Shanmugam
 * Datuk Phang Ah Tong
 * Datuk Shireen Ann Zaharah Muhiudeen

Senior management team

 * Group Managing Director
 * Rafiq Razali
 * Group Chief Financial Officer
 * Rosli Sabarudin
 * Chief Executive Officer (Media Prima Omnia)
 * Datuk Michael Chan
 * Chief Executive Officer (Media Prima Television Networks & Primeworks Studios)
 * Nini Yusof
 * Chief Executive Officer (New Straits Times Press)
 * Mustapha Kamil Mohd Janor
 * Chief Executive Officer (REV Media Group)
 * Samuel Wee
 * Chief Executive Officer (BIG TREE)
 * Shukor Ariffin
 * Chief Executive Officer (Media Prima Audio)
 * Nazri Noran
 * Acting Chief Executive Officer (WOWSHOP)
 * Datin Norashikin Habibur Rahman

2018 bomb threat
On 28 August 2018, Media Prima's Sri Pentas headquarters was forced to evacuate following a false bomb threat. The police gave an order to evacuate the company's office at 10.30 pm. About 200 Media Prima employees were evacuated from the building. They were allowed to re-enter the building after two hours of inspection. The police did not find anything suspicious.

Following the cancellation of Nightline, TV3 aired the announcement about the incident. Royal Malaysia Police's bomb detector unit arrived at 11.40 pm to handle the case. The Fire and Rescue Department received the phone call from the police at 11.19 pm following the incident. The case was investigated under Section 506 of the Penal Code, and the police found it was a false bomb threat. Two men were arrested in Temerloh, Pahang on 29 August 2018.

Ransomware attack
On 8 November 2018, Media Prima's computer system was locked and hacked by cyber criminals who demanded millions of ringgit for ransom. The attackers are said to be demanding 1,000 bitcoins to give up access to the computer system. It is not immediately known whether the company's data has been breached, and whether the media group will suffer financial losses as a result of the ransomware attack. Media Prima has decided not to pay the ransom.

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Heckmondwike
Hello. I noticed you removed some information from the article on Heckmondwike. I've posted on its talk page. I'm going to leave off re-adding the information until you respond in case you have any other reasons you feel the information shouldn't be there. Thanks, --Sanguinus 01:06, 14 July 2005 (UTC)

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Is there a specific reason for the bottles in Image:Curwen.jpg? As it is they only seem to be in the way. // Liftarn

Firstly they aren't just bottles - they are full bottles - they were my supplies for the evening and were emptied in pretty quick time. Webspit 23:40, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

 * And it looks like a nice selection too. I don't think I've tried any of them. But they somewhat obscure the view of the memorial. // Liftarn

 * True - next time I'm around there I'll redo it minus bottles Webspit 17:33, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

 * Thanks. That would be nice. // Liftarn

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