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 Welcome to my Talk Page.  Note: I usually will hunt you down to leave a message, but sometimes I'll get lazy and leave it here. - Mo (talk) 03:00, 1 September 2005 (EST)

 Well it's been an odd WikiSummer, but I am certain my activities will decrease greatly here, as I start college on 6 September. I'll try to keep up Mo (talk) 03:00, 1 September 2005 (EST)

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 THIS TALK PAGE AND ITS CORRESPONDING USER PAGE HAVE BEEN VANDALIZED 2 TIMES.

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 Welcome to my talk page. You are welcome to leave me a message. Mo (talk) 03:00, 1 September 2005 (EST)

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 Veáse aquí para mi pagina de discusíon en español: []  Noticia: No puedo escribir como puedo hablar. Pues, yo creo que alguien puede comprenderme (sin lagrimas, sangre o muerte...estoy bromeando). Pero, todavía, prefiero escribir/contribuir en inglés. Voy a contribuir en español cuando no tengo miedo...y sí ¡yo tengo miedo! Tu puedes dejarme un mensaje aquí en español si quieres.Mo (talk) 03:00, 1 September 2005 (EST)

 Português

 Eu não tenho nada agora, mais eu escreverei algo. Você tem que ter em conta que pode ajudar-me aprender! Você pode deixar-me um mensagem em português se quer. Mo (talk) 03:00, 1 September 2005 (EST)

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 Happy editing, Mo (talk) 03:00, 1 September 2005 (EST)

VFD on Eighty Years' War (1914-1995)
I do not understand how you can give the article a weak keep to stay Eighty Years' War (1914-1995). This is 100% original research which is 100% forbidden in this encyclopedia. Please re-consider your vote. Thanks. Andries 21:13, 31 July 2005 (UTC)

New stub template
Hi. We over at WikiProject Stub sorting have just discovered your new stub template State forest-stub. Normally, stub categories are created after a process of proposal and debate at WikiProject Stub sorting/Proposals, to ensure that they meet the requirements for a new stub category—such as not cutting across the current category hierarchy, having a viable number of stub articles (a mininmum of 60), and not being covered by any current categories. You appear to be on a state forest kick, so it's probably a good split. — Fingers-of-Pyrex 13:19, August 12, 2005 (UTC)

E. Poole
_ _ Thanks for your contribution on List of people by name: El. I have moved her to List of people by name: Po, since she is likely to be sought under Poole, E. (and perhaps Pole, E.) but not under her given name. _ _ If you've a longer-term interest in adding names to LoPbN's list, it would probably also be worth clicking on an edit of the "Pol" section, to see how i reformated it. (I make a point of providing a lk to the edit screen, rather than the page, since you would miss a lot if you looked at the article page but not the edit screen.) The 2nd comment is there to preserve for other editors (who may be interested in creating such an article) the information you provided, since in its original form it impedes rather than furthering the navigational purpose of the LoPbN tree: the detail offers no help in locating the specific E. Poole that a user has in mind, and it would be far more valuable in her future bio article itself. --Jerzy·t 20:23, 2005 August 14 (UTC)

Great edits
...On Massachusetts-related articles.

Take care, D. J. Bracey (talk) 21:55, 16 August 2005 (UTC)

 * I noticed you going through the tedious task of adding a Massachusetts template to all MA towns that lacked it, and I also came here to thank you for your good work. So thanks! LizardWizard 19:09, August 21, 2005 (UTC)

Template:Antarctica
Just looking at this, I feel that it is really too large to be a template and is encroaching on what a category is designed to do. You may want to look at splitting it up into Template:Research stations of Antarctica, Template:Islands of Antarctica etc. Evil Monkey∴Hello 02:21, 22 August 2005 (UTC)
 * I agree, it's filling up screen space with random links that are readily available elsewhere, not to mention it's incomplete and gives a misleading view of our coverage. Stan 04:19, 22 August 2005 (UTC)

Stub articles like Salem Channel (Massachusetts)
Please add stub notices to short articles You create, like for Massachusetts related geographical articles. Here's a full list of stubs: Stub_categories. Happy editing, feydey 20:29, 26 August 2005 (UTC)

 * In addition, you don't need to add "(Massachusetts)" to most of the article titles. Those are used for disambiguation, where there are multiple articles that have the same name, like John Williams or Mercury.  R ADICAL B ENDER  ★  00:26, August 27, 2005 (UTC)

Really minor rocks
Hi! I've got some friendly concerns about some of the pages you're creating for some very minor geographical features. In particular, I'm not entirely convinced that things like Bass Rock (Norfolk County, Massachusetts) and Abbot Rock need their own articles. Both of these are basically just single hunks of rock that at some tides aren't even above the water; I'm looking at them on nautical charts here and here. I'd argue that having a name does not make them notable or useful in an encyclopedia. Mariners give names to endless minor features that they might encounter; these names are a necessary tool for navigation and communication, but most aren't really very important otherwise. Of course, some isolated rocks are notable; some are major hazards with a long history of causing trouble, or they're really important regional landmarks (like Fastnet Rock), but most rocks you can get a list of geographical names are not like this.

Anyway, I'm going to submit your three Bass Rock entries to VFD here to see what other people think. Please don't take this personally; I'm just looking for consensus on these features. My friendly suggestion is that you wait to see what the consensus is before putting too much effort into this. CDC  (talk)  18:37, 28 August 2005 (UTC)

 * I feel that is too fine-grained geographical detail. I have submitted Apple Island for a VfD just to see what the consensus about entries like this is. The general sentiment is that this stub should go into Logan International Airport, where it sits in its proper context, and that is what I think too. May I suggest that instead of informormation into atomic bits to merge geographic features into the area or municipality that they live in to provide useful context. See also my comment on the VfD for the three Bass Rocks. Pilatus 12:49, 31 August 2005 (UTC)

Images
It seems that you uploaded several images that appear on websites with the GFDL tag. Images are generally copyrighted, and it looks that the websites do not put them under the GFDL. I am going to list those for deletion. Pilatus 12:44, 31 August 2005 (UTC)

Images follow:
 * 1) Myles Standish Industrial Park.jpg
 * 2) Town of Marblehead 1912.jpg
 * 3) Aerial View of Winter Island.jpg
 * 4) William Standish Knowles.jpg
 * 5) Milford New Hampshire flag.gif)
 * 6) Milford New Hampshire 01.jpg

Please check the others, there are quite a few that are under the wrong license or should not be here. Pilatus 13:02, 31 August 2005 (UTC)

Alphabetical list of Taunton streets
Hi! I do feel that Wikipedia is not a directory, and that material is more data than information. I have submitted the page for a VfD (and should have contacted you before that, sorry). Pilatus 12:46, 31 August 2005 (UTC)

AfD votes
Howdy. Please don't vote on every nomination. If you don't have an opinion on an article, there is no need to cast an abstain vote. Cheers, android  79  12:48, September 2, 2005 (UTC)
 * It's my right, civic duty, and obligation to voice my opinion and cast any vote I deem necessary. Also, I've read the AfD and I'm not breaking any rules! :-P UniReb 12:49, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

Norjumtandh
You canged your vote - was this because you were able to verify it? If so, please let me know and I'll change mine. --Doc (?) 18:43, 2 September 2005 (UTC)
 * I found some kind of possibly-reliable verification for the article, referenced from NODEWORKS ENCYCLOPEDIA. It seems that Norjumtandh was one of three children of Skuld. UniReb 19:10, 2 September 2005 (UTC)
 * That link goes to a Wikipedia mirror, which means that "Norjumtandh" was probably referenced in our own Skuld article at some point. android  79  19:19, September 2, 2005 (UTC)
 * Yes, I know. I changed my vote and commented why. Sorry! UniReb 19:21, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

Shooting Fish
You voted on the article's deletion, however there was also a film by that name which Sabine's Sunbird and I have edited the article to refer to. Note the film is linked to from both the Kate Beckinsale and Stuart Townsend articles. I hope you will reconsider your vote in light of this information. Steve block talk 21:33, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

List of Taunton, Massachusetts businesses
Please don't create articles that are basically lists of external links. An article that has no content other than a list of external links can be speedily deleted. Also see What Wikipedia is not, especially the section "Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information." FreplySpang (talk) 04:26, September 12, 2005 (UTC) I didn't create any articles that are basically lists of external links. Whatever articles I have created has significant content to it, although additional information may be needed to be added on at a later time. I surely know that Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information and I hope everyone remembers that and follows by those guidelines as I do. I don't know where or how you may think whatever article that I have created may seem other than relevant information but I can assure it does have a notable purpose to it. Thank you very much for your time and dually-noted opinion. Do take care for now! :-) UniReb 04:32, 12 September 2005 (UTC)

Hi. Specifically, the article List of Taunton, Massachusetts businesses is a list of external links. Try looking at it from the point of view of someone who doesn't live in the Taunton area. Also, we do not generally have articles called List of Anytown, Anystate businesses. That level of detail is more like a phone book than an encyclopedia. Regards, FreplySpang (talk) 04:41, September 12, 2005 (UTC)

192.35.98.96
I was wondering why you went straight to test4 on User talk:192.35.98.96? Is it a vandal reappearing under a different IP? -Splash talk 22:45, 16 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Trouble is, though, that an admin won't block if they vandalize again after just that one warning. They get 4 warnings before they're blocked unless they're doing something really serious. So to jump to test4 straight off is to make rather empty threats. Best to start at test1 and work up. Usuaully, just knowing they're being watched is enough to stop them! -Splash talk 22:57, 16 September 2005 (UTC)

Regions of Rhode Island
Hi. I was wondering what the source is for "the seven designated regions of Rhode Island" you list on Template:Rhode Island (and made pages for)? I ended up on the page from working on the Blackstone Valley page, one of said regions. I'd like to include on that page a description of BV as a region of RI, which may not match its meaning as defined by the National Historic Corridor agency. Thanks. ScottMainwaring 00:13, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

Grammar
I've just been looking at some of your contributions. By the way, "off of" is ungrammatical. The correct expression is simply "off". -- Smjg 11:08, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

Welcome
Welcome to the Puerto Rico WikiProject. If you have any questions or ideas please don't hesitate to ask/suggest. Joelito 00:47, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

Puerto Rico Project Collaboration of the month
Hello. It is my intent to begin a Collaboration of the month for the Puerto Rico Wikiproject. I have suggested Politics of Puerto Rico and Economy of Puerto Rico as options for the collaboration for May. Please leave suggestions or comments on the talk page or vote for any of the choices I have suggested. Take care. Joelito 16:48, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

Template:Portugal
I've noticed that you created a template with a summary of topics related to Portugal, however, I have major concerns about its usefulness, content and layout. First of all, I haven't found any similar template in wikipedia and the concept of such template is not found, for example, in Wikiproject Countries. Along with this, there's also a template that included such topics, you may find it in the "see also" section of the Portugal article. About the content, I don't think that Portugal is subdivided into three main structures, such as Madeira, Azores and Continent, that's a very personal (and archaic) view of the Portuguese subdivisions. Further, the subdivisions (NUTS III) are not administrative entities, they are just statistical divisions, so, if we include statistical divisions, why not include the tourism regions or health regions. One may think that Minho-Lima (for example) is a major subdivision of the country, when it is mainly used for European Union statistical works. Of course the municipality is a major subdivision of Portugal, after the national government we find the municipal structures, the districts are just remains of the past structure with minor competences, the template misses all that things. About the layout, I don't find it very attractive or consistent, why have an entire line to say that the capital is Lisbon? And why the History, Politics, Geography, etc, links? As I said, they can be found in the Portugal topics, this last is a useful resource and exists in several other country articles. I really appreciate your effort, and I'm very happy with finding another contributor interested in Portuguuese related topics, I don't feel like the owner of anything, I just wanted to share my opinion with you and receive some feedback. Thanks! Afonso Silva 18:16, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

The point is that the subidivisions of Portugal is tagged for cleanup for some reason, mainly because it lacks accuracy and it is much more like original research. It is not a reference article, no way. Let's say that we remove the useless (in my point of view and only in the template) NUTS III regions and that thing of the continental Portugal from the template, we'll finish with a template with the districts, which is what we had before. I don't really think it is a problem of color or something like that, I think the template is inaccurate. Along with that, 90% of it is about subdivisions and then we have the culture, history, etc. links, why should we have a massive template with links to all minor regions of Portugal in the Culture of Portugal article? I agree we can create a general "Portugal" template, but this structure seems inappropriate. Afonso Silva 20:21, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

List of Puerto Ricans
One of the main concerns about the "list" is that it is getting out of control and that many names of people who have only had their "15 minutes of fame" or simply are non-notables are being added. I propose that we set up guidelines as to who should be admitted with a clear definition as to the terms "notable" and "fame". I am calling upon the parties interested to express their opinion and to help develope these guidelines. I believe that after we take a vote and reach a censensus, said guidelines should be followed and posted either on the article or the articles talk page. We need your help. Tony the Marine 19:56, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

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Camp Myles Standish images
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Possibly unfree Image:Aerial shot of southwest corner of Point Roberts.jpg
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Bagwell Island
Can you tell me more about this place? Any references of photos? Thanks! Rarelibra 21:19, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

Canary Island in Massachusetts.
After some digging, since it seemed to have no Google hits, I finally found Canary Island in Massachusetts via MapQuest. Assuming that it's the same one (a tiny, seemingly former island in the river near Northampton), it frankly seems too impossibly small to be worthy of an article. Is there anything of note about the island should an article ever be written? I mean, I don't know, so if there is, fine, but otherwise, I think Canary Island should go back to being a redirect to the Canary Islands.

Any thoughts on the issue would be appreciated. Thanks. SnowFire 02:27, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

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Images of Taunton
The problem with the images I deleted and removed from Taunton, Massachusetts and related articles is not that they weren't "relevant", but that they aren't freely licensed. The tag on Image:Bristol County Superior Courthouse.jpg is wrong, because it's a work of the Massachusetts government, not the U.S. federal government. The U.S. government puts all its works into the public domain, but the Mass government doesn't. The image is NOT public domain. It's easy to take pictures of buildings oneself, so there's no excuse at all for uploading other people's pictures of buildings. Images of buildings are not among the restricted group of images allowed under a fair use claim. And if you upload images from web sites and claim that they are PD or GFDL, when the source web site gives no reason to believe that, you're making a false representation and liable to get yourself blocked. Remember, every picture is copyrighted unless there's a specific reason to believe it isn't! Lack of an explicit copyright statement does not mean the picture is public domain. —Angr 13:33, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

Image copyrights
Hi UniReb. I've removed incorrect or unexplained copyright tags from the following images that you have uploaded:
 * Image:Bristol Probate and Family Court.JPG
 * Image:Cape Cod Community College.jpg
 * Image:MtWachusettCC.jpg
 * Image:Bcc.jpg
 * Image:Myles Standish Industrial Park.jpg

I've explained the reason on each image's description page. One major issue that you need to be aware of is that Massachusetts state workers are not employees of the U.S. federal government, and works that they produce are not automatically in the public domain. Also, images, such as the last one I've listed, that are published on the web without a copyright notice are still subject to copyright protection. Please take a look at Copyrights,Public domain, and Image use policy for more information.

Also, it looks like a number of your uploads from 2005 are incorrectly tagged as PD-release or GFDL. Unless the image's copyright holder has explicitly agreed to release their work to PD or under the GFDL, these are not the correct tags to use. Would you please go through your upload log and review each of the images that you have uploaded. I am willing to help you, if you like. If you have any questions about any of this, feel free to ask me or to post a question on Media copyright questions. Thanks. ×Meegs 18:40, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

Maffitt Ledge
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AfD nomination of Bass Rock (Norfolk County, Massachusetts)
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The Observer (Bristol Community College)
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Portal:Puerto Rico
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Silver City Aluminum
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Moving Benicio Del Toro to Benicio del Toro
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Nomination of Smokey Bones Barbeque and Grill for deletion
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Talk:Prioperception

Merge with Proprioception and Post-Polio Syndrome?
I believe this article was started because of a typo for proprioception. I started formatting it when I noticed the problem.

The only information that I did not merge with proprioception and Post-polio syndrome was the original author's personal account, which I don't know how to insert in a normal article. I am hoping that he will do it eventually.

PS: I am 18.38.6.195. The original author (24.170.181.166) identified himself as R.T. Mckeever. EmilioSilva 15:52, 19 July 2005 (UTC)

Is this typo or neologism noteworthy?
Is this typo or neologism noteworthy? I don't think it is. And if it isn't, surely it has no place in Wikipedia?

In short, I believe we should delete the page "Prioperception".

yoyo (talk) 19:08, 16 September 2012 (UTC)

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N12 road (Ireland)

The N12 road is one of the shortest national primary roads in the Republic of Ireland, running 6.87 km from outside Monaghan (where it leaves the N2) to the border with County Armagh, Northern Ireland, at Ardgonnell Bridge outside Middletown. The N12 is part of an overall route running from Cavan Town to Belfast.

Route details
The route, entirely contained within County Monaghan, commences at the junction with the N2 on the outskirts of Monaghan town, in the townland of Coolshannagh. From here the route passes through the townlands of Tullyhirm and Cavanreagh, with the R185 leaving the route to the north. Just before the border, the N12 passes through Tyholland, and in the townland of Killyneill just after this and before the border, the R213 leaves the route to the south.

The overall Cavan Town-Belfast route, of which the N12 is but a link, passes through Butlersbridge, Wattlebridge, Clones, Smithborough and Monaghan Town as the N54 / A3. After the N12, it passes through or around Middletown, Armagh, Portadown, Lurgan and Lisburn as the A3, and A1 (from Lisburn to Belfast). Similar routes in the Republic of Ireland, which constitute part of a route that also passes through Northern Ireland, include the N2, N3 and routes N13–N16. The east–west route corridor of which the N12 is a part also includes the N54 to the west of Monaghan.

Architecture and history
A small aqueduct runs parallel to Ardgonnell Bridge, where the N12 meets the A3. The aqueduct formerly carried the now defunct Ulster Canal across the Corr River from County Monaghan to County Armagh.

The N12 was formerly part of the T15 trunk road, which was a route from Galway to the border (and eventually Belfast).

On Thursday, 7 December 2017, Ardgonnell Bridge on the route was visited by the Exiting the European Union Select Committee ('the Brexit Committee') of the British House of Commons. Ardgonnell Bridge spans the Corr River between County Monaghan and County Armagh. The select committee was visiting where the N12 meets the A3 as part of a wider visit to inspect parts of 'the Border' between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.

Future plans
There are no immediate programmes to upgrade the N12. However, Monaghan County Council include a proposed realignment of the route in their development plan.

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Shadows in the Moonlight (short story)

"Shadows in the Moonlight" is one of the original short stories starring the fictional sword and sorcery hero Conan the Cimmerian, written by American author Robert E. Howard and first published in Weird Tales magazine in April 1934. Howard had originally named his story "Iron Shadows in the Moon". It's set in the fictional Hyborian Age and narrates Conan's escape to a remote island in the Vilayet Sea where he encounters the Red Brotherhood, a skulking creature, and mysterious iron statues.

The story was republished in the collections Conan the Barbarian (Gnome Press, 1954) and Conan the Freebooter (Lancer Books, 1968). It has more recently been published in the collections The Conan Chronicles Volume 1: The People of the Black Circle (Gollancz, 2000) and Conan of Cimmeria: Volume One (1932-1933) (Del Rey, 2003).

Plot summary
Olivia, having fled from her captivity in the city of Akif, is finally cornered near a marsh on the edge of the Vilayet Sea. Olivia's pursuer and former master is a sadistic rogue named Shah Amurath. Suddenly, before Amurath can lay his hands on Olivia, a figure rises from the reeds. The newcomer has witnessed all his friends betrayed and treacherously cut down to a man before escaping into the marshes. There, he has hidden out for so long he is nearly mad. The newcomer quickly kills Amurath, and he and Olivia climb aboard a boat while deciding to lie low for a while. Only then does the stranger identify himself: Conan the Cimmerian.

Conan rows towards a dark and apparently deserted island, where they spend the night sleeping near ancient ruins decorated with remarkably lifelike statues. Olivia has a bizarre dream where she witnesses a race of dark-skinned humanoids being transformed into statues by a vengeful god, and is convinced they will come to life in the moonlight. Conan is less than convinced by Olivia's fears; he's more concerned by whatever it is lurking in the jungle, lobbing giant boulders down at the two fugitives.

Eventually, a pirate ship arrives on the island. Leaving Olivia hidden in the foliage, Conan challenges their captain, an old rival. He slays the pirate captain, but is knocked unconscious by a stone from another pirate's sling. The pirates capture Conan and drag him to the ruins, where they discuss his fate, before passing out drunk. Meanwhile, Olivia narrowly escapes from a dark figure which pursues her close to the ruins.

Olivia sneaks past the drunken pirates and frees Conan. Soon, Conan slays the dark figure pursuing Olivia, a giant ape, which had also been hurling the boulders at them. As Conan recovers from his battle with the ape, he hears the beginning of a horrific slaughter back at the ruins.

The two quickly head back to the deserted pirate ship. As Conan prepares the ship to sail, a band of bruised and bewildered pirates appear while asking for his aid in leaving the "devil island". Conan challenges the pirates and they accept him as their new captain. At the end, Olivia begs Conan to allow her to stay with him and he, laughing, accepts, saying he will make her into a "Queen of the Blue Sea".

Adaptation
The story was adapted by Roy Thomas, John Buscema and Alfredo Alcala in Savage Sword of Conan #4 in 1974, then by Tim Truman and Tomás Giorello in Conan the Cimmerian #22-25 in 2010. The Marvel adaptation uses the title Iron Shadows in the Moon, and was reprinted in issue 13 of "Conan Saga" dated May 1988. In 2019, Editions Glénat published a new version by Virginie Augustin (script and pencils) in a one-shot volume (78 pages). The story has also been adapted by publishing company Ablaze in their "Cimmerian" series of comics as The Cimmerian: Iron Shadows in the Moon.

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The Devil in Iron

"The Devil in Iron" is one of the original stories by Robert E. Howard about Conan the Cimmerian, first published in Weird Tales in August 1934. Howard earned $115 for the publication of this story.

The plot concerns the resurrection of a mythical demon, the theft of a sacred dagger, and an unrelated trap that lures Conan to the island fortress roamed by the demon. The story's plot loopholes and borrowed elements from "Iron Shadows in the Moon" lead some Howard scholars to call this story the weakest of the early Conan tales.

Plot summary
The actions of a greedy fisherman awaken an ancient demon, Khosatral Khel, on the remote island of Xapur. Khel resurrects his fortress which once dominated the island, including its cyclopean walls, gigantic pythons, and undead citizens.

Meanwhile, an evil governor from Turan, Jehungir Agha, tricks Conan into pursuing Princess Octavia to the island of Xapur. Jehungir Agha plans for Conan to fall into a prepared trap on the island. The unforeseen resurrection of Khel and his ancient fortress interrupts Agha's original plan.

When Conan arrives on Xapur, he battles not only the mercenaries employed by Jehungir Agha, but also a giant serpent and the iron-fleshed Khosatral Khel.

Publication history
Weird Tales first published The Devil in Iron in the August 1934 issue. The story was republished in the collections Conan the Barbarian (Gnome Press, 1954) and Conan the Wanderer (Lancer Books, 1968). It has more recently been published in the collections The Conan Chronicles Volume 1: The People of the Black Circle (Gollancz, 2000) and Conan of Cimmeria: Volume One (1932–1933) (Del Rey, 2003).

Adaptation
Roy Thomas, John Buscema and Alfredo Alcala adapted this story in Savage Sword of Conan #15. The Dark Horse Comics series Conan the Slayer adapted the story in issues #8-11.

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Ernst Tugendhat

Ernst Tugendhat (8 March 1930 – 13 March 2023) was a Czechoslovakian-born German philosopher. He was a scion of the wealthy and influential Jewish Tugendhat family. They lived in Venezuela during the Nazi regime, and he studied first in Stanford University, then in Freiburg. He taught internationally in Europa and South America, with a focus on language analysis.

Life and career
Tugendhat was born in Brno, Czechoslovakia, to Fritz and Greta (Löw-Beer) Tugendhat, a wealthy Jewish family that had commissioned Mies van der Rohe to design of the Villa Tugendhat in Brno. In 1938 the family escaped the Nazi regime, first to St. Gallen, Switzerland, and later to settle in Caracas, Venezuela. Ernst had an older half-sister, Hanna Weiss, and three younger siblings – Herbert, Ruth, and Daniela. The last two children were born after the family migrated to Venezuela.

Tugendhat studied classics at Stanford University from 1944 to 1949, and went on to do graduate work in philosophy and classics at the University of Freiburg. He achieved his doctorate there with a thesis on Aristotle in 1956. During the years 1956 to 1958 he performed post-doctoral research at the University of Münster. From then until 1964 he was an assistant professor in the department of philosophy at the University of Tübingen, where, after spending 1965 lecturing at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, he gained his habilitation in 1966 analyzing the concept of truth in Edmund Husserl and Martin Heidegger.

Tugendhat was professor at the University of Heidelberg from 1966 to 1975. During the 1960s and 1970s, Heidelberg developed into one of the main scenes of the left-wing student protests in Germany. Because of the student movement and as a protest against the situation at German universities in the 1970s, Tugendhat gave up his position and relocated to Starnberg, where Jürgen Habermas worked at the time. In 1980 he moved to Berlin, becoming, like his friend Michael Theunissen, a professor of philosophy at the Free University of Berlin.

Tugendhat retired in 1992, but was a visiting professor in philosophy at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago (1992–1996), a researcher at the Institute for Human Sciences, Vienna (1996), and visiting professor at Charles University in Prague (1997–1998).

Tugendhat died in Freiburg on 12 March 2023 at age 93.

Awards
Tugendhat became a honorary professor of the Tübingen University in 1999, and in 2002 a fellow of the Kolleg Friedrich Nietzsche. He received an honorary doctorate from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid in 2005, and from the University of Zürich in 2009. In 2005 he was awarded the Meister Eckhart Prize; he donated the prize money to a school, "Talitha Kumi", in Beit Jala, Palestine.

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The People of the Black Circle

"The People of the Black Circle" is one of the original novellas about Conan the Cimmerian, written by American author Robert E. Howard and first published in Weird Tales magazine in three parts over the September, October and November 1934 issues. Howard earned $250 for the publication of this story.

It is set in the fictional Hyborian Age and concerns Conan kidnapping an exotic princess from Vendhya (prehistoric India), while foiling a nefarious plot of world conquest by the Black Seers of Yimsha. Due to its epic scope and atypical Hindustan flavor, the story is considered an undisputed classic of Conan lore and is often cited by Howard scholars as one of his best tales. It is also one of the few Howard stories where the reader is treated a deeper insight on magic and magicians beyond the stereotypical Hyborian depiction as demon conjurer-illusionist-priests.

Plot summary
This Conan story is set in mythical Hyborian versions of India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan (Vendhya and Afghulistan respectively).

The death of Bunda Chand, emperor of Vendhya, (via a curse channeled through Chand's soul with a lock of his own hair) leads to the ascension of his sister, Devi Yasmina, who vows to exact vengeance on his killers, the Black Seers of Yimsha. Meanwhile, Conan has become chief of a tribe of Afghuli hillmen. Seven of his warriors have been captured by the Vendhyans and Yasmina intends on using the hillmen as collateral to force Conan into killing her enemies. However, Conan infiltrates the fortress where his men are imprisoned and kidnaps Yasmina instead (with the intent of exchanging her for his seven men). Inside his subterranean temple, Yimsha agrees to an alliance with Kerim Shah, a mercenary working for King Yezdigerd of Turan, who had arranged for Bunda Chand's assassination so he could conquer Vendhya in the resulting turmoil. However, a man named Khemsa, who was Kerim Shah's contact with the Black Seers, has fallen in love with the devi's maid Gitara. These two abandon their previous agenda, execute the captured hillmen, and pursue Queen Yasmina to kill her as well.

Conan escapes into a Wazuli village near Zhaibar Pass and the Himelian Mountains (Hyborian equivalents of Khyber Pass and the Himalayas). Yar Afzal, chief of the village, is murdered by Khemsa, and the natives accuse Conan of killing him. He manages to escape with Yasmina. Soon, Khemsa catches up with Conan and Yasmina. However, his attack is interrupted by four rakshasas in service of Yimsha. The rakshasas kill Gitara, throw Khemsa down a cliff, stun Conan with an ancient spell, and capture Yasmina. Khemsa survives his fall off the cliffside long enough to give Conan a warning and his magic girdle.

Soon after, Kerim Shah and a tribe of Irakzais (Orakzai Pashtun people), hired by King Yezdigerd to capture Yasmina, encounter Conan. They join forces to rescue Yasmina, both explaining their private reasons for doing so, and approach the lair of Yimsha. All of the men are killed in their attempt. However, following Khemsa's advice, Conan succeeds in killing the Black Seers and rescuing Yasmina. As they escape, the two encounter the Turanian army in battle with Conan's tribe of hillmen, who blame him for the death of their captive fellows. Despite their attitude, Conan feels obliged to assist his tribe - but he is also loath to abandon the Devi. His problem is resolved when a Vendhyan army, invading the mountains to rescue their queen, arrives. Together, Conan with his Afghulis and Yasmina with her cavalry, they defeat the Turanian army. Conan leaves with the hillmen and Yasmina returns to her country.

Though they are strongly attracted to each other, the affair between Conan and Yasmina never gets beyond some kissing. Their respective roles pull them in opposite directions - she is Queen of Vendhiya, he's leader of nomadic hillmen engaged in constant robbery against Yasmina's domain. In the original Howard stories, they never meet again. In the 1957 novel Return of Conan, Björn Nyberg and L. Sprague de Camp allow the two rivals to encounter each other again for one night of intensive love-making, many years later - when he is already King of Aquilonia and there is no more a conflict of interest.

Reception
Everett F. Bleiler noted the story's "much spectacular magic and interesting characters." Fritz Leiber praised the story lavishly, comparing it to "the melodramas of Marlowe" and declaring, "it has stirring language, strong motives, awesome sorcerers, brilliant magical devices, sympathetic hero-villains, and a Conan subdued enough to make the outcome interesting."

Republishing history
The story was republished in the collections The Sword of Conan (Gnome Press, 1952) and Conan the Adventurer (Lancer Books, 1966). It was first published by itself in book form by Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc. in 1974. It has most recently been republished in the collections The Conan Chronicles Volume 1: The People of the Black Circle (Gollancz, 2000) and The Bloody Crown of Conan (Del Rey, 2005).

Adaptations
The story was adapted by Roy Thomas, John Buscema and Alfredo Alcala in Savage Sword of Conan #16-19 (Reprinted in 2008 by Dark Horse Comics in Savage Sword of Conan, Volume Two – ISBN 1-59307-894-3). Dark Horse Comics also adapted the story as a miniseries by Fred Van Lente. The story has also been adapted by publishing company Ablaze in their "Cimmerian" series of comics.

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