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Beta Draconis

Beta Draconis, a name Latinized from β Draconis, is a binary star system and the third-brightest star in the northern circumpolar constellation of Draco. The two components are designated Beta Draconis A (officially named Rastaban, the traditional name of the system) and B respectively. With a combined apparent visual magnitude of 2.79, it is bright enough to be easily seen with the naked eye. Based upon parallax measurements from the Hipparcos astrometry satellite, it lies at a distance of about 380 ly from the Sun. The system is drifting closer with a radial velocity of −21 km/s.

The binary system consists of a bright giant orbited by a dwarf companion once every four millennia or so. The companion is about 11 magnitudes fainter than the primary star, and the two are separated by $0.954$.

The spectrum of the primary, Beta Draconis A, matches a stellar classification of G2Ib-IIa, showing mixed features of a bright giant and a supergiant star, and is listed as a standard star for that spectral class. It is about 65 million years old and is currently undergoing its first convective dredge-up. Compared to the Sun, Beta Draconis A is an enormous star with six times the mass and roughly 40 times the radius. At this size, it is emitting about 950 times the luminosity of the Sun from its outer envelope at an effective temperature of 5,160 K, giving it the yellow hue of a G-type star. The star has a particularly strong chromospheric emission that is generating X-ray and far-UV radiation. There is a detectable magnetic field with a longitudinal field strength of $−21.00$.

Beta Draconis lies on or near the cepheid instability strip, yet only appears to be a microvariable with a range of about 1/100th of a magnitude. It was confirmed as a variable star with a range of about 1/100th of a magnitude by Gabriel Cristian Neagu using data from the TESS and Hipparcos missions. The variability was reported to the AAVSO (American Association of Variable Star Observers), in the Variable Star Index.

Nomenclature
β Draconis (Latinised to Beta Draconis) is the system's Bayer designation. The designations of the two components as Beta Draconis A and B derive from the convention used by the Washington Multiplicity Catalog (WMC) for multiple star systems, and adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU).

It bore the traditional name Rastaban, which has also been used for Gamma Draconis. This name, less commonly written Rastaben, derives from the Arabic phrase ra's ath-thu'ban "head of the serpent/dragon". It was also known as Asuia and Alwaid, the latter from the Arabic al-ʽawāʼidh "the old mother camels". In 2016, the IAU organized a Working Group on Star Names (WGSN) to catalogue and standardize proper names for stars. The WGSN approved the name Rastaban for the component Beta Draconis A on 21 August 2016 and it is now so included in the List of IAU-approved Star Names.

Beta Draconis is part of the asterism of the Mother Camels (Arabic al'awa'id), along with Gamma Draconis (Eltanin), Mu Draconis (Erakis), Nu Draconis (Kuma) and Xi Draconis (Grumium), which was later known as the Quinque Dromedarii.

In Chinese, 天棓 (Tiān Bàng), meaning Celestial Flail, refers to an asterism consisting of Beta Draconis, Xi Draconis, Nu Draconis, Gamma Draconis and Iota Herculis. Consequently, the Chinese name for Beta Draconis itself is known as 天棓三 (Tiān Bàng sān, the Third Star of Celestial Flail).

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Maria Aurora

Maria Aurora may refer to:

People

 * Maria Aurora Salvagno, Italian sprinter
 * Maria Aurora von Königsmarck, Swedish noblewoman
 * Maria Aurora Couto, Indian writer
 * Maria Aurora Uggla, Swedish lady-in-waiting
 * Maria Aurora Lopes, São Toméan politician
 * Maria Aurora von Spiegel, mistress of Augustus II the Strong
 * Maria Aurora (writer), Portuguese writer (1937–2010)

Places

 * Maria Aurora, Aurora, municipality in the Philippines
 * Maria Aurora National High School

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Adonis blue

The Adonis blue (Lysandra bellargus, also known as Polyommatus bellargus) is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It inhabits the Palearctic realm (Western Europe, Central Europe, Southern Europe, Southern Russia, Iraq, Iran, Caucasus, Transcaucasus, and Turkey).

It is found in chalk downland, in warm, sheltered spots, flying low over vegetation, seeking females that are rich chocolate brown in color. The male has brilliantly colored blue wings that give it its name.

Description
The male has the upper side wings a brilliant sky blue, with a fine black line round the edge and a white margin. The female is chocolate brown with a few blue scales near the base, and with orange spots, bordered by blue scales, around the edge of the hind wing. The fringes are chequered both sexes. The underside is brownish grey with black and orange crescent spots. The wingspan is about 3 cm. The caterpillar reaches 1.6 cm in length, has a dark green body with dark spines, and yellow bands along the back and sides.

Description in Seitz
L. bellargus Rott. (81 h). Of the size of icarus but the male above of a very light and glittering sky-blue: the female dark brown, with a red submarginal band and on the forewing a black discocellular spot. The underside bears some resemblance to that of coridon, as the rings of the ocelli are large and contrast conspicuously with the brown ground, which is especially dark in the female. Central and Southern Europe, as well as Anterior Asia as far as Kurdistan. — Of aberrations in the upperside we mention first the very light blue and very strongly glossy ab. adonis Hbn. The opposite development is found in ab. pallida Tutt which is duller and more lilac than ordinary bellargus. ab. suffusa Tutt (= czekelii Aign.) has the suffused blue shaded with plumbeous, which lessens the brilliancy of the colour, ab. ceronus Esp. are females whose upperside is strongly dusted with blue. — polonus Z. (81 c) [Lysandra × polonus (Zeller, 1845)] is found only in certain districts East Prussia, Russia, Syria and Spain; the light blue colour is shaded with silvery, the black border is somewhat broader and the hindwing bears dark dots at the outer margin. — females with the red submarginal band of the upperside very broad are ab. latefasciata Schultz — In Algeria flies a form which has a magnificent glossy blue upperside, is usually somewhat larger than Central European specimens and has distinct black spots before the distal margin of the hindwing above; this is punctifera Oberth. (81 c) [now a full species]. Also in Europe occur occasionally specimens with traces of some submarginal dots on the hindwing above, without the other characters of punctifera; Aigner-Abafi named this form ab. parvipuncta. If such dots are present on the forewing, we have ab. puncta Tutt. The ocelli of the underside may either be so enlarged that some become confluent (confluens Aign., striata Tutt), or they may become obsolete: ab. krodeli Gillm. (= cinnides Stgr., adonis Hbn. pt.) (81 c). The specimens in which only the usually present basal ocelli of the forewing are absent are ab. sapphirus Meig. — Egg semiglobular, with the top somewhat impressed, pale green, reticulated with white. Larva bright leaf-green, with dark dorsal stripe accompanied by small orange yellow spots, which form two subdorsal lines; similar yellow stripes on the sides; head black. Until April and again in the summer on Hippocrepis and Coronilla. Pupa green or brown, with a dark stripe on the back, on or close to the ground. The butterflies are on the wing in May and June and again in August, in the South a third time in September and October. They love open places, fallow ground, young plantations and sunny slopes; they rest in day-time with open wings and sleep on Umbels, Thistles, and Scabious, also on stalks of grass, keeping the wings tightly closed. When disturbed they fall with a jump into the grass. They are common at their flight-places in most districts and occur in mountains up to 2,100 metres (7,000 ft).

Taxonomy
German entomologist S. A. von Rottemburg described the Adonis blue in 1775 as Papilio bellargus, noting it was very rare locally but came to his garden in June.

Habitat
The preferred habitat of the Adonis blue is calcareous grasslands with hot and dry conditions. This is because the larva feeds on horseshoe vetch (Hippocrepis comosa) which is largely restricted to these habitats. This plant flourishes on sheep-grazed pastures and disappears after a few years when cattle graze. Sometimes human-created landforms provide refuges for the plant and the butterfly; an example of this is on Martin Down in Dorset, where horseshoe vetch only occurs on ancient earthworks with thin calcareous soils.

Species decline (Great Britain)
The Adonis blue is at the most northerly edge of its range in Britain and has always been restricted to the warmer dry calcareous grasslands of southern England. It has been declining over the last fifty years because its habitat has been disappearing through changing agricultural practices; over the whole of Britain there has been a decline of over 90% in numbers since 1950. It has been lost from Cambridgeshire, Essex and Suffolk; its strongholds are Dorset, Wiltshire, Sussex and the Isle of Wight. There are efforts from conservation organisations and local Biodiversity Action Plans to encourage the populations of chalk-grassland butterflies through managed grazing programs. The recent hot and dry weather associated with climate change seems to be beneficial for this species by making more habitats suitable. In 2006 it had returned to a site in the Cotswolds in Gloucestershire, where it had vanished 40 years previously.

Biology

 * Winter is passed as a small caterpillar
 * Habitat: Flowery hillsides on chalk and limestone
 * Food plant: Horseshoe vetch
 * Flight: May–September, in two broods

Etymology
Bellargus (from Latin, literally) - more beautiful than Argus ( Plebejus argus ).

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Victor Brooke

Sir Victor Alexander Brooke, 3rd Baronet (5 January 1843 – 23 November 1891 ), was an Anglo-Irish sportsman-naturalist and baronet. He was the father of Field Marshal The 1st Viscount Alanbrooke, and grandfather of The 1st Viscount Brookeborough, Prime Minister of Northern Ireland. He shot and collected game trophies from around the world, took a special interest in deer and antelope species and published the first scientific description of the Persian fallow deer as a new species in 1875.

Life
Brooke was born at Colebrooke Estate, County Fermanagh, the son of Sir Arthur Brooke, 2nd Baronet, an Ulster aristocrat and his wife Julia Henrietta née Anson in the north of Ireland and succeeded to his title and the Colebrooke Estate in 1854. His mother had been maid of honour to the Queen who acted as his Godmother. At the age of ten, his father died and he was taken care of by his uncle George Brooke. The estate was stocked with fallow deer and Brooke added Irish red and Japanese deer in 1870. He took to sport shooting at an early age and trained in horsemanship under Jim Mason. Along with his brother Harry he often went to Castle Caldwell, belonging to a cousin, John Bloomfield, for game shooting. He studied at Harrow and then traveled abroad, being a keen sportsman who enjoyed big game hunting. His hunting trips took him into the Pyrenees, the middle-east, and India. He was in touch with naturalists from around the world and was a Fellow of the Zoological Society. William Flower was first introduced to him in India by Edward Blyth in 1870 and wrote on Brooke's contributions to natural history. Brooke attended the meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science at Dublin in 1878.

Brooke described the Persian fallow deer in 1875 as a new species. Brooke's proposed work on antelopes remained unfinished at his death. The plates by Joseph Smit and Joseph Wolf were later reused in Philip Sclater and Oldfield Thomas's The Book of Antelopes (1894–1900).

He was a magistrate, deputy lieutenant and Sheriff of Fermanagh.

Personal life
Brooke married Alice Sophia, daughter of Sir Alan Edward Bellingham, 3rd Baronet, who he met at a party, in 1864. After their marriage they settled at a villa in Pau, France, where they had at least six children. The youngest was Alan - later Field Marshal The 1st Viscount Alanbrooke. Another son served in India as a military secretary to The 4th Earl of Minto, Victor Reginald Brooke (1873-1914), and took a keen interest in hunting. One grandson was The 1st Viscount Brookeborough, the third Prime Minister of Northern Ireland.

Brooke died of pneumonia in Pau in November 1891, aged 48, and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his eldest son, Arthur. Lady Brooke died in July 1920.

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Football World Cup
I notice that the article refers, in one place, to the football World Cup. This looks wrong to me as the World Cup doesn't need qualification and is referred later in the article as simply (and the more naturally sounding) the World Cup. No qualification.

Naturally anything relating to football is emotional (incendiary?) so sensitivity before jumping in and editing is called for.

Also, is it true that everyone refers to the tournament simply as the (unqualified) World Cup? Or, is a qualifier required in some cultures? - Pat McDonald 16:25, 5 December 2005 (UTC)

 * I agree with you there and since it's been half a year and no one has complained, I also changed it. Crito2161 17:38, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

Football/Soccer Issue

I think in this article, football should be referred to as soccer, because most people reading this will refer to it as soccer, not the other type of football with an oval ball. Agree? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.13.116.124 (talk • contribs) 19:30, 5 February 2006

 * While it is confusing for American readers perhaps, most of the world does refer to association football simply as football. As there is no World Cup for North American football, and Germany has a tradition in association football (while not in North American football), I do not see the point in changing it.  I did however make a link to the association football page just to clarify.  Crito2161 17:38, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

Mercedes-Benz
What does the following section have to do with the rest of the article?

 * Earlier on the same Sunday 4 July 1954, the "Silver Arrows" of Mercedes-Benz had made their comeback to Grand Prix motor racing, at the 1954 French Grand Prix in Reims, not too far away from both Switzerland and Germany. The design features and the performance of the new Mercedes-Benz W196 shocked the competition. The two main cars qualified and won 1-2 decisively, lapping the field, while the additional third car clocked the fastest lap. These cars would dominate racing until being retired at the end of the 1955 season.

Adding in the background information about the actual game makes sense but this has only the barest connection with the rest of the article, which is about the movie and has nothing to do with this race. I suggest it gets taken out, however I feel as if maybe I'm missing something as for why someone put it in. Comments? Unless someone says something, I'm taking it out. Crito2161 17:38, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Don't worry, Crito2161, I've removed it. The user who inserted it (user:Matthead) is fond of cars; very fond of cars. --die Baumfabrik 02:30, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

 * Excuse me, but the racing comeback on the very same day was definitively another sport success which boosted German spirit, and unlike the football team, the race cars kept on winning until retirement in late 1955. Imagine Ferrari returning with a 1-2 win from a 16 year F1 hiatus on the same day Italy wins the World Cup, and then dominating racing for years. -- Matthead discuß!    O       09:30, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

...his daughter flirts with his former enemies, American GIs...
How could she? Essen was part of the British, not the American occupation zone.

Am I, as it seems, really the first to notice that?

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Morven, Caithness

Morven (Scottish Gaelic: A' Mhòr Bheinn) is a mountain in Caithness, in the Highland Region of Scotland. The mountain is classed as a Graham and, at 706 metres, its summit is the highest point in the county of Caithness.

Caithness is generally quite low lying. Morven's relative height and conical appearance makes it a prominent feature of the landscape as seen from many different places in the county. It is among the most prominent of the mountains that can be seen across the Moray Firth from the area surrounding Buckie on clear days. Indeed, a street in the seaside village of Findochty is named Morven Crescent due to its view of the mountain Morven. Buckpool Golf Club's fifth hole is named Morven and Morven View is a not uncommon house name for properties in the Buckie area with a view over the Moray Firth.

There is also a Morven in Aberdeenshire.

Prince George, Duke of Kent, brother of King George VI, died in an air crash on a hillside near Morven on 25 August 1942 while serving in the Royal Air Force.

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Holly blue

The holly blue (Celastrina argiolus) is a butterfly that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family and is native to the Palearctic.

Description
The holly blue has pale silver-blue wings spotted with pale ivory dots. Seitz describes it "Male above shining violet blue, only the apical portion of the costal margin being minutely edged with white. The female has both wings broadly bordered with dark, the margin of the hindwing bearing vestiges of ocelli. Underside silver-white, in the disc a row of black dots, some of which are elongate, and before the margin blackish shadowy dots. Egg very flat, whitish. Larva green or brown, marked with yellowish white, bearing catenulate (chain-like) stripes on the back, on segment 7 a gland to attract ants; head brown. On Ivy, Ilex, Euonymus, Rhamnus, Robinia, Genista, Spartium, Astragalus, Rubus, Erica, Pyrus and many other plants; in Europe visited usually by ants of the genus Lasius; in June and the autumn. Pupa mostly fastened to the underside of a leaf, ochreous with brown spots and markings. The butterflies in the spring and again in July, occasionally a third time at the end of August and in September, everywhere common, particularly at the flowers of ivy and brambles." In Europe, the first generation feeds mainly on the holly species Ilex aquifolium but the second generation uses a range of food plants.

The holly blue is the national butterfly of Finland.

Taxonomy
This species was originally described as Papilio argiolus by Carl Linnaeus in 1758, and refers to the examples flying in Europe. In their monograph on the Lycaenopsis group of polyommatine genera, Eliot & Kawazoe, 1983, list 14 taxa as valid subspecies names, plus many further synonyms to which they accord lesser status. According to Eliot & Kawazoe, 1983, these 14 subspecies are divided into four groups as follows:

Palaearctic & North African
 * The argiolus group

 * C. a. argiolus
 * C. a. bieneri
 * C. a. hypoleuca
 * =paraleuca Rober

 * C. a. mauretanica
 * =algirica Oberthur

South and South-East Asian
 * The kollari group

 * C. a. iynteana
 * =sikkima Moore
 * =victoria Swinhoe
 * =herophilus Fruhstorfer
 * =cition Fruhstorfer
 * =bothrinoides Chapman
 * =puspargiolus Chapman
 * =albocaeruloides Chapman

 * C. a. kollari
 * =kasmira Moore
 * =coelestina Kollar
 * =trita Swinhoe

Far Eastern
 * The ladonides group

 * C. a. caphis
 * =crimissa Fruhstorfer

 * C. a. ladonides
 * =levettii Butler
 * =sachalinensis Esaki
 * =heringi Kardakoff

 * C. a. sugurui

Common names
In India, C. argiolus is known as the hill hedge blue.

Range
Found in Eurasia. In South Asia, it occurs from Chitral in Pakistan to Kumaon in India.

Population cycle
The holly blue is subject to marked population cycles which appear to be caused by interactions with the parasitoid ichneumon wasp Listrodromus nycthemerus. The wasp lays an egg on a holly blue caterpillar, inserting the egg into the caterpillar's body and the adult wasp emerges from the chrysalis, killing the chrysalis before its emergence. The population of the butterfly is tracked by that of the wasp, when butterfly populations are low the wasp population falls and this allows the butterfly population to increase and the population of L. nycthemerus can increase as there are more hosts available to be parasitised. As more caterpillars are parasitised the butterfly population crashes.

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User talk:Blackadderfanzone

Blackadderfanzone.bravehost.com This is a fanzone setup by Matthew Waterworth. Matthew is 17 years old and lives in Cornwall in the UK. This is a site for ALL blackadder fans alike and he wants you to go on and join today

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User talk:MuteKevin

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The Lavender Cowboy

"The Lavender Cowboy" was originally a 1923 humorous poem by American pulp editor and publisher Harold Hersey about an unmanly cowboy "with only two hairs on his chest" who comes out a hero. It was then set to music and appeared in the 1930 Western film Oklahoma Cyclone. Several versions have since been recorded.

It has been banned from radio airplay because the lyrics are considered suggestive of homosexuality.

Lyrics
He was only a lavender cowboy And the hairs on his chest were but two He wanted to be a real hero And do as the real heroes do

Erbecini's and other hair lotions He would rub on his chest every night But when he awoke in the morning Not a new hair was in sight

He fought for Nellie, your honor And he cleaned out a whole robber's nest He died with his six guns a smokin' But with only two hairs on his chest

Well they buried him out on the prairie Where the coyotes howl every night And in the place where his bones lay Two cacti have grown into sight.

Other versions are somewhat less sympathetic to the hapless wrangler. In one, having failed to impress Nellie, he goes on a binge and breaks into the local saloon at night, "making off with the strawberry gin". This leads to his demise.

They shot the lavender cowboy and said as they laid him to rest "You're better off now boy coz you can't be a cowboy with only two hairs on your chest".

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Taboo (disambiguation)

A taboo is a social prohibition or ban.

Taboo may also refer to:

Film, television, and plays

 * Taboo (1922 play), by Mary Hoyt Wiborg
 * Taboo (film series), a 1980s series of pornographic movies
 * Taboo (1980 film), the first of the above series
 * Taboo (1999 film), a Japanese film
 * Taboo (2002 film), an American film
 * Taboo (2015 film), an Iranian film
 * Taboo (musical), a 2002 play about the life of Boy George
 * Taboo (2002 TV series), a documentary series on National Geographic Channel
 * Taboo (2017 TV series), a period drama on BBC One
 * Taboo (Australian TV series), a comedic series on Network 10

Literature

 * Taboo (book), a book containing a series of lectures on the subject by Franz Baermann Steiner
 * Taboo (comics), an anthology published by Stephen R. Bissette

Music

 * Taboo (group), a German Eurodance group
 * Taboo (Buck-Tick album), 1989
 * Taboo (Ronald Shannon Jackson album), 1990
 * "Taboo" (Christabelle Borg song), 2018 song that represented Malta in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018
 * "Taboo" (Don Omar song), 2011
 * "Taboo" (Glamma Kid song), 1999
 * "Taboo" (Kumi Koda song), 2008
 * Taboo (rapper) (born 1975), member of The Black Eyed Peas
 * "Taboo" or "Tabú", Afro-Cuban song by Margarita Lecuona, covered by many others
 * "Taboo", a 1998 song by Claudia Christian
 * "Taboo", a song by September from the 2007 album Dancing Shoes
 * "Taboo", a song by Diaura from the album Focus
 * taboo, a 2008 album and song of Max Koffler

Other uses

 * Taboo (drink), a vodka based liqueur with wine and tropical fruit juices
 * Taboo (game), a 1989 word guessing party game
 * Taboo: The Sixth Sense, a 1989 tarot reading video game by Rare

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Talk:Football for Hope

The list of players is incorrect
Other players were present, such as David Beckham and Thierry Henry. 82.9.22.46 (talk) 23:19, 10 February 2017 (UTC)

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St. John the Baptist Church, Mumbai

St. John the Baptist Church is an abandoned and ruined church presently located within the SEEPZ Industrial Area, in Andheri, Mumbai, India. It was built by the Portuguese Jesuits in 1579 and opened to public worship on the feast of John the Baptist that year. It also had an attached graveyard. The church was abandoned in 1840 after an epidemic hit the village. Fr. José Lourenço Pais, the then Vicar of Kondivita transferred the church to the nearby Marol village. The baptismal font, pillars and altars were transferred to the new church.

After abandonment, the church fell into decay and vegetation started to take over the ruins. Despite being abandoned, the native Christians visit the church once every year, as is traditional worldwide.

The church was handed back to Fr. Rodney Esperance of Bombay Archdiocese in 2003 by the then Maharashtra Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde.

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Antoine Wiertz

Antoine Joseph Wiertz (22 February 1806 – 18 June 1865) was a Belgian painter, sculptor, lithographer and art writer. He is known for his religious, historical, and allegorical works and portraits. He was an eccentric figure who originally was much influenced by the works of Peter Paul Rubens and Michelangelo. Some of his works are erotic and macabre and presage Belgian Symbolism. While snubbed by contemporary art critics, he enjoyed the support of the new Belgian state, which in return for his paintings assisted him in building his personal studio/home in Brussels (now the Wiertz Museum), where the artist worked on his art and writings as a recluse.

Early life
He was born in Dinant as the son of Louis-François Wiertz (born in Rocroi in 1782) and Catherine Disière, a daily wage earner (born in Leffe 1768-1844). His father had previously been a soldier in Napoleon I's army and was, from 1814 until his death in 1822, a brigadier in the military police of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, His father reportedely instilled in him the ambition to become a great man. At an early age, he showed a talent for drawing, modelling and woodcarving.

Paul de Maibe, member of the Lower House of the States General for the Province of Namur and owner of ironworks in Wiertz's native town Dinant, noticed the young Wiertz's talent for the plastic arts, took him under his wing. He helped him secure a place at the Antwerp art academy in 1820, when he was only 14 years old. Thanks to his protector de Maibe king William I of the Netherlands awarded him an annual stipend from 1821 onwards. Wiertz's artistic mentors at the academy, Mattheus Ignatius van Bree (1773-1839) and Willem Jacob Herreyns (1743-1827), further stimulated his love for Flemish painting and particularly for the work of Peter Paul Rubens. Herreyns was, in fact, the last follower of Rubens in the 18th century, when interest in the painter had been superseded by neoclassicism. From that moment on, the oeuvre of Rubens would remain for Wiertz a shining example to be emulated.

In 1828, Wiertz came out second in the competition for the prestigious  Prix de Rome of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands. Between November 1829 and May 1832, he stayed in Paris, where he made a living painting portraits. He studied the old masters at the Louvre where he admired Rubens' works but turned his nose up at contemporary French masters such as David, Géricault and Girodet, all three of whom had died a few years earlier.

After the independence of Belgium he won the inaugural Prix de Rome of Belgium) in 1832. The 10.000 frank prize enabled him to travel to Rome to further his studies. He joined the French Academy at Rome in Rome, where he resided from May 1834 until February 1837. Upon his return, he established himself in Liège with his mother.

During his stay in Rome, Wiertz worked on his first great work, "Greeks and Trojans fighting for the body of Patroclus" (finished in 1836), on a subject borrowed from book XVII of Homer's Iliad. It was admired during his stay in Rome and exhibited in Antwerp in 1837, where it met with some success. Wiertz submitted the work for the Paris Salon of 1838, but it arrived too late and was refused.

Mature works
At the Paris Salon of 1839, Wiertz showed not only his Patrocles, but also three other works: Madame Laetitia Bonaparte on her deathbed, The fable of the three wishes — Man's insatiability and Christ entombed. Badly hung and lit, his entry elicited indifference on the part of the public, and provoked sarcasm among the critics. Charles Baudelaire described Wiertz as '...that infamous poseur, […] a charlatan, idiot, thief […] who does not know how to draw and whose stupidity is as massive as his giants'. Baudelaire's criticism would set the tone for Wiertz's reception in the twentieth century.

His humiliation at the Paris salon of 1839 led to a profound rancour against art critics and against Paris, as expressed in his virulent pamphlet Bruxelles capitale, Paris province. In 1844, Wiertz painted a second version of his Patrocles on an even bigger scale than the first (the 1836 version measures 3.85 by 7.03 meters, the 1844 version 5.20 by 8.52 meter). The 1836 version is now in the Museum of Walloon Art in Liège, the 1844 in the Wiertz Museum in Brussels.

After the Paris disaster, Wiertz veered more and more towards the excessive. A fine example is the monumental The Fall of the rebellious Angels, 1841, painted on an arched canvas of 11.53 by 7.93 meter. He received national recognition in his home country and was made Knight of the Order of Leopold.

The death of his mother in 1844 was a terrible blow to the artist. He left Liège in 1845 to settle in Brussels for good. During this period he painted a confrontation of Beauty and Death, Two young girls (The beautiful Rosine) (1847), which remains perhaps his most famous work.

Dissatisfied with the shiny effect of oil painting in particular in large canvases, he developed a new technique combining the smoothness of oil painting with the speed of execution and the dullness of painting in fresco. This technique of mat painting entailed the use of a mixture of colours, turpentine and petrol on holland. The Homeric battle (1853) was the first big-scale painting executed in this technique. However, the components used in this technique are responsible for the slow decay of the works produced with it and have impacted on the critical reception of the artist's work. The use of the chemicals may also have contributed to the artist's early death after suffering from ill health for a long time.

Many of his works from the 1850s have a social or philosophical message, often translated in delirious imagery, like Hunger, Madness and Crime (1853), The Reader of Novels (1853), Suicide (1854), The premature burial (1854) and The last gun (1855).

Wiertz was also a fine portrait painter, who made self-portraits at various ages. As a sculptor, he produced his most important project towards the end of his life: a series of plasters representing The Four Ages of Man (1860–1862), reproduced in marble for the Wiertz museum by Auguste Franck.

Influenced mainly by Rubens and the late Michelangelo, Wiertz' monumental painting often moves between classical academism and lurid romanticism, between the grandiose and the ridiculous. Although his work was often derided as art pompier (firefighter art), his pictorial language nevertheless presage Symbolism and a certain kind of Surrealism, two currents that would play an important role in Belgian painting.

Later life
After difficult negotiations with the Belgian government, Wiertz was able to realize his dream to turn his last studio into a museum for his works. The Belgian State bought a piece of land and funded the construction of a huge hall to accommodate the painter's monumental works. In exchange, Wiertz donated all his works to the Belgian State, with the express proviso that they should remain in his studio both during and after his lifetime.

Wiertz died in his studio. His remains were embalmed in accordance with Ancient Egyptian burial rites and buried in a vault in the municipal cemetery of Ixelles.

A copy of one of Antoine Wiertz's works, the statue of The Triumph of Light was once prominently located high on San Francisco's Mount Olympus between the Haight-Ashbury and Corona Heights. It had been presented to the city of San Francisco by Adolph Sutro in 1887. Over the years due to lack of care and maintenance the statue fell into disrepair. By the late 1930s, even the history and origins of the statue were no longer common knowledge in San Francisco, and by the mid-1950s, the statue disappeared. All that remains today is the pedestal and base of the monument.

Wiertz Museum
The Antoine Wiertz Museum is now one of the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium. It is located at 62, rue Vautier/Vautierstraat in Ixelles, in the heart of the Leopold Quarter, near Brussels-Luxembourg railway station. The Rue Wiertz runs from the museum through the European Parliament complex, in an unintended echo of Wiertz' call for Brussels to become the capital of Europe.

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Dallas Zoo

Dallas Zoo (also called the Dallas Zoological Park) is a 106 acre zoo located 3 mi south of downtown Dallas, Texas, in Marsalis Park. Established in 1888, it is the oldest and largest zoological park in Texas and is managed by the non-profit Dallas Zoological Society. It is home to over 2,000 animals representing 406 species. It is an accredited member of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA), and is a member of the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA).

In 2009, the Dallas City Council unanimously approved the construction of the 11 acre Giants of the Savanna Exhibit, and also voted to privatize the zoo. In recent years, attendance has surged. In 2015, the zoo achieved an annual attendance of 1 million+ visitors for the first time. The Dallas Zoological Society is supported by over 25,500 membership households. The DZS manages all fundraising, membership, special events, food services, retail operation, volunteer programs, marketing, and public relations for the zoo under management contract with the City of Dallas.

History
The zoo was established in 1888. The zoo's first purchase was two deer and two mountain lions for $60 from a private seller in Colorado City, Colorado. The animals were placed in pens and put on display in City Park. In the 1890s, the Dallas City Council approved funding for the zoo and more animals were purchased and added to the zoo's collection. The zoo called City Park home until 1910, when it was relocated to Fair Park. In 1912, the zoo moved to 36 acres in Marsalis Park which the city had purchased in 1909, from which it has expanded to its current size. Under the leadership of Zoo Commissioner William H. Atwell, the zoo acquired many more animals as well as exhibits. In the 1920s, a special Zoo Commission was created by the city and the collection was further developed with the acquisition of numerous specimens from game hunter and trapper Frank Buck. In the Depression era of the 1930s, the facilities at the zoo underwent extensive renovation funded by the Works Progress Administration.

The Dallas Zoological Society was established in 1955 to support the zoo.

By the 1960s, the zoo was a popular and profitable attraction. In 1966, the zoo displayed over five hundred species of animals. However, by the 1980s, attitudes began to change from the profit-driven display of animals towards scientific research and the humane treatment of animals strongly advocated by the AZA. More emphasis was put on saving endangered species, partly by breeding animals in captivity. The Dallas Zoo cooperated with this program and was accredited in 1985. Around the same time, Zoo Director Warren J. Iliff proposed an addition to be known as the Wilds of Africa. Herbert W. Reimer, a New York architect, designed the Wilds of Africa with a "zoogeographic grouping" of African animals. In addition to a nature trail, he further envisioned a slow moving monorail that visitors could ride and observe as if on safari. Two bond measures, amounting to $30.4 million, brought the expansion from the drawing board in 1983 to its opening in June 1990.

On June 14, 1996, rail and bus service arrived at the zoo. Dallas Zoo station opened on the first phase of the. The connection to DART made getting to the zoo significantly more convenient.

In 1997, the 19,000 sqft Kimberly-Clark Chimpanzee Forest exhibit opened to the public.

On May 8, 1999, the 2 acre, $4.5 million ExxonMobil Endangered Tiger Habitat opened.

On September 3, 2008, the zoo announced it had received the largest gift in its 120-year history, a $5 million donation from Harold Simmons. This donation, as well as other factors, allowed the zoo to fast track the construction of the Giants of the Savanna habitat.

On August 12, 2009, the Dallas City Council voted unanimously to turn the zoo over to private management. On October 1, 2009, the zoo's management responsibilities, animals, and employees were officially turned over to the Dallas Zoological Society.

On May 28, 2010, the Giants of the Savanna habitat opened to national acclaim.

On April 1, 2015, the Dinosaur exhibit opened hosting over 20 animatronic dinosaurs.

Exhibits
The zoo is divided into two major regions: ZooNorth and Wilds of Africa. ZooNorth is the original and oldest section of the zoo. The Wilds of Africa region was constructed seventy-eight years after ZooNorth and is accessed from ZooNorth via a tunnel beneath Clarendon Drive. It includes Giants of the Savanna, which was opened in 2010. Visitors can download the Dallas Zoo iPhone app to assist them in navigating the zoo. The zoo app is free and provides information about hours, admission, parking, directions, animals, membership, educational programs, and special events, as well as maps. The zoo is the first in the United States to offer visitors such an app in both English and Spanish.

ZooNorth
ZooNorth is the original and oldest section of the zoo. It features a wide range of exhibits such as the Otter Outpost, Galápagos tortoises, and Bug U!. The Hill, one of the original parts of the zoo, was closed as many of the animals there were moved to the new Giants of the Savanna exhibit. One of the more recent additions to ZooNorth is the Wildlife Amphitheater. The Wildlife Amphitheater is home to SOAR! A Festival of Flight. Primate Place features monkeys, with species from Africa and South America. ZooNorth is also home to the Pierre A. Fontaine Bird & Reptile Building where visitors are encouraged to learn about endangered reptiles, amphibians, and what can be done to save them.

The ExxonMobil Endangered Tiger Habitat is a 2 acre, $4.5 million habitat that opened on May 8, 1999, and resembles a forest in the process of regrowth after logging. A glass viewing area and pathways allow the visitor to observe Sumatran tigers and Malayan tigers. The tigers' lush exhibits feature sun and shade, shallow pools with deep channels, running streams with hot rocks, perching rocks, and climbing/clawing trees. The observation area of the exhibit consists of two buildings; House of Tiger and House of Man, designed in the Thai pole house style. The complex acts as a bridge spanning the Valley of the Tiger placing the visitors in the center of the tiger's landscape.
 * Endangered Tiger Habitat

The Lacerte Family Children's Zoo in ZooNorth is home to the Nature Exchange, the JC Penney Discovery House, the UnderZone, a petting zoo, and pony rides. It also features an artificial creek that children are encouraged to splash around in.
 * Children's Zoo

An exhibit that teaches children about the zoo's extensive collection of invertebrates (i.e. a termite colony, honey bee colony, Texas leafcutter ants, black widows, and brown recluse spiders).
 * BUG U!

Wilds of Africa
The other half of the zoo is the Wilds of Africa. Opened in 1990, it was the first exhibit to feature all of the major habitats of Africa. Visitors can visit the rain forests, mountains, woodlands, rivers, deserts, and bush of Africa. The Nature Trail takes visitors through the rain forest past two large, naturalistic gorilla habitats. Nile crocodiles, wattled cranes, and a few other animals are seen before the Forest Aviary. In the middle of the forest is the Kopje, home to rock hyraxes, klipspringers, and meerkats. The rain forest/watering hole is also home to hippopotamus and okapi, which the zoo, in the case of the latter, is famous for in both its breeding and research. About 20 percent of okapi in zoos in the U.S. and Japan can trace their lineage back to it.

Penguin Cove is home to about a dozen African penguins. The penguins can be seen above and under the water as they walk and swim around their exhibit.
 * Penguin Cove

The 19,000 sqft Kimberly-Clark Chimpanzee Forest exhibit opened in 1997. Visitors can observe the chimpanzees from the open air viewing station or from the floor-to-ceiling observation windows. Chimpanzee Forest features a waterfall, stream, climbing structures, trees and rocks that are heated in the winter and cooled in the summer. Another feature is an artificial termite mound where the chimpanzees can fish with long sticks for special treats, such as peanut butter and honey. In addition to their food from the zoo commissary, there are more than 40 edible plants in their area for them to forage on.
 * Chimpanzee Forest

Originally opened in 1990, the Gorilla Research Center is a 2 acre habitat featuring a lush naturalistic landscape. The habitat was designed in a way that encourages the gorillas to roam freely in an environment that replicates, as closely as possible, their native equatorial forest habitat. The exhibit includes two areas, separated by a wall, which provide enough room for two gorilla troops. The exhibit closed in 2004 and reopened in 2006 after undergoing a $2.2 million renovation to raise the exhibit walls from 12 feet to 15 feet and add a visitor's center.
 * Gorilla Research Center

The visitor's center is known as the Gorilla Research Station. It features high vantage points and floor-to-ceiling windows where visitors can interact with the gorillas and have their questions answered by on site gorilla guides. The habitat is currently home to two troops of western gorillas; a bachelor troop and a family troop. The bachelors are named Juba, B'wenzi, Shana, and Zola. Juba and B'wenzi came to the Dallas Zoo in 2011 and Shana and Zola, half-brothers, arrived in 2013. The family troop members are Subira, the silverback, Madge, and her daughter, Shanta, and Megan. The goal was for former silverback Patrick and one of the females to breed but in September 2013 the plan was abandoned due to Patrick's lack of interest in reproducing.

Crocodile Isle allows visitors to view Nile crocodiles from behind glass. Visitors can watch crocodiles swim, lounge in the sun, and even devour their food at public feedings.
 * Crocodile Isle

The Forest Aviary contains colorful and exotic birds native only to Africa in a habitat featuring a wooded landscape, rock cliffs, and a tranquil stream.
 * Forest Aviary

The Wilds of Africa Adventure Safari is a 20-minute, one-mile, narrated monorail ride, which travels around the watering hole (hippopotamus) rain forest (okapi), mountain (Nubian ibex), woodlands (Grévy's zebra), river (waterbuck, great white pelicans, Goliath herons, blue cranes), arid desert (scimitar-horned oryx, addra gazelle), semi-arid desert (addax, gemsbok, ostrich) and bush (gerenuk, black crowned cranes, greater kudu, Thomson's gazelle, marabou storks) exhibits.
 * Wilds of Africa Adventure Safari

The monorail features aerial views of the Simmons Hippo Outpost, Chimpanzee Forest, Nile crocodile, and Penguin Cove exhibits, which are also accessible via the Nature Trail. The monorail originally opened in 1990 but after two decades of use and over a million passengers, the attraction began to show its age with aging infrastructure and several electrical outages that left passengers stranded on the tour. The final incident in August 2014 prompted zoo officials to shut down the attraction for evaluation. Following the evaluation the DZS decided a $3 million renovation was in order. On March 25, 2016, the Monorail Safari reopened as the Wilds of Africa Adventure Safari featuring a new sound system, an upgraded station, air-conditioning, upgraded mechanical and electrical components and new graphics on the individual cars. Additionally, a diesel powered tug is now on standby to nudge the trains back to the station in the event of a power failure.

Phase II of the Wilds of Africa, Giants of the Savanna, opened on May 28, 2010. This is an 11 acre expansion to the current Wilds of Africa, and features four female African bush elephants, a large herd of reticulated giraffes, African lions, South African cheetahs, impala, Grant's zebras, ostriches, black rhinos, guineafowl, warthogs, red river hogs and the newest attraction African wild dogs. Visitors have the opportunity to feed lettuce leaves and rye crackers to the herd of giraffe at the Giraffe Feeding Station. Five of the eleven acres are dedicated to the eight African bush elephants; Jenny, Gypsy, Kamba, Congo, Tendaji, Mlilo, Zola, Ajabu. The elephants' facilities are state of the art with padded floors and a community room with seven feet of dirt that allows the pachyderms to indulge their natural inclination for digging. The exhibit is the first in North America to mix elephants with giraffes, zebras, ostriches, impala, and guineafowl.
 * Giants of the Savanna

Also in the exhibit is a pride of four lions and a family of three cheetahs. In between the lion and cheetah exhibits, there is a "Predator Encounter" area where the keepers give educational talks. Climate controlled rocks draw the lions to a floor-to-ceiling bay window at the Serengeti Grill, where they sit or lay within mere inches of diners. On March 11, 2016, five new African elephants arrived from Eswatini's Hlane Royal National Park in order to survive a drought. Two years later, Nolwazi and her daughter Amahle were transferred to Fresno Chaffee Zoo in Fresno, California.

Awards
On October 6, 2011, the zoo received special recognition from the Association of Zoos and Aquariums for the Giants of the Savanna Habitat. The $32.5 million habitat is the first in North America, as well as one of the first on the planet, to combine a variety of large species in a single exhibit in order to re-create the landscape of the African savanna.

Conservation
The zoo is highly proactive in species preservation and conservation efforts and participates in over 40 Species Survival Plans (SSP) with the Association of Zoos and Aquariums. The following is a list of the Species Survival Plans (SSP) that the zoo is involved with

• Addax

• Addra gazelle

• African elephant

• African lion

• African penguin

• African wild dog

• Allen's swamp monkey

• Andean condor

• Arabian oryx

• Aruba Island rattlesnake

• Bali starling

• Bengal tiger

• Black rhinoceros

• Eastern bongo

• Cheetah

• Chestnut-mandibled toucan

• Chimpanzee

• Chinese alligator

• Cottontop tamarin

• Fishing cat

• Geoffroy's spider monkey

• Giant panda

• Golden lion tamarin

• Great hornbill

• Grévy's zebra

• Grey parrot

• Hippopotamus

• Indian rhinoceros

• Jaguar

• Komodo dragon

• Kori bustard

• Lake Victoria cichlids

• Louisiana pine snake

• Malayan tiger

• Mandrill

• Mona monkey

• Ocelot

• Okapi

• Oriental small-clawed otter

• Pink pigeon

• Puerto Rican crested toad

• Radiated tortoise

• Rhinoceros hornbill

• Ring-tailed lemur

• Ruffed lemur

• Scimitar oryx

• Snow leopard

• Somali giraffe

• Spectacled langur

• Sumatran tiger

• Thick-billed parrot

• Toco toucan

• Wattled crane

• Western lowland gorilla

• White-cheeked gibbon

• White rhinoceros

The zoo supports many conservation projects including Okapi Conservation - Epulu Research Station, Zaire, International Rhino Foundation, Chimp Haven, Bushmeat Crisis Task Force, Gray's Monitor Lizard In The Philippines, Taxon Advisory Groups (Tag), Bowling For Rhinos, and the Thailand Hornbill Project - Adopt A Hornbill Nest. In addition to conservation, sustainability efforts by the zoo include growing bamboo and cabbage to function as part of the landscape aesthetic throughout the zoo. The overgrowth is harvested and used as food for the zoo's herbivores.

The zoo collects and recycles cell phones through a program called ECO-CELL. The objective of both the zoo and ECO-CELL is to reduce coltan mining. Coltan is a raw material used in the manufacturing process of cell phones and it is mined almost exclusively in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The mining results in a loss of habitat for gorillas, elephants, okapi and many others. For every cell phone recycled through ECO-CELL, the zoo receives a donation to its conservation fund. ECO-CELL has partnerships with over 110 zoos and is a member of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA).
 * Cell Phone Recycling

Events
Safari Nights is the zoo's concert series that takes place on eight consecutive Saturday nights during the summer season.

Running For Rhinos is a 1k or 5k run to raise money to help protect rhinos in the wild. The event features door prizes, massages, awards, and foods.

Halloween Nights at the Dallas Zoo is a four night event held every October just days before Halloween.

Zoo To Do is the zoo's annual fundraising gala. Patrons of this exclusive event have the opportunity to view the animals, enjoy food from some of Dallas’ top chefs, bid on auction items, and dance.

Dollar Day at the zoo is held one day in July and one day in November. The zoo shows its appreciation to the community for its support with $1 admission all day. Families can look for dollar deals on food, drinks and gifts throughout the zoo.

Zoo Lights is the zoo's Christmas celebration event. Visitors can drive through a one-mile long trail that has over one million lights. Many of the lights are in the shape of zoo animals.

Future
In Spring 2017, hippos returned to the zoo for the first time since the death of their last hippo 15 years back with the opening of Simmons Hippo Outpost. In February 2016 ground was broken on the $13.5 million, 3.5 acre immersive habitat that houses three Nile hippos; one male and two females. The habitat features an overlook deck and an underwater viewing area as well as be visible from the Wilds of Africa Monorail Safari.

The Dallas Zoo Conservation Education & Science Center is a proposed 70400 sqft facility that will be located adjacent to ZooNorth. The facility will be a teaching laboratory for conservation of the world ecology systems and will be LEED certified silver level category. It will include research, teaching and interpretive facilities, and will become the new entrance to the zoo. This project is currently in the design phase and on hold pending funding.

Transportation
The nearest DART station is Dallas Zoo on the. The zoo is also served by bus routes 19, 515 and 522.

Every Monday and Tuesday, from March through December, the zoo offers $2 off admission to visitors who present their same-day DART pass at the Dallas Zoo ticket booth.

Incidents
On November 28, 1998, a male gorilla named Hercules attacked a female zookeeper, biting her 33 times, after a gate was inadvertently left open while she was cleaning his holding pen. Hercules was tranquilized with a dart gun and was returned to his enclosure. The zookeeper was hospitalized for three weeks and spent a year in physical therapy.

In 1999, Jenny, then the zoo's oldest gorilla, wandered into the staff area through an unlocked door. She encountered a group of startled zoo staff, one of whom firmly told her to go back into her enclosure, which she promptly did. Zoo staff then relocked the door without further incident.

In 2000, a chimpanzee named Judy climbed out of her enclosure on her first day outside, apparently ignoring shocks from an electric fence. She was then electrocuted climbing on power lines.

On March 18, 2004, a gorilla named Jabari scaled a retaining wall and injured four visitors. He was fatally shot by a police SWAT team after being pursued by zoo employees through the Wilds of Africa exhibit. This incident prompted several zoos to create or enhance emergency response teams to deal with escaped animals. The Jake L. Hamon Gorilla Research Center was redesigned with new landscape, taller walls, and expanded viewing areas for visitors, including an air conditioned visitor center with floor-to-ceiling windows, videos, and on-site “gorilla guides” to answer questions and point out interesting facts. The exhibit is home to two gorilla troops.

On February 13, 2010, a female gorilla named Tufani escaped from her enclosure after a zookeeper unlocked the door, failing to notice that two gorillas were inside, and turned away. The zookeeper then saw Tufani walking down a hallway in the staff area and triggered a "code red", activating safety procedures put into place after Jabari's escape; she then locked herself in another part of the staff area with another employee. Zoo staff converged on the gorilla habitat, found Tufani, tranquilized her, and safely returned her to the enclosure. No visitors were endangered because the zoo was closed due to snow; however, the incident triggered an investigation by the United States Department of Agriculture.

On November 17, 2013, one of the male lions, either Dinari or Kamaia, killed Johari, one of the three lionesses. Witnesses to the tragedy say that it appeared that both of the male lions were simply roughhousing with Johari. Apparently one of the males seized Johari by the neck, cutting off her oxygen supply. Witnesses said they didn't know Johari had been killed until she went visibly limp. By then, zoo keepers were on the scene throwing meat into the habitat in an attempt to distract the two brothers. Dallas Zoo officials later confirmed that Johari sustained no other wounds and was killed quickly by the bite she suffered to the neck. A reason for the attack was not immediately determined.

On July 28, 2015, a giraffe calf named Kipenzi died when she broke her neck after accidentally running into the edge of her herd's enclosure. Kipenzi was born into fame after her birth was broadcast and streamed live on Animal Planet.

On July 4, 2019, Ola, an eight year old African painted dog recently obtained by the Dallas Zoo, was found dead in her back enclosure. She died after her pack mates, Mzingo and Jata, attacked her and delivered wounds that were fatal. Ola was transported from the Columbus Zoo a few weeks prior to her death and seemed to get along well with her packmates. The Dallas Zoo said on Twitter the dogs were only exhibiting natural behavior and did nothing wrong.

On March 27, 2020, the Dallas Zoo revealed on social media that silverback gorilla Subira had died of heart failure. He had a cough that was being monitored; zoologists believed he had "nothing more of a common cold". A necropsy revealed that Subira had a cardiovascular disease. The zoo had worked closely in research on how to prevent heart disease in male gorillas, the leading cause of death in them. It was also stated that Subira was healthy and examinations confirmed that nothing else was wrong with him besides his heart condition. The Dallas Zoo stated that the gorilla did not contract the deadly COVID-19 virus, which at the time was ravaging countries all over the world and was starting to affect species of animals as well. Subira was the second gorilla death at the zoo in four months following the death of Hope in November 2019. Before his death, he fathered two children, Saambili and Mbani. He was the only full-grown silverback in the family troop.

Throughout October 2021, the Dallas Zoo faced multiple losses within their herd of giraffes. On October 2, staff discovered a nineteen-year-old giraffe, Auggie, that had passed away; it was later revealed that he died of hepatitis. On October 3, a three-month old giraffe calf was euthanized. Finally, on October 29, 2021, Jesse, a third giraffe, aged fourteen, was found dead with "abnormal liver enzymes." After two months of investigation, the zoo concluded the three deaths were not related.

Early 2023 security breaches
On January 13, 2023, employees discovered that Nova, a four year old clouded leopard, was missing from her habitat. The zoo closed while staff searched for the animal. She was found on zoo grounds in the late afternoon and was safely returned to her enclosure. Zoo president Gregg Hudson said that a "suspicious opening" was found in her enclosure, and Dallas police opened an investigation into the incident, describing it as "an intentional act". The following day, staff members found similar "deliberate cuts" in the spectacled langur monkey exhibit, but found no evidence that the four monkeys had been injured or had left the enclosure. The following weekend, Pin, one of the zoo's critically endangered lappet-faced vultures, was found dead with "an unusual wound", with the necropsy report deeming the death "very suspicious". The zoo increased security measures, offered a US$10,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and indictment, and announced that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service was now assisting in the investigation.

On January 30, the zoo said two of its emperor tamarin monkeys were missing and that their habitat had been "intentionally compromised”, with the monkeys potentially being stolen. The same day, police released surveillance footage of a man believed to have information about the missing monkeys, asking for the public's help in identifying him. Both monkeys were recovered the next day and returned to the zoo after police found them at an empty house in Lancaster. Police were led to the house by the pastor of the adjacent church, which had used the house for community events before it fell into disrepair and disuse. The house had recently been broken into and signs of human habitation and dogs, cats, chickens, and pigeons were found inside. Church members said that the man in the surveillance footage had attended recent church services, behaving strangely, and was suspected of squatting in the house because he had been seen lingering around it, but no one had caught him inside.

On February 3, Dallas police announced that the man had been arrested after leaving the Dallas World Aquarium, where staff recognized him as he examined animal exhibits. The 24-year-old suspect faces charges of burglary and animal cruelty. In the arrest-warrant affidavit, police said that the suspect visited the World Aquarium a short time before the monkeys disappeared, asking aquarium staff "obscure questions" about the care and transport of exotic animals including emperor tamarins. The affidavit also said that several items stolen from the staff area of the otter exhibit at the World Aquarium in early January were found in the Lancaster house. The suspect has no known connection to the Dallas Zoo other than as a visitor. A police spokeswoman said he confessed to "some of the crimes" at the zoo but did not elaborate. The spokeswoman said that the death of the vulture was still under investigation.

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Cheeky Angel

Cheeky Angel (天使な小生意気) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiroyuki Nishimori. The story revolves around the adventures of 15-year-old schoolgirl Megumi Amatsuka, a popular and beautiful tomboy that always get into fights with a secret: she used to be a boy. It was serialized in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday from June 1999 to August 2003. Its chapters were collected in 20 tankōbon volumes. A 50-episode anime television series adaptation by TMS Entertainment was broadcast on TV Tokyo between April 2002 and March 2003. In 2001, the manga won the 46th Shogakukan Manga Award for the shōnen category.

Story
At the age of nine, Megumi is an aggressive boy prone to always fighting. One day he saves a strange man from a gang of other children. In return, Megumi receives a magical book. After accidentally bleeding on the book, a genie named Pierrot appears and offers to grant him a wish. Megumi wishes to become a strong man's man. Pierrot, a trickster, inadvertently turns Megumi into a woman. Megumi, furious, throws the book into the riverbank. Believing the only way to reverse the spell is to retrieve the book, Megumi begins a 6-year-long search but is told that she can find the book if she attends Furinkan High School.

Characters

 * Megumi Amatsuka (天使 恵)
 * While Megumi is physically a very attractive female, she still retains her masculine mannerisms and fighting abilities, which she uses very often, attracting the 'Megu-chan Protection Club', a group of misfit admirers. Nobody else knows she used to be a boy but was transformed into a girl; initially only Megumi's best friend, Miki, knew her secret, however the protection club quickly finds out. Out of all the men in Furinkan High, the only one who seems to make any headway is Genzō Soga for his unparalleled willingness to do anything to prove himself to Megumi. A tomboy at heart, if she unintentionally displays any sort of affection for anyone, she is very quick to deny everything. At the end of the manga, it is revealed that she was and always had been a girl. She wished to be a boy because when they were younger, despite being stronger than Genzō, he injured himself to protect her, saying that it was a man's duty to protect a woman, and she wanted to protect Miki from any harm. She confesses her love to Genzo at the end of the series, and kisses him.
 * While Megumi is physically a very attractive female, she still retains her masculine mannerisms and fighting abilities, which she uses very often, attracting the 'Megu-chan Protection Club', a group of misfit admirers. Nobody else knows she used to be a boy but was transformed into a girl; initially only Megumi's best friend, Miki, knew her secret, however the protection club quickly finds out. Out of all the men in Furinkan High, the only one who seems to make any headway is Genzō Soga for his unparalleled willingness to do anything to prove himself to Megumi. A tomboy at heart, if she unintentionally displays any sort of affection for anyone, she is very quick to deny everything. At the end of the manga, it is revealed that she was and always had been a girl. She wished to be a boy because when they were younger, despite being stronger than Genzō, he injured himself to protect her, saying that it was a man's duty to protect a woman, and she wanted to protect Miki from any harm. She confesses her love to Genzo at the end of the series, and kisses him.

 * Miki Hanakain (花華院 美木)
 * Miki is Megumi's childhood friend and would do anything to help her. She is the only one that remembers the former Megumi and knows of the transformation. She does everything she can to turn Megumi into a better more feminine girl and even goes so far as to threaten to stop being Megumi's friend if she cuts her hair. Miki is extremely loyal to Megumi and has been at her side since pre-school, she even accepted an arranged marriage just so she could go to the same high school as Megumi.
 * Miki is Megumi's childhood friend and would do anything to help her. She is the only one that remembers the former Megumi and knows of the transformation. She does everything she can to turn Megumi into a better more feminine girl and even goes so far as to threaten to stop being Megumi's friend if she cuts her hair. Miki is extremely loyal to Megumi and has been at her side since pre-school, she even accepted an arranged marriage just so she could go to the same high school as Megumi.

 * Keiko Tanaka (田中 桂子)
 * A spoiled brat and Megumi's rival. She shows up later in the series. She suffers a form of superiority complex. She hates Megumi because she realizes that everyone around her thinks Megumi is more beautiful than she is. Now she follows Megumi where ever she goes in hope of dis-proving Megumi's beauty.
 * A spoiled brat and Megumi's rival. She shows up later in the series. She suffers a form of superiority complex. She hates Megumi because she realizes that everyone around her thinks Megumi is more beautiful than she is. Now she follows Megumi where ever she goes in hope of dis-proving Megumi's beauty.

 * Megumi's father (aka Megu-papa) (恵の父)
 * His real name is unknown. Megu-papa is perverted like Yasuda, frequently seen entering Megumi's room through secret entrances he creates without Megumi's permission.
 * His real name is unknown. Megu-papa is perverted like Yasuda, frequently seen entering Megumi's room through secret entrances he creates without Megumi's permission.

 * Tsubasa Amatsuka (天使 翼)
 * Megumi's mother. Her work requires her to travel around the world, so she is rarely at home.
 * Megumi's mother. Her work requires her to travel around the world, so she is rarely at home.

Megu-chan Protection Club

 * Genzō Soga (蘇我 源造)
 * A very stubborn punk who has become Megumi's biggest admirer. The strongest in terms of physical power, Genzō is feared by many at school and various gangs in the city. The manga begins with Megumi, upset that this punk has mistreated his most recent girlfriend, beating Genzō up, the first person to do it since at least grade-school. Soon after that incident, Genzō quickly falls head over heels in love for Megumi. On his 16th birthday, Genzō proposed to Megumi but he was rejected. In the manga, it is revealed that Genzō received his scar protecting Megu from falling glass while she was rescuing Miki from kidnappers. Genzō often refers to Megumi as Megu-chan as a sign affection. At the end of the manga, Megumi reciprocates his feelings, and the two kiss.
 * A very stubborn punk who has become Megumi's biggest admirer. The strongest in terms of physical power, Genzō is feared by many at school and various gangs in the city. The manga begins with Megumi, upset that this punk has mistreated his most recent girlfriend, beating Genzō up, the first person to do it since at least grade-school. Soon after that incident, Genzō quickly falls head over heels in love for Megumi. On his 16th birthday, Genzō proposed to Megumi but he was rejected. In the manga, it is revealed that Genzō received his scar protecting Megu from falling glass while she was rescuing Miki from kidnappers. Genzō often refers to Megumi as Megu-chan as a sign affection. At the end of the manga, Megumi reciprocates his feelings, and the two kiss.

 * Ichirō Fujiki (藤木 一郎)
 * An "average" boy trying to escape his reputation for being weird and a pervert at his previous school. While appearing physically inferior to Genzō, he has fought to defend himself and Megumi on several occasions. Near the end of the series, he seemed to have accepted the role as Yoshimi's 'Prince'.
 * An "average" boy trying to escape his reputation for being weird and a pervert at his previous school. While appearing physically inferior to Genzō, he has fought to defend himself and Megumi on several occasions. Near the end of the series, he seemed to have accepted the role as Yoshimi's 'Prince'.

 * Tasuke Yasuda (安田 太助)
 * The perverted and yet good-hearted nerd who nosebleeds when he gets overly excited. Yasuda is the weakest when it comes to physical prowess, but his intelligence continues to surprise everyone and aids the group solving many problems. He has a little brother that looks like a mini version of him and the same personality. Yasuda looks like a cute girl when his glasses are removed.
 * The perverted and yet good-hearted nerd who nosebleeds when he gets overly excited. Yasuda is the weakest when it comes to physical prowess, but his intelligence continues to surprise everyone and aids the group solving many problems. He has a little brother that looks like a mini version of him and the same personality. Yasuda looks like a cute girl when his glasses are removed.

 * Hitomoji Kobayashi (小林 一文字)
 * A samurai in-training and arguably the most decent man in the group. Kobayashi is the second strongest, having learned martial arts since childhood. Near the end of the series he seems to develop some feelings for Miki.
 * A samurai in-training and arguably the most decent man in the group. Kobayashi is the second strongest, having learned martial arts since childhood. Near the end of the series he seems to develop some feelings for Miki.

Other characters

 * Yoriko (頼子)
 * Amatsuka's housemaid. She was first seen in episode 11 of the anime. She was always seen in the anime as Megumi's investigator and a substitute for Tsubasa in times of need. She even helped Megu by revising the rules of Yamato Nadeshiko Cup in order for the rules to be fair and square.

 * Takao Gakusan (岳山 隆雄)
 * First seen in episode 20 of the anime. He was supposed to be Miki's "fiance". He was beaten up by Genzō in duel when he posed as Miki's boyfriend to protect her. In later episodes, he planned to kidnap Miki but he was defeated by the Megu-group.

 * Reiko (礼子)
 * A thief that Megumi met in Osaka. She was first seen in episode 13 of the anime. She was saved by Megumi after a near-death experience. Along with Megumi, Genzō, and Fujiki, they've helped the police capture a yakuza. In later episodes, she helped Megumi find magic books, a bone, and a scroll (which of course, she obtained by stealing).

 * Yoshimi Shirasagi (白鷺 良美)
 * Keiko's friend. In later episodes, she fell in love with Genzō because he saved in the nick of time. Somehow, the feelings changed when she was saved by Fujiki, who caught her when she fell in a stairwell during their field trip to Kyoto. She calls Fujiki her "prince".

 * Setsuka Soga (蘇我 雪花)
 * Genzō's "Big Sister". She was first seen in episode 26 of the anime. She saves Megumi when Genzō tries to "make her happy". She was amazed at how Megumi changed Genzō from a delinquent to a charming person. She wants Megumi to refer to her as "Onee-san".

 * Yanagisawa (柳沢)
 * A punk that Megumi and Genzō met during the Yamato Nadeshiko Cup. He was first seen in episode 38 of the anime. He was defeated by Genzō. In later episodes, he was hired by Takao Gakusan to kidnap Miki.

Manga
Cheeky Angel, written and illustrated by Hiroyuki Nishimori, was published in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday on June 2, 1999, and finished on August 27, 2003. The individual chapters were compiled and published by Shogakukan in twenty tankōbon volumes, released between September 18, 1999, and September 18, 2003.

The manga was published in English by Viz Media. The twenty volumes were released between July 7, 2004, and January 9, 2008, Viz Media re-published the series digitally between May 12, 2015, and February 23, 2016. In March 2021, Viz Media confirmed that they no longer holds the series' license.

Anime
A 50-episode anime television series adaptation, produced by TMS Entertainment and directed by Masaharu Okuwaki, was broadcast on TV Tokyo from April 6, 2002, to March 29, 2003. The series two opening themes are performed by Aiko Kitahara; grand blue (ep. #1–26) and "Sun rise train" (ep. #27–50). The series four ending themes are performed by U-ka Saegusa in dB; "Whenever I think of you" (ep. #1–13), "It's for you" (ep. #14–26), "Tears Go By" (ep. #27–37) and "Secret and Lies" (ep. #38–49), while the last episode featured the series first opening theme grand blue by Aiko Kitahara as ending theme.

Reception
In 2001, the manga won the 46th Shogakukan Manga Award for the shōnen category. Eduward M. Chavez, reviewing the first volume of the manga for Anime on DVD, said that the protagonist, Megumi "entertains and creates situations that are shocking and equally hilarious," praised the supporting case for being "pretty solid" and called the title "entertaining." In a review of volume 3, Chavez praised the character development of Megumi and the characters as a whole. Liann Cooper, in a review of Volume 1 of the manga, called it "quite funny and charming," the artwork ok, and an amusing concept, although he said that "Megumi's situations get old" and hoped that later volumes would have more storyline, saying he only found the manga "mildly entertaining. Cooper later said that he enjoyed volume 2, saying it blew him away artistically, fitting "the bill for being an enjoyable series." Janet Crocker called Volume 1 of the manga enjoyable, saying that while it seemed like Ranma ½, the story is "highly interesting," has fast pacing, a lot of "fight action," the issue of gender identity taken "very seriously," and calls it a "great manga." Holly Ellingwood, who reviews Volume 16 of the anime called it a "very unusual drama" which is "intriguing" and how she is trying to accept herself with the "full knowledge the she is a guy despite her female body," adding that the manga is "distinct story with an equally uniquely stylized art style."

J.P. Arevalo describes the anime as having " laugh-out-loud humor" and praised its blend of drama and comedy. B. Zuleika of Fandom says that the series addresses several gender identity questions, like what it means "to be a woman or a man" and how a person decides "who they are inside."

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Talk:Aquaman

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The Mega Man 8 Aqua Man
I just wanted to bring up the Aqua Man that was a Robot Master of Mega Man 8, and how he shares the same name with this hero. --DBoyWheeler. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:30A:2E42:8150:AC5F:E61A:9C1A:5982 (talk) 14:18, 12 February 2018 (UTC)

first cover appearance
the articled currently states "These Showcase issues are notable as Aquaman's first cover appearances in any comic."

this is not quite right. Showcase 33 was Jan/Feb 1961 ... but Brave and the Bold 28 (first Justice League) was Feb/Mar 1960, and Aquaman is on the cover of that one. I suspect the sentence is trying to say first solo cover appearance, or first cover appearance promoting his own series, but it should be reworded if thats the case.

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Talk:Battle of Santiago (1962 FIFA World Cup)

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Labour Co-ordinating Committee

The Labour Co-ordinating Committee (LCC) was a faction in the British Labour Party, established in 1978 and wound-up in 1998. It moved from a group established to challenge the leadership of the party from the left to the vanguard of Tony Blair's drive to modernise the party's organisation and policies.

The LCC was established in 1978 to co-ordinate the efforts of the Labour left. As such it was extremely broad including, for instance, members of the Campaign for Labour Party Democracy, Labour Briefing, and the fiercely anti-Trotskyist National Organisation of Labour Students (NOLS).

In 1981, the LCC supported the campaign of Tony Benn against Denis Healey for the deputy leadership of the party, but many were deeply unhappy with Benn's campaign and approach and the LCC began to evolve into a body aiming to rescue the party from the mess it found itself in as the SDP split and Benn's campaign imprinted an image of extremism in the minds of the voters.

The anti-Trotskyism of NOLS was central to this period as they were able to successfully outmanoeuvre the far-left groups, having developed their skills in the bitter struggle of the Clause Four Group with Militant in the student movement.

In 1983, the LCC organised a conference, After the Landslide, to examine the lessons from the party's catastrophic defeat of that year: the tone the conference set, that organisational and political modernisation and change were essential, was to become the dominant theme in the party's internal life in the following decade. Robin Cook became the LCC's principal voice in parliament and Peter Hain was a prominent voice outside Westminster. Cherie Booth was also an active member, serving on the LCC executive. Harriet Harman was also a key member.

Under Neil Kinnock's leadership the LCC became fully engaged in the struggle against Militant and the LCC was broadly supportive of the leadership, though it backed John Prescott's unsuccessful 1988 challenge to deputy leader Roy Hattersley.

The defeat of Militant left the group without a real cause and membership began to decline, although it sponsored the launch of a new discussion journal, Renewal, in 1993 and firmly repositioned itself as a group of modernisers rather than on the soft left.

In 1998, with New Labour now in power, the LCC voted to wind itself up.

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Inaccurate?
The article says: "It was the first time that three players were sent off in a World Cup match, a record that was only equaled until the 2006 World Cup match between Portugal and Netherlands."

However, in the article Battle of Berne, it is claimed tht three players were sent off in that game, which took place in 1954, obviously predating the Por/Holland match. Which 1 is incorrect?

Luke-Samual Ezekiel Cullen 17:54, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

Battle of Bordeaux (732)
Matthew Bennett The Hutchinson Dictionary of Ancient & Medieval Warfare 1579581161 1998 p319 "In 732 a large army (70,000-80,000) led by Abd ar-Rahman defeated the Aquitainians under Duke Eudo at the Battle of Bordeaux" In ictu oculi (talk) 03:24, 29 June 2014 (UTC)

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Arthur Machado and Jan Říha were sent off in the 45th minute, and, less importantly Zezé Procópio was sent off in the 10th minute. Martim Silveira was not sent off at all. Besides the book Glanville, Brian: "The History of the World Cup", Faber and Faber, London. p. 38, there are a myriad of contemporary sources, Such as Sport-Tagblatt, Vienna, 13/05/1938, p.1, Jornal dos Sports, RJ, 13/05/1938, p.1, etc. The FIFA record is definitely wrong here. Also, the name of the Brazilian coach has to be adjusted to Adhemar Pimenta. The templates have to be adjusted accordingly. Cheers, Oalexander (talk) 05:11, 26 September 2020 (UTC)
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Legends II (anthology)

Legends II: New Short Novels by the Masters of Modern Fantasy is a 2003 collection of 11 short stories by a number of fantasy authors, edited by Robert Silverberg. All the stories were original to the collection, and set in the authors' established fictional worlds. The first Legends was published in 1998.

In 2004, the Legends II anthology was republished as two volumes, Legends II: Dragon, Sword, and King and Legends II: Shadows, Gods, and Demons.

Editions

 * A hardback edition was published by Voyager on September 1, 2003 in the United Kingdom with ISBN 0-00-715434-8.
 * Another hardback edition was published by Random House in January 2004 in the United States and Canada with ISBN 0-345-45644-0.
 * A paperback edition was published by Voyager on February 2, 2004 in the United Kingdom with ISBN 0-00-715435-6.
 * An eBook edition was published by Random House as a Del Rey edition on December 30, 2003 in the United States and Canada with ISBN 978-0-345-47109-3
 * An audio book edition was published in 3 volumes by Random House as a Del Rey edition in the United States and Canada
 * Volume 1 On sale December 30, 2003 with ISBN 978-0-7393-1083-0
 * Volume 2 On sale July 13, 2004 with ISBN 978-0-7393-1085-4
 * Volume 3 On sale November 9, 2004 with ISBN 978-0-7393-1087-8
 * A paperback edition was published by Random House as a Del Rey edition in the United States and Canada in 2 volumes
 * Volume 1 On sale October 26, 2004 with ISBN 978-0-345-47577-0
 * Volume 2 On sale October 26, 2004 with ISBN 978-0-345-47578-7

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Agoura High School

Agoura High School is a public high school in Agoura Hills, California, United States. It is the largest high school in the Las Virgenes Unified School District.

Athletics and activities
Agoura High School's athletic teams are nicknamed the Chargers. The school competes in the Marmonte League of the CIF Southern Section. From 2018 to 2020, Agoura was in the Coastal Canyon League.

Curriculum
In 2009, Agoura High School introduced the International Baccalaureate program to its curriculum. They offer many Advanced Placement classes. They also have P.E.

Notable alumni

 * Justin Berfield, actor known for Malcolm in the Middle
 * Rob Bourdon, cofounder of the band Linkin Park
 * Johnathan Cabral, track athlete
 * Adrianna Costa, television personality
 * Noah Centineo, actor
 * Jensen Daggett, actress
 * Tara Davis, track athlete
 * Brad Delson (born 1977), musician and record producer; lead guitarist and cofounder of the band Linkin Park
 * Jonny DeLuca, MLB outfielder
 * Kerry Ehrin, screenwriter and producer
 * Doug Emhoff, entertainment lawyer, Second Gentleman of the United States and husband of U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris
 * Chelsey Goldberg (born 1993), ice hockey player
 * Heather Graham, actress
 * Suzanne Krull, actress
 * Stephan Hicks, NBA G League basketball player
 * A.J. Holmes, Broadway actor
 * Deena Kastor (born 1973), runner; American record holder for marathon and half marathon.
 * Hayley Kiyoko, actress/musician
 * Jonathan Lipnicki (born 1990), actor
 * Clay Matthews III, NFL player for the Green Bay Packers and Los Angeles Rams
 * Matthew Mercer, voice actor and dungeon master on Critical Role
 * Olivia Olson, singer, songwriter, actress and voice of Marceline on Adventure Time
 * Kario Salem, television, film, and stage actor and screenwriter
 * Mike Shinoda, cofounder of the band Linkin Park
 * Dave Siegler (born 1961), professional tennis player
 * Shane Stanley, film producer/director
 * Todd Steussie, NFL player for the Minnesota Vikings, Carolina Panthers, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and St. Louis Rams
 * Robert Stock (born 1989), MLB baseball pitcher

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Talk:Battle of Bramall Lane

FIFA guideline
I understand that this game was abandoned based on a defined FIFA guideline that a game shouldn't continue when a team is reduced to fewer that 7 men. Is this the only match that this has ever happened in at a professional level? If so, this is worthy of note. If not, perhaps others might be mentioned? - 81.100.216.53 23:37, 22 September 2005 (UTC)
 * No, it is not the only game that ended because one team was reduced to less than 7 players. The 1981 Copa Libertadores First Place Playoff match between Flamengo and Atlético Mineiro, played on August 21 of that year, also ended in this way (Atlético was reduced to only 6 players). See this [link]. Regards, Carioca 02:19, 16 November 2005 (UTC)

It is, however, the only such time it has happend in English professional football. 86.128.96.77 13:01, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

 * Either way, the seven-man FIFA guideline should be mentioned in the text; as it stands it looks as though Eddie Wolstenholme made a purely subjective decision to abandon the match. Loganberry (Talk) 16:48, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

Refereeing Bias?
The article states that the ref in this particular game failed to book a single WBA player, I haven't seen the game but if there was a "mass brawl" it would be highly unusual for no WBA player to be shown a yellow card. Was there any history of bad blood between Wolstenholme and Shef Utd? I am not implying that there is anything underhand going on but it just seems a little surprising 194.202.65.164 07:45, 28 September 2007 (UTC) Dave N 28/09/07
 * Not aware of any bad blood. It may have been highly unusual, but unless any further evidence can be found related to this, we can't speculate on Wolstenholme's possible motives, only state the facts. --Jameboy 11:30, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

The article seems to be subtly suggesting the referee was biased. Particularly the sentence regarding him not booking any West Brom players, and the sentence at the end of the article which emphasizes the fact he refereed the game where West Brom got promoted. Do these facts really need pointing out? 77.101.205.2 (talk) 23:33, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

I've removed those two sentences; I think they could be read as you suggest and they add nothing to the article. Marcus22 (talk) 09:53, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

Ullathorne ruled out for rest of season?
Soccerbase disagrees with the statement that Robert Ullathorne was ruled out for the rest of the season and has him playing in 3 more games

http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=8089

I can't link directly to the season since the webpage must use Java or PHP but just search for 2001/02 season and it has him playing three games after this fixture. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.1.52.176 (talk) 18:55, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

I have amended the text by removing the claim Ullathorne failed to play another game as it is proven on Soccerbase that he played three further games that season.Statto74 (talk) 10:44, 27 July 2010 (UTC)

Scoreline A:A
Is there any reason to display the scoreline as "A" : "A" for the sides when for all intents and purposes West Brom won the match 3-0 (as awarded by the FA and as the basis for calculating the 'win' for points). I understand that this was a special match, but highlighting it in the infobox is just cruft to appeal to individual idiosyncracies and not useful to the average reader. Colipon+ (Talk) 18:56, 25 June 2014 (UTC)

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Talk:Gerry Conway

Year of birth
I can not claim to be very well versed in this man's life so I don't want to go changing important details directly, but it does seem odd to me that we went from a very specific location in th UK for his birthplace to "New your City". Which is it? --Jake 04:03, July 30, 2005 (UTC)

1947 seems rather early for him to have only been 19 when he started writing Spider-Man in the early 1970s - is one of these an urban myth? Timrollpickering 12:09, 11 July 2005 (UTC)

I've corrected the date of his birth. Several sources (most authoritatively MSU's comics catalog) state it was 1952, and of the three dates cited in online sources (September 7/10/11), the 10th was the most common. Tverbeek 14:15, 11 July 2005 (UTC)

 * Confusion derives from their being two Gerry Conways, one of which is a UK musicians.

Footnote query
RE: This footnote: ''Conway's autobiographical capsule on the Internet Movie Database says he was 15; his blog says 16. Conway's earliest recorded credit bears a September 1969 cover date, meaning newsstand availability in summer 1969 and a typical deadline of two to three months earlier. This gives the age of 16 more credence; however, it is not unusual for a novice's story to be held indefinitely before being published (c.f. comics writer Mike Friedrich).''

I have a query that initially explains the discrepancy. Conway, in a private e-mail, explained that his first published story was actually his second sold, and that the first story, the name of which he did not remember, appeared in an issue of DC's Tales of the Unexpected approx. 10 years later. Since this falls under "original research" under Wiki guidelines, can anyone cite an independent corroborating source?

CBDB.com lists "Aaron Philips' Photo Finish!" as Gerry's first writing credit, appearing in House of Secrets #81 (September, 1969).66.61.26.164 (talk) 21:24, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 04:50, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

How about a real bibliography?
I know you guys are doing the best you can, but can we please at least start a detailed, issue-by-issue bibliography here? Mentioning his work on a minor title that he wrote way past his heyday just doesn't cut it for me. Is there any objection to me getting this ball rolling? I can manage his early years at Marvel. Thetrellan (talk) 00:03, 13 September 2012 (UTC)

Third wife?
An anon IP inserted an uncited personal-life claim into a cited passage, which is a violation of WP:BLP. I restored the previous edits (and then edited that section to make it more chronological). I've been trying to find some evidence of a third marriage, but nothing is coming up online. If anyone can find reliable-source citing, that would be great. --Tenebrae (talk) 21:41, 10 December 2016 (UTC)

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